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lltr.znl. otherwise m-oiI tnk'ht lw
nithiv the Mlr.zard ip"df.,s were dylni;
out.
One of tin; Iarfc'"(t wire ilant In the
country hurnnl KurKlaj". ltit there In
no tlnncer that the wires which are be
inn iHtlletl In Lincoln will Kuffer a short-
Walt until that fusion leulitlatlvc
HeerlUK rfjinmlttf-e hvlnn to net In iin
work down at Mneoln. A jilaee on the
Heerlni; eominlttee ouht to be worth u
KwA dual.
The tar levy rew)lve Itcelf Into the
queatlon of raining money to pay off
clehtH nlonK with current esjenK' or
cnrryliis: the debts and Increased over
lnpH at Jilh rates of Intercut.
Omaha jeoj!e who waded around
through the ktiow dtiftK Sunday can
console themselvcM that Nebraska main
talt:el Itx rentitatlon for havlnjj the bent
of everything the utonu was wortw
i'lewherc thati here.
MlKHourl did not make any appropria
tion for tate jmrtlcipation In the Tratm
inlKclfHlppl KxHitiou ut Omaha, but
that Ik no good reawjn why Nebrahka
hliould not Ik; mote liberal with the
Iiulidana I'tirchaite fair In St. JauIk In
If the county attorney had a set of
deputies who would give 'public bunl-
neH precedence over their private law
canea he would not have to call for tin
authorized aHHlHtautx and ImpoHe upon
the taxpayer a Malary Hut dlnproior-
tlouate to the ncrvlcc.
t.rnzy hnake, the (.'reek chief now
under arrest charged with creating a
disturbance in the Indian Territory, haa
given Indications that he has absorbed
more of modern American civilization
than had been supposed. He chargeH all
the trouble In the territory up to the
Htundard Oil company.
Notice with what glee tin? llryanltc
papers 011111111181x0 the assertion that ex
Senator JIII1 will not be 11 candidate, for
the presidential nomination on the dein
ocratlc ticket in lIKi. These papers
hitve assumed the task of fddctracklug
every presidential possibility except
Ilryau that may bub up In the coming
four years.
While Omaha Ik perfecting Its railway
facilities, it should not overlook the Im
pern live demand for the closing of the
Hartlngtoii gap. lly building u few
miles of track a direct line can be had
from Omaha Into eastern South Dakota.
With so much money rently for railroad
Investment IIiIh Improvement ought to
be consummated without much more
delay.
Chancellor Andrews of the State uni
versity has been so rash as to pro
nouuiMi a memorial (111 the late queen of
Kiiglaml. He evidently did not know
of the lisle he wiih taking of forfeiting
the favor of his fusion friends, who
scent a Hrltlsh conspiracy behind every
bogey conjured up In their minds to
menace the peace and prosperity of the
nation.
The populist state committee Is not
making any great effort to pay up the
Indebtedness coming from the last cam
paign. The members of the committee
secured all that was coining to them
and an? perfectly willing to allow the
other fellows to wall until the aspir
ants for olltce In another campaign put
up the money. No ainoiiurof prodding
can Induce the late oltlclals to pay for
tlui dead equine.
Kansas has a habit of bringing .Itself
Into notoriety through Its freaks and
outbreaks of various kinds. Mrs. Nation
has done her share In this direction ami
now It Is reported that In retaliation for
her raids on (he Joints their sym
pathlr.ers are going to add to the recoid
by mobbing her. The great mass of
Kansas people are not to be Judged by
the freaks or lawbreakers, but, never
theless, all suffer Iu the estimation of
thu general public on their account.
nnril i Vh f Til i I
I!y far the mot Interentlos wiiQtt
now receivftii; attention at Va.blnrtoa
relates to the rlfcht of coozr to
ttKn the coufttltation framed by th
('nbaij convention. No other matter l
beltitf iUite m cnrfletly (MtcuuMfl al
there Is wide dlrerrece of opialoti la
r:rd to It.
IVtIhip the mot Important deliver
ance on the fttbjert th far I that of
Senator Halt of Coiinecttcat, chairman
of the committee on relations with Caba.
who Is believed to refle t th vlew of
th- adjilnltratVH. Mr. Piatt expre.ed
the opialoa that cooirreks hfl. not the
power deal directly with the Cuban
conUtBtkB. Caba beiut; a forelcn
coBBtrj. m dwlared by the npreme
court of the Unltwl States, con?res
can neither apjirove. reject nor In any
way amend or modify the Cuban con
Mltutiou. Cuba l prlvilefred to estcb
llh her own iroverntuetit without let or
hindrance. Hut he thought that the
tnlteI States havlm: Intervened to
tectire freedom for Culw save this coun
try certain rights and privileges In the
Maud ami created mutual obligations
which may Ik? defined In a way yet to
be determined. He alo thought that
eongre may declare iiikjii what tennis
and conditions military occupation of
Cuba hhall ceae and In doing that
might express lt opinion as to what
neccj-wiry guaranties of our future re
lations should be embodied In Its con
stitution. Other republican senators
are cald to Ik? In Mibttautlal accord
with the views of Mr. liatt
On the other hand there are msw
who contend that congrcs has th
right, under the obllgattons assumed by
this government in the Paris treaty, to
pats on the Cuban conntltutlon ami to
require that It shall make sc'flc pro
ilon for the relations hereafter to
j exist between Cuba and the United
1 State. TheM- Insist that the basis of
I our dealings with Cub in law Is not
the resolution of congress pledging In-dejK-ndence
for the Cuban iople. but
1 the treaty. They urge that the
treaty Impliedly If not directly put
UKn congress the responsibility of
seeing to It that the obligations which
the treaty entails upon this country
with resfK-ct to Cuba are recognized.
They tay that the United States being
by that convention compelled to do cer
tain things after a stable government
is established, therefore the United
States Biut be the Judge as to whether
a stable government has been provided
for or not. The obligations of the
treaty, It Is argued, are conditions pre
cedent to the Independence of Cuba
and we must be satisfied that thee
conditions have leeu fully met. This
ftosltlon certainly finds no authority or
warrant In the decision of the supreme
court declaring Cuba to be foreign ter
ritory, held In trust for Its Inhabitants,
"to whose exclusive control It will be
surrendered when a stable gdveruinent
shall have been established by their vol
untary action." Obviously any Inter
ference on the part of congress with the
Cuban constitution would be an in
trlngement of the right of the people to
establish a government by their volun
tary action. Yet It would seem that
congress might without Impropriety of
fer suggestions or recommendations re
specting that Instrument without mak
ing any demand as to its provisions.
The question Is manifestly of the
greatest Importance and the present In
dications are that It will be settled with
u proper regard for the rights of the
Cuban people.
uxhe a ithf:intm:uKs.
The letter of Secretary Long to Sena
tor Morgan, In reference to the failure
of congress to properly recognize and
reward the naval heroes at Santiago.
will be likely to revive discussion as to
the responsibility for that failure. The
secretary of the nuvy points out what
has been done by the president and
himself to secure for those men the
recognition they unquestionably merit,
but as everybody uuderstands, these ef
forts have been unavailing because of
the feeling created by the unfortunate
Sampson-Schley controversy and It ap
pears very doubtful whether any action
will bo taken by the present congress,
earnestly as Secretary Long pleads for
It. Perhaps the next congress will be
better disposed.
Tilt; otllcers and men of the
Asiatic
of the
the
squadron received the thanks
nation and medals of honor.
was 110 controversy In regard
achievement at Manila, no question as
to whom belonged the honor and glory
of that victory. Had none been raised
respecting the equally lmiKjrtant and
even more brilliant achievement at San
tiago those who participated In It would
long Hliice have been rewarded as they
deserve. It Is not worth while to tils
cush the responsibility for this. There
Is an obligation of natloiiul gratitude
title the 'men of the Santiago squadron
and It should be paid. Congress ought
to promptly heed the appeal of Secre
tary Long.
Tiro AUt:.DMK.Ts n'Axrr.i) fuiiomaiia
While thu legislature Is considering
amendments to the Nebraska constitu
tion, It should not overlook two amend
ments Imperatively demanded iu the In
terest of Omaha and Douglas county,
although not directly affecting any other
part of the state.
These two amendments should pro
vide, llrst, for a consolidation of city
and county government where It can be
economically accomplished, and, second,
for municipal home rule through the
framing and adoption of a city charter
by the peoplo of the city Itself.
The amendment relating to the con
solidation of city mid county olllces was
among those submitted four years ago
which failed of ratlllcatlou on account
of the Indifference of the voters. As
then formulated, It authorized the merg
ing, In whole or Iu part, of the govern
ment of any city of tho metropolitan
class and the government of the county
in which It Is located, when a propnsl
tlou for that purpose had received the
assent of a majority of the votes cast
Iu each government division.
If this authority were granted by the
constitution the taxpayers of this city
ami county would, .i!liipvtji0lj;..to
mi re annua lit a larc- amount of inoticy
wow oAiH'itdcd in salaries to olll'ers who
duplicate one another's work. Int al
to aroid the inconteiilencea of dual gov
eminent. No good reason exists why
the taxjwrers should Ik- compHIH to
support two treasurers and their tafls
of deputies and to make double trips to
two M-jwratc offices to jwy their taxes
when the work could Is? more cally
and efficiently informed In one office .
under one treasurer. The same Is true
with ref'Tcwc to tlie auditing of comity
and city accounts, the engineering ami
health detmrtments of the two local gov-
erment". as well as many other branches
of the service. The consolidation of city
and county governments has been fol
lowed with good reults In New York.
St. I)Uls. Han Prancl-co awl other
large cities, none of which would will
ingly return to the old plan.
As to munleijtal home rule, the amend
ment offered In the legislature of 1ST
was defeated through the influence of
local eorisjrate interests that were not
ready to entrust the charter-making
jsjwi-r to the jeople them-elves. Uy
vesting in each city the authority to
frame and adopt Its own charter, sub
ject to certain safeguard and affirma
tion by the people at the polls the legis
lature would be relieved of the biennial
squabbles over charter revision and the
Iop!e assured a charter conforming to
local needs. '
The general drift of legislation
throughout the country is in the direc
tion of a greater measure of local self
government for the larger cities. The
Missouri and California state constitution-
grant this poWpr to their munici
palities and the new constitution of
New York embraces a provision similar
in character, although It does not go
quite so far.
The constitutional amendment. that
were formulated on thee two subjects
four years ago sbouhl be reIntroduc-d
Into the iresent legislature and sub
mitted aloug with the other proposed
amendments.
THE DKPvUTATlUS OF MA MX I.
Fair-minded Americans, we think, will
be; entirely satisfied with the explana
tion given by General MacArthttr of
why Mablni. the Implacable Filipino
enemy of the Lnited Stutes, was de
Irted from Manila to Guum. He was
a pri"ouer of war. but while living In
Manila under the protection of the
American authorities he maintained cor-re-iK)udence
with the Insurgents In the
field and did all he could to encourage
the continuance of hostilities against the
United States. Itcfusing amnesty for
himself he labored to induce others to
reject It. A man of ability and of great
Influence with his ieople ho wus capa
ble of doing nnd undoubtedly did do a
greut deal of mischief.
To have petmltted such a person to
longer remain where he could do the
American came much harm would have
been Inexcusable folly. Mablni was a
dangerous man, who had persistently
violated his privileges as a prisoner of
war In communicating with the enemy.
It was the right and duty of the mili
tary authority to place him where be
could do no harm. I)eiortatlou was the
best way to deal with him and the sen
timental talk about the hardship of his
banishment from his native laud Is
ridiculous. He will be deprived of noth
ing in Guam but the opportunity to In
cite his countrymen to keep up the war
ugalnst American authority and kill
American soldiers. General Mat-Arthur
has perhaps not been entirely discreet
as to some of the dejiortatlons he has
ordered, but In the case of Mablni his
action Is fully Justified.
Senator Kdgar's bill glvlug persons
cited for constructive contempt the right
to a Jury trial ought to pass without
opinion. The worst abuses of gov
ernment by Injunction and contempt are
to be found In prosecutions for alleged
constructive contempt. In which the
Judge, as prosecutor, Judge and Jury,
undertakes to lutllct penalties for Im
aginary long-distance Infringements on
his Judicial dignity. It certainly Is not
unking too much to Insist upon the ac
cused In such cases having the same
right to a Jury trial as Is accorded under
the laws to the meanest professional
criminal. Senator Kdgar should have
the vigorous co-operation of every news
paper iu Nebraska In support of his
bill
IC.v-Senator Hill says he Is not a can
didate for the democratic presidential
nomination In 1001. Like rnuiiy others
who have devoted years to politics the
ex-senator llnds himself possessing
more honors than resources and will
devote his energies to his law practice.
Whatever may be thought of Hill's
brand of politics or some of his methods
of holding political control, It can be
truthfully said that he has not made
money out of It and that his talents,
when directed towanl his profession,
enable him to do so. Men of ability arc
wanted In politics in all parties and it
Is unfortunate so many of the brightest
minds are forced to abandon It In order
to provide u competence for old age.
The popocrats are complaining that
the present legislature has not passed a
large number of bills. The legislature
has never been In the habit of parsing
many measures until after the expira
tion of the forty-day limit for Introduc
ing bills and Is not likely to do so tills
year. Another thing Is certain, the
present Isaly will not pass many of the
measures introduced from the popocratlc
side of the chamber, because most of
them are measures which the fuslunlsts
would not think of fathering If their
own party were In power. The re
publicans arc too wise to fall Into any
such trups.
Xo CiiiiHi- for Worry.
New York World.
Uncle Sam guvo Cuba tits word. Ills word
haa always been as good as his bond, and
his bond has never been repudiated,
Wlltcr Im Her lllenient,
Kansas City Star.
The proposition to suppress Mrs, Nation
by turning the hose on her Is exploded by
tho announcement that she Is a direct de
scendant of Alexander Campbell, who
founded the denomination called Christians
or Disciples. Mrs, Nation's kinship to tho
Let the People Speak
Ym' "Let th people sfek " V t
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The prffpn (poke at tfce republican prl
tMfki In IHaglas ttmnty ua1 thy apaVc
Kain all orr th atftt tm election day
when tbr votrt tbfir preferenee for Kjl
ward Hfcwa!.er for t'nltrt State aator.
fa their "epfaklai;" th pople ad no
telstake and their .represeatatlTes at Lin
coln know it: bat thty have hearkened .to
the politicians and rlaters so far sad
have faCed la their duty to the state and
their coastittteacles. It Is the dut at re
publican rept esentatlres an& senators to
east tbeir vote for the two best men ef
their party now before the legislature as
candidates for the 1'nlted State3 senator
hl?i. Surely it is net hard to make this se
lection when the people by their ballots
have already mad? their choice of one sen
ator, and by that art In their Judement
have certified to his ability and fitness ns
nell as their own desires
It needs to shost to come from the grave
to tell us that Kojeter Is far and away
above every other enndldate before the leg
islature and that he would make one of the
best senators we have ever sent to Wash
ington. The state representatives of the people at
Lincoln kaow this Just ns well as we do
and they know that sueh men as Mercer are
Mere "scrap" to be plfkd up in any old
place, atd there is not the sllt;htet ground
for supposing that the people want any
sueh men or are willing to entrust the In
terests of Nebraska to novices.
great champion of baptism by Immersion
partially expla'ss her vehement enthuslssm
for wator.
Precedent for llic Ilinmcr.
Indianapolis Journal.
Much ado Is made because General Mac
Arthur has sent a vicious newspaper man
home from Manila. So there was In Mi.
Hit and 1S54. when Generals Grant and
Sherman banished troublesome correspond
ents from the armies.
Development In TrleRrnjili y.
Philadelphia Ledger
Evidently the twentieth century Is not
to be behind Its predecessor In scientific
progress. Though it is only a month old.
a number of Important new discoveries have
already been foreshadowed, and though It
Is not to b expected that all of them will
prove valuable. It Is to be expected tbAt
some of them will. The world will at least
hone that the announced Invention of Pro
fessor Slaby of Berlin, by whlrh "hundreds
and even thouaandit of mntiirri" ran he i
sent simultaneously on the same wi.-e. even !
through an ocean cable, may be found to
belong in the latter class.
Lliultlntf Service In the. Philippines.
Philadelphia I'.ecord.
It Is a humane regulation which limits
to two years the service of general amy
officers In the Philippines. A longer term
under the eonatir would incapacitate most
of them for duty But why should not th? i
same humane re'.e be applied to the private
soldiers, who cannot protect themselves '
from the effects of climate as well as the i
officers can Instead of this the army bill
offers to the private soldiers In the Philip
pines a large bounty for re-enllstmcnt In
order to save transportation. This will
not save transportation, as the. number of
Invalids to be sent home will increase in
proportion with th re-enllstments for
longer service
Welnl Ixnlait of the Ciinoc.
KarutMS City Htur.
A sample of the exasperating mlsrepre
sentations which public men are often sub
Jected to is the tending out from Colorado I
of alleged stories of Vice President Kooee- on that account the growth of exports Is all
velt's hunting exploits, which are yarns the more significant of the enormous ex
made out cf whole cloth. These tales are ; panslon of industry In all directions In the
made doubly annoying by appearing to come i United States.
from the vice president's press agent. He
has no press agent, but some infernal liar,
of the type that Infests all remote districts
and sends out the stories ot terrible crimes
In the Indian Ter.-liory and strange freaks
ot nature In Texas, has been bamboozling
the eastern press with stuff plainly faked,
which one newspaper actual) accuses the
"Hough P.ldcr" of seeding out himself.
Ice
Mmle nt Home,
Electricity.
A new electrical machine has been In
vented by which, it Is ialmed, Ice can be
made tn bouses or apartments at much less
cost than it can be furnished by any com
pany. The machine is operated by a one-
:r.. :i .n
.pu. wi prouu.uB i.-w "
sumcr of about $1. ft is also declared by
the electric company which Is using the
machine that a small refrigerating machine
on tho same principle can be installed In
any refrigerator which will maintain an
absolutely even temperature for a whole
season, and that It will also produce small
pieces of Ice for an Ice pitcher, and may
be used for frcezfng cream- in Hartford.
Conn., the electric light company intends
to lease the machines to householders, and
charge them only for the current used In
them. The new machine uses anhydrous
ammonia, and Its expansion Is regulated by
a small electric motor, which goes about
Its wcrk automatically, and requires no
more attention than tho usual oiling.
KUKPI.VO I'AI
WITH ft II V.
Mot enientN Cnleulntcil to Hinder the-
lulu mi's lliilcjM-IHlener.
Buffalo Express (rep.)
Tbe Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago Tlmcs-Herald quotes an unnamed
member of the cablnt as saving: "It was
congress that kicked tlie t;uuan question
Into the flro by ndoptlng tbe Teller resolu
tion pledging the United States to with
draw after securing peace, and It is only
Just that congress should now fry In Its own
fat."
Somewhat significantly. pcrhapB. the
Washington correspondent of the Philadel
phia Press, whose editor Is a member of
the cabinet, writes ln tho same vein: "It
was congrcsB that brought about the pres
ent trouble by Its extremely unwise Joint
resolution passed in April. 1 SOS. declaring
'that the people of the Island of Cuba are,
and of right ought to be, free and Inde
pendent,' and also asserting 'that tho
United States hereby disclaims any dis
position or Intention to exercise sover
eignty. Jurisdiction, or control over said
Island, except with the pacification thereof,
and asserts Its determination, when that is
accomplished, to leave tho government and
tho control of the Island to Its people.'
There was not the slightest causo for any
such declaration on the part of tlie United
States."
If this U tho spirit In which the cabinet
U considering tho Cuban question, now that
the critical moment for the fulfillment ot
the promises of tho United States Is fast
approaching, It Is not creditable to the
cabinet. It Is easy enough to find excuses
for breaking a national promise when thu
desire to break It Is strong. But there la
110 excuse wh(cb could lessen thu odium
of broken faith. That pledge by congress,
which Imperialists at Washington so re
gret, was tho only thing which saved us
from a Cuban insurrection of the samo
nature as tht Philippines war. Its viola
tion would probably bring on a Cuban war
now, and members ot the cabinet thould
be able (0 npprcclate the fact that the
Philippines war Is not so popular with tho
American people that they are willing to
have their government engage In a similar
enterprise for tbe conquest of Cuba.
No that the business men and state
ttitaaders have spoken through the dally
presa. and mea like William Harden, who
1 a thorough tustonlst and has a business
of rountlei tboutacd in the comsnun.ly.
urges the election of Mr. llosewater to the
Coiled States senate, can our representa
tives any longer pretead to be In dauhl as
to the wishes of their constituency ?
A little more of this unwarranted and
mischievous deadlock and most of these
deadlocking members of the legislature will
have ended their political career in Its be
ginning. The eople of the state, without regard to
party lines, want to tee the legislature do
some business for the money it costs, and
the moat Important business now lefore It
Is the election of two capable repreenta
tlves to the t'olted States senate. Why
this delay? Are the people to conclude
that the party which they klcke-t out ot
power six ears ago for Its rottenness and
corruption haa not benefited from be. ok
disciplined, and now again being trusted ot.
probation discloses the same old ulcrs
that created public disgust btf.irc?
It Is not alone the business and mon
eyed Interests of the state that desire the
election of Mr. Itoaewater to the senate, b-u
the masses of working people also desire It.
having Implicit confidence In the falrueas
and Integrity of Hosewater. and en these
gtounds we request our "public servants."
as they declared themselves to be before
election, to elect Kdward Hosewate: 10 the
t'nlted States senate. Nay. more In the
name ot the mases. we demand It.
IIO.MIVVTI.MJ WOULD POWIHt.
American Development In Stnlrrmft,
'oinirierce iiikI l'lnnnce,
Kenas City Star
The exports of merchandise from th"
United States for the calendar year 1H.
Including silver, reached the imposing total
of !l.tW.0W,0O8. r.n increase of JMO.000.ftOO
over the figures for ISM, and by far th
greatest year's exports on reco'd. Few
persons have an adequate realization of the
enormous growth of American foreirn trade
in recent years. The exports of merchan
ts have grown from HSt.OOoOOO In UM to
Jl.iTT.OOO ftOO in l&on, an increase of almost
SO pr cent In five years,
these years has shown a
Every one of
substantial In-
ulcr lne 7car Preceding, 'o mere ttter officlalt and consequently a better
has been nothing spasmodic or of a tea- county government. The bill was Intro
porary character In the growth. duced by Senator Edgar of Oage county, a
It has been due to several causes, the acmpaper man. If tbe politicians cannot
most important of which, of course. Is the look after the common people tbe news-
tremendous
iiiuuuiiui; iijani 01 ia-
American people
wnien has yielded such
a lar,;e 8U"Plus of many commodities that
" clc"me necessary 10 seeK enlarged mar
r.; ,iki . I 1 W0Bave i
been Impossible to haxe found burers ;
abnad for this surplus If there had riot been i
an foreign demand for the artl-
cles which America has for sale, m aome
eases especially with manufactured artl-
cles Americans have found foreign markets
, , . . . , . ... I
d unpi.icing xne prooucis or me industries
of torelgn countries, but In the case of
most natural products the enlarged exports
were attributable to the fact that tn other
pa of tlie world the capabilities for
production are not equal to the demands
and therefore foreign consumers have been
compelled to come to the great storehouse
of nature, in America, to supply tbeir
WiLtS.
In every great class of products there W3
cn Increased exportation last year. The
gsins were as follows: Agriculture. Jlll.ftoo.
000: manufacture. $01,000,000: mines, $S0O0.
000: forest, $;.000.000: fisheries, $,500,6O0;
miscellaneous. $l.u00,000.
These Increases in' exportation have oc
curred In the year of the greatest coniump-
tlon on record of all products, at home, and
Not only is the world dependent on this
country for such great quantities of nat-
ural and manufactured products, but Arner. " """"' "r"" 7 ?Pin tana guar
lea Is at the present time the world's larg- la.at"d h" ln the eao o maintain
est producer of gold, and while this country r,,Clsb "elgnty la the Island. The
Is rutting Eurone in debt for food fhrlr ' a!rtunt ot th buB' c!l uncertain, but
and manufactures, the old world must also I lb? d?bt waB. con,r-" an In
have seme gold from this continent To I 5 r rule upon Cuba, which the
settle these grest yearly balances of trade.
after dcductlnc tfce amount di.e fnr f,.ioh,
amounts due for freight
vessels and the amounts
:urope by American trav-
find it necessary to re-
hauled by foreltrn
spent annually In Europe
clerR. the forele-neri. finH
turn American securities held abroad ani
to send here the oonds of European govern-
meats. As an Indication of the amount of
foreign securities held In this country lt
i may be noted that
n tlni-le Ve- VnrV-
a single .New orK U.s
iwns $26,000,000 worth of
i nsuraRCe company own
tends Issued by nineteen different foreign
governments
These farts show even more clearly than
the records of diplomatic successes how
rapid Is the development of the United
Slates as the dominating world power, not
only ln statecraft, but In commerce and
finance.
Pr:ilM)AL XOTKS.
The new building for New York City's
public library will be of white marble, and
tbe appropriation for It Is JC.SDO.OOO.
Senator Vest says that he has completely
recovered bis former good health, but will
not allow his name to go before the legis
lature again.
"Jack" London, the California writer
whose Klondike tales have attracted at
tention, has been nominated by the demo
crats for the office of mayor of Oakland,
Cal.
Senator Depew's latest Is this: "If an
empty barrel weighs ten pounds, what can
you fill It with to make It weigh seven
pounds?" The answear Is, "Fill It full of
boles.
Superstitious persons see In the death ot
Queen Victoria confirmation ot the old no
tlon that life gocB out with the tide. The
queen died at C:30, Just about tho minute
ot low water at Cowcs on January 22
President Eliot has Just exceeded, In the
length of his service In the executive chair
of Harvard university, the exceptionally
long administration of President Holyoke,
which covered a period of thirty-one years,
eight months and four days.
The Washington Gridiron club Is no re
specter of persons. In the Century Grid
Iron Primer appears the following:
It Is It-s-v-'t first.
And the rest way he-hlnd.
In his wlK-dnm the Ionl
Made but one of this kind.
John Plskc, the historian, warmly ap
proves tho proposition to celebrate Iu 1007
the three, hundredth anniversary of the land
tng at Jamestown, Va. "Of all dates ln
tbe history of the new world," he writes
"there Is none which more imperatively
calls for commemoration.
Congressman "Joo" Cannon has lived so
long In that state that he Is generally re
garded as a native Illlnolsan. Ho was,
however, born In Guilford, N. C, but camo
to Illinois In ISOl. Few prominent mem
bers of congress from that state uro na
lives. Senator Cullom was born In Ken
tucky nnd "Billy" Jlason in New York
state.
If Mrs. Nation should tako It Into her
head to make n raid on saloons In Atchl
son. Kan., she stands a chance of being
badly surprised One of tho "Joint" keep
era there has procured about 100 rats which
he intends tn turn loose In his barroom
should Mrs Nation give lilm a call. He
, has removed every chair and table on which
sho cnuic cllmh when the rodents begin
tbclr hunt for concealment,
T
POLITIC M. tSOSSIP OP MJMHAMt A.
Central City Iiemoerat That senatorial
xrap at Lincoln Is a mighty good thing.
By the time It Is ever the legislature will
have no time for aa)tfalag but the appro
priation bills and a lot of mighty mean
legislation will die a natural death.
Kearney Hub (rep ) The republican state
administration has settled down to tusiaese
In a thoroughly acceptable manner and bids
fair to win Its way Into the confidence of
the people. If the r publican majority In
the leg.siature would conclude to act as
sensibly and as businesslike the nartr
I would be fortified for future campaigns so
1 that it would be Invulnerable. As It Is. the
J senatorial Intrigues that are going on are
straining the credit of the party to the
utmost, while the players in the game are
apparently both oblivious and Indifferent
Ord Qui trepr Now that the friends
of the dear people are turnc' out of oBSce
at Lincoln you may expect all kinds of
corruption to be disclosed The firs', tasng
of .he kl.id Is the tlscovery that Reformer'
l'orier. late secretary ot state, took along
with him when be went out ot oSlcc about
11,000 of the state money This mcaey wai
received by him as fees In connection lth
the lite stock brands commission. 11a; th
constitution platrily tajs that no state of
ficial stall receive fees for bis own use In
addition to his salary. Porter will be
made to "cough up."
Grand Island Denwrat if the legisla
ture of Nebraska does nothing at thla ses
sion U shou d make an implicit order re
quiring every assessor la this ttat to assist
and return every dollar's w rth of aaeas.b
property in Nebraska at its full and com- 1
plete valuation and fix a decisive penalty I
tor not acing sc. The greatest evil that af
member of the legislature from Buffalo
county who would oppoe such a measute.
and we believe but very few could be found
in iae enure legisiame oouy wno wouiu i
offer any opposition.
Pierce Call irep.) There is one bill that
has been Introduced In the legislature that
ought to become a law- and that Is tbe bill
j providing for primary elections la tbe dlt
i fercnt counties. County officers now are
nominated by delegates to the county con
vention selected by the several precinct
caucuses and the voters o tbesevc-ral parties
have no say as to their preference. The
primary election bill give th voter the
right to express his preference at the regu
lar primary election held bv the dlffert-nt
, parties and this does awa with packed
i conventions and tradln? Thi -iti riv
paper coys can. u gosn
Bloomlngton Echo The last Issue of tbe !
Sentinel announced that tbe State Journal.
- - i 1Uc vuuuni-i lur WVM,
blanks and stationery, had transferred all
0f the contract that could be done by the
hoaie prlnlwr t0 the niu , w,
be M lhilt lhe eM rej,ub,lcan di41y
wer of the state ha, made a pool with
the populist taper of the ctrun'y whereby
tbey could get a share of the county print-
, me. There i r. nn..t, . v....
what the deal had been made with the
JournAl and those concerned before the
awarding of tbe contract. Tbe republicans
of the county who have been supporting the
Journal should take this into consideration.
There are other good republican state
papers that do no: run around the county
making pools with populist papers and cut
ting certain printers out of a shire of the
county work.
A SPKCtLATIVi: QIKST.
Culinn Bondholder Trnofer Their
Lolibj- WmallltlBton.
Philadelphia Lodger.
The draft of the Cuban constitution re
ported to the convention by the central
conrolttee. Its probable adoption by the
convention, to be followed by Its submis
sion to tbe American congress for approval. I
has transferred to Washington the move-
BenI 10 "cure ibe assumption by Cuba
01 " avDl 01 .""e.uoo. according to some
I ' ' i iae i.uuea,
I '". ucceeuu in casting on. The at-
' lE,f'- succeeoeu in casting on. The at-
I tetrpt 10 pIace up0D Cuba ,be ce,S! of a
' ''uIe In which the Island w as
no equity In It The
j A-"lcan peace commissioners, therefore..
I -c'rcmissloner to eive the ei'n-n eJei
I "ffi1"'0"" K" claims recognl-
" tOTiioii.
cuumiuwoH. upon vaicn IOC COUVen-
., , . . . . nr..M.
' " rel 10 1 ?rtss provided
luui tur ii'uuiic ucefc not gnu win not
reccgnlze any debts as payable by it which
were not legitimately contracted In behalf
of the revolution from and after February
Something
Quite Different
On February illi, .Itli nnd (Uh wo will make an
exhibit and advance sale of exclusive creations in Pari
sian novelties in juvenile apparel, comprising special
productions of light weight woolen and washable fab
rics, in artistic and exquisite arrangements in "Nor
folk," "La Aiglon," "Hussian' "Parisian" and sailor
blouse suits. We have spared no effort to make this
exhibit most complete in the scope and attractiveness
of the designs displayed, and thus afford the ladies
of Omaha and vicinity an opportunity to view at home
without inconvenience the acme of sartorial art in
juvenile apparel, and make such selections for chil
dren's spring and summer wear as would oiherwise
only be possible after a visit to the most exclusive
eastern importing emporiums.
A cordial welcome is extended to all to view this
magnificent exhibit and sale.
Browning, King & Co.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Oinalia'H Only Hxcltisivc Clothiers for .Men and Hoys.
the revolutionary governments eontr'H
in foreign countries receive similar reecgti
tlnn; the Cuban rongrcss I to decide whl h
of these are legitimate This cuts out the
holders of the bends issued by Spain for
the prosecution of the war la Cuba Even
effort. It is reported, will be made ta per
suade the Amerlean congress to latertece
through an amendment of the Cuban con
stitution, la the Interest af the clalmat's
The I'nltcd States Itself assumed no obllgo
tlons with respect to Cuba, save as to the
time of Its occupancy ef the Istaad. and th
Paris treaty presides that the t'nlted States
will advise any government established in
the Island to assume the same obllgatlcns
It Is net conceivable that the American
congress after the refusal of tho peace
coratalM loners to admit the validity of the
so-called "Cuban debt" as a mortgage cn
the revenues nf ibr Island will no try to
I ad nee the Cuban republic to assume this
Indebtedaess. ft Is evidently the parp-s
of Spain to Veep the so-cabed "Cuban debt
alive, and to await aa opportunity to un
load It upon Cula The gpanlib finance
minister in hl official statement In 1?9
made extended reference to the claims and
complained bitterly because tbey were re
jected by the American coramlii'eners It
ssld that the transfer ot the Colonial obl.ga
tlon remained unsolved by the Paris roc
ferecce. and that matters on this point con
tinue, so far as Spain Is concerned, as tbey
were before the Paris negotiations !'
Ife declared, furthermore, that Spain
Include the debt among its own obligations
but that tblt would net prevent aero l
tlons breafter for placing the burden cpor
the ceded territory
The present bolders of tbe bwdi sre
not definitely known At tie close ef ib
Brussels. Many of them were In tfce pos
session ot Spaniards and Spanish banks
The bank ot Spain held a large aasouat as
security for loans to the eolonlal treasury
As the war left Spain in a crippled Scan
dal r-ondltlon. and Inasmuch as the reve
nues of Cuba, which were mortgaged t
Spain, were Irrevocably lovt to Spa:s r
probable that a large amount of the Uisili
have passed late the hands of speculators
It is cot known that the Epanlih gortrc
meat itself is participating in the move
ment to secure recognition ef the claims
If it be inconceivable that the Isl'c-d
States should become an agtat ot Spain
for the collectfor of this debt, it is like
wise Incredible that Cuba will no- assume
an indebtedness really contracted to en
slave her. She revolted clnrt the in'
tlons imposed upon her to pay '.be ex
penses of wars waged for her subluxation
It is for Cuba to decide whether she shall
assume ny portion ot there claims Sre
should have entire freedom of judgment m
the matter.
nitiT to ctii:t:it.
Chicago T-ibut.e: "Wearlns a contented
smile rests the nerves.
"Don't you believe It Some people would
die if they had to wear a contented smile
e'r.eagri p-st. He gazed at the Indlvidua
who was spread over four seats in a
crowded railway cr ami murmured:
"May I ask yon a question T"
The Individual grunted assent.
Have the government lnptors ex
amined you yet for trichinosis?"
Philadelphia Pre: ' I had a' case tu:r
morning." said the doctor, "where ! eJeejieu
It wlee to let well enough alene."
' So" replied his friend "What was .
' A patient of mine said he wa w
enough to punch iny head If I Insisted opt':
his taking the horrible doe I had pre
scribed. '
Detroit Journal: First Actress-
I thought
Second Actre's I thought so. tool
I wa
mistaken:
"Lacks wings, eh?"
"Well, his money lacks w-fngs, at tr.y
ratet"
Pittsburg -Chronicle: vMr. "Perklrji, 1
rather d'sMke to take yo: "it daughter
awav from rou. '
"Oh that's all right: she Is the last one
but I don't Intend to let her go one cnt
cheaper than the other. What salary do
you yet?'
Chicago Tribune: "What i the mm,
may I ask." said the reporter, "of the man
who has purchased a controlling Interest
tn your line of road"
'ills name. sir. ' frl;dl- answered the
officer of the sail way shbi'. 'is with
held." "That s a i.ew one rejoined the Im
perturbable reporter, -valptdng -out his
notebook "How- do yon spell It?"
Ill PPOIT.MHT.
omervllle :
She a dainty tittle .
j vrjnv as can
j a Captivated ,
omervllle Journal.
maiden.
be.
bout her
me.
Tou i.fcv.;d fc her bright eye pa
1 Couple with th sweet seduction
, ork h,r fascinating smile.
Ati- vmt tbey wvwi Beguile.
e - bjmih mi'i "t
Too enticing to relst
, Ev(T y,t allHrt
little maiden.
vet ai unnc.
Made by Nature to be l.ed
Well she knows I am a victim
Of her witching winning crace:
So last night I tried to Vlss her.
And. by George' sne slapped my f-oe
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