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OHOUOG H TXSCI1UCK
Rubsr rlbeel ( ind sworn to before mo this
l t daj of April , 1S9J.
( Senl ) II I PLUJtn ,
Not irv Public In and for Douglas Countj' ,
Neb
Tlin str.nv hat pan bo Induced only
\\lth ( llllk-ulty to iH'lkno that" spiInn
Is lioic.
Tin1 annual iiiiuor of a btonk bo-
t\\oi'ii tlio Union I'ncinc and ( he Xoilh-
wosti'ia has arrived on schedule time.
Are you toady tor Aibor Daj ' ! lie
who niaUes t\\o ttees pow \\heie one
Ktebefote will bo a publle benolaotor.
The lltst a op of olllelnl iilums at Lln-
coln has ilpeiiL-d. The plcKon , ho\\i > M > r ,
me far 111010 iilenlltul than ftult and
many ba'sUets ate ntlll empty.
If the police 111 Keep out , tbo hljjh-
bliulei'4 ' will soon elliiiiuate the Cliliu'sc
qnestlou lu Callfoiiiiit. The Killed In
one little sKitnilsh Is a fair st.tit.
Chat ley Familn 's appolntuipnt as oil
Inspector does not take ellect until May
in , but oil may be o\peetoil to llo\ ;
through the pipe line ptomptly upon
that date.
From the way they dictate CSovoinor
I'oyntot'H vetoes ! \ml \ appoluliueiils It
would seem that he , too , leu.uds Molse ,
Tannin ; : , lloulniiin et al a . the demo
cratlc pnttj.
Plant a tioo today. It will help
beautify one fcpot In the state and
pobslbly bilii } ; mote pleabtite In the
futuiu than things which cost much
moio In eflott and money.
What about those promised .loo Hart
ley revelations ? Aie they being held
buck by our popoctatic state ollleials to
be sprung as political sensations In tbo
hunt of the nuvt campaign ?
If County Attorney Shields was forced
to allow the gang to name his deputies
for him his ubsoivleney in other mat
ters is icadlly explained. The gang
pulls the stiing and Shields does the.
test.
The Hlato of Io\\a has paid the last
of Its floating debt and has a smplus
of over S'JOO.OOO In the treasury to meet
running expenses. Iowa Is leaping the.
toward of republican prosperity and
economical republican admlnistiation.
The Coloiado penitentiary Is In a bad
way thtout ; ] ! a clerical error In engioss-
Ing the appropriation bill by which only
$ l-tr > was sot aside lor maintaining the
penitentiary. If It weie only a Belt'-
bitstalnlnB ( ? ) penitentiary like Nebras
ka's how handy It would be.
Kvory member of the class of thirteen
that graduated from the Omaha Medical
college has already demonstrated a fear
less devotion to duty which should In
sure success In his profession. Anjone
who can stand up against the thirteen
superstition should make a good germ-
exterminator.
The search for an unobjectionable lo
cation for a pesthouso very much re
sembles the house bunting of the head
of a family containing numoioiiH chil
dren. The city might adopt the policy
with Its patients which At tennis Ward
recommended to batlsfj the landlords-
kill them off.
The deal byhlch Lieutenant Gov
ernor Hants was persuaded to decline a
ronomlnation at the la l popociatie
Mate convention has been consummated
bj his appointment as Mipoilnlendent
of the blind Institute at Nebraska t'ltj.
Hut how do the reloimeis like to be the
dupes of biicli political tiadcs ?
It there are any statesmen out of a
Job In this district who lia\e note > t
applied for positions under the census
bureau they should Hie their papeis
without delay. The appointments will
not bo made tor bevetal months yet , but
It is a good rule to come early and
avoid the rush.
That reminds us , County Attorney
Shields luit , not jet answered the oft-
piopounded iiuostlon , Whj Is It that ho
prosecutes gambleis who decline to
stand In with the lleidman gang while
ho at the same time refuses to piose-
cute protected garnbleib against whom
he sajb he has concliiblve e\Ideiice ?
THO i\t \i i s nil t. Al'l'niM \
It was let linM' been cxpeMte-d tlm
Oo\i'inor 1'oynler would , lu the dlMil
biitiou of > \o ( utlve patronage , oudeavoi
to pay off before-electlon debU an <
ladle out party plunder to polltlca
spoilsmen with a pull. It was not e\
peeled , howe\er , that Governor I'oyntei
would repeat the Inexcusable blundoi
of his piodecos or In satldllng upoi
helpless Inmates of slate chailiable In
btllutlons men who have no qualltlcu
tlons for the duties deuihlug upoi
them. Mtiih less was It expected thai
Governor 1'o.Miler would under any clr
eumstances go down Into the slums am
lives of Omaha for an olllcer charged
with the responsibility of piotectluv
from dangeious explosives sold for II
lumlnatiiig puipo cs the poor peoph
obliged to use j ettoleuni.
Nobody questions the beiunolenl hi'
tentloiis of ex Chaplain Hauls and no.
body will question his claim to be pio.
vided leub , \ the fusion refoim goveinoi ,
Hut to place the bflnd , the most help ,
less and most unlottunato wards of the
slate , under the caie and supeilu-
tendency of a man who has never had
any oxpoilcnco In dealing with tin.1
blind Is repieheiisible , to put it rnlldlj.
The mere fae t that u resjiectable old
elerg.Miian , who has made himself use
ful In politics , Is out ol employment af-
fouls no justification lor exposing the
blind to his blundering supervision. It
would ha\e been Just sis rational for the
go\eiiior to lnuo appointed a blind man
as superintendent of the school tor Ihe
deaf and dumb.
The seloetlon of Charley Panning as
deputj oil inspector for the most
densely populated district of the state
Is a scandal that cannot but tellect dis-
credlt upon the executive. It Is scauely
conceivable that ( Jeneinor 1'oynter does
not know the disreputable chatacter ol
the man. Surely he must h.ne beard
of Charley Painting's activity with
gambleis , ciooks and blackmailers , with
w horn he has been Intimately associated
e\er since he pioected | himself into
Omaha. Surely the governor must luno
known that his now deputy oil Inspector
specter is one ol the leading members
ol the gang that goes on bonds for
thlcics and ciooks as a business and
furnishes protection for a price to law
less resorts.
It was bad enough for the go\einor
to have Inherited one of the gang as
a colonel on his military staff , but when
he takes another ot the hold-up ciowd
and autlioil/es him to collect money as
fees In the name of the state he caps
the climax. 'Hie only charitable ex
planation that can bo conjured up is
that GoNotnor 1'oynter was mortgaged
before election to turn o\er to the Herd
luaii-Fnnnlng-MolsG gang the time-
strictetl appointing and veto power for
Omaha , Douglas county and the Second
end congressional district.
. .
There is the authority of so prominent
a Canadian statesman as Sir II. Tupper
for the statement that the Canadians in
the Alaskan country have exceeded their
authority and conducted themselves in
an arbitrary and unwarranted manner.
This was said In reference to the ag
gressions in Alaska on the part ot the
Canadian authorities tbero. the nature
of which was pointed out to the Wash
Ington admlnistiation by the goM'inor
of Alaska. These aggressions lime un
deniably been such as to jtistily the
condemnation ot them by Sir. 11. Tup-
per , whose statement should not bo tor-
gotten when the Anglo-Ameiican com
mission again meets and the Alaskan
boundary question comes up for con
sideration.
The agreement of the go\einmoiits on
a modus Vivendi until the boumlaiy
question Is .settled will pie\ent anj
trouble pending such settlement and in
the meanwhile there will be oppoitrinity
for nn e.xpiession of public sentiment lii
regard to Canadian claims. Thcie Is
no doubt as to what this sentiment is
iimong the Arneileans in Alaska and In
the Pacific northwest. It Is opposed to
making any concessions te > Canada in-
\ol\Ing the sin tender of a loot ol Alas
kan territory. This feeling \olced by
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer , which
sajs : "Alaska as it stands today and
us It has stood and boon recognl/ed lor
ue.uly a genei.ition , Is an integral part
of American torrltoij. It is Inhabited
by American people. It Is mined by
American mlneis. To i leld any portion
of It to a foreign power Is to alienate
the property and to attempt to alienate
the citl/enship Of a iaiw number of
patriots. " And umloiibtudly the entile
American people will lie found opposed
to biiriendeilng any Alaskan tenlloiy.
The trial of ex-Senator Quay , on the
sciloiis chaige ot having conspired with
bank ollleials ; to use state tunds lor hl-
[ ) \\n gain and piolli , has attnicled at
tention throughout the tommy and his
ncqulttal will be legaided by those who
li-ue lollowed the case without pieju-
dlco as justllied by the e\ldence or
lather lack of evidence. A pint of the
testimony pioduced bj the stale cer
tainly seemed vei.v damaging , but the
\llal link of the chaige the piosccutlun
utterly tailed to establish. Theie me
two other Indictments against .Mi-
Quay , but It Is not piobable that he will
be tiled on them , since failure to con-
\lct on the strongest of the three Indict
ments found makes It almost cenaln
that he would be acquitted on the oth
ers.
Political hostility doubtless had some
thing to do with the luosecutlon , not on
the part of the otllclals , but of those ie-
publlcans who ate deteimined to o\er
throw Mr. Quay's leadei.shlp and It pos
sible diho him out of politics. This
anti-Quay element Is huge and its or
gans ha\o not concealed their dt-slio for
his coinlctlon , which of com so would
ha\o ended him politically. As It Is ho
will continue , , to bo the most potent
foice In the politics of Pennsylvania ,
though there Is no doubt that his power
Is much less than foimeily and Is more
likely to decline than to glow.
The action of Governor Stone In ap
pointing Mr. Quay to the Pnlted Slates
senate was a iccognltlon of polltlc.il oh
llgatloiis , but it Is haidly possible Unit
he will be permitted to take the. seat ,
the senate having In social cases de
elded that when a legislature falls to
clmose a senator appointment bj th
govc mot Is not \alld 'Ihete Is nn lea
sou lo suppose that It will not ailhei
to this position lu the wise of Mr. Quay
AX AMIJtlCAA
It Is stated that Genet al Gome/ favor
an Ameilcan pioteetoiute for Cubi
until a stable Independent gou ruinon
may bo founded and that he Is sup
polled In this , by the leading men li
his following , it would appear , assum
Ing the statement to be authentic , tlm
Gomez has had a change of feeling , fo
only a short time ulnco he was icpoitei
to be organizing a movement with tin
object of inglng the early withdraw a
of American ttoops fiom Cuba. He win
lepicseittod to be extremely an.xioii1
that all American uuthoilty should dls
appear from the Island at oiiie. Possl
bly this was a mlsiepieseiitatloii.
At all events the common sense \iew
Is that which Gome/ and his adherent :
aie now said to take of the situation
A United Slates protectorate for Cub.
until n stable independent goM'inmen
Is established theie Is absolutely neces
sary and It Is quite possible that i
piotectoi.tte will have to bo nmlntalne <
fe > r jeais. This is admitted by e\eiy
body who has carefully and iutelll
gently Investigated the conditions there
This gov eminent Is pledged to exeieNi
soveiclgnty over Cuba only for the pad
llcatlon of the Island and when thai
Is accomplished to leave the govein
meiit ami contiol ot Cuba to Us people
Hut pacification means more than dls
banding the Cuban army. It content ,
plates the establishing of conditions
that will insuie the maintenance ol
peace and older and give security ami
stability to the government that shall
bo Instituted. It cannot leasonabl.v bi
doubted that If the Pnlted States wen
to withdraw its military authority fiom
Uub.r on the dlsbandment of
rimy theie would ensue civil strife and
iinarchy and the Island would soon be
In far woise condition than It was
Inought to by the Insurrection against
Spanish rule. Our duty did not end
Kith the dellvetance of the Cuban poo-
[ tie from a tyrannical and oppiosshc
power. We are called upon to teach
those people how they may govein
themselves and to guide them in the
ivaj s of peace , iudustiy and tin lit. The
lemand upon us is to regenerate thu
Island , to put in operation the means
) f development and to place its people
.ocuioly on the road to prosperity. Cuba
iv ill have an independent gov eminent ,
jut not until It Is Hi inly established
. an all American protection be with-
bavvn. How long such piotectlou will
jo necessary It is impossible to say. It
ivill depend upon the ability the Cuban
leople develop for belt-government and
.he disposition they show to maintain
teace and order. Moreover the Pnlted
States cannot permit Its Interests in
3uba to be endangered.
If the Cuban leaders apprehend this
ind can make the people understand it
.heic should bo no great dilliculty in
HganUtng a gov eminent acceptable to
he United States and under which the
Jtibau people would enjoy as huge .a
ncdsuic of llbeity as the American
> eople. Hut until such government is
comely established an Ameiican pio-
ectorate will bo necessary.
The county ngiicultuial society is
igain applying to the Hoaid ol County
Jommlssloneis for an appiopiiatlon
inder the law authorizing a county sub-
ildy tor county laiis. Although such a
itibsldj would be trivial in any other
luunty In the slate , in Douglas county it
unounts to aery neat sum and consti-
utes practically all the resouices ol the
ocloty. In piovious jeais the legal
loints have been sttetched considerably
o accommodate the society , although it
us held no exhibition as contemplated
> j the law. The countj pumpkin show
s a back number and there is no good
enson why the taxpa.veis ot Douglas
lounty should be mulcted annually to
> eep tills socloti on its feet.
Accoiding to Colonel Mfquain the
i'hiid Nebraska is icady to go to the
Millippines 11 wanted theie. Theie Is
10 piobablllly , however , that the oiler
vlll be aecepted as all ollicial advices
ndicale that \olunteeis will not be
.cut . to the Islands to i ophite those coni
ng homo. The Thlid , like the other
eglinents sent fiom Nebraska , has
mule a lecoid lor oidoily conduct ami
ioldleily bearing , and thougli It lias
lover boon under file no one doubts It
\ould acquit itself well It' oppoi ( unity
iflorod.
Although the supicmo com I does not
hlnl ; the Moise case of biitllclent 1m-
loitancc te > be advanced , theie Is no
; oed ieat-on why the operation of a
Iquor establishment without a license
hould bo piotccted by Injunction of the
llstiict comt. We have had govem-
nent by Injunction In Miilotts forms , but
lie MoKo case piesents the Hist lu-
tance , so far as we know , of miming
i lawless icsoit of this kind 1 > . \ comt
11 dor.
Hecatise sovoi al at cldi-nts w hlch might
tave pioved set Ions have been a veiled
> y the use of the new stteet ear lenders
uotounen must not become InHplied
vith the Idea that they can be moie
eckless In i mining thiough the stieets.
I'ho equipment of the cms with tendeis
lees not relieve the motoimen of the
csponslhUlt.v lesllug upon them to ex-
'I'clte ' eveij jio sllile c.ue to avoid col-
isions with people or vehicles.
The tiausler of Nebraska's two beet
.ugar . lactoilcs to a newly Incoipoiated
ompany should not iuterfeie with the
uogiess of Nebi.iska as a beet sugar
; tute. The new company will llud It to
Is advantage to continue to opciato
ts Nchiaska plants the same as here-
ofoie and new factories aio alieady on
he vvaj. Sugar beet cultuie Is soon to
10 one of the most prolitablc brandies
if agilcultme in this sfale.
Mayor Jones of Toledo , notwlthstand-
ng the fact that he got nearly 17,000
mt of 1M.OOO votes running on an hale-
icmlont municipal ticket , sajs he has
10 Intention of miming for governor
if Ohio. This should be loassmlng
ie\vs for some of Ohio's nnmeious
iKplilug statesmen Whatever bap
,10ns , it um.be . safely abscitcd Ohio
1
will not suffer for lack of timber I
all parties to illl. not only the oillce o
governor , but also every oilier olllee 1
the laud.
Some people evidently relish tli
oiHatlons ol an attack of hjstetla , : i
least to the extent of habitually cult !
rating tlioughts to ptodtico such an al
tack. Those cr.vlng the loudest nni
most potslsiontly for ( he abntltlou of th
stamp ta.xes me almost without excel
( Ion the ones who insisted for month
bef010 war was declared that Spall
must be spanked at any cost.
The attorney geiu-ial of Arkansas 1
stinting out In a vlgoious way to en
foicetin iintl-tmst law , which Is the mos
slilngent of any on the statute book.
The light will be watched with mor
than ordinary Intelest In oveM-.v state II
the union because euiblng the povve
of the tilists Is conceded to bo one o
the gieat pioblems of the hour.
Till < -.r u ! l'rii < < 'C < luii.
.Milwaukee. Wisconsin
The Council muffs Savings bank hidden
recommends the. aiming of bank cashiers nu
oxprcos messengers with thtco-legged stools
AVniiii-u \ > IIIi ii I'till ,
Chicago Hecorii.
Those v\ho have Investigated the subjec
make the startling announcement that 5,000 ,
000 women In the United States arc addlctci
to the habit ot smoking , but 1,999,500 o
them llvc either In the Philippines or ii
Porto Hlco
C'i iiu IM | Ton Soon ,
Chicago News.
Not long ago the company which had bee ;
suppljlng water for Dubuque , In. , decide
that the city had forfeited Us right to pur
chase , whereupon the clt > decided that th
water company had forfeited Its charter. A
last accounts the olllclais of the compan ;
were standing aiound trjlng to ulnmo It 01
one another
Dint r I Inning I'riu-ln mill lonn.
Spilngtleld Hi publican
General ] . , aton's expedition Is descrlbei
as a euccc'-B , at least Insofar as the dlstrl
button of proclamations vas conceincel
Some 200 "rebels" hnd to bo killed to effec
the distribution In the small extent of icgloi
traversed. The document certalnlj had i
practlcullj conciliatory eflect on the 200 , bu
Its effect upon their friends nnd relative !
has not jet been determined.
HtiliitiKliiiKUllaiiiMs. .
Chicago Chronicle.
The Sauioan trouble furnished a very gooi
Illustration of the practical workings of an ;
Anglo-American alliance that might bi
formed. One reason v\hy Germany Is HI
hard to live with In this affair Is her BUS
plclon that Hngland and the United State !
liave combined against German Interests
If this Anglo-American "understanding1
rtero extende 1 to all external relations 1
would so excite the suspicion and antagon.
Isms of the other nations that the worli
would bo dlfllcult to live In. It Is the ) busl
IICFS of the United States to be as friendly t <
sue nation ns to another.
Tin' > n\j lit bunion.
Philadelphia. Times.
The Navy department has ordered tin
: rulsers Marblehead and Newark to the Pa-
: lllo to support Admiral Kautz's Hag ai
Samoa. Next Tuesday the auxiliary ciulsoi
Badger will sail from San Tranclsco cnrrj
Ing the tripartite International commlssloi
to Apia. It will arrho out about the lilt
3f next month and the Newark will be onlj
i few daja later.
The Marblehead Is at the Barbadocs , am'
Is to proceed to Callno , on the west coast o
South America , for ordnrs first , nnd to carr :
: hem thence with expedition to Admiral
Kautz. It will bo able to reach him bj
May 20 , when the squadion will be formld
iblo enough to meet any emergency thai
nay arise.
ItcnullonKiihiNt
Ch'cago Tilbune.
Unghind Ib less jubilant about the Soudan
that It was a few weeks ago The latcsl
eports from that now possession rcpre&cnt
It as a useless swamp , full of mnlailn Ii
iddltlon it is hinted that Kitchener Is not
uixlous to catch the Khalifa , but this hint
loses much of Us force from the loport thai
the leader of the dervishes is dying of the
cprosy. In that case even Marloy ami Hni-
? ourt would probably excuse Kitchener's
lack of zeal In coming to close ejuarlers
rtlth such an onemj. England seems to be
entering upon a peilod of natural icactlon
is regards the Soudan and Its coneiueror
ind as n result the halo that Invests the
iiero of Khartoum Is sin Inking somewhat
Nevertheless , Kitchener Is one of England's
'empire builders" a man sulllclcnt to him
self , who will keep his held under a flro ol
: rltlclsm ns well as he did In the long
: ampalgn tint avenged Gordon nnd brought
i now realm under English sway.
l * IMIirT.
M. S Quay lost a Job but gained a verdict
Senator Tom Platt Is perfectly willing to
ot Dick Croker do nil the testlfjing.
Major Van Wjck declares that Crokct
i\on't tell a He. There are many other
.hlngB ho won't tell
Mayor Jones of Toledo , O , seeks recrea-
lon from the vexations of public office by
ncnchlng on Sundajs.
Josloh Qulncy , major of Dopion , Is striving
o popularl70 the Simpson habit down east.
Ic docs not wear socks
Colonel Tred Dennltt , foimer commander
) f the Third Illinois volunteers , was do-
'cated for major of Jollet last Tuesdaj.
Senator Jones of Arkansas , chairmnn of
Iiu democratic national committee , Is n
> ury elck man and Is going abroad In search
if health
The cartoonist of the Minneapolis Journal
tangs Speaker Heed's crown on a convenient
ieg and labels It , "Another dls-czar-mament
imposition "
The mayor of Atlanta , Ga , was a jouiney-
nan printer when elected The mayor of
illnncapolls was also promoted from a
icwspaper office.
William Astor Chanter , who defe-ited
.emuel Ell Qulgg for the house of ropre-
entntlves last fall , is about to retire from
Tammany Hall. Too ninth Crokor.
Tlio objection urged by Spain against
lellamy Storor , that ho was troubled with
he poetic hnblt , was wttlnliawn when It wan
liown that Mr Storor's poetic crntrlbutlona
\ero \ Invnrlablj accompanied with sulllclent
lostago to insure their return If not ac-
cplable for publication
The legislature of Minnesota , Just before
Inal adjournment , donated $150 to each of
ho newspaper men who reported the pro
ceedings The money did not come out of
ho lawmakers' pockets The state treas-
irj was struck for the bribe Several of
hu reporters refused the monej- .
Senator Carter of Montana , sllverlte , pro-
llcts that If Brjan la nominated next jear
le will be beaten worse than lie was In 189C
Jo sajs the countrj has no use for free
illver , and that "tho west Iteelf , which has
> ecn Us stronghold , U turning again to thu
epubllcan party and will be alldlj In line
n 1000. "
A roll of $1.700 which figured In an Ohio
legislative * scandal la seeking an owner In
; he courts of Cincinnati. The treasurer of
Montana has $30.000 alleged senatorial
money , for which I hero U no claimant In
Utah , California. Delaware and 1'ennajl-
, anla considerable "usufruct" was In clr-
: ulatiou , but It managed to ilnd claimants
before exposure.
( I'l 111,11 I VMIS IIIN Ot Its.
Is spending $ ' ) 000,000 In lajin
new rnlla on the Siberian road to e rr
the Increasing trnlllc At the amc time I
Is devoting ncarlj twice that stun to th
building of new roads and the better equip
in cut of old ones In European lluasla. 1
that way It will facllltato tlio export o
nil grain nnd agricultural produce More
over , It Is making great ports on Us north
e rn coast , cspcclallj on the Murnmn , and 1
connecting them with the Siberian road
Thus It will presently tend the Siberia
wheat straight ncross northern Husslu fo
export by wnj of North Sen routes , whll
the Dlack ecu and Mediterranean trade wll
bo reserved for southern llussla In thl
way there will bo effected n gre at Improve
mcnt In the trade conditions of the whol
empire There will be , moreover , throw ;
Into the markc'ts of the world , In compe
tition with our own wheat crops , an In
creasing volume of line gtaln from tlio vlr
gin plains of Siberia. Ton jenrs hone
wo nro likely to eeo some hundreds of mil
lions of bushels of Slbeiian wheat c'xporic'il
partly from the Murmnu coast and th
llaltlc and partly from Tnllcn-Wan mi
Vladivostok. That will bo ODD of the thing
which the Siberian railroad will mean t
the world.
* *
Australian federation Is nn exceedlngl
oluslvo affair. A few weeks ago It vvn
regarded as certain. A conference of pro
inlcrs of the several colonies had been hel
at Melbourne , and an nmendcd bill for th
establishment of the United States o
Australia had been unanimously agreed tei
This was supposed to end the matter , n
the colonies represented bj the piemler
were expected to endorse thtflr action. Hu
Iho legislative council of Xovv South Wale-
has blocked nil by amending the bill so ate
to iceiulre that over & 0.000 electors will havi
to vote for federation In New South \Valca
or one-fourth ot .ill the registered elector
of that colony This was the kind of re
( lUliemeiH that defeated federation before'
and It piomlses badly for the future. An
other amendment of like obstructive char
ncler was car : led , namely , that Now Soutl
Wnlcs should not federate unless Queens
land does. The legislative assembly o
Kevv South Wales has endorsed fedci allot
almost unanimously , but the Upper hou i
withstands the popular movement. Peanu
polities is bald to bo at the bottom of tin
obstruction , as eerlnln Individuals am
papers fear to bo swamped In a Grcatoi
Australia.
* * *
The adoption In Austria of a policy of con
cessions to the Slavs at the ccet of the Ger
man clement Is causing a lomnikable development
velopment of the pan-Geunanic sentiment
which nny have very grave political con "
qucnces Even In the Tjrol hitherto tin
most lojil province a feeling Is manlfcstoi
the logical outcome of which la union will
the Gorman empire At various places It
Austria meetings are held at which "DU
Waeht Am Ilheln. " the German natlona
anthem , Is sung with enthusiasm , nnd so liv
tense It the popular feeling that Austrlam
are assimilating themselves to the German'
by changing their religious creed. Multi
tudes are adopting the faith dominant li
Gcrmnnj , on the ground that theli presen
spiritual le.adein nro plajing Into the hinds
of the Slavs Though In n mlnorltj In the
kingdom of Austria , the German olemeni
will not accept the rule of the Slav majority
hut will see Austrian unity destrojed ratlin
than submit to the political domination of ;
race which they deem Inferior. What will
the pan-Germanic movement and the fcocial.
democratic propaganda In the rural district !
the future of Austria Is exceedingly clouded
* * *
In order to promote a moro thoiough , ejs-
tcmatlc , scientific and rapid exploitation o
the immense goldflclds In the southcrr
Urals , the Russiau government Is about tr
establish six subsidized BChonln of mlnlnp
engineering In various parts of that region ,
The nortliein Uial Is believed by many geological
logical experts to bo fatlll richer than the
southein section , both in quartz gold nnd
auriferous sand , but as jet It has been onlj
Investigateel very supcificially in a few
scattered localities. Many ot the tributaries
of the Obi , Sofza and Manja ihers arc
known , howevei to bo extremely rich ir
auriferous deprslts It Ib thought that .1
vciy promising Held of lucrative mining cn-
toipiise It , about to bo opened to foreign
capitalists In the northern and southern
Urals Word comes from Askabad that very
rich gold de-posits have Just been dlscoverf-d
In the upper reaches of the Amur-Datla ,
about COO verhls100 ( miles ) from Ilokhara
A number of expert mining engineers ac
companied the Russian i.illwaj staff to Man
churia , and theli repoits , which have not
jet bce-n made public by the ministry , are
understood to contain highly Important in
formation with regard to the existence ,
among other minerals , of gold In that prov
ince , which Is now considered practically as
an appanage of the Hubslan crown
* * *
The bubonic plagun has elcstrojed some
hundreds of thousands of lives In India
slnco the present outbreak began , but Its
ravages aia believed to bo somewhat
diminished by tlio change of season. It Is
not strictly under control , wince , in spite
of all precautions It has extended fiom
time to time to new arcah , hut It Is pic-
vented from depopulating citj and country
ns It foimerly did. It Is largely n fllthj dls-
urse , which is favored by unsanltarj con
ditions. The Hrltlah medical authorities
have been mobbed several times for trjlng
to apply proper sanitary measures In local
ities where the plague existed , nnd the con
tinuance of the epidemic Is largely duo to
Iho determined preference of Orientals for
absolute seclusion of worrrcn folks , even nt
the expenses of their lives The natives re
sent the visits of me-dlsil inspectors and re
fuse to co-operate for Iho repression of the
plague Scientists have devised n special
Urns for Its euro nnd lliero In some ovl-
ilonce of success.
* t *
One of the most regrettable ) feature's of
the recent general elections In Spain was
the defeat of Emlllo Castelar ns a candi
date for a seat In the Cortes Ills failure to
reach the goal is especlallj unfortunate nt
this critical period In the hlst'uj of Spain
nhcn the Irrllucneo anil the guidance of Its
aest and ablest Rtatcimen am especially ro-
liilrcil. As aholo llio Republican catidl-
lates , of whom Scnor Pastelar was ostenn-
Iblj one , were not successful at the polls a
rrsult doubtless due to the desire of the
lotcis In general to support the govern
ment Dut Castelar has during the last five
years so far receded from hl.s former radical
antagonism to the continuance of a rnan-
irchlcal form of government In his country
is to arouse the lndlgnall < n of xomo of tlio
republican leaders In fact , when a few
tears ago he openly acknowledged Ma alle
giance to the queen regent , on the ground
that a republic In Spain was not then prac-
Icublu , he was proclaimed as nn apostate
from tbo cause of free government
MiiUliiK Iliioin lor ImiirriiillNiH ,
Detroit I'r o 1're.sn
Ninety-three per ecnt of the Arncriean
soldiers In the Philippines are ready to
vnoalo In faxor of the Iiujien illst idiiors ,
politicians and preachers at home
S 1'IIOM 'Mil sS.
Inilnolrlnl ( rntriillfiitliiti tlio < ircitt < > x
of .Nntltinul rcrlln.
Colonel M. 0. Wet more of St. l.ouls , null
Wedmwdiij last president of the ubsorbe-e
tobacco companies of that clt > , which concerns
corns weu > , against tils will , transferred ti
the tobncco trust , writes to the Chlcagi
Tribune the following letter on trade com
blnntlons
"A great mnjorltj of the largest Induslrla
concerns In the country have been comblnei
and others nro in process of pooling or golni
Into trusts After all manufacturers It
different lines nro combined It does not require
quiren great stretch of the Imagination te
see these differ out combines getting togethei
under one management nnd , In fact , becom
Ing one huge trust , controlling all the coin ,
muddles and fixing prices of e-vcrjthing U
common use
' Such a combination would bo strotigei
than nny state government. U might bi
stronger than the courts , nnd even strongci
than the general government Itself , am
without doubt would make stupendous cf
for-ls to control legislation nnd decisions o
the courts In Us own interests ,
"It would tnke nwny the Independence o
the people nnd leaveus without hope o
bettering our condition Theie would be
but one ronce-in to will h a limn could npplj
for ernploj merit , nnd It Is icasoimblo to ex
pect thnt the trust would IK the pi Ice o
labor nnd the laborer would perforce be
compelled to accept H would take nwaj
the Indlvldunlltj of the pe-oplo nnd make Ui
n nation of emplojes. H would tnke awn )
the hope of thejouth of the countrj whlcl
has built up this great nntlon.
"Tho trust sjstem Is more dangerous tithe
than thing that now con
the count ! > nnj
fiontsiis In mj Judgment nil the wars thai
have ever he-en fought by the government
slnco Us foundation dei not equal in Im
portance the gr.avltj of the trust situation.
"Tho men who are promoting nnd en
gendering trusts claim as nn argument thai
the dnj of the Independent manufacturer am'
dealer nnd producer has gone , and that we
nro on n. new order of things , and that then
Is a great economic force behind the move
ment foi consolidating nnd pooling , but It ;
my opinion it Is really a principle of greed
and cupldltj , nnd net oneof economj.
"Tho tiust sj stern In mj opinion Is more
menacing to the country than any war , nu
matter how ptupcmlous , that the countrj
might bo engaged In , In fact , the great wai
ot the rebellion was not half bo dangerous
to the Institutions of this country as this
sjstom of pooling and combining
"Tho trust Ib the one gieat question now
be-foro the people , and In mj opinion Is ol
\nstly greater Importance than the money
question
"It should bo the leading Issue In the next
national political campaign , and the people
may bo lolled upon to settleIt , and settle it
rlghtljns they have settled every great "
question that has been presented to them
. AT Sl'VMSII MP.
I iiNli iis II I'fiii'i' I'loiiiotrrIMOIIJT ( lie
rtllpliioN.
1'hll ulolilila. Record
Like Philip eif Mncedon , Colonel Dcnby of
the Philippines Pcaco comml alon has ap-
parentlj moro faith In gold than In military
force as a factor In solving the dltllculty
with Agulnaldo and his adherents Long
service In China Is said to hue made our
diplomatist familiar with the most effective
methods of quelling rebellion In Uie far
east It Is stated that In order to give him
an opportunity to exercise his arts of per
suasion the sum of $3,000,000 appropriated
by congress will bo put at his disposal , so
that ho may treat with Agulnnldo and tlio
rest of the Insurgent chiefs on a strlctlj
llnanciil basis
This Is a big sum , equal to the whole
amount of laigcss for distribution to the
Cuban army , and in the hands of so skillful
a negotiator as Colonel Dun by Is said to
bo it ought to go a great way toward ic-
storlng peace in the Philippine' . Each of
the Insurgent chiefs with whom It would bj
necebsary to deal on a cash basis would be
able to withdraw to London or Paris and
live In luxury for the rest of hlt > dajh Hut ,
unhappily foi such a method of ending the
war In the Philippines , there is no assur
ance that other Insurgent leade-rs would not
atiso to renew the conflict , and It would also
bo neccfsarj to buj them off Apart from
this there are sumo people In the United
States who might bo somewhat squeamish
about this method of appljlng the principles
of American clvlll/ation and Christianity in
an effort to pacify the semi-barbarians ot
the far cifal
nut vAM > ii uimsov
Will ( InTnn HiC ooiiK-lllor.H for < li < -
Iti'iiiiionillc Nniiiiiiiitliin In lIHHIf
Chic i. o Tribune
Drjnn would not be hlppodromlng through
the United St.itci , as ho Is If ho felt sine
ot a renominatlon Ills lack of conlldenco
on that point has made him the Wandering
Jew of American politics lie feels that ho
must bo alwajs In the ejo and at the ear
at the public or he will be forgotten. Ills
uneasiness Is pardonable.
The selection of Ilrjan In 180(5 ( was a
political lluke. He was a dark horse He-
was not the candidate the "managers" had
; ) lcked emt Ilrjan cannot bo a "dark horse"
twice He will appear before the next con
tention as a man who made the race and
was defeated. To be renomln itcd ho must
Convince two-thirds ot the delegates that ho
; an get moro electoral votes than ho did f ui
> ears ago. lie cannot get 'them at the easter
or In the Mississippi valley Htotes The
tiansmissouri states he had two and a half
> ears ago nro slipping out of his hands
ncn his own state of Nebraska
The delegates will bo of the opinion that
rirjan Is not available They will seek for
i candidate who wears the Inuiels mid not
' .ho willow , for a man whose nomination
i\lll cost them none of the Hlates they euuld
: arrj with Ilrjan , but which they hope may
Ivo them great slates wlilc.li Ilijan did not
mil never can carrj states llko New York
ind Illinois. Thej will look out for a man
i\ho has been lojal to lUs paity and pro
fessedly lojal to free silver , but who is
indorslooil to have no faith In that inonc-
Uarj eloctrlnc. Such a man loyal silver and
{ old demounts would feel U a partj duty
to support Ihej will Buck for a man with
i now Issue , the old Issue having proved a
'allure.
Tlicso nro the qualifications which the
lemocratlc candidate of 1900 must possess
f the democracy Intends to make a serious
ittc-mpt to got into power 'Ihoie dues not
> cem to be nt this moment a man who
mots these comlltlonn moro fullj than
Major Harrison , lie Is joung and vigorous ,
rot a Jeided party hack Ho hn the prestige
) f victory. Ills lips have always been true
o silver Not so his heart Iiu haa too i
nuch Intelligence to be doc.elvol by Drjau's
nonetary doctrines and too much honesty
.o favor putting them In operation The
nojor who made the gold democrat. Waller ,
ils controller ami sold guld bonds Is no
rte silver fanatic AUgeld'a attempt to
ireak Harrison down probablj was prompted
o a considerable extent by distrust of his
ojalty to silver
Mr Hurrlbon has announced that ho in
'or Hinn llibi luHt nnd nil the time " He *
lee lures that ho 18 not a candidate for prea
&BSQLWSEW 'PURE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
ROVAL OAHhd POrfVIB CO hCW YORIC
Mrnt In 1 mo nnd "will not take tlio nomi
nation If tendered to lilin' There come *
n mtirmrr of "mo. too , from ttio Innd ot
flmde-s The ghost of raowir vv hlspors , ' 1
put from mo a kingly crown. " That ot
Seijmour s > nj8 , "I told the democrats of 1SCS
'Your rnndldntH 1 cannot be , ' nnd jet I
wns" Donna Julln sighs out , "I whispered
1 would iu 'er consent. ' nnd jet consented' *
The- Catholic bluhoiis will cry out In choru .
"there is not one of us who did not ny
his 'Xolo rlilsropnrl' when his high office
was tendered film " No mnn jet has de-
cllne-d a presidential nomination when ten-
tendered bj a convention , nor will Mr. Hnr-
rlson ho xtolcnl enough to do no. It It
offers him the White House ho will not , llko
another lilegenes , ask It to nllow- him to
live peacefully In his ma j orally tub.
Mr. Harrison's total abstinence pledge I *
not n finality "Oaths nro hut words aud
words but wind" Ills pledge U a sngnrlotin
political move. Hy vowing lojalty to llrjao
lie establishes ffi himself a claim to lie the
hclr-nt-law or the u-sldunry ! egnte-o or
llijan'a votes when It becomes apparent
to the latter that tie cannot bo nominated.
This decimation In favor of llrvan should
satisfy every demot-rnt that Harrison is
lovnl to- - his party nnd to the principles at
present professed bj It , of which Hr.van litho
the chief exponent
Ilj announcing that he will not be a can
didate Mr. Harrison escapes that concen
trated flro of opposition which ho wouM
meet from all quarters were ho to nppenr
in w In the roll of a candidate. Other ns-
plrants will not unlto to make war on him ,
but .nil ot thorn will court him nnd try lo
gain' hl Influence Ho will be the sceonJ
choice of even one of them. And If all oth
ers having been killed off In convention Mr.
Harrison gets a two-thltds vote he will ills-
cover thnt the duty whlih he owes tils party
compels him to sacilllrc his personal wlsho
at Us altar and vtelil to Us Imperative de
mands that ho be Its leader.
ciniitCIIAIT. : : .
Chicago Tilbuno. "It Imi't Inlurious to
eat n elovo one3 In a while Is It , doator ? "
" \\oll , that depends a gre-at deal on the
spirit with which jeur do it. "
Indianapolis Join mil "The jo\ous > outli , "
Milel the Cornfod I'hlleisopher , "would
doubtless pny mote attention to peed tul-
\ke It ho were not so o\ersuppllcd with It. "
Chicigo Record : Mary , Jim Perkins s js
H time to take off winter llannels"
"All right , Joseph , Ifon pet ilu'umtitltm
jou o.in go o\er and May with Jim Perkins
until jou get well "
Detroit Journal : lightning never strikes
twice In the .same pi ice. The analogy tio-
twei'ii lightning and a woman elrhlng a
nail , whllo .striking , Is doubtless unite acci
dental.
Chicago Tribune' "Don't the bovs vc-11 f I , Vj
Me * " at jou when jou rldo along the street ,1
i
'
on th it machine9' ,
"Ceitnlnlj. That's why I ride It so much.
The IInil that sold It to mo cheated me , nnd
I'm getting e\en with 'em '
Wiihhlngton Star"Younfrlend , the boss
refused to tell how ho undo all his nioncj ,
was the * lightlj taunting comment.
"Well , ' answered the practical politician ,
"tho obligator doesn't belong to his po-
lltlc.il paitI don't see whj ho should ox-
[ > cct any tips "
AVashlngton Star "Mow often and how
much ought , L human being to eat ? " asked
the mm with dj-speptlc tendencies
"I suppose It depends a. great deal on
what his politics Is , " answered the con-
3T\atl\o phjslclan.
Tiitin .
May niley Smith.
, V little elbow leans upon your knee.
Your tlu-el knco that has so much to bcar {
, V i hlld s dear ej es are lookinglov Ingly
Prom underlie ith n thatch of tangled hair ,
Perhaps j on do not beeel th ? velvet touch
Of w.11 m , moist lingers , folding jours HO
tlaht
You do not I > ri70 this ble'slngovermuch ;
You a most are too tiled to pray tonight.
Hut It Is blessedness ! wV > ear ago
I did not see It as I do todaj
IVeMiru < * i dull and thiinkle-ss , and too slow
To catch the sunshine ) till It slips iiiw ij.
Vnel now It seems surpassing stiange to mo
Th it , while- vvoro the badge of mother
hood ,
: did not kiss more oft and tenderly
Ihc little child that brought me only
cood.
Vnd If , some night , -when jou sit down to
rest ,
You miss the c'bovv fiom jour tlre-d Knee ,
Phis iPMlcss , curling head fiom off jour
lu east ,
J'his li.splns tongue that chatters ron-
stantlj ,
f fiom jour own the dimpled hands had
Mlpiy el.
And no'i-r would nchtlo In your pilrn
nzraiii.
f the while feet into their grave linel
tripped ,
1 could not blame jou fet youi hc-idacho
then'
woiuli-f so that mothers fvrr fret
At littlelilldren c Inglng to their gown ,
) i that the footprints , when Hiednjs are
v\et ,
Are- over black enough to make them 1
frown
f I e-ould find a little muddy boot ,
Or cap , or Jacket on mj chamber floor ;
f 1 ( nulel kiss a rosj , restless foot ,
And heir n pittei In mj home once more ;
f 1 eoulcl mend .1 broken cart today ,
'I'omoiiovv male a kite' tei rech thenliy
t'lieieIs no woman in God a world could ,
snv
She was more blissful j content than I ,
tut ah' ( hediilntj pillow next my own J
U lie vei iilinpleel by a Hhinliig head ,
ily singingblrdllng fiorn Its nest lia-j
llo'vn
Tliu little boy I u ed to kiss IB dead !
mr clothes pretty well.
Wish you knew them
is well as we do the
icquaintance will teach
/on that a suit can be
'ready ' made' and fit
{ / / over , next , that you
lon't have to pay a
ancy price particu-
arly reasonable are the
ipecial lines of suits
ve are offering today at
UO.OO in cheviots and
; erges When you see
ind examine these you
vill know our clothes
> retty well.
Hats to go with the
uits at $2 , $2.50 and $3.
Neckwear to go with
he suit and hat at 50c.