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The umaiia Daily Bee
U, I108EWATKK, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OK CIHCULATIOJJ.
State of Nebraska, D0U3I118 County, ss.:
George It, Txschuck, si-cictary of The Uee
I'ubllsnlns Compuny, being duly sworn,
sayu that the actual number of full ana
complcto copies of The Dally, Morning.
Evening, anu Sunday Deo printed during
me monin 01 May, juui, was as ioiiows:
1 U7.450
1G 27,oat
17 27, UO
IS 1:7,000
ID 27,725
20 20,740
21 27,030
22 20,7:10
23 20,740
21 20,100
25 20,r.:i0
26 27,000
27 20,000
2S 20,210
23 20,180
30 25,010
21 i... 20,070
2... aT.sno
3 , :t7,:mo
4
5 ur,u4s
l! 27, MO
7 20,880
8 U4.UGO
II 27,070
10 Std.OUO
It ar.or.o
12 27.I7B
13 27,0110
u ar,B.to
16 27,260
Total Hlil.OOR
Less unsold and returned copies.... 10.1S7
Net totnl sulci 8:i2,8iH
Net dally avcrago 20,mos
GEO. 1J. T.SCIIUCK.
Subscribed In my prcBenco and sworn to
before mo this 31st duy of May, A. D. 1901.
-M. U. H UNGATE,
Notary Public.
VAUTII5S M3AVIXO FOIt SU.MMEIl.
I'arUo ivnvliiK the city for
the Niiniuirr limy luire The Uee
"out to tliem reKiilnrly liy
ntirliiK TI10 Deo Iliislncsa
orlloe, la person or Ity mail.
The DddrrM will lie chnilKed
KB often desired.
Oinulia never does things by halves,
not even Jn roRlstorlng the temperature.
There need bo no apprehension nbout
Nebrnfika'H polltlcnl crop. Hot winds
eaunot blast It.
Nebraska needs a great many things,
but It needs nothing so much as a re
vision of the constitution.
Olty Treasurer Hennlngs' formula for
munlclpnl tax reform may be summed
up In three words-revise the constitu
tion. As soon ns the state of Nebraska per
fects Its title to the state fair site we
may expect at least one building to be
destroyed by lire each year.
The attorneys of the tax-shirking
corporations have their nerve. The
county commissioners will need all their
nerve to resist their blandishments and
hard luck stories.
The biggest gold brick on record Is to
be sent from British Columbia to the
Glasgow exposition. The owner might
sell It to a Nebraska millionaire If tho
scheme wcro only worked just right.
While Tho Hoe does not approve some
features of the South Omaha street fair,
It would deprecate any 'attempt on tho
part of Omaha to Improvlso rival enter
tainments to draw away Its patronage.
Wo aro reminded that tho coming
Fourth of July Is the first of tho now
century and has special claims for ex
traordinary celebration. Tho century
year should bo a record-breaker on pa
triotism. The champion 'rifle shot of the world
in advertised to bo ono of tho attrac
tions at tho Deadwood celebration. Tho
nuin who makes such a claim up In
that country may have trouble In mak
ing good.
Ono of tho big 'varsity boat races has
been decided and tho others will soon
be things 0$ tho past, Tho higher edu
cation of America's young men will
tlieu take a rest until the foot ball sea
son commences In tho fall.
Tho coronation of King Edward Is
definitely fixed for some time noxt
Juno. With his parliamentary allow
ance and the proceeds of his wine salo
he should cortalnly bo ablo to get his
itowu burnished up by that time.
York county farmers have raoro
money than thoy can find prolltablo In
vestment for. In ouo llttlo town la
that county tho farmers havo $50,000
on deposit In tho bank. Farming In
Nebraska is certainly a prolltablo busi
ness. Tho Hrltlsh navy Is to follow tho lead
of tho army and feed Its men exclu
sively upon British boef. This means
that tho United States must supply an
added amount of tho meat which tho
general public must havo and thoy will
get tho best of the deal.
Tho duke of Manchester has compro
mised with his creditors and with tho
nld of Papa Zimmerman's barrel expects
to shine In English society from now on.
American lidlresses should hereafter In
Hist upqn gnttlug tho discount upon for
eign jioblemen beforo the wedding
ceremony Is performed.
The honest taxpayers of Omaha havo
a right to demand that tho county
Hoard of Equalization shall do Its duty
Impartially and fearlessly. They have
a right to expect that tho board will
llnuly resist tho pressure being brought
upon Its members by tho. paid attorneys
and salaried oflicluU of the corporations
1 who persist in shirking their fair propor
tion of the tax burdens.
Tin: ntWTiux with iwssia.
Count Casslnl, Ilusslnn iiinbnssador to
the United Stales, who Is on the way
to Europe, said beforo leaving this coun
try that the so-called tariff conflict be
tween the United States and Itussla Is
really an Insignificant matter, but he
thought It would be n pity to have the
exceptionally friendly relations be
tween the two countries disturbed In
the lemotcst way. Of course the am
bassador lays the responsibility for the
friction upon our government. We
should have accepted as conclusive the
declaration of ItU(sIa's finance minister
that his government does not pay any
export bounty on sugar. Tho sugar-
producing countries that were repre
sented In the Hrussels conference two
years ago to consider the question of
abandoning export bounties on sugar
hold that the Russian system of taxing
sugar for domestic consumption and re
lieving It of taxation when exported
was In effect a bounty, but now that
tho United States government takes this
view of the matter Ilussja makes re
prisal by Imposlug discriminating du
ties on American products. Agalu when
our Treasury department, complying
with the requirements of the tariff law,
Imposed a duty on the products of litis
slan petroleum because Russia had put
a duty on American petroleum, that
government retaliates by Increasing tho
duties on certain American products.
This can hardly bo regarded us an In
significant matter. On the contrary, It
Is quite serious, not so much from thi
trade point of view ns In the principle
Involved. We have a tariff law that Is
mandatory upon tho secretary of the
treasury. Ho Is required to do certain
things nnd must comply. He has acted
strictly In conformity with the law as
construed by the law officers of the gov
urnment. Regardless of tho fnct that
there was an appeal to our courts the
Russian government made haste to re
taliate, which was a distinctly un
friendly proceeding, justly so regarded
In spite of the asseveration of the Rus
sian finance minister that it was not
so Intended. It Is the discrimination
that hurts, for tho reason that our gov
ernment has not dlscrlmjuated against
Russian products. We collect the coun
tervailing duty on all Imported sugar
upon which an export bounty Is paid,
so that the beet sugar of Russia com
ing Into this country. Is on an equal
footing with the sugar of Germany,
France and other countries. There Is
no discrimination In the matter. Rus
sia, however, discriminates against
American goods and thereby does this
country an Injustice.
This has been clearly set forth in the
statement communicated to the Russian
government by the American Depart
ment of State. It seems somewhat
doubtful, however, whether It will have
the desired effect. All the reported ut
terances from Russian sources Indicate
a determination to adhere to the policy
adopted unless our government shall
reccdu from Its position. This can bo
done only by authority of congress, so
that It Is probable existing conditions
will continue Indefinitely, with, the pos'
slblllty of the commercial friction being
aggravated. Moanwhlla German and
English manufacturers aro doing their
utmost to seize tbo opportunity which
is offered them.
MUNICIPAL LhlAUVf AO. 2.
About eight years ago a number of
well-meaning citizens t of Omaha, who
were desirous of pruning out v,lce, de
stroying corruption and inaugurating
retrenchment In tho city government,
banded together Into a Municipal
league. This league managed to at
tract some attention by agitating Im
practical reforms aud stirring up tho
cesspool of vice and In duo time fell to
pieces without having accomplished any
-substantial result. While doubtless en
listed in a' good causo, the promoters of
this moroment failed to comprehend
that lasting reforms cannot bo effected
by resolution and that natural vices can
not be abolished by crusado. They also
overlooked tbo fact that tho searchlight
of publicity turned upon flagrant abuses
and corrupt practices Is more effective
In eradicating evils than periodic meet
ings of reformers who never came In
contact with tho elements thoy are seek
ing to repress or stamp out. Suffice It
to say that Omaha's first municipal
league proved a complete failure for
want of popular support and Intelligent
direction.
And now Omaha Is to have a second
municipal league, with tho same pro
gram carried out by some eminently
reputablo citizens and some not quite so
reputable who profess to be alarmed
and distressed over the dreadful condi
tion of our municipal government. For
tbo benefit of these gentlemen wo print
again a portion of the recent contribu
tion of Comptroller Bird S. Coler of tho
city of Now York, entitled "Mistakes of
Reformers," which commends' itself to
their careful consideration:
At tho very outset, municipal reformers
make a fatal niUtako. Admitting their per
fect honesty and nobility ot intention, their
actions invariably prove their utter
Ignorance of tbo work they bavo under
taken. As a ruli they have little or no
goncral knowledge of the vast social, polit
ical, industrial and economic conditions and
problems involved In the regulation ot all
the affairs ot a great city. A slight dis
turbance at ono point has revealed to them
the fact that tho water ot a pool Is foul and
unclean. They promptly aeizo sticks and
poles, disturb the pollution below tho
surface, turn some of it up to tho light,
scatter tho poison, then retire to tho safe
seclusion ot their individual respectability,
leaving tho dUturbed water to settle back
to Its former condition.
The professional reformers, when thoy
enter politics, present platforms built of
stale platitudes which, reduced to their
substance, mean something like this: "Wo
would suppress gambling and tho social
evil, eradicate vice of all kinds, enforce
all Sunday laws, make the city good and
virtuous by force, reduce expenditures and
taxation and conduct the publlo busluess
honestly and economically."
Tho first three propositions aro impos
sible to a very largo extent until human
nature Itself Is changed. The absolute
enforcement of the Sunday law Is not de
sired by nine-tenths of tho population. The
fifth is absurd, and the others may mean
anything or nothing; therefore tho ontlro
platform of thB professional reformer l a
mistake, or-a mass of unreasonableness and
Impossibilities.
Mr, Color has hit, the -nail jpquarelv on
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY,
the bend. Munlclpnl leagues cannot
purify the municipal atmosphere any
more than Its members could through
the machinery of existing polltlcnl, so
cial and commercial organizations. Any
member of the proposed league who
knows of dishonest methods or corrupt
practices In local government can read
lly Mrlko a blow for reform by making
public what he knows and demanding
the prosecution of offenders. Rumors
and mere gossip concerning alleged mis-
conduct of public officials arc too fro
queiitly circulated for political effect or
out of personal malice. Such Indefinite
charges will scarcely furnish sulliclent
ammunition for a reform camtmlcn.
In any event, the league must for the
present denl with men now In office
The next city electlou does not occur
until .March, 1003.
POLITICAL STHIFK IX C (71.1.
It Is stated that since the acceptance
of the I'latt amendment by the Cuban
constitutional convention strife has
reigned within tho republican nnd na
tloual parties over a movement that had
for Its purpose the Indorsement of the
action of the delegates In accepting It.
While both parties signified their np
proval of the amendment, It appears
that the nationalists took this action
with the understanding thnt later the
party will use all possible legal menus
to effect the repeal of the amendment.
A dispatch from Havana says the party
will co-operate towards the establish
ment of tho republic, but, faithful to
Its program and revolutionary Ideals,
and understanding that the Piatt
amendment curtails Cuban Independ
ence and limits Cuban sovereignty,
tho party will employ all legal means
In Its power to obtain Its repeal. Fur
ther, until this repeal Is obtained, tho
national party will oppose any Inter
pretation of the nmendment tending to
pervert the purpose set forth by Its
actual wordlug, namely, the main
tenance of Cuban Independence. The
republican party is In favor of observ
ing good faith nud undoubtedly has
with It a majority of the people.
Tho radicals of the national party
delude themselves If they seriously
think they can obtain a repeal "of the
I'latt amendment. That has been made,
by the vote of the constitutional con
vention, a part of the Cuban consti
tution and there it will remain. What
ever legal means may be employed to
get rid of It will be unavailing and it
Is safe to say that no party In Cuba
will undertake to effect such a
purpose by revolution, which would
Inevitably result lh destroying In
dependence and forcing the United
States to assume a protectorate
over Cuba, maintaining a sufficient mil
itary force thore to preserve peace and
order, or make the Island American
territory.
.The radical politicians and their fol
lowers In Cuba constitute a small mi
nority, and their number lst not likely
to .Increase.. They are actuated by on
ambition for political power rather than
by n patriotic desire to promote the In
terests aud welfare of their country.
This must become more and more ap
parent to the Cuban people and as It
does so the ranks of the radicals will
decline. The purpose of the Piatt
amendment Is to make Cuban Inde
pendence secure nnd 'it will grow In
popular favor as this comes to ,bc bet
ter understood. But in any event Us
repeal is out of the question.
Railroad traffic officials make It a
business to keep posted ou crop con
ditions and the probable yields of grain.
The managers of the roads In the wheat
belt of the west and northwest have
been comparing notes and tho result Is
the prediction that this year's crop of
wheat will bo many million bushels
larger than last. Nebraska is one of
tho states which shows up In the front
row and on top of that has a corn
prospect coming up apt to raise the
record.
China still has some tenants It would
be pleased to get rid of. The powers
have decided to remove their troops at
Pekln, but have said nothing about
moving out of Shanghai. Tho present
occupants of those quarters, judging
from past experiences, will stand off the
writ of ejectment to the limit. When
China furnishes board nnd lodgings and
pays the bills, as It has done at Pckin,
no particular Inceutlvo presses for the
foreigners to move Into their own prop
erty.
Nebraska has furnished over 2,000
horses to the British government dur
ing tho past year. Tho South African
war, coupled with other demands, has
furnished a market for about all the
horses Nebraska has to sparo aud
enabled the horsebreeder to make good
money for tho first time In several
years.
Douglas county has been awarded 144
delegates to the next republican state
convention that will nouilnato ono can
didate for supremo Judge and two for
university regents. Are there 144 repub
lican lawyers In Omaha willing to be
drafted for a trip to Lincoln on a hot
day In August? No proxies go.
Payment of a poll tax as a condition
precedent to tho exercise of tho right of
suffrage might bo very desirable, but
tho proposition would meet with great
opposition because It would be regarded
as the eutorlng wedgo for property
quullficattous ns a basis of suffrage.
If It Is true that South Omaha tailors
can make Mexican boleros at one-tenth
tho price they cost In Spain this may
bo an .opening for n now Industry. At
that price no Mexican bull fighter could
afford to bo without an assortment bear
ing tho South Omaha trademark.
Work Mitken Them Mmr,
Philadelphia Ledger.
With her abundant harvests Nebraska
has plenty of use for tramps, but the
tramps find they havo no uso for Ne
braska. Onn't Get Away from
It.
Baltimore American,
Suran 13. Anthony, at tho age of 81, has
Just seen her first aorac race and her first
expression of tho sight was a statement
mat the creations In which tho womea
present were arrayed took her breath away
Alter an there Is no real repressing o
tno eternal feminine
Wherein lleform In .eedeil.
Hoston Transcript.
Wo still contt
less powder. After being rained upon by
the smudges
tlon of bituminous coal, wo aro led to
it. iu i. ..... . . . .
mum xnai wnat the worm really wants
is iiunaericss smoke.
necorouft iVIt of the Huh.
Uoston Hcrnld.
Many think there has been a great waste
ot time nnd money In some of the foreign
missionary Holds. Still others Insist that
every effort along thoso lines has been for
tno good of the world and that cannibals
even are made better by having a mis
slonary In their midst.
Vncntlon n tin In entment,
DoBton Transcript.
Tho stotement that Americans spend
from (fOO.OQO.OOO to $500,000,000 annually on
account of their summer vacations Is prob
ably not wide of the mark. It Is Interest
ing In so far as It Is Indicative of the vacn
tlon 6r recreation Idea. People generally
aro coming to rccounlze that thore Is a
limit to physical and mental resistance
nnd that, as Longfellow so hptly put It
ono must "play the part of an unstrung
bow." The man who drops the working
habit, gets near to nature's heart In rc
laxlng, temporary exemption from business
stress and strain, Is tho sensible man. And
undoubtedly as n people we are looking
on Bummer vacations more nnd more as a
profitable Investment.
GETTIXt! OUT Ol" TIIU GIIAVKYAIUI
Assumed llniinliicim of Ilr unlxm In
the CerementN of Deitth.
Brooklyn Kuglo (Ind. dcni.)
With Uryan OUt nf thn WAV U'nllM ni.yin
a readjustment tho party would nt onco
uciu io narmonize with modern conditions.
He remalnB os an obstructionist, keeping
tho face of his party turned to the past.
lie cannot becomo president himself and
ho will permit none but a republican
nominee to havo an opportunity. When
ne says that his Interest centers In prin
ciples he has free sliver In mind. When
he protests against the south be
coming plutocratic, he objects to progress
there. When he prates about Imperialism,
he means that ho would strangle American
enterprise in the mnrkcts of the world.
And when he sets his faco against re
organization he mpnna th.if ttm nip.ni.M.
shall not bo shaken off with his consent.
AmDiiious, mistaken, fatuous, Impossible,
ho will tolerate no fnrwnrfl mnv.mnnt 1T
stands at the gate of a political graveyard.
neepmg nis party among tho tombs. He
Worships at tho shrlnn nf Iha fniv.nra i..
direct communication with their gho3ts.
Ho can recall no material proposition In
debted to him for birth
buried at the polls. He Is the melancholy
uuu nopeiess embodiment of causes lost,
discredited, repudiated. Thero is literally
no nspect of the desperate democratic caso
which would not become at leaBt a llttlo
more promising should he open the ceme
tery gate and let tho party out. Even
Slnbad tho Sailor finally got rid of the
uiiuo uia Man of tho Sea.
rHiLiprixn civii, service:.
BxplHimtlapfof the Merit Sy.tem I.mw
Enautearbr civil Cominlulon.
Judge W: Hi Taft. head nf Iha Phl1lnnnn
commlssloaanwho Is to bo the first civil
governor of the Islands, has written a letv
tcr io wjiuanr Dudley Foulke of Indian
apolis, explaining the civil service law
which will be enforced throughout the
Islands wlthl, the inauguration of civil
government on July i next. Following Is
an extract from the letter:
"I believe that the civil scrvlco law,
which was "the fifth law we passed, Is as
stringent as' any law which has been possod
in tho United States. n has
never been ausnended for n. mnmflnt fi
was, of course, Impossible to mako a civil
ucr.ice iaw applicable the next morning
after It passed, for tho reason that It takes
a considerable time
rules and to. prqparo for tho necessary ex-
-lu.uuuoas. we provided that, with the
exception of soldiers, every person who
might bo .temporarily nnnnlntrrl in n -(..it
position in the Islands between tbo time ot
mo passoge 6f tho law and tho certificate
by the civil service board that it hail
bio lists for the needs of all offlrns. nhnnM
be considered temporary appointees and
Bnouia oe required to pass competitive ex
aminations successfully beforo being ap
pointed. Tho cstablshment of provincial
governments presents anothor question of
civu service, ana we met It by providing
that after March. 1A02. all nrnvlnM.il nfffl-
cers, except ,ho governor, should be, se
lected underitho civil service law hv n.
motion and by competitive examination. Tho
commission is a unit in thinking that tho
civil service law Is nil lm
Without It, we should be overwhelmed
with nondescript persons eoeklng employ
ment, ana political pressuro would bo
brought to bear to havo nDDointcd in ttmn
Islands all the persons who had m&dn fall.
ures In the states. Wo did not extend the
act to the school teachers for tho reason
that school teachtne Is a nrofesslon. and n
the uelectlon of them through the super
intendent is made by consulting tho heads
ot colleges and universities, It was possible
for him to secure good evidence of th fit.
ness of the person applying, but as soon as
our first batch of teachers have been se
cured, under tho great pressure for teach
ers in these islands, we shall extend tho
civil service law to the teachers ns woll.
I desire to add that In our civil service law
and In carrying Jt out to the letter, we
have had tho assistance, sincere and nn.
tlve, of both tho president and secretary of
war. we nave not been obliged to make
a single appointment at the request of the
secretary or the nreBident. Thev have
assisted us when we called on them for
advice, but that Is all, nnd they havo had
us understand that thoy were In sympathy
with our purposo In making the law of-
fectlvc.
"As It Is, we have not heard of nnv
complaint of It from any source. As an
earnest of the alncarltv with which tho
law wus put In force, I chould like to call
your attention to tho fact that cvory man
who was appointed between the first week
of September, when tho law was passed,
ana mu nrst week of March, when the
mochlncry was all ready for operation, was
required to rasa a conmetltlvo I'xamlnailnn
unless ho had been a volunteer soldier, and
tnai too applicants took the first exami
nation, a very largo proportion of whom
wero temporary appointees. It wnn sug
gested nnd urgod that we ought not to
require such anoolntces to nusn n ram.
petltlve examination, but we were Arm
and as a result a great many worthless ap
pointees nbandoned the Idea of tnklng the
examination and went home.
"Wo havo secured quite a number of
employes of tho Civil Servlco commission
to assist us In ncrfertlnir Ihn tnnnhlnnrv
and Mr. Proctor of that commission hux
been exceedingly kind and displayed a great
ueai oi iniereit in Helping us alung.
"You ask me what the friends of civil
service reform In the state can do. and
nil that I can say Is that you will
strengthen us, I think, by having the fact
generally understood thi.t the law his
never been susnended since It was nass;d
ana that no attempt has been made
evade Its provisions."
to
JUKE 29, 1901.
Irrigation Plans,
Son Francisco Call.
Several state engineers nnd members of states nnd territories coucerncd whether
congress mot in Cheyenne lost week to they will accept such a law or not. Tho
formulnto some plan for securing funds meeting proposed that any of the states
for Irrigation. or territories desiring to avail themselres
A careful reading of their conclusions of the provisions ot the net shall enact
discloses the tact that, however unwll- laws accepting Its provisions nnd organize
llngly, they abandon Senator Carter's posl- nnd maintain n state engineer's olllce, with
tlon, ceaso to look for an appropriation authority to plan and make estimates for
In tho river and harbor bill nnd turn to the reservoirs,- to be paid for out of tho
public domnlu as tho source of revenue reclamation fund. As another Important dc-
for the building of Irrigation works. tall they proposo that such works shall
Tho outline of tho measure they proposo bolong to tho state and may bo sold only
provides that nil moneys received from tho to the nctual consumers of tho water. This
salo or disposal of public lands In Arizona, Is to prevent their alienation to specula
California, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Montana, tors In drouth and famine, and properly
Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New holds them far tho use of tho land lrrl
Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Da- gators and tillers for whoso benefit they
kotn aud Washington, beginning -with tho aro built. If to sold tho proceeds are to
fiscal year 1903, with exceptions covering go back Into tho arid Innd fund, to bo used
cost of land administration, shall bo re- over again for reclamation purposes. That
served for the benefit of tho stnto or ter- Is an excellent provision, for If honestly
rltory In which such lands are sold, to be administered It creates n revolving fund
an arid land reclamation fund, to bo used thnt may bo used over and Over again to
by tho sectctary of the Interior for tho develop nnd storo water,
examination, survey nnd construction of The Junction Is now fairly made between
reservoirs nnd other Irrigation works. tho Irrigators nnd tho stockmen. Tho pur-
Tho sale of lands In tho states named poso of each class qan bo forwarded In
will not produco much revenue, nnd when ono bill, and tho greatest step taken tn
sold the revenue ceases altogether, but the the interest of the west since tho railroads
"disposal" of lands by leasing the stock were built can be accomplished. Tho coun-
ranges will produce approximately $10,000,- try will bo relieved by this determination
000 a yenr, and It will not cease with tho of the west to uso tho public domain as a
first year, but will be continuous nnd prob- producing nsset to provldo Irrigation In
ably Increase as the pasture Is permitted preference to putting another load on the
to recover nnd the land carries more stock, sinful shoulders of the river and harbor
That meeting of Irrigators might as well bill. Tho progress of aridity will be ar
havo used tho phrase, "Sale or lease," for rested by leasing tho stock ranges and
leasing Is tho only other method of dls-
posal of the public domain, and the gov-
eminent Is already leasing tho grazing
lands In the Indian reservations, very bene-
flclilly to tho lands nnd to tho Indian
funds. Not only does thin Irrigation plan
cover the Innd leasing, which tho Call
has so long advocated, but It covers tho
detail of that plan which wo have sug
gested by making It optional with the
OTIIIOU I, VXDS T1IAX' OUHS.
The rapprochement between Franco nnd
Germany which has lately taken place Is
a serious subject of comment at St. Peters
burg. As was to be expected, ono result
has been to heighten the prevailing anti-
Gorman sentiment. Notwithstanding tbo re
cent exchnnge of courtesies between Em
peror William and the czar, the nnlmoslty
of llusslans for the German people Is as In
tense as ever. A significant Instance ot this
Is to be seen In tho movement against Ger
man ccmmerclal nnd Industrial enterprises
In Itussla. Thero has lately been a strong
feeling ot opposition to all foreign indus
trial companies In the empire, but this
movement has been more particularly
directed against German concerns. The
amount of capital Invested In these German
Industrial and commercial enterprises Is,
according to recent estimates, $90,000,000,
as against $05,000,000 for English com
panies, $110,000,009 for French companies
and $160,000,000 for Oelgtan concerns. It Is
now stated that an Imperial ukase will
shortly be Issued for tho purpose of limit
ing the action of these foreign enterprises,
as a first step to their final suppression.
Morocco Is one of Europo's many night
mares, never quite so obstreperous as Tur
key, yet liable .at any moment to bocomo
more so. The slightest disturbance In any
part of Europe Is enough to make states
men cast anxious glances toward Tangier.
It was among tho Issues stirred up by the
Spanish-American war. The conflict with
the Doers had no sooner broken out than
ttbe.cternal problem .of .the land .of the set
ting sun made another brief appearance, in
May 'of last year It cropped up again on. tho
death of the grand vizier, and from then till
now the French operations on the eastern
and southern frontiers have kept it rumb
ling. Morocco used to be the pioneer of
western civilization. Flvo hundred years
ago the youth ot Europo flocked to Us
shores to learn Its sciences and marvel at
Its arts. Today It Is In the grip of what is
probably tho most hideous despotism to bo
found on tho earth. It Is a perpetual Ar
menia, blasted for tho Jealousies ot tho
powors. The sultan lives at Marakcsh or
Fez, far away from tho European settle
ments, and little of what goes on In the in
terior reaches the cars of the outer world.
Tax collecting Ib the ono state Industry,
arlcd with massacres and plllago when tho
Sultan, or, his Circassian mother, or the
grand vizier finds an Insufficiency of rev
enue. Nowhere Is the art of extracting
blood from a stone so near an exact sclonca
as in Morocco. Tho pitiless exactions raise
a yearly crop of revolts. Perhaps not more
than one-fifth of tho territory Is under real
subjection to the sultan. With civilized
government It might be made a prosperous
and contented country. It "teems with
potential wealth," if the unanimous testi
mony of trained observers Is to be be
lieved. Gold, copper, iron and .lead are
known to exist In payable quantities. The
soil "could produco enough grain to feed
half Europe." Yet It remains in a drowsy.
anarchical 'stnto of decrepitude Its soli un
titled, Its mines unworked, Its people
ground down to furnish the means tor tho
usual pleasures ot a Mohammedan ruler a
nation not so much dying as committing
dally suicide.
An order has been Issued by the civil
governor or the province or Barcelona,
division ot Catalonia, In Spain, making
compulsory the registration of all for-
IgnerB In that province. All foreigners
must present themselves nt tho consulate
of their respective countries and obtain
from the consul certificates to tbo effect
that they have attended personally before
him and havo satisfied htm that thoy are
citizens of his country, which certificate
they should then present In Barcelona at
tho office of the civil governor, nnd in
other towns and villages at the bureau of
the mayor, in order that names, descrlp-
lons, occupations, birthplaces, domiciles
and last places of residence may bo duly
registered.
Foreigners arriving In Barcelona will bo
required to carry out tho formalities men
tioned in the order within twenty-four
hours after their arrival. Any contraven
tion of tho order will bo punished by a
flno of COO pesetas and, if thought desira
ble, by expulsion from the province. Much
trouble may therefore bo avoided by per
sons who desire to visit tho province of
Barcelona this summer It they provide
thomsclvcs with pnssports at home which
may be presented to tho consuls of their
respective countries upon their arrival In
the pravlnco In question.
Following closely upon the establishment
of a regular steamship lino between Odessa
and tho ports on the Persian gulf, nnd tho
augmentation by new nnd swift sailing
tcamers of the lino between tho Levant
and the ports of the far east, the Russian
Steam Navigation company has ontered the
field as an oil carrier on a largo scale
from Batoum to Vladivostok ami other
far east ports,
The latest accession to tho company's
fleet Is an Engllsh-hulU tank vessel called
the Meteor, which has Just arrived In
Odessa harbor, where It Ih attracting con-
Iderable attention on nccount of the pe
culiar feature It pnssosscd of being at
once a tank vessel for oil In bulk and an
ordinary cargo vessol. Tho bhlp will thus
bo able to take oil to the far eaBt, where,
being so constructed that the tank parti
tions are eattly removable, It will be
able to take on general cargo and return
making It to the Interest of the leaseholders
to renow their forage, thereby restoring
the vegetable protection to tho moisture
In the soil. The deep springs that havo
been dried up toy destruction of the ranges
will again become affluent and tho run-off
of streams will recover Its regularity. So
this policy will not only get money for
Irrigation works, but will also conserve
the water to fill them.
to Odessa. Tho vessel's carrying capacity
Is over r,000 tons of oil in bulk nnd it Is
nble to make sixteen knots. Three vessels
similar to 'tho Meteor, but containing fur
ther improvements, which will facilitate
their particular duties, nre now being con
structed in England for the Russian Steam
Navigation company.
The German military authorities evi
dently do not Intend to be caught In the
sarao fix ns tho British government was at
tho outbreak of tho Boor war In the mat
ter of ammunition nnd supplies. A new
department of tho military administration
has Just been organized, whose special busi
ness It will be to seo that nil the arsenals
nnd workshops are provided with tho proper
supplies, machinery and materials. It has
hitherto been tho custom for each of the
military factories to purchnso everything
it needed independently. In future all
purchases will be conducted through tho
new department. Tho object of this chango
is not only to Becuro uniformity of prices
and' a "moro perfect supervision over the
quality of tho goods supplied, but to cen
tralize the' responsibility and to havo a
bureau where, In the event ot a sudden
crisis, exact information as to ways and
means may bo procurable on the Instant.
I'OMTICAI, UIUFT.
Senator Dopow is about to make his an
nual pilgrimage to Europe, whoro rulors
bold their Jobs for life.
Some democrats are talking of going
south for a candidate In 1904. States that
glvo the votes should get tho usufruct.
-Another -plan of overcoming the negro"
vote of Alabama Is to give suffrage to
wblto women. It Is endorsed by Senator
Morgan.
Though tho Incident is nearly a year old,
It is claimed by Kansas City papers that
tho labor demonstration of July 4 In honor
ot Senator Clark cost tho Montana states
man $2,000.
The fuslonlsts have reached tho parting
of tho ways. Senator Butler, populist,
avers that tho democratic party Is "full of
raossbacks" and tho democrats ot Kansas
say their former partners are "canned lob
sters." The new congressional apportionment of
Pennsylvania is arranged so ns to glvo the
democrats three and tho republicans
twenty-nlno districts. This Is a obado
better than the democratic gerrymander of
Missouri.
It Is Inferred from Senator Fornkcr's ro
marks at the Ohio republican convention
that ho regards tho election of a republican
legislature a most Important one for Sen
ator Fornkcr. Ho will probably stand for
re-election.
Tho Pennsylvania legislature has Jotned
tho has beens, but will not soon be for
gotten. Among tho last bills passed was
one allowing county officers to pocket fees
not exceeding $5,000 a year In addltlou to
their salaries, although the state constitu
tion expressly declares that In counties
containing over 150,000 population all county
officers shall be paid by salaries. But
"what Is the constitution bctweon frlonds?"
Mayor McGulre ot Syracuse, N. Y., a
Bryanlte ot two slashing defeats, Bays ho
has enough of tho political husks to last
a lifetime. "I followed Mr. Bryan loyally
In 1896 nnd 1900," the mayor says, "but 1
shall no longer bo a political ally ot tho
man who led to two Inglorious defoats.
The talk of nominating him again In 1004
savors of Insanity. I do not believe that
ho could carry a stato In tho union. Our
candldnto for president In 1904 will be a
man who Btands for true democracy, not
Bryan democracy."
HAT
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of any soft hat in the store (except Stetson)
for $2.50 each
This includes all the new and nobby
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Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Pmn Ploturm for Wommn,
" I am so nervous, thcro is not a well
Inch In my whole body. I nra so weak
at my stomach, and havo Indigestion
horribly, and palpitation of the heart,
and I am losing flesh. This hcadacho
and bacltnohe nearly kills me, and yes
terday I nearly had hysterics thero
is n weight in the lower part of my
bowels bearing down all the time, nnd
pains In my groins nnd thighs ; I can
not sleep, walk or sit, and I bellovo 1
am diseased nil over i no ono over
Buffered as I do."
This is a description of thousands of
cases which como to Mrs. Plnkhnm'a
laboratory for advice An inflamed and
Mrs. Jomr Wiluiks.
ulcerated condition of tho neck of th
womb can produce all of these symp
toms, and no' woman should allow
herself to reach such a perfection of
misery when thero is absolutely no
need of It. The subject of our por
trait in this skotch, Mrs. Williams of
Englishtown, N.J., has been entirely
cured of such Illness nnd misery by
Lydla E. Pinkhan 's Vegetable Com
pound.
No other medlolno has suh a record
for absolute oures, and no other medl
clno Is " just as g od." Women who
want a cure should insist upon pottingr
Lydla E. Pinkhnra's Vefrotablo Com
pound when they ask for it at a store.
HOT WI2ATHBH MIUT1I.
Brooklyn Eaglo: Miss Honrlnues Ho
manages his nutnmobllo so skillfully I be
lieve ho could write his nnmo with It!
Ottlnger Oh, yes; I guess ho could costly
mako his auto-graph.
Detroit Free Tress: Ponelnne. I'll lust
ruin my complexion going In bathing eo
mucn.
I'erdlta I wouldn't enrc. No one will
notlco It.
Washington Star: "Do pusson dnt goes
froo life nctln hnhd to please," said Undo
Eben, "runs do rlesk o' habbln' folks tako
him nt his word nn' quit tryln'."
Cleveland Plain Denier: "Snv. lust look
nt the moon! She seems to have lost all
her curve."
"Perhaos she a cultlvntlncr tho strnlirht
front!"
Phlladclnhia Press: "What are vou
doing there?" cried the farm dog ns ho
observed tho hen In tho coal bin.
"Oh. I thnucht this was n rood tlmo to
lay In coal." cackled tho hen.
(ivuni)n xwiik'v. ijiruiuui-'.ell inc.
did you ever buy a gold brick, Undo Josh?
Undo Geohaw of Hay Corners (disgust
edly) Nnw. Hut I hev bought lots ot
bricks I thought was gold.
Chlcauo Tribune
"Yes." snld the nalc,
sloop-shouldered
nrofessor. "I nm In-
Ktructnr In I.ntln. Greek, thn silences.
English composition, biology and night r
mathematics.
"Why, you're, a regular college Pooli
Bah, ain't you?" cxclulmcd his admiring
but slangy relative.
Detroit Journnl: The French patriot beat
his breast.
"Mon Dleu!" ho cried. "After nil my
services to my country, to bo denied tha
boon of being voted a public enemy? Mais
pnrbleul"
Toutefols. cn nvnnt!
Eau do vie. garcon! Ono may still clash
with tho pollco by getting drunk and dis
orderly. Pittsburg Chronicle: Doctor What's the
matter with that nppendicltl.i case?
Asslstnnt Doctor Well, ho snys he's an
ttp-to-dnto patient with nn up-to-dato dls
cHfe, pnyln' nn up-to-dato price, and ho
won't hnvo n trained nurso who can't sing
unythlng newer than 'Juanlta.' "
"QUO .lUltEf"
Why, oh why, does your dark face follow
mo so.
Ever nnd always wherever I go?
It comes to mo In the twilight's soft gloom,
It looks out nt me from my lonely room.
It flashes on me from the starry skies.
And In euch lovely flower I see your dark
eyes,
It gleams mid the whlto of- tho ocean'a
spray.
It looks down on mo from tho storm clouds
Bra'' . . .
It smiles up at me from each laughing
stream.
And by day nnd by night It haunts every
dream:
On the beach, In tho park, nt the ball or
the piny.
From the birth till the death of each weari
some day
Your fnco is before me nnd sees Just how
vain
Aro my efforts to hide all this heartache
nnd pnln.
And I know, oh, so well, every look of
thosu eyes,
Approval, repronch, displeasure, surprint
By what right do you como to pass Judg
ment on mo?
You are nothing to me and never shall be.
I nm nothing to you and I would not bet
n! - ..
So by what right, I nsk, do you follow
mo so?
AKLETTK WOLCOTT.
Omahn, Neb.
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