6 THE OMAHA DAILY BE.TCt SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, WOO. U The Omaha Daily Bee K. IIOSEWATEU, Editor. PUBLISHED MVEIIY MOItNlNO. TEUMS OF BUHBCIUPTION. pally lio (without Hunlay), One Ycar.tS.OO Ually Hoe and Sunday, One Year 8.00 Illuntrated lice, Una Year 2.W Sunday Dec, One Year 2.00 turday Ilee, Ono Year ? Weekly Ute, Ono Year & OFFICES: Omaha! Tho Ueo Building. . South Omaha! City Hall Building, Twen-ty-flfth and N Streets. Council Bluffs: 10 Pearl Street Chicaco: 1W Unity Building. Now York: Temple Court. Washington: Wl Fourteenth Street. BIoux City: 611 Park Street. COHItESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should bo addressed : Omaha Uee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTEflS. Business letters and remittances should bo addressed: Tho Bco Publishing Com pany, Omaha. IVEMITTANCEB. rtemlt by draft, express or postal, order, payable to The Bco Publishing Company, only 2-ccnt stumps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or Eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIIICUI.ATJON. Btato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: Oeorgo B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that tho actual number of full and com pin to coplos of Tho Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the mwijui ui ocpirmnor, law, was'ns ioiiowh; 1 ana io 10 27, 183 1 27,100 18 27,140 19 20,070 20 27,015 21 27.0HO 22 27,500 23 ,20,740 21 27,U:!l) 23 27,170 it 27,:tio 27 27,225 2S 28,1140 29 27,400 SO 20,805 Z St,B2S 1 27,180 4 27,100 t ,...27,U00 27,400 7 27,200 J 27,170 ,.2U,75n 10 27,110 11 27,100 12 27,2.t0 13 27,:50 II 211,080 1 27,170 Total siR,n:io Lees unsold and returned copies li,:i22 Net total cales 804,0(18 Net dally average.... 20,820 OEOHCU3 B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to Wore mo this 20th day of Septotnber. A. D. 1900. M. B. HUNOATE. (Bcal) Notary Public. Mark Hitnna Is In I(curaskn, but we have not yet been overwhelmed cither by cnrtluitnikcM, cyclones or floods. Tlio next registration, dny Is Frldny, October 2tl. If yon hnvo not nlrcndy registered ninrk that down on your calendar. It Is worthy of note that the popo cratlc organ Is not ranking any special display of tho registration llgures for Omaha and South Omaha. Ilobson has been presented with a loving etip. Slnco tho girls neglect to kiss him any more tho young mnn must have something to Jove. Tho Uryanltes nro again finding fault with tho Department of Agriculture. That .7. 8terllngl,Morton onco presided over this department will nover bo for given by them. Arizona shows up with n population of 122,000. Ah this is several times the tlgurcs credited to Nevada the plea of Arizona for statehood should find Its rensus argument adequate. Attorney General Smyth claims to havo discovered another octopud right hero In Nebraska upon which ho pio poscs to display his ability as nn octopus exterminator. Let tho siren whistle blow. Tho supremo court has decided that they nro "mid-road populistH." The court did not undertake to discover a word which adequately describes the ipoils-secklng, ofllce-huuting branch of tho party. Spain proposes to build n now navy. When it gets It built it might bo ad visablo to follow tho admonition to keep It nway from tho water, or at least that portion of it frcquontod by United States ships. Tho annual report of the Pullman company shows that tho traveling pub lic last year paid tho company a little over 15,000,000 to secure rill the com forts of a home. This does not includo tho amount collected by tho porters. Reports from Shanghai are to tho effect that I'rluco Tuan has secured pos session of tho emperor's seal and Is terrorizing the empress dowager. Some ono should hand Tsl An her rolling pin and let tho two sottle their differences. Popocratlc organs and speakers are shouting that Iluuna forced tho niluo owners to accede to tho demands of the men. If tho chargo is truo Murk Hunun Is a bettor frieud of the laborliig men than those who never do anything but howl. "Windy sympathy Is a poor sub stitute for a 10 per cent raise in wnges. Tho time between Omaha ami south ern California is to bo cut down by now train schedules. Had nuyouo who made tho trip twenty years ago, consuming ttvo or six days curoute, been told that tho snmo dlstauco could bo covered in slxty-flvo hours by tho beglnuing of the century ho would havo replied thnt tho ago of miracles had passed. Tho man who ndvoeated free salt when ho was in congress suddenly found thut he was not posted on "local" Issues when, as a presidential candi date, ho faced tho voters of n salt- producing town lu Now York. When Btubboru facts nro encountered in nny locality Bryau assumes n faraway lool and switches paramounts with tho skill of a Herrmann. People who do not havo any moro sense than to ride a bicycle or Indulge lu any other physical exertion until thoy drop from exhaustion, for tho solo purpose of testing tho limit of physical endurance, should bo restrained by tho police. Tho rid lug of MjssrGnst Is a caio in point. Her effort was carried to tho cxtrctuo of putting pepper in her stockings eo that tho pain from blls tcrcd feet would keep her awake. Such exhibitions ro brutal and cater ouly te the morbid and animal Instincts. autxa UBYOXD the pTjAtfoh.v. At G lovers vllle, N. Y., Mr. Bryan said that If elected he would immediately glvo Independence to tho natives of the Philippines. This goes beyond tho promise of tho platform and tho candi date's speech of acceptance. The demo cratic platform gives no nssuranco of Immediate Independence. It Is to come nfler, according to tholr promise, n stablo form of government Is es tablished by its. Mr. Bryan, In his speech of acceptance nt . In dianapolis, snld not even thnt he would do thnt. He made no Sugges tion of recalling our troops by execu tive power, or of letting the Filipinos alone, or of making them any promise by executive authority. What ho promised was to call cougres3 together to do the things set forth in the demo cratic platform that Is, to glvo tho Fili pinos, first, n stablo form of govern ment; second, independence, and, third, protection from outsldo Interference. Is it to bo inferred from Mr. Bryan's latest declaration that he lias given up tho Idea of cnlllng1 congress In extra session? Has he concluded that this will be unnecessary, or that If he should call congress together his recommenda tions would probably fall and therefore the better way would bo to deal with thu matter without regard to congress? There is no doubt that congress would refuse to carry out the democratic-policy In regard to the Philippines. There arc n number of democrats In tho senate who nro opposed to that policy. Senator Hour Is authority for tho state ment that of the ninoteeen followers of Mr. Bryan who voted for the ratifica tion of the "Paris treaty about half were expansionists from conviction. These would Join tho republicans In re jecting tho democratic Philippine policy. Doubtless Mr. Bryan is awttro of this and therefore lins decided not to de pend upon congress, but to proceed In his own way to glvo Independence to the Filipinos. Tho only way In which ho could do this would be to withdraw our troops and Aug from the Philippines, but even If as commander-lu-chlcf of tho army and navy ho possessed authority to do this, would ho venture to exercise it? Would ho leave the Islands to the danger of being overruu by the banditti under Aguinnldo, who undoubtedly would In augurate a. reign of anarchy and de struction from which both natives and foreigners would suffer'? Let it be as sumed that Mr. Bryan would do this, still tho title of tho United States to tho archipelago would remain, for the executive has no power to surrender or transfer it, without tho authority of congress, and with that title goes re sponsibility. Mr. Bryan Is holding out n promise to the Filipinos which he could not fulfill: There is nothing more certain than that the uext congress, if he should call It together, would rcfuso to put Into effect tho Phlllpplno policy of tho democratic platform. As president Mr. Bryan would bo bound to defend American sovereignty In tho Islands, for ho would httvo no authority, unless given him by congress, to surrender It. He could not, In the Independent exer cise of executive power, glvo tho Fili pinos independence and ho is mislead ing them ns well as muny of his fellow countrymen in declaring his purpose to do so. CIIAUlMAtt JUXES SPEAKS. Chairman .Tones ot tho democratic natloual committee has not had much to say lu tho present campaign. Whether by request or from cholco he has kept In tho background, or at any rato has been far less conspicuous thnu ho was four years ago. This has de tracted Homewhat from the gayety of the canvass. Mr. Joucs has finally spokcu und his utterance is suggestive. He takes Sec retary Gage to task for pointing out that a Bryan administration could pay coin obligations of the govorument In silver and remarks that "Mr. Bryau has been beforo the public long enough for the people to know thut tricks and false pretenses aro not among Ills weapons." But why doesn't Mr. Bryan answer the question that has been re peatedly asked, wliethcr or not ho would, If elected, pay tho coin obliga tions of tho government In silver. Ho has undoubtedly read tho statement of Secretary Gage. . Ho is familiar with tho law enacted last Mutch known ns tho gold standard act. Ho knows that tho financial uud business Interests of tho country nro profoundly Interested In tho question whether ho would pay obligations of tho government lu sil ver or gold. Yet ho maintains abso lute slleuco regurdlng this very im portant matter. Is it at all surprising, lu view of Mr. Bryan's lnvcturato hos tility to tho gold standard, that .there should bu general afipreheuslou thut he would deliberately evado tho law, or tako iidvnntugd of any loophole there may bo In it lu tho interest of silver? His silence Is naturally and reason ably construed to mean that ho would pay obligations iu silver as far as pos sible and today this opinion Is practi cally universal. Another thing that troubles Chair man Jones Is that somo people fear thut Bryan, If elected, "will pack tho supreme court for purposes of his own." Tho uttack of tho democratic platform on tho courts gives warrant for such fear, which Is felt uot by .republicans ouiy, nut uy many democrats. The assertion of Jones that no such rovo lutlouary purposo us. Is clearly Implied lu tho nttnclc on the courts has over entered tho mind of any democrat shows that his memory Is dcfectlvo, or that no is inciting m candor. David Bennett Hill, who is stultifying him self by supporting Bryan, denounced this plank iu tho Chicago platform us revolutlouury and us contemplating tho packing of tho supremo court for partisan purposes nnd thousands of other democrats did tho sumo thing four years ago. A number of these, Including boiuo of tho most eminent InWycrs In tho country, hnvo In tho present campaign denounced tho attnek on tho urts, properly regarding It ns ono of the chief dangers of Bryanlsm. Mr. Bryan has not mndo this matter quite eo prominent in Clio present cam paign as ho did four years ago, but ho has not let pass nny favorable op portunity to assail tho courts and to seek to create popular sentiment ngnlnst them. In view of this and of tho feeling that unquestionably per vades tho Brynnlto party as shown In Its platform, there Is the most valid reason for believing that If given the power tho supreme court would be packed for the purpose of sustaining tho policies of that party. A nuUHriACK HEVAMPED. It Is to bo oxpcctel that tho World Herald, us tho Brynnlto organ, will leave no stone unturned to breed dis sension nmong republicans lu tho In terest of democratic candldntcs. To this end it Is resorting to tho most dcsplcablo and downright lying to make people believe that tho republican leg islative ticket was nominated ns tho re sult of a convention nnd primary elec tion bought with money. It revamps Its roorback nbout $12,000 to''$lG,000 being used by tho "machine" to nomi nate "tho Bosewater Mate," of which it asserts $5,000 wns contributed by D. 13. Thompson. The Bee repeats thut there is not ono word of truth iu these brazen fakes. D. K. Thompson did not contribute ono tent toward tho expenses of tho pri maries or convention, nor, so far as any one knows, evince tho slightest interest lu the" outcome In this county. What ever money wns used In these primaries went to tho legitimate cxpeuscs for cnrrlnge hire, for printers' bills and for Incidentals. It Is equally untrue that any money out of any city fund wns used for po litical purposes lu connection with this primary, or that any assessment was levied on nny city employes. Thnt sys tem was iu forco when Brontch was mayor, but his example was not fol lowed in the recent primaries. No more decisive primary election was ever held or one more free of fraud or manipulation. Every safeguard afforded y tl'.. law Wiu strictly enforced. Not a single delegate's seat was contested, although tho defeated side had chul leugcrs and watchers In every bo6th on the alert for any ballot that might be given to candidates not entitled to It. The World-Herald and other Brynnlto fakirs and sympathizers will, however, continue to repeat their falsehoods. But no republican convcrsunt with the facts, unless ho Is seeking a pretext for dis loyalty to tho ticket, will permit him self to bo Influenced by these stnte- mcuj THE HEOISTltATION FIQUIiES. Republicans have every reason to feel gratified over tho showing made in the returns of tho first day's registration. Not only has moro than half the total vote been registered on the first duy, but tho proportion of registered repub licans Is nbnrly twice that of the regis tered fusionlsts. On tho face of tho figures a conserva tive estimate would be that If tho elec tion were held tomorrow on tho roll of voters so fur made up tho republican majority In Omaha and South Ginuhti would approximate 2,500. This will doubtless bo cut down by tho succeed ing registration days, yet It Is a re marknble exhibit of the drift toward McKluley and prosperity. The registration figures from the city of Lincoln and tho other Nebraska cities all tell the same story to a greater or less degree. All signs presago good re publican gains in every part of tho stato and that tho cities will contribute their share toward tho redemption of Ne braska to republicanism. THE S UJS'DA Y DUE. The Bee Sunday will present lu ad dition to nil the news of tho dny n num ber of good things, literary and pic torial, which will make It stand far abovo'all competitors in this section. Tho frontispiece of Tho Illustrated Beo reproduces a rich photograph of Mrs. Draper Smith, tho uowly elected president of tho Nebraska Federation of Woman's Clubs. Mrs. Smith is the first club woman from Omaha to bo thus honored by tho state organization as recognition of her prominence in church and charity work. Tho republican candidates for 4ho legislature In Douglas county aro in troduced by their portraits to tho peo ple who will vote for, them to represent this county nt Lincoln next winter. This set of portraits shows a body of Intelligent men sura to ranko an Im pression wherever they may be. A timely article tells of tho, yachting season at Lake Mauawa, with Illustra tions of boiuo of tho favorite yachts which havo been In service thero during tho summer nud this autumn. Ono pic turo Is u snapshot at tho cup races and another tho drawing of tho pro posed now bont house. Curpcnter's letter deals with tho lat est developments in China, In his own characteristic way, with appropriate 'Il lustrations from photographs gathered there during his tour. Another Illustrated contribution de scribes condition!) lu ludlau Territory, narrating the progress mado by tho aboriginal Inhabitants nud tho mnrvel oub chango which has boon wrought by the work of civilizing the red man. Among tho miscellaneous subjects treated plctorlully niuy bo enumerated tho portraits of sovcral flower carnival queens frmi neighboring cities; a pic ture of tho recent wreck nt Pnclllc Junction taken shortly after tho acci dent; portrait of Bev. A. 0, Hirst, the now pastor of Omaha's First Methodist ljplscopul church, uud of W. S. Morlan, tho republican, candidate for tho legislature-In the Fifth Nebraska dlstrlut. Tho Beo Sunday will also contain a full stenographic report of tho Roso-water-Hitchcock debate, which should bo. read and re-read by overy person who wants an Intelligent understand ing of the current issues of tho cam paign. Watch for Tho Sunday Bco nnd be 6Urc you get It from your newsdealer or nowsboy, If not nlrcndy' on tho sub scription list. Ono gratifying feature of this year's registration is tho almost complete elimination of the "no answer" column. Out of 18,000 voters to whom the question of parly nfllllntlou was pro pounded scarce a thousand expressed n preference not to put themselves on record. People hnvo discovered that tho question Is not an nttempt to ln trudo Into their private affairs, but sim ply to have them enrolled under ono party organization or another for the protection of primary elections. Those who understand the law and its pur poso will not refuse to state tholr party aftlllatlons to tho registrars. South Omaha seems to be having ns much troublo ns Omaha with court de cisions declaring void special assess ment levies. Tho latest decision affect ing that city knocks out nn assessment made nine years ago, which has doubt less been paid by u largo number of property owners nnd evaded only by tho professional tax shirkers. The In justice of the practice Is plain, but tho question Is as to tho I'cmedy; Tho only defenso offered of Governor Poynter's pardon, under pretext that hn was on his deathbed, for a convicted criminal, who Is enjoying perfect health sixteen months later, Is that he was misled by the doctor's certificate and tho warden's nssurauce. Dp tho pcdplo of Nebraska wautto keep a chief ex ecutive vested with tho pardoning power who is misled bo easily? Tho character of tho men who certified thnt that pardoned convict was dying Is abqvo reproach according to tho popocratlc organ but what would this same paper say of them If the lively corpse had been sent homo to die during a republlcuu administration? The first day's registration In Omaha and t South Omaha beatb all previous records. This means thnt the total registration wlll exceed all previous figures, notwithstanding tho pretense of tho census takers that Omaha's popula tion has decreased. A Difference In Method. Philadelphia Times. Undo Sam In this China business merely wants a general peace, while tho others aro working tor a particular piece. Trro Klmln of Killers. Baltimore American. Tho full dinner pall Is very satisfac tory, although It docs not cost $12 a plate to till it, nor is it oponed In a Moorish dining room. Wuttrraioit nn n I'rovMH. Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal. The campaign may be apathetic, but the registration Is-not.' From all quar ters come reports ' thnt this is unusually heavy. Something is going to happen. It urn I I-'ree Delivery. Kunsaj city Star. A government report Bhows that the free rural delivery system has Increased tho value of farm lands along the various routes at tho rato ot $5 per acre. This Is tho rulo ot public enterprise. .All Improvements which promoto tho convenlenco and comfort ot tho people bring .with them benefits which largely exceed their cost. Tho inossback and tho obstructionist may bo properly de fined as a man who stands In his own light and who favors a policy which causes him financial Injury. This law applies to Individuals, to communities nnd to nations. YmikccB of the Orient. Philadelphia Ledger. ' Tho march ,of the troops of tour allied powers from Pokin to Pao Ting Fu, leaving tho Japanese to guard Pekin alone, shows tho footing Japan has acquired In the ranks ot tho nations. So far as tho movements In China go, It Is on equal terms with tho best ot them, and seems to bo respectod by all. The suggestion has oven been made that it would bo best for .all concerned to put Japan In chargo of the pacification and reorgani zation of China, nnd if thero were no land grabbing complications Involved that might bo the best thing to do. POLITICAL DM FT. The paramount event of tho year will certainly bo pulled' off on November 6. Senator Korakcr's estimate of tho plu rality for McKlnley in Ohio Is lld.000. It is estimated that there will bo 125,000 men In lino in tho sound-money parade to be held In Now York on November, 3. Boss Crokor paid a handsome tribute to "tho full dinner pail" when ho put a $12 meal to the opponent of that polloy. Tho domocratlo candidate for' governor of Now York declined to pay an assess ment of $25,000 for tho prlvilogo of run ning. No posslblo cbanco of realizing on the Investment. A poll of 328 raombcrs of the faculties of New England colleges and universities shows 271 for McKlnley, 20 for Bryan, 2 for Woolley, 33 undecided, 26 non-committal and 21 will not vote. Tho Louisiana constitutional provision, drawn to disfranchise colored voters, works as expected. In Now Orleans alono tho registration shows 12,595 negro voters denied tho rights of citizenship. An amusing featuro of Bryan's trust thumping speech in Madison Squnro Gar den Is that Edward M. Shcpard, tho man who Introduced "tho peerless," is counsel tor tho Aniorlcan Sugar Kenning company. Tammany rulo comes high. Tho finan cial budget for 1901 for Creator Now York vIU not bo far from $100,000,000, against $90,000,000 last year. Tho bene ficiaries can well afford to glvo high priced political dinners. J. D. Wholploy'-of tho Now York Com mercial Advertiser, who has been travel ing through the west, says that Bryan will leso twenty-two olcctoral votes west of the Mississippi which woro cast for him four years obo. Tho Now York World hus mado a poll Intendod to show tho probable) complexion ot tho noxt houso of representatives with tho following results: republicans, 172; democrats, 107; silver republicans, 2; fu Blonists G; doubtful, 10; total, 357. Thomas H. Birch of Burlington, N. J Is probably tho youngest man who has over been selected as a presidential elector. Mr. Birch, who has Just passod his 26th birthday, Is on the domocratlo tickot. His father Is a millionaire car riage builder ot Burlington. In Baltimore a novel use has been found for the kodak la politics. Snap shots are taken' by party watchers of voters about whose right to roglstor there Is any question. It is expected to identify thun with greater certainty men regis tering under two immes" or at two differ rat polling places. Who Got the Prosperity Philadelphia Press. Who got tho prosperity? Mr. Bryau Is Tho measure of growth and the measuro of asking tho question. Somo worklngmen aro yearly wages in all manufactures is tho making the samo Inquiry. Tho investigation raw material usod. mado by Colonel Carroll D. Wright, United In 1895 this country nude 9,4t,308 tons States commissioner of labor, into tho rate of pis. In 1803 it mnde 13,620,703 tons of wages In manufactures for ten years past nnd In 1000 will make about 14,000,000. shows who got the prosperity. Labor got Hero is a growth of one-half. Whero In It. Wages aro for 1900 at tho highest point 1805 2,871,000 cotton bales fed our mills In of tho century. Interest on assured Invest- 1899 It look 3,632,000 bales, or over n quarter racnts nt tho lowest point. Absoluto more. OuV imports of raw silk roso from security, a United States bond, has sunk to 7,974,810 pounds In ISM to 11,263,310 pounds 2 per cent Interest tho lowest of the in tho fiscal year 1000, or an ndvanco of nl- century. Average manufacturing wages In most ono-half. Our import of India rubber 1000 uro at tho highest point, or 103.43, if tho roso in the same way from 39,741,607 pounds next highest, In .1801, aro put at 100. Labor, in 1895 to 49,377,138 pounds In 1000 or one- rather than capital, has reaped the harvest fifth more. With the exception of wool, of McKlnloy prosperity. whero tho consumption of raw material haa Tho total yearly wages of manufacturing fallen, this is truo of all our factories and operatives in 1800 were $2,171,000,000 and of nil trade. Tho raw material consumed 1891 was on tho same general level. Talc- has risen from one-half to one-fourth, and Inrc Colonel Wright's relatlvo rates, which tho labor required and tho wages paid have wero 100 in 1S91, 07.88 -In 1893 and 103.43 In also risen In gross amount from ono-half to 1900, and this aggregate of wages had ono-fourth. dropped In 1895" to $2,126,000,000, having lost Two advances hyo come. The rato of $10,000,000, tho prlco paid for frco trade and wages haa rtson. Tho total amount of wages tho threat of silver basis for tho currency, has advanced becauso tho number ot thoso By 1000 tho rato had risen to 103.43. eranlorod has Increased. Whore In 1893 Measured on the aggregate annual pay ot 1890, this meant a growth of 174.000.000. From the lowest point reached la 189S this was nn lncrcaso in tho annual wage dls- trlbutlon to tho manufacturing operatives ot the country in 1000, as compared with 1805, of $120,000,000. Taking tho wholo manufacturing plant and product of tho country and reckoning on the fbasls of Its slzo in 1800. and the advance as shown by Colonel Wright's figures for tho same number of men and on the samo product would bo for a year $120,000,000 added to yearly wages by McKlnloy prosperity from 1895 to 1900. But the num- ber of men and tho product was not tho samo. It had grown one-fourth to one-half. OTHER LANDS THAN OtltS. Tho elections in Great Britain for mem bers of tho Houso of Commons, which havo been proceeding for several days on the serial plan, aro at last over and what has long been recognized as a proba bility had becomo a fact accomplished. A majority, not large, but sutllclcnt, of tho voters of thu United Kingdom has rendered a verdict in favor ot tho con servative party nnd tho Judgment ot the conservative leaders in making an ap peal to thu country at this time has been abundantly justified. It is truo that their moro sanguine expectations havo not been realized. They had hoped that the coun try would continue them in power with a majority so overwhelming as to amount to an absolute vindication and approval ot their olllcial course nnd to convey a warrant or rather n mandate for them to carry out without tho slightest flinching or compromlso tho policy and program which they had announced. It cannot bo said that theso expectations have been fulfilled. Certainly tho Salisbury min istry has been sustained and that by a majority sufficient to oycry practicable purpose, but the preponderance of senti ment in Its support ha3 been by no means as considerable as hnd been hoped. The ministerialists entered the campaign with overy advantage. They Bclected tholr own tlmo for tho contest nnd thoy carefully chose a tlmo when tho registration system In forco In Great Britain would operate In tholr favor. Thousands of voters were dlifranchlscd by the tactics which wero adopted and by far tho greater numbor of thoso -who wero thus discriminated against would, hnd they been allowed tho opportunity, hnvo cost tnoir uaiioia against the government. Tho chanco of doing so was denied them and Lord Sails- bury and bis associates are mo gamers from thlo circumstance. There Is also a considerable d'bcropancy between the total number of ballots cast and tho num ber of conservatives and liberals re spectively who havo been elected. Tho popular voto Indicates a tolerably oven division of public opinion, whereas, the distribution of tho voto as regards re sulto suggests quite tho contrary. ... News comes from St. Petersburg of an Interesting exchange of civilities between Ilusala and Thibet. It Is Bald that an extra ordinary envoy from tho latter country named Akhvln Khomba Is at present on his way, from Lhasa to Ilussla with a lottor and presents from tho DaUl Lama to the czar. This, so far as known, Is tho first time that tho spiritual head of Thibet has over sent a special mission to any Euro pean sovereign, and such an act on the part of a country which has hlthorto resisted oil outsldo efforts to establish Intcrcourso with its government naturally is suspected to have some political importance. The Thibetan envoy goes to Ilussla, it Is said, In consequence of a Bccrot mission to Mon golia and Thibet undertaken about eighteen monthB ago by a well-kngwn and recognized professor of Chlneso medicine In St. Peters burg, M. Badmayoff, who took wUli him presents from tho czar to tho Dalai Lama nnd his subordinates. It appears, therefore, that tho first overtures camo from Russia, whero there has been considerable interest in Thibet over since tho explorations of tho lato Qonoral Projevalsky, and It has been suggested that thero is some connection be tween those Thibetan courtesies and recent events in Manchuria. M. Badmayeff is, of .Mongolian oxtractlon, nnd has long been an ardent advocato of a Russian policy look ing toward tho gradual absorption of the wholo northern part of the Chinese empire. A correspondent of tho London Standard, writing from Moscow, discussos tho question of tho responsibility for the recent massa cro of Chlneso by Cossacks, In tho Amur re gion. Ho says that tho commission ot in quiry, whon it examined General Grlbskly, received tho reply that thero was a mis understanding of tho orders and that in nny case the blamo was not his. On this ho romarks that 5,000 peoplo cannot bo flung Into a river In an hour or two and that tho corpses of tho first victims must havo been passing tho windows of Qonoral Orlbskly's residence, which is on the river bank, long beforo the slaughter was com pleted, but that nothing has been heard of any attempt to stop tho "misunderstand ing," It seems to bo certain thnt during tho wholo period of the troubles In Blag ovestchensk, Genornl Orlbskly was in direct telegraphic communication with 8t. Peters burg, It is bcliovcd that he received orders direct from tho capital, although in the or dinary courso of events ho would tako them from the governor-general, General Grodo kov, who resides at Khabarovsk. Thero Is a growing conviction that tho orders to kill .emanated from no local authority, but "In any caBe," says tho correspondent, "Ociiornl Grlbskly will bo made tho scapegoat for this deed, whether his fault was only that of losing his head In a trying crisis and mis leading .his chiefs as to tho danger to be apprehended from the peaceful Chinese resi dents of Blagovestchcnsk, or that ho acted ontlrely on his own initiative." At no time, It is declared.xvns' there any interruption ot the telcgraphlo communication between Dlagovcstcbenslc and St. Petersburg. ... Tho commonwealth ot Auitralasla is to be prooiaimed on January 1 next, after which date tho world will bo confronted with a new power In tho South Pacific having a, population of about 3,750,000. New Zea land, with a .population ot 750,000, has not Joined the federation, but is likely to do so later. Australia has thus followed thu example of the Canadian colonies and will be Imitated doubtless after a few yean by $2,125,000,000 wero paid In yearly wages In manufactures the advance in tho rato by 1000 meant on increase ot $120,000,000. This was not all. The gross overturn of raw material had grown ono-fourth to ono-half and this meant an lncrcaso in tho aggregate annual wage, duo to new work, of from 1500.000.000 to $1,000,000,000. Some trades cot moro of this Increase and some less Tho woolen trade got least of all. Tho Iron trade got most of all. On tho rlso In rato over 1S05 labor got $120,000,000. On the lncrcaso in output labor got la increased annual wages from $500,000,000 to $1,000, 000,000. This is whero McKlnloy prosperity has gone, tho colonies of South Africa. Within two years the new commonwealth will havo its own tariff on imports, and it is expected to bo mildly protective. Tho slow growth of population is an obstacle. Tho present annual lncreaso is but 60,000. But tho in dustrial and commercial development is Im mense In the production of wool, grains, moat, butter, gold, silver, copper, lead, lum ber, etc., tho commonwealth begins with large figures. In enterprise tho now gov ernment will probably tako high rank. t Tho public begins to scoff at the medal featuro of tho Paris exposition, tho medals granted being as plentiful as blackberries and not, It Is alleged, evidence of much merit. An American exhibitor has ascer tained that 42,790 medals, besides 50,000 diplomas, have been given, while tho ex hibits number but 75,531. Merit evidently is not very closely scrutinized when more than half of tho exhibits get prizes. Tho cbbo is mentioned of a sliver m?dal given to a publishing company for exhibiting bound volumes of their paper, though tho volumes had never been taken out of the box In which they wero sent to Paris. 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