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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
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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 * .
