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THE OJIAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, AUG ST 17, 1001,
The umaha Daily Bee.
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complete copies af Tile Dully, MTnl.iK,
LA'cnlng and Sunday Die printed during .lu
month of July, lw), wan an follows:
l an,jin i; .',, i-"
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3 'M,'27 19 !i.ial
4 ui.u-iti so ar.,oao
5 s..-.,n'i :i
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k U5,:i5 2( ari.ar.u
9 a.-,. no 5.. .us,:.
lu un.aiio 20.......' xn.unu
11.., ....ir.vi-o 27 Jin.ii&o
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13 :.-.,ii3 v u.i.itiio
ll ufi.r.u.-. so ur.,a7o
15 ua.ono 31 un,uuu
16 an,07)
Total 7M,Oir.
Less unsold and returned copies..., tl,ot)U
Net total snlcs 7"r,,01!l
Net dally nvcragc 21,000
GEO. U. T.SCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to
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M. U. H UNGATE,
Notary 1'ubllc.
PARTIES M2AV1.U KUIl .M'.MMEU
rnrtlcr. Irnvlnw (he clly tor
(lie uiniucr mar have Tile lleo
cut to them reicnlnrly by
iiotlfjIiiK The Ilea llnlnn
oilier, lu iiernon or liy mail.
The nililrcim villi lie cIiuukuiI
n o f t I'll n drilri'il.
Those prnetleal Jokers tip nt O'Neill
work on thu theory tlmt April fools' tiny
lnntH nil tlit! year round.
A war ship has been ordered to the
Paelflo side of the Intimitis of Panama.
With blue JncketH at both ends of thu
Hue the InKiirgt'iits will be good If they
tire wise.
A scientist has figured It out that It
requires one-fortieth of a second to
wink. That is altogether too slow to
shut off the small boy when lie stnrts
to tell something he should not divulge.
Everyone from Omalut who has vis
ited the l'an-Amerlean . exposition at
Buffalo has comu nway with a better
appreciation of the TrnnsmlsslMslppI
Exposition he enjoyed so much right at
hoirui.
Van It. .MaglnnlH of Leon thinks ho
would like to run for govcriiorof Iowa
on the democratic ticket. He ran tin
successfully for congress once ami
should be in condition to stand snow
ing under.
Thu people knew they were Indulging
u luxury when they submitted to dem
ocratic control of our county affairs,
but is not blowing i?10,(MH) for political
grading lu n single bunch milking it
conic pretty lilghV
The money Omaha' Invests In new
paving this year will not make tin Im
posing figure, it looks as If the paving
contractors prefer to hold the work over
until another,. venr, when they can get
lilghQr bids aceepted.
A AVIIkesbarre justleu lias decided that
It (s worth a word for the privilege
of swearing on the street. There are
times when one would not think the
price exorbitant If ope could only sweur
hard enough to, relieve one's feelings.
Tim local Insurance trust Is not taking
any mean advantage or tile absence of
the county attorney to screw tin Insur.
mice rates, This trust would bo Just ns
t..i i .1.. t. ....
iioiii nun certain or uciug unmolested in
its operations If the county attorney
were here.
Democrat le papers ate again com
plaining that the statistics given out by
the government bureaus tell a story of
prosperity. That they tell a different
story In democratic times is not the
fault of the statistics or the men who
coinpjlo them.
The season Ifj demonstrating that
first-class summer recreation resorts
will pay lu Omaha If properly ami lib
orally conducted. If the managements
hlze up their patronage aright they will
know in what directions to expand for
future seasons.
If It Is really the Intention to start an
nrtlllclal ice plant in Omaha It would
bu a good Idea to get the plans tlior
oughly under way before nature starts
In the business again. fold weather
has heretofore chilled tlu young plant
beyond power of revival.
i(a nmaker Wr irh( venture to ov
plaln the aversion of rail to the city of
Lincoln ami vicinity ojtlie ground that
thu salt beds thercieoiistltufo a mac
netlo field vyhluh luolsture clouds refuse
to enter. We were laboring under the
InipreHHloitjtliat .the ruin fell on the Just
I .1. . ..III...
una imvuujtisi will"-.
j ,
rTho police Judge of Des Moines has
decided that It Is pot a inlsdepieanor for
a young couple pissing n pleasant Hour
tniu oark to kiss each other nnd that
lnsteart'bf arresting tlieip tt rt'nlly polite
wiiiimimiii would turn ins imeu, 'mat
police Judge has fixed himself secure!.
terms ok suuscription.
Dilly lUv (without Sunday-, One Ytar..l.0U
Dully Hie ntnl Sunday, One Ytnr "
litusiriied Hf, One iiar.... 2-'J
Sunday Hee, One Yeur jf-'W
baturimy Hee, one Year
Twentieth Century Furmer, One Ytur.. l.lO
for the cruclul test or election uay. ,
rut; fiVuAH THh'srs suikmk.
""Free trndu In Cuban sugar," says the
Philadelphia Itecortl, "either by special
treaty or by annexntloii, and the main
tenance of a protective tax on the re
fined product, constitute the Sugar
trust's scheme. If the trust should be
successful," adds that paper, "beet sugar
wouldn't be worth raising lu the United
States. If It should fall, the sugar con
sumer would pay more for their sugar,
but beet sugar might become a valuable
home crop."
The Itecortl Is correct In saying tlint
the free admission to the American mar
ket of the raw sugar of Cuba would de
stroy the beet sugar Industry of this
country and of course this Is what the
trust Is aiming t. The growth here of
the beet sugar Industry Is a menace to
the trust which It will spare no effort
to get rid of. It remains to be seen
whether a republican congress and ad
ministration Mill be parties to the effort
to destroy a home Industry created un
der republican policy and which gives
promise, If that policy 'lw not wholly
withdrawn from It, of developing In a
few years to an extent sulllclent to
nearly or quite supply the home demand.
We confidently believe that congress and
the administration will not aid the pur
pose of the trust.
As to consumers paying mow for their
sugar in the event of the failure of the
trust, It Is very linprolmble that such
would be the case, while If It should be
they would hi! assured of cheaper sugar
with thu development of the home in
dustry. That must certainly be the re
sult If the production of beet sugar lu
this country Increases during the next
live or six years as rapidly as It has done
luring the last two or three years. He-
sides, what assurance can there bu that
consumers would get cheaper sugar
after the trust had secured com
plete control of the American market V
The president of the American Hcet
Sugar association said In a recent lu-
ervlew: "While any reduction In the
tariff lu raw sugar might temporarily
give cheaper sugar, the American con
sumer In the long run would llud out It
was dearly bought, been use as soon as
the home beet sugar Industry had been
crushed out It would" then be in the
power of the trust to dictate absolutely
the price that the American people must
pay for their sugars."
It seems to us there can be no run
soiiable doubt of this. Certainly no
rational person can believe that the
merlcnu Sugar Helloing company, in
seeking to have the raw sugar of Cuba
admitted free to the American market,
Is looking to the Interests of the con
sumers of sugar. The trust understands
fully the great Advantage It would have
under such a policy and no one can be
so foolish as to suppose that It would
not usu that advantage to the fullest ex
tent for Its own profit.
"It Is a matter of vital Importance."
wild Mr. Oxnartl In the Interview from
which we have already quoted, "that the
American public should understand
clearly thu situation as It exists today
nnd let them decide whether we arc to
grow our Htigar at home and save the
if 100,000,000 which we send abroad an
nually to allow that Htigar to bu grown
In foreign countries ami brought to this
eountrj and given over to the Sugar
trust to refine and afterwards dictate
what price shall bu paid for It." That
presents the question which congress
will he en I led on to consider In connec
tion with the proposition to grant con
cessions to Cuban sugar. That it will
refuse to legislate for the destruction of
thu home Industry we have not the
slightest doubt.
COlATl" TAX-EATHHS.
Fur several years past the affairs of
Douglas county have been managed
with a reckless disregard of the Inter
osts of the taxpayers that calls for pub-
lie remonstrance.
For years thu county has been paying
anil continues to pay -Hi cents per day
for feeding prisoners In thu county Jail,
while the city of Omaha pays only 111
cents per day for feeding the prisoners
in the city Jail. Attention has been
called tlinti and again to tills extrava
gance, but the commissioners have
shown no disposition to put a stop to It.
The city of Oiniiha receives ii per cent
on all the money on deposit to Its credit
lu the depository Imuks, while the
money of thu county, which averages
from iflSO.OOO to $00,000, year In and
year out, does not yield a penny of In
terest to the taxpayers of thu county.
Almost every olllce in the court house
s filled with supernumeraries who draw
salaries they do not earn, but the com
missioners appear Indifferent to this
drain on the taxpayers.
The abuse that Is by all odds the most
rank Is lu the promiscuous grading and
road-building In which thousands upon
thousands of dollars are dumped in the
Interest and for the benefit of political
ple-bllers. Most of these Improvements
are unwarranted ami unnecessary.
While the county owns several grading
machines, thu saving that might have
been elfectetl by their use has been
squandered ami a large proportion of
the improvements carried on by thu
eommlsiloners has cost three prices, In
stead of being awarded to thu lowest
responsible bidder.
The so-called labor payroll lu Itself is
a revelation. Hundreds of men huvu
drawn pay for work done on Improve
ments, visible and Invisible. To cap thu
climax the commissioners are about to
let contracts luvolvlng an expenditure
of iuore.than $10,000 for grading roads
that the' county Is not obliged to grade
ami for Improvements that are being en
glneered for political purposes,
In the meantime thu county funds are
constantly growing less ami thu taxpuy
ers will have to face another heavy over
lap beforu the next levy Is made.
It strikes us that It Is about time for
thu Hoard of County Commissioners to
call a h:ilt. There Is no valid excuse
for draining the treasury to pay for Im
provements that are not needed at this
time and which tan be dispensed with
for yearn to come. Neither Is there any
good reason why the affairs of the
county should not be conducted in a
businesslike manner or why the work
to bo done for the county should not be
awarded to the lowest responsible bid
iter ItiMtciid of being farmed out to po
litical tax-eaters.
27 K i.ah Mvsrm; OHSMIVML
Thus far there has been no lawless
ness on the part of thu striking ste"l
workers and It Is most earnestly to be
hoped Hint there will be none. The
president of the Amalgamated associa
tion, Mr. Shaffer, is to be commended at
least for Impressing upon the men the
duty and expediency of observing the
law. 1I announced at the outset of the
struggle that It would bo carried on
peaceably and lie has since urged that
this course be pursued. In his speech at
Wheeling a few days ago he said: "Let
the Amalgamated association so deport
Itself as to merit the approval we have
already received and win the encour
agement anil support of , church and
state. What I say may not bu received
with favor, but right Is right. This is
a time when men's blood bolls with In
dignation and hands are cllnejied In
anger, but this Is no time for angry
words or overt deeds. If organized
labor by observance of the law can win
a peaceful victory It will be the grandest
achievement known to the world. Hence
I ask you to be careful. He law-abid
ing, but be determined."
This is lu the right spirit. Labor has
never gained anything through lawless
ness ami violence and never will. On
the contrary, the effect of violations of
the law on the part of labor has uni
formly been loss of public sympathy and
support and this must nlwnys be thu
case while ours is a Inw-respeetllig peo
ple. Today probably a majority of the
iVmerieaii people are hoping that the
steel corporation will be defeated.
Many who doubt the wisdom of thu
Amalgamated association's action yet
can have no sympathy with the great
steel corporation which seeks to monop
olize a vast Industry. Hut should the
workers resort to lawlessness and vio
lence they would turn against them all
law-respecting and hiw-nbldlng citizens
and thereby render their cause hopeless,
for no cause can triumph in this coun
try that Is without public sympathy ami
moral support.
As yet the patience of the steel work
ers has not been put to a severe test.
The strike is but a month old and the
resources of the men are not yet ex
hausted. If the conflict should be pro
tracted until the means of subsistence
lire exhausted then there will be danger
of lawlessness. So, too, gains by the
corporation that seemed to threaten tie
feut of thu strikers might be provoca
tive of violence. Hence thu expediency
of keeping constantly before the minds
of the men the duty of observing the
law ami .so conducting themselves as
not to forfeit public sympathy. It Is
equally the duty of the steel corporation
to regard the law and not attempt to go
outside of It, as corporations have somu-
times done In conflicts with labor.
There appears at present to be no pros
pect of an early .termination of the strug
gle ami what may yet arise to Intensify
hostility cannot be foreseen. Hut what
ever may happen the law should be ob
served. In Lancaster county "the republican
county committee Is made up of one
member from every voting district
This gives an organization that reaches
Into every precinct and Is certainly bet
ter than that which prevails here in
Douglas county, where the committee
membership Is distributed entirely ar
bitrarily. In Douglas county, precincts
with from fifty to 150 republican voters
to look after have two committeemen
assigned to the work, while city wards
with 1.B00 voters have to be cared for
by only three. Thu republican organ
ization In Douglas county should be re
modeled on the precinct plau of Lan
caster county.
Shamrock II, placed in dry dock on
tills side, reveals the fact that the won
derful secrets of designing so carefully
guarded long since, ceased to be se
crets on tills side. In fact, thu new
British creation Is almost a pattern of
Columbia. As .lohti Hull has been go
ing It alone In designing yachts for
many years and getting left Just as
regularly, It Is encouraging to see he bus
learned by experience.
Vice President Itoosevelt Is now on his
way back east. On this western trip
the vice president, profited from thu ex
perience of Ids previous Colorado hunt
ing tour and remained within reach of
the telegraph wires, thus defeating the
fake correspondents, ready to spring a
supply of lit rid tales upon the public.
Itoosevelt Is too wise to walk Into the
samu trap twice.
Arbiter of ('lory.
Iialtlmorn American.
Admiral Crowninshleld has not yet an
nounced who Is to bo tho hero of the
Colombian revolution,
Vn- of h Wiuiiler.
Indlnnapnllu News,
It Is no tiso to decry llosa Croker. He la
a very remarkable man, Horn In Ireland,
llvliiK in England, ho dictates to the only
effective organization of' the democratic
party north of Mason and Dixon's line.
Point Overlooked.
Washington Hlnr.
Sloeplng car porters talk of organizing
nnd b.wlng u schedule of tips printed, to
that they wll no loiiRcr risk being Insulted
with scant gratuities. The Idea of apply
ing to the Pullman company for an Increaso
of sulury seems never to have occurred to
them.
Oniuhn AUo.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
If the six beautiful Hoosler girls who
kissed Prof. Koss, and were arrested In
consequence, pre still In tho business there
aru men in Clnclpnatl who would work the
law's delay for all thcro Is out If tho ex
periment should be tried' on them and the
offer Is always open.
On the llcntli of mi Enemy,
Detroit Free Press,
Tho good old pope, Leo XIII, evidently
believes In tho Injunction, "Speak no 111
of the dead." When informed of Crlspi's
death, he said, "Well, Crlspl was a good
fighter," and then prayed for tho soul of
his former enemy. This feeling Is shared
In the humnler walk of life as well. An
Irasclblo old Teuton, who was by no meam
a good neighbor, passe;! away, and at his
((rave all was silence, no one being able to
think of good word for blra until an
nRcd onlooker broUe forth with, "Veil,
Hans van n nood ulitnokor, anyvny!"
Hull's CntiiF fur tiler.
Cleveland I'laln Dealer
Fighting Hob Evans li probably glad now
that he didn't put any of hla characteristic
prefixes to the title of "Insert" that he con
ferred on ex-Secretary of the Navy
Chandler.
Until! of (he Colonel.
Minneapolis Journal.
Colonel Jones of Arkansas has caused a
serious shock to our Institutions by emerg
ing suddenly from obscurity and predicting
that the next president will be a demo
crat. If we remember rightly, Jonsey pre
dieted the same thing In 1896 nnd In l'JOO
and was found to have been playing too
far off his base.
1'nrmrr Dolntc IllKlit Well.
Chlcogo Post.
In the large wheat crop the United States
sees compensation for the partial failure In
corn. It may notbe much comfort to the
farmer who has grown little or no wheat
and planted largely of corn to know that
wheat "Is 'likely to" bring a good price; but
the general effedt will bo gratifying. Taken
as o whole the year is not likely to prove
bhd for tho farmer In the United States.
C'oner rnliiK MtiiiMiii'n 111 u IT.
Philadelphia Press.
T, L. Monson, the stnte dairy commis
sioner of Colorado, who Is willing to allow
himself to he experimented on In order to
provo that bovine tuberculosis Is not com
mini I cable to man, If he knows anything at
all about bacterldlogy ought to know that
such an experiment would decide nothing
In case ho escaped Infection. Every one
Is exposed to pathogenic (disease-causing)
bacteria dully, but disease does not neces
sarily follow exposure because the resist
ing power of the human organism when
In a state of health Is very great. It It
were not so, If the Ingress of the bac
teria of tuberculosis or of typhoid fever
and other afflictions meant disease abso
lutely, tho world would soon bo stricken
with a universal reign of sickness and
would soon be depopulated. Mr. Monson
might succumb to tho Injection of bovlnn
tuberculosis or ho might not. In view of
tho lack of deflnltencss In the result his
sacrifice seems unnecessary, and all the
more so slnco undisputed cases of acci
dental Infection" have proved that Prof.
Koch's generalizations arc not warranted
by all the facto.
i
THE HOItSU AMI THE IIICVCI.E.
I'niKrrsslvi I.ovrerlnK nf Ihe Speed
llei'oril of Until.
Philadelphia Press.
The recent performance of the new trot
ting wonder CresceUB has called attention
to tho steady lowering' of the time record on
thu track and tho approach, Just as steady,
toward the two-minute mark, llcglnnlng
with the performance of Maud S. In 1SS0
the record up to the present time Is aa
follows:
Year. . Tlnif.'Vmr.
HSO .VMC'i 1M2 .
im i MC'.i 1501 .
ism S:io ism .
im i . i? .
Tlme.
. ::0I
. 1:04
. 2:0r
. :;o.ni
Uf3 2;CS"i 1W0 2:0li
1631 i;0U im
iks: '. ::07u doi
S:0?',4
m 2.0-iui
In twenty-one years the horse haB lowered
his mile record eight and one-half seconds
and this has been dono by seven horses.
This does npt appear to bo a great achieve
ment for that period f time nnd It appears
less, when It Is known that a share of this
Increased spcod Is, due to tne Improvement
of the sulky and, (he track. Pneumatic tired
sulkies i.nd b,et,tef roadways are to be
credited with jtimucu of this gain ns Im
provement In the (rotter himself.
Against this ujlvntvco In the speed of the
horse. Is to bo. placed the gain In bicycle
speed. Tho following , Is tho record since
and Including 1&S9, the, present year being
omitted, as its record Is not yet made up:
year. Tlmr. Yfar. Time.
im 1?'J 1-5 1W 1:411-5
1800 2l23 3-5 1S?5 1:30 1-5
1(91 2:15 1S07 1:35 2-5
ISM , (1:01 S-l, IfM i.''2 3-5
11.93 1-Sfl 4-fl 16M 1SJS
uoi vn 3-5 moo us. :-s
It Is evident that much greater progress
has been made In lowering the time record
of the blcyclo than the horse. In 1S89
Maud S'o two minutes, eight nnd one
quarter seconds had npt been execedod, and
tho bicycle record for that year was two
minutes, twenty-nine nnd four-fifths sec
onds. Ilut tho record of 1000 showed a
mllo covered by a bicycle in one minute
and twenty-tvo and two-tlfths seconds, or
ory nearly one-half tho time. There will
doubtless be a further lowering of tho
record fcy both tho horse and tho bicycle,
but there Is no probability that tho former
will ever bo able to catch up with tho
latter.
SPAMS1I WAR I'KXSIONS.
Drlage of Aiipllcnllnun Ponrlnic Into
the Pennlon Ilnri-nn.
Detroit Free Press.
There were 274,717 men taken Into the
service of the Unjtod States on account of
tho Spanish-American war and while the
number was three times aa many as were
ncoessary that fact cannot be charged up
ngainBt the authorities, ns we woro unpre
pared In the army line, nnd the feeling pre
vailed that nothing should be left undone
In tho way of prompt provision for con
tingencies. Thus nearly two-thirds of this
large body of men uover saw netlvo wnr
service, though onllsted therefor, and were
not required to loave the United States.
Vet there are already about 48,000 applica
tions for pensnns on account of this war,
although tho number of men engaged In na
tive service In Cuba and Porto Hlco was
small and the campaign In tho latter Island
almost a pleasure excursion for tho 4,000 or
5,000 sent there. The casualties nt Santi
ago, in Porto IUco and at the enpturo of
Manila aggregated 280 killed and 1,667
wounded, nut to these roust be added the
losses since Incurred In tho Philippines,
where the forro employed aggregated pos-
Ihly (5,000 and In which the casualties will
not exceed 2,500, The deaths, from disease,
especially In tho American camps, wore
many, though, of course, not all charitable
to tno war, nnd, Including thotto from the
1,507 classified as wounded and also the
list of killed, aggregate 2,910, of whom 107
went officers. Thus, from the best infor
mation at hand, tho entire, casualties, in
cluding deaths from disease, foot up not to
exceed 5,400, yet there are already 48.000
applications for pensions and of the 11,145
passed upon 7,086 havo been allowed and
7,05!) rojected.
The last given figures, carried out In re
gard to the number of applications, would
Indicate tho allowance of 23,000 to 25,000
pensions, with all the yenrs to como yet
to bo heard from: nnd In the light of the
past the hearing will be legion, Already
tne indications of fraud or desire to pro
cure that to which they aro not entitled
aro plentiful, it is shown In tho rejection
of DO per cent of the claims already passed
upon, ns well as by recent rovelatlons nlado
by tho Chicago Hecord-Herald concernlni:
tho Danville, III., Soldiers' home. These
showed among other things that three
healthy young mcti were living there grails
nnd unduly exercising their propensity for
Intoxicating liquors, by virtue of a political
pull and their enlistment for the .Spanish
American war, Altogether, therefore, the
pension department hat ample nnd early
warning of the necessity of a tight hold
upon the public pursestrlngs In ordpr that
those not clearly entitled to a place on tht
rolls be kept off tht eaino.
MIEItirr.S AMI l.YM'IIIMI..
l-ionllilllt of llir OIIIoitk tor the
I'nle of the Aertiseil.
Washington Post.
The responsibility of sheriffs, for lynch
ing Is In most cases so direct that evasion
Is Impossible. It has happened In not a few
Instances that sheriffs have made no effort
to protect prisoners from throatened vio
lence. It Is believed, nnd apparently with
good reason, that sheriffs havo sometimes
sympathized with the mob and facilitated
Its work. Whitc-llrcrcd cowardice has
characterized tho conduct of sheriffs on oc
casions that have called for manly courage
and somu of the most disgraceful lynching
on recortl In the southern and western"
states in Indiana, Kansas nnd Colorado, as
well as In Mississippi, Alabama and (fcorgla
are chargeable to that cause.
Tho recent lynching episode In Carroll
rounty, Mississippi, In which women were
among tho victims, has given rise to n con
troversy between the governor of the state
and the sheriff of the county as to the re
sponsibility for the shameful tragedy. Our
readers will recnll the press telegram which
stated, In 'effect, that while the mob was
nstciubllng nnd howling Judge Steven, was
present doing what he could to quiet the
people and that the governor appeared upon
the scene later on, The governrr claims
that he hnd sent a telegram to the sheriff
ordering him to take proper steps far the
protection of the prisoners. Tim sheriff ele
cta rot) that ho received no such telegram
nnd that later, when he found the governor
was present, he did not think in Incumbent
on him to tnko the Initiative.
The Atlanta Constitution tins no respect
for thu alleged excusn of thu sheriff. It
says thcro Is no point in the controversy by
which ho ran be relieved. Our Atlanta
contemporary ndds these comments, that
might well bo Inserted in a handbook f.r
the Instruction of sheriffs who lack knowl
edgn or are deficient In grit:
Even without n word from tho governo
he had the authority to summon to his aid
every citizen In the town nnd he (the
sheriff) wns nuthorlzetl to shoot down every
man setting himself against his mandate.
If he had acted ns did Sheriff Merrill of
Carroll county, Ceorgln, there would have
been n few of the mob left where they
could have been Identllled later on, The
presence of the governor, even, did not re
lievo the sheriff of responsibility. ft Is
unfortunate Hint there should be so many
sheriffs with so poor a knowledge of the
extent of their powers. The sheriff bus
the right to put down lawlessness If he
only has grit in proportion.
It is, of course, the Imperative, duty of n
sheriff to resist and suppress mob violence.
Ilut thnt duty will not bo performed In n
very satisfactory manner until there Is a
marked Improvement in thu material of
which sheriffs are made. It would bo
easier to find fifty sheriffs like this Missis
sippi delinquent than to match Sheriff Mer
rill of Carroll county, Georgia.
I.OVI'IIX.ME.Vr IIV TEltltOIUSM.
Polio j of llir .lln lily ., ret .Siit'letlc-n
In tin- I'lilllmilnei.
St. Louis Olobe-Democrat.
An article In one of the August magazines
by Colonel L. W. V. Mention Is devoted to
the ancient Malay secret society In the
Philippines, which was the main support
of the Insurrection, ft was powerful
throughout the archipelago and would have
formed the government If the United
States had shirked its national and Inter
national duties. This society, called the
Katipunan, undertook after tho Spanish
wlthdrawol to prevent demonstrations of
friendliness toward Americans by a general
system of assassination. Its blows were
struck with terrible cruelty. Natives sus
pected of sympathy with Americans were
frequently burled alive In old wells or pits.
News of these murders was spread broad
cast In order to terrify tho Filipinos.
Thousands of natives wero huddled In
towns, fearful of the accusation that they
wero "American spies." Often a whole
family was killed In order to causo con
sternation In n given district.
This secret Malay society, with Its thou
sands of atrocities, prolonged the war many
months. If our army had withdrawn the
society would have taken possession and
placed Jts agents, of whom Agulnaldo was
one, in authority. Under present circum
stances It will go to pieces, for It has failed
nnd Its typical crimes will meet with no In
dulgence from Americans. Abandonment of
tho Philippines by tho United States would
have erected a now sovereignty In tho world
based on systematic assassination. Tho up
right common sense of the American peo
ple saved them from such a disgraceful mls
tako nnd lasting strain. At best tho Malay
character at present Is unfit for founding
a sovereign government, but to havo per
mitted a blood-stained secret society to
start a now so-called republic would have
been a frightful blunder. Tho men nnd
party that advocated a Malay government
were In worse company thnn thoy know.
PIIHSOXAI, AM) OTHERWISE.
During the first half of 1901 Franco Im
ported $25,000,000 gold and exported only
15,700,000.
Tho Mississippi at tho point where, It
flows out of Lake Itaska is ten feet wide
and eighteen Inches docp.
The carl of Seafield holds Great Hrltuln's
record as a tree planter, with 60,000,000
trees plantod on 40,000 acres In Inverness-
shire.
"Sir Thomas Upton nnd the America's
Cup" s the tltln of a book soon to ho Is
sued, It will bo illustrated nnd has boon
revised by tho English yachtsman.
A thorough exploration of tho Sea of
Aral has been undertaken by U S. Ilcrg on
behalf of tho Turkestan branch of tho Rus
sian Geographical society.
Sir Clements Mnrkham, president of the
Hoyal Geographical society, is now in his
72d year. He will celebrate soon tho Jubilee
of his return from tho famous Arctic expe
dition of 1850-51.
The new Italian colnago bearing the hoad
of Victor Emmanuel III Is ready nnd It
will hhortly be Issued. Most of the coins
bear the head of tho king on ono side and
the Savoy eagle on the reverse.
Major General Daden-Powell Is soon to
receive .i casket made of Tasmanlan black-
wood, enameled nnd decorated with gold
nnd silver, from the members of the Tas
manlan Ilcllef force who fought under him.
Dr. Mnry Wooloy, president of Mount
Holyoko college, says that "gentlowomnn"
should bo a synonym of "cnllego woman,"
and adds that "tho sncriflce of gracious
womanhood is far too great for knowledge
and is not required."
Walter Hubbard of Merlden, Conn., who
gave that city some time ago the largest
publlo pnrk in southern New Englnnd, has
bought another large tract of land for pres.
entntlon to the public as a park. Ilesldes
this gift he Intends lo build a largo addition
to the city hospital.
Hamilton King, consul general of the
United States In Slam, says the people of
that country do not want the Christian
religion. They are believers In tho llud
dhlstlc lalth, the faith of their fathers, of
their king and of their country. Hut the
king is willing that they should learn
Christianity and mission work goes on un
hindered. OtoJIrn, the Henry Irving of Japan, who
is now plBylng with much success In Ion-
don, was orglnnlly n diplomatist attached
to the Japnuese embassy In Paris, On re
turning to his native rountry, having mean
time become fascinated with tho French
theater, he began applying the lesjons he
hail learned In Europe nnd now has com
pletoly revolutionized the stage In Japan.
Ho has made ninny excellent adaptations of
European plays,
OTHER I.A.MIS TIIA.N Ol'II.S.
It Is tho Intention of the llrltlsh War
ofllco to Institute on an extensive plan
throughout tho army and particularly
when troops arc In garrison or on ma
neuvers the regimental canteen system or
ganized by Colonel Morgan, as director of
supplies to the Natal force. Heretofore
tho army, except when on active service,
has rolled upon a system not unlike the
old sutler systom of the United States army
to furnish the men with Utile luxuries nud
delicacies not obtainable at the quarter
master's. Ilecent Investigation has proved
that although In somo cases n sort of co
operation has been maintained between the
sutlers and tho men, the latter havo been
swindled right and left, the only ones mak
Ing a profit being the sutlers and their
agents among tho men who received n com
mission on all the trade they brought In.
Tho present proposal, as already practical
ly demonstrated by Colonel Morgan with
the forces of Sir Hedvers Puller, Is to take
thu canteen entirely out of tho hands of
private Individuals and plnce It In charge
of committers of officers nnd men who
shall enrry It on for the sole benefit of tho
soldiers ns a co-operative- Institution thnt
shall he nble to undersell nny private en
terprise nnd at tho same time present
monthly profits pro rata lo the men who
patronize It. The report of Colonel Mor
gan's experience shows thnt, out of the
profits of the canteen he established along
these lines In Nntal, n substantial sum wns
handed over to the widow of every man who
died In active service with the force there.
Colonel Morgan nlso ndds that his canteen
soon made It so unprofitable for the "numer
ous contractors and camp followers which
fatten on tho pay of the soldiers by selling
them Inferior stuff nt exorbitant prices,"
thnt they were obliged to go out of busi
ness, "which produced an Instant bencll
clitl effect upon the moral condition nnd
discipline of tho men."
According to nn ofllclnl publication Just
Issued by tho government of Itnly giving
tho flnnnclnl history of thai country for thu
past forty years, there appears to have been
four distinct periods alternately marked
by deficit nnd surplus of revenue. Tho
first period of excessive expenditures, ex
tending from 1802 to 1875, coincides with
the consolidation of tho various parts of
Italy Into n united kingdom nnd ends with
the taking of Home. Thnt this urn should
show large deflcenclcs In the budgets is
not surprising; thu consolidation of a na
tion by forco of arms Is nn expensive pro
cess. The yeor 1875-1882 appears to havo
comprised a period of judicious retrench
ment and relative prosperity but from
1882 down to 18H7 deficits wero again tho
rule, tho largest deficiency having been In
curred In the year 188S-1889, when tho ex
penditures wero 253,000,000 lire in excess
of thu revenues. In n general way this
period coincides with the primacy of lgnor
Crlspl and was characterized by huge In
creases of tho military nnd naval forces of
the kingdom, the formation of the Drclbund
nnd the disastrous colonial ndventuren In
Eritrea and Abyssinia.
It was thought likely In diplomatic cir
cles lu Constantinople that Inasmuch as
Austria was evidently bent upon creating
such a condition of affairs In the llalkans
hs to render naught any effort that Rus
sia might mako to supursedo Germanic in
fluence In flnnnclnl, commercial and Indus
trial affairs, that sho would be tho first
to advise tho Porte how tranquillity might
be restored in Albania nnd on tho Servian
frontier. The initiative, however, has been
taken by Russia. Following explicit direc
tions from St. Petersburg, the Ilusslan
embassy in Constantinople has made the
following demands upon tho Porto: Tho
recall of DJomnl Hoy, tho mutcssarlf of
Prlshtlna, the release of tho Servians nr
rcsted nnd the restoration to the Servians
of the arms takon from thorn. Tho Porte
promised to comply with these requests,
but, according to the latest mall advices,
has not dono so and Ilusshi was therefore
preparing a list of still sterner representa
tions. In tho meantime tho fact that an
Austrian squadron and nn Italian fleet arc
maneuvering off tho Albanian coast Is
regarded with significance In .Vienna, where
It Is variously Interpreted, somo papers
saying that tho prcsenco of nn Austrian
naval forco thoro Is "Intended as a damper
upon Italian nnd Montenegrin designs upon
Albania," whllo others declare 'that the
two forces nrc prepared to act In unison
should tho status quo of tho eastern shoro
of tho Adriatic bo "monacod from without
or within."
A new edition of regulations for tho
French Infantry presents tho subject In
three small volumes instead of four largo
ones. Instruction In what corresponds to
"tho school of tho soldier" In United
States tactics and company drill now Alls
only 150 pages instend of 350 in the old
regulations. Tho lnfnntry aro Informed
that they havo nothing to fear from cav
alry if they keep steady and commence
firing when tho cavalry are still at somo
distance. Thoy arc no longer to fix bay
onets In preparing to receive cavalry and
the, old formation In column on such occa
sions is suppressed, tho Infantry taking
up the best position the ground will al
low. In this, as well as In many other
matters, much IS left to the initiative of
tho commanders and tho individual Intelli
gence, of tho men. In commenting upon tho
now tactics Lit Franco Mllltalro calls par
ticular attention to these matters and tho
chnngo In regulations, which now advocate
an ndvance In open order upon a fortified
position which it Is deslrnhlo to tako by
assault Instead of tho old closo formation
and charge, and remnrks that the lessotri
gained on Soutn African battlefields will
dominate French tactics, If not French
strategy, for many years to come.
Germany seems to bo setting the pace
in everything now. German transoceanic
steamers, Gormun railway trains and Ger
man street tramways are called upon to
boat the world's record. Their steamers
w
Saturday the Last Day of Our 2S
Per Cent Discount Sale of
Spring and Summer Suits
Saturday will positively be the last ohanoe
you'll have to purchase a hati'lsonu, well m'tde,
stylish suit at these pricss.
Serve, flannel, wonted and cheviot suits, $7.o0,
$ J J. Qo, 00 and $JS. 7o, Former price, $10. 00,
$15.00, $20.00, and $25.00.
No cloth in g Jits like ours.
Browning, King&Co.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Store Cloaca Saturday MtfhU Ml U O'clock, Other Utxnlngs at 0.30,
havo done their duty of late and their
tramways skim through the municipal
thoroughfares nt quite r dangerous speed
Now the turn of tho trains has come
Formerly, not so many years ago, very
few German trains traveled over forty
miles aa hour. In recent years the fastest
triln In tho German empire was, and still
Is, n corridor train running between Her
lln and Hamburg, which does the dlstnnre
of 2S5.9 kilometers In three hours and
twenty-eight minuter. This means n vc
loclty of S2.6 kilometers per hour, which
Is equivalent to n little over fifty-one anil
a half miles. Experiments aro now, how
ever, being made on the 1'nlatlnate railway
with nn engine which was exhibited at the
Paris exposition. This is to travel at the
rate of 120 kilometers per hour that Is to
say, seventy-flvo miles.
OIII.ITI'.RATIOX UV TUP. IIOEIIS.
Vhnt llir Kltchriior Prnoimnntlnii
ttrnll)- .llrniiK.
Detroit Journal.
The latest phase of tho Hoer war Is a
Urltlsh proclamation that leaders and offl
ccrs of the Hoer forces, who wero formerly
burghers of the two republics, will be
banished If they do not surrender before
September 15 and thnt tho maintenance of
the families of burghers still In the field
will be a charge on their real nnd personal
property when tho accounts of the war are
straightened up.
It Is not surprising to team that 'he
edict Is the outcome of Lord Mllner's ml
vice. Kitchener, man of Ice nnd Iron as
he Is, has n shrewd tenderness toward thf
Doers and has always been willing to listen
to peaceful overtures. Iord Mllner. sau
rated with the extreme views of Chamber
lain and puffed by his own close
theories of reconstruction, has constantly
refused to negotiate with the Doers save
on the terms of complete obliteration '
their independence. Ills uncompromising
nttlfude was such an obstruction to Kitch
ener's operations thnt he wns removed to
Englnnd and appeased with n peerage The
latest manifesto Indicates that his fine
Italian hand has been nt work In govern
ment circles nt homo nnd that his hitter
nesn, allied with Chamberlain's, is to bn
allowed to finish the wnr.
Mllner's policy of deportation is not as
extensive as that which the llrltlsh carried
out In Acadia, but It Is big enough to expose
his Intolerance. It has one radical fault
too, Ilrforo banishing tho lenders of the
war tho government must catch them. The
proposition to mnke tho maintenance of the
burghers' families n charge on tho burgh
ers' property looks like n scheme to (111
tho Hoer farms with llrltlsh colonists in
short, to get the land, houses and furniture
of thnt unhappy people ns a contra account
and sell them to prosperous Urltlsh farmers
SAin IN JEST.
Daltlmore American: "Hold on. there' '
culled Chnron to tho new arrival at the
ferry over the -Styx. "You wait until the
next trip and I'll tnkc you over ulon."
"Why this distinction?" inquired one of
the spirit passengers,
"Oh, he's one of those fools that rock th
boat nnil I didn't wnnt to spoil the trip fn
the rest of you."
Life: First College Professor What are
you going to do next to get your name in
the papers?
Second College Professor I was thlnlc'nr;
of declaring thnt the dictionary Is loi
wordy to lie considered good literature
Chicago Itccord-Hernld: "Women have
no originality no Inventive genius."
"Nonsense; I have seen my stenographer
mnko n memorandum with n hut pin on n
cake of sonp when she had no paper
handy."
Inck.sonvllle Times-Union: "Who Is tl'a
fellow who Ir arguing ho earnestly with the
brldgo pollccmnn?"
"That's tho chnp who went through tho
Mngnrn rnplds five times In n barrel."
"Want's the matter with him?"
"He's n feu Id to cross tho .bridge."
Chicago Post: "I'll get even with the
proprietor of that hotel In some wny," he
announced.
"You can do It easily, too," answered hi)
friend.
"How?" he nsked.
"Commit suicide In his hotel. That al
ways annoys them."
Philadelphia Press: Cnssldy How s things
wit' you?
Flaherty Ilusy, very busy, indadc.
Cnssldy Ih It ho?
Flaherty Aye! Faith, ivery tnlme Olm
nt laysure Ol hov somothln to do.
HE MADE HER WEARY.
Jnme.i Durton Adams, In Denver, Post
Ho sang tho usual song; compared the
maiden
To lovely angels up in yonder skies,
Her smllo was with the glints of glory
laden,
Tho lovo gods lurked deep In her azuri
eyes,
Her volco, wns sweeter than the sweetest
enrol
Of nny bird thnt ever sat n noet.
It was n Hhnmo to hide beneath nppurel
A faultless llguro such as sho possessed
And then ho blushed red as a cardinal s
tint
And stnmmered that ho didn't mean quite
that.
Ho said that llfo without his denr to share
it
Would bo to him but us a sawdust pie;
Ho offered her tho crown, and would hho
weui It
And bo his queen through nil the by and
by?
He wns no hot ulr flue, no wild romancer,
Anl would sho not Into his young life
creep?
A mu tiled snoring was tho only atlswer
That reached his cars. Tho maiden was
asleep.
Ho paused ; bit (o rntch Ills breath, nnd
then
Quito gently woke her nnd began again.
A second time ho made the pln'y of pouring
Into her car his fnlry tale of lovo.
At ilm on wings of eloquence went soar
ing Into tho realms of dreamland up above.
"Do I not give' you Joy beyond expression?
Is not your breast 'with golden rapture,
fired?
Do J not make you glad with my confes-Hlo-7'
She yttwned and nnswereij: "No, you
mnko me tired!"
And he considerately thought It brst
To make a snetik and slye the dear a rfst.