THE OMAHA DAILY RISE : SATURDAY , DICCKMIJHU 9 , 1S J ) .
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
E , noaBWATEIl , Editor.
EJVEHY MOKN1NO :
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0n'c of the chlof nuuHliontlons of n
truant oflleof should bo Iluotncss of foot.
to run down the
who uttcmptM
The 111:111 :
youngsters wilt uuctl all the speed and
wind he can muster.
who-raise'd broom corn last
The man -
year and hold onto 'his crop will bo able
' bis mortgages
tills year to sweep' away
If , he' has any. The price Is now ! ? 200
par ton and promises to go , higher.
Omaha should have two senators If It
can get them , mit Omaha should pre
sent somebody who would count for
something outside of pub-funk recep
tions n nil chrysanthemum functions.
TheVar In the Philippines has caused
a rise In the iirice of hemp. This Is no
excuse , however , for southern people
h'lmu < lonlng . time-honored methods by
substituting the firebrand as an execu-
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tlotier. . .
If County Attorney Shields Is as vig
orous in the prosecution of a reportorial
thug as he was In the recent prosecu
tion of a reportorial blackmailer Jeweler
Edhol'm's assailant Is Ju .no danger of
durance vile.
In the case of Council Bluffs It Is evi
dent that when motor companies fall
out the people are llkply to get the serv
ice they arc entitled to. Possibly If the
quarrel keeps un they may ultimately
secure 5-cent fares to Omaha.
Congressman Uoberts appears to
think his 'failure to get Into congress Is
going to bring all kinds of disasters
upon the country. To a disinterested
spectator It would appear that so far
Mr. Ilobcrts Is the only sufferer.
Now that Bert Metcock has certified
to the greatness-and grandiloquence of
Dick Illtchcaif It will be in order for
Charley Fanning , Walter Molse and Ed
Uothery to certify to the magniloquence
and greatness of Itlclwrd Metcock.
With the Incoming year the county
commissioners should turn over a new
loaf and conduct the affairs of this
county on strictly business principles.
There ought to be sonic sympathy for
the taxpayers as well as the pie-biters.
The national bank statements pub
lished In response to the December call
of the comptroller show a gratifying
condition of Omaha banks , which are
today more stable and better equipped
to transact the growing business of the
community than over before.
European engineers In this country
announce that- they Intend to place
orders for $1,000,000 worth of electrical
machinery for an electric road In Egypt.
It will not be long until the people of all
parts of the world will have ocular evi
dence of the excellence of American
workmanship ,
If the republican parly had taken up
O. M. Hitchcock's offer to sell himself
nnd his paper to the goldbugs live years
ago the popocrals might have been
spared the Infliction of a double-shotted
jeremiad from his hired man who puts
on disgusting Htud-horso airs as the
givat I Am of popocracy.
Tim promiscuous carrying of con
cealed weapons In dcllance of law and
without reasonable excuse should bo
rigorously punished and suppressed by
the police authorities , The unprovoked
assault upon Mr , Edholm with a deadly
weapon shows what men may do with
llrcarms when sober , let alone when
they tire drunk.
The school board Is this year again
using up the revenue from licenses for
the .year 1000 In paying expense * fur
the year 1800. This practice Is abso
lutely Illegal. So long as the board
continues recklessly to spend money
each year regardless of the Income for
the same period the deficits will keep
growing larger Instead of smaller. j
.t notA' TKttltntt.
According to tho'voracious ' popocratlc
organ that man Kosewatcr must be a
holy terrot. Ho Is Hot only omnipotent ,
but omniscient. He Is raising smash In
Omaha and shool In Washington , Lin
coln and Kails City.
IIo Is 'an awful man to contend with ,
that man Itosewator , and children are
frightened at ( the mere mention of his
name. He Is a walking stick of dyna
mite and n floating , torpedo , all In one.
He enjoys torturing aristocratic candi
dates and subsists on roasted chestnuts
fabricated expressly by the Kakery. He
Is n bloodthirsty tyrant who delights In
making life a bunion to the men whoso
ambition Is to soar aloft and display
their heaven-born gonlus to low-bred
mortals born to work on the farm and
In the factory. He Is the cure'that has
hypnotized the sllverlto members of the
t'nlted .States senate at Washington mid
compelled them against their own In
clination to wire Governor Poynter to
reinstate Allen In the seat made vacant
by the death of Hnyward , and by the
same sign Induced Bryan to saw wr.od
down In Texas.
This fiend , gifted with the powers of
Satan , at the same instant mesmerized
the four popocratle congressmen from
Nebraska by telepathy. He. has forced
Attorney Oeneral Smyth to so far for
get his obligations to his A. P. A.
friends In the World-Herald otllce as to
bring direct pressure to bear on Gov
ernor Poynler In favor of William V.
Allen and against the man who had emu
lated the illustrious example of Louis
Philip in the French revolution by re
pudiating the nobility and joining the
mudsill rabble which at heart he has
always detested and despised.
It Is this hoary-headed monster that
stands In the path of Nebraska's noblest
son , and It Is most deplorable that this
wicked enemy of mankind should bar
Omaha from having two senators who
could work hand and glove , particularly
kid glove , for the glory and renown of
Omaha.
Is it not awful even to think that
this marplot Itosewater , who has never
done anything for Omaha , should have
any weight as against achampion of
free silver , who not only gave William
Ar. Allen an opportunity to Invest one
year's salary In gilt-edged but unsalable
World-Herald stock , but drew ! fJiK ( ( ) ( )
from the silver mine millionaires in INK !
for the relief of the publisher of the
World-Herald. This feat alone would
have disarmed all opposition to the
chrysanthemum candidate and made
him the unanimous choice for the high
est honors within the. gift of the state
but I'or the distempered and bedeviled
senators , congressmen , members of the
legislature and small fry in the pope
cratlc pan , who are all mere puppets
nnd Jumpingjacks for Itosewater.
WILL rusu TUU
The Hnance bill Is to be pushed to
early action in the house. It will betaken
taken up for consideration next. Mon
day and discussed until the following
Friday , when the debate will be under
the live-minute ride , the vote on the bill
to'bo taken on the flii ce.edlng"Moutlay.
The action of the house republican
caucus on Wednesday , which unani
mously approved the measure , makes
Its passage by the house certain.
The bill will reach the senate before
the holiday recess and In the meantime
the currency measure reported by the
senate finance committee will probably
not receive any consideration. In re
gard to this measure , which differs In
some Important respects from the bill
Introduced hi the house , while perhaps
preferable to the latter In one or two
features , Is on the whole less satis
factory and does not respond so fully to
the demands of the sound money senti
ment of the country. As the New York
Evening Post correctly observes , the
senate bill Is not so manly and thorough
going as that of the house. The latter
"declares without apology Its Intentions
and purposes and then proceeds to put
them Into law In terms which must
prove most valuable and Instructive to
the people of the United States. " Both
bills declare the gold dollar to be the
standard unit of value nnd authorize
and direct the secretary df the treasury'
to maintain the parity with gold of all
forms of money coined or Issued by the
United States , but the house bill goes
beyond that of the senate In specifically
making all the obligations of the govern
ment payable in gold. It In true that
the sonn'te bill provides for the refundIng -
Ing of nearly all outstanding b6nds
those which the government has the
right to pay off within four , seven and
eight ycara-lnto 2 per cent gold bonds
to run for thirty years or longer , at the
pleasure of the government but this
Implies that the existing bonds are not
payable in gold. There does not seem
to he any necessity for this indirect
method of providing for ( he payment
In gold of the Interest-bearing obliga
tions of the United States and Indeed
the chief object of the refunding
proposition appears to bo to furnlnh
national banks with a basis of circula
tion. It Is said that Senator Aldrleh ,
chairman of the senate Hnance com
mittee , calculates that several hundred
million of the proposed new bonds
might bo taken' by the banks as the
basis of new circulation within the next
few years , thus tiding over the pressure
for currency for some tlmo to come.
Possibly this would bo the case , but It
Is a question whether It Is sound policy
for the government to extend Its In
terest-bearing obligations If It have the
resources to pay them when they fall
due.
due.The
The senate bill provides that the legal
tender notes shall not be in denomina
tions of less than ! ? 10 , ' the object being !
to increase the circulation of silver ;
coin , which Is perhaps desirable ,
though It does not appear that the gen
eral public Is eager for a larger IIKO of
silver. The bill establishes a gold reserve -
servo fund of $ lV,000nool ) which Is perhaps -
haps preferable to the provision of the
house bill for a reserve of : . ' ! > per cent of
the outstanding notes redeemable in
gold. Doubtless the outcome of the dis
cussion of these measures In conference
will be a compromise , but sound money
men generally will hope that at Kant the
explicit and straightforward gold stand-
J nrd provision of the house bill will
! prevail. It Is approved by President
, McKlnley. ns clearly Implied In his mes
sage , and unquestionably has the en
dorsement of a large majority of the
republican party.
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Patrons of The Bee Sunday will get
more than their money's worth. In every
department which goes to make up a
first-class Sunday newspaper. The spe
cial cable letters giving all the fnrelzii
news. Including the latest from the
seats of war In South Africa and In the
Philippines , will be unexcelled. All the
news of our own country , particularly
that at the seat of government where
congress Is lu session , will be detailed In
readable telegraphic reports. In the
local news Held The Boo's superiority
Is readily recognized.
The Illustrated Bee will offer as Its
frontispiece a striking portrait of the
late Senator Hayward , reproduced In
exact likeness from a life-size photo
graph taken nt the time of his election
by the legislature at Lincoln. The
picture will be well worth framing. It
Is accompanied by a tribute to the char
acter and worth of the late senator from
the pen of his honored fellow towns
man , former Secretary J. Sterling Mor
ton.
ton.An
An Interesting article deals with the
Introduction of free mail delivery routes
In rural districts , with an Interview with
the postmaster general explaining the
scheme and summing up the results al
ready accomplished. The Illustrations
show one of the handsome rural delivery
wagons in a Maryland county and Un
equally serviceable mail cart employed
by the carrier who goes out from Ben
son In this county.
Another article of local Interest deals
with the experiments with animal dis
eases at the State university , showing
pletorlally how hog cholera serum is
drawn and prepared and the methods of
quarantining experiment subjects.
"American Itelies at the Famous
British Museum" Is the subject of a de
scriptive letter , with photographic cuts
showing exhibit of North American In
dian articles and of the Arctic American
sectlou.
The war In South Africa Is repre
sented by pictures of the main street In
Johannesburg and of the battle ground
of Majuba hill.
Among other subjects pletorlally rep
resented are the foot ball teams of At
lantic ( la. ) and of Grlunell ( la. ) ; a group
of Omaha golf amateurs ; n string of
Nebraska brook trout held up by the
self-satisfied anglers ; portrait of Wil
liam U. Llghton , an Omaha man who Is
winning success as an author of high-
class llctlon , and a portrait of a Ne
braska City girl who served as a nurse
In the Philippines.
The woman's page includes the latest
fashions as posed on living models
caught by the camera.
People who want the best paper will
buy The Bee.
k Thcgrand jury ; i Lansingjs busy In- .
ryestlgiitliig the cBarges of'bribery III'
connection with thV anti-trust bill up
before the las't Michigan legislature. It
is a noticeable fact that these benevo
lent corporations which , If the promoters
meters are to be believed , arc organized
solely for the public good , arc always
the ones accused of corruption In con
nection with legislation and the opera
tion of courts and executive authority.
A disinfectant Is usually needed In the
vicinity of corporation headquarters.
The election board appointed midcc
the Ciochcl election law In Kentucky
has not rendered Its formal decision as
yet , but It Is announced on authority
that it will favor seating Taylor. The
board was organized for the purpose of
meeting just sucn a contingency as the
election'of a republican governor. The
task of counting him out In this in
stance , however , seems more than the
board Is willing to undertake.
After committing his unprovoked mur
derous.assault the perpetrator harbored
if not employed by the World-Ucr-
nld Immediately ran for the aid
of a lawyer In the person of Bill
Gurley. Why not ? Has not the af
finity between Gurley and the World-
Herald always been stronger than the
afllnlty .between a duck and the millpond -
pond V .
"Impertinence. " That Is the term
would-be Senator Hitchcock's paper ap
plies to the United States senators who
have endorsed another candidate for
the place ho so Insanely covets along
side of the "Impertinent" senators.
What would the "impertinent" senators
do to return the compliment If Hitch
cock should really be appointed ?
Fnvornlilf Vlrnt IniiircKxtoiin ,
Uultlmuro American.
Speaker Henderson promises to prove a.
worthy successor of the Hon. Thomas B.
Hoed , late of Maine.
CiiinriiilcN.
Philadelphia Times.
Two-thirds of tbo country's Internal rev
enue comes from whisky and tobacco. Thosa
who are disposed to swallow the one state
ment may chow the cud of reflection over
and over.
A Wcnltli of 1'roliliHiin to Solve ,
Washington Star.
Tim questions which loom up before the
present congress afford It an opulence of
opportunity which Is positively bewildering.
It would seem impossible for It to adjourn ,
without distinguishing Iteelf.
ni "Our Duvr. "
Washington Poet.
Hon. David II , .Mercer thinks this (3 ( going
to be a coo ) year for those gentlemen who '
want public .buildings planted In thlr el's- '
trlcta. Perhaps the erection of a custom
houao at Dlalr , Neb. , gave the practice a' '
chill. [
or Aittiui. )
Chicago Chronicle. i
High nbovo the noise cf warfare rises the
dismal wall of his Imperial majesty Abdul
Hamld , who complains that the giaours who
run the Turkish custraia system hove cut
ilown his allowance to such an extent that ho
tiani't been able to buy a new wife for the
last two wcekH , It becomes more and more
evident that Abdul Hamld will have to fol
low iho example of Htuljl Mohnmmed and
send for General John C\ Bates , V. S. A. ,
tba good aoge ) of aultaus In financial dlfll-
: ultles. i
run minsiunvrs MKSSAOI ? .
ncoiiinirn < lntlnit < ii
Indlantipoll * News ( Iml. )
In the maid the president's recommenda
tions are , wl9e notnbly these denllng with
the currency question and with the govern-
mnnt of the vArlnus Islands for whose wel
fare we are responsible. His review of the
operations of the government will no doubt
be found useful by congress. The showing
Is certainly good.
A . > < > < > I hlnu Dormnrnt.
Philadelphia Urcord ( dom. )
U IN a soothing document with no Irritating
touch upon any sore subject of political con
troversy precisely what might have been ex
pected from 1'reMdent McKlnloy In the year
before the presidential election. The Irrltn-
tlon will come when congress shall under
take the necessary tank of forcing the hand
of the executive.
. Clour mill
New York Times ( dem. )
Wo hope. President McKlnloy's clear and
candid review of the causes that let ! to the
cpnfllct .with the Infttirgenls and his state
ment of the faithful efforts made to prevent
It will not bo entirely overlooked In nntl-
ImporlalUt circles Iti Boston and Chicago.
It should convince any fnlr-mlnded Ameri
can that 'tho president \ not the swaccerlii"
tyrant that hla enemies have represented
him to \ > c'
Mo lit i ; V hi ii JIN OinlUi-il.
Detroit Free Prci.s ( dem. )
Several things 'that the people would like
to have known , ns they nro the government ,
with the president as their executive repre
sentative , are not hinted at. There Is
nothing as to the rumored alliances that
nro agitating the world , nothing about the
plans for keeping the Chinese door open ,
nothing by the way of related facts that
was not before known. The president
traversed a great deal of familiar ground ,
and the most to be said of the fact Is that
ho did It with proper dignity and carriage.
SntincloiiN mill I'ntrlnUe.
Brooklyn Ejgle ( dem. )
The message , ns a whole , Is n wonder of
Industry , a proof of patient thought and
study , a body of practical and righteous
suggestions and a document of sanity , liber
ality , sagacity and patriotism. There Is
not a partisan line In it. There Is not a
note of anger or rashness In It. It Is the
work of a man who appears to feel the
legal and moral responsibility of a great
otllce , In a great time , held In trust for a
great people , a people whose Interests arc
not only these of the present , but such as
reach far Into the future.
llrotliorliootl ofntloiix. .
New York Tribune ( rep. )
There Is , In fine , a general report of for
eign relations at once increased In extent
and variety and mada more harmonious ,
practical and beneficent. In entering more
directly Into the International brotherhood
of nations the United States has not become -
como a meddler or a mischief maker , and
has not Involved Itself In dlfllcultles. In
exercising the courage of Its convictions
and of its opportunities It Is commanding
the respect of Its neighbors , who now com-
prlHe all the civilized nations of the globe.
This fact affords , of course , no ground for
selfish exultation. It Is simply the realiza
tion of what was to be expected and of
what should have como to pass.
Ail Intcriiniloiiiil MCNMIIKC.
Philadelphia Times ( dum. )
A glance at the president's message to
copgress Is sufficient to recall the extraordi
nary change In % thc public Interests of . .this
country within life last few years. Time
was , not very jbufe"1igo , when the annual
message , after some flpenlng paagraphs that
usually might bajjuunu& up In the familiar
phrase of a royal' * sp'e'e'cb , "Our rolatlcmY
Ith. foreign 'i govprnnientscontlmW
friendly , " went on to consider the various
details t > f domestic administration as re
ported by the heads of departments. The
unusually long message which the president
sent to congress expends no space at all
upon this , domestic routine , and after Its
comprehensive and Important reference to
the financial and commercial Interests of the
country Is devoted almost exclusively to
matters outside the United States. And yet
the annual message has not often contained
so little that Is Insignificant.
I'lipoimn'oiily InU-rcNMliK.
Philadelphia. Ledger ( rep. )
The great length of the message Is , however -
over , in large measure Justified by the num
ber and Importance of the subjects of which
It treats , and though in respect of some of
them many of his countrymen are llltcly ,
or certain to disagree with the president' ,
there will be few who will not find both his
statements nnd recommendations to con
gress uncommonly Interesting. Even In the
matter of the purely domestic affairs to
which It has reference , the message will
receive deserved attention from such of Ma
fcllow-citlzyns as'have any real concern In
the government and Ita wise and Just ad
ministration , Tliero are surely none of
these who will not read with gratification
and prldo the president's statements res
pecting the country'o extraordinary pros
perity , the phenomenal growth of the vol
ume and value of Its export trade , and the
unwonted activity and generous rewards of
Its homo Industries Ita manufactures , ag
riculture nnd commerce.
POLITICAL IIItlKT.
The esteemed Congressional Record has
resumed business at the old stand.
The legislature of Georgia , by a vote of
137 to 3 , defeated a bill disfranchising
negroes ,
The' first of Philadelphia's ballot DDX
stuffers to be convicted woa eont over the
road for three years and fined $300.
The fusloulsts of Kansas carried six coun
ties at the November election and the re
publicans BweQt twcnty-nino counties ,
An eminent IB to 1 patriot In Alabama ,
who occupies the post of governor , IB striv
ing mightily to rotund 5 per rent state bonds
Into 3H- per cent gold bonds. Dqwn with
the traitor !
Ucston pulls off a town election next
Tuesday. There are 102,879 votes on the
registry list , the' largest on record. Tlo
number of women registered for school
ofllccrs' elections Is 10,411 , an Increase ot
1,691 over last year.
Patrick Colllna , democratic candidate for
mayor of Boston , declined an Invitation to
attend a meeting of the Worklngmen's Po
litical league , saying that he "has been
overworked with Invitations of late" anj
"has been compelled to decline all of a
social character or die. "
The meeting of tha Republican National
committee to name the tlmo and place of the
next Republican National convention Is set
for December,15 at Washington. The cltloa
to bo considered are Chicago , Philadelphia ,
St. Louis , San Francisco , Cleveland , Mln- ,
ncapollB , Denver , Kansas City , Milwaukee
and Buffalo.
Samuel M. Jonw , the mayor of Toledo ,
who palled 100,000 votes for governor of Ohio
en the Golden Rule ticket , was born August
8. 1840 , near the vlllace of Bedd Ocllert.
Carnarvonshire , North Wnloa. His par-
cnta emigrated to'America when he waa 8
years old , settling In Lewis county , N. V.
Mayor Jones of Toledo reports $7.801.58
cs hla personal expense * ! In his campaign
for governor of Ohio. This Is more than
double the amount reported by McLean and
Xauh a * their expenses In running for Iho
sumo ofllco. The expenses of the campaign
committee which elected Mr. Nash are
glve-n as $91,123.97. Among contributors to
the republican committee's fund were Pow
ell Clayton , minister to Mexico , who gave
$250 , and General Horace Porter , inlnlc-
ter to Trance , who gave $500.
OTIItiK 1.AM1S THAN OUHS.
If Kngland has really concluded an ar
rangement with Italy dividing territories
claimed by Abyssinia-and binding her to
defend the settlement to made against at
tack from any quarter , she hns done a re
markably recklcas thing. In view of the pros-
j ent circumstances. The Boer war Is strainIng -
Ing the military resources of Great Brit
ain. The British government Is talking now
of sending 120,000 men to South Africa.
That will ahsolutoly strip the United King
dom of regular roltllc-rs and make scrloua
drafts on the reserves. Kvcn the Hoards ,
the palace pets , who nro supposed to be kept
for ornament rather than for use , have been
shipped to the Cape. But .Menclck would be
a more dangerous enemy than the Boers.
Ho can put 100,000 men Inlo the field nnd
still have reserves ot population left to
draw from. If he should bo forced Into war
ho could destroy Kitchener's army before It
coulil be reinforced. And where would the
reinforcements como from ? With Kruger
nnd Mcnelek both on her hands at once ,
England would have either to report to a
conscription or to rake the British Islands
so dean ot troopa having oven n rudiment
ary military training that the Islartds would
He open to any raid that a Kuropean power
might care to undertake.
The agitation In favor of a largely In
creased navy Is being pushed vigorously In
Germany by the Navy league and kindred
associations. Ono of the most lnllucntl.il
and energetic advocates Is the retired Vice
Admiral Werner , whom the emperor re
cently thanked , by telegraph , for one of his
public addresses. The admiral , however , Is
not convinced that forty now battleships are
needed. He thinks thlrty-ono would be suf
ficient , not only to meet the united llcoln
of Russia and Krancc , but also to hold In
check that of England. It must bo berne
In mind , he says , that Kranco has alw.ijs
to keen ten or twelve battleships In the
Mediterranean and that England , because of
her possessions over the sea , and for polit
ical reasons , will always bo under the neces
sity of dividing her naval strength. More
over , the English arc In an unfavorable po
sition Inasmuch ns they would have to meet
n sudden German attack and might bo taken
at a disadvantage. "We could , " says the
admiral , "select our own time and attack
them with our whole sea power , with every
thing ready for action , with our crows fresh ,
our bunkers filled and with our machinery
perfect. The English , on the other hand ,
might have to face bad weather and might ,
therefore , sustain damage to their machin
ery , while want of coal would soon compel
: hcm to send part of their ships home to
take In fresh supplies. " According to the
idmlrnl'a Ideas , the Germans ought to have
hrce complete squadrons In readiness by
1910 , wllh a number of coaling stations
ind submarine cables to match.
tt
The young queen of Holland has been
irovided by report with another husband
n prospective and this tlmo the successful
suitor Is said to bo Prince William of Wled ,
vha has the recommendation or the dlsad-
antagc.as the case may be'.of being the fO2-
end cousin of his rumored bride. This
articular William is not well known to
aims. Ho Is the second son of the prince
ot Wled and his mother was Wllhelmlna-
rcdcrlca-Anno-Ellsabeth-Mark1 , a princess
of tha house of Holland. By profession the
young man Is a lieutenant In the Prus3lnn
cglmcnt of body guards , now stationed at
otsdam , and he has the further distinction
f being a nephew on the paternal side of
that gifted , but eccentric \voman Carmen
Sylva , the queen of Koumanla. Tills Is a
less brilliant match than the newspaper
"correspondents arranged for Queen Wllhol- '
rnlna the other .day , when they had her
afllanced to the crown prince oC Germany ,
but it ia one which would be , moro acccpt-
'nblo _ to.the ; people of IlollatJd than would
havn been ; the inoro dl'stlngifsbetlj n'lllanco.
Prince William ot Wled may b'e a compara
tive nonentity , but It Is that very clrcum *
stance which constitutes his superior eligi
bility. The people of Holland are proud of
tl'clr country , proud cf their history and
sencltlvely Jealous of their Independence.
They would much prefer that their sovereign
should bo married to n prlnco of Wled , on
account of whom there will bo no occasion
for apprehension , than that her husband
should lie the heir to the throne of tha
most powerful empire of continental Europe.
. . . i
It will bo recalled that when the three
powers , Great Britain , Franco and Russia ,
and Italy actln ? for Crete , came to a final
settlement with the sultan of Turkey as to
ho\v the affairs of the Island were to bo
administered , It was agreed that Prlnco
George of Greece should be appointed high ;
commissioner of the Cretan administration
until affairs should assume such a stable
character that the troops of the powers
might bo withdrawn. Prlnco George was
then to become governor general , and the
autonomy of Crete was to bo Insured by
tha powers concerned and a yearly tribute
to the sultan guaranteed. Since Prlnco
George assumed the olllco of high commis
sioner the affal'vj of the Island have grad
ually assumed a tranquil state. The local
gendarmcrlo has been entirely reorganized
under the supervision of a staff of ofllcers
drawn from the Italian carablnlere and It
was recently reported In a Paris paper that
at the beginning of 1900 the foreign tr.-ops
would bu withdrawn from the Island and' '
the principality wculd bo formally pro- !
claimed. A recent statement made by Ad- ,
mlral Skrydlofi' to a St. Petersburg news- !
papc ? , while It gives an encouraging vlow |
of the affairs of the Island , would peem to |
Indicate that the period of the withdrawal
of the troops Is still left to the Indefinite )
future. ,
*
Lord Kitchener's recent statement , made
In Cairo , that ho would proclaim the Soudan
open to all comers early in December has
bccii rendered practicable by the recent
death of tlui khalifa and the utter annihi
lation of the last remnant of the ilervlhh
best by Sir Francis Wlngato. A further
statement of the sirdar was alra cited In
' thcso columns , In which he said that prepa-
rotlono had already been made to organize
j o tourist servlco between Wady Haifa and
1 Khartoum , with dining and sleeping cars
! and that a small hotel would shortly bo
opened In Khartoum. Recent advices also
show that the railway Is probably now
1 completed to Khartoum.
In the light of all this , It is not , perhaps ,
surprising that n cable dispatch was ro-
cclved last week , announcing that the flnrt
; Ccok tourist party for Khartoum will leave
! Cairo January 4 , 1900. The spot whorq
| Gordon died , the tomb of the mahdl and
I other places of considerable interest to many
pcrsoni ! nro thus made easily accessible. In
cidentally , the tourists nay have a hunt )
for the famous treasure , of 151 .Mahdl , which
Is said to bo hidden somewhere near Khar
toum or on the opposite bank of the riven
in the neighborhood of Omdunnan.
WAHM KHJHT IX COI'HTS.
llrllfllfllirlt'H Or IIIK KNtlltl'N Ill'MUtlllR
tlu > liilu-rllaiiiM- \ .
Kuiisai ! C'ltjStar. .
The beneficiaries of several large bequstts
In Now York have united and hired an Im
posing array of legal talent to test the legal
ity of the Inheritance tax Impoaad by the
national covornment. The grounds for at
tacking the la are that It provides for a
.direct tax , which Is not apportioned among
the states according to population , as re
quired by the constitution ; that oven if It
Is not a direct tax It 1s not uniform In Its
operation , slnco It exempts legacies under
$10.000 , and that If Inheritances are tax
able at all the power to impose euch a
tax rests with the states exclusively. Among
the attorneys In the case ore ex S nator
Reed and John G. Carlisle , so them h no
doubt that the matter will be ably pre
sented and no argument will be orer-
lookctl that can pwclbly prove effective. The
points at Issue are similar , In some rwpc.ts ,
to those which led to the overthrow of the
Income tax. but there has bcon a g-eat
change ln-the sentiment of the country since
the decision adverse to the IcRallty of fo :
Income tax was rendered and It Is possible
that It has reached the eminent Judges cf
thn United States supreme court. That
tribunal does not always follow precedents.
Its Interpretations of the laws of the land
are Influenced , to a considerable extent , by
the changing aspects of great qtieailons
which come before It for adjudication. U
the Inheritance tax law Is not uph'Id In the
cases now before the court the decision will
open the way for the re-enactment of an In
come tax law In the near future that w.ll
stick.
GREENWAY REGIME IS BEATEN
.tlniiltolin I'i'riiilor I * OvorlliiMMVii liy
ConxcrvntlvcN , l.i-il by .sir ilolm
Son.
SV. JOHNS , N. B. . Dee. S. The news ot
thii overthrow of the Urceiiway government
In the general election In Manitoba yester
day was a surprise to the liberal * ) In eastern
Canada. The elections In Manitoba were re
garded as in.usually Important , r.n they aru
expected to have n bearing on the dlssolu-
tlrn of the Canadian House of Commons ,
which , It Is said , will take place some tlmo
thin winter. The liberal government ofj
Canada supported Thomas Green way , the !
Manitoba premier , In the contest Just clcssd ,
whllo the Manitoba opposition , led by Hugh !
' J. MacDonald , son of the Into Sir John , had.
behind It the inllucnco of Sir Charles Tup-i
P ' . ' , the lender of the conservative party In.I
Canada , and George E. Foster of this prov
ince , ex-finance minister.
The liberal papers assert that the dcfeatj
was largely duo to the personal popularity ;
at Mr. MacDomiHl , the great prestigehla
father's name carried In Manitoba , and dis
sensions In the party. It Is also e.ild tha ;
Iho settlement of an undrslrnblo class of
Immigrants from Russia In Manitoba In
jured Grcenway. The French-speaking por-
tirn of tin ) population was opposed to lac *
Greeuwny goverr.ituent owing to ( ho lattcr's
stand against Roman Catholic schools. Thle
question caused an upheaval throughout at
the last general election.
ST. PAUL , Minn. . Dee. S. A Winnipeg.
Man. , special to the Dispatch nays : The re
verse of the Grconway government Is Htrnnse
Indeed In the light of Its strength In the re-
.cont legislature and the circumstances at
tending the present election. It lf a gov
ernment which very recently had n great
hold an the affection and confidence of the
people , yet It was defeated mainly because
of the strong dissatisfaction of the people
with the present railway policy of the local
and dominion governments. It Is the course
followed by the provincial government Iti
connection with railway construction during
the lust 'year or two , Into which It was led
by the minister of the Interior , which has
loft It the confidence of Manitoba.
WAR KAIS S PRICE OF HEMP
iif I'lillipiilnc I'ortH Costs
tinKnrnicrM n
K n in.
PHILADELPHIA , Dec. 8. William Filler ,
president of the Edwin II. Killer Cordage
works of this city , docs not agree with
the manufacturers of binding twine , cordage
and rope , who are said to have been urging
the United States government to keep the
Philippine ports closed , representing that
there Is no scarcity ot hemp In this country.
Mr. Fitler , in an Interview , asserted that
nearly al ! the manufacturers of twine , rope
and cordage were desirous of securing hemp
from Manila.
"There Is now so little Manila hemp In
the country , " he said , "that the price la
H to 15 cents n pound , as against a normal
price of 5 or 0 cents. The return to this
market of the normal supply of Manila
hemp would mean a saving of millions
of dollars to the farming Interests in
harvester twine. At present the price'Is
so high that Mexican elsal takes its place
In thojnanufncturc of harvester twine. Thz
price of sisal has nearly doubled since the
Manila supply was cut off.
"The normal output of Manila hemp from
all the Islands of the Philippine group Is
about 25,000 bales a week .of 250,000 pounds
each. At present and since the beglnnlns
of the war only about 2,000 bales have been
Bhlppcd. "
IViEET DEATHJN ) A HANDCAR
1'iiHHciiKor Trill ii on lln > Iliirlli
HIIIIH Down a llninlcnr
Four KM < altllcx.
ST. LOUIS , Dec. S. A suburban passenger
train on the Durllngton road ran down a
handcar bearing flvo men 100 yards west of
the bridge nt Alton , III. , today , killing two
men outright and fatally Injuring two. The
fifth man cacapcd Injury by Jumping before
the collision came. The killed :
HENIIY DELANEY , Alton.
PATRICK FOER , Alton.
Fatally Injured :
ROBERT BRYANT , Alton.
ALBERT niELSTEIN , Alton.
The Occident Is attributed to the heavy
fog which enveloped tbo river and lowlands
and obscured the engineer's view of the
track.
IiiHiiriincc Coiiiiiiiny Muni I'ny ,
ELLEFONTE , Pa. , Dec. 8 A suit to
recover $1500 upon a life Insurance policy
from the Union Central Life Insurance com
pany or Cincinnati , O. , has been decided
In the pourti ! hero In favor of the nlnlntlrr
Goorife McK. Potter , formerly of this place ,
was murdered In n lumber camp In Penn
sylvania In .May , 1S9I. The body hitd been
burled without Identification. When applica
tion waniinade by Potter's father for the
redemption of the policy \ the Insurance
, company claimed that the pupponert
murdered man was still nllvo somewhere In
the , west. In January. 1S3S , the body was
exhumed and Identified.
J. I. CIIMCMouIilrrH anil Worlc.
UACINK , WlH. , Dec. 7. Four hundred
moulders employed In the plants of the J.
I. Case Manufacturing company , the 8. I-1 ,
Freeman & Son and the Huelno Malleable
and Wrought Iron company quit work today -
day and aH many more In other plants , It
IB said , will KO out tomorrow. A repre
sentative of the J. I. Cane Manufacturing
company says If the m n nro not taken
back tomoirow It will bo considered a lock
out. Failure of the Foundrymon's ai-socla-
tlon to recognize the union Is the cause of
the trouble.
jfCONDENSED MlLKjl
ft Borden'a Condensed Milk Co. , N. Y.
The crcntcst tlnngcr to life bi the cilr
is not tlie cur tvitli its clanging gong , but -T
those silent invisible foes , the genus of
disease. Tils prevalence of consumption
In cities is stntctl to be largely due to the
frequent cxpectorntion of diseased per
sons , whose
dried sputa
mixed with the
dust nnd blown
into the nir , is
inhaled by sonic
luckless niati or
woman' . .Sanita
tion nmy mini
mize these perils
but can never
obliterate them.
The essential
thing is to edit-
cole every person -
son to the
knowledge that
the germ can find no permanent lodg
ment in n healthy body , Keep the blootl
pure , the stomach and other organs of
digestion nnd nutrition in sound health
nnd yon are prnctidnlly geru proof.
Tills disease resisting condition is ob
tained by the use of Pr. 1'ierep'M Golden
Medical Discovery. It purifies the blood ,
strengthens the tonmch , nonrisheJ the
nerves , and heals the lungs. Kvcn when
there is obstinate cough , bronchitis ,
spitting of blooit nnd other conditions ,
which , if neglected , lend to consump
tion , the faithful use of Golden Medical
Discovery will , in almost every instance ,
effect n cure.
" I wns taken sick In July lust year , nnd rrai
not nblr to do nuv Uiml of work until Novem
ber. " write * Mr. Noel \V. Orvlti. of LniiRley ,
Alkcn Co. , S. C , " Had been cmiRliliifr up small ,
hanl lutipa rf phlecin for about n yenr before I
wns taken down. 1 tlicn cnllcil nil a doctor , who
said Hint one-hnlf of my left InnR wn JTOMC ,
and advised me to leave my home nnd jo to the
country I wrote to you fnr advice. I look tour
bottlc ofOr. Plercc'sOoldcn Medical Discovery :
which 1 sincerely believe has done me more coed
than all the otlitr medicines 1 have ever taken. "
The People's Common Sense Medical
Adviser , Jive , on receipt of stamps to
cover expense of mailing only. Send 21
one-cent stumps for the hook ill paper
covers , or 31 stamps for cloth binding.
Address Dr. U. V. 1'iercc , Buffalo , N , Y'
ClIHIillV C1IAF
Drtrult .Tom-mil : "It's the lioy In me thai
takes to the circus. I suppose. "
"You. the boy In father to HIP man , I
suppose. "
Philadelphia Het-ord : The Kiitluislnut
Heautlfitl ! 13xn.iil ! lto ! Her voleo hus
matchlesH timbre !
The' IleullBl Tlinliro ? It poiindM to mo
like a whole sawmill.
Chicago Tlmcs-llorald : "Agulnaldo Is n
good runner , for u fact. " t
"That's HO. "
"What a pity somebody can't get nt him
nnd convince him that there Is more money
In foot ball than war. "
%
Somcrvlllp Journal : When two members
of the clans .of IMU meet the greeting IH :
"Hullo , old man ! "
When tvo members of the class of 1811
meet the salutation Is : "MIullo , old boy ! "
Somorvlllo Journal : Winks I suppose
your wife noways has the hint word , doesn't
she ? .
Hlnks No , slm hasn't reached It ypt , nnd
I don't believe Hhe ever Will. .
Cleveland Plain Driller : "What n pc-
cnlliir cxcrclfso the new recruits nro goInK
through. I mean that up iintl 'down mo
tion wllh the urriw. What la It ? "
"Thill's the pump exercise. It's for use
on leaky transuorts * .
Chicago Tribune : "This Is the first tlino
I have seen you In ourvii , " remarked
the old friend. "Whero non stopping ? "
"Stopping ! " bitterly echoed Agnlnaldo.
And he plunged on Into the jungle.
Somervlllo Joiirnnl : Misery loves com
pany , and company sometimes makes mis
ery.
TUB AXMUVI * ftUAMJAllY.
, Somervlllo Journal.
" ' ' '
UK :
What shall I buy her for Christmas , thlA
year ?
What shall 1 buy fdr my sweetheart , my
. dear ? ,
A box of gloves ?
A dainty pin ?
A jewel case
To put It In ?
Some roses rod ?
' Such gifts she hates !
A five-pound box
Of chocolates ?
A mandolin ?
She cannot play !
Some rare old lce ; | ?
Oh , tell mo , pray ,
What shall I buy her for Chrt.-lmuB this
year-
Something-she'll like and that Isn't too
dear ?
Tell mo , on , icn me , , ine uay s aimoai ncrc !
And I'm hanged It I know what to get !
8IVJS :
What phall I give him for Christmas this
year ?
What shall I buy for my darling , my dear ?
A meerschaum pipe ?
Well , I BUCHS not !
I'd like to break
The one he's trot !
Some good new book ?
Ho never reads !
A Testament ?
That's what ho needs !
A slipper-case ?
Tlmo thrown away !
Some boxing-gloves ?
Oh , tell me , nray.
What shall I buy him for Christmas this
year
Something ho'll llko and that Isn't too
dear ?
Tell me , oh , tell me , the day's drawing
near.
And I'm sure I don't know what to get !
The first of the winter
holidays having passed
the Xmas season is the
point toward which
all thoughts turn now.
We don't look for real
winter weather before
about this time. This
is the time , too , to look
for overcoats and here
is the place. We have
fine overcoats and suits
We have handsomer
garments for *
$12 $15 , $18 ,
$25 and $35.
Each one is full value
for the