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STATEMENT OF CIBCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
Ueorpo H. Tzschtick, secretary of Tho Bee
1 ubllshlng company, being duly sworn,
ays that tho actual number of full and
complete copies of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Beo printed during the
month of January, 1901, was as follows:
1 u.vnoo 17. yumo
2
2
4
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7
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10
11
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20,140
UU.IMO
2(1,420
, 20,700
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21
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24
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27
28
29
30
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20,020
20,720
20,oro
20,41(1
20.S20
2)1,180
20.4HI
20,120
20,8 IS
20, ISO
42,770
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Total W40.0S5
Less unsold nSd returned copies..,. 10,017
Net total sales HttlMMM
Net dally average. 20,770
GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Sjbscrlbcd In my presence and sworn to
before mo thts 31st day of January, A. D.
1901. M. B. HUNOATE,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Ami thoro nvo doubtless some people
hi Kansas who hIIH Insist that prohibi
tion prohibits.
Tho republican senatorial caucus may
bo short, but It Is not qulto so short
ns tho fusion senatorial caucus.
Tho English coronation oath has been
changed ho vera 1 times and It can bo
changed again to meet twentieth cen
tury conditions.
The National Civic Federation an
nounces Its arbitration committee made
up of a startling array of eminent
names. Tho next thing Is to arbitrate.
Nebraska 1ms been enjoying a surfeit
of murder trials which arc not particu
larly edifying to Its citizens. Nebraska
could get along nicely without any cases
of this kind.
The bill to establish a brunch mint at
Omaha has passed one or tho other
houses of congress soveral times before
If Ip gets through both houses this time
we will all celebrate.
If South Omaha develops any more
prospective mayors It will suffer a com
plete exodus when they ull go down to
Lincoln to supervise tho enuctmont of
tho new South Omaha chhrter bill.
Just remember that tho same kind of
etorles were circulated two years ago
about tho then existing senatorial dead
lock. But tho deadlock was broken and
Senator liny ward elected Just tho same.
It Is to bo hoped tho striking dress
makers In Paris will not take Mrs. Na
tlon ns an example, otherwise the Paris
ian dressmaking establishments will
soon bo strown with splinters of. French
plate glass.
Tho Iowa gubernatorial race Is open
lug up with a lively lot of republican
entries suro to bo Increased before the
convention heaves in sight. Iowa re
publicans always havo tho best talent
to chooso from.
Tho South Dakota legislature has sent
a momorial to congress urging a con
stltutlonal nmendment that tho election
of United States senators bo by direct
popular vote. South Dakota must be
watching Nebraska.
Omaha presents a line showing on tho
Increase side of the clearing house table
this week, which Is remarkablo for tho
dull soason of tho yenr. Business con
dltlons In Omaha and tributary terrl
tory nro constantly Improving.
Ell Perkins, the great humorist, hus
Just passed through Nebraska and
missed tho opportunity of his life In fall
ing to stop over to visit tho Nobraska
legislature, in Imitation of Mark 'J' wain's
visit with tho Austrian Reichstag-
A fow prosecutions of physlclnus who
willfully neglect to report eases of con-
I tafiious disease us required by law
would doubtless soon put an end to tho
daugorous practice. A physician, above
all others, should realize tho necessity
of reaaonablo precaution to prevent tho
spread of such disease.
Wo do not believe tho city will hov
any dltllculty In securing all tho em
nloves needed In tho various denart
ments at tho salaries llxed by tho city
council. In fact, tho city could rocruit
doublo set of ofllcluls and cmnlovcs :
tho present salary schedulo without
even advertising for applications.
Not) content with mastering the trans
' portatlon systems of tho Unltod States
tho syndicate behind the recent colossal
1 railway consolidations Is reaching out
for European property, making a start
on an electric traction company In Lou
don, Tho United States Is becoming n
world power In iudustry as well as dl
plomacy.
Governor Dietrich proposes a social
reunion of all Nebraska ex-governors as
his guests on Washington's birthday.
Nebraska Is ospoclally fortunate lu tho
number of living executives who can
moot thts requirement and In whoso ad
ministrations aro Included tho larger
part of tho state's history. It Is doubt
ful whothor an oquul number could bo
gotten togother nt any other time.
the srvuxEn vnurostTW.
The bill of Senator Spooncr, confer
ring on tho president all military and
civil powers necessary to govern the
Philippines, It Is proposed to attach to
the army appropriation bill, as the best
way to secure action upon II. if it
passes the president will havo full au
thority, until otherwise provided by
congress, to establish civil government
lu tho Islands and to make the military
power subordinate to the civil. Tiils,
uh the Taft commission litis pointed
out, Is most essential to tho Improve
ment or conditions In the Philippines,
particularly lu n commercial way, since
uuder existing circumstances capital
will not go Into the islands hud nothing
Is being done for their Industrial and
commercial development. It Is the
opinion of the commission that with
civil government established, as contem
plated In the Spoouer bill, there would
bo a very general change of feeling
among the people toward the United
States and It seems most reasonable to
believe that such would bo the case.
They now havo before them only the
military power a coutluiianco of their
experience under Spanish rule. Sub
ordinate that to civil authority and It
Is not to bo doubted that the change
would have a good effect upon tho
people.
It Is pointed out that the chief im
mediate effect of tho proposed change
would bo to harnioul.o differences
which recently havo been rapidly In
creasing lu gravity. The Washington
correspondent of tho New York Tribune
says: "Tho exercise of tho president's
high power through a civilian rather
than a military representative Is ex
pected to create u wholesome Impression
on all classes of natives and there Is a
general conviction thut this notable in
dication of the llxed purpose of tho
United States will cause another dem
onstration of loyalty llku that which
followed tho amnesty proclamation last
year."
If given the authority proposed tho
president will of course appoint Judge
Taft governor of tho Islands, what he
has done there having fully Justified the
confidence reposed In him by the presi
dent., WIUi thu limited powers tho
commission now has and Its subordina
tion to the military authority. It has
undeniably accomplished much in tho
direction of pacification. Ulven broader
authority there Is every reason to be
lieve that there would be most gratify
ing results. The establishment of a civil
government which could grant fran
chises would bo Immediately followed
by largo Investments of capital in tho
Philippines, giving employment to many
of the people and affording them au ob
ject lesson lu Industrial development
that could not fall to havo 'a most salu
tary effect. There is no doubt that
cupltal will go to the Islands as soon
as It shull be given satisfactory assur
ance of protection aud security. It was
recently stated that u large amount of
German capital will be Invested (hero
whenever the desired franchises can be
secured.
Steady progress Is being mude lu ex
tending American authority In the Phil
ippines aud undoubtedly the task would
bo rendered less dltllcult uuder a civil
government with comprehensive powers.
KEEP 20 THE wunn.
All Interests concerned In the 'pros
perity of Omaha should keep constantly
to tho work of upbuilding the city nnd
promoting Its material welfare. When
all work lu harmonious co-operation
nlong a program embracing development
In every direction, gratifying results nro
sure to bo accomplished.
Tho llrst number on the program is
tho expansion of Oinnlia'a industrial
activity by widening the scope of the
establishments already here and by en
couraging the location of new business
houses. The extension of the territory
trtbutury to Omaha trade, through the
development of railroad facilities radi
ating from tills point, gives a capital
for such a campaign never before at the
command of tho city. Tho success that
has crowned reeetit efforts of the Com
mercial club along this line should en
courage still further work.
The second number on the program
calls for improved conditions of living
for the great mass of the laboring peo
plo who constitute, the foundation for
tho prosecution of Industrial ventures.
Tho working classes should be.ennbled
to live cheaply and lu comfortable
dwellings, with easily accessible oppor
tunities for recreation, lu addition to
the educational advantages within reach
of themselves and their families. Whllo
Omaha Is favorably situated with ref
erence to good schools and cheap living
compared with Its commercial rivals, to
say nothing of many other benefits
which tho worklugnieu enjoy, these con
ditions can be still further Improved.
By keeping all the elements In tho
community alive to every opportunity
aud united lu tho work before them,
Omaha's forward march will continue
unimpeded.
IWSSU'S SUMMMIV ACTIOS.
Tho Russian minister of 11 nance
promptly responded to tho decision of
Secretary Gago in tho sugar case by
ordering that additional duties, thought
to bo practically prohibitory, shall bo
Imposed on Iron and steel products of
American manufacture. Such summary
action was not expected, though It was
apprehended lhat Russia would retail
ate. Even the ambassador of that
government at Washington scoffed at
tho Idea of a tariff war, yet this is what
tho action of thu minister of llnauco
amounts to. Tho purposa Is to shut out
Amcrlcuu manufactures of Iron and
steel from tho Russian market. The de
crce Is distinct lu its discrimination
against this country.
Tho trade affected Is said to havo
amounted last year to ?30,000,00u. It
was a growing trado that promised to
reach very large proportions. A Wash
ington dispatch Bays It Is realized that
ti grave crisis has been reached In tho
trado relations between tho United
States and Russln and there Is danger
that there will grow out of the action of
tho Russian government 11 movement
lu Europo to form a combination .of
soveral countries, as has been urged,
for mutual protection against Ameri
can competition In their home markets.
It Is very likely that the course of
Russia will stimulate the element In
Germany which Is ngltntlng for higher
duties on American producK
It Is not probable that our govern
ment will take any action In tho mat
ter nt once. The decision of the secre
tary of tin treasury will of course
stain). It Is presumed that the import'
ers of beet sugar from Russia will take
the question whether they should bo re
quired to pay the countervailing duty
to the courts, and lu the event of a ju
dicial decision against the opinion of
the secretary of the treasury doubtless
the Russian government, would modify
Its decree. Therefore our government
will wait until the question shall have
been passed upon by tho courts. In
tho meantime, which may bo a year or
more, American trade with Russia will
suffer and our competitors will 1k bene-
llted. German manufacturers will
doubtless get a large share of tho busi
ness that American manufacturers will
lose.
As to whether the United States
should retaliate by tariff dlsiTln'I'naUon
ngalnst Russian products It Is not ap
parent that anything would be gained
by such a course. Our Importations
I'ioin Russia are not large aud shutting
them out would not be a serious mat
ter to Russian producers, lu a tariff
war tho ad vantage would bo maluly
with Russia.
1IAXK1XO FACILITIES l. TIIEJVEST.
Whether tho reduction lu the mini
mum capital for national banks has
proved successful In exl'iidlng banking
facilities in the west Is the subject of
au Inquiry, the results of which are set
forth In an article lu the current Quar
terly Journal of Economics. The author,
Thorton Cooke, tries to trace the effect
of tho new currency law on banking In
a group of live neighboring slates, em
bracing the two Dakotas, Nebraska,
Kansas, Iowa and Missouri, aud under
takes to show that lu this territory tho
opinion of Secretary fiagu that tho re
duction of the. capital limit to SLVi.OOO
"has enabled many of the remoter sec
tions aud smaller communities to secure
necessary banking facilities" Is not
Justllled by the facts. By ranging tho
statistics lu tabular form aud taking
into account the conversions of old
banks Mr. Cooke draws these conclu
sions: Tho actual gains under tho new law aro
scnrcely noteworthy. The gains range only
from $35,000 lu South Dakota to $160,000 In
Kansas from 1 per cent of capital already
existing In South Dakota down to llftecn
hund,rcdths of 1 per rent In Missouri. For
tho group the Increase of capital la $473,000,
a growth that Is Inslgnlllcnnt In states
where tho banking capital already aggre
gated $75,000,000. It is not likely that the
Increase lit banking capital due to the now
law Is even so much as these figures show
becatiEo besides Its capital almost et'ery
converting bank had available towards
making up tho capital o( the national bank
that replaced It considerable undivided
profits and surplus.
More to tho point Is the gain in the num
ber of banks. Here, too, the advocates of
small national banks must be disappointed
by the analyzed facts. The new law has
not given North Dakota an additional bank.
South Dakota and Missouri have each one
additional Lank and Nebraska and Kansas
havo each two. By the act of March 14
these live states have together gained six
banks. Except that It occurred under a
new law, this slight Increase In banking
facilities would excite no comment. Six
moro banks count for little in a region that
lias 1,000 already.
If these states are typical for tho
west, the small communities that can
support only small banks with small
capital must be supplied by Institutions
organized under state laws rather than
as part of the national banking system.
That this Is the ease Is Indicated by
figures produced by the same author
that show that In every state of this
Missouri river group except South Da
kota the Increase of bank capital due to
state banks only Is greater than that
due to national banks. Against six ad
ditional banks there traceable to tho
new currency law, there are elghty-llve
new state banks and ten not unimpor
tant private banks. The need lu the
west of banking facilities that national
banks cannot supply he insists has been
demonstrated by the existence of nu
merous little bnnks in small villages
and by tho fact that the organization of
little banks still goes on.
Mr. Cooke advocates the adoption of
some sehoino for branch banks to meet
the requirements, but advances no argu
ments in support. Plainly the problem
demunds more careful and closo study
to reach the right solution.
Tho Pat Crowe story from Waterloo,
la., reads beautifully and Is n worthy
product' of the pen of the editor of a
country weekly, but it will take some
corroboration to mnko the general pub
lic accept 11. Crowe Is very likely to
throw himself upon tho mercy nnd grat
itude of an old friend J10 had not seen
lu years with a ?'J.",000 reward out
standing for his delivery to the authori
ties. If his associates have been able
to protect him this long they are not
likely to go back on him now. The
pretpnse, too, that he has .S'.'O.OOO of
the ransom planted and Is waiting only
for a chance to get It and make his exit
from tho country is too gauzy to go
down, as no one would believe that his
confederates would let him take four
llfths of the booty nnd leave them a
paltry .I.OOO to divide between them.
The publicity given tho story, however,
may be relied on to make Crowe re
appear again with fantastic confessions
lu a dozen different parts of the coun
try. The latest Is a slot machine Invented
In Paris which not only prepays tho
postage stamp, but licks It and nlllxos
It to tho "envelope. A mechanical letter
writer is yet needed for tho salvation of
Americans seeing tho sights abroad.
Nebraska will havo no troublo In fur
nlshlng all tho commissioned oltlcers
under tho now army bill that may bo
allotted to this state. It Is always easier
to get men to light with shoulder straps
than to march In tho ranks
Bryan's Omaha organ Is frantically
endeavoring to guldo the republican
members of the legislature In their se
lection of United States senators. The
Bryan organ exerted Itself nil it could
to make tho legislature fusion and
might Lave been consulted were thu
fuslonlsts lu control, but under the cir
cumstances the republicans can hardly
Bee tho necessity of going to tho enemy
for advice.
The Time! Mny Conns
Washington Star.
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a political storm center the time may come
wneu 11 win want to lone fome or mo 01-
nces away from Ohio.
Solnee fur Old MnliU.
Washington Star.
Mr. Carnegie Is said to have advised
young men to fall In love with v.otn'm
thirty years older than themselves. Who
Is going to compel the women tt confees?
An 1'it U 1 11 it ItoinurU.
Maltlnnd Express.
Mrs. W. J. Bryan angrily contradicts tho
assertion that her husband was at one
tlrao on the stage. As wc understand tho
mitler nil the acting lie ever did was in
a tent.
( iiiiiluii Home to Itcioil.
Washington Star.
Some of I ho enxiprn trmneraneo advo
cates arc In doubt whether to regard Mrs.
Nation as a genuine reformer or as sim
ply 11 retribution Kansas has earned by
persistent violation of liquor laws.
Iiitlli'lnl I'lilrrnnll'iii.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
A WUconslu Judge has decided that ex
cessive clgaretto smoking on the part of n
husband Is sufllclent ground for granting
tho wife a divorce. No similar decision has
yet. been made In a caso where the smoking
Is done by tho woman, though one Judge
the other day did go to tho length of rul
ing that a husband could not bo compelled
to pay his wife's clgaretto bills.
,nt t'nlllir Aiiifrlcnu Convention.
Indianapolis Journal.
Cuba has an Irresponsible constitutional
convention because tho property owners as
n whole did not tako uny part In tho elec
tion. If they had they might have elected
a conservative clement which would havo
been Influential. It Is xaVl that not a mem
ber of Iho convention is worth $1,000. In
Iho larger cities of this country councils
nro unsatisfactory bcrauso men of Influ
ence and ublllty tako no part In the selec
tion of candidates.
Tli I'nncr of Ilic .Sllpp".
New York Mall and Express.
It has become much tho fashion in these
days to decry tho use of the slipper as nn
active factor la tho moral development of
young children. Tbo king who preferred
wisdom nbovo nil possessions uttered tho
maxim, "Sporo the rod and spoil tho child."
It In a controversy ns long as the tnlo of
domestic life, ns to tho literal application
of this Injunction. It will be an endless
controversy, because It Is Imposalblo to
generalize nb:ut a problem that requires in
dividual consideration and treatments
Most parents, however, would probably
ngree that thlo part of home discipline, at
least during the earlier years of Infancy,
should be allotted to tho mother. The ma
ternal Instinct Is tender and merciful, but
It Is likely to bu thoughtful enough about
the child's future to utc a modicum of cor
rective measures In trnlnlng. Appeal to
reason may bo made nt different ages In
different children, Much depends upon an
cestry and environment, but tho slipper
ennnnot bo wholly abrogated nor tho rod
entirely banished. Their Judicious uso In
the education of a prince may make a bet
ter king. It Is. not surprising, therefore,
that a woman., guest of tho Now York
Mother's club, which opposes corporal pun
ishment, told tiiat unliable organization
that It was In error. "I brought up my
boys on tho slipper," she valiantly de
clared. Tho value of this as a premise
might havo been enhanced If tho matron
had brought along her lads for exhibition,
but courtesy, of course, compels tho reas
onable assumption that theso aro very
good boys, indeed. No, the slipper Is with
U3 to stay nnd those old enough will say,
"Long rany It wave!"
l.ECAl. TESTIMONY OF WOMEN.
In No Ilriirrc l' Worthy of Crrillt
Tli 11 11 tin- TpNtlniony of Men,
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Is thcro any reason to suppose that the
testimony of a woman Is In the slightest
degree less worthy of credit than the testi
mony of a man? We ask that seemingly
superfluous question because a Chicago
Judgo has recently produced something of a
sensation by grunting a new trial In n case
before him upon the grouud that the ver
dict which It was sought to set aside had
been based largely upon the testimony of
women. He did not, In expressing this
surprising opinion, go so far as to charge
tho fair sex with a greater tendency to
mundnclty tlujn tho sex whose testimony
ho preferred. Indeed, he was good enough
to admit that women aro undoubtedly upon
a hlghor moral plane than tnon.
Ills objection to tho femalo witness was
based upon tho theory that women aro of a
more highly Imaginative nature than men.
They nro so Imaginative In the opinion of
this Judgo that they aro actually able to
decelvo themselves with the creations of
tuolr own fancy. They don't utter willful
falsehoods. Perish tho thought. But ac
cording to the explanation of the Chicago
Jurist, they exhibit a chronlu Incapacity to
discriminate between things that they
Imagine and things that they really know.
Thoy are, furthermore, he says, open to
the criticism that when they havo educated
themselves up to the point of accepting as
true what at first they had only imagined,
they will maintain that mental nttltudo to
tho end In spite of all the contrary evidence
that can be. brought to bear against it.
Theso aro surprising charges and no less
grnvo than surprising. If they are to be ac
cepted as true thero Is no escapo from the
conclusion that from at least ono point of
view, the point Involved In the opinion of
this Chicago Judge, women are not untitled
to be regarded as responsible human
boltigs. The person who Is not able
to distinguish between what Is fancy nnd
what Is fact Is a person whom It Is hardly
safe to allow to be at large. It cannot bo
admitted of such-n person that he or she Is
In tho full possession of his or her senses,
To mistake Illusions for realities is one of
tho most constant and characteristic Indi
cations of insanity, so that the statement of
tho Chtrago Judge is equivalent to nn as
sertion that women os a body are what the
lawyers call non compos mentis. We don't
bellevo that thero will be any considerable
or respcctablo body of assent to that prop
osition. '
We should be Inclined to say that women
make nt least as good witnesses ns men, if
not bettor, and that for soveral reasons.
They aro naturally more observant, they
ore apt to havo a hotter memory for details
and they nro moro conscientious about
stating In court what they bellove to be
true. This Chicago Judge himself admits
that they aro upon n higher moral plane
than men nnd if that doesn't mean among
other things that they havo n more scrupu
lous regard for the truth the Chlrngo man
1h loose in tils uso of language. Of course
thero ore women who cannot be trusted
upon their oath Just as there are men, but
It may well bo questioned whether upon
the whole women are not the more truthful
of tho two.
Whnt has come over our Judicial friends
lately? They have been making all sorts
of bad breaks which havo a tendency to
Impnlr the popular respect in which the
judiciary should bo held. The Judge cannot
bo too careful what ho says. Ills words
re sure to be noted.
THIIH TM TO I.ATI5 .It lMlli MAXWI-UX.
Schuyler Sun: In the death of Judge
Maxwell of Fremont, Nebraska, loses one
of its best ntpl purcst-tulnded citizens. Ills
was a life well worthy of emulation.
Nellgh Yeoman: In the death of Judge
Maxwell Nebraska loses one of her most
distinguished citizens, ono who, to a greater
extent than any other man, has left his
Imprint upon the Jurisprudence of our state.
Falls t'lty Journal: Hon, Samuel Max
well died nt his homo In Fremont Monday.
Tho death of Judge Maxwell will be keenly
felt by tlm Nebraska bar. He was ono
of the stale's most ablest lawyers nnd his
legal works In the form of text books aro
recognized authority.
York Times: Judgo Maxwell was natur
ally n conscientious Judgo nnd did a deal for
the Jurisprudence of Nebraska lu his time.
Ho beenmo somewhat prejudiced In his
later years perhaps, but It is only fair
to nuard him tho highest praise that can
bo bestowed. He was an honest man.
Many people In Nebraska regret his death.
Kentney Hub: Tho venerable Judgo Max
well, one of Nebraska's oldest landmnrks,
has unused to his long account. He hail
a long nnd honored career, lived with an
unblomlshcd reputation, nnd died with tho
respect of his fellow citizens. Krrntle In
some things, ho was In all things con
sctantlcus and his integrity was never ques
tioned. St. Paul Republican: Samuel Mnxwelh
for moro than twenty years n member of
tho Nebraska supreme court, died at his
home In Fremont Monday, nt tho ngo of
78 years. No western Jurist hns over nt
tnlned tho eminence of Judgo Maxwell ns
nn expounder of the law. Ills legnl treat
ises will bo a lasting monument to his
memory.
Nellgh Lender: Tho death of Judge
Maxwell at his home at Fremont thts week
Is n source of sorrow to people of all classes
In tho state of Nebraska. Whllo of late
years ho had been somewhat eccentric in
political matters, yet IiIb positions wcro
the source of very llttlo criticism, ns the
personal esteem In which he hus always
been hold was of such high character as
to bring tho greatest consideration from
his opponents.
Norfolk News: Tho death of ox-Con-gtcHsmnn
Samuel Maxwell of Fremont re
moves ono who has dono much to havo his
name remembered In tho state, his legal
learning and nccompllhhmcnts having been
of especial vnluo to tho people. He Is the
author of several works of importance to
tho fruternlty nnd courts. Although peo
plo havo differed from his political beliefs
all nro willing to concede that he was 11
man of strong character and his ability
won for him recognition that profited many
besides himself.
Scrlbuor News: Few men not blessed
with eloquence or n magnetic personality
havo succeeded la Impressing their Inllu
enre upon the destinies of a state to a
degreo that tbo lato Judgo Samuel Maxwell
did. Though compelled to begin life nt the
very bottom of tho ladder nature had en
dowed him with a raro Judicial mind nnd
he cultivated and expanded It by tho ap
plication of persistent nnd conscientious
study and nn honest construction of the
law. Ho always applied tho law as he found
It, regardless of the effect on his political
future.
I'apllllon Times: Tho death of Judge
Samuel Maxwell, at his homo in Fremont,
tcmoves from tho sphere of notion ono of
tho strongest men that ever graced Ne
braska. For twenty years a Justice of
tho Nebraska supremo court and for one
term a congressman from Nebraska, his
life wns one of activity and helpfulness.
Men may havo differed from Judgo Max
well on matters of politics, but no man
ever questlo'ned Judge Maxwell's Integrity
or honesty. Ho leaves as a legacy to
the young men of todny an example of
Industry, honesty and ability that they
would do well to follow.
Columbus Telegram: He Is dead, and
yet ho lives lives and will Hvo In the
hearts of nil Nebraska who love Justice
and right. Viewed from a technical stand
point he was not n greot lawyer; that la
to say ho had not that flno seme which
enabled him to enter tho realm of specula
tion and weave a web of justice and right
about 11 lawyer's technical point in behalf
of wrong. Viewed from the standpoint
of equity he filled to the full the best
dcflnltluii of tho term a Just, Judge. Dur
ing his long life-work on the bench he
strove to mako n truism of Nebraska's
ttnte motto: "Equality before tho law."
In his eyes tho humblest citizen In the
state was as much entitled to tho pro
tection of the law's strong nrm us was
the mightiest corporation that ever bought
a legtslnturo or stained tho ermlno of n
court. Corporation lawyers said Maxwell
was n demagogue. That's what they say
of every Judgo who will not do their bid
ding. They feared him on tho bench.
Uvcry roguo fours every henest man who
Is In position to glvo tho rogue his dues.
We grant that Samuel Maxwell was not
as erudite ns some Jurists, but Ood and
many men know that In his Judgments he
wus equitable, In private life pure and
clean. The name of Samuel Maxwell will
bo bpokcu In accents of respect In Nebraska
long after the names of the greatest cor
poration lawyers, who called him dema
gogue, stall have been swallowed up by
deserved oblivion.
Fremont Leader: The sudden death of
the Hon. Samuel Maxwell brings to us nil
the fact that death always stalks near to
us nil, nnd when wo least expect It rcachos
out, his gaunt arm for us and wo go down
to t tin crnvp. TVw men lmrl a nUtin.i.
I record than our old friend, Judge Max
' well, He was a man who never allowed his
I left hand to know what his right hand did,
mm iiih ciiimucH ere always generous.
He wns a constant, busy worker up to the
hour he died, not because he loved money,
but he wanted money whereby ho could
help others who could not help them
selves; This wns the spirit of the man,
nnd It was grand In htm. This was demon
strated In his youth, nnd It continued In
him through all his life. Let n stranger
tell him a plausible story of distress, he
Immediately had 11 sympathetic friend In
tho Judge. He served his state with the
same honestness of purpose that marked
his private life. His political life was
marked with noble purposes, such aa should
bent In every truo American breast. Ho
has shown a devotion lo public duties that
should be a mark for the youth of our
country. Ho come to Dodge county In 1875
and over since then has been a respected
citizen of Fremont nnd made his church
homo -with tho Presbyterian society of this
city. His llfo for forty-flvo years was so
closely identified with iho history of our
state nnd territory that thn legislature
passed fitting resolutions of condolence to
be engrossed and forwarded to bis family.
Not only, the state, hut the whole com
munity can voice the same sentiments that
are so ably set forth In the resolutions
by the Hon, George L. Loomls of this city,
SPAIN'S U'dFIII, nnCLlNK.
IiMTHriiurn of the Iterent t'uplienrnl
Which Weyler In Supiirrimliiu.
Ntw Yorlt Evening Post.
"Bad government," was Macaulay's short
and easy way of describing the causes of
Spain's woful decline. But what aro the
significant particulars wrapped up In this
vague generalization? Why ihould the ap
parently natural and Inoffensive marriage of
the princess of Asturlas to Don Carlos de
Bourbon be mado the occasion of seditious
cries and violent outbreaks? Just how does
this event link Itself with nnd exemplify
"bad government?"
The explanation commonly given Is that
the royal bridegroom is tarred with Car
llsni. Ills father, the count of Caaerta, Is
a Carllit by both profession and practice-
both word nnd sword (palabra y espada),
ns the Spanish say. Ho has actually been
In arms against tho reigning dynasty. But
this Is not tho wholo story. Cnrllsm, ns
such, Is not so Immensely unpopular In
Spain. Tho church has been openly for It
nnd probably Is for It now In Its secret
heart. To Ret up a legitimist monarch, it
tho thing could bo managed doftly, would
not convulse Spnln. The real trouble is,
wo think, that thn husband of the prlnces
is a Bourbon of the reactionary type. This
Sicilian and Neapolitan branch of tho fam
ily Is Inbred on both sides, so lhat the
young Don Carlos, who mny becomo king
consort of Spain, Is n Bourbon pur sang.
To Spanish opprc honslons this means of
the typo of Isabella anil of tho retrogrado
style of government which led tho country
to rise In successful revolution in 1SG7. It
Is tho return of tho narrow, bigoted, l.'l
tramontane Bourbons which excited Spnln
sees threatened lu the royal nuptials, Tho
fear Is no doubt heightened by tho ap
parently welt-founded rumors of the fragile
health of tho young king, who may not live
to rclgu.
C11IAN INUni'llNIIKNt n.
Cnnilltlon Whlcli I' mile Sum Will
Seek to Impose t'ioii the Itepiilille.
Chicago Record.
When tho constitutional convention now
In Ecsslon In Havana was called it was with
tho understanding that Its members should
perform a twofold duly. They were lo do
vlso a safo aud stable governing system
and tliey wcro to dedno the relations to sub
sist In future between tho republic nnd the
United States. In failing to meet this lat
ter requirement tho convention fulled to
execute fully tho purpose for which It was
called. As tho Record has already pointed
out, Its falluro obliges the United States
In self-defense to nsk for amendments
which will glvo this country nt least some
status as supervisor of tho Island's Interna
tional relations.
President McKlnley hnn now drnwn up n
statement of tho stipulations which ho be
lieves Cuba should npprovo before nssumlng
Its Independence. Theso stipulations glvo
tho United States tho right to Intervene Id
the adjustment of certain matters relating
to thn pcrmnuent maintenance of tho Island
government and tho negotiations of foreign
treaties, bath commercial and political. One
of the clauses also provides that tho United
States Is to be permitted to maintain nt
lenst two coaling nnd naval bases lu con
venient harbors. Whether or not the terms
ns formulated by thu president are some
what broader and moro vngun than need bo,
Iho demands which tho Cubans nro thus
asked to meet uro In essenco Just aud
proper. This government does not mean to
break Its promlso of Cuban Independence)
In a single regard or to Infringe a partlclo
upon Cuba's essential right to real liberty
nnd complete control of Its own affairs.
But It Is obvious that the United States
cannot be expected to grant to any peoplo
occupying tho position and relation of tho
Cubans tho prlvilego of contracting foreign
relations which might endanger our su
premacy In tho Caribbean sen nnd would
surely subject us to the constant menace
of foreign cntangloments.
The terms which President McKlnley hns
framed are lo bo submitted to congress In
tho form of a resolution, nnd that body Is
to he asked to pass upon the matter at tho
present session. There can bo little ques
tion as to tho duty of congress In this
matter. However It mny modify Incidental
features of tho president's plan, It should
stand ready to hold up his hands ns regards
the chief point at Issue, Tills in no party
question. It Is a, matter of national wel
fare nnd safety an ngalnst futuro posslblo
aggressions, not from Cuba alone, but from
other and truly formidable powers. Tho
president asks for a rcasonnhlo measure of
protection of national Interests, and It Is as
such that his proposal should bo considered
and acted upon with disinterested patriot
Ism by the members of congress.
I'KHSONAL I'OINTHn.S,
General Joo Wheeler has announced that
ho will be n candidate for a scat In rongrcss
from his old district, the Eighth Alabama.
An organization Is said to have been
formed, with headquarters In Wisconsin
nnd Washington, to nomlnntc Senator John
C. Spooner for president In 1901.
Kx-Sccretnry Whitney will lake a thor
ough rest from business when he visits
Aiken, S, C. A number of his best saddle
horses will follow him thero and for llvo
weeks or two montliH ho will devoto his
time to riding nnd hunting.
They tell In London of nn Impecunious
nobleman who once wrote to the late Sam
Lowls, the money lender, Inviting him to
dinner. Lewis replied thus: "Denr Lord
: I nm sorry that I shall not ho
abla to accept your Invitation to dinner. If,
however, you will toll mu tho amount you
rcqulro I will beo what I con do for you,"
While Mascngnl was arranging for tho
simultaneous production of his new opera
In six Italian cities ho spent twenty suc
cessive nights In railway cars. He was un
shaved and looked tho worse for wear and
generally unkempt not gaunt, however, for
It seems that tho composer Is decidedly fat,
so much so that he grows angry when twit
ted about his corpulence.
Andrew GlasRoll, who dlod recently In
Los Angeles, Cal., witnessed tho growth of
that city from u Spanish pueblo Into n
busy modem city. Mr. Glnbsell was born
In September, 1827, In Virginia, was grad
uated from tho University of Alabama, took
up law as a profession and went to Cali
fornia In tho rush of '4ft. Ho waB for
many years deputy United States district
attorney for California. Ho had much to
do with the development of Los Augcles
and its interests.
Kansas newspapers do not agree as to
why Fred Funston did not fare well In tho
recent army ehakeup. One Is of tho opinion
that he has been over-advcrtlscd and that
the reaction hns set In. Another takes thlu
vlow: "If Fred Funston had spent the tlmo
whon he was exploring tho Arctic regions
and investigating tho Death valley In forc
ing dried prunes down the throats of West
Point Innocents he wnuld he rewarded with
a commission os brigadier In the regular
army now." ,
It Is a rare privilege to be peimltted to
visit any of tho kaiser's palaces. Ho thinks
that ho Is entitled lo at least as much pri
vacy as the lowest of his subjects nnd his
orders In regard to visitors are strict. As
the Neues palace Is regarded as abovo all
others a haven of rest, few tourists nro
permitted within Its sacred precincts. This
palaco Is ono of the most beautiful in tho
world, It was hullt by Frederick the Great
for tho express purpose of giving the lie
to those enemies who spread reports of tho
hopeless bankruptcy of Prussia.
Former Chief Juctlco Logan B, Bleckley
of Georgia, greatly to tho burprlso of his
frlonds, has matriculated at the State uni
versity for a special course In mathemat
ics, Thu. Judge Is now 70 years old. He
Is writing n book lu which ho t routs of
mathematics, but finds that he Is somewhat
rusty on the subject. It Is for tho purpose
of "brushing up," ns he says, that ho la at
tending college. He will room on tho cam
pus while In Athens, the seat of the uni
versity, and after ho has finished his courso
he will return to his home In Clarkesvllle.
Alexander Graham Bell, tho Inventor of
the telephone, has been serving as a special
gent of the rensus bureau In chargo of the
enumeration of the deaf, dumb and blind
population cf tho country, nnd Is now pro
paring his report. Mr. Bell Is a millionaire
several times over, but U entitled to (6 a
day from the eovernmont while ho la em
ployed in this work. In his early llfo ho
wus an Instructor In n deaf and dumb asy
lum, and n largo part of his time Is now
spent in the Investigation of in cum for
promoting the education of deaf mutes and
sightless people.
i'HADi; WITH SOUTH AMHUICA.
American Import Hnvo Not Increased
l.nruely During the I, nut Drcnile,
Milwaukee Sentlnol.
In splto of trade conferences such ns tho
rnnamerlcan congress and later the Inter
national trado congress nt Philadelphia at
both of which delegates from South Amer
ica were especially courted, our trade In
that part of tho world does not exhibit any
expansion of importance. We are felllug
nbout tho same amount of goods In South
American countries thnt we did tea years
ngo. This, too, though our exports have
had a remarkable growth during that period
to other countries. A comparison of our
exports In 1&30 nnd In 1900 shows their
vnluo as distributed tn different parts of
the world to bo ns follows:
ikm m.
Kuropo $ CSS.7nil,S.17 51 ltn.,iin,i2(
North America Hl.ino.tlO U,7;l,5;a
South Amcrlcit ::,7r,2,s ii.2ts.0ui
Asia 10.6M.2W r.S,72(l,17.1
Ooeiinlou l,(6),2t?J I'l.MCU")
Africa 4,fd3,702 Si 797.170
Total $ S57.S23.CS4 l7477,OlJ fr tj
From this exhibit it nppenrs vory clearly
that wo hnvo made no headway worth
speaking of In our trado with South Amer
lea. Tho natural Increase In trade, owini:
to tho growth of population, ought to
amount to moro than the two and n half
millions thnt nro shown by a comparison
of our South Amcrlcnn trade at these two
periods, Instead of making n gain ('
might bo asserted that we hnvo been losing
ground, Inasmuch as the total trade of
South America must have grown very con
slderably In ten yenrR nnd we have secured
only a small percentage of this Increased
trade. A statement of our exports to tho
different South American countries In 1S90
nnd In 1900 shows that wo havo actually
lost trade In soitio of them, ns tho following
tnblo shows:
Argentina $ S.SS7.477
jll.r:it.f.Tl
120.K3.I
lt.Clrt.lM
l,iW,5I."
.',wi,iW4
i.yoccs
1.VUI.M7
211 7l
i.:r. ',2't
M7
'.7.1S742
3.010,715.!
llOIIVI.'t
Brazil
Chill
Colombia
Kcuador
(lulnna, British
11.972,214
3.22l,3i'.4
2,RSS2'4
7I5.20S
2.KnJ.ni.
n.n
279.519
i'.toisni
3.38U74
4,V2S,8St
Unburn, French
(lulunn. Dutch
Paraguay
Peru
t'ruguny
Venezuela ....
How to Increase our trado In South Amor
len Is one of thn Important problems before
tho exporters of the United States, and It
should recelvo a very largo share of their
attention during tho uext fow yonrs.
TULL IT NOT TO THIS HIJI) MAN.
Iteeent Deelnlmi of the I'edcrnl Su
preme Court (live !, New Stntim,
Chlcugo Inter Ocean.
Tho United States suprumo court's de
cision sustaining tho net of 1S91 with regurd
to Indian depredations must torn! to en-,
courago outlawry. For moro than a cen
tury tho federal government, on tho theory
that' tho Indians aro minors for whom
their guardian In responsible, hns compen
sated sufferers by Indian outbreaks. About
800 such cobcs are now pending In tho court
of claims. In 1891 congress decreed that
the government would not bo llablo for In
juries Inflicted by Indians at war with thn
United States. On tho basis of this net
tho government resists many of theso
claims on the ground that the depredations
wore committed by the public enemy In
war. Tho supremo court has sustained
this contention. Tho result Is nn absurd
conflict between law and facts.
Whatever sovereignty any Indian trlbo
onco may have possessed over uny of our
territories, that sovereignty long since has
been extinguished. Certain Indiana still
hold their lands In common, but tho na
tion's dominion over their persons and
property is ns complete ns It la over thoso
of whlto men. Such nro tho facts, yet ac
cording1 to tho laws of cpngrcss,, us Inter
preted by the supremo court, any Indian
tribe enn mako war upon the United States
with the same privileges nn would be en
Joyed by a politically Independent state nnd
with tho samo effect upon tho legal stums
of sufferers by tho conflict.
Tho decision Is snld to havo saved the
treasury nbout $3,000,000, but it will prob
ably cost many Indluns their llveB. It
vlrtunlly compels whlto settlura near Indian
tribes to tnko tho lnw Into their own hands
when their rod neighbors attempt to
plunder.
SMI I. US.
Chicago Tribune: Teacher What Is the
function of the Iron In tho blood?
Tommy Tucker-It's whnt makes the
linger nails.
Tuck: Mrs. Goodfrlend Are you hungry?
iTozen Stiff Hungry! Heavens, mum'
1 in so hungry dut 1 could ent health food'
, Plain Dealer: Mrs, Cliff I sen that a
luHhlonable womnn's club In the cast has
created some excitement by blackballing a
prominent lady who was proposed ns a
member,
Mrs. Crngg What wns tho objection to
her?
Mrs. Cllff-U Is said thru she was hntirt
snmu nnd dlsngrceablly popular with tbo
sterner nex.
Mr3. Cragg Dear me, how glad I urn thnt
I camo Into our club us u churter member!
Newark Advertiser: Wnnted, a Law Bar
gain Counter. "First you must frnmo n
constitution nnd bylaws," advised tho
matron,, who had been asked how to start
tlm Young Lndies' Progressive Hhnkespenre
club.
"Oh, yes," chirruped tho committee,
havo n nlco frnmo for the constitution, but
where elmll wo buy laws?"
tlt-nits: A locnl band wns ono day play
ing at Dunfermline,, when an old woaver
enmo up nnd risked the lmndimtHtor whs
that was they were playing.
"Thnt Is 'The Death of Nelion.' '
solemnly replied tho bandmaster.
"Ay, inun," rcnuirked tho weaver, "10
hno glen him nn nwfu' death."
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph: "Don't
you often wish you won1 u man. Miss Belle.
Held?" nsked young .Mr. Fltzgoslln.
"Why, no, of course not. Mr. Fllzgos
Un." replied the girl. "Do you?"
Boston Transcript: Fork It Is evident
thnt Miss Singleton Is vory anxious to get
married."
HjiYh Any particular icnson to think
so?
Fogg I heard iter remark, tho other
evening, thnt sho wouldn't havo thi best
man that ever lived.
Detroit Freo Press: Wl fe-Henry, can't
you let ino have nomo money today?
Husband -What did you do with that dol
lar I lot you have last week?
Wife (good nuturcdly) Well. I had lo
havo h now bonnet and n heavier wrap,
nnd Willie and Kutle needed new h'kios,
nnd John had to havo a now suit nnd Frank
a new hat, and Carolluo needed a liow
gown and Mary a pair of gloves and Dnvld
nn overcoat andand -and. really, Henry,
1 don't icmomber what I did with the
change. .
Times-Herald: An Omnrltn In nock
ford. HI., nlTers this quatrain Just to
show what can happen:
Tho dirty tramp who stopi nt your back
door and cries
For breakfast of good doughnuts, inlllt
and pies
Was oijCH some boastful mother's darling
boy,
The worshiped sweetheart of some maiden
coy.
TO TilM unknown i.ovi:.
John Barker in Smart Set.
Dear ono. the slow years come ajid go,
And still wo uro apart!
Wo know not each the other's face,
Though deep within the heart
Burns ermoro tho flanio of hope
The fever and tho smart,
Hometlmes within the nether mind
Vague memories' urlso
Of other times nnd other climes,
Of llru and brow und ,oyes,
Sometimes It seems the murmuring breess
Is heavy with your sighs.
I hear your voice wheno'er a bird
Pours forth Its heart In song,
And In the mooning of tho ana.
When nights are drear and long,
strain my eyes to find your uyes
In every pai!t4ns throng.
Somewhere I know you lie tonlcht
And dream fond dreams of inn;
Oh, that th earthly veil might fall
And let the spirit wel
Perhaps 'tis hut a. ulnglo wwlt
That hides you, ucar, from in.