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Notary Public.
The Siege of Port Arthur will be the
title of the war drama now on the
t boards.
It was about time for the lion. P.
Crowe to resurrect himself for another
bunch of free advertising.
The rules of the Rosebud game have
, been promulgated. Anyone who can
raise th ante can sit in for a thanco
at the lackpot.
Year by year the ranks of the veterans
of 3 SOI are becoming thinner. But the
nation's grateful recognition of their
patriotism will never diminish.
The weather man will have to be
kinder to the summer garden resorts
this year than he was last year if the
latter are to enjoy a successful season.
Note the superiority of The Bee's war
news service beside other, papers pub
lished In this city and state. Make the
comparison for yourself and be con
vinced. All things come to him who waits.
With several mammoth grain elevators
In sight Omaha should not have to wait
much longer for flouring mills, cereal
mills and tanneries. :
Every visitor from abroad remarks
upon the visible signs of growth In
Omaha and carries the tale back home
with him. This is the sort of advertis
ing that brings results.
If there is to be any more hair-splitting
over asphalt paving specifications would
It not be better for the Board of Public
Works to give the benefit of the doubt
to the taxpayers rather than to the con
tractors 1
Omaha's new fire engine has stood the
test and is pronounced a valuable addi
tion to our flre-flghtlng facilities. The
rush of the insurance underwriters,
however, to scale down fire rates is not
yet visible.
The blue and the gray are both
slowly but surely answering taps. No
custom could be more' beautiful than
that cf the survivors paying yearly
tribute to th' memory of those who
Lave gone before.'
Some of our democratic friends waat
to try it again this year with the only
democratic governor who ever occupied
the executive office since Nebraska at
tained to statehood. But where would
the populist allies come in?
ranaroa natives want an American to
be In .charge as' Tips d health officer In
the canal ports. The Panama people
must have heard of the sanitary revo
lution worked In Havana under direction
of American experts and be heeding the
Cuban objttt lesson.'
For .acrobatic agility in taking all ends
of the question, the tax agents of the
Nebraska railroads are entitled to the
prize, ' The only wonder is that tbey
do not get the value of their respective
roads down low enough that they rau
buy them in for themselves with their
pwn pin 4noney.
The Methodist giTjeral conference has
completed its quadrennial sexslon at
I os Angeles. The weather man out
there long ago guve up trying to mutch
the dally shower reception that tho
Methodists enjoyed while they were
Itolding their general conference in
Omaha twelve years ago.
Two njtwsHful chairmen of the re
publican nutlonul committee have died
within a few mouths Ilanna aud Quay
-two men of almost contradictory per
sonal characterises who yet achieved
political victory in much the same way".
It was not strange that they should
stive had such marked antipathy to
(at another.
lit MORI At DAT.
There are many more graves of union
soldiers to be decorated today than there
were a year ago. Thousands of the de
fenders of the union have within tht
past twelvemonth gone to their eternal
rest Rapidly the ranks of the veterans
are being reduced and we sorrowfully
realize that not many years hence all
will bare passed away, but the memory
of their deeds will remain and be for
ever cherished by a grateful people.
Time has not impaired the significance
cf Memorial day or weakened the senti
ment which It inspires. We think as
affectionately and as gratefully now as
ever of the patriotic men who gave
their lives for the preservation of tho
government and we hold in honor and
esteem the veterans who survived that
mighty struggle and are yet among
in. The sacrifices they made and tbt
'tardshlps and sufferings they endured
will never be forgotten.
The nation has never shown Ingrati
tude to its defenders. The American
people, more than any other, have al
ways honored the soldiers who upheld
the flag. They do so still and those who
have given their lives In a far distant
land to maintain the national authority
and the men who are faithfully per
forming their duty under a tropic sky
will share in the homage and respect
that arc today paid to the dead and the
living soldiers of the republic. Bo long
as our people cherish the memory of
the men who fought to preserve the
union and annually recall their heroic
fortitude and valorous deeds, the insti
tutions they battled to maintain will be
secure. So long as the example of their
great patriotism Is impressed upon our
people the republic will not lack de
fenders prepared to emulato that ex
ample. It has beeu urged that Memorial day
should not bo regarded as a mere holi
day for recreation. It has a higher
purposo and meaning. It ought to be
an inspiration to the worthiest senti
ments, particularly such as tend to
strengthen loyalty to the government,
patriotism and a right sense of our duty
as citizens of the greatest of republics.
H KB BASRA'S SEMI-CBNTK1TXIAL.
On May 25, 1854, congress passed the
bill providing a territorial government
for Nebraska, embracing all of what Is
now Kansas and Nebraska, rive days
after, on May 30, tho bill was signed
by President Tierce. Illstory records
that so far as Nebraska was concerned,
no excitement of any kind marked the
initiation of her territorial existence.
"The persons .who emigrated there
seemed to regard the pursuits of busi
ness as of more Interest than the dis
cussion of slavery." It was different
with Kansas, whose territory became at
once the battlefield of a fierce political
conflict between the advocates of slav
ery and the free soil men from tho
north who went there to visit the es
tablishment of that institution in the
territory. Thus the name of Kansas was
for some years synonymous with all
that Is lawless and anarchical.
The enactment of the Kansas-Nebraska
bill was an ejpoch-maklng event.
The controversy that preceded it pro
duced a division of the whig party in
the north and resulted in the creation
of the republican party. This legislation
inaugurated the conflict between slavery
and freedom .. which culminated In the
greatest war of modern times and es
tablished more firmly and securely the
foundations of the union. One of the
most interesting chapters of American
history Is that which tells of the at
tempt to force slavery upon Kansas ter
ritory and tho intrepid light against it
of the friends of freedom. It was a
struggle the far-reaching consequences
of which few men of that time could
foresee.
Today is the fiftieth anniversary of
the approval by President Pierce of the
Kansas-Nebraska bill and that most im
portant event will be celebrated through
out Nebraska on June 10, the Kansas
celebration taking place this week.
WCLtLLAN A POSSlBtLnr.
According to the New York cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Press,
there is a movement for Mayor George
B. McClellan which may assume large
proportions before the meeting of the
democratic national convention.' He
states that some of the shrewdest po
litical observers in New York are of the
opinion that McClellan will be heard of
at St. Louis, among these being sotoe
prominent republicans who were until
within the past two weeks convinced
that the democracy would make Judge
Tarker the candidate. "Whatever re
publican leaders may. say elsewhere,'
writes the Tress correspondent, "it is
well known here that while republican
politicians do not themselves express
the opinion that the nnme of George
B. McClellan will a second time head
a democratic presidential ticket, never
theless they do say that they now sus
pect that the commanding forces in the
democratic party not already committed
sincerely to any candidate are swiftly
concentrating, or at least thinking of
concentrating, upon George B. Mc
Clellan." .
There is nothing Incredible or Improb
able in this, in view of the fact that
Tammany Is unfriendly to Tarker,
while New York's mayor Is the creature
ol that political irpantzatlon. McClel
lan has been doing very well as the
chief executive of the metropolis. He
has shown considerable administrative
ability and an earnest disposition to
maintain good government. It appeors
that he Is fulfilling his ante-electlou
pledges, moreover, and what Is very
much In his favor, he has not incurred
the hostility of any democratic faction
and It Is thought that if his name should
be presented to the national convention
he would get support from both con
servatives and radicals. It Is presumed
that Mr. McClellan has been "regular,"
that he voted for the democratic ticket
in the lust two presidential campaigns.
It is plain, therefore, that New York's
mayor la to be regarded as a possible
presidential candidate and Indeed the
probability of his appearing at St Louis
as a "dark horse" Is very strong.
L I
AH IDLK TUUKAT,
According to the Lincoln Journal
there is serious talk at the state capltol
of the proposed summary removal of
llarry Reed, assessor of Douglas county,
by the State Board of Equalization,
which will convene during the first
week of July. Lancaster county off!
tlals who have returned from Omaha
with figures showing values that County
Assessor Reed Is said to have placed
upon the real estate and personal prop
city in Omaha claim that the valuation
placed upon real and personal property
by Mr. Reed is very much below the
market value and pressure is to be
brought upon the State Board of Equal
Izatlon to exercise Its power of removal
over assessors who prove to be derelict
In the discharge of their duty, as defined
by the revenue law.
This is either a bold bluff or an idle
threat County Assessor Reed is by ex
perience and training the best equipped
man In Omaha for the efficient discharge
of the duties devolving on blm. There
Is no other man in this city who is as
familiar with the value of real estate
in Douglas county, and certainly no man
enjoys the confidence of all the people
to a higher degree. He is conscientious
and fearless. He has moreover had the
benefit of the laborious and painstaking
work of the city tax commissioner and
two boards of review that have within
the past two years made a thorough
revision of Omaha real estate appraise
ments at their full market value. .
The complaint of Lincoln merchants,
who are said to be aggrieved over the
alleged under-valuatlon of the stocks of
merchandise In Omaha Jobbing houses
and department stores as compared with
the assessment of their stocks of mer
chandise hy the assessor of Lancaster
county may or may not be well founded.
In appraising these stocks of merchan
dise the county assessor is compelled to
take the sworn statements of their own
ers unless fraud or deception are palpa
ble. He cannot make an Inventory, or
check off the merchandise on the shelf,
or in the warehouses. If the returns
made by the Omaha Jobbers and depart
ment stores are incomplete, or false, Mr.
Reed would doubtless entertain any pro
test made by, taxpayers who claim to
possess knowledge or have Just grounds
for entering complaints.
Manifestly the Lincoln merchants who
threaten to institute proceedings against
Mr. Reed are putting the cart before the
horse. The appraisement of the county
assessor is by no. means final. If there
Is anything seriously wrong the Douglas
County Board of Equalization, which
will review the work of the county as
sessor after it is completed, will have a
right to correct it either by raising or
lowering the figures at which any piece
of real estate or personal property is
returned. The threat to depose Mr.
Reed affords good ground for the suspi
cion that it is not made In good faith,
but simply for home consumption, and
Its effect upon the assessor and county
board of Lancaster county.
Nobody in these parts will be Bur-
prised if the first big grain elevator Is
erected in Omaha on grounds adjacent
to the Burlington terminals. The Bur
lington has always managed to scent
big enterprises and projects and never
fails to be at the head of the procession
when it becomes satisfied that they will
prove a success. It beaded off the
Union Taclflc by building the first cred
itable railroad depot here and it headed
off all the other railroads by making
the first big subscription to the Trans
mlsslssippi exposition.
The Eourth of July is six weeks ahead
of us ytt but it Is not too early to pro
mulgate the rules that are to be enforced
by the police against the promiscuous
sale of dangerous explosives. Merchants
should not be allowed to fall back on
the excuse that they have loaded up
with cannon crackers and toy pistols in
the expectation ot unhampered trade,
nd that they would suffer loss and
hardship unless allowed to dispose ot
the goods to any willing victim. ,
A' elanco at the names on toe dele
gations selected to represent Douglas
county in the two democratic state con
ventions raises a doubt whether the
populist end of the former allied re
formers will be able to get anyone at
all to serve as delegates from this
county to their state convention.
An almost complete suspension of
press messages from Russian war cor
respondents is taken at St. Petersburg
to mean that Important movements are
pending. It may also mean that the
correspondents do not believe in paying
heavy telegraph tolls on news that will
not be welcome when it is received.
Ready for the Battle.
Philadelphia Press.
The coming presidential campaign will
be fought on two Issues the tariff and
Roosevelt. The republican party will gladly
accept the Cght on both.
No tt Will Hubby Treat t
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Oensral Federation of Women's Clubs
has gone on record in opposition to
This Is a magnificent compli
ment to the husbands the women now pos-
Slightly Mixed.
Philadelphia Record.
"Aggressiveness," says Mr. Bryan, "l a
quality that Is absolutely nececgary In a
democrat." Therefore the Nebraska man
Is opposed to Judge Parker. Mr. Bryan has
confused aesresslveness with loquacity.
Parker lias One Opinion.
New York Tribune.
Judging from the recent decision of the
New York court of appeals Judge Parker
has at least one opinion with which few
Americana will agree namely, that the
American flag may be used for advertising
purposes.
Party that Does Things-"
Kansas C'lty Journal.
Mr lib Ka V.H. n nortv." uvi Paul
1 Morton, "because It Is ths party thst stsnds
for ths material interests of the country
It is the party that has dona things." And
millions of other sensible men Ilka It for
the same reason. Their number Is consid
erably larger this year than ever before.
Surprise Well Put On.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Great surprise was caused the other day
by the report that some members of the
Canadian government had at one tlra
hearkened to the voice of the briber In con
nection with the grant of privileges to an
Insurance company. By the way, why
should there be great surprlne when a
Canadian does these things while Amer
icans accept them aa a matter of course?
An F.neoaraatns; Sign.
, Springfield Republican.
It Is an encouraging sign that so many of
the annual conventions of great religious
denominations are expressing themselves
strongly regarding the "consecutive polyg
amy" or rapid-fire divorce evfl. There Is
little use in denouncing venerable Mormon
apostles so long as dlvorces-whlle-you-wait
are a characteristic of our monogamous
Christian civilisation In America. One good
result of agitation must be a stiffening In
the courts. Judges in certain states will
not sanction the loose legal methods that
so often have become a public scandal if
they realize that publlo sentiment Is being
educated against them.
THE CAPTVRB OP K.I.1 CHOTJ.
Significance of the Storming- ot This
Fortress by the Japanese.
Chicago Tribune.
The Japanese have had another success.
They have stormed Kin Chou. The report
of their casualties Is not ret In. When It
comes it will probably show that the suc
cess was a bloody one.
The Japanese have made up their minds
to take Port Arthur. This capture would
give them great sentimental, political and
military satisfaction.
Sentimental satisfaction because they
tcok Port Arthur from the Chinese and im
mediately were tricked out of It by Russia.
Fundamentally the cause of the present
war was this Russian trick. Ever since
this achievement the thought of It has
festered In the Japanese minds. The Jap
regards the retaking of Port Arthur from
Russia almost as a sacred duty. The sold
iers Intrusted with the performance of that
duty are crusaders.
Political satisfaction because the fall of
Port Arthur would Immensely enhance the
prestige of Japan in the eyes, first of China,
then of Asia and finally of the world.
Military satisfaction because of the Rus
sian soldiers and weapons which would fall
with the citadel, and because of the sonce-
quent release of the Japanese army which
had been operating against It. This army
once released would Join the forces In cen
tral Manchuria operating against Kouro-
palkln. Besides, If the Japanese take Port
Arthur they could probably keep It, be
cause they can replenish It from the sea.
If they kept It after the war It would be
of Immense strategical use to their navy,
for it a safe and fortified harbor which
dominates the gulf of Chi LI.
What Is the likelihood of the Japanese
capture of Port Arthur, and how far has
the taking of Kin Chou contributed to that
endt Kin Chou was a strongly fortified
height thirty-two miles northeast of Port
Arthur. In Its own vicinity It dominates
the Llao Tung, peninsula from soa to sea.
If It were untaken no army could march
around It It had to be taken before the
armies now on the peninsula could come
near enough to Port Arthur to throw a
shell Into It even from their biggest guns.
If there had been good landing places be
tween Kin Chou and Port Arthur soldiers
misfit have been disembarked In the rear
of the outpost, but there were no particu
larly safe landing places.
While, therefore, the taking of Kin Chou
was an antecedent necessary to the prose
cution of the attach on Port Arthur, the
fall of Port Arthur need not follow the fall
of Kin Chou. Before the Japanese soldiers
now stretches out an expanse of rugged
terrane thirty-two miles long and from five
to twelve miles wide.. They will have to
fight their way over this ground before
their flag files over the fortress which they
covet.
The ground is well fortified, the defensive
positions strong, the area so limited that
the chances for maneuvering will be small.
It must be a case of soldiers and not of
generals.
The relative superiority of the Japanese
soldiers over the Russian soldiers appears
to be less than that of the Japanese gen
erals over the Russian generals. Bo when
the military proposition Is reduced to a
case merely of soldiers, the Japanese suffer
by the transmutation.
Port Arthur contains about 80,000 troops.
It must be well provisioned, for ample time
has been given since the outbreak of the
war to stock It with ammunition, food,
clothes and medicine. It may be set down
that Port Arthur will not be starved out
for nine months. Yet, If the Japanese wait
nine months Kouropatkin may be able to
assemble a large enough force to raise ths
siege. Or the Baltlo fleet might; come. The
Japs have reckoned they must take the
place by storm. The military logic of he
situation has compelled them te Mils ghastly
decision. Whether or not they succeed in
their assaults they will lose many thou
sands of their soldiers In their attempts.
Port Arthur is more strongly fortified
than was Plevna or Sevastopol. Modern
weapons are better defenders than those
of 1856 or 1877.
That japan can storm Port Arthur seems
doubtful, but during the three and one
half months of the present war the Japa
nese have continually exceeded the proph
ecies of those who based their estimates on
the accomplishments of past campaigns. If
the Japanese do take Port Arthur they
must be credited with the accomplishment
of one of the bravest and most soldierlike
feats in military history.
PERSONAL JIOTES.
A Wisconsin man JUBt previous to his sut
cldo threw about $4,000 of his money Into
the river. Wisconsin holds the palm for
the meanest man until new contestants ap
pear. An appropriation of $15,000 has been made
by the city council of Philadelphia to pay
the expenses of the trip of the Liberty bell
to the St. Louis exposition. The start will
be made on Friday, June 3.
Some of the newspapers are still discus
sing the resignation of Pension Commis
sioner Ware, although, according to his
family and himself, he has not resigned
and does not Intend to do so.
Henry Newitt, one of the guards at the
St. Louis exposition, "kept, tub" on the
questions asked him one day last week and
found when night come that he had re
ceived 1.37S requests for information.
Bugler Martin,' the sole surviving trooper
of Custer's Mountain Meadow massacre,
has opened a little fruit stand at the en
trance to Fort McHenry, Baltimore. He
was retired on January 7 last, having
served thirty years in I'ncle Sam's army.
. It is proposed to erect a fuonument at
Washington to the memory of the late Ma
jor Walter Reed, V. 8. A., whose labors
demonstrated that yellow fever Is trans
mitted by mosquitoes, and who died In
Cuba of the disease while conducting his
Investigation.
: The will of the late Prof. Maxwell Som
mervllle of Philadelphia disposes ot an es
tate of over $100,(100. Among other bequests
lib set a:art a sum of money the Interest
on which Is to be devoted to the giving of
a banquet annually to the members of the
grand Masonlo lodge of Pennsylvania and
the sitting and past officers of Vaioa ludge
No. m of Pbualslfbla.
BITS OP WASHINGTON UM,
Miner Scenes mm Incidents Sketch
on the Snot.
The Postofflce department la giving soma
attention to fake concerns operating prin
cipally In New York City, which Induce
gullible people to part with their money,
using the mails as a medium. The fakirs
are known as "home work" companies, and
the department proposes to Issue fraud
orders against them.
A typical case Is that of ths Majestlo
Lace company, located In New York. Until
a month ago It was run by Mrs. Ida Rus
sell, who represented that it would furnish
work for women to do at their homes, of
fered to supply materials free and indicated
that $15 a week could be made. Whoever
responded to the company's alluring offers
Immediately received an order for 150 worth
of lace medallions. It being explained, how
ever, that the work must be dpne on one of
the company's machines, which would cost
$2.
The Inspectors say that the machines so
sold did not cost more then X cents to
manufacture. It was found that in the
four months the Majestlo company wss In
existence outfits amounting to $2,500 were
sold and that less than $150 was paid out
for lace made on them. The price paid for
medallions was t cents each and the In
spectors ascertained that, working ten
hours a day, not more than thirty or forty
could be made by one person In a day, and
that out of 1,260 persons who were Induced
to purchase outfits less than a dosen sent
In enough work to reimburse them for ths
cost of the machines.
It was discovered that Mrs. Ida Russell
sold the business to E. F. Woodbury, who
was running it when It was Investigated by
the department A general Investigation
revealed a number of companies working
along the same lines as the Majestlo and
selling the same kind of lacs making out
fits. It was determined to Issue fraud
orders against them all.
The Investigation of the effect of cold
storage on the healthfulness of food, which
is to be undertaken by the Agricultural
department by direction of congress, will
probably prove of great value. The cold
storage men advocated the appropriation
for this purpose to meet the growing crit
icism of food preserved in that way. It
has grown to be a business of large pro
portions, and if there Is any danger con
nected with It the public cannot have the
information too Soon. On the other hand,
It food preserved In this way for an In
definite time is entirely safe that fact
should also be known. '
Dr. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chem
istry, who is to conduct the Inquiry, ex
presses regret that canned goods were not
included in the articles to be investigated,
because they become unpalatable if kept
a considerable length of time. There Is,
he says, even a limit for preserved goods.
The purpose will be to determine the length
of time different food products can be kept
in cold storage without deteriorating ma
terially in quality or producing ptomaines.
Many articles, such as green fruits and
meats are said to Improve up to a certain
time when placed In cold storage. In
other products the foods remain unchnnged
for a good while and then deteriorate.
Captain James E. McCracken of Wash
ington, more than 70 years old, has recov
ered from a broken back, throe fractured
ribs and other internal injuries without a
surgical operation, and his case Is the talk
of physicians. Captain McCracken simply
relied upon nature to repair the damage.
On account of his advanced age his recov
ery has attracted more than local atten
tion. Captain McCracken met with an accident
on February 15 while endeavoring to board
a street car. He was caught between two
cars and received Injuries so serious that
physicians who examined him believed they
would prove ' fatal. For many days after
his removal to the Emergency hospital Cap
tain McCracken's physicians held out no
hope for recovery.
Ills Injuries were sufficiently serious to
cause death In nine cases out of ten, and
the doctors Relieved the patient's advanced
age would count him with the majority.
For weeks his life hung by a thread and
the doctors were afraid to operate because
of Ms enfeebled condition.
Finally he gained in strength and then
it was decided to put off the operation
until such a time as he should grow worse.
The patient Improved so rapidly that he
was removed from the hospital to his home
about ten days ago.
Recently the doctors discovered that the
three fractured ribs had knitted together
and were as strong as ever. Further ex
amination dlscloved the fact that the back
had grown stronger where it was broken.
The decision of Secretary Shaw to have
the portrait of the late Senator Marcus
A. Hanna printed . on the Panama bonds
Is recognised as a fitting tribute to the
memory of a man who did such great
service in advocating the several meas
ures and the ratification of the treaty
which have made the canal possible. The
secretary stated that the plates for print
ing the bonds had been ordered, but It
was not expected that they would be
noeded soon, since additional legislation
Is necessary. The bonds are authorised.
but there are Important details yet to be
arranged regarding their interest-bearing
rate and their standing as securities in
relation to the consols.
Colonel Thomas W. Symons, superin
tendent of public buildings and grounds
In the IMstlct of Columbia, has adopted
a liberal policy with regard to throwing
open the publlo reservations of the city
for use as playgrounds. Heretofore the
numerous and beautiful parks have been
kept strictly for observation purposes,
Keep Off the Grass" signs being dis
played everywhere and the warning rig
Idly enforced. When Colonel Symons suc
ceeded Colonel Bingham he set about over
turning this custom. One of the first things
he did was to establish a number of play
grounds In publlo parks, whsre swings
were put up, sand hills provided and other
cheap and and Innocent forms of amuse
ment furnished.
The next step was to throw open part
of the White lot directly in the rear ot
the executive mansion. Two base ball
diamonds were marked out there this
spring, and are now used by clubs In the
local Church' league. The crowds that at
tend the games on the White lot exceed
those that gather to watch the games of
professional ball played here. Colonel
Symons the other day approved a request
for the use ot a portion of the Smithsonian
grounds for purposes of archery, and this
week he designated certain plots of ground
as available for quoit pitching. A more
pretentious publlo amusement feature Is
the new speedway which has just been
completed along the Fotomao river shore.
Commissioner of Pensions Ware antici
pates any possible exigencies of the com
ing political campaign by Issuing the fol
lowing circular, addressed to heads of
divisions In his bureau!
"The presidential campaign is pending
and much political activity la being felt;
Increasing demands are being made on
the bureau, and In a short time the dan
ger line will be reached. I wish each ot
the co-workers in this bureau to feel that
no concessions must be along the line of
pressure. As much work and as good
work should be done as possible so as to
overtake the accumulated business of the
office, but applications must be decided
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must not In any way be let down, and
cases are to be made special and given
precedeice over others only when they
come within the terms of the established
law."
DARK RECESSES OP NATIONS. .
Diplomatic Mysteries Not as Mys
terious as They Appear.
Vance Thompson In Success.
Every nation leads a double life. Even
our own honest republic is honeycombed
with dark recesses of policy and what is
rightly called statecraft. Our frank presi
dent Is supplemented by Mr. Hay, and, as
well, by John E. Wilkle, our chief of secret
service, who wears, quite properly, a dark
air of mystery as he goes about the world.
We have not Invented espionage, and I do
not know that we have perfected It, but
where other spies go our list-footed gen
tlemen go also, and there Is In Washington
a tolerably complete knowledge of the
doings In the underworld of International
politics. Brussels, however, is the capital
of International espionage, whether it be
political or diplomatic or military this by
reason of Its central position and the neu
trality of Belgium. The secret service of
France has always been singularly good.
as it has need to be. Of recent years, how
ever, the service has been badly dislo
cated. Both England and Germany have
outmaneuvered it time and again. A few
years ago a stranger in Paris might have
seen a whole city boiling with patriotism
and hissing an alien king In the. streets.
What Interest had the 'Parisians In crying
"A bas ie rol Uhlan!" as he of Spain
passed? None In the world. The German
embassy had, ' however, at that moment,
an Interest In creating a "dlplomatlo in
cident," and so it distributed money to the
servile press of Paris, loosed Its - many
agents In the streets, and the organised
"manifestation." This Is a single, slight
Illustration of the utility the morality Is
another question of a secret service which
has to do with more than smugglers and
coiners and such simple folks. One can
not live for many years in Europe and
study what are Ironically called "publlo
affairs" without cutting many of these dark
trails. International espionage Is a huge
and complicated system. That part which
has to do with politics is by far the most
Important. In France, at'all events, under
the popular tumult of many a v.-tsy elec
tion, ths wily work of England or Germany
has been discovered. Three years ago I
was told by one who was Informed that the
French government knew and was watch
ing the following foreign sgents 274 Ger
mans, eighteen Austiiana, seventy-one Ital
ians, eleven Spaniards, seventy Englishmen
and thirty-three Russians and Poles, with
a (air complement of Americano, "Dutch and
Swedes. Through so finely a reticulated a
network of observation hardly the smallest
minnow of fact can escape. Nothing takes
place in Europe, I believe, no statesman
takes snuff, no: king sneezes, but It Is
known within twenty-four hours to every
state.
MR. BRYAN ON IDEALS.
"Pull Cargo of Excellent Sentiments
for the Album.
New York Sun.
Colonel W. J. Bryan, the Nebraska
farmer, Journalist and sociologist, was in
Chicago last week. Aa an eminent visiting
sociologist ho had to speak a few thoughts
to tha Hull House Woman'i club. Ths
subject of his discourse was "The ValuCf
of Ideals." It contained some really touch
ing expressions, such as must have sweet
ened Its author's valedictory address at
Illinois college In 18R1. There may be honest
differences of opinion as to some of Mr.
Bryan's financial and economic theories,
but nobody can read his remarks about
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bettr man and laying In a full cargo of
excellent rentlments for the album and ths
commonplace book. For example:
"An Ideal that can be overtaken Is a
small Ideal."
"An ideal measures the difference be
tween success and failure, between a noble
life and a wasted existence."
"Everyone should have an ideal so high
as to keep one constantly looking up."
Political parties should cease to seek
base, practical,' Immediate ends.,. They
should strive for long distance success,
"for the highest Ideals rather than for
temporary victory at the polls;" and "It
is better that we should raise our ideal
than carry an election."
How long ought a party, the democratio
party, for Instance, wait for success? Hera
Is Mr. Bryan's high souled answer;
"Taking a period of twenty-five1 or fifty
years, the party with the highest Ideal
will dominate tho country."
In fifty years -Mr.. Bryan may be neither
tired out nor satiated by his manifold
duties as lecturer, orator, author, politi
cian and universal instructor, but his
language seems to show that by that time
he will be willing t resign the helm of
things and let the democratio party win.
A long time to wait, but how beautiful
Is the ideal!
BRIGHT AND BREEZY.
"It Is snld that a western school teacher
bpat a boy with a piece ot rubber hose be
cause he could not sing."
"And did he nlng?"
"No, he yelled.'' Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"This moist, muggy, sloppy weather,"
complained the sufferer, "Is awfully try
ing." "But It's good for the corn," soothingly
answered the chiropodist, proceeding to. re-'
lleve the sufferer of an unusually large one.
Chicago Tribune.
"I have Just read your last book of
poems," said the critical friend.
"That Is ungrammatlcal." said the soul
ful bard; "you should have said my latest
book of poems."
"I suppose It was wrong. But' I wss
merely trying to take a hopeful view of the
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MEMORIAL DAY.
Elisabeth H. Fenn In the Independent
"We nre coming, Father Abraham, ' three
hundred thousand more!"
A song that forty yeurs ago went up from
shore to shore;
And it would make n weak heart strong, or
strong heart weak to see
Tho hot that seemed to spring to life to
follow Liberty.
Husbands nnd fathers, brothers, sons
rushed through the household door:
"We are coming, Father Abraham, three
hundred thousand more."
America's grand hills and vales re-echoed
with the song; n
"We are coming, Father Abraham, three
hundred thousand strong!"
The hlllR and vales today are free, the land
and skies are fair,
But when we hear that old-time song no
echoes stir the air;
The gray haired, halting, feeble band have
lost that ringing tone. -
Now they are miLrching, one by one, for
ward to die rvlone.
Sometimes, In heaven, W may believe,
white tents of peace are spread,
nd comrades gathering there repeat their
old familiar trend;
Rehearse the mysteries of the times, when,
better than they knew,
Freedom emerged from Bin and Death; and.
In a grand review,
As their old comrades come in sight, the
old time ardor rings.
Saluting waiting Lincoln, the army one
more sings,
In tones of triumph that their soul had
never known before, nit
"We are coming. Father Abraham, three
hundred thousand more."
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