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Al. II. MUIMUAiL'i.
Notary I'ubllc,
Tlio first contest before tho lncoiiiliiR
IpRlKliituru will be the contest over tho
speakership.
Nobrnsknns nt tho national cnpltnl will
Jubilate In duo form over thn'most bril
liant victory of tho late campaign.
Hrj'"!i'B late caudal appendage has by
tho accident of death Inherited a six
weeks' term In the United SUites senate,
Oovernor Hoosevolt Is going to Colo
rado to hunt mountain lions. This would
nppear to be tame spurt after the gov
ernor's experience at A'ictor.
Congress has been In session nlmost
a week now, yet no resolution has been
Introduced declaring MeKluley to bo the
first emperor of North America.
Ilrynn, in his latest eplstlo concern
lug tho result of the election calls it
a "temporary reverse." How much of
an avalanche would bo needed to nuike
a doclslvo defeat?
Tho supremo court has dropped about
?5,000 Into the Christmas stocking of
Judge Gordon nnd tho dofuncto police
Judgo will not enre a "rap" whether ho
Is reinstated or not
Wholesale glass dealers linve formed
an association for the purpose of light
ing the exactious of tho trust. A few
bricks landed In tho proper place are
liablo to causo a crash.
Governor-elect Dietrich is wrestling
With several hundred applications for po
sitions ranging nil tho. way from state
cuspidor burnisher to adjutant general.
Uiiomv lies tho head that wears a
crown.
Tho men who have mado a business
of going Into court for tho purpose of
evudlng tho payment of paving taxes
aro probably not in favor of n revision
of that portion of tho city charter. Thoy
aro perfectly willing tho taxpayers at
largo should pay for Improving their
property.
Towno gets tho consolation prlz.e'of
tho Minnesota senatorahip In pluco of
the luto Cushman K. Davis. As tho Job
only lasts until tho legislature meets In
January tho lato tall to tho Sioux Falls
ticket will have to hurry to get to
"Washington In time to bo sworn In and
collect mileage.
Now that wo have been olllcloliy noti
fied that former County Judgo Eller has
projected himself Into a compnuy for
tho special relief of people who suffer
from tho garbage hauling monopoly, wo
begin to understand tho Import of tho
frantic appeals of the World-Herald for
a popular uprising.
Lord; Roberts, In his farewell speech
on leaving South Africa shows that ho
Is somewhat of a, statesman as well as
a soldier, lie urged upon his hearers
that tho best way to pacify tho coun
try was to forgive and forget Instead
of increasing present animosities by
bundi measures. Tho victor In such
conflicts can always afford to bo gen
erous. Senator Thurston has Introduced a bill
to crento tho tenth United States circuit.
It goes without saying that tho people
west of tho Missouri regardless of party
would appreciate tho proposed measure,
and It may bo taken for granted also
that tho president would have no Ultil
culty in finding men competent to dis
charge tho Judicial functions devolving
on tho occupu'nts of tho new circuit
bench.
Tho Queen of England has broken tho
record for brevity in the shape of mes
Bages to legislative bodies-. Tho ad
dress from tho. throne on tho assembling
of rarllament comprises not over -00'
words and consists solely of a request
for more money to pay tho expenses of
tho war In South Africa. England's
acquisition of Innd In that part of tho
globo Is about tho largest real estate
deal of recent years, aud there is still
a cloud on tho title.
THE ItlllTlSn I'AHIAAMEXT.
Tho special session of tho British I'nr
liament wan opened yesterday with
what was the briefest "queen's speech'
ever delivered. It was sulilclent, how
ever, since the sole purposo of tho ses
slon Is to provide money for military
operations. As tho government has n
largo majority the money It shall ask
for will be voted, but It undoubtedly
will be called upon by the opposition
to nnswer numerous questions relating
to tho wur In South Africa and tho
management of military affairs gen
erally. Tho recent utterance of the
Statist, a leading financial Journal of
England, urging the speedy termination
of tho South African war, voiced the
feeling of a great many Englishmen
That paper charged military Incom
poteuce and proposed that tho govern
ment should begin negotiations with the
Boer commanders to bring the war to
a close. It said: "We are losing In
every way, losing In prestige and losing
in life. Wo are seeing our South
African possessions plunged into greater
distress nnd tho opinion is gaining
ground abroad that wo uro incapable of
bringing tho struggle to a satisfactory
termination."
Iho South African wur has cost
Great llrltuln hundreds of millions of
dollars and a great loss of life. It bus
done cuormous Injury to British trade
Interests In South Africa. It Imposes
a heavy burden of taxation, now to be
Increased, upon tho English people. All
this Is causing many to think seriously
about the situation and is creating up
prehenslon of dangers abend. Still the
government was sustained at tho lato
general election and given a safe ma
Jorlty In the House of Commous, so
that It Is assured of having tho finan
cial requirements provided and its policy
regarding the war approved. Meanwhile
conditions In South Africa apparently
do not Improve nnd tho end of the con
flict seems to be still remote.
I'llUTtXTtUX OF FUllEinZEHS.
I'ho president in his messnge renewed
tho recommendations made last year
that congress confer upon the federal
courts Jurisdiction In cases where the
citizens of foreign countries residing In
tho United Suites are made the victims
of mob violence. He pointed out that
the efforts of tho federal government
to bring to Justice tho lynchers of
Italians at Tallulah, La., had been
fruitless aud said: "It Is Incumbent
upon us to remedy tho statutory omis
sion which has led, and may again
lead, to Huch untoward results. 1 have
pointed out the necessity nnd the
precedent for legislation of this charac
ter. Its enactment Is a simple measure
of provisory Justice toward the nations
with Milieu wo as a sovereign equal
make treaties requiring reciprocal ob
servance." The presldeut also recom
mended that congress make provision
for Indemnity to the Italian sull'erers In
the same form aud proportion- as here
tofore.
In 1801 President Harrison expressed
tho opinion, in his message to congress,
that It would be entirely competent for
congress to make offenses against the
treaty rights of foreigners domiciled In
tho United States cognizable In tho fed
eral courts, and a bill for this purpose
was Introduced In congress In 181)2, but
no action was taken. It would seem
that there ought to be no doubt or ques
tion us to tho duty of tho government
n this matter, If congress, as Presi
dent Harrison and President McKinley
have held, may properly enact the pro
posed legislation.
AG HE EM EN T AS TO ClllXA.
Tho forclgu ministers at Peklu have
at last reached an agreement as to de
mands to be made upon China, which
lias been submitted to tho home govern
ments. It uppears that in regurd to
the principal questions, punishment and
Indemnity, tho view of this government
has prevailed. This M'us set forth In
tho president's messugo and contem
plates full expiation, "within the ra
tional limits of retributive Justice," for
tho real culprits, and as to Indemnity
such demand as China can meet. On
this the message said: "The matter of
Indemnity for our wronged citizens Is n
question of grave concern. Measured In
money alone, a sulilclent reparation may
prove to bo beyond tho ability of China
to meet. All the powers concur In em
phatic disclaimers of any purpose of
aggrandizement through tho dismember
ment of the empire, I am disposed to
think that duo compensation may bo
mude In part by increased guaranties
of security for foreign rights and Im
munities, and, most Important of all,
by tho opening of China to the equal
commerce of nil tho world." it Is
not to bo doubted that If the powers
shall proceed In accord with this view
the Clilne.se government will be found
most willing to give nny guaranties that
may bo required of It or tho security
of foreign rights and also to make tho
most liberal concessions respecting com
merce. It Is stated that on other points the
rench proposition has formed the basis
of tho agreement. Tho French note to
ho powers proposed, besides punish
ment aud equitable Indemnities, tho con
tinuance of the Interdiction against tho
importation of arms, the organization In
ekln of a permanent guard for tho
legations, the dismantling of the forts at
I'aku and tho military occupation of two
or three points on tho road from Tien
Tsln to Pekln. in responding to tho
rench uote our government accepted
tho propositions with certain reserva
tions as to details aud it Is to bo pre
sumed that Mittuo reservations continue,
but they aro no obstacle to the Initiation
of negotiations. The president could not,
without tho authority of congress, make
any permaneut engagement for a lega
tion guard ut Peklu, nor could ho com
mit tho United States to a permanent
participation In nny military occupation.
It Is not necessary to the beglnnlug of
negotiations, however, that there should
be agreement on these points.
Tho acceptance of tho reasonable,
practical and humnne views of, tho
United States government by the repre
sentatives of the other powers at Peklu
Is exceedingly gratifying and It Is to be
hoped there will be no unnecessary do
lay on the part of the several govern
metits In approving the agreement. It
Is believed there Mill be no hesitation
on tho part of the Chlm.-so'Voverunient
In accepting tho conditions proposed
Indeed, It has been apparent nil along
that tho Imperial authorities are willing
to comply with nny demand of the
powers short of their abdication or the
dismemberment of tho empire. They
are ready to pay any money Indemnity
that may Imj asked, on whatever prne
tlcablo terms tho powers shall decide
upon, aud also to niako whatever con
cessions may be required of them for
the security of peace. It Is for the In
tcrest of tho powers not to make their
demands so extreme and extravagant
as to practically umotint to the spolln
tlon of China. Let her punishment bo
ample, but not so severe as to be de
structlve.
Senator Daniel has evolved the finest
scheme yet for depriving tho negro of
his vote Mithout shutting out tho
Ignorant portion of tho whites In his
own state. Tho proposed law provides
an educational qualification, but makes
an exception of anyone who has ever
served In any Avar. This will let In
the ex-confederate soldiers, of whom
there aro several thousand In Virginia
who would otherwise be disqualified. If
tho Inventive talent In the south utilized
In politics Avcre directed toward the
mechanical field the Yankee would soon
be a back number.
Foreign olllcluls In China aro Just be
ginning to discover that instead of hav
ing tho effect of terrifying the Chinese
into being good and doing as they de
sire tho marauding expeditions nre hav
ing tho opposite tendency as well as
creating a bad Impression upon the
Chinese which Mill be lasting. The
powers can ask China to deal Justly In
the present situation by first being Just
themselves. Practically every position
taken by United Stutes olllcers, civil,
military and naval, bos been proven
correct nnd Anally adopted by tho
others.
The supreme court has atllrmed that
tho salary of n public olllcer Miiose
ollice M-as created by tho constitution
cannot be diminished during the term
for which he was elected or appointed,
but there Is nothing In the constitution
that prevents a constitutional olllcer
from being Impeached and removed for
misdemeanors In office.
Tho supreme court has served notice
on all foreign corporations doing busi
ness in tho state of Nebraska in viola
tion of the anti-trust laM- that they may
at any time be ousted. But how about
concerns Incorporated In tho state? Can
they be forced to move out or compelled
to go out of business?
Tiirred with tho Snmc Stick.
Ilidlunapulls News.
U 1b Impossible for President Krucor to
dlvldo the nations when thoy aro unltod
for a gr.ino of grab.
Let It do ut That.
Cincinnati Tribune.
Presldeut McKinley mado no suEKestlon
for an appropriation with which to buy a
crown. The country Is saved.
llentliiK Around tho Iluili.
Globo Democrat.
It Is the precedent of paylnc a debt, not
the money Involved, that worrlos tho sultan
when tho American claims aro presented.
Tho Turks fear that If thoy sottlo one ac
count tho first downward step will have
been taken and a dangerous habit formed.
SnUliiit Dimvii .Suit Creek.
Kansas City Star.
Discouraged and disgusted over the re
sult of tho recent election, tho populists of
Nobraska, headed by the atoto officers, who
will soon bo out of Jobs, will remove, It Is
said, In a body to tho Indian Territory. If
Mr. Bryan remains behind ho will bo com
pelled to become a democrat.
AVorkliiK tlio Deadly Parallel,
Chlcaco Chronicle.
Even royalty, It seoms, Is not exempt
from tho unploasant experience of the
"deadly parallel." The French newspapers
contrast tho present frigid attitude of tho
German emperor toward Mr. Kruger with
his effuslvo telegram of 18D6 and the re
sult Is disagrooable. If Krugor was right
In 1896 he Is right now. Thero can be no
escapo from that proposition.
Cold In Aliiiiidnnne,
Kansas City Journal.
The gratifying Information comes from
Washington that tlio largest stock of gold
coin and bullion tho United Statos treasury
has over held Is now accumulated. The
total amount Is (174.103,366, which Is about
176,000,000 moro than tho amount on hand
at tho closo of 1R99. Of the amount men
tioned, tho sum of f 230.7S5.309 Is represented
by outstanding certificates; tho remainder,
$243,000,000, constitutes tho resorvo fund.
Besides this gold In tho treasury, tho na
tional bank3 hold about $197,000,000 In gold
coin, making a total of about $070,000,000 In
gold In sight In the United States. It Is
estimated that gold coin nnd bullion hold
by other financial Institutions nnd by In
dividuals mako tho present supply of gold
In this country something moro than $1,000,
000,000. Since 1895 the supply of gold In tho
United States has nearly doubled. The gold
standard is secure,
FAMOUS HU.V OV-M'AHS.
Iloiv th American CninnilnNlun Went
Arnuiiil In finy Puree.
, Chlcngo News,
H Is now well known that tho United
Stntes did Itself proud nt tho Paris fair.
Ono of tho most striking proofs of that fact
mny bo found In Commissioner Oeneral
Peck's bill for $6,600 for cab hire. Esti
mating the averago rate per cab-mllo at
tho conacrvntlvo 'figuro of 12H cents, It is
evident that the commissioner and his staff
traveled somo 60,000 nilloa In cabs during
tho fair, twlco circumnavigating tho globo.
This stupendous and truly American per
formance can harly fall to mako a lasting
Impression upon tho European Imagination
Tho United States is par excellence tho
land of travelers and tho land of haste.
Her citizens aro not only by naturo loco
motory, but they demand speed. No nloth
ful taking root In ono spot, no slow pedes
trlanlsm, no lumbering omnibuses will do
for us. Tho natlvo Parisian must have
been Impressed with this national fact ou
ho beheld tho swift nnd endless procession
of the commissioner's cabs. These cabs,
in Intermlitablo array, must have gone
careering around Paris at lightning speed
nt all hours of tho day and night. For
celerity and ubiquity they must have far
oxcclled the fabled "Flying Dutchman."
Even at this day tho ntmosphero of the
great capital must bo agitated with tho
rush and stir of their incessant motion.
If tho cab drivers had n vote thorn Is no
doubt that tho commissioner general would
have two crosses ot tho Legion ot Honor,
(IHHATEST OP WI.M'Ell OPKMMJS.
i:elilii(T of Mfo nnd Color In nnd
About the Antloiint Cnnltnl.
Although tho newspapers of tho country
were supplied with advanco copies of the
president's messago in printed form, tho
document went to tho presiding officer of
tho senate and houso of representatives In
manuscript. Tho task of preparing two
copies of tho message In neat, legible pen
manship wus n laborious taBk, and was
done to the president's tasto by Secretary
Pruden and an assistant. Tho copies con
tained 222 pages of manuscript, as clear as
print nnd without blur or blemish.
Tho Washington correspondent of tho
Chicago Record relates a strange Incident
which happened p.t tho White Houso Mon
day morning, when tho usual committee
representing tho two houses called nt tho
Whlto Houso to Inform the president that
congress was In session and ready to re
ceive any communication ho had to make.
Ho received them cordially, and In a neat
Ilttlo speech said that ho was glad to see
(hem, that ho was glad to havo congress
In session again. I do not bellevo any
other president ever mndo such a remark.
iou will remember how Mr. Cleveland re
gretted that ho "had congress on his
hands," and how ho preferred to "drive n
team of wild horses," rather than attempt
to secure needed legislation. President
McKlnley's greeting was Blnccro even If It
was unprecedented.
Never beforo in the history of an open
Ing day," Bays tho Washington Post, "wero
tho floral tributes so profuso or so hand
SCmO. I.Cinkfnrr ,1m.-n Irnn. hn cfilWv ih.
,- b ..., "
tops of tho desks of tho senators resembled
ue980fn0trrBrlrdsCD'br,lllIanLWlVh,a1U
rod Vr TbW' (TV1? V'0lC
bwn" TL,
u :; .;:r:"
' "I""" " l"D nn
which obscured evcrvth . w Zn on Z"i
of Its wldo-sureadlnir brnnrhr whl 5nnT
tor tones' desk w heaped ih Sth aU
kinds of fragrant b
dimlnutlvo form wns hidden behind a tow-
erlng mass ofrlc'ao ma ffat
It reoulred tho servlm nf two nhlo.lwirtlml
pages to carry ? In from h 'lobby Tho
. . . .. - ..
tho flowers were of gigantic size. Senator
Carter of Montana, who is entering upon
hls,flnal threo months' service, received a
I..'...... .
desertion from tho republican party Is still
n topic of conversation, wns not neglected
Tlio gift sent to him wns yellow.
Jullrin tlnwlhnrnn ,tr,i,.-o tny tin nt.li.
ndolphla North American n three-color pic-
turo ot tno sceno ln tho houso of repro-
sontatlves Just before tho guvel foil. "At
half-post 11." he writes, "the wholo area
of the. ohniiihpr un nrmi-.l,l ,tih ,.,.
bors and their friends or suitors, of whom
- . ww. .I.., kiiu mum- I
more than half belonged to tho gentler sex
gentler, but not therefore necessarily less
inuuontial. This crowd, divided Into narrow
sections by tho lines of tho desks, was
pushing amiably up and down, to nnd fro.
or collecting itself Into smiling, hand-
snaaing groups, or detaching Itself hero and
Miorn Infn ,1m. - ( r.
" .mio wcro
oviucncca ot tho highest good humor, tho
most enchanting gajoty, the most caressing I
affection, the most Joyful greeting. Old
friends who had been cutting one another's
throats for two, years past could hardly
brine thntnnnlvna in rallnr.,.i..v. .v.i
iL'uiiunttio ciasD oi ono iinotiinr-ii nihnu-u
or nusiain rrom pouring friendly congratu-
. .-. ir . . . "
unions down one nnothcr's throats. Others
9.11 in rnnrif-iiniia omia nni..n 1 I .. i
mutual soml-ombrnco, contemplating tho
sceno ana exchanging murmured comments.
Others stood looking up and down nt ono
another, as thdr respective statures might
uetormine, with hands clasped in hands
n nl . .... I ........... . I . . . ... . I
um. "..ibiluuio in tunioci.. Ann men tno
bonnets and skirts through it all. If the
light did not dlsposo ono to seriousness, nt
east it was nigniy affecting. And abovo all
Ib
roso that ceaseless palaver which sound
o peculiar when you closo your eyes an
Isten to Its snrlchtlv lnartlrulntl nna T
,.u" Kia unu
H3H.-11 iu us sprigiuiy inartlculatlons. It
would bo llko the tossing up and down of
Ilttlo waves disturbed by vacrant breozon
in a sunny cove if waves could talk. How
different from tho solemn tones of elo-
quenco or exposition which nro wont to
echo from tho walls of this chamber when
tho fate of a nation hangs upon tho words,
and n listening world pricks its car to
eaten their purport."
I'BHSO.NA I, POINT-URN,
t-anin uiaus is expected to do his shop,
ping on an unusually large scalo during
tho next threo weeks.
An Indlannpolln alderman who wont
agalnBt a decoy lobbyist for $1,000 has been
ghen n two-year vacation In the Northern
Indiana penitentiary.
Tho latest society item states that tho
prlnco of Wales looks moro Imprcsslvo
lth his now glasses, but this may be
Imply an optical Illusion.
Tho new delegation to congress from
Pennsylvania will consist ot twenty-six ro-
ubllcHns nnd four domocrats, a republican
gain of six memborH, tho present delegation
being composed of twenty republicans and
ten democrats.
A Chicago doctor breaks Into print with
the nsBcrtlon that mon over 35 years of
nirn ,ln Tin! nnml vl f ll.l ...
" rtv.v.nw. .mw. uui I
wv.. ..v ... v..aw,tMu,u nuuin ui uiHIlt null I
against strenuous life.
tJ rf Bw n'vniuK I
Eugcno. Debs received moro thnn 6.000
uicb in iiiuHKo ior president oi ino uniicu
States. Woolley, tho prohibition CBndldato,
who Is a resident ot Chicago, and fur whom
a lurgo vote was expected by tlio antl-
canteen men, received 2,300.
nt-.... .... - ..
Diiouio a mil pass congress ror a cablnot
omcor to bo known as secretary of com-
merce nnd Industries It Is thought that
Senator Nelson of Minnesota will be tho
first man to hold tho office. Ho Ib author
of a bill favoring tho creation of such a
position.
Mr. nurnham ll.n A.rl,.nn HPnnt. u-hn
was on the stnff of Lord Uoberts, recently
received n lottor from the Ilrltlsh com-
mander. testifying that, In his opinion, no
other man could havo performed the scrv-
Ires rendered by Mr. Ilurnhnm, "services
requiring such pecullnr training, skill,
courage and endurance
Thero Is ono Item of news ln the presi
dent's messago, It Is the announcement
tl at tho men selected to represent tho
United StnteH on tho International Court
of Arbitration are: Former President Har
mon, Chief Justice Fuller of tho supreme
court, Attorney Oeneral Orlggs and Justice
day of the circuit court.
...... . .
A gay and festtvo Booster, browalcg on
tho banks of tho Wabash, became too
numerous In his attention to n damsel
atflnnccd to another, and was given a fresh
suit of tar and feathcr3. Tho punishment
was cruel nnd excessive. Tho tailors could
hnvo affontort n nnmnUtn mirn l.v fnrrlno .
7'". ' ' '
him to masticate nnd dlgoHt a "abash
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rivuunun diruiun ui i.viruu, uu nave
the Stoarns collection of muslcnl Initru-
ments to tho University of Michigan, has
iti-m worn irom r.uropn, wnero nu now is,
that ho has purchased 200 more lnttru-
ments to be added to tho collection. Among
these Is n thrco-keyboard harpsichord
built in 1703 by Chrlstofcro, the lnvuitor
lUD Ju".
not ut wiu nuuuip. nnnn v nns nvpruinKPii . t.. .... L i.
. , ' . . "--- I umuuui iu mi iiuu cuuuemn uueny sucn jour, mo united States la rnnliltv rn
from Senator Hanna, tho vlctorlosu leader barbarism n h i,,.n ,n.niv..i , ni,in . Lnini., i " , . . i8 rnpmly ro
nugo uasKot or these blossoms, to which . 1 l"u ,utul," 01 " nno nnn m
was attached a largo printed card with responsibility, the looting of tho Pekln ' Kol(J, Produced ln this coun-
these words: 'From his friends ln Mon- OU8crvtory remains a blot upon Christian " ln, tno calendar year 1899, $258,000,000
civilization nnd a fresh nrrnlirnmnnf nf dm 01 coaI mined, with $245,000 .000 nf Irnn
AN EFFECTIVE FACTOR.
Crelo Vldettp.
Tho Omaha Bee pays n Just
tribute to tho etllclency of Chair
man Lindsay nnd his able lieu
tenants. The Vldette would not
withhold one mite of praise from
the valiant services of tho state
committee. They did their work
both ably and grandly. But in our
opinion no factor did more effective
work to achieve the groat victory
than The Omaha Bee. From tho
opening to tlio closing of the cam
paign Its columns teemed with
truthful, dignified editorials that
carried conviction to tho minds of
the conservative readers, it did
not indulge In "stud-horso dlspluy
sensationalisms," false statements,
nor braggadocio claims. It Mas
cool-headed, truthful aud dignified.
And when the election M-as over
friends and enemies alike scanned
Its columns for a truthful state
ment of tho result. And they got
It It pays to be honest.
ATROCITIES OK CIVILIZATION,
I'htladelnhln Tlmnn tpfxlorlrlf
I . i . ..
ouu
ixuiiuieuu ubcu o carry on war upon mo
nrlnelnl fha .h -nniiu .nin.,.,. m,
Vlct0r' bUt 0Ven dld nr'ot
propcrly of a nnUon wlth wlllch Pro"
f"88011 .1.0 buat A tho modern
uiscountenauco tho wholo Idea of
Washington Post: Tho press reports
f us Prt in this
"cncoiviD!o barbarity. Thoso reports,
howovcr' rcncu u ""uBh English chan-
,ne,?'"nd. rauat k?e mlnJ Urll""
u8llm 10 trance nna urmsii friendship
f.JL "2"" """'"L'H
I ""iiunuji n rruuco uns reauy
h"k !" ronton desecration, wo
snail CXtcna to lior llin rnmlnmtinl ,.n in
b. botter evldcnco than that contained in
"foments edited by Kngland In order to
sc.curo our confidence. In nny caso, and
I WMnntlt FArnrminn tn
hypocrisy und cruolty of tho allied Invasion
of China.
Philadelphia Lodger: It is not morelv
tho officers nnd soldiers of tho French and
Oormnn nrniloo In f'hlnn
in stealing everything they can lay their
nanus on, but tho govornmcBts themselves.
They havo taken valuable govornmcnt prop-
"ty from Pekln and transferred It to their
own rnnllnls nutntiolM,. f .,
out nobody will be so credulous ns to be-
, ' v . .... . ,j , j w i luvauituuuu,
llovo that tho goods will be returned whi-a
tho troublo Is over. Tho criticisms which
followed Napoleon's transfer of tho art
treasures of Homo to tho French capital
havo had no effect on his successors.
Civilized as they claim to be. their ruin
18 8ll:
rrl,, , ,., . ...
v'c-' " wiKo who navo tne power.
w,c "noma Keep who can.
"nltlmoro Sun: Is It strango that the
chlneso object to "western civilization," or
tImt, tne)r believe tho vaunted superiority
of EuroP-'an morals and culturo Is merely
A myth? EuroDn linq rnhho.l , ),.. nn.n,..
i uun-. unuer tno nri uniin nt i
. 1 . . I
",c"K'b- u" auacK upen tho foreign mln-
,s "PPropnatlng public property
tuu viiiucnu ifnvnrnmnnr yina . i
"'sned In blttor terms by tho powers for
,la ,a""re io cnock the uprising of tho
Boxcra and to prevent tho latter from
c0nmlttlns outrages. Tho government
""b"1 easuy retort that European methods
Hn TI n f nnnnflu tn t.n . . i , . . . .
tu uU mutii uoiicr tnan thoso
l"L "oxors; tnnt Europeans tnko human'
" 08 mtle Provocation as tho Chlneso
and have no moro respect for property
,Kht3 'lmn ,h0 IlMers- Tho looting of
Tlon Ts n ami PniMn n. ,i , ..." .
p.,in r ... .r -'""satcr or
" c"sKeu in revolt nro scarcely
"Passed by nny of tho atrocities charged
"snlnst tho Chlneso Governmont.
1IKTTKII IMH'STHIAI, CO.M)TIO.
Mntrrlnl nnd Moral Wei fair of Work.
""'civinu loualderaUoii
San Francisco Chronicle
it ib cnocring. in view of nil th
at Ih hhIiI
... H.sa d
of tho onnrenalnn nf lni,n. .
note some indications of a dlsnoslton nmnn.,
.- w. ihuui i, v i . 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 rn I
employers to cnslder tho material and mora?
wclfarn nf tlirlr o,n.i.. , . 4
uicm to iraprovo their condlHnn ,n,i .,
vironmont. Tho November ttulletln nt tho
unitea amtcB Department of Labor con-
tains detaiimi ,rBnrn,inna .
establlshmentg lnoliinln,. ....
best Known and most rapacious "trusts"
. . o . , . , . u i uur
ana mention of twenty-two
systematic efforts aro mado
wuuwuuu to maKo tiiemsolvos comfortable
and prosperous, and lmprovo themBciveB
morany, socially and mentally. Tho report
Btntes that no nttpmnf im m.i
compile a comnletn lint nf anh n
but only to describe or refer to such as had
been brought to tho attention of tho do-
partment.
ino measures taken for tho accomplish-
I I
innnt nf thla onl vnrv ....ll t- .n .
establishments nnd Include tho support of
ntiiiniin ninnu hi,...i i ' .
7 . ' . .'. " .i.iim, icuiuroB,
innilRTrinl BPhnn g IrlnHnpiMvlniin o I I
flnlinnlft mnafpnl gnu ui fl. I
iniiini?H. R.iniinrv mnnanra I nut ..-!-..
COO(i hniiRoUoonin,, nn,i ,hn ,i
medical nttendunco. thn eniHvnHnn nf thrift
Dy menns of savings bankB, life Insuranco
nnd provident associations of various kinds,
encouraging tho acquirement of homes and
aiding thereto, tho snlo of stock to employed
nnd profit sharing. Probably no slnglo
. .... .. . .. ...
esiamicnment attempts an of thoso things,
"ut somo do most of them, and while as yet
but few out of tho great number of our
Industrial concerns have adopted thoBo
methods thero aro enough which do so to
afford evidence of a strong tendency In that
direction among manufacturing companies.
ThOBO enterprises lire not Conducted 8B
clarities - , but aB a part of what employes
nro entiiiea to upon entering tno employ-
ment. Tho goneral principle Ih that tho
oreriiuvea pay uue ituniuieni to ucar a
Portion of tho cost nnd the employers pay
tno rCBt All risks nro necessarily taken by
mo employers, as ino operatives navo not
tho capital from which to pny losses. Thero
Is no doubt that tho consolidation of com-
petlng concerns Into "trusts" tends to
the Increase of theso efforts to mako work-
lllC.I LUUIVHIGU, II 111,.. LltVIV ,n IU , CUOU1I I
0 ' oubt that they nro to a groat extent
";8"lr J "al ,frlCn' "'T?, t0 tho worl;-
",c' ls ,a,Uo, truo (1t,nB 1 ,t",,(2 measures
aro believed to be profitable to tho employ- tr
profitable to tho employ-
era, ns tending to Increaso tho efficiency
of labor. Thoy must nlso bo recognized ns
an effort to Induco a spirit of co-operation
among nil engaged In the business em-
ployers nnd employed as against nil the
wnrlil. It Is nrobabfn that this Ih nlun fall
.. ...... . . -
oy mo trano union loauers, wnoBo object
alwny8 i t0 create a aolldarlty among nil
employe In an Industry for the purpose
ni dealing at arm s lengin wun a I emu ov-
erB. and who may not feet much enthusiasm
over pinna of co-opcrntlon betwoon Indl-
vidua! employers ami thoir workmen. Hut,
however this may bo. tho tendency has to
be reckoned with nnd ts ono of tho forces
by which mora and moro the workman Is
getting an Increased eharo of tho products
oi niB laoor. .
I
AMHHICA'S (JOI.DKN HAYS.
Volume ()f 'I'm ,r irllh l'nrrlffo (lonit
trim Itcncli Amnilnic Proportion.
Ht. Louis Globe-Democrat,
In an especially direct and emphatic de
creo these are golden days for tho United
Slates, For tho ten months ending with
uctober of tho calendar year 1900, which
Is tho latest period for which official figures
havo been furnished, tho country exported
ouu.uuy.ooo moro merchandise than It lm
ported. This is far nhrml nt
of tho past, and Is $130,000,000 In advanco
ui urn i ot the corresponding tlmo In 1S99.
The tendency, too, continues to bo upward.
i-vi uciouer aiono tho excess of merchati
u so exports over Imports was slightly
above $92,000,000, or almost $3,000,000 for
lam uuj in mo month, Sundays included.
Tho outgo of both agricultural products
and manufactures Is ou tho Increase, and
tKoufch tho cotton exports of tho past two
or threo months havo run tho agricultural
Item up to abnormally high figures, manu
factures havo shown u steadier gain, tho
exports of manufactures amounting to 32
per cent of tho total merchandUo ship
ments In tho ten months of ifinn. mm.
pared with 30 per cent In Mm Ko,rMM.
dng tlmo In 1899.
According to an estimate of (hft illrnMnr
of tho mint at Washington, based on the
figures for tho past tCll or rlnvi.ll mnnlh.
so far as they havo been obtained, the
gold output of tho United States for tho
calendar year 1900 will bo $82,000,000, as
compared with $71,000,000 for ism d..,i tci .
000,000 for 1S98. Tho United States stands
second among tho nold-nrodunlnc- muniri..
mis year, Australia being tho only region
.. . ' "UDl"
wmcn Is nhend of us nnd Hint inni(i i
Lw, , Tf- A.""' .nnd U'.at 'O.c.0.,,t' U
WnltcdSU
Afrlctt' 8 " AustrMI." bolni ahea
of us then, but tho war lJScZ
cut oft tho whole African Kold sunnlv ihl.
advanco in M01. with $94,000,000 o T.oM
output as compared with $88,000,000 for
"U8l nu x.o.ooo.OOO for Africa. Tho
'"tier figures of course, aro based on tho
?AT,P L0?. th ""?.? ot
' 'camy win bo repaired nt
"d l'!' '
: " "-'" nuiuii huh seen
' trouble began. America's gold
i'iiuu win oo auo to tlio Inrron.,. In
fl lho output comprises only a
s"?.",p"t.of the mineral product of tho
nna lo.0O.00O of copper. Each of these
wa 'ar in tho lend of gold, whllo silver.
f 70.0..'0.00'. nna Petroleum, $04,000,000, were
" . l,olow KoW ln vn'uo of output In
l--- I DO total ValUO of tho nntniit n,
"i " , , ' non-metallic and other
Vr" , '". io m isu was 13,0,000,000,
, , ' , ,' , " recor"8. not only for the
unl i-li "' but ,or tho world. '"ro
(TOKCn. This Country's nccroB-nlfi mlnm-al
rnOd?riOnr)lftlrn8!)0 was J13.000.000 and It
n,:wo An18&0- A" 11 Jun'Pcd from
i,uuv,vuu in isK to 1970.000 nnn l moo
and as tho tendency continues to bo upward
iU ui win oo rar nbovo tho $1,000,000,000
.,. iyuu or do tnree times as great as
it was twenty years enrlicr. In all tho
elements of material greatness this country
" navancing by leans nnrl hnn,i t..
pr,i. .,, i. " m ug
?: " . --iu uio unitou
R(lo. I.
i?"? f .th Unltc1 "nnaom. which
BtnmJs Bcond among tho nations 'in tills
S0.: Wl!e!? 11,0 country'a wealth for
' :X "moB nnco It will
7u T B"Ti."". 'ounu .l0 be to or above
T.....,,..y mar, inia in n nnn..
m . i. Kuuun lIUn was In tho entire
ni-Brn..l .1 B.vran.,
,V "l l" 01 tho United States In
- -
"HOW YOU IIAVK C.IIOUW."
tnia
.- uiuieu atnien,
London Telograph.
StatlHtli-o t ..
repellent hosts of flVuro..' "V" M
nn: T.r ''nwy merely dull and
,., , , m upon tD0 'mnKlnatlon and lenvo
thnMwf mprcsalon upon the mind. No
thoughtful nerson rnn fnd
nf . -. . t"."zo Bmo-
Pnn 1 l"at ,B s'Bnined by tho
IT m" rat,!rnB ot the United States. That
mighty nation has been numbered and it I
mm uer pom at on nnn- .inn.i.
7S.250.000. In the short space of ten year.
V lL" 'ncrenso of nearly 13 -125,000,
which Is equivalent to ?. ,
per cent for tho decade, nr -nth
thnn no ... Z ' '- """"
. r ; niiuuui. vuen wo re-
niembor that 200 years acn dm
lint Until rnf ....... ....
.... - 1 . v
mo states was under 300,000-,
-or rather
. .1 . PreS,nt population of Brad-
ora and that 100 venm nn I, ......
but
".uuu.uov. it will bo seen with
nn;wlng rapidity the young giant
u " . "ul'u,l nas ount up his strength,
Tho Important fact Is fhn n,nr
uuono moro people owinc alleiflnnnn .,
t ... , " c w i.iu
. constitution than thero were ten
, nuuon nas ovor yet
I, ,0 8reatness with a dwindling populu-
, ' i'oauiy nono over will. Declln
Iu8 numbors havo been tho 1
comltant of national stnunntlnn nn,t .in.
cndence- Tno Kiowth of tho power of Orcat
Ilrl,a,n. Oermnny nnd Hussla bears witness
to tho truth of this sweeping generalization
firiil thnm In . a . .
... uiie wmcn gives French
IlllIIIIUiaiB mOIO RerlOUS I'rnim.la ..I.
"'""tu'lo as to the future of their country
than tho ovldcnce of staunntinn .i, .1
,,, ---o....w.. u ,
iviiduo lUlurilH. Amnr rnnn 1 1.
uu uu WUII UUIlienL Willi (tin npnn. .1
tiitv 111 iiiu 1UHL finPfiiln Ti.n- i
urcs afford them limnln ronun
ftntI Jubilation. Tho only cmnt nn,
u j---iit uy wmcn can vlo with them
ln numbors Is Itussln, and ln wealth, in
oncrsy. In adaptability, In education 'and
ln ,nat cunning Industrial skill which Is
1,10 foundation of material prosperity, thov
fn. mi . , n a. . ... -
" t ii ouujccib or tno czar.
". ino xuiura lias in storo for tho
unt"-1' owes only the future can disclose,
1)111 that It Ib something groat, something
vnBt alll magnificent far beyond anything
h'tborto witnessed In history, no ono can
"ouni, ana tnero nro fow Englishmen who
rtt) not welcome tho prOHPCCt With hnnrtv
Krntlflcatlon. owing to tho community of
i lungungo wnicn links both
thn heart and brain of tho United States
rn mm uruin or tno Ilrltlsh
empire. As In England, tho urban and
manufacturing centers grow much more
umu iuo rurui. io ono will bo sur-
prised to find thnt the Indians nro steadily
dying out of tho land. There aro now but
134,000 descendants of tho red man. who
onco roamed in undisturbed possession of
ww.a
Thnrn I .... nr m .1.. . . .
4wu.il iui hiu iiuinuii in in
moucrn Bcnemo of life. He has refused in
ndnpt hlmiielf to altered conditions, and
though tho result may bo deplored, thn law
'8 Inexorable. Probably, however, tho qucs-
tlon which will most Interest the American
Is tho relatlvo numbers of tho whlto and
colored population. The theory used (o bo
vory widely held that tho colored races
In America lncri.inoil fnntnr then . v.
- r - - mo nuillt.
aiatiBiica, novevor, prove that the In-
fcrenco was not warranted by tho aettml
figures. In 1880 thero were 8,500,000 freo
co ored neon o in t 10 statuB n iR'm n,.n
wero nearly 7.600.000. Thn nrnnnnin.i i i,
former year was about 2 to 13; in tho lat-
tor It was 2 to 15. what It Is at tho pre
ent tlmo the nuhllahcd riiturna ,in n,,t ,nu
close, but hitherto, oxcept botween 1810 and
1860, tho whlto Americnn has Increased
rather more rapidly than tho colored. Tho
r&cla problem n tha states Is on of nurh
Co.,
Fine Jewelry ,
for Christmas.
Our "Suggestion Book"
mailed on application.
Spaulding & Co.,
Jackson Rouletard, corner State St., Chicago.
far-reaching Importance that all will hope
tho advantugo will continue to rest with
tho whites.
I,AMK.TAT10..H OK TUB LBKT.
SeeUlnn- Solner fur Hip Pain of Dlmip-
polnteil Ambition.
at, Louis Olobo-Dcmocrat
The lato democratic candidate for Drral-
dout would Imvo shown better sonso If ho
had omitted writing thnt nrttclo which ap
pears in ono of tho magazines for December.
He attributes his defeat to several causes
tho alleged big republican campaign fund:
tho frco passes which ho snys tho re
publicans furnished their voters who wero
away from homo; tho comparison which tho
n-asses of tho peoplo made between the
business conditions of 1900 and those which
prevailed from 1803 onwnrd until nfter 1880;
tho aid which ho Intimates tho trusts fur
nished to tho republican party, and tha
people's "fear of a chDiigo."
On every ono of thoso points Ilrran shown
tho demagogy with which his enemies
charged him, and which was ono of tho
reasons why tho American neonlo em
phatically refused to make him president.
it tno lmnglned big republican cnmnalcn
fund changed a minority Into n majority
then the democratic voters of tho present
day In tho United States must bo tho most
venal persons whom tho world hns ever noen.
Tho talk about tho efficacy of tho alleged
freo paBses on tho railroads must relate to
tho employes of tho departments ln Wash
ington who havo n resldenco In somo other
part of tho country. These, as everybody
knows, nro not numerous enough to hold tho
balance in nny Important stato even if thoy
wero nil concentrated In ono commonwealth.
All tho other explanations by Ilrynn for
his defeat aro equally shadowy. The trusts,
as oven Dryan knows, wero divided, and had
no lnftuonco in tho ennvnss. Tho talk that
tho voters mndo comparisons between tho
panic times of 1893-98 and tho prosperity
of 1900 In, of courso, true, but Ilrynn mis
represents tho situation when ho lntluintcz
that the comparisons which tho voters mado
wero illusive. Bryan hlmsolf n year or bo
ago asked eovernl audiences If they had seen
general prosperity. Ho has found this year
that tho great mass of his countrymen havo
becomo acquainted with general prosperity,
nnd that they nro grateful to the party
which brought It. Bryan's wholo Bcrecd fur
nishes another Illustration of that cheap
and Bhallow trlcklness which tho American
peoplo detected in him early in his
political cureer, and which has burtod him
under tho heaviest avalanche of .vots which
over crushed a presidential aspirant ln tho
cntlro history of tho United States.
imi&E.r CIIATTUK.
Clovelnnd Plain Denier: "What do you
think of tho planH for that gigantic corner
In egKBV"
"I think they nro well laid."
Chicago Ilecord: "Wns It a valuaJbfo
watch you lost, madam?"
"Valuable!" All flvo of my children cut
their teeth on It."
Indianapolis Journal: Landlady I rntber
llko having onu dyspeptic at my table.
VlHltor How queer!
Landlady Oh, no; ho makea tho other
boardora nuliumed to find fault.
Indianapolis PrcsH.
Tommy Paw, what
IH lOClY
Mr. Ffcir Tnet. mv mm. In tvhnf a mnn
haw not If ho talkH about Ills mother's flno
cooking Just after IiIh wlfo has picked up
tho stovelld lifter by tho hot end.
Chicago Tribune: "That wn a daring
action of youiiK Hwuddlektns In nutting
bent pins In tho chuir of tho members of
lho faculty tho other morning. They ex
pelled him from tho Institution, didn't
they?"
"Immediately by a rising voto."
Philadelphia Itccord: "Excuso me, sir, '
electric seala at tomorrows bargain sale
ui duu, a tutwu nun jiupur iiumc.
Philadelphia PrnoR! THmMnv wi.,,,.,
is qulto 111. I bollevo.
Jess Yes, sho"3 developed chronic hys
teria. Tcsh What's tho causo of It, do you
know? '
JeBfl SomolMlllv fnnltMhH- tnll I... !.,..
sho looked beautiful when she laughed.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Human nnlolf.
ncss In taktnee ndvantogo of an emergency
seems to havo reached the limit In tho
northwest."
"How was that?"
"EldVen eatlfllitllton tvnrn In thn flnM rnm
Senator Davis" scat boforo ho was burled."
VIII5.N IIKHSII? WEST TO VOTK.
James Barton Adams In Denver Post.
When charming Hesslo went to voto I
asked her If 1 mtirlit
Lscort her to tho polls and bpo her cxerclso
her rlslit,
Sho graciously annanled, and wn tnlknd
aiong tno way
iVbout the dawn of woman's blessed Inde
pendence dnr.
Sho said the dny wan coming when all over
lllin IJIUHll IUI1U,
From Mnlno's fumed wooden nutmeg trees
to the l'licllla strnnd.
Mcro rcx would out no lm at all. nnd
wouldn't thnt bo good?
And I. of course, agreed with her. an
nciieming lover should,
Spaulding &
Chicano.
mini uiv man 111 ino next seat, "but ycur
cigar Is burning n holo In your paper.''
"That Is nil rlKht." responded thn other;
"I am lUHt burnfnir nut thn nrinn nr i !.,,.,
Sho walked up to thn Judges with nn In
dependent nJr.
And In my love-Illumined eyes sho never
looked mnro fair
Than when Bho stopped Insldo tho booth
und from my vlnw was hid
To scratch the men sho didn't llko and
mnrk tho men shn did.
I-or nearly half an hour sho stayed insldo
tho sncrod booth,
No doubt selecting men silo knew wero
blest with Krnru nnd youth,
And scratching with determined hand the
old bald-hendnd guys
With not u charm' to win a glance from
pretty maidens' eyeu,
Thou out sho came with prldo-llt fnce:
then paused In thoughtful mood,
And oncn again stepped back Into tho
boothy solitude
Bhii'd thought of soma real nlco young man
whom shn had overlooked,
And somo old corpao whose office goosn
Bho wanted to bo cooked.
At Inst within tho waiting box her ballot
had been pfared,
And back toward her homo ngnln our foot
steps wo retraced.
Sho iirotid find happy tn tho thought of
having such a right,
And I. In Mpomiy lover wny, shared In her
glud delight.
The. dear had oft declared to me that sho
was near nineteen.
And as wo slowly strolled along-although
'twas awful moan
I asked hr If tho legal ago for voters was
not fixed
Hy slatuteo, and I saw nt oneo tho Ilttlo
queon was vexed!
A blush nf rrd onrnutlnn huo o'erspread hnr
pretty faro,
Her eyes soemed spnrkllng gems of nngry
light set In their nlnco
As Bbarply hn replied to mo ln sweet and
righteous rage:
"Those Judges aro fur too pollto to ask a
girl her ngel"
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