The dmaha Daily Bee. k. nosnwATEit, nditor. PUBLISHED 13VF.IIY MOltNINO. THUMB OP SUBSCIUPTION. Ra (without Sunday), Ono Year..$8.00 11S i?p?ie.ill.?d 8nJav, One Year 8.00 u,Vi!traH'!1 Ueo O"0 Year .00 h".UJ? USf' 0,10 Year 2.00 xwcntloth Century Farmer, One Year... 1.00 OFFICES. v n'f'.'i? 0njnh: City Hu'.l Building, Twen yr'h J!".'1. M Streets. Coun.-ll Bluffs: 10 Pearl Street. vw 9tJwA Unl!y "aiming. (!?w.or! Temple Court. Washington: 601 Fourteenth Street. COHKEBPONDENCB. .Pmmun,ca,lons relating to news and edl-t?-i U'T.llUer. Bhul'l bo nddrcsscd: Omaha ce, Edltorlnl Department. BUSINESS LETTEUS. HUslncan letters and remittances should addressed: Tho Beo Publishing Com pany, Omaha. ItEMtTTANCES. Snemlt by draft, express or postal order, ayable to The heo Publishing Company, z-cent stamps accepted In payment or accounts. Personal checks, except on ESP,".? or Eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE ruitLISHINO COMPANY. 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 B 7 8 0 10 11 12 13 , .'M.H'M 18... 20,:io ,-. ao.aao I'O.'IO S!ll,41( , an.Hnct -0..I1O no.a.so UO.IMO 20,140 UU.IMO 2(1,420 , 20,700 19 20 21 22 .... 23.'.... 24 2S 2(5 27 28 29 30 31 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 2S.K40 20,1 GO 11... 20,nso IS so,4no ... .... ...I,. iO -SU, ,1.1V 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. 1 r . . . 1 . v. I . , ....... 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.