Nebraska Newspapers

    TUB OMAHA BAILT BEE : SATURDAY , JTTETE 5 , 1807.
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UN often IIH
The A. T. A. Is vindicated. Hy ilccrco
of the court lo bo called a member of
that organization Is an honor and not a
llbol.
If Vr'pyler should be recalled bo ou bl
In all fairness-to have the privilege of
takluK his typewriter with him back to
Spain.
It seems to bu definitely settled that
ono man may call another tin A. r. A.
without necessarily thereby Imputing to
him -moral turpitude.
Transvaal is to nave a revised con
stitution. It is unnecessary to note that
It is not lii'lng revised for the bunellt of
the .South African raiders.
Local coal magnates seem bent on
convincing their .small competitors of
the uncertainty of life by freezing them
but of this hard coaled world.
Illinois , though lying beyond the Mis
sissippi , has set a mark of liberality
toward the exposition which states on
tlm hither side of the river will do well
to emulate.
And still ilio/roiirontlons come. But
the more the merrier. The national con
vention that falls to meet In Omaha In
1808 will fall In large measure to Justify
the purpo.sj of ItH existence.
Tiie convention of the national Trav
elers' 1'rotecllve association will be cor
dially welcomed to Omaha In 18'JS. The
drummer boys may be assured of a
warm time , to which they will undoubt
edly contribute in their well known lib
eral style.
It la taken for granted that the re
freshments provided at the approaching
Krocers' picnic will not be confined to
the commodities sold In the shops of
the participants , but will be of a na-
tnro ( o necessitate the friendly cooperation
tion of the butchers , the bakein nnd
the brewers.
niils for printing the new session laws
mnstlm readvertised , even though the
constitutional provision requiring tlio dls-
trlbntlon of the volumes within sixty
days after legislative ndjoiirnment is
thereby again fractured. That constitu
tional provision is accustomed to blen-
iilal' fractures.
Tom Watson Is again propounding to
William .T. Dryan Unit unpleasant ques
tion ns to whether ho Is n populist or a
democrat. If Mr. Watsoiv could only
occupy Mr. llrynii'H shoes for a few
minutes liu would realize how Impolite
It is to Inqulro into matters that would
best bu kept secret.
These arc trying dnys for the calamity
popocrals. Calamity hits been their
stock-in-trade for so long that they can
not express themselves on any other
subject , but continue their Incongruous
lumentatlona almost by force of habit.
The time-euro appears to be the only
liopo for these unfortunates.
ICx-Presldent Cleveland declines tenet
net as counsel for Venezuela before the
boundary arbitration tribunal because
ho had been peisoimlly actlvo in bring.
li\y \ the arbitration treaty about. Kx-
1'resldent Harrison , however , Is also lu
thu law business a ml ho had no disquali
fying connection with the treaty negoti
ations.
The movement among the secret BO-
clotlos which will meet In convention
In Omaha next year to elect suitable
buildings at thu exposition grounds for
their own purposes should meet with
gcuurul approval and encouragement.
The more of mich buildings that can bu
secured nnd made la tit in with thu general -
oral architectural scheme Uiu better.
The itoady growth In pxporls of manu
factured products , ns shown by ofllclal
statistics , Is a highly gratifying feature
of trade conditions. While It Is ot Iho
lirst Importance to keep as much as prac
ticable , consistent with revenue necessi
ties , of the home market for the products
| of domestic Industries , the fact must bo
recognized that In order to keep those in
dustries constantly active and American
labor fully employed , there must bo for
eign outlets for n considerable proportion
tion of our manufacture * . This will be
understood when It is said that the pro
ductive capacity of our manufacturing
Industries fully employed Is equal to the
demands of a population at least twice
as large as ours , consuming In the same
ratio as Iho American people , of whom
a distinguished statesman said lhat
while we number 70,000,000 , ns a mar
ket for manufactures we arc potentially
175,000,000 n.s compared with the next
best nation on the globe.
According to the latest figures of the
bureau of statistics of the treasury the
exports of manufactures for the month
of April have been surpassed only onro
In the recent commercial history of the
country nnd that was in the preceding
month , when a great movement of Im
ports Invited n counter movement of ex
ports. It Is ftlunvn that for the last three
years there lias been nu almost constant
nsi'fiit month by month in Iho volume of
manufactured products exported. The
increase in 1SC. ! ) over 1S)5 ! ) was more
tluin $0,1,000,000 and the statistics for
the first four months of the current year
Indicate a larger Increase for ISO" over
18PO. Tn 1SH ! the value of the exports
of manufactures was , In round numbers ,
$18:1,000,000 : , the largest up to that time
In our history. Last year the value was
! < .22SCKM,000 and It is estimated that It
will this year reach $27UOtX,000. )
Some of the details oC this increase are
Interesting. In ton years our exports
of Iron and steel nnd nrtlclns manufac
tured therefrom have increased from
$10,000,000 to over $41,000,000. The value
of wood and Its manufactures bus in
creased In this time $12,000,000. The
exports of leather and its manufactures
doubled between 1S87 and IS'JO. Exports
of copper ami .manufactures . went from
$2,000,000 in 3SS7 to nearly $20,000,000
In 1SOO. On the basis of the expo-its of last
year a contemporary estimates that in
1000 the rvalue of our manufactured
products exported Is likely to approx
imate $100,000.000. or nearly four times
what It was In JSSO. And It Is by no
means unreasonable to expect that these
figures will be realized. American manu
facturers are exerting themselves as
never before to sell their goods in foreign
markets. The International commercial
congress In Philadelphia , with represent
atives from all thu states of South and
Central America , attests the purpose of
our manufacturers to push for trade In
the growing markets to the south of us
and there can bo no doubt of good rc-
sulta. The expressions of the represent
atives from those countries warrant the
conclusion that with proper effort and a
careful study of the wants of thnso
southern markets our trade with them In
manufactured products can bo very
largely increased.
Tlie United States Is first among manu
facturing nations. It will have no dill- !
culty in maintaining its primacy if
our industries are judiciously protected
and our manufacturers show proper en
ergy and enterprise in Teaching out for
foreign markets.
GOOD I'On THK T. I' . A.
The Travelers' Protective association
that lias just concluded the sessions of Its
3807 national convention at Na.siiville
has fixed upon Omaha as the meeting
place for next year. This convention
comes lo Omaha In JSDS because the
great Transmississippl Exposition will
be open at that time and the delegates
will have the advantage of this power
ful attraction to increase the attendance
upon their gathering. The Travelers'
Protective association is an organization
with fraternal and benefit features
whose membership includes commercial
men nil over the United States , and the
eirllsllng of tlieso travelers under the
banner of Omaha in 1SS ! ) means that
tlie advantages of Omaha as tlie con
vention city during the exposition year
will bo sung in every city , town and
village In the country. The assurance
that the Travelers' Protective association
Is headed toward Omaha ought also to
have UsIntlucnce on other national
bodies for wbo.se 1808 conventions
Omaha is bidding. Nothing succeeds
like success and the capture of ti few
large meetings should act as a magnet
on others.
TIW uiiu
Law nnd order were set at defiance
by the people of the usually quiet little
city of Urbana , O , , on Thursday and
yesterday , who in their exasperation at
a monstrous crime demanded the life of
the self-confessed criminal , The consequences
quences wore that two men were shot
to death and half a dor.en others moiv
or less severely wounded , while tlie
wretched object of popular vengeance
was beaten Into In.sensiblllly and stran
gled to death at a ropo's end.
It was a nioat deplorable occurrence
and the fact of its having taken place
In n community where respect for law-
Is us strong as anywhere In the land
makes it si > eclally impressive. It Is
hardly possible for people at a distance
to fully realize tlie exasperation of the
friends and neighbors of the victim of
such a crime as that committed by
Mitchell. Theru Is nothing in. . thu erlni-
Inal calendar more heinous or which
makes a stronger appeal for summary
punishment. All men appreciate tills
and therefore It is that so many either
openly approve lynching for this crime
or do not condemn it. Hut this is a
counlry of law and every citizen who
desires the supremacy of law muM
reptobato recourt-o to mob violence under
any and all circumstances where the in-
htrumenlalltlos for enforcing thu law are
present and In full operation. Good
government , public-order , the very existence -
enco of pur Institutions , all require re
spect for and submission to the law and
there can be no exception uuulo to thid
principle without danger to lawful gov
ernment.
So far as the authorities at Urbiinu are
concerned they seem to have dona noth
ing moro lhan their duty , The firing
Into the crowd by the militia was done
only after ample warning and when It
\
seemed absolutely necessary In order to
check the Infuriated inoli determined nt
nil linznrdfl thnt Mltclicll should answer
for his brutnl crime with his life. lie
pnitl the pcnnlty , but It was nt a tcrrl
blu Cost. And who cnn sny thnt tha ex
ample inny not do much greater linrm
than good ?
UAl-IDLY MhUMllAU OXDKOKIVKD.
The public never knows how rotten the re
publican pnrty Is until ( ho republican organs
begin denouncing the opposition for doing
something that the republican party prac
ticed tor years. World-Herald ,
Perhaps , but the public Is being rnp-
Idly undeceived. So fnr ns The Hoc
Is concerned , however , It hns persistently
nnd consistently exposed nml denounced
crookedness and corruption In the re-
publlcnn pnrty when It was In control
of the stntu government , nnd It will con
tinue to expose and denounce crooked
ness and corruption In the opposition
pnrty that has gained control of thu
Htate government under false pretenses
of reform.
The fu.slonlsta promised to cut out
the useless state olllees whose alwlltlon
Tlii' lleo nnd other reputable newspapers
hud repeatedly demanded , llavu they
abolished n single state olllce ? Are not
the three needless , high-salaried secre
taries of the State Hoard of Transporta
tion still drawing pay ? IMd not the
fusion legislature nlld to the number
of state employes rather than reduce ItV
Does not the chief difference lie merely
in the fact that the names on the pay
roll represent fuslonist spoils-hunters
Instead of republicans ?
Hepubllcnn olllelals have been de
nounced for aiding and abetting the
railroads In evading their just shares
of taxation. The tax assessment of
railroad property In Nebraska for IS'.t"
has been made by fusion state olllcers.
but the valuation of their republican
predecessors has been re-ndopted with
out change. If the republicans under
valued the railroad property , what kind
of reform Is It for fuslonlstrt to endorse
and keep the undervaluation ?
Republican state treasurers have been
charged with being recreant to their
trust when they used state funds to
bolster up shaky banks. But what
about n fusion stale treasurer who
adopts the same undev-the-hat methods
and puts stale money In tottering de
positories in return for favors shown
by tllelr otllcers In going on his olllclal
bond ? Is this treasury u-form ?
The ex.amples could be multiplied al
most Imlelinltely. Fusion state govern
ment does not mean reform state gov
ernment. The people are awakening to
the fact that they were fooled by mean
ingless fusion promises of refoim never
intended to be kept. They will look for
real reform In the restoration to power
of the regenerated republican party.
MOltUAf ! UOOMKD.
The decision of the supreme court
nlllrmingthe death sentence of Uie tovre--
court in tlie case of George Morgan , con
victed of the murder of the child , Ida
Gasklll , is received with satisfaction by
law-respecting people of this community.
If the severest punishment known to
our law coufil ever have been merited It
was called down by the perpetrator of
this fiendish crime. Morgan has lilid tli
advantage of every defense and appeal
liN lawyers could devise for him , but
they have been unable to overturn the
llndlng of the jury which brought in th ?
verdict of guilty. Since Moigan war
convicted another murder was com
mitted in Omnlr.i and the numler r tiled ,
convicted and executed , while Morgan
lias been enjoying the fruit of the law's
delay. Even those opposed to capitul
punishment will admit that by com-
paiison Morgan has been favored be
yond his deserts.
It is the certainty more than the
severity of the penalty that aets as the
preventive of crime. One example of
even-handed Justice promptly meted out
may be expected to do more to repress
lawlessness than a dozen sermons on
the wickedness of sin. For this reason ,
while deploring thnt such drastic vin
dication of the law should be render * d
necessary , good citizens mu-t express
satisfaction that the Intent of the penal
code has once more tiiumphcd over legal
quibbles and technicalities.
THAT " /JA73/ESS CIIAIX. "
Nothing more Is being heard about the
"endless chain" which was so freely
talked of during the Olcvelaml admin
istration. Evwi the radical currency re
formers , who want the greenbacks e-
tired and cancelled ah soon as possible ,
seem to have lost sight of It. 11 hasn't
been in evidence since the present ad
ministration came into power , or indeed
since this election last November gave
assurance that the revenue of tins gov
ernment would bu inrnli' eiinal to the ex
penditures. For some weeks pnst the
treasury lias been getting a larger rev
enue from customs and ns a result it
is able to retain the greenbacks ex
changed for gold exported and also a
considerable amount which have In-en
received In other ways.
Wlint does this j-liow ? Simply that
\\hilu revenues arc sutlleii'iit there need
be no anxiety about the withdrawal of
gold from the treasury to any serious
extent. It l.s a practical demonstration
of the contention of the republicans thai
all th.it is leiinircd to break the no-cell oil
endless chain is to provide the govern
ment with millh-li'iit Income. And this
being demonstrated , ( hero is no valid
reason for demanding that the legal ten
der notes shall be eliminated from the
curroney. Kxcept the five silver heresy'
there lias boon nothing moro delusive
than this endless chain theory.
What an accommodating state treas
urer Florida has Just gotten rid of.
When It was found hi was .short In his
iccounls he Jlnally , after months of cogi
tation , decided to resign , nnd did resign ,
Had he declined to vnc.itu the good
people of Flo ) Ida might have Iwwi com-
lulled to send him to prison as the only
way of dihpensingyttli his services- .
As It Is , he expects to enjoy permanent
Ituui'i } If not prosperity and Iaves I it to
Ills bondsmen to settle with the state on
the bi t terms they can make.
If Llbby prison , which liiti taen thrown
nto a. receivership in Chicago , Is forced
on the mirki : t by a foreclosure sale it
will be possible for the south to reclaim
It. The bankruptcy of the company that
brought It uortu BUOWB , however , that
the Interest In sMWgrcwsomo vrnr relics
Is dylup out , or'at'itny ' rnlo the curiosity
thnt Induces men to pny ft" ndmisslon
price to view UiouTls not so Btrong ns
formerly. JMI
Senntor Tlllmun' wants to punish news
paper correspondents for contempt
who make cUnrjtUs against senators
which they cnnnot _ prove conclusively
to the satisfaction of n committee of In
terested mombefs"of the sennte. But Is
ho willing to revc'rse It nnd linvc every
senntor punlsl jl 'for contempt Avlio
makes false statements nbout the news
papers nnd tlieTinen who make the
newspapers ? Senators misrepresent the
newspapers twice to cv ry time the
newspapers misrepresent senators , and
the senators rest seenro in their legisla
tive privilege of freedom from accounta
bility for words uttered In debate on the
tloor of the senate.
It Is plain that the term of usefulness
of General Campos has received a now
lease ofvllfe , although he has been time
and again declared to be a political
corpse. I'olltleal resurrections are pos
sible In Spain , just as they ate In other
countries.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
AVe must not expect much from that
legislative Investigating committee at
this season of the year. It is yet too
early to launch any slate house ills-
elosutes with expectation of political
effcet on the coming fall campaign.
It is not yet announced what the next
move of ex-Treasurer Hartley's attor
neys will be , but Judging from their
doings in the past It will be in the na
ture of an attempt to clog the wheels
of justice. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
SlilvcrliiK liy tin * I'Ulceslde.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Forward , turn forward , O Time , In your
flight ; give us wnrm weather , please , just
for tonight. Chilled to the hone , wo have
frosted our feet ; good Mr. Carrlott , turn on
the heat !
TinCulm ii
Chicago Inter Ocean ,
General Weyler promises to have this year
as flno a crop of smallpox , bubonic plague
and yellow fever ns was ever offered to the
American people during any season. To
spread It broadcast In the United States
would doubtless delight Wcylcr.
Tilt * SiiiiNot Mftnl.
Springfield llepuljllcnn.
The coming gold mining convention In
Denver serves to dispel tie | popular Illusion
that the mining states of Uie far west are
silver states almost exclusively. From the
first deveiopment of mining In that country
to 1SOS the total value of gold produced was
$2.0j9)4C,7C9 ! , while that of silver was but
$1,308,901,000. _ _ _
I.i-t UN lie , I > ly Tlinnlvfnl.
Knnjas pity Stnr.
The sultan ls..Vf ry. good , Indeed , to with
draw his objections 'to Dr. Angell of the
University of Mfclilghn and receive him as
envoy extraorillnary.Qand minister plenipo
tentiary of the'Urtltfld States at Constanti
nople. After defying all of the powers of
nuropo excepl'hVrt' ' tliKBla , and snapping his
finders at theW 'icbllectlve notes , " this
sraceful concession to Undo Sam on the part
of tbo sultan Is dulys appreciated.
Schedule.
The sugar schedule Is thu weakest part
of the finance -Vtomirlltteo's tariff bill , and
the report thatW is' ' going to be postponed
until the rcsiVof'-'lhoi bill Is dealt with will
not create surprise. Many republican sen
ators are opno571 * to this schedule In Its
present"bhape ; 'a'fia" ' > tlie'antagonlsm toward
it among the .republicans' In th'e hoilsb Is
probably ranch nno.'o widely extended. Of
course the repujlrajisvll / ! \ pome to an arnlc-
able GCttletr.ent of this sugar duty question
without any Kreat delay , but the debate on
It will probably be snore interesting than
thnt which v\ill be called out by any other
provision of the bill.
Tom WntHi ii'H Wiiv Cry.
Philadelphia Times.
Tom Watson , the picturesque populist from
Georgia and late populist candidate for vice
president , is after the scalp of Populist
Chairman Marlon Butler and Is incidentally
calling on late Candidate I3ryan to get off
the fence and let the world know whether
he Is a populist or a democrat.
Watson suspects Duller of plowing with
the republican holfcr In order to reap a
harvest for Butler and Bryan , of playing
fast nnd loose with populists and democrats
in the hope of keeping himself In line for a
fusion candidacy for the presidency In 1900.
Watson abhors fusion from the bottom of
hla heart and Is demanding that both Butler
and Hryan shall hoist the populist flag and
no other or get out of the populists' camp
boots end baggage.
.H Is not likely thnt Duller or Bryan will
do either If they can help It , but they will
have to stuff Ihelr cars with cotton to
escape Iho din of Walson's demand lhat
they shall become populists of the Watson
typo or flock with one of the other of the
old parties.
Aliuiiilniii I'lKlittitK Material.
lioston Globe.
Our government haa Just completed a
grnnd census of the cnllro American militia.
probably wllh , a view of ascertaining where
wo should stand In the case of a war with
somn other power.
The new flguros collected show that we
linvo today In this country over 112,000 uni
formed nnd orgnnl/cd state militiamen , who
might at nil" time be added to our 25,000
regular soldldrs. This would make a total
of over 137,000 organized soldiers ready lo
fight at n ilay'H nollcc.
But even this 4a only one-sixth of the
estimated tinned strength of Great Britain.
In case of war wo should have to _ depend
upon -volunteers or a draft and at our maxi
mum quota wo could place In the field
J0,037r 78 men.
Thoi < > liable and available for military
service between the ages of 18 nnd 45 years'
In the United States , If placed In a long ,
single raulti side by side , with the usual
space between , would reach from New York
to San Francisco without a break. This Is ,
greater than Iho estimated strength of any
other nation In Iho world , excepl Hussla.
It Is well to know our possible strength ,
even If w ntver again have occasion tn
fully tesl it. Until general arbitration takes
command probably the best safeguard against
war will bo a proved ability to sustain It If
'orced into It.
IOWA UOHMKNT.
Davenport Democrat : Judge Van Wageneii ;
) ! f-Ioux City l H9 lnK ! lls friends to push !
ils llttln boom for the fusion nomination for' '
"overnor , JudKo y/tn Wpgenen Is the man
who t-o BerloiiHly mismanaged the political
nmbltlons of Hcmrr ? Boles about a year ago.
The ex-eovrrnor may have forgiven the
ludge , but tie clfnnftt forget the mistaken.
IJcs Molnes Leader : Independence Is iret-
tin ; n taste of thct fccautlrs of Uie mulct law- ,
limit r what la called Iho Bclknap cenuus !
Independence has more than 5,000 In
habitants , and.iti'l'lrr ' thu CO per cent provision - ,
vision of the mulct law applying to cities
oxccrdlng 5,000 In' population , the necessary
statement of din'JOnt was obtained. On
Monday Judge HJ/ilrjhsnUed down A decision
ieclarliiK the 191.15113 Irregular. The baleen
icoptrs at onco'uose-1 without walling for
tha serving of tliv Injunctions. It Is a poor
week not dtscloayiK a new wrinkle In the
mulct law.
Davcnjurt Hepuhllcan , Congressman
Larey who wna Interviewed nt DCS .Menus ,
whore he v-ont to deliver a Deco.-atlon e.ay
rddresi , says that every tariff must be nnd
bas been the result of compro nine nud
ihlnks Senators Allison and Atdrlih have a
-cry delicate task In steering the tariff bill
through the senate , which la B ? nearly
equally divided , but they are old pilots , .
familiar wh ( all Ilia dIUlcultlea of renatc
navigation. ' Secretary Wilson everybody
recognizes as the right man In the light
place. Mujer Lacey thlnUs General Drake
will be renomlnated and re-elected by a
very satisfactory majority , which he dc-
Bervu , as lie was one of the beat loldlers
that honored Iowa In Uie
OTHRU I.AXnj TItAX OUI19.
A feature of the wlebrftllon of the quwn't
Jubilee la the gathering tn London of speci
mens of the nimoit Innumerable races that
compose her 400.00ft.000 aubjectt. Detach-
mcntft of the military , naval and police forces
In all quarters of tha world have been
brought to the eeat of empire to eco the
queen and carry back taira ot the power and
wealth of the Rngllah people. Among the
rest are numerous specimens of the colored
races , not only the Mftlnyn , Hindoos. Somalia
and Indians of various tints , but ilo down
right darkeys or the dark continent In great
variety. The private soldiers ot the Kngllsh
regiments In London hob-nob with the
queen's variegated guesls having llttlo race
prejudice. But In Dublin , it seems , the nlTl-
crs of the Uoyal Irish constabulary refuse
o mess with the black officers ot the Gold
Coast constabulary from West Africa , with
the result that the colored officers have to
walk Bomo miles for their meals. The nn-
tlMiallfit press ot Dublin take the ground
that the colored officers arc fortunate In
"nnt being compelled to associate nvlth" the
snobs.
While the visit of Kmpcror Krancls Joseph
to St. Petersburg seems to have resulted In
a friendly understanding between llussla and
Austria relative to their supposedly antago
nistic Interests In the Balkans and the em
pire of Austria-Hungary , so far as concerns
Us foreign affairs , may , Ihorcfore , be con
sidered as occupying a stronger position than
it ever has , the Internal affairs of the dual
monarchy seem to bo resolved Into a verita
ble chaos. The question which has led to
the existing crisis In the Austrian Hclchs-
talh Is not n new one It Is the old conflict
bolwoen Germans and Slavs but the rise ot
anlt-'Semlllsin and clericalism has so weak
ened the Gorman liberal party that the
Czechs and d'oles are In a position to carry
everything before them. The Germans In
the Parliament have taken recourse to a sys
tem of obstruction which throws the tactics
of the Irish nationalists In the days ot P. r-
I'ell quite Into the shade. But the pande
monium In the Helchsrath Is merely the re-
flecllon on a small scale of the war of races
In the polyglot districts of Austria , where
the administration system has completely
broken down before the fury of opposing
molw. The worst feature of the situation ,
lion over. Is the Inability ot the representa
tives of Austria and Hungary to agree upon
a renewal of Uie compromise of 18G7 , which
expires this year. The disruption of the
compact between the two halves of the
empire would leave the dual monarchy In a
perilous plight.
* *
Quietly and without attracllng any allcn-
llon Iho German artillery has now been en-
llroly equipped with new quick-firing guns.
A battery of these new cannon can fire sixty
shots a minute , and they have a range of
over five miles. The new gun Is provided
with an appliance to prevent the recoil.
After the flrsl shot a sort of spur ntlhched
to the end of the gun carriage bores inlo
Ihe ground , so lhal Uie gunners may remain
quietly standing by the piece and reload
without the loss of lime. The Imperial Par-
llamenl has shown Itself far more patriotic
In the matter than one might bo tempted to
believe from the rccrnt utlerances
of Emperor William , for the $50-
000,000 neefled for the tranformallon
was voted almost unanimously by
the Reichstag , even the soclalhls giving their
consent thcrclo and , what Is more , keeping
the whole affair secret. Inasmuch as Ger
many's vlclory In Ihe war of 1870 was ad-
mlttcdly duo principally to her artillery , the
Importance of the new armament Is calcu
lated to excite an Immense amount of atten
tion abroad.
* *
Italy's disinclination lo entirely abandon
her Erltrean colony In Africa on the one hand
nnd her Inability lo pay for Ihe maintenance
of an expensive colonial establishment on
the other have left her transfixed on the
horns of a dilemma ; and the decision of the
Rudlnt government to retain Immediate Juris
diction over Massowah and the terrllory In
Iho vicinity of lhal porl , and to parcel out
the remainder of Ihe colony among nallve
chiefs under Italian Influence , cannot be
icgarded as n solution of the problem. African
chiefs have the most profound respect for a
power whlct exhibits military prowess , nnd
the reverse feeling toward a weak and Ir
resolute government ; and It would not be long
before the chieftains set up by the Italians
In Eritrea would discover that they could
better servo their Interests by casting their
lot with Menelek ot Abyssinia lhan by re
maining In allegiance lo a counlry which
had proclaimed ils unwillingness lo find men
and money for Ihe purpose of maintaining
Ils supremacy In norlheaslern Africa.
* * *
According lo reports from various sources
Iho Russians have Inlerfered vigorously lo
prevent the persecutions of Armenians In
Persia , where there was a disposition to
follow the Turkish example. It appears that ,
owing to the hostile attitude of the Persian
populace , the Armenians living in Tabriz
were obliged lo close their shops and remain
within doors. Those of them who vcnlured
abroad In the suburbs of Iho city ( which in
Ihe permanent residence of the heir to the
throne ) were murdered by Ihe soldiers whose
duly It was to maintain order In Ihc slreels.
Moro than GOO persons , moat of them women ,
found icfugo In the Russian consulate , while
forty families betook themselves lo Iho
French corr.ulate. The Russian authorities
thereupon deemed It advisable lo show thai ,
notwithstanding their allllude In relation
lo Ihe matsacres In Turkey , Ihey were by
no means Insensible lo Iho sufferings of Ihe
Armenians in Persia. .
* *
The lower house of Iho Prussian Diet has
passed the bill amending the "law of associa
tion , " or , aa we should say , the law defining
the right of public uieeling. Ils object Isle
lo restrain the oralory of agllatote who Incite
the igiioranl lo violence by Incendiary lan
guage. II alms particularly to prevent the
presence of bo > s at such political harangue *
as. In Iho opinion of the police , may pervert
thu Ideas of Immature minds In regard to
public affairs. The socialists and anarchists
are , of course , the class of agltatois chlfly
had In view by the .framertj of the bill , but
UK provisions arc ao wide that It U feared
lhal they will become a means of unduly re
straining the liberty of all classes. A police ,
man Is given the power of clcslng a public
meeting If ho thluka the sentiments uttered
liy the speakers are unwholesome. Much non.
scnso will thitt , no doubt , be suppressed , but
legitimate- discussion will bo endangered , The
measure la ! .ucli aa could hardly be brought
forwaid In u country having popular institu
tions.
* *
Although the official result of the prelimi
nary count of the ccnaun of Russia will not
be made known until the end of June , very
Interesting details have been given out as to
the population of St. Pelcrctmrg and Moscow ,
81. Petersburg linn a population of a million
and a quarter , and Moscow Is just under one
million. Nineteen other towns are returned
al 100,000. Thirty-five towns have over 50,000
Inhabitants each. The cities of Samarkand
and Kokand , In Russian Turklstan , have very
vastly Increased In population. Ttie compara
tively modern town of , Lodz , which la the
great manufacturing center of Poland , hail In.
creased with great rapidity. It now stand :
tbo fifth city of the empire. The Inhabitants
of Lodz are mcdtly Germans or ot German
origin.
A MAUTVIl OF Till : 1'Hr.S.H.
Dt-Nurvi'il Trllmti * ( o a T''IIIIIUIIHVrfft -
TII Aliollllonlxt.
Chicago Journal.
The dedication of the monument to Elijah
P. Lovejoy at Alton , III. , almost sixty years
after hta death , marks a significant phase ot
the struggle for the abolition of slavery.
Lovejoy Is commonly spoken of aa an early
martyr to the cauae of abolition. In a cer
tain Bcr.si ho was. But In a far broader
rod deeper Ktneo lie wca a martyr to a cause
that transcended even the cniwe of negro
emancipation , the cause ot the freedom of
the press.
Perbecutod and threatened with assassina
tion In St. Louis Lovejoy moved hla paper ,
the Obscrv r , to Alton. Here bla oresica were
dcstro > ed threu tlmea , and ho ordered a
fourth. Ho was engaged In guarding thin
from destruction when he was shot and
killed. He had previously made an appeal
to the people for that freedom In the publi
cation of hla Idea a which was guaranteed
him by the constitution and the lawn.
No evil cause flghta long against liberty
and right before It find * lUelt lu a war nlth
$ bee Prices Cowered /
In order to close out three special lines of Misses' Shoes
we have cut the prices 50 cents a pair for Saturday's buying.
No. 613 Misses tan , kid , button and lace
new chocolate and tan colors
rounder square toes our former - |
price was $2 , oo now *
B 929 Misses' dark wine Russia calf
lace needle toes welt soles
very swell They were $2.50 now. . . .
A 906 Misses' tan lace needle toes
dark brown kid our regular
price was $2,50 now
\
16th and Douglas Streets ,
newspapers. No such Instrument for the
confusion of tyranny nni WFOIIRvns ever ilo-
vlsoii ns tlio printing proas. From the time
it ( list appeared public enemies of every
description linvo mnile a losing fight nRnlna
It. If thn Missouri r.lavo owners could linvo
( IcmolUlio.l l ovejoy'a newspaper they \\oult
have liecn satisfied , hut when they found tha
as loni ; IIH Lovejoy lived there would ho nn
anti-shivery Journal nt Alton , they wore
ready nnd willing to resort to murder.
Uut the nntl-slavery press survived the
attacks ot sixty years ngo nnd the anti-
corruption press will cficnpo unharmed from
the nttaclfs of today. Bvery nttack serves
more thoroughly to convince the people thai
freedom of speech nnd of the press llo at
the foundation of free government and arc
ns necessary today , when that government
Is threatened hy the forces of political cor
ruption , as they were when it wns threat
ened by slavery nnd accession.
T1I12 MIDDI.I2 STATKS.
_ H
ISvlilrncc of 1'riiKrens "WHIioiit a
I'ni-nll.-l In tin01.1 AVorlil.
Statistician Mulliall In North American Review.
There Is a greater concentration of wealth
In the state of New York than elsewhere
the average per Inhabitant being 40 per
cent over that of the union nt largo. This
Is partly shown In the prodlgloua value 01
house-property , Including public buildings
which averages XS10 per Inhabitant In the
stnto of Now York , ngalnst $420 for. the
whole union. Iho six middle states taken
collectively give nn average of ? 6GO of hoiioo-
property per Inhabitant , which is double the
ratio found in Great Britain , and hence It
may bo alllrmccl that the pcoplo of these
states are , on the whole , the 'best housci
community in the world.
The average wealth per Inhabitant has al
most quadrupled in forty years , a marvelous
proof of thq progress of those states , anc !
unparalleled In Europe ; ( or McCulloch lays
It down that only prosperous nations can
double their wealth in that Interval. The
accumulation In the middle states per In
habitant has been $10.20 per annum higher
than In Now Ungland , and exactly double
the average accumulation yearly In Great
Urltaln In the Interval of 18GO-1S95. Agri
cultural wealth forms only 16 per cent of
the total In the middle states , \\hcroas It is
25 per cent in the whole of the union.
POMTIOAI. I > IUFT.
Sound money democrats of Kentucky pro
pose to put up a ticket and force the fight
all along the line.
' Partylsm Is becoming so strong In Chicago
that democratic undertakers demand recogni
tion. They are not satisfied with last fall's
stiff haul.
The typewriter whose blunder In copying
a bill made necessary an extra session ol
the legislature of New Jersey has become
an object of commendation rather than of
censure. Inquiry by a committee of the
legislature shows that her revision of the
bill was an improvement and was the means
of saving the state $75,000.
The first municipal election in Greater
New York Is of tremendous Importance from
a party standpoint , owing to the vast patron
age Involved. The direct and tangible fruits
ot victory are 30,000 places of employment ,
the control and distribution of expenditures
amounting to $70,000,000 a year , nnd eight
year's control of the city government.
The Hon. Mr. 'Donovan of Day , famed In
paragraph and song as a high lonesome
democrat of the Michigan legislature , en
joyed , as the minority party , a greater de
gree of success than any member of the
majority. Out of forty-four bills Introduced
by him , twenty-two became laws. Evidently
Mr. Donovan attended strictly to business.
Most of the cities and towns In Michigan
are buying voting machines that cost about
$200 apiece. They are constructed something
on the order of the ordinary slot machine.
It Is claimed thnt these will obvlato the
necessity of recording nnd tallying clerks ,
Judges , police officers and the like , thereoy
saving about 40 per cent annually In the
cost of elections. ,
Some of the qualifications for voters in cer
tain states arc peculiar. Minnesota admits to
suffrage civilized Indians. Georgia excludes
these who haven't paid their taxes since 1877.
Massachusetts confers the rights of suffrage
only on those who can road and write. In
Michigan aliens who have declared their In
tention to becoino citizens can vote , and In
Mississippi , a man , to bo an elector , must
be nblo to read and understand the con
stltutlon of the United States.
The terms of thirty federal senators ex <
plro March 3. 1899. Of these fourteen arc
republicans , fifteen democrats and ono popu
list. The states which will send new sena
tors March 4 , 1899 , are : California , Con
necticut , Delaware , Florida , Indiana , Mary
land , Mississippi , Maine , Michigan , Massa
chusetts , Montana , Missouri , Minnesota , Ne
braska , New York , North Dakota , Now
Jersey , Nevada , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Ilhotlo
Island , Tennessee , Texas , Utah , Virginia ,
Vermont , Wisconsin. West Virginia , Wash
ington and Wyoming , The senate is very
close and the election of members of the
legislatures this fall In states which \\lll
elect senators will bo hotly cnntea'cd.
The now constitution of Delaware vlll
bring about many reforms. It has more
than fifty deviations from the lines of Its
lirodecexsor. The old one was adopted In
1831 ; the now ono Is modern nil the way
through. IJribcry at the polls In the future
will bo severely punished. Trial by Jury Is
.o be denied the accused. Three senatorial
and seven representative districts are to bo
abolished and a fourth associate Judge , a
loutcnant governor and threu commissioners
of agriculture have been added , Thcro Is to
HI no more peddling of laws and franchises ,
The poll tax system Is abolished and the
old Hayard machine IB broken up , The
present convention was called to order December -
comber 1 and will adjourn some day this
week. Its operations have been devoid of
partisanship and has dealt with every con
ceivable question of state government.
Royal makes the food pure ,
wholesome and delicious.
POWDER
Absolutely Pur *
notu. luxma rowof N co. , * tw YOMC.
Detroit News.
Trust not these men who oft declare
Thnt horn-sty's their want ;
And nlso keep -\\lth jculoiis cnro
lour trust from those who don't ,
1'lilliulolphla llccord. |
Slip was a dapper tooroey Klrl ,
Ho wxs n chnpptc gay :
And , wbon he asked 1icr for her hind ,
oho nnnncrcd with a iicleli.
WnsliltiRton Stnr.
"This Is 11 Imrd worl-l - , " snld the youth ,
Wtio wistful. ) ' and lonir complnlns.
91Pt'r ! , ! " > ! " 10 fnimercrleil. "In truth ,
It will get softer \\lieii It rnlns. "
Chicago Hocord.
Ills \vlfp clcveroHt of denrsl
Shea hi'ld on her coufrti for yenrfi ;
] or well she knows , nt health behest ,
He'll tnke her c > ust or south or west.
ImllannpolU Journal.
Twill soon bo heie , the tlmo ofyear. .
\\hon all Jliny go nnd note , with cheer.
Thnt bathing costumes never grow
Llko these the picture papers show. ,
roil.
The cnrpet Mother Nature spreads
VNenth everybody's feet ,
Suits mo decidedly the best ,
Uecnuse U can't bo bent.
Chicago necorJ. >
Ho hcnnl a shcpheid's mellow horn ,
bound thioii'h | his noonday dream.
And woke to greet oh fntc , forlorn.
A peddler of Ice cream.
' Cloclnnil lender.
LICe U like n poker game ;
Too often it Is not
The nmn who holds the strongest hnnd.
Thnt carries oft the pot ,
Yet , as lu poker , so In life ;
The bluffer blulTs away
Untli somebody calls him , nnd
Pout ! Thnt la nil ! Good day !
MOIHKIKI ) JOY.
Somcrvllle Journal. , ]
The Rms Is green , the leaves nre out.
Sweet Sprint , " Is hero , beyond a doubt.
The nr.urc Pkles
Unmeasured depths of blue appear
The blossoms nnd the birds nre here. '
Likewise the files.
The bees nre buzzing 'round the hive , I
The growing garden seems nllvo
With budding perms.
The apple trees nro Just n Bight ,
With dnlnty blossoms , pink nnd white , . '
And cnnker worms.
The pansy beds are bright with bloom.
The lilacs with their sweet perfume
The senses woo.
A sense of Joy your belnp floodi ;
The rosebushes are.full of bud3 ;
And rose-bugs , too.
Yes , It Is really Spring once more ,
Tlio Joyous time of hellebore
And budding- hope ,
The time for usingparls Rrcon ,
A season for enjoyment keen ,
And whale-oil soap.
To Have
Sport
A boy must be free to romp
he doesn't want to be think
ing about his clothes all the
time. We make our boys'
clothing to .stand the wear
and tear of healthful sport
and it's always stylish in cut
and fit.
Just at present we are offer
ing some very superior quali
ties at very inferior prices.
Sweet plaid cheviots that are
so popular this season , in sin
gle and double breasted two-
> iece suits , for $3.00. Also
ight and dark mixtures in
same style suits for $3.00 ,
Then there are" better suits at
$3-5 ° sams style in cut , but
of better material and some
at $4.00 and $5,00.
These are all our own make
of suits and we know all about
them- Each one is warranted ,
You run no risk in our chil
dren'a department.
Hats and caps to go with
suits at reasonable prices ,
BROWNINQ ,
KIND & CO ,
8. W. Cor ,
I8tb and
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