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(5 ( THE OMAHA DAILY THURSDAY , AVGUHT J8U . THE OMAHA DAILY. E. rtOSEWATER , lidllor. PUBLISHED EVBHY MORNING. TEHMS OF SUB3C1UPT1ON. Dally Bee ( without Sunday ) . One Ye r. . * .00 Dully Bee and Sunday , One Year . f.OO Dally , Sunday and Illustrated , One Year 8,25 Bunuajr and Illustrated. One Year . Z.1& lllustraU-d Bee , One Year . JW Sunday tt-c , One Year . Saturday Bee , One Year Weekly Bee , One Year * OFFICES. Omnhn : The B * e Building. . , _ . . South Omaha : City Hall Building , Twenty- fifth and N Streets. Council Bluffs : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago : 307 Oxford Building. New York : Temple Court. Washington : BOl Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relatlns l" . "ews Editorial Department , The Omaha Bee. BUSINESS LETTEUS. Business Mtars and remittances should be addressed to The Bee Publishing Com- imny , Omaha. Omaha.REMITTANCES. . Remit by draft , express , or postal order . payable to The BCD Publishing Company. Onlv 2-cent stamps accepted In paynvsnt 01 mall account ) ) . Personal checks , except on Omaha or Eastern cxch.ince , not accepted. THE B13E PUBLISHING COMl'AM. STATMMIJST OK CIRCULATION. Btnto of Nebraska , Douglas Cc-ulU > ' . ' | ! ' -r : , Of-orgo B. Tzsxihuck , secretary of The Bee Puhllxtilnir company , being duly nworn , says that tlio actual number of full nnd complete copies * of The Dally , Morning , hvemiiK wia Sunday Bee , printed during tbe month of July , 1800wins as follows : Subscribed nn < l sworn before me this 31st § July. 1M . arypuflic. I'nrHon IjcnvliiK for the Summer. Parties leaving the city for the summer may have The Bee sent to them regularly by notifying The Bee business office , In person or by mall. The address win be changed as often as desired. Secretary Alger presents another case In which popularity is stimulated by public sympathy. Governor Shaw of Iowa has been re- nomlnated by acclamation. May as fi well make his re-cloctlon unanimous. The steady but sure rapprochement between government receipts and ex penditures Is another thorn In the side of the calamity wallers. The Yankton extension to Norfolk is announced for the 'steenth time. In the meantime the twcuty-nrc-mlle gap be- twecn ; Hartington and Yanktou re mains. a 4 1 ' ! A Kansas paper refers to a man who died without the old of a doctor. This Is hardly fair. The doctor Is certainly H entitled to a show before the undertaker If- comes In. The Muzet Investigating committee Is uncovering more of Tammany's rotten ness In New York. The health officials Bbould enjoin further procedure until cold weather. American tourists nre now leaving millions of money in Europe. But just watch the yellow metal come back when the -western corn and wheat crop gets down to work. William Waldorf Astor has become a subject of Queen Victoria , but when Queen Victoria's assessor calls for bis Income tax the great Anglomaulac will probably claim to be a resident of Jer sey City. The harmony that prevailed among the Maryland democrats In their state con vention may bo taken as proof positive that Gorman Is completely on top and that opposition to him within the party lias practically ceased. The Department of Agriculture an nounces the success of efforts to raise tea In South Carolina. The mountain eers have successfully produced cold tea for many years In spite of discourage ments from official sources. That democratic relief .fund Is still open for contributions , but possible sub scribers arc warned that not even a court order will avail to get back the money when It once reaches the pocketa of tbo popocrallc bencQchirles. It Is really unkind In Emperor Wil liam to beat Undo Edward at his own gaino ot yacht racing , but Nephew Wil liam is n. decidedly enterprising young man nnd has douo a good many things which have surprised his elders , It required a decision of the district court to establish the fact that a Kau nas City man was not a jackass. As the damages were only placed at $1 the re- HomWuneo must have been almost close enough to warrant the statement , The Union Pacllic land department officials nro working the gold discovery racket In a way that must hclii the sales of laud In western Kansas. All things como to him who waits. Perhaps a little - tlo later wo may read that silver dollars grow on western Kansas saplings , Of the appointments made by Gov ernor Poyntor two nre credited with bolng republicans. Quo of these two , W. C. Caven , was supposed to bo a democrat when appointed and still claims to belong to that party. When Botno question was raised as to his loy alty to fusion the string attached to the appointment was pulled and the com mission cumo back with It. The gov ernor's record for non-partisanship is I ! neither a long nor a glorious one. V FOR A dlBtlnt'ulshed Cuban , Dr. Antonio refer , hn presented nn nrRtunent for tlic Independence of his country nnd against annexation which cannot fall to nmko an ImprosRlon favorable to Ills contention. Dr. Perez wiys the Cubans who have been opposing for nearly half a century the fortnldnblc power of Spain , and suc cessfully restating nil kinds of bribe j nnd promises , cannot so ea-illy bo de prived of the right to direct their own destiny as were the people ofHawaii. . "The liberty they won on the field of battle , " he declares , "must be lost on the Held of battle , If such should bo their fate. Whether or not G-.ba shall occupy the Inferior position of a state of the American union Is exclusively a matter for the Cubans themselves to decide. The will of the majority , freely , honestly and loyally expressed , will ever be the law , by all accepted , by all ac knowledged. " There can be no doubt that this reflects the general sentiment among the Cubans , very few of whom , according to trustworthy statements , want annexation. Dr , Perez says that the present state of affairs In the Island Is looked upon ns an Interregnum pending the forma tion of a Cuban republic nnd that in Bplte of assertions to the contrary , the mill re Cubans are almost unanimously In favor of n republic ; their aim Is dell- nlte and the movement Is constantly growing In force nnd In numbers. "Consequently , " he declares , "the Inde pendence of Cuba Is a necessity nnd the only solution of the Cuban problem. " There Is no doubt that n very large ma jority of the American people are In hearty sympathy with the patri otic nsplration of the native Cu bans and our government should make every effort to enable those people to realize It as soon as possible. THE MARy'LAXD DEMOCRATS. The democrats of Maryland held their convention yesterday nnd nominated for governor a gold standard man. Colonel John W. Smith , the candidate , is a , weuthy banker and It la said will per sonally bear nearly the entire expenses of the state campaign , the party being short of funds , due to the fact that the republicans have been In complete con trol for nearly four years of all the state as well as the federal ollices. There was a considerable free silver element among the democrats of Maryland three years ago , but it has become very much reduced and It Is probable that most of the then supporters of silver will vote the ticket nominated yesterday , In which event It will have a good chance of election. The candidate for governor Is said to be a very popular man. and exceedingly generous as a campaign con tributor. - , The platform says nothing about the currency , but it Is quite safe to say that the delegation from Maryland to the democratic national convention next year will not favor free silver. A fea ture of the light In Maryland this yeau Is the'election of a number of state sen ators who will hold over until 1002 , when a successor to United States Sen ator Wellington Is to be elected. On the republican side Senator Wellington will exert every effort t tnVe friends of his elected to the stnto senate , -while on the democratic side none except tried and true Gorman men need apply. Wel lington Is not as popular with his party ns when he was elected to the senate and it "will be no surprise if he Is beaten In this year's flfiht for state senators. The result of the Maryland election will be of more than local interest , since in the event of democratic success ex- Senator Gorman might become promi nent as a presidential possibility. PARAMOUNT POWER OF THE PACIFW. The former American minister to Slam , Mr. John Barrett , has nn article In the current number of the North American Review discussing the re sponsibilities and Interests of the United States as the paramount power of the Pacific. Mr. Barrett considers his subject almost wholly In its ma terial or commercial aspect and he treats it Tvith reference chiefly to our interests In China. Ho points out that there is danger of our Interests in that empire being neglected by reason of the attention that la being given to the Philippine question and says that our commercial opportunities In China are far greater than they ever will be In the Philippines , under the most favor able conditions. The ex-minister to Slam thinks there is a grave peril confronting our inter ests In the Mtddlo Kingdom nnd ho urges that "while wo should do every thing In our power to prevent the dis integration of China , at the same time , in realization of the fact that wo can not go to war in support of such a policy , If we see that the _ break-up Is inevitable we must leave no stone un turned to preserve our old treaty rights In a new form with the powers In con trol. " lie thinks if this Is accomplished our trade and commerce In the country that once was China will be greater than ever otherwise possible , but ho doubts If such a fortunate result would over attend our efforts. Mr. Barrett urges that the country should stand unanimously for a flrm policy In respect to the far east nnd particularly China , because that quar ter of the world offers a market for the products of all sections of the United States. He presents a strong state ment of the trade possibilities In the far cnst and sees no reason why Amor- lean exports , which now approximate (40,000,000 a year , should not In the near future expand to $150,000,000. , In regard to our policy In China , Mr. Bar rett says wo should stand ( Irmly and persistently for the Integrity of the Chinese empire , we should Insist on the "open door" and absolute freedom of trade In accordance with the stipulations of the old Tientsin treaties , should exert our lullu- cuco against the delimitation of al leged "spheres of influence , " or actual "areas of operation , " and ns far ns pos. elblo fcliould work in Imrmouy and on the same lines with other powers hav ing Minllar commercial Interests , to pro tect them from further limitation. Unquestionably the markets of the far east offer great opportunities for American commerce and our govern ment should by nil means consistent with the established policy of the na tion protect nnd promote our Interests there , but there appears to be nothing In the existing situation to justify the apprehension of Injury to our Interests which Mr. Barrett nnd some others on- KTtuln. A time may come when there will be good reason for such a fear and If It should the United States will bo prepared to assert Itself ns the cir cumstances and conditions fihall re quire. Meanwhile Its safe policy will be to maintain the attitude which the present administration has declared In regard to Chinese affairs , towlt , that of "disinterested neutrality. " A strict adherence to that policy will , wo have no doubt , best conserve our rights and Interests In China nnd not In the least Interfere with our position as "the para mount power of the Paclllc. " JfOtV TO ACQUIRE THE \\'ATRIl \ \ H'tiHKS. Three different propositions looking to the purchase of the water works by the city of Omaha have been presented to the city council for consideration. While It Is premature for that body to take action under the existing contract with the water works company , an Intelligent discussion of the problem with which the city will have to deal In the no dis tant future may not be out of place. The first proposition , Introduced by Councilman Burmcstcr , which was adopted by the council , directed the city attorney to report the date of expiration of the contract and franchise of the water company and the proper steps to bo taken by the city to acquire owner ship of the system. The second resolu tion , Introduced by Mr. Stuht , directed the city attorney to prepare nn ordi nance looking to the purchase of the water works In conformity with the twenty-year clause of the contract be tween the city and the water company. The third resolution , introduced by Councilman Lobcck , Instructed the city attorney to draft an ordinance submit ting to the voters a proposition to au thorize the city to issue $2,500,000 of water works bonds , the proceeds to be applied to the purchase of the water works or construction of a new system. In order that wo may have a clear un derstanding of the rights of the city to buy the works underi its contract we must refer to the purchase clause of the charter , which reads as follows : The city of Omaha shall have the right at any time after the expiration of twenty years to purchase the said waterworks at an appraised valuation , which shall be ascer tained by the estimate of three engineers , one to be selected by the city councir , one by the -water works company and these two to select the third , provided that nothing shall be paid for the unexptred franchise of said company. The knotty question is , When will the twenty years expire ? The original con tract was entered into July 20,1880 , and by this contract the city bound itself to pay hydrant rental for fire protection for a period of twenty-five years from the date of completion of the water works. In other words , while the city contracted for fire hydrants for a period of twenty-five years from the date ot completion , It reserved to itself the right to buy in the works nt any time after the expiration of twenty years at a price fixed by three appraisers without allow ing the company anything for the unex- pired franchise. The question Is , When do the twenty years expire is It from the date of con tract or date of completion ? Taken in connection with the proviso concerning the hydrant rental the term would im ply twenty years from the date when the works were completed for public use. Here also wo will encounter a con troversy. The original contract required the completion of the works by July 20 , 1881. That limit was extended by ordl- nanco to November 15,1881. That would make the date of expiration November 15 , 1001. But there is another snag in the record. The official acceptance of the works by the city of Omaha was proclaimed by ordinance September 4 , 1883 , thus deferring the twenty-year purchase privilege to September 4,1003. If the contention of the city attorney is correct , that the city has a right to toke the works at any time by con demnation process by exercising the right of eminent domain , the question Is , How much will the city be compelled to pay for the unexplred franchise ? If It runs Into the millions ns claimed by the company the city can better afford to wait until after the twenty-year pur chase period expires , which nt the very furthest would bo a fraction over four years. If the expiration period termi nates In July , 1001 , then it is less than two years. The proposed issue of $2,500,000 , In bonds would bo entirely Inadequate even if the condemnation process did not take Into consideration the value of the uuexplrcd franchise. As a matter of fact , there is nothing for the city council to do at this time unless It de cides to enter the federal courts with a test case as to the city's right to take forcible posseaslou of the works. The proposed construction of a rival plant Is impracticable , as that would compel the city to pay lire hydrant rental to the end of twenty-five years from date of completion or not less than $600,000. Attorney General Smyth Imagines himself the victim of political pcrneuu- tlon every time The Bee comments upon his failure to live up to the professions ami pledges of the party that nominated him. The excuse he offers for tils Inac tion In the enforcement of the Nebraska anti-trust law is almost too flimsy to merit notice. Ho wants the people to understand that ho would have broken up the lawless insurance combine if the United States circuit court had not in terfered with him by temporary Injunc tion proceedings. The law prohibiting insurance combines went Into effect July 1,1807 , and the United States court did not Issue its restraining order until January , 1608. What was la the way of the attorney general during the sis months before the Injunction was Is sued , nnd what about all the other trusts operating In Nebraska that have not Invoked the protection of the federal courts ? Just nbottt the time William J. Stone of the national democratic committee declared against fusion l.uclon Stebblus of Nebraska Issued n call for a straight up-antl-up mlddle-of-tht'-road convention nt Omaha. I'p In South-Dakota there are like evidences that the democrats and populists are tired of one another's company. Fusion Is a mighty nice thing for the high man In the winning game , but there Is little In It for those in the fag end of the procession. The i\cxt most Important thing In the eyes of a popocrat to securing nn olllco Is to- make connection with the salary , The Insurance commissioner nnd depu ties and the pure food commissioner have landed the olllce , but Auditor Cornell remains a slight Impediment in the way of assimilating the salaries , It Is really sad to see n popocrat gain possession of a lleshpot only to find It empty. The men of the Twentieth Kansas need not Imagine their troubles are ended when they leave the Philippines. The women of Kansas have formed clubs whose members are pledged to marry none but members of the regi ment. Unless the volunteers surrender on their return the crop of old maids threatens to be larger than that of sun flowers and not half so gorgeous. The report that South and Central American states arc forming an alliance to curb the ambitious designs of the United States Is of course a pure fabri cation , but even were It true they would be wasting time and energies. The United States has Its hands full enough now assimilating Spanish speaking pee ple. "Trouble all confined to island of Luzon ; southern islands quiet nnd people ple satisfied with American rule. " "Rebels In Island of Cebu attacked by Infantry , aided by cruiser Charleston , nnd driven from entrenchments. " Gen eral Otis might censor his own official dispatches and make an effort to reduce them to harmony. The fight to oust the superintendent of the state fish hatcheries has finally proved successful , but Instead of cap turing the place for a stmon pure popu list it has been given over to nn Omaha ward politician stamped with the brand of the Duhlrnun-Herdmnii machine. How do the populists like it ? It Is reassuring to know that Consul Osborno at Samoa still -wears the same sized hat as he dltd when ho resided at our neighboring town of Blair. This means that his head has been neither enlarged nor contracted-'and that his hair is worn hl ' ljie tlm < j at the same length. . . - s The extraorjUIn'd'ry interest evoked by the Iowa republican state convention Is simply a pointer to the extraordinary republican 'majority which Iowa will show this full when the polls are closed nnd the returns counted. County , school district and municipal bonds are being voted in various locali ties throughout the state and the few sales already effected attest anew Hie fact that Nebraska securities are among the best in the world. It'll 111 SIKlit .Now. Minneapolis Times. Kansas and Nebraska are going to have a record-breaking corn crop. Hit * Democracy In u Vital Spot. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. The superlntend'ent of the Carnegie works says bo could put 1,000 men to work If he bad them. A condition of affairs like that hurts democracy in a vital spot. People Will 1'ny for It. New York World. The coal-road magnates estimate that the advance of 25 cents a ton In the price of coal ordered fop August ' 1 will add $10,000- 000 to their profits this year. And the people -who have pots to 'boll will have to pay every dollar of It. Experience Mnkci Trained Snlillcrn. Chicago Post. Only when the soldier becomes a machine is ho efficient. The Nebraska and Utah vol unteers who heard , apparently without emo tion , the welcoming cheers of thousands had been tried by lire. It was no picnic that made these men veterans In less than two years. Approved by < br Country. Philadelphia Press , The disposition nhown by President Me- Klnl'ey to stand by Pension Commissioner Evans Is most commendable and will have the approval ot the sober eentlmcnt of the country. The opposition to Commissioner Evans ha * been stirred up and Is kept alive by unscrupulous pension Attorneys and as it becomes better understood It becomes weaker. Activity In Cotton Mniiufiiutnrliiir. Springfield Republican , Wo hear nothing these days about the de clining cotton manufacturing Industry of New England. The mills everywhere appear to bo actively employed , prices are firm , the export demand IB good , the home market Is strong and , , the business Is generally profita ble. Mills which had suspended dividends are rcuumlng a distribution of profits and many others are ; increailng dividends. Our GroivliiK Vorelitn Trade. New York Sun. The foreign trade of the United States for the last flacar year , ending with June , was the most remarkable In our history , Tha total of our exports exceeded $ l,200r/j,000. It was less than tbo aggregate for the fiscal year of 1R08 by about $6,000,000 , owing to a decrease In the value of our agricultural ex- portatlona , but that deficiency was nearly made up by an Increase of exports of manu facture * from J280,6 ! > 7,354 In 1808 to ? 338- 667,781 in 1899. Coinnirniliilile Move. ( Mlnneapolla Tribune. A letter from one of the teachers In tha Omaha schools Informs us that the Board of Education ot that fcity , by an unanimous vote , boa pasged & resolution providing that teachers and principals having served suc cessfully for five successive years In the city schools ehsJl be placed upon a permanent ll t , from which they shall only be removed for cause , and upon due hearing , This places the Omaha schools upon a progreiitve basli , takes the teachers out of the bands ol the pollticUni end reward ! merit , FArom-s or ino.N AMI STICI StnllMlcn Sliotr InorcnKc of Twenty Tltrrr Million Dnltnrft. Indianapolis Journal , Of the remarkable growth In Unlte > l States exportation of manufacture during the fiscal year Just ended that of the manu factured of Iron and steel Is the most strik ing. The total Increase In exports of manufacture. ' during the year , as shown by the figures of the Treasury Uurcntt of Statistics. Is In round numbers f4S.000.000 , and of this Increase $23,000,000 Is In manu factures of Iron and steel. The total experts of Iron and steel Mid manufactures thereof In the flccal year 1899 were Jl > 3.715fl51 , ngalnit f70.C06.SSo In 1SOS , $ . ,7.197.872 In 1&97 , $ U,1GO.S77 In 1S96 , $32.000,989 In 18S5 and $20,2:0,201 In 1894. It will thus be seen that the exports of manufactures ot Iron and steel In 1899 were more than double those of 1896 and more than three times ns much as those of 1694. On the other baml , the Imports of manufactures of Iron nnd stool continue to fall , having been dur ing the year but J12.098.239 , ngnlnet $25- 38,103 In 1S96 and $53,544,372 In 1891. Thus , while the exports of Iron and steel have been steadily growing the Imports have fallen , so that they are now less than one- half what they were In 1896 and about one- fifth what they wcro In 1891. All the elapses of manufactures of Iron and steel have shared In the growth of popularity abroad , but thin U especially marked In the higher grades of manufac turer , such as steel rails , railway engines , builders' hardware , machinery of nil sorts nhd especially those used In manufactur ing. The number of railway engines ex ported during the year was 517 , ngnlnst 468 In 1898 , 338 In 1S97. 261 In 1896 , 252 In 1895 and 142 In 1894 , while the value of the ex- porte of locomotives In 1S99 was $4,728,748 , against $1,028,236 In 1894. Of the 517 railway locomotives exported during the year ninety-nine wont to Iluesla , sixty-nine went to Japan , slxty-ono to China , flfty-nlno to Mexico , fifty to Canada , thirty- elx to British East Indies , twenty-five to England , twenty-three to Sweden and Nor way , twenty to Brazil , fourteen to the West Indies nnd eleven to Africa. One Interest ing feature of this large exportation of loco motives In 1899 la that 211 of the 617 ex ported went to Asiatic countries. SLAVISHY IN HAWAII. One Inntltntlon Ilrrrntl- Annexed that MitNt Hi- Got Hid Of. 1 Philadelphia Record. The Imperialism which seeks to extend the territorial domain of the United States to the remotest seas may be a grand thing In Jingo estimation , but that Is n far grander Imperialism -which extends the guarantees of liberty nnd .personal . rights to .t\o ' \ humblest dweller beneath the American Hag. It lo now more than a year since the Hawaiian Islands were solemnly annexed to the United States by joint resolution of con gress. The Joint resolution declared that : ho Islands were annexed "as a part of the : errltory of the United States , " and were 'subject to the sovereign dominion thereof. " Yet , with the consent and connivance of the authorities of the United States , there etlll flourishes on the Hawaiian Islands a system of slavery worse than was the African slavery of the south which so long excited the reprobation of philanthropy and caused nt last a great civil war. The slave owners in the south provided for their human property after It was too old and decrepit to work , but under the Hawaiian , eystem men are enslaved for a certain contract period , during which their llfeblood Is sucked out of them nnd then they are flung away to die In want nnd misery. It np- jears from the policy of the government hat the Hawaiian Islands were annexed for : he sole benefit of a few sugar planters and that the rest of the Inhabitants are not worthy of consideration. This Is whatyex- ilaljja why the abominable system of coolta abor nourishes In all Its .pristine vigor on .he Hawaiian islands under the full protec tion of the government of the United Statea nnd under the folds of the starry flag. WHEAT WILL BB IN DEMAND. Hnd Crop Condition * Abroad Prengc n Call for Our .Snrplnn. Louisville Courier-Journal. One thing seems to bo quite sure and that a that , while there are large surplus stocks of old wheat In this country , there is going o be a demand for every bushel. The price ias been held down by the absence of spec ulation , but there Is seemingly little danger of Its dropping below the 70-cent mark. Foreign crop conditions are mostly bad and are getting wt > reo with every report. Com mercial authorities are estimating that the French harvest will ifall oft perhaps 20- 000,000 bushels from last year. Our great est competitor In exports , Russia , Is in a sad way. Estimates nre freely made that the crop will be 85,000,000 to 120,000,000 short of 1898 , and the rye crop Is also poor n many provinces. Roumanla , Italy , Bul garia and Spain are 70,000,000 bushels abort of last year , nnd India's crop , harvested last March , fell 17,000,000 bushels below the 1898 field. The Hungarian , German nnd Aus- : rlan product will be good , but Hungary Is the only largo exporter of these. The estimates Indicate a falling off of probably 200,000,000 bushels in the Euro- lean and Indian crops. This ought to be quite enough to keep up the demand for our surplus nnd perhaps to advance prices very handsomely. At any rate , It Is difficult to eee how they can bo forced lower. PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. Chauncey Depew has fifty-two times crossed the ocean. Jerome Hall Raymond , the new president of the University of Virginia , was a news- ) oy In early life. General Wheeler wears as cuff buttons .wo 'buttons ' that were shot off bis uniform during the 'war of tbo rebellion. An effort la to < bo made to secure the mssago of a bill try congress to establish chaplaincies in the Life Saving service. fMart'n ' 1 * Sweet , former mayor of Grand Rapids , Mich , , nnd for years accounted the richest man In the etate , Is now earning his Ivlng by lending the city garbage crematory. Ex-Governor Warmoutb , the first northern governor of Louisiana , has lived down the unpopularity which at one time nearly cost him bis life and Is now one of tbo leading eugar planters of the state and a roost suc cessful lawyer. Justice Shlras of the supreme court wrote a letter of Advice to a young lawyer tbo other day , in the course of which he said : 'Abovo all , deserve , secure and keep the confidence of your clients. You will find this your best capital , " The formal Inauguration of President Had- ey of Yale will take place Wednesday , Ooto- ) vr 18 , Among those who have accepted in vitations to be present are President Eliot of Harvard , President Gllman of Johns lopk'lns ' , President Harper of the University of Chicago and Senator Depew , A worMne miner In a coal pit In Septem ber , 1890 , a master of arts of London uni versity in June , 1896 that Is the remark able record of Thomas Rees. M. A. , who ias just been appointed to a professorship at Brecon college , one of the leading theological nutltutlons In the United Kingdom. KOfNllBIIS OK IOWA nKIMMIMCA.M5.il I.rnilcru Who llrlnpd I.nnncli the Hint * I'nrty Oritntilvnilnit. OPS Molnes IlcRlMer. At least six men In attendance at the Iowa republican state convention were among the founders of the re-publican party of Iowa. Colonel \V. P. Hepburn wm a delegate from Marshall county. Judge N. M. Hubbnrd from Linn county , n. ! ' . Cue from Scott county , R. S. Plnkblne from John on J county , John Mahln from Muscntlne county and Judge C. C. Xourse from Van Buren county at the convention which assembled at Iowa City , February 22 , 1856 , to organize the republican party In this state. They were all young men then nnd In their 20' , but they nro now among the few survivors of tliat famous convention which elected delegates to the first republican national convention , which assembled nt Philadelphia I and nominated Colonel John C. Fremont for president. Candidates for state officers nnd for presidential electors were also nomi nated , nnd the first Iowa republican plat form frnmed at that Iowa City convention ! and the republican fathers of the stnte ( hire ! laid tha solid foundations that have kept I Iowa In the republican column of states from the first election thereafter. Among the loading spirits nf that first Ion a republican stnto convention were Judge Philip Voile of Lee county , who wan chair man of tbo convention ; James Thortngton , the first republican member of congtcss from i Iowa ; Hiram Price , James F. Wilson , Hinly i O'Connor , Samuel J. Kirk wood , W. M. | Stone , Pltz Henry Warren , James B. Howell , Samuel A. Rice , Alvln Sounders , William Vnndever , Francis Springer and W.V. . Ham ilton. The four secretaries of that conven tion were James T. Lane , the father ot the present congressman from Iowa's Second district ; X. M. Hubbard ot Linn , C. C. Nourso of Van IJurcu and J. D. Stewart of Polk. Too much cannot .be snld of the early fathers of republicanism In Iowa , and the na tion , and the republicans ot Iowa have espec ial pleasure In the fact that the early Icnya fathers succeeded in organizing n party that has never known defeat on party principles elnco the first election held after that Iowa City state convention. That convention nominated Elijah Sells of Muscatlno for sec retary of state , John Pntteo of Ilremer for auditor of state , M. L. Morris of Polk for treasurer of state , S. A. Rico of Mnhaska for attorney generul , nnd they were all elected by majorities of 7,767 for Sells to 7,183 for Rice. The republicans of those days es tablished the loyal custom ot voting "the straight republican ticket , * ' a good custom that hns gained many victories for the Iowa republicans. The Register believes that all the delegates and visitors present nt the re publican state convention who wcro dele gates to the first Iowa rcpubflcnn state con vention should Ibc Invited to occupy scats on the stage and that the. Invitation sliouM be extended each year thereafter as long as there are fathers of the republican party in attendance at the state convention. Wo add , as a matter of further Interest , that the first ticket nntncd by the repub licans of Iowa received 40,687 votes for Elijah Sells , while George Bnyder , the demo cratic candidate for secretary of state , re ceived 32,920 votes. The full republican vote at that election was about the same aa the average republican majority in the state during the last third of n century. Collnpic of the Ilnaklu Colony. Indianapolis News. The .Ruskln co-operative colony , whpse property In Tennessee TiVas sold by a re ceiver a tow days since , Is the last failure of an attempt at socialism. Ita large tract of land with eighty 'houses was sold for $12,465. The colony was formed several years ago to carry out the theories ot Fourier and Bel lamy. Except the metalu , the colony had the raw material for the manufacture of everything essential to Us comfort. Its membership embraced men skilled In agri culture , ' -"horticulture and all the mechanic arts. Every member , regardless of the char acter of his work , received the same com pensation. Every man was required to work and every -woman employed with do mestic duties received the same compensa tion as men , and yet with a membership devoted to the theories of socialism , the Ruekln association has come to an end through the action of a minority of dissat isfied stockholders who had the property put loto the hands of a. receiver. The majority of tbo stockholders propose to form a new colony , but most of their assets have been lost In the property , which was sold at nibout half Its cost. The colony's paper , the Coming Nation , which nt one time had 60- 000 subscribers , baa dwindled to 3,000 and the outfit was sold for a trine. If a colony composed of believers in socialism falls , what may be expected of national socialism ? Novel I'rlnoii Experiment. New York Herald. A novel experiment that will bo watched with keen interest by penologlsts every where Is being tried in the Ohio peniten tiary. Four incorrigible convicts three are mur derers and one hopes to be having made frequent attempts to brutally kill their keepers , tbo quartet has been locked In one cell and the officials are awaiting the result. This IB certainly the emplojment of a wholly new method In dealing with murder ously Inclined prisoners. There being no authentic precedent , except In the well known case of the Kilkenny cats , tbo out come can hardly bo prophcal d with confi dence. True , the records of the inmates of the cell lead to the belief that after a while there * wlll be fewer prisoners than there were , but until we learn which ona ot the gentlemen survived , the Ohio experiment will not have really- demonstrated its use fulness aa aiding "the survival ot the fittest. " All we can do Is to wait patiently till Ohio reports that disturbances In the cell are concluded and notifies students of prlcon reform how and on whom the experiment worked. Debt of American L'ltlcn. Now York Bun. The municipal debt of New York ( J2 < 0- 600,000) ) Is not excessive 'when compared with its vast resources for purposes of tax ation and 'With the debts of other American cities , The cross debt of Philadelphia , which has about one-third of the population of Now York , Is 150,000,000 , and of Uoston , with a population ot about one-sixth , $50- $ 000,000 , Baltimore's debt , as returned offi cially on January 1 , was 137,500,000. The assessed value of real estate in these three Important American cities Is $2,000,000,000 , OB agalntit $3,000,000,000 In New York. The cities of older settlement in the ac quisition of auch municipal assets as build ings , docks , bridges , parks , aqueducts , markets and court bouse have incurred liabilities tor the payment of which the tangible security Is ample , wholly apart from the taxing power conferred upon the city for the collection of Interest. Thus the debt of Philadelphia is about twice as much as the present debt ot St , Louis and three times that of Chicago. The debt of Boston exceeds considerably the debt ot eny western city , even of larger size , and Providence , a city of 150,000 Inhabitants , has a larger debt than Cleveland , a city of 400,000 , Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ROTH THE 1,1 > CIII.nMAMA. . Ifn ( Ctirckril > loli IHIT Mnr Heroine n IVriiinnrnl InxtltnfIon , Ho ton Olobc. At the present rate of lynching in thl . country some people will find reason to fear that It may yet become ft permanent Insti tution , If not checked by sonic means no' yet ilpvlsed. Heplylnp to a speech of Hon. V. B. Thur * bcr of New York , In which he condemned mob violence In the south. Olnrk Howell attempts to defend hl < section by declaring ; that there hm been less mob violence In j Oeargln thnn in Illinois , where nesroes were phot dovMi for eomlng Into competition wltli ' white labor , nnd that In general nny com plaint Mr. Thiirber might make of the south tn the way of lawlessness applies equally well to other sectlona. But cvon were such a statement true , which few will believe. U cannot be properly - ( erly used In apology for violence. That i which chiefly marks the Infamy of lynch- 'Ings ' In the south Is thnt they arc vliltol ' nlmosl wholly upon negroes. Of tlui ltS ( ! victims of lynch law last year all but nine of them were negroes. H d the 157 negrow lynclml all been presumably guilt ) of crim inal assault this might not seem * o etrnnge ; but the fnct Is that only 15 per cent were charged with this crime. Of the 15" negro victims of mob vlolcncn In the south last year 124 wcro lynched for offenses which with white men are punished by simply a fire or Imprisonment , or both. Such flgurcs make It plainly evident thnt race prejudice rather thnn the offenses themselves were nt the bottom of the lynch- lng . liquidity before the law Is one of the foundation pillars of magnn rh.irtx. Com munities that become a law unto themselves ehoutd at least live up to thin principle , In stead ot measuring the penalties of crime by the color of the victim's skin , That shocking crimes have steadily In creased since the mania for lynching pos sessed some sections of the country and somewhat contaminated nil Is but In keeping with the recorded effects of extreme violence throughout all history. WITH TUB KUNXY MHN. Dolrolt Free. Press : "Do you think the bicycle hns robbed woman of her girlish shyness ? " "No ; If unythlng hns done. It , It Is tha soda fountain. " ( PhUnitalphla North American : She You represented yourself to be worth a million before we were married. He Purely a figure of speech , my dear. - * ' / Washington Star : "Did I understand you to say sotnuthln' about ten oh In' the young Idea > ho\y to shoot ? " uskcd a Clity county ( Kentucky ) citizen. "Yes , " answered the. man who Is inter ested In the work ot education. "Well , so fur as this part of the country Is concerned you're worltln' on the wrong line. AVlr.it you want to do Is to watoh th bo.vs nt recess , and lam the. fust one that brings a gun to school with him. " Somorvllle Journal : Winks T understand that Jenkins ima inherited JIOO.OOO. JJInks YeH , and ho In putting on nlrs al ready. Every August since I have known him he lias liad a. ' cold In the head. This August ho says ho has 1iay fever. Indianapolis Journal : She A man called today who said he Jiad just got back from .tlio Klondike. He What dJd he want to buy the place or bfg some old clothes ? Philadelphia North American : "O'Harti broke his arm the first day nt his new job " " ( Breaking himself In , eh ? " The Ulfllcnltr. Washington Star. "ft's easy , " the reformer said , \ \ 1th care upon Ma brow , "To teli men what "they " ought to < 3 , Hut hard to tell them ho.w. " TUB IVOHLD'S MUSIC. Gabriel Scloun. The world's a very happy place , Where every child should dance and rtnsr , And alwayu have a emlllng face , And never sulk for anything. * * I waken when the mornlng'n come. . , And feel .the air and light alive With strange sweet music like the hum Of beea about their busy hive. The Olnnots play among- the leaves , , AUlld ° * " , " seflkan ohlrP and slnjr ; While , flashing to nnd from the caves. The swallows twitter on ithe wing- . And -twigs that shake , and boughs lha. < sway ; And -tall old trees you couttlViot climb : And winds that come , but caiVot stay. Are singing gaily all the thnl From dawn to dark Mie old mill wheel ( Makes music , froln ? round and round ; And dusty white with flour and meal , The miller whistles to its Bound. The brook that flows beside the mill , As happy aa a brook can be , Goes singing its own song- until It learna the sing-ing of the sea. For every wave upon the sands Blngs songs you never tire to hear , Of laden ships from sunny lands Where It Is summer all the year. And If you listen to the rain \ You hear It pattering on the pane ' V Like Andrew beating on bis drum. The. coals beneath the kettle croon , And clap their hands and dance in .And even the kettla hums a tune To tell you when It's < 4mo for < . The world is mich n. happy place That children , whether big or small , Should always have a ( uniting face And never , never sulk at all. 2 BIG BARGAINS No. 1. Your choice of any of our la dies' straw sailor or walking hats. 75c each Regular prices $1 to $3 none reserved. No. 2. Your choice of any boys' wash suit in the store , 25 per cent discount , All sizes. These are two big values we L offer in our second floor for the \ balance of the week.