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0 THE OMAHA DAILY HEEs SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1902. The -omaha Daily Bee. E. HOSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SirHSCRirTION. rally Br (without Sunday), On Year.M 90 l'any be and tiunday, Una Year 4 00 Illustrated bee, one Year I kUnnay Bee, Una Year tM Saturday Bee, Una Year iW Twentieth Century Farmer, Une Year. LM - DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Tall Be (without Sunday), per copy.. 2c Ually Be (without Bunuay), per w.a..Uc Ially Be (including Sunday), per week. lie Bunaay Bee, per copy to i-venlng Bee iwlthout Sunday), per wack.luc tvenlng Be (Including Sunuayj, per week 15c Complaints of irregularities In delivery Should be addressed to OUT Clreulatlou ItepartraenL OFFICES. Omaha The Be Building. Bouth umahu-l'lty Han sliding, Twin-ty-nith and M streets. Council Blurts lt Pearl Street. Chicago liHv Unity Building. Jew fork Temple Court Washington 6i fourteenth Street. CORRESPONUENCJB. Communication relating to new and editorial matter should be addressed; Lima h a Bee, Editorial Uepartmeou BUBiMEMM LKTlk-Kd. Bunlr.esa letter and remittance should b addressed: 'lb Be Jfuultsbtng Com pany, omana. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, expresa or postal order, payaui to 'lh Be publishing Company. Oniy it-cent stamp accepted In payment ft nail account, iornonal checks, except on tmha or eaatero exchange, not accepted. 'lttu BEni t-liBLlimi.NO CUMl'A.SX. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btat or JSabraska, DougUk County, si I Ueorg B 'Isacbuck, secretary of laa Be Pubilsning Company, being duly sworn. eys that the actual number ut full anu complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening ana Sunday Bm primed uurUig lb mouth vf April, Vtol. was as tollows 1 80,0 4 14 u,50O 17 itu.oao U 2U.540 U 2D.0B0 lo.... ati.uno tl VV.fibO 2 KV.OIH) 23 310,000 m u,4ao 26.; 20,400 28 80,500 ... ,..Z9,OS 28 JW.860 29 80,580 K. S0,020 X 2V.U30 ' . Ztt.SSW 4 XU.OIO I XU,MH 7... vv.nm itu,wto ju.vio 10 21M0O U 29,5 lt U X0.4TO U au.mo U au,ao 16... 2,4tH Total 88,94B Less unsold and raturnsd copies... 10,107 Net total tale SlTU,83tJ Nat dally averaga SO.IUT UEORQH) B, TZJJCHUCK. Cabscribed in my preeenoe and sworn to betor Utia vta oay or. April, ja. j. lixns. (BaL) a HUNOATB, Notary fubll. After all the corn belt Is the cham pionship belt most worth having:. It baa been demonstrated In Omaha that the way to bring the tax rate down Is to bring the assessment up. . Whatever happens to the garbage con tract, the city must take some measures to enforce sanitary disposal of refuso knd waste. Again the end of the Boer war la In slitht. It will be regarded as ended. however, only after the pact Is duly Signed, sealed and delivered. ' President Loubet has drunk to the health of the csar, but no one in France baa gaffe Into hysterics over this portent pf subjection of republic to empire. - A convention of Indiana republicans jcame to a choice for congressional nom inee on the 1,012th ballot Up to the hour of going to press that stands as the 1002 record. While our Grand Army guests are ex Pressing appreciation of their warm welcome it Is to be hoped they will con strue the welcome Into an Invitation to tome to Omaha again. Any other people within the domain pf the British empire contemplating a coup at arms Is respectfully requested to hold the belligerent disposition In check until after the coronation festivi ties. We spurn the suggestion that the com mencement exercises of the Omaha High school this year be transformed into a debate on the subject: Does modern education provide any place for the shirt waist? Now that the smallpox contagion has been almost eradicated, our amiable lo cal contemporary Is beginning a cam. palgn for vaccination. That Is strictly In accord with the eternal fitness of things. For sale cheap a few straight tips from the supreme court Just as good as rew. Reason for selling owner no longer has use for them since police commission decision. Apply at office of Omaha Fakery. "No backward step" Is the slogan raised for the bourbonlaod element of pur local democracy. And for fear of taking a backward step, no forward step will be ventured either, and democracy will remain Immovable on the same old back number spot lit turns out that the lawyers have drawn out of the Fair estate merely the modest sum of about $2,000,000. If the will contest could only have been kept In the courts a few years longer the lawyers might have absorbed the whole I17.OUO.000 at Issue. A bill is to be pushed In the Cuban Parliament to extend full pardon to all Americans in prlsou or awaiting trial on criminal charges. Cuba would evidently like ta be relieved of the expense of maintaining prison Inmates left as a legacy to the republic. If the people of Martinique are look lng for a safe place to settle in with assurance that thrift and energy will produce profitable results, they may find a good opening here In Nebraska with guaranty of Immunity from disturbance by volcano thrown In gratis. Tammany Is said to be splitting apart If It will only spilt wide open and show up the entire inside workings of the tiger some exposures might be counted on that would overshadow the dls closures of the official investigations as Mount Pelee' overshadows a skyrocket A ytOLKCTEi) QCKSTWB. Congress continues to neglect the ques tion of reforming the consular service and It appears to be understood that the bills for this puriose which hare been Introduced are shelved for this session. In this congress Ignores the request of all the principal commercial bodies In the country and. disregards the Judg ment of nearly everybody who has made a study of the consular service and un derstands Its requirements. It Is not contended by anybody that the service Is not now, on the whole, more efficient aud useful to the country than ever be fore, but it is urged that such being the case offers a most auspicious oppor tunity for Inaugurating reforms that will insure permanent efficiency, retain ing in the service those whose record and proven ability give them claim to retention and entirely divorcing the service from politics. There Is uo question that the United States consular service now compares favorably with that of any other coun try, but there can be no certainty that It will remain so if It Is left open, as at present, for the exploitation of poll-, tlclans. A change of administration at Washington three years hence might bring about a demoralization of the con sular service by replacing most of those In the service with men wholly unac quainted with Its duties. This Is what the advocates of reform seek to prevent and It Is most desirable in the interest of our growing foreign commerce that It should be prevented. The repub lican party has repeatedly declared In favor of reforming the consular service and it should not delay making good Its Implied promise to do this. C Ay A OA. AS A CUSTOMER. Notwithstanding the fact that the Canadian tariff discriminates In favor of British merchandise to the extent of 83 1-3 per cent the trade of the United States with the Dominion steadily grows. The Canadians uo not reel espe cially friendly toward this country and her statesmen are constantly deploring the fact that we maintain our tariff on the products of Canada and appear In disposed to enter Into a, reciprocity agreement with that country by which Us agricultural products could have free access to the American market. Yet when it comes to the question of busi ness the Canadians prefer American goods to British, the obvious reason be ing that they are better and as cheap or cheaper. This is a condition which quite natur ally treta the Canadian politicians and It Is said that the ministry views with ill-concealed dismay the growth of ex ports from the United States to the Dominion. The question of Increasing the tariff on American products Is still being more or less discussed and has some earnest advocates, but It is doubt ful If popular sentiment would support the government In such a policy, which would compel the people to pay more for what is Imported from the United States, or buy British goods which they do not want The situation presents a some what perplexing dilemma for Canadian statesmen, who can expect no change In the trade relations with this country nntll they have a more equitable prop osition to submit than haa yet been made. TAX COMMISSION b BO VCD DO BIS DVTT. Tax Commissioner Fleming has asked the city attorney whether he shall as sess the railroad terminals, right-of-way and depots In Omaha for city purposes at the ratio of other property or take the state board's valuation for next year as the basis of assessment Commis sioner Fleming pointedly asks whether the provision of the city charter requir ing the assessment of these terminals and depot grounds on the mileage basis fixed by the state board Is constitutional. The answer depends upon the con struction of the constitution relative to taxation. The constitution requires every person or corporation to pay a tax In proportion to the value of his, her or Its property and franchises. In other words, the constitution contemplates the assessment of all the property of indi viduals and corporations on the same basis of valuation for the same specific purpose. The State Board of Equaliza tion has assessed the railroad terminals and depots as railroad mileage on the basis of about 8 per cent of the value of the whole line and at about one fourth of 1 per cent of the value of the properties located within the city of Omaha. The tax commissioner has assessed all other property within the city of Omaha for municipal purposes at 40 per cent of their actual value. Hence, the assess ment of the railroad depots and term! nals at the mileage rate fixed by the state board would not be In accordance with the constitutional provision that each corporation and individual shall pay a tax In proportion to the value of his, her or its property and franchises. The proper course for the tax commis sioner to pursue is to assess the railroad terminals and improvements at the same ratio to their actual market value that he has assessed all the other classes of property for city taxation purposes. If the railroad companies decline to share with other classes of property owners their proportion of the municipal tax. let them appeal to the courts aud hare the question settled so that we may know where we are at. This, of course, applies also to the Union Pacific bridge assessment The attempt to repudiate the tax on the bridge, which has been levied separately for twenty-five years, should be resisted and fought out lu the courts. If the bridge Is part of the uiaiu Hue, theu the Union Pacific railroad must stop Its lm position of a special bridge toll of 25 cents per passenger and 5 ceuts per 100 pounds for freight over the bridge. The laws of Nebraska, as well as the laws of Iowa, prohibit a passenger charge of more than 3 cents per mile over any railroad within these states. If tu bridge is part of the railroad, the legal rate from Omaha to Council Bluffs la less than cents, according ia the tax measurements of the Union raclflc. which pays In Iowa at the rate of 100, 000 per mile for two and six-tenths miles rnd In Nebraska at the rate of fO.800 per mile for one-sixth of a mile. In Pottawattamie county the east half of the Union Pacific bridge Is assessed separately for ffU.OUO. In Omaha the Union Pacific Insists that it shaH be as sessed as psrt of its mileage for 11,633. n view of the fact that -Douglas county made a direct donation of $iV),000 to the bridge on which It has already paid over $500,000 in Interest, the assessment at $ l.e33 Is too rarik to be submitted to with equanimity. Let the tax commissioner do his duty by the railroad as by the other classes of property owners, and If the railroads see fit to Invoke the power of the courts to sustain them In tax shirking, let them do so. fHAHCtt-RVSiilAW TRIESDSB1P. With President Loubet the guest ol the czar of Russia and delegation of distinguished Frenchmen guests of ur government, France is occupying a prominent place In international at tention. The visit of Loubet to Russia and the enthusiastic popular reception that has been accorded him gives re newed assurance of the cordial friend ship between France and Russia and has a certain political significance, which Is well understood in Europe and which will be regarded with especial Interest in England. The alliance be tween Russia and France s not a merely perfunctory affair. It is a com pact of the strongest character and ono which promises to endure. When Great Britain and Japan made their alliance It was speedily developed how Intimate and complete is the understanding be tween Franco and Russia and the peo ple of both countries are now being reassured as to the heartiness and the cordiality of the agreement between those powers, widely apart as they are In their political institutions. That the alliance has an Important bearing on the peace of Europe and also upon conditions in the far east there Is no doubt It contemplates no ag gressive policy in Europe or elsewhere on the part of these powers, but it stands as a check to aggressive move ments on the part of other powers and In this serves the interests of peace both In Europe and the Orient. It Is therefore most desirable that the alli ance shall be maintained and of this the present assurances are as strong as possible. A double-track electric railway from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico is the latest colossal project in incubation. The enterprise is to be or ganized the first of next month and be fore long wo will doubtless have an In vitation to get in on the ground floor as stock subscribers at figures decidedly enticing. With the subsidence of the Texas oil fever and the collapse of bal loon navigation the electric trolley north and south air line ought to have the right-of-way. Omaha ought to make good headway this season In replacing remnants of worn out pavements of the earlier days with substantial materials. Last year valuable time was frittered away by neglect and carelessness on the part of interested property owners who failed to perform the required legal preliminaries. If the lessons learned in the past few years are heeded, there need be no hitches this time in proceeding with the paving work. Kansas democrats are willing to fuse with the populists provided the popu lists allow the democrats to take the head of the ticket and most of the re maining places of importance. That situation is likely to develop also with the Nebraska demo-pop allies. Fusion In Kansas and Nebraska is simply a game of spoils division. The women who constitute the city improvement society at the state capital have started the startling Inquiry whence came the appallingly numerous tin cans that disfigure vacant lota on the outskirts of the city. Omaha would like the benefit of the conclusion when It is reached. Reward of Hard back. Waahlna-ton Post. v.rhana the Beef trust will explain its English prices by making liberal us of th sympathy idea. England haa been having hard luck of lat. Superior Mean of Pliant. Kansas City Btar. t i. m that th birds all left th vi cinity of Mount Pelee just befor th erup tion. Thl doe not neceosartly prov that the birds know mor man me peopi. latter would have left, too, if they had possessed wings. Clack of th Coal Baroa. Chicago Chronlol. Tt n on bellev that th coal barons ar worrying over the situation. Tor every dollar they ar losing by th strtk they will exact two from the consumer wneo mey see fit to resum operation. In th mean time they ar turning an honest dollar by rigging" the stock market. A a Epoch la History. Baltlmor American. v...p did or will a flag com down with mor honor than th American flag whea It rrendered It plac yesterday to in Cuban banner. For It withdrawal was er . vniitinn. and a token of th greatest duty ever performed by one nation to an other la th history of the woria. Ixiulsvtlle Courier Journal. Thar. i a sentiment In aom Quarters In favor of a provlalon la the naval appropria tion bill for the promotion of warrant offi cers to commissioned rank. This senti ment 1 sound, and ought to b strong nougb to accomplish. Its object. Th pres ent snobbish regulation against such pro motions ar unworthy of a democracy. Spala' Beilrla taeea. Baltlmor American. Th moat pathetic figure of lb bour Is that of th quean regent of Spain. After a regency which has seen many troubles and not a few otorma. In which th co. lonlal Importance of Spain ha been wiped .h. i..v. th. thrnna ti the car of a boy when it la surrounded by dangers within and without, at a tun when th meat careful aad cprWA0d guide Is needed to handle th reins of government the has given sa example of motherly devotion which the whole world appreciates, but which has not been able to avert all cause for the motherly anxiety which must still follow the advent to power of the young king. Every Pled; Redeemed. Indianapolis Journal. Tes, the flag came down In Cuba, as was promised, but It "stayed put" until all the conditions promised the world had been fulfilled. It came down In Mexico some years ago, but on terms mads by the United States. To us th words of President Roosevelt, the flag will "stay put" until those who put It deem It best for the world and the American peopl to take It down. ' Penalty of Silver Rami. Springfield Republican. Every drop in the price of silver mean an Increase In the gold value of th big Indemnity that China must pay to the powers on account of the Boxer campaign. Th six of th debt has already Increased some $70,000,000 since the signing of th Pekln proootol because of the fall In th price of th white metal. China Is on a sliver basts, but the powers Insisted that the country should pay In gold. A Patriot Overlooked. Chicago Chronicle, We fall to discover tn th plan of policy mapped out by President Pal ma of Cuba any provision for th employment at th highest salary of that grand old patriot Maximo Gomes. Aa It is pretty well tin-' derstood, however, that Maximo received a comfortable sum from the United Btates government upon condition that ba would refrain from stirring up the "army of lib eration" to rebellion against th American provisional government, he will probably be able to live in moderate comfort until his services are desired by some other band of patriots striking for freedom. There will be quite a cold snap In Cuba when Maximo overlooks bis Unsocial Interests. Jaat Before the Crack at Deoa. Philadelphia Ledger. A singular phase of human nature Is shown by the private letters from Martinique written before the eruption, and now being published. It Is almost In conceivable bow people can look threaten ing death In the face and speak so calmly of it. Not all of the writers were resi dents of volcanic countries and familiar with their phenomena; many were visitors and it would be naturally expected that these, at least, would be badly frightened and anxious to get away from such a dangerous looking place, but they wrot as If, while contemplating the possibility of destruction, they did not believe It would come, and so remained, apparently, calm and unmoved by the volcano's dem onstrations until tbe final catastrophe overtook them. It almost seems as if th first effects of the coming eruption would paralyse the sensibilities of the people. BEEF STEERS AND POLITICS. Why Nebraska Pspallata Decline to Censure the Beef Trust. New York Commercial. That there is a real shortage of "beef cattle" at the sources of supply In the west Is getting dally demonstration as authentlo reports from th ranges and farms com forward. Aa long ago as last September and Octo ber th cattlemen realized that a scarcity of prima beef teer this spring was Inevi table on account of the heavy coat of win tering stock, due to the advance la the price of corn sod hay, and tbe far-sighted among them are now reaping their rewards. Only a few of Jhi cattlemen comparatively were able, hoWeer, to take advantage of th situation six month ago. Most of them were compelled to market their stock In the lata fall. Those with eapttal and those who could secure the co-operation of com mission men la getting money with which to winter their holdings ar the fortunat oner Beven centa a pound on the hoof for cattle means big profits to some of them. And, strangely enough, it is having an Influence on western politic. Out In th cattle country of Nebraska, for Instance, tbe voters were one almost solidly fu slonlsta that Is, antl-republlcan, anti railroads, antl-trust, anti-monopoly, anti money power, "antl" almoat every thing that had any substance of stability In It. But it 1 noted that at a meeting of the fusion state central committee last week soma democrats tn that body yearned to take a fall out of the "beef trust" In the shape of a denunciatory reso lution. But their popullet brethren cried "Nay, nay," and promptrf voted the proposition down. "With beef steers at T cent a pound on the hoof," they argued, "It Isn't safe, It Isn't politic, to make that particular 'trust' the target of any polit ical attacks." There are gleams of Intelligence, It thus appears, even la a Nebraska fuslonlst. He know a good "trust" from a bad on. THE BIO PISH AND THE LITTLE. How the Former Absorbs the Latter Wlthoat Pala. United State Investor. In our day we have heard many slighting remarks made against that genial show man, th lat P. T. Barnum, on account of hla statement that all men Ilk to ha bum- bugged. It haa always emed to ua that. Mr. Barnum was treated too severely. Of course no man like to tell himself specifically that he has been mads a fool of; but for all that, most of Us would prefer to bo mad fools of under certain circum stances than to act Ilk wise men. Most men arconflrmed optimists due no doubt In very large measure to good digestion and nothing la mor common than to bear a man say that be had rather he hopeful and b taken In, than to be forever enter taining suspicious views of things. This is no doubt an admirable trait in human nature, but It is far more calculated to create treasure In heaven for on than treasure oa earth. Most of us, w sus pect, wer mad for th purpo of being worked by people shrewder than ourselves. W ar profoundly convinced that th big fish ar created to eat th llttl fish. Mind appears to be guided by laws strikingly analogous to those which operat tn tbs domain of matter. The weaker was mads to glv plac to th stronger. In the financial and Industrial affairs of tba world It I obviously th purpos thst tbe many should exist for th enrichment of the few Th mass of men seem to have a dumb recognition of this fact When tbe aver ag man come to grief financially he takes It In very good part; it doe not occur to him to denounce th peopl who have brought him to ruin; It be can get on bia feet again he la pretty cure to court a similar experience. He prefer to bellev a rose-colored story which means bis uln, rather than put any credence in severe statementa which, if believed, would mean his salvation. It Is this trait tn human natur which makes It so easy for our "lord of finance" and our "captains of Industry" to impart so much bumor to tbe financial and Industrial situation. They have treated us to a good deal of It in th last few years, during their process of In jecttng several billion of "water" Into th capitalisation of American Industry, and they will no doubt treat us to aa much more when th time cornea tor them to undertake th task of squeezing out all this water. Bom on one said that there . Is nothing surs in tola world but death and taxes; but w should amend thl to read "death, Uaes aad undsrvrturs' (." OTHER I.AKDS THAN OVRS. la both the civil and military llf la Ger many a temperance campaign is said to be well under wsy. Tbe other day Count Douglas Introduced a revolutionary measure tn the lower house of tbe Prussian diet dealing with the drinking evil, the chief provisions of which are: No fusel oil will be permitted In alcoholic beverages. The ssle of alcohol will not be permitted before T o'clock la summer and I In winter. Alco hol is not to be served or sold to persons under 14, or to notorious drunkards, whose names will be supplied to publicans by the police. The government Is to arrange tor public lectures setting forth tba evils of Intemporance, its effect on the growth of crime, etc. Institutions tor the cur of drunkards ar to be raised at the public, coat, also Institutions for tbe car of those who have been ruined by drunken relative. This provision refer chiefly to children, la railway waiting rooms and similar place where people congregate tract against drunkenness ar to be posted on tbe walla, and finally school children are to be care fully instructed on th evil of Intemper ance. An order haa Just been issued by th hereditary Prince Bernbard of Saxe Meinlngen, commander of th Sixth army corps. According te a telegram which the Lokalanzalger of Berlin received from Wei mar, tbe chief points of tbe order are the following: "Alcohol and alcoholic drlnka are forbidden on marches and during exer cises of all kinds, and no alcohollo bever ages whatsoever may therefore be takun In field flasks, nor be sold to the men. Schnapps may b served to the men up to certain specified hour In the canteen, but only In glasses, and on no account In bot tles or other receptacles." Prince Bern hard doe not go so far as Count Hasler and a few other commanders, who have banished spirituous liquor altogether from the canteens, but further restrictions are expected., In spite of the guarded statements of the Italian Minister of foreign affair on th subject of Tripoli, It 1 an open secret In European chancellories that Italy ha been for several years making preparations with a view to occupy th North African state In question. It is now said that the occupation will only take place In case of on or two event. Tlx-, if French should turn the protectorate of Tunis Into annexa tion, or In the caee of material changes in tba Balkan. Diplomatic negotiations on the subject were begun by the Marquis Vis. conti Venosta, when minister of foreign affair. Italy, it ia said, has ascured the goodwill not only of the allied power, but also of Russia, while a special arrange ment exists on the subject with France, which will soon, It is anticipated, tak ac tion In Tunis. In spite of th assurancea of the St. Petersburg press that the recent outbreak In Helslngfors was trivial In Itself and quickly suppressed, trustworthy advices from the Finnish capital show that the whole population of the Grand Duchy still offers firm resistance to the nw army reg ulations, promulgated with the avowed ob ject, Russlflcatlon. Out of 857 recruits sum moned to the levy In Helslngfors April IS, only fifty-six reported. In the afternoon of that day the Cossacks charged the public In the Senate squar and the adjoining atreets, using their knouts Indiscriminately and knocking down everybody who could not escape. The chief sufferers were crip ples, old persons, and children. Bom of the more vigorous victims offered resist ance and a number on both sides wer wounded. The crowd declared that tbey would not disperse uqtll the military were ordered away. The burgomaster Anally suc ceeded! jn persuading General KalgorodoS to withdraw tbe Cossacks. At Vlborg also th attempt to enroll tba new recruits caused aom disorder and produced great I opular demonstrations against tbe new law. These demonstrations took place at a time whea th worklngman were engaged in their factories, and wer entirely free from any clement of rowdlness. Tbe people who took" part in them wer drawn almost ex clusively from among th better classes. Tbe crowd wer eventually dispersed by th police and th Coasacka, who behaved with th greatest brutality and atruck down old men and women and vn chil dren with their terrlbl whip. Tbe semi official account which appeared In th Fin nish Gaiette of the disorder at Helslng fors, and which was cabled to tbla country. Is declared to be a gross exaggeration. There can ba llttl doubt that it was intended to constitute a pretext and justi fication for measure of increased severity against that unfortunate nation. The united opposition to tbe army regulations has bseu bo far successful that tbe period for tbe enrollment of recruits haa been prolonged to tbe end of June. Further particulars have been received concerning the reorganization of the French Atlantic naval fore now In act of execu tion by M. de Laneaaan, minister of matin. Th decree of th minister provided for the union of the regular Atlantlo and Nova Scotia squadrons with the cruiser division of th northern squadron, thus forming an important naval fore of a very mobll and. active character, supported by the northern Ironclad squadron, and having Dakar, West Africa, and Fort de Franc. Martinique, as It basis of operations. Tba works at Daker are progressing rapidly, but th organiza tion of Fort de Franca a a point d appul has yst to be arranged. Tb decree estab lishes only one naval fore for tbe Atlantic, under the orders of a vie admiral and of rear admirals. In an address befor th East India as sociation tn London th other day our old friend. Sir Lepel Griffin, argued In favor of filling up Central Africa with East Indian Immigrants. Of all possible, or rather, probable, Immigrants Indiana, he main tained, wer the best, the most docile. In dustrious, loyal and civilized, while the vast and superfluous population of India, Increasing with a rapidity which was th despslr of statesmen and conomlsts, could upply any number of millions to fill up th vacant place of Africa. If it were possible to provide for th Immigration of a large number of sultabl British colonists to South Africa to settle on tbe land with thalr families thl would be th best solu tion of th problem of tb future develop ment of the country. But South Africa vii not and never bad been a favorite Held for British Immigration and there was no reason to believe that Intending lm migrants would in tb future prefer South Africa to Canada, th United Btates or Australia, whatever th inducement of fered by tbe government. British tmmt granta falling, there was no resson for th bom or local government to favor Immi gration from any of tbe European nations like Italy or Germany and even If such Im migration wer deslrsble It was very lm probabl that serious European colonists would choos South Africa for their bom of adoption. Effective whit Immigration being Impracticable, they had to consider wbst would take ila place, aud they must remember that what Africa wanted was population. For tb commercial and agri cultural development of South Africa th native black people wer useless, wbll th Chinaman wa not a desirable settler In Bouth Africa, though a certain number might be introduced with advantage for mining work under indenture. Tb only olutloa of th difficulty would seem to b tb abandonment of th fantastic dream of Bouth Africa aa a whit maa's land, which It was not. nsver had been aad never would be, aad for tbe colonial and ladlaa gov- Imparts that peculiar lightness, sweetness, and flavor noticed in the finest cake, short cake, biscuit, rolls, crusts, etc, which ex pert pastry cooks declare is unobtainable by the use of any other leavening agent Pure, healthful, highest in strength KOYAI BAKIHO POWDER CO ernmeats to prepare on an Imperial scale a scheme of stste-alded immigration of In dian settlers, artisan and agriculturists, with their wives and families. POLITICAL DH1PT. Tammany is not making a blooming suc cess of Its wireless leadership. Mr. Cleveland's purchase of an exclusive fishing privilege will help to screen th sensitive public from the possibility of see ing an ex-presldent sloshing arpund in his old clothes. The Atlanta Constitution warns the re- organizers of Massachusetts that tbe Dick Olney boom does not interest tbe south, where most of the democratic electoral vote are usually harvested. Two literary bureaua are working over time in behalf of rival candidate for the republican nomination for governor of Mich igan. As both aspirants are millionaires the rival bureaus are grinding, out vast quantities of tb hottest political stuff that ever fired tbe underbrush of the state. Soma newspaper man recently quoted Senator Hanna aa aaylng that he waa In sympathy with Salvation army work. This "news" soon reached the army in Wash ington, and at one a detachment appeared In front of the senator's residence there vigorously exhorting and giving thank for I tbe conversion of such a distinguished sinner. Cuba has started out entirely wrong. There Is little hope for it. The New York Tribune correspondent says that Mr. Bryan, who io In Havana In tb capacity of special correspondent, took the trouble to send an advance agent to arrange a little banquet In hla honor to be given a a spontaneous expression of Cuba'a delight In having oo distinguished a man in Its midst, but that not a blooming Cuban would have anything to do with th project. The great and only democratic leader of New York state, at whose beck and call thousands of the faithful rally, ia enjoying life hugely as an English country squire. A New York Herald dlspatoh from Wantage tells this soulful story: "I caw Mr. Croker this afternoon at Wantage. He was stroll ing about In the gardens of bis country place,. Manor Farm, with hla dogs at bis heels. Ia bis greatcoat, knickerbockers, leather leggings and tan-colored billycock hat, he ' looked tbe picture of a typical country gentleman, and, apparently, ha quite recovered from the til-health from which he was suffering when In New York, for his cheeks were as ruddy as if be had never known anything but a life of ease In the eountry. His eyes were aa bright aa if a score of years had fallen from htm. He talked to me with the greatest affa bility." HEROES AMONG THE! FLAMES. Surpassing- Example of Valor In th j Harbor of St. Pierre. Brooklyn Eagle. Captaia Freeman' own atory of his flight with Roddam through th cloud of fir which fell upon St. Plerr has reached New York at second band. The facts ar well enough authenticated to ahow that the feat will stand unique tn the history of he roic devotion, sen as th destruction of St. Pierre stands unique In th suddenness and completeness wltb which the city waa wiped out. Nothing like this wave of Cr which swept down upon th town in ad vance of the flood of lava, and which swept far out ever tb harbor, consuming ship ping as if it had been waste paper, haa been known la - the history of disasters. And Just as this . cloud of Or was un precedented in its fierceness snd th wide embrace of it sweeping arms, ao tbe odds against which this brav man brought bl hip and tbe five crippled men left to help work her, . "out from tb jaws of death, out from the mouth of bell," stands unprecedented In the annals of brave deeds. The honor roll of heroes Is too long for recital, but wher the danger and tbe brav ery of Captain Freeman may ha v been equaled many times, there was in his case a rising abov injuries which might well have proved fatal, a long anduranc of tor ture, an exercise of tht most acuta judg ment lq tba midst of mortal pain, a well as the sight of suffering which ha was powerless to relieve, which set his hero Ism apart in kind If not la degree from You're thinking of a new suit and of where to get it to the best advantage. If you'll accept our suggestion you'll buy it now and here. $8.50, $10, $12.50, $18, $20 and $25 your advantage quite as much as ours. These prices include all kinds of sum mer suits. No clothing fits like ours. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. S, Wilcox, Manager. 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK. that of other brave men who have glvea their live for their duty. The fight of Faul Jonca on Bonhomme Richard against Scrapie, stand in his tory as a model of valor in war against unexampled odds.. But that was war, and the enemy he faced were men like himself. The captain who brought Calliope out through the hurricane In Apia harbor, when American and German war ships went to pieces on th shor like cockle shells, showed a masterly courage and "'-111 la the face of danger, but captain ai-d men were allv and In possession of all tbelr faculties. Captain Freeman was so burned that Captain Cantrell. who brings the story from his own lips, describes his face a "looking like varnished - teak" wherever it could be seen. His ship bad only a llttl steam up and It steering gear had been crippled by the burning lava. It decks wer two feet deep with liquid ce ment, which burned every bit of wood It touched. Then this rudderless bulk almost ran Into the blazing Roralraa, which held another baptism of death Ilk that which had killed all of the officers and crew but six, and crippled all of them. But wltb thus crippled ship this burned and maimed captain steamed the forty-flv mile to St. Lucia. There had been forty-two of officers and crew when the cloud of fire cam down upon them. There were six living at St. Lucia and eighteen dead bodies and parts of bodies on the deck. Where and when and how the rest died no one will ever know ' exactly. They were swept up by the burn ing cloud like prairie stubble in a Are. From all th horrors of the disaster, al ready known and yet to come, the work of this captain and the remnants of hi crew will stand out crowned with a white light among the records of human courage and human endurance. LIVELY AM LIGHT. Washington Star: "I has noticed." said Uncle Kbcn. "dat whn a man turn up his nose, an' talks 'bout how much h "splses riches, he glnerally ain't got none." Detroit Free Press: "John, you must try to like Mary's beau." "But I don't like him." "Well, If she thinks we dislik him she'll marry him ure." Chicago Trlbun: "Of all th dangerou fools the worst ia the man who looks Into the barrel of a gun to see If It's loaded." "How can he be dangerous- He seldom bothers anybody after that except . th undertaker." Philadelphia Catholic Standard: "What's this small space on the map near your etate marked 'R. 1?" " inquired the for eigner. "That." replied the facetious New Yorker, "should he R. I. P.. but, the place la SO small there wa no room for the 'P.' " Washington Btar: "Dn you like poetryT" "Yes, Indeed," answered Mrs. Cumrox. "Prose nlwavs looks to me aa If they wer crowding their words together becsuse they were trying to economize on paper. Poetry look much lavlsher and elegant." Philadelphia Preas: "Mr. Youngstere." savs the ladv who reached the sere and yellow, but etrlved to retain her pristine youthfulnes, "Is a friend of my childhood." Now, I know very well that the fellow Is but 26 years old, yet why should I blurt' out to the shrinking damsel: "Ah, of your second childhood, then" Atlanta Constitution: "That ain't law," said the attorney to the Blllvllle Justice. "I know It." replied the Justice, "but It a Me: an" ef ever I hear of you appealing from my decision I'll settle with you per sonally. Bailiff, clear the court!" Philadelphia Press: "How about the plans for your new house: have they ben drawn up to suit you yet ?" "Well, no: but they ault my wife." "How many rooms Is It to have?" "I don't know. The architect's busy now trvlng to figure out how many rooms h can build around th twenty-four big closet my wife demands." A COQl'ETTE. Margaret Sangster. I am never In doubt of her goodness, I am always afrsld of her mood, I am never quit aura of her temper, For willfulness runs In her blood. She I sweet with th sweetness of spring time A tear and a amfla In an hour Yet I ask not release from hr slight! caprlc, My love with th face of a flower. Mv lov with the grace of a lily That sways on its slender fair stem, Mv lov with the bloom of the rosebud White pearls In my life's diadem! You may call her coquette If It please you. Enchanting. If shy, or If bold, Is my darling, my winsome we laasl. Whose birthdays ar three, when all told. and Here