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K. ROHEWATER, EDITOR.
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With 0-cont Iiokh nnd cnttlo holding
their own the dinner in the corn belt
hns notbliiK to complain of.
At least nine men nro waiting -with
niiicli anticipation the conforenco of the
suprumo court Judgori next week.
Kentucky sends condolences to Mil
waukee. Tho dwellers In tho Wisconsin
city were compelled to take water for
once.
Omaha didn't get tho worst of that
storm by u good deal. Heports from the
north nnd east make our share of it
com mild.
Moves In tho kidnaping case nre com
ing fast now. I'nt Crowe has netually
been accused lit court of having pnrtlci
pnted In tho affair.
If tho legislature adopts tho sugges
tion of tup committee and adjourns next
Thursday, It means six days of mighty
nctlvo work for the members.
China Is alarmed over tho size of the
lndemulty appropriation' which tlio pow
ers ask. China might employ ex-Senator
Carter to talk tho bill to death.
The republicans have been sitting up
too many nights trying to elect two sen
ators to fall asleep and allow tho fu
slonlsts to slip In and carry nwaj the
prize.
Some of the men who have been boost
ing pork found their toes tinder the edge
of tho barrel when It dropped. Small
fry havo no business playing with tho
heavyweights.
The day of the pot hunter In Nebraska
Is numbered. Under the new law, If
properly enforced, the birds nnd llshes
will have n show for their lives, nnd the
honest sportsman will suffer nothing.
Maryland has Anally followed the lend
of other southern states In. dlsftanohls
lug n large part of tho negro voters,
Arthur P. Gorman has been out of ofllec
for somo time now and Is getting des
perate.
Th,erc must bo a screw loose some
whero when tho legislature Is required
to pass nt ouco a ineasuro to correct
manifest typographical and clerical or
rors In an Important measure Just en
acted Into law.
Andrew Curucgio makes light of the
roiwrt he Is to run for mayor of Now
York. Cnmcgla has hud trouble enough
In his day and quit business to rest
In view of these facts his denial can
easily bo believed.
That strlko of Kansas convicts wa
merely nuother ebullition of tho necullar
Kansus spirit. It was without hope
from tho tlrst, but It serves to show
Into how many devious channels the
trend of tho Kansas mind can wander.
Methodist Journalism suffered a severe
loss In tho death of Dr. Arthur Kdwards
of Chicago.' Ills work on the Northwest
ern Christian Advocate had endeared
him to thousands of members of tho
church, who will mourn his death as a
personal loss.
Tho Prussian Diet objects to having
signs of little liver pills and Dr. Q uncle's
curealls posted nlong tho Hlver Rhine at
points where tho beauty of tho Inud
senpo attracts tho tourists. Tho Prus
slims evidently nro not In touch with
this utilitarian uge.
Tho liability of an electric lighting
company In case of tho death of a tire
man caused by a live wire during a lire
Is to be tested 111 tho local courts.
decision adverse to tho company may
hare the effect of hastening action on
tho proposed burial of the wires.
Reports from tho packing centers show
n steady decrease In tho marketing o
hogs, whllo tho price for both hogs nnd
pork Is steadily climbing. Tho output n
tho packing houses, although slightly
less than for Inst year, Is still lmiuens
Tanners with hogs are not worrying
over the situation.
WHAT WILL THE CUIIAXS DOt
The decision of the Cuban constltil-
lonnl convention regarding tho condi
tions submitted, by tho United States
will probably bo made within the next
few days. It Is announced that four of
tho tlvo members of the convention spe
cial committee that has been considering
tho American terms have agreed to a
report recommending that the conven
tion do not accept the terms, but leave
tho whole question to the future repub
lic, and the opinion Is expressed by
a member of tho committee that tho
convention will adopt tho report.
It Is to be Inferred from this that It Is
tho view of the committee that tho
republic can be organized without nc
ceptlng the American conditions, which
Is not the view held nt Washington or
warranted by the language of tho pre
amble to tho amendment to the army
appropriation bill. This Is: "Tho
president is hereby authorized to leave
the government and control of the Island
of Cuba to Its people so soon as the
government shall have been established
in said Island under a constitution
which, either ns a part thereof or In an
ordinance appended thereto, shnll dellnc
the future relations of tho United States
with Cuba substantially as follows."
There can be no misunderstanding the
meaning of this. Tho obvious Intention
f congress was that In the event of
tho Cubans refusing to accept the con
ditions tho American occupation should
continue and control of tho Island nt
withheld from Its people. The Wash
ington correspondent of the Philadelphia
edger says: "The understanding here
s that until the conditions are com
piled with, 'substantially,' as prescribed
In the act, the president shall retalu In
Cuba the military forces of the United
States. It Is not required that the con
vention shall, In accepting the condi
tions, adopt the exact language of the
act, but It Is required and was so In
tended by congress that every one of
tho material or substantial conditions
should bo accepted before the troops
of tho United States shall be withdrawn
by the president. The declaration of
the preamble was tniulo upon the con
tention of the president and for tho ex
press purpose of dellnlng under what
conditions he should withdraw the
troops."
It is said to be the expectation at
Washington, notwithstanding unfavor
able reports from Cuba, that when It
s fully realized by members of tho con
stitutional convention that there can be
no modification of the conditions pre
scribed by congress they will be ac
cepted. Hut If, with such knowledge,
they persistently refuse to accept tho
conditions and proceed with the work
of organizing a government, what then?
Will the United States permit the con
summation of that work, or will It take
forcible measures to prevent It? In
other words, will this government
coerce tho Cubans Into accepting Its
conditions? The present Indications are
that these questions will havo to be
met and it is conceivable that they may
causo no little trouble, for whllo the
Cubans generally are undoubtedly- not
llsposed to get Into any conlllct with
tho United Stntes, they might vigor
ously resist coercion. The question ns
to what the Cubans will do Is Just now
of tho greatest Interest.
AS TO HECIPIWCITY WITH CAXADA.
At a dinner of the New England Free
Trade league a few days ago the prin
cipal address was by Hon. John Charl
ton of Canada, member of the Anglo
American Joint High commission. Mr.
Charlton Is a prominent member of tlio
llbernl party, which he represents In
Parliament, and Is one of the must earn
est advocates of trade reciprocity be
tween the United States and Cannda.
He pointed out that last year Cauada
took more of the exports of this coun
try than were taken by Mexico, Central
America, South America and the West
Indies combined. Canada Imported
from tho United States goods to the
value of ?1 10,000,000, while her exports
to tills country were .fOS.000,000, of
which .flM.OOO.OOO represented coin, bul
lion and gold dust from the Klondike.
He showed the difference between Ca
nadian duties and the duties of the
American tariff and said: "Now we ask
some slight modlllcation of the char
acter of your Uscul legislation as relates
to the trade between ourselves and this
country. We would like not to buy less,
but to sell more. Our farmers, who
consume vast quantities of American
manufactures, would bo very happy to
sell you something that Is tho product
of their labor, and, unless they can do
so, this trade between the two countries
can hardly be inudc to continue upon
tho basis It stands at present." He de
clared that Canada wants the United
States to lower Its tariff and that
If something is not done he believed
Canada will raise her rutes from to
00 per cent and make a desperate effort
to produce nt homo .the manufactured
articles she now buys from this country.
Wo do not think there Is any better
promise of reciprocity between Canada
and the United States now than at any
other time In tho last twenty years, so
thut If the Canadlau people really fancy
that they might be able to benellt
themselves by producing, under higher
tariff duties, tho manufactured articles
they buy of this country they should
not delay lu putting tho experiment
Into effect. It would seem, however,
thnt tho experience of tho Cnnadlaus
lu this matter should have convinced
them of tho futility of attempting to
build up manufacturing Industries at
the expense of those of tho United
States and uuder exlstlug conditions the
hopelessness of such an effort, whatever
the tariff duties, would be greater than
over before. There Is nothing, therefore,
In tho nieuuco held out by Mr. Charlton
to create apprehension. Tariff duties
high enough to shut out American man
ufactures from the Cauadlau market
would not bo tolerated by the people",
Such a policy could certainly not be
helpful to tho farmers, In whose behalf
reciprocity Is urged.
Tho, Amerlcun manufacturer would
havo nothing to fear from a reduction
of our turlff so far ns the competition
of Canadian manufacturers Is concerned
Absolute free trade between tho two
countries would not enablo the manu
facturers of Canada to secure any con
siderable share of the Amerlcnn market
Hut to lower our tariff In the Interest of
tho farmers of the Dominion, for which
Mr. Charlton and other advocates of
reciprocity specially plead, Is quite on
other matter. We had an experience In
this under the tariff act of ISO I, which
thousands of American farmers still re
member. Until Canada Is prepared to
make greater concessions than she has
yet shown n willingness to do she need
not hope for trade reciprocity with the
United States.
EPIDEMICS OP CHIME.
No ono who has been nt nil faithful
In reading the newspapers during the
last few months can have failed to
notice the unusually, largo number of
crimes committed during that time and
the violent publle outbreaks which they
hnve engendered. No note of petty
offenses Is taken In this; In fact, It Is
apparent that minor Infractions of the
criminal law are not so numerous as
lu many other similar periods. Mur
ders in which peculiarly atrocious cir
cumstances figure, robberies In which
lnrge sums are Involved nnd In which
the perpotrutors exhibited great bold
ness, assaults upon women and kid
naping stand out as tho most common.
With the solitary exception of kid
naping there would appear on the stir
face no moving cause for this epidemic
of crime which has swept over tlio
country. The ease with which such a
large sum was extorted from Mr.
Cudahy undoubtedly stimulated the
perpetration of this class of crime, but
the relentless search for the perpetra
tots and the failure to secure rewards
elsewhere Is hnvltig the effect of stop
ping this now criminal Industry. Ordi
narily an unusual number of murders
can be accounted for by the fact that
the publle mind Is Inllamed by some
great Issue or event, when nerves and
passions are tense and It only requires
the slightest provocation for passions to
break their bounds. No such condition
exists at present. The couutry Is quiet;
no great political or social questions
divide or agitate the people. Times of
great publle distress, when men are out
of work, hunger and possible starvation
staring men in the face, are conditions
which prompt desperate men to take
from those who have and appropriate It
to their own use. The people of this
country nre today more generally em
ployed, better clothed nnd better fed
than ever before lu Its history.
There Is a moving cause lu this world
for everything which happens. Human
passions do not move ns the Idle caprice
of Hit! March wind. One causo will ac
count for n portion of the crimes. The
commission of one starts others along
the same channel of thought and to
the same results. This will furnish the
clue to the sequence of similar crimes
accomplished by slmllnr methods, but
there Is rt broader cause beyond this.
Many who have watched tho current of
popular thought and tho growth of cus
tom and law sec the pendulum swing
backward to puritanical Ideas; to the
theory of government which would
innku the law tho regulator of every
man's habits nnd of his comings aud
goings. This drift Is noticeable In the
closing of places of amusement, which
are of themselves harmless, on Sun
day; In the designation as crimes of
things which the statute books formerly
failed to recognize and the branding as
criminals of those who violate these
laws. Tho men and women thus
branded are relegated to the society of
criminals aud ultimately lu many In
stances develop genuine criminal In
stincts. Such laws violate the tlrst
principles of the correct treatment of
criminals and the eradication of crime,
the object of which should be to raise
up those who an; not lost In crime aud
to put those whose cases are hopeless
beyond tho power of doing harm.
Puritanical legislation Is adding to tho
class which tends toward crime and
from which conies the overt act which
follows in the wake of tho example of
others. An epidemic of crime ensues,
such ns is mnnlfest In recent months,
which subsides for a time when the
strong arm of the law Is reached out
effectively.
The correct solution of the social
problem Is to build up to better things
those who nro raised lu the atmosphere
of crime and not recruit the class from
those who nro not criminals by brand
ing them ns such for the committing of
petty offenses, or robbing them of the
opportunity for pastlmo and pleasures
which are not harmfulr to seek them
with those who court pleasure and recre
ation In defiance of law.
It Is beginning to appear that tho ex
citement over the clash between ling
land and Russia lu China Is another
case of tempest In a teapot. The trouble
all arose over the English proceeding
to lay a short piece of track without
first asking tho permission of Russia,
though thnt country protests It has no
real objection to the work being done.
That so much excitement could originate
from so small n cause aud talk of wur
between the two great powers be hinted
at. as the outcome only serves to show
that the Orient Is a powder magazine.
Extreme care must be taken or else mu
tual Jealousies and suspicions may bo
tho spark which will cause an explosion.
The United States and Japan appear to
be tho only ones who stand ready to
turn on the hose.
President McKInley's trip to tho Pa
cltle coast Is to be made tho occasion of
a great demonstration In western cities.
The loyal people of the great region be
tween tho Mississippi and the Pacific
never tire of doing honor to tho nation's
chief executive, and long for n chance
to show him personally tho loyal sup
port they accord him, notwithstanding
tho misrepresentation of Rryanlto poli
ticians. Land values, lu tho west at least, are
Increasing and thero Is a growing ten
dency to Invest lu them. The movement
Is not routined to the small farmer and
the stockmun who desires tho land for
his own use, but capitalists are turning
that way. A deal lu on foot by which a
largo corporation will purchnse all the
laud holdings of the Northern Pacltlu
railroad and another syndicate made n
bid for several million acres of Union
Pacific lauds. While the holding of such
large tracts by corporations may not be
advantageous, the fact thnt they arc
buying Is the best, evidence of the trend
of public thought in regard to Investments.
Right on the heels of the story thnt a
syudlcnte Is dealing for control of tho
Northern Pacllle lands conies a report
thnt an offer has been made for 11,000.000
acres of Union Pacltlu land. These may
be advertising straws, but they Indicate
fairly well the Interest In the west and
the dcslro of Idle money to secure profit
able Investment.
St. Lottls Is tho only one of the large
packing centers which did not show a
decrease last week In the number of
hogs handled as compared with the
same week last yenr, and that place was
only able to hold Us own. The farmer
Is not suffering any, however, as the
price Is climbing up nnd the numbers
go down.
The docks nt Liverpool were lined
with people waiting for the arrival of
Andrew L'nrneiHi.. Tlu fact, that he has
several million dollars which he is pro
ceeding to give away was an Incentive
to niiiiir of the wiitfliiM'M who desired to
get In on the ground floor with their
scheme.
Mlireivil UuHliirfti Talent.
Detroit Free Press,
Tho cashier of tho Nllcs bank was evi
dently a shrewd (justness man. Ho man
aged to got arrested whllo Uo had money
enough left to lilro a lawyer.
Good Will of the Hiivnitcil.
Cleveland I.euder.
Tho first power to get Its soldiers out
of China will stand llrst In tho goodwill
of Intelligent and ItiHuentld! Chinese. That
means tho United States.
lletter Present 11 Nliotjtiin.
Kansas City Star.
Tho attention of Morocco and Turkey Is
respectfully called to Peru, which has Just
offered to pay an American Indemnity, al
though no United States warship was lying
off tho coast.
The Mml In Politic.
Tndlunnpolls Journal.
Tho ambitious young man who seckc re
nown in politics Bhould remember that Ben
jamin Harrison always stood for purity In
public affairs. Ho was not a demagogue.
He never appealed to Ignorance or preju
dice. If ho had not been tho conscientious
patriot In public afl'ulrs his raro abilities
would not havo brought to him tho re
spect of tho civilized world and admiring
regard of a state and nation.
I'uoil fur Ponder tironlnif St'nrcp.
Philadelphia Record.
Within tho lust two months, according
to War department records, 5,280 enlisted
men have been secured by tho federal
recruiting ofllccrs. At this rate a twelve
month will have elapsed beforo tho 33,000
now troops required shall bo enrolled. Tho
physical standard of the service Is high
and tho men who can mcasuro up to It
may easily find more useful and profitable
employment than Is offered In tho army
rank and flic.
Will 'riikn Do Itn Ilntjf
Philadelphia Press ,(rep.)
Tho regular Session of tho Nebraska
legislature has only a few days more of
life and If two United States senators are
to bo eleited to tho vacancies now exist
ing It must bo dono quickly. The session
opened January 1 aud as the balloting for
senators began the second Tuesday after
organization ovor two mouths h'avo been
tpent In vnln attempts to elect. The blame
of course rests with tho republicans, as
they havo a majority In each brnnch of the
legislature and a majority of nlno on Joint
ballot. This deadlock Is of moro than ordi
nary Importance, os It Involves two seats
la the sanato and with two scats now va
cant from Delaware It becomes highly ilc
s Ira bio that there shall be nono from Ne
braska unfilled. Tho republican majority
In tho sonato seems ample, It Is true, but
future ovents may make tho decision of Im
portant questions depend upon a narrow
margin. The Nebraska republicans Bhould
remember this and without further warning
proceed to tho election of two United States
senators. That Is a part of the duty for
which they were elected to the legislature.
a uiii:at civm. i.kk.
Ilnrnl Free Delivery nnd Good llnniU
I'roKrmN TuKether.
Minneapolis Times.
As General Fremont Is remembered as
tho "Pathfinder," so Perry Heath will be
known somo day as the "Itondbullder." No
mortal man has scon Mr. Heath swing a
pick or flip n scraper, but lu an Indirect
way Porry has given tho good roads move
ment a greater boost thau it has received
from any other citizen In private or ofllclal
capacity. Mr. Heath has dono this by
putting tho rural freo delivery Idea Into
practical effect. Ho waB not tho originator
of that Idea, for It has been dreamt of over
slnco urban freo dollvery was first estab
lished. Mr. Heath Blmply Induced the
Postofllco department to try It. Results
havo been 00 satisfactory that the last con
gress appropriated $3,500,000 to carry on tho
work beginning July 1. Moro than 4,000
routes havo been established and 3,000 car
riers are now at work.
Rural freo delivery has caused moro let
ters to bo written and received In tho agri
cultural districts, moro magazines and
newspapers to bo subscribed for, moro dl
rect communication with tho markets and
In fact a moro Intimate relationship with
society In tho broad and correct sense of
the term. It Is claimed In behalf of rural
freo delivery that It has enhanced tho value
of lands and of crops, In that tho farmer
Is enabled to avail himself of market
changes to greater advantage.
Rural freo dellery Improves the roads,
for tho roads must bo fairly good beforo u
routo will be established. If tho highway;)
aro permitted to fall Into disrepair; It tho
bridges become unsafe, tho scrvico Is wltl -drawn.
It follows that communities whole
the service has been Instituted aro disposed
to keep tholr rendu In good order. Thero Is
no compulsion In tho matter of froo de
llvory. A community may have It or not,
as It elects. Application for tho service
must bo mado by written petition. This Is
sent to tho congressman of the district and
by him to tho PoBtofflco department. It Is
referred to a special agout for Invcstlgn
tlon and report. If ho makes favorable re
port tho roBt Is easy. Tho service- Is put
In operation and then tho routo agent sees
that tho carrier Is provided with stamps,
money order applications and registry re
ceipts. Proper letter boxes must bo erected
at tho roadside, as tho carrlors cannot be
expected to deliver mall at tho door or 11
uouBo that may bo a quarter of a mile from
tho road, with several red-eyed dogs lurklmj
behind tho lllao bushes.
Moro than S.000,000 persons aro now
served by rural freo delivery and tho sys
tem Is only in Its Infancy. Some day fow
American farmers will be so remoto from
civilization as to be deprived of this con
venlenco and almost every country road will
bo passable tor the bicycle and the auto
mobile.
wiin.v I..1M) (tiiAiuir.it) v.wai ot r.
New York World: There Is n pretty stiff
gimranty of peaco between Great Drltalu
and Russia over tho China grab In the hon
est confession of tho London Evening Star:
"Wo aro powerless because of South
Africa. Wo may bluster, but we cannot
tight."
Dttffalo Express: That traditional war
which two ancient nations waged over an
old wooden bucket would comparo very
welt with tho Anglo-Russian embrogllo over
a railroad siding. Tho European press
must have lost ontlrely Its sense of humor
to take such an affair seriously.
Indianapolis Journal: Tho less talk of
war with Russia Urltlsh newspapers mako
tho better for Great Rrltaln. Great Britain
has not yet finished n Mttlc war that has
bcon exceedingly expensive, llcsldes, there
Is no cause for war In China. War between
two civilized nations Is not the way to
settle disputes In the twentieth century.
Baltimore News: Ominous Growls from
tho Russlun Dear nnd angry suarllngs from
tho British Lion nro tho only developments
In tho Chlncso situation. Should a squabble
over the partition of tho empire evolve u
war between theso powers, it would bo n
fearful penalty to pay for tho Interference
of foreign nations In China even though
that interference was primarily for tho
rcscuo of endangered Christians.
Minneapolis Journal: Not an iota of de
pendence Is to bo placed upon Russian
pledges and Great Britain knows that, but
she Is badly handicapped by tho enormous
expense of tho South African war nnd the
question of tnxnblca. Yet It must bo remem
bered that, after all, she Is In better condi
tion to do somo big nnd protracted light-
ng than she was a century ago when
tho ambition of tho first Napoleon forced
her to fight all Europo and run up a debt
which has not yet been paid off.
Baltlmoro Sun: When two such powerful,
persistent and conscienceless land grabbers
as Great Britain and Russia quarrel over
tho possession of property which belongs to
neither tho world's sympathy Is not likely
to bo wasted on cither of tho disputants.
There, 1b an old nnd homely adage to the
effect that when "thieves fall out honest
men got their dues." Unfortunately n war
botweon the Lion and tho Hear over Chinese
territory would furnish tho other powers
with a pretext to land-grabbing on a largo
scale, nnd the Chinese cmplro would prob
ably fall to ploces. It must be mortifying
to Englishmen, however, that they nro Im
potent to meet Russia's aggrcsslvo policy in
China. If they had not been so eager to
make war upon tho little Doer republics in
South Africa they might bo able to assert
their right to a fair shoro of the stealing
that is going on lu China.
Boston Herald: It may bo that move
ments arc going on nt Washington of which
tho public is not Informed and that It Is the
Intention of our State department and of
tho president to mako a protest against
tho Russian control of Manchuria, which
tho government at St. Petersburg will con
sider too serious to pass unheeded. Such a
course would bo consistent with the policy
to which the administration two years 030
committed itself. It would be 0 bold
afllrinatlon. but then boldness Is a quality
which Is Juat now needed If a check Ib to be
plnced upon Russiau aggression. On tho
other hand, If wo do not Intend to stay lu
tho Asiatic gamo, then there Is no reason
why wo should havo drawn, and no reason
why we should contlnuo to hold, the Philip
pine cards. Tholr uso might enable us to
play a winning hnnd, but If thoy arc not
to be thus used then wo should never have
drawn them.
Pr.llMO.AI, MOTH.
Cambridge, Mass., hopes to get enough
money somo day for n Longfellow monu
ment. i
St. Lculs no longer has cable cars. Tho
trolley became, tho whole thing for local
tranMt laBt Friday.
Now York has decided to accept Mr.
Carnegie's millions, even though this may
rcqulro somo saving to erect a monument
to tho donor, by and by.
Thomas Jefferson once wrote to John
Adams that it sometimes strengthened on
argument to depart from tho rules of syn
tax and drop Into tho vernacular.
President Loubet of France has conferred
a gold medal on Chief George C. Hale of
tho Kansas City flro brigade, which gave
exhibitions at .tho Paris exposition.
Tho Longfellow Memoriul association of
which Prof. Charles Eliot Norton Is presi
dent, hopes some time, when funds suffice,
to erect n monument in stono to Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow In Longfellow park,
Brattle street, Cambridge, Mass.
George I). Cortelyou, tho president's sec
retary, has entire charge of the proposed
13,100-mlle Journey of President McKlnley
around tho United States. Ho makes nil
the arrangements as to trains and hotels
and Is bald to hnvo tho time tables at his
finger.' ends.
The real "original McKlnley man" Is
Judge George E. Baldwin, who has Just been
appuluied United States consul to Nurem
berg, Germany. Judgo Baldwin has been
a close friend of tho president for thirty
years and in 1868 nominated Mr. McKlnley
for tho first public office he ever held that
of prosecuting attorney.
Tho shah of Persia has Just visited with
condign punishment Minister Assured-
lJiiuhih, who, during his majesty's European
tour last year, acted as governor of
Tohoran and abused his position to plunder
the peasantry, under tho pretext of collect
ing taxes. Austit Is banished to Khorassan
nnd condemned to a flno of 120.000.
Thomas Jefforson Lloyd, an assistant door
keeper of tho United States senate, though
In a general way totally unlike vice Presi
dent Boosevelt. yet In some mysterious
way always strikes ono as resembling tho
strenuous New Yorker. Visitors to tho
national capital often mlstako his Identity
and even Washington officials fall Into tho
samo error.
DKAIIllllAT ON A TIIHONH.
Wlmt mi HilHnr Wniilit lln rrltu
AI11I11I If Hnil III ').
Cleveland Loader.
Tho officials at Washington will probably
conclude that tho only way to do business
with tho sultan of Turkey is on strictly
cash basis.
Several months ago when tho battleship
Kentucky pushed Its hobo into tho harbor
of Smyrna the sultan was reminded that
he owed something llko $100,000, which waB
clnlmcd as damnges by Amorlcan mission
aries whoso property had boen destroyed
In Armenia. Tho sultan assumed a very
friendly attitude toward the officers of tho
Kentucky, nnd tho American chargo d'af
ralres at Constantinople was at onco treated
with great consideration. Right thero tho
Americans made a mistake. They should
havo abked Abdul Hamld to pay at once,
but they didn't. They permitted him to
rosort to the subterruge or purchasing a
cruiser at an American shipyard, tho price
tor which was to Include tho amount or the
bill hold by Undo Sam. Than tho Ken
tucky sailed away.
Now It transpires that tho cruiser Is not
to bo purchabrd in America, and In con
sequence tho American claim will not bo
paid. Thu sultan's Intentions may havo
been good, but when tho German govern
ment luslsted that he. must pay for armor
ha bad purchased from Krupp, tno gun
maker. beforo be bought an American
cruiser, tbo Sick Man of tho East throw up
his hands,
Now It will probably bo necessary to
send another warship aftor that $100,000,
and when U arrives In a Turkish port It
should demand cash and be satisfied with
nothing else.
STOIttKS Of wasiiinhto.v i.iri:.
People- nml Kvrnts AVnrthr of
I'nmiliiK .Vote.
Glacials ot the United States treasury are
liable to mako things uncomfortable for
ono of tho government engravors If they
can traco to Its sourco tho man who, ap
parently In a spirit ot fun, placed a puzzle
picture on tho 18S0 series of $10 notes. In
cidentally the American caglo Is said to be
In n stato or high Indignation becauso the
engraver mado It look, turned upside down,
llko a common evcry-dny donkey with long
ears and a white noso. On the faco or the
bill appears an American cnglo between tho
signatures nt the bottom. There Is nothing
about tho appearance ot the bird to denote
that It Is different from tho same picture
appearing on tho other bills, but when ono
turns tho bill upsldo down tho hend ot a
donkey looks up plainly.
Tho treasury officials have omitted to
plsco an Inscription on the bill, "Find tho
Jackass." Tho absence of this has kept tho
matter a government secret for name time.
Although tho "Jackass bill" has been In
existence for several years, It was first dis
covered tho other day by n bank clerk In
Chicago, who thought It was a counterfoil
and reported his discovery to tho sub-
treasury officials. They had been Ignorant
of tho puzzle plcturo und sought Informa
tion from Washington. Tho answer received
was not mado public except Insofar ns tho
bill waB acknowledged as genuine. The f tilt
text or tho mcssago rrom Washington, it Is
said, was to tho effect to keep the "Jackass"
quiet and not let the public hear Its bray
ing. I'rom an artistic point of view the en
graver's work is excollent. It Is the per
fection of puzzlo creation. Tho head nnd
neck of the eagle, which has n peculiar
left twist, furnished the head of tho Jack.
Tho light shading nt tho base of the wing
becomos a perfect eyo from tho other view
point. Tho thighs of tho eagle form tho
ears of tho Jack.
According to tho latest ofllclal list thero
arc 19,446 public functionaries ot various
kinds and degrees employed exclusively In
the District of Columbia In conducting tho
numerous departments and bureaus ot thu
redernl government, says the Washington
correspondent of tho Now York Tribune.
.These nro tho civilian appointees In tbo ex
ecutive departments, and do not include
senators and representatives and several
hundred employes of the houses who vi
brato between tho capital and their homes
In other parts of tho country. Nor docs
this aggregate Include 350 or 400 army and
navy officers, actlvo and retired, who form
n largo permanent colony here. Tho
monthly compensation of these 19,440 civil
ian omploycs nmounts to $1,633,708.81.
Therefore, tho aggregate sum In salaries an
nually paid out In Washington by tho gov
ernment disbursing clerks reaches tho enor
mous totnl of $19,628,r05."2. DeBldcs, proba
bly not less than $3,000,000 additional goes
to senators and congressmen and their
highly paid subordinates, and perhaps
$1,250,000 more to tho army nnd navy offi
cials, most of whom arc ot high rank with
large pay, there bolng constantly hero not
less than sixty generals and admirals, nc
tlvo and retired. These totalB form n
grand aggregate of $23,878,505.72 annually
paid out In Washington In tbo slnglo Item
of salaries.
Representative Mudd of Maryland haB a
most engaging way of picking up odd pen
nies, rolatcs tho New York World. Stand
ing In tho Rlggs lobby the other day talk
ing with Representative Gaines or Ten
nessee, he remarked In quite an off-hand
way:
"Funny about Crumpackcr, ain't It?"
"What's funny about Crumpncker?"
asked Mr. Gnlnes. ,
'Born In Valparaiso and lived there all
his life1; almost; yet hero como tho Ameri
can people along nnd send him to tho
United Stntes congress."
"Crumpacker was not born In Valpa
raiso, " Mr. Gaines declared omphntlcally
and somewhat Indignantly, tor he and
Mr. Crumpackcr nro good rrlends.
"Bet you $3 ho was," replied Mr. Mudd.
"Done," sold tho Tetincssccan, and then
Mr. Mudd drawled: "By tho way, thcre'b
Crumpncker over there now playing bil
liards; go nnd nsk him,"
Mr. Crumpackcr looked up from his cue
long enough to explain:
"Certainly I was born In Valparaiso
Valparaiso, Ind."
Mr. Gnlnes muttered somethlug that was
not n prayer.
Strango affinities In some mysterious
manner develop among senators, reports
tho St. Louts Globe-Democrat correspond
ent. Tho scholarly 1-odgo of Massachusetts
and Pitchfork Tillman of South Carolina
aro grcnt friends. So strong Is tho tlo
that when Tlllmnn wanted tho St. Louis
World's fair bill to carry bis Charleston
appropriation Lodge told htm he would stay
with him to tho end, For somo tlmo after
tho polished, talented Beverldgo entered tho
senate ho was an odd one. He apparently
found no congenial spirit. He seemed to
caro to cultivate nobody, and nobody culti
vated htm. It Is different now. Beverldgo
has found his senatorial chum. As usual,
tho caso Is a friendship or opposltcs. Tho
sonator In whom tho Indiana genius has
discovered comradeship Is tho now man
from Utah, Kcarns. Whllo llovorldge was
going through college und winning fnmo as
a brilliant orator Kcarns was prospecting
on a grub-stako In tho Rockies and the
Sierras, Beverldgo burned tho midnight oil
over dead languuges. Kcarns carried u
sack nt flour, a Hitch of bacon nnd a pick
Into tho wilderness. About tho tlmo that
Indiana nwoko to tho Intellectual merits
of Boverldge, Kcarns struck It rich In
abandoned workings of an old mine. Bev
erldgo Is famous, but brain-weary. Kenrns
Is on easy street, a United States senator
In search of a good time. Tho two senators
aro to spend a vacation together. Bovcr
ldgo Is going to Utah to Join Reams. They
will take a wagon, baddlc-horses nnd a
camping outfit and plungo Into tho marvel
ous country southwest of Salt Lako City.
If tho mood tor the wild lift) lasts they
will go through to southorn California, from
800 to 1,000 miles. Both aro looking for
ward to tbo first gcniilntt outing of their
lives.
Senator Piatt of Connecticut Is repre
sented as having had lots ot quiet tun a
raw nights ago out ot n new and Inexperi
enced reporter, relates tho Washington Star.
Tho senator recolved the card or tbo re
porter at his hotel nnd ordered tho young
mnn to bo shown to I1I3 rooms. Tbo young
fellow, who had Just begun "newspaper
work, nskod Senator Piatt all about his op
position to the appointment of Colonel Wil
liam Carey Sanger as assistant secretary of
war. Senator Piatt's dignity occasionally
unbends to tho humorous sldu of things,
and he at puco saw a chanco for somo fun,
Of course, the reporter had an Idea ho was
talking to Senator Piatt of Now York.
The Connecticut senator proceeded to glva
tho reporter an Interview that almost took
away tho breath of tho young man. Tho
Interview loudly sang the praises of Sanger
and pictured him as being tho only man on
earth for tho position.
After about ten minutes tho reporter
timidly asked: "Why, haven't you changed
your opinion In this matter?" Senator
Piatt then explained who be was, whllo the
young man sat In a stato of contusion.
Wherr Weather Aliound.
Chlcngo Tribune.
When the mercury dropped thirty-one de
grees In a blnglo hour on Monday after
noon nnd caught hundreJs or people with
light wraps and overcoats It simply gave a
somewhat better than average example ot
what may be expected ot the fickle month
of March in this latitude.
'ix.:ctAi, nocroits.
A Wnrulnsr utr Mnniuleil A itn I ti I In
(liialrlul I iiIIm ton.
fulled Btutes Investor.
Thero Is a certain school of medltijs
whoso lending tenet Is that llko cures Ilk.
sttnllla slmlllbus rurautur. It Is to lb s
school that tho Industrial trust proniultr
belongs, with this difference, however -tho
medical practitioner npplles his reme
dies In small doses, whereas the llnniulai
doctor administers bis nicdtclno In flagons
Speaking generally, the troublo with the
Industrial plant ot tho United States was
overcapitalization; not necessarily over
capitalization nt the start, but overcapital
ization when measured by tho cost or dupli
cation. In the wisdom or our flnanw rs
tho proper remedy was to counteract thu
poison by administering further polsou, but
not In sugar-coated pills. To bo brief, prop
erties already In 11 decadent condition havo
been grouped together, and the combined
capitalization watered to an almost un
thinkable extent. In tho caso ot somo lined
ot Industry this has, for the tlmo being,
eliminated competition to a very consldei
ablo extent, with tho prospect ot very
greatly stimulating It In the future, or
course, when a lot or competing plants
have agreed to pool their Issues, resulting
In a considerable portion ot them bolus
closed down (thus raving a great deal or
money rrom operation) especially If this
Is done at a period when the business or
tho country Is being dono under extraordi
narily exceptional trado conditions- It
might seem thnt tho remedy or tho iluan
clcrs was truly efficacious. Tho rational
mind will perceive, however, on brier te
flection, that this is In reality ono ot thostt
periodic attempts which financiers nro con
stantly mnklng to lift themselves by their
bootstraps, Thero has been, we will say,
a partial elimination or competition, only
In order that tho competition mny be greater
thau over later on. Let us suppose there
nro torty concerns fighting for business.
New capital may perhaps hesitate to enter
tho field, oven though employed on a
sounder basis than Is shown In the cam
of tbo existing plants, for tho reason that
tho wholo forty may possibly bo run at a
loss for n time In order to force tho new
competitor to tho wall. Let tho now com
petitor find himself arrayed against a con
solidation or tho forty with an enormously
increased watered capitalization, und h
will tnkc heart; ho had rather fight ono
competitor than forty, and ho knows that
tho rombtno is so water-logged that It
cannot afford to run at a loss for even th
briefest period.
CUIIAX SUGAR AMI TOIIACCO.
Wlint SUkIiI llniipi'ii If 'Hide Indus
trie Are Properly Coddled.
Chlcngo Tribune.
A number of the Cuban correspondents ot
American papers agree In the statement
that the Cubans will bo ready to do about
anything the United Stutes may ask them to
do, provided they can securo special priv
ileges for their sugar and tobacco in Ameri
can markets. Thero Is no doubt that this
is tho case. The material advantages
which tho Cubans would acqulro by reason
of the grant to them alone of lower duties
on their two great products would Inspire
them with sentiments or keener and more
enduring gratitude than they feel now after
all the United States has dono for thorn.
Last year tho United States Imported
3,700,000,000 pounds of raw sugar. Of this
052,300,000 poundB came from Cuba. The
Island can do much better than that. Ten
years ago It sold 1,000,000,000 pounds of
BUgar to this country. It could produce
under favoring circumstances moro than
half tho sugar needed by Americans and if
that sugar could bo sold hero at a fair prlco
thero would bo continuous peace in the
island. It is moro'thnn llkoly that If tho
sugar Industry had not been so depressed by
boot sugar competition tho last Cuban re
bellion would not havo broken out when
It did.
Tho simplest way to keep tho peace in
Cuba is to lower tho duties on Cuban sugar
nnd tobacco. But that which Is slmplo Is
not alwnys easy. Wero a serious effort to
bo made to glvo these two Cuban products
special tariff advantages the American pro
ducers of cauo and beet sugnr and the
American tobacco growers, north and south,
would protest vigorously at once. Tho beet
sugar men, who last year manufactured
171,424,000 pounds, or less than ono-twen-tleth
of tho total amount ot sugar consumed
In this country, would bo tho most
vehement objectors.
Tho probabilities aro that a proposition
to lower somowhat tho dutlos on Cuban
sugar and tobacco would not mcot with
congressional approval, but If they wero
lowered Cuba would bo prosperous and the
Cubans pacific.
ClIKEIIKIlli C'HAFIA
Washington Star: "1 have hoard of mil
lionaires who consider It a mlsfortuno to
dlorlch." . , ., .
"Yes, nnd tho worst of It Is that they
enn't get nny sympnthy."
Chlcngo Record: "It's a good Idea to
koep truck of one's ancestors."
"Any speclnl reason?"
"Yes; then wo always know whorw to
place the blnmo for all the bad qualities
wo have."
Philadelphia. Times: "As an iustnnco of
remurknblo memory, It's snld Caesar know
tho nninn of every man In his army.
"That's nothing. Thero nro nctimlly pco
plo who never forget nn umbrella."
Phllndolphla Press: Towne That Eng-
Iinil 111 Vlli it j...i.i ........ ...... .j.w.. ...
Ho seems to think It proper to cnll a spado
iiHiiaui-.
Browne Oh, you ro wrong thero. He In
variably calls It a "splde."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I understand
you captured tho employes of that last
Joint you Hiniished. How did you got tho
bartender?" Inquired tho Intervlnwor.
"Pounded it with a lintchct," replied tho
pettlcoated vengeance.
Indianapolis Press: "Wo nro wonry." de
clared the Chinese innndnrlnM, "of dancing
to tho muHlo of the concert of Europe."
"Nevertheless," it was pointed out, "that
weariness will not relieve you rrom the.
usual duty of tho dancers to defray tho
expenses of tho Ilddllng."
Detroit Freo Press: "Cheer up," snld tho
private secretary. "The opposition papers
talked us bad about Washington ns tho
papers do about yo'.l."
I know that.' said the statesman, "but
In those days tho papers had to talk that
way to hold their subscribers."
Till: I.AWYUIl'N IX VOCATION.
Hoary Howard Urowncll,;
Whereas, nn certain boughs and sprays
Now divers birds aro heard to sing,
Ami sundry flowers their heads upraise,
Hall to the coming 011 of spring!
The songs of those said birds nrouse
Tho niomor of our youthful hours,
As green ns thoso said sprays und boughs,
As fresh ami sweet ns those sold flowers.
Tho birds aforesaid-happy pairs
Love, 'mid the aforusnld boughs, enshrines
In freehold ncBts; themselves their heirs,
Administrators and assigns.
O busiest term of Cupid's Court.
Whore tender plulntllts' actions bring
Season of frnllo and or sport.
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