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State nf Nebraska. Douglas County, ss:
George H. Tzochtick, secretary of The Hoo
Pirb sh tic company, belnir duly sworn
says that the, actual number ot full and
eomnletn conies of The Dally. Mornlnz.
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C.EOItrjF. H. TZSCHUCIv.
Subsrrlbed nnd sworn before me this 1st
day of Juno, 1900. M. II. II UNGATE.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
l'A It'll ICS I, HAVING I'Olt SUMMI3II.
I'nrllm lentliiK llir oily for
(lip mi miner nmy linve The lire
sent lo tliem rPKolurly by
nnllfliiK The lire Iluatncss
oilier, In itrrnmi or liy ninll.
Tlir nililrCNM lvlll lie c linn Red
a nflcn an ilenlrcil.
McKlnley and Roosevelt!
One tall to a republican presidential
kite la always plenty.
It must be In the. atmosphere of the
City of Hrotherly Iovc.
Philadelphia seems to have been given
ns pretty nn exhibition of rough riding
as ever was seen.
The big corporations stick together.
Oil, sugar and railroads seem to be a
winning combination.
Tho Hank movement of delegates cut
off Roosevelt's retreat before he could
reach the storm cellar.
Quite naturally the republican plat
form does not stilt the popocrats. Rut
In this uo republican Is disappointed.
Tho winning ticket has been named
mil troublo and expense can be saved
by calling off the Kunsus City conven
tion. A largo stock of left-over vice presi
dential speeches a trifle out of style can
bo purchased cheap on the Philadelphia
market.
Tho popocrats will have to call In their
charge that the republican national con
vention was to be an entirely cut and
dried affair.
Mr. Hurley's speech seconding the
nomination of Congressman Dolllver
will liavo to go Into cold storage. Rut
there nro others.
Tho nomination of Roosevelt on tho
republican ticket Is the worst blow yet
to Mr. Towno's ambition to capture a
democratic nomination.
Lady Churchill's now husband will
have ono advantage there nro two sons
In his wife's family about his own age
with whom he can play.
Tho man who dally reported "Hvavy
canuonadlng In tho Windward passage"
in 1808 has now moved to China, with
headquarters at Tien Tsln.
Now you see it and now you don't.
How many times Is the school board
going to expend that premium received
on the sale of tho last batch of building
bonds?
Another evldenco of tho prevailing
prosperity is found In tho fact that
county taxes nro paid so promptly that
It Is possible lo redeem all county war
rants on presentation.
President 1-oubot found no" ono to
welcome him whon ho visited the
American section of tho Paris exposi
tion, but If ho looked over tho exhibit
carefully he certainly found enough to
Interest him.
Two more democratic lawyers have
fallen Into soft berths at the hands of
tho fusion members of the supremo
court through npolntinonts as referees
In the Standard oil case. AVhat has he
ro mo of the populist lawyers In this
freezeout 7
If tho belligerents In South Africa do
not do something soon to let people
know that tho war Is still gblng on, they
will run tho risk of being eclipsed, so
far as space In American newspapers
Is concerned, by presidential politics and
Chinese Hoxers.
Nebraska farmers sympathize with
their brothers In slates to the north
ward on account of tho poor wheat
crop, but send assurances to tho world
there will bo plenty to cat. Nebraska
will furnish Its sharo and some more of
tho wheat, and If tho hungry wish to
fall back on cornbroad this state alone
can feed them all.
M'KIMKV HEXOMtAATEl),
l our years ago there was republican
opposition to the nomination nf WIN
iiiiiii .Mcuiiiioy. inner iiistinguisiicu without saying. Ho will undoubtedly
lenders were preferred by u minority j visit many of Hip states and ns lie Is a
of the party. Today lie tins Hip support j speaker of uncommon ability there will
of all republicans and In renominating be a universal desire to hear him. iov
ldm by ncclaniatlon Hip Philadelphia ernor ttoosovoli should be especially
convention but obeyed the will and strong with Hip young men of the coitii
inandHlo or (he entire parly, never . try. to whom he presents a splendid ex
moro hannonloiis and llrmly milled amnle ..f what imiv be nreniniillshe.l In
than now.
Kour years ago William McKlnley
had such claim to the colitlileiice of his
countrymen as came from nn extended
service as a roprexentntlvo In congress
and as governor of Ohio. Ills claim
now rests upon his record as the chief
executive of the nation during one of
the most eventful periods of our his
tory. With that record not only the
American people but tho civilized world
Is familiar.
Mr. McKlnley entered upon the presi
dency with tho promise of nn adminis
tration whoso chief purpose should be
to bring back prosperity to the country.
How well that promise has been fill
llllpil tho Industrial activity, the com
mercial progress, the growth In na
tional wealth and the general prosperity
most amply attest. Tho tlrst duty of
the administration was to provide for
the reopening of the mills and factories.
Tills was done and they are still In
operation. Tho ropubllcnu pnrty was
also pledged to maintain a sound cur
rency. It has met this pledge by llxlng
the gold standard in law. Confronted
with the Cuban question, President Mc
Klnley sought by every resource of di
plomacy to avoid a rupture with Spain
and when war became Inevitable It
was prepared for and prosecuted with an
energy that surprised the world. The
great and grave responsibilities growing
out of the war have been met as a con
scientious sense of duty dictated. No
fair-minded man, we think, will ques
tion that the course of the administra
tion respecting tho new possessions has
been prompted by a sincere belief In
Its Justice and an earnest desire to pro
mote the welfare of this nation and the
people. Intrusted to Its care.
President McKlnley has been con
spicuously successful in the manage
ment of our foreign relations. The
I'nltcd States Is on the most friendly
terms witli all nations, enjoying the
respect and confidence of all and having
a greater Intluenco than ever before.
In this regard the traditional policy of
tho government, as formulated by
(ieorgo Washington, has been faithfully
observed by the administration. Treat
lug oil natlous with equal fairness and
Impartiality, having no alliance or
compact witli any, the position of the
United States is one of absolute Inde
pendence In International affairs. This
republic Is today under no obligation to
any itower that It does not owe In
equal degree to all. President McKln
ley has done more than perhaps any
one of his predecessors to foster and
stimulate the spirit of loyalty and pa
triotism. In the war men of the south
were shown no less consideration than
men of tho north and they share equally
In the honor and glory of that conflict.
Ry precept and example he has con
stantly sought to eliminate nil sectional
feeling and to Increase and intensify
popular affection for the union nnd the
flag.
Soldier, statesman and patriot, Wil
liam McKlnley Is again presented by
the republican party to the American
electorate as in every way worthy of
their continued confidence and support.
As was said by Senator Wolcott:
"Never In the memory of this generation
has there stood at tho head of tho gov
ernment a truer patriot, a wiser or more
courageous leader or a better example
of the highest typo of American man
hood. Tho victories of peace and the
victories of war are alike inscribed upon
his banner."
llUOSEVKl.r Rift riVB phksiuext.
Theodore Roosevelt Is a distinguished
figure In American politics. Few men In
our history have risen so rapidly us ho
to a commanding position. Able, cour
ageous, energetic, incorruptible, every
step in his public career hos been so
meritorious nnd honorable as to com
mend him to popular admiration and
confidence. In every capacity, legisla
tive and executive, he has shown
marked ability, manly Independence
nud ubsoluto Integrity of purpose. As
a member of the New York assembly,
of the Police commission of New York
City nnd of the national Civil Service
commission, he did excellent service.
s assistant secretary of the navy his
executive ability was shown to great
advantage, the labor of war preparation
devolving largely upon him. When war
came he went to tho front and made a
brilliant record as a solnler. As gov
ernor of New York his administration
lias been highly creditable. As a lead
ing paper of tho stato says, "he sought
to muko sanity and sincerity temper
each tho other In tho case of real Inde
pendents and to Toree tho machine to a
reasonable regard for public, opinion."
Everywhere his policy has been action.
Tho unanimous nomination ot Gov
ernor Roosevelt for the vice presidency
by the Philadelphia convention was a
tribute to his worth as well ns a recog
nition of his national popularity. He
did not seek it. On the contrary, ho re
pcatedly said that he did not desire the
nomination. Rut there was an Irre
sistible demand that ho should be tho
candidate and as a loyal republican he
yielded to It. It Is needless to say that
republicans throughout the union will
most heartily endorse the action of the
convention. Admitting tho oxiedlency
of having a son of the Umpire state on
tho national ticket, Roosevelt Is unques
tionably tho most available that! could
havo been selected. We believe New
York to bo as certain for tho repub
lican ticket In November ns Vermont,
but there is no doubt that the candidacy
of Roosevelt will swell tho republican
vote there. Ho Is easily tho strongest
man In the party In that stato and there
Is ovory reason to expect that tho ac
tion of tho national convention will In-
creaso his streugth.
Governor Roosevelt meets tho condi
tion that u candidate for vlco president
should have qualifications for the high.
cbt pfllcc. Uo Is of tho pre&ldeiitul J
THE OMAHA
nlntnlii itl. Tlitlt (iovei'linr Roosevelt
; will lie a very octlve and aggressive
1
lit lit? I Willing I IR7
this republic by young men of Intelli
gence, energy, honesty, courage and
fidelity to high ideals In all the relations
of life.
Writing In anticipation of the possible
nomination of Roosevelt, ho editor of
the Brooklyn Kagle said: "As Issues are
certain to become Incarnate In candi
dates, the ticket of McKlnley and Roose
veltshould that lie the republican offer
will leave none In doubt of tho draft
which that party proposes to make on
wisdom and on courage, In the personl
lled appeal It will make to the suffrage
of the union,"
rnr. AmrA,i, vomm i 'i tb t'.u.i a sitiv.
The Nebraska delegation to the repub
lican national convention lias llnnlly
carried out the program to make R. R.
Schneider of Fremont the member of
the national committee from this state.
Mr. Schneider's selection Is distinctly
a corporation achievement. He was
picked up for the position early in the
game and carefully groomed from start
to finish by a combination of corporate
Interests which Insist upon having ac
tive control of the entire party machin
ery. Having done business with Mr.
Schneider and through hmi before, the
great corporation managers have every
confidence In his ability to perform the
duties of Ids new position to their entire
satisfaction. Their confidence In his re
liability and loyalty to them as tho
source of his olllclnl power was plainly
so strong that they stopped at nothing
to line up the members' of the delega
tion subject lo their influence in his sup
port. Whether the selection of Mr. Schneider
to represent Nebraska In this important
place Is for the best Interests of tho re
publican party of the stato can bo de
termined only by the logic of events.
The Ree has expressed Its doubts as to
the wisdom of such a selection grounded
on the fear that no man known to bo
so closely Identified with the railroads
and the trusts as Mr. Schneider Is could
inspire tho confidence which Is neces
sary to win back the populist and hide-
pendent voters who havo st raved from
the ranks as a protest against corporate
domination of the party machinery.
In this It Is possible Tho Ree mnv be
mistaken and for tho sake of republican
success It hopes that the results will not
prove disappointing to republicans who
with It want to see Nebraska redeemed
A QOHSTlUA-AUl.t! PlWCEROIXa.
Tho announcement of thtr county at
torney that he will lllo no complaint
against the man implicated In Sunday's
homicide Is a very questionable proceed
ing. If a grand jury were In session
and should find that no bill would lie In
this case It would be entirely proper to
turn tho prisoner loose without prosecu
tion.
Without going into the evidence nt
hand and without reference to the guilt
or Innocence of the accused, wo believe
the only safe course for the count v at
torney Is to leave It to a court or lurv
whether tho defense offered is a full
Justltlcatlon. Rut to havo one man take
the entire rpsonslbillty, without judiclnl
Inquiry, to turn loose a prisoner who
admits having Hied the fatal shots and
pleads self-defense, is In conformity
neither with previous practice nor good
policy.
Tho assertion was made before the
county board by a banker who ought to
know whereof he speaks that mercantile
houses In Oinalia pay taxes on not to ex
ceed one-fortieth of the cnpltal Invested
In their business and for that reason he
urged that the banks should pay no
more. If this Is true au Investigating
committee appointed to discover how
these colossal tax shirkers operate would
be in order. Tho home owner in Omaha
is paying all the taxes his pronertv will
bear and is evidently paying for other
people moro nblo to contribute. An
equitable tax system Is the most crying
need of this community.
Tho fact that through all tho turmoil
of the past few days tho handful of
marines at Rekln has been able to pro
tect tho lives of the foreign diplomats
thero speaks volumes for tho judgment
of the men who command them and tho
coolness of the marines themselves.
Cooped up In ono of tho largest cities
In the world, the population of which Is
practically beyond control, it requires
nerve to maintain a steady front, and
the slightest sign of wavering would
havo been fatal.
A new development In twentieth cen
tury methods for improving everyday
life comes from Indiana, where au am
bitious pair of June mates have had
themselves hooked up In matrimonial
bonds by tho telephonic route. Tho pos
sibilities of tho telephone ns a -household
adjunct hnvo evidently not been
fully appreciated up to this time. No
family with ellglblo daughters ought to
bo without one, as no ono can tell when
It might not bo called into sudden nnd
profitable use.
'When I.I Hung Chang goes to the
capital at Tckln he will tlo well to carry
ulong his complete stock of peacock
feathers and yellow coats. He may bo
asked to glvo them up, nnd If his head
should bo wanted they would come
handy In making up tho funeral decora
tions. Lord Kitchener found thnt good trans
port facilities were handy things to
havo around when tho Roers attacked
tho train on which he was sleeping. Ho
has demonstrated that in au emergency
ho was decidedly "mobile."
Thnt Tcrrllili rnpr r-Monr - Trimt,
Indianapolis Journal.
Nothing could be more absurd than Mr.
Rryan'e recent allusion to the new cur
rency law as giving tho national banks a
paper-money trust. Under that law it Is
Jtut as easy for anybody to go Into tho J
DAILY BEE; FRIDAY,
national banking business a It Is to start
a grocery store, the only difference bntc
ll-at It requires n little more cnpltil. Tno
number of applications being niado for tho
of ir.o.ono nr i. nni nt all ni-ffntivo t,t
syndicates or trusts, writer polnls to tho fact, admitted by all e00' ' reA It Includes nearly one-twelfth
correspondent, that tho native government,0' the total are.i of the Rlobe. while Its
('ohoiiI('ii' for lirtul iicntm. ami native army have been smashed nud , Population lncludru nearly one-thltd of nil
Cleveland Plain Denier. scattered beyond the possibility of conren-1 'ho people In tho world. As compared with
Proprietors of deceased vlco presidential ( tratlon. What Is left ot tho army Is dl- tllr t'nlted States, th hitter's Island posses
bcoms should not forget that rhlbdMphUTs , vlded Into mall guerrilla panics, operating 8lo being exclude.!, China has SOO.000
mayor Is nlst a coroner. Independently, generally nt Isolated locall-' more i-nuare miles of tcriltory and more
' ties and rarely remaining long In any one tD"n nv-' tlmcn as m.uiy Inhabitants.
A KriHiiflo; SiiiII... place. "The natives." says the eorrespon- j
... Louisville ( ourler-Journal (1(,nl ..haVp 80mt,whcr(. cilr :0 ftn0 mv!f t Prince Chlng Is tho uncle of the present
a , 1 r0Ul 80 ""ny ' lh,,t arc "loro or t',", eerWccablo nnd tho ' emperor of China and the great-uncle, of
in south Africa lately th:it It would seem work they do with tho bolo of their own I ,ho llol' apparent who was chreen by the
the dry grason In that reRlon Is nbsul du , manufacture H sufficient to keen our men ! empress dowager last winter, lie U presl-
l,iielhiK III Wi-IkIiI.
Mlnnonrolls Times.
If .Mr. Cleveland could only be Inrtucad
to Join thnt fishing party ever at Mlnocqut
what n lovely thing It would ba for the
democratic party.
How W'v Grotv.
Chlcaco News.
'Hailstones as large as base balls
reported from Nebraska.
Tho "hen egg"
?nd "door knob
comparisons have bo?n
relegated to the past
1'olltlcul NiioiilliiK nt Home.
Chicago News.
Mr. Iiryan's announcement that ho will
stay at homo during tho campaign marln a
distinct advance in tho art of politics. It
it is thought necessary to evoko tho en
thusiasm of tho rural populntlon Mr. Ilryan
will send out an automaton to bo screwed
to tho rear platform of a Pullman train to
bow and open Its mouth at every tap. Thi
swinging rciind the circle" btislners got to
bo a groat nuisance, both to the circle nnd
tho gentleman who was doing the swing
ing. A far better plan Is for tho candldato
lo remain peacefully at home and to gl
out n littlo speech n day to the Associated
Press.
A (IoximI Incident.
New York Tribune.
Tho whole amount of prlr.o money on ac
count of tho destruction of tho Spanish fl ot
In tho Santiago engagement Is not hirgc, ho
lug only n shade over $150,000, considerably
less than Mayor Van Wyck borrowed to carry
his lco stock. Tho dividends of llu two
admirals, JS.000 and a fraction to Sampson
na ranking officer and $3,000 to Schloy, aro
not large enough lo lo of much consequent;
hardly exceeding the salary account of the
court of claims during tho timo It was oc
cuplcd in considering the case. Hut It
n satisfactory Incident that it Is now closed
nnd tho country has heard as much of It
as it cares to for tho present, at least.
O.NH Till ST (JltONVS NVr.AUV.
The NVull Piiper oinMiie I nitlilc
I'l-ei. t-nt ('oiiiiirtlllon.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
til
The National Wall Paper company, ono of
tho oldest of tho trusts, la about to be dls
solved, It being found Impossible to main
tain a uniform scnlo of prices or siand up
against tho outside concerns that hnvo mult!
piled around it. Tho company was formed
in 1S92 with a $11,000,000 capitalization
which was afterward increased to $30,000,000,
In addition to n bonded debt. It took In about
all the big concerns In tho trado uud had
valuablo patterns and patents and the good
will that had accrued from long yearj of
HUccctsful trade It was thought that ex
pense3 could bo lowered and prices raised, as
It would havo a monopoly. Nothing has ever
been paid on the common stock, though S per
cent has been paid upon tho $7,100,000 of dc-
benturo bonds with tho exception of ono
year. In discussing the proposi-d dtsso
lutlon a manufacturer who Is connected
with the trust raW!
"Tho Impossibility of maintaining a uni
form prico against tho competition with
which wo nro meeting Is tho solo reason
for tho proposed dissolution. Since wo in
corpornted several largo manufacturing
concerns havo been started In Chicago and
other places, which havo had much sue
cess In disposing of a grade of wall paper
not qulto ns good us ours, but very closely
approximating it, at much lower prices
Our price was In no sense nn exorbitant
one. Wo simply found it practicable to
maintain a uniform prico under present
conditions In tho trade."
Tho conditions of which this syndicate
complains Is nothing moro thnn what
nearly ever:1 other of these great Indus
trial combinations must contend with.
Some of them aro much more serlously
hnndlcappod with overcapitalization and
badly located uud obsolete plunts. It is
only a question when thoso will havo to
travel tho same road which tho flour mill
ing trust has nlready gone over and which
tho wall paper trust is preparing to fol
low.
STATI'S Or I'OHTO HICO.
Another .lailli-lnt It ill 1 n nn n I.lir
Co HHt I tu tlo mi I It new lion,
Brooklyn Eagle.
Jurtgo William K. Townsend's decision
on the status of Porto Rico Is tho conclusion
ct an able constitutional lawyer. It can
bo read with profit by thoso who honestly
deslro to understand what questions are In
volved In fixing that status. Tho conulu
slons of tho court wore reachod in tho caso
ot John II, Ooetz & Co., who imported to
bacco from l'orto Rico on Juno 6, 1899, ana
wero compelled to pay tho regular Dlngley
duties on It of 33 cents a pound. The firm
appealed from tho decision of the appraisers,
holding that rorto Hlco was not a foreign
country nnd that the congrosn hud no power
lo Icy duties on ltn products and tho cus
toms officers no power to collect thoso du
tlra when levied. The court hns suntalned
tho appraisers.
The ground ou which tho decision la based
In that the. treaty making power cannot
Incorporate now territory Into our commer
cial and Industrial system, without supple
mental legislation by too congress. The
tieaty of Paris confirmed tho titlo lo Porto
Rico which had been first acquired by con
quest. That treaty mado tho island tho
property of the United States, but so far
an Its relation to our taxation system was
concerned It was still foreign territory, and
it remained mich until tho congress mado It
otherwise. Judgo Townsend maintains that
thero was no violation of tho constitution
In tho Paris treaty and nono In tho lovylng
of tho regular tariff rates upon goods Im
portod Into this country from Porto Rico.
so long afc tho congress had not takon action.
Ro holds nlBo that tho congress can pro
vide whatever government It pleases for
tho Island nnd that we can govern territory
"at arm's longth" If wo chodse and dccllno
to admit It to our system. Ho maintains,
still further, that wo can oxercho sover
eignty over territory without admitting that
territory as an Integral part of tho union.
Otherwlso the constitution would fall In ita
purposo of creating a nation with nil the
sovereign powers which othor nations en
joyed. This decision le, in brief, to tho effect that
newly ncqulred torrltory Is foreign so far
as the tariff laws aro concerned until tho
congress decides differently. U places upon
tho national legislature tho full rosponsl
blllty and power of fixing the status of both
Porto Hlco and tho Philippines, n power
savo aa It empowors tho congress to provldo
for Its government. Our good friends who
do not like this sort of thins would hotter
direct their denunciatory romarks against
tho constitution Itself nnd against tho his
torical policy of tho government rather than
against the men who arc trying to solve
in constitutional ways the problems hforo
them. In fact, If ono dot-Ires to deacuneo
anything an unconstitutional ho would
better first discover what tho constitution
JUNE 22, 1000.
i: nous oi' ot ti w it.
- - --
Th llntlon In the Philippines us It ap
Pparci' ff'y In -May Is clearly and Instruc-
lively sketched In a loiter In the New York
from Its correspondent at Manila. The
I uinujH on inu lOUKOUl.
Crlmo never was
; suppressed thoroughly under the Spanish,
out before the Insurrection against them nro supposed to be with the foreigners ami
broke out It was pcsslblo for nny one to ' tH" progressive movement, but he is too
travel safely as a gone ml thing anywhere j eunnli.g and prudent to express them, be
in this Island nnd similarly in meat of tho cause If ho did no ho would lceo his ln
southcrn Islands. Now that Is a posslbll- fturnco with the oniprom dowager. Tho
lty now hero except In Negroa. We arc foreigners consider him the foremost man
keeping down organized opposition nnd nt- . hi China today. Ho Is more than TO years
tack now simply by force. To some extent
I ,l10 natlve' nre co-operating with U3. The
i almost every ease Is fear or
self-interest. It is doubtful If the-o Is any
genuine sympathy for tho Americana In tho
Islands. Those who havo got to the giou.id
on our sldo of the fenco still have tinlr
hands on the top rail, icady to Jump lack
again.
"There Is a widespread fear among th-i
natives that tho Americans wl 1 yet go away
and leave them. 1 say 'car,' lefcrring to
thoso who havo come back to their towns
and resumed their occupations of pcureiul
llmca. Many of these peoplo nro in n bn.l
situation. If they aro ought a -ting for
tho insurgents the Americans promptly ,un
Ish them, nnd It they happen to nold of!ko
under tho Amei leans, ns not Infrequently
happens, tho punishment Is likely to bo to
vc.ro. Yet if they d0 not net for tho In
surgents, particularly those who ho'd office,
not only Is whatever property they nny
have outsldo the Immediate range of Mm
garrison near which they llvo In danger of
being destroyed, but their ltvei nro i.ot tufe.
It bus been Impossible for us to pr.-tect
natives from ns.nfcslnntlon and rarely have
we been able to catch tho murderers.
"Wo occupy now 325 posts In the archi
pelago, not counting .Muulla with Its thlr y
two stations. Whcrover you go outsldo of
Moulin you aro almost sure to hc.ir the
complaint that thero aro too few troop',
in many cases tho garrisons are so small
tbnt It is almost impossible for them to ao-
compllsh anything besides merely hold ns ! i china tho dying arc carried out of the ' , "" ,y fnrnlprs "'rough this aban
thclr own. Hut these garrisons arc drawn j house and Wt alone in somo vacant s; a-o ! f.0"'"0"1 of lmilia B0 withdrawn from cul-
Inrgcly from troops that must he back la
tho states and ready for muster out -jii
Juno 30 of next year. Counting the timo
it will tako to recall them from th li- v.. -
Hons stations and get them Into bhape to:- I ism. Tho latter Is almost without foimi ol 'Wmmirc ,a &,.-.ooo.ooo bushols nnd
their homeward voyage to transport them j nnd ceremonies, consisting chiefly In s'udv rrop ro"'htlon8 throughout tho world wnr
to the states and get them ready for muster nnd contemplation of the teachings an.l ' rant "10 expectation that prices will range
out, they have about ten mouths yet to
servo hero. No preparation Ij in sight
for replacing them. It secais rather to
be tho intention to withdraw them without
substituting others, unless it bo with a few
thousand moro regulars drawn from Cuba,
perhaps. Unless there Is n decided changj
for the better the situation ten months
hence will not warrant tho withdrawal of
so largo a force, followed ns it is r.ure to
be by tho renewal of effort on the pait of
tho robel leaders."
"It must be remembered that four mo iths
at least of thnt ten will be occupUd i.y tho
Americans in holding what thoy l-uvo got.
Movement about from place to pla-o will
practically ceaso in tho rains, And what pa
trolling Is done will be of a very etcon.lary
Bort, On the other hand, tho lecnrgents
aro likely to be able to do moro then to
ward a reorganization than would be po si
bio for them under nny other clrcumstinccs,
and it scorns not unfair to suppose that tho
beginning of the next dry season will nnd !
considerable more work to bo donj by our
lighting man. Unlers congress makes romo
provision to meet this emergency at this
sctslon n very awkward situation Is llkc'y
to develop.
General MncArthur takes a very hopeful
view of tho situation nt present and Is of
tho opinion that next ycar will see affairs
so far straightened out that It will not bo
necessary to replace many of tho troops
sent homo for muster-out.
"Ho Is more of an advocate of tho nsj of
cavalry than Otis was, and It nny turn
out that ho can bring nbout the situ.itlna
ho hopes for. Otis had never much faith
in cavalry for this country.
"As to tho possibility of cs.abllshlng civil
government throughout the Islands or in
nny considerable numbor of provinces now,
nnd ns to tho work of tho new commlsiinn,
thero Is practically unanimity of opinion
that the timo is not yet rlpo for such un
dertaking. It Is tho general understanding
hero that tho commission will not attempt
to put Its Instructions Into active effect
until somo timo In the fall, probably after
tho rains aro over, but will spond tho sum
mer studying tho situation nnd becoming
familiar with nffalrs and In meeting l-'l'l-
plnos ot promlnenco who may bo willing
to act with them In thslr work.
"Considerable money Is being r pent In this
Island In tho construction and repair ot
roads. This gives work to n great many
natives nt rates of pay which they nevor
dreamed of getting In tho old days under
tho Spanish. With a western people It
would be safe lo say that this nloac would
help to assure tho contlnunnco of peaceful
conditions, but with the Klllplno3 It may
he only anothor way of recouping tho trens
ury of tho Insurrection."
1W:I1S!)XAI. AMI OTHIUIWISK.
Charles S. Wilbur, the Now York super
visor of the census, was tho first to send In
his complied roturns to Washington.
A smlle-provoker at tho entrance of a
Detroit cemetery reads: "Porsons trespass
ing on thrso grounds will first be shot at
and then arrested."
Chicago still clings to tho notion that It
Is an art center, although the group of
nymphs that formerly disported on tho lako
front was ruthlessly carted to tho dump.
Henry Graves, tho Chicago millionaire,
says ho has lived In Chicago longer than nny
other man. Ho went there slxty-nlnc years
ago and for fifty years has lived In tho
same house.
An ordinance parsed by tho city council of
Chicago last Monday night requires tho elo
vntlon of 180 miles of rnllroad tracks within
tho city limits. Tho estimated cost ot tho
chango Is $15,000,000.
Ocorgo W. Dart, a native of Attica, N V.,
nnd tho man who first raised tho Stars and
Stripes over tho confedorato rapltol at Co
lumbla. S. C, after Sherman's mnrch, has
just entered tho Soldiers' Home nt Mart-ball-town,
la.
Tho proper caper among fashionable men
of St. Iconic, such as do not- sport shirt
waltts, is thus skotched by a local authority:
New waistcoats for men aro mado In croco
dile skin, soft and pliable, with a highly
polished surface, mado In green and shades
of brown, and somo aro laced Instead of
buttoned. They nro cut high and are water
proof." While Mchard Croker may bo returning
from Kngland with tho btern purpose of
aro also mixed up with the let trust, It
should not be forgotten that Mr. Croker
himself Is the holder of many shares of
stock In tho trust. Of course, however, tho
great chief Is not u city official, his Job
is a. good deal tetter one. .
..u. ,.llh,ou., n,iu n.u oicm nurpiiao uimlncg t 13 cents a ton and Iron oro at a
making It unpleasant for all city officials ( proportionately low figure. With tho com
who aro members of Tammany nnd who I pietlon of the projected railroads the din-
TALK AHOIT I II IN A.
iiKrmii uinu.1.1....
Hermit Kluudiitii.
Tho emplro of (htn. has an area of 1.218,-
1! square miles and ,i population of 400.000,
: "onl ot ''10 tsung-II-ynmen and the head of
i ",p moderate party at court, ills sympathies
of age nnd of rather delicate health.
The present dowager empress Is a Manchti
lau' ami was the wife of the Chinese em
peror who In 1800. under circumstances
similar to these now existing, lied from
I'ekln at the approach of the French and
English. For tho past forty years she has
been tho real nutoirat of the Chinese em
pire, nominating and deposing Infant ruleis
at will. With tho army, she Is In sympathy
with the object of tho "Iloxera" and would
gladly see all foreigners expelled from hrr
empire. Another secret society, the How
Wong Wul, although weak In numbers, has
done much to ,tlr up tho present trouble,
Its members have agitated for reforms and
seek to reinstate tho progressive- young
emperor recently deposed by his august
aunt In punishment for Introducing modem
Improvements nil through his domain.
Most Christian ministers In China wear
to brtgh? ychow. Peoon t'lV "tho
world signify their M.rrow nt the death of a
relative or filend by putting on black cat -
menu. In China tho mournh.g color Is
white
In tho united States moM people
.1.. i, ..i , .... '. '..
believe that the living have tho firt cn'l
upon their charily and care. In China
more precautions arc tnken for tho pnserv.i-
of the body after death than lefo.e.
n Chinaman will lie down rapperlc-a
Hon
nnu n chinaman will lie down rapper'
on his mat rather than neglect to light tho
evening Joss candle In honor of hU Cold
relatives, In most countries the dcithrod
Is surrounded by weeping relatives, nnd
nf I in n m ttiletnc nti-l n itnntstM s -... ah
UilVII l tillttlOlW (lilt tU UOLIUI ill L' llli t till.
to die.
Thero nre three principal religions In
' China Buddhism, Taoism and Confucian-
works of tho ancients. Iluddhlrm and
Taoism both have elaborate and splmlld "'""",s lu"n : nave touched slnco
ceremonials. Taoism h tho old r. (;rnrral Prosperity and llrynn engaged In
Buddhism having made its appcaranco In t"vir l'lcturcsquo controversy four years
China about 1.S00 years ago. It i.s mw nROi To Pul tllp matter in tho briefest
tho religion of almost eight-tenths of tho . IobhIIiIc tcrma, the wheat situation for tho
people. In the northeast and s:u hacst I (1 wl" 1)0 RoverneU by tho law of sup
there nro 30,000,000 Mohammedans. Thi 1 v'y aml 'lomand-and tho American farmer
Roman Catholics have more than 1,000 000 j has luc BUPnl'-
adherents and support twenty-nlnr blsh- 1
oprlcs. Tho converts of all the Piotcstant I
churches are estimated to number not
more than DO.OOO. Hack In tho remote
Interior of the kingdom tho hl'l tilbes aro
stilt nature worshipers or heathen. i
Great bodies nre nceefsarPy slow to move,
hut once an Initiative U given and Iner'ii
U ovcrcomo the onward movement rjpidly
accumulates force. It Is not to to f x-
pectcd that China, with Its 400.000.000 poo-
pic, win no developed as rapldlv n- war
Japan, with but a tenth of that populjllon, ,
nnd no part of Its territory 100 miles fiom
lhc ocean. In China, along tho coast o
on tho rivers long opened to foreign com
merce nnd influences, marvelous changes
have taken place. Thousands of mllci I
from the ocean, tho electric light hns be- I
como so familiar that It no longer oxrltes !
nntlvo curiosity. The leaven of enllght- I
enment Is at work all through the einpln-
and with the building of tho 40,000 mlls
of railway now projected, to cover llko a
network the most populous parts of China.
uiiqiuiK tvrry iiiiviK.itnt- waierwuj, 11 nuir- i
ket vast anil remunerative will be opem-d
up to our products.
During tho ycar ISOS China Imported frrm
nil foreign nations goods valued at $14fi.
000.000. During the same year tho export-i
ot China amounted to $118,000,000. As nn
evldoneo of which nation has tho greatest
Interest In China so far ns trado and com
merce go, It may be Htated that of thn
total of Chinese Imports Great Bri'aln nnd
Its colonies supply goods to the amount of
IMI ...l.ll- .1 .. 1 I. , I
Jll.uuv.uuu, nnc oi nn- e.yui la u uuys ,
nbout $60,000,000, or moro than nnn-luir.
Most of tho English trndo with China Is
transacted through the British crown olonv
of Hong Kong, which was ceded to Great
Britain by China In 1811. During the
same year tho United States Imported goods
from China to tho value of $13,000,000 ami
sent back in return American goods valued
nt a littlo moro than $0,000,000.
The policemen of Pokln are, or at least
were, armed chiefly with kmnll drums, which
they beat loudly in order, It Is presumed, to
let burglars nnd other marauders know that
they are coming. All night long the watch
men beat their way around the streets and as
a natural consequenco nro said to make fow
arrests, Tho -pigeons of I'ekln have each a
light whlstlo tied to their tails, which glvo3
forth n loud Bound as they fly. Sometimes
five- or six whistles of different tones arc at
tached and tho rosult is a more or less
melodious confusion of sounds. The blind,
nnd In Pekln blind men and women aro
numerous, albo ubo drums to announce their
coming and warn other people to got out oft avoid receiving;, virtually "II tho odes ml
thelr way. By tho difference In tho sound ,lri,ssetJ tojne.
as It Is reflected hack from walls or pave
mcnts It Is said that tho blind Chlnamon can
always locnto themselves exactly, so that
they need no guide. Tho beggars of Pekln
aro another peculiar institution. They nro
organized and havo n ruler of their own,
whoso orders they aro quick to obey. Some
times a group of tho beggars will gather In
front of a merchant's store nnd make such
an Infernal racket that ho 13 glad to bribe
them to go away. Another method of ex
torting money is for a beggar to go to n
merchant or householder nnd announco that
unless be Is promptly paid $1 or $2 ho will
commit Bulcldo on his victim's doorstep. If
the money Is refused he Is likely to carry
out his threat, in which case tho authorities
may give tho unfortunato merchant much
trouble nnd sometimes blackmail him out of
a large amount of property.
A writer In Collier's Weekly says "lhc
Boxer movement represents tho lingering
embers of the great Talplng robelllon, now
again fanned Into flames. With their an
nihilation by tho great powers 'Young
China' will flso supremo and at oneo pro
ceed with Its program for tho regeneration
of China. Tho richest coal and iron mines In
tho world will bo opened up, a comploto sys
tern of rail and river transportation estab
lished and mills, foundries nnd factories will
spring up all over tho empire. Excellent
coal Is even now sold nt thousands of Inland
mines at 13 cents a ton and Iron oro at
Unction of being tho great steel-produclng
nation seems dcstlne-1 to pasi from Amorlca
to China. After we havo supplied tho ma
chinery nnd equipment for developing the
limitless mineral resources of China it will
doubtltes be able to supply many commodl-
f In. An . I , .. it... . - .. ...
( nlnn. while It will pour vast oceans o
wealth Into our poek. Is not devoid o
serious dangers which threaten future gen
orations. So It behooves lis to be active am
enrich ourselves now, against the rainy daj
which seems destined to como upon us nfte
u scabun of commercial sunshine."
WllllAT AMI llll VANISH.
I'olltlcnl Tlirorli'N I proofi-il lij Mir
Monnt-cli of Vronl,
New York Mall nnd Kx:res.
Let nobody Imagine for one Instance thai
tho caption given above has ben chofeo
c.irdessly or by chance. Nothing of th
sort. On the contrary, it Is taken as thi
fittest possible combination of terms tc
lntlng to certain opposing conditions la tha
llfo of our country.
We cannot llvo without wheat. Hut wa
can llvo without llrynn. At le.ist wo
think we can, and four years of experience
gives tho thought n, strength thnt amounts
to belief. In 18PG Ilryan proclaimed tho
doctrluo thnt "money Is tho creature of
law." If that proposition Is sound, then
money created by law ought to ho ablo to
buy wheat, which Is tho crealuro of labor,
at tho prico dictated by tho law-making
power. .Money will buy nlmost anything
that a man needs with a few trivial ex
ceptions, such ns health, happiness and
tho sincere respect of his fellow men.
Therefore, It legislation can creato money,
why should not legislation also ereatn
some of tho things that money ran buy?
Take wheat, for example. Why not pass
a law. by nnd with tho ndvico and con
sent of Ilryan, simply creating 100,000.000
J bushels ot wheat without any labor nt .ill?
There is reason to bellevo thnt the amount
thus Indicated will bo needed In nddltlon
to tho largo crop now being harvested
by tho fool farmers of the west, who hold
fast to tho old-fashioned Idea that grain
Is created by work and not by flat.
As a matter of fact, tho raising of wheat
on the un-IIryanlto method of cultivating
j " """n' ,0" 7 " 'V f
I ' ' "creff"; ,to lte. Lnt
I thoro woro l,lm,((,1 111 ""iter wheat
I !" ho Unc" .Sll,tos -"S'a
! " 1 " '"rr """'n nnn
other muses. 5,210,000 acres thus Rown
havo been nbandoncd. That Is. all the
labor, seed, rental nnd Interest on in-
j "rin'S'ni iT' T T' h C"T'1
! ily 18 n ,Ic!,', lo3i ,nr iUo. SI",C0 of
entire etop season. Ono of Iiryan's first
tint lor. In the event of his election to tho
presidency, would bo to compel congress
to enact a law creating by tint enough
wheat to make good nil tho losses sus-
' ...
tlvatlon.
Vet tho American wheat growers nrn
not worrying. Our product of that rcrenl
; ll.lls ycar ltf estimated by tho Ucpnrtment
'"""inoruuiy nigncr witnin tho tiext ten
ruT i.v Koit rrx.
j Chk-ngn Ilrcotd: "Won't tho New York
! l',?!ef:"oii fccl I"eor so far west us Kitnstis
city,
"Oh, no; our hotel rates will make thingj
seem homelike."
Indianapolis Journal: "Dear me, IMgar, I
wish wo had something- funny to read to
night." Well, my dear, there's your graduating
! essay
,,,-., ,,.,. P
'Her fnce." ho siild,
itr-Miring to voice his admiration of litr
fmnkucfcH and honesty, "Is llko au open
book."
"Yes." replied her dearest friend, "ih
(I-ioh talk a good deal."
Brooklyn Life: The easiest mini In th
world to bunco Is tho mini who 1ms lint
enour.h succors to make him havo contl
ilenco In his own Judgment.
Dot rot t Journal:
wroto feverishly.
The yellow Jniirnnllst
"Of rollrMO." ho Raid. 'T mIiiiII llpnrrlhn Irt
tho last detail tho dress of tho murdered
I woman!"
I t,,,,'".'.... truSaHHir'iocrt
nisgUHllllK.
Cleveland IMnln Dealer:
learn nt tho students'
Jlunlch7"
"To Urnw."
"SIM life?"
"No. Heer."
"Wlmt dhl you
nit school In
Philadelphia I'resH: "I want a copy nf Mr.
Jones' new book. Iluvo jou got It?" slio
uskod.
"Well," said the dealer, "we did have
small consignment of them. 1 don't think
It's exhausted."
"O! gracious! Nn. I heard It was rather
'-"-, "ill i 11UO l 1IIIIIIV III 1UIIU 111Mb
weak, but I dual think Its qulto
I.... t .I.... I,-.. ....I-
)f(J."
Detroit Journal: When my mnld told ni
that sho had i-cou the butler smiling: be
hind tho pantry door, I was aghast.
"It was brandy, 1 think," mild the girl.
I ennuot describe Hie relief I now felt.
Hut the reaction from tho nervous tension
left mo very weak.
"Ob, Mary!" I sobbed. "How you fright
ened mo. I thought you meant that ho
smiled literally!"
Philadelphia Press: "Kxcuse me, sir."
said tho census enumerator, kindly, lifter
the namo uud use had been duly recorded,
"but what Is your occupation?"
"I am a poet."
"Hut what do you do for a living?"
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Yes." said tho resl
dent, "this Is u fairly healthy city, lako It
altogether, but tin-re Is a grout ileal moro
illness In snme wards than In others."
"You don't say," replied the stranger. "In
which wards Is the most Illness to bo
found?"
"In the hospital wards."
Detroit Journal: In tho allegory, Snrinu
worn a look of horror.
"If rural free delivery nf malls becomes
nn versa ." s ho was saying, - now inn i in
DM', JIOHi: OX M AltO,
LewlHton (Mo.) Journal.
Maud Mullcr pumped on her time-worn
hike
For an evening hit at tho dusty pike.
And old drop frnmn of n way-down gear,
With u rnttlo tho sleeping dend could hear.
Tho Judgo rnmo poundlnc along behind
Out ulrlng his great Judicial mind.
Ho noted the figure neat uud trim
And tho graceful motion ot hidden limb.
And he said to himself In his grave delight,
"What's tho mutter with Miiudlo? She's all
right!"
He drew beside her nnd asked her flat
Why alio rodo such an old Ice-curt as that.
And who said saleslady could 111 support
Such n wheel us tho Judgo or tho district
court.
Mo told her sho could on a ehalnless ride
With n diamond frame. If she'd bo his
bride.
Or If sho would bust up his solo llfo
They would tandem together ns man and
wife.
Maud bit nt tho halt llko a hungry trout
And tho old man smiled us ho yunkod her
out.
They rldo on a tandem now, or course.
Hut Maud has to work llko a trcad-mlll
horso.
I-'nr tho Judco has learned how to sit and
shirk
And let hlH darling do all tiio woik.
Ho weighs two hundred and llfty-one,
But tho poor clrl thinks It un oven Ion,
And sbn often says with a pain-rent lioail:
"1 wish I was b.u-k on my old lee-cur:!"
"Of all true words that I rver snake.
Thv true jt jio thctc, 'Ho a bloomin'
wt,' ii
. .no m viuninj mai no oinrr nation at
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