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    THE OMAHA DAITjY BEE: TUESDAY, MAT 23, 1001.
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Subscribed In my presence nnd Hwom to
btfom me this 1st day of May, A. n. 1901.
iM. 11. llt'NOATK,
Notary Public.
Newspapers which pretended to hnvo
mi iiilvmii'i; tip on t Hi opinion of tlio
Hiipi'iMiiu court lu tin; I'orto Rlcnn case
enn guess again with bettor restills.
It' tliu 1 1 Ik'i school cadets Irani noth
ing more from their uncaittptiietit tliim
the difference between ciiinp fart! ninl
homo mciils tlio excursion will not ht
pllllltloSS.
The United Status was the first power
to announce that It would got out of
China. Likewise It Is the first and only
powor which has done what It said It
would do.
A Milwaukee hteainlioat man reports
that he sighted au abandoned schooner
Of course it was empty or It would not
have lieen abandoned in the vicinity of
lllwnukee.
Many Nebraska towns uro preparing
to celebrate tliu Fourth of July lu up
parent blissful Ignorance that, according
to the popocratlc oracles, the day lias
been abolished.
Keturns Indicate assessors lu Iowa to
have at last discovered that the state Is
iiicu'iisliig lu wealth. Uveryone else
knew It n long time ago, but assessors
are always slow of comprehension.
From now until June 11 the county
commissioners ought to have ample time
for revision of the tax assessment of
the Kast Omaha bridge and other prop
ertles that have been grossly under
valued.
It will make no difference how the su
premo court decides the Insular cases
so far as the popocratlc organs are con
cerned; they will howl Just us loud
whether the supremo court holds one
way or the other.
Entries In the South Carolina sena
torial race ate coinings fast, with still
time for more. If the golug Is heavy
the talent will place lis money on Till
man he lias repeatedly demonstrated
that he is a good mud horse.
Property owners on North Sixteenth
and Douglas streets should hold a con
ferenco with the city council and arrive
at some understanding as regards the
repairing or repaying of those thorough
fares before the season Is over.
.Susan 1. Anthony speaks ns hopefully
of the cause of woman's suffrage now
as years ago when she first enlisted in
the light. Hope may not spring eternal
In Miss Anthony's breast, but It has
been springing so many years that the
hopeful habit can not be repressed.
The talk about building and installing
nu electric railroad from Omaha to Fro
mont In sixty days or ninety days I
preposterous, especially when the powe
to operate It Is not yet In sight. If th
proposed electric railroad Is ready for
business by next spring the promote
will be doing well.
Strange that the nonocratle bonrd
Of
trustees In charge of the State School
for the Deaf and Dumb did not dlscov
that the Institution could dispense wl
the services of n steward until after the
republicans got coutrol. The steward
was a necessary aujuuet Just so long
u fusion reformer was connected w
tho salary.
ns
Ith
The people of Omaha may not mak
a demonstration when the train bearing
tho presidential party passes thrungl
but their sympathy and hopes for the
complete recovery of Mrs. MeKInley will
bo Just ns heartfelt. This will be most
practically demonstrated by considering
tho wishes of the president that the
distinguished passengers be undisturbed
During his Inspection tour the presl
dent 'of tho International Typographical
union has discovered that tho census
ilgures of St. Joseph and Omaha do not
verify liy th6 strength of labor organlza
tlons In tho two cities. They do not
verify either by tho bank clearings, tho
business transacted, tho school popula
Hon, or any of the other evidences
usually relied upon as move or less a
curate reflections of tho respective sizes
and Importance of different cities.
DECISION .V lySULAtl CASE!!.
The derision of the supremo court of
tho United States In tho Insular cases.
no of tho most Importnnt ever ren
dered by that tribunal, Is adverse to the
ontentlon of tho government In these
cases, which was Mint within tho moati
ng of tho tariff laws I'orto Illco Is for-
Ign territory. While the dissenting
opinions of four of the Justices point
out conlllrt and Inconsistency In tho
eclslon of tho majority n criticism In
which very many will concur there
are certain general principles clearly
set forth which arc of great Interest
nd far-reaching Importance.
The decision snys that territory ceded
to tho United States becomes thereby
omcstlc territory and that no legisla
tion by congress Is necessary to make
t such. Tho authority of congress to
control territory acquired by treaty and
to provide n form of government for It
s alllrmed, but In respect of tho tnrlff
congress cannot treat such territory as
foreign. In reference to tho contention
f the government that I'orto Illco is
still a foreign country within the mean
ing of the tnrlff laws, though in all
other respects domestic territory, the
leclslon says: "Wo are tillable to ac
quiesce In this assumption that n torrl-
ory may bo at tho same time both for-
Ign nnd domestic."
Tho effect of Mils, of course, Is to
throw down all tariff barriers between
the United Stntos and Its Insular pos
sessions. Tho products of I'orto Hlco
ml tho Philippines will bo Imported
Into this country free and our exports
to those Islands will pay no duty there.
Our tnrlff law necessarily applies In
tho Islands as to all other countries, so
that tlio Philippines commission, which
has been preparing a spcclnl tariff, can
dismiss -the subject. Porto Hlco and
tho Philippines being domestic territory,
It follows that their people havo tho
same right to tho protection of this gov
ernment that the citizens of the United
States have nnd may come to this
country without any restriction. In
deed, In every essential respect tho poo
pie of those Islands arc American cltl
zens.
I'he court hnvlng afllrmed the nbso
lute authority of congress to control and
govern acquired territory, tho Foraker
act providing for the government of
orto Illco was declared to bo const Itu
tlonal. so that it Is probable this leg
islation will stand "for an Indefinite
time. Congress may adopt u similar or
different form of government for tho
hllipplues, as It shnll think best. There
appears to bo no limitation, or at any
rato the decision places none, upon the
authority of congress to govern torrl
tory. It may provide whatever system
It deems expedient. Hut lu respect to
ho tariff all domestic territory must
bo treated uniformly. The constltu
tlonal provision applying to states and
territories within the union applies to
enioto territory belonging to the
United States.
Tho Insular problem has not been reii
lered loss perplexing by this decision.
Tho little Island of Porto Jtlco need not
give serious concern. Tho products' of
that island Imported Into tho United
States now pay only l." per cent of tfio
Dlngley tariff duties nnd their free ad
mission will uot do nny material harm
to American interests. But it is a dL
ferent mntter In regard to tho Philip
pines. It will not bo at all surprising
if tlio supreme court's decision shall
have the effect to greatly Increase the
opposition to retaining possession of
those islands.
THE SOUTH CAHOUSA CONTEST.
The contest between tho MoLnnrln
and Tillman factions of the democracy
of South Carolina has assumed national
Interest. The resignation by those
leaders of their seats In tho United
States senate and their ngreement to
make a Joint canvass before the people
renders the contest unique, while the
fact that It is a tight between the pro
gressive element of democracy in tho
totith and that which refuses to accept
now conditions and continues to lie
moro or less influenced by sectional con
siderations gives It peculiar and un
usual significance.
Senator MeLnuiin has not renounced
democracy, but ho has unqualifiedly de
clared bis opposition to the attitude of
the party upon the more Important
questions of the day. His appeal to
democrats is to take a broader view of
affairs that affect the country nt large.
In a recent speech he said: "There Is
no greater menace to the stability of
our government than a largo minority In
tho American congress voting upon Hie
brond, vital, non-partisan American
questions from purely sectlonul consid
erations." Such utterances are finding
sympathy iu the south with those peo
ple who nro weary of a policy Influ
enced solely by sectional fcellug. This
class has become convinced Mint the
old traditions of tho south cannot longer
stand ns a barrier against business con
siderations and material Interests. It
Is more concerned about the material
advancement of tho south than for the
advancement of nny political party.
What Seuator Mcl.amiu seeks Is to
liberalize the democratic party In the
south nnd to bring It into line with tho
thought and aspiration of the time. He
Is still n democrat, but ho says that tho
party is permeated with socialism In the
north aud west and has dwindled until
It has become the party of a section
rnther than of a nation. He would
change Its character and make it a nn
tlonal party, supporting thoso piincl
pies itnd policies which are of demon
strated value to tho whole country.
Tillman, on the other hand, represents
obstructive and reactionary democracy.
He believes lu free trade nnd free sli
ver. Ho Is In nccord with all tho fnllu
cles and heresies of tho Chicago plat
form. He Is distinctly a sectional man,
with moro or less lingering affection for
tho "tobt chance," as ho has several
times made plain. Ho has ability and
Is nu nggresslve nnd hard lighter, but
such politicians aro a drawback to the
south. Still It Is doubtless a safe pro
diction that Tlllmnu will have tho sup
port of a majority of tho voTers of South
Carolina nnd will oouio out of tho coti
test victorious. Nouo tho less there Is
rcasou to expect good results from the
position tnkrn by McIjMirln. It will
arouse to action other progressive dem
ocrats lu the south whose efforts must
sooner or Inter effect a much needed
change In tho character of southern
democracy.
SO DEADHEAD SEED AVVl.Y.
Tho Nebraska campaign for the su
preme judgeship which Is to bo decided
next November lias been formally
opened by the recognl.ed organ of the
populists with the following announce
mcut: Tho Independent hns no preferred can
didate for the exalted position of supremo
Judge, but it has somo decided prejudices
to certain aspirants on one particular line.
It Is opposed to tho nomination of any
man for any ofllcc who, being able, has
done nothing more substantial than wag
his Jaw In fighting tho battles against re
publicanism. Hut two of the district judges
of Nebraska havo paid any attention what
ever to tho appeal made by the populist
ways and means committee, nlthough all
of them who nro populists or democrnts
know full well that a tolerably largo debt
was hanging over tho stato committee, nnd
that tho debt ought to bo paid. They havo
been content to sit ldlo nnd sen tho ways
and means commlttco appeal to tho "boys
In tho trenches" for a quarter or a half
dollar each. Although drawing from tho
stato something over $7 for every working
day In tho year, and working about half
tho tlmo, somo of theso judges Hcem to
think they havo been exceedingly generous
if thoy havo given as much as $10 In
money and somo of them contributed noth
ing, savo "Jawbone," during tho last cam
paign. Here then is tho lino Hint will bo
drawn shnrply on fusion reform candi
dates who aspire to a seat on the su
premo bench. In letters so largo and
so plain that every child can read, notice
Is given to all whom It may concern that
no deadhead need apply.
From the reform standpoint this may
bo regarded as machine politics, but so
long as It takes axle grease to run the
machine, reform cannot be propelled by
hot air. To be sure, If tho republicans
had fenced out all candidates who do
not put up, what a howl of Indignation
would hnvo rent the atmosphere over the
high-handed discrimination against tho
honest but poor lawyer barred from
oflico by the money powor.
From the cold-blooded business point
of view, however, tho populist edict
against deadheads Is eminently sound.
There Is no more renson why a re
former should be thrust Into nn olllce
merely for wagging his jaw than that
a man In business has a right to do
maud a share of the prollts of a concern
to which ho hns not contributed.
This principle applies not merely to
fusion reformers, but to all other par
ties. Tho deadhead and dendbeat poli
ticians have been favored altogether too
much. Talk Is cheap, but It takes some
thing more substantial to pay for public
halls, posters and postage, and men who
want the plums must bo willing to do
their share lu shaking the tree.
That ofllclal labor organs aro ns a
class a disturbing clement In tho ranks
of wngoworkers Is amply demonstrated
by tlio controversy that has torn up tho
various labor organizations lu this city
over the respective claims of rival labor
papers. We need hardly repeat that
the interest of tho wngoworkers Is to
have the good will of all the papers.
Individually every worklngmnu hns the
privilege to patronize the paper that
suits hlni best, but collectively It is not
good tactics to discriminate, especially
where the publishers arc Identified with
labor organizations.
Editing n newspaper In Russia Is not
becoming any more pleasant ns the
years come and go. The loading paper
of the empire has been suspended for a
week for asserting, in discussing the
strike of mechanics in the government
and private Iron and steel works, that
the men were not receiving enough
wages and advising tho authorities to
grant an Increase. If the czar should
read somo of the newspaper and other
commcut In this country he would prob
ably go Into the air so high that It would
require weeks to descend.
I'ho United Stntos luts firmly set Its
face against the Increase In Chinese
justoiuK duties ns a means of raising the
Indemnity. The Injury to trade Inter
ests would be vastly moro Minn the
amouut of the Indemnity and the gov
ernment, which In this country Is tho
people, cannot afford to take a dollar
out of ono pocket for tho sake of put
ting a shilling Into the other. Punish
ing one's self lu order to Inflict a lesser
penalty upon another Is poor policy as
well as unsatisfactory to all concerned.
It Is nnnounced that Admiral Sampson
will retire upon his own application on
account of ill health. With his passing
from the active list will probably como
the end of one of the most unfortunate
controversies which ever occurred In and
about tho navy. While certainly none
will rejoice at tho misfortune which
compels his retirement, there will be no
regrets that the controversy Is eutleil.
Rostand Is coming to America this
fall. He says that he had considered
tho people of Mils country semi-bar
barlnns, but since thoy paid two
fortunes to see n couple of his plays ho
has changed his mind. Americans will
not think any the better of Rostand for
tho reasons assigned for his conversion.
I'nrty 1,1 f lliiiiiilnur tow.
Indianapolis News.
Unless thero Is como sort of reorgan
ization or a roturn to old democratic ideals
tho democratic purty will soon cease to
1) even a mero party of tho opposition.
A Surirl- In I'ronprct.
tVnshlngton Star.
It creates a very unfortuuato condition
when a cadet gets au Idea that he Is at
West Point to show how the academy
ought to bo run Instead of to receive In
struction.
Ynnker Uiierxy In I'orto nieo.
Philadelphia Hocord.
The Anglo-SaxonKlcatlon of the Drltlsh
West Indies has not proceeded nt a rato
to give any encouragement to tho belief
expressed by Governor Allen that tho Is
land ruled by him might bo regenerated
by his suggested Infusion of northern blood
and Yankee energy; nor has colonial ad
ministration after flrlttsh, French or Dan
ish methods converted any of tho West
Indies into an insular, paradise. If the I'orto
alcana should be able to mako nothing
of their native land, neither could any
body clso to do tho trick for tbem.
ItrtiiPil)' for n Motv.
Cincinnati Tribune.
The Congress of Mothers assembled at
Columbus, O., quieted what promised to be
a row with silent prayer. It Is about tho
most civilized thing that has happened in
the Christian world for a long time.
HnMc to (let llleli.
The Outlook.
Drunkenness Is hideous, but as a people
we are not given to It. Unchastlty Is an
abhorrence, but In this country puro home
life Is tho general Ideal, The vlco which
does beset the American people, from
poorest to richest, from tho most Ignorant
to the shrewdest, is the growing epidemic
of trying to get something for nothing
making haste to bo rich, without earning.
It Is dangerous from every point of view.
It saps tho moral character. It tends to
lnduco tho other great vices, by association
nnd increasing Hhamelensncss. It weakens
Industry, undermines honesty nnd enter
prise, debauches manliness nnd womanli
ness, nnd If thcro Is nny ono thing which
moro than another violates the Ideal of
loving service to others, this Is It. The
gambling spirit In tho peculiar danger of
American life today.
Wlint U (innililliiKf
Urooklyn Kaglc.
Admitting stock speculation to ho gamb
ling, It Is at least supposed to be a fair
game, nnd that nnyonc responsible for de
liberately forcing prices down against their
normal tendency Is no better than tho man
who Interferes with a roulette wheel or
fixes the cards to suit himself at faro.
After all, when wo talk about what Is and
what la not gambling, wo aro dealing In
very refined distinctions. If gambling Is
merely risking chances, pretty nearly all of
life Is a gamble. If It is gambling to buy a
stock which seems to bo below Its truo
value. It must bo gambling to buy a barrel
of orangea In Florida In tho hope of selling
It at a profit In Now York. If It Is a mat
ter of tho amount of risk taken, tho man
who spends years of toll at what ho thinks
will bo ultimately profUnblo Is tho heaviest
kind of gambler, for ho is making the
heaviest kind of a wager on faith.
TltOUIILUS OF THE NBW 7.IOX.
Chief Prophet of Ihc Trllic Sitlijrctpil
to n l.ii I ii k On of llnuil.
Chicago News.
Now that tho law has stretched out Its
hand for John Aloxnndcr Dowlo and some
of his leading ngents there 1b n prospect
that a Hood of light will bo thrown upon
Dowlctsm nnd tho legality or Illegality of
Its practices. It Is not'llkcly thnt a grand
Jury will glvo much heed either to specious
assumptions of piety or to scurrility nnd
abuse tho two methods which havu consti
tuted Dowlo'a plan of defenso In all pre
vious Investigations. Tho Jury will demand
facts and In tho light of these It should be
possible to determine how far tho laws of
Illinois nro competent to protect defonse
less women nnd children from Dowlelsni.
A New York stato court In a recent de
cision has held that a father who refused
to summon medical attendance for his In
fant daughter was responsible for criminal
ncgl?ct causing her death. Illinois has a
similar statuto compelling child-protection.
Tho argument that In a frcn rnuntry no
ono can bo compelled to administer or to
tako medicine Is entirely beside the point.
This certainly Is a freo country, but thnt
does not mean that it Is a country in which
anyono Is freo to perform acts subverslvo
of the welfare of society. When helpless
children aro nllowcd to die without the
commonest precautions! when a husband
confesses on the .witness stand that he
would not summoni aid for a wife In tho
death throes qven if. pho nsked it; when
the individual who, .causes these practices
Is waxing fat and rich on tho profits ho
makes from tho exploiting of "healing"
planB which do not heal, nnd becomes so
arrogant that his uniformed guards block
tho way for even the sworn ofllccrs of the
law In performance of their duty then so
ciety has a right to step in and assert Itself.
It Is especially to be hoped that tho
grand Jury Investigation will take due cog-
nlznuco of Uowlo's financial methods and of
tho significance of the fact that tho opera
tions of this particular prophet somehow
all seem to accrue to tho benefit of his
bank account. The fact thnt this is a freo
country docs not prevent tho poltco from
Interfering with men who practice confi
denco games no matter what the form of
tho gamo or how large tho number of thoso
who are culled. If tho chief result of
Dowlo's comprehensive promises to "heal"
has been the enrichment of Dowlo It Is
well that tho facts should bo made known
OH.IHCT I.KHSON AT MANILA.
.rnlnu I'roxceiitlon of the Philippine
firnf torn.
Washington Post.
We shall bo only too glad to behove that
the Manila scandals reflect no discredit
upon tho higher officials stationed there,
but have arisen merely out of tho per
sonal dishonesty of individuals. Such is
tho view taken by tho War department,
and we cannot deny that it finds a certain
sanction In tho fncts thus far disclosed,
That the rascality was widespread and that
only a fraction of It has yet been Identified
seems more than probable. Thero had been
whispers for many 'months beforo tho first
authentic revelation, and these touched qutto
a number of officials on U I do of tho mllltnry
branch, For example, thero was a rumor
to tho effect that Colonel Colton, the
assistant collector of customs, was engaged
in somo rather shady work, and this was
confirmed by our Manila press reports, pub
llshed Friday morning, as follows;
"An examination of tho effects of Knud
EngelsUJon, the Norwegian, through whom
tho Mohammedan chiefs of Mindanao made
ovortures of peaco to General Otis, and
who was recently arrested for embezzle
ment, discloses tho fact that he had been
acting as an agent of tho insurgents slnco
1898. Ho carried as his credentials n letter
from tho Filipino Junta In Hong Kong to
Agulnaldo, and on a pretense of examining
mining property In Mindanao, ho visited tho
Insurgents. Accompanying hlra was G. 13,
St. Clair, an American. Tho latter pro
tended to be nn Englishman, but today he
acknowledeged that he was acting ns tho
agent of Colonel Colton, assistant collector
of customs In Manila, and S. H. Steel
a Maulla lawyer, In an endeavor to securo
possession of mining property In Mindanao
before the American troops arrived.
How many other peculations will bo un
enrthed we have no moans of knowing,
but It Is quite certain thnt the government
Is pressing the Inquiry with Intelligent and
sincere- vigor, nnd nvoldlng needless do
lay In punishing tho dotected malefactors
The proceedings In the Phllllpplnea are In
very significant contrast with thoso In
Cubn. Moro than half a dozen of tho moro
conspicuous Manila criminals are now In
prison, whereas neither tho Cuban custom
house thlevos nor the American postal
servlco embozzlers in tho ever-faithful Isle
havo yet been so much as Indicted and ar
ralgned. Doubtless wo may look for still
more comprehensive measures as the re
suit of Adjutant General Corbln's Investi
gations at Manila, and for so much In the
way of prospect, as well as achievement, we
offer the War department our grateful
felicitations.
It will bo well for the honor of the
country and the self-respect of the Amerl
can people should our government, In all
Its departments, adopt a policy of candor,
vigilance and swift action Mich as has
characterized the War department's treat
meet of the Manila scandal.
l.O.VO 1,1 IT, AMI AVOItlC.
first .At rn ii of MvIiik Out a Ontnrj-
of irnri,
San Francisco Call.
Somo happy-hcatted men In tho city of
New York who enjoy life as n good thing
havo organized a club for tho purpose of
finding out tho causes which have enabled
ome persons to live moro than 100 years.
Up to this tlmo they havo found nothing
more than wide differences of opinion.
One set of authorities maintain that long
llfo Is most common among Ignorant and
unenterprising people, while another set
holds to tho belief that Intellectual exer
tion tends to prolong life and that In pro
portion to tho numbers of tho two classes
thcro arc more old men among the learned
than among the uneducated.
The first authorities rely upon statistics
collected by a (lerman medical Journal
from tho census of various nations. Theso
show that in countries whero Illiteracy
nd poverty aro common there are propor
tionately many more ccntcnnrlnns than
among moro highly cducntcd and prosper
ous peoples. In Servla at tho last census
thcro were found In a population of 2,500,-
000 no less than GTS persons more than 100
years old, while In Germany, with a popu-
atloa of 65,000,000, there were found only 7S.
Tho statistics collected In that way are
scoffed at by tho advocates of tho opposing
theory. It Is claimed that tho Illiterates
and paupers who assert their ago to bo In
excess of 100 have no proof whatever of
heir assertions. Educnted people havo few
centenarians among thrm because tho
record of their birth Is known and there
Is not the same opportunity for errors
or willful deception. Upon thoso grounds
tho arguments drawn from the census re
ports arc declared Invalid and tho solution
of tho question Is left to tho Investiga
tion of cases whero thero In Indisputable
proof of llfo exceeding 100 years.
In Franco thero hns been a careful gath
ering of facts relating to the subject,
but no ovldcnco haB been obtained that
confirms tho view of either party. Tho
French Investigators found about as many
old people proportionately In one class us
In another. Somo wcro rich, somo were
poor, somo were learned and somo wore
Ignorant, somo lived temperate lives and
tome wcro Intemperate. In one case a man
was found whoso birth record Bhowed him
to havo lived 112 years, who was reported
to havo been an habitual drunkard.
Another attributed his 12S years to tho
practice of taking nn occasional doso of
gunpowder. A womnn of 124 says her long
llfo Is duo to her habit of drinking large
quantities of strong coffee. Flnnlly. a man
enjoying life nt 111 says ho rarely eats
anything but fruit, principally melons, nnd
contlnally chows lemon peel.
In such n mass of contradictions there Is
no sure guide to a system of long llfo.
Perhaps tho best way to attain moro than
100 years Is not to worry about It or nny
thlng else.
CAXAIIA WIM, .MIT IIAV13 IT.
Projected Memorial to firitcrni Mont
gomery nt Unctire.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Tho American society, which seoks to
erect a public memorial In Quebec to Gen
eral Richard Montgomery, who lost his
llfo In au assault upon that city in tho
revolutionary war, did not anticipate prob
ibly the opposition which has manifested
itself In certain parts of tho dominion to
such honors for the American soldier. Tho
Incident seems to have aroused all tho old
enmities among tho descendants of the
Revolutionary torlcs, or Drltlsh loyalists,
who wcro living In tho provinces during tho
war or who settled thero after Independ
enco had been secured by tho rebellious
colonics.
Tho campaign which Is being waged
against General Montgomery's memory Is
exceedingly bitter. It Is charged, for In
stance, In Cnnada, that the American gen
eral proposed to sack Quebec and vlolato
Its women, being prevented from so foul a
deed only by tho failure of his military
assault upon the fortified town. Thnt this
charge la truo can bo believed, of course,
only In Canada. A Canadian historian
named Kingston! Is cited as nuthorlty, but
he furnishes no ovldenco In support of his
allegation. On the other hand, our Amer
lean historian, Parkman, has written of
General Montgomery that ho has been con
fused by somo writers, "Ignorantly nnd
most unjustly, with Captain Alexander
Montgomery, Forty-third regiment, who in
curred tho censure of his brother officers for
Inhumanity to somo prisoners thnt fell Into
his hands when serving under Wolfo beforo
Quebec." This confusion could easily havo
como about, for General Itlchard Montgom
ery, who was born In Ireland In 1737, served
undor Wolfo In his celebrated Canadian
campaign, ns well ns conducted tho later
American campaign against Quebec.
It Is ulso objected that, having been a
soldier In tho Drltlsh army, General Mont
gomery was guilty of treason In a pecu
liarly aggravated form. Dut certnlnly Gen
eral Montgomery was no moro a traitor
than Get.eral Georgo Washington, who had
served under Urnddoek. Montgomery lefl
tho Drltlsh military servlco and settled In
Now York ns early ns 1772, where he mar
ried n daughter of Robert It. Livingston. In
1775 ho represented Dutchess county In tho
provincial congress. Ho was a traitor to
Georgo HI no moro and no less than nil of
those who took tho colonial sldo of tho
Revolutionary struggle.
Thcro 111 nothing to npologizo for in tho
career of General Richard Montgomery. At
tho same time, It la probable that tho effort
to havo n memorial erected In his honor
at Quebec lacks wisdom and discretion.
That Canada Is not ready for It Is evident
from tho Impassioned protests which ema
nate from somo of her people, whloh havo
oven been nbuslvo of Iloston, nlnck! to nn
extraordinary degree. Prof. Goldwln Smith,
as Impartial a man ns lives, In tho consid
eration of such a question, confirms tho
opinion of tho unwisdom of pushing tho
memorial schemo In his latest "IJystandor"
notes In the Toronto Sun. Ho remarks,
with exceptional sanity:
"It Is a pity that tho proposal was ever
made. It was suro to ralso onco more
tho ghost of that hateful fiend which has
ridden Canada like a nightmare, perverting
her commercial policy nnd Interfering with
her prosperity nnd progress. Hoyallsts nnd
.roundheads, Catholics and Huguenots, Han
overians and Jacobites, havo burled their
dead and aro living In fraternal union
Why cannot heirs of tho factions of tho
Amorlcan Revolution on both Bides do the
same?"
It scorns beyond question that tho Mont
gomery memorial would not conduco to tho
growth of that "fraternal union" which
Prof, Smith mentions as so desirable. If
the tlmo has not come when tho general
can bo honored by a monument or a tablot
In tho city of his death, without arousing
ancient passions, then ny all means let
tho project bo abandoned, And this can
bo done without tho sllgtcst ill will toward
Canada, but In tho hope that tho tlmo will
speedily como when this old feud will bo
burled boyond the possibility of Its resur
rection. Stump Tux Yield llnntlminif ly,
Chicago Inter-Ocean,
The total receipts from tho war rev
enue net up to April 30, 1901, amounted
to tho handsomo sum of $300,137,881, of
which 1105,702,112 rair.o .from dorumcn
tnry stamps, (91,361 12S from beer, and
5(5,201,711 from tobacco. Tho beer drinkers
nnd tobacco consumers of tho country, It
will bo seen, havo contributed their full
chare toward carrying nut the expansion
policy of tbo govermaont.
HITS OF WASHISfOTOX'Mr'B.
Spcnr-n nnd Incident Oliervrl nt Ihe
Vntlonnl t'npltnl.
A hlgh-mluded, strenuous young man of
tho Wnrblnton type, hailing from tho
classic shades of Iloston, and answering to
tho name of Henry H. F. McFarland, Is
giving Washington a large dose of bill
board virtue. Mr. McFarland Is one of tho
commissioners of the district and is clothed
with sufficient power to banish tho gay and
festho fairy posters from the dead walls.
Henceforth nnd hereafter poster beauties
must wear high neck dresses and trailing
skirts. Tho lovely lithographs of lovely
ladles, circus nnd theatrical, havo all had
to be draped. Even below tho knee tho
outlined form Is regarded ns dangerous to
public morals. Legs, no matter how
graceful they may be. must bo Inferred.
So must necks and shoulders. Yellow strips
of paper havo been pasted over tho bust of
a most unexciting senorlta who figures In
a tobacco ad, A dancing lady announced
nt a vnudcvlllo house, although she has
ample draperies to her knees, appears on
tho billboards with flat poster pantatoltcs
down to her high-heeled slippers. The au
thorities have barred tntlrcly a corset ad
vertisement showing In a rnther artistic
poster tho rear elevation of a woman whose
arms nro bare and whoso back Is undraped
above the normal corset line. Tho en
terprising corset makers reproduced the
poster In tho dally papers with a largo in
terrogation to the good people of Washing
ton as to whether they felt shocked nt be
holding It. When tho circus was In town
tho equestriennes nnd Mini fnlrles who do
turns on tho trapezo were almost obliter
ated by tho modesty of the district commis
sioners. In tho mortality tables published weekly
by the Public Health Itopcrts of the govern
ment, tho causes of death from dUraso aro
stated in Homo ten column, wtth ono
column cnrrylng "all others" not classified.
Tho first column of causes of death shows
tho number of deaths In the leading places
In tho country from tuberculosis nnd n mere
glanco Is sufficient to Inform tho studeat
of mortality statistics that tho fccourgo of
this country Is not yellow fever or smallpox
or any of the other contagious and In
fectious diseases, but tuberculosis, or con
sumption, llecauso It doos not strike its
victim down suddenly, but dooms him to
a term of prolonged misery, It has not been
possible to cducntu the peoplo up to the
necessity for regarding It ns It Is now re
garded by tho health authorities, as an
Infectious disease. Surgton General Wyman
of tho Mnrlnn hospital service has been
making inquiries to nscertaln the tx'cnt
to which the states havo undertaken to
arrest tho spread of tuberculrsls by law, and
ho has niailo known the results of his in
quiries. Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Michi
gan, Massachusetts. Now Jcrsoy (to a
limited extent) nnd Washington have
enacted laws directly or indirectly calling
for notification by physicians of tho x
lstenco of cases. Ilut In Indiana and Maine
thcro is no requirement to quarantine,
Michigan requires notification and de
scribes tho disease as dangerous to the
public, aud Washington fines thus; who do
not comply with tho law to arovctit tho
spread of tuberculosis. Thirty states nnd
tho District of Columbia unvo no law or
regulation requiring registration or notifi
cation. Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Now
York, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas. Alatka.
Arizona, Indian Territory, Now Mexico and
Oklahoma did not respond to thb Inquiries
sent to them. Tho expectation is that by
cultivating an intelligent public opinion
concerning tho necessity for adopting laws
ns uniform ns posstblo tho .spread oi tho
disease may bo prevented with ns little, in
terference with personal llbcity as may he
consistent with tho welfare of tho largest
number.
Pension sharpers who aro working among
tho returned soldiers at San Francisco aro
to receive the attention of the authorities.
Tho sharpers nro not all representatives of
tho pension law firms of Washington, but
many of them aro, and their methods are
characterized ns Illegal and outrageous.
They meet returning soldiers at tho docks
and often persuade them to fllo applica
tions for pensions, even beforo thoy havo
been discharged. Fees havo been, In mnny
cases, collected without any Bcrvlco ren
dered, nnd tho sharper often threatens to
tako up his case In Washington and make
troublo for tho soldier unless paid his feo.
When an application Is mnde before u dis
charge has been gratited, It Is void, but
soldiers do not always know this. Thoy
nro also made to bellovc that tho attorney
can get them a pension on trumped-up
disabilities, whether they aro entitled to
ono or not, and In mnny cases soldiers havo
signed documents swearing to ailments and
perjuring themselves at tho request of tho
pension shnrk.
Commissioner Evans says that for tho
most part theso men knew tho law and kept
just within It, which mado It all tho harder
for tho legal department to put an end to
tho abuse. He will renew his recommenda
tions, ho said, to tho secretary of the In
terior for tho gradual abolishment of the
system of granting pensions through attor
neys, and cause a vigorous prosecution
whero tho law has not been observed.
Thrco pension examiners on duty at San
Francisco are under orders to report
promptly to tho bureau all cases of troublo
wtth tho men.
Duncan It. Harrison, the well known
theatrical and sporting man and formerly
manager of John L. Sullivan In tho latter's
palmy days, has been granted a pension
of $25 a month far disabilities Incurred In
Cuba during tho Spanish-American wur.
Harrison was a major In tho Ninth im
muncs nnd saw considerable- service In the
What is
MALARIA one of 11,0 171091 H11,jtl0 affections with which we have, to
deal, Thero 18 not a hamlet or town In this country In which malaria is not
found. It Is a pocullnr poison circulating or existing In tho air, a result of
vegetable decomposition, poisons oraanatlug from the soil. Its most marked
notion is upon tho' kidneys and liver, yet it gives rlso to other complnlnts ns
well, each of which, however, can bo traced primarily to tho fact that tlio kid
joys aud liver havo become diseased.
Tho presenco of malaria can be recognized by tho fact that there are chills
or fever, hcadacho, backache, pain in tho loins or extremities, sweating, some
times profuse, other times but little mnrkod.
Thero aro cases that are termed dumb nguo which are mnlarlous In char
acter. In which thero Is no sweating, nnd but rarely any fever, yet a continued
malaise, a lack of energy and buoyancy, In fact a prostration which completely
enorvates tho sufferer, causing tired feelings, headaches, neuralgia, enlarge
ment and hardening of the liver, and Ilrlght's dleeaso of tho kldnoys.
Warner's Safe Cure
United States League of the World's
Women (or International Disarma
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Warner's Safe Cure Co..
Rochester, N. Y.
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much, and I procured a bottle, I be
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and nfhT tho second bottle wns about
half used I wns perfectly well nnd
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Mrs. May F. Evans,
Vice President.
R2 Hroadway, Providence, Jt, I.
Free Sample of Warner's Hafo Cure
piicniinn in imwmi ur uy irurr w
neighborhood of Santiago. At that tlmo
ho killed In a hand-to-hand strugglo a
noted Cuban bandit, who was tho torror
of tho vicinity.
Harrison was considered ono of the best
all-round nthletcs In this country, anil
even nt present Is n powerfully built man
nnd gives no outwnrd Indication of fulltnir
health. He Is over six feet In height and
weighs In I ho neighborhood of 275 pounds.
At the opening of tlio war he asked to
bo allowed to organize a regiment of sharp
shooters for service nt the front, but his
offer was not accepted by tlio president.
IT.HSO.VU, .MITI'.S.
Tl. -lt...,,. nrn,l,llnl lit the NOW York
Central is Bald to bo worth not moro than
425,000.
it.. rriMM t,-n,f'a 1i.vnnr.n1d ROIl iB X
.,,,.,11 .i ihn Wn.hlm-inn 1 1 tell school and,
a member of tho cadet corps of thnt insti
tution.
On Saturdny Florcnco NlRhtlngalo cele
brated her 81st birthday. Sho hns long been
an Invalid and confined to her London
house.
t urn u a eonstnnt smoker and
during his dny's work In his naVo. thero
are but few moments whou a clgnr is not
between his llpr.
David II. Henderson, speaker or tlio nouso
nt rnnsnafitltuilVflQ WHS Initiated Into tho
Order of the Mystic. Shrlno at Dubuque, la.,
last Wcdnesilny evening.
Peter Postell. tho richest negro In tho
south, Is dend at HopUlnaville, Ky., Ho wns
60 years old nnd In his youth was a slavo.
Ills cstnto Is estimated at $500,000.
Ilrynn MeKInley Is the nnme of nn Indian
who wus lately nppolntod tailor at tho Fort
t vi lniilnn nehhol In Colorndo. Tho posi
tion comes under the government civil serv
lco nnd pays $600 a year.
The slto of tho birth of Fltz-John Porter
In Portsmouth, N. H., Is now a pretty park,
aud hero a monument will bo built to his
memory with $20,000 left by tho will of a
intnnlnn who recognized tho wrong dono
to tho gnllant soldier.
The czar of Russia inherits irom m
mother tho Danish characteristic of ro
pugnanco to nny form of sport entailing
suffering to nnlmnls. nnd has said thnt a
, rni,i.mi n hlnl's nest or tortured
a cat or dog should bo punished In Russia
by tho law ns ho woiihi no in uemumn.
LIC.HT AMI IIHUJIIT.
said tho pompous Individual with his chest
expanded. , . . . , . r,(.i1..
"Your excuse Is satisfactory." ho said.
Trrtoc.t in
her - French" tpdiiy. ns usual-had every
clause nt her lingers end".
Annetta-un, uic iumiui
Clevelnnd Plain Dealer: "She's a dainty
Illy of the vnlley."
"Fudge 1 Did you ever run ."cross a Illy
of the valley that pqrfumed herself with
musk7"
Washington Rtnr: "Aren't yon promising
more than you can pity?
"Yos." answered the Chinaman. "tt
struck mo that thH fact might on occasion
bo offered us nn excuse, for not paying It.
Washington Star: "Remember." Bnld tho
man who likes quotations, "that ono swal
low does not make n summer.
"Certainly not." answered Colonel Rtlll
welh "A man might as well ho a total
abstainer as to stop short with Just ono
swallow."
Philadelphia. Press: Tcss-llo proposed to
her In rather a grewsnmo way.
Jess -Why. I understand he merely asked
her to Bhare his fortune.
Teas No: ho asked her If sho would earn
to share his lot. They were walking in
tho cemetery at tho time.
Detroit Journal: My companion's ernven
cownrdlco Irritated me. . ... .
"Why don't you faco the muslc7" I
cried.
"Alas!" said he. "What If I should
thereby countcnanco something Unclas
slcal?,f Pittsburg Chronicle: "King Edward had
a troublous tlmo pf It," remnrked tho db
servant bonrdcr.
"Yes: ho was HlinmrocKed in tno cranio
of tho deep," added tho cross-eyed boarder.
Somcrvlllo Journal: First Young Thing
I nm going to wear ovenlng dresH w) t ha
party next Thursday.
Second Young Thing And nrcn't -you
looking forwnrd to It V
First Young Thing Oh, dear, nol Rkj
baro Idea frightens mo.
WHAT JACK KOUfillT FOIU
Denver Post.
Jack got homo tho other day
From tho Flllypeons, an', say.
Jest to hear thnt feller Bnln
Out the music from his chin
'Hout his soldlcrln' 'd knock
Any real heroic talk
Off the perch you over heard I
Geo! but his or tongue's a blrdl
Slaughtered Flllypccners till
Wasn't uny left to kill!
Slew 'om plenty every ilay
In a most outlandish wny!
I.lko a bosom broom o' wrath,
Kwen' the cusses from his path,
Shcddln' qulto sufficient goro
Fur to float a mini o' war!
Tol' about some fights that Jest
Sot the ol' heart In my breast
Dnncln' llko It usu to do
When I wns a boy lu blue!
Seemed to me that I could smell
Powder smoke to hear him tell
'Hout tho scrimmages that ho
Fit In there ucrost tho sea!
An' thn hnrdshlps that they stood,
Hleepln In the rnln and mud,
Mnrchln' underneath u miiii
Hot enough to melt a gun,
An' their frekrnt orful trumps
Through thn fever-reekln swamps,
TVohod mo to the heart to know
I'd a boy that siiffureil so!
"Jnck," says I. "I'm pow'ful glad
That yer back nllvn! Yer dad
Feels almighty proud you donn
Of yer duty well, my son.
Now I wlsht you'll tell me. sir.
what you wns a llghtlu' fur? '
Then he looked iiu'plr.xcd nt me:
"Durned If I know, dad," says he!
Malaria?
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No. 2. Grand t'nltrcl Order Odd
Fellows.
January 10, 1901.
Warner's Hnfe Cure Co.,
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with malarial fever and Indigestion
for two seasons nnd know not whero
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I have never given a testimonial bo
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found this medicine of such Hjperlor
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and lasting cure In my ruse Hint I
feel It my duty to say this, thinking
perhaps some una elsu may be mirror
ing In tho am way and will l, us
Hlad to know or a euro as I was.
ours veiy truly,
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Grand Secretary, G, U n. a, Y
M Hroadway, Room 119, Now York City
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