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Tluuu Is no limit on the number of
lmntlH to bo m-nlt In tlio spuntorliil
Kitine.
Tim Hfimtorliil Jackpot Ih iissuiiiIiik
Koodly proportions, but ho far no onu Iuih
np'peiri'd with "openers."
The bt-Ht way to avoid cutcliliiR small
pox Is to keep away from tho red linn
that signals tlio (ltiurautluo.
Tho University of Nebraska does not
need tho free advertising that will come
to It because of student riots. Let It ro
along steadily In the established rond.
The time Is fast approaching for the
heavy taxpayers to get themselves In
evidence with free advice to the city
council on how to run the city without
revenue.
Some time when tho people of Venezu
ela desire to get up a real war thu
United Stntes will loan It the. state of
Kentucky when the mountaineers are In
a state of eruption.
Starting tho twentieth century with
human bonfires does not show much
progress in that direction beyond tho
mldillu ages when people accused of
witchery were boiled In oil.
Tho latest war terror Is an aerial tor
pedo. With submarine boats and tor
pedoes Hying through tho air, tho only
safe place In time of war will bo tho
old.fashloned western storm cellar.
The agreement between China nnd the
powers has been signed nnd ilcllrcrcil,
but In spite of caution would prompt an
Investigation as to whether the Orientals
had tied any strings to the document.
The Iceman has no apprehensions
about n shortage of the Ice supply. A
short Ice supply menus high prices, ho
that ho would make up tho difference
no matter which way the weather man
Jumps.
Chicago Is Omahn'H principal com
petltor for tho next meeting of tho live
stock men. Chicago ought to bo
ushnmed to Interfere with a city like
Omaha, that has always helped Chi
cngo's projects along.
The Creeks down In the Indian Terrl
tory are kicking up a disturbance. Un
less they are careful the Indians are
liable to be charged with making trouble
at the Instance of Mark Manna to help
tho army bill through congress.
The llrltlsh free traders might take, a
lesson from Australia. The .colony hits
grown up under the shadow of Kngllsir
free trade, yet at the very outset of the
federation tlio now premier announces
Hint the protective policy will prevail.
Ileal estate men report enlarged In
Qtilry for Nebraska lands. The men who
formerly held the loans which Nebraska
farmers paid oil' can llnd no better place
to put tho money than In the soli which
enabled Nebraskans to pay their debts.
If some of the London papers, par
tlculnrly the Times, would employ New
York correspondents who really know
something about tho sentiment of tho
people of this country, the homo editors
of thoso pnpers would not mnke nucli
bad blunders In commenting on Amerl
can affairs.
Two of the duly elected United States
senators-one from Colorado and one
from Tennesseeearned their title to
the honor by services in behalf of their
parties In tho editorial chair. Senator
elect Patterson Is editor of the Denver
Nowb nnd Senator-elect Carmack ha
been at the head of the Nashville Amer
lean nnd tho Commercial-Appeal.
It Is evident that the troubles of the
English government are not all In South
Africa. The effort to raise a voluntot
force of only r,(KW men Is meeting with
slow response. Tlio blundering of olll
cers In the Held, together with the dls
approval of the harsh measures of
Kitchener, nre largely responsible for
this condition, rather than any lack of
patriotism among the Kngllsh peopK
H7(J IS h.STlTl.tUi to iwxouxmoxi
While the senatorial Issue was not
brought very prominently to the fore In
the recent campaign that culminated
in the November election, there were
ertaln leading tlgiircs on each side of
the battle-lino who were regarded as
the agreed candidate of the respective
lartles from whom the favored choice
would be made. The people of No-
iraska elected a republican legislature
hlefly because they believed tho re
publican aspirants would make more
redltable and elllclent senators to repre
sent the state than their fusion oppo
nents. In giving the republicans the
legislative majority, the voters at the
ballot box certainly had no idea that the
claims of any others to the senatorshlp
would be recognized except in extreme
emergency.
If the fuslonlsls had won out in Ne
braska last November and now had con
trol of the two houses of tho legisla
ture, would anyone have dlllleulty in
utiitng the three or four men from
whom the senatorial selection would be
made? None of the fusion parties made
uy nomination for senator In stale con
dition, but yet they had certain an
nounced candidates who alone would
have been entitled to consideration. The
fusion members of the legislature are
found today casting their complimentary
ballots for Allen, Harrington, Hitchcock
lid W. II. Thompson because these
men constituted tlio backbone of their
ampalgn, and could they make their
ballots elVectlve two fusion senators
would bo taken from this list.
If the republicans arc Imbued with
the desire to build up their party and
ntreucli themselves In the position of
ontrol won at such great cost they will
lso pursue a policy of recognizing party
service and reserving party honors to
those who made the restored republican
scendancy possible. Were It not for
the men who went out and labored
arly and late to bring Nebraska again
into the republican column, the legisla
ture would not have n republican ma
jority. Those who made It possible for
Nebraska to have two republican United
States senators are more likely, If cle
at ed to those honored positions, to see
to it that the state Is kept republican
than those who looked oil or played
but a minor part In the great combat
to rush in after the victory to wear tho
laurels.
What Nebraska republicans have long
suffered from has been the lack of able
and far-sighted leadership. The oppor
tunity Is at hand to establish a leader
ship tried and tested In tho llery ordeal
of battle, admitted on every side to
have been the most stubbornly contested
and hotly waged In all the state's his
tory. Tho fuslonlsta are sure to put
forth herculean efforts to regain their
lost prestige in Nebraska In tho next
campaign and the republicans will do
well to look to the future, as well as to
the past, in determining tlio pending
contest for the senatorshlps.
HEDUCE TAXA.TIOX.
All tho large commercial exchanges of
the country are acting In concert to se
cure a inodltlcutlon of tho war revenue
act at tlio current session of congress.
They have sent representatives to Wash
ington to urge that taxation under that
act be reduced and In this they voice the
desire of tho business Interests of the
entire country. The senate committee
011 finance Is at work on the house
revenue reduction bill and will doubtless
soon report it, but probably the iucasurc
will be so nearly recast as to endnuger
its final passage.
There Is no doubt, ns we have hereto
fore said, Unit a reduction in revenue
can safely be made. . The New York
Journal of Commerce points out that the
treasury Is Immensely stronger now than
It ever was before nnd a dellclt could be
faced for several years without Incon
venience. Says that paper: "The money
In the treasury has been obtained by
taxation. A good part of it Is an abso
lutely idle fund, which ought to bo back
In the pockets of the taxpayers. It is not
likely that a reduction of .?ao,000,000 or
flO.OOO.OOO In taxation would reduce this
accumulation, but if it did no harm
would be done. After $150,000,000 of gold
is set aside for the redemption of notes
and a sutliclent sum has been set aside
us n trust fund to secure every ccrtlll
cute dollar for dollar, and .S."vl7o,082 has
been set aside to meet such current
liabilities as tho payments of disbursing
olllcers and tho postolllce and bank no
counts, which nmounts to the working
balance of the treasury, thero still ru
mains an available cash balance of
.flllS.'JOS.SlM." This coudltlou makes It
certain that thero could bo no risk In re
duclng the revenue nnd to fall to do so
would be a very great mistake.
CAAL HILL WILL lI'-tiT,
Tho republicans of tho United States
senate have very properly decided not
to take up thu Nicaragua canal bill for
the present, It being the opinion of a ma
Jorlty of those senators that it would
not be wise to agitate tho canal ques
t Ion so long as the attitude of the Hrltlsh
government regarding the IIay-1'aunce
fpto treaty Is undefined. There has been
a persistent effort on the part of Senator
Morgan, chairman of tho committee on
luteroccanle canals, to have the hill taken
up, he and some others insisting Unit it
was not necessary to wait for action by
tiieat IUItnlu on tho amended treaty. 1
was this that led the republicans in
caucus to decide on deferring consider:!
tlon of the measure and the decision
undoubtedly means Hint the bill will not
Ixs taken up at the present session unless
the Hrltlsh government shall accept the
treaty before the close of the session.
Tho latest advices from London war
rant the expectation that the Hrltlsh
government will bo heard from within a
few weeks and It Is hy no means lin
probable that Its response will bo favor
able. There Is some Indication of this in
tho change that has taken place In th
views of leading London newspaper
with regard (o the canal question. On
of these pointed out a few days ago thu
so far as the substance of the centre
versy Is concerned there Is no practical
difference. Kngland, said that paper, Is
prepared to recognize America's claim
to the control of the uudcrtnklog, bo loug
s provision Is made that the canal shall
ic free and open to vessels of all nations
on terms of entire equality, so that there
shall be 110 discrimination against any
nation In respect of conditions of charges
on traillc or otherwise. These two vital
rlnclples are not touched by the amend-
nents to the Hay-I'uuncofote treaty.
Action on the canal bill by the senate
while the treaty Is being considered by
he Hrltlsh government would be a dls-
Inct discourtesy to that government and
lso embarrassing to the administration.
I'he decision of the republican senators
will therefore be very generally ap
proved.
AOT I'AUALI.KL CASKS.
It Is said that the decision of the
supreme court In the N'eely extradition
ase has strengthened confidence In the
onstllutlonallty of the government's
policy In regard to the new possessions.
n oillclal of the Department of Justice
s reported as saying of the decision that
the court refused to apply the "crippling
process." sustaining In the amplest way
the action of the administration in gov-
rnlng Culm and overruling, among
Iher contentions, that which urged that
he government of the United States, in
rotecting life and property In Cuba, is
subject to the limitations of the consti
tution respecting trial by Jury, which
must apply an contended In tho Porto
Ulcan cases-everywliere within the
scope of the authority exercised under
the constitution.
The Wnshlngton correspondent of the
New York Tribune says that In the
pinion of olllclals of the Department of
Justice the Needy decision shows plainly
ml unmistakably that the majority of
he supreme court Is In favor of the
government's contention In the Insular
test cases. Other reports, however, say
hat good lawyers at the national cap-
Hal scout the Idea that the Necly decl-
Ion Indicates that the decision in the
cases involving the status of the so-
ailed "colonies" will be favorable to
the government's attitude. These law-
ers point out that the two questions
are so utterly diverse that the conclu
sion reached on one has no direct bear
ing upon the other. It was distinctly
understood at the time of the negotia
tion of the treaty with Spain that our
uiisdlctlon In Cuba was to be temporary
and for the purpose of helping to es
tablish a separate government on the
sland. The cession of Porto Itlco and
the Philippines was, ou the contrary,
based upon the idea that our occupancy
and control might continue forever, If
we saw lit to keep the islands, and that
hey were to be American territory in
all particulars.
It would seem to be too obvious for
argument that there Is no parallel be
tween the extradition case and the cases
cgardlng tho status of Porto Hlco and
the Philippines. As the New York
Svenlug Post says, "the Neely decision
s expressly based on the fact that Cuba
is not a part of the United States. Trial
by Jury, the court says, Is not a consti
tutional privilege of nn American citizen
u Cuba, because that island, not being
an Integral part of the United States,
docs not come under the constitution.
The fair Inference would be that lslauds
which are parts of tho United States do
come under it." Manifestly the Neely
case and the other Island cases rest
upon wholly different grounds. There
s absolutely nothing In the decision
hat Cuba is foreign territory and there-
lore not under the constitution of tho
United States to Indicate what tho
opinion of the supremo court may be in
tlio cases relating to the lslauds which
are Amerlcau territory under the ces
sion made by the trenty with Spain.
The yellow Journal correspondents at
Lincoln must be the most accomplished
mind-readers on tho face of the globe.
They can tell what every nian connected
with the senatorial contest Is thinking
at every moment of the time without
even asking him a question. They can
forecast each candidate's program by
merely Inspecting tlio lines ou his face.
And If their predictions fall to come
true of course It Is because the other
man changed his mind, since the yellow
Journnls never admit the possibility of
their having been mistaken.
Scarcely a day falls to bring forth
some evidence of the unworthlncss of
the Turkish government, which exists
by virtue of the jealousies and financial
Interests of tho powers. The latest Is
the condition of a largo number of stu
dents seut to Berlin by tho government,
who have not hnd a "remittance from
home" for over a year and are In a desti
tute condition, tlio Turkish minister say-
lug he had no funds with which to re
lieve them. The government Is as desti
tute of honor In small as In large things.
A common trouble, with our primary
election laws Is that they are arranged
by people who never had any experi
ence at a primary election In a largo
and populous city. What might work
well in a small town or in a city of
lO.tKJO to LT.,000 Inhabitants might be
altogether out of plumb In a city of
100,000 Inhabitants. In the legislation
ou such subjects practicability should
be the llrst consideration.
The llrst signs of active work on the
stack of blllh being plied up in the legis
latui'o are manifest. Some have been
strangled in Infancy and several of In
tercst only to certain sections of tho
state are being pushed through to make
room for tho more Important measures
which are to come. As In other ses
sinus, however, there is absolutely no
hope of ever getting to the bottom of the
pile.
Willi Tit the Under tilth Watson f
Ulobc-Ormocrut.
To bo entirely fair and courteous Colonel
Ilryau ought to mako Adlnl K. Stovenson
local editor of tho Commoner.
.Not li- n Juicfiil,
llaltimoro Nowb.
The Nebraska legislator who is accused
of winning his election by tho distribution
of 300 gallons of whisky has entered no
denial to tho statement that ho had
spirited contest.
Kmili I'iIk Is I'imtit,
Portland Orcgnnlan.
A learned philologist undertakes to give
the etymology of the word "kidnap," He
says tho original was "Idilnab " and the
kidnaper was one who nabbed tho kid.
Learning is a great matter.
Stupendous FliuiiiHorlim.
Philadelphia ldRcr.
The eleven principal corapunlos engaged
In various forms of steel manufacture have
outstanding a total ot "39,468,100 of com
mon and preferred stock. Tho Carnegie
company has, In addition, JlCO.000,000 of
bonds, so that tho total capitalisation ot
thtso eleven companies Is J!29,46M00, or
very closo to II, 000,000,000. If It to true, as
reported, that there Is a scheme for uniting
thtse companies la some such way as Is
going on among railroads an Idea may bo
obtnlned of the colossal dimensions of mod
ern financiering. Think of underwriting a
$1,000,000,000 scheme.
A l'n n In a Fttni''.
Hoston alobe.
A happy cscnpo from a dilemma was
found nt tho1 meeting of tho electoral col
Icgo In Nebraska. Six of the eight presi
dential electors wero cnmtldates for the
honor of being tho messenger to Washing
ton. After sovernl ballots ono candldato
proposed that nil eight should ro. Hp
said t tin t a railroad npcnl had offered to
tako all to Wnshlngton and bark for tho
mileage allowed the mctienger $400 In this
ease. Ills proposal was accepted. V. It.
Harton of Tecumseh was named ns mes
senger In order to comply with tho law, but
ho will havo seven nsslstnnts.
Tlir Kdm-fittiiiinl Mtile.
Chicago Chronicle.
Mrs. Stanford's notion In forcing tho dis
missal of Prof, Howard for his views upon
certain social nnd economic questions
definitely ends tho usefulness ot Stanford
university. Henceforth that institution
must bo recognized as n mcro appanage of
Mrs. Stanford, reflecting her views and
obedient to hor wishes, It can no longer
bn styled nn educational Institution, be
rauso tho opinions of any one person, no
matter how well disposed, cannot bo re
garded ns constituting n liberal education.
Stanford university is now a puroly pri
vate belonging of Mrs. Stanford, like her
carriage, her Jewels or hor gowns.
MielihiK n Century Ann.
Chicago Tribune.
The Columbian Cenllnol, printed nt Hos
ton December 31, 1800, tho closing dny of
the eighteenth rentury, contains an ac
count of tho 'burning of two colored men
In South Carolina nnd moralizes upon tho
shocking occurrcnco with great Indigna
tion. It does not bcllcvo that such out
rages will long bo tolerated. Hut what
wculd tho writer hnvo said had ho been
told that after tho lapso of n century such
horrors would still bo practiced, not nlono
In southern, but In northern states, nnd
that the growth at education nnd civiliza
tion for 100 years would effect no change
In tho Inherent cruelty of human nature?
Ileuvliiw IIooI.h In Knnani,
Chicago News.
The Intelligent public must sympathize
with Mrs. Nation, who has Just been re
leased from Jail and quarantine, In tho
nflllctlou which has been put upon her by
the sinful saloon men of Wichita, Tho
noble reformcss complains that Kansas
saloon keepers have hired, men to guard
their doors, thereby balking hor generous
purpose to throw rocks through all tho bar
mirrors within reach. Mrs. Nation, whtlo
nnturally offended by this now evidence of
saloon malignity, la by no means disheart
ened. She explains that she will wait, in h
spirit of Christian fortitude, until such time
ns tho guards arc withdrawn. Then she
will fill her apron with rocks nnd complete
her splendid mission. Mrs. Nation was In
quarantine only three weeks. It seems a
pity that the muarantlno laws of Knnsa
aro so lax. .
IlllKillTICH OUTLOOK IX I.tZO.V.
Aspei't of A mi Irs .More Knrornlilc fur
tCnrly I'rni'f,
Minneapolis Tribune.
Iteccnt ndvlbes from Manila Indicate a
moro hopeful 'feeling on tho part of the
American authorities there. Tho surren
ders of prominent Filipinos have been very
numerous of Intc. and the remnants of
thu Insurgent organization arc being rapidly
broken up or destroyed by vigorous scouting
parties of American troops. General Muc-
Arthur's policy of deporting tho rebel chlef-
tnlns to Guam seems to strike moro terror
o their souls than tho death penalty itself.
A Filipino doesn't mind dying so much, as
he has llttlo to live for under tho native
rule; but his vanity makes him yearn for a
chanco to poso as a hero. There Is llttlo
heroism In being banished to an Isolated
sland and held as a prisoner. Tho pompous
'iliplno lender knows that in such ban-
sl.mcnt ho will drop out of sight and out
of mind, nnd ho prefers to become nn
'nmlgo" and still frequent the cafes ot
Manila, puffed up with n sense of his own
mportance.
The action of the Filipino commission In
offering local autonomy and promising the
natives tho full enjoyment ot personal
liberty under tho American constitution is
also having a good effect; nnd General
MacArthur's proclamation classifying all
who do anything Inimical to tho Interests
of tho American nrmy ns rebols and trai
tors is n sort of clincher In taming the In
surgent spirit.
With matters moving along so prosper
ously it would bo folly to reduce tho Amor-
lean forces In tho lsloud at present. Tho
volunteer regiments should te kept In ac
tlvo duty wherever needed until their tlmo
Is up, next July nnd It Is sincerely to bo
hoped that by that time a regular force
will bo ready to tako their places, It will
be If tho present session of congress does
Its duty In respect to tho array bill.
"THIXlt AXIl IVOIIK,"
niiiny's IMnn of Action In Hip liner
ultli tilt.- United .Hlntes.
New York World.
"What ohall wo do to avert tho American
peril?" Is tho European cry of tho hour ns
tho pressure of Amorlcan competition grows
strougor and stronger. And usually the
answer la somo form of self-excuse, of
ovaBlon of tho real point, ot denial of this
Inflexible law of trade:
"Tho market Is for the best merchant
with tho best wares at the best prices."
Ono ot tho fow snno replies comes from
our esteemed German contemporary, tho
Hamburg Frcmdenblntt. After a thorough
and candid nnd enlightened review of tho
rise of Amorlcan Industries, tho Fromden
blatt says:
"Wo must fight Americanism with Its
own methods; the battle must bo fought
with their weapons, and wherever possible
their weapons must bo bettered and Im
proved by us. Germany Kurope miiBt
adopt Improved mcthodB In every depart
mont of Industry, must use moro nnd more
effective machinery. Manufacturers as
well ns merchants must go to America,
send thither their nsslstants and working
men, not merely superficially to observe
the methods thero employed, but to study
thorn thoroughly, to adopt them, aud
wherever possible to Improve upon them,
Just as the Americans havo done and aro
still doing In Kurope."
In a word, tho Frcmdrnblatt proposes as
the motto for Gorman Industry the motto
suggested bj. tho evening edition of thi
World'ns fitting for mankind everywhere In
the twentieth century:
"Think and work!"
Thero has been too wldo n gap between
tho thinkers aud tho workers In Kurope.
It has not been bo wide In this country
and It Is growing narrower. Our splendid
soaring on strong nnd tireless wing has
been duo directly to tho fact that our
thinkers have been workers nnd our work
ers thinkers, and both havo kept tho latch
string out for now Idea, wherever born.
OTIIIIll l,AM)S Tll. OUtS.
An understanding of tho situation in
Africa, where thero Is today hardly n foot
ot ground which Is not owned or contested
by one of tho Kuropenn powers, gives point
nnd meaning to tho struggle ot the nations
for economic opportunities In China, litis
sin has been consolidating her power In
northern Asia since the days when Ivan
tho Terrlblo was proclaimed "Lord of
Siberia" In 1568, and Ycrnnik, tho Cossack
chief, received the aid ot Russian troops
in his effort to consolidate his poer on the
steppes. Tho Husftlnns reached tho lndlpn
ocean In K,3!i, but only became n menace,
to Ilrltlxh power In Indln during the latter
half of tho nineteenth century. Gradually.
with the relentless nnd Irresistible march
of tho glacier, Russian authority wns ex
tended over tho wild tribes of central Asia
until Tashkent beenmo tho capital of Rus
sian Turkostnn In 1S65, tho khan of Hok
hara acknowledged Russian power In 1868
nnd tho khan of Khiva nccepted Russian
protection In 1873. It was In vain that
Kngllsh travelers and thinkers warned the
Hrltlsh pcoplo nbout 1870 that Russia was
"nt the gates of Herat." Herat Is now
practically under Russian control, and by
.i rpcent bold move 'in Persia, tho Hrltlsh
bondholders have boon handed their money
nnd practically told to take themsehes
out of Persia. Russia has furnished tlio
money to pay them off by the creation of
a Russian bank, nnd her control over the
economic nnd political future of Persia
has been clinched by tho provision that the
loan shall be secured hy the pledge of the
Persian customs recolptv.
Knlscr Wllhclm's cnlnrged canal bill as
Introduced In tho lower houso of the Prus
sian Diet provides not only for tho Mid
land or Rhlnc-Mlbo canal, but for n ship
chnnnc) from Stettin to Berlin, for tho
Oder tidewater canal and the canalization
nnd other Improvements In navigation of
four other rivers. Tho plan will require
for Its execution nn outlay of 384,000.000
marks a stupendous sum, to bo sure, but
when reduced to dollars It will appear to
bo less than half the estimated cost of
the Nicaragua canal prdject. The I'rus
slar system provides a network of wtor
woyB binding together nil tho Industrial
and agricultural centers ot Germany from
the confines of Russia to tho foot of tho
Alps and, by means of tho Mnln-IJanubo
canal, with Austria-Hungary, thn Ualkan
stntes nnd tho Hlnck sen. Our canal would
merely open n wny into that vast waste of
water, tho Pacific ocean, whoso nearest
shore lies half way nround tho world.
When last summer it wns expected that
the shnh of Persia would visit London n
memorial wns drnwn up by prominent Ar
menians in Kngland, which, nftcr alluding
In terms of prnlso to the father of the
prefcent shah, begged that tho Armenians
In Persia might not only bo "sustained
nnd encouraged by tho knowledgo of tho
security of their possessions, but also ro
celvo ndequnto encouragement in nil their
educatlonnl, commercial and Industrial en
terprises, as Pcrslnn subjects,"
When It beenmo known that tho shah
would not visit London tho mcmorlnl was
conveyed to Ostcnd, through tho Persian
minister, to Great Hrltaln nnd was there
presented to his majesty. On his way
homo to Persia the shah visited tho sultan
of Turkey nnd while In Constantinople took
occasion to send n most gracious message
to tho Armenian patriarch there. It Is
now learned from Persia that one ot tho
first acts of Muznffer-cd-DIn on reaching
Tnbrlz hns been to Issuo orders to tho gov
ernors of Porslnn provinces commanding
them to give every facility to his Arme
nian subjects for opening and establishing
schools, for delivering public addresses nnd
lectures on nil educational matters nnd tor
forming or founding national and commer
cial societies without being obliged on
ench occasion to mnke n formal application
to tho central government nt Tcherau for
permission.
While tho papers of Vienna nnd St.
Petersburg are congratulating their re
spective governments that the Austro-Hungarlau-Ilusslan
intervention has pre
vented n collision between Roumnnla,
Scrvla nnd Bulgaria, or nn nrmed union of
two of theso stntes against Turkey, the
Macedonian committee through Its Paris
agents Is publishing accounts of Increas
ing lawlessness in tho Balkans themselves,
which Is attributed, particularly In Mace
donia, to tho encouragement that tho porte
has received from the attitude of Austria
Hungary nnd Russia. Moreover, It Is al
leged that the KUltan fully believes that
the Cretnu assembly, Ignoring the wish of
tho powers, will presently vote for the
Incorporation of Crete with Greece, when
he enn with less regard for consoquonces
Inflict severe punishment upon tho Greeks
and Armenians within the dominions of
tho porte. To place theso people In the
proper stato of revolt Is said to bo the
object of tho recent massacres in Albania
and Armenln. In tho former. It Is authori
tatively stated from Constantinople ono
Mussulman chief alone, carrying on opora
tlonn where It was said an insurrection
wns meditated, put to death 200 Chris
tians. Then, again, notwithstanding the
energetic rcmonstrnncos of both Austrian
and Russian diplomacy, there havo been
several hundred assassinations In Mace
donia. In the small towns Uko Vodena,
Coumentza and even In tho neighborhood
of Salonika, Bulgarian ruffians who arc
said to bo In tho pay of tho Turkish of
ficials rob and nssault respectable Greek
merchants or levy blackmail upon them,
for which thero Is no redress from the
Turkish nutboritles. In Athens It is openly
charged that the lndlfforcnco manifested
by tho Ottomans In power Is directly duo
to a desire on the part of tho sultan to
convince the Greeks that tho stato ot Mace
donia Ib such that In case of nnnoxatlon
of Crete nn insurrection with fatal re
sults for tho Greek population would be
Inevitable.
The first Russian consul In Indln has Just
been formally recognized by Great Britain
at Bombay, nnd the event Is discussed as
ono of great significance and importance by
thn St. Petersburg newspapers. Tho new
ofllccr Is M. Klem, who has distinguished
himself, among tho many able consular
agents In tho Russian service, as an au
thority on nlmost every subject connected
with Central Asia. In thoso remote re
glons ho has passed almost tho whole of his
official existence, first as secretary to tho
HuBulan political ngent nt Bokhara, and
subsequently ns agent of tho ministry for
foreign affairs attached to tho governor of
the Transcasplan, General Kouropatkln, who
Is now minister of war. In tho latter po
sltlon his special duty was that of eon
ducting frontier relations with Persia nnd
Afghanistan. As a linguist ho is said to
bo particularly accomplished. His appoint
mcnt to Bombay is supposed to have a
good deal of political Importance, although
tho RiiHslan press does not dwell upon
this feature of It, commenting solely upon
Its bearings upon commerce. Somo of them
ascribe the falling off In Russo-Indlan trade
td the lack of Russian consuls In India,
totally ignoring thn prohibitive duties at
Bokhara and elsewhere, which havo been
fatal to all commerce.
No Time for lllliirlty.
r'hlcuito Chronicle.
In declining n sword of honor from the
riiv nf I'nrlsmouth Lord Roberts shows
that ho Is coming to a proper realization of
his real status. Deification of Genernl Rob
erts while reinforcements are being hurried
to Soulh Africa by every steamer Is tho
climax ot absurdity and the gcucral evi
dently appreciates the fact. k
i.i:Avi:.woitTii cash.
Chicago Post: And to think of Kansas
"Bleeding Kansas" burning n negro! John
Hrown must hnvo turned In his gravo nt
tho news.
Cleveland Plnln Denier: Tho Leavenworth
horror will be nn effective "You're an
other!" reply by tho south to northern re-'
pronches for Its lynching ntrocltles.
Kansas City Star: If tho torture of
htimnn creatures by mobs could bo made an
offense against the United States, to bo
denlt with by tho federal government,
through nn amendment to the constitution,
thiro would undoubtedly bo nn end to such
exhibitions ot savagery as havo recently
excited national horror. Measures would
have to bo tnken by the United Stntes, nny
how, If, In nny stnte. such crimes beenme
frequent nnd the local government refused
to act.
New York Mall nnd Kxprcss: The lynch
ing of n negro In tho city of Leavenworth
yesterday which, In Its revolting cruelty,
almost exactly parallels tho burning of Sam
lose In Georgia two yenrs-ngo, places n foul
blot on tho fair fnmo of Kansas which
nothing short of the most relentless pun
ishment of Its perpetrators ran remove.
All reports Indicate that tho outrage could
not havo occurred except through abject
cowardlcn or nctunl collusion on tho part
of tho sheriff, who In spite of the gov
ernor's offer of military assistance, per
mitted thn mob to seize his prisoner nnd
burn him at tho stake In broad daylight
before, thousands of spectators of both
sexes.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican: Kansas
Is today tho northern state which treats
tho country to a negro burning on tho
name approved lines of those dnys of nigger-
hunting nnd nlggcr-kllllng abroad nnd nt
home. Tho prcsont exhibition Is given In
the extreme eastern part of tho state, In
the heart of the district first settled by tho
frec-stntcrs of 1835, who suffered much for
negro freedom, nnd It rlvnls In helllshness
tho rocent Colorado nffalr nnd tho worst
that cror was dono In the south to satisfy
raco fury against tho hlnck. It Is worse
than the Colorndo nffalr, for this victim
was not definitely known to be guilty of
tho main crime charged against him. Tho
south Is no longer peculiar in this business,
Why Is It?
Kmporia (Kan.) Gazette: This Leaven
worth ense proves how small n space from
tho four-footed brutes man Is. Civilization
is a veneer, a scum on n wave that moves
up, but not forwnrd. Man stnndlng erect,
living In houses, building churches, talking
glibly of penco on earth, shedding teara over
the depressed nnd downtrodden, fancies ho
Is n high nnd mighty crenturo especially
favored of God; tho heir of nil tho ages.
Ruflto him, thwart him, Imlllo him, nugcr
him, rouso his lust or passion nnd out
of tho dopth of him, whero it has been
lurking subconsciously In tho blackness of
his heart, comes another being, blood
thirsty, brutish, cunning as a wild beast,
cruol, Intelligent only In dovlccs for tor
ture. God help tho creature who gets In
the hands of n thousand men with tho beast
swelling big In them, as it waa in tho
Leavenworth mob yesterday. Today tho
beast han gone vanished back Into tho
blackness, and theso men nro ordinary
citizens, kind to their families, generous to
their friends nnd forgiving to their enemies.
Hut the beast Is nono the less there. It Is
In all of us.
pkiisoxai, roi.vrisits.
Sir Hiram Maxim says that years before
the snfoty bleyclo was Invented he had
made ono for himself and ridden nil over
Maine on It.
The duke of Manchester seems to be
rapidly learning American ways. Ho Is
roportcd to havo won $170 In a game of
draw poker In Louisiana.
Hugh John Mncdonald ot Manitoba, tho
sou ot the lato Sir John A. Macdonnld, who
recently tried tor the leadership of tho
conservative party, has retired permanently
from politics.
Hcnrlk Ibsen says that he will never
leave his old home at Sandefjord, Norway,
because his "correspondence Is so extensive
that It nlono would make tho change of
address most Inconvenient."
Charles C. Rumsey, whose equestrian
statue of a North American Indian has been
nccepted by the managers ot tho Buffalo
Panamerlcnn exposition, Is n member of
the Junior class of Harvard.
General Lew Wallace says that, as James
Whltcomb Riley, Booth Tarklngton and
Maurice Thompson now llvo there, Indian-
upolls Is sooner or Inter to become tho
lltcrnry center of the country.
An odd momento has been sent to Henri
Rochcfort, tho rabid and fnmous Paris
Journalist. It Is the tall of tho blade
charger which General Houlanger roue
coming back from tho review" in 1SS0.
One of tho American soldiers who has
returned from Pekln has In his possession
what ho claims to bo tho great seal ot
China. The block la made of a piece of
Jade four Inches squaro and beautifully and
Ingeniously engraved. A largo uragon
forms tho handle.
Concerning tho new country to be opened
to settlement this year southwest of Okla
homa the following figures are given; Tho
Klown country, nftor nil tho nllotmont3 and
school reservations nro deducted, will con
tain nbout 9,000 homestends, and In the
Wichita country, which will open nt tho
same time, thoro will bo about 3,100 home
steads.
Theodore Marburg of Baltimore has pre
sented to Johns Hopkins university n col
lection of beautiful antiques from tho
Island of Cyprus. Tho collection numbers
nbout ninety pieces and wus gathered by
Colonel Folkland Warren, n cousin of Mra.
Marburg, who was government secretary
for Cyprus from 1879 (o 1891. Some of the
relics were bought from pcasauts who had
uncovered them in their Holds and others
wero taken out of cxcavntlous carried on
by Colonel Warren.
I III
Take Your Case
If you had two loaves of bread and needed only
one, you'd be glad to dispone of the extra ono at cost.
It. might not, keep till you wanted it. Clothing
doesn't, grow stale, quite in the same way, but it. is
better to Hell it when it is new.
That is why we are willing to rediice'priceH on
the short, lines in January.
$18.00 HuitH are now $10.00. $15 suits are now
$7.n0. Overcoats can he had this month at greatly
reduced prices and ulsters sis well.
EXT HA TROUSKKS $2.00, $2.00, $.'.00 and
$4."0. .
NO CLOTHING FITS UKK OUHS.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Oraobii'a Only Exclusive Clothier (or Men and Baym.
PIIIJXOMIl.VAI. KM'IIHTN
Itriiinrktttilc (iron Hi I" I'orrlKti Trnit
llnrlntt llir Yrnr.
New York Journal of Commie,
Kxports In December wero larger than
In nny previous month except last Octo
ber. Imports were smaller than In halt
the months of 1900, and hnlf the months
of 18M. The morchandlso exports for tho
cnlcndnr year wero nearly $203,000,000
ignnicr man in IS'.'P, wnen tncy cxcccucu
nil records. The Imports, for the calendar
year wire larger than In nny one of tho
previous five years, but I he Increase over
1M5 wns only nbout $28,000,000, or 3i per
cent; the Increase in exports wa nlmost
Ptnf 111' till tinf " ' t' V. nf nv.
...... .-v i ivi,,. lilt I . fn '
ports of merchandise over Imports for six
yenrs has been ns follows;
1900 J fiK.!W,7U
1W 4(ti,WE5I
lSW roust MS
1MI7 3o7,l 3.SH
1SW, 32l.3W.dMi
lSl'j .3,U.7M)
JACU. 107
Add sliver 12,WS,3U
2,C13,5m779
Tho net Imports of gold during this
period nmountcd to $130,177,723. Tho last
qunrter of 1900 not only contained tho two
record months for exports, October nnd
December, but It enme very near containing
tho three record-breaking months. The ex
ports In December, 18!i8. ran a llttlo over
n million above thoso ot Inst November, but
for this the Inst qunrter of 1P0O would havo
bioken nit records ns n wholo nnd month
by month.
During tho six years the smallest Im
ports wero $634,!Mll,4IS In IMS, which Is
$103,000,000 less than tho nmount In 1900.
As tho imports In 189.1 approached thoso
of 1900, It will bo observed that thero havo
been violent lluctuntlons In this branch ot
our foreign trade. Our exports, on tho con
trary, show a constant increase, though tho
Increase in 1899 over 1898 was only $20,
000.000, whllo tho Increase of 1S96 over 1S95
was $181,000,000 and thnt of Inst yenr over
tho year beforo was moro than $202,000,000.
In no month ot 1900 did the exports fall
below $100,000,000, nnd for tho yenr tho
exports exceeded $4,000,000 for every day,
Sundays Included,
CIIMKIIV CIIAIT.
I Somervlllo Journal: llobson Are you
having a hnppy new century?
Jobson Say! Twenty-six bill collectors
came Into my olllco yestcrduy.
I Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Did you ever
notice what n singularly indifferent ex
pression Mrs. Pousonby wears when you
undress ner '
"Why, yes. Sho used to be a telephono
girl, you know."
Chicago Tribune: "Dlniih, I notice you
never have a cold. I wish you would tell
me what rules of health you observe."
"Don't 'bservo none, ma'am. Don't know
none. '8pcct dnt'B do reason I don't nebber
ketch no colds."
Detroit Journal: "Your hnlr in very thin,
sir," said tho fat barber.
"Qlad to hear It," snapped tho victim.
"Corpulency Ib so awfully vulgar."
Chicago Tribune: Girl with the Hrown
llnlr Wliy. you've got your now teeth!
What a beautiful lit, aren't they!
Girl with Black Kycs-I should imlle!
Philadelphia Times: "I think," mggested
tho man who was doing tho talking, "that
Instead of looting towns and villages In
China the powers should leave the country. '
"They may leave the country," replied
tho philosopher of the party, "but they'll
take everything else they can."
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Hero's a girl." re
marked tho Query Hdltor. "who writes to
know 'what Is tho popular spoonholder this
season.' " ....
"Kvldently," replied tho Snuko l.dltor,
"she's never had any beaux."
"Why?"
"Hecnuso If sho had she'd know that tho
most popular ono Is tho parlor eofa."
Phlladclpliln -rrfMs: "You'.ro home soon.
John." said the bookkeeper wife. "What h
tho matter?" .... ...,,,.. ,
"Pin i-cared." replied John. "I didn't feel
very well nt the otllcc. but I must be much
more serloutdv 111 than 1 feel, for when 1
told the boss how badly I felt he admitted
that I looked sick."
Chicago Tribune: "Hero Is a story nf a
Mlssourlan of tho nnme of Peck who went
twenty-onu days without entlng, sold tho
doctor. . .. .
"Yes, but I know ho did cat something,
contradicted tho professor.
"What?"
"Atu quartz." , , , ,
A band In tho distance wns heard playing
n dlrgo In slow, plaintive mennure.
IIAVH YOU GOT ITt
James Barton Adnms In Denver Post.
Oh! tho grip Is In the ntr!
Hnvo you got It?
It Is on a grlppy tear!
Hnvo you got It.'
It has run from rocky Maine
To tho greet Slerrnn chain,
And then doubled buck again!
Hnvo you got It?
If your noso burns when you sneeze,
You havo got it!
If you'ro wobbly In the knees.
You hnvo got 111
If your mouth UHSumcs n tnate
That can montnlly bo traced
To n slaughter house's waste,
You huvo got It!
If vour eyes scorn dull ns lead,
'ou hnvo got It!
If they look post-Jaggy red,
You havo got It!
If tho pan that holds your brain
KeeniM to houso n mess of pain,
And from oaths you can't refrain,
You hnvo got it!
If you'ro soro In every bone,
You havo got it!
If your JolntB have turned to stone,
You havo got It!
if your friends all Hocm ns foes
Ail you wako from out a dozo
With a bonfire In your nose,
You havo got ft!
If your bnck is filled with ache,
You have got It!
If you think that life's n fake,
You havo got it!
If your stomach Ik In plight
That It seems Inclined to fight
AVhen your food Ih Hashed In sight,
You havo gut It!
But you sho'ildn't worry so
'CniiHo you'vo got It!
Thero nro others, don't yo know,
Who havo got It!
You urn not tho only one
Keeping doctorH on the run
And tho druggist counting mon.
Wo'vo ull got it!