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G THE OMAHA DAT LI" BEE: TIIUKSDAV, APRIL 10, 1000. The Omaha Daily Dee. 13. ROSF3WATER, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Beo (without Sunday), One Year.t4.00 Dally Bee ami Sunday. One eur S.09 IllllalrAtnil lion. Dnn Year Z.U0 Sunday Bee. One Year 2-00 l Saturday Mee, One Year. l.jj; Weekly Bee. One Year OFFICES. Omaha: Tho Bee Building. ,, South Omaha: City Hull Building, Twenty-fifth and N streets. Council Blurts: 10 Pearl Street. Chicago: lcio Unity Building. New York: Temple Court. , Washington: 601 Fourteenth Street. Sioux City: 611 Park Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should ho addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTEHB. Business letters and remittances should bo addressed: Tho Bco Publishing Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payablo to Tho Hoc Publishing Company. Only 2-cont stamps accepted In puyment or mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or Eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING WJIl'AJii. STATES! EXT OK CIIlCfLATIO.V. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: George B. Tzschuck, secretory of Tho Bco Publlnhlng Company, being duly sworn, nays that the actual number of full and eompleto conies of Tho Dally, Morning, livening and Sunday Beo. printed during tne month or March, law, was as iouows l... u7,:ino 2 27.B00 3 27,-t70 4 :!7,8r, 5 27,000 6 28,170 7.. 28.000 8.. 27,100 17 i!7,50 13 1:7,007 19 U7.B30 20 StT,8(M 21 U7,n;:o 22 S7.070 23 27,750 21 S7.070 t 27.200 25 io 27,:t:io 26 , 11.. 27,2.'!.- 27 12 27,200 23 1.1 27,1I0 23 14 27,070 30 , IS 27.20O 31 .,.2S,400 .,27,810 .,28,200 ..20,180 ..28,170 ..28.100 ,,28,r20 16 20,070 Total 800,147 Less unsold and returned copies... 10,!I0H Net total sales 85S.770 .Net daily nverago 27,702 GEO ROB B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn beforo mo this 2d day of April, A. D. 1900. ill. IS. UUiNUAlT, Notary Public. Prof. B. Denjamin Andrews may have but one good eye, but he can sec a good thing when it comes within range. Unless Mr.- Loveland can Inject more of a calamity tinge into his crop re ports he will endanger his standing with the popocratlc powers in tho state house. Chicago burglars are bringing In their late works. They should know better than to use such heavy charges of dyna mite on bank sufes as to wake the policeman on the beat. Fears arc expressed that some of tho eggs which the state houso crowd has had in tho fusion Incubator for a long tno mny spoil before the meeting of the convention lu July. If anything done In tho world political during recent years escaped being con demned by tho Iowa populist convention It was simply because General Weaver allowed his memory to slip n cog. The Woman's club Is to grapple again with tho question, "What can the Woman's club do to further the com mercial interests of Omaha V" Persuade the women of Omaha who go to Chicago for their new clothes to cease their bad practice. Tho railroad nttorneys are unkind to try and knock out the railway com mission aud deprive the secretaries of the salaries attached to their positions after all tho secretaries have done to protect the roads from tho demands of tho public. King Ak-Sar-Iien feels better now that his exchequer Is looking up, thanks to tho generous public spirit of his sub jects, and says lie will hold his annual court festival tills year with gorgeous uniqueness thnt will bo a marker as a new century opener. If any possible doubt remains as to tho ownership of tho pretender pollco board appointed by Governor Poynter it should bo dispelled by the tiling of the bonds to guarantee otllclal fidelity, two of -which aro signed as surety by Colonel Walter Molse. The Drltish public has been of the opinion for somo time that affairs In Soutli Africa havo been mismanaged and now that Lord Hoberts has con firmed tho suspicion It Is certain of It. Court tinsel cannot be guaranteed to stand the lire of battle. It will cost nearly $1,500 to print the annual reports of city oUielals for tho last fiscal year. Tho taxpayers could doubtless save a fine penny by employ ing a good blue pencil editor to boll down these effusions beforo they aro given tho stamp of official documents. Notico is served on the sultan of Tur key that ho must pay tho little bill ho owes citizens of this country oven if his numerous wives aro compelled to (To without their Eastor bonnets and make over last season's dresses. Uncle Sam Is liberal with his credits, but likes to seo an honest effort nmdo to pay. When Senator Pettlgrew hears from the South Hakota municipal elections he will probably Introduce another reso lution of Inquiry In the senate and when tho election, returns come In next fall It will not require any prompting to convlnco the senator that thu pcoplo want him to tnke n rest from his pres. cut arduous duties, In the selection of 0. 0. Delden to fill tho Hoard of Education vacancy tho hoard members have certainly lived up to their , promise to endeavor to strong then. ,uiul elevate the stundtinl of that Itody, ' The popular ' demand for substantial business men in charge of public affairs could uot bo better met nnd should Mr. Delden persist in his refusal to accept tho position tho friends of tho schools will bo notably illsun yolutcd. CHITICISLVO THFAH UEXKtlAl.iS. Tho London newspapers nro saying como severe tilings ubout several of the Ilrltlsh coinniundors lu South Africa, for which they llml ninnlu wnrrant In tho strictures of Lord Hoberts upon General Duller mid one or two others whose mistakes arc frankly pointed out by the eoniuirtnder-ln-ehlef. Duller receives the severest criticism and the statement of Hoberts shows that he deserves It. As one paper says, his reputation has been scattered to tho winds mid It Is not likely that he will bo given an oppor tunity to redeem It, for If not recalled, as (iatacro was, he will probably re bIrh. As n matter of fact no Ilrltlsh con oral In South Africa has yet shown any remarkable ability or skill. Even Rob erts has accomplished nothing extraor dinary when It Is considered that ho has an army numbering llvo or six times the Doer forces. The capture of Cronje and his 4,000 wornout soldiers was not u wonderful feat for an army of perhaps HO.OOO and the operations about Mourn fonteln have not Increased the fame of Hoberts as a tactician. As to Kitch ener, it does not appear that lie has done anything of particular merit or value, even If he has committed no serious mistakes. It may be that Hob erts Is preparing for a campaign that will justify the eonlldence that Is felt in him, but up to the present time ho has not shown any of tho military genius his admirers credited him with and the severest test of his ability Is yet to come. There will bo many Hrlt ish military reputations blasted before the end of the war. ANOTlltHl FAJ.StillUUD RAILED, The Lincoln Journal continues Its campaign of falsehood and deception to vent its spleen and create prejudice among republicans against candidates offensive to its editor. Its latest fake is embodied In the followlm?: Tho causo of Frank iHall'ft reront out burst of letter writing has been given to tho public. It appears that General Thnvor sont one of his celebrated letters on tho subject of D. E, Thompson to Tho Omaha DCO and in tho klndnera of hla heart r Rosowater not only declined to publish It, outwent it to Lincoln, or at least dropped an Intimation of its contents Into Mr. Thompson's ear. Thomnson suspected Hall of being thei author and wrnl. him n n. pery letter, telling him somo things that ho thought might bo to his advantago and suggesting that unless Hall let up on lit erary efforts of this kind ho would havo occasion to regret It as long a.i ho lived, or words to that effect. Frank Hall never relishes advice of that kind, especially when comes irom a man ho doesn't llko, and didn't tako him. long to really write Thompson letter that had whiskers on It. This is a fabrication from boclnnliiD- to end. General Thayer sent no letter to The Bee, that was suppressed, on I). E. Thompson or any other subject o letters whatever sent to Tho Ken on D. 13 Thompson have been sent back to Lincoln or any intimation of their contents dropped In Mr. Thomp son's ear. That would have been en tirely unnecessary, as all tho letters sent Tho Dee on Mr. Thomnson were published In the local Lincoln papers, Wliero he could read them freely in full. Tho Deo gave publicity to such ex tracts from these letters as did not constitute libels or defamatory attacks. Tho journal, however, may bo ex pected to keep on printing its lies for tho purposo of feeding its Dryanlte newspaper ally at Omaha and furnish ing ammunition for tho enemies of Mc- Klnley nnd the republican party. TUHKISH HAD FAITH. Tho United States Is not tho only country that lias learned the worthless- ness of Turkish promises. Every gov ernment that lias had any claims against tho Ottoman cmnlrc has had a llko ex perience with that our 'government h having. Pledges were given only to be Ignored. Tho sultan aud his advisers lire not influenced by considerations of honor or international obligation. They are amenable only to tho argument of forco when dealing with stronger pow ers. This was shown a couple of years ago when Austria threatened to send war ships to enforce a claim ngalnst Turkey. This brought u prompt settle ment of tho claim. Tho course of the sultan In regard to the Indemnity claimed by the United States Is certainly very aggravating. Wliilo denying, when the claim was first presented, any liability for the de struction of tho property of American missionaries, tho Turkish government subsequently accepted the claim and promised its payment. This was nearly a year and a half ago and as yet no disposition has been shown on tho part of the Turkish government to pay the indemnity, .amounting to only nbqut ?00,000, although Its attention lias been repeatedly called to the matter. Tills exhibition of bad faith appears to bo regarded at Washington as justifying some aggressive action by our govern ment aud the question of breaking oft diplomatic relatious with Turkey is said to bo under consideration. What effect a decision to do this would have upon tho Turkish govern ment It Is Impossible to say. Perhaps thut government does not value very highly friendly relations with tho United States, but It would seem that It would consider such relatious worth maintain ing nt tho price of tho Indemnity asked. Moreover, the United States would not necessarily relinquish its claim by brenklng off diplomatic intercourse. Giving the Turkish minister at Wash ington his passport would not mean a surrender of the Indemnity. On tho con trary It might Imply an Intention to em ploy other than diplomatic methods to secure payment. Dismissal of a foreign minister Is a rather serious matter and In a case of this kind would probably not end the Issue. Our government Is unquestionably justified in strongly resenting tho course of the Turkish government and uot to do so would be to Invite aud en courage further outrages against the property nnd person of American cltl .cm visiting in tho Ottoman empire. Tho sultan must bo given to understand, In no uncertain way, that however toler ant other governments may be of his failure to fulfill promises tjie United States will luslst upon its just claims, oven to tho extent of using force to Bccuro their settlement. This govern nicnt Is able to protect Its citizens every where and It Intends to do so. It asks" nothing of Turkey for which there Is not ample warrant In International law and It cannot, with a duo regard for its rights aud Interests tho world over, allow bad faith on the part of the Turk ish government to defeat Its fair and justifiable demnuds. If the resources of diplomacy have been exhausted It Is the plain duty of the government to tako such decided nction ns may convince Turkey that unscrupulous conduct will not enable It to escape confessed responsibility. A FACTOH IS TllADK KXPAXSIUX. One of the addresses beforo the Trans Mississippi congress on Tuesday related to tho consular service, which was de clared to bo an Important factor In the expansion of trade. The author of the address, Mr. George D. Hnrrlsou of Mis souri, fnvors u trained non-partisan con sular service and ho said that frequent changes lu our foreign representatives make Impossible accuracy, uniformity and regularity in the conduct of our consular business. Ho condemned the fee system, the practice of allowing consuls to engage In other business and the nppolntment of foreigners to con sular positions. The movement for a reorganization nnd reform of the consular service np pears to be gaining in force nnd there aro conclusive reasons for It. Even from tho Orient there cotne3 testimony as to Its necessity. A correspondent of tho New York Evening Post at Slnganore writes that tho reorganization of our consular service on a sound aud whole some basis would bo of Incalculable ad vantage and profit. "While we have some eillclent men in tho service," ho says, "men of high, character and abil ity, II hear tales of others which nro enough to mitke any honest man ashamed of his country. I hear com plaints of incompetency, dishonesty and drunkenness. AVhat else can bo ex- pected so long as foreign consular serv- Ice Is made a reward for nolltlcal serv- Ice, regardless of the Individual qualifi cations V" Such testimony as tills ought to havo some weight at Washlngtou. ino consular service has unquestiona bly been improved under the present udmlnistrutlou, which has been careful as to me character and capacity of thu , men appointed and has retained nianv of those who had made good records I in tho service, without regard to their nnllHna tint i,7,i. , , i lnl t . ?.L .th.1?f8 U' lmmad. , . 'ku oi uiu survice umi i us aosoiute divorce from polities, sup ported ns it is by the commercial inter ests of tho country, should be heeded by congress. Proposed legislation re lating to tho consular service has been framed aud Should bo enacted at tho present session. There is no valid rea son for delay In this matter and the tcpublican majority ln congress would do u good thing from a party point of view in passing a measure providing for the reorganization of the consular serv ice aud putting it on a basis where It may attain the highest usefulness and efficiency as a means of extending trade. iromrr of atiiuuus cuxswEnATiox. "Have you formed or expressed an opinion In this case'" Is the question asked of every Juror bofore he Is sworn. If he answers in the allirniative, the question is asked whether he still re tains the opinion expressed. If he says ho does, the juror Is promptly excused from serving by reason of being lls qualillcd. The test of Impartiality applied to Jurors is equally npplleuble to Judges. It Is an established principle that It is not proper for u judge tof try an indict ment signed by him ns prosecuting at torney. The some principle finds ex pression in the constitutions of many states that disqualify fudges from sit ting in any case in which they have di rect or Indirect Interest or In which they had an interest before they became Judges. The point raised by City Attorney Council lu the Omaha police commission case that Judge Holcomb is disqualified from taking part in its hearing Is worthy of serious consideration. While acting as governor Judge Holcomb was n party to the proceeding which the su premo court, of which he is a member, Is now asked to reopen and review. Governor Holcomb was not merely a party to the appointment of the dis placed board, but he was a partisan in its behalf. His views on the validity of the police commission law that was de clared unconstitutional by tho supreme court were published while that case was pending, giving In an exhaustive form the reasons why ho believed the court to be wrong. Having pre-Judged tho case, Judge Holcomb must certainly realize that It would be In conflict with the spirit, If not the letter, of the constitution and the laws for him to use his judicial position to sustain himself In his former declarations. To set the precedent by ,...ii,.i,..i . i., i .., i i participating In this case, after having formed and expressed an opinion, would lower the standard of the tribunal lu which impartial and equal Justice Is expected to be administered and whoso unbiased interpretation of tho constitu tion Is the bulwark of our free Institu tions. Prof. Andrews has concluded to ac eept the position of chancellor of the Nebraska State university, tho condi tion of his health, among other things, contributing to this decision. Let us liopu that ho will wax strong under tho beneficent Inlluenco of Nebraska's, at mosphere and nlong with It the univer sity ns an educational Institution. Another friendly bout with crimina tion and recrimination will bo In order to determine whether the Jacksonlaus or the County Democracy bhall domi nate tho Douglas county delegation to tho democratic state convention called for July 11 and hold the patronage strings on the nominee for governor. The city treasurer can force tho col lection of taxes against rich aud poor alike, but It devolves on tho tax com missioner aud assessors to see that all classes aro listed for taxation without discrimination. Tho officer who fixes the tax valuation is the ouo who alone can equalize tax burdens. General Roberts does not appeor to be troubled with any Impediment In his speech when discussing South African military affairs. From present Indica tions there will soon be a great demand for cabin passage on the transports re turning to England from that part of the world. According to the report of the nntl administration speech of Senator Hoar, It closed amid applause and "many of his colleagues, particularly those on the democratic side, congratulated him." It was a good democratic speech better than u democratic senator could have made. Ponxllili- flood from Evil. St, Louis Republic. If Senator Clark'o investigation results in a constitutional amendment for tho election of senators by popular vote, tho $1GO,000 will not havo been wasted. Miiklnur Imvn tJtiiiiilniuus. Chicago Tribune. The proposition to nominate Congressman Dolllver on tho ticket with McKlnlcy has the npp'earanco of a schemo to induco Iowa to cast a unanimous republican vote. IiiillcntloiiN Point WenMniril. Buffalo Express. Secretary Long is tho biggest man who has yet expressed a willingness to tako the vico presidency. But tho Indications are that tho place will go to tho west if a Now York man of caliber cannot bo induced to accept It. .Vice Point Overlooked. St. Louis Republic. The Rocrs overlooked a nlco point in ctlquctto whim they failed to flro shells loaded with Easter lilies into Mafcklng, The world has not yet ceased to admire their forethought in sending Christmas shells loaded with plum pudding Into Ladysmlth. ArKUinciitM Do Not Fit l'ncli, Brooklyn Eagle. From tha variety of people who are be ing captured by tho English ono must Imagine that tho Boer army Is largely com posed of tho hatod Outlandcrs. This does not oxactly glbo with tho British contention What the nllon In tho Transvaal Is an abutcd ana disgruntled person. Pi-iinIoii Pilot.' of (lie Semite. Now York Herald, It is tho boast of United States sen ators that they belong to tha most deliberate body of lawmakers In tho world, and tho way In which measures affecting tho welfato of tho whole country aro held up for weeks, months nnd even years in tho senate give warrant to tho boast. Yet the. senate has ust put through eighty-three private pen- 8 . . 1,8 ln Ior,yvo mmutts-a record probably never equaled by any other legla- Two pensions a minute leaves mighty mtlo tlmo for deliberation. Wlien Noldlerx IMnnprree. Mlnncupolis Tribune. Onco In a while, a roturned soldier from tho Philippines says tho climate is not fit for a white man to llvo In, but to offset this wo havo the testimony of the paymaster at Hollo, who says hci has in his hands over $200,000 deposited by American soldiers who ln,aml ...tinn tfintw ,..... , ..II... 1 I expired, to settle ln the islands and aake advantage of the numerous business oppor tunities there, Thero nro probably somo wblto men who cannot stand the climate, but a man of sound constitution, who lives temperately, evidently has no trouble. KxiuiiihIihi of Clreuliitlon. 'Philadelphia Times. Every indication "points to an expansion of tho circulating medium of tho country amounting to nearly $100,000,000 during tho coming year, and with this large amount seeking investment in tho business of tho oountry a light money markot is hardly a possibility. The present loom In business, Judged by tho present and probablo future condition of the raonoy supply, can hardly bo halted within tho next year or two. With moro than two billions already in circula tion and tho amount Increasing dally, no lcgttlmato business cntorprlso can be in straits for lack of currency to carry it on. Hlurk ViiriW Tact. Chicago Chronicle. Really It was crowding tho mourners a llttlo to invito tho duko of Argos to Join ub In making merry on tho anniversary of tho battlo of Manila. Thet Invitation should not have been sent, and it was undoubtedly Ecnt through oversight. Still it Is not strange that tho duko is somewhat ruffled, though he would havo shown moro diplo macy by smothering his resentment instead of making It public. Ho could havo IgnoroJ tho Invitation altogether, or he might even have accepted It, as distinguished Drlt ns occasionally Join in celebrating the Fourth of July, an anniversary which ts hardly cal culated to oxclto British enthusiasm. As It Is tho Incident should bo regarded as closed. Thoro was no Intention of insulting tho duke, who will undoubtedly take that view of It upon calmor reflection. TRUST OF WHEAT (1HOAVEHS. Scheme of n AVI ml y Promoter Serl oiiNly t'oimlilereil, Chicago Tribune. The executive! agent of the Farmers Al liance and Industrial union Is said to bo fostering an ambitious plan for uniting the farmers of tho world into a sort of trust to restrict tho ucreage of wheat and forco tho prlco up to $1 a bushel. Such a proposition, of couieo, Is nbsurd on Its face. Dollar wheat Is naturally nn alluring subject for the farmer, but It Is nonsense to talk of se curing it by tho methods of nutrlctlon sug gested, Any widespread organization among formers 1b rendered practically impossible by reason of tho ooparatlon and diversity of i the raembore- Thero have bee many at- ! tempts at such organization ln tho UnltoJ suteSi nolably ,n tno (.n(l03V0r l0 regulate i tho production of cotton, but never with auc i cosb. If tho comparatively compact cotton area cannot bo controlled by ngrcoment, it 1b clear that the chances of success In tho caso of ji world-wide crop llko wheat would bo far less. Whoat would probably bo tho most difficult of nil' crops to manipulate In any way, for thero is a wldor area of tho earth's surface whoro It can bo raised than In tho caso of any other great staple. Even if an agreement on tho acreago of wheat In tho United States could bo mado and en forced, tho groat wheat-growing tracts cf Europe, Asia, South America and Auitralla would nullify any practical tirtect on tho price, To organize tho wheat growers of all lands and all languages In any cffoctlvo scliomo to plant leos whoat aud to hold their crops until a certain tlmo would be as Im possible aa to regulate tho weather. Matters of this kind cannot bo regulated by cut-and-drlctl schemes llk that of tho Ingenious agent of tho Farmwrs' Alliance If the world's wheat crop has been loo !are, nnd If tho growers can profitably reduce tho acreago by planting corn, or hay, or vege tables In place of wheat, then they will dis cover tho fact for themselves by comparing prices, Theso matters regulate" thomao'ves in tho courso of time. The south Is learn ing to diversify its crops, hut not through any organized scheme for Uio limiting of cotton acreage, As for tho artificial scheme to produca $1 whfat, the mere Idea that any such a plan was under contemplation would cause thousands of enterprising farmers to plant more wheat than ever. The project foolish and Impracticable Till) PORTO HM'.W 1111,1,. j St. Louis aiobo-Democrat! Tho vote In j tho hoUBo of 161 to 153 for tho Porto llleo . bill confirms tho'harmony of tho republican ' majority la both brunches of congress. ; When tho control of tho government Is Intrusted to republicans they do not fall to quarreling among themsatves. St. Paul Pioneer Press: Tho people of no other territory belonging to tho United States havo over been treated with such un bounded generosity as has been extended to Porto Hlco In this nnd other measures for tho benefit of its pcoplo which havo been enacted by the republican majority In con gress, It Is safe to venture tho prediction that tho bill which passed tho houso will, when fully dlrcu&sed and understood lu all Its bearings, meet tho substantially unani mous approval of republicans throughout tho "country. Chicago Tribune: Tho passage of this hill ends that uncertainty which has dono more to harm Porto Hlco than nnythlng clso could havo done. Tho minuto It is known that tho sugar nnd tobacco of tho Island aro to pay only 15 per cent, of tho Dlnglcy law duties ail those products In storo will bo shipped to the United States at onco. Industry and commerco will revive ln tho Island. Tho thoughts of the pcoplo will bo turned toward that new civil govern ment In which they nro to tako part. Tho Porto Mean Incident is closed. Hard up as tho democrats nro for Issues, thoy cannot make an issue out of it. Far what has been dono has been well dono. Tho beet possible provision has been made for bridging over tho perlod.betweon now nnd Ntho tlmo when tho future civil government Is in full work ing order. Indlannpolls Journal: If tho friends of the measuro aro wise they will drop tho matter where it Is and not seek to make it nn Ibsuo in tho campaign, much less to endorso It In tho republican national platform. Let It stand as an experiment, so far as tho party platform is concerned, neither to bo approved nor condemned. No other courso will bo wise, slnco a largo nnd intelligent body of republicans believe that the prin ciple which tho bill Involves is wrong a departuro from right principles. Party on dorscment cannot chango the opinions of theso men or mako them think otherwlso than they do. Tho convictions of Intelligent men upon such a question as this cannot bo changed by tho resolution of a platform. Sllenco regarding It will not mako It an Issue. PKHSO.VAI, POINTERS. Senator Perkins of California still recalls his sailor days by tying his looso nocktlc3 in a half sailor's knot. Chicago's Invitation to tho duko of Argos to attend tho Manila bay anniversary indi cates that lakcsldo diplomacy wears Bridge port frills. Another lawyer has raked In a foe of $100,000 by sottllng the differences between warring gaa companies, "Illesscd are the peacemakers," iA great multltudo of place hunters In Washington nro going to grow weary wait ing for Governor General Allen of Puerto Rico to send for them. Senator Beverldgo mastered one of the Malay dialects during his recent eastern trips and 1b now employing somo of his j sparo tlmo In tho study of others. Cecil Rhodes was shut up In Klmberloy ' qulto ns long ns Sir Georgo White, was In i Ladysmlth, but tho folks ut home did not mako half as much fus3 over him when ho returned. Frank L. Stanton, the newspaper poet, be gan earning his living when most boys be gin going to school by serving as office boy for Jool Chandler Harris on the Sa vannah News. Chicago does a good Job occasionally. A few days ago tho bondsmen of two fugttlvo Jury bribers paid into court tho full amount of the bond $20,000. An event so rare was signalized by tho court by n recess prob ably to glva tho spectators tlmo to catch their breath. Tho venorablo Judgo Jackson of tho United States circuit court nt Wheeling, W. Vn expressed u pessimistic vlow of tho state of tho publto morals in charging a Jury the other day. "My exporlence on tho bench," ho said, "has not 'been a limited one, and I regret to say that crime in this country is on the increase. I am unable to dctermlno whether it is a result of Increas ing population or of tho lowering of the standard of public morality." wuiTKii.iw iiEiiu's qiri:t?n talk. Seen KvIIh Now He Did Not Observe In Pin-In. Detroit Journal (rep.) At a banquet given tho Phtllpplno com missioners ln San Francisco Whltclaw 'Reid added to the desire readers of his speeches must feel for an explanation. Mr. Reid was ono of tho poace commission ers who at Paris receivod from the Span ish commissioners tho cession of the Phlllp plno Islands, Ho know what that transfer of sovereignty meant; that It was certain to involvo somo very gravo questions, and possibly mark a now and radical departuro In the policy of this country toward ter ritory obtained in war or purchased after peaceful negotiations. It is presumed that Mr. Reid, with tbo other commissioners, demanded from Spain the cesion of the Philippine Islands becauso ho and they had been Instructed to do so. Ho has not said that such demand was contrary to his Judgment. Nevertheless he referred to tho Filipinos as "a distracted peoplo thrown Into our hands;" to their products ns produced by cheap labor which must not bo brought Into competition with our relatively higher paid labor; to the remoto danger of tho Importation Into this country through tho Philippines of a flood of Chinese or half-breed laborers, and of tho danger of onactlng legislation that shall open tho way for the formation of states of tho union out of theso far away Islands, "If ln tho provl donco of God," said .Mr. Reid to Judgo Taft and tho other commissioners, "and In contempt of past Judicial rulings the su preme court shall finally command It" (that the Filipinos shall bo mad Amorican citi zens), "you, llko every othor branch of tho government, will obey." This Is very peculiar talk for ex-Commls-sloncr Reid. It lo not In good tasto to refer to tho supremo court, with Providence, as capable of showing c&ntempt for Its "past Judicial rulings." And It Is ln order to ask tho speaker why ho dolayed his presenta tion of possible ovlla, growing out of his own act, until ho should attempt to frighten with them a commission that is powerless to Inlluonco tho supremo court, and which will havo nothing whatever to do with mak ing American citizens out of the Filipinos or territories llko Now Mexico or Arizona out of tho islands. Mr. Hold should have spoken earlier or not at all, It happens that tho supremo court has already laid down tho dictum not ns a formal decision, however that territory owned by the United States is always sup posed to be ln tutelage for statehood, and thnt It Is accepted with that understanding, At all ovents wbou the supremo court comei to considor tho questions growing out of our recent Increase of territory by reason of the acts of tho Paris commissioners, we havo reason to supposo that they will not turn for light to Mr. Hold's bolated warnings or to legislation lu congress, but to tho con stitution of tbo United States, the terms of the Paris treaty, and the past decisions of tho court bearing on tho points at issue. In tho meantime thero will bo nothing im proper in Mr. Hold's refusing to talk on a subject' which ho darkons rather than Illu mine, and which would bo becoming and proper for him to discuss at this time, and In thn terms he uses, only It ho had with drawn from the ParlB commission before tho cession of the Philippines was mado, O.V KOP AM) VUMI'P, Scenefl mill Iiicltlciiln Alon tltc Mouth Afrlonii 1'lrliiK l.lne. Herbert Thomson, son of nn English man, nnd born in Cleveland, Is one of the few Americans sorvlng ln the Ilrltlsh army In South Africa. Tho accident of birth In Ohio did not mako him much of nn Ameri can, for in a letter to his father he speaks of slvlng "threo cheers for our queen." Thompson is ono of tho lancers whoso "pig sticking operations" at Elandslaagto gave newspaper renders a long-range vlow of tho humano practices of the "superior people," He did somo plg-stlcklng himself nnd glories in it. "flrcat sport, don't you know." "Wo only had ono glorious charge nt them" (tho Boers), ho writes, "nnd that was at Elandslaagto, whera my squadron got right Into them, and I can assure you that tho lnnco Is a lino weapon. It was thero I drew my first blood. Two Rocrs were clearing out on one horso nnd 1 skowored thctn together nnd lost my Inticc, as I could not pull it out." Tho hiring of a New York messenger boy to convey n messago of greeting and good will from Philadelphia school boys to Presi dent Krugor, has nrouscd great indignation I among tho "hot feet" of tho qunkcr city. One of them lots out his wrath ln this piquant stylo In tho Philadelphia Record. "Jlst tell de great American publlck dnt us messenger boys o' Philadelphia Is agoln' ter hold a Indignation meetln' ter express our sympathy fcr der Ilrltlsh nn tor say wo'ro ng'ln do Rocrs. We're t'rough wld do Doers slnco de mugs wot got up dat meetln' nt de 'Cadcmy o' Music got n slob from New York for to carry do mes sago to Kruger. Say, wot's do matter with us, anyway? Ain't wo on do map? Are wo counted out afore wo gits Into de ring? Whtf a i i T an... .11m V vhl. I . nvuti uin nun j ill n luilKS iiu- ! turo ln do papers, an' say, ho lookB llko a Wllllo boy all right, nil right. James Fran cis Smith ho calls hlsself. Wouldn't dat Jolt you? James Francis Smith! Hully gee! Why, I bet ho wouldn't know n Doer from n fried egg. Dose hero mugs Is Jlst a queorln' dero own town, dot's wot dero n doln'. Kruger'll Bay to James Francis Smith: 'You cum from Philadelphia, don't you? An' James Francis Smlth'Il say: Not on yor tintype. Doy couldn't git no klls dero wot wuz fly enough fer ills Job. I'm from New York.' Bat's wot James Francis Smlth'Il say. Anyhow, we'ro t'rough wld do wholo push. Ue Rocrs hns lost our BUpport, nn' you kin quoto me as sayln' It. 'An' dat goes!" M. Pallcz, tho French sculptor, has fin ished a model In wax of tho sword io be presented by At. Rochefort nnd tho readers of tho Intranslgeant to Ooneral Cronje. Tho cost of tho weapon, which Is to be In solid gold, will bo $3,000. Tho hilt repre sents a Doer soldier strangling a loopard, which carries on Its head in lieu of a crown a shield with tho British nrms, On tho hilt is tho vlcrklour. This is to be in colored enamel. A ohado of Jealousy prevails between regu lars and volunteer branches of tho British army and manifests itself in various ways. Hero is n sample Incident, deticrlbed by the London News: " 'E comes to me," said tho regular, "an' 'o soz to mo, sez 'e: 'Look 'ore, mo man, where can I find your sergeant-major?' I looks at 'Im, an' I sez: Wot aro you?' sez I. 'E sez: 'I'm a City Imp'rlal Volunteer,' sjz e. '01' sez I. 'Yus sez 'e. 'Yu,' sez I, 'you'ro a volunteer nn' I'm a reg'Iar,' I sez, 'an you ain't goln' to lord it over me,' I sez, 'with ycr "mo mnn," ' I sez, 'don't you for get it, I didn't get no freedom of tho city,' I sez, 'tho only thine tho lord glv' mo,' I sez, 'was fourtocn days for fur'ous nriviny l bcb. 'I wasn't entertained nt tew,' I sez, 'by all tho dooks and earls of Lon don,' I sez. 'I wasn't 'ugged an' klesei cs I walked along the streets,' I se, 'but I'm a bloomln' prlvlt an' so nro you, mo lad." 'Yus,' sez 'c, 'an' dam proud of it,' tez 'c. 'So am I,' sez I. 'Well, come an' 'avo a drink,' sez 'o. 'Right you are.' sez I. 'now vou'ro tnlklnT" When tbo duke of Norfolk reaches South Africa thoro will be four holders of tha highest rank In tbo peerage taking part lu tho operations against tho enemy. Tho postmaster gcnoral, who, of course, Is the premier duko of England, Is also tho oldest of tho four, being fifty-two; the duko of Marlborough is 29; his cousin, tho duko of Roxburgho, Is 2i, and tho duko of West- ralnstor Is tho youngest of tho ducal quartet, having Just come of age. There aro five prlnccu actively engaged In tho present South African war namely, Prluco Christian Victor, Princes Adolpbus, Alexander and Francis of Teck, and Count Glelchen. Most of them have already been at tho front on moro than one occasion. Prlnco Christian served In Ashantco, tho Soudan and other minor campaigns; Prlnco Alexander of Took did good work in Ma taboleland, and his brother, Prlnco Francis, served as captain In tbo Egyptian war o( 1897-98. Tho Amsterdam dally newspaper named Net Niewvs von den "Tag, under date, of 'March 14, 1900, writes from Pretoria this nov.s : "A 15-year-old grandson of President Krugfr, wounded in Jfatal, dlod on tho way while bolng removed to Protorla. The last words of tho brave lad were: "Tell mother nnd grandmother Krugor that I was not afraid and that I have died for the country." Ex-Secrotary Webstor Davis, who was on board tho samo train, convoyed these words and a curl of the lad's hair to tho grand mother, who paid, with tears: "My daughter may bo proud of her son." Nlioot, or Give Up the Gun. Globe-Democrat. Dewey has not yet pulled tho lanyard on his presidential platform. He may be duti fully waiting for the words: "You may fire, George, when ready." Such Bunchitigs rA high art conceptions as comprise our $10, SI 5 and 20 lines of suits are rare happenings. That's what people tell u w have seen them -and seeing is believing. y OmuliH'a Only ISxulimlve POI.NTKII PAU.WJUAPIIS. Chicago News: After passing Its natural limits nmbltlon Is boundless. Tho minister Is n palrcr anil the policeman Is a peeler. When two men argue each usually thlnka tho other Is a fool. Tho man who never mado a failure Is tin nblo to appreclato success. If you would find out how poor a man Is try to borrow- money of him. Women nro not of a warlike nature, yet they frequently storm plano-fottes. A German philosopher says tho beauty of i hot sausago U moro than skin deep. If n man has money ho enn get Into soci ety; if ho has brains ho can keep out of It. DIossed Is tho man who lives for the pur poso of making llfo less a burden to others. If tho nvorngo man over thinks of his wlfo as nn angel It is becauso her fcathors cwno so high. An old bachelor says that only tho mar ried soldiers aro acquainted with war lit all Its horrors. Lovo nt first sight Is nil right, but what a girl wants is n man who will love her every tlmo ho sees her. Sometimes thero is more truo generosity In a. kind word than thero is In giving a dollar to a public charity. Had Washington been a poker player tho stack of chips ho accumulated with his little hatchet would havo como in handy. Snme to You, Hob. lndlunnpolis News. Lord Roberta protests to Kruger becauso Drltish prisoners nro dying nt Pretoria. Kruger might protest that Boer prisoners nro dying at Capo Town. POl.NTUI) Pl.HAHANTllinS. Philadelphia Times: Strong bock beer id supposed to bo tho real thing- Using ton gont us a symbol lutlmntes it is not meant for a kid, Chicago Record; Milliner This lint wilt lout you several seasons, Miss Myhlgh. Miss Flyhlgh-Oh, I don't wniit that kind of a hat; show mo ono that won t be fit to bo seen ln nbout four weeks. Washington Star: "Don't yon think that our relations to tho Porto Rlcnns ought to be closer?" . "Certainly." snld Senator Sorghum. "Whnt wo wnnt to do is to get as close to rm ns possible nnd give 'em a gooa sauceze." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I never havo to buy any kindling wood.' "Why not?" "IiecnuHO my wife nnd our two daughters Insist upon sharpening their own lead pen cils." Chicago News: "Jonns Junius employs two lawyers constantly." "Ho,gctisbuslness ndvicc fron; ono and then he consults the other ubout how much ho ought to pay of the llrst ono fl bills. Philadelphia Press: "No," said tho op-to-dato king. "I mean to do nwny with nt tu lu flnmmprv." to-dilto King. I mean io m nwny some of this flummery." "But. your majesty," protested tn biter plPKnntlarum, "you must have lo hold your trutn. Tell me, is mat nnc more dignified than- to linvo tho royal train swooping alone the floor?" "Well, I can draw my own conclusion. Boston Transcript: Hlcks-Sho threat ened all sorts of things, nnd finally ho got despernto nnd exclnlmod, "Dn your worst. Wicks And whnt did she do? Hicks Very coolly, sho began to play the P'wickH I see; she took htm nt his word. Brooklyn Life: "What do they mean by a hypothetical question?' " "Why, It's one of those questions they ask vou when you'ro trying to keep off a Jury." Chicago Tribune: "What doPH she say?" nskod the crafty politician who hail re ferred tho committee to his wlfo for In formation ns to his Intentions. "Sho refuses to talk," replied tho spokes man of the committee. v f "Then it wasn't my wife you met. gentle men," he rejoined, with great posltivencxs. It was somebody else." Two of n Kind. Somervlllo Journal. There wns n young lady In Lynn, Who bont down and picked up u pin; But alnsl ln tho act Her glasses got cracked, And tho oculist's two dollars in. There was a young lady in Guam, Who wns noted for being so calm; But her mother snld; "Nan, Will you marry thlB manv And that maiden Just shouted: MA'AM!" JUST A MINUTE GIIII,. 'YES, Chclago Timcs-Hernld. When he went courting her she'd say: "In Just a minute!" And thon she'd stay Upstairs and crlmn I lor hair nnd pin It, And fuss and primp, And let Him fret Whllo half nn hour paBsed, And como nt last. All rndlant nnd gay, And smile As If Bho'd kept him waiting while Ten seconds only passed uway. Since she is his she cries: "In Just a minute!" While, downstnlrs, he, with many sighs, Walts whllo the tries To hook her -wnlst or pin It, And ho Tho moments go! Tho car they thought to catch, too, comcv nnd koph, And still she fools with frills nnd furbe lows 1 If earth's best treasure were laid out Where she, by being thero In time couU win It, Still sho -would stand before her glass nnd shout: "In Just a minuto!" On that great day When earth shall pass away; When tho graves all open, and we Bhalt Btand To be Judged both tho wicked and tha JuBt, Tho exalted and thn low When Gabriel, faithful to Ills trust, Shall tako up his trump and blow In it, They will hear, up In tho sky, Borne ono who Is missing cry: "Just u minute!" Clotlilera for Men and Hoya.