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The only famine In sight this year is
a freight car famine.
The-harmony which prevail * in Sa
moa Is of a brand similar to that dis
played in the late Kentucky democratic
convention.
Iowa savings bank deposits increased
$5,000,000 , , during the second quarter ot
the current'year. Iowa is running Ne
braska a close race in the prosperity
line. _
The people of Santo Domingo lost no
time in burying the late president In
order to get him safely under ground
beforu.clvjl war. qy.qr tlic succession
should break out.
Attorney General Smyth will be too
.busy to adopt the suggestions of the
senate investigating committee that he
proceed against those officials and ex-
oIllclnlH shown to be corrupt.
When Colonel Bryan asks lite follow
ers to keep up the free silver b'attlecry
of 1800 ho secrns to overlook the free
gold that is being put into circulation
by Nebraska wheat nnd corn Holds.
People can laugh at the anthracite
coal combine for raising the price of
stored heat just now , when they are
struggling with the ice man , but the
coal man's turn will come soon enough.
The county democracy is a thorn in
the side of the Bang which It would bo
willing to rid itself of by amputation If
necessary. The county democracy de
clines to submit to a surgical opera
tion , however.
Examinations of applicants for posi
tions in the census bureau will take
place at Omaha from November 14 to
November 22 and all parties looking for
this class of employment may govern
themselves accordingly.
The crstwhllo calamity howlers nro
not now cultivating mortgages on their
property , because that business has be
come unpopular. To bo in style this
year they must cancel the mortgage on
the old place as their neighbors do.
The returning veterans of the First
Nebraska are first of all things Ameri
cans. Whatever houora may be ten
dered to them should be on broad lines
ot American citizenship without parti
san distinction or political demagogy.
At 10 cents a bushel Nebraska's corn
crop this year will bo worth ? : tO,000,000.
At nn average of 15 cents It will bo
worth $45,000,000. AVhat Is the use of
going to tlio Klondike when you have
inexhaustible gold lleids in front of
your door ?
The Chicago police have just broken
up the original Edelweiss club , all be
cause the club without taking out a
license entertained 2,000 people In a
beer garden. It would neeni the Chicago
cage policemen had not been invited to
Join the club.
General Toral Is now being tried by
court-martial for the surrender of
Santiago , The commander of the vic
torious army was not court-martialed ,
but has been constantly on the spit of
the yellow press ever since. The lot
of a military man doea not appear to bo
a happy onev
It Is announced that the Insurance
combine in Missouri has. been broken up
and that the companies have paid a flue
of ! f 1,000 each for violation of the state
law. The treasury of Nebraska lias
never been enriched to any such extent
by the insurance companies , yet It Is
generally accepted us true that an
agreement regarding rates exists con
trary to the provisions of the statutes
In &ucb cases inade and provided.
I
THK DL-rr OP coAansss.
of the duty of congress
In respect to currency legislation Is
steadily developing sentiment In favor
of a definite and unequivocal declara
tion of the gold standard. One of the
ablest financial journals of the country ,
the Now York Journal of Commerce ,
says that what should never be lost
sight of Is that congressional legisla
tion Is not needed to upset the finances.
The silver dollar 1 a dollar In law now
and any secretary of the treasury may
meet the public obligations with It. A
national victory by the cheap money
party would hardly fall to start a run
on the gold reserve and we know what
that would mean.
These things are not likely to occur ,
observes that paper , but they are possi
ble and they would be no more wonder
ful than some other things that have
happened. "They emphasize the duty
of striking the silver dollar from the
statute book as soon as congress meets
and of meeting the cheap money Issue
with a perfectly clear declaration by
the republican national convention In
favor of the single gold standard nnd
all further measures necessary to for
tify nnd uphold it. The fllvcrlUis are
certainly In a position To moke a cheap
money platform and nominate a cheap
money candidate , and that candidate
will get a great many votes from men
who know the folly of cheap money ,
but who will vote the regular ticket re
gardless of consequences. Party ex
pediency as well as political principle
demands that the republican party
make a plain avowal of Us sound
money convictions and glvo evidence of
Its sincerity next winter by abolishing
the silver dollar as a legal standard. "
This , as we apprehend it , docs not mean
that the silver dollar shall be deprived
of its legal tender quality , but that It
shall cease to have legal recognition as
standard money and only gold shall
occupy that position. In other words ,
that silver shall simply have the same
place in the currency as government
notes.
There is no doubt that sentiment
favorable to congressional action fixing
the gold standard is steadily growing
and wo are very much mistaken If the
pressure that will be brought to bear
upon the next congress in behalf of a
declaration to this effect does not prove
to be well nigh Irresistible. "We conll-
dently bollovo that a large majority of
the American people would welcome
such action and certainly the financial
and business interests of the country
would do so , because if a gold standard
declaration should not utterly silence
the free silver agitation it would
greatly diminish its forco. Unques
tionably It would also have the effect
to strengthen confidence at homo and
abroad.
The next congress need not wait for
an cxprcslon on this subject from the
republican national convention. On the
contrary Its position should determine
that of the convention. The republican
party Is Irrevocably committed to the
gold standard. The country is pre
pared for a formal declaration of that
standard and nil the conditions are
favorable to It. A. straightforward
course on the part of the next congress
will be helpful to the country and to
the republican party.
A RAD CONDITION IX HAWAII ,
Semi-slavery exists in Hawaii under
the contract labor system and this con
dition may yet give our government
some trouble. A person who recently
arrived from the islands told of the suf
ferings of three Austrlaus who were
placed in Jail because of their refusal
to work under the terms of the con
tracts signed when they went to
Hawaii and it Is not improbable that
the attention of the government of
Austria-Hungary will be called to the
matter and the United States be asked
for some sort of reparation.
"It cannot be that many Americans , "
observes the Cleveland Leader , "realize
the near approach to slavery which ex
ists under the American flag in the little
group of Islands In the Pacific ocean
which came Into the possession of this
republic about a year ago. This coun
try docs not comprehend the extent to
which the natural rights of the many
are subordinated to the profits of the
few , ' In that part of the domains of
the United States. The contract system
of labor in the Hawaiian islands is llko
limited slavery. It enforces work un
der conditions really fixed by the em
ployer alone , for years at a time , and
sends a man to Jail for refusing to go
on with a task which they seldom un
derstand In advance and -which is often
practically too heavy for their
strength. " This condition of affairs ,
however , was well known to the advo
cates of Hawaiian annexation , particu
larly those In congress , yet they did
nothing to remedy it , nnd since annexa
tion thousands of contract laborers
have been Imported Into Hawaii , who
will bo subjected to peml-slavcry for
years to come. It Is a situation that re
flects no credit upon this republic ,
A ttBASUNAULE ICEQUBST.
The merchants of Havana have peti
tioned the government of the United
States setting forth that their business
is injured by the sale at auction of
army supplies and asking that this
practice bo discontinued , The request
appears to bo entirely reasonable and
it is to bo presumed will be promptly
acceded to by the government. It was
difficult when troops were first sent to
Cuba to tell what amount of supplies
was needed and consequently stores
were forwarded largely in excess of the
requirements of the army. When the
war ended and troops were withdrawn
from Cuba there had accumulated a
great quantity of supplies nnd the
question was presented us to what
should bo done with them whether
they should bo returned or sold there.
The decision was to sell them at auc
tion and in this way a considerable
quantity has been disposed of.
Necessarily this has proved more or
less of a detriment to the business of
the looul merchants , until they have
finally felt compelled to make an nppcnl
for its discontinuance. This should be
compiled with , even if it be necessary
to ship the btores back to the United
States and dispose of them here. Our
government's policy should 1 > e to do
whatever Is practicable to promote the
business of the Cuban merchants and
there can be no Justification for a
course that operates Id their Injury , al
though ftomethlnj , ' Is thereby saved to
our treasury. It Is Intimated in the
petition of the Cuban mervbants that
the army authorities are now buying
stores with no regard to the quantity
needed , If such Is the fact It should
be put n stop to , but In any event the
sale of flour , pork , cloth and other
commodities , by the American military
authorities In Cuba , at auction prices
which the merchants cannot meet with
out loss , ought not to continue.
H0\r \ TO AlOID STHEKT RAU\\'AY \ \
STRIKES.
The recent street railway strikes In
various sections of the country will com
pel the managers of street railways to
wrestle with the problem of adopting
policies that will prevent these periodic
conflicts , Injurious to both the com
batants and the public. The most sa
gacious managers of today have put
tholr systems far beyond the danger of
strikes by making friends with their
men and adopting methods that Insure
their good will. The most important of
these Is the Increase of pay with length
of service. In the old days of horse
railways the wages of a conductor or
driver were no greater to the man of
twenty year * ' service than to the ten
derfoot who has been on less than nix
months. All were treated alike , the
theory being that the work was the es
sential thing not the man. As a con
sequence the long-service employe felt
the Injustice of putting him on a level
with the raw recruit , since there was
nothing In the future for him to look
forward to , The adoption of a gradu
ated wage scale based upon length of
service has a tendency to attach the
men to the company and infuses among
the old employes a spirit of contentment
which no professional agitator can over
come. Each rnau whose pay has been
advanced with the years takes pride and
pleasure In every Increase of pay and
looks forward to still better things.
Thus the chances of disaffection are
confined to the newer men and the In
fluence of all the others is a restraining
one as a matter of self-interest.
Another influence that promotes good
will among street railway employes is
the merit system , that insures promo
tion to the most efficient , faithful and
intelligent men nnd incidentally recog
nizes length of service by a service
stripe. The man who carries on his
sleeve one , two , three or four stripes ,
signifying an equal number of years of
service , or one or more gold stripes , sig
nifying five years each , feels a self-re
spect which shows Immediately In his
care of the traveling public and which
in turn commands respect from the pub
lic. He feels a degree of pride in be
ing identified with the company and will
on every occasion exhibit his apprecia
tion of favors received.
In the long run the introduction of the
civil service principle as applied now to
postal carriers , with increase of pay ac
cording to length of service , promotion
according to merit , guaranty of steady
employment after certain probation , no
discharge without a fair hearing and
arbitration of disputes , would make
street car strikes very rare , if not Im
possible.
Lincoln is having all kinds of trouble
with its proposed reception to the re
turning troopers of the First regiment
The populists are disgruntled because
oC the forwardness of local republicans
in making up the program. The latter
are determined that the boys shall be
met as victors and as heroes worthy of
the homage of the people and not be
littled by partisans who seek to mark
them as objects of sympathy. They
have endured the hardships of war , of
course , and will be honored for it , but
they are not In need of sympathy. Let
them bo regarded as men , not children.
General do Galllfet appears to be the
man for the hour in France. Finding in
subordination and Intrigue rampant in
the array he has not hesitated to puuisli
the guilty ones. Unlike his prede
cessors he has not made scapegoats of
those in the lower ranks of the service ,
but has struck at the fountain head.
Generals , no matter how great their
popularity , have been made to feel
that insubordination and intrigue will
not be tolerated.
Whatever the democrats or populists
may do the republicans of Douglas
county must nominate a county ticket
of the very best material that can be
found within its ranks. The campaign
from start to finish must be aggressive
nnd not defensive. The more fact that
this is an off year In politics will not
Justify the party In nominating any
man whoso public record Is not clean
and whoso business record will not bear
Inspection.
The proposal to enlist several regi
ments of Cubans to take the place of
American regulars In the island has met
a stumbling block. The United Staio
was to furnish the ofllcors and Cuba the
privates , but the natives want the order
reversed. There would bo no trouble
enlisting several regiments of colonels ,
but American discipline Is too strict to
bo attractive to the privates.
The trades unions of Cleveland have
publicly proclaimed their abhorrence of
the net of the bomb-thrower whoso mis-
slle wrecked n street car hauling pas-
seugers who had no active part in the
street railway strike. What the trades
unions ought to do Is to find the bomb-
thrower nnd deliver him up to the law
officers.
The convention of bankruptcy rof.
orees is opposed to the repeal of the
act within the next year , or after the
victims of democratic times have been
relieved of their burdens. The emolu
ments of office , of course , huvo nothing
to do with the shaping of their opinions.
The wall of distress organs should
speedily coach Adjutant General Barry.
It will not do to Jauve telegrams from
him coming In stating the Nebraska sick
and wounded are being well cared for
when an effort Is being made io show
they are abused and neglected.
\VoMrrn Farmer * . ! > fill.
Thllndelphla ledger.
The western f rm r refuse to feel * nd
over the 100,000,000 bushel wheat shortage
In Russia.
Trllintp oil Trimt * .
Indlannpoll * News.
The diamond syndicate la puttlnc ur > the
price of Its gems. This Is levying tribute
on the leaders of the other trusts.
TlurcArc OlliorN.
Washington Stnr.
Mr. Harrison and Mr. Altgold should not
In thrlr earnestness allow themselves to for
get that Mr. Bryan has political ambitions
ot his own ,
The Mnuii .Simula lie Knjolned.
aiobe-Domocrat.
Moonshine whisky Is said to bo responsible
for the bitter feuds In the south. In addition
to this , the moon assists the vicious In local-
Ing and robbing henroosts and watermelon
patches , and ought to bo enjoined.
Confer of I'oiitilnttuii.
Springfield Republican.
The center of population In 1890 was lo
cated near the southeastern boundary of
Indiana. Next year's census Is expected to
move It across Indiana and Just over the
eastern Illinois boundary. But If the Phll-
Ipplno population Is taken Into considera
tion the center will be hurried across the
continent and established somewhere out In
the Pacific.
Itcvlvc It \\y \ All Mi-niiH.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
They are serlousjy agitating the use ot
the whipping-post In Now York. It will bo
revived lor the taming of wife-beaters , it at
nil. It Is claimed that onry the sickly senti
mentalists object to the scheme. Of course
the Idea of n man trussed up with bare back
while a robust official methodically lays on
the lash Isn't a pretty one. But wife-beat
ing Is fully as disgraceful a sight and a
blamed sight worse ,
Torture Mont Terrible.
Chicago News.
Human agony in Its keenest , most ncuto
and fcarsomo stages was witnessed In this
city the other day , nnd yet no physician
came to save , no white-capped nurse ap
peared to soothe the fevered sufferers. The
Jack-knlfo brldgo on the L road refused to
work , and the "rooters" going to the ball
game bad to wait tilt the fourth Inning -was
over before they could resume- their Journey.
Could the mind of Dante and the pencil of
Doro have pictured torture moro terrible
than this ?
Cimniln'H Objection * .
NoA" York Tribune.
What Canada objects to Is not only that
wo get the gold from the Klondike regions ,
but the trade. There Is no reason In the
first objection , because the gold costs far
moro to dig , considering all the labor en
gaged , than It Is worth. And no small
changes In thu 'boundary ' line can turn the
trade into Canada , because the- United
States will still command the main water
front of the affected region and Its chief
gateways. But your average Anglo-Saxon
can got up a fight quicker over a question
of gold mines , whether worthless or not ,
than In any other way. This Is to bo remembered -
mombored when feeling disposed to treat
the Alaskan 'boundary ' question lightly.
Theie IleroeH Dcierve Mctlnln.
PhlladJlphla Ledger.
There will bo hearty and unanimous ap
proval of the action of the president in rec-
oramendlnc a saeclal medal of honor to be
given each of the volunteers comprising the
Eighth army corps In the Philippines. Those
men have aroved themselves to be true
patriots and heroes , for , although under the
terms of their enlistment they could have
demanded to bo sent homo when the treaty
of peace with Spain was concluded , they will
ingly remained In the Government service
because 'they ' saw that their services were
needed In suppressing the rebellion In Luzon.
The men who .thus waived their rights at
the call of duty deserve the thanks of the
whole nation , and the medals will express
those thanks.
Demand tor Itciuovnl of Oil * .
Springfield Republican.
The best assurance the country can be
given that Secretary Root Is to bo an Im
provement on Secretary Alger will bo the
removal of General Otis. This removal Is
bound to come sooner or later , for a con
tinuance ot the war In the Philippines be
yond another campaign will not be patiently
tolerated. Rather than put up with six
months moro of fighting on the Otis plan
the American people would 'bo willing to
glvo the Filipinos their Independence , Con
gress will have the settlement of the ghastly
business , and congress usually reflects pub
lic sentiment.
If , upon the formal announcement of Mr.
Root's appointment , It should also bo form
ally announced that General Miles or Gen
eral Lawton has 'been chosen for the mili
tary command In the Philippines , the new
secretary would begin his work with a fair
chance ot success , and the American people
ple would feel a greatly strengthened confi
dence In the ability of the administration to
deal with a difficult and painful situation.
This war hurts the American conscience ,
and the moro quickly It Is finished the bet
tor It will be for the nation and the Inter
ests ot the republican party.
The president cannot afford to stand by
Otis. Therefore , Otis will go. But he ought
to go at once.
COAL 1ST M3IJIIASICA.
A * Good nil 11 < JoIil Mine If Found In
Pnylmf Quantltlen ,
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
There ought to too persistent , Intelligent
and exhaustive search for coal In tbo state
of Nebraska , In the year 1868 the Con
servative eunk a shaft 9x4 feet moro than
100 foot In depth for the purpose ot striking
a second vein of coal at Arbor Lodge , The
first vein was at the foot of a hill. It
was overlaid by a cap of limestone rock
and underlaid by a stratum of fireclay. It
was drifted Into for a distance of 100 feet ,
but never exceeded a thickness of sixteen
Inches. The quality of the coat -was fairly
good , though It contained considerable
ouantltleo of pyrites of Iron.
Since that Investigation was ended , thirty-
one years ago , there 'has been no more
thorough or diligent search made la the
state. But recently a well was eunk on
the Beasloy farm , two and one-half miles
from Nebraska city , nnd In it , at the
depth of sixty-five feet below the surface ,
the diggers passed through a vein of ap
parently < pure coal which 'was twelve Inches
In thlcknofcfl.
l It not practicable to organize a stock
company with capital sufficient to buy and
operate a diamond core drill In Otoe and
surrounding counties ? Thla drill brings up
each stratum as It perforates , Sometimes
it la Indurated clay , sometimes limestone ,
sometimes soaretone , and again It may be ,
at a. depth of about 1,100 or 1,200 feet , good
coal. The coal found at Leavenworth runa
under the Missouri river. It la 700 feet
down to that vein. It averages a thlckneis
of about twenty-seven Inches nnd has been
worked gainfully for thirty years. If the
Kama or a similar vein could be found at
the depth of even 1,200 feet anywhere In
Nebraska It would be better than a gold
mine for the manufacturing interests of
this fertile , cereal-producing country ,
The thorough geological Investigation of
the etate of Nebraska for economic pur
poses ought to be commenced at once and
prosecuted with a vigor until It shall have
been ascertained positively either that
have not or that > ve have coal In abundunc *
for nmnufacturlDE purpoitt.
STniJUT CAR ST
Polltk-lniiK of the AVnril-llcflcr Strlpei
J'nrtly to Minnie.
New York Tribune.
The epidemic of strikes this year Is largely
In the local service of transporting lines ,
The street railroad employes at several
places , notably nt Clevemnd. have had
rerlous difficulties , which at that point nro
now renewed. The Brooklyn lines have had
to contend with a political stock Jobbing
scheme which has tried to extend its work
to lines In this city. The freight handlers
of several steam railroads have been pushed
Into a strike , as many ot them allege , by
intimidation nnd ngalnut the will ot the
majority. There are also reports of corns
other troubles not y"ot resulting In strikes.
But by far the most Important strikes have
been on street car fines.
A suggestive feature Is that these all
occur whore different lines have by com
paratively recent consolidations been
brought under one management. In Its
nature the pervlco Is such that regulations
which beat suit fcome lines do not suit others ,
either injuring the public service or workIng -
Ing oppressively for employes. It might
have been predicted that such consolidations
would result In trouble , because n new
central management , In the effort to secure
the highest economy and efficiency , would
naturnTly fall In some cases to regard the
Interests ot customers or the established
habits of employes , while the men would be
quick to see a grievance If a consolidation ,
reported to secure large profits for capital ,
should bring them no better wages , but only
moro onerous work. Probably every such
consolidation has sown the seeds of dis
content in the minds ot multitudes who
might not have discovered grievances at all
If they had been left to consider , as 'before ' ,
only the needs and conditions of the
particular lines on which they were workIng -
Ing , nnd If there had not been widely heralded
changes promising profits for owners.
It Is perfectly natural that complications
should arise under such circumstances , and
on the whole It Is creditable to the men
employed In many cities that the controver
sies nnd Interruptions of traffic have not
been moro frequent and serious. It docs not
appear that the orcanlzatlons of the cm-
ployed have In nil cases used their largo In
fluence with wlso conservatism. It Is not
easy to resist the belief thitt Cleveland
political schemers have secured such control
of orcanlzatlons as to foster and even force
strikes and riots , utterly regardless ot the
Interests of the men , In order to drag Into
the controversy Senator Hanna and others.
In Brooklyn It was publicly declared by Gen
eral Master Workman Parsons that "If the
strike wore finally brousht about through
the machinations of a cllquo of stock jobbing
politicians" ho would expose them. Yet ho
and his oraanlzatlon were both used wlthlu
three days by the eamo clique. If his con
duct In connection with the Motropolttan
rend has a more satisfactory explanation It
has not yet come to light.
All sane men , whether employers or em
ployed , will ngrco that a labor organization
which can , be used against the Interests of
the thousands who support It by their
earnings , whether used by politicians to gain
a point for one party or candidate or by
stock Jobbers who can spend money to de
press prices of securities nnd fill their
pockets , are the worst foes that wago-
carnera can have. Their confidence can nl-
ways be abused If they Intrust affairs to a
tow leaders or a small committee , without
personally hearing or reading what answers
may bo made to their requests. Much In
justice to both parties might perhaps bo
avoided If employing companies would re
ceive only written statements and reply only
In printed eltps distributed to tholr hands.
But the nature of recent consolidations Is
accountable for a great part of the dissatis
faction which appears , and In order to avoid
this'more 4act and consideration for previous
circumstances than some companies have
shown might bo advisable , and In the long
run to their Interest.
1'EIISOVAI. AND OTHERWISE.
Alfred Harmsworth of the London Mall Is
as great a devotee of the automobile as is
James Gordon Bennett.
Chauncey M. Depow was smitten -with the
delights of the automobile In London nnd
will kcop one In Washington.
Dr. II. 0. Howard , the entomologist ot
the Agricultural department , is credited
with saying that It is the Judgment of the
highest authorities that a considerable part
of the typhoid In our camps during the
Spanish war -was duo to the files , which
carried the contagion.
Some statistics recently collected in re
gard to the education ot 220 literary celeb
rities of the day Indicate that Eton , which
has always enjoyed a distinguished place
In letters , leads with eleven representa
tives. Then follows Hare , with ten , and a
London school , King's college , is credited
with six.
A. B. Slawson , who Is to have charge ot
the Congressional Library's Reading room ,
where 600 newspapers are kept on file , Is
nro'bably ' the greatest authority on Ameri
can newspapers. Ho knows the history of
nearly every one nnd can at a glance tell
from which any loose clipping ho may want
to classify has been taken.
Miss Adelaide Evcrhart , < who -was com
missioned'by the Georgia legislature to paint
a picture of the late Charles B. Crisp , has
already finished the work , -which has been
accepted nnd will bo hung in the atato capl-
tel 'building. The portrait Is life-size and
represents the ex-speaker of the National
house of representatives standing at his
desk , gavel In hand.
William P. Coston , who designed the army
transport flag now In use on all government
transports , and received a patent for the
design on June 13 , 1899 , has assigned tbo
patent to the war office for the nominal
sum of $1. The assignment has been ac
cepted on the part of the government by
Colonel Charles Bird , quartermaster In
charge of the transport service.
Curing : the Suortlnw llnlilt.
Detroit Journal.
It Is announced that a Detroit Inventor has
succeeded In making a gasoline motor take
something for its breath and tor ItH habit
of snorting In public , and that the machine
will soon be on the market. This Is 'good
news. The first ordinance that Is drawn
for the protection of the public , as well as
for the benefit of those who are to use the
new means of transportation , should specify
that the automobiles , or self-driven carriages
ct any kind , shall be practically noiseless
and certainly without offensive odor ; meanIng -
Ing thereby that If the owners wish to drown
the slight nolto It makes In a music box
attachment that shall glvo us me'ody ' as the
carriage glides adown the asphalt , and If
they wish to smother a slight odor In attar
of roses , given off every few feet , they may.
In the meantime , there Is a steam-driven
carriage on the market , with abundance of
liquid fuel for a long drive , and tbo wayside
wells , springs , hydrants , streams and lakes
to draw from once or twice a day for the
necessary water. TbU machine , also , Is said
to be noiseless and odorless , while con
siderably below the thousand-dollar price
first placed on the automobile.
OTI1KH I\M > S THAX Ol'HS.
There Js nothing Improbable or Incon-
Mstrnt with the known facts ot the a"uMlon
In the report that the dowager emprcw of
China has dispatched a. mission to Toklo for
the purpose ot negotiating nn offensive nnd
defensive alliance with Japan. She l n I
shrewd woman with a varied nnd extensive
j
experience nnd she Is nblo to appreciate the I I
advantages to China which would result from
the suggested co-operation. The Japanese j I
possess all the capacities In which the Chi '
nese nro most deficient nnd which the latter
most need to enable them to develop tholr
Immense resources and to withstand the
crushing exterior pressure to which they are
'belng'aubjectcd. ' With Japan as the brains
of the Immense Inert Chlnosb body there
would be no estimating or mhltlng the pos
sibilities ot Chlncso development. TlieU Is
no doubt that Japan would bo glad enough
to play the Imagined role , but whether II
would do so upon terms ncccptnblo to the
dowager empress mny bo questioned. It wns
part of. the mikado's program In the comluc !
of the late war with China to seize Pekln
nnd to establish his power In the Chlncso
capital. The Jealousy of Russia prevented
htm from doing so nnd the sama Jealousy
would probably bo effective against a China-
Japanese alHance. Such nn alliance , however -
over , must nlwnys remain ono of the mosl
momentous contingencies of the future , It
would make the famous "yellow peril" an
nctual and momentous fact.
Thcro arc some Interesting points In the
recent confidential report of the Paris prefect
of police to the projureur , with regard to nl-
Icgcd monarchical plots , which has been pub
llshed by the Gntetto dc Franco. It.says
that the monarchists have necurcd the co
operation of the Antl-ScmltIo league nnd the
League of Patriots by subsidizing their lead
ers , that Jufeu ttuerln Is In reality n worker
for the Orlcanlsts , that ho makes secret vln
Its to the duke ot Orleans and receives largo
sums of money , Paul Doroulcdc Is also said
to have received 30,000 franca n few days be
fore his effort to stir up revolt In the Paris
garrison nnd It Is asserted that the loading
Orlcanlsts were all acquainted with his design
sign and anxiously nwnltcd the results of It.
That the League of Patriots receives largo
subsidies Is demonstrated by the fact that
It sent but 4,000 closed telegraphic dispatches
at a cost of 10 cents each on the eve ot M.
Fnuro's funeral , The report also declares
that picked groups of the OrfeanUts , Anti-
Semites and the League ot Patriots wcro
stationed at Important points to encourage
M. Deroulcdo In his burlesque attempt to
seduce the troops from their allegiance to the
republic. It Is believed that the materials
for this report came from the papers found
In the possession of oneof the duke of Or
leans' emissaries who was arrested In Paris
about the time referred to.
*
If President Kruger threatened to resign
In order to discipline a hasty Raad , ha
doubtless believed' ha was acting In har
mony with the designs of Providence and
In the Interest of the people. That ho hai
tholr confidence was , proved In February ,
1898 , when he was re-elected by a triumphant
majority over General Joubort and Bchalk
W. Burger , the progrtsslat candidate. In
this election , which put Kruger In power
for five more years , "Oom" Paul sot 12,853
votes , Burger 3,783 and Joubort 2,001. This
was Interpreted to mean that the people
were with him and believed In his reaction
ary policy. The Rnad , It Is well known ,
contains a number who do not believe In
carrying opposition to the English so far
as Kruger does. With a majority against
him In the matter of the dynamite mo
nopoly , the president doubtless recognized
the ttmo was ripe for some decided action ,
and as a threat of resignation would prac
tically mean an appeal to the people ho
took this step. As the burghers hardly
cared to get Into a row with their con
stituents In 'the ' present state of things they
very naturally gave In. " '
* *
Correspondents of English newspapers lu
attendance upon the peace conference nt
The Hague are careful to explain that thn
objections raised to the use of the now
fomoUB dumdum bullet were not founded
upon any notion 'of ' the missile being of an
explosive character. No suggestion of the
kind , It is declared , was ever made. The
one point urged against It was that It In
flicts an unnecessarily severe wound. This
accusation , Sir John Ardagh , the British
military representative , endeavored to refute -
futo by a quantity of expert medical tes
timony and the evidence of field trials. His
arguments , however , failed to alter the
opinion of the great majority of tbo dele
gates , who maintained that the bullet was
a practical Infraction of the St. Petersburg
convention. It Is now alleged that these
views were based upon the result of ex
periments made at Tubingen with an Imi
tation of the dumdum 'bullet , which dif
fered In many essential respects from the
original and was of a much more dangerous
character. One correspondent remarks sar
castically that the conference apparently
was on the lookout for a bullet not only
harmless but positively beneficial to health.
The latest published.returns showing the
yield of gold In the Transvaal are said In
London to be eminently satisfactory to those
persons financially Interested In the Rand.
The entire Transvaar yield In June was 4C7-
' 271 ounces , or 819 ounces better than In the
I preceding month , tbo latter return being
I the previous best on record. So far this year
! each monthly return since February has been
over 100,000 ounces better than the corresponding
spending yield In 1898. In fact , up to date ,
the 1899 yield Is some 625,000 ounces above
the showing of the corresponding period In
1898. As regards the Wltwntersand yield
I alone a now record Is also established , the
Juno return being 445,7fi3 ounces , against
the previous fccst of 444,933 onnccn in May
and 344,070 ounces In Juno , 1898. Here nre
the total yields of the Transvaal slnco 1894 ,
when the records showed 2,024,159 ounces :
In 1895 , 2.277.C35 ounces ; 1S9G , 2,280,885
ounces ; 1897 , 3,034,474 ounces , and 1898 , 4-
5fi5,009 ounces. London financiers do not
deem It possible that this extraordinary
showing can bo maintained throughout the
year , owlni ? to the disturbed political situa
tion and particularly to the fact that the
exodus of labor from the Rand seems to bo
assuming serious proportions.
\u nnd Holt WorkN Combine.
READING. Pa. , July 28. Notice ban been
given at the State department In Harrlsburg
that an application for a charter for the
American Iron and Steel Manufacturing
company will bo made on August 18. The
capital will be $30,000,000. The formation
of the new company will result In the
consolidation of a number of the nut and
bolt Interests In this section , employing al >
together 4,000 , hands. The corporators
are William J. Jackson , Clayton E. Plntt ,
Frederick Maurer , Walter Wolcott and Ed
ward Daly , all of Philadelphia ,
Ilci'ovrrnl by tint I'ol ! < < ,
CHICAGO. July 28. The sum of $7,000 lost
In a "panel game" by a contractor sup
posedly from Colorado , was today recovered
by the police , The mnn'a real name Is con
cealed under the alias "Edwards , " The
money was given by the two women who
robbed Edwards to a third one , who put It
In a safety deposit vault , She confessed her
part In tbo transaction.
, _
ROYAL POWDER BAKING
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Makes the food rpore delicious and wholesome
. , .
HOVil * | INa KTM CO. MW YORK.
BELIEVES IN LEVEE SYSTEM
Annuril Mrport f Mlnnl l | l l Hlver
foiunil iilonOvpr One Million
Dollnrn Vnnl I.nut Yrnr.
WASHINGTON , July 28. The annual re-
port of the Mloslnslppl river commission has
been received by General Wilson , chief ot
engineers. It * nys that there has been
pcnded on thp river for the year ending June
30 , 18D9 , J1.07S.OOO nnd allotments for 1S99
amounting to $1,250.000 have been made.
During the year the United States ha built
7.686,758 cubic ynrds of levees nnd 6tnte and
locnl authorities .1,136,541 yards.
It Is not expected that the work of Btnte
nnd locnl authorities will be continued to any
nrral extent hereafter.
The commission believes fully In the levee
* > stfiii. The commission nns recognized In
the pnot the obligation ot giving nn equal de *
Krco of security ngnlnst overflow to each of
the basins nnd districts , and the allotment
of government functa hnn been based on this
Intention , with such modifications ns ceo-
nomlc nnd financial conditions make advisa
ble. IATRO districts thickly populated and
cultivated should , says the commission , bo
kept In n greater degree of security than
small nnd unimproved sections.
Owlnj ; to strict qunrnntlno regulations It
tins been almost Impossible to prosecute work
below Cairo. Besides work on lovces them
have been dredging , building ot revetments
nnd apodal Improvements nt various points.
As a result of cnreful surveys nnd meas
urements the commission says :
"These Investigations give no evidence ot
a general progressive elevation ot the bed
of the stream , but do Justify the belief
that with the banks properly revetted to pre
vent erosion the ultimate effect of confin
ing the floods by menus of levees will be a
dcpresflon of the river bed nnd consequent
enlargement ot channel capacity. "
I.ICIIT AM ) imiiv7Y.
Washington Blur : "What's the matter ? *
Inquired the visitor nt ParK "I never saw
tie ) directs so quiet and orderly. "
"Ah , monsieur , " answered the . wofps-
slonal agitator. "Thsse re Indeed troub
lous times. The mob bus gone on a
strike. "
Tammany Times : City I'm on Going to
have the hay fovcr this year ?
Country Parson No. My congregation
can't affrd It.
Indianapolis Journal : "J m writing nn
article , " he said , "on 'The Way to Mnnasa
a Woman. ' "
" 1 suppose It will be n long one. " die re
plied In a xllghtly scornful tone
"No , " ho answered : "It will be quite
short. In fact. It will consist of only two
words 'Don't try ! ' "
Then HIO knew him to be a man of scnso
nnd experience , In spite of Ills apparent
youth.
Philadelphia North American : "I haven't
always been down In the world , " said the
mendicant. T
> "No ? " queried < he approached , oyhipa- '
thetlcnlly.
"No , sur ; onct 1 'wuz a balloonist , "
Detroit Journal : Whsn Agulnnldo was
a. small boy , so tlic story ROCS , Itwas ono
day discovered that a cherished mahogany
'trcie , seventeen feet In diameter , had been
cut down.
"I cannot tell n lie ! " Agultvaldo la nald
to have at once exclaimed. "I did It with
jnv little hatchet.
This lllustntUs the great difficulty of.
being the father of jt hot country.
Somervlllo Journal : /Mrs. / Wiggles What
arc they going to be divorced for ?
Mrs. Wiggles -Because .they . can't agree.
Mrs. Wlg-gles Can't ugrei ! Why , what
did they expect ?
Thru nml XIMV.
Chicago News.
"Ixive me little , love me long"
( This wo from a poet borrow ) .
Now It's "J/ove m ; for a. day
And we'll be divorced tomorrow. "
THIS H.U'l'Y
fiomervllo | Journal.
0 > he. .farmer Is arliappy.raaj ,
(8ometfme ( ) . ' „ „
He lays a. wealth of dollars , up , .
And dlmca ,
Il'e has no cnres to worry him
Or fret
Hila .TO ul , because he never Is
In debt.
When Jjo Js hungry , all he hasTe
To do
Is to go mi't ' nnd blithely dig-
A few
Potatoes , or to pick come fresh
Green peas.
Ills life la full of simple joys
Like these.
He fees the sunrise nearly ev-
* ry day. '
Oh , llfo to him Is only sport
And play.
He does not have to tnlnk about
His dress ;
He gets along with one good eult ,
Or less.
Hla wdfe &o TO'liiom ' has to go
In town
She only needs to have one glnsr-
Jinm gown ,
And he Is never tortured with
The blues ,
Because the tWldren never need
New shoes ,
Oh , life Is Just ono round of Joy '
And fun . _
To farmers. How I wish that I a
Wcro one !
I'd bllUialy lay the dollars up ,
And dimes.
Just as the happy farmer does
( Sometimes ) .
"Some
People"
Think that our clothing is high
priced simply because it is
known to be good that is a
mistake.
Just now it is possible to
get the genuine Browning , King
& Co. garments at even less
than cost.
This month is our stock
taking month , and we want to
get it as low as possible.
Is A $7.50 suit for $3.75 high
priced ?
Is a $10.00 suit for $5.00 high
priced ?
Is a. $15.00 suit for $7.50 high
priced ?
Is a $20.00 suit for $10.00
high priced ?
The fact is that we can
sell you better clothing for less
money than any one else in the
city. Now is the time to test
this statement.
Store closes every night at
6 o'clock.
N. B , Are you going to attend the races
at Y. M , C. A. Park Saturday J If so w
have tin proper outing garments at
reasonable prices ,