THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1901.
The omaiia Daily Bee.
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M. D. II UNGATE.
Notary Public.
The Iceman Is a back number com
pared with the doctor with a $1:00,000
bill.
Vow that the Ohio river has subsided,
the people of Cincinnati can go back to
their regular beverage.
Any member of that Callahan jury
will vouch that Jury service at a day
is not what It Is cracked up to be.
The assessors are again going their
rounds to make sure that our wealthy
citizens are still goiug without time
pieces.
Senator Clark's forces In building' a
railroad out In Nevada are up against a
different proposition than the Montana
legislature.
Wo inn L'lml tu unto Hint mil. nmini.il,
popocratlc contemporary has at last
weaneit itseii oi (ho lilcu that young
Cudahy kidnaped himself.
A local society Is to "give an enter-
talnment made up exclusively of reclta-
tious uy M'lnasKa poets or thelriown
poems,
come.
Spring, gentle spring, has surely
May 1 will be observed as moving day
by at least two eminent Nebraskans
when the governor's olllce Is transferred
from Governor Dietrich to Governor
Savage.
A man has been arrested at the White
House on the charge of Insanity. He
was from Ohio, wanted to see the presi
dent and said he was not after an of-
lice.
.ludge Baker expressed great surprise
t the verdict of the Callahan Jury. The
Judge ought to have had enough ex
perience with Juries to lie proof against
hiuprlse parties in the Jury box.
The Chinese authorities say they are
doing everything in their power to avoid
n clash with the international troops
In view of the result of nrevloiis clashes
tlie Chinese authorities are displaying
remarkable wisdom.
There Is no scramble In Iowa for the
democratic nomination for unvrnor.
This not beoausu the Iowa democrat
has been weaned from a desire for of-
lice, but because he has learned to know
when It Is out. of reach.
Ono of the Callahan jurors says he Is
prevento',1 from expressing his opinion
of tlie lecture of the Judge to the Jury
by fear of contempt. Tlie case Is closed
nnd no danger of contempt proceedings.
Let him relieve his mind.
Paris waiters complain that William
Waldorf Aster Is stingy with his tips
and. requires too much attention. They
should turn him over to thu American
sleeping car porters. If they cannot tlx
him his case Is a hopeless one.
South Omaha's four city councllmen
seem to think that they are equal to the
work of six while thu perquisites make
bigger chunks divided Into four parts
thuu when cut up into six. This is a
key to the couticllnianlu deadlock.
Omaha Is assured a remarkably busy
building season, but It still has a call
out for a few more substantial business
blocks and attractlvu residences. The
man who invests ids capital to this puf'
'pose can rest certain of j,ood returns on
his money.
G refit dlssatlsfactlou exists In English
army circles over tho distribution of re
wards, which many of the olllcers think
are not graded according to accomplish
ments, 'lids view Is undoubtedly cor
rect. If they were the list would bu
many times shorter fhau It Is.
Omaha Is to have it mutch factory
which is . expected to be ready for opera
tion within thirty days. It Is heralded
us Omaha's tirst mutch factory, but that
overlooks the match factory in the
county Judge's olllce which bus been In
steady operation through good times und
burd times for muuy years.
EzatAxn's oxk coxnmox,
Accordlnp: to ndrlccH from both Lon
don nnd Washington, tlm Hrltlsh gov-
iTiimi'iit would accept n now cunnl
treaty If It contained n neutralization
clause. A London dispatch of a few
da.VH ago Mated that the negotiations
on the subject of n treaty were under
stood to be based on the one condition
that the proponed isthmian canal shall
be neutral and that If this can be dell
nltely assured It now scums HUely Groat
Britain will apree to abrogate the Clay-
ton-Bulwer treaty, though thero Is still
the possibility of an endeavor on the.
part of Great Britain to bring up sim
ultaneously the Alaskan botindry mat
ter. It was said, however, that this last
contingency Is olllclnlly described as be
ing merely a question of policy not very
likely to be pursued If the United States
Is content to make the canal neutral.
V Washington dispatch to the Now
York Sun says the secretary of state
has secured the views of a sutlielont
number of senators to show, In his
opinion, the character of an Isthmian
canal treaty that will be satisfactory to
the senate and at the same time have a
chance of being acceptable to the
British government. Unison for giving
credence to this appears In the fact that
the British ambassador Is understood to
have deferred his departure for England
until Secretary Hay returns from his
trip with rrcsldent McKluley, Lord
I'auncefote In the meanwhile to corre
spond with his government on the basis
of the views of the leaders' In the sen
ate with whom Mr. liny has talked, or
with whom he has exchanged written
coinmunlcatlonH. The dispatch further
states that a hopeful feeling prevails
In olllelal circles that the chances for
the negotiation of a treaty that will be
ratllled by the senate are excellent.
The question of the neutralization of
the proposed canal Is the only one of
consequence In the way of a treaty that
will permit the United States to con
struct and control an interoceanle water
way and it will be most fortunate If
this can be satisfactorily disposed of.
But In view of the attitude of the sen-
nte regarding this Hny-l'auiicefote con
vention and of the British government
upon (he amendments to that treaty, it
is dlllieult to feel confident of a sutls
factory solution, though certainly It Is
not unattainable. The trouble Is that
In such a matter there is little, If any,
opportunity for compromise.
At all events, the British government
having left the way open for. further
negotiations and expressed an earnest
desire that a satisfactory understand
ing may be reached, our government Is
to be commended for Its efforts to re
new negotiations, which It uppears the
British government Is most willing to
enter upon. We do not doubt taut in
telligent and unprejudiced public senti
ment Is now more largely In favor of a
neutralized canal than at the beginning
of the discussion of the question anil It
' l"tto possible that some of the United
States senators who opposed that pro
vlstou of the Hay-rauncefotc treaty
havo modified their vlows. Such an In
ference seems to be warranted from
wl,1,t lf "rstooii to nave neon ciicueu
"J uj v
any rate, It uppears to bo assured that
a new treaty will be framed nnd ready
for submission to the senate ut its next
session.
TUB VAX-ASIEMOAN KXfUSlTlOX.
All roads will lead to Buffalo after to
morrow, when the Pan-American expo
sltlon opens. This. Is a much more slg
nitlcant enterprise than Is commonly
realized, or than perhaps will be fully
understood until It has been adequately
described. It has been carried out on a
generous scale and the exposition will
be unique In the fact that It has received
no aid from the federal government
judging from the Illustrations that have
appeared from time to time the tirchl
tectural effects will be exceedingly tine,
while It Is promised that In some of Its
features, uotably ill the display oi
American art, the exposition will sur
nass all that have gone before. It Is
said that no equally complete and merl
torlous exhibition of the works of
l'lters and sculptors who can fairly bo
claimed for the Uulted States has ever
been seen. How extensive the exhlbl
tlo 18 of tuo Products of Latlu-Anierica.
vvnien me exposmou was especially ue
8lUL'11 to llBl,luy. Is J'ot to 1)0 lnied,
but undoubtedly it will be of great In
terest.
That the fair will bo lurgely attendee;
can be contideutly predicted. Buffalo
Is an attractive city and there is
tributary to It a population of many
millions. There will be drawn to It
not only large numbers from the states,
but Canada will also furnish many vlsl
tors. The exposition should therefore
prove a tlnauclal success and In ull
probability will do so. It is un enter
prise In the blithest degree creditable
to the enterprise and public spirit of
the people of Buffalo.
.IS TO VOUEiaX hOAXS.
Referring to the American subscrlp
tlons to foreign loans, the Kluuaclal
Chronicle says that while thu direct par
tlclpatlon of, our financiers In transac
tions of this sort, for the Urst tlmu in
our history, Is In a way highly gratify
lug to American pride and undoubtedly
marks a real and very great ailvaucu
lu-Amerlcan llnuuclal prestige, It Is an
exaggerated Idea that It signifies decay
in Europe's own resources. Tho fac
that this country has been turned to In
the foreign loans may doubtless be
taken to Indicate partial distrust or re
strletlon in the Held of foreign capital
but not an actual want of resource
abroad.
American cooperation, says tint
Journal, was enlisted becauso of the
wish of foreign governments to avoid
In the first place, the disturbance
their own markets and In the second
place beiuuso It was the business of those
governments to get the best price ob
talnable. There Is uo doubt that th
foreign loans that have been negotiated
In this country could have been disposed
of ubroud, but probably not so readily
while It Is obviously to the advantage
of the foreign money markets to draw
gold from this couutry at a tlmo when
the balance of trade is heavily lu our
favor and steadily growing. It Is a
fact, however, that European tluauclal
resources are experiencing a strain
which renders the help that America Is
able to give exceedingly acceptable.
WHAT KtU.KH MAXIMVM HA TAJ LAW.
From the discussion Indulged by cer
tain newsnaiiors over the recent ruling
of Judge Sanborn of the United States
circuit court to the effect that no pro
ceedings can be brought under the Ne
braska mux I tu tun freight rate law to
recover penalties from anv railroads,
although not parties to the original suit,
It Is plain that the facts are not clearly
understood.
The original maximum freight rate
case turned on the question whether the
rates prescribed In the law were ex
cessively low to the extent of coiitlscat-
lug the property without duo compensa
tion. The corttt held on tlie snowing
made that under the then existing con
ditions the schedule violated the constitu
tional t'uarantles and was therefore, un
enforceable. Tlie federal supreme court
did not say that the law was unconsti
tutional, but expressly announced that
condltlous of ti n Mo might change so as
to muke the legal schedule a reasonable
one, whereupon It might, upon proper
showing, be revived as an active statute.
What .ludgo Sauborn decided In tlie
Hock island case was simply that while
the law was nugatory with reference to
nno or moro roads, its penalties could
not be Imposed upon any other toad, but
that all must be treated alike.
What bus killed the Nebraska maxi
mum rate law beyond resurrection Is not
tli( decision of the federal court, but the
decision of the state supremo court abol
ishing thu State Board of '1 transporta
tion. The maximum rate law under Its
terms could not be made cffectlvo ex
cept through a state board of transpor
tation, and Its whole labile Is built on
thu assumption that the state board ex
ists to secure Its execution. It the max
imum rate law Is dead as a salt mack
erel, as we aru now told, the last nail
was driven by the supreme court of the
state at the Instance of the late fusion
attorney general, and there Is no use
trying to confuse thu public mind upon
the subject.
Senator Tettlgrew Is credited with
having made enough money In specula
tion sluce congress adjourned to pay up
n large accumulation of debts and have
a surplus of several hundred thousand
dollars. The astonishing part of the
story is that it was made on tips fur
nished by .1. .1. 11111, the railroad mag
nate. Think of Pottlgrew, whose heart
has bled for the downtrodden nnd op
pressed during two terms In the senate,
for only $.",000 per year, becoming a
shearer of lambs on the stock exchange.
Tho p'eoplo of Italy who have been
worried by brlguuds nre reported to
have struck n new lead. It Is to raise a
purse nnd, hire the undesirable neigh
bors to emigrate to the United States.
The scheme may work all right for the
Italians, but the peoplu of America will
be likely to file an objection. This coun
ty can raise all this kind of people It
has uny use for, In fact It has u wurplus
just ut present.
Some of the popocratlc organs threaten
to publish the names of officials and
members of the parties who accept
passes and other corporation favors. If
they start lu tho publishers must mnke
up their minds to slight a large number,
deny space to advertisers or enlarge
their papers, for the list Is a long one
and possibly might be adorned by the
mimes of some reformers who are talk
lug the loudest.
The Jucksonlans refuse to believe that
the County Democracy this year mean
what thcr sav about being irreconcilably
opposed to fusion any moro tliau they
did last year or the year before. Demo-
ratle nraetlco and profession arc de
cidedly at vurlunco In this ueck o' woods.
1'1 to the Corn llrlt.
Washington Stur.
It cannot bo dented that these dark and
dismal spring days an optimistic weather
bureau Is moro or less o( a comfort.
(Inr SuliNtiintlnl linln.
San Francisco Call.
Tho prolonged resistance of the Boers
may not yet havo discouraged Kitchener,
but It has reduced Poet Laureate Austin to
silence, and that Is something for which
tho world owes thanks.
I'roillKul fur Ituynlty.
St. Louis Itcpublle.
Though tho nrltlsh government Is $250,.
000,000 behind, the English mind Is so con
stltutcd that pr'do Is felt In reports of the
tour of tho duko and duchess of Y'ork, who
are spendlug $813,500 "doing" the colonics.
The Klrrcpil Ilurely Squeal.
Washington Post.
Stories of big profits In Wall street tend
to make the ordinary Individual very much
dissatisfied with hla lot. Hut bo should
bear In mind that the losers aro usually
heard from through tho proceedings In
bankruptcy.
Tlie 1'rlrr tlinl NtUKXrra.
tlostun Globe.
The Doers are without a ship upon the
seas, without a cent or credit among tne
bankers of tho world and deprived of every
productive Industry, yet aro they not ful
filling the threat they made when they said
tholr conqueror must pay a price that
would stagger humanity aye, and sober It
is weil?
clioluKy hi l.uiv.
Chicago Chronicle.
Psychology has established Itself as i
vital force In law. Tho Omaha court try
ug tho Cudahy kidnaping enso rules that
mo miner's rear or tho blindness of his son
operated llko physical stress to induce him
to give up his money to (ho kidnapers.
Tho point. If sustained on oppeal, will bo
avatlablo against successful blackmailers
Million for I'nntnur Stamp.
v lioston Globe,
In 1881 the United States government sold
postage stamps to the value of $34,483,503
It now sells stumps to thrice that valuo
every year. Half of tho Increase has come
within tho seven years since 1894, when the
Bales were $70,339,910, Apparently the
usefulness of tho postoITlco Is only Just
coming to bo appreciated.
Wnmnn'ii I'nNturr In the Saddle.
Now Y'ork Kvonlng Post.
It Is to be hoped that tho managers of
the Brooklyn Hiding and Driving club will
not adbcro to their reported decision to
prohibit the appearance of women riding
astride at their coming horse show. Not
ono word can bo said In defenso of the
present seat, to which custom and preju
dice havo so long condemned women, nor
could a horseman of standing be found to
favor It except on tho ground of conven
tionality. That tho sidesaddle Is a menace
to health many doctors of experience will
estlfy, curvature of the spine being ono
of the faralllnr results from long silting
In this cramped and utterly unnatural ro
nton.
Thr Mall Shirt Wfllat.
Sau Francisco Chronicle.
Postmaster General Smith has met the
emand for shirt waists In the torrid east
by granting permission to mall carriers to
wear during the summer raonlha (hat form
t garment, provided It be of a light gray
washable material and be worn with a (urn
down collar, a dark (le and a neat belt.
So It seems the ehlrt waist Is bound to
come. Nothing can stop the malls.
AVlirre (hp Itrnl Tlilim'n nn Tap,
Philadelphia Record.
Afritlnntitn 1 inM tn .rtn1miBl v tllriv
Ing tho American system of government,
with ft view to fudire political activity. If
tin utimllri vlnlt Kfw Vrtrb anH Phllnflnlnhln
and observo the workings of municipal
government on the spot, then go to Harris
burg and take a glimpse of tho methods of
state government he would learn moro of
the nolltlcat Insdtutlnnn of his adonted
country than any books could teach him.
Kri'M Your i:i-n Open.
New York Times.
Tho volume of business done In Wall
street Is unprecedented. There nre no
premonitions of panic to he discovered
even by thoso who would be most gratified
to nnd them. Tho relation which quota
tions bear to Intrinsic values Is a matter
of Judgment, but probably ft Is closer than
wo are accustomed to see It during the
seasons of great speculative activity and
general confidence. Most lines of business
nro active and profitable; manufacturers
ro behind with their orders, consumption
Is steadily absorbing stocks, the promise
of the harvests Is so far satisfactory and
the outlook for tho Immediate future Is full
of encouragement. At the same time the
part of prudence Is to keep one eye on tho
boom and tho other on tho sail.
r.t Til, Slxtot
Now Y'ork Tribune.
Truly, Mbcrty Is betrayed In tho house
of Its friends! Tho disheartening announce
ment Is rando from Springfield, Mass., too,
of nil places that Scnor Slxto Lopez Is
going home to tho Philippines, to join
Agulnnldo In accepting American sover
eignty and In working for a universal ac
ceptance thereof by his countrymea.
Surely, If Freedom shrieked when Kos
ciusko fell, sho must have thrown at least
thirteen consecutive and tumultuous Ills
when that 111 news was heard. Slxto I.opez
recreant to the sacred causo of Tagal
hcadchopplng! Why, ho has been supposed
to be carrying tho very palladium of lib
erty about In hlB lrousers pocket. Del-
gado might yield, aud Agulnaldo himself
bow (ho kneo (o (he Invader, but Slxto
Lopez would remain faithful nmog tho
faithless.
Captain Carter and III Tall.
Philadelphia Record.
The continued possession, the safe con
cealment, ol over a halt million of public
plunder has enabled ex-Captain Carter (now
a convict In Leavenworth penitentiary) to
keep up n pretense of fighting for personal
freedom from galling gyves and clrcumval
latlng stone walls. His press agent in the
far west announces that' the ex-captain
will sue Solicitor Richards for slander, be
cause, forsooth, that blunt-spoken official
of tbndepartment of Justice, went so far as to
set down minutely In a supremo court
brief tho extent of Carter's achievement
in grand larceny. There Is ono way, and
only one, rn which the-Carterlan habit of
colossal bluff might be useful to this rare
allblrd. Let him bluff his civilian co-par
ceners In crime into standing trial at
Savannah on Indictments found against
them more than a year and a half ago.
When he should have thus relieved civil
Justlro from a reproach the restless victim
of court-martial might consistently face the
future, although still unable to buy or bluff
his way out of Jail.
rcitsoNAi, .oti;s.
Tho Daughters of tho Revolution will have
their next meeting at Denver. That Is moro
than their revolutionary sires could have
done.
The London papers state that $175,000
was expended In the funeral of Queen Vic
toria. Nelson's and Pitt's cost $200,000 and
Wellington's almost $350,000.
Now that Gunner Morgan Is seeking a
divorce, It Is cxpecled that Admiral Samp
son will modify his opinion of the gunner's
ability to shine In good society.
Chief Justice Fuller Is a constant reader
of contemporary novels. Classics of nil
sorts ho has at his fingers' ends, but after
a day In court tho lighter sort of Action
he finds to bo more of a diversion.
It Is declared by Wall street that tho
estates of Commodoro Vandcrbllt and Jay
Gould have about doubled In the bands of
later owners. The Vanderbllt properties
wcro worth $80,000,000 and tho Gould inter
ests $70,000,000.
Vice President Roosevelt was talking the
other day to a literary friend who, apropos
of Mr. Roosevelt's books and magazine
articles, asked him: "By the way, what
aro you writing now?" "Now? Writing?"
was tho nnswei. "Oh! letters, letters, let
ters!"
It will cost about $3,000,000 (o 'buy up
the Palisades, according to the plans of the
Pallasades Interstate Park commission, but
none can (ell where tho money b to come
from, Nevertheless, (he commission has
nearly $600,000 wKb which lo begin opera-
dons.
Insurance promoters In (ho south will pay
a handsomo premium for a heart-to-heart
talk with tho lobbyists who failed to block
a 25 per cent tax bill In tho Tennessee
legislature. The fact that a well lubrlca(ed
looby slipped a cog, fills them with astonish
ment.
The Hon. A. J. von Szllassy, the president
of the Young Men's Christian association of
Buda Pcsth, a member of tbo Imperial Diet,
and a leading spirit In all philanthropic
movements In his country, will attend the
Jubllco convention of tho Young Men's
Christian association, In Boston, beginning
on June 11.
Somebody asked Chief Croker as to the
truth of a printed rumor that Now York
firemen were to wear shirtwaists this sum
mer. "Not for a minute," was the cm
ohatlo response. "When a man goes In his
shirtsleeves It's tho limit. There are no
dudes on my pay roll."
While out with a coaching parly a fow
days ago Alfied G. Vandcrbllt drew forth
a handful of money to pay for something
In a hotel at Yonkers. Ono of (he coins
dropped (o (he floor and (he mtllloualru
spent sovcral mlnules looking for It. Ho
finally found the coin, which proved to bo
a red cent. "Tako care of the pennies,"
mut(ercd a bys(ander.
The edllor of (he Prison Mirror, who Is
serving a limited engagement at Stillwater,
Minn., is a person of "Infinite Jest" whose
talents need restraint. He thinks the Mir
ror would bo a valuable exchange and Is
willing to give advertising space to equal
ize the divvy. "Tho Mirror," he says, In
breezy nolo, "Is a weekly paper, published
at Stillwater, and numbers among Its con
tributors the best lltcrury talent of the
state, many of them having been sent to
Stillwater by the very best Judges, on ac
count of tholr versatility with the pen.
From this large number of literati, the
editor has been selected, and It Is not too
much to say, deservedly so, on account of
his acknowledged proficiency in writing
uomes dc plume."
HITS Or' WAHIII.MITO.X Lll'll.
Socnr ami Inclilnttn Around (hp .n-
tliiiuil (iipllnl.
Senator Mnson of Illinois shaves himself,
and occasionally docs a good Job of scrap-
lug. Dut there are others. A Washington
correspondent relates that the senator re
cently rushed Into his bathroom urnicd
with a razor. He was late for breakfast.
Ho lustily scraped his triple chins nnd
reached for the tubo of face cream ho
keeps In a closet nbovo tbo wnshstnnd.
It so happened that his small son had, on
the evening before, carefully placed a tubo
of blcyclo cement In tho closet, and tho
senator got tho cement instend of the face
ireatn, Ho daubed his broad expanse of
faco with tho cement beforo ho realized
nnythlng was wrong. Tho skin specialist
ho consulted thinks ho will havo nil the
cement off tho senator's faco In a week.
Statesmen reach the reception room in
tho White Houso by climbing tho longest
stairway in Washington. Senator Hnuua,
suffering from what base ball men rail a
"charlcy horse leg," was laboriously
mounting tho steps recently nnd stopped to
rest when half-way up. Ho saw tho chief
usher on tho Hoor below and called to him:
"Hnvo an elevator put In this building
during tho summer nnd send the bill to
mo." "Second the motion," said Senutor
Iiatt, when ho heard of Hanna's offer.
Tho Washington correspondent of tho
Chicago Chronicle reports that tho Mary
land ballot law hns not In practlco come
up to democratic expectations. It was
given a fair and Impartial trial at the
Frederlcktown municipal election. As u
means of preventing tbo Illiterate, negro
from voting It proved a delusion and a
snare, nnd Mr. Gorman nnd his lieutenants
find themselves In tho position of men who
havo spent a lot of tlmo and energy In tho
passage of a mcasuro that Is probably a
failure from a political point of view. Tho
alphabetical arrangement of names, com
bined with tho party designations set forth
In clear, largo type, was exactly what tho
Illiterate negro needed to assure his right
to vote. It was only necessary to Instruct
him that "republican" contains ono letter
which drops In part below (ho line, as (ho
democratic white llllterato was Inslructod
that "democrat" has r round letter tho
fourth from (ho s(ar(, to enable him to pass
tho judges and have his vote registered.
Only negroes who nro rated as extra dull
confined their voting to mayor. Tho
brighter ones went right on down through
tho ticket with n success that was never
contemplated by tho framers of tho law.
They do things better In Virginia, whero .a
negro In order to prove that he Is 21 years
old has to glvu the date of his birth. If he
cannot do this the Judges havo a right (o
assume (hat he Is not of nge, and ovcry
clecdon day sees thousands of whlto-halre'd
darkles, many of them great-grandfathers,
refused the right to voto becauso they aro
presumed to be minors.
Tho Washington Post relates that
Former Senator Pcffer has emerged from
tho greatcoat that enveloped him nnd his
pendant whiskers during long constitution
als along F street last winter. Still
recuperating from his severe Illness, he
has put on lighter attire, nnd now oc
casionally appears on the much frcqucn(ed
(horoughfares, pushing n carriage. In which
(ho passenger is a bright-eyed little girl of
perhaps 12 months. Yesterday tho ox
senator's route was along tho broad walk
In front of tho Treasury department where,
solitary and alone, ho wulked slowly up
and down wllh measured s(eps. patiently
pushing (he baby rarrlago which boro his
little granddaughter.
Naturally the passcrsby of tho gentler sex
were attracted by tho spectacle of tho fond
old man and tho Innocent infant. The lat
ter became the circle of an interested
group, tho leader of which made (he usual
overlures.
"What is oo name?" rellcratcd tho
woman again and again.
"Tan't o tell (ho lady oo namo?" said
the long and solemn Kansan In hollow voice.
But tho granddaughter was obdurate, and,
following a long parley and exchango of
endearing terms, the ex-sena(or pedaled
slowly up (ho pike loward his daughter's
roof(ree.
At tho request of Senator Daniel of Vlr
glna President McKlnley has ordered the
return of tho Washington relics now In
custody of Smithsonian Institution, to tho
heirs of George Washington Parke Curtis.
The relics, consisting of uniforms, swords,
camp equipages and other things, were
taken from tho Leo resldcnco at Arling
ton at the outbreak of (ho civil war. They
were rollec(cf by General Washlng(on's
ndop(ed son. George Washington Parke Cur
tis, whoso father. Colonel John Parke Cur
tis, was Martha Washington's son by her
first husband and acted as aide-de-camp
to General Washington during tho siege of
Yorktown.
When Mrs. Washington died In 1802, Cur
tis built Arlington house, on his Inherited
estate of 1,000 acres near tho city of
Washington. Tho number of souvenirs of
the father of his country thero preserved
mado tho houso tho objective, point of
patriotic pilgrimages from nil points of tho
country. After tho transference of tho
relics to tho Smithsonian Institution It was
said by some of the museum officials that
muny of tho so-called "relics" wore doubt
ful Insofar as their association with Wash
Ington woh concerned.
Arlington house and Its treasures passed
to the famous confederate leader, General
Lee, through marriage, his wlfo having been
O. W. Parko Curtis' daughter. Tho claim
by his heirs to recover tho articles ro
moved from Arlington has been pending
about fifteen years.
ItKUKUMIMl COLOIIADO DESHHT.
A Work of Gront Magnitude; Carried
on In the Went.
New Y'ork Times.
In the absorbing Interest of great nierg
ers with capitalizations, which a fow years
ago would havo been deemed Impossible,
wo are apt to overlook tho fact that a great
deal Is going on In tho world which makes
for good in very much larger degrco than
do the operations of the Wall street finan
ciers. For example, a work Is now lu
progress which will redeem for civilization
and occupation 400,000 acres of was(o land
In Colorado and 500,000 In New Mexico, and
beforo (ho close of (he present year ono of
the most desolate and forbidding of tho
American deserts will bo redeemed and
prepared to becomo one of tho garden spots
of this continent. Artesian wells which
have bcten drilled near Indlo aro flowing
copiously, and theso aro to be supple
mented by an Irrigation rannl sixty miles
long, which will bring tho wator of tho
Colorado river into tho heart of tho desert
This will furnish tho wa(er to irrigate
abundantly neary 1,500 square miles of
land, which will becomo wonderfully fer
tile when thus treated. Great climatic
changes may be expected to follow, ill
verting tho waters of tho Colorado Into
this arid waste, where tho beat Is Intol
erablo and the dlslanco botween springs Is
greater than In Sahara. A similar work Is
In progies on the Arizona sldo of tho river
and before wnter at least another 100,000
acres of now uninhabitable land will bo
made desirable by Irrigation. Such enter
prises do more for the progress of clvlll
zatlon than nil tho banking deals which ran
be ovolved in tho board rooms of the Na
polrons of finance. They not only make
blades of grass grow where pono grow he-
fore, but they make homes for tho home
less and add something tangible to the na
(lonal wealth. This Is better territorial
expansion than can be effected by coloni
zation or conquest.
mvr.iton.vr vinws ox ki siox.
Falrbury Enterprise (rep.): Tho democ
racy throughout the country seems to be
preparing to enst aside the tics that havo
bound them to thu populists and silver
republicans the past few years. They want
to go It alone, but tho plo hunters are
nverso to It, realizing there is no hopo for
them with a dividend party.
Beatrice Democrat: Wc notice a number
of names being suggested to "the fusion
party" na candidates for supreme Judge
this fall, by persons signing themselves
'Fuslonlst." General Victor Vlfqualn signs
his own name to a nomination of J. H.
Broady. Of course, tho names presented
by tho "fuslonlsts" aro all pops. Tho
lemocrals will simply bo asked (o vo(o
(he pop ticket, as usual, if there is any
thing done along fusion lines.
York Democrat. Thero are a fow so-
called fusion papers In the stato that,
Judged from the course they are pursuing,
nro more Interested In sclf-aggraudlzemcnt
than In the welfare of the people of tho
state and tho fusion parties. It Is natural
nnd right to take care of our own busi
ness nlTalrs, but an editor should not try
to bo llsh and fowl ut tho same time, nnd
tho fellows who aro trying to deceive tho
publlo nro merely deceiving themselves.
Better quit cabling nnd go after (he re
publicans, nnd go after (hem good and
pleniy.
Nebraska City Press (rep.): Tho ques
tion now ngltadng the democrats of Otoe
county is whether they will havo fusion
with tho pops, or go it alono as In days
gone by, as the St. Louts democracy did
In their recent municipal election In which
a straight democratic ticket was elected
against tho Interference, of Mr. Bryan,
with his tenets, creed and Influence. How
ever, it will mako littlo difference, if any,
to the republicans of Otoo county how the
fight is made, as It Is generally conceded
that tho republicans will triumphantly elect
the nominees of their next convention.
Grand Island Democrat: Considerable
Interest Is being aroused In tho stnto by
tho politicians by tbo discussion of tbo
futuro plaus of tho several organizations
opposed to tho republican party, especially
ns (o s(n(o affairs. Tho Democrat sur
renders (o nono in Its constancy to
democratic principles. It feels It is
In a position to talk "straight from
tho shoulder," as none can challenge
its democracy, and it says here and now
that It has no sympathy with this or that
separata political organization, with spleen
to vent, ax to grind or Jealousy to parade
(unconsciously). When tho Douglas
County Democracy through Its organ pro
claims to tho world that It will support
naught but straight democrats for ofilce
and oppose fusion, it takes a position as
Illogical as tho courso it condemns and
much more extreme. While wo believe
this organization has dono this to
emphaslzo In some nianucr its dis
like of tho JnckBonlans, a rival club,
yet It should remember that tbo fuslonlsts
of Nebraska havo but mighty little Inter
est in the political brawls of Douglas
county. Tho Democrat gives full credit to
tho democratic tendencies of Douglas
county nnd rejoices at every democratic
victory In the state's metropolis, but the
political Interests of Nobraska democracy
should not bo put in Jeopardy through tbo
strlfo and bickerings of Omaha local poli
ticians nnd organizations. Wo are for
united action against the party that
has onco wrecked tho financial stand
ing of Nebraska and Is today under
tho control of the most domineering cor
porations that ever entered (ho political
lists to plunder tho public. Let's redeem
Nebraska from tho blight of republicanism
and postpone- consideration of democratic
Jealousies to a more propitious season.
HKSI1I.T OK LOSS OK FOflKSTS.
Prime Cunxe of (he Greater lilac of
AVnter In tlie Ohio Ulver.
Kt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The estimate that the damage to prop
erty by tho floods In tho Ohio river valley
will reach $3,000,000, shows the great losses
(o the country which havo resulted from
tho wholesale destruction of forests which
has been going on for tho past third of a
century. These floods aro repeated year
after year with but littlo variation, and
they occur along the Missouri and the
Mississippi as well as on tho banks of the
Ohio. Some years tho destruction Is less
In the Ohio valley than It has been in 1901,
but In other years; It ha3 been much
greater.
Destructive freshets wcro reported along
tho Ohio In tho early days of tho settle
ment of thut region. Tho residents at Mar
ietta and vicinity 100 years ago wcro
occasionally troubled by high water in tho
spring, but the damage, oven allowing for
the vast Increase In tho valuo of the prop
erty along the river since then, is vastly
greater now than it was In tbo old days.
Floods comb oftcner now than (hoy did
(hen, and (he rlso In (he river Is greater.
though large stretches of country were
overflowed moro than onco along tho Ohio
In tho early part of tho historic period.
The destruction of the forests ulnng tho
river Is tho prime cause of tho greater
rlso of the water during the flood periods of
today than occurred two-thirds of a cen
tury ago, or even half a century ago. Hun
dreds of square miles of (rces are wan
tonly sacrificed along (he watershed of all
the great rivers ovcry year, though thero
has been a little let-up In the devastation
recently. Thus tho precipitation by tho
rains Is .not held back as formerly, but is
poured Into tho streams, and theso send
ing their contents suddenly Into tho rivers
causo vast overflows In which nausea are
swept away, railroads aro submerged, and
many lives lost. This is the gonernl course
of things almost every spring. The efforts
of the government to i-ompcns&to tor tho
loss of tho forests by tho construction of
dams to hold buck tho water In spots aro
vain except that they diminish the destruc
tlveness to somo extent. Tho restoration of
the forests, so far as this Is practicable, is
tho only means of lessening tho devastation
which takes place every spring along tho
banks of most of tho great western rivers.
KIl.XSTOX AMI IIKATH VAI,M3Y.
California Linmlm at Weird Tale
Told In the Knit.
Han Francisco Call.
It may bo nn effort to paint the lily, but
when tho now school of adulators of Gen
eral Funston publish fairy tales about his
exploration of Death Valley "It Is to
laugh." Several chaptors of this stuff Is
out. In 1890 he was with ono of the sum
mer Junkets of Mnjor Powell's geological
survey, botanizing In Death Valley and tho
nearby mountnlns. Remembering this
eplsodo In his career eastern papers are
filled with his achievements In that service
Tho hitherto unbraved terrors and un
broken mystery of that terrlblo valley aro
duly Munchausened and magnified. Its
deadly fumes, miasmas, malaria, mlrago
nnd misery aro dwelt upon at terrifying
length. Tho shrinking of largo numbers
of bravo men from the task of entering that
region of horrors, and tbo depopulating ef
fect upon tho country around of Its reputa
tion for being (ho homo of monn(ers, of
polson-omltting crovasses In tho red-hot
earth, of simoons, cyclones, typhoons and
all (ho terrors of the air, work upon tho
tuBte for (bo terrlblo, Its sand storms,
dust storms, dirt storms, Its showers of
salt, borax, brimstone and all that chokes,
constricts, suffocates and kills, are told
about in a fashion to make tho reader
sneeze and throw up the sash for fresh
air.
Having catt up this blood-curdling and
hair-raising scene, they Introduce Funston
In tho foreground, back to the audience and
faco to the Valley of Death. He gives him
self tho word of command, and, marking
Why a Woman
tm AMb to Help Slok Womon
WtHtn Doctor Fall
How gladly would men fly to wo
man's old did they but understand f
woman's feelings, trials, sensibilities,
and peculiar organic disturbances.
Those things nre known only to
women, nnd the aid a man would glvo
is not at his command.
To treat a ense properly It Is neces
sary to know all about It, and full
Information, many times, cannot bo
given by i woman to her family phy
sician. She cannot bring herself to
tell eterythlug, and tho physician i
Mrs. O. H. Cairrrxu
at a constant disadvantage. This is
why, for the past twenty-five years,
thousands of women have, been con
fiding their troubles to us, nnd our
advice has brought happiness nnd
health to countless women in the U.S.
Mrs. Chappcll, of Grant Park, 111.,
tvhoso portrait we publish, advises nil
Buffering women to use Lydla E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, ns it
cured her of inflammation of the ovnnen
and womb ; she, therefore, speaks from
knowledge, and her experience oUk'hl
to give others confidence.. Address Mrs.
Plnkham's Laboratory, Lynn, Matt.
tlmo to get himself In step, marches Into
tho sandy mist nnd mystery. His flguro
lcusons as the perspective increases, und le
finally merged In tho mlrago and Is seen
no more. Morguo and mournful thoughts
occupy tho beholders, who reflect upon tho
highly polished condition of tho hern's bones
when they shall bo found. Tho pious
among them pray that at least his soul will
find transportation from tho blear bosom
of tho desert (o a place of living walcrs.
Af(cr long suspense ho reappears. He has
bisected, circumnavigated and meandered
tbo Valley of Death, set his heel ou tho
neck of its monsters, cut down Its upus
trees to mako a fire to boll his cot'feo. spit
tobocco Juice down lis crevasses, breathed
Its sands nnd coughed them up, sniffed
Its sulphur and grown fnt on It In lino,
has taken tbo sting of Death Valley and
brought it back in bis hatband!
Tho narratlvo Is ridiculous ami will mako
an old Calltornlan laugh at eastern cred
ulity, whllo tho muln-drivers who hnul
borax on that desert will roar. Death Val
ley Is n littlo safer than Broadway In Now
York, and much moro so than the residence
districts of Chicago under tho polcction
of Carler Harrison's police.
THIKI.US LIGHT AS Alll.
tinnier; "Baxter SUVH bo
caught you carrying aroumltho umbrella
tlial no mm iwu iuuuiiir
"Yes. ami tho meauost part of It Ih Unit
I hao born fool enough In go and havo It
repaired."
Plltsburg Chronicle: 'is your geography
an up-to-date work?" wo asked tbo agent,
tolling him that many recent rlmugrs nail
mado old geographies valueless. It wis
moled Just after liroakfuHt tbla morning,
sir." bn protested, 'iminoillntoly after re
ceiving tho latest news from China.
Chicago Tribune: "I am norry, sir," said
ii, uin-L-enn. "hut wo shall liavo to perform
an operation." i,i
.. ... ..m.A rtt unrrv i1m;lnl. Knlll
tbo man with tho appendicitis. '"You aro
clad. And now mai wti uiiin-ifiiuiu iw
other, doctor, you can go ahead.
Tinirnii Krpp Prom: Observer Y'oti don't
sweat much at your work?
Laborer l guess noi; h uuuai u. u.ij .un ..
swcatln' wages.
I. Tn.i.n.,. ..'I'lln lnt S.1VM flV. fOP
IJI'lfUIL U. 1.411. .". ..... .' , - '.
vpM." observed Mordautit. "blngular, la It
notr . . . ., ,
1 confessed iiiai u ,, nuoj,.
"".'nlll'iim i.'rpnelimaii says oul. Is that
singular or plural?" ,1B,.Vr.i
I ftaw now i mil w" !"'"". v , .
and. throwing myself upon him, I boro him
to tno earui.
. A......... I iinrlnrultlllrl Vlllll-
CIHCaKO 1 on l . .ir. iiiu . -
mlnlator Is devoting his attention to tho
h,SurJi.ll.il.ol.l boon
fetTu meart-mn "' ,1,Ul
Philadelphia Press: "Peoplo will not un
dorstund that I hiivo my, nmieiits of Rrlei.
too," complained Lowe Comedy. "Us most
annoying to havo folks laugh at you when
you mean to bo serious.
"I should think," replied 111 Tragedy,
"that you'd And It moro Hiinoylng to buys
them not laugh at you when you menu to
bo funny."
MAD .MI'LLAJI.
Baldmoro American.
Tho rablo dlHpatches announce Uni t Mart.
Mullah headed a. brief rebellion last wc- lv )
Mad Mullah, mi an April la.Vi
Sat In his palace, feeling gal.
Ho mimed: "Homo iroubl" f must raluc,
To make theso Mullahncholy days."
And. grinning nt his ghastly Jest,
Hi! doiincd his roppcr-lululd vest.
Ills raKlan-flttliig robe hn threw
About his shoulders loosely, too,
Then grasped his boomerang-llkn sword.
"Hoi For tho warpath now!" ho roared.
Then, with a twist anil bend mid curl.
His dervishes began to whirl.
Hut llrst of nil Mud Mullah sent
For his press ngent, In Ills lent.
And there, with rhucklo, smllo and giln,
Thoy wroto a fearful bulletin.
"Mad Mullah." said tho agent's screed.
"Is to mako tho tyrants bleed. ,
Ho leads ten thousand-count 'em ten
Undaunted, fearless lighting men,
And he will sweep throughout the land
With his llorco oiirrlenatlon band."
But, sail to Htalo, thorn enmn a man
Who had another nort of plan.
Ho led tbo foolish enemy
Whoso ranks Mad Mullah then could see,
And gazing nt their strong array,
Ho sighed: "It's not my sweeping day."
Bo back unto the palace vast
Ho and his agent galloped Cunt.
Mad Mullah said It was a shame.
Tho agent smiled, "But Juat tho ram
"Wo neiit the news of our attack
Beforo wo thought to hurry buck,
lie Is the greatest hero, Mill.,
Who to his chances Is not dull,
But er lie goes to win the fight,
A full uccount takes pains to wrltn."
Mad Mullah grinned and understood,
And vowed thu thought was very good.
"For, now," ho said, "we have a rhauce
To deck historical romance.
And here. ' bo said, "I'.ll think a thought
To lend the story ono bright spot:
"Of all sad words," ho mused, "tho worst
Are these; 'The others saw us llrst,' "