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0 The omaha Daily Bee. 12. IlOSIIWATHtt, KUITOIt. l'l'tlLISIIKD liVlCItV MOllNINO. Tr2fl.MH OF St'USCItll'TION, Dolly Hco (without Sunday), One Vear..J6.n) Dully live nnd Sunday, one Your .)) iiniKiraifd lite, uno lear Hominy Hoe, One Year Saturday tiff, line Venr in l.f Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year... I.iim OFKICKSi Omaha: The Iko Hiilldlnr.' South Omaha: City Hall UulldlnK, Twcii- U -111111 una M Mtreot. Council UlulT: V) l'earl Street. Chicago, IM L'nlty MillnltiK. New York: Temple Court. Washington: bn Fojrteenth Street. CO III 5 US I 'ON I) U N C 12. Communication relating to now nnd edi torial matter chould be lulcmnKcd; Omuna lice, Kditorlnl Department. Hl'SINLSS LKTTKIIS. DuMnoss letters and remittance should ho iidurcuseu. The lieu 1'ubllshing (.mn Iuny, Omaha. HUMITTANCK8. Ilcmlt by dr.itt, express or postal order, payable to The He.j I'liollshlng Company, only 2-ccnt .Mump uccepteo In payment of mail account, Personal check., except on Omaha or Kantern exchange, not accepted. TIIK UKK IM'UUlSHI.NO CO.MJ'A.NY. HTATBMUNT OF CIHCt'LATlON. State of Nctitnftka, Doula County, ..: Urorn'! II. Tzxchuck, fecrotnry of The lice J'ubllitnlnK company, Im-Ihk duly worn. ay that the actual number of full and complete cople of Tho Dully, Morning. Lvenlnn and Sunday Hub printed during tnc inonm oi .Miircii, iwj, wan as follows l. .'Jil.lilil 17... 19... 19... 20... 21... ft si.'!! 21... :io.:t.-.i I 3..!. 4..,. c... 6.... ... ...SMI, HUH 1!7,MHI '.ill, Mill UlJ.fiSd ll,IM0 a, (MO liT.IHIO I'T.rVHI .... .:i:ur, irr.uao u7,mo ar, i!)o U7,ll.,0 'in, ir.o ...an.r.'jo ...ao.nnii .. I'll, 1110 ...u,:iii ...:t,iHO . . .-ii, i:io . . .a,r:to ...u,:t:i ...:ta,4io ...no.rsto ...jii, i to . :iu,ico i.. 9.. 30. . II.. 12.. 33 . 3.. IS.. 2S... 29... 30... 31... Total .hll7,07r. Less unsold and returned copies.... ia,h07 Net total sale sx,07N Net dally u venire i:h,,i:ii , lt GEO. II, TZSCMFCK. Subscribed In my prenence and sworn to before me this 1st duy of April, A. D. 1M1. M. II. Hl'NOATi:. Notary Public. The March lion has been working over time. The great UcHtlou of "Wot or dry" lias liceti settled In Nebraska towns for another year. Supremo Court Clerk Ilerdman will think twice before he runs up against the buzzsaw another time. Tho xcramblo for the supreme court connnl.Mnlonershlps, minus the salary, would not worry the appolntlug power. After you have counted the dots you will bo able to make tin estimate of the number of stars you saw In a square foot of the heavens. St. Louis has only six candidates run ning for mayor. Fortunately the contest Is decided at the polls or there would be tsuro to be a deadlock. If the Hoard of Kducatlon Is so In quisitive as to the possible miscarriage of police court lines, why should It not undertake Its own Investigation? Kvorybody who has been accused of looting In China has now entered a de nial of the charge. Possibly the China man's goods were consumed by spon taneous combustion. Iowa bus practically f 1 .."OO.OOO In the treasury and no debt. Like the gen eral government, Iowa bade farewell to dcllclt when It abandoned Its brief ca reer of democratic rule. For tho llrst time In the history of Havana not a single ease of yellow fever was reported in the city on April 1. America u rule has certainly been of some service to tho Cuban capital. In view of later events thnt have transpired, Mr. Ilerdman doubtless wishes hi; had agreed to accept one of tho various measures making the nil IHetnt; court clerk sure of a salary of l'J.500. Xo.w that the osteopath bill has bo como a law, a man can have his leg either pulled or rubbed In Nebraskn without apprehension of Incurrlug any penalty beyond tho effect on his own In dividual corpus. It Is a toss-up between republicans and democrats in municipal elections Just held In different central and west ern states, and It will take n political soothsayer to read Into the returns any thing of great slgnlllcauee. President Hurl of the Union Pacific Is to testify before tho Industrial com mission. If he Is as eommunlcatlvo as when reporters nil I to Interview him the commission will not till many pages with tho Information It gains from him. A Itrltish court has unseated a mem ber of Parliament on tho ground that ho circulated false reports regarding his opponent during the campaign. If such n rule prevailed In this country there would not be enough members of legis lative bodies loft Mo make a quorum. The next piece of work for tiovernor Dietrich's veto pen Is to put a quietus on the vicious plan to compromise the obligation of the Hartley bondsmen to the ntnto and throw a burden of three-quarters of a million dollars on tho taxpay ers which tho sureties agreed to make good. Tho new compulsory attendance school law Is expected to bring In the neigh borhood of J500 moro pupils Into tho pub lic schools, which means work for at least a dozen more teachers. The school board will have no trouble In disposing of all tho funds at Its command with 6ut taking up any new fads or fancies. Tho harmony which prevails In tho democratic camp Is marvelous, in Chi cugo ex-Ooveruor Altgeld, Hryan's right hnnd twin In Illinois, fought Carter Har rison In his campaign for mayor. In St. Louis tho Hryau Influence, under the Inspiration of Hryan himself, bolted Uio democratic nominee. How sweet It js for brethren to dwell together In harmony, f Tltr. t,A TE LEGISLATIVE session. History can be written only after the event has trnusiired. and u review of ?.. work of the legislature can only now he had after the Until adjournment of tin cession Jitxt closed. While the long drnwn contest over the sonnturshlp. precipitating a deadlock broken at the last moment, held the at tent ion of members more or less away from their duties as lawmakers, the grist of bills ground through tho legislative hopper, attracts public Interest both from what It contains and what It omits. It will be conceded on nil sides that few measures approaching real Impor tance have found their way upon the statute books as a result of tho latt session. Aside from various enactments revls lug the criminal code relating to kidnap lug. blackmail, extortion, the abolition of legal executions except at the peul tcntlary, the establishment of n library commission, the enactment of a supreme court commission bill, tho revision of tho game laws, the act legalizing the practice of osteopathy, and the different boundary commissions, there Is little that affects tho people of tho entire state. The laws governing cities of various classes have been reconstructed to con form with the changes disclosed by tho 1000 census; appropriations have been made for tho maintenance of tho state government during tin; next two years, Including the rebuilding of tho burned penitentiary, and several bills have been passed for tho relief of prlvntc Interests, chief among them tho Hartley bond com promise, but nothing else of n revolu tionary character. Tho failure of tho legislature, lu spite of Its republican majority, to carry out tho pledges made for It In the platform of tho party Is most disappointing. Tho platform adopted by Nebraska repub licans at their last state convention em bodied tho following promises: 1. A reapportionment ot the legislative and congressional districts based on the new census. 2. Tho widest latitude ot municipal homo rule consistent with our system ot good government. 3. A revision of the constitution ot the stato to meet the demands of tbc twentieth century. Tho only point where these pledges have been even partially fulfilled lies In the submission of a constitutional amendment for ratification by the peo ple changing tho method of amending the constitution, so that hereafter only those votes shall be counted as are cast for or against the proposition. Should this amendment carry, as In nil proba bility It will, tho way will be clear for constitution revision, which up to this time has been effectually blocked. As to tho operations of the lobby and tho Interference of corporations, together with tho Intrusion of corruptlonlsts, both Inside and outsldo of tho body, the late legislature will stand not far above nor below Its predecessors. Several Jobs, notoriously ,backed by boodlo and pro moted by questionable methods, man aged to run tho gauntlet successfully, while to tho credit of the legislature It may be said that other schemes which might have proved equally fruitful to lobby and venal members failed of tho requisite support. The uncompromising position taken by Governor Dietrich and the knowledge that ho stood ready to ex ercise ids veto power without fear or favor doubtless had much to do In re pressing boodlers and holdups. AUGMENTS VOIl PANAMA IIOUTE. Mr. Aldacc F. Walker, lu an article re viewing the preliminary report of the Isthmian canal commission, finds that the general result of all tho arguments thus far stated seems somewhat de cidedly to favor the selection of tho Panama route. Ho urges, however, that there are other considerations which make Its adoption at tho present time Impracticable and which bring the commission unanimously to a recom mendation lu favor of tho longer and moro expensive canal "a result," says Mr. Walker, "which seems particularly unfortunate In view of tho higher main tenance charges with which our suc cessors will Inovltnbly bo burdctied If tho Nicaragua canal Is built." One of the considerations referred to by Mr. Walker Is tho unfavorable char acter of tho concession to which the Panama route Is subject, as well as Its short duration. It will expire In 11)150, after which time all constructed works are to becomo the property of the Colom bian government. Hut this may not be unalterable. A Washington dli-patch a few days ago stated that Colombia has formally presented to the United States her proposition for the transfer to tills government of tho Panama canal con cession. It was said that Colombia will not grant sovereignty over the strip of territory, but is willing to make a lease on highly advautngeous terms to the United States. (If course this gov ernment would require sovereignty over the territory through which the canal passed and if Colombia Is determined not to grant this it will be useless to negotiate, but it Is quite possible thnt she can be brought to see the expedi ency of giving tho United Suites sov ereignty over this territory. Colombia Is extremely anxious to have the Pan ama canal constructed and will un doubtedly make almost any concession to secure that. Mr. Walker says that lu the second place there Is an apparent Impossibility of dealing with the present canal com pany on auy reasonable terms. It Is stnted that tlie Colombian government is willing to negotiate directly with tho United States, which must be taken to menu that It is prepared to assume full responsibility for transferring tho canal, so that our government would not be called upon to deal witli the canal com pany. If Colombia has proposed to do this, as Intimated, It seems safe to as sume that that government has an un derstanding with the company that will enable It to negotiate directly with tho United States and that so far as the canal company Is concerned our gov ernment need have nothing whatever to do with It. If Colombia Is lu a posi tion to negotiate directly with this gov ernment it must bo by reasou of an ar THE OMAHA DAILY BEK; WEDS TCSDAV. APRUi a, 1001. rangement which practically eliminates the canal company from the situation. Granting, then, that "the general re suit of all the arguments thus far stated seems somewhat decidedly to favor the selection of the Panama route," 1 It wise to refuse to eoiHdor that route lu view of tho possibility and even probability that the dlllleultles pointed out by Mr. Walker can be overcome and the United States secure as complete control of the Panama canal as of the proposed Nicaragua route? We know how general and strong the sentiment Is lu favor of the latter and It may not be possible to overcome It, but If t'oloiu bla should propose satisfactory terms to the United States there may follow a very decided change of feeling toward the Panama route. HUSStA' S DEMAND ON CHINA. Our government Is Informed thnt Kus sla has notllled China that unless the Matichurlan convention Is signed with out further delay, diplomatic relations between the two governments will be broken off. This Is said to be regarded at ashlngton as little short of au ultimatum that I'll lint must sign or take the consequences of a termination of Its friendly relations with ltussla. Tho Chinese government, doubtless liillu enced by the protests of some of tho powers, has manifested a decided uu willingness to sign tho convention and whether or not tho Kusslnu throit to sever diplomatic relations wilt cause a change of attitude on the part of tho Chinese government Is now the Inter estlug question. It would be a very serious matter for China to lose tho long-standing friendship of Russia, and In view of tho fact that she has nothing to ex pect from the other powers In return for such loss It is to bo expected that China will yield, lu the event of her refusal to sign and nuy grave trouble should result therefrom, as very likely there would, it is not probable that any of the powers which have pro tested against the Mauchurlau conven tion would give her anything more than their moral support. This would bo of no value to her against Kusslan aggression and It Is not to bo doubted that ltussla would take vigorous meas ures, for which she Is already pre pared, to mote lirinly tlx her grasp upon Manchuria. The situation promises trouble In nuy event, for should Chlua sign tho con vention there Is the danger that Japan will feel called upon to take Immediate steps to prevent tho complete Russian Izlng of Manchuria. It is a stato of affairs pregnant with very grave possi bilities. AOVINALDO SWEAltS ALLEGIANCE. There need bo no further discussion of the question ns to what shall bo done with Agulnnldo. He lms himself disposed of It by renouncing nil alle giance to any and all so-called revolu tionary governments In tho Philippine Islands and recognizing and accepting the supremo authority of the United States of America therein. Hy this ac tion the former chief of the Tagal In surrection has purged himself of the charges that might have been brought against him and he now stands in the same position as other participants in the Insurrection who accepted amnesty and swore nlleglnnco to tho United States. Agulnnldo has shown good Judgment In taking this course and there can bo no doubt that his action will exert n far greater Influence upon his people than would have any appeal or procla mation from him counseling a cessa tion of opposition to American author ity. It Is the most conclusive declara tion that Agulnnldo could make of the failure of tho cause which ho repro- bente'd nnd of tho hopelessness and folly of continuing to battle for that cause. It is also an expression of cou lldencc in the good Intentions of the United States toward tho people of tho Philippines which cannot fall to have great weight with them. As a prisoner Agulnnldo has been well treated. No harshness has accom panied his Incarceration and ho has been given every opportunity to confer with his former adherents and to In form himself as to the situation. Doubtless this was more than ho ex pected and It will make a favorablo Im pression on all his countrymen who are not Irreconcilable. Agulnnldo on his part has conducted himself with pro priety and good sense, lie hns shown au Intelligent realization of his position and given no trouble. It Is possible that the government will now consider what use may be made of Agulnnldo lu tho work of paci fication, If ho be willing to undertake any. President Schurinan ot Cornell university, who was a member of the first Philippine commission, has sug gested that Agulnnldo be appointed gov ernor of one of the Tagalog provinces. Perhaps it would bo Judicious to do this, or at auy rate to place him lu some position of trust and responsi bility where his lutlueuco in behalf of paclllcatlou Could be exerted to the best advantage. It Is not to bo doubted that In whatever position ho might ac cept ho would prove faithful to tho government atnl would render the best service of which ho Is capable. The matter certainly merits serious consid eration. Tho government of Cape Colony an nounces that It will soon require a largo amuunt of steel rails and other equip ment for the railroads of that country, and unless English manufacturers wake up the order will bo given to thu United States. If John Hull Insists upon sleeping tho (,'ape authorities wilt find a wideawake lot of manufacturers over on this side of the Atlantic who are looking for business. Count Tolstoi has beeu banished from ltussla on account of his utterances and published works. Some of his utter ances are certainly not lu line with Itiisslan Ideas of government, but It Is llfllcult for people who have been raised In American ntmosphero to com prehend what the ruling powers hope to gain by tho banishment of oue whose life work has been for the betterment of the Huxslan people and who never advocated harm to any one. Kmblt- teted by banishment and freed from a restraint lu it foreign land, as powerful a personality as his Is likely to slink the foundation of the Ilusslan throne, The fusloiilsts are shedding crocodll tears over the failure of it republican member of the legislature to secure nn appointment which ho says had been promised htm. They overlook the little Joker In the state constitution which ex pressly prohibits the governor from ap pointing members of the legislature to such otllces. We know that fusion gov ernors have violated this provision o tho constitution or closed their eyes to It, but It Is there just the same. The amended articles of the big steel combine have been filed In New Jersey and provide for u capital stock of ?l,lCH),O(o,0O0. The tiling fee ehargei by tho state amounted to $L"JO,oot). few more such fees attracted by tho liberal corporation laws of that state will enable tho treasury to declare dividend to the taxpayers, Instead of making a levy for the support of tho government, as In other states. The selection of Colonel William Hay- ward to be adjutant general for the No braska National Guard Is more than a persounl compliment, because It must be regarded as a recognition of tho young volunteers who responded to the nation's call during the war with Spain. Colonel llnyward Is doubtless the youngest man to occupy such a position, but If till ro ports arc true ho may bo relied on to till every requirement. Another C'linncc tor Fume. Washington Post. There Is now an opportunity for Mr Drynn to emulate the example of tho lato Horace Orecley and go ball for Agulnnldo Well lcltl "slnve." Baltimore American. Considering the fact that some men Kct $3,600 a seuson for being baso ball slaves two hours per day, there Is no wonder that there should bo so many requests for shackles. Wf Arc Ho Slow. Chicago Tribune. Before starting on his return trln to Enc land Editor Harmsworth gave this country nis parting Pleasing and said ho considered Americans too slow. Ho may bo surprised on arriving homo to learn that English railways nave adopted the American bae gage check system. Fronperlty Working Overtime. Hrooklyn Eagle. Tho bureau of printing and eneravlnir la running overtime in order to supply tho na tion with postago Stamps. This extrnnr. dlnary increaso results from the necessity nmcn rests upon each citizen for telling .Mr. .Mciuniey now to run the country, nml other countries, for tho next four years. Crime f Vote Snpprcaiilon. Buffalo Express. Thcro Is talk that tho COntlntlPrl flttif run. chlsement of the negroes In tho south will load to an attempt In tho next con m secure legislation which shall cut down tho representation of thoso states which an guilty of this crime. It U a pity that tho dominant party did not appreciate the ne cessity for this during tho last session. Slicn of Sprlnur Fever. Saturday Evening Post. Spring fever has arrived. It niwav comes ahead of the calendar. Generally it is announced by advertisements teliine nt remedies that will euro tho tired feeling. Occasionally a bluebird comes along to sound a note, and, finally, under the leaves somo ono nnds a snowdrop or a violet and everybody begins to grow weary. Thn di. faso Is largoly mental nnd the sovereign cure for it is work. Veto Power In .ctlon. Indianapolis Journal. Governor Odcll of New York is mi,in. frco use of tho veto power, having killed flvo bills In one day. In vetoing a bill to ncrcase the salary of a st New York City court ho said: "It Is notice- ble that the Invariable rule fnr thn nmtnll. zatlon of salaries In tho Greater New York Is to jnlso the lower salary to tho lovol of tho higher, and never to rediion iimm This tendency Is ono that does not corn- menu itBeir to tho executive." Tho samo tendency has been noticed elsewhere. Threatened Hlrlkc Averted. Chicago Chronicle. Profound relief will bo felt over flrhltrn. tlon of the threatened strike of thn nnthrn. jito coal miners. Tho men are fortunate in me conservative guidance of President Mitchell, who lets llauor and nnlltles ii Inn n nnd considers the families of tho working men before hn personal prominence in con troversy. His. skill In making clear tbo Just claims of labor In tbo mines Is matched by ... Hcu-uoniroi ana good personal example In life. Joint conferenco of reasonahln ron. rcsentatlons of all tho Interests Invnlveri u certain to bring about a fair agreement which will bo to their common benefit. louen Jjttern n Hour. New York Sun. The Hon. James K. Jones tnllte,! in n, Arkansas legislature for ninety mlnni other day. Ho nearly split himself with fury. He said that "tho niHfl HI HPf nf til n n who say that tho American Koundlap Halo kuuiiwny is u trust la a liar." ami h elnrcd that ho had 'never received oue cent a a uiviiienrt from his stock" In that rom. pany. Of course. A trust In which n "ryan democrat holds stock lK lint u true. hut an organization for tho benefit of the producing classes; and Just ns soon ns tbo Round Bale trust dares to declaro a divi dend, Mr. Jones will sell his stock. He Is In business to do good to others, not to him self. l'AV I11HT THAT III It.NS. Contortion llie Karlli Into Com to Hen I the llnroii, Chicago Chronicle. A genius out in Omaha claims in liflv Invented a process by which ho can causo earth the common soil of agriculture to burn llko nnthracltu coal. Ho mixes crude petroleum and two other Ingredients, whliJi he doesn't mention Just yet, with common earth, "gumbo and sand alone excluded," and produces a fuel nt a cost of $2.50 per ton which beats coal oilt of sight. Anyone who wishes may believe that. Tho Chronicle mentions It merely to point out what may happen if tho Inventor's claims nre well grounded. Snnd cannot bn made to burn; that he admits, Neither will clay. In short, nothing about soil will burn except vegctablo mold, which Is sup posed to bo tho material of mineral coal. But this Ingredient of soil Is worth moro for agricultural purposes than for fuel, it Is an Ingredient which must bo continually restored In ono way or another. To burn It would be an act nf folly matched only by that of the party In tho fable who killed the goose that laid thn golden egg. If the Omaha genius wants to make fuel of something common let him follow In the foatstops of those who have bepn ex perimenting so long with water. But even that would bo nn expensive fuel In many other parts of the country, tin: simr.niMi tcnwi, tltlcc r Onniliii .ttnlur tint iiiciiili'il to Honor llctiterv I'hldigi) Tribune An Omaha Judge hns been tclllim truant nhoe landlords do not observe contract what they should do In defence of thel lights. A cltlren of Omaha tented a hulld lug to be used us n hotel. The owner agree to keep It In good condition. He failed t do so and as n consequence tho hotel busl nrss was unprofitable. Tho tenant sued the landlord for damages. The learned Judge saddened the plaintiff by telling him he had done what ho ought not to have done, nnd had left undone th the things he ought to have done. He ha sued for damages and was entitled only t nominal damages, If any, because his con tributary negligence was the cause of hi losses In the hotel business. He hould have had necessary repairs and then hu the landlord foot the bill. Said the Judge "If n man suffers nu Injury that he could have avoided by the exercise of prudence ho cannot recover damages for that Injury you rent a house and find that the furnace Is out of repair, It Is your duty to get It fixed, and if It s so bad that It can't bo rc paired, throw It out and put In n new ono charging the cost up to the owner who has contracted to keep the house In nrope shape. Don't let your family freeze and then go nfter tho landlord for damages.' This last sentence must interest some Clilrngo tenants. There have been Instance where dwellers In flats have complained that tho landlord did not live up to his ngrcement to keep tho premises warm They have retaliated for being frozen sometimes by refusing to pay their ren and somotlmes by bringing suit to recover damages for the Injured health ot members of their families. This Is not what they should have done according to the Omaha Judge. If the heat Ing apparatus was defective they should have thrown It out and hnd something bet ter put In, leaving tho landlord to pay tho bill. If tho fault was with tho man who ran tho apparatus, rather than with tho apparatus Itself, they should have thrown him out and put In a better man who would have kept them warm. When cold weather comes again tenants whoso families nre freezing should remem ber the ndvlco of tho Omaha Judge and fol low It If they have the courage to do so. Ft'XSTO.VH ItttWAHl). Chicago Tribune: President McKlnley'a piompt action In promoting Frederick Fun ston to tho rank of brigadier general In the regular army is In every way commendable, The dashing Kansnn has fairly earned his .cw honors. Philadelphia Press: The action of tho president in appointing General Funston n brigadier general in the regular army, coupled with General Wheaton's advance mcnt to a major generalship, will be hailed with delight by tho country. The prompt ness of thu recognition of tho Kansan's brilliant services gives special effect to the cstly deserved honor. It will put n stop to all tho ldlo clatter about tbo bureau crats nnd their supposed hostility to the rewnrd of men like Funston. St. Paul Pioneer Press: The attitude of certain regular army officers toward tho prpposcd promotion of General Funston rc- calls the fact that a similar attltudo on the part of officers of our navy, In revolu tionary times, finally drove John Paul Jones out of tho American service nnd out of tho ountry any command such ns he deserved being denied him. Ho died in France, to which country ho had offered his services. So tho most famous of our naval heroes, prior to 1812, afforded a pitiful example of the ostracism from official appreciation nd reward which our regular army men would, if they could, imposo upon the most brilliant of tho military heroes developed by tho Philippine war. Washington Post: It Is high time to ac nowledge, or rather to hall, Funston as the real hero df tho Phlllppino war. Funston has captured and delivered Agulnaldo. There Is reason to believe that many mili ary persons are Jealous of Funston's suc cess. Tho fact remains that, while Aculn- ldo has been killed several times, Funston s the first and only man who has ever captured him alive and taken a receipt for his delivery to tho authorities at Manila. t's all right. It's a clean case. A pompa- our hair-cut and eight strawberry marks re not to be pooh-hooed. We have Aguln aldo, nnd that's nil there Is about It. Thoso who nre envious ot Funston may gnaw flics nd flee into tbo fountains of Hepsldam and pool their lamentations with the stricken Whangdoodle. We've got him meaning Aggie and FunBton Is tho man who did the ob. Tho others may as well leap Into tho darkness nnd chew the pitiless north wind. Their Jig is up. Tho Kansas man earned the reward which has como to him. I'KIISONAI, .NOTES, Wlcnczstnm Worlekl and Pszcrnlcnla Palrsklcgo wcro the parties to a law suit be fore tho Hartford superior court. Ex-Senator Charles A. Towne, after look ing over New York as a field for the prac tice of law, has returned to uuluth. He refers tbo we3t. Governor Allen of Porto Illco Is, con trary to reports, lu perfect hoalth. The Porto Hlcan climate ngrees with him and his trip to Washington Is nn official one. Tho stato flower of Louisiana is tho mag nolia, of MUsourl the goldenrod and ot Iowa the wild rose, The Arkansas legisla ture has decided upon the apple blossom as tho state flower. Captain J. M. Brooke, who designed tho famous Mcrrimac, Is now professor emeritus f physics nt tho Virginia Military ncad- my, Lexington, Va. lie Joined tho United States navy in 1811. It Is said that tho late ex-President Har rison was tho only president of tho United States who, during his college days, wav elected a member of 11 Greek letter frater nity. Ho was a Phi Delta Thcta. William Gwln, tho colored messenger who has served thirteen secretaries of stato during tho Inst thirty years, carries a gold watch Inscribed; "From William M. Evarts to William Gwln, February, 1803." King Edward has banished frock coats from his court. Having .1 fine, easy, Inside Job with a liberal salary, tho king very properly Insists on royal stylo In all things rb long ns tho other fellow puts up. Count Casslnl, tho Ilusslan ambassador at Washington, says there Is no truth In tho reports that the czar lives In n steol-llucd room. On the contiary, ho says, his monarch often rides abroad, nlono nnd uu guarded. Captain Fred J. Barrow, tho ofliccr ar rested at Maniln for defrauding tho gov ernment, was a former resident of Min neapolis, He wns a captain of tho Fif teenth Minnesota volunteers, n regiment which achieved notoriety for tho quantity of loot captured In and brought home from tho Philippines, No other sovereign In tho world has so many physicians ns the czar. Thoy num ber twenty-seven und are all selected from among the medical celebrities of ltussla. There 1b first a physician In chief; thon come ten honorary surgeons, two oculists, a chiropodist and honorary chiropodist, two court physicians and three specialists for the czarina, Tho bronzo tablet to bo set up by the Navy department at Santiago In memory of the late Frederick Wollaston Harabden, tho British consul general, who rendcrod so much aid to Hohsnii and his fellow prisoners of the Morrlmac exploit and whose death was due to illness hrought on by his unselfish work nt Santiago, h.is Just been finished at tho Washington navy yard and Is now ready for shipment. tiii: .m i Tin: sn:i:i, cam: .1. I'leriiuiit .Moi-unn Clneil A me r leu 11 John Un, t'nlleit States Investor It Is worth noting thnt you often find sonic one Individual lantely responsible for a particular speculum o craze. Many of our render will recall the part which John l.iw I'lnyed In the .Inoaiin speculation of tho Ctrl)- part of the eighteenth century. If the present Insanity Is carried as far as Is pre dieted by t0 ninny, the name of Mr. J. P. Morgan will very likely come to tho front more nor less than to absorb thn whole commercial and ntmncln! huslness of France. Including "the management of tnxes nnd revenues, nlong with the whole banking business and note lnue." Tho purposes ot the t'nlted States Steel corporation aro not, admittedly nt least, quite so varied as this, but Mr. Morgan's scheme holds Its own very well with Mr, I.iw's when we tnko into nc count Its Jl.200,000,000 capitalization; some corporations aro larger nnd richer today than whole nations were two centuries ago. Most persons will perhaps In n general way recall the effect of Law's scheme upon tbe speculation of his day. Tho French nation simply went crazy. Wo don't tor a mo ment suppose that tho American people nre going to make such fools of themselves over Mr. Morgan nnd his steel combine as the French nation did over tho marvelous Scotch financier In the first quarter of the eighteenth century. But unquestionably the new steel combine has been formed for the purposo of stimulating speculation, and the promoters, we take It, will bo vastly dls sapolnted if It docs not foster a more un restrained speculative movement than has ever yet been witnessed In this country Tho United Stutes Steel corporation Is on its taco an attempt to rush tho people o wns country off their feet. It Is ns Ininos slblo a scheme bb Law's faufous "Mlsslssln IPPI system" and must fall of Its own weight In .1 comparatively fow years. But before uisiniegration hns advanced fnr enough to attract public notice the stock market may bo turned Into n perfect bedlam. If this should turn out to bo tho cane. It would nil bo due to the personality of one man Personality counts for moro thnn nuythlng elso In this world. Most of us no doubt prluo oursolfes on our cnpaclty for ab stract Ideas, but as a matter of fact It Is a concrete reality that Influences us every time; wo follow men, not Ideas. Most of us aro like sheop, nil wo ask Is, that some oue sunn bo audacious enough, or ingratiating enough, to compel us to take his word for law. Now, that Is Just what Mr. Morgan has succeeded In doing In that department or our nctlvltlcs thnt relates to financial affairs. Heretofore ho has not asked of us anything absolutely stupendous, but now ho asks our assent to n proposition which taxes our Intelligence ns heavily as would tho proposition thnt black Is white, or that water will run up hill. 111 our assent In this enso be forthcom ing? Time only will tell. As for ourselves wo shall not bo surprised If tbo most as- onishlng performances nro witnessed In the stock market as n result of the new steel omblne. Thero appears to bo no limit to human folly, nnd wo llvo In times when a man is considered a fool who spends n llfotlmo In "making his pile." Lot us nd- mlt, If you please, that the steel combine Is, from an economic point of view, a very ridiculous affair; nevertheless. If It will only put the stock market at undreamcd-ot figures for a few weeks, that's all ono need ask. This Is the way tho more rational portion of us reason. Somo people proposo 10 go wnu tho tide, intending, of course. o put themselves in a position of safety ,wnen tno turn comes. Then thero Is a great nrmy of thoso irrational creatures who, when tho sklcB nro bright, think it will never again rain. Tho fnto of these poor wretches, in caso the steel comblno results in stock markot speculation, which its promoters obviously expect, is some thing dreadful to contemplate. FRtinitAI, AID TO IltlllGATIO.V. Why the Proposition IVI!! Kncnunter OppoMltlon In the Knst. San Francisco Call. It is proposed to nsk federal appropria tions to build Irrigation works In the arid region, In order that soil now barren for lack of moisture may bo made fertile. Leaving out of the question tho erratic naturo of such appropriations, their waste ful expenditure, and forgetting such ex periences as the venerable proposition to make a harbor in Oakland, a western man may well put himself In the place of the eastern farmer nnd taxpayer. That distant but good fellow citizen of ours has had no help from tho government. Ho has planted and reaped nnd gathered into hnrns, hllo tho government has been Indifferent o his rainfall or the fertility of his fields. Outsldo the public land states that tax payer had to put up n high price for his land, and acquired It by no such qbeap nnd easy method as the pre-emption or homestead law. Ho feels taxation and the burden wears upon him. Ho geta tired nnd rests ono leg whlln he stands on the other. Senator Carter desires to tax him to aid farmers In tbo west who under tho homestead law can get land for nothing provided tho government will water It for them, at the expense of the unaided ensl ern farmer, for whom tho government docs nothing. Is It auy wonder that heads aro shaken nnd discontent la voiced In thoso eastern farmhouses'' Agalu, the eastern farmer is n citizen of the republic and part owner of the pub lic domain. He used to keep sheep on his farm, under fence, and found them profit able farm stock. Thnt part of his busi ness Is broken up. On his property, tho public domain, out west, sheep are grazed without paying him anything for what they eat. To ralso them costs nothing in com parison with tho expense of raising them on his Inclosed farm. Ho cannot com- 111 n sonieuiidi ni...iiM .. H. 1 - looks very K ' Vven cons de ng such circumstances? He would Ihe change ,' ,1m" d c.reu is.ances we Gp '."r T, would say that It was relatively on no ;V;? 'J1" .M?. pn te,nl oF. ,.hn greater sra e in 11,1. il., ..1..-. ",l .' i imuri-n ami nouiu ue- Mr. Mnrrn,, i . .... i. " ' i.L.l . ' . vo, o proceeds to Irrigation works. .nt, B lueu was noinuiK i Don't Wait Until (he last minute before .vnu make ,vour .lins-tor pur elinst'H. The weather ix not very enooiirajjinrj: for UiourhtK of new Top Coats, .Suits or Hats, but ii. can't last forever--a ml when next. Sunday dawns bright, and warm you are apt to be soro if you have neglected to get some new tinery to wear I hat day. Our windows will tell you what is right, in the way of apparel for men and boys and the modest price attached may lie au inducement. Xo Clothing Fit Like Ours. Browning, King & Co., R. S. Wilcox, Malinger. SOLTIIWKIIT ( Oil Kit mill An IlOKll.AS SIHKBTS. Omnhtt'a l-xcluslvc Clothkrs for .Men nnd Doj 1 pete. He has parteit with one valuable means of diversifying his Industry and turn ,lu Ing nn easier penny, and he sees his rival getting rich rapidly on pasture thnt dor.i not cost a mill. So theso two western visions disquiet him. The property of which ho Is part owner Is used without rental, and Its use Is destroying Its sole value, nuil ho is called on to pay tnxei to water Another man's land. Honor bright, Is such n situation Just to our hard-handed fellow citizen and Is It credltnblo to American statesmanship? What would nn Individual business man The arid ranges, under leasehold control, .mi men of the proportion In which such a fund would be earned In nnd allotted to the states and territories may bo obtained from tho amount of public, doiunln remain ing In ench. Of their total area the fol lowing percentage Is public land- Per Cent M California Arizona . Montnnn t'tnh Nevada .. Wyoming Idnho . .. An examination of tho above shows that tho public domain remaining In federal ownership rises with nrldlty nnd falls with moisture. The states and territories most needful of Irrigation, therefore, hnve tbo greatest amount of public domain to rent for provision of tho means of Irrigation California, needing the least, would get It Putting the total revenuo from the leasing of the public ranges at 110,000,000 a year, divided equally among the foregoing arid stales, tho amount would bo to each it.. I2S,571. By giving to each a percentage of tho latter sum equal to tho percentage of public land to Its wholo area the allot ment would be: Ariior'.:::::::::-::::;-;;: Mft Nevada I'i" i'Sst'iI r, ,n :::::::::::;: 11,1,1,0 1.27l.ftM.l! Total M67.Moll This would leave a balanco of ll.Si:. 439.G9 to pay tho cost of administering the leasehold system. When Colorado and New Mexico are In cluded In the calculations the sum Is slightly less to ench stato nnd territory. Wo would bo glad to know of any morn stntosmnnllko and feaslblo method of taking care of the public rango nud deriving n revenuo for Irrigation. IlltBU.V KKMAHKS. Boston Trnnscrlpt: Host-I hope my daughter playing docs not nnnoy you? 7 Oiiest-Oli, dear no, not nt all. it Is to much better thnn her singing, you know. Detroit Journal: "Is he still trvlng to got those people? It Isn't ho Important !' rst,nsKiast '''U mlBhl WeU KOt lhem I'll tulllin- rlirrt..lnlA. ,1- . ti . Is nn artistic temperament? Mr. Flgg-l'm blamed If I know-only when I meet n fellow that's got It I don't lend him money. Washington Stnr: "What your articles ncross two columns 'instead of tho usual way?" "Hecnuse," answered the editor. "I am a. truthful mnn. nml 1 .llrn wi i?.7.! be nt perfect case when I assert that" my paper Is widely read." 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