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    THE OMAHA DAILY JSEEt FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1900.
Tiie umaha Daily Bee
E. HOSEWATETl, Editor.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Btato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
Ueorgo H. Tzschuck, secretary of The Hoe
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of Tho Dully, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Heo printed during the
month of November, 1900, was as follows:
1 :io,87o
2 :H,i)it
8 III.OIO
4 2S.IM0
6 ni.nsso
0 nu.mo
7 IIH,I21I
8 -ti.ur.o
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10 .10,700
11. ' SIM,-lflll
12 ao.'oo
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14 US.ONO
15 UM.SSO
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28 1:7,710
29 U7.770
30 a7,nri5
Total an,4ni
Less unsold and roturncd copies.... iss.oiW
Net total sales Ullt.iai
Net daily average, 30,447
GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to
before mo this 1st day of December. A. D.,
1M0. M. B. HUNQATE,
Notary Public.
When pronchers disagree laymen must
decide for themselves.
Don't nil rush for the stnte house pin
counter. Tho distribution will continue
for somo time yet.
A crusade hns been started against sa
loons in Topekn, which Is another proof
that prohibition docs uot prohibit.
Her. John Williams has sounded his
trumpet once more. The trumpet of
Itev. Mr. Williams Is always within easy
reach.
Electric tramways would be of great
Taluo to our' business Interests, but the
question Is, How to cot the capital to
build them?
It Is barely possible the cadets nt West
Point may have taken undue liberties
with Cadet Booz Just because tho
mime has a suspicious sound.
It is needless to say that the brewers
are unanimous iu favor of the .immedi
ate repeal of the beer war tax without
waiting for tho aid or consent of any
other nation on earth.
The Federation of Labor refuses to
concur in the demand for a reduction of
the tax on beer. The delegates, evi
dently, have no fear that the price of
beer will go above 5 cents a glass, what
ever may happen.
According to the World-Herald the
exposure of the South Omaha election
frauds Is causing a great deal of mer
riment among the fusion reformers. Uut
they may find out when the legislature
convenes that they have laughed ilrst.
Several Nebraska towns tire preparing
to put in electric lighting plants. The
state has never bee" ho prosperous In
Its history and tuepcoplo are evidently
of the opinion that they can afford to
have some of the luxuries as they go
long.
Another prospective bridegroom has
disappeared in Omaha. Women de
sirous of lmviug tho ceremony per
formed on schedule time should be
careful about allowing .their Intended
swains to eomo to view the allurements
of the city.
It is announced by telegraph all the
way from Louisville that Mr. liompers
will succeed himself ns president of the
Anierlcnn Federation of Labor. If that
bo true, tho unexpected will not have
happened. Mr. (Jompors appears to have
a life tenure to that ollice.
One reason why the Nebraska lawyers
nro all Interested In relieving the hu
promo court Is thnt contingent fees have
to watt the final adjudication of the
case and no lawyer likes to wait three
or four years for returns on bis Invest
ment of oratory nnd sheepskin.
Commissioner Kent hns considerable
to say about his free employment bu
renu. Such an Institution might bo a
good thing In democratic times, but re
publican policies hnvc furnished cm
ployment for labor without tho neccs
Ity of requisitions on tho state com
mlsslouer.
Justice Andrews of New York 1ms
rendered a Judicial opinion that a wo
man should be at home by midnight
If tho legal luminary will now pass on
tho quest km of how late It Is admissible
for n man to remain down (own with
an old college chum he will earn the
everlasting gratitude of thousands of
women, but might fall of re-election
when 'the men get a chance nt him.
Tho Iron Industry Is generally con
ceded to be the barometer of, trade con
dltlons. Beports from this Industry In
dlcato that 'It was never In a more
healthy condition. The production of
pig iron for the month Just passed shows
an Increase over the preceding ono and
tho rail mills have contracted for a
larger tonuage than last year, which
was exceptionally good. There Is ever,'
reason to believe thnt business condl
tlons during tho coming year will be
even better thau tho last on.
VtlKUMlXAltV AOItKKD TO.
The powers, it Is announced, have
come to an agreement ns to the terms
upon which they will negotiate with
China for n llnal settlement. Tho State
department at Washington has been ad
vised by the American minister at Pekln
of a suggested amendment by the Brit
ish government, but this Is understood
to bo a mere change In form, which ocb
not niter the scope of the agreement at
any material point.
That portion of the statement of terms
which relates to the Infliction of the
death penalty on certain ringleaders of
the antl-forelgn uprising Is very likely
erroneous, since our government took
Issue with England nnd Germnny on
this demand and it was the understand
ing that the view of the United States
hud prevailed. At any rate It may bo
assume! as certain that our govern
ment would not, after taking tho posi
tion It did respecting this demand, with
tho approval of the, country, concur In
It. There nro one or two other features
of the reported terms which this gov
ernment had nccepted with certain res
ervations, mnde necessary by the limi
tations of executive authority, but
agreement on these points Is perhaps
not absolutely necessary to the begin
ning of negotiations. It will undoubt
edly be found, therefore, thut tho terms
which were stated to the Helchstng
nearly a month ugo by tho German im
perial chancellor are In some very lni
jmrtant respects different from those
which the plenipotentiaries of the pow
ers are said to have agreed to.
Tho agreement on terms should be fol
lowed very soon by tho beginning of
negotiations. The next step will be the
formal presentation to the Chinese plen
ipotentiaries of the agreemeut arrived
ut, who will be given a reasonable time
to consider the conditions laid down
by the powers. It appears to be the
general opinion that while some modi
fication of the terms may be asked by
tho representatives of the Chinese gov
ernment, they will offer no decided op
position to them. The disposition thus
far manifested by the Imperial authori
ties Is altogether conciliatory. They
want peace nnd are anxious to nrrlve
at a fair and honorable settlement.
There appears to be no doubt that they
are prcpured to do whatever Is just,
asking In return only thnt the powers
will deal honorably and Justly with
China. Of this there Is ample assur
ance so far ns the United Stntes Is con
cerned and the good Influence which
this government has exerted In the
matter of preliminary terms will un
doubtedly continue to be felt In tho ne
gotiations for a Muni settlement Tho
United States may confidently be ex
pected to disapprove any proposition or
plan which might menace, however re
motely, the territorial Integrity of the
Chinese empire, or any scheme looking
to the overthrow of tho reigning
dynasty. Wo shall demand the pun
ishment, "within the rational limits of
retributive Justice," of those responsible
for outrages, adequate Indemnity and
ample guaranties for peace nnd se
curity In tho future, but we shall counte
nance no schemes, wherever originating,
for tho spoliation or tho dismember
ment of China.
THE TAX OXUEEH.
We think there will be very general
concurrence in the view of the chairman
of tho house committee on ways and
means that the beer tax should never
be wiped out until every other vestige
of tho wnr taxes Is removed. Ho polnttd
out that the democratic proposition, un
doubtedly made for political effect, that
the entire additional tax on beer be
abolished, would reduce the revenues of
the government to the extent of ?123,
000,000 nud would produce the grossest
injustice. "What argument Is there,"
said Chairman Payne, "In favor of re
ducing the tax on beer which does not
apply with as great force to the reduc
tion of the entire uddltlounl tax on to
bacco, amounting to $18,000,000, or the
tax on bankers ami brokers, amounting
to nearly $4,000,000, and the remaining
taxes amounting to $15,000,000?"
Why should the government relin
quish oue-llfth of Its Income under the
war revenue net when tho general pub-
lie would not be benellted? Tho beer
tax does uot full upon thoso who use
the beverage, and the consumer would
get no advantage from Its abolition.
Perhaps the retailer would get some
benefit, but the principal gain would go
to the brewers and It Is they, who are
urging that the additional tax be abol
ished. There Is no popular demand for
It. Tho consumers of beer, so far us
wo aro aware, aro not asking It.
Tho brewing Interest of tho country
Is entitled to fair consideration, but In
urging congress to cut off ?,-!:i,000,000 of
revenue In behalf of that Interest, under
existing conditions, It is asking too
much.
IAFALUULU UtiMEDY.
A well-meaning but somewhat lmprac
tlcable clergyman, whoso sympathies
have been aroused by tho hypocritical
vaporlngs of a yellow Journal about tho
alleged misery caused by tho offensive
garbage contract, has projected a sch.mio
that will compel the garbage contractor
to release his grip. This scheme Involves
nothing mure nor less thnn an order
from tho mayor and council and situl
tnry boards compelling tho garbage con
tractor to clean tho streets, nlleys and
back yards, covering every foot of
ground within tho city limits, within ten
days, and to respond to the call of every
householder, for tho rcumvnl of garbage,
within forty-eight hours, at tho risk of
having his contract forfeited.
This Is n very excellent plan, but It
would Involve an appeal to tho courts
and a decree forfeiting tho contract be
fore It could be executed, which would
mean u delay for n longer period, per
haps, than tho term of the unexpired
contract.
A speedier and moro certain remedy
would be to require a Jury of twelve
men, each ninn avcruglng not less than
'.'00 pouuds, to sit upon the body of Gar
bage Contractor Macdouald, pronounce
him guilty, suspend him by the neck
from a telegrnph polo for not less than
one bour take him down and pour u
quart of prusslc ncld down his throat,
following this trentment by placing the
body In a barrel filled with spikes, to be
rolled down Dodge street bill; thou soak
the remains In quicklime and send the
bones to competent osteopnthlsts, who
will make a report and submit tho ex
hibit to n coroner's Jury, which will llud
that he came to his death ns a result of
his own suicidal course; finally, serve
ofllclnl notice upon the mayor and coun
cil that tho gnrbage contractor has
abandoned his contract and will uot
again resume it.
This remedy, It Is believed, would
prove more effectual than tiny attempt
to compel Macdounld to relinquish the
contract by ordering him to do things
which are physically Impossible,
XOT AO A IXST IMMUMA T10X.
The convention of the American Fed
eration of Labor, at its session on
Wednesday, rejected a resolution In
structing the executive council to pre
pare and endeavor to secure the passage
of n bill In congress for restricting Im
migration. This action on the part of
the representatives of organized labor
Is noteworthy and Is commended to the
attention of those who nro constantly
agitating for the further restriction of
Immigration. It evidences the fact that
the skilled labor represented In the
federation does not fear that Its Inter
ests nnd welfare will bo Jeopardized by
the workers who come here from
nbrond, tho most of whom sooner or
later Join the labor organizations. Un
doubtedly a-large percentage of the
members of tho federation enmo here
from foreign lands.
During the last three years not much
has been heard of the autl-lmmlgratlou
agitation, duo to the fact thut tho de
mand for labor has most of thut time
been In excess of the supply, and as
the outlook Is favorable to u continued
good demand for several years to come
the agitation Is not likely to be soon
renewed. It will be heard again, how
ever, ns soon as a change In Industrial
conditions comes. Menuwhllo Immigra
tion Is not heavy us compared with that
of some years ago. That of last year
showed tin Increase over tho preceding
year and was considerably larger than
In the period of Industrial depression,
but It was readily absorbed. Probably
more people will come to tho United
States from Europe this year than last,
but there Is no reason to apprehend
thnt this labor will work any Injury to
that already here. The action of the
convention of the American Federation
of Labor was judicious and commend
able. '
If tho Incoming legislature should ap
propriate all the money tho retiring stab.'
otllclals ask for what a howl about ex
travaganco would go up from the popo
crut camps when nuother election rolled
nround. The fact that these recom
mendations were made when the of
ficials confidently expected to be re
turned to power or bo succeeded by
members, of their own party only goes
to show 'they wero perfectly willing to
lond down tho stato treasury. For
tunately u republican legislature will
mnko tho appropriations nnd repub
lican otllclals will control the expendi
ture of the money.
Ohio Is Just now competing for the
championship In the robbery and holdup
line. The Ohio men appear to have
Improved upon the wildest style of work
ing the trick of touching up the banks,
but what is needed is the Importation of
ii few men like tho Coffeyville (Kan.)
liveryman who laid out tho Dultou
gang, or tho Goodland sheriff, who dis
posed oflhotrulu robbers. Ohio Is wel
come to tho glory of having tho cham
pion holdups, but If It desires an ef
fective antidote It might send out west
for it
American ofllcers serving under Gen
oral Chaffee la China aro forbidden by
him to receive any compensation for
serving on tho boards provided for tho
temporary government of the territory
occupied other than their regular army
pay. The army regulations also forbid
it. This may appear a little hard when
these olllcers seo those of other nations
fattening on salaries which the Chinese
are forced to put up, but they can huvo
tho satisfaction of knowing that their
course meets with npproval at home.
If Governor Plugree of Michigan falls
to accomplish his object It will not bo
because he lacks in persistence. He
has called the legislature of that state
In special session for tho third time
In two years to act on measures regard
ing the taxation of railroads. If the
present plun does not win ho might
try giving a continuous performance,
Everybody in Omnha would like to seo
moro street cleaning, more street pnv
lug, more Improvements of every do
serlptlon. But few people In Omaha who
aro taxpayers nro willing to have their
taxes Increased, It takes u good deal of
money to do tho th.ugs that peoplo wou.d
like to have done.
IleawHkrulnif the Ancient.
Now York Tribune.
Tho shah of I'orsta has been traveling
through his dominions upon an automobile
Tho abkoond of Swat is "uoxt," and then
tt will bo up to tho grand llama of Thibet.
One Iteimon Overlooked.
Iluffnlo Express.
Four years ago there was $7,000,000 back
taxes carried on the books of the state
of Nebraska. Now there Is but $3,000,000
Thoro Is a hint of tho reason why Nebraska
went republican that Mr. Ilryan overlooked.
Take (lie Slltldle Pnth.
Indianapolis Journal.
Hlsliop Potter says tho greatest evil of
tho tlmo Is tho grcod for gain. Mr. Ilussoll
Sago says tho greatest evil of the tlmo Is
the lack of thrift. To aavo Is a vlrtuo, says
Mr. Sago. Now, It Is obvious that In or
dor to savo It Is necessary first to gain, so
what Is a poor man to do In tho faco of
cuch conflicting ndvlco?
Special Coin for A m Ikon.
Portland Orcgonlan.
Tho United States will coin trade dol
lars for tho Filipinos, becauuo thoso wary
people refuse to accept our standard coins.
And yet our dollars contain 100 cents, bear
the stamp of the United States, and aro
faced with the touchstone agl. Here
t
Is Democracy Daft?
New York W
Unless tho democratic party Is hopclesbly
daft or Is reconciled to death Mr. llrynn
s written himself out of its leadership,
er his signature ho declares that "tho
democratic part must ho consistent" even,
apparently, to tho point of repeating Its
sulcldo for tho third time. "Defeat," ho
declares, "docs not make It necessary for
us to abandon anything for which we have
fought" not even JG to 1.
Tho reasoning by which Mr. Bryan at
impts to sustain this hopeless bourbontsm
transparently souhlsttcal. Hccause tho
democrats wore boaten, ho says, "must
ro now Indorse Imperialism" and abate
ur opposition to a largo standing nriny,
o trusts, to a monopoly-fostering tariff?
It WOUld." hn nrfflliHl. "till lllat nn rennnfi
able to Insist Hint llin dpmne.rntln tinrlv
should nccept tho republican position on
inoso quastions as to say that It must
accept tho republican position on tho gold
Jeation.
To beKln with, tlio so-called remihllenn
position on tho gold question Is precisely
mat occupied by (he democrats from tho
tlmo of Jefferson and Jackson and Denton to
that of Tilden and Cleveland. Hut the hope
lessness of Mr. Ilrvan'i statn nf mind U
his apparont Inability to recognize, or nt
Is a lesson for nryanltcs and Coin Harveys
worth nlnoty-nlno full treatises on flat and
10 to 1.
Illclirn Xol In Dnllnrn.
Loulsvlllo Courbr-Journal.
The greater part of the estato left by
Sonator Davis was his library of 8,000
volumes. If somo of our public men had
accumulated moro books and fewer dol
lars thoy would bo the rlchor In tho public
estimation.
Kcepinic II Ik llnnil In.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Vice President-elect Roosevelt's trip to
Colorado to shoot mountain Hons may bo
tamo compared with his recent trip to
chasp tho ferocious Uryanlto from his lair,
but It Is tho most strenuous thing available
nt present.
Tlio IllufT Orlentnl.
Indianapolis Journal.
Tho sultnn of Turkey may forcet to nav
his debts, but ho never foreata tr lm
suavo r.nd rollto to his creditors. Ills en
tertainment of tho officers of tho battle
ship Kentucky at dinnor was n flno plcco of
unemai uiun.
Gruvcnril of Million.
.Minneapolis Journal.
Tho Panama ticonlo state calmlv thnt
their canal is half built already and thoy
intend to ko rluht on and finish It
lCSS Of Vv'hnt tho ITnltotl Ktnt pa flnaa Anv
person with a couple of hundred million
aounrs iooso win una a nice hole for it in
Panama.
llOOMCA.VS OK LO.l0..
Some Knetn About the (iciins Hoodlum
of Ihr llrltluli Uaiiltnl.
Frequent mentlou Is mnde In London dis
patches of tho operations of gangs of
rufllans nicknamed "hooligans," and tho
terrorism they havo Inspired In various sec
tions of the city. "Hooligan" Is the
equivalent of "hoodlum" in America, but
tho American hoodlum never approaches in
number and "toughness" the professional
ruffian of London.. A correspondent of tho
Springfield Republican, thus sketches him In
his native heath:..ci'
"The holllgan, a ho has now como to bo
defined, (Js not Mmn,ly a youn ruffian. Ho
is not a professional pad man, ho is not
even a loafer, and after ho has reached tho
ago of 22 or 23 ,lt not unfrcquently hap
pens that ho Joins the army and becomes
a flrst-rato soldier or settles down into a
moderately sober workman, who has lived
so rapidly between 15 and 20 that ho Is
mlddlo-agcd at 25. His most distinctive
fenturo la that ho belongs to a gang with
beadquarters In somo beer dive. Ho earns
money enough to buy his share of tho
drinks, to pay hls.sharo of tho lines of mem
bers of tho gang who get arrested, and
usually to have a, girl. Ho lives, after a
fashion, with his parents. Ho rarely
smokos a pipe llko hlB moro law-abiding
brethren, but nearly always has a cigarette
in his mouth. His costumo has distinctive
features, tho muffler and cap, a leather bolt
in lieu of braces and trousers tight at tho
kneo and broad at the ankle. Ho dearly
leves a good light, and goes up a step in tho
scale of his society when ho has served a
turn In prison. Ho prowls about at night
In companies of four or five, looking for a
scrap with rival gangs, for women that ho
can frighten or perhaps molest or for lonoly
wayfarers whom he can torment and per
haps rob. Such attacks havo grown In
frequency of late, and havo added to the
general alarm.
"Probably thero Is no class of men in Lon
don thrown more closoly in touch with tho
lower classes than the churchmen of the
slum districts, and porhaps none of them
knows poverty In its bitterest phases bet
ter than tho Rev. V. H. Davlcs, at first
curato and slum worker and now rector
and Blum worker of tho church in Spltal
flclds, whero 23,000 peoplo are crowded upon
a district of seventy acres, and beside
which Wbltechapel has been dcscrlbod as a
paradise nnd Drury Lano as a fashionable
resort. Hero It was that Jack tho Ripper
piled his bloody trade. 'I know the. so
called Hooligan,' said Mr. DavlcB to tho
writer, 'although wo do not breed him
horo. Tho lives led by tho wretched chil
dren that you see swarming In our streets
result In a different typo. These children,
dragged around liy tholr drunken parents,
living on crusts, sleeping In hallways or In
tho streets, familiar at C or 6 years with
moro vlclousnees than most men attain at
30, develop Into tho shifty thief, tho lly-by-nlght
burg'ar; morose, self-contained, work
in tho dark. Thoy don't brawl, or 'whoop
it up;' they don't molest women or go
about in gangs. If tney rlflo a house or
kill a man they do it without ostentation.
"The hooligan, on tho other hnnd, Is not
an Idler, as everybody seems to suppose,
and ho doesn't como from tho bitter slum
districts. Ho Is tho boy or young fellow
who works in tho factory and who 'letB off
steam' after hours. His family Ib poor, but
they do not llvo in a slum. Westminster,
Hexton, Rethnal Oreen and Clerkenwell,
practically respectable quarters, nro tho
breeding place of tho hooligan. His
bolng what he Is Is duo to the flaws In tho
social condition of his kith and kin, tho
absenco of family life, tho Indifference of
parents. I don't speak as a bigoted par-i
son, but I can say that, in working for ro
llglous ends among such people, wo can
got tho parents to take no Interest In tholr
children's welfare,
"Tho hooligan la the germ nf as lively a
riot as any modern city has seen. He has
far moro stamina than his French con
frore, who has turnod Paris upsldo down
occasionally, and onco he gets a-golug It
will not Imj so easy to Btnp him. Hereto
fore his hoalthy fear of tho sturdy Lon
don policeman has kept him in check. Hut
that fear has" boen diminished by a series
of extraordinary manifestations of human
naturo over episodes of tho war. The cables
reported at the tlmo that staid old London
'had gono mad' and was 'holding carni
val' over various victories. "What really
happened was a quickly subsiding outburst
of patriotism, followed by n festival for
the hooligan. In tho general Joy tho bonds
of propriety wero relaxed a little, and the
hooligan took advantage of tho opportunity
to let himself out correspondingly without
being frowned upon by bobby."
orKl (dem.)
least to admit, tho difference between liv
ing questions and a dead question.
Every other Issue that he mentions Is
vital but upon none of them wero tho
people permitted n square vote, because Mr.
Ilryan, with fatal fatuity, Interjected tho
money scare Into tho campaign. Not Is
It as though this year's wau tho first ver
dict of tho peoplo upon tho silver question.
Tho advocates of 16 to 1 who were beaten
In tho democratic national convention In
1S92 Joined hands with tho populists nnd
fmo sliver repi'.bllcnns tho very next year
nnd tho fusion nnd tho folly waxed stronger
and fiercer ench year until tho climax of
hysteria nnd lunacy In tho Chicago conven
tion of 1S9G.
In seven succ.csslvo elections tho demo
cratic party has been beaten on this com
pound of ignorance nnd dlshonusty, each
tlmo more disastrously than tho Inst, until
now after tho completcst Waterloo, when
Its candidate ro:elvcd only thirteen elec
toral votc3 outside tho old solid south
Mr. Dryan bobs up with tho serenely sa
pient remark that "tho democratic party
mutt bo consistent!"
This is simply stark folly, of the kind that
no amount of "braying In n mortar" will
climate from Its possessor. And wo think
tho democratic party has had enough Of It.
IIEIIL'KI.VC TIIE I.OOTEU.H.
Ruffalo Express: Ooneral Chaffeo has
Incurred tho wrath of Count von Walder
sco In n good cause If he has nngcred the
German commander by protesting ngnlnst
tho looting of tho Pekln observatory.
Chicago Post; Chaffeo mav have nllowed
a little too much vigorous United Stntes to
creep Into that letter to Waldcrsce, but It
was scarcely too strong for the occasion.
It was not tho American genoral's languago
but his Indiscreet truthfulness that riled
tho Herman field marshal.
Minneapolis Tribune: Our General
Chaffeo In China Jarred the senslhllltlis of
tho Gcrmnn commander, Count von
Waldersce, tho other day, by suggesting
thnt tho looting by the allied troops should
stop, and although Chuff eo afterwards made
amends for the undiplomatic character of
his language, It Is noticeable that tho loot
ing has stopped. Sluco thnt llttlo exchange
botwecn Admirals Dewey and Dietrich In
Manila harbor whnt an American officer
abroad nays generally goes.
Now York Mall and Express: Abovo all,
General Chaffeo, tho American commander
In China, Is a soldier, and his hearty con
tempt for tho thefts committed by foreign
troops under tho orders or with tho per
mission of Waldorseo is such as a truo
soldier ought to fcol. It Is a pity that an
officer nf his traditions and Instincts could
not have been chosen to direct tho Inter
national army of occupation, Instead of a
representative of a body of European offi
cers whoso most obvious military char
acteristic, as thus for demonstrated,
seems to bo an abnormally keen scent for
loot; thero would then havo been less to
regret In tho "holy crusndo" preached by
tho kaiser. It may bo hoped that Walder
soe, complaisant whllo tho French and
Germans wero removing tho Jesuit astro
nomical Instruments from tho Pekln city
wall, but Indignant when Chaffeo protested
to him against tho outrage, does not H
lustrato the distinctive Ideals of honor
fostered by a century of militarism among
the continental officers.
l'KHSO.VAI, NOTES.
If Mr. Doolcy and tho czar both escape
tho fell destroyer, tho world will havo rea
son to congratulate Itself on saving two
Important contributors to its light nnd
gaiety.
Tho lato Dr. Thomas Arnold of Dublin
was about tho last survivor of tho as
sociates of Cardinal Newman in the en
deavor to found in that city an Irish
Catholic university.
Ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson has sold
his ranch In Uarbcr county, Kansas, and
will buy ono in tho far west. Harbor
county wns becoming too crowded for him.
Next yenr ho will travel for n Kansas City
commission bouso, in which ho is In
terested.
Popo Loo XIII is ono of tho most sparing
eaters among living men. A biscuit steeped
In black coffee usually serves for his
breakfast, n llttlo soup and a llttlo chtpken
nnd fruit for his dinner and the remnant
from this meal aro generally converted Into
bis supper.
Tho German emperor recently presented
Haron IJock, chief of tho staff of the Aus
trian army, with a marblo bust of him
self. The bust Is on a largo scalo and
weighs 1,800 pounds. Daron Deck is having
his houso thoroughly ovorhaulod by mili
tary engineers to test If thero Is nuy apot
In it capable of hearing a weight so
enormous.
A Cape Town correspondent has Inter
viewed Mrs. Dowct, wife of the Doer gen
eral. 8ho said: "You Englishmen will
nover catch my husband. Ho la going to
win back for tho Free Staters nnd Trans
vnalers what they havo lost. Ho has enough
food end ammunition to last for three
years, and that is Just how long tho war
Is going to last."
London Truth hns called attention to a
prejudice in tho Ilrltlsh army which seems
as lacking In sense as anything can bo.
It appears that, however, ncar-Blghted nn
officor may bo, ho will not wear spectacles,
Ono officer, for example, mistook a herd
of cattle not over half a milo away for a
troop of cavalry. Needless to say no such
convention obtains among tho Doers. Gen
eral Dowct, according to Connn Doyle, goes
arouud In bluo goggles,
An old legal paper has been unearthed
In tho prothonotary'B office in Wllkcsbarre,
Pa. It was an affidavit of defenso pre
pared by tho lato Jay Gould, In his hand
writing, and bears date of 1885. Oould wan
then in tho tanning business at Gouldsboro,
this btato, and ho had difficulty with bin
creditors. In his defenso ho claimed ha
had built the largest tannery In tho world,
and Instead of being hounded by his credi
tors ho thought ho should rocetve en
couragement for developing tho resources
of the country,
KI'IIEMEIIAI, I'M ME.
Solomon' I'.xnliimiit Ion Home Out In
Modern Time.
It Is only six yoars since Hon. William F.
Vilas retired from tho United States sciiato
to resume tho practlco of his profession at
MadlBon, yet this comparatively Bhort period
of tlmo hns sufficlcd to place him In tho
category of unknowns In tho Washington
postoffice. Such Is tho significance of nn
advortlsed letter In tho list at tho Wash
ington postoffice, addressed to W. F, Vilas,
Tho clerks In tho Washington postoffico
evidently do not burden their minds with
tho nnmos of former prominent men. A
Washington correspondent tells tho story
of tlio Vilas letter as follows:
"A singular commentary on tho Washing,
ton postoffico nppearB in tho list of ad
vertised letters published today. Hy this
list It seems that thero Is a letter in the
offico for ono William F. VHbb, whoso
Identity and whoreabouts nro unknown to
the offico. A fow years ago Mr. Vilas
was postmaster general, Ills word was law
In the making of many thousands of post
masters, besides promulgating a certain
political doctrlno as to 'offensive parti
sanship' he Instituted many Improvements
and reforms In the service, Bo well did ho
do his duty that when Mr. Lamnr, the sec
retary of the interior, waa mado si'ustlce
of tho supremo court, Mr. Vilas was trans
ferred to tho Interior department,' whoso
Importance In tho matter of administrative
control of Indian, land nnd patent business
called for a good lawyer and capable execu
tive talent. Mr. Vilas wns not forgotten
when tho first Cleveland ndmlnlstrntlon
went out, for his state, Wisconsin, sent
him to tho senate, whero ho distinguished
himself ns an orntor and stntcsmnn. Yet,
lu what Is generally regarded ns tho model
postoffice of tho country, supplied with tho
best postal accessories, syBtcm nnd expert
talent, tho name of Mr. Vilas goes Into tho
advertised letter list. This often occurs
with tho nnma of Gcorgo Washington, ns
it might with that of William Smith, for
there nro many Washingtons nnd not a
few Smiths. Hut for the singular and promi
nent nnmo of Vilas tt argues the existence
of something that l'ostmaater General
Smith should give attention to If ho docs
not wish to have his own name bulletined
In tho advertised list of tho unknown nnd
undcflnable. Mr. Vilas Is practicing law at
Madison, Wis."
Tho scarcity of democrats In tho Wash
ington postolllco may havo Honicthlug to do
with tho enso of Mr, Vilas, yet ono would
think that even republican clerks would
remember tho nnmo of a former postmaetcr
general. The oblivion Into which tho former
leaders of the democracy have been driven
by Ilrynnlsm Is well illustrated by this In.
cldent. it may bo nccessnry to equip tho
peoplo moro generally with tho "Who's
Who" books if our cx-statesmcn nro to
stand any chance of being Identified In
future.
THIRD OF A CENTURY RECORD
Eaglo Deacon.
Tho candidacy of lion. Kdwnrd
Hosewnter for United States sena
tor Ib meeting with a great deal of
encouragement throughout the
state. Mr. Itosewater has stood
up for the republican party lu Ne
braska for almost u third of a
century nnd has never asked for
political preferment of so high n
character. The Influence of Mr.
Hosewnter and The Omaha Heo has
been felt lu many n campaign, as
well as In the one Just closed.
When you stop to consider nil these
matters carefully you are at once
convinced that Mr. Hosewnter has
done a great deal for the party
and has never been rewarded. All
the other candidates north of the
river, not n single one of them
but what has held ofllce at differ
ent times. The Nebrnska press,
which assisted greatly In the late
campaign, will feel that Its work
Is recognized If Mr. Itosewater Is
elected.
IN TIIE CENTKA1, WEST.
l'olltlcnl I'liniM-n of the November
Vote NiitiJcRtnl to Annlyala.
Philadelphia Press.
The voto In tho central west Is ono of tho
most Interesting and encouraging of tho
resultB of tho recent presidential campaign.
Tho sevon Btntes comprising this region aro
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wiscon
sin, Iowa and Minnesota. For many years
theso were known as tho western states
and tho two last woro placed later among
tho northwestern states. Hut tho develop
ment of tho region between tho Missouri
river nnd tho Rocky mountnlns nnd tho
need of .applying tho term western to
the states Included in it has compelled
a now designation of tho states In tho
northern half of tho Mississippi river
and Ohio river valleys. Thoy are now
appropriately known as the ccntrnl
west.
This great region Is an empire In Itself,
having an area of 338,405 square miles and
a population of 19,987,203. It has ninety
six representatives In congress and Its
growth In population during tho last decado
will entitle It to an Increased representa
tion undor tho now apportionment. Tho
attitude of so Important a section of tho
country on tho questions submitted to tho
pooplo November 0 must bo of national
interest. Tho vote cast by tho republicans
nnd democrats In each of tho states com
posing this region, both In 1800 and 1896 Is
given In tho following table, tho vote of
Michigan alone being estimated:
1900 1S08.
, Hep. Dem. Rep. Dem.
Illinois .... 697.HCT 001,975 C07.130 m.GL'l
Indiana ... 330,003 309,581 323,751 305,673
Iowa 307.SOS &1S.2KS ?vi ww 7J1
Michigan . 334,000 230,000 293,583 JStf,7H
Minnesota. m.SH 193,501 13D.G23
Ohio 643,917 474.8S2 625,991 477.494
Wisconsin. . 205,133 169,291 208,135 105.6JJ
Totals ...2,673,877 1,990,811 2,501,385 2,013,303
An analysis of tho tablo shows that thu
Eum of tho votes cast by tho republican
and democratic parties In tho central west
In 189S was 4,614,688, and that the sum of
tho voto cast by tho Bamo two parties In
1900 was 4,570,088, ua Increase of 60,000, u
comparatively small increase considering
(he growth In population in four years.
In 1896 the democrats polled 2,013,303 votes
and lu 1900 they polled 1,996,811, a loss of
10,493 votes. The republicans polled In
the same region four years ago 2,501,385
votes and this year 2,573,877, an increase of
72,492 voUs. Tho republicans Increased
tholr voto In Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and
Ohio and lost slightly In Illinois, Minnesota
and Wisconsin. The democrats increased
their vote considerably In Illinois and
lifhtly In Indiana and decreased their voto
in Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and
Wisconsin. Tho plurality of McKlnley do-
crcascd In Illinois, but increased In each
of the six other statea. The total repub
lican plurality In theso soven states was
four years ago, 488,082. This year It It 677.-
0C6, an Increase of 88,984,
Tho fact that this great central region of
the country, containing moro than one
fourth of tho population and casting nearly
ono-third of the voto polled Inst month, is
solidly for an honest currency and against
tho demagogical theories known ns Ilryan-
Urn is one of tho most encouraging results
of tho recont. election. In 1875 this region
was permeated by "Boft money" Ideas and
It was only by tno moat strenuous efforts
that It was prevented from going for an
unlimited papor currency, but In two sue
cetstvo national elections now It has been
solid for sound money, giving In each
election from two-thtrds to three-fourths
tho total pobular majority McKlnley has
obtained In the whole country. This Is a
significant evidence of the advnnco tho
people of the central west havo mado during
tno last quarter of n century nnd of how
well adapted that region has hecomo to act
ns tho political balance wheel of tho
country.
KOIIEST I'HEHEHVATIOX.
Coininriiiliilile HITorta of (ln rinvern
inent In thut lllreutlon,
ICansai City Htnr.
Tno united mates geological survey
which is investigating the forests of tho
country, llnds that 37 per cent of the
land Is wooded, In tho various states
tho percentages vary from 1 In South
Dakota, to 7 In Kansas, to 18 In Illinois,
to 22 In California, to 40 to fiO along tho
Atlantic border nnd to 71 In Washing
ton. Tho vast amount of timber In the
United States made people careless about
taking measures for its preservation, and It
Is gonerally agreed that if things had boon
allowed to go on In their natural course a
timber famine would have resulted In two
or three generations, For several years
past tho government dub bceu laboring to
avert such an outcome, nud further steps
In this direction aro now agitated.
A great scnrclty of timber would bo
almost nB nnfortuimto In Its effect on tho
water supply as on tho Industries which
usn lumber. Humboldt's warning Is still
truo: "In felling trees growing on tho
sides and summits of mountnlns, men
under all climates prepare for subsequent
generation two calamities at once-n lack
of firewood nnd a lack of uatcr." Tho
freshet thnt caused the Johnstown flood In
1S99 was attributed in part to tho cutting
of timber from tho Mill creek watershed.
The Johnstown Water company has had tho
region examined by the division of
forestry and tho experts hnvo recom
mended thnt baro land lie planted with
trees and that tho whole district bo care
fully guarded from fire. Such measures
taken tldrty years ago might have saved
tho lives lost at Johnstown, as well as tho
ten million dollars' worth of property
destroyed. In addition to the prevention of
floods, tho policy of fostering forests la
necessary for irrigation nnd for developing
wnter power.
Tho government's efforts to protect tim
ber by Its system of forest reserves are
familiar to westerners. Wooded areas of
70,000 acres havo already been set naldo
on the Pacific coast nnd In tho other west
ern nnd northern states. It is now pro
posed to extend tho system, Reservations
aro wanted In northern Minnesota nt tho
headwaters of tho Mississippi, nnd In
western North Carolina among tho Ap
palachian mountains. Advocates of n Min
nesota pnrk of COO.OOO acres of Innd think
thnt It Is essential to Mississippi naviga
tion. Tho Appalachian reservation would
bo of valtio in preserving the head waters
of important southern rivers. Hath parks
could be used as gamo preserves and as
profltnblp timber lnnd. If conditions are
favornblo tho attention of congress will
probnbly bo called to nt lenst ono of the
proposed pi ruin during tho present session,
but ono thing that congress Is not likely
to do Is to remove tho tariff from lumber,
which would do moro to preservo tho
forests In this country thnn anything else.
MAKES EXTRADITION EASIER
United Stnte nnd Grent Ilrltnln
Itemed)- Troulilenonie Imperfec
tion of Former Trent)'.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. A treaty has
boen concluded botween tho United States
nnd Great Ilrltnln amendatory of tho ex
isting extradition trenty aud Intended to
correct certain imperfections in that In
strument dovoloped by rocont experience.
Tho changes do not materially nffect tho
Bcopo or principles of the existing treaty,
tho chief Item In tho list being n provision
classifying ns a crime subject to extradi
tion tho obtaining of money under false
pretenses. At present tho treaty makes
cxtrndltablo tho reception of money ob
tained under false pretenses, nnd to remedy
tho omission of tho principal In tho crime,
constituting n mnnlfest absurdity, thu
nmendn.cnt Is mado.
P0PULARITY0F THE BEE
WYMOllH, Neb., Dec. 10.-To
the Editor of The Hcc: I am so
taken with your Illustrated Hee
that I must express my Interest
In nnd admiration for the general
features which urc making It so
popular.
For years I have learned more
about foreign countries from Mr.
Carpenter's letters tha uny other
source, nnd I emphasize. ospeultilly
his uncqualcd, exhaustive and
popular letters about the Philip
pines, nud now about China. Ills
last letter about China's new open
ing for American corn products
will, I think, prove to be nil gold
to our commercial men, nnd will
not only relieve us of n surplus,
but must materially help to ad
vance prices here and open n new
market for our growing product.
Truly yours,
HI3V. J. It. 1IOAC.
POINTED 1IEMAKICH.
Detroit Journal: To whitewash China at
this tlmo would be to degrndo diplomacy to
tho level of muro ceramlcH.
SvracilBe Hernld: Fair Helen I hear vou
have n. secrut.
Fair uruce Well, I did havo one, hut It
wouldn't keep.
Indlnnnnolls Journal: "Wo lmd to shut
down on our Indian vaudeville,"
wnat for7"
"Ono of tho rcdmen cot absenL-mlmletl
nnd Hcnlped tho man who bent tho bans
arum.
i iiiouuiK uiiiuiu ii gruwn cum, ro-
mn.llo . V . f 1 , .... ...... t 1). . 1 1 1 ........
T I , . .. 1. . . 1. (..).. . T , ,jt ,,
iimi, ncu vilu uupri uiu imai 1 WtJIHlwr
when wo shall havo snow for sleighing,"
"Perhups." lidded tho Cross-Eyed
jiuuniHr, 11 win uo a winter or sieignicss
snows."
Detroit Freo Press: "You must havo had
a very bcrlous qunrrel with your husband!"
wny no you xmnK ho r
"That's such u very hundsomo sealskin
sacquo ho guvo you,"
Unston Transcript: Clinton And so you
finally got up oourugo to ask MIsh Pelton
to havo you? And did she say no?
Dumlelgh No, iihn didn't go so far ns
thut. Shu merely said thu Idea was absurd.
WaHhlngtnn Star: "Ho Is not n man of
very polished diction," snld the member of
cotiKress, "Hut hu has somo very pro
nounced Ideus,"
"I am compelled to dlsaitree with vou."
nnawerud th colleague, "His Ideas are al
most invuriaoiy miHprunounccd."
Chicago Trlbuno: With a sharp exclama
tion tho doctor Jumped out of tho way of
the coach nnd four that enmo rattling
around tho corner.
"I'd like to havo the prlvllego of tylncc
that four-ln-hiindl" he muttered, uvngrly.
"Ancot," HUggested tho professor, trying
hln best to keelc alongside of him,
Philadelphia Press: "Whnt aro you
grumbling nbout?" demanded Ills Hatnnto
Majesty. "Wo've got lots of people hare
qulto ns good its you, who uro perfcctlly
satisfied."
"Ol I don't mind being hero; It's u very
Interesting place," replied tho eminent ex
plorer, "but what Jars mo Is that I can't
go buck nnd lecture, about It."
TWO POINTS or VIUW.
Graco W. Currnn In Llttlo Folks,
I.-THK CHILD'S.
Tho policeman in tho park Is big and fierce
und strong.
Ho Htunds uihhi tho corner whenever I ko
by
And looks right straight at mo Just as It
I'd dnno Btuno wrong.
Oh, I'm very much nfrald, although I
can't tell why.
Onco when I was playing all alone beneath
a treo
Ho camo so close to mo thnt I couldn't
belli but cry.
When Pin a grown-up mun If ho looks that
way at inn
I'll walk eloso up to him nnd I'll ask the
rctiHon why,
II.-THK POLICKMAN'fl. '
I llko to watch tho children who como here
every day;
They look up sldewnys at me, then quIcKly
hurry by,
And when I como closo to them they always
stop their piny
Thoy Bcnm to bo afraid, although I can't
toll why.
Onco 1 saw u llttlo boy alone beneath a
tree,
Hut when I came to lilm lie at onco began
to cry;
1 feared that ho waa lost, and only went to
set
Oh, thoy should not be afraid, for there'll
no reason whyl
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