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THE OMAHA DAILY BJjE: AT U It DAY, .JUSE J), 1000.
Tiie Omaha Daily Bee.
E. H0813WATKR. Editor.
ruHusirKD nvHiiY mohnmnq.
TEIUIS Of HL'HSCHIlTIONs
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OKI ICES:
Omaha; The Heo HtilldltiK. ...
South Omuha: City Hull Hulldlnff, Iwen-ty-llfth
and N Ktrertrt.
Council llluffn; 10 Pearl Street.
Chicago: lftio Unity Hulldlng.
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Hloux City: Gil Park Street.
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torial mutter xhould bo addressed: Omatiu
lice. Editorial Dcimrtmcnt.
nUStNESS LHTTKH8.
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pany, Omaha.
KEMITTANCKS.
Kemlt by draft. oxr-rc or postal order,
payuhlo to The Uec lMibllnhlni; Company.
Only 2-cent mump accepted In payment or
mall account. l'ewinal checks, except on
Omaha or Eastern exchnnRos. not arcepleil.
THE HHE I'UIIMBHINO COMlAN.
STATEMENT OK CIIU'UIjATION.
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Publlshlnir company. tieliiK duly sworn,
nays that tho actual number of full ami
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OKOHOH 11. T5S8CHUCK.
Suhscrlbed and sworn before me this 1st
day of June, 19V0. M. R HUXOATI3.
(Seal.) Notary I'ubllc.
IAHTIKS I,KAVIX(i I'OH SUMMKIt.
l'nrllon tenvliiK city for
llic mi in in or limy lmvo The Uec
Neiit lo litem rritulnrly liy
notifying The lire lnilnrs
oniec, In iiornmi op liy nmll.
The nilitrenH ivlll lie ulmniccil
nit often un desired.
Do you want a free vacation excur
sion? Oct Into The Bee's vacation con
tent. Great is fusion for the fellows who
use It as a stepladder to lucrative of
llclal Jobs.
district Court Clerk Ilroadwcll will
now ho called on to step up to tho
counter and settle.
Tho census enumerators arc beginning
to realize that they will bo more sick
"after taking" thau "before taking."
Last cnll for volunteers to undertake
tho hopeless task of running against
Thtvo Mercer for congress on tho fusion
ticket In tho Omaha district.
Tho lattest correspondent to Interview
President Kruger reports him still In
possession of his big pipe. As long as
that Is snfo the war will go on.
Unscrupulous competitors may try to
steal Tho Hco's plan for vacation con
tests, but they cannot meet tho conll
denco of the public In tho promises of
Tho llee.
St. Louis Is keeping up Its reputation
for being a quiet town. The llrst effort
to run cars after dark since the strike
began resulted in the shooting of only
three policemen.
i
The sultan of Turkey would be a ca
pable coach for the rulers of China at
present. If anybody living knows just
how far it is safe to go In defying the
gtcat powers It Is tho sultan of Turkey
A pure food commissioner with an In
superable bar separating him from tho
food dispensary conducted by tho treas
ury Is too much llko work without pay
to suit a sinecure-seeking politician.
Democrats are persistent In stating
that republicans have changed radically
since tho days of Abraham Lincoln
Whllo tlds Is opon to controversy thoro
is no doubt democracy' Is just where It
was then-opposed to the government.
Whllo tho reform attorney general has
been busy- upholding the principle of
tho royal prerogative, several new trusts
ami combines luive sprung tip right here
In Omaha, which Is tho great trust
smasher's homo bailiwick. Now for the
trusts.
The Itrltlsh public is unable to com
prehend why General lluller should ask
for an armistice. If the British public
had been through with what Hullcr has
It would understand fully what a relief
a guarantee of tho cessation of hostll
Ittcs would be.
Members of tho Hoard of Kdueatlon
must not. assume that they are the only
ones Interested In tho welfare of the
Omaha public schools. The uuseltisl
concern of thu humblest cltl.en may bo
depended on generally to size up the
.situation right.
Tho freo slherltes who professed to
bellevo that tho gold democrats hail all
returned to tho fold received a rude
hhock When the announcement was sent
out that tho parly would havo a tlcke
In tho Held tills year. rney aro tin
nhlo to compiehcnd how anyone can ens
a voto simply for principle when ther
Is no possibility of electing their
candidates. v
Tho local popoerntlo organ that has
boon protending to foretell supremo
At. -A it ....II.- ..
court decisions says tuai uio ruimg in
tho pollco commission case establishes'
"temporarily" tho validity of tho present
board. What does this mean? Tho
old hold-up gang must bo desperate to
keep soino peg on which to hang its
promises of protection to favorites and
vengeanco on opponents. But tho game
won't work. The ropo of false allure
ment la broken, v
(to
77 ft Jftft VOXTVMI'T (ASK.
DciMhIoiih of tlit Htipri'inc court of
Ncl nil skit arc lilndltitf upon nil cltlwim
of Hid rointnoiiwcaltli ami imif t lw ri'i
otjnl.i'il llio I'liibotllliicnt of Justice
even tliouu'h they coiilllit with tla- popn
lit t coiit'i'iitloii of rlfjlit ntiil equity.
The action of tin- HUiioinc court In
cliliu; a coiiMitallon for u willful, urn-
IIcIouh and cilliilnal attempt to lower tin
dlnlty and Impupn the honor of that
august body and Impede the Impartial
administration of Justice Is a proceeding
without precedent In Nebraska and with
but one precedent In any state. Ilow
an Inanimate corporation can harbor
malice or wlllflilly commit tiny criminal
act In which Intent is the essential ele
ment may bo explained by courts to
their own satisfaction, but cannot and
will not stand the test of the common
sense of the common people.
Tiie offense for which Tho llee Pub
lishing company has been found guilty
Is not of giving publicity to a' false and
malicious libel, because under the stat
utes It committed no libel, but on the
theory that. It had been guilty of an at
tempt to obstruct the Impartial adminis
tration of justice In a case pending be
fore the court. At the same sitting, how
ever, the same court declared that the
case on which the contempt proceedings
against Tho Bee were founded was In
stituted without warrant of law and had
no right to bo on tho calendar of the
court, because the Issue had already been
dually adjudicated montlis before the
offensive publication.
With due respect to the rectitude of Its
intentions, and no desire to rollout upon
the judgment of any Individual member
of tho court, The Bee feels Impelled to
resent the unfounded assertion Insurted
In the opinion handed down "that the de
fendant deliberately employed outlaw
methods for tho purpose of controlling
Judicial action," and especially that the
offensive articles were published "In ex
ecution of a design to prevent tho court
from voting Its conviction upon a cause
n which it (Tho Bee) had a contingent
Interest."- This bold and utterly baseless
charge is coupled with- tho assertion
that tho admission of defendant and
testimony of its chief editor prove con
clusively that tho defendant for Its own
dvantago and to promote Its own In
terests Is guilty of u stunted and dellb-
rato attempt to bring alnnit a uilscur-
lage of Justice In the case of the State
gainst Kennedy."
This Is a willful perversion of facts,
hero was no testimony taken on bchjilf
of tho defendant corporation, nor did It
admit In Its answer that It had any in
terest direct or remote In tho case. The
only testimony bearing on this question
was In tho case ngalnst tho editor of
Hie Bee, whoso testimony, word for
word, reads as follows:
Judge Sullivan Let rac ask you whether
you have, a financial Interest, or whether The
Deo has a financial Interest, directly or In
directly, In tho result of tho case of tho State
against Kennedy.
Mr. Itosewater No, I don't know that I
have a financial Interest. Wo have rights
that aro protected by law.
Judge Sullivan Then that is a case in
which you have an' interest and In which 'you
aro proceeding to obtain a particular de
cision. Mr. Rosewaler No, I have had adverse
commissions and commissions that were
friendly and It all depends upon their ad
herence to tho law. When they are outlaw
commissions they can Injure us, otherwise
they aro not In the least offensive to ua and
can do us no harm.
Judge Sullivan Do you mean to say by
that that you want a friendly commission
there?
Mr. Itosewater No; 1 want an honest
commission.
Judgo Sullivan One that would give you
thn patronago?
Mr. Itosewater No, I have no right to got
any patronago from any commission. Tho
commission is simply bound 'n declare after
Investigation a stato of fucts as proved bo
foro them If they will permit it; that is all
thero Is In It.
Judgo Sullivan Practically, has not tho
commission always determined whether the
patronago should go to your paper or to the
opposition paper?
Mr. Itosewater No; the supremo court of
thla stato has practically settled that whole
matter and left It ao that no commission can
sny anything unless they absolutely Ignore
all the decisions and violate all law.
Judgo Sullivan Do you say under oath
that you havo no direct or Indirect Interest
In tho decision of tho cairn of Stato ngalnst
Kennedy or that The Bee has no financial
Interest, directly or Indirectly?
Mr. Itosewater Neither Tho Hoe nor my
self havo an Interest In It If the commission
Is honest and tho law Is enforced.
Judgn Sullivan And if they should not,
you havo?
Mr. Itosewater If they are not.
Judge Sullivan Therefore jou aro Inter
ested?
Mr. Itosewater If there aro going to be
outlaws we would bo defenseless, but If the
commission is honest and would enforce the
law wo vould have no Intorest,
Where does the judge who wrote the
opinion 11ml anything In this testimony
to Justify the assertion that The Bee
had a direct or IndlrccMlunnclal Interest
In procuring a miscarriage of Justice In
tho police commission caseV is It not
tho honorable and manly thing for the
Judge to revise his opinion before It Is
Inserted In the permanent record and
make It conform to tho testimony ami
tho facts?
Admitting the contention of tho court
that there was u case pending as foun
dutlou for tho contempt proceedings, It
Is unworthy of the highest tribunal of
tho stato to placo the stigma of mer
cenary outlawry upon a Journal llko The
Beo without any basis to sustain the lm
putntlon.
.iurnuitirv rti iiktai.iate.
The effort of the live stock Interest to
have congress anthorUo the president to
retaliate against Germany lu the event
of the meat bill becoming law did no
succeed, the ineasun Introduced In the
house for that purpose Having been
shelved by tho committee to which It
was referred. This was Judicious in
view of tlio fact that thero Is some
doubt of the adoption of the meat bill
by the federal council, In which the gov
eminent has more lutluenco than It has
with tho ltelchstag.
It Is a fact of some Interest that ther
Is already authority to retaliate which
Is general lu Its scope. The last agrleul
tural appropriation uct contains a pro
vision authorizing tho secretary of agrl
culture, when ho hns reason to bellevo
that articles are being Imported from
foreign countries which aro dangerous
to tho health of tho. people or tho United
States, to ask tho Treasury department
tifil'n llir. .tpleltifil ii,inlnfr,tu (if ultidl
kmoiIh opened ami examined and If
found (leluterloim In any respect tore.
ftiHu pcnnloslon for their delivery to tho
consignee, t'mlcr this authority fore lint
wines, toys and other articles could he
excluded.
The policy of retaliation, however, Is
of so serious a character that It will not
he applied except under the most Intol
erable conditions. These may arise, hut
It cannot he fairly
exist.
said that they now
sh'rit.KU run uuol).
The homo rule principle that Insures
for each community lu Nebraska the
right to govern Itself In local affairs has
been reatllrmed In the refusal of the su
preme court to recognize tho claims of
tho pretended lire and police commission
ers appointed by tho governor.
Thero can be no shadow of pretense
for the assertion nmdo by tho World
Herald that the action of the court estab
lishes only temporarily the validity of
the existing commission. Quito to the
contrary the action of tho court settles
for good tho contention that tho governor
has a right to appoint u tiro and police
commission for Omaha. The fact Is that
tho whole Issue was disposed of tlnally
nearly a year ago, when the court de
lated that part of tho charter uncon
stitutional and turned down the motion
for rehearing.
From that hour on the case was set
tled. Governor Poynter nad no right to
Issue commissions for places on a board
for which thero was no law. Attorney
General Smyth had no right to present
the claims of these straw men. And the
supreme court had tio right to entertain
the proposition to reopen the case.
The decision just rendered Is merely
n nlllrmatlon that tho entire proceeding
was without warrant of law and Is sub
stantially a confession mat a mistake
was made in entertaining Attorney Gen-
ral Smyth's motion for leave to reopen
the case. To talk about this action as
stabllshlng temporarily tho right of the
city to manage Its police affairs would
Imply that tho governor can appoint an
other set of dummies next week or the
week after and secure a standing for
them in court until the farce Is repeated
and keep It up Indefinitely.
DISTRICT CUUllT CLRtlK till. I. VALID-
Tho decision of the supreme court de
hiring constitutional and valid the law
limiting the Income of tho clerk of the
district court to $.",000 a year will bo
hailed with satisfaction by the taxpay-
ng public In nil tho counties affected,
and especially In Douglas county.
The feo system that ennbled a clerk
of the court to gather In from iji'J.'i.OOO
o IflJO.OOO a year out of his olllcc Is
wrong in principle and bad In practice
Tho effort of Albyn Prank to upset and
nullify the law In the Interest of the
present Incumbent was utterly Inde
fensible, In view of the notorious cor-
upt interference with tho legislature
whllo the bill was pending. It will
emaln for the various boards of county
commissioners to see to It that the law
Is- enforced nnd settlements, mndo with
such clerks as may havo' taken ad
vantage of tho temporary suspension of
tho law.
In this decision the supreme court Is
to bo commended not only lu the posi
tion taken, but also for tho promptness
with which It has acted lu putting into
effect a reform long demanded by the
people, but deferred by chicanery and
legislative boodllng. This happy out
come removes also the Issue of re
enacting n law abolishing the fee sys
tem, which would otherwise have cer
tainly been forced upon the coming
legislature.
TDK SUNDAY UKB,
A partial enumeration of the special
features of The Bee Sunday includes:
A haudsonio largo portrait of Bishop
0. 0. McCabeof the Methodist Episcopal
church, who will soon bo located at
Omaha, as the head of the church for
this district, accompanied by an Inter
esting sketch and pertinent reminis
cences of the bishop.
Portraits of tho honor graduates of the
Omaha High school, who havo Just
been launched Into tho world with
diplomas conferred at the recent com
mencement exercises.
Carpenter's letter giving graphic de
scriptions of life among tho Moros, tho
most savage peoples of our newly ac
quired Islands In the far cast, together
with appropriate pictures.
A narrative of Yankee lighting men
In the Boer war from the pen of a
special correspondent In South Africa,
with a picture showing one of tlio nied
leal car ambulances contributed by an
American sympathizer.
Tho unbowed stutuo of Lincoln, sug
gested by a huge shaft of Tennessee
marble, lying In tho capltol grounds at
Lincoln awaiting tho sculptor's chisel,
with photographic views of the block.
Pugilist Jeffries as a base ball um
plro on tho Omaha grounds-oiie picture
showing tho champion on tlio lield and
another tho small-boy llnoup on the out
side of the fence.
Portraits of tho lato S. H. H. Clark
from his most recent photograph and
of George H. Shlevely, president of the
Nebraska division of National Postal
Clerks' association, also a good portrait
of the Plrst chapter of the Greek Letter
Fraternity established at tho Omaha
Medical college.
Other pictures on live subjects and
good entertaining reading matter.
Be sure to read Tho llee.
AMKliiaAX DUTY.
President McKluley needs no sugges
tion or advlco from tho Loudon pi ess. or
any other British source lu regard to tho
duty of this government respecting Chi
neso affairs. Tho Washington udinlnls
tratlon will pursue tho courso It deems
proper and necessary to protect Amer
ican Interests and safeguard tho lives
and property of Its citizens In the dis
turbed districts of China, but It will not
assumo any responsibilities or becoino
Involved In any complications In order
to relievo Great Britain or any of tho
other jwwers concerned In tho Chinese
situation.
It may be, as suggested by a Loudon
nowspaper, that If Iho United Stutcs
were to assuino the responsibility of In
tervention tho danger of friction be-
I
I
tween the other powers would be
avoided, but our government could not
take this position without the most ab
solute assurances on the part of the
other powers that whatever it should
do would be approved by them and even
then there would be the possibility of
complications and entanglements which
would, cause the Pulled States trouble.
There Is no doubt that the slate of
affairs lu China may produce friction of
a very serious nature. It Is not Im
possible that It may eventuate lu a war
Involving several of the powers. It Is
conceivable thnt a conlllct may grow out
oflt between Grout Britain and Bussla
or between Russia and Japan, ultimately
Involving other powers. But that Is not
a matter for the consideration of the
United States. ,
American duty goes no farther than
the protection of American Interests anil
tho wise and safe course for this gov
ernment Is the one thus far pursued
that of Independent action. Let the Hit
ropean powers conic to whatever under
standing Ihey may, our policy should
bo to have no more connection with It
than is absolutely necessary to safe
guard our Interests. Thus we shall
avoid enlanglements and tho danger of
creating resentments and antiigoulsnis
that might prove very troublesome. The
course of the administration so far Is
wise and will undoubtedly be adhered
to.
If the plans for the cast front of the
new High school building cannot be
carried out within the limit of the funds
placed at the disposal of the school
board for this purpose, the board should
revise Its action and erect the west
wing of tho building, which can be built
llreproof and lirst-cluss m every respect
within tho limit. To deteriorate the
structure by using inferior material or
by making It only setnl-llreproof would
be unjustlllable and uncalled for. The
fact Is that the main front as contem
plated under tho bids falls in many re
spects short of what the main portion
of the complete building should be.
The navy gave a. good exhibition how
well prepared It Is for an emergency
In the case of the battleships Massachu
setts and Indiana. These ships were
laid up with only skeleton crews aboard
when rush orders were received to
prepare for active duty. Within forty
hours from tho time the orders were Is
sued, stores were aboard and the ships
ready for sea. The nation which
catches yom Undo Samuel napping
will have to slip up on a pretty dark
night.
Booker Washington declines to have
anything to do with tho proposed negro
political party. There Is no place in
tills country for any party founded on
race, nationality or religious creeds, and
tho sooner tho colored people listen to
men llko Washington instead of political
schemers, tho be'jtter off they will be.
Can it bo nossiblo 'that tho endorse-
ment of HowiirhVfortho congressional
nomination b.vv&heLfctrounty democracy
has any relatloiHo the desire ofithe gov
ernor tp put tho Papllllen editor In
chancery for (laving to criticise the acts
of tho executive?
Polly of lvxclimlon.
Now York Mall nnd Kxpiess.
Nevertheless, If Germany excludes Araer
lean sausago from Its markets, tho time may
come when It will yearn for tho missing
link.
Sml .Vote In tin- .Should.
Chlcnco Itecord.
Tho capture of Pretoria would havo been
far more sattefactory to Lord Roberts If tho
enemy had only been careless enough to
leave somo Doers in It.
"CiiiiipiirlnniiK .rc Oilloim."
Minneapolis Tribune.
American locomotives to tho valuo of $1,-
000,000 were exported in tho nine months
ending March last, as compared with $1,000,-
000 for tho corresponding period of 1SU4. In
lS'Jl tho country was In tho middle of a dem
ocratic administration.
MWcleiiry of I In- Dnllnr-MnrL..
Wushlncton l'oat.
iMr. Bryan dldu't perpetrate) a particularly
brilliant thing when ho said "thu dollar
mark Is tho policy of tho rcpubllcnn admin
Istratlou." Tho abaenco of the dollar-mark
during tho democratic administrations Is
just what caused the revolutionc at the polls,
IiiiIkoh In tilt- Ice Triinl.
Sprluctleld Republican.
It appcarn that at leant six judges of the
supreme court of New York hold stock in
the Ice trust, which Ib now under tho lire of
several prosecutions, newspaper and other.
Tho Mholo judiciary of tho eastern part of
tho stato would thus appear to bo In danger
of being disqualified from sitting In tho case.
POLITICAL IIHIl'T.
The republican etato ticket In Illinois is
mado up wholly of men living outside of
Chicago.
Tho Denton fJlobo'd panegyric on wind
mills lost much o( its charm nnd timeliness
by omitting thu uamo of O. Prod Williams.
Several republicans ns welt an Tammany
Itca aro tarred with tho Ico trust stick in
Now York City, drafting knows no party.
That Now York Judge who Issued an
amazing injunction against thu striking
clgarraakcre is found to bu a large share
holder In the Ico trust.
The impression Is abroad In Philadelphia
that tho republican national convention will
comploto its business In two days and tho
town Is nlarmed lest that $100,000 will not
como back.
Tho advance agent of thp democratic na
tional convention anuouuers that thu $5
rato of tho Kansas City hotels Is dirt cheap.
Ilow much the advanco agent will pay iUira
not appear.
Two full-blooded Indiana represented Me
lA'an county In the republican convent'on of
South Dakota. They aro college graduates,
members of tho Mandati tribo anil naturally
allied themselves 'with tho party of progress.
No (stato In the country except Hhode
Island aud MhvHsblppl requires more than
ono yoar'u rcsldenco for cltliens. In Minne
sota a residence of four months only Is re
quired In tho stato and of ten days in tho
county. A majority of tho voters of Min
nesota are foreign born.
Tho democrats of 'Michigan, who in tho
presidential elostlon of 1890 polled 13 per
cent of tho vote of tho state, with a gold
voto for Palmer and nuckner of 7,000, havu
harmonized their local differences and are
preparing for a vigorous effort, with somo
rapubllcan aid, to carry tho stato ou tho
governorship this year.
Three different clergymen officiated during
the three days' scealon of tho first repub
lican national convention at Philadelphia In
1856, Tho one who offered prayer on tho
third day wn Hov. Kdgar iM. Levy of Phila
delphia. Ho la still alive and has been
chosen to perform thla sorvlce at the com
Ins republican convention.
OTIir.lt I, VMIN TUW OfHS.
The election for tho new Italian chambn a
will ho concluded tomonow and by royal,
decreti both tho senate and chamber nr,
convoked for Juno 16. Tho election campa'Eti '
has been confined to fifteen days, the mini- j
mum constitutional Interval bel.veen th)
dissolution and tho ro-elcctlon of tno cham
ber. Thu brevity Is Imposed by the necti
shy for tho dlbcusslon of thu piuv;slon,l
supply between the reconvocatlon of parlia
ment and the olid of thu fllinticl.il year.
Kvon tho government organs consider th.t
n general election nt this tlmo is an un-
fortunate necessity. President Colombo, '
upen whom tho govcrnme.u relied to on-!
force tho nuw standing orders, which pro- j
voked n deadlock in tho last parliament, '
lo said to bu losing inllucnce, whllo tho nb- ;
strticttoiiHts arc tacitly' encouraged by tne ,
Uudluiuns, thu Olollttlnns and tho Zanar-
dclllans. It is ndmltto.l that tho govern
went had no choice but to dissolve tho
chamber unless, by resigning olllcc, it was
prepared to capitulate entirely to tho ex
tremists nnd tholr allies, it Is now consid
ered doubtful whether tho Rcncral election
will bring much relief on this point. Tho
socialists will certainly gain, It Is believed,
though their constitutional nbnttors may
lose heavily. In nny case iho new chamber
will bo composed of better material than
tho old, since Its composition will not bo
affected by the duality of InllucnciH which,
under tho Uudlnl-Cavnllotll auspices, de
stroyed and vitiated the last appeal to the
country, on March 21. 1897,
Tho only news of Cicimany's encioach-
ment upon tho Congo Stato territory from
Oerman East Africa lends to show that tho
Congo government, acting under advice from
Drussels, will mnkd no opposition to the
establishment of Oerman posts 111 tho dis
tricts of tho Hlver Huslal nnd Lake Klvu.
Tho Stato agents havo been told to take
enro that tho number of men under their
control Is not In excess of those controlled
by tho Oerman agents. They can nlwns
keep their effective forco up to Its full
strength by replacing with others thoss
men who fall out of active service, so far
as concerns tho respective stations lu thu
contested territory. The provisional agree
ment places no restriction cither upon tho r
number or their disposition. Nor decs It
affect tho question of sovereignty.
Whllo tho convention of 1880 remains In
operation the Congo posts must, according
to tho wishes of the Helglan government,
abstain from all Intervention In political af
fairs. They will adopt "precautions for tho
maintenance of their bocurlty and for pro
curing proper food supplies, while keeping
aloof from all participation in tho purely
political negotiations botween the Oerman
agents nnd tlio natlvo chiefs or tho diffi
culties between vlllago and village or trlbo
and tribe." They will nlso "refrain from
imposing acts of authority or giving general
orders." Thpy must, moreover, "maintain
strict discipline among tholr personnel and
decide when iUis nt fault, Indemnifying the
natives who may bo Injured by their men,
as such measures are dictated by pmdeace
and useful In avoiding violent coulllcts."
in his recent sneech to a Hungarian par
liamentary committee on foreign affair,
Count Goluchowfikl took a very roseaio
vlow of tho situation in the Balkan penlu
aiihi nnd with retard to Bulgaria declared
that altogether too much Importance hud
teen attached to recent oecurrancea In thut
principality. He said that tho Bulgarian
authorities had ropiatedly applied to tho
Itusslan government for nn experience!
flnnnrler in investigate the financial conal-
ttnn nf thn rmintrv and to make suggestions.
Yarloua speculations had been founded on
.. . - . . . . ' - . V, Tt..1n
tills tact ana ine conversion ui iuc unita
rian statu debt and tho conclusion of n now
loan hail '-been spoken of. He pointed out
lu this connection that a contract between
uninf-it nml fnrrlirn banks had already
been conpluded and ratified by the Sobranye
and consequently had tho force, of law. Tho
Russian government had, therefore, no
financial operations In view, lis solo onje;t
being to comply with tho roquc3t for a
friendly investigation made by Dulgarla.
As for thu mission of tho Bulgarian minis
ter cf war to St. Petersburg, its only pur
poso was to study Itusslau military insti
tutions. If tho government of the princi
pality contemplated allowing Bulgarian of
ficers to comploto their education In the
nnaainn nrmv. the fact need not causa as
tonishment, as Bulgarian oflleers were also
studying In tho Oermau, Austro-nunga-rlan
and French armies. With reference to
rrnorts of troubles In Albania, Count Gol-
uchowskl remarked Miat as a matter of
fact that region was quieter than usual.
An imperial ukase published In St. Pe
tersburg ou Muy 19, tho anniversary of thu
czar's birth, finally discharges tho remain
der of tho debt of tho Imperial exchequer
to tho Stato bank, to tho amount of CO,
000,000 rubles, for which paper wns still in
circulation. This debt was created by In
flation of tho paper currency lu order to
cover tho expenses of tho Turkish nnd
Crimean wars and in 1879 it had reachtd
tho total of moro than 1,000,000,000 rubles.
Its redemption was begun in tho '80s,
and in 1892, when M. Wltto received his
apnolntmont of minister of finance it had
been rcducul to 742,000,000 rubles. During
tho eight years that havo since elapsed this
debt has been paid off In full nnd what Is
equally Important tho emperor duelaris that
henceforth tho exchequer snail nover again
be furnished with funds by the Issue of
paper notes. Tho correspondent nf the
Loudon Tlme3 in tho Russian capital adds
that it la worthy of notice that this sum of
50,000,000 rubles has been paid out of tho
freo resources of the stato exchequer,
which Indicates that thn Htnslan treasury
has available means without rtbortlug to
fresh loans.
Reports from Athens record remarkable
discoveries of tho Hellenic society In the
Palnco of Minos at Knossos near Candln In
Crete. On tho west of tho palaco was found
a long scries of stono galleries with lm
menso decorated oil jars In position and
stono reccptncles for oil under tho Hoars.
A great plaster bull in relief, of artistic
oxcellciico for that period, has como to light
and tho lower part of a fresco showing n
long procession of whltcfooted women In
richly embroidered garments nnd red
footed men semi-nude. In other realistic
frescof of women tho colors nro woll pre
served. A magnificent sot of vases In mar
hie. steatite and olher stones also lias been
collected, the llnest being in tho form of a
mastiff's head of Parian marble Clay
vases unearthed Include a set of perfect
vases of tho peculiar fantastic anil highly
colored style which preceded tho .Mycenaean
In Crete. This rcmarkablo ware was only
known previously from a few fragments
There are also many remains of a stono age
settlement, black geometric pottery and
stono weapons. This completes the series of
objects representing tho history of Crelo
from tho stone ago to about the seventh
century B. C. They nro said to revolution
ize ideas about prc-Helleulc civilization In
tho Aogean, but tho most Important fact is
the constant evidence of Influence from in
tercourso with tho Kgypt of tho eighteenth
and subsequent I'harnonlo dynasties,
low Mliri'iiiin I'rimiier,
Indianapolis Journal.
Senator Wolcott of Colorado l authority
for tho statement that during three years
of freo trade, from 1892 to 1895, there was a
shrinkage in tho valuo of sheep In that state
of $2,320,000 and In the price of tho wool clip
of $1,150,000 a year, whllo slnco the cloctlon
of McKinley the value of tho flocks has In
creased 11,266,000 arid that of the yearly
wool clip $1, 124,000. fiiich facts as these alu
far moro Impressive than boy oratory,
I
FUNST0N MAKES GREAT FIND
lliieiimriif l.iii'iili'il Contnlii M of
AhiiIiiiiIiIo'm ('iirr'KiiiiiilMier nml
Still- Diieuiiit'iilx,
VANTOUV13R. II.' cTjuno S. The Manila
Times, received by tho Mantua Marti, tolls
of an Important discovery of Insurgent doc
uments and other article which had been
hidden by the 1'lllplnos. It says: On
May 2 (leneral I'tinntuti was making n per
sonal reconualrsanre with eighteen troopers'
In the direction of Hongabon nnd Potitn
llagan. up the Rio (Irando de Pampanga.
when he discovered a perpendicular ladder
leading up n cliff-crowned forest. Ileeldo the
ladder hung n rope which, when pulled,
rang an alarm bell In the woods back of
tho precipice. The general nml hlH men
r.sconded tho ladder and fnttud thirty or
forty large wooden cases crammed full of
state documents, comprising most of the
archives of tho rebel government. There
wore other things raved from the wreck of
Malolos, about 1.000 Hotchklss shells, n
quantity of dynamite, n stock of bombs and
much other ammunition, 200 pounds of
Mack gunpowder, olllco furnlturo from the
Audlencla, Mulolrs, carpels, clinlrs, tables
nnd a lot of miscellaneous goods of no spe
cial Importance.
Tho documents were the principal prize.
After as good an Inspection as circumstances
permitted, General Kunnton set aside scv
ernl tons of ubcIcfm rtlbbli-'.i and burnt It
on tho spot, saving Uio state papers. These
comprise nil the correspondence of Agttlnaldo
and his chief officials from the time of their
earliest dealings with Dewey down to the
hurried migration from Malolos. (Archives
subsequent to Htut dato were, It will be re
membered, taken at Tarlac In tho middle
of last year.) There are letters to nnd
from Wildmnu nnd Dowcy, besides sovcrnl
business firms In Manila, Agulnaldo's own
letter book, giving prcrs copies of every
thing ho wrote, Is also there. It Is ru
mored that the correspondence shows somo
llrms In Manila to have had relations with
the rebels hitherto unsuspected.
The wholo cacho was Ingeniously hidden
among tho trees in tlio ravine nnd roofed
over heavily with nlpa to an unusunl thick
ness. The structure mado nulte a blc ware
house, with not an Inch of space vacant. It
wns found, later, that there wcro other
approaches to tho cache Just like the one
described, with alarm bells everywhere.
ASK FOR ARMOR PLATE BIDS
Nav.v Di'iinrliiiriit In About In Innii
Ail vcrllKriiienlM Culling for
I'mponnlit,
WASHINOTON. Juno S. Tlin Nuw ,!..
partment Is about to Ituun iiilvei-iiJMin.Tiia
calling for proposals for supplying faco-
narueneu armor of tiie best typo for battle
ships HOW blllldlnir. fnr thu nrntrotml
cruisers already authorized nnd for thu
mreo battiemips provided for In tho naval
appropriation bill.
Having been assured that much better
crins could be extended bv the armor ram.
panics if tho contracts were for largo
amounts of armor, tha department will test
this by providing in tho advertisements
for the submission of bids of threo classes,
namely, for supplying 10,000 tons of armor;
then for 20,000 tons, nnd finally for supply-
ng 30,000 tons. Thero is reason to be-
llcvn that under tho last nrnvlul nil nt
least, the companies will offer to provide
armor ror less thau $000 per ton. It will
be for Secretary Long to determine whether
their figure Is reasonable; if not, ho must
build an armor plant. The weight of
opinion, however, Is to tho effect that any
rato below $300 will be regarded as "rea
sonable," lliittulliiiifl fnr riilllilnrx.
WASHINGTON, Juno S. A change h:s
been mado In the original plan of sending
the Sixth regiment of cavalry to tho Phil
ippines to relieve the first of the volunteer
troops to bn brought home on Juno 30,
1901. As now arranged only tha Kim and
and Third battalions of the regiment wl.l
be sent to the Philippines, the other bat
talion being retained in this country, in
connection with tho military policy of
keeping one battalion of a regiment at
homo as a reserve force. Tho two bat
talions selected for service in the Philip
pines are stationed at various points on the
Pacific coast. They will be taken to Ma
nila in two detachments, tho first leaving
about the 15th lust., and tho second about
the 1st of July.
Uevelnp Kcllimr I'lclnrc.
WASHINGTON, June S. A number of
photographic plates of tho solar ecllpte
taken by tho scientists of tho United Status
naval observatory havo been developed
with satisfactory results. Whether or not
they will add anything to the stock of
knowledgo must await a careful study of
each photo and nt present nothing can
be learned on this point. Owing to the
prevailing high temperature it hns been
found ditllcult to develop tho plates.
Broken Sizes
Qur semi-annual prc
up the small lots of
Children's
Three garment and Sailor. Suits $7,50 and
8S.50 Suits atV 00 and $6.50; $5.00, $0.00 and $0.50 Suit
at $8.50 and 4.00.
Boy's
Two-piece Knee Panst Suits, sizes 12 to 16
years, 7.50 and $8.50 Suits at $0.00 and $0.50; $5.00, $0.00
and $0.50 Suits at $,'.50 and $4 00.
Youth's
Long Pants Suits, $15 . and $16.50 Suits at
$12.50; $12.50 and $13.50 Suits at $10.00.
Theso aro Bona fide cuts in prices and are extraor
dinary values.
Juvenile department second floor.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Omaha's Only Excluslvo Clothiers for Mcu aud Uoy.
i II) IV TI N.
ltovbuty Onzplte: lie kissed her suddenly
"Well, I like tlmlV she cried.
do 1." In- answered calmly, utid tdie
let It no ill that.
Chicago Tribune: DoMcr (with lino
siiiciismi I cfp What you want Is u IH'kI
cIiims bicycle for about Jl'.',50.
Customer (with eagerness) Ye.", If I can't
get one for 410.
Detroit Journal: Trtidel foot Is It a fact
Hint ml'iet-H are unable to kt-ep the money
they make?
Miner-fine thing! If they miikn dvi
mticli of It to lose gambling, they run fnr
the I'lllted States senate.
Richmond Dlspiteh: School 13iitnluer -Some
of our greatest discoveries, my young
friends. Imvo been made by simple wienti"
You lmve nil heard the story of how Ben
jamin Franklin went out lu the storm und
caught the lightning.
Prodigy Yes, un' I hrurd you tell pa thN
morning that you caught thunder when you
eume homo from tho lodge Inst night.
I'lttsburK Chronicle: "Is your husband
accustomed to browbeat you7" the at
torney nuked of thu applicant for divorce.
"No, sir,' replied the latter. "It Is gen
erally on tlio back of my head ho beats
me. or boxes my ears."
Chicago Post: "He's a presuming young
fellow seems to take everything for
granted," commented the blonde.
"1 notl'e that yell seem lo like to be
nlono with him," returned tho brunette.
l'hlladelplila Press: "We claim,
honor, that It was an accident,"
your
said
counsel for the Ueremlant.
"Hut the evldeiico shows," replied 1 lit
umglHtriite, "that this woman deliberated
throw tho brick."
"True, but It also shows that the brick
Jilt tho plaintiff In tho head. Therefore, iho
must have aimed at somcthlliz else."
Tim iiitinn ok .ii'm:
- Denver "Tost.
There's a flutter of excitement In her
breast,
There's a timid spatkle lu her pretty eyes,
Sim Is llko the blrdllng In- Its nest
Kluttrrlng' Its untried wings before It
files.
Sho enn see a rosy future In her dreams.
With the songs of lovo her heart Is all
iirtunn;
All tho world n land of fairy benuty seems
To the maiden who will bo a bride in
June.
lfow the passing days arc laggnrd in their
(light;
Seem to move alopg on listless, lazy wing,
Seem conspiring to delay tho glad delight
Of the morning .when the wedding bells
will rliic.
'Hound her couch nt night the Cupid angels
hum,
In her dreaming ears a tender song they
croon.
And the most delightful visions over como
To the maiden who will bo a bride In
June.
There's a glint of Joyous triumph In her
eyes
As her glrly chums gaze at her wistfully
With their bosoms almost clogged with
envious sighs.
Wishing they were playing- lu such luck
as she;
And they tell her how tho rosy god of love
Has conferred upon her lieml u special
boon,
And she coes her sweet responses like a
dove
Does tho maiden who will bn a brldo In
June. '
Chawley conies to se her nearly every
night,
Conies to tell the flmc-worn story o'er
and o'er,
And her Jieart is evor danclnc with dellclit
As they rapturously near the golden shore.
Oft they walk together slowly arm In arm
'Ne-nth the sllv'ry glories of tho sweet
-May moon,
And existence seems to bear a mystic elmrm
To the maiden who will bo a bride In
June.
Never comes a vision of domestic spats.
Never conies tho da'rk'nlng shadow of a
fear
Thnt they yet may quarrel llko Kilkenny
cats
Kre they've worked In double harness for
a year.
Never comes reflection Hint there'll be an
end
To the dreamy pleasures of the hones -moon
Future, cures and present raptures never
blend
With tho maiden who wdll 1)0 a brldo In
June.
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