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Notary Public.
The Spanish government Is apparently
operating on the theory that a Carllst
in jail Is not so dangerous as ono In the
mountains with a gun in his hands.
It may-be Into In the season for street
railway construction , but It is not too
early to plan for extensions for next
year. Omaha la growing nnd Its street
railway system Is bound to grow with
it.
The error 'in certifying the vote on
congressman in the Second district maybe
bo distressing to those who have bet
money on the result , but fortunately It
docs not affect Mr. Mercer's title to a
scat
Detroit , Buffalo and St. Louis are all
agitating exposition projects. 'The suc
cess of the Omaha exposition naturally
breeds imitation nnd lends a great
stimulus to exposition boomers every
where. ,
According to the election figures Gov
ernor Plngrce of Michigan 1ms been reelected -
elected by a plurality only 1,100 short
at , an ovejn 75,900 , , THJs Bought to ; . n-
courage him to more outspoken and
startling Flngrcelsms.
The proposed law against political
leg-pulling ought to go through the legis
lature like greased lightning. Every
member of the body doubtless has hie
own personal experiences to spur him on
to vote for such' a law without further
argument .
For a man who pretends to be anx
ious to be cleared of the serious
charges pending against him and to be
reinstated to his former position on the
police force. Captain Cox is proceeding
In a rather peculiar way to accomplish
tho. . object
Colonel Bryan is on his way to join
'
bis regiment During his sojourn In
Nebraska , however , ho failed to say n
single word that would in any way
support the complaints of the popocratlc
papers that he was not fairly treated
by the war officers.
Another instance has been brought
to the front where ono vote has deter
mined the election of a county attorney
In one of the Nebraska counties. This
situation entitles everyone who voted
for the successful candidate to Insist
that his vote did it
If Germany undertakes to legislate
against American sausage the United
States will be perfectly justified in re
tallating with prohibitory duties on Oer
man sauerkraut Imported German
sauerkraut iuntl < j In America is superloi
to the real thing anyway.
Francis Joseph has had a varied am !
variegated experience in the fifty yean
lie has worn the Imperial robe of the
Hapsburgs. Perhaps the best thlu
that can bo wished for him as an aunl
versary greeting Is that ho may rount
out his reign without further turbuleni
parliaments.
It really does cot make much difference
enco whether the. certlQeato of electlot
accorded Congressman Mercer glvei
the correct figures of his majority 01
not The fact that ho polled moro thai
1,200 votes more than his opponent wai
established by the returns and cauno
be affected by any clerical error.
A hearing of charges against a pollci
officer la not a criminal trial. If tin
delinquent officer does not want to b <
present and offer a defense it Is tin
duty of the police board to make it :
own Investigation and take action li
accordance with the evidence before It
Ever eager to create prejudice agalns
Omaha , a Lincoln paper makes th
statement that papers In this city nr
closed to all unfavorable mention of th
proposal to hold an exposition in 1801
This Is untrue so far aa The Bee 1
concerned , for both its Btato new
columns and Its reports of local meetIngs
Ings have carefully reflected publl
sentiment , both favorable nud unfavot
able. The principal object In llfo o
Lincoln publishers appears to bo t
antagonise Omaha while soliciting pal
ronage and support of Omaha people.
1T1LL THEY
The report from Manila that the
Filipinos will not recognize Spain's ces
sion of their country to the Unlt'ed
States and that they propose to fight , If
nccestaryf for Independence , accords
with a statement from Washington that
It has been Intimated to our govern
ment that Agulnaldo and his adherents
may not take kindly to the sovereignty
of the United States and may make a
bold effort for Independence.
So little Is known of the real character
of these people that it Is difficult to de
termine how much weight should be
given to the utterances of their leaders
and of the native press. Such knowl
edge as there Is of them , however , does
not warrant the assumption thnt their
declarations are mere braggadocio and
that when brought to the test they will
quietly yield to superior power. They
revolted against Spain and showed that
they have good fighting qualities. In
establishing n provisional government
and maintaining a large army which is
said to be well equipped they have
shown ability and skill. Agulnaldo and
his advisers have manifested Intelli
gence nnd shrewdness in their relations
with the American commanders. They
are evidently not without some knowl
edge of the art of diplomacy nnd they
have' the nblllty to formulate cogent
reasons for their claim to independence.
All of which suggests that the Filipino
leaders arc not to be lightly regarded
and there is no doubt that they Lave a
very firm hold upon the confidence of
the people.
That the Filipinos are 'Intensely in
earnest in their desire for Independence
Is unquestionable. The hope of freedom ,
of self-government , has dwelt with them
for years and tiow that they regard Its
realization as at hand , through the over
throw of Spanish sovereignty , there can
be no surprise If they shall refuse to
accept the rule of another power and
make whatever resistance to It they are
capable of. They fully believe that
they arc entitled to independence
through their own efforts to secure it and
they can see no good reason why the
United States should not give them the
same opportunity for self-government
that it is pledged to give the Cuban
people. It Is needless to say that they
think themselves fully capable of es
tablishing and maintaining an Independ
ent government
Can these people be persuaded to
change their views and abandon the
hope they have so long cherished , or
must the United States force them to
submit to Its control ? The indications
now are that the latter course will have
to bo pursued ; that in order to ostnbllsh
American rule in the Philippines this
government established nnd maintained
by the consent of the governed , must
compel an alien people , at the cannon's
mouth , to yield to its authority and. nc-
cept its laws , In the ranking of which
they will have no part or voice. It is
profoundly to bo hoped that no such
violence to the cardinal principle upon
which this republic is founded will be
committed , but it would seem to be in-
evltable if the Filipinos insist upon their
demand for independence ,
"ilow niucli of a task tlie subjugation
of these people would bo no one can
foresee. It is said to be the opinion
In Washington that the ( situation in the
Philippines calls for the continued pres
ence there of about 20,000 soldiers. It
is probable that double that number
would bo required in the event of a
revolt against American authority. The
Filipino army now organized is per
haps 40,000 nnd it Is said to bo abun
dantly supplied with arms and ammuni
tion. Undoubtedly It could be increased ,
but in any event nt least an equal
American force would bo needed to
overcome it and this'would not be ac
complished as quickly as we overcame
the Spaniards.
The Philippines nro ours by cession
of Spain. Actual possession of them ,
however , is yet to be attained and it
may prove to bo very troublesome.
FAVORS UVUETAttlf LEGISLATION.
According to Mr. II. H. Hnnna , the
lender of the movement for currency re
form , President McKinley Is In favor of
monetary legislation and Is determined
to promote it but the statement made
bv Mr. Ilanna to the New York
Chamber of Commerce does not make it
clear that the president favors the In
dianapolis plan or any plan based upon
it , or that he intends to call the next
congress in extra session , as the reform
ers desire , in order to secure currency
legislation. It Is not a revelation that
Mr. McKinley thinks there should be a
revision of our currency system. He so
declared In his first annual message.
But wo believe the president has never
committed himself to any plan of cur
rency reform that Involves the retire
ment of the greenbacks and It may be
doubted whether he over will do so.
Nor Is It probable that the president
feels that there is any necesalty for
hastening monetary legislation. He
knows that nothing can be done by the
present congress and that the question
of currency legislation can safely be left
for the consideration of the Fifty-sixth
congress at Its regular session.
Senator Foraker of Ohio is another
prominent republican who does not
think there Is any urgency for currency
legislation. Asked if he would be in
favor of an extra session for the pur
pose of such legislation , he said if the
present congress can get through its
work by March 4 he did not believe there
would be enough demand for currency
legislation to warrant an extra session.
Furthermore ho thought that agitation
of the money question might do more
harm than good. There Is no doubt a
majority of republicans In congress are
of this opinion.
SPAIN 8&EK1&O FAVORS.
The request of the Spanish peace com
missioners that the vessels of Spain bo
given the sama privileges , for a term of
years. In trade with the West India
Islands ceded to the United States , as
American vessels nnd also that Spain
bo given the advantage of an open door
policy with these Islands , will probably
not bo granted by this government It
would unquestionably magnanimous
to the defeated nation to accord it these
privileges , but the United States Is com
pelled to consider what effect such con
cessions might have upon Its relations
with other countries. We have applied
to Porto Hlco nnd our other Islands In
the West Indies the laws relating to our
coastwise trade , so that only American
vessels can trade between ports of the
United States and ports of those Islands.
This policy has met with pronounced
disfavor on the part of British ship
owners , whom it deprives of a lucrative
business. Were Spain to be exempted
from It there would certainly bo a
vigorous protest from the British gov
ernment nnd we should find it very dllli-
cult to justify the special consideration
to our late foe. Perhaps the policy Is a
mistake , but we cannot Judiciously dis
criminate In Its application.
As to an open door privilege in the
West India Islands it is hardly practic
able , elnce that territory will be an
nexed to the United States aud trade be
tween them will be absolutely free.
Spain cannot reasonably expect so great
an advantage over other countries as the
open door would give her. It would bo
generous on the part of this country , but
it would' not be souud policy.
KO OIL-ROOM Loner NEEDED.
If the corporations are preparing to re
establish their oil-room lobby at Lincoln
during the coming legislature they
should pause long enough to consider
how much batter off they will be If they
attend strictly to their own business
and leave the legislators severely alone.
Whatever legislation considered by the
corporation managers as hostile to their
Interests has found a place on the
statute books of Nebraska may bo
charged in a large measure directly to
the pernicious Influence uf the oil-room
lobby , which has always done them more
harm than good.
This Is forcibly emphasized by .1.
Sterling Morton in his paper , the Con
servative , In which he calls on the cor
porations to maintain no agent's nt Lin
coln to secure or prevent enactments ,
but to take their chances' with other
taxpayers by abiding and obeying all
laws , however burdensome , until re
lieved by the courts or subsequent
legislatures. This course he declares to
be the only honest one and the only
one calculated to pump out the manu
factured prejudice against corporations.
No one will accuse Mr. Morton of a dis
position to manufacture prejudice
against the corporations ; but it remains
to bo seen whether they will follow this
wholesome advice repeatedly given them
by The Bee now when It is publicly en
dorsed by the sage of Arbor Lodge.
If the corporations are at all inclined
to do away with the useless and ex
pensive lobby no time could bo moro
propitious , because the incoming legis
lature consists of members reputed to
be of more than average Intelligence ,
who may be expected to treat all in
terests fairly if they are not interfered
with in the exercise of their duty. On
the other hand nothing Is more likely
to conjure up all sorts of anti-corpora
tion bills than the presence of paid
agents with a boodle fund held up as a
prize for bribe-givers and bribe-takers.
A Pennsylvania case , similar to that
Just Instituted in Iowa , will be of inter
est to veterans and those interested In
them. Like many states , Pennsylvania
takes all the veteran's pension money
In excess of $4 per mouth when the
recipient enters a soldiers' home. The
action Is brought to enjoin the with
holding of the money nud for an ac
counting. The excess money is devoted
to support of dependent relatives when
any exist and if not for the benefit or
the veterans as a whole who are in the
home. This 'Is done In the case of de
pendent relatives on the theory that
they have an equity in the pension of
which the recipient has no right to de
prive them. Where there are no de
pendent relatives It is maintained that
when the state supports the veteran It
Is entitled to any Income he may de
rive to apply on that support ; also that
the unequal amount of pension money
received by the Inmates , If retained by
them , would create a sort of moneyed
aristocracy and breed discord and ill-
feeling among the inmates. The op
ponents of this policy hold that the
pension Is a sacred fund which neither
the state nor the Individual has a right
to Interfere with , much less to confis
cate.
There is every Indication that England
is on the eve of another costly wai
with the tribes on the frontier of India ,
Wherever'civilization has come In con
tact with savage or semi-civilized tribes
these conflicts come with regularity ,
lu the United States It has been the
Indian. When conducted at our own
doors , as have been the Indian wars ,
they nro costly , but the experience ol
England nnd every other colonizing
power proves that when fought in remote -
mote countries the financial burden Is
many times Increased. With the ac
quirement of similar possessions the
United States may expect to be called
upon to shoulder just such burdens.
Nebraska popocratlc papers are still
full of letters trying to explain how II
happened at the last election. While
some ascribe the poor showing made by
the fusion ticket to the stay-at-home
voter , others complain of bad nomina
tions and dishonest management , aud
still others to the lack of campaign
funds , without which even the pope
cratlc patriot will no longer work ,
Naturally each has a different remedy
promising sure cure next time , but not
ono of them is frank enough yet to ad
mit that the fusion scheme has outlived
Its usefulness.
President McKinley will have the
hearty approval of the entire country In
every effort to redeem every pledge
made by the republican party In the
platform upon which he was elected
But neither the currency tinkers nor the
world-wide Imperialists will be allowed
to read anything Into the platform that
was not put there when It was framed
Doctor * for the Tropic * .
* Boston Globe.
They bave found out In England tbat bow-
ever competent a man may beto treat dis
eases that belong to tbe temperate tone tali
does not qualify him to deal successfully
with -tropical maladies. K will bo well
when wo find It out and act upon it in this
country.
C nnp nnil Effect ,
Globe-Democrat.
The Iowa republican plurality of G.1.G24
maintains .tho record of one1 of the most
progressive and prosperous of states ,
Cold Fact ! nrlcflr Staled.
Kansas City Star.
As a matter of fact , moro lives were lost
In the recent New England storm than "the "
wtolo record ot deaths from Kansas cyclones
since western storm stories became favorite
news for eastern rciWcrs.
A Shot at Foot Ball.
Minneapolis Times.
As far as reported six men wcro kilted
and three seriously injured In foot bait this
reason. Among the injuries recorded were
flvo broken collar bones , four broken legs ,
four cases ot ribs fracture , three skulls frac
tured , three torn ligaments ot the legs , two
ehouldcr bones broken and a miscellaneous
assortment of dislocations , ruptures , sprains ,
concussions of the brain , lacerated cartilages ,
etc. And wo call pugilism and bull fighting
barbarous !
Whfert the Trouble Me * .
Philadelphia , Ledger.
A Washington dispatch says the adminis
tration docs hot believe there will be any
friction between the United States and tbo
great powers over the Philippines. Neither
do we. The friction will como between the
United States and the Islanders on ono side ,
and between the various Interests of the
United States themselves on the other. There
will be qulto enough friction in these two
sources to make the wheels of government
run heavily.
Dooitlnff { lie Price of Steel.
Philadelphia liccord.
We have the authority ot Mr. Andrew
Carnegie for the statement that steel rails
can be made In this country and sold at $16
per ton with profit to the makers. It Is ,
therefore , a fact of ill omen to the millions
who are not engaged in the Industry of mak
ing steel rails when the price Is advanced
from | 18 to $20 per ton. Steel underlies a
thousand other productive industries. To
disturb the foundation is to shako the whofc
induatrtal uupei structure.
Preferred to Surrender.
Philadelphia Times.
General Blanco seems to bave bad his
resignation accepted be-fore the terms of the
new Spanish-American treaty were ac
cepted , which indicates that he bad been
given the tip and permitted to save himself
the humiliation ot making the final and
formal surrender ot Cuba to the United
States authorities. Tbe ceremonious fare
well call of the representatives of the army
and navy of the United States yesterday
upon the retiring captain general was the
last official recognition which ho will re
ceive at the hands of tbo American au
thorities. Now that he has officially stepped
down and out the details of the final trans
fer of Havana to American , control will
doubtfess be expedited.
Blanco' * aildnliflit Retreat.
Kansas City Star.
General Blanco seems to bave left Havana
unwept , unhonored and unsung , and since
hltt departure the Spanish party has devoted
Its time to 'reviling ' him. The truth ap
pears to be tbat General Blanco was sent
to Cuba to execute Impossibilities , Weyler
had destroyed the last chance of conciliating
the insurgents , and Blanco was unable to
conquer them. , When the weight ot the
United States was thrown into the scale
Blanco was helpless. He Is abused now for
not reinforcing Santiago. Had ho done so
it would only bave Increased tbe garrison
to be surrendered. The Spanish party , In
abusing General Blanco , only showns Its own
wronst-headedness. and Incapacity. General
Blanco 18 , gone , A all be represented , is
going. The Sjnfllsh residents of Havana
and of Cuba should turn- their faces to the
future , which maj-'bo made bright for ahem
if they will have It so.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
The legislature of Florida Is solidly demo
cratic , but not harmonious.
Tbe average cost of the last election in
St. Louis , per registered voter , was 64
cents ; in Chicago , 75 cents ; In New York
City , $1.50 ; In Boston , $2.21.
Senator Murphy of New York denies that
he will retire from active politics1. Mr.
Murphy Is Cl years of age , is worth a million ,
and could afford a few days off.
The states which elected solid delegations
of democratic congressmen on November 8
were : Alabama , Arkansas , Florida , Georgia ,
Louisiana , Mississippi , South Carolina ,
Texas and Virginia.
The blizzard of last Saturday was a great
snap for Tammany men. New York City al
lows $2 a day for snow shovelers. Con
tractors hired them for $1.25 a day and
pocketed the difference.
Two grandsons of President Folk wllf have
seats In tbe next congress. One U R. K.
Polk , who lives at Danville , Ky. , and the
other Is bis cousin , James K. Polk Hall , of
Rtdgeway , Elk county , of the same state.
Prof. E. Benjamin Andrews , ex-president
ot Brown university end now superintendent
of Chicago schools , brought bis troubles
wl'tlh him to the west. He is trying to
introduce free coinage Ideas In the schools ,
and A lively controversy Is on.
The official canvass of tbe vote of Mon
tana gives 'the democratic candidate for con
gress a plurality of 8.G19 , but tbe combined
opposition vote was greater by 2,600. Brant-
ley , republican and fusion candidate for
chief justice , received a majority of 437.
Mr. P. Tscumseh Sherman , a son of the
late General Sherman , is a member of the
New York Board of Aldermen , and the
other day bo addressed bis fellow members
as follows ; "I firmly believe tbat tbe less
frequently this lawless body meets the bet
ter it will bo for tlhe city of New York. "
The Montpetler legislature has passed a
bill creating tbo office ot attorney general
of Vermont , Vermont has now no attorney
general , and tbe plan to establish the office
had its origin In Connecticut , where , for the
first time this year , an attorney general was
voted for. New Hampshire baa an attorney
general who gets a larger salary than Is
paid to the governor.
A. W. McCune of Salt Lake City , who is
talked of for United States senator from
Utah , started llfo oa a farmer's boy
and Is now president of the Utah & Paciac
Railroad company , owner of a famous Brit
ish Columbia gold mine and has a monthly
Income variously estimated at from $50,000
to $100,000. He is immensely popular. Me-
Cuno is not a member of tbe Mormon
church , but ] bis wife is.
Tbo Atlanta Constitution "views with
alarm" the tendency to crowd free silver to
the wall In favor of tbe expansion issue , and
observes tbat tbe goldbug democratic press
Is opposed to expansion. Not so. Among
the leading democratic newspapers which
fought the Chicago platform the Louisville
Courier-Journal , Philadelphia Times , Brook ,
lyn Eagle and New York Times support tbe
expansion policy. Democratic papers are
about equally divided on the subject.
Senator Morrlll says Vermont has tbe
smalrtst foreign population of any state In
tbe union , the total being only 9,800 , all told ,
most of them Irish , and nearly all vote the
democratic ticket. The democratic state
candidate for governor at the last election
bore the name of Maloney. Tbo chairman of
the democratic state committee was Fltr-
patrlck , and the democratic candidates for
congress were MacManua and Fitzgerald.
The aenator knows ot one town where there
are onty two foreigners. Both of them are
Irish ; ono Is mayor and the other U chief ol
police.
CESSION OF TUB PHILIPPINES ,
Make tlic lint of It.
Chicago Chronlcln ( item. )
With scarce any hesitancy wo have made
the plunge. We may sink or swim , survive
or perish , but we must endeavor to make
the best ot the now and startling situation
In which no find ourselves.
What Will Politician ! Say *
Chicago Journal ( Ind. )
Tliero arc no difficulties In the govern
ment of dependencies that American fore
sight and capacity and honesty cannot sur
mount. But these qualities must be given
an opportunity. They must not bo crowded
aeldo by the selfish and often corrupt ac
tivities of the party politician. Given the
opportunity , American genius for sound
government -will justify every demand made
by our peace commissioners at Paris.
The Straggle In Confcreftl ,
Buffalo Express ( rep. )
The real struggle will begin when con
gress addresses' Itself to the problem ot the
tuture government of the Spanish colonies.
On the one sldo thcro will bo tbo effort to
organize them as colonies ot the United
States to bo governed from Washington
and remain a permanent part ot our na
tional domain. On the other will bo an
effort to make them independent nations
under tbo protection , more or less close , ot
this country , or to cede them to some other
power. U will be the most Important strug
gle since the days ot reconstruction.
A MonHtroaB Proposition.
Nashville American ( dem. )
The question now Is , does the step toward
making a part of < the republic ten million of
semi-savages meet with the approval of the
American pooploT Wo do not believe It
does. We bcllevo the people to bo unalter
ably opposed to so unwise and monstrous a
proposition. Unfortunately , however , they
have no sure means of registering their dis
approval , and congress must bo relied upon
to act on a matter concerning which it has
received no instructions from the people ,
for'lio question of territorial expansion was
not mads an Issue in the recent elections.
Before nnd After.
Detroit Frco Press ( dom. )
On tbo llth of April President McKinley
said : "I speak not of forcible annexation ,
for that cannot be thought of. That by our
code of morality would be criminal aggres
sion. " Seven months have passed since
these words wcro uttered by the president
and approved by tbo whole country. It Is a
far cry Indeed from that llth day ot April to
the 28th day of November and wo have been
moving fast in the meantime. When the
president spoke ot "forcible annexation" ho
was thinking of Cuba and not of the distant
Philippines. There were at tbat time ex
ceedingly few people among our 70,000,000
Inhabitants who knew anything about those
far-off Islands or cared to know. The Philip
pines were almost literally a terra Incognita
to us Americans. But today they are virtu
ally a dependency ot tbe United States , by
right of cession.
Annexing 1OOUO,000 Allen * .
Burlington ( Vt. ) Free Press ( rep. )
President McKinley has taken a pro
nounced and unequivocal position in favor
ot iho restriction of immigration. Ho ad
vocated restrictive legislation in his in
augural address and it Is now asserted tbat
in his forthcoming message to congress bo
will urge tbe passage of the Lodge bill. If
we cannot safely attempt to assimilate ad
ditional European Immigrants coming to this
country In small groups , how can we hope to
safely take in at one gulp 8,000,000 or 10-
000,000 ot persons , more than halt of whom
are savages. It there is any argument
against the permission of miscellaneous im
migration from Europe , which cannot be
urged against the annexation' ' ot the Filipinos
pines , the people of this "country would un
doubtedly be glad to see It presented in tbe
president's message.
Poor Show for Claim * .
/Philadelphia / Record ( dem. )
Tina assumption by the United States ot
responsibility for tbo payment of claims of
American ci'tlzens ' against Spain growing out
of the destruction of property In Cuba dur
ing 'tho ' rebellion , and the subsequent war
with this nation will not be entirely reas
suring to claimants. Tbe United States gov
ernment in its treatment of the French
spoliation claims , assumed under similar
circumstances , and which claims have re
mained for the most part unpaid for nearly
one hundred years , has established a most
discouraging precedent.
ClinclcIInK Over tbe Spoils ) .
I Washington Post ( Ind. )
What is to come after , is our affair. We
shall hold the Philippines as long as may
suit our convenience and harmonize with our
scheme of national development. No Euro
pean power will be permitted to dictate or
interfere save at the cost of Its chastisement
and humiliation. We have won this In
calculable victory. We Intend to exploit it
in our own way. The spook of "European
politics" Is brandished before fearless eyes.
To us it is but a broken doll , borrowed from
a medieval nursery. This nation has its
destinies in hand. Our people know their
strength.
WHO GETS TUB BEST OP ITT
Spain Drops a Load , the United State *
Annexe ! Tronble.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Spain having been deprived of Its1 colonial
possessions , Us young men will have some
thing else to work for than government ap
pointments , with opportunities for making
fortunes quickly out of the distress of colonists
nists ; the nation will have no use for many
of its soldiers , and can return them to pro
ductive employment , and the people , freed
from the constant drain of war taxes re
quired for the suppression of rebellions , will
be better off than ever before. If Spain
shall accept the issue of tbe war in the
right spirit the loss ot Us colonial posses
sions may be the turning point of Us career ,
which has been steadily downward for 600
years. This country has taken up the bur
den Spain bos reluctantly laid down and is
to pay for the privilege of doing so , not
merely in money , tor $20,000,000 is a mere
bagatelle , but In demoralization of Its young
men , and In on enormous Increase ot Its
civil end military expenses. This nation Is
so rich and strong that It may be able to
stand up under a drain that Impoverished
Spain , but we have bought the privilege
of suffering In place of Spain. Some people
affected to doubt tbe disinterestedness of tbe
United States when it undertook tbe "war
for humanity , " but there can bo no greater
exhibition of unselfish heroism than tbat
which leads the conquerer to pay for tbe
privilege ot relieving the vanquished of the
load under which bo tottered and fell. We
have bought a peace which may end in tha
exaltation of Spain and our own great tribu
lation.
Torpedo Iloati Suffer Damage.
BRISTOL , R. I. , Dec. 2. The torpedo
boats Dupont and Morris came In hero last
night under their own steam , but consider
ably damaged.
OTIlim LAKHS THAN OURS.
Diplomatic advice * show that Persia f
slowly but surely sinking Into the grip ot
Russia. The country of the shah Is without
money , without credit and without enter
prise. The silver kran , the monetary unit
of value , which should bo worth 20 cents ,
Is only worth 10 cents , owing to the depre
ciation of silver. Commerce Is at a stand
still , and when iho shah does his thinking
he tupis his face toward St. Petersburg. Re
cently , when Persia sought free commercial
Intercourse with the outside world , Russia
put In force a policy that excluded northern
Persia from the benefits of this move. The
czar also controls , by special concessions
granted by tbo late slinh , the building of
railroads and highways In that section. Thus
Russia has been able to defeat all progres
sive'movements that will not react to her
advantage. Orientalists confidently predict
that the day will soon come when Russia
will complcW her absorption ot at least the
greater portion of Persia. It Is ono link
In that chain that she Is forging around
Asia , nnd when the time arrives the czar
will glvo itho word and a network bt rail
roads will spread Itself over Persia , con
necting It with the Russian trunk lines. This
would effect the regeneration ot the land ,
but It would bo regeneration of the Russian
order , with Russian civilization and Russian
money ,
'
Whatever the apparent harmony between
the surviving members of the European con
cert In Crete , * t Is plain that the concert Is
maintained with , no llttlo difficulty. The
Russians are now claiming all the credit tor
what has been achieved there. The St.
Petersburg military paper , the > Svlotatr
tributes to the Russian Admiral Skrydloft
Ihe merit claimed by Lord Salisbury tor the
British Admiral Noel , and says that it was
due principally to him thnt the Turkish ad
ministration was turned out. H goes on to
say ithat at Retlmo and other places which
are held by Russian troops there Is perfect
order and tranquillity , whereas , wherever
the English lhappen to be , there has been
constant bloodshed. In delivering Crete ,
Russia has , It declares , merely continued her
historical mission of emancipating the
Christians of the east. She began her task
partly by diplomacy end partly by war , giv
ing Independence to Greece , Roumanla , Ser-
vla and Bulgaria. It Is now the turn of
Crete , and next will como Macedonia , old
Servla , Bosnia and Herzegovina. This ar
ticle goes 'to confirm rumora thnt have been
current for some time that Russia and Eng
land each suspect the other of selfish , mo
tives. The only point on which they wore
completely agreed was the necessity of get
ting the Turks out ot Crete as speedily us
possible.
Of all Russian newspapers the Vledomoatl ,
edited by the czar's friend , Prince Ukh-
tonuky , may bo regarded as the only ono
that really reflects the fceKngs of the Rus
sian authorities and whose editor Is per
mitted to cpeak out freely. The violent dis
approval expressed by the Vledomostl of the
kaiser's pilgrimage ( the editor went so far
as to call the Imperial crusader a "rene
gade" ) must , therefore , bo taken as an In
dication that the relations between the
courts of St. Petersburg and Berlin have be
come decidedly qhllly. This is scarcely sur
prising , since the kaiser's acceptance from
the sultan and his transfer to the German
Catholics In Palestine of the reputed birth
place of the Virgin has Irritated Russia In
a particularly sore spot. As the head of
the Orthodox Greek church the czaro have
always been considered the special guardians
of the holy places , just as France , as the
eldest daughter of the church , has always
been deemed the special protector of all
Christians In the Orient. the allies for
once have a grudge in common and the
kaiser is its. object.
Chuean , the principal island of the group
of the'same name lying riear the mou h ot
the Yangtseklang , and over which the union
jack has been hoisted by the British ad
miral , has been several times occupied by
British forces , namely in 1840 , in 1841 and
nnd again In 1860. These various seizures
testify to the great strategic value of the
Island ; and , Indeed , Us location makes it
an excellent base Tor the naval defense of
Shanghai as well an of the valley of the
YangUeklnng. But the right of the British
admiral to occupy the Island Is not very
clear. It was returned to China In accord
ance with the terms of the treaty of 1841.
but since that treaty was practically nulli
fied by China , such nullification leading up
to the war of 1857-58 , the British admiralty
may have considered the title of Great Brit
ain aa thus in abeyance for revivification
upon occasion. In any event Chusan will
probably become another Hong Kong.
Whatever the intentions of tbe British
government may be on the question of a
movement Into. Thibet , the special training
ordered for the British and native troops
in moiintain drill during the present season
Is regarded in India as proof of preparation
for on emergency. By some the rumors
about Thibet are believed to bo only a
blind , the real objective .being said to be
Afghanistan ; while others again think that
an advance Into China , through Burmah is
In contemplation , with the Intention of es
tablishing British posts on the upper
Yong-tse-Klang and In Yunnan , thus cut
ting off the westward and northern exten
sion of the French from Tonquln. Which
ever ot these views Is correct , public opinion
In India seems to be Impressed with the
belief that an advance Into some one or
other of the mountain regions forming the
barriers of India Is projected , and the
prospect that it will bring fresh burdens
for the Indian people is causing much
anxiety and discussion.
*
Japan's new cabinet under the presidency
ot Marshal Yamagata Is noteworthy as In
dicating the passing away of the old order
of things. This cabinet is chiefly respon
sible to the lower house of the diet , and In
that sense is an Imitation of tbe parliament
ary system of Great Britain. This Is the
outcome of a prolonged struggle between
the liberal and conservative parties in
Japan. The new cabinet Is committed tea
a vigorous foreign policy and tbe erection
of extensive defensive works. If popular
opinion should fall to continue Us present
support ot the policy the new system pro
vides a way ot escape from the difficulty
without bloodshed. A change In the popu
lar view will be followed by a change In tbe
cabinet.
General Lord Kitchener , In tbe course of
a recent conversation with a London re
porter , gave an explicit denial to the story
that the killing of wounded dervishes was
an organized incident of tbe Egyptian
campaign , U Is wholly untrue , he de
clared , tbat companies were told off even to
search for tha wounded enemy , much less
to kill them. It Is not denied that wounded
Arabs "were left to die on tbe field In
thousands , " but that could not bo helped ,
since British and Egyptian surgeons were
fully occupied In attending to their own
wounded. The Sirdar said that on entering
Omdurman he issued an order calling upon
the people to go out and brine in their
BAKING
POWDER
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
. ,
OVl IMMII PO0 CO. f r VOKC
wounded , but only these who bad relative !
responded to the appeal. Such wounded
as could be brought In received every pos
sible attention , and , as 'ft matter ot fact , be
tween six and seven thousand are np r
under treatment in the Omdurman hospitals ,
LINES TO A BMILE. <
Philadelphia North American : "Since.
Klatter. the motormnni lost his job ho has
KCIIP nil to plice * . " . . . . .
"Ah , I Fta. Lost his grip , chj"
Cincinnati Enquirer : Bobby Popper ,
what l a respectable fortune ?
Sir. Kerry Ono bljr enouch to make It.i
owner's opinions on any subject entitled to
respect.
Harlem Llfo : Prod That cigar you gava
me did mo lots of Rood.
Arthur-l'm glad of It. When did you
smoks it ? _
"O , I didn't smoke it. I gave It to VM-
ixrd : I hate him. "
Detroit Free Press : She-Papa Is so tlmia
about our mnrrlnce , denr.
} . , What docs ho nny7
"He says he Is afraid I won't be able
to support you. "
"I hone. " said thl
'
epic cnner i -
a tlm true n
on I docs , "
"T nm > ti e
tcntlary. "
. . Slntcsmnn : ( c mnafi
> ; { " ' " , comforting ? " nskod the neigh.
the widow
recently bereaved.
Indeed he illdn't , " WIIB the quick reply ,
"
"Ho said my husband was better off "
Indlnnnpplla Journal : "Noticed Watts
. ' i.lVcm8. bc a
hero lately , while he looks careworn. "
"You can notice that In 'moet any mar.
od.co"f)1P.nowmla ) presents. > "s' .rhcy are thinking
Detroit Journal : .Tho Parisian populact
'
surged forward.
"Yes , " cried the orator , vehemently , "tho
fetters nre forged upon Dreyfus , never to
bo struck off ! "
But as luck would have It. ho spoke In
trench , nnd the bulk of the degenerates dla
not grasp the double entendre until It waa
too late In the day to have a crisis.
Cleveland Plnln Dealer : "I notice thai
Mrs. Mary A. Llvermore In a recent lecture
for Rlrld said thnt 'It la a great test of
friendship to bo ublo to Ilvo with another
woman and be happy. ' "
"Yea. that's what a good many million *
of men think. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Hasn't she
pnHt ? " Inquired the posslpy man.
"leu. " answered the sensational actrftM ,
"but It Isn't of much use \o her. Somehow'
she doesn't seem able to get any of it
Into the newspapers. "
Washington Stnr " . "
: "Mike. said Ploddlntf
Pete , "did yer hear 'bout Alaska ? "
"Lots. Are you t'lnkln' of de trlpT"
"I dunno. Vm told dat daylight lasts )
twenty-four hours at a stretch. Kf I coulU
Kit a job In drtt locality as night watch *
man I dunne but I'd bc wlllln' to work. ' '
Chlcaprp Post : "They say she belongs ta
ono of the llrst families. " V
Her ilrnrest friend , to whom the remark
was addressed , BhriiRped her shoulders ex Jf
presslvely before replying.
"They do say such unkind things , " sha
salt ! ; "but I Judge from her ago that sha
dates back at least ns far as one of tha
second families. "
POETIC DIinA.lt DISPELLED.
Denver Post.
"Ol the snow , the beautiful snow ! " the pool
. ? anB ln a dreary trance ,
I love to see thy feathery flakes on thfli
. breast of the breezes softly dance !
Like feathers from spotless angels' wlnirsj
they flout through the cooling wintry air-
To kiss the earth with their silent toucli
and llo in unspotted beauty there.
They como to cover the hills and voles In
a fleecy robe of Immaculate white ,
As fair as the costume of lovely brida
whose bosom Is throbbng1 with swee
delight.
To wreathe festoons on the ] cnf-strlppc4
trees and drape the bushes In phantom
eowns. '
To klgs the checks of the maidens fair on
the crowded streets of the busy towns.
"O ! th ; snow , the beautiful snow I" and he )
rolled his eyes In a rapturous way , "
As the billowy Insplratlvo ilres through his )
bounding : bmom Increased their play ,
"O ! emblem of purity , heaven-born , as pure
as the thoughts or a-baba-arttnpujr '
As pure as the soul ot a. shriven saint , ' a *
pure as a vestal virgin's vow ! "
The kingly mountains are crowned by the *
In dladenvy oC ethereal white.
With frost-gems sparkling ; with 'danllnfH
Kllnt In a flashing- frolic ot glittering
And OBut ! the must threw up thai
job when there came at the door a com *
mnndlnR- knock >
And a big policeman ordered him out to
clear the beautiful stuff from the walk 11
About
Prices ,
How cheap ? is the first quesi f
tion asked with half the buyers *
of clothing. There are prices
that it's not safe to go below
in getting a suit or an overcoat
Men's overcoats at $1.50 ,
men's ulsters at $3.00 , or $10
suits at $2.50 are wonders in
their way. Do you want that
sort ? K you do we can't do
business. But here is what we
can do. We have had a big
special sale for several weeks ,
and every thing was marked
very low there are several
broken lines we want to close
out , and we want to do it before
we take inventory Jan. 1.
There are $25 suits for $20)
$20 suits for $16,50 ; $18 suits
for $15 ; $ J5 suits for $12,50 ;
$12,50 suits for $10 ; $10 suits
for $7.50 ; and $7.50 suits fop
$5. Overcoats and ulsters at
the same rate of discount.
These garments were marked
way below what they were \
worth at the start , but at the *
reduced price now are true-bar
gains.
\ .