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TJIIS OMAHA DAILY HUH : Ttl3SA\ | , l A M A K Y 1 ( ? , 1000. THEOMAHA DAILY BEE. _ _ E. ROdliWATKU , Editor. PUBLISHED EVEHY MOHNINO.v TERMS OF SUBSrlUPTlON. . Dally Use ( Ufthont Sunay ) , one Vcar..KC IJally lite and Hunclny. One Year S.O Dally. Sunday and Illustrated , uno "ic.ir V8 bunuay and illustrated. One Year 2.3 HiUslrHled Hge , One Year 2.0 Sunday ISM. uno Year : ' . ? .p Saturday Hoe , one Year Weekly Hoe , ono Year s OFFICES. . Omaha ; The IJco Bulldlnc. _ . . . . South omnhn : City llall Building Twenty-fifth and X streets. Council Hlnffsi 10 Pearl street. Chicago : 1610 Unity Building. New York : Tempic court. Washington : 501 Fourteenth Street. COIlUESPONDBNCB. Communications rotating to news one ! cell lorlal matter should b& addressed : Otrinho Bee , Editorial Ut'imrtmcnt. BUSINESS GUTTERS. Business letters and remittances should bo nildroased : The Bee Publishing Com' Jiany , Otnalut. Otnalut.REMITTANCES. . 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" .000 on now Iwnnl tnxl hotter es tlio eounty the money on oxtontltii } ; tlio jiitvcil roadways. > H would require a sysfin as comn'ex as the trtiinslieet of : i train dispatcher on one of thu reat railroads to keep track of the South Ainoricau revolutl ns. Bryan's Invasion of tlio enemy's eonu- try is not HO niueli a missionary tour as It is a search after a vice presidential running inn to with u K ! to 1 "lmr'1. " AH few Nebraska men are familiar with the use of snowshoes it Is likely that the Invasion of Canada liy the Ne braska brigade will be postponed until spring at least. They say yon can reach a man through Ills stomach better than by any other route. That explains why so many po litical patriots are shouting for Kitchen and u free soup house. . Mayor Harrison has formally declined to be a candidate for governor of Illi nois. Carter lias undoubtedly caught : i glimpse of the large and keen ax which Altgeld and his friends have laid away for him. Front seats at the Pretoria race track appear to be In demand : u present. It is announced that the performance will not be interfered with by parties gett'ng np and going out until the events are all llnishud. The now street corner waste paper boxes may not constitute a tiling of beauty , but they might possibly prove useful if citizens would wake up to the duty devolving upon the-m to refrain from throwing waste Into the streets. Our amiable popocratle contemporary seems to have forgotten to howl machine at the recent exhibition of the demo cratic pity committee , although no more beautiful example of machine work lias ever been perpetrated in this commu nity. It is reported that the British soldiers at Klmberley engaged in a game of cricket while the bombardment was goIng - Ing on. Possibly. But It would take a really first-class bombardment to make u cricket game lively enough to be In teresting. Colonel Maher should give his type writer a rest firm the onerous duty of announcing his Intention to join the Boor Jinny and buy a ticket for New York In time to catch the next .South African steamer. Actions speak louder than words. After the naturalized Kngllshinan , the naturalized Irishman and the natural ized Dutchwoman have hail their say In the double-ender. why not Interview a few of tlie aboriginal Americans. They would serve Jn.-it as well a straw men ns any other. An amiable contemporary devotes con siderable space to the question , "Why our jack tar wears wide trousers. " It Is evident from the explanation that we were laboring under the delusion that .Tackle were them IV r tl > o same reason tliitt other people of the same sex wear trousers. Kansas City continues to offer special Inducements for holdup artists. They have given the railways a rest and started In on local business houses , if the ensus enumerator attempts to tabu late the returns of this nourishing in dustry he will tlnd a considerable task ahead of him. The llrst thing the school board at torney should do ti > prove Ills elllcleucy should he to secure the dissolution of the Injunction which keeps ? I5 ( ) , < IOO of the. people's money lying Idle In local banks Instead of being usea as intended to give employment to wagcworkers and artisans In the construction of a smll.v iiccilcd new High school building. TIM.V tnMIL'l.Mt. Thorn appears to be a general f'-elln of rnnil'lcncp nin ng ctn an polltHi leaders In President McKluley. The believe that the assurances the pres dent lias given of the Inteiitlon of till government to faithfully fultlll Its jn'-'ii Ise that Cuba should have independeiie 1 are sincere. They regard the appoint input of ( JeneralV. . < > , ! as govenio general as being tinmli < takablo ovldnic of the earnest desire of the preslden to have self-government established I Culm as soon ns practicable and untie conditions that will Insure Its stability They are generally well satislletl will the policy thus far of the present g.v ernor general. There me malcontents of course , but. they are neither unmet otis nor Influential. There are t'Oin who are still distrustful , but they < li not constitute an Important factor. A1 reports of a trustworthy character shov that there Is a nearly unanimous feel Ing of conlldeiice that the t'nlted State will act In good faith and that Cubi will certainly be given Independence It would be most unfortunate If any thing were to happen here to diwtroj this confidence , yet there Is danger ol It If reports from Washington have auj substantial foundation. A correspond cut of the New York Sun says a con gresslonal committee will visit Cuba t < learn from actual observations how much time will be required to bring ilu Island under the Influence of Amerlcai Ideas and American methods and adds "It In evidently the prevailing sent ! nitiit among the members of this com mlttee that the annexation of CuJi : will ultimately result and perhaps ai no distant day. In the meantime , tin Cubans will enjoy that Independence promised them In the res'ilutious ol congress which brought on the war will Spain. According to one member ol the committee , annexation will bi brought about by a perfectly natura process of transition. " If this aceii rately states the view of the committei that Is to visit Cuba and the fact h known there its presence will be verj likely to impair the existing conlidenci and enlarge the Inlluence of those win are now distrustful of tills goveinment A congressional committee of annexa tionlsts going to Cuba at tills tinu could hardly fall to do harm. The Cu bans of course know that there are Americans who favor annexation , a ? there are many In Cuba who desire It but this will not disturb them so Ion } : as they are assured that there Is nc sympathy with this sentiment in con gress and the administration. There is reason to think that the mv : joilty of Cubans want nothing to do w.ti anybody who believes that annexation is even a remote possibility. The.i thought Is only of Independence anil they have entire conlilence ; In tlieli ability to maintain self-government , Therefore If the committee which pro. poses to visit Cuba entertains the view ascribed to It , it would better not po for its visit would not promote the coiv dltlons that are essential to prepare tin people there for establishing an Inde pendent government. Good progress , II appears , is being made In this direc tion and it would be a misfortune tc Interfere with it. Kvery effort should be made to strengthen the confidence oi Cubans in the United States. TO PllKKS T1IK CAffAl. HILL. The house committee on interstate commerce has ordered Its chairman , Mr , Hepburn , to report the Nicaragua canal bill. It is said to be probable that this measure will be accepted by the senate committee on interoceanie canals , in which event there will be a united move ment on the part of the Nicaragua route advocates in botli houses to secure the passage of the bill at , this session , not waiting for the report of the commission authorized by the last congress to in. vestigate all the routes. A Washington dispatch says there Is reason for the be lief that Mr. Hepburn and others have been assured by the president that lie earnestly desires the passage of the ca nal bill this session , but It Is very doubt ful if the president lias expressed such a desire to any one. He is in. favor ot an Isthmian canal , but It Is safe to as- suine that he Is disposed to wait for thy report of ( lie commission before taking any action In the matter , doubtless tin- derstandlng that public sentiment fa vow this. this.The The bill of the house committee au thorizes the president lo acquire from Costa Hlca and Nicaragua control of thu territory desirable and necessary for a canal connecting tins Caribbean sea and the Pacific , and when Hits shall have been secured the secretary of war Is di rected to proceed with the construction of a canal. The sum of $1-)0,000,000 ) , erse so much thereof as may be necessary , Is appropriated for the work. This amount Is a little above the estimate made by the first commission of engi neers , but is a great deal below the highest estimates that have been made and doubtless Is many millions less than the canal would cost. IXTKHSTATH CliMMISSlOX ItKI'OllT. The annual report of the Interstate Commerce commission renews the rec ommendations of previous reports for amendments to the Interstate com merce law that will make It more effec tive. This annual appeal to ci.iigre.-H Is familiar to the public and the pres ent one offers nothing essentially new In support of it. It Is urged that if the law Is permitted to stand as It is tha bpst efforts at regulation must bo feeble and disappointing and it is declared that the existing situation and the devel opments of the past year render niuio Imperative than ever before the neces sity for speedy and suitable legislation. The report says that the commission or any other tribunal or court Is powerless to limit the charge which a railroad company may please to make for Its service , so that In this respect the law Is practically worthless. A bill prepaied by Use commission pro viding for the dcMrcd amendments ha * been Introduced by Senator Cullom an < | Is now In the hands of a senate commit tee. This measure has received the en dorsement of many manufiuturcrs , mer chants and illicrci , whose Jiu ' shmiM hiive Ui-l 'litlth c-oiiKres . bn ' ItntiM be unsafe 1 > predict Its ad'U , tlon. since und ubtodly It will beu \ oroiisly opposed by the railroads , a * I the case of previous efforts to strengtho the law and make It more effective. AI I cut Ion Is called to the schemes of rail road combination and It Is pointed on that If these are brought to effective n suits the restraints of competition upoi | excessive and unjust rales will In till 1 way be avoided and whatever evils ma ; ! result will bo remediless under exlsthi ] laws. That the Interstate commerce law I not accomplishing what It was luteiidei to everybody knows and while thur < may be reasonable objection to some 1. the amendments which the commlssloi proposes , there Is no question that legls latlon Is needed to give the law greate vitality and effect. O.VB Of OMAHA'S I'llKSSlXH KKKftS. Kansas City Is celebrating the com plellon of an electric mot-.r line lo l.eav enworth. This , however , Is only oin of several suburban electric roads tha connect Kansas City with tiiu surround lug villages and towns wltiiln the raditi : of thirty miles. , In this respect Kansas City Is by IK means the pioneer. Kvery city of con o qupiieo in the eastern and central stale : Is making Itself the hub of a network o suburban railroads by which it I : brought in close contact with the pooplt who are the natural patrons of its retal merchants , amusement places and edu catlonal Institutions. SOUKof these sub urban electric Hues ami connections ex tend a distance of over fifty miles. KOI example , Cleveland , ( ) . , lias recently completed an electric road to Ashtabula about llfty miles distant , while aiiotliei of its lines now goes to Klyrla and h being extended to Norwalk , forty mllw from Cleveland. It seems to us the time has come foi Omaha to take active steps looking to ward the building of a system of sub urban electrle railroads. A good open ing exists for several such lines , whlcli would be assured of paying patronage from the outset if honestly capitalized and economically managed. Thu elec tric line between Omaha and Council Bluffs has proved a paying investmenl even counting the expensive bridge n cross ( lie Missouri , whlcli cost mort than all the rest of the line. The outlay for right of way on such suburban lines is comparatively insignificant. Tin county roads are wide enough to permit the laying of tracks without seriously interfering with wag.-n trallle. Tin county bridges for the most part an ; strong enough to stand the wear nnd tear of electric cars. All that is lacking Is organized capital to Invest In the hands of enterprising business men. The reorganized bar association can , if so disposed , do much to expedite tlio work of our courts and raise the judi ciary and the legal fraternity in the esti mation of the public. Members of the bar are supposed to be subject to an unwritten code which prescribes certain rules of action and fair play , but which is too seldom enforced. On the contrary , of those cited for contempt of court , subornation of perjury and jury tamper ing In recent years protwbly three- fourths of them have been lawyers who ought to have known what the law Is. The local bar association lias never ac complished anything In this direction in the past. The question 7s , Will it do something now ? The free silver democrats In the feTa legislature are congratulating them selves that the gold men were magnani mous enough to allow Fred White to lie named as the party choice for sen ator without a contest. It appears that had a division been called for Cato Sells , a gold man would either have been selected or come within a very few votes of it. Some Iowa democrats evi dently know what is the matter with the party. Several democrats hiding behind the name Jacksonian are proposing lists of eligible candidates for the forthcoming democratic city ticket. From the result of the- contest In the democratic.tlty committee , by which the Jacksnnlan's were routed horse , foot and dragoon , It might be advisable for the ambitious ollicesceker to crawl Into the County Democracy tent. The schcol board Investigating committee - mittee is expected to keep right on with its work until it linlshex the unpleasant job. It cannot hope to strike such rich leads every day as were brought out In the llrst sessions , but several question able transactions of the old board are still to bo uncovered. Tlio county commissioners are peram bulating the county In a i)0dy ) on an In spection tour of county roads with an eye to the proposed location of new bridges that will absorb $ "iWQ of the county's money. Planting new bridges where they are not neeneil Is a rather expensive pastime. Some of tlio men who are so free to say how they would run a newspaper If they had one are remlndec that numer ous people have tried tlio experiment who are not running newspapers now because their own cash played out and tlio money of others failed to come in to make good the delicti. In a formal petition the chairman of the populist state committee claims the entire credit for the fiifion victory in 4\v hraska during the last camp.iign. He forgets the work done by thu un-1'atri- otlc league of Omaha In behalf of the fiiK'.on ticket. Servo All .ll ! | < > . Globe-Democrat. U will be a great satisfaction to the pub lic If the Investigation of the Montana sena torial bribery case should result In tlio crjiial punishment and .dlsgrnco of every person who offered bribes and every ono who ac cepted them. VleivM of mi i\iu-i-t. Chlcaco Chronicle- . Speaking as an undoubted expert , Mr. John 1) . lt-ckefeller declares that "It Is too late to argue about the advantages of trusts. " and that Is true. The advantages to .Mr. HorKifcllcr are obvious lu the form of (150- 1 oi iiuim ir sn.li a m.i'toi' The iroubV | lh.lt iliry an no ! equally obvlou.i t > the pro | > lo wh. > have to contribute the roln. Too ! Suj- for l'olltl < " . Washington Pot. It appear * that they were able to drur up a few drummers out in Nebraska wh liftd the time to listen to ono of Mr. Hrynn' hard luck talks. In other parts of th country the commercial traveler Is too bus for that sort of thing. Snt Tlicri.liiHt Hit * Sunn- . Itnltlmorc Atncrlrnn. Tlio critics who hnve been accusing th American eagld of guplneness lu not tin mediately twisting the lltltlsh lion's tal In Ills bcnk , nre dUngreeably surprised" find that , without even a scream , his tnlon are firmly fixed in American Hour bags acknowledged to bo past the lion's clutch. Work Alicml for n Wnrlil-l'oivcr , Port land Oregonlnn. If Knglaml and" Japan arc attached li Asia wo may have to help thorn out. 1 ( icrmaiiy pursues Its deslpna on Brazil w may have to repel her with words or wa ships. If tlio Filipinos continue obstreperou wo may have to keep a considerable fore there. If wo build an Isthmian canal wi shall have to police It. If Krance proceed to occupy Santo Domingo wo shall have ti put her out. If Uusala closes her Aslatl ports to us we shall have to remonstrate Some show of force may yet bo nccessar ; to secure our Alaska miners their right ! or collect our bills from Turkey. "Inintt f tlir UOIT Wnr. SjirliiKlleld ( Mass. ) Kenubllcnn. Tlio blunder of the war Is scon In Its pro roundest plicae In tlio fact that It Is no knitting together the Kngllsh-speaklw races , but rendering their harmony mon dllllcult and their possible union more pre carious. Statesmen llko Chamberlain wil never bring about the reunion of the Eng lish-speaking world. The England that al America loved was the England of ( Jlad Htono , who , In spite of liln faults , carried hi : country to higher moral planes and u loftier achievements of magnanimity thai any England the world had known. If thai England Is dead beyond resurrection , as thej say , then the worse for the English-speaking race and Its bonds of unity. TIIiinn r.MiAi'i'Y WOMBX. Coiinplc-noiiH lii HIP Illntory of Frnnpi : nnd . Mv.vlco. Minneapolis Times. The death of Modamo Ilaznlne In a hos pital In Mexico a day or two ago removes the _ first of three famous nnd unhapp > women whose histories nre closely Inter twined nnd whoso ambitious schemes have helped to shape ) the destiny of Krance. Tin other two nre Corlotta , the widow of the Ill-starred - Emperor Maximilian of .Mex ico' , and Eugenie , the widow of Xapolcor III , emperor of the Krench. Madame Hazalno was a Mexican lady and the friend of Empress Carlotta. When she became the wife of General Hazalne , n marshal of Trance , Emperor Maximilian gave her a princely dower. She encouraged her husband's ambitious projects and re mained loyal to him through bis mis fortunes. When he was sentenced to be degraded nnd shot for having capitulated to the Hermans at Mitz without having exhausted all his memm of defense , hie wife succeeded In getting bis sentence com muted to twenty years' Imprisonment with out military degradation. Shortly after wards she effected his escape from prison and was his comfort and stay until his death In 1S8S. Madame llazalno's friend and patroness , the Empress Carlotla. Is still living in an Insnno asylum at Brussels. She Is the daughter of King Leopold ot Belgium , When her husband , Maximilian , was com pelled to abandon all hope of succeeding to the crown of. Austria , she encouraged him to accept tho-iqffer of Napoleon III to make him emi > eror..of Mexico. When Max imilian was hard pressed by the republican troops in Mexico , she went to Franco nud appealed for assistance to Napoleon and Eu genie. Her appeal was refused and she be came insane. It is said that she does not to this day know that her husband was shot In Mexico thirty-three yars ago ; Eugenie de Montljo , the widow of Em peror Napoleon III , him been no less un happy than her two friends , Madame Ba- zalno and the Empress Carlotta. She lives a sad and lonely woman at Chlselhurst , England. The overthrow of the French cm- piro and the expatriation nnd death of her husband crushed her ambitious spirit , and her bereavement was completed in 1S70 when her only son was killed while fighting against the Zulus In South Africa. IMIOPOSIOD KAIIHO.\I ) AlllA.NCIO. I'luii of CiiiuiuilKii Muiiiii'il Out ! > > Trunk II inCinillilllc. . Chlcauo Record. "If congrcps does not permit us to pool wo will consolidate , " Is virtually the posi tion of the railroad Interests of the country today. The railroad manascrs will be driven to consolidation as the only means of saving themselves from ruinous competi tion unless stability of rates Is secured in some other manner. The process of con solidation Is now going on nnd Is not likely to ho checked until all the roads arc united Into n gigantic railroad trust , unless con gress , through the excrelso of Its regulative lower , shall Intervene to protect the curriers themselves as well as the public from the evils of rate discrimination. According to the ncwn reports there is now in progress an offensive and defensive ulllanco of the great roads of the country with a view of putting an end lo the ovlls of which complaint is made. The weakness of Hiicli an alliance is that there Is no way of enforcing the regulations agreed upon. It la likely to share the fate of other "gen tlemen's agreements. " Only legal consoli dation or agreements made under authority of law , which should bo under the strict su pervision of the Interstate ! . Commerce com mission , can prove effective. Ilowuvor , the terms of the proposed alliance arn Interest ing as Indicating what the railroad man agers dcalro to accomplish. Of the ten basic propositions on which the proposed nl- lianco is lo rest four deal with thu relations of the general public to railroads and are aa follows : To resist the demands of nil big cor porations for rebates and to co-opornto with the Interstate Commerce vomm's- ' slon In the maintenance of law and rates. To establish both the anthracite and bl- tmnliiouH coal trade ? on a permanently profitable basis , To abolish dlfforentlals at the A'luntfc seaports and establish a prnln tariff from the west to the seaboard based on tlio prc-vulllnir market price of the cereal. To tuko up and provide for : i settle ment ot' the lubor question UB far as pot- > - eiblo. Tim llrst proposition Indicates that the railroads themselves feel the power of tlio great trusts , that are nblo , by playing ono carrier against another , to secure favorable rates or robatos. Because of this fnct the railroads arc beginning to look with moro favor on the Interstate commerce law and fire likely In the future to offer less objoc- llon to the extension of the powers of the Interstate Commerce commU&lon. The idea of n eliding scale for the trans portation of grain to the seaboard may not bo acceptable to grain rnlseis. The plan proposed in equivalent to laying nn ad va lorem tax on grain trar.ff.norted to the sea board without regard to the cost of the ser vice to bo performed. It Is evident that the public , as well as the railroads , oupht ( o liovo some volco In the determination of any iuch policy. Hence the Importance of legis lation dealing comprehensively with thorub- Jccl that shall mnko the Interstate' Com merce commission an Important factor la all attempt ! } to control the rule situuUuu. S ( HM'I'KII * ON THIS \ii.lT. Philili'lplilA Tlmrs I. < ndon papers v-lnl j that thr authorities nre hiding the true Mm of the Transvaal wnr. This Is another ra1 where the tale goes with the hide. ImllRtinpolls N'ews : England conecdi that only those foods are contraband tin nro Intruded for the enemy. Of course , ll destination will be blown lu the bottle 'I , the shipper. | San Francisco Call : If ( Icuernl Methti. I be deemed crazy merely bevnuso ho fre I ever the vl.-torlos of the Bocra " will IK be long before half the homes lit Ore : Britain will bo lunatic asylums. CJIobs-Hemccrat : Portugal begins the ye ; with the statement that It has no des.ro I birrow , though several countries nre zott ous In offers of loans. Oem Paul has strong box himself and knous u thing t two abnut diplomacy. Philadelphia North American : The tloi Bueccsscs hnve been solely due to belli Roncralshlp , boiler positions , bolter nrn nnd artillery , boiler marksmanship and bel ler nghllng qualities throughout than the , ! the "Tonini displayed by much-vaunted Alklns" and his nrlsiotratl ; commanders. Mlii'ioapolls Tribune : If the Boers shoul capture . 1/ulysmlth they would have , n told , about 18,000 British prisoners , an President Kruger lutlmaurf that if Orcr Britain cuts oft the Transvaal foo.l suppl the prisoners Will be ( ho first to starve The Transvaal has n tremendous defenslv weapon In Its British prisoners. Chicago Chronicle : The first nro.'ceJIn of Lord Hohorts upon his arrival In Soul Africa Indicates lhat ho appreciates th needs of the situation. He isn't foolln mound with cavalry or artillery , bu1 In thoughtfully dispatched 1,200 stretcher bou crs to the front. Stretcher bearers appca to be the principal desideratum In BrltU military circles jusl now. Springfield lleptibllcan : The slory tint Oenernl Melhuen Is to bo recalled beeiuis ho IH ItiBano Is more plausible than it waul have been had he not sent home such nil dispatches after thu battle of Moddor rive describing lhal engagement as the bloodied of the century , and so on. That the stlbso quent assault at Mage'rsfonteln Indicate Insanity cannot , however , be believed , tin less olio assumes thai Galacrc. lee , wa crazy In his exploit at Stormberg. ( icncr.i Muthucn may have become unbalanced sine his luck turned , ns Ocneral Yule did afte , thc retrcal from Dundee. i > niiso\Aij I'oivrnits. In other words , Ellhu Hoot docs not fee1 called upon to give up n $30,000 practice li order to light for an $8,000 Job. The now lightweight champion pugllls doesn't drink , chow nor swcnr. Now If h would quit fighting ho might turn out to b quite n man , The Anglican archbishop of the West In tiles has ordered a prayer to bo offered In al the churches under his jurisdiction for th success of the British arms In Soutl Africa. Let the rest ot the world wag as it may New Jersey Is happy. That state is out o debt , thanks to the big trusts which bavi contributed so largely lu organization feci to its treasury. The supreme courts of Massachusetti nnd Illinois have affirmed the consttlution ality of Iho Torrens land transfer laws These precedents should accelerate a de slrablo reform. Congressman Berry of Kentucky has In troduced a bill providing for the colnagi of 3-ccnt pieces with a round hole In tin center. The prospects of gelling back l ( the wampum of the slmon-puro natives li brightening. In taunting scorn the Boston Globe sayi the correspondent of one of Its contempo rarles didn't know how lo spell Chaubutia- gungamaug. His dispatch says the boj was drowned "In the big lake near tin pumping stallon. " Portugal did not jump at Britain's tempt ing bait In the shape of a loan. Inferloi monarchies occasionally show that a sur gical operation Is not necessary to see a ; far as Delagoa bay. Thus la the gaiety oi the world enriched. Congressman Levy of New York has i unique way of explaining the proper pro nunciation of bis name. Says he : "Now if I have a mortgage on your store what de I do ? Do I levl on it or do I levy on It : You can safely bet I don't levl on it. Mj uamo is not Lovl. " Fire Chief Sweule of Chicago reports that there were 183 fires in that city in 1S99 re sulting from the uoe of gasoline , the total loss amounting to about $203,000. Six per sons were killed and thirty-four wcro burned by gasoline explosions during the year. Field Marshal Lord Roberts of the Brltlsli army wears honors entitling him to put a formidable list of initials after his name. Ho Is Baron lloberts of Kandahar and Wutcrford , P. C. , K. P. . G. C. B. , 0. C. S , I. , G. C. I. E. , V. C. , D. C. L. , LL. D. Isldor Cohen of Ne\v York City has Intro duced a bill in Iho New York legislature requiring all hacks , cabs and automobiles licensed for hire by tDj public to be equipped with a cyclometer or other automatic device for measuring and recording the dlslancc [ raveled , Iho machine lo be placed In such a way to be In plain sight of the passenger. The purpose of the bill IH to prevent hack- men from overcharging their patrons. rsi.M ; ( rent llrltulii llrllliprnlply IIIITPIINPN ( In- Horror * tit \Vtir. Philadelphia Lodger. At the outbreak of the war between Eng land und the Tronwanl tbo former made public announcement that she would not nee dumdum bullets , but confine herself to luch aa are recognized by thu other powers is proper In conducting civilized warfare. Fhuro was much indignation expressed : hroughout 'Great Britain when It was ilalmed that the Boers occasionally used the nlesllcH , If report bu true , England Bcums : o forgotlen her Indignation against the JoerH for using dumdums , ami to bo on the lolnt herself of violating her pledge not lo IEO them. The report which leads to this inclusion Is that , In consequence of Lcc- vletfonl cartridges running short in the nagazlmti , the war office purposes to fall jack temporarily upon 100,000,00(1 ( "Mark V" expanding bullets. It Is announced that Ifty rounds are to bo served to each volun- ccr , hul with strict Injunction that tboy are o bo used only In rillo practice , and not to ic taken ( o South Africa. The force of this irohlbltlon Is weakened greatly , however , by ho further statement that the greater part if the supply of the "Mark IV" bullets uro ilready stored In the British magazine ! ) In loiith Africa. It la true lhat England refused In the 'eaco conference to agrcu to the abolition if the dumdum bullet , and therefore would , uider ordinary circumstances , have a tech- ilcal right to use such mUalleg If HIO | so letcrmlncs ; but In this Instance' their em- iloymcnt would bo a serious breach of faith , iccause she had made public announcement hat she uould not do so. But there Is u raver and stronger reason why such bullets bould not bo uecd , namely , the inhumanity if the act. The Boers are a civilized people , ind waging war on lines approved by the ictit civilized nations. For England to treat hem ns she would savages , ami employ ho same methods in battle , would place her n n bad light with the other nations of the torld and Invite a , llko procedure on the .art . of the Boers. War IH at tx > gt a terrible hint , ' , and civilized nations owe tt to tlicm- cIvfB to strive their utmost to mitigate Is horrors. The use of dumdum bullets , dda to , dnov nut lighten , the sufferings of tattle. England did not agree at The Hague onfcri'iire not to u e thu inltdlles. but 1m- i.anliy donuuuls tluit * luxhuuld not employ 1uii ; In UKur vtlih lliu , IU5MOI It V ( VS T\VO-Tltlttl > * HIM I Orluln iiml r.rfct-t on Nnlloiml Cot i nf Ion * or I lie I'n i-M . l fhleiiRo I'lironlole. I The first democrfltlc national cotiTrntlo i wn * held In 1S32. Previous to that tlm aimlllntet. for prwldenl and vlep pr s' ' dent hMl been nominated by consrctslont caucuses or by state legislatures or lin bcon Indicated by spcntoncoiis public sen tlmcnt. In that year Andrew Jacks : ) ho had sen-ad ono term ns president , \\n the unanimous choice" of tlio democrat for ro-electlon. But there were many c.it dldatea for HID vice presidential noitilna tlon , among whom Martin Van Burc had the lead. A democratic national c n vciillon was held to express the populj will for .lackson'fl re-cleclloii find to imm n candidate for vice president. At tills convention the two-thirds nil was adopted. It did nol apply to th noinlnatlrn of n candidate for proildcni ns JacUsou was the uranlmotm choice. 1 applied to the nomination of n candidate fo vice prcsldi'iii ' nnd Vnn Uurcn secured th requisite number of votes. A aomowha similar condition of affair * ox'sled In IS3G Van Huron was the tumultuous choice o democrats for president to succeed Jackson But the two-thirds rule wan adopted nud l appllc-l to the nomination of vlro president A similar ntato of facts existed again I : IS 10 , when tlio two-thirds rule was adopted although Van Huron's renomlnntl U was matter of general consent. By this tlm the two-thirds rule had become a demo cratlp tradition , with the force of _ law. I was an established usage of the p.trty. unl verfally accepted nnd subject to repeal oul ; by revolutionary methods. In 1SI Tor the first time lit the hlslor ; cif the democratic party there were Bovcra candidate's for the prrnldvntlal nomination Fellowltig precedent , guided by the hlghes democratic authority , the democrat lo na tlonnl convention ot that year recognize * and nlllrmesl the two-thirds rule , undo which James K. Polk was nominated fo president. At each national conventloi &lnco that time the candidates for prcsldon and vlcei president have been pPliicted by i vote cf two-thirds of all the delegates froti the several states participating lu ( be iiom hiatlon. There were some rumors that tin Chicago convention of ISflB would rcsclni the rule , but the councils of wisdom prevailed vailed and no such effort was made. Sanctioned by a usage thai covers two thirds of our national history since thi first nallonal democratic convention wai held , afilrmtxl In constitutional sticcesslor by sixteen quadrennial national conventions ] a pollllcal law could not be more deeply Im bedded In party organization. It could noi I bo repealed without uprooting the faith nne , traditions on which every democratic plat form rrots. To annul this law of custon and proscription would bo llko a proclama tion disbanding the democratic party. Il has been a chord of union In nil the past Its observance ! In nominations leaves ne ground for the discontent of factions 01 tlio plots of bolters. The reasonableness of the two-thirds rule is vindicated by uniform experience. It Is a conservative power of the highest useful ness. Unanimity ia certain to follow whcr two-thirds of a convention ngrco to a nom ination. Tbo ruk > causes no difficulty. Nc deadlock ever occurred where It was In forco. It is the > best guldo for ascertalnlnc and expressing the sentiment of the party In all its intelligent and patriotic elements. AX IMl'OHTA.Vr TASK. N ( irnpiili'N with UucNtlon , "What II.K-M fnltcil StaU-N llrun f" Cleveland Plain Dealer. The house committee on ways and means took a judicious step in appointing from Its membership a committee of five to report Iho authorities and the law as lo Ihc mean ing of Ibe lerm "United States" In that section of the consllluliou which provides lhat "all duties , imposts and excises shall bo uniform throughout the United Stales. " The question to bo determined is whether this means simply the area actually in cluded within the boundaries of the states , or whether It cover also the territory be longing to tbo United States. Although not speclficlally mentioned in the retolutlon , the committee will necessarily have also tc consider the eiact meaning of the provisions in another section of the constitution that "tho congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needed rules and regula tions respecting the territory or other prop erty belonging to the United States. " On these two clauses of the constltullon rests the whole question of the relations of our "island posscf-slDiis" to tbc United States government. If the committee finds that in the first quoted clause the meaning of the constilulion is lhat only Ihe area within the limits of organized states is meant , then the power of congress to Im pose what dutlcb , imposts or excises it seen tit lu Puerto Ulco , Hawaii and the Philip pines Is sustained. But that also carrlco the construction that special duties , Imposts and excises may bo levied in Now Mexico , Arizona , Oklahoma , Alaska and the District of Columbia a contention that has not hitherto been set up. Should It bo dolciimlncd lhat by the term "United States" is meant both the slates and the territories that may bu regarded as Inclrate stales nnd that duties , Imposts and excises must be uniform throughout that en tire area , then will come the question how the other quoted clause must bo construed. Are the "Island possessions" so fnr different from other territories that congress can do ns it sees ( It with them as "territory or other property" not included In the ueope of the language , "throughout the United States ? " It will bo seen thai Ihc task assigned to the committee of five Is a very Important one. The committee Is composed cf three republicans , Dalzcll of Pennsylvania , Gros- venor of Ohio and Hopkins of Illinois ; on9 domrcrat , Klclmrdsou of Tennessee , and one silver republican , Newlands of Nevada. All ore me/nibera of much experience , having served several terras In congress , nnd If their report should bo unanimous It will carry much weight In congress and with the coun try. iMi'rnn.vr I'vi-nii TIITST. lc lilNltiii > i > of tin I'rniiilvi.tt li > ( Infoiiililiii - , Now York World. On Thurrduy the joint committee on printIng - Ing rt the house and senate opened the bids ror supplying the government with printing , wiling and other papers for thn year bo- ; liiiilng July 1. It was very mortifying ID llscover that while there was a notnblc do- : roaee In tbo number of competing bidders ihoro was an equally noticeable Increase In ; ho prlcra charged in the bldn. This is tbo plain answer of faci to Ihc lypocrllleal pretense put forward by the rust organizers that their hotter methods ) f production reduce ccst to tbo producer ind price to the consumer. Tbo Impudent Paper trust , protected on. mo side by an Illegal combination and on ho other side by a a'.ttptd tariff , luorcaBrn irlccs Instead of reducing them , not only .o KH private customer * , but even to thu ; ovornment luclf , wlugy bounty protects It ind whose legislation it defies. Let us hope that the Paper trust will iqueeze the government to the limit. Such in object lesson on trusto would be wort ! ) ill It may cost. I'll ) In n Clnlm for Kxhilr , PAUIS. Jan. 16. Edward , John L. and Milllp Livingstone , living In New York , have : auliM Oon ul General ( Sowdy. claiming to jo brothers and cole heirs if no will U 'ound of "Lady Maria" Livingstone , the Acentric woman whceo death was announced 'rom ' bore January 13. Theiy lequegted thut b funeral rites bo thee of the Protestant ip.icupal : i huivb an > ] that the Intcriiieut luke I'lui-t- ' in a I'roUfcint ' \sst\d or I'OIM MSM. | l in of IH'.litlruritllim mill Their Ouiillli'iittec ' < > Ifino < * rut * . Phil iili-lnhln Itrtord Senator Slenart of Nevada In making des perate plunge * to get out of the dotostr ,1 field o. ' populism Into the fnt pastures of the re publican party. He wishes only to reserve the privilege * of occasionally howling lu th . cnato at the "Ilrltlsh gold bugs. " and of paying lionuige to tin1C to 1 silver idol. With this iTsrrvatloii he la willing to sup port the republicans on thr tariff , expansion and everything else In return for a few favors accorded to him by the republicans of the senate. Senator Butler of North Carolina lina , chairman of ( he populist uatlnnnl com mittee. Is ready to make the same terms in vlow of the approaching dissolution of popu lism In the Old T.tr state. Ex-Senator Pcffcr Of Kansas , anticipating those populist statesmen , has already carried what remains of his political assets Into the ronublirnn , camp. ' Could there he more significant Mpns thnti tliMo that the populist party Is on its la > legs ? The Ocala platform , with Its BrliPini'n of unlimited fiat money and Its extravagant dreams of state socialism , has nlrc > a < ly almngt disappeared bcnoath the political wave * , nnd only a small plank or two occasionally comes to the surface. By tlm time or tiir mecllng of the next democratic national con vention there \\lll hardly be a remnant Mi of thei party of populism ( outside of Ne braska ) for forming another popoc-rntic coalition like the abortive alliance of ivfi The faction of republican sllvcrlies wln > h has Itn habitat In the ttocky mmintnin states Is traveling the same road with popu lism , having none to represent Itx coalition with the democrats In the senate of ilu > I ( United States save Messrs. Teller of Colorado rado and Petllgrew of South Dakota. This condition of affairs ought to affoi.l n stilllelcntarnlng of the futility aa well n * danger that would llo In any attempt of tin- dcmocratH to shape their platform and nomi nate ) their candidate for the presidency ihe year with the hope of a fresh alliance w.ili populism and republican sllvcrlsm. There nro no birds In these last year's nests. I.Kill'l' AM ) MHXillT. Detroit Free Pre's-s : "Of course f < > \ never advertise' , doctor ? " "Sir ! Certainly nut. Hy the way. be sure to Rpc-ll my name correctly In vmir lie-count of that runmrknble operation Indianapolis'Journal : "Charles , you dMn'i seem to get on well with those two Ind.i- * next you ut dinner. " "No. Anu < lln ; I couldn't remember , to save me , which ones you said had writ leu a book. " Puck : Klrst Populist Tboy say bro.id In Klmberlcy is KClllu' nt 3 shUHn's u lo.if Second Populist U must be nggravaUu' to have slcb a state of affairs an' not be able to blnnic It on n trusl. Chicago Post : "Why does history repeat Itself ? " she asked dreamily. "Possibly. " ho replied with the air of one who had made a gront discovery , "it can t Hud anything clue that's worth repenting Washington Star : "Havo you given up the Idea of being a second George \VaHlng- ) ) tou ? " "Well , " said the Filipino ROiioral , "t uevr expected to attain that ambition. If I oiiu pet to be tlm LI Hung Chang of the Philip pines , that'll do me. " Chicago Tribune : The mature maiden who was preparing to go down town to have her photograph lakc-n surveyed herself critically once moro In the mirror. "I think I prefer to do my own retouch ing , " she > said , opening another jar and reaching for Iho nocosmiry implements. Detroit Journal : "It Is rude for a guest to look at his -watch. " "Yen ? " "And ruder for a host to look at the clock. " "Of course. ' "Woll , bow do iiollte people ever get away from each olhcrV" Chicago Times-Herald : "Let me Intro duce you to LMrs. Passlngton. " said the host. "Oh. 3Irs. Pncslngton and I , " he. said , as she bowed and smiled , "are very old friends. " Suddenly her manner beenme cdd and Ibo poor simpleton has nol yet censed wonderIng - Ing why tbo still beautiful woman always looks the ; oilier way when they meet. Washington Star. When Ihe day IH dull and busy nnd Ihe air Is full of iiolsa We dn-am of prospects fair and far away , Some ! place where all the sweetness ami the blooming never cloys And the silent hours go drifting day by day. But a voice 'tis much llko conscience speakH In most emphatic tone And awakens UH anew to discontents. It Interrupts the dreaming mid bids all our hopes bo llown With "llovv about the dollars and tbo cents' " Ob , the king sat sadly musing of Iho won drous' good he'd do When lie somehow got his royal way at last. And the ji'steir vowed bo'd wear a garb whlcli all .be world Would view With de > en respect. The motley far he'd cast. And the tradesman said hu'd be a man of One and studious rr.len , And the- scholar said ln'd ; follow e-hoseii bents ; Bill they nil were set lo plodding through tlm old familiar scene By "How about the dollars * and the cents ? " on the most popular clothiers would call forth a great showing of hands in favor of Browning , King & Co , Our success , which we think we have fairly earned , we believe to be due to always doing the best we know how to do in manufacturing clches for men and boys. And having done that * we keep faith with the public and guarantee every garment.
