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r THE OMAHA DAILY 1JEJS : TTESDAY , OCTOBER 38ns. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. K. ItOSUWATKU , lidltor. TtnMS ; OP SUBSCRIPTION : Dally Heo ( Without Sunday ) . One Yenr.fC.0) Dully Ileo and Sunday , One Year 8.W Nix Month * l.M Thrco Months 2.00 Humlny Bee. Ont- Year 2.W Hntnniny not , Ono Year l.M AVcekly Bee , Ono Year 05 OFFICES. Omaha ! Thu IJco Building. ' South Omaha : Singer Iilock , Corner N and Twenty-fourth Streets. Council Uluffs : 10 I'enrl Street. Chicago Olllce : 002 Chamber of Com merce. Jfew York : Temple Court. Washington : Ml Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. All communications relating to news nnd editorial matter should bo addressed : Tf the Editor. BUSINESS LETTERS. All business letters and remittances Miould bo addrcMcd to The Bea Publishing * Company , Omaha. Drafts , checks. express nnrt postofllco money orders to bo made payable to the nrdcr of the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , SB : George B. Tzschuck , secretary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , saya thnt the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening nnd Sunday Bee , printed during the month of September , 1S33 , was as fol lowu : 16 n. i 17 JM,7.U > ! ) ! ! ! ! ' . ! ! ! ! ! ! ! . : 20 ar.iH. , 6 an.itsi 21 UR.IKIM 7 S5..IS3 22 ar.,588 8 211,21)1) ) 2.1 ! ! ( IMIO , ( 9 * . - > ,01H 24 U..ltUO 10 2 JI , ) III 25 urioo , 11 SSl,4M 20 a-J7H ( 12 ir , < > ( ) _ 27 illliill ! , : 13 2..IS- 23 3.1.1-lt 14 2.-.MS 29 'M.'MO IS 2.iHt , : 30 Un.Qlin Total TUU.1O7 Less returns and unsold copies. . . lit-iai , : Net total ualcs .752,05-1 Net dally average as.uss GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my presence this 30th day of September , 1893. N. P. FEIL. Notary Public. WELCOME TO TIIK IJEE Tin visitor to Omnhn nnd the v&pnnlMoii nlionlil go n\vny irlthont limpectlnff The IIco I > 1 111 liter , the Inrucut iiewn * Iinper linlldlnu ; In America , anil The llee ncivspaper Iilnnt , conceited to be the flnot between Chicago aud Snn Frnnclnco. \ cnrdlnl welcome In exlL'ndcd to all. Otnnba extends cordial welcome to the National Council of Women. AValkcr endorses Koutsky nnd Koutsky will endorse Walker. They are two era a kind. TCxnosltlon attendance Hsnres cannot now help running over the 2,500,000 mark before the gates close. Only about one-fourth ot the voters or Omaba have registered so far. The next registration day is Friday of this week. The Second Nebraska volunteers are ready to resume their respective voca tions on the farm , In the workshop and It the store. We presume General Merrill's mar- rlago Is lo be taken as proof positive that the gallant warrior has become an advocate of annexation. What a prolific topic for space writing the condition of the Chinese emperor must furnish the yellow Jacket Journal ists of the peacock feather country. The spotted candidates on the repub lican legislative ticket are already tryIng - Ing to explain away their bad records. Hut there are things that can't bo ex plained away. The navy chaplain who talked too much at Denver now wishes ho hud not when he llnds the court-martial ver dict sentencing him to dismissal ap proved by the president. It was eminently appropriate for Pres ident McKlnley to extend the peace Jubilee celebration begun at Omaha to the City of Brotherly Love , founded upon the creed of peace. If France wants a few pointers on equipping a navy for effective work on short notice , It should apply at once to L'nclc Sam , who lias Just had some valu able experience In that line. The officers and managers of all the projected expositions In this and other countries are welcome to all the lessons they can learn from the successful ex perience of the Transrnlsslssippl Exposi tion. The popocrats are having considerable trouble In making their various figures on savings effected for Nebraska tax payers tally. Hut a lltlle thing like § 50,000 or $00,000 , cuts no Ice with our popocratlc flmnc'.eis. The railway trafllc associations seem to have encountered a wreck at the supreme premo court terminal of the judicial route. When sufllelcntly recovered they may bo expected to look about for an other and safer line to travel. One of the spoiled candidates on the republican legislative ticket announces publicly that there Is not money enough In the campaign to Induce him lo with draw. I'erhaps so. The trouble Is there are not votes enough lu the county to elect him. Spain Is In no hurry to renew light ing with Its military or naval forces. The field of battle has been Irunsforuied Into the field of diplomacy and having encountered sueh poor fortune with Its warriors. Spain Is staking Its remain- lug hopes on Its diplomats. Do the taxpayers of Nebraska want any more $10,000 legislative snltlllng committees , or is one such luxury enough ? Several members of this pop- ocratlc soft nnap committee which milked the state treasury for fat salaries In violation .of the constitution are geek- Ing re-election. Turn the fcham reform ers down. HAS HAD / ; VOIWOf ll'J/f , The statement tli.it the .Spanish gov eminent has abandoned all operations at Its dock yards ami on coast defenses , that Its remaining war vessels are scat tered at various ports and their crews ' reduced to u peare footing and that at the most Important ports things arc as ( inlet as before the war , Is doubtless correct. The name report says that the notion of lirenklt'g off pence negotia tions over the Cuban debt Is regarded lu political circles at Madrid as pre posterous , while even with regard lo the Philippines the expectation Is that Spain will finally have to yield to the de mands of the United States. That Spain should ferl she has had enough of war with this country Is easy to understand. Her whole reliance In going to war was upon her sea power. She confidently expected thai her navy would prove to be more than a match for the American navy , otherwise she would not have ventured Into the con flict. Her jsea power has been destroyed and this leaves her absolutely helpless. To resume hostilities would bo to Invite attack upon her home ports , which In hpwever good condition for defense would still suffer severely. Cadi ? and other assailable points might be able to make a prolonged resistance , but ulti mately they would have lo yield. Mean while oilier possessions of Spain would very likely bo wrested from her. Then there IB the pecuniary consideration. Spain's financial condition will not admit of further war expenditures. With the great reduction that has taken place lu her revenues , tlicso are not now until- clout to more than pay the Interest on her debt , If Indeed they are enough to meet this demand. She cannot Iwrrow under existing conditions and she cer tainly could not raise any money , except what she might compel her already heavily overburdened people to pay In additional taxes , with which to renew Ihe war. It Is a question whether her own people would not rise In revolution If a further demand should bo made upon them for war purposes. Thus from every point of view Spain Is seen to be In a condition which forbids her resum ing hostilities. She would have every thing to lu.su and nothing to gain lu tak ing such a stop. It Is altogether natural that the Span ish government should make an effort to bo relieved of the Cuban debt. Its position Is manifestly untenable , but It was not to be expected that Its repre sentatives at Paris would yield to all the American demands without making an effort to secure some concessions. Were the United States proposing to as sume sovereignty over Cuba there would perhaps be MUIIO merit In the Spanish contention , at least as to that portion of the debt which was Incurred for the purpose of bettering the condition of the Cuban people , materially or politically. But as the United States does not pro pose to assumes sovereignty over Cuba there Is no valid reason for asking It to become responsible for the Cuban debt or any part of It , nor can this govern ment bind the future government of Cuba , which will bo entirely Independ ent , to the payment of this debt or any part of It. The situation of this matter Is entirely simple. The debt was cre ated by Spain aud Spain alone is respon sible for It , the fact that she has lost the possession whose revenues were pledged to the payment of the debt in nowise relieving her of that responsi bility. As to disposing of the Philip pines , that Is a matter Involving wholly different considerations. The real motive of the diplomatic fenc ing and the dilatory tactics of iho Span- isu peace commissioners Is not apparent. It Is given various Interpretations. But It is not to bo doubted that Spain has had enough of war with the United States and that she will ultimately yield all the demands of this country. TAKK THRM OFF TIIK TICKKT. Immediately after the republican county convention The Bee urgently rec ommended the reconstruction of the leg islative ticket. This appeal was made by The Bee solely In the Interest of re publican success. In order to avoid In vidious distinctions between the candi dates it has refrained up to this time from naming the men whom It could not endorse without losing the respect of reputable republicans and destroying Its Influence lu behalf or commendable can didates. More than a month has passed since John L. Webster foisted his dis reputables upon the ticket and only .three days remain In which changes can legally be made. Whether Its appeals for decent polities are heeded or not , The Bee will not longer postpone the performance of Its duty. In response to the question why It cannot support the entire republican legislative ticket it need only give the records of the two candidates whose nomination Is an In- . suit to the Intelligence of the people and ' an outrage upon the party. In making an Inquiry concerning Joseph Koutsky The Bee received the following rex > rt from South Omaha : "Joe Koutsky has the reputation of be ing a tough. Up to a very , short time ago ho consorted with the lowest toughs In South Omaha and was frequently mixed up In lights. "Ho was associated with Frank Dole- zal In the saloon business on Twenty- fourth street between N and O streets. The saloon had the reputation of being one of the toughest In the city. Low characters hung about th place nearly I all the time and fights were of almost dally occurrence. The place was finally closed by order of the mayor. "Koutsky and Dolczal had a falling out about the theft of a cash register In which arrests on both sides were made. "Prior to the closing of the saloon by the police J. M. Tanner was assaulted one night with a deadly weapon. Koutsky .vas arrested , but was dis charged from custody by the police judge because he proved an alibi. After the cash register episode Dojezal made an aflidavit that Koutsky was the per son who assaulted Tanner and described In detail how the assault was planned and how the alibi was .arranged. ' "Koutsky was arrested again and held to the district court. The case was finally .dismissed . because Dolezal noti fied Tanner that he and Koutskv had patdied up their differences and that he , Dolczal , would not testify In court against his former partner. " The candidacy of Victor U. Walker Is equally discreditable. Walker Is a po lice court lawyer whoso practice Is con fined almost entirely to pickpockets , , thieves and disorderly women of all col on ? , with whom he consorts. Ills flour ishing police court practice Is duo chiefly lo his ability to furnish straw bonds for criminals ami In accepting for his serv ices and fees jewelry nnd other val uables when they are short of ready money. Up to three years ago Walker was a member of the police force , from which he was dismissed on proof of charges of forgery and Issuing checks on a bank In which he never had a deposit. How can any reputable republican be asked to cast his vote for such men for any oaico of honor and trust ? SALISJlUHi : WILL A'UT The latesl advices lu regard lo the Fashoda controversy are to the effect that Lord Salisbury will not rccedo from the position he has lakou aud In which ho has the earnest support of the English people. The warlike prepara tions that are being vigorously pushed by both governments have a most ominous nous appearance , but while there Is no doubt that England will light rather than make any concessions , It may be doubted whether France seriously con templates going to war. Some of Ihe Paris papers candidly admit that Franco Is not In condition to engage In war with Great Britain and It Is hardly con- celvable that the government will force a conflict that could only end In dis aster , when the stake Is of such small Importance to that nation. The French ministry may be disposed to gratify the military clement by making a warlike demonstration , while It Is possible that domestic conditions suggest the ex pediency of an appeal to popular pa- Irlollsm , but we cannot think that the statesmen In control of affairs will carry this so far as to provoke war. The situation certainly appears to be extremely critical. Evidently It rests with France to decide whether or not there shall bo war and the decision cannot long be delayed , for obviously the British government Is In no mood for dallying. AGAIXST TUB HA1LUOADS. The supreme court of the United States has decided that the Joint Trafllc association , composed of the eastern trunk line railroads and their branches , Is an unlawful combination , In violation of the anti-trust law. No other.decision was to have been expected after that rendered In the transtulssourl case , In which were Involved precisely the same questions and principles. In the latter case the supreme court held that railways - , ways are public corporations organized for public purposes. The business which the railroads do , said the court , "is of a public nature , closely affecting almost all classes of the community the farmer , the artisan , the manufacturer and the trader. It Is of such a public nature that It may well bo doubted , to say the least , whether any contract which .Imposes any restraint upon Us business would not be prejudicial to the public Interest. " Being of this char acter , tlic railroads are subject to the provisions of the law declaring Illegal combinations In restraint of trade. The court was very explicit In defining the meaning aud scope of the statule , which It was declared , applies to fho trans portation of commodities among the sev eral states or with foreign nations , the transporting of commodities being commerce. The decision In the case of the Joint Traffic association simply re affirms the position of the court lu the earlier case , with the additional decla ration , which Is important , that congress has the constitutional power to regulate the railroads as provided by the anti trust act. This will undoubtedly put an end to combinations of railroads to fix rates on traffic , at least for a considerable time , but It will very likely lead to a renewal of agitation for an amendment of the Interstate commerce law allowing poolIng - Ing under the supervision of the Inter state Commerce commission. Indeed it has been understood that It the case of the Joint Trnllic association wore decided against the railroads they would renew the effort to secure legal ized pooling and they will probably be better disposed than hllherto to accept almost any conditions In order to get the pooling privilege. The principal business of the popocrats In Ihe present campaign seems to bo lo put up straw men and knock them down. They Invent terrible tales about military camp horrors , but when Bryan Is called to testify ho has himself excused and his lieutenants have nothing more to tell than he has himself. Now that the sil ver delusion has been exploded they rant about the McCleary currency bill nnd go wild over the awful things that might happen If the next congress should abolish the greenback * . All the time the blatant demagogues know very well that If the republican party had decreed the retirement of the greenback the decree would have been executed by the present congress. The citizens of Douglas county , Irre spective of party , arc loyal to their own community. When W. A. Poynter de liberately voted to rob them of their just representation In the legislature under the constitution In 1S01. when he knew no other legislature could rectify this theft for at least six years , he was guilty of an offense that cannot be con doned. Senator Thurston says that the distri bution of party patronage has been only a burden aud vexation to him. While this has been tlio experience of public men time and time again , It Is one of the burdens that cannot bo entirely un loaded , although the extension of civil service rules Is gradually reducing Its tension. - , A AVon < l < Tful Flnnnrler. Washington Post. Coin Harvey has figured it out that If each democrat who voted for Dry an In ISO1 ! sends him Jl a month for the n t twenty- four months bo will have a campaign fund of $ lo6,000,000. Vet there are Irresponsible hirelings of Wall street who continue to In sist that Mr. Harvey Is not a practical financier. Mnrr Hoom for Philadelphia Iteconl. And now Africa Is heard from. Liberia seeks shelter under the wings of the Ameri can cogle. This propoafd protectorate will niako even the expansionists gasp. No Mercy for Him. "Washington 1'ost. A Louisville bank official ctoped with a paltry $ -1,000 when he could have taken many times that amount. This foolish tain will bo auro to be apprehended and punished. I'roU-ctlon for M IluiiR. St. Louis Republic. If LI Hung Chang has really married the malevolent Dowager Emprers An of China ho should at once cover his yellow jacket and peacock's feathers with a cyclone In surance policy. The HORN of Kntxe I'rophetn Chicago Tribune. Senator Jones of Arkansas sees "victory In Iho air" for the free ellverllcs. He saw the same thing two years ago , but It proved to bo a case of Astigmatism , or distorted vision , os the victory perched on the banner of the other party. Tin for the Ctrl * . Nushvlllo American. A young Nebraska man deserted his brldc- to-bo at the altar when he discovered that her breath was tainted with cigarettes. Now , It the young ladles throughout the country will follow this precedent , solution o the cigarette problem will bo easy. KspniiHliiii anil fcrrny. . Philadelphia Record. General Miles' Idea of a standing army Is that it should comprise one man for every thousand of the population. That ratio tie would have done \\cll enough for the America of the fathers , but for Greater America the world power , with Its millions of savages to bo subjected to the blessings of civilization one soldier In a hundred would bo nearer the mark. The Crnr'H Vive Drcnm. Globe-Democrat. A war n > w between France and England would bo a strange commentary on the czar's recent disarmament proposition. In fact , If tbo war takes place the czar's coun try will bo almost certain to be Involved , for Russia's Interests nro with Franco and against Kugland. General- disarmament , from present Indications , IB an Iridescent dream. liach nation wants the rest to do all the disarming , and as a consequence armies and navies ore likely to grow much larger before they begin to get urn all er. loH In Kilucntlou. Philadelphia Times. Some of the discouragements of the ad vocates of higher education , some of the force of the argument of these who con tend that a collcgtt course Is of no practical benefit , may be realized by a contempla tion ot the case of a Yale student who was not a freshman at least not In the cata logue and who paid a peddler $9 in cash , a note for $20 , two coats and a pair of trousers for a "hand-painted etching , " which has since been valued by the police and other art critics ot Now Haven at 25 cents. " \Viir iiml the Divine Will. Baltimore Sun. That there Is an all-wise and benevolent providence which overruleth all things , the affairs of nations as well as Individuals , Is the dqvout belief of most men , but It Is a belief which Is not Inconsistent with a pro found sense of moral responsibility for our own astJons and Ihplresult's of those actions , resting allko tiptm'tVndlvdual9 | , upon peoples and upon rulersIlJ'o.Bay that because we have destroyed , thp , Spanish navy and that the Philippines jre therpfore , at our mercy , ' It Is the divine w'lll that wo should seize thorn , keep them nnd use them for our own purposes , Is on a par with saying that If wo find a pncketbooic. In the road we have a right to keep It , and that any attempt to find the true owner and restore It to him would bo flying In the face of providence , whoso intention that we should keep the pockctbook Is plainly evidenced by our find ing It on the road. YELLOWSTONE ] 1'AIIK. Action hy COIIKFCHNopil < < ! to Snfe- Kimril the AVnnilorluiiil. Chlcneo Tribune. It IB understood that ono of the recom mendations ot the commissioner of the general land otnco In his annual report will bo the enlargement of the boundaries of the Yellowstone National park. It Is proposed to take In additional area on the western side o ( the park , running to the Teton range , which will turn a heavily wooded section Into a forest reserve. There are two excellent reasons why congress Hhould promptly adopt the recommendations of the commissioner. If this wooded sec tion Is not Included In the park It will bo only a question of time how soon these valuable - uablo forests will disappear. The Yellow stone river and the largest affluents of the Missouri and the Columbia rivers all have their Bourco In the magnificent Yellowstone lake , and are enlarged on their course by the brooks flowing Into them on cither side the continental divide , The preservation of these forests , as every ono knows , tends to lessen the ravages of drought over the whole area traversed by these great rivers and Increases Its productive capacity. The second reason for the enlargement Is the preservation of the game. At present there are many elk , deer , antelope and beast In the park and a few buffalo. The latter are well nigh extinct and the former de crease In numbers cv'ery year. They are well protected by the cavalry patrol within the park limits , but when they stray be yond them they can bo shot without viola , tlon law. If the new territory Js made a part of the park their roaming grounds can bo protected. Congress should go further than the en largement as proposed by fho land commis sioner. It should bo moro liberal in Its appropriations for the park. While the roads through It are In good condition In j some place : , they are In bad condition In | others and will soon bo dangerous , There , U hue ono well constructed bridge In the park , The others ore flimsy wooden struc- | tufes and are Vapidly weakening and BOIUO ' of them are at a great height above the chasms they span. The points of view , par- , tlcularjy In the Canyon of the Yellowstone , , should be protected by Iron Instead of the . wooden railings which are now In place on these dizzy heights nnd the pallia ascending ' to tkem should be made moro secure and easy to climb. Moro roads are also needed , j Some ot the most attractive parts ot Vhe park are now only accessible on horseback over rough trails , which are traversed with great difficulty aud wearsomeness , There Is scarcely a seat In Vho entire park where the weary tourist ean rest. The approaches to the main points at Interest , like the Upper and Lower Geyser Uaslns , the lake , Uio falls and canyon , are practical now for any out , who U a fairly good walker or climber , but there are numerous eldo Jour neys to points ot hardly less Interest which cannot be made by ono person in a hundred and cannot be made by any ono without ex ceeding fatigue and In some cases of positive danger of accidents. The Yellowstone park Is the people'B park and yet few of the ptoplo go to this won derland. Congreia ebould be liberal and make it available for the largest number. As ono of the most beautiful , plcrureuque and remarkable spots In the world congresi ehould offer every Inducement for visitors. IIIMUMI.\O TIIK Whnt Arc Hie I'lilllpplnr * Ooliiu loDe Dolt \ \ the fnllril Mlntc * . Detroit Krco Proi . Now from the state flsptlsl convention proceeds the cry for moro territory , a brother believes lh.it It Is dlvluo will that wo keep the former possculous ot Spain. "Tho Lord haa punished that man , " said Ikey to his companions as they quitted the cafe whore they had been charged what they considered an excessive price for a lunch " 1 hat mine pockets full of spoons. " Pas tors and missionaries Incline to the opinion that the United States Is to assist In the visitation of a judgment upon an erring na tion by helping Itself to 1U possessions. This Is hardly the prescribed method ot restoring ono found In a fault. It savors moro of worldly covctousncss nnd conquest. U Is time for sober counsels nnd serious reflection , lllshop Potter put It very forci bly In his recent address before the Kpls- copal convention at Washington when ho raid the nation has had much during the past few months to blind and Intoxicate It. "It has won , " ho continued , "an easy vic tory over an offcto and decrepit adversary , In which no splendors of Individual hero ism , nor triumph of naval skill and In thee we may Indulge a just pride ought to blind our eyes to the fact that we have had a very easy task against a very feeble too. And now , with unexpected fruits of victory In our hands , what men are asking are we going to do with them ? "Nay , rather , " thU clear-sighted and con servative churchman continues , "tho solemn question Is , what nro they .going to do , with us ? Upon what wild course of so-called Im perialism are they going to launch a people , many of whom are already dizzy with the dream of colonial gains , and who expect to repeat In distant Islands some such history as our conquered enemy wrote long ugo , In blood and plunder , In her colonies here and In South America. At such a time , as never before , the church of God Is called upon , lu the pulpit and by every agency at Ita com mand , to speak the words of truth and so berness and to reason of righteousness , tem perance and a judgment to conic a judg- R-ent for nations as well as Individuals. till ImpotuouBity is sobered and chastened nnd until a people In peril of being wrecked upon an untried sea can be made to pause and think. The things that this community and this nation allko supremely need arc not more territory , moro avenues of trade , more places for place-hunters , more pen sions for Idlers , moro subject races to prey upon but a dawning consciousness of what. In Individual and national life , arc a. people's Indispensable moral foundations , those great spiritual forces In which alone men or na tions are built. " The Free Press believes that pastors , mis sionaries and bible students will bo more In consonance with the promptings ot clvlo virtue and patriotism If they respect such wlso warnings nnd restraining counsels as the above , and , putting aside the brilliant and alluring prospect of empire , devote themselves to the righteous settlement of serious domestic problems , the development of a higher order of citizenship and the se curing of a more perfect government. PKIiaO.\AL AND OTII13IIAVISR. Japan Is Americanizing very rapidly. Two Klitantlc truste have Just been formed there by fho cotton spinning companies and the cement firms. The deadly toadstool killed four In one famllV at Trenton the other day. Anyone who has not had a mushroom education had better eschew the whole fungus family until ho can set the benefit of expert testimony. The letters "U. S. A. " appear prominently on the electric tramway poles now being set nn In Dublin , and a London paper feela railed unon to explain that the letters do not Imply that the work IB being done by a United States firm , but stand for Urban Sanitary Authorltv. Colman. the great English manufacturer of mustard , waa once conversing with a. eoclotv woman , who said : "What a fortune vou must make every year off the Immeiifo Quantities of mustard " " eaten ? "No , madam. " aald the millionaire , "not oft what IB eaten oft what Is wasted. " Commodore Kautz. who has just been ap- uolntcd to the command of the Pacific sauadrnn to succeed Admiral Miller , retired , wae the man who , at the capture of New Orleans In 1862. hauled down the "Lone Star flac" from the city hall , which colors Mayor Munroo refused to strike. Henri Rochofort , editor of L'lntranslgeant , Is said to have cone crazy over the Dreyfus case. Ho Is a bitter opponent of revision or anything else in favor of Dreyfus , and haa lust published In his paper a demand that the members of the court of cassation shall lm tortured by having their eyes eaten out by spiders. It is said that the superstition that "when a senator Is going to die you will always find others at his place , " originated with Senator Vrst. "I never knew It otherwise , " ho Is Quoted as saying : "When poor Walthall was dvlnc his seat was never empty. Nor was that of Harris. And just now , " ho nddcd. "I've been waiting two hours for Daniel to cot awav from my desk. " In these Piping times of peace and plenty a discordant note vibrates through the cncmv'a country and ruffles the Jubilee fringes. "Fellow readers , " exclaims the Northeast Breeze , centered at Erie , Pa. , "when you are receiving an advance on your crapes Just take time between breaths and rola cartwheel Into the Drccze ofDce to apply on your subscription. Wo am Koshdorned hard up and don't care who knows It. lther. " Mrs. Juliette P. Mara of New York , who received a decree for 'dlvorco from her hus band two days after ho had died at Mon- tauk Point from wounds received at San tiago , has decided that she does not want such a decree after all and , has had It can celed by tbo court. The dead husband , John J. Mara , was a member of the Seventy-first New York volunteers. He was promoted from the ranks to bo a eergeant for meri torious service on the Held of battle. The practice of courts In keeping secret testimony In certain favored oa ea does not bother the newspapers half as much as the multitude Interested In neighborly affair * . An Indiana woman has just sreured a ver dict for $125 damages against a nodal rival for circulating the report that the plain- tiff's beautiful figure was due to sawdust , Inflated rubber and other artificial devices , .lust what the testimony was Is a court se cret , yet there are hundreds lu that locality who would give their last dollar for the de tails. The bulk of Fanny Davenport's property , variously estimated at from $300,000 $ to $500- 000 , goes by her will to her husband , Mel bourne MacDowell. Among special bequests are J8.000 In cash and a half Interest In the old Davenport Itomo in Canton to each of her dialers , Blanche and Florence ( Mrs , Tier ) ; JS.OOO in cash and eome U nils of the Omaha Water company to her sister , May ( Mrs. William Seymour ) ; $2,000 to each of her brothers , Edgar and Harry , and between $2,000 and $3,000 to each ot seven nieces and nephews , Mayor Samuel M. Jones of Toledo , 0. , U known as the "golden rule mayor , " He owns a big factory In which the employes work but eight hours n day and enjoy numerous holidays , The only rule he has posted up U : "Do unto others oa If you were tbo others. " At Christmas he abares with the workmen the profits of the past vear. Some one asked one of his employes recently If they would live up to the golden rule In cate the factory ebould fall to maka any money some year and share the louea with Mr. Jones. His reply was that such & coutee would be Impossible for them. | riiiTi.M\T COM'.MMUM. In Hii > I nKiMl Minim n KorrlRii Ml - lonnrx Sorlctj-f Hprlngfleld ( .MHJH. ) Republican , To iomo mlndu having lofty linpuUen , one of the most convincing reason * why the United State * should uncrt Its sovereignty over the Philippine Inlands Is that the bar- ImrouH uatlvcB may he given a higher state of civilization , As ouc correspondent puts It : "This nation Is great enough to do as crand a work an It ever accomplished In Riving to these people , a higher Plato of civ ilization than they would In any ether way receive. The grandest work of a nation , as well as of an Individual , U to help the norld In the way of real progress and moral devel opment. " In brief , should a state be considered a foielgn missionary society , whoao duty It Is to spread light and progress among foreign peoples less favorably situated ? The nroposttlon Is exceedingly attractive from the philanthropic nnd humanitarian ; standpoint. The duty ot an Individual la i elcar. Ho should strive to help his neigh bor , to do good and to contribute toward the I regeneration of all mankind. Yet uo one ! would rav that the first duty of the Indl- ' vldual Is toward some other family than Ills own. And so these who apply the doctrine of "help others" to the Rtato woufd not In sist that the state should neglect Its owu children at homo while trying to make the Mala > n attend school , glvo up cock fights nnd wear eklrt * and trousers. The doctrine has Its limitations , even admitting that states , aud Individuals are to bo held up to the same standards of altruism. | Now , In the first place , It should bo de nted point blank that the United States Is In any such Internal condition as to Justify foreign missionary effort on the part of the general government. To be sure , such effort will have to bo made In certain cases beyond our control. No mat ter what our homo burdens and obligations may be , responsibilities to Inferior pesples bnyond our borders will have lo Iw tc- i ceptod when forced upon us by Inexorable I c.'tidii'onb. Cuba Is a clear c.uo of the i IneviiiiMi , and Cubx v ith her problems ' mint l-f bfrne , at leas * , until Inljpnndcnt cu'f-novcrnmcnt ' proves pcctlMc on tuo Island. liuL when sucn r > .in ) is'bllltli'i ' .ro ' not fo : < . ' upon us , It irsiy bo assorted wMi i.'if ' utmost emphojU ! mt thov should not bo nought by our government. For the responsibilities of the United States to Its own people , and , through them , In a pe culiar way , to the world at large , are so tremendous that the assumption ot greater burdens In the foreign missionary field , which are not compelled by conditions , woul 1 be a betrayal of trust and criminal In the highest moral sense. It Is vain to point to England's example In the uplifting ot Inferior races and the ! develoument of the earth's waste places. Of all nations England Is 'tho ' most favor ably situated for Biich a work. Out ult- uatlon Is Immensely different. England haa comparatively few burdensome and threat ening home problems. She occupies a ter ritory no larger than New England , small nnd compact and 'rendered ' Impregnable by the barrier of the sea. Her people nro ex ceptionally homogeneous In race nnd they naturally emigrate because the country's area Is so narrow and confined. England docs not have In her home population 7.000- 000 citizen blacks , In a measure as de graded and barbarous as the savage Now JJealandcrs or the Zulus. England has no horde of Italians , Hungarians , Croats , Ger mans , Slavs , Syrians nnd Chlneso planted on her soil nnd 'hom she must assimilate or perish. She bus no republican form of government which sheIK pledged to carry tp a trlumphnnt success against the criticism of all the world. She has no Crokers and no 1 Plaits ; her political bosses have gradually disappeared. Her great cities lire well gov erned. Her administrative departments are I not corrupt nnd the sport of politics. In n dozen respects which fit England for turnIng - Ing heraelf'into a foreign missionary society , the United States Is unmistakably Unfitted. Unless the conditions are equally favorable It Is Impossible for another nation , even our 1 own , to succeed without self-Injury In rul- j Ing subject races simply because Bnglaml has succeeded. To succeed as England l\as \ we must have England's advantages for the work , and It ehould be apparent to the dullest mind that wo have not those ad vantages at the present time. A sober , clear review of our homo affairs should convince us all that the time has not come when our government should seek moro responsibilities in distant parts. It Is sufficient to rest the whole case upon the condition of the blacks. They are not In central Atrlca , but In the Carolines , Georgia , Mississippi and Texas. It will be a terrible wrong and the most stupid of policies to tax the American people to elevate 7,000,000 Malaya C.OOO mllon from home , while wo have 7.000,000 Africans right among us and lawfully entitled to help rule this ro- nubile. No Justification can be found for turnlnc the United States government Into a foreign missionary society for the benefit of Asiatics , with the Immense mili tary , naval and financial burdens sure to follow , while this country la full of people with more claim upon the rlvlllzlng powers of the government than the Inhabitants of the Philippine lalauds. Even the poor est people In this country help to pay tha taxes , nnd to Increase their load In order to go Phlllpplnlng for alleged philanthropic motives IB monstrous. Even If wt had n moral duty to the Filipinos , wo have a greater duty to our own pfopla. Let UB , then , cacrlflco tbe lesser for lh < J greater. As compared with our home obligations , now Increased by the Cuban and Porto fllcan responsibilities , our Philippine obligation , If such exists , in of no conaeijuenco what ever. And after all that has been said concerning the relative wtlght of moral ubU at'lonu at homo und abroad this should be added : Scarcely a statesman exists , or ever has ex isted , who would for a moment admit that altruism should have any part In the foreign oollcy of a great state. In the caio of Cuba the United State * , we all like to think , put nelfishneBB aside and chose a course dictated 03 Lord Salisbury said by "high philan thropic motived. " But oven In the case of Cuba we did It because Cuba was eo near. In acting as It did the United States made almost a new precedent. That sort of thing can bo carried too far. No great nation was ever built up by It certainly England was not and no great na tion lu these times can remain strong by Indulging In it without check. U Is still true that nations must bo governed in their pol icy very largely by self-Interest. Bismarck once said that tbe true basis of a modern RoVAi- Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar Safeguards the food against alum. Alum baking powckrs arc the greatest menactrs to health of the presort day. slate Is not A romance , but i < olPshnt , nnd , whatever individual iiiilr tloo msy be , them IB a rood deal of cold , hnrd truth In uhat Dlfimarck f.nld. The tlmo has not como when a Kreat government tan t-atrtr bo turned Into a ( society for foreign niUiloni. Cleveland Plain npiilor : "They fay tin chnlr mnmifnrMir ; huvo formed a truct. " "Well , ve can't sit down on that any too quick. " ChlcaKo Hi-cord : " 1 was pnlnK on th M/IKP once vnudi'vlllo. " "That so , Kitty ? Did your more verloui nature como to the rescue ? " "Ycr , I Kot too fat. " Brooklyn Life : "Pluck Is the * ecret of sucrenH on Wnll strcft. " \ , / "Well. I'll Klvc you JIO.C0 If you'll teach -J I 1 me your method of plucklnK. " r f Detroit Fre < > Prcsr : Humf.vttfr Thoji looked at me nprmnouthed when I did thai fpoclnlty of mine. fihukcHpoke That's right , li'.t the firnl time In my life thnt I ever saw u whol audience yawn nt once. Cleveland Loader : Little Robbie Pn , wlmt's n man of the people ? Pa A candidate for ollleo before election duy. Bomcrvlllp Journal : When a young man takes n Klrl to rhlu nnd nho grabs nt the reins every time when they start to cross a rnllrond truck she Hcldom gets an Invi tation from the sntno younjr man again. Chlcnpo Pojt : "He says ho will stand on liln record , " said th ( ! politician. "Well , he won't , " replied the man who knew him. "Why not ? " demanded the politician. "BeoauBC It won't hold him , and he's not a heavy man at that. " Indianapolis Journal : "I'm nfrald I mlHScd It that tlmo , " suld the hnndMiakcr for the wholesale house , us the rural mtr- chiint walked out sillily. "What have you done ? " nsk d the man- agor. "I asked him how ho was coming on. and he answered thnt he wanted It distinctly understood thnt ho wns no come-on. " Her \nttip. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Oh , no , I never breathe her name , Kor sacred 'tis to me ; My bounding puloo I Htrlvn to tame When that dour nnme J sec. For me 'tlu full of inutile grand , And aspirations high For she's the Chinese empress nnd Her name Is "Tzu-hsl-tuan- yu-Kanp-l-shuo-yti- chnunK-chcnr-shou-kunB- chln-hyaten-chanB-sl ! " 111:110 OK Tin : HAT. Bnltlmoro American. HP wasn't nt El Caney , ner near Santiago town. Ho didn't let no Spaniard git a chnnco to I mow him down , I Ho didn't win no glory , nor ho got no great renown But you ought to henr him Talk ! Ho wasn't nt Manlller when the flghtln' tluTo took . laco. Ho watin't on the Oregon In her most fa mous race. No Spaniard over tried to make him wear that Mauser-face But you ought to henr him . Talk ! He wasn't no Rough Rider chap down there with dnshln' Ted , He never felt the penetrntln" power ot rushln' lend Ho never showed no signs of havln1 blood ho wanted shed- But you ought to hear him . Talk ! Ho wnan't down at Tampa where the alli gators fly. Where the rain came down and eonked. him Just as soon ns ho got dry. Where the hardest thing wnn hardtack nn' the riskiest was pie But you ought to hear him Talk ! 1 * . . . 4,1 ? , -rf u * In fart , he's never been away except two dnys Inst fall ; He's henrd the poldlers talkln' , though , and thinks o h"f > v.- it ,1 He's the man that does the sweepln'-out down nt the Armory hilll , And you ought to hear 4 him Talkl OUH DAILY BULLETIN. KANSAS CITY. Mo. , Oct. 25 , JSflS.- Kirk U. Armour will today sell nt n" < > tlon In this eity 115 hlRh-gradn Here ford cuttle. They nrc the finest Htoyk In America , nnd their vnlue runs up Into Iho thousands. There will doubt less bo n slmrp competition among bid ders. "A good bargain draws , from the " 4 ' ] money purse. But in our offerings of good bargains we undertake to draw just as little money from your purse as will suffice to cover the proper and reasonable cost of manufacture. Making clothing in our own factory and for our own fourteen styles , it is apparent that we can and we do- turn out the best of goods at a cost that is very much less than would be the case if we were in business on a small scale. Our winter overcoats and suits at $ JO , $12.50 and $15.00 are the top notch of excellence. We have never offered finer lines. Everything for the small boys and furnishings for them as wel as for their elders. \j- \ \0 > m Can U46 tUfvmU * at * .