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STATEMENT OF CIltCULATION.
Blato of Nebraska, Douglus County, ss.:
.."."orso B. Tzechuck, secretary of The Bee
I '"bHsijUih company, betne duly sworn.
as that tho actual number of full and
'pmploto cni.lcs of Tho Dally, Morning.
von tig and Sunday Beo printed during the
month of January, 1001, was as follows:
l.... un.noo n ati.Bio
s (I,N20 18. ail.iltM)
3 uu,:t:to is ati.ouo
4 l!ll,210 0 SMI.7SO
6., 2(1,11(1 21 20,050
C 2,8.-.0 i2 20,410
"., 20,410 23 20.H20
...., 20,:iHO 24 20,180
9 20,210 25 20,410
10 20,140 26 20,120
11 20,240 27 20,81(1
12 20,120 28 20,180
13 20,700 29 42,770
14 20,6.10 80 28,840
IS 20,1110 31 20,100
18.... 20,.120 .
Total , 840,088
Less unsold and returned copies..,. 10,017
Not total tales .8110,008
Net dally average 20,770
OEO. B. TZ8CHUCIC.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
beforo mo this 3lat day of Jnnuary, A. D.
W01. M. B. HUNQATE.
(Heal.) Notary Public.
Tho popocmtlc oran asserts tliero Is a
"hen on" at Lincoln. It may bo true,
tint It la reasonably certain that It will
not hatch out popocratlc chickens.
Omaha camo within ono of winning at
Knit Lake, and must make sure of tho
point at Denver. Tho Commercial club
nhoiild get after that cattle men's asso
ciation vigorously.
Any doubts as to whether Omaha's
business Is growing may be settled by
n glance at tho dally reports of tho bank
clearings. These show an lncreaso that
Is most encouraging.
Tho limit for Introducing bills In tho
legislature has expired and tho membors
can now sec tho amount of work ahead.
Tho time has come to get down to work
n ml llulsh up tho task.
Tho graduating class,, at West Point
Is through with hazing at the ncadomy,
but will probably bo given nn oppor
tunity to "exercise."' soino Filipinos bo
foro the year Is ended.
Nebraskans generally will congrat
ulate Judge Neville on his recovery of
health suftleient to enablo him to leavo
tho rigorous Washington climate for' the
-fcofter weather of the south.
Samoa Is now to bo tho Golcondu and
El Dorado combined. Prospectors who
Join tbo mad rush to tho South Sea
Island will have n great advantago In
cllmnto over those who went to Alaska.
City Treasurer Ilennlngs' moving van
Is likely to become as famous as Mrs.
Nation's hatchet. Kasterh cities which
have millions of uncollected taxes on
their books aru watching tho experiment
.which Is likely to bring about a revo
lution In tho tax-collecting Industry.
Tho omnibus public building bill In
congress was born too late to secure
recognition this season, If It ever had
a chance. It struck congress simul
taneously with a streak of ccouomy and
building projects will be compelled to
.wait another year at least.
It. Is supposed that J. Plerpont Morgan
will muko In the neighborhood of $2,000,
000 "by engineering tho deal for the big
Bteel combine. Tho promoters will un
doubtedly do well, but ono thing Is cer
tain, either thu public or tho stock
holders or tho new concern will suffer In
the cud.
Tho latest nuws from China is to tho
effect that thu princes tinder sentence
for complicity In tho outrages are in
hiding. If they could manago to get In
communication with Pat Crowe ho
might give them n few pointers on the
most approved methods of keeping out
of sight.
A comparison .of tho market quota
tions of tho stock of the present steel
companies and tho terms on which
'they ro to bo exchanged for those of
tho new combine would seem to Indi
cate that nil tho water in the Great
Lakes had been Injected Into tho com
bine by the promoters.
Loudon papers express regret at tho
recall of Mlulster Conger from China.
Tho Londou papers aro wastinir tholi-
sympathy. Mr. Gonger has not been
recalled, but Is reported to coutemplato
returning homo to become a candidate
for an electlvo ofllco moro to his liking,
but oven this Is not definitely settled.
That now steel manufacturing com
pany showed a marked degreo of con
ideration ' for the octopus editors. It
is Incorporated with a" capital of ifJi.oOO
ami tho right to luuroaso It. This ar
rangement will nllow tlnj popocratlc
writer- plenty of leoway, and they
ought to line! but little dllllcnlty In ex
pnuillng tho sum to several blltlous.
Otoe county will have to pay the
bonds held by a creditor who felt sure
cuough of his position to take tbo matter
to tho supremo court of the United
Stntes. Tlls cxpcrleucu Is ono from
willed nil Nebraska counties can draw a
lesson to tho eifect that tho utmost pru
deuce and euro should ho observed In
tho Issuance of bonls for tiuy purpose
apvijVixg TitErnoxa remedy.
An epidemic of lawlessness as a pro
test against other lawless acts appears
to be sweeping oyer tle country.
Scarcely a day passes without the chron
icling of the public taking thu law Into
Its own hands and blotting out human
life or wrecking property. Lynchlngs,
burning at thu stake, the hatchet cru
sade which started In, Kansas anil has
found Its counterpart In other sections,
are all evidences of this disposition to
disregard the law as the medium for
protecting society. .Such outbreaks are
deplorable when they occur only at long
Intervals, but frequency of resorts to
violent methods nro working nn irre
parable Injury to public morals und tho
public conscience. It Is a step backward
irom civilization toward barbarism. If
humanity's evil passions aro to bo re
strained only by letting loose tho evil
passions of those who nro lujured by the
llrst transgression there Is no need for
government, which Is only organized
society. If the tendency Is to grow the
world might as well relapse Into the
old feudal conditions, when a man's
strong arm was the only defender of
his right to life and property.
There Is a remedy for the condition
which confronts the country nt present.
It Is the more effective enforcement of
the law. Let It be known thnt ho who
violates tho law, tramples cither on
civil rights or the more sacred ones of
human life nud honor, will assuredly be
punished and that tho punishment will
bo ample and as prompt as possible1 con
sistent with justice. Punishment should
not only bo meted out to the criminal
classes, but also to those who take upon
themselves the enforcement of punish
ment without law. 'Let the hand of tho
law fall on the man whose criminal in
stincts or unbridled passions lead him
Into tho commission of crime, and the
leader of avenging' mobs. Let there be
no distinction between criminals on ac
count of tho moving cause of the crime,
of the guilty one'd standing in the com
munity, his wealth or his poverty, his
color or placo of birth.
It Is thu law's delay and miscarriages
of Justice which breed the sentiment
of mob law. Nebraska has of late fur
nished nn example of the correct method
of both preventing mob violence ami de
terring the commission of crimes. Within
the mouth three men have been tried
and convicted of taking tho life of a
fellow and three more are assured of a
speedy trial and ns speedy punishment
If proven guilty. The crimes for which
they havo been or aro nbout to bo tried
arc all of recent commission. There has
been no unnecessary delay, the prisoners
huvc hud all their legal rights protected,
but they havo been proven guilty und
sentenced to pay the penalty. Nebraska
litis not been compelled to blush or npol
oglzo for an outbreak of mob violence
and will not be so long as the public
hns the nssuruncc that justice will be
administered In that muuuer.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH.
Tho Industrial development, of the
south during tho last fewi;yenrs has been
most remarkable and no stronger evi
dence could be adduced In Justification
of the American policy for building up
domestic Industries.
During 1000 tho number of spindles
Increased In tho United States by about
1,500,000. Of this iucrense only 107,000
now spindles nro credited to all tho
states outside the south. The growth
of the cotton manufacturing business
In tills country last year was practically
all due to the progress made by the
southern states. There will probably
not bo such nn increase tills year, nor
will tho increase as it does appear show
such proportionate gain by the south
over the 'north. There will not bo ns
many now spindles In the south this
year, and several largo mills aro being
built In Now England whoso spindles
will tlguro In tho growth of the industry
In the north In 1001. But If cotton con
tinues to hold its present price there is
no telling where tho stimulus to tho In
dustrial south will end. At tho present
tlgures cotton is profitable in all Its
phnses of growth, sale nnd manufac
ture. A drop iu prices Is to be expected,
but It Is' not believed It will over go ns
low as it was three or four years ago,
when 4W, or 5 cents wus nil tho farmer
could get. It seems to bo tho gen
eral opinion that cotton prices will In
Umo Und their way down to u basis of
about 7 cents nud thero will stay, sub
ject to tho usual slight fluctuations. Tho
cotton crop of Uie current yenr will
bring to tho planters of the south over
$500,000,000, and still not onu-thinl of
the available cotton land Is under culti
vation. In view of these facts it Is not surpris
ing that the cotton Interest of the Bouth
is practically unanimous in favor. of the
United States holding on to the torrltory
acquired in tho far east.
THE VANISH ISLANDS.
A Copcuhngen dispatch says that a
satisfactory understanding has been
reached by tbo conferees of tho ministry
nud tho llnnnclal committee of tho Par
liament regarding the sale of the Danish
West Indies. It Is stated that the re
sult will shortly bo communicated to thu
Washington government and it Is ex
pected that It will provo acceptable The
dispatch says tliut the Danish proposal
will include some new suggestions, but
nothing calculated to defeat tbo' conclu
sion of the convention.
While this shows that tho Danish gov
ernment Is willing to dlsposo of Its
Islands iu tho Wes$ Indies, It Is not
necessarily to bo assumed that the
United Stntes will buy them, although
thero has. been no negotiation with any
other country for their purchase It
is well understood that if tlio Islands
nro sold by Denmark thero will be no
purchaser but tho United-States, for tho
very simple reason that this country
would not permit auy other nation to
get possession of tho islands, Iu obc-
dleuco to the Monroo doctrine this couu
try would not nllow ,tho transfer of St.
Thonius, St. Croix and St. John to any
other power, while at tho same timo
this government lias refused to raise its
bid for tlio islands to tho tigure which
Denmark has regarded ns u fair equlv
nlent for tho Islands and which uu
doubtcdly that government could, havo
obtained had there been competition for
tlib Islands.
The history of the negotiations Is In
teresting. They Jinvc lteen Intermittently
In progress for a number of years. At
tlio outset Denmark wanted a very much
larger sum fur the Islands than she is
now willing to take und at that time
the United States was willing to pay for
thu Islands a great deal more than they
can now be purchased for. When the
matter was llrst discussed between the
two governments Denmark wanted
about 10,000,000 for the islands. Sub
sequently tile amount was reduced to
$7,000,000 and now, according to the
latest advices, the Islands can bu hud
for a little more than one-fourth of the
amount originally proposed.
It Is of course a question whether
this country really needs the Danish
West Indies. It Is purely a military
proposition. In tlio opinion of those who
urge their purchase they tire important
and necessary as a naval base. .It Is
urged that If they should fall Into the
hands of a foreign power other than
Denmark it would be a menace to the
United States. On tiic other baud It Is
asserted that not only Is the possession
of these Islnuds unnecessary to the se
curity of tho United States, but there
Is absolutely no danger of their transfer
ence from Denmark to any other Euro
pean power that if that country does
not sell them to the United States It
will retain possession of them, because
this country will not permit their trans
fer to tiny other power.
Tho question is not one of command
ing Importance, since It Involves only a
relatively small sum of money, yet It Is
not without interest, particularly In view
of the fact that regarded us a matter of
investment the islands would probably
provo to bo anything but remunerative.
CATTLE MEN TO OHOANIZE.
Men who aro Interested In the range
cattlo Industry of the west are Just now
preptirlng for tho convention which
meets at Denver next week, the object
of which is to form nn association to be
composed exclusively of cattlo men. The
necessity for this action hns gradually
been forced upon them, until it has
lluully come to be considered almost ab
solutely necessary to the preservation of
their Interests.
It Is not only the competition for the
range urged upon tho cnttlo man by
tho sheep owner that has compelled the
proposed notion. All the various ramifi
cations of tho cattle business converge
now ut a point which ludlcntcs the ne
cessity for close association und con
certed action. Mnny local and state as
sociations exist, scattered nil over the
west, but there Is no central body which
can provide for tho common interests of
all. It Is to remedy this condition that
thu uew association Is planned.
While much has been said of the con
flict between the sheep men and the
cattlo men, there arc other things to bo
settled of equal importance to nil. Iu
the very outset, tho encroachment of
agriculture on the. freo ran go goesi on.
year after year,- until tho ouco limit-'
less pastures on which tho herds roamed
In freedom havo dwindled down to a
nurrow remnant. Thero Is' still much
land left which Is" unlit for agricultural
purposes, but It is not sutllcleutly
ndapted to grazing to support tho greut
herds that aro necessary to supply tho
demnnd for beef furnished by Amerlcnu
growers. Hero Is one of the llrst things
that will engage tho attention of the
new association. How to conserve the
range will not be tin easy question to
uuswer. Another point which hns re
ceived much local consideration by the
Individual associations, but on which no
general action hns been taken, is. the
matter of seeding the exhausted range,
to, thu end' that Its grasses may bo re
stored. In this work the efforts of thu
united cattlo men will havo to bo sup
plemented by tho general government,
for tho undertaking Is too largo for pri
vate enterprise Tho cattle men ure also
Interested lu the preservation of the
water supply, and must secure among
themselves uu adjustment of mutual
rights In tills regard.
Thesu nro only n few of the lending
poluts which will comu before the Den
ver gntherlug. Nebraska, as one of tlio
great stock-raising states of tho west, Is
vitally concerned iu the affairs of the
proposed association nnd should be well
represented at tho convention.
Indications nt present arc thnt con
gress will adjourn without nctlon upon
n number of trcntles pending In the
senate. Among these Is thu French
reciprocity trenty, the negotiation of
which was one of the most dlfllcult tasks
which lias -fallen to tho lot of tlio
Statu department In recent years. It Is
certainly unfortunate that the press of
business liurlug tho short session,
coupled with some opposition, should
nullify efforts of this kind to Increase
the foreign trade of tho country.
After tho latest Kansas method of
exterminating the liquor trallle hns
worked Itself out to tlio Inevitable con
clusion that liquor will bo sold so long
ns appetites remain as they are, and
tho death roll has been iigured up, pos
sibly tho people will couclude thnt
legal methods are Just as effectual and
far more to the credit of the state.
Footprints of 1'ronress.
Minneapolis Journal,
How times have changed! It 1b said now
that tho lazy Indian Is a menace. Thero
was a time back in tho early '60s when a
lazy Indian would havo been considered a
godsend.
Undent's of t la v Hulilrr.
Phlladejphla North American.
Tho Boers havo captured General Kitch
ener's baggago from under Mils nose and It,
he does not watch .out they may pick him
up some day and mako a startling chango
In the South African situation.
What's hi it Nninef
Philadelphia Ledger.
The United States Steel company Is, It
appears, to bo'the name of tho new 1,000,
000 combination. It la an Innocent looking
title, but special stress should be laid on
the "United States" part of It, as desig
nating the scope'of its operations.
Tnruliiir on the Minority.
New York Journal.
Minority stockholders In the steel and
wire trust think It Is a little queer that the
controlling interests shouldsell the trust
a fleet of lnko steamers largely owned by
thoso samo interests for much more than
tho vessels cost. Nothing quocr about It.
Having robbed tho public to tho extent
of their ability tho trusts are now robbing
their stockholders for tho benefit of those
In control. All trusts do this, so why
Bbould the little Investors squirm?
Sickness kit (lie Philippine.
Philadelphia Itecord.
Invalidism among federal troops lu the
Philippines Is a marked feature of the mil
itary situation in that quarter, ns wltnesu
thu sending home of 2,700 Invalids within
two months past. Popular knowledge of
this drawback unquestionably adds to tho
difficulties encountered by tho war offlci
in recruiting a new army for servlco on
tho transpacific Island.
jfew THIr for Combines.
New York World.
Tho new name for a combination of cor-
naratlonn l "n immimmllv nf Inlnrn.l
This la stronger limn "a gentleman's agree
ment" and lens offensive than "trust.'' IJut
a monopoly by any other natno la Just nn
malodorous. Ami rt rnmmllnltv nf Intnp.
est," used to describe n combine of coal
cumpanies, railroads or stcol mills, really
moans a conspiracy trf abolish competition.
(.'iinnliiK Clilrl Is Andy.
Philadelphia Times.
Havlne enlnvnri thn nrnflta of hla lni-cn
Concern thrmnrti n nnrlnit nt unnrnn.lnnta.l
activity, ho sells out now to tho Morgan
synuicato at boom prices, turning his shares
Into bonds nt nn ndvnncfwl rnti. tloaMna n
considerable sum In cash to bind the bar
gain no win hold over 1200,000,000 of bonds
of tllO new doneern. n mnrlimirn nn oil Ha
property and will havo nothing moro to do
ior uie rest or nis nro but sit bnck nnd
clll) COUnons nnd ninunn hltnnatf fminrifitir
libraries, while somebody clso hustles to
iuibu uio money.
IIUSI.VKSS IS lILSINKSS!.
John Hull's Itrliliifr I'nlni Visible In
Cnluin Affnlrs,
Washington 1'ost.
While a few of our statesmen nro em
ploying their wits to Interpret Interna
tional conventions In the Interest of Great
Drltaln, the consular
agents of that country havo been qulto as
uusy in yuDn, almost at oUr very threshold,
In seeking to shane the futurn Cnlmn
tions to tho United States in such n man
ner 88 to Insure to John null tho best end
of tho commercial treaties. It may bo well
to call tho attention of thfse gentlemen
to tho existing facts by way of a timely sug
gestion to savo them from posslblo future
embarrassment nud humiliation, for that
they will sooner or later bo disappointed in
their expectations of realizing upon tho
friendship which Orcat Britain is manifest
ing for us is a foregono conclusion. Sen
timent is sentiment nnd business Is busi
ness and that tho king's government 1
not a Silent Und dlnlntnrontpil ann(nn nf
tho events In Cuba Is ovldencod by tho rev-
oiation that tho ngents of tho Kngllsh gov
ernment havo been carefully looking put
for Its interests during the progress of tho
constitutional convention.
It is said by men whose wnr.ls nn i .
lied upon, who have been Oil iha RPPlln fnr
months, that England has kept a far moro
oDscrvaiu wotcp. out for her trado oppor
tunities thah IS realized tlV (Vila crnvppn.
meut or tho American people. It Is pointed
out thnt tho trado of Cuba is big enough
to ngni ror ana England has not allowed
sentiments of friendship to interforn with
her business Interests. It would bo folly to
assumo that Orcat, Britain would so far
take up nn untenable position nB to make
tho Cuban nuohlo a cold-hlnodoii
proposition, that would not bo her way
of gaining flnladvantage. Hut Bubtlo sug
gestions were nyido to some of the dclo
gates throughkthe big commercial and finan
cial nouses and other agencies that they
should not commit thMr
commercial treaties with tho United States,
"because, after all, Kurope can do a great
deal for Cuba In tho way1 of commerce."
to what extent th Is Influence, hns hn.l
any effect remains to bo seen. That such
Influonco was employed will not be doubted
ny any ono In a rntlonal stato of mind. If
It possesses -any Interest In thn ntmtrnrt nr
otherwise, It ltf, In so far as It teaches nn
insiructivo lesson, by no means new to
somo of our Anglophobo statesmen that no
reliance Is to bo nlnced imnn n irnrnmni.l
which Invades our preserves and with un-
Bcrupuious energy Becks to divert from ua
tho legltlmato fruits of" our costly policy.
It Is not expected that thla revelation
of Great Britain's duplicity will havo tho
least effect lu, quarters hero whero tho
Machiavellian finlrlt nt Inlomrninlinn -
far as England Is concerned, holds royster-
mg sway, l ar rrom It. wo nro prepared
to hear that the net Is nnn nf xnpnl.il tin.
nevolence toward us and a distinct manl-
testation oi uruain'ft good will.
ADMIRAL g-AMPSOX'M "I1HKAK."
Narrow View of the QunllMcatlons of
a .nvnl Officer.
Chlcoxo Post.
Thoro Is nn ancient provorb which runs
In this wise: "Think much, speak little,
and write less." near Admlrnl Sampson
doubtless will consider this a most wise
saw when ho Bees the general construc
tion which will be put on his letter to Sec
retary Long, touching the advancement of
warrant officers of tho navy to the. com
missioned class. Admiral Sampson has re
pute ns a man of few words and It is un
fortunato that, having disciplined his
tongue, ho should havo permitted his pen to
bo indiscreet.
In Justice to tho admiral It must bo said
that, In tho specific caso which prompted him
to.wrlto this loiter tho commissioning of
Gunner Chorion. Morgan aB an ensign ho
practically indorses tbo promotion; but
when ho plainly Intimates that tho aver
ago warrant officer hns not had tho social
advantages that aro requlslto for a com
missioned officer, and permits the Inferenco
that this lack argues against gentlemanly
bearing and Instincts, the admiral will find
fow thoughtful persons who will agree with
htm.
Outward seeming, "natural advantages,"
the polish of society do not mako the gen
tleman. Such veneer may but faintly hldo
tho boor or tho coward. The Instincts of a
gentleman are his birthright nnd where
they aro lacking Annapolis, tho wardroom,
social functions and an. officer's uniform
combined cannot Instill them. Who will
bo bold enough to say today that Lincoln
was not In the highest sense n gcntloman?
Yet he whs without thoso "social advan
tages" which Admiral Sampson seems to
consider so essential, Lincoln is ncceptcd
nB the type ofi tho true American, and from
tho humble station In which ho bogan Ufa
many rocrults onter tho ranks of our army
and navy,
Ono gentleman will always discover an
other, no matter what tho "manner of 1Mb
speech, deportment or apparel, and ho
can Just as, quickly seo where gentleman
llness Is llttlo moro than a theatrical make
up., tn our army and navy merit should be
tho first consideration, and where this Is
combined with, sterling manhood, constant
consideration for others, good morals and
clean speech, thero lies the material tor
tho most efficient officer and tbo truest gon
tleman. Wo need never doubt that such will
reflect credit 'on tlio navy or the country
which tbo navy represents.
fortunately, Secretary Long takes this
view of the matter. Gunner Morgan Is to
bo promoted and other deserving warrant
officers will share his fortune. Admiral
Dewey also approves of such promotion,
and it need scarcely bo added that the
American people heartily Indorse both these
officers. Admiral Sampson was unfortunate
In allowing too narrow a view o'f what
constitute n gentleman to color his con
ception of the requisites 'tor n officer.
TIPS I'Olt MJItllASKA l.AM'MAKIJUS.
Kansas City Star: The attention of Ne
braska and Delaware Is called to Oregon,
which has Just broken tho senatorial dend
ldck. Baltimore American: The Nebraska leg
islature has before it a bill to prohibit
newspaper cartoons. Tho bill Is not likely
to suppress cartoons, but It does show how
they hurt.
Buffalo Express; Possibly tho wisest
course which tho Nebraska republicans
could follow to get out of the muddlu they
aro In over tho election of two United
States senators Is to consult with certain
members of tho republican national com
mittee, as suggested by Henry C. Payne.
It Is certain that the prospect of the dead
lock being broken as matters are going
Is anything but bright.
Brooklyn Eagle: Tho chaplain of the Ne
braska legislature recently returned thanks,
In a ptnyer, that "tho members of this
legislature can come and go between their
homes nnd tho legislative- hallB with such
case and such little expense to themselves."
This has made members Indignant, because
of tho Implication that railroad passes are
used, What they should do Ib to pass a
law obliging chaplains to confluo them
selves to generalities. ThU would bo no
farther out of the way than some legislation
passed by western legislatures.
Ollll 11UTY IN CHINA.
Bnltlmoro American: China must cither
fight or submit. Her smile, that is child
like and bland, will no longer be nblo to win
delay from the powers, tired of the wiles
of Oriental diplomacy. But tho final set
tlement will leavo somo points to be scored
on the Chinese side of the question, for the
allies havo not Illustrated In practice the
teaching of tho Christian missionaries nnd
tho natives may tnko less kindly than ever
to being Christianized.
Philadelphia Times: The envoys of the
Christian powers at I'ckln havo ut length
agreed upon the precise number of heads
thnt will satisfy tho missionary senso of
Justice. Ono Chlneso prince Is to Lc
strangled, n second is to bu decapitated,
two others nro to bo permitted to strangle
themselves and tho ministers arc to enjoy
the spectacle of tho .beheading of two nt
I'ekln. Thero is hero a choice assortment
of horrors thnt should sntisfy the most
exacting. Whllo It may be true that tlio
exaction of these punlshmonts In necessary
to mako n due Impression on the Chinese,
tho whole spirit of tho negotiations Is ut
terly repulsive.
Springfield Ucpubllcan: What aro the
legltlmato American claims upon China?
Aro there any that compel the United States
government to remain a member of this
predatory concert In order to satisfy them?
Suroly the Chinese hove been already suf
ficiently punished nnd their government has
been sufficiently humiliated to satisfy either
our pride or our dcslro for vengeanco. As
for n money indemnity for the losses of
American citizens, why should we Insist
upon immediate payment from China whon
the government permits tho sultan of Tur
key to dawdle along for years before set
tling his Just accounts? Let the United
States cut loose from Its "allies" nnd fol
low the golden rulo by treattug China like
any other nation, as Sir Itobert Hart ad
vises tho whole western world to do. Wo
shall thereby profit as much and more lu
the end.
CMOWU AM) HIS I'AI.S.
Baltimore American: Pat Crowe has re
sumed letter-wrltlnK. Mr. Crowo made
postage expenses ont of his last job.
St. Paul Globe: Talking of Pat Crowo re
calls the fact that tho crow is tho bravest
bird known, as It never shows the white
feather.
Omaha Mercury: Thero seems to be
llttlo doubt that ono of the Cudahy
kidnapers Is now locked up In the
county jail. James Callahan, If ho is
guilty, may consider himself fortunate In
not having been arrested Immediately nfter
tho crime, as ho would then have run the
risk of being strung up by a mob.
Minneapolis Tribune: Pat Crowe Is
sold to havo written a letter offer
ing to return to Omaha and clear him
self of suspicion If ho can be assured of
Immunity from mob violence, but Mr.
Cudahy Is skeptical of tho genuineness of
tho offer. Wc suggest that ho havo that
Iown editor and tbo St. Paul detective
searched beforo ho bites on tho proposition.
Pittsburg Chronicle: The very much
lost Pat Crowe Bccms disposed to
find himself, If the lottcr nllcged
to havo boen written by him to Mr.
E. A. Cudahy of Omaha, bo verified as a
genuine Crowo composition. Tho Omaha
pollco nnd tho detectives employed to fer
ret out the kidnapers of young Cudahy
long ngo came to tho conclusion that Pat
Crowo was tho chief vllllan. This con
viction was so positive and was Beomlngly
so substantiated by clrcumctantlan proof,
thnt nil further search for tho criminal was
swallowed up in a frantic hunt for Patrick.
That individual himself now propounds an
entirely new theory. He declares that he
Is not only not guilty, but that he will
como forward In person to prove hla In
nocence. This, now turn in tho celebrated
kidnaping sensation Is Interesting. Now
that Mr. Crowo says ho is Innocent, of
course his recent timidity about appearing
in public will be all tho harder to explain,
but, as he seems willing to undertake the
task, the police should not put anything
In tho way of his trying It.
I'lCHNUIVAL I'OINTKHS.
Tho first namo written In King Edward's
visitors' book nt Marlborough houso was
thnt of "Earl Roberts, K. G."
Boston pays 1160,000 a year for Its school
house Janitors nnd tho school house jani
tors' opinion is that tho city gets off cheap,
Kansas papors sny that ox'-Senator Wil
liam A. Poffor 1b going to Washington to
reside pcraanently, "for tho benefit of his
asthma."
Tho American end of Tesla's transat
lantic wireless telegraph, will bo In Now
Jersey, whoro tho local lightning Is always
ou draught.
Justice Brown of the United States su
premo court invariably walks half the dis
tance fron. hla homo to tho capltol and Is
always accompanied by a valuablo collie
dog, his particular pet.
A detective's llfo was saved In Brooklyn
the other day by a big roll of bills that
covered his heart when a man shot him.
It Isn't tho first time that a big roll of bills
has done good servloo as a life preserver.
Genornl Joe Wheeler, in the course of a
recont Interview, remarked that It was
harder work being a soldier now than of
old, because there were not so many
autograph collectors in the days of tho
civil war.
Though they seldom ngrco on matters of
public policy, Sonators Tillman nnd Hoar
aro the best of friends. Tho southerner has
tho highest opinion of tho venerable Mass
achusetts man's mental attainments and
frequently refers to htm as "the encylo
pedla." Former Chief Justlco Logan E. Bleckley
of Georgia has matriculated at the State
university for a special course In mathe
matics. The Judgo Is now 76 years old,
He 1b writing a book In which he treats of
mathematics, but finds that he Is somewhat
rusty on the subject.
Colonel John Jacob Astor had hardly
finished tho Astoria In New York City when
he began to consider a project for another
skyscraplng hotel on Borne property ho
owns farther up Fifth avenue. Now, it Is
said, he Intends to erect a twenty-story
hotel on tho site of the St. Cloud, at Broad
way and Forty-secoud street, which he
owns.
irrcmxfjs of w.viiii.gto. mfi:.
Scene nnd Incidents nt tlio lltitt of
Antlonnl Polities.
People who contemplate doing Washing
ton during tho Inauguration should go well
hoelcd. The national capital promises to
put up the largest and most skillful graft
ever worked In its long and varied his
tory.. Those who regard New Orlenns na
tives as past masters in the nrt of flatten
ing a visitor's purse should botnko them
selves to Washington If they wish to go
ngalnst tho real thing. In tho Crescent oity
tho carnival harvest Is annual. It comes
to Washington onco every four years, con
sequently residents of tho national capital
acquire nn nppotlto of tho first magnitude,
which they proceed to satisfy with a vora
cious rudeness that must bo felt to bo ap
preciated. Thero Is none of tho Crescent
City flncsso about Washington; none of tho
diplomatic hospitality that rnakcB tho vic
tim smile as the shearing proceeds. Tho
grnttors nt tho national capital mako no
secret of their purpose to tako oil tho
traflle will bear, by applying tho Harum
principle, "Do others and do 'em quickly,
or they'll do you."
A correspondent of tho New York Times
throws somo light on one featuro of the
graft. "People living or doing business
on Pennsylvania avenue," he writes, ''are
proparlng for n rich harvest and will get
It. Inauguration day Is tho one lu four
years when tho Wnshlngtonlan, If he lives
on tho lino of march, hns nothing to do but
11a back and let riches roll In on him, H
mutters not how poor nnd scrubby his housa
or store Is during the rest of tho year, and
some of the places on tho avenue nro pretty
poor, It Is worth moro than n pnlnco on thnt
day. Peoplo who want to spend several
hours sitting nt n window and seeing tho
Inaugural pnrudo movo pust will pay the
owner anything he wants for It.
"The local papers nro full of advertise
ments announcing windows, rooms nnd bal
conies to let on Inauguration dny. The
prices arc not given, ns a rule, tho adver
tiser contenting himself with defining them
as 'reasonable.' No doubt they nro rea
sonable as compared with whnt tho adver
tisers could get If they formed a union nnd
Washington wero visited only by million
aires. In addition to tho newspaper adver
tisements thero arc placards In windows all
tho way down the avenue. A few enterpris
ing citizens have secured options on win
dows lu different houses nnd stores and nru
denting extensively In them.
"Most of the windows aro over stores
and every one of them Is claimed by tho
advertiser to havo tho 'finest view on tho
avenue.' A man who expected somo rela
tives from Vermont to come and spend In.
nuguratlou dny with him visited Homo of
tho advertised places nnd sought to obtain
accommodation for them. In most cases he
found that as soon ns his modest wauls
were mado known the window dealers re
fused to talk to hi m nt all.
"Pursuing his Investigations, the man with
tho relatives discovered four windows to lot
for $15 nplcce. They were fairly largo for
a Hat, and this was the cheapest bargain
ho found In his entire Journoy. They were
on tho top floor of a good-sized building,
to be sure, which lessoned their attractions
considerably partly because people, es
pecially from Vermont, doMiot like to climb
stairs, nnd partly because It Is much picas
anter to see the faces of tho paraders in
stead of the topB of their hats. For the
rest, tho rooms all rented for high prices.
Only tho undesirable ones could bo had In
sections, nnd they cost $25 a window. All
tho dcslrablo ones hnd to be taken In a
lump, and $100 or $150 was quite the cus
tomary price."
Senator Tillmnn la hnppy. The pension
bill In which he was interested has been
signed by the president.
A fow days ago, relates tho Washington
Post, Mr. Tillman swore beforo Almighty
God that ho would not let any pension bill
pass tho sennte until his own particular
mensuro had been acted upon. He had a
constituent down in South Carolina, named
Jim Thomas, who fought In tho Mexican
war. He was n brave man, beyond a doubt,
for ho climbed tbo hill of Chapultepec nnd
helped to pull down the Mexican colors nnd
ralae tho American flag. In another battle
ho had had bis arm shot off. Ho got his
pension, but having in 1SC1 given aid and
comfort to the confedorato cause, bis -allowance
was cut off, Tho sonata agreed to
repenston him, but the houso held up the
bill. Thnt In, the holding up process lasted
until Mr. Tillman delivered his ultimatum,
and then tho bill was passed. Now pen
sion bills go through the senate ns If they
wero greased.
"It sometimes pays," says Mr. Tillman,
"to show 'your teeth."
But the end 1b not yet, for the passage
of the bill is virtually 41 repeal of tho law
which debars a Moxlcan veteran from re
ceiving a pension because he sympathized
with thn confederate cause. And there
aro thousands in the south.
Tho kodak Is being regulated In Wash
ington. Use of (t la torblddon not only
In tho White House, bufabout the grounds
surrounding tbo mansion, Bays the St. Louie
Globo-Democrat. To tako snapshots around
the capltol Is possible only on n permit ob
tained from tbo sergeant-at-arms. The
uso of cameras In tho senate and house
galleries Is positively forbidden. Likewise
tho navy yard and gun foundry are closed
to nmateur photography. And now the
proprloty of still further limiting the use
of the lens nnd film, except upon license,
Is being agitated.
Tho door of thn senate commlttco on
commerce opens by tho elevator that It
sacred to senators nnd members of the
press gallery, says the Now York World
Tho other afternoon thero watt a full moot
ing of tho committee. A dozen senators,
Including Mr. Hnnnn, camo out at 3
o'clock. A fussy llttlo man, chaperoning 0
big follow with n loud check suit, n mous
tache and a flerco Imperial, hnd been wait
ing nt tbo door for halt nn hour. He
rushed over, took Hanna by tho arm nnd
dragged him over to tho man with t lie
Imperial. "Hoy, senator," Bald tho fuBsy
llttlo man, "I want you to meet my friend."
Ho mumbled something and Senator Hanna
took the hand of tho man with tho im
perial nnd suid frigidly: "I nm very glad
to meet you."
Then Hanna x turned nnd looked
tho fussy little man over carefully,
and tliero was a twinkle In his eyo as he
continued: "And now, If you will bo so
good, I wish you would mako mo acquainted
with tho man who Introduced you to me.'
In the course of his speech on the sub
sidy bill Senator Caf(ory remarked that his
objections to tho mensuro would not bo re
moved by any amendments. Ho thought the
only thing to do with the bill wns to kill
It. "It reminds mo of tho old story of the
man whose dog had the mange," said Mr.
Caffory. "Ho was told of nil sorts of cures,
but ho would not try any of them. 'The
best remedy,' snld tbo man, 'is to cut off
tbo dog's head behind the ears.' "
It was an old story, sure enough, but
then Mr. Caffery thought It Bhould create n
laugh, so he waited a moment. No out
smiled.
"I supposo you mean," said Senator Jnnea
of Arkansas, "cut oft his tall behind his
ears?"
''Oh, yes," Immediately nnswered Mr.
Caffery, "I meant cut off his tall behind
bis cars."
And then everybody laughed so heartily
that Mr. Caffery was surprised.
When It conies to making n picturesque
metaphor, says tho Washington Times, Sen
ator Tillman Is not for In the jean In fact,
ho can take advantage of thn moment and
flash out as fine a bit of simile as any man
on tho floor. Ho showed his ability Friday
In his speech In answer to Senator Hole's
conciliatory effort In behalf of tho subsidy
bill. Mr. Halo Anally lost Ills temper nud
said ono or two rather unkind things In
his effort, at ono tltuo hlutlug that It Mr.
Tillman wanted time to fulmlnato ngalnst
tho bill ho might have It.
"Fulmlnate7" snapped out Mr. Tillman.
"Does tho gentleman from Malno tnko uio
for a box of matches or a gun cap? Perhap
It Is a flash of lightning, and If It Is, let mo
tell him that I want plenty of tlmo to grow
some forks. I don't want to spend nil my
time making common sheet lightning."
I.OOTl.Xl XOT i:.()tJ(jl.
ClTillxtitlon Atlils VciiKciincc to Its
Hrcoril lit Cliltiii.
Portland OroKouhui.
All this haggling by thn poweta with
China as to which of tbo princes shall bo
strangled nnd which beheaded" goes fnr to
revolt ono ngalnst tho wbolo bloodthirsty
proceeding. Ib It not posslblo that In our
dcslro for vengeanco wo havo overestimated
tho necessity of terrifying example? Is
tho heathen mind, bright enough nbout most
things, too dense to comprehend tho dlf
ferenco betweon Justlco nnd revenge, or to
bo Impressed with other demonstrations
than garrotto and guillotine?
China's fault', let us grant, Is grievous,
but grlovously hath China answered It
For overy Christian slain tho blood of
ten, perhaps scores, has been extorted. Her
tombs have been pillaged, her temples ilc
tnollshcd, her sacred relics of nrt, literature
and rollclon have been' carried off by
vandal hands nnd sold to ornament the
museums of all Christendom. Ton thousand
of harmless coolies wero flung Into tho
Amur by brutnl CossnckB, and uncounted
Innocent women nud chlldrou were
butchered to make n German holiday.
This, It Is explained, Is necessary as
an example, and thus has Christianity's
scroll bpco unrolled for a thousnnd years.
In China wc havo neither tho excuso that
served tho Crusaders In their wars for tbo
sopulcher of Christ nor tho fears of dis
loyalty that supported tho death-dealing
Inquisition of Spnln, Wo nro In China not
upon Invitation, but upon our own Instance.
Is tho best example wo hnvo "for Its per
plexed nnd badgered millions tho clamor
for revenge that blood can nlono uppeaso?
Tho people thnt sat In darkness havo
seen a grcnt light. Its first glimmer wm
In tho opium war, and Its rayH hnvo bright
ened na ono power nfter nnother has seized
ports and levied indemnities and uvenged
outrages a thousand-fold, nnd now Its full
blnzo nppenrs In tho solemn doclnrntlon of
our Christina potentates that Prlnco
Chwnng shall bo strangled, Yu Iltlcu shall
bo decapitated, Chao Shu Chluo nnd Ying
Nlcn shall be permitted to strangle them
selves, whllo Chi Hslen nnd Hsu Chlng W11
shall in humane generosity nnd Chrlitlan
forbenrance bo bohended publicly In
I'ckln. Otherwise. Waldorseo proposos to
tnko up tho murch again until tho outraged
nnd Buffering masses upon whom tho Con
tinental soldiers wreck their unbridled pas
sions shall from weariness nnd heartsick
ness cry enough.
It Ib to tho eternal glory of President
McKlnley's administration that It declines
longer to ho a party to thla unlovely
program, nnd wo venture to hope thnt tho
decision will be piolltnblo for selfish ns
well ns for altruistic ends. Crrtnlnly If wo
want to do tho Chlneso good nnd ralso them
from lower to' higher levels of living and
thinking, tho sword Is na well put back In
Ita scabbard. Nor Is It clear how cither
the power or dcslro to buy Ib to bo pro
moted by killing pnrt of tho population
and beggaring the rest. China must be
opened to trnde and enlightened Ideas. But
suroly the process muy go on slmultnnu
cusly with Christendom's retention of Its
own eclf-respoct and peace ,of mind!
POI.VrHD KKMAIUCS,
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I see that Wis
consin llnnlly has a law tnxlug bachelors."
"8ort o' single tax, ain't It?"
Philadelphia Press: Mr. Mudfonse 1 may
not bo very pretty, but I'm certainly not ns
homely ns he In,
Miss Pepproy True, hut that's only be
cause he's bigger than you.
Detroit Free Press: "JIun'H Intelloclunl
stiinduril Is raised or lowered by thu fund h"
cnts."
"That's so. T rnn't rend when I've h
good dinner; nud I can't road when 1 v
11 bad one."
Chicago Tribune: Borrower (at public
library) Huvo you any works on microbes?
Flippant Attendant No, sir. Hut we've
got lots of microbes on workt.
Pittsburg Chronlrlo: "Hut why did you
run nwny?" we asked. "Wo hnd always
heart! of you n brave."
"It wan not thnt," answered tho soldier,
"but I got to thinking It would be n hIii to
wnsto my life. Just economy, Uiat'H all,"
Detroit Journal: "She certainly wns
dressed to kill when nhe went out sleigh
ing." "In whnt wny7"
'Her wrnps were thnt (bin If pneumonia
didn't kill her It wouldn't know Its busi
ness." Boston Transcript: Undo George Hon
est, now, Hannah, do you bellnvn It Ih pos
slblo for ti woman to keep a secret?
Aunl Hnnnnh Ot course It In, but t
don't think, to tell tho truth, thnt tliero
over was a secret that was worth keeping.
Chicago Tribune: Ilnynor Confound tho
dally nnwspnporsl They dovota too much
npaco to discussing religious matters theso
dnys.
Shyne They've got to do It, old fellow.
Tho religious papers huvo become too secu
lar. Philadelphia Press: "I wan thinking."
snld thu architect, "that you might call the.
houne tho Crescent,"
"Not on your life," protested the proprie
tor of the now theater, "that would ho 11
hoodoo from tho start. Tho crescent Is
never full,"
Chicago Tribune: "Who rends your col
limn, nnyhow?" dlHduliifully asked the
sporting editor.
"Just two clauses of people." responded
the society editor, with dignity. ''Those
whoso names appear In It und thoso whono
mimes do not."
JUS IM.USTIIATKI) nilKASI.
Chicago Pont.
Ho: I had a druum of Joy supreme
1 wish It would como true.
She: Indeed, sir knight. I wish It might,
If it would pleasure you,
He: A vision fair camo to mo there,
And whispered ooft nnd low.
Sho: Describe It, then! How looked It
when
It Bought to please you so?
Ho: It looked llko you, with heart as true, '
And Just ua bright un eye.
hen tell me. pray Win
And how did you roply?
He:
I Pnre I tell what then befell?
Ah, would I wero ho blest!
She: When ono would learn how fate will
turn
Ho must apply a test.
He: Then hear tho word I, dreaming,
heard
In ecstasy of MIhh.
Your cheeks aglow, you whispered
so
I answered Just llko this.
IJTave Hutcson examine your
eyes. Thoroughly reliable.
J. C. Huteson & Co.
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