G THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1901. The umaha Daily Bee. E, HOSKWATKK, UDITOK. PUBLISHED EVHKT MOHNINQ. TKKMS OF HUBSCHIPTION. Dally Bcu iwlthout Sunday), Ono Year..t8.0j Dally Bee unci .Sunday, one Year t.Uj illustrated lieu. One tear - ttiMidii y lite, unc Year W Saturday live, Unc Year l - Twentieth Century Farmer, Ono Year... l.tw OFFiCJiS: v Omaha: The lieu uuhdinc. Houtn umatia; city Hull Building, Tweii t -iiitfi anu M .Streei!. Council tiluifs; i t'enrl Street. Chicago; luw Unity Building. .New lork: Templu Court Washington: U)i ttentli Street. CO H It KS I'ON U US C K. Communications relating to news anil edi torial matter rliouid addressed: umana Die, Kuitorml Department. JJLSUSKh.S LKTTKH8. Business lettetH and remittances should be addressed: The lieu i'UDIlShlllB -om-funy, omaha, 11EM1TTANCK8. Itemlt by dratt, express or postal order, payauiu to 'inu Bco I'ubllshlng -ompaiiy. Only z.cout stumps accuplcc In puymeiil 01 man account, i-orsonui chocKs, except on umuhii or Eastern Oxchiinxes, not accepted. Tlir, ulit, i'UHl.lfjillrNU LUili'Artl. STATK.MKNT OK CIHOt'LATlON. State of Ncbiasku, Douglas County, ss.: UeorKo li. Tzscnuca, sicrolury ot l'he Hee 1'utJiiHiiinK company, beiiiK duly sworn, says that the uclual number ol lull and loniplciu copies or The Dally, MornliiK.i UvtuuiK and aundny Bcu printed during tn iiiuiun 01 iiaren, iwi, wus as ioiiuws. l ati.titu i; ao.ar.o 2 SII.Hiil lb 3 19 4 'JU.MtM) -M . iIl,.HSU '.'1 C 10 '."J 7 li, 1110 23 t U7,:nm :i 9 irr.r.io 23 lo 26 31 27 12 li7,M0 28 13 27,IHM 73 It 'J7,llftll 20 15 2l,ir,0 31 ....UU.ilSO ....liii.r.uo ,,..ai,:iao ...,ai,tuo ...,ui,aio ....aoy-iso ....uo.iwo ,.,.ai, 1:10 ....ut,r:i ....m.:t:o ..:w,hii ,...:to,7ao ....Ull.l-tU ...,:u,oao 16 an.iao Total HII7.575 Less iniHOld and returned copies.... 1U,M7 Net total sales SSI.H7M Net dally average., sis.nUH Ui:o. IJ. TCSCllL'CK. Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to before mo this 1st day of April, A. D. 1901. M. 11. IH'NOATU, Notary Public. Ncliniskii school nilNircsNCH hi blizzard or flood have always proved equal to the OlIRTKOIlcy. And to think that the smelter trust lias all along been thu special care of Bryan and tlm other tintl-trust clinniploua of free silver. After InlialliiK deeply from the rivu lets of the north the Hip; Mutldy's client expansion 1h once more decreasing to the normal. Governor Dietrich Is to be feasted by his military staff us a testimonial to his new promotion. Here Is another chance to raise the cry of militarism. Omaha men are cnaginc; In big things these days. Ait Omaha man has Just become plaintiff to a lawsuit for 5500,000 damages for breach of contract. In signing the peace lpanlfesto Agul ualdo has thrust a bodkin Into the effort of sentimental Americans to set him up an a second Oeorge Washington. The nppearance of a city can be won derfully enhanced by the embellishment of thcMiome. A little attention devoted to the front yard In the spring months will bring returns alt summer. Tho.unknown admirer who yielded up the duchess of Devonshire s portrait after twenty-five years must have suf fered either from a decayed Infatuation or a tardy nuulm of conscience. In taking kindly to Uncle Sam's guld lug hand at this point In Its career the youug Cuban republic will demonstrate Its worthiness all the more speedily to walk alone In thu nursery of tuitions. An assassin ,so adroit as to Und his way through 10,000 French soldiers to President Ixjubet might be backed to win as a candidate for appointive ottlce under a newly Installed Nebraska gov ernor. Local barbers -want to enforce a regu lation requiring a dean towel with every shave, in this laudable ambition they should have the material and moral sup port of everyone who serves as a subject for the tousorlal artist. If President MeKlnley accepts his latest visiting Invitation, that of the Hawaiian congress, together with others extended hlin, he will be obliged to spend a large part of his new term lu hand shaking. The American Agriculturist reports the winter wheat crop In virtually perfect condltlou. With granaries prospectively loaded with cereals bringing prosperity prices the western farmer need ask odds of neither prince nor potentate. It Is related by cable that Kmperor William has been taking Instruction from an American boy in the art of roller skating. The kaiser may tlnd the gyrations of thu little wheels more In trlcnte than the wheels of government, Accordlug to thu popocratlc organ one of the leading candidates for supreme court commissioner Is barred from the placo because "ho has not been allied with the true democracy since 180t." If this does not Impair his legal qualltlcd tlous, what will? Tho legislature has appropriated $10,000 for Nebraska's, participation In tho Huffnio exposition. A creditable ex hlblt can bo made within this limit If tho money Is devoted to thu purposes for which It was Intended. It will de volve on the commissioner in charge to see that none of this money Is diverted or wasted. Nebraska's exposition connnlbsloner, Mr. Vance, proposes to proceed Buffalo to iiscertalu what can be done for Nebraska and arrange for a Ne bhiskit exhibit. Inasmuch as the expo sltlon Is advertised to open May 1, and doubtless will be In full blast by Ma 35, no time Is to bo lost. Nebraska's ex hlblt will lw agricultural ami liortlcul tural. Whatever products are to bo ex hllilted Hhould bo collected at ouce and gotU'U ready for shipment. ri'TCiiE or Tilt; vurvusT mtt. The future of the ixipullst party In Ne braska Is to be discussed before the I'eter Cooper club at it dollar banquet May 7. The keynote Is to be sounded by William .1. Bryan, who Is expected to unfold n plait that wilt keep the popu lists In the Held as a lighting force In the campaigns of 1!K)1 and lDO'J. it Is a matter of notoriety that Hryan predicted two years ago that after 1000 there would be but two great political parties contending for supremacy the democratic and tlio republican party. This prediction was made by Mr. Hryan In the belief that he would be the next president. As president of the United States, Hryan proposed to be a democrat above all things. Kvery populist who had any ambition to till a position under his administration would have had to become a full-Hedged democrat the same as Towne, Dubois, Webster Davis and other new converts to the doctrines of the Chicago and Kansas City platforms. In other words, the program of Mr. Hryan Inst year was to baptlzi! every populist Into the democratic faith and those who would not bo baptized were to be fenced out of the promised land. The failure of "Hryan to land In the White House may have seriously changed his position. While as a na tional party the populists have no foot hold or future, tliey yet count for much In the democratic program for Nebraska. The democrats have no possible ehauce to ride Into power unless the rank and lilo of populists either become democrats outright or continue to act as pad; mules to the democratic caravan. Naturally It will remain for each In dividual to decide for himself. The ma jority of Nebraska populists were orig inally republicans. They started a new uty because they would not atllllate Ith democracy. They were dragooned Into fusion because they believed that a oinbliiatlon with the democrats would Insure the reforms they demanded. In this belief they have been sadly disap pointed. The promised legislation was not enacted, the assessment of railroad property was not raised, but actually ie (luted; the .State Hoard of Transporta tion played Into the hands of the cor porations until It was declared unconsti tutional and abolished by the courts. The conclusive proof of the total fail ure of fusion reform has Just been fur nished. The most dangerous man who ever occupied it seat In a Nebraska leg islature Is Frank Itansom. Clover, crafty ml crooked, a smooth worker In the lobby, a peerless parliamentarian, Itan som was In his element on thu floor and In the chair. Notoriously a corporation manipulator and Jobber, Itansom was accepted as the recognized leader of the fusion forces, who through him were made the Instruments for the passage of lelous legislation nnd the defeat of good legislation to which they were commit ted by their platforms and pledges. The alliance between democracy and popu Usui could not have been made more Htibverslve of good government and re form. Is anything better to be looked for from such an alliance In the future' A USELESS, COMMISSION. The latest decision of the supreme court of the United States upon the action of the Interstate Commerce, com mission In a case involving the long and short haul clause of the Interstate com nierce law strikes another judicial blow at the authority of that body which seems to render It practically useless Tho fourth section of the law provides: 'That it shall be unlawful for any com mon carrier subject to the provisions of this act to charge or receive any greater compensation In the aggregato for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially slinlliu circumstances and conditions for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, In the sumo direction, the shorter being Included within the longer distance; but this shall not be construed as authorizing any common carrier within the terms of this act to charge nnd receive as great coinpensa ilon for a shorter as for a longer ilia tauve." Complaint was made to tho Interstate Commerce commission that this section of the law was violated by thu Ten nesseo & tJeorgla Itallroad company lu charging a lower rate on freight carried to Nashville than was charged on freight to Chattanooga, the distance to the first point being 151 m lies greater than to the hitter. The commission deelded against the railroad company and the decision was sustained by the United States cir cuit court and the circuit court of ap peals, though on different grounds. The supreme court reversed all the decisions in this case, as It did others on the same Hues, but still allowing the commission "to proceed upon the evidence already Introduced before It upon such further pleadings and evidence as It may allow to be niailu or Introduced, to bear and determine- the matter in controversy ac cording to law." While from" the meager report at hand of thu decision of thu highest tribunal It Is not possible to accurately determine how far-reaching Its opinion Is, It seems a fair Inference that It is practically destructive of what llttlu usefulness re mained to the commission and suggests thu question whether it Is not desirable to abolish that body and let all questions arising under tho Interstate commerce law go directly to the courts, Instead of being llrst passed upon by a commis sion whose decisions have been almost uniformly reversed. It would save time and expense.-whilo the public would be no worse olT, In tho matter of railroad abuses, than at present. The Interstate Couuuercu commission has repeatedly asked congress for additional legislation that would render the law more effec tive, but congress has failed to comply with the request, although there Is abundant evidence that thu law needs strengthening. This was very fully anil clearly pointed out by tho commission lu Its last annual report, lu which it was said: "Knowledge of present conditions and tendencies Increases rather than lessens the necessity for legislative ac tiou upon the Hues already indicated, ami lu such other directions as will fur nlsh an adequate and workable statute for the regulation of commerce among the several states." Hut thu lunueuee of the railroads has prevented the pro posed legislation nnd this Influence will not be less powerful under the consolida tion of railway interests that Is taking place. The Interstate Commerce commission has been of little use thus far and It Is not likely to be of greater service to the public liiMho future. The question whether It should not be abolished merits serious consideration. HKtVsKS TO VOMMVXlCATi:. The Husslan government has refused to hold further communication with the Chinese government In regard to Man rhurlu. This does not necessarily mean that all diplomatic relations between the two governments nre to be broken off. hut simply that negotiations so far as .Manchuria Is concerned will be In abey- a nee, though It Is possible, of course, that this may lead ultimately to the complete severance of diplomatic In tercourse. It Is easy to understand that Kuslti should feel Indignant at the course of China In yielding to the pro test of the powers after having negoti ated the Manehurlan convention, but she will hardly go further at this time than already Indicated. Were Kussla to sever all diplomatic relations It would necessitate her withdrawal from the concert of the powers and she has loo great Interests at stake to do that. She has her claim for Indemnity and she is also deeply concerned In the question of commercial treaties with China as well as in the arrangements for the preserva tion of peace In that empire and the protection of foreign Interests there. How tin Chinese government will re gard the refusal to communicate further respecting Manchuria remains to be seen, but It was probably prepared for such an eventuality when It yielded to the protest of the powers and will there fore accept this new complication com placently, relying upon the protesting governments for moral support, there being no immediate danger of aggres sive action on the part of Itussla. All that the latter will do at present Is to retain the hold it has on Manchuria and await events. Thu Husslan army now lu that province numbers l".",ooo men, which is an ample force lo retain pos session, even in the event of another Chinese military movement there, which Is possible though hardily to be appre hended. Itussla Is lu u position to go steadily forward with railroad construc tion In the province and it is to be pre sumed tills will be carried on with all possible vigor. Thus Itussla will con tinue to strengthen her hold upon Man churia, so that when she gets ready to renew negotiations regnrdlng that terrl tory she will be lu better position thau now to Insist upon what she wants. A former consul general of tho United States lu China who Is now a resident of Shanghai, lu a letter to the New York Times expresses the opinion that a mere protest against the dismember nient of China or the Infringement of present treaty rlghUs-wlU not defeat the policy of Itussla. He says a protest may delay thu execution of that policy, but when Itussla completes her railroads through the territories of China and Siberia, all converging toward the Pa cltlc, she will be prepared to muke north eru China Impregnable and command the markets of that part of the Chinese empire for her merchants. "The navies of Creat Britain, (iermauy nnd the United States may anchor In the waters of China, but their cannon cannot reach thu Cossacks, as lu thousands they are concentrated into northern China by Itusslan-owned railroads." There Is no doubt that Itussla's designs in China are far-reaching, but at least a temporary check has been glvrn them and there Is nothing more for thu powers to do at present. Thu Integrity of Chinese terrl tory Is for tho time being secure. Mean while Itussla understands that she Is under the surveillance of the civilized world. THE DARKE V iV THAT WUUIWWB. Tho B?o seeks to make light of the fact that two young men were sent to Jail be cause they tried to earn an honest dollar by hauling some brush from the premises of a citizen and a taxpayer. Tho public will not loso sight ot tho fact that tho garbage contract which Tho Bco so persistently dc fends puts a premium on filth and disease and makes honest efforts to earn a llvell hood n crlmo punishable by Imprisonment and fine. So thoroughly Is tho police force controlled by tho vicious elements that it Is imposslblo to secure protection against footpads, highwaymen nnd burglars, but tho man or boy who seeks to haul n few ashes or a llttlo brush In order to earn money to buy bread Is thrown Into Jail. The McDonald garbage contractor has more Inlluenco in tno management oi municipal affairs than all tho taxpayers combined, nnd tho whole pollco force Is nt his beck and call, while burglars, footpads, highwaymen, thugs, thieves nnd short change workers flourish without let or hindrance. -World-Herald. Thu huu and cry about tho two young men who are languishing In Jail for try ing to earn an honest living now proves to bo a piece of arrant demagogy. The appeal lo Christian sympathy has not been sincere. The two honest tollers could have been liberated by giving ball for $30 for their appearance and It would not have taken llfteen minutes to procure the ball bond If an honest effort had been made la their behalf. Hut that would not have served thu purposes of the demagogues nnd Impostors, be cause the real darkey in the woodpile was the garbage contractor, who Is credited with controlling the police and held responsible for footpads, highway men and burglars. The Hee has no defense to make for tho garbage contractor or the garbage contract. It opposed the contract when it was before the council, while tho pa per that now goes Into spasms over tho alleged Iniquity had not a word to say about It. It will bo remembered also that Mayor Hemls vetoed thu ordlnanco as a result of The Heo's protest. The validity of tho ordlnanco was attacked In the courts but the ruling sustained the contract as legal. Under that de cision the contractor has the exclusive privilege of collecting and hauling gar bage and refuse, which hu Is required to deposit at points designated by the health board, If he fails to carry out his part it Is I lie city's business to en force the contract or have It abrogated. Whether the city had a gurbugu- contract or not. It would have to enforce the rules of sanitation In the Interest of the pub lie health. The garbage question Is not a matter of sympathy, nud sentimental gush about the sufferings of peoplu who persist in vlolntlng the sanitary regulations will not hoodwink an Intelligent community, even when the subject Is sought to be dragged Into politics. The announcement of the subject for the commencement oration of the State university places new emphasis on the fusion management of that Institution through Its board of regents and chan cellor. The subject Is "The relation of a written constitution to an expanding empire and the position which the next generation will hold to nineteenth cen tury Ideas." The suggestion of an em pire In connection with the enlarged ter ritorial possessions of the United States Is simply a reflection of the last cam paign made by thu popocratlc candidate. The commencement orator should be asked to revise the expansive subject of his oration. The forestry division of the Agricul ture department promises to make spe cial Inquiry during the coming summer of the conditions of tree growth lu Ne braska. Nebraska has made wonderful progress In tree culture, working a noticeable transformation over thu orig inal prairie, and what has been done here can be done In other prairie states. If the Agriculture department can assist the Nebraska farmer by Its experiments Its co operation will be appreciated. Missouri valley marksmen take their usual precedence In thu All-America team which proposes to teach the Britons how to shoot, four of thu ten being "Indians" from this vicinity. To western shots seems to have descended the gift of Cooper's l.eatherstocklngs, "Finger, lightning, aim, death." The handsome statue to General Logan and similar tributes contemplated for Grant, Sheridan and McClelland show that an "ungrateful country" Is still able to appreciate occasionally the work of patriots of courageous hearts and ready hands. Cnmrailrn. New York .Press. Spain and the United States aro negotiat ing a treaty ot peace and friendship. It Is, therefore, unanimously agreed to let by gones bo bygones. Merry Time lu I'ronpeet. Cleveland leader. The trust problem Is growing bigger all tho time. When congress gets ready to tackle It, If that tlmo ever comes, It may be too big to handle. Movlnic Tmnrl thr (ionl. Washington Tost. Tho proposed combination of all the rail ways of tho United States under tho man agement of ono company will undoubtedly bo a step toward putting them alt under government control. Misery l.ove Cunipnnr. ' J' Boston Globe. The kaiser ,'qtllckly wired tho sultan re cently: "It is' with deep emotion that I nave jusi icurnea wuni uuuKtr four maj esty was In, at tho tlmo of tho feast ot Iialran, and how manifestly Cod has pro tccted your majesty's precious life." It happened that the kaiser was badly scared himself at tho time. Some Statistic Omitted. Boston Qlobe, The Bell telephone corporation reports that tho subscribers on the various tele phono lines ot tho United States made 1,825, 000,000 calls Inst year. No statistics arc given of the number of times they were monotonously Informed by graphophonc "The line Is busy; please call again!" End Jimtilli'N the Menu. Brooklyn Kaglc. Pcoplo who ore complaining about Ren cral runaton's method, because It was not specified In tactics and was Irregular, should remember that he was dealing with an enemy who was so Irregular himself that there was no other way to get at him. When you aro gunning for rabbits you do not adopt tho methods needed In hunting cle phants. The liny fif thn Hump. I Boston Post. Simultaneously with the opening ot tho horso show comes tho announcement ot tho withdrawal of the automobile company which has done n largo business In this city and Is still doing It. Although tho two events have no possible connection, It may bo said that the horse has scored another point against the machine that came In as his rival. Tho horseless era Is not yot In sight Tho world will never seo It, Indeed, until a now civilization comes In.. Tho develop ment of tho horso Is bound up with that of the human raco and has gone on paral lei with It through the ages. We have produced machines that serve our uses ot business and ot pleasure In some respects better than tho horse nnd theso machines have como to stay, nut tho horso was hern before them and he, too, will stay with us, Git K AT NATIONAL TIIIHST. Hum- I'lle f Mnuer Itnulrel to Slnke It. The American (Iroccr estimates tho total expenditure of tho pcoplo of tho United States for beverages of all sorts in the year 1900 at $1,228,674,925. of. which over J1.000, 000.000 was expended for alcohollo bever ages. Tho estimated consumption was as follows: Aleohnlln drinks J1.059.5C3.7S7 Cofteo 126.79S.K10 Tea 3i.3lx.lW8 Cocoa 6,000,000 J1,22S,C71,925 In volume consumed coffeo led beer: Callous Coffee 1. 257,9f 3,290 Ilenr ...1.221,500.160 Tea H18.BI5.SSS Spirits and wines ll.',t7a,SiJ Tho theory of the American Grocer Is that In prosperous times tho consumption of alcohollo liquor Increases. et this gen eralUatlon does not seem to be sustained beyond dispute by tho subjoined figures of per capita consumption In tho United States, as reported by tho bureau of nta tlatlcs at Washington: Snlrlts. Wine. Beer. Total. Uallous.ua i luiis.uniiouH.uuiKius, 1591 H1C UH3 1S94 1W3 ISM 1897 169S 1S9!) 1900 1.43 .13 15.31 17.19 1.51 1.52 1.34 1.13 1.01 1.02 1.12 1.17 1.27 .11 .IS .31 .2 .20 .53 .2S .33 .11 15.17 .2 13.32 15.13 15.3S 14.94 15.1W 15, 2S 10.01 17.1 1S.20 10.97 It!. 6 ifi.fii: 10.50 17.3(i Hi, to 17.1SS It will ho obcerved that the hlghwato murk of Individual thirst for alcohol was reached, not In a season of national pros perlty and buoyant hopefulness, but in 1893, the year of President Cleveland's sec ond Ipauguratlon; that is to say, In tho first of the "lour years more oi urover. In that mcmoiable year tho average Amrr lean citizen took In eighteen and one-fifth gallons of alcoholic stimulant and then stood up and faced the hard tluics. Shearing- t'nlted Stntes Investor, April 0. Let us, however, say n word or two to 1 and all shipments since then. A director t hose who nre wise enough to listen. This whole stock market craze Is based on the United States Steel corporation. This con- em Is one ot the exigencies of the sltua- lon. It was orcanUed to put new lite Into speculative movement which was ap parently Kctttng onto Its last legs. It was, n short, a make or break operation, with the chances that It would make rather than break, by reason of the previous success of lie promoters. Something had to be donu nd be done at once, and the result Is thu United Stntes Steel corporation. The en- tire Insane speculation today being made possible by this enterprise. It Is highly necessary. In order that tho country may not suffer the worst financial crash In Its history, that the United Stntes Steel cor poration realize to the full the predictions ot Its promoters. On the chances of its doing or Its not doing this hangs the fate of all our Industries. What nre the chances? The outcome can. not be predicted In detail, but It can ho hinted nt In a general way. The tnsk Is easy because we have an Instance of tho Fame sort of thing right at hand, If any one wants to know what Is going to happen to the United States Steel corporation ho an do no better than to turn his attcn- t Ion to the United States Hubber company, Up to a few months ago this was couslil- red a pretty big affair, but It looks dimin utive In romparlsou with the latest prod- act of Mr. Morgan s genius. Tho principle h the Bame, howovor, In both cases. The rubber trust Is as legitimately capitalized s tho steel trust. It controls a rolntlvely greater portion of the output: It has had es much brains enlisted In Its service as tho teel trust Is likely to have. Hut what Is tho result? Head tho following Item of news, which appeared In the uewspapcru arly this week: "Tho United States Hubber company yes- terday announced n further reduction In Its prlco list of 5 per cent. Tho annual prlco list was mado public. In comparison with the price list of April 1, 1900. It Bhows n total reduction of 28 per cent, as cuts amounting to 23 per cent were previously made from tho 1900 list. Tho above reduc tion In prices applies to all goods on hand In tho stores of tho Jobbers on February TIIIMiS YVOHSi: TIIAX W.H. Slindj Slilc of 1,1 fr Ctuu.l the Sun- lilitr of I'chit. San Krnncisco Call. It Is customary to put great stress upon the enrnago of war. It Is in Its aspect ns a destroyer of llfo that war presents Its abhorrent feature. Wo have had n largo army fighting In tho Philippines for moro than two years. Tho deaths In that army In tho Islands number ti.OOO. It Is n largo list and sorves probably to give point to many an argu ment against war. Kach of those lives has a fixed economic value to the country. That valuo Is so much lost energy, so much capital destroyed, so much force gone out of tho body politic never to return. Hut, going to the criminal records at home for the same two years. It appears that In the United States there wero com mitted 10,000 murders. Ten thousand lives were ended by knife, pistol and poison! Closo to twice as many lives lost by-crlme nt home ns by war abroad. If the death penalty .had followed In each caso nearly 10,000 murderers would have been hanged, bringing tho total casualty list up to a still larger excess over the casualties of Among tho victims was one governor ot a state, a stato attorney general, nnd a large number of minor officers of tho law. In numerous lynchlngs twenty men have been burned at the stake, and several women have been shot to death. In no other country In tho world Is there ns much murder, as much taking of human life In tho commission ot other crimes, and for other cnuscs, many tho most trivial. Soon tho question may be asked, "What Is tho matter with tho United States7" Wo hnvo been unsparing critics of other countries nnd have sent missionaries nmong the heathen. May it not well be that others may object on good grounds against i reiving n system that makes no better showing nt home? It Is tho habit of a people to look to tho social state from which propagandists emerge in search of proselytes. If that state Is found Infirm, If llfo Is disregarded, bloodshed Is common, tho law Is displaced by savago mob violence, It Is but natural to reject the missionary It sends forth. We havo shown great zcnl and have en countered great troubles In carrying Chris tianity Into China. Tho Chinese, looking upon our domestic record, havo tho right to say that tho missionaries must havo car tied Christianity away from this country. In that view of It wo should recall the mis sionaries nnd refuso to permit further ex port of the stock until It has accumulated enough for home consumption. im:hsoai, NOTES. The 100th anniversary of Daniel Webster's graduation from Dartmouth col lege Is to be celebrated nt that Institution on September 24 and 25 next. John W. Gates, the steel magnate, has mado quite a hobby of tho collection of arms and armor ami will doubtless add to his store during his visit to Europe, Gabriel d'Annunzlo, the Italian poet and novelist, lives In a handsomo villa near Florence, He Is a small, dapper man, bald, though young, nnd rather the dandy. After fighting two yenrs tho Bradley- Martins must now pay $15,000 In personal taxes assessed for 1699, though they could spend $100,000 on a single ball or dinner party without a murmur. It Is said that Judgo George K. Baldwin, United Stales consul nt Nuremberg, Ger many, nominated In 1S68 President MeKln ley for tho first public office he ever held that of prosecuting attorney, A colored clergyman of New York ap peared beforo a Morrlsanla court recently and applied for a warrant to arrest ono of his raco on a charge of "ntrogcous, scan'lous nn' remedial activities." William Illchard Warner, tho wholesale druggist who died of apoplexy lu Phila delphia a few days ago, was tho original manufacturer of sugar-coated pills. Ho was for jnany years a member of tho Phil adelphia College of Pharmacy. Count Tarnowskl, the secretary of the Austro-IIungarlan legation at Washington, who was wounded lu a duel nt Monaco last week, Is considered one of thu best swordsmen lu Austria. "He hns been brought up," says a friend, "with a sword in hlB hand and has won many fencing prizes." With tho retirement -of Colonel McClure from tho Philadelphia Times Dr. Alfred C. Lambdln, who has been his associate In tho editorial direction of tho paper from Its first Issue, has become the editor, Dar win G. Fenno, who has been tho managlug editor for muny years, continues In that responsible position. A humorous result of Kmperor WIIKam'a recent visit to England Is ovldcnt lu the mustaches of the Inhabitants of the west end of London, That upward and outward twist so associated with tho kaiser's mus tache has been extensively adopted, espe cially by thoeo having pretensions to mil itary appearance Interviews with west end barbers reveal tho trouble they aro encountering lu transforming lifelong droops lalo upward t,uru, the Lambs of tho fluted States Itublier company said 'We have thrown down the gauntlet to our competitors. We nre going to sell our goods and retain our business Independent of the nctlon of any of the outside con terns.' It Is figured In the trade that the additional 5 per cent eat In price means a lo.s of J2.000.000 lo the United States com pany on lis rebates nnd orders on hand." The Import of this will not be gathered unless we recall to the mind of the reader that after paying S per cent annually for a long scries of years on Its preferred stock this company a few months ago was obliged to reduce the rate to I per cent nnd that this week the directors passed the dividend altogether. What has occasioned this? Why, simply this. Tho company hns had one or two open winters nnd some of tho people who sold out to the truat at the stnrt have started new nnd competing plants. In other words, temporary dotnnnd for goods and additional competition have done tho business pretty effectually In this rase. Simpler conditions than theso could not bo Imagined, , nor ones more certain to confront every Industrial trust from time to time. The dvt thnt the steel trust Is twenty- live or thirty times as imposing as the rubber trust amounts to very little In the face of such conditions. Possibly II take a longer time to starve an elephant to death than a spaniel we are not enough of a naturalist to say. The Important fact, howcxer. Is that lack of sustenance means death sooner or later. So far as wo can see, In no particular aro tho conditions governing the United States Steel cor poratlon more favorable than those which faced tho United States Hubber company nt tho period of Its greatest prosperity. In fact, we should Incline to tho view that natural conditions were In tho long run inori favorable to tho rubber than to tho steel trust. Wo presume that tho promoters of the steel trust are not worry lug oa account of the spectacle presented by the rubber trust, for they probably In tend to gather lu their profits from the United StatCB Steel project long beforo natural conditions begin to reveal tho renl nature of tho enterprise to the lambs In Wall street. TAKIl KI.MH.V TO MOW tiOVIIIlNOU. Wayne Herald (rep,): Lieutenant Gov ernor Snvage will make one of the best governors Nebraska ever had. He's the right stuff from top to bottom and don't you forget it. Callaway Courier (rep.): We havo al ways maintained that Custer county Is full of statesmen who aro qualified to fill uny olllco from pathmaster to president. Colouel Savago will fclldo Into the governor's chair and preside over tho destinies of tho stato with caso and grace. Columbus Telegram (dcm.): Kzr.i Sav age, who will become governor of Ne braska, Is not a brilliant stntesman, but he Is u good man. As a governor he may prove a failure, but wo predict ho will do well. Ho Is honest nnd courageous. At present he Is freo from dictation. If he shall fall, his fnll will be due to misplaced confidence, rather than desire to harm his state. Tho democratic Telegram hcllovcj well of our new republican governor, nnd hopes well for his administration of public affairs. Kearney Hub (rep.): ny tho election of Governor Dietrich to the senate Lieutenant Governor Savage becomes the chef execu tlvo of tho stnte. There were a number of lightning changes when tho senatorial deadlock was broken, nnd It is exceedingly rortunatc that wo have for lieutenant gov ernor a man who Is lu every way qualified for tho governorship. Colonel Savage Is strictly nil right and will make n strictly all right governor. Just how soon ho will tako hold Is, however, a question. Gov ernor Dietrich can servo until congress meets In December, nnd It Is probable that ho will not step out for n fewmonths at least, or until all of the stnte departments aro In perfect running order. York Hcpubllcan: Lieutenant Governor Savage, shortly to become governor of Ne braska, is a man of unquestioned repub licanism nnd great forco of character, as well ns ono who isn't In the habit of get ting frightened nt the frogs. He was tho first mayor of South Omaha nnd n repub lican In that town at a time, later, when It was pretty near as much as a man's peace of mind was worth to bo nn avowed repub lican there. At one time ho was making n republican speech nnd giving It to the op position from tho shoulder, and they were going to mob him. Ho faced the howling dervishes that were dancing nround him nnd told them that tho first man who at tempted to put his hands on him would count Just one fusion vote less in Douglas county, nnd they kept their hands off. Broken Bow Hcpubllcan: Governor Diet rich has shown tho part of wisdom lu de ciding to vacate the offlco of governor, that Lieutenant Governor Savago may cftcupy tho gubcrnatuilal chair. Nothing short of that would havo satisfied the public. When Oov-' ernor Dietrich wns honored with elec tion by tho legislature to tho high position of United States senator It met tho ap proval of a very largo class of those who made him governor. But they would not havo been sntlsfled had ho assumed to till tho position of both governor and Unltod Stntes senator and draw tho salaries of both., Governor Savago by law nnd rltht Is entitled to the position and Is highly competent to fill the executive chair and he should havo tho place. I'OI.ITIC.W. CO.MMi:.T Ol'' STATU, York Times (rep.): It seems as though our good democratic friends would weary after while of' accusing each other of sell ing out to republicans. Of course If 'thoy nro In tho mnrkot there Is nothing llko advertising. Grand Island Independent (rep,): The Bco makes the very good suggestion to the officials who have been authorized by a bill passed by tho legislature lo tora promlso tho Hartley boud to first test the constitutionality or tho measure. It Is to be doubted whether tho mcasuro will pass the. necessary muster. Springfield Monitor .(dcm.): If Herdman, clerk of tho supremo court, Is not satisfied with the way tho governor Is whittling down tho salary of that office, let him re sign. Thrro are plenty ns good men ns Herdman who will tuke tho ofllco for less than the present Incumbent wants. There is nothing compulsory about hanging on to ofllco, Fremont Tribune (rep,): The Omaha Beu very pertinently cites the fact that ex Governor Poynter was the man responsible for the congestion of litigation In tho su premo court. Ho vetoed n bill passed by a republican legislature two years ago pro vldlng for a continuance of tho commis sion, which was then doing good work In furnishing relief. Gra.id Island Independent (rep.)i The Omaha Bco of tho 4th states that In dis tributing tho appointments for supreme court commissioners, Lincoln expects threo of tho places and Omaha four, leaving two for tho balance ot tho ntate. The featuro of this statement Is Its modesty and the princely magnanimity of Lincoln and Omaha. Under the clreumstanccH, wo believe. It to bo the duty of tho governor to call nn extra session ot tti legislature and luve the number of eammhslcnera increased to Cf'.otn. Tnt tsouH protlde stt ction for Lincoln and uiac (Of. Omaha, and there Is no question but that they are entitled to even more than that. The only difficulty seemingly is that Lincoln Is running short on material, ns the governor has sent to Cuba for one of her citizens to come homo and take the position of oil Inspector. There Is nothing like the well filled rorn crib for the good citizens of Lincoln and Omaha. The balance of the state tan do tho hollering nnd stand back and admire Beaver City Tribune (rep.). Two years ago Lincoln asked that the stato fair b permanently located In that city, and guaranteed that the site would not cost the state to exceed $1. Thru the Lancaster delegation bobbed up In the legislature nnd afckcd an appropriation of $33,000 to pay for the site, nnd the legislature granted It. If Lincoln ever puts her brand of ncno food on the market she will oon be rolling In riches. Kearney Hub (rop.i- The appointment ol Major Kllllnn of Columbus to a captaincy In tho regular army Is a deserved recognition of a brave, big-hearted and brilliant Ne braska volunteer. His popularity was at tested iu IiIh appointment ns xdjulnnt gen eral of the National Guard In tilts' stnte and his merits have been recognized by the Wat department In his more recent nppolntmenl to n good position In tho regular eitab llshmeut. Hasting Tribune (rep.): It has brru given out thnt the commissioners who art to assist the supreme Judges aro to lu chosen from the ex-district Judges thronch out the state. Tho Tribune would icgrrl very much to seo n thing of this kind done, for It li neither Justice, politic not good policy to do h thing ot that kind Some of the ov-rtlstiict Judges arc capablf of officiating as commissioners nud some ol them aro not, but there aro plenty of first class lawyers throughout tho state who, In many lespects, are better fitted mid mor' capable of tilling the commissioners' scat than nre the cx-dlstrlet Judges. Besides, ll Ih bad policy to encourage people to con stantly hac their hands In tho public crib. . Piipllllon Times (dein.): Nebrnskn Is the victim of ton much politics. Political cam palgni iiiiiio ho thick unil fast that men who must work for u living aro unable to safeguard their political Interests without sacrificing their buHlniiMX. Tho rfHUlt Is that professional politicians mniiagu po litical affalrn ami tho state Is In constant turmoil and under aggravated cxponfcp. Wu elect supremo Judges lu tho off years and congressmen nnd stato officers in the even years. No sooner is ono campaign tiid'd than another begins nnd from ono year's end to another the stato Is lorn by po litical dissensions. Tho result Is a system of "peanut politics" thnt Is an aggravation and a uiemtco to tho state's business In terests. SYMPTOMS OK A STOCK I'AXIC Investors TurnliiK Croni Wnll SlreM to Henl lUliilr. Chicago Tribune After tho fover comes tho chill. After a period of delirious excitement In Wall street comes ono of painful sobering up. All nre buycrB in Wall street now and tho nomlnnl values of securities are advancing by leaps nnd bounds. Soon will come tho Inevitable, crash and contraction of values, nnd tho men who aro caught with over valued securities In their possession will bo changed In tho twinkling of nn eye Into lamo ducks. Nearly every one of the pres ent holders of these securities knows that their prices arc Inflated, but ho expects to "get out" In tlmo and not bo the man who Is caught holding the bag. Many of theso gamblers will wait a little too long nnd tho drlugo will got them. ( This contraction of Inflated values which lajipund to como. will llt hard some specu lative people', but It will not necessarily Involve any great disaster to tho country or act ns a serious setback to the Interests of Icgltlmnto business. Tho advanco In tho quotations of tho stocks nnd other securi ties of the Industrials ns well ns of tho railroads Indicates that money is abundant nnd can bo borrowed on easy terms by busi ness men ns well ns by speculators. The values of securities have been ad vnnccd now to such n point that thero is little or no inducement for people to Invest In them. Would-be Investors havo to look elsewhere. Undoubtedly they will turn their eyes to real estate, which has been neg lected so long. i,i.m:s to a smim:. Detroit Journal: "Well, how nbout the Btntu quo unto?" ventured the powers. "No a tint lo for me!" protested the Km peror Kwang Hsu. "1 ve got nbout nil the female relative;! I cn'n swing already!" Washington Stnr: "I hnv tho grcntett ad miration fur the man behind tho gun," said Mr. Dolun. "Mebbo you're right." answered Mr. Itafferty. ''Hut It nlways seemed to mo It's the felly In front ot it that's tnkln' tho chnnccs." Philadelphia Tress: Mrs. Browne Mr?. Sfiialpley Is ridiculously vain about her small foot, Isn't she? Mrs. Mnlaprop Yes, I hear she's so proud nbout It thnt she's went nnd had a plaster bust made of It. Now York Weekly: Lawyer It la re ported that you havn frequently expressed yourself as opposed to capital punishment. Deacon Hlgnsoul (drawn for Jury duty) I won't hnvo no scruples In that man's onso. Ho chented me on a hoss trails once. Boston Transcript: She I'o hoard It said that musical people nro not very bright, and sometimes I'm tempted to be lieve it. He .My dear, you shouldn't Judge of them from what they write nbout music. Cleveland lialn Dealer: "Did you hear nbout the poetical way In which the HHtlcti nniinuuceil the death of their pet ilog?" "Nn. How wns It?" "They said: 'Wo regret to niiiiouncn thnt our Utile IVrlle hns steered his bark for tho other shore.' " Detroit Journal' Tho count only laughed, "t still have left." ho gayly exclaimed, "enough of my patrimonial estates with which to do a neat song and danco!" Baying which, he drew n paper of AVest moreland Hand from Ills bosom nnd scat tered It over the stnge. "Oh, Bevls!" fnltcred the deceived girl, tnklns heart. THE UVSI'I'.rTK; C'AXMnAI,. Yalo Hccord. A cannibal was seated on a grren Paclflo isle With 'the temperature nt ninety-three degrees ; . , . , His dress was rathor scanty, In a truly savage style. . , . , Just u pair of Boston garters round his knees. But ho didn't seem quite happy, for now and then a groan Kscaped which tore his savage breast In And ho'chantcd In u molancholy, medita tive tone Tho ditty that I now repeat to you; "I've enten hostile tribesmen without a slliglo question, I've feasted on the yellow, black anil blown; , . . But I never hav encountered such a fit of inilllicHtlon As accompanied tho minister from town. "I have tried thn I'nmbago, boiled nnd niwfcteil. baked und fried; I havo chewed tho woolly Oolnh stuffed with yum: But for all tho after symptom from the (Unhurt 1 have tried I wouldn't glvo n Bainballooadam. , But I caught this missionary culmly strolling on the main; Cooked and served htm dressed exactlj commo II faut, Hut a feeling deoii within nus makes II dlsagreeablv plain That tho missionary surely Is de trop. "I havo oaten hostile trlbefetnen with the Bieatesl of urbanity; I hnvo feasted on the yellow, black and brown. Hut to o.ii a missionary was the acme of liiHauiO. You Ciiu't ki-ep u uood inuu down."