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THE OMAHA DAITjY BEE; SATURDAY, JUNE rtO, 11)00.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss:
George B. Tzschuck, secretary or The Bee
Publishing company, being duly sworn,
says that tho actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
livening ana .1 una ay uee, pnniec; ;.uring me
month of Mav. luOU. was as follows:
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Total
Less unsold and returned copies
Net total sales SIH.OXt
Net dally average 20,:tss
GEORGE IS. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed and sworn -before me this 1st
dm- of June, 1900. M. B. HUNGATE.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
l'AUTIES Ml.VVnG I'-Oll SUMMER.
I'nrllen lonvliiK tlie elty for
the mummer mil)- linvp The Dec
sent (11 (In-111 rcKiilurly liy
nntlfyliiK The lire llunliii'mi
oilier, In person or !' mull.
The nililrrss will he clinniteil
nn often lis ilrslrril.
Omnhn's autumn festival Is an as
sured success. Hut everyone should
continue to push It along Just the same.
If the local democracy split up Into a
few more clubs what fun they will havu
gettlug together on a new fusion basis.
"For Bryan's sake" he should be de
feated for the presidency because he
has prospered tinder republican rule as
he never prospered before.
A New York boy has been killed by
lightning while playing golf. Kven the
prevnlllng stylo of Incandescent hose
was not sulllelent' to protect him.
The trusts will be personally rep
resented at Kansas City and they Will
icl as much if not more at home with
.0 democrats than with any other
arty.
l'o make the slogan complete the pro
hibitionists should havo nominated a
man named Wild for vice president. It
would then have been a Wild ami
Woolley ticket.
Dispatches from Tien Tsln say the
rifle lire of the American and liritish
marines was "beautiful." This prob
nbly depends upon which end of the gun
It was viewed from.
Haytl has decided to lake American
coins at their face value, lluytl is slow.
Kuropean nobility has been offering a
premium for some time and taking them
encumbered with a wedding ceremony.
Chemically speaking the fusion con
ventions this year are an emulsion, not
a chemical union of the elements com
posing them and It requires coustant
and vigorous shaklug to keep them
from separating.
Democrats Indignantly deny that they
are never right and In proof of their
contention point out that the party has
been on every side of every question
which has been before the public for
several generations.
Colonel Molse, ald-de-camp to his ex
cellency tho coventor, and Deputy Oil
Inspector Fanning are again without a
political home. A new stato Institution
for tho care of democratic orphans
should bu established wlfliout delay.
In looking for contempt precedents
tho Nebraska supreme court might go
to .Tapnn, where bcveral Journalists have
been sentenced to long terms in prison
for making uncompllmeutary remarks
about tho wedding of the crown prince.
In addition to ninny oilier tilings the
army mulo is to bo turned loose on the
Chinese. Tho charge of tho mule to
tho accompaniment of tho picturesque
profaulty of the American "mule skin
ner" will bo more than John can with
stand. Tho city tax collections for the month
of Juno promise to astonish tho natives.
Put It down as certain, however, that a
half million dollars could not have been
gathered In ns city taxes In that time
without the asslstanco of republican
prosperity.
After cogitating for four years 'David
It. Hill has eomo to tho conclusion that
ho Is still a democrat, but sorrowfully
ndmlts tliero aro only a few of the
genuine brand left hardly enough to
flavor tho diluted mass which will as
seniblo at Kansas City,
The Jacksoulaii club went through a
little program of expulsion four years
ago which seems to afford tho example
and precedent for a similar performance
on tho part of tho County Democracy
now. Continuous vaudeville Is not in It
with tho show put up by the local de
mocracy In this vicinity.
AS 70 A Mint) llCKVT.
Will the found money (loinoi'tiits put
11 iircxlrirnllitl ticket In tho Hold, nx they
did fur yours iiro? TIiIm (mention will
lie (li'tcrniliied next inontli, itftcr the
KmiNiiH City convention, tho doelsloi)
having lieen deferred until the declara
tion of liilnelpleH of tho Hryaulte party
1 Is promulgated. As the character of
that declaration Is already known, It
would Hcem that the sound money demo
crats need no longer hesitate as to
whether they will support the parly
which has llxed tho gold standard In
law or will place a ticket of their own
In the Held.
Four years ago the Independent demo
cratic candidates. J'almer and Ituck
ner, received lUI.U-IK voterf. It Is tilt!
opinion of some that an independent
democratic, ticket this year would pet
a great many more votes than In lSOU.
The Philadelphia Record thinks that
"Instead of being driven to a reluctant
eholcu between two evils In McKlnley
and Hryau, the hosts of republicans and
democrats who are opposed to them
both and to tho policies of which they
are the exponents would have n wel
come alternative In a third ticket." This
may be so, but It seems to us that the
sound money democrats who regard as
of tlrst Importance tho maintenance of
the gold standard and the continuance
of prosperity would make 11 grave mis
take In supporting a third ticket and
thereby possibly endangering the suc
cess of the sound money party. Such
democrats will do their duty to the
country and at the same time contribute
to the restoration of true democracy
by voting for the republican candidates.
That Is the only wise course for men
who understand the dangers Involved
in the triumph of liryanlsin.
ciiAzun would nt: run nit: wuhse.
The New York Times does not cirroo
with those who think that President
McKlnley Is not so strong as he was
four years ago and that Mr. Bryan Is
stronger. That paper says It believes as
llrmly and conlldently as It can believe
anything as to the future that Mr. Mc
Klnley will surely be elected. "It may
be on a lighter vote or by u smaller ma
jority In the electoral college," says that
paper, "or It may bo by an overwhelm
ing majority, but of tho actual result we
can see no reason for nny Intelligent
doubt."
This opinion of the Times Is based upon
two general facts ono that the people
have no dellnlto plans or purposes sub
mitted to them by tho democratic party;
the second that when the time conies
for a decision the question which every
voter not blinded by party passion will
ask himself is, Will a change of party
In the only way now possible harm the
country and particularly his own inter
ests? In regard to tho latter the Times
says: "The tremendous force of this
latter fact can better be seen if wo turn
our minds back four years. Then the
question was different. Wo were In
the depths of business stagnation and
distress. What the voter asked him
self was, What will help 11s? Mr.
Bryan and the populist democracy
promised relief from debt by partial re
pudiation and stimulus for trade by in
flation. To the thoughtless, the igno
rant and the desperate tho promises
.were more or less fascinating. They
had nothing to lose and the hope of im
provement was enticing. Tho great
body of thoso then misled now have
much to lose. They aro creditors, not
debtors. They are going forward and
not back. They nre no longer Idle, but
busy. They will view the delusive
promises, which have not changed In
tho least, very differently. They will
fear to be tho victims where four years
ago they hoped to be the gainers." This
describes the general feeling, at least
among thoughtful people, who are not
controlled by prejudice or passion and
aro susceptible to tho Inllueuce of facts.
Tho multitude who live almost or
wholly from day to day, to whom a
week's Idleness or a month of bad busi
ness means a loss very hard to make up,
remarks tho Times, will bo tho most
careful as to the iwsRlblo effect of their
votes. "In 1800 they felt that a change
could hardly make things much worse
and might make thorn better. This year
they will sec that any serious change
must be fon the worse and thoso who
aro capable of voting their convictions
and not merely their party predilections
will not vote for a change." In tho
oplnlou of the Times there will be
enough of these to decide the result.
The voters who will havo most to do
with determining the result of the presi
dential election are the wage earners and
as tho great majority of these arc re
ceiving higher wages now than they did
four years ago It Is most reasonable to
suppose that they will vote to maintain
tho conditions from which they have
benelltcd. Tho more Intelligent of them
know that they could derive 110 advan
tage from n change, whllo there Is every
reason to believe that It would result to
their Injury.
Tilt SUXtJAV IKK.
Headers of The Bee Suuday will have
spread before them n number of exclu
sive and special features which will
make the Issue particularly timely and
attractive.
The great national nominating con
ventions are naturally the center of uni
versal ntteutlon. In Its Issuu just pre
vious to tho Philadelphia convention Tho
Boo presented its readers with a hand
some portrait of President McKlnley,
whose renomlnatlon was predestined by
his parly. This week Tho Beo gives a
new portrait, taken by Its stair pho
tographer, of William Jennings Bryan,
! who is also to bo renominated by his
party In Its convention at Kansas City
, the coming week, as well as a notable
; writ's of pictures showing him as ho nn
! pears In various characteristic phases of
ins lire at homo and on his farm in Lin
coln, Another feat tiro suro to strike tho pop
ular fancy is a group of snapshots made
at the recent policeman's picnic, expos
lug the different kinds of fun Indulged lu
on that festive occasion. Well known
characters, easily recognized from their
photographs, hnve been caught by the
camera and presented In a new light
unfamiliar to their every-day friends.
Carpeuter's letter tells how hemp Is
'grown In our Philippine possessions and
describes the primitive methods still In
vogue In preparing It for the market.
The accompanying Illustrations show
, the progressive stages of the manufac
ture at once entertaining and Instruc
tive. ' Another Illustrated article takes tip
the subject luxury In the modern lloat
! Ing palaces owned by American yachts
; men with glimpses at the Interior of
one of the most costly of these pleasure
boats.
These are only a few Items from the
literary and pictorial menu card of next
Sunday's Ilee. lie sure to but It and
end copies to your friends.
T11K C'UUATl MANAGES.
The Increase In the tax rate llxed by
tho county board on nn Increased val
uation for the coming year calls atten
tion to tho fact that the county llnanccs
are too much neglected by the taxpayers
who aro vitally concerned In tho expen
diture of tho county funds. There Is no
question but that considerable room for
retrenchment is open In the various
branches of administration under the
supervision and control of tho county
board, but since the board has passed
Into the hands of a democratic majority
the tendency has been toward Increased
expenditure and an expanded salary list
wherever the fusloulsts could be made
tho benellclarles.
In this way the county attorney's
olllce, since occupied by a democratic
Incumbent, has been more expensive to
the taxpayers than ever before. A new
auditing department has been created
entirely outside of the otllces provided
for by law In order to give places to
fusion favorites and take the work away
from the Jurisdiction of the republican
county clerk, by whom It had always
been previously performed. In the clerk
of tho court's department the tlrst rule
made under the new law putting the
olllce force on the county pay roll was
to Increase the salaries far above what
had been paid by the clerk in his Indi
vidual capacity when ho figured on re
taining all the fees for himself. With
the Income from the clerk of the court's
olllce going Into the county troastiry In
stead of Into tho private coffers of that
official the office should bo a source of
revenue Instead of an expense to the
taxpayers and would bo so If strict ac
countability wero enforced. Various other
leaks, most notably those in tho jury
service which make our courts so ex
pensive, the prison feeding contract of
the county jail and tho proposed raid for
a fake county fair could and should be
stopped to the advantage of the taxpay
ers. With an economical and careful ad
ministration of county affairs as con
trasted with the profligate policy of the
present fusion board, the tax rate would
be reduced Instead of Increased. But no
relief can be expected In that direction
until the people arouse to tho necessity
of looking after their interests by the
selection of county commissioners who
will rescue the affairs of tho county
from tho grasp of tho fusion machine.
Tho most ludicrous farce of the sys
tem employed In making assessments of
property hero in Omaha Is that relating
to the valuation of banks nnd bank prop
erty. All tho banks lu Douglas county
arc listed for taxation at ?oS."i,ri97, which
is supposed to include capital stock, sur
plus and undivided prollls. Tho way
this Is arrived at Is by taking tho actual
llgures and dividing by six on the theory
that other property Is taxed tqion one
sixth of Its full value. The reason for
the one-sixth percentage in assessing
real and personal property, however, is
that a forced sale would not bring more
than one-sixth of the actual value. Ap
plying tills principle to the banks, wo sec
the authorities taking actual cash held
as bank surplus and saying that it Is
only worth one-sixth of its face value.
No ono ever heard of any banker who
would sell his property for I ho amount
at which It was assessed, although
plenty of people would dispose of realty
at the assessed valuation.
One of the petitions before the council
for repavement applies to a strip of
Nineteenth street only one block in
length between Dodge and Capitol ave
nue. No contract for paving this street
should bo let unless It Includes the strip
from Douglas to Dodge, which has not
yet been paved. No good reason exists
why property owners in tho center of tins
city should hnvo tho benefit of street
Improvements all around them, yet per
sist In obstructing Improvements where
they might have to bear a portion or
tho cost.
Woolley and Metonlf constitute the
nominees on tho prohibition national
ticket. Tho man chosen for second place
must not bo confused with any Individ
ual of tho same nnnio residing In Ne
braska. Tho Nebraska Metcalfe and
prohibition aro total strangers to ouo
another.
Judge Van Wyck of New York pre
scribes for tho democratic party on the
theory that Its Ills aro many, as accord
ing to tho late democratic candidate for
governor ten different medicines are re
quired. Ho does not nretend to k.-iv
'what the trouble Is, but It Is doubtless
general debility and au overdose of ice
water.
Mayor Moores' proclamation restrict
Ing the dlsclmrgo of Uroworks to the day
set apart for celebrating the birth of the
republic Is timely and should be strictly
enforced. The exertion of ordinary pre
caution for the Kourth of July celebra
tion would bo the means of saving val
uable property ami moro valuable lives.
Two-thirds of the Increased county as
sessment Is to bo added lo tho bridge
fund. If Douglas county Is not soon
( planted to bridges almost as closely as
It Is plauted to corn it will not bo the
fault of the bridge contractors and the
popocratle majority of tho county board.
I'rophi'U Without Honor.
Washington Star.
Ono of the lucky circumstances In con
nection with a political campaign is that
tho preliminary loud talk by the nmatetir
prophets Is usually forgotten In tho ex
citement of listening tn tho election returns,
"Our Friend the i:neiii.v."
Saturday Evening Post.
Some men who think they arc patriots
nro only partisans.
ThropN of the l.vlMK t'entury.
Baltimore American.
Tho war news of tho world Is beginning
to get slightly bewildering. It comes from
all quarters of tho globe whllo you wait.
Working; (lir (Mil Uniiir.
Chlcnso Record.
Wasn't It stratigo that rain came along
nml saved tho wheat crop Just when tho
Innocent outsiders hud loaded up on n nlco
line of It?
Jollying the Olil Admiral.
ChlcHco Tribune.
Admiral Dewey, It Is reported, notes "a
fctrous feeling In tho west for Mr. Bryan"
ami believes that "If ho runs for tho pres
idency ho will bo elected." Tho ndmlral
Is a good soul, but somebody has suc
ceeded in stuffing htm.
Do Strike I'ny (he Strlkrrsf
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
According to nn ofTlclal statement tho
amount contributed to tho street railway
strikers In St. Louis for forty-six days
has been $33,915, of which $2,271 went for
expense.?. Tho remainder is $31,611, which
distributed among 3,000 men for the time
mentioned gives au averago nf about 23
cents a day for each man. Tho wages of
tho men for the same period would havo
amounted to $276,000, a loss of $244,356.
Go ml Sample nf WmtiTii l'lnck.
St. Loulu Republic.
American pluck of tho finest typo Is re
vealed In tho undaunted spirit with which
tho pcoplo of Bloomlngton, III., aro already
setting to work to rebuild that considerable
portion of their city which was recently de
stroyed by lire. Th! Is tho Indomitable
spirit that has always been tho keynoto of
tho marvelous march of progress tn tho
middle west. Equally In Itls degrco Bloom
lngton manifests tho same courago and en
ergy that wero shown by Chicago following
tho great fire of a generation ago In that
city. With tho ruins of Us burned district
Etlll smoking, this bravo Illinois town has
already begun plans for rebuilding and Its
architects aro busy with the necessary pre
liminaries. CONCUIl.MNU GOLD IIRMOCIIATS.
Why They Should Stnml liy the lle
publleuii I'urty Thin Ycur.
New York Tribune.
A republican congress and u republican
president gavo tho country a gold standard
law. Gold democrats received from the re
publican party something that they could
never get from tho democratic party and
yet a number of thoughtless pcoplo assert
that thoy can now support Mr. Bryan, as
tho enactment of tho present currency law
has, they say, removed tho strongest reahon
which Induced them to voto tho republican
ticket four years ago. In other words, hav
ing received from tho republican party tho
boon they asked, theso people aro-rcady
to lend their votes to a caiuo Ufo very
object of which Is to upset the conditions
that aro responsible tor current national
credit and national prosperity. Dock tho
republican party deserve to bo punished for
doing well? Do tho gold democrats owa
the republican party nothing? Is It fair
to take and gjvo nothing In return and do
honest men endorse tho course of tho fawn
ing hypocrlto who accepts hospitality In the
daytime and steals from Ills host at night?
Is there not a question of gratltudo nnd
morals Involved In this case? All gold
democrats In fact,1 all men are In debt to
the republican party for tho stand It has
taken on the mbrfey question. It Is a debt
that demands payment; not a debt that can
be charged 6ft; not a dcT)t that was liqui
dated tn advance by tho votes of four yenrs
ago. In tho establishment of tho gold
standard law tho gold democrats should
And amplo reason for standing by tho re
publican party this year and, falling to do
this, they will add ono moro gloomy Inci
dent to the history of political Ingratitude
and oven political crime.
TUB C A XT 13 MX AXD Til 12 AIIMV.
Inlrmpernle Itrinurlin hy n Temper-iiiu-e
Ail viu-iilo.
New York Times.
Mr. James B. Dunn of tho National Tem
perance society has written to tho Bvenlng
Post a letter upon tho nrmy canteen, which
seems to us to havo all tho vices of the
discussions upon this subject of the "cru
saders." It Is us unfair as tho editorial re
marks upon the question In tho Now Voice,
which, ns theso tamo poreons know who
have read them, aro Inspired by that par
ticular blend of Ignorance, Insolence and In
tolerance which mankind has agreed to (all
fanaticism.
If wo take tho view of tho original report,
which tho Methodist general conference
wisely declined to accept, that tho permitted
sale, under any conditions, of intoxicating
liquors Is a "bin," then, of course, there Is
no moro to bo said. There Is nothing to do
but to refiuo tho permission, oven though
wo know that prohibition docs not prohibit,
and even though the effect of nominal pro
hibition wero to make an army of drunk
ards. But really that is a view as lncradlblo
to tho great mujorlty of adult malo Ameri
cans as tho view which wo bollevo w,is
taken by tho saio committee, that tho usa
of tobacco U n "body and soul-dcit:oylng
evil," which every banc man, whether he
happen to to u cqnsumer or nn abstainer,
knows to bo mere bosh. And when we put
tho quostlon of tho canteen on biiblunary
ground?, nnd discuss It aa a matter of 'ex
pediency, which Mr. Dunn nnd his kind at
onco protend ar.d refuso to do, tho best 'hlng
vc can poaalbly do Is to tako tho testimony
of expert wltnoatea. Thcsj witnesses are
In this caso tho officers of the army, Th?y
not only know mora nbout tho comparative
results of a canteen under restriction and
nn unrtstrlctcd saloon than anybody else, !
but they nre also moro warmly Interested
than anybody elso In tho efficiency and
wclfaro of tho enlisted men and discipline
of the army, to which cxcesslvo drinking is
ono of the greatest enemies.
Tho War department very wisely took this
highest class of testimony. Tho results woro
overwhelmingly In favor of tho restricted I
nnd Inspected drinking of tho canteen, 11 s 1
ngalnst tho unrestricted and uninspected 1
drinking of the saloon. In order to weaken
tho effect of this absolutely conclusive show-'
lug, Mr. Dunn finds It proper nnd tasteful,
and oven Christian, to Insult tho ofllcorn
of tho army by charging them with cooking
tholr reports to suit what ho nssuraes to bo
tho vlows of the War department. Thcro
could not bo a grosser or more baseless in
sult than this, nnd yet tho Insultcr delivers
It with tho nlr of calm argumentation and
"sweet reasonableness." Hear him:
"Under such circumstances P. was not to
bn expected that many officers, dependent
ns they aro upon tho secretary of war for
favors, would enro Jo put themselves upon
record as avowo to tho vlows and wishes of
tho War department. Any public
adverse criticism of an army officer
Jeopardizes his position nud puts him out .
of favor with tho War department." I
U Is such reckless and Insolent absump-.
Hons that an officer of tho National Tem
poranco society undertakes to sweep away
a mass of export testimony which would
bcrve as an infallible guide to n rational and
modest reformer. What can you do with a
fanatlo llko that? Ono thing you can surely
do U absolutely to disregard his advlco when
an Important and practical question, like
that of promoting temperance lu tho army,
la under popular or legislative discussion.
POLITICAL DIIII'T.
Jeff Uavls is running for governor don
In Arkansas.
Some heartless cartoonist, bereft of respect
for the dead, pictures David Bennett Hill
as a dicky bird.
if the democrats take Sutler In thelr's
It will bo pretty strong evidence that there
Is "a stick In It."
Tho democrats nbout to assemble In Kan
sas City will naturally "view with alarm"
the dubious prospect ahead.
The prohibition candidate for president
Is nil Woolley and a yard wide. With
characteristic loyalty to principles the party
refused to take a Swallow.
Colonel Drlnkwatcr is going to Kansas
City to do some political booming. Tho
colonel's name will not nttract much at
tention, except on tho side.
Rev. Sam Jones calls tho democrats of
Gcorclu "a lot of damnable red-nosed ras
cals." Jones Is n Georgian himself and a
fair Judco of creed and color.
Charles Umory Smith serves notlco
through the Philadelphia Press that "the
republican party will not permit Its plat
form to bo Qulggcd a second time."
Tho (lerman-spcaklng socialists had hot
ter watch out. Tho socialist candldato for
president Is Joseph Maloncy, nnd for gov
ernor of Now York, Charles Corrlgan.
Tho Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal calls tho
present democratic party "organized folly,"
and decides to "go with the fools." Tho
tasto of tho ntar-cyed goddess Is hope
lessly corrupted.
Oeorge Walker of the Alabama delegation
at Philadelphia had a lot of fun thero on
account of hla marked resemblance to Hanna.
All Borta of men Importuned him for tavuis,
poured advlco Into his ear or warned him
against real or fancied dangers to the "grand
old party."
Tho democratic candidate for governor of
Indlnnn, John W. Kern, Is n native of
Botetourt county, Virginia, nnd an Intimate
personal and political friend of tho Into
Senator Daniel W. Voorhces for many
years. Ho Is now city solicitor of In
dianapolis. Western men who attended the Phila
delphia convention were much disappointed
In the appearance of Governor Rooaevelt.
They had expected, after all the rough rider
talk, to find a stnlwart, broad-shouldered
man Instead of a compact fellow of less than
5 feet 9 Inches.
Tho Alabama populists oro having dlfll
culty In mnlntainlug their state ticket.
Threo men nominated for state offlcej hnvo
declined Rev. S. M. Adams, named for
governor; A. G. Drake, named for stato
treasurer, and John II. Porter, nominated
for superintendent of education.
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff's announce
ment that he 1ocb not want the nomination"
for governor of New York and that ho will
go back to business, though ho will not re
llro from polities at tho end of his present
term, Is translated by tho experts as mean
ing that ho Is going after Mr. Piatt's placo
In the senate, tho great boss having 'In
nouueed that ho will not havo it uzain.
Tho only recorded tnstanco In many
years of a democratic nominee who was
reluctant to accept his party's nomination
for vice president was Thomas A. Hen
dricks, tho choice of tho St. Louis conven
tion for that ofllco in 187C. Ho hesitated
somo time before accepting. On tho oc
casion of his second nomination as vice
president by tho Chicago convention In
1881 Mr. Hendricks showed no like re
luctance. AI.LIKI) ARM IKS IX CIIIXA.
LenilerNhip n. Mutter nf Itnuk I'ncle
Snm'n l'oslllon,
Buffalo Kxpress.
Oeneral Adna, R. Chaffee, who has been
ordered to tako command of the American
troops which will bo sent to China, Is nn
officer with a fine record and is worthy of
tho fullest confidence. Tho only objection
to his selection is his subordinate rank. Ho
Is a brigadier. As such ho will bo out
ranked probably hy tho chief military repre
sentatives of every other nation which sends
troops to China. .Ho will, consequently, be
under tho command of every Englishman,
Russian, Japanese, German and Frenchman
with whom ho may bo required to act In
alllnucc. 16 may bo that tho government
does not doslro any greater prominence for
our forces than this. Only a small number
of troops 'will bo sent and our Interests In
China are comparatively slight. A secondary
position is not Inappropriate. Still, It might
bo observed that hero is a raso In which
tho promotion of General Miles to a lieu
tenant generalship might havo been turned
to good account. U Miles had been sent to
command in China his rank would have
placed him on an equality with most, If not
with all, of tho foreign officers thcro and
tho Influence of tho United States would
have been correspondingly greater. Instead
of sending American troops out under -tho
general command of an Hnglish officer to
bo defeated and surrounded, as has happened
to thosi who went with tho Pekln relief ex
pedition under 'Admiral Seymour or under u
Russian officer to be led Into an ambuscade,
113 happened to the Tien T.dn relief expedi
tion, we should have had a man at hand en-titli-i
to tako chief command over the allies,
and Americans nt least would have felt
more confidence lu the results. Possslbly
tho others would havo resented our for
wardness. On tho other hand, they might
havu welcomed our action as furnishing a
means of moro hearty co-operation than has
marked the movements of tho International
forces to far.
nwxi3itsiui I.V AIR.
ItlKhtu nf Ileal ICtnle Owner' lu the
Air Ahove Their I.miiln.
Boston Globe.
Tho valuo of land In a great city has
long been recognized, but few people, por
haps, havo realized how far up ond down
real estate ownership extends, A lawsuit
Just decided in Now York has settled tho
fact that a man can get damages If his
neighbor encroaches for even a few Inches
on the air abovo the land to which he has
a legal claim.
The evldenco In tho Case Just decided
showed that the wall of a twenty-story
building on Broadway overhangs the land
adjoining at tho first cornice of tho building
thrco Inches and a quarter, at tho second
cornice threo Inches and three-quarters
nnd nt tho third cornlco four Inches and
three-quartors. At tho Now street end
thero Is an overhang of ono and ono-elghth
Inches and In addition to this there are
overhanging cornices and swinging shutters,
Tho owner of tho air encroached upon got
opinions from experts that tho consequent
Injury to him was from $50,000 to $250,000.
J ud go Lawrcnco of the supreme court
has uwarded to the sufferer $5,000 dam
ages, Ho says that tho defendant will bo
onjolned from maintaining tho cornices
nml swinging shutters, tho Injunction to
tnke effect when tho plaintiff decides, It
nt all, to carry up his building, which Is
four Btorles high, or to erect nnothcr higher
building. If tho defendant agrees to pay
the $5,000 tho plaintiff must give an ac
quittance of all claim for tho encroachment
of tho wall, Tho defendant must also de
clare that ho will make no claim of adverse
possession for tho timo the cornices and
shuttcra remain.
Real estnto exports soy that tho caso Is
of such importance that It may bo car
ried to a higher court on an appeal. The
present decision has shown, however, that
the plaintiff's hopes for damages wero not
altogether "In tho air." Theoretically, It
would appear a man's ownership of a
piece of land extends upward to tho limit
of the atmosphere and downward to the
center of tho earth.
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Out July 1 Buy II.
OTIII'.lt I. AMIS TIIAX OI IIS.
A British naval officer, writing nnony
mously to tho London Times, but clearly of
high standing, his letter being accorded the
honors of leaded type, pays that tho real
cause of tho uprising In China is tho fact
that for years the great powere havo re
garded that country 11s tho playground of
their diplomacy, and have been carrying on
the Interesting gamo of outwitting each
other for a number of years, without ever,
for one moment, taking Into consideration
tho opinions or feelings of tho millions of
natives, or believing in tho poudblllty of
that concerted action on tho part of the
Chinese of which there havo been so many
tioglcctcd warnings. Ho argues that tho
British policy of constant suspicion of Rus
sia which Lord Salisbury somo time ago
declared to bo exploded, but which has
been pursued steadily nevertheless, Is re
sponsible for tbo whole trouble. That
policy, tho writer argues, Is confessedly a
humiliating failure, nnd ho proceeds to de
claro that tho only satisfactory solution
of tho Chinese problem will bo found In
tho cordial co-operntlon of England nnd
Russia, and he urges tho British foreign
office to Utilize the acknowledged friendli
ness of the czar for Great Britain .toward
securing a pcrmnncnt settlement of that
fnr eastern question, which has so long
been the terror of diplomatists.
The most eloquent descriptions of tho
fnmlno In India, Its extent, nnd tho suffering
caused by it, aro scarcely so vivid as the
bare statement of facts In the official com
munication which the viceroy. Lord Curzon,
sent recently to the lord mayor of London.
From this It appears that the average an
nual rainfall of the Indian continent, cal
culated upon data extending" over tho last
thirty years, Is forty-one Inches. In 1S9G
the deficiency was flvo Inches. In 1Sj:
(when the monsoon broko that regulated
tho harvests of 1900), the deficiency was
eleven Inches, or 27 per cent. Such a deficit
is unparalleled lu Indian records. In the
mlddlo of May, ISO", an area of 203.000
squaro miles, with a population of 40,000,000
persons, was affected. In the middle of
May, 1D00, tho figures were 417,000 square
miles (or nearly a quarter of the entire
extent of tho Indian empire), and 54,000,000
persons. In May, 1S97. 3.SU.00O peisonu
wero In receipt of government relief; In
May, 1900, the total was 5,607,000. At the
present moment, lu tho whole of the af
flicted regions In British India, 15 per cent
of the entire population aro being supported
by the government.
In summing up the present situation be
tween Japun and Russia, the Pekln cor
respondent of the London Times guys:
"Russian cannot permit Japan to occupy
Korea and Japan cannot expose her country
to the peril of seeing Korea In tho hands of
Russia. Yet the population of Japan Is
growing so quickly that thcro Is an impera
tive need for territorial expansion. Forty
two millions of people, bravo and warlike,
cannot remain cooped up In islands for tho
most part mountainous, the territorial area
of which Is less than Sweden, while the
population Is nino times greater. And ex
pansion cannot' bo looked for In Formosa.
Formosa -will bo dovdoped as we develop
India. No Japanese contemplates tho Im
migration of Japanese Into Formosa to dis
place Chinese and aborigines. Korea, on
tho other hand, having a cllmalo nnd soil
llko that of Japan and yet being thinly
peopled, is tho natural and Inevitable coun
try for Japaneho expansion, Korea must
becomo Japanese. Japan must have Korea.
But to occupy Korea Involves a war with
Russia, for Korea cannot bo held by tho
power that Is not in occupation of the
Leao-tong peninsula."
Somo Interesting particulars appear In the
London press concerning that compact and
formldablo body of native troops which
England has organized under the namo of
tho West African frontier forco and which
has furnished tho backbone of tho Kumassl
relief expedition. It consists of two bat
talions of infantry, thrco batteries of artil
lery and an engineer company, with all
necessary transport nnd medical arrange
ments. Tho rank und fllo arc Hausas,
Yorubas aud a few Nupes, all superb speci
mens of humanity and nil said to bo In a
high stato of discipline. A battalion con
sists of eight companies, each 150 strong,
with a lieutenant colonel commandant, bec
ond In command, adjutant nnd quartermas
ter. Each company has Its company com
mander and two subalterns, with flvo Brit
ish nou-commlssioucd ofilcnrs, besides na
tive non-commlsslonod officers. Every com
pany has, moreover, Its own Mnxlm and
gun detachment, tho men being armed
throughout with the .303 Leo-Euficld car
bine Two of tbo threo batteries consist
each of four seven-pounder guns of easy
traction aud quite powerful enough for the
work expected of them. The third battery
has a formidable nrmament of six Norden-
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bush country. Is said to be very remark -able.
Tho native gunners have beon trained
carefully and are said lo be extrcraly ef
ficient. Most of the railways of China nre In tho
region which Is now the scene of military
operations and of the depredations of the
Boxers. A railway eighty miles long, be
longing to nn English company, extends
from tho port of Tien Tsln north to Tckln.
At Fengtal, five miles south of Pekln on
this line, begins tho Belgian "Lu Han" rail
wny, which extends southwest seventy
eight miles to Paotlngfu, where the Boxers
havo been particularly nctlvr. Both tho
English nnd the Belgian lines have been
largely destroyed by tho rioters. From
Tien Tsln a railway extends 2S7 miles east
ward to Chcnchou nnd thcro nro branches
aggregating fifty miles. Altogether tho
English system has 407 miles nnd tho Bel
gian" cighty-clght. It Is tho former that
Is to bo ultimately connected with Mouk
den, In tho Russian sphere, where It will
connect with tho Siberian railway. About
sixty miles of the American Hankan-Pckln
line has been graded, but work Is now
stopped.
SMILIXC. ItllMAItlCS.
Detroit Journal: In politics, the wlsn
man layeth pipes, while tho fool only
ypouts.
Chicago Record: "John Is so absent
minded." "U he?"
"Yes; whenever I glvo him a letter to
mall he goes und mulls It."
Indianapolis Journal: "Let me sell ynu
an ulurm clock to help you get up In the
inornlni;."
"Help me get up! Man. nre ynu crazy?
All an alarm clock does Is to make veoplo
feet doubly determined to stay In bed."
Chicago Tribune: Mr. Brynn looked at
hla watch.
"Cull In tho young men of the press," he
said. "This Is my regular hour for assur
ing tho country that the Chicago platform
will bo reaffirmed ut Kunsas City."
Pittsburg Chronicle: "I hear that
married life Is expensive," said u young
urn 11 contemplating matrimony to a
benedict of his acquaintance.
"Well." replied the latter, evasively, "t
saw In the newspapers that Brlghum Young
Roberts had Just been fined $lfiO for
bigamy."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "That tnlkatlv
Mr. dabble reminds mo of heavy siege
gun."
"Why?"
"Ah soon ns It's known he's loaded every
body runs for cover."
Detroit Journal: Tho sneaker waxed lm
imssloned. "Are you." he cried, feelingly, "of tboe
who, having eyes, see not; having ears,
hear ifot?"
"Vcs! yes'" thniited the assembled eli
tors, ns with ono voice.
For nil of these men, us It chanced, were
candidates for places on the pollco force
TII1J CAXXOX CHACKKn.
Mary Marshall PnrkH In St. Nicholas
It was a Chinese cracker.
All clad In glowing red.
Lay trembling lo n wooden box,
BcKlda our Tommy's bed.
"Tomorrow," sighed tho cracker,
"Unless I swiftly fly
Lour ere the shining sun Is up,
I shall most surely die!"
Out of the box hn clambered,
With many a glance of dread
Where Tommy, dreaming of the Fourth,
Iiy tossing on his bed.
1
The cracker, trembling greatly.
Then hied him to a wood.
And sought a dark und lonely dell,
Whero drops of moisture stood
On flowers and grass. lie ehucklrd,'
"This Is the place for me,"
And xiit. down nn h cpld, diiiUP toiir,
Beside -h moscy'treei - A"V- ,
Tho woodland creatures gathered,
And gazed with startled eyes,
And listened to his tale of woe
With murmurs of surprise.
Said the selfish, boastful cracker:
"You see, I used my wits.
My brothers In that fatal box
Will nil bo blown to bits;
Whllo I, because I reasoned.
And dared to net" Per-HANti !!!
A terrible, explosion
Throughout the woodland rang.
It was a frisky flrelly
Toyed with that iluiigllug cuo,
And Into countless pieces
Tho cnnnon-crackcr flew!
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