Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY UEEt SATURDAY, EEliKUAKY 9, 1901.
Tim Omaha Daily Dee
K. ItOSUWATKH, Editor.
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JW1. M. 11. Hl'NGATK.
(Seal.) Notury Public.
Drop n penny In the fusion newspaper
slot and get one of the llnest senatorial
pipe dreams ever offered to the public. ',
After the Investigating committee gets
through with It, the holdup lobby nt
Lincoln will probably appreciate how It
feels to bo held up.
A word to South Omahn Profit by
Omaha's past experience nnd do not
build a charter for a city of 2.",000 peo
ple cut on a 50,000 population pattern.
Omuha Is ready to provide headquar
ters for the Southern Pacific nnd for
that matter for any other railroad that
may be willing to operate out of this
city.
The queen of Holland paid nil of the
expenses of the wedding and also al
lowed her husband n fut dower. This
Is fully us good a thing, financially, ns
marrying tin American heiress.
Nebraska farmers and stock raisers
nre sincerely thankful for the snow,
which comes Just nt the right time.
Watch for a bumper wheat crop when
Nebraska's next harvest Is In.
A railroad company proposes to dnm
tho Platte river near Schuyler. The
people along the stream have damned
It for years, but the exercise has had
no effect In Improving Its hnblts.
Colorado's senate has extended Colonel
Itoosevelt an Invitation to address that
body before he returns cast. Colorado
is nnxlous to make some nmends for the
rowdyism shown tit Victor last summer.
Tho latest proposition for a combina
tion is for a combination of Auditorium
nnd Ak-Snr-Bcn. If the union is pro
nounced, however, it must bo for nil
time to come without recourse to tho di
vorce mill.
As intimated In Tho Roe, the legisla
ture Is not disposed to Impose capital
punishment ns u penalty for kidnaping.
Tho tendency of tho time is toward re
ducing tho number of cnpltal offenses
rather than Increasing them.
Helen Keller, without sense of sight,
heating or speech, has Just received n
high promotion at nn eastern college be-
cause of her proilclency In English. If
Helen had nil her senses what would
ho be a wonder or nn ordinary girl?
Tho Nebraska blizzards which havo
been raging In tho eustern papers are
fearful to contenlplnte. As nothing of
tho kind approached nearer than 500
miles of Nebraska, tho people of this
state nro feeling quite comfortuble.
Iowa republicans nro talking of get
ting together nud acting harmoniously
in tho coming cnmpulgn. If there was
nny lack of barmouy last fall curious
peoplo would llko to see Just how big n
majority tho republicans hnvo when
they get together.
Tho love of the fusion reformers for
union labor, so ardently professed when
every campaign Is on, ulwnys brenks
when subjected to tho test of legislation
demanded In the Interest of union labor.
Tho labor people should mark down for
future reference the defeat of tho union
label bill ut tho hands of fusion oppo
nents.
Tho -wings of tho holdup artists
around tho legislature have been clipped
by the exposure In tho house. The
showing will probably also have tho ef
feet of killing many meritorious mens
tires, ns from now on nil an opponent
of a bill will havo to do will bo to cry
"holdup," uud tho fatal stab has been
given.
Had that bill for n branch mint nt
Oinuhii been reported by the house com
mltteo during tho long session of con
gross, tho chalices would havo been good
for Its passage. As It is, only three
week remain to get It through both
hoiiKo nud senate, it Is to bo hoped It
has hot been reported back, as usual
with ho many bills, simply to eompll-
ment some member, nnd die on tho bllf
lllo ut the expiration of tho sesslou.
VUUA'S t'lXAXCUL OltUOATlUXS,
Tho debts of Cuba tiro snld to bo n
source of boiiic oinhnrrnsmnpiit to thu
NVnfililiiKtoii ndnilnlstrntlon In connec
tion with the (incHtlou of recognizing the
lniienoniieiice 01 mi; milium i hu n
t. . - i - it.. , i .1 nn...
ernmoiit of Spain lesiied lntoropt-benrlng
bonds to the iiniount of hundreds of
millions of dollnrs to jny the expense of
stippresHliiK Insurrection In Cubn, the
Interest nnd principal of which made
it lien upon the revenues of tho Island.
These bonds tire largely held In l-'riuieo,
Hpnln nnd Oernmny nnd the bondholders
nnidu cfTorts while the pence treaty
wns being negotiated nt Paris to have
tlfo United States make provision for tho
payment of that debt. They have not
yet given up hope of obtaining some
thing, ngunts of the bondholders hnvlng
been sent to Washington hud Havana
to endeavor to secure recognition of
tho obligations by tho Cuban republic
In the new constitution.
Iteferrlng to this debt Incurred by tho
Spanish government, Senator Frye, who
wns n member of the pence commission,
snld a few days ago that wc now owe It
to Cuba to get Into the constitution by
some means a clntiso plainly, positively
and unequivocally repudiating thnt
debt. "If this Is not done," said Mr.
l'rye, "Cuba will start with a burden
that will crush her. Cuba never can
pay the' stupendous sum that was as
sessed against her revenues." Ap
parently tho Cuban constitution docs re
pudiate this debt, the twenty-third sec
tion of that Instrument declaring that
the republic of Culm does not recognize
nor will not recognize any debts or com
promises contracted prior to the promul
gation of the constitution, exception be-
U(, ,nn,i0 0f tj, debtH nnd compromises
legitimately contracted for In behalf of
tho revolution and those which the rev
olutlonary governments contracted,
either by themselves or by their legiti
mate representatives In foreign conn
tries. These debts and compromises, It
Is further provided, shall be classllled
by the Cuban congress, which body
shall decide as to the payment of those
which In its Judgment are legitimate.
It Is said that this provision would be
approved by the Washington ndmlnls
trntlon, the president feeling that those
who contributed money to the support
of the revolutionary nrmy should re
ceive Just treatment by tho Cuban re
public. Certainly none but the holders of the
bonded debt which Spain fastened upon
the revenues of Cuba Just before Span
ish sovereignty In the Island was de
stroyed will question that tho Cuban
people are not under the least obliga
tion to recognize this debt, contracted
to maintain Spanish rule In the Island.
It Is entirely nn obligation of Spain nnd
tho holders of tho bonds, for which they
paid n small fraction of the face value,
must look solely to tho Spanish govern
ment for their payment. Undoubtedly
the TTulted States will sustain Cuba In
refusing to recognlzo this debt should
nn attempt be mudo to exnet payment.
In regard to the debts contracted In
behalf of tho revolution, however, nhd
tho llnnnclnl Indebtedness to tho United
States, It Is expected, and reasonably
so, that provision will be made for their
payment. The purpose to do this Is
Implied In the section of the constitu
tion above referred to, but It Is posslblo
thnt our government mny ask a more
explicit declaration. We do not believe
there Is any disposition at Washington
to place any obstacle in the way of
Cuban Independence or to put any ex
cessive financial burden upon the new
republic, but simply to see that Cuba
shull start right as an independent com
monwealth and take her place honor
ubly among tho republics of the world.
ao irotD tnour tiw treaty.
Nothing has yet been heard at tho
Department of State Indicative of the
purposes of the British government re
spouting the nmended Ilny-Pauucefote
treaty. Hut little more than three
weeks remain within which Great
Britain can unswer tho American pro
posals. The supplementary amendments
extending tho time for exchungo of
rntlllcatlons carried It to March 5, so
that no matter, says a Washington ills
patch, though the senate bo In session
nfter tho 5th, tho treaty falls If not
disposed of by that date. It Is iwluted
out that if Great Britain objects to tho
proposed amendments nnd tho senate
neither withdraws Its reeommeudatlons
nor proposes others 'which nro unob
Jeetlonablo within tho next four weeks,
or If Great Britain Ignores tho mutter
altogether till after March 5, that ends
tho whole business.
It Is suggesled ns possible that tho
senate may, In executive scsslou, re
quest tho secretary of slate to try to
obtain further extension of time, but ns
tho British government fully under
stands tho situation It would seem safe
to assume that It will announce Its do-
clslon before tho expiration of the tlmo
specllled In the treaty. Parliament will
assemble next week nnd it is quite
probable that tho British government
will soon thereafter make known its
position regarding the treaty.
MUXKV IX CUICULATIUX
The democratic assertion thnt tho
gold standard would reduce tho amount
of money In circulation appears hull
crous In tho light of tho actual facts
Tho circulation statement for February
1 shows an Increase In every form of
currency during twelve months, wltl
tho exception of the treasury notes, tho
per capita being $2S.:i8, the largest In
the history of tho country. On July 1
181)2, tho per capita was $.M.G0. At tho
end of tho Cleveland administration thu
circulation had decreased to $21.21 per
onplta. It rapidly Increased when tho
gold stnudnrd was made certain by tho
election of McKlnley nnd reached 25.10
on July 1, 1898; $25.02 on July 1, 1809
$20.01 on July 1, 1000, nud has now
reached $28.38
Tho general stock of money In tho
United States on February 1 aggregated
$2,400,1 IT, ooo, wiwe tno amount m cir
dilation was $2,100,780,213. The net In
creuso In tho hist twelve months was
$187,030,758. Tho total amount of money
held In tho treasury as assets of the
government Increased soniethlng over
$0,000,000, there was an lucreaso of
$25,000,000 In gold nnd decreases of $,
000,000 In sliver dollars, nearly S'J.OOO.
000 In subsidiary silver, ?'J,000,000 In
fulled States and $.","0O.00O In national
banknotes. The largest addition to the
currency during the yenr was In na
tional banknotes, amounting to ?02,-
174,030.
The Increase In. the circulation dur
ing the last twelve months may not bo
equaled In the ensuing twelve, but n
growth In the supply of money keeping
pace with the increasing demands of
business mny bo confidently counted
upon, Practical men will see in tho
above figured ample Justillcntion of the
gold stnudnrd.
aiVlXU OMAHA A.llLACK EVV.
The prlnclpnl complaint mutually en
tered ngalnSt the proposed tax levy by
those who Insist It Is always too high
Is that it will give Omahn u black eve
by discouraging Investment nnd depre
ciating real estntc values. These satno
6bJector., however, Immediately rush
Into print and give Omaha a worso
black eye by constantly advertising It
ns nppronchlng tho depths of despair,
with bankruptcy staring It In tho face.
In order to make political capital
against tho party In control of the
municipal government, their lnmcntn
tlons are picked up by the local yellow
Journals and spread broadcast. People
outside of Omaha reading these
walls of discontent, coming apparently
from men Ident tiled with tho growth of
tho city, are given the Impression thnt
Oninha Is standing still or going back
ward, when In fact it Is making forward
strides more rapidly than ever before.
Omaha can hnvo no worse advertise
ment than the dissemination of wild nnd
baseless charges of extravagant govern
ment nnd ruinous taxation. If Omnha
people porslst In asserting that they uro
laboring under heavier tax burdens than
those In any other city, how can they
expect outsiders to do anything but take
them nt their word?
As u matter of fact Omaha's taxation
Is burdensome only on real estate own
ers. The vnst amount of personnl prop
erty, merchandise stocks nnd business
capital escape taxation almost entirely.
Stocks of goods Insured for hundreds
of thousands of dollnrs are listed for
taxation at a paltry few thousand and
the bank deposits, which run up Into tho
millions, exceed the aggregate valuation
placed on nil the personnl property ns
sesscd In the city. Whnt Is n subject
for Just complaint is not thnt taxation
Is exorbitant, but that It Is unequal
tinder our system, nnd tho demand
should be for a more equitable method
of taxation, which nlone will permit
uently reduce the rnte.
Knowing these facts to be true, would
It not bo a good deal better to dlsctiRs
them In the council chamber and In the
commercial organizations In n serious
mood Instead of Hying Into print with
eel; less misstatements thnt do Omnha
more Injury than all the extravagance
f city, county and school district nd
ministrations In the Inst ten years?
i
Clnclnnntl Just now presents a pe
cullnrly Interesting spectacle for the
moralist. A large body of reputable
business men Is striving In court to se
cure legal sanction to a proceeding
which tho governor Insists Is clearly
criminal nnd declares he will use tho
ntlre police power of tho state to pre
ent. Whatever tho decision of the
court may bo at the end of tho legal
hnlr-spllttlng contest now In progress,
no one will doubt that the proposed
meeting of professional pugilists will, If
permitted, lack nny of tho essentlul ele
ments of u prize light. While there Is
nothing edifying In tho contemplation
of respectable men doing nil they can to
forward tho Interests of u band of
bruisers nnd their followers, there Is
some consolation in the attitude of Gov-
rnor Nasli, who has positively declared
that he will not allow the state to be
disgraced by a prize light, no matter
what It Is called.
A comparison of tho expenses of our
city government from year lo year
would be u safer guide than u comparl
son of its revenues, because when tho
revenues have been short the expenses
have forced overlaps. In all probability
too, n comparison of the expenses would
show a steady though lncrenslng figure,
while tho revenue column Is going up
and down according to tho pressure
brought for a low tax levy. It must be
remembered, also, that tho city govern
ment, like other business establish
ments, has less to do In times of depres
slon, when no public work Is under
taken, than In times of prosperity, when
business Is brisk and expansion is lm
perntlve in nil departments. Whnt the
taxpayers have the right to ask is thnt
the administration bo conducted on nn
economical basis that gives them their
money's worth for every cent paid In.
Tho ministers of tho powers aro wait
ing for the reply of tho Chinese to the
demand for tho decapitation, of twelve
of tho leading citizens of tho empire.
If some of them adhere to previous
stnteinenls China must proceed with
the slaughter find' pay up tho Indemnity
demanded, and tho sooner this Is done
tho sooner foreign troops will bo out of
China. Tho entire proeeodlug Is much
after tho manner of police courts, which
ascertain how much tho prisoner had
when ho was searched and then lino
him the limit.
General Otis has been tendered nn
other banquet In New York. Tho peo
pie of that city should bo moro careful
about throwing tho opposition press
Into spasms. Thu editors have trouble
enough with current events without
btinclug up things which they had
learned to forget.
Aecordlug to German authorities, tho
only soldiers and oltlcers In China who
can bo recognized socially nro tho CJer
mans. All but tho G'ermnns were thcro
when there was lighting to do uud did
It. Tho German ofllcers nre welcomo
to tho social Held.
After nil, n queenly bride Isn't much
different from any other. Cabled tic
counts of the wedding of WUhelmluu of
Holland to the matt of her choice Imit
ate that she conducted herself Just as
would nit American girl under the sumo
lrcumstaiieos. Mny she long enjoy tho
bliss of the love that now blesses her
life.
A collection of nil tho fakes sprung
about tho senatorial contest by the local
yellow Journals since the convening of
he legislature would explode them nil
by self-contradiction. It Is ensy enough
for Irresponsible fakirs to evolve sensa
tions every other minute, but the public
will go slow about swallowing them.
Wnrr Unite of Wolfcrt's.
lloston Transcript.
David II. Hill may bo persuaded hereafter,
but experience has taught htm the danger of
being too previous.
l-'nte of Illlls In Coiinre.
Philadelphia. Ledger.
Dotting a bill into congress Is llko throw
ing a atono Into the sea. Putting tho bill
through congress is llko getting the stone
out again.
Thuusntutn Aniln Millions,
Chicago Post.
Thirty thousand additional mounted men
nro to ba sent to South Africa to help round
up tho 6,000.000 Uoers who retuso to
acknowledge they have been whipped.
A Forgotten Hum.
Minneapolis Times.
Tho Agricultural department has Issued-a
handsomo and Interesting brochuro on tho
goat. Tho goat Is a vatuablo animal, but
for general, all around value, the hydraulic
ram Is best Rultod to tills section of country.
A Dnnurrotin Coiuliliinllon.
, lluffnlo Express.
Tho disposition to combhio political and
religious questions In tho Philippines can
not bo welcome to American politicians,
for It Is likely to bring religious questions
Into American politics Insofar as they bear
on the Philippines.
1'nyliiK the Price.
aiobc-Dcmocrat.
Drttlah army mortality from bullets and
dlseoso In South Africa has reached 12.0SU,
and tho number added last month was 830.
Probably the war has cost 20,000 lives on
both sides, u score that shocks humanity,
as President Kruger predicted.
llrrnklnu' Into (lit- A rxn m )'
Baltimore American.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt Is determined
that sho shall not be obscured by any other
member of her sex. Mrs. Catt asserts that
woman Is still under tho heel of man. Per
haps It Mrs. Catt coutd borrow tho Kansas
woman's hatchet sho could cut her way
out.
Another I'nlio Iiinsel.
Indianapolis Journal.
Tho enterprising newspapers have con
talnod dispatches from Washington setting
rorth without tho shadow of a doubt that
General Miles would be "Jumped" by two
other major goncrals In succession, In order
that they might bo made lieutenant gen
erals. Unfortunately, tho president seems
not to have been Informed of theso plans,
tor ne uas named General Miles.
Extrn Session Imiirolinlile.
Philadelphia Record.
It Is not easy to reconcile the extra ses
Ion talk of tho time with tho statement
that President McKlnley has accepted an
Invitation to crosH the continent early In
May and to address the students of tho
University of California on tho 16th of that
month. Mr. .McKlnley would hardly ncreo
to put so mailyr miles botween hlra nnd
the federal legislature If ho should seriously
apprehend n Bprjnstlmc session of a new
congress. ,
Turn on the l.lulil.
Philadelphia Ledger.
It would bo Intcrestlnc to know whnt
motlvo prompted fifty-five members of tho
houso to vote against a bill to retire the
Hawaiian sliver coinage and replace It with
American coins. That vole was sufllclent
to defeat tho bill ond thus delay the ex
tension of our monetary system to this
part of tho United States. Tho bill pro
posed to redcom unworn coin at Its face
value and worn coin at Its bullion value,
which looks like a bargain, fulr to all
parties concerned.
FAME HPHKAIII.Vfi AllIIOAII.
Hnre-ltnlsltiK IiKlimlrv CIvIiik
Xe-
Iirnnltu Iteptitntlon.
Philadelphia Times.
Nebraska has gone Into the Ilelglnn hnra
Industry on a large scalo and finds it a
very profitable one, Tho Nebraska Ilelglnn
haro Is natlvo and to the marior born, be
ing n Jnck rabbit whllo nllvo nnd running
nnd a Uclglan hare after being killed, frozen
and shipped to New York for sale. It Is
said that a frozen Jack rabbit Is Just as
good ns tho Imported artlclo and that ho
stands the climate, far hotter. '
On the drouthy plains of western Ne
braska, where corn nnd whent nre parched
Into nothingness two years out of three, tho
Jack rabbit breeds and Increases mightily
In nil seasons, wet nnd dry. Tho winter
cllmnto and cold Btorngo warehouses of Ne
braska can be utilized lo nny nccessnry
extent In freezing dead rabbits, and tho Ne
braska ImltntorB of Teddy, tho mighty
hunter, who begin their destructive careers
ns rabbit hunters, aro to bo found In every
neighborhood.
Tho rabbits bring to the Juvenile hunter.;
$1.50 per dozen, which leaves a good margin
for commission and freight 'to dealers nnd
railways, nnd 'carloads of the frozen cot
tontails nre shipped to tho New York com
mission houses, ono shipment of 40.000 to
n Blngle houso being recently reported. Tho
chnngo In namo from plain Nehrnskn Jack
rabbit to Belgian haro occurs In transit.
1,1. NIC OK Till? OLD JAM 10.
Methods of the White Mini In
"llolnu" Poor I.o.
Cleveland Leader.
"Crazy Snake" nnd seventeen othor lead
ers of tho recent Creek "uprising" In tho
Indian Territory hnvo been arrested, and
will, It Is said, bo tried on the charge of
treason. This, It Is bslloved, will put an
end to tho trouble.
In nn Interview "Crazy SnaTo" says that
ho sees no reason' for hla arrest; that the
Indians bad no Intention of killing the
whites; that they wero simply trying to get
their rights, and that they would get Jus
tlco beforo the courts, oven though tho "oil
syndicate" was trylug to rob them of their
hunting grounds.
That Is only an Indian's way of express
ing It. but It probably tells the whole story.
The Indians aro guilty of nothing moro
than an attempt to pr'otecl their rights and
prevent the taking of their lands by white
speculators.
Tho Creek revolt, which was not much
of a revolt, after, all, was simply a ropetl
tlon of similar "uprisings" that havo oc
curred In recent years, and It Is invariably
found that whlto men aru ut the bottom
of tho trouble.
Whenever tho Indians revolt against the
swindling tactics practiced by dishonest
agents or resent the encroachment of whites
upon their reservation n great huo and cry
b raised und troops ara ordered out to
suppress them. Usually tho sight of (ha
troops maddens tho savages and leads them
on to the commission of acts which aro
deserving of punishment. A conflict occurs,
the Indians iare whipped, and the vanguard
of "civilization" Is pushed a little further
Into the wilderness.
These wards of tho, nation ore entitled to
better treatment tbau they havo received in
the past, and tho day may come when they
will receive it.
WHAT CAMFIMAS THINK.
Expression f fnn Frnneli'o I'niier
on tlm Itiillroiul Connnllunllon.
San Francisco Chronicle; What tho pro
prietors will expect from tholr pro
consuls In charge of their various financial
provinces Is that each within hla own
Jurisdiction shall devise and execute tho
means to this end, tho part of tho syndi
cate being to require the authorities of
each division of their empire to aid, upon
request, In all reasonable tfays tho efforts
of all others. In this, thorcfore, wo may
confidently expect to reap ndvnntage In this
state. Our previous ovorlords havo done
tho best that lay In them to get Interest
on their water capitalization. The dlfllculty
was In extorting tho necessary sums from
a population so limited. Tho history of the
Southern Pacific company supplies proof, If
any wero needed, that n territory can no
moro yield continuous revenue to a trans
portation company than It can continuously
yield wheat to the farmer without tho
necessary applications to renew Its fertil
ity. This experlcnco of this company has
doubtless been carefully noted by Its now
owners nud wc may expect that It wltl not
bo repeated.. There nro but two ways to
put Southern Pacific stock on a dividend
basis; one Is to double tho rato and tho
other Is to double the business. The first
Is Impossible. Tho traffic will bear no moro.
It would promptly dwindles under Increased
rates. Thoreforo, the good of tho property
requires an Increase of business, of which
tho most profitable must come from In
creased population nnd diversified In
dustries, which nro most effectually pro
moted by better transportation facilities.
Thcso tho new owners can give to an ex
tent which was Impossible to tho former
owners and wo shall certainly get them as
fast ns equipment can bo provided and
tracks properly Improved, not necessarily
because tho new owners are public-spirited
citizens, but tyccnuno they want to make
money nnd are In a position to do It In
this way and no other.
San Francisco Coll: As the? commerce of
tho Pacific ocean npprojichcrf-lilf bulk and
In vnluo that of tho Atlan8a'n Fran
cisco will approach tho lmpce of New
York, and tho tranBportatl,B iHsjca across
tho continent, having nn equlHntercst In
both points, will , havo no Inclination
to bo ndversc to our prosperity. Such Is
the promise of the situation. It Is there
fore Important that at this Juncturo thcro
bo an early presentation of the enso of
California and San Frnuclsco to the man
agers of the now system. They should be
lntormod of tho evils Imposed by the old
system, of the unjust discriminations
against us, of the extortion practiced upon
us, of tho corrupting Influence of Southern
Pacific politicians, of the handlcnp put upon
producers, manufacturers and merchants by
tho adverse freight rates Imposed. They
should also be Informed of whnt Is needed
In the way of reform. Tho abounding re
sources and lnduatrlal nnd commercial ad
vantages of j.ha state should be raado
known to them, so that they may "Under
stand how much of profit will como to
thomsolvcfl by Increased trnfllc should they
change tho policy of tho old company nnd
trcnt tho stnto and tho city with fairness.
To that end tho business men of the state
should speak out. There Is nothing to be
gained at this time by hesitation or by
following tho promptings of fear. That
would bo but a coward policy, and In Junc
tures like this fortune favors the brave.
Let us have In this Issue co-opcratlon In all
parts of the state. The time has come
to act.
(1 11 It HUI.ATIONH WITH CI I1A.
New York Times: The belief that our
lato war with Spain was a war of humanity,
begun nnd carried on primarily to relieve
an Oppressed peoplo nnd ranko them free
and Independent, Is one of the common er
rors of tho time.
Doston Globe: Keep your eye on Cuba.
Rev. Dr. Hcpworth quotes a Washington
ofllclnl as saying: "Wo nro only on the
threshold of Cuban complications, and not
even tho seventh son of a seventh son can
tell ub where wo shall bo six months from
now."
Philadelphia Press: Tho position of the
administration that congress must deal
with tho Cuban situation, oven if an extra
BCEslon has to be called, Is meeting with n
hearty response from tho republlcnn news
papers, No one of them has spoken on tho
subject without agreeing mm wiu
ono for the national legislature and that
this duty must not be shirked.
Indianapolis Journal: That Cuba owes
nn lucstlmablo debt of grntltudo to the
United StatcB nnd ought to make distinct
recognition of tho fact Is certainly true,
but It Is not so clear that It should be em
bodied in tho constitution. It ought to bo
quite as satisfactory In tho form of an In
dependent resolution. A constitution should
bo a declaration of fundamental and su
premo law, not of Bontlmcnt. After tho
n.vniutlonarv war this country owed as
great a debt of gratltudo to Franco n Cuba
,ino in tho United States, but nobody
thought of expressing gratltudo In. tho con
ntitutlnn. nor. In fnct, was It over ex
pressed by congress.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Thcro cannot
bo tho slightest doubt that tho president
Intends to carry out tho pledge of 1898 to
the letter. The Cubans aro now, on the
Initiation of tho president, engaged In the
work of framing a constitution and when
this Is finished It will bo submitted to
congress. Tho cnanccs aro tnai congress
will bo cnlled In npcclal session on tais
account, so ns to givo prompt and rnrcful
consideration to-'that Instrument, u con
gress believes that n government on tho
lines laid down In that charter win uo
practicable and creditable, It will bo sanc
tioned, and n government under It will go
Into operation. Tho United States stands
sponsor to tho world for Cuba. It omancl
nalcd tho Island from Spanish oppression
and will glvo It nn opportunity to set up
la business for Itself. The United suites,
however, will bo In a position of quasi-
guardianship over tho Island nnd will ho
hold, In n genoral wny, accountable to tho
world for that Island's conduct. Of course
eventually Cuba, by tho free voice of Its
people, will ask for annexation, No sano
Amorlcnn doubts this. Hut It will flrBt'hnvo
an opportunity to try tho exporlment of
Bolf-government nnd will bo backed up by
tho United States In that rolo.
POLITICAL DHU'T.
Thoro aro 45,000 peoplo on tho pay rolls
of New York City nnd they draw J4.000.000
a yrnr from tho city treasury.
The spectacle of Orovcr Cleveland follow
Ing tho hounds, mounted and dressed In
rcgulntlon style, will havo a tendency to
sootho tho grief cnused by tho ndjournmcnt
of congress.
The Indiana men who sold tholr votes
have been punished by disfranchisement for
terms ranging fropi ten to twenty years
Tho men who bought tho votes, tho tempt
ers, nro not llablo for punishment under
Indiana's Jughandle law.
Tom L. Johnson, who wants the nomlna
tlon for mayor of Cleveland on the straight
out democratic ticket, has retired from bus
lncss and will devoto his Ilfo to democracy,
according to an Intention ho has had In mind
for somo time. Ho opposes tho extension
of street railroad franchises nnd Is In favor
of municipal ownership and 3-cent fares,
General Catchlngs, the voll known con
gressman from Mississippi, yf, out of
congress on March 4 after a service of six
teen years In tho houso. "My congresBlonul
caroor has taken a big sllco out of my llfo,"
ho said recently. "I went Into tho house
when I was 38 and now I am 54. I am going
to resume tho practice of law and try to
make some money."
OTIHIlt LANDS THAN ol HM. of operations and absorb their property.
There are now 3,21(5 religious houses In
The results of tho census of German cities i'rance. They maintain schools, do wbrks
taken last month show that the population 0f charity and havo n missionary role. In
gains during tho past five years have boon nccordlng to tho government's stalls
greater than during tho preceding five t'cs, their properties wero worth $10,000,000.
years. Tho movement of population to the At prtsent such of thelf properties ns nro
cities Is not less pronounced In thnt coun- held In their own namo are worth 220,
try than In our own and Is duo to tho (same 000,000, while properties held In trust for
cause the rapid development of manufac- them nro estimated at 1060,000,000. This
tures. Ten years ago Germany had twenty- wealth Is a great temptation to a govern
ono cities of moro than 100,000 population went with socialist allies,
each, tho aggregate being R.SGl.OTti; In
1900 the number was thirty-two and the total Snakes nnd tigers cnuso moro deaths an
population was 8,971,654, or a gain of nunlly In India, nccordlng to an official re
3,309,C"8. In tho first five years tho In- port, thnn tho Uocr bullets causo In South
creasa was 1,350,S6I and In the second,
1,958,813. The percentage of population In
rreaso of tho German cities wns 58.4. Her
1 In, tho largest city of Germany, showed a
population of 1, SSI, 315 last month. In ton
years tho city's gain has bcon 274.S09, of
which 207,041 Is credited to tho last five
years. Nuremberg has now a population
of 200,731, which represents an Increaso of
60.C per cent In tho Inst flvo years and 82.6
per cent In ten years. Stettin has 209.9SS
people, having gained 49,2 per cent In the
last five j ears and S0.S per cent In ten years.
Frankfort-on-Mnln has 287,813 people, rep
resenting a gain of 60 per cent In ten years.
Only ono of tho German cities shows n de
creaso during tho last five years.
Owing to what has scorned to bo nn In
credlblo number of suicides In Paris for
thln.JIme of year the local preis Is attempt
ing to account for what Is termed an ep
idemic by laying It nt the door of the gen
eral retrenchment In nil Industries thnt Is
snld to havo followed tho exposition nnd
to tho fact that many provincials who found
plenty to do In Paris last summer nro now
without means or employment nnd nre un
abto to return to their homes. A recent
number of Figaro contained tho account
of no less than fivo BUlcldes, which hnd
been committed within twenty-four hours,
most of them under particularly painful
circumstances.
Owing to tho statistics recently pub
lished from the archives of the Palais dc
Justlco nnd tho Prefecture do Police, tho
subject Is deemed worthy of Immediate
scientific Investigation, ns some s.iy It Is
rapidly approaching tho proportions of a
national calamity. According to thcso sta
tistics there were no less than 27,000 sui
cides registered throughout Franco In the
fivo years ended January 1, 1901. Strang
ling and hanging have accounted for no
less than 12,500; the rovolvcr was used In
3,500 cases; suffocation by uso of charcoal
was employed In 2,000; poison was used In
400 cases; 1,000 persons throw themselves
from fatal heights, usually upper-story
windows; drowning accounts for tho self
Inflicted death of 4,500, while tho remainder
Is said to havo obtained death through vari
ous "Ingenious means."
In the debate upon tho estimates In the
Prussian Diet tho Polish deputies com
plnlned bitterly of tho treatment of tho
Polish population, especially of tho refusal
to allow Polish children to rccelvo religious
Instruction In their own language. The so
called Polish danger, they said, was largely
tho result of the government's own actions,
No less than three ministers spoko on tho
government side. Dr. von Mlqucl accused
tho Poles of being tho aggressors und
claimed thnt tho Polish policy of tho gov
ernment was supported hy public opinion
throughout Germany. Did tho Poles, he
asked, renlly believe that they could do-
prlvo Prussia of parts of hor territory? If
they did not believe In tho restoration of tho
Polish state, they ought not to separate
themselves from tho Germans. Tho govern
ment would gladly seo Polos appointed to
official positions In other provinces, but
not In tho eastern parts of the monarchy.
Ho said that in his youth tho watchword
was "Poland Is not yet lost. Tho Poles
must understand thnt this position was no
longer tenable. Dr. Studt, the minister of
education, defended tho steps which have
been taken to restrict the uso of tho Polish
language In schools, and Ilaron von Itheln-
baden mado n vigorous attack upon the
Polish nationalist agitation. Ho cited ex
tracts from Polish books nnd newspapers
nnd from speeches mado nt Polish meetings
to show that tho object of this agitation was
nothing loss than tho separation of the
Polish provinces from Prussia and tho es
tablishment of an Independent Polish state
Every effort directed towards this end, ho
declared, would bo ruthlessly suppressed.
In other wofdH, the government proposes to
rnlso moro steam In tho revolutionary
boiler and to sit on tho afety-valvc.
A census Just tnken in St. Petersburg
shows that tho population of tho Ilusstnn
capital Is 1,439,000. Tho Increase alnco 1897
Is thus shown to bo about 172,000, which
moans 13 per cent In four years. That Is
cqulvnlcnt to 33 per cent in a decade, or
moro than tho rato of gain In American
cities llko Philadelphia, St. Louis and Dos
ton, but a Uttlo under tho latest Now York
record and fur below tho rate of expansion
shown In Cleveland or Chicago. Hut St.
Petersburg Is nn artificially located nnd ab
normal city. Its stto Is forbidding nnd
thcro is not the least probability Hint any
thing moro than n small fishing or trading
town would now bo located on the Neva If
It had not pleased a most mastorful om
peror to fix his cnpltal thore. Under such
circumstances tho growth of tho Russian
metropolis Is a rcmarkablo proof of the
rapid expansion of tho vast Russian nation
and also of the degreo to which tho world
wido tendency toward urban centralizing of
population affects oven thoso countries
which nro most rural and least developed
Industrially.
Tho French ministry publishes In sup
port of Its crusndo against certain religious
associations two volumes of statistics show
ing tho growth of tho religious orders
bIuco 1850 and their present condition. Al
lcglng that these orders nro a burden to
tho fctato, active In politics and hostile to
republican Institutions, tho ministry pro
robes, It Is said, to restrict their sphere
Saturday . .
is our busiest day of the week ami it will save lotH
of inconveuienoe if mot hers will bring the boys in
early in the day. .Fust now we are prepared to hIkiw
some exceptional values in advance light weight
wool suits thnt are for the coming season and nre
very handsome. There is a growing demand for
these dainty Knits and yim can take your selection
from the best styles of Europe or America. If you
have overlooked this exhibit you cannot imagine
what you have missed.
Store open till 9 p. m. "sale closes then."
Browning,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Omaha's Only Excluilv Clothiers for Men and Uoyft.
Africa. In 1899 ns many as 24,621 persons
were killed by snake bites, the mortality
from this causo being greater than In any
of the four preceding years. Tho number
of deaths caused by wild animals was
2,966, tigers killing S99, wolves 33$ and
leopards 327, These figures are regarded
as small In comparison with thoso of 1897,
when 4,:S2 persons wore killed. Uengal
suffers specially from mnu-cntlng tigers
nnd leopards. In Upper Burma a single
tiger Is credited with twenty victims In
ono yenr. High rewards nro oltcrcd for tho
destruction of mnn-eatcrs, but tho Jungle
Affords them secure retreats. In addition
to tho loss of human llfo thoro Is a great
destruction of cattle. Some 89,240 cnttlo
wero destroyed by wild nnlmals In 1899
and 9,449 by snakes.
MAID IX VVS.
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Toll me, Colonel,
why do you havo so many lynching In
tho south?"
"I reckon, suh, It's because so few of
tho scoundrels manage to escape."
Philadelphia ltecord: They wore looking
through tlio.llbrnry "If you had tho illvlno
gift, whnt would you rnther write?" asked
the romantic young woman.
"Checks," replied tho sordid man.
W nshlngton Star: "When you docs somo
folks a favor." said Uncle Kben, "dclr
gratltudo ain't so much fob do 'mejlt
benefit ns It Is foh gtvln' 'cm n stnht nn'
lcttln' 'em know whan to como nox' time."
Philadelphia Press: "That's a funny
thing. Soukley's bnby hnd tho hiccoughs
last night, nnd Its mother gave It gin."
"What's bo funny about thnt?"
, "So different from Soakley. lie gets tho
hiccoughs after tho gin."
Philadelphia Press: "Did you got much
of that old party?" asked ono highwayman
of another.
"Oot all he hnd," was the reply.
"That Is right, lie who In worth doing
at nil Is worth doing well."
Detroit Journal: "How breezv!" w ex
claimed. In unfeigned admiration, ns the
child of luxury swept past us.
"Yes. Bhe doesn't have to rnlso the wind
for herself!" sighed tho tired shop girl, not
unbltterly.
Detroit Journal: Tackle I see the dnctot
has healed your wounds so that there Is no
scar.
Half DuckWouldn't It Jar you? Tho
averagn doctor Is a man of no aesthetic
sensibilities whatever!
Detroit Journal: Tenant Why, what you
call a spure bedroom Isn't u room at all, on!y
the iilcturo of nn alcove painted on the
wallf Ilgw could we get a bed In there,
pray?
Janitor Well, people mostly has their
furniture painted In, these days, It saves
movln' expenses.
Philadelphia Press: Miss Anteek Yo,
Indeed, I'm proud to say that my grnnd
fathor wns a forty-nlncr.
Miss Shnrpe How closely you resemble
him now.
Till! IIOUIILK HUNNKII.
Somcrvllle Journal,
With a whiz, and h rnttle, u rush, and a
ronr,
Wo fly down the trnck o'er tho glisten
Inir snow.
Tho ring of tho runners Is heard from nfnr.
Ah fnster and faster and faster we go.
Tho nlr cuts our faces, bright, frosty and
Keen,
Dut our blood's all aglow, nnd we thrill
with dellsht.- '
As downward wo rush, whllo. In laughter
unci song
Wo Join ns we dnsh through the cold
winter night.
Little feminine shrieks mark the lncrcasa
of speed
As onward we fly, borne along without
win CD.
And tniHtlngly close to the young man In
troni
Kach timid young maiden Impulsively
cIIukr,
A "thank-you-ma'am" eomes, and we leap
In the air,
While n chorus of shrieks shows tho risk
of tho ride,
Dut tho strong hand In front keeps tho
sled In the track
Anil on down tho pathway In safety wo
glide.
The man In the moon looks down with a
smile,
Indulgent, benign, enjoying tho fun,
As If he would llko to como down for a
while,
And seo for himself how such pleasure Is
won.
Kven faster wo speed to the foot of the hill,
Thon slower then slow till we stop
short, nnd than
Wo Jump from our seats, and In pairs, pldo
by side,
We stroll up the long hill, to try It again.
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