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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WE D!X ES DAY, JUXE 12, 1001.
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complete copies of Tht Dally, Morning,
Lvenlng and Sunday Red printed during
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4 UT.a.'lO 19 17,72,
6 , ii7,IM5 20 20,740
6 27,:UO 21 27.0UO
7 r,.2H,rtHO 22 20,7:10
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9 27,070 21 20,400
10 20,020 25 20,0110
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31 20,070
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Notary Public.
With the nilvont of uvntlHT which
niukrs fur overcoats uncomfortable Nt
broftkn corn will proceed to hIiow peo
ple whnt It enn tlo In the wny of grow
lug. The precinct assessor linn done his
work. Now It Ih up to tho county com
missioned HlttliiR ns n hoard of equal
ization to rectify the mistakes, acci
dental or willful.
According to the report of tho flnnnco
committee there are still a few bricks
left which enn be had nt the regular
price by anyone, anxious to contribute
to the auditorium fund.
Omaha postofllce receipts during the
month of May show a gain of .?3,:J44, or
10.8 per cent over the receipts for the
same month of a year ngo. That looks
ns If Omaha business were steadily ex
panding. A young man arrested In Chicago on
the charge of passliig forged checks as
Herts that hcjs glad he Is under arrest,
where .ho cannot swindle anybody else.
HIs'Joy' lH'puuy compared with that of
his victims.
Iowa has a habit of doing things not
only peculiar but practical. The latest
consists In starting a new town, In
which the tlrat building to go up will
be a church, with a school house as
closo second.
Spain Is the latest European country
to decide on a loan to bridge over finan
cial (llftlcultleH. Something must be
wrong In European systems which re
quire governments to borrow continu
ally In times of peace.
With the third term scare played out,
democracy must hunt up another
scarecrow. The democratic scarecrow
storehouse Is becoming so crowded tho
democracy must soon go out of tho
business or provide larger quarters.
By certltlcatiou of the United States
patent office It is learned that 3,412 pat
ents haye been Issued to Nebraska In
ventors up to the beginning of the pres
ent year. Nebraska did not know it
contained so much Inventive genius.
The bondsmen of ex-Secretary Porter
do uot appear to be in any more of a
hurry to confess liability than the prin
cipal. Tho reformer is Just as ready to
take advantage of a legal technicality
as auybody else, particularly the Ne
braska brand.
Topocrats In search of nu Issue on
which to tight tho next presidential but
tle aro as thoroughly bewildered as was
"Japhet In Search of His Father."
Thero Is not only the doubt as to where
to look, but conflicting opinions as to
who shall lead the searching party.
A vicious bull that had been carefully
dehorned Inflicted fatal wounds upon Its
owner, a Madison county farmer. Had
this bull been placed In a South Omnhn
arena, ho would doubtless have shown
a more hunianu disposition toward his
trainers lu scarlet garments.
The projectors of the plow combine,
which Is In process of Incubation,
hasten to announce thnt no Increoso In
price will bo made. In view of the fact
that tho promoters of all combines make
tho samo announcement it is strauge
how the public conceives the Idea that
prices are to be advanced.
Tho projectors of tho proposvd sub
urban railway offer to bind themselves
to flic, within six mouths after the fran
chise has been granted, plats of the
exact lines they propose to build. Why
not file tho plats before tho franchise,
Is granted, or, rather, withhold tho
granting of the franchise until the plats
are tiled V
The school board has at last prevailed
on an orator to deliver the commence
ment address to the graduating class of
tho High school, Better Issue Invita
tions right away for the address to bo
delivered to next year's graduating class
If, they waut to avoid, thu difficulty ex
perienced this year lu securing a suit
able, speaker. -
XU TIIHW TKIIM.
President Mc Kin ley has disponed of
tho third term talk by announcing that
not only Is ho uot a candidate for a
third term, but would not accept a nom
ination If It were tendered him. The
president would probably have paid no
attention to the utterances of news
papers hostile to the administration in
regard to a third term, but when color
was given their statements by express
ions of such republicans as Senator Do
pew and Representative Urosvenor, Mr.
McKlnley felt cnlled upon to take no
tice of the matter and dispose of It once
for all. This ho has done In n brief and
pointed declaration whose clear and
unqualltled language cannot be misun
derstood. There were not a very great many
persons, It may safely bo assumed, who
really thought that President McKlnley
desired a third term. He has certainly
done nothing to Indicate such a desire
and there Is not thu least renson to
suppose that .lie is not as strongly op
posed to third presidential term ns
any citizen of the United States. The
fact that a few republicans, more or
less prominent in the party, have
expressed the opinion that Mr. McKln
ley would be an available-candldnte In
11(04, should not have been accepted ns
even remotely suggesting that the presi
dent was seeking a third nomination.
It Is easy to believe that Mr. McKluley's
ambition will be fully satlsllcd with the
completion of his second term. No chief
magistrate of the United States, except
Lincoln, had so much labor devolved
on lilm nud so many perplexing diffi
culties and troublesome questions to
meet ns William McKlnley. His has
bepn a task requiring constant atten
tion and work by day and by night.
Even when a wny from Washington
seeking rest nud recreation he has not
been able to wholly lay aside the enrol
of stnte. During his trip to tho Pucltlc
const he gave regular attention to thn
public affairs requiring executive con
sideration. When the inside history of
the president's administration shall be
written there Is no doubt It will show
thnt Mr. McKlnley has been ono of the
hardest worked nnd most conscien
tiously Industrious of American presi
dents. Even In the most peaceful times
the presidential office is far from being
n 'sinecure nnd since Its occupancy by
William McKlnley the wnr power of the
government has been active the greater
part of the time.
The president is to be most hcnttlly
commended for the timely putting an
end to the third term talk. As he says,
with patriotic regard for the public In
terests and welfare, "there are new
questions of the gravest Importance be
fore tho administration and tho country
nud their Just consideration should not
be prejudiced In the public mind by
even the suspicion of the thought of a
third term." That the consideration of
those questions would be prejudiced by
such a suspicion there cnu be no doubt.
It would be used to create in the public
mind the belief that the policy of the
administration was dictated wholly
with reference to prolonging Its power
beyond the present term and the effect
would bo to arouse a public feeling thnt
would preclude the possibility of a claim
and Just consideration of the questions
before the country.
Moreover, It is not to be doubted that
Mr. McKlnley firmly believes in tho
unwritten law against n third presi
dential term. He would be the Inst
man to lend himself to an attempt to
overturn the precedent established by
George WashlugtJon and which there
has been butane memornblo effort to
depart from. There mny come a time
In the future of the republic when this
unwritten law will be violated, but it
is very remote. The announcement
mnde by Mr. McKlnley Is a merited re
buke to thoso republicans who have in
timated that he might accept a third
nomination.
XOT ALL tUH DISFRAKCIIISUMENT.
Willie the very great majority of
southern democratic lenders are in favor
of negro disfranchisement, a few of
them have declared opposition to It.
One of these Is Representative Living
ston of Georgia, who In a recent In
terview expressed the opinion that tho
people of his stnte are agalnstxanicud
lug the state constitution so as to dis
franchise tho uegro voters. Ho re
marked that the time mny come when
congress will take the matter up with
a view to reducing the representation In
congress of those states which disfran
chise the, colored voters and he thought
that so long ns Georgia is having no
trouble with the uegro the people did
not want to run the risk of having
their representation In congress and
tho electoral college cut down.
Another southern democrat who Is
opposed to disfranchisement Is Governor
Tyler of Virglnln, in which stnto a con
stitutional convention is soon to bo
held lu which this question will be con
sidered. The position of Governor Tyler
is thnt those who are called upon nnd
required to exercise the duties of citi
zenship, Including the payment of taxes
and tho observance of tho state laws,
ought not to 1)0 restricted In the exercise
of the elective franchise.
The views of these southern demo
cratic lenders should exert some lu
ttuenec, but doubtless the work of dis
franchisement will go on. The Ala
bama convention, now In session, will
ndopr nn amendment to the state con
stitution depriving colored citizens of
the suffrage and Virginia will fall Into
line, The questl6n Is, shall such nulli
fication of the federal constitution lie
permitted to go on without any effort
to arrest it?
Russia proposes to monopolize the
steamship business In connection with
the new Trnns-Slberlnn railroad when
that lino Is completed, From the Rus
sian point of view the effort to build
up the home shipping Industry Is a
commendable one, but with the keen
rivalry between the nntlons In thnt line
It Is extremely doubtful whether It can
succeed in keeping nil the business for
Its own people. Having at one time
practically abandoned tho Atlantic to
European shipping the United States
will uot willfully repeat the perform
ance with the rapidly expanding busi
ness of the Pncltlc. It Is easier to win
tho trade at the start than to wrest It
from others when once established.
HAXKUCl'TCY LAW OVLHATIOXS.
The senil-nnnual report of the opera
tions of the bankruptcy law for the six
months ending with last March shows
that the number of voluntary petitions
tiled was less than for the correspond
ing period of the previous year, though
thcie has been no appreciable variation
from the average number tiled since
tho lnw went Into operation. This aver
ago Is a little over O.tXKl voluntary peti
tions In each six months. The report
states that n largo percentage of those
taking advantage of the voluntary fea
ture of the law are old Insolvents seek
ing this means of resuscltntlng them
selves in the business world.
In view of the great amount of criti
cism to which the national bankruptcy
law has been subjected, It Is Interesting
to learn from this report thnt with one
or two exceptions tho lnw Is meeting
almost universal approbation. As time
passes, says the report, Its superiority
over ninny of the stnte Insolvency and
assignment laws, In reducing the ex
pense of administration to n minimum
with the resultant of maximum divi
dends, together with the disappearance
of preferences, either through legal pro
ceedings or fraud, Is redounding to the
advantage of the business world.
The Ree having earnestly nilvocated
a national bankruptcy lnw, It Is grati
fying to record tills testimony of nu offi
cial of the Department of .lustlco ns to
Its generally satisfactory operation. Un
questionably there are features of the
law which can be Improved and this
congress may be expected to do, lint
on the whole It lias worked well and
while, ns the report says, It Is' not an
absolute guaranty ngnlnst fraud on
the part of the dishonest debtor, yet the
opportunities for fraud under the state
laws were so much greater thnt the fed
eral law hos come to be regarded ns
one of the most beneficent and ridvnn
togeous to tho business world that has
been placed upon the statute books for
many years.
C0XDIT1UXS FOR SllDUltUAX RAILWAY
FliAXCinSE.
Before granting a right of way for
suburban railroads the Board of County
Commissioners should benr in mind
three things:
First, thnt a franchise granted with
out limitation becomes perpetunl, and
no frnnchlso of thnt character should be
granted to anybody for any purpose.
Second, that a franchise becomes
more valuable from year to year, hence
the public interest demands thnt the
county shall reserve to Itself the right
to resume control nnd ownership of the
right of wny at the end of a fixed term
of years by paying the owners of tho
suburban railroad the actual vuluo of
the railroad and equipment, excluslvo of
the frnnchlso. Such a reservation was
wisely made in the grouting of the
franchise to the water works company,
which would otherwise have been In
position to exact nn enormous sum of
money for tho franchise nt tho ex
piration of its contract with the city, in
ense the city decided to ncqulre the
plant by purchase.
Third, a guaranty should be exacted
that the proposed suburban railway
will be completed and In operntiou
within a reasonable time. Incidentally,
the board should also limit the charge
for passengers und freight at a maxi
mum rate per mile or fraction thereof.
These conditions cannot be regnrded
as unreasonable if the promoters of the
enterprise mean business. If they nre
simply attempting to acquire a fran
chise for speculative purposes the
county should hnvo assurnnce that the
grant will not shut out capitalists who
arc willing to invest their money In tho
enterprise, lu other words, In order to
prevent the acquisition of a frnnchlso
by parties who are not acting In good
faith, or who would block the building
of suburban lines for a number of
years, the board should exact condi
tions In Its contract as will afford ade
quate protection against such a possi
bility. What the people of Douglas county
want is n system of suburban electric
railroads that will connect Omaha with
towns within a radius of forty miles
at tho earliest practicable day. They
are willing to accedo to any reaeouuble
demands to secure that result.
The contention of the champions ot
Chief Hedell Is that the Board of Fire
and Police Commissioners has no au
thority to discipline, suspend or remove
Itcdell because thp charter mnde the
chlof of the Are department, ex-offlclo,
a member of the Advisory bonrd. If
this contention Is sound, Redell Is uot
subject to the direction of tho mayor
and police bonrd without tho concur
rence of the council. If the mayor ami
police board have no authority over
him, whnt authority did the mayor and
police bonrd hnvo to appoint him with
out the concurrence of the council?
Tho Stnto fair slto deadlock has been
broken, thanks to the flrmucss of tho
State Bonrd of Public Lands and Build
ings, nnd the taxpayers will have nearly
half of the appropriation made by the
legislature left to put Into Improvements
on the grounds acquired. Compared
with the land deals put through by their
popocratlc predecessors, expending every
cent of available money, the present
bonrd Is entitled to several credit marks.
The eyes of tho nation aro on tho re
ports from tho bedsldo of tho sick
woman in the White House, welcoming
every bulletin that Indicates the Im
provement of Mrs. McKlnley. The peo
ple realize tho ordeal through which the
president hns been going and feel for
him In his anxiety. Their only regret
Is that they can do nothing in addition
to what Is being done to bring Mrs. Mc
Klnley back to good health.
Opposition papers continue to belittle
the trade expansion of this country, yet
competing countries who feel Its III
effects nre not slow to appreciate Its
significance and the. chances thnt It will
grow rather than decreiibe, At u rc-i
cent banquet In Shnnghal, Chlnn, the
British admiral. Seymour, stated that
England had three great trade rivals
In the United States, Gerninny and Rus
sia, and that the greatest of these was
the United States. There are uone so
blind as those who will not see. Rnthcr
than concede that republican policies
had been the means of enhancing the
country's greatness the democratic poli
tician would upset the policy If he could
and, failing In that, deprecate the result.
DolnR I'nlrlj- Well, TlinnU Yon.
8t. Louis Olobc-Democrat.
Oom Paul Krugcr Is trotting along leis
urely, with the evident Intention of being
In at the finish, In tho meantime ho Is
satisfied to see the Uoers "driven off" from
day to day with a lot of British guns and
supplies.
Freedom from Rcil Tape.
Buffalo Express,
An Idaho ranchman killed a horsethlef,
and the authorities decided that nothing
more was necessary thnn to bury the thief.
The War department reformers In Great
Britain would do well to study this refresh
ing freedom from the red tape.
The- Notion' (irni-riislt)'.
New York Tribune.
More than 10,000 names have been added
to the pension rolls of the United States
within eleven months. No other country
ever conceived It possible that any nation
should display so magnificent and almost
Illimitable generosity to Its veteran de
fenders. '
Orent Vnlue of Wnler Povrrr.
Nw York World.
Niagara Is literally tho power that runs
Buffalo by day and rules It by night. And
the wonder of wonders for exposition vis
itors to think about Is that there Is energy
still left untapped In thoso mighty falls
equal to the latent power In 200,000 tons
of coal per day.
Work fur Tlnllrnnil Thinkers.
Detroit Free Press.
Only tho mou optimistic have any hope of
aowg away entirely with rnllroad collis
ions, but there aro special reasons for
trusting that a way to avoid tho explosion of
cars loaded with dynnmlto through the mis
tako of having two trains trying to occupy
tho same tpneo at the samo tlmo will bo
figured out.
Hntv to End n War.
Cleveland Plain Denier.
John Bull's secretary of wnr Is disposed
to crltlclso the fighting Boers quite se
verely. Ro thinks the wnr would bo ended
right nway If tho Boers would como out
Into the open and give-and-take for a
while. This Is the war secretary's way of
ending the struggle and incidentally of
cndlDc tho Boers,
Uplift of Jlrillcnl Science.
HnItlmQr.o Amerlcnn.
A new and Important antiseptic hns been
discovered. Certainly, as far as putting a
Chinese wall around human life is con
cerned, science is doing a giant's work In
energy and perseverance. If the human will
would only meet science half way In Its
powers of self-control, lite under twentieth
century conditions might approach the
health ideal.
Crudest Cnt of All.
St. ouls Republic.
Mr. Richard 'Alansflejd's defense when
served with a Subpoena in Chicago sum
moning hlnj ,-urCa witness In tho casa of
tho Chlcagoan who charges that Rostand's
"Cyrano de Bergerac' is a plagiarism of
his book, "ThOjMerchant Prince of Corn
vlllo," was harshly cruel in Us bearing on
the Windy City's literary pretensions. The
sardonic actor'protestod vigorously against
his being held ,on what seemed to him an
absurd contention. Tha mil .1 1...,. i.
. - " " - " V n I D J II L , UU
argued, was utterly and monumentally ri
diculous. "Why," snosred Mansfield, "there
is no one in unicago with genius enough
to write anything like 'Cyrano'!" This be
llttllng gibe should not be allowed to stand
unlmpeached by the community at which
It was aimed.
TKACB AXD T1IK I'OSTOFFICE.
Intellectual Activity in Expanding
Mull nuslnena.
New York World.
More mighty to promote the world's peace
than allied movements in China or com
mercial banauets In London is thn
If ss, resistless operation of the in ernatUnal
posiouiccu.
What need is there to talk of Anglo
Saxon alliances when Great Britain sends
to tho United States over 3,000 miles of
sea two-thirds as manv mresnin. ns
across tho narrow channel to the cntlro
continent of Europe, lying at her very'
door? Well may Mr. Carneglo say that a
cabinet which could not wltho ut vnr kpHIa
any dispute between peoples so bound to-
gctner wouia Do dishonored.
Xot less Important are tho domestic rela
tions fostered by the nostofflce. Nw York
and California are far opart and it is a
long way Deyond to Alaka and the Philip
pines, but fast and frequent mails link us
all together. In the first year of tho cen
tury the country will for the first time
spend over $100,000,000 upon postal cards
and stamps nlone. The revenues of the
department from all sources will mount
to 1110.000,000. Nearly $250,000,000 will be
sent by mall orders In face of tho Increas
ing use of checks nnd drafts.
The postal business of the United States
has Increased more than fivefold since 1870.
It is nearly ono-tbird of the whole world's
mall business a strlklne nrnnf nf -th in
tellectual activity and rapid industrial de
velopment or the country.
a CRi'rx irxrosunrc.
Admirers of I'uimton llnnd tlonqnet
to Grnnt.
Kansas City Star.
General Fred Grant, In addressing a New
York Grand Army post named In honor
of his father, declared last night that
Funston's achievement in capturing Aguln
a)do whs of little merit or consequence.
Ot course, Grant ought to know, for he is
Just from the Philippines. Then, too, he
Is a great soldier, Is Grant! He Is a grad
uate of West Point, and would have been
at the top of his class if It had been In
verted. To one ot bis brilliance the tedious
processes of the regular line could not be
expected to bo otherwise than irksome,
so ho resigned from the regular establish
ment and took his chances with the politi
cal Influences that he might bring to benr
upon his promotion in tho volunteer branch.
That his Judgment was sound has been
shown by the tact that he has been glveu
the rank of brigadier general, and while
this distinction was not bestowed by unanl
mous popular consent, it lias been accepted
as a more or lees natural honor for the sou
of a great father.
The disappointment comts In the fact
that such a great soldier as Brigadier Gen
crrl Frederick Dent Grant should expose
his fellow generals. Funston had no po
litical pull, but simply went out like a
common soldier, took bis life In his hand
and won his star by fighting. General
MacArthur and Oeneral Wheaton, both vet
erans, foolishly regarded the capture of
Aguinaldo as a daring deed and as Import
ant turn in the insurrection. Of course,
If they had only thought to consult the
great General Fred, they would not havo
recommended tho promotion of the fool
hardy little Kansan. But, really, General
Fred D. ought to be more soldierly than to
expose the boyish weakness of Funston
and the foolish susceptibility of those old
war horses, MacArthur and Wheaton,
THIRD TF.mt TALK.
Brooklyn Times (rep.)- No political
party which desires success will ever un
dertake tho hazard of trying to ascertain
Just how strong tho antl-thlrd-term senti
ment Is among the people.
Chicago Journal (rep.): The people set
tled the question finally In 1880 and It
would be the height of folly In any party
to now disturb tho tradition. Certainly
the republican party under wise leader
ship will uot.
Indianapolis Journal (rep.): Senator Re
pew, ns he receives his dally batch of
clippings, must conclude thnt he has en
tirely mistaken tho sentiment of the re
publican party nbout a third term. As
the Chicago News says, the tendency of
sentiment is rather to ono term than to
three.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat (rep.): The
third-term talk pleases a few sycophants,
but tho mass of the republican party Is op
posed to It. President McKlnley, it Is safe
to say, stands with the masses of his party
nnd ot his countrymen in general on this
point, ns ho docs on nil the great Issues,
Senator Depcw will soon drop this foolish
ness.
Kansas City Star (Ind. rep.): It Is mere
folly for Mr. Grosvenor to call attcntlou
to the fact that the Washington precedent
waB established, not becnuso tho tlrst chief
oxecutlvn objected to a third term on prln
clple, but becauso ho feared defeat. Tho
unwritten law against morn than two terms
does not rely for Its strength wholly upon
the Washington example. It Is In accord
ance with the best sentiment of the re
public. It Is based upon the belief that In
n government by the people eight years is
long enough for ono man to direct the af
fairs of the national government. It Is
made strong by thn conviction that In such
a nntlon ns the United States no one mall
is absolutely essonlnl to the successful
conduct of nffalrs, but that bucIi a nation
develops many men who may ,bo called to
chief responsibility when occasion demands
It Is possible thnt some, party may some
day violate this law, but tho people will
keep It In force. If President McKlnley
and his counselors want to test the
strength of public sentiment against the
third term lot them challenge It In the
next national convention of tho republican
party. If they succeed where Grant failed
let them go before tho people and they will
fall whero 110 man can succeed In this
country.
I'KRMU.VAI. NOTISS.
The cznr Is known to be the richest sov
ereign in tho world, but ho Is probably also
the richest man, as he has an Income of nt
least $10,000,000 per annum.
A bronzo Btatuo of General Phil Kearney
has been mounted nt Muskegon, Mich., tho
gift ot Charles R. Hnckley to tho Muskegon
Grand Army of the Republic.
The judges of the Now York supremo
court have resolved among themselves here
after to permit no person called for Jury
duty to be excused upon the request of a
third party. lib must appear and make his
excuses In person.
J. T. Terry ot tho American millionaires'
party which visited tho king and queen at
Windsor, is credited with this trlbuto to
Alexandra "If you havo another woman
In tho empire with such a heavenly smile
as your queen I would like to see her."
Two of tho three sons of the late Admiral
Raphael Scmmcs of the confederate service
have been judges on the Alabama bench for
the past twenty-flve years. Tho other son
is a leading lawyer. The two Judges have
also been much Interested in street rail
roads. A Pennsylvania man, blind from birth,
lately had sight given to him by a surgical
operation and as soon as his eyes could
bear the light complimented the surgeon
upon his luxuriant whiskers and told tho
nurso that she "was the most beautiful
woman he ever saw."
Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister, has
accepted tho invitation to deliver an oration
at Independence square, Philadelphia, on the
coming Fourth of July. He was to havo
spoken thero at last year's celebration, but
tho condition of affairs In China at tho
time caused him to withdraw his accept
ance. H. H. Hilton of the Royal Liverpool Golf
club, who recently won the championship
of Britain, Is regarded as a wonder in
golfing. According to Harry Vardon, ho is
tho best amateur the world ever saw nnd
many are prepared to go farther than that
and proclaim htm the most finished ex
ponent of the game, either professional or
amateur.
Nathaniel M'Kny, formerly a Boston ship
builder, but now a hotelkcepcr In Washing
ton, says that tho late Congressman Bou
telle of Maine was deeply In love with Mrs.
Hazen before she became Admiral Dewey's
wife and that her refusal to marry him had
much to do In bringing on the mental col
lapse from which he suffered at the time ot
his death.
THE OMAHA EXPERIMENT.
1'orlfilnar the Village Barber Shop
Tilth Odora of Sanctity.
Denver Times,
While Presbyterians are discussing creed
revision and the baneful Influence ot secret
societies, while our Episcopalian friends
are agitating a chango of church name and
the prolific Booth family seem to be med
itating a sort ot street preaching trust,
while Mark Twain is having his hair vig
orously pulled by tho advocates of foreign
missions and John Alexander Doyle is, llko
a modern AJnx, defying the lightnings of
tho Illinois courts In the Interests of Zion
ism a novelty in evangelism has modestly
put In an nppeaiance which Is so unique
In its conception and original In its ideas
as to deserve at least passing mention.
This is nothing less than a movement to
convert the rising generation of barbers
and then to turn them loose as evangelists
In barber shops throughout the country.
Rev. Mcjemseh Hendricks of Lincoln, Neb.,
Is the author of this original idea and has
alrendy established a mission In one of the
barber colleges In Omaha with a view of
developing his theory.
Mr. Hendricks proposes to apply his plan
to the countri barber shop only. He claims
that the village barber shop, nnd not tho
saloon, does most damage b its gossip, Its
sporting papers and tho opportunity which
It affords for lounging. With a barber
evangelist In each shop spreading an odor
of sanctity with the perfume of bayrum
and throwing In a brief lecture on tbol
ogy with each haircut, Mr. Hendricks be
lieves that the evangelist field would be
very materially and boneflclally widened.
Mr. Hendricks Is In doadly earnest In
his project. Ho says that be not only pro
poses to convert the barber pupils, but to
educate them In tho fundamental lines of
theology. "When they gel their diplomas
as barbers," says Mr. Hendricks, "they
will also receive sheepskins as theolo
gians." Every country barber shop, If
Mr Hendricks' plan is carried out, will be
n continuous performance during working
hours of practical evangelism. Th sub
jects, once In the chair and properly lath
ered, will be In no position to dispute tho
points of theology poured upon them by the
tonsorlal and theological artist. Hot
towels and hot doctrine will be applied to
gether and cleanliness, which has been
said to be next to godliness, will be
brought Into still closer Juxtaposition.
Mr. Hendricks has a brother, a graduate
of a Chicago theological seminary, asso
ciated with him In his work. The experi
ment will be watched with Interest.
I.IKB IX Till; IMIII.H'I'l.MJS.
Utt'liliiii of Mi-ii ntiil Incuts In Our
liintlliir PirrlollR.
Tho Manila New American of Mny 1 re
ports that Itev, Father Fitzgerald, chap
lain of the Twenty-second Infantry, dis
located his shoulder by falling down the
hatchway of the transport Pnckllng in
Manila harbor. Father Fitzgerald went to
the transport to bid good by to friends, lu
coming out of the cabin he stepped aside to
let some women pass, and f r 11 backward
Into thp open hatchway, dropping eight feet,
Tho Amerlcnn says his Injuries are not of
a serious nature.
Father Fitzgerald Is well known to Omaha
people. He was appointed army chaplain
In 18?7, nnd was assigned to the Twenty
second infantry, then stationed nt Fort
Crook, and followed the fortunes of that
gallant regiment on the firing line at San
tiago, nud through the Cubnn fever ramps,
returning with a remnant of the regiment
to Fort Crook In the winter of 'S8-'S9. For
two years past he hns been In the Philip
pines with the Twenty-second.
Tho Indianapolis News reports "that Jo
seph A. Shirley of that city has received
from his son, Foster C. Shirley, the pen used
by Aguinaldo Just before his rapture. The
holder of the pen is whalebone somewhat
thicker than that commonly used In this
country. Instead of ending when It has
reached the ordinary length, the whalebone
Is flattened and widened and carried In a
sweeplpg curve up nnd back over tho main
part and notched at tho end. Tho penpoInt
Is of steel nnd has stamped In It the words
'La Relnn.' Tho card accompanying tho
pen bore tho following: 'Pen used by Emlllo
Aguinaldo to sign tho last order Issued be
fore his capture, March 23, 1901.' As
Placetta, first sergeant of the Maccabebes,
placed his revolver to Agulnaldo's head,
Aguinaldo dropped the pen Into his pocket.
En route to Manila tt was lost by Aguinaldo
and found by liacettn, who, not realizing
its value, gave It to First Sergeant Foster
C. Shirley, Company A, Fourth United
States Infantry, U. S. V.' "
Datto Mandl, tho famous Moro chieftain
of Znmboanga, hns Issued nn order, which
has been published in nil. the districts
within his Jurisdiction abolishing slavery.
He has ordered that no slaves shall bo
bought or sold henceforth by any of his
people. The action of Datto Mandl, it Is
believed, will Influence all the other dattos
to promulgate similar ordors. Mandl is
known far and wide as n wise and Just
Moro prince nnd his Influence is far-reaching.
"Wo browcrs are mighty friendly to the
Idea of expansion," says Julius J. Engel,
of one Of the big 8t. Louis brewing com
panles, for this reason: It hns opened up a
new and excellent field to us, and wo have
not been slow to take ndvantago of It. The
natives of tho Philippines, Cuba nnd Porto
Rico, as woll as tho Chinese, have taken
very kindly to American beer, which Is nn
entirely new beverago to them. Our com
pany Is shipping hundreds of thousands of
ensks of bottled beer to Manila right along.
Last week we filled an order for 10,000 casks
and wo havo had single orders as high as
20,000 casks. I do not bellove that a great
deal of this Is consumed by the soldiers or
other Americans in tho Islands, for I am In
formed thnt It is nearly all used by the na
tives. Our shipments to Cuba and Porto
Rico aro also very large and are eon
stantly increasing, but they are not as good
markets a the Philippines. We are not
KicKing at all nbout the expansion."
Tho New American of Ma
1 L. t . I- . ...
turn me auinorities propose oponing up
the entire telegraph system of thn uinnH.
for commercial work nt an early date, or
soon as conditions make it possible.
commercial messages nro hnnrllrri nn oil
tho Islands of tho archtnelaco exrnnt i.nmn
and as socn as the present military activ
ity, wnicn Keeps tho wires hot, subsides
ine system in L.uzon w II he ihrmvn nn.n
to the business man.
There are over 6.000 mil
in the archipelago nnd when tho "Burn
side" returns the slcnnl corns will pnnn.l
.every isiana in the archipelago by cable
udo. me isianas will nave the most com
plete system of teleirranh servlrn in th
w urm.
The Eastern Extension rnnlrnla (ha
nection between Manila llnlln n.i r-v.M
and for this reason It Is somewhat incon
venient lor merchants to sond messages
from Luzon tbroueh to nnintu ninn,. 11,.
mllttnry line south. Tho signal corps has
always endeavored to accommodate the
business men, but the rush of military bus
iness on mo isiana had first to be nttended
to and In making connections with Island
points from Luzon the Enste
would not receive, the messages unlnan ii,v
were paid for. Tho messages might be
nanaen over to the cable company, but
uuiess mere was a denoslt with thn mm.
pany they were refused.
The Eastern Extension touches at Tiniin
Cobu and Bacolod. The government cables
run from Cebu to Ormoc, Dumaguete,
.uiEumis, mgan and cagayan.
The military teleirrnDh tflrlff la vrv ron
sonable. Two cents gold a word Is charged
Deiween points on tho same Island and 4
cents gold for messages transmitted be
tween points on different Islands. Press
specials will be charged at the rate of 1
cent a word between points on the same
Island and 2 cents between points on dif
ferent Islands. Address and slcnaiurft wilt
be counted. The minimum charge will bo
tne tnnrc on ten words.
At the present tlmo whp
sent from u point in Luzon to points south
uiey win be required to pay tho Eastern Ex
tension tariff of 11 cents gold a word. The
adjustment of the relations with tho East.
em Extension cables hns been referred to
Washington and it Is understood that by
the tlmo tho wires aro thrown open to the
public that satisfactory arraneemonta will
be completed whereby communications can
no received nnd transmitted through from
any point without being transferred,
The signal corps has 500 men In lh
Islands and aro woll prepared to handlo tho
work. The officials are anxious to accom
modate the public and If more form In
needed the government will seo that plenty
ot men are supplied.
IX IllIIIAI.K OK TIII3 DOtJ.
A Timely Apprnl for Thin I'nlthful
1'rlfiul of Mini.
Boston Traveler.
The weather is likely to be extremely hot
after so long a period of wet nnd cold. Your
dog may show symptoms of Illness, poislbly
attended by spasms nnd frothing nt rie
mouth. There Is not one probability In GOO
that It will be anything moru serious than
nn attack of Indigestion, Don't bo fright
ened and think your dag la Kolng mad, but
treat him sonslbly ns you would your chill
or any other member of your family. The
best thing to do Is to apply the "ounce of
prevention" and avoid such troubles, as
may easily be dons except In cases of youns
dogs nnd thoo which nave not passed the
teething period. Let your pats havo air and
cxcrclso and do not overfeed tbem, Espe-
dally do not keep them eating nt all times
of day and night bits of meat, cake, candy,
or, In fact, nnythlng else. As a rule feed
your large dog but onco a day and your
small dog not more than twice. Give not
much meat, but enrnbread with sorao kind
of soup or meat gravy, with potatoes and
other vegetables. Some milk will do no
harm, but not too much for dogs that are
beginning to nge. Do not keep thsm
chained up, or, If this cannot be avoided,
let them loose for a run at least twiie n
day. .
Now, a word to the lioyV Then i
come In your way now nnd then n b t
dog. Ho may be n poor trlendlers
thin nud twit-starved. Before you tr ,
frighten tho poor fellow to death by ,
screams ; before you try to Injure n i
malm him with stones nnd bricks J
stop nnd think, "How would I like in
treated If I was thnt poor dog''"' But
sny, "He is only n dog." True enough b
you nro only n boy, nnd the friendless 4 r.
has the samo Orent Father above thai v
have. He knows about thn dogs anil
sparrows, nnd tho boys, nnd He knows
nil observing people have found out 1
the boy who befriends a poor sufle'
friendless animal Is tho boy that will mi
friends nnd succeed In this world when mm
cruel boy will be sure to fall. There is
more pitiful sight thnn to see n poor A-K
that hns strayed from home, or has lost i
mnster In a strange place, or has no hnm
or master, set upon by n crowd of boys w-n
stones and sticks and cruel shouts.
I'HXAI.TY OK HIGH i'LACK.
The llntttc for Life IIcIiik FoiiKht In
the White llonae.
.Minneapolis Times.
Within the walls of the White House
at Washington thero is bring enacted a
drama pray God It may not develop lo o
a tragedy that makes a breach within ho
Bensibllltlej of the most callous, Iboro
Dumas or Sardou never Imagined an I
dramatized circumstances more calcula'ci
to wring the heart of man than thoso now
surrounding the chief mnglstrato of the
United States. In her sick room In tho
historical mansion lies n wlfo who for
twenty years nnd more has been an r
valid, one of tho kind that grows coit"
nnd closer to thn husband's heart If th
husband bo of the truo metat of a man
For twenty yearn Ida McKlnley has been
part and parcel nf tho lnnor and outer life
of him who is now the most exalted ruler
in tho world. At no time during this scoro
of years has the husband ever failed not
only to exercise kindest care nnd to extend
most loving sympathy, but, as well, to
evince to nil who enmo In contnet with him
tho high consideration bestowed upon hli
helpmeet. It Is a beautiful thing In human
nature, this constant progression of love for
tho ono most demanding care, We do not
hrsitate to Bay that had Mrs. McKlnlrv
been robust, had she been able at all tlnv-s
to tako part In tho public functions ennse
qucnt upon htr husband's career, she woul I
not havo becomo tho Intimate part of his
llfo sho Is now. That there Is reciprocity
In this condition no one need doubt, W!l
Ham McKlnley Is far cloer to the hcar.s
of Americans thnn he would hnve been had
ho not shown, had he not had opportunity
to show how sacredly ho regards, how will
Ingly he observes his family relations This
wife, whom he has carried In his nrms to
her carriage, whom ho has sheltered from
all the Ills human care could avert, upon
whose lovo and tender admiration, upon
whoso counsel and womanly Intuition hn
hns rrstrI through mnny Reasons of stress
and trial, no longer recognizes his pleading
volco and loving touch. Sho is fighting for
life. If so strong a word may be used to
describo a contest In which tho.humsn unit
Is so frail.
To this husband, heavy-hearted, with eyes
opened to tho possibility of a trouble
greater than any his llfo has yet con
fronted, come constant calls of official
business. Tho unconscious gontlewomnn
whom he loves would be the first were her
volco her own to Insist that ho obey these
calls. Ho Is nt tho head of a mighty nation
to which comes dally complexities of nd
ministration upon the wise solution of
which depend the welfare of thousands If
not millions of people This troubled mind
and soro heart must not authorize grave
mistakes lest tho consequences -prove ca
lamttlcs.
Wo ircognlzo how feebly nre represented
tho conditions now obtaining in Washing
tpn. Similar conditions in corresponding
instances havo obtained for thousands of
years, but we doubt whether any nfMctrd
husband ever had greater cause to main
tain bis poise than has Mr. McKlnley
Kindly patience, manly sympathy, cordlul
recognition of difficulties met nnd over
come, toleration for small lapses all these
nnd moro shall Mr. McKlnley demand as 11
right from the American people nnd his
demand will be honored to the full. That
his strength may prove equal to the bur
den placed upon It, thnt wisdom in sorrow
may be granted him and that the cup he
dreads may not be presented to his lips
is tho earnest prayer of every good man
and woman in these United States.
A II1IXCII OK MMII,i;S.
Truth: Ensyman Your brother Dick did
me out ot $10 last night.
Miss Wenrle That's just like Dick, He Is
always doing some ridiculous thing.
Washington Star: "How would you de
fine diplomacy?" asked tho student.
"Diplomacy," answered the man of ex
perience, "Is the nrt of conducting a quar
rel without becoming visibly angry."
Washington Star: "Don't you consider
him a particular luminous quantity In poll
tics?" "Luminous." echoed Senator Sorghum "I
should Fny so. He hns money to burn."
Detroit Free Press: "What did the law
yer say when you explained your case t
him?" asked Mrs. Baxter,
"Ho said It was fees-lble," replied Mr
Baxter.
Baltimore World: Reporter No. 1 I hear
you were lired?
Reporter No. 2 Yes. but It was my own
fault. In wrltlni? up the accident I forgot
to state whnt might have happened had thn
disaster occurred an hour earlier.
Somervlllo Journal: Harry I understand
that I'nll nnWmA n Atluu ntilllnti taa. .,.n.
lliK. llow did old Bullion receive you?
jen rry pieannnuy, inusra, 1 wontier
If the old man is going to fall.
Philadelphia Preis: McJIgger There is a
rumor that Chlnn Ih secretly rslslnir an
other army by conscription,
Thingumbob Ah' 1 suppose the open
door Is responsible for this draught.
Chicago Record-Herald; Dramatist I am
trying to think up n good take-off on the
tilth nnd dirt of this town. Give' me an
Iden.
Practical Friend Kvcr try soap?
I.esllc'N Weekly: "Now. don't tell me nnv
story about misfortune mi' witntin1 to bo a
hiirii worker, '11' nil thnt," snld tho hard-
faced lauy. -i can see runt tnrougli you. "
"Cee!" nnld Dismal Dawson. "1 Wnnw I
nlnt had nothln' to rat for three days, but
1 didn't know It hud thinned me down Ilka
that."
AM 13 II IC A. VI, 12 II,
London Chronicle.
I love my transatlantic brother well ,
1 mite ins roes iiuerniiiiy;
With conscious pride I feel my bosom
When ho Kreets mo fraternally.
Yet might It not, 1 sometimes ask, befall
Tliut his loved presence might begin to
1 ,n 1 1 7
His kodak on my privacy Intrudes,
HIh beef nils to mitlety.
ills canned goods crowd what late were
solitudes,
1Mb heiresses society.
TlH his one ilrnn of sweet In bitter cun
TIb IiIh alarm wakes my ncrviinls up.
HIh oil my lamp, his com my belly nils,
He li.illilH me my machinery,
And hoards that toll the prnfses of his pills
Adorn' my native scenery;
While In tho tube-so Viinkcefled we are
1 rido perforce in nis iriurupnui car,
He wins our ruceo, tenches 11s to ride
Tin t-n I'm verv surf It is
Our markets llnd all stocks nre dull beside
His vt-rMUlle securities;
And near nt hand, I hear, the period la
When itl our snips ami niiipyuruH snnn no
nis.
Ho tills my cosmos, Hnd I can but see,
An every Tom and Jerry ran,
Soon I, my kin, nice, clime nnd land may
no ,
Kuscntlnlly American,
nd 1 mry own, of comfort unite bereft
hat there lu nothing really English left.