4 THE OMAHA DAI LV niSEt MONDAY, TANITAT?Y 7, 100T. The Omaha Daily Per K. ROSKWATKH, Kdllor. Pl'HLISHKD KVKKY MORNING. THUMB DP BtJUSCRIPTION. Daily Hco (without Sunday). One Ypnr.KOO Dnllyjlpo nnd Siiiidny. One Ycnr s.00 illustrated Hep, onp Year...'.. Sunday HepJ Ono Ynar.. 2.00 Kiturday Hee, Ono Ytur LW Weekly-Hep, Ono Ycnr ., OFFICKS. Omnhn: Thn Upp Htllldlng. , Houth Omnhn! City Hull Hulldlng, Twcn-ty-flftli nnd N Streets. Council Muffs: 10 i'purl Street. Chicago: 1610 rnlty Building. New York: Temple Court. Washington! Ml Fourteenth StreoC Sioux City! (ill Park 8trtet. CORHKSPONDKNCK. Communications relating to ncwn nnd pdl torlul mutter should be nddressed: Oniulia Hee, -Editorial Department. HUBINK88 LKTTBHH. litislness letters nnd remittances should be addressed: The IJee Publishing Com jinny, Omnhn IlKMITTANCKS. Homlt by draft, express or postal ordpr, payable to The Heo I'ubllHhltiK Company. Only 2-ecnt slumps nccppted In payment of mail nccnunts. 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Hubscrlbed In my presence and sworn to before mo this 31st day of Dercmbcr, A, D. 1900. m. h. hunoatk: (Seal.) Notary I'ubllc, 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. f 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 1 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!