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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE E IlOSKWATEn , Editor. r . , . I'UBLIBHKD EVERY MOHNINO. TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Hoe ( \Vlthout Sunday ) , One Year.16.00 Daily Uoo nnil Sunday , One Year . S.OT Blx Months . 4.00 Thrco Month * . . . . . . 2.00 Hund.iy Bee , Ono Year . Z.W Hiittiruny Hoc , Ono Year . l2 Weekly Bee , Ono Year . & > OFFICES. Omaha ! The Den Building. South Omaha : Slnccr Block , Corner N and 2th Streets. Council Blurts : 10 Pearl Street. Chlonco OlHce : W2 Chamber of Com merce. Now York : Temple Court. Wnshlneton : 60t Fourteenth Strcot. CORRESPONDENCE. All communications relating to news and editorial matter should bo addressed : To tbo Editor. Editor.BUSINESS LETTERS. All business letter * and remittances Bhould bo addressed to The Bee Publishing Company , Omaha. Drafts. checks , express nnd postofTlco money orders to bo innuo paynnln to the order of thn company. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION , State of Nebraska , Uouglas county , ea. : Ooorgo D. Tzschuck , secretary of The Bee PubllflliTng company , being duly nworn , says that the actual number of full nnd complete copies of The bally. Morning , Evwilng and Sunday Ilee , printed during the month of April , 1S98 , was as follows : 1 . 2i,2r.s 16 . na.iio 2 . JM..I1H 17 . a 1,202 3 . 2tOOH : IS . 24,747 4 . 2.'lnSl 13 . 2.1.B5O Total . 7HOr. 3 Leas returns and .unsold copies . 17,420 Net total Bales . 70O,1O7 Not daily average . 25,639 GBOnOE n. TZSCHUCK , Sworn to before me and subscribed In my proflonce thla 30th day of April , 1893. ( Seal. ) N. P. FEIL. Notary Public. ont your flags on Vlns Oiiinha will enjoy 150 flag days during tliu Li > osltloii seusou. Admiral Curvorn may be In Cuba , but chances are that 'lie ' will BOOH wish lie iwere back In Spain. One of the Impressive lessons of the war is Unit great armies and navies cannot be mobilized in a. week. Less tlmn two weeks more to the opening of the exposition gates. Not a moment of those , two weeks Is to be wasted. Omaha Ls the best advertised town In America. And it will be more adver tised and better known every day from now on. The troops ordered to the Philippines liavc the satisfaction of knowing that inal de mer Is not half so deadly as yellow fever. The movement to keep the streets of Omaha cleaner Is n good tiling , but there Is no question that the streets arc being kept cleaner than ever before. The slot machine gambling resorts are still operating with full connivance of the police. Hut then the police have strict orders from their superiors not to ece any gambling. \VhIc ! the grain speculators arc trying to beat each other nt the game of op tions on futures the American farmers arc busy preparing for the largest crop of wheat ever known. The Kansas City Times Is greatly pleased with 'llolcomb'a ' act of giving lirynn a commission as a colonel , be cause "he has the Jaw of a lighter. " Dut this war la not to be fought out with . . - J.IWS. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ While the country la In the mood to nnnex every island In the Caribbean sea nnd the 1'aelllc , a suggestion to reopen the annexation negotiations between Omaha and South Omaliu may not be out of order. for the faet that so many other cities are following Its excellent ex ample , the city of Spokane would be entitled to especial congratulations on having redeemed Its city government from popocratie control. According to Premier Laurlor the Canadian government has no notice of lite presence within Its jurisdiction of the late Spanish minister to the United Stales. Senor Polo must be pondering whether this IB a compliment or a snub for htm. Paymaster General Stanton Is asking for more nss'stnnts to help him in pay- dug off the regulars and volunteers , it Is safe to sny that Spain will not bo troubled with a lack of paymasters so much as with a lack of the contents of the pay chest. With many of the ocean cables cut nnd the others under military censor ship , the grapevine telegraph will be called Into requisition by the yellow journal fnkeries that must report at least one terrific engagement every liftccn minutes. In nearly every state there Is trouble nbout the organization of the brass bands to aveompany the regiments. An .easy way out of nil this trouble would bo to do away with military bands In favor , of the life , drum and bugle , from which may be obtained all need ful fighting music. The prohibitionists of Ohio at least deserve credit for taking their politics vithout mixture or aduUeritlon of any k'lid. Their state convention refused to consider any proposition for fusion with nny other party , nnd several chronic fuslonlst * were even denied the privilege of the door to state their In- ( ( tu-CJrieuUi. FOtlCED OTORRAIXD. There appears to bo no doubt that the Insurgent forces In Cuba have been over rated nnd that Instead of there being 35,000 or 40,000 fighting men , ns the Cuban Junta In this country has repre sented , with more available If provided with arms and ammunition , the number 'docs not exceed from 10,000 to 20,000. At the same time there Is reason to be lieve that the soldierly qualities of the Cubans have bccti somewhat exagger ated. In view of this It Is evident that very little dependence can be placed upon the Insurgents In the campaign against the Spaniards and that the value of co-operation with them will consist chiefly In the Information they can give In regard to the cnomy'H jMsItlons and strategic points. Hence the necessity of tills government sending a largo army to Cuba at the outstnrt. So far as the so-called Cuban government - ment Is concerned Its whereabouts 4s yet to be disclosed. Perhaps this Information mation will bo obtained when the per son who Is reported to bo on his way to tills country , bearing the title of vice president , arrives here. It should now bo pretty clear to everybody that Presi dent McKlnley was right In refusing to accord belligerent rights to the Insur gents or to recognize the Independence of the alleged republic of Cuba. He understood the 'conditions there better than any of his critics and later devel opments have fully vindicated his posi tion , which saved the country from what would have been a humiliating blunder. OPEItATIXO FllOM CAXADA. There appears to bo good reason to believe that Senor Polo , lately Spanish minister to the United States , who witli his staff has been In Canada since Jits departure from Washington , Is directIng - Ing a spy system from his Canadian asylum. The Toronto Globe has very plainly Intimated that such Is the case , re-narking that the general Impression there Is that Polo's object in remaining In Canada must bo for the purpose of obtaining Information that may bo of use to Spain. There can be no reasonable doubt that this Impression1 * Is well founded. The understanding when Polo left the United States was that he intended soon to return to Spain , but he undoubtedly received orders from his government to stay In Canada , where he could organ ize a system of spies on military opera tions hero. The presence of Polo in the Dominion was referred to a few days ago In the House of Commons at Ottawa and.Premier Laurier stated that the gov ernment had received no complaint from the United States government , hence no olllclal notice could be taken of the presence of Polo unless he should do something to violate Canadian neutral ity. Of course our government can offer no objection to this position , but It may reasonably expect that the Canadian authorities will cxeivlse duo vigilance to prevent any broach of neutrality on the part of this Spanish emissary. Probably Polo can do no hnrn ; . What ever information he may furnish the Spanish government can hardly be of much value to It. Still it Is the duty of the Canadian government to see that no obligation of neutrality Is violated. It probably will not be asked to send Polo away , but If It should voluntarily do so it would give striking proof of Its good faith. A CHKDITOlt NATION. The United States has become a 'creditor nation , . But for the all- absorbing Interest Ju the war the figures showing this recently sent out by the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury department would have attracted much greater at tention than has been given them. They are most lutoresUng and. gratify ing , since they show unprecedented conditions and present the United State * In a stronger position financially and commercially than ever before. Ac cording to these official statistics the United States exported In the ten months of the current fiscal year , which will end .Tune 30 , $ . > M,000,000 worth of merchandise more than It imported and It Is estimated that for the entire year the excess'of exports will approximate ? floooooooo. Tills enormous balance In our favor In a single year Is unparalleled and fully warrants the statement that this Is now a creditor rather tlmn n debtor nation. Of course there Is held In Europe a largo amount of American se curities , but this country Is prepared to receive and absorb these as fast ns Europe can send them. They are not likely , however , to come In nny large amounts , for the reason that the foreign holders have faith In their soundness nnd also because they pay better than Investments made abroad , which are perfectly safe , can do. Hence these se curities will not be returned In settle ment of our great trade balance , which will , therefore be paid in gold. It is reported from Now York that bankers in London and other European centers are asking American banker to carry the obligations which have been en tailed by the excess of exports from the United States and that American banx- ers are residing to the request , being abundantly able to do so without in 'tho least impairing their ability to take care of the homo demand for money. A peculiar feature of thn s'tuatioi/ls the faet that the importation of gold has about stopped mul is not expected to be resumed for some months , but this is not Inexpltvable. The war exerts an inllueuco in this direction nnd besides tills country has drawn $75,000,000 in gold from Europe In the last four months. It Is stated Umt the clearing house vaults In New York are filled to overflowing with gold. Further Impor. tations may depend somewhat upon the course of hostilities , but really the stock of the yellow metal now In the country Is so large that there Is no demand for more and to bring it here would be sim ply to augment the already large amount of Idle , capital. More gold must come Into the country sooner or later , but It is not needed now. Xo country in the world is In a stronger financial position nt this time tlmn thn United States and but for the disturbing effects of war we should probably bo realizing the highest degree of prosperity In all our history. That , however , will iconic , unless the war shall v bo BO protracted as to make a very much heavier drain upon oar resources tlmn there appears to bo any good reason to apprehend. INVADING A SOFT TOtfA. The near approach of the opening of the exposition gates threatens Omaha with an Invasion of professional crook ? of all grades. Word has been pa.iscd along the line among the long-tlugsrcd gentry In every section of the country that Omaha Is n soft town. In the parlance of the profession a soft town Is a place policed b.t belled cats who catch no mice. Tli < j Omaha police have that unenviable reputation. The crooks arc familiar with the fact that Omaha's chief of police is a man without police expcrlenvc and that his assistants arc inefllclent. When the men nt the head of a police force cannot - not give Intelligent direction to their subordinates , and when moreover the force Is made up largely of raw root tilts drafted out of the political quagmire , the men nnd women , who live by pilfer ing and robbery have little to fear. It Is not at all likely tlirt't the police commission as now constituted will do nuythhig to meet the emergtnn.'y by giv ing citizens and strangers adequate po lice protection. Its conception of Its duties has already been shown by In difference to the most flagrant nbusos and by appointments and'promotions that are premiums upon Incompeteuey , negligence nnd even dishonesty. Knowing that the police are unable to take care properly of the city at large , it will devolve upon the railroads that enter Omaha and the exposition managers to improvise a detective force that will afford protection In the trains , at the stations and on the exposition grounds where the great crowds con gregate and offer the greatest oppor tunities for tiie pickpockets , thieves and swindlers. During the World's fall- each of the railroads entering Chicago had special detectives for tile protection of their patrons Independent of the city police nnd the exposition also had a de tective force of its own about the grounds and approaches , thus fore stalling as far as possible depredations by the professional crooks. In his address before the forty-seventh annual convention of the .Iowa State Medical society , to Illustrate the pro- gresslvcness of the science of medicine and the rapid but sure forward steps of those who have to do with the preserva tion of human life , the president gave statistics collected from authentic records in the United States concerning 15i8 ! : cases of diphtheria treated with out nntl-toxin in which the mortality was 27.52 per cent , and 7,1154 cases in which the use of anti-toxin reduced the mor tality to 12.32 per cent. In 242,244 cases treated in Europe in the old ways the mortality was 37.33 per cent , while In the 21.875 cases in Europe treated with the new remedy the mortality was but 10 iper cent. These figures seem to prove that the American doctors are more successful than their European brothers and that while they may bo a trilie slow in adopting the use of now remedies , ' they are movingstea'dlly along safe lines. That was a notable celebration In the' historic town of Osawatoiale , Kan. , the other day , just thirty-nine years after the republican party of Kansas was "organized In the town famous as the home of John Brown. . ( Inlusha A. Grow of Penn sylvania , who framed the bill admitting Kansas as a state , was to have been present , but was utmvo'dab'.y ' detained. Colonel Leonard of the Lawrence Jour nal was present , however , and spoke of the time when he presided over that convention so many years ago and of the "bloody days" which followed. 'Wie celebration was under the auspices of the district editorial association , as sisted by the republican league of the Second district. Such meetings ns this anniversary celebration teach the young men most of the recent events In na tional and state history events recorded In the newspapers , but not yet men tioned in the school histories. no Wof We Do. Philadelphia Ledger. Omaha still contends that It expects to have a better show than even pewey had. The Heniii anil the Mote. St. Paul Pioneer Press. The Boston Transcript has been referring to Omaha , as "In a remote section of the country. " Nonsense. Ilemoto yourself Isn't Boston over l.GOO miles from the cen ter of things ? Heil Men TVHi Lonir Memories , Washington Post. Spain's theory that she will find an ally in the American Indian IB a most Illogical one. . The Indian has a long memory and Is able to recall the fact that Spain furnished the money to pay the expense of discovering this country. Right hero Isvhcro the In dian has a great opportunity to get even with Spain. One of < he CnmiiciiHiitloiix. Minneapolis Times. It Is said that the rush to Europe which usually occurs at this season Is not on the bills this spring. Travel Is very light , so the steamship agents say. Some of the mil lions that are annually handed out to con tinental Inn keepers , haberdashers , dress makers , etc. , will be circulated at home. The war lins Its compensations. Tnuli at 1'reimrntloii. Philadelphia Times. The president Is n very busy man these days trying to conjure an army out of raw material and get It clothed , fed , nrmed and transported where It can do some fighting , but ho has found time to veto one congres sional Job la the shape of an appropriation of $25.000 claimed by the representatives of the Inventor of a whisky meter. To the surprise of nearly everybody the house con cluded the president was right , and sus tained bis veto. flniiililliiK Not Knur lit lul to I'ronnerltr Waterloo ( la. ) Reporter. The Omaha Bee says there arc many business men there who favor the reopening of gambling houses In that city during the exposition , on the the ory that such places are essential to business prosperity because they make money circu late. If the Idea Is general that an unlawful act creates prosperity , why limit It to gam bling ? The burglar , the counterfeiter , the borsethlef , are generally liberal with their 111-gQtten gains , and If that Is tbo extent of Omaha morality , let the bars clear down and invite In every class of outlaw to help circulate the money. If that Is to bo the feast decent people are to be Invited to there will be very few of that class at the Omaha show. TUB GRAND OLD MAR. SU Louis RcpuBB : Americans remember that he has * V < m& rccognlxed the beat aspirations of t Republic. To us ho has seemed a frlcnf Bind fellow-countryman. Ills death will bo mourned as'slnccroly nnd aa generally herb ay in England , Kansas City Journal : Gladstone , more than any other t@u3 fit his time , gave force nnd dignity to the political conscience of Great Britain. Hewns as sincere ns ho was capable , ns fjvbut at he was brilliant , as altruistic as he was progressive. St. Paul Ploncer _ Press : None of the long line of British statesmen has exercised so profound and Inlt ng nn Influence upon his ago and country * IB William K. Gladstone , or has done so i luch to make revolution Impossible by n nVjIng progress possible without rovolutlotj. Minneapolis Times ! For many years Mr. Gladstone has been admired nnd rovcrcd In this country nn the greatest living Eng lishman. In every civilized nation there will bo unfeigned regret for the departure of the greatest statesman and reformer of the age , who , moreover , set nn example of unselfishness and Integrity that made him n veritable evangel of the gospel of help In the world , Chicago Inter Ocean : Gladstone's battles were not alone for British trade and British prosperity , but for British manhood and British principles. Their Influence has been felt to the remotest corners of the globe. Ho gave to modern political thought a width and depth of liberality nnd a humane colorIng - Ing that will Illumine the hearts nnd the minds of his fellow men through the cen tury to follow him. Detroit Free Press : With nil his great ness of achievement , with all the power over hU' countrymen which he held , * ho was al ways the same unpretending , untltled "Mr. Gladstone , " refusing steadfastly to accept n peerage , an honor that to n man of his great character would have been meaningless. An plain Mr. Gladstone , the great liberal leader nnd reformer , the champion of homo rule , orator , statesman , scholar and Christian gentleman , this representative Englishman , the typical man of his country , ns Washing ton and Lincoln were of America , as Bis marck Is of Germany- Is destined to hold a higher niche In the temple of fame than any of his titled contemporaries. POLITICAL I1UIFT. Opposition to Governor Plngrce In repub lican ranks In Michigan has not material ized. The attempt to start a crusade against him "was knocked In the head by the war ex citement , j The reformers of Tammany have decreed that Chief of Police McCullagh Is an ob struction to tbo development of their plans and must go. Three things combine against him. Ho Is a republican ; he has suppressed gambling ; Dick Croker has a chum In trainIng - Ing for the job. Two of these might bo over looked the suppression of gambling , never. The ungrateful popocrnts of the Sixteenth Congress district of Illinois tied a can to Buck Hlndlrchsen's coattalls and turned him loose. He was refused a renomlnatlon for congress. The i convention rubbed It In by giving the liorfar' to nn unknown from Pike county. Hlj ) aatae Is Williams. Buck was the loudest foghorn In the Chicago con vention nnd dlsftiftced all competitors In firing the Coliseum ] dome with his silvered sombrero. Alas , hey ? soon nro Idols shat tered. Alas , again ) Buck has no governor to console him with ji colonelcy. Tammany's expert" political calculator startled the towffljwlfh figures .showing the debt of the conffflld&ed' had exceeded the constltutlon4wil It by $50,000,000. The object of the shlJwinlvas to discredit the preceding city httmMlstratlonv * Thousands of men were Imffiadiitely discharged from the City's emplojii l | a , spasm of retrench ment Was mantfjflp ? * all departments. It lasted about two tlays. The political calculator mado.Jino.U cr * calculation , struck , out the $50,000,050" deficit and worked out a surplus. Now tho' ' machine. Is moving along with a fresh 'supply of lubricator. By a decision of the New York supreme court the use of voting machines In tlyit state has -received a quietus. The new con stitution provided that elections should bo by ballot , "or by such other methods ns may be prescribed by law , provided that secrecy In voting be observed. " Under the latter clause several towns and counties held elections by voting machines and In most Instances the machines were a great Im provement over the old method. The ad verse decision Is based on the broad ground that the machines abridge the rights of voters , Inasmuch as they restrict electors to the names contained. Jn the machine. The court holds that a voter cannot bo deprived of the right to vote for whom ho pleases , whether on a ticket or not. L AND OTHERWISE. William Krupp Is the name of the first mni | to volunteer In Boston. If the cable lines really carry all the matter that purports to.be sent over them they should declare big dividends this year. It takes the -public mind off the strain of our strategy and carries It back to the old c'r.vf when the United * States was merely n rpectator of wars , to read that Osmond Dlgna has escaped again. Among the pages In the house of repre sentatives Is a grandson of Humphrey Marshall , one of the greatest speakers Ken tucky ever produced , and a prominent mem ber of the house for several terms. Out of the last batch of conscripts for military service In Franco eight well known cyclists , some of them of European renown , were rejected as physically Incapable. Hy pertrophy and other- diseases of the heart were the chief causes of rejection. Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen , who Is said to be dying In Washington , had a long and eventful career in the navy. The last few years of his life were devoted to the cham pioning of the ram Idea In naval warfare , which ultimately resulted In the building ot the Katahdln. , John O. Carlisle , formerly secretary of the treasury , and his son , William K. Carlisle , have hern vwnrn | n as members of the bar of the miproiro court of the stain of New York. The foimer secretary was admitted fioni the Kentucky' bar and his son from tlv but of the Htaj-j f Illinois. Jpun Is now bildlng | ( abroad eleven war ships , three of'tlVjim battleships , five flrat- clnas nnnoicd cniisprs nnd three second- class cruisers. > Xha < Yankees of the East have tlii-lr oyeslopob to the algns of the times. Naval establishments are going for- with a Jump the world over. The } ounii voiuen 'students at Northfleld ( Mar > s. ) fcmlnury" ' serenaded D. L. Moody at his home onojcv' lng last week , singing principally patriotic songs. Among the stuliut3 was avpanlsh , girl. Mr. Moody nslteJ her It she wap loyal to her country. ' She replied : ' } Ye 'n" Mr. Moody said : "That's right ; ygu sl all not stand alone. I will stand with , ) jou , We do not want to hurt Spain Just iwhlp her. " The New York Tribune tells of a Vir ginia woman who owns a little land who has gone Into the business of raising sheep. She spent $25 , paying $3. a head for ewes , and then turned her jlock into her pasture land. She raised .what she could care for on her land , selling the rest as soon as they were of marketable age. She gave only about one hour a day to them , and paid a boy SO cents a week to keep the sheep sheds clean and the fodder cut up. She has been In the business about five years. The first year she came out $ -(0 ( ahead of her experiment. At the end ot the fourth year she had a flock of sixty owes , all she could keep with her pasturage , and In wool nnd mutton she found ihe bad a yearly Income of $100. A HBVELATIOJT * FOR TUB BAT. Wcntorn Imlnntrr , Thrift unit Pron- Itcrlty Mirrored at the K\io tUon , Baltimore Sun. It wns for a time feared that the Spanish war would Injure the prospects of the Trnnsmlsslsslppl Exposition nt Omaha , Nob. , but at present the belief prevails that the attendance will not bo materially dimin ished. Largo numbers of eastern tourists will bo deterred , It Is thought , from going to Europe nnd to Atlantic coast resorts this coming summer nnd will "go west" Instead , to see the region that produces , among other hlngs , populists nnd other political prodigies of unprecedented opinions nnd noisiness. The visit westward cannot fall to be In structive. The country nbout Omaha has jocn greatly developed In recent years. Good crops have Improved the position of the 'arming ' Interests , and manufacturing Inter ests have multiplied to an extent hardly ap preciated. In the cast. But the exposition Itself will br , ot course , the chief attraction. It Is scheduled to open Juno 1 , nnd will bo ready , It Is ndlrmcd , at that time. The exposition grounds nro about two miles from the center of Omaha , u a suburban area , and embrace about 120 acres. The chief buildings nre completed , nit something remains to bo done to 1m- irovo the grounds and supply accessories. The central feature Is nn artificial lake one- third ot n mlla long , surrounded by n broad paved esplanade. The principal buildings all 'rant ' upon this esplanade. The government nilldlng la the most Imposing , but there nro others ot great merit , all constructed ot staff , " which looks Hko marble. On one side of the lake arc the buildings ot Agri culture , Administration , Manufactures and 'electricity , and on the other nro those of the Fine Arts , the Liberal Arts , the Audito rium and the Arch of theStatcs. The buildings lave cost altogether $500,000 , but being well designed they produce a good effect. There will be some foreign exhibits , nota- ily , from Canada , Mexico , Venezuela , China , etc. Thirty-one states and territories have commissions looking after exhibits. All the : ransmlsslsslppl states are represented , and ot the eastern states , Florida , Georgia , Illi nois , Indiana , Maryland , New York , Ohio and Wisconsin. There l to be , of course , a "Midway , " with the usual Jumble of object lessons. There Will be a Chinese village , nnd the negroes , Moors , Germans and Irish will make like picturesque displays. As many as eighty * ilx associations , national and state , are to hold their annual meetings for 189S on the grounds , ranging from associations of pos- .ago stamp collectors up to meetings of dentists , musicians , doctors and editors. NO WIDE OPEN TOWN. Exitonltlon VlHltoi-H Not Looking ( or LawleNH AniiiHemeiit. Salt Lake Herald. The Transmlsstssippl Exposition opens at miilm on the 1st of June , and the Indtca- .loiis are that It will have a large patronage. Very naturally the people of Omaha nre anxious to make their town attractive and pleasant to all visitors. The Bee says that many men who occupy piomlnont positions n the community and are in good staiid- ng In society openly favor making Omaha 'a wide open town" during the exposition. The Bee IB opposed to this policy , urging against It these , among other , reasons : "Tho Invariable experience of towns that iavc tolerated the open gambling den con- .radlcts this assumption. Instead of helping justness , gambling demoralizes business and wrecks business men. "Those who advocate a wldo opotf town 'orgct that-the money so circulated Is money stolen from wngeworkers , farmers and other wealth-producers decoyed"by hired stool- pigeons Into places where they are fleeced and plundered. They forget that the money vvou by gamblers would circulate just the same in the legtlmate channels of trade which supply the wants of the families of the victims of the card table and faro bank. 'They forget also that public gambling Is the source of embezzlement , defalcation and suicide , among men who , without this temptation , would lead honest and frugal lives. They forget that every treasurer convicted In this city and state can ascribe bis downfall to gambling. * * "Business men who favor the wide-open town seem to forget that every public gam bling house is recognized as a house of refuge for criminals , who always find there congenial spirits ready to conceal their booty , to advance them money , to go their ball when arrested and to bring Influence to bear upon prosecutors and courts to get them out of the clutches of the law. These facts are attested by the records ot courts and the experience of prosecuting attorneys. "Once entrenched In power the gamblers usually have no difficulty In destroying the memory of policemen , spiriting away wit nesses and tampering with Juries. Nqarly every case of Jury fixing can bo traced directly to members of the profession , who , not content with taking cara of thalr own affairs , bring their corrupting machinery to the aid of confederates and sympathizers In other lines of crooked business. " Those are very good reasons why there should be no "wide-open town" for Omaha nnd npply to every town ; they fall to make mention of the special Impolicy of making Omaha a "wide-open town" during the ex position. Do those who advocate this policy anticipate that the class of people who will visit the exposition are of the class who favor "wide-open towns ? " Is Omaha to cater to the tastes and vices of this class of people , or is It anxious to bo agreeable and pleasant and to give a good Impression to the industrious , respectable and moral- loving people who constitute the great body of the American people ? The people upon whom the success of the exposition will dcpeml are not going to Omaha to indulge in a saturnalia ; evi dently those who favor making Omaha "a wide-open town" have the Idea that they nre. To make it such and Invite people there is to Invite the fly Into the spider's parlor. The duty of Omaha will be to pre vent Its visitors being victimized ; to make It n "wide-open town" would bo to en courage their victimization. Gmtefnl for Timely Service. Indianapolis Journal. We cannot favor an alliance with Great Britain which would Involve us In that na tion's world-wtdo contentions , but we can but bo grateful for the great service Great Britain has rendered us In letting the powers understand that in the event of any inter ference with us by them , that government , with Its powerful navy , would be found the ally of the United States. Tbo Royal Is the highest gradu baking powder known. Actual toils show it goes tblrd farther tha.i any other bruO. tAKlH * POWDER OTttBn LAHD9 THAN OUK8. The possibility of a naval wnr ha brought the question of establishing national gran aries In England once more to the front. There wns some ngltatlon of the matter nbout twelve months ago , nnd In the House of Commons n motion wns agreed to "that , In the opinion of this House , the dependence of the United Kingdom on'foreign Imports for the necessaries of life , nnd the consequences quences that might nrlso therefrom In the event of war , demands the serious atten tion of her majesty's government. " Mr. A. J. Balfour , on behalf of the government , nc- ccptcd the responsibility imposed by the resolution , but Indicated his belief that the best guarantee for the food supply of the country lay In the creation of n strong navy. In this way the question of national grana ries was shelved for the time , but Its advo cates nro again bestirring themselves. They urge that no other country Is so badly off ns England In regard to its food supply , five-sixth of the population being , accordIng - Ing to their computation , dependent on for eign Imports , There Is probably not much exaggeration in this statement , nnd it Is creating so much uneasiness that the agita tion for the establishment of national stores of grain Is again being set on foot. Advo cates of national granaries also say that what is wanted Is not only n sufficiency of food , but some safeguard ns well ngnlnst nn excessive rise In the price ot bread , ns In 1812 nnd during the Crimean wnr , when the country wns moro self-supporting. It Is satisfactory to have the assurance that Germany has never Intended to procure or hasten a partition of China , oven If no better reason can bo alleged than that she Is not at present In a position to share In the benefits accruing from such nn event. Hcrr von Brandt volunteers the statement that Germany's now acquisition Is Intended for defense , not for attack , nnd that nil It desires Is a place in the sunshine by the side of others who are basking Iji It. There Is n somewhat ominous ring In the declara tion that "it will not bo Germany's fault it the work of peace upon which It Is bent Is disturbed by events which nrlso without Its agency , nnd which He beyond Its con trol. " But there can bo no reason to doubt the sincerity of the assertion that far from wishing to restrict the area within which foreign trade and industry can and ought to flourish in China , Germany "will ever advocate the maintenance and extension of commercial relations with the Celestial Em pire not to the exclusion of others , but for the general benefit of humanity. " Wo may with equal readiness accept the further statement that there Is no reason why she should not co-operate to that end with nny power animated by the same wishes and aspirations. * The new Russian naval program includes the building of three first-class battleships on the Neva , 12,675 tons each , of the now typo of the sister ships Ossllabya and Pereswlet , now under construction , which nre to be launched this summer. The new cruiser Pnllada , 6,630 tons , will bo launched almost immediately. Other vessels now be ing built at St. Petersburg are the Improved Rossla , called the Gromobol , 12,196 tons , and two sister ships of the Pallada , named re spectively Diana nnd Aurora. The battle ship Poltava , 10,060 tons , will have its trials this summer , and possibly also Its sister ship the Sevastopol ; while the third of this class , the Pctropaulovsk , though tried last autumn , Is actually further from comple tion than the Poltava. All these three ves sels bavo been fully six years In the hands of the builders. At Nlkolalcff on the Black sea the Prince Potcmkln Tavrltchesky has recently been laid down. It is a duplicate ot the first-class battleship the Three Saints. It Is further stated that two or three moro large battleships of about 13,000 tons , armed with twelve-Inch guns , nnd a number of torpedo boat destroyers on the English model are to bo built In the United States , but it remains to be seen how this order will bo affected by the wnr with Spain. The naval authorities also contemplate giv ing orders in France and Germany' Among smaller vessels in course of construction In Russian dock yards nre twelve torpedo boat destroyers , all sister vessels of the famous Sokol , which was built in England. These , it is reported , are intended , for use at Vladivostok and Port Arthur. * Prince Henry's reception by the emperor of China at Pekln on Sunday last was a memorable event in Chinese history. It may seem a small matter for an imperial majesty to shake a royal , highness by the hand , and walk arm in arm Into the grand audience hall to the rattle ot drums from the marine escort of the visitor ; but it should be remembered that the person who so abased himself to the level of a mere human being was the son of heaven , so- called , whom hoary custom had placed be yond communion with men , who had until quite recently been held too sacred for a meeting face to face with outer barbarians nnd whom even his own kin were required to approach In attitudes of groveling servil ity. That handshake and the rattle of Prus sian drums In the imperial palace at Pekln probably accomplished moro In sweeping aside ceremonial cobwebs at the Chinese court than has a half century of diplomatic Intercourse between the far east and the nations of the west. * A correspondent of the London Standard , writing from Vienna , directs attention to the systematic agitation against the king nnd the dynasty now proceeding in Servla , and believed to have its origin In Russian Intrigue. The movement Is carried on from many sides from the radical party within and from Montenegro and Bulgaria on the borders. Ever since the return of King Milan to Belgrade , and his appointment as chief commander of the army , Servla has been In Ill-favor of St. Petersburg , and , as nn outward sign ot th * tenitbn. the newly appointed Russian minister , M. Shadovikl , has delayed taking his post ; the charge d'affaires , M. Nckltldoff , tins taken nn In definite leave ot absence ; nnd ttio second secretary , M. Nclldoff. Is not In Belgrade. At the Bnrao time Russia claims Immediate payment ot some outstanding Servian debt , l nnd the cinr Bends n present ot 30,000 rifles , 10,000 revolvers nnd 23,000,000 cartridges to Montenegro , a gift whoso significance li sufficiently plain. ' Meanwhile the attacks upon King Alexander nro accompanied by nn active agitation In favor of the union ot -M. : Servla nnd Montenegro under the prince ot the latter country. The state of affairs In wntchcd in Austria with anxiety nnd su - plclon. Onc-clgth of Spain has always been OB the slilo of the exiled Carlist pretenders , and the hardy mountnlncers of Navnrro ami the Basque provinces nro ns ready to fight In their cause today as they ever were. In the other regions , which have usually stood by the reigning dynasty , there has been a steadily growing feeling within the last four or five ycnrs that Don Carlos might after nil bo found to bo the Indispensable man. The republican regime , when Spanish bonds fell to 11 , when civil war broke out In every province nnd private estates were seized upon by ambitious socialists , left the Span- lards almost as strongly monarchists as ever. Between the Carllata and the republicans the choice of the nation will Incline to the party they have never tried rather than to the ono of which they have had such bitter experience. JI\CMS. Detroit Journal. A very cruel person Is Isabel , I fcnr , Who turns to my entreaties A deaf nnd lovely ear. Chicago Record. When he wrote his girl a letter , Asking her to take his name , She replied Hint reading war news Made love seem ted tame. * - , Brooklyn Life. Whene'er n man attempts to drown His troubles , then I note Ho always seems to think they arc Located In his throat. * Detroit Free-Press. She is a lass qulto to my mind , Slnco spring has blossomed fair , The violet Is the only kind Of bloomer she will wear. Chicago Tribune. "This man's proportions nre ! " "How generous , " most people say , "Ungenerous ! " say those cni'h day , Who rldo with htm In n crowded car. Washington Star. "Alas , " .the don exclaimed , "I fear My troubles ne'er will cease ; The din of battle I must hear , Or clso the dun of peace. " Chicago News. When you're angry , count a hundred ; This Is wisdom , so they say , For It prlvcs the man you're mud at Lots of ttmo to get away. Detroit Journal. "Tho curfew shall not ring tonight ! " Oh , hear her wldly shout , The slender , frantic maiden , yon- She knows what she's about. Harper's Bazar. 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