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G THE OMAHA DALLY 11EE: SAT I'll DAY, SEPTEMBER JS, 11)01. The omaha Daily Bee. 12. IlOSEWATEll. EDITOIl. PUBLISHED I2VEHY MOUNINO. TEH MS Ol' BUBSCHIPTIONl Dally Wee (without Sunday), One Year.JO.W Dally Uo and rlundny, One Veal .W JllUBtruleil liee, One Ycnr . 2.W Sunday lin; One Vcur a.W Haturuay Bee, One Ycnr l.W '.twentieth Century Farmer, One Year. l.W DELIVERED UY CAIUUEIl. Dally Bee, without tiunduy, per copy 2c Unity nee, without Mummy, per week 12a uauy liee, Including Hunuay, n.r week..,. 17c fiununy lice, per copy t0 j'.venihK Uee, without B.inday, per weok...U)o iActung llee, Includ'g Hunday, per week. ,16c Complaints of Irregularities In delivery should be audrctscd to City Circulation De partment. OFKICES. Omaha: The Uee Building. South Omaha City Hall nulldlne, Twen-ty-iuth and M Streets. Council l.lurfs; lo 1'earl Street. Chicago: law Unity Uulldlng. New l'orki Templo Court. Washington: Wl Fourteenth Street. COIUIESI'ONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should bo addressed; umaha liee, Euitorlal Department. , , BUSINESS LETTEHH. , . liUKlnexn letters and remittances should be aadresneUi 'lhe Uee 1'ubllshlng Company, jtnaha. , , REMITTANCES. Remit by druft, express or postal order, payable to The ilco Publishing Company, only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment or mall nccounts. Personal checks. xccnt on omaha or eastern exchanged, not accepted. THE JUEE PUHLiyillNO COMPANY. STATEMENT OP CUMULATION. State of Nobraska, Douglas County, ss.: (Jeorge U. Txsehuck, secretary of Tho ilea I'ubllsnliig Company, being duly sworn, "ays that the actual number ot full and complcto coplch of Tho Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Jleo printed during tuu munin or AUgjst, VJll. was us iomows; 1... 17. is. 19. M. 21. iii,:i7t 2 3 4 I 6 7 8 9.'. 10 11 12 13 H ,ur,t:io .25,1111(1 .I!.',, lhO .!:.- Nt .ur,,:uut .i'.,:i.io .jr,,:iso .IT, ,11 II) .m,icm .'J., i no .;:,-,, ().-,() un.veru U3,nau 1:5,000 22 23 t xn,:iio i Ii.-.,I1MI I li.l.NTO , -:."., s.-.o 1 UO.OtlO f uu.r.io I i!7.1MO 1 147,010 i uo.ii.so , 24 is an, no is..., un,:tiMt Total ,.7lt.".-0 Less unsold and returned copies.... 7,83:1 Net total sale 7K8,(lt5 Net dally nvcrago It,", OEOIiaE D. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presenco and Bwom to bforo ma this 31st day of August, A. D. 1901. M. H. IIUNGATE. Notary Public. Tim nrilvlty of the now Nlirnskn pimp wnrdciiK fun l ox pin I nod on tin theory tlmt new brooms usually Bweep clonn. Clilnit Is nt'KotlntliiK thohnl of fcv ernl whips out of Its navy. It might not ho hail policy to soil tlioin before It gets Into nnotlier llRht and loses tlioin. .Mr. Hryan tolls Mr. Iloosevclt that ho should not unpin; to n presidential nomination or election. Mr. Roosevelt might say to .Mr. llrynn: "Thu snmu to you." Tho Justices of the peace constitute the poor man's courts. As much care should be exercised In Meeting Justices of the pence as In selecting Judges of the district bench. There may bo need for irrigation In some portions of the Philippines, but the soldiers who marched through mud and water from knee to waist deep must lmvu missed the arid region. With Senator Dietrich once more safe at home ,oti Nebraska soil, expectant nppllcants for federnl appointments can heave a sigh of relief that the dnngcrs of shipwreck havo been successfully cleared. . Uulgarlan brigands who carried off an American missionary demand 25,000 Turkish pounds as a rausom. The nmottnt might lead to the suspicion that tho chief of tho brigands may bo Iden tified as Pat Crowe. Captain Sycamore complains that Shamrock was crowded at tho. start of tho first yacht race. The captain has tho consolation that no one can accuse him of crowding nuybody nftcr tho first flvo minutes ,of the race. If nil the enterprises built for Omahn on paper materialized, the city would long ago havo rivalled Chicago In popu lation and wealth. It Is the new Insti tutions that take tangible form In brick and mortnr or machinery that count for the city's progress. Iowa collego nt Orlnnell llnds Itself In need of a greater endowment be cause during tho present good times Interest rates have declined. It Is to bo regretted the collego is short of money, but tho fact Illustrates that It Is not; cnpltnl which derives all tho benetlt from prosperity. South Omaha Is calling In outstand ing Interest-bearing city warrants. That Is a good deal better than ex panding its floating debt. Yet It Is the net Increase or decrease that counts. If warrants are Issued faster than they are redefined tho drain for Interest be comes steadily greater. If Douglas county republicans will get together on a ticket nindo up of candi dates .'of unquestioned fitness for the respective olllcos they hook and five from tho taint of disloyalty in tho cam paign for tho redemption of Nebraska,, their right to republican suprtunacy In tho county will bo handsomely endorsed at tho election. Tho government Is again called upon to send a relief expedition to the Arctic to rescuo tho stranded gold seekers nt Nome. It seems strange that men will rush Into such n country with no provi sion for tho future, but from the bo ginning of recorded history mon Infected with tho gold foyer havo taken just such chances. Tho story about railroads being troubled with tramps will bo taken with a grain of allowance. Since tho restora tlon of prosperity tho tramp has almost disappeared from the country. It Is safe ,to say that tho railroads are troubled less by tramps right now than they havo been at tho same season for mauy years past. THE PAX-AMhtUt A COA fill CSS. Next Tuesday the United States dele gates to the congress of nil tho Ameri can republics, which will meet In tho City of Mexico In tho lntter part of October, will call upon tho president and receive their Instructions. A num ber of 'the South American delegate!.. will go to Mexico from Washington nut It Is proposed that they shall bo con veyed on a special train. It has been decided not to niako public tho Instruc tions to our delegates until tho meeting of tho congress. This conference of representatives of tho American republics was Invited by our government and tlio State depart ment has lalwred assiduously to secure representation In It from every country In South and Central America and to Impress upon tho governments of those countries the Importance and tho possi ble lienollts of such a conference. These efforts havo been successful. There were some troublesome obstncles in thu way, but these weru overcome and then Is now reason to think that tho con gress will be harmonious and havo practical results. Tho only thing which may Interfere with this, so far as now appears, relates to applying the prin ciple of arbitration, which will be one of tho lending questions considered by tho congress. Tho statement Is madu on the authority of tho Chjllan minister In Paris that Chili will withdraw from the congress if arbitration Is to apply to questions now outstanding between any of Uio stntes participating In the congress, that republic "objecting to giving a rctroactlvo effect to tho prin ciple. This seems to bo a reasonable position Mild It moro than likely will be approved by tho congress. There Is n wldo tango of subjects Hint will be presented for the consideration of the congress, in all of which the United States has more or less Interest. Especially are wo Interested In those matters which contemplate the bringing about of more Intimate commercial re lations between this country and the southern republics. We should havo u larger shure of tho markets of tho Spanish-American countries and we ought to obtain through this congress valuable Information as to how we may secure u greater share of their business. Some thing was learned from the Pan-Ameri can congress of lfeSU, but more knowl edge Is mnnlfestly required and some contribution to It may be expected from the coming congress. We should be ablo to Impress upon tho representa tives of tho southern republics that since it Is manifestly to their advantage to maintain friendly political relations with the United States, so they will llud It to their Interest to cultivate closer commercial Intercourse. Thu congress will afford an opportunity, also, to reassure the people of tho southern countries of our earnest friendship and desire for their progress and prosperity, as well as of our llrm purpose to up hold thu principle which protects them ngnlnst foreign nggresslon. There Is a more or less prevalent feeling of dis trust of tho United SUites that our representatives should spare no effort to correct. suuni Ay it tc ax situ at wx. Tho report that Lord Kitchener has tendered his resignation as cotninander-ln-chlef in South Africa may not be true, but It Is not incredible. The statement Is that he has had a dis agreement with tho war secretary and also that he desires to be transfurred to Iudln, but at all events It is not dlfllcult to understand tlmt ho should want to get away from a Held of) no tion In which ho has added nothing to his military fame and where the pros pects are not promising for his win ning any glory. The fact Is that Kitchener has not shown himself to bo by any means a military genius, and ho perhaps realizes tlmt nothing ho may henceforth do In South Africa can restoro the prestige ho has lost there. Of course his task has been a dltllcult one, but ho has had most abundant means at his command and has failed to make tho most of them. That he should bo tired of It and ready .to adopt any sort of oxcuso for .quitting Is quite conceivable. Meantime there Is no abatement in Hoer activity and no prospect of on early ending of the struggle. It Is estimated that there are now 11,000 fighting burghers In tho Held and If such Is tho fact It shows beyond ques tion that they havo been getting re cruits from Capo Colony, where tholr sympathizers nru still numerous, and perhaps also from Natal. Kor opera tions against tho Iloers Kitchener Is said to have about 70,000 men avail able, tho remainder of his big army being distributed over Jl.OOO miles of railroad, which must bo protected at all hazards, and In garrisoning strategic towns nnd positions. Although most of tho tlmo Inactive, these garrisoned troops must be ever on tho alert to resist u mobile enemy who may at tack them suddenly nt any point. .More over, tho tactics of tho burghers have divided tho Hrltlsh available Held force Into smnll and comparatively Ineffective detachments, whoso weakness is evinced by tho frequent disasters which aro befalling them. Tho proclamation outlawing tho bur ghers who should continue In arms after Septuiuber 15 Is now generally regarded In Kngland as a tactical blun der, since It was Inoperative as a men ace and offered the Hoer leaders leisure for refitting their columns after a pe riod of rest aud making plaus for a series of unexpected nttacks, A Lou don dispatch says that tho government Is criticised for lack of resolution and strenuousuess In the conduct of the war, but tho truth Is also discerned that tho Hrltlsh nrmy has become worn out nnd stale by thu prolongation of tho conUlct aud that the ottlcers and men are as readily drawn Into trups and duped by Iloers dressed In Uhnkl as they were during tho earliest stage of tho war. Such a statement seems llko a serious reflection upon thu Hrlt lsh, nfter two yenrs of campaigning In South Africa, yet it Is not alto gether surprising. Tho burghers have long since settled down to the conviction that there Is uo chance of receiving outside help. They are not asking or oven hoping for It. They know they must carry on the struggle unaided and they are firmly determined to prosecute It whllo they have n commando left nnd arms and ammunition with which to fight. itEonaAxm: rut: committed. No matter who may havo control of tomorrow's convention, the republican county committee should be reorganized to make Its membership basis the vot ing district lustend of the wnrd, ns at present. The committee constitutes the party's working organization and to be most effective must be brought ns close to tho voter as possible without becom ing too cumbersome. In every other county In Nebraska tho republicans are organized on the basis of tho voting district nnd In some down to even smaller subdivisions. 1'or sev eral years the state committee has been exerting Itself to perfect the pnrty or ganization along these lines nnd It has recently passed n resolution expressly leqtiestlug Douglas county republicans to conform In the make-up of their com mittee to the plan adopted for tho whole state. As The Hee has emphasized before, what counts In political battles Is thor ough organization aud discipline. The party must have one man at least In every vo.tlng district responsible for its Interests there. It Is manifestly Impos sible for three wnrd committeemen to look nfter thu affairs In from eight to eleven voting districts efllclently and satisfactorily. All this Is Independent of thu proposition that membership by voting districts would give a more eqtiltablu representation of tho voting strength In tho party councils and cen ter the active Interest of energetic party workers exactly where It Is needed. As we have said, a reorganization of the committee Is demnnded In the Inter est of tho whole party and should be effected at the coming convention with out regard to factional differences. A strong suspicion Is abroad that (ien ernl Kitchener desires to resign his job In South Africa. This would bo noth ing strange. Thu campaign in that part of tho world has added nothing to his laurels, nor Is It likely to Increase the reputation of his successor. Tho home government has furnished him a large number of men, but It has long been evident they nru either lacking In the qualities or in thu equipment to sup press thu extremely mobllo Hours. That he has dismally failed is evident, but It Is open to question whether anyone else could do better with tho same re sources. The force which moves at twenty miles a day will Ihj a long time catching one which moves at forty. Tho Virginia constitutional couveu tlon has nt last reached the real busi ness for which It was called the elimi nation of thu colored vote. When de mocracy has succeeded In accomplish ing this task lu the south it is barely possible thu undisputed democratic su premacy lu thoAsouth .will bo endedi This one bogey of "negro domination" has kept the whites of the south In lino for free trade, free silver and other democratic fallacies. Tho progressive element of the south favors thu repub lican llnanclnl policy aud bourbon democracy Is roosting on the wrong end of the limb to saw It off with safety. If the Heal Estato exchange will pur sue thu subject of tax reform on all occasions without let up It will ac complish something. Hut It will havo to bu forcibly lu evidence when asses sors are selected, when equalizing boards sit and when the tax levy Is made by council, school board aud county commissioners. Merely passing resolutions nnd then subsiding will not produce results. The only way Is to keep everlastlugly nt It. Consumer Vay tltm Freight. Baltimore American. Tho stoel strike coat $25,000,000. In creased prices show who Is going to pay that sum. - Some niaiiatuues Omitted. Indlnnnpolla News. Tho second battlo of Santiago, now on at Washington, seems dull Indeed without dis patches from Mole St. Nicholas telling of heavy firing toward Windward passage. Pnrtlsnn Assertions Proved False. Chicago Itecord-IIcrald. McKlnley left little money aside from hid life Insurance. How does this fact match with tho declarations of reckless politicians and tholr organs that ho was tho tool of trusts and profited at the ex pense of the nation? Art In the Ccrtlllcate. , Chicago Inter Ocean. The company that has been organized to build a transalaskan railroad, to Bering strait Intends to start with a capital of 160,000,000. Tho engravings It will Issuo to ratso this capital will bo embellished with views of arctic landscapes and will bear the polar Bcal. Tin" nent Memorlnl. New York Tribune. Talk of McKlnley memorials Is wide spread. That Is well. Monuments and other structures should be erected In many places to bear his name. But the best memorial of him will be for tho people of this nation to live up to the lofty senti ments which have been evoked by his martyrdom. I.nokliiK n lilt Furvtnrtl. Now York Sun. With a great advantago In tho stato he balls from and with tho prestigo of tho presidential ofllce behind Ttoosevelt, tho outsldo competitor against him In the re publican national convention of 1004 will havo to be of phenomenal strength to beat him. There being now no sign of such n statesman, tho conclusion for the day must bo that only Itoosovelt can defeat himself. Home I.lfe In (In; White House. Chicago Chronicle. Mrs. Roosevelt nnd her children enter upon occupancy of the White Houbo with thu cordial good wishes of nil tho American people who are sane, For tho domestic standard of the highest home In the land tho nation has never had reason to apolo glto, In dignity and virtue It has set an examplo to tho world surpassing that of far more pretentious governmental cen ters. Seclualve and respected, Its mistress has never Invaded the official domain of tho president and Its conduct under a long line of national chiefs has been modest, simple and worthy. Mrs. Itoosovelt Is bril liant and accomplished and will adorn and enliven tho soeloty of tho capital after the period of mourning shall close nnd social duties must needs be resumed In the presi dent's name. Hojnlt)' Tniirlnu Cnniuln. St. Louis aiobe-Drmoerut. Edward VII s heir Is finding Canada to bo a country of magnificent distances. Ho Is making long runs on tho cars In differ ent directions In tho dominion. Canada Is larger than the contiguous part of tho United States, but Its population Is less than that of New York or Pennsylvania. At tho present rate of growth, In fact, Illinois will overtake Canada In popula tion by 1920. The slowness of tho rate of 'Increase on the other sldo of the Interna tional boundary as compared with that In this country Is one of the things which must be discouraging to the Canadians. Nevertheless tho duke of York will find many things to Interest 'him In tho United States' northern neighbor. Count IntC the Cost. Washington Times. It Is estimated by experts that in the great eteel strike the loss to the strikers In wnges amounted to $10,000,000, while tho earnings of tho trust were cut down 15, 000,000. This statement, however, creates a somewhat erroneous Impression, ns It con veys tho Idea that the trust lost moro than tho men did. As a matter of fact, It Is not certain that tho trust lost anything. In tho main Its earnings woro only postponed and the strike may easily havo tho effect of strengthening the Iron nnd steel market. Hut tho lost wages are gone forever, and what Is moro Important tho men could not afford tho loss, whllo tho trust could, If It sustained any. I'UIIMCITY FOIl TUB SYMMCATKN. Investor In Setrrnt Illw Concern Find Out n Vrw Thln. IjOuIbvUIo Courler-Journnl. Tho rocent experience had with tho In dustrial stqeks Is likely to Intensify tho demand for tho publication of regular ro porta of tholr condition similar to those Issued weekly nnd monthly by tho rail roads. The fact that In a year of pros perity In the iron and Btcel trado the lie publlo Iron and Steel company failed to ctrn Its preferred dividend, clearing 13, 300,000 less thnn the year before, Is calcu lated to arouse apprehensions ns to others. Two other conspicuous Industrial syndicates, the American Linseed Oil company nnd tho Standard Ilopo nnd Twine, havo mado equally bad annunl stntcmcnts. Tho Ameri can Linseed lost $1,402,000 dcsplto n $932,000 Itrollt on manufacture, nnd tho Stnndard Itopo nnd Twine, which has been In hard lines many years, lost $500,000. The Amalgamated Copper company has mado niv reports at all, but Its action in lopping oft part of the quarterly dividend, amounting to $775,000, is significant. What makes it worso Is that In tho caso of tho Copper and Hcpifblfc Steel companies especially thoro has been a determined circulation of bullish reports, apparently with n view of enabling tho Insiders to unload their shares upon tho public. Tho break In prices may bo a colossal speculative scoop, or It may bo becauso conditions In tho copper trado are much worso than Is generally known. On tho faco of It thcro nre good reasons why manufacturers should Insist on keeping tho details of their business to themselves, nnd In ordinary corporations no objection to this can bo made. Tho stockholders In such are supposed to bo nblo to got nny necessary Information. With tho great syndicates which roly upon general own ership of tholr Bhares It Is entirely differ ent. Few of ,them mnko moro than an nn nual stntcmcnond theso give tho barest details. Tho American Sugar Refining com pany Is a casfliTlri point. Only by compari son with prejfjfisj reports ciin the pcrusnl of such statements throw any light upon the company'snffalrs, and then It Is usually too lato to bo of value. Conditions may change radically In a few months, but tho stockholders or tho prospective buyer or seller has no opportunity to know this. Tho result has been tremondous losses through tho opportunities thus given to speculative managements to unload tholr shares upon Innocent purchasers when con ditions nre bad and toa buy them back cheaply when good. Tho samo sort of supervision that Is given to railroads and Insuranco companies would be a great safeguard In this connection. Of course. It would bo Inadmtsslblo for small corporations, but tho giant trusts might be compelled to disclose their business to n certain extent. If they do not, they should bo excluded from the stock exchanges so that the opportunities for trndlng In their shares would be reduced. AF.RIJ OF A I'ACIFIO CAni.H. Vrnreney of Menu nt CnmiiimilfHtlnn Under Antcrlrnii Control, New York Trlbuno. That Is welcome news which General Chaffco has sent by cable from Manila to the War department nt Wnshlngton, that tho Intcrlnsular system of tolcgraphlc cables in the Phlllpplno archipelago Iihb been completed and that It Is now posslblo to conduct Intercourse among all tho Islands, from the southern end of Dongas to the northern end of Luzon, over our own American wires, without having to maka uso of nny foreign lines under tho straits or on tho Innd. Tlmt Is precisely ns It Bhould be. The Philippines are all Ameri can possessions nnd commynlcntlon nmong them Bhould bo entirely under American control nnd under tho Atoorlcan flag. Thoro Is, however, a large fly In the pot of precious ointment. General Chaffee 1ms sent this news by telegraphic cable. Dut what cablo? A British cable. This Amer ican officer, sending news to America from an American possession, had to send It two-thirds wny around tho world over ca blo lines owned and controlled by another power and under Its flag. That Is hot a crcdltnblo Btnto of affairs. It docs not mat ter that tho other power In question la our closest kin nnd moat cordial friend. There aro some Intimacies to which not even such should be admitted, nnd ono of them Is communication between different parts of our owrt domain. Indeed, that very power has set tho examplo to that effect. Tho slno qua non of the transpacific ca ble which the Hrltlsh empire Is now con structing was and Is that It shall at every point touch upon flrltlsh soil, under tho Hrltlsh flag, and be entirely and perpet ually under Hrltlsh control. That cablo could havo been laid moro directly, more easily and more, cheaply by letting It touch at ono or two points upon tho friendly soli of tho United States possessions, Hut the Hrltlsh wisely cIiobo to go tho longer wny, nt greater expense nnd labor, In order to havo tho cable nil, Hrltlsh. The propriety and necessity In the case of tho United Stntes nre no less, Tho United States needs an nll-Amerlcnn trans pacific cable, connecting tho United States with tho Philippines, so that all the Islands of that archipelago shall be In Im mediate touch not only nmong themselves under our flng, but nlso with Washington through tho ngency of a cable nt overy point under United States eontrol. It was onco hoped United States enterprise would be first to span the raelflc with an electric wire. That hopo must now bo abnndoned and we muBt be content to follow in the wake of our more enterprising Hrltlsh brethren. But nt least wn should follow closely. American messages to aud from the Philippines should go over an Amer ican cabin nnd American malls, patsengers and goods should go In American vessel under the American flag. Such was. the achievement urged by President McKlnley In his last public utterance. Such Is the achievement which It behooves tho nation speedily to consummate. OTIIIlll I,.M)S THAN Ol"Hf. One of tho most singular changes In In ternational politics nnd trade Is the sub stitution of German for English Influence In Turkey. Forty or fifty years ago It was Ungland that wns maintaining tho Ottoman empire as a "buffer state," earlier than that It was England, supported by France, which protected tho Sultan Mnhmoud ngnlnst the Insurrection of Mehcmet All and his son Ibrahim. Now, the question Is asked whether Germany yllb protect the "Integrity of the Ottoman empire" against supposed Slavonic machlnntlons; It was to Germany that the sultan turned, nnd turned In vain, for support In his present contro versy with France. It seems to be gener ally understood that England would not fight another Crlmenn war. One reason al leged for this Is that tho power of tho peo le Is much greater than It used to be. and that tho people nre opposed to wnr, or 'do not understand International politics. The fact of tho South African wnr throws some doubt upon the eincncy ot this theory. It Is nlso suggested that Turkey Is no longer on the road to India, that that lies through Egypt, nnd England has Egypt. Hut with Ktlssla In Constantinople nnd n Russian fleet In tho Mediterranean sea the Suez route would not bo beyond danger. For n generation n Euphrates valley railroad was an English dream; It never became an Eng llsh reality, nnd now tho concession for It Is In German hands. Lord Curzon, the viceroy of India, deliv ered nn Impromptu speech the other day upon the educational system of tho country. Ho said thnt mistakes might have been mndc, but ho firmly believed that tho work of tho last twenty years had raised tho moral nnd Intellectual standard of tho com munity, which could be raised still higher One original mistake hnd beon a too slavish Imitation of English models. Ho strongly condemned a system which mado examina tions tho solo test of education. This had bad effects, ho thought, on teachers nnd pupils alike. It was n furrow out of which Indian education must bo lifted. He urged a reform In the constitution nnd composi tion of university senates nnd syndlcntcs, which wero too lnrge, nnd declared his con viction thnt the government had not ful filled Its duty In tho matter of primary ed ucation. Ho advocated tho extension of technical education by tho creation of ordl nnry mlddlc-clnss technical schools. As to religious Instruction ho held that It was not tho part of tho government to teach n foreign religion In their schools. In tho Holland legislature, which met Inst week, tho clericals, ns has beon nl reaily announced, havo n good working ma jority In both houses. Their victory nt the polls was duo to tho divisions nmong tho liberals, lnrgoly on tho question of tho frnnchlse. In tho lower houso the right numbers fifty-eight to tho forty-two mem bers of the opposition. Ono of tho most notable features of tho election was tho do feat of tho socialist member, M. Troelstrn, whoso controlling Infiucnco with his party had been undisputed, H'o Is replaced by M. Van Kol, whoso nptltudo ns a lender has yot to bo put to tho test. Tho Dutch cab inet Is presided over by Dr. Kuypor, whoso personal Infiucnco Is exceedingly strong. Thrco scats havo been nsslgned to Roman Cntholtcs, as a number bearing n fair pro portion to tho strength of tho party, but this arrangement hns been accepted by them only ns a temporary compromise. Tho financial budget nnd nrmy reform nro among tho most urgent mnttcrs beforo tho gov ernment. Additional revenue Is badly needed nnd It Is said that Dr. Kuyper In tends to havo rccourso to a protoctlvo tariff. Tho now army bill Is modelled upon tho German system and raises the annunl con tingent from 10,000 to 17,000 men. Somo reformers ndvocato tho ndoptlon of a system of personal servlco by nil males, except those exempt, over tho ago of 19. Another proposal la the establishment of a Land wchr, after the German fashion. Another famlno Is impending In India, this tlmo In tho province ot Gujerat. The Immediate can so of it Is a plague of rats, which havo practically destroyed tho young crops of maize, wheat and rice. Tho gov ernment tried to meet tho evil by offer ing rewards for a certain number of rnta' tails, but llfo Is a sacred thing In the eyes of th'o natives and rather than kill tho vermin they allowed them to grow fat nt their expense. Hut, according to a letter In a London weekly, neither scarcity of rain nor plagues of rats, locusts or other pests can account for tho clironlc recur rence of fnmlno In Indln. Tho real re sponsibility, says tho writer, lies nt tho door of the Vnnya, or IJanla, who have been called the Jews of Iudla. They nro tho grain merchants and nro nearly all rich, many very rich. A poor farmer whoso crop has failed comes to one of these men. Ho Is starving, bis family Is starving and tho Vnnya Is most willing to relieve his wants, but on his own conditions, namely! the whole of next year's crops must be handed over to htm, the Vanya only un dertaking to supply n Uttlo food In re turn nnd perhaps seed for the following year's crop, which will also belong to him. The rich man boards his grain year nfter year nnd in the year ot famine sells It out at nn exorbltnnt rate, while tho poor man and his family die. The people are kopt In perpetual poverty and In a year of famlno death Is inevitable unless govern ment relief comes. Famines will be of reg ular occurrence, concludes the writer, un less some moans are found to curb tho ra pacity of theso remorseless speculators, For some tlmo tho Austrian newspapers havo been full of reports of Russian In trigues In tho nalkans, and a few days ago tho Pester Lloyd of Vienna, In 'an article which had nil the outward signs of official Inspiration, rntlmntcd pietty plainly that tho government of tho czar wns not acting In good faith. This Iiub, provoke! a reply from tho Vledomnstl of St. Petersburg, which doclares that all charges of Russian Intrlguo nro baseless. The tone of this ar tlclo also suggests that It derived Its In spiration from olficlal sources. The Vie domoatl does not deny that a certain amount of activity may have been .mani fested by known Russian ageutH, but ns serts that theso gentry nctcd upon their own responsibility, without nny directions or approval from central authority. If Is remembered that an explanation very sim ilar to this was volunteered beforo the out break of the last Husso-Turkish war, whan tho. 'activity of Russian agents excited sus picion. Rcrorts from Vlennn snv that thoro is n general feeling thero that Russia Is acting upon tho conviction thnt Austria Is eo weakened by national nnd religious dis tensions that she would not venture, single handed, to enter Into open conflict with Russia, even In defense of her Balkan Inter ests, whlle.lt Is most Itnprobablo that, In BUeh nn emergency, she could count upon much practical assistance from her asso ciates In the triple alliance, How Truile Miiy He Kxpiinded. indlnnnpolla News, Tho fortunes of war have compelled! ua to a political expansion. This fact brings In Its train nn nddltlonal Impulse of com mercial expansion, We cannot force our goods on Europe, nut we can effectually open Europe to our goods by regulating properly our tarlfff We enn make conces sions. We can offer opportunities In ox change for opportunities. And once wo do that, European governments cannot pre vail against us; powerful ns they nre, they nro not moro powerful than all the people whom thoy govern. There Is no sentiment In business, and an accommodating tariff on our part would tend to draw from Eu rope Its trade nnd compel European gov ernments to ubato hostile action toward ua. ceipt that calls for bak ing powder use " Royal." It will make the food of finer flavor, more di . gestible and wholesome. roi.iTHWi, nniF-r. The recent rovolutlon In nntlonal affairs leaves Governor Odcll's presidential boom stranded on the rocks. Notwithstanding the heal of tho local campaign, Now York papers neglect to nfk tho lord high mogul of Wantage: "Where did you get It?" Tho tax Now York counties aro sched uled to pay Into the state treasury for 1001 foots up $6,824,306. Last year the amount wns $10,704,153. Tom Johnson of Cleveland has ndded nn expert stntlstlclnn to his political machine. Coin Hnrvey's school seems to be without n friend to do It honor. Former Governor Jim Clnrko of Arkan sas nsptres to succeed Senator Jim Jones, the quadrennial prophet, but Jones assures hit friends that ho Is In the senatorial business for life. George O. Vest of Missouri becamo n United States senator from that stato In March, 1879, and at tho exptratlon of his present term In 1903 he will havo served twenty-four years consecutively. Tho North Amerlcnn devotes half n col umn to nn editorial rhnracter sketch of Philadelphia's mayor and sums up Its con elusion In this picturesque sentence: "His honor, the mayor, Is nn ass." Tho total assessment of Cook county, In cluding the city of Chicago, Is $363,070,934. Of this sum $340,000,000 is city property, To tho two amounts tho State Board of Equalization will add tho valuation of rail road property. Including franchises. Paterson, N. J., tho breeding place of anarchy, has a bunch of nldermen who nre quick to grab a good thing. On tho occa sion of President McKlnley's death thoy drnped tho city hall nt an expense of twice what n contractor offered to do tho Job. Whllo tho democrats of Massachusetts are considering, or rather discussing, the po litical claims ot Jostah Qulncy and Gamaliel Bradford for tho nomination for governor this year, the prohibitionists of Massachusetts havo put In tho field a com plcto Btato ticket. Tho governor of North Carolina notifies "whom It may concern" that petitions for pnrdons must bo printed in lending news papers In tho locality whero tho offender lived or whero tho crime was committed. Tho usual practlco Is to publish such no tices In an obscure corner of an obscure shcot. Tho Texas legislature has disregarded the proposal that tho govornor shall submit nt another session tho demands embraces tn tho last democratic state platform and not passed upon nt the regular session. Tho bill apportioning Texas Into sixteen congressional districts, Instead of thlrtoen as at present, passed the legislature. Four of tho districts may bo republican, not in cluding tho Beaumont district, which is rapidly filling up with Pennsylvania and Ohio oil men. DRCMXK OF IMIIVinUAMTT. Vlnlhle KfTecln of lie Urn of Concen tration, O. B. Marden In Success. One of the worst features of tho concen trated life of modern times Is the loss of Individuality and personal characteristics. Wo do not find In our national life, at the present day, tho striking, strong individual ity of enrly history. Tho hewing, polishing processes ot modern civilization seem to grind nway all of tho sharp corners of In dividuality, and everything tends to uasumo a conventlonnl form. People seem to bo run In the nana mold, A strong, striking character Is a rare thing In theso days, The Individual Is lost In tho mass. Cities grind away and eraso Independence. Unfortunately, there is many a man who seems tq bo content to be ono of tho crowd, and not a leader of tho crowd. With somo notablo exceptions, newspapers lack Individuality. Their opinions aro Im personal, and the editors aro lost. Few people know who writes the editorials or the leading articles. Tho days of Dana and Greeley nnd Bowles seem to have gone forever. Nobody tn particular Is responsi ble for any opinion or policy. Everything Is referred to the stockholders. Not only do the editors lose their individuality, but so also does everyone who Is connected with each paper. Concentration In large cities In largely In designing our clothing for gentlemen we . mnko such garments as 'gentlemen mny wenr nvoirting the freak fads of fashion. Our new stock of Kail Suits just from our New York factory invite the attention of those who want GOOD CLOTHES properly made. Our prices will be found to be as satisfac tory as the garments. Jfovimnf-l-5-(2 Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. S. Wilcox, Manager. In every re responslhlo for this. The dlttcmln' n of knowledge through newspapers and 'h multiplication of books, magazine and brarlcs has ndded very materially to this unfortunate loss, Tho strength of ni tlon lies In the stalwart Individuality of lit citizen. When thM Is lot, elvlliatlon b cornea Insipid nnd powerless. l.INCS TO A I.Al'OII. Chlcngo Tribune: Horua (strugcllnf auttior) Nnggus, I'm under many obliga tions to you tor calling my Inst book "'hot It's netting splendidly. Nnggus (literary editor) Great Jupiter Was It printed "hot?" I wrote It "rot." Phllndelphln Tress: Dr. Dosem Troubled with sleeplcKsness, eh? Is your troublo of long Ntnmllng? l'ntlent Yes. and of long walking. Th baby's hnd colic every ulgnt for the past three months. Catholic Stnr.dnrd: "He's a. homeopath, Un't he?" "Not nltogether." "Hut he always prescribed homeopathic dopes," "Yes, but hla fees nre nllopnthlc." Judge: "How's your new book coming along?" "Oh, 1 haven't begun It yot." Wlmt's tho mntter?" "I am busy supplying publishers with press notices explaining how 1 camn to think of Its title." Wnshlngton Stnr: "One of them miners brousht in a iiUKiret nn hlir ns nniatn." exclnlmed Rronco Hot). "cf. slri" chimed In Three-Finger Snm; "nn nlmost ns vnlunhle." ...nt.M.ft v iiiuiiiuiL-. , tic law im nufll? thtmr of a ccntiprrl" nnld Pitt to Venn, urn uo juu mean f 'Vp1I. Itmha n f Ihn low nr nr miimx. ous." Hrooklvn Encle: Menilnwhrnntr fat thu thenter)-I should think Mrs. Kinks would object to her husband looking nt the ac tresses so much through his opera glnss. Hempstead Oh, but he la foxy enough when ho puts the glass on one of them to alwnys cxclnlm, "The homely thing." Chicago Tribune: "In this countrv. I supposo, tho Idenl condition tn politics Is inm ine omen anouiu aeon tne man. "I don't know about thnt. utrnnrrnr v havo offices thnt go begging, but we don't iinnK mucu or em. Baltimore American: "Whnt did vnu OnH on thnt vessel which washed ashore thin morning?" asked tho Cannibal King of his chief. Only a ahlnwrecked. shoemaker nnil & case of sherry, aire." . .-Tin ..! .1.,.. ,rl.. . , ..t -en. mute. maivo mo a pnrry cobbler for dinner. I have often heard of such n delicacy." They're After II Ira. Cleveland IMaln Dealer. They're nfter Schley, 1 don't know why, Thoy Bcem to think they'll do him: They've got It In For poor old Win. They roast, and boll, anil atew him. Whcno'er they can ' They stnb the man, And somehow don t get weary. To mako It torse They nro much worse A foo than old Ccrvery! LINKS TO A CHILD. Itobert Hums Wilson In Century. Dear little fnce, With nlncld brow nnd clear. UDllftnd eves. And prattling UpH thnt speak no evil thing, Ana uimpiing nmuea, irec or mir-necming Ilea. Unschooled to npe the drenry world's pre tense! Sweet Imnger of cloudless Innoccnc! Tho tenderegt nowcr or nature's fashion ing. A dewy roso nmldst the wilderness. Amiust tnn desert a cienr welling spring So Is thy undlssembllng loveliness, uear nine nicei Dear little hand' ffntL, au'iinf It In .t fmil ncnlnaf vtv mwm The touch of this soft palm, which never Tho taint ot soul-destroying gold hath Here nuturo's seali of truBtfulneas Is pressed. Even ns her loving touch the Illy blessed ( i , i, H,ninin.a . . -i . - ........ na . ,(, niumii-cn ,,u(lljvt rii urn ni.J The golden llnmo upon the daffodil, tmi ncaven cienr urin upon ins violet, Mny her best gifts be for thy clasping still, ueur Jllliu iinuui Dcnr little hoart, That never harbored nnv 111 Intnnt. That knows no bitterness, nor doubt, nor enre, , But only young life's nestling wonder ment, And strnngc, now Joys, nmldst thy Incom- pioie, Unfledged'emotlons and affections sweet! vciiea, oy mo unuvca years, thy field, but there The sowing for thy harvest hath begun, "i"n nmn ,T-i,. mil, U1HV mO despair Rico from that ground betwixt thee and th ' Dear little heart! Correct Styles t