TJIE OMAHA DAILY' TIBIS; TIU'KSDAY, JAXUAKY 31, 1901.
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Maklnc frunelil.sos "nttraetive" In or
iler Hint tlicy may noil well Is ilanrjerous
business. Tlic eoutily eoniiulsslonors
llltlHt i-itititi I tills.
Two millions of dollars contributed to
the relief of (Jnlvoston Is a measure of
tin- p'tieroslty of Americans when
nroused by the presence of a Rreat dis
aster. .Mrs. Nation Is verifying the truth of
Wablilnxlon Irvinu's epi-riiin that tho
tongue of a scold Is tho only od'cd tool
which doe.- not grow dull through con
tinued use.
Itussla Is expected to demand J'.O.OOO,
000 tools as an Inducement to get out
of Manchuria. At tho rate the powers
nro proceeding to inortKiiKe China n
dellcleitey Judgment will he demanded.
The unsparing application of the ax
to the assessment roll suggests the
thought that the Hoard of Initialization
has lost Its pruning knife. Revenue re
form has not yet reached Its zenith In
Omaha.
The shriek which Freedom emitted
when Kosciusko fell Is still echoing In
I'oloud. Which proves that ruling as a
monarch over people In whoso hearts
tho need of democracy has tit ken root
has its drawbacks.
IJvery cold wave which has struck
Nebraska this winter turned back dis
gusted after a few hours' effort. The
state has been advertised as a winter
resort and Xebraskans believe In keep
ing faith with the public.
Perpetual franchises in relation to
(piasl-publlf functions are a menace.
There can he no doubt about that. Any
charter granted by the county should
contain speclllo and dellnlte limitations
both as to time and scope.
The bill for the relief of newspapers
lacking in circulation keeps coining up
In tho legislature almost as regularly as
any of the other tluie-trled and lire
tested holdup measures. And It Is In
variably sponsored by a popocrat.
If the Commercial club's committee
only does Its duty, tho franchise for an
electric car line over the country roads
will never pass In Its present form. It
Is tho Interest of tho people and not the
proilt of promoters that must bo con
sidered. Tho seinl-nununl bill to prevent the
giving away of railroad passes and
punish the giver and recipient has made
Its appearance at Lincoln. When It
was read every other man In the cham
ber searched his pocket to see If his
pasteboard was nil right.
Tho War department clerks are busy
preparing Information requested by
Senator Pettlgrow. After March l the
various departments will bo relieved of
tho responsibility of educating the
South Dakotan and will have more
time to devoto to routine business.
The city council doesu't seem disposed
to defy tho order of the court at the be
hest of the men who nro protesting
against tho tax levy. Moral support is
ull right, but would hardly operate to
keep a council out of Jail or to allevlute
the conditions that attend contlnement.
And then In the end the court must be
obeyed.
It Is uot so material how tho matter Is
accomplished as It Is to have some kind
of a law whieh will prevent people
who have benellted by Improvements
from throwing tho expense of them
outo the general public through a legal
technicality. Omaha taxpayers have
$7.")0,0O0 worth of this kind of experi
ence and are not looking for any more.
The present degeneracy of Texas was
never moru clearly demonstrated than
in congress tho other day. Tho mem
ber from Oklahoma accused a Tevas
member of dishonesty and tho Lone Star
congressman simply rose to a question
of privilege. If It had been Joe Halley,
when that gentleman was at his best,
ho would Imvo raided something else.
OXE-SWED DKVEl.ni'ME.XJ.
Senator Depew, In his speech on the
ship subsidy bill, made a forceful point
when he said that we have been so
absorbed In production that wo have
neglected utterly the equally Important
question. If we nro to be a world power,
of our position upon the ocean, our
development and growth hnve been
one-sided. "We have." mid .Mr. Hepew,
"crowded upon our rails, our lakes, our
rivers nml our canals nn output from
every avenue of production which must
llnd markets or produce stagnation and
distress beyond our dreams, without
any provision, so far as our government
or our people or our Hag Is concerned,
for Its carriage beyond our own sea
board. The farm, the factory and the
mine have filled the warehouses ami the
docks of our Atlantic and Pacllle coasts
with their contributions to national
wealth, employment and the happiness
of our people, and left their transporta
tion to Hurope, to Asia, to Africa, to
South America and to Australia to the
greed of foreign shipowners, to tho pro
tection of foreign Hags and to tho
hazards of foreign wars."
This neglect of our position on the
ocean has cost the American people en
ormously In money nnd unquestionably
has retarded our commercial growth.
We have been paying to foreign ship
owners from $150,000,000 to $1100,000,000
annually for carrying our products to
foreign markets and great as our trade
has become, it Is not to be doubted that
It would be much larger If during tho
last thirty years we had possessed an
American merchant marine Instead of
being dependent upon foreigners for our
transportation. This Is certainly true
of the trade with South America. Hav
ing pushed our Industrial development
to a point far beyond domestic require
ments, the question Is whether we shnll
continue to depend upon the ships of
our commercial rivals lo carry our prod
ucts to tho markets of the world, or
shall send these products out in Ameri
can ships under tho American Hag.
The republican party favors tho latter
and In order to attain It proposes a
policy that will encourage capital to
Invest In American ships, built In Ameri
can shipyards with American labor. It
advocates applying the principle of pro
tection, so niugnltleently successful in
developing our industries, to the crea
tion of a merchant marine for the ocean
carrying trade. The opposition to this
policy proposes free ships, which leaves
out of consideration entirely the growth
of our shipbuilding Industry and the
employment of our American labor. The
proposition Is the same that lias been
applied to every application of tho
protective policy by tho advocates of
free t raili! a proposition which, as was
said by Senator Depew, "turned from
the ocean Into the land, would have
taken awny tho protective principle
from our industries at the beginning
and we would be upon the laud Just
where we are upon the sea, dependent
upon the foreign nations for everything
we produce, except agriculture."
The United Stutes Should no longer
neglect Its position on the sea. It
must not continue Indefinitely to be
dependent upon foreign shipowners.
AVo must have an American merchant
murine equal to tho demands of our
foreign commerce.
Tilt! ClllSESi: SITCATIUX.
The dlllleultles In tho Chinese situa
tion have not been overcome and fur
ther trouble and complications' are prob
able. The other powers having Insisted
upon carrying on negotiations at Pekln
as to all the matters to be settled with
China, thi! Cnlted States has acquiesced
and special Instructions have been sent
to the American minister in regard to
the question of Indemnity. It Is said
that our government Is disposed to be
lenient, but that Is not tin case with
some of the other powers if reports are
to bo trusted. These stale that Itussla
will demand an enormous Indemnity
and that (iermany Is likely to be hardly
less exacting, if this Is their deter
mination and It Is persisted In It can
hardly fall to create a very grave situa
tion, for there is reason to believe that
China will uot complacently submit to
being plundered. Anxious as the gov
ernment and people undoubtedly aro for
peace and a fair and honorable settle
ment, there still remains enough of
spirit and of patriotism, It Is uot to
bo doubted, to rosin demands that
would mean Intolerable hardship and
perhaps ruin to tho empire. Chlnu Is
willing to do all that can reasonably be
asked, but she will not submit to im
possible conditions.
The question of the punishment of
certain otllclals Is also a serious one.
it appears that our government has nc
qulesced In the demand for the execu
tion of several of the minor olllcers who
were connected with the anti-foreign
uprising, but tho American minister Is
vigorously opposing such punishment
for the higher olllelals charged with
participation In tho outbreak, for the
reason that the posltlou of these olllelals
Is such that an attempt on the part of
the government to execute them might
bring on a revolution. Whether or not
this uttltude of Minister Conger will
avail anything remalus to be seen.
Should the (Set man government insUt
upon Its demand for tho executlou of
these high olllelals It may be able to
secure the support of tho other powers
and In that event a settlement with
China would be remote, If, Indeed, war
did not result. It Is quite possible that
such a danger will have no Influence
with (Iermany and Itussla, for In spite
of their protestations to tho contrary
It may fairly be doubled If either of
those powers Is really opposed to thu
partition of Chlua, which would bo tho
Inevitable result of war.
In a recent address Dr. IIII1, nsslstant
secretary of state, said In reference to
China that so far as tho volco of the
United States has been heard at tho
council board of nations, It has spoken
bravely aud with no uncertain nouuu
for humanity ami brotherhood, for mag
nanimity aud Justice, aud never for par
tition aud plunder, adding: "Unless the
great eastern question Is settled in a
Just uud equitable manner thu tem
porary makeshifts for a settlement will
be followed by awful tragedy and the
teirlble penalty of misguided policy."
The United-StPtos has Indicated the
path In which safety lies, but the at
tltud' of 'some of Hie powers does not
give favorable promise that this path
will be followed.
MSCniMlXATKS AtlAlXST OMAHA.
Allot her very excellent opportunity
for the Commercial club's active Inter
ference Is presented In the case of the
Hemls Omaha Hag company. This llrni
had all plans arranged for the erection
of a large factory in addition to Its
preseni plant in Omaha, but has aban
doned the venture because of the unsat
isfactory clusslileatlon of freight rates
made by the local railroads. Mr. A. U.
Hemls, head of tho company, says that
at present rates are so adjusted that the
inanufactured product can be shipped to
Omaha ns cheaply as the raw mnterlal,
a change having recently been made In
tho classification by the railroad com
panies.
It Is a serious condition of affairs, In
asmuch as It Involves the construction
of a largo addition to the present plant
of the company. It Is also In the nature
of a discrimination against Omaha and
In favor of eastern factories. Kltlior
the rate on the raw material Is too high
or the rate on the manufactured product
Is too low. It should bo the Immediate
task of the Commercial club to secure
the readjustment of this rate In order
that the proposed Increase In the local
plant will not be abandoned, even for a
year.
AaiarVLTCUALKXCOUTS AM) lUl'OItTS.
Much boasting has been done In re
cent times of the wonderful advance
made by the United States In the way
of exporta of manufactured articles. As
n nation wo hnve outstripped all others,
and now stand In tho front rank with
a slight but nevertheless appreciable
lead over Great Hrltaln, which has un
til very recently led the world. In the
exultation over this great accomplish
ment of our commerce we have over
looked the growth of ono feature In
which we have long led, that of agri
cultural and meat products. A report
Just Issued from tho Agricultural de
partment at Washington has brought
this branch of nntlonal growth to mind
by presenting llgures that are as grat
ifying as they are stupendous.
During the last year, according to
the report from the Agricultural de
partment, our entire foreign trade
amounted to nearly .?''J."0,)00,000, an
Increase of more than ?L',OOj;),000,000 over
the volume of foreign trade In the year
1S00. Of the total the domestic exports
for 1000 were valued at ? l.ttTO.TtKt.oTl, or
more than forty times what they were In
1S0O. and the Imports were valued at
$S4,!M1,184, less than ten times as largo
as In JSOO. In these llgures Is told tho
atory of our national growth. Agri
cultural and meat products formed
about 01' per cent of tho total of do
mestic exports. On the other hnnd, but
40 per cent of the Imports were agri
cultural products.
Twelve lines sugar, hides and skins,
coffee, silk, vegetable llbres, wool, fruit
and nuts, tobacco, tea, wlue, vegetable
oils and cocoa formed JH) per cent of
the total of agricultural Imports. It is
in this feature of the table that the
western farmer lluds his food for
study. Ills attention has been directed
to the production of foodstuffs for
export, with not more than a passing
thought for his homo market. In the
list of twelve Items that eomprlt-c nine
tenths of the produce tho people of the
United States aro compelled to Import,
several offer an opportunity for tho
American farmer, particularly the far
mer of the west.
Sugar Is easily the leadliig Item of
agricultural Import to the United Slates.
More "than 4.000,000,000 pounds of
this article were purchased abroad for
home consumption last year. Thla la
despite of tho great Increase In output
of the western and southern factories.
Much has been said by The Hec at
various times In support of measures
to foster the production of beet sugar
In the north and cane sugar In the
south. This report from olllclal sources
Is but an ndded argument. The Im
mense amount of sugar annually con
sumed by the American people In ex
cess of the home production is the
greatest possible Incentive to an In
crease In the home Industry. There
is no longer any question as to the feasi
bility of the growth of sugar beets over
a largo area, which Includes the whole
of Nebraska. There is a steady market
for tho product of tho field and factory,
at a good profit, and there should be an
equivalent readiness on tho part of
farmer and capitalist to embark In a
venture that offers so apparently a cer
tain return.
In regard to other main Items of Im
port, less can be said. Tho livestock
Interests of America are supplying hides
and skin and wool apparently to the
extent of possibility. At any rate, the
herd owners and Hock masters havo
had for severul years tho encourage
ment of high prices und a steady de
mand, and if they havo not been able
to supply all that has been required, It
has not been for lack of encourage
ment. In silks, tropical fruits, mul the
like, our homo product Is necessarily
far behind tho requirements, but there
Is much being done In favored localities
to reduce tho ncccs-sity of Importation.
HroadstulYs, cotion aud meat products
continue our principal agricultural ex
ports. In these lines tho United States
stand without a serious rival. Wo send
abroad other things, but wo havo these
great staple lines In which wo kad the
world.
Thcro Is much of detail In the report
which will be of Interest to tho student,
but there Is no one thing of" moro Im
portance than the statement that the
United Stutes continues to Import more
than -I.OOO.CMXl.OOO pounds of sugar
nuuually to supply the demand after
Its domestic product Is exhausted.
The United States Is taklug an emi
nently proper course on the disturbed
concision of affairs In Venezuela and the
Interests of Americans In that couutry. It
does not proposo to Interfere with force
or pressure until tho claimants havo
sought and been refused Justice by the
courts of the Intnl. There are two
naval vessels in Venezuelan ports to
protect the llv.s of Americans, but
neither good policy nor Justice war
rant the use of force to establish prop
erty rights which are In dispute until
civil remedies have been exhausted or
denied.
The final report of the contributions
to aid the sufferers from the storm
which wrecked the city of Galveston
shows that the contributions were only
a trifle less than ?'J.000.000, practically
all of which came from the people of
tho United States. It is to such things
an this tho American people point when
foreigners accuse us of being sordid
and of being solely nctuated by a de
sire to make money. Wherever Im
munity suffers the American pocket
book Is the first to open aud the last
to close.
The detailed census returns of the
state are now out and It appears that
tho smaller towns are In the same boat
as the larger cities. The desire to make
n good showing ten years ago prompted
the enumerators to see double In many
Instances. The result Is a showing this
year which Is by no means gratifying
as an advertisement. The state Is down
to a solid basis now. however, and will
surprise people when the next census
Is taken.
Omaha's Indian supply depot Is not
out of danger yet. The differences be
tween the senate and the house In the
matter of economy are serious and It
will take close watching to prevent the
appropriation for the Omaha depot being
stricken out In Interest of some other
Item. Nebraska's representatives In
congress should be on the alert, and
Omaha business men should uot allow
them to falter.
Oueen Victoria will be borne to her
rest amid such stately pomp as was
never before witnessed. Hut no amount
of material display can add to the
tribute already paid her memory by the
sincere tears of millions of devoted sub
jects and the honestly expressed sorrow
and admiration of other millions who
owed her no other allegiance than that
which the world pays to an honest
woman.
Foreign olllcers In China admit that
tho American soldier Is a good lighter,
but hold that he is entirely too free in
discussing the actions of olllcers and
the general conduct of affairs. As the
American olllcers make no complaint on
that score, possibly the foreign olllcers
might avoid tho distasteful criticism by
changing their methods.
There may be n demand In Omaha for
"owl" cars, but It has never manifested
Itself in a way that gave any indication
to tho street railway company that It Is
serious. You may depend upon it that
whenever thcro Is business enough to
warrant It tho. company will supply the
"owl' cijrs without statutory compul
sion. lulrnslO Iiik National lirlcf.
Globe-Democrat.
Laureate Austin's poetry is doing much
to Intensify und prolong- tho period of
mourning In Grout Hrltaln.
C'lrniiliiK bo 1'litttcr.
Chicago Hccord.
Members of 'congress evidently fear that
It will bo construed as a reflection on their
statesmanship It any of the surplus Is left
over for tho next congress.
Ilrro'n I'Ihim- In llUlory.
Philadelphia Record.
Representative Hull of Iowa reveals an
Intlmato relation with the "world's his
tory" iu his declaration that It would rec
ognize Ocneral Shatter's leadership In the
Santiago campaign as ono of tho most bril
liant on record.
I'nnsliler .National Interest.
Indianapolis Journal.
Tho question of nn extra session of con
gress should bo decided with relation to
national Intercuts and without reference to
tho Individual preferences of congressmen
or tho supposed Interests of parties. We
havo reached a point In our national
growth when It is necessary to rise above
purty consideration of that kind.
IllKli Tides Easily Earned.
Chicago Tribune.
Tho Emrcror William has been made a
Drltlsh field marshal by his royal uncle. If
Field .Marshal Ilobcrts, who wus present at
tho ceremony, la a reflective person ho can
hardly havo failed to bo Impressed with tho
circumstance that It Is much easier to be
romo a field marshal simply by bolng born
in tho right place than by forty or fifty
years of hard military servico In tho four
quarters of tho globe.
The limine la Action.
Philadelphia North Amerlcnn.
Tho houso of representatives felt par
ticularly "flush" last Saturday and spent
monoy like water. Within a period of three
hour It passed tho army bill, which re
quires tho expenditure of about $115,000,000
n year, and the naval appropriation bill,
carrying $77,000,000 and authorizing the
expenditure of moro than $15,000,000 for new
ships, and In tho way of small change It
put through sevcnty-sovcn private pension
bills to fill In surplus time.
Culm's Coiinlltutlnn.
Now York Herald.
Tho constitution drafted by the central
comml.'tco will doubtless he considerably
modified before Its final adoption by the
convention ns the basic law of tho new re
public. In Its present form it Is Interesting
as showing tho Cuban Idea of republicanism
and what are likely to ho the general
outlines of the government to bo founded.
Hera U a general system for the repub
lic and a lecal regime for each of the six
departments, with Its governor and Blngle
assembly, both elected by popular vote,
but thtso departments havo not the do
greo of sovereignty enjoyed by our states,
whllo tho national power is greater than
that of tho United States.
Wn Ting; I 'hub iih a ( rlllc.
Detroit Journal.
Minister Wtt Ting Fang, a wit him
self, li not disposed to look upon our wit
and humor as bolng ephemeral. Tho minu
ter who have denounced Confucianism s
"failure," "effete" and "tottering tn Its
fall." were not at all Knrlous, since It Is
probable that tUoy used those terms In
a rhetorical sense. Every woll Informed
American knows that Confucianism Is qulto
an extensive religious Institution and that
Its devotees outnumber any other rellglou
Ists except the Uuddhistsi Tho discrimi
nating public has enjoyed Mr. Wu's com
parisons and contrasts nnd wouldn't have
him modify or change them In any way
They havo added something to tho gaiety
nf thn natlnn Inanmilpti nm Ihftv a p. vntv '
true and correct, and so far as they shame
Christianity are very Just,
PASSIMl OP A MASTEIt Mt'MCI.W
Verdi' l.oim t lie nnd III Iiaaiortal
( oniioltloit.
Chic ago Post
Few of tho great representatives of the
nineteenth century Its work and prog
ress nro left us. The great Italian com
poser, Verdi, who celebrated his STth
birthday In October lust, Is about to
depart from Ihls mundane sphere, which
ho did m much to brighten nnd Improve.
Ho will hnve outlived Hiieon Victoria by
a few days, though, unlike the llrltlsh sov
ereign, his active life and service had ended
some years ngo. Ills Inst yenrs have
been spent in peace, contemplation and
serene happiness. Out of his well-earned
trcnBitro ho Imd mnde ntnple provision for
less fortuunte musicians, and his whole
carter has furnished Illustrations of the
gontlereis and sweetness of, his nature.
.Musically speaking. Verdi's imtno will not
bo associated In history with any revolu
tion or turning point In tho art ho has
enriched. His development was gradual,
easy, natural. Ho escaped controversy and
attack, though some of his compositions
tho world had outgrown beforo ho surprised
oven his most devoted admirers by pro
ducing masterpieces embodying the spirit
of tho modern mulslc-drnmn. Verdi's
career divides itself Into three distinct
changes. Tha first gavo tho world "II
'lrovatore," "Travlata" and several similar
but less popular works. The second stngc
reached Its climax In "Alda," unquestion
ably tho most splendid, gorgeous, colorful
and dramnlle opera bora of Italian genius,
whllo i ho final stage found Its muturo ex
pression la "Fnlstall" an amazingly
modern, scholarly nnd spontaneous work.
Tho two operas named last would alono
sufllco to make Verdi's famo abiding and
secure, If not Immortal. Hut while his
earlier works are now but soldom revived,
and tho next decade of the present cen
tury may even refuse to hear them, what
delightful, fragrant, tender memories
they evoke In tho men and women of the
present generation, nnd still more of that
now declining toward advanced nge! How
entrancing wero to thorn tho lyrical
gems of the enrly Verdi operas! The
rising generation, brought up on Wag
ner, llrnhms, the latter-day Vcrdl, fjou
nod and, Tschnlkowsky, may turn super
clllousl from them, but there Is a world
of beauty and loveliness In them, though
tho changed conceptions of opera preclude
their production.
Verdi was tho son of a poor lunkecper,
and hud nothing to aid him In lila struggle
for recognition, Inlluencc nnd fame noth
ing but tho dlvlno gift of musical genluv
How fortunate he was as compared with
tho unhappy Mozart, or tho cqunlly un
happy Schubert, who lavished their rich
and glorious Inheritance on nn unappro
chUlvo nudlHnce and wero condemned to a
life of misery nnd nn early death! Vcrdl
deserved nil tho mntcrlnl and emotional
tributes that tho world paid him, nnd we
are stlli his debtors, l'caco to his nshes!
thu NEW AIIJIV mi, I,.
Modern Oricnnlrullon Provided For la
All llmni'lic of the .Service.
Hoston Journal.
There nro a few weak points In tho new
army hill as It goes to enactment, but. these
minor defects excepted, tho bill Is a good
ono and tho organization provided for all
branches of the service Is thoroughly mod
ern and effective. Tha ten cavalry regi
ments of tho old regular army aro Increased
to fifteen, tho twenty-flvo Infantry regi
ments to thirty nnd tho seven artillery
regiments to twelve. In conferenco tho
senate yields to the houso and merges the
twelve regiments In an artillery corps.
Thus tho greatest proportionate Ircrcaso Is
mado In tho cavalry and artllljry arms,
knowledge of which is most difficult to
acquire. It takes fully twlco as long to
make a good artilleryman or trooper as It
does to mako a good lnfuntryman and It Is
entirely proper that tho regular army of
tho United States, tho trained nucleus of
tho greater army which wo should require
In caso of war. Bhould bo strongest In those
expert scientific branches of tho service
whero volunteers and militia aro neces
sarily deficient.
Just as tho total strength of tho army
ranges from 60,000 to 100,000 nt tho dlscrn
Hon of tho president, so tho strength of a
cavalry regiment may be S39 officers and
mon. with tho army at Its minimum, or
1.25D with tho army at Its maximum, and
tho strength of nn Infantry regiment may
bo 838 ofilcors and men, or 1.858.
Thus, tho total cavalry strength of the
army of CO.000 will bo 12,C8fi, nnd of tho
army of 100.000. is.ssr.. Tim i.
fantry strength of tho army of 00,000 will
bo 25,140 and of tho army of 100,000, 05,740.
Tho strength of tho artillery will range
from 14,320 to 20.016. It Is probable that
tho artillery will constantly bo maintained
at Its maximum, for tho full forco Is
required to care for tho costly guns of our
now and claborato seacoast fortifications.
licsines tho lighting lino of tho army
thero will bo tho enirln
special Horvice COrDS. Orjrnnlzpil vnrv ,nii.l.
as they aro at present, but given Increased
iuimui.-in. mis army win no commanded
by a conservative number of omrnra nf iiM
rank one lieutenant general, six major gen
erals nnu urtccn brigadier generals, or no
more than would actually ho renuirri tn
lead an nrmy of 100,000 men In war. Thus
inu new organization consistently preserves
tho modest traditions of a peace-loving re
public. PEUSO.VAI, POI.VI'EIl.N.
Nows from South Africa Indicates that
Kitchener has another regret to report.
Charles Qulncy Hlllebrand, the new con
gressman from tho Sixth Ohio district, was
onco a professional baso ball player.
Elmer Dover, Senator Hnnna's private
sccretoty, began his career ns a newspaper
writer at lo, when he was n reporter on the
McConnellsvlllo (O.) Herald.
Mrs. Nation told tho governor of Kansas
that he was a blot on tho faco of civiliza
tion nnd a ptmplo on the neck of tho uni
verse, or words to that effect.
Friends and classmates of Hamilton Fish,
Jr., tho first Hough Klder killed at Las
(iuaslmas, Cuba, havo decided to havo a
bronze bas-relief erected to his memory nt
Columbia university, Now York.
Dnnlel Moultnn of Lcwlston, Me.. Is
one of the few surviving friends of "Sam"
Houston. His recollections of Santa Ana
are vivid and ho has n large collection of
lettirs written by Houston nnd his friends.
Thomas A. Edison writes rapidly In a
hand that Is described ns "Pke enppor pinto,
every turvo fully formed nnd distinct."
This expertness Is a survival of tho In
ventor's early experience as a telegraph
operator.
How Vow, tho Chinese consul general
nt San Francisco, has gone Into Imnlness
as a breeder of trotting horses. Ho has
bought a farm for the purpose near San
Jose and, except for an American over
seer, will employ only Chinese.
Although when In this country LI Hung
Chang declared ho knew very little Eng
lish, his present negotiations with tho rep
resentatives of tho t'nlted StnteB nnd Great
Hrltaln develop the fact that ho hpcaks
tho language perfectly, and It Is now re
called that General Grant had sovoral pri
vate conversations with him without the
aid of nn Interpreter.
Mark Twuln sent a characteristic greet
ing to his frlet.ds In Vienna, whero ho
spent fifteen months nf his foreign tour.
A facslmllo of the message was published
In tho Ncues Wiener Tagoblntt Christinas
day and ran as follows Prosperity nnd
happiness to my friends In the empire
Tho same to my enemies on Chrlstman
day. but not after that dMe, Mar; Twain,
i
pur.t: iimto op the im.ehes.
Jin 11 Who Siiuinlil'il Thirty I'onrtlt
l'liii ('nilt't al Went Point,
During the congressional investigation
into the charges of hazing nt West Point,
ono of the cadets testified that he heart) of
but one ''plebe" who escaped the ordeal.
"He was a 'plebe' In 1SSS," said the witness.
"He whipped every man pitted agnlnst him.
Ho fought five men In one day nnd In nil
he lltked nbout thirty endet." Tho
Identity of tliU wonderful plebe, who has
neither a monument or a tablet nt the Point,
excited widespread Interest nml Inquiry.
Kentucky claimed him ns n llluc Grass
prize. Mlnnesotnns Insisted ho was n
product of Stillwater on tho Croix. Some
Intimations wero dropped that the prlto
hero rf the plcbes hulled from Omnhn.
Hut these claims wero Indefinite nnd ua
tupported by evidence. Tho New York
Herald puts up the best claim of nil, backed
by names, dntes and n rattling good story
of tho wuy tho wonder dressed down the
gang nt the academy some twelve yenrs
ago.
Frank Schoeffel, now captain of the Ninth
Infantry, Is tho prodigy. Ho needs no mon
ument or tablet, for in tho traditions of
West Point ho will long be rememberod as
tho plebe who whipped "everything In
sight." who fought five men "to h finish" In
ono day, nnd "knocked out" his most ac
complished antagonist after twenty-eight
rounds. In the army he has gono right
ahead whipping Spaniards, Filipinos nnd
Chinese Boxers Impartially whenever op
portunity offered.
Schoeffel Is 6 feet Hi Inches In height,
Is aggressively red-headed und comes of
lighting stock, being the son of Colonel
Francis A. Schoeffol of Itochestcr, N. Y.
When Frank decided to try for n West
Point cudetshlp In 1SS7 ho already had
his growth. Ho had heard something of
West Point's physical standards, as well
as Its Intellectual requirements, so ho went
Into systematic training.
Ho ran many miles daily along the canal
tow path, ho swung Indian clubs and dumb
bolls, he punched tho bag, skipped the ropo
and took boxing lessons from tho best in
structor In Ilochester. A year Inter, whci
Irank got his coveted appointment, ho
might huvo served as the model for a
stntuo of the gladiator.
Of courso ho was promptly "called out
West Point could uot show tho whlto
feather Just hecauso this particular plebe
looked big enough nnd strong enough to
sweep tho parade ground with any two of
the upper-class men.
History mercifully conceals tho names of
the thirty men whom Schoeffel met sue
cesslvely before ho established his right to
Immunity from persecution. Ho left marks
on most of them, "knocked them out" In
from one to twcnty-olght rounds, nnd dur
lag the young giant's first year ho supplied
material for at least one word In tho hos
pltnl, with great regularity.
Ono particularly obnoxious upper-class
mnn, with tho reputation of n bully, an
gered Schoeffel, who told him plnlnly that
ho was not fit for tho company of gontlo
men. Of courso the bully had to fight,
which pleased Schoeffel mightily. With
uentness and precision tho Ilochester youth
decorated first ono eye and then tho other.
Then ho spoiled two front teeth. Finally
tho bully was carried to tho hospltnl.
Ueforo Schoeffel had compelled recognition
ns tho undisputed llstlc champion of tho
academy his friends of tho upper classes
subjected him to tho trying ordeal of moot
ing llvo picked bruisers successively In a
slnglo day. This test wan expected to
humble his pride, but Frank sent ono after
another down and out, and then nsked If
anybody clso had aspirations. After this
his supremacy was very generally conceded
and ho had some avallnbto tlmo for study.
So deep an Impression did Frank Schoef
fct's prowess Icavo upon his comrades that
when, a few years later, his brother Hernard
camo along ns a plcba and the cadets ob
served that tho stripling was built on the
same Hues as tho redoubtable Frank, and
learned that he had enjoyed similar nthlctlc
privileges, ho was nccepted on his apparent
merits and did not havo to fight his way
to fame. Tho older brother had established
the family's status In n class by Itself nnd
thenceforth stood unchallenged.
Shoulder to shoulder theso oturdy brothers
havo slnco fought their way nt Santiago, In
tho Philippines nnd at Pekln, sharing In all
tho honors of tho glorious old Ninth in
fantry. It wns their fortune to be detailed
to tho same regiment. When Hrlgndler
General Hawkins, bareheaded, his long,
snow-whlto hair streaming lllto tho plumo
of Henry of Navarro, led his regulars up
tho hnllct-swcpt slopes of San Juan, First
Lieutenant Frank Schoeffel and his com
pany wero among tho first to gain tha sum
mit. Thoy mado him a lieutenant after
that, aud Ucrnnrd was n Ilcutennnt In his
brother's company when the fighting Nluth
was ordered to General Lnwton's command
In tho Philippines.
Only nbout 15 per cont of tho mon now
In tho Ninth wero tho veterans of Santiago.
Tho regiment had been recruited with a
lot of good, hut ruw materlnl that had
never stood under flro. It was during Law
ton's famous turning movement, directed
against tho towns lying south of Mnnlln.
Tho boys called It tho "trip across tho
desort."
Not n drop, of wuter lo drink the hottest
day of tho season; sweltering, pnrched, tho
troops had straggled behind or fallen out
by hundreds. Their olllcers rallied them,
nnd after a night of rest tho advance wnn
resumed tho next morning along a creek
bottom. Emerging from a bamboo thicket
Into a valley covered with swampy rlco
floldB, tho skirmishers wero greeted with a
hot flro from ono of tho hilts that flanked
tho valley. Tho Filipinos wero thero In
force.
Lawton was between two fires. Tho men
advancing to tho assault wero bolng shot
at from In front and behind. Tho general
hero achieved n remarkable evolution with
a command under double flro. Ho ordered
the Ninth right about face, and started
It charging toward tho hill from which
camo tho second attack, whllo tho rest of
the command continued to assault tho posi
tion first heard from.
As tho Ninth advanced It was met with
such a galling llro that tho men wero or
dered to lie down In tho rice fields. Dur
ing this trying ordeal many of tho raw
recruits lost their nerve and wore on tho
verge of panic. When tho flro slackened
slightly tho order camo to resumo tho as
sault. Hut sumo of tho men of Captain
Scliocffcl'8 command. In common with
others, simply refused to rlso and faco tho
flro again. Thoy burled their noses In
the rlco roots nnd Iny low. It was a critical
moment.
Then down the lino llko a pair of aveng
ing furies strode two glnnt figures. Tho
West Point athlete was again on his met
tle. Cursing them roundly for cowards,
Captain Frank Sehooffel and his brother
Hornnrd, one nftcr another, lifted thoso
scared recruits bodily, as an Irato parent
lifts n naughty child for punishment, and
swinging them to their feet ns though they
were mere pigmies tho officers planted
them erect and then with a shovo or n
kirk from behind forced tho laggards for
ward. Tho crisis wag past. Once on their feet
and In action, their fighting blood roused,
tho men of tho Ninth straightened out In
good form nnd elenred that perilous hill
In a stylo worthy of Its best regimental
traditions.
Onie their men wero upright and ad
vancing tho Schoeffel brothers no longer
pushed, but led Hut what they had douo
during that panicky moment in tho rlco
field none hut men of steel thows and giant
strength could have done
A PH01MII If. CO.MlltESS.
Need of Selling lic llrnUcft tin (intern,
meat A iirtir III I loa,
I'hlhidelphlA Ledger irep )
'in our great prosperity we must ru.i ,1
ngnlnst tho danger It Invltrs of cxtrnx
agance In government expenditures nnd an
proprlatlons. and the chosen representative
of tho people will. I doubt not, furnish nn
example III their Icglflatlon of that wise
economy which In a season of pletry
husbands for the future."
Such wns tho admonition conveyed t.
congress In President McKlnley's message
of December Inst. It should hao
suggested to the lawmakers caution In their
appropriation of the public revenues, but n
Is to bo feared that they nro In no mood
for the prnctlci of economy. Almost every
appropriation bill hows n marked Increase
In tho allowance voted, whllo thcro aro
under consideration various projects lo
swell tho totnl beyond the $1,500,000,000
mark. Together with deficiencies, It is
estimated that tho regular appropriations
for tho Fifty-sixth congress will approxl
mnto $1,493,023,600. Other bills aggregating
$63,000,000 nro nlso being pressed, and In
clude ship subsidies. Nicaragua canal.
Pacific cable. St. Louis fair and cotton
claims, while desperate efforts nro being
mado by members from western states to
embark tho United States on an irrigation
enterprise that may In time, In its ex
Irnvngunce, dwarf (ho river and harbor ap
propriations. Many of tho members of congress nro
disposed to regard the lato republican
victory as an endorsement of all forms of
extravagance, nnd arc octlug In keeping
with this sentiment. If the brake bo not
npplled tho proposed reduction of tho war
revenuo will only result In n huge de
ficiency, to bo supplied by now Impositions
of tnxes or by such cheese-paring In tho
next congress ns will necessitate a serious
reduction In appropriations that are legltl
mnte. It is not Improhablu that wanton
liberality, for which republican congresses
aro notable. Is duo to a belief In tho hnlf
truth that tho foreigner pays tho tnx. Tho
Internal revenue tnxes nre, of course, ex
eluded from tho category, ns they aro
wholly boitio by our own citizens, nnd as
for the customs taxes, wo hnve tho declara
tion of so rcspectuble n republican authority
as ox-Speaker Iteed that somotlmes tho
foreigner pays tho tnx, sometimes tho con
sumer pays it nnd sometimes they sharo It
Wo believe that Mr. Heed's proposition
will bo accepted by fair-minded men of
whatever pnrty ns n truthful exposition of
tho sources of our customs rovonue.
It Is an old nnd oft-rcpontcd fallacy that
tho moro money n government spends tho
better off financially nro its people. It
may bo conceded that tho expenditure
makes tho beneficiaries better off. but tho
vast mass of (ho population can derlvo no
ndequato compensation from moneys raised
by taxation nnd lmprovldently appropriated.
In this respect n nation Is llko a family -It
cannot spend what It has nnd keep ut tho
snmo time. This mny bo illustrated by our
municipal experience. How does It profit
tho Philadelphia taxpayer for councils to
pay extravagant prices for oleetrlc lighting
or to multiply needlessly tho subordinates
of tho city depnrtmnnts? The proposition
really requires no argument, yet congress
men when reproached for their extrava
gance will merely reply Hint this Is n rich
country and that appropriations keep money
In circulation. On thla basis congress might
bo charged with negligence because it docs
not approprlnto threo billions Instead of
ono and ono-half and mako tho nation so
much richer.
Tho republican pnrty Is In full possession
of power, but should that bo abused It
will meet with a day of reckoning. Tho
party In opposition will not always bo
blinded by tho frco sliver heresy and will
bo quick to tnko advantago of new Issues,
especially If, ns is not unlikely, our in
dustrial progress shall bo halted by un
favorable conditions. The people havo not
given tho administration or tho republican
party carto blancho to bo prodigal. That Is
not tho construction to bo placed upon last
November's verdict.
GE.M.VI, IIAY.1.
SomervlIIo Journnl: Happy Is the man
who has never Been his wlfo with her
crimps In process of manufacture.
f'hlcnco Tribune: Wlldun Last time r
saw you, old fellow, you lmd u bltr wart
on your right knucklo that you hnd jiiKt
tried a charm on. I low did It work?
Woolley It left thero nnd went over on
ono of my loft knuckles. It didn't ko out
of business It merely changed hands.
Philadelphia Press: "My opinion of Hnlf-
flns," snld Iiloomflcld. hotly. "Is that ho Is
a liar pure and simple. What Is you opin
ion. Hullelleld?" '
"I. replied Uellellcld. "should omit tho
word 'x'ure.' "
Wnshlncton Rtnr: "So vou nro nn In-
vmitor!" said tho rudely Inqulsltlvo man.
"VPS."
"What do you Invent?"
"I'rlnolDully stories about tho thlncn I
expect to Invent somo time."
Clevoland Plain Dealer: "I sunnnso n.
queen Is allowed mora latitude than a
princess."
"i supposo so.
"Then I bono that Queen Alexandria will
bo permitted to put up her monotonous hair
In somo now wuy."
Chlcaco Post: "Oh. no: sho's not nt all
what you would call n really femlnlns
womnn. Hho affects mnscultnn ways."
ilow?"
'Well, for Instance, yesterdnv I saw her
clve a street car conductor u nickel when
sho had flvo pennies In her purse,"
Hrooklvn Life: ife Oh. yes! I do a llttlo
Hint way now and then: I've written ono
or two plays.
Hhc now perrcctty uoiiKlitrui: And navo
you met with much hjccons?
"Pretty well, so far. I oneo got a mnn
uncrlpt of mlno back from thu manager."
Detroit Freo Press: "I sold our clock
and bought this lovely new chair."
now win you Know- wnai umo it is7 "
'Oh, I'll tolephono over to thoso folks
next door.'
Philadelphia Press: "Havo you Moore's
poems? Inquired tho sweet young thing.
"I think bo, miss, I'll look In a. minute,"
replied tho clerk In tho book store. "Ily
urn way, iieros a uno new siory jusi out.
It's cnlled 'Just Ono Kiss,' and"
J. want Moore, uho, Interrupted haimht-
ny.
Tin: pomi iiuatiiu.v.
Josh Wink In Ilaltlmore Amorlcnn.
Let us go and llnd the heathen; lot us tnko
him by tho hand;
Lot us tnko his ovll from him; let us nlso
talcn ms and:
Let us break It to him gently that It's
wrotiK to bo so nuue.
And IncMilcnto proper notions of the stylo,
ns It's pursued.
Lot us show him all tho glories of the whlto
man h kingdom como.
And, jy wuy of Introduction, sell him lots
of wniio man n rum.
Lot us seek our heathen brother In be
nltrhted lands afar.
And Impress him with tho wrongness of hli
nanus as iney are;
Let us luildo hltn slowly, surely, till he's
uoiuy rivi izrci,
And has banished all his foibles, all his
fancies, bo desnlsed:
Lot us show him how hn's destined to go
forward with a Jump,
Lest our grand, resistless progress takes
nun midship with a lump.
Lot us teach hltn that tho bolo nnd the dng-
Kr are not right;
When tho seveu-shooter follows up Its
bnrkltiR with n bite:
Let us bring to him tho gospel of the shirt
and full-dress suit,
And tho glad and glorious tldluga of tho
proper hiioo or boot
Let us lift (ho poor old henlhen from thi
hoc wherein ho sticks.
And explain to him tho bautlr of thn
gamo or iwutics.
Thus woil labor with the pagnn (111 ho un-
urrxiiiuuH our ways
And will ponder with iv shudder on his old
uutinppy iiuyh.
W will stock his lnnd with clothing, wn
will dot It with Kolf links.
And ho'll hull (lie nrchltecturo of (he homo
or lancy uruiKs,
And wo II get tho glory for it for the good
that wo will do
All tho wrand, Impressive glory and woil
Kii no money, ioo.