0 THE OM A IT A DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, 2(5, 1901. The ctmaiia Daily Bee. K. IlOSinVATKU. HDITOH. l'UULlSHKD EVKHY M0KN1N0. THUMB OK HUUHCHtPTiON. Dally Ilcc (without Sunday), one Ycar..$e.tio Dnlly iieo utul Sunday, One Yeur s.W Illustrated Hup, Olio year 2.00 Hundny Ucp, Ono Yfnr -M HiUiininy lite, Ono Year l.W) Twentieth Century Furmer, Ono Year.. l.W OFF1CHS: Otnnlia: Tho Uco Building. Houth Omana. City Hull uulldlng, Twcn-ty-IIIth and iM streets. Council bluffs: 10 l'curl Street, Chicago! 101 u Unity Hulldlng. New York; Tomplo Court, Washington: Ml Fourteenth Street. COHHESPOND12NCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should ho addressed: omuha JJee, Kultorliil Department. ui'siness lktthhh. Uuslncss lettcrh and remittances should ho addressed' Tho Uco Publishing Coin puny, Omaha. H12MITTANCUH. Hcrnlt by druft, express or postal order, rayablo to Tho Hto Publishing Company. Only H-venl mumps accepted in payment of mall account!). 1'orsonnl checks, except on Omaha or Eastern cxi-hunges, not accepted. TIM! UKli PUHMSHU0 CUMl'A.NY. BTATK.MHNT OF CIHCULATtON. State of Nebraska, Ijouglus County, ss.s Ueorgo II Tzschuck, iecretary of The Hoc I'ubllsulng company, being duly sworn, uays that the actual number of full ami i.'omplotu copies of Tlio Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Hen printed during thu month of February, 11M1, was as follows; 1 SII.SMO 16 S5.1KJO 2 16 a,o- 3 ii,:m 17 ao,64o 4 ao.inii is aft,7o t ar.,8io 19 as.oio 6 smi.oiu -jj arj,8To 7 au,a7o si ao.sio 8 a.tjno 22 a.-,77o 9 ao.tiiMt 23 au.iio 10 ati.tur. 2t ao,i5 n ar,,7tio 25 ao.stao 12 ar,,iu 26 au,:u 13 ar.,770 27 aii.aoo U a,-.,7Jo 23 imi.bno Total 7:il,lo Less unsold and returned copies.... ia,ia4 Net totnl sales 71,o:tU Net dally average afJ,l70 GEO, II. TZSCHUCK, Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 4th dav of Marrh. A. I). 1901. (Seal.) M. I). MUNCATK. Notary Public. The tiiiiu look on the legislature Is nlmost due to open. The weather iniiii, having had his little Joke, will hurt nobody' feelings by rum porting himself with duo decorum for u tiny or two. Nebraska's soli Ims rerelved tin? thorough spring soaking needed. Now watch It burst l'ortli with lis glorious niiintle of green. It Is really it luird condition tint, tho legislators must do more work In the lust week of the session tlinn any other mid reeciv.e no pay for It. Tho Lincoln political pipe will prob ably burn for the remainder of this week-. After the long season of dream ing It will be hard for the correspondents to get back to facts. Carrie Nation left a bright streak of phosphorescent talk from Kansas City to Cincinnati, but her tongue doesn't seem to possess the power to destroy attributed to her hatchet. Fleeing from a river of blazing oil Is a novel experience, and one that the New Jersey villagers will hardly care to repeat. It shows the wonderful possi bilities of life In the United States, how ever. Apparently that South Omaha library matter Is to be held In abeyance, that It may serve to Inflate another iolltlcal boom some day. There Is nothing like having something of this sort In re serve. The amount of advice which the popo cn' tie papers have donated to the pres ent l'jHinture borders on tho prodigal. The 'Polity 0 u1(. tender has been such, liowevt. Umt R 1fH uot bl,cn UCL.el,ttHj( even at?, u K,rt Quite -., for-.n,,. illustration of the need of the new pilVg 1,111 ia i,PK Bv,,u Just now Certain streets which would be improved under Its provisions are impassf,,, 1U(, lmtm.iy trnlllc is de- 1!1CU lo just that extent. 'vwa republicans are nettlnir rendv fm one of the busiest campaigns In their history. The only question at 'issue, however, Is which of a number of statesmen is to have the big majority tho Ilawkeye state usually piles up. The names In Uncle Sam's naval cata logins will be of Interest to thosu who hnvo bemoaned our weakness at sea. In a few years the navy will be as numerous as any, while even at present no one seriously questions Its elllclency. A Philadelphia paper complains that firemen are lu too big a hurry to get to n tire when an alarm sounds. It Is per j'eetly natural that this complaint should come from Philadelphia. The clatter of hoofs has a tendency to wake pco pie up. Crossing the tireat Salt lake on tres tfework Is only an Incident lu modern railroad building, but It serves well to Illustrate the ends to which engineers will go lo get straight track and mod crate grades. The race for business was never so keen as It Is now. Kngllsh capitalists are sensitive about Mr, Yerkes talking si much of what he proposes to do in the matter of rapid transit for Loudon. They do uot objec to having some one who knows how show them up-to-date methods, but It Is galling to have the fact given out to the world. Western people ought to stand the storm's Inconvenience fairly well after learning that the English racing season was opened lu the snow ami that Aus trla has Just passed through a snow storm of thirty-six hours' duration There are some climates worse than ours after all. The verdicts given lu court niralust tho electric light company because of accidents occasioned by overhead wires ought to be strong arguments In favor of a system of conduits. Omaha's downtown streets are almost us fully occupied by wires now as beforo the telcnliouo Hues were burled. TUN J.KOlSh ATIVK UUMK STM'.UH. The legislature Is entering tipoit the home stretch of Its session and from now until the hour of adjournment every minute of Its time will be crowded with the pressure of different measures competing for Its attention. The Hunt days of the session are always taken advnntage of by the lobby and by members representing special Interests to logroll or railroad bills through that could not hope for passage In the steady light of day. Tho watchful vigilance that Is neces sary to head off Jobs and steals must be redoubled on the legislative home stretch because the unscrupulous lobby never sleeps, but, on the contrary, be- onies more active with tills awaited opportunity In sight. The honest and courageous legislator an do more to serve his constituents and the taxpayers of the state In gen- nil during the coming few days than through the entire session already passed. A SKIIIUUS SITUATIOX. The political situation In lrussla lias iceonio very serious and It Is the belief n some quarters that u revolution Is inmlueut. While tills Is Improbable, It s a fact that the government is con fronted by a condition of affairs that will require careful treatment to avert a dangerous popular uprising. The chief source of the trouble Is the opposition of the students of Russian universities to certain laws which have recently been enacted against them for any dem onstrations which they might make. riii! most obnoxious of these Is a law Which orders that students arrested lu a demonstration shall be ton ed to enter he army as private soldiers, whether hey have already served their time or tiot. Within the last few months numerous arrests of students have been made and so great has been the resent ment caused by this that, It Is said, most of the universities are deserted. A strong popular sentiment lu sym pathy with tho students has developed ind this Is very likely to grow If the government, as seems probable, eon- Inues the obnoxious laws lu force. It has been Intimated that even dissensions u the army are possible. Meanwhile imminent olllcluls are being threatened and extraordinary precautions are being aken for safeguarding the life of the zar. This domestic trouble may yet have an important effect upon Russia's foreign policy. rullA coMMKiiriAh ixtehusts. The commercial interests of Cuba, which have been somewhat backward n asserting themselves, appear now to be taking a very active part lu the dis cussion of affairs ami as these interests are practically a unit In favor of the losest relations with the United States their lutluence Is being effectively ex erted lu behalf of the American condi tions. The Cuban planters, proierty owners and business men consider the situation from a strictly practicable point of view, which the mere politicians are Incapable of doing. The former know that Cuba cannot make progress and attain prosperity without the most intimate commercial relations with the United States. If Cuba is lo grow and develop she must enjoy access under tho most favorable conditions lo the Amer ican market. The commercial Interests also understand that lu order to secure special consideration for Cuban products lu the American market it Is essential that the political relations between the Island and the United States shall be Intimate. Calm discussion is producing tho de sired effect upon public opinion lu Cuba. It is beginning to bo understood that the conditions proposed by the Ameri can congress are not Incompatible with Cuban independence, while they offer the best possible security for the peace and stability of a Cuban republic. Men who were at first disposed to vigorously resent the American terms have changed their opinion and every day Increases the number of those who are In favor of accepting the terms. The latest In formation Is most reassuring, warrant ing the belief that an entirely satis factory adjustment of the relations be tween Cuba and the United States will be reached at an early day. WHAT HUM VAXCH1XA PAV1 That is a question which now con fronts the powers and the effort to de termlue which promises to caus,e no lit tle controversy and perhaps trouble among them. Our government, it is un derstood, considers .f'JtiO.OOd.OOO the max imum that should be levied upon China as Indemnity. It Is stated to be the opinion at Washington that this amount represents absolutely the limit of Chi nese ability to pay. These figures, how ever, do not represent, the aggregate of the Indemnities claimed. While the United States Is willing to be moderate lu Its claims ami would place its claim to Indemnity at not to exceed if'Jri.tMK),- (li R), It Is known that some of the other powers are disposed to ask a sum that would swell the total to two or three times the amount which In the opinion of our government should be the maxi mum. A recent Washington dispatch stated, apparently upon good authority, that this government would be willing to abate the $lir.,tXK),0(Ml claim If the other powers would reduce their claims In thu same proportion, even to the extent of reducing the total estimate to Sloo.OiX), 000, If by so doing the Chinese govern ment could be relieved by having tho tax adjusted to Its ability to pay. Hut, it was further said, that although lu grave doubt whether China can pay more than $100,000,000. our government feels Itself bound to secure cotnpensa tlon for Its citizens and itself to the same extent as Is secured by other powers and Is especially resolved to do this because of the conviction that a total abandonment of our claims, or even a heavy reduction without cone spending action on the part of the other powers, would rather Injure than help China by destroying wliatever restrain lug lutluence the State department has so far been uble to exert upon less sympathetic powers. Thus, while the United StaUa will not reliuqujtjli Its moderate elalm, It will continue to exert Its lutluence to Induce the other powers to make such reduction lu their claims as will bring the total Indemnity asked within the ability of China to pay. It Is the theory of this government, as set forth lu the last annual message of Pres ident McKluley, that due eoiupoiiMitlon may be made by the Chinese govern ment in part by increased guaranties of security for foreign tights and immuni ties and by the opening of China to the equal commerce of all the world. A demand upon China for three or four hundred million dollars, as Is evidently contemplated by some of the powers, would mean Inevitable bankruptcy for the empire, whatever the conditions of payment. Contrary to the general opinion the Chinese government Is poor. Its resources, chiefly from customs, a large part of which Is pledged, arc lusuillclent for current expenses. To materially In crease customs, If that be practicable, would be to the disadvantage of trade with China, while any considerable In crease lu Internal taxation would be very likely to cause domestic trouble. A reasonable degree of moderation In this matter, such as our government has urged, would operate to the ultimate advantage of oil the powers. south omaUa's anun'TH. When Governor Dietrich Issued Ills proclamation declaring South Omaha to be a city of tho llrst class and entitted to municipal existence under n sep arate and Independent charter he per formed more than a mere executive act. He gave the formal assent of his high olllce to the assumption of dignities that have been won by the Magic City by dint of commercial achievements. The story of South Omaha's growth reads like a romance. Americans an; familiar with stories of tlie sudden transition of wildernesses into popu lous centers, but they have mainly to do with places where a lucky discovery of a treasure trove has proven sutll clently attractive to draw together the adventurous classes. In only a few Instances has the sole attraction of commercial enterprise been strong enough to establish u city within the short space of time eovcrod by the growth of South Omaha. To understand the remarkable devel opment of this packing center one must turn to the Ilgures afforded by the live stock Industry. South Omaha at pres ent stands third in the list of the great packing centers of the world. In 1881, seventeen years ago, the Industry was in lis swaddling clothes, so to speak, and the enterprises that have since made the name of Omaha known the world around were barely experiments, lu IKS! the receipts of live stock at the Oniahii market wore: Cattle, 88,(1011; hogs, ,",080; sheep, u.fHUt; horses, -IS!), l'or the year l'JOO the Ilgures are: Cat tle. S'-JSJIM; hogs, l!-,yo(M2; sheep, l.'JTti. 775; horses, .ri!),tHfi. To carry out this comparison is lo waste time. The Ilgures show for themselves the growth of tho market established at South Omaha, ami the market argues its own Importance. The development: of South Omaha has been In n large measure the result of the growth of the west during the last score of years, and yet It has surpassed the efforts of its rivals. The manifold advantages of tho market at this point has been appreciated, and the build ing up of the wonderful city from prac tically nothing ill 1881 to the proud position of third place in the popula tion ami commercial centers of Ne braska at present Is a tribute to the sagacity mid foresight of the men who Invested their money lu tho enterprises that have contributed to the result. Slock yards and packing houses share alike ip this, for without each other neither can exist. The main fact, however, Is that South Omaha has attained its present propor tions, lu its growth Omaha, has re joiced and prospered. It will not harm the older city to have ti sister so nearby enjoying the prestige and advantages that accrue from commercial prosperity and Importance. South Omaha Is en titled to till that comes through the governor's proclamation, nnd will ever tlud Omaha ready to aid In building up and advancing the Interests of tho busy packing towu which lu now so prominent. Tho persistent agltatiou of the Russian students Is beginning to alarm tho rul ing classes in that country and some concessions must bo Hindu them. So long as the dissatisfaction was largely confined to the lower classes, the czar and his advisers felt capable of crush ing out the opposition, but the students and their sympathizers represent too In lluenthil an element to bo denied when they are really lu earnest. Nebraska bidders are preparing to make the most of the location of the Indian supply depot at Omaha. Being near the point of production nnd con sumption of these supplies, the state should be materially benelHed by the location of the depot here. There never was any good reason why eastern spec ulators should furnish these supplies, which they were compelled to purchase here. Japan has served notice on Kusslu that attempts to tread on the toes of the Yankees of the Orient Is a different matter from coercing the Chinese. In spite of the Immense superiority of Huh sla In point of numbers, the great dls tance of its military resources from the scene Is likely to make the Hear think two or throe times beforo forcing the Issue. Paris Is worked up over a Hrazlllau so eiety belle who rides out behind a pair of speedy trotting cows. The story Is probably the sequel of the famous trot ting mule yarn which went the rounds of turf circles In this country somo years ago. Such stories read well, but the horse still remains the king of tho trotters. Before getting stampeded over the re porls of loss of live stock by the recent storm It will be well to awn It actual re suits. While the storm has been se vere, it bus uot Uccu ficvouinuuicd wltu any such low temperatures as those which In years past have caused serious losses. Who'll Throw Thrni tlottn, Washington Star. There is an atmosphere of hauteur about European monnrchs which suggests that they may yet come to think they are bigger than tho Standard Oil company, or the steel trust. 1'lrst IIIiiiiiI .'or lllll. Detroit Free Press. Hon. J. Sterling Morton has begun the practical work of reorganizing tho demo cratic party by bolting a convention In which the unseemly llryanltcs had rounded up a majority of tho delegates. ('nncriiliit In CiiIih. Indianapolis Journnl. Hy reducing tho rate of single letter post age between tho United States and Cuba from C to 2 cents the government places thnt Island on an equality with tho states. Tho concession Is one that should bo ap preciated by the commercial classes In Cuba. KIiik'i Aiih-ihIciI Until. Chicago Chronicle. Moth houses of Parliament have agreed to alteration of tho coronation oath, which Is ong as tho moral law and scurrilous as the soliloquy of a nsh hag when tho tldu comes n at Ullllngsgatc. Tho amended oath will not, however, amend King Edward. For tho rest ot his reign uo swears officially not at all." SafrKunrdlntr tbr l'ennlon Itollt HufTulo Express. In Secretary Hoot's order for mustering out volunteers next Juno provision Is made for thorough medical examination with a vlorv to prevent padding of the pension roll. In addition tho incu will bo obliged to fill out a blank form describing their physical condition. The secretary Is to bo commended for taking thei"o precautions. Arri'il to Tnlk About It. Sprlnglleld Hepubllcan. flussla nnd England have reached the ex- iccted temporary settlement of tho great railway siding controversy at Tien Tsln without war. England whh tho npgrcssor n tno nmur, einco her representatives ai cmptcd to build a track on land claimed by tho UiiKslur.H. Under tho temporary set tlement, both nations withdraw their troops from tho disputed tract and agrco to examine tho question of ownership nnd control at a later day. This, of course, leaves tho situation as It was beforo the clash. Tho Russian claim Is Intact, whllo tho British bavo no siding. Tho bear la on top. A I'ontrnflt. Indlunapolls Journal. At the recent court reception, which wa attended by many frock-coated noblemen, King Edward turned to a court offlclHl and said; "This Is not n republic. In the future, uniform or court dress must bo worn." At a Whlto House reception some years ago, tho staff of the Indiana governor, Isaac P. Gray, attended, full uniformed, In a body. President Cleveland turned to a cabinet officer and remarked: "This Is no monarchy; ttaoso men arc rigged out fit to kill." Tho contrast Is great -tho splendor and blazo of a uniform tho modesty and dig nity of u frock coat. (ovrrmir Dlntricli'H Vrtnra. J. Sterling Morton's Conservative. Spring work has begun at Lincoln. Gov ernor Dietrich has broken up a large area which certain legislators had plotted off for personal pasturage. Tho vetoes of Governor Dietrich arq righteous and strong. They ilrlvo away from him all tho herds of tax-eaters as tho whistle of a locomo tive scares mules -off the railroad track. The governor can count taxpayers, of all polltlcul complexions, In all parts of Ne braska, his endorsers. He can put down all tax-caters, his hungry enemies and an gered antagonists. A good governor stops all legislative larceny. Wc hope that Dietrich will prove a very good governor. C'lRlum lAKnliint f'liliin. Philadelphia Iterord. It Is estimated at the State department that tho clulms of American citizens and of tho government for which China will bo asked to pay Indemnity will foot up to 2.",000,000. This is a rather largo sum, and ono Is not likely to bo convinced ot Hi fatrneos by Information as to somo of tho items Included In tbo list of claims. Thus among tho damages nllegcd to have been suffered by tho missionary claimants Is tho loss of somo of their sermons. These writings may havo been beyond price, but It Is n little dllUcult to discover tho method of computation whereby tho authors arrive at their conclusions ns to tho high money value ot their productions. How much would the missionaries have realized bad the sermons been delivered? Tho Item of naval expenditures includes tho damage to the Oregon. What did tho Chinese havo to do with running that battleship on a rock? SCHOOL FOtl AITHEVriCtiK. Oinrtaii!tlen far Hoy Anxlnna to I.enrn n Trnile. New York Mall and Express, Mechanical Industry Is so largely sub divided Into special branches nowadays, and tbo difficulty of learning a trado has been bo greatly Increased In consequonce, that a now department now organizing at tho University of Wisconsin Is worthy of attention. It Is proposed by tbo officials ot that Institution to establish a summer school for apprentices, in which young men desirous of theoretical and practical training In certain trades may receive tho necessary Instruction under favorable con dltlons and at nominal cobI. To this cud a six months' course will bo open to thoso who want to fit themRolvrs as car pentcrs, machinists, metal sheet workers, btatlonary, marine or locomotive engi ncers, shop foremen, superintendents of waterworks, electric light plants, power stations or managers ot large office build ings lu cities, and it is explained that the Instruction in each of these branches will consist partly of lectures and textbook studies nnd partly of practical work In shops nnd laboratories specially provided for such purposes. This undertaking appears to embody a largo measure of relief for young men who want to learn trades und find It dlffl cult. If not impossible, to do so. Partly becausn of tho specialized forms Into which many of tho trades aro passing ami partly becauso of tho policy of exclusion which labor organizations enforce against apprentices, the nverago young man with out Influcuco has llttlo or no chaucn of becoming tho master of a trado in all Its branches. He may become a specialist In somo given department of carpentry, en gineering or plumbing, hut unless bn has friends or other means of forcing an open ing his chanres of being takon In as an apprentice nnd taught tho tiado in all Its ramifications nro exceedingly small. Tho specialization ot tho mechanical Industries Is a bar to blm and as a rule the influence of organized labor Is against him. A school, however, llko that which is In process of formation nt tho University of Wisconsin, Is likely to be a powerful forco for tho revival, to somo extent, of tho old apprentice, system. The decline of that system has been a heavy loss to Amer lean artisans, and Its restoration, even In a modified form, would bo a great gain for American Industry. Tho Wisconsin ven turo Is a direct response to the growing demand for technical education ami Is ca pable of thn broadest usefulness to Indus .trial euurprloo, imi:mih:sy m'kim.p.v. lleinnrUntilr IXItmitc It- mi t)iiol tlnn Southern rn nuiirr, Florida TImcs-PnIon (dem.) Democrats of tho south abjured Mr. Cleveland becaueo wo suspected that he desired to opposo tho organization which elected him; republicans havo no such chargo to make against Mr. McKluley's past ns president. If he has been less than n president might be, yet ho has gone with his party nnd stopped when It Inld down tho law. Ho has taken the heads of tho party Into his confldenco und treated them as something more than clerks "loyally" bound to echo his wishes ho has mndo no nttcmpt to create a following outsldo the organization or to shape a public opinion opposed to his party. Here his opponents agreo with his friends in their estimate of tho retiring president, whoso term ns his own successor bids fair to copy a pnst al together satisfactory to his supporters. It Is true thnt somo Influential repub licans take Issue with the policy of tho ad ministration toward foreign nations nnd our dependencies, but nono of tucso has broken with tho president becauso of such difference. Somo freo silver republicans havo Joined tho opposition, but they differed with tho organization far more than from tho president. On tho whole wo must Judgo that William McKlnlcy sought rather to obey the wishes of tho people than to blazo out a path In tho wilderness ot new conditions for him self. It is manifestly true that ho has been drawn Into measures rather than that he has Initiated policies, even whero ho Is charged with leading us astrny. Ho admits that he wns opposed to war with Spain, and did nil In his power to avert It; other trou bles havo como upon us because ot natural tendencies, somo of which wcro Irresist ible. Ho might hnve wasted his strength In struggling against tho stream he rould not havo checked or diverted tho current ot events, Americans prefer to govern themselves, and they have frequently chosen presidents llko William McKlnlcy rather than tho Clays nnd Websters and Calhouns. who would expect us to follow and not to lead. McKlnlcylsm has made n strong Impress upon our time, nnd will bo potent to sbapo our future, but for McKlnlcylsni all have been responsible dotnocrats In no small degree. On leading Issues republicans have so divided that n decided stand against tho majority made In determined fashion by the minority would havo reversed conclusions, but tho opposition refused to stand out, as did tho republicans against Cleveland. For this failure tho democrats nro responsible ho who doc3 not opposo accepts nnd In dorses. In ono sense, the administration was a strictly partisan ono, since it had tho un qualified support of a majority of Its own party; it is also trim that tho president has been personally agreeable and his measures accepted by his opponents as well. In a largo sense, tho policy of tho late past has been a national one, since the presi dent has fihown himself truly nnxlous to obey tho wishes of tho people, and his temper Is such that he would never persist in a courso thnt becamo unpopular. Ilecauso ho Is an opportunist statesman of the first class, because ho has refused to set his own Judgment in opposition to his party or tho peoplo nt large, thn president hns accomplished much during his past term. Ho may not havo pleased blmselt In all things, but It seems that he can take the voters of this country with him through his second term. HAVI.Mi A COOIl TISIR. I'filatlnl Curcrnnipiil VcmkrI lined hy I'nrtn Itleo'w Kicrutlvr. Murine Journal. Tho big naval yacht Mayflower of nearly .1,000 tons burden, which has been at the disposal of tho governor of Porto Rico ever slnco his appointment, was run ahhoro re cently whllo on an official trip around that Island. This vessel Is In chargo of a naval officer, with a crew, all told, of 160 men. Tho Mayflower cost over J500.000, and, with Its largo crew, Is rather an expensive luxury. To provide such n craft for the governor of an outlying province of tho United States is un-American to a degree. The cost of maintaining this vessel Is some thing enormous when weighed against what our sovereign states provldo In luxuries for their governors. , As nn example of a government swallow ing a $500,000 camel and apparently en Joying It whllo straining at a gnat, wo hnvo this incident of tho expensivo yacht, maintained out of navnl appropriations, nnd the many unsuccessful efforts which havo been made to sectiro an ambulance for tho Brooklyn navy yard through nn appropria tion by congress. Unablo to awaken any sympathy at Washington, tho medical de partment In tho yard Is now taking up In dividual subscriptions In tho various de partments, and In this way n fund will be raised to mirchnso an ambulanco, wnfen is so frequently needed when men aro In jured In tho yard by accident and some times killed. Ono thousand dollars is tno sum required for this purposo. It would hardly pay tho expenses of tho Mayflower for a single day. For our own part, wo are of tho opinion that If It Is necessary for Governor Allen to make a tour of tho Island of Torto Ulco a relay of automobiles would ho much more economical and becoming. PBRSONAI. .NOTES. Tflnir Kilwnrd has selected tho American artist, Edwin A. Abbey, to paint his cor onation scene. Count Tolstoi Is fast becoming a popular i.ini in TiiiHsln. Sliicn his excommunication hu ha always been cheered whenever ho appeared In public. Flvo thousand acres havo been plunted with sweet peas ut San Jose, Cal., to fur nlsh tncenso to tho president when ho shall mnko his trip to the state. Among tho acting assistant surgeoni In tho volunteer army servlco Is ono named Najlh Takyud-Deen, who has Just been or dered from Washington to tho barracks at Columbus, O. In their leisurely Ynnkco way tho peoplo of New Hampshire havo decided to erect In Concord a stntuo to Franklin Plerco, their fellow citizen who became president. Mr. Plerco died October 8, 1869. (-rini?rismnri Charles If. Lnndls ot Indl- nna describes his early career In these words: "I pitched hay as a lad, wornou in a gravel pit In my youth aud attended col lege only when I hud ronched manhood." Aaron D. Weld of Boston Is practically the solo owner bf Ludlow, Muss., a town of .t.nnn inhabitants. Mr. Weld Is president of a company which employs nearly all tho men in tho place and pays ntno-tcnths of all the taxes. Ono of tho strongest contrasts betweon liabilities and assets Is that presenlou by Kcnyon II. Conger, tho Wall street opera nr u-im hau lust filed n hankruntcy peti tion. His liabilities reach $500,000, whllo his fuBetK aro a paltry $l,50U. A San Juan paper In noting tho arrival of K iinrliin. thn new attorney cencral of Porto IUco, says ho "Ib a lino specimen of physical manhood," ami niso inrorms us readers that ho comes "from a country wliero tlio snow lies lour icei ueep. Tho four brothers Colt hold a unique re nnlnn nt IHlrn. Mo., last week. Tho ynune est of tho four Is 67 and tho oldest 70. Their wives wero thoro too. One of the brothers has been married fifty years, an other forty-soven and the two others forty. Tho committee which Is planning a mo mnriul tr. thn Inln Oiwnlil Ottendorfcr nro- poses to ralso u fund of $20,000 or $25,000 if posslblo to establish a graduato fellow ship at New York university for the study of the German languago nnu iiioraiurc. About $11,000 has already uccu raised l.A.MM.OItt) AM) TH.VAVr. .In due MnlmiiKli'i UrnmrUn Com mended In tlir I'.KMt. New York Times. A new Interpretation of the legal reU Hons ot landlord nnd tenant comes from the breezy wet, In a definition by Judge Sla baiigh of OtuAhn of tho proper procedure for a tenant of a building out of repair. Tho facts, ns wo have them, nro In effect that tho plaintiff In tho suit referred to rented u building to bo used as a hotel, under a stipulation that the owner, who appears as tho defendant, should keep It lu repair. This engagement was not fulfilled to tho tenant's satisfaction. Tho furnace ftues wero out of repair, tho gas pipes leaked nnd tho wnll paper waB hung crooked. In consequonce of thoso defects thoso who might havo patronized the hotel wcro made uncomfortable and wont elsewhere, causing tho plaintiff much mortification and entail ing a tangible pecuniary loss; la conse quence of which the tenant brought suit against tho landlord, claiming substantial damages. Judge Slabaugh held (hat this procedure was not tho one he should have taken nnd that ho was entitled only to nominal damages, if any, slnco tho Injury suffered was duo to contributory negligence. His views tiro very clearly stated In tho following extract from his charge to tho Jury: "If a man suffers an Injury that ho could have avoided by tlio exercise of prudence he cannot recover damages for that injury. If you rent a house and find that the furnace Is out of ropalr it Is yuur duty to got It fixed and If It's bo bad that it can't bo repaired throw It out and put In a new one, charging up tho cost to the owner who has contracted to keep the houso In proper shape. Don t let your family freezo and then go after your landlord for damages." This sounds like good senso and we shall bo surprised if on appeal It is not found to bo good law as well. Eastern Judges nre not qulto so explanatory as Judgo Slabaugh Inclines to ho and do not usually give ndvlco quite so freely, but perhaps It woutd bo better If they did. Much of tho educa tional valuo of litigation Is lost becauso tho wlso gentlemen on tho bench deem It Inconsistent with their dignity and duty to tell a litigant what ho should have done when ho eonies Into court on an Issue he cannot sustain. Tho precedents In landlord and tenant cuses would fill many volumes, but wo do not remember to have seen a Judicial uttcrnnco which put tho matter quite so clearly and comprohenslbly as this. A.tlKHICA.V I.OSSKS l. CHINA. Irrrrtnrnlitr Injury Infllrlrd by T.nst Yenr'n Ulntnrliancra. Now York Tribune. How great tho commercial losses sus tained through Intcrcfercnco with and sus pension of legitimate trado In China havo been may bo estimated from the data given In a recent report of tho United States consul at Tlcn Tsln, dealing with tho com merce of tho three great northern parts of China namely, Tlcn Tsln, New Chwang and Cho Foo. From this report It appears that tho Im ports of American cotton goods. Including drills, Jeans and sheetings, nt thoso three ports for tho three months of July, August nnd September, 1900, wero only 105,719 pieces, u decrease of 1,127,863 from the cor responding period In 1S99; tho Imports ot Hour, stated lu halkwan tacls, wero 19,225, n decrease of 139,030, and of kerosene oil r.0,000 gallons, a loss of 2,003,100 gallons. These aro signlllcant figures, Indicating losses of startling magnitude. Tho losses for tho year 1900 In tho cotton goods trade alone aro estimated by tho consul at more than $3,000,000, and in many other lines ot goods they wero correspondingly great. Other nations, ot course, suffered also, though not more tban ono or two ot them could havo suffered as heavily as tho United States, because the United States has, or hud, "a far greater commerce with China than any other nation, snvo only Great llrltaln nnd Japan, and In some lines of goods It far outranked even them. Thus lu 1S99 the threo ports named received 830, (SO pieces of American sheetings and only 12,466 pieces of Urltlsh. Imports ot American kcrosone also greatly surpassed those of Russian oil. Thcso statements of American trado losses sorvu only to Indicate tho irrepara ble Injury Inflicted by last year's dis turbances; they niso remind us of tho mag nitude of American trade Interests In China, nnd especially in that part of China which was disturbed by the IJoxer riots. Per haps most Important of all Is their sugges tion of tho permanent loss this country would suffer If tho "open door" wore closed against It, as Is now threatened. If, as 16 proposed, tho northern halt of the Cblneso empire should bo placed under Russian control and administration, a trado which now amounts to many million dollars a year, and which Is rapidly Increasing, would practically bo annihilated. That Is tho issue with which this country Is concerned lu China. Tin: imiilii'PI.m: cnux. locution of I.nlmr Up lo Civil Ilulera for Settlement. San Francisco Call. It Is to bo hoped that the lcccsslty for military operations, occupancy and govern ment of tho Philippines may soon ccaao. Until they do this country cannot reach a proper comprehension of tho task It has on hand In those Islands. Tlio crux of that situation Is Its Industrial aspect. Through out tho Malay peninsula, tho StraltB Set tlements and to an extent In Tiurmuh, tho native labor Is not productivo of a surplus. In thoso tropical countries there aro val uable) resources, but labor Is required for their development. Tho natives will not work beyond self-support, and Europeans and Americans cannot work In that cli mate. Tho whole Malay peninsula and tho Straits Settlements depend entirely on Chi neso labor, and greatly on Chlneso com mercial enterprise, for their development ami profit. Tho Iron and tla mines, the gambler, pepper, sago, rice, tobacco, tea, coffee and cocoa plantations aro worked en tirely by Chlneho, and would go hack to naturo and be disused In one season with out them. Tbo damar, rattan and other substitutes for timber and tho timber for ests themselves aro worked by Chinese. Tho Chlneso merchants and capitalists, driven out of their own country by Its con servatism, nro tho exploiters of neighbor ing countries in tho Orient anil the export ers thereto of their coollo countrymen ns laborers. Mr. Dllthecoto, an American gentleman, reports that Chlneso capitalists stand ready to Introduce any required number of coolies Into tho Philippines If permitted by the United States. Chung YIck Ting, n rich tin mlno owner In tho Straits Settlements, (.ays that ho has ulready discussed tho development of the Philippines by coolie labor. Ho says that tho Islands can ho mado tho garden of gar dens, but not by whlto labor, which cannot live there. Ho advises that our government confiscate all property of Insurgents who do not lay down their arms by a given dato and exllo Its owners to Guam, creating there a penal colony, and then open tbo Islands to Chlneso labor. Hr would build a railroad tho whole length of Luzon, following tho Hlo Grando do Caga yan, with branches, to bo constructed by coollo labor, and ho declares such a road would pny from tho running of tho first train. This construction would employ thousands of coolies and would give them somo funds with which to permanently locate In tbo country and perform its labor. Other thousands ho would Import at a cost ot $10 per head, with ns much tnoro to buy rlco until they got started. Ho says ho can tako millions of coolies there who havo enough money to buy on acre or two of land, finally to become employer of Our Working Girts. Tilfc to the moRt favored Is not always full of Buushhie, but to the avrrago American girl or woman who is obliged to vfork for her living, nnd, perhaps to help others at home, life Is often a heavy drag In cousequoncc of Illness. Women who work, especially thoso who arc constantly on their feet, aro peculiarly liable to the development of organic troubles, aud should par ticularly heed the llrst manifestations, such as backache, pains in tha lower limbs and lower part of the stomach, irregular and painful monthly periods, Mm Ki.Lt Tlacyyiii, B. Rocnrsnta, Onto. falntness, weakness, loss of appettts and sleep. The. young lady whose, portrait wo publish herewith had all these symp toms, and in addition leueorrhoea, and was cured by Lydla E. rinkhnm'a Vegetable Compound. First, she wrote a letter to Mrs. IMnlthatn's lab oratory at Lynn, Mass., describing" her trouble, received in reply accurate In ntructions what to do to fjet well, and now wishes her name used to convince) others that they may be cured as she wns, Tho same helping- hand, freo of charge or obligation, is extended, to every ailing woman in America. If you t'c sick you nre foolish not to get this valuable advice, it costs you noth ing, and she is sure to help you. Don't wait until it is toolato write to-day. new importations. It is his opinion that tbo islands will support 25,000,000 Chinese, whoso product will constitute an enormous export of sugar, tobacco, rice and hemp. Now tho sooner this country gets face to face with this situation tho better. That Mr. Ting is right about native labor and whlto labor there Is no question, und that ho Is right about what may bo donn (hero with coollo labor may not bo questioned. But, ho says: "You cannot bring labor from your own country to tho tropics, for your laborers cuunot stand that climate nor live, ns cheaply bh Is neceBsnry there. If tho United States Is to bo a colonizing power It must change its Immigration laws as to tho colonics, regardless of what these laws may bo In tho homo country." This Is moro than probably true. It Is tho next step that must bo considered. In tho nolso and confusion of military opera tions and tho Impingement of tho question upon politics theso practical matters which go to tho valuo of tho wholo adventuro havo not been thought of. Senators llcv erldgo and Carter and others havo Inflamed tho American mind nbout the vast riches of the archipelago. 13ut they havo not quali fied their Jeweled prospectus by tho reflec tion that no matter how Inexhaustible tbo wealth human labor Is required to trans mute It for human titc. In tho part of the problem the keen and practical views of Mr. Ting nro worth nil the rhetoric In tho world. Tho practical question Is, How much labor Is to bo re quired to make tho Islands worth keeping, and whence Is It to como? Tho future pearo nnd happiness of our own peoplo will bo grenlly promoted by reaching nnd settling theso Issues as soon as possible. l'OI,ISIIi:i) TO A I'OI.VT. Detroit Journnl: "Do you bellovo thnt pity unto love Ih kin, ns they suy?" "Well, un otil-fnshloneil country cousin. perhaps. Washington Star: "Do man dill's con scientious an' wants to be sure,' said Undo Eben. "is so kin o" hesltatlir ilat hu don' slan' no show ut all of convluclu' folks, alongside o u good liar. IndlniiHDolls Press: "I imi so busy to day," said Cordelia's mamma, "that I can't turn round." "Miililtnn," Cordelia suggested, "go to tho corner und then you can turn round." Detroit Free Tress; "Who Is that girl with a face full of freckles over yonder? "She's a recent Importation from Switzer land." "Ah, I see. Dotted Swiss." Boston Transcript: Mistress What I wnnt Is an actlvo girl. Appllcunt Then I think I'll Just suit you I've moved about a good ileal of late been fn no less than twelve different pluccs In six months. ninv-nlnnil Pliiln Deuler: "President Dlnz didn't know ho wns sick until ho happened to see It In tlio papers. "That showH how necessary It Is for evorybody to rend tho newspapers regu larly nnd carefully." Philadelphia Press: Tess He's nwful handsome, don't you think? Jess Ilaudomc Is thnt hundHoino does. Ho had tho Impertinence laHt night to tell me he was going to kiss me the llrst chance he got, anil Tess Weren't you Indignant, though? Jess I should say so. Ho didn't keep his promise. A CHAXCn KOH (JUNIUS. Somervlllo Journal. Somo day when Mr. Edison fins nothing else, to do, And wnnts to havo a lilt e fun, With human good lu vlow. Perhaps ho will Invent a scheme For kcepfug babies still, 8o that they'll nover fuss and bawl; Unless, of course, they'ro III, t There's money In II, If ho. can i Huggest some slmpjo way ' To makii nil babies sleep, ut nlijht And laugh and crow all day. Fund parents alt would pny his price To bo relieved from pare, And even crabbed bachelors Would gladly puy a share. Wo (ill know Mr. Tesla Is Too much engaged Just now With telling what bo's going to do. To rorrugiilo his brow And think of some effective scheme To keep the babies still. IV.it mnybo Edison could do Tho trick. We hope he will! GOLDEN ROD Producer of Fuel Oil I" California. Owner nt -000 Aorcn r Oil I.nnit. Th secretary wired from thn field re garding Well No. 2. now nearly com pletcd. IJakersUeld, Call., Fob. 'JO, 1001. "Well tlowod twice recently; onco somo eighty feet over derrick. Jnmes CI. Cortelyou." nUIt I'HONl'CCTUH with names of officers and directors, maps and full particulars, will bo sent you for the asking. JOHN G. OORTKl.YOU, Pics. 1011 Uavcupurt St. - Oiunlia, Neb, i