THJ5 U31AHA DAILY BE IS: .SATL'UDAV, MAUCK 2, 1901.
The Omaha Daily Bee
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'I'lint iiiitl-clurctlt; lilll lli'H inlglity
hard.
In ui)ii)ltitlin,' IIh wlftliiK cointnlttL'O the
Boimtii kIvcs hIkiih of curly cIohIiir.
Mhii'Ii ciiiui'H In with n iiiohI liinili jlke
nnMM!t. I, (i I. iih liopo tliu lion doca not
(lovolop later.
(S'llW till) HtlltO llCCllH tllOHO .TJO C(!llB
tlmt 111)1 Jioi'im tl Id not liiHtull n tliu
ciiHt cell Iiouhc.
'I'lio IlinncH wrolo "lints" to onn of t lit)
inoHt nmuirktilili! clmiitdiw In tlio hUtory
of Ni'lirnuku when tho iit'iiltt'iitliiry
bunii'd.
AIioIIhIiIuk tlio MlfHotirl rlvnr coniuiU
aloii ilot'Hti't out oiT tliu npproprlntlon
for tho work. The conunlHHloti can ho
Bimrcri,
If It Im really truo that (letu-ral Itoiha
him Miii'iviiiloitHl uud Diuvet In tiornerml
thu HrltUh niniiot comnlalu thilt they
havu iot htul a run for tliulr money.
Governor Hhviiko'h military utaff may
not ho iih ornamental iim Governor
Jiletrli'h'H, hut It a JiiHt iih utimvroUH
ii itcl vlll iIouhtlcHH serve Hh ptirpoRe Jimt
hh well.
The Cubans havu Informed tho United
States that while they can ncvor ho
coino onu of tin) family they nro jut
feetly willing to he a Mister to the great
republic.
Count CaHtcllaue Insists tlmt ho can
not, live on tho allowance of $U.r0,OOU
per year. If ha wan forced to earn
Ills own living he voud he compelled
to cxlHt on much chh.
Local architects agree tlmt the conill.ig
aeawou U to witness much building n
Nebraska. This ovhleuco of growth Is
mother answer to tho people who !mve
t'ariHd at tho stato since thu publication
of the census figures.
If the OngllHh writers have any dllll
culty lu reinoinberlng who tho late
William M. Kvnrts was and what hu
did, they can refer to the Alabama
uwml. It Ib n lasting monupiunt to tho
Hbllty of Hvnrls uud his UHsoclntca.
Qrdltmi'lly pooplu vogret to soo or hour
of thn burning of what has onu tlimi
been their home, but in tho caso of the
bluto t IN ponltenllury few former
dwellors will heavo any sighs on account
of pleasant memories which cluster
around Its grim wall.
Hlght-of-way for the Omaha t North
ern across the (.hiuiliu nml Wluneugo
reservation seems to have encountered
serious opposition lu thu national house
of representatives. Just ut present
thn Yaudorbtlts control thu only luo
iicross tho reservation,
Ono Nebraska boy linn decided that hu
would ruther bo n busuesa man than
an otllcor In tho navy. He may not
have as brilliant a social career lv a
country bank as a naval comiulsslou
would Afford, but ho wl ilud other
things to take Its place.
Tho mentliers of tho cabinet have all
tendered their resignations to take
effect March I, lu accordance with ens.
torn. There nro a few days left lu
which tho correspondents can Indulgt
In cabinet making and then the presl
dent wll tako a hand.
Thu governor of UJIpols has shown
thu proper spirit In thu mutter of pro
tectlng u prisoner from a mob which
threatened to lynch him. After tho
would be lynchers have cooled off they
will thank tho governor for preventing
them from Indulging In such u lawless
net.
As usual, the lawyers In thu senate,
who would never advlso a litigant to
seek ii eienp counselor, are urging, that
tho statu hunt out tho cheapest news
paper ly which to do Its advertising.
They overlook tho fact that the very
object of advertising Is to gain publicity
ami that u puwspaper's advertising rates
nro based on Its ability to reach the
people.
iiKVKxrn m:nvt riox
Tho revenue reduction hill finally
agreed upon Is on the whole it satisfac
tory measure, though It Is not to he ex
pected that nil Interests will bo pleased
with It. The tohiicro and beer Interests,
for example, do not get as much relief
from taxation as was provided for In
the senate bill, but. they have no reason
able ground of complaint, since public
opinion was largely against any reduc
tion of tliu taxes on beer nnd tobacco.
The .chief Issue between tho two houses
was In regard to the trentinent of theso
Interests, resulting lu a compromise.
The. provisions of (In; measure that
will be most widely approved am those
repealing tho taxes on hunk checks,
certlllcates of deposit, money orders, ex
press receipts, telegraph and telephone
messages, These affect a great number
of peopjo nnd If not generally burden
soipo lire more or less annoying. The
Iioiino conferees secured quite a triumph
lu having the tax repealed on all kinds
of JiiKUrnncp, tint senate conferees re
ceding on all senate amendments. It
was apprehended when the hill was sent
to conference that nn agreement could
not be reached, such was the feeling of
resentment oil the part of the house at
the radical action of the senate lu en
tirely recasting tho bill, but the repub
lican conferees - Messrs. Aldrlch nnd Al
lison on the part of the setiato nnd
Messrs. Payne ami Dnlzoll on the part
of the house evinced a proper apprecia
tion of the demands of the public and of
the Interests of the pnrty nml thu meas
ure agreed upon encountered no opposi
tion In either house.
The estimated .reduction of revenue
under tho bill, which will go Into effect
nt the beginning of thu next fiscal year,
July 1, Is $11,000,000. This Is $11,000,
000 In excess of the amount recom
mended by (hu president nnd secretary
of tliu treasury ns n safe reduction, but
It Is not too large If the next congress
docs not very materially increase tlio
expenditures of the government, which
It Is not likely to do unless conditions
arlso Imperatively requiring It. There
Is now n large cash baluncu lu tho
treasury npd there will be it consider
tilije surplus at the end of thu current
tlsca! year. Assuming existing conditions
of business to continue without Impor
tant change uud no now dumandu upon
tho government arise, It can bo con
Ilileutly expected that the surplus
at thu close of the next fiscal
year, June .'10, 10011, will bo nearly as
large as for tho present year. At all
events there Is every reason to expect
that thu ruvonues of thu government
will be ample, If expenditures nro kept
within conservative bounds, ufter the
reduction now provided for goes Into
effect.
The republican party has fulfilled Its
promise to reducu the war taxes ns soon
as It was found practicable to do so. The
reduction Is less than the opposition to
that party profess to believe should
have been made, but Jt Is aa much' as
prudence and safety dictate at present.
It Is possible tlmt the next congress
will Uud It expedient to make a still
further reduction, but It would have
been uuwlse nt this time to cut on more
than $41,000,000 of revenue,
It Is stated that the American special
commissioner ut 1'ekln bus been In
structed to Inform the foreign minis
ters that President McKlnley deprecutcs
uny action toudlng to delay or check
negotiations with tho Chinese govern
inont and that he la especially desirous
that thero shall bo no further unncces
sary bloodshed,
The attitude of a majority of tliu
foreigu ministers on tho question of
punishment of Chinese otllclnls, as re-,
ported ii few days ago, warrants thu
belief that thu American represent!!-
tlvu will lmve their co-operutlou In his
efforts to put u stop to executions, for
the fact of this government expressing
Its opposition to thu bloodthirsty policy
of some of tlio powers cannot fall to
havo greut influence. As wu have
horotoforo suld lu referring to this mat
ter, the course that has been pursued
is anything but creditable to western
cIvlllKntlon uud It ought to go uo furr
ther. Tho danger (hut If continued It
might drive tho Chinese to desperation
mid cause armed resistance on their
part Is one to be considered, but hardly
less vlmportnut Is flic question of the
fttornl effect upon thu civilized nations,
The position taken by President Mc
Klnley will be heartily upproved by the
American people and ought to have au
Improving effect on the Chinese eltua
Hon.
vnorinixn ton the iV.tvr.
There Is an Issue between tho two
branches of congress over the naval
bill and It is said thu measure may
fall. It Is probable, however, that as
usual lu such casus u compromise will
be effected.
There Is n disnosltlon to reducu tho
appropriations carried by the bill ami
1m ukiiiiIo nineiiileii It to this end. '1 ills
, - , ,
Is opposed by members of thu house
who think that tho work of bulldlug
tm tho navv should bo pushed with nil
possible vigor, but not all tho a-pub-
llcau leaders tako tins view.
Mr. Cannon, chalrmun of tho house
committee on appropriations, expressed
tho opinion a few days ago tlmt uo
harm would bo done If the number of
shins nrovldcd for In the pending bill
should bo reduced and it bo left for
tho next congress to determine whether
they should bo authorized. He said
wo huvu a navy of SWl vessels and wu
huvo GO vessels In N auxiliary navy,.
making BIO. TJiore nuvo just ueen
placed uuder contract battleships and
U cruisers, various otner snips, amount
ing lt( round numbers to M), are In
course of construction. There are al
readv lu course of construction greut
naval shins that Will cost fStW.000.000
to complete, this being wholly apart
from the $77,000,0011 appropriated py
Hi,, ttemllni! bill.
"Now," said .lr. Cannon, "I believe
that with u uuvul bill currying fu.
000.000 and with ltO.YOOO.000 to be pro
vlded lu tho future for vessels under
construction the uavnl lull mere! uu
thorlzlng four vessels to cost $2.000,
000 lu thu aggregate, without upyro
prlillng one dollar for them J believe,
In the existing condition, wo can with
safety to tin., national defense wait
until next Avlnter before we nuthorl?!
the construction of any other ships."
I.'niloubtedly Micro ore many who w:l
concur In this view, even among those
who desire that the navy shall be In
creased. Prom the statement minlo by
Mr. Cannon, on the authority of the
naval committee, there certainly ap
pears to be no urgent necessity for the
present congress authorizing all the
ships provided for lu the naval bill,
There Is unquestionably a very general
popular sentiment In favor of further
strengthening tho sea power of the
United States, but this should be done
without undue luiste and It seems that
wu are making quite satisfactory progress.
yon a Nhv I'wsoy.
lb one respect the burning of the slnto
prison at Lincoln Is not so deplorable a
calamity us It might be. While the
money loss Is a serious one, tliu effect
of the destructive jlro will be to compel
action along lines that will provide Ne
braska with what has long been needed,
a strictly modem building for use as a
penitentiary. Tho penitentiary at Lin
coln was an obsolete type of prison
house. It was a continual source of ex
pense to the state on account of re
pairs that had to be made, and even
with this provision It was never In
proper condition, either as to safety or
sanitation,
Jlceoiitly llin senate's committee vis
ited I lie prison unexpectedly and re
ported finding matters lu wretched con
dition. In Its report to tho senate the
committee set out In detail the defects
of the building, showing how unlit it
was for the uses of u penitentiary, and
uiaile recommendations for extenslvu ru
pairs. Theso repairs will now necessa
rily take the form of a uuw building.
Out of tho calamity Nebraska should
derive a model state prison, ono lu
which the physical ami moral well
being of the prisoners can hu given at
tention, as well as their detention and
sequestration from society nt large.
I'MIUANUNT SCHOOL t'llND.
One of the proposed nmendmeuts to
thu constitution of Nebraska has for
Its object thu loaning of thu permanent
school funds on farm land and other
real estate security. The provision of
tho constitution for the Investment of
thu permanent school funds was drafted
at a time when the rate of Interest on
United States, state nnd registered
county bonds wus high, and tho cer
tainty of thu Income made tho Invest
ment a most attractive one. During
tho last few years the refunding of the
government debt at u nominal rute pf
Interest and the cheapening of the coBt
of money lu other directions bus re
duced very materially tho Jncoine pr
chuueo for Income from tho permanent
school fund uuder the restrictions of the
Nebraska constitution.
It is thin condition that suggests tho
arm loan proposition. At the present
tlmo farm loans, niudo uuder proper
Conditions and with prudential safe
guards, arc undoubtedly profitable, but
there opens up the wide vista of pos
sible manipulation and collusion, to the
extent that the careful cltlseu must
hesitate before giving consent to the
pjaii proposed.
No more sacred trust Is Imposed upon
our administrative ofllcers than the careT
of thu educational funds. The framcrs
of thu constitution recogulzcd thu Im
portance of this when -they adopted the
provision thut the statu should main
tain forever Inviolate the permanent
school fund. , With this view of thu
sanctity of the fund and thu mq
inentousness of Its care, It will be well
for the legislature to deliberate well
on the proposed amendment to the con
stitution before submitting It.
Uuslness Judgment would rather sug
gest the Investment of thu permanent
school fund lu tho lands on which it Is
to be loaned, to thu end thut the com
mon schools of Nebraska will pot only
own the principal, but will enjoy the
Income, that wtso management of the
property Is certulu to bring. At uny
rute, let us thoroughly consider the
question lu all Its phases before wc
divert the permanent school fund from
Its constitutional channel.
A coastguardsman at Snu Prauclsco,
who was oil watch when the Ulo do
Juuelro was wrecked, now udiults (hat
he heard thu distress signals, bpt paid
no attention to them, because he did
not think they meant anything. The
Incident attracts attention no more from
thu fuet that It ludlreetjy cost Hia.ny
lives which could have been saved than
from thu fact that It Is so rarely thut
theso meu are found derelict n their
duty. No occupation Is more dangerous
than theirs ami no class or meu arc
more uniformly faithful lu the pi
formunce of duty.
Now that the auditorium project has
advanced far enough to permit the dis
cussion of plans, It uppenrs thitt The
Heu's suggestion tlmU.lt be couflued to
the uses of the public, and that only thu
Knights of Ak-Sar-Hen hu nlloved Jodg
meut therein, has ample support, It Is
not a departure from the orlglnnl pur
pose to allow au essentially public en
terprise such us Ak-Sur-llen to come Into
the auditorium, but It would be a mis
take to take lu organizations more or
less private and exclusive lu their na
ture. Prom the tenor of the debutes lu con
gress one might ho led to think that
democracy could furnish statesmen who
would settle the Cuban, Philippine and
Chinese questions, to suy nothing of
the perplexing home problems, without
special effort. Those who i-emember
democratic performance when that
party had the opportunity to direct,
the affairs or government, wMI In
clined to tako) democratic pretense at
a large discount.
.1 nines Dahlmun states thut he will
claim salary u secretary of the dufunet
Statu Hoard of TruhsiKirUitlou uutJ the
time when his appointment would have
expired If the court hud uot kuockeu
out the lnw creating the olllce. He
reasons that tho objection that lie has
lone hothlng to earn the salary since
the law was declared Invalid will not
lie, as the secretaries never did do uny
thing to cam their pay and ho has
rendered the same service since as Ik
foto the decision was rendered.
I ullft of luilimlr)-.
Minneapolis Journal.
Tlui "ofDco hoy" of 1S66 la the president
of (hu CIiIcuko, Uurllngton A Qulnoy rail
road tqdny. Ileaeon? He did not Roldlcr.
(I.-ltliiK UnpiI lo Die lliiritrn,
Indtunapolln News.
On the wholo, tho country takea the In
corporation of a billion dollar trust rather
calmly. It Is not turned out In tho street
yet.
Wlinl I'tuxlm Yoiiiik .tmrrlen,
lloMtou Transcript.
It la a piulo to the modern youth how so
many old duffers manancd to got along In
tho world without tho knowlrdiio of thlniia
In general poascuBcd by tho modern youth.
A Doiviirluht Mlintnr.
PlttaburK Chronicle,
flunnor Morgan discreetly refuses to ho
Interviewed, but his wife, ot homo In Krlc.
does not hcaltuto to say that Admiral
HampHon'B treatment of her husband la u
shnmo. Him told of her husband's studious
habits. "Ho has worked hard for this pro
motion and I bollovo that ho will win."
alio aald, Oood for Mrs, Morganl
Vnt Mlllnr lOzpenilUiirra.
I'lllladalphla l.vdnr,
Our stutcsraru and publicists have long
bouulcd, and with truth, ot the moderate
numbers and thn uroat efficiency of our rex-
ular urmy, nml havo triumphantly compared
11 wf in that of tho enormous standing
ormlca pf thu old world, which havo laid
upon tho people, such heavy, crushing loads
of taxes. Iltjt now, says Senator Ifalo, who
knows whereof ho speaks, the mllltury ex
penses of tlio United StatoB aro nearly
dnublo that of any country on the face of
tlio earth. Ab wo extend our territorial
boundaries by force of arms tho oxpensa
must, necessarily, inevitably lucrcaao.
Vnt Sine of Die Steel Combine.
Minneapolis Times,
Hero Is a brief summary ot tho proportion
constituting tho recently organized United
States Stool corporation: One hundrod and
rorty-ulnu steel wprks; seventy-eight bla.U
furnaces nnd six finishing plants. In
cluded In tho list aro bar mills, structural
steal nnd plato mlllo, tlnp)atq works, sheot
mills ana Wire rod and wire nail mills,
Nino million tons Is tho annual capacity In
finished material. Tho Laka Superior Iron
mncs, owned by this gigantic combine, pro
duced 11,000,000 tons pf oro last year. It
has 18,300 coke ovens, 70,830 acres pf coal
lands and about 30,000 acres of surfuco
lands In tho coal regions. Its lake fleet
will number alxtfour vessels, Whep tho
Ilockofollcr Pro and vessel interests aro ab
sorbed It will have 125 oro carriers. This
compuny wU employ 125,000 men.
Hon Speculator Thrive on War,
Philadelphia Times.
The government wanted some vessels for
transports and to bo turned Into cruisers
at tho beginning of tho Spanish war. When
tho war was over these vessels, In as good
or better condltloa than whop they wore
purchased, wero for salo. Tho following-
tablo shows the difference between the pur
chasing and soiling prices:
rjirchase Helling
Vessel. Prim. Prlr.
Niagara 200,ooo 1 73.000
Uadger 3fi7,OO0 135,000
ltesoluto. 470, CW SGO.UOU
Vulcnn : RiO.000 175,075
CnealUB 160,594 160,591
Sclpto , 65,769 80,125
Hector 200,000 65,150
Totals 11,833,303 S950.&U
Loss , SS7,319
This loss of nearly CO per cent upon
tho purchase pries ot seven, vessels Is not a
very largo amount, in Itself, bat It bears
Incidental testimony to the costliness of
war In goneral.
I'OLlTICAl, DlllFT.
Congressman Dougherty of the Third Mia.
sourl district is tho champjoa newspaper
reader of the uouso of representatives.
Tim supplies needed for the sevoral
municipal departments of Greater New
York for the current year aro estimated at
SG.OOO.OOO.
I'tttsburg papers are kicking against a
17-inill city tax levy as though it was an
extraordinary thing. Pittsburg does not
know when it is well off.
Though 7u years of age, Senator Hoar of
Massachusetts recently Journeyed from :
Washington to Worcester for tho purpose of 1
voting at jho city election.
For the first time la a quarter of a cen
tury Worcester, Mass,, has a democratic
mayor. Ills name Is Philip J. O'ConneM, a j
descendapt of the great Daniel.
"Cy" Sulloway, tho slant congressman
from the First New Hampshire district, has
served three terms, has been ro-elected to
tho l'lfty-eventb cc-Rgress and now an
nounccs that he Is a candidate for the
Fftyrolgitb.
A Now York papur turned loose a corps
of reporters on congress tho other day
seeking answers to the question; "What
would you do with $75,000.0007'' Senator
Mason of Illinois replied: "I would build
asylums for fool editors,"
Ex-Mayor Joslah Qulncy or Boston Is re
ported as saying that ho is sot seeking to
booni anybody for the democratic pomlna-
tion tor president In 1004, and that. In his
opinion, It Is altogether too early to.be
ootnering ones sell or tho party about
that.
''Fifty yeara ago, come March 4," said
Representative Urow of Pennsylvania, "I
was sworn in as a member of the house of
representatives. I served continuously for
twelve years, then retired to private llto
for a third of a century and was re-eloctcd
to congress In 1894." Mr. Grow Is now 76
years qf age, v
Sctafor Hansbrough of North Dakota has
truo weaterp contempt for farnilug down
east. Some ono was talking to hlpi a few
days ago about tho success with which
Majne farmers oyercamo tho difficulties ot
poor son. air. iiansDrougn remarked;
"Oh, they don't know anything about farm
ing down there. Why, they tell me that
Maine farmers havo to shoot the seed into
the rocks."
Among the early fruits of self-government
harvested by Hawallans Is a bumper
crop of territorial taxes. And the roar of
tho American settlers in the parsdlse nf
tho Pacific Is as loud and vigorous as that
heard at tax-kicking conventions on tho
niulpland. The Honolulu Kepubllcan points
out that while the territorial tax rate Is
J1.S0 and 1.50 per capita, respectively, In
New Mexico and Arizona, It is (23,90 In
Hawaii. Kvldently tho powers that be
are not In Hawaii for their health alone.
Btnecurea at the national capltol are as
thick as pcaa In a pod. "For Instance," re
Jates ho Washington Post, "tho clerk of
ono committee, who was railed upon to
read proof ot tho testimony taken before
tho committee, actually claimed and will
receive (1,000 for extra work. Pension
office clerks, who happened to bo detailed
to help flio congressional pension commit-,
tees, are presented with 1500 aplecn, in nd,
dltlon to the regular salaries which the
government pays them. .Other clerks, WI17
'compile' a few pages out of the Congres,
atonal Record aro given from (300 to 1 2,000
for 'extra work,' although they )o the work
in office hours. And all this, too, when they
are at the capltol never more than six
months out ot the year."
OTIIKH liAMIH Til AX Ot US.
Tbu census whch has Just been taken lu
Italy shows i growth entirely unexpected.
No general enumeration had been made In
Italy since 1881- In that year the total
population was a little under 2$,5Op,O0O.
The gain from 1871 to 1881 had been only
allOIlt l.TOO.flftO nml In fnrlv Ikn In.
crease had been hardly 6,000,000. All of
luioo HRurea reier to me territory now in
cluded In thn IlltlDlllllII nf Unit, II tiaa
thought, therefore, that the population at
mo m-KiiiMing or tno present year would
ho about .I2.nnn.rmn. Th um.uii, ii,- ia.t
twenty years was nowhere estimated t
inuru man i.uw.uoo, for emigration from
Italy has been very heavy In that period
nnd tho country has Iqng heen much
crowded. It Is a land mnlnly depending
upon agrlciilturo which has a smaller area
than tho Ilritlsh laics and not much more
than half as much space as there Is In
France, But the census shows that tho
population Is more than 35,000,000. De
spite tho largo losses by emigration, esti
mated to have been 5,000,000 In the last
twenty years, tho growth of tho population
has been about 7,009,000, or no leas than
20 per tent. The actual Increase and the
late per cent of growth havo exceeded the
glu? of the Ilritlsh Isles In tho sums
twenty years.
An ambitious dream Is that cherished by
thq Ilritlsh colony of New Zealand, If the
suspicions of tho Australian prev rp lo bo
credited. Instead of being minded to Join
finally tho Auslrnllun federation, as was
supposed to bo her Inevitable destiny, and
her deslrir, It Is now thought that tho colony
will try to form a separate. Pacific con
federation, and add to tho Uritlth Imperial
system another congeries of ultimately
self-governing states, such as hag been
groupod under cviitral rule In Canada and
Australia, nnd ss is scheduled for South
Africa. Lying as It does 1,506 mites from
the Australian coast, tho colony Nceks
rather to form affiliation with the various
groups of Molancsla with tho Sanioan
Islands, FIJI, tho New Hebrides, as It has
already done, with tho (Jook islands. Suoh
a project, stringing hundreds of islets, llko
beads, upon ono Imperial bystem, la daring
and chimerical and It Is spocryphal In its
origin, but It Is no more than repeating, in
the little, both what has been done and
what has been dreamed of for tho United
Kingdom.- And it Is credited to a people
having In New Zealand a base qt operations
i.eiirly equal territorially to tho Ilritlsh
isles, a population halt that of Wales, and
an originality of initiative that In domestic
matters has attracted tho profitable study
of tho world.
Sir John AIrd, M. P., and Sir Benjamin
Ilaker, tho well known Ilritlsh cpglnoer,
who last fall were sent to Kgypt by tho
Foreign office to Inspect the great engi
neering works on jhe Nile, which, when
completed, will go far toward rendering
famine In tho valley ImpoBslblo, are now
on their way from Cafro to London with
their report. Uefore leaving Egypt they
refused to talk for publication except Inso
far as to mako a statement as to tho pres
ent extent of tho work accomplished. Hut
this is glveu with so much dotall that It is
believed to preclude tho possibility of au
adverse report. The total extent ot the
Assuan dam, which will hold back the
waters of the Nile, Is ono mile and a quar
ter, of which pno niilo and an eighth of the
foundation is iluished. All the granite
masonry required for tho dam Is cut and
ready to be laid In its place, and when the
commissioner left Assuan temporary dams
had already been constructed throughout
for this purpose, and pumps were about to
bo placeU at work. Tho dam Is pierced
with 180 openings, about twenty-three feet
high and seven feet wide, which are con
trolled by steel sluices, their number and
ulio being determined by exact mathemat
ical calculations based upon the records ot
floods extending back for more than twenty
flvo years. Tho discharge through theso
sluices at high Nllo may reach 15,000 tons
of water per second.
Tho telegraph Jino from Cape Town,
South Africa, tp Cairo, Egypt, Is in opera
tion tp a point fifty miles north of Ka
tanga and 100 miles north of tho southern
extremity of Lake Tangapylka. It has
been constructed under tho terpis of an
agreement which was eptered into In 1809
between tho dorman government and the
African Transcontinental Telegraph com
pany. As the crow flies the distance be
tween Capo Town nud Katanga 1b nearly
1,300 tulles nnd the entlro length of the
Jlne will be considerably more than 2,000
tulles, the distance between Khartoum and
Cairo being roughly estimated at about
1,000 miles. The line, according to the
agreement In the contract, must be com
pleted by 1904 and tho most difficult cart
of the construction wprk remains to be
done. It was promised last June that the
lipe to Katanga would bo completed by the
end of July and an idea pf the difficulties
of construction may he had from the fact
mat It toon over four niontas to carry
It fifty miles farther north, When the
Uganda railway reaches a point pear Lake
Victoria Nyanza, dose enough to make
such a plan practicable, materials will be
sent over from the coast by way of Mom
basa and wU thus greatly facilitate the
work.
There is a little of a complimentary char
acter to be found in 4he European com
ments upou the career of jex-Klng Milan
of Servia, but the writer of a letter from
Vienna to ono of the London newspapers
says that It is generally recognised In mil
itary" circles In Vienna that Milan really
did do a great deal toward the reorgaplta
tlop of the Servian army during his occu
pancy of tho post of commander-in-chief
and that be left it In a condition of con
siderable efficiency. Hs efforts were
seconded very heartily by tho superior of
ficers, with whom bo was exceedingly pop
ular. It was this popularity. Indeed, which
seems to havo excited the Jealousy and
apprehension of King Alexandor and the
civil authorities, tho latter complaining
that the army and the gendarmes were the
only branches pf the "public servlca that
over got their pay regularly. Thero was,
therefore, no tjeiiltatlod- ovor the accept
ance of the cx-ktng's resignation, which
seems to have "been offered In a moment
of plquo upon tho announcement of his
son's marriage. Thla alliance, It Is -said,
was peculiarly distasteful tp him, because
ho had almost concluded negotiations by
which n German prjncess, with a large
dowry, would havo been setured as prldo
for Alexander,
Aifulnalllo'a Smooth HI a IT.
Att-'hleoa Globe.
The.ro are two phases of Iho struggle In
the Philippines. About once a year we
hear that our armies are having a clean
walkover. It transpires that tho Filipinos
are not standing up to be shot down; that
they are scattering and hiding, tho yeoman
oxchanglng the rinu he had hid and taking
up the hoe. In short, everything begins to
look lovely, and peace seems to be pear at
hand. Uqt more .careful scrutiny of the
situation discloses the fact that there l
method In all this. Agplnaldo Is playing
bluff with MacArthur. It ) tho dry season
and the Filipinos are not wasting their
forces In an unequal contest, Tbcy watt
till tho wet season begins, when the roads
become impassable and the climate sickly,
and then they begin hostilities, with alt
tho natural advantages, against the AmerU
cans. Those who take AgUlnaldo for a fooj
make a mistake. His apparent weakness I
his strength, lie plays peace when It l
necessary tnd digs out his guns when
they will prove most effective. At least,
such appears to be the case to an observer
of regular recurring Filipino tactics.
vicTonv i'on thu hoi hk.
onblr Trlntlh In lie lnn T
rfrilucllon lllll.
Indianapolis Press.
The revenue reduction hill has finally
como from a conference committee of the
two branches of congress, substantially aa
It passed the house. The tux goes oft
hank checks, It stays on beer whero the
house fixed It, tho slight difference on the
tobacco tax Is compromised liud (ho tax on
proprietary medicines, lifted by the bouuo
and put back by the senate, stays off, Tho
conference has been going on for moro
than a month now, which Is ample evi
dence that the fight was pne of tho nio.it
stubborn that has over como up between
tho two branches. ,
From every point of view tho country
s to bn congratulated on the vlotory of
tho house. It Is an Important suceess for
popular government. Tho utterly unwar
ranted ni8ault of the aenate on the con
stitutional prorogatlvo of tho popular
branch Is repulsed and Its effort to usurp
tho taxing power dofrated, That branch of
the enngresss elected directly by tho pco
plo and directly responsible to them, re
tains tho Initiative, in saying what tho
taxes of tho people shall be. Tho roault
Is scarcely less Important as a victory for
common sense nnd economic principles. The
heaviest burdens of taxation will be borno
by luxuries nf very widely distributed use,
"the poor man's rioHor" is released from
an onerous burden nnd the vicious tax on
tho payment of small debts by check Is re
moved. We trust that this latter will
never bo rovlved In future taxation
schemes. Its result has boon a sharp
cheok to currency expansion along per
fectly natural lines. The bank chock Is
one nf tho most vuluablo Instruments of
modorn times In facilitating commerce and
Industry, and it la an atwurd economic
proportion to load It up with a tax.
IMHJSTUIAI, I'IKMilll'.SS l. FKJl'HKS,
InrvploiiN Story of the IVntlnn'a I r
reaWOIilp Advnnoc.
Chicago Post.
It is not in the naturo of news that tho
United States has definitely assumed the
leading place among the exporting nations.
In theso columns the fact has been miltl,
clontly emphasized and explained, But
figures are elusive, though Impressive for
the moment. It will not bo superfluous to
reproduce certain data compiled by a con
temporary from official reports and show
ing where this country now stands and
whore It stood a decade ago, or oven ear
lier. Tho figures tell the marvelous story
ot steady and Irresistible industrial ad
vance. First, tako the calendar year 1900. Our
exports ot domestic products are greator
than those of any of our leading rivals,
and by no Inconsiderable margin. Hero
Is tho showing actually mado:
United States 1,453,013.C52
United Kingdom.,.., 1,418,348,(00
Germany i;0M,ll,C
France , 787,000,000
The other nations "do not count." They
aro not In the samo class, and they will
remain outside of the hard, strenuous light
for trade which this little table portends.
Only a quarter of a century ago Franco
was second, Germany third and the United
States fourth on tho list. In 1875 tho fig
ures were respectively as follows: United
Kingdom, 11,087,497,000; Franco, $747.489,.
000; Germany, $607,096,0Q0; tho United
States, $497,263,737, Since thun France has
remained stationary, her Increase being not
more than 5 per cent. Germany has made
splendid progress, In splto of her militar
ism, and thanks to her scientific methods
ami hard work. The United Kingdom hag
Increased her domestic exports 84 per cent,
while tho United States has gained not
leas than 192 per cent! During the period
1875-1896 there were fluctuations and set
backs and the really remarkable growth
In foreign trade has taken place since the
year last named. Leaving stationary France
out, here Is a tablo giving the figures for
each, of the years since the opening of the
last decade:
United Unfled
States. Kingdom. Germany,
1S91....I 057.333,551 Jl.?03,Tfi9,000 $ 772,fl"9.W0
1892.., , 923,237,315 1,105,747,000 718.801,000
1893.. . 854 726 454 1,063,162,000 763,361,000
1895 . 807,742 415 1,100,452,000 SOWS.OOO
187.... 1,070.834,296 1,139,882,000 881,486,000
189S.... 1,233.504,828 ' 1,135.642,000 p94,06J,OUO
1899.,.. 1 253,400,000 1,287,971,039 1,001,278,000
1900.... 1,453,013,659 1,418,348,000 1,050,611,000
Statistics sometimes lie, but there can be
no misconstruction of these figures. They
are woll ynderatoood abroad, as we know
from plentiful evidence. The advonco of
tho United States as an exporter Is Irresis
tlble, but it will havo to practice reclproc.
Ity to a greater extent than now, for we
cannot Increase our sales continually with
out adding to our purphases.
IiAClt Of? FINANCIAL CONTROL.
Spendthrift CoiiKree and Some of
the Itenultitnt Hvlla.
The Nation.
One reason why the party responsible
for tho government Is less able, if not less
willing, than it used to bo to keep down
appropriations has often been pointed out
In theso columns. Our system does not
lond itself to rigid financial control, Un
like all other governments In the world,
the American has no man, or committee'
of men, to make up a yearly budget, to rtc,
termlne Income nnd flx outgoes. Our
method Is a happy-go-lucky plan ot allow
ing one set of men to make laws for rover
uue, another to frame bills tor expendi
tures. That wo have not gone to smash
under such chaotic management Is due
partly to our traditional good fortune,
partly to our expanaing weaun wnicn has
operated In tho samo way that robust
health enables a man to order bis 1116
recklessley, for a time and partly to the
fact that we have had a rough system of
financial control. But this has been badly
broken down.
One serious aspect of pafjopal oxtrava-
gftpoo is couijoooly oyerlooked, People
do not see bow one- spendthrift congress
ma(es tne next one almost fneyjtably as
prodigal. The reason Is that thp extrava
gant legislation Axes a permanent charge
Signs of Spring
Our windows jiro takiug on spring attire, and those
who are interested iu the pew things for man's adorn
ment that are being shown here, ought to waJU around
the Southwest corner of Douglas and ifith Btreets at
least once a day from now on. Therq you will see the
proper hats that will he worn this spring.
Our ejitirp assortment has arrived and is waiting
your choosing. You will find the price as pleasing nB
the hats. Then therq are new shirts, underwear, ho
siery, neckwear, top coAts and 'last hut not Joast, neK
spring suits, and plenty 0 them.
And no cjotjijng fits like ours.
Store closes at 9 p. -ni .Saturday.
Browning, King & Co.,
S. W.Jcqx, Malinger.
OmU't Ex,:!uiilv ClotWpra for Men oid Boys.
on tho treasury. No step backward la
I tho rule. Thero was loud outcry against
b "bllllon-ilollar congress," but Its suc
cessor was nblo to save llttlo or nothing.
1 Now wo aro rapidly Approaching a bll
llontdollar session, nnd no dam for the
rising flood Is In sight. Kach succeeding
congress Inherits a legacy of extrava
gance from Its predecessor. Its own
hands aro partly tied by anterior legisla
tion committing thu government to con
tinuing appropriations for this and that
scheme, this and that enlargement of tho
I public service and creation of uew offices,
'it Is this which makes retrenchment so
t difficult, If nut practically Impossible. To
.abolish ptuces, to consolldato offices, to
cut down regular expenses why, this is
almost treason, from tho party point of
view. It Is Hat vlltutny In thn mlndn of
men whose Binoegres aro threatened,
that extravagance always tends to perpet
uate Itself. The lavish appropriations ot
ono congress become n kind ot annual In
terest rhnrgo which must bo paid upon a
cupltaljted extravagance.
Tho pont Is (hat flush times aro setting
ja pace which will have to bo kept up in
I the lean times. If economy Is disregarded
now, H will bp declared impossible then.
,lt b easy enough to let tbo Jlnu ot ex
travagance out ot the bottle, but to get
him back In again that la the labor.
Thus we see that tho evil which an ex
travagant congress does lves nftor it; and
thp good, t good thfro bo, Is interred with
Its bones.
l'01,ISlli:il 'M A POINT.
Detroit Journal i "Ho Is evidently a. man
with the hark on."
"Why, evidently?"
"Well, for 0110 thing, ho goes about so
much with his coat off."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I notice that
Justice Urowpr sayH our gravest doubts
uri often tho efTect of n disordered liver."
pj ' Be0, w,,on ln doubt tako r liver
so'mayxuVf0111 the enJy
the'mVCr0n""Bon,e do! 0,ners meroly havo
tlm!,CUlf.wincor(1.! n"1 .""Prose you some.
eubuH,?" 1 a ,rln low'y out 1,1 yur
whin'a'S'ogS bWyV rU ,0 the w,ndow
.,1ilr0ilt,I''reS J'rcBs: M,i'" Hwansdown has
never listened to a sermon In her life.
at ciiurch" Wn" 11 rogu,ar attendant
th'oScho'li" nUt Bl'C ha" alwaya """longed to
Mot,iIinie,pV,a VrfBa: . .WorroiiBha-Hello,
Markley, given up anything for Lent?
Mnrklcy-Wcll, yea. I've given up all
last0ycarVOr K Ul8 nVr 1 lcnt l'ou
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Do yon think that
1?. l'"c,clvc8 tn. ,fat0 'hat awaits litm7"
Mr. uukano asked.
"yes, I think ho must bo nblo to read
the typewriting on tho wall by this time."
replied Mr, Qawel, '
Chicago Tribune: "lirst Theater Patron
She makes magnlilcent nmazon
VpC0!!.J. 1 !eatT Pflron who '0ws bor)
nn.s.h.e ? brpuK'mr.lier heart because
they won't let her play llttlo boy parts.
Detroit Journal: "Here," sang out the
nndI Sllctl,a,) lt, ente.rca the caribou's
anatomy, "Is where I get Into tho game!"
ihPni!ln&'Il'!,la Bulletin: "What do you
think. .Clarice, went put ond sang nt on en
tertainment lu a prlvato Insane asylum."
instyB"n,u,,cir7'l,B,her thoy Bhowed t,,f,r
"Oh, yes; they encored her thrcq tlnics,"
WrtECK OF TUB HIO DIJ JTANKIIIO.
UtJ .th1.,eep. wlth a Krnccful sweep the
good ship steams away;
nA'Pa4 Jnr"oft.sl.'or,e ,s a welcome for tho
ones who sail today;
For homo Is there, sweet, blessed home,
far over the raglnu deep; r'
Great Ruler of Sens, remember these, and
through tho Journey keep,
0n'i.n.i: lj?wi.lhe. vct",el P'f'ea on, to the
land of liberty;
"TJ'Yn K'"4' hearts beat as tho days go
by: fn blest security
;i.lJJ.them down at th close of day;
With tho coming of the light
A prayer arises upon tho deep to tho
keeper of their night, P no
n'hn','; n01' Pul?r of Scus be thanked; the
haven a knot away, '
Tho pilot Is here, what gladsomo cheer ha
carrlea across tho bay;
imt nnmflK'?. Iap the steamer sleeps,
rp.J Vii0."'. cr.lc8 tho optoin, on-
w? J,3 'lere-onu, homo Is near, why
wait for the morning's dawn?
nh h.ltl "e,hJ" trcucherouB gloom,
Oh, Itulor ot Seas, remember these, they
are pressing on to their doom;
A crash, a Jar, "quick, man tho boat, save
the women," 'the captaJn cries.
.n'U? tr a.8e.eP ln tho briny deep and
tho plght wind sadly slgha. "
The journey is done, tjio race Is run, asleep
I11 the dark, dark deep;
The lono widow sighs, the ad orphan cries
a sorrowing peoplo weep; P C '
Asleep in the dark deep, blunketed by the
dashing, tossing foam,
GregftatleUrl8tho0rn th6Se nd
Omaha, r' AUSDALE.
GOLDEN
ROD
OIL
COMPANY
Producer, of Vucl OH JH Callfevpj.
Oniicra ol SOOO Acre- of oil Lada.
Tho secretary wjretl from the field re
garding Well No, 2, hqW nenriy com.
pleted.
Bakcrsflehl, Call., Feb. 20, lOOl.-Woll
flowed twice recently; once some eighty
feet over derrick.
"JAMES G. COItTBLYpu."
OUU PROHFJiCTESN
with names pf officers and directors, mans
and full particulars, will bo sent you for
the asking.
JOHN G. CORTEIyVOU. Pres.
1011 Davenport St.
Omaha, Neb.