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\VhiU is KolHK to happen to tlie "nine-
tec-nth century
The now your 1ms si-l in with season-
iiblo weather n nil wo may now look for
a fnlr ice orop.
Never mlwl after nnothor year rolls
by no ouo. will dispute thai wo aru liv-
Inj ; in the twoiitloth century.
The American colony : it Shanghai will
now have a chance to siwatl itself
without In-coining offensive to the t'rox-
on tors.
On to OKilun ! Is the watclnvonl of the
Kurlincton. On to Los AnjiPlus ! will
soon ue. the wtili-liworJ of the Union
I'ai'illc.
NVliraska soil has firmly olvi-il to
nilsi ! another hinnpor crop in the year
V.HX > . This is tine of the- ; 'ood resolu-
lions whluh will ho lui > t.
Hohort 1C. Lotllordmnu kept open
house yesterday , lint when the last bul
letin was sent out the supreme court
clerkship had not yet called.
Now is a good time for Nebraska to
swear oft" jioliiK popoiTatlo and what
would be still more to its credit to
stick to the coed resolution.
Up to the close of business for the
day Food Commissioner Ilibbard had
not been Informed that Auditor IVraoll
had swore off on holding up his s.ilary
vouchers.
It would be' beneficial to all concerned
If the coming city campaign could be
fought out solely on principle ! * of eco
nomic and honest municipal govern
ment.
.TudKe Scott will swear off on contempt
liroceedliifjK with the new year , thouvh '
tlio habit is too llrmly grounded t < ' " < ' }
jjlvea tip promptly on the llrst day. '
The resolution Is positively scheduled
to an Into effect on the -ith.
The pro-liner meeting drew out many
expressions of sympathy for the Dutch
republics which are buttling for liberty ,
but It soon resolved Itself Into a land
league revival , an. object dear to the
heart of every Irish-American.
Admiral Montojo no\v explains his defeat -
feat In Manila b.iv by the fact that
Dewey's ships kept out of range of the
Spanish guns , whldi were totally Innde.-1
ijuate for modern naval warfare. < ! lvo
Dewey credit for knowing how , any
way.
If the report from Home is correct ,
that Pope Leo lint ; , designated the car
dinal he wishes to bu Ills successor , and
the favor of the present Incumbent has i
the decisive weight , the prospect for an J
American to wear ( lie papal robes is
still remote. . <
.John ( S. Manor has expressed a will
ingness to allow the lioers to use Ids
typewriter. Under the latter-day pine-
tlces typewriters can fairly be classed
as contraband of war. so ho may experi
ence some dlllleiilly In getting It to the
tici'iip of hostilities.
The members of the State Kdueatlonal
association are waking up to .the fact
that too much wirepulling and pollt'cs '
do not hell ) the conduct of Its affairs.
The people of the state who have
watched the course of events could have
given the members that Information
some tinii ! ago ,
lOmporor William has stopped the eui
troversy over the date of beginning of i
the new century , sy far as Germany Is j
concerned. ( Jetting n tip from his wlsu
men he expresses the dictum that with j
the year IIX'O ' the now century begins , (
In this his majesty concurs with the ,
pope , which may or may not be a re- j
nmrkahlc fact. Hut who Is In like man
ner to decide the ijucstlon conclusively
for America and Americans'/ /
ix's ix > rtK.is/.vr ; ninrin.tx
'Jrcat ' HrltDln'o trouble * DPIIn IPM S
Inu' . Tlio South African \\a'- ' put
ting a heavy strain upon her mUtnry
and financial resources , there Is ilanper | ]
of a Dutch uprising In her colonies
there , a good deal of dlnnd'cellon exists
In Canada , a portion of whoso people
nro opposed to giving any support to
the war , and there N the instability ;
of serious complications growing out
of the seizures of vessels bound for the
Portuguese port of Delngoa bay.
This last proceeding , If persisted In. '
limy lend to grave consequences. The-
fiplHitre of the ( icrmnn Imperial innll
steamer , for which It Is stated the' '
llrlllsh ollicials at Durban rcftiHod to
give any explauat'on ' , has caused gnat
Indignation In not-many and Is reported
to have nlready received the attention
of the government. The lending news- |
pnpors protest vigorously , declaring the '
seizure to bo n characteristic example
of "Urltlsb Insolence" and culling upon
tin * ( ionium government to Insist upon
redress. Thus there has boon created
a menace to the cordial relations bo- ;
tweeti Knglnnd and ( tormnny , for the ;
unreserved utterances of the ( Jermnn ,
nowspnpcrs show that public feeling Is
not so kindly toward ( .5real I'rltain us
to bo willing to make any great sncrl-
llco In the Interest of friendship. The
seizure Is regarded as an Insult to the
nation Hint must be resented and what
ever may be the nature of the alleged
secret understanding bet ween the two
governments , the emperor and his ad
visers will hardly venture to disregard
the public sentiment. Not only will an
explanation by demanded of the Itrlt-
Ish government , but it Is to be pre
sumed that It will be asked to give sat
isfactory assurances for the future se
curity of Cernian vessels going Into Del-
agoa bay. since without this Cernian
trade there would bo cut olT.
It Is of course the purpose of Knglanil
to discourage trading with the Portu
guese port In Delag'-a bay. Nclng un
able to blockade those waters , the next
best thing Is not to allow vessels with
cargoes to enter there and If this course
is permitted It will be equivalent to a
blockade. Nut ii Is hardly conceivable
Ihnl the nations interested will toler
ate this , which Is distinctly a warfare
upon their commerce. It is to bo sup
posed that they will insist that vest-els j
carrying merchandise not absolutely
contraband and which cannot unmis
takably be shown to be destined for
one of the belligerents , shall be allowed
to enter Delagoa bay. Intornafonal
law clearly defines what is absolutely
contraband. Other articles , Includ'ng
provisions , may become conditionally
contraband , ace rding to circumstaiic' s.
As to whether Croat Nrltaln has i
acted within her international rights in j
the seizures already made is a debatable '
question. In the case of the American
Hour taken the British government
will probably contend that there was
good reason to believe that its ultimate
destination was the Transvaal , but In
order to justify its action it must bo |
able to show clear grounds for its as
sumption. In regard to the Cernian
case it Is said that the steamer seized
had among Its cargo articles absolutely
contraband and If this can bo shown the
capture is of course justifiable. The
matter presents a perplexing problem
for the Nrltish government , out of
which it is easy to sen there may arise
grave complications.
77/K "Ul'hX UUUll"
Among the diplomatic achievements
of the present administration one of'
the most important Is that of obtaining
from the European powers luvlng ter
ritorial possessions In China assurances
that they will observe the ' opn door"
principle. It may be doubted whether
any other country could have secured
the assent of Russia , fJorniany and
France to the suggestions submitted j
to those nations by the United Stat s
and it is therefore a distinct and moil
slgnllicant evidence of the commanding
Influence of this republic. Then- was
of ( course never any doubt as to what
the I response of Croat Hrltain and Japan
would be. The former lias long been
the i exemplar and champion of the op.-n
door and the observance of that policy
in 1 China is of the highest importance
to Japan. It has also been well understood -
stood that Cormany was favorable to
the policy. The only apprehension was
in regard to Russia and Franco anTt
more particularly to the latter. Those
powers had shown no disposition to
accede to Croat Nritaln's views and
It Is entirely reasonable to assume that
but for the position taken by the I'ultrd
States neither Russia nor FraiiLv could
have been Induced to agree to observe
tln > open door in China and without
these Cernmny would IM have assented
to ft.
It Is to the United States , therefore ,
that the world Is Indebted for an 1111- j
derstandlng that will keep China open
to the trade of all nations on equal
terms and for the mpll.shinont of j
this the highest possible commendation
must be given the wisdom and fore
sight of the MeKlnley administration.
It Is an achievement of true statesmanship - :
ship , the value of which It would bo
Impossible now to accurately estimate. |
Not only does it assure respect for ,
American treaty rights In China and i
the safeguarding of our commercial Interests - J
terests there , but It removes all danger j
of serious complications In that qunr- '
lor of the world such ns would bo pos- j
slble under different conditions. With \
such an understanding as Is said to
have been practically consummated i
American trade with China will go on I
unchecked and unhindered. Our merchants - I
chants and manufacturers will have !
there an equal opportunity for their en-1
terprlse with those of other countries. |
There will be no obstacle In the way !
of American competition for the trade
of that empire. Our commercial Inter
ests there have made rapid progress
Jn recent years. The exports Of Amer
ican textile goods to China In the last
year were seven times as large as four
years ago and they continue to grow.
In the future wo shall send to that em
pire other products of our Industries
which we can sell as cheaply as our
commercial rivals. China Is advancing
and It Is the opinion of th' e who have
i
fnrcfully studied ihc conditions ihere
that liciu''forward ( the pr.grr < ill lir >
rapid. American energy and ent.Tj rl o ,
given a fair Held , will not fall to tin-
piovo whatever opportunities Ch.neso
progress may nlVer It. There sh.ntid be
a great market in China for oitr Iron
and steel ns well as for our cotton j '
goods. '
From every point of view the agree- ,
I
input of Hie Iviiroppun powers to inttiii- ' '
tain the open door In Hilna Is tt inntter \
of great significance and far-reaching
Importance and It Is especially gratify
ing that It Is due to American diplo
macy.
STII.I , rmiiTltn V.IMB/I rni.trr ; , .nrs.
The great lire Insurance companies
are still engaged In their fruitless light. | '
against the valued policy laws , in
spite of this violent opposition , however - 1
ever , the valued policy laws have been ,
engrafted on the statutes of nineteen |
states and one territory since the llrst '
enactment In Wisconsin , In 1S7-1 , and i
the linn hold they have taken seems ,
liow to have convinced the Insurance !
men that they must work for modifica
tion rather than for unconditional 10-
poal.
As a result an effort Is to be made in
Ohio this winter to secure an amend
ment that will prevent polleyholders
from recovering In case It Is shown that
the Insurer has overstated the value
of the property in making the appraise
ment for the underwriter. In other
words , It Is proposed to shift the respon
sibility for overlnsurance from the In
surance company to the Insurer with a
penalty making the policy entirely void
In cases where fraud Is resorted to In
securing the iMllcy. )
The object of such a change is plainly
to nullify the very purpose of the law
and to accomplish by a roundabout way |
what the companies see they cannot
accomplish by direct appeal. With sr.ch
an amendment every case of lire loss
in which the company suspects over-
Insurance would be contested on the al
legation of fraud and the pollcyholder
scaled down by throats of expensive
litigation.
Insurance companies have not boon
able to show yet why when they accept
an overvaluation and take the benefit
of premiums paid on policies written in
amounts larger than justllled by Ihe
property they should not pay the full
sum stipulated in their agreement , in
event of total loss. The responsibility
for overvaluation should be with the
underwriters rather than with the polIcyholders -
Icyholders and If the Insurance compa
nies w.uld allix heavy penalties upon
the agent who accepted risks that
proved to bo overvalued they would ac
complish the result in a much more ef
fective way. They keep on , however ,
prating about the Incentive to incendi
arism furnished by valued policy laws
and talk about the Increased loss duo
to incendiary causes , but they seldom
prosecute incendiaries or refuse to ac
cept , policies on property notoriously
overvalued. (
The vaiued policy law is all right and
would work no harm to the Insniance
companies if they would ovorclse rea
sonable diligence in placing 'insurance '
Instead of expecting the insurer to ex
ercise diligence for them.
KKKKIXd .S7'-t7 ' KHOOD.
The present congress may add three
states to the union. Arizona , New Mexico
ice and Oklahoma are eager candidates
for statehood and it Is more than probable -
able that their ambitions will be rail-
tied In time to enable them to become
states at the opening of the twentieth
century.
The ( jnestion as to tlie fitness of
these territories to assume the obliga
tions and responsibilities of stutehoo'l
Is answered in tbo last annual reports
of tlio several governors. Arixoim
claims , a population exceeding 1UI.OOO ,
a Ini'KP nmjorlty being Americans. The
assessed , valuation , ! ' taxable pioperty
In ; the territory is . 'i'.OOO.OOO , but it Is
stated , that a large amount of tlie tax
able . property Is not returned to the as-
sessors. . Tlie territory is reported lo |
be ; remarkably prosperous. The p ipnla- ,
lion of New Mexico Is estimated all'
U ; r.-rTiO and the assessed valuation of
the re..l and personal property Is10 , - [
< ) ( ) t)00. ) ( ) The resources of the territory <
are being rapidly developed and the ,
g-.vernor : reports that the various in- i
dtistrleK ( are prosperous. Oklahoma has
an ; cstiniatcd population of . ' \ r > , ow and ,
it is steadily growing. The assessed '
property valuation is ! ? Ki.ooo.ooo , whlcii
Is about half the real value , while only j '
lt ; ! > per cent of the farm lands of the
territory nre on tlie tax lists. Tlie governor -
nor ; states that the commerce of ( lie ter-
rltory IK great and rapidly growing , ( lie .
schools are nnnierous and well at-
lendeil and "Hie social and religious
conditions existing are about the sune :
as tli.-HC In the eastern states. " The
statistics presented show Oklahoma to
be by far the most prosperous and pro
gressive of tlie territories.
liolli in population and resources Now
Mexico and Oklahoma present a fair i
claim to statehood , but it IH iuc.stloi ) > -
able whether Arl/.oiiii Is yet ready to | '
become a state , since tlie voting popula- j
tlon of the territory probably d"0s not ,
exceed 'J..ooo. Tills is less than on0i i
seventh of the present basis of ivproI I i
mentation and does nut exceed one- I' '
eighth of what the new basis will piob- | (
ably lie. There Is no doubt that strong 1j
objections will be made to creating a ' <
stiito witli so small a number of voters , . 1
pnrtlcnlarly in view of the fact that
Hie population increases very slowly.
Another objection doubtless will bo that
the resources of tlie territory are not
yet sutilt-lently developed to sustain a
slate government.
It has boon the policy of the repub
lican parly to erect territories Into
states whenever the circumstances justl
lled doing so and doubtless the present
congress will conform to this policy.
Omaha Is ( 'urging ahead , as Is con
clusively shown by the statistics of the
year's progress. Yet. In some partic
ulars , there Is room for Improvement.
There are things not above criticism
and they can never be put right in the
absence of severe criticism. The faulty
record of buuk cleiirlngH IB u weekly
attack up n Omnlm fmm a source that
ln I ts upnn holding Itself abovicHti
cNni. yet from tln > same source cdiue
complaints of the damaging influence
of quarreling newspapers. The news
papers of Omaha have done more to
build the town'up than any other one
agency. They not moldy keep abreast.
of the town , but In ninny respects they
are ahead of It. Their controversies
may not always be dignified , but In
the main they are n eountorpnrt of the
!
average American newspaper. j
It Is doubtless mio that there are not
so many cattle In the world today as In ,
past years and that prices for this reason - I 1
son are bound to continue good until ,
the breeder can replenish the supply , }
Nebraska , however. Is fortunate In this i
regard. The decrease , If any. has been '
very slight In this state and as a re
sult Nebraska farmers and feeders are i
reaping a harvest. When good things I
j
nre passed around Nebraska can be depended - j I
ponded tin to get Its share. Now Is
the time for people In the east who are
struggling along whore land Is high
and opportunities few to come out Into
the west and get n home In Nebraska ,
which will assure them a competence
and a comfortable old age.
The Investigation Into customs frauds
In Havana lm produced an lniTon n' '
in revenue of from $10.000 to iUO.liO ( ,
per day without any apparent Increase ]
In shipping. The Cuban ollicials have ;
evidently been making fully ns good a
thing out of olllelal position as their |
Spanish predecessors. Loot appears to
be the settled Idea with olllcinls in all
Spanish countries and If , during the
short rule of the United States in | I
Cuba , that Idea can bo eradicated It will j '
bi > a great blessing. It would be ox- ,
peeling too much , however , to predict
tlie sudden eradication of customs of
century growth.
It is rather Interesting if not amus
ing that the Irish volunteers and Hie
Claii-na-Cael of New York are much excited -
cited over the news of the capture of a
Cernian steamer by a lirltlsli man-of-
war. This Is perhaps the llrst record in
all history of anything in common be- ,
( ween the Clan-na-Oaol and the country j
ruled by the grandson of Queen Vic
toria. Polities and war make strange
bedfellows.
.SIUTIIN Of I 111TIllKVS. .
loulavlln ! Courier-Journal.
Senator Jones of N'evadn , the brains of
the silver movement , has gone back to the
republican party ; and this , too , at a time
when the parly has taken Its strongest
stand for the gold standard.
HUM It DOCII ClONCil f
The announcement that the Bryan cam
paign will be opened at Omaha on the 1st
of January will be sure lo sllr up any mini- i
her of fussy folk who will want lo know
where and when Mr. Bryan's campaign
ever closed.
, \ ii \ttriil\c < I'rol't'Nsion.
St. louls Republic.
Dr. Scaver , for the Anthropological '
society , measured l.HOO young Indies at
Wellesley , Oberlln and Xebrnslca Stata col- |
leges. There are large numbers of men i
nil over the United States who are yearnIng - :
Ing to become anthropologists. |
l ml of Hie ( Vnliir.v Wfdilin'KN. ;
New York Press. |
A soldier In N'ew Mexico has just been
married to a Kentucky girl by telegraph , i
All that Is needed now Is a system of engagements - _
gagements by mall , honeymoons by long- j'
distance telephone and divorces by thought ;
transference to make marriage an estate of
beatitude for those who don't do It.
( ) \ < * r\vorUInw Ills Horn.
Washington 1'ost.
The heroism of Mr. Winston Churchill
Is becoming a trlllo tiresome. When tlu
Uoers had him In captivity he claimed ho
was n newspaper correspondent , and not
a combatant. Now that he has his liberty
ho exploits ) himself as a blcomlng coldler.
We have nn idea that Winston Is Imltatins
some of our newspaper soldiers.
Civil [ 'roNroulloii of Soldiers.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The populist governor of Nebraska has
raised an Issue between the state and
United States governments. A soldier attempting -
tempting i to escape from Fort Crook was
shot : and killed by men acting under the
orders ( of the proper olneers. The county
officers ' declined to take action , and the 111211
who did the shooting were tried by court-
martial , and acquitted. Governor 1'nyiucr ,
however l , haa ordered that the case Hhall b ?
taken l Into the state court. " , and the United
States government is preparing to meet It.
;
The governor's attorneys will probably eon-
tend that no man , even n soldier In ilic d s-
charfic , of his duty , has a right to kill aa-
other i in time of peace ; while the govern
ment ' will , doubtless , contend that to carry
out ' this principle In the army would be
subversive of all discipline , mid wculd
|
make the stnto authority superior to that
of i the United States. If thp case la do- l
cldcd i adversely by the Nebraska eourlu ,
] It will probably he carried to the Unileil
States j supreme court fur an authoritative I
decision and the present appears to bo a , <
very good tlmo to hnvo It derided. j
Itiri'.MI.IMIN AUOrSEI ) .
Plan < il ° CiimiiitlKii Mii | | i 'il Oul liy tin1
Siniill .Slorcl.oi'jicrM of Clilcnuo ,
Chicago Post.
At last Iho small retailers appear to hiivo
waked up and decided to adopt the only
practicable cotirso to keep the big depart-
me1 nl stores from absorbing all the line- !
neas. Hcretoforo they hnvo endeavored to
accomplish their piirpcsis by legislation , and '
they have failed. It la not the province of
the law to say thai a linn or a corporation
filial 1 or Hhall not sell certain things. Such (
n method of dealing with the problem Is '
not upheld by public eentlment. People J
claim the right to > buy whore they can buy J
Iho cheapest , and If the department glares '
glvo Iho lowest prices they will naturally |
get Iho business. The only way for Iho j
small retailer to prevent this IB to make
his prleffi as low aa ilioeo quoted In the big ; '
KtoiTt1 , and tt Is evident that ho Is begin- :
nlns lo realize this. ' j
At n recenl meotlni ; of the retail tirouers
It was dncliled to organize a nupply '
lioufici and buy in bulk for all these who <
entrr Into the combination. In this way '
they will bo enabled to purchase ns cheaply '
ns the department alorce , hence they should '
lie able ID sell at , cheaply. Tills IH business. *
They rnnnot cjtpeet the law * o protect tncm '
fiom competition , so the cnly thing for them , (
to do Is lo mccl competition squarely. That '
IB eminently fnlr nnd Just lo all , and InM- |
dentally Iho public will be ( ho gainer , for
it will KP ( Its gondfi nt the lowest pe lblo
Vi'lfe. whether it buys from the small re-
taller cr the department storo. | ]
The plan has been tried in Now York , | |
Ilnlllmaro uiKhCInclnnatl , and In every in- <
Ktanco la tmld to have been mott EuccM ful. \
There is no lenson why il tiliould not HUC- { ]
cctd in Chicago < IB well. It jaiik the small , i
deafer on exactly even terms wlih hit * big i.
rivals , aud that is all that he cau aIt. j t
i
T ( IIOl'A OK ( H II YV Ml.
V.'ntcrs < f morp or less note inslM 'h.it '
i'ie Filipinos nre utterly Itie.ipaMp ef clt-
K < vcrnmcm. It toloww ] from this nssump-
tlon thnt they could not put up n pollttcul
campaign on thp American plnn to i\vo
tholr sctils from eternal cremation. They
. IIBVO not had experience In pocking the
; Jioptilnr will nt the primaries or In llxlng
the sl.tto o that the delegates to the nomi
nating convention would not Incur the peril
of brnln fng In selecting the ticket. Much
1 Itsa do they know the Intricacies of a cnm-
imlgn. the Intuimrrablo devices by which
the Rreat niul Rlorloiw will of freemen Is
"rcRlfltered In the ballot box" on the I'hlla-
delphln plan. Still some of them nre mighty
npt pupils nnd do know a thliiK or two
about American "roorbacks. " When the
colored American Bohlloro got out to the
flrliiK linein Luzon the warring Klllplnos
nuldkly snw n chance * to work off n proc-Ia-
inatlon. Hero were men of llko color fightIng -
Ing ngnlnst a brmich of their own race * . So '
the Filipinos thought. Accordingly the nnI I
lives wotked their typewriters and scattered I
n few bundles of their appeal where they i
thought eomp good might bo done. Several
bales of the appeal , addressed to the Twenty-
fourth nnd Twenty-fifth colored regiments ,
were captured nt Mnlnbncnt , In November ,
nnd burned. A copy of the prorlamntlon ap
pears In the Manila Tribune. It rcnda :
"To the Colored American Soldiers : It Is '
without honor nor profit that you hnvo been | '
spilling your costly blood.
"Your masteis have thrown you'Into the
ino.it Iniquitous fight with a double pur
pose , In order thnt you may ninko the In
strument of their ambition.
"And also that your hard work may bring
about the extinction of your race.
"Your friends , the Filipinos , glvo you this
good warning :
"You must consider UIN situation and
your history.
"And take charge that the blood of your
brothers , San llodu nnd Urey , proclaim
vengeance. "
The last sentence refers to the victims of
a southern mob.
Kxperlence.d American politicians could
not bo more prompt In striving to turn race i
hatreds to their profit. It Is evident the '
[
Filipinos will not ictiulre much schooling |
t equal If not surpass their American I [
trnincra , and that "tho smooth Filipino
hand" will soon become a familiar expres
sion In political literature ,
"While Ihe country at large , " says the
Philadelphia Record , "has mourned such
losses as the death of General Liwton , there ]
have been ninny pathetic incidents of the
war in the Philippines which have gone un
heralded and unnoticed. The closing chap
ter of one of these will bo marked at the
Schuylkili arsenal on Thursday morning ,
when the personal effects of a 1'hllailclphlii
boy who served as a private In n cavalry
regiment will be fold at public auction. The i
soldier's name was Jones and he fought In I
: i number of bailies around Manila until
he was stricken with fever , lie lived to
return lo Ihls country , but died In a hospital.
The poor fellow had no relatives , or at j
least none can be found , so his lltlle stipend
of back pay and the Irifle lhat will be i
realized from Ihe sale of his cffecls will '
revert lo Ihe government. The entire oul-
flt consists of a canvas telescope , four
photographs of scenes at Manila , which
\\cro probably bought as keepsakes ; a copy
of the Manila Freedom , a pair of scissors ,
a razor and n slrop , u few sowing needles
and i two or threeirlnkels and relics picked
up during a six months' campaign. ' '
Lieutenant Harry Hanck , who fought at
San Juan , Is now lighting fires in New
York City. He has the distinction of hav
ing fought at Snn Juan hill while still being
a. , member of New York's fire force. He
was the only active fireman In the country
,
to enlist in the army. Ho was a member
of ( Company L , Seventy-first regiment , and
when he returned after all the hardships
of ( the Cuban campaign be told the presi
dent's ' war committee that he had not a
complaint ' to make and would go to the
front again If Commissioner Scannell per-
mlllcd him. Each member of the conrailtleo
complimented ' the fireman-soldier , the ,
cvilrman ' staling thai It sounded like a
veteran of the civil war.
The records of the War department show
that Lieutenant Ilnuck was sworn in as one '
of Uncle Sam's men on San Juan hill. This
was owing to an Irregularity of the official
papers ami Is the only Instance of this nature
mentioned ( luring the Spanish war. i
As.a fire fighter Lieutenant Hnuck's namc'
appears on Ihe department's roll of merit ,
for saving life at personal risk.
riuso.\.vi. \ \
Jo.siah Qulncy , the retiring mayor of Hos- [
ton , has been almost continuously In public
olllco for the past ten years. |
Winston Churchill's thrilling story of the
secret rides ho stole en the trucks of run-
nlng i freight trains must make the most
practiced i American hobo turn green with
envy. i |
A Kansas man Is suing for divorce partly
f
and ; mainly on the ground that his wife
nags , htai so persistently and has dona It
BO long that he hasn't the heart even to say j
grace ( at the table. I
(
for shelter at the
Among applicants City j
Lodging j house In Now York the other night
f
was l ceio woman over 00 years old , who was
clothed entlicly In iHnupapors. In some
(
places the paper wr.s two Inches thick. ,
Admiral Ocwoy has been Invited by IV.e j
Union ' League club of Hrorklyn to bo Its ,
guest al a dinner early In January. Ho will ,
alto probably be Iho guest of honor at a J
Lnyal ' Legion dinner In Now York February
f
0 next.
i
Mmo. Bazalno Is seriously 111 nt a hospital ,
In the suburbs of the City cf Mexico. Hho J
Is the widow of the famous Marshal Dazalnc ,
of Franco nnd Is the daughter of ono of }
the moBl aristocratic Mexican families ,
(
HazJlno fell la Invo with her while he WUH
lu Mexico In charge of the French army (
dining the war of Intervention.
The stand of colora won by Colonel Klmor ,
13. nilsworth'a United Slates Zanavo cadets
fl
In competition In Chicago in I8S'J and the j
next year on nn extensive ! tour defended by c
Ihou against all drill companies in Ihu (
United States and Canada , lies bean In- j
trusted by the surviving members of the j
company to the Chicago Historical socltty
for porputiial keeping. c
The library of former Attorney ( Jencral |
Jarlaad , consiwtlm ; , It Is said , of 2.100 ,
vulunufi , was sold at Little Itocli , Ark. , a .
few days ngo for $ U'.l. Thle3tinpn the anil-1
tmpcilallst Springfield Republican , which I
believes the Filipinos arc fuifllrlontly odnI I
catod and civilized for Independence , to !
Intlmnto that the people of l.ltlli Hock maybe
bo more- Illiterate limn the Five trlbea of
Indian Territory.
Joseph Chamberlain's American wife
helped him over another stile not long ago.
The colonial secretary was addressing
mooting In Illrinlnghnin , but lost the ' " "d
of his discourse , stumbled badly nnd finally
came to n ( load slop. Mrs. Chamberlain ,
who Bill close by , coolly leaned over an I
tthUptrcii a few words tv the ombarrasacd
statesman- She evidently put him back on
Ihe track for his face cleared tip nt once
nnd ho proceeded to the rod of his speech
without further mUliap.
Till * Hun ! for Ann.nnlilii ,
I'hlliuHi'hlu. Lt-dger.
] t appears to be ron-odcd that tlio who
Phil ! ) plno Insurrection now lilagca uu
Agulnuldo. If lie 1 taken peace will ua. > .i
bo established , while If ho suoctdn In es
caping to vomo other Island , he may keep
up tbo war far a long time , tt In to be
hoped , therefore , thai ( Jll muy sut'cesd In
cui"liliiK him ; but It U a httrd t < uk to traiv
one niun rr : i small bund of uatlxut , in
the tauglea of the Luzon wilderness. j j
i i : ofMP.HH iiM.ot u. i [
A'vrr ! .in t'ndor the we- ! ! cl-
] tied pu > .l. ' ! of international law , Eng-
I Intid wduld hui : Is.ul no right lo urine those ,
ships had the ; ucn loaded to their gunwales - |
wales with flr.is and nmmunltlon. They1
wore cnrryliiR Ar.ierinn goods from Ami'r-
Icrm ports to the ports of n nntlmirhteh
Is In n condition of profound iicacc a 1111- |
tlon over which England hn no more control
than has the United States. That they were
londnl with Hour , which Is universally rec-
ognlzed us not contraband of war , makes
the outrage more Indefensible.
New York Herald : To justify the seizing '
of tlio cargoes In question , consigned by
United Stntca neuirnl merchants to n
, neutral port , the commanders of the British
; vcMselrt must not merely suspect that tlio !
[ ' brcadstuffs were dcsllned for the Boers , but
must have evldenre to that effect. No nation
'
In the world has Mich n vital Interest ns
Gnat llrilnln In preventing foodstuff * being
legardod n * contraband of war , and the Lou-
ilon Morning I'ost very truly nrgups thnt In
treating them ns contraband aho would be
playing Into tlio hands of nil her future
oremles. '
1'hllndclphln Times : All our previous eon-
It-overflies , peaceful or waillke , affecllng
commeiclnl rights ni sea , ccnlprcd nbout
the ling. The status of neutral cargoes un-
dcr a belligerent ling , particularly as con-
perns the act of the belllgercttt himself , Is
quite a different matter. Whatever claim for
reparation It creates would seem to bo j
purely financial , not political , private rather ]
limn national. The Department of Slate will j
doubtless look after all Imperiled American
rights , but there appears no ground for gcn-
oial excitement In anything that has hap
pened In Delagon bay. If wo are anxious for
American commerce , we must send out some
American ships. Then we could once more
stand for the freedom of the sen.
New York Sim : It Is Impossible for the
British foreign odlce to defend the seizure
of American Hour to which wo have referred '
except niou ) one of two assumptions : Klrst.
that the principle thai free ships make free
goods Is not applicable- the United Stales
bccatioe wo did not sign tbo trcaly of 1'nrln ,
nnd must therefore fall back on the terms
of nn agreement concluded by us with EngI I
land in 17PI ; or , secondly , thnt food ought ;
to bo treated us contraband of war. Either
norumptlon would be nn egregious blunder
on the part of n country which. In the event
of a war with the continental powcra , would
be mainly dependent for its food supplies
on neutral poveis. If England cannot con
quer the Boers without establishing such n
fatal precedent , It would be better , a hun
dred tlmis , for her future security to recall
her soldiers from South Africa and ac
knowledge the absolute independence of the
Transvaal.
Now York Sun : The folly which prompts
the British officials to approve the Uelagon
bay seizures may have other and more far-
leaching effects , however. The United Stales
government has u high duty to perform In
protecting Its own shippers and merchants ,
whoso exports are carried over the seas
under all Hags. If provisions are to bo con
sidered contraband of war there can be
hardly an Important conlllct In the world
which will not bring this country into more
or lessi costly disputes and controversies.
The principle that n neutral Hag does not
cover "contraband" goods is thoroughly es
tablished. Not only would American com
merce suffer , but the United Stales Itself
would bo forced in self-defense to demand
Indemnity time and again from belligerents ,
whcso naval officials , upon a mere guess ,
like thnt of the British officers at Dclagoa
bay , might confiscate foodstuffs on the
slightest pretexl. If Greul Britain persists
In inking this action regarding foodstuffs ,
it'will bo Blrlklng a blow at the United
States not less than at its own prospects for
victory in the contingency of war.
COI.OMJI , TODY AM ) HIS INDIANS.
liijmietlon of tin ; Inferior Hi'inirllilrlit
Slums Scv < Tiil I.ooplioIcH.
Baltimore American.
For some time past n more or less inter
esting discussion has been going on be
tween the United States Interior depart
ment on the one eldo and Colonel William
F. Cody on the other regarding the morals .
and general welfare of the Indians who
travel around the country as a leading
feature of wild west shows. Colonel Cody ,
or { Buffalo Bill , as he Is better known lo
Iho ( public , has been In Ihe show business
fcr ( many years and has reaped largo profits
from ( It. It has paid him bctler than being
a scout or chasing red men across the plains
nnd among the fastnesses of the Itockles.
He has carried his Indians , loaned him by
consent of the government , to foreign lands ,
shown rtiem to kings and queens , emperors
and emperors , dukes and duchesses ami
counts ' and countesses galore. Ho has given
the ' people , or tried lo glvo them , pictures
of life In the wild west In years gene by
and has pleased and scared thousands upon
j
thousands upon both Hides of the waler. Hut
j
Iho Interior department declares thai iheso I
exhibitions hnvo a demoralizing effecl on
j
Ihe natl'ii's wards and has Issued an
order that Colonel Cody could have no moro
.
Indians for show purposes with Its consent.
The Indian nchool which the government
now support ! ) are doing a good work and 'f
the tribes In the far west arc giving veiy
lllllo irouble these days. They arc expen- ] ' _
=
slvo and cosl Uncle Sum a very large sum
of money every year. Their civilization i.i {
u mighty slow process and not n few of ,
them are aboul as worthless erealurca na
Il\o on the earth. To what oxtejit the
whiles are to blumo for thla IH a 'question i
always open for discussion , hut U IK hard !
lo believe lhat Iho sleek-looking , well-fed
specimen ! ) who travel aboul the country
In tl'o show business are any worse elf
morally or In oilier ways than thnlr
brethren who sit around the government
agencies , too la/y to work .and spendlns
most of their time begging for money to
upend In the purchase of firewater.
Dut there Is a gleam of hope left for
Buffalo Jllll nnd other promoters nf wild
west shows. The Interior department , In
mnklng Us decision , udds thai U cannot
slop Iho business , as there are plenty of
Indians lhat ran ho pblalacd without Its
consent. So the days of the old Deadwnoil
coach are nnt yet numbered , the sore-eyed
buffalo will Bill ! be chased ncnniu tlio circus
lol and In ibe mldbl of the awful wnrwhoop
of these $10-a-vciu Kavagcu Iho rolillcrs
of Uncle S.'i.i \ > lll appear and re.ncuo Iho
fU'-a-wcrk white maiden from the deadly
tomahawk eif Ihe red man.
Arc you nervous , restless
pale and easily tired ? Per
haps the scales can tell you
why. If your weight is
below your average , that
explains it.
Scott's Emulsion is a fat-
producing fmkl. You soon
begin to gain and you keep
on gaining long after you
stop taking it. For all
wasting diseases , in both
young and old , it is the one
standard remedy.
u > i nd li.tn , ill drugglltl.
SCOTT It LOWNb. Ciicmitu. New Ye- *
MM : * TO \ i.u en.
Plttrhntu tUf'itfh : "The do , tor nmpu-
tntcil one of m > brother's lej : . but he made
tip for Ii. '
"How ? "
"Uy pulling the other one. "
Detroit Journal : Thp genius of the Anglo.
Sn.Mill ; two still \vonM Us JiiOIlOeie , although
a i raw brofmcak would bo moro apropos.
New York Life : Ktlltor
this story of your * , .voting womnn ; I onn't
HSO i It.
, Young JVonmti ( encouragingly ) ruiri
you ? Hit , well , never talmlj I'll bring It
around j again HOIIIO. day when you are In n
belter i humor.
WnshltiKton Stnr : "Somo educated pee
ple. | " snltl t'lielo I'Jben , "nln' sm.tht rnouHli
J lo fee dot ilelr otiui'iitlon la gttttn' In do way
of delr icllin' tie plain truth so it kin bo
understood. , "
Chicago Post : . "Where did you eel thnt
rlRnr ? " nuked the casual rnller , with the
accent ] on Iho "Old. "
"Evidently you have forgotten that
Christmas ( Is Just past. " answered the
smoker. '
Chicago Tribune"You : look as tlied. "
suld j the visitor , "ns If you were working
In a chain gang. "
"That's exactly how I am working ! " re-
fponded i the country iiostnmsler. wearily
roach j I nir for another pile of tatter * . "liiul-
li'sa rhnln gniiR ! "
Detroit Journal : "Is tlie iliini dum bul
j let whlr'i the Urltlsh complain of the Hoeis
using , " write. n Constant Reader , "tlm
same dum dum bulb" which th < < Hrltlsh
declined to plvo up the ti ! > e of at The. lingua
eonfeiel'co ?
It IH the same bullet , with this Impor
tant ( exception , namely. It Is now the other
ox which In being cored.
I'hllndclphhi Press : Wraggy Wragson
Oh ! beautiful lady , plenso Klve me some
thing lo eat ,
.Mrs. lloninley ( My poor man. I haven't
anything but German sausage.
WraifByVraniHin \Voll , lady , 1 came pre
pared ] for the wurst.
Puck : Utlltor ( Podunk Herald ) Hoard
anything from thnt war correspondent wo
hired I at jr a week to represent us In the
TraiiHvnal' . '
Foreman Yes ; hern's his dlxpnlch nbout
the ( last battle : "There was a iwrfeet hall
of bnllelM , some of which were as big aa
' "
hens' eggs !
Chicago Tribune : " \ * ihere. any way. "
said the mother of the family that Hud
Just moved In to the neighbor on the other
side of Iho back-yard fence , "by which wo
t-nn get rid of the cockroaches In this
house 1 ? "
"Well , " replied the neighbor , "all the
other folks Unit's llvexl In Hint house lias
goi red of 'em by inovln * away. "
Detroit Journal : JTer eyes started from
their pockets. A cold perspiration stood
upon her brow.
It WUH n terrible struggle between her
womanly Instincts and her conventional
fcnse. of duty.
All this at whist nnd naturally licr
womanly Instincts triumphed.
riuit Is to say. she trumped the nco which
her husband had led.
Uul ut once she swooned away.
THIS PASSING 11121101X13.
Harold JlcOrnth In Syracuse Herald.
I lovii llui willful demoiselles of kindly
Thackeray's ,
Healrlx and the HchemliiR neeky Sharp.
\ \ ho lived nnd loved nnd plotted la the
long-fcrg-olten days ,
Who planned not for the halo nor the
liarji !
They lacked not beauty , wit , nor lire and
the man was wax to them ;
They melted him with but a single
Blanco ,
Then molded him to their dcslro by du
bious stratagem ,
And led him through rare pages of ro
mance.
And Hnlzne's women I admire , though
covertly ; 't ! clear
One cannot sit and read of Ihcm with
ease !
So 'twlxt my parted fingers at iheso
fragile works I peer ,
And mark llu-lr slranuo irregularities.
The llllo do pole of the Panorama Drn-
matlquc.
The dames of nnelent Faubourgs and
regime ,
From brllllanl rouge and powder to the
honest bloomln cheek
All jumbled In a strange fantastic dream !
Dumas ? A man I fancy when It comes
to love Intrlcup ,
The ( lame of ( ; ye. and scented billet
doux ;
De I.onguuvllle of the Woman's War , Monl-
penrler of the I.encue ,
The Constance whom brave d'Artngmm
once know ,
Where else .n other pages of such limit
less ux'iansu
Have women half such wit nnd lender
.Men turned o'er kings nnd kingdoms for
: i wntnnn'H lovinif Klnnee ,
And died to win the promise of her smile !
And Dickens ? Well , his heroines were
rnfier v.'oak and lame ;
Hod hands and weeping' eyes do not In-
pnlro.
And love inch as they know It wns tt can
dle's feeble flame. .
And not tin * love which men of blood
desire.
And Hondo ? Oh. hrnve Peg Wellington !
13' en now I fee ! . ' er spell !
I love he- virtues less , her faults the
more ,
Since these were from a hearl which loved
not wisely , but too well
Fond bouse of love , with pity nt the
door ! *
Today ? In va'.n I look within the now
l.ook.s Ilia : I find
For one fa'nt dimmer of the maids 1
love ; li
KCU ( ml gowns , falfo smiles and lies ; i
and tnst < - i bitter rind !
The fruit ! > ' t'one , the hand within the
Clove !
S'o more , no more , save In the dusty fhelvew
that round me snrentl !
The heart today IH to the basin supine.
riie fatted purse , the coronet , the world ,
I'C-lKii In love's Htead ,
And "heroine" now reads a "bero-lne1"
Staple Goods
IN
Without regard to suji
wo always aim 1o keep in
ftock a coinploto assortment -
mont of black worsted
coats and verfth. They may
be had in finglo or double
breasted thicks or in three-
bnlton eulaxvayn. These
goods are guaranteed aH tc
quality and are made in
the best po.Hwible manner as
to trimming and finishing.
But jiibt now we have a
new line of black coats and
vests , the coaly cutaway
and cloned with three but
tons , that are fully equal
in every respect to the best
custom-made garment. Wo
guarantee the fit , loo.
These goods we have just
had made at our own fac
tory and wo are proud of
thoin.