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THE OMAHA DALLY BEEs SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1901.
The pmaha Daily Bee.
E. ROSEWATER, KDITOR.
rUBLISIlED KVEIir MORNING.
TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION.
Dally JJtn (wltlioul Sunday), One Year.J8.00
Uttlly bee and HUlfday, One Year 3.00
Illustrated bee. Otin Year 't.W
huiifinv lire (inn Vi.fir if, to
baturuny llee, one iTcar.... l.tulnmi hogs linn boon
ort'icEs:
Omaha: The Uce Rjitdlng.
BoJth Uhulia: City Hall ilulldlng Twenty-tilth
ana m streets.
Council llluits; lu I'cnrl Street.
Chicago; ltilu Unity Uulldlng.
New l'ork; Temple Court.
Washington: b)l Fourteenth Street.
COKKESl'ONDBNCK.
Communications relating to news and edl
tonal matter should bo addressed: umaiia
Jdce, hultorml lJctmrtmeiit
HUaiNiiaH BETTERS.
Uuslncss letters und remittances should
be audri'Hsedi 'ihe lieu I'ubilahlng Corn
tuny, omuha.
KEM1TTANCES,
llcmlt by drutt, express or postal order,
pay
lyauiu to 'iliu lieu 1'ubllsliliiK Company.
only 2-cent stamps accepted in payment of
omahaCorUiaS
STATEMENT OV CIRCULATION.
Biato of Nebrnnka, Uouglas County, ss.:
rubiUnlU'' 'comnanv " tchu" rduYyTsw "rn0
uys in m tho actjui number ot full and
KJeniiiBaiursunday iTelf prVntedi"mSlufu
T""1 Ul -Mrii, ivn, Mas as ioiiows:
1..
.iMt.niHi
"t'to i
18 ut.hio
..UI),3U0
..2I),"H(I
..ao.ouo
19 ut.wdo
two
2i""r I 'aT tmo
...i:ii,:t:io
...ati, iimi
23 27,u.io
i i!7.Il)()
2 T,7S Mn
10 11)0
11 I'M, 180
12 :ii),.-.;io
13 UH.000
it UN.oin
u :iu,:ioo
Total 8B7.M10
Lc?s unsold und returned copies.... 1U,:MM
ei total Mies.rt..wrt.-. HtR.mw
iset aany average an, 183
Subscribed In my presence and sworn 'to
before mo this 1st day of May, A. D. 1W1.
M. IS. 11UNOATE.
Notary rubllc.
California appears to be a hoodoo for
the Ohio visitors.
Omaha policemen will do well to keep
out of reach of Judge Gordon from now
on.
Omaha needs a great many things.
What It needs most Is more mills nnd
factories.
riu . . . . .
projectors or tlie locomotive com-
nine iniiiK tliey have sufllclcnt motive
power to pull through.
.With Judge Gordon reinstated as no-
lice magistrate, the Board of Education
may look for a heavy drop In flues.
the cnisado against billboard lndc-
corum has struck Denver and Omnha's
ordlnancP Is oltml nR th.'.m ,..,t
.
rmm thn ulntwl.ln. r ....I. II ... i .
."v. v.,w,n,.uw v.. iiuuiiu iiiuraiB.
nro nm-rc i m crounn rtV n
nro more numerous and sudden than In
railroad circles theso days, and the man
who keeps track of the turns Is as busy
as an Omaha mechanic.
1 IH nnnrifou 111 llmnltn a AA . i
Kngllsh tradesmen In Jnpan are com
plaining that the Americans are rooting
them out. Europe should complain less
nnd Imitate the camel get a hump on
ltself-lf It wishes to keep up with tho
pace set uy tills couutry.
The council has dismissed the lm
peachment proceedings against Judge
Gordon and Judge Gordon Is now nt lib
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ertj to dismiss all the jailbirds and re-
lUBiiuu uiu jioiice court snysters mat
have been lu dire distress ever since the
judge was taken off the bench.
Tim Imlininm nf tim fimoi,. i.(,i,,..J
J IIP imilntors Of thO Omnlia kidnapers
III rnrtnna rti.i.. t i. I
... . ....ua u. tuuiiuy uo uui
. w lie inueiiug aa any great
success. J he latest oue to make the
.uu,.,, . , j,u, t.IOre ne naa se-
tnrtu a c-ent. a rew more such experl-
t nes v,iu nine a tendency to discourage
ihu juuusirj.
i ne trip ot tne Omaha Jobbers' out
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nuougii ii portion or tne state served
to convince them that Omaha Is not the
ouiy place lu .Nebraska whero building
operations are active. Omaha rejoices
at the evidence of prosperity which Is
eterjvinere mauirest in the state, for
the gain Is mutual.
The young king of Spain has taken
his first lesson In directing the
.
maneuvers of his army. Spain, like
ntlior I-nlllltl'lou 111. mill nn nrmi' l..i. It I
" , ' n
tho young king and his advisers will
uuoiu uieir taients to oottcnng tho In-
dustrlal condition of the people Spain
J. reap a much more protltable bar-
,,, , : J M
.me iiiture growtn or Omaha depends,
not on uew palatial hotels, not on a new
nniirr iiniic. nn .. i. . . i
... uuv iiiniKei i
house, or even an nudltorlum. Omaha's
iiuuiu grow in can only be assured by
the establishment of moro mills, fac-
torles and packing houses that will give
ateady employment to workingmen and
worklngwomen.
The State , Hoanl of Equal.Zt.on has
discovered thnt the Increase In tho tax
valuation of all the railroads lu Ne-
i . n .i . i
btaska within tho last year Is $7.",000.
Capitalists who nro wining to stake
their money In railroad property have
discovered that tho Increase In the mar-
ket value of B.OOO miles of Nebraska
railroads within tho past year exceeds
v30.O00.lKHi.
MI11'
The Omaha Hrldgo & Termlunl com
puny nas neen returned ror assessment
by tho State Uoartl of Equalization at
50,000 per mile. The lowest estimate of
the value of the East Omaha brldgo and
terminal facilities of the bridge company
Is S'.'.OOO.OOO. Computing the length of
the line at six miles, Its mileage value
is 3.M,3.i.i. Assessed at one-sixth of Its
value, which Is nulte llliprnl. the tPi-ml.
nal coiiipany sluiuld have been returned
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uu i.iiiu..i ui .hi.uo.1 per nine. .t inai
raiu 1 ne lenninni company would have
paid taxes In Douglas county upon nt
least three miles or Its lines, an aggie-
cnto of Slutl.iiil.Y IiimIpiiiI nf aiftiiAA Vn
. . ' ' v.w,
.....tlflni' tlin tn.- kiiIa I.. r...ul. 1
.......... ..... ..... ,i ,,. uiiiniut unu
wumino i-vmuy is ouirageousiy nign.
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vnosi'KMT OF THE FAHMEll.
Thero npvi-r wm n tlmo In tho history a
of the United Stnlcs when the tillers of 1,1
tho soil have been mora prosperous than
they are today. The enormous surplus
of grain has been marketed at higher
prices than had been realized for many
years and tho raising of cattle, sheep
ninni nrnlHnl.li.
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.. .11(1.. l. .l.MAn . . n or. .1.,... fntt 1
wiiiiiu uiu fiiinu miuu .ti'uia uiiiu iul i
mnny previous iiccaues.
The prosperity of the American fanner
Is nowhere more strlklnclv exhibited
than In tho states west of tho Missis-
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mjiiri mill mill UL'Ull llllJU Ul IMieii I
drouth nnd overburdened by debt. This
applies especially to tho farmers of
South Dakota, Nebraska nnd Kansas.
Within the past two years the farmers
who were fortunate enough to retain
possession of their lands have for the
most part either lifted the mortgages or
imVe money In bilnk and money to loan.
That this phenomenal prosperity Is
snlidv iliui tii ntit- tmlllli'iil Mi'Plli'V will
... . ..... . .... v ... i..
scarcely no c.ain.en uy anyuouy. 11
true, however, that the return of coull-
,lul,t - 'c by the assurance of the
stability of our money standard, fol-
lowed by the reopening of the mills and
the factories and the subsenuent exten-
!l'on of 0,lr commerce Into countries and
regions from which we had heretofore
been excluded, has enormously Increased
tl10 con8UlnPt'OD ot American factory
pioducts nnd thus enabled the American
tanner to get tnc ueucnt ot nign prices
the home market Instead of being
products and cattle, sheep and wool con
tlnuo?
These are miestlons that must suggest
thoinselves to every thoughtful man
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only just entered upon an era of devel
opmcnt and prosperity that will continue
at lenst for a period of from live to ten
years.
The conquest of the world's markets
by American manufacturers affords a
Knhfmlnl i.nuU tni- thia lu.llof
substantial basis for tnis belief.
On the other Uniid, tliero Is ll rcasona-
ble probability of a material decline In
the- price of farm products In the near
future unless an abnormal demaud Is
renewed by foreign wnrs and crop fall
ures Iu India, Russia, Argentine and
Australia.
'"cruuBeu nreu oi uui wurai now
The Increased area of fall wheat now
He,uK rnlKetl m America is compuieu to
be 2,000,000 acres. At llftcen bushels to
the acre this would mean an Increased
production of fall wheat of at least
SO.OOO.OOO bushels ns compared with the
product of 1000. A very marked In-
ti. - nnv ui unii,D w "u-"1'
corn and other cereals Is also noted, In-
dlcntlng a very much larger surplus of
imn.inn h. i.. hn.
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VUHICU.
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Under tho laws of supply and demand
which govern prices n corresponding de-1
7'17U,B U ,U"-BB ' -
cllno lu prices would follow. Lower
prices for corn and cattle will not. how-
ever, disturb the prosperity of tho
farmer, who will make un In nuuutlty
,'.. ," , " . quuuuiy
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what he loses by lower prices.
CHINA'S OBLIGATION TO AMERICA.
nhllin rnroa tlio TTnlfprl f5nt. n nh.
ligation of friendship and good will
which ought to be of most substantial
advantage to this country In Its future
relations with that empire. Our govern-
ment has not succeeded in having no
ccnted Its view that tho wisest course
I
for all the powers would be to secure an
extension of trade facilities In and with
China In lieu of n direct money com-
nensntlnn. bur ns tl.n nostnn Trnnsprint
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rpmnrltH " r hnvn i-n noil nnrnrl in nva
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, .,, roanlf nf mm nnllrMnnm1 nnllm
v.... .w. v-v. .
nr nlnnn t mo with l-Pnnl tn Mini.
churln. but a position In the nubile onln-
,on of chlnn whl(.h mny yct glvo us a
Bront advantage as tho ono power to
,vi,nm hIip win innif with frinmiw- in.
cllnntlon, the ono which In future
nofntitintiB thn win im Tironnrp.i in n.opt
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moro than half way."
While In ,tho rearrangement of com-
I
mercial relations with China to bo el
fected In the pending negwtlWctous the
United States will neither ask nor ex
nect snecial favor or consideration, tho
policy of our government being to se-
cure equality of treatment of all foreign
trade throuchout China, vet It Is not nn
unreasonable expectation thnt when
trade shall have been fully resumed the
Chinese will not bo unmindful of tliPlr
.
obligation to America and will show
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tho products of this country. Nearly a
year ngo the Chinese consul general to
the United States said that the policy
lot : the
wouiu no mucn to popularize ino united
ttes n Ghlun, especially among the
tradine classes at tho free norts. The
course of our government since then
. ... ..
nns been such as to strengthen the popu-
larity of America with the Chinese, for
it has been demonstrated that the policy
of this government Js sincerely for peace
and friendship.
Had the powers agreed to tho mod
erate and reasouable total Indemnity
suggested by the United States tho le
cuperat.on of China would have speedily
come about, but as It Is the process will
bo slow and It will probably bo years
. . ....
before trade with' that empire will re
smne Its former proportions. But what
ever tho progress made there Is every
, t. , a.
tho L lilted States
re In It and that
reasou to believe that
will hirvo Its full sha
whatever preference the Chinese peoplo
lie Chinese neonlo
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nitty show will be in our favor. Mean
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while It will continue to be the aim of
wr government to secure freedom of
commercial Intercourse In tho Interior of
China, with equal opportunities for all
nations. It will continue to Insist upon
the preservation of tho territorial In-
tegrlty of the Chinese empire and to
work for suph nn niHiiHtni..nt nf the
questions between tho powers ami China
ns will glvo assurance of permanent
upncp niui tm ..........i... r i.
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terests. It has been a dlfllcult task for
uiu i iiiieu Ktntes to keen tho bnlanco
even between the tlnesso of HuhsIu, the
demands of Germany, the natural jcal-
ousy of Japan and tho deslro to do
Lnii ii,.iii, in ii pm
' ' .i"Mi- sinriiiiiii-iii
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nun jii-ujiii-, uui 11 is now uopeii inni uo
rurtuer complications will arlso to ob-
rtw 4tw i ink l l i
s "7 Btu unpolled to overstock the world s mar- celve proper attention. However, thu be to kind-hearted Americans who gener-
57 'riuo kot by nu abnormal export of the sur- matter can undoubtedly bo arranged "ly content to Instruct them as to tho
m!!!!!!!!!!!!b;57S plus. satisfactorily to all the South American methodA which they must adopt to hold
2 nM!:!! " will high prices of farm republics, who are showing a gratifying Z IITLX IrlJ
struct nuri (lolny negotiations nnd that
complete settlement will bo reached
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OVll DIPLOMACY in.v.s aoaIX.
Tho announcement that Chill has been
Induced to take part In thu Pnn-Atnerl-
can congress to be held In the City of
fn. ,.vf f l..,.tu.i. I. .i.i(l..r vli.lni v
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. . .. i1l.,l,..ihn.. .I... la HMillftilni. I'll
iui uui tjijiirt.iiiu uiiii. in iiiuij 111$. t i
to :i rew weens ago cniu inmutnineu a
stubborn and apparently Immovable at-
tltude. based on tho annrehenslon that
participation In the congress might give
.... ........... ... l,.. l.l ..,.. ..! I., U.i..fl,
till CAl Hl.y I J UIU UIIUIlJIt-'D 111 wuuui
'America, particularly Peru and Bolivia,
to lead In some movement to recover
through diplomatic channels some of the
territory Chill has gained In wnrs with
these countries. The Chilian minister
to the United States has for n month
or more past boon discussing the sub-
Jcct In all Its details with the olllclals of
tho State department at Washington,
uith Una rntnitt Hint ho linn noon ('nil-
......... .. . ...... ..... .....
vinceu u.ni vji.i.i win rccou ...u- uu.u-
ment at the congress.
A Washington dispatch states that It
1ms been decided by thu committee hav
lug charge of the preparations for tho
congress, as a concession to Clilll, to
limit the scope of discussion In arbltra-
tloii, and It Is now u question whether
some of the other South American
states will bo sntlstled with this. There
Is no more Importnnt question for the
consideration ot tne congress aim it
would be reirrettnblo If It should not rc-
Interest In tho coming congress.
TO WOllK FUH IWCIVHOCITY.
Senator Cullom Intends to work for
the reciprocity treaties at the next ses
slon of the senate. He is preparing to
thoroughly familiarize himself with the
situation, It Is stated, and after having somo reference In tho news to tho threat
nnwlo n Kiimdiil stnilv of tlin siibleet will cneJ European commercial alllanco against
.,..,,. fn ....,. ,V nnilinir treaties
,,, .... ,,. .., ,Z miinm
,lLtl1 Upon "J ' 0 t'cmic' JIfl Culloln'
.. t..ui,i(,, ,iiCnntM. imi nvxi iim
, .w.pti.Miinriv ilnsirniis of linvlnir
th(J treaty ratlQed, as It would
open the door for the agricultural ma-
chlnery in which Chicago Is Interested
and probably for corn, the market for
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which it is desirable to extend.
The Indications are that the reciprocity
.,..,,. .,., ,nmmnnii considerable at-
f(ntlol. lu tho ext congress. ThoH
roforfincc luntlo t0 It bv President Mo-
,,,.. , Rnmo of h.s s,)00ehes on the
h tTm
"''", lntorm,tPfl , th(. MlMoet nlul
.. .f . nsslIlnp that the In-
llueuce of tho administration will bo
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f . ,. nprhnns the most lm-
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. , .,,.l, la tlw. Kronnl. trnntv
F"ul "l .........
Tho CBldcut bclcves thnt th,5 poj,Cy
.in n.. i,i i i, ricin
wm VCry greatly aid In tho extension
. try.B forclcn commerce and
f L be nhlo to MMuado Se Vcnato
10 ' " th" h ,t will onro.intPr
to tl ' "fU8n, 11 cucouni
vigorous opposition from the Interests
hostile to reciprocity. Senator Cullom
should prove a valuable support to the
administration in the senate and no
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UOUUI mere Will uu uiueio uu iuC i
PuMcun side.
It Is certainly unfortunate for nil con
cerned that tho Albany strike should
havo resulted lu a conlllct between the
neonlo and the militia, and particularly
... . ...
so that cutirely Innocent parties should
have been the sufferers. it wouiu
doubtless be unfair to charge the strlk-
tne- street our men with Inciting or
, . .i ...n i,..f ,tl.n
nrnvnklnir flip conflict. OUt tne rCSUlt
ulirmlv Pllin HIS 7.PS the fact that IU
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utHkna n inr cannot be too cnfOtUl to
render such events impossible. Labor
,B niwnys the loser In such cases, even
though the troublo Is generally preclpl
ttr.,i hr thn lawless element, which. In
most cases, has no interest In the
utntrr.rin ovppnt Its lintiirnl desire to
0V...t,.w ,
cause trouble, espcclnlly wheu It cnu
shift responsibility upou others.
Thu courts of Pennsylvania have de
clared Illegal the contract by which tho
Ii.ua l.nll .ilntiu cmiwrlit tn hnlll tllP HtH'V.
loes of tuo ,nea ludelluitely while re-
aervlng to the club managers the right
.n. .i,i, in,.,.a ,ri,.i.c nt
,, .1,1,0 if mieh pnntrncts onlv at-
,.,i i,e( i,ii niiivi.rn it would be a
. ... . n i. n..hni.
. u 11 1 1 (' I yji Dlllllll lUWUIC'Ill, nn I'll- n 11 ... iiv. 4
lnvolvcd l8 comparatively limited. The
. .
principle involved, However, is a viuu
omi t0 lubor. The court adheres to
tnu im)iui doctrine that a contract for
servi. es must embrace the element of
mutual and something like equal ad-
viintiuru In order to be binding. me
geIlt.ral nubile will at least glvo tho
m .. ,i,.,.iui,. fnutitflnil nil
..., sense nnd omiltv.
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It Is only In times of stress that tno
r..ni ehnineter of tho Amor can people
comes to the surface. Ordinarily the
HPIIlhPl-H Of lllS
presKieni aim even uic mcuu.o "'"
family are lu a measuro tno taiget 101
partisan shafts. To foreigners the
J J HhoCkTi !
1 0 tM-at 01 f"K" " T
.. . .,.,l..t., .lint r.rttf.1llu
i tiinv roriu nil! uniuiuii liiiil mutiu.o ...
llieV UirUI UIU UWIUIUU umi. .....V.....O -
men despised. Presldeut McKlulej has
been no exception to this rule nnd when
tho present trip was planned the op-
position press was tilled with Jibes of
' . . t ,niulll! oxnense " etc. When
J ff'l" 1 L be te
'
nature of Americans was nt ouco up-
parent nnd there Is nothing but sym-
, wUUl,8
1 ,7 ' .(
The serious difference which
has
arisen between England and Germany
out of the llrlng upon an English boat
bv German soldiers Is added evidence
of the necessity of h speedy settlement of
tho Chinese question nnd the evacun-
timi nf th pniintrv bv the troons of the
I ' " .' "
powers. So long as the soldiers of the
various nauous uiu meru, encu uuu un
Its spliere or control, so long win uieio
be great danger of some such Incident
as this leading to complications more
..!.,., tl.,,,, thn Phim.,. trniiiilo lm
rii..i." -
I t fni. ,,..A..;i lw.Hi.1. tnl
ever jmtii. 1 iu- iiri "'
low tuo icau or tne uuueu oiuiea mm
get out speedily before some ouo gets
mad over having his corns stepped on
.
St. Louis Is promising that Its fair and
exposition will be open oti the day set
and thnt everything will be In place.
If the promise Is kept the managers
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flui 'ri.nv lllilit'f l'lnv
Washington star.
Ono of tho greatest temptations of Wall
sired is shown by the number of people
wnti 1?olilcvo 0Xi ha,ve,. bec" n'nr.1
-."""B" ' Bv IPUl iu t.u.c .. w.w
money Invested.
Look Nefnrc You're Snrr.
Cincinnati Tribune.
That Nebraska woman who thinks aho has
a claim 6n Covington would sell 11 for an
exceedingly small cash consideration If she
could only come on and Investigate the
present management of Spotty Town.
a ihu in tii uiiii
Washington Tost.
An Indianapolis laborer saved the life ct
a fellow workliiRtnan. but facrlllced his own
. . . , h . of h , ,
th(;t nvolvcs no soldier clothes, no pensions
or no prolltable positions on the retired list.
UlclitrnlnR tllr CliMiiii,
St. Louis alobc-Democrnt.
By way of nmuslne themselves demo
cratic papers are nominating a republican
candidate for 1001 nnd predicting his do-
feat. They might add to tho gaycty of
tho business by writing the platform and
letter ot acceptance.
Ynutli Tt-nchliiK (lie AkI.
Isw York Tribune.
Hotv grAtcttil our British friends should
Iron! Tho forge masters of the new world
have achieved such notable triumphs that
English owners ot furnaces nnd mills am
almost ready to sit at their feet and learn
wisdom from their lips.
Springfield nepubllcnn.
Seldom a day passes, It seems, without
11,0 United States. Nothing tangible, how-
cvcr' CBn b0 rte,ec,ed' and 1,10 mclal
nlaU that emanato from Berlin can bo
t,.u . ... ,. ,i,.-,iu.
meanwhile, that thn Industrial rivalry of
America will bo freely used In Europe's
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ycnrg ln tne p0lltlcg of thlg counlry,
lloliom nt tli- Krep I.mioh Cnuntcr.
m,nn.iini,.
Tho bager bWo of human nalure 8hown
m rnnnontinn with ih Tnnknnvmn nr
it Is on all such occasions. Multitudes of
Persons, who lost nothing by tho flro and
wb0 dld not llvo Jachscnvllle. nro fiathor-
tA:.n ?0fC8 ?.f I,"t of tho
" .T" YT'ZZZ
have had to bo adopted to drive them away.
a,nco' lU0Ua ino' ,nsisl on Dein Iea U10'
wl" not worl' Theso people belong to n
tr.a.m.p 51"3' .whlch P"scnts a problem
wnicn civilization nas not yet succeeded in
.nlvlne
I'erlln of Stroiinous Life.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Life, especially city life, Is so eager and
pressing, so urgent In Its claims on our
80 (u" ot mtcrlal mtere.t.. so
'distent upon active work of mind nnd
body that it needs, something moro to re-
eV8 tho tcn8lon iaA raUy the forces tnan
can bo found in exciting pleasures or pro-
found sleep, important as they are. Lot
then, welcome occasional pauses, when
neither work or play has possession ot
us, when wo relax every effort and resign
ourselves for short periods to natural and
spontaneous flow of tho Imagination, which
has been pent up too long by stern realities.
Old Akc reunion
New York Tribune.
Several of the most prominent railroad
vuiuuiuwuub iu mis euuuwy unu iu uiuor
c0UtltrUs aB weJI t,avo established, or are
corporations In this country and In other
preparing to establish, pension systems
which will be of Inestimable bonoflt to
faithful and devoted employes who havo
been many years In service. The dlsposl.
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tion to Dcncvoience in arrangements to
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leuaeu iuc uaiuouiJil Ul Uli utfu iui itvotrtii
wnrknrn Is cnlnlne cround in overv en.
lightened nation
Tho old-fashioned custom of merciless
consignment to destitution and the alms
houso of tho bent and broken who have
tolled diligently for unsympathetic masters
for scores of years does not find so many
admirers as It did in tho earllor genora-
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" rUlu.eaB .UB.u
of the fittest and tho long agony of the
aged and feeble who are trampled under
foot as unfit nro tempered In these days
by lmrulses of compassion and goodwill.
DEATH IIY BI.KCTUIC1TY.
Approved tiy MnflanGlitiNFttR Supreme
Court on UrnunilN of lluniniilty
Boston Post.
Counsel for tho condemnod murderer,
Storti, have done a public service In pro
curing a decision by the hlghost court In
tho commonwealth upon the legality of
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hmch """n S ii
UCBUl WU1LU HUa TCCLIlliy UUlll UUU)lieu Ul
tnl(, gtnte Stortl lB tno nrst to vaiS t0
tho electric chair, and It Is most deslrablo
that the question involved should be
answered definitely before a llfo Is taken In
bly no ono anticipated a decision
..h-. ,), ...u n ,,
inromrt pnitrl
reached yesterday. The petition of tho
( pnni1flmni(i man wn nifrrf1 nn n lnfit r-
rt to secure, if possible escapo upon
ft technicality. Out tho court, in denying
the petition, places on record nn opinion
in Chief Justice Holmes' most lucid style,
which is enlightening on tho genorai qus
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usual" punishment, such as is forbidden
b tne COMtltution. Judso Holmes says
rho answer to the whole argument which
a-MngTeme;;. TV" W
that you cannot separate the means from
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current of eJectrictty, than when It Is a
slow Are. We should have thought tha
the distinction was plain. In the latter
cn''0 11,0 moana 18 R'loptod not solely for
thepurpose of accomplishing tho end of
ucain, out ior the purpose or causing ome
paln to the person concerned. Tho so
called means Is also an end of the nm
VM ns tho death ,Uefi t In otl)0
words, Is Intended to bo a part of th
punishment. Hut when, as here, the mean
adopted are chosen with Just the contrary
Intent, and are devlsrd for the purpose of
reaching tho end proposed ns swiftly and
Pp0en8ltnat atah "0 forbidden8 by the
n.,i,.. .i.v,...,. i,.,m h
COverles of 'recent science and never should
have been heard of before. Not oniy 1
tho prohibition addressed to what In 1
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e ;oa;dc?un,u'Bua,l,.u,mu:
h. eons,r...rt ,vllh ...., .rP,i' and
cannot bo taken so broadly as to prohibit
every humane Improvement not previously
Known in .Massachusetts."
Unques t lonAbly, If the death penalty I
h. r..ln.4. It I. ViMr hnmiino
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raora decent that It shall be Inflicted by
I electricity than by the ropt.
(ITIIKIt I.A.MIS THAN OIUS.
From tlmo to time ltusrla tightens her
grip on Persia. A year ago It was reported
that she had secured the concession ot a
port on the 1'erslnn gulf, Subsequently
this was said to bo unauthorized or prema
ture, llut the Actual possession ot n port
Is of email consequence since Russia can
take n port when she wishes one. Kussla
had secured railroad concessions ncrots
Persia, and with a railroad from the Cas
pian sea to the Persian gutf It would matter
Ultle whether the southern terminus of Ihe
road were under the Husslan (lag or not.
Hiifslnn political lufluonco has almost dls-
laced Urltlsh In Teheran, as Kusslan mor
handlso has largely displaced Urltlsh In
the barars of the country. Wo have now
n announccmont by n paper In St. Peters
burg that a Itusslan company has secured n
concession of tho Persian customs receipts
for sevtnty.flvo years, liussla was already
creditor of I'orsla, and to n country In
Persia's financial condition debt means per
manent vassnlage. The chains are now ad
ditionally riveted 'by ptaclng the customs
collections In tha hands of Itusslnns. It Is
truo that nn American company secured tho
business ot collecting the revenues of San
Domingo and then was dispossessed, but
llh us foreign commerce and Investment
Is n private affair; with Russia It is a mat
ter of governmental policy.
Delglum, which was ono of the first Euro
pean states to provide for government In
tervention In the Interest of labor, has now
before Its Chamber a new bill which makes
long step In ndvance. Tho bill Is expected
to become a law without modification. As
tho law now stands 11 workman, In case of
bodly injury, can only claim compensation
It he can show that the injury was duo to
negligence on the part ot his employer. Ac
cording to the new measure an employe
ho receives an Injury which Incapaci
tates him tor moro than a fortnight shnll
v paid by tho employer oven should tho ac-
Ident bo traced to tho fault of the claim
ant. The amount of Indemnity Is llxed it
half Hit) sufferer's nverngo earnings In casn
f total disability, or, In case uf partial In
capacity-, to half the difference In his wage-
producing power tor which tho accident Is
csponslble.
Tho bill In dealing with the liability of
tho employer gives the latter tho option of
nsurlng himself either In the National
ilsso d'Kpargnc or In a private company
approved by tho etate; and the contracting
oclety It bound to tnko over all respouil
Ultv on the score of accidents, In reaped
t which the employer's liability henceforth
casi. Or ho mny decline to Insure, and
In thli case the worktnan"s claim for In-
pniuliy becomes n flint charge on the
estato after the payment of ordinary wages,
nd ho Ir. further obliged to capitalize cer
tain sums for future compensation and pay
tho amount into a state bank or insurance
company approved by the state.
According to a letter in a Vienna news
paper, wholesnlo desertions arc taking
place from tho Turkish army In conse
quence of tho state of complete destitu
tion to which the troops nro In many In
stances reduced by tho negligence of the
military authorities. As a rule, the de
serters Join Albanian, Tcherkess or Kur
dish bauds that plunder tho population
without distinction of nationality. The
Porto has appointed a spcclnl commissioner
In tho district of Kossovo to put an end to
this state of things, but Its success is prob
lematical. Now that the revolutionary
movement has been checked, brigandage,
if not actually encouraged, Is at all events
tolerated by the authorities, and It Is al
most Impossible to keep the starving sol
diers In the rankB. In tho district of
Monastlr a number of travelers havo been
taken to tho woods and held for ransom
The brigand soldiers spare neither Mussul
mans nor Christians. While their opera
tions wero confined to t'.io ChrlBtlan popu
lation llttlo was heard on tho subject, but
now that they nro robbing Mussulmans
there Is a grcnt outcry. This is why tho
Porto is sending special commissioners to
roracdy tho evil, which extends to the
Islands of the Turkish archipelago. Kvcn
tho system of German military discipline,
which has been introduced in the Turkish
army, can avail nothing ngalnst tho ma
terial conditions of tho country, and n
spirit ot anarchy Is spreading rapidly
among tho unpaid nnd neglected troops.
Somo th.rty years ago Slgnor Lulgl Luz
zatti, a Venetian by birth, who later be-
camo an Italian finance minister, com
pletely revolutionized the agricultural Eas
tern of tho division of Venctia by founding
there agricultural co-operatlvo societies
and agricultural credit banks, which, by
lending money at low rates, cut the ground
frcm under the feet of tho Venetian
usurers. In tlmo great success attended
his efforts and Slgnor LuzzattI has now
turned his attention to the southeastern
provinces, whero tho small proprietors, par
ticularly those of Apulia and Magna Grecia,
aro In the samo position as the Venetian
peasants wero thirty years ago.
Tho press of that part of Italy has hailed
his coming with tho greatest enthusiasm,
nnd tho people vociferously acclaim him
wherever ho goes. His plan will be more
advanced nnd comprehensive than that put
Into prnctico In Venctia. Ho will begin by
promoting co-operation and by using the
co-operative societies as channels for agri
cultural credit; then, by lending his nld to
tho cause ot the Apullan aqueduct, he will
help to supply the various communes with
good water for drinking and Irrigation;
finally, by converting local loans to a low
rato of Interest by means of the Govern
ment Loan and Deposit bank, he will re
llovo local taxation. In the meantime tho
papers of Rome and Florence, while com
mending tho sincerity nnd energy of the
ex-minister, say that tho work ho has
planned Is too vast for ono man to under
take successfully, nnd that he will en
counter obstacles never met with tn Venotla
Morocco and tho chances of Franco's ah
sorption of It are frequent and popular sub
jects of discussion In tho French press now
adays. Public Interest in them has been
quickened by a recent deliverance of M
Etlenne, a former under secretary of state
for tho colonies and a disciple of Gam
betta. Ho said that tho French govern
ment was not neglecting tho Morocco prob
lem, but had been busily exchanging views
with other powers who had Interests to be
consulted. The naturo ot theso negotla
tlons ho was ns yct unablo to explain
Thero was, however, a sufficient excuse for
French Intervention In tho Inability of tho
emperor ot Morocco to Impose obedience
upon tribes nominally under tits authority
M. Clemcnceau. commenting upon M
Etlenno's speech In his own paper, re
marks that thero seems to bo a general
conviction that France would ncqulesco in
an Italian occupation of Tripoli, but tha
ho has also noted that the Itnllnns them
selves are not enthusiastic nbout It. They
nek how they nro to tnko Tripoli wlthnu
tho consent of the sultan of Turkey, who
mnlnUls n considerable mllltory force
there, nnd further inquire what good th
country would he to them, now thnt th
hlntorland has fallen under French inllu
ence. M. Clemenceau then proceeds t
point out that tho Engllnh fleet Is not
engaged at Pretoria,, and thnt It would be
unwlso to nvirlook IU existence in nn
schemes relating to the Mediterranean
seahord. Moreover, the Moors are not a
rnco whoso fighting rapacities enn b
safely neglected,
Tin- Unlly Prior Jliiker,
I'hlciigo Ncwh.
In the corn msrkpt Mr. Phillips la allow
Ing the law of supply nnd demand to tnkn
short vacation whllo ho fixes the prlrn s
that It will harmonize with his feelings to
the day.
Mrs Watson'm Message.
Sho tolls a suffering
cured of Ovarian
r v
" T)hah Miir. PtxiriiAM! When T wrntn tn vnu a few months
ago I had been sufferiiie; from inflammation ot tho ovnries and
womb for over eighteen mouths. I had n continunl pain and
soreness in my back and side. I bcliovo my troubles wero caused
by overwork and lifting somo years ago. Lifo was a drajr to mo
nnd I folt like, pivinjr up. I had several doctors, but they did tno
llttlo pood. I bepan to use Lydia E. Pinklmin's Vegctablo Com
pound four months ago and am iti better health to day than I
havo boon for years. All my pains nro gono. Your Vcgetablo
Compound has mado mo woll. I recommend it to all suffering
women.1' Mas. S. J. Watson, Hampton, Va.
When there Is one remedy that in sure, nnd
hundreds of thousands of 'women know from ex
perience Is reliable, Is It wise to experiment wltli
untried and comparatively unknown medicines?
5000
politic i, nun r.
Oil, discovered In large quantities, U
making arrant monopolists of many popu
lists In Texas.
According to tho nlllcliil cstlmntcs nl-
owed the total cost of the government of
New York City for 1900 was $100,000,000.
Tho Into Mr. Gorman of Maryland will
glvo the corpse another whirl when incm-
berfl of tho legislature will bo elected next
full.
Tho oldest in date of appointment of tho
ustlcca of the supremo court of tho United
States Is John M. lluiian ot Kentucky, ap
pointed tn 1S77.
Tho lowu democratic fetute committee lum
called tho next stuto convention lu lowu to
mtot nt Dcs Moines on August HI, to nom-
Inato a governor und other state odlccrs.
Uy tho new apportionment Cool; county,
lllnola, which included Chicago, wilt have,
two years hence, 67 of the 153 members of.
tho house of representatives of tho state.
Charles 9. I'nlrchlld, secretary 0. tho
rcasury under Cleveland, Is being groomed
oh a candldato for mayor of Now York by
the elements which hopo to take a fall out
of Tammany.
Senator Tlllmnn Is Jobbing his pitchfork
nto tho cutlclo of Senator McUnuren, de
nouncing tho latter as nn ndmlnlstratlon
domocrat. McLnuron might retort that
Tillman struggled to brenk Into adminis
tration circles with several Juicy bills dur
ing the dying dnyH of the last congress.
Three-cent reform Is making progress In
Cleveland. Mnyor Johnson has Invited n
Chicago reformer to help him out. In a
short tlmo the country will sco tho effect of
theory applied to hard, practt:al conditions.
The ofllclnl cnnvnss of tho votes cast In
Alabama April upon the question of hold
ing n convention to revise tho constitution
of tho state shows 70,303 votes in favor and
45,505 against it, givlpg a majority of 24.S0O
In favor of holding tho convention. Twenty
thrco counties gnvo majorities ngalnst It.
But thirteen nnti-dcmocratlc delegates wero
elected.
It is nn established political custom lu
the city of Baltimore, - for candidates to
olcctlvo ofllce to conduct ngitntlon In tho
columns of newepnpers. A candidate for
tho ofllce ot councilman published as part
of his campnlgn literature n eolumu nrtlclc,
Including his nddrtns to tnu committee on
notification. Ills peroration was as fol
lows: "Let every ono foci that It Is his
dJty to seo that Ills neighbors nro with us
and that thov all come m.t and voto and
If wo pull hard nnd pull all together victory
will crown our efforts and wo nhnll sen
domocrncy and good government still rule
our city,"
Just beforo tho legislature of Wisconsin
adjourned Governor La Follotto handed tho
lawmakers a hot veto of n mutilated bill
for primary election reform. Among other
caustic reflections on tho lawmaking power
the governor said: "An array of federal
officeholders, Joining with certain corpora
tion ngents and tho representatives of tho
machine In tho rcgulnr legislative lobby,
moved upon the copltol, took possession of
Its corridors, Intruded Into tho legislative
halls, followed members to their hotels,
tempted mnny with alluring forms of vice
nnd in somo instances brought them to tho
capltol In a stato of intoxication to voto
ngalnst tho bill. This sets forth In part
the character of the opposition, but omits
to take account of some of the means used
and attempted to bo used to prevent the
pnssngo of tho measure."
Which Kind?
Aro you looking for n choviot? a sorgo or a summer
flannol? Whichever it is, tho cost isn't groat. We
huvo beautiful, well mado, woll fitting suits, in either
of tho-so materials, and plenty of patterns to ploaso
nnd select from, for as little as 10.
A Utile more money, sny J?15, $1S or 20, may be pur.
into a suit with lulvnnlune, and they are well -worth the
difference. Our hat department is in bloom, right in all
the new things, including straw, if you are ready.
NO CLOTH I NT. VlTS LIKE OUIiS.
Browning, King&Co.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
women howsho was
Inflammation by
We lure deponlted with
the National City Hank,
of I.vnn, ficoo, which
will be fMd to any per
son who ran find thnt the nlmvr IrntlmmiUl
letter is not genuine, or was published before
obtaining the wller's rpeii.il pcrmlsfloii.
I.VDIA 1C. I'lNKHAM MMItCIMR Co.
i,i.m:s to a i.vi iiii.
Detroit Journal; Orthodox 1 low over can
you refer to Ailain tin n .vtichtmnn''
Drydox Wtll, wnxn't Kvu hi llrst mute?
Chicago Ucrfird-lU'riilil: "Now, Wllllini.
do try to look natural when you have jour
photograph taken. "
"All right, then I'd belter lulte thu lawn,
mower ilowntywn with me."
I'lttHburg Chronicle) "I 11111 golni; Into
the egg business," said nun city man to
another.
"Hut ehlrkeiiH nro dllllouil to niiiiiiigo In
any considerable number. I am told."
"I Intend to illsipiiiHi' with ihlti.riiH en
tirely. I shnll ylmply ralo egg plants. '
Philadelphia Press: Subbiiln Hie here,
vnu fiilil that holier wo liought of you was
11 Ktonc'si throw from the station.
Aui'iit-V.ell?
Sulibubs Well. I ilmply want to know
who threw thnt Htom
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "A woman sivcd
from 11 burning building In New York re
fused to jump Into tho llfc-suvlng net until
her hair caught lire."
"Wonder why she hesitated?"
"1 suppose Mhe wanted to convince thn
neighbors her hair wan her own."
Chicago Post: "I have enrar," said the
Old Subscriber, "to complain about your
report of my daughter's wedding."
"What was tho matter with lt7" de
mnnded the editor.
"Well, her name Is CJratln, but you
printed It "f trails'."
"That's' not so bad. She waa given
away, wasn't shf?"
WHIJX PA AM) MA KAM. Ol'T.
James Harton Adams. In Denver Po'
Sometimes you'd think our houso was Jcsi a
sideshow to the land
Whero all the saints Immortal reign nrrost
thf golden stiand
A plnco of sweet an" hrnyenly smiles nn'
sugar-coated words,
Tho ol' folks Jest as lovln' ns n. pair nf
matin' birds,
An' then agin It's somewhat like the plaro
'way down below
Whero folks that never love the Lord an"
serve lllm have to go:
Tho angel blrdH of happiness an' love pro
put to rout
An' skeered Into conniption (Its when pann'
mn fall out!
The house through nil the mmnln' hours
may bo alive with song
When mu 'hits somo ol' mectln' tuna to
helii her work along.
An' pail whistle like a kid thnt's bin ex
cused from school
An' Uy around a doln" things as frisky as a
mulo,
Hut 'fore the evenln' shaddera creep, ns
novel writers hay.
There's sometlmcH llablo to bo tho very
deuce to pay,
An' lips that sung an' whistled may bo
liunrhnd Into 11 pout
"When not a splllln' sassy talk when pa an"
mn fall out.
Hoil tell her that she makes his life that
bad placo hero on earth,
An' nho will say ho'd orter died somotlmo
nforo bin birth,
An' talk about a human brute, a monster
dressed In pants,
A savage nil onclvlllzcd, nn' nil slch ntlngln'
ta'nts.
An' he'll reclporcate, you bet, by cnllln' her
a cat
That's got a mighty lovln' purr when layln'
fur a ral-
That same, 1 reckon, beln' him an' then
they bothil pout
An' never speak fur hnlf a day, when pa
an' ma full ojt.
They both nro members of Iho Church nn'
followers of the Lamb.
An' go to meetln' fur to git their shnre of
Ollead's balm,
An' both believe they'll somo day go to
dwvll nmoiiK the West
Whero tho wicked cease from troublln' an'
tho weary are at rest,
An' I'm a bettln' If thuy go to Cnnann's
happy shore,
Tho other angels loailn' 'round il somo
day hear a roar,
An' comn a fly In to tho spot lo see what
H'h about,
An' hold their ears to hear slch talk whc
pa and ma fall out!