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TII.E OMAHA DAILY MSJgt SATU.HDAV, FEBlirAUY 10, 3 901.
The dmaha Daily Bee.
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K. noSKWATER, Editor.
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STATEMENT- 0F CIRCULATION.
Slntn of Nebraska, Douglas County, sh.:
Ueorgo II. Tzschtick, secretary of The Ree
Publishing rompany, heme duly nworn.
ays that the actual number of full and
complete, copies of Tho Dally. Morning,
evening and Sunday Hee printed during the
month of January, 1901, was as follows:
1 sn.niiu K UU.2UI
2 'M.H'M 18 U,!ini
3 2i,:i:io io .....a,ti2i
4 20,210 20 20,720
6 20,410 21 20;ofJO
6. 20,Rr.O 22., 20,410
7 ',,20,410 23 ,...20,820
S 2l,:iS0 24 20.1K0
9 20,240 25 20,410
10 20,440 26 20,120
11 20,240 27 20.HIB
12 20,420 28 20,180
13 20,700 29 42.770
14 20,nr,0 30 28,840
16 2U,4nO 31 20,1(10
16 20,:i20
Total , , 840,08.1
Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,017
Net total sales .H!l0,008
Net dally nvcrac.. . 20,770
GEO. B. T7.SCI1UCK,
Sjbscrlhcd In my presence and sworn to
beforo mo thlB 31st day of January, A. D.
1901. M. II. HUNOATE,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Porlnips tlmt groundhog wuh not such
n bud Kticsscr nftor ull.
Congress Is Just coinmnucliifr to coino
down tho homestretch, with tho wire sot
nt Mn roll 4.
Tho Oiln (luiu seems to ho more con
ducive to profanity thnn most subjects
of congreRslonnl disagreement.
From tho standpoint of hindsight, tho
republican caucus should havo estab
lished a (itiaraiitlnu on the caucus room
Just before tho secession took place.
Tho legislative troupe Is now giving
two exhibitions In tho senatorial ring
dally Instead of only. one. Pretty soon
wo may have continuous performances.
If doublo4)arreled senatorial contests
were on tho program for every winter,
tho lino between Omaha and Lincoln
would bo double-tracked at an early
day. '
This country has trouble enough with
Its own prize lighters and their endless
talk, but an added nflllgtlon Is threat
enedCharlie , Mitchell has landed in
New York.
Omaha Is not so particular as to
which counties it may bo linked to for
a congressional district, provided only
the district is kept with a normal re
publican majority.
Omaha will bo pleased to guldo tho
Oregon Short Line from this point. In
fact, Omaha would bo pleased to ac
commodate tho headquarters of all tho
railroads In tho country.
Legnl Tender Coxey, son of tho states
man of Commonweal fame, hns died at
tho early age of 0 years, i'he affliction
of his name and scarlet fever combined
6eem to have been too much for him.
.lust' wait-till' Nebraska's governor ap
pears In lluo In tlie Inaugural proces
sion at Washington with Ills newly-uniformed
staff and sou tho sister states
cast' envious glances in that direction.
General 'VVeyler has been placed In
command at Madrid to preserve order.
Weyler.V Oh, yes! That is the man who
saved Washington by not marching tho
Spanish army up from llavaua to thu
capital.
A man who held up a St Joseph
alderman of a small sum was recently
sentenced" to forty years In tho peniten
tiary. It certainly appears as though
this were adopting stringent measures
to shut off competition.
Omaha club women tiro discussing the
raco problem. For n complete pre
mutation of both sides representatives
of tho proscribed raco should bo given a
bearing. But the proposition to invite a
few negro women to stuiul up for their
own race would doubtless preclpltato
tho raco question in earnest Instead of
In theory only.
When conlldentlal letters are read in
congress which In any maimer rotlect
upon republicans it Is nil right from u
democratic standpoint, but when tho
democratic mulo is flayed they a to
"private correspondence" and should
uot bo disclosed to tho public gaze.
Your democratic reformer Is queerly
constituted.
The- annual report of the League of
American Wheelmen shows conclusively
that the fad Is passing, In fuct 1ms
about passed. The bicycle has ceitsed
to be n toy or used principally for
amusement but has taken Its plnco
with thq practical vehicles. Those who
uso wheels for practical purposes will
continue to do so, but tho bicycle
"crnnk" Is a thing of the past.
Fires were started by Incendiaries In
four of Ghlcagq's leading hotels In one
night, tho motive evidently being
either, robbery or revenge. How any
human blng can deliberately start
nres wntcn ennanger the 'lives of hun
tlreds of people Is dlfllcult to conceive,
but such things aro of comparatively
common occurrence. Tho world con
tains many llends closo to tho border
tfltotal depravity.
THE irojc IX TIIK PnihlVVlSES.
The Philippine commission, ,1s prose
cuting Its work with zeal and no little
succeos. The latest advices show that
steady progress Is being made In the
pacification of the Islands. Outside of
Luzon there Is practically todfi.V no seri
ous resistance to the authority of the
L'nlted States, while In that Island
there Is a gradual subsidence of the hos
tility to American control. Step by step
American authority Is being extended
and the natives are accepting It as they
come, to better understand that It means
reul Independence and the promotion of
the common welfare.
Tho commission, according to advices,
Is pushing Its work In the most practi
cal and systematic way, with the very
proper purpose of teaching the people,
by a gradunl process, to understand
what American government means.
There Is nn obvious necessity for the
Filipinos to understand that, tho United
Stutes means with reference to them
n wholly different policy from that
which was pursued, by Spain, and In
order to properly Impress them with
this we must give them such positive
nud unquestionable evidence of our
good faith as to remove frpm their
minds any doubt as to our purpose to
accord to thorn such freedom In the
management of their domestic affairs
ns will give them the largest, measure
of autonomy or self-government con
sistent with their capacity for self-government
and our interests.
Tills is the work In which the Philip
pine commission Is now engaged. It is
endeavoring to show tho people of the
Islands that It Is the policy of the
United States to give them u govern
ment that will enable them to enjoy tho
highest privileges enjoyed by the terri
torial inhabitants of the United States,
which means self-government only less
than that which Is given to tho states
of the union.
Tlie commission is working most In
dustriously to this end and apparently
with good results. Kvory report from
the Philippines shows that some
progress Is being math'. The people of
tho Islands are coming more and more
to realize that tin; sovereignty and tho
policy of tho United States Is hi their
Interest and welfare and there Is no
question that this feeling Is steadily
extending.
An Important requirement seems to
bo au enactment by congress of some
such measure as tho Spooner bill which
will give tho president authority to es
tablish civil government in the Philip
pines and permit action that will pro
mote the Industrial and commercial de
velopment of tho islands.
A QUESTION OF ItlallTS.
The government of tho United States
and tho government of Great Iltltuin
are still engaged In discussion of the
proposition as to tho boundary of the
Alaska division. So fnr ns appears now
there Is no great prospect of an early
solution of tho problem. On the con
trary the prospects nro that tho dis
cussion will, continue for n number of
yours ond that the settlement is very
remote.
Tho premier of Canada, Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, in Ills reply to opposition
queries In the Dominion parliament,
did not hold out nuy promise that tho
dllllcultles between tho United States
and Canada would bo of early settle
ment. On tho contrary he said that
tho chances wero that all of the ques
tions In controversy would continue to
divide tho two countries and to engross
the dtfllculties between them that now
exist.
It Is a very important matter that
engrosses the question of our duty and
obligations not only to n neighboring
country, but to n government that Is
absolutely on Intlmato relations. We
havo something to think of In .regard
to Canada nud also to tho empire of
which that colony Is only a small part
Tho Canadian premier in his reply to
opposition queries in the Parliament
did not seem to take a specially hope
ful view of tho completion of the work
of tho Joint high commission for set
tling disputes between tills country and
Canada. Ho was very reserved In his
statements, explaining that proceedings
have been in nbeyanco during tho elec
toral contests In both countries and
now await tho adjournment of the Par
liament and of congress in order that
tho statesmen may have leisure
nud composure for renewing their
negotiations. Tho mind of the
Canadian premier seotned to bo es
pecially worried by tho Alaska
boundury question, upon which he
sees no better prospect of settlement
than when tho efforts of the commis
sioners wero Interrupted. Ho ap
parently deprecates the efforts on both
sides, which make It, In his opinion,
almost Impossible to reconcile tho two
opposlto views.
Meanwhllo Uio action of the Canadian
government lu sendlug to England and
Hussla a commissioner to secure facts
as to tho Alaska boundary has been
protested against by our government
and undoubtedly tho protest will be
heeded. In this matter It Is absolutely
certain that tho United Slates will
make no further concessions.
Attorney General Prout asserts that
tho position of stato welghuinster no
longer exists, liecauso it Is to bo tilled
by the Stato Hoard of Transportation,
which has been knocked out by a deci
sion of tho supremo court. Hut the
popocratlc members of the do-nothing
board still claim to bu connected with
tho pay roll, because tho money for
their salaries has been appropriated up
to April 1. Tho attorney general will
have au opportunity to reinforce his
opinion on tho welghmantershlp when
tho salary warrants for the railway
commissioners aro presented to the
auditor.
Tho action of the house lu dealing
with Delegate Wilcox of Hawaii Is nn
indication thero Is a disposition to deal
liberally with tho Island portions of this
country. Had a homo territory Bent a
rielcsato against whom tho same
charges were marlo and In measure ad
mltted to be true, ho would not havo
been seated. It is realized that some
allowance must bo made for conditions
In Hawaii and the other Islands until
the people become more familiar with
our ways of doing things.
TIIK OMAHA CJlAllTKll.
For the first time In many years the
legislature finds Itself free from a noisy
wrangle over the Omaha charter. Sev
eral bills are before the lawmakers pro
posing amendments to the statute pro
viding a government for cities of the
metropolitan class, but none of them
effects any radical change In the form
of municipal government or the limita
tions upon municipal officers. One of
them Is, the compromise measure fix
ing the procedure for creating special
Improvement districts and levying
special assessments, another modifies
slightly tho salary schedule, another
gives tho park board and fire and police
board a charter status Instead of leav
ing them to rest on ordinance repeal-
able by the council. While differences
of opinion may exist upon some of these
points, they are not serious.
Two years ago tho charter revision
bill was killed by a veto by Governor
Poynter, In reality for political reasons,
although explained as grounded on the
Increase in olllces and consequent in
crease of tax burdens. The charter
bill of two years ago undertook to re
store tho council to Its former propor
tions, making It consist of eighteen
members', half of them ward council-
men and the others minting In three-
year terms, with three going out each
year. The experiment with a per
manent body such as this contemplated
might have been successful, but there
is no urgent demand for It now. The
bill also provided for the establishment
of an elective street commissioner and a
rearrangement of the membership of
the Hoard of Public Works, for the
issuance of certificates of Indebtedness
lu anticipation of taxes and of time
checks for tho payment of street labor,
and raising the limits of various city
funds. It further embodies n plan for con
solidating tho cities of Omaha and
South Omaha, with special view to the
then Impending national census. So
far as Omaha Is concerned, tho census
having been already taken and pro
mulgated, tho Incentive for amalgama
tion Is by no means so pressing, since
tho benefits now would all be on the
other side.
What tho present legislature should do.
Is to tako all tho several charter amend
ments beforo It nud, after selecting
those that aro meritorious, consolidate
them all into a single bill which can
be enacted without waste of time. Such
a bill endorsed by tho Douglas delega
tion should meet with practically no op
position and securo a prompt approval
by tho governor.
Tho promoters of the. light which it
was Intended to bring off at Cincinnati
are complaining that they are out of
pocket many thousaiid dollars by rea
son of tho stopping of tho affair. If
they havo lost money they have no
ono to blame but themselves. They
started out to engage In an Illegal en
terprise, wero wnrned In iidvunco that
It would not bo permitted, but per
sisted in going ahead with tho arrange
ments. They deserve no sympathy and
llttlo will bo wasted on them.
If, as a distinguished diplomat once
said, language is employed by'dlplomats
to conceal, not to express Ideas, Eng
land's now king Is a prince of diplo
mats.' Unfortunately every utterance
of kings and premiers is distorted and
magnified and given meanings that no
reasonable construction of language
could attach to them. On this account
people In authority nro afraid to speak
frankly and to tho point and many mis
understandings occur which open
declarations would prevent.
Another Victory Predicted.
Olobo-Democrut.
Correspondent Croelman, who predicted
Bryan's election In 18'JC and again In 1900,
says that Senator Hanna la losing his In
fluence. This may be taken to mean an
other nryan victory In 1901.
In Defense of CoiiiioUxloiier Kvhiih.
Atlanta Journal.
A rumor Is still afloat to the effect that
H. C. Evans, tho United States commis
sioner of pensions, Is to resign and bo ap
pointed to a foreign position. This would
be a case of hauling down tho Hag of de
cency and honesty In tho face of a hordo ot
greedy and unprincipled pension attorneys.
llefore ThUIiiki lArter TnUlnu.
Globe-Democrat.
This country was compelled by disturbed
conditions to Intervene In Cuba when the
island belonged to Spain. In forming their
republic tho Cubans should bo careful not
to Ignore the rights of this country as well
as tho claims of common gratitude. Our
Interest In Cuba Is not less than It was be
fore tho war with Spain.
Vaccination In (lie Public School.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
It was no more than was to be expected
that tho Hoard of Health would adopt, as
It did yesterday, resolutions protesting
against the attempt which Is being made
to repeal the wlso provision of the law
which requires that no child shall bo ad-.
mltted to a public school without the
presentation of a ccrtlffcato from a
physician declaring the vaccination of the
applicant. Vaccination as a preventive of
smallpox Is one ot tho greatest boons
ever conferred upon suffering humanity.
During tho less than a century which has
elapsed since Its discovery Its effect In
eliminating one. of the most dreaded and
loathsome diseases of tho many which
afflict mankind has been something wonder
ful. Ato)lex- llurlnu Sleep.
New York llernld, '
The frequent occurrence, of apoplexy dur
log sleep la Illustrated In the caso of
Colonel Albert L). Shaw. He had made a
patriotic speech during the evening, and
had retired In apparently good health. In
his luelauco there was a combination of
causes to bring about the result a banquet,
mental excitement, probable Indigestion
nnd a coincident lowering of vital tone.
In somo respects tho circumstances were
similar to these atttendlng the demise of
Mr. Hcr.ry deorge, who was llkewlsu
stricken after forced efforts on the plat
form. Why the accident In question should occur
at a time when all the bodily functions are
seemingly at rest Is at first thought tome
what difficult to explain. Vi'hen, however,
the arteries of the brain become brittle by
age the slightest change of blood pressure
Is often enough to precipitate 'n rupture of
three vessels and cause the escape ot a
clot either upon tho surface or Into the
substance ot the brain.
High mental tension, being always asso
ciated with congestion, Is In Itself an
active piedlsposlng cause of apoplexy. This
condition Is apt to continue during n moro
or lesi troubled sleep, and with an over
tired norvous system there Is less re
sistance to overstretching of the cerebral
artcrle than during tho waking hours.
Nature, Instead of rebounding, simply suc
cumbs. The fullness of the vessels lu
crraset until the final break occurs.
Generally the effusion of blood Is suffi
ciently largo to bo followed by Instan
taneous death, causing ono sleep to pass
quietly Into the other. As evidence of this
peaceful ending It Is often noticed that the
patients are found as If In natural slumber,
comfortably lying on tho ldc, with bed
clothes undisturbed and with countenances
perfectly calm.
In ven lie Hell mi lie nt,
St Louis Republic.
Senator Tandy has Introduced lu the stato
reflate a bill designed to separate youthful
offenders against tho law from hardened
criminals -and thus avoid that culturo of
crime which necessarily results from such
contact.
It also provides machinery whereby
children guilty of minor offenses where
there Is no criminal Intent shall, liiBtead ot
being arrested, be summoned beforo the
court of criminal correction that their cases
may be examined Into.
Probation officers are appointed whose
duty it Is to look Into tho child's environ
ments and If advisable remove the dclln
quint from evil surroundings. In caso ot a
second offense tho child Is then brought up
before tho court and n punishment suitable
to tho circumstances of tho caso Inflicted.
It seems that n law of this kind properly
safeguarded would work for tho public good.
It would prevent many children from drift
ing hopelessly Into tho criminal classes.
Hobnail's 1'roinotlon.
Iinlttmnro Sun.
Naval Constructor Richmond I. Hobson
receives ns tho reward for his gallant con
duct nt Santiago advancement from place
No. IK to No. 5 on tho list ot nnval con
structors. This gives him the relative tank
of captnln Instead ot that ot lieutenant.
At an extremely early stage In his career
Mr. Hobson has only four men between him
nnd tho chief constructor, who has tho rela
tive rank of admiral. All will admit that
tho hero of tho Mcrrlmao richly deserve.?
the reward ho thus receives, but all must
regret that tho law provides no method of
reward except by what Is In effect tho pun
ishment of Innocent men. By advancing
Mr. Hobson to tho fifth placo ho Is put
ahead of men who hnvo been as much as
eight years longer In tho service. Tho men
ho Jumps over nro all, by his advancement,
reduced In rank. That Is tho effect of tho
transaction, for each ono of them la one
placo lower and that much further from
promotion to tho higher rank. Thus thoy
nro punished by a practical reduction In
standing through no fault of their own.
Tho lnw should provldo some means for the
reward of merit which docs not Involve an
act of Injustice.
KKXV AUTIM.HHY COUPS.
Important Change llnic llren Inxtl
luteil In Tliln Ilrnneli of Service.
Globe Democrat.
In tho bill Just passed enlarging and
reorganizing tho army Important changes
nro made In the artillery branch. Tho old
regimental organization Is discontinued.
Hereafter thero will be an artillery corps
comprising two branches tho coast ar
tillery, charged with tho caro and uso of
land nnd coast fortifications, submarlno
mines nnd torpedo defenses, nnd tho field
nrtlllery, accompanying nrmlcs In tho field
nud divided Into horse, siege nnd mountain
nrtlllery nnd machine gun batteries. Thero
will bo a chief of tho artillery corps to bo
designated bylotho president, fourteen
colonels nnd 195 captains. Tho armament
authorized' Is flirty batteries of field artil
lery and 126 batteries of coast artillery. Tho
maximum number of enlisted men in the
corps Is to bo 18,920. One-fifth of tho In
crease Is to bo made before July 1 noxt and
one-fifth nnnunlly thereafter.
Kvory ono who keeps abreast of what
goes on In tho wnr departments of tho
world is aware that Important changes are
frequent In tho nrtlllery arm. Tho cannon
of twenty years ago would bo of llttlo
more servico now than popguns against n
thoroughly modern nrmy. Men who havo
passed through the South African war
speak especially of tho effectiveness of tho
pompon, a field gun bo new that Its name
la not In the dictionary. Slego artillery Is
of greater range nnd field artillery is under
going reconstruction. Artillerists nro men
of Bclenco and tho gunners In tho ranks
must pass through a special training. Tho
coast nrtlllery la purely defensive and an
Increase In its numbers should havo been
provided for long ago. A total nrtlllery
corps of 20,000 men Is a moderate total
for a country Hko the United States, with
so many harbors and coast cities to pro
tect. It la Imperative bIbo that our field
nrtlllery should be kept thoroughly mod
ernized. coiixfcjiinn TIIK OFFICIOS.
Southern Stilton Have l.nrsc Propor
tion of Chronic Ofllt'rhotdcr.
Philadelphia Ledger.
A Washington dispatch coutnlus some de
talla concerning tho number of employes In
the government servico nt Washington,
their compensation nnd tho states from
which they wero appointed that aro llkoly
to be of general Interest. It has always
been realized that an army of officeholders
mado "Washington their residence, but their
exact uumber has been a matter of estimate.
11 seoms that the pay rolls of tho govern
ment show that thero are 19,446 resident
officeholders. They nro employed In the
different departments and bureaus nnd do
not Include tho employes about congress.
Those 19,446 employes aro paid 510.028,005.72
annually. Tho distribution of these federal
officeholders among the different states and
territories Is given as follows:
Aggregate
Number. Annual l'ny.
District of Columbia... B.8I4 ''?-,?
Vnrltr 1.731 2.0u6.00S.34
Maryland U 1.190,842.0.!
Pennsvlvanla 1.23:. 1,428,613.01
Virginia " 1.232 1,031.097.99
Ohio 37 974.876.01
Illinois 70S b96.D9.8S
Massachusetts 467
Indiana 459 -f5H?
Michigan 331 431,669.21
Now Jersey. m 410.176.65
Iowa 324 392,952.33
Missouri 322 4U9. 790.54
North Carolina 306' 301,868.91
TniiiipBsee 277 319.837.54
West. Virginia 27 J93.SS6.O0
Georgia. 261 297.0:52.05
Kentucky 237 26S.S45.9U
KnilBUH 232 290,605.81
Wisconsin 224 288,680.37
Connecticut 19.1 243.887.6J
Minnesota 195 241,424.06
Texas 193 214.219.U0
South Carolina 181 176,839.85
Alabama 167 170,608.64
Maine 10J 230,160.35
California 161 192,710.75
Nebraska 140 1 66,018,67
Mississippi 133 152,691.86
Vermont 126 119,615.04
New Hampshire 121 167,007.12
Louisiana Ill 127.165.85
Arkansas 85 99,127.63
Colorado "4 96,701.52
Delawaro 67 68,772.16
Florida 61 67,258.58
Rhode Island 54 65,163.03
South Dakota 44 4 8,631.53
Oregon , S6 44,248.13
North Dakota 25 26,065.76
Wyoming 25 34,483,12
WashtngtOl 24 17,720.79
Montana , 23 23,268.00
New Mexico ,., ,. 23 30,586.88
Alaska 18 14,708.00
Idaho , 17 19,750.96
Utah 14 16,49X0)
Nevada , 14 13,787.92
Oklahoma 13 13,927.00
Indian Territory 8 ' 7,03.23
Arizona i 6 8,887.65
There is an ofQceholdlng class among the
residents ot the District of Columbia who
have secured more than one-quarter nt
appointments.
till I Kit 1..VMIS THAN tILHS
Kx-Klug Milan of Scrvln became the
reigning prince of that country, then n
tributary state of the sultan of Turkey, la
1868, when he was n mere lad, It was his
misfortune, perhaps, to bo elevated to u
position, the responsibilities of which he
did uot fully understand, nt a time 'ben his
chnracter was yet unformed. The moral
atmosphere of Iirlgradu wns little calculated
to encourage the development of manly
virtues In tho young prince, who had al
ready Imbibed nt tho Lycec Louis tc Grand
nt Paris (where ho received his educa
tion), tho frivolous spirit rampant In the
French capital under the second empire,
Milan mado war twice against Turkey nnd
once against Roumanla, his armies having
been each time disastrously defeated and
the king having been consplcous on each
occasion for his cowardice Ho proclaimed
himself king In 1876 at tho Instigation of
his Russian chief ot staff, and was re
warded for the unimportant aid rendorrd
by him to Russia In tho Avar for the libera
tion of Ilulgaria by Independence from tho
porte. He married unhappily and his
queen centred a divorce. Owing to tho
scandals which attended his married life
he was forced to abdlcato and wns banished
from Servla, but ho was permitted to re
turn by tho Imlulgcnco of his son, King
Alexander, much to the regret of the
peoplo whom ho had misruled. Ry dying
ho conferred his first real benefit on his
country nnd ho will bo borne to his tomb
unlamcutcd and unsung.
Tho affairs of Crete aro again approach
ing a crisis. Prince George, apparently,
has effected llttlo by his recent visits to the
various European courts. Ho declares that
ho will not consent to fill the post of high
commissioner under present conditions
longer than next November, and the powers
cannot bo brought to ngrco upon tho union
of tho Island with Greece. Neither will
they npprovo of his proposition to substi
tute Greek troops for tho International
forco now In occupation, with tho agree
mcnt that they should bo wholly tinder
the direction of the high commissioner.
Tho sultan, It Is said, la disposed to favor
the creation of a principality similar to
Uulgarln, but tho Idea Is highly unpopular
In Athens. In reality tho establishment ot
n principality would, It Is thought, bj a
step towards eventual union nnd would so
bo understood by tho Cretans, but tho
Greeks aro too Impatient to favor a slow
process of this Rort. In principle, union Is
desired by tho Cretans, but thoy ure equally
anxious to prcscrvo their local autonomy
ond to retain tho prince at tho head of
affairs, and comparatively few of thoot
wish for n complete absorption Into the
Greek kingdom. Tho Cretan assembly
meets In April and It Is expected that tho
opposition pnrty, which la strong numeri
cally, will make tho question of union a
prominent subject of discussion.
Kgypt depends on irrigation for tho suc
cess of her crops ot grain. Up to tho
present time tho Irrigation has been by na
ture. Kach year when tho Nile has risen
with tho floods tho waters, which nro rich
with fertilizing properties, havo been
spread over tho fields on cither bank ot
tho river, nnd wheat, com and cotton,
which the country Is famous for, have ro
colved their proper moisture. Hut these
floods hnvo been Irregular, Some years tho
NHo would yield plenty of water, and then-
tho harvests would bo good, whllo nt an
other tlmo tho floods would be sennty nnd
partial famine would ensue. Now comes
news of tho completion of the dam at
Assouan, which will control tho floods of
tho river and cnablo scientific Irrigation to
bo conducted, Insuring tho country ngnlnst
tho danger of lack ot water at all season1;.
Tho dam Is splendidly located and will hold
back tho water In n natural lake 114 miles
In length. Its Immediate) effect will bo
to bring under cultivation over 600,000
acres of land that havo hitherto been un
available. This hugo volume of water will
bo liberated nt proper Intervals for tho
benefit ot the land bolow (ho dam, and thus
tho cropa will bo assured of nourishment
when most needed. Rrlefly, tho Nile will
bo under control, nnd tho grower will no
longer bo dependent on nnturo for his har
vest. More than 5,000,000 acres will come
under constant cultivation.
To a Frenchman tho chnnges of tho cen
tury are especially startling. France, with
contracted limits, has but 38,000,000 of peo
ple. Kvcn within tlieso limits tho popula
tion of 1801 was 26,000,000, so that tho In
crease, at best, has been but 12,000,000.
Instead ot numbering tho fifth part of Eu
rope, tho French nre now but n tenth;
England has 41,000,000 people, the now Ger
man empire hns 56,000,000. Austria has
45,000,000, Russia porhaps 135,000,000, even
Italy has 32,000,000 and Is Increasing whtln
Franco Is stationary. It la unnecessary to
refer to tho changes .that havo taken placo
In tho Americas, A hundred years ago
"actlvo humanity" numbered less than 200,
000,000, of whom tho French were ono-
slxth, nnd In every way powerful and pro-
eminent. Now tho progressive peoples num
ber 800,000,000, and It Is not only In num
bers that tho French nre surpassed.
Ono of tho most significant consequences
ot Queen Victoria's death has been tho re
markable demonstration ot personal grief
by tho natives of India. Whllo she was yat
alive all classes of natives wero eager to get
the latest information concerning her con
dition, and prayers for her recovery were
offered not only In tho largo cities whore
such supplications might be regarded as
moro or less conventional, but In mosques
and temples in remoto country districts,
Evldcnco to this effect Is coming In from all
sides. Mohammedans, Hindus and other
socts displayed as much zeal In this respect
ns tho official Christian congregatlona. This
feeling was moro noticeable In the largo
centers of Mohammedan population, because
great n'.asses of the peoplo had assembled
to take part In tho ceremonies on the festi
val of Id, and In every case, apparently, the
Mullahs recited prayers for the queen In the
presence of thousands of worshipers. The
orthodox Hindu leaders directed special
worship to he hold In the most sacred
temples nnd shrines, and further exhibited
their sympathy by tho distribution of Iargu
quantities of food to the poor In accordance
with their own mourning precepts.
Tho latest reports convoy a lively lm
pretslon ot the political condition of the
European provinces of Turkey. The mem
bers of the Macedonian committee seem to
be In evidence everywhere. Six or sevon of
them met recently at Novoeselo, a suburb
ot Istlb, and proposed calling n .meeting of
tho nulgarlan Inhabitants, Tho Kalmakam
determined to entrap them. An officer and
some gendarmes were sent to tho houso
where they were known to bo hiding, osten
sibly In order to look for smuggled tobacco.
Rarely wero the gendarmes within the door
when they were met with a volley, which
killed the officer and two men and wounded
some of the others, who beat a precipitate
retreat. Reinforcements soon arrived and
desultory firing waa exchanged between tho
troops nnd the agitators, who succeeded In
wounding several of their opponents, The
Turks ultimately set tiro to the building,
but the conspirators escaped through a
back door, and the troops only found the
burned bodies of their own companions.
At Gabrovo, Macedonian emissaries de
manded 50 pounds Turkish from the Bul
garian pope ot the village, and, when he
refused, burned his house and killed his
family. In many ot the southern parts ot
Macedonia a reign of terror prevails.' In
the district of Vodena It Is said that no
less than 700 persons have been killed
within the last twelve months. The
Turkish military authorities are under
stood to have, taken all necessary precau
tions against an uprising.
iibath pi:ai,tv run kio.vapi.x!. j
Mlivonrl anil llllnot l)lrnlnu tlie
Unite tmeiit of Xeiv l,aiT.
Chicago Times-Herald. !
The senate ot the Missouri legislature hns'
given partial effect to the agitation of the
last year by passing a bill which penults i
tho death penalty for kidnaping and fixes '
the minimum penalty at ten years' lm-1
prlsontnent. Generally fpeaking, It Is not i
wise to multiply the cases for capital i
punishment. The history of criminal law
shows that where It Is meted out In
discriminately for great nnd small offenc '
tho irmedy defeats Its own purpore. l)ut
If 'kidnaping Is given u bad eminence by '
the side of murder It will soon become n
rrlmo shunned by criminals, and It Is
certain that It drscrv'es as sevcro a treat
ment ns murder Itself,
Tho bill is directed specifically ngalnst
thoso operations In which ransom Is de
manded, which raako a money speculation
out of the agony of parents or other
relatives, In such Instances the limit of
human cruelty and Insensibility Is reached
and It mny bo doubted If the majority of
homicides cause anything like the same
degree of human suffering. Assuredly the
death of a child like Charley Ross would
hove been less fearful to the parents than
tho long years of harassing uncertainty as
to his fate. While thnt uncertainty lasts
death Is Imagined In many different forms
and If tho hope of llfo is cherished It Is
clouded by visions of criminal surround
ings and n criminal career.
Tho difficulty Is not in finding stilllclent
reasons for the bill, but In procuring uni
form laws on the subject, It yet remains
to bo seen whether tho Missouri measure
will become a statuto nnd whether the
agitation, will bo cnrrled forward ns It
should bo In other states. Unfortunately
capital punishment is barred In somo of
them which have carried the reaction
against the death penalty to a foolish ex
treme, nnd legislators nre too apt to be
moved by Inspirations whlrh nre as fleet
ing as the, particular public sensations
which cause them. What Delaware has
dono nnd what Missouri proposes to do
cannot be accomplished throughout the
union unless earnest, energetic nnd per
sistent men who nro full of the faith
themselves keep up the fight with un
abated real. Illinois, which has a special
reason for finomberlng one of tho re
cent kidnaping cases, should surely take
the lead In tho good work.
POIVTKIt PnilNO.NAI.S.
Governor Yates of Illinois nnd his thirty
two colonels will appear at tho presidential
Inauguration In suits costing $27.1 each.
Dr. E. Renjamln Andrews soys flvo min
utes Is a long enough time to devote to tho
perusal of any newspaper. Tho editor of
tho Commoner need not become excited over
thla. He Is not publishing n newspaper.
Tho present heir to Queen WUhclmlna's
crown Is n German, tho rich nnd young
grand duko of Saxo-Wclmar, considered
tho best royal match In tho world. His
grandmother, tho lato Grand Duchess
Sophia, wns tho aunt of tho present queen
of Holland.
Tho Colorado Springs (Colo.) Oazctto
pleads that when the tlmo for Captain J.
U. Coghlan'a retirement comes tho Navy
department ought to continuo him on tho
rolls ns lecturer on nnval subjects to the
American people. It says ho talks too well
to bo shelved.
When Bant Bernhardt wna nbnut to
leavo Paris for America her friends nnd ad
mirers gathered around her and naked:
Why do you go?" Tho answer appears to
como from far-away San Francisco, where
the ndvnnco salo of seats for "L'Alglon"
amounted to $21,000.
Congressman "Joe" Cannon called nt tho
adjutant general's ofMco tho other morning
and found a crowd ot senators watting to
seo Secretary Root about' army commissions
for their constituents. "Uncle Joe" looked
about him for n minute, nnd said: "The
senate will please como to order."
Ida Hustcd Harper makes this pungent
remark: "When thoso thfrty-thrco men In
Indiana wore convicted of selling their votes
the Judga took nway their suffrage for from
ten to twenty years, but ho hud not tho
heart to degrade them to tho political level
of n woman by disfranchisement for life."
United States Senator John W. Daniel of
Virginia la looked upon ns certain to bo
elected n member of tho stnto constitu
tional convention. "Whllo It may be true
that the convention mny bo a political
graveyard," ho lately wroto to a member
of tho Vlrlglua legislature, "a man enn
never dio but once, and I can do no better
than dio doing my duty."
Frcdorlck Holbrook of Brattloboro, tho
war governor of Vermont, will bo 88 years
old on February 15. "I am happy and
contented," he Bnys. "I try to make myself
useful; walk several miles every pleasant
day; attend to my correspondence, and
do my own writing. 1 read aloud several
houra dally, largely from the poets and
works ot Imagination. This tends to pre
vent Introspection when ono la old. I try
to bo a young old man,"
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Kegular price of these shirts has been
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tho room they take up for the summer
stock that will arrive before long. This
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Omnha'a Oaly Exclusive Clothier for Mob and Bjr,
with thi: 1'i.w .m.ki:hs.
'hlcnno Trlbuin: Nutlvo lle you
ridden lu our tre.n cam yet?
ForelRi.er-tff vernl tlm .
Nntlw-llow do cur street car manners
liiitrr jou?
Foreigner I have not seen uny.
Washington Star; "The tolrgruph In a
wonderful clvlliztr," snlil tho tourlot
"V," answered Rronco Bor. "We cer
tainly appreciate It When Crimson Oulcli
was ilr.it nettled the ween wns m icrubby
that we couldn't ivnch u man without
lettln' his toes totirii lu a moot unnrtlstln
manner until th telegraph company put
up u lot o" poles."
Glasgow Times: Two Inmntn.i of n Scotch
asylum, working In tho garden, decided
upon an nttcnint at escupe. Watching their
opportunity when their keeper was absent,
they nppronehed the wall.
"Noo, bend tloon, Handy," said tho one.
"a ml I'll cllm up your chouldor to tho top,
una tneii i ii gie n unmi up tae.
Sandv accordingly bom down. Tntu,
mounting III bark, gained tho top of tin
wall, nnd. dropping over tho other side,
shouted, no ho prepared to mnko off,
"I'm thinking, Sandy, you'll bo better ta
bldo .inlther fortnight, for you'ro no near
rlcht yet."
Indianapolis Press: He 1 think 1 tdiatt
write a book on "Society ns I Have Found
It."
She llow I that? "Not nt home? '
Brooklyn Life: She tf over 1 ni.urv it
will be to some xtruggllng young fellow,
whom 1 call help to mnko n fortune.
Her I'rlcr.d lllvo ino some struggling
millionaire whom I enn help to spend one
Washington Star: "Rrmrmbvr," snld the
ominous citizen, "how- Home declined nnd
fell."
"Of course." said Senator Sorghum.
"That's where Rome'H mistake wns made.
In politics never decllno nliytlilng. Always
uerept."
Baltimore American: Murphy t'hwv
were yejs whlppln" ycr Molko so har-rud
th' ntnrnln'?
Ilnnulimn Ah. th' young follow vez t in",
sez h. "Poppy," sez he, "git yor pleter
tuk, nn' I'll sIikI wan o' thlm to tn' taycher
f'r n vallytlne."
Tlmrs-llernld: "Dors that vounir man
noxt door to you piny his trombouo by ear
or by note?"
"Neither. By bruto force."
I'liHt-Moi trin Ciiiisolnt Inn.
ChliMHo Record.
Our faults nro like to die with death.
That wn will feel aspersion's breath
There's not n denl of danger.
Tho mufi who will our virtue boom
By wrltlm; kind thlngr for our tomb
Is, us a rule, u stranger.
COHOXATION.
At the king h gnto tho subtle noon
1 ovo lllmy yellow nets of sun;
Into tho drowsy suaro too soon
Tho Kimrda fell ono by one.
Through tho king's g'lto. unquestioned then,
A begitr went, null laughed, "This brings
Mo chance at last, to sen If men
Faro tetter, being kings."
Tho klni: sat bowed beneath hip crown,
Propping; his fneo with listless hand.
Watching tho hour-glass sifting down
Too alow Its shining sand.
"Poor man, what wouldst thou have of
incj?"
Tho I'rcgnr turnod. nnd, pitying,
Replied like one In dicnm. "Of thee,
Nothleg. I want tho king "
I'll rose tho king, and from his hc.id
Shook off the crown nnd throw It by.
"O man, thou must huvo known," ho said,
"A greater king thun I."
Through all tho gates, unquestioned then,
Went king ami beggar, bund In hand.
Whispered tho king, "Shall I know when
Beforo Ills throne I stand?"
Tho beggar laughed. Free winds lu hnsto
Wero wlplnjr from tho king's hot brow
The crimson lines tho crown had traced,
"This Is His presence now."
At 'tho king's gate, the crafty noon
I'nwovo its yollow nets ot sun:
Out of their sleep In terror soon
Tho guards waked ono by one.
"Ho hero! Ho there! Has no man fen
Tho king?" The cry rnu to and fro:
BeRh-ar and king, they laughed, 1 ween,
Tho Inugh that freo men know.
On the king's gnto-tho moss.Rrew gray:
The king came not. They called him dead;
Ami undo his eldest son ono day
Slavo in his father's stend,
-Welen Flsko Jackson ("II. II.")
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