THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FItlDAT, MAY 3, 1001.
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Notary Public.
The fiitiMufnctiirt'rH vhr tire niovInK
for a Htovo trust hIkhiM tnko 11 look at
tlio thernioniuter mid reconsider.
A ilnshllKl,t photographer caused 11
Htnmpede of tlie niilninlK In a Chi capo
do rIiuw. I'robahly thpy thought lie
was the dof catcher.
The man who a short time apo was
roiniilnlnlnj; about tlie cold weather Is
now culling for the Ice wagon. Some
people are never satlslled.
It Is a wise railroad ollielal who stays
close to his otllce these days. If he takes
11 trip ho Is liable to return and tlud new
owners In control of the road.
Governor Savage says he will make
removals In appointive oltlces only for
cause. This puts It right up to tlie
appointees whether they hold their Jobs
or not.
The president's speeches In the south
nre not furnishing the opposition press
with material which Is valuable, from
their point of view, for editorial com
inent. Nebraska Is furnishing the star wit
ness in the trial over the army fraud
contracts in .Manila. This Is one dis
tinction, However, for which Nebraska
claims no credit.
A warrant has been Issued for tho
uucht or over :t,000 Creek Indians
itrti. 1 ... . . . .
....,11 m,,, uiai would have been In
the old days when the United States
marshal got ail the fees he could con-
jure up.
mi... 11 .
. in.- cwgiisu war secretary asserts that
ins scheme lor reorganizing the Hrltlsh
army has the sanction of tin.
living military authority. Tho Kin t oniitiit
In likely to provoke a smile In some
iiuatters.
.Minister Conger arrived home on the
nnnlversary of the battle of .Manila, but
the fact seems to have been forgotten
111' thl nl'iifuci ,if l... .1.... ....
Aim it was
only three years ago that the Spanish
neet was suilK.
We trust the eminent eonmii.nnmm,f
speaker at the local dental graduation
a no dwelt so strongly on their political
duties had no willful design to transform
the tooth-pullers Into leg-pullers so early
in uieir careers.
Tho new town oltioers chosen at the
receut spring electlous are taking cou
ttol throughout Nebraska, and If. ai
usual, tho new brooms all sweep clean,
they wm nave model municipal govern
incuts for u week or two.
( lllfm-ntii (a n,n,. 1.111 -
" !"i"mufc 11 urn ul par
ticulars of Its numerous wants to bo
jnj.m.i mm uu, president s ear di
his stay lit that state. If California
1 W 1 1- ITl it 1 1 1 1 ii I .......a . it" .. 1
tiring
does
""! iu minis me raiiure c
1... ,.1 ..! 1.. 1 . .. .
anuot
uu viuustu iu nasal unless.
Senator Dietrich's resignation as cov
ernor reads clear cut and to the point
As u statu document It will be cheer
fully accepted as a model tor all future
governors who may happen to be
promoted to a seat In the United States
senate.
Democratic politicians have
taken up the discussion of the
again
tariff
ijuestlon. The difference betwe
en
tho
tin-sent times mul time,, if imv
tariff
uu
der a democratic administration
Is a
more potent argument than
academic discussion. ,
all
till!
With May corn at ,V cents and little
to be had at that price the "Young Man
Phillips," whom the old brokers made
sport of, Is having his turn at smiling,
,Tlio farmer also Joins In the smile. It
means u good price for what old corn ho
has to sell and a clear Held for the new
crop.
The city authorities should have the
co-operation of property owners In their
efforts to expedite the work of street
Improvement. Omaha must go on re
placing Its worn-out pavements with
substantial material for the sako of both
appearance and convenience. Impassa
ble streets make the worst possible Jin
presblou uu out-of-town visitors.
MAHHETlbU ULH SL'tU'hLS.
President MeKlnley Is not neglecting
the opportunity to Impress upon the peo-
ile the necessity of finding markets for
our surplus products. Ho said In one
of his speeches that we must see to It
that an Industrial policy shall be pur
sued In the United States that will open
tip the whlest markets In every part of
the world for the products of American
soil and the American manufacturer.
We have reached that point In our In-
lustrlal development when wo must
open up new markets for our surplus
products.
One of the means for attaining this
Indicated by Mr. MeKlnley Is the creat-
ng an American merchant marine that
will enable us to expeditiously send our
iroducts to the markets of the world
and which will distribute among our
own people tho vast stun now auuually
paid to foreign ship owners for trans
porting our products abroad. There Is
nothing more essential than this to en
able us to secure and hold new markets
for our surplus products. Our foreign
trade has made rapid progress during
the last half a dozen years and undoubt
edly will continue to grow, but It would
bo very greatly promoted If our pro
ducers and manufacturers were made
Independent of Hrltlsb and other for
eign ship owners, to whom we now pay
an annual tribute ninountlng to between
$100,000,000 and $200,000,000.
It will bo well If tho remarks of tho
president In this regard shall command
tho earnest attention of tho people of
the south, who certainly have as great
Interest In it as those of any other sec
tion. The south needs enlarged markets
for Its great staple and It should support
whatever policy will couduco to this, but
It has seemed hitherto not to regard tho
creation of an America 11 merchant ma
rine as at all necessary to Its welfare.
but with Industrial development there Is
seen In that section an Increasing senti
ment in support of the American eco
nomic policy to which It owes Its Indus
trial growth, and It Is a reasonable ex
pectation that sooner or later the south
will see the beuellt that would accrue
to It from an American merchant ma
rine adequate to tlie requirements of our
foreign commerce and actively cm-
ployed iu extending trade.
This Is a question which In Its bearing
upon the commercial future of the
United SUites Is secotul to none other,
and It should receive the earnest and In
telligent consideration of the people of
all sections. While we are projecting an
Interoceaule canal In order to give our
products a shorter route to the Asiatic
markets we may well consider whether
it Is not equally luportant to our success
Iu competing for those markets that we
shall be able to send our products there
in American ships under our own Hag.
This Is not a matter of mere senti
ment, but a practical question, to bo
studied from a business point of view.
It is, moreover, a question that concerns
the entire country and not particular
sections only, which has an Interest for
the agricultural producers whoso wheat
and corn are exported not less thnu lor
tho manufacturers.
As a contribution to the history of the
Chinese trouble the statements of Mln
lstcr Conger In his speech at the Council
Bluffs reception are valuable and Impor
tant. He placed the entire responsibility
for the attacks upon Europeans upon the
Imperial government of China. As his
utterances are certain to command wide
attention wo reproduce them. lie said:
"The government was responsible for
tho slaughter of missionaries. Troops
under the control of Imperial leaders,
and not Hoxers, caused the uprising
against foreigners. Princes and minis
tors directed the movements, livery
fortress and barricade that was raised
against us floated the tlag of tho Chinese
government."
There has never been any doubt as to
the sympathy of some of tho members
of the Imperial government with tho
anti-foreign movement. It is well uu
derstood that the empress dowager her
self was In more or less hearty accord
with It. But Mr. Conger excepts no one
of tho Imperial authorities from respon
slblllty. not even tho emperor himself,
who, though little better than a figure
head, had been supposed not to be uu
friendly to foreigners. Tho statements
of tho American minister go far to ex
plain If Indeed not to Justify the severe
demands of some of the powers In tho
matter of punishment. Tho insistence
that Prluco Tuan and one or two others
should be made an example of was evl
dently duo to a full knowledge on the
part of tho ministers of the responsibil
ity or these parties in connection with
the uprising. The not uncommon Idea,
therefore, that the mlulsters were ac
tuated largely by tho spirit of revenge,
must needs be dismissed and tho con
elusion reached that iu urging the ex
treme punishment of some otl'enders of
imperial onnectiou they earnestly be
lloved such a course to be necessary to
tlie attainment of permauent peace, that
they seriously felt that future security
could be absolutely assured only by get
ting rid of such of the imierlal author!
ties as were actively engaged in tho
anti-foreign movement.
Mr. Conger is uot apprehensive regard
lug the future. Hu said that tho priu
clpal leaders In tho movement having
been punished there will bo no more
trouble of that nature. Certaluly China
has been taught a lesson which It ought
to be safe to assume she will not speed
llv forirot. but that there ts still a strong
aud widespread hatred of foreigners
among the Chinese Is not to be doubted
Thu empress dowager has appointed a
board of administration to which has
been delegated u measure of respouslbll
Ity, It Is presumed with a view of fa
cllltatlng a settlement with the powers
but this does uot ucccssarlly mean that
the actual ruler of China and those 1111
tier her Influence are at heart any less
hostllu to foreigners than heretofore
They will, however, maku no further at
tempt, at least In tho present, to show
this hostility and the powers will rcqulro
such ample security for tho future us
will doubtless permanently safeguard
their rights and Interests In China. In
demanding such security ou Hues of Jus
tlce and fair dealing the powers will
promote the welfare of the Chinese em
pire as well as their own.
auvEitxuti sa vaoh's iiKSivssuttwrr
Governor Savage has entered upon the
executive olllce with both opportunity
and responsibility. It must be admitted
11 all candor that when the people of
Nebraska elected him to be lieutenant
governor they had In mind his elevation
o the position of governor only as a re
mote possibility. Tho contingency which
has made him tho head of the state gov
ernment focalizes upon him responsi
bility In meeting which he will tlx the
measure of popular approval or disap
pointment. We believe Governor Savage will do
his best to come up to public expecta
tion. Tho, many questions he will bo
called upon to decide will require keen
perception and clear Judgment. While no
man In public or prlvnte life may be
able to avoid making mistakes, the se
ed Ion of advisers and the advice con
sulted most frequently shape the action.
Governor Savage stands llrst for the
entire people of tho state and secondly
for the republican party, to which he
owes his elevation. The public welfare
llrst, and the demands of party success
second, should bo his guiding stars.
While the public good Is not to bo sacri
ficed to party prestige, the party will
gain more In the wny of strengthening
Itself In public confidence by a wise,
economical and patriotic administration
than by gallery plays for political cap
ital. While realizing tho dllllcultlcs that
may beset him In tlie discharge of his
duties, the people of Nebraska will be
disappointed If tho new governor falls
to make good the opportunity or falls
short of tho high standard they have set
for htm.
Governor Nash of Ohio and party will
spend a day In Omaha ou their return
from the Paclllc coast, whither they are
going to participate In the launching of
the battleship named after their state.
Omaha lias 11 large number of former
Ohloans among Its citizens, many of
them prominent In their respective pro
fessions or vocations, who, wo are
sure, will take the lead lit providing
an appropriate entertainment, especially
as Mayor Moores Is an Ohio tuan him
self.
If the report that Germany has ne
gotiated for and secured a concession In
Canton proves true, It confirms tho grow-
lug belief that the powers made several
mental reservations In giving promises
In China. Assurances are out that they
were not seeking territorial expanslou
aud would uot negotiate Independently
with China, but with Germany and
Hussla breaking over the Hue the prom
ises are none of them worth tho candle.
If present conditions continue tho
people of this country need have no
fear of a combination In Europe hostile
to this country which Is asserted will
annihilate this nation. It takes money
to carry on a war, either commercial or
physical, in these modern times. With
practically all of Europe borrowing from
the United States, where would Europe
look to tluauco the other side of such a
conflict?
The Philippine commission Is the
busiest body In the land at present. The
various Islands are In such a rush to
avail themselves of the benelits of good
government that the commission is
swamped. If the Filipinos will only
have patience the commission will get
arouud to all iu much less time than it
took the Filipinos to make up their
mind to accept a good thing.
More Nebraska people are planning
for visits to Europe tho coming sum
mer, according to all reports, than over
before. This is another sign of pros-
lierous conditions. People do not make
European trips unless they can afford
them, but the question of expense no
louger Jl-lghtens the farmer or merchant
who has left tho mortgage era behind
him.
Competition for the coutrol of the
Union Pucltlc is decidedly brisker than
It was when the road was knocked
dowu a few years ago to tho highest bid
der under the government foreclosure
Had they only discovered that they
wanted the road at that time the peo
pie who are after it now would have
saved whole nrmfuls of money.
Working the tilud llimd.
St. Louis Republic,
"Well," said tho president as he mopped
his brow, "summer campaign speeches
Bcem to have a dampening effect on tho
Bpeaker."
Yunltrc I'lctiires In l'wrls.
lloaton Globe.
The Yankee ts coming forward all along
tho Hue lu these expansive days. More
than one-third of tho foreign painters ex
hibiting at the Parts ealon tiro Americans
Too Nhrcwil n I'ncrr.
aiobe-Democrut.
David 13. IIlll remarks that he Is not In
training and that "no one can now tell
what can or ought to be dono In 1901."
David Is too old a politician to ho caught
out of breath when ho reaches the starting
post.
.Vntiiiiiul Hen! Kututr DenU.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
President MeKlnley said lu ono of his
speeches lu Virginia that "tho policy of
the United States has always been to
keep what It originally started with and
hold all that It honorably gets." And
President Jefferson illustrates In a strlk
tng way tho operation of getting some
thing Important lu tho way of real
estate.
Tnt'tful Wny of I'littlnn ThlnR.
Indianapolis Journal,
The opening speeches of President Mc
Klnley's tour fully sustain his reputation
for tact and eloquence, using tho latter
term In the sense of Impressing hearers
without oratorical display. Mr. McKinley's
kindness of heart does not detract any
thing from tho strength of his convictions,
and be has 11 tactful way of putting things
that Is very pleasing to the people.
.lor .IrUVr 0111, Onr .Inc.
Chlcogo Chronicle.
Joseph Jefferson, one pf the precious
progeny of the phenomenal year 1829, con
tlnues to delight audiences with vlrllo and
exquisite Interpretations of a refined range
of characters. "You are as much to blame
as anybody for my being on the stcge.
he genially tald to a crowded house the
other aventng. "Evtrywhere I go I have
large audiences, and I wilt say that as long
as my health and powers continue t shall
not leave the stage." May his health and
powers long continue to prove that a sound
body and a spno mind arc as possible In
the dramatic career as In any other, al
though "the pact! that kills" Is too familiar
with tho footlights. Its temptations arc
no more severe there thun In other paths
when met with rectitude and fortitude.
Ilrct unr Enterprise.
Philadelphia Lcdser.
In a few months there will be forty-two
beet sugar factories In operation In this
country, no less than thlrteca being now
In course of erection. This can only mean
that the beet sugar enterprise Is now es
tablished, and that wo can, If we choose,
bn Independent of other nations la the pro
duction of sugar, and that without the en
couragement of tho bounty once thought
necessary.
I'nnilnr Confront (hp' Looters.
Philadelphia ledger.
LI Hung Chang's appeal to America in
3half of tho famlnc-strlckcn people of
Kin SI province is notable as China's first
ill upon n western nation for aid of this
nrt. t It Inn tntlrtli in enl (ll la Hhrla
tlanlty'n opportunity to re-establish Itself
n L'nina, ana teach that nation to iorgot
he bloody work of its alleged represcnta
Ives by nn object lesson of love and
iharlty? A very small fraction of tho money
pent In warlike demonstration In China
vnuld givo It an established footing In the
fnmlno districts.
Wlml Cuha Will llecrlve.
Philadelphia Press.
Independence the Cuban commission de
clares It desires and independence the
Island will receive, but It will be Inde
pendence Inside and not outsldo the re
sponsibilities and obligations of tho Ameri
can system outlined by tho Monroe doc
trine. Annexation Is sure to come if Cuba
drifts from revolution to revolution. The
only sure prevention is a guaranty of or
der and stability In Cuba which renders
revltitlon unprofitable and preserves the
Island from the dreary disorders of Span
Ish-Amerlcun lands,
Wtt.l, IIHYAN HUN Foil CJOVErtNOUf
Piissllilllt)- nf ChuitnlitK Another Ilnntr
to the While limine.
St. Iouls Globe-Democrat (rep).
Editor Hosowatcr of Omaha says he
thinks William J. Itryan will be a candl
dato for governor of Nebraska In 1902, and
ndds that If ho gets tho nomination "ho
will be a hard man to beat." If Hry.in
should bn elected governor in 1902, accord
Ing to his neighbor and political enemy.
Rosowater, ho "will hope to get n demo
cratlo legislature. In which event ho will
seek an election to tho United States senate
to succeed Dietrich, whoso term will expire
In 1903." If this Is Dryan's real plan, of
course It means that he Is not expecting
tho presidential nomination in 1901.
Hut it is not safe to assume that Dryan
has given up all hope of getting tho prcsl
dential candidacy in 1904. Ho himself says
ho Is not planning Just now to get tho
nomination, but the infereuco Is clear from
his expressions that he does not Intend to
refuso it If it bo offered to him. As he Is
young, ardent and personally popular with
a large section of his party, It Is evident
that ho still hopes to be able to got an-
other candidacy. Hill's disclaimer of any
Intention on his own part to seek the can
didacy and of any expectation of receiving
it will bo calculated to strengthen Bryan
In the hope that his party will rally on him
In 1904.
Any calculation for 1P04 which leaves
Bryan out of the reckoning Is defective.
To bo sure, many things can take placo
between now and the day of the meeting
of the next presidential nominating con
ventlons which cannot ha .foreseen at tho
present time. New lrfsues may arise
which will sidetrack those of 1896 and 1900.
New men may come to tho front who are
unheard of today In connection with the
candidacy. American politics has shown
many such lightning changes In the past.
and it will bo unsafe to suppose that the
possibilities In this direction have all been
exhausted. Yet the country will do well to
keep Bryan In mind as n nomination possl
biuty. bevcral men Tom Johnson, Carter
Harrison, David B. Hill and others have
been mentioned recently In connection with
tho democratic candidacy. None of these.
nowever, could arouse any of tho cnthu
slasm which Bryan evoked. As Bryan still
has many powerful friends In his party
there may be a "third battle" In store for
him and it three years henco.
FI.lOICCI.Nf; TUB PUBLIC.
Public Safety Dcmnuiln n l,mv AKBlmt
Wittered Stock.
Baltimore American.
It should be within the province of all
good governments to help protect tho
people from their own folly. When the
arm of the law can be thrust between a
man and a danger, under which danger
he Is liable to be victimised, then tho law
proves Itself a blessing, though tho ex
ploiters of tho danger may denounce It as
nn Infringement upon their personal
freedom. The law has the decalogue as Its
authority for declaring that robbery should
bo prohibited, nor does the word robbery
limit itself to the idea of masked men
with deadly bludgeons. It includes with
equal force the more sinister class of rob
beries, committed by men of well-governed
attiro and fashionable associations. Polite
robbery Is as criminal as the rougher sort.
Tho deliberate cheating of the public by
some skillfully conceived deception should
be as culpublo before tho law as the more
daro-devll type of stealing.
It Is the extension of tho Idea of pro
tcctlon to matters of great scope which
has inspired Congressman Babcock to draft
his antl-watered-stock law. The past three
years have witnessed the most conscience
less fleecing of tho public that our financial
history has ever recorded. Tons of stock
certificates have been turned on the market,
tho value or which is zero. Their flotation
has been accomplished through rank mis
representation. The organliatlon of com
binations have opened wide the gates, and
the small army of Industrial promoters
has taken full advantage of the opportunity.
By the deliberate Juggling of flgurcu thoy
have deceived tho public Into spending mil
lions of dollars for stuff which tho organiz
ers knew at the tlmo was not worth a
farthing. Through the process of ridiculous
ovor-capitnllzatlon they have created a vast
accumulation of fictitious values which they
are still unloading on the public to the
latter'B financial Injury.
Tho process Is wrong and should bo
stopped. It Is an evil practice, founded
upon tho innocent credulity of the
public. It Is providing a few immensely
wealthy magnates and their agents with
a pollto method of robbing tho general
masses by a clever financial ruse. In fact,
tho methods of operating such schemes,
whereby worthless stock is sold nt a price,
la amazingly close to the criminal Idea
of obtaining money undor falso pretenses.
Those who offer for sale such stock certainly
know from the very start that It represents
nothing but fictitious value.
Any legislation, therefore, which con
templates the Inhibition of such a practice
Is desirable. In fact, It Is more than de
sirable. Such legislation Is an imperative
necessity. It is demanded ss a protection
of tho people against the clever schemes of
financial freebooters. It fs demanded In
order to preserve our complex domain of
capitalized enterprise upon a sound and
solid basts. It Is demanded in order to
lfeep sacred the business Integrity of our
people. It Is demanded In order to shield
financial confidence from a rude shock and
from consequent death, In short, stock
watering la wrong, and should ba itoppcd.
A Premium
OmnhnS Hid Itir Store Crime.
Brooklyn Kugle.
The verdict of the Jury In the Cudahy
kidnaping case In Umaha, calls attention
to what Is getting of scandalous fre
quency In the courts, namely, the dlfll
culty of securing Justice for n rich man,
Testimony was offered to prove that James
Callahan, the accused man, was In the com
pany of Patrick Crowe, the kidnaper, up to
the moment of the kidnaping, aud young
Cudahy, tho boy, Identified Callahan as one
of the men who carried him off. But Calla
han said he was not there, and tho Jury
took his word against the word of tho boy
and against tho testimony of witnesses who
swore that ho was with Crowo when the
horso was bought that was used to carry
the boy away. Justice Baker, who presided
at the trial, declared that the verdict was
contrary to the law and to tho evidence.
The Judge also said that the man was
acquitted becnuse Mr. Cudahy was a rich
man and tho prosecuting attorney holds the
same opinion. If this opinion be correct
the Omaha Jury thinks that It is better
that tho son of n rich man should bo kid
naped for the sake of a ransom than that
the man accused of kidnaping should be
convicted. Such a verdict will put a
premium on this sort of business. Tho
child of no rich man In Omaha Is safe and
the Omaha example will not be lost upon
scoundrels In other cities who want to
make money by playing upon the affections
of fathers and mothers,
A tie-served Itehnke.
Now York Journal.
The rebuke administered by JuiIro Baker
to tho Jury that acquitted Callahan, ac
cused of complicity In the Cudahy kidnaping
case, was nono too severe. Tho verdict of
that Imbecile or vicious body Is tho most
disheartening thing to parents that has
happened slnco Mr. Cudahy's payment of
ransomo set the chlld-stcalcr at work
throughout the country. If tho crime of
kidnaping is to be kept within bounds It
must meet with relentless punishment
whenever it Is attempted. Promptness and
certainty aro essential to the desired effect
upon the criminal mind. Tho difficulty of
catching the kidnaper seriously detracts
from this effect., but now It seems that
wo huvo to reckon not only with that
trouble, but nlso with Idiocy or sympathy
with crime In tho Jury. It Is an unhappy
situation. Child-stealing must be sup
pressed, or tho shadow of a hideous torror
will hang over every home In America.
Legislatures huvo mot tho public demand
AN KXAMPI.K IN IltlttUATIO.V.
Control nnd Distribution of the
Witter nf the Nile.
Philadelphia Record.
In view of the enormous extent of ter
ritory in our western states which Is now
worthless for agricultural purposes because
of n lack of water supply, but which would
be of Incxhaustlblo fertility if water should
bo applied to It, tho British government's
successful efforts to solve a similar problem
In Kgypt become of great Interest.
Consul General Long, who is stationed at
Cairo, explains In detail tho construction of
tho Assouan dam. It Is expected that upon
tho completion of tho dam not only will the
country contiguous to the lower Nile bo
provided with a regular water supply, which
will largely Increase its agricultural possi
bilities and odd materially to the pros
perity of the country, hut also that trado
will be fostered by making tho navigation
of the upper Nile possible at all seasons.
Tho total cost of tho undertaking will prob
ably reach $10,000,000.
With this striking object lesson before
them tho advocates of federal aid to great
irrigation schemes in tho far west will
doubtless bo encouraged to renewed efforts.
It Is certain that much of what is now
wasto land In Arizona, New Mexico and
Washington could be made to 'Iblossom as
tho roso" through tho application of a sys
tematic plaa of water storage and Irriga
tion. Ono objection that has been strenu
ously urged against severnl of the more
comprehensive western plans Is tho difficulty
of constructing a dam sufficiently strong to
control the Immense volume of water which
at cortaln seasons rushes seaward with
tremendous velocity through the western
rivers. Slnco a very similar condition ob
tains in the Nile tho action of tho surging
waters upon tho Assouan dam in time of
flood will be watched with lntcnso Inter
est by irrigation engineers In this country.
I'i:HSON.I, NOTES.
Ex-Oovcrnor Hogg has made $3,000,000 in
oil. And there aro others.
Senator Stewart says tho hardest work
ho ever did was carrying bricks on the
farm of a deacon In Ohio.
The Hill and Johnson ticket Is out. It
consists of David B. Hill and Tom L. John
son, with James Hamilton Lewis as chief
engineer.
Edward Nero, who succeeds Alexis E.
Krye as superintendent of schools In Cuba,
Is sold by tho Havana Post to be ono of
tho best educated men in tho Island,
H. W. D. Brooke, who rowed In tho Cam
bridge boat against tho Oxford the other
day, Is probably tho first son of a reigning
monarch to row in a university race. He
Is the second son of thn rajah of Sarawak,
An announcement of special Interest to
tho traveling public is that tho Great East
ern Hallway of England will Introduce the
check system on its lines June 1. For this
convenlcnco a small fee will bo charged.
Its use for tliu present, at least, It ap
pears, is entirely optional.
Civil Servlco Commissioner Rodonberg
says that upon bis appointment a certain
cartoonist pictured him as big and fat,
with long whiskers and that those who do
aot know him now generally believe ho
looks like that, "all of which," ho adds,
"you can soo Is a long way off."
Ex-Prcsldent Cleveland need not expect
uninterrupted dolco far nlento In Berk
shire this summer. Tho principal of the
Great Barrlngton High school has Invited
him to deliver the oration at the reunion
of tho alumni In June, and ho must pull
himself together and mako ready.
Chicago papois warmly commend tho ap
pointment of Captain Frank O'Neill as
chief of police to succeed Chief Klpley.
Tho new chief Is C3 years of ago and has
been on the force twenty-eight years.
His three notabln characteristics aro
honesty, fearlessness and scholarly at
tainments. It Is related of Walter Damrosch that
he onca asked Anton Seidl whore an ac
quaintance lived. "I don't know thu
number," replied Soldi, -"but tho house Is
In such and such a place and tho nolo of
tho doorstep is C sharp." Damrosch wpnt
to the place, kicked tho doorsteps until
ho struck the proper noto and so found the
right house.
Tho Belgian prince who yielded so
abuudantly at the custom houso harvest
ing In New York Is rather In the line of
an exception to tho rule of noblemen com
ing to America on marriage bent. Tho
Prince de Croy, If not himself a Jowel,
must bo regarded at least as a Jowel box,
and a very richly lined one.
An Intimation has been thrown out that
with a view to still further strength
ening the bond between Canada and the
rest of tho British umpire, King Edward
might create Borne colonial peerages, such
as the duke of Toronto, marquis of Mon
treal or earl of Quebec. One Canadian
paper beseeches his majesty to spare the
Domlnloa, adding: "We are doing so nicely
is we are!"
on Kidnaping:
by Increasing the legal penalties for kid
naping, and juries must do their share or
parents will bo tempted to find redress for
Intolerable wrongs outside the law.
A .Mlnenrrlnne nf JnnlK'f,
Baltimore American.
Tho acquittal of Callahan In Omaha, tho
man charged with complicity In the kid
naping of Cudahy, Is a misfortune. It is
one of those strange miscarriages of Jus
tice which sometimes occur In Jury trials.
It docs not appear that tho Jury was tam
pered with. It was, however, prejudiced,
nnd care was taken by counsel to appeal
to these prejudices, It is difficult to realize,
however, that twelve average men In an
intelligent community can all be so hope
lessly the slaves of their passions and
prejudices as to be unable to perform
honestly the duties required of them by
their oaths. This, however, seems to have
been tho caso In tho Cudahy trial. They
regarded It as a fight between wealth and
poverty, nnd do not seem to have consid
ered either the extremely criminal charac
ter of the offense nor the boy's deprivation
of liberty, and the possibility of his being
murdered had not his father paid down
tho ransom,
Denounced nn .Norlntln t.
St. Paul Pioneer Press,
The evidence as to Callahan's guilt ap
pears to have been without a flaw. There
never wus a case, It seems, where a verdict
of "guilty" might more justly have been
expected, and that without the necessity
of tho Jurymen leaving their seats. That,
In tho face of such evidence, a unanimous
verdict of acquittal was rendered, plainly
shows that thero was not among the twelve
a single man fitted by character and In
tolllgcnco to servo on a Jury. The whole
twelve appear to have been Impregnated
with tho socialist belief that men of prop
erty aro everywhero engaged In conspiracies
to deprive poor men of their rights and
liberties, and that Callahan and Crowo
were no more blamable for "holding up"
n rich man than are tho peopto who get
tho better of one another In stock und
grain deals. The admiration for criminals,
cultivated by dime novels and yellow Jour
nalism, doubtless had Its share, also, In the
verdict.
To confldo tho administration of Justlco
to characterless men of this description
Is to make ctlmo attractive and to Im
peril tho safety of society. To "roast"
Jurymen who thus betray their trust and
violate their oath, as Judgo Baker roasted
tho Callahan Jury, does no good. A con
LUCK THAT PA ILK I).
Cape Nome's Ilonm Shrink to the
Level of the Klondike.
Portland Oregohlan.
Tho Cape Nomo mining boom, which
reached high-water mark last year, has
shriveled away to very smalt proportions.
Tho first steamers leaving Puget sound this
spring went out with light passenger lists
nnd in order to secure even the few who
were taken a secret cut in rates was made.
Now comes the announcement of an open
cut In rates and the opportunities for se
curing n fortune In the far north present
such slight allurements that they must be
supplemented by an Insignificant fare in or
der to attract travel.
This Is In a manner a repetition of the
Klondike experlcnco of a year or two ago
and serves to show on what uncertain
foundation rests tho commercial edifice
bullded on a mining boom. The circulation
of extravagant nnd misleading tales of
great wealth to be secured with tho small
est possible effort attracted big crowds to
the far north for n year or two, and the city
which secured the unenviable reputation of
being tho chief promoter and beneficiary
of theso falsehoods waxed great for a
time. Luck was with tho boomers and the
impetus given tho business by tho first big
discoveries In the Klondike carried It along
for a year or two before tho ebb tide be
gan leaving hundreds of financial and phy
sical wrecks stranded nlong tho route.
Then came a shifting of scenes and tho wan
ing Interest In tho Klondike, which prom
ised to "beach" certain Puget sound cities
nlong with tho other wrecks which they had
helped to bring about, was supplanted by
the Capo Nomo craze.
The Nome craze differed but llttlo from
that of the Klondike The transportation
companies' press agents were ns active
and unscrupulous as they had ever been
and tho conditions for creating a sudden
boom wore even more favorable than they
were In tho Klondike. As a result no such
rush to a mining district has ever been wit
nessed on thb Pacific roast, not even In
tho days of '49 or In the Fraser river ex
citement. A slnglo season, however, served
to puncture the Capo Nomo bubble and the
transportation companies cannot succeed
in working up such a stampede as thoy
turned la tho direction of Alaska in the
last three years.
Unfortunately for those restloss spirits
who find tho more thickly settled portions
of tho United States too crowded for their
comfort, Alaska offers but few Inducements
which v.ould cause a man to. locate thero
nfter being dlsappolntod In his quest for
gold. In the Collfornla rush, when the yel
low metal eluded the search of the miner,
ho could turn his attention to agricultural
pursuits nnd It is through tho big Immlgra
tlon attracted by tho gold discoveries that
California was sattled and developed so
much earlier than Oregon and Washington.
Tho same conditions prevail in this stato
and in Washington, where there are plenty
of mines as good as aro to bo found any
where A cheap faro may attract nomo travel to
the far north, but the luck which made a
few men rich and thousands poor hns failed
and never again will Alaska mines at
tract tho attention that they havo com
manded in the past. Meanwhile there Is
increasing activity In tho mines in this
state and in Washington and a yearly out
put greater than ever came out of tho
Klondike and Cape Nome Is not at all
Improbable within tho next few years.
CANADA HUTS TUB PACK.
Dominion Ntnrta n Judicial Inquiry
Into thi Pulp Trnxt.
Philadelphia Times.
Tho attention of the Dominion authori
ties having been called to published
charges that tho print paper manufactur
ers of Canada had organized a combine
for the purpose of raising the price of tholr
product, at once Instructed a Judge of tho
supremo court to make a rigid Inquiry
Into the truth of the statements and report
thn facts. Should it be found that a com
bine really exists, as alleged by the Do
minion newspapers, It Is tho Intention of
tho Canadian government to place paper
on tho frte list and forfeit the charters of
companies forming the trust.
Quito recently testimony was produced
before tho United States Industrial com
mission which described the formation of
the Internationa) Paper company In 1S9S.
It showed how this corporation secured
a higher rate of tariff on Imported news
print paper by assuring the ways and
means committee of congress that prices of
tho homo product would be lowered by a
consolidation of paper companies, wblch
would do away with salesmen, brokers and
Jobbers and by various advantages to the
tradH which would In turn redound to tho
benefit of consumers. So far from realizing
this prediction the trust has succeeded In
advancing prices about 18 above what they
were before the consolidation of competing
concerns. It was stated In the testimony
I that at present tha newspaper publlikcra
Comment on the
Callahan Verdict.
science vitiated by socialism, class hatred
and poisonous literature, will not bo
roused to activity by any roasting, ami
even If It Is awakened, of what iivall after
the unrighteous verdict has been rendered?
Tho only remedy would seem to llo In n.
radical change in the method of selecting
Jurors, such as has been adopted la New
York, where a special commissioner slfta
from tho general panel all nndeslrablo,
characterless and unintelligent persons, and
from the Intelligent and reliable residue,
furnishes a panel from which thero Is no
difficulty lu selecting nn Impartial, un
prejudiced and competent twelve.
Perjury In Iho .Itiry Hot.
Washington Star.
The acquittal of Callahan In Omaha Is a
shock to the most steadfast friends of thn
Jury system. The crime was startling !
Its own nature and doubly so In Its stig
gestiveness. The man accused of com
plicity was positively identified as a mem
ber of the kidnaping gang. Tho evidence
seemed convincing. Yet tho Jury agreed to
acquit, being Influenced, it Is suggested,
by the suspicion that the prosecution had
been unduly stimulated by the wealth of
the kidnaped boy's father. Tho community
at large will sympathize with tho denun
ciation of the Jury uttered by tho presiding:
Judgo. whose rourso may have ultimately
a wholesome effect by reaction. It np
pears that slnco tho verdict was rendered
some of tho Jurymen havo expressed them
selves ns convinced before tho trial opened
that there had been no kidnaping, but that
tho whole case had been "worked up."
Yet theso men accepted places In the box,
taking nn oath which should havo covered
all possible mental reservations,
It would bo perhaps a valuahlo correc
tive for this case to bo Investigated by thn
court, to nsccrtntn whether In fact tho
Jurymen violated tho oath or perjured
themselves in accepting service. Tho enso
Is of first Importance. Tho crime of kid
naping Is so atrocious that It demands thn
most rigorous reformatory measures, and
It would be In the last degren disastrous
for the Omaha verdict to go unrobuked,
thereby stimulating tho child-stealing en
terprise In all parts of the country. With
many of the states passing or considering;
the passage of laws stiffening tho penalty
for the crime, it behooves nil of them to
look to thn processes of trial, to deter
mine whether It Is worth whllo to wrltn
severe statutes only to havo them nullified
in this manner by prejudiced juries.
of tho United States are paying nn annual
tribute of J4.R00.OOO to tho paper trust.
Now hero is expert evidence given before)
a recognized tribunal organized for thn
benefit of the Industrial and manufacturing
Interests of tho country. It certainly
should havo ns much weight as tho state
ments made In Canadian nowspnpers, which,
havo caused tho Dominion authorities to
act so decisively. Tho attorney general of
the United States Is amply empowered to
Instltuto an Inquiry along thn samo lines
laid clown for tho Dominion Judge. With
the example set beforo him by our neigh
bors to tho north, Mr. Knox is furnlshod an
opportunity to show his countrymen that
his sense of obligation to duties itoh not
entirely warpod by .closo nfnilation with
monopoly Interests from which he was
called to assumo high dignities and gravo
responsibilities under tho government.
LAur.iiiNt; a..
Chicago Tribune: "Yes," remnrked John
Bull, looking nt his war huilgot, "South
Africa cornea high and I'm not so bloom
ing sure I am going to havo It, cither!"
Philadelphia Press: .Mrs. Browne I won
der If It's truo that he's a niorpliiiui tlcndV
Mrs. Malaprop Oh, my! Yen.
Mrs. Browne Just cats It, li?
Mrs. MaJaprop-Oh, no. llo takes It in
epidemic Injections.
Chlcngo Tribune: "You must lovo your
neighbor as yourself," exclaimed tho
evangelist.
"Not much," sung out ono of the godless
hearers. "Tho people in my neighborhood
haven't dono anything of tho port for morn
than twenty-live years, anil that part of tho
moral law Is a dead letter."
Somervlllo Journnl: Solomon Shall wa
pay that bill today, Ikey?
Isaac Not today, Solomon. Wo may dla
beforo tomorrow.
Philadelphia Press: "What do you con
sider tho best foundation," inquired tho am
bitious young man, "on which to build a
tiUCCCSSflll btlHlm-MH?"
"Hocks," promptly replied tho multi
millionaire. PlttBburg Chronicle: "Harry." said tha
sweet young thing, "we must elope."
"Goodness!" exclaimed Hurry. "Will
your father refuso to give his consent."
"Oh! he has already. In fnct he sug
gested It. He says it will be cheaper."
Detroit Journal: Once upon a tlmo tho
Fates endowed a certain people with a
sense of humrr.
Eventually the people became aware of
this and their mortification thereupon was
very great.
"For how," exclaimed they, "aro wo over
to become a world power, now?"
Of course, patriotism might still bo taught
In tho schools.
Plttshurg Chronicle; Mrs. Homowood
Does your husband Intend to mako garden
this spring?
Mrs. Deecnwood-Ho thinks ho does. He'a
attending to the literary preliminaries now,
but he may get no further.
"What are tho literary preliminaries o
garden making?"
"Studying the seed catalogues."
Tin; nun, who hidks asthiiji;.
James Barton Adams lu Denver Post,
We've long admired the cycle girl In two.
compartment skirts
The sweetly shy and modest ono, tho bolder
one who flirts
The golf girl is qultn charming, too,
dressed In hoi light uttlro;
The tennis girl, lltho as a cat, wn surely
nil admire,
And now another star appears In beauty's
And for a limn stm'll hold a placo In every;
ffillnw'H AVPM'
She Is an Independent sprite, a wlnsoma
ouncn 01 priue,
Of ravishlngly saucy fnce-thn girl wha
rides astride.
How piud tho movements nf tho stood
she holds In light ombraco
As prances ho along tho road at easy
going pace;
His eyes are flashing with delight, hla
nostrils proudly flare:
He seems to know tho value of the loail
he has to bear.
How graceful Is tho hanging of her skirt
ing, built for two,
That half cnnreals the neatness of hep
cunning little shoe,
And dimly shows thn flguro It would bn n,
sin to hl(!
From half-enchanttil eyes fixed nn thn
girl who rldfs astride.
Upon tho flty's busy streets she rides at
careful pueo
That all may feust their eyes upon her.
flguro rttid her face,
But when shi; roaches rountry roads a,
flnsh lights up her oyos,
Anil off like bird upon tho wing her
charger gaily tiles.
Tho aury country bivczos kiss thn
choekh so rosy roil
As on nnd on anil on Hhe' speeds with
queenly polso of head,
And country Joys tonjet their plows whlln
staring open-eyed
Upon the grace and daring of the girl who
rides aptrlde.
Sour-visagod dames may gaze askance upon
the natty sprite,
May wear a dog-ln-muuger frown nnd
say she Is 11 fright.
May prate about Immodesty with vltrlollo.
tongue,
And ay they never saw such girls as that
when they wore young,
And even surly men inuy shako 11 disap
proving head
And say the brazen hussy should hr
spanked und pul to boil,
But all the same, the must of iu make no
attempt to hldn
Our honest admiration for the alrl mha
rides utride.
