THE OMAHA DAILY KEE. WEDyESDAY, JUSTBT 2G, 1001.
Tiie omaha Daily Bee.
K. HOBEWATER, EDITOR.
PUBLISHED EVEHV MOHNINQ.
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Illustrated Be, One Year 2.W
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State ot Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
George B. Txschuck, secretary ot The Bcc
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says thnt the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening anil Sunday Beo printed during'
the mouth of May, 1W1, was us follows:
1 27,150
2 aTj.-.o
3..' l'7,:itU
4 27,'JM
C liT.IMB
e u7,:uo
7 ItO.BMO
8 :4,oou
8 27,070
, 10 ,20,020
11 27,050
I 12 27.47R
13 27,0:10
K 27,n:to
15 27,250
18 27,0:10
17 27.HO
IS 27,000
19 27,725
JO 20,70
21 27,030
23 20,7110
23 20,710
2f 20,100
25 20,c:io
2fl 27,000
27 20,500
2S 20,210
9 20, ISO
30 25,010
31 20,070
8 111,005
Net total sale was.MM
Net dally average 20, SOS
GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed in my prcnetico and sworn" to
before mo this 31st day of May, A. D. 1001.
M. B. 1 1 UNO ATE,
Notary Public.
PAIITIKS LE.VVIXO FOIl SUMMER.
Pnrtlcn IcavliiK the clly for
the nu in in cr nuiy hare The Ileo
ent to tliem reirulnrly by
notifying The Dee Ilnslness
office, In in'riiin or ly mnll.
Tlie niltlrrsn will be cliuiigcd
a oftn n ileslreil.
Chlcngo should ndvortlse as a niuuinur
report. I'ootilu can get more summer
there In one day than In imy other
place In the country.
The opposition Is dlmippolnted over
the harmony exhibited In the Ohio re
publican camp. Disappointment No. 'J
will be administered on election day.
Prom the roster of charter members,
it looks as if the now Municipal league
were composed chiefly of ex-oHlos-holil-ers
who have lost their grip and pros
pective olUce-seekers who arc trying to
catch on.
A Lincoln man has been enjoined from
writing letters to his wife. The court
liaB thus opened the door for a good
excuse for husbands avIio fail to send
the dally letter to tlie better half who
is ou a summer vacation.
The sentiment In Nebraska In all par
ties appears to bo for a reasonably
short campaign. Nebraskans are too
busy storing away their share of pros
perity to devote more time than neces
sary to politics in an off year.
St. Louis has finally decided upon a
location for Its great exposition. To
open on tlmo after the tedious delays
over preliminaries the MIssourlons will
have to demonstrate that they arc not
so slow as Chlcagoaus credit them with
being.
Secretary Porter and all his bonds
men have taken refuge behind a tech
nicality in the suit to recover fees ille
gally retained and tlie two great reform
lawyers, Smyth and Smith, appear to
plead for them. Puslon reform is of the
reversible brand.
Great Britain has paid the American
farmer and stock raiser $25,000,000 for
horses and mules since the war In South
Africa began. Every time the European
turns around ho is compelled to pay
tribute to thu Ainericau farmer, but he
always gets value received.
Democratic papers oro working ovor
tlmo nominating tickets for the Iowa
and Nebraska republicans. The repub
licans appreciate the disinterested as
sistance, but pnst experience teaches
them democrats are not adepts at pick
lug men who will make good olllcers.
Omaha has had experience with
municipal leagues In the pust, the last
one giving up the ghost some six or
even years ugo, having beeu called
Into life about the time of tliu Park
hurst agitutlon. Its chief achievement
seems to havo been, tp develop several
local Parkhurst imitators whoso no
toriety, however, was brief and unsub
Btantlal. The rate of taxation for state pur
poses for Douglas county Uxcd by the
ntat,e bourd lust year was 7J,4 mills,
while the rate for counties which did
not try to beat the state was only (iys
mills. In other words, tlie state board
discounts Douglas couuty uearly one
Blxth on account of tho notoriously low
assessment ratio, The county never
gained anything from the state by try
lug to get ahead of other counties.
A Russian expert has arrived at the
conclusion, after studying the lloer war
and tho contest between tho United
States and Spain, that the sacrillces
made by European nations to keep vast
standing armies aro simply a waste of
mojjey. and energy. Tho Uulted' States
has always gone on the. theory that all
tho standing army needed is one sulll
cleht tb guard against emergencies. For
the gfeat trjrtls of, actual' war tho vol
unteer has always been the dependence
of tho United States and he has never
failed on cull, either In wlllluguess or
capacity.
tub omo nEi'cm.iCANs.
As was said by Senator Porakcr,
temporary chairman of the Ohio repub
lican convention, the election In that
state this year will be the most Im
portant held, because It will be dls
tlnctlvely national in character. A leg
Islature is to bo chosen that will elect
a United States senator to succeed Mr.
Pornker and redlstrict the state for rep
resentation In congress. This It is which
gives the election its national ini
portance, for If tho republican party
wins Ohio will retain Its present repre
sentation of two republican senators and
seventeen republican members of tlie
house, whereas If the democrats should
be successful that party would not only
gain n United States senator, but by
gerrymandering the congressional dis
tricts would reduce the number of re
publican representatives in congress
from Ohio to ten or perhaps less. The
campaign, therefore, will be carried on,
so far at least as thu republicans are
concerned, mainly upon questions of
national policy.
This is proclaimed In the platform,
which unquallHedly endorses tlie policy
of the administration, commends the
Dlngley tariff, favors reciprocity, de
mands tlie further strengthening of tho
navy, calls for legislation to restore the
merchant marine and urges tho speedy
construction of an American isthmian
canal. It Is clearly the Intention of
the Ohio republican leaders to make
their chief appeal for support of tho
national administration and ceitnlnly no
more Influential appeal could be made
to Ohio voters. On such a platform the
republlcnus ought to be able to put
aside till factional dissension and dose
up their ranks for n successful cam
paign, particularly In view of the fact
that the democrats are more or less
demoralized.
So far as appears from the report of
the proceedings of the convention this
will be done. The leader were In com
plete accord and particularly Senators
Honua and Poraker, thu latter a can
didate for re-election, manifested the
most cordial regard for each other, In
dulging In personal compliments some
what stronger than Is common on such
occasions. Governor Nash was renom
inated by acclnmatlon, thus showing
the utter groundlessness of the reports
that the party leaders were looking
about for another candidate more avail
able than the governor. The fact Is
that Nash has administered the affairs
of the state creditably ami acceptably
and fully deserved rcuomlnatlon. The
endorsement of Poraker by the conven
tion for re-election to tho United States
senate was the strongest evidence of
party harmony, a condition for which
there Is no question Senator Ilannu
merits the chief credit.
Tho campaign will probably not be
formully opened for a couple of mouths,
but there is reason to expect that it
will be pushed with vigor when it Is
opened. There Is uncertainty us to what
the course of the democrats will be
whether they will reaffirm devotion to
tho Chicago-Kansas City platform or
make u departure from it. John It. Mc
Lean of Clucluuatl und Tom L. Johnson
aro the men who will determine the
course to be pursued and thu candi
dates to be nominated and whether they
cun get together remains to be seen. If
they cauuot the Ohio democracy will be
hopelessly demoralized.
CIVff, UULB IX PHILWPIXES.
One week from tomorrow civil rule
will be established In the Philippines.
This does not mean that the military
authority will bo wholly removed, but
merely subordinated. The islands will
continue to be governed under the war
power of thu president, but the exer
cise of civil authority will bo supreme
wherever pacltlcatlou has been fuljy ac
complished. Elsewhere the military
power will necessarily be exercised, but
the Indications arc that tho demand for
this Is about at an eud, though of course
It will bo expedient to maintain a con
siderable force In the Philippines, In
order to assure tho preservation of
peace nud order, for an Indefinite time.
Judge Toft, president of the Philip
pine commission, will as civil governor
exercise all executive authority, subject
to the approval aud control of the sec
retary of war of tho United States. Tho
other members of the commission will
act as an executive council to advise the
civil governor and to act upon uppolnt
incuts of civil olllcers made by him. The
mllttary governor will havo no civil
duties uftcr July 4,, but his authority
will continue lu districts where Insur
rection against the authority of tlie
United Stateb still exists, or lu which
public order Is not sufllclently restored
to enable provincial governments to be
established under tho Instructions to tho
Philippine commission of April 7, 1SU0.
Thus thu military authority will be very
much restricted uud Indeed will be
little moro than tho exercise of pollco
supervision, theru being now uo organ
ized Insurrection and only scattered
bauds of bandits to deal with.
The situation Is lu all respects favor
able to tho full establishment of civil
government and there appears to bu no
apprehension of any dllllculty In doing
so. The people seem to be practically
uuaulmous In desiring it and the prom
ise is that they will give tho now gov
ernment loyal aud hearty support. Tho
great majority of them havo concluded,
largely through the teaching aud Jullu
enco of tho federal party,' that their best
Interests, political, social and n t rial,
will bo promoted uuder American tule,
and there Is every reason to expect that
they will give thorough allegiance to this
government.
When the Filipinos shall have civil
government, lu which they will them
selves participate, there will still be
some problems to be solved, but there
can be no doubt that these will be met
and disposed of wisely, Justly aud with
u view to the best Interests of thu
people of the Philippines. Atuerlcuu
principles will govern lu the considera
tion of all theso problems nud will be
applied so far as practicable. Tho Fili
pinos will be given rights and privi
leges they have never before enjoyed
and will lmvp opportunities for advance
ment they were' never' alio wed under
Spanish rulo. In short, the establish
ment of civil rnvprnmnnt In Mm T'tiUIn,
nines tinder American ntiHmi-w. mnnna
the moral and social uplifting of the
peojue ami a tiegree or material progress
ior uic isiauus hitherto unknown.
XOT TOO BAHLV-XOT TOO LATE.
The republican state committee hns
boon called to meet this week to decide
upon the time aud place for the next
republican state convention. The old
question will be again presented of nn
early or n late convention. An early
convention menns a long campaign nud
a late convention a short camnalnn.
Last year the presidential contest
Justified an early convention, and the
state ticket was put In the Held In May,
severnl months nhead of the usual time
This year, however, for Nebraska, Is au
off year, and Tho Uee believes that the
committee will cousult the best interests
of the party by shortening the campaign
as compared with the surfeit of politics
undergone In 1000.
While the entlilldntea in Im snlnotml In
elude only a Judge of thve sunrcmc court
and two stute university regents, they
should still be given sulllclent time to
make their canvass In n manner credit
able to themselves. It must be remem
bored, too, that It takes time to organize
a political campaign coverluz a ureat
state like Nebraska, and tho work of
organization cannot be safelv neclected.
Above all. lu detormlhintr unou a date
for tho convention, tlie committee should
not forget that Nebraska is a farmer
state and that the result will be deter
mined by the farmer vote. The conven
ience of the farmers, to attend the con
volition as delegates, without unneces
sarily Interfering with their Held work,
should bo consulted and every onnortu
nlty accorded them to exercise a voice
in thu selection of the party standard
bearers.
If the committee strikes a golden
mean between an early couveutlon aud
a late convention it will make no mis
take. The Pee sees no reason why tlie com!
ell should hesitate to pass the proposed
ordinance fixing tho pay of the chief
of thu lire department at 82,000. The
present chief accepted the position witli
a full understanding that that was to
be his compensation. Should the su
preme court hold that the appointment
and removal of lire and police olllcers
rests with the council the ordinance will
be valid and effective. Should tho
court hold, oil the other hand, that the
nppolutlug power remulns with the po
lice board, that body has already acted
by adopting a resolution fixing the
salary at ?2,000, aud the resolution of
the police board will stand. No good
reason exists why Omaha should pay
more than $2,000 a year for a tire chief
when it can get the beBt available ma
terial at that price.
We do not hear anything about thost
committees of heavy taxpayers who ap
pear regularly before the city couucll
about tho time the city levy Is to be
inado waiting on the Hoard of County
Commissioners, now In session, on the
question of cquallzlug couuty assess
ments. Is it possible that these tax
payers nre interested only lu the city
tax rate and not In the couuty tax rate
which Is imposed upon the same prop
erty? Or Is their solicitude with refer
euce to the city manifested only be
cause tho city administration Is In the
hands of republicans, while the
responsibility' for the county levy rests
with the democrats?
Somehow or other rumor Is in
persistent circulation that the recent
action of the school board in reducing
the number of teachers In the High
school waB for the purpose of letting
out a few Instructors who had lost their
pull with tho board und that the places
thus vacated are to be filled, before
tho school year Is resumed, with new
appointees who stand In greater favor.
Tho public is willing to give tho school
board credit for endeavoring to retrench
In the High school expense, but should
Its action prove to be a mere blind the
credit will certainly be withdrawn.
Complaint comes from the Philippines
that failure of thu last congress to pass
measures for parting with the public
domain and for grautlng franchises Is
holding back the development of tho
islands. The islands will be far better
off in the end to wait until congress can
act Intelligently ou these questlous.
Hasty legislation, cuacted on the Insist-
once of corporations anxious to absorb
all the good things, would be all right
lor the corporation promotors lu ou the
ground floor, but tho Islands would pay
the penalty of exploitation for years to
come.
Every representative of the favored
corporations whose tax assessments are
being subjected to scrutiny by tho
county board evinces particular curios
ity as to the taxes paid ou Tho Ike
building. The Bee building bus never
enjoyed tho beuetlt of any special pull
with the assessor, but, on the contrary,
the total of Its taxes has Increased
fully 00 per cent within the lust live
years. If all tho owners of real aud
corporate property paid taxes on thu
same basis as The Beo building there
would be uo cause for complaint.
As usual the popocrats arc evincing
great Interest In the aspirants for nomi
nations on tho republican state ticket
this year. If tho republicans would
only leave It to the political enemy, the
selection woufd bo mado In short order
with a view to having some one chosen
who they thought would be most easily
defeated. But Nebruska republicans
do not do business that way.
Suniple Case of Enterprise.
New York Tribune.
The United States Is nbw producing more
thnn 300,000 tons ot tin and terno plates a
year goods wblcb we used to be told could
not possibly be made here.
Conditional Life Insnrnnce,
Buffalo Express.
An Important decision by the United
States district court In Iowa In an Insur
ance case bos escaped much public atten
tion. Some life Insurance policies contain
an antt-sulclde clause, rendering the con
tract void whether the person of the second
part Is sane or Insane when ho commits
suiciae. mo court holds that this agree
ment Is Without nffnnt. tis It U not nnIKI
for a sane man to agrco not to do certain
things If ho becomes Insane. This Is good
sense ana ougnt to be good la-.
Trouble for the Trusts.
Chicago News
Since the Dnnarlmnnt nf Jllstlm nt Vnh
lneton Is reDortoil In Im nrpnnrlnir tn timid
some trouble to anybody who may have
vioiateu tne anti-trust law, It Is probablo
that the trusts would be seriously alarmed
it tney were not all so Innocent.
If the Victim Were Whites.
Buffalo Express.
In consequence of a decision of tho
United State supreme court, about 200 Mis
sion Indians in southern California must
be dispossessed of lands which they have
occupied and tilled for many years. Civi
lized white men would bo likely to go on tho
warpath over such treatment.
Chnrnctcrlsttr of Itenulillrnii llule.
St. Lou 1 3 rslnlin-Dcmncrnt.
In bis annual report Secretary dago es
timated that tho surplus rovenuo for tho
fiscal year would bo $30,000,000 and It Is
certain now that the actual figures will he
very near this estimate. Both the sur
plus und accurate estimate arc peculiar
to a republican administration.
DoilKlng n IfoticlrsM It nop.
San Francisco Call.
Quito a number of democrats in Iowa
havo been spoken of as suitable candidates
for tho governorship, but one by one they
havo declined to permit their names to
be used In that connection, and It looks
now as If the Bryanltcs will havo to adver
tlso tor a populist to make tho race.
I, no It ClinnliiK tin Streniimi.
Mlnncn;iDlla Times.
Strange aro tho vicissitudes of life. Only
a week or two ago Mrs. Lease filed a pott
tlon In bankruptcy and now she hus gone
to England to claim her shnro of a large
fortune. Meanwhile Mr. Leaso Is Indus
trlously roloaslng the Imprisoned fizz from
the mnrblo soda fountnln and throwing tn
a stick when the proper wink Is given by
the proper party.
Kxpnnnlon of (lie Lobby.
Philadelphia Ledger.
SInco we began to .exploit our expansion
policy wo have learned more thoroughly
than ever the Importance of tho lobby as a
legislative factor. Tho sugar and oil In
torests are openly charged with having In
stlgatcd our present tariff troubles with
Itussla and Italy and now wc are told that
tho tobacco Interests aro working strenu
ously to prevent tho extension of United
States trado rights to Porto Rico. Isn't It
about time for the administration and con
gress to pay more attention to tho Inter
ests of tho people at large, leaving the well
protected trusts to tako caro of themselves?
Campaign IHoKrnpliy.
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
Colonel Crokcr, chief of the savages of
Tammany hall, New York, has shied his
biography Into tho midst of the latest pub
ucatlons, illustrative of patriotism. Tho
author of the -work Is that very rugged
writer, Alfred Henry Lewis. Ho has, no
doubt, doplcted all the good and admirable
traits of Croker In delightful colorings and
put the bad Invisibly In the background.
"Great Is Tammany and Crokor la Its
prophet!" Mr. Croker's llfework should be
recognized by. the "peerless candidate" in
somo substantial manner mero words can
not pay Croker,
Another ShrinUlnir Trust.
UnWed" States Investor.
The reduction lu tho rflvlnVml of thn
United Frult'company Is another Instance
ot how tho modern Industrial imti vnrV,
This particular combine was organized on
as conservative a basis as any of the trusts.
maeea, it may be said to havo been floated
Very much more in accord with thn unnnri.
est business principles than was tho caso
with the largor part of the consolidations
of the last few years. As compared with
other corporations of this character It was
very legitimately capitalized; It was
managed with prudence and foresight; It
did not begin to pay out all that It earned
In the shane of dividend!. And vt It ban
recently reduced It dividend rate from 10
per cent to 6 per cent, and Its shares, which
in warcn wero quoted as high as 137, fell
on Wednesday of this week to 03.
TIPS I'ftO.M TUB CORN PIT
Principles of Uefniict Populism
Cheered by n Speculator.
Washington Post.
One of tho old and long ago abandoned
planks In tho populists' platform de
manded that the general government erect
storehouses In every agricultural county,
in which farmers might store their products
and receive an advance of cash thorcou.
The populists, were not so exacting aa to
demand that the money advanced should
bo coin or Its equivalent. Irredeemable
legal tender paper was good enough for
them and the' more the merrier. Dut the
country did not take kindly to their ware
house proposition. It failed to commend
Itself to the more Intelligent farmers, while
tho massos of voters in other avocations
gave It contemptuous treatment. They re
garded It as a long step toward commun--Ism.
If the farmers wero to be treated in
that affectionately paternal manner, they
urged, why should not the manufacturing
and mining Industries como In for similar
coddling? But those industries dd not
want to fall back upon the paternal arm,
and not wanting that doubtful blessing for
themselves they did not wish to be taxed
In order that the farmers might havo It.
The result was that after a few years of
hope)ess and steadily weakening conten
tion for the warehouse scheme tho populists
threw it overboard.
Dut Mr. Qeorgo H. Phillips, widely known
as the "king" of tho Chicago corn pit, has
revised that project and brought It out in
a modlflod form, somewhat less stupendous
In magnitude, but identical in principle
with the original. Mr. Phillips was ban
queted at Minneapolis the other day by
bankers, board of trade men, merchants,
and other men of affairs, Including, possi
bly, a few agriculturists, and, of course, he
made a speech. Among other things
equally Interesting ho said: "Let the
government tax the farmer a cent a bushel
on his corn crop and with tho money build
elevators In which to storo 100,000,000
bushels of corn and pay 40 cents basis Chi
cago market for It, and the world will pay
the same," ,
It Is far from certoln that Buch on Inter
ference by the government with the corn
crop would havo tho effect predicted by
the "king" of the corn pit. One hundred
million bushels of corn Is but a small frac
tion of the average production of that great
staple. Dut supposing that the schemo
wero certoln to work out according to
schedule, how would It help the country?
And If tt were the proper thing for govern
ment to Interest Itaolf In that way In corn,
why should It not take tho same Interest
In wheat, rye, rice, oats, pease, beans and
barley? And why limit its paternal solici
tude to cereals? Should not the cotton
planter, the fruit producer, the stock raiser,
tho sugar Interest 'and all other branches
of agriculture be provided for? And when
all producers of food supplies havo been
cared for, why should not the majority of
tho people, the consumers of food who are
not engaged In producing It, have some attention?
Railways and Farmers
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io ic.atcu mm Lira iuucn irum wo iiu
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not know, but tho story, will serve as nn
Illustration that In the early '70s the lato
Alexander Mitchell, whose connection with
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ivny company was Important and well
tiown, was elected a member of the board
jf directors of tho Chicago & Northwestern
k
railway. Upon recclvln? notification of his
election by wire, Mr. Mitchell Is reported
to hay
"Have
action
think?' .
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u iaui wn ruiruDs oi iiuBunuury, n sc-
crct order with ritual and degrees, aug-
oto,t ,v ,ho M..nnl. .mt n.i,i t.-iin.. i
;r;T..u". vr tt.
States, ona William Sanders, then supcrln-
tendent of tho United States government
gardens and conservatories In Washington,
being the originator. In December of tho
vear mentlnimd tin. S'Ailnnnt rimnn n
organized, Tho chief object of tho organ-
Izatlon was stated to be "tho promotion of
unity and co-opcrallon among tho tillers of
mo son ana tno innusion or a higher mcas-
uro oi intelligence anu culture." In a row
years mo onicr nan spread so mat n 1871
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niuencn no granger movement nan on leg-
Islatlonlocal, state and general s wo 1
known. Unlust In mr-nv nirtlculir with
absurd theories "8 Tr? economic, and vw
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nnnn thn f. fll a J fu, T ?, In
wa, a terror iJ TnnH .,.L d f ' virv
h l i rLll tl ini.Jn
wholesome menace to corporate Inlustlco
and greed. From the Grangers enmo tho
,1,1 . . . ,, .
Farmers' alliance; from that tho PopuHit.
and tho people's party, as Is well within tho
memory of every render of voting ago. Tho
reasons tho Patrons of Husbandry, tho
Grangers, the I-armors alliance their heirs,
administrators nnd nsslgnH lost prestlgo,
lost miiuenco nnd thus lost tho member-
Rnip mat gnvo tnoni power are variously
assigned. Probably tho ramo causes that
HBVUM1K TA.i:S AIlOMSlir.D.
Hellcf from the 'Wnrtlme Stlukcr
Ili'KliiM Next Monility, (
Philadelphia Press.
Tho law making changes In tho Internal
revenue tnxes, which will tako effect on
July 1, operates so smoothly as hardly to
bo noticeable. To the business public tho
most interesting feature nt presont will bo
In connection with the redemption of un
used stamps In cases where tbolr uso has
been abolished. Klaborato Instructions
havo been Issued by the Treasury depart
ment in regard to tho method of having
unused stamps redeemed, and those per
sons who will havo such stamps on hand
after July 1 should get a copy ot theso
instructions. Stamps will be redeemed only
at tho place where originally sold, and thero
arc certain formalities to be followed or
olso tho claim will not be honored. A
good deal of trouble may bo saved by early
attention to that matter.
Tho taxes repealed, which most directly
touch the public, nro tho 2-ccnt tax on
every bank check, the 1 cent levied on ex
press receipts and the 1 cent affixed to
telegraph messages. There aro several
other Important taxes repealed which at
tract the public, but the stampB In theso
other cases havo been affixed by dealers,
Among these arc tho stamps affixed tp
proprietary medicines, perfumery and other
drugs, which have given much annoyance
to the druggists throughout tho country.
There aro important modifications of the
rates on beer and cigars, but those taxes
have not been altogether abolished. The
public, however, will probably not benefit
any from the reduction In those taxes.
It seems clear from the treasury state
ment that the government will not bo
hampered by the abolition of theso Internal
rovenuo taxes. The surplus for tho fiscal
year to date is over $70,000,000. Tho esti
mated reduction ot taxes by tho act that
will take effect on July 1 Is 141.665.000.
Tho part of the act taxing buckot shops,
which wont Into effect April 1, was esti
mated to afford a revenue of $2,500,000,
which would leavo tho estimated net reduc
tion by the now law $12,105,000. In view of
surplus receipts for tho fiscal year of over
$70,000,000, that would still leavo a sur
plus ot $28,000,000. With a continuanco of
tho present good times, and a reduction of
tho war expenditures In the Philippines,
thero will bo a larger surplus than that In
tho next fiscal year. Dut If tariff agitation
or somo other mishap should affect business
tho treasury might find It very close work
to mako both ends meet. The. outlook now,
however, Is very cheerful.
PBRSONAI, NOTES.
A father In Connecticut mado a pres
ent of an alrgun to his 4-year-old child.
The latter missed killing Its mother by
an Inch.
General MacArthur Is a great smoker,
especially when directing troops, and has
a cigar In his mouth almost all the tlmo
whllo under lire.
Captain J. D. Coghlan, who commanded
tho Raleigh unde Dewey, at Manila bay,
has' bought a $3,000 house at Manltou, Colo.,
and will In future mako that his home
whilo ashore.
Doer sympathizers In .the east arc already
making arrangements for a great reception
to Paul Kruger should tho venerable presi
dent of tho Transvaal republic pay his
expected visit to America this fall.
Kdward V. Carraack, tho new United
States senator from Tcnnesseo, Is a law-
cr by profession, but has been long actively
engaged In nowspapor work and wrs, up
to the time of his going to Washington, the
editor of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Tho Captain Itowan of the Nineteenth in
fantry, whoso courso in burning a town In
the Island of Ilohol because a corporal was
murdered by a native is under Investiga
tion, proves to bo the officer who boro tho
message to Garcia at the opening ot tho
Spanish war.
General Harris C. Hobart, who has re
igned from the Mllwaukco public library
board after a service of twenty-flve years,
was one of tho union prisoners who tunneled
their way out of Llbby prison, at Itlch-
raond, during the civil war. He Is now in
his eighty-ninth yeur.
John G, Woolley, who was tho prohibition
candidate for the prosldency, has started
on a trip around the world for the pur
poso ot collecting data on the liquor traffic
and conditions in tho countries visited
preparatory to Issuing a book on the re-
sulto of the prohibition movement.
When tho recent Austrian census was
taken Emperor Frnncls Joseph filled In
the usual form In his own hand and an-
wcred every question with great care.
Among other things he had to state how
many windows his residence contaiued and
whether or not he could read or write.
Miss Ellen Terry the other day objected
to the number of her photographs In vari
ous characters scuttered throughout the
house of a friend. "Why, it's embarrass
ing." she said. "Here I am weeping in your
bedroom, mad In your dlnlngroom and
dying three different ways In your drawing-
room."
e telegraphed a reply to the effect- tho generation since the Patrons of Hus- When wo had finished we were relieved at
yon gone craiyT lleconslder your bandry were first started. In the late tho table by others aniT they Tn turn were
nt once. What will the grangers '60s and tho early '70s agricultural com- L"?.'. "LifL
"Orangers," taken from tho appellation of u.t have some share In tho "community" .S'h thin., are -oimon Td ym li u i
tho local lodges, soon aupplantcd tho name ' w"lch o much is told and from which wU0nde3Sg,n
"Patrons of Husbandry" in public u,c. The o magnate, expect to draw so many " de'f,u' "M ,"c. l?''
Minneapolis Times.
..........
icu 10 mo uerauencn or tne Knients
. a
Labor militated against tho farmers. Lead.
ers with nersonnl nmhltinn
power which was nRnlnst the "isood of the
orucr. ino oruers tncmscives spread out
too much, attempted too much, formulated
too much In the wny of doctrine and left
too many gaps through which the enemy
wns able to make successful attacks.
munltics were beginning to feel what they
...i-j .. . ..... .... . ..
miieu inc grin oi mo railways. incr mey
gave tho railways reaon to feel the grasp
. nt ,h nrlln,. ti,.. i. n ni.n.
::, .Tw :.vr.w
acquainted to prevent the farmers from
consolidating again and by legislation
which they can control If they will, give
tho "community of Interests" Idea serloui,
If not fatal, wounds. It mtnht bo well
for the small clique of gentlemen, who aro
tor the small clique of gentlemen who are'
arranging to control the rates and roads
"" .uissmsippi as aosoiuieiy as
" ' ' niau ion
lu""u"' ",B " ,u ichh-iuui:i
that hlstorv enn rrnrat Itself In thU ponii-
- - - -.r.j;
. . n 'h lh,:
reason to rear piam speecn in mis
matter. If the farmers should
r'"l " the railways and by Icgls-
latlon of a drastic sort should reduce dlvl-
dends to n nolnt o low that canltal would
-o JMiou. or .11 h0 farmer.
thom.clve. and tho producing classes gen-
w' At tho same time tho
convfrso "f th0 Proposition Is also true
. ... .... ,. ...
nnd tho rullway magnates who aro plan-
" '
ning for nn opuloneo 1
of mugt nlao ,nlc,U(o ,
t0 tho b,c mn of ,,,n
hitherto undreamed
their nlnu3 bcncHts
nlnln tirnnln nr llinlr
,!rp.,,. mnv ,rn in.n nii,,mnrno ti,
Tlmcs hcllovcs thcro Is danger In theso
vnst combinations of railways under in-
dividual control. It Is anxious to bo
convlncod that Its apprehensions are with-
out, warrant,
I.IFK IN THU PIIIIilPPINKS.
Scene ami Inolileutx Observed
tlie T lion n nnil Isles.
it may De mat tno pcopio ot tho uricnt
need moro rest than those ot the west,"
says tho Manila Now American, "but the
observanco ot somo fifty odd holidays, be-
sldca Sundays, tn ono year would seem to
overreach even tho Oriental limit. Then,
too, tho 'holiday' idea has become so
uxeu wun tho natives that they seom to be
unablo to divest themselves ot tho Idea of
its non-observance. To bo compelled to
labor on a feast day Is ono of tho greatest
hardships that can bo Imposed on them.
"Tno New American, not yet having re-
eelved its own plant, Is being printed under
a contract by El Commerclo, which em-
ploys natlvo printers. Tho latter seem to
bo especial sticklers for tho observance of
feast days, and during tho past week gave
an exhibition of tho fact.
"Thursday happened to bo a toast day.
The printers bad agreed to get out the
paper on tho following day. but when the
office and editorial forco came to labor on
Thursday morning they found themselves
useless, tho printers and pressmen having
failed to show up, nor did they appear
during tho day. Tho non-appearance of
tho New American on Friday morning
caused some surpriso and disappointment
among our patrons and friends, which is
now explained our very devotod printer
observed a feast day, probably by Indulging
in cocKngntlng in tho suburbs of Manila.
"In this respect there must bo a chanco
In Manila, at least. Duslness consider-
ations demand a less number of holidays
or a less general obsorvance ot them. It
would seem as though this reform mleht
appropriately ho begun In tno public schools,
It Is reported that nearly sixty holidays are
respected In tho schools, which is, ot courso,
in excess or on reason. Let them be cut
down."
A Kansas soldier in tho Philippines notes
m. n.uuc.auic iw WUICI1 IS Ul wont
in tho army. "Wo have," ho says, "a lot
ot natlvo soldiers enlisted hero. When
ono or tne whlto boys gets drunk the cap-
.u yum a nauvo soiuier over mm and tho
native puts on lots of airs whllo marching
mm around, it grinds tho boys so that
they wouldn't get drunk if they could."
Ilptitonnnt M cou- nt i.-ii..u
infantry, stationed at Lucena. P. I., thus
describes a natlvo wedding In that locality:
"Sunday morning I heard the band com-
Ing up the street valiantly laboring with
jsi Papuan. The bride led the parade,
iuiiuviuu ay ner oriarsmaias ana tne band,
while a herd of capering goats brought up
me rear or tno column winch was proceed-
ing up mo mmaio or tno street.
"ThA hrlrlA war vnrainiial v wrawAl t r
skirt was of nnlo irronn rhln in m
I J, a ,:,.P S Ki eon China silk em-
'" - .vm uuu viuc iwnrB lilt DIU
of cabbarffi. It wnft mnrtn with n mmnt
IM!80-"118." i1!81" ihat ,R!V0 ih0.
iiv i.uu v.. ..uuu.u, jit, nuiai B3 Ul I
the beautiful plna cloth and was fashioned
Uko a dressing sack, with voluminous
siccvos iiko inoso or a Kimono, nut the '
. . ... . . . . i
crowning evidence of elegance lay In tho
itneklncn nnit ntlnnnm. Thn lnMar wr
extremely hlgh-hceled, with patent-leather
tips or tne class ramiimrly known ns
MarKeii aown to yt cents.- jno stockings
tt'oro thn tinvhnpnAta 1 1 auk k 1 1 A 1. n ,1 I
vmuviuig ntuu oi uu WIIIIUUUU'I I
memories. But they wero the mark of
elegance and the bride was proud of them,
for sho displayed them generously as sho
stumped along In tho unaccustomed discom
fort of tho slippers.1
"I reached tho church fifteen minutes
late. Tbo groom had arrlvod from some
unknown quarter and tbo couplo wero
seated in chairs on opposite eidps of the
chancel. Tho bride was cool and solf-pos-
Rcsscd nnd was evidently enjoying tho situ-
atlon Immonscly, but tho groom looked ns
mougn Ills snoes nun mm. llo wore a
pair of lavender trousers, nn outing flannel
ehlrt. a h'lock olpaca sack coat and canvas
.i i, r. .. . . , ...
tennis shoes. He held In his hand during
tho ceremony a flat llttlo derby hat of the
vintage of '80 or thereabouts.
"At n signal they stood together before
win cuunofi nnu me priest auurcseca tnem
briefly In Tagalo and seemed to resume tho
celebration of tho mass while they again
seated themselves. This was repeated at
intervals for half an hour. Thinking of my
delayed breakfast I asked on old man near
mo how ong t would take to fin sh tho
ceremony. Ho replied that he thought halt
an hour more would complete It. There
upon I loft.
"Half nn hour later tho band escorted the
brldo to her home, whllo tho groom pro
ceeded .to round up tho officers and exact
from them promises of attending the wed
ding breakfast at 12 o'clock. We promised
to attend If possible with certain mental
reservations as to the possibility. Native (
chow' Is something which most Americans
do not care to Indulgo In more than once.
"That young man possessed persistence to
,o extent of a mania, He wa determined
tho
to have us present at the breakfast and
tbero was no escaping him. On tbo fourth
trip he caught mo shaving and announced
his Intention of waiting and personally con
ducting me to the feast.
"It consisted ot an indescribable vegetable
"""' ""uiu un tiinii8eii very mue in I .m lUrl n Mnv II smll nn.l vn
flfliinrl nnnoMtfl m m m Thnra la nn I - uv,u nui; jvuib biulu
soup with garlic strongly in evidence,
chicken In two courses, fresh pork In twe
courses, beef In ono course and tho usual
assortment of dulces, or sweets, and fruit.
Thn ,Fnnm nxL.t . !,.! ....I,..
.V. " " "T "B . ""V'..' "
. . "T iv.. . 3t.Uftft.cu
oil u-iin ih amm I..,, rf.nn..i , nn...i. .....
...... uu uufc lu. .un. ,u Ul t I II U Jul-
ther. I was desperate and sent for th
U. ftmi thnt tu mam -m.m., .
to cat anything but fruit. This produced s
p)ato of bananas and oranges, which
to during subsequent courses
y,-e drank the health of tho bride, w
performance,
i
" "UUI3
.,.. ,. ...... ,
,J"l!.'JU'", 'K..,',e . c,ar" r w
uur ucpimurc. , n0 caiiog conunueu
mil binst unm late at mKht. to be re-
"""'Li?' C,I,U , J ncxt ,UftJ' U?,"U
lm. iUat a.'' 1 kens and pigs In the
ProUnco mmt have been consumed.
, ,.,.,
! Iu IHM N TO HAIIDPAN.
Trnimltlon of the MUnntirl Pnelila to
n 1)1 vlilrml-Pn In ituiul
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Tho act)on of lhe dlrcctor 0, th(1 M,(.
.0.lrl tiA-in- rniironrt ,i,u ,.!, i 1,,,i..
. . 1 l.nc,c rr0aa tills wick in putting
neir ,,ock on n 5 ner cal dividend basis
when all tho securities of this road went
. . ..... .,, ,,, ... . .
"effing " II street, the slock being
t Nothing saved tho road from
hopeless bankruptcy and reorganisation but
tho determination of Mr. (Icorge Oould to
: ..,... hi.B r.u..r
Invested so largely and regarded fa-
vorabljr. Now both the bonds and the
ire. arc among the most fashionable se-
rnriii.. nr ... ...,
curltlfs of the day and appear to havo
passed into the hands of Investors,
Tho rise In the quotations of the stock
ha. been aholtt IRQ niT rrnt within thn
nnst ve.ir. n inpnr.i which hn rnrniv
equaled oven in this period ot wonderful
prosperity.
Tho Missouri Pacific hus followed tha
courso of tho Atchison, the Northern and
Union Taclflc nnd other great lines which
havo risen from bankruptcy a few years
back to a high pitch of prosperity at pres
ent. However, it has moved much more
slowly because, In the first place, reorgani
zation did not clear off a load of over
capitalization and provide funds for tho
physical regeneration of the property. Ita
lmDrovcments havo been larcelv matin nut
of current cnrnlncs. but while Its nroeress
has been slower It Is all the more satis.
factory. In brief, It Is an example of wise
financiering that has paid off a mountain
of debt and finally established the road on
what seems a permanent dividend-paying
basis. This has unouestlonablv beon the
caso apart from tho gradual evolution of a
great system through the purchase and
annexation of Unci which serve as feeders
Mr. Gould Is keeping his own counsel as
to his intentions, but it Is evldont that
thcro aro plans which loik to making the
Missouri Pacific one of the greatest trunk
lines in the world. Much has boen dono
already In the acquisition of the Denver &
HIo Grande and other lines, but thero aro
many more yet to bo added
Tho rccrudesconce of tho Missouri Pacific
is of moro particular Interest because It Is
bound up Inextricably with the destiny of
tho great southwestern empire ot tho
United States, Unless Texas and Missouri
nnd all the other parts of this Imperial do
main rite to their proper place In the con
stellatlon of states tho Missouri Pacific
cannot hopo to rank with the greatest trunk
lines of tho east. Mr. Gould le serenely
confident of tho outcome and is evidently
carrying out tho deflnlto plans his father
left him as a legacy. Unfortunately Jay
Gould had so thoroughly established himself
as a rati r on u wrecacr tnai naa ne uvea u
would have taken that colossal genius a
'nK tlmo to establish himself In tho new
light ot a constructionist. That Is what his
eon Is aiming to do and If he can carry out
his creat plans bo will redeem tho family
name. What ho has done already may havo
been aided by speculation, but that a gen
ulno development has been going on admits
of no question.
LAUGIIINO GAB.
t....i t I. 1. .l,...u h.n. Inrnnnl.l.
ent wo 'are when men's names aro all
spelled out on wedding cards, but not on
oivorco summonses.
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Russlu." said
nioomflcldj "has over been tho friend of
the unitea stntes."
L 'Htffa Mellon "o?0uh'."
I Detroit Vree Press: "She 1ms had no last-
lngJly.5e,A,n ..
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Boston Transcript: Poet How much for
thl-""M nlca8B.
j0et (soliloquizing as he pays) And the
I puniisiicra leu me mai puoiry id . mus m
,h-n market. Oh, that it were:
Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Housekeep
Jane, arc tho eggs boiling;
Jane (formerly of Boston) Moat assuredly
not, madam. Albeit, I believe I may safely
gay' the waler in which they have been
I lltimCrSCUt
I
wh?nhTr,o,JsBn'or!monehyOPln W SjfS
thn nrripnt VOUltl.
"Well." answered Senator Sorghum.
gravely, "wnen tnat time come; we u sirn-
n v n ivfl in en mm snm, ninflr miHiiiHim .
Chicago Ilecord-Hcrnld: "My daughter li
unlnir iiwnv and I bnueht her naticr novels
cn.?.V.Rn1710 ,a81 lnrousn lne summer.
"Bi,e read them nil through before she left
town."
- - . wit . . .,. i If,. - .
ft,7tune
The Enemy How Interesting! Made It
nerseir, too, oian t une;
.Tlulirn! Hnrntil You shouldn't Wftlt for
unmet inmr tn turn un. o lu nnnn: you Annum
pitch right In and turn It up yourself.
nim. n, lu m' rlrh tinrln'H tnM. nln
cnap, mat rm waning ir.
Hhlrncn Tribune: Ascum He said hn Raw
0, ' a s,oro tn0 0,,ler day loollnK nt
choIy-Twnusrs' the Ideal Why. I
novor look nt anything but twouserlngs,
Twousers nre an rrnny-mnue, ye itnuw.
n,rn .Tmirnnl: "Thorp nrn others!" fal.
tcred the Chicago man, with Infinite pathos,
, Press jug " l 1 Ulf" ; , ,h 1 , ,n l,f "
Inusly besought him to tell them how nt
juiow this.
"They put mo nu ot Buffalo!" exclaimed
M1,""" . '!!!?. 'J"?.1?' i. ,i i.,n
h,i tlmt burned In thoir bosoms left them
no nnernuiivc.
NOTHING IS GAINIII) WITHOUT CHIT.
Robert Gray in Success.
There's nothing that's gained without grit
lie memin-r inui niwayn. my u-
Ambition will xolnnnlv sit.
And energy, inaynup, go man.
Unless crlt will nush thorn along
To the goal where huccoss reigns supreme,
Your life's but a somnolent hour,
Your struggle n wearisome iiream.
ah, men, ir tne nnu you "'
Ht suro that you do It with grit;
Por, until you do.
You will find It ciultp true
That nothing Is gained without grit,
Thn' nothing Is gained without grit.
Von struggle until )-0.uharB,2'd1'hl
0h' 'why'Jldfft'llornS oSe take hold
won,
And drive inn till something wns done?"
Why didn't you know- how tu ; grasp
A$ MM old'ldlcifcl's'cfa.p Y' .
You tight In his meshes, and say:
"Ah, lad, you can win on your wn,
It takes lifts of courage and grit
You may conquer a place
Near the first III the race
But nothing Is gained without grit,
My lad
No, nothing Is gained without grit"
seemed surprised at the
ho
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