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THE OMAHA DAILY 111313 : MOXDAV , JANUARY BL15)00. ) . t ISft1E IS OMAHA DAILY BEE. 13. IIOSISWATER , 13dltor. " PUUUSHED EVEUY MOUN1NO. n ) TERMS OF suBscniPTioN. cil Dally Uoe ( wltho it Sunday ) , Ono Yenr..JO.M jt Dally IJco and Sunday , Ono Year. . . . . . . . 800 ' Dally , Sunday and Illustrated , Ono \enr 8.25 , . huminy and illustrated , onu Year 2.25 \ > ll.UHti-atod Hoc , Onu Year 2-60 | 4 Sunday HIM. , Oiif Year 2.00 Saturday Ucc. Ono Yeat l.M M Meekly lice , One Year 60 K OFFICES. M Omaha : The Bee Hulldlng. M Houth Omaha : City Hall Building , nl Twcnti'-llfth nnd N streets. ' , Council Bluffs : 10 Pearl street. rl chic. . . . 16 < 0 Unity Hulldlng. cf Nuwjrk : Ti-miilo court. If Washington : 501 Fojrteenlh Street , j.j COIIIIESPONDENCE. , j Communications relating to news nnd edl- rL torlnl matter should bo addressed : Omaha lice , Editorial Department. 11U8INESS L.ETTEUS. . nuslness loiters nnd remittances should Hi bo addressed : The lieu Publishing ComBO - BO 1'any ' , Omaha. HEM1TTANCES. ne nomlt by draft , express or postal order , . payable to The Boo Publishing Company. ln Only 2-cent stamps accepted in payment of st mall account * . Personal checks , except on tn Omaha or Eastern exchange , not ncccpteu. { THE UEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. : go STATIJ. IU.VT OK CIHCUI.ATION. . . . State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : 1 George U. Txschuck , scerotary ot The Uco c I'ubllHhlng Company , being duly Rworn , Fays tmt ) thn actual number ot full nnd fir complc s copies of The Dally , Morning , ' ' , Kvenl--- -v-id S"nday IJec. printed during n the Tr. . < . .i Doc-ember , 1S9-J , waa ns fol- n9 lows : ro i U.I.TDO 17 25.4J.sr. * - . 2-I.MH2 2 2-.0- " 18 1 3 257B | 19 2-lT 1 4 21,0:10 : 20 2iioo : Jo C 23,01)0 ) 21 2.1..I.-.1) fn ) 6 27ir.j ; 22 2iuo : in' 7 2I , IIH ) 23 21,020 w { 8 2.v : ir. 21 2II ) 70 h | | 9 2I.-IIO 2 ; 2i,700 ; pj 10 25 , : JO 20 2ltHO : , .i 11 2I.UIJO 27 21,200 | , ! [ J2 2lr.SO 2S 2I.IUO ! bl "l ! ; ! ! ! ! ! ! ; ! . ! ! " : , - : : ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! : ! a : 110 15 21-iu ) 31 an.-iuo "C 16 21-IBU T01nj 77-1 , rit. ! > > Less unsold and returned copies. . . . 11.S7K ' 1 Not total sales . .7 2 , a ci "rrrrrn ; bo Net dally ' Subscribed and sworn before me this J * day ot January , A. D. IUNGAT SP ( Seal. ) Notary Public. Uc i mi Tim advent of more railroads Into lei Onmlm IK highly snitlfylnp , l ) t still no ' " ! HlKtm of thu almndomnont of the bridge ° l\ \ differential. _ ' One ( k-iuocrat has already conio out j with an uniiimllfliMl refusal to accent a cla nninlnatlnii on the. democratic city ticket by this year. Next ! an - ' " ! A cut In the wnji > s of Pullman sleep- T'JJ Ins car conductors Is announced , but ye , we do not expect to hear of any cut in * Bleeping car rates. The city campaign may Do regarded ns fairly opened and from now on until the. 0th'of March the ward politician will be in the swim. 1 The Nebraska Labor bureau has pro- 5 pared a story of its labors for the Paris co exposition. That is the most laborious fll ? work , the bureau Las ever performed. ' m'i = ; 1 AccordiiiK to cable advices London ' 'nil undertakers arc being worked to death t,3 , by victims of the grip. This indicates lilt that the grip is no respecter of nuder- lnj takers. _ "t In reorgani/.ing the fast mall service blV the postal authorities should remember , ? that the demand for fast mails from th < west to east' as well based as that for " , ' | tliose from east to west. C = Ij'J ' Covcrnor Taylor of Kentucky has wl thrown up a line of trunchcs around his l ( position that the bourbon colonels will I } llnd hard to carry unless they discard l1 revolvers for heavy artillery. | j , . . . ja * Kourtt'on hundred Kentucky mules ' fiti' have sailed from Ki-w Orleans tliivct 'J for Africa. They are the only inh'lll- | } I ) gent eontraband pcrmlttt'd to join the f"f belligerents in the' African black belt. It may bo sojne satisfaction to the relatives , but the South Dakota man th HiWl thHi who was hanged for a murder which it Wl now appears he did not commit is not. in at a position to appreciate Ills vindication. tin 111 ! Month Omaha's city election does not coino off until April , or a month later wh Ulan this Omaha city election. Hut the. J ] , South Omaha political pot Is already oof boiling alnii-Ht as hard as that In Omaha. ' ' t'h'j Mr. Macrum , late American consul to " 'I' ' ' Pretoria , lias been boarded at Naples by Is't ' , n New York Interviewer , but he pos- llll | Itlvely refuses to talk. Mr. Macrum | should be voted a leather medal by congress at once. It seems that the letter of Sir. Cowle no annonnelii } : ids candidacy for the coun vll cil In the Ninth ward IIH thu preferred ton choice of tlo ) nn-.l'atrlotle leaiuc is Rtl dated Deceiidiev lit. Wonder If thin is ! what hoodoooil ltV , One of Omaha's new grammar schools IUIH boon oiiened to school use , lint tlio jjhj ItlKh Rdiool buildlni ; , for wlilch the cltl- He : y.eiiH voted JjilfjO.WO In liontls over a year " 11 HKO , BOPIII'S as 'hir away as ever. It IB lm time to move upon that Injunction , kll Men employed In revising the diction ary must go to Montana for the latest I tiling In the -way of dellnitlon. The Idea Itu of what constitutes a falsehood out in pr < that state is fully as uulquo as the conception toi on ception of the honor of legislators. 1'r There Is no doubt that the music halls , I no-called , which are really nothing more He nor less than winter beer gardens , are cle toi too loud and need toning down , lint Ob why make tlesh of one and lish of an other ? Why single out three particular resorts for frco advertising and Ignore I sill" others equally oll'ensivoV mo An px-olllceholder and chronic otllco- seeker nrgc.t ; through the columns of our popocratlc contemporary that the j men who should bo elected to the otllces should be these who are not olliceseck- cr.s and forthwith proposes the name of 1 W. .I , lima t ch. fur mayor , a man who has been seeklns olllco ever since lie llrst had a ttistc of public life. This Is the eternal Illness of thluga. - . . \ITVHRTIIKH 100 And now ii transpires that the order Issued In 1M > 7 by the Stale Heard of Transportation directing Nebraska rail roads to desist from changing their live stock rate from carload to pound charge was not served upon thu roads until .lan- uary 1 ! ) , KMM ) . Under the statutes no order of the board can be enforced until after ten days' notice has b.-en given to the railroad companies , and the at tempt of the attorney general to compel the Union Paclllc to pay . < . " , , < > ( ) < . ) penalty must be a mere farce. Inasmuch as the attorney general Is ono of the members of the Stale Hoard of TransM ] > rtatlon , his pretended aston ishment over the neglect of the secre taries to have the papers properly served must lie taken witli a grain of allow ance. Why did not the legal member of the Ixiard see to It that the legal re quirements were promptly complied with at the time the order was entered upon the records more than two years agoV Why did he not make the dis covery before he commenced the grand stand play of calling the Union Paclllv Into court ? The only excuse so far offered for the delay in attempting to enforce the. order is that the railroads had not violated lated it until a month ago. . If that were true what could be the object of issuing the order In 1807 except as polit ical buncombe ? The whole story about the accidental omission to serve the olllclal notices on the railroads sounds too llsliy to be swallowed. The truth Is the board has done nothing because It was agreed with the railroads that nothing should be done and as one of the meijpers ) of the board the attorney general had been living up to tho. agreement. J.v rna AUTS. A bill has been introduced in congress which Is of Importance to all who use alcohol In the arts and In the manufac ture of medicine , as well , as In other lines of manufacture. It provides that "the failure of the secretary of the treasury to prescribe regulations for the use of alcohol in the arts and In med icine and other like compounds , as re quired by section 01 of the revenue act of August 128 , 1S01 , shall not operate as a defense on the part of the government in any suit of a manufacturer under said act brought In any court of th.i United States. " This measure , which is simply Intended to secure a legisla tive waiver of a defense which the gov ernment lias successfully employed ou at least one occasion , was referred to the appropriate committees in each house and it is expected will be re ported on at an early day. The section of the general revenue act of 1S04 referred to was regarded by manufacturers as practically an agree ment that any manufacturer llnding It necessary to use alcohol in the arts erin in any medicinal or other like compound might do so under regulations to be pre scribed by the secretary of the treasury and , upon satisfying the collector of in ternal revenue that he had compiled with these regulations , and proving it by the exhibition and deliverance of stamps as vouchers for the payment of "tlii ? tax , he should be entitled to receive from the treasury of the United States n rebate , or repayment of the tax thus paid. The manufacturers , assuming that the government would keep faith with them , adjusted their various kinds of business to this arrangement , but the government has not done what was ex pected of it. The requirement of the law was not fulfilled by the secretary of the treasury , who refused to issue regulations on the ground that no appro- priali'.n had been made for the speellic purpose of enforcing them. Suits were brought by manufacturers to recover the rebate claimed to be due them under the law and a test case was argued before the supreme court of the United States. It was contended by the attorneys for the manufacturers that the rights of a citizen under a tax law could iiot lawfully be destroyed because of the failure of the executive branch of the government to execute the law. The court , however , four of the justices dis senting , held a different view. It Is now sought by legislation to deprive the government of the defense that the failure of the secretary of the treasury to prescribe regulations relieves the gov ernment of responsibility. It Is esti mated that from .fi,000XX ( ( ) to $10,000- 000 are Involved , but whatever the amount , justice and equity seem to de mand the proposed legislation. ur nnvKsati.tir.s. . In view of the fact that there Is a steadily accumulating surplus in the national treasury and the question of properly disposing of it is a somowli.it perplexing one , a revision of the reve nue laws so as to cut down the receipts Is being urged. Some of the members of the house ways and means commit tee are said to favor tills and If the surplus continues to gr6w it appears probable thai the committee will con sider the expediency of removing some of the taxes under the war revenue act and reducing others. It is understood that there Is a considerable sentiment in congress favorable to doing away with the telegraph and express stamps from which the * government docs not derive a very large revenue and un doubtedly these will be the llrst taxes removed whenever the law Is revised. A conslderablo pressure Is being brought to bear to secure the repeal of the beer tax In the war revenue law , but the Indications are that this will not ba effective. This tax yields a largo rove- iiuo and it Is not felt by thu public , t-o tltat there. Is no great popular demand for It. Indeed if pub'lc opinion were consulted it would d ubtless be founrl strongly in favor of the permanent re tention of this t.ix and at all events It should bo the last ono to be dispensed with. The plethoric condition of the treas ury , while gratifying as an evidence of ( lie national prosperity , Is not wllhod ? its disadvantages , particularly In re spect to the money market. It Is not to the public Interest that money sli .uM accumulate and lie Idle In the national treiiBtiry and there is a good deal of opposition to the deposit of public funds In banks bey nil what Hie con venience of the public service requires. If It should be deemed safe to lighten the burden of taxation there can be no doub't such action would meet with hearty popular approval. X IX .V.trtl'7..tA/ > . The regular democratic organl/allon In Maryland , which Is the sound money element of the party , has most emphat ically repudiated Mr. Hryaii. A few- days ago tin- democratic majority In the house of delegates administered a very palpable snub to the frco silver champion. One of his adherents In that body offered a resolution declaring that as Hryau was the recognized leader of the democracy and was to visit Haiti- more , the Maryland legislature , as a mark of respect. Invite him to address that body. The author of the res-ilu- tlon asked for Its Immediate considera tion , but it was sent to the committee on federal relations , and as the house snou after adjourned for several days , this reference killed the resolution. The dispatches state that the address of Mr. Hryau In Baltimore Saturday evening was listened to by a large audience , which greeted , him with en thusiasm , but there were no leaders or prominent members of the regular dem ocratic organization present. ICfl'orts were made to secure the attendance of members of the democratic central < om- mlttee by offering them stage tickets , but the courtesy was declined. Thus In the most distinct and conspicuous man ner possible the sound money democrats of Maryland have refused to recognize W. .T. Hryan as the democratic leader and have in effect served notice upon him that he must not expect their sup port if he Is again nominated for the presidency. It means that the electoral vote of Maryland in 11100 will be given to the republican candidate , as it was in 1SOC , if Bryan Is the democratic standard bearer. Maryland is normally a democratic state , but the large ma jority of Its democrats are In favor of sound money and llnancial honesty and want nothing to do with the man who still Insists that free silver is a dem ocratic Issue which cannot even be sub ordinated. It is probable that mos of the democrats of Maryland are opposed to the trusts and arc anti-expansionists , but they evidently take very little stock in Mr. Bryan as a representative or ex ponent of anti-trust and anti-imperial ism sentiment. Mr. Bryan is to make an extended trip in "tho encmy'H country. " fie will meet with numerous admirers and Ills talks will attract large audiences. But If ho hopes to make votes for the cause he represents ho Is doomed to disappoint ment. What ho could not effect in the midst of Industrial depression he cannot accomplish in a time of prosperity. Meanwhile his treatment at the hands of Maryland democrats ought to com mand his serious consideration. Nebraska is sorely In need of some rail road legislation , and that need will be taken care of In case the fusion forces control ! the next legislature. It the republicans should happen to be in the majority no relief can bo expected. Howclls Journal. This is a stale bait. The fusion forces have had a majority In both houses of several legislatures , but what railroad regulation legislation have they en acted outside of the maximum rate bill , for which republicans voted as well as popiillsts , and was signed by a republican governor ? The fusion forces tlmo and again pledged themselves to abolish the pass bribe system , but up to date they have failed to make good their promises. Most prominent in the popocratlc del egation that went over to Baltimore from Washington to hear Colonel Bryan speak there was Senator THInmu of South Carolina , who Is always on j hand with his pitchfork to toss hay j while the sun shines. Whether a pres idential aspirant gains anything by be ing associated with men like Tlllman I is doubtless a question in Bryan's own mind , but as ho is not In position to choose his own company he will have to put up with it and suffer the consequences quences whichever way ho turns. The stain ) ) duties imposed by Croat Britain on ifs American colonies started the American revolution and furnished the battle cry for dual independence. Stamp duties Imposed during the civil war wore the most offensive lorm of taxation and their repeal was demanded as soon as the country was in position to fund it's national debt. The stump duties of today are just as offensive , especially the telegraph and express stamp taxes , which should be borne by the corporations Instead of by their patrons. The populist party was generated by the Farmers' Alliance. The alliance was organized primarily to do away with middlemen and break up the monopoly of the lawyers In politics. Vet Ne braska populists are today represented In congress by live lawyers and not a single farmer. This state of affairs in spires tho. Nebraska Independent , which Is tile recognized organ of populism , to remonstrate against the selection of a lawyer congressional ticket by the fu sion forces In the next campaign. The American people will rejoice to learn that the dnko of Marlhorongh has at last departed for the scat of war In South Africa , accompanied by ( wo valets , two coachmen , two footmen and a largo stock of preserved delica cies , choice wines and a medicine client. When the Beers oistih sight of the dnko and his retinue they will either take to their heels or lake a homo run for tin * delicacies. llnl SiHirllirnil , Haltlmcro American. With so many social swells going to light In South Africa , the Boers nuy do a bit of the ftiUiluuublo sport of lion-liuntlns them selves. l.iliuriilatluii * of mi l'4\ Mliincaijlla Time * . Malletca Tanu ro.'cplaliis that exorbitant prlroa are charged for prayer hooks and bi bles In Samoa. Aa statUtlca cf Imports show that the tautes of the natives run chiefly to beer and umbrellas it is suspected that Mr. Tumi Is straining ft point when IIP complains ot the high price of religious lit erature. Oil , HI-CHUM' ! Huffnlo U.xrrcs.i. Hut why should the "Middle West" ha\o the vice presidency ns well ns the prcsl- dcne > ? "St'tioitl InNjiiM'torV In < ! < ioil , S. . Pui'l PlbneoiPrc . * . Some of Omaha's sihool Inspectors are In bad odor on a charge of bribery In connec tion with Venetian blinds tor the srhoo'n. It Isn't tiio first tlmo that school Inspector. ? have been caught trying to blind the public. Cure for ttiNiiniiiln , Knnsns City Journal. Historian Lccky roccimr.ends memorizing and repeating poetry as a euro for Insomnia. It Is n good Idea. The mind which would not. rather go to sleep than sit up with the average poem of the day deserves no sym pathy , i Slnmulo of ( In- , Boston Transcript. ! It Is little wonder that the Transvaal war Is n bitter struggle. President Krugcr de clares that the British have placed Ihclr faith In I'snlirm Ixxxlv. and has ordered the btirghcra out , \vlth Instructions to read I'salm xxxlll. KIcKlntv AunliiNt the liu-vUnltlo. Detroit Krco l'rc s. Now It Is. the tobacco growers who say that the admission of Puerto Rico la ruinous to their industry. " Judging from the com plaints now In , If that Island wcro about thrco times as big as it Is , this whole coun try would have to go to the poorhousc. llaviiiiit Killtorsiuii7.cil. . Olobe-Democr.it. I nencrnl Wood la a continual surprise to ! the Cubans , llo has actually subscribe. ! for ' thu Havana papers and has directed that Uu hills shall be Bent to him personally. "This is the first time In the history ot the IslEnl , " , exclaims the Ularlo do la Marina , "that a ' governor general has paid , or has offered to ' pay , a newspaper subscription. " The Cuban i editors , like the rest of their fellow citizens , , arc beginning to grasp somu of the benefits of the American connection. 'A Iimion-IKillnr Country. " Philadelphia Itecord. The saying of Thomas Urackctt Heed In j excuse for extravagant federal outlay "This ! Is n billion-dollar country" finds support In the official declaration of the volume of Imports nnd exports for the year 1899. The total Importa were valued at ? 70i,834G20 ) ; the total exports at ' $1,275,180,011. This makes an aggregate of trade amounting In value to $ l'107u,321 > 2Gl. The Imports were $104,870,172 In excess of the Imports for 189S , and there > vas an excess of exports over the very remavUablo exports of 1S9S amounting to ? 1U1940,375. lllul : < of Halite * in Veil. Philadelphia Times. The legal right of a baby to yell In New York City's limits , whether the neighbors object or not , seems to have- been definitely established by the holding , under heavy ball , of a cantankerous old bachelor who as saulted n woman living in hla flat because her Infant made such vocal disturbance that he was "unable to think , " and then caused her arrest as the mother and malntalner of a nuisance. Inasmuch as the average baby will yell when it happens to want to , whether it has any legal right or not , the Incident Is not important except ns it calls for an explanation from those New Yorkers who are always-crying aloud the praises of their city as to why a baby born and nur tured amidst the delights of flat life in the great metropolis should , evcr want to yell. \ < > Siuull-Itorc Chaneellor. ' Illftcoln Post. Lincoln Post t " 'The prlmo consideration in choosing a chamellur for the university should be to scciffe'a ' man who'has broadminded - minded ylews avnyell as scholarship and executive ability , ' 'The-Stato university Is one of the greatest educational institutions of the west and needs a great mind to di rect its course. It may bo said for the university as now constituted that the ma jority of the members of Its faculty arc men of pronounced fltncFH for their po sitions. Many of them are among the fore- meet leaders in the educational thought of the whole country. A chancellor who would pursue any other than n broad and pro gressive policy would be ns much out of place In the university ns fl professional pet tifogger would be on the Judicial bench. Ao to whether the chancellor to be chosen should or should not he one who has been connectcvl with the university in the past , the question U not material. Therearo points to be made on both sides of the proposition. A graduate cf the Institution or one who has been a member of Its faculty would .perhapti be more in touch nnd In sympathy with Its purposes and possibili ties , but an outsider would doubtless bring now ideas into 'the school nnd would also be more observant of Its weak points. Above all , however , the man who Is to be en trusted with the charge of Nebraska's hlgh- e.st institution of learning must be capable , conscientious nnd up to date in his Ideas. SHOTS AT THU IIO1)IKIS. ( Nebraska Independent : Some of the mem bers of the Omaha school board are being yanked up for taking boodle , which woulT bo called bribery in the lower regions. Such things are not so mu.Ji of a rarity as they were once. North Platte Tribune : The school board scandal down at Omaha would do credit to Orcater Now York. It looks very much as though the members of the board who were creaked enoiyjh to accept bribes have had EUfllclcnt opportunities tn maUo them richer than bank presidents. Omaha's greatest noe-ds are clean politics nnd honcit public olllcluls. Heatrlco Democrat : The people of Omaha appear to have contracted the good gov ernment habit that prevails In the atoios- phero of Beatrice and in u burst of right eous Indignation have gene so far us to arrest three members of the school beard jufit for accepting smull bribes in connec tion with a window shade contract. This Is H now departure In Omaha nnd If the thing is pushed right along holding olllccs that huvo no salary attachment will soon become unpopular. l > AS.SI.\i OF .IAV lll'IIHOWS. North Plntte Tribune : Jay Hurrows , ono of the organizers of the Farmers' Alliance In Nobrnska nnd for a number of years a. populUt leader , died at his'homo In Un- coin Tuesday of rheumatism of the heart. Uurrown was opposed to fusion and by reason of this he was politically "shelved" two or thrco years ago. St. Paul Phonograph : Last Tuesday them occurred at Lincoln the death of ono of the unrmognlzcd great men of the tlmco. Mr. Hurrowa was one of the principal fcunderii of the Farmers' Alliance and the people's Independent party. Ho wa& a man o" broad Intelligence and Innate love of Jubtlcc. Ills btcrn adherence to principle made him "eccentric" In the oyca of some people. Though he honorably served In the union ranks during the civil war , ho nfitrd : to join the Urnnd Army and would not cvwi wear the badge , saying that ho did not care for any other glory than that of having served his country. Mr. liur- rowB hao been called the "Nrstor of Populism. " There Is no doubht that the anti-monopoly movement owt < I more to him than any other klnglo Individual. The Farmers' Alliance , published by him In the cr.rly eighties , waa an Intelligent and ahlo exponent of the economic and moral prin ciples of populism. Mr. Ilurrows' memory rhould bo kept In gratitude by every popu- llst. ruoinmu TIM : m Aurora Sun ( pop. ) : People who think the State Hoard of Transportation Is nttrmp'.liiR to ilo anything should read up on the Nor- j folk cnse. the statement of fliarlcs II. John son , nnd then walrh for the board to show i that the statement Is Incorrect. They can't do It. nnd If they cnnnot they should be abolished Inatnntrr. Springfield Monitor ( dem. ) : When It came to a niton down on n demand for the Hoard of Transportation to get a hump on Itself nnd do something the populist state1 cen tral commlltco nt n lalo mertlns volcO down the resolution. One of the secretaries nnd a few others who have been feasting at the public orlh used such oily nnd per suasive languagengalnst the resolution that they secured a majority against Us adoptlr . Tcltamnh Journal ( rep. ) : At the meeting ot the populist stale central committee n resolution elution was Introduced calling upon the State Hoard of Transportation nnd the attorney general to do their duty In the matter of en- j forcing the orders of the board as ngalnst I railroads , express and telephone companies. I The resolution was supported by tuch popu lists ns Sprcchcr , Hamilton , Halo and Thomas , who spoke In Ita favor. It was op posed by the olncc-holdlng force nt Lincoln , llryant , the defender of Cornell ; KdinUlon , the man \\hozo record as oil Inspc.-tiir was ns corrupt ns a Tammany wnrdhcflcr , nnd Kdg- crton , the notorious tool of st ck yards ant rallioad corporntlous and one of the prosrnt secretaries of the Hoard of Transportation , Bpoke against the resolution , and a v < to to ! kill It was carried. The World-Herald nays Ocntry of Hurt voted to kill the ro elution , but liu denies the allegation aud says ho can lick the allcgntor. Fremont Herald ( dcm. ) : Mr. Hitchcock , who recently complained of being stung by Ingratitude , points out In his paper a dcslnrdly conspiracy on the part of the populist , statu central committee nt Its Into mooting. The conspiracy In question con sisted of the turning down of a resolution directed to the State Hoard of Transporta tion , calling upon that body of function al Ics to give some force nnd effect to the law which prohibits n discrimination and overcharges in freight rates. The popu- libts , n good majority of thorn , evidently fearing an adverse Influence to their po litical success , laid the resolution on the table. They were apparently qulto ready to admit the Hoard of Transportation has not done Us duty , but they didn't care to publicly arraign the members for their rc- luctnuco about tackling n giant octopus. It IB ono thing to talk about an ovll nnd an other to summon enough courage to fight It. Pnpllllon Times ( dcm. ) : Why do certain fusion ofllclals object to the redemption effusion fusion pledges made to the people ? It Is a truism that a cause must precede an effect , and it will not be difllctilt to discover the cause which has led these fusion officials to criticise where they should applaud. The cause consists of certain little pieces of pasteboard , each bearing the name ot one of thcso forgetful fusion officials , and also the signature of some railroad , telephone , telegraph or express company manager. * * The Times begs the few fusion of ficials who arc still carrying corporation favors In their pockets to quit the dangerous practice and begin today the work of redeeming our sacred party pledges to the people. It was the making of those pledges that induced the people of the state to place men of our political faith In office. A ruth less betrayal of the trust reposed in our political organization may lead the people to reject us at the polls. It Is written that a mortal cannot successively serve God nnd mammon at the same time , nnd it is equally true that a Nebraska democrat or popu list cannot be a faithful agent for the pco- plo while- carrying a side-line for the cor porations. Aurora Sun ( pop. ) : The populist party has for years talked'loud nnd long against passes and still It is safe to say that nearly every one of Its commlttecmen and officials at this tlmo accept the little bribes and ride frco at the expense of thei corpora tions they are seeking to control. These littlu pasteTwards are not given them that they may assemble and sec-k to get fair and proper rates for freight and passenger traffic , but to make friends at court. To put them under obligations for favors , which none will fall to in some manner repay , unless ho wears bristles a foot long. The railroads know pass bribery pays. There may bo an individual exception , but the inoculation works/in nlnc'ty-nlno ' cases out of a hundred. If the newspapers of the state were not generally silenced on the pass question by the usa of them thcso commltteemen and our officials would not dare to defy the behests of their party and public opinion and Justice by accepting free pass privileges. A newspaper has some llttlo CXCUEO for accepting the bribes , for they are ostensibly exchanged for advertls- ing'but what possible excuse has a mem ber of the state or national legislature era a member of a statu central reform com mittee to use them ? No more excuse than ho would have to accept ? 100 or $1,000 an an attorney fee for the road and then warp hla official action to benefit the road In every controversy that came up In legis lation , committee- meetings or conventions. It IH rank robbery of constituents to use them. I'HHSOV.MlMl.TiH.S. ) : . Leung Chi Tee , the naturalized Japanese who comes to this country ns n political refugee , Is all right. He is vouched for by Kang Tn Wol. Senator Tlllman Is an expert penman and can write with equal ease with either hand. In fact , he ueea his left much oftuncr than his right hand. Four thousand American schooltna'ams are planning to attend the Paris exposition next summer , and they will not be the smallest attractions in our educational ex hibit. The turning down of Amos Ctimmlngs as Now York representative on the democratic congress campaign committee , In favor of u gold man , will not Injure thu appcllto of the dollar diners , "I am not in such bad health as the papers say , " wrltcn Archibald Forbes , the famous war correspondent , to n New York friend. "I am comparatively well at pres ent , but It Is true that I fear my constitu tion is much undermined. " The old story ab&ut the policeman always slaying around the corner during a light is recalled 1iy the remark attributed to the chief of police of Louisville , Ky. , concern ing the CoUon shooting : "I was standing behind n pent and p.aw the whole Ilsht. " Hocaueo In his paper ho called Lieutenant Governor Mulnness of Ilrltith Columbia n "gold-laced nnd bewhlskercd monstrosity" anil an "obe.so and shining 'It * " the pub lisher of the Knmluops Standard Is to ho called before the bar of the IIOUEO of the Hiltl.Hh Columbia lcal.-aturo ! to answer for contempt to a representative of the crown. The will of the late Ilobcrt Hreck Hrlgham of Hoston bequcathn the bulk of hl.s estate , estimated nt several millions , to charities. I Ono of these Is a new hospital In Boston , to ho known as the Robert II. Hrlgham Ha- pltnl for Incurnbleii , to bo maintained for the frco treatment and support of needy Incurables. Nearly ovtry charitable tutlon In Hoston Is remembered. Severn ! TlilnuH Will Keep. Kama * City Slav. The advance In ocean rutra agreed upon by the managers of transatlantic steamers may have n tendency to reduce the cougoitlou of European travel that has been prcdcto-l ! for next summer. The Paris exposition will doubtless be a great show , but theio are many other things In Europe worth seeing that will keep until after 1900 , t n IIOKS or oi itv \it. Contain William KiiRllsh of Indiana , nn ottlt-e-r of the volunteer nrmy In the war for the lliicrntlnu of fuhn. not only perfnrmd his duties fnlthfullv atvl well , but also \vlun the uniquedIMInclion of bolus the only man In the setvl.-o who has returned his pay t'i the government. Drafts for his salary and nllow.in-cs , amounting to $1,172.5. " , . hnie h-'cn returned to thetreasury. . The act bents the rlnmp of purepatriotism. . Mr. Kngllnh is ono of the "sons of somebody , " n olnsa vll- Inlnously assailed durtni ; the war. hut hln conduct proves him a brave- and unselfish poldler. He Is the son of General Hancock's running mate on the democratic presidential ticket of 1SSO. lleno , the nntlvo booze of Manila , IB n distilled terror. No uranl of American con coction Is nble to hold n cnndlo to It as a pnrnlyrer. Old forty-rod nnd Its degenerate mate , rolgut. Is as mild. In comparison , ns the soughing of n summer breeze. Kven the rulque of Mexico , n knocker ofldo repulp , which laid out a Keiitucklnn for three ihya , la outclnrscd by Manila's muldenlng stlimi- l.int. Instanrrs of American sol.llcrn print against It are cited by Manila papers. Otn robust fellow who tool : on n moderate load required thrco strong men to cart him to the hospital. Another threw n succession < f fit * and had tn bo tied to posts. Still another knocked down four of the gunrd. bhlckcd thj ryes of nn olllccr nnd assaulted three nntlvo * women , nnd was llnnlly rcdurnl to a pence bapln with stout cluln. The booze of civili zation has before It n hard task to assimilate bcno. A natlvn prodigy | q abroad In Manila. His nnmo In llamos Pnncual. Though only S yeirs of ngp he gee through the American manual of arms with remarkable precision nml rapidity. "Any one mny Imagine. " saya the Manila Tribune , "how wildly enthusias tic the soldiers nrp over this youthful prodigy , who cuts a , quaint but fascinating figure , drilling In HIP glow of the electric lights surrounded by good-nature 1 crowd , who give frco vent to the approval of his efforts. "No one In particular Is supposed to give Hamos the commands. He understands the manual so well that he Is capable of carryIng - Ing nut any of the movements except the dif ficult bayonet exercise , which few Infantry men have completely mastered. Therefore ho Blonds ready to go through the manual , no matter from which quarter the command mny come. " Major rheatham relates In the Knglnoer- Ing News the difficulties overcome by the engineering corps In bridging the Hello river , n stream 290 feet wide , at Molo. The orders were to build n bridge sufficiently strong for Infantry nnd light artillery to cross ; to build it quickly nnd cheaply. As there was no other material available , It was decided to use bamboo exclusively , and In the entire structure nothing else was used not even n nail or piece of wire. Long pieces of bamboo were assembled In bundles of fifteen and tightly bound with rattan. Theao bundles supplied the buoyancy for the bridge and wcro placed ten feet apart par allel to the current. They were held In this position by four stringers , which were se curely lashed to the bundles so as to form a foundatlcii for the roadway , ten feet wide. Ou these stringers were placed small bam boo , cut ten feet long , each piece being tied to the stringers by the Invaluable rattan. Over these poles was laid a rough matting woven from split bamboo , which made an even surface strong enough to support a horse. A vsufficient quantity of bamboo was not on hand at the start , and the work was delayed somewhat In consequence , but the bridge was completed in four days by ten native workmen. The total cost for material and labor was $123. The banks at the place selected were ono and a half feet higher than the water at high tide. In order to allow carts to cross at all times , aprons were made of bamboo , one end fastened to thp bank and the other allowed to slip along two pieces of plank placed on the bridge for that purpose. The bridge was guyed so as to allow It to rUe and fall with the tide. The success of this bridge would seem to solve a problem here , and our experience shows conclusively that with plenty of bamboo on hand a regiment can cross any river hero in four hours' time. HI OUTS OK I'UISHTO IlICO. Kansas City Star : Hy right the Jurisdic tion , laws and Institutions of the United States should bo extended to all parts of the nation. That course has been usual and , Indeed , is the only practical and sen sible mode of procedure. The military may be retained to support the civil power , while there Is need of it on account of riotous or disturbing influences , but there Is no occasion for delay In giving people who live under the flag of the United States what may bs called American government. Springfield Republican : It cannot bo said too often these days that few people under the sovereignty of the United States are in n worse plight than the Puerto Klcans. The governor of the Island , General Davis , Is In Washington saying that Its condition Is worse than in the days of Spanish rule , be cause it has no markets. Anyone would suppose that congress would Immediately c&ta'bllah ' free trade between the Inhabitants and the United States simply because "ex pansion" IB a civilizing and philanthropic enterprise. Hut : i substantial republican op position Is arising ngalnst a simple net of mercy to storm-swept Puerto Klco. Baltimore American : Duties have been levied on the products of Puerto Hico Hlmply because the arrangements for the assimilation of the Island have not been completed. The administration did not care to assume -the responsibility of a radical change In commercial relations when It waa peculiarly thu duty of congress , anO congress was to meet In n few months. To j take any other view of the matter IK to concede the charge made by the enemies of 'tho government that It Is trying to es tablish a colonial system. It In a false . charge up to the present moment. We have | no colonies and want no colonies. ! Washington Post : Wo hear muttorlngri ! to the effect that the republican party will loco a state hero or a state there If It rr- ' spends to the clear dictates of duty and rosuues Puerlo Ilico from UK present wretch edness. Thu very men who advocated war with Spain on the ground of bonovclenco nnd Christian obligation nro clamoring against the first step In the direction of rc- dctmlng our promises nnd professions. Surely no onn can say , with any warrant of fuel , that the pioplo of Puerto Hleo nro now better off In any mural or material respect than they were two years ago. On the contrary , they are much worse off. and , under c- : ; ! > tlnj ; condillon.s , must continue' to decline In the Ltnlo of welfare. If tlley are to bii Iclt thu.'i , how can wo defend our ac tion In meddling with their affairs at all ? AS nil'OltT.t.Vr DKCIKIO.V. Claim or Copjrlulit on Ilnleil Out of Court , Philadelphia Prctw , A decision that Is certain to attract wide attention , not only hccnu&o It IB a juut one , settling a long disputed question , but because ) It Is of particular Intercit and importance to newspaper and other pub- llbhcru , was rendered by a Jury In New York on Friday last. The verdict was to the ef fect that a photograph of an uutresH IH not such an artlhtlc production aa to bring It within the meaning and Intent of the copy- rirht law. The cajo In which this precedent was cstaLllihcd wan tried before Judge Wai- lace and a jury In the United Htates cir cuit court. The defendants were n firm of manufacturers charged with having pub- Jl hed a lithograph pOBtcr with thp figure of an actress In a theatrical pose. The plaintiff [ \\an n photographer , n mrmtx r of nn or- gAnlzfltlon kno\Mi ns ihp Copyright league , which It Is claimed , has been pnrtlcultuly mtlvr In bringing nulls against nppapiM pi.Mlfhrrft nnd busltipm firm * wv > o Ih.id vertently happen to use so-called copyright photographs mndp by nny member of tin- Ipftr.ue In HIP course , of business. The com mon procedure , It wni rc-vpnlptl , w a to ' bring ( he suits and then settle the caw * out ot oourt for n financial eonnldcrAtlim. I The photographer who had copyrighted the picture In question admitted lint ho had copyrighted a large number of photo- ginphs of actrcssr * . nnd that a number of 'nulls ' for Infringements on there had been | btcught nnd settled out of court. He ehiltnp I : that ho hail posed the nctros.s In question In nn artistic attitude nnd ns n result uns entitled to damages under his copyright ptotectlnn. Thp dofensp claimed that HIP pester In question had been preivircd for them by n lithographing establishment nnd that hencp they were not guilty ot publish ing the copyright photograph , but the main di-fejiso was that Ihp photograph In question was not an artistic creation nnd therefore not a proper subject of copyright. Jmlgp. Wallace , before whom the case was tried , preferred to take Ihpslnttpr view of tlii' defense In his chargi < nnd referred the question ns one of fact to the Jury to divide , whether thp photograph was an ar- tletlr production under thp meaning nml In- tMit of Ihp law. Thp Jury , which secmi to have been nn exceptionally Intelligent OIIP. decided thnt HIP photogrnph did not fnll within the Intent of the copyright Inw and the defense was sustained not only on this * point , but on the other , thnt the linn vas not guilty of having published the photograph , although It had It In their possession. The decision In this case establishes a pircedcnt nt variance with former rullnpp. iiMlcr which publishers and merchants have beet , mulcted for hundreds of dollars for publication of so-called copyright pic tures , which , from the very nature or thp productions , were not entitled to protection. Ordinary photographs of buildings , land scapes , shlfB nnd statuary have been taken by photographers , copyrighted and n royalty levied for their imp , although the objpctH were such thai any Indlvldual could photo graph them unrestrainedly. Under the/rnl- Ingh mentioned copyright law has been made to extend In the matter of photographs to almost everything In the heavens above and thp earth beneath , even though thp subjects were frco at ? air. The decision In Judge Wallace's court will have a tendency to restrict thin and bring the nctton of the copyright law within Ita legitimate sphere. 1.1 MS. Philadelphia Times : When any mnn cnn honestly tnoip ih-s ! lingers nt jniverty he's certainly HOI a snni > . Chlcmso Tribune : "Doesn't 'the ' knowledge that you owe everybody kec > p you awtiko at night ? " "No , but Uho knowledge Hint there la no body now 1 can borrow from sometimes does. " Cleveland Plain Dealer : "If Lieutenant Glllmorp. wants to lecture I've trot a nlc < title for ililm. " "What Is It ? " " ' . the . ' " .My Loff Among Tnjraloss. Bctrolt Journal : Will Uio Anglo-Saxon race 'press on to the fulfillment of Its des tiny nt the ft-arful cost of new school Reog- rauhlea for Its children eve rj' year or twol Chlcngo llecord : "Thwo must bo many SMber faces In 'Ladyronllh ' , " mimed the boarder who never skips nn Item about the South African unpk' s-"intiK' s. "Nothing oxtmqnlinury In thnt , " re marked the Timii in black .suspenders , "when It costis > for n. good drink ot liquor. " Chicago Post : "Were you really liapplcr before you became civilized ? " itskcd 5iu white main. "Well , " answered the PaclHg Islnmder , "I must say 1 didn't iliavo all Mils worry about \\lotihtr my trousers were getting : baggy at t'ho knee. " Cleveland Plain Dealer : "I tell you thero'i nothing to him. HO'H just a man ot pulp. " "Well , there'H some hope for 'him. ' Pulp Is Bolnir mi. " Detroit Free. Press : "I thought I was nil over nervous i > roBtratlon. " "Well ? " "Jly doctor sent In Ills bill nnd I've g-ot It again. " IIHGHKT.I. Alice Meyncll. As , when the seaward ebbing lido doth Dour Out by the low Hand space * , The parting waves slip back to clasp the shore AVlth lingering embraces So In the tide of Ufa that carries mo From where thy true henrt dwells. Waves of my thoughts and memories turn to thee With lessening farewells ; WavhiB of hands ; dreams , when the day forcets ; A care half lost In cares ; The saddest of my verses ; dim regrets ; Thy name among my prayers. I would the day might come , so waited for , Bo patiently besought. When I , returning , should fill up once more Thy dosolnled thought ; And fill thy loneliness that UPS apart In Htlll , persistent pain. Shall 1 content thce , O thoii broken heart , AM the tide comes In again. And brims the llttlo seashore lakes , and auta Seaweeds allout , and llllH The silent pooln , rivers mid rivulets the inland hills ? "Nothing Like It" We Hiicnk of the "NH\V ll.UJ- LAN" t" | > coat -n Hiicclalty of nurx anil at jircHPiit liitnxlnrcil by all H\v \ 'll jln'HHiTH of this country. It IK u Ion ; ; Hy-front Oxford Vienna , full hex , the hack IH cut whole anil extremely wide with Htrnlh'lit t-hle HOIIIIH , which are vcnli'd ; the lollar IH of velvet , and the roll is Keif-faced and in-denitely heavy the hlcovi'H are. llnlnhed wit 11 a free cnlT 't 1-ti Inch deep , piped with velvet ; them IH n-j oiit.sliln In-cast poclicl. The hip pockeln ate patched or Ijellowxed on the In Hide and are readied through vlrlleal opening , through which the troiiHcrK pot'keti din also 1 > reached tile. Hlioiildoi'H and hloovcH are lined with dnchle.no satin and the Kkirt of cMSHliueiv. Tliy j ri' ) ( ! IK .f'Jri.txi. . , ( in illHinily. , In our Douylus Ktroot window.
