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of 0 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; , FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1001. ' I The dmaha Daily Bee; K. ItOSUWATISIt, EDITOR. PUIJL1HHHD KVUHY MORNING. TKHM8 OF SUUSCIIIPTION. Dally llco (without Sunday;, Onu Ycar..$6.0u Dully llco mul i-ltinduy. One Year 8.W HIUHtrutcd lieu, Ono Year 2.w Hundny Dee, Unu Your ii.W Saturday Uco, Uno Yeur l.&j Twentieth Century Farmer, Onu Year... l.w Omaha: The lieu liulldlnc. South omuha: City iluil Uulldlng, Twcn-ty-lltth and M Streets. Council lilutts: lu i'carl Street. Uilcugo: im Unity Hulldlns. New lork: Temple Court- Vuhlngtun: Out Fourteenth Street, C011R1S3PONDF.NC1S. Communications relating to news nnd cdl toriul mutter Hhould bo uddrusscdi Umanu lite, Editorial Department; UUt-llNiSdS LETTERS. Uuslncs.i letters und remittances shoum bo uUdrenHcd: Thu llco Publishing Com pany, umulia. HEMITTANCES. 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I2,h07 Net total sales 8 1,078 Net dally average ItH,5U4 QUO. H. T7.8C1IUCK, Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to before mo this 1st day of April, A. D. 1901. M. U. HUNGATE, Notary Public. Itullglouri revivals arc nil right In their way, but they will never mijiplunt (he constnut and ntcatly work of the regular churches. (Sovernor Shaw of Iowa la hecomlne; more nnd more in demand ns an orator of national reputiitlou. Keep your eye on Governor Shaw. That Hpecle room of the Lloyd liner seems to have proved a more rich and ucccHHlblc gold mine than any aloug the bleak coast of Cape Nome. It Is to bo hoped tho proposed new Koap manufacturers' combination will not develop Into a erusado iignlnst cleanliness. Cheap soap has Its advan tages. Tho river Rhine, fabled lu song and story, has thrown Hh dignity to tho winds and Is overllowlug Its banks In tho muddy nnd tiuioninntlc fashion of a Nebraska rivulet. Tho next scramble will be for the Ktenographlc positions under the new Btipreino court commission. It Is to bev hoped, however, that tho dendloek habit will not project Itself Into this function. If the Filipinos continue to lay down their rifles with the same abaudon Uncle Sam will soon bo nblo to lit out his new Islander soldiery with the equipment of their former brothers-Inarms. Tho mass of Junk which was once the battleship Maine, having served Jts portentous purposo In the affairs of men, a Chicago contractor has under taken to float It for tho price of the old Iron. The Russian admiral Is sparlug neither smiles nor bows In his reception of President I.ouber. Tho bear may be ruminating ovor the possibility that la bello Franco may bomo day prove a friend lu need. Tho recognition of the gold democrats In the makeup of the supreme court commission will doubtless bo appre ciated by the sound money wing ,of the democratic party, which still numbers thousands of voters In Xcbrnskn. Llcutcuant Governor Savage is to liavo n week to experiment as acting gov ernor In advance of his Investiture with full gubernatorial powers. Thero is nothing Hko getting accustomed to otllce by leading up to It by slow degrees. Tho Filipino Junta at London an nounces that the Americans nro about to torture Aguinaldo into u renunciation of his principles. Their ainlablo leader, lu the meantime, Is eating threo meals a day and esteeming himself a social suc cess. Tho order against fast bicycle riding by reckless messenger boys threatens to puncture the stale Jokes about the tardy speed of messengers. When anyone speaks about going as fast as a messen ger boy ho will have to specify whether on foot or on wheel. Asslstaut Secretary of tho Treasury Alios has assumed his new duties at tho age of 1 years. Eight years ago his function was to keep the departmental ofllces free of rubbish. For a trust ridden uge when youthful ambition has no scope this is very passable progress. An Iowa boy has given spaeo In his stomach to a Hlx-luch lizard and a Ne braskan lias allowed it bubonic plague genu to lngratlato Itself Into his system. Theso gastronoinle'feata would ludlcato that the twentieth century digestion is still able to carry on Us old-tlmo func tions. It turns out that tho "two poor little boys" incarcerated lu Jail for violating tho health ordinances of the city, used ns subjects for tho sympathetic fake about tho crime of hauling ashos, are two strapplug negroes equipped with wives nnd families. But it would not do to appeal for sympathy for full grown men when It sounds so much better to talk about "poor llltlo boys." W1IEIW TltlS L1XE SHOVl.l) UK DtlA ".V At the very outset of their careers Ne braska's new senators are being sub jetted to pressure from two different dl rectlons. On the one side, the holders of all the principal federal positions are pleading for retention and on the other side, the rank and tile, as well as many party leaders, demand a radical purging of the federal olllces of men who have been a drag upon the party or have been notoriously disloyal to Its Interests. The two senators were elected with out pledges either to' otlleelioltlers or to otllce seekers and are In position to govern their action solely with it view to promoting the welfare of the party and Insuring Its continued supremacy. This Is not merely their privilege, but their duty, subordinate only to their de votion to tho general welfare of the state and nation. In ilotormlnlng upon a policy they doubtless vlll be guided by a desire to rectify the mistakes and undo the blun ders committed within the past few years In tho distribution of federal patronage. Under the established usage all positions not included lu the civil service class are presumed to be earned by party service rather than bestowed as perquisites to personal favorites who have rendered no service. In other words, competency and Integrity being prerequisite, the positions in the federal service should be held by men who have contributed to the party success. Measured by this standard, few, If any, of tho men holding Important fed eral olllces In Nebraska have any claim for recognition by the new senators. Had tho party depended on their efforts, their Influence or their contributions to the campaign fund, the fuslonlsts would still occupy tho state house and two fuslonlsts would have been elected to the senate Instead of Dietrich and Mil lard. Had the leading federal otllce holders been potential even after a re publican legislature had been elected by almost superhuman effort, the legisla ture would have adjourned without electing any senators. It Is a matter susceptible of positive proof that the principal federal otllcers were on the ground during most of the session ex erting all their Influence to perpetuate the deadlock and made no secret of their desire to prevent any election. Whether they were acting on their own motion or were Instigated by National Commit teeman Schneider is Immaterial. Sutllcc It to say that they were tiding Just what llryun, Allen and the fusion leaders wanted them to do. Sulllce It to say further that the success of their efforts meant disaster to the party from which it would have taken years to recover. coMixa ix nv iiuxdheds. The surrender of over seven hundred Insurgents Is the latest report from General MacArthur. At this rate It canuot be more than a few weeks un til nl.l the Filpluns in arms have eomo lu and sworn allegiance to the United Stntes, for'lt Is hardly possible that the number now exceeds live thousand, scattered about in small bauds, and very likely IL Is less. Thnt tho cap ture of Aguinaldo lias contributed to this we suppose no one will question, but good work has been done by the federal party in creating among the na tive people a better impression of Amer ican policy and Intentions, while the labors of the Taft commission have had a good effect. Such an object lesson as that furnished by the appointment of General Delgudo, formerly chief Insur gent commander In I'anay, as governor of the province of Hollo, and giving all but one of tho offlelnl positions to na tives, cannot fall to produce a most ex cellent impression upon the people, sluce It Is the strongest possible evi dence that tho assurances given by the government of the United States will bo fulllllcd. Interest in tho Philippines, so far as tho military operations are concerned, will speedily end. Indeed, little Is felt now, for thT-rc Is no longer any re slstauee to American authority that is at all serious or formidable and what remains is rapidly disappearing. It may be necessary to maintain a consid erable force lu the Islands for some time, but It Is probable that the regu lars now there will bo found sufficient, lu which event It will be unnecessary to recruit the army to the maximum. TEUMS mLL HE ADltEHED TO. Should the Culmn constitutional con vention decide to send a commission to Washington to discuss the terms sub mitted by our government It will re ceive proper attention, but If It shall come with the Idea of securing any change or modlticntlou of the American conditions It will be disappointed. This Is the authoritative announcement from Washington. So far as tills administra tion is concerned, it has no authority to change or modify the Piatt amendment, If It were disposed to do so. Under that amendment American control In Cuba Is to be given up only when a gov ernment shall have been established lu tho Island under a constitution which, either as a part thereof or in an ordi nance appended thereto, shall define the future relations of tho United States with Cuba, substantially as prescribed In the Piatt amendment. Tho administration, therefore, can do nothing but adhere to the conditions and It has no disposition to do otherwise. It Is ucedlcss to say that the administra tion had no small part lu framing theso conditions and consequently would not recede from them If It could. A Cuban commission would be Informed that the terms of this government submitted to tho constitutional convention can be changed only by congress nud that there Is not tho remotest chance of congress making tiny change. This ought to be already fully understood. A commis sion might be of sonio senico lu ob taining directly from tho presldeut tho vlewa nnd Intentious of this government, but It would seem that 'this Is hardly necessary. The Piatt amendment Is certainly clear as to tlio attitude of the United States and besides the Cubans have had It oxplalqed by Governor Gen eral Wood and by numerous members of congress who have recently visited Cuba. However, there Is uothlng to bu apprehended front it commission, even If no good should come of It. It Is the Judgment of most of those who have carefully studied the situation lu Cuba that In the end ail objections will be. waived and the Piatt amend ment accepted. Doubtless this Is the opinion at Washington. The chief ob jection, It appears, Is to the third sec tion of the amendment, relative to lu terventloii on the part of the Fnlted States for the preservation of Cuban In dependence and (lie maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property and Individual liberty This Is the proposition that Is most ob noxious to the radicals and upon which they mainly rely for creating popular opposition to the American terms. And this element appears to be persistently aggressive, while the conservative class manifests little political activity, though It may be quietly exerting a consider able Influence. The great body of the people apparently take very little Inter est In the Issue. While an early change In the situation Is possible, the Indications are certainly not favorable to it and It seems highly probable that American occupation of Cuba will have to be maintained for an ludellulte time. This will be a disad vantage to the Island Industrially and commercially, since capital will not be Invested there to any considerable ex tent while existing conditions continue. AXOTllEH I'EACE lWMUlt. A Capetown dispatch states that Gen eral Rothn Is again negotiating with the Hrltlsh for peace. It is said that he has taken this action for the reason that General Dcwet, who a few weeks ago refused to accept the British terms and Insisted on continuing the war, has become Irresponsible owing to falling physical and mental faculties. This fea ture of the report will cause doubt of Its authenticity, since there has been nothing lu the recent movements of Dewet to Indicate that he was weaken ing. It Is true that he has been some what less aggressive, but this Is per haps due to it new plan of campaign which he and Steyn are said to have formulated. Dewet was last heard of lu the north east corner of the Orange River colony and It was conjectured that the Free State burghers under him and Presi dent Steyn had decided to make the northeastern and the eastern part of their country the Held of operations, combining with the Transvaalers a gen eral plan of operations against the British communications all aloug the line. Assuming this to be correct It is easy to understand the late Inactivity of Dewet, so far as the British are concerned, but It gives no warrant for assumlug that he, has become irrespon sible. There Is no doubt that Botha desires to end the war and should he surrender the forces under his Immediate com mand It Is probable that Steyn and Dewet would soon be compelled to give up. They have a smaller force than Botha' and with the latter out of the way the British would doubtless speed ily dlwpoHO of Dewet. It Is liitlinntod that in order to induce Botha to give up the terms hitherto offered by tho British may be modified nnd this is by no means unlikely. But there will be no concession thnt would In the least impair British rule in the Transvaal. Now that the supremo court commis sion has been Installed, the lawyers arc willing to admit that they expect to be the principal beneficiaries. When the commission was still hanging In the air It was the poor, mistreated litigant about whom they were so sorely solicitous. But the average lawyer can reverse himself as readily ns the court. Coiiflrnif-il li- the Almannc. Boston Trnnscrlpt. It certainly Is reassuring to see by the nlmauac that the sun nowadays Is rising regularly each morning, as In years past. We Arr Hound tn Htmy. Cleveland Leader. Well, If the Cubans do not want to ac cept this government's terms, tho troops will remain In tho Island. There Is no help for It. Won't ;ic It Ann)', Philadelphia ledger. The list of thoso who 'liavo gono Into Wall street to make tholr fortunes and have como out la'den with wealth takes up very llttlo room In tho newspapers. Ho Kny Wo All. AVushtncton Post. General MacArthur Is confident that tho reports of the frauds In tho commissary de partment have been grossly exaggerated. Let us hope that tho general Is better In formed In this direction thun ho was con cerning the numerous deaths of Aguinaldo. I'uiiImIumI llfftitiRc of I'ovrrly. Detroit Journal, It Ih announced that China rannnt n.iv tho full Indemnities because her resources aro limited to a petty two hundred or two hundred and fifty millions. Of courso tho allied nowcm will not bo thwnrtpd hv ihu they will proceed to punish Chlnn for not neing nencr. 'iiio ancient kingdom should liavo known what was coming. Charity Hi-kIiim at Home, Pittsburg Dispatch, Thero Is pcrtlneneo In tho suggestion that, while tho Johnsons -nro trying to re duco fares In Clevolund, Columbus, New York nnd Philadelphia, they should not neglect Johnstown, Pa. Whatever dlll cultlos they may meet eleowhere, they can do It In Johnstown without the aid or con sent of any other corporation. They own tho street railway lines thero. Stray Shotn at the I'cri-lm. Providence Journal. If Mr. Uryan had attended to his own affairs and not tried to defeat tho demo cratic mayoralty candidates In Chicago and St. Louis, tho last vestiges of his prestige might bo less bedraKnlod t ore. Tho Uryan Inlluenco failed to tarry Its point in eitner city. The Importance of Mr. Uryan ns a political power Is bocomlns more and more damaged us the years roll past. I'rouiothiK I'rli'iiURlilp. Philadelphia Ledger. Tho employment of native Filipinos for tho harder work In the navy In their homo waters promises to bo an Important means of promoting friendship botween tho natives and the Americans, providing tho men are treated kindly. They are undoubtedly better fitted for hot work In a hot cllmato than tho American sailors are, but, on the other hand, It Is reported of them that few of them aro accustomed to hard work of any kind, and harsh dlsclpllno may have tho reverse of a benetlclal effect on them. If treated r HU consideration, It Is u,uUo prob- nblo thnt they will learn to respect their new associates nnd to teach their tribes men to do tho same. Tlirlr , o( ,ot n llnpiiy One. Minneapolis 'rimes. The crowned heads of Europe aro not any happier than other people Just now. They nro nil pretty uncertainly fct on their foundations In one way or another. The cznr Is n general target for everybody. Km pcror William scea leso majestc on all sides, Kmpcror Francis Joscnh Is tnlke nbout In whispers by all tho old Indies, King Kdward Is no great shakes of a royal porsonngo now that ho doesn't keep up tho royal enclosures, and Victor Kmanttcl Is out with tho pope. Tho young King Alfoio has a chance to make n shining record for Himself by keeping out of hot water. Mm-ntlun In Itimnln nml .Inpnii, Now York World. Tho czar'o appointment of General Van novsky, an educational reformer, ns mln' Ister of cdiicntlon. Is an unexpected conccs slon to the liberal sentiment represented by tho students. The czar ndmlts "tho cx Istence of defects in our scholastic Bystctn that nro so material that 1 think the tlmo has come to undertake nn Inunedlnto and thorough revision nnd Improvement." According to the International year book for 18'Jit, Russia had nt latest nccounta universities, with 923 touchers and lti.326 pupils; 44 other Institutions for higher edit cation, with ti.000 pupils; 78,728 elementary schools, with U3.9SI teachers and 3,779,SIs pupns. inc year book stated that 70 per cent of tho 2G5,000 nnnunl recruits for the Russian army were lllltcrnte. A recent offi cial report reduces this estimate nbout one- nair. nussia's ngurcs bear relation to a population of 130,000,000. Japan, with a population of 42,000,000. has, nccordlng to government reports Just Issued, 43 special schools, including agri cultural and commercial colleges, with 893 teachers and 12,624 students, and 230 tech nlenl schools with 1,151 Instructors nnd 24,i 19 students. Of Japanese boys of school age S3.G per cent nro in tho public schools; of tho girls 69.4 per cent. Tlllll'.K Tltll .MI'llS. Aclilrrrinciitft of the lulled Stolon In IMMnnt I'loliln of Activity. Philadelphia Press. Secretary Hay a month ago notified China in n guarded but vigorous note of the grnvo mlstnko tho empire would mnko In assent ing to tho Manchuria convention. The United Stntes has today In China a mere guard. Our army Is withdrawn. Our policy Is enforced by no overmastering physical force. Put the moral weight of the protest was Immediate. Negotiations were checked nt Pekln. The southern viceroys saw their way clear to net and advlso agninst signa ture. Japan made rendy to express Its dis approval. Tho current which had been setting unchalleuged Russia toward suc cess swept in tho other direction and tho Manchuria convention has not been signed. When tho army act was passed by con gress and the slzo of tho military estab lishment was fixed nt 68,000 for tho regular army, with the privilege of Increasing tho force to 100,000, it was predicted In con gress and tho country that tho larger num ber would bo needed for' a long warfare In the Philippines. Tho amnesty proclama tion naming May 1 ns' the last date for taking the oath ot allegiance was treated as mere moonshine. Hut n few weeks have passed and Aguinaldo himself has taken the oath of allegiance; with ono exception every leading Filipino commander has sur rendered, military operations have ceased, only police duty remains and May 1 will see local civil government in operation or Just being organized over all tho archi pelago. . . ' Just over 'tr -month ago congress laid down tho terms nnd enndltlnnR under which "Cuba and the United Stntes could discharge tholr mutual 'bbllKUtluue, Oubrv tu hate ex clusive "Jurlsdlatlon, sovereignty and con trol" and the United States to enforce Us promise ot peace, order and stability on tho Island in perpetuity. Tho rejection of these conditions by the Cuban constitu tional convention was predicted. No such rejection has come. No ono doubts today that n majority of the Inhabitants and of tho property ownership of tho island de sires the acceptance of the conditions. Seno'r Sangullly and the republicans of Santiago, the constituents of Gomez, have demanded this. Tho convention gravitates In this direction. Factions or violent re sistance is no longer fenred. Tho Cuban problem approaches a peaceful settlement. In China, In tne Philippines and In Cuba the last month has seen signal success. In each tho policy of tho administration, pa tiently pursued, Is bringing peace nnd a wise solution of existing problems. In nil tnreo tho government of tho United States holds a position not only successful but both right and npproved by the vast ma jority of tho citizens ot the United States, TKUSTS KXrOSlMi THHMSKI.VBS. Falling Out of rrnmotcrn Itrvrnln (he Skeleton of (.reed. Philadelphia Times. In the cxperienco of the criminal courts tho fating out of rogues often furnishes tho only means of bringing rogues to Justice. Thoso who have despaired of curbing the power of tho industrial trusts to destroy competition and then extort exorbitant profits aro likely to witness a successful attack Upon trust mothods by tho applica tion ot a similar principle. Tho cheated or dissatisfied members of trust organiza tions can, by turning state's evidence, to to speak, reveal tho inner methods by which trusts cvndo tho laws designed to prevent them from becoming extortionate monopolies. Tho National Salt company, organized un der tho laws of New Jersey to absorb other salt-producing concerns and establish a monopoly tn table salt, Is furnishing nn example of this kind Just now. It ab sorbed tho United Stntes Salt company of Cleveland. O., a Rockefeller concern, agreeing to give the stock and bondholders of tho Colovlnnd concern stock and other securities of tho trust to tho value of moro than $1,000,000. It now finds It has bought a bad bargala and bns filed a peti tion In a Clovcland court nsklng to have tho pretended salo sot nsldo. Tho chief value to tho public lu this pe tition lies In Its admission that the object of tho protended salo nnd absorption wns the elimination of competition nnd tho es tablishment of a monopoly In salt, a purpose that Is mado Illegal by tho Ohio nntl-trust laws. Tho chlof difficulty In preventing these Illegal combinations lies In proviug this purpose. In tho National Salt com pany's petition to tho court this purposo Is admitted, nnd tho method by which it was sought to ovado the law Is exposed. As a means of keeping up tho deception it was ugreed that tho Ohio branch ot the trust should retain the namo of tho United States Suit company, but that it should havo the solo Monopoly of tho Ohio salt trade. With this exposure of tho legal Jugglery by willch tho trusts seek to circumvent the laws against monopolies, slncero officials charged with tho enforcement of anti-trust laws should find their task much easldr. While few trusts that uro prolltablo ara likely to plead their own violations of law as reason for the legal annulment of their bad bargains, the salt trust case points out tho purely fkUtlous nature of these pro tended trust purchases of tho stock and so curlties of other concerns In the ramo busi ness. When all the salt or other necessary article of constmption In a state, or In tho United States, has to bo purchnsed of one concern It ought not to bo difficult to estab lish In court that there has been nn Illegal combination formed in restraint of trade With ont trust telling tho truth about its Illegal mothods In court. It ought to ho pos slblo to gt at the truth about other trusts whether tney vrtat. it told or nou Pl'NSTO.NS OF OTIItlll HAYS. 1'ornirr Attempt to t'n lit ore Lender or llontlle Force. New York Sun, General Ftmstuu's achievement In captur tng Aguinaldo recalls earlier attempts mad by ofllcers of other armies to make prison ers or tho leaders of hostile forces. Th first attempt nt seizing a gencrnl was neve carried out. It Involved too many person nnd tho plotters engaged In it worked front tho Inside, not from without, as Funston dlu, nnd their plans were overhenrd. Thl was i no attempt, In June, 1777, to seize Washington In New York. Tho plan wa changed later tn an attempt to poison him Tho plans of the conspirators were over heard by n woman, who disclosed them to thi American authorities, and ns n result tho men Implicated wero captured nnd pun Ishcd, ono of them, Private Thomas Illckey of Washington's bodyguard, being hanged After Arnold's treason nnd his flight tho llrltlsh, tho Americans mndo an at tempt to solzo him. This understanding wns like Oenernl Fun;tou's exploit. Sergeant Chninpc of Leo s Legion was tho prlnclpa actor In the scheme. Ills plan wns know only to tho chief In command; so when he deserted to the llrltlsh his lato comrades flred .upon him, nnd ho reached tho enemy lines under n shower of bullets, narrowly escaping with his life. This was nn cxctl lent introduction to tho llrltlsh, nnd Chnmpc was received with open nrtns. Hut ho was unsuccessful; Arnold moved his headquarters tho day on which Chatupe hud nrranged to capture him, nnd Champo Had anally to desert from tho Kngllsh nnd return, again under Are, to our lines. Whon Washington wished soou after to promot him for his gallantry ho found that Champo had died ot disease. Tho capture of tho llrltlsh gcnoral, Pres cott, in July, 1777, was perhaps tho first successful attempt or tho kind. Oenoral PreBcott commnnded tho llrltlsh forces in Newport, k j., nnu went ror tne summer to a fine house some flvo miles out of Iho city. Colonel William Ilarton, knowing this, decided to capture him, if possible, and on July 10, lm, with forty-one com rades, rowed across from AVnrwIck Point on tho west shore of Nnrragnnsott bay, an reached tho houso undiscovered. Tho door of his houso wor burst In by a negro, wh used his head as a battering ram; PreB cott was nslecp, and nwnke to find himself a prisoner. He wns not allowed to dress but in his cloak, with n captor carrying hi clothes, was forced to tho boat and taken within tho American lines and then t Washington's headquarters In New Jersey Ho was exchnnged later. Tho successful capture of General Stoughton by Mosby and his Rangers In Mnrch, 1863, was tho result of a carefully made plan. Mosby, with twenty-nlno men, entered Fairfax court house, passing themselves oft ns belonging to the Fifth New York cavalry, and whll some of tho band attempted to capture Colonel Wyndham, tho leuder went to the houso where tho gcnornl was sound aslceep At tho name of Mosby, General Stoughton sat tip In bed, wide-awake In an Instant "Havo you got him?" ho asked. "He' got you," replied Mosby. The prisoner was taken to. Generat Fltzhugh Lee's head quarters from tne very midst of a camp In which lay several thousand troops. The attempt to capture Sitting Hull was not mado by strategy or trick; our Indian scouts went openly to the old chief's tent and when they tried to arrest tho famous Sioux were met with bullets; they re turned the flro nnd killed him, losing some of their own number. Funston's capture of Aguinaldo wns marked by a well-do vised plan, involving moro danger than any other plot except Sergeant Champe's and requiring longer time and more care ful work, with the same exception. . I'KHfiO.v.w. rroriiH, Senator Hoar denies that he ever com pared Aguinaldo or any other man to Wash ington. He holds the first president Incom parable. The German Reichstag has been holding sessions for thirty years. Four members of tho first Reichstag havo scats In tho present one Graf Hompescn, Kugcn Rich tcr, Dr. Lleber and Rebel. Justlco Hrewcr, Booker Washington President Cnnllcld, Rev. Dwlght Hlllls and James Whltcomb Riley hove been Invited to addreBs the next meeting of tho Kansas State Teachers' association. Now comes the belated report that Lieu tenant J. 1). Taylor, jr., bribed seven Filipinos with seven cigars, being one cigar apiece, to betray tho whereabouts ot Aguinaldo. Lieutenant Taylor Is too late In recognition of tho work of Prof. Paul Haupt of Johns Hopkins university, tho German emperor has presented to tho library of that Institution a handsomo edition of tho works and letters of Fred crick the Great. The khedlvo of Kgypt is an energetic fireman und has had his palace fitted out with all the latest flro extinguishers. Ho has pci Iodic flro drills for his household and occasionally turns in n false alarm In tho small hours. Row Mr. Pearson, the recently elected sheriff lu Portland, Me., Is suspicious of now bevcrago marked "Hop beer, non-In toxicating," now offered for salo in that city. The reverend gentleman Bays ho used to be n good Judge ot nlo and thinks that Is the proper name of tho "hop beer." Lord Strathcona, tho Canadian states man, lu not only uotuuio lu htisincss and rellgloiiD affairs, hut Is u thorough sports man. Ho Is a commodoro of tho Royal St Lawrence Yncht club, Montreal; president of the Winnipeg Rowing club and patron of the Manitoba nnd Quebec Rlflo association Thus far J. Plerpont Morgan has given $500,000 for n New York technical school, $175,000 for a botanical park In New York, $100,000 for a hospital, $130,000 for a yacht club, $300,000 for a church, $23,000 for light tng St. Paul's cathedral, London, ami 30,000 rare manuscripts to tho New York library, Mayor Johnson of Fargo, N. D., who has been on a trip to Norway and Sweden, cx nccts that 20,000 Scandinavians will como to America this year. Ho Is quoted ns say ing that they evidently do not tako any stock lu tho cry of militarism In tho United States, for tho Scandinavians nro leaving their native land In order to cscapo thu system of military conscription about to be established, Mnyor "Tom" Taggart of Indianapolis had n heart-to-heart talk ith Mrs. Cnrrlo Nation while sho was in the Hoosler cap ital. He listened to all that Mrs. Nation had to say and then answered: "Tho sa loon keepers of this city pay a llrense of $400 a year, nnd If they vlolato tho law our police will nttend to them; your method of saloon reform will not bo tol erated In Indianapolis for a minute." Lleutepant H. Mitchell, Fortieth infantry, who was General Funston's nldo lu tho ex pedition that raptured Aguinaldo, will bo re warded with a first llcutenantcy In tho regular army. It Is expected that promo tion will also be given Captain H. W. New ton, Thirty-fourth Infuntry, nnd Captain R. T. Hazard und Lieutenant O, I'. M. Hazard. Eleventh volunteer cavalry, who also ac companied Funston. Judgo Wofford of tho criminal court of Kansas City, Mo., refuses to send Juvenllo offenders to either tho county Jail or the stato reform school except In rare cases. Instead he sets them at liberty, but directs that they report to him at regular Inter vals, so that he may know as to their be havlor. Ho finds that tho boys generally make good use of their freedom, nearly all either going to work or school, Tho police bear testimony to tho good being Uone In this way. HITS OF WAMIIMITO.I 1.1 1'K. Jmiiiip Sennlor on the (it-omul Floor unit Oilier Seene. Termor Senator Wolcolt of Colorado and n number of his cronies in the senato are snld to hao made all kinds of money In Wall street speculation recently. Wolcolt Is tho confidential ndvlser of James J. Hill of the Great Northern nnd John Plerpont Morgan, nnd had a great deal to do with the move to acquire control of tho Hur- Mngtnn road, tlelng on the ground floor. Wolrott tipped his senatorial chums and iney went in on the deal, realizing hand somely In thu unparalleled advance In tlm Rtoek of the road affected. A Washington dispatch to tho Chicago Chronicle puts the personal winnings of Wolcolt nt $1,000,000. Tho nlhnr ,na(n,. V.-fl. em Pacific J , 7 M a, publicly kuon that lull and Morgan wero trying to secure control of Darlington have Cleaned up between $3,000,000 nnd $4,000, 000. Senator Hanna is reported to bo. thu Inrctrat 1 nA 1 11 nn I ,!.... . i ...... ... Woleott. Senator Al nin ini ,in.n ". ! Other senators who arc 'credited with liavlnir nrntltnl hv th Mont nr.. unn.i.,.ni. nf Vnni, tinUnin s , W;n of XVmlng: nikhis and Sco.T of' - - p'ui i in n muiimii, not been disclosed. It Is stated thnt not one of tho senators who Invested has won less than $100,000, Acntinlntnnre,. nf Tin..r Arfmirni riM.Uv 1). Kvans. kiiv a Wimhlnrtnn InMi-r tn tlm New York Times, accept without vcrlflra- tlon tho report thnt ho declared, when Afc-Ulnaldo's canturn w:is nnnnunrrrt. that tho only way to enpturo him wns to take n bloodthirsty or Inhuman poison. On the contrary, ho Is a man of very tender feel ings, very solicitous nbout tho kind treat ment of animals and children, nnd consider ate to a degree when It comes to accepting tho surrender of such nn ofllcer hs Admiral Cervera, who gave up his sword, It may bo reca ed. Wh o nrraved In nnthlni? hut . vrirv lmdlv KnnWe.i iit nt i.n,in,-.v.,u - a-,. officers say tho samp ot General Sherman, although he was reported by General Sheridan as having snld that the only "good Indian was a dead Indian." Rut an officer West Virginia, llurrows ot Michigan. Mc '""" i Comas of Maryland. Quay of Pennsylvania. T,ho "RU enormous. During he Kearns of Utah. Clark of Wyoming a d ""V!1 ,ycaR,r , 3aty f ' , . Jones of Nevada. Thero may have been 'rL VT KT , " n.n i.,M,.. i.. .1.-1- - 1 ..... t.39,4S3,6S2, ot which nearly nil were of nii.i nn nj nviituoioi nut iiii u iiitiill'n lliivt! I ot the nrmy on duty at the War department OI lnu wcr'"' cln"! v"ucr nirc.-uy or in recently reellrd tho mn.h.M r n.n.r.,1 directly tho prices of Iron and tccl In all Crook during nn Apache campaign while ho wns command ne tho ltnltn.1 Rlntoo fnr.-o A vounir offlcr. froh from Wo.t I'nim and anxious to win recognition, had been sent off after a baud of hostlles nnd was Jho leader of a sound that nleke.i tin n " ' ' "i " camp ot some twenty-flvo bucks, squaws nnd nannooses. Tho rnntnin nrnl.o.t tho service highly, nnd humored tho young lieutenant by Bending blm to hondquart?rs with his bunch of prisoners. Glowing with nrlde nnd embarrassment, tho vnone nwr reported "in person" to General Crook, telllne him what ho hn,i dnno nmi tho mm,, her of prlsonors he had captured. "Where are those prisoners?" Inquired General Crook, otilotlv but nnxlmislv. ns hn lnnWort up from his desk. "Out In the corral, sir." "Very ne . s r: I think von mav rolnrn tn your post, with my compliments to Captnln Hrown." Tho atmosphere wns chilly. In response to nn nnillrv tn ascertain thn meaning of Crook's eoldneaa. an older nfflner told tho youngster: "Don't bring in any moro prisoners. Most of those Apaches try to escane and set shot while running. Sabo? When I reported my captures and their subsequent unfortunato killing, the 'Gray Fox' said: 'Admirable: vnu mav re. main here for seven days before reporting at your station.' " Crook had n theory that he would have to lieht all hla prisoner over ucnln if tho hnefcs oro normtt..4 ,n live. ' The United States government will In a few days sell at public anctlon a prosperous democratic newspaper. It Is probably the only democratic newspaper ever run by a republican administration. It will be re- called, says a Washington dispatch to the, New York Post, that tho Philadelphia Rec- ord came Into tho hands of the comptroller of tho currency a few years ago as part of tho assets of tho Chestnut Street Nn- tlonal bank, having been turned in by Colonel Slngerly, its proprietor, to make good certain obligations. When Comptroller Ditwes looked Into tho affairs of tho paper ho mado tin his mind thnt It was n pnml assot. nml thnt nil II nno,ln,l woo tn l, la, aUn. On l. tn.l.iint.,1 T, -.... I .... t. . I .UMC. ... .w.,nc.. , Mr c vu ntv-ii mc iuiJi;i unu inn n uil HH well established lines. Thus It happened thut tho Record went right on saying unkind mings nuoill IIIO aumilllSirailon, W11I10 the numimnirauon iookcu on nnu smiled per- feetlv rontent tn the hnnwlpdi-n thnt tin. paper wns in a way to pay dividends on Us stock. Mr. Dawes' hopes have beon fully realized; the newspaper has proved one of uie ornma iiesi .shuii., urn, as me lime is at hand to close tho recelvcrshln. thn I government will sell its antl-ndmlnlstratlon , ,,, ,,,,,, ,,i,,,i. The president has reached a conclusion regarding the make-up ot the newspaper section of. his trip to tho west, says the Now York Times correspondent. There had been many requests from newspapers to havo their special correspondents permitted t o accompany mo iraiu. .cw iorK, uni- rago, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, St. Louln and other cities, not excepting San Fran cisco; presented candidate for tho privi lege. To begin making selections on poliU Inn I n.nlma tuna a ..rnnnultlnn lint in 1m ,i,. ...... .. ................. ...... thought of. To select on personal grounds was also out or tno question, to meet uio expectations of ono paper would havo ex ited the Jealousy of other newspapers do not think ill- of themselves. After mu consideration of the matter the conclusion was reached that only a representative of encn or tno press aHsaciaiiuiiH huouiu uo in vited. Possibly a few photographers will bo allowed to go on tho train, but with the Ited. Possibly a few photographers will grcement on their part that their nega- tlvos may bo used by other illustrated papers or magazines that desire to have tht privilege of sending spcclnl operators but ' . l-.-.l rrl. u . - CUUUUl OO UtCUUJUIUUilLl-u. IUU JJICBlllt-Ill oes not care to bo constantly followed by n nrmy of snapshottcrs, bo will limit tho number of offlelnl photographers. Kvery- body who goes with tho president on this Ix weeks' Jaunt will share with him In ho hospitalities extended, The start will o mado about a month hence, nnd when o leaves Washington on April 29, it will probably bo for tho entire summer, unleds some unexpected exigency should nrlsn de manding his presence ut tho Whlta Houbo. Iin.MAHKAIII.i: H.YIIIIHT. Ilnala ut tin- linliixtrtnl Development or Hie I olt.-il Slnlea, Wall Street Journal. The question Is frequently nsked whether tho present ern of prosperity can he con sidered as any moro permanent In Its char acter than havo been prosperous times in tho past. Everything has to be considered rela tively. Good times resting on a substantial basis ran bo overdone ns surely as good times resting on a wonkor buisls, There Is euro to bo overproduction ana that is n ays what brings commercial reaction. Nevertheless, thn country may ho a good deal longer In reaching tho point of over production at ono tlniii than at another. tno real quesriou is tvnuinor tno forces which have been lifting this country Into prosperity at homo nnd prnmlncnco abroad ro strong enough to Justify enncctatlon that they will continue over moro than tho ordinary length of time. mu iuiiuwiiik Hruviu irom mc iiamtiurcer ri. - .i-i.. t .. .. Freimlcnhlatt throws light on this ques tion. It says In substance "Tho United Statci came out ot tho civil i war with one uf tho heaviest national debts recorded In history. It wn reduced rnpldly and largely by the exports of agri cultural products. When Industries began to revive they suffered seriously for want of domestic capital. The great merlcan railways were built Isrgely with Kngllsh slid (iciman money. The payment of Inter est en these securities caused a sanity tf money, especially of gold, nnd the United Slates became financially dependent upon Kurope, with Its rate of interest dictated from London. "During tho lust ten years n series of factors have caused a decided change In this situation. Good harvests succeeded eiuii other nnd brought n flow of money to America, industries found an Improved mnrket for their products. Theso Indus- rlt ""l vnltcllv ' In.prove.l processes and gradually emancipated thcnviolvcs from foreign competition. The Americans then undertook tho tnsk of freeing themselves from foreign capital; In other wonls, ot re '"""l"' ,fiCt,,l',lr8 ""' wero lu Kuropenii hands. They bought ,l,e,,n 11,ack' n"'1 then. juMalneil by their " "M""" v.,.. began to dominate foreign markets. ?' V"' domestic origin. Tho Item of manufiu'tuied goods amounted to 31.31 per cent, or neatly n full third of tho whoU exports. In 18-10 they were only 17 per cent of-the total ex P"'. showing tho United Stntes to bn nmn'inng wun gignnuc siriurs iowhiu eon version from nn agricultural to nn Indus- l"' ' " " . . T"" h"' of exports Of Indytrlut prod Produetlvo nnd selling capacity whl. h constitutes an imminent danger to compet ing nations, ' "The United Stntes mined In 1S99 gold valued nt $71,033,400 nnd llver of a colnuan value of $70,806,626. This, raised the specie 8U1PJ? "f J.h5 "",on.,to $,'0,?I,",9'T,541I" Ko1'1 u ii,jii,ov hi biiu-i, mu i-oucu oiim-i consequently has one-fifth of the eutlrr 801,1 nm' Mlvcr n,onpy of ,he clvll"d world, "T,, f1 manufacturers of the United Slntps. whlcu' two decades ago, were lu ",c,r "'"--J. l,,u" mameis rn", nnu are noio promnniy io ex l""- luuir inuimcis cru iu i-.ugiHiiu American tools, in splto of a higher prh e. tnnA a,)0V0 competition In nearly the ",lu,u. A llttlo more than ten years ago. the I T T.W . .l c,.,.. lMMn.-.l 1, T.. ""I'"'"-" u" rPp- Today It floods Kurope with ready- mado 8hoe!, competes with the products of chcaP lnbor 1,1 E"Klnd and establishes """" ri" ' ris mm wh- principal cities of Germany. Tho United States con- trols the Petroleum trndo of the world, and within n not far distant period the coal ot the ultc(l States will play the sanw ,ul Wlc '"eis oi uie worm. "Incldentnlly, It may be remarked that the yPwrltlriB machine, with which this "rucio is wruien was mane in America. that n 8,anij!' 0,1 a" American table tn au ul"LO luru,alau "u" '""oi icau ucbun, uuuh- cases mm ciuurs, which cnnnoi no mime in Europe of equal finality for a similar t Ice. Everyone who understands tho existing eon- u,wo,,s ,llusc "Bree uml "1L "nnKcr irom American competition Is real and scrloti3, aml Ulat Germany to hold Its own must adont American methods." T"o foregoing statement brings out clMrty the most lmportnnt factor in the Prcsfnt period of prosperity. Tho United tcs lias paid Its (louts abroad and Is bow able to export Its surplus ugrleul titr.il products una manufactured -goods o an extent which Is adding enormously io "10 national wealth. Exports of $1,334,186.- 3t mean n vast business In connection with tho production of rnw material and the manufacture, transportation and sale of finished goods. More labor, moro businets "nd moro profits underly the increase in values In tho last few years. T,l opening up of new markets h.n mado a demand temporarily lu excess of tho supply, as long ns mm continues tncro w'" bn prosperity. Under wiso restriction of output nnd diligence in developing the markets tho period of, prosperity may be prolonged. ' UI-.l'.Ill Ull.ll I-. Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Aguinaldo says 0 1100811 t Wltllt nil OtllCO, "Say, thnt'n the sort of man the olllco slloum seeK- Ilnslnn Trnnserlnt! nhl nihl.nn.M-Whon mo i nopo io leave you a goott name, Ji'irij. leiivo'lTnt'tlirbottoiii of u cheek" 'a'niV then you won't liavo to wait until you die, you Chicago necord-llernld: "AKlllnnJdo doesn weem to mIiow much enneern n limit nl,,!f1l,tl,r10-" ,,,,,, "Why should ho? Ho can romc over hero and dUHtnln life on afternoon tens for n coupio oi yours. Yonkcrs Statesman:' "Is cverv hair of your head numbered, grandpa?" ira, my ciiiiu. "Well, grandpa," said tho llttlo follow. ho contemplated the grrut Imld spot, ngurcs!"0"'1 BOt mUCh f l "ca'1 fr A nshlnKtoi; Star: "Did you xny you thought there wns a great deal of same ih'ks In mv arguments?" Inmilroil tho nnll. tlclnn. "I did," replied the morccnary person. "How will I avoid It?" ,,.., . .. ,.,aVil.."B,,,K PII,a ",,u ll "venues mr l l no j ex- Philadelphia rresni ''HeoH nro very In that telllgciit," commented, tho great Heloutlnt. Wo linvo l-enHfiu to bellovo they ctin count much hh high ns ten." "Yen. Indeed." udded tin common person, 1 lmvu "nu" "nrd of tho spclllns lndltinapollx Press: "Wo object." said iney earnestly, "to tlm use of wine In v 'i.'.T, m ' . "i n... "V.'o, t cured at a (Irmr store?" A careful study .of history will show that nV" L'uV r: i Lt Vu,;'S.,uiV lnu -'8BCco I.V Ol.n KlJVl'UCKY. W. J- lunpton lu New York Sun.) A (Oenernl CiiHtlemuii und (lenernl Forres- !hr,,'n.fe fmd'lnnrh1 uw "illTl ".Kl,,t wlth ll;;!rav!oiLp,tci..), k""CkeU l0W"' Grout Caesar! has. It come tn pass Thnt old Kentucky'ii roiih Hereafter will ciigngo lu rights miii iisis insicuii or guns Ik this to Indlcutn that they, In tiny futuro sputs, ' Do not propose to shoot their friends, jui jiuiiuii iiii-iu iii inu mtu&f Are wo to iiiiilerslnnd from thlH, Though not ill let-t 1 v said. They will not Hhoot them full of holes, nui mean lliuil llll'U lll&ll'Ulir Ih It to be the pistol crack No loimcr shall ovUi. And In IIh stead thut wn must hear n-i... .1..11 ,i....i . i. .. . uu unu iiiuu ut urn nnif Is It to ho that honor's wounds, Which erstwhile hlnndv sntniu Alone could hcul, will now bo healed uy iiiyuiK on ui minus; Aro friends to slug ouch other i '11, n wtnt i.'Vin,, Him, ..ma l.n. . . -" ...-.. ll.l-jr (1111 jllll, When It Ik ho much more it-tlncd jo no ii wun a HiiotY AlasI it never moro can bo Ah we have known It once, Hufore they laid down arms and took i P naiH m no their tunts. Tho gun that onre through Old KnlntticI r.iiiivnni'u every row, Hi'iieatli the rule of fisticuffs ih worse in.ui uticicHH now. Ah! stay- tho hand nf rhnngliig time, im biiiiiiiu uio now prrnioxco If thlH goes on. Ketiturkfans will uo omitting water nest, 1