THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATt'RDAY, VEBIU'AllY IT. 1000.
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fSal) M. B irVNGATE.
N'otary Public.
Dvery precaution should ! taken to
guard the meeting of the populist nu
ti nal -oinmlttee nt Lincoln. It would
never do to let an outsider get next to
the provision train.
Scjveral kinks In the new primary law
will have to be amended by the next
lKrlul (1 ! fit Vtt ti ( si t UMieliu tin. I
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.-ability or Impnu-tl.-ablllty of a law so '
a the actual test.
Kearney has organized a Business
Men club and Is preparing to Htrike
tip the old "Kearney Gait. W'Uy not
make tho move unanimous and reehrls
ten It the "Nebraska Gaits?"
The rejeirt that Bonl do Castellaue
has Ixjrrowed money from Uusselj Sage,
If true, dlsjKises of the story that the
Frenchman Is broke. I'ncle Hussell Is
not lending money to people without
plenty of collateral.
Tim local ixjpocratlc organ Is already
making fun of the name of its can
didate for councilman from the Second
ward Conrad Hug. So long as It dotm
not mix up the vowels, however. It may
possibly be forgiven.
It may be dllllctilt to push the
auditorium project In the face of a
THilltlcal campaign, but as we are to
have successive political campaigns all
through the year the promoters should
keep pegging right at It.
It Is rumored that Agulnaldo Is en
route to Furls to enter la the long
distance races during the cxiosltlon.
If that Is the case the managers will bo
compelled to handicap him heavily In
order to secure other entries.
Tho great trust-smashing attorney
general is still trying to puncturo the
standard oil tire, but he remains In
blissful Ignorance of the Ice trust, whoso
vehicles promise to roll rough shod over
tho Ice consumers next summer.
Omaha must own Its own water
works. Nobody contests that not even
the water works company, provided it
can get an arrangement for selling out
at a satisfactory price. Tho only -pies-tlon
is when to biiy and how much to
iiy.
Mr. Macrum'ri wires were evidently
grounded somewhere between Frctorla
nnd this country. His memory dropped
something in transmission nnd as a con
sequence bis present statements do not
entirely accord with the documents on
file in the State department.
News from tho scene of hostilities at
the stato house Is scarce and there Is u
suspicion that tho censor Is getting down
to work. Sccriitary of State Porter Is
liable to cross tho river almost any
time, however, and make another as
sault on tho Board of Transportation
kopje.
A leading Kansas populist declares
that Jerry Simpson sold out the popu
list parly to tho silver barons. That
may account for Jerry being ablo to
wear socks since he broko Into congress.
If tho party had only returned him for
another term he might have been able
to secure a change.
Thhiy-slx would-be pill makers have
applied for permission to practice In the
medicine shops of Nebraska by paying
the usual fee to the stato board of
pharmacy examiners. How fortunate
that tho H)lltlni medicine makers do
not have to pass nu examination and
put up an entrance fee.
The report sent to the senate hIiows
conclusively that while lis opponents
were Inlldug and doing everything pos
sible to embarrass Hut administration in
regard lo the lo'inn- of American goods
In Month Africa the ailmlulslrallon was
hiixy looking after the Interests of
Amcihtiu cltli'iiK. The opposition
in loin me not Min i ceding In gelling
I'O'b i 'tili-pnliffi Ihlilider whlili will be
l;J;il,l fi,f if til Hit j 1 1 1 1 1 ( 1 1 u 1 1
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I!y a majority of 10 In a too of
flff fna'e jtu-d the fltuuK'lal bill
substitute for tb noa ntearare.
Tbr wa n r-mWtaiM vote agaitsM.
the bill and two dtiHKrrat1c vote in
pupfxirt of It. 'ITh? WM as rejorted
from th f-eoate finance committee was
aoifue'WI in two Imjrtaat rtvirf-ets.
out of tbee being a decia ration that
the provision of the act are not In
tided ti obstruct the way to the ac
eoisHebuvat of international bimetal
Itfcffi and the other i-eriolttlni: the or
ganization of national banks with a
capital U) tbe amount of one-half of
that now required by law In- town
of not more than 4,0'jO inhabitant.
Tbe latter amendment l cowmeula
b)e, but that relating to Intrnatkinal
bltnoUllhai se.'in? lo us lo uav; leen j
wholly uncalled-for and can eni
wo pood jurjoe. Th wot objw
tionaMe featute of the bill, however.
it tbe refunding provision and it I"
uion tbU that the principal contest
will take place In the conference coin-inltte-.
Jt Is not Improbable alM.
that the bouse conferees will opjom'
the provision In regard to int'Tuatlonal
blmetalllKtn, though there may be no
very Ktr"nuou hostility to this for the
waw.ii that it U ut little confluence. '
There l uo herlous thought anywhere
of International binietitlllsm and thK
declaration Is not at all likely to
arouse auy. At all event, this fea
ture of the N'nate bill -will not be per-
mluwl to seriously obetruct agreement
in the conference. The refunding piop-
ositlou. however, will undoubtedly
t,r(,ii. 1 k., 11 rco nf deterislued dlsa
greement and it is to be hop-d that ;
the Ijcum; will firmly Insist uiwn its
abandonment. It Ib unwise and un
necessary and from a political jolnt
of view Its adoption would be hurtful.
There ! uowevery astir.iuce of legls
t'ltloii uiiiHiiilv.,c-nllv fixing the gold
standard' in public? law and upon this
K 1
the country Is to be congratulate-;!.
ruri.o kj iivfo'j int: vcovu:
Water si-outs and water sprays are
the principal stock la trade of the sllk-stx-klng
candidate who has In-en nom
inated for mayor of Omaha by three
' jartles on three platforms. But the In
telligent masses of all parties can
neither be duped nor befogged by ralu-
liw sophistry.
Nobody disputes the assertion
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i OmaliH has the right to Uiko possession
of the water works this year or any
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firmed by due process of law. Nol-ody
doubts that the city could have taken
jxjxKesslon of the works long ago If It
bad the ready money and was willing to
pay whatever price the franchise might
have been figured.
The main point at Issue is, whether
the city should avail Itself of Its con
tract right to take the plant at the end
of the twenty-year period without pay
ing from 0,000 to $1,000,000 for the
unexpired franchise nnd contract, or
whether It should, throw away this ad
vantage, and pile up an unnecessary
mortgage uim the city that will burden
the taxpayers for years Ut come.
If municipal ownership Is wanted at
any cost It Is not necessary to elect Mr.
I'opplctou mayor. The water company
as well a the gas company and the
electric lighting company and the tele
phono company will cheerfully sell at
any tlmo If they can name the price.
All the talk that the water works can
be condemned by right of eminent do
main and taken possession of by the
city without paying the full value of
the property, Including the franchise.
Is the veriest bosh. No lawyer of any
standing would stake his reputation on
such a projiosltlon. Tho federal courts
have time and again Intervened In Just
such cases to prevent the seizure of
property without payment and It would
be foolish to expect that the capitalists
who have their money Invested In the
Omaha works would stand by without
Invoking the protection of the courts to
enforce whatever rights they may have.
What the city must do as the first
step toward municipal ownership Is to
ascertain by court process the exact
time when Its right to purchase the
works under the contract without pay
ing for the franchise can be exercised.
The next step will be to secure the ap
praisement and find out how much it
will have to pay for the plant With
public sentiment demanding this action,
no mayor or council will stand In the
wny.
TUK AU.hlihl) Sl.tltEl ALLIANCE.
in view of the fact that there Is
alleged to bo a secret alliance between
this government and the government of
Great Britain nnd that a number of our
people bellevo that such nn alliance
exists, tho statement made by Lord
Uosebory In tho House of Lords pos
sosses a slgulllcatico which will com
mand for It more thau ordinary atten
tion. Tho ex-premler, whose utterances
are to be regarded as hardly less
authoritative than those of tho premier
himself and who Is not In the habit or
making reckless statements, Is reported
to have said: "Last December the gov
eminent made urgent overtures to two
great powers, Germany and the United
States, for nu alliance, but those
overtures wort not received with such
cordiality us to encourage tho govern
ment to pursue." It Is noteworthy
that the marquis of Salisbury, In his
reported reply for tho government, did
not refer to this statement.
A Washington dlspntch states, on the
authority of otliclals of the administra
tion, that no proposition for an allliuico
has conio from tho British govern
ment. It will be remembered that hist
October Secretary Hay wrote to the
chairman of tho Ohio republlc.tn state
cominltteo a definite and positive de
nial of the allegation, contained In the
Ohio democratic platform, that there
was a secret alllanco between tho ad
ministration and tho British govern
ment. It was said by the secretary of
stato that no such alliance had been
sought on either side and that so far as
l lut Fulled Slates was concerned noth
ing of the kind hud ever been Untight
of. Kowbry ftatmcent is ttut tne f
)rojKwl of an alliance wa made in '
December of lart year and that It wa 1
ot pnrfuH beraae tbe llrtlb prrTern-m-ut
nje with in encouragement.
There Is nrejnted In these utatemeut
a Msclnlre refutaOoa of the cbarpe
that a nerret alllam'e exlrt between
tbe Lnlfd Sute and Oreat lirltain.
In tbe ir.t ilace tbero H tbe otttre
denial of any ."och alliance on tbe rt
of tbe AHrtcaa Mretary of Mat and
In tbe second 4ace tbe ftateoeBt of
an ei-i1me mllter of Great Britain
that overture for an alliance received
W) encourasement from tbl govern
ment. It wonkl M?.'tB that this onsht to
dlsjKjy.. of the alleged alliance, lor
Mblch there is obviously o subftantial
ground, and yet it will net be Jurpri-
Ins to Hnd the cnioueut of the ad
iNluhtratioii making ue of tbe Hose-
Ijery HUteinent in an effort to show that
K'ljjetblng In the nature of a secret
understanding i tally exists Lotween the
povemtneut of the United .State? and
that of Great Britain.
Till: RKPAlLHAX C7T TICKET.
The republicans of Omaha have nom
inated a muuldiml ticket that lalHy
)JIreiruaLs till the .lement of the
i'"".v auu wiuiu receive lis uniteu and
harmonious sujiort.
Mayor Moores has been lenominatod
desilu vigorous factional oij)yltlou
In-au'-e the rank and rile of the party
recognize that he bus made, a faith
ful and erllclent executive ollicer dur
ing tho past three years and 5w
pabted through the crucial, test that
tries men In the discharge of duty.
T I-iHimlnary
campaign through
which he has Just passed has been a i
revelation to bis friends by sbowlnjj
him to possess greater personal pupu
larity than any other man who a
pired to the ollice. while he will
doubtless be s
iiblecieil t n.iu.wni i
vi t iijun-int.- uuuse. no uupivjuuiceti
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republican will have reason to with
hold his supjwrt from hlui.
The candidates for treasurer, comp
trolhr. Ihx eommihloner and city
clerk will iiiitienl stroriL-lv l., tuinnlnr
! favor and the couneilmanlf ticket will
rank above the average. The renom
Inwtlon of Comptroller Westberg and
Tax Commissioner Sackelt Is a recg-
. nition of eiticicnt service. The cnu
U
' dldate fr treasurer, August
lleimiiigx. U :i ieiireent-itlve Cermnii
., , ,
American cif high standing in the bul-
ne-s community, having for many
years held a jKjsitlon of rosp mobility
in one of the leadlug wholesale houses
of this city. w. II. Klbourn, nomi
nated for city clerk, has achieved
prominence among the working clas.-es
and has long been an active worker
In republican ranks.
The platform speaks out clearly on
the Issues of the hour. It pledges the
republican party ami candidates to a
progressive policy that will favor the
upbuilding of the city as opj-oscd to
the j-ollcy of obstruction and reaction
and for that reason appeals to every
one Interested in the growth and pros
perity of Omaha.
jiie slwoav hek.
The feature of The Illustrated Bee
Sunday, which goes to every subscriber,
Is the reproduction of a historic photo
graph of a group of famous Indian
chiefs. Among the well known red
men represented in this Interesting
picture are Sitting Bull, Bed Cloud.
S.ottcd Tall and Swift Bear. While
pictures of the noted Indians who par
ticipated In the Indian congress at the
Transmlsslssljipl Exposition are all the
rage, this one osscsses a unUpie dis
tinction by reason of the celebrity of
the chiefs portrayed. The explana-
tlon of the picture is an Interesting
story in the form of an Interview with
lullus Meyer, who, in his early days,
acted as Indian Interpreter and who
appears also In the group.
The Woman's clubs of Council Bluffs
form the subject of an extended sketch,
Illustrated with the pictures of tho
presidents of the four leading clubs.
Carpenter's letter this week tells
about the preparations In Japan for an
Impending Imperial wedding. The ac
companying pictures show tho emperor
and empress of Japan together with
the prince Imperial and the Fiincess
Sadii, who will bo the future empress
of Japan.
Tho eightieth anniversary of the birth
of Susan B. Anthony, the venerable
champion of woman's suffrage, last
Thursday gives occasion for an Illus
trated article upon her career, repro
ducing with It the latest photograph
of Miss Anthony.
Another Illustrated article tells of the
Increasing Immigration of the Finns
to this country, growing out of the re
cent changes in their government by
Itussla, with pictures of prominent
places In Finland Illustrative of the
exodus.
Still another Illustrated article tells
how the Japanese, known as the Yan
kees of the Orient, have progressed far
enough to build great steamships for
their merchant marine. The launch
ing of the Japanese steamship
Awainaru, as caught by a snap shot,
appears In a beautiful half-tone.
Fraternity life at tho University of
Nebraska Is described In an Interest
ing wny with a striking pictorial de
sign of the fraternity emblems rep
resented at that Institution.
Last, but not least In Interest to our
readers, are pictures lllustratlug cur
rent topics. Among them Is a specially
made photograph of William S. Fop
pleton, the fusion candidate for mayor
of Omaha, as be appears in his ollice;
a portrait of Feter Jansen, Just ap
pointed from Nebraska as one of the
Fnlteil States commissioners to tho
Fails exposition; a group of Blair,
Neb., High school cadets; two pic
tures of tho coming Buffalo exposi
tion and a scene In tho bad lands In
western Nebraska.
In addition to Tho Illustrated Bee,
which contains tho literary and pic
torial features, The Bee Sunday will
have all the news of tho day in the
most readable and comprehensive form.
Its table letters from forelgu capitals
chronlvle tlj tent; i)t uly tr tb
okl world bat alw of tbe Mat .f
war in Soutu Afrk-a and ibe Ibillf-
llne. Tbe domestic telerrapb errtce
of the Aodated Vrnm i. PBWk'-
tnented by Mecial dHwt-be ftom 1
TbM IJe-V larre cori of corre'POtHl-
? ror 8:1 :jit,T xraMt-1
fdtpi rerkm. Its Jocnl h-w features
are unexcelled.
Be Mire to buy The Bee.
f cur-, tbe unpatriotic league tie-
Clares exres-ly ia u statement of
lrlnclltkf that It will not take part in
rny primary content, but th' put not f.
And themselves all lined up on the same
We trying to camnre tbe city conven
tion. But tueu the.e same jwtnots
last year pretended to be !uijortltig the
rcpublkau ticket while wcretly and
Ieaiy i;niuui: the tcpubllean can-
Iates for the benefit of their 1 !
crstie opiwuents. rractlce and piofes-
slon are two entirely different things ' ruI thoe corporation may not -warn the
with this class of alleged republicans. r,h'' b"1 Ab' rt'"sr Vniti
rtatct aad tnj abtsdance therpof
.... . . ; 7 They aad their alllea on land and e are
Ihe statement of Lord Ito-elwry In 0rkinr at the enure tubjueatioa of the
tbe l!nglish House of Ird ought to government, to that they may add more
smother .me of the principttl howls ' million to their present aunual revenue
which the opiiuou ha made against 1 01 .o.ooo 'fl'? ,be c"flle
. , ' , , , . , company aad tM.OM.OM la the caie at the
the Mckinley administration, that It , standard oil.
had entered into an alliance with ling- j They try to put their creatures ia all am
laud and thereby abandoned the Monroe (il places which touch their interests at
doctrine. There arc Wires enough
are wires
stretched across the jwth of this and
every other nation without laying out
more bucli promenades, and the present
administration lias been as careful on
this jKiiut as any In the history of the
country.
The democratic majority of the county
board imit- ujkiii retaining as eiislneer
for the court house a man refused a
license as a stationary engineer, In spite
of the decision of the court holding
them resjion'-lble for the employment of
an ul'''-'tl engineer, by appealing to
wie tn-irn'i eouiT aim supreme court n
t gain time. Av m evninnl.. nf iho inv
j of the democrats for organized labor,
j whose friendship they cultivate before
! electl' n and repudiate after election.
this Is forcible and to the lolnt.
The Impending meeting of the jopullst
national committee at Line. In brings
lout a full list of the members ot the
j committee, mo-t of whom wto unheard
! of lefore. Having been neglected and
I Ignored for four years they suddenly
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become of
enough Importance for the day to be
assiduously cultivated by the fusion
leaders. After the meeting, however,
they will again sink back Into their
former state of Inocuous desuetude.
The tremendous vote polled at the re
publican primaries on a day with the
thermometer hovering dose to the zero
point shows to what extent iiolltlcal in
terest has been awakened among
Omaha republicans. It alsu refiects
sadly upon tbe wisdom of the men who
framed the charter and put the city
election In inld-wmter, making It neces
sary for o.OOO people to brave the cold
and snow to register their preferences
at the party primaries.
Vnrlntliinii In 'rcnip'-rntureii.
Uiobe-Dcmocrat.
Iyondon ts enowed up, but Btlll deeply
alforbed In news about sweltering weather
in South Africa and hot times in tbe neigh
borhood of tho Boers.
riiitr ItnlnliiK Kitrnordliiiirj-.
Philadelphia Ledger.
At tho rale of progress cow being made
It will tako a considerable portion ot the
next century to raise tho American flag
over all tho 1,100 or 1,800 islands ot tbe Phil
ippine group.
(intherlnif In tin- stra,
Cleveland Iea'ler.
American gunboats are raising the stars
and ntrlnes. It atinears. over all tbe un-
claimed Islands in tbe vicinity of the Phil-
i ippino group. As long as we are in the
buslnuM we might as well take everything
we find lying around loose.
A sni,.r (troin-li.
Wanhlni;ton Post.
Wo have absorbed Porto Rico and we now
ignore its wc-lfaro and repudiate its clatat'.
The president's recommendations, inspired
by Justice, wisdom and humanity, are disre
garded, and this helpless and friendless ad
dition to our poysjEslonn is treated almost
as a hostile, and certainly as a foreign quan
tity. We do not hesitate to say that the
situation constitutes a shameful and a sin
ister reproach.
I'oiiiilUm Judicially Vcutlliiteil,
St. Paul Tioneer Press.
Nearly every general law passed by tho
las', populist legislature In Kansau baa been
declared unconstitutional. Tbe latest Is the
pass law, by which the populists eougbt to
compel railroads to furnish each shipper
of a carload of slock a round-trip pass, and
tho courts decided that it waa appropriating
property without duo process of law. It is
a good thing for Kansas that the etate has
a level-headed supremo court.
Ill tc Army Mill lo I'ny,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The house committee on military affairs
has completed the army appropriation bill
for the coming year. It carries Jill, 700,3C1,
agalost Si0,0i0,10l in the bill for the current
year. Tho army appropriation bill for 163$
Vi, pasked before the breaking out of ibe
war with Spain, carried (23,193,392, and that
for lbi'-ltb was 123,129,314. Thoso are
figures which will never again be ap
proached. It is doubtful if there will be
very large reductions from tho figures of
the present year.
HIim- for the I'miiitiiI.
Minneapolis Journal.
Tho fablp subsidy bill In Its original form
is dead. Whether It caa be resuscitated
by amendments remains to be Been. Thu
probabilities, however, arc against the suc
cess of any preposition of thin kind not
based upon tho amount of direct servlco
rendered in the exporting of American
products. Better than all, however, would
Lo the avoidance of any ship subsidy scheme
In the Interest of nn Industry so flourishing
as that of shipbuilding, anil which has so
much to otlmulato it la natural business
conditions.
Some "VolMidles" Who Mull.
J Sterling Morton's Corwerviitlvn
In arocent oral geyser from tho depths
of Colonel Ilryan's vast chest of lungs und
encotnuts, a remark was thrown up to the
effect that "nobody" had deserted 16 to 1
since tho first baitlo closed In 1S96. Scwall.
who ran for vlco president as u democrat
on tho ticket with Colonel Bryan, who ran
as a populist, U "nobody." Sibley of Penn
sylvania, who was the first man named by
tho sliver men for president, la "nobody."
Sownll and Sibley havo quit. They se
neither hope for a party nor good for the
country In the persistent advocacy of the
freo coinage of ellver at 16 to 1, or any otller
ratio. That makes them "nobodies."
M.Mi'ii; iti.ncis or iiti:iso.
Itaimrlly 11 f l'norrd lomlilnr p
lnrrntl Wltliutit 1,1 in It.
Oiifur' Tribune
Tbf Carnejrle rompaay made Stl.W.ooo
bm rear and yet Mr. Ciioen it at ti
H "" to Kt f Mr
s Sis; 7-
ired a quamrly dlrldeod of ..
or at the rate ot fW.WW or the yen.
J'1 director are not Mti9ed. They
, ! eonsrew to pay tubftdlcs t the ocaa-
'tB h ' wWw esralof f thry hare a
, lr tier Te aar other Ataerlcaa corpora-
hnt whoe i.rootK were m.$Mjm laat
yar or proatec; to be I1. C40.ee thie year, it
way he taken for srantcd that thr ib at
tbe head of them are no more Mtltfled than
the Caixjeglet and tbe Rockefeller and are
no son etrupaloug as to the methods o
aldlDt: to their poeatlons.
There m.b to he ne limits la tbe rapacity
ot corporaticna which have been hnllt up
! Ikai tit n iuJla k waialra
taritf protwtlon. ty llleeal railroad discriml-
rations or olifcUl faToritirai. The men ho
."' P,at
They demand ubsldle for their ships.
They insist that the money of the gov.
o trim en t be deposited Is hanks la which they
are heavily Interested, so they may be able
to control the slock market and to lent
to the taxpayers the money which tbe lat
ter have contributed to defray governmental
expensee.
Their demands are ucually complied with.
'Ther are three thta; that are never
utisSed; yea. four things ay not 'It Is
enough.' "
That may have been the ease la the old
Hebrew days.
Today there are the Standard Oil company.
i the Carnegie company, the sugar trust, the
international Natlratlon company, the N'a
ihi vny imur. muj wtr hjiwmi
bich overanaaow tne goveromeni 11
self and are never satisfied.
When will they have enough?
mtAWi.Ms tiii: i.o.m; now.
Ilrlllsli riKlitlim ( oiitrnli-il itllli the
I'haruv it! rrcilrrleUsliiird.
Boston Tranw rij-t
Tho great majority of the British soldiers
In South Africa are young men Feeing their
first service Naturally their descriptions of
the battles they have been through are those
of novices. Allowance for this circum
stance must be made in estimating the se
ertiy of tho conflicts. To the recruit an
experience may appear highly dramatic
which to the old hand mBy be but one of the
commonplaces of actual -ervlce before the
enemy. Thus we read In some of the?
soldiers' letters of whole ranks being
"mowed down," etc., and even Lord Metbuen
ha characterized a battle as terrible,
though the casualty list wouid Indicate that
the penentagn of lom was not heavy enough
to be regarded as anything unusual. Com
pared with the clo-range fighting of our
civil war that going on in South Africa is
not particularly bloody. Not one British
battalion in South Africa bas had an experi
ence anywhere equalling that of the Sixty
ninth New York at Fredericksburg in the
attempt made by the federal troopo to carry
Marye's Heights with the bayonet. Colon!
Nugent, who commanded the Sixty-ninth on
that occasion, has written quite recently an
account of tho charge, which gives many
details ignored in official reports. Colonel
Nugent counted the muskets of the regi
ment before giving the order to charge.
Two skeleton companies were held in re
serve near the town, and In tbe charge six
teen commissioned officer and 173 non
commissioned officers participated. Two of
the officers were killed and fourteen
wounded, not one going unscathed, and 112
noncommissioned officers and enlisted men
were killed or wounded. Sixty-one of tbe
enlisted men came out of the charge un
harmed, and Joining tbe two companies held
In reserve gavo tho regiment a total ef
fective strength of three commissioned of
ficers and 107 men for duly. Tho Eight
eenth MaFfcachusetts, which also took part
In tbU charge, lost half tbe etrcngth It took
Into action. Tbe charge failed as we all
know, but not for lack of valor or energy.
There Is a parallelism here between Fred
ericksburg and Magersfontcln, but not In
percentage of loss, though Fredericksburg
was fought with muzile-Ioaders and Magere
fonteln with magazine rifles.
I'OMTICAI, Illlll'T.
The expeases of Now York state increased
from J13.726.O00 in 15S9 to J22.000.000 in
U00.
Chicago's anti-trust convention number
two gave a pretty exhibition of public ad
miration for number one. Nonpareil orators
declaimed in four-slug beads.
Three ballot box stutters in Philadelphia
have been sentenced to a two-year term
in tho penitentiary and a fine of JSOO each.
Prosecutions are proceeding slowly, as the
capacity of the penitentiary is crowded now.
The Atlanta ConMltutlon names Amos J.
Cunimlngs as the man for second place on
tho democratic ticket. Amos is an enthu
siastic chip subsidy advocate, but Tammany
vouches for him. tnd what Tammany says
goes.
Jerry Slropton has grown weary oj
an'acslng wealth in Kansas nnd pines for
the whirl of Washington. He is going to
try to break Into the senate. He would
not attract as muth attention as he ti-oit
to, when he was In the house, for Mr. Pettl
grew Is doing tho freak act In the cIud
and has tho center of the stage.
T. Carson, the niavor of Brownsville, Tex.,
U known In that pirt of the country ns th
"perpetual maor." Ho has held the office
for twenty-one years and he cannot get out
of It. He has dtulined renomlnatlon timo
and agaiu ami ttreatcned to resign it
elected, but tho people havo nominated and
elected him In spite of it. He was the first
major elected In Texas under the new con
stitution of 1879, and beforo that ho had been
an alderman for n number of years.
A political gyndicMo of flvo famillee con
trols tho subdivision of Chicago known as
South Town, and hakes tho plum treo with
great regularity jnJ persistency. Mighty
little public pap gets away from tho tribe.
Tho chief draws J10 000 a year n collector;
hio brother fi t JCO per woci:. and a
cci-fclu a llko amount. Number two draws
J6.0UO a year, nuinbir three J7.000, number
foui Jl.COO, and nu.nbcr five from J00 to $120
a v.cck- Kach lit small colony of relatives
cntremhed on tho treasury kops.
California's new -oiator is a Bard of much
renown, but ho Is nn tho only bard on that
pilltlcal reservation One of tho sweet
rlr.gcrs of the sutmy land Is .Stato Senator
Bcyco of Ventura, where tho new senator
halls from. In an spoetrnpne to tho elect,
IlLre said: "Ho It every inch a senator.
And when he reprints this golden emplro
In that exalted body which has been called
'An Assembly of Kings.' (it tho capital ot
our nation, every trto Cillfornlan will havn
reason to bo proml nf tho selection thlt
day mado by tbn republican party of this
state. Ho will exemplify tho words of that
vitect of men: 'Set thou a man diligent
In his business' Ho shall stand before
kings, he shall not stand before mean
men.' '
OTIIIilt lA .! Illl Ol 11.
Hofctta a aeaire (or Pertta It eMtly i
pllrable The land f tbe kiug . kUita to
cll worth pimc for It latrlnaic
ake It U lance in extent aa4,rrh la re
oarce But Its at rat epic poeltloa. from
both the commercial aad the military tt
of Me, makec it of aiaue lateroat. I'er
ft abate directly upon K . loth ia
Brot and la Asia. It also abut apoti the
northern extremity of the Indian er-ean. It
would thereto jclre XimU a direct front
l apoa the latter tea. she already bm
ui-on the Atlantic and the Pacific eceo
Hr preat Central Allan railroad could haee
a terminal at Maader Abbaf. or it Btwhlre.
and make that a rroit commercial port both
of exit and of en-.ry. There can be ao doubt
, thai ruck a p- rt mould be of rt value in
t he deielopment of Rum Ian commerce cod
In the rckabtlliatloB of IVrali Itsel.' To
attain that end aloae it would be worth
Russia's while to a-quire I'erla at almcat
'any roet But that it by no meant all It
'is HI known that Germany ha acquired
' Important eonrettkoe in AMatle TarV.e)'. m
. that the l deemed to hare a pretty trosc
; rcTorflooary claim upon that land At aay
rate. The It colonlilac Syria an j Alia Minor,
and Is about to build a railway from 'be
! Mediterranean to Bagdad, and thus open a
'c ntmerclal route between the Meliterranean
aad the Persian gulf and Indian rceaa By
' RCttlni; control of Perrla Kuttia will insure
I that this German trade shall hare itt east
, era terminal under the guns of a Ruetian
fortreM.
Cblnete pretiess slong modern Haw. tak
ing lesfron .'rem the west after the ntsaner
which has beca found so advaoiaceoas by
Jspan, has not cordial ally in tbe dowieer
empress, but rather a determined opponent
and toe. fhe contests It at all points so far
a she is able to do so, and her powers at
times are considerable, varjlng according to
tbe ministers who surround her, whom she
.can sometime turn out arbitrarily and
' scmctlmes not. She now decrees a S'-hem
i of "educational unification." abollthiog ;he
depraved and erroneoM subjects of the
western schools" aad instituting a restora
tion of the old manner of study according;
to the precepts of Confucius. China, bow
ever, will move on according to prescrip
tions of destiny which the clever old lady
has no power to modify. Confucian precepts
j not abrogated, but applied wisely to new and
modern conditions The energetic dowaser
may be able to close tbe new university at
Pekln for aw hlle, according, to her reported
Intention, but It will open again one of these
days and its teachings will be found more
useful to the country than any of her de
cree?. It is asserted on what seems to be good
authority that the agitation in tbe British
presi for a great standing army and general
mobilization of the navy has been fostered
by the ministry for reawns that do not
I appear on the surface. It is not the aatl
British feeling that prevails among the pec
I pies of continental Europe which causes ap
i prehension in the Brltiea cabinet. The tx-
igencles of the war in South Afrira. have
created but a slight deficiency in tbe de
t fenslve poer of the British empire, but
something is expected to happen that will
tax the resources of Great Britain to an ex
l tent unparalleled except by the emergencies
of th Napoleonic wars This carefully
guarded secret, the revelation of which it Is
feared will convulse Europe, is said to be
nothing lees than an offensive alliance be
tween Great Britain and Portugal, by the
terms whereof the former undertake to pro
tect the latter against a coercive continental
coalition in return for the u-e of Delagoa
bay and Portuguese Africa as British mil
itary bases in the Boer war. Tbe Imper
ative need by Great Britain of a short cut
to the Transvaal gives an air of verisimili
tude to these rumors.
t
A mission has Just left Marseilles for Al
glera under the auspices of Le Matin of
Paris, to Inspect the ground over which the
French government will be urged to con
struct a railway to enable France to dispatch
10.000 or 12,000 troops to any point of the
French Soudan, west of the Nile valley. It
Is pointed out by Le Matin, which six months
ago got up a subscription for tbe purchase
of a couple of submarine boats, that France
(sjssPBses a vast extent of territory In Af
rica, but the many districts are separated
from each other and can only be reached
by sea. If war were to break out with
Great Britain. France would find itself in
a difficult position. It Is therefore conMd
ered a matter of Imperative necessity that
ail theie regions should be connected with
each other by means of a railway. In a
recent ed.torlal article cn the subject. L
Matin said: "We must construct the route
by which we might, in tbe event of -war,
throw 10.000 or 12.000 of our Algerian troops
on to the English colonies in West Africa,
or on the path followed by Marchand In the
direction of the Nile. It is by the onslaught
of our Plou-Ploua that we should then reply
to the insults ot England's sailors. It s on
terra flrma that we should beat the queen's
I ships. Bien. Le Matin is about to carry out
1 this program, which others forget or
negle;t. It Is going to organize and to send
out at once a mission of Btudy which will
resume and complete the Interrupted work
of Flatters. It knows that It may cost a
great deal, and It takes this on Itself, even
If It amounts to a million. The work Is too
grand, too fine, too necessary to the se
curity and to the prosperity of the country
to be left any longer unaccomplished."
The Trans-Persian railway, whose con
struction a St. Petersburg dispatch reports
as absolutely decided on, will start at the
northwestern corner of the empire, where
it abuts on the European-Russian province
of trans-Caucasus, and run southeastward!)-,
through tho center of Persia, to a point on
the Arabian sen. Its construction, under
Russian auspices and at Itussian expense,
will make Persia utmost as completely a
Russian province as tbe building of a similar
lino through Manchuria gave that Chlneso
provlncn to the czar. More Important than
that, however. It will give Russia nn outlet
cm tho Indian ocean, make her England's
rival in a new quarter of tho globe and en
able her to threaten England's suzerainty
in India.
Tho Immensity of the undeveloped mineral
wealth of China almost surpasses belief.
! Tho accounts which are coming from various
sources agree In stating that there arc vast
territories in tho Interior of tho empire
whero gold, silver, copper, coal, Iron, tin
and various other valuable metals and min
erals are found In great abundance, nnd their
existence has been known for centuries to
tho Chinese government. Owing to tho un
progresslvo nature of tho ruling pners,
however, tbe mineral wealth of China has
never been developed. In ono provlnco alone
(Yun-nan) all of the metals and minerals
above enumerated have been found In large
depoilis; but tbo attempts at mining have
been ridiculously crude and Inefficient,
hut roit (joi.ii di:mo( it i s.
Will TlH'y MviiIIimv llryn mireli) f .Not
mi I our Life.
J. Sterling Morion's Conservative.
The- lunatics who formed the Chi
cago platform in lb'.iO. are now talking to
bring about a reunion of the gold demo
crats who. with conservative citizens of
other parties, elected Orovor Cleveland In
ll92 for tho purpose of reaffirming tho Chi
cago platform and renaming the candidate
who stood upon It in 1896.
Their leader, even, who at UU hmond in
1696 raid of tho recusant gold standard
democrats. "They shall not come back," is
now telling of several ways by which tho
"gold standard democrats" aforesuld may be
lured Into the suppoit of himself and his ful
ladles, Not one In ten thousaud of tbe gold doruo-
'rats den- to entrr te rankf of Brja
art by Odd democrats err rteeere
hotiet They lt4 tbtr counter atx
their vr7 Tbe gold democrat 4s4e
slbi it pemmd the mtoa of MK.:
ley- The? tan4 i4ay te rrrri
qottitkM) )ust where try Uwd is 1W. Tb
rtsod nx jsM-inUsr(eren:-with-Mber-ni.
ttoa bents. )wt wfcer ia-r tHA thc
Tbe geld desjsocrai did mi. thr Ulf
democrats 414. taw the Ochrfsttnii I
with Spain Tk latter d4 hi I In tb- -per.
toy word, by art, by ifctplrattor.i '
every kind to hurry McKialey and his v r '
into armed cotltakti with zHta TJ -
toaeted that they hod brought about - -'
war And now they trr. la tbe Judyn
of all fair-minded citltts. estopped " -finding
fault w ttk Its reralu. thr fiaat t
r political If they are diMrtfwi. i "
democrats and pojmllt are Jastty chare
able with a lar a&are of thtiam.
With tbot-e paroxycmal iswlleMUU "M
tbitik etatesmastthlp is metely wecrs-mak
lag. principle. adjucUMe alw-iye lor o'e
catching silver, in coin, wttrth twite s
mack m It le la smlllMi; and wtw de .t-
tbe writ of InJuacUett aa tnvosttlos of in
devil gold desnsttrat aad M&sertatne
LeneraJly. can hare MaujiSlltatieK. Nor
they ever atta) I waiie with tho U a-wori-blperr.
those political Dervishes w
are now enderrliig to entice teiMdnir
sens to olt dowa at a table wfeerenpoi a.l
tbe edible are canned iailaxiet of the jik'
UH. What tbe tllier democrats need ar '
what they wii: ge before they ge harmot
by cajoling and wheelllog the gold sUadt
men who nsade defeat tor tW morty
heresies a certainty la H6 It a treacadc j
and pulverising pounding la 1M.
There is no letting down among tbt go
men. There bate bees no Sewalls
Slbieys among them. Tboae Saul of Tarr -cases
in Maine and Pennsylvania rame fr -the
camps of the sliver sinners, who in 1
were yelling for Hxteen to one and all he
otber flatulencies and frauds which an irr
tlonal. Inexperienced and Impertinent leae
ship bad grafted upon democracy tor par
tonal prominence and position.
Another thorough and effective thrashing
which shall taeh Inexperienced audacity th
danger of masquerading as mature and de
liberate ability, which shall Instill the fart
that the balance of power party in the l'n:ted
States Is. after all. though It neither ad
vocates nor nominates candidates for the
presiden'j. a very staid, respectable and
useful party, seems needed.
l,l.M TO A I.Al'CSH.
Somervllle Journal: The man who Teh
ran In debt alt hts IWe has no Idea of
Joy & man experiences when has just
paid up all his bills
' Detroit Free Press: "What Is your epln
, ion about the lkier-Hrltls warT'
, "Well so far as I have studied tt. It
j seems to be -war. '
Chicago Pos-t: "What the aim f
i Boers in this war, anyway, asked
thoughtless :iem'n.
I "Why. It strikes me their aim Is lmn"
'perfect, isn't It?" returned the facetious i-
dividual.
I Chicago Tribune: "Tommy does t
like going to school this rocrnlog.' '
Mrs Tucker. "He says he !ia. a pain i'
his stomach. He's lying on the lounge r
the sitting room all humped up out ..f
i think" sM Mr. Tucker, reaching r
hind the mirror tor a small rawhide.
can lltk him Into shape."
Chicago Tribune: "You say." pursued r
chairman of the legislative Invesllcviui.g
rommittfe. "that he resorted to no tirtter.
whatever during the campaign, so far a
you know?"
"Yes Mr." replied th witness, "tha; i
what I said "
"Did ht not circulate several twxes of
clg.rs?" . . ,
"Ye, sir. but them cigars wasn't brir-es
Here s one of 'cm. You can try It."
Washington Star: "He's a tcW nurntvr
said the practical rolitklan. . . .
"What he done now?" asfced the un
sophisticated man.
"Whv. he introduced a resolution of rr
pathv for AgoinaVdo when everyone kr.-ws
that the Boers are all the rage now."
lndianapoll" Pres: "Of course." said th
Cheerful Idiot, "the bootbUck in what t
called a female barbr shop is bound to be
a great society man "
"I oan't sec why." raid tho Shoeclerk
Itoardrr.
"Why. because he shines In ihe society t-f
women."
Philadelphia Tress: The Filipino sol'i"
Ml upon his knees. "Oh. sonor!" he crtc :
"have you no merry "
Trlvate mlth of the 'Sleenth volunteers
who had been a drug clerk at home, loek1
down upon him coldly. "No," he repltv
from sheer force r,f habit, "but I h)
something Just as good." Thereupon he
gave It to him.
i a n.owKii or i.ovn.
I send you a rocbud. freshly plucked:
Delicate. frRgrant. fair
Sweet with the breath of sunny epri-.g.
And odorous Incense rare.
Oh. prithee, do nrt spurn my gift.
In haughty, .-old dlslain.
The dearest treasure I tvscsr
Must no be sent In vain.
But fasten it with tender care
Vpon your gentle breast;
"Twill wither never while yon live.
If It but there may rest-
And sweetest perfume ever shall
Its blushing petal : -t
So keep. I pray, the- blossom fair
That rosebud Is my heart
LOl'IS FERDINAND OERNHARDT
Omaha. Neb.
MAN AND Wirt.
See ChniiKr ns Tliey ('hnnsr.
To sweeten sour human nature one of '.h
best methods is to leave off coffee. If it gives
you dyspepsia or makes you nervous.
"I nsked husband this morning to wiiti)
out a testimonial for the Postum Cereal Co ,
and from it 1 quote, i am pleased to be able
to state that mv wife bas been cure! of s4 k
headaches and "general cutsedncss" by lea
Ing off coffee snd using your Postum Fo J'
Coffee. My home ts now a happy one '
"I nm forced to admit his Joke contains
rooro than a modicum of truth, for 1 find
now I havo complete control of my nerves
while formerly I was often Irritable, aud
husband himself has been entirely cured ol
Insomnia by leaving off coffee and taking up
Postum. He sleeps now like a baby, from
tho time ho goes to bod until morning, and
perhaps his improvement Is partly a reason
for his seeing such an Improvement tn me
At any rote, our old sickness and troubles
havo disappeared.
"I had tried everything for my sick head
aches, but ns long as I stuck to the coffee
tho headaches stuck to mc. It took us a
llttlo while to learn that wo mtist follow
tho directions In making Postum. In order to
ohtnln a really palatable, iltilcious beverage.
People must get over the idea that they can
make it In any kind of u slipshod way and
have It good. Tbe great element In mak
ing Postum Is to nllow it plenty of time to
boll. This is certainly sltnplo enough and
when tho cook becomes accustomed to mak
ing Postum one can depend upon a regular
quality every morning.
"I know people who seem to be able o
drink coffee with no bad effects, and on the
other hand 1 know that probably one-half ot
nil my friends are more or less unpleasantly
affected with coffee, when they persist in
using II, hut Postum lias obtnined n strong
hold since ItH qualities have become known
and a great many of our friends are eteady
users of Postum in place of the ordinary
coffee, and jou may be sure that every
family that has used Postum for even nns
month will he ready lo testify to tho im
provement in health.
"If you should publish this letter plcisi
suppress my name, an I have n horror of un
due notoriety. If any ouo will tako th
tiouble to write you for my name and ad
dress I will cheerfully nuswer any questions
that may be asked and furnish satisfactory
evldenco to substantiate my statement.
Respectfully,"
Mrs, , Hyde Park, London, Canada.