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The omaha Daily Bee E. IlOSEWATElt, EDITOIl. PUBLISHED KVBHY MOHNINO. TEBMS OK 8UB8CHIPTION. , , Dully Uee (without Sunday) ,Ono Ycar.W.OJ Dally Hoc mid Sunday. One Year J-JJ' Illustrnttd Ua, One Year J;( Hundny Bee, Ono Year..... x'ii Saturday Bee. One Year.. ; ?' Twentieth Century Farmer, Ono lear. I.W OFFICES. Omaha: Tho Deo Building. . Houth Omaha: City Hall Building, Twen-ty-llfth and M Street. Council Bluffs: 10 I'earl Street. Chicago: 1610 Unity HulldlnK. New York: Temple Court. Washington: SOI Fourteenth Street. COItHESPONDENCB. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be nddrcssod: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. MJ8INE8S LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should be addressed: The Ueo 1'ubllshlnB Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by druft, express or postal order, payable to The Dec Publishing Company. Only 2-ccnt stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE DEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OK CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: George D. Tzschuck, secretary ot Tho Dee Publishing Company, being duly "worn, ays that the uctual number of full ami complete copies of The Dally, Mornlnb, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tlio month of July, iwi, was us tollows: 1 an.iwti n " 3 M.-tTi 18 SH." 2 as.UTo 19 "M,. 4 SM.MUtl 20 aB,". 5 3,8JO 21 St8,J!!5 e an.aao 22 7.!.. ...... ..atJ015 23 3B.J4U 23 aSO '24 25,350 S::::::::::::So s:: 10 a.:i20 26 jj8.aoo U ,,a5,i70 27 .....J"," ... 25 2!i 28 38,740 ; 5:i5t a0-230 ' 14 25.51.5 30 25.270 15 25.050 81 25,220 16 25,070 Total . ..784,01B Less unsold and returned coplttw ,Wa Net total sales T7B.018 Net dally uvenice 38,000 OEOUOE D. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to lictnro me this uuy ot Juty, A. D. 1901. M. II. HUNG-ATB. Notary Public. PAUTIES LEAVINO COH BUMMER Parties Irnvluir Hie cHy taw the omiiirr mar liuvc The cut to tliem rcuiilnrlr 7 liotlfylnK The lice IlilIuM oilier, in person or hy inn II. The iidilremi rlll lie change often mm desired. The ronl rorn lclnfe Iiiih his throne room In n Nchraskn farm house1. Another Invention of bullut proof cloth for military uniforms Is long over due, i Tho Hottlers In the newly opened roc tlon of OUIahmna seem to have had no trouble In raining the wind. A French 8iuadron Is likely to be or dered to the llosnhorns and when It arrives It, will be well for Turkey to roost high. The airship ought, as soon nB per fected, to supplant the yacht us the rich mail's pleasure vehicle. It will enable him to fly higher. . Tho Inqulsitlvo public Is still watting to .bo, enlightened on how much It cost Bartlcy to have tho World-Herald cham pion his liberation from prison. A copper comblno which Is Intended to embrace all the largo producers In the world Is tho latest. It Is evident, how ever, that the projectors ore not playing tho' deal to lose. I Wo suggest that the .Tacksonlans com promise between Bryan and Hill by se curing Webster Davis as their star pic nlc orator. To rehash dead Issues, get if dead statesman. Well, that must be discouraging to the nominees of the Iowa democracy to be told In advance by tho principal Bryan lto orjjnn of these parts thnt not one of them has tho ghost of a show to land In uu otllce. It Is posslblo that good grounds may be produced to warrant the district court In summoning a grand Jury, but they are not to bo found in wcll-dcmied rumors or mere suspicions begotten for political purposes. Ambassador Cambon recently told his countrymeu that they had no conception how hard the people of tho United States work. They thoroughly understand, however, how hard Americans who go to Europe are worked. Hurry along those paving petitions, We dp not want our streets left In a torn-up and Impassable condition through tho winter when a little expedl tlon might complcto tho now pavements before cold weather sets In. If an Omaha school board member should happen to be subpoenaed to give testimony on tho Schley controversy he foro the naval court of Inquiry, ho would refuso to nuswer becauso no one has formally preferred nny charges against Bciuey. Chancellor Andrews has started great discussion on the topic whether a conventional Ho Is sinful. That do pends whether tho Ho was coined In f popocratlc or republican convention. A sixteen to ono lie Is classed among the cardinal sins. Tho constitution committee of tho American Bar association has decided that women are not eligible to member ship In that body. Tho sessions aro so short half tho men do not have a chance to got In their soy and they object to dividing time. Solicitous democrats And fault because tho republican1 county couimltteo has undertaken to appoint the twenty-live dclegutes-oMurge out of 144 delegates to tho state convention. Tho democratic commlttco will forthwith show Its good faith by appointing every ono of tho del egntes from .Douglas comity to the deni ocratlc statu convention. ivo nwsrr.VT or sbttlbmbht. There Is no prospect of a settlement of the steel strike. According to the president of the Amalgamated associa tion that organization Is not hunting for arbitration, nu attempt to secure which he thinks might prove worso than the strike Itself. This will seem to most people a rnther remarkable vmw. but It serves to show the spirit of conlldenee and determination which actuates tins strlko leaders, The heads of the Steel corporation arc saying little, but are strenuously working to secure labor for opening the closed mills and Increasing the output of others, in which they np pear to be having some success. It hns been stated thnt the corporation of llelals will have no further negotiations with the Amalgamated association un less It shall become Incorporated, but whether or not there Is foundation for the statement, It seems plain that the steel olllcluls are not now disposed to make any overtures for n settlement. On tho whole the situation has un dergone no material change within the last few days, but such change as has taken place appears to be rather In favor of tho corporation. However, President Shaffer proposes to be entirely featlslied with the conditions and asserts that ho has well-dellned plans for bring ing the strike to a close. There Is be ginning to be manifested umong the btrlkers some Impatience and in a few localities u tendency to disorder. This the officials of the Amalgamated asso ciation should make every possible ef fort to repress. To permit It to go un checked would prove most damaging to their cause. As .we have heretofore pointed out, observance of the law by members of the Amalgamated associa tion Is most necessary to the retention of whatever public sympathy they now have. ravin military stkenotu. Now that the trouble between Colom bia and Venezuela has assumed a war like character, If Indeed there Is not al ready actual war between them, the military strength and resources of the two republics becomes a matter of In terest Venezuela has at present an army of 80,000 men. As the standing army In time of peace Is only 8,000, It Is Inti mated that it Is now practically on a war footing, but should there come a declaration of war It Is said that Venez uela could rnlso nn army of 60,000, as all male natives over 10 years of age can be drafted Into the military Bcrv Ico. The Venezuelan government has been Importing arms for the last year or two and Is said to havo on hand 50,- 000 Mauser rifles and a large supply of tho most Improved French artillery. Venezuela's weak point U her navy, which consists of only seven small Tea sels, carrying guns of light caliber. However, In a war with OolombU the lighting would be almost enttnj a land. Colombia Is reported to lira MW la the Held about 40,000 troop and hf oa scrlption that number can bo at least doubled. Tho arm Is weO MftSMd with Itemlngton rifles. The nary Colombia consists of only eight mm but they nre larger than those of Venez uela. If a conlllct should .bo oosflsed to these two republics the n.lvnntajro would be somewhat with Columbia, hut there Is the possibility of Vi'iirinln lug assisted by Nlcuragua, Kciinilur nnl Costa Illca, which together muM pm 40,000 men In tho Held. In thnt i-m Colombia, which Is already hUuitn.: with an insurrection, would corinlnty bo defeated; Thus It appears that these republic can put a considerable force In the tlehl nnd might carry on for a time n san guinary and devastating wnr. but tin- j lighting qualities of their soldiers l not of a very high order, nor nre the mili tary ofllcers particularly well verwil In the art of war. Still a conlllct between them might prove more serious I linn South American outbreaks commonly nre and bring about radical changes In tho political status of the republics. PBKS8YLVANIA HBPUIIUCAXS. Tho republicans of Pennsylvania will probubly win In this year's election, but they will have, to light hard to do so. There Is n great deal of republican de fection, very llkely much more than ap pears on tho surface, nnd there Is reason to expect that It will increase as the campaign progresses. Then the conflict In the steel Industry, although it mny be settled long before the election, will un doubtedly operatu to tho disadvantage of the republicans, as such troubles com monly work ngalnst tho party In power. There Is nothing In tho action of the state republican convention to Inspire the rank and flic of tho pnrty. That body, which tho dispatches describe as a most unusual gathering, simply carried out tho orders of the machine managers. The platform Is In part soundly repub lican, but It Is unfortunate In Its sweep ing condemnation of the newspapers which nre opposing the machine. Some of the nblest republican Journnls In Penusylvnnlu have condemned the Inst legislature, tho administration of tho state government nnd tho course of cer tain leaders. It Is Idle to declare that Ritch newspapers are Influenced by mer cenary considerations, that they aro being "subsidized by tho full-page ad vertisements which they carry" anil that "the advertiser Is permitted to dictate their policy." Such papers as the Phila delphia Press, whose former editor and one of whose proprietors Is postmaster general of the United States, and the Philadelphia Ledger, aro beyond such Influence. These Journnls, In demanding political reform, aro laboring In bchnlf of sound republican principles and an honest administration of public nffnlrs, as no ono can doubt who Is familiar with their character and record. It was all very well to nrrnlgti the democratic party as "Incompetent, In capable, Insincere and untrustworthy." That Is a fact of general knowledge, but Its statement does not nnswer tho charge of administrative and legislative Job bery, made by republicans ns well as by democrats, agalusi tho present admin istration lu Pennsylvania. It Is not the democratic party of that state but tho republican party that Is on trial before tho people and It Is no defense of the THE OMAHA DAILY KEEt FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1901. latter to declare that the former Is In competent and untrustworthy. The re publican managers are called upon to show the people that the administration of affairs has been wise nnd honest and honorable and they cannot evade till by proclaiming the unworthlness of po litical opponents. While It Is probable that tho repub licans will win In Pennsylvania, yet tho defeat of the party In November would not be very surprising. It has lost tho state when circumstances were no more strongly against It than at present. AUB THEY AMOVE TUB LAW1 The members of the Board of Kducn tlon who defiantly refuse to obey tho sumnlons of the Judlclnry committee of the council, which has been empowered anil directed to Investigate the charges affecting tho conduct of the mayor nnd the police department, occupy a most unenviable position. lu this country every citizen, rognrdless of his position, Is expected to recognize tho legality of every law until It has been dcclnred null and void by the courts. In that respect tho millionaire and tho pauper have an equal standing. It Is expected, how ever, that men occupying u position of public honor and trust will set the ex ample of obedience to law before all others. But some members of the school board appear to entertain peculiar notions as to their rights, exemptions nnd privileges. Ono of these gentlemen Is quoted ns saying: Wo will obey nny warrant Issued from the pollco court; they can arrest us if they dcslro. Hut after tho trial we will sco what will happen. We will prosecute every person connected with the arrest and will follow them through tho courts. This arrest Is a dastardly outrage nnd nn Interference with our rights as citizens. I am of the oplnlou that tho city dog catcher has the Banio authority to compel our attendance In this matter. Another 1b quoted us saying: I am perfectly willing to go down Into Judge Gordon's court. I have taken legal advice and have concluded to go as soon as called. I have no fears of the result, for wo have violated no ordinance that has a legal status. Wo are all law-abiding citi zens). We have beaten this city council on its own ground and we will beat It lb the police court. Another member declares: I have heard that warrants are out for our arrest and am only watting for them to be served. Of course we will go Into the police court It called. We have not violated any legally passed ordinance. I have no fears ot the outcome. Wo 'are right la our position and propose to stand by it. Such talk as this Is nothing more nor less than a declaration In favor of an archy. Section 88 of the charter of the city of Omahawith which every mem ber of the school board Is familiar pro Tides that: The oouncll or any committee ef the teaabers thereof shall have power to com pel the attendance of witnesses for the UVMUgatloa ef Batters that may come Before them as the prMtdlng .officer ot the eoaaeU or tae ehalrenm ot such committee fee tte Use belag may sdml&liUr the reejwUlte oaths ana such council er com stfttee shall have the same authority to eeaapel the giving ef testuneay as is con cerns ea eoarts ef Jssttee. The Itagusg of the charter Is spe ell anf, unless the king's English Is specially Interpreted for the benefit of tho members of the school board. It can hnve only one meaning, which is that (in- i-Miiui'il iiia the right to Investigate the riiinliirt or i lly olllclnls and all other ili.nii'is In which the welfare of tho ell) i cniii-i'ini'il-ninl nil citizens, re-iNii-i'li-hn r xititliiii, I'uliir ur previous i-oiiiiiiiuii. inv ixiiitnl to lespond to cltu tiiiii? in .apM.iir lici'iiiv the council or a (Inly 1'iiiistliiiti'il eiiinuilttco thereof. To mi.i that tlx- ihigcatclier lias us much lU'ht in file witnesses as has tho chair man of the Judiciary committee of tho eit) council. Implied either a profound un.Miiiue uf Hut law or defiance of Its ri'ii'c3iitnti os. In t'liiit'ui'iiilty with "the power con feircd by the charter, tho council hns passed an ordinance making the refusal of uny person to appear before It as a witness, or n refusal to testify, n mis demeanor, punishable by line or Im prisonment. This ordinance is ns much n law us if it had becu passed by the legislature and all citizens arc bound jto obey its provisions until such time ns it shall bo declared void by. the courts. But assuming that the ordinance is not valid, what position do these mem bers of tho board occupy before the community when they refuse to respond to a citation respectfully served upon them? Does anybody conversant with municipal government pretend that the city council has no right to Investigate tho couduct of city ofllclals who are either suspected of or charged with cor rupt practices? Cannot these offenders be removed from otllce or suspended un less they aro Indicted by a grand Jury? Such uu assumption is preposterous. As it takes an alllrmatlvo voto of twelve out of tho sixteen members of the grand Jury to bring nn Indictment, if only eleyen should voto to Indict a city otllclal for tulseouduct, the Indictment would fall to the ground. In thnt case, who would contend that tho council could not proceed to Investigate tho con duet of the derelict otllclal nnd remove him from otllce In spite of the failure of thu grand Jury to indict! As u matter of fact the city council hns power to couduct an Investigation into the con duct of city ofllclals oven while a grand Jury Is lu sesslou, and eutlrely regard less of Its flndlngs. livery 'public otll clnl from constable to governor Is Inv peachablo for misdemeanors nud offenses In olllces that are not iudlctable. A man mny be removed from otlico for neglect of duty; he may be removed for habitual drunkenuoss or. for Insubordi nation. These offenses caunot bo con sidered by a grand Jury, nor can nuy penalty be Imposed by a court tho pun lshment Is by impeachment or removal. It is Incomprehensible how any attor ney can advise a client to Ignore a city ordlimnco before n court of competent Jurisdiction hns passed upon it, or to disregard u citation from a -tribunal which the statutes of Nebraska have clothed with the same nuthorlty to compel the glvlug of testimony ns Is conferred upon courts of Justice. If a lawyer actually believed tho charter of Omaha was unconstitutional, would he bo Justified In advising nnyono to diso bey the charter until the supreme court hnd settled the question of Its validity V But tho school board occupies nn un enviable position for other reasons. Knch member who has appeared before the council committee has testified thnt he had no personal knowledge of nny Irregularity In the collection of tines or misappropriation of funds belonging to the school board; ench of these members has testified that the finance committee nlone hnd the only Information on the subject, and ono of tho three members of the finance com mlttco testified that, although n member of the committee, he had no knowledge whatever ns to the alleged Irregularities or corrupt practices. With the excep tion of Mr. Kunkhotiser, every other member of the board has stated to credible witnesses that he does not know u solitary thing about the nintter, but relied upon Kunkhoiisor to furnish the necessary proof that would Justify it grand Jury Investigation. But Kunkliouser himself has admitted that he does not know any more than tho others, but had simply gotten his In formation from uu outsider. What a pitiful spectacle! Is there any political body in Nebraska or elsewhere that would call upon Judges of tho district court to convene a grand Jury with ab solutely nothing upou which to substuti tlate the charges, simply depending upon what one man confidentially asserted, without disclosing nnythlug ho knew' Is there nny other body, political or otherwise, that would have assumed such a grave responsibility 'without first problug sufficiently to have reasonable assurance of the truth of the so-called rumors affecting the Integrity nnd repu tation of ofllcers of the city government? That changes are In tho air in the management of the Southern Pacific which may affect more or less the or ganization of tho Union Pacific, so closely allied with It, seems to be gen erally accepted. Hitherto the people of Omaha and Nebraska havo been only remotely Interested In the affairs of the Southern Pacific, but since Its destinies havo been linked with the Union Pacific they will bo more vitally concerned. The final rearrangement of the otllclal roster of these great rullway systems will be watched with more than mero curiosity. Tho vital statistics of tho country show that the death rate Is higher lu Boston than any other city of over 100, 000 Inhabitants. Omaha still maintains Its position as being one of the most healthy cities In the United States, only threo having a better rating. Coutrury to general opinion, tho death rate from consumption shows a decided falling off as compared with ten years ago, which would seem to Indlcato that scientific research had accomplished something lu reducing tho ravages of this greatest enemy of tho human race. Friends of tho colored man wanted, at Plerco City, Mo., for assault are making s determined effort to prevent his extra dition from Oklahoma. In view of the action of the mob In Plerco City lu lynching three Innocent men and tho threats of future, lyuchlngs, the authori ties would bo amply Justified in refusing extradition. 'Every man Is entitled to a fair trial and there is neither legal nor moral obligation to return men who can not be guaranteed this constitutional privilege. A noted Austrian economist predicts that tho United States, ltussla nnd China will eventually control all tho markets of tho world and leave Europe lu the position of financial and trade dependen cies. Instead of complaining and wall ing over their waning prestlgo the people of Austria should wnko up. Tho Ameri can manufacturer and mechanic would really enjoy the stimulus of a. little lively competition. I - The courts will probably have to pass on tho question in which county com missioner districts the election is to be held in Douglas county this year. The Issue should be raised before nomina tions are made by any convention so all may know exactly where they nre tit. In the Interval aspiring candidates may possess their souls lu patience. Foreign nations have been Invited to Join in making the Louisiana Purchase exposition a success. When It Is all ready,, the French and Spanish should come over and see It, then take a trip out through the territory and observe what n grand empire they let slip through their tlugers at tho beginning of the lust century. Tho free silver faction In the demo cratic party Is rejoicing becauso the party In Iowa has been steadfast to silver. Iowa stands no chance of going democratic whether tho platform Is free silver or sound money, nnd as long as democracy Is satisfied In nllowlng re publican states to control Its policy tho republicans will bo reconciled. Only once In fifteen years has the con dition of corn shown Improvement after August 1, taking the country as a whole. The present year is tho ono which bears this unique distinction. Speculators who played tho market on "form" are begin ning to think they havo made a mistake. Cunics .Natural. Chicago Tribune. Editor Bryan can no more help giving out advice to tho democratic party than a cur-ciilio-stnlttcn plum can bolp exuding gum. Where Carrie Came From, Kansas Cltv Journal. Mrs. Nation denies thnt woman was mndo from man's rib. Sometimes women act In such a way as to give the Impression that they were made from a crazybone. Knouich nutl to Sparc. St. I.ouls Renubllo. It takes four and one-half bushels per capita of wheat a year to feed the United States. Even after that is stored away this country can send 300,000,000 bushels to Europe. When Money Count. Kansas City Star. COrnellus Vandcrbllt has been elected a lieutenant in the Twelfth regiment of the New York National guard. If the militia of New York Is anything like that of Mis aouri It roust bo mighty glad to get hold of mn who can afford to buy their own uniforms nnd accoutcrments. A few mil lionaires is what tho Missouri National guard needs more than anything else. (SittlliiK'ft t'liniiKi lli'iirt. Chicago News. If Dr. (latllng's motor plow Is nil he clnlras for It future generations pcrhnps will forgive htm for Inventing his cele brated gun. MtlliMlttlte for MiiihIk. Philadelphia Inquirer. No matter If potntoes nro high. Tho re port comes thnt there aro ruoro mackerel being caught this year than ever before, that they nro largo and will be cheap. So wo won't havo to starve this winter In nny event. ItUMsrll'a tlcilrinlillon. Iliiltlmoro American. Karl rtussell now wants n pardon. Ho snys he did It, but ho didn't mean to do It. The plea sounds familiar, but ho certainly deserves clemency, If not only for his ex traordinary restraint In not adding that It was all tho lady's fault. KlllliiK thr (imiiir, Chicago Tribune. It Is snld tho pearl button industry Is dying out on account of tho scnrclty of clnm shells. Tho. failure of the clnm shell crop Is duo o tho relentless Bcarch thnt Is mndo for pearls along tho Mississippi nnd other western rivers by men who don't mind opening several hundred claims to find ono pearl. Tho mnn who killed tho gooso that laid tho golden egg has his Imitators In nil nges and nil climes. Terror tn In vent iKiitorii. ChloiEo Chronicle. Tho nnnounccmcnt from Ilcrlln that nn International scientific clcnrlng houso is to bo cstnbllshcd In Switzerland for the pur poso of receiving all new Ideas in every branch of zoological or physiological re search nnd that this Institution Is to begin business under tho high-sounding name of "tllbllographlcum Concilium" suggests the fearful thought thnt tho trust Idea Is to bo carried Into tho realm of science. Here after tho poor but honest Invcstlgntor who hnppcps upon n grcnt truth In any branch ot research must take good caro that the Illbllographlcum Concilium docs not get him. Other llnrvrstN Tluin liraln. Portlnnd Orcgonlnn. Thero aro other harvests In this coun try than thoso of tho husbandman, though at tho present time of year tho latter claims tho attention of tho public nnd keeps crop exports busy with estimates. Good Judges, howover, say that tho gold hnrvest this year will add $100,000,000 to tho wcnlth of tho United States and thnt by tho begin ning of 1002 tho treasury will contain $550, 000,000 in gold, whllo tho wholo stock of gold In this country at that tlmo will not bo far from $1,200,000,000. These figures represent a bulk and value that can bo but dimly comprehended by the mind unused to dealing with tho great forces, of finance. PliAIXT OP A PUIIIST. Demand for n. More Itadnnnl Use of the niiKllsli I.unmiiiKr. Portland Orcgonlnn. It Is tbb glory of the English tonguo that It Is a living language. Words nre constantly acquiring now meanings nnd losing old ones. But the process, It it Is to bo of renl advantage, must bo employed with discrimination. What we want Is accurato significance, highly specialized adaptability ot words to their uses. This Is a higher law than Sbakespearo or the dictionary. Tho aim of all who confess a share of responsibility for development of the language Is not to seo how many uses a word mny legally bo put to, but rather to how few. That Is, we want, If we can set It, a language whose every word has Its own peculiar significance. Cars In tho choice of words, therefore, becomes an Im portant element In civilization. It enables us to seo clearly, think consecutively, and to bo understood. In adding to accuracy, It promotes honesty. In eliminating con fusion, it advances order and comfort. In tho light of this principle of progress, we may see how dangerous Is the stato of mind that condones shortcomings becauso they may bo found in Scott or Thackeray, or Justified by tho latest dlctlonnry, loud heraldlng Its thousands of "now words" and "new meanings." Tho skillful work man Is careful in his cholco of tools. It Is not his boast how many things ho can do with one. AJf EXCHANGE IN PUPILS. Qnenllon of Utility In Connection with an Educational Fail. Philadelphia Press. Those Americans who nre in tho move ment In English life naturally feel that the most Important thing In the world Is that tho English should know what n line thing American life Is and, convcrsoly, that Americans should learn by practical ex perlence what n truly "good sort" the Briton is In his lair. All this Is very well. Anything that promotes mutual under' standing and mutual respect between the two great English-speaking nations .Is worthy of encouragement, but tho growth should bo along natural, spontaneous lines nnd any artificial stimulus may overdo tho matter. For Instance, It is not of pressing moment that an ambassadorial pleasantry of Mr. Choato's should bo taken too seriously, ns it has been in England. In addressing the University collcgo school on prlzo dny in London recently Mr. Choato Is reported to havo said: "Ho would like to try, as an experiment, sending to America and distributing among the colleges and universities there the prize winners ot the school ho was nddross ing nnd having nn cqunl number of prlzo boys sent over thero from tho stntes and similarly distributed. Ho thought such an experiment would do n great deal to pro moto tho harmony, friendly feeling nnd "altogcthcrncss" to uso a word coined by tho head master existing between tho two .nations. This Is very happy for tho occasion. An occasional Interchange at tho proper ngo would do n great deal of good, perhaps, but Mr. Choato has doubtless found out al ready that, ngo for age, school for school, tho American boy Is very much hotter ac quainted with English history, llfo, litem turo nnd physical facts than Is the Eng lish boy with American history. It is thu latter who needs, not necessarily schooling In America, but schooling In Americans. As tho twig Is bent tho trco's Inclined. Olvo yqur English boy a little moro Ameri can facts during his Impressionable ago and ho will not develop Into tho prejudiced Briton who mndo himself so unpleasantly evident up to ISfiS. And, on the other hand, tho American bey need not bo taught that all Britons nro King Georges nor all tho English antl-Amerlcnn. But It Is a question whether If a boy Ib to do the best nmong his own he should he sent nway from homo and school In fluences at tho formative period. Certainly Americans who dcploro their lack of touch with tholr own fellows lator In life, owing to a school education abroad, hardly recom mend tho process, An exchange of g radii a to students, university fellows, nfter they havo respectively become thorough Americans or thorough Englishmen and this Is going on today to a certain extent might aid International amenities; hut an exchange of young pupils might make them merely cosmopolitan, mon without strong national sympathies and not tho kind of men to promote the common understanding aimed at. AX EVENT IN TBl.liOltAPIIV, fluoeefnl Trnnnmlsslon of 5If from l.tiennla In I, and. Detroit Journal. All tho recent triumphs of marine en gineering to" shorten the length ot the voyago between hero nnd the old world have not cut off at a stroke so many hours as the Invention of wireless telegraphy. The Lucanla, which arrived In New York today, was followed by mesnages on the wlrcleis wlro until hull down off tho coast of Ireland, nnd when last evening It was still twelve hours from Its pier In North river messages were sent from Nantucket to Its passengers nnd word returned to their friends on shore. On tho ship there was n failure to recctvo the messages in intelligible shnpe, but this detail will doubt less bo corrected. Thus tho run Is shortened, In the senso of n brenk In tho lack of communication with tho shoro nnd of the lack ot news of tho day, by ncurly or qulto twenty-four hours. With messages flying after a ship when It sails and with other messages to meet It while still 200 miles from Us port tho feeling of being alono with the sea Is ono to bo experienced for only n llttlo moro than four days. Presently wo shall havo that tlmo narrowed down to n day or even less nnd soon tho ticker will vlo with tho (lining room In Interest nnd nno of tho chief attractions of a sea voy agethat of cntlro rcmovnl from tho usual and tho common will bo gone forever. From tho historical first message, "What hath Ood wrought," to these from tho I.ucanla nlso record breaking nnd thcreforo to be historical, what a mighty chango and how much Is due to Morse's Invention! HOW l'AH CAN THAIJES UNIONS OOt EnKllnh Court Urlinlr the Mmlln llntiN to He EstalilUlinl. Chicago Tribune. The English courts aro gradually deter mining how far a trades union can lawfully go when Its members and an employer aro at odds. A fow years ago It wns laid down ns the law that where tho agent of a union notifies nn employer that If he docs not ills chnrgo men In his service becauso they do not belong to the organization the union men lu his employ will strike and tho non union men nre discharged on account of this threat they cannot recover damages It wns admitted that tho men thus dis charged had bscn Injured, but It was JfoM thnt slnco It wns lawful for an Individual member of a union to tell his employer that ho would not work for him unless ho dls charged certain persons whom ho did not wish to work with, It was lawful for ths union men to do the same thing collectively through an officer of their organization. This decision was altogether satisfactory to tho trades unions. A final decision re cently given In another case does not uit them at nil. A butcher got entangled in a controversy with the Journcyrrfcn Butchers' Assistants' association. Tho association In duced several of his employes to leave with out notice, thus Interfering considerably with his business, nnd finally it notlflod a second butcher that unless ho stopped dclng business with the first butcher the associa tion would call out his hands. That threat was effectual nnd tho final result wns the ruin of tho first butcher. Then he sued thj nosoclntlon, which has money, for $1,250 damages and has won his stilt. English courts will not hold that It Is unlawful for ono union cmployo to threaten to quit work if his employer dots not break off business relations with another em ployer whom this cmployo wishes to Injure, but they do hold that such a threat when made by tho union Is unlawful. Apparontly, therefore, tho lawas .laid down In the first case Is modified somewhnt Jn this second case. There Is, however, n material dlffercnca between the two cases. In ono tho union threatened a strike If tho employer did not dismiss some nonunion men. In the other It threatened a strike if tho employer, ugnlnst whom It hnd no cause of offense, did not break off trade relations with an em ployer with whom it had a quarrel. This was dragging an Innocent third party Into tho controversy and threatening to punish him If ho did not holp tho union. The tactics of tho Journeymen Butchers Assistants' association have been pursued frequently In this country, but thus far no trades union has been cast in damages for using them. If damages could be rocovored hero unions would bo more careful about their methods. PERSONAL, AND OTHERWISE. William Zelglor, who Is the financial bnrker of Exnlorer Baldwin, now on his way to seek tho pole, has returned to New York from England. It Is expected that on September 1 all tho women employed In the government printing office will becomo members of an organized labor association. King Christian of Denmark will toko up his residence nt the castle of Fredensborg about August 30. Many distinguished guests havo been invited thither for tho autumn. The police of Washington have but Just now .begun the practice of photographing the unidentified dead and filing the por traits away with the ofllclal records of tho caso. President McKlnlcy has informed a Louis iana Purchaso exposition committee that tho formal proclamation for tho exposition would bo Issued in a few days to the gov ernments of tho world. Tho League of American Wheelmen has elected tho following officers for the ensuing year: M. M. Beldlng, New York, president; C. H. Van Hoon, Chicago, vice president; Abbott Bassett, Boston, secretary and treasurer. It will bo a long way 'round to carry tho Liberty Boll from Philadelphia to Waco, Tex., on Its Journey to the exposition In Charleston, S. C, but Mayor Ashbrldgo of Waco has asked that It bo tnkon thero, saying that no stato and no pooplo would npproclato a visit of tho Liberty Bell moro than would bis. Svcn Hcdln had to suffer much during his recent trip to the Tibetan highlands. In one of his letters he writes that although ho wore all tho clothes he could get on his body he was always cold. At the constant altttudo of obout 15,000 feet it was im possible to walk without palpitation of tho hoart, wherefore ho bad to remain on bis horsa nnd freeze. General W. J. Palmer, when ho retired from tho directorate of the Hlo Qrande Western railway a few weeks ago, dls. trlbuted nmong the employes 1,000 shares of tho stock of the road. At that tlmo tho stock was quoted at 101 and tho valuo of tho various gifts ranged from $10,000 to Vlco President Dodgo down to tho slnglo shnro given to each of the minor employes. John B. French has been re-elected, at the age of 80 years, to the office of city clerk of Galena, III., which ho has held for forty years. His father was tho city clerk for four years before htm. and died while In office. For twenty years tho city council choso him. Then a now city char ter mado the office an elective one, and the people have elected him at overy election, usually without opposition. He Is a demo crat. Surgeon Major General W. A. Thomson, M. B., who Is honorary physician to King Edward, has been selected for a good-service pension of 100 a year. It Is nearly fifty years slnco ho recolvcd bis first com mission as an army surgeon. He has served In many parts of the world,, and at tho time of his retirement In 1893 ho was principal medical officer In India. Ho was appointed honorary physician to Queen Victoria In 1895. YEI.I.OW V K V E It E.IPEIII.ME.NT.I. Iilvti Sncrlllcn! anil .lolriiilnts Arnn ( Inn (1 r r tlir ltrtiltn. Chicago Tribune. Two deaths havo occurred within a fow days In the yellow fever hospital at Ha vana as n result of official experiments with dlseaso-lnfcctcd mosquitoes. Thero was ono death of this kind some months ago, when the first experiments wero made. A nurse who iilayfully thrust her hnnd Into tho gnuzo trap contnlnlug the Infected mos quitoes Is now lying at the point of death with yellow fever. This record of threo or four fatalities duo directly to thn bite of mosquitoes establishes the new scientific disco cry beyond doubt. Thero Is no need for further experiments on that point and the acting military governor hns done well to direct the sanitary authorities of Havana to Imperil no more lives for that purpose. Tho tw.o men who have Just given p their Uvea ns a sacrifice to medical sclcnco wero Intelligent young Spaniards who de sired to become Immune from yellow fover In order thnt they might fill positions In tho hospital, They acted upon the valid theory thnt nny ono who otico has had this disease nnd recovers from It Is not likely to havo It again. They assumed that with good doctors and uttendanro nt hand thero would bo little or no danger of n fatnl at tack of tho disease, In that they were mis taken. It will ho unwise to seek to become Immune after this fashion. It does not follow, however, thnt there mny not bo need for further tests of a dangorous nnture. Dr. Caldas, a Brazilian, Is now at Havana to test nt tho hospital thoro the etllcacy of a serum which ho be believes will prevent yellow fever. Ho says If tho two men who died had been Inoculated with this serum Immediately after they were bitten they would hnvo felt no 111 effects from tho mosquito liltei. It Is desirable that his remedy should bo tested, oven at some risk of life. It is by such experiments that medical sclcnco advances. Tho lives lost In thoso experi ments arc an Infinitesimal price to pay for somo discovery Uko that of vaccina tion that may save thousands nt lives. Thero always will be sporadic cases of yel low fever In Cuha and the Gulf stntes In spite of nil prcenutlons nnd It Is extremely dcslrnblo that an cffoctlvo nntl-toxlu for It should bo discovered. Tho men who gave their lives In proving thnt mosqultoea carry the deadly contagion could not hnvo died In n worthier cause. If others nro willing to Incur similar risks tor the dis covery of a yellow fever euro tho experi ments will be Justifiable. DIIYAN A DEAD ISSUH. Maryland Opine Hint the Silver Leader In PolltU'nltr .Moribund. Baltimore Amcrlcun. Democrats in Douglas county, Nebraska, Invited Mr. Bryan to speak at a picnic They also requested him to asH ex-Senntot David B. Hill to mnko an nddrcus at tho same time. Mr. Bryan declined to Invito Mr. Hill and declnrcd that ho would not speak from the samo platform with him. Tho NcbraskanB have decided to bo guldod by Mr. Bryan's wishes. Just before tho Kansas City convention Mr. Hill went to Lincoln nnd begged Mr. Bryan not to In sist upon having tho sllvor plank Inserted In the platform, but tho Lincoln man mood firm and would relent In nothing. Tho country knows how completely Mr. Bryan dominated tho convention nnd how the 600 delegates submitted to his orden against the ndvlco of the leaders of the party. Mr. Bryan got all ho wanted. Tho ndvlco o the leaders, Mr. Hill Included, was disregarded nnd tho result was thu platform wrecked Mr. Bryan nnd his party. Ono by one the leaders are drawing away from the Nebraokan, even Senators Jones and Vest bi'lng guilty of disloyalty, nnd tho democratic stato conventions nro declar ing against tho ex-candid ito and his the ories In some cases with moro freedom than politeness. Tho froe silver man Is losing ground everywhere, but It Is natural for him to desire to hold bis own stato no long as possible. Hill Is a better politician than Brynu, and tho ox-candidate had no Iden of consenting to his old enemy speaking to tho plain farmers of Nebraska, oven at a picnic. Thero Is no telling what damngo ho might do In completing the wreck of tho former candidate. Mr. Bryan dlca hard, but politically ho ie surely going tho wny ot all the earth. IN A JOKING MOOD. New York Weekly: Irato Pnrson-T thought this rnllroad was for tho bencrtt 0VahnroDaUdblomclal-You'ro nwav off. Tho nubile Is for tho bcnelU of the rnllrond. Philadelphia Press; Cltv Barber (to Scotch visitor after shavlnO-Llttlo bay rlScotch7Visltor-Well. I'm nn fond o' rum. but 1 wadna rafuse a drao o wnlsKy. Ohio State Journal: Circus Mnnagor What's all thnt row In tho dressing room? Attendnnt-Oh. tho mnn who walks bare footed on swords ran n splinter In his foot. Life: Mrs. Black Am Lucy Jnckson'n husband nhle to go to work ylt? Mrs. Johnson-De docktnh any he nm, , but, he say ho urn only Jcs' well enough to lnj y loann1. Cleveland Plain Denier: "McDuffy la on his way- to tho Philippines. !!& He henrd the Flllnlnvs wns wards of the government and hn thought It a lino openln' for a wurd boas. Baltlmc.ro American: Mr. Opoph-I tell you. Ullthcrsby's wife Is u Jewel. Mr. Whoop Is that so? Mr. Gooph-I should say so. A hy. he went flshliiff yesterday nnd camo home with an empty Jug, a ran of salmon nnd two .ni mackerel und sho complimented him. on his luck. i---.i..u cti.lA.mnn. Mta Prlmdonhpnlr luunuin umiL..t.i... ...'. .... What do you cull the man who Is Hupposed to tell what tho weuther Is golnir to bo? Mr. Crlmsonbeak I supposo I'll havo to say prevaricator, but that Isn't tho wont some peoplo use WHEN SIANDY'S J1AIJ. Detroit Free Press. She ha a disposition HWPet, She labors like, u Turk. Bho keens all things n-lookln neat, An' ain't afraid t' work But somethln' happens now nn then That riles her t1 the core An' ono can nllma tell It when My Mandy Blams the door. She'll hustle round nbout tho houso A-hummln' noino old sonir. An meek nnd oulet ns n mouso, When, nri'M". somnthln's wrongl I've learned It doesn't do tn talk Talk won't her neiico restore An' so I slmnlv walk tho chalk When Mnndy slams tho door. But then I never blame my wife, I'vo notlred that tho sex Have saddlei! on thorn, nil through life, The little thtngsfthnt vex, An' I've soon Mnndy tako things good At which I'd up an' sworo. nut put me down as "sawln' wood" When Mandy slams thn door! Coldt How will your cold be tonight? Worse, probably. It's first a cold, then a cough, then bronchitis. Colds al ways tend downward. Stop them quickly with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. !fc.,M.,fl.M. J.CAYCRC0.,UvU.I A.. r f L