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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1900)
n THE ( KMA1IA DAILY JIKK : TlttMlSDAY , JANTAHV US , 15)00. ) THE OMAHA DAILY DUE. . noSKW-ATJJU , Editor. 1'UBLtBllKD BVLHY MOHMNO. , TBH.MS Of SfllSCniPTlON Dally Ifee MM ; ho .It Sunday ) . Oho Year. . 1C M Dally Bee and bummj , one Year . . . SW Dairy , .Sunday and Illustrated Olio Year S25 nnuy ami illuslruiwl , Oli4 Year z. loa Uou. On < J Year , 200 Hci One \--ar ZW j Uc , uno Year l w vutk.j Hue , One Year 65 OIT1CKS pmafmi The Hie Building South Omnhn. City nnll Building , Twenty-llflh nnd N streets Council Uluffs 10 1'carl street. Cb.Ua. iMW L'nllj Building. New tjrk1 Temple Court. \VfefehlnBton SOI Fourteenth Street. Communications relating to news and edi torial inatlnr should be nddle'sed : Onmha lice , Editorial Denarttnent UtTBINKSS LtrrrnHH. Uuslncss loiters nlul remittances should bo nildrospod : The JJce Publishing Com pany , Olnnhn UrjMlTTANCUS. Heinlt by drnft. express or postal order , pnjnble to The ilee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamp * ncccptctl in pnytnont or mail accounts Personal cliccks , except on Omaha or Eastern exelnnKC , not ncioptqu. Tim nut : PUULISIIING COMPANY. Vl'ATiaiK.Vr OP CIHOULA'l'IO.V. Stitlo of Ncbrnnka , Douglas County. BS. : Ooliriic It Trschuck , hccretary ot The Hue PubllfiiilnK Comimny , belli * duly sworn , snjs Umt the actual number of full and romplr j copies of The Dally , Morning , IJvcnl"id S ? Midnv Hoe , printed during the - ' Dxember. 1WJ. was ns fol lows : Lens unsold ami'returnedcople . . . tl.S7t ! < 1" " " ' Net total sales 7 - Net dul.y . average Sub'crlbod und sworn before mo this 1st day of January. A. , myam Public. ( ScaI ) Notary niul i'\-iuem- The liootllliif , ' nipnilien bi'is of tlio hi'hool lioanl should move ? to Monlnnu nnd run for tli \Vhc-ro Is tinolih'st Inhahltant ? Has month of .Tammry In lie uvi > r Kno\\n a tliuso pints with foes and April mists ? H might ho Infi-ru'd that the Imnaim pools Avi-ti' seatti'H'il thickly tluouKliout South A film fiom tin ? fiueiuoncy with which KiltMi j-onorals fall down. H mny 1)0 ) too Into this year to intio- duce the Ohio Idea In non-paitKan mu nicipal oleitlons , lint It is a icform that will * eon make its \\.iy IK-IOSS the con tinent. A New Yoik man piopo cs to pnss a 1)111 limiting InlioiltuncoH to the Mini of $10,000,0 < X > . The moat majority or men would oortalnly be hatlslied with that amount. . Why can't the Coinmciclnl clnb take up" the cinostlon of snlinrban electiie.il motor HnosV That would do more to build up Omahu'H local tiade than any project In sl lit. If the telephone whcs had been croRsed between the olllce of the MH- vojor of customs and the otHcc of the new supervisor of census peihaps an hi- teie.stliiR conveisatlon mlsht have been overheat d. KeiitncUlans aie piebshiK the To.\ans closely on tlie locord for effective nsi' of the icvolver. Fit teen out of a possible elfchteon bullHoyrs made In the last ex hibition shoot In Kentucky is a lecoul haul to beat. If the Veiiox.uelan fjovorninont Is point ; to use the nimy lor the purpose of secur ing a loan fiom the lunks the hitter Hliould be in-ovlded with a. navy to on- foice collection aieonllng to approved model n methods. A three million-dollar will contest Is a windfall for the lawyers who are able to tnKe a ( \\lst at the last testament , but theio Is Hiii'li a thins as overdoing tlio woik of legal liction and manufac tured testimony. If wo mo to have an expansion of the Investigating business H should not be conllncil to ( he city hall. Tlicie in a mate's nest In the ollico of the former oleilc of the dlstik't < omt which would yield a paying loiio If the shall were Mink right. SovpiMl miles of worn-out wooden block paving ought to bo loplaeod with substantial material the coming season. Ah the IntorM'ctlon paving fund Is lim ited the propeity owners who come In Hist with their petitions will have the right of way. , lty ) Hm rows was the fat hoi * of the populist p.iitj In Nebiaska and did all In his power to bring H up propoily. It was oiio of thu SOIIOWH of the later years of his lllo thai tlio on rlng con ducted It-self so ludly that the father was compelled to disown it. Tlio revised salary list adopted by the county biiaid lor the > oar l'X)0 ) piomlsos no lollof to the ta\payoi.s. It would lie Interesting to compare this list with tlio county p.i.loll of lsH ! ) , when thoio was nioio work In every olio of tlio county olllres than thoio Is at present Chlctlgo has again domonstiatod that It IK too swift for .St. 1/ouU. While thu Mlstiouiliuis weio talking aliont an in- jiinctloii to testialn the Chle.igo.ins from tin ping the w.ltor In their canal into thu Pesplalnes i\cr | the ptoplo mi the hike bioku the dam and turned it In. Thu unpaid diilms against tlio esposl. tlun mo to li ) made the basis for a gian'd graft on the p.ut of the law.\ois who aio ti > lng to nfllk the cow. The ( baiikruptcj of the exposition In doplor.i- bio , but It will hi ; Mill mure deplorable If lawyers aio Jo appropilate all the pie of Ha 1lb etb. / Mfnr / < - < /i/.h I'tiDJEi 7i 'Ihi'io arttin. . o distinct proprHitlorH lii'foic , ( 'onjjrp s fir a 1'aelll1 cable , one nf thc o provide for a cable to follow Iho route aliCndy iiirvo.ved by the ntivy engineer ntitl to ho laid by u < > cl < and ollh'Ors of tlio navy , In order to 10- dtli'o" I he rost. When ciMiijilotul tlio cable Is to lie ; put In charge of the post- tiuiMlor general to opi'iato. Another 1)111 ) wants the government , through the pislmaMor Knnoial , to haigaln with n company to lay u cable , the government to pay 8luo. < Hio a year for tvvontv yours as a ( 'otnpcimt'oii for tiansinlttlng of- lU'lal inoRfagi" ) , the cubic to bo the prop city of the company and at the expira tion of tlio twenty yonis government messages lo ho sent at one-half the r.ito = < charged pilvato Individuals. A thlid bill Is a coinpronilHo , proposing a gov- orninenl commission aiithorl/oil to con- tiart for InyliiK u cable by the lowest ri'Mponilblo blddorx , the cable to bo nil- dor the contiol of the coinintaslon. It Is unhl that the lltf-t of those Unas- ures , Introdiit'od by Senator Halo , Is most favored , the Konouil fooling In con- Hi oss beliiB thai a rncillu ( ftblo Mioultl bo a Kovoinment affair. This Is a No the view of Societal } ' of the Navy I/mp , who was bofoio the committee on naval aflalis Tuesday. A company has boon orjaiil7cd for the purpose of laying u cable fiom San I ram-lsco to Guam and the I'lilllpplnos and It pioposos that the Kovoinnient give It n subsidy of , ? 100,0)0 ) per annum for twenty jeais during vvlilob time the company vvlll carrv all piveiiiinent ino saKes free nnd utter that poilod will chnrfjo only half com- tneielal latos. This would maHo a total payment to the company of $ s)00,000 ( ) , or onon 'h to Indomnlfy It pr.ictkally for tlm entile cost. The Hale bill con templates an appropriation of ? 10000- 000 , the estimated cost of a cable to tbo Philippines , and that It shall bo entirely a gov eminent ontorpilso. It K quite probable flint this plan will piovait , though It Is int unlikely that theio vvlll be some conliovoiby as to thc > lento , fhoio bolus tidvocatps of a line from Alaska which they claim would | cost less than by the pioposed lento surveyed by the navy nnd would have other advantages. There Is no doubt a Pacific cable vvlll bo laid and the proso.nl Indications aie that It will be done by the goveinment. D.IAISIIni \ > T The arilval In New York of an agent of the Danish government , said to bo charged with the sale to the United States of the West Indian possessions of Denmaik , appeals to confirm the 10- poits of negotiations between the two governments looking to the transfer to this country of the three Danish Islands for a consideration of several millions of dollars. While It has been well im- deistood that Denmaik deslied to dis pose of these possessions , which arc ot not the least benefit to that country , there has been doubt respecting the statement that our go\eminent was se- ilonsly consldeilng the question of buy ing them. It now seems , however , that this was well founded and that negotia tions have pioceeded so far as to war- i.int the goveinment of Denmaik In sending a renieseiitatlve hero with au thority to make a sale. A Washington dispatch snys there is reluctance In ofllclal ijuiuteis thoio to discuss the subject , because discussion might piejudice any attempt of the ad- inlnistiatlon to secuio the assent of congicss to the acquisition of the Is lands. It should bo a safe prediction that congress will not assent to the pur chase of these islands , however small the price Denmaik may nsk for them. The United States does not need them and there is no doubt they would prove a bin den lather than a bonellt. The adminisliation will make a giavo mis take If It shall commit Itself to such a tiansactlou. 77JB suii'i'itf ! sunsmr mt.i , . The suppoiters of the shipping subsidy bill , Intended to piomoto the building up of a merchant marlno for the foielgn canylng trade , express confidence that It will become law at this session of con- giess. The senate committee on com- inoice and the house committee on m r- chaut mailno aio giving hearings on the moasmo and these oxpiesslous of opinion 1mo been for the most pail fa vorable to the bill. Among ( note who have appeared before the committees Is the piesldeut of the National Manufac turers' association , Mr. Theodore U. Search of Philadelphia , who has given to the subject thoughtful and piactieal consldeiatlon. He uiged the proposed legislation as of the llrst Impoitanco to the expansion of our commerce , In ad dition to which It would stiongthon the nation's naval and military power and would enlarge an impoitnnt home In dustry. Ho pointed out thai but 10 per cent of the foiolgn commoice of the United States Is now cnriled In Ameri can vessels , while If a pnpor sliaie of the shipping trade weio .seemed many oollatoial Indiistiles would lie benefited by the luci eased shlp-butldlng , lie in god that the whole nation Is con- coined In the pioposcd legislation. Kvfoimtor IMinnnds made an argu ment hefoio the house committee In be half of the bill. Ho said that all who aio In favor of tlio extension of Ameri can commoico must admit ( hut some bioad moasmo of the character of this bill could best aid In bringing about the result donliod He declared that the great and fundamental pilnclplo of the ineasuio was that It gave no scope for combinations and syndicates of ship ownets anil no Held for trusls. as 11s operations weio open to all alike and the advantages conferred vvoio as floe as the iccan Itself Others , piomlnent In lominorcinl alValis , favoud the bill. Theio Is , on the other hand , some stiong opposition to It. Lulior organU'i- ' tlnis have declaied against the moisuio and at the healing on Tuesday a repre sentative of the Tanners' .illlanco said that the fanning oiganluitlons are opposed to bounties for speed and capacity. as prop . > ( ( ! , and want bounties b.isul on the pioduitH actually c\poited It IN shown that this policy could not be conllnod to American ships without the nbrogatl > n \ of ( on niori lal Inalles wllh n NIOI-O of countries , jot this fact may rail to lesson opposition fiom thl miroe. The fiee ship advocates , c > iubiaclng mo t If uol all of the donioirals inrotigioss , will of course vigorously antagonize the H has not developed , no far Us wo have obM-rvod , that theio Is ally tepnb llcnn opposition lo the tneasnio In either branth if congioss and the proltiblllly Is that It will locelvo unanimous rcpuii- llcan suppoit. The country ovpects the pri"sent coiigiess lo adopt legislation for building up a moichant mailne for oitr foreign commerce. The duly of doing this is Imposed upon the paity in power by the piomlsi > of Its national platform and It Is demanded In the Int lost of Ameilcan trade , ( treat us has been the fiiowth of that tiado , In spite , f our de pendence upon foreign ship ownois , it Is not to bo doubted that It would have been gieater without such dopendriieo. Our commercial ilvals ate steadily In- cieaslng their meivhant marine. They know the value to their tr.ido of tr.ins- polling their products to foiolgn mar kets In their own ships and under their own Hag. They encourage ship build ing and they have found It lo bo profitable - able and advantageous. Can thoio be a reas liable doubt that the United States would have a like eNpcilonoe un der a similar i o ley ? TIIK MVAHtt'M. r.\Ml'AlnX. \ On the ( ! th day of Mai eh Omaha will elect a ma.v < r , city tieasuior , comp- li oiler , clerk , lax commissioner and nine councilmen. In other vvoids the Im pending municipal election Involves the entlio government of the city for the next tluee .icnis and Intimately alVects the Intelests of the taxpajois and fututv giowth and piospeilly of Nobiaska's molropolls. With such vast Inteie ts in volved , apait fiom all political bo.nlngs It would bo naturally expected that every propel ty owner and every Individ ual concerned In the progress of Omaha would take a live Intoiest In the up- pioachlng municipal contest. I'rom the business standpoint the city of Omaha is a corpoiatlon , with the citi zens as stockholders , the council acting as HH boa id of dlrectois and ( lie mayor as Its piosldent and genor.il manager. With many millions of propeily and hundieds of employes to supervise and control , piudencc nnd common sense would dictate extieme cate and sagacity In the selection of the olllceis and man agers ot the coipoiution. Those most extensively Inteiested In the coiporatlon the heaviest taxpnjers would be ex pected moreover to see to It that only icsponslble , leputablo , honest and com petent men should be chosen to admin ister the affairs of the citj. That would be the Ideal of municipal government. The leal lu Omaha , as In all other Ameilcau cities , is in stilklng contiast with the Ideal. Politics Is n very po tential factor In the selection of iminicl pal olllcors , and the Indiffeience of the gioat majority of taxpaylng clti'/ens to take an active Intoiest In piimary elec tions and the icfnsal of the best class of cltl/.ens to accept positions In the public service throws our city governments into the hands of professional politicians and self-seekers who veiy often could not make a living otherwise. A major ity of the. men who oiler themselves as candidates are not wanted , and those who are wanted by the public do not want the ollico. The piactlc.il man of affaiis must therefore accept these conditions un til the community can he roused to Its own Inteiest and until men of stand ing and ability can he Induced to make some s.icilllco tor the public good. HaiH- ing against political machines and bosses and denouncing the woik of con ventions and low chaiactor of political candidates does no good. Uod helps those who help themselves. The man who wants bettor government must help to make It better , not by prayer or by eui.sing , but by elliclont < o opeiation. lie must take an net ho jiait In tlio ptlmaiy election and back by the ballot the candidates who are most deserving. II Is ntloily" linpossible lo have the mu nicipal machinery opoi.ited on a busi ness basis so long as business men 10- fuse to become candidates for municipal ofllce. The school boaul seems favoiablo to a pioposcd change of the commencement cxoiclses. of the High school whoieby the giaduatlng class pot formers aio to lie supplanted by some piomlnent speaker Invited to deliver an addiess upon an Instructive educational topic. After doing away with the essays , orations tions and declamations a rnlo hairing the exhibition of lloial fiUnties will be In older. The beauties of the Iron fence which soparales Omaha's two i.illway stations which face one another and forte pis- sengois lo take the viaduct ionics to tiansfor a low tods fiom one to the other are Impressing themselves upon travelers and touilsts. A tunnel under the tiacks should lie piovldod without making the public wait for It as hng as It had to wait tor the passenger sta tions. .lust when the fioo silver wing of demociaoy Is congratulating itself that Its doubles In Now Voik WIMO af an end the gold democrats piocccd to gain contiol of the congicsslonal delegation of the party and oust one of Itr.van's f jllowois fiom the campaign committee. The tionhles of the democracy me born with astonishing tieimincy and lu most cases aio twins. Susan H. Anthony and her woman suf frage committee have been accoidod a hoailng hofoio the judiciary committee of ( ho United States senate. Thu com mittee will give the great champion of woman's lights a very icspi-otfiil hear ing this .ve.tr , JtiHt as It has done evoiy other . \oar within the last qua Her of a cent my , and that Is all that will come of the hoailni ; . The fieo silver lopnblleanH mod n-t waste tlmo deciding on the date for holding tholi city convcnthn. Having been Informed thc.v aio not to bo In vited to the domociatli- spread their enl > hope would He with tlio populists. Should tho.v decide t > c It nlono tile affair wntild be ns lonesome n e.itlng a holiday dinner In a stiango land. One of the llrst lessons of the IKUU pntiommo movement Instituted by the Commercial club should bo for homo iilorehantM and manufactuiers to pa- tionlzo the advertising columns of honn iiewspapeis that nro always called on fo battle without pilco or other toward for oveiy public onloipilso and every public Imptovemont. Theio may bo a bundled men In Omnha qualltlcd lo select gcod men for municipal ollico mm who would admin ister the nll'alis of the city In the Inter est of the taxpayers. Hut how many au there who can Insure the election of suoh men ? A liver never il < os to a level higher than Its source. Senator Hlackbmn at a reiont banquet spoke oil "Kentucky and Its Uolatl ns to the National Demoi racy. " A huge and Intluoiillal section of the pally has filed a ere s.blll to the pel It Ion of pics- out loadeis for a c iiisolld.illon of Inter ests and has succeeded In making a pietty good showing. All ( InV < ) rlil On. SI l.otila Republic When lo\cly woman sloops to folly It's generally uninspected beforehand , but tlio wholu world seems to Imvo a tip on the Im pending fnll of Lad > smith. AVnrnluu' tii \\Vnl.-KntMMl. . An Iowa democrnt who wns trjlng to mount the Chicago platform foil down nnd was run o\cr by na automobile. This should bn a warning to all those who feel disposed to weaken. A rolltlenl ( iol.l .111 no. Ohltiipw Tlmcs-Jlerald. Tno United States senators are to bo elected by tlio Nebraska legislature next jiar , and sonio politicians beam , to think being a. member of the Nebraska legisla ture will bo Just about as good as owning n gold mine. ( lie l.lniU. at Ioul3 lloinibllc. If Darrctt goes far enough back ho can blrmo George Washington for the Philippine Insurrection. It Is certain that If Wash ington had not fought for American Indo- penilunco the United States would no\or have been assailed by the rillplnos. Awful TniKfdj of Hit * Drop. * Philadelphia Press Povv moro terribly dramatic tragedies of tlio sea ha\o ever bcdn recorded than that of the steamer that went down In St. Man'a ! ) > . Newfoundland , last week. In the midst of n raging sea , but In sight ot watchers on the headlands , slio struck and sank No li\lng thing escaped , and e\en her name Id unknown. iiHTliniMfor llrKUh OillcerN. Xuw York Sun. The British officers are going through an experience for which their previous service , no matter how long and how constant , has not prepared them , and It is an experience as new to Hoberts and Kitchener as it waste to Duller and Melhuon. Their tasks here tofore were comparatively easy. They ba\o been through no strain of war which fur- nlfbed a searching test of their military abilities. They aip alj now learning the art of war In an entirely now school , and they are enduring in the process au ordeal which will dqtormlno fpr the llrst time it England was justified In the past In heap ing on them the honors of Illustrious gen eralship merely1 because they came back vic torious over comparatively feeble foes. As In 1881 , so also in 1900 , South Africa is ptovlng a grave for British military repu tations. Sure l ; n of I'rosprrKj. Chicago Tribune. Newspapers In several Iowa towns chron icle n scarcity ot drossmakeis. rhe women are spending money In attending and hold ing dances , receptions nnd sociables , while their husbands are Riving them money with which to liaVo clothes , but the scarcity ot dressmakers IK forcing many women to make their own gowns Dressmakers find tbclr services In demand , and their earn ings and those of the seamstresses have In creased. Meanwhile It seems that the sup ply of seamstresses Is not increasing In nccoidance with tlio demand. Many women who were forced a jear or two ago to do sowing In order to Increase the Income of the family find that It is no longer neces sary for them to toll with the needle. Three are the conditions that have brought about the scarcity of dressmakers. There Could bo no better indication of prosperity. CAIIV PIM3H A KICK. of Some nf ( ho HIKMT I'coplof ThlN O.nccr Wei'il. Cleveland Plain Dealer , When the Improvements In tlio Canadian canalb iipprouched completion and n mini mum depth ot fourteen feet of water In all thu waterways between the lakes nnd Monacal was assured there was icjoltl i In Canada , as H wao bollevivl a Inige pro- poitlon of tlio export grain of tlio west ml .northwest would bo diverted from New York nnd other American ports to tlio St. Law rence route. It was , apparently , with the expectation that this would he the result of the com pletion of the new Soulanges mnal , the last llnK In the chain of canals providing tha deeper waterway paralleling the rnpldw of the St Lawrence , that the Oomiers syndi cate organized a system of olovntoin at Montreal and at 1'nit Colborno and a fleet of steamers and barges of the enlarge J canal sl c. The avowed object of the syndi cate In to build up an linmeiibo transpoi- tatlon business over tlio St Lawrence route , to their oun profit nnd that of the Caindlan Interests in the canal and along the St. Lawrence route Now some of the Canadian papers have made the wondciful discovery that the Americans who are n.simclated with Cana dians in the Hjndlcnlo have for their ob ject the killing of the St Lawrence trade Inatead of H development. Tlioy are iep- rcscntod as putting n largo amount nf capital In monster elevators nnd n w Etcamers nnd Inrges , not to carry gr.iln to Montreal for shipment to Huropc. but to "throttle" the St Lawrence route nnd compel the diversion of the tiaalc to New York and other Ameilcan ports H wa a marvelous piece of strategy , if those Canadian papers are to bo believed. The canals were ready to be opened for trnfllc. but nobody In Canada seemed par ticularly anxious to i < o business on them. The traffic on the St I-awrenco route had fallen away greatly and the trade of Montreal was etradlly diminishing Capital was needed to build up both. The givem inent had done Its part by deepen lux and broadening the canalu but private or cor porate enterprise hung buck American cn- tcrprUo saw Its opportunity , and American capital was obtained to take advantage of It. Some Canadians wore Induced to go Into the scheme , both from patriotic nnd specu lative reasons Instead of bulnp welcomed and applauded , these Americans and Cana dians are now denounced as enemies of Canadian Interest ! ) who have concoctel n plan and put millions In It f r Die sn'e pur pose of "throttling the Canadian route ' Thla Is H queer world , or tticro are some > iuci people lo It , itiirn > Nimnitrn MI : > r. nnll h papers resent the n crtlnn Hint with nn army of Ifionoo mrn In South Africa the military strength of KngUnd Is wpll-nlgli exhausted Hut Kngtnnd proper Is n snnll part of the empire In area nnd imputation , though exceeding the rest In wealth. A table printed by the l ndon Tck rnph shows the war strength of the empiio Is greater than most people lintglnc The compilation shows1 Army at homo nnd utiroitil . SVU7J Mllltla Heserves . . . Mllltln . ' 'W ' ) Yeomanry . , . VVl Volunteer * . HO.UUO Imperial native m my of liulla ( ex cluding unlive states ) . 1COOOJ liiircipenn volunteers in Intllil ami elsevvheto . 30.I * " ) Imperial Service Troops . IW-WM Cunnitlnn Mllltla . B'.OOO Cnmullnn Mllllla ISe erVes . iOMKO Cniie Cidonj Votuiitvortf , Mounted UIIU-s , He . 7,4rtl New South \Viilos forets . lOrtO Vletorlnn forces . . 7,0V Houlh Avistnillnn force- * . 3M > Porcos of other Australian colonies. . s.fWi New' Xenlnnd force * . 7 OiO Other colonies , cte . li.cm Aetna ) war strength of the empire Ili , < il7u A li't of guns In possession of the Uoora IIIH been published on what Is ald to bo trustworthy nutborlty. According to this account , the Doers have eight 7 S cm Krupp guns , sixteen 7.5 cm , Creusot guns , eight or nine Maxlm-Nordcnfeldt Held guns , Uventv- four 3 7 cm automatic Maxim guiiB , eight 12 cm. Held how It/cis four from Krupp nnd four from Creusot four 3.7 cm. Krupp mountain guns four 15.5 cm. Crcusot guiiH. In all , with old guns , the Boers possiss eighty or ninety pieces ot nrtllleiy. During recent jenrs the Boers nro said to have bought SO.OOO Mauser rllles and 36,000,000 , cnitrldgts , as well as n largo number of Martini-Henry rilles. Tlio Tugeln river , where tlio hottest argu ment is supposed to bo on at the present tlmo , is n treacherous htroam. Tugola , tianslated , means fear. It is a mountain stream nnd shows n lively n tendency to swell up ns doca the Ohio in early pprlng. It has been known to rise forty feet In n night nnd fnll with like rapidity. The cur rent is at all times exceedingly swift , while n heavy rite > will sweep away nny tempo- rar > bridge that may be erected. The three drifts or fords at which tlio British Hanking .limy Is opeintlng are called Marltzer's , I'otgeltor's nnd Triclmrd'fl , about ten , fifteen and twenty mllcB respectively from Colenso. A British .statistician , writing about the South African war , docs not Indulge in the usual cant about humanity nnd civilization being boosted by the raid upon tlio twin republics Ho considers tlio venture as n cold-blooded commercial transaction , the benefits of which he measures by the stand ards of pounds , shillings nnd pence In fact ho figures that the bloodshed nnd thu destruction of life nnd pioperty will jield a handsome return on the investment He snjs "If It costs 20,000 British lives to conquer the Transvaal nnd this ex penditure pioduces nn Increase of $11,000- 000 a > enr In mining dividends , each life will bo bringing nu annual return of $5uO more than nn ordinary life of the class from which most soldiers are drawn Is considered to be worth in nny civilized community. " "It sounds grewsomc , " writes Julian Ralph from Orange river , "to liken the sending out of nn army to the return of 'dust lo dust , ' and > et if the render could see an army or any number of Midlers In Kbadi out on the veldt ho would at ouco think of the simile. South Africa looks now as If it were the dust bin of creation. Its vegetation , animals and Insects are nearly all of different shades of dust color. Aa I write the men are dis solving mud in tbclr palls nnd dipping brushea In It to paint their wjilte etraps mud color. K\ery pouch and strap and cloth covered water bottle that would show white or dark is undergoing this treatment. And the drummers are doing the eame with their drums painting tlio white , glistening cords with mud , muddjlng over tlio golden lions and unicorns nnd the gaudy regimental mottoes , so that everything sbill look HKo the veldt so that wo ehall be as dusty as the country. " 1'VCIKIO C ItHiil Projects fur Communication > % lth tlic Par dint. Philadelphia LcdL-er If the several Transpacific cable projects shall bo pushed to completion we Khali not lack means of communication with the far east , which may now moro properly , per- liT ; < s , be called tbo far west. The proposed cable line between Vancouver and Australia Is a British Imperial project , designed to bring England into closer touch with its colonies , Canada nnd Australia , an well as to serve the needs of Increasing trade. The cost will bo about $20,000,000 nnd It Is said tbo cable will bo laid within two jcars Then there Is n proposition to lay a cable from our Pacific coast to Manila , touching at Hawaii and Ouamvhlch will be brought before congress this ecsslon as a necessity from n military and commercial standpoint , and Btlll another project is the revival cf tlio old plan to lay n cable by way of Bering stiaits. When Cyrus Ticld and his coid- julors failed in tbclr first attempts to lay the Atlantic cable , attention was turned to the route through Alaska ; but , when Field finally micceeded , tlio Alaskan project was abandoned. The Northern Commercial Tele graph Company of America nnd Canada hab undei taken to use the old route , now that theio IK a demand for communication with Ahla. The line will inn by land from our northern boundary tlnougli British Columbia to the Yukon terrllor ) , down tbo Yukon to Bering Htralta , thence by sub marine cable across the straits to Siberia. where n line only about 400 miles will bo needed to make connection with the Im perial Hussion line The udvontes of the Dciltig straits route call attention to I ho fact that only 120 mileof submarine cable will have to be laid , that the overland r ills from the United Ktntcs to Alaska will bo partl > , at least , belt-supporting , by going thiough Alnakan and other tonltory that Is rapidly being settled , nnd tbe > nrguo that the comparatively low cost of constnutl n nnd maintenances will permit the new ( Oin- pany to send mcstagcB to Asia foi fl a word against ? 3 or Jl which n submarine Pacific llnp would bo compelled to charge. H In to bo hoped that the company will complete the line. If all tbo claims which tbo advocates nf the straits line make lu to the commcHlnl need of the line and the low cost of building it nro true , the prnjeetorn will cmlnrk their capital In lliu line , and there will bo no necessity to ask congress for tbo money. Till' ) l.lNll'll , Illll lllM'll > 0l. Now York Tribune The people of Kansas have $50,000,000 laid up In their own banks , practically all of It deposited wlncu tbo republican admliiHtra- tlon came Into power But tboy have ojiiy to wait tbo visitation of Ilrjan to bt as- hured tbat this Is not real prosperlt > If they want the genuine thing let thorn to him nnd his wildcat financial tlieorj But under the circumstances they will not dance to this tune , let him plpo It melodiously as ho will. ( Jiiuianil III * Philadelphia Ilcc-orU It la doubtful whether then * will be any future Interpellations of the secretary of I ho treasury Ho has evidently nothing to conceal and hno done nothing In contraven tion rf what ho deemed to bo the public Interest But hl franluu s lin carried die- ma ) among some of tbo gentlemen who re- fiurd politics ne their bualnetg and wbo are in politics for what they can make out I of It. \ iinm wrmm r IMMMJM. liitrrMntr ( ( Tt-IU of 1'illn II run not ltrineil > . ClilniRo He 'on1 The Interstate Commerce commission Co' several jeur.s lins been nsklntt eonprcpt to confer u nn It iho powers ncecsiivry to en- nblo 11 to jiiovcni discrimination nnd to o < - erclso sonic renl control over the railroad inte situation. Hut congress lias done noth ing. The cominlfflon , In Us thirteenth an nual report , Juel Issued , repeats Its recom mendations rf former jenrs , finding In the situation additional arguments for earl } con- gicaslnnal action In the dhectlon Indicate ! . A railroad company , says the commission , can charge for Its emlcea whatever It [ pit-uses nnd TS much as It pleases , without nny renl POWCT In this rornniUslon. or an1 ; other tribunal or court , to limit the amount of such ehirge for tlio future when com plaint li mnde > by nn aggrieved shipper. Shippers generally , It | g also snld. have been practically unanlmoiip In favor ot n single rl-xsslllentlon of freights , uniform for nil , roads nnd nil crttoim of the country , nnd rcn : onnbls stable when established ( In competitive traffic between great centers , the commission points out , iho published tariff bag been little more than n basin from which tg calculate concessions nnd discrim inations , with the result that shippers who failed to secure these unlawful favors weio In many eases forcitl to do business nt n loss nnd In some Instances were driven out of business. Tlio commission nt the present tlmo cannot punish theao Infractions of the law. It desires the power to enable It to do PO. Hcgardlng the movement toward rail road consolidation tbo commission has this to sij "It Is n matter of common knowledge that vast schemes of rnlhvaj control are now In pioceas of consummation and that the com petition of rival lines Is to bo restrained by these combinations While this movement has not jet found full expression In tbo actual consolidation ot lallruad corporations , enough has transpired to disclose n unifica tion of financial Intercuts which will domi nate the management nnd hnrmonlro ( ho operations of lines heretofore Independent nnd competitive. This la todaj tbo most noticeable nnd Important feature of ( lie rail way situation If the plans already fore- slmdowed are brought to effective results nnd others of similar scope are carried to execution there will bo n vast centralisation of railroad properties , with nil the power involved in such far-reaching combinations , jet uncontrolled by nny public authority which can be efficiently exerted. The re straints of competition upon excessive nnd unjust rates will In this way be avoided and whatever ovlln mny result will bo remediless under existing Invvb. " The case Is none too strongly stated Com petition ns an effective factor In tlio control of the railway rate situation Is rapidly dis appearing. Injurious discriminations nre common and of course these discriminations are usually In favor of the largo concern or trust , at tlio expense of tbo small shipper , who therefore finds It difficult to continue In business Unless congress takes action soon along the linen recommended by the com mission tbo people presently will find them selves subject to n railroad trust that can fix prices to suit Unclf. OtT OP TJII3 OHDINAIIY. Dahla boasts black diamonds. London has tlie largest Imnk. China haa women bed carriers Topcka lias a ile.if mute barber. 'Frisco has n Chinese dally paper. Indianapolis Fends pumj > s to Russia. IxDUlsvlllo has a negro baibers' union , nnglnnil bas 317 women blacksmiths. Antwerp has a municipal cub seivlcu China , lias six smokeless powder m'll ' Washington , D. C , 1ms 1,000 ! pi Inters , At Iidj smith vvblnkj costs 5 a bottle. Hungary lends in glibs jewel production. Purls ihno the WggtHt Molautf.'i In Saxony toj-tnukers earn 1 cent fin hour. Java furnishes two-thirds of the quinine used. Qernnnj1 has twcntj'-thrce boats of o\er 17,000 tons capacity. lie ] lln , Gernmnv , Is to construct an under ground railwaj- costing J23,000,000 The Jinn of Stnbl Straub , a Phila delphia concern tnat failed recently , tliovvcil liabilities of J1J21,30S and assets of { 0,000,000. e A New- York man has a corkscrew boat which ho claims Is cap ible of making llftv miles an hour. But what I" tbo usd of a ccrKs icvv tJ nt does not EO with the bchf"Her ? A San Finnclsco woman has-been In 11 ttance for two jenis and Is now reviving , jt Is biipposed that in Home vvaj slio re ceived tbo Intelligence that her dress was out of stjle Girl * working In the match factories of England bceomo permeated with the chemicals and minerals used. The sulphur sometimes eats their jaws In the most pilnful and disgusting' way , Their wages avei.uro $1 M a week John C Mllfs , a el 11/.en of Connecticut , felt In fieaklHli mood pome ivvonly-five venrs ago and named his bnbj- boy Tour The latter now nppeals to tlie courts foi a change , holding with some degree of lensou that Four JIHes Is not the soil of name to offer a sensible girl in exchange for her own ownWhen When tbn American Mathematical society got toiralher Inst week Dr. Miller ot Cornell led off with an pHB.iy "On thu Groups Which llavu the Same Orouj ) of Ifomorphobos" Another jirofoshor un loosened "On Cjcllenl Qunrtlc Surfaces In Space of 'n' DlmenMont" This was fol lowed b > a hiimoinup address on the "Proof of tbo 17xls once of thi > Galois Field of Order 'pr' for ivory Inter V and Prltnu Number 'ji' " By thlb tlmo tbo bojs ad journed for lunch T1io news comcM from Bowling Green. Ky , that Undo Hlllle Pom son vvns a few nights ago picscnted a bouncing babv boy li > his vtlfi' . who Ih veij inuch jounger tlinn t'ncle Blllle Mi Pearson , and overj- bodj knows 1'iu'lp Hlllle , IB now 9 jenrs of n KC Ho was i eared In tli'n ' couiitrv , and lived In the Gonben country until lint fall , when lie moved to TennesBee JU- was married when finite n jnung man and his lh t wife lived with him for slxtv-oni > yeais. \\ben bo VVUH past M ) juars old Him ( 'led , nnd within a je.u or two lie mnrr'ed again. By till1 * wcom ! wife be bad two children Some thrujears IIKO the --cioiiil wife died Without much luss of time he nmrrlcd n third vvlf < HilH time choosing a Pinter of ills M'lond wife , ind b > this third wife Iwo children have been born , Iho last one oulv n frw dn\s HBO ( ilCIlt I.II..I' " Tllllllf lllfM'Ilhlll , DI3THO1T Mlih , Jan 17 Seventy-live. mcmbc'rH of the l.nko Cairlors' association met here In niiniml convention todaj lx- ? Presldent Thomas Wilson of Cleveland pie- fcldcd Bneretarj Keep read the annual ro- iiort ot the board of managers , which tilmvved an liuinibo In tbu tonnage repre sented In tlio HHHocliitlon of 75.0CO over ISO ? , and 10/0) ) ovi r W. the best previous jonr The munbeib discussed u gient length the piopoaid planx of ial 'HK ' the lake Uvela and iciomniend tint ihc lake ( ntilrrs work for thi ) appointment of a Jolrtt Ciiiuidliiii- Ameilran tomfnlssloii to consider tin mat ter A now channel at Hault Stn Marie VV.LH diclared a ondoii of VI I inAVorl.rrn. . NAPUMS Jan -Tho third die H of tlio United MineWorlcciN of Anii'rli'ii lonveiud tinlny with John .MIt. . Hell , proildent , In Hie' elm r There WPIO fully Too ilelc-Kiilos pr < uit ( lialiinnn J' J Kcenan < > f tbo iriMlentlals I'ommltii'c sub- iiilltnl his rr.iort Fahi-y of tlio commlltrn rend Din report Illlnidx madi the hunt hhovvliiK. with .JjWt mi inbers Sixnt.iry W 1) llynn of tlu Mate oruanl/Htliia IH -ilio treasurer of his organization vvbloh now ban $112WX * < nmh on hand JJuiInt ; 1S6J lie rained ov r UUXni UK ! inure than } . ' , - On watt i.ilKnl b > I llnols In 1S56 Sol-Hun vii'ii Ivllli-il lii a 'I'IUIIK-I , 13AHTON , Pa Jun 17 A m-ctlon IJUIIK of nine men vvcru run down on the Uilawaro , Uifkuvvaiina & VVi-Htern rallwaj tuntioi near Oxford , N J . lod.iy Two of thu pnrlry wcie. limtarilly killed and n third < ll"fl Khortlv nftci bvlnt ; struck The uthei fix , AH' htrloittil ) hull A toil ir.i'n brnke In ivvo In th6 tunnel und thi entllne wan jotumlmr fpr tht * uar end. l.uinlicr Vli-n nt viliiiifiiiiollN. MINNKAPPMH Jun l7.A ( the nnnu > 1 noiivciitlon < ) f the NoithwesL Lumber Men * HbHoi latlon wblih met luiu todaj u nuni- IJIT of inpors were read IIIIICIIIK them mi\ > b > John Polo , NcvV Hampton \i \ 'j-jm Itu till dumber M n s Inmininie asuuil.i- a im i nncj lUuntd i < ; the r porl ot - Uwlntc of DCS Molautf. 'i u i. HI : ( nuns MVDK IN 'im. The nRKrR > ti ImnK iloulnc * , f Hi- \ < t were $ 'rtmii > ni"0iw nn in < r < i i > "f l f cent over tbo leinnt nf 1 > < ! iv What i (11 ( liiBiidolisiiluini - of business tbositlgnrcq We rnlMl nenrly 2Wnli iOiii ( itiflii i f porn , of vvhldi the nViTiiRe prli o vv i" I lents iier Imsliel hlslui tluui I , si \ , ir We nl ed SI7 < W > Oi > il lumholo of who it n d D.O W'i linlos of eottna All totumiro hnulliiK lecnids vveri l > r 'V'-n at Ashtnbula. O , nn April 27 on ihe I ik < - Slmro riillwnj , when nn envtlmuiul , at train nf Hlvtv-llvo cnrs , eiiirvlng J.uxi tons VVus hauled li > one lorotnot lv The mm lag of lltlrtjfnur mllis f ttiiins In ohe ilnv over one dlvMun of 'br ' IV m Mvlvnnla inllrontl Is snld lo lnl.mknii the worlds reennl In triiln niovltiK nun wits on the Plttshurg division und I vti ( ati vvoie moved I Wo sold and expoited fl JT.J V M M vv itth of our dninestlr preduits i ml our tnta i export nnd Impnit trade for tin arm tlmi oxeieded two blllldtis In tin- total of tin exports manufactures appeal t ihr vi\hu of W70.0000V nn Incteaso of Jfli mmt \ \ > , , v i IS'iS Nebrnskn luoke Its eorn-prndui Ing n ord. In Ibis state the corn imp , if IMS exeeeded the recoid of the l > e l iiievtmn > onr bv 11,217,210 liusbels , the foniliiKhou Ing the enurniotiM total of 2ll,12 > nii iiiuboU Pi ev Ions to isici the uteatest ooln vn un 1W Last Veir's rtnp , however M i i t onlv the Inigcst , but upon the wlml , ,1 IM line a tiunlltj ns anv ever raised in thr state Tin- average v leld to nn mti \\ai 31 ' . btlshi'ls A'l old record was broken mnl n t i , nt made bv the Minneapolis lumber mill- . i jear The total cut for Hie vcar wns * > 0)1.00(1 feet The cut In IV'S ' vvhli h l.r , Ue m records , was ini.lW.HOO feel , o that ihe irrt , retotil wns made lij nn Ineieasto of mimv lOtMWrt.OHl feet The vvorld'H hirgi st KHVV mill , that of the C'hlppewa rnlN 1 vunln-t conialij | , closed diivvn In Novcmbir fm tin season , with a cut of ( > 0iOOOiH ( ) fi t rins wns llic > largest reason's cut on record foi H "Ingle plant There vveie shipped from the mines 17- 2 , " > 0000 tons of .anthini ltc < coal , the largest production la our hlstctrj The piodiutl > n of bltuinlnous coal Is estimated Ml \ > < o . OM.OiHl tons In n ilosoly tclntid bin mil ( Induxtrv , Iho lion tiade , wo lliul out lion furnaces tuinlnt ? out ? i&,0tv ) toim , , r piu Iron a dnv , as against 2l3m > i a vim HRO , nnd prices of Iron and stiel aio < ! oibli- what thev vveie thenV o e\pon fun times us much Iron and steel as vvc ill i t. n jenrs ngo and Import one-fourth a mm h With a novvHpnper tialn uanvlag tin- \ w York Sundnj papers and cunxlstini , , , r tr.o | , b.iRCTRo cms and a loioinottve the i in ku wanna lallrond , on September IT hint all records between New York and Itnffal. . coverltiK the 410 miles In the mtuul nm nltif , ' time of seven houis and tweatv three minutes At times on level stun , hes n sieod | of eighty miles an bout VMIS at- tnlneil The westbound Htirllngtuii fast innll beat all pun Ions lecoiils bitvv .11 Chicago and Omaha on Febiuaij Is the nctunl running time being eight houis 'nl , fortv-four niliuiUs for the noj nilli > - Tim best previous runs were' made on the Bni- HnKtim In nine hours and tvventvthreo mia utcH. and on the Noithvvestcrn in nlnn houis nnd twentv-nlno inlniites ror sev- ei.il HinntH this lecord-brcnker exceeded 1W o.irlo . , or "Not In the least , but when I come to insMle'ol ' 'u'orVl'e'1 ' ' ° ' " " " " Mlt wlfnl ' Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Don't voti t'nnk ' Mrs Plumper Is lee stout for a rainy ' B00d llPI" on tha Chicago IJecord : " 'Dauber sajs he li wedded to bis nrl. Ho evidently thinks he Is. or ho wouldn't inlstrent her so shamefully " Indianapolis Journal"What Is a his torian , Undo Phlnons ? " "A historian Is .1 Jiuin who lives Ions enough to vvilto things up without gettlns contrndloted. " Somorvlllo Journal- When n woman has Invited a neighbor and his wife to ten slio ftlvvajs feels hurt and ills ippolnted If the neighbor's wife doesn't ask her for the re cipe for that loveljcake. . Chicago Tlmos-Morald "Have von ever noticed any blgns of insanltj In him ? " asked the Invvjnn "II.uo 1' ' " echoed the witness. "Well snj' l once saw him call pit hand In a four-linmled gnmo with a pair of deuces " CKY OF THI : HOSTESS. Ilrookljiii Life Ch , I am vvc.iij' , ihoait and hand , And warped and worn nnd stinlnod i o tlietl of entertaining and Ot belntr entertained ! So prostrate Is mjwelpbted soul With dinners , lunc'hi'ons ' , tens , I'd build a houM > at the uortlli pole To get avv.iy from these. And ivlBh vvli'nt ' joy I'd vvnltz about In hourly growing glee * If no one came to sis-k mo out Or ever called on mi- Oh , what delight to sit and gaze Over tbo waste * ? of snow , QII'JO Mure no form would cross tlho spic Klthcr of friend or foe. Fe.irlnpr no woman , man or c'lIM , Nri oven the ncfrtmnn's rhiff Tbn ( .mis nnd Inx Itatlons nlled That he Is sure to Yea , could I pay mjrillsi and see iMy list ( jnlto clear nRiiln , AIj sioro vvljied out , my tablet free , My mind at ease * * oh , then , I'd nsk of fate , with grateful tears , This dealest lilesMng' yftiown Tor the icinnlnller of nijjearn Just to bo let nlone Men's Shirt Sale To reduce our vast assort ment and make room and pre pare for our spring and summer lines , for TWO DAYS we will give you your choice of our ONE DOLLAR stiff bosom Colored Shirts for The different styles on dis play in our window on Fifteenth street. Two days only this sale lasts