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Tub umaha Daily Bee.
12. ROSHWATI2R, EDITOR.
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UKO, R. T.SCHUCK.
Subscribed In tny presence nnd sworn to
beforo mo this 1st duy of May, A. I). 1901.
M. R. Hl'NGATE.
Notary Public.
fcoimtor .Mcl.nurlii has Htni-feil the fun
with the retort tnrt to Senator THInnm.
So fur nn tin rciiulillcium un1 coiiuctiumI
It Is u i'iini of "(io It, Inislmntl; pi it.
lieu r."
Tliere Is ininiy a slip lielwei'ii ouji and
lip. It. will hiirilly lie safe to count on
the consolidation of Onialm's finnelilt-ed
corioratlons until the iiiniilKiiniiitluii Is
really un acconuillsliud fact.
Deputy Lnltor Commissioner Watson
failed to land the national convention
of labor bureau olllelals for Omalia.
but the effort Is none I lie less appre
ciated. Let li I in try nnulu next year.
Another thine that has been over
looked In the Porto ltlean decision Is
the fact that our old friend, Mngoou,
was playing to win whichever way the
cat Jumped. Miipion may now consider
himself vindicated.
Local labor unions should be reminded
that too frequent, umi of their boycott
appeals Is liable to wear the edfe off
the weapon. The public may have
sympathy with the btrlke, but they re.
pird the boycott as outside the pale
of legitimate warfare.
An Last St. Louis coroner's Jury is
entitled to the prize. The head of
man was found near t lint city, over 100
yards distant from the remainder, of the
hotly, yet tho jury decided the man com
mitted suicide. Ureat Is the coroner's
jury and wonderful Its verdicts.
There is an Increase of L000,000 acres
In the amount planted to cotton In the
United States this year. Cotton Is no
lunger king, corn having supplanted it,
but It is a good second ami doing a
large part toward keeping the balance
of trade In favor of the United States
It looks as If Omaha would have a
surfeit Instead of a dearth of rival sum
mer resort attractions this year. Omaha
people have acquired the recreation
lmblt from two successive expositions
and will not be slow to patronize out
door amusement resorts conducted on
the right plan.
The National Association of Woman
Suffruglsts threatens to Invade the
linigazlnu field with a monthly period
icnl entitled "Progress." When this
new magazine. Is out the woman suffra
gists cau console themselves at any rate
with the knowledgo that they are male
lng progress all the time.
Colonel Bryan now says his experi
euco as a soldier was of too brief dura
tion to permit hint to class himself wit a
thoso who withstood the shock of battle.
Mr. Mryan evidently does not count "the
first battle," about which ho published
a book, or "the last battle," which Is
furnishing tho food, for his paper.
Omaha has had several changes lu Its
chiefs of police without tho Commer
cial club feeling called on to Interpose
on either side, although protection of
life aud property against crlmluals Is
just as Important to the community as
protection against tire. No one expects
consistency from the Commercial club,
however.
Whenever symptoms of drowsiness
overtake tho llrltlsh public news comes
from tho Transvaal which disturbs tho.
dream. Within forty miles of Johannes
burg lias just occurred n battle in
which 17! of the king's soldiers were
either killed or wounded. Improbable
as It appears, It Is 'yet possible for such
a people as tho Uoers to keep the enemy
a-jtimplng almost Indefinitely.
Tho discussions of t lie recent decisions
of the supreme court ou the Porto llican
case are at present necessarily more or
less partisan. It-is worth while lu this
connection to look backward to several
other Important decisions of a political
nature. Whllo they wero at tho time
just as bitterly arraigned and as warmly
defended as this one, tlmo has vlndi
ented tho wisdom of nearly every one of
those groat deliverances, even the fa
mous Dred Scott. decision being today
looked upon as a most masterly exposl
Hon of the law of master tiud bcrvant.
CVHAX A rTlOX XOT SA TIS FACTOIt V.
The president and cabinet have de
cided that the adoption by the Cuban
constitutional convention of the major
ity report of Its relations committee
on the Plntt amendment Is not a "sub
stantial" acceptance of the American
terms. That report presented explana
tions or Interpretations of several
clauses of the amendment, which It was
said were In effect the construction
jilvcn these clauses by the president
and secretary of war In the conferences
with the Cuban commission. It ap
pears that the nddltlons thus made to
the Piatt amendment are recorded by
the Washington administration as milk
Hit; inodlllentlons nnd reservations
which contravene tlio requirement that
the American terms should be accepted
"substantially" as submitted.
The Cuban situation, therefore, Is un
changed, so far ns the question of future
relations with the 1'nlted States Is con
cerned, and there must be u'riivlViil or
the contest In the goltslltutlounl coiivcn
llnji reKardliitf the, Piatt amendment.
Win I will be the effect of tilts? Tin; de
cision of the president , virtually says
to the Cubans', and doubtless will be
construed by thein as meaning, that
nothing short of an unconditional ac
ceptance of tile American terms will be
satisfactory to (Ids piverument. The
Piatt amendment won In the Cuban
convention by a single vote. It would
have been rejected, thefe Is no doubt,
without the Interpretation given to por
tions of It by the majority of the rela
tions committee. Will the men who made
that report and those who supported It
now abandon the position they took and
support the Piatt amendment uucoudi
llonallyV Some of the conservatives
may be disposed lo do this, but It Is
not probable that all of them will be.
There Is no doubt as to what the effect
will be on the opponents to the amend
nient. They will be stimulated to a
more nmiresslve tlsslit ami It will not
be surprising If their Intluence with the
people Is strengthened by the Washing
ton decision. Those Cubans who dls
trust this government will urge that
the decision Justifies, their want of con
fldence and it is very likely they will
be able to persuade others to their view.
s the radicals in the constitutional
onventlon need but one more vote to re
Jeet the Piatt amendment it is quite
possible they will get It. In that event
a very grave situation would lie created
The annexationists In Cuba will wel
onie the president's decision as being
favorable to their desire. They have
been working for t lie rejection of tho
Plait amendment and doubtless they
wlll now labor to that end more ear
nestly than before. It is to lie expected
that Cubit will be a good deal stirred up
over the disapproval of the conven
tlon's action. That action having been
generally accepted in the belief that It
would lie conclusive as to future tela
tlons between Culm and the United
States and that there would bo no
further obstacles to the establishment of
an independent government, its dlsup
proval at Washington will bo gener
ally disappointing and can hardly fail
to create some resentment. That It
adds to the embarrassment of the sltua
Hon Is apparent.
I'HUMOTIXa iniUOATlOX.
l'lie advocates of government aid for
the promotion of Irrigation are hoping
for support from the administration. A
Washington dispatch says It Is believed
that the vlsll of the president and mem
bers of the cabinet to tho southwest will
have a direct bearing upon the program
of certain members of congress for legis
lation looking to a general extension of
aid to irrigation projects. The presi
dent had a good opportunity to see
actual conditions In the arid and seml-
arld regions and some remarks he made
at one of thfe stopping places in New
Mexico are referred to as Indicating
that he Is favorable to extending govern
ment aid to Irrigation projects. Of the
members of the cabinet Secretary Hitch
cock Is an earnest advocate, of govern
ment aid to Irrigation, lie having at the
last session of congress sent a com
munication to the house committee on
public lands urging a comprehensive Ir
rigation system almost as comprehen
sive lu its scope as the present nid
which Is given to river and harbor Im
provements by the government. This
was understood to reflect the conclusion
of the government exports In the geo
logical survey. Mr. Hitchcock, while on
the trip to the Pacific coast, was a most
interested observer of what had been
accomplished by Irrigation.
Tho friends of Irrigation arc organiz
ing to bring the subject before the next
congress and press for legislation with
greater yigor and earnestness than ever.
If they are able to secure the assistance
of the administration, as they nre
hoping to do, tho probability of secur
ing legislation will be stroug.
KEKl'IXU Tilt: nttlTlSll HUSV,
There bus not been much news from
South Africa recently, but what has
come shows that tho Roors, whoso
forces probably do Hot now exceed 10,
000, are keeping tho llrltlsh busy. The
latest dispatch from Kitchener reports
11 battle within forty miles of. Johannes
burg, in willed thero was fierce lighting.
The Uoers, It Is stated, were driven off
with heavy loss, but the number of
killed and wounded on the llrltlsh side
shows that the enemy did, .good execu
tion. Nothing Is said as to tho number
of men on either side, but It Is safe
to assume that the Hoer force was only
a few hundred. This was commanded
by General Delarey, an olllcer who lias
shown marked skill In the kind or light
ing which the Iloers are now doing.
Tho question us to how long this guer
rllla warfare can bo malutnlued
seems to depend entirely upon
the time that will be required
to kill or disable all the Poors
capable of fighting, for there Is evl
dently nq abatement of their determlna
tion to continue hostilities until the sup
ply of lighting men s exhausted. There
Is uo more talk of peace unil it seems
that the Roers have given up all efforts
looking to peace, since that can bo had
only by unconditional surrender. They
appear, also, lo have abandoned what,-
ever hope they had of uieulutlou or lu
THE OMAHA
terventlon and consequently hnve ceaed
to appeal lo the nations.
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the Rrltlsh are apparently uot making
much progress toward paeltlcntlon ami
the situation In South Africa today Is
about as bad, In the extent of popular
distress and general demoralization, as
at anv time since the beginning of the
war. Some gold Is coming out of the
country, but otherwise there Is no
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material improvement in cumuiim,.-.
.ir tiik ntnrtiiT or vnusnuuri:
l'lie stock sale at South Ouinhn this
week seems to have, been significant in
more ways than one. Not only Is Its
financial success il straw pointing to the
advancement of South Omaha as'n mar-
kot for high-bred animals, but It re-
fleets the prosperity of the live stock I
Industry.
The western stockralser Is no longer
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content with anything but the st. and.
wiiai is more to tne pouu, is v. iiiiiim "
able to pay good prices. At tills saie
iiinehnseis hud the option of making
Hw.1t ..(llnmnttfu lit iilliHl 111 C'ilMll (t I
IRI II CL I IVIIIvllin - v.
paying In paper, due three or six months
hence. Of the entire sale, aggregating
! HMKHV for some sixty animals, only
one case was recorded where the pur-
baser took advantage of the time pay
ment concession. All the rest of the
duvet's came lo the front with spot cash
to liquidate their obligations.
When the stockbreeders of this vicin
ity can pay down .flo.000 in if single day
atone market their bank accounts must
lie in a healthy condition, nnd they
could not be In a healthy condition un-
less the stockralslng industry were at when he said that tho territorial govcrn
the height of prosperity. , 3,l),,1p,, 'crr'!r' ' 'hc. u",,lc'1
The railway accountants are having
a convention to talk shop and perfect
their systems of accounting. Anyone
who lias had experience with them wlllj
..1,... .,-riiiiv mtiiili Hint tin. rnllmnil ne-
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COUIIlillllH are uie ausi in mi; mum.
Thev can move b.V the books of the
v tl,i i , .,.li,il.i hnve ever been
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the pockets of tho shljiper. 1 ho. can
also prove to the Investor that the com-
pany properly Is worth millions to the
mile and lias a tempting earning ca-
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fniiiiiv inn v iiimi t in nssesx neiii nonius 1
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come around they can make 10m he
same books a showiifg of poverty which
would make a poornouse asuatneti 01
Itself. l'or ways that are dark and
tricks that are vain the heathen Chinee
Is not In It With tho railway accounting
I lie wool ioci mi- ...
to pass a law making it compulsory to
label all goods made of mixtures or
wool and other fibers, showing the
nature of the goods. While undoubtedly
much deception Is practiced In such
matters, most frequently It Is by the re
taller. Label or no label the dealer Is
rarely if ever deceived nnd If a dealer
is dishonest enough to deceive bis cus
tomers a label would Jie poor protec
tion. Such measures multiply leglsla
tion without accomplishing any great.
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benefit. II the present manin, for pto-
hlbltlve legislation keeps up the legal
Don't s" will Deeome as numerous as
the signs in a park.
If tho dismissed West Point cadets,
now asking the War department to re
instate them, had been as much In ear
nest in observing thu regulations of the
department as they nre now lu Impor-
tunlug it for mercy they would not be
under the necessity of making the pros-
ent appeal. Everyone sympathizes with
the parents of the young men and In a
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certain measure with the cadets them-
selves. Hut lia.lng and similar antics
of the cadets had become such a scandal
at tlie academy that It was Imperative
tlmt they should be stopped. The ex-
ample made of these live may be the
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means of saving many times live among
their successors.
The division of the supreme court
judges In the Porto ltlean cases dls
..limes one 1I1I11L' that has been too gen
orally overlooked, namely, that the howl
of the yellow Journals about an attempt
to bribe Justice Harlan by the appoint
mont of his son to a position lu the
Porto Ulcan government was pure
moonshine. If the nppolntmeut In
question had any Influence on tho judgo
it must have been in opposition to the
contention of the administration, be
cause It was Justice Harlan who gave
out the vigorous dissenting opinion in
willed the minority concurred.
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called to the tact that the county com-
mlssloners will sit as a board of eqtiall-
zutlon week after next. The attention
of tho commissioners Is called to tho
r,,..t .i.nt tiu.v will hnve to do 1111 un-
usual lot of equalising to adjust the
tax burdens of the chronic corporate
taxshlrkers evenly ui well as tuosc ol
the plain homo owners, who always pay
u-iHimit .mimltilnt '
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f,.rn,..rln l.n.l l.oll.ir enlllO
home
V.if nnlv Is there nil Inclination
.Mil OIIIJ IS llltn. 1111 llllllliuuuii
lu Scotland to reject ins girts, nut an
effort is being made to break the title
bv moans of whlt'd ho dolds possession
of Sklbo castle. If the Scotchman Is
not willing to allow Carnegie to stay In
that country aud give away his money
there, many American communities will
be pleased to receive him with open
arms.
On, Prt-finen, Out
Raltlmoro American.
The great battle of tho century Is now to
be waged, the combatants being science nnd
civilization against tho mosquito, Tho ad-
vantage of force Is with tho alliance, but,
then, the mosquito has tho skill aud train
ing.
A Snfc (Jut-mi.
Indlunapolls Journal,
The director of tho census does not hesi
tate to predict that tho population of the
United States will be 300,000,000 In tho year
2000. Tho beauty of long range prophecy
Is that the reputation of tho prophet can
not be injured.
.11 11 eli Attn A tin tit Notliliin.
New York q'ribune.
The battlo between the advocates of the
two styles of handwriting in the public
schools the vertical nnd tho deferential
Is still raging In mnny American cities,
towns and villages. Champions of tho per
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pvillUClllnr I1UVD llliun uui aiy Ilium lu Hie " nu iliu puei'uncii lu noun nt. ,11c ...n (il...
effect that an upright hand Indicates up- outs of money-getting and who are arcred
tightness of character, aud that a alant In Red with Intelligence of superior quality.
DAILY UEE: SATURDAY,
penmanship may be the outward aud visible
sizn oi a siam in conscience, nut una
really srms to be roIuk a little too far In
the heat ot controversy.
I'l.ct Versus Assertion.
Kansas City Star.
Thn rnnfpntlnn Mint I'nrln tllrn rnntint
bo forcgn an,i domestic recalls the case
uf the m.tn who was informed by his law
ycr that he could not be Imprisoned ou a
certain charge. "Rut, ' said the client, "I
J""-
I'lrst tin nil Information.
Washington Po.'t.
If Mr. Tlllmnn and Mr. McLaurln will
enclose the proper amount of stlckable
postago stamps to Hon. Tom Piatt they
may be able to secure some accurate and
(nterestlns facts concerning the effect of
spur - of - the - moment senatorial resignations.
Stneli on llir Tlnrs,
Chicago Chronicle.
Rx-Scnater Tillman Is having some ill fit
cully In explaining his resignation to the
satisfaction of a people who are weary
saiisiacuon oi a people wno nro wcury
of pomM n ,c ha() Jnl
been re-elected for six years and he re-.
signed for the avowed purpose of being re
elected again. It this Isn't tomfoolery,
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l.ninlii'r llnrtiu In Peril.
Minneapolis Journal,
Thomas A. Edison proclaims a new pro
cess for making cement which will bring
tho prices down to such a flguro that ce
ment will be one of tho most common ma-
terlals In tho building of houses. All that
It Is necessary to do Is to mako n mold
and pour your semi-llquirt house Into It
The lumber bnron Is not losing any sleep
over It yet.
AW, Alone. Cnn lintrrn It I it li ( I .
Indianapolis Journal.
Oovernnr Alien of Porto Ulco slated n
truth which many Americans fall to grasp
Jiira win nut uu niiiiiuni! iur I til lu uii'ut
lnS that the people .ro not
Lrnmcnt Thcto3nerwolearnthcfact1h.it
porto Klcans. Klllplnos and Ihiwallans nro
not fitted for tclf-goVerntncnt the bettor
ior an concerned
rue I 1)11 l- Die Tn
Philadelphia Record.
I'riilliiR for on m southeastern Texas
ouiiiu univi 11 i.iiiiinuuiit nun 111 uki I'asi'u
,! ,. 1 1
fnp cno1Rh ,,, (ho M,8toIlco of
undorlvlnir reservoirs of ihn
heavy fuel oil characteristic of tho Rcau
mont field. Ordinary processes of refining
arc witnout ciiect on this oil, but hundreds
nf nvnitrtd nro nviinplmnnlltii. nml Ihn on.
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cret may bo discovered nt nny tlmo In tho
nc flJture Even iihouia reiminn prove to
bo lmposg,)Io lno lrPmcn(0UI, output of
tho wells already completed Is suggestive
of marked economic changes when tho en
tiro region shall have been developed. Tho
Texas an.l Louisiana producers may reckon
tlinlr nrnrlitpf 111 fnna 1 nat rl nf In Vi rrnlo
cntl fnr fnnl In tlin rrrnn 1 tit l.a
nlnnx tthn nnalArn on.ilmo tl ti-milil n1
mnst nominal. Evon thp nrehmnnonnlv nf
nll baIIis nt the tnHk nt harnessing Dame
Nature when sho Is In such a
prodigal
mood.
M CIIAMJt; APIWllKVf.
('oimervnllvc tew nf ! Recent Su
preme Court Dec IhIiiiin,
Roston Transcript.
Somo ot the nutl-lmpcrlallsts nppear to
tako tho supremu court's decision very
hard, while others construe It as a death
blow at Imperialism.- To us It appears to
lve tho United States just where It was
up to 12 o clock noon Monday, and Just
' rMf' , 'h
,ho people 'ro ,ha gm)rco of I)OWor
Tho collrt ruleH tnal lno prc8i,cnt dorlyes
his authority from" congress nnd that con
gress In turn Is hound by tho constitution.
Tho court, whllo saying that the president
has no power outside, the constitution, finds
that congrens In passing tho Porto Rico
law acted within tho constitution. Inas
much as the court holds that the president
Is simply tho executive, Its decision enn-
0t 1,0 held fairly to further Imperialism.
As for dealing a blow directly at Imperlal-
ism. the court crtnnot bo blamed for not
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the vision of dyspoptlc dreamers. Tho
Un,te(, BMn ,s ft rcpuWc nmI 8,10WS no
, of 0anglng t8 condition nny moro
than it did when Marshall used tho phraso
"American cmplro" to describe Its geo-
graphical scope. Ho no moro meant tnat
unue.i aiaies was governcu. or .o
be governed by an emperor, than HIshop
Uerkecy mennt that tne course of omplro
was the courso of'an emperor on this con
tinent. This republic is. nnd in nil the
stronger for tho decision that Its con
stitution, without amendment or alteration-,
Is sufficient to the nccdB of expansion.
Nothing Is changed, nothing is altered;
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fSOOll TlllXfi rOIllAUI.V COM BUS.
AlMillcnt inn Aliroml nt n llnslon Iileu
In I-Innncr.
Roston Transcript.
Mrs. Howe, the originator and promoter
of tho Woman's bank, long ago passed to
her reward, but the llnnnclal principle
whlph (.tin nut Inln nnnrntlnn lives after
h nd vory onc0 , . .vhllo wo near of
Borao ono who is exploiting it moro or less
tremendously. Tho system of finance upon
which the Woman's banK, like nil or us suc-
cessors, was founded Is supremely simple,
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nun 11 ail luntiiuiiuu i-aiaui. 1 uj.u.
prncple could R0 on ,m,cnnltcly. forever
inc.rcasnB tB deposits In proportion to its
interest payments, It would bo a perfect
thing. Rut, unfortunately, tho drafts uudor
the Woman's bank syHtcm Increaso so rap-
"J th" it is simply the
Woman.. bank wns .. naylnK investment
ror thoso who wero early customers nnd
who wero smart enough or lucky enough
to withdraw before the climax was reacneu;
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1 t-o wero mo hiiui i-iuj m uuuuw uicuv u.uuia,
I WMCn Woro lOUn.lCu Upon IHO Bumu KUUIuui'
ncal Progression principle, mm nu ...Du
miu.p vmllcntn of recent
momorv Uu, in overy case It was only
the few who were thus fortunate; tho many
lost all they put lu
The latest copyist or .Mrs. ttowo is ono
wnaen. wno 1R8 r.p:
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victims. Sanden, It Is said, paid from 12
to 20 and sometimes as high as 30 per cent
using, ot course, tno money ot new ue
posltors to pay dividends to the old ones
In this way It Is estimated Sanden got
away with upward of $8,750,000, and tho
emneror alone la said' to have lost $3,375,000
Possibly thero ls somo .exaggeration and
possibly some false nutriment, hut the
amount of smoke shows Hint thero was a
big tiro and that tho iiEiinl result has fol
lowed this latest exemplification uf the
inutility of giving something for nothing
and keeping It up Indellnltcly
It Is wonderful, by the way, how slowly
mankind learns from the experlenco of
others. It ought to be self-evident to
overybody possessed of average Intelligence
that rates ot Interest exorbitantly abovo the
existing market rates cannot be paid for
any lensth of time without bankruptcy
I nn" w"en "HB axiomatic proposition uas
been demonstrated agnln and again, it
would seem that no ono anywhere could bo
fooled again, but tho Itching palm Is mora
potent than Intuition backed by reason and
tho Woman's bank still attracts not only
- the simple and Incxporlenced, hut many
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OTIIl.lt I.AM1S TIIA OtHS.
One of the many conscqueuces of th
Uoer war Is the growing uneasiness among
a considerable number of P.ngHshmen as to
tho defensive powers of (llbtaltar not of
the rock Itself, but of the harbor and docks,
which, from a naval point of view, are of
scarcely less Importance. Experience In
tho Transvaal has proved that It Is exceed
ingly dllllcult to get tho range of heavy
but, nevertheless, mobile guns, fired with
imokcless powder from nn Invisible point
several miles away. Plvo or six years ago,
under Lord Hosehery's administration, the
Hrltlsh admiralty began the construction of
a vast system of moles and docks, which
has been continued by tho present Toty
government upon a still' larger scale. It li
asserted by T. (Rbson Howies and others
that nll of these works He within reach
of great guns, which might easily ho con
cealed behind the ridges of the low hills
skirting the adjacent Spanish territory,
and so could be destroyed readily, or, at nll
events, rendered nbcnlutely useless, lu the
event of war breaking out. Tho govern
ment, on tho other hand, maintains that
shooting Is n game that two can play at,
and that any guns behind the hills would
be within the reach of weapons nulte as
powerful, and would be put out of nctlon In
no time. The fnct that the new docks are
within moderate range of possibly hostile
territory does not seem to be disputed.
Cemeteries are among the public til lilt Ic.
that Scotch municipalities are venturing In,
with very limited success, according to the
Glasgow Herald, which snvs that the crav
ing of Its city for municipalization "seems
to be Insatiable." A committee of the
town council hns been collecting Informa
tion nnd tho council Is1 considering a pro
ject. Kitty-five English, five Scotch nnd
ono Irish municipalities own cemeteries.
Tho Herald combats the popular Impression
that thero Is nlways a good living (o be
mado out of housing the dead. It mentions
a private cemetery company which hns nald
but one 2 per cent dividend In twenty-two
years. Thirteen years ago Paisley Invested
$100,000 In a cemetery and the maintenance
ot It hns been a charge upon Iho taxpayers
ever since. Dundee spent $3(10.000 for a
cemetery In 1S62 and had to maintain It out
of tho proceeds of taxation till ISM, since
wlilch tlmo Ihero has been ti small prollt.
The llernll sas Clnsgnw Is abundantly
supplloJ with ptlvntc companies with phicei
of sepulture.
Tho Gemma emperor has found nn ardent
champion of his canal schemes In Prince
Ludwlg of Ravnrla, who Is the hon of the
prlnco regent, nnd will some day occupy
tho throne. He delivered a strong speech
nt Augsburg tho other day In favor of the
development of Inland waterways. Hc ar
gued that railroads nro unsultrd for certain
kinds of traffic where tho bulk or iiiantlty
Is very great or the vnlue small. He In
Btaneod sand, which was at a premium In
Munich, but could be obtained from lower
Franconl.i nt very cheap rates, If there
were n good waterway to tho Ilavarlnn
capital, it was one grent object of his nm
hltlon, ho paid, that Ravarla should be con
nccted with tho Rhino by nn emplo water
way. Tho treaty for tho extension of the
canal from Offenbach to Krankfurt-on-Maln
had not yet been concluded, but ho hoped
that It would soon be nrronged, nnd that
It would bo ratified by tho Diets. Ho then
went on to explain his views on the Im
portant part to bo played hereafter by In
land wntorways, whoso development, ho
thinks, will bo analogous to that of tho
navigation of tho high sens and tho hnr
hors of tho world. Cortnln nations formerly
considered navigation tbolr own monopoly
nnd excluded others from their harbors,
Now the highway of tho seas and the liar
bors of all nations woro open to overy
body. It wns n drenm of the future, but
he wns convinced that ono day It would bo
seen that tho freedom of nll great lnlnnd
wntorways was a matter of universal in
terest.
Prance has becomo alarmed nt tho rav
ages of absinthe, and In December hist n
socialist deputy from tho Department of
the Seine moved In tho Chamber of Depu
ties that tho government prohibit tho
manufacture and sale ot nil alcoholic
liquors pronounced dangerous by tho Acad
omy of Modlclno. The resolution was aimed
at nbuinthr, the consumption of which hns
nearly doubled slnco 1 SOI. It was adopted
but tho government did not report to such
an extreme measure as prohibition; instead
Il Increased the tax on nbslntho nnd dls
tilled liquors nnd reduced that on wino
and elder. Tho minister of finance ro
ported to a cabinet council last week that
the consumption of wine and ctuer nan
Increased nearly 50 per cent In the first
four months of tho year, tho use of white
wlno having largely replaced that of ab
slnthc.
Aut-tralla Increases In population at
satisfactory but moderate rate, rho cur
rent census gives this antipodal British
possession a population of 4,&50,651, a gain
of 710.75C since thu enumeration or i&m
While tho new commonwealth ih nailing; to
Its Inhabitants nt tho rate of about 20 per
cent In tho decode, tho CanadaB nre Incrcns
lng at tho rate of nearly 10 per cent in tne
decade. Australia begins tne twenucin
century with a population about tho same
U3 Ireland's nnd a trlflo less tunn tuai wun
which tho United States began tne nine
teonth century. It Is filling up, however,
in a very different manner than our own
continent did. Instead of being n dls
tlnctlvely agrarian community, the sparso
population Is largely grouped in a few great
cities, In Victoria colony, for Instance, the
capital, Melbourne, containing nearly iu
per cent of all tho Inhabitants, This con
dition is similar to that presented by the
Argentine republic, which lies in aDom
the same latitude. Despite the money and
effort devoted to stnto development of the
Interior, and perhaps because of it, the
Australian peoplo have not shown tho bold
ness nnd independent spirit of tho Ameri
can pioneer In ponetratlng their wilder
nesses. They cling to tho coast nnd to
urban employment.
IMIRTO HICAXS AWAICH.
AliollHhliiK Hie I'nrnUer Lnw.ln Hie
Milliner Provliletl.
Under tho provisions of tho Porakcr net
levying a, tariff duty of 13 per cent, to
provldo revenue for tho Island, tho In
habitants may annul the law nnd enter
upon a free trade basis wncnovor sufllclent
rovenuo Is provided by means of Insular
taxation. Tho decision of the supreme
court on the status ot the Island hns stimu
lated efforts Jo tako advantago of tho law
nnd rid the Island of tho tariff. Dispatches
to the Now York Herald from San Juan
lenm-t the K011er.1l sentiment Is favorable
to an extra session ot the legislature for
tho purpose of declnrlng tho Island self
supporting without tho collection of cus
toms on Imnorts from Porto nico to tho
United States. The Islund'j yearly budget
is 12.830.0S0. A scml-offlclal cstlmato
gives an Incomo of $500,000 u year from the
property tax, $750,000 from tne excise coi
lections under the Hollander bill and $750,
noo from customs collections on Import and
exports to and from countries other than
tho United States, Tne property iax win
bo in force July 1 and assessments will
i.n mill on an estimated valuation of
$1,000,000.
Ry the provisions of the Koraker act fres
trade becomes operative whenever the Porto
Ulcan legislature pashes .1 resolution that
an adequate byttcm of Insular taxation hns
been put Into operation, and President Mc
Kinloy, upon being notified of this reso
lution, Is to prorlalm free trade for Porto
Rice, It the plan now contompla .cd Is gar-
rlcd out Governor Allen will convene the'
legislature In extra setslon solely to pass
this resolution. This action will probaMy
be taken on July 2S, when the Hollander
bill will have been In force nearly one
month, and probably free hade will bo de
clared In October.
it was popularly expected hy the Island
ers that the court's decision would grant
orto Him tree undo and Its citizens full
citizenship ami constitutional privileges.
when told that If the privileges had been
grnnted tho Internal revenue laws of the
nltcd States would bo until led to tho
Islands nnd nil money collected would be
deposited In the federal treasury, nil ,
acknowledged that this would be bad and
that their present status was preferable, as i
tliey illil not believe the Inland could stum!
the collection of United Slates Internal I
revenue.
San Juan hankers predict an Immediate
revival, of business now that the status
of the country has been decided. Ry
ngrcement with New York houses ninny
orto Ulcan shipper will reeflve half the
amounts refunded under the new decision.
Should the Porto Hlcnn 'ake advantage
of the Porakcr net lo establish a system of
local taxation of their own. adequate to
meet their governmental needs, the practical
effect of the. slop would be to make trade
free between the Mum! and the Patted
States. The provision of the Tcraker act I
placing the tame duties on Importation
from fotelgn countries to Porto Itlco which
such Importations would bear If made in
the Pnlted States nnd In nildlt'nn a
ent a pounil duly nn coffee Imported Into
the Island, will remain In effect.
POLITIC l. Hit I FT.
Senator i'nlrbnnks of Indiana Is the first
formal entry fnr the 1P0 1 race.
Recatiso Senator Mel.aurln of South Caro
lina shed his coat of moss Senator Teller
insinuates thnt hc Is n "blatherskite."
The Impression In some quarters that the
constitution could be stretched over tho
'hlllppinc Islands Implies that the. docu
ment is of thu rubber-neck brand.
V large trlbo of Maryland democrats are
off the reservation whetting their hatchets
for Arthur Pue (iormnn. Preliminary
ghost dances Insure considerable halr-rnls-
lng In the fall.
Tho supreme court of Mississippi linn de
cided that the Jones round-bale cotton cor
poration is 11 trust tho Jones being the
senator of that name who niasqueradfd as
hairmnn of the Hryan national committee
hist year.
The Pennsylvania supreme court holds
that the legislature may deprive any city
of tho stnto of local government. The no
called "ripper laws." abolishing elective
ollires In Pittsburg, Scrnnton ntpl Alle
gheny nnd substituting olllcers appointed
by the governor, wero pronounced constitu
tional.
At tho Maryland election this fall the
ticket will be. u long one. All the coun
ties will voto for comptroller, clerk of tho
court of appeals, members of tho house of
delegates, sheriff, county commissioners
nnd county surveyors. In addition to
these half of the counties will elect sena
tors and half of them county trciiHiirere.
intl-ndmlnlslrnt!on papers are taking It
out of D. H. Hill's hldo nnd pouring tubs
of wrath on hla hairless dome. They put
the caso this way. "If Hill had not op
posed tho confirmation of Hornblower when
named by Cleveland for the supreme bench,
thus forcing the appointment of Senator
White, tho decision would havo been 5 to A
against colonialism. "Of all sad words,"
etc.
Thero Is nn election for governor of Vir
ginia this year. The two chief candidates
for the democratic nomination nro Clnudo
A. Swan&on of Chatham and A. J.
Montague, who Is now nttorney general pf
Virginia, And w-hoso term ns such docs not
cxplro until Jnnunry 1 next. An active
contest for tho democratic nomination,
which Is deemed equivalent to nn election,
Is In progrcsss. ,
Ono of the most extraordinary officehold
ers over heard of has turned up In Monroe
county, Pennsylvania. Ho is 0110 of the
county commissioners, whoso pay Is $3.50 a
dny for ovory day actually devoted to olll
clal duties. Tho commissioner in question
docs not bellevo thnt tho services are
worth r.ny such amount and tho other day
ho turned over to the county treasurer one
half the pay ho had drawn for tho year.
Georgia is to bo added to tho number of
southern states which have adopted or are
considering tho ndoption of disfranchising
election Inws. At present the suffrage In
fieorgla Is restricted by the Imposition of a
poll tax. which deprives n majority of the
negro electorate of their suffrage and dis
franchises ns well a number of tho poorer
white Inhabitants, of which (foorgla Iioh
many. What Is proposed Is a disfranchis
ing amendment to tho constitution on the
plan adopted In Mississippi, South Carolina,
Louisiana nnd North Carolina and under
way in Alabama and Virginia,
Summer
Suits
The fashion is for b'l.inmjls itntl there is no doubt
they nre cool in fnct, in looks and there is perfect
comfort in them as well possibly tho' yon might prefer
a "Serge." They are the thing for real serviceor you
might like a "Cheviot" Either will be correct as to
style and fashion and they are not expensive.
You can buy a good Summer Suit for as little as
10.00 of us or you can select one as good as ?20.00 or
115.00. The only difference between these summer suits
of ours and the custom tailors is the price the tit is
ALWAYS rigid.
VOll NO CLOTH I Nl! KITS LIKE OUI1S.
Browning, King & Co.
Exclusive Clothiers aHd Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
(Ill, Ai PI Rl. ON RAILROADS.
( Mlir.ii nlM unil Tent Well llriiellelnl
lu Snullierii It. mil.
t'lilriig 1 Tribune.
The dlscoei.v m oil wells In Callfornm
and Texas promises to hac nn Important
and beneficial Influence un the railroad In
dustry In the whole southwestern portion
of the United States. Shortly after th
striking of oil In California the Atehloii
toad began using crude oil n fuel un Us
locomotives In that region. It was a com
plete success, saving nearly one-half the
former expense for coal. Since the begin-
nlng of Hull no coal has boon used as fuel
on the Atchison lines In California. Now-
the same company Is equipping the enelnen
on Its Texas lines for the purpose of using
the oil from the lleaumont wells. Tho oil
necessarj to do the work of a ton of coal
costs -11111111 !tl Irns than the cn.1l unit thn
cost of Installing oil burners on the lore
motlNcs I only about $250. It Is estlinnte.t
that 'the substitution of oil on a slnglo
Texas branch of the Atchison system will
caue an iiiMiu.il saving of $190,000 and If tho
supply inutlnuc It li probable that the
whole system will ultimately discard 00.1t
altogether ns furl 011 Its engines.
The Atchhnn Is ko Minuted that Its coal
eostn only Sl.CS 11 ton. while the Southern
Pa rifle must pay $t.0:i a 1011 because of the
scarcity of that nrllcln west of the Rockies.
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for It Is estimated that If applied to the
whole system It woild mean a yearly sav
ing of nenrly $...on0.eoo, or enntnth to pay
mi annual dividend of 5 per cent on 11
capital of $inn.0nn.0ii0. Such a lowering nf
lallroa.l expondliures cannot fall ultimately
to bring about heaper fielghl rates nnd
thus benefit all Industries In Cnllfornli nnd
Texas and the whole Intervening region.
It Is to be hoped the new gushers will pour
forth Indefinitely cheap fuel, which Is tho
mainstay of Industrial prosperity.
.11 vTiiiti i, I'oit siit,i:.
Washington St.ir: 1'" lmm dut nllim
Inllln' In.il ulnil In. used let- 1I11 or wltnl
'he's gwlliler tin." wild Pncln Khnll, Ms
usually was 111 Ills nine les ai present.
Philadelphia l'ies: "Papn," united Young
Hopeful, "where tin barnncUs grow?" nml
ns pupa hud nlreiulv answered l.lr.l ques
tions ilnie bieakfiist, le- said, "Oh, on ths
b.irn."
Chicago Tribune- .Maud Veil walked live
miles? Didn't It make ynu iltendflllly
tired?
.tnbel Awfully. It's such haul wnrlt lu
hold olio's skirl up mi hint;, ynu know.
Rnltlmnre Ani'i lean: AnUU-AiiiI did your
uncle remember yo 1 In his will?
Tolllt -Well. h- reiiK'nib'Ted nie nil right,
but that was why he didn't mention m
In his will.
Cleveland Plain Denier: "Johnnie, nlvn
tne an example nf .1 ciimbliuitloii nf mean
ingless pliraH.'K."
"Ves'ln. A liurglar-pr.inf safe stood In u
lire-proof block. "
Rru.ilclyn Rude: Ml.lwnod Mr. Pathway
Is what 1 should cull 11 man of unusual
nbllltv.
KlutbUHh-"!,iiusiml ability Is tin 11111110
for It' Why, I unco knew him, it t tho
tlrst attempt, to refold 11 railroad time
table the way It was originally folded!
Detroit Journal: "They have an old
fiislilnnc.l lire department, 1 believe."
"Hxtremely nld-fashlnne.l. If you will be
lieve me, they still hold to tho lilddle,
system!"
Washington Star: "Thai was 11 very
lucid dncumrnt ynu prepared," said tho
friend.
"Yes," answered the statesmnli diibln.isly.
"I made It so lucid that I 11111 afraid the
public will fall to regard It us able and
profound."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "No, buys, Rertln
can't ooinn nut this afternoon."
"Is he sick?"
"No, he Isn't sick. Ills sister, who goes
to tho Woman's college, borrowed Ids
clothes to wear at n play and ho has to
stay home."
"l"i.llTI.0 l THlVcilOlli.
S. K. Klser In the Record-Herald.
The dear old hymn Is read once more; tho
pious people rise,
And with exulting voices slug uf mansions
In tho skies;
Tho deacon's voice rlims clear and loud, lie
feels the sacred lire,
And two who sing, scarce knowing what,
are Ulrting lu tho choir.
Tho people kneel and bow their heads, and
hear their shepherd pray
l'or gulilahce by the Lord of Hosts and suc
cor day by day;
They henr III ni plead for sinners who nre
sinking1 lu the mire.
And up behind the curtains there Is flirt
ing In tho choir.
Wo hear him gravely icmlMhc text, and
then proceed to show
Tho bounties that are set along tho way tho
Just should go:
Ho scoffs at lleshpntH nf the world, nnd
points to something higher.
And kunwe not that behind Ilium 1
flirting In the choir.
"Prnisc God from whom nil blessings lluw"
ah, many a heart Is thrilled!
And now the shepherd's hands are ruUed,
the organ's notes urn stilled;
The words of benediction lift men's aspira
tions higher;
Rut two. Ignoring God and men, still flirt
lu tho choir.
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