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THE OMAHA DA1LV
HT5E: TCESDAV. JAN U All V 2!-', 1901.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
E. JlOSKWATEIt, Editor.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION,
Statu of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
Oeorcc'u. Tzschtick, secretary of The Bee
tnMi.Rin r'nniHi'. livtne duly sworn,
sftys that the actual number of full and
E,ng0."d,s'undSy iTrtnu5,dffi the
month of December,
woo, was as follows.
1 U7.7N0
S 27,223
3 27,:HJ0
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27,120
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27.120
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27.270
27,1 10
27,2X0
27,72.
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Total
Less unsold and returned copies.
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Net total sales
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20,11 1 1
UNUIIUK 11. 1 -.DVIluviv.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
lieforc mo this 31st day of December, A. D.
1900. M. B. Ht'NGATE.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
tioort morning. Mr. Kdltor. If you
don't get all that's coming to you, kick.
It Is two days now since any prom
inent democrat has suggested a means
to revive the corpse.
If the West I'oint Investigation results
In ihe nbolltlon of hazing it will not
have been held In vain.
Congress Is hastening to redeem the
promise of the platform and lower the
burdens of th war taxes.
Auditorium bricks will soon boon the
market. These should bo the popular
style for lapel decorations for some
time.
Hoth branches of the legislature arc
making efforts to build up a general tile
which will be the delight of the sifting
committees in about six. weeks.
Jersey Justice doesn't falter. There is
a lesson in tne rnierson trial ior me
impetuous people who form mobs and
burn prisons. (.Ive the law a euunce.
Them are still many names missing
rrom tne aiHiitonum suoscnpiion wmcn
snouid ne xi.ere. tonoweu i,y ..iii,..,ls
whleli re(iulre from four to live figures
to express.
tlnrnlMo lu,.1 t l..ti hnui.ltnlx .IneR not .
impede the sprea.1 of contagious disease.
but. really Increases tho burden of tho
taxpayers, who havo to provide new ac
commodations for the mulcted.
"Paper pipes" will be out of tho roach
of children at least If the senate adopts
tho bill (lint wiih missed b- the Ne-
brnska house yesterday. A similar law
in Iowa has been pronounced good.
While Omaha did not succeed In seeur-
lug tho next convention of the National
Llvo Btock association, the delegntes
from hero made a most creditable show-
lug and greatly advanced the city's in-
tcrosts.
Tho holding of children for runsom Is
hecomiug altogether too common and
threats of klduaplng still more so.
Some of these people will blossom on a
tree unless it is stopped nud -then the
business will not be so popular.
Another rate war Is on, the packing
houso products being the cause. These
periodical conflicts enable the people of
tho south to get their meat almost as
cheap as though they were located in
the corn bolt Instead of the cotton
belt.
Two hundred suits to Invalidate spe-
clal Improvement taxes Is a formidable
legacy from boom times. These should
point as nothing else can the need of
care lit preparation of petitions and ordl-
nances for paving or other public Im-
provemeuts at the expense of property
owners.
"One touch of nature makes the whole
world kin ' In the presence of tho
dying sovereign of Great Britain all the
clamor of natioual Jealousies and racial
hatreds Is hushed and the world stauds
In respectful silence to pay tribute to
one of Its greatest figures and noblest of
women.
A few of the orlgluul starters In tho
flcuatqrlul race have dropped out, but
strung nloug ou the buck stretch there Is
still a good-sized bunch, u'lio pace has
not been hot enough up to the present to
kill off any of tho real aspirants for tho
honors. Tho spectators should not get
Impatient, however, as the brush at tho
wire Is likely to be hot enough to pleaso
the most exacting,
Tlio Commercial club Is to have a ban-
quot at which the things which Omaha
needs ami tno best methods of procuring
them are to bo talked over. There are
many things which Omaha needs and
which united effort on the part of the
commercial , Interest would procure. It
Is n good plan to get together and talk
matters over, but tho question should
not be dropped as soon as the meal Is
digested.
lOXSTMX TIVK CONTEMPT,
lleforc tlic present legislature com
pletcs Its work It should see to It with
out fall thnt some limits bo placed by
law to the arbitrary ixmer of our courts
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lu ,,,""8U Jur ",llKlu ""
tempt. .... .
While every court should have ample
authority to preserve order and pro'tect
n dignity from assaults made Uku It
In Its presence while casus are pending,
the power to conjure up pretended ex
amples of contempt out of acts com
mitted or comment passed outside of the
court room and to mete out summary
punishment without the form of a trial
Is positively dangerous to the liberties
of the people. The meanest criminal
accused of the most petty offense is en
titled tinder our constitution to a fair
trial before an Impartial tribunal and n
Jury of unprejudiced men. In contempt
proceedings, us now conducted by our
court, the Judge constitutes himself
prosecutor and Jury as well, and, after
Instituting the complaint, hears It,
passes Judgment and Imposes sentence
by hlmswlf, leaving practically no re
course whatever for the supjwsed of
f..,ir
.init.r.
'r0 require In cases of constructive
contempt that the accused person have
tn,, benutlt 0r he same protection of the
a ti,,raMia nitmiun.t of ttiin. ..rlnv
ous (menses would not ixj detracting
from the dignity of the Judiciary. To
Insist that no man be nunlshed for con-
stnictlve contempt unless first convicted
by a Jury of his peers and before n
Judge not personally interested against
nlm W0U'11 00 Asking only that unbiased
justice uo made nccessiule to all. so
fr nH ti,u courts themselves are con
cerned, they would in reality be the
gainers by such a change, hIucc experi
ence hits shown that nothing Is so apt
to bring the courts into public contempt
as their own overreaching efforts to In
flict penalties for Imaginary wrongs
against their own dignity. Because
Judicial outrages tiro the exception
ruther than the rule is no reason why
the Individual should bo left at tno
.,,.,. nr judges -who tnke Hdviintniro of
tliIr position on the b6neh to use tins
court machinery for purposes of per-
sonal vengeance or unwarranted per
sectitlon.
i.uiEisAL munsu yiew$.
While It is not possible, to predict with
any degree of certainty what position
the British government will lake on the
'"nended llay-Pauncefote treaty. It Is
noteworthy that somo of the leading
London papers Have adopted very liberal
views In regard to it, One of these
Journals looks upon the canal question
" matter oi ntismess ami not oi man-
ners. "We hold that It is to the Interest
of the British empire that the canal
should be made," says ono of these
papers, "provided, of course, It Is a ca
mil willed shall be used ou equal terms
by all ships. We are the greatest marl-
time nation. Any and every lucrcase In
the waterways of the world must be to
our ,)n,ut. Whenever and wherever you
fac tnte ocean currlace you confer a
benefit upon British carrying trade,
xhls same Journal argues that when
once the Nicaragua canal Is made Croat
Hrltnln w, , oonu.,lenib lmrt of
th() lK,mlU, It regards as pretty ccr-
ta,.. tmt t,m onua, w, nuvor bo lna(k
0I1 n (.()lumercal Uwft because
ti.,, cost .(iuld be too ureal. It times
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u"! ''"' cmues onuiu.i uu pe.-
l" 1,av military control of the
''. '' umi ueuirnmy
ruuiu nui ue uuiurceii in war illness
there wns some one in effective military
control. In support of this view refer
""-e ' 'undo to the prevention of the
Spanish fleet going to Mnntlu by way
of the .Suez Cllttlll.
Another lending English paper has ex
pressed the opinion that there is not
the smallest reason to believe thnt the
united states senate Intended. In amend
lug tho Hay-I'auncefote treaty, to af-
front or slight the British government
That paper says: "Happily, there Is but
very slight ground to complain of tho
attitude of the respective governments
toward each other. Kvldently it Is a
case for further negotiation. British
ministers do not wish to hinder the con
btructlon of the canal and they recog
nlee the natural desire of tho United
States to bo the custodian of the canal
They cannot, however, assent to the es
tabllshmeut of the dangerous precedent
of tho abrogation of a trenty by u stroke
of the pen." The position of a majority
of the senate shows that there, is no dls
position to establish such a precedent
but, ou the contrary, that the desire Is
to proceed In a perfectly legitimate and
straightforward wuy.
As already remarked, there Is no cer
talnty as to what posltlou the British
government will take on this very Im
portant matter. It has been reported
thnt It will perhaps propose further
amendments to the treaty, while It has
also been suggested that It may assent
to tho treaty as It stands. Kxlstlng po
micai conditions in uuginud win possi
bly have u decided influence upon tho
question. But It Is certainly reassurlug
to tlud the lending newspaper expo
ucnts of British opinion taking a very
liberal view of tho subject aud urging
the government to treat It as a matte
of business rather than of maimers
in other words, to regard It wholly from
I the pructlcnl polut of. view.
A contract was let the othor day
which Indicates thnt the United States
Is Invading another field which has
heretofore been monopolized by Euro
peon manufacturers. Previously all the
wire used In the construction of suspen
slon bridges lias been made In Sweden
It being supposed that the quality ueces
sary could not bo manufactured In tills
country. An American firm lias under
taken to deliver 0,000 tons for the new
Kst river bridge In New ork, which
It guarantees will stnud nil tho tests
ot tho Swedish wire. When the Anier
lean workman really sets himself about
It he Is always able to produce anything
which any other -workman can.
While congressmen, the press and pub
Ho have each and all been taking a shot
at the West Point cadets for their In
I diligence In the practico of hazing
there Is one thing which would seem to
Indicate that the work wa9 the result
misconception and tradition rather
than any Intention to be brutal or uu-
ust. Without exception (he cadets,
lien placed on the stand, have told the
truth about their own conduct, without
any attempt to equivocate or shirk the
consequences. In the face of public
lamor this requires considerable moral
courage nud demonstrates that tno
oung men uro made of the right kind of
material and nil that Is necessary Is to
fashion It correctly.
PHOTEVT TUE PUBUC.
Before the county commissioners
grant a franchise for the occupation of
the county roads by an Interurbnn line of
electric ears they should give the mat
ter most careful consideration. It Is uot
nough that there Is a public demand
for the construction of a line of electric
railroad. That much will be conceded.
Nor Is It euotigh that the franchise shall
xpress In certain terms the compensa
tion to be paid the county for the use
f the highways to be occupied.
U the very outset there should be
some assurance that the road will be
built. It would be a misfortune to nllow
franchise for a valuable privilege to
fall Into the hands of speculators who
would use It merely ns a bit of mer
chandise and who might not for years
to come succeed In disposing of It nt
their price and yet who could nil the
time use It as a club lo prevent others
from entering the field. Instead of de
manding a guaranty that the county
will at the end of a long period of
ears be given a percentage of the In
ome of the line, It should be the ill in of
the commissioners to secure a guaranty
that the road will be built, that the
work of construction will be commenced
within a certain definite time, aud that
the em's will be running over the lino
In n reasonable time after the work has
been commenced.
The duration of the franchise should
be limited. Perpetual frunchlses are a
menace. That the county be given
the privilege of taking over thu road
and its appurtenances at the expiration
of a term of years does not amount to
sufllelent protection for tho people's
ights. The life of the. franchise should
e definitely fixed and uot for a longer
Unit- than would act as a .stimulus ou the
promoters to operate the line with all
Igor, In order that they might secure
return on their Investment during the
lifetime of their special privilege.
Other points, such as the regulation
of freight anil passenger tariffs, the
hours aud general conditions for the
operation of trains and similar matters
should be carefully provided for lu the
franchise In order that the rights of the
public shall be fully conserved.
There should be no disposition to
lumper tlio project witu onerous con
ditions. In fact, the people can afford
to be generous In order to secure the
establishment of a line of suburban
lectrlc roads. Omnlut people have
never hung back when It came to the
point of extending reasonable aid to
enterprises Intended to assist iu tli -i de
velopment of the country surrounding
their city and they are not disposed to
lag now. But they are entitled to hnve
nil the protection that prudence de
mands or the result of careful Investi
gation suggests as necessary.
The franchise at present before tho
Board of County Commissioners Is de
ficient in many respects. It must be
amply amended before It will be ac
ceptable to the people. It Is the pub
lie's Interest rather than the promoters'
that Is to be considered.
The legislature Is simply lu training
at present. When the time for In
troduction of bills expires It Is likely to
surprise the people with the mauner lu
which It disposes of the accumulation.
After nil. the number of measures which
It Is really necessary to pass Is limited.
The great majority of bills Introduced
would be worse than useless If enacted
Into law.
Buffalo Is now about to undergo much
the same experience ns did Omaha In
regard, to the Sunday opening of the ex
position. Omaha proved conclusively
that the open gates were a good thing
nnd that the Sunday crowds were as
orderly as any. Buffalo will doubtless
profit by Omaha's experience.
labama kidnapers seem to lack the
essentlnl elements of honor as mani
fested by tho Omaha branch of tho Ilk.
In the Alabama case the father paid
the ransom demanded, but has not yet
received his son In return. Thus does
the "honor among thieves" theory get
another rude Jolt.
llyiptlr llrenthliiK.
Washington Post.
"Headlong national heedlessness" indi
cates that Mr. Cleveland has been sitting
up Into at night.
Mrrltx of KIiik Corn,
Globe-Democrat.
American exports of corn have averaged
173,000,000 bushels a year since 1895, on
increaso of 254 per cent ovor the preceding
five years. The attempt to educate Europe
on the merits of maize has met with con
siderable success.
Consider thr Mmtiirri I'ot.
Philadelphia Press,
The salt nnd pepper experts who discern
in these seasonings the elixir of Ufa nnd
who nre having their day undisturbed will
shortly be compelled to move up front
and glvo place to tho claimants of vinegar
and mustard as the only true promoters of
lougevlty.
Lu rur KiioukIi for Ordinary I'ariiosru.
Philadelphia Ilecord.
Fow changes wore made In the army bill
by tho senate andthe measure will not bo
long delayed In ennferonco committee. The
federal army of tho future, under the pro
vlalous of this bill, will be largo enough
and strong enough to render volunteers
unnecessary save tn tho gravest of national
emergencies.
SuliKtltntes for Had HnblU.
Philadelphia Ledger.
If you wish to break a man of a bad habit
give him a good one to replace it. That is
the principle on which a committee of tem
perance workers Is operating in St. Peters
burg and It seems to be meeting with much
success, To decrease the consumption of
Intoxicating liquors in that and other cities
this association has opened a number of
places of amusement, where, besides teeing
tke play, the guests, may have foo4 and rc
freshmeots. but nothing Intoxlcallpg. The
Idea Is to give the people a temptation to bs
sober as an offset to tho temptation to drink,
and there Is reason to expect that It will
prove a great agent of reform. It Is a
scheme that Is at least worth trying In
other Countries.
Itrltrr I'nj, ltenoonnlilr Mourn,
Portland Orcgonlun.
Possibly some of the women who are dis
cussing the servant girl problem know
that the reason they cannot get scullions
Is because, housewives don't like to do the
work themselves. In fact, this may be the
indeterminable factor of tho whole domestic
problem. If these estimable women have
not thought of It the hint may be madt
that .there never yet has been a service
In the world that could not be purchased if
a price were paid for It.
Illiiiitlcr cif the I.enrnrd.
Chicago News.
Three more (making five In all) Stanford
university professors have resigned ns a
consequence of economic criticisms dis
agreeable to Mrs. Stanford. Tho professors
Instead of bothering tholr heads about
Btrcet-car problems of San Francisco and
other matters in which Mrs. Stanford Is
financially Interested should have com
pared her, a la Trlggs, to the Sappho of
the Leucadlan steep, Mrs, Browning or
Florence Nightingale. Then they could
have retained their professorships at In
creased salaries expressive of their dls
crimination and appreciation,
A IMIOHIIECV II V NAI'UIjHO.V.
An Incident of the l.oiilnlniin I'lirclinRr
llecotneK n Hcnllt)'.
Chicago Chronicle.
Organlratlon in Franco of the Lafayette
Society of Sons of the American Ilevolutlon
recalls a timely Illustration of the prophetic
nrlnd of Napoleon.
When thinking of ceding Louisiana to the
United States be said) "To deliver the na
tions from the commercial tyranny of Eng
land wo must balance her by a maritime
power which will one day become her rival;
this is the United States."
The period of rivalry has passed. The
primacy of the commercial world Is now
ours. The uniform selfishness which char
acterized England's dealings with Iter Amer
ican colonies, her hcurticssuess in sweeping
our merchant marine off tho seas during
the civil war to preserve her supremacy
through her coal and our cotton, has caught
up at last with Its deserts, Hoth the cotton
and the coal of tho world arc ours and tha
cotton manufacture tti which she has so
long led without question will not bo of
paramount Importance lo her foreign trado
after her coals aro exhausted.
The genius of Napoleon was often pro
phctlc, never moro clearly or consciously
than in helping to build up American power.
He lost to England In war. Tlmo has won
for his purpoHO with tho agencies of peace.
IIKOK.NT UHHT II EDUCTION.
.otnlilp Krnlnrm of thr ntlon'n
Flnnnelnl Operntlniin.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Cutting down the rate of Intorebt on tho
public, debt of tha-United States In scarcely
second In tmportanco to reduction of tho
principal. Lees than ten months ago, on
March 14 last, tho gold standard law was
passed, and lt3 provisions Included author
ity to refund vertain classes of outstanding
government bonds Into new gold 2 per cents.
Tho treasurer of tho United States esti
mated that 3(00,000,000 w.ould be tho extent
of tho refunding, .though others In the
Treasury department thought him opt!
mlstlc. But he was under tho mark, for tho
refunding closed at tho end of last month
with total exchanges amounting to $(43,000,
000. The result Is that nearly 45 per cent
or tno nonaea aeht is now in 2 per cent
bonds, which, means an annual saving of
s,&uu,oou in luturo interest payments. In
this operation. iSccrntary Gage disposed of
144,000,000 of, 'tn, surplus by the payment of
uinercnces uetweon tno par value nnd pres
ent worth of the old bonds. It Is a splendid
investment, a, notablo feat in economic
finance. A saving of IS.500,000 a year In
interest payments Is a form of dent rcduc
tion that all the people can appreciate.
Perhaps the United States could not float
a large loan at 2 per cent, but it can como
nearer to it than any other nation, and con
sequently its credit is tho best In the world.
In all. Secretary Cage last year used J68,
000,000 of tho surplus by redeeming contin
ued 2 per cents to tho amount of 324,000,000
and by premium payments on the exchangos
under the refunding law. A surplus is still
accumulating, but the prospective reduction
of war taxation by congress will bring rev
enue and expenditures close togother. An
other fcaturo of tho gold standard law of
last March is the establishment of 2S2 na
tional banks, with a capital of between 323
000 and 350.000 each, whereas tho old limit
was 330,000. Fow financial laws over dc
vised have proved so fruitful of good to the
whole people as that framed and enacted
by republicans less than a year ao.
SIIEI2I MAX A.D CATTLU MAX.
l'finnrx nf the Ntruififlr for Western
firncliiK" l.nndn.
Snn Francisco Call.
The reports from the llvo stock conven
tion at Salt Lake City scum to show thnt
the sheep men aro lu tho snddle and tho
cattle men aro on tho run.
It Is a curious illustration of tho timidity
of fixed Investments, Nearly every cattle
man in the west, whether a large or small
hordeman, Is a land owner. He has ranch
lands nnd headquarters buildings and Is a
taxpayor.
The flock masters, on tho other hand, ore
ratcly land owners. They have the daring
nnd Independence of nomads. They drive
their flocks at will where they please, fro
qnontly In one year making from 600 to
1,000 miles, feeding nnd fattening their
sheep as they go, and leaving tho range
hohlnd them bare and du3ty. Recently a
flock master in Wyoming, who had Just sold
out his flock of 140,000 sheep, boasted that
he had made a great fortune in sheep and
yet had never owned nor paid taxes on moro
than fifteen acres of land! His pasture
cost him nothing, for he grazed on tho
public domain nnd paid the government
nothing for the feed that had mndo his
great fortune.
These aggressive shepherds havo dls
covered that they can drive the cattlo off
tho range, for sheep will feed where cattlo
have been, but cattle will not feed whero
sheep hnve been. So when a sheep man
opposes leasing the range and talks highly
about the need of a freo range open to all
ho means n rango from which he has tho
power to exclude, cattle, monopolizing It for
himself. Theso brave and enterprising
nomads go further than this, for they pro
pose nt Salt Lako to demand a higher tariff
and compel n federal Inspection of manu
factured goods, tagging every bolt of fabric
to show of what it Is made. They demand
also that all forest reserves he thrown open
to sheep. We really hopo that they will
not demand an Inspecting officer to overhaul
us all on tho street and strip us to see If
we have woolen underclothing, with the
power to Imprison us for failure to wear
wool from sheep that never cost a dolla
for their feed,
While thoso virile nomnds are asking for
what they want, nnd getting It, tho timli
cattle men are in disagreement amonu
themselves, and while they quarrel nn
higgle tho sheep men nrn crowding thoin
off the Hinge.
With free feed and a high wool tariff, nn
disappearance of rango cattle, tho profit
of sheep-growing rise, and so does the prlc
of clothing and the price of meat. Th
consumers of both nre the people who ow
the public domain. Perhaps they may soo
demand that the shepherds pay them some
thing for the use nnd destruction of thel
property.
AI'IWIHS IN Tilt: IMIILIIM'IMIS.
The le nt I'rpm-nt Ilntei-lnlm-d In
oniclnl l lrclet nt Miuilln.
Tho New York Evening Post prints n
elter from an unnamed correspondent, "an
official who moves In high official circles
t Manila," giving tho "offlclal view" of
he present unsatisfactory condition of
ffalra In tho Philippines. This "official
Mew" coincides with the opinion recently
expressed In tho United States senate by
Senator Sewcll of New Jersey and Senator
Hawley of Connecticut. The letter Is dated
Manila, December 15, and reads In part as
follows:
"For the last two months the Philippine
commission and tho military governor have
becu hard at work on their respective re
ports to tho president of tho United States.
These reports were mailed on the last
ransport and they will probably be in tho
hands of the president by January 1, 1901.
n the meantime the utmost secrecy is
being maintained In Manila, both as to the
nformatlou and recommendations coutalnejl
in these documents, ond the reason Is no:
far to seek; for, should the tenor of these
messages bo the same a that of those
which havo preceded them but a short
time, a sort nf offlclal mutiny might be
precipitated lu army circles. Ou tho othor
hand, If it Is reported In theso documents
that the situation in the Islands Is unsatis
factory from a military standpoint, nnd
that the volunteers must be replaced with
other troops and more, troops, quite differ
ent considerations render secrecy desirable.
"It Is openly anil repeatedly asserted by
army officers In Manila today that the
American army Is on the defensive in this
archipelago and that It has been on the
defensive for more than six months. It was
on the defensive when tlenernl Otis went
home to tell the pooplo of tho United States
that 'tho Philippine situation wns well in
hand.' Perhaps tho offlclal code of ethics
forbndc bis successor's discrediting that
statement, at least until after the election,
but the time is at hand when something
radical will have to bo done.
'A fow weeks ago a number of stnff
officers went on a cruise among the south
ern Islands of the urchlpelago. This num
ber Included Colonel M. Barber, adjutaut
general of tho division at that lime; Colonel
Orccnteaf, the chief surgeon, nud other
prominent officials who had a thorough
ofllco knowledge of thu conditions. Since
their return several of theso gentlemen
havo been heard to condemn vigorously a
policy that Is largely responsible for the
present situation, viz., n policy thnt at
tempts to reconcilo tho two directly op
posite forces uf wur and beueilctmcc.
"They report that the garrisons In two-
thirds of the territory visited are In n
state of notunl siege and that they dare not
go more than a few hundred yards outside
their posts for fear of enpture or of en
countering nn overwhelming force of In
surgents; that all of tho garrisons are too
small for tho territory watched over nnd
that not a day pnsses that several American
holdiers nre not picked off by tho watchful
and treacherous natives.
'A spirit of bitterness has crept Into tho
rank and file of tho nrray because of thin
policy, which permits Amorican soldiers to
be murdered In tho most dnatardly manner
and tho murderers remain nt large. From
the south come frequent stories of our men
having been captured In twos and threes
nnd burled alive. TongucB havo been cut
out and all manner of barbarous cruelties
practiced on ambushed and captured Ameri
can soldiers. Offlclal reports to tho con
trary, officers nnd men who know tho situa
tion and the nntives aro all agreed that tho
Ullplno hates us as he nover hated the
Spaniard; that every Filipino is an in-
surrecto and that tho present guerrilla
warfare will contlnuo for ycars unless some
strong policy be inaugurated. Fear Is the
only forco that tho Tagal savago recog
nizes nnd he is not ns much afraid of the
American as ho was of the Spanlnrd. In
plain language, tho Filipino thinks the
American a fool because he does not uso
his power or rotallate, and respects him ac
cordingly. "General MacArthur hns n good, cautious
man as an executive, but what the condi
tions need is n bold, determined soldier who
will make war 'heir to the Filipinos until
they are willing to lay down their arms and
accept 'the only government that can rule
them power. And this cannot bo dono
without an adequate army. It Is tho opln
ion of many export soldiers hero on the
ground that 100,000 soldiers will be needed
to copo with the situation In the near fu
ture, I. c, If present conditions aro to bo
radically changed.
"Tho country is pacified and 'the situa
tion Is well in hand,' but there are towns
within a few miles of Manila whero tho
authorities will not permit an Amorlcnn to
go for fear that ho will bo massacred.
American soldiers dally fall prey to tho
bold treachery of tho Malay, but theso have
'needlessly exposed thomselvcs.' Small
wonder that the soldier Is disgusted with
a condition that permits bis comrado to be
ambushed or foully murdered by 'amigos,'
and docs not permit him to avenge his
death 'from motives of policy.'
"The American authorities set up a local
municipal government; prcsldcnto, clerk,
etc., are elected, and everything seems to
be working smoothly. A little later it Is
discovered tbnt tho presidents and clerk
also ropresent the insurgent government,
and that whore they collect 100 pesos tax
for tho 'Americanos,' they collect 400 pesos
for tho causo of the 'Filipino nation.' Vet
they go comparatively unpunished. Small
wonder that all manner of treachery stalks
abroad In a land that offers a premium for
duplicity nnd falls to punish the traitor.
"Education can do a great deal, but edu
cation alone will never pacify tho Philip
pine Islands. Force Is requlrod. and many
American soldiers will spill tholr blood and
much American treasure will be spent be
foro peaco rolgns in this archipelago, and
tho longer tho present policy of conducting
war on nursery principles Is continued the
greater will bo tho injustice done to tho
soldier who has to servo In this cause."
(iltOVHH'S TKAHFI'I, MOAX.
Will th S turfed 1'rophrt Attain ".Save
the Country f"
Cleveland Lender.
Mr. Grovor Cleveland muBt be getting
ready to run for president again. Ho has
declared that the republic is in danger,
and when Mr. Cioveland feels that Amerl
can Institutions are threatened bo may he
depended upon to assume the role of de-
fsnder and savior.
In ISSt Mr. Cioveland thought the republic
was threatened. He said the United States
was menaced by a "communism of pelf,"
and ho gladly became tho candidate of the
democratic party for the presidency. Uach
of the other two times he ran for president
ho was sure that ho had been called to de
fend tho republic ngalnst a great and Im
pending dauger. The peoplo gave him two
chances to snvo the republic, nnd now he
mny bo trying to convince them that ho
should be called again.
"It has been my lot." he said In hl3 ad
dress In Now York on Thursday, "to ha
much on the sober side of life, and to feel
tho pressuro of great responsibilities," and
that, after all, mny explain why he takes
such a gloomy view of tho future of tho
republic.
Hut ho would not he flrover Cleveland If
ho took nn optlmUtlc view of anything,
The ex-presldent will go down Into history
as tho nno American, ubavo nil others, who
never missed n opportunity to preach a
gloomy ermon to his fellow countrymen
As a rumbler Mr- Cleveland stands without
a peer among public men in this country.
uiowi; as a iiniii ri,Yi:n.
Philadelphia Pre" The general search
that is going on for Pat Crowe one of the
alleged abductors of the l udnhy bo, has
so far been unsuccessful. H6 is alleged to
have been seen at a score of J laces at th
same time In different parts o the conntn.
The popular Inquiry and allure to find
Mr. Crowe suggests that In addition o
being a suspected kldnsper he may nho
turn out t. be the ong.sough ndlvldu.il
who assaulted tho celebrated William I at-
,c,son-
Pittsburg Chronicle: Fortunately the
effort cn the part of a young criminal nt
Ashtabula. O., lo extort money from a
wealthy cltliii. under threat of personal
tolencc. was quickly nipped In the bud.
The Imitative nnd coutaglnus character of
crime Is being amply illustrated in the
growing number of would-be Pat Crowe.
Now that one of them Is in the hands of
tho law. no time should be lost In giving
an Impressive object lesson of the extent
and seerlty of the punishment that future
attempts of this character may be expected
to evoke from the courts.
Chicago Tribune: The elusive Mr.
Crcwo, lately n citizen of Omaha, has ap
pattntly gone to Join the surprisingly large
number of men and women who, for one
reason or nnother, have been moved to
vanish utterly from the knowledge of people
who onco knew them. It Is almost incredi
ble thut such n disappearance should be
possible In the face of tho fact that J50.000
reward Is offered for his capture, and that
probably as many thousand men aro nnx
lously looking for him. Yet there have
been enough Instances of the same kind
to prove that the case or lrowe is not a
miraculous exception nnd to provide plenty
of company for him In the unknown country
where the mysteriously missing make their
home. Thcro are the men who stole
Charley" ltoss, for Instance, and "Wllllo"
Tascott, for whom the world was searched
In vain. Of more obscure people there
aro hundreds, whoso stories are told only
on the "missing books" at the police sta
tions nnd who have disappeared entirely
and, apparently, forever, from tho world.
In stdte of nil the Improvements tn rapid
ecmmunicatlon between the fnr-off corners
of tho earth, In spite of the fact that the
discoverers nro complaining because there
s no moro work for them to do, thcro still
seems to be much, so long ns It Is possible
for smart men to vanish out of sight and
to remain undiscovered.
I'KHSOXAI, XOTKS.
Napoleon nlways wanted tn be told bad
. . -... 1 .. V. -
news nt once, uoou news couiu ni-vi, uk
said.
The ramification of Mr. Cleveland's
Dutch Dikes nnd Dams" extended from tho
Philippines to South Africa.
Mnlor J. W. Warren was appoin'cd the
secrelnry of tho oxccutlvo department of
the'stato of Georgia twenty-nine years ago
and ho has held tho position ever since.
When John G. Carlisle was In congress be.
wns always comparatively a poor man. It
In said that the ex-secrotary Is now making
J50.000 a year from his law practice In New
York.
Tho bust of Habbl Wise, tho noted Hebrew-
scholar, which Mhx II. Mny has presented
to tho Hebrew Union college of Cincinnati,
was unveiled nt the Plumb Street temple
In that city on Tuesday afternoon.
Thero is to bo a notablo celebration of
Lincoln's birthday at Carneglo hall in New-
York City February 11. Mark Twain is to
Introduce the speakers and tho chief ad
dress will be delivered by Henry Wnttcrson
of IjOuIsvIIIc.
Tho Michigan presidential electors rhoso
Joseph H. Dennett of Adrian messenger to
carry tho result of tho balloting to Wash
ington. Mr. Dennett has lived in Michigan
eighty years, he cast his first presidential
vote for William Henry Harrison nnd he
has voted for every republican cnndldate
for president from Fremont to McKlnley.
Tho ?5,0O0,O00 estate of tho late Or.
Thomas W. Kvans, tho famous American
dentist of Paris, has at last been settled.
tho relatives who contested the will re
ceiving JS00.000 among them. In tho will
but $250,000 was left to relatives, tho re
mainder going to tho Thomas Kvans
Museum nnd Institute Society of Phila
delphia.
It is said that Lord Iloberts Is the first
man who has over been entitled to wear
both the Garter nnd tho Victoria Cross. Ho
Is the first who has ever worn tho cross
and hns been both n Knight of the Garter
and of St. Patrick, and the unique distinc
tion may fairly bo taken ns symbolical of
tho unlquo services which ho haB rendered
the empire.
Dr. Honry Foster, who founded the grent
sanatorium at Clifton Springs. N. V., died
thero on Tuesday. Ho would have been
79 years old wlthlu a week. Few men lived
nobler lives. His deeds of kindness were
countless. Hundreds of poor patients re
ceived the benefit nf his Institution with
all its skill for little or nothing. He was
a man universally beloved and a Christian
whoso faith was exemplified In every word
and act.
For the Boys
Here nre some excellent values we are offering in
our Juvenile department.
SWEATERS
For the big boys and sum 11 boys, nil wool, iu plain
colors and fancy stripes.,
$1.00 to $1.25
SHIRTS
Hoys' stiff bosom colored shirts, a bountiful as
sortment of patterns, and regular $1.00 and $1.50
values now at
75c and $1.00
Gloves and Mittens
A big lino of line warm gloves and mittens at
50 cents.
STOCKINGS
Fast black cotton stockings for boys and for girls,
Heavy Hand medium weight the very best that
can be had regular !5 for $1.00 value, for
4 for $1.00
You always find hero the most complete lines of
boys' furnishings in town "all tho new things all
the time."
Wc Keep Open Saturday Nights Only till 9 O'clock.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Omaha's Oaly Exclusive Clothiers Ir Mci sail Bmft,
j mis 15 V .11 ST UK.
' l'' n";lrIl ' letted .
p,d,u,hl d.la Itec'ord.
, V w j proverbial for
Bwf, nns maie ,ck work o( the
dcstn(,rnlc operators of "a deed without
a ngmo. at ,,atcrson A three mon nro
, ,hc of mufder ,n ,
Vc6n(, Thc(r Mc(s w rcma(n
unstrelcnC(1. 10lr fim)ro ycars , l)0
d )n al, )robab,llty- wflhln prSon
waS( whcrt, .,kno(k.oul ,,rop,(.. raunght
rides and dcllorntlon of careless or helpless
Kh.,g nro ft)lko unknown and impossible
society is safer when such moral monsters
nrR rc!,trnlned from running at large.
To ,hc 0niccrs and agencies of the law
that bt ought this most distressful case lo
prompt nnd early conclusion the entire
American public one a debt nf gratitude
It has been demonstrated conspicuously a'
Pntcrson thnt Justice, nfter all, Is not
leadcn-hcclcd nor torpid and Inert. If pun
ishment should always follow nfter crime
as speedily as In this tlosfchleter case thern
would be few complaints of the law's delay
Few criminal offenses Involving the loss
of n single human life hnve aroused more
widespread nnd profound public Interest In
this section of the country than was In
spired by tho story of poor Jennie Hosschle-
tcr's undoing. The myrlad-tongtied press
carried far and wldo tho main incidents of
the tragedy; nil Paterson rang and re
verberated with tho atrocious details, and
everywhere brooded n sentiment of vague
apprehension, almost consternatlonas
though hell's lid had been suddenly lifted
for a public spectacle. If the enduring
Impulses of soclnl and moral reform shall
wax stronger In American communities
hereafter because of this revelation of hu
manlty's darker side tha hapless Paterson
mill girl will not have died altogether In
vain.
niiUKzi Tiurt.r.s.
Detroit Journal: Merperson Just look at
thnt ocean grnyhound cn!
Mertnnn Yes. 1 wonder If some sea urchin
hasn't tied it tin can to Its tall?
Judge: J n y-Were there many theatrical
lights nt the Caroline t'njoler's ladles' rtnj "
Mrs. Jay O, yes: jmmc bright, luminous
ray flitted by every now nnd then, to sn
nothing of tho cx-rnys, trying hard to
scintittntc.
Philadelphia Pre: Shopper No. 1 don't
rnre to Hen any neatskln. There' n nice
looking collarette over there. What Is tlmt
fur?
Clerk Why, that's for to keep our neck
warm, of course.
Columbus Journal: Mrs. filernylre,
Henry, thn nlnrm clock Just went off.
Mr. Ulcepylze Thank goodness! I hope
tho thlng'll never como back.
Detroit Free Press: He Our relatives
gave us an awfully ugly lot of bridal pres.
ent.
Hhe Yes, they did; and If we had n rum
mago sale It would bo Just llko them to
como.
Philadelphia Ttcrord: "How much monev
has my husband in bank?" demanded tho
woman.
"I cannot tvll you, madam." replied tho
man behind the grating.
"Why. they told me you were tho teller, '
snapped the woman.
Cleveland Pl.aln Denier: "Ten. nh
wouldn't speak t tho editor when she met
him."
"Had ho offcuried-Jier?"
"I should siiv b had. Ills society
re-
porter called lt(r. one of last
centur's
Dials,"
Detroit Journal: In the theater business,
however, angels rush in where ordinary
fools wouldut put up ii cent.
Philadelphia Press: "The. clothes T ot
hero laBt winter," said Slopny.. "wore out
very quickly. I wish you'd try to mak
thin suit last."
"Mnkn It lust, eh?" returned the tailor
"I don't think I'll make It at all unless you
muke it settlement first."
TUB XRff OLtl MAX.
S K, Klser In the Times-He rld.
"Wave him aside ay, show him the devr:
Ho Is Just nn old man who has rm fcls
best day!
The world has no use for his kls.i ir.y
the hair on his temples Is iToiAied
with gray!
Who enres for the story he llnfffi
Ton have heard it before It S.w tiftfa
been told:
Ho Is forty-squeezed out Ki t, "Vtm-'irr.
nnd well.
IIo's old!
Tell hint to go nnd slfflown ta gj ilrtn:
And bcfr from tho pcopfre "v'lu tlur'
along;
Throw him a, crust If ho still iiu ti eii
Hut let lilin mnko room for Y'Miiu mil
tho Htrong!
Ills work liny been dono ntKl ;.1f nintf
on his brow,
8o piiHh him away send him tww u
cold;
llo must turn to his children or c5.i?-.r
now
He's old!
Ills senses nro dulled nud his nrre r
worn nut,
And ho helplessly lags In the henrt-brr.sk-
Ing nice;
Send him forth In tho world, to be Jostled
about,
And summon a boy to step Into his place'
llo hns hud nil tho chances ho over ms
claim; Thero Is nothing for him that tho futuro
can hold
Ho Is forty, poor fossil, so cross out his
old!