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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SAT U U DAY, AUG UST 24, 1901.
it The umaiia Daily Bee.
K. ROBHWATKIt, EDITOR.
FUULfHHKD KVHHY MORNING,
thiim nv H!M!f'rtirrinN.
Dally lire (without Sunday) ,One Ye.irf6.0
jjauy nee ana timidity, uno year "'
llliiHtra((-( Ucc, Our Your,,.. 2'
Sunday Hop. Ono Yenr 2.0)
Saturday Hoc. One Yenr I-6'
Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year. 1.00
OFFICES.
Omahn! The Boo, Hulldlng.
South Omaha: Clly Hall Hulldlng, Twn
ty-nrth and M Streets.
Council Hlurfu 10 Pearl Street.
Chicago: 16W Unity Hulldlng.
New York: Tcmpln Court.
. Washington: 6fll Fourteenth Street.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Communication relntlni- tn noun and rill
torlaj mntter iihotild lia addressed: Omaha
JJct, Editorial Department.
IJI.'SINEHS LETTERS.
lltislne letter and remittances should
be addressed: Tho Deo Publishing Com
pany, umntin,
REMITTANCES.
Itemlt by draft, express or poiital order,
payable to The Hco Publishing Company.
Only 2-ccnt stamps accepted In payment of
mall account, l'ersonal checks, except on
wmnnn. or eastern exchanges, not ncccptert
THIS BEE PUDMBHINO COMPANY.
STATEMENT OK CIRCUEATtON.
State of Nebraska. DoukIu County, ss.:
Ororgc U. Tzschuck, scrrctury ot The I)fo
i-uoiisnjng company, ticing duly sworn,
rfftys that tho actual number of full and
vKiiiiiiriB uujMrn oi i no uany, .Morning,
livening md Sunday Dee printed durine the
minim iu juiy, wan tin follows
l 'ir,.itnt
17 sn.iao
is an, ioo
19 23,120
: itr,ri
3 US,'-
4 Sf.unn
6 an.H'in
c 2.-i,:t.'i
7 un.u ic
8 35,390
9 un,:iio
10 H.VIKO
it ; aa.'.m
12 sw.aao
13 1:5,350
n...; un,n.
15 1:5,050
16.... ,...,...25,070
20 a.1,020.
21.. .4 a5,i!l5
22 115,020
23 ao.rwo
24 an.aso
23 ...as.a-to
20 ar.,atM
27.. v aa.aho
28 25,740
19 a.,aa
30 25,270
31 an, 220
Total 784,016
Ieea unsold and returned copies.... ' ,002
Not total sales 775.01U
Net dally average 25,(M0
QEOHQE 11. T.SC1IUCK.
Subscribed In my presence nnil sworn to
Jiroro mo this day of July, A. D.
'SOI- M. U. HtJNQATK.
Notury Public.
I'AUTIES LUAVINU KOll SUMM12II
1'nrtlea lenvlUR, the city for
the summer may bare The Dea
sent to them regularly by
notirjluir The Il'ee IlnnliKis
oilier, In person or by mull.
The wildress will be cunuired
us often ns desired.
A few nioro entries In the race for tho
democratic nonilnntlon for commissioner
for tho South Omnhn district nnd tho
track will have to bo enlarged. ,
Denver's Feast of Mountain and Plain
lasts only three days. Omaha's Ak-Sar-Ilen
festivities extend over ten days.
That Is where Omaha gets ahead of
Denver.
Houth Omalia Is busy plafterlng Itself
with more refunding bonds. South
Omaha's sinking fund seems to bo about
as badly out of repair as Omaha's sink
. lng fund.' n'o..ij 6 '
' Now that a grand Jury has been as
sured, those who have been clamoring
loudest for It do not .know whether to
feel happy or not It Is the old story of
tho. child aud tho toy. 1
The Iowa stato fair opens with tho
largest exhibit, in. Us -history. Eastern
people frJghtened by tho drouth reports
should tako in tho circuit of state fairs
of Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and
Missouri. It would open their oyes.
Conventions of national organizations
are being held all around us, but Omaha
seems to be making no special effort to
secure tho location of their next meet
ings. Omaha Could entertain a few of
these great gatherings without detri
ment to Its reputation.
Tho British postal report ludlcates that
the uso of motor cars Tor postal service
has not been a success In that country.
When they get their now lines equipped
with American machinery they will
probably, discover how tho service Is
made practical In the. United States.
A Chicago man has patented aud put
In operation a machine which it Is as
serted Is cupiiblo of extracting gold from
Nebraska soil. If tho report should
provtt truo It will add another resource
to the state. Hut no machine Is likely
to bo Invented which -lll tako gold out
of Nebraska soli as rapidly aud cer
tainly as tho plow. .
When tho pending season closes
Omaha's Inventory of new buildings will
compare well with previous records, es
pecially in the lino of small dwellings
mid 'modest residences. It Is as a city
of homes, after all, that a community at
tracts or repels population. Omahn Iiuh
never gotten ahead ot tho demand for
substantial houses for people of moder
ate, means.
Tho 'French ambassador lias handed
the sultan of Turkey an ultimatum. The
sultan has received so many 6Y these
documents ju his time that It will not
cause any serious commotion. One am
bassador less In Constantinople meaus
so much less Importunity from creditors,
Who are so numerous that tho levying
of an execution would not be allowed
by those not Interested In tho writ.
Tho newspapers posing as tho espe
cial friends and champlpns of Admiral
Schley are doing him nioro harm than
it is posslblo fpr his enemies to do.
With tuoro animus toward tho adminis
tration iu their screeds than of friend
ship for. Schley; they are overshooting
tho inurk, as usual, by making state
ments so Improbable on their, face as to
bo unworthy of tho slightest credeucc.
Tho trial race between Constitution
nnd Columbia foreshadow that no mat
ter which Is Bolectod to defend tho cup
a largo contingent will hold to the
opinion thnt tho other would have done
better. Tho pxperieuco of tho trials on
both stdds would Indicate Unit tho limit
of .speed uuder present Ideas of de
signing1 hn"d been reuched and that If
Improvement Is mado n the future some
radical departure must bo made.
IIAXDS or l' IX SOVTU AMEIUCA.
According to Washington advices, the
policy of our government iu regard to
the existing trouble In South America Is
not to lntcrfe.nl In. the Internal affairs
of the contending republics, nor will
there be any Intervention In their Inter
national affairs without the consent of
both sides, unless such Interference or
Intervention becomes necessary for tho
protection of life and property of citizens
of tho United Stnte.f or the fulfillment
of tho obligations assumed by this gov
eminent under the treaty of 181(1, under
which tho United States Is empowered
to keep transit across tho Isthmus of
Panama open. Indeed, under that treaty
tlilrf government guarantees positively
tho perfect neutrality of tho isthmus,
"with , tho view that the free transit
from the ono to the other sea. may not
Do Interrupted or embarrassed In any
future time while this treaty exists."
The purpose of this stipulation, It has
been held by our government, was to
guarantee tho Isthmus agaiust seizure
or Invasion by a foreign power only and
does not require that tho United States
must Interfere In tho case of a local
disturbance, such as now exists In Co
lombla. Secretary Seward said, iu 1605,
iu reference to this stipulation: "It
could not have been contemplated that
wo wore to become n party to any civil
wnr In thnt country by defending tho
Isthmus against another party. As It
may bo presumed, however, that our
object In entering Into such a stipulation
was to secure the freedom of transit
across tho Isthmus, It- that freedom
should be ondAngercd or obstructed, tho
employment of force on our part to
prevent this would bo a question of
grave expediency to. bo determined by.
the. circumstances." 'Art yet there Is
nothing to warrant our government In
employing force to maintain freedom
of transit across the lstimus and It Is
expected that the precautionary mons'ure
In sending war ships to Panama will bo
Htilllclent. In the event, however, of nn
Invasion of Colombia which threatened
the security and freedom of the Isthmus
this government might deem it expedient
to Intervene nnd in all probability would
do so.
Of course there la not the remotest
probability of any litiropcau power' In
terfering In tho dllllculty between the
South American' republics, but should
any foreign government attempt to do
so It would very promptly and decidedly
be given to understand that nothing of
that kind would be tolerated by "the
United States. The Monroe doctrine has
nothing whatever to do with tho trouble
between Colombia and Venezuela. It
does not apply to differences or conflicts
between tho Independent, states of this
hemisphere. It Is Invoked only iu tho
case of foreign interference, with those
states and of this there Is no present
danger and not likely to bo any.
Meanwhile, It Is gratifying to know
that tho diplomatic. representatives lu
the United States of tho southern re
publics do not share iu the view ex
pressed by some of the European news
papers that the United States. (may5 take
advantage of the existing dllllculty for
ItH own aggrandizement. "They express
Implicit coutldence lu tho sense of r)gut
nnd Justice of. the American people aud
entertain uo doubt of tho entirely
friendly Intention and purpose of this
government.
WHAT KUHOVE WILL NEED.
According to foreign authorities upon
tho crop situation all' over the world,
Just about half a crop of wheat has
been raised iu that part of Europe which
Is the wheat Importing area of the con
tinent. The Loudon Mark Lane Express,
which Is high authority, estimates for
tho United Kingdom, France, Holland
and Uelglum n dctlclt of i!C8,000,000
bushels of wheat, considerably more
than the average. Nearly or quite this
amount will have to 'be' supplied by the
United States, which means a larger ex
portation of wheat to Europe during
tho next twelve months than this coun
try has ever made, the greatest amount
yet sent abroad In a single year being
In 1801, which was nearly 220,000,000
bushels. . .
The European authorities admit thnt
ho record-making wheat harvest of this
year Is able almost .exactly to' make tip
the deficit Jn tho harvest of Europe,
making certain, therefore, first that Eu
ropo will be abundantly supplied and
lu the second placo that the United
States Is again to profit by certain Im
perative wants of Europe which this
country alone of nil wheat-raising na
tions will bo able, to meet. The Spring
Held 'Itepubllcau remarks that It Is a
fact of largo significance in the long look
nhead thnt Europe's dependeuco upou
the United States for breadstuffs Is
steadily Increasing.' During tho ten years
prior to 1870 the largest yearly shipment
was O-.'.OOO.OOO bushels. Durlug tho last
ten years the exports have averaged
17a,000,000 .bushels and during the lust
three years the average' has been 268,
700,000 bushel's. "Partial' or entire crop
failures lu Europe appear to be more
frequent than formerly," says that
paper, "and with each crop failure there
Is a failure ufterward to recover lost
ground or rise to that degree of Inde
pendence In providing subsistence which
formerly prevailed."
ha r heco'mmbnv paxama route.
. The statement la made, upon what Is
claimed to bo good authority, Unit tho
Isthmlnn Canal commission lu Its final
report which Is to bo mado to congress
In December will recommend tho pur
chase by tho United States of the Pan
ama canal concession, plant and priv
ileges, provided certuln contingencies
can bo satisfactorily arranged. A New
York dispatch says "there arc excellent
reasons for believing that the canul
commission will recommend the pur
chase of this caual plant aud tho con
cessions provided they can be bought
at a fulr price, the understanding being
that there are at present negotiations un
der way so that it may be determined
what tho present owners regard as a
fair price."
It Is posslblo that the dltticulty be
tween Colombia and Venezuela may
hnv'e some effect upon negotiations re
garding tho Panama cannl. It seems
not unreasonable to assume that It may
lead both tho canal promoters and the
Colombian government to offer tho most
favprnblo concessions to this country
lu that event American sentiment In
favor of that route would probably be
come very strong. There Is another con
slderatlon that Is having nu Influence
and that Is that the acceptance of the
Panama canal by tho United States
would dispose of the treaty question
with IJreat nritaln, tho Clayton-Ilulwer
treaty having nb application to the Pan
nma route. It Is the opinion of those who
have had opportunity for learning Hrlt
Ish views lu the matter that Great Brit
ain would bo entirely satisfied If this
country were to secure tho Panama
canal, finish It and exclusively declare
Its absolute neutrality.
While no definite opinion can bo
formed now as to what congress will
do with this very Important question,
there seems to be no doubt that tho pros
sure lu behalf of tho Panama route will
bo very much stronger next winter than
It has ever been.
Why Is tho World-Herald doing Its
best to shield and protect the railroad
detective who lu company with ono of
Its attaches Is charged not only with
putting up a conspiracy for a recent
train robbery, but also with concocting
perjured testimony to get his nccom
pllces out of the scrape? Hoeause that
paper has eulogized the great railway
sleuth so freely, Is that any reason it
Hiiouiu try to cover up conspiracy and
perjury wny, too, it Is pertinent to In
quire, should a railroad like the North
western continue to harbor men lu Its
employ exposed lu such nefarious plots?
Is It possible a railway values Its so-
called detectives according to their abil
ity to manufacture perjured testimony
for special occasions?
Every batch of census statistics given
out contains facts which controvert or
dinarily accepted beliefs. The figures for
Nebraska show that only 10.(1 per cent
of the population Is foreign born. It Is
doubtful If a person lu the stute, If ho
had been asked tho question, would
have placed the percentage at so low a
llgure. While there has never been a
doubt of tho loyalty or devotion of tho
foreign born citizens of this country, the
small per cent of those whoso traditions
of birth are not Amerlcun emphasizes
our stability.
Humors of contemplated European In
tervention lu the South African war are
again current. Nothing In the situation
would indicate Great Britain was any
more ready to look with favor on such
a course thnn in the past. Public senti
ment o all countries Is willing enough,
but It Is more than doubtful whether
any power or comblnatlou of powers
would want to provoke International
difficulties by championing the cause of
the lioers at this stuge.
General Kitchener has found lt-neces-
sary to order all the country stores Iu
a portion of Cape Colouy closed und tho
stockSjinoved to garrison towns. In ad
dition to this the people Who live In the
country -are allowed to keep on hand
only a limited supply of provisions.
Such orders ns this M'otild not warrant
belfcf that tho trouble In that section
of the world Is ns near an end as the
olliclal dispatches state.
Tho principal achievement of the last
grand Jury held In Douglas county was
tho Incarceration of the editor of n little
weekly paper published down In Sarpy
county for publishing n description' of
the pilgrimage of tho foreman In search
of personal Information on the subject
of vice nnd crime. Let everyone take
due notice of the sncrea character of the
grand juror nlid refrain from profuno
criticism of his conduct.
While contemplating the rebuilding of
the burned transfer sheds at what was
to have becu the great town of Dillon
vllle, tho olllclnls of tho Union Pacific
might consider tho feasibility of remov
ing their transfer to tills side of the
river. Tho transfer was mistakenly lo
cated where It Is purely ns a speculative
venture and has never proved satisfac
tory. Now Is as good a time to make
the correction ns any.
See the News Colnmn.
Washington Star.
Senator Tillman's endorsement ot lynch
ing seems to have had a discouraging
effect on that practice.
L'hiihI nnd lints.
Atlanta Constitution.
If tho Isthmus of Panama Is as dear and
deluslvo as tho bat by that name It Bbould
bo run out of business,
Uoulily a Diplomat.
Wushlneton Post.
Minister Conger's declaration that tho
Iowa republicans, didn't surprise him shows
that ho is as good a diplomat in politics
as he is a politician In diplomacy.
At I'renent Price. '
Bait Lake 'lleruld.
An eastern doctor says that fasting will
cure all of the ills of man, but his argu
ments will not make half as nlany converts
to his faith ob will the high price ot vege
tables..
Notice to Ontdlilern.
Washington Star.
Tho Monroe doctrine will at least guar
antee to the southern republics' the privilege
ot fighting their quarrels out among them
selves without any assistance from Euro
pean umpire talent.
Hrfcrrrit to the Committee.
CJevclund Plain Dealer.
Vice- President Hoosevelt'a energetic an
nouncement t,hat he means to do his best
to bring about some' practical method ot
fighting forest fires wouldn't look so bad
In a platform plank.
Orthodox to the I'.nU,
Detroit Krco Press.
An Irish member ot Parliament has ex
pressed tho opinion that Henry VIII Is now
in a place "where ho can light, his pipe
with his llttlo linger." There are still a
few of us who havo not been led astray by
tho higher criticism.
Kvnii' renalon Report.
Now York Sun.
Commissioner Evan' annual report on
pensions Is a masterpiece ot analysis and
lucid statement, No former report by any
commissioner has presented the exact situ
ation so clearly and at the same time so
comprehensively or has afforded more ma
terial for patriotic thought.
1)71 ikOSEWATKH DVVOSEt) A UllAZD
JVHV.
Among the many Impertinent ques
tlons propounded to me by the World
Herald under tho caption "Whnt nro you
afraid of, Air. Itosewater?" Is tho (pies
tlon, Why have you opposed the calling
of n grand Jury?
To this question 1 will make answer
frankly nnd fully:
Tho grand Jury system was abolished
years ago because these periodic lnqulsl
Hons were n heavy draft upon the tax
payers and often promoted a miscarriage
of Justice. Tho lawmakers substituted
for tho grand Jury the county attorney,
who Is empowered to tile Informations
ngnlnst nil pnrtles chnrged with viola
tlons of the criminal code, when In his
Judgment there Ib a reasonable proba
bility of their conviction.
Tho calling of a grand Jury Is only
Justifiable when tho county attorney Is
known or suspected to be In collusion
with criminals nnd evinces n disposition
to block their prosecution. All the
prosecuting, machinery In Douglas
county Is lu tho hands of democrats,
Tho prosecuting attorney, the sheriff
and the" clerk of the district court
are democrats, If there were any
foundation for tho rumored corrup
tion In the city hall, why have not
these ofllclals taken the Initiative In the
prosecution of tho offenders?
I have opposed the calling of a grand
Jury In this particular Instance because
I know tho recent clumor for n grand
Jury emanates from ambitious demo
cratlc politicians whose manifest object
Is tho making of political capital to
promoto .their own ends.
, I have opposed tho calling of a grand
Jury because, as 4111 overburdened tax
payer, I have a right to oppose a frlvo
Ious attempt to saddle tho county with
from $3,000 to ?5,()00 of additional ex
penses to gratify tho political ambition
of anybody.
This year's taxes of the properties of
Tho Hee Publishing company aud Tho
Bee Building company exceed $0,000
and 1 am not disposed to have taxes In
creased needlessly without protest. Peo
ple who manage to unload their taxes on
tho mortgageo ace not influenced by con
siderations of municipal economy.
The slanderous and cowardly Innuen
does that seek to lmpllcnto me with al
leged corruption of public ofllclals can
only bo characterized as contemptible.
The World-Herald knows that tho
rumors started by its own satel
lites are baseless and It nlso
knows the purpose for which they
have been fabricated. For tho last
four mouths I havo made every conceiv
able effort to run down these stories aud
have not been able to Und a trace except
amoug the political coterie of scandal
mongers, who grind their grist through
tho Omaha fake mill.
1 huvo never feared nuyono nnd hnve
no renson to fenr. a grand jury.
I have never, been suspected of bor
rowing f3,000 pr jmy other amount of
stolen stato school, money on, worthless
second mortgngciu
I huvo hover hifU a debit slip lu the
drawer of'nWomVezllilg city treasurer.
No tteniteritiarf 'convict hus ever hold
a club over,'ihy rlieiid or has ever beeu
lu position, to'command either myself or
anybody connected1 with Tho Bee to sup
press the truth or to summon mo to
visit him behind prison burs
Nobody has ever been able truthfully
to .churge Unit my silence was bought
wheu the publlct interest was at stake,
I am today in position to defy anybody
to cite a case In which the silence of The
Bee has beeu purchased,
I have not been compelled by unliqui
dated obligations to glorify tho libera
tion of a state treasury wrecker con
victed of looting the school fund of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
If I had done these things and they
hud not run the limitation of the statute,
I might havo hud cause to bo afraid of
the calling of a grand Jury.
I regret exceedingly the necessity, for
Indulging Iu these reminiscent rellec-
tlons, which .havo been reluctantly called
forth by a renewal of an utterly Inde
fensible personal 'assault.
E. UOSEWATEU.
I'roiuMc and Performance.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Tcsla's latest scheme, which he promises
to have In operation by tho last of Septem
ber, is for tho transmission of electric power
to all parts of the globo from the head
quarters In Wardencllffe, Long Island. Some
may view this announcement with a shade
of suspicion because it Is accompanied by
tho cxplnnutlon that "Tesla is averse to
talking for print about his inventions or
the Inventions ot others." With this quali
fication there will, of course, be no more
doubt as to Tenia's ability to do what he
promises than "there has been about his
other promises, It Is not absolutely known
to be Impossible that some day Tesla may
discontinue making promises long enough
to redeem one of them.
Knox nnd HIh ufnI loner.
Indianapolis Journul.
The courteous, yet spirited reply which
Attorney General Knox makes to the Irre
sponsible persons who questioned him In
tho moat impertinent manner must give
them the sensation of those who are hoist
by their own petard. Tho questioners
belong to tho small army who live In
Washington by the contributions of well
meaning people who must make some sort
of noise to convince the people who sup
port them that they aro at work.
l.ee's Level Head.
Cleveland louder.
General Kltzhugh Lee Is ono southern
democrat who has refused to be drawn lqto
tho Sampson-Schley controversy. ( He, says
tho case Is now before an impartial tri
bunal, and that it should bo decided by
tbat court, regardless ot what the public
may say or think.
,ehrnlA Former' l-'l.
Indianapolis Journal.
The stato labor commissioner of Nebraska
has completed a tabulation of the surplus
agricultural products of tho stato that were
shipped In 1800, amounting In value to 1127.
222,901. After such a year as that one short
crop wlj! not Impoverish tho farmers,
1. title Likelihood of (ImiiKr,
Cleveland Lender.
With a shortugo of more than 2S0,000,000
bushels In the wheat crop of-Europe there
Is not much danger of the balance of trade
going against tho United States during the
n;xt year.
Cut "o Klnre.
Ipdlanapolls News.
The Iowa democrats are for silver. But
democrats In Iowa don't count.
lir.TWF.KX lllt AMI HIIX.
Dotrolt Free Press; Mr. Ilryan will re
fuse to address tho Omaha Jacksonlnn club
next month If David I). Hill Is there. Lc
us hope tor Mr, Ilryan's sako that Mr, Hill
will bo present.
Indianapolis Journal: David Dennett Hill
has declined to go to Omaha to speak, but
tho declination was not received until Mr,
Ilryan lind mado It known that he dors not
wish to have Hill break- into his special
domain.
Now York World: If the story be true
that David H. Hill predicted success
1900 with himself as Ilryan's running mate
and 16 to 1 left out, that only proves Hill
n shrewder politician than firyan And
everybody know that before.
Minneapolis Trlbuno: W. J. Ilryan's re
fusal to speak from the samo stand with
David n. Hill is rather surprising, since
Hill supported Ilryan loyally In 1900, both
in the convention nnd In tho campaign
Ilryan's action will not conduce to demo
cratic harmony. '
Milwaukee Sentinel: Mr. Ilryan has
notified tho Jacksonlnn club of Omnhn that
ho will not speak If David II. Hill
present at the annual banquet. If tho
club has' the courage to send Mr. Ilryan
tho announcement that It docs not care a
silver dollar what he does, much futuro
troublo will bo averted.
lT.lt.SO.VAI, AMI OTHllllWISK.
Ex-Empress Eugenie Is making
tour of tho west coast of Scotland, "and
nas visited tho Olasgow exhibition.
Tho duke of Cornwall and York has had
five doctorates conferred upon him. Ths
latest was the D. C. U, given by Mel
bourno university. d
N. O. Uooth has resigned his position as
norucuiturist in tho University of Ml
sourl to accept n position In tho Now Ycrk
Agricultural college at Geneva.
Vice President Ilooscvctt Is to go to Ver
mont September 6 to he entertained at tho
midsummer dinner given by the Vermont
I-Ish and Game league on Islo Lit Motte.
A Mndrld engineer, Sonor Tarred, has In
vented n llttlo calculating machlno which It
stated to work out In thirty seconds
solution of the most formldablo trinomial
equation up to six degrees.
Tho commune of Marnee, where Pasteur
lived during tho last years ot his life, and
where ho mndo his chief experiments, has
made an appeal to bis friends nnd admirers
for funds for a monument to him.
Tho German papers generally disapprove
tactlly at least, of Prau Coslma Wagner's
petition to the Helchstag for an extonslon
of tho Dayreuth monopoly of "Parsifal."
Her request is receiving active support,
however, from Humperdlnck, Niemann and
othor eminent Germans.
General Alexander Candlano Popcsco, ono
of the most brllllnnt soldiers In the Rou
nianlan army, has Just died. Attl'Iovna he
won high distinction-, taking a redoubt by
storm at tho head of his battalion and
capturing a Turkish flag- He was also
known in Roumanian literature.
Much to the regret of many of his sub
jects, King Edward Is rapidly doing away
with many customs to which his mother
was attached. Her Hindoo .attendants were
sent back to India as soon 'as tho funeral
was over nnd now a stop has bcon put to
the services In Gorman In the German
Cht.pcl Hoyal, Which date back to tho early
Georges.
Genornl Horace W. Carpentlc'r of San
Francisco Is the hitherto unknown donor
of $100,000 for tho endowment of a chair of
Chinese at Columbia university. General
Carpentler was nt onq tlmo president of
the Bank of California and mayor of Oak
land, He is reputed to be a millionaire,
and made much of his money In trade, with
China.
The present Is the thirteenth summer that
the German emperor has spent In part tn
Norway, tho fjords of which are an Ideal
place for his yacht, to which he Is so much
devoted that the officers, among them
selves, have nicknamed hln "Gondol
Willy." At Moldo nnd elsewhere ho al
lowed the passengers of the tourist steam
ers that happened to be presont to come
on board arid inspect his yacht.
What a French service paper calls a "ro-
markablo feat" was the ride of Lieutenant
De Saint-Bon of tho First Hussars of the
French array. On May 24, at 1 p. m. ho
was ordered to make a reconnolssnnce In
tho valley of the Romanche. Ho left Val
ence on horseback at 3 o'clock with two
men. They were in neiu unuorm ana equip
ment. At 10 ft. tn. tho next day he had con
tact with the enemy, having traversed sev-enty-Blx
miles In nineteen hours, despite
tempests, which caused three stops and
soaked "the roads. On May 27 tho party re-
turned to Valence, having covered 155.03
miles in slxty-slx hoUrs.
STRIKE ASI I'llBMC OPINION.
Popular Sentiment Mnpporta Neither
Trout Nor Association.
Springfield "Republican.
Tho partial strlko against the United
States Steel corporation has lasted a month.
Tho general strlko Is now a week old and
is becoming more and more complete, rue
earlier 'promise of ridiculous failure has
glvon way now to prospects of a long-drawn-out
struggle of Immense damage
to the workers, tho corporations and the
country. British Interest In the struggle
Is snld to exceed tho home Interest anil for
tho reason that It" is there viewed as pos
sessed of most Injurious effects upon the
American steel invasion of outside mar
kets. The particularly Impressive feature of
this lamentable situation. Is the evident
helplessness of tho nation In the face of it.
The contest pas been begun and Is to con
tinue In utter disregard of tho general wel
fare. Something has been said about the
force of public opinion In determining the
issue. Public opinion Ib Just as powerful
and no more so to determine the Issue as
It iu to stop tho fighting in Its Incipient
stages and avert the damage. It has
proved to be of nq weight In the one case
and Is likely to be equally unlnfluonttal In
the other. The victory win nnany pcrcu
upon tho' banners of the most enduring bat
talions and they aro under tno commana
of capital.
Public opinion has undoubtedly been an
influenco in strikes. If It has been n fair
nnd determining influence, then the right
lias generally been with capital, for nearly
all the large strikes have been failures.
But these great aggregations of capital and
labor, such as are now involved, tend to
rlso ctove public opinion. The United
States Steel corporation has exhibited an
utter cmtempt for this Influence, by re
fusing to make any publlo statement of Its
position In tho controversy, Tho Amalga
mated association pays only a little greater
homage to public opinion by offering a
statement which falls to define n clear-cut
Issuo calculated to appeal to the people at
liirge. It may do right in declaring the
trust's ulterior purpose to be the crushing
ot all union labor. The trust's refusal to
accept a greatly modified proposition from
tho union and finally submit the case to
arbitration tends to support tho claim, but
otherwise the evidence Is clouded.
So the fight Is to go on, whatever, the
people generally may thlnkor however they
may feel, and what are they going to do
about It? The Immediate thing to be done
Is to ere that neither force nor intimidation
Is used to prevent those who want to work
from working. And Anally there may he an
awakening tn the possibility and the neces
sity of enlisting the organized power of the
people to stop these ruinous wars and feuds
between the two orders of the Industrial
state.
OTlir.ll LANDS THAN Ot IIS.
The Incongruity offered bv ihn Met that.
although Franco Is 0110 of the wealthiest
countries In the world, If not the wealthiest
In Kurope, Its government remains among
the poorest, Is a subject which Is Just now
agitating certain French political econo
mists, with tho probable results thnt an
elaborate plan of fiscal reform will bo agi
tated in the Chambers next winter. Tho
causes of the poverty of the state arc obvl
out to everyone who has given the matter
any consideration. Many of the forms of
taxation have been In operation for more
than a century, while the difference between
their returns on paper and the actual rov
chue has constantly widened. For tho six
months ended June 30 tho revenue wns
nearly Jl.1,000,000 under whnt It
for the same period last
nnd about $9,000,000 below the
tlmntc. When It . Is considered
was
year
es-
thnt
tho budget framed In the early (fhrt of tho
year showed n surplus of barely JSO.OOO on
a total of $710,920,000. tho seriousness ot
the decline Is understood. In the mean
time the hands of the government are tied,
for the national debt nnd pensions tako
yearly $250,000,000, the army nnd navy $200,
000,000, so thnt some $150,000,000 must bo
provided beforo n sou can bo devoted to ed
ucation, publlo works, the furtherance of
trade of other Interests of general public
Importance. The debt of Franco Is now
$60,000,000,000 nnd this stupendous sum will
continue to nugment, under prevailing con
ditions, until tho mlddlo of the century,
when nil the railways now operated pri
vately will revert to the state.
Among tho very posslblo combinations nn
tho International chess board In Kurope Is
tho union of Holland with Germany. The
racial division Is slight nnd tho habits and
Interests of tho two- countries nre nulto
similar. It ic true that the Dutch cherish
their Independence ardently, but they would
not hesltnto to unite their fortunes with
those of tho German emnlro if Latin or
Slavic pressure should make It vitally Im
portant for the Germanic people to stand
together. Union with Germany would tin
deemed better than nny form of Russian
or French over lordship. II Is certnln that
German statesmen would do much to bring
uouanu into tno federation of states which
constitutes the German emnlro.- Thnv
would set great storo on the Dutch
colonies in, particular, tho Dutch mer
chant marine nnd the Dutch harbors. No
one step- which Germany rould nnmlhlv
take vould do more to place tho German
cmplro In such a position on tho seas, as It
now holds on land.
There nro no missionaries of tho Russian
Orthodox church in China. A French
writer. M. Ular, says Russia knows Chi-
nese, civilization too well to attempt to
act on tho popular mind by means of doc
trines which aro alien to their habits of
thought. Ho points out that the Russian
missions In Pokln rcwmblo In no way thoso
of tho other powers, constituting morcly
tho legation of tho orthodox pope nt tho
court of the Son of Heaven bb the spiritual
hand of the Chinese 'nation. Tho members
of tho mission spend their tlmo aud re
sources not In religious nronaeanda. but
In tho publication of linguistic and sci
entific books. . Moreover, the Russians very
adroitly utlllzo tho rivalry existing be
tween the Christian Beets In China in their
own Interests, pointing, out that Protestant
ism and Catholicism are both schismatic
and that their doctrines nre "doctrines of
the west" and aro worthless. M. Ular
maintains that the Catholic missions have
prospered more than the Protestant for
the renson that tho former havo. recog
nized Buddhist prejudices and have so
presented their religion as to appoal to
tho Intelligence and Imagination of tho
native, assimilating Buddhist symbolism in
their worship- to such an extent that tho
Catholic churches seem with all their
figures of saints to have descended from
a Chinese pantheon.
The Australian confederation hnve pro
vided themselves a small standing army
and have appropriated $5,000,000 toward
tho creation of a navy. This Indicates that
tho Australians are no longer willing to
depend entirely upon the mother country
for tho means of defense. The late census
shows that there has only been a gain ot
593,975 in the population of Australia in
the last ten years. Nearly as many per
sons havo been lost, by emigration as havo
beon gained by immigration Hnd there Is
also n falling off In tho birth rate. It Is
the aim ot Australian statesmen to pro
mote a more rapid growth of the country
by Uboral legislation.- By lightening the
burden ot taxation and by Intornal Im
provements, facilitating the development
of mineral and' agricultural' resources, they
hope to invite immigration and create a
powerful Independent state.
Tho ethnographic' survey wh'lch the gov
ernment of India Ijas in contemplation will
be carried out according to tne plans sug
gested by Sir' Michael. Foster on behalf
of tho British nssoclntlon. 1. Eth
nography, or the systematic description ot
the history, structure, traditions and re
ligious and 1 octal usages of tho various
races,- tribes and castes In India. 2. An
thropometry, or measurements, directed to
determining the physical types character
istic of particular groups. 3. Photography
of typical Individuals, nnd, if possible, of
archaic Industries. It Ib believed by sci
entists that the Investigation of the phys
ical and sociological characters of the va
rious races and tribes would greatly con
tribute to a sound classification ot tnem
nd spcclnl attention has been drawn to tno
nhlln. Gnnds and other lunglo rnces 01 1110
central mountain districts to tho NaJI and
other cognate races "on tho Assam anu
Burmah frontiers and to the vagrant and
criminal tribes' of northern ceutrni innia.
ui,aini mcnsiiremcnts aro expected to
throw light on the origin of tho Dravldlanj
Seeing is Believing f
To advertise thai we have suits for so much hot
ever reasonable the price while it is true eiwuahi
not convincing as to the style and quality of the goods':
and so we wish you to see the suits.
You May Need
an extra pair of trousers to last you through the suny s
vier season. If so, remember we have, them in almost
endless varieties, and at .extraordinarily ' attractive
prices remember
SEEING IS BELIE VING and that no cloth
ing fits like ours.
yWe carry a full line of Stetson's Raw. Edge Hate.
Browning, King&Co.
Exclusive Ctothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
tore Cloaca Saturday Nlclits Ml I) O'clock, Olbcr ISvmlHK at 0.M.
Pmn Ptoiurm for Wommttm
" I am so nervous, there Is not well
Inch lu my whole body. I am so weak
at my stomach, nnd havo indigestion
horribly, nnd palpi Utlori of the heart,
nnd I nin losing- tlrsh. This heiulacho
and backache nearly kills me, nnd yes
terday I nenrly had hysterics; there
is a weight in tho lower part of my
bowels bearing down nil the time, and
pain in iriy groins and thighs ; 1 can
not sleep, walk or sit, nud I believe I
am diseasod nil over ; nu ono ever
suffered ns I do."
This Isft description of thousands of
cases which come to Mrs. l'inkham's
laboratory for ad vice An inflamed and
Mni. Jonx Williams.
ulcerated condition of tho neck of thi
womb can produce nil of thoso symp
toms, and no woman should allow
herself to rt.-ach suoh a perfection of
misery when thcro Is absolutely no
need of it. Tho subject of our por
trait In this sketch, Mrs. Willinms of
Englishtown, N.J.,-has been entirely
cured of such Illness nnd misery by
Lydla E. Pinkhan 's Vegetable Com
pound. No other medicine has snAi a record
for absolute cures, nnd no other medi
cine Is " just ns g( od." Women who
want a cure should insist upon potting
Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound when they ask for it at a stored
tribes and of tho Rajputs and Jats a,nd
their relation with Scythian races. There
Is no doubt cither that photographic re
productlona of types will form a most val
uable and Interesting gallery.
LltlHT AMI AIHV TIllKLKS.
Town and Country:' "Were you loft much
in vour uncle's will?"
"Yes, confound ft, completely;"
Philadelphia Press:
Toss
-Oht yes, I'm
tho record In
positive she 8 28.
, Jens 1 huimhimo you saw
their family li bio. eh?
Tess Hotter' than thnt. I nsked her at
what ago Hhu thought n girl should marry
nnd she promptly tmld 23. .
linltlmoro American: "Whv. this Is not
soup at all," whispered the leading lndy.to
the heavy villain nt the ,stnge banquet.
"It's unlv water."
"Yes," Mid the heavy villain, "It Is
merely suplng for thu boud."
Tlt-Blts: Hocus What hiinnened 'when
you told your mother-in-law In mind her
own business?
Pocus I don't exactly know. .When I re
covered consciousness l wns In the hospital.
Chlcnco Post: -"Of whnt use Is . the bill
board?" "It Klves emnlovment to reformers of nr-
tlstlc Inclinations."
Chicago ltccord-lIeriid:;,."Y1es..Ilflsfi from
morning till night when r go camping." '
imi uon 1 gei nny rust, men 7 '
"Well. If I didn't llsh I'd have to bo enr
rvlng water for tho women folks"
Chicago Tribune: "You -wnnt tho pockcU
to run up nnd down. 1 huddoso." said the
tailor.
"No, sir, , the Irritable, customer refilled,
I Dlefer stationary nockcts. You muv
make the slits pernendlculur. however." u
Washington Star: "I suppose," said the,
man who had lust been uccostcd by Mean
dering Mlkn. "that you think yourself per
fectly Justified tn taking monev from me
without rendering nn equivalent?'!
"Don't siiy dnt. mister." was the rm
Jolndor. "Don't uv I'd tuke It without m
equivalent. If de hard luok stnrv I've been
tellln'.you ain't .fuller of Imiielnntlon nn'
graceful embellishments dun nny. of dem
books yo've paid 60 centB apiece for on do
trnln rm ready to give tin me rhoHen pro
fession an' quit piinliamlllii' fur life."
Puck: I'ncle Jnnon (nt tho xeasldojhotel)
What's the difference between tho' Ameri
can nnd European plans, John?,
Guley Oh, about the. same difference as
between embezzlement and robbery.
Philadelphia Preps: "I guess wo'll hav
to put that nd In ngaln as 11 free Insertion,"
remnrked the foreman.
"What nd Is that?" Inquired tile editor.
"Why St'llPin's announcement of his
'storcful uf furniture, bedding and rugs.'
Wp'vo made It 'bugs' In today's Ishuc."
Drooklyn Mfoi Wultor (knocklng)-Mlss
Jenkins, don't you feel like a little cold,
chlrken?
Miss Jenkins (from within) I don't know
how a little cold chicken feels, but I'm feel
ing pretty ugh, queer.
WAY TO TIIM MHLOX PATCH,
Frank D, Stanton In Atlanta Constitution.
Don't want no moon, on not one match
For tcr light my way ter de melon patch;
Night or day
(Dut what I ny!) '
I kin shet my cyo en lln' my wav!
De road cz white, ez a streak or light;
Dut I takes tie path v.lmr de nan' ain't
bright;
Kaze do white man wait ' 1 .
Uy do shotgun gate
For ter blow mo clean 'cross Oeorgy, stat
80, take yo" moon, en keen vo' match;
I knows my wny ter do melon pntchl
Nluht or ilnv. ,,
Whilst you watch en nray,
I shetH my cyo en I lln's my wav:
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