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A million-dollar mining company of
Oiimliu has Iiogii Incorporated In Dela
ware. Why go so fur from homo?
Tho atmosphere of Lincoln most bo
conducive to fisticuffs nnd pugilism
when Inhaled by out-of-town visitors.
Some of those Dodge county law otll
ecru who proved ho successful In cap
turing three murderous bandits might
take it try nt tho Cuduhy rewnrd.
Several imitations of the Omaha kid
naping have been sprung In other parts
of the country, but not one of them has
come up to the Omaha standard.
Thnt long-coming Indian supply depot
has nt last been located nnd It Is now to
be hoped thut It will encounter n wave
of expansion from the very beginning.
Omaha Icemen complain that the out
look for n good crop Is discouraging.
Let the Icemen wait awhile; It Is a trlllc
early for their hopes to, be blasted by a
frost.
Colonel Hrynu Is still delivering his
lecture on "Ancient Landmarks." An
cient history Is ti much more agreeable
topic for his discussion than the marks
made by thu closing century.
Tho legislature Is entering upon Its
' second week without having run tip
ngalust any obstructive snags. It Is
to bo hoped It will have smooth sailing
up to the day of adjournment.
Mrs. Lease has stnrted the new cen
tury by swearing oft' on divorce suits
nnd announcing n reconciliation with
her husband. As long as Mr. Lease
Is not objecting no ono else lino n right
to complain.
Colonel Bryan hits, resumed tho lee
turo stage down In Texas, notwith
standing' his announcement that he Is
going to conllne himself to literary
work. Tho applause habit cannot be
cured at such short notice.
It might be a little far-fetched to
Infer that some of the numerous boy
cott llynig around Omaha are Insti
gated In part, by competitive concerns,
but to tho man up u tree that seems
thu most rational explanation.
Tho printing contractors who put up
that (legislative stationery should have
employed a proofreader with u loss ex
pnnslvo vision. Making the twenty
seventh session appear, as the thirty
sixth session Is anticipating u little too
far In advance.
Speaker Sours, has emerged frdin the
trying problem of satisfying live legis
lative applicants for committee chair
manships for every vhalruianshlp he has
to glvo out. This problem has boon
solved before, however, and the speak
ers still survive. ,,
Governor Dietrich thinks ho lias a
way of killing oil' hold-up bills before
they do much mischief by promising to
veto thorn as soon as called to his atten
tion. If the now governor succeeds in
accomplishing this laudable purpose he
will start out with n big credit mark to
his account.
Tho republican members of the legis
lature who want to get advice will do
well to watch tho popoeratlo papers
which are anxious to have them make
mistakes that will put tho fusion gang
back Into the saddle. It will be a pretty
good plan to steer clear of what tho
fusion organs want.
Governor Dietrich Is asked by tho leg
islature to make provision for No
bruska's participation In tho forthcom
ing expositions at HutYuIo this year and
at St. Louis two years honco. Ho may
be sure that there will be no trouble In
ilndlng plenty of men to servo as expo
sition commissioners. ,
The chairman of (ho democratic end
of thu populist state committees has
called a meeting of those bodies for
simultaneous session on tho same day
aud in tho same place. Tho committees
havo been fused so tight that not even
tho Jolt of tho lato election has been
able to pry them asunder.
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AX rXPtlEVKDVXTKn OVTltAOn.
The repented arrests of IMwurd Hose
water on trumped-up complaints tiled
In the South Omaha police court In or
der to drag him to answer to a point
distant from his homo, coupled with
tho refusal to accept u waiver of pre
liminary examination, 1 an unprece
dented outrage.
These nrrosts are the work of a con
spiracy of popoeratle desperadoes hand
in glove with republican boodlers who
havo secured lodgment in South
Omaha's municipal government.
Not only Is It. tinhonrd-of for a man
to be arraigned In one place for an
offense alleged to have been committed
In some other place, bitt nowhero Is
there any example for proceeding with
the testimony of witnesses before nn
examining magistrate when (he pris
oner waives his rights and demands
an opportunity to glvo bond to appear
before a higher court.
Aside from tho outlawry of the ease
from :i legal point of view, the whole
object of tho persecution Is so trans
parently designed to annoy Mr. Hose
water and divert his attention from tho
senatorial contest wlijch he has en
tered and detain htm by force of Im
prisonment from attendance upon the
legislature that no rational man Is
likely to bo deceived by l.t.
Ily this, persecution the bribe-takers
In South Omaha Imagine that they can
raise enough dust to cover their own
crookedness and perhaps escape the
penalty for their crimes. Wo do not
believe thu people of Omaha or Ne
braska are ready to lend any counte
nance to such Infamous misuse of tho
prosecuting inaehlii"ry of the county
which for the time being happens to
bo under tho control of u set of ma
licious Imbeciles.
CUHUKXCV I.EUiSl.ATlUS.
Representative Hill of Connecticut,
who Is ono of the best Informed men In
congress on llnanclal (juestlons, thinks
thoro should be some further currency
legislation at tho present session. Ho
says that tho gold standard law as It Is
In tho statute books, while declaring
for the preservation of the parity of
tho two metals, prescribes no method
and provides no means by which such
parity of gold and silver can be main
tained against nssault. "I lay down
the broad proposition," said Mr. Hill hi
a speech In the house, "that parity
cannot bo maintained between tho two
metals except by exchangeability nt
tho will of the holder, when both are
a full legal tender, and that no nation
on tins globe engaged In foreign trade
ever has maintained silver nt u parity
with gold at any llxed ratio for any
length of time where exchangeability
was refused as a clear and understood
policy of government."
There may be no Immediate urgency
for legislation providing for the ex
changeability of silver and gold, but
of Its desirability, sooner or later, there
can be no doubt and since It is a mat
ter requiring only u simple amend
ment to the currency act' of last March
there would seem to be no good reason
why It should not be disposed of by tho
present congress. As to Mr. Hill's
view of thu greenback us the most in
sidious enemy to thu preservation of
tho parity of the two metals, while his
argument Is admittedly plausible It Is
not likely to exert much lnllucnco either
In congress or upon the people. His
contention was that with the present
prosperity of the country and the pres
ent abundance of the revenue there Is
no chance for the re-establlshment of
the endless chain, but that with a re
versal of these conditions there Is noth
ing In thu statutes, as they stand at
present, thut prevents raids for gold on
the treasury. "When thu demand for
gold comes," he said, "as come it surely
will, It will llrst manifest Itself by
thu presentation of greenbacks for re
demption and not, as indicated n the
debates In the othei house, by the
cashing of gold certificates." Thltl ap
prehension of possible trouble from the
greenbacks, in a certain contingency, Is
entertalued by a great many llnuneiors,
but tho fear is not general aud popular
sentiment Is so strong In favor of the
greenback that legislation at present
to remove It from thu currency Is out
of the question.
TllK STATU LUalSLATimES.
Thirty-seven state legislatures" will bo
In session somo time during tho cur
rent year, of which thirty-three will
havo met before tho close of .January.
These "minor congresses" are really
moru representative of tho people than
the lower branch of tho national legis
lature aud their work is no less im
portant to their respective constituen
cies. A common fault with state logls
laturest which has been frequently
pointed out, Is that they lumber up tho
statute books with unnecessary aud un
wise hyvs, and doubtless this fault will
bo as conspicuous this year as In tho
past.
In regard to this the Philadelphia
I'rcss says: "If tho legislatures of 1U01
wish to make a record that -will com
mend them aud the political party con
trolling them to tho people they will
begin a radical change. What the peo
ple want Is not a confusing muss of
Ill-digested legislation, but it few well
prepared laws dealing practically with
pertinent subjects. Ono law of this
character will redound more to tho
credit of thu man proposing It and
carrying It safely through the pitfalls
of legislation than a score of bun
combo speeches and us many bills on
subjects that Interest no one but tho
proposer. Tho .public, will watch the
result of this winter's sessions as thu
work of no legislatures wore ever
watched before and It will welirh with
L
n critical eyo thu fruit of their discus
slons and votes. And It will distribute
tho praise and the blamu with an Im
partial hand." .Unquestionably theso
are Judicious suggestions, but It Is ah
solutely certain that llttlo heed will
bo given thorn by tho average leglsla
tor. However, St may conlldently bo
assumed that much of what shall bo
done by these tldrtysovon state legisla
tures will bo of benellt to "the people
Mo to or less needless legislation and
somo utterly Impracticable Is of courso
Inevitable, but the greater part of what
will be enacted, It Is safe to predict,
will prove wise and useful nnd be Justl
lled by results.
It Is Interesting to note that most of
tho governors In their messages, to the
state legislatures urge economy In ex
penditures. They point out that there
has been too much extravagance during
the last, few years. It Is In this direc
tion that the legislatures can better
serve tho people than In any other.
TllKlll MKASVllt: Oh' VHEDIT.
While no fair person would -wmit to
withhold from tho fusion state olllcers
who have Just retired from olllclal life
the full measure of credll due to them
for well meant performance of duty,
some of the fusion organs are going
altogether too far in heaping wicomlums
upon them. When we are told that
"the fuslonlsts gave Nebraska the best
government tho state ever had," as Is
assorted by the recognized olllclal organ
of the former state house occupants,
and that "they hand over to the repub
lican party a model state government
for honesty, elllcleney and economy, re
deemed from bankruptcy and disgrace,
destroyed credit and disreputable man
agement, aud leave the whole 'machinery
of government In bettor condition than
In any other slate In all the west," It Is
piling it on pretty high.
While our fusion friends persist In
patting themselves on the back tho
party should not forget the conditions
which have att tided the fusion admin
istration. The fuslonlsts came Into full
power in Nebraska coincident with the
Inauguration of President Mclvlnlcy and
tho assumption by the republicans of
the control and responsibility of the
national government. The country was
Just emerging from the depths or llnan
clal disaster aud commercial depression,
which In Nebraska had been made more
severe by a succession of drouth years
and crop failures. No republican wants
to exclude from tho list of causes con
tributing to Nebraska's ebbtide, In USD",
the looting of the treasury by recrenlit
olllclals, but the recovery has not been
the work simply of more honest fusion
successors. A general prosperity of the
whole country, shared in to its full ox-
tent by Nebraska, has restored to the
people tho power to pay current and de
linquent taxes, which in turn has re
inforced tho state credit and enabled It
to wipe out Its bonded debt and reduce
the Interest upon outstanding obliga
tions, If a fusion administration were alone
to bo credited with Nebraska's Improved
condition, , tho states surrounding us,
which have been under continued re
publican control, ought to show by con
trast with Nebraska, lint such Is not
tho case, except perhaps that Nebraska
had fallen lower and has come to the
front with the best. On the other hand,
tho outgoing fusion administration Is
properly hold accountable for failure to
redeem many pledges made for It,
which, If honestly executed, would have
quickened materially the state's forward
march,
Kor the ruslonlsts to sot themselves
up as the paragon of party purity Is as
ridiculous as would bo a charge by re
publicans that nothing good ever came
out of tho fusion regime In Nebraska.
Nebraska's congressional delegation
may succeed In defeating the Hop
kins' reapportionment bill, but that Is
no assurance they will secure a bill
which Is any better for Nebraska. The
defeat of tho Hopkins' bill does not
necessarily give a ratio that will re
tain six districts In this state. The
real solution of tho apportionment
question lies In tho enforcement of the
fifteenth amendment upon the southern
states which havo been disfranchising
the blacks, by reducing their repre
sentation In congress proportionately to
the disfranchisement of the negroes.
People will take the stories about re
publican members of the legislature re
fusing to go Into senatorial caucus with
several grains of allowance. Heforo
tho election It was understood that tho
candidates committed to particular sen
atorial aspirants gave assurance In ad
vance that they would participate in a
caucus when It was called. If the de
mand for a pledge to go Into caucus was
proper then, certainly It will havo equal
force with the republican legislators
now.
The census bureau has olllclally an
nounced the exact location of tho center
of population for the United States,
which In the last decade has moved
westward fourteen miles and south
ward about three miles, making It
about seven miles southeast of Colum
bus, Ind. In another hair century the
center of population will have crossed
the Mississippi river nnd possibly tho
Missouri, too, on Its westward inarch.
The total assessed valuation of real
and personal property In tho city of
Omaha for thu current year, In round
tlgures, Is .?:i(l,''50,0u0, which Is a little
over $500,1)00 more than the tlgures
for the preceding year, Tho substitu
ton of the fusion tax commissioner for
his republican predecessor does not
seem to have revolutionized thu work
of assessment to any appreciable de
gree. Tho secretary of the State Irrigation
board announces in his report that one
third ol' Nebraska Is to be classed In
tho suinl-arld zone. It Is only a few
years ago that tho whole of Nebraska
was placarded on school geography
map's as the "Great American Desert."
When Irrigation gots In Its work the
arid regiou of tho statu will not last
very long.
Thu Commercial club will wait on
the council by committee In reference
to thu tax rate for tho coining year.
When devising ways aud means to hold
the tax rate down thu Commercial club
shojild not overlook the fact that the
school board exercises an Independent
taxing power which Is equally as dan
gerous as that wielded by the city
council.
'Tho eyes of all the cuttle growers will
be directed next week to the annual
convention of tho live stock association
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to be held at Salt Lake City. Nebraska
as one of tho great cattle-raising states
of the central west will have special In
terest In the proceedings of this conven
tion, which will take, up subjects of Im
portance to tho future of the Industry.
Omaha, too, will make an effort to se
cure the next annual meeting If the con
ditions are propitious, and a good at
tendance from Nebraska Is highly de
I'roKrcN mid l'uili.
St, Louis (llohe-Dcmocrat.
Through American onterprlso the first
trolley lino has Just been opened In Porto
Hlco, which Is another cxnmplo of tho
manner in which the Island is oppressed
by ruthless Imperlnllsni.
Atiolliei' ,loli for Crime,
Cleveland Lender.
If Pat Crowo would snenk Intd Clevo
lnnd nnd kidnap tho council ho need not
fear nn outraged public. Twenty-flvo thou
sand In Rold might bo given to him It ha
would guarantee to make "a thorough -Job
of It.
Siiiiic Old ThlUK.
St. Paul Pioneer Preus.
Three days' experience has satisfied
most observers tht tho "atmosphere of the
twentieth century" contains Just about tho
sumo proportions of oxygon, nitrogen, hy
drogen, carbonic ncld and ozono as tho ar
ticle they had breathed for years prior to the
1st of January.
Hvry Century Hmn Hh (Imitit.
tlaltlmoro American.
It Is a curious fact thnt all through tho
past men have complained thnt there were
no great leaders loft to tako tho place of
tho Illustrious ilcnd. And yet the twen
tieth century will havo Its full quota, Just
as tho previous centuries havo bad theirs.
II I ram 11 tilled from M nine.
8prln?fM'J llepubllcan.
Can tho patriotic stato of Maine view
with entire equanimity nnd npprovnl tins
courso of n distinguished son who goes to"
England, gets naturalized as n Drltlsh
subject and finally Is knighted by the
queen? Sir Hiram Maxim, It Is to be
feared, is not so "darned" popular as be
was down enBt.
ItevvardliiK I'altliful Service.
Boston alcbo.
Ily n new system of pensioning old and
deserving employes, which tho Chicago &
Northwestern mil wily has adopted, It Is
calculated that at least 3,000 faithful men
will bo helped lu their need and at a coat
to the corporation of only $200,000 a year.
That was an altruistic way ot beginning
tho now century which will evoke much
complimentary comment.
A Diplomat lu Wonder.
Indianapolis Journal.
It Is a raro day In any season of the year
when Russia docs not como out of a diplo
matic scrap with somo material advantage.
Tho ogreoment with China, quickly con
summated, by which the vust domain of
Mnnchurln becomes practlcnlly n Russian
protectorate, la a case In point. While
the other powers havo been wrangling over
points of honor Russia bus practically con
summated a great land grab.
Trpnt incut of UnfnrtiinulPN.
Philadelphia Record.
Thcro should bo no connection between
tho management ot hospitals for tho In
sr.no nnd politics. Tho awful disclosures
made In New York ns to the robbery and
murder of lnsjno patients In Uellevuo
hospital should not go unheeded. When
hospitals uro turned Into money making
establishments and, tho control Is put In
tho hands of trustees wto owo their places
to political favoritism tho worst results
may bo anticipated.
Teuton (ieln mi Kye-Opciicr.
.Now York Tilbune.
During tho last few years u good deal
has been heard about Germany's exclusion
of American pork from her markets on ac
count of suspicions which the Teuton pro
fessed to entertain regarding Its purity.
Ho Is now disgusted to llnd RusBla evincing
the same fear concerning German pork, lu
fact, an olllclal prohibition ot tho importa
tion of swlno llosh from Germany has Just
been decreed, and tho sausagemakers of
Iirunswlck aro consequently in a state of
great alarm and indignation.
iititic.vTio.v ni;si:nvoins.
.Men "ii re l'rcivldlim for (aovcriimiit
Count ruction nml Oiici-iitlnii,
San Francisco Call.
Shafroth of Coloado has Introduced Into
tho house of representatives a bill provid
ing "for tho construction of reservoirs In
tho nrld land states, nnd for tho disposal ot
tho public lands roclnimcd thereby." It
has been referred to tho committee, on pub
lic Innds, nnd whllo It Is not likely to bo
adopted nt this session, It will servo tho
purposo of bringing tho irrigation problem
definitely before congress.
Under tho terms of the bill tho geological
survey Is directed to survey at least four
prnctlcnl reservoir sites and Irrigation
ditches from the reservoirs to tho public
lauds to bo Irrigated, In each of tho nrld
hind states; and to mako a report to the
secretary of tho Interior, who. If ho deem
tho project practicable, shall havo tho works
constructed, provided that tho cost of them
In any ono Htnt'i shall not exceed $1,000,000.
Tho states to bo considered as arid land
states within tho mennluK oT tho act nro
California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Ne
vada, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado,
Kuneas, Nebraska, South Dakota nnd North
Dakota. Tho. num of $13,000,000 la to bo
appropriated fot tho work.
Upon tho completion of each Irrigation
project the lands to bo Irrigated thereby nro
to bo subject to homestead entry nfter
notice by tho secretary of tho Interior, upon
condition that the entrymnn after making
ilnal proof of nottlcmopt shnll pay to tho
government tho sum of $2.50 an acroj and
no single ontrj shall exceed eighty acres.
It Is further provided "that when tho major
part of tho land Intended to bo Irrigated
from each resorvolr has been duly located
upon as aforesaid, tho management ot the
reservoir nnd irrigation ditches connected
with tho Irrigation project shall be tifrncd
over to tho snld homcstender3, who shall
manage and mrdntnln tho samo olthor as a
body or through a corporation to ho formed
by them."
It will bo percolved the bill Is of nn ex
perimental nature. It provides, not for
tho beginning of n comprehonBlvo system
of Irrigation, hut only for making certain
tests. Moreover, tho terms under which
tho tests nro to bo made aro not of a
wholly satlsfantory character. Not less
than four reservoirs with attondant ditches
nro to bo constructed in each state, and
yet tho total expenditure for the state Is
not 'to exeeeil $1,000,000. Thnt will bo nn
avorngo of but, $250,000 for each set ot
works, It Is itifo to say beforehand that
such tests wilt not bo ndequato to deter
mine tho problem of reclaiming our arid
lands, It will bo but a repetition ot that
scattered and wasteful expenditure which
has so often Tuarked tho undertaking of
governmental -ork. Many reservoirs will
bo begun, nono of them will fully conserve
tho waters of tho district, ond houjo of them
may never bo iiompletely (Ihlshod.
Kvcn as it 5b, howover, tho bill merit?
commendation. It serves at least to raise
tho question ot conserving our flood wators
nnd rcdocmlnff our arid lands. Terhap?
It would bo Impossible to procuro tho
pnssugo of a l etter measure at this tlmo.
Tho muln thing now Is to get tho work
begun, ond for that purposo tho Shafroth
bill may bo fa good as any congrrts Is
Ukoly to bo pccnuudod to adopt In tho near
future
POLITICAL SPITE WORK
Nellgh Advocate.
Uosewater Is to be prosecuted
for buying votes at the recent
election. Tho chances are that
the charge Is only an attempt to
lnllucnco his candidacy as rutted
States senator.
North Platto Tribune.
The county attorney of Douglas
county has tiled lu the police court
In South Omalia three complaints
against IWward Hose water, charg
ing li 1 in with tho unlawful expen
diture of money In tho November
election. This action Is probably
potty spite work.
Kearney Hub.
vTho light against Uosewater by
bis enemies In Omaha, which has
taken tho form of prosecution for
violation of tho corrupt practices
act, may better bo termed politi
cal persecution. It, Is apparent In
tho llrst place that the scheme Is
purely malicious, and in tho next
place that the charges are so far
fetched that they have no sub
stantial basis to rest upon.
sum: i.Kiiifs o.v tiii: m:gisi,ati;iu:.
Ord Quiz: There was something unique
nnd appropriate In having the proceedings
of tho Ncbraskn house set In motion by
Rcpresentntlvo Armstrong, a funeral direc
tor. It was tho occasion ot the funeral of
the pop party.
Lincoln News: Mr. Sears seems to bo a
man who not only knows what ho wants,
but knows how to go nbout getting It. His
conduct In tho chair so far has convinced
tho republicans that they made no mistake
when they selected him for speaker. Of
course they mny chnngo their individual
minds when the committee chairmanships
nro handed out, but that Is different.
Pender Republic: In selecting W. G.
Sears of Hurt counly for speaker the house
of reprcsentnties of the Nebrnska legis
lature cboso nn ablo und fcnrless man for
tho trying duties of presiding officer of
that body. Mr. Sears can bo depended on
to look out for the rights and Interests
of tho people ns against tho corporntlona
and ho will do what ho believes to be
right.
Dakota City Haglc: The question of tho
further reservation of wild game lu Ne
braska Is being widely discussed, nnd with
out doubt the legislature will pass somo
stringent laws on thnt line, backing them
up with heavy pennltlcs. Foreign sports
men will be compelled to pay dearly for
their support, nnd locnl sports ought to bo
bnrred from supplying "eastern markets with
Nebraska's wild game.
Kearney Hub: Tho organization of tho
Nebraska legislature was nccompllshed
without a hitch and In n businesslike man
ner which promises good results from that
body. If the republican members, upon
whom the responsibility of n good business
session rests, shall dispose of tho sena
torial question nt the earliest possible dato
In n republican caucus, there will bo noth
ing to Interfere with tho regular business
of tho session.
Grand Island Independent: If Governor
Dietrich's crisp, pointed and businesslike
message can bo taken as nn Indication of
what his administration will, bo tho people
of Nebraska will havo better cnuso for con
gratulation over his olectlon than even
tho most sanguine of his frlonds believed
they wduhPhave. Tho messago Is a'lmlrablo
In Its brief, buslnessllko form, ns well as In
tho recommendations It contains. It Is por
hnps one of the briefest messages ever
given to n Nebraska legislative assembly.
It is also tho best.
McCook Courier: State Treasurer-elect
William Stuofor. having failed to secure
tho personal bond, has at last decided to
furnish a gunrnnty compnny bond similar
to tho one given by our present treasurer.
This will cost him over $1,000. As tho
Btnto treasurer's salary Is only $2,500, ho
should not bo required to pay out any
money for n bond. Tho legislature should
pass n law-making provisions for paying
tho treasurer's bond nnd they should re
imburse Treasurer Mescrvo for money paid
out by him on his bond.
York Ropubltcan: Ono ot tho fool meas
ures about to bo sprung on n helpless
legislature Is a bill to provide for the es
tablishment of "travollng libraries." It
will also (and this Is tho Important item
In the minds of tho projectors of tho meas
ure) provldo for the establishment of n
"library commission," with n sultnblo num
ber of members nt sultnblo salaries. Tho
people of tho stnto of Nebraska look to tho
legislature to kill a considerable number
of sinecures Instead of creating additional
ones, and tho temper ot tho new legislature
Is much mistaken It this isn't what It is
going to do.
Rcatrlco Democrat; Thoro never was a
fooler pleco of legislation passed than tho
ono known as the "barbers law." It was
Introduced nnd lobbied through tho legis
lature two years ago at tho request of a
number of barbers who wanted Jobs upon
tho board. Tho harbors' trade, llko other
mechanical pursuits, can only bo regulated
by an organization, n union ot mechanics
that shall prescribe tho necessary quali
fications for chin scrapers. No legislation
on earth can ralso tho standard of a trade.
Tho board has absorbed $5,282.50 as' salaries,
but tho samo old barbers put up tho same
old talk as thoy hack your faco with tho
samo old razor. Tho law should bo re
pealed. I'KH.NONAI, NOTKS.
It is rather curious that tho mcssago ot
tho governor of Rhodo Island should bo
longer than tho mcssago ot tho governor
of New York.
An eastern paper having suggested that
James J. Hill, president of tho Great North
ern Railroad company, might bo a candi
date for presidential nomination In 1901, a
correspondent writes that Mr. Hill is a
naturalized citizen nnd, therefore, Ineligi
ble to tho presidency. Tho noted railroad
inagnato whb born In Canada.
It Is announced that Congressman Crum
packer will Introduce a bill In congress for
an appropriation of $35,000, nnd tho Indiana
legislature will bo memorialized to make
an appropriation for a similar amount for
tho erection of n national monument fn
mark the sceno of General Harrison's fa
mous battlo and victory nt Tippecanoe,
A Georgia Judgo who tried to Imitate
King Solomon In deciding tho ownership
of a G-months-old baby wos nonplussed
when ns ho put tho infant on tho tablo
and announced his intention of cutting It
in halves with a big butcher knife, the
women cried, "Don't do that; keep It your
self," und left tho court hurriedly.
A tablet has been placed In ono of the
buildings of Rugby school In memory of
William Webb Kills, tho originator of
Rugby foot bnll, of which tho American
gamo Is n development. Tho inscription
reads ns follows: "This stone commemo
rates tho exploit of William Webb Kills,
who, with n fine disregard ot tho rules of
foot ball, as playo'l In his time, first took
tho ball lu his armif nnd ran with It, thus
originating the distinctive feature ot ths
Rugby game, A. D, 1823."
c;ivi: cni.vusr. Tiii'.itt in n.
Deed nt Klmlni- nml I.nynlty Per
formed lij- the Miillvt'H.
Missionary O. T. Logan, writing to tho
Cumberland Presbyterian, ma lies n vigor
ous nppcut for ulr treatment of China, na
tives ond nation, protesting with true
Christian spirit ngnlnst the spollntlon of
tho country by tho allied nrmy. Ho snys:
"Tho secular, nnd too often tho religious,
press seem only too willing to glvo tho
Chlneso a kick, but alas! how seldom wo
seo them praised! I dcslro with tongue and
pen to protest ngnlnst this unfair trcnt
mont. Tho American mob does not repre
sent Americans, neither does the Chinese
mob represent tho Chinese. No people on
earth Is moro peace-loving than tho Chi
nese. Among tho heathen Chinese, ns
well ns among tho 'henthen' Americans I
havo many wnrin friends, nnd I ntu In duty
bound to tell tho good qualities of both,
Tho ntrocltlcs committed nnd permitted by
the governor of Shan SI havo been heralded
to the ends of tho world, whllo tho kind
nesses shown the fleeing missionaries by
tho governor of Shan SI, la the faco of tho
edict to slay, nrc almost unknown.
"This man not a Christian--lost his
position nnd pcrhnps his life for our breth
ren, nnd yet we esteem him not. A recent
letter from my friend, Dr. F. A. Keller, of
eastern Hunan, relates how tho son of an
ofllclnl risked his llfo to snvo ldm. Letters
from mlsstonnrlcs tell us how Chinese
mothers, In different places along tho way
nursed and kept nllvo tho babe of a fleeing
mother who could no, longer nourish It. Tho
ono thing that Impresses me most In rend
ing accounts of tho escapes of missionaries
Is tho ntd given them by heathen Chinese.
"Ot tho faith nnd loyalty of tho nntlvo
Christians volumes might and will be writ
ten. Here Is n sample. It Is tnken from
the dlnry of Mrs. Lowry, written during tho
Blego of Pckln: 'Miss Glllmnn (assistant
in tho girls' High school) overheard one of
tho smaller girls say: "Well, If we must
die, how lovely It will bo for moro than n
hundred girls to go to heaven ut once."
Tho nsseniblcd girls sent ono of their num
ber to tell Mrs. Jewel (principal) that they
know sho wns troubled about them, but they
wished her to know thut they were all
praying nnd peaceful.'
"Somo would desert these nnd lose the
glory ot seeking out others llko them. Aro
you, render, nmong thnt class? Give tho
Chinese their due. Tho gospel Is their due.
Dr. TInnon well says It was given us as u
trust, not as a luxury. If tho henthen nro
cruel it Is becnuso they nro Christies, nnd
so long ns they ore Chrlstlcss we share their
guilt unless we havo delivered our souls by
giving them Christ. Thousands have been
and millions can bo transformed, not by
might, but by the mighty One. Who will
help?"
"A strange figure In tho life of Teklu uud
other Chinese cities," relates a correspond
ent, "Is the professional story teller. . Ho
plys his vocatltm lu tho open street and
depends upon tho generosity of his hearers
for his pay. In tho latter connection they
work a trick that was very successful dur
ing the Uonner period lu America litera
ture. If tho story bo serious they wait
until they get the hero suspended from n
cllft or the herolno against tho wall, with
tho villain throwing daggers at her, and
then they pnsa around tho collection plate,
or. If tho story be a Joke, they pass tho hat
between the plot ond the point. It Is Ron
ncr's 'to be continued In our next' propo
sition over ugnin nnd it seems to work
with equal success. Many of theso story
tellers arc good actors and excellent mimics
nnd ofton carry several characters nloug
with fair success. Tho story tellers wcro
among tho llrst people to return to the city
after a semblance of order had been restored
and It wns an Interesting sight to watch
them, oven If their stories could only bo
followed with nn Interpreter. Their hear
ers, usually drawn from tho simpler folk,
followed them with open-mouthed interest
nnd wore sad with tho oppressed nnd glad
with tho victorious. It has been said that
tho story tellers supply to Chinese llfo
what the newspapers do to American life,
but tho comparison does not seem opt."
The Chlncsu characteristic of fashioning
news to suit tho wants of their patrons
was displayed with murked effect nnd profit
during tho siege of tho legatloners In
Pekln. "A certain soldier of tho nrmy of
Tung Fu Hslnng," relntes tho Now York
Sun correspondent, "mndo his way Inside
tho linos nbout tho middle ot tho slcgo
nnd was escorted to tho Ilrltlsh legation.
Ho claimed to havo valuable ' Information
nnd got n ready hearing. The
defenders were hard pressed nnd
hungry for nows of nn ndvance
from Tien Tsln. That was tho very thing
that tho soldier bad como to tell. He said
that a great relief army hnd left Tien Tsln
and had routed tho Chinese army lu a great
battlo near Plet Sang. Tho legation people
wero so happy thoy gave tho Boldler a lib
eral tip and Invited him to como back. Tho
soldier did return and onco moro his was
a tale ot victory for tho aliens. Again was
ho given silver. Ho camo once moro and
again did ho tell a tale ot valor and vic
tory for the relief column. Thoro wcro men
behind tho barricades who know every foot
of tho country from Pekln to tho sea, and
they questioned tho Chinamun with ull tho
shrewdness posslblo us to location aud po
sitions, but ho never failed as to details.
Kach visit of tho Chinaman brought tho
column nearer, uud finally In his flno tale he
landed It at Tung Cliuo, sixteen miles
away. Its closeness was nn embarrass
ment, for tho noxt step was Pekln, and
tho result must soon be known, but tho
story toller was Inventive, nnd In tho noxt
battlo ho defeated tho nllles and sent them
scurrying down tho Pel Ho in complete
rout. Tho story toller saved himself, but
thoro wore many heavy hearts In tho be
sieged camp that night. letter It was
loomed thut tho entire story was a fabrica
tion, for on tho dates named in tho story
tho relief column was still ut Tien Tsln
preparing for tho advance. After tho fight
ing was over a missionary camo upon tho
Chinese soldier ono day and angrily rto
munded an explanation, nnd tho Chlunman
nrtfully said: 'Well, that was what you
all wanted to hear, wasn't It? I know you
wero all worrying nnd I hoped to cheer you
up, and, besides, I was well paid.' "
VAX IC 15 13 I'A I , ST A K I XG .
Son ml IlrnnoiiH for tUc IiiiIiinIi-ImI Sii
p re m lie)' of Amcrli'ii.
Mlnnapolls Times.
Yankeedom may bo pardoned for a roason
oblo degreo of self-grutulutinn over the
International commercial developments of
tho Inst two years. Yankees nro very
human nnd it Is human to rejoice at
supremacy. Ten years ugo halt oh 'nng, In
fact no ono In Ainorlca or Kurupa would
havo rocolved, with uught but Incredulity,
tho stutomeut that tho London Times,
alarmed nt tho situation ot Ilrltlsh maim
facturas, had sent an export to mako a
thorough examination ot tho chief engineer
ing establishments in tho United States
nnd report upon what ho saw. A few years
ago Incredulity would havo been lustlfled,
but now tho statomcnt of fact, us to tho
action of tho "Thundoror." la received w'th
universal nccoptnnco. Tho export niado his
examination and published nn cxhouiitlvo
account of what ho learned. His visit was
followed by tours of Inspection by scores
of others, sent by tho biggest manufac
tories in Kngland. One of tho later cotuors,
himself tho head of n great englneiiing
plant, was so Impressed that upon his re
turn to Kngland ho wroto a vlgorom biter
to tho Times, from which tho following
extracts oro tnken os Indlcutivo of the
tenor of tho whole communication;
"I vliltcd most ot tho principal electric
construction companies, engine builders,
toolmnkrrs, locomotive works, Jteel .otks
nnd eloctrlc power plants and In every euro
und everywhere I 3nw how far nnd nwny
mhauccd they nro over us In methods of
construction, design nnd magnitude. Ono
electric power station In Now York nlono
has CG.OOOO-horso power nnd their success
Is duo to the extraordinary enro and nt
tcntlon which nro given to every inlnuto
dcfntl, not one point being missed.
"It Is evident thnt, unless wo radically
niter nnd Improve our systems gencrjlly,
wo shnll bo left fnr behind. Kvery one In
tho states snves time, and, no matter what
his calling In life, does his very best for
his employer und has fnr moro Interest
and prldo la his work thnn tho nveiniio
Urltlshcr.
"From whnt I saw It is not only In
engineering wo nro behind; It Is the rnmo
story In many brnnches of Industry! They
nro n wonderful people nnd there Is no tell
ing whnt they will control In time. Every
where you look they savo labor nnd on
sequcntly cheapen production.
"I cannot refrain from telling you what
servlco you havo done by endcnvorlns to
nwaken tho engineers of this country." I
sincerely hope that every employer of labor
will tnko this IcsBon to heart nnd go nnd
seo for himself."
Somo ono hns defined genius ns "tho
capacity for taking Infinite pains" and, tho
genius of Yankee Tiroductlon closely adheres
to this definition In Its expression.
SV.MPO.SIOI OX THK K I ll.NA I'I'.ltN.
Ilentrlec Domocrnt: It Is fairly well es
tablished who kidnaped Kddlo Cuduhy, but
whnt tho Democrat would llko to know Is
who kidnaped Pnt Crowe.
Kearney Hub: If It bo truo us stated
that one of tho Cuduhy kidnapers had a
patch on tho scat of his trousers ho ought
to bo euslly Identified. Tho Cleveland em
blem Is not bo common now but what tho
patch ought to bo found und Identified.
Norfolk Nows: Three bills have been In
troduced In tho leglslnturo providing for a
punishment for kidnapers, the penalty for
tho crlmo ranging from three years' Impris
onment to n llfo science, nnd if thoro I
Injury to the person kidnaped n punishment
by deuth. Nebroska will not bo without n
law for tho olfensc very much longer.
Kenrney Hub: The city council of tho
city of Omaha offers n rewnrd of $25,000, Jn
addition to a like sum offered by Edwnrd
Cudahy, for tho arrest nnd conviction of
tho persons who kldnnped tho Cudnhy boy.
That Is it pretty lurgo mini to tnko out ot
tho municipal trensury, but tho decision
that prompts tho olfor of reward Is In
every way creditable. It has been suggested
thnt the stato add nnothcr $25,000, mnk
lng a grnnd total of $75,000 for the sleuths
to work for.
Springfield Monitor: The city of Omaha
did a wisu thing In offering $23,000 for the
capture ond conviction of the abductors of
Cudnhy's son, nnd tho father of tho boy
showed ho was made of the right stuff when
ho refused to pull down his rewnrd of o
like nmount at tho request of tho city
council and tho demiiud of the perpetrators
of tho terrlblo outrage. It seems that tho
royard a3 It now stands ought to bear fruit
and bo a tempting inducement for tho best
detective tnlont in tho land.
Stanton Picket: Kidnaping and tho fix
ing of u penalty therefor Is one of tho sub
jects which the leglslnturo should und
doubtless will glvo attention at an early
date. Tho punishment should bo nothing
short of bulging. It Is u pity such a law
was not passed In tlmo to coxer tho Cudahy
case. Thcro Is n light complexloncd man,
u small darl: man and a man with somo gray
In his hair connected with that caso that
would graco a rope mo3t gracefully, nnd
thoro nro a number of millions of honest
people In the United S'otos who would take
plcnsuro In seeing them do so.
A 1HIXCII OF SMII.liS.
Clilcaco Tribune: "Don't vnu know a InMt
from a king?" said Rankin, frownlnir
severely.
"Vcs. I know him." renlled Kyle, bin nart.
ner, who hnd phiyed the wrong card, "but I
don't seem to bo ublo to placo him."
Hopton Tninscrlnt: IIo (In bin wrath)
When I married you I bad no Idea what n
fool you were.
sno (in ier pnuanlmltv) J be fact tbntt
was willing to marry you should havo re
moved ull doubts on that point.
Indlananolls Preys: Suburbanite You'vn
got a now Imby nt your bouse, I hear?
Townltp Gteat ScnttI enn ynu hear It
nwny out thero In the suburbs?
Detroit Free Press: "I never bud mv
ilny." sighed the CPiitleman with the sui
Plelous clothes. "Ilnwovpr." ho added, fit
fully cheering up, "I lirvc hnd several
nights thnt wcro peaches."
Phllndelnhln Press: There wnw Hint unon
his breath which shocked her. "Oh, John I"
she cried, "our married llfo has been happy
to far, but now I see n cloud arising no
blirirer than a mnn's hand,- which "
"Not ns Dig ns n man s imnii, joan in
terrupted, huskily. "I only had about four
angers.
Wnshlngton Stnr: "I understand that
when vou started vou were cPtierallv re
garded ns n man with n future."
ves, nnswereu hpnnxor aorguum; -ana i
lindn't bfpn In politics two venrs bpforo I
was equally prominent as n mini with, a
past."
IiKllfinnnolls Press: "The enuntrv." nld
the Comfpd I'bllosonlipr. shlftlnc from thn
nail kpg to tho grocery counter, lu search
of n morn comfortable sent, "tho country
nln't troubled so much with men too old to
Irani us It Is with men that novpr ot old
enough to learn."
Detroit Journal: "For me." cried tho lien
of the mplodnimn. lnwnrdlv curbing his
limitations, "It's either n brazen adven
turess or a wendon heroines
In Hint mnmpiit he envied bis man. Who
was doitlnod by tho canons of art to marry
tho soubrottfi.
Ull , r!.rnl,.lA, HTMlrt.. 11.1,11 Lahi,
J II llllll h . IlilMIII ir, . j ...Ml 1. mvi
lonir." said the pessimist.
"Winn won i seep long; iimkcii iiio op
timist, i
"Neither the good resolutions "nor tun new
diaries."
i;i,(iV (IV (iOI.I
I.I.VKS.
S. H. Klser In (iolf.
Ilcneath theso ruggpd elms, thnt mnplu's
shade,
Whero heaves tho turf in many a moul-
ilnHni? nrnll.
Knell In bis last, et'ernnl bunker Inld,
Tho rudo forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Oft to tho harvest did their sickle yield.
Their furrow oft tho stubborn glebu has
broke . ...
Ab. but they hnd nn miishlos then to wield,
They never learned to use tho Vardon
stroke.
The poor old souls, thoy only lived lo toll,
To sow und reap nnd die, at Inst, obsuUro;
They never with their niblicks tore tho
soil .... ,
How sad the golflcHs nnnals of tho poor!
Thn pomp of power may onco have thrilled
thu souls . , , ,
Of unenlightened men-tndny It sinks
Heneath thn wiving grace of eighteen holes!
Tho paths of glory lead but to tho links.
Perhaps In this neglected spot Is laid
Somo heart that would havo quickened
tho game: . .... , , . ,
Hands that tho lovely baffy might havo
HWIi Vi(l
To Colonel' Ungey'n everlasting shame.
Full many a hnlo wns passed by thorn un-
necntiHo no fluttering flag wns hoisted
Full 'i'nany h smooth and sacred putting
Thoy'toro up with the plow nnd didn't
cure.
Somo vlllago Taylor who, with dauntless
Could wu'iig tho flail or swing tho hoavy
Some mu'te, Inglorious Trnvls hero mny
i rest.
Somo Harrlman who uover lost a bull.
Fnr nwny tho eager foursome's noblo strlto
Thoy leveled bunkers und thoy piled tho
Content to go uncnddled nil through life,
And neyer wero two up with ono to ploy!
No further seek their hardships to dUclosn.
Nor stand In wonder ut their lack of
worth;
Hero In these bunkers let their dust rc-
pObP
They didn't know St. Andrews was on
earth!