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mi LEEON CUBA
HOLDS AMERICA MADE MISTAKE
IN LETTING ISLAND GO
NEVER WAS BETTER GOVERNED
Lee Praises MeKlnley for Acting
Where Cleveland Temporized and
Places Blame for Maine Disaster on
Weyler's Young Officers.
NEW YORK General Fllzhugh I.ee
addressed members of the Fatria club
Friday on "The United States and
Cuba." lie said la part:
"Cuba was never so well governed
by Spain as It Is today. Congress
wearied of the wars In Cuba and pars
ed resolution recognizing the. right of
belligerency of the revolutionists.
Then came the war. I want to say
that I reported to President Clevelanl
the e.ai t condition of affairs that ex
isted there. I reported the ietellion.
wlt'i all its brutalities; and horrorK,
and told hlni It would continue fo
several generations if not brought to
a speedy end.
-Mr. Cleveland gave no attention to
ray report and it was not until that
great man now sleeping his U.st bleep
la Canton. .. -took charge of affair
la Washington that these atrocious
condition. i won brought to an end.
"Cuba Is well worthy of the atten
tion of the American people. It is
the richest spot on Cod's green earth.
No country ever rivaled Cuba in Its
products. It has been wailing for half
a century for American energy and en
terprise. If we had not sacrificed wis
dom for sentiment we would own Cu
ba today. When we did have Cuba
we should have held on to It, but some
t the people wanted to show the
world that they were acting for hu
manity's Fake and not for the posses
bion of territory.
' Trior to the war with Spain, when
1 was consul general in Cuba, there
were repeated attempts to assassinate
me. Wherever I went I had to sit
with my back to the wall and a hand
on my six-shooter. I r?celved tweuty
and thirty letters a day In which 1
was threatened with all manner of
deaths. Some threatenel to waylay
and strangle me, others to string me
up to the nearest lamp post, and still
others to tie me to a horse's tail and
drag me around the streets in Havana.
Five Spanish women called at my
ofhee one afternoon and handed me
letters from some Spanish officers In
which they threatened to come to my
oClce. tie me hand and foot, put me
aboard the Maine and drive me out
of the harbor. I received reports that
evea the Cubans wanted to kill me
because war with the United States
would thus surely result.
"While hese reports were current,
a man rime into my office with the
purpose, a I thought, of killing me.
He moved toward me Inch by Inch,
aud ji:vt as he came within reach i
had him covered with m: revolver.
I asked hitn what he wanted and to
my surprise ne said in English:
"I have just come from General Go
mez's camp, suffering from a wtuind
in the thigh. 1 want to leave Cuba.
I want to go back to the United
States.'
"I asked him where he came from
and he said, in the drawllest kind of
a way: 'From Kansas.' That man
was General Frederick R. Funston.
So you Bee I had much to do with
the later capture of Aguinallo."
BLOW AIMED AT AMERICA.
New German Tariff Especially
De-
signed to Affect Trade.
BERLIN During the debate on the
third reading of the tariff bill in the
reicbstag Monday it was evident from
many speeches delivered members of
the majority that the bill is aimed
chiefly at the United States. This
was clear even when the United
States was not named, for it was un
derstood that the term "abroad" re
ferred to America. Dr. Pasche, na
tional liberal, made a pointed refer
ence to the United States which most
of the newspapers failed to print.
These remarks were:
"We expect that the government
will undertake a thorough going revi
sion of all treaties containing the most
favored national advantages. We
have absolutely no occasion to con
cede any such thing to such nations
as are glad to take what we give oth
er countries without making us any
concession in return. The United
States having introduced the limitation
of the most favored nation clause, we
have every reason to act In precisely
the same manner."
BEEF TRUST CASE REVIVED.
Arguments Are Renewed Before Judge
Grosscup in U. S. Court
CHICAGO The noted "beef trust"
case was again revived Tuesday in ar
guments before Judge Grosscup in the
United States circuit court.
In the demurrer which was filed in
August the packers asserted that the
bill for an injunction was "multifar
ious" and did not refer to any offense
constituting a violation of the United
States statutes with sufficient particu
larity. John S. Miller representing the
packers, declared that the bill did not
allege any restraint of Interstate or
foreign commerce and that the ship
ment of commodities by the packers
to their agents In any state did not
constitute Interstate commerce.
The acts of the packers, he said,
were in furtherance of trade rather
than In testralnL
CASH FOR CATTLK.
It Is Voted by the Lower Hun 49
Congress.
WASHINGTON. Tb bouse on
Monday parsed the senate bill for A
union rallw.iy station In this city, to
cost 94,000,000. The station Is to be
situated north of the present site of
the Iialtlmore & Ohio depot at Dela
ware and Massachusetts avenues, and
in front of it Is to be a large plaza
park.
The Pennsylvania is to remove Its
tracks from the .Mall and reach the
site of the proposed station through
a tunnel to run bteween the eapftol
and library buildings. The govern
ment Is to pay the Pennsylvania rail
road J I,500.oo0, and the Baltimore tc
Ohio 1300,000, In addition to provid
ing for the plaza park.
The hous-j also pated an urgency
dellctency bill, which carried among
other Items in appropriation of $.100,
100 for eradicating the loot and mouth
disease in New Kngland. A bill was
passed to provide for the allotment
In severalty of the lands of the New
York Indians. The bill provides that
jrior to allotment the claims of the
Ogden Land company should be de
cided in the courts, and if found good
thould be uurcbased for the benefit
of the Indians for a sum not exceed
ing 1200,000.
The senate on Monday discussed the
militia bill and also the omnibus state
hood bill.
After agreeing to the house resolu
tion for an adjournment from Decem
ber 20 to January .1. Mr. Proctor (Vt.)
called up the militia bill. An amend
ment by Mr. Pettus (Ala.), striking
rr-n the bill section 24, naving par
ticular reference to the reserve force
of trained nien, provoked some dis
cussion, Mr. Pettus raising the point
if enacted would be an infringement
of the constitutional authority of the
states, and put the custody of the
militia into the hands cf the general
government.
The bill was iam asioe ior me unnu- i
hu statehood bill. Senator Dillingham I
(Vt.), who 's opposed to the bill, oc
cupying the remainder of the session
in rehearing the testimony tak-n by
the subcommittee on its tour of in
vestigation. Mr. Bate (Tenn.) submitted a report
of the minority on the omnibus state
hood bill, which was read. It favor
f d the omnibus bill.
A message from the president was
laid before the senate, recommending
the payment of indemnity to the heirs
of certain Italians killed In the south
ern states.
Consideration of the statehood bill
was resumed. Mr. Quay (Pa.) said
that as the senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Nelson) had "suddenly and tu
multously" withdrawn the substi
tute It was his desire to know it
Mr. Nelson intended to re-report the
same. Replying. Mr. Nelson said that
it was his purpose to re-report, but
could not say at this time when he
would do so.
DIRECTORS TO TAKE UP STRIKE.
Burt and Harriman Confer and Meet
ing of the Board is Called.
NEW YORK President Horace G.
Burt of the Union Pacific railway, whe
last Saturday had a three hours con
ference with Union Pacific strike lead
ers in Omaha, reached this city Mon
day and had a long talk with E. H.
Harriman. who is the real head of that
railroad as well as the actual beati of
the Southern Pacific. Mr. Burt brought
with him the ultimatum of the Union
Pacific strikers as given by. John Mc
Neil, president of the Boiler Makers'
union, and other strike leaders. It
was stated at Mr. Harriman s office
that the whole matter of the Union
Pacific strike would be thoroughly dis
cussed by the directors of the Union
Pacific before an answer would be
given to the demands of tbe strikers
A special meeting of the directors ha
been called for this purpose.
SONS OF PATRIOTIC SIRES.
Plan is Proposed for Americanizing
Foreigners
NEW YORK The second fall meet
ing of the general board of managers
and executive committee of the Na
tional Society. Sons of the American
Revolution, was held here Tuesday.
Edwin Warfleld of Baltimore, presi
dent general, occupied the chair, and
beside him sat Governor Franklin
Murphy of New Jersey, former presi
dent general. Herman Knapp of Iowa
was among the state presidents in at
tendance. A plan of campaign was marked out
for the use -of the educational com
mittee. to which the National Society
at its recent congress entrusted the
direction of a movement looking tc
the Americanizing of the forelgnert
being landed here. It was reported
that the bill, urged by the society
favoring the erection of a memorial
at the tomb of the martyrs on Long
Island, had become a law.
Choctaw Indians Moving.
ARDMORE, I. T. The emigration
of hundreds of Choctaw Indians resid
ing in Mississippi to Indian Territory
has commenced. Many families
reached this city Friday to appear be
fore the Dawes commission for en-
roll men t- . Under the law these In
dians must reside In the Indian coun
try for a certain period and prove
they are Choctaw Indians before they
are entitled to allotment, . '
The protocol of the commercial
treaty between the United States aad
Cuba bas been signed.
NEBRASKA
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I8TTER TEACHERS NEEDED
The) Forthcoming Report of Superin
tendent Fowler,
la his forthcoming report Superin
tendent of Instruction Fowler has
much to say in regard to the quallfl
cations of teachers and teachers' sal
aries. He states that the time has
com when boards of education In
cities and Tillages should require of
teachers employed that they be either
normal school, university or college
graduates or holders of professional
state certificates. Teachers with
these qualifications, the report will
say, can be secured if they are paid
salaries- commensurate with such
training. As an example of this, Mr.
Fowler refers to the large number of
teachers who responded to the call
for teachers In the Philippines. Only
1,000 were needed, but 5,000 applied.
The report will say further that all
teachers in the grades should possess
at least three years' high school educa
tion and one year's normal school
training.
The state superintendent recom
mends that after September, 1907, no
person be allowed to teach in the
rural schools who does not possess as
the minimum qualification a thorough
knowledge of the common branches,
such as would admit to the average
school, and also one year's drill in a
teachers' training class.
Judgment to Be Enforced
BEATRICE James Walling, a dep
uty United States marshal of Omaha
Was here and served papers upon the
mayor and city council to compel
them to make a levy for the payment
of the Flashburg judgment. This is
one of the judgments secured against
the city upon paving bonds where the
districts defaulted in their payment
and the city was sued. This partic
ular judgment is for $4,408, together
with interest and costs, which amount
to about $5,000 at this time. The coun
cil having refused payment, a writ of
mandamus was asked, and the federal
court now serves the officers with a
peremptory writ, commanding them
to make a levy to provide for the
payment of judgment, interest and
costs.
VALUE OF SCHOOL LANDS.
What Commissioner Follmer's Report
Will Show.
The report of Land Commissioner
Follmer will show that the schools
of the state will ultimately have more
than $11,000,000 of interest bearing
values contributing to their support.
At present the total interest bearing
values belonging to the fund is $9,-
746,451.25. More than half of this
amount, $5,439,228.25, is In securities
of the state, counties and the recently
purchased bonds of Massachusetts
The remainder is made up of the sale
contracts and lease contracts, bearing
interest. Besides this income the
fund witl have the rental of school
lands, which under the present law
cannot be alienated. The table giv
lng these statistics is the first of the
kind ever compiled. It is as follows:
Permanent common school se
curities
.53,072.223.79
Cash on hand
131.30
Total $3,072,355.09
Permanent enlverslty securities! 101,(M).'7
Cash on hand 643.03
Total I 101.694.02
Agricultural college securities.! 224.692.14
Cash balance 674.51
Tfttal S 225.366.63
Normal endowment securities. S 59.000.00
Cash balance - 812.49-
Total 59.812.49
Total orfiiofltinnnl iipeuritles in
permanent school fund $5,459,228.25
Vnlno of Hale contracts Z.2o7,2o.ll
Value of lease contracts 2,029.948.39
Total Interest bearing values. $9,746,451.73
THE SOLDIERS' HOME.
Commandant Cole of Grand Island
Makes Report.
Commandant Cole of the soldiers'
home in Grand Island has completed
his biennial report and recommends
quite number of necessary improve
ments owing largely to the increased
number of members cared for at the
institution.
The report shows an increase in
membership in the biennium of twenty-one
per cent over that of two years
previous. On November 30, 1900,
thers were, according to the records of
the institution, 342 members. There
were on November 30, 1902, 415 mem
bers, of whom 313 were men and 102
women. Among the recommendations
are $4,000 for a new brick building
for the quartermaster and commis
sary's supplies. This would give room
in the basement of the main building
for another ward for members. An
appropriation of $7,500 is also recom
mended for better fire protection in
and about the home grounds, includ
ing a better piping of the building
and a pipe leading to the cottages
and barns, resetting the boilers, the
erection of a small building for laun
dry purposes and enlarging the en
gine rooms and improvements) on the
sewerage system.
Horse is Recovered
SEWARD L. C. Johnston, whose
horse and buggy were stolen the night
the Elkhorn safe was dismantled, has
recovered the same. They were found
a few miles west of Crete. The
horse had been unhitched from the
buggy and the harness thrown In the
rig, which had been turned over on
its side inhe road. The bridle, whip
and robe were missing.
The faster a man Is the slower he is
about paying his debts.
IN GENERAL i
MIMMmHniMMMM
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Y . aad Mrs. Jobman of Gage roun
ty last week celebrated their golden
wedding.
Nebraska. City has of late bee a sby
on water and private wells have beea
resorted to.
Train Dispatcher Lv E, Caaa of Mc
Cook died suddenly Id Salt Lake,
whither he had gone for his health,
K - Hook, a farmer living; near
Glenci , had his arm caught in tbe
cogs- of a corn shelter and. sustained
serious Injuries-.
Carl Sonderegger of the German
nurseries in Beatrice will ship one
million black locust trees to be used
for forest purposes in Texas.
John Mawr, living near Elmwood.
was badly injured by becoming caught
In the tumbling rod of a corn shelling
outfit. He may lose his life.
Tbe Fremont and Blair high schools
will debate the question, "Resolved,
That labor unions are an injury to the
public." Fremont will have the choice
of sides.
Miss Gertrude Enlow, a teacher in
ths public schools of Beatrice, had her
face and hands badly burned during
school hours by the explosion of a
coal tsove.
Fourteen head of cattle, the proper
ty of N. Ong of Edgar, were run down
and killed by a B. & M. freight train
The los3 was adjusted, the appraised
value of the cattle being $470.70.
John Thompson, who lived two
miles southwest of Blair, was run
over bv a train and killed. He was
on his way home from Blair. Thomp
ton wa.- about 45 years old and single.
Orders were received in Nebraska
City to get things ready in the starch
works so as to start that monster
plant as soon as possible. This fac
tory belongs to the trust and has been
closeu: since early last spring.
Nebraska turkeys are evidently in
great demand in Chicago, a promi
nent newspaper of that city havin
instructed its representatives in Om
aha to get bids to supply 1,000 of the
birds for that paper's Christmas work
The jury in the district court at
Grand Tsland in the case of Jamieson
against the Burlington railroad re
turned a verdict in favor of the plain
tiff of $1,220. Jamieson was a brake
man and received injuries on the
road.
Thomas Barr, aged 85 years, and
Mrs. William Cooper, aged 82 years,
brother and sister, died at their homes
within an hour of each other. Mr,
Barr lived near Dunreath, Mrs. Cooper
at Resoner. The double funeral took
place at Dunreath.
Plaintiffs in libel suits against news
papers have not been prospering late
ly. Half a dozen such suits for dam
ages, ranging from $10,000 to $25,000,
have been decided adversely, and the
plaintiffs have been assessed heavily
for costs.
Mayor Barfing of Nebraska City has
taken action to prevent minors from
frequenting the billiard halls and slot
machines of the city. He issued or
ders to the police to notify the pro
prietors of these establishments that
they must not admit minors.
Unearned , wages may be legally as
signed according to a decision of the
appellate court of Cook county, Illi
nois, handed down by Judge Adams
This holding is contrary to the deci
sions that have heretofore been given
by the circuit and superior courts.
The Greeley County Sunday school
convention was held at Greeley De
cember 6 and 7.. Alt sessions of the
conventions were- very well attended.
Prof. H. M. Stiedley, field secretary of
the State Sunday School association,
took a very active part in: all ses
sions.
The sugar beet season just closed
has been very satisfactory in that part
of Nebraska about McCook. Over
600 carloads have been shipped to
Grand Island from MeCook alone The
yield per- aere under fair circum
stances has been from fifteen to twen
ty ton.,, and as high as $5.25 per ton
has been received by farmers-
There is yet a great deal of corn
in the fields in Johnson county. The
conditions of tbe weather have re
tarded the gathering of the grain.
The farmers are paying 3 cents per
bushel and board for bands and the
average man this year can gather
from eighty to one hundred bushels
per day when the fields are dry.
A. M. Hargis, proprietor of the
Grand Island Business college, has
purchased the Security bank building
for $14,000 and will in 'the future oc
cupy the greater part of the building
for the college. I is a stone front,
erected in 1899, at a cost of about
$50,000. It was recently owned by the
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
company.
.Willard Williams of Ashland, who
was at the Mead hotel for a few days,
was surprised the other evening, while
seated at the desk, by his sons, Her
bert and , Albert, whom he had not
seen or heard from for fifteen and
twenty years respectively. The boys,
or rather men, are located in Cuba,
N. Y., and are prosperous and well-to-do
residents of -that town.
Washington dispatch: The follow
ing pensions have been granted: Ne
braska James Phillips Cook, Ponca,
$10; Lewis A. Ganson. Lodgepole, $17;
George W. Babcock, Ericson, $10;
John Shay, Hastings, $8; Robert D.
Robinson, Omaha, $14; John M. Car;
ter, Waterloo, $8; Carrie B. Slothow-
er, PapilHon, $8; Elizabeth S. Trussler,
Phrttsmouth. $12; Margaret A. Brass,
Juniata, $3. .
TARIFF WILL STANU
REPUBLICANS HAVE NO IDEA OF
REVISING IT.
Appointment of a Commission, If
This la Doe. Will Result in Noth
ing Scheme of the Party in Power
Is to Fool ths People.
The statement which comes from
Washington that tbe President Is op
posed - to any attempt to revise the
tariff before the next presidential
election Is strongly supported by the
known fact that he is in favor of the
creation of a commission to recom
mend chances in tbe tariff from
time to time.
Everyone who is familiar with the
history of such commissions knows
that they never have accomplished
the ostensible purpose of their crea
tion.
That fact is well known to the
President and to all other politicians
of respectable intelligence. They
know, therefore, that the only effect
of creating a commission would be to
provide congress with an excuse for
omitting to take up the tariff ques
tlon.
Not improbably Mr. Roosevelt Is in
favor of smothering the tariff question
iu congress because it would mar bis
own and his party's political pros
pects to take up the subject and fail
to do anything through disagreement
between the two houses or otherwise
But he has never given the country
any reason to believe that he is in
favor of any downward revision of
the tariff. He never has uttered an
unequivocal approval of the views ex
pressed by Mr. McKinley in his last
speech.
So far from that, he has manifested
a disposition to join the Grosvenors
and Dalzells in construing all the
meaning out of that last speech in
advocacy of a more liberal commer
cial policy.
There is reason also to doubt
whether Mr. Roosevelt means much
by bis advocacy of additional anti
tiust legislation. If he really meant
much he would be at least as strenu
ously in favor of depriving the trusts
of their tariff shelter as he Is in favor
of tariff concessions to Cuba. But
he is opposed to disturbing the tariff
even to that extent.
It Is now intimated that the house
will promptly pass a bill amending
the Sherman anti-trust law on the
lines indicated by Mr. Knox in hfs
Pittsburg speech, but that the senate
will put it to sleep in a committee
which will take good care not to wake
VP-
This seems to be the program. The
public is to be fooled, if possible, by
the creation of a tariff commission,
and congress will do nothing out of
pretended deference to that powerless
body.
Then the public is to be entertained
by a lot of meaningless bluster about
amending the anti-trust law.
In this way the party of the tmsts
will go into tbe next presidential cam
paign without offending the monopo
lies, while the people will be made to
believe that it is opposed to trusts of
the bad sort and in favor of the tariff
revision when the commission gets
ready to report.
Will the people be made to believe
those things? Possibly not. There are
evidences that there will be mucn
kicking over the party traces in the
middle West if this program is car
ried out.
Regulation of the Trusts.
Mr. Roosevelt's idea is to put the
screws upon the trusts by proceedings
under existing laws, and to
strengthen the law where it may be
found necessary by additional legis
lation. But this, while eminently de
sirable, is a slow and long prooess.
There is a shorter way to secure pro
tection for the public against present
extortion in the matter of prices, and
this is to remove at once the tariff
duties on articles controlled by trusts.
This would put a stop to the robbery
of the people, and meanwhile the
President could go ahead with his
plan of regulation and publicity.
Doing Better Without Subsidy.
John Dalzell asserted with no little
daring at the Union League banquet
last Saturday night that the merchant
marine of foreign nations has been
built up by "subsidization." One of
the nations that has made the- great
est progress in ocean transportation
In this age is Norway, without a dol
lar of government subsidy or support
of any kind. Among the maritime
nations, on the other hand, that have
made the least progress are France
and Italy, with the most subsidy.
Three-fourths of an the ocean trans
portation is done by tramp ships, to
whose owners government subsidy is
unknown. Philadelphia. Record.
The Inquiry Should Be Searching.
The probability is that there is a
skeleton in every closet into which
the coal combine is likely to look.
This being so, it cannot open too
many doors or inquire too curiouy as
to what may be behind them. The
public Interest will be served in the
fullest sense by bringing them to
light, to the end that wrongs may be
corrected, abuses reformed, the laws
enforced, new laws enacted If neces
sary and the consumer given such
protection as he is entitled to claim
against everything in tbe shape of
conspiracy in restraint of trade.
The Farmer "Pays the Freight
Grain exports for ten months are
$81,000,000 smaller than last year;
provisions and live stock have fallen
off $33,000,000. But manufactured
goods were sold abroad in quantities
greater than last year. The sorry
joke is that the farmer gets the same
prices for home aid foreign sales.
while the manufacturer "extends his
market" by charging American farm
ers and other consumers 50 per cent
more than the export price with the
aid of the beneficent tariff.
Tariff! tea Welcome a Commission.
The fact that the tariff Is a "local
issue" with those enjoying Its favors
Is again being demonstrated, together
with the fact that co Republican is
willing to sacrifice one cent of protec
tion to the Interests of his own see-
tlon for the ' oeflt of the country at
large; Every tariff thief In' fb com
try and every juggler' In protection
false pretense welcomes the commis
sion Idea. It will at once appease the
Republican protectants against Ding
lcylsm and extend the- time of the
protected buccaneers who are piling
up loot by hundreds of millions- at
the expense of the great public.
Looking for Greater Profits.
Our esteemed friends of Massachu
setts are making a- not f ght for free
hides. We wish them all success, for
the duty on bides Is absurd. But we
wonder whether our friends would
consent to free boots aad shoes, free
woolen and cotton goods, or to the
serious reduction Id the duties on any
of the products wbk-h they manufac
ture. To leave these other duties as
they stand now and to remove the
duty ou hides would be to give .so
much more protect lou to the Indus
trie's using hides as raw materials.
The" President's Position.
According to an administration
Journal the president' "will not lend
himself to tbe scheme for attacking
fbe trusts through the tariff." As that
was perclsely the "scheme" which ho
hinted at during the1 recent campaign,
we must conclude that Senator Aid
rich and the other protectionist doc
tors have succeeded in driving the
virus of free trade out of his excel
lency's system. It remains to be seen
however, whether congress has been
similarly cleansed of the infection.
Will Not Avail Much Longer.
Mr. (Irosvenor and ho represents a
large Republican element in congress
says that when revision comes it
must come by the Republican party,
But repeating this familiar statement
and putting off (he fulfillment of the.
promise is going to result very soon
ir passing the work of revision over
to the Democratic party. The idea
that the work must be done by Repub
licans but that Republicans must not
do the work has bad its run and will
not serve much longer.
Before and After Election.
A month before election tno little
great men of Congress were clinging
frantically to the President's ant!
trust policy as the life preserver,
was saving the Republican party. Now
seme of them are going back to Wash
iugton with all manner of objections
to the President's plans. A states
man who refuses to take the same
view of public opinion after election
that he recognized while a candidate
In not worth listening to.
Mr. Babcock's Cowardly Tactics.
Mr. Babcock is again to the front
with his declaration for tariff revls
ion. But Mr. Babcock Is no longer
taken seriously. In the last session.
when he could have forced his free
list remedy for trusts, he abjectly
passed under the party yoke. He has
the habit of subsiding when tbe bat
tle surrounds and of coming forth to
howl when all Is peace.
Reform a Vital Necessity.
Tariff reform must be made a part
of the Republican program. If It is
not, then the faith upon which recent
Republican success was founded will
vanish and the Republican party will
transfer the opportunity to its politi
cal enemies. Tariff reform is a vital
issue with tbe people and it must be
made so with any party which hopes
for permanent success.
Allison's Attitude Changed.
Uncle William Allison states that
the tariff is, as Gen. Hancock once
said, something of a local Issue." This
is interesting as Indicating uncle
William's change of attitude as he
waxes in years. If recollection be
not at fault he was one of those
whose deep haw-haw resounded tbe
loudest when Gen. Hancock advanced
that theory some twenty years ago.
Judge Jackson Outdone.
We fear for the health of tbat ven
erable injunctionist, Judge Jackson
of West Virginia, when he learns that
a brother jurist in New Jersey has is
sued an injunction against a corpora
tion at the petition of a labor union.
Ai bis time of life shocks such as
this are likely to prove serious to the
venerable Jackson.
Phrases Mean Nothing.
When the Republican leaders dis
cuss tariff revision they elaborate
fine phrases which on analysis are
found to mean nothing. Mr. Roose
velt sets the pace in no such public
question, but conforms to the opinions
of those he thinks can do him the
most good in the next Republican con
vention. May. Be Needed Agaim.
Secretary Shaw will do well to
sleep in his clothes with a gripsack
full of currency beside the bed. The
Napoleons of finance are 'hitting 'er
up" again in Wall street and there is
likely to be another loud and peremp
tory howl for the secretary's aid at
any hour of the day or night.
Never Ready to Let Ga.
The beneficiaries of bouvty are
never willing to give up their advan
tage. They may be depended on to
find a plea against any proposed re
form that would modify their opor
tunltfes to plunder the masses of their
countrymen.
Marked Fish to Assist Science.
Scarcity of fish in the North sea is
causing alarm In Europe. Several va
rieties of fish are said to be leaving
the overfished zone near the land, and
fishermen are obliged to look for them
elsewhere. So serious a phase has the
matter assumed that government in
vestigation has already been started,
and the Royal Biological Institute -in
Helgoland has set itself to discover
where the fish have gone. A number
of fish have been caught and marked
with the sign "H.02" on small alumin
ium disks, which are fastened to a
ring passed through the back, above
the tall fin. The fish have been re
turned to the sea and the institute has
asked all fishing stations of the North
sea to let it know when and where
fish so marked have been caught. A
reward will be given for Information.
Plaice and sole are the two species of
fish most seriously threatened with
cemmereb ' extinction.
NOT A SERIOUS' DRAWBACK
Terence's Love Stlll strong) Desplta
Loee of Toothy
Bridget was engaged : to -be- marrlel
to a young plumber, Terence Dolai
by name, and when, two weeks be
fore the day set for the "wedding, shl
fell down tho cellar stairs; she wai
in the depths of woe.
"I've broke out one &' mjs front
teeth," ahe walled 1 to- her mistress
"and my teeth has been my best beau
ty, ma'am! Manny's th? time" Tlr
ence has had me show 'era to bit
friends, and remarked how fine they
were! Oh, whatH : I do?-' Whafll :
do?"
"Tell Terence aM about 16'when he
comes to night, and I'm fciire hoTl saj
he's only glad you were not' more se
verely Injured." said her' mistress;
but Bridget shook her-bead and re
fused to b comforted.'
" 'Twould bo better for' me If I'd
broke some o' my bones," she said,
r.loomlly, "and maybo all of 'em."
That evening, after Terence had
eomo aud gone, Bridget appeared be
fore her inUttrcHK, tho gloom gone, and
her face set in a broad ninlle
"I towld lilm nil about it." sho said,
gaily, "and lie nays to ine. 'What's a
tooth more or N-mi wheu It comes tc
eookln'?' be says, careless like, and
paused on to CuMHldy'M wake as II
'twas no matter ut all!" Youth'!
Companion.
MR. CANNON'S QUICK - COUNT
Illinois Statesman 8aw No Reason for
Tedious Delay.
Last winter Speaker Henderson
called Mr. Cannon to the ehalr on one
occasion when a vote was to be taken
on an amendment, the rejection of
which was a foregone conclusion. It
was one of those amendments to an
appropriation bill which was made
merely as a record, as the member
who moved It had no idea that It
would be pasHed. About six votes
were in its favor and the balance of
those to be cast were ugalnxt It. Mr.
Cannon began count lng. tho long fore
finger of his right band shaking over
the House as bo waB telling them off.
"One two three four live "
bo counted, when the tedlousness of
the process seerr.'-d to Hash over him
as ho looked over the House and saw
nearly every one on his feet.
"Oh, b , a hundred." be ex
claimed to the clerk, who was watch
ing him In order to take down the
number.
Every one who witnessed the qujck
method of arriving at the vote en
joyed It hugely. It answered every
purpose and no one offered the least
objection to It. Washington Star.
Six-Tenths Drunk.
"Tbe testimony of a policeman In
the police court the other day caused
quite a bit of laughter," a member of
the bar said to a couple of friends
yesterday afternoon.
"A man was on trial for violating
the temperance clause of the vagran
cy law, which means tnai ne was
charged with being an Imbltual
drunkard.
"'How drunk was this man when
you arrested him?' the prosecuting
attorney asked the officer when ho
was called on to testify against the
man with the appetite for firewater.
"'About six-tenths drunk, 1 guess,'
the bluecoat replied.
"'How did you arrive at that con
clusion?' be was asked.
"'Well, I heard the judge say the
other day that ten drinks would make
a man drunk, and this roan had taken
about six drinks before I arrested
him,' the guaralan of the peace an
swered in all seriousness." Wash
ington Star.
The Lord's Intermediary.
Along with the snug little fortune
that Deacon Jones bad accumulated
as the leading grocer of . Goosevllle
Cove, him bump of self-esteem, which
was originally fairly large, had in
creased proportionately, until, as the
richest man in tbe Cove,- he felt him
self entitled to considerable deference
its patron saint, in fact. When one
day good old Parson A b beck went to ,
him for a subscription .to home mis
sions which he-got he- remarked:
Deacon, I r cannot help -noticing that
your fellow -citizens seem to hold you
In high esteem."
"Wa-al, yls," replied, the Deacon,.
complacently; "guess that's 'bout so.
Tbe Covers do look up to me, Parson,
that's a fact; and I well, I look, us
to God!"
Wouldn't! Work.
In bis lecture, "Love, Courtship and1
Marriage," dellvored. In tbe Lebanon
Valley College chapel a few years ago.
Rev. John Dewjtt, Miller of Philadel
phia said that men should kiss- their
wives as they, dirt when they wear a
year or two married. When the lec
ture was over an old man went home,
put bis arm around bis wife's neck
and kissed bar.
Meeting the-lecturer some time after
he said, "It's n go."
"What isn't?" said the lecturer.
"Vel," said: the. man, "ven I kissed
my vif she said. 'Vat's gone wrong
mit you, ye oult fool, ye?"' Topeka.
Herald.
Antiseptic Shaving.
The antiseptic shaving saloon Is the
latest achievement In hygienic scl-.
ence. me- victim is seated in an,
enameled1 tren chair, with his neck
and shoulders enveloped in a rubber
pad that has been dipped in an antN
septic solution. Previously tbe razors
soap-dish, and brush have been ster
11 1 zed by half an hour's hard boiling
Nothing is allowed to touch the face
that ban not. been either sterilized) or
disinfected antlseptically. Even tbe
finger-tips of the operator are dipped
la a solution. Taps are turned by tbe.
foot, and the drawers where towels
are kept are microbe-proof.
To Market on St i its.
An Interesting and picturesque ous
lorn in Southwestern France is that
A going to market on stilts. Groups
l young men and women mounted oa
ligh stilts may be seen daily erczzlzz
e marshy plains know as 7ta
(Andes." "The Landes" are est tc?
into sssU ditches, reels cad t?-
cscs, tsd ttUi are, la epzzZvxtzz.
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