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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1898)
TI1B OMAHA PATIiY HETgt TUJESDAY MATCOII 1 , 18f > 3. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. K. UOSEWATEIl. KJItot. MOU.N1NO. TKHMS OF BUIISCnilTIONt Dally Mce Without Sunday ) , On Year . } 4 04 I > allv tk-e nnd 8iindiy. One Year . 3 0 * HI * Month . < ' Three Month * . 2 M Hunday HOP One Yonr . * W biturJay Dct. One Icor . 1M Weokljr IJec , Ono Year . * orncmt OmnlinJ Th floe NulMlng. ( South Omiha. Singer JJlk. . Cor. N and Z h Bli. f nncll llltiffn ; 10 I'cnr ! Street Clil a.o oiiice 0)2 Chimbcrof Commerce. New York. Temple Court. Washington ! Ml rourtcentli Street. All communications relating to neT nnil olio- rial matter should l > a nddrcsseJi To the Edltu. . irusiNKss : .nrnncJ. : All butlnCM Idler * nnd remittances rhotiia bn Addressed to The lie' I'ubllihlrm Company , Omaha. Drafta. check * . exprm and P ° J'n = ? inuncy orclirs to be made pn > abl to tn uruer 01 the . company. nrn 1 < UIMaNO | | | COMPANr. STATEMENT OF CIItCtJl-ATION. Elntc of Nebraska DoiiRlnn county./ ' of The lleo I IID- Oeorire 11 Tfiliuck , secretary 1't.lilns ' cnmi.an ) . l > ° lrB .Inly sworn , sn > "iV-ThS njtnal number of full and complete copes Of in * Daily. Mornlnir. Kvenlmt nl Sunday Uce pnnted , 1S3S wns us lol- ilurltiff the month of January T.r. ' . SO.OCJ IT i . 21 oj ? is S . SOW 19 4 " 50717 21 . ZO.TO 22 . * ! T . 20R9I 25 . ; ! ' 2 ± ! * . zi.iyj st . * * 9 . 21.003 23 . ; " ' } : ! 10 . 20.7Z1 2H . > J I 11 . 20.57) 27 . ; ' . ' ; 31 . 51,153 2S . S $ U . JD5V ) 29 . I-- } ? ? 14 . in.rs ) so . 21,011 15 . . . 2U33 31 . .Wt 16 . 11,010 _ _ Totnl . . ; J' returned nnd unsold copies . HM'5 Net total KilM . M. ' " Net daily mcrnge . V. ; ? . anonnn n T/.SCUIJCK. Bnorn to before me nnd pubscrlbcd In my r > rfrnc < > this 1st day of rebruary. 1S93. ( Seal. ) N P. IT.IU Notary 1'ulillo The warmth of the Mnicli sunslilno Is 11 roiiilntU'r that trei > planting time Is iilinosl liure. The pound ho ; ? lias two wot'lts nntl two days moio Inlilfh to vindicate his lulrout before his shadow. The TiniisiiiIssKslmil Imposition post- stamps may bo slow in coining , but will stick when tlu-y sot bine. It looks as If the Sinulay opening question woit > ( lie cau > o of the Monday closing question In the local Mlnlbtinial union. Although not all of the lellnblo : i3\\s fioin Havana Intllc.ites pe.iee anil good \\lll , all of the fakes Indicate the cei- inlnty of war. As hooii as the flowers appear on the hillsides and the biids lilt In the lieu tops the advance of the Klondike finer \\111 begin to waver. The Iowa legislatiue bavin ? refused to pass the hill ptohlbltlng candidates fioin "ticntlng , " the spilng iniiulflp.il elections may now pioceed vvitb the usual iuter- ebting campaigns. Whatever happens Uncle Sam will not go hungiy while * tlio war Is in progress , and It Is not every piospeetive com- bitant that Is In such favorable position as legards its food supply. The Omaha Sunday 15ee printed moio paid want advertisements than any other paper pi luted In the city or state. The Bee docs not ha\e to give away ad- veitlblng spice to 1111 Its columns. A few more jniies like the jury In the Uaitley bond case and It111 be inotty haul to defend the Institution of trial by Jury against tlioso who contend that It has outlived its usefulness. Douglas county pays one-eighth of the expenses of state goveiument. If the state is leqifued to shoulder the buiden of a i GX,00 ( < ) treasury defalcation It means that the taxpayers of this county will have been lobbed of ? 7. > ,000. As soon as the noise of the explosion subsides n little the voice of the calamity howler AS II be lie.utl again predicting all manner of dlie eatastiophes for : i coun try that lofuses to tollow the lead of Mexico and China In maintaining : i silver monetary .standanl. The Invasion of New York City by mlsslonailes of the Monnon chinch may Indicate that they bi'llevo the New Yoik- orn aie In a lecoptlve fr.ime of ml ml In matter * of tellglon or It may be an In dication of belief that New Yoik Is In religion as In politics , "an easy maik. " As was to have l > eon expected , our amiable contemporaty comes forward to vouch for a mining stock jobber who has leached the end of his string with his dupes just as It proclaimed the honesty of Itolln , Hartley and the others , even alter their dlbhoncMy had been pioved. A Japanese colony of J00,0 < )0 ) poisons is to be planted in Mexico as boon as the families can bo sent over fiom Asia. Mexico should bewaie lost the .lapane.se Jnvadcis bilngIth them n pief-Mence for the blngle gold standard lecently adopted In thi'Ir conntiy In place of the discarded silver coinage. The way the Oreelw talked ami acted a few months ago It seemed that nothing would IIHVO pleased them better than to lie In a position to accept the leMgnatlon of their King. Today they are falling over each other In the rush to congiatu- late him upon his nanow e&cape fioin death at the hands of an assassin. King George did not lead his countly to vic tory against the Tin Us , but they neeiu to appieclato the fact that they could go farther and faro worse for a inter on their llttlu thione. The convict labor problem Is being holved In Kitlsfaetory manner In the Mate of Washington , wheic the convicts are employed In a Jute mill making grain sacks for the fanners. The convicts aie now being worked nine and one-half hours each day In older to supply the demand for these sacKs and there Is a prospect that liibKvul of putting In foico an eight-hour system In thtf penitentiary the hours of labor for the convicts will bo Incteased. The puisons benellted by this aio the faunei ? , who leiiuho a largo number of grain sacks In which to mar ket their big ciops. Convict labor of this kind Is not objectionable. Aft VNMITlttATKn OVWAOK. The vordlct rendered by the jury In the suit brought by the state to recover on the bond of Joseph S. Hartley the amount embezzled by him during his second term ns state treasurct Is an unmitigated outrage upon the people of Nebraska as well ns a travesty upon law and Justice. The mnke-up of this Jury made It practically certain from the start that the state could not secure a verdict at Its hands whatever the proofs might be. Hut nobody , not even the at-u torneys of the defending bondsmen , be lieved that these twelve men could be persuaded to bilug In n finding lollevlng Hartley and his suietles from all respon sibility. The evidence presented In the bond suit Mas the same as that upon which Hartley had been convicted of embez zlement nnd sentenced to a t\\onty-j ear term In the penitentiary. The charge of the judge positively Instructed the Jury that the bond was valid nnd that the bondsmen must be held responsible for whatever shortage was proved to have oilglnated dining the two years for which It was given. While thoie might have been nn honest difference of opin ion ns to the amount embe//.lcd by Halt- ley dining his second term , no honest man who heard and nndeistood the ( barge could lender a % oidlct that would nullify the bond and release the suietles f 10in every dollar of obligation. The plea that a verdict In favor of the state was demanded ns a vindica tion of Ooveinor Uolcomb's action In npptovlng the bond , Is very Ingenious , but It Is not for a Juiy to lob the tax payers In older to censure the govcinor. The governor's icckonlng must be with the people at the ballot box , or with the legislature " \\licii It comes to review his acts. A ccnsute that costs the tnxpay- Ing public of Nebraska fiom $100,000 to ? ( > 00K ( ) ( ) Is lather an expensive way of expressing dlspleasui e. In bilnglng In such an outrageous veidlct In dellance of the InsUuctions of the couit , the Jury thiows upon Douglas county the buiden of another costly 10- tilal which the Mipioino couit will un doubtedly oider. It is bad enough that this county has been obliged -to .stand the cnoimous expense of Uaitley's cilm- inal pioiecntlonlth the Incidental cost of boaullng him for an Indefinite time. To impose upon the county the lutthor burden of a tlilul til.il of the bond suit is utteily without Justification. .ii/ir lit : . The latest information In icgartl to the Hawaiian annexation tieaty Is that It will ptobably be abandoned In the sen ate. The mote radical anne\atlonlsts aie said to be dissatisfied with the de lay of the chalunaii of the committee on foiclgn allalrs In not substituting lor the tioaty a joint lesolntlon for aunexa- tlon , being convinced that the tieaty cannot command the tno-thlrds vote nec- ess.iry for ratification. In the event of a joint lesolutlou being biought forwaul In the senate a prolonged debate Is cer tain and the opposition to annexation might be ablto prevent action on the resolution at tills session. Meanwhile It is tin ; uudeistandlng that in the event of such a resolution pas.slng the senate thoie Mill bo small chance of Its getting thiongh the house. As wo have heietofoie noted Speaker Heed and other republican leaders In the house are stiongly opposed to annexation and tholr Influence , tlieie can be no doubt , will be vigoiously excited against an annexation lesolntion. ' . 1'eih.ips a ma- joiity of tlio house lepubllcans f.uor annexation , but there Is unquestionably a stiong contingent that docs not and It Is possible that these united with the democratic opposition may be able to defeat ) a joint resolution If one should bo sent to the house. Manifestly the hope of the antl-anne.x- atlonists Is in the/ house and It Is appai- cnt that most of the republican leadeis in that body are determined to leave nothing undone to jnevent the success of the annexation schcmo at this .ses sion. If they shall accomplish this it will be fatal to the scheme , which Is undoubtedly steadily losing In popular support Sl'.lMSIl The announcement by the Hank of Spain , that the coupons of the bonds rep- i ( wilting the public debt , due a month hence will be "with " , only paid reeouiso" Is undeistood to mean that the Spanish goveinment Is unable to assuie Its financial agent that If the bank pay. * the Interest on the bonds the money will be icpaid out of the national treasury. In other woids , if the bank redeems the coupons It must do so at Its own ilsk , so far as the goveinmciit Is concerned , and theiofoie the conditional tenns upon \\hlch that Institution announces to bondholder that It will pay the quaiteily Inteiest. It Is a practical ad mission of bankruptcy by the Spanish government. Tilde is no question that Spain Is In a bad condition financially. She has very little money at command and no cicdlt. The situation was bad enough befoiu the Cuban iiiburrectlou and it has necessaiily been gio\\lng Hteadlly worse. With an already buideiiKomo debt when the Mar bioke out the Spanish goveinment has made loan after loan since , until It has about leached the limit of Its ability to borrow , at leant nbio.ul. The go\eminent may still obtain .some money at home , but it Is v\ry ? doubtful whether It could secnio any in JIuiopo , partleulaily in the event of its defaulting on Inteiest upon exist ing loans. It Is liniilly possible that Spain could dispose of any moio bonds In Kiancelioie most of her foreign indebtedness is held and there J.s not the least likelihood that she could negotiate a loan In Knglnnd or Cioimany , \\lmtover rate shj might bo willing to pay or promise 1o pay. The Mar debt goes on piling up , $8,000,000 a month beIng - Ing icqulied for Mar expenses In Cuba , to say nothing of what Is needed for ai rears duo the army , navy and others in the public service , said to amount to $50,000,000. Not far from half the annual tovenueof Spain goes to payment of Interest on the publlo debt and now It f > oems piolmble that this Mill not be punctually paid. It seems Inconceivable that a nation In such financial straits can seilously think of going to vnirs 1th a power like the Tnlted Stnteshoso financial ie- sources and credit are piactleally un limited. The dlbiwilty between the two countries In this respect In almost Immeasurable , so thnt If they M'erc on equal terms In all other respects , the United States would have the advantage. Hut we arc also superior to Spain In lighting capacity. It would seem , there fore , that every tatlonal consideration would prompt Spanish statesmen to make all Just concessions to the United States and this country will ask none that It does not deem just In order to avoid M'ar , the Inevitable outcome of which would1 be the loss to Spain of her "West India possessions nnd perhaps the Irrotiiovablo ruin of that country. Possibly Spanish pride would rather this than yield to American demands. In view of the bankrupt condition of Spain M'hnt reasonable hope can that country hnvo of Kmopoan assistance In the event oP war with the United States ? What nation of Hnropo would make any sacrifice to help that decrepit and de clining nation In a conflict with this re public ? We do not think there Is one , for even franco , M'hero most of the for- olgn debt of Spain Is held , would better lose the whole of It than join Spain In a war against the United States. cos Tit r & IXSA TIOX It la estimated that the loss to stock nnd security holders In this country dur ing last week aggregated not less than ? ino,000,000 , many being bankrupted This financial convulsion , says the Phil adelphia Times , M-as produced almost wholly by the destructive journalism of the country that flaunted the most start ling falsehoods into the faces of the people ple each day , predicting Immediate war witli Spain. The Times Justly says that "this destructive journalism Is as dis- giaceful ns it has been destiuetive and that never In the hlstoiy of journalism of any country has there been such lecklc s Invention of false rumors to Inflame the public mind on the question of war and to destroy confidence in securities and In business circles. " So far ns the XMieial business of the country Is con cerned It Is not appaient that tills look- less sensationalism had any very .seiions affect , but Its consequences to financial inteiosts represented in stocks and se em Hies weresevere. . It appears that American security hold ers wo IP moie alarmed by the sensa tional rumors of impending Mar than foreign holders , perhaps tor the icason that they aie less familiar with such Illinois than Europeans. Threatenlngs of M'ar are so common In the old Moild that they must bo very serious Indeed to load Investors In securities to make gloat sacrifices. There Is one consldoin- tlon that .suggests itself in connection M'lth this matter and which should es- pecHlly command the attention of those who M'anfc the United States to go to M'ar. It Is this , tint If merely sensa tional rumors of Mar c.uist > a loss of so great a sum as above stated to the hold ers of stircks and feocuiitles , what should icasonably bo expected to result In this way if M'ar M'cie declared ? Can there bo any doubt that the destruction oC se em ity values would bo enormous and that the consequences of this to the financial interests of the country would be disastrous ? Those M'lio talk war are generally not people who look at the piactlc.il side of the question , who con sider the cost. For such the loss of stock and seem ity lioldois last week f mulshes an Instructive object lesson. A GL.UT ur GOLD. Some of the New York banks aio tendering gold In payment of chocks presented at their counters and it Is probable that most of thorn Mill adopt this course. Tile president of one of the banks .said in refer euro to the matter that Mhlle flnancleis and statesmen have been wiostlingvlth the rnonetaiy ques tion the Immutable laws of trade have bsen Moiking steadily , solving in some degioo at least the pioblem. The na tional treasuiy , with n gold reserve of about $170,000,000 , no longer needs or desires gold and it must find a natui.il outlet. It must bo put Into general cir culation , but this Is not so easy as some may suppose , for it Is a significant fact that a majority of those who are ollered gold on their checks In New York express - press a piefeienco for paper currency. " \Vlmt is true there Is true generally. When there is panic people want gold , but whew peace and confidence reign in the financial -world they are not anxious to handle HIP yellow m tal. In the absence of M'ar there should be a very large addition to the supply of gold in the United States befoiu the close of the current year and the circula tion of that money may become more genoial than it has ever been in this country. At the arne time the Increased supply must inevitably have the effect to stimulate productive enterprises. If the production of gold shall go on In creasing at the rate of the last few years It will not be long before the question of a sufllclent supply for the business of the M-oild will bo beyond controversy , if It is not already so. There seems to be some question as to who aio the "plutocrats" in Kansas. The report of the Kansas state bank examlneis shows that of the . ' ! " . " presi dents of state and pilvato banks loss than twenty-live draw salaries. Thiee of those draw but ? ' _ ' , > 00 a year and a dos-eii others get only ? .V)0 ) a year each , the average compensation bslng less than $1,000. This Is also the average salary for cashiers of banks. Theio are a num ber of cashiers Mho got fiom $1,800 to $2,500 a year , but there aio 200 or moie Mho get fiom $ IW > 0 a year to $7. > 0. The cashier of the largest bank of the state gets only $200 a year salary. The average salary of the cloiks Is SISO a year. A gieat many employes about the banks get smaller salaries. Tljo farmers aio apparently the principal plutocrats tlie state boasts. It Is an absolute Impossibility to build a peimanent passenger station In three months. To accommodate exposition railway travel a temporary depot of some Kind Is Imperative. We might as well locognUe this fact first as last , The sooner the work of construction Is com menced the sooner will It bo finished. If the members of the Ministerial union want to have the Sunday observ ance laws strictly enforced , wiry wait till tlio time for opening tliu exposition ? If they ar-o sincere in their attltudo there Is plenty of work for them right now In that direction , ancLtlmt without Invoking any law who. i abdication Is doubtful. We suggest that they M'alt upon the re form police board and use their Inlluence upon the sanctimonious frauds who are counted among their pailshlonors , Mhtlc ns bogus reformers they are countenanc ing and protecting lawlessness vice am ! crime In the most hideous forms. If you don't believe the Maine WPS sunk by Spanish treachery just take a look at the Illustrations In the plctoilal blood-nnd-thnndor press. The in lists weie given orders. to portray treachery In their sketches } mid If they have nol succeeded In convincing every one thai It links In their pencils nnd brushes It Is not because they have not tried their very best. Globo-Oomocmt. Captain Slqsbee's "U Is bolter to know than to think" seems to bo accepted aa a phrase filling a long-felt want. Tlio llt'iitii In the 13 } c. Kansas City Stnr. The charge that the application of red- hot Irons la one of the rncthoJa adopted for the subjugation * of unruly inmates at the Kansas stnto reformatory at Hutchln- son should bo Investigated. There Is no con- elstency In Amcrlcws denouncing Spain If they propose to Imitate its vices , Mr. Jniii'N , His ( ironim. ImllntmiKjlls Journnl. And now Mr. Jones , Drj unite , the colleague of the wonderful Le ls of the stole of Wash. Iciston , la reporled as making "n general speech against the existing conditions. " The existing conditions show that the couiUr > Is pouring Ihrough Ibo channels of exchange a ihlrd moro buVncss than a > ear ago. Iliirliurlt > I Washington Btnr The poislmaster general's order lo discon tinue the posloMlee at Lake City , S. C. , woo but a slight sntlclpalloni of Iho natural course of evenls. A community capable ot Iho barbarity practiced on Ihe colored posl- mastcr and his family could scarcely escape retrogression to a point \\here a mall serv ice would bo a barren formality. St 1'nul Pioneer r'rcss When Dr. Krtnsen's criticism of his Ameri can audiences Is simmered down It nppears to contain only the charge that all Ihey wanted was lo look at him. And this , as a matter of fact , \\as a good deal of a compli ment. All he could tell us had been already told In hie book , nid | trat we were willing1 lo pay cold dollats for Ihe purpose of Just look ing nt him was no Idle tilbutc. Value i > f riniu 'lullc. HoMon Pilot. The admirable thing about American di plomacy Is the stial5litfoiwardnc s wlMi which It acts There Is no belting about Iho bush. When all the arguments and remon strances had been exhausted to prevent the sending out of the Laird Bros. ' icbel rams , at the crisis of our civil war , a few llnea penciled on n visiting card by Abraham Lln- co'a settled the whole matter. They read : "Tell Adams to sny to Palmerstoa that an other 'Alabama' means war ! " lulliit-iiui'M of Diet. N" < ; w York Sun Prof. LEO Wlcrier of Harvard university ob jects to butchers and-beofstcal < s and proposes lo reform Ihe world by moms of vegetarianIsm - Ism , "a mode ot life which results In purer blood , clearer Judgment and leas passion " When meat , fish and seasoning are Ibrown away hard drinking will stop ; ever > thing will stop that ought not to go on. A fiue program , and one thoroughly approved , for use outsldo of their ow n houses , by the market gardeners ot Massachusetts It IP difficult to be so cer tain as Prof. Wlonei is absut the restraining Influences of vegetables. Wo have known habllual calera of raw beef sandwiches to play excellent ptnoehle nul Illustrate all the quiet virtues. We once knew a vegetarian o ! thirty jears' standing , a man never weary of Insisting upon the peculiarly gentle char acter given lo Ihe disposition by a diet of par.-nlp , dnd > ct this pralser ot parsnip i kept a fighting dog , and was ready to lake up the animal's quarrels himself at any time. Diet will not do everthing. I'OSTAIj hVVINOb 11 VMvS. on < Iie Cost of to ( lie ? Govcriiiiion t. Chicago Ilecord. At one of the recent hearings before the house postofllco committee on Ihe subject of postal savings banks the fear wns expressed by a member of the committee that the dif ference between the Interest paid to depos itors and the Income from the Investment of the postal depository funds would not bo sufllclent to cover the expense of manage ment. It Is not easy to secure from western pri vate bankers figures as lo Iho cost of man agement , but In some of the eastern stales report ot such fnc-ts must be made to public ofllclals. The bank examiner of Maine , In his report for 1SSG , shous that the aggregate cost of management for the savings banks of that et.itc , Including salailes of ofrtccis , ronls and all olhcr expenses except loses. amounted lo nbout 1-5 of 1 per cent , or about 2 mills on each dollar of assets. This maybe bo a sllghlly more economical showing than tlio banks in many states would make. It is also moro economical management than would bo expected from Esvornmont depos itories. The percentage of expense Is usually a little higher for postofllco than for private bjnks. One reason /or this Is that Ibc poat- ofllcc bank makes a specialty of handling very small deposits and Iho multiplicity of accounts for a comparatively small total of deposits makes the proportionate expense greater. For purposes of estimate , there fore , ft Is more Instructive to Inquire as to the cost of management of postal savings binks than lo afilc what the percentage of expense Is for private savings banks. In Great Ililtaln Ihe expense of manage ment Is ibout 3-7 of 1 pci cent on balances standing to the credit of depositors. In Trance the figures are 7-15 of 1 per cent. For the Netherlands the figures are the same. In Belgium the cost of management is only 1-5 of 1 per cent , or the same as that of Ihe Maine savings banks. In Sweden Iho cost Is Vt of 1 per cent. Austria Is the only country having the postal savings system In operation where the cost of management exceeds % of 1 per cent. There It Is 11-20 of one per cenl. This high cosl In Austria Is in largo 'part explained toy the fad lhat the people are pcor and the number of veiy small savings accounts Is largq. There are hundreds of accounts of only a few dollars , the cost of Keeping each one of which Is nearly as great as the cost ot keeping n Hrgcr account. Ih Italy , another country of poor people with many very small accounts , the cost of management fa a trlllo under V of 1 per cent. , The country lhat furnishes the most In structive basis for comparison js our Im mediate neighbor , to the north , where con ditions and the habits of Ihe people are quite similar to those in the United States In Canada the percentage of cost of man agement to balance duo depositors for each ) car since the establishment of the sjstom has been as follows. 1RC3 JSTO 1S71 187. 187J 1S7I 1S77. 1S78Tho The bill Inlrcduccd by Ilcpresentatlve Lorlmer provides that the rate of Inteiest to depositors shall bo 2 per cent. Investment of funds in national bonds should jleld at loa t 2',4 per cent If Invested in state , city and county bonds the Income will be larger. Hut Investment la national bonds should leave a margin of at least y of 1 per cent for oxpensei. After tl > o flrst year or two ft Is very probable that the coat of manage ment will be considerably less than * A of 1 per cent. In order to make assurance doubly lure , lion over , and to guarantee that the postal-depository s > stem will be self-xupport- Ing , the senate bill Introduced by Senator Mason lias been amended to give the post master general the power to make the rate of Interest to depositors leu than 2 per rent , If that shall bo necessary to prevent the postal depository system from becoming an expense to the government. "jus sunn torn. HIUIIT. " New York Tribune : Captain Blgsbeo'a din- patch , "Suspend Judgment , " U still the patriot' * watchword. Philadelphia Ledger : Captain Slgnbeo's maxim , "It 1 better to know than to think , " ban become famous ; but there are BO many people who think they know , when they don't oven Know thnt they think , Hnltlmoro American : The government must realize the old maxim that God Is nt- ways on the side ot the heaviest artillery hence the dirty of the government 'Is to provide the heaviest nnd best ordnance , and bravo American hearts will do Iho rest. aiobeDcmocrfttSecretary Oagc Is wise In giving his Attention 'to the question of a war loan. Money will have to bo borrowed It war takes place , and borrowed In largo sums Most of It , however , can bo furn ished at homo The country's stock of money was never so largo In the past as It IB now , and it will be freely offered to the govern ment If needed. I'uropc , too , stands ready to lend the government hundreds ot millions ot dollars at short notice and at low In terest Philadelphia Inquirer : This is a tlmo for the American people to be calm. There will bo no war unless It Is forced on us by the aggression of tlio Spanish government , and wo do not believe that this will bo the caw. Wo do bcllevo thai a firm presentation of the situation In Cuba , a statement of the losses lo American life and properly , nnd a firm sfand ngalnst the continuation of the unspeakable horrors In the inland will bring nbout the Independence of Cuba without a war. Until there Is some moro evidence on the subject there Is no reason to anticipate a war : but , as Washington well said , It Is often cheaper to prepare for war than lo pay the costs ot one. Philadelphia Times : The active prepara tions for war , alike by the United Stales and Spain , are the best possible Indication , that war Is not likely to come. If our govern ment was not prepared for war wltn Spain , there Is every present ( indication that vvar would be precipitated upon us , but when two nations are reasonably well prepared for war , both nro likely to take paiwe and reflect soberly upon the consequences. While Spain has obviously been preparing for war during Ibo last > car , there Is 110 rcabon whatever to doubt that we are today even better prepared than Is Spain for the shock of battle. Indianapolis None : The country owes a debt of gratitude to President McKlnley fo the able and patriotic way 1m which be Is dealing with tlio Cuban complication. In Ihe present excltlDg emergency ho has showi genuinely statcsmanllKo qualities. The country could not have had a more credlta bio chief executive. Not for a moment has ho lent his temper. Though not fearing war , except as every bravo and sensible nin * fears it , the president has done even tiling In his power lo make war Impossible. HL has ev Ideally fell , as Iho American people feel , that there Is lltllo glory to ho go out of a war with a fceblo power nuch as Spain , and he hau done nothing' whatever to Inllamo public opinion or to humiliateUie Spanish government. Now York Sun : All Intelligent uud rra sonablo people will wait for the conclusions of the court of Inquiry before forming an > Judgment as to the caiuo or coustnicllng any theory as to it , Knowing that wlthou a basis of ascertained facts , fetich as the la- qucsl was established to secure , no Judg mcnt is ot any value and all theoiizing la an intellectual waste. The history of sucl courts la the navy proves their thoroughne's and Impartiality , and the present board Is of the highest character morally amd especial special ability. If the question of the cause of tbo lets ot Ihe Maine Is now dcteimlnable it may be taken for granted lhat It will bo discovered by these patient and expert olll- cers and will bo explained exactly as It Is In the report they will make la due time. Y.JJ LYM > o The Now York Sun announces that the bll to establish a. censorship of the New Ycrk newspipcis has been abandoned by Its pro moters. One of the most rcmaiuablo gifts tha * ornament the home of the llev. Dr. Talmago since his return from bis recent wedding tilp is a Husslan tea set vice of gold and cuaniol a ptrsoml token from the C7o.r of llUEsIa. Pavld W. Hamsdcll , who has Just died in Veimont , In 1S01 received a package of gov- einmout 6C"ds. Ot.o piculiar vailety or grata grown ho called "Norway oats. " In ton jears he made $3,000,000 from 1th sale , but ho died In poverty. Illchard Olney , ox-sectotary of state , will deliver the next lecture In Iho course on "Civic Dulles and Reforms" In Sanders Ihea- tcr. Harvard university , on Wednesday even ing , March 2. His subject will be "Interna tional Isolation of the United States. " John Y. McKanc , Gravescnd's old-tlmn boss , will bo released from Sing Sing April 1 , and a body of his friends had planned lo escort him from the prison door to his home. McKano has forbidden the cscorl , but an nounces thai ho would mot decline an Invlta- tlrn lo meet Ills friends at dinner in New York. The Medical Record tells of a man who v.as cured of blindness uy a surgeon remark able for bis unprepossessing appearance. When vision was fully restored the patlcnl looked at his bencfuctoi and said : "Lucky for ) ou , yoi'tig man , I did not see you before ) ou operalcd , cc I would never have given uy conecnt. " Judge Emery Spoor of tbo United States district court of O cegla will , In a few das , Formally present a handsome portrait of tlio nte Judge L. Q. C. Lamar to the United States supreme court The portrait was pur chased by Mr , Speoi and ether eml'iit.it ' acoiglana , and il will bo placed In Iho au ircmo court chamber at Washington. Jeeso James , the 20-year-old uon of the great Iximlit , Ins bought the cigar stand In .he corridor of the court hcuse In St. Louis. Per several years bs ban worked as a clerk n the Armour packing house , lias cared for il mother , educated his sister , paid off the mortgage on their homo and Is said to bo a shrewd and most estimable young man. Residents of Elizabeth , N. J. , have started a movement to erect a monument to tbo memory of General Wlnfield Scott , whoso homo -was In iil/abcth : from 1S2S until hla death. The historic old Scott mansion stands on East Jersey street , opposite Iho City Hall paik. It Is proposed to erect the monument there. On either side of the park run cast and west Scott Places. "Jt Is moro than thirty years , " says Sen ator Davis of Minnesota , "since I began to make a collection of works relating lo Na poleon Donaparle During Ihls period I have locumulaled about 800 volumes , same of thenj rare and priceless. My collection was naugurated before the Napoleonic fad set in , and was started because of the regard I mvo for the greatest man Kranto 1ma over ( nown. " How lo pronounce the name of the Spanish war whip recently al anchor in New York bay has been a tnibjcct of considerable curiosity among Americans , The name of her com- nander , 'Captain Uulale , la pronounced as ; f fcpolled Ay-oo-lah-tay , tbo flrsttwo sylla bles run together a little. , the third accented and the last very short. Hu pronounces his ship's name "Illth-Ko-ah , " or as nearly ns Iho American tongue can got at It , The second uyllabla rhymes with "rye , " and la nearly two syllables , the two sounds being run close together , Ttie Koyal Is the hlgliett grade baking powder known. Actual leUm bhow It goeii one- third further Iho.t uny other brand. Absolutely Pure ttOYAl HKINd POWOCR CO , HI * YOU * . I. > TIHIST t.v Tim UM-OSITIOX. Colornilo. Dtmer llFpuMlcnn , Omaha will certainly have a great expetil- lion , nnd Colorado and Denver will ilo their full share toward making It n glorious auc- COA In every particular. lonn ntirllnMoti ! lnnkc > e. The Transmlsalsslpvl Imposition at Omaha is to open cri Juno 1 It the Atato ot lena Is to bo represented there In a worthy am' ' becoming manner the time for preparation should he utilised Not very much can ho done In three months. Ill nil o. Doiso stnlc < mnn A story U told of a man who wai advlsei' ' to sock perfecl rest anl quiet He oiterct and sat down in a store the proprlelor o which did not advertise. Idaho may be alilo to get a few such Invalid Immlprntits If I ! falla to advertise , but It U a different kind of settlers lint Is needed Wo want the kind that expect to stir around : and It we arc to get them we must advertise. A be ginning should be made by prcpar'ng a crcd. liable exhibit for the Omaha exposition Topeka Capital. Kansas Is olccio among tranmnlsslsslppl stnteo In hav ing done nothing to Ineuro a state exhibit and > et of all the states ot the region Kansas Is la n position to be mosl benefited by threxposition. . The coutvtri's oes arc on tbo west , and moro particularly Kansas lhan any olhcr slato. Thousands of eastern people will go to Omaha lo ecc for themselves what the western states , at the beginning of this now era ofcstcjn pros perity and Immigration , have to show for ihcmsolvrs. Knniao has ovcrtbkig to gain by being piopcrly represented. The state desires immigration , capital and development of bet resources. Govertior Lerdy , It 'a ' to bo hoped , will promptly name a state com mission that will take Ibis cliitj 'n hand and In co-operallon with the railroads , commer cial bodies nnd agricultural organizations prepare EH exhibit of the state's resources aivl present condition and secure a desirable location In the fair gi omuls at Omaha at the allotment of space next week. Ot'll.V'ii 1770. of 'HiriMiMirn1 SlrtiKKlc for IlllU'lllMUll'Ilt'C. New \orlc Sun , Tcb 21 Todiy is the third anniversary of Cuba's struggle for Independence , begun on the 21th of rebruary , 1S95. It finds the patilot cause , In splto not only of Spain's predictions hut of her prodigious efforts , strong and buoyant with a well-founded confidence ot epccdy triumph. The question to be put to day is not how long the Cuban republic will last , but how long Spain can continue her costly efforts to suppress II. The Hist jear of the struggle was the most critical. The appeal ot tlio revolutionary party , headed by the lamented Jcee Marti , was welcomed In several of Iho provinces , lo which war malerlal had been successfully carried but the Spanish authorities got wind of the contemplated risings , nnd In Puerto Principe seized arms and amnumillon. A few dajs after the famous rebruary 21 , Captain General Calleji declared the prov inces ot Matanzas and Santiago to bo in a &tato of siege. The movement spread. Mixlmo Gomez , by Iho vole of the leading officers of the former revolutionary war , was chosen commander- In-chlef. Uartolome Masse , Rabl , and other well known citizens cast in their lots with the patriot cause , while the tuo Maccos and other veteran leaders landed In Santiago , where Ihe people flocked lo Iholr sluml ords. Spain quickly rcso lo the emergency , and within two months after February 21 , Calleja was succeeded as captain general by the renowned Martinez Campos , who professed his ability to end the rebellion before the end of the autumn. The fights of Lcs Negros , Cl Guauabano , Jarahuca , Juraguanas , HI Cacao , and Cl Jobilo taught him tint his lask was no trifling one , while In July , when commanding In person , ho was defeated by Alaceo and Rabl at Dayamo. Meanwhile Gomez nnd Marti bad set out for Puerto Prlnclpo and In their first severe conflict the horolc Marti wan killed. Gomez pressed on , nnd in Iho province of Puerto Principe was Joined by Salvador Clsneros IJetincouit. Next Gomez , marching Into the provinces 6f Santa Clara and Malanzas , carried out ills policy of destrojlng the sugar crop , and thereby stopping Ihe revenue which Spain derived from It. Other bailies and skir mishes followed , and before the first year was over Spain recognized tint she had to deal with a most formidable revolt. Martinez Campos was displaced b > Wcler as captain general , and troops were poured lnto _ uba In enormous numbers. Rigorous , vindictive , and In some cases , barbarous edicts were Issued. The real troops vied with Ihe rebels In ravaging Ihe Island ; trade was restricted ; plantations were stripped of their laborers , and a pollc ) of concentrating the country people In and around the towns was carried out with unsparing severity , with suffering and starvation , in consequence , that 3avc been simply appalling. righting went on In many places. Maceo made a brilliant campilgu In Plnar del Rio and gained victory after victory In a career of extraordinary audacity , crowned by hla death. Aranguren , also a martyr to- the cause , with olhor dashing leaders , repealed/ ! raided into the tcivlrona of Havana. The west , the center and the east of the Island witnessed Cuban piowpjm against an enor mous disparity of force , and , while tbo east waj the moat quiet , it was largely In patriot lands. The second anniversary of Iho rovolulion 'ound It even moio hopeful than the first , jecauso il had hold its oun against forcefl so enormous and BO evidently representing the niont that Spain could bring to bear. The situation in Cuba had its reflex Influence on ipain , at length , In the toming of tha Sagasta ministry , under vvhlc'i Wejler , whose Hicccsdivo campaigns had boc < i palpable fail ures , was replaced by Hlanco , while autonomy was offered to tlio patriots instead of In- derendcnce. It la In the midst ot Dlanco's campaign .hat its third anniversary now dawns upon 3ul.a , with prospects brighter than ever. Tlio failure of the autonomy plan Is con ceded , and certainly in the Held Dlanco has lone not a whit bettor than Ills predecessors , ndced , the leidlng feature of Ills opccatlona , jcreral Panda's expedition In southeastern CuUi , was an acknowledged defeat. Why then , should not the third anniversary bo full of hope for Cuba ? Wo cannot say how many ne i Spain 1ms had under aim.i in tlio Island , ml probably a quarter of a million would not bo too high AD cithnatn , nnd yet this tmiuiidojs force the Vubitnn hnr mad < lipud The burning question Is not how lixis they can endure , but how long Spain will find It possible to fltiind the strnln , CulvVa third anniversary , lee finds It nearer thai recognition b our oCtl counttj which has nhvnjfl been ono of Us alms i\entn : hate ot Into become ) urgent In that direction And wo do not rofcr lo the recent calamity In Havana hnbor , who o grave results cannot - not ) et bo forecast , but to those events w'alPh arc stoidily and twlttly bridging neat tbo tlmo when , ns President McKlnley has slid , wo must Imperative ! ) call on Spain lo make pc ico. U is nol Spain alone llwl M suffering from this vvar , but our own losac * have been shown ( o becnormoui Strange and unloo ! < el-for events may f.horte i Cuba' * pro- bnllcti , but Its own heroic constancy to tha resolve to be free nnmt soon brkig tlio pcac * thai walls on Independence. icn.vt'ucrcvs ir-oucr : rui.r , . A Multure SiilntUnthitf Dcnpotlxiii for I'ri'o r.lrodoin. I < oul9Vlllri Courier-Journal The people may well stand aghast bcfora tlio rovoHitlonary election bill which hac , , llko some dread monster , ( Uiddmly emerged from the fastn'wacts ot passion nnd error Ihrough which Iho legislature , has ban threading its tortuous way U is afo to my lhat the annals ot free government will besought sought in vain for anj thing approaching U In elmmcleso cffrixnlery and unconcealed tic- formlly. Tlio records of rpconslrnctlcti fur nish nothing to compare with It. The Dronn- low despotism In Tennessee was considered tolerably reckless and tolerably thorough In Its day. Hut Ihe Drovvnlovr dcspollsm nt Its worst vctituro upon nothing so boldly , wholly bad as IhH. In all the force bills meditated by the radicals In congrcvtt during the dark dnjs of reconstruction Ihero were discernible some prclorwo and prelext , some lingering memory of republican Instincts and tradi tions. i\cfl In the PlebUcltey of Lotilo Na poleon Ihero was Ibo outer display of a Just electoral process and purpOM. Thh force bill gives the voters of Kentucky not a ray ot hope. It makes no claim or allow of fnltnros It places exclusively In the hands of three Irresponsible peiflons to ho bo named by the authors of the measure Itself the until c electoral machlncrj ot the slate. Tint is the whole of It. In ono word , cad nt one- fell swoop , Kentucky Is to become - come the subject of a triiimvlrale , which Is to docldo who shall hold ofilco nnd who Mull not Nominally the people are lo bo per- millcd still to go through the form of olec- llons. They are to bo permitted slilt lo vole. The ballot box is not actually abel ished. Hut the triumvirate Is In each nnd every caeo to cast up the relinks and ile- tcrmlm Iho result. Naturally , Iho qucalle/i recurs , why llireo commissioners when ono would servo the purpose qullo aa well ? Thrift being the or der ot the day , wh > not an act naming i single commissioner to cist u single vote for the entire stato. as Is somctlmrc done In local board mc-etlngs1' Why waslo tlii > hard-catccd moi..e } of Ihe ( axpacr > n triumvirate when a dictator would come BO much cheaper. * * This monstrous usurpation ot power nceJs no explaining. It U so simple a child may / " read and understand It Hut no poncr can stop It unless the pc-opio of Kontuck ) , uot \et wholly lost to libert ) , manhood aM self-respect , arise In their majesty and arho at once , to call off the maddened dogi of war whom passion nnd faction have let loose at rrnnkfort , and who , having had a taste of blood , would rend the verj cuglca that guaid the commonwealth limb from limb , enving the people culy the bare nnd woith - cso bones. iruicnr AMI Detroit Tree Press : "What Is Investment , grandjii ? " " \WI1 , It Is Riving a mnn a $3 dinner , and then belling him a,000 bill of goods.1 Chicago Tribune : The bas t drummer's ( lei of music Is to make nil tbo noise ho can. " "Wtll , the more nolso lie iimkcs , the less the rest of the band is he.ird. " Columbus ( O ) Journal : "Parker alvvaja exaggerates cveiythlng so. " "yes ; he can't even statt an accounl at the bank without overdrawing It , " Onlcago Hecord : "Have jou any stylish nelghbois ? " "Stylish. ' Mrs Toozle , next door , I ? Just gelling over a $3CO attack of typhoid fever. " Cleveland lender : Helen Don't you Ihinlc my now bonnet It n. peifect dicain ? 'Manic ' It'i moro llian a droum. dear ; It'a a genuine nlBiilmaie. Dclroll Free Press : lie What makes you appear so distant ? I thought you said you vvero all mine/ She I find It Impossible to esteem a man that can't hold his own. Chicago News : "Words of cheer arc bright jewels along one's pathway. " "Th.U'a all rlglit , but1 just wait until jou run upon a. girl who Is expecting a diamond ring. " Roston Tr.anncrlpt : Flick Call 'him ' a musician ! Why , he doesn't know the differ , cnco between a nocturne and a. BjmpTony. I'lack You don't mean It ! And they huny to get away from ono nn- other. UipJi Is terribly a I raid that the other will auk ; "JJy the way , what Is the dlffei ente. ' " Detroit Journal : "Zola , " cry his enemies , "you aio real moan I" Xola laughed ( German , Incholte ) . "Oul , messieurs , " ho answers. "I always tty to be real before I am anyllilnj else , don't you know , " Without the mob was smoking tlsarottcs anil Indulfilnp In othei n < lH of violence ; vvhllo upon all hands were being HUIIK tbo "MarsclllulBe" and "Tho Man That ljrok the Hank at Motile Carlo. " A N A M \ it O UTIJ O > U. Cleveland 1'luln Dealer. Two Rhn lly shapes came Hloallng from A iltep. ana ancient grave ; They heard the never ellent hum That matks the human wave. " They heard the newsboys' atrldent shout. And ono did stop and buy ; And thioiigh Iho sheet thus hawked ubuut Ho scanned with eager eye. And ns hn rend the headlines o'er Hli faceKrovv peaked and pale , And when lio'cl read u little ; moro Ho grasped Ihe nearest rail , "Sapphlra , dear , " ho falnlly cried , "This war nous , bold and brash , Convinces mo wo newer lied Our record's ROIIO lo smash ! " Short Saying Therefore we will bz brief . , iv . , . and tell you that one of our windows on the J5th street side con- ains many choice Neck Scarfs The kind that have always jeen sold at $ J.OO and $1,50 each some made up some four n-hands and some puffs we won't explain why we do this and you don't care as long as you can take your choice of one dollar and one fifty Neckties for each SEEING IS BELIEVING. .S. W. Cor. 40th and