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The omaha Daily Bee.
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OFFICES;
Omiihn: Tho llco Building.
South Omujia: City Hull iiulldlng, Twenty-fifth
mid AI streets.
Council UIuiTh : 10 Pearl Htrect.
Chicago: 161G Unity Building.
New fork: Temple Court.
Washington: Ml Fourteenth Street.
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STATEMENT OK CIRCULATION. .
State of Nebraska. Douglas County. ss.r
Oeorgo H. Tuchuck, secretary of 'the lle
Publishing Coinpuny, being duly. sworn,
cays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Hunday Uee. printed during
tho month of April, 1901, was us follows:
1 'M.UUU 16 27,1)50
2 SU.aTO 17 U7.70O
3 2t), (5(10 18 U7.84U
4 uu,.iao 19 UT.WOO
6 !,-80 -. 20 27.WIO
6 (10,020 21 SM,iM(l
1 UO.itUO ' 22 27,000
8;i 20,11)0 33 27,030
.,V 27,1100. . 24 .27,780
10'. aU.-lDQ 23 27,400
11.. 28,80 27.B40
iz :to,sao ? a 27.000
13 28,00(1 28 28,075
It 28,1 2D 27,'iao
15 -la.aoo 30 ..aT.nao
Total I. .',.... 837,800
Leu unsold and returned copies,... 12,204
Net tdtal sale 840,800
Net dally average 28,183
OEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Hubscrlbcd In my presence and sworn to
before me this 1st -'MOnoaTI?1-Notary
Public.
There wns no- Htrlkc for shorter hours
during democratic times tho hours
were (ill too Bhort for most of the la
borern. Buffalo's opening day attendance
mnrk Is recorded at 101,087. Not a bad
fthowing even If the number of free
pasteboards Iff not stated.
From the proceedings of the Omaha
Ministerial union It seems that minis
ters, like doctors, sometimes disagree ns
to the proper remedy for the patient.
Ohio's governor is headed for Omaha
as fast us fast trains will carry him.
Omnha at the same time will bo ready
on schedule time to receive him prop
erly. If Tom Dennlson would only ex
change u $500 check for an auditorium
brick perhaps he, too, could have n
front page, top column eulogy In the
World-Herald.
Decoration day preparations arc under
way. I,et every one help the old ond
now veterans In their efforts towurd'n
fitting observance of this most beautiful
memorial celebration.
Immigration oftlclals hare declined to
allow a party of Gypsies to laud, al
though they had plenty of money. If
this policy Is pursued the fortune tell
ing Industry will be seriously crippled.
Cicnernl von Wnldersee has explained
that, the firing upon a BritlHh tug was
a mistake and that it will not occur
again. As the men injured were
Chinamen, the explanation will prob
ably suffice.
That Omaha police Judgeship seems
to have been transformed Into ft life
tcuure position, and that, too, without
umending the constitution, which pro
vides .that our Judiciary shall be elective
and; for Uxcd terms.
The Hawaiian legislature has passed
A resolution tof "want of conthleneo" lu
Governor" Dole. As the governor has al
ready expressed a similar opinion re
garding the legislature honors are even
and tho next throw will settle It.
Tho liberal, party has won lu the
Bpu.ni.idi elections. Tho name sounds
well, but unyonc who linu followed
Spanish politics cap easily see that It
Is only a caso of peoplo who believe
they are liberal, and possibly they are
for that country.
Another' Indian war Is being hutched
In Wyoming. Xot. so many years ago
It was no difficulty to get up a genuine
war, but the red mau has held the hot
end of tho poker so often there Is no
probability of his doing anything more
' serious than mako faces.
A sucker Jh born every minute, ac
cording 'to good authority. The birth
rate triay not be quite that high In
Omaha, but the ease with which a
smooth swindler recently worked a
largo clientage Indicates that It Is suffi
cient for nil practical purposes.
There I no hypocrisy about the ex
pressions of" thaukfuluosH nt tho prac
tical recovery of Mrs. MoKlnley heard
on all sides. The hypocrisy is in the
denunciations which at ordinary times
fill opposition papers and which at the
outset of the trip were given voice In
them.
Omaha did not expect to be on the
rputo of tho president's present trip,
but seemi to have acquired, that dis
tinction. J Our people would, however,
gladly forego tho hnstcned visit If tho
restored health of Mrs. McKlnley would
pernilt th party to conclude Its orlglnul
program. ,
Kansas ;ims beon given leavo to HIo n
suit in tho supremo court to restrain the
state of Colorado from diverting tho
waters of tho Arkansas river. Shutting
off tho, water from a prohibition state
Is a serious matter and the supremo
court should see to It that no delay Is
countered lu adjudlcatiug the. case.
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STILL A DIFFICULT TASK.
Hrigndler General Grant, who has
Just returned from the Philippines,
where hu was In command of a district
and did meritorious service, says that
while the Insurrection Is ended there
Is still a difficult task In establishing
civil government In the Islands oud
teaching the people what American
rule mums. Our task, ho says, "Is to
give them good government lu their
municipalities, to protect them ngalnst
themselves until they, acquire a taste
for order and then withdraw gradually
from active Interference, leaving the
towns one at a time ns wc see that
they cun be trusted, but we must have
our troops within striking distance for
some time after we leave any district,
so as to Insure It ngalnst tr relapse,"
He Is of the opinion that for a long
time there will be a great deal of rob
bcry and pillage, the war having given
an Impetus to that sort of thing.
It Is evident that General Grant has
no great confidence lu the capacity of
tho Filipinos generally for self-govern
incur, but he admits that surprlslnt;
results have, been attained lu getting
law and order Into these peoplo in the
few months of comparative peace. In
view of this there would seem to be
good reason for expecting moro rapid
progress hereafter, though wo have
perhaps been dealing thus fnr with
tho more Intelligent and better class of
natives. However, with tho Insurgent
Influence withdrawn and the example
of the American' system of government
being steadily extended, tho progress
toward complete submission and pacifi
cation should be better than It has been.
The establishment of good government
lu the municipalities will undoubtedly
be followed at once by Improvement In
Industrial conditions and tlis must
prove a most potent intluence In behalf
of the maintenance of law and order.
As communities are freed from the ex
actions and privations Incident to war,
the people given employment and pros
perity restored, tho general effect
cannot fall to be good and It Is not un
reasonable to exp.ect that In no very
long time there will come 11 universal
demand for government which brings
such benefit to the, poople.
Still tho task yet to bo accomplished
Is by no means simple or easy. It re
quires patleucc with firmness. As
General Grant says, the peculiar na
tional character of tho Filipinos makes
them hard subjects for the present.
Hut they hnve shown that they are
teachable and that most of them are
not lucnpable of understanding and ap
preciating good government, Justly and
honestly administered. It Is true that
wc have had some experiences well
calculated to create distrust. Natives
given positions of trust and responsi
bility have proved recreant. Professing
friendliness for tho Amcricnns they
betrayed tho confidence reposed In
them. No doubt wo shall have other
experiences of the kind, but. .wo shall
be nblo ultimately to find men who can
be trusted and wherever this is done
the danger of n rplopse will be very
small. ' ; r l;
Llttlo has recently been reported as
to tho work of the Toft commission In
orgnulzlng civil government, but It Is
safe to assumo thnt steady progress is
being made and. thaf there Is a gradual
and secure Improvement In the general
conditions.
GETTING OUT OF OffiVA.
The withdrawal of the military postal
service from China, It is announced in
a Washington dispatch, closes the
United Stntes military service- there.
This was practically accomplished,
however, when the order was made
withdrawing all the Amerlcon troops
except the legation guard, so that as a
matter of fact our military service In
China closed several weeks ago.
When will tho good example set by
the United States lu this respect be
followed by tho other powers Is a
question of considerable Interest In Its
bearing upon the future of negotia
tions. When It. was announced thnt
tho Chinese government would pay the
Indemnity asked by the powers the
statement was made that tho with
drawal of troops could proceed nt once,'
but so far there has been no step In
this direction by any government. Each
ono seems to bo waiting for a move
ment on tho part of the others. Thoro
appears to bo no good reason why any
foroign troopM, except those guarding
the legatlous, should bo longer kept nt
Pekln. Their presence there Is doing
no good and Is porhaps a source of an
noyance and Irritation to the Chinese.
They should bo promptly withdrawn,
so that the Imperial authorities may re
turn to the capital and tho business of
government be resumed there without
restraint. There Is no doubt thnt tills
can bo safely done and with positive
benefit to the situation.
DUTY OP TflB COUXCIL.
When tho city council dismissed tho
Impeachment proceedings against Judge
Gordon, basing its nction on tho as
sumption that It had no Jurisdiction to
Impeach and removo any city officer un
der existing ordinances, It becamo Its
manifest duty to ennct an ordinance
that would give It power to Impeach
and remove city officials derelict In tho
performance of their duties. The pri
mary object of Impeachment Is to get
rid of officers who willfully neglect or
refuse to perform their offioinl duties,
or who havo been guilty of corrupt prac
tices or have failed to protect tho Inter
ests of the public to the detriment of
tho peace and welfare of the com
munity. A public officer does not havo to com
mlt a capital crime or nn Indlctnblo of
fenso to Justify his removal from office
Whilo such officers nro subject to tho
penalties of tho criminal codo for of
fenses that coustltuto crlmo when com
mitted by private cltljejis. they aro also
subject to removal from olllco for a
manifest neglect of duty and misbe
havior that would not 1e punlshoble by
tho criminal courts. A city officer does
not lime to be convicted of grand lar
ceny or petit larceny, or arson, burglary
or murder. If he willfully refuses to
discharge the duties oud functions de-
THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1001.
volvlng upon him under the laws and
ordinances, or shows a reckless dlsrc
gard of tilt public Interest by practices
that Impede and block the enforceinrut
of law or tho administration of Justice,
he Is guilty of misdemeanors In office
nud should be held liable to Impeach
ment and removal.
This has been the practice In nil the
states and all the cities of the country.
An ordinance defining misdemeanors in
office, for which municipal officers shall
be Impeachable and removable, Is Im
perntlvely demanded lu nil branches of
the city government. Otherwise, city
officers .and employes can with Impunity
violate the ordinances, neglect their
duty and administer their offices with
out regard to the ordinances or tho In
tcrcsts of the community.
AllMV HEFUlOt I A' E AO LAND.
The Hrltlsh ministry carried tho
scheme of nrmy reform through tho
House of Commons by a largo major
Ity, but that docs not necessarily as
sure the carrying out of the policy pro
posed. The ministerial measure con
templates a very much larger standing
army than Unglnnd has ever had. but
tho Important question Is ns to where
the men are to be obtained unless con
scrlptlou Is resorted to. The plan re-
mures that there shall bo nmintiiinnii
a military establishment of 080,000
regulars, militia, yeomanry and voluu
teers, and It Is pointed out that lu the
llrst four months of tho present year
1(1,000 men enlisted, belnc nt tho rate
of 18,000 recruits per annum, and this
does not include 25.000 now veomen
who were attracted for special service
In South Africa at the special pay of
o shillings per tiny.
if after the war Is over, remarks
a London correspondent, recruits con-
tlnue to come forward In anything like
these numbers If, that Is to say, the
present pay of 1 shilling per day Is
Inducement enough without the pros
pects of immediate dentine the war
office scheme may succeed. If they do
not, rarlament will hnve to face nn
Increase of soldiers' pay, so as to com
pete in the general labor market. That,
of course, the government could not
stand, the measure adopted involving
such nn Increase of expenditure that It
has been demonstrated as extravagant
militarism. Some of the milltnrv men.
probably a mnjorlty of thorn, hnve been
outspoucn in favor of conscription, but
the mlulstry did not dare propose this.
To have done so undoubtedly would
have cost it power, yet it Is hardly pos
sible that tho great army contemplated
can be had without compulsory service.
nie Hrltlsh mlulstry has carried all
Its war measures, hnvluc vesterdav se
cured a very large majority ngalnst n
motion disapproving tho budoet nm.
posnls, but there are difficulties ahead
which may not be so easily overcome as
those encountered lu Parliament. For
tho present, however, tho Salisbury
cabinet Is secure In power, with ample
authority to put Its policies Into effect.
The remarks of Sonor Clsueros in tho
Cuban constitutional convention show
that much, If not nil of the trouble and
misunderstanding between tho Cubans
and this, country is duo to tho nctlou of
busylKidles lu the United Stntes. While
shouting patriotism and proclaiming
themselves the only slmon nure friends
of the human race, this clnss has ham
pered the operations of the government
and delayed the realization of hones of
peace In tho Philippines and of Inde
pendence for the Cubans. Sometimes
theso lntermeddlers may wako up to
the fact thnt instend of benefactors to
humanity they are only pestiferous
busybodles.
Are Omaha taxpayers trolnc to sit Idlv
by while vuluable corporate properties
that should be subject to local assess
ment are smuggled out under cover of
the assessment of railway property
made by the State Board of Fnuallza-
tlon? Some of the energy expended an
nually In registering protests ngalnst
the size of the tax rate nftor tho as
sessment roll has been made up might
bo more effectively used In, seelnir that
taxable property grossly undervalued or
wholly evasive bo put on tho tax list
at its proportionate valuation, and made
subject to local taxation tho same as
the poor man's dwelling.
Judge Gordon seems to havo very
queer Ideas about the law relating to
tho right of citizens to carry arms for
their own protection. A man, undoubt
edly, has a right to corry a revolver If
his life Is threatened or when his voca
tion subjects him to risk of assault,
but a mau who notoriously has used his
revolver lawlessly and threatens tho
lives of citizens Is a menace to public
order and has no right to claim tho pro
tection of the Inw In enrrylug concealed
weapous. Tho purpose of tho law Is to
disarm Just such dangerous characters
and mako them harmless.
It Is now reported tlwt ox-Senator
Pettlgrew will be the now executive
head of the Great Northern railroad.
It Is known that the ox-senator re
cently made a large sum of money on
tho strength of Information given him
by J. J. Hill, tho Great Northern mag
nnte, and no one would bo particularly
surprised to see this once great enemy
for polltlcnl effect of overythlng lu the
corporation line fall bodily Into tho cor
poration entup to draw a fat salary.
We have had municipal ownership
proposed for almost all sorts of things
from pawnshops to street railways, ond
now comes a decision of the Colorado
supreme court affirming the claim of the
city of I.ondvlllc to all the mineral
rights under tho land devoted to public
streets, which Is expected to make the
city the owner of a number of vulunblc
mining properties. Tho municipal mine
may soon be n distinctive feature of
Leadvlllo's city government.
And now we nro told there Is no law
that would authorize 11 fedoral officer,
acting as a special agent for the Post
office department, to arrest a man who
pulls a revolver on nlm when nccused
of fending horrible literature through
the malls. It has always been pre
sumed that 1111 officer has a right to nr
rest a man who threatens him with :i
tovolver, even though the officer hos no
warrant for his arrest.
The Indian bureau has let a contract
for more than 3(K) iron bedsteads for
tho uso of the Im'Aus. The Iron ones
are considered preferable to tho wood,
because the pieces, when broken up,
make better picket pins than the
wooden ones, mid the Indian can sleep
more peacefully on the ground knowing
that his pony will be safe In tho morn
lug.
Tho authorities at West Point Mill
tary academy hove taken a decided
stand against hazing and several cadets
have Just been dismissed from the
school for that cause. In tho face of
public opinion and this action by the
authorities, tho young men would llnd
u convenient nud prolltablc to abandon
ino practice.
Nebraska aud surrounding western
states want to seo every arable acre
or laud settled and put under eultlvn
tlon ns soon as possible. So fnr n Ii-h
gatlon conduces to thnt much desired
result, every nractlcablo plan fw
claiming the arid section will have
unanimous endorsement.
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Olv- floston a Mho.
Washlnatnn Pmt
The action Of the New York Vnh ii.
will cause a great many excellent Ameri
can citizens to feel sorry because of Sir
1 nomas Daa luck with his latest boat.
Hoi Air PrestlRF,
Washington Star.
Lord Salisbury thinks thnt Cm.!, 1,,-
galnea prestige by tho Boer war, and Oom
Paul thinks that South Atrina
tlnuc (IcllvCrlDif an nnllmltwt ur.n.
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me article. ,
A HtMrlMerlng Snrprls.
8t. Louis Olobe-Democrnt.
The Crimean war nn n tnr ni 1.
history, but Its cost to tho Fnn.v,
less than that of the conflict In South
Africa. Tho "holiday Jaunt to Pretoria"
haB been a bewildering surprise in ex
penslveness. A Did In thr Itlbn.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Gentlemen who a few veara nen imi n
much to ray about the per capita circula
tion and who nromlsnri thnt it ,nM
Idly diminish under the gold standard, may
note mat tins circulation is now more
than J28, lareer than ever heforo in nur
history, and about 33 per cent larger than
in lsito, wnen tnese promises of decrease
were made.
Effeot of Trust Ki'onomic.
Springfield Republican.
An association of wnafarn fnrnltura mom,.
facturers met at Chi Pfiirn Innt tvnb mrA
decided to -advance prices 10 per cent. At
me same time and place the Northwestern
ASSOClatlOn Of Plnw MnnilfnMllrorc mm r,l
concluded, in view of the prices of agri
cultural products, that the farmers ought
iu uo. uiuue 10 pay more tor tneir imple
ments. And .action to this effect will ac
cordingly be. taken. Still It Is maintained
by many Deooln that rnmhlnnf ln tint
bring higher cprlces.
Undertalntleii of Life.
Detroit Free Press.
Sympathy from the entire people goes
out to the secretary of the treasury In his
domestic bereavement. Again there is
brought home to all the uncertainty of life
and our happy Ignorance of what a day
may bring forth. For years Mrs. McKln
ley has been an Invalid, yet there Is the
pleasing news of hope in her case, while
tho friend of her later years Is no more.
There Is a time of dread and sorrow in
the administration circle that stills the
voice of faction and makes our poor
humanity feel how powerless it Is where
it would most love to serve.
Can AKftlr Square lllmarlf.
Portland Oregonlan.
Wo weep for Agulnaldo, In disgrace.
Gavo bis "consent," and not only that,
but gave It to the enemy! Can bo ever
moro bear himself with that noble cri
terion at Lincoln, Neb.? Gave his "con
sent!" Could ho have done a moro heinous
crime against the household gods of anti
Ism. Indeed, the Lars and Lemures moan
with midnight plaint. If we mistake not,
his abjuration of the faith should expel
him even without formal ado from the
faculty of the antt Institute. For a faith
ful antl to ylold to anything with the aid
or consent of any nation on earth, would
seem to be the crest of opprobrium.
Out for him to cast down one of the sacred
principles of his order In such fashion Is
the crest unto the crest of Infamy aside
from the flagrant violation of fraternal eti
quette. A plague upon him! Let Agulnaldo
bag his head and never more look an honest
antl in tho face.
CLBAnQR SKY AT HAVANA.
.Native ralltlelmiK llexln to See thu
Krrar of Tlirlr Wy.
New York Sun.
The information carried back from Wash
ington by the delegates from the Cuban con
stitutional convention appears to have re
solved the doubts of two classes of ob
jectors to the Piatt amendment.
First, those members of the convention
who thought they discerned behind tho con
ditions propounded by congress a sinister
purposo on tho part of this government.
Personal Interviews with the president and
full and free discussion with the secretary
of war satisfied the special commissioners
of tho absolute good faith of tho adminis
tration and of its friendly and Just inten
tion concerning the Cuban people and their
future.
Secondly,' the extremists In tho convention
who cherished the mlstakon Idea that the
Piatt amendment was a tentative proposi
tion from which this government would re
cede Anally If resistance at Havana was
sufficiently tenacious. The Cuban gentlemen
recently visiting Washington have been able
to convince this element In the convention
that congress meant exactly what It said
in the Piatt amendment; that the eight
conditions therein specified were the law
and that there was no possibility of change,
by the executive.
Both of these errors have been supported
and fed by the utterances of certain Ameri
can newspaners whose main purpose, Im
perfectly understood at Havana, Is to em
barrass tho administration at every possible
opportunity. The experience of the deluded
Filipinos In this respect nan had its coun
terpart at Havana. The special commis
sioners have bcun able to tell their col-
leagues the truth about the situation. Even
Senor Vtlluenda now records his belief that
the Piatt amondurnt. represents the pur
pose of the nation, that Its conditions are
Inevitable and that they must be accepted
If a Cuban rcpubllo Is to be established at
this time.
No recent event has counted so much for
the welfare and prosperity of Cuba as the
decision of the convention to send repre
sentatives to Washington to ascertain the
facts at first band. The time and trouble
expended In that Important excursion have
proved highly remunerative investment.
Girdling
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
What would the world-glrdlrrs of n
century ago or earlier the Grays, the
Drakes and the Magelfans think of the
globe-circling scheme which J. Plcrpout
Morgan is understood to havo on foot at
the present time? Morgan's and Hill's
Great Northern railroad, with Its wester 11
terminus at Seattle, runs from that point
to Duluth, and thence It transports freight
to Buffalo by Its fleet of lake steamships
and from Buffalo It goes to New York,
Philadelphia or Baltimore .ty Any one of
several Morgan-Hill roads the Baltimore
and Ohio, the Lehigh Valley and the Phila
delphia & Reading. Throiign Morgan's
recent purchase of the Ley Is nil line of
Drltlsb steamers ho gets connection be
tween tho Atlantic coast of tho United
States and Liverpool, and from that point
by another section of that steamship line
he touches Marseilles and other ports on
tho Mediterranean and reaches Constanti
nople and Alexandria.
This will bring the line about half way
round the globe. A large part of the rest
of the way, however, Is already provided
for. From Seattle across the Pacific to
Hong Kong and other Asiatic ports the
Morgan. Hill comblno has a fleet of BWlft
steamers. Only one link, therefore, In the
circle Is missing, that between Alexandria
and Hong Kong, and this, It Is believed, Is
about to be supplied. Ono of the objects
of Morgan's visit to Europe, it Is said, Is
to mako arrangements to extend his line
of communications by rail and water around
tho earth. Part of this has bocn ac
complished by tho acquisition of the Ley
land line of steamers, connecting New
(1K.AXTIC It AIL.HOAD COMIIIMJS.
Do They Hoile (iood ur 111 for (he
Country.
Chicago Tribune.
Early this year tho financial and railroad
world was greatly taken up with a new
fad. It was the "community of Interest"
plan for getting around the Interstate com
merco law and putting an end to railroad
wars. The virtues of the new panacea
were chanted In glowing terms. It wns
predicted that through It that harmony wns
to be secured which had not been obtained
through "gentlemen's agreements." Theso
agreements, It may be remcmberod, wore
thought a great deal of until It was dis
covered that when made by railroad gen
tlemen they were made with many mental
reservations.
It became apparent last week, to the
sorrow of speculators, that the "community
of interost" plan brings war In Its train.
It was assumed too hastily that all the
magnates who have these now-fangled com
munistic Ideas about railroad properties
would always have the same Intcrctts. Al
lowance was not made for the oxlstenco
or groups of financiers with disagreeing
views as to the way In which the new peace
plan shall bo worked out.
Not long ago it became apparent to one
group then controlling the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific roads that there should
bo "community of Interest" between these
nes and the Milwaukee & St. Paul. An
attempt to get hold of this line failed. On
reflection the men composing this group de
cided that it was better "community of
Interest" should exist between their roads
and tho Burlington. Therefore steps were
taken which probably have secured for
the Northern Pacific peoplo the control of
that road.
But the men who manage the affairs of
the Union Pacific believed this arrange
ment would Injure them. They, too, have
had faith in the "community of Interest"
plan and got control of the Southern Paclfla
with Its capitalization 'of $300,000,000, so
as to protect themselves against the pos
sible loss of the Central Pacific, the west
ern end of the Union Pacific. As the Union
Pacific Is paralleled for a long distance by
the Burlington, the owners of the former
naturally viewed with alarm Its acquisition
by rivals. Therefore they went Into the
market to buy a controlling Interest In the
Northern Pacific. This led to the recent
unpleasantness on the Stock exchange.
The Northern Pacific has the Burlington.
The question as to who has tho Northern
Pacific is undetermined. Both preferred
and common stock have voting powers. Tho
Union Pacific people have more of the
former and their opponents of the latter.
The preferred stock can be retired on Jan
uary 1. Could this be done now It would be
done and the Union Pacific people be out
voted. There is to be an election, however,
between now and the end of the year.
Considering all the vexatious legal ques
tions which may arise it the struggle for
the road Is kept up, the New York Evening
Post says that the upshot will be an exten
sion of the "community of interest" from
the Northern Pacific and Great Northern
to the Burlington and Union Pacific and
possibly to the Southern Pacific. Then Us
says:
This combination, perhaps Involuntary,
reaching $1,500,000,000 In stock and
bonds, coming on the heels of the giant
steel combination, creates a situation dan
gerous in many ways. Demagogues win
presently ask the question, "Who owns
this country?" More poople will ask It
than will be able to answer It. We do
not profess to be able to penetrate the
future, but we do not think that It bodes
any good, cither to tho public or to the
men who think they are managing the
community of Interest' when it Is really
managing them,"
Can It be that the authors of the "com
munity of interest" plan havo created o
new Frankenstein, a monster that they
cannot control, and that Is going to undo
them?
I'EnSOVAI, XOTKS.
General O. O. Howard has declined to ac
cept again the presidency of the Congrega
tional Home Missionary society. General
Howard has desired for several years to
retire.
The youngest man In tho consular service
of the United States la Dwlght Francis
Hnnnsler of Centralla, III., who has Just
been appointed a consular agent at Sonne-
burg, Germany, and who wns born In 1880.
Ex-Governor Hogg of Texas had a repu
tation for great muscular strength in his
youth. He Is said to have lifted hogsheads,
thrown pig Iron bars a great distance and
thrown nn angry bull over a nine-rail fence.
United States Sonators Vest, Elklns and
Cockrell are expected to be present at an
old settlers' picnic which Is to be held at
Kansas City, Mo,, during the second week
In July. They will all spoak and a tiddlers'
contest will be another of tho attractions
which the Old Settlers' ooclety expects to
draw a big crowd,
Judge Danforth of tho Maine supreme
court had this to say In connection with
the case of a defaulting bank cashier re
cently sent to prison: "I wish that the
law permitted me to send with the nc-
cusod every one of the bank directors who,
through a long term of years, expected you
to do your work, live respectably, bring up
a large family and be honest all on a sal
ary of $600 a year."
Congressman Champ Clark, among his
many feats, numbers that of writing verse,
That was In 1883, when bo wrote a "Car
rier's Address" for the Louisiana (Mo.)
Journal, He signed the verses "Lonnle
Hois." The last stanza ran:
"Let every honest heart rejoice,
And lift to God a grateful voce,
Exultant that the land Is free!
All hall tho flower of liberty!"
the Earth
York and other ports on our slilu of tho
Atlantic with Liverpool at one point and
with Alexandria and Intermediate ports on
the other extension. The posscsslou of the
line between Alexandria and Hong Kong
which Is now the one Immediate purpose
which Morgan Is said to havo in mind and
which Is believed to he closo to accom
pllshment, will fill out tho clrclo of the
globe.
Three years wore consumed by Magel
Inn's men, the first persons who ever made
the circuit, In going round the glob'!. Three
years wore passed by Drake, tho first Kng
llshmati who performed that fent. Two
years wns considered fair time for tho
achievement by Qray, tho discoverer of the
Columbia river, the first American skipper
who made tho circuit. Kven at as recent a
day ns Gray's a Journey round the earth
was an exploit entitling Its performer to
world distinction. Tho Morgans and the
Hills will make the task one of the com
monplaccs of commerce, and they will do
It In a time almost as quick as Drako would
have taken In sailing from Plymouth to
Cadiz. These men would amaze the globe-
clrcters of tho days of Chartus V, of
Elizabeth, and of Ocorgo Washington. Here
Is a triumph of trade domination and tils
trlbutlou which Is beyond the dreams of
anybody even of a score of years ago,
America's Alexanders, It would Hcem, must
soon he In n more perplexing situation
than that in which their Macedonian fore
runner once found himself. If they seek
any moro worlds to conquer they will have
to go to Mars or Jupiter for them.
i.ii'K ix tiii; i'ihi.h'I'im:.
tfcenra anil InvlilentN (infhered from
Nenr nnil Fnr.
Albert Sonnlchsen, a member of Lieu
tenant Oltmorc's party captured by the
Insurgents and who was a prisoner ten
months, is telling his experiences and Im
pressions in Boston. "I found them quick
und Intelligent," ho says, referring to the
natives, "and, excopt when near the Ameri
can lines, In the first of our captivity, most
humane In their treatment of prisoners."
Ho says he also found them frank and sym
pathetic and by no means Ignorant, con
sidering tho limited opportunities they have
had to obtain education. From what he
saw of their local government Mr. Son
nlchsen believes the Filipinos have au
aptitude for governing themselves. He says
they had native courts at Bongucd, where
Spaniards with grievances secured redress,
to bis knowledge.
Tho Washington Post prints n page of a
letter from a soldier In the Philippines to
a returned 'hunkle, in which these breezy
remarks occur: "It's all right I'm not
kicking. The expcrlenco Is bully. I don't
mind the hardship a little bit. It trims a
fellow up for the game he's liable to stack
up against in tlio future years. There's
nothing wrong with theso islands, either.
"But, say, when they begin tho marine
band concerts' In tho Whltn House grounds
and the fountains are a-keeplng time with
the music, and the birds are a-slnglng up
In the leafy boughs, and the girls Wash
ington girls yum-yum! are walking
around on the grass In their fluffy dresses
and trying to make believe that they never
beard of any such thing as goo-goo eyes
say, when this Is going on, Just offer up a
little .one for me, will you, Bill, that I'll
be back there some old day and see It all
again?"
Commenting on. the recent death at Fort
Sheridan of Abraham Haarscher, a soldier
in the United States army who served In
the Philippines, the Manila American says
he was In a way a remarkable man. Born
In Alsace, after the Franco-Prussian war
he came to America and enlisted In the
army. One night at a far northwestern
garrison be was walking post as a sentinel
upon a frail temporary bridge thrown
across n stream that was being under
mined by a storm. The timbers were
creaking under his foet and the water
was beginning to creep over tho planking,
when tho officer of the day appeared at the
end of the bridge. He saw the sentinel and
his peril.
"Come off that bridge, No. 5," he yelled
above the storm. Haarscher walked calmly
off the bridge and came to an "arms port."
"Haarscher, you d d fool, didn't you
know the bridge was going?" Even as ho
spoke the frail structure was whirled away.
"That was my post, lieutenant," said
Private Haarscher, "and you forget that I
am a Frenchman."
The Army and Navy Journal supplements
tho foregoing by declaring that Haarscher
carried ono record that Is unique In soldier
history. In twenty-nine years' service, al
though a model of neatness, discipline and
Intelligence, ho never wore the stripe of a
non-commissioned officer. He did not know
what the Inside of a guardhouse looked
like from a prisoner's point of view. There
was no soldier in camp or barracks whoso
rlflo and equipments wero like unto his.
When Haarscher was detailed for orderly
duty no man thought of competing with
him. Tlmo after time be was offered the
position of non-commissioned officer and
time after time ho refused. Why, no ono
ever knew.
Onco a man who had the reputation of
never having lost the position of "orderly"
at guard mount came from another regi
ment and re-enllsted In Haarscher's com
mand. The two. privates, as luck would
have It, were detailed for guard the samo
day. The officer spent about twenty min
utes examining tho rifles, waist bolts,
cartrldgo boxes and brasses of the two men.
Thero was absolutely nothing to choose
between them in point of neatness or ap
poarance. Finally, as a last resort, tho
adjutant unbuttoned tho blouse of the new
claimant for orderly honor?. Ho found n
somewhat faded hut clean undorshlrt. The
adjutant passed to Haarscher and opened
three buttons of his coat. Haarscher had
on a brand now suit of silk underwear that
must have cost him n month's pay. It was
the other man on that day who walked post
In the hot sun, while Hnarschcr did "loll
ing" duty In the shade In front of tho
commandant's quarters. When at last be
fell In love with a girl thirty years his
Junior and she said no be put a bullet in
his brain.
BVII. HAYS FOB THIS HOM.WTIC.
The IMrtiirCNQne Grndunlly GIvIiik
Way in the t'raetlriil.
Providence Journal.
There Is an old quarrel between tho pic
turesque and the convenient. All modern
Inventions have been condemned, on tho
ground that they dcprlvo the world of some
touch of romance. Sometimes, Indeed, tho
loss Is apparent rather than real. Romance
has a way of adjusting Itself to the
strangest conditions. For many lovers of
the sea tha substitution of steam for sail
was a matter of regret. How could the
great bulk of n modern steamship cnmpnrn
In beauty with the grnceful clipper of
former times? Yet Mr. Kipling mndo his
engineer say that It only needed another
Robbie Burns to sing the song of steam.
It Is easy to conceive that a younger gen
eration might regard tbe ocean liner plung
ing through a storm at twenty knotr as
the most Impressive sight Imaginable. So
with the railway; It was a poor oxchango
for the stage coach, one might say, and still
modern writers have managed to endure It
with human Interest, Perhaps romantic Is
a comparative term after all, and two ecu-
Why a Woman
Im Ablo to Hmln Slok Women
Whon Doctor Fmlh
How gladly would men fly to wo
man's aid did they but understand a
woman's feelings, trlnls, sensibilities,
and peculiar organic disturbances.
Those things arc known only to
women, and the aid a man would give
is not nt his command.
To treat a case properly It Is necos
snry to know nil about it, nnd full
Information, many times, cannot bo
given by n wotnnu to her family phy
sician. She cannot bring herself to
tell everything, and the physician U
ilrs. G. TT. Cturrr.t-L.
it a constant disadvantage. This la
why, for the past twenty-five years,
thousands of women have been con
fiding their troubles to us, and our
advice has brought happiness nnd
health to countless women In the U.S.
Mrs. Chappell, of Orant Park, I1L
whoso portrait we publish, advises nil
suffering women to use Lydia-E. Plnk
hum's Vegetable Compound, ns it
cured her of Inflammation of the ovaries
and womb 5 she, therefore, speaks from
knowledge, and her experience ought
to give others confidence. Address Airs,
flnkham's Laboratory, Lynn, Maifc
turles henco this prosaic ago of ours, as wt
consider it, may be hallowed with Associa
tions as reverent ns those which the six
teenth century has for us.
The subjugation of the whole plnnot has
brought tho daylight ot. plain proco Into the
mysterious regions where fancy could ones
find room for the kingdom of Prcstcr John,
which pictured tho "gorgeous caBt" abound
ing In barbaric pearl and gold. An ex
ample of destruction may be found nearei
home. The proposal to" orect a huge slgr
at NlagarA Falls Is but tho climax to a
series of outrages. A writer In tho On
look demonstrates with the nld of Illustra
tions how that matchless-cataract has suf
fered at tho hands of man. Some say
mills occupy the cliff where onon the Bridal
Veil fell. If present plans are carried
through lha worst disfigurement may be
averted. But It may be doubted If Niagara
will ever again havo tho potency over tho
Imagination it had half a century ago.
Probably it is useless to protest ngaltut
the practical. Romance, 'however, died
hard; like truth, though crushed to rnnii.
It will rise again.
LAUGHI.VG GAS.
Jlidae: Doctor Yoii nro mentullv rx-
haustcd. I advise you to send your family
to the country. ;
j'liiieni uui 1 enn 1 leave my Business,
Doctor Ccrtnlnlv not vou titav In illi
cit' and get a rest.
uciiuh uuuriiiiii 71111111 uviutMlliy IIUIM
not think time Is equivalent to money."
"Oh, I don't know! He Just now asked
mA tn lt htm hnvn 110 fnr a i.nimlA nt
T .......It 1a. I . nr.. 1... 1 1 . 1 . .
days."
Philadelphia Press: Towne See that
man7 Well, sir, ho landed In this country
with bare feet, and now he's got millions.
Browne dee whizz! He's worse than a
centipede, Isn't ho.
Somervllle Journal: lUllock Yop. thorn
is no doubt that l'ayntcr hns the artistic,
temperament.
West Yes. Just what do you mean by
that?
Halleck Well, for one thine, ho Isn't a.
safe man to lend money to.
Chicago Tribune: Tommv Tucker, after
n surreptitious meal of unrlpo npples, was
heard apostrophizing his stomnch,
"Look here," ho said, "If you go to kick
ing up too much fuss I'll hnvp you taken
clear out! I don't need you, nohow!"
CltlcHKO Post: Madame Ah. vou're tr
Ing to cheat; I poured your quart of straw
berries into this mmrt cun and It docaul
hnlf till It.
Strawberry Pcdd er It's vou that's a-
chcntln', mum; I'll got th' law on ycr for
usln' a quart mcaauro that's blggcrn these
yero quart boxes.
Baltimore American: Miss Wunder I
don't seo how Tessle Tellum manages to
win so ninny guessing contests.
Miss GnbhcTgh Why, her papa Is a
weather man, nnd sho gets him to predict
tho result of tho contest, then guesses tho
other wny.
PHILOSOPHY.
Somorvlllo Join-mil,
It doesn't pny tn fuss nnd fret when any
thing goes wrong.
Instead of walling when you lose, Jtift
Hlng u merry song.
It's nlwa'ys better while your work In
whlstlo than tn whlnn,
And when luck fnlls. It nover pays to sit
down nnd repine.
The man who makes the best of things
shows sturdy common nonno.
Tho chances are that he will rise to fam
and emlncncei
But If ho doesn't, none tho less he'll make
the most of life,
And women all will envy and congrntulato
Ills wife.
No
Ambition
" I feel so completely run
down. I am so easily tired.
My nerves are weak, and I
am just about discouraged."
Your doctor calls this
"anemia," or poverty of the
blood. A great many people
have it every spring.
And a great many physi
cians prescribe Ayer's Sar
saparilla for it, too. And why
not? We tell them all the
ingredients, and this makes
them confident that there is
nothing its equal for making
pure, rich blood.
II M s bottle. All OiftltU.
J. C, A VER CO., Lowell, Mms,
