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OFFICES.
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South Omaha: City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth
nnd N streets.
Council Bluffs; 10 Pearl street.
Chicago: 1010 Unity Building.
New York: Temple Court.
Washington: Ml Fourteenth street.
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THIS IJISU PUIJLISIIINQ CUMl'APti.
STATUSIUAT (!' CIIICUI-ATIO.'V.
Slate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
fleorge 11. Tzwhuek, secretary of Tho Beo
Publishing Comiianv. belnir dulv sworn.
ISL ithat th? "ctual number of full and
comp eto copies of Tho Dally. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee. printed during
lo1wmonlh 01 rebruar' 130- was ns fo1-
1
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6 211,000
7 211,710
8 20,720
9 20,010
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11 27,11.-.
12 20,r,00
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Less unsold nnd returned copies..
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Net fnfnl nln T.IH..1H(
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OEOnQE II, TBSCHUTK.
Secy nnd rrcas.
Subscribed and sworn to before mo this
l!J any or February, A. D. 1900.
(Seal)
M. B. HUNOATE,
Notary I'uhllc.
Tho Klgglles ought to set up their tent
in the neighborhood of Hastings.
Our April showers this year seem to
nave made their debut In March.
Urltlsh soldiers In Africa must bo get
ting dry. Not a report of tho capture of
a noer laager for several days.
It will now bo President Karr of tho
city council and It will be Acting .Mayor
ivarr the next time Mayor Moores
called out of town.
Is
Chairman Jones of the democratic na
tional committee rushes. to the defense
of the Nebraska democratic platform as
" it Jiutl already been adopted by th
democratic national convention.
Council Bluffs will continue to have a
democratic mayor, although the rest of
the city government will be strongly re.
iMiiuican. council Bluffs republicans
should nave done better than that.
Tho Omaha Woman's elub Is discuss-
ing tho public school, comparing the
Ideal with the real. Here Is a Held which
the women can cultivate with proilt and
leave landmarks of their work.
Komomlier that tho republican prl
mimes ior uougias county will take
place Friday. Although It Is to bo a love
feast, every republican should partlcl
pate to keep himself in practice.
A. f .... 1- - .
iii.iuiiH inquirer no, the crowd
nround tho city hall Is not waiting for a
rree distribution of circus tickets. It is
only the applicants for appointive olllce
and their friends attending the mayor's
icvee.
Can it bo possible that Treasurer Me
serve has planted the idle school money
In banks lu his congrcssloual district In
tho hope that It may fertilize the soil in
which his congressional boom has been
planted? ,
The empress of China; who Is having
so much trouble with reformers, should
Import some of tho Nebraska brand.
They would answer all the purposes of
stalking horses and give a guaranty not
to reform anything.
Colonel Jack Ohlnn of Kentucky Is go
ing to take to tho lecture platform.
AVhero ho Is known the colonel can make
any statement ho desires and peace-loving
people aro not liable to contradict
hlin. It Is safo to keep still and think
what you pleuso about tho colonel's re
marks. Congressman Joe Huiloy of Texas has
not been mulcted with an outbreak of
unusual violence during tho present ses
sion. Unless ho keeps In training ho will
be lu no condition to compete with Till
man for the honors of chief disturber
should ho be so fortunate as to secure
tho coveted scat In the senate.
Tho Nebraska delegation to Kansas
City proves to put on stylo during tho
national convention there by keeping
open house at tho principal hotel. The
services of a house mover may be re
quired to put that famous .Tacksonlan
sideboard on wheels and remove It tem
porarily to tho city on tho Kaw.
It Is reported that Chicago business
men will send a delegation to Kansas
City to urgo upon tho democratic con
vention the necessity of constructing a
now platform. They are of the opinion
that Chicago has suffered enough ul
ready by reason of having tho 181MI docu
ment named after that city and that In
equity they nro entitled to relief.
Tho railroad attorneys have ngaln
conjo to tho relief of thu Stuto Hoard of
Transportation by appealing from tho
decision of Judgu Munger on the rate
reduction cast. This not only rplloves
mo noaru and tho secretaries from an
nnlmrrasslug predicament by staving off
notion until after election, but leaves thu
members free to put lu their time doing
Hinpnlgu work, J
far; vf thu iiEvumMS,
Tho civilized world recognizes the fact
that Urltlsh triumph In South Africa
means the destruction of the Hoer repub
lies. Practically the Orange Free State
Is now Urltlsh territory, for while the
forces of Great Hrltalu occupy only a
part of that country, they are In posses
H'O" of Its capltul nnd It can he a cpies
tlon of only u short time when the en
tire state will ho In their control. The
taking of the Transvaal will be a far
more tlllllcult matter, but Its accomplish
merit In time, whether It bo months or
years, must be regarded as Inevitable
No one who Is In sympathy with the
prlnclplo of self-government can think
of the situation of these republics with
out a feeling of sadness nnd sorrow.
I'artlcularly must everyone familiar
. wt, ti,0 struggles of the Iloors for In-
dependence have this feeling. Certainly
i no people ever better deserved self-gov-
eminent nn.l lttil,.ti..nitnttPi. tin... f.,,,n
-
sturdy Dutchmen, who hi the past have
merely asked to be let alone and per
mitted to manage their affairs In their
own way. It may bo admitted that the
states they established were not Ideal
republics, but they were satisfied with
i them and no foreign Inlluenees should
i . ,
. nnt o Interfered.
What sort of government -will Kngland
20,7no I t'stabllsh In this territory when she hius
aiTo taken possession of It? It Is tho opinion
hho of some thnt thc I)olltlcnl r,Klt to which
!!!!!!!!ao!io tMo citizens of both the lloer states have
a,7o been accustomed will bu guaranteed to
o!!'o!o tIlcul- ns uy urti t0 h Dutch of Capo
'M,7n ColoJ'' It Ih the diplomatic and mill
!!!.'!!!.j:(i!k:io tary iower which will be exercised ex-
:m,:i05 cluslvely by Great Britain. It Is tin.
JI?nt of some that when tho Boers
1,nd they nre not oppressed, that they
nro better protected and provided with
newer scnoois, tney will soon bo satis
fied with Urltlsh rule. A part of them
may be, but It is hardly to be doubted
.,!.. ...nlnplK-f tl.n Ill
i ' m..i. m n,uK iiiufuy
unto everything Urltlsh. It will take at
least a generation lo banish the spirit
of resentment created by the war, If
indeed it can over be banished. At all
events, the subversion of these republics
will bo a blow to popular govern
merit most suddcnlng to contemplate,
but It seems to bo Inevitable. Kven the
appeal of the Capo Dutch will fall upon
deaf cars In England.
PIWSVHIIUUS AOMGULTUIIU.
Tho American Agriculturist, In a re
cent statistical review of farm condl
Hons, showed that the agricultural prod
ucts of the United States last year were
worth to tho farmers $1,000,000,000 moro
than the output of nny of the hard-times
years of 1801, 1S03 and 18!)0. This was
an advance of il per cent as compared
with tho total for the worst year during
the period of agricultural depression.
iuo live siocic of the country Is estl
mated to be worth $700,000,000 more
than It was during the last year of the
Cleveland administration, a gain of :i8
per cent, while all other things of farm
production were very materially In
creased ln value.
Referring to theso ligurcs the New
York Mall and Express says: "This com
parative statement Is suflleient to show
that agricultural industry Is In a condi
tion of extraordinary prosperity. Hut
this Is not all. The American farmer Is
enjoying life moro heartily than ever
before. Ills Avork Is less Irksome: ho
has better stock, better Implements, bet
ter food, buildings and clothing than he
had In tho old days of adversity. Ho hns
gralnand cattle for sale tuid money in
the bunk. Nowhere In the world Is ho
so well off as In the United Stales." The
American farmer has a homo market
vastly superior to that of nny other coun-
try, made so by tho policy of thc repub
lican party in developing our Industries,
nnd this grant market Is steadily grow-
ing. Tho prosperous farmer should bo
the lust mnu to cast his vote for a party
whoso principles nro hostilo to these con
ditions and tho application of which
would, ns bus been nbundantly demon
strated, check industrial growth and Im
pairing thereby tho purchaslug power of
labor reduce tho demand for the prod
ucts of thc farm. Tho farmer who
votes for democratic policy strikes nt his
own Interests.
CtMA W1U, KtSEV T1W PEACK,
Occasional reports from Cuba state
that there is n disposition there among
somo of the people to stir up trouble,
even to tho extent of making hosillo
demonstrations against the United
States. It Is highly probable thnt there
nre peoplo ln Cuba-politicians and mal
contentswho aro willing to do this, it
is quite Impossible to satisfy everybody
there, no matter how fair nnd Just und
generous this government may bo in its
deallugs with the Island. More or less
complaint and resontmeut Is to be ex
pected. Rut we do not thluk tho fault
tiudlug und hostile element Is either
largo or particularly Influential nud we
bellevo It will not grow, unless thero
should bo a material chnngo In tho policy
of tho United States toward Ouba.
Tho ltrooklyn Knglo Is of tho opinion
that there Is no danger of un Insurrection
n Cuba chlelly for tho reason thnt thero
nro now L,400 schools In tho island and
by June thero will be 5,000. Those now
opeu havo an enrollment of lan.OOO
pupils and tho uew ones" will swell the
number to 'J0O.O00. Kvery one of the
eachers Is a Cubau, drawing pay
through the United States government.
'Whut American sanitation has done to
make American rule popular In Cuban
cities," says the Kngle, "the American
school system will do In tho rural re
gions. The Cubans can get so much
moro lu money, lu comfort, In pence and
in education by sitting still nnd milk
ing the Amerlcnn system than they can
by rebelling ngalnst it that revolutions
will dlo beforo they nre born."
It Is not to bo doubted that what our
government Is doing for tho promotion
of education In Cuba will exert a very
great Inlluenco In the Interest of peace
n tho Island. It Is a revelation to the
people. When the school system was llrst
branched they suspected It to bo a
scheme to employ American teachers
nud to make Cubans pay their salaries,
JuC ns otllclals had been quartered ou
JTIIE OMAHA DAILY KEE: WEDNESDAY. MAKCIl Lf5, 1000.
them by Spain. With the schools In were better nble to deal with the sltua
the hands of Cuban teachers, under an tlon than were tho representatives of the
American superintendent who turns
over his salary to Cuban orphan asy
lums nnd pays all his personal expenses
out of his own pocket, II Is not surpris
ing that the Cubans should be exceed
ingly well pleased with tho system and
Indisposed to do anything to Interfere
with It. They arc extremely anxious to
learn. No people are more zealous In
seeking an education. They will conse
quently do nil thnt Is possible to main
tain the school system nud may reason
ably be expected to discountenance ntiy
political movement that would cndungtL'
Its maintenance. '
There need be no apprehension of nny
serious opposition to American odmlulii
trntlon In Cuba so long as our govern
ment continues faithful to Its promise
nnd moves steadily forward toward Its
realization. The Cuban people have had
enough of Insurrection nud they can bo
led Into It again only by being basely
tricked and deceived nnd there Is not
the least dunger of this on the part of
the United Stutes.
CUMl'ILt! T11IC UUDIXAAVKH.
One of tho first tasks to be undertaken
by the new city council should be the
compilation and revision of tho city ordi
nances. The last volume of compiled
ordinances thnt was Issued for tho city
of Omnha bears the date of 3StH) and by
reason of the changes und amendments
that have been worked during the past
ten years has become practically obso
lete.
As It Is today no one can tell what the
municipal regulations arc with reference
1
o any subject of city government except
by dlcclnrr throut:h n toiiL'lomerate muss
of records, and even then will not bo
stiro that soino provision luis not escaped
i, ouniu luuwuiuii mis not Lbuipi (l
ills notice. The city might as well be
without ordinances
as lo have ordl
nances which aro Inaccessible and whose
contents no one can ten. Hy reason of
this very confusion the municipal legis
lation on different subjects has come to
be conflicting, contradictor' and to call
for u revision that will reconcile the nu
merous additions that have been made
from time to time.
A now compilation and revision of the
city ordinances might bo comparatively
expe
Inv
bee
und
new century a now volume of ordinances
systematically Indexed so that neonl,'.
can tell what It coutaius Is directly lu
onier.
the man svuuol hvildiso.
The architect of tho Hoard of ICduea-
tlon Is now completing a sketch of tho
superstructure of the new High school
building, coupled with ground plans for
'tl,c vernl stories. Before those plans are
adopted It seems to us tho taxpayers of
Omaha should huve nn opportunity to
Inspect them.
According to the best luformntlon
nvuilablo It is proposed to erect the mnin
I'l"!"'1" "it"-" i"u iiiiini
section of tho building lirst ln front of
... . "'"'(- ' noiii or
the nrosont Htritpfnrn nn,i ..,11.. ...
V" l"
miMit It- lu .lniihiini .i,..n,- .,
M lUhO W 11 llllll Mill. Ill 1 1 1 1 r 1 1 1 1 I
.b . j ..u,.u.a... uiiiuii;! ,i in fill I, lit
structure that would be a credit to
umaiin can be erectetl for the $l.r0,000
voted for High school purposes.
If tho plan contemplates a building
costing several hundred thousand dol
lars we may as well understand It now
as later. The board has been authorized
to spend only $150,000. It was generally
understood that tho new bulldiug would
lii. tlnmrnnf .....1 nlnn.m.l -in, n vim,
l)e liiepioof and plauued with a Mow to
being u part of a public building t hat
would bo commodious enough and Im-
posing enough to remuln a monument
for the Omaha of the twentieth century. 1
, . , , , , ,
U his Is n great undertaking and every ,
ntif wlin linn nrlilo In thn oltv Ih Inlnr. !
nslve. but It would be money well nl8 "to 6hould be maintained tho largest " niL ,',.IUcr nf ,n'y. l:vo p,nc.C8 ...... ln1fal" and Pchaso of mill- i "H&" ,0,;io-Two shafts would have been
ested Tho cltv should not invo ,nau8tr,a' center in Franco might bo easily "i.oc e.iecieu, namoiy, , DU....u. 1 no conspirators organized , moro appropriate.
cniLii. 1 in, liij SUUIIIU HOC ll.l0 ' ,t n.i,i ..... ....... " . . .. James' bav and Ilitnerl'H hat. Thn Inllnr H hocus rnmn.nnv i ,t,ii. ... . . . .
11 forced to go without It for ten years United States. Kr.mro nn imnnrt. . . f these, luavlng no wnter supply. Is not I uniforms and cauinmonbi for Jin snn . , I I'lillmlelphla North. American: "What'.
now that wo are enterinir m.nn n ' nllv about io.onn.nnri inn, nf i i,. habitable, but tho Dutch had fortified both ben, after advertising for ,hi,i- . I i.""r. KIIJ1P ,..V.r" lno m,,n wu" ,nP ' 'H
ested In seeing u monumental structure ' temper his bitterness, as I thought it would , ""frJ"'8.""t8"n:1n 'fh'ho J.1."" w'n,t8 deprewlon in tho wheat market tho farm
roJectedonltSmo.st,,romlnentbuildlnLMo K'eat not only to Cleveland, but "ny ' I ', Z. m .n"" tsr,?, Jh "!..f .""l ""' St.ttte9 nro. !avlng a largo
site.
Tho War department Is taking tho sen
sible method of furnishing relief to tho
people of Porto Hlco out of thc funds
voted by congress for that purpose. In
stead of distributing tho money as char
ity It will bo expended in public works,
roads and other necessary improvements i
and tlio iMjopIo thus given employment, j
Of nmirsrv thnwo who nro .loxtltnto nml I
who tiro not ablo to work will be relieved
by provisions nnd other articles required.
Ah people of tropical countries nre none
too proue to labor tho distribution of
Indiscriminate .chnrlty would work Ir
repnrublo Injury to tho populntlon by
encouraging indolence.
Tlio change In Omaha's city adminis
tration marks tho retirement of threo
ofllcers who had been serving the people
In ofllclal capacity City Treasurer Ed
wards, Tux Commissioner Sackett and
City Clerk Hlgby. All three of these
men were elected as republicans and two .
of them hnd servod moro thnu one term.
The Improvement of tho municipal rec
ords aiW tho better business methods
noticeable lu the city hall In recent years
are to be credited ln their respective de
partments to these outgoing olllcers and
If their successors make an equal Im
provement tlio taxpayers will have cause
to be satisfied.
ThetXebraska delegation to the demo- I
. .. . " . .
emtio national convention has engaged
the most elaborate and expensive qunr- Dana. Mr. Cleveland told mo that ho wns prtHent frozen meats nnd rabbits, to say
ters of any state lu the union. It Is pntlrely to blnmo for neglect In both In- nothing of eggs and butter, aro' shipped
llttlug that the Nebraskans should give Ml,cnM,1 ? ,Da,'a ,wm,m l1oulJtlc1S8 have been nam Australia to Loudon and they find ready
the neonlo an ohWt lesson nn ivi.t r.. I 8atl,8fle, " 1,0 md courteously informed him purchasers. American goods would bo bet
ruo piopio an oujeci lesson on wnat re- 0f conv ctinl,a which renuireii him m'ton w n w.. a,-i ,
publlcnn prosperity has done for the pen
pie of tho state. Four years ago the del-
egntlon had modest quarters lu a second
class hotel in Chicago, but those were
democratic times. Tho promised display, ;
however, hardly comports with the doe-
trlno of JeiVersoniuu simplicity and the
talk of the great advocate of tho "com
mon people." .
Our amiable popocratlc contemporary
seems to have suffered an inexpressible
shock over tlio declaration of Speaker
Henderson with referenco to the resolu-I
tlon of tho Iowir legislature on the Porto
reseututh ca of the people at Wunlilugtuu
people at Des Moines. The position, of
Speaker Henderson Is by no means
novel. Senator Kdmunds assumed tho
i When the ' legislature
used lo send blin In .
same attitude
of Vermont
siructlons. Only a few years ago the
popocra tic 'legislature of Nebraska In
structed one of the republican Nebraska
senators to vote for the free coinage law,
but there was no expectation that he
would honor the requisition.
Political Tank SIiimvh.
Washington Post.
Mr Ilrvnn ,,, ,n nnn .,
'Jaunt , i0:0nmM
bXved'thbV , rAJV"
at every water tank on tho route.
""ill
HaiiitMirKL'r Stnlc.
St. Louis Hepubllc.
Tho lono highwayman who robbed a pas
senger train near Hamburir. In., will nrnh.
ably bo filled with deep chagrin that he
nronertv. Th
American girl is ablo to take care of her-
self almost anywhere.
Don't Irrllnlr the Monk.
New York Mall anil Express.
Chairman Jones of tho democratic na
tional committee isn't entirely satisfied
with Mr. Bryan's Nehral(n nlnirnrm
ho will bavo to Indorse It or take the con-
, sequences. Jir Jones should understand
that his boss Is In no mood for trifling.
ICi-tlliicUj'n rruilleiiKc to l.'nte.
sprlnglleld Kepubllcan.
Kor a statn with f,v nv
stato mlimnu .V,
1 tho country ver n.easant.v i,V' "h Z
already nluneed Into Mvii -.ir. rriun, .iV
I mako tremble aro constantly arising.
,,. . .. 7 . '
I. t .V. 11 ' a ena"engo to rate to bring
the soldiers of tho rival cavernnm iwlihin
, a few hundred feet of each other. No good
compromiser seems to havo lived In Ken-
l,,CKy Blnce "enry Clny's day.
Kxportx of Amerlcnn t'onl. I
riilludolphla Hecord. I
Tho recent arrival at Marseilles of a i
cargo of American coal has Incited tho
Prnni'h nrmn 4m .. .11 i
tho possibilities ; of souring fro n 1 e Unlto
States a regular addition to tho Insulllclent
coal supply of Franco. Tho freight rate
n coin irom the southern coast ports to
Lyons, 222 miles Inland,
f,n i. . .1..
. 1 . . .... -
..Ud ULVII 1 LLLUll J
icuuceu irom v- w per ton to 11.03 and If
80 Per cent of which Is brought from Eng-
..A.8S"ra'lcc..of 1 c0.nUnU08
to develop this nascent trnfllc Into nn Im-
portant branch of International trade.
,
TUB Ciil3VEbAXli-lA.V.v l'l'liD.
.11111:1 ii.ui iiuiica 10 uii mm is ricuueii
Colonel A. K. MeCjure . THU Ho,v the
in a series of articles in tho Philadelphia
Saturday Evening l'ost on "How Wo Mako
Presidents" Colonel Alexander K. McClure,
editor of tho Philadelphia Tlmea, gives tho
origin of tho row between C.rover Clevo-
land and Charles A. Dana, editor of tho
v-!. a.... ..i.it. ....-.ij .1 ..
Cleveland's occupancy of the Whlto House.
Mr. McCluro savs-
"Charles A'. Dun, then editor of tho
11.1 1 na a, uina, men euuur or mo
Vork Snn became estranged from
Cleveland tlio vear hefor Mip nu
"vtianu 1110 jcar Deinre me prcsi-
dontlal election of 18SI. He had earnestly
annnn. a. n .... ...1 . ... .0.-.
gS2
niitiivjiii;ii It; V uiailtl iur KUVL'Illur ill 103.,
,i,- ,... . i..
Jlw ...leu .k UlU.Vlllt.UI. ltta llltlUt- lij .ll.
Manning to organize the state for Clevo-
In ml In -1881 Dana was Implacable In his
opposition. I met him several timet, bo
fore Cleveland was nominated and ho al
ways discussed tho question with an unusual
degree of acrimony.
"Soon utter Cleveland's nomination I was
spending a few days at Saratoga and was
watching Dana'a paper with much Interest,
for ho was very much disgruntled. Ho did
not at first declare himself aggressively
Hgalnst Cleveland's election, hut ono morn- i
g nt Sarnt , takIng up the Sun 1
foumj one 0f Dana's terrible deliverances
against Cleveland that left no posslbio
chanoe for a reconciliation. I telegraphed
1" " " "'
hls office) nt 3 o clock that afternoon and
called thero on my wny nomo Mr- Danit
, . 1 ..... i ,i.
to hls own newspaper as well, then ono of
tho most prosporous in tho country.
"Mr. Dana was petulant and violent In his
oxpreaslons ngalnst Cleveland nnd 'said that
ho had decided to support General Hutlcr.
Charles A. Dana was the) ablest editor I
ever developed by American Journalism, j
Horace Orceloy was mora pungent nnd tell-
I.. In t.lo .,ll!ll .,lf .. II r.
?.nn I h,Tm,r w n i T 1
i terson Is moro brilliant, but Charles A. i
Dana was tho strongcat editorial writer
this country has over produced.
"u wa" not until I mot Cleveland at Al
1 bany, soon after his election, that I learned
tho cause of the estrangement between
Cleveland and Dana, nnd tho statement given
by Mr. Cleveland was subsequently con
tlrmed by Mr. Dana. Dana had very earn
estly supported Cleveland's nomination and
election for governor In 1882, and after tho
election ho wrote a personal letter to Cleve
land asking the nppolntmcnt of a friend to
the position of adjutant general. Cleveland
received that letter as he received thou
sands of other letters recommending ap
pointments, Instead of recognizing the claim
Mr. Dana had upon hliri for tho courtesy of
an answer. Ileecher had n candidate for
tho samo position, and Cleveland gavo It to
ncechcr'B man without nny explanation
whatovor to Dana, who felt that he had
been discourteously troated by Cleveland
Mr. Dana gave no open sign of his dis
appointment, but somo tlmo after Cleveland's
Inauguration when It becuoio known that
Dana felt grieved at tho govornor, some
mutual friendo Intervened and proposed to
Cleveland that ho should Invito Dana to
Join with some acquaintances "to (no at the
cxecutlvo mansion. To this Cleveland read
ily assented. Dana was Informed thnt
Cleveland would tender such nn Invitation
If It would bo accepted, and ho promptly as
sented, Cleveland then becamo Involved
'ntho pressing duties of tho legislature and
allowed tho sess on to closo without extend-
thn nrnmi.mt ,! v,,nnfn,i invimimn tn
' -
upiioii.i uuouier ior uiijuiani general; nnu
ne nun no excuse to oner mil mni oi nogieci
for not Inviting Dana to dinner.
"Dana naturally assumed that Clovclnnd
had given him deliberate affront, and Clnvo-
land could mako no satisfactory explanation.
As governor and ns president he was first
f n11 devt-,l to his oiriclal duties, which he ,
discharged with raro fidelity, and ho gave
llttlo tlmo even to tho common courtesies 1
which most governors and presidents would j
recognize ns Justly belonging to their friends.
KffortH wcro made to conciliate Dana, but
he never would discuss tho question, When
Cleveland's election was announced, and tho
rupubllcnnn wero disposed to dispute tho
vt of Now York. Dana camo out boldly
an1 (loclarcJ that Cleveland was elected and
him."
U'.la nnf .lnnt. . . . OU mi? Dart nf flln Titrnrtiin .... ........
. ' BVC" or CS"1 , lxir.1 ('n.tin," .1; r " " I "omnd U. Mollneux. tho convleto.l t,u Pension problem. It constituted Itself
oy tne rrignteneq passengers. r To reo expense hen B0,,Pr' ' one of clRht candidates for the olec- bt r' ' of "PPls swept aay tho statute.
Tl... Amenc,.,, AV,. no moro squadrons to watch Z or o"; llchai nt Sing Sing prison. All aro '' rullnB. of the pension bureau lg-
Cleveland Lender. 1 soldiers, fatigued to dea h with pickets and Ch.e,Cker vlaycta nml wch 1,1,8 11 bonr' '" f , .1 Cq ? wfI,,,cl,.,l,ro, PPowd to
An American girl whoso purso was Rimrds, or harawed w It i T carrying burdens f ,Molll,cux 18 U, ' tho 11,0 r,Bhl ,ot l 0 pensioners
snatched by a thief at Naples. Italy, up these precipices. I am sure these Poor 0l.,nn,,1 when 11 Is ' the movt on ""f 11,0 fvernment, and passed 12 prl-
promptly captured the robber, threw him devils havo reason to ha"c "mi an 1 lsh my ,bth s ,,rB both contestants are conveyed 'ato pension bills ngRregatlnR an incroaso
down and recovered her nronertv. Th death. Thov !..,... V." " I i t' each other by shouts. to tho pay rolls of )3,1I3 a month, or 37.7U
cho..ii: at st. iii:i,i:.v.
liiterentliiK 1'neln About the
I'rlnuu Inliiml.
IIMorlu
Tho departllro of General t'rnnin nn.l mh.r
lloer cunt I vi". ,inr i..i-,,i ... c. i,..i..
1 !VM ,,ecullar t' extracts from tho
I ,y. of 'NnPol's physician, now appear-
" ..iMguznic. Dr. u .Mcara
records Napalcon'n views on the precautions
to provent uls escape. Napoleon rpoke fro-
quently about escaping, nnd said that If he
was Inclined to try, which ho was not, there
wero nlnety-nvo chances in a hundred
against his effecting It; "but," said he, "this
Jailer every week imposes new nnd vexatious
restrictions upon mi. limt n t t i.. .,
j Pinco whero I hail nothing to do but to step
rn.ii i us ui 1,1 u.i
LWn!,dl,rcfcnt- U 18 ,ruo tll!U ,vhllp 0110
III0 "0,
u uuiii ami oe away. When I was at Klb.i
mm ciuillinil MOWn. UIC lH, 111 n nnll
of stone, and every human prcsautlon taken
uentu. tiipv fnimf i,n ,,. i, 1
that tho fatiguing duties Imposed upon
thorn are unnecessary and vrvnUn.n n
tho sight of tho Island wiust convlneo every-
oso but a suspicious cogllono that escnpo
.urn it was nearly impossible, unless, as
"o sain Deioro, that while thcro la life
thero Is a chance, If attempted. Where
could I go, allowing that I got out of tho
lslund? Every place I could arrive at I
would una enemies to eclzo me.
"Till. iTnt.nrHnB i ...
rhnnVn f " .'" ",oro 18 a was- uh0 1 r(". Ag'sslz, "always too busy """wise outain.
MKUIIIKI .1 linoalHlll... I. -.Ill .
,.ni i. .I .. .V . l" pr. ,0 nwKt' money," nnd It Lt understood that " i'cB'n i ot only
only sure wav mis is tno the ,lo hope his widow has of properly car- 18 1,1 lIlp "'Raest degree
"I.ct him nut tr. t n ,i.i, . i if . !ls for hls chlltlr?" 's In tho profits from his Wellington Star: Tho
i.ii nun put mo to death and all unensl- , b iwnni ... n.. nt. .
known to PnVinni , ; " KOO",,DC V.. . Wns unknon 'u tho pulpit. Borne pected to utter loud protests against nn
an eredk thero Ti?r T m ' ?.rCn,re !" f "u, CaCOnR f h,s churcl1 ".l him If nbt.so of a system which should rellcct notb
any creuit there. 1 hoso nfllcer.q nil win r n. n .t .1..'. n,ii. . ' . . .
flll .Trni.ni f ,u ......
..,.;; t" r .'rr 1
Thi no w nan wm ,T ,vrm 01 "'
Tho famous Island wns a Dutch i,e,es-
" - wu.w.. f.mata-
smn on two occasions. In 16t5 tho Dutch
nttnmntnl In natnl.n.h o .. ,u.
Island, but relinquished It to tho , English
In 1631; and In 1C6S tho commander of a
Mi... in auuj mo commnncicr or a
imownrd-bound East India net of Eng-
ih vessels took formal pcscsslon of It lu
o name of Charles II. In tho uamo year
homo
llsh
th
thnt monarch made It over to the East India.
company. In 1G72 tho Dutch again obtained
possession, through tho treachery of ono
f U' '"""tants; but In May. 1C73, It
'nPt;7 Captain Itlchard Munden,
...v.. t.i.vu outio. illltlUBb HirUUgUOUL UB
mtlro clrcumfercnco of twenty-elKht miles.
tno island presents to tho cyo an u
nbroken
...... - .
wn 1 nr puiru i-nit hi rn... r.nn n , iaa
, , , ""n i" i, ii
'ese posiuons, nnu occupying them In forco
1 llLlTL IIV,' 1
,
Munden, however, landed 200 men on. tho
rocllU ln Prosperous bay; and ono sailor,
scaling tho almost lnncccsslblo cliffs, let
down to his comrades a ropo by which they
all climbed to tho summit. This feat la
,, commemorated by tho precipitous rock
being thus taken ln tho rear, surrendered,
" , ., , , I i , '
T., lBlanrt, hns over slnce remained a
( "rltlsh P0388'011'
... ... . , .
no ' tha chief objects of Interest in St.
1 Helena is tho house nt Loncwood In which
NPf" P3Sed his captivity. The plateau
of Longwood Is about 2,000 feet abovo tho
'"vo' 01 lno 80,1 anu D0"n(iou Dy deep ra-
' .. , ,, ..
vlt,f ,u ,8," "1 uPrt 1 0 oftho
ravlno in which Jamestown Is built. Hero
, . ... ...
' s. 1 U,m,nB m wnen m-
poieon uvea nnu mo now nouse wmcn no
, .
did not llvo to occupy. Hero also is Mar-
.... ,. . . .
fna' "ertran.l . o cottage. Napo eon's tomb Is
... W.....U " mite;, llUlfUl I. U1I1C I1UU1 LJ 11
wood. But tho 'body was removed to Franco
In a man-of-war by the Prince do Jolnvlllu
In 1840, and now lies under tho domo of . "ontu a compilation of tho results of our
tho Hotel des Invalldes In Paris. agricultural industry which is worth ntten-
I'erhaps tho taking of General Cronjo und ( tlon. Tho aggregate production of the farms
his men to St. Helena would restore to It 1 ot tho United States, in 1890, according to
somo of Its former prosperity. For somo this nuthorlty, wns $4,480,000,000, ns corn
years the Island has been getting deeper Pared with $3,500,000,000 in 1895. Here was
aml 'leeper Into financial straits, and tho
Population has been steadily diminishing.
In 1871 tho Inhabitants numbured 0,414; ten
'crs inter tho population was 5,059, while
by 1,10 census of 1891 it was only 4,116, In- 1
nuuinfc, mo gurnson
TUUKS O.V THIS VI3I.11T.
I Chicago ltecord: Gcnoral Joubort now
I Doer commander let him consult nuller.
I Hrooklyn Eagle: Tho Dcors are turning
in tin guns when they surrender. They are
a iiiuo lino mo uunans. wnen tho Cuban
I("V " , " , "" uuuua
rit,vf. ..-an , nlln. I . . ITnll..l 01.1.. I
"7 , "
ii.iuiii.uru American: iow mat me llrst
flush ot long-delayed victory Is over tho
nllafi don... n V. . t ... i . . I .. . ...
" niunij- tullllllK lu IUU
realization that the march to Pretoria will
,,, , ,,.- , ,
Detroit Free Press: Cermany could not
say enough nice things about tho Ilocrs
until It received a hint that they might,
trek Into the territory claimed by It In
southwest Africa. Now it Is made plain
that they aro not wanted there. Imperial
ism shies nt peoplo who have such a pro
nounced lovo of liberty.
Philadelphia North American: "Llttlo
IJoba" Is in danger. In an entertainment
given tho foreign attaches in Dloemfontoln
ho said ho hoped noxt to ontertaln thorn
In Pretoria. It was his preliminary vic
tories by word of mouth that caused Duller
to fall by tho waysldo. It isn't time yet
even for Lord Roberts to do tho talking.
Springfield Itepubllcan: Tho "fate" of
Messrs. Kruger and Steyn is being iIIb
ciiHsod In London. "What shall wo do
with them?" is a question that comes nat
urally to tho lips of peoplo who havo a
fixed habit of sending captive rulers into
exile. If Krugor and Steyn becomo cap
tives, Knglnnd will do well not to follow
tho Cotawnyo precedent, but to Imltnto the
United States In Its treatment of Jefferson
Davis, nut first catch "Oom Paul."
Tlio Hurt rut of niitcritrUr,
Cincinnati Commercial.
American manufacturers have pushol
their wares to the front In tho markets of
tho world nnd nre reaping n harvest
thereby. Hut American agriculturists ara
not so forward. They should be. though,
n pi?., hi. tin,- ,i.a .i .
n., -.."... ' " . """ ,".?
- u..v u ,.111.71 lt.tl.1 IUI1U lllUUUtIO
cut but llttlo llguro In European markets.
Daisy Queen1
31 fragrant perfume, rich In the
stvettnesa or field and forest.
Delicate yet lasting.
Sherman A WeConnell Drug Co.,
myera.Blllon Drug Co.,
Kuhn A Co.
i'i:its(i.uii poi.vrnits.
Sclleh, tho wild man of Borneo, has been
assimilated with a gun.
:
Osman Pasha Is another eminent man who
' J?", hlmself read,nB h'8 own ob,t-
" .
. ' ......
,mn tno "cKre(' of doctor of laws becauso of
j hls I,rltl8h sympathies.
Count Tolslcl ,s nn enthusiastic bicyclist.
Ho thinks he owes hla long life to tho wheel
nml 11 vegetarian diet, nlthough twenty
, 'c"rs aK his physician told him to avoid too
i n,"ch muscular exercise.
I sir rhnrlr.. nnvm. n.... .. . .
speaking hla mind on tho reunion of the
'rush nationalists, is the Nestor of Hibernian
" uuumuiHis, is me Aesior or Hibernian
p&lltlcs' lh0 nlor political prisoner of our
? -premier of tho Australian
COIOnv (If Vll.tr.rln
Tho lato Congressman Illnnd of Mlrsourl
(!ieral E. V. Sumner, a rotlred army
0,llcer residing in Denver. Is wmkinr- tnr
lhe establishment of u camp of rough riders
'" clrado. Ills Idea Is ta get G.OOO young
'"si"er in n camp of military Instruc
tlon
rt- , ,, . -
ror a year. Alr.mlv um, nut. ),,...
.n,j ". . ,. . loicrance. as long as congress insisis upon
ETnt J,Zm ,1 tCr,?hi' nml there 18 racoN siting aside tho regularly constituted ima
carriedSt Renersl's Idea will bo chlncry for tho adjudication of pension
nlnlnia ntt.l tiiilftiir Itttiiilfila nf riiaiiB unn
i . " ' :uiiur h irurutTi
in mo uariy uaya or Jir. Ueechor's carec
a"vn '"'quent outbursts of
,"l",or we to diminish his use-
"?Jl3.t0.',", "d when
.. ..J "u sneu' " sam: "rcthrcn. If you
1 1 v ...i.i u '!!n!....ln'ly. thl".K.s 1. kcPl '
in fun nouiuni COIlina n nhnnf tl... t. t
let out."
"
?. . M,cArll,ur' oa " t-enoral Ar-
, . T.n""ur' eonspicuous ns one of tho
i,,,,,,., . , , . ... . . ",u
,niv7't American officers in tho Philippine.-,
JU.8t.1pass,c.'1 hls aeml-anuual examlnj-
. ? ?l h? M.tTt. 1,ol,,t military academy,
nnd stood first In his etims.. 'ri,
Is .1 prnmunn t i t . .. '"u"h '" 0a od 'Vn envened lireiul.' "
is a grandson of Judge Arthur MacArthur. "Must be nwful dry."
formerly of Milwaukee, who died a few years
ago while chief Justice of tho supremo court Washington Star: "Have you reasons ta
of tho Dlmrlni nf fimi,i ' " Luur',lii nrotid of your ancestors?"
01 mo uismct of Columbia. ... ........ Ulln... t..n .., t,llf,v try nit to
An unusual y rank su'imiu
invnii.in
in tl. if
P"bllo ofllcers, In that disclosed
at Lansing, Mich., of an ox-Inspector gen-
... , ......
irn nr rim. . . n rnH .. . .
., " worit in con
supplies, bought back tho Identical goods
baJ 8oUI' pay,BR th"pfor eo..
v.
AUHIUULTirilAI, IMtOSl'KlllTV.
XoIhI.Tp InereiiNe In ilir Vultie of Knrni
rriiTlj- it ml K,lr, 'rmln.!(i,.
Portland Orcgonlan.
Of tho leading agricultural nrnilii.t0 n.
I United States, somo at tho present time bo.tr
.ow prices, wnno of others tho prices may
bo termed high. If wheat is low-though In
fact It is not as low by 20 per cent ns the
prices of a few years aco cotton 1. .ntt
up in price, and to Is wool. Cotton Is C11
P ccn' "'f"'" was three or four
;cars aR- wnllo tho ndvance in wool has
"7" 1. urn. under prcejnt
tnlfpn u t.iv.i.. .. ... ,,
C o'rn Prolltablo crop, in all
tnc corn-growing utatcs. Wheat has a much
u-iiinr ...,.... u . . .. .
... mo great supply,
V"'"' J 01 mo world, keeps the
ri . 1 . rt .. . '
P"co uciow tho proportion known In fnrm
itM. . . .
'im,H amouK wost tor Btaples of ngri-
"
Tll Orango Judd Farmer, well known as
nn authority on agricultural uublccts. nre
a fialn In tho value of production of $971.-
000.000. It lo a sum great enough to ac-
centuato tho difference between tho "bad
times" of 1893 and tho "good times" of
199. ny tho sarao authority tho Increase In
tho value of farm property within this
period was $3,29S,000,000, and nt tho samo
tlmo a decrease of $286,000,000 In tho amount
of mortgages on farms.
Theso figures show that In splto of the
hare ln the general nrospority. Undoubt-
cdly thero are many whoso condition is not I
improved, nnd somo perhaps whoso condl- I
tlon never can be for circumstances both in
.... .
! " 'l W" J
' ""'"" '""r geiung
Hi.eun, nut on mo wnoio mo condition or
tho farming population shows steady lm-
ti r,, .- ...
...i..iivii.
In our Paclflo northwest states many farm-
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PIANO PRICES DOWN
tlosoe
Alteration Piano Sale I
. Sp
Is cutting the big piano prices to pieces. The many E
glad faces of those who have taken advantage of this un- S
precedented cut on pianos are proof positive of the sue- 5
cess of this great sale of new, clean and dry pianos, 5
which are selling at about one-half of what oianos have 2
been selling for.
F.veryono in need of n piano cannot find nn excuse for not
owning an elegant piano when you can buy them ns low as .?1U7,
$1.'I7, $118, $1(18, 178, with a down payment of only $ir.0O, nnd"$7
per month-or a better piano for $1!8, $218, $ms, .fiJikS, with but
U.ieiiHli and $10 per month with other pianos at ?:t'J7, $:I8, $.'il8
Including tho celebrated high guide "Slelnway." Kimball, "Knaiie"
Kranlch fc Ilach, Hallet .t Davis, "Hospe." "Kroll," Hush & (lerts
If Organs Offered at This Sale I
im md
3 " Kimball, Chicngo Cottage, "Crown," Story & Clark, Western
Cottage, Smith A merit an -at the low prices of $10. si" s";t .7 w, 2
g $:. 12. Terms of $2.00 lo $r,.00 cash-$1.00 to $4.00 per month SF
jjg Stock still Intact. Come early nud get choice. m'
I A. HOSPE, I
j 1513-1515 DoiiRlas St.
ers who were- In debt somo years ago havo
been nblo recently to hold their crops-.
he tlier It has been wiso to do so or not.
Owners of livestock have seldom done better
than during tho last two years. Undur
modern conditions moro and more depends
on skill and management. This Is becoming
tho rule In farming quite ns much as mer
cantile, manufacturing nnd other pursuits.
Scuiettmcs there Is "luck." But success la
farming, na In nil things else, comes as s,
rule to those who "calculate."
(iiii.M) r tin: pi:sio.v .mii.i,.
Philadelphia ltecord: Notwlthetandlnn
valid objections to private pension bills, con
gress continues to pass them freoly. 112
having been favornblv nctrd unon In tho
"
I h
P
ottso In ono night recently. In this way tho
pension laws of the country nro sot at do
llanco nnd unworthy claimants are given
Kornnicnt support, which they could not
The Irrogulnr granting
rcproucnslblo, but
demoralizing,
houso Saturday
to complicate tho
a year. It is Impossible to know whnt per
centage of theso cases deserved such speclul
treatment, but tho fact that they havo pre
viously been unablo to pass tho scrutiny of
the pension bureau Is excellent evidence that
i . .. .. i . i. ... i . i. ...... .... i
invy iv la mi" muni uunuiwiy ui I'uiiiuuinr
.. . . ... .
ciui cutii m'Fuiun, iuu ftniim j- limy uu
I - 1 1 1 1. . . . .. 1 ... U -
ing but credit to tno government nnu uux-
which nevertheless has degenerated Into an
Intolerable burden and a shameful nbuso ot
national gencroBlty.
IKIl tiU'l'.S THAT TICKI.K
Indliiunpolls Journal: "Can't you get in
n new hut fur Easter, Hurry?"
"Things look dubious. Marie; but I tell
von whnt, I'll buy you a ilon't-worry but
ton." Clovelanil Plain Dealer: "I see that a
Boston author has roiiipleted n story
' Rtvo my nnecstors reason to be proud of
n,c ,0 l,',!,l il,Bment on them."
ihlcngo Itf-cord: Qulnn - Some man
thought so muon or his mure inai wnen sua
"If you moan my profession." lenlled tin
other, with dignity "Tin n maker of books."
"And I'm n bookmaker." cried thc llrst,
heartily.
"Shake!"
Ohlcngo Post: "Ho didn't owe n cent
when he died," said a relative proudly.
"Heavens!" exclaimed the young spend
thrift, "whnt 11 wasted life!"
Chicago Tribune: "Well," renmrkod tha
Had Man, ns ho paid fO cents to tho nows
lov who 'hnd supplied him with the To
pekn. Capital for tho week, "tho public Is
tho shelled 'un."
Detroit Journal: "What ran I possibly
say that will win the favor of this rich
Scot?" demanded Indigence, gloomily.
"Hoot, mon! exclaimed Expediency ann
Hope, ns with one voire.
Detroit Journal: "No," said Undo Cyrus,
"tho trolley hain't been no bon'llt to tho
village, on tho hull. Course unite a few has
mnilo nuthln' huvln' slock killed nnd'get
tln' hurt themselves, but this Is moro'n off-
7 liViarer- that's bnon", t
m clro'lntlon. PoWful lot o' pluggcil quar-
ters In clrc'lation!"
Iveslle'H Weekly: Owner I sells yo' dat
mewl for ten dolluhs an' guarantees him nol
to kick yo'.
Buyer An' If ho do will yo' oblorgatt
yo'se'f too talk him back nt dat price?
Owner Ah' couldn't do dat, but Ah'll oh
lorgato mahso'f toe gib yo'nh wlddah ds
money back.
IMtAIIMI? r'riKKDOM.
Over tho prairie sod.
Nearer to nature's God
Than they can bo
Who walk the erowded strert,
Where many minds must meet
In slnvcry;
Speeding o ur prairie sod,
Fresh from tho hand of God,
Is to too free.
Hitler and horse an one.
Under tho cloud or sun,
Fearless and strong,
Karth echoes music sweet
From tho swift. Hying feet
Tlhythm nnd' Nong:
nilthe ns the boundlrsn ky
My cnllant steed and I
Gallop along.
Grlcvo not, my noblo friend,
our reign will tievor end
Whllo souls must grow;
No sonsoless, cold machine
Can catch the faintest gleam
Of dreams wo know.
My comfort and my guide,
Whatovor may bctidr,
Onward we'll go.
Wlnslde, Neb. HHIJ.u WIMjEY GUE.
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