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The umaha Daily Bee
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Now, If Put Crowe will only come
homo, tlio game enn go nliond n llttlo
faster.
Hatchet raids on Honor stores have
borno their loRltlninto fruit In Kansas.
An Inuoeent woman litis been killed. .
Tho scarcity of range cnttlo In an
other condition tlmt confronts tlio pub
lic. It, Is sorlous, however, only In tlio
effect lt(can have on the price of meat
South Omaha's charter Is not going
through tho legislature as fast as It
might. Making organic lnws to lit rap
Idly growing cities Is not n snap nfter
ull.
Mrs. Nation should hurry up and give
bond and get out of Jail. All the dis
tilleries are working full time now and
ovcry day she Is Idle they aro gaining
on her.
Mrs. Nation has contracted to -write
a 3,000-word article for an eastern
magazine for ?20. If her pen Is half
us vigorous as her hatchet her terms are
too modest by fnr.
The reduction of the rate of Intcrost
on real estate loans Is another answer
to a popocratlc cry of the lato cam
paign. Money Is plenty, Is cheaper
than ever and the home-owners ore get
ting out of debt.
Having gotten the resident delinquents
.'well lined up, City Treasurer Hennlngs
li now going after tho non-residents who
owo the city money on taxes. Omaha
may run short of money, but not for
want of a collector.
Itlght-of-way for railroads across tho
Omaha and Winnebago reservation Is
not now so .easily acquired, It Reems, aB
it ouco was. Hut Omnha will wait
patiently for the unwinding of the red
tape, If only tho railroad is built nt the
end.
After an Investigation the Denver po
lice force has been shaken up and sev
eraji names dropped from tho force.
Tho epidemic of robberies, conlldence
games and murders which has been
prevalent there Indicates the shaklug
up came nono too soon.
I
It Ir quite natural that a fuslonlst
ehould proceed In utter disregard of an
employer's Interests In order to maniu
factum a llttlo cheap political bun
combe. Llddell's resolution requiring
nil payments of wages to bo made
weekly In cash Is a case In point.
Van Hosklrk's bill to protect cnttlo
owners and make rustling harder Is
now up to the governor. It will give
tho range stockmen protection they
have never had, nud will no doubt have
n very marked effect on the cattle
stealing Industry of the sand hill
country.
Dispatches Indicate the probable vn
structlon of the new railroad lino from
Omaha to the northward. Omaha
wants all tho railroads It can get, but
what it wants more than anything else
Is tho extension of existing Hues or the
construction of a new ouo giving dliect
connection with southern South Dakota.
Alarmed by tho Inroads of American
trado English manufacturers aro seri
ously considering an organization com
posed of manufacturers and employes
to study foreign methods and markets
nnd to dovlso means of holding their
own In the commercial world. Such
plnns nro good enough, but their suc
cessful working depends largely upon
tho Americana remaining stationary,
which they are not likely to do.
Reports from tho western ranges am
to the effect them are less cattle carried
over than for years. Tho high prices
for beef during tho past few years has
resulted In the marketing of practically
overythlug that was nt for market.
The shortage of the Fiipply Is also the
most certain guaranty to tho producer
1 that tlie Immediate future will not wit
neas a slump In values such as com
menced In tho early '80s nnd swnniped
tho cattlemen and crippled oQieru.
CA.S'AI, nii.i, wn.i, no OVflH.
Tho Nicaragua canal bill will go ove
to tho next eonirres. This Is assured
by the udverse action Of the senate for
elgn relation committee on Senator
Morgan's resolution declaring the right
of this government to proceed with tho
construction of the canal regardless of
the C'laytoti-IIulwer treaty. The com
mlttee took tho view, which wo think
entirely proper, that It would be (lis
courteous to Great Itrltalu to adopt
such a resolution while the Hay
rauncefote treaty Is pending before the
Ilrltlsh government.
The Alabama senator has been most
zealous In his efforts to sccuro canal
legislation regardless of treaty obllga
Hons, his view being that tho Clayton
Hulwer convention Is not properly In
force, an opinion concurred In by many
others. Hut the fact Is that tho admin
istration In negotiating and tho senate
In acting upon the Hay-l'nuncefoto
treaty have admitted that the Clayton
Bulwer convention Is In full force and
effect and the government Is clearly
bound by this. Hence to now declare
that the I'nlted States has the right to
proceed to build the proposed canal re
gardless of the Clayton-Hulwer treaty
would be more than discourtesy to
Great Britain; It would bo a distinctly
unfriendly act.
It had been reasonably hoped that
tho British government would act upon
the amended Hay-I'aunccfoto treaty be
foro the end of tho present congress,
but m for as appears It has given tho
matter no consideration and even had
circumstances been different our gov
ernment could not properly have
pressed for consideration. Tho treaty
Itself provides that tho time for ex
change of ratifications shall end on
March P, so that If the tlmo Is not ex
tended the treaty will fall, If not dis
posed of at that date, even though the
Benato be In session after March 5. It
has been suggested that tho senate
may ask tho .State department to re
quest an extension of tlmo for an ex
change of ratifications, but there Is no
Indication that this will bo done. If
not, It will bo necessary to negotiate
another treaty and it is possible that
this Is contemplated by the British
government.
At all events, tho United States is
bound, by tho unqualified recognition
of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty through
tho action of both the administration
and tho senate, to respect tho obliga
tions imposed by that convention. Tills
necessitates delay in carrying out a
project which a majority of the Amer
ican peoplo believe to be of very great
importance, but we can better nITord
to wait than to impair tho conlldence
of the world in our respect for treaty
obligations. We must show good faith
In this regard If wo aro to expect other
nations to keep good faith with us. No
nation Is so powerful that It can dis
regard Its treaty obligations and not
suffer some penalty therefor. It must
Incur distrust that will sooner or later
bo manifested to Its disadvantage.
The action of the senate committee
on foreign relations will bo approved,
It Is not to bo doubted, by Intelligent
and unprejudiced public opinion. It
should also receive from tho British
government that respectful considera
tion which a proper concern for Inter
national friendship and goodwill dic
tates.
AW1XQ OUHAX PLAXTEIIS,
The order sent by tho president to
General Wood, reducing the export tax'
on all tobacco by one-half after March 31,
It is said Is expected to help tho Cuban
planters to tho extent of $500,000 a year.
The revenue to tlio Cuban treasury un
der the existing schedule, which became
operative last June, has amounted to
$800,000. The tobacco growers have been
urging the remission of the entire tax, on
tho plea that It prevented them from re
habilitating their devastated plantations,
but tho president could not give tliein
earlier relief because of the promise In
tho tariff order of last March that It
should remain In force a year. Probably
the planters will not be entirely satistled
with a reduction of the tax by one-half,
Instead of removing the whole.of It. but
It Is necessary to get some rovenuo from
this source.
A commission of Cuban sugar planters
Ik now In Washington endeavoring to se
cure for Cuban sugar the same tariff
treatment ns t .::t of Porto Itlce, but
thero Is no likelihood that they will suc
ceed, as what they seek requires action
by congress. It is needless to say that
tho American sugar Interest is opposed
to making any such concession to the
Cuban planters as they desire and this
being the case congress certainly will
not consider their request.
These appeals of Cuban planters for
relief from tho tariff suggests tho diffi
culty they will have In building up their
industries without tho closest commer
cial relations with the United States and
ought to have some lntlucnce upon those
Cuban politicians who nro laboring to
defeat the efforts to establish between
tho new republic nnd this country the
ties and relations thnt am essential to
Cuba's future peace, development and
prosperity.
AO DJSI MMlXATtaX.
Secretary Gage expresses regret that
the Russian minister' of iluaiico should
have considered the Imposition of tho
countervailing duty on sugar from Rus
sia as a discrimination against the com
merce of that couutry. polutlng out that
this duty Is paid on the sugar Imported
from a number of Kuropeau countries
which pay an export bounty; Of course
thero Is this difference, that while Ger
many, Krance and other beet sugar pro
ducing countries pay a direct bounty,
Hiisalu collects a tax on sugar sold In
the homo market and remits tho tax or
a part of It on that which Is exported,
which tho secretary of the treasury con
strued as giving an Indirect, bounty. The
Russian claim that that government does
not pay an export bounty Is technically
sound, but there caunot, In our Judg-'
meat, bo a reasonable, doubt ns to tho
correctness of Mr. Gage's view that the
policy of the Russian government Is
practically a bounty. We cannot see
how It can be otherwise regarded.
However, It Is possible that the board
THE OMAHA DAILY KEE; THUHSI)AV,
of general appraisers, should the sugar
Importers appeal the question to that
body, as It is presumed will bo done, will
not sustain the opinion of the secretary
of the treasury. It would have been a
friendly act on the part of tho Russian
finance minister to have waited n llttlo
time and ascertained, If he did not know,
what more could be done before adopt
lug retaliation, and It Is Interesting to
note- that there Is a feeling In Kussln
that he acted too hastily. M. DeWltte Is
u very able man, but he has not shown
it high order of sagacity In this Instance.
. Meanwhile American manufacturers
having trado with Russia are taking a
deep lnteri'st In the matter, as shown by
the resolutions of the board of directors
of the Illinois Manufacturers assocla
Hon. These urgo that If the treasury
decision stands great injury will be done
to our manufacturing Interests nnd a
meeting of the association has been
called for Saturday next to determine
upon such action as may be necessary
to secure a rehearing or a reversal of
the decision. Doubtless tho Illinois
manufacturers will llnd those of the east
In hearty accord with them. As to the
belief expressed that tho Russian min
ister will modify his decree It can only be
hoped that there Is good ground for It.
COUBATIXO AMEIttCAIf CUMPETITIOX
European Industrial Interests manifest
Increasing anxiety regarding American
competition and numerous plans have
been suggested for combating It. Tho
latest Is tho projected formation In Eng
land of a fedcraUon of masters' asso
ciations and trades unions, for the pur
pose of educating employers nnd em
ployes as to their rcsponslblllUes In re
spect to British trade, dovlslng means
to meet foreign competition and send
lug Joint deputations of capital and
labor abroad to Inquire Into Uie coudl
Hons of other countries. A 'London
dispatch says the cousorvaUvo leaders
aro taking' serious interest in the
Hellenic.
The most casual examination of the
statistics of our export of manufao
turns will explain the anxiety of British
and continental Industrial Interests. Ten
years ago tho proportion of manufac
tured products to tho total of our ex
ports was only a little over 18 per cent,
while last year It was over 30 per cent.
Of the large increase of export values
since 1800 nearly one-half Is to bo cred
ited to the products of manufacture.
Thero has been a marked conquest of.
new markets. 'Co largest gains have
been In the exports to the colonics of
Great Britain, especially to Canada,
Australasia and South Africa. The In
crease of our trado with those countries
has been at the expense of British In
dustries. Great Britain Is our best
customer, the German empire standing
second, the Increase in the purchases
credited to It last year being $3(1,000,000
in excels of those of 1800.
Such facts readily account for the so
licitude nnd apprehension of foreign
manufacturers, who llnd themselves los
ing ground from American competition
not only in such neutral markets as
China, Africa and South America, but
as well In their homo markets. We
recently noted the cry of nlarm from
tho BrIUsh newspapers In regard to the
condition of the metal trade and the
urgent necessity of doing something to
prevent further decline in this branch
of British Industry. Reference has also
been made to the fact that in tho Iron
and steel Industry of Germany most of
the plants were partly Idle from a
lack of orders. Meanwhile American
manufacturers conHuue to force their
way into the European markets and to
Increase the vigor of their competition
elsewhere, underselling foreign compet
itors with articles of unsurpassed
quality.
American manufacturers, however,
must be prepared for an even harder
struggle to hold and add to what they
have won than was necessary to nchlevo
It. Tho nwukonlug of the European
Industrial interests to the formidable
churacter of American competition nnd
their determination to llnd some way of
effectively combating It must make tho
contest for trado more Intense In the
future. It Is not to bo doubted that
American energy nnd enterprise will bo
found equal to every requirement. With
abundant capital and immeasurable re
sources there appears to bo no reason
why n should not mnlntalii our Indus
trial supremacy and go on Increasing
our trado In manufactured products In
most of tlio world's markets.
VUltSUIT OF THE KIDS AVERS.
It appears now that the Omaha pollco
were not asleep on tho Cudahy case, nor
had they forgotten the Important busi
ness they had in hand. When the peo
ple of Omaha wero first given tlio nows
of the kidnaping of Edward Cudahy, Jr.,
thero was much raising of eyebrows.
The whole story seemed so strango that
skepticism was general. Even nfter It
had been accepted as a fact, thero was
much discussion in tho press and In
conversation, all ns to tho motives of
the crlmlnnls. the wisdom of tho
father's action and tho acumen of tho
authorities.
Only the latter phase of tho question
Is now left to deal with. At tho out
set there was much impatlenco ex
pressed because tho police did not over
haul the perpetrators of the crime at
once. Much harsh criticism of Omaha
methods was indulged In, all owing to
the fact that the men concerned In the
crime we're not Immediately appre
hended. Cooler moments have followed
those llrst Indignant outbursts, nnd tho
public hns been mora inclined to wnlt
for the nnturnl developments In what
is one of the mart ronwrkablo casesMn
modern ciimlnnl annals. The dllllcul-
ties that surround the work of tho
police are made manifest by the fact
Hint the princely nnvard offeted for the
arrest of Pat Crowe, a man well known
to the detectives of tho whole country,
lias as yet been fruitless so far as
known results aro concerned.
During all of the debate Chief Dona
hue and his ashlstants have nerslst-
ently worked ahlng the slight clues
they hud, and if their efforts am now
crowned with success, it will certainly
bo an occasion of congratulation to tho
Omaha police force and Its head.
Charging Callahan with complicity In
the crime, however, does not convict
him of It. Chief Donahue Is moving
with all duo caution In the matter and
may bo depended upon to do only what
Is absolutely warranted by the informa
tion in his possession. In the mean
time the public must patiently wait the
outcome.
Again are tho promoters of the coun
try road electric franchise arguing the
wonderful beneilts Hint will accrue to
tho public If they are onlv clven some
thing for notliliitr. Omnlm has alwavs
been willing to help along enterprises
or this sort, and still Is, but thero has
not yet been advanced anv cocent rea
son for granting these people, or nnj
other sot of men. an unlimited fran
clilse to use the country roads for the
purposes they propose. Capital Is bo
Ing invested elsewhere In similar en
terprlses and Is not demanding all that
Is oskud from Dounlns county bv h
good deal. The county commissioners
should not only refrain from clvluir a
fnuichlso to run forever, but should see
to It that any charter they do grant
contains safeguards to protect tho peo
pie's rights at all points.
Tho estimates of demands which will
bo mado upon China by the various
powers place tho amount nt $-100,000,-
000, nlmost half as much ns tho public
debt of Uio United Stntes. The powers,
or nt least some of them, Insist that tho
sum shall be paid In cash beforo the
troops evacuate China. These exces
sive demands, which are beyond the
power of China to meet In years, belle
the protestations of tho powers that
they have no Intention of retaining per
mnnent control of the country.
mortgago which the country cannot pay
is Just as binding as n deed.
Some members of tho Canadian Par
llament nro advocating tho Institution
of n tJtrlff war against this country to
bo continued until our northern neigh
bor gets what it wants In tho settle
ment of tho Alaskan boundary. If
Canada does not get all It wants It
will 'never be for lack of Insistence.
Past experience, however, should teach
that country that Uncle Sam Is decid
edly obstinate himself when It comes
to a quesUon of bulldozing.
Belgium Is n small country, but Its
llnanclers do not appear to be afraid of
undertaking largo projects. The latest
Is the organization of an International
trust to monopolize the trade of China.
A corporation large enough and power
ful enough to control tho trade of so
vast and populous an empire ns China
would be a menace to the world and is
never likely to materialize.
Another Hlntu nt Hrynn.
Indianapolis Journal.
Tho starting of Mr. Bryan's paper does
not seem to have caused any perceptible
change In tho movements of 'tho plansts as
yet, nor even any social cataclysm on
earth.
flrlarht l'rncpevt.
Columbus (O.) Dispatch. t
The prospect that Cuba will accept a sort
of limited protectorate by tho United States
as a safeguard to both countries Is now
brighter than at any time slnco tho consti
tutional convention met.
.Sharp Contrast.
Uuffalo News.
Scrvla may go through the forms, but
tho world will not wear black In mourn
ing for Milan. Ills death lust now. In
contrast with that of England's late ruler,
shows sharply that tho world still loves
and honors truo goodness.
Depend Upon ihn Jinn.
Indianapolis Journal.
The Impression Is general In th!sxcountry
that the vlco president of the United States
and tho lieutenant governors of states have
no opportunities to render tho country
timely nnd valuablo service. It depends al
together upon tho men who hold such posi
tions. If War Should Comr.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Then, again, who does not know that, tf
wo wero suddenly to bo forced Into a war
with aomo first-class naval power, tho very
peoplo who aro now opposing the construc
tion of tho new war ships would bo tho
first to find fault because of our Inadequate
uaval protection?
The War Tax Iteducdnu lit 1 1.
New York Sun,
The deadlock between din ennfnrsea nn
tho part of the senate and thoso on the
part, of tho houso over the bill for tho re
duction of war taxes la not an Important
matter. It would not bo an Important mat
tor if tho hill should rail utterly.
That event. It Is true, wntilil nttilHfv tha
dUtlnct promise contained In tho last na
tional platform of tho republican party, so
far at least as the priesent session Is con
corned, nut ainco that promlso was made
congress has plied the appropriations so
high that If the war revenue be cut off to
mo extent ot iu.ooy,ooo or thereabouts It
Is doubtful whother the present surplus
would not yield to an actual deficit.
A fltnlilp fiovrrniuciit In Cuba.
New York Times.
Tho Cubans havo the pride of tbelr
Spanish blood and of their new condition
as freemen. .They are naturally sensitive
to any suggestion of encroachment upon
their Independent domain or of diminish
ment of the sovereignty they are about
to assume. There is reason to believe,
however, that they have now been put In a
position to understand that what tho
United States requires will not impair their
political status as on Independent people,
but will preparo the way for the secure
establishment of their government and the
achievement of their ambitions, while at
the samo tlmo compassing tho ends we
have in view for their protection and our
own.
General PIUhnKh I.re.
Haltlmoro Bun.
The senate yesterday confirmed the nomi
nation of General Fltzhugh Loo to be brig
adier general In the regular army. Gen
eral I.ee has served the government well
and faithfully and was richly entitled to
this recognition of his services. As consul
general of Havana In the exciting period
preceding the war with Spain he acted
with a coolness and firmness which earned
htm tho commendation of the country.
Later, when he was given a eommlsulon In
the army with the rank of major general,
his care of tho troops under his command
while In camp In Florida demonstrated
that he pocsessed executive ability of a
high order. He had no opportunity to show
his skill and bravery In battle during the
war with Spain, but his record as a con
federate soldier rendered such a display un
necessary, (leneral Lee, It Is understood,
will soon be placed on the retired list of
the army with three-fourths of the pay of
bis rank.
FEBHUAttY 21, li01.
TIIK iiitinirs I'HO.UI.Si: to oiir.v.
Word ii Which I'erpcdinU- nn Obsolete
Con il Klit n of .Social l.lfc.
New York Independent.
When a reigning queen marries the
question must arlso In every one's mind
whether she will promise to obey. It
will bo remembered that Queen Victoria
enld she wanted to be mnrried llko any
other woman; that tho promlso to obey
must not bo ondttcd. Queen Wlthcltnlim
made tho same promlso at her marriage,
which It was understood applied to nil mat
ters domestic, but not to things political.
Sho would obey him "as a wife, but not
as a queen." She nlso reserved tho right
to control her own property, first settling
a largo sum upon her husband. Hut with
these reservations sho promised to obey.
It was put In the very bond of marriage.
Now Victoria and Wllhclmlua, who, In
obedlenco to long conventional utagn, mado
such promises of submission to tholr hus
bands, had previously broken all the con
vcntlons of maidenly modesty by select
Ing the man nnd making the proposal of
marriage. In all thnt went, before in.irrl.iRo
they took tho Initiative; they sought their
partner; they asked his consent to their
choice; they provided for his support; they
wero first and ho second; but when It came
to tho ceremony Itself thoy Insisted upon
retaining tho formula of obedlenco which
they knew, nnd every ono elso know, was
farcical nonsense. Obedience no moro be
longs to such a qcenly position than It does
to tho condition of those women who. In
humbler life, support themselves and the'lr
husbands, nnd whom a Virginia Judge has
lately declared to bo tho head of tho house.
Tho promlso of tho wlfo to obey Is tho
ragged remnant from tho days when
women wero tho despised servants nnd
drudges of men. In old Kngltsh usage
tho woman promised to bo "buxom"
(bow-some, submissive). Now tho phraso
Is, In nearly all churches, thnt sho will
"love, honor and obey" him. The obedience
Is made very pronounced, nnd after tho
scrvlco. ns they ninroh from tho church, tho
organ rattles out tho music of "Now you
aro mnrried, you must obey," and tho brldo
Is gibed about her promlso nnd declares
thnt Bho had told tho cxpcctnnt groom that
3ho would say It, but that she did
not mean to keep tho vow. What
ought to be tho most cerlous promlso of
marriage, tho plcdgo of dutiful affection and
fidelity, becomes a Joke and a farce, Just be-
cnuso priests nnd peoplo will keep In tho
scrvlco of nmrrlago tho words which per
petuate nn nntlquated, obsoleto condition
of social life.
Still clergymen of conservatlvo Ideas
and wholo denomination that provide a re
quired form of marrlago Insist on tho re
tention of tho falsehood. Sometimes they !
oven try to justify it from scripture. They
quote Paul on tho sllcnco and obedlenco of
women, as if what wan right In Pant's day
wero to bo right always. Thoy oven go
back to tho Oarden of Eden for argument.
Dut we know bolter now, becnuso social and
moral conditions nro better. When tho con
dition changes tho law changes. Ilut tho
sad thing Is to sco these tenchcrs of religion
requiring women to perjuro themselves on
such n solemn occnslon, to promlsq to do
what they do not Intend to do, nnd ought
not to engage to do. It Is of a piece with
tho pledgo required of ministers or theolog
ical professors giving their adhesion to n
creed which was mado generations ago, and
wnicn can be ncccpted only In some vcrv
looso construction of language. It tends to
Insincerity, to flippancy of thought nbout
marriage, even to misunderstandings and
differences that may lead to quarrels and
divorce.
Marriage Is tho foundation of society: it
should be the fit foundation for tho best so
ciety wo know. Such society requires tho
best development of woman ns well ns of
man. It makes nolther a tyrant nnd neither
a slave, but oach the helpful mate and ad
viser of the othor. In such society ns the
Christian religion has developed with edu
cation nnd culturo tho right nnd tho
achievement of tho woman ns well ns of tho
man Bhouici bo recognlied. To require tho
woman to put herself under tho will of tho
man, to obey him ns well as to lovo and
honor him Is a cruel, wicked anachronism
nnd no clergyman Is Justified in compelling
woman to mnKo such n promise, and
hardly so even If sho desires to make It.
I-or her to make It Is to dishonor her sex,
If sho intends to keep It. nnd if not. It la n
falsehood which, on such n solemn occasion
and on so serious a subject approaches per
jury. PKnSOXAIi AND OTHlillWISK.
Alexander W. Longfellow, who died at
Portland, Mo., on Friday last, was n brother
of Henry W Longfellow, tho poet.
General Russell A. Alger has so far re
covered his health ns to "be nblo to r'ldo out
and devote soma of bis tlmo to business. Ho
Is at his home In Detroit, Mich.
Ex-Uovcruor William D. Bloxham of Flor
ida, .who has Just retired, Is tho only man
who has served his stato In the executlvo
chair for two successive terms. It Is ro-
ated of him that ho never forgets a face
or tho name that goes with It.
Colonel Curtis (lulld, Jr., of Boston pro
tests that he could not accept the brigadier
generalship of the Second brlgado of the
Massachusetts militia, and was neverthe
less chosen to tho position. Ho has now-
declined It, saying ho could not accept It
without too great a personal sacrifice.
Chicago Is expecting separate visits within
few weeks from Comto Casslnt. tho Itui-
lan ambassador to this country; M. Jules
Cambon, the French ambassador, and Wu
Ting Fang, the Chinese minister. They will
be the guests of local societies of their
countrymen and of tho University of Chi-
cago.
Cyrus Adams Sulloway, Now Hampihlre'o
tall congressman from the First district,
who hoe served through three torms and
has been re-elected to tho Fifty-seventh
congress, haB already given formal public
notice mat tie will be a candidate tor the
republican nomination for tho Fifty-eighth
congress.
Tho lato Edward 0. Mason of Chicago,
who devoted much time, research and labor
to gathering materials for a history ot Illi
nois that he proposed writing, carao to the
conclusion that the namo Chicago was de
rived from "Checagou," a placo visited by
former companions of La Salle In 1687. Ono
f tho visiting Frenchmen recorded that It
took that name from tho quantity of garlic
that grew In the woods there.
Ex-Senator Charles A. Towno of Minne
sota is to speak at a ba&quot to be given
In Baltimore on the evening of February
1 by the Maryland Democratic association.
Ho Is to respond to the toast, "Georgo
Washington: A Soldlfr Without Fear, a
Leader Whom no Itovorses Could Discour
se, n Victor without Ambition, n States
man Whose Advlco It Would be Well for
Ills Country to Follow Now."
Jules Verno has declined to allow his
name to be offered to the French Academy,
nd while begging that body to accept the
'gratitude of nn old story-toller," replies:
I have Just completed my 73d year and do
not at such an ago asplro to the academy.
Dumas tho younger asked mo twenty-eight
ears ago. I declined, and since then fifty-
nine academicians havo died. Tbey may be
Immortals, but they have not been ren
dered Immortal,"
When Colonel Roosevelt becomes thj
president ot the senate, that body will con
tain the survivors of three wars. General
Bates of Tennessee. Is the only senator who
saw service during the Mexican wur, for
though Senator Pettus of Alabama was In
the army during that period he never got
to the front. Thero are twenty or more
en&tors who were on ono side or the other
during the civil war, but Mr. Roosevelt
will be the only veteran ot the Spanish-
American conflict.
ntVlM'i,R OF TlPl'KCAXOis.
iMi,,.,,.. ,,.,.. , ltK of life amid such maudlin sympathy nnd
..(iiiorinl I're-Miinrtiily InnnlrfHl liy kj- i.-im .....u. . . , ,,
I'roAl.lciit llcujnmlii lli.rrl.on. tl n '""oundlngs ns now obtain, tho e.x-
IndlaHnpolls Journal. edition of the Bentcnco should be mado
The Chicago Trlbuno says that "some "onic, terrifying, appallng lo others, but
Indlannns are planning to ask congress to wlth01" n dovlatlou from tho present hu-
atproprlatc 130,000 to erect n monument on n"m. """'"ods of tho actual consummation
tho Tippecanoe battlefield to commemorate of '
what they call the 'victory' won thero over , l t.om tho inotacnt tho dread words, "To
tho Indians by William Henry Harrison," be 1,IUW W 'io neck until you nre dead,
and adds' ' n, may 'od havo mercy upon your soul,"
There ran be no objection to the erection V"m. ,1,e ",,s ?' ,ho. ,Jm,c criminal
of it monument on this historic spot, but B'wuld disappear from the sight of his fel
ine victory which was won thorn was low men, other than thoso l.nvlng to do with
convht VhriiiM lf '
ami volunteer, to break tip the settlement Cnvl' abould bo so sequestered that only
m.'i 'rpcumseh nt the mouth of Tlppc- n clergyman could have acoes, In addition
adopted resolution" d iiinmlltiu- a demon- P,aco of Incarceration. Not moro than
5i (?i "K",l,"',t 'JVcu"1B',l nnd his follow, thirty days should be nllowed to elnpso
tlniitlon liisti'iiii i!f nil,, ,i ue
inco W
for tho night. No attempt was made to In-
IZ'iVv n.S'oJ,...111,0, The Indians made a
fi.WMSf&ir Cf,7ilirtt ni",1
so great. The liuilnns retrented nnd their
nt im!niMi"nn.uf,,,vu' .i'"1"1 Harrison,
baKgnge but T bniigin,-'' ,ff i,...' , ,e
mado his way back to Vlncennes ns rxpedl-
nmdo'aenerni iVrH.'Kn1" .'i'"0 1inluaK
iel!j;V";f,,?uturoHclpaY8nihrn thrn?
west That wns nil It accomplished.
ibis perversion of history looks very
much llko tin attempt to revl tho nntl-
Harrison clamor that was burled In the
early part of the nlnoteonth century. Ono
might ns well nttemDt to hellltln ihn hum.
of Now Orleans ns tho battle of T'one.
p 'r nno mo inner was not a great
- ... i
battlo It was n decisive one. Some of the
errors of tho foregoing stattnent are fla-
graut. General Harrison did
not havo
his force
. inA . .
i.iuu into, uno autnoriiy D aces nis ronoi
t 760 men, another at 800, a third at 000
"-v- .wu..,. lib i.vuu, i iiu inner ih uuuih-
Ia.. ,,.. rrt. t.u , .
- - imiau iur'd esu-
mated by contemporary writers nt 1.200. It
Is truo tho latter wero not nt wnr with tho
whites nt tho time, hut they wero massing
and preparing for hostilities. Tho govt
einors of Missouri nnd Illinois territories
both united In advising Harrison to break
up rrophotstown. Tho statement copied
nbovo Intimates that Harrlson'a camp wub
uuyi uit-vicu, wiai ino imunn niiacK was a
.... . t. . . . .
'"10" ,nHt lno -nmencans goi uio
worm of It. It Is truo tho latter did not
erect defenses, but thoy slept on their
but thoy slept on their
tho attack came It was
vigorously repelled. The
urmB, nnu wnen i
promptly mot and
American loss Is correctly stated above, but
nil contnmnnrnrv wrltnra nrrrn.1 tlmt h.
loss of tho Indians was as great or greater.
ru i. ..t ....... .Jl
....... luiLj-cmii ucau uu uiu neiu,
besides carrying off as many as possible,
Their repulse was complete, and they aban-
doned their town, which was looted and
destroyed by tho Americans. As that uras
tho solo object of tho expedition it was
completely successful and, thero was nothing
icrt ror Harrison to no but return to Vln-
cenncs. His return was In no sense a ro- Boston Transcript: Miss Crotchet I saw
trcnt, ns intimated. He abandoned camp i'?u itJmi'.0.nK ooltal Inst evening. I won
equipage because his wagon, were needed SS'comnUlKW
.......... rrt. i i . m M.
pecanoo wero not great ones in tho mod-
urn Di-ijsf, out meir moral cnect nt tno I
timo was very great. Tae. Indians had never
beforo been defeated In a fliht with nwirlv
equal numberB. and In this Instanc fnMr
defeat was decisive. The significance of
Harrison's victory was fully appreciated
nt tho tlmo. The public authorities at Vln-
cenncs passed resolutions of thanks, as did
tlio legislatures of Indiana territory nnd
Kentucky. President Madison sent n spo-
elal message to Congress congratulating
uio country on tno outcome ot the battlo
nnd said: "It may reasonably be expected
that tho good effects of this critical do-
feat and dispersion of a combination of
savages, wnicn appears 10 nave Deen
.nrnflrltnt, tn a ff.Mt Attml -tlll V.
" t' " r, n-". - " L ( .Till I'd BA-
nerlcnccd not onlv In n. ressatlnn nt Hi.
pencnecu noi oniy in a cessation or tlie
murders nnd depredations committed on
our irontier, put in tne prevention of nny
iivoiiiu iuvut oiuiio utuoi r jot7 tu uaiC uct-11
npprehonded." Tho noxt,year tho secretary
of war directed Harrison to take command
of all tho troops of Indiana nnd Illinois ter
ritories nnd to call on tho governor of Ken-
tucky for any portion of Its quota he might
neea.
These facts are recalled because the ar-
tlclo quoted from tho Tribune seems In-
tendod to bellttlo Harrison's campaign and
the results of tho battlo of Tippecanoe.
c I , 1 1 .,.,,,. ,,. ,,, . .,
uiiiiiiui u..ciui.a nuiu iijuui duuu unci lil-J
bnttlo, but thoy were Inspired by personal
Jealousy or political hostility and wero
effectually refuted by tho voluntary tostl-
mony of nearly nil the surviving officers
who served under Harrison and by con-
tompornry historians and publlo records,
Congress could well afford to erect a monu-
ment on tho Tippecanoe battlefield. It is
historic ground.
MimmsuEns ahe not
MAJITYR9.
Russian System of Strict Secreor In
Kzrciitlnir Dentil Sentence.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
It Is evident, from the Increasing number
of murders, that the penalty provided by
law has no deterrent effect upon thoso who
are Inclined to take human life. The
causes for this condition are threefold
First, tho belief of the murderer that he
or slid will cbcbdo detection: second, that
if apprehended nnd tried, tho mnny twists
....... a ,1 nnl.nlA..llllna .n.lA.,l 1.-
"" m-.."...i.o uim,ou ui
Bmnrt niiorneys win enaoie me aetenuant
Alt l. af in on ernt frAA nt. .irnni., ,.,,i, i
aha., .., a .M inn. .'a "i.i 'i
11 vu .n..".. ... '-"ai'i " uu...
mrans Imprisonment nnd too often a pardon
after flin lanse of a few vears. Third, aven
after a conviction in the the first degree
nnd the Imposition ot the maximum pen-
alt'' tho deIayB wulch may bo eealO"fla
Dy lne Braarl attorneys ana mo interiereno
' ot outsiders who clamor for clemency cause
Impolitic postponements and frequently a
commutation of the sentence.
Probably there Is no method by wbloh the
convicted murderer Is mado to feel less
tho sting of his position than the martyr
lilng which Is universal In all of our com
munities, A man whose crlmo would cause
him to bo avoided as Is a pcstllenoe is
lamented over, Is showered with bouquets,
Is fed upon tho best tho market affords,
Is plctorlally paraded In the yellow Journals
and tits every word and action set forth
In nauseous detail, In mistaken sympathy
his Jailers provide him with the yellow
sheets whorelti he assumes heroic Import
ance and he believes himself something
nbovo tho ordinary. Spiritual advisers are
furnished him and he Is given a vsrbai
clean billot to paradise.
It is, however, in tho hysterical slopping
over of certain women, who steK to can-
onlzo the odious convict, that the nemo of
this fnlso condition lies. Only recently, In
Camden, wero such scenes enacted as
should cause tho female participants
therein to blush for very shame. This con
vict had killed his wife In cold blood and
after a thoroughly fair trial was adjudged
to death. Immediately a band of women
visited him to extend comfort In his last
days on esrth. The officials permitted the
llonltlng of their prisoner, tho yellow Jour
nals published columns every day of the
sweetly sympathetic scenes (7) In the Jail.
That murderer went to the scaffold, not
bowed down by the weight of hU crime, but
elated at his own greatneis.
Obviously, all of thlB Is wrong. Others
to whom comes the temptation to kill read
of such proceedings and to some degenerate
minds tho notoriety, tho (Uttering servility
and the yellow laudatloun are but Invita
tions to milrdcrous thoughts to become mur
derous actions.
Tho remedy lies In a change of method
In the handling of condemned criminals. The
noose or tho electric chair Is equally effi
cient In the taking off of the criminal, but
thero Is something further required to de
ter others from the commission of similar
rlma. That snmethlne should ha In the
feature of a mystification of th disposition
0f a criminal. Instead of tho Judicial tak-
. trom "10 111,10 of bentcnco to tho execution,
hould bo attended by a very llmlte
number of oniclal visitors and n proper re-
turn mado of tho Judicial net. to be filed
h r,. but no detailed public,.!
"on should bo permitted of tho Incidents
connectod therewith.
Such, a procedure would strike terror to
lhe winds of tho rvll-lncllned. There would
uo no crowding of silly women, seeking no-
lety' n hmUei nBtl' tr0M 'Mhl'"
6bl restaurants, no canonlrntlon. Only tho
norror ' uncertainty nnd tho nlr of mystery
wo,ll(l remain, nnd would do moro toward
""training the committal of capital crlmo
,nRn nny """hod now in Vogue,
Cl.irrnn KOll VVS.
PhllAdlt.i,in i, .
"My dauahter'a
"u,r'." .
Pnl Vrs- Dnj'. to Knight,
DOCno.hfnrothSrnni0rk w'' oh?" "0h'
no. nnt nt nr
8110 nover does anything right."
I . - -
nans. City Journal! Tim dih fnLin.t-
or n nnt-i.i m .bah.i ...
heard of tho following call for profelona'l
fsrvlces sent by a load resident to a doctor
JVocior,,fM5u-iw- . .
l
,f 'ou "'t pull her through,"
n,., ,. - -: -
mnnlVroV.mS
Mr. Flttahout Oh. I know. Phil, hut ihtntf
I tVllflt n fl.iinn,l II. ..I.. ' T.
I -..v. i.tcij unio u jinn roiling.
Tt,,1lB,,n.,nllo ....
off Uio o inae i inni?" ' "'ey OTraK
aon t know. I saw a pained expression
SuL8 t ',?co-ono nlKht when she asked
"I don't know. I saw a pained expression
causo It."
I
i.fJ iJJ;s,,m m?lv., Rccmllt, of "o concert
Mt nlsht," sold tho musician, "omitted nil
mention or tno very thing I wanted to sen
pr ntcd. Tho violin I played, no 1 wns rare.
Rrt7vnri.,yoi1.rireporteC' A1'"" ,a Kniilnr
made." ' "l l"u "ver
. 'That's nil right," said tho editor. "tVhen
fr;trftalv'ar,U8 Kta "ls Addles ndvortlsed
I in Tnid natiai ir titiii Mnn 1.1 . . t i .
a line. Good morning sir c n
I Mln.t To! Inr Vn T I. . H i-
coufdnM "icar aote8 J'U flU,pt",ca! tMey
.1n'caBIVw! ananty Sue Say, Tim,
alH "?r villain get many encores?
Li'ery llm-awl " ot man npplo
Times-Herald: "She seems so hnppv. Did
s.?Nm,the? hsii,oftoni0tVMm fSr.m.?noyt. .
other girls."8'10 t00" "lm t0 8plt0 11 lot of
-
ngton Htnr: "Do you thlnlc thnt
fcon'r ' ",uvcu 10 "crt u,elr uy msplrn-
"Sometimes." nnswered tho very serious
I young man. "Ilut oftener by tho expiration
SSi,1 '.a P"'0'1 or w,'lch rent has been
ivnnsas uity Journal: Writing , from
Catcher. Ark., tfl fllfl Ht-r-rn t n t n .tnlA"
-v, ...... . all.. I It - -. - . . ,1 ... rmit, ib
I2an sas-. ""I J'ou plcntui mni me tho
Kansas code on mnrrylng?" Tho Knnsa
codo on marrying Is fully expressed In tho
"J"."" ul lllu rom which tins man
Detroit Journal: a hn rontnmnln tnrl 41.
future with terror,
"t fllrendv welirli "Ml nnifn.la n.i,l cm r
Btiiu in Dpiutui uu j enn aoi sno mon tied.
wn tltlntpf! frnin Mnilnmn Tltr......l... 1
Marcus Aurellus to tho effect that fleshiness
I '? ncceiisiiniy preclusive or Happiness
ihJ,utnt wo mMnta,M,i- W ho happy
"But what if she nisn hint .im i o. !,..
I crlod tho woman, turn I in; upon us nlmoxt
v-oS, Vt i.t i.
I -... v . i.vt,fiii iv uiiuuintanu.
I
The Mnldi-n'n iinnil.
. Tlmes-IIcrald.
Behold tho innldcn's hand! how soft! Thnt
nm.n h.S.i u i
clalmT " BU'" ""' wl"
gome dny that llttlo hand will seem to set
i" "UBerH ' "or nowiing son allamol
MAicrxr. A 3IA..
Nixon Watermnn In Christian Endeavor
World.
Hurry the baby ns iant on von mm.
i1Iirry ,.hJmL.worryi ''Im. innko him a man,
uu v nil ii.a
bnby clothcu. cot him in
cants.
Feed him on brain-foods nnd mnko him
auvance.
Hustle him. soon as tin's nliln tn rvnllr
'Into a grammar school; cram him with
tarn.
Fill his poor head full of figures nnd facts.
bnc boys Trow un S a ra on. 1 S
Nowwo develoD a man whlln von wnlt
nu8n,h'i? tllr0UBh college, compel him to
.""U
01 evory Known uuuject n dip and a dab
Get him In business and after tho cash
Ml .by the- tlmo ho enn grow .a mustnehe;
ijpr mm inrirei no wns over n. nov.
Mnko gold his god und Its jltiglo Mi Joy.
icv mm u-iiuiiiiiK ami clear oin or
breath.
Until h wins nervous prostration and
utam.
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The pleasant method nnd lienollclnl
effect of the well known remedy,
UrRUP of Fios, manufactured by the
California I-'io SYnue Co., illustrate
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medicinally laxative nud nrchcnMnn
them In the form tnoht refreshing to'tho
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Is the ouo perfect ntreiitfthciitnfr
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dispelling colds, headaches nnd fever
gently yet promptly and ennbllnfr ono
to overcome nntmuai constipation per
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every objcctlonaiilo quality and sub
stunoo, and Its acting on tho kidneys,
liver and bowelfl, without wenkcnlntr
or Irritating thorn, make lb tho ideal
laxative.
In tho process of mnnufacturlnir fl(?s
nro used, as they nro pleasant to tho
taste, hut the medicinal qunllticnof the
remedy aro obtal.ied from ecnnii and
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