THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1901.
The omaiia Daily Bee.
E. I10SEWATI2II, EDITOR.
1'fUI.IfiHEU EVEHV MOnNINO.
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STATEMENT OF CIUCl'I.ATION.
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- Notary l'ubllc.
Tho college prcHldfiit.s imvu met nnd
RliukcH ImiuiK. Tho rullrontl prcslik'ntH
uro lo meet within thu next tcu ilnys
Hiirrulo Mumps nro now on Hale. The
poHtnuiKU'r will kIvc you the rpj;ulntloii
cliatiKu If you desire to buy one.
Knimns City docs not doslro to lie
behind Onmlm mid Kh inuyor has there
foro proclaimed a dry time on Sunday.
The man who took a wnshliiR com
pound by mistake for headache powders
oiiKht to bo able to present a clean bill
of health.
.Mrs. Nation still continues to be the
paramount Issue In Kansas, but Kansas
Cltj; saloon keepers do not appear In tho
least disturbed.
Millions of Chicago money nro Bolnj;
Into .Mexico for the development of that
country. If Mexico Is not careful Chi
cago will annex It.
Two veeks ago the Jlttrllugton occu
pied tho center of the stage. "Now It Is
tho Union I'acltle that has all the cal
cium lights thrown upon It.
Tho Illinois legislature has passed n
bill which exempts kidnapers from the
provision of the parole law. In Ne
braska they have no need for a parole.
It Is an III wind that blows nobody
goon, uiio burning of the Armour beef
house at Chicago will force the South
Omaha Armour plant to run full blast
Tho St. Louis exposition Wnnts to use
one of tho public parks for exposition
grounds. The Omaha exposition left Its
grounds as a public park, thus reversing
tne usual proceeding.
Several points of dlirerencv. protrude
ueiween v. ,1. Hryan ami ex-Senator
McLuurln of South Carolina. The or
senator has an olllce and the Nebraska
man has only chased one unsuccessfully.
One man Is said to have the whisky
market cornered. As more than one
man has loaded up wltl more whisky
than he could carry before this, the
man with the corner would better be
ua refill.
Already prospective settlers are camp
lug along the Hue of the Indian lands
lu Oklahoma to be opened to settle
ment In August. The men who stay
until the opening will certainly earn all
they get.
A South Dakota school teacher pro
poses to walk all the way from Sioux
Talis to Hiiffulo notwithstanding the
cheap rates In force to the Buffalo ex
position. Wonder if a freu pass would
tempt him.
'the fact that the permanent school
fund in tho state treasury has been
swelled by over $100,000 within the last
six weeks gives tho fuslonlst organs
great concern. If it laid shrunk they
would hnvo exhibited more concern.
I L
Tho manufacturers of patent medl
clues have had a meeting nnd agreed
not 10 cut prices or sen to any one
who does. Those who have ucipilred the
patent medicine habit need not worry-
such resolutions have been made before,
It does not matter much to the people
of this section who has the longest pull
in the contest for Uuien Paeltle control.
The trains will run out of Omaha on
schedule time whether llarrimau and
Could are on top or Vauderbllt and Mor
gan. The New York man who took a shot
nt tho goat while being Initiated Into n
secret society need not apply for mem
bership lu Ak-Sar-Hen. Tho Omaha goat
is too valuable au animal to. risk lu tho
presence of such a hot-headed ludl
, vhlual.
Tho foreclosure sale of the Omaha 5c
St. Louis railroad has been ordered by
tho federal court. In this Instance the
unexpected did nut happen. Llko all
other ventures of this class, the road
was built to bo foreclosed and absorbed
luto ouo, of (ho big systems.
evcui mumps accepted in payment of
mall accounts. 1'urrnnnl rhecks, except on
U'W... n.r.r.nMorn exrhnnges, not eccep-.ed.
THE JIEK I'dll.IHlliNU COMPANY.
A XX EX A TtUX S EX TIM EX T.
The sentiment lu tills country at
present lu favor of the annexation of
Culm Is held by 11 small minority, but
there Is some reason to think that It Is
growing and that In the event of the
Cubans persisting lu opposing the
American conditions the annexation sen
timent will gain rapidly. In it recently
inbllslied article Senator .Morgan of
Mulmiim said: "The true answer of the
Cuban constitutional convention to the
l'latt amendment, If the delegates have
the moral courage to make It, Is the
leinand of thu Cuban people to be ad
mitted into the American union as a
state, upon a constitution prepared by
hut body, adapted to that result and
submitted for ratlllcatloii to the vote of
tlie people, as was done lu California."
In reference to this the Philadelphia
North American says It Is the best solu
tion of the Cuban problem, all things
(iiisldered best for Cuba at least. "If
lie Cuban convention is prudent, rather
hau emotional," says that paper, "It
will recognize things as they are and
(insider how to turn disappointment
Into advantage. The Important thing to
Cuba, lu a practical, business K'use, Is
freedom of trade with the United
States, and there Is only one way to
secure It." Of course that wny Is an
nexation. Just I low much annexation sentiment
there is lu Cuba It Is impossible to say,
but according to the .statements of some
of the members of the Cuban commis
sion it Is not very extensive. One of
these declared that Oil per cent of the
Cubans want absolute Independence and
iy that was meant sovereignty and the
Ight to conduct their own affairs abroad
as well as at home. We do not believe
that any such proportion of the Cuban
teople desire absolute Independence, but
no doubt a majority of them do, though
It is by no means certain that most of
these are Incapable of being convinced
that It would he to their advantage to
accept the American conditions. It is
conceivable that those people may be
brought to see the Justice and the rea
sonableness of the claim of the United
States to safeguard its own well being
and security lu peace or war, which Is
the purpose of tho terms sunimltted to
Cuba by this country. The more In
telligent Cubans must recognize the fact
that the United States has vital inter
ests In relation to Cuba, if not actually
In Culm, which, under all circumstances
and nt any cost, will be safeguarded.
I'hey must understand that this coun
try cannot permit Cuba to take a posi
tion which would leave the government
there free to enter Into agreements with
foreign countries or assume obligations
toward them which might prove Inimical
to the Interests or dangerous to the
peace and security of the United States.
We must establish relations with Cuba
that will afford ample protection to the
island and to ourselves.
Hut we do not now want Cuba ns
American territory. Tho time may come
when n majority of the people of the
Island will ask to be annexed. In the
Judgment of many that Is Inevitable. It
is needless to seriously consider the sub
ject until .such au appeal to us shall be
made. Our immediate duty Is to glvu
Cuba Independence with such protection
as is necessary to preserve peace and
maintain 11 republican government in
the island and also to safeguard our
own luterests.
IXUEl'EXDEXT TELEVMXE COMVAXIES.
The telephone has become an Indis
pensable adjunct to the conduct of bus
iness under modern conditions. In city,
town and village it has become n neces
sity for the butcher and tho baker, as
well as for the doctor, tho druggist and
the banker. Within a comparatively re
cent period tho telephone has been In
troduced on tho farm and In many sec
tions of tho country tho farmers enjoy
talking facilities by wire not only to the
nearett village or town, but also to
neighboring fann houses nnd different
parts of their own farms.
Tills rapid extension of the telephone
system has been made possible by the
expiration of telephone puteuts and the
consequent cheapening of the telephone
Instruments. It was to have been ex
peeled that rural telephone service
would open a wide field for promoters
ami speculators. The enormous protits
made by the Hell telepuque monopoly
in the larger cities afforded au Incentive
for the organization of competitors and
also encouraged tho organization of iu
dependent companies for supplying tele
phone service iu tho rural sections.
Under proper restrictions such rivalry
would prove aUvantageous so far as It
provided better facilities and opened 11
Held not already occupied. Unfortu
nately most of the Independent telephone
companies have been designed for tho
purpose of selling out to existing com
panies or of working the farmers Into
buying stock which eventually will
prove worthless.
With the prevailing spirit of specula
tion in their favor It is not likely that
any warning The Hee may give will
deter thu farmers iu this section from
allowing themselves to be buncoed.
Nevertheless, we deem It timely and
proper to call attention to tho tempta
tion to which credulous Investors on thu
farm and lu tho village are liable to bo
exposed.
JAl'AX'S flXAXClAL CltlMS.
That tho financial crisis In Japan Is
nerious Is sulilelently Indicated lu the
resignation of the cabinet because of
tho Inability or unwillingness of the
lluance minister to carry out public
works. When the government tlnds it
necessary to discontinue operations on
public works there Is manifestly a grave
llnunelal situation and reason to appro
bend a worse condltlou of affairs before.
there Is a change for tho better.
ltef erring to the situation tho socio
tary of thu Jnpuueso legation at Wash'
iugtou points out that it is not due to
the Imptovldent waste of money on un
productive and useless enterprises and
cites what has been accomplished lu nut'
terlal development during the lust few
years. Yet It Is a fact that Japan's lu
dustrlal and commercial progress for
some years has not been made on con
servative lines and that the present con
dltlou can bo explained only as a reuo.
tlon from extravagant and more or less
reckless, expenditure on the part of both
government and people. Unquestionably
the Japanese have been stretching their
resources to tho utmost and while they
have accomplished a great deal lu a few
years, It would have been wiser to have
advanced less rapidly.
It Is not a novel experience that Japan
Is having. The United Stntes has had a
like experience a number of times and
so liae many otner countries. After
tho l'raiico-Cerman war Cerniany, en
riched by I'rench gold, entered upon n
period of extreme speculative prosperity
which ended lu 11 sharp reaction. That
did not mean decadence for (lerinany,
nor docs the reaction lu Japan signify
decadence. That country will come out
of the crisis with a renewal of energy
and having learned a valuable lesson
will be more careful lu future. Devel
opment will be tenijiorarlly checked, but
there will be a renewal conducted on a
safer basis. No one who hns watched
the growth of Japan since the war with
China can doubt that tho lluanelal storm
will pass with the nation still strong in
thu spirit and power of progress.
AlUlEllEH TO THE COAL TAX.
Sir .Michael IIIcks-Heach manifests a
llrni determination to adhere to the pro
posed export tax on coal. The chancel
lor of the exchequer does not share the
apprehension of those who think that
the tax will prove a detriment to the
Hrltish export trade In coal and operate
to the advantage of the United States
and Cermnny. In the course of a de-'
bate on the subject In the House of Com
mons he declared that the. export trade
could bear the tax and said that English
coal Is of so good a quality that to a
large extent It Is free from competition.
IJe pointed out that while last year the
price of English coal at the port of ex
port rose very much higher than tho
price of coal iu the United Stntes, yet
more coal was exported from England
than In the previous year. lie said that
"if the United States could not compete
when tho price of our coal was very
high It would be absolutely Impossible
for them to conipetu when thu price of
our coal 'was low."
The opposition to tho coal tax Is mnk
lug an earnest light, but It does not tip
pear to be gaining iu strength nnd It
seems safe to predict that the govern
ment will bo sustained. At any' rate It
is evidently determined not to recede
from the policy It has announced, which
was decided iqion after most careful de
liberation. Another professor of the Lclnnd Stan
ford university hns handed iu his resig
nation, giving as his reason the Infrac
tion of academic freedom by the dis
missal of 'Prof, lloss. The peculiar
feature of this lntest resignation is that
it has titken tho cousclcuce-strlckeu pro
fessor more than four months to dis
cover how badly academic freedom had
been fractured. Perhaps he has been
putting in all this tlmo making sure of
another Job before letting go of the one
he held.
According to a special agent of the na
tional Department of Labor Omaha's
population has been voted too low by tho
census takers by 10,000. We apprehend
that good foundation exists for this
guess, but it comes altogether too late
to be of any advantage. Thu census
llgures, once made, stand until nnother
census Is taken, and the black eye which
Omaha received last year cannot bo
painted out this year by any department
of the government.
The Buffalo exposition is having all
kinds of trouble over the question of
opening the gntes Sunday Tho gate re
ceipts will tell whether tho public wants
to see tho exposition on Sunday, and If
It does the exposition will be opeu
That has been tho history of other en
terprlses and Buffalo Is not different
from other places.
Governor Savage doubtless merits the
good wishes of every patriotic citizen of
the state, but It Is to be hoped he will
take tho fulsome llnttery of the opposl
Hon organ for what It is worth. As a
general nronosltlon republicans who
lean upon popocratle crutches find them
selves with frail support when they
most need It.
Mnscagnl, the musical composer, Is to
tour the United States with au orches
tin. Ills musical compositions liuvo
charmed the people of this couutry for
several years, but from the size of his
salary It appears as though he expected
to get pay' for all the pleasure iu 0110
short season.
Never in the history of the couutry
have there been so few labor disagree
ments nt this time of tho year as now,
Not a single strike of national promi
nence, either in progress or prospect Is a
pretty effectual answer to tho charge
that labor Is not sharing the prevamug
prosperity.
Omaha has the opportunity to secure
tho state headquarters of the Ancient
Ordei of United Workmen by making a
proposition that will meet tho bids of
other competing Nebraska cities. This
headquarters Is worth having and should
not bo allowed to slip away.
Emperor William has a cabinet crisis
on his hands, all because the Prussian
Diet refused to sanction some of his pet
measures. It might be easier for tlie
emperor to revise his plans occasionally
than to construct 11 now cnbluet every
few months.
Co in I im Our Way.
Chicago Post,
Doubtless tho Urltlsh aro "beginning to
look on their merchant marine as shlpj
that pass lu tho night.
No iv In the Mil 1 11 '('cut.
St. Louis Olobe-Uemocrat.
Heretofore President McKlnley has trav
eled as tbo advance agett of prosperity
Now ho Is tho main attrnctlon with tli
tihow.
Sproiiliilliiu: 1111 u Drop,
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Since stocks and bonds still Insist on
soaring high and higher, there Is still time
to remind the amateurs who are rushtng
Into the speculative chamber that one
Richelieu once warned everybody to be
waro tho tailing ruins. They are bound to
rop before tho year Is out, nnd pcrlupj
long time before that.
minuter for it Mlslrcas.
Philadelphia Tlms.
Hanker Morgan, with his maritime de
igns, Ignoring who Is mistress of the
ens, may hac some thought of giving
them a master.
IIimt Aliimt (he Sccnrll.
Uo.iton Transcript.
Should tlie Chinese indemnity loan Ic
oated In the United States It will give
this country a pretty large "sphere of In
fluence" In the old empire.
Minor (lllleem In (lie Klm-k.
Chicago News,
Tho surrender .of a 1'lllnlno colonel goes
lo provo that there were men lower In
rank than that of general In tho rebel
rmy. Tho government Is now encouraged
to look fur tho private of whom there havo
been rumors from tlmo to time.
(front t'lticli of l.ntnlis.
New York World.
Whero did nil tho money come from that
1 now being Invested and gambled with In
'alt street? Tho Alnddln-llko swiftness
Ith which wrnllh ! nrtair.A in tlinstn mnHn
days it equalled only by the Alnddln-llko
niniss wiiH wn eh t can crow wings
and fly away Into nothingness.
All for (ho llpnr I'eoplr.
Hoston Globe,
It Is estimated that the net earnings of
i United States Steel corporation for a
ear will exceed $100,000,000. Under such
Ireumstauccs a general reduction of prices
ill. of Course, hn Immrrilntnlv nnnnllnrrrl.
Inasmuch an thn rnmnrntlnn unst rn(:ili-
llshcd only for the public good.
(rttltiK Onto Our Trick.
Kuffalo Express.
Tho principal reason for declaring eelf-
governmcnt a disappointment In Negros
was that tho native politicians were too
quick to learn tbo tricks nnd wiles of dis
honest vote-getters. It Is hoped, tho Ne
gros peoplo nto not sulilelently familiar
with Amiilcan politics to make compari
sons. 1'OMTiOAI. mill-"
David Hcnnett III1I wisely refrains from
wostlng his energies scoring thrco years In
ndvnnco of tho race.
Kural freo delivery haB been suspended
In Maryland. Politicians cannot agree on
tho men needed for tho various Jobs.
Kansas populists now dcclaro that tho
safety of the country depends on cutting
ooso from democrats and hitting tho mid
dle of the road.
It is now proposed to open sessions of tho
Chicago city council with prayer. The body
s quite young yet and undoubtedly needs
something moro elevating than "Bath
House" pootry.
The amendment to tho North Carolina
constitution for tho disfranchisement of il
literate voters, which was rntlflcd by the
people of that state last summer, does not
go into effect until July 1, 1902.
The New York Stato hoard of Tax Com
missioners, In a recent report, doclarcs that
'of tho trolley roads In the stnto only some
10 per cent have been enabled to cam divi
dends during the last three years,"
Congressman Jim Dutler halls from Mis
souri. Recently the Hon. Jim Jeffries at
tempted to show him and was Instantly
swatted on tho cocoanut with a beer glass.
Mlssourians take no chances with a mule.
Hon. Hoke Smith of Georgia, cx-Prcsl-
dent Cleveland's secretary of the Interior,
docllncd an invitation to participate In n
conversation by, the Iroquois club of Chi
cago. Hoke sayg ho could not sing be-
causo his hcclrty is saddened by the per--
Issue.
Governor Dockery of Missouri Is a quaint
bourbon of the old school. He has declined
to appoint members of tho legislature on
the board which Is to manage the state's
Interests at tbe St. Louis fair. Several
members of tho legislature who worked
hard for tho nieasuro with a view to sub
sequent perquisites manifest contempt for
tho governor's lofty notions In words that
will not bear handling. They are too hot.
Hero ccmes the Memphis Appeal, owned
by Senator Carmack, rudely smashing
Dryantsm in tho slats. Tho Appenl says
Mr. Bryr.n's newspaper Is sure to follow
Debs' Social Democrat, tho Sliver Watch
man, John Swlnton's paper and a score of
other papers that were edited by much
abler men than Mr. Bryan and that four
cars henco tho Commoner will bo a pathetic
reminiscence. Whnt cruel endings come
When the tumult and the shouting die-
In tsll New England states iu which the
democratic party is In a minority It has
becomo tho custom to nominate the same
candidates for defeat twice In succession.
In Malno the democratic candidate in 1S0S
and 1900 was S. L. Lord. George Littloflcld
was tbo democratic candidate for governor
of Rhode Island In 1896 and again In 1D00.
Robert Treat Paine, Jr., who was tho demo
cratlc candidate for governor of Maasachu
setts in 1899 nnd 1900, has refused to be
considered as a candidate, for the nomlna
tlon this year.
M) CO.MI'HO.MISi; WITH CIll.ME.
Minneapolis Tribune: Edward A. Cudahy
of Omaha has done Juat as we thought he
would. Ho scorns the proposition to ccaso
his pursuit of tho criminals who kidnaped
his boy In consideration of tho return of
21,000 of tbo ransom money nnd declnres
that he will npend his last J 1.000", If neceS'
sary, In the attempt to bring tbo mis
creants to Justice, This Is the proper attt
tudo for a man In Mr. Cudahy's position to
take.
Indianapolis Journal: Mr. Cudahy's posi
tive refusal to compromise with the kid
napers of his son nnd his determination to
pursuo them relentlessly shows n spirit that
s altogether commendable, withdrawing
his offered reward and letting up on the
pursuit of the criminals would b nn easy
way 10 maim fi:,uuu, out .Mr. uuaany says;
As I feel about the matter 1 would
spend my last J 1,000 rather than com
promise with tho criminals. I nm deslroua
of having thorn punished for what they havo
done and to deter nny other determined
gang from compelling other paronts to
undergo what wo havo undergone," So It
Is not altogether a vindictive or seWsh feel
ing that actuates Mr. Cudnhy. Thorn is
something ot tho element of public welfaro.
Chicago Record-Herald- Tho uncompro
mlslng course which Edward A. Cudahy Is
pursuing toward tho kidnapers of his hod
Is a matter for nubile congratulation, Ho
has now discounted the effect of the ran
som by refusing to accept the return of
$21,000 out of tho J2S.00O. Moreover, ho
continues his offer of $26,000 for tbe urrest
of tho criminals, so that his persistence in
this ono object may coat him the largo sum
of $46,000, Undoubtedly If he were to look
at tbe question from tho personal and bust
neu standpoint nlone he might Hnd suffi
cient reason for abandoning the search
His ban is safo and tbo kidnapers have had
such a tasto ot his quality that they aro not
likely to mako any more experiments In his
family. At a word ho can reduce his finan
cial loss to $4,000 and save possibly ten
times that amount. But as he hlnnelf says
ho Is determined not only to punish thi
particular offenders for his own gratltlca
tlon, but "to deter any other daring gang
from compelling other parents to undergo'
what he and his have undergone. Huch
temper In it man of his means and energy
will certainly discourage tho trade for the
benefit of tho whnlo community, It helps
to emphasize the slgnltlrunce of that severe
legislation against kidnaping which is
Urgely the result of the Uudaby case.
Western
Chicago Hcc
Tho Increase In the population of tho
Atlantic states during the Inst decade and
tho very slight movement westward of
the center of population nro taken to sig
nify that a steady retardation of this west
ern movement has begun. Hereafter, It Is
claimed, there will be no moro of those
wondrously largo gains In the west which
have been the marvel and the envy of the
cast.
The probabilities are, however, that the
heck Is only temporary. In Its capacity
for development and room for develop
ment tho west still enjoys much the same
advantages that It nlwnys has. A llttlo
essay in comparative statistics will bring
this fact forcibly to mind, ns may be seen
by the following tnblo of stales, with their
areas and population:
Area
H. Mllc..
.... K.5IS
.... 5,612
... 53,7 in
.... .1?3
.... 4.W(
.... TO.r.71
.... !W,N!S
....1M.2A1
.... sj.at'i
77,531
Popula
tion. 2.R05,aili
O'X.US.-.
7,2iW,Oi'.l
1,
6.301, SOS
617.72
li:i,f32
1.1V5.0.VI
l.ifip.ci;
U(W,9d
titlltl'M.
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
'eliliHVlvnn a ...
WushltiKlon ........
Oregon
California ,,
Knns.is
Nebraska
It will bo obscned that Massachusetts
hns nearly double the population of Cali
fornia on about one-eighteenth of tho area,
nnd, although there Is relatively moro
waste In tho western stato It has nn enor
mous excess of fertile soli nnd can sup-
OTIU'.ll I.A.MIS THAN OUIIN.
Tho depopulation a! Ireland by emigration
goes stcndlly on. Ofllcial returns Just Is
sued show that tho number of emigrants
who left Irish ports In 1900 was 47,107, or
10.5 per 1,000 of tho estimated population
of Ireland in the middle of the year, being
nn Increase of 3,347, ns compared with the
number departlnr lu 1SS9. Tho totnl num
ber of emigrants nntlvcs of Ireland who
left Irish ports from Mny 1, 1S51 (tho date
at which the rctutns began), to December
31. 1900, -Is 3,811,4192,003,314 males nnd
.838,075 females. Those figures tell their
own talii II Is Interesting, however, to
note that not all who quit the Emerald Isle
seek fresh homes on this side of the At
lantic. Iu 1900 no fower than 6,050 natives
oft Ireland with tho Intention of settling
permanently in Great Britain. Of theso
4,123 left for Englnnd and Wales, and 1,927
for Scotland, tho avcrago for tho four pre
ceding years being 1,757 arid 1,030, re
spectively. This shows a considerable In
crease. Tho number of persons who leave
England and Scotland for permanent resi
dence In Irtdand Is very small. On the
other hand, the annual exodus from Scot
land to England is considerable.
Tho latest continental news from Russia,
dribbling In from various uncensored
sources, seems to Indicate that tho modern
liberal spirit, with which the czar Is sup
posed to bn In earnest sympathy, Is be
ginning to make positive headway. In con
sequence of tho npprehenslon caused by tho
recent student demonstrations. Tho ap
pointment of General Vannovsky as minis-
er of public instruction is hailed as a most
significant nnd encouraging fact, aB ho is
antagonistic In almost every wny to the
narrow old zealot. Pobicdonostzoff. It
was Vannovsky, It will bo re
membered, who was appointed lo In
vestigate the great students' strike a year
or two ago, nnd who won tho hearty good
wni 01 me couegians oy nts conciliatory
and impartial nttltude. A number of Im
prisoned students were amnestied upon his
recommendation. Ho Is SO years old, nnd
has been a soldier alL his life, but ho has
bad some experience In educational mut
ters, as he has been n director of one of
tho military cadet establishments and took
an active part n the reorganization of the
military schools when he was minister of
war.
The gradual elimination of the Get man
element from the population of eastern
Prussia continues to be the subject of anx
ious official consultation In Berlin. Count
von Buelow, It Is seml-ofllclally announced,
has made up his mind that some common
nnd vigorous policy must bo ndopted by all
representatives of the German government
to put an ond to the progressive "Polontzn-
tlon of German territory In town and
country districts. In tho courso of a con
versation which ho had recently with Dr.
von Bitter, tho chief president of tho prov
ince of Poscn, a full discussion was had of
tho mensures already adopted with this ob
Joct in view, which aro chiefly of nn eco
nomic nature. Further steps wore sug
gested by racnns of which it is hoped to in
crease the strength and unity of tho Ger
man clement In Poscn. it Is proposed to
ostabllsh German co-operntivo clubs
(Verelnshauser) In the chief towns of fe
province. In cases of necessity theso clubs
would bo assisted by tho state. The ad
visability of restoring tho garrisons of some
of tho places from which tho troops havo
been withdrawn since 1867 has also been
considered. According to the North Ger
man Gazette, it has. been observed that In
many cases the Polish Nationalist propa
ganda only began to be succccssful after
tho soldiers had been withdrawn, nnd it Is
hoped that the rc-cstabllshment of tbe gar
risons will help to check the progress of
tbo agitation.
Although It has been asserted again and
again by various mcmbors of tho Italian
novcrnment that Italy's army and naval
armaments are not regulated by the terms
of Its membership in tho triple alliance,
the socialists intend to test this dictum
in tho debates over naval finances, which
will shortly corao up in tho Chamber, by
denying that Italy's geographical and po
litical position demands that It should
maintain tho navy at the present and pro
jected status,
A recent number of 11 Popolo Romano
contains nn exhaustive nrtlcle on the sub
ject. It is learned that it Is the Intention
of the government to spread n credit of
32,000,000 lire, or $6,400,000, over four years,
which will bring tho total amount available
for shipbuilding until 1905 up to $28,650,000.
consisting of tho normal credit of $19,200,000
(four times tho annual $4,800,000), $3,050,000
unexpended of previous credits, nnd tho
$6,400,000 now to bo nsked for.
Tho nmount, however, to complete tho
ships already In hand nnd to pay for tho
two proposed new cruisers Is $22,250,000,
nnd tho deficiency of $3,600,000 will make
It Impossible to begin the new cruisers next
June, ns hns boon announced, and will ne
cessitate the postponement of the work
twelve or eighteen months, Still further
to reduce the deficit the government has
reduced tho number of workmen In tho gov
ernment dockyards from 18,000 to 17,000,
and this phase of tho matter will also bo
taken up by tbe radicals and socialists, as
further reductions nro expected.
Tho ships built or building in private
yards which still have to be paid for wnouy
or In part number twenty-three.
According lo a recent report sent to tho
British foreign otTlco from its reprcsenta
tlvo In German East Africa, It Is highly
desirable that Great Britain take a hand In
the development of that territory, not only
because of tho projected Cape to Calm
railway, but because German East Afrlra
would furnish a suitable outlet for the
surplus population of India, Tho report
states that the white population now num
bers 1,078, of whom 821 are Germans. lie
sides these there nre already some 3,000
British Indians and a like number of
Progress
oril-Hcrald.
port n very much larger number of people
llian Massachusetts. Tho two other Pacific
const states have hardly begun their de
velopment, and neither lu them uor la
California will It depend upon agricul
ture nlone. Tho Impulse which Is now
sure to romc in Oriental trnde will expand
their commerce, boom their ports nnd
stimulate tho increase of their manufac
tures. Their timber, their coal, their
VHrlcd mineral wealth, will all stand them
lu good stead. Throughout that wholo ter
ritory there nro likely to bo eras of Im
migration which will surpass the experi
ences of tho past.
States like Kansas nnd Nebraska are
practically nil nrnblc land, and with tho
accumulation of capital from ngrlctilture
Industries will be diversified and employ
ment will bo given to thousands upon new
enterprises. This will bo the case over
the entire western part of tho Mississippi
valley, nnd there can bo nothing llko the
same promise of development In those
crowded districts of tho enst, whoso con
dition is so graphically told by the figures
of tho table.
Intricate calculations might be required
to indicate the probable movement of tho
center of population, but the idea that tho
period of grent emigration to the west hns
closed is absurd. A new Impulse from tho
old fever will be felt as soon ns the coun
try has thoroughly recovered from the
offects of the bard times,
Arabs, whlld tno Swahill nnd native popu
lation Is estimated at 6,000,000.
In order to develop tho natural resources
of tho country, nnd especially the cultiva
tion of rice nnd cotton, for which tho lnnd
offers excentlounl opportunities, the Immi
gration of agriculturists from Hrltish India
would be welcaired. Tho Germans them
selves, the report points out, nro quite
nnxlous for this, for tho estimates for 1901
Includes n demnnd for 1,500 to bo used In
grants lo biich Immigrants.
Thu report, after nnnlyzlng tho trndo ro
turns which show that IbbI year Imports
amounted to JC5I1.120 11 nil exports to 196,
857, declares that the Imports from Great
Britain, which amounted .only to 2,835, an
against 100,941 attrlbutod to Germany, can
with proper selection bo greatly Increased,
particularly with tho nugmentntlon of In
dlnn immigrants, which will tend to pro
moto tho demand for English agricultural
Implements, Iron articles of household fur
niture, and preserved foodstuffs of various
sorts.
f.ryLV AM) I.KillT.
Detroit Journnl: "I understand he's tho
picture of health since ho took tho wuter
cure."
"Well, yes. Sort of a, wash-drawing of
health, as It were,"-
Chicago Tribune: Caller (looking over the
library) This ought to bo h useful book for
you: "Necessity of Rest for Uraln Work
ers!" Busy Lawyer Yes; I intend to rend it
some day f I can ever get around to It.
Ohio Slnte Journal: Jlmson New York
wnltars frequently get $100 n week In tips.
Jester Goo ihlt. It's a wonder thejr cm
ployera don't ask 'em for a Job.
Detroit Freo Press: Cobble There goes
Olover, one of my best friends. Novcr
knew him to sny one word against me.
Stone Yes. Ho'8 a fellow of rare re
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hanker after respectability now nn' don?"
nsked Plodding Pete.
"Oh, I dunno," answered Meandering
Mike. "Sometimes I tink dat respecta
bility alii' much more dan permission to
work hnrd for whnt us peoplo gits for
nothln."'
..Voice of tlie Might.
Denver Post.
In our righteous Indlgnntlon from the bed
we wildly climb.
With n rude and highly emphasized re
mark That Is really unfit for publication In this
rhyme,
And we grope toward tho window In the
dark,
At our shrieked "Hiss-cat!" they scntter
and again we seek our rest,
And nre drawing near the shores ofi
Dreamland when
With 11 trill of Introduction, tho Infernal
saengerfest
Hits tho program of tho evening once
again;
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From' crown to band of ribbon,
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Most Jealously 'tis guarded
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Tho tile Is put nwny.
Each morning 'tis examined,
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As It Is deftly lifted
And by Its owner donned.
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