Nebraska Newspapers

    0 THE OMAHA DAILY TCT3T3 : FRIDAY , MAHCTI JJ , 1800.
THE OMAHA DAILY DEE.
K. KOSEWATKtl. 1'Mltor. '
rUULISHED 13V13UY M.OKNINQ.
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STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska , Douglas County. ss.J
Gcorso TJ , Tzschuck , secretary of The Uco
I'ubllBhlntf company , being Au\y \ ffjvorn.
says that the actual number of run ami
complete copies Of The Dally , Mo 1" * ; ;
Evening and Sunday Hea. printed during
the month of January , ISM , was as fol
lows :
1 21,005 17 . , . 2lHIO ! (
2 sna o is . ai : , 9o
3 ua , oi : 19 . uiso :
4 aa , - 20 . sisiu :
c ai , 8o 21 . IM.ftlO
6 2j,710 :
7 Hj,710 : a Bl , 70
8 1M,0.-.0 24 S1 , 50
9 nit..tno 23 81,1'IW
10 za.'iio 2S ai.Ttn
11 2:1,770 : 27 a 1,850
12 23 8-MBO
is 29 81,850
isU 1M.O1O 20 24,200
15 a 1.410 31 84.100
1C aiH : 7
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Total T.7-ISr
Loss unsold and returned copies. . . . i .i- > -
Net total sales ' ' ! ? ' . ' ! !
Net dally average il' , .
ii UEOIU1E B. TKSCHUCK.
Subscribed and sworn to before ma this
31st day of January. 1E99.
( Seal. ) H. I. PLUMB. Notary Public.
Wanted The man with the Key to
the senatorial deadlock.
The action of the senatorial candidates
In sending a. tank of Ice water Into the
caucus room should be resented as a cold
deal. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
If tlu > Van Dusen primary election
bll ! becomes a law the occupation of the
political maverick will oncuitntcr
perilous times.
Having felt the impetus of good times ,
tlie South Dakota legislature has raised
the salary of Its governor , supreme and
district Judges.
If there is a county In the state that
Is not sure It has just the proper loca-
tiwn for a normal school it should have
a prize for ovcrweanlug modesty.
The leaky old ship , Sagasta , has gone
down In the troubled waters of Spanish
politics and not all of the aSr bugs of
the ministerialists are able to raise him.
Congress just now has an advantage
over the legislature In the faet that it
can see Its linlsli , while the legislature
Is still In for an indefinite period of
time.
A glance over the dally real estate
transfers should convince the most
doubting Unit Omaha realty furnishes
one of the best places for profitable in
vestment to be found anywhere.
If tiie police force Is cut down much
lower Omaha may have to go back to
the old system of watch and ward and
Impress eacli citizen into the service a
certain number of days during the year.
It will be noticed , paradoxical as it
may seem , that the men who are fighting
hardest to prevent any changes in the
present city charter are the same men
who opposed its enactment two years
ago.
Having set several records during the
past few months Omaha will next week
add another feather by holding the
largest foreclosure sale of land that has
been pulled off within the memory of
man.
AmbassadorChoato made nbasehlttho
first time up to bat on landing In Eng
land with kindly greetings about equally
divided between the grandstand and the
bleachers and everybody in England Is
today willing to admit that he is good
enough to stay In the game.
The slaughter of normal school bills
continues In the legislature. There lias
not been a session for many years in
which less than half a dozen of such
measures wore Introduced and they have
Invariably met the same fate. Yet the
projectors never appear tu bo dis
couraged ,
The lilll to prohibit Urn manufacture
and sale of cigarettes is making tine
progress In the legislature. If the ciga
rette trust does not accept the invita
tion tx > come down and siiunru Itself the
coming generation of Young America In
Nebraska may have to give up the ciga
rette kindergarten nnd start in at once
with Its first lessons on the cigar.
Sir John KalstafTs encounter at
Uadshlll with "eleven villains in buck
ram and nine In Kendall green" was a
tame feat of the Imagination as com
pared with tint latest performance of
the Filipino junta , which has magni
fied two stragglers picked up by the in-
mirgeuts Into " 000 American prisoners. "
If a corporal should happen to stray
Into the hands of these imaginative pa
triots the world would soon bo told
that General Otis nnd his whole com-
in a ml had been captured.
The local popocratlc organ and the
popocratlc county attorney should try
to get together on the question of the
ability of the republican county Judge
to render an Impartial decision In the
preliminary hearings on criminal
charges brought before him. Speaking
editorially the organ of the gang In
sists that the county judge Is biased
and Ignorant uf the law. Speaking
through its county attorney it praises
him us a model of fairness. It always
takes a popocratlc organ to blow hot
flutl cola at the tmiuo tluiu. _
T11K ! > K\r \ ARMY 1111,1 , ,
1'oar of nn extra session of fhe 1'lfty-
slxth fOJijm'ssas the most potent In
fluence In securing the postage of the
army bill , but tills was not accom
plished without concessions to the op
ponents of n permanent standing army.
The me.is.ure l.s not Just what the ad
ministration desired , but It will be
approved by ( lie president nnd go Into
? effect at once.
ruder ( he provisions of the bill the
piesldent may keep under arms and in
the field until July 1 , JX)1 ! ) , a force of
IdU.OOO soldiers , the numuer to be re
duced after that time to 117,000. As
originally repoited In the senate the
bill provided for a minimum fniv" nl'toi
July 1 , litOi , of , ' ! S,000. Tills legislation
will dispose of ( he question of the or-
cntibutloii of the army at h.i&t untlj
the assembling of the I'Mfty-slxth ' con
gress In December next , by which time
I lie situation probably will ha\u con
siderably changed and further legisla
tion may be unnecessary. Meanwhile
( lie volunteers who are hoping to be
soon relieved from service and per-
mined to return home will very heartily
welcome the legislation. Doubtless
some of the volunteers will re-enlist
under the new law , but t'io ' expccta
tlon Is that most of them will accept
tin.1 earliest opportunity to got back to
the United States and resume peaceful
pursuits. Tills Is undoubtedly the case
as tu the volunteers who are In the
Philippines , many of whom , as was
stated by Senator Allen n few days
ago In the senate , do not like lighting
a people with whom Americans should
be on friendly terms.
AMttASSAUOlt CJ1UATE ;
Tlio reception given Ambassador
Cliontc on Ills arrival In England was
of the most cordial character and \vlll
bu pleasing to most Americans as a
manifestation of llrltlsh good feeling.
It is nut the hublt of Englishmen to
accord Mich a greeting to the diplomatic
representatives of other countries than
tile United States and In view of the
fact that Mr. Clioute is a new figure in
tlie ll ( > ltl of diplomacy lite welcome to
Eugiand is perhaps to be regarded as
peculiarly slgiillieant.
There can be no doubt Unit the new
A murk-mi ambassador to the court oT
St. .Tames will achieve a popularity as
great as was enjoyed by any of ills
predecessors. While known not to have
had any experience in diplomacy , ills
fame as a distinguished lawyer and a
brilliant orator preceded him and it is
to be expected that at the llrst favor
able opportunity he gets to talk to
Englishmen lie will make an impression
that will place him high In their es
teem. The only drawback lie may en
counter is hi finding ready appreciation
for the rare wit which gave him the
foremost place among American after-
dinner speakers , but he knows how to
adapt himself to circumstances and
will dqnbtless use this faculty to the
best advantage. Mr. Choate represents
the highest type oC American culture
and he Is moreover thoroughly Ameri
can in sentiment and feeling. We maybe
bo sure that he will say or do nothing
to Impair the friendly relations between
the two countries , but everything to
strengthen them.
TllH ALLEGED FILIl'IXO ALUASCE.
The question as to the nature and ex
tent of tba alleged understanding be
tween consular representatives of the
United States and the Filipino leader ,
Agulnaldo , will possibly never be satis
factorily settled and perhaps too great
Importance lias been given to the quos-
tlun In the dissuasion of the course and
the duty of this government toward the
people of the Philippines.
On the one liandl it is asserted that in
the conferences held between Aguinaldo
and the American consul at Singapore ,
with a view to inducing the former tune-
company Dewey to Manila , there was a
clear understanding that if the Filipinos
should co-operate with the Americans
tills government would respect the ef
forts of the natives to obtain Independ
ence. Agulnaldov it is said , fully out
lined ills policy In these interviews ,
which embraced the Independence of the
Philippines , with a liberal government.
The assurance of co-operation given by
Aguinaldo was accepted by the Ameri
can consul and by Dewey nnd the Filipino
pine leader accompanied the American
fleet tu Manila , where It Is nn unques
tionable fact that he rendered valuable
service. But Mr. Pratt 1ms stated that
In the arrangement with Aguinaldo this
government was not committed to any
course or policy , while there Is no doubt
that In accepting the assistance of
Aguinaldo Dewey made no agreement
on behalf of the government , he having
so stated. The Filipino claim is that
there was virtually an alliance and that
this contemplated recognition of the
right of the Insurgents to Independence
In the event of the American fleet being
victorious.
In the house of representatives , on last
Monday , Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio re
ferred to tills matter , asserting Unit no
alliance had been made with Agnlnaldo
by virtue of which ho was entitled to
the support of the United States and
that the light against the Filipinos was
a breach of good faith. He cited the
president's proclamations and orders
and the dispatches of the State depart
ment to prove ( hat there was absolutely
no ground for the statement that an
alliance of any kind had been made
with Aguinaldo or with , any one else In
the Philippines. lie asserted that ( hero
had been no aggression on the part of the
American forces In the Philippines ,
which liuvo been lighting only in self-
defense. Ho said the orders of the presi
dent , all through January and into the
month of February , railed upon Otis and
the other commanders to forbear shoot
ing anybody , to stand only upon the
defensive.
Admitting that ( hero may have been
no arrangement or understanding Unit
committed ( Ids government to the support -
port of Aguinaldo , it is still u question
whether In accepting Filipino assistance
an obligation was not incurred which we
have failed to regard In the course pursued -
sued toward those people. Admiral
Dewey , If correctly reported , has said
that there should have been some
acknowledgment by our government
of the services they rendered
aud that they should Lave been
given assurance of at least local
Kclf-government. Perhaps If this had
been done the conlllt-t with them would
have been averted , but they have been
treated 'tis a people unworthy of any
such consideration. Instead of eff > rts lo
eonclllnte , our course has been such as
to Incite their hostility , so that they have
learned to regard Americans with even
moro bitter hatred titan they did Span-
lards. It Is true that our forces 111 the
Philippines are lighting on the defensive.
that they did not Iegln the conflict , lint
will Impartial history acquit tlds nation
of all responsibility for this condition of
affairs ? May It nit find that we owed
an obligation and a duty to the Filipinos
which was disregarded.
n ri'xii on xu SIXKIXU ivxn
Itccciit discussion of proposed charter
amendments has emphasized the fact
that Oumlin as a city not only has no
sinking fund ( u extinguish Its bonded
municipal debt on maturity , but also
that under existing limitations no such
fund can be amimulntcd. The reason
Is that the money now raised under the
name of a sinking fund levy Is all re
quired to meet the Interest on outstand
ing bonds , leaving nothing to be laid
aside to meet ( he principal when due.
While the charter permits the council
to issue renewal bonds to 'take up the
city's matured obligations , thus avoid
ing what might be the disastrous con
sequences of default , no provision is at
hand for reducing the total Indebted
ness of the city. On the contrary the
new bonds Issued from time to time to
meet the demand for public improve
ments or to take up fl'Ouitlng ' debt keep
rolling up the grand aggregate and hold
It verging close on the percentage of
assessed valuation allowed by the law.
Summed up in u word the question
presented is nothing more nor less than
that of a permanent or a temporary
bonded debt. If Omaha pursues its
present practice it will have a heritage
of permanent debt to hand down to the
future. Interest payments may lie
diminished by repeated funding at lower
rates , but the total indebtedness will
not be reduced. In this respect Omaha
is nv > different from a great many other
American cities which have sinking
funds in name only aud are content blm-
ply to meet annual Interest payments ,
but the general policy of the people has
as a rule been against the permanent
debts that mark the financial conditions
of European countries and cities.
Before committing Omaha Irrevocably
tu the policy of permanent debt the
many intricate features of the problem
should be given more careful study than
has yet been bestowed upon it by our
people. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
HAND irillTlXG KXPEIITS.
The handwriting expert once more
bobs up into prominence to confound
gods mid men with contradictory
theories and opinions. The results of
the coroner's Inquest in the New York
poisoning case have not readied the
grand jury before numerous other ex-
ports , more or less distinguished , arise
to confute the evidence of those who
testified that the defendant wrote the
address on the death-dunlin ? package.
The crux of the whole question Is
whotljer the handwriting on that pack
age was that of Mollneanx , the ac-
ctised. Around that point the battle
will rage and from all Indications a
host of experts will swear botli ways ,
each equally certain lie is right and the
other who contradicts him a fool. Tills
has been the result of every such trial
for years and the public is beginning
to take the cocksure opinions of ex
perts with a largo grain of salt.
Of the last six prominent criminal
trials in which these experts played
prominent parts in at least three of
them the only thing demonstrated was
the lamentable Ignorance of these wit
nesses. In one of them , the Kennedy
case , the experts for both sides agreed
that an unimportant writing was in the
hand of the defendant when , as a mat
ter of fact , it was not. Similar blunders
were made in other cases.
These expert witnesses , if they know
anything about the subject , seem lo for
get It when they go on the stand nnd
confine themselves to the theory most
favorable to the side In whoso behalf
they arc called , Irrespective of reason
or other considerations. This Is so well
known that It has operated lo lessen
the confidence of both the courts and
the public In such evidence. Until the
experts can reach some rules of agree
ment among themselves in the absence
of other incriminating evidence the
average jury is sure to give the accused
the benefit of all doubts. l
Not only the English-speaking races cid
but the civilized world will draw a
breath of relief over the news that
Mr. Kipling lias passed the crisis and
is likely to live. For days this peerless - "
less master of poesy and expositor of
human nature has lingered on the verge
of death's dark river , while the world
has watched anxiously but alnvost with
out hope. Had he died at this tlmo It
would have been n public calamity , for
much as ho has done he yet stands
In the noonday of manhood nnd the
past is but an earnest of what
he shall do In the future. America feels *
that Mr. Kipling belongs as much , if
not more , to her than to England , and
wo unite with our English brethren in
a sincere prayer that the sweet singer
may bo speedily restored to health.
Another new party boru at Cincinnati.
New parties have a habit of being born
with the regularity of children In a poor
man's family. Whllo each has a dif
ferent name , those brought Into ex- jj
Istenco in recent years have all the
symptomsof a common parentage. These
now parties.always start out by father
ing all the political vagaries extant.
When they succeed in attracting any
considerable number of followers the
moro conservative throw overboard the
radical doctrines and the disciples of dis
content proceed to hatch another party.
The fight In the Idaho legislature In
which distinguished statesmen scarified
eacli other with penknives Is a tils-
grace to the state. It would have been
bad enough had these solous ambitious
to carve out careers for themselves ro- jj
sorted to Jnckknlvcs or dirks for that
nurnose , but wlicu it comes to peii-
knife * the Inadequacy of the tool Is KO
nppnuMii i as lo bowimo ridiculous. A
! standard weapon for the Idaho legls-
Mature Is n matter f no 'small Im
portance , and If that body does Its
duly i It will not only adopt one at tills
session , but will be careful to com
promise | on nothing less effective ( ban
galling guiis.
As was to have been expected the
Lincoln 1 newspapers are doing their best
to I hold Omaha down In I he showing to
be 1 made In tin- next census by oppos
ing the consolidation of Omaha nnd
South Omaha. The fact that the Lin
coln papers are against the proposed
annexation ought to furnish one of the
best reasons In the world why every
body In Omaha and South Omaha
should bo In favor of it.
Cottiiitcnilitlilt * Olcrlly.
Philadelphia Times.
Talking of Franco , n nation that can bo
deprived of a president ono day and elect
another the next , U not likely to lese Its
head for very .
. ! * ( lint I'nlliMl.
8t. Paul Olobe.
A Nobraskaii has been sentenced to a
yeur in the penitentiary for trying to steal
a trabilond of cattlu. Ho ought also to bo
voted n leather medal for his "norvo. "
Too Manx In tlio Secret.
Chicago Post.
Ian ilaclarcn eays the Hrltlsh navy was
ready lo assist the United States If It became -
came necessary during the late disagree
ment. H Is surprising how many , many
pcoplo the British authorities have taken
Into their confidence on thin subject.
N on ( lie ; Mo ml.
Baltimore American.
Largo orders for locomotives have been
recently placed by several of the great trunk
lines , and a. better Indication of Increasing
business could not bo had. When the rail
roads arc having all they can do , the people
of the country arc not Idlo.
CoiiKrnliilntloitN All 'Hound.
Buffalo Express.
The passage of the army reorganization
bill gives both sides cause for congratula-
tlon. The administration la to bo con-
gratulated on being allowed an adequate
military force to caVry out Us policies ; the
opposition Is to bo congratulated on its
success fn preventing the permanent en-
largemcnt of the army ; the country Is to bo
congratulated on escaping an extra session
of congress.
Germimy'H ( .mill Will.
Kansas City Star.
Germany Is talcing steps to remove re
strictions Imposed on American Insurance
companies doing business within its domain.
The Germans ara also displaying a disposi
tion to modify some of the governmental
restraints on the Importation of American
meats. The Germans seem to have suddenly
became exceedingly anxious that England
shall not monopolize .tills country's friend
ship In international affairs.
I'lty the I'oor Plumber.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
It Is probable that the plumber , whoso
depredations have for so long Impoverished
these who live by modern Improvement , will
actually feel himself aggrieved If tbo Prof.
Wood plan of thawing out pipes by
electricity should become popular. It maybe
bo that the mills of God , which have scemod
to grind everybody , more or less , excepting
the plumber , arc about to suck that gentle
man in between their manifold wheels.
I'roNiicrlty I'utcrliiK New
Sprinullold
The wave of business Improvement
observable In the west for a year past ap
pears gradually to be creeping over Now
England. The state labor "Bulletin" for
January reports a distinct gain in the
volume of employment nnd payments of
wages among the loading Industries , as com
pared with even three months ago , and other
evidences are not wanting of a quickening
1 In ; trade and Industry all along the line.
Especially striking Is the testimony coming
from tbo cotton goods 'market , which has
been BO terribly depressed for so long a
time.
Creature HpnriiM Itn Creator.
Philadelphia Record.
In jiroceedlng under the Ohio anti-trust
law against the Standard Oil monopoly , the
attorney general of that state has been con
fronted 'by corporate power exercised In Its
most cynical and unsparing form , go that
not only has the law been set at naught ,
but those who have sought to enforce It have
in addition felt the sting of contempt ad
ministered by a creatura of the state that Is
beyond and above legal regulation. Even
an order to produce the 'books ' of the cor
poration in court has been reolstod , on the
ground that they would disclose facts and
circumstances tending to prove the com
pany guilt of the offenses charged , nnd the
prosecution Js thus effectually blocked ,
while the offenders tnko the remote chances
of punishment for contempt of court. The
monopoly continues , on Its course unruf
fled , although under the Ohio law It has no
legal existence.
UIIJIXG FOR A 1\V1I , .
TriiNtN TnkliiK Un nil DvrnloNc of
-fil Cniillul.
Chicago Post.
The announcement that the Pottery trust
Is rocking to its fall will scarcely exclto
surprise. As ono of the banking houses con
cerned In the combination explains , the main
dlfllculty Is overcapitalization. This , Indeed ,
a dlfllculty which Is serious enough to up
set the best-planned trust. The stock of the
American Potteries company has been fixed
at about | 30,000COO , whllo the annual output
of nil the potteries In the combination
amounts to only 110,000,000. No business can
bo profitably conducted which does not "turn
over" its capital at least once n year , ac
cording to the banker who has subscribed
heavily to the project and who now believes
that the consolidation Is In danger.
Hero wo have ono of the weakest spots
In the trust scheme , Consolidation Is ad
vocated In'tho interest of economy nnd re
sulting cheapness of the products to con
sumers , but where Inflation and over
capitalization are permitted there can bo
no economy and no reduction of prices.
Conservative financial papers have felt
themselves called upon to sound a note of
warning. The Investor lately called atten
tion to the collapse of several trusts In the
panic year 1S93 and pointed out the danger
of similar disasters at the first appearance
of unfavorable Industrial symptoms. Solid
enterprises can withstand a period of de
pression , but overcapitalized and watered
companies find their stocks reduced one-
half or moro in value In the shortest spaca
of time and are helpless to avert the debacle.
Dauks have also been looking askance at
various projected trusts and have refused
financial assistance to promoters. The whole
movement Is felt to bo a gigantic and doubt
ful experiment at best , for there are
recognized limits to the economic advantages
of oven tbo most legitimate consolidation.
Competition cannot bo eliminated In any
field at all attractive to capital , and in bomo
cases the trust distinctly encourages com
petition. If Its prices arc too high a small
competitor at once perceives the chances of
tuccessful rivalry , and In any event he
expects to bo Invited to join the trust and
get moro than his plant Is worth. No trust
can succeed which is not cither based on a
natural monopoly or cUe genuinely con
siderate of the popular Interest and so $
honestly and efficiently conducted as to glvo
the consumer a share of the benefit of the
economy effected ,
IMIMIIIAIKHM : i.v IMMA.
I'liiiitiie iiml rtiiKiic , ' ! ' > rniinjnnd
for Kiniilrr.
Boston Transcript.
Lord Charles Hercsford failed to give thnt
momentum to the volley of expansion In
this country vhlch Its friends expert from
every prominent KnBll limnn. especially If
ho Is connected with cither the army or the
navy. Speaking for his own country ho de
clared that the llrltlsh empire was n grout
deal too big already and lie Old "not with
to fieo any more of the charts marked with
the crimson. " With respect to this country
IIP did not know what the American policy
was , but ho doubted Very much If wo wantoJ
"any moro property , " nnd ho tnailo this
statement , too. right In Peace Commissioner
Hold's hearing. Ho was probably thlnkliiK
of India , what It was , what It In. what It lias
cost and of nil the crimson with which It
has marked not only the geographical charts
but also the pages of history.
The strong hand of Hrltlsh rule Is still
able to keep the many millions of that great
section of the globe In sullen subjection.
Out It has been found necessary to suspend
the boasted privilege of free speech. In
the : native newspapers the methods em
ployed to check the plague and relieve the
famine , wcro praised In English , whllo In
parallel columns and In their own dialect
the natives have 'been ' urged to cvado the
outrageous laws and resist all police Inter-
fercncc. .It . did not take long for Inflam
matory speeches and editorials to develop
revolutionary tendencies , which were as
sisted by the exhortations of ono Tllah , a
kind of Indian Peter the Hermit , who , ac
cording to Mr. Washburn .Hopkins . of "Vale
university , "In known In Europe and Amer
ica as n Sanscrit scholar , in India as n dan
gcrous malcontent. "
Ho had given his countrymen this startling
counsel : "Down with the Ilritlsh ; now Is
the moment to act. Our people are already
Inflamed with hatred. " Doubtless ho spoke
true , and the British were actually attacked
In Poonn. Ono ofllcer 'was ' killed nnd an
other was wounded. "Then , " says Mr. Hop
kins , "tho British woke up , applied thcb
usual rule of thumb to the break In the
machinery , convicted Tilah of treason , sent
him to Jail , passed a law that prevented
free speech nnd returned to polo nnd the
suppression of the plague. " The plague and
famine , which "answer the same purpose
In India ns does the annual overflow of rivers
In China" that Is , carry away .the surplus
population are now In their third year , or
at least the former Is , for famine Is moro
or less permanent. Last year it raged moro
.
than in 1S9C-97 ; but now it is slowly dying
n natural death , havlug about run its courso.
Hut oven India docs not seem to satisfy
entirely the British jingo's lust for empire.
An officer of the government has proclaimed
that It is time to solzo Thibet. "What are
wo sitting herp for , doing nothing ? " he asks.
"Wo ought not to let our soldiers rust out ,
now that the Tllah campaign Is over. We
ought to take Thibet. It would make a
capital summer resort ; it irould be a defense
against possible aggression on the part of
Russia ; and , finally , they all drink tea up
there , nnd it would open a first-rate market
for our Indian teas. " They must have sol
diers and have something for them to do.
oven when "order reigns" In India. A
steady undertone of suggestion of the lull
before the storm , of the quiet stress and
wary lookout of the camp In the enemy's
country , predominates in all the latest cor
respondence from India.
PKHSOXAL A\D OTHERWISE.
Senator Jones of Nevada has been In
formed 'by the manager of his gold mines
In Costa Rica that a valuable lead has been
found on the property.
Gcorgo McC. Harvey , ivho has Just pur
chased the' North American Review , began
work as a reporter at the age of 18 on the
Springfield Republican.
Harvard university prides Itself on the
fact that Joseph II. Choato Is the eighth
alumnus of that Institution to represent this
country at the court of St. James.
In southern Saxony the people are going
to honor the memory of the late Prlnco Bis-
marclc by having a competent sculptor carve
the features of the great chancellor on the
highest rock In that region.
Supreme Court Justice Edgar L. Furaman
was the only Judge in Now York who held
court on Washington's birthday , outside of
police magistrates. Fourth of July and
Christmas ore the only holidays which he
observes as legal.
An enormous pipe has Just 'been ' made for
President Krueger by a Dublin firm. It Is
of the finest briar root , the stem of cut
vulcanite , and the case 13 of leather lined "
with chamois. On the front of the head
of the pipe and carved into the wood is the
Transvaal coat-of-arms.
The German emperor has just completed
his 10th birthday. Among the eighteen Euro
pean kings ho has twelve seniors and five
juniors. The average ago of the sovereigns
of Europe Is fit , and their average length
of reign twenty-two years. The oldest Is
the 'king ' of Denmark , who will bo SI this
April.
General Marcus P. Miller , who commanded
the forces that captured Hello , will reach
the ago limit March 17. Ho bears the honor
of .having received live brevets for gallant
and meritorious conduct In active service
three In the civil war nnd two In Indian
campaigns. General Miller was born in
Massachusetts.
at
D. . Hall , president of Clark university , lc
says : "I can't get over the feeling that the lcn
argument ihwt wo ought to take up the whlto
man's burden , as Kipling calls It , Is false
teaching. M , Is n bad pedagogy to teach
people at the point of the bayonet , and Is
repugnant to our methods. As a gcueral
principle It does not succeed. "
The voting by the Now Jersey legislature
of a sword to Admiral Sampson recalls the
fact that the only other Individual who over
received such distinction at the hands of
New Jersey was Captain Samuel French ,
for valor during the Mexican war. When thn
civil war ibroko out Captain French deserted
his state nnd Joined the confederate army.
Emperor William never plays cards ex
cept for very low stakes. Yet in a game .
with a Leipzig lawyer once upon a tlmo the
latter lost 20 marks. Ho laughingly exclaimed - a
claimed : "I have got Into a regular rob
bers' den. " Everybody roared with laughter ,
the emperor as heartily as the rest. When it
his majesty was staying the following year
at Ilarby and noticed the lawyer , ho went up a
to him , handed him n 20-mark ploco set In
diamonds , In the form of a scarfpln , and
said : "Ilestorcd by the robbers. "
In his eulogy of the late Mr , Ulngloy last
week Hepresentatlvo Dockory spoke of the
great changes In the house since it met at
the opening of the Forty-eighth congress.
Of the 35G men who were then sworn In ,
only seventeen are still there , and fn the
next session there will bo only fifteen ,
namely : Hlngham , Ermentrout mid Harmer -
mer of Pennsylvania ; Heed and Doutcllo
of Maine ; Cannon and IIHt of Illinois ;
Payne , Hay and Wadaworth of New York ;
Henderson and Hepburn of Iowa ; Illand of
Missouri ; Stccle of Indiana , and Latiham
of Texas.
It Is Interesting to learn that the English
man Is the greatest user of lntoxlcants In
>
the United Kingdom , that the Scotchman
stands second In the list and that the Irish
man 1 * the third. This Is not according to
what has generally been believed concern
ing the use of alcoholic drinks In Great
Drltaln , but that It is the proper order Is
shown by Btatlstlcs Just published. For
every man , woman and child in the United
Kingdom the expenditure for liquor was J10
during the last year , The Englishman spent
$20.50 , the Scotchman $15.25 aud the Irish
man $13.25. In the same order , there was
consumed 2.41 , 1.60 aud 1.51 gallons ot
alcohol.
: s or TIIIJ w.\n ,
The bill lovlvltiR the Rrn.lo of admiral In
the nnvy litJ K - o to the president for np-
pro\al. The pufpoBO of the act In to fittingly
j rccognlro j the pre-eminent services and valor
of Ueorgo JJewoy nt the battle of Manila
hay i nnd subsequently. Under existing law
( he nilmlrnl would ho retlied next December ,
but thu net Just passed suspends that feature
of the law In Dowoy's case , so that ho may
remain In active service during life , unions
ho chooses to go on the retlied list volun
tarily.
Admiral Ic ) ey will he the third American
to attain the top rank In the navy. Admiral
Farrogut was the first and David Porter sec
ond. The honor wns conferred upon them
by congress ns a reward for distinguished
service In the civil war. With the death of
Porter the rank and tltlo lapsed. Like coni
dltlons arc attached to Its revival as a reward -
ward for Uowoy. The rank carries a salary
of $13.000 per annum , without the customary
deduction when on shoio duty. An admiral
appoints hlR own chief of staff , who must
not bo under the rank ot captain , and the
personnel of the staff otherwise In made up
of as many olllccrs ns ho deems requisite ,
selected by hlmsulf. On his flagship he lias
n cabin of his own , In which hu may dwell
In solitary stale , lie has nliin his own cook ,
his own steward nnd two rabln boys to wall
on him. A separate range Is provided for
the preparation of his meals , and the gov
ernment finds him In n dozen of everything
In the way of tablouiire , excepting crockery ,
which ho Is obliged to purchase for himself.
A superb military band is always at his
orders.
The duties of the commanding admiral of
the navy have never been defined by legls
latlvo enactment. In fact , ho hn.s none ,
save such as the secretary of the navy
may choose to assign to him. Porter , after
ho was made a full admiral , never did any
thing in particular. Nominally , ho was
chairman of the Board of Inspection and
Survey , but this simply meant that the
board reported to htm at Intervals a mere
formality. It was much the same way with
Farragut , of whom no duty was required
after he came back from the famous cruise
which , as admiral , ho made In foreign waters
to show himself nnd his ships. Dewey may
possibly be put nt the head of the retiring
board or board of Inspection , but ho will
not bo obliged to do any work , presumably.
Admiral Dewcy's now uniform will have
on the collar of the coat four silver stars
and two foul anchors In gold. On each
sleeve will be a strip ot gold-embroidered
oak leaves , which arc Insignia peculiar to
admirals nnd vice admirals. The shoulder
straps will display four silver stars and two
foul anchors In gold. The dress sword belt
will bo of navy blue , cloth edged with gold
cord and embroidered with oak leaves. Like
all other naval officers , Dewey must wear
white pantaloons at nil seasons whllo In the
tropics. The flag of an admiral is a blue
rectangle with four white stars upon It.
It will float from the peak of the Olyinpla
In a few days and every war ship in the
harbor will salute it with ( seventeen guns.
Long may Admiral Dewey bear the honors
so worthily won.
in M.MS.
Those readers of Dickens who have read
the grave deliberations of the Pickwick
club over the Oil ! Stumps stone will be
pleased to know that insofar from such
things occurring solely in fiction ono of
them has transpired within the last few-
days.
Sorno wag at Kensington , Minn. , either
singly or through a conspiracy , caused' to
be published In the papers that he had dis
covered a runic stone of great nnclcntness ,
covered with queer devices , which it was
believed by the test local scholarship would
throw some illumination upon the vexed
question whether America was discovered
by Columbus or the descendants of Hcnglst
and Horsa. It happened at this juncture
a learned ) professor of the Northwestern
university -was deep in researches of Norse t.
discovery ] and when the glad tidings of the
discovery reached , him his spirits nnd ex
pectations arose and sang together oven as
did of old the stars of morning.
Visions of immortal fame floated before
his entranced Imagination. Ho would prove
not only that the Norse discovered America
but that they also obeyed scriptural Injunc
tion and multiplied and replenished nnd
possessed the land. What was moro natural
than they actually founded a vast empire
with Kensington for the imperial capital.
The very derivation ot the word favored
the Idea. By dividing it up into Its thrco
syllables and using n liberal translation ol
"Ken" would mean to look around , "sing"
to produce music and "ton" undoubtedly a
corruption of "tune. " Clearly then when n
the weary Norse reached this delightful S
spot they looked around , sang a selection
In tune and settled down to grow up with
the country.
Has not the fact that the descendants of
In
the Norse flocked to 'Minnesota ' some strange On
connection with Its previous occupancy by
their forefathers ? The ox knoweth hU stall .
and the ass his master's barn , and what
would bo moro natural than this subtle In Th
stinct should lead the descendants of the
viking to "yump their yobs" In Sweden and
Denmark nnd flock to the ficenes of aiices- j A {
trnl greatness ? The .whole thing was clear
as day , .but a moment must not ho lost. ' \
Then the learned professor made the wires \J
hot with instructions how to embalm the
,
stone In moss and get It to him with the
least possible delay and Irrespective .of cost. I lo ;
Ho eat down to ruminate. Days passed , Of
but the runic stone came not and the pro
fessor took to haunting express offices. At A
last his suspense 'became ' unbearable. Ho
went to the railroad officials. Tracers were
Eont out , 'luit all In vain , and now ; u the
poor professor dreams of the American
viking palaces that wight Jmvo reared their A
liaughty bastions and towers around Ken
sington ho Is reluctantly realizing the fact '
Tl
that they did not , and moreover that the TlTl !
discoverer of that runic stone Is just ns TlTl
great a wag ns the rustic gentleman who Tl
TlA
drove the hard bargain with good old Mr. A ;
Pickwick. A
- I Ai .
Private John Allen , the wit of the house , I '
.ells a gpod joke , which , ad usual , Is on | '
ilmsclf. During the last campaign ho said Tl
drummer met a friend In Memphis and
said : "Well , sir , I have heard the hottest Ai W
lebato today to which I have over listened. AiAl
was down In ( Mississippi and the repub- AlTl
Ican candidate was a whlto man anil ho made IsAl
Al
good speech , hut when ho finished a llttlt In
Rot up and tore hi * argument t
tatters. " "Did you lenrn his nnme ? " In
quired the surprised listener , "Yes , 1 think
they call him John Allen. " Mr. Allen Is below -
low medium size nnd Is very dark.
Those Inclined to regard the conduct ol
the Cuban soldiers ns pomonhnt unhopeful
at thin tlmo have probably forgotten that
our own troops nfler the close of the rove
lullonary war were guilty of many unseemly
nets that made them cut but n poor lliuro
In the eyes of the world. That they were
Inexcusably neglected Is now known of all
men. but few remember that these heroes ,
nt least on one cr two occasions , acted moro
as though they were the followers of sotna
Robin Hood or mediaeval knights than ns
liberators of their country. in the early
spring of 17S3 whllo congress was In session
In ] Philadelphia the grievances of deferred
pay i over amo soldierly patience and
formidable ] mutiny followed. The mutineer !
proceeded ; In company formation to Indo-
pendeneo i hall , nnd filing down the street
proceeded to bottle up congress beyond the
means of escape. The committee appointed
for i that purpose waited on the perturbed
legislators I nnd were received by n commit *
lee compoKcd of John Adams , Thomas Ncl
son and James Wilson. These gentlemen
\\cro Informed by the mutineers that eon-
Kress had just twenty minutes In which to
pass the appropriate legislation to secure tha
soldiers' 'buck pay In full. Only after the
most Olflk'iilt work and .by . promising that
their Interests should receive the Immediate
attention cf congress wore the soldiers con
vinced of the unreasonableness of their de
mands and Induced to raise thn blockade.
General Washington learning of tho-troubls
sent General Leo with n regiment to the
relief of congress , but when ho reached In
dependence hall the slcgo was over. Pur
suing the mutineers , however , they were
overtaken nt Cherry Hill and made prisoners
after n slight resistance in which thrca
men wt-ro killed and several wounded. Th
ringleaders were tried , convicted and sen
tenced to death , but afterwards pardoned by
Washington nt the request of eongrcss.
Tills , however , did not end the Matter and
the muttorlngs of discontent In the anny ,
coupled with the fact that the .municipal .
authorities of Philadelphia had shown no
Inclination to protect congress In its peace
ful deliberations Induced It to withdraw to
Trenton , 'uhero It remained until Homo tlraa
In February , 17Sfi. In the meantime an
other stormy meeting had occurred among
the troops in the command of General
Wayne , but that stern old patriot was not
as merciful an Washington nnd ho sup
pressed It bv summary executions of the in
stigators n llch did much to discourage
further trouv.Jes of this nature. Congress
finally settled with the soldiers by giving
them due bills for the full amount of the
pay duo them , redeemable at the pleasure
of the government , and most of these were
sold by the soldiers for one-eighth of their
face value. They wcro finally redeemed
near the beginning of the present century
and the profits realized on the transaction
formed the cornerstone of many Immense
fortunes in both Philadelphia and New
York.
MIHTHKUL , K
Chicago Tribune : "What ? Flzzlewlg a
lawyer ? Has he the face to eel himself up
In that business ? "
"Yes , ho has. And If ho had the head to
back It up he'd moke the best lawyer In
this town. "
Brooklyn Life : "But you pot a pretty
good hand on that gago' yours In the
becond net. "
"They'd Just begun to laugh then at the
jokes In the first net. "
Chicago Record : "Do you think the Indian
will ever bo civilized ? "
"Yes ; Spotted Crow sent In a request the
other day to have his name changed to
Polka Dot. "
Indianapolis Journal : The Housewife Is
this hero milk pure ? Don't you try to de-
celvo me , now. . ,
The Jtllkman f will not , ma'dm. It Is'
not purp. It la half cream.
Yonkers Statesman : Penelope Your
friend Miss Fussanfeather Is so Indiscreet
In the selection of terms.
Patrice Why so ?
"I asked hero If thorn was a cru = h at Mrs
Flirt's reception and she said she never saw
so much mashing Jn her Ufe. "
Washington Star : "Mammy. " said Pick
aninny Jim , "was George Washington first
In war ? "
"Yasslndeed.1'
"Well , I doesn't wuntcr 'sinuate dat any
body Iij In do same class wlf OconjeWaah -
in ton. Hut I wantp tcr call 'tentlon to ila
fack tlat Dewey was on do ground befo' do
wall happened , waltln' fur it. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Say , that was a
mighty honest looking old farmer. " said the
omco lonfer. ns the ellont went out. "Just
tho. kind of a good , whole-souled face to In
vite confidence. "
"Just what Ii3 has been doing , " the lawyer
explained. : "Ho Is In to see about n llttlo ,
gold < brick transaction ho was drawn Into. "
AN UMtEAMKED DIIKAM ,
Denver Post.
the widen sprlnjfdny of life I Btood ,
the llower-llnert border of womanhood
- ° SU" Wns br'Kllt ' "nd tlls
" Joy-1)lr(3s wcro s'nglnjr ' every-
° boj-nf0' WaE > a < Ir ° am thllt wns llavcn- ( ;
hat ! follows ° r.oso U | > ° " lhn Glorious1 morn
the
waning of girlhood's dnva
And the woman banked in Its cheery ray '
suitor came In a manly youth
IO.SQ eyes were mirrors rellectlnir truth
Whose face an Apollo might '
envy well
And whoso
voleo
was clear as ft ve per bsll
But I steeled my heart to the golden
nare ,
or mad ambition WBH nestlntr tlfcro
relBii as queen In th ; tlns.fln.1 siiow
the upper world , and I bade him go.
yeai' sped on , nnd another cnmo ,
A.'I" ' fiht tllL ISH | | of lenl
. ? , * ' " > ne ,
And he
whlHpeml ( ho
story low nnd sweet
And laid h
hlo
heart at
my queenly feet.
Hut his name wa ? m'lsslnir ' from titled lore
niWTlfl in ! V.olV ln"f0' , " ° more. '
In
, resrntful nhraso
OTZO' " my S'sllt ' with reprovfnff
! , ? nrcs , of " 'ibltlon warmer burned
' 11"10 10V < ? 1 ftnd
° f llCar'S ' "lat wor * hrnva
And pure In affection as vlrjrln gold.
ItliiBi would como with n titled name
, . , i n" nH fiuet-n I" the world of fa
1 T" " " Wlth " ' "HBinK p
lines on my once fair face- ,
? * ' llC"rt W"a Illorcp'1' ! la l
With the Brewing feur thut I'd dlo n rnuld.
And when hope W-HH waning another came
ftiKl I forced H smile nnd nssunwl his name !
rim ilr nmmof Kingdom I'm rulln o'er '
a illiiKy old corner grocery store
And T aid my bustling old king of kings
selling bacon amli cheese and thing ?
WAIT
If you want to take advantage of the Discount Sale \ve
ire offering on all Winter Clothing for men , boys and chit
Iron. The suite , ulstore , overcoats and trousers'that are bo
ng ottered at the big discount of 25 per cent "aro moving out
if store with strides. "
our rapid At prices now placed bo-
ore you it's a good investment if you buy for next season.
Nothing kept back. You can take your choice of any of our
lenvy clothing at this special reduction of 25 per cent.
S. W. Cor. lath nnd Douglas Sts.j
R , S , WILCOX , Manager ,