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THE OfATTA DAILY UEE: TUESDAY, JAyUAItY 8, J'.JUl.
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Notary I'uhllc.
Whuro would modern tlL-mooi-acy lie If
Andy Jucksoii lmd boon Homobody clue?
Oiuiilm onl lilies me not at nil wor
ried because tho cold wove did not come:
The throo war ships sent to Venezuela
are Hiiiall, but there Is no need of wast
Ink u bljr 1I Hinall pune.
IVoplo who own railroads should be
raroful to take them In at nlcht or I'ier
pont Morpin will kidnap them,
Commercial club men want to own
their own home. Omaha cannot have
too many of that sort of buildings.
Phil I). Armour, when he came to die,
asked to have tho Lord's prayer rend to
him. Thorc'H 11 sermon in that fact.
Dotlgo county will not lynch the mur
derers of Herman '.aim, but they may
rest assured of a speedy trial nnd cer
tain punishment.
Tho Ili-Hi showing In tho senatorial
gamu will be matlu ono week from to-
dnv. There will still remain stunt1
doubt about thu Mze of the "hole card."
Hryau says subscriptions are already
coming In for his paper anil he has
nlready rtccumulateil cordwood enough
to last him through the remainder of
the winter.
Congressman Hopkins Is llndlng much
dlllleulty In .getting an expansion con
egress to endorse an antl-expanslon up
portloninent bill. Let the house grow
with the country.
( 'Judge Neville's critical Illness Is the
cause of much apprehension In the Big
Sixth. In event of his death there
will Ik! a lively scramble among the
leaders for tho succession to his seat,
Young Homers Somerset Is In hard
luck. Some time ago his nosu was put
out of Joint by tho birth of a son to the
duke of llcaufort, whom lie hail ex
pected to succeed, and now one of his
eyes has been put out while shooting.
"eoplo passing tho hotel where the
lacksonlan banquet was held last night
kept tho other side of the street when
Tillman's pitchfork commenced to work.
They were taking no chances of being
burled under a loatl of democratic hay.
Implement men will bo hero today
from all over the territory adjacent to
Omaha to talk over matters in eonnec
tlon with their trade. The largo annual
attendance at this meeting Is another of
tho signs of Omaha's commercial su
premacy.
Iowu has ?l,r00,(XH) In the treasury
and no bonded or tloatlng debt. It has
ono of tho tlnest capltol buildings in tho
union, all paid for. Its people are
prosperous. No wonder the calamity
party was hurled under 100,000 major
ity at tho recent election.
Kuropoans are shivering In (ho
clutch of ley winter, even Homo hav
lng received a blanket of snow, while
Omaha people enjoy the brightest of
sunshine, thu bluest of skies and tho
purest of air. Nebraska's cllmato can't
bo beuteii, winter or summer.
Wllllo Wallle Aster Is finding, fully ns
much discomfort In tho old established
customs of Kngluud, as ho dltl in tlx
freedom with which thu people of this
country discussed himself and his af'
fairs. There does not appear to bu any
other plan by which Willie can have ills
own way except to buy an Island where
ther.o will be no other Inhabitants than
himself. '
Congressman Sutherland woke up long
enough to make an alleged defense of
Nebraska. Tho congressman from the
Fifth district did not consider It Incum
bent upon him to say anything for the
stnto until tho popocratlc Idol was un
pleasantly brought Into the case. Tho
people of Nebraska would appreciate
tho congressman morn If his "defense
wus not purely polltlcul.
I.EUlShATtVK AWOHTIOSMKST.
One of tho promises made In the plat
form adopted by the Nebraska repub
licans In their state convention pro
vides for a reapportionment of the legis
lative and congressional districts that
will accord fair and equal representa
tion to the people In every section of
the state.
Reapportionment measures will be
looked upon as auioiiK the more Im
portant legislation demanding the atten
tion of our lawmakers this winter,, and
the history of the present apportionment
offers the most forcible argument In
favor of a careful and well-digested
measure.
The Nebraska constitution established
the Jlrst legislative apportionment by
virtue of Its own provisions and the
districts were to lie rearranged by
legislative enactment 111 1SS1 and every
live years thereafter In accordance with
tho population disclosed by statu ami
fcdcrnl census in the even and odd
decades. Nebraska's only state census
was taken In ISW and was followed by
a redlstrlctlng of the state In 1887. In
18!M the populists and democrats had
control In the legislature and throttled
the legislative reapportionment, although
the congressional reapportionment bill
became a law. The chief reason for
the failure of tho redlstrietlou in 181)1
was found in the preponderant growth
of thu larger cities of tho state and the
corresponding reduction which would
have been entailed upon certain rural
counties. The legislature or 181K1,
which was also controlled by the fusion
parties, and that of 18'.).". which was ro-
jiuhllcun, was powerless to apply the
remedy because the constitution ex
pressly forbids the redlstrlctlng of the
state by any legislature except that
which convenes Immediately after tho
census period. The statu census which
should have been taken in 181)5 was
omitted for thu sake of economy, coming
as It did on thu heels of tho disastrous
crop failures, culling upon the state
treasury for relief for the drouth suf
ferers. Thus for fourteen years Nebraska lias
been subject to tho apportionment of
18S7, which Is notoriously unjust to
many parts of thu state.
Under thu constitution, tho present
legislature Is tho only hotly empowered
to- pass an apportionment bill in con
formity with -tho recbtit census. This
duty must not be evaded nor shirked
nor should it bo performed with purely
partisan ends In view.
For most of the counties the districting
of legislative representation Is purely a
question of arithmetic, the only oppor
tunity for division being in tho con
struction of thu districts comprising
two or more counties. Hy setting to
work at this task in a proper spirit it
can bo accomplished without any fac
tious opposition.
si'imr OF TllK SOUTH.
The debate In the national house of
representatives tin the resolution of In
qulry Into the disfranchisement of no
groes In tho south disclosed the spirit
that dominates the political element In
control In that section. It Is deter
mined to '.entirely eliminate the colored
citizen from polities If It bo possible to
do so. Hepresentatlves from Missis
sippi, Alabama ami North Carolina
practically admitted that tho fourteenth
amendment to the constitution of tho
United States Is a dead letter In their
states and that they have taken ef
fective means to prevent the negroe
exercising the rignt or franchise. Hep
resentatlvo Underwood of Alabama de
clared that both the fourtcccuth anil
llftceuth amendments were mistakes
and both had fulled, While Williams of
Mississippi defended the course of that
and other southern states which had
legislated to disfranchise tho negro.
There Is no misunderstanding tht
meaning of those, utterances. They
show unmistakably thu purpose of thu
tlumocrats of the south to go on with
the policy of disfranchisement, If per
mlttcd to do so, until It shall have been
xteutled to all the states of that sec
tlon, with tho ultimate aim of excluding
from tho franchise' not only illiterate
colored citizens, but all negroes. They
will continue to do this regardless of
tho fourteenth and llftceuth amend
incuts to the constitution nnd if over
the southern democracy shall again ob
tain control of the government the re
peal of those amendments would follow
and all political and civil rights which
tho constitution gives to tho colored
aco would bo denied to it.
The question Is whether the political
clement that Is doing this shall con
tlnuo to have representation in congress
ami in the electoral college based on
population n considerable part of which
Is disfranchised. Theio ajo now forty
representatives In congress anil forty
electoral votes basetl upon thu colored
population. Shall this representation
outiuue, or perhaps bu Increased uuilt
tho new apportionment, or shall It be
reduced, as authorized by the constl
tutlon, in those states that disfranchise
colored citizens? Thu matter is ouu of
supreme importance, for not only
tho federal constitution being violated
by tho action of somu of the southern
states, but a great Injustice is done to
the states which respect the provisions
of thu constitution.
It Is not probable that anything will
be done by the present congress to rem
edy this condition. Many republicans
are opposed to considering thu subject.
Tho Olmsted resolution, which was
sent to the census committee, will prob
ably bu burled there. Hut the question
will not be allowed to die and sooner
or later It must bu settletl and settled
right.
Latest developments In China indicate
that Hussla has lost none of Its diplo
matic cunning. Since the present
troubles In China It has been announced
from tlmo to t lino that ltussla con
templated no further territorial acquisi
tions In that direction. The action of
that country In Manchuria has hardly
appeared to comport with such a
declaration. It is now announced that
tho treaty which practically turns Man
churia over to Hussla was negotiated In
IS'JU. When the bear loses out on a
diplomatic deal It Is time to count tho
cants remaining in thu deck.
.1 VIUTlVAh SITVATIUS.
The latest advices from Venezuela
state that the situation growing out
of the "asphalt war" has become criti
cal. Last week the Department of
State received from Minister Looinls, at
Caracas, Information that the trouble
was rapidly assuming serious propor
tions and Washington dispatches re
ported the feeling there to bu that
the dlllleulty would shortly cease to bu
a contllet between two corporation
and become an Issue between Venezuela
and the United States.
Thu trouble Is due to the claims of
two asphalt companies, both Ameri
can, to which concessions have been
made. Thu New York and Herinudes
company obtained a concession from
Venezuela which tho company con
strued as covering all asphalt lakes in
tho department of Herinudes, The
Venezuelan government construed ,lt as
covering only certain lakes anil subse
quently the government granted
another concession. When the com
pany having the later concession at
tempted to take possession It was re
sisted and thu company appealed for
support to thu Venezuelan government.
In the meantime suit hail been brought
to determine the government's right to
grant the second concession and this
suit Is pending before the courts. It
is thu view of thu ashlngton govern
ment that both parties and the Venez
uelan government should await the
decision of the court before taking any
action, but in tho event of President
Castro using tho army against the
company having the llrst concession,
before a Judicial decision is rendered,
our government may protest. The
claims of the two companies have
been laid before the Washington uu
thorltles ami will undoubtedly receive
whatever consideration they may be
entitled to.
Meanwhile three wHr- ships have
been sent to -Venezuela for the protec
tlon of American interests, but this
does not mean there is any Intention
on the part of our government to In
tert'ere In the trouble, unless, Indeed,
there bhould bo some gross injustice
on the part of the Venezuelan govern
ment that would Justify our luterposl
tlon. The fact that both the asphalt
companies are American somewhat
mbarrasscs tho situation so far as
this government Is concerned. Thu
morieun minister Is exerting himself
to procure an equitable settlement of
the dlllleulty ami this is all that can
be done under existing circumstance.-;.
Wo shall not get Into any serious trou
ble with Venezuela by reason of this
contllet between rival asphalt com
panics. Whatever may bu necessary
to properly safeguard American Inter
ests will be done, but It can conlldently
be saltl that our government will not
become involved in a quarrel with thu
southern republic over this asphalt
controversy.
Undoubtedly the great secret of the
success of the Into Philip Danforth
rmour was his close attention to tie
tall. As an organizer of business en
tcrprlses ho stootl with few peers, even
among a generation of wonderfully
strong men. His foresight was keen
enough to perceive the day when Ids
hand would no longer guide his business
and he prepared for It. As a result
the great Armour enterprises will go
steadily forward under control of men
whose ability wus thoroughly tested by
tho founder.
The frequency with which men Just
releasetl from prison at once resume
their criminal career brings tho ques
tion of passing an habitual criminal act
to the fore. If society, in the exerelso
of the right to protect Itself, can send
men to prison for crimes committed, It
hus the same right to keep habitual
criminals there who persist In such
habits. Two-thirds of the crimes are
commuted by people with criminal rec
ords behind them.
The latest move of Oeneral MaeAr
thur will probably provoke a howl from
tho opposition press, lie lias ordered
the deportation to Ouaiu of Filipinos
suspected of aiding the rebels in their
own country. When they roach their
now home, however, they will llnd it
considerably more tllllletilt to give news
of American movements to their rebel
friends.
Senator I'ettlgrew heaves a sigh of re
gret every time the credentials of some
senator who has been re-elected aro pre
sented In that body. Tho public, as
well as his constituents, aro ready to
congratulate the .South Dakotau on his
prospective retirement.
Ami Llhi-riilly I'll Id Tor.
Indlnnnpolls News
Any information ns to the whereabouts
of Pat Crowo will bo thankfully received by
tho Omaha police.
The Wool Sl.i-iirc.l OIT.
Chicago News.
When tho superintendent of public In
struction In New Mexico declares that foot
ball must go because it is too dangerous
it looks ns If tho old woollness of tho west
were simply n bit of phraseology.
I'ree.loin'K l.iitcxt lli-rn,
Clevoland Leader.
Christian Dewet seems to be giving
the Urltlsh good reason to think that ho is
nnother Oeorgo Washington. As a fighter
nnd strategist J10 Is winning tho right to
stand besldo tho first American la history.
A Double Don.-.
Ualtlmore American.
llHzltig at West Point has been probed by
military authority, and will now bo searched
Into by civil authorities. Hetween tho two,
some menus of educating young men to bo-
cotnci ofllcors and gentlemen other than the
prlzo ring and bullying ought to be de
vised.
Colonel VI f t ii ti In. (iieetlnu,
Chicago Chronicle.
Tho prlzo nss of 1901 has already made
ills deep, sonorous bray heard, though tho
year Is not yet n week old. He Is tho
military geiitlomau on tho Btaff of the gov
ernor of Nebraska who sternly refused to
attend n gubernatorial reception because
Kltzhugh Leo was to bo present l-'ltzhugh
Lee, In the estimation af tho military gen
tlemnn, being n rebel, and therefore, of
fensive to all true patriots, Ot course it
is ldlo to hopo for tho cnllRhtennicnt of
neonlo llko tho military ccntlcnmn. Tbc
only thing to do Is to extract nil the amuse
ment possible from tuclr proceedings.
'1 Inn- for it Sew lpiiirliiris
Indianapolis Journal.
Tho ordinary expenditures of tho bniicti
S ntcs government at tuo beginning of the
v .1'. ,
In 1S99 they were $700,093,5(54. Perhaps the
mspaniy is noi oui 01 Keeping umi
growth of tho government, but tho bo
ginning of a new century would seem to
bo an npproprlnto tlnio for congress to
uinko n new departure In the reduction of
.11 rrt 1 1 n I
Kuiuuiyi i. uApu. uuu.es. 1110 n " ""'"
much mi. i. ii fiuiieuiiy .UK IUUI Jt.im u. .
congress for many years.
The (Ireiit l'iu't.
New York Mall and Hxpre.f.
Tho rise of tho United States-during tho
century from n seaboard state, with a pop-
ulatlon Romewhnt less than that of modern
Holland, to a continental nnd then n world
power, with a population more nenrly
homogeneous than any Btato of Kurope nnd
more numerous than that of any state of
Christendom, snvo Itussln, Is fdgnUlennt,
not only ns tho greatest specific fact In the
political history of tho century, but for
want It has already meant to tho world,
and, most of nil, for what It must mean to
tho world henceforth.
Humor of the Htmitlim.
aiobe-lJomnernt
Somcono in the Phlllnnlnes should ore-
servo tho humor evolved by American sol-
tilers sluco they landed In what was prac-
tlcnlly n strange world. Scarcely a letter of
any length conies from n prlvsto without munlty: men who could pay n heavy rnn
examnles of new words or novel bits of without crippling themselves flnan-
Amorlcnn fun. A company of Infantry on n
transport that rcncatcdlv stuck fast on tho
coral ridges rcclirlstened tho ship the
"Chnmols, because sheBklppcd from rock to
reck with such ease." Ono corrcsnondont
describes nn Inland march ilt.rlnir the rnlnv
season and says: "I was glad to finish the
trip with my Immortal soul nnd n tooth-
brush." Along the routo tho monkeys enmo
out and harked In chorus. Then "they
would laugh nnd grab their mothers' tails
and do trappzo acts, and show In ovcry way
mat tney knew wo were not enjoying our-
selves. " Amerlcun volunteers havo ulwnys
been tho keenest of spontaneous humorists,
AJIKKI! A TO TllK HHS(TM.
tllil World .Vittloux l.eiiiilnu im 1'iicli1
Ntim'n riiiniicliil SlreiiKtli.
St. I.ouls Globe-Democrat.
Huropo'e faith that tho United Stales will
prevent u stringency In the old world's
monetary centers Is profound, nnd Is Justl-
lied. London. Paris, Ilcrlln nnd the rest of
the monetary strongholds on tho other
sldo of tho Atlnntlc aro Just now threat-
cnod with n shortaco of funds, but New
York him cash to spare, nnd Elands ready
to lend It to nny country Ht tho recular
market rates. In money mnttcrs the United
States U In the happy condition thc3o
times Hint It can, In handling Its cash, live
up to the spirit of tho old abolitionist's
motto, "Our country Is tho world, our
countrymen nro all mankind."
Within 1lr nnat' lu-r.lv.. nn flftr,,. ,.,tl,u
tho United States has lint very nenrlv
SIOO.000.000 tn the. cnverntnpnta nf tiiiBsln.
normnny. Norway-Sweden, Knglnnd nnd
other Kuropeun countries and hns lent more
than this to private persons nnd corpora-
tions on tho other sldo of tho water. The
favor can be extended this year to almost
way needed limit, bo long ns tho security
is good and the rate Is satisfactory. Not
far from $200,000,000 has been disbursed In
dlNldends nnd Interest In New York, Uoston,
Liucngn, bt. I.ouls and tho other Amcrirnn
.i.m.itiu. UUIUUIB 11IUIU will new year DCgnil
or will havo been dutbursed within a day or
.n All tttlu 1 rtn.t.. n . . 1 1
.... ,n .vim, .u. uu.uuira.i ......
..um.c-. : KVfBii.imic.ui cs wlll lie
nnv Itar.lnii In Ita nttittlnt'in,,,,! I
J ..iJlw .Hi tn. I
Tho stnr of empire Is moving very ran-
1,11V fl.i.cn ilni'U Cnmn nt (tin lltl.
.-.nuu ..i.ju. j nil.: ... tuu III.IU IJU1I-
tries on the Mediterranean, with Spain
Holland and Knglnnd following In succcs
slon, havo huld the world's finnnclnl center.
Knglnnd has had It for the past 200 years
Crninu-plPH niivliri.tlnn 1ntu nf fun nml n
half centuries neo. which were directed
chlelly against Holland, then the world's
carrier on tho high sens, eventually "Mark Twain" snys ho has found slxty
snntched tho financial, ns they did tho no- four or more religious sects in South Aus-
lltlcal. supremacy from that country nnd
gave It to Knglnnd. London has been tho
monetary hub of tho universe back from
tho tlmo of William nnd Mary, but Its days
In that rolo aro numbered. Tho world's
center of finnnclnl gravity Is about to bo
transferred toxew VorK. Tho groat loans
which tho Drltlsh, Oerman and other gov-
crnmcnts have floated hero within tho past
year (chlelly 'for tho South African nnd
Chlncpo campaigns) Indicates that tho
transition has already taken place
America's money changers will, for tho
worms nuuuiiH, nereiiuer open nnu Close
me gates 01 mo icmpio ot janus.
jiii.vhv supply or Tin: would.
t'oiiiiiierciiti Viulo i.n.
Chicago Post.
Director Itobcrts of tho national mint
wlll present somo remarkably (itiggesttvo
data on tho money nml currency of tho
world In his annual report, now going
throuch tho press. Preliminary summn-
rles indicate tho scopo nnd character of his
Information,-which hasji direct bearing
on tho question of the sulllclcncy of tho
"stnndard" money In circulation nnd tho
Ktifety of tho outstanding uncovered paper,
Tho monetnry needs of tho world havo been
supplied, nnd will continue to bo met, with-
out inflation or any material lncreaso In
tho paper money in circulation
Tho progress made during tho lifetime
of ono generation Is indicated by tho fol
lowing tnblc, giving tho money of tho
world nt vnrlous periods:
Uncovered
Hold.
.$l,2O9,Ml,O00
. 3,ll,!MO.(mO
. 4,H:i,7ll,oO
. 4,tS14.iiW),(VV)
Sliver.
$i.o:i7.os.-),orio
:i..fli.ioi),(i.v
4.230.91)0.(100
S.MS.KiO.nflO
inner.
1ST3.
1893.
WD.
$2.:tK.S15.tinO
TfnUfiiO.ono
.ti.Li.in,
2.KiS.tNKMKM)
?'!i!,J-?),y.?
190.).
These figures show that tho amount of
4,SU,O0O,O0U
3.818.DOO,OJO
S,i)WI,CU,tlO
money available In 1S73 was about SI.G00.-
nAn AAn ...l.Hn it. .. t 1 i.,t
vuu.uuv, wiiiiH ,,, uu.u.u.t 111 ...... ...
!.,. I,. n h ll.n la
mated at $ll,ti00,OCO.O0o. This means nn In-
crease of moro than 110 per cent during the
brief period of twenty-seven years. It U
,i, ... ., i,.i,. -i,n..
correctness nt tho figures regnrdlng the
gold stocks of certain countries, but uo ono
.i,n. n. i,i i. ...m
IUUUID il.i.k IIIU KUI'I ..l.fllllj V.. , ......
has been multiplied by three at least, tiio
nmount of paper money has not incrensod
much, tho tendency having neon steadily
townrd n strengthening of tho metallic re-
,.,.,,
As for the distribution of tho yellow
metal, tho figures havo been given ro
pcatedly, but it will do no harm to set
forth onco moro the estimates for tho
lending rountrles: I
Cnltcd Stntos (clock of gold)....JI.2 2VXW
Franco sio.c.iii.kii
Itussln 7.!iWmni
ar5ntnIrltnVn":::.:::::::::::::::::
TI... u.n..tl, nf lh ..violin., mniipllirv
... i.i o..,...i...i
QIC..., tJUOVY, Ul. I..U (,UII . ... .....
hardlv bn hotter llliiRtrnted than In tht)
nbovo tables. A large proportion of the
innrnnRt. in irnni nr titknn nince in in.
inat ...nn von,-- nt..i,,.. m in,, mnid .in.
...... ... ... ... -
velopmont of tho South Afrlcnn nnd
Klondike mines nnd tho Increased output
of American nnd Australian gold fields,
The prospects for further heavy additions
tn tlin .rnlil m.nnlv np .miiuunllv L'ood.
Commerce Is expanding, nnd though tho
preillt BVHtnrn illmlnUhnu tlin npeil nf mplal-
lie money thero Is no danger of excessive
'lopendenco unon credit facilities. Tho
cry for moro money Is being nimwered,
not by legislative fiatlsm. but by mother
earth.
icidnaimm; ami Kin..ri:ii.
Chicago Post: l'nt Crowe is now quoted
at $6.1.000 on the Omnlia pollco bulletin.
Washington Post: Hon. Pat Crowo con
tinues to Dcwct his way through the west.
Philadelphia North American: The Cud-
Um otct, Ml cpl(Ipmlc of
kll,naplngi lmt nn 0Utl)rcaU of JUVenllo ro-
mnnclng. Small boys of vivid Imagination
,, .,?,,.... ,
tt.mptntIon ,0 bccomo tho hcrocg of lcm
porary (cnsntlous nnd for some time yet
tales of kldnnplng may bo expected from
nil over tho country. Tho Kerschncr case
at llethlchcm has nlrendy turned out to be
iiciiuuunil UUD iilti:ill
the wcll-concootctl lie of a 13-year-old boy
Philadelphia Times: Tho only way to
prevent child-stealing from becoming n
regular part of the trado of tho criminal
classes Is for the people of every section of
tho country to unite In offering rewards
for tho arrest nnd conviction of every child
kidnaper wherever tho crime may bo com
mlttcd. Tho only way to prevent child-
stealing from becoming n popular rrlmo
i3 for tho public to make common cnuso
and hunt the ltldnnner to the farthest pnrts
0f thu earth. It will bo stopped whenever
u shall bo known that child-stealing enn
pot escape discovery and punishment of
tho law. nnd liberal rewards will bo cor
tan to detect the crlmlnnls nnd bring them
to Justice.
"oirou v rco i ress: 11 mis ouuorrci i
crlnio cnn bo safely committed It will
Qt'lckly bccomo one of tho most populnr
tho whole category of criminal offences.
nu ono 01 luo results 01 our ueveiopniuni
nero uro ncn men in nimosi every com
cIlll' nml wno ns 11 rul- woll,(l follow the
example 01 .Mr. uuuany. i.nwicss cuarac
terf handed together for this sort of work
woul,l bo rrmIy f0r nt,y "I""1" opening that
I'roiiuseu Hiiiisiuctory returns, aim tuo in-
nutmco would be ns far-reaching ns demor
nimng. coming snouiu uo leu untiono to
vl,lt 8W,ft nml tcrrlfypig Justice upon tho
onomiers in this niui all llko enscs
Now ork Times: That element of hu-
nior which tho Ctnlnhy kidnaping enso has
hitherto completely lacked Is now supplied
by tho discovery that tho man arrested
near the Pino Kldgo agency was not, ns
the first reports had It. tho redoubtable
Pat Crowe, but one Dennis of Boston, who
Is vnguely, anil yet perhaps adequately do
scribed ns "n collector of specimens." It
must have been n thrilling moment for Mr.
Dennis of Uoston when his search for whnt-
uvcr specimens ho wanted was Interrupted
,,y 11,0 HWl,t concentric npprouch of a
I,08HO or mounted and heavily armed .No
raskn deputy sheriffs, all eager to earn
nn enormous rownrd hy capturing nny rens
onnniy suspicious person, nnd not too par
ucuinr wueiner tney captured 1110 person
dead or auvo. I'resumnhly .Mr. Donnls of
ston wnsted no tlmo In giving a full
n,d credible explanation of his mlsslson nnd
I,IB survival is HUlilcient evidonco that ho
18 n ready nnd lucid speaker, whoso
gestures never carry his lunula below his
Wllsl "ne
IjIIJMI.A I, .XII l,.
Cleveland rather rubs It In when sho do
clared that Cincinnati may monopollzo U10
ui"""ceh 01 royalty ami pugilism.
Canada manages v.-lthout tho Interven
tlon of nn nx to absorb a few modern Ideas.
The dominion has Just nboltsucd lotteries
by law.
Thoso of Mr. Carnegie's gifts which have
been imbllclv announced during tho past
year amount to :i,000,000. I.ust year ho
gave uwny $.',000,000,
K..IIpI,1i rMnvnlnn.1 nml Snnntnr
,, ,. lmn , ,f,n,ir nf nif for
" ' ' .
president, but on most points of policy
, nr0 mU ,mlinmolls
'
...... H1 nH t. . l.-Hnnn. .in... A.t.nlr.11,1
minister to (Ireece. Is n grndunto of Cor
nidi, bill, before going to college, learned
tho printer's trado In Troy, N. Y.
Oeorgo Kdgar Vincent, professor of so
clology at tho University of Chicago, is to
Ihj tho next president of Northwestern unl
vcrslty. Ho is a son or nisnop inceni 01
tI)0 Methodist church
trnlla. but that, ns wo wcro ourselves wen
enough supplied, he decided not to import
.
any Into tho United States
No ono cnn deny that tho late Ignatius
Donnelly died In n year that had a cipher,
Two days before ho could have departed
n ono with two, but ho probably tuougui
n Bnglo cipher would nnswer his purpose
rm,,. r-ivninmi World celebrated tho now
cclury-8 advent by Issuing 11 paper dated
, mnry 2u0j, nnd phrased In mongrel
I T3hkIIs1i. If such Joshbllllngsgato Ib to bo
tno j)nK or u, nPXt century the nmbltlon
, vo m)t tho twentieth Will receive n
.v riiPCk
Mrs. Nation of Kansas, who Is In Jail for
shying holy rocks at saloon glnsswaro, do-
ellnea to k1o up n few "rocks" for liberty
If tho muscular crusader nctunlly hit the
glnsswaro the throw must bo classed as
nn accident, else tho traditions of tho sex
aro smnshed.
John Hartmnn, Justice of tho penco nt
Mlllvllle, N. J., got into n wordy war with
Knmn visitors to his olllce and used inn
,,nrn nf tho sulphurous variety. After the
(US8 was nil over ho asked the mayor for
a warrant for his own nrrest nn tho chnrgo
0f disorderly conduct. "I caught myself
rpdhanded." said he. "and why shouldn't
1 l)iiv a fino Just llko uny other citizen?
pm nn honest man evon If I nm Justice
of .(,, j,rncc." A Binall flno wns imposed
CIIM'iai.MXIi CHOV.T. TRACKS.
lMltorlnl Mr-iTlnu'iil . 'v,'r 1
I II 1 1 ' Of "' IVHlllHIM-r.
Denver Post.
Tim latest olcco of humor sprung upon
" . .
I l),n nub c by the sieums who nru i.j..h
. rntcll pnt crowo Is that lie is now
....,., ,!.. tn Mm Holo-ln-the-Wall eoun-
hnninnlnc to tho Holo-lii-the-Wall eoun
try In Wyoming, so ho can bt .sure to keep
out m 1.." i -
I tlvnR."
,n.n..nl.rB announced
I III11V VI (111 I till J VV - I " "
"When the detectives started a I'"""
Pnt crowo iney wcio .... . . ..--
enpiurcii meir ....... .. ...
hr iieine mm 10 .".'
shooters." Th Is all happened in tho I Ino
mago reuna.......
m flindron to send tho newB to tho world.
I " ..... .....
1110 pmiu.i.... - " -
prisoner seems to havo been his priitt sjn'
tinn that ho was not Pat Crowe. lie niso
objected 10 noiug n"".
it rerinin that ho was guilty.
When tho detectives iresn iron. i.e..
- "wild chaso" nn tno inn ir... ..aw,-.
Chndron they explained tnni 1110 man u.ujr
hnd supposed to bo Mr. Crowo was only
tx Mr. Dennis, n curio hunter from lloston.
lllBl1 1,18 1,U'V U"'M? 0,"mor0
,ipt0.ctlves get on nnothor "hot trail.
Tho r.ngllsh detectives work differently.
Tho dispatches say mat when mo steam-
nlllll MlflllCUIl rCncnCI LIVCT IOIII ll-UUIIHJ,
Iii nninc iiinuuht that Crowo might bo
1 ..v....n ... ..
nboard, "110110 of tho pnssengers would
ncknowledgo his namo wns Crowo, so
i ouu .un ..........e-.,.
Tho chnso nftor Crowe Is tho most nrnus-
, . ,
lng thing since uns useu to Bt-im m .....j
reports announcing that ho had tho "sltua-
tlon well In hand," and tnnt Agu nai i
wns "surrounded on nil sides nml vlll
surelv bo tnKen immediately.
All tho detectives In tho country havo
nllOtOCrallllS Of CrOWC, mill !iO U ollldlng
them all while they have hlrn located in
"Bomo secluded spot in every statu in iuo
union nt tho samo time This Is on la-
taresting commcninry on mc trcai auich-
can detective system
EARNED DISTINCTION.
lllalr Courier
ltelng of a conservative tempera
ment, we have long admired the
conservatism as well as the push
J and accuracy of The Omaha Hoe.
we heartily detest wiiat Is known
as "yellow Journalism," anil don't
like to cc things mugulllcd all out
tif proportion or deliberately lied
about. The Heo Is a great news
paper for this western country and
deserves the substantial support It
receives. Kdltor ltosewnter W not
an angel, but he is running an al
mighty good paper, ami If he Is
elected as one ot Nebraska's sena
tors lie will have long since mer
ited the distinction.
SV. .IACKM1VS DAV.
i:iu.litj-MHi AlmltcrMiry of the lint-
tic of :Nrtv Oi-lt-iin.
This Is St. Jocksoa's day la the morning.
Dlghty-slx years ago todny Oeneral Jack
son pulled off his fight wltth Uenernl Sir
hdwnrd l'nckenhnm nnd shot tho packing
out of tho proud boaster who marched
gaily toward New Orleans for booty nnd
beauty. I.ong-dlstnnce admirers of Jackson
celebrnto tho tiny us though It were the
anniversary of the political dictum. "To
the victor belongs the spoils." Americans
who havo no designs on spoils cherish tho
day ns tho anniversary of n national
triumph second only to Yorktown.
The bnttlo of New Orleans was really
an epltonio of tho wholo wnr of 1S12 to
lSlu. In that battle, ns throughout tho
wholo war. both on land nnd sen, tho ad
vantage In numbers of men, weight of
metal nnd experience both of oluccrs and
soldiers was with the British. Tho latter
had In nrldltinn almost a surprise nf tho
Americans, but even with all these ad
vantages tho 8th of January Is n red-letter
day In tho history of America.
On tho 23d of December. 1S14. nt 1.30
o'clock In the nftcrnoon, tho sentry nt tho
tloor of Ucncnil Jackson's licnduarler. lOtl
Koyni street, New Orleans, was startled by
tho ringing of tho shod feet of galloping
horses on the pavement of tho tiualnt old
thoroughfare. On foam-Hocked steeds nt
full speed came Major (hibrlel Villere.
Colonel de In Hondo nnd Mr. Dussiin la
Croix, threo Lonlslnna Creoles, who brought
tno news tnnt the Hrltlsh Invaders wero at
tho Vlliert! plantation, nine miles below the.
city. While tho Americans were wntehlng
lor mem on tho Mississippi's sound nnd
n't tho mouth ot the Father nf Waters, the
redcoats hiul effected a landing on the
snoro or j.nuo Uorcne. nnd. miu-eliliiL-
through tho marsh on the oast bank of the
.Mississippi river, hint reached Its bunk
nearly 100 miles from Its mouth.
Helnlng In their horses, tbc crcolo gentle
men inquired ror and were received by
"Old Hickory," nnd to him tllcv communi
cated tho nboc tldlUKS. (Jencral .Tiirlmm.
hud been 111 for several weeks, but J he
news of tho approach of the enemy nnd
tho peril of- his ..try did more than all
his urmy Burgeons or the most skilled nhv-
slelnns. Within thirty minutes military
secretaries were rapidly writing out orders
nnu couriers were dashing nwny with them
to tho commanders of tho vnrlous raw
levies, which wcro the only hope of Jae.
son to turn back the picked vcternim of
tho Napoleonic wars.
H Is not generally known, hut there were
really four battles of New Orleans; ono tho
23d of Decombor, ono Iho 2Slh. nuo tho 1st
of January nnd ono tho 8th. The first three
wcro only skirmishes nnd tho casualties
were only a few slightly wounded nnd re
sulted In tho repulse of tho Americans. The
fourth wns tho battle, In which less than
0,000 raw soldiers, most of them armed
only with the weapons used In the clinse,
defeated 12,000 of the (lower of the Hrltlsh
nrmy, veterans who had received their train
ing under tho eye of Wellington, nnd who
hnd caused to set tho star of tho grea'
Napoleon.
Contrary to the general belief, thero was
not a single cotton bulo In the breastworks
behind which tho handful of Americans re
pulsed tho foe, whose watchword for the
day was "Hooty and Hcauty." It wits
mostly earthwork riveted hy plank, nnd ex
tended less thnn u mile nlong an old sawmill
race, or coulee. The lino of the old earth
work Is now tho southern boundary ot Iho
Chalmctto Nntlonnl cemetery; tho ground
so gallantly held that day Is now tho last
bivouac of thousands of Americans, and,
npproprlntely to Its present uso nud lis
past history, upon entering It today, the cyo
Is first greeted hy a stono tablet bearing
tho Immortal rhymes of Theodore O'llnrn:
On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their lowlv tentH lire Kiircad.
Whllo glory guards with Knlcmu round
Tho bivouac of tho dead.
Tho story of tho bnttlo proper Is found
In every n-hool history. It begnn with
tho duwn, nud at S o'clock tho invaders had
been repulsed with a loss of nearly 3,000,
or moro than ono for overy American en
gaged. The castiultlcs in tho American
forces were only thirteen killed, thlrty-nlno
wounded nnd nineteen missing. Tho losses
In this bnttlo nio inoro disproportionate
than In nny other battle in tho history of
tho world.
Ono Incident In connection with this bnt
tlo Is of peculiar Interest ns showing Iho
charnctcr of Andrew Juckson. It coming
to his knowlcdgo that certain Americans,
some of them prominent, wero strongly
suspected of dlsnffcetlon and an Inclination
to communicate to tho Hrltlsh tho weak
ness of his force, ho caused them to be
summarily nrrcsted and plueed under
guard, although they were civilians. Their
frlonds secured for them writs nf habc.iit
corpus, commanding thn general to pro
duce his prisoners before Judge Domlulck
Hull. To do this the general know meant
their release, nnd ho deliberately disobeyed
tho writs. Tho day after tho battle, when
tho general wns In tho full tide of his
popularUy, n bnilltf with it warrant far
his arrest for contempt of court arrived
nt hcndniihrters and Iho sword before
which Invading thoustinds lmd rolled linen
was sheathed beforo thli bit of paper and
the gcnernl whom tho captors 'of Napoleon
could not subdue yielded himself n pris
oner to nn humble tipstaff. When brought
before Judge Hall, desplto tho threatening
ittltudo of the throng assembled In tho
court room nnd public sentiment, which
unanimously approved tho nctlon of Oen
eral Jackson, nnd, In accordance with "Old
Hickory's exhortation, "I have done my
duty; now do yours," n lino of $1 ,000 was
Imposed upon tho general nnd pnld by
him, the old soldier refusing to allow It
to lie paid for htm.
As stated, tho battlefield of Chalmotto Is
now occupied ns n national cemetery. In
18fij tho ground was donated by the city of
Now Orleans to the national government
for that purpose nnd in it now rest C.913
"known" dead and G.2.U "unknown. on
the Bite ot tho old plantation house, when)
(lenernl Jackson had his headquarters dnr
Inir tho battle. Is on Incomplelo "bnttlo
monument." It Is u stono shaft nbou
twenty feet square nt Its bnso and has
been carried to a height of nbout fifty
feet, but thero the work stopped. Its
baso Is surrounded by rank vegetation nnd
from the crevices in its sldos grow runk
grnsB nnd weeds whoso r.ceds havo been
dropped by passing birds or wafted thero
by vagrant winds that recked ns little of
the glories of that day an tho heroism of
tho men who made It famous, as the pos
terlty which nllows that shaft to remain
unfinished nnd the glories of tuo tiny It
commemorates to bo wellnlgh forgotttcn.
A HIT OP l sir.
TriittHllluii nf tin- 1 11 fun I It einil.lle In
II UII.III 1IIIIIIIU lutUII,
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Comparisons nro. 11 a rule, odious. Hut
there arc. of course, exceptions. Otherwise,
the rule wouldn't hold. Since the old cen
tury hns gone on n long Journey to tho hns-
beens nud the new Is yet too contused with
the glory of his reception to tnko particu
lar notice, a few figures tin commerce- ns
the old century found It nnd ns It confronts
tho new will not bo challenged ns of
fensive. In 1S0O the world's Interchange nf
product was valued nt M. 500,000,000 nnd Is
now not less thna 120.000,000,000. Tho per
capita of commerciMln 1SS0 was $2.31; now-
It Is $13.27. Siibmnrlno cnblrs transmit
d.OOO.000 mctsnges n year. Tho world's
yield ot gold fiom 1S0O to ISiO averaged but
ftS.000,000 u year, t.nst year gold worth
MOO, 000, 000 was mined nnd milled to tho
wealth of mnnklnd.
That Is n wonderful showing.
This one bents It: Tho United States, n
baby among nations in 1S00, now trnnsnctn
moro than one-tenth of tho world's foreign
tritdo; It mines one-fourth of the gold; in
railroad enterprise it Is far ahead of nny
other nation. Its agricultural surplus Is the
Inrgest, Hi agricultural machinery thu best.
Its mineral development tho greatest and Its
prosperity transcends that of nny other
country.
Enterprise hns done It push, force, pro-gresslvci.cf-s,
brains. Itullrouds, steam
ships nnd electric communication, nil Intro
duced during the nineteenth century, havo
mad 11 tho metamorphosis possible. Tho
shipping of tho world has Increased fifteen
fold slnco tho beginning of tho century.
Itallroads, uuknown 11 hundred years ago,
now cover 442.000 miles; telegraphs, another
modern Invention, embruco 1)33,000 miles
nnd submarine cnbles ItiS.OOO mile.
Upon this wonderful commercial basis
tho world has Just begun a new century.
It Is no surprise to find tho Amerlcau peo
ple earnestly Interested in extending thnlr
facilities of shipping nnd communication
ami In annihilation of space. Commerce
hns been placed where It Is hy (ho grcntly
bettered facilities for Intercommunication.
Tho advancement of the future Is clearly
dependent upon the activity of fresh enter
prise In the smut; direction.
LIMIT AM) IIIIKillT.
Chicago ltecord: "1 haven't half enough
to pay my debts."
"Well, I'm worse off than that; I pnld
mine, but It took every cent I had."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "How Is your
coal lasting?'
"l-'oollsh iiuestlnu. I'm not 11 bit worried
ever tho way my coal Is lasting. It's tho
way It'H disappearing that bothers inc."
Philadelphia Press: "Mvery barber, It
seems to me, talks ton much.
"till, well, you couldn't expert a harbor
to shave a iniiii unless ho has n lltCo chin."
Chicago Trlb.iiie: (llrl with' tho Km
Jacket Some people think 11 all right In
cut onions and othei-H don't. It's only 11
matter ef taste.
tllrl with tho Sturm Collar No, It Isn't.
It s a matter of Hindi.
Chicago Post: "When 1 was your 11 go
I never .thought of spending us much
money ilh yon do."
"Well, Kir," the careless youth replied.
1 ciinnot do more tlum offer mv nyiu
pathles. It was grandfather's fault; not
mine.
Detroit I''r.n I'mw Amnlnnr um...
It mean In theatric circles when they say
the "ghost walks'.'"
Veteran Actor It menus that the rest of
us tlon t have to.
1 Y'"!,lll!':,,"n s.t,,r; V"" approve, ot
lobbying Iniiulred I tin young- man who In
learning polities.
. ,.?lr. answered Senator Korghuin; "1
emphatically do not. What a man wanlH
,7.'l."i.-,H "'. BPt "l,',,'p'l " thp leglHlature
himself or have it repreientiitlve there, so
going right" '''"dulely sua- things tiro
Phlli delphln. Press: The poet's wife had
Hcl her best to grasp the meaning f
the -sonnet . hii.l sulm Hied to her
reluctantly
. ... i-" .), ... iii-, xne nam nt pnut h. nn. I
".it I can t make uny hciish
out or thl
......HY. in- cnoriip.i in n h g oo. "I'll
iholti.ic,;iit';:gtl''''ip"' n""?" ii"
ti 1 1 1 1 : i : m; w ( K.vri'iiv .so . . .;TS.
Mrs. Whlton-Slone In lloston Transcript.
1'"o'erhe1id.,l,U WH,,,i"K s" Krow blind
higher?' '""r"r"H n"'" lllt!l'Pr '
And. wrapt In its inagiiltlcent attire.
()n( breast of midnight lies the century.
Look ye your last on It,
nor shrink, nor
urciio,
For past It. in n hre.uhlng eioud of (ire
Comes tho new century like a "w M "sslnh
On wings of "what 'shall btf proMilJilo
Whatimll be? !.. Wle )orn mc ()o.
J-'.'ve as subllmest of discoveries.
I hey will outleap the human boundnry linn
And. heaven allured, to higher IovoIh rise
Nor ess content them tlnni In he , , ,.'
Nor less than to b ,;odllko shall BUiilce!
Count not tho centuries as centuries.
Count them ns evolution of n p in
gnu:" t"m'c,lv,, l,0' tho world bo-
Cmd!'gulHe" "8 y"rH nf ,,0:,V011 ""''h'H
Hternlty Hint mill In ,.mbrvo lies.
'.''""Villi hold. 7,0! Me alone Din ami n
no everliiHtlng years, and yet, o inn i
Thou shall to tin. ur.Mii ..n.,M,....'.T.... 1
Till vn n.t.r,.....l. V ...... "" '
pale, ' 'leatlt can
And from tho oti-riuil to thn eternal' go.
0,vrne,Wl,1, l",K0""f ,1,H oeutnry
cell';','! ov""KP, w,'"u wars shall
T!!!!1 '.'.'"'n f"'"11. ''""T. 11 universal peace,
; 'io the ;eiitiiry dlcti, Hint greater IIk it
rlShT'"" t,,r,,llK,, 1,unm" "ouIh; until ilu.
A"lease';'KS " nvi'rcomp- bonds re
T,"lncr,;..He,'1,"" ""W fr0,u """"ht'H dlvl.n.
iVw'i ""Vs1'' ?!,mIo)v "rU the Inilnlte.
.i'imh "ll km,W HI "'0 nges nro not
And that alr. ii.lj we can, llsleiilnx. hear
Their ..raci.-s proclalmliig ns u by r "ni"
here " """" fn"f"'1 ''n" fl,,,J 'uimTinelit
Wrium 1,1 ""H ,;t'"t"rj'''' rnre. Immortnl
Of
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