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IWHTIHS I,t: A VIVO Foil SUM MID lV.
I'nrlles lending the cltr for
Mic mi 111 in rr mny luni- Tlic lire
xent In tin-111 rrRiilnrly by
tot I f ! kt TIip IIpp llimlnraa
olllrr, In permit or liy innll.
Thp nililrpia will be cUoiikciI
ns oftPH ns Upalreil.
Tho musli-al festival nntl Ak-Snr-Hen
fotos will make September tbe red letter
month on Onnihii'K 1000 cnloudur.
The Chinese tire n little slow In setting
nwny from tlir scnitcli, but when off nre
fully ns pood foot racers as the, Fil
ipino?. The powers will bo forced to plead
fnlt accompli to the petition of I.I JIunp
Ohnnp; that the ndvanco on Peldn be
stopped.
If tbe G'oebel law was such a pood
tbltiB ns the Hryanltes contended when
they Indicted it on Kentucky, why do
they want to pet rid of It now?
Omnha has a Stevenson and Bryan
club, according to the local popocratic
orpin. The dropping off of oiie tall ap
pears to have turned the kite upside
down.
Itoosevelt will spend three days In Ne
braska during September. This will
hardly allow time enough for nil the
fusion leaders to get out of the storm
cellars by election time.
Tills year members of tho democratic
clubs resign voluntarily and are proud
to announce their conversion to the
party of prosperity. Four years ago
they had to be thrown out.
Desperate cases demand desperate
remedies. That is the only explanation
of the desperate effort of the Nebraska
fuslonltits to squeeze the mid-road popu
list ticket off the olllclal ballot.
If Lincoln were alive he certainly
would not be assisting any party In the
disfranchisement of the negro, whose
shackles were struck off by his memo
rable emancipation proclamation.
Because the taxpayers of Douglas
county have sat Idly by while the treas
ury has been raided In past years for
fake county fairs Is no good reason tho
proceeding should be repeated again.
Secretary Porter reserves his decision
on the ballot controversy probably not
so much to allow time in which to mnke
up his mind regarding the Issues as to
locate the hole through which lie will
crawl out.
Beports from the Pacific coast are to
tho effect that the salmon catch this seat-on
has been short. This kind of a re
port marks the line of delimitation be
tween the sportsman, and the market
fisherman.
It is a little early In the season for
frosts, but reports indicate Lincoln was
Tlslted by a heavy one Thursday night.
Crops were not damaged, but the local
presidential Imoin looks somewhat
wilted as the result.
Iowa iKipullsts have agreed, It Is said,
to hold no state convention and to sup
port all tho democratic state and con
gressional nominees. The bottom
Iropped out of Iowa populism long ago.
Why continue the masquerade?
There are still many vacant seats in
Iho fusion bandwagon. But the driver
Is experiencing trouble at preseut In
holding the passengers he had booked
and has no time to devote to drummln
up now biuMnes!..
Nebraska's great reform attorney sea-
eral Is duo for another anti-trust erup
tlou at any time now. Several must
need attention before election time, as
there Is no campaign thunder to be
manufactured by bringing suit after that
date.
No spotted candidates arc wanted on
republican legislative tickets this year
Men with questionable records should
take the hint without wasting time
bothering friends who cannot afford to
support them when to much is at stake
for the party.
THE LEO A 770.Y.S RELIEVED.
The news of the entrance of the al
lied forces Into Pekln without lighting
nnd the relief of the legations, while
not wholly unexpected, Is none the les
gratifying. Tho fact that the advance
on tho Chinese capitnl hud encountered
no resistance of consequence after the
capture of Vang Tsim created the im
pression that there would be little ob
struction to the forward movement, at
least until Pekln was reached. Hveuts
show that the demoralization of the
Chinese forces was far more complete
than had been thought and the world Is
given another exhibition of the military
Incapacity of those people. They appear
to be utterly lacking In martial spirit
and cannot be held together after defeat.
The relief of the legations, of course,
menus that all the foreigners In Pekln
and probably the native Christians
also will bo taken care of by the
allies. This lirst step being accom
plished, It will be followed by ne
gotiations for n settlement with the
Chinese government and these uro likely
to be prolonged. It Is expected that the
Kuropean powers will bold their troops
In China, but there Is no Intimation as
to what course tho United States will
pursue In this regard. Tho probability
Is that the American troops will remain
no longer than order Is restored, as the
only object In sending them there wits
the relief of the legations and the res
cue of American citizens.
whehe in the Avniumrvt
Mr. Bryan's solution of the Phlllppluo
problem is a protectorate by the United
States over n government feet up and ad
ministered by tho natives. He promises
In case he Is elected president that his
Hist act would be to call congress to
gether to take the necessary steps lead
ing tip to the establishment of such a
protectorate.
Where Is the authority for the United
States to exercise the powers of a pro
tectorate over the Philippines or any
other country?
Mr. Bryan professes to lie particularly
apprehensive that the constitution of
the United States Is about to be over
thrown. He sets himself up ns the great
protector and defender of the constitu
tion ngalnst Its subversion or violation.
His principal charge against the admin
istration of President McKlnley is that
the president has been exercising au
thority not conferred upon him by tbe
constitution.
But what clause In the constitution
will empower a president to establish a
protectorate over the Philippines?
"Where Is there anything In that Instru
ment that would authorize the president
and congress acting together to set up
such . protectorate?
The word "protectorate" docs not oc
cur in the constitution of the United
States. Search from the beginning to
the end of that document and not a
reference to a protectorate can be dis
covered. Not only this, but In all the
history of the republic, from its birth
down to the present time, not a single
precedent can bo found where the
United States has embarked in the pro
tectorate business. This government
has ncqulrcd new territory In a variety
of ways by purchase, by treaty, by an
nexation nnd even by conquest, but It
lias never undertaken to vouch for the
obligations of another country by means
of a protectorate over It.
If there is no provision for n protec
torate to be found In the constitution.
where would Mr. Bryan get bis author
ity to carry out his Philippine program?
Would not his proposed protectorate bo
a willful violation of the constitution
more Hagraut than anything that has
been charged against President McKln
ley?
If the constitution is in danger, ns
Mr. Bryan contends, It is in danger
from Mr. Bryan nnd his followers rather
than from President McKlnley. who
fought under the stars and stripes to
maintain the union and may be de
pended on to preserve the constitution
and band It down Intact to those who
come after him.
THE SUX1UY liEE.
The Bee Sunday will present a tempt
ing menu for people who appreciate
high-class modern newspaper litera
ture. In addition to till the news by
cable, telegraph and In the local Held,
It will spread before Its readers many
Instructive and entertaining features
upon timely subjects, artistically Illus
trated. The frontispiece for the Illustrated re
produces a photograph of .lohu It. Hays,
republican caudldate for congress from
the Third Nebraska district, with an ex
planatory sketch of his public career
and life in Nebraska.
The pending troubles in China afford
occasion for several contributions. One
of these treats of the Chinese colony In
Omaha. According to the registration
of the government authorities the dis
trict of Nebraska contains ,"ttt native
Chinese, of whom eighty-one are cred
ited to Omaha. What the Chinese do
in Omaha and how they live is explained
with typical illustrations.
Auother article deals Willi the poor
folk of China, telling how the lower
classes oxlot and what they do for a liv
ing. These articles arc profusely il
lustrated. Carpenter's letter treats also of tho
Chinese in the Philippines, particularly
those who have made themselves dom
inant In business circles. Ills own cam
era has caught some of the Chinese mer
chants in characteristic attitudes.
The recent encampment of the Fifty
llrst Iowa regiment at Bed Oak comes in
for a page of Illustrations made from
photographs taken specially for The Bee
by its staff photographer. Tho review
of tho veteran Fifty-llr.Nt Iowa and
that of the new Fifty-llrst Iowa makes
a striking comparative exhibit, while
scenes In tho camp life are graphically
depicted In clean-cut pictures.
An illustrated article on the United
States fisheries exhibit at the Paris ex
position will recall to our readers
tho exhibit of the Fisheries department
at the Transmlsslsslppl In Omaha, which
attracted so much attention and study
of tho tinny tribes.
Another subject is a group of tho
royal family of Italy, the photogrnpln-
haying been furnished by courtesy of
tho American consul at Palermo, Church
Howe, together with n fac-slmlle of the
otllcinl proclamation announcing the
death of the late King Humbert.
In addition to all these are numerous
pictures of current events and promi
nent people of the day, that keep the
number fully up to the high standard
already set.
Be sure to road Tho Sunday Bee.
DUVM'.VA TE DMFIUXVHISEMEXT.
The so-called liberty congress, having
adopted a platform which appeals to
the American people "again to declare
their (alth In the universal application
of the Declaration of Independence,"
was consistent In adding thereto the fol
lowing: "That In declaring that the
principles of the Declaration of Inde
pendence apply to all men, this con
gress means to include the negro race
In America as well as the Filipino, We
deprecate nil efforts, whether In the
south or In the north, to deprive t lie ne
gro of his rights as a citizen under the
Declaration of Independence and the
constitution of the United States."
Tills will not be approved, however,
by tho leaders of the Bryanlte party.
among whom Is Senator Tillman, who
has boasted of the employment of vio
lence and fraud to deprive the negro of
bis HgJits. It will not be approved
by the "red shirt" democrats of North
Carolina, who by terrorism anil intimi
dation prevented both white and black
voters opposed to the disfranchising
amendment to the state constitution
from exercising the right of suffrage.
It will not be approved by the constitu
ency of such papers as the Macon
Telegraph, which recently said: "We
of the south are contending for our own
nnd we are going to have It. The negro
has nothing that we want that was not
taken from us by force and given to
him. He has no laud, no birthright,
no heritage nothing but a right to help
govern which was given wrongfully to
him. When we take the ballot from
him wo leave hlni in a far better condi
tion than he found himself when he
came among us as a result of Yankee
thrift and speculation." In short, the
Bryanlte democrats of the south will
unqualiliedly condemn It and we coutl
dently expect to see it denounced from
that section in vigorous language.
The strange tiling is that men who
could adopt such a declaration as that
above could at the same time announce
their Intention to Mipport the candidate
of n party which has deprived colored
merlcnn citizens of their constitu
tional rights and proposes to go on doing
so. The southern democrats are de
termined to eliminate the negro from
politics, although in order to do so they
must violate the Declaration of Inde
pendence and nullify the constitution.
They Intended to deprive him of any
voice In government and to tax hlni
without representation. They hnve
begun carrying out this purpose by
disfranchising the illiterate negroes nnd
If successful in this they will go further.
There is the authority of 11 leading
southern paper that they hope for suc
cess through chnnges In the supreme
court of the United States which will
render that tribunal more fuvorublu to
such disfranchising legislation ns that
of Louisiana and North Carolina. In
other words, the southern democrats
arc counting upon the election of Brynu
In the expectation that the supreme
court will be made subservient to their
desires. How Is It possible for any otie
who holds that tho Filipinos hnve in
alienable rights which the government
of the United States Is In equity boutid
to respect to aid In the election of a
presidential candidate who Is depended
upon to Indorse nnd porpctunte an In
justice to colored American citizens that
Involves n nulllflcatlon of the federal
onstltutlon?
Tho new chancellor of the State tinl-
versltv. Prof. K. nenlnniln Andrews, Is
likely to get himself Into trouble at the
verv start. Ho has been talking to an
assembly of Nebraska teachers and tell
ing them that tho cause of the war in
China rests with Russia. This is in di
rect conlllct with the assertion of the
Oinahii Bryanlte organ that the party
esponslblo for the war in t'liina is
'resident McKlnley. It Is plain that
bancellor Andrews has not yet read
the learned disquisition printed In that
hoot but 11 few days ago in which It
proved to its own satisfaction that were
it not for McKlnley's Philippine policy
there would have been no Boxer upris-
lot? In China and no necessity for the
rescue of the legatloners. Chancellor
Andrews should lose no time In posting
himself or ho will bo In disfavor witn
the popocratic powers.
To the United States belongs the sole
credit for the early relief of the minis
ters and others Imprisoned In Pekln.
All the other powers urged delay on thA
ground that the force available was not
strong enough to accomplish the task.
(Seneral Chaffee went to China with or
ders to report to Minister Conger at
Pekln ami announced that ho proposed
to make the effort to carry out his or
ders at once. The other commanders
dually fell In with the Idea and so fai
ns reports at hand Indicate all the
troops have done their part nobly.
Without the Insistence of the United
States, however, the combined army
would still bo In Tleu Tsln. The west
ern way of taking hold of the task be
fore them Is the winner every time.
Now we nre told that It Is an Insult to
the Intelligence of the American people
to be told that there Is no alliance be
tween President McKlnley and the
British minister. The shoe Is on the
other loot. The Insult conies from
those who pretend that tbe president
can make any foreign alliance except
through the exercise of the treaty-making
power by and with the consent of
the United States senate.
Sr nicthlug must have happened to tho
Bryan press agent, whose figures on the
attendance at tho Bryan homo reception
are altogether too moderate to do liim
Justice. Where tens of thousands usu
ally surged around the peerless leader
onlv two thousand of Lincoln's citizens
could bo rounded up this time with the
magnifying spectacles. When the Bryan
press agent says two thousand the
throng must certainly have been very
disappointing. Think of Bryan wasting
precious time talking to only two thou
sand peoplel Why, lie did better than
that at every country crossroads four
years ago.
Walking appears to bo tho only safe
way for Mayor Harrison of Chicago to
got around. Ills bicycle threw hlni and
Injured him severely and ids automobile
ran away with him and smashed a tele
graph pole. In November ho will wit
ness the crowning catastrophe when the
democratic initio runs afoul of the re
publican elephant.
Those who scan the list of nominees
on the Iowa democratic ticket will only
llnd ono name which has been nt any
time prominently Identified with the for
tunes of the party In that state. The
old-time leaders evidently think they
have been sulllcleiitl'y disfigured by run
ning up against republican majorities
In the past.
Pint cnili-r for the Poor.
Detroit Free Press.
Tho Illiterate savages of the Philippines
arc derlvlm? aid and comfort from the care
ful perusal of democratic convention lit
erature. Pretty Dllllpult Timk.
Baltimore American.
It boglna to look as If the United States
would be able to honorably back out of
China before tho other nations start their
little scrap.
t'n plrunn lit Iteenllpct Ions.
San Francisco Cull.
Thoro aro romc thliiK Bryan can never
Induce the people to forget nnd among them
arc the hard times ami tho soup houses of
four years ago
Wnlt fur Hip lliilU-.tln,
WuBhlnston Post.
An natrnlociir has read .Mr. Ilryan'8 elec
tion In the Btars. Yet there nre a few fussy
persons who will Insist upon waning lor
the bullctius from tho doubtful states.
Money to llnrn.
Philadelphia North American.
Pretoria Is becoming a rival of Shanghai
as a fako news center. Pretoria leads In
tho ruco with a story that Krugcr has con
tributed between $2,500,000 and $3,750,000 to
I)ryauV,cumimlsa fund. According to this,
the I3oi.rs have money not only to burn In
the form of powder, but to throw at the
birds.
Quoting from Lincoln,
Nv York Tribune.
Bryan draws abounding!)- from Lincoln
and tho shade of the latter, It Interrogated,
might give him tho encouragement which
Talleyrand bestowed on another aspiring
young conveynncer of other men's ideas.
"Monsieur," he said, "thore are many good
things in your book and many now things,
but tho new things are not good and tho
good things aro not new."
TLp Npiv Hutlo.
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
"What Is Bryanarchy?" asks a constant
reader of tho Conservative.
Bryanarchy Is a proposed government for
the United States. It Is to be made of
sixteen parts of vagaries, socialistic and
agrarian, to ono part of common sense. It
Is sixteen parts of danger to ono of safety.
It Is Inspired by anarchy and Bryan. All
anarchists support him and hence the term
Bryanarchy.
Conf pNton' of n Crimp.
Indianapolis Journal.
Tho governor of Kentucky has called the
legislature together for tho bole purpose
of modifying tho Oocbel election law, thus
confessing that the law which has caused
so much trouble and upon which the dead
Ooebel nchlevcd his prominence Is unjust.
Tho real cause of tho modification Is the
fear that the electoral vote of Kentucky
might bo thrown out If that infamous law
governed tho election.
l'OI.ITlCAIi II It I FT.
It Ins been discovered that Adlal Steven
son's strong point is his ability as a story
teller. New Yorkers are agreeably surprised to
find tho acting mayor, ono Guggcnhelmcr,
championing public rights agalust corpora
tions. It is a rare experience there.
John J. 'Woolloy, prohibition candidate,
proposes to beat, this year, Bryan's long
dlstanco campaign record of 1896.
Fortunately water tanks are numerous along
tho route
North Carolina is a democratic state hav
ing a republican governor. Minnesota Is a
republican stato having a democratic gov
ernor. Governors w'll bo elected In both
this year.
Tho left hind foot of a rabbit, captured
In a graveyard, In the dark of the moon, has
been bhlpped from Wabhlngton to Candidate
Bryan. That settles it. There Is no need
of tapping democratic air tanks.
There are some democrats so innocent as
to bcllevo that the pugnacious Bird S. Coler,
controller of New York City, can got the
democratic nomination for governor without
Dick Croker's consent. They aro novices
in bossful politics.
A clever correspondent of the New York
Sun points out that Bryan uttered a truth
when he said "the republican party puts
the dollar before the man, because," ho
writes, "when It puts a dollar bororo a
man who has earned It that dollar is worth
100 cents."
Governor Hooscvelt, unllko most men who
arc public speakers, objects to dictating tp
a stenographer . what he Intends to Kay.
When he does not speak from notes ho writes
out with his own hand and with many
corrections his whole speech and then has it
carefully typewritten.
The pleasant llttlo village of Indianapolis
Is doing quite well, thank you, In tho con
vention line. Tho notification doings, the
gathering of tho anti-lmperlallsts, tho In
dependent convocation and several as
semblages of secret orders have started a
boom as has not been known In years.
Since the Kansas City convention twenty
nine Minnesota democratic newspapers have
deserted the ticket and declared for Mc
Klnley. Since tho last presidential cam
paign tho republicans of that state have
gained fifty-four newspapers, while the
democrats have a net loss of twenty.
Joseph Maloney, one of tho socialist can
dldater for president, Is a machinist In Lynn,
Maes. He is a native of Fall River. H. I.,
and 40 years old. He works at hU trade.
Tbe number of Bryan and Stevenson cam
paign banners and transparencies displayed
from tho Tammany hall headquarters is
much la excess of the record of ISI16.
Adlal Stevenson held his first omrc in
1S61. For four years from 1S6I to 1S6S he
was state's attorney of Woodford county,
Illinois. Ho was then a resldont of the town
of Metamora, which gave him, when a can
didate for vice president. 93 majority.
Bloomington, to which ho had moved, was
carried by his opponent for vice president.
The Irish and the Scotch each claim a
cinch on tho ancestry of President McKlnley.
The former claim his ancebtors lived on the
shores of Lough Neagh long before tho
battle of the Boyne. while the Scotch trace
his genealogy bark to Macduff, Thane of
Fife, who hIpw Macbeth. Who cares, it Is
enough to know that William McKlnley Is a
sufe-cnoush American,
) l HUH I, AMIS THAN (It HS,
Tho outline.! of the constitutional system
of New Zealand arc very simple. New Zea
land is ono of the so-called "free colonies,"
possessing representative Institutions and
connected with Great Britain by the slen
derest of restrictive ties. "Tho only re
striction is that tho legislation must meet
tho approval of a representative of her ma
jesty, the queen, so that no law made In
Now Zealand may traverse tho foreign pol
icy of tho empire or encroach upon the
rights of any citizen under the flag.-' The
queen's representative is a governor, who
exercises the samo functions In tho colony
which the sovereign exercises in Kngland.
Tho constitution Is modelled throughout
arter the Kugllsh cabinet system. There
is a two-chambered assembly, composed
of u legislative council of forty-flvo mem
bers and a house of representatives of sev
enty-four members. Tho members of the
former arc nppolntcd for seven years nom
inally by tho governor, but really the min
istry in power. This upper house is sup
posed to represent tho landed and capital
istic classes, but It has never blocked pro
gressive legislation for any length of time,
because it is amenable to the threat of
"Hooding tho upper house," which has
proved so potent also in Kngland. The
members of the lower house are elected
for three years by universal manhood and
womanhood suffrage. Tho ouly qualifica
tion for voting is a residence of three
months In the district. Tho cabinet, which
is composed of seven members, Is consti
tuted in tho samo manner as Is its English
prototype. It Is strictly responsible to the
lower house, which is thus the real govern
Ing power In the colony.
According to tho estimates of tho Brit
ish government, tho total cost of tho South
African war will bo $306,000,000. This sum
Includes over $13,500,000 for bringing 135,
000 Kngilsh troops uway and sending Cana
dian, Australian ignd Indian contingents
home. About 45,000 men aro to bo left in
South Africa, of which number 16,000 will
be armed colonists. Lord Roberts thinks
30,000 will suillco for a permanent garrison,
in all, Capo Colony and Natal have sup
plied about 25,000 troops to tho British
army and 10,000 to the Boer army.
The contingents of volunteers from Aus
tralia, Canada, India and Maltn aggregate
about 15.000. Altogether, Lord Hoberts has
had some 235.000 men under his command
the largest nrmy Kngland has ever had en
gaged In a war. About 150.000 volunteers
will shortly nssemblo in England, nt a cost
of $2,500,000, for fourteen days' drill, this
being u larger number than was expected.
For the operations in China $15,000,000
have been provided. Reserve stores for
war purposes nre to bo accumulated at va
rious places In England, at a cost of $25.
000,000. M. Lanessan, tho French minister of
marine, has published through his bureau
a brochure containing notes on China
which it la expected will bo carefully
studied by the French ofttcors destined for
tho district between Tien Tsln nnd Pekln.
According to M. Lanessan's publication,
tho seasons there aro welt defined, the
rains commencing in Juno and ending In
October. This Is the period of southerly
wluds and high temperatures. In Novem
ber, December and Jnnuary it is very cold
and the winds aro northerly, with storms
of snow or frozen dust. Floods occur In
the rainy season. Thick dust lies along tho
ground In tho winter. Potable wator is
rare. Tho natives drink tea as a rule.
French marines out there drink distilled
water, and as the columns for Pekin can
not be supplied with it, they are to drink
tea and use pocket filters on tho march.
The Lapeyrevo filter, with permanganate
of potash, which destroys microbes, Is sup
plied to the troops. Wells aro to be disin
fected with permanganato of potash, five
to ten grammes per liter of water. It is
used with carbon nnd fine sand as a filter.
Soldiers aro warned to avoid Chlneso alco
hol, especially that made from sorghum,
which Is worse tho darker it is, and also
agalust pork and river fish. The diseases
to guard against In tho hot months arc
sunstroke, congestion of tho liver. Inter
mittent fever and diarrhoea or cholera, nnd
In the cold months diseases of tho chest
or throat and rheumatism. The men should
bo revacclnated for smallpox,
It Is confidently expected In London mili
tary circles that Lord Kitchener of Khar
toum will shortly bo released from act
ing ns chief of staff to Lord Roberts and
be appointed commnnder-ln-chiof in India.
According to tho prevailing custom the
post is glvpn alternately to an Indian and
a British officer. The lato commander-in-chief,
Sir William Lockhart, was an In
dian officer, and thereforo tho coveted
command now naturally falls to a British
ofllcer.
For tho last six months Sir Arthur Power
Palmer has beon acting commander-in-chief,
and tho Calcutta nnd Bombay press
are loud In their petitions that he should
have tho appointment, hut he Is nn Indian
officer, and tho authorities In Downing
street are said to bo averse to'altcrlng tho
rule, of appointment.
It Is believed that any Ill-feeling thnt
mny exist will bo overcome by tho ap
pointment of Sir Arthur to an Important
command in China. It is believed that the
appointment of Lord Kitchener to India
would bo very popular there, as they have
great admiration for tho hero of Omdtir
man. Ho Is also said to enjoy, not only the
confldonro of Lord Curzon, the viceroy of
India, but also his Intimate friendship,
As reported In n cable dispatch from
Pretoria, the Boers of General Prlnsloo's
command, who recently surrendered, will
not be bent to Join General Cronje at St.
Helena, hut will bo dispatched at onco to
Coylon. A few weeks ugo Sir West Rldg
way, thu governor of Ceylon, received a
dispatch from Lord Roberts, saying that
it was very unlikely that ho would send
any Boer prisoners at all to Ceylon. Al
though this was taken to mean that tho
commander-in-chief of the British forces
In South Africa deemed that the war would
soon be at an end, tho preparations for the
prisoners already ordered by the War office
woro continued.
For ovor three months n camp for the
accommodation of over 4,000 prisoners and
their guard in the Dlrjatalana valley has
been In preparation. This will be, called
Happy Valley camp and Is formed at Im
perial expense and when unoccupied by pris
oners of war will bo utilized as a military
ranltarlum for troops Invalided, not only
from the local garrisons, but from Hons
Kong, Singapore, Aden and even some parts
of India. The climate at Happy Valley
camp Is said to be ono of the healthiest In
the island, the altitude being about 4.000
feot above aca level, and there ore good rail
way communications and an excellent water
'upply. It Is expected that the Boers of
Prlnsloo's command will be guarded by a
regiment of Yorkthlres from Madras.
Sir Henry Johnston, at the head of the
British protectorate of Uganda, has Just
Issued a report concerning tthc Industrial
possibilities of that territory. He aftlrms
that a large portion is absolutely healthful,
"as healthful for Europeans as tho beat
parts of North nnd South Africa." Houghb
speaking, malaria may be considered non
existent wherever th elevation of tho land
Is about 5.500 feel and "as the climate at
these altitudes leaves nothing to be desired,
tbe British settler would have every pros
pect of good health and long years '
Sir Henry says that thero is a great op
portunlty for the development of English
capital in that region, as tb resources of
tho country nro so varied nnd inexhausti
ble. Everything, In fact, can be ralfcd
there, while Ihero nre magnificent forests
of ebony, rosewood and India rubber trees
Tho chief obstacle to the developing of
these natural advantages lies in the fact
of tho intolerable Indolence of the natives,
whoso only support of life Is the banana,
which grows abundantly with very little cul
tivation. Sir Henry, however, suggests the
importation of Indian artisans to work the
timber resources of tbe colony.
It should be remembered that Uganda Is
la the direct line of communication be
tween the British colonics In South Africa
ml Egypt and is, therefore, Included lu
Cecil Rhodes famous "Cape to Cairo"
scheme.
PMM1 OF A ItAIMtOAII KIMS.
Washington Post. To Collls P. Hunting
ton's genius nnd daring the country owes
much. Ho used his millions to good pur
pose. Substantial results followed all his
undertakings.
Detroit Freo Press: Truth compels the
statement that ho appreciated the lcgls
lntlve department of railroad construction
and no promoter ever struggled with
greater tenacity for his interests in the
lobby nt Washington thau this financial
and physical giant of the west.
Chicago Chronlcl'e; It mny be said that
Huntington got llttlo satisfaction out of
his wealth. In tho senso thnt ho spent
llttlo of It. that Is true. But to some men
the Joy of acquiring Is far greater than
the pleasure of dispensing. Mr. Huntington
found his satisfaction In getting money,
not in spending it.
Chicago Post: It Is told of him that ho
onco actually upbraided a certain other
mllllonnlre for his publlc-splrtedness and
generosity. Ho held that it was foolish to i
give so freely. "Well, Collls," was tho j
reply, "you may leave more money when
you die, but I will have the larger funeral,"
and thero Is a good deal of homely phi
losophy in that remark.
New York World: Mr. Huntington was
tho most truly Imperial lobbyist ever
kuowu at Washington, and some of his
letters to his agents, directing their opera
tions, displayed a knowledge of human
nature nnd a cynlcnl estimate of the politi
cian's character that help to explain his
success in promoting and defeating legis
lation to servo his interests.
Portland Oregonlan: Few men In this
country have been more zealously decried
and more earnestly hated; few men have
been stronger to resist attack and to wrest
advantage from tho most untoward situa
tions. Ho practically won an emplro by
sticking everlastingly to his appointed
work and his great transcontinental rail
way line will bo for him an enduring
monument.
Philadelphia North American: His weak
ness was his exclusive devotion to money.
He could not understand that there arc
other objects worth aiming at. as well as
the achievement of wealth. For men who
sought nnd won riches, but woro some
thing besides money spinners, ho had a
tolerant contempt. They seemed weaklings
to him. Ho planned and worked at his
trade as If he were to livo rorever In this
world. There are few hearts made sore
by his taking off.
New York Tribune: Mr. Huntington did
not escape the easy and graceless censuro
to which those who aro Instrumental In
providing thousands of their fellow-mcn
with employment and the means of hap
piness are commonly subjected. But ho
was fortunately constituted, and malice
had little power to diminish his enjoyment
of tho strenuous llfo which has ended so
suddenly, while thero still seemed to be
years of health and activity beforo him.
Baltimore American: Tho work he did
was done so well that it will last forever.
To havo started In llfo a poor boy; to have
added whole states to tho domain of the
cation; to havo hullded thousands of miles
of railroad, erected great shipyards,
founded cities, provided employment for
half a century to thousands of his fellow
mon, and to have made himself out of
nothing into ono of the world's moving
factors, are achievements reached by few
men In the world's history.
Chicago Trlbuno: Ho has been charged
with being unscrupulous in his dealings.
It Is certain that ho was hard nnd un
yielding and that he often pushed one of
his .enterprises to success at the cost of
utterly crushing out of existence less
powerful competitors. But his largeness
of vision, his tenacity of purpose, and his
wondorful skill as an organizer compel
admiration. He was a great constructive
genius. A dozen times he achieved what
weaker men had declared to be Impossible.
That he might easily have done more for
his country and for mankind affects In no
wny tho fact that his ability was splendid
and his achievements great.
Brooklyn Eagle: A railroad maker he
was a state maker. Hinder ot oceans n
made tho continent an open route. Alt
tho life that is between the Mississippi
and tho Pacific was quickened by him.
Most of It is due to what he and his part
ners did. They swung tho nation's credit
to tho system of railroads across tho re
public, when we had tho civil war on our
hands and were the Jeer and fleer of the
world. There is nothing In drama so
dramatic. Thero Is nothing In energy so
grand or benign. There is nothing In
achievement so btupendous. It would hao
been done without him. But It was done
with him and more than tho caso was of
any other it was done by him.
llni'otirnKlDK .
C'hleiiEO Post.
Marlon Butler of North Carolina emphat
ically denies tho report that he will de
sort Bryan nnd take the stump frr McKln
ley. This is decidedly encouraging news
for the republicans.
"Summer Serges."
If you prefer serges, here they are
and made as you want them made unlined
or lined, as you choose single or doubles
breasted some as low as $8.50 a suit it
isn't safe to go lower and the best at $20,
Extra trousers, from $2,75 up,
We have the High School Cadet contract and
would advise early ordering to insure prompt de
livery and save annoyance of waiting.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, MnmiKcr.
OihUh' Ouly Excliuiv Clothier tor .Ucu uud Uojrfc
t.AUOfllMS (iAS.
Chicago Itnnnl. "Dldn t the quiet In
the country become monotonous to you?'
"Quiet? We had to turn out about seven
limes every night ulid chaso cows off the
porch.''
Sotnervllle Journal. The nvrtao man
never gets over his admiration at the way
1111 p.vpressmnii, who Imi t any bigger than
he Is, puts a loaded trunk on his back and
takes It down tho front stairs.
Washington Star: "Do you think an
honest man Is out of place til politics?"
"Cortalnly not," answered Senator Sor
ghum. "Wo want more of 'em. Those nro
tho people, that nre wlllln' to walk right
up to tho polls and vote and not cnargc
you a cent.
Detroit Journal: "How careful thr
newsna ners always are. to describe, the
curb of a murdered woman to the Ian
detail:"
Yes. they'll murder a dress function.
presently."
Chicago Itccord; "We wasted a lot of
time 011 those Moozlers."
"Weren't tbpy congenial friends?"
"Yes, but they weren't of any social adv
vantage to us.
Puck: First Ilnokkecpor Thnt Jinks Is
the wittiest man hi tho office!
Second Bookkeeper I never heard him
say 11 bright thing!
First Hookkeeper No! but he's got xlt
enough to laugh heartily every time the.
boss tells that stale old chestnutty Joke of
his!
Indianapolis Journal: "Well, that's
greHt."
"What's great?"
"Our Chinese laundrymati has put his
prices up on account of the war In China."
"How's that7"
"Why, ho says lie has to be paid for the
time lie wastes telling people what he
thinks of it."
Pittsburg Chronicle; "As I understand
It." remarked Mr. Clnswell. "tli nowir.i
dn not regard themselves at war with
vnina,"
"That is my understanding." added Mr.
Dukane. "1 suppose, that If it wero really
war, Instead of tho desperate fighting now
going on, thero would bo a truce occa
sionally." Philadelphia Press: "Well. It's about
time, exclaimed Mr. Cltlman. glancing up
from Ills paper. "It nays hero tlmt thn
traction compuny Is about to Improve Its
syHtcm."
"Well, Indeed, It ought to," his wife re
mnrked. "Only the other day a horrled
conductor mnde me pay an extra fare Just
becnuso I pulled the strup to stop the CHr."
A "MOTH KHS' " COMSIIKSA,
Denver Post.
When the Mothers' Congress met every
earnest woman's face
Marked the great responsibility she
bore
As shu walked with queenly air dlgnlfledly
to tho place
As a dclegato assigned her on th
Iloor.
Thero wero grand nnd stalely dum
(lumen of less Impressive mien,
lounger dames whose, faces yet were
fresh nnd fair,
omen short and women tall, women fat
and women lean,
Faces bright and faces marked with lines
of care.
Never In u congress hall was more earnest
ness dlspluyed.
Never arguments more logical and
warm:
Every kldlculturc point was deliberately
weighed
By thi- speakers In the balance of re
form "We must raise up men and women worthy
of their land of birth!
Both In body and In mind they must be
;ieers
Of the more exalted types of humanity on
earth;
Bring unto we mothers Joy Instead of
tears!"
Wrangled they o'er Infant foods, quar
reled over Infant dress.
Had a scrap or two o'er Infant ex
ercise. Each endeavoring by words aptly chosen
to Impress
All thp rest that h maternally was
wise.
Moral culture whs a them that was dwelt
upon ut length,
Mental training was an ever-crying
need,
Physical development that would warrant
manly strength
Called from Mmlmne Kmart a sclentltto
screed. ' - . -
Every woman In the hall had her Inning
on the Iloor
And In earnest manner made her vocal
play,
Save n modest, quiet dam sitting "wny
back near the door
Who J.i hi listened and had not a word
to say,
And 'twas nfterward discovered that the
dame In simple dres
Who remained throughout ns quiet as a
mouse.
Who hnil not 11 speech to make, not an
Idea I11 PxpreH,
Was the only "r jre nuff ' mothr In the
house'
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