Nebraska Newspapers

    T.UE CXM-AltA DAILY 1JEK:4 JIONDAY, JULY 2), 1000.
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THE 1IEE PUI1MSIIINO COMPANY,
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Btato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss:
Oonrge H. Tzschuck. seerctary of Tho Hco
Publishing compnny. being duly sworn,
ays that thn actual number of full and
romplete tonics of Tho Dally. Morning,
Evening anil Sunday Hee, printed during
the mouth of Juno, 1900, was as follows:
1 '-11,0:10 10 20,400
lM .. 17 so,i:.i
3 SMI, IKS 13 20,1170
4 25,H10 19 20.7BO
G 20,0.-iO 20 20,170
25,710 21 27,0"50
7 2n,S0 22 S0,U.'ltl
8 20,070 25. t 20,000
9 2l,r,r,0 24 27,255
10 2r,,!MI0 20 20,780
11 25,710 2J 27,010
..., 25,700 27 S!0,80
13 25,800 Zi 20,7l)O
14 Stll.UlO 29 t 20tT0
IS 20,000 30 27,250
Total 71)2,0:t5
Loss unsold and returned copies.... 11,181)
Net total sales 781, 140
Net dally average 20,o:sh
GEORGE II. TZSC1IUCK.
rfubscrlbed and sworn before mo this 2d
day of July, 1500. M. IJ. HUNCIATE.
(Heal.) Notary Public.
PARTIES M1AVIXU I'Olt SUMMER.
I'lirtlrn IrnvliiK lir city for
Hi i- Hummer muy Imve Tlie Hen
unit lu (belli rcuuliirly liy
mitlfyliiir Till- lli- HimlncN
ofllct-, In iiiTNiiii iir by ill.
The iiildrenn will lie chunked
im often' nil ilcxlrcd.
Oiiialm will jjlnilly titko all the new
factories' It can get nnil then try for
uioro.
Iiitltniitlons of a short apple crop In
Nebrnskn linvo a tendency to bear
cholera morbus market In this vicinity.
Several ears are closo to tho ground
over In Iowa awaiting to hear Governor
Shaw on the question of the senatorial
vacancy.
McKlnley and Itoosevelt clubs nre
springing up all over Nebraska nnd lown
almost as rapidly ns the corn crop is np
pronchlng maturity.
The lice's compliments to nil tho pnr
tlclpants In tho great vacation contest
and particularly to thu winners who
have earned hucccss.
Tho order of tho lltiltiinore St Ohio
railroad forbidding employes to hold po
lltlcal olllce will not be Imitated by tho
roads doing business In Nebraska.
How many new business enterprises
vrero being located In Oinahii four years
ago under the menace of Hryunlsm and
before the advent of republican pros
perity? It Is noticeable that Adlal Stevenson is
not giving vent to any opinions on
.China, South Africn or anything else
All Adlal Is expected to do Is to look
pleasant and wield the axe.
Tho Chinese government Insists that It
In doing its best to protect the foreign
legations In Pekln. Tho trouble is that
the best the Chinese government can do
Is not up to the requirements.
Tho fusion candidate for congress in
tho Klrst district seems particularly mix
lous to have ills republican competitor
help him draw a crowd to listen to his
exposition of popocratle vagaries.
Those Idaho fuslonlsts that are having
such 11 hard time to get together evl
dently lack the experience of their Ne
bruskn brethren. They should call In
(some of the dictators who run the ma
chine in tills state.
Chicago llnds that a surplus remains
In thu .Methodist general conference
fund without even calling on thn guar
nnty put up by its citizens. This is n
record not often matched by greut na
tloual assemblies, either suculur or
religious.
The nomination of Sam Llehty for
state auditor on tho middle-of-the-road
populist ticket is liable to recall several
unpleasant memories in the vicinity of
tho state house machine to which lie was
such a stumbling block during tho last
legislature.
Coventor Poyntor hns appealed to
the supremo court to conio to tho rescue
of that Klx-thousanil-dollur-a-yetir do-
nothing State Hoard of Transportation
If the court had been so disposed it
could have pasted on the points at Issue
In several cases decided during the last
year.
Tho Hryanltes keep right on accusing
the Amerleon press of discriminating
against them, although constantly draw
lug on their spuco for the publication of
prepared Interviews nud answers to self
propounded questions. No candidate
wus ever treated more liberally by the
opposition press In the way of opening
their columns to his statements and
opinions than Mr. llryan.
Chairman Jones of the democratic
committee has begun his regular issue
of hourly bulletins expressing his satis
fuctl6n with the conditions of the cum
palgn and conjuring up all sorts of air
custlea for thn Hryaulto following,
Chairman Jones indulged In these enter
talnlng pleasantries all through the bat
tlo of I81M1 with the only result of fool
log n few credulous people who gave be
lief to his effusions.
WHAT WDVl.l) IIIIYAN )')!
Iljntin announced that all tho volunteers
In the Philippines would soon b brought
home. That was put out as a vote catcher
Jlut when McKlnley telegraphed for troops
to go to China General MacArlhur answered
that all tho Hoops In the Philippines wore
needed thero and would bo for month to
conic. One regiment only was sent. Since
Otis left wa have had no cables raying "The
war Is over." Nebraska Independent.
It Is always easy for a niuu who
watches a jriitne to point out the mis
takes of the man who plays. Hut It Is
nnother matter for 111 111 to play the pune
himself.
The question Is, What would llryan do
If hi occupied the presidential chair?
Would he disband tho American army
in the Philippines and c.kso tho lives
nnd property of American citizens and
citizens of foreln nations who rely uixin
tho United Htutes for protection to mob
violence and pillage by the Filipinos?
Would ho send the troops home In the
face of the revolutionary outbreak In
China? Would he refuse to join the
other civilized nations In their elTort to
save the Kuropeaus and Americans from
mnssacrc because to do so might
frighten voters into thtf hellof that he
was launchliiir out upon an era of mili
tarism und conscription?
Mr. llryan lias publicly declared within
the hist few days that he approved the
course President McKlnley and his ad
mlnlstrntloif are pursuing In China.
That means that Mr. Hrynn, if he were
president, would have doue exactly what
McKlnley has done lu the matter of
dispatching troops to the rescue of Amer
icans and Kuropenns In China.
Mr. llryan has also declared himself
in favor of a protectorate over the Phil
ippines, which means the protection of
all the people in the Inlands against for
eign Invasion and domestic insurrection.
How could a protectorate be maintained
in the Philippine without an army sta
tinned in the Philippines large enough
to cope with Internal or external ene
mies of law and order? It follows there
fore that so long as the United States
exercises a protectorate It must main
tain an army In tho Philippines. What
difference would It make whether Amer
ican troops np kept In the Philippines
as the mainstay of n protectorate or
whether they are kept there as the tie-
fenders of tho American litis ""'I
thorlty? If It Is militarism lu one case
Is It not Just as much militarism in the
other?
Mark Ilanna makes a good target for
popocratle organs and caricaturists, but
tho American yeoplo cannot be fright
ened out of their wits by holding up
Mark llanna as the embodiment of mili
tarism, imperialism and all tho other
nightmares that have been conjured up
In the interest of IJryan's candidacy for
president.
AMUllH'AN INt'l.UKKCK IN VUIIA.
While It Is the irrevocable purpose of
the United States to give Cuba an Inde
pendent ..government, for which the
preparations are now lu progress, It Is
Inevitable that American Influences will
lie prevalent within Culm in the future.
There Is no good reason why they should
not be. As tho Huston Transcript says,
leaving the (Julians to uuinage their own
political affairs does not mean that the
Interest of the United States In Cuba Is
to cease." There are great opportunities
for American capital In the Island," says
that paper, "yet capital must wait for
the formation of a permanent govern
ment there. Cuba, with all Its natural
resources, is in need of the Investment
of our money. When onco tho Cubans
have demonstrated their capacity for
self-government by actual test, there Is
no question that American investors will
seek this new Held and that the com
mercial ties with our near neighbor will
be as strong as those of politics. Yet In
this American influence there is nothing
that can be considered hostile in any
way."
Having given tho Cuban people self-
government, there Is every reason why
American Influence should be exerted
there in every proper and legitimate way
to Induce them to cultivate the most
friendly relations with tho United States
ami not to discriminate against this
country In their foreign relations. Here
they will always Hud their best nnd most
protltable market. To this country they
must always look for protection against
foreign aggression. In this country they
have their surest friend. Not only have
we a claim upon their gratitude, but
they are bound to us by self-interest.
These considerations make It Inevitable
that American Influence will be very
strongly exerted In Cuba In the futuro
und It should be to the great benefit of
Its people.
HAD COUNTY FlNANCimUNd.
The exhibit of county finances made
by the treasurer in Ills seinl-annual re
port shows that on July 1 the cash on
hand was $170,u(!:i.31. This represents
the balances lu the various funds on de
posit to tho credit of the county treas
urer. Prom theso deposits tho taxpay
ers of Douglas county are getting not
one cent of Interest, while the money In
the hands of the city treasurer draws 'i
per cent.
Estimating the average balances in the
comity treasury at ?lf0,000, the tnxpay
era of Douglas county should have re
ceived on the same basis $:t,000 lu lu
terest during the past year.
The only excuse given for failure to
exact the payment of Interest from the
banks on county deposits Is that the de
posltory law fixes the minimum of In
terest on county funds at It per cent.
Inasmuch as the batiks refuse to pay .'!
per cent the county funds are presumed
to be handed over to the banks without
Interest, although there is u suspicion
that luteiest Is being paid to somebody
for the use of this money.
Whenever the attention of the Hoard
of County Commissioners Is called to
tills palpable disregard of the public In
terest the plea Is set up that the county
has 110 right to accept less than II per
cent on Its deposits and must therefore
bo content with receiving nothing. Prom
the technical point of view this may Ih
correct, but wo vontunt to say that thv
evastou of the spirit of the law Is much
more reprehensible than would lie the
acceptance of i5 per cent Instead of 3
per cent. It Is more titan likely that
some responsible depository could be
Induced to pay .1 per cent for count v
deposits at least part of the year, If not
all year.
It goes without saying that 110 tax
payer would enjoin the county treasurer
from accepting l! per cent or mandamus
tile commissioners to keep the money
Idle lu the treasury.
The tiling is too transparent to need
further comment.
tMLAV THAT MAY lit'. 1USASTI10US.
Our government lias been advised by
Admiral Itemey, at Taku, that the 1 it
tet'iiatloual column would not begin Its
advance upon Pekln before the middle
of August. It Is easy, to understand, lu
view of the appeal of Minister Conger,
that tills Information was received lu
Washington with consternation. The
minister stated tluit quick relief was
necessary to prevent a general massacre
nnd there could be no doubt us to the
meaning of this; The British legation,
where till the foreign ministers are quar
tered, was under constant lire of shot
and shell from the Chinese troops. Kvl
dently the power of defense was weak
ening when the dispatch Was sent and
It was realized that the besieged dele
giitlons could not hold out much longer.
There was a desperate situation and It
Is reasonable to presume that sli.ee then
it has grown more desperate.
Yet with a large Intcrniitloual force at
Tien Tsln and Taku n movement on
Pekln Is delayed and for tills two ex
planations nre given. One Is that the
Kuropcan governments, skeptical as to
the authenticity of the report from Con
ger, have adopted the Idea that there
nre no foreigners alive in Pekln and that
consequently there Is 110 need for haste.
The other Is that there Is friction in re
gard to an International commander.
The assurance given by the government
of the United States as to the authen
ticity of the Conger dispatch, wltli the
corroborative evidence, should have re
moved all doubt on that score. The pre
cautions taken by our State department
lu the matter nnd the unquestionable
honesty of the Chinese minister at
Washington, conclusively show that the
dispatch was authentic and there Is no
reasonable excuse for doubting It. As
to the question of a commander-in-chief
for the allied forces, as we pointed out
ti few days ngo It Is n most unfortunate
feature of the situation that threatens
to have very disastrous consequences.
It Involves a delay In the movement on
Pekln that may extend even beyond the
middle of next month ami lu the mean
time the worst that has been feared may
happen.
Indeed it Is by no means certnln that
any agreement can lie reached on this
most Important matter mid that It will
finally be determined that the force of
each of the powers shall 'take Independ
ent action a course which could hardly
fall to prove disastrous. It Is stated,
for Instance, that (ieneral Clm (Tee may
lend the way to Pekln himself, but that
would simply menu the annihilation of
the American force nnd It Is perfectly
safe to say that he will not undertake
mi Independent movement. The dissen
sion or hick of understanding In this
vital mutter Is the most dlscouruglng
fact In the situation mid is pregnant
with danger. It is understood that our
government Is making efforts to over
come the dllllciilty, but the advices from
Admiral Itemey nre far from reassuring.
With the advent of the twentieth cen
tury the world will witness the passing
of the drug clerk. A Chicago contem
porary foreshadows this sad condition
by announcing that the slot machines
which provide gum, perfumery, choco
late and telephone connections have
ltlded a department In which the deposit
of a cent gives access to the city direc
tory, the one of tho few exclusive func
tions of the drug clerk that up to this
date hud not been invaded by the now
fangled Inventions and mechanical appli
ances.
These stories about 20,000 traveling
men trooping for Hrynn will be taken
with several grains of allowance. Who
are the traveling men who were for
McKlnley four years ngo and me now
for Hrynn? Sixteen to 0110 the real
traveling men who were for Hrynn in
the depression year of ISiXi, but are
for McKlnley In the prosperity year of
1!K)0, fur outnumber those who have
turned the other way.
Those attorneys for the late clerk of
the district court who nre indulging in
such pleasantries lu their motion for re
hearing before the supreme court nre
simply throwing a large-sized bluff,
They have to do something to make good
their claims for the fee for legal sen-
Ices charged up ngoinst the present clerk
of the court, who Is In reality the Inter
osted party.
Russia's foresight In constructing tho
trans-Siberian railway comes Into pluy
when It finds Itself called on to mobilize
a military force on tho Chinese border.
The builders of that road are entitled
to us much credit as the generals who
have put the ltusslnu army Into effective
discipline and Invested It with modern
equipment,
Count Honl de Castellano has fought
another duel. If Oeorge Could could
only prevail on his lirotlier-ln-law to
have himself killed off In un encounter
with pistols and coffee lie would rid
Prance of a nuisance and this country
of a perpetual bore In the shape of cable
dispatches about Castellane's capers.
The county commissioners should be
experts on the question of suburban
electric roads on their return from their
tour of Inspection nnd they ought to
bring home with them several good sug
gestlons that will be utilized for the
benefit of Douglas county taxpayers.
A reciprocity treaty with Italy Is tin1
latest fruit of the reciprocity policy as
practiced by tho present republican ad
ministration. President McKlnley Is
neglecting no opportunity to strengthen
anil expand the United States as a com
merelal jwwer.
l'ulltli'nl Urlim Conf enm-il.
KunhiiH Clti' Slur.
II jr adopting a resolution la favor of tho
amendment ot thu (jocbel election law, the
organized democracy ot .Kentucky has con
fogged to tho nation Its slu agaluat thn
ballot, Thero wn nothing in the career of
Senator Uocbcl tolmaXo him a popular Idol
If he had Itred hf would stand as 11 menncu
to free- governmeji), The republicans In
Kontucky had the right end of the fight and
the democracy tidftOtbnfrM the fact
Wlmt Are (ftftM'iictni-len I'orf
IndlatuuioilH News.
A (lortnan tiatier rnra that Hnzllsh manu-
facturer.i nre still pOftlng modern wcapans
to China. Of course, what's (he safety of
tho Kuropcan nations to the profits which a
few men can reno" Perhaps the Herman
editor wouhf cliacVo'lislticss enterprise!
l ii
Iliu-L 1 11 ( l)liNi'iirll .
Washington Post.
We fear Hon. Hlchard Metcalfe, the gen
tleman who carried the platform from Lin
coln to Kansas flty, Is doitlnod to slip back
Into obscurity. Howover, tho Post has tho
satisfaction of knowing that It did every
thing In Its power to keep tho limelight on
tho young man.
Snnit- Old Story from oiitc.
Ualtituoru American.
The story of Nome seems to bo about tho
imo as that of all wealth-sockets. Thu
ir find success, the nianv failure, suffer
ing and death. And yet, despite the warn
ing inni me government cannot take cato
r tno adventurers, the golden Ignta fatuua
III probably continue to lure the reckless
1 to lingering poverty and death.
I'nrmittpn Prner CoiiKrrns.
Philadelphia North American.
Does anybody happen to remember that
there was a great peace congresj of nil the
civilized nations a little while ngo, called
together at tho Instnnco of tho Russian
czar? Poealbly Its deliberations may havo
helped to soften tho ill tempers of the
world and lubricate tho workings of Inter
national affairs, but at the present moment
It looks much more as If tho Father of all
Kvll had been throwing sand and rod pepper
therein,
liny Stilt.- HnKH Soma- tilury.
Uostiui Transcript.
Massachusetts U always at the front when
there is any fighting under way. Tho lieu
tenant and colonel, senior captain and at
leaat one other company commnnder ot tho
Ninth Infantry are from Massachusetts and
thero are two hundred Massachusetta men
fn Its ranks. The Fourteenth, which la on
Its way to Taku, Is known In the army as
tno lloynl Irish," and It has a good many
men in Its ranks, too, who aro natives of
tho Day stale.
The Ninth nt Tien Twin.
Now York Sun.
In the desperate tll'lltlni- nt thn Inrmlnf,
of the Chlneso city of Tlen Tain, .tgalnst
greatly superior numbers, the Ninth Infan
try aim mo detachment of United States
marines seem to have been nt the. front or
ear It and their losses wero snvuro Thlr
valor was not In vain, as thn flrt rnnri
Indicated, for tho assault was renewed and
tbo tqwn has been taken. Colonel Llscum
has found a bravo end to hU fratlnnt nn.i
faithful service of nearly forty years. Tho
oenavtor ot tho American trcops at Tlen
Tsln was admirable and m.ilnu n ..,., ,iii
prouder of being an 'American.
American lutlupiu-r- In Corrn.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Corca's electric .ralluav U t
in length because of, n peculiar superstition.
It now runs to the cemetery in which tho
lato queen is burled, iwhlch Is five miles
rrora bcoui. Tbooyal astrologers declaro
that tho cemotory. Is not favomiilv 1
and that the queeiLKnot happy there, con
sequently tho king has, ordered It to be re
moved to a poln jfiftoen miles from tho
capital, and tho railway Is to be extended
to tho.aaiqo placo.Jn-prder that he may visit
It conveniently. A the road Is In American
hands, It Is not Impossible that the. astrolo
gers wero Inspired to uttor tholr wnrnlng,
Dy means wen understood in this country.
Action Fit iiml I' Inc.
Brooklyn Kasle.
Perry S. Heath, first assistant postmaster
general, will soon resign to take charge of
tho press bureau of the republican national
commltteo for tho campaign. Ho has made
a fine officer. His retirement from the. serv
ice, to eugago In party effort. 13 a recogni
tion of tho principle of separating olllcial
from political work. In that principle Is the
essonco of civil servlco reform. In former
times both parties virtually made olllcial
places campaign headquarters, without of
fending tho public 8enso or taste. Hut
politics sets a better example than now.
Mr. Heath Is an effective newspaper man.
Ho knows and respects public opinion. That
explains why he resigns and it will explain
tho strong record which ho will mako lu
tho now work which ho .is to assume.
havis as a ci:xsuii-svi.;i:ii.
Adoration of llrynn Abend of HI
(ilorlllrntion or McKlnley.
Kansas City Star.
Wobeter Davis is already swlnclne his
censer with ardent devotion at tho shrlno of
William Jonnjugs Uryan and Is sending un
a wave of Incenso which invelops tho apostlo
of free silver In a cloud of sweet fragrance.
in an cnulgent burst of eloquence at Lin
coln Davis exclaimed: "Lot us hope that
tho futuro American hlstor vlll bo ablo
to record on a gilded pago e , uasant otory
that In the year 1000 a u giant came
out of tho west as tho champion of the nco-
plo and grappled with the ugly monstur
trusts, and. after a struggle so llerco and
terrlblo that made tho wholo world stare,
ho overthrow that monator. Then tho Joyous
shouts of approval from tho masseo of 'his
countrymen filled nil tho land and futuro
generations blessed tho champion of tho
peopio William Jennings Bryan."
It will be gratifying, of course, to Mr
llryan to bo characterized by a man with
tho forensic celebrity of Davis ns a youthful
and sturdy giant, pursuing to their guilty
and blood-stained lalw the Octopus and tbo
Troglodyte. It will bo flattorlng to tho
great emancipator at Lincoln to be accred
Ited with a degree ot dauntless heroism that
will dwarf tho feats of Hercules. What, In
deed, was tho strangling of tho Nemean lion,
tho killing of the-Lerjlean hydra, tho cap
ture of the Ceryneji'n atag and of tho Kry
manthaln 'boar, tho cleaning of tho Augean
stable), tbo slaughter'Jof tho Stymphallan
birds, the capturo'of jho Cretan bull, the
subjugation of the mandating mares of Dl
omedew as compared'1 with the struggle of
William Jennings Wynn with that hideous
Impersonation of ovii-r-tho money oligarchy,
which has InherltcdHthb greed and tho lm
plncablo, rapacity nt all the centuries slnco
men first began to,-worship gold? Davis
hath found a nobler 'itraln of praise for
llryan than Tennyspqr Euntace. The now
couplet will be; s,t
My llryan might HntV sat for Hercules,
80 muscular he sijreailj so broad of chest,
Let not tho Joy of.iMr. llryan over the en
comiums of Davis' Mil' 'modified one lot or
tittle by tho eulogies' wKlcn his now disciple
was wont to heap upon Mckinley. At the
very best, tho presldont was never pro
nounced by Davis to bu anything more than
"sweet" and "god-llku." Tho Amorlcan
people prefer the rugged qualities of a sterl
Ing manhood to tbo attributes of an angel
or a saint. Mr. llryan has still the best of
It with Davis and Mr. McKlnley will now
feol that Davis damned him with faint
orals?.
The horo whom the pooplo adore Is he who
wrestles against principalities, against pow
ers, against the rulers of the darkness of
this world, against spiritual wlckednegn in
high places. Iu tho presence of such In
trepidity tho saccharine qualities of McKln
ley, which were wont to stir tho eloquence
ot Davis in former days, fa do Into inslgnlfW
cance. Let Mr. Hrynn revel in the adulation
of Davis and take the goods the god pro
vide.
1:1 11(11 111- Ot It v u.
The Inefficiency of the mall nervlee In the
Philippine continues a source of great lr
rltntlon to tho soldiers on duty In the In
terior A letter from an Omaha volunteer
contnltw tho nnsertlon that tho writer has
not received a scrap of mall since tho 23d
of February. Eight or ten letters have been
mailed to hlm'slnee that time nnd n bundle
of newppapers every week. This Is not
an Isolated Instance. Manila Freedom of
May 20 tells how mall, precious to the
troops, In diverted from Its proper destina
tion. "For a wholo dreary month," says
Freedom, "COO sacks of mall, destined for
these Islands, have been rotting In the holds
ot the transport Hancock lying In an Asiatic
port. We aro not concerned as to nhcthur
the Hancock has gone off on n fishing ex
cursion or whether the commission held tho
ship tit Nagasaki In order to run up to Toklo
that they might see tho getshu girls dance.
What Manila wants is those COO sacks of
mall."
Speaking on this subject the Army and
Navy Journal observes that "keeping ills
tant BOldlers In the closest touch with those
at home Is the best way to ward off home
sickness. One of the mcst pitiful ailments
that can attack a soldier is homesickness.
Those who havo seen Its victims bear wit
ness to tho deep pathos of the sufferer's
anguish." Reasonable promptitude In deliv
ering malls to soldiers so far from homo
should bo had nt any cost. Letters from
home aro the best assurance the soldlors
can receive that they are not forgotten.
'For any man," exclaims tho Army nnd
Navy Journal, "who for any cause not abso
lutely Imperative, delays the letters and
papers In transit to our soldiers wo would
recommend the remedy General John A. Dlx
proposed to apply to tho traitor who hauled
down tho American flag, "shoot him on the
spot." It is very properly made a crime
visited with sevcro penalties to Interfere
with tho passage of the United States mails,
and when this Interference occurs In war
tlmo and In tho case ot our men at the
front tho punishment should be correspond
ingly Increased."
Freedom gives a brief account of tho na-
tlvo reception of Judge Ide, n member ot
tho civil commission, at Manila. While the
Judge was transferring his baggage from
tho steamer to the shoro three of tho web
fcot mado away with his footwear. Perhaps
they thought the Judge had other shoes and
would not mind bestowing these small
tokens of civilization on tho needy rep
resentatives of tho Filipino people. They
mado a mistake, however, In not consulting
tho commissioner before they walked away
with his property. They were arrested nud
taken to tho San Fernando pollco station.
Tho shoes wero taken as evidence.
Iioforo tho advent of the Americans1 tho
natives wore accustomed to havo the shoes
of commissioners and other governmental
representatives In closo proximity to their
persons. The force ot habit may bo ro-
ponslble for this latest freak of a klepto
mania among the Filipinos.
Tho Island of Cebu, P. I., U. S. A., re
ports tho arrival of great swarms of lo
custs, to tho huge delight of tho native
boys, who capture them by the bucketful.
To tho palatc3 of somo natives they aro a
great delicacy. They were reported to bo
so thick that they were photographed, tho
result being only ns that produced by a
dark, cloudy day. They did not light In
Cobu, but the flight was an hour In passing.
It reminds one of bleeding Kansas In '74.
Thoy aro reported to- bo doing considerable
damage In Ncgros.
Hero Is an Illustration of the average
Filipino notion of tho Americans. When
tho, Grant sailed from Manila she took back
to the states, a lot of military prisoners who
have terms to serve there. They were lined
up on tho wharf In front of tho quarter
master's depot preparatory to going out to
the transport. Tho Filipinos looked on with
consldorablo Interest. It seemed to the
casual American to be a good object lesson,
showing that tho Americans did not hesi
tate to punish their own men for otTcnscs.
Hut one of the Filipinos privately told an
American that tho real reason the men wore
being sont bnck was that they had refused
to fight tho Filipinos.
Tho now non-scctnrlan college at Manila
under native management was opened on
Juno 1. An endowment of $100,000, Mexi
can, has been securod from among tho well-
to-do Filipinos In Manila nnd efforts aro
making to Increase It. Here la a chanco
for somo wealthy American to mako a ton-
strike for his country by n substantial gift
to this college. It starts principally as an
industrial school, to teach applied Industry,
agriculture and business. Tho plan con
templates having later a preparatory school
for courses In tho arts and sciences.
1'KIIHO.VW, I'OI.VI'KHS.
Olvo New York plenty of prlzo fights nnd
sho will not care about politics.
A letter from Stephen Crane to Richard
Hovoy sold In London last week for $50.
Tho wise men who went to Cape Nome
provided themselves with return tickets,
hut they wero not tho majority.
General Lew Wallace Is nnother man who
belluvea that "eastAard tho course of em
pire takes tts way."
Muzaffarred Din, shah of Persia, who Is
visiting the Imperial family lu St. Peters
burg, has Invited them nil down to seo his
folks next winter.
Admiral Dewey proves the falsity of tho
old belief that ft sailor Is not at home on a
horse. Tho admiral Is an excellent horso
mnn and rides often.
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts spends the
summer afternoons reading under n tree on
tho lawn of his country place. "It Is the best
way to forget tho heat," ho said recently.
The American athletes, having carried off
about everything In the line ot champion
ships at tho Olympic games, will now rest
and glvo tho others a chanco to win a few
things.
Tho creditors of a broken Now York
broker had their expectations rudely shat
tered when the safo of thu firm was opened
and examined. It contained (2 In stamp
nnd twenty-nine bright, yellow coppers.
How that munificent sum escaped Is a mys
tery. Two grandsons ot LI Hung Chang nro In
Washington, being prepared by a tutor for
a coursa of study at the Vandcrhllt uni
versity, Nashville, Teiin. They speak Kng
llsh fairly well, and as they have cut otf
their cues and dress like Americans they do
not attract embarrassing nttetitlon.
General Sir Georgo Stowart White, tho
hero of tho siege ot Ladysmlth nnd the sol
dier who wns not afraid to own up to It
when he blundorod, has Just beon installed
In his now position as governor of Gibraltar.
When tho general arrived at the famous
Ifritlsh fortress bo was given a hearty re
ception by tho soldiers,
Senator Piatt of Now York went to have
a prescription filled In a Now York drug
shop recently. Thn young clerk taking
longer to do It thnn tho senator thought
proper. Mr. Piatt said: "Here, I'll do It. I
used to be a druggist myself." And going
back ot the counter ho made up the pre
scription lu a very short tlmo.
Hefnre going to Kansas City to begin thn
practice of law In 18S7 Welutcr Davis was a
shoemaker In Gallatin, Mo,, his boyhood
homo, and later au olllce boy In a local law
firm, In which position ho studied for his
chosen profession. Ho did not stay lu Kan
sas City long, but went to Colorado, only
to return to tho Missouri city In 183!). Ho
has always been something of a rover, wan
dering at times from one city to another.
cnntTf am) nit iiT nm'Hiov.
Fremont Herald The decWon nbollshlng
the "fltnto Hoard of Transportation Is a
righteous tine nnd we hope It will stand. It
Is worso than n useless appendage It
draws thousands of dollars from the slate
treasury on false pretenses, nnd its bene
ficiaries never gavo anything lu return
for It.
Grand Island Independent: When Tho
Heo was fined by the supreme court, Judges
Sullivan nud Holcomb presiding, the on jo
ngalnst Hosowater for contempt whs taken
under advisement, llosewnter Is now found
guilty, but Is only fined with the costs. The
supremo court, the fusion Judges presiding,
have evidently ascertained that they did not
make n ten-strike with their Imperialistic
censorship.
Nellgh Yeoman- The Hee says there nre
2,000 cases In tho suptemo court nnd thnt
only about 300 enn bo disposed of on nn
nvcrago per year. In somo reppects It
would bo far better to havo no supreme
court than to continue present conditions,
The present delay In litigation Is Moadlly
augmenting the dllllculty, slnco many potty
cases aro taken up solely for the pur
pose of delay. Some temedy for thu present
conditions should be devised nnd thnt with
out delny, slnco nt presont In pirhap ni
majority of cases the highest court Is a
barrier to the securing of Justice.
Grand Island Independent-: Tho State
Ilonrd of Transportation hns been wiped
out of existence by n decision of Judge
Munger of tho United States court In ho
granting of an Injunctltn agalnut tho board,
the opinion being that the law wa not
ptopcrly passed. Tho Stato Hoard of Trans
portation has ever been a useless thing
and over $10,000 per year will be saved.
An appeal will be taken from tho decision,
but oven the state house olllcers, who. com
pose the board and hire thrco secretaries nt
$3,000 per annum, have no hopo that the de
cision will bo reversed by tho court of appeals.
WITHIN Tllll Itl'.IM III.ICV. I'OI.D.
Wayno Republican: Itoosevelt Is coming
to Ncbraskn during the campaign and thero
Is no reasonable doubt that his visit will be
the causo of our famous citizen, W. J. Hryan,
becoming convinced that tho enemy's coun
try Is moving westward at an alarming pace.
Heatrlco Express: It will be caster for the
republicans to win In Nebraska this year
than It has been In many years pant. Tho
feeling against Poynter In his own party Is
very strong, nnd the dotnocrats are disgusted
all over tho state. Of course tho republicans
will have to work In order to win, but they
aro admirably equipped for work nnd havo
all tho energy that could ho desired.
Seward Reporter : The renomlnatlon of
Poynter for governor puts new spirit Into
thu hearts of Nebraska republicans. Thoy
havo all the time had much faith In their
ability to elect Dietrich, and that faith Is
greatly Increased by the action of their op
ponents. Poynter can neither draw recruits
nor hold his forces together and tho pros
pects of Dietrich's election grow brighter
dally.
Falls City Journal: If Congressman Ilur
kett's term lu ofllco has strengthened him In
other counties In tho district "ns It has In
Richardson, his majority will be greater
than it was two yoars ngo. Mr. Hurkett
has shown hlmwlf worthy tho confidence the
people bad in him by hU work In tho house
of representatives. The way to have good,
efficient men In congress Is when we know
wo havo such a one Is to keep him there.
This Is llurkett'a case and the peopio will
nee to It that he Is returned. The oftcner
tho better.
POLITICAL SNAP SHOTS.
Philadelphia Times: Tho passing' of Sul
zer and the resurrection of Stevenson nro
two of the unexplained nlystcrlcs of the late
Knnsns City convention, and Sulzcr and
Stovenson are wondering how It happened as
hard as anybody.
Buffalo Express: How literally this Is "the
enemy's country," so far ns Hrynn Is con
cerned, Is strikingly indicated by tho fact
that thero Is not a democratic newspaper of
importance In New England which la sup
porting his candidacy.
New York Mall and Express: Fusion In
Nebraska means a combination of political
adventurers for offices only. Tho capital of
tho concern Is calamity, Its motive power Is
hunger, and Its object Is loot. Thus organ
ized tho outfit Is prepared to save tho coun
try while you wait.
Minneapolis Journal: When notified of
Mr. Stevenson's nomination Mr. llryan said:
"Mr. Stevenson Is an excellent man for tho
place Ho supported tho ticket In tS!G, and
ho can defend tho platform In 1800." It
needs It, n fact which even Mr., llryan ap
pears to recognize and, perhaps uncon
sciously, admit.
Cleveland Leader: "Why rob a grave?"
replied Oldham, the man who put Hryan In
nomination at tho Kansas City convention,
when ho was asked as to tho chance of
Stevenson for thu vice presidential nomina
tion. Stevenson was chosen, but Towne,
whom Hryan preferred, Is living In Hryan's
best bedroom at Lincoln and will bo made
conspicuous throughout tho campaign.
St. Paul Pioneer Pre3a: Tho drift away
from llryan among representative democrats
nil over tho country is well compared by a
contemporary to tho movement of Douglas
nnd Hell-Everett men In 1S60 toward Lin
coln. When not only tho nation's financial
honesty, but Its right to tho nttrlbutes of a
nation In lands brought under Its flag, Is at
stake, thero can be no real divisions among
tho "nmn of thought nnd men of action"
who must "clear tho way" for tbo country's
progreis.
OX Till-; ItOAU TO PICK IV.
Problems tn lie Solved liy the Allied
Army In (.'III 11 11.
Now York Tribune.
The march to Peklu must bo mado. That,
wo may assume, Is settled. It should have
been mado long ngo. Hut If, through hag
gling nnd Jealousies, It has been delayed un
til it Is too lata for rescue, It will at least
bo made for vengeance. Tlmo was when
a brigade or two would buvu accomplished
It In u few days with little dllllculty. Half
savages armed with gongs und bows nnd
nirows were no match, no matter what
tholr numbers, for disciplined European
troops with modem firearms. Hut today
tho Chlneso nre us well equipped as tho
Europeans, If not actually bettor, and with
the tmttatlveneis which la characteristic of
them they aro mastering tho use of such
weapons with ominous facility. So not only
a few brigades, but several army corps at
tho least, will bo needed to mako the In
vasion of less than ninety miles and the
work Is likely to occupy morn weeks than
It onco would have taken days.
Tho present tlmo In, moreover, unfavora
ble for the advance. It Is the rainy season
and In that country a July rain Is n deluge,
as much ns ten or twelve Inches of water
falling In a single day. The railroad has
boon destroyed nnd tho wagon roads nm
mero cart tracks, upon which no construc
tive work bus over beeu dono ond they nro
now no doubf; mostly under water. That
Is tho stato of affairs up to Tung-Chow, ten
miles from the walls of PcHln. Thence
thoro Is a fairly good stone road, 'which Is
never flooded. Au for tho river, It Is now
In flood and navlgablo for boats of shallow
draught. It Is very crooked, doubling upon
Itself, nnd It has a strong current, so that
tho Chinese boats require a week or innre
to mako tho trlji f ro.m Tku Tsln to Tung
Chow, a distance of slxty-flvo mllos. That
time might bo Improved upon by a fleet of
tugboats and launches If such could be so
cured at Taku, u.t It probably could. The
weafher Is Intensely hot, the temperatuta
rising to 100 degree In the shado nnd 15
degrees In the sun.
On reaching Peklu the Invading forco will
find Itself confronted by wells of masonry
flty feet high, nearly fifty feet thick at th
top ami nearly a hundred feet thick at tho
base. Thoy have crenellated parapets and
numerous high tower with Innumerable
loapholes. These would make the walls
strongly defensible against a much auporlor
forco armed only with smnll arms. Heavy
artillery Is therefore Imperatively needed .
to batter down tho walls, which It could
eoon do. Tho Tartars regard thoso walls
with veneration, ns Impregnable, and It I
probable that when they saw them crum
bling Into ruin before European guns thoy
would be panlcstrlcken and abandon further
resUtance. It Is, however, going to bo a
series Job to get tho guns up thoro to do
tho work, In tho face of adverse natural
conditions nnd the fierce opposition of a
population of n score ot millions.
COIVVmiSlOX OK llOSSUH.
Jtntert Ciinfcilcrntc llcnetnl I'ornnki-s
tlx' llr unite I'nrt),
lUlfT.ilo Express.
Already a notable convert to republican
Ism is recordod In tho person of General
Thomas L. Rosser of Virginia, General Ho
scr was a confederate cavalry loader during
the civil war, soiuewhnt more noted for the
extravngaucii of his speeches to his troops
than for tho success of his operations. Ho
mado an unhappy attempt to-check Sheridan
lu tho Shenandoah valley nfter Cedar Creek,
tho story of which has delighted all of Sher
idan's biographers. At tho beginning ot thn
Spanish war Governor Tyler, by request ot
General Lee, recommended him for appoint
ment ns brigadier In the volunteer army and
tho president promptly appointed htm nnd
nsslgued him to Genoral Leo's corps. It
was ono of the most noteworthy examples of
tho obliteration of old civil war tinlniosltlcs
In tho fnce of which tho new struggle upon
which the united nation had enteied. It was
notable because Rosser had shown himself
since the civil war one of th- most Irrocon
cllahlo of tho Irreconrllablcs, n fire-eater and
a waver of the bloody shirt of tho most pro
nounced type. So recently as 1S95 Rosser
made a speech at n dedication of a monu
ment to confederate soldiers In HI'-hmond
which contained, necordlng to the reports In
tho press nt tho time, tho following passage:
"Tho men who overran us remind tno of
the locusts which nro now Infesting portions
of this stnto. Thoy couldn't whip us, but
they devoured our suhstnnce. Tho army that
devoured us was nn nrmy of substitutes. Wo
killed all the substitutes. The men whom
they represented stayed nt home and made
money and now draw pensions. I dcsplso
tho man who gives United States money to
u pensioner. This country can't stand It
when It makes ono citizen support another.
I shall never vote for a congressman who
Is In favor of government pensions, I would
say to Massachusetts, you pay your pension
ers ns Virginia pays hers. Some tlmo ago
wo unveiled a monument to the greatest
general who ever lived. Today we unveiled
a monument to tho greatest private soldier
who ever lived nnd In tlmo wn will unveil n
monument to thu president ot the confeder
acy. Hut we aro moked nt the north and
will live to seo tho Yankee nrmy march
ngnln through tho south and pull down our
monuments. I don't know what sort of stuff
the rising generation Is mado of, but If you
and I are living there'll be bloodshed when
that Is done."
This same Thomas L. Rosser has Just
written to Governor Roosevelt the following
letter:
"Tho Hon. Theodore Roosevelt: I havo
hitherto been nn earnest worker In tho
ranks of the democratic party, but
circumstances and conditions have so
changed that I ennnot affiliate with 'It any
lunger. I naturally came out of the great
war of tho 'COs between tho states soured
and prejudiced and It was easy to believe
all the charges of ovll that wero made
ngalnst the party which I antagonized as a
soldier. Though ns n boy I was not a
Focesslonlrt, In the tierce nnd bitter flt;ht
that followed I became thoroughly saturated
with Its venom. When war was declared
ngalnst Spnlu In lS'JS, the fear that my
country was In danger pasted through me
like nn electric spark, clearing my vision
nnd revealing tho follies behind which I
had been sulking. That tho outh Is
unaulmuus In Its political opposition to tbo
north, cannot satisfactorily be ascribed, to
my mind, tho difference In primary belief,
but is founded solely on a blind prejudice
which all candid, loyal citizens should spurn.
It the north can prosper, and It does, under
republican administration, the south would '
blush to admit that It cannot do tho same,
for It has equal opportunities, To say that
republicans nlonn nre dishonest and that
democrats alone are honest, Is foul black
guardism. I most heartily approve the ad
ministration ot President McKlnley ami
shnll do all In my power to Injure his elec
tion to the high office ho now holds, nnd,
fully approving your political and admiring
your military record, I rejoice personally
and congratulate my country on our good
fortune In securing your services as our
vice president. Relieving that It plant3
your feet firmly In tho certain road to
further advancement for you nnd additional
prosperity for our country. Sincerely yours,
"THOMAS L. nOSSEIt."
MUllllY CIIATTKII.
Philadelphia Press; Tcss Sho loves Mr.
Rlrlunan very much, dues sho nut?
Joss Yes, according to Hradstreet Mia
loves him about fM,W) worth.
Indianapolis Journal: "George, what dnen
a presidential candidate do when he re
ceives thu committee to notify him of hlu
I'ouilnullnnY"
"Oh, bends JtiHt like a girl who gets u
proposal which she has been staying awako
o' nights looking for."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Ah, George," stia
sighed, "do you remember how we used to
sit nn one chnlr at papa's?"
"That was all right nt papa's," replied thn
practical George, "hut I'm not a-going to
forget that theso chairs cost me good
money!"
Washington Star: "The writings of Con
fucius nre unsurpassed as moral precepts,"
said the able Cliinamiin.
"Yes," answered the cynic, "hut thoy ro
nemMu most provci lis unil other forms of
good ndvlce. When It comes to 11 pinch
they don't stop any riots."
Philadelphia Press: "We're having our
Hat m.tilo larger," said the llrst (Siithumlto.
"That's so?" replied the other. "How
many rooms will you have then?"
"Two. We're knocking out half u dozen
partitions."
A.MKIIICA AM) CHINA,
l'lttsbuTtTlTrspatch.
For ages unnumbered
Old China has slumbered.
With nothing to offer her horde.i but dc
spalr; Her mandarins scheming,
Her wiseacres dreaming,
And all her vales' thronged with the bonds
men of cure.
Those millions benighted
Have seen the lires lighted
Along neighbor islands by liberty's van;
Her tyranny dying,
In rage Is defying
The ilaysprlng of progress awakening man.
The first blush of morning
Her dark slopes adorning
Has startled the slaves of a thousand de
cades, '
Hut darkness oneo scattered
Their feurs will be shattered
And legions of freemen step forth from tho
shades.
And shall not Old Olory
Hurst forth nn that hoary
Old civilization like full midday sun?
The hand that first guided
Our steps there provided
A work to succeed what bold Dewey begun.
The nation not spreading
Its light Is receding:
The Hame our forefathers gave Into our
hands.
Progressive nnd living.
Will grow with thu giving
And fsed on Its fruits lu the furthrrroeat
lauds.
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