Nebraska Newspapers

    THIS OMAHA DAILY BKEt SATUKDAT , APHIL 9 , 1808.
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ence this 1st day of April , 1853. N. P. FKIU
( Heal. ) Notary Public.
If the calamity howlers ronlly thought
lliey could produce prosperity through
war they would bo the most native ad-
vocutcs of peace extant.
Good for the Missouri Pacific. Only
one Omaha railroad Is now missed from
the exposition roll of honor and that
to be heard from In a short time.
Thousands of homeseekors will visit
Hie western states this year. Hut not
one of thorn will get away without being
< hnroughly convinced of the prosperity
of the western country.
Why should Governor Ilolcomb be BO
fearful of llttiMilng to the testimony In
Htipport of the charges filed against his
outlaw police commissioners unless It Is
that ho Is afraid he will hoar something
ho does not want to hear ?
The taxpayers of Iowa have been in-
formeM that the recent session of the
Iowa general assembly cost ? 1,710 11 day.
Yet this has not deterred the proposal
from being made to increase the mem
bership of the lower house.
Judging from the statement of Minis
ter Woodford given to the public for the
purpose of correcting false Impressions
created by the Spanish press the meth
ods of the yellow fabricators are the
name on both sltles of the Atlantic.
California had an earthquake and Mt.
St. Helena Is giving signs of an approaching
preaching eruption. Nature's advertising
agents seem bound to keep the Pacific
Coast In the Miow despite the extra at
tractions along the Atlantic and Gulf.
Ex-Governor I'onnoycr of Oregon , now
mayor of Portland , has expressed a wish
that ho might be president of the United
States for an hour or two. It would be
absolutely certain , however , that If he
ever'got there ho would ask an exten
sion of time.
So It turns out that the stories told
l > y the police board luipeachables before
the alleged referee were not even sworn
ie.stlmony. Hut then men who have no
regard for their oaths of ofllce would
have had no more regard f&r an oath to
tell the whole truth nnd nothing but
the truth.
The government report on the num
ber of new beet sugar factories that will
tie la operation this year In the United
States did not Include any in Minnesota.
From the Minneapolis newspapers it Is
learned , however , that active work on
a factory near that city Is In progress
and It will be ready for beet grinding be
fore October 1 , It Is just possible several
other factories may have been over
looked , but all will be welcome.
The most direct way to deal with the
etrnw bond business is for the police
court to establish a blacklist and refuse
to accept bonds signed by men who have
failed to pay previously forfeited bonds
upon which their names appear. Such
n course would soon make short work
of the professional bondsman and make
known the determination of the court
< to require good and sufllclent bonds
without favor or discrimination.
From the transformation that has over
taken the army reorganization bill before
it has even come under formal considera
tion of congress , the conclusion Is Inevi
table that tlie national guard has a big-
scr political pull than the regular army.
3t Is iwsslble , at least , that the explana
tion lies In the fact that members of the
militia retain their status as voters ,
while enlisted soldiers relinquish the
franchise for the term of their enlist
ment.
As the exposition approaches nearer
tlie man with the fake scheme Is sure to
Ill-come more numerous and the tempta
tions offered the credulous to bite at Home
gold brick game more alluring. It Is a
pretty safe rule for n person to adopt
to look with suspicion on everything
that promises something for nothing.
There are plenty of legitimate lines of
business which will enjoy the stimulus
of the exposition without Including any
catch-penny lottery.
The news that the city of Astoria ,
Ore. , has Just been connected with the
outside world by u new line of railroad
will bo surprising to many persons. - Astoria
toria Is one of the ol'Jest settlements on
the Pacific coast , but Us former promi
nence has been overshadowed by the
growth of more important ports. The
mnrknii i dustrlal nnd commercial re
vival In the far west Is resulting both
In the opening of now territory and In
increased business In Uie old.
THK QUESTION OF METHODS.
Two nicthoUs of dealing with Cuba nre
proposed. One , which It Is said upon
good authority will be rccom-
men'ded by President McKlnlcy , Is
for direct Intervention for the
pacification of Cuba , by force
If necessary , nnd the ultimate es
tablishment of nn Independent govern
ment there. The other Is to recognize
the Independence of Cuba nml back this
up by armed intervention.
The advocates of the latter course urge
that the Cubans have earned' ' Independ
ence and that It Is the duty of this gov
ernment to accord It to them , making
Itwelf n party to the establishment of
In'dopendence. The advocates of the
other method point out that It would be
Impolitic to recognize Independence be
cause that action would Imply the phys
ical existence of a government fully es
tablished und performing nil govern
mental functions. This Is not the case
with the so-called Cuban republic. The
insurgittits nrc said to have a form of
government , but as a matter of fact It
Is not so organized and established ns
to have a good claim to recognition.
This was pointed out by President Me-
Kinlcy in his annual message and the
situation Is the same now. It Is further
urged that to recognize Cuba as nn inde
pendent government would be likely to
cause trouble ami complications In the
event of military operations , for the rea
son that the president of the United
States and the military and naval com
manders would be obliged to give con
sideration to the authorities of this rec
ognized sovereignty If Its official repre
sentatives , civil or military , should raise
questions touchng the policy of the
United States in the conduct of the war
or the plans of Its ofllcors In the field.
Of course having recognized the Inde
pendence of Cuba and thereby conferred
upon It nil the rights of nn Independent
state , so far as this country Is concerned ,
In whatever operations our government
should undertake In Cuba it would be
subject to the wishes of those In control
of the new state , otherwise there would
not be Independence. Still another con
sideration presented against a recogni
tion of Cuban Independence at this time
Is that It might be found that the gov
ernmental policy of the Cubans would
not be satisfactory to this government
and the United States ought to be free
to insist upon such a government as will
be favorable to the Interests of this
country. It Is furthermore asserted by
those who oppose recognition of inde
pendence at once that such a course can
not be Justified by International law.
Certainly these are very cogent rea
sons and the probability Is that they
will prevail , though It Is quite possible
that the advocates In congress of recog
nition an'd Intervention will make some
thing of a fight for their view of what
should be done. One thing Is settled ,
that whatever course shall le decided
upon will have In view the Independence
of Cuba and It seems to be equally well
assured that this will not be accom
plished without war. It is of the very
greatest Importance that there shall be
no conflict between the executive and
legislative departments over the ques
tion of methods and in view of the fact
that the right of recognition of a foreign
government is an executive prerogative
congress should not hesitate to act In
complete harmony with the president
A VOVULAU LUAft.
If a war loan shall become necessary it
should of course be made a popular loan ,
in the most liberal sense one that will
give every citizen who has a little money
to Invest In this way an opportunity to
manifest his patriotism by getting a gov
ernment bond. Interviews with finan
ciers In various parts of the country
show that there would be no difficulty
In having a lean of several butvilred mil
lions of dollars , at a low rate of interest ,
subscribed by our own people and there
can be no doubt that all the money which
the government might require for war
purposes can be obtained at home. The
opinion has been expressed that bonds
would command a premium and there
Is no good reason why they should not
do so If all the people were given an op
portunity to subscribe to them. There is
u large amount of Idle capital In liie
country which Its owners would not hes
itate to invest In the bonds of * he gov
ernment , Issued to carry on war , nnd it
would furnish n most Instructive object
lesson In popular patriotism.
Only In the- most extreme exigency
should this government ever look to
financial syndicates or foreign capitalists
for money. Under ordinary conditions It
can always obtain all the financial sup
port It may require from the people nnd
upon the most favorable terms. It now
seems highly probable that we shall soon
have a test of this and If so It can be
confidently [ predicted that the result will
bo In the highest degree satisfactory ami
gratifying. Make the war loan , if there
Is one , a popular loan and the government - ,
ment will have more money offered than
It calls for.
COAL MlNlXd UY MACIIINEKY.
The use of machinery In the mining
of coal Is now general in the great coal
mines of the United States. Except In
thin veins where hand labor offers
greater advantage n machine operated
by two ordinary workmen will do the
work of four skillful miners working
with picks nnd machine mining has the
additional advantage of saving about 25
per cent of the Inevitable waste.
The miners' view of the dllTetcnce be
tween machine mining and pick mining
was emboitlied in the demands of the
mlno workers In their convention at Co
lumbus in January of last year for pay
for machine mining at the rate of three-
fifths the price fur pick mining except In
one state , where the rate should be four-
fifths. The question of machine mining
had a great deal to do with causing the
strike of 1S ! > 7. The 54-cent rate was
originally made by an operator who had
agreed not to Introduce machines and
when the other operators cut the price
the crisis was precipitated.
The use of machines Is also responsible
for the fact that while there was a strike
in progress a part of the year 1S97 In
volving at one time nearly 150,000
miners the total coal production of the
United States was , according to the sta
tistics since compiled , the largest on rec
ord. In many mines the strike was seized
on as an opportunity for installing ma
chinery nnd as the strike did not spread
to all the mines production was In
creased In the undisturbed ! districts.
There are over 400,000 miners engaged In
mining coal. If machinery Is Introduced
only gradually the number will probably
not be decreased , but the advantage will
bo In the greater output and consequent
cheapening of the product to the con
sumer.
The coal product of the United States
Is now nearly 30 per cent of the total
product of the world. In 1SOO Great
Hrltnln mined 213,020,000 tons and In
1805 Germany mined 114,524,180 tons.
The total prdiluqtlon of the world
amounts to about 035,000,000 tons. With
the Introduction of machinery and devel
opment of new mining regions , particu
larly In the west , the coal production of
the United States will before long equal
that of Great Hrltnln.
A'O DAA'dKIt FHOM II
The chronic croakers and mildewed
mossbacks who have set their faces
against the exposition nnd refused It
aid In any shnpe or form profess to be
very much disturbed over the prospect
of a backset after Its close that will
leave Omaha In worse condition than
it was before the exposition was
projected. All these apprehensions and
fears have no other basis except the
fact that the Chicago World's fair was
followed by a reaction In business and
an increase In the number of the un
employed In that city.
The croakers nnd mossbacks who pre
dict that Omaha Is to have n repetition
of Chicago's experience forget that the
Columbian exposition was opened in IS ! ) . ' ? ,
in the face of a terrible financial cyclone
that swept the whole country nnd left In
its wnke n path of wreck , ruin and desti
tution. They never ask themselves what
would have happened to Chicago had
there been no World's fair there to break
the force of the storm by pouring Into
Chicago over $200,000,000 in money ,
which tilled the arteries of commerce
and Increased the permanent population
of the city by nearly half a million , mak
ing It one of the great world cities.
They do not ask themselves how much
more disastrous would have been the
depression at Chicago had It been ex-
pose'd to the full blast that struck other
cities and kept them prostrate for years.
The croakers forget also that the
Transmlsslssippl Exposition does not
open at a period of national financial de
pression and business stagnation , but at
a period of business revival following a
restoration of confidence that must pre
cede an era of prosperity. Leaving out
of consideration the fact that Omaha has
not Indulged In over-building or wild
speculation In anticipation of the exposi
tion , the marked expansion in the city's
Industrial enterprises and the Improve
ment of Its facilities as a distribution
center will within themselves constitute
a protection from any Injurious reaction
after the exposition shall have closed Its
gates. A few liundred fakirs who follow
such big shows will fold their tents and
move on , but the Improved business con
ditions , supplemented by another good
crop , will keep In Omaha nearly every
person whose permanent location Is , de-
slralile , and those who leave will bo re
placed by others attracted to this city
through the object lesson presented by
the exposition.
The new city charter makes It very
plain how all unsettled accounts In
herited from preceding1 administrations
nre to be adjusted. It expressly requires
claimants who come within this class
to bring suit against the city and submit
to judicial arbitration. Under such con
ditions there Is no good reason why old
claims should be kept hanging fire. On
the contrary , parties who attempt to
evade the law and escape an adjustment
by the courts must be presumed to have
little faith In the justice of their own
demands. >
The municipal election In Helena ,
Mont. , resulted In the success of the re
publican candidate for mayor with a
clear majority over the democratic and
populist candidates. The republican
candidate for mayor received 257 more
votes than the republican candidate two
years ago and the democratic candidate
got 2C9 less than the "democratic " candi
date on the head of the ticket two years
ago. Four years ago the same populist
candidate got 844 votes to his 210 this
year.
Since the supreme court has ordered
a reargument of the appeal of the Bart-
ley criminal prosecution the reargument
should be expedited with all reasonable
haste. There is no reason why the Bart-
ley case should remain undisposed of be
cause of dilatory proceedings oiv the
part of the lawyers either for the state
or for the defense.
A few more subscriptions to the expo
sition fund from those who have thus
far shirked their duty or-have failed to
contribute their full proportion nnd the
Transmlssissippl Exposition will nchleve
the distinction of opening up to the public
without * hypothecating a dollar of Its
gate receipts.
Speaker
New York Trlb-jne.
It would. Indeed , havo'been ' cruel In Speaker
Reed to clear the galleries because they
cheered Bailey , whtn 'ho ' know that Ilalley
would be plunged Into the depths ol sorrow
if he didn't have the galleries to talk to.
' 1'ntlenve ill n Ally.
New York Mall and Expie * .
When the president's menage "reaches
congress the people will learn that hU fair
ness , patience and Justice have secured for
his country an ally stronger than all the
principalities ani powers o ( the world. If
Spain goes to war with us , the ally of the
United States will toe the Lord of Hosts.
Miixt ItliMV or llumt.
Indianapolis Journal ,
U Is worth while to remark that the citi
zens who are shouting themselves black fa
the face In demanding war do not monopolize
all the patriotism. The men who are keep-
Ins silence or those who are advocating
peace may have an equal right to bo called
patriots , and may even be doing a greater
service to their country than the shoutera.
! A Time- for Silence.
Philadelphia Times.
There la sense as well as sarcasm In ex-
President Harrison's declaration that he can
servo hla country best by keeping silent now ,
and that petfcaps some otheis 'might help In
the came way. The 'trouble ' la that while
Mr. Harrison , who knows by experience the
perplexities and burdens under which the
chief executive staggers even In time of
peace , practices the silence he recommends ,
nothing short of paralysis or death will sll-
once the others of whom he speaks. They
belong to the class who never read that
fllcnco In goljjwgtor perhaps mny dtallko It
on that very ncciint and they haven't sense
enough to reallKjjtlie valno of a Kill tongue.
Mr. Harrison's promise to keep silence him
self will bo iit to the letter. His sugges
tion of allencito others -will fall on eara al
ready deafenld with the clamor of their
owners' tongues.
of Wnr TnxcH.
Kniuas City Star.
The prospect of a war duty on coffeelias
started an adyanlo In the coffee market.
Prices have advanced a cent and a half a
pound In the lost few days. A duty of 4
cents a pounitinir coffee would yield about
120,000.000 In 'fevt-nue. and still leave the
prlco lower than It has averaged for the
last twenty years , so t'hat ' It would not bean
an excessive burden on consumers.
The Lntut In Here Work It.
New i'otli'Mall and Cxprea * .
Secretary Wilson assures the American
farmers that all the sugar Imported Into this
country , amounting to $100,000,000 n year ,
could ba raised on 1,000,000 acres of land
planted with beet root. The land Is here ,
the men to cultivate H ore here , the market
for the product ! s here all that Is needed
lo to get the Industry started. American
sugar for American consumers should bo the
national policy from thla time forward.
The Ink-Weil WnrrlorH.
Chlcnso Post.
Wo confess to some surprise 'that the gov
ernment uhould bo giving all Its war plans
to various Washington correspondents for
publication , but we find oven greater oc
casion for surprise In the fact that these
plans , as given to the public by the corre
spondents , do not exactly coincide each with
the other. Of course when a yellow journal
correspondent asserts that ho knows all about
the secret orders given to Commodore Schley
and Captain Sampson we must believe him ,
but It does seem extraordinary that there
Should have been so many different plans
and so many different Dels of secret orderi.
Popularity.
Natchez ( Miss. ) Democrat.
It had been expected that Natchez was
going to send up a largo contingent , but she
had only between flftec'.i and twenty dele
gates. The Jackson association that ran
the excursion train , we are told , lost In the
neighborhood of $100 on it , but this did not
keep the very worthy organization from
carrying out all the promises. These figures ,
If they show anything , Indicate that Mr.
Bryan Is losing lite power as a drawl-jg
card , and that he can no longer attract even
as large a crowd as could a first class three-
ring circus. If ho really aspires to the next
presidential nomination he should take him
self off exhibition , go back to Lincoln , Neb. ,
and let his personality drop out of sight as
far as he can , without removing himself
entirely from the public view. He Is already
palling on the taste of sensible , reasonable ,
thinking men , and doing himself much harm
by the exhibition ho Is now making of him
self.
DISASTKII. 1IY FLOOD.
New York Mall and Express : As these
spring freshets make their way toward
the gulf , the residents of the low
lands along both the Ohio and Mississippi
should strain nerve and muscle to strengthen
in every possible way the levees that pro
tect from the waters their homes and fami
lies. These recurrent disasters must in tlmo
be effectually prevented by engineering skill.
The process rtiay bo costly , but It is a neces
sary measure , bf Insurance against death
and devastation !
Philadelphia Press : The Shawneetown
levee break Is sexactly buch an acci
dent as has long been predicted and
was certain idinq day to come. Adopting
the policy of embankments which for twenty-
centuries in China have made the Hoang Ho
a river of death , the Mississippi has been
fenced In by army engineers and local levee
boards. Yearly the levees grow , yearly the
river rises hlgoer amd yearly a larger popu
lation Is put Injperll. ( But three courses .will
obviate the dinger which exists , has ex
isted and steadily Increases. One Is the con
struction of vast -reservoirs already begun ,
to hold back pfrt cjt the floods until summer
and equalize tSe-flfwf ( ho second Is to open
courses and oialets aown the-river , and the
third is to reffl'r'est the head waters on.
great and national scale. All should be
done , and If cachet not done these disas
ters on the Mississippi will multiply and
grow moro deadly , The present disaster has
scarcely been equaled save .by Johnstown ,
and It deserves the aid and sympathy like
previous disasters have received ,
Philadelphia Ledger : When a calamity
like that at Shawneetown , 111. , oc
curs , the first thought Is , why do people
ple build In such perilous places ? It
U a proper question , and one to which
no satisfactory answer can be given , since
the coo appalling fact of Its destruction
nullifies all arguments In Its favor , no mat
ter how plausible or apparently sound they
may be. Holland , with Us many flourishing
cities standing below the level of the sea
and depending , as the Illinois town did , on
dykes for their sole security. Is an example
to the contrary : but the parallel Is not com
plete , la Holland people must live below the
sea level , If they are to live In that country
at all ; while In the vicinity of Shawneetown
there was plenty of space to place a town
secure from any flood. In ( Holland , too , the
people realize that eternal .vigilance Is the
price of safety , and a constant watch Is main
tained on the dykes to anticipate evem the
beginning of trouble. Shawneetown felt so
safe behind Its twenty-foot embankment
that it seems to have taken no precaution
against the gradual or sudden weakening of
Its defense , aad It was entirely unprepared
for the catastrophe when It came , The In
itial error , however , was in building a town
below a mill damit ; Is never safe.
I'OLITIOAI , IIItlFT. |
Does Croker has his political fences in
such good repair that ho finds time to play
golf.
golf.A
A somewhat notorious prize fighter threat
ens to kivade congress. The tendency of
mouth .warriors to flock together Is not a
cheering sign of the times.
Minister Woodford once came near to being
president of the United States. When Gar-
Hold was nominated the tbolce for vice
president lay bctwe.cn Woodford and Arthur ,
and the former was tor a 'time ' the favorite.
Populist patriots .In two congressional dis
tricts of Pennsylvania insist on running Joe
Slbley for congress. Joe la a. plutocrat with
a , big P , but the fact that ho has money to
burn will be forgiven if be runs and puts
up "the stuff. "
There Is an election for governor of New
Jersey this year , and senators will be chosen
In tho"Je counties : Atlantic , Bergen , Cum
berland , Hudson , Mercer , Morris and Ocean.
With the exception of Hudson all are now
represented by republicans.
Democratic defeat la Maryland promises
to rankle for some years to come. The re-
nUtrlctlng of the congrcssloc.il districts of
tfio etato makes three of the districts safely
epubll'an ancj gives the party rn even
% arc for two ; of the remaining three.
Notwithstanding , the persuasive oratory of
the silver ape ila of ( Massachusetts , George
Fred Williams , 3COof , the 487 members of the
Pxiy State Democratic club have been ex
pelled for falling' to pay their dues. Down
In that section the "holy causo" Is chock full
of holes.
Colonel Allen ! DJ Candler , an aspirant for
the democratic nomination for governor of
Georgia , declines ito meet his competitors
for the nomination on the stump , saying that
there are now no principles for them to dis
cuss In which the people are Interested , and ,
besides , such dbbatcs always engender blt-
ternees. * <
The term of'Mayor Jones of Toledo ex-
plrea on Aprfl ID , 1S99. He Is known
throughout Lucas' county as the "golden
rule" mayor In1'dcnsequence of his conntant
and hearty advocacy of the principle of an
eight-hour working day , and te , it appears ,
tile aiiltior of a song entitled , "Divide the
Day , " the words and music of which he has
prepared by working overtime that Is , by
working after ttie- expiration of the eight
hours in which he believes.
The executive of the state of Now York
has elevated his official pedestal very ap
preciably during the last twelve months.
The New York Evening Past says : "The
people of ibo state owe It to Governor Black
that the session of the legislature which
ended yesterday was cne of the least harmful
that wo tiave hart for many years. Not since
Mr. Cleveland waa governor have we had
as the result of a winter's work a smaller
amount of positively bad legislation than
Is to be found In tha bills now awaltlcg
executive action. "
oTiinit i/AM > * TIIAX ottns.
TCo concert of Europe Is now called upon
to tay the piper , and It has delegated that
expensive duty to the three "protecting
powers" of Greece , tt.igland , France nnd Uus-
la , who now Jointly and severally guaran
tee the now (3reck loan which Is to bo trailed
to reorganize the finances of that country
nnd to pay the Indemnity to Turkey. The
chancellor of the exchequer recently In the
House of Commons outlined the e-hcme of
the new loan , whlda la to have a maximum
of $34,000,000. Of this moro than half , or
about $10,000,000 , will go to Turkey as an
Indemnity , payable when the sultan with
draw a his troops finally and completely from
Thcssaly. The chancellor was rather vague
as to the .time . when the evacuation of Thcs-
saly might be looked for , but remarked Inci
dentally that It was notorious that Greece
was not the only Imprecunlous power con
cerned , Thla being the care , It was natural
to believe that Turkey would like that $ ! , -
000,000 as soon as oho could gat It. If Tur
key proved recalcitrant the poweta might be
called upon to argue with her. This has a
familiar and not very satisfactory sound to
these who recall how Turkey defled the
powers , made war successfully and then die
tated terms of peace , which the powers
registered.
The adoption of the commonwealth bill by
the federal contention , wihlch haa been sitting
for the last two months In Melbourne ,
brought the scheme of Australian federation
ta a now stage. The bill Is now to bo sub
mitted to a plebiscite of tbo Australian elcc
torates. The colony of Queensland , which
was not represented at the convention , la
excluded from the voting , but there Is a
general understanding that In the case of
the commonwealth bill becoming law Queens
land will bo admitted to federation. U Is
not necessary that the bill should bo accepted
by all t'ho ' Australian colonies. The adhesion
of any three will sufllce to Initiate the
scheme of federation as between these three.
The othon colonies can then Join the group
at their own time and pleasure. Unfortu
nately , the acceptance of the bill by oven
three colonies Is not certain. It Is provided
by the enabling bill that the scheme of feder
ation must be accepted In each colony by a
minimum vote so substantial as to preclude
the possibility of any change except by a
resolution of the people , and t'ae ' fear Is that
the minimum vote required Is too heavy to
bo secured without much effort. In New
South Wales the minimum required has been
raised from 50,000 to 80,000 votes , In an adult
male population of about 400,000. In Victoria
a minimum vote of 60,000 Is required In an
adult rnalo population of 370,000. In both
colonies opinion upon the subject Is much
divided.
* *
Great Britain needs Wel-Hat-Wel as a
naval station , 1,300 miles north of Hong
Kong. Japan probably asqulesccs gladly
In an arrangement which will enable her to
maintain her Insular strength unaffected by
malnlaad holdings. Great .Britain . will proba
bly add other naval stations at Intermediary
points , until finally she will bo In a posi
tion , with Japanese co-operation , to maintain
a naval supremacy of the Yellow sea despite
every effort of combinations by other pow
ers to overcome It. This Is not very pacific ,
nor along the direct line of trade development.
Hut It appears to foe the truth that , without
desiring war or pretending to belittle Us
disastrous consequences , Great Britain has
decided that it she is not to be left out In
the cold , eventually by Russian diplomacy
she must play a bold game alongside her
foes before they are In a position to com
mand "Hands off ! "
* *
France has civilized and rehabilitated Tu
nis to a klegree almost comparable with that
done by Great Britain In Egypt. When she
j took hold of It there was no security for life
and property. Now they are as safe as In
Franco Itself. Then there was no taxation
but plunder and the province was bankrupt.
Now taxatlcm is equitably assessed and hon
estly collected , and the treasury shows a
surplus every year. Then there was not n
yard of good road 'and no harbor which largo
vessels could enter.Now there ' are splendid
roads connecting all important'towns and ono
of the best harbors on the whole Mediterra
nean. Then there were three lighthouses
on the coast. Now there are fifty. Railroads
have been builthotels opened , wells sunk and
an abundant water supply has been se
cured , the famous old Roman marble quar
ries have been reopened after 1,200 years ,
land has Tjeen placed under cultivation , the
locust plague abated , and the country gen
erally made moro prosperous than for a
thousand years.
* *
It Is a peculiar fact that LI Hung Chang ,
the most famous of Chinamen , ' Is held In
tlie highest regard outside of his country.
At homo , whether from Jealousy , revenge ,
good cause or some other reason , ho Is
periodically made the object of some charge
of disloyalty , venality and corruption , and
moro then once ho has been compelled to
Buffer punishment from the emperor because
of some unfortunate act that was anatbetnn
In that auguast peraonage'a eyes. Just now
LI Hung Chang Is again called -upon to
answer a charge of having accepted a brlbo
of 1,600,000 taels for playing Into the hands
of Russia. The unnamed person who makes
the charge says that the entire Tsung-Ll-
Yame'n ' , or Chinese foreign office , was In
volved In the conspiracy , and that Russia
bought In the body for the sum of 10,000,000
taels. In order to give emrbasls to his
charge , ho requests a searching Investiga
tion , and concents that If his charges be not
proven , he shall himself bo beheaded , that
being the punishment he demands for the
viceroy If the charges are substantiated. It
Is a brave offer , but this tale of bribery Is
altogether unlikely. LI Hung Chang has a
record which should protect dim from the
suspicion of venality ; moreover , why should
Russia resort to bribery to secure what she
waa ready and able to extort from China
by fccce ?
The demands of Prance from the Pekln
government , which , according to recent ad
vices from , the Chinese capital , have been
tardily conceded , Include as a leading fea
ture a coaling station at the mouth of the
Mia rlvir , province of Foklen , about 300
miles north of Canton and directly opposite
the rich and populous Island of Hainan , to
secure which Is now the prime object of
French diplomacy In the far east. There Is
already a French arsenal and dock on Mln
river , and with the further concession granted
the pest might be made on exceedingly Im
portant adjunct of French colonization
schemes In that quarter of the world.
tattle by CompnrlHon.
BprlnKflelil ( Mass. ) Itepubllcan.
A truer word has not been spoken In the
present crisis than this of President Har
per of the University of Chicago : "I be
lieve that 'war with Spain for a single year
would retard the advance of civilization to
ward a higher level fully twenty-five years. "
But if the Interests of peace and humanity
dememd It , war should come. In hla opinion.
How little , therefore , appear those con
gressmen who are trying to howl the presi
dent Into precipitate action , beside tliefto
mighty consequences of an armed collision ,
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known. Actual tests how it goes one-
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Cnniinoitorr Wlnflrtil Joolt Selilrjnnd
the Fl > lnir * iunilrntt.
Commodore Wlnflcld Scott Schley , com
mander of the flying squadron , \vcs n inhl-
ehlimnn on an American war ship which
cast anchor In Boston harbor late In April ,
1861. The news of Sumter being fired upon
was given the crew by the pilot. ( Almost In
stantly the ofllcers divided Into northern and
southern groups. Next morning the offlccra
wcro called together by the cap
tain. Pointing to a paper on his
table ho requested these desiring 13
do BO to sign the oath of allegiance.
Nine names were placed under the captain's.
"Did you slsii. Wlnnlo ? " said the captain ,
turning to the handsome young midshipman
from Maryland. "Aye , aye , sir , " promptly
came the response ; "same flag nnd same
Uncle Sam In Maryland as In Massachu
setts. " Midshipman Sohley staid by the flag
and fought for It and saw hard service dur
ing the conflict between the states. And he
has had some fighting and some hard service
since then. He took a hand In suppressing
a revoH of Chinese coolies In the mlddlo
Clncha Island , Corea , In 1871. A year later
ho returned to the United States and was at
tached to the naval academy for two years.
In 1874 ho was commissioned commander and
Bcrvcd on the North and South Atlantic sta
tions for five years.
When the Orcely relief expedition was or
ganized ho was sent In command of It to the
north polar regions. He rescued Lieutenant
Oreoly and six survivors at Capo Sablno and
brought them bock with great promptitude.
Ho was awarded a cold medal by congress
for this , and partly ns a reward ho was promoted
meted by President Arthur to chief of the
Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting , which
place ho held until 1SS9 , when he resigned.
> \ nllo serving as chief of the bureau ho was
promoted captain. He has many times been
attached to the lighthouse board.
When the cruiser Baltimore waa put In
commission Commodore Schley was placed
In command of her. It was during thla time
ho carried back to Stockholm , Sweden , the
remains of the late John -Ericsson , the In
ventor of the monitor. The king of Sweden
presented him with a gold medal. He was
In command of the Baltimore during the
complications and trouble at Valparaiso ,
Chill , In 1891 , when several American sailors
were stoned by a mob. He speedily settled
the trouble and was thanked by the Navy de
partment.
The state of Maryland presented him -with
a handsome gold chronometer watch for the
services he rendered In the arctic expedition
which found and rescued Lieutenant Oreely
and the survivors of the Lady Franklin Bay
In the polar region.
Mcgargee thus gctslps about tlio chief of
the flying squadron In the Philadelphia Times :
' A visit made to him acid his at that tlmo
( launcblng of the cruiser New York ) , and , of
couise , by "his" Is meant his vessel , could
dot fall to Impress every Intelligent person ;
it could not but highly Inspire every one
posrfcsxsed with the nllgheat spark of patriot
ism. The cruiser New York seen in Cramps'
shipyard was not tlie cruiser New York seen
on the broad bosom of Hampton Roads , ready
at a moment's notice if necessary to fly lethe
the relief of the oppressed Cubans. Bristling
with armament of enormous size , their man
agement and that of the other necessary
functions of the boat requiring the employ
ment of tblrty-slx separate and distinct otcajn
engines , containing nearly COO actlva and
alert and courageous men , It presented a
picture of menace to any foe that Is most
imprecslvo. Vlsltora to It at that time could
never forget Captain Schley , H.s commander ,
a typical gentleman-soldier of the sea.
"Tall , lithe , of graceful manners , with a
natural courtesy springing from his Balti
more bk-tb , a man of travel nnd of books ,
with an cje that Invites confidence or In
spires fear , a linguist of such attainment
tmt he never needed an Interpreter to con
duct delicate negotiations with Frenchman ,
Spaniard or Italian , he s'tands today a type
of the class of men of whom every American
Uiould be proud. Ills mere presence , apart
from his conversation , makes It quickly un
derstandable how In the harbor of Valparaiso ,
at a perilous moment , tie defled the combined
lleeta of Great BrltaLn and of Chill , with his
decks nightly prepared for action and con'-
fldent that with his one vessel he could have
cleared out the entireharbor-In twothouis ,
and hla men vcro of the" same belief. "
The flying squadron , fltiich now stands
anchored at Hampton Roads , steam up and
Impatient for duty , comprises the crack flyern
of the navy. The mcst powerful Is the
battleship Massachusetts. Her speclflcat'ons
are : Length on the water line. 34S feet ;
beam , sixty-nine feet three Inches ; draft ,
twenty-four feet ; displacement , 10,288 tons ;
speed , 16.2 knots per hour. The Massachu
setts la powerfully armed. Her main bat
tery consists iof four thlrteen-lnch , eight
eight-inch and four six lnch guns. In her
pecondary battery are four one-pounder nnd
twenty six-pounder quick-firing guna and
four Qatllngg. Her armor Is oeventeen
Inches , ten inches and eight Inches thick
over the barbette , and seventeen Inches ,
eight and one-half Inches and six lnchen over
the turret. She carries thirty-seven officers
and 438 men and cost $3,000,000 to build. The
Texas Is a battleship of the second clats. a
sister ship of the Ill-fated Maine. Her dls > -
placement Is 6,315 tons , horse pjwer 8,000 ,
and cost $2,500,000. Her main battery con
sists of two twelve-inch breech-loading
rifles , six six-Inch guns and twelve of
smaller caliber. She Is two knots speedier
than the Massachusetts.
The flagship of the squadron Is the splen
did armored cruiser Brooklyn. Her displace
ment Is 9,271 tons , her speed 21.91 knots per
hour , her length 400 feet , her beam sixty-Jour
feet and her draft twenty-four feet. Her
batteries consist of eight eight-Inch breech-
loading rifles , twelveflvolnch rapid-firing
guns , twelve six-pounders , four one-pounders
a > nd four Catlings. She has forty-six ofllcem
and 515 men. Her cost was Just a trlflo lesa
than that of the Mapsachusetts. The protec
ted cruiser Columbia , with the exception of
the Minneapolis , Is the fleetest ship In the
flying squadron. She can easily steam at
the rate of twenty-two knots an hour pro
pelled by a powerful triple screw. Her
length Is 412 feet , her beam 58 feet , her
draft 22.5 feet and her displacement 7,375
tons. She has for batteries one eight-Inch
breech-loading rifle , two stx-lncd and eight
four-Inch qulck-fllrlng guns , twelve six-
pounders , four one-pounders and four Gat-
ling guns. ho has thirty-five officers and
429 men , and her cost was $2,725,000. The
Minneapolis Is the faste.st ship In Schloy'a
squadron. She can bowl along with her
mass of 7,375 tons of steel at the speed of
twenty-three nautical miles an dour. She
was commissioned In 1894. Her length Is
412 feet , tier breadth ES feet 2H InchM B4
her draft twenty-two feet , 64 to armeA
with ono eight-Inch brccch-lcddliiR rifle , two
slx-liuti , eight four-Inch rapld-flro RUM ,
twelve olx-poundcrs , four onc-pouudcr rapid *
fire and four flailing guns. She carrlM
thirty-eight officers acid 468 men and coat
$2,690,000. -
The third rate cruiser DiCKenpj , purchased
abroad nnd renamed Topeka , and the dyna
mite cruiser Vesuvius are mentioned aa ptoi-
pectlve additions to the eqtiadron. U Is not
likely that the Topeka will bo added , as IU
reported speed of sixteen knots l a dotibtfuU .
quantity. Ttio speed of the squadron will b V
no greater than that of Its slowest member.
If quick work and gettheratlvcncM Is de'
manded the Massachusetts must be left be *
hind , because Its fifteen-knot gait would b <
a drag on the greyhounds of the fleet. Th
Vesuvius has a 'speed of 21.4 knots and can
easily keep In tbo wake of the flyers. 1'
Leaving the Topeka and the Vesuvius out
I of the count , thp thrco crack cruisers nJ
i two battleships mount 162 guns , ranging from
Uatllngn to thtrtecn-lnru monsters , Tht
Massachusetts can fire forty tons of pro-
Jcctllrfl In fifteen minutes and If the target
Is an enemy's ship the enluto will cause con-
Mdcrable agitation on board. The fleet will
undoubtedly rcndw a good account of Itself
If turned loose. It lias some of the beat
gurners on two feet and when they net down
I to business It Is not unlikely a few "holea In
( tie bottom of Iho sea" will be covered with
armor plate.
AX UXI'ATIUOTIO Ii
the Thin ) Vt > ii < M > r > Off in I'llIIt-
Icnl MnntHtiink.
ChlniKii Inter Ocean.
'n the presence of war faction should bo
dumb. Exempt ns voiced by William Jen-
i nlazi Bryan It Is dumb. True to his pur-
i pose of arraying class ag.ilnst class , thla
demagogue said to an audience In Detroit :
I "Wo ere In the presence of possible , It
not probable , war , and I .want to call your
, attention to the fact .that . the decision of
'Justice Brown prevents the government
from levying upon the wealth of the country
to carry on war ; but the government can
tale any wife's husband from her side or
son from a mother's side , to bo destroyed
nt the cannon's mouth to save the country.
You may cull me an anarchist , but I will
i never take a man's llfo Instead of the rich
man's dollar. "
The reference to Justice 'Brown's decision
cgalnst the legality of the Income tax Is the
i old cry of Bryan's campaign against the su-
i prcmo court. Of course the decision does not
prevent the government from levying on the
wealth or the country In case of war.
As to the other point , the rich man's llfo
Is Just ns much , not more , not less , In the
hands of the government as the poor man's.
If a draft bo ordered the rich man Is at
likely to bo made a conscript ns the poor
one. Not more so , not lens. Each has ono
life , only one , nnd each llfo IB subject to
[ sacrifice , willingly or unwillingly , on the al
tar of the nation. It Is sheer anarchistic
blasphemy that lies In Bryan's false charge
that In tlmo of wnr the poor man's llfo Is
taken to save the rich man's dollar.
Ami In the matter of taxation-tho burden
falls , nnd properly so , far more heavily on the
rich than on the poor. A license to keep a'
bank , to act as a broker , to act as a lawyer ,
a tax upon a check , upon a note of hand , a
license or a tax upon nearly all that men
do or receive who directly or Indirectly be
long to what 'Bryan calls "the money power , "
Is among the first results of wnr legislation.
On the other hand , "tho poor man" derives
benefit from the Increase of wages that al
most always follows declaration of war and
ho Is burdened by little or none of the addi
tional volume of taxation.
Ml HTH IX IIIIV.Mi : .
llrooklyn Life.
The flowers aio faded that I sent ,
My ilr-arest girl , to you.
1 would be linppy If the bill ,
Alas ! hnxl faded , too.
Washington Star.
" 'Twill soon be- here , " quoth Cuba ;
" 1'ne mystic first of May ,
Which custom lecasnlzes as
The proper moving day , "
"An nncel without tni > wings , " quoth I.
Thinking- myself rather funny.
"Oh ! no : at nil , " the actress quoth ;
"The wings are on Ma money ! "
ChlCfiKo Keoanl.
"lie comcth not , " she murmured ;
"Oh fate , thy cruel plan. "
Was she waiting for , a lover ?
No a. paper-hanger man.
Detroit Journal.
"Oh , say , Mill you marry me , my jprottjr
maid ? "
"The best man In tlie world1 , sir I Inouldn'l
wed ! " '
"And why would you not , my pretty
maid ? "
"Nobody asked me , sir , " she said.
Cleveland 1'laln Denier.
LI Hung- Chang Is smart Indeed ,
Ilia schemes -will never fall ;
If to the head lid can't succeed' '
He'll swiftly take the tacl.
Chicago News.
Two souls with but a Blnslo thought.
But not the- same ono , no ;
He with her l/cauty Is distraught
She wishes he would go.
Imllnnapnlls Journal.
"I would , Indeed -would , you Una * , "
The youthful husband said ,
"My wishes had nn equal -weight
With Kvallna'a bread. "
VISIt AC UA.
Cleveland 1'laln Dealer.
Who was It visited our land
And shook with joy the swift glad 'aani'.T
Veragua.
Who was It ate and drank his fill.
And found we'd paid hla every bill ?
Veragua.
U
Who was It swelled nnd strutted round ,
And brushed and puffed and fiercely
frowned ?
Veragua.
Who was It then that homeward went ,
Wlt'nout u chance to spend a cent ?
Veragua.
Who Is It now doth fiercely lam
The character of Uncle Kam ?
Veruguu.
Who hath our nation sore maligned ,
Forgetting how ho wined and dined ?
Veraeua.
Who U It wnen * wo cross the tide.
Behind the weeds had better hide ?
Vcragua.
Given
Away
Commencing tomorrow morn
ing at 8 o'clock sharp we give
away free with every child's
suit purchased in our store one beautiful Easter Lily There arc
several hundred suits and also lilies to select from and our as-
soatment of suits for the little ones are as fresh and crisp as the
lillies that go with them there are handsome junior suits at
$2,50 and dainty sailor suits at $3,00 two-piece suits at $3.50
and long pants suits at $7 and every suit we sell is the best of
its kind made in the world and absolutely guaranteed and
then the small articles that go with the suits such as caps ,
waists , blouses , ties and etc. The array is bewildering and the
assortment without end Now don't forget tomorrow Com *
and get a lily.
Cor. 19th and < JougtoJ9t ? * j ,