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Notary Public.
When tlii' oily of Omnlin can coin-
mnnil § : ion.noo nt Iww1liiiv4 : per ( vnt In
terest It does not Ionic as If thon- were
4iiiy coiisiilracy by the money power to
make money dear.
Tlic chief of police says tliat IIP will
rotiiit"iiUieo ! no KiitnMliiK itniler his re-
Rime. Wliv , then , doesn't lie carry out
the order of the police board a
nlot inac'lilne names of t-hancuV
Attention Is called to the monthly
RtateuicMt of circulation , which shows
Btently Increase In subscription initron-
n 'e of The I'ee. People who want the
and all tlie news rend The. J'.ee.
A new word lias made Its appearance
on the I'acitle coast. It Is "repopocrat"
and Is sniiposed to be the name of one
who claims to be a republican , but fuses
regularly with democrats and populists.
The question , who will draw $2,000 as
ilo-nothtntr state railway commissioner In
place of Democratic Chairman .Tim Dahl-
inaii Is not half so presslm ; as the cpios-
tlon whether Dahlman really Intends to
let go of the public teat.
Property owners mlist not forget to get
their petitions for re-paving In early ,
( 'ontractorx must have no excuse for un
necessary delay In commencing ami com
pleting the .street Improvements mapped
out for the coming season.
Hy hanging an elllgy of e.v-Mlnlstor dc
Lome and hooting at the pnliiv as they
carted It away , a mob of citl/.cns of
Troy , N. Y. , Kuems to have proved con
clusively that not all the fools are in
the Spanish diplomatic service.
Th-o next great question to bother the
city authorities will be whether a man
must llrst pass an examination before
the new tonsorlal board before he will
bo permitted to experiment with a
butcher knife on his own crop of hirsute
vegetation.
The. llee. Is the only metropolitan dally
In Nebraska that keeps Its patrons con
stantly advised of Its exact boint tide
circulation day by day. Advertisers
who know what they are buying know
the difference Iwlweun a newspaper and
u handbill.
A real prince , one who may some day
sit on n throne and have a kingly title ,
is coining o\vr | to make an extensive tour
of the United States and If he uses his
eyes and cars well while here he may
return to Belgium impressed with the
Utter uselessness of kings anil princes.
In the criminal trial growing out of
Hie Lattlmer tragedy , the defense Is
endeavoring to prove that Sheriff Martin
ordered his deputies to keep cool. After
his heated performance the sheriff might
to be called on to sp.'dfy what tem
perature Is comprehended In bis Idea of
coolness.
If the courts of Nebraska would adopt
regulations that would make It abso
lutely Impossible for strangers to hold
private conversations with jurors in
dark corners and to do business on a
cash basis just beyond the hearing of a
ballllT the ears of court ollkvrs would
not so often smart under printed criti
cism.
Tlie announcement of Senator White
of California that lie will not again-be a
candidate for the senate has mowd ( Jov-
ernor Itudd to announce that : he will be
n candidate provided the next legislature
is democratic. That proviso Is really tlie
most conspicuous thing about senatorial
candidacies In Nebraska as well as In
California.
1'ivsldont Pole of Hawaii has departed
for Honolulu. If hi ; makes an honest
report to his associates In control of the
sugar Islands he will tell that the eyes
of the American people are. llrmly llxed
upon another sugar Island and Just at
present they aiv giving themselves very
little concern about the fate of the "Key
to the Paclllc. "
Western lawyers are urging upon con
gress the bill to create another federal
judicial district and to provide for an
other court of appeals. The proposed
new district Includes Colorado , Utah ,
Wyoming anil Montana , to which might
be milled the territories of Arizona and
New Mexico. At present appeal oases
from those states are heard In St. Paul
or St. Louis , to the. inconvculuuc < i of
both attorneys ami lltlgauU.
.t.S TO l'0M. / ; . \
rriii > dispatch from London prlntctl
yesterday , giving tint opinions of KngllRh I
statesmen thnt In tlw event of war bo-
twccti tilt' Unllo.il State ; * and Hpnln there
xvoultl lit * no Interference by nny Hiiro-
in-all power , supports ihn view which wo
have repeatedly expressed niul which wo
think must be accepted by everybody
who will carefully consider the situa
tion. This was very clearly nnd pointedly
HtatPtl by Sir Charles lUlke when he Haiti
Hint "no Kuropcan power has any direct
Interest In helping Spain , " tind also by
another Kngltsh statesman In the rninnrk
that "there Is no Kuropeati Interest
touched by this Cuban business that
would tempt any country to meddle with
It. " And the dispatch stated that this
Is the general trend of opinion In Kng-
land.
land.Tho
The most remarkable thing Is that
there should be- any one In this country
entertaining the Idea that Great r.rltain
might Interfere In behalf of Spain. That
country lias very little interest In Cuba.
Its trade with thai Island is not of much
importance , nor Is Its commerce with
Spain of very great consequence. On
the other hand the trade of ( treat Urltaln
with the United States is of enormous
proportions. Krom purely commercial'
considerations , therefore , Great Britain
would do nothing to help Spain In n
war with the United States , but all suf-
tlelent as this Is there are still other
considerations no less potent in their in-
tltienee. To understand what these are
one lias only to think of the British pos
sessions In this hemisphere which would
be Imperilled by hostilities. Moreover.
England desires closer relations with the
United States , so that there Is every
reason to believe that in n war between
tills country and Spain I'.rltlsh sympathy
wouhl' be with us and If needed we could
command Itrltlsh assistance. The two
nations are so bound together linaiielally
and commercially , their mutual Interests
nro so great , that It Is manifestly fool
ish to assume that a country like Spain
bankrupt , decadent and without credit
could obtain any help from Great
r.rltain against the United States.
And what is true as to Kngland ap
plies In a degree to every other country
In Kurope. It lias been suggested that
Kuropean countries having possessions
In this hemisphere might be Induced to
assist Spain from an apprehension that
; i successful war on the part of tlie
United States might nienacv those pos
sessions. There Is nothing in this view ,
for the reason that the United States
would not go to war for territorial con
quest. Tills country would not expend
a dollar or .sacrifice n human life to
possess Cuba. If light wo must ami as
a result Cuba Is wrested from Spain , as
most certainly It would be , it would be
for tlie Cubans. This country does not
covet any of the territory In this hemi
sphere 'belonging ' to Kuropean nations
and its distinctly declared policy is to
In nowise interfere with these posses-
siotis. In the message that announced
the Monroe doctrine I'residenl Monroe
Mild : "With the existing colonies or
dependencies of any European power we
have not interfered and shall not inter
fere. " That is tlio attitude of the na
tion now and It will adhere to It. There
fore no Knropean country would be justi
fied In taking part in a war against the
United States on tlio ground that it
feared danger to its possessions In this
iltiarter of the world. '
Undoubtedly Spain fully understands
that in a war with the United States
she would have to light alone. She can
hope for no assistance from Kurope and
It Is equally certain that she could ex
pect none from any of the Independent
countries of this hemisphere , whose people
ple are heartily In .sympathy with the
Cuban cause.
Tin ; nrtr.ci.ix
-The attempted assassination of King
George of Greece may .srve to rehabili
tate that ruler In the good opinion and
confidence of the people. An accomplice
of the would-be assassin has made a
confession which leaves no doubt that
tin ? right men have been apprehended
and the Investigation , it appears , Indi
cates the existence of a conspiracy
against th ? king. This Is not suggested ,
however , by the confession of the ac
complice of KardlUa , who stated that
the latter urged that the assassination
of the king would glorify the assassins.
It seems that the plan was well laid , but
neither of the men bad the courage
necessary to ILs success , one of them
being so rattled that he could not lilt
the horses of the king's carriage.
King George , who was accompanied by
his daughter , acted with nerve and dis
cretion , lie did no more than any other
ordinarily brave man would have done In
like circumstances , but an act of courage
by u sovereign is apt to be magnified.
However , the king of Greece Is entitled
to full credit for his manly conduct and
tlie Grecian people , it Is safe to say ,
will not withhold It from him. Ilo has
been very unpopular since the unfor
tunate experience of. Greece In the war
with Turkey , in which his eldest son
played a rather discreditable part from
the military point of view , and the people
ple would at any time have welcomed
his abdication. But the attempt on the
king's life and the manliness he ex
hibited may be expected to restore him
to popular regard.
/WJHHKSS OK TIIK HHl > MAX ,
Should congress authorize the Indian
congress proposed as a feature of the
Transmlsslsslppl Kxpo.sltlon It will In all
probability afford a last opportunity for
the American people to catch a gllmpsu
old life of the
of the soon-to-be-forgotten
natives and to Judge by actual compari
son the value of the educational and
clvlll/.lng work being done by the gov
ernment. Changes In the status of the
Indian niv now going on rapidly and it
will be only a short time until the trans
formation Is complete. The national con
ference of Indian educators will also
meet In Omaha this year and It would
be appropriate to have as a part of this
conference and of the Indian congress
anexhibit showing what the Indians
are doing for themselves with their
books and their tools. Such an exhibit
would open the eyes of the world to the
progress achieved by th- > civilized Indian.
i'tiw l > C4lUc * those directly connected
with the ( nlucntlonnl department of the
Indian bureau have an ndcqtintn appre
ciation of what IH being done by the
United .Vlnles for the scattered bands of
Indians on the western rcucrvnllotifl to
bring to n close the era of semi-savagery
nnd to fit tin-so aboriginal Americans for
civilization. The educational policy
from which such good results are flow
ing Is comparatively new. Hut H,0..0
Indian children , on an average , attended
the Indian schools ten years ago and
now the average attendance Is 18,070 ,
with a total enrollment last your of 2.'l-
WU. The Indian schools number nearly
! ! 00 nnd there , Is demand for enlarge
ment and added facilities In nearly every
one of them. Kvery year It Is becoming
easier to secure the attendance of Indian
boys nnd girls at these schools , the op
position of the old "blanket Indians" be
coming less pronounced. Young Indian
men and women are growing up In the
tribes to become educators and mission
aries and are gradually learning how to
become solf-supportlng. All of these
Indian schools are Industrial schools as
well as schools where books are studied
and moral lessons inculcated.
The Indian problem which has so
vexed our government since Its founda
tion and becomes more dllllcult as civili
zation comes Into closjr contact with the
tribes must bo solved by the Indian chil
dren through their schools and their
workshops. Its solution means a great
deal for the states of the west.
H'I.S TllK JUllY TAUl'KHKn WlTUl
In his motion asking the court to set
aside the infamous verdict In the Hartley
bond suit , Attorney General Smyth as
serts that the Jury which rendered this
verdict had been tampered with. This
grave charge he supports by speclllc al
legations which on their face would
sustain the assumption that the verdict
was obtained either by corrupt Influence
or by collusion and inexcusable
negligence on the part of olllcers charged
with surveillance of tlie jury. The at
torney general chaiges :
First , misconduct of the Jury by reason
of false answer made by Juror .lames
llyland , who claimed to have entered the
Jury box entirely unbiased , when he Is
said to have expressed an opinion
previously that it was better that the
whole state rather than five or s'x bonds
men should bear the loss caused by
Hartley's stealings.
Second , that another juror , whose
name Is not stated , was allowed to go
home ami there receive a sealed envelope
from mi outside party while the trial
was In progress without examination by
the bailiff.
Third , that another juror was allowed
to negotiate with a stranger and ex
change money in a dark corner of the
Drexpl hold out of hearing , if not out
of sight , of the bailiff.
Fourth , that members of the jury re
ceived from = trangi > rs packages that
were not examined by the olllcers of the
court before they passed Into the hands
of the jurors.
Fifth , that one member of the jury was
allowed to hold communication 'With ' an
outside party who furnished him with a
flask of liquor.
These are all serious charges that call
for thorough investigation and if proved
true demand exemplary punishment.
Willie tlie tampering with juries Is
one of the most heinous offenses It has
become altogether too common. It will
bo remembered bow the jury in the
llrst trial of Henry Bolln agreed to dis
agree because one of its members bad
been bribed , thus forcing upon the
county the expense of a costly second
trial. The same tactics were resorted to
in the criminal case against Hartley , but
the jury fixer was summarily dealt with
by Judge Balcor. The fact that twelve
men could bo hypnotized Into releasing
the Hartley bondsmen , not only for the
contested shortage , but even for the uncontested -
contested theft , affords In Itself strong
ground for suspicion of crooked work.
The assertion of the attorney general
that the bailiff charged with guarding
the jury permitted its members to have
intercourse with outsiders and allowed
them to receive packages and letters
without examining their contents calls
for turning on the searchlight. Why
should any bailiff permit jurors to confer
with outsiders and to receive packages
and letters when ho Is sworn to keep the
jury from communicating with anybody ?
Knowing the magnitude of the amount
Involved nnd the powerful Influence's In
terested In defeating the state. It was
the duty of the court oflicers to be doubly
vigilant and to avoid everything 111. *
would give rise to suspicion of con
nivance with Jury tampering.
If one-half of what the attorney gen
eral charges be true , there will be ample
grounds to Institute proceedings against
the culpable jurymen and court ollicers.
.1IOIIK LlltKHAI ,
The disposition In congress to be more
liberal In appropriations for defensive
preparations will be approved by the
country. The desire to cut down ex
penditures shown by ? the house In re
ducing the appropriation for coast de
fenses to about one-third the amount
asked for by the War department ap
peared at the time to IK ? entirely proper ,
but recent events have made tin Impera
tive demand that the government shall
get ready for an exigency which every
body recognizes as possible and which
It would bo a grave mlMnke for- the
authorities to shut their eyes to. It Is
a familiar maxim that to be prepared
for war Is the best safeguard against
war and It Is well that It has Impressed
Itself upon those whoso duty It is to
provide for the national defense.
There has been an awakening In the
country In regard to this matter of ade
quate defensive preparation which will
have Its effect whether war with Spain
shall come or not. People who never
before gave the subject serious con
sideration have learned that a great na
tion like the United States , having com
mercial relations with all the rest of the
world and International obligations ami
duties , cannot always avoid controver
sies and complications and that these-
are likely to become more frequent as
its relations and obligations become
more extended. The policy of this re
public has been that of peace and this
Li still 1U policy , but it tuiut bo pre
pared to ( Icfenil'ltaolf ngalnst ovorkv form
of nggresilo * aftd to maintain Its dig
nity and honor nnder all clrciim.Htnne.rj.
Only In thls-ttny can It command in full
measure tin' ' Hpcol of the world and
shield Itself 'fjrofii Insult and Injury.
This sontlmeiiC Is .stronger today than
ever before in our history. It Is prac
tically universal among the American
people. They- foci that the country must
have a large ) ; iiivy ! , that the coast de
fenses must be put in the strongest pos
sible condition , that we must have dry-
docks for oiir'shjps and that everything
necessary to the national defense shall
bo abundantly pVovldod. Congress will
make no mistake In responding liberally
to this public sentiment.
Governor Black of Now York recog-
n I KM the magnitude and Importance of
the Transmlsslsslppl Kxposltlon by the
appointment of a commission for the
Kmpiro state made up of men who rank
among the most noted ami inltucntlnl of
Its citizenship. When men like Chnun-
coy M. Depew , John Jacob Astor and
Dr. Webb take positions on the olllcial
roster of the Transmlssisslppl Kxposl
tlon the country at large must realize
that this Is not to bo a mere Omaha
show or a Nebraska fair , but a great In
terstate and International exposition
destined to eclipse all former American
expositions exivpt alone the World's Co
lumbian fair.
The executive committee of the Com
mercial club has taken It on Itself to en
dorse tlie I.oud postal bill , though to explain -
plain why It should do so would take the
seventh son of a seventh * on. The Loud
bill alms a dlivct blow at the publishers
of country newspapers , just the people
the Commercial club should cultivate. If ]
tlie I.oud bill pa.-ses within the next
sixty days It will cost the exposition
from $1WO to sri.OOO extra postage on
magazines and papers that can now be
mailed out at 1 cent per pound by pub
lishers to addresses supplied by the ex
position when under the Loud bill the
postage will be S cents a pound.
Speaker Heed has refused to permit a
member of congiess to make a political
stump speech when the postal reform bill
was under consideration. If popocrats
In congress are not to be allowed the
privilege of talking politics on any and
every occasion liow are they to convince
their constituents that they ought to be
reiiomlnatedV Speaker Heed ought to
know that In striking at this valuable
popocratic privilege by restricting debate
to the subject under consideration , he
may force { lie .publication of these
speeches in privately printed pamphlets
and deprive tlie Congressional IK'cord of
spaco-fllling contributions.
According to qx-Sciiator Dnbols of
Idaho no member of the silver-repub
lican party wlio opposes fusion with the
popocrats Is a frjeml of silver or an
enemy of tho-republicans. If the silver
republicans aye. 'c'nomios of tlie repub
lican party something they have up to
this time persistently denied why do
they continue to usurp the 11111113 of. re-
publicansV Why do they not take them
selves bag and baggage over to the
democrats and enroll themselves openly
as enemies of the republican partyV
How much longer do they want to keep
up their masquerade ?
Omaha may not always have gotten
full value for the money spent on Its
street cleaning department In past years ,
but there has been no complaint of dis
sipation of tlie street cleaning fund on
political street sweepers under the pres
ent city administration. The council
may be sure that whatever sum It de
votes to this purpose the coming year it
will get Its money's worth and that Is a
great deal when comparison Is made
with previous operations of the depart
ment.
Several prominent business men nnd
property owners of Omaha have re
sponded generously to the recent appeal
of the exposition for additional contribu
tions and subscriptions. There are still
scores of business men and property
owners in this city who have either with
held all contributions or contributed In-
signlllcant sums. It Is to be. hoped that
Jhls class will quickly fall Into line and
liavo their names placed on the roll of
honor.
Wiilt Snltl.
Chlciiso llecord.
To describe the terrible condition of Ha
vana harbor It Is only necessary to say that
It Is worse 'than the Chicago river.
Yfllow Kill Wiirrlnr * .
Indlannpolla Journal.
The enthusiastic person who desires to
ratso n regiment of cavalry to fight Spata
should liavo taken time to Inquire just what
usu cavalry car be at the present stage.
A llttlo thinking might save t > omo people
from proclaiming 'their absurdity.
I.OIIK Tlnif lt''l" ' < ' 'iiVurn. .
Iiidlnnupolls News.
Thin country has never been as long with
out a foreign uar as It has been since the
\\ur with Mexico. The war of ISl'J with
Englr.nd began twenty-ttino years after the
revolutionary war closed. From 1815 , when
the second war'closed , to 1S1G , when the
Moxl"\u war bqjatit , was thirty-one years ,
. ' (1 from ISIS , when the Mexican war'
c.tun.l. . to the present time Is llfty years.
Accoi-ulng to the law of cycles a foreign war
Is due.
WlK < > , niKiiVlivil mill I'nlrlnllf.
Inillnnapollii News.
The prcislclent'anidthls advisers remain BD-
renc. All the efforts of hotheads and Inter
ested purveyors of war materials , with thulr
Incest-ant clamotu-laJl to elicit from them a
single Indiscreet or "hasty expression. They
arc wultlng , as sensible men who feel the
grave responsibility.resting , on 'their ' shoul
ders should wait/until they are In possemlon
ot the full facts bcTore any declaration of
policy or purpose1 Is made. The sober second
end thought of 'UiJ country will recognize
this course as altogether wise , dignified and
patriotic.
llouinl to I.ruil thu World.
Cleveland 1'laln Dealer.
A French statesman has recently com
piled some figures which are interesting as
showing two things that the world la get
ting moro commercial every day , and that
the United States la rapidly forging to the
head ot the column ot commercial nations.
Since 1S50 the exports of the ten leading
natlomt ot the world , according to this stat
istician , liavo Increased from $1,018,000,000
to | G,465,000.000. The exports of this nation
have Increased so rapidly that If they con-
ttnuo to enjoy the same ratio ot Increase the
day Is not distant. It Is claimed , when they
will nearly equal Kngland'a. Sir Joseph
Ackland inaJo the assertion not long since ,
that with pcaco and u right economic policy ,
the United StatiM was bound to bo the first
commercial nation on eartb
CXMlJf U.XIMHIT.N AJfll PUICIiS.
flnititn < ltiir T'nrrluu Dninnnil for ( he
Ill-cut i'l'niluul.
Mlnnrapollj Tribune.
It neem rnthcr qit < r to tnoiH pcoplo thnt
Indian corn , or maize , remains PO Ion In
price notwItliatnnOIni ; the great ntlvniicc In
whcnt. With the latter cereal nbovo n dollar
lar n litmlicl thu price of the belt RrnJe of
com liaiiga persistently nrouttil 30 eentn a
buahol , Acid yet there la almost n much
nourishment tn a bushel of corn no In a
bmliol ot wheat. Corn innkra n far Im er
food for nnltiKils , and almost as good n
food for man. The juice of one buMict of
wheat will buy more than three bushels oi
corn. Thus the bread expenses of a family
usUig com meal largely could be materially
reduced.
One reason why corn remains low In prlcr >
U the Immense yield. The crop of the
United States for the Innt three years has
averaged about 2,000,000.000 bushels per iw-
num. The crop of 1897 waa below 2,000-
000,000 bushels , but the rrorw of 1895 and
1S96 were considerably above that llgure.
Another cause of the low price Is the large
substitution of cottn.i-fiecil products for com.
The cotton eet > J , which 'as formerly a waste
product , has bcon useil for the manufacture
of an oil which liaa > taken the ( ilnco of
Inrd to a considerable c.cttiit. The refuse of
the seed after the oil Is extracted Is mode
into cakes called cotttm-seed meal , and
takca the place of com for feeding stock.
U Is estimated that the subntltutlon of cottonseed
ton-seed products for ccrn has amounted
during the last fewyears to as much
corn na could he raised anninlly on 10,000-
000 ncrt-s , Therefore the iitlllzatlcn of the
seed of the cotton has beet , equivalent to
adding 10.000,000 ncrra to thn corn acreage
of the coiiatry.
It ! s useless to look for very high prices
for corn EO long as we are blessed with a
2,000,000.000 bushel iom crop nnd a 10,000.-
000-bale cotton crop -unions , Indeed , the ex
ports of corn can bo largely stimulated ,
foreigners this year aio taking more than
ever before , hut the/ are not taking enough
to pull down the American surplus appre
ciably. A "corn t'ongrciw" was recently
held In Chicago for the purpasc of devising
ways and means to educ-ite the European
populations to eat our Indian corn , In meal ,
flour nnd other shapes , and also to use It for
stock feeding. There In no other feed that
will fattPii nn animal so quickly arid finish
It off for the marlcct in such smooth ami
elegant shape as American corn. If the
fcrelgncis could be male to appreciate the
good qualities of maize , wo ought to bo able
: o Koll a thousand million bushels of It to
Europe , especially If the price of wheat re-
uains so high as to practically bar wheat
jrpad from the homes of the poor. The Chicago
cage convention derided to equip a thorough
corn exhibit for the 1'arls exposition In 1000 ,
ind will ask the federal government to co
operate with It In the matter.
The object Is a worthy one and congress
will do well to make a liberal appropriation ,
f It can have assurances that the money will
tie properly nnd economically used. Kvery
ndilltlrnnl bushel of corn that wo can export
will mid to the wealth cT the American
'armor. The United SUtcs can , If desired ,
ncrrasc. Its corn product to an almost un-
imlted extent.
FACTS TO Hi :
i'he Heal Sllmitloii ItcsinM-llnn Hie
.Miiliit1 Inquiry.
I'.illadolplila Times.
In the hovvlldtring floodtldo ot sensational
and false ruinora of war given by utterly
recklcs.1 journals , It would bo well for all
considerate citizens 'p give wobcr reflection
to the following facts :
1. That neither the government at Wash
ington , tier the tiowspapcr prosoor any
othcc Individuals , lave knowledge of the tes
timony taken before the Ooard of Inquiry
now Investigating the cause of the disaster
.o the war vessel Maine , outalde of the mem
bers of tli ? board themselves.
2. That the public have had from the ad
ministration each day oil Information on th-3
subject that the government tias received.
Every Important Hem of Information that hae
been received by the Navy department from
Havana has been properly furnished to the
nibllc through the press.
3. That until the Hoard of Inquiry shall
have made known lt Judgment , neither the
president , nor the public will have any knowl
edge or tlio chaiactcr ot tdc report that Is to
bo made.
4. That the rcpcct of the Hoard ot Inquiry
will certainly not bo concluded for several
days , end may > not bo furnished to the eecre-
tary of the navy for a week or more.
5. That naval boards are governed by laws
which malco them entirely Independent cve-i
ct the appointing power , as to the communi
cation of anj. Information received befcco
filial judgment Is rrachod ,
C. That all newspaper dispatches assuming
to give Information as to evidence presented
to the Board of Inquiry , or as to the views
of nny member ot the board relating to the
destruction , of the Maine , are cither wholly
( also Inventions or reckless assumptions
without any substantial basis of truth what
ever.
7. That the government Is exhaustively
preparing for war , not because war Is ex
pected , but as the surest method of pre
serving pcaco between the nations.
8. That If Spain has given this government
nny Just cause for war , or shall hereafter
give It just cause for war , It will bo promptly
accepted and the dignity and honor of the
nation heroically maintained.
MATTUIt OK IXKOUMATIOX.
KoritinllflcM PnrMiril In Tlilx Country
la ni'flnrliiKViir ,
Cleveland Jxad < ? r.
Many persons appear to think that the
president has power to declare war , but , of
course , that Is not the case. The power to
declare war rests wholly tn the hands of
congress under the provision of the consti
tution of the United States , which says :
"The congress shall have power to declare
war , grant letters of marque and reprisal ,
and make ruley concerning captures on land
and water. "
The last dojlaratlon of war by the United
States was enacted by the American con
gress In June. 1812 , and was as follows :
An act declaring war between the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and
the dependencies thereof , and the United
States ot America and their territories.
Be it enacted by the senate and house ot
representatives of the United States of Am
erica , In congress assembled , that war bo
and the same Is hereby declared to oxlst be
tween the United Kingdom of Oreat Britain
and Ireland and the dependencies thereof ,
and the United States ot America and their
territories ; and that the president of the
United States Is hereby authorized to use
the whole land and naval force of the United
States to carry 'tho same Into effect , and to
Isiue to private armed vessels of the United
States commissions or letters of marquo and
general reprisal , In fuch form as ho shall
think proper and under the seal of the Uni
ted States , against the vessels , goods and
tffocts of 'tho ' government of the said United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and
the subjects thereof.
Approved Juno 18 , 1812.
There wan no formal declaration of war
against the south In 1S01 , it being held that
a state of war existed In that section of the
country when the course of Justice was In-
tcriupted and the courts were closed. No
formal declaration of war was , therefore ,
deemed necessary. In 1840 , when the boun
dary dispute between the United States and
The Royal In the highest grade baking powder
known. Actual toils show it noes ons-
third further tlinn any other brand.
P (
Absolutely Pure
/ov ir im a Pov/orn to. , htw vonx.
Mexico broke out , ( lonrrnt Tuylor wn sent
to the Hlo OrAtido under thf claim that
United BUtrn territory extended n far nil
thnt river. Tim Mexicans attacked him on
thin Dido ot the river and batik's worn fought.
Then congrrfs declared that a tate of war
rxlftcil nnd authorized the president to
rnlao fifty thousand troops , appropriating
ten million dollars tor the support ot the
army.
It war eliouU result from the destruction
of the Maine It would probably como In this
way : If the court of Inquiry should report
thnt the vessel was destroyed by some agency
uinler the control of the Spanish government
and Spain should refuse to pay any Indem
nity which mlijht bo dom.imlpJ , the president
would lay the facts before congress. If thnt
body believed war necessary and desirable
a bill would bo passed , and when that bill
had been approved by the president It would
become effective. Then the war would begin.
Of course It might be possible to preclp-
Itatn war without going through these for
malities , but the gravity of the present sit
uation seems to preclude , the possibility ot
hasty or rash action on the part of cither
government ,
Chlrago TlinM-IIerald : The story of the
bravery of these men In daring to face the
dangrai of the Atlantic In midwinter In uu
open beat , and the terrible hardslilns they en-
dured. ehould live In tlio history of the mer
chant marine tut one of the most creditable
foata ot modern scunmnslilp. They deserve
as much credit , too , ns they would receive
If this deed had been done at a time of war ,
when every naval act IB uurroumled by a halo
of glory.
Boston Globe : The experiences of that
boat's crow , which was sent out to neck aj-
slstance. during elx da > a of tosolng on
troubled seas , are well worth noting among
unnalfi of heroic endurance. The Rotterdam
bore down upon them In ttio nick of time ;
they could not have held out much longer.
Ono would be Interested to know the name
or that other fitcamer which imsscd within
200 feet of the life-boat of La Champagne ,
yet refused to notice It. For the sake of
Immunity , It Is to bi hoped aucli examples
of callousness nnd heartlcssncsa at sea are
few nnd tar betwcc-n.
Baltimore American : It takes a very seri
ous accident or an unusually heavy storm to
endanger an up-to-date ocean ship. Tluvic
ships are constructed with an eye to all sort *
of emergencies , and experience has shown
that they are equal to nny ordinary trouble.
Statistics show that , the serious accidents at
sta are fewer than those on land on rail
ways. Considering the hundreds of shlw | tfwt
arc crossing the ocean nt all times of the
ye.ir. the percentage of serious accidents Is
very small. The fact that the passenger
bufilncss la Increasing every year showa that
people In general arc quite willing to trust
themselves In those tiplciidld vessels.
Xew York World : There was no danger
to the passengers of La Champagne. They
were comfortably housed on a luxurious
ship that no sea could sink. There was a
six months' supply of provisions on board.
and ample apparatus for the distillation ot
water. IHit merely that these pnsspiigera
'might ' bo relieved ot their anxiety and that
their friends ashore might be the moro
quickly loassurcd , an olllcer and nine gal
lant sailors volunteered to go In an open
boat on nn angry sea and In a blistering
frost to look for assistance. These splen
didly courageous follows toDk their lives In
their hands and for six days suffered uuch
torments that when picked up It was a
serious question with the doctors whether
their frozen logs and arms must not be
amputated. Anybody may face mere danger
bravely. It Is only a hero that courageously
confronts such suffering ns this In the dis
charge of duty and In the service of his
fellow men. All honor to such soula
I'KUSO.V , iXXll OTIIIiltWISK.
Those who fed alarmed at newspaper war
twaddle shotilj remember that yellow Is not
our national color.
Mr. Meredith , the famous writer. Is still
at work , although his first book appeared
over forty-one years ago.
Justice Brewer of the supreme court was
'born In Smyrna , Asia 'Minor , where his
parents were missionaries.
Napoleon once oald to Talleyrand : "I wish
I had the keys of hell for I could then put
you In there. " The reply was : "It would bo
better , sire , that I should have them , for
then I could let you out. "
"I think It probable , " said Herbert Spencer
recently , "that If you were to ask nlnoty-
nlr.o people out of ono hundred whether
they would rnther take a spoonful of cod-
liver oil dally or read a chapter of my book
dally , they would prefer the cod-liver oil. "
President Uolo's recent arrival In San
Francisco on his way home was thus chroni
cled Irreverently by a leading Montana
newspaper : "Glad to See Old Dole. San Fran
cisco Welcomes His Distinguished Whiskers.
He's Presented to Mayor Phelan and Hobnobs
with Men of Stuff. "
John P. Thomas broke Into a store at
Clayport , Ind. , last week. The- crime was
committed early In the morning. The crim
inal had had Ma trial and been sentenced be.
fore ten o'clock In the forenoon of the same
day , and before seven o'clock in the ovenlng
ho had begun Imprisonment for a series of
years wlthl.i the walls of the Jeffersonvlllo
reformatory
The Cherry sisters were given an unusu
ally boisterous greeting at Hurlan , Iowa ,
the other night. After the sisters' first
"number , " Efllo came before the footlights
and matlo the following speech , which has a
familiar ring : "There Is nobody but bums
here. Wo donU have to play for bums and
won't. This show's out. You can consider
yourselves dismissed. "
The enormous rite of real estate values
In 'tho great cities was Illustrated In the ca
reer of Amor H. Bno. who died recently In
Now York city leaving $20,000,000. With
the few dollars made Belling dry goods ho
Invested In far outlying lota. Tlio lota on
which ho subsequently built the Fifth Avc-
nuo hotel were so for up town that the hotel
was called "Eno's folly. " To day all the
great Gotham hotels are farther uptown
than this one ,
Mme. Caroline Honaparte and the presi
dent's secretary , J. Addition Porter , are at
war. Mme. Honaparte has a largo gong In
her Btahlo with which she calls her coach
man. Secretary Porter objects to the gong
and requested her to sllence"lt. Mme. Itonn-
parto not only refused but defied him to
stop the gong. Jlr. Porter appealed to the
police 'for protection. They could give no
aid and ho then appealed to Commissioner
Wright , hut so far Mine. Honaparto Is vic
torious nnd the gong still gees.
42IIAMUMI Iff IOWA.
In 1'ninilnr
Council Illiifti Nonimtfll.
Tim commrrelM exchange ) ot DCS Moluri
has piujttl n resolution favoring nn appro-
pilullou by thi > lenNnture of J5u,000 for the
purpotv of making n crcitttnblo dlaplny ot
the products of lowa'i factories nnd furnm at
the Trnnmli ! < iUiilppl Ktpo.oltloti. Thin
amount Is recommended In addition < to that
of the preliminary appropriation of $10,000.
The members of tlio exchange- were enlhu-
slnstli1 In their support ot the resolution and
appointed n committee of live to notify the
legislature of the notion. One member went
so fnr ao to urge the making of nn $100,000
uppioprl.itlon and another wanted IM ) repre
sentative business men to bo appointed to
wnlt upon the appropriations committee ot
the houflo and scnnto nnd urge 'the ginntlng
of the $50,000 asked for.
Most of the opposition ro making an ap
propriation for securing a proper display of
low * tit tk * ip09ltHm IMS emanated from
or be n Inspired by Ir ) Molni's , nnd It In
pleasing to note that the sentiment there
Is changing. DCS Molnos business men mu
shrewd ami energetic as has bum evidenced
by the SIICCTSS they have won In building up
that city and securing for It many advan
tages , If they direct the same shrewdness
nnd energy toward building up the Inter-
rots of the stnte nt large their Influence will
be n mighty help. That tliu coming exposi
tion affords an opportunity none can doubt ,
and It seems thai the l > es Mnlnes business
men nro now realizing th.it Iowa ought to
take advantage of It for the furtherance or
Iowa's Interests.
There Is n feeling tint DCS Maine * Is self
ish and th.it In Idi ze.il to protect and fur
ther own Interestu It Is prone to iiicrlllco
the Interests of other portions of the slate
and of the state In general. It has denied
the chatge tluio and again. If It wants
to jirovo the sincerity of the denial nnd the
fnlslty ot the charge , this opportunity Is now
present. It the business men of that cry
unlto In an earnest , honest attempt to gi-i
the legislature to make the needed ajipi\ -
prlatlon , such action will Indicate that after
all tiny nro anxious that the state as a
whole shouuld prosper , ns well as their n-vu
city.
i.V A i.icirrmt VKI.V.
Detroit Free Press ; "Itltn your own type
writer , Wllker ? "
"No. Married her long ago. "
Punch : lle Stuiinlng Imlr that girl over
there has ! I should think when ulio umloi-i
It It would I'.ill below her waist.
She ( Jealous ) Y CM ; right on tlio floor.
Indianapolis Journal : Willie Do you stip-
pnso I will ever have a great , wiry bi .ml
llko yours ?
Willie's Father Mobile , though at pr * sfiit
the inlre.3. In your case , are. down.
Cincinnati Inquirer : Without the winter
winds howled dismally.
"One moro mouth to till , " he muttered
It Is duo to the IntercHtM of truth to wt no
thnt he made the reimtrk qulto ehcerfuli ) .
u dentli-t , why should ho not ?
Chicago Tribune : "Why do you never np-
pl.iuil ! it tliL- theater ? "
"When I pay $1.50 for a peat I let the dPad-
heads attend to the physical demonstration. "
Truth : Father Itemomlier , my ron , ono
never loses anything In this 'world ' by being
polite.
Son You're wrong , father ; I lost my srat
In ( i street oar tills morning from that very
causo.
Cincinnati Knqiilrer : "Oontlomen , " pnltl
the Mioi > drummer , "you may not licllevo It.
but Chicago Is becoming one of the most
monil towns In thn country. "
"Religious revivalV" asketl the drug drum
mer.
"No. Hut the town 1.4 so full of footii | : 1
thnt everybody Is afraid to be out after
dark. "
Cleveland Plnln Denier : "Miss Wiggles-
worth thlnta she's eligible to the Order of
the Crown. Slie's sure she can trace her
lineage back to ono of the Kngllsb HOV-
t'relKiis. "
"How fur has Hht- got ? "
"Shu told me yvsturduy Hho had struclc a
bar sinister. '
"I puess that's right. I know her great
grandfather was a bartender. "
Harper's Itnznr : "They tell me that Cran
ston has genet off through the country giv
ing readings from his o\vm 'works. "
"So I understand. He Is to travel .1,00 ! )
miles In sixteen days. Great teat ot endur
ance * , that ! "
"Great test of endurance ! Why , I should
think that just reading his own works would
lay him out. It docs mo. "
Hoston Transcript : The poet had handed
In his effusion and It warmed his heart to
hoar the editor exclaim iigalu nnd again ,
"Capital , capital , capital ! "
"Then you like ItV" said 'the poet.
"O , I'm not reading It. " replied the unfeel
ing editor ; "I am merely taking cognlzauco
of the fact that each line begins wlh : a
capital letter. From that I Infer It ll
pootry. "
Washington Star : Do you object > to hnv-
Ing 11 sentence ended with n preposition ? "
Inquired ono member of congress.
"It all depends on circumstances , " replied
the other. "When some people hero get
started I'd be tbnnkful to have tbe-m end
the entire address with any part of
that comes handy. "
A WAIL TMIi : l > JIII.O.SI > I > lir.l ( .
Atlanta Constitution.
War nln't any joklii' ( so don't you pack ycr
traps ! )
Huthcr rest In pcaco at home , an' cultivate
the craps ,
Been crloug with Longstreot spent poms
tlmo wJth Leo ;
An' peace I want ter tell you's satisfactory
to me !
War nln't any Jokln1 , They talks It low an * .
high ;
Hut It changes Ita complexion when you
hear the bullets fly !
It's line fun liv the papers , but when I s < to
the sltlno
O' bayonets right In front o' me , I'll Jest
take homo In mine !
Ain't no fun In flghtln' . A fcJler does his
best ,
Hut he always -wears 'tho plctur's of hl
loved ones on his breast :
An' , then , ter kiss an' leave 'cm nevermore
moro ter meet
Ter listen through a llfe-tlmo for the nn-
returnlng feet !
War nln't any Jokin' . Ef It comes It
comes ;
An" I reckon that I'd answer ter the roll
call o1 the drums ;
Hut 1 ain't In any hurry fer packln' up my
traps ;
Ruther rest In peace at homo an1 cultivate
the crapsl
that buys
That he does not want ,
Will soon want
What he cannot buy. "
Old Provcrl
You do not have to take what you do not want here. You
get your money back if you are not wholly satisfied.
There is this trouble , however , and that is that you are sure
to want what we show you. We admit that there's a certain
temptation offered to all of our visitors. That cannot be helped.
Our clothing is attractive.
But if you buy here , you will not have to buy as often as
if you bought the common sorts of cheap clothing , and you'll
have money left to live on.
