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THE OrnA DAILY BEE; FRIDAY, JTIjT 5, 1901.
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OEO. II. TZSCHUCK
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 3uth day of June, A. U. 1001.
M. U. HUNGATE,
Notary I'uhllc.
PAHTIMS LEAVI.NO FOll Sl'MMEH.
I'nrtlen irntlne the city for
the Kiiiitmcr iiuty luivc Tlir lire
sent to the in rt-Kiilnrly ''
notifying The lire Illiniums
oilier, In iirrnim or !) mull.
Tlir nililK M ft III lit dimmed
nn often n m ilenlreil.
Train robbory Is by nlIkohls the best
piijltit; industry in the Dnkotii bnd
liuiilx.
The smnll boy und the blpr mnn have
lmil their celebrntlon mid the coroner,
the surgeon und the lire underwriter can
put in the next few weeks lli;urliig up
the results.
Kansas City glories in n. elty forester
who sports the stiKjjestlve nnnie of PIpr.
It is claimed for City Forester PIrr that
he has wived nine hundred trees within
the elty limits of the metropolis on the
Kan by watering the roots.
The prollts of the Kansas City Ice
trust during the months nf June, July
and August arc estimated at $210,000.
How much the Knnsas City coal dealers'
combine expects to rnko lii during thu
months of December, January nnd Feb
ruary has not yet been computed.
Pension Commissioner II. Clay Evans
lias weathered the tempest nnd survived
the high temperature of the closing days
of June. The chnnces are ten to one
that ho will be found at the head of the
pension bureau by the time congress
convenes the llrst week In December.
The coal combination is taking advan
tage of the hot weather to make arrange
ments to put up the price next winter.
Willie the present temperature prevails
the average citizen tloes not think ho
will ever want any coal, but the com
bine managers can afford to smile nud
wait
General (iomez paid a visit to Presi
dent MeKlnley and states that his pre
vious Impressions nnd opinions were
Htrcngthcned as it result of that visit.
The Cubans, who were only too glad to
avail themselves of his leadership and
follow his advice when there was light
ing to do, will tlo well to .follow It now.
Ills entire career shows him to be as
strong a counselor is he is a soldier.
With his retirement front service that
portion of the popocratlc press which Is
Inclined to be fair Is beginning to admit
that General Shatter was n soldier of
more than ordinary merit. The trouble
with Shnftcr was that he possessed none
of the elements which make for popu
larity. He was not spectacular, but ho
was persistent. Those who know him
best and who have been thrown In con
tact with him most hold the best opin
ion of him.
The wave of speculation which swept
over the country Is having Its legiti
mate result. Several of the banks In
the east which have been Identified with
the speculative Interest have been closed
and It would be nothing surprising If
others follow. When values are Inilated
by speculation funds are apt to be
loaned recklessly on securities whoso
legitimate value will not nrotect the
loan. Thero Is nothing In the situation
which Is likely to affect the general
business of the country, as everything
Indicates the great banking Institutions
are being conservatively managed.
The statement of the state treasurer
shows that he has Invested ?.7.2,7S7 of
the permanent school fund during the
past six months, as against $'2S!),:io;i by
his predecessor during the corresponding
period last year. Not only Imvo the in
vestments almost doubled, but the re
ceipts show almost as hirge nn Increase.
While these largo receipts are gratify
ing it opens up a serious problem In
state llnanee. The money Is'only of uso
to the schools of the state when It can
i bo Invested and with the restrictions
thrown around Its Investment there Is
necessarily n large amount of the money
Idle all the time. Kvery legislature In
years has been appealed to for relief,
but It has not been given. The time Is
rapidly approaching when It will bo
necessary to cease piling up the money
or provide some nieaus of making It
eurn something.
aHEATKH FVTUlW FOll A(W(CULTVnt:.
It Is the opinion of Secretary Wilson,
expressed In n speech before the Na
tional Farm school near Doylestowt
Pa., that the United States and its Island
possessions will In time produce prac
tically all the agricultural products they
cousume. in the ilseal year Just closed
the value of agricultural products Im
ported Into this country was over $ 120,
000,000. The largest Item In tills was
sugar, of which $101, Ml. 103 In value
was Imported. Secretary Wilson said
that the L'nlted States Is better adapted
to the production of beet sugar than is
Germany, France, Austria, Russia or
other countries exporting such sugar.
Improved processes have been Invented
In this country anil he predicted that
within ten years, Including the cane
production of our now possessions, the
Fnlted States will not Und It necessary
to Import any sugar. Nut Just here the
question suggests Itself whether, If wo
give Cuban sugar a preferential duty, as
Senator Lodge and others say should be
done, the development of our beet sugar
Industry will go on. That Is obviously
a matter for serious consideration.
The Mime question applies to tobacco.
Secretary Wilson poluted out that Im
proved processes of cultivation brought
about by the Department of Agricul
ture enable us to produce certain kinds
of tobacco which have hitherto been Im
ported and he thought In the near future
the Fulled States would grow sulllclent
tobacco to supply the home demand.
Hut will the development of this Indus
try continue if we give Cuban tobacco
a preferential duty' It should be un
derstood that In the production of both
sugar and tobacco Cuba hits by no
means readied the limit, and with lib
eral tariff concessions could In a few
years send to the American market two
or three times the amount of those
articles she has heretofore sent. Can wo
show tariff favor to the sugar mid to
bacco of Cuba and go on developing our
own Industries?
Secretary Wilson believes that wc
shall soon produce t'ic tea required for
our own use, while as to coffee, Porto
Itlco, Hawaii and the Philippine Islands
will supply the demand of this country
and also all the spices that our people
require. We ate Inclined to think that
tlie secretary of agriculture Is too san
guine lu regard to tea, but the Island
possessions will probably In time sup
ply the American demand for coffee, the
Importation of which last year amounted
to over $:i2,000,000.
Secretary Wilson remarked that the
United States Is the only country In the
world that could, If forced, exist suc
cessfully without Importing anything
outside of its own borders. There Is no
doubt of this und as the Philadelphia
Press observes, it Is a fact some other
nations, now uttering threuts against
the United States, may well take to
heart. That there Is a greater future
for agriculture In this country will not
be questioned, but all that Secretary
Wilson predicts will hardly be realized
so soon us ho appears to think.
AS A HUSIXKSS PROPOSITION.
Mr. Funkhouser, chairman of the com
mittee on llnanee of the Board of Edu
cation, who procured the passage of the
resolution urging the district court to
call a grand Jury to Investigate well-
dellncd rumors, scouts the Idea that ho
was Influenced by political motives.
Mr. Funkhouser declares that "the-resolution
Is u purely business proposition
and has nothing whatever of n moral
crusade nbout It. The board wants tho
money from lines which should come to
It under tho law and which It has good
reason to believe now goes Into tho
pockets of individuals." ludlrectly Mr.
iMtnkhouscr Intimates that his "well-
dellncd rumor" has reference to the sus
picion that gamblers and fallen women
are still paylug tines for the nlylutr of
their vocations, but no money Is received
therefrom by the treasurer of tho Board
of Education.
Assuming that Mr. Funkhouser's sus
picions were well grounded, what action
can tho grand Jury take that would
place the alleged contributions of gam
blers and fallen women In the school
board treasury? Under the law, all
money derived from lines and licenses
belongs to tho school fund, but such
lines cnu be imposed only by a court of
justice. Xo Hue can be Imposed unless
the law-breakers are brought Into court
anil tiled ami convicted on snecllle
charges. If any money has been col
lected by city olilcials or Individuals
claiming to act for them, tho parties Im
plicated may be punished, but there is
no process of law by which they could
bo mnde to disgorge, and even were they
disposed to do so there Is no process by
which money lawlessly procured could
be turned over to the school fund.
.Mr. Funkhouser doubtless also knows
enough to know that the elty cannot li
cense gambling or prostitution, hence no
money can be legally gotten for the
school fund or any other fund by licens
ing proscribed occupations.
As a business proposition the calling
of a grand Jury promises no tangible re
sult for the school board, although It
might offer a tempting opportunity for
a political tlshlng excursion.
If Mr. Funkhouser's well-dellned
rumor resolution Is designed to revive
the practice of periodic lines unon the
keepers and Inmates of disorderly houses
he certainly cannot accomplish that pur
pose by the grand Jury route. That can
only bo brought about In one of two
ways: First, by lodging comnlalnt
against the owners, keepers nnd Inmntes
of disorderly houses In the police court,
or by bringing pressure unon the mavor
and council to revive the old system of
periodic tines through the instrumen
tality of the police. Whether such a re
vival would meet with the approval of
the reform element of the citv Mr.
Fuukhouser claims to represent Is doubt
ful. There Is a decided sentiment In
this cotnmuulty against Indirect licens
ing of that which Is prohibited by law,
even though the revenue may be an-
piled to tho maintenance of thu public
schools.
As a business proposition we could If
Mr. Funkhouser and his associates on
thu llnanee committee are In earnest-
point to two or three channels that
would yield a rerenuo of $10,000 or more
and decrease the school expenses some
$10,000, which Is equivalent to Increas
ing the revenue.
It Is n matter of notoriety that a heavy
tralllc In liquor Is being carried on In
Omaha by parties who are paying $10
a year Instead of $1,000, under the guise
of selling liquor for medicinal purposes.
It Is also a matter of notoriety that the
sale of liquor without a license is enr
rled on by resorts that cannot be legally
licensed, but can be legally lined for
selling without a license.
If the school board will take that
class In hand It can very readily In
crease the revenues of the school fund
several thousand dollars a year.
On the other hand, the school bonrd
can, by pursuing business methods, de
crease Its expenditures very materially
by a strict observance of the law which
limits school attendance to persons be
tween the ages of live and twenty-one
years. It Is safe to assert that several
hundred children under live years of
age are being taken care of lu kinder
garten schools ut the expense of the
school fuud,
There are thousands of dollars squan
dered annually on fads that could bo
dispensed with without crippling the
efllcleiicy of the public schools. Would
not the course pointed out be much more
effective lu replenishing the school treas
ury than the calling of a grand Jury
to probe Into "wcll-dellned rumors?"
A .Vi.' POLITICAL SOUTH.
A recent address by Hon. II. A. Her
bert 6f Alabama, who was secretary of
tho navy lu the second Cleveland atlmln
lstrntlon, on political conditions lu the
south, has received a good ileal of at
tentlon as Indicating a democratic revolt
In the south. Tho address was in large
part a plea for Independetitlsin In south
urn politics. Mr. Herbert declared that
there was need of freer thought and
freer action lu the south, that the time
has come when no man should support
the nominees of his party unless the
platform and the man are such as he
approves. If the party puts out a plat
form and nominees which a man tloes
not approve he should reject them all.
lie especially mentioned the growing
readiness to party revolt among the Ala
bama newspapers and commended those
which refused to stand by the demo
cratic platform and candidates lu ISOl).
Former Representative Springer of
Illinois, who ut one time was prominent
In tlits councils of the democratic party,
believes that a political revolution is
pending In the south. Referring to Her
bert's address he said he considered It
the keynote for the organization of a
new party In tho south. "The time Is
rapidly approaching," said Judge Sprin
ger, "when there will no longer bo such
a thing as a solid south. The movement,
which has been gradual, to amend the
state constitutions so that tho negro will
bo eliminated from politics Is respon
sible for Just such speeches as those of
Herbert and McLaurln." He thought
that now that the south Is getting back
politically to her old moorings there will
be witnessed a gradual division among
the Intelligent white voters and1 that cle
ment which believes In the doctrine of
protection will eventually drift Into the
republican party.
There Is undoubtedly a very consid
erable sentiment among southern demo
crats hostile to the doctrines to which
tho democracy was committed In the
last two national campaigns. These
men want the party to return to its early
principles and cast aside wholly the
popullstic doctrines It has embraced.
Then the number of southern democrats
Is large who approve tho policy of ex
pansion, believing it to be in the Inter
est of tho development and prosperity
of the south. These endorse the policy
of the national administration, as Mr.
Herbert did lu his address. They re
alize that the now democracy, commonly
described as Uryaulsni, Is not only tin
progressive, but reactionary, and that
Its success would so unsettle nnd dis
turb things as to put a check upon na
tional advancement and perhaps destroy
much that has been accomplished. Any
extensive revolt, however, Is not likely
In tho near future, because those who
are prepared to make it arc held In Hue
by the raco question nnd that Is far from
settlement. Meanwhile there seems lit
tle renson to expect that tho south will
not remain solid, though it may be hoped
that through the iullucnce of such demo
crats as Mr. Herbert the party lu that
section will be led to repudiate tho
uuunclal and political heresies to which
the democracy has been committed lu
recent years.
Those who have been prone to harp on
the statement that the Cubans havo re
ceived no beuellt from the American oc
cupation of the Island are blind to the
facts. Aside from the establishment of
schools, the carrying forward of public
works and various other measures one
striking example of what tho United
States has accomplished Is shown In the
health report. Up to the present time
there has not been a solitary case of
yellow fever lu Havana this summer,
Such a condition Is unprecedented. It
Is due solely to the sanitnry measures
taken by the United States authorities.
The South Dakota man who shot his
companion believing he was a deer has
been acquitted of the crlmlual charge.
This class of accidents has become so
common that many states have passed
laws putting them In the same class as
other acts of carelessness which cost
human life. The railway man who care
lessly causes loss of life Is held to be
guilty of murder and such acts as shoot
ing a man under the Impression that ho
Is u deer are no less criminal.
(lit Orr the Kiirth.
Ualtlmore American.
In the present state of rapid transit It Is
well for everything to give railroad trains
tho right of way, for cyclists to yield prece
dence to trolley cars nud for mere pe
destrians to go without further loss of tlm
Into training as skilled acrobats.
DouIIiik with Inferior Knee.
Philadelphia Hccord.
The people ot the United States man
aged to get along for pearly 100
years with the experiment of carrying on
a highly successful government, although
the lines were strictly drawn between su
perior and Inferior race. It Is cot likely
that they will fall In the next 100
years, or that they will be less successful
la dcnllng with Asiatics than they have
boeu lo dealing with Africans and abo
riginal Americans,
''et Into the Ilnnil wiikoii.
Washington Star.
ConsltlcrlnR the superiority of this cotm
try's manufactures and facilities for aerl
culture, together with 1(8 commercial bold
new nnd enterprise, perhaps the best thing
tor England to do Is to consider tho nd
vlsablllty of getting annexed.
Hxiimiftloti Not n Theory.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
A Now York estimate Is that tho July
disbursements of Interest and dividends
will aggregate about $120,000,000, against
$105,570,000 a year ago and $94,000,000 two
years ago. Expansion, In every aense, It
a condition and not a theory In this coun
try now.
AVmrj- of tlio Job.
Now York Evening Post.
It Is clear that the South African war
has ceased to be popular. It seems to ba
endless and to be calling endlessly for
men nnu money. That naturally produces
depression of party spirits, hut wo do not
seo how they can bo elovnted by such
absurd attempts as Lord Salisbury's to
cheer on his supporters.
Go Arny, t'nt Sinn.
New Y'ork Sun.
That blot on the landscape, tho man with
the handkerchief tucked Insldo his collar,
is once more with us. Ho Is a terrible ex
atnplo of what suggestion can do. Tho most
composed person becomes hot and tincom
fortnble In his presence. At this season of
tho year far bo It from us to havo men nbout
us that aro fat. They nearly all havo tho
naDii.
CoolhiK to Think About.
Ualtlmore American.
Think of tho north polo! Think of tho
lands where the unfortunate peoplo havo
to break their way through snowdrifts!
Think of the wretched passengers of a
vessel threatened by Icebergs! Think of the
hungry explorers, who, starved nud
freezing, havo to break thotr milk with a
wedgo and thnw out their food supply with
dynamlto! Think of tho suffering business
men who havo been locked up In their own
refrigerators by burglars and been frost
bitten In August almost to death! And,
thinking of theso horrors of tho cold, bo
content. Comfort, uftcr nil, depends very
much on tho way you look at It.
Another Demi I nunc.
New Y'ork Tribune.
Ex-Senator I'ugh of Alabama Is tho latest
southern democrut of prominence to declare
that "Imperialism," the Kansas City plat
form's "paramount" issue, will never do
service in a second presidential campaign.
Uut ho underrates the versatility of demo
cratlc platform makers If ho Imagines that
tho mlscarrlngo of 1900 will aerlously em
barrass tho resolutions commltteo of tho
next democratic national convention, to
which Is confided tho duty of discovering nn
equally new nnd "paramount" rallying cry
for tho strugglo of 1904.
MlNHlnnnry Idea of Loot.
Chicago Post.
Dr. Held "ventures to expound tho
ethics of loot." Wo venture to say that ho
Is not qualified for this task. Ho Is evi
dently ignorant of tho subject from what
ovcr point of view it might be studied.
Ho is, moreover, In obvious need of a re
study of tho gospel ho professes to carry
to tho heathen. W'o do not en tl mlealnn.
arlcs for an exposition of the permissible
uorrors or war. sir. Held knows nothing
of International law. This Is conclusively
demonstrated by this proposition of his:
"To confiscate tho property of those who
woro enemies In war may bo theoretically
wrong, but precedent establishes tho
right."
Discrimination In Army Honor.
Chicago Chronicle.
Although General Funston has been richly
rewarded for tho canturo of Amilnni.in i
appears that others who rendered impor
tant borvico in tho matter havo been Ig
nored. Tho claim that la set up in favor
of Lieutenant Taylor, who first located tho
Insurgent leader, Is a strong ono nnd should
receive soma recognition nt tho hands of tho
authorities. In this connection It Is worthy
of remark that tho promotion bestowed
upon Funston for tho apprchonslon of n
Filipino fugitive whoso Influence wan nn
tho wane was tho satno as that which a
gratetui government gave to tho soldier
who planned, executed and won thn
pitched battle over fought, that of Gettys
burg, ueorgo . .Meado was made a briga
dier general In the rcculnr armv for a v!.
tory which put an end forovor to offensive
operations by tho southern confederacy.
Funston's performance seems rather paltry
In comparison.
TAXKS HKI113 AMI UI.SF. WIIKHK.
Condition In the United Stolen ami
In Porrlirn Conntrlea,
Dnltlmoro American.
Ono part of tho war revenue net nnnH
in 1898 which, In conformity with an act
passeu Dy tno last congress, beenmo In.
operatlvo July l, is that relating to the
nix oi i cent and 2 cents upon cer
tain receipts nnd on bank checks. This
tax has becomo objectionable more on ne.
count of Its annoyance than upon any
other score. Tho fact that a 1-ccnt stamp
bad to bo nfflxed to overy telegram and
recolpt for a freight package has been re
garded by many Americans as a constant
irritation. ThU country, they say, Is too
rich to bother tho people with a tax of 1
cent. It has not hecn so much th oh.
Jectlon to paying tho tax as to tho loss of
timo and the worry connected with tho
payment. This feeling Is an Illustration of
how favored a country, In tho oyes of the
people, Is tho land In which wo live. In
England and on tho continent such a tax
attracts no attention because tho people are
occustomed to pay It year by year and Its
repeal is never expected. Tho octroi tax,
for lnstnnce, In France Is quite as annoy
Ing as the payment of 1 cent on n bill
of lading lu tho Unltod States. Every
turnip or cabbage that goes Inside tho
gates of Paris must pay a Bmall tax and
In tho Italian towns American tourists may
seo a soldier poking his bayonet Into a
cartload of vegetables to seo what tho
farmer has,
Tho United States has not yet reached
tho point where it la necessary to lm
poso what wo may terra grinding taxes,
but It Is woll to keep in mind that more
wars may come, and not only a 1-cont
tax, but oven heavier burdens may bo
necessary. After tho civil war and up to
late In tho 70s taxes on bank checks
wero Imposed, but after the resumption of
specie payments. In 1S79, conditions be
camo pnslcr.
Tho reduction In taxes laid for war pur
poses as provided for by tho last con
gress will, It Is estimated, amount next
year to about forty million dollars. Tho
peoplo In the smaller continental countries
would be astonished If their burdens were
lightened to this extent. Citizens In all
rich countries object to many taxes, thn
Idea being moro or less common that the
government must manage to get along
without worrying Its peoplo. Americans
havo tho richest and most favored land In
tho world nnd for that reason It would
scom that, as they are becoming moro and
more properous, it Is only fair thot a
greater proportion of their surplus should
bo applied for public purposes.
t'.M'I.H SAM'S PHOSPIMtOl'S YI'Alt.
Condition of (lie .Vntlunnl riiiiincru
qnltr I'liittcrlitK.
Chicago Post.
In splto of tho Chinese disorders, which
necessarily nfTccted certain branches of
our trade, and In spite of tho little tariff
war with Hursla, tho uncertainty which
prevailed In Cuba nnd other untoward con
ditions, the fiscal year which ended last
Saturday was undoubtedly tho moat suc
cessful nnd prosperous in tho nation's
financial and commercial history. Our do
racstlc exports will bo shown by tho official
statement soon to bo made public to havo
reached tho tremendous total of $1,500,000.
000, whllo the balance of trndo In favor of
the country will be tho heaviest ever re
corded.
For the government treasury the year
was Just ne remarkable. There Is nn ex
cess ot receipts over disbursements
amounting to about $7G,000,000. Secretary
Gage, In his December report to congress,
estimated tho surplus for the year at JS0.
000,000, but even tho lower figure actually
realized represents tho largest surplus
yielded by nny year of tho lntt decade ox
ccpt one. Tho secretary points out that
tho excess would have been even larger
had not his department bought nenrly J1S,-
000.000 of bonds In tho open market. Theso
purchases have strengthened tho financial
situation by preventing nn undue accumti
latlon of idlo capital In tho government
vaults.
Tho available cash balnnco In the treas
ury on tho final day of tho fiscal year was
Jli.i.OSS.OOrt an unprecedented nmotint'
whllo the stock ot gold In the vaults stood
at nenrly $500,000,000. The department's
transactions during tho year were as fol
lows: Receipts from customs, $23S,"Sfi,
741; from Internal revenue, $305,214,411;
from miscellaneous sources, $41,517,157;
total, $583,548,309. Expenditures for civil
nnd mlscellnnc rms purposes, $122,280,083;
for tho military establishment, $144,513,
912: for tho navy, $60,580,70(1; for Indians,
$10,S9I.975; for pensions, $139,321,930; for
Interest, $32,319,054; total. $509,047,200.
Mr. Gage had estimated the custom re
ceipts at $245,000,000, but they fell short
of this amount. Internal revenuo and
miscellaneous receipts, on the other hand,
exceeded tho respective CBtlmntes. Tho
outlook for tho present flscnl year. It Is
hardly necessary to say, Is extraordinarily
bright and encouraging. Whllo tho repeal
of certain war taxes and tho reduction of
others seem to foreshadow a loss of $40,
000,000 In Internal rovenuo receipts, tho
secretary bcliovos that tho great pros
pcrlty nf the country will, by Increasing
tho Income from customs nnd miscellane
ous sources, yield n surplus for 1902.
KTIIICS OP CHIMlSn LOOT.
Mlnnlonnry Defence of Mlnslonnry Ki
ndlon. Chlcngo Tribune.
In explaining his Ideas of "The Ethics
of Loot" In tho July Korum, Itcv. Gilbert
Held says:
"Whon It beenmo evident that the foreign
ministers would not tako Into account tho
losses of Chlncso converts tho missionaries
boldly,npproac2ud tho local authorities, who
In turn offered to ludemnlfy thoso among
their own pooplo who had suffered through
tholr adherence to tho Christian faith.
Looting, extortion nnd blackmailing
existed, but tho chnrgo cannot be laid nt
tho door ot American or English mission
aries." It so happens that a report Just filed In
Washington by General Chaffeo furnishes
moro dcftnlto Information on this subject.
This report Bhows that Mr. Reld has under
taken too large a contract In his .sweeping
defnnso of the missionaries. It appears
that General Chaffeo, upon tho recom
mendation of Minister Conger, compiled
with tho request of Ho v. E. G. Towksbury.
an American missionary, by furnishing tho
latter with a detachment of American
troops to exact money nnd lands from Chl
ncso for tho depredations they had com
mitted upon tbo natlvo converts. Mr.
Tewksbury confessed that ho did not know
how many converts had been killed or how
much property had been destroyed, but ho
compelled various villages to contribute a
total of $12,000 In money, tho deeds for
ninety-six acres of land, and permission to
build nineteen chapels and establish twenty
cemeteries.
Lieutenant Gulnoy, who was In charge of
Mr. Towksbury's detachment of troops, re
ports that "this money wns collected by tho
men who did tho damage from Inhabitants
who aro now and always havo been peace
ful." Ho adds that tho head men of the
villages In somo coses collected several
times tho amount demanded and probably
kept tho surplus for themselves. Thus tho
expedition appears to havo ndded one wrong
to another. When Mr. Towksbury was
asked to glvo tho namo of overy Chlntso
convert making a clnlm for damages, with
tho nmount claimed, ho roplled that ho "did
not know tho men whoso property had been
destroyed, nor their wherenbouts, but he
thought ho could got tho names from somo
of tho natlvo members of his church who
wero assisting him in collecting raonoy,"
This Is too Indefinite to bo satisfactory.
It Is difficult to sco nny essential differ
enco botwecn Mr. Towksbury's plan of so
curing Indemnity nnd that of tho soldiers
who took things they coveted for their
private uso. In both cases tho power to
take rested upon tho threat of forco, and
in both cases thero was no certainty that
tho persons from whom monoy was ex
torted wero Hoxers. Mr. Towksbury ap
pears simply to havo utilized tho presence
ot the allies to got hold of somo valuable
real cstato and concessions for tho uso of
the missions. According to Hnv. Gilbert
Held's ethics, this kind of acquisition may
not bo called looting, but It is difficult to
find any other namo for It.
JOIIS WOltTII AVATCIIIXO.
UolnKN tn the Philippine Provoke
InnlituntliiK Ilrinnrk,
Manila New American.
Wherever Phlllpplno products can bo
utilized, such as lumber, hemp, tobacco nnd
so on, prices being satisfactory, thoy should
be utilized by the government, and they
undoubtedly will bo, but tho so-called
"lumber men's hill" Is too absurd to be
seriously considered. Undo Sam will buy
his lumber for roads, bridges, harbors,
buildings and public works wherever ho
pleases, Tho Phlllpplno commission will,
of course, glvo that mcasuro nnd all similar
onea lis quietus promptly.
It would bo worth n Journey to Washing
ton to learn what tho American admlnlstra
tlon aud the American congress would do
If tho announcement woro made that the
Philippine commission had passed "an net
ranking compulsory tho uso of natlvo lum
ber grown In tho Phlllpplno Islands In the
construction of nil roads, bridges, harbors,
buildings anr! public works hereafter con
structed tn tho Philippine archipelago."
And thero are alleged Amorlcan news
papers that treat such a proposition sorl
ously. It would bo interesting to know what
tho somc-tlmo-to-he-completed suspension
brldgo has rost to date. It has-been hinted
that a court of Inquiry into that wretched
business Is certainly In order. While about
It, such a court might also report on that
government Ice plant, which originally was
to cost $300,000, nnd tho cost ot which has
run Into millions, Tho recklessness, the
Ignorance and the cxtravagancos that havo
characterized both those public works aro
a discredit to tho United States, as they
have quietly become a scandal, notably
among European residents.
WASIUNdTOX GOSSIP.
Men timl llvcnln Olmrrrrd nt the Nn
tlnnnl f'npltnl.
Mr. John Albus of St. Joseph, Mo., bo
iteves with John Adams In- tho Insllenabl
right of petition. Ho knows what ho wants
but Instead of going for It personally h
chooses thu more attractive petition plan
The government departments nt Washington
cannot, It Is (aid, produce a sorlcs of
more complete, comprehcnslvo and porfectly
prepared Indorsements for any applicant for
todcrnl ofllco than those submitted on be
half of Mr. Albus, who sroks tho honors
nnd emoluments of tho postmantershlp of
at. Joseph, Mayor Coombo of that city In
forms tho public that:
"Tho lists and lettors Hro beautifully
bound In morocco In a volume thicker than
nn unabridged dictionary nnd are filed with
Assistant Postmaster General Drlstow,
They embrace 90 per cent of the republican
otcrs of St. Joseph, every newspaper ro
puuncnn, independent, democratic, agrlcul
turnl and religious In tho city, sixty of as
wide opinions in tho stnto and a majority
of all tho republican political organizations
in tho city and state.
"The personal indorsements Include those
of every class In our city, from tho mil
lloualrte, who aro more numerous In St
Josoph than In any other city of Its popula
tlon (100,000) In tho world, to the trades
nlen of overy kind bakers, butchers and
blacksmiths,"
"Somo murmurs woro heard at tho tlmo
or tho dismissal of certain cadets from
West Point about tho determination ot
Irritated patrons of the unfortunate young
men to insist upon having them reappoint
cd to tho Military Academy," writes a
correspondent of tho New York Times
"it was Intimated that with an opportunity
to appoint from tho districts affected by
me aismissais the rejected men would be
sent back to West Point by their patrons
In Congress. If the reported threats wero
ever uttered by tho members mentioned
thoso members, whether of tho senate or
tho house, had forgotten tho law. It Is a
fact that hitherto members of the houso
of representatives havo been accorded tho
prlvllego of Indicating candidates for West
Point and tho proteges of such members
wero apt to alltido to tho appointment by
"their members" of congress. Hut the fact
was overlooked that whllo the representa
tive was nllowed to present a candidate for
tho ncademy, tho nomination did not be
como effective until tho president had
ratified It. The law was amended in Juno,
1900, so as to lncreaso tho number of
cadets nt largo to thirty nnd In tho last
session It was further changed so as to
provide two addlttoual cadets at largo
from each stnte. The Intention was to af
ford senntors a chance to name two each
from a state, but the wholo number ot
cadets Is to bo appointed by the president
As a matter of fact, tho appointments are
mado by tho secretary of war, but tho sec
retary acts only as tho clork of the presl
dent in making tho appointments. So.
whllo thero may bo senators who think that
by renaming young men who havo under-
gono punishment for violation ot tho rules
of tho academy they will be within the
law, tho nominations may bo turned down
by tho president, on the advice of tho
secretary, who In turn may accept the
advtco of tho Academic board In rejecting
cadets whoso admission might be preju
dicial to tho maintenance of authority by
tho head ot the Institution. It Is custom.
and not law, that permits the representative
to name a candidate. The law only pro
vldcs that a certain numbor of cadets shall
bo named from congressional districts and
from tho territories and for convenience
tho member of congress In the district en
titled to namo has been accorded the prlvl
lego of suggesting a person to receive ap
pointment."
Senator Hoar, tho venerable Massaehn
setts statesman, has won hi fight against
a Washington street railway company for
the abolition of largo cars which, while
they were tho delight of the riding public
of tho national capital, wero unfortunate
enough to make moro noise than smaller
vohlcles of tho rail. They disturbed the
slumbers of tho senator and when Mr. Hoar
discovered this fact and made a complaint
to the commissioners of the district hun
dreds of other residents along the line
traveled by tho cars mado a similar dli
covory regarding themselves. Connecticut
nvcnuo, ono of tho fasblonablo residence
thoroughfares of Washington, rebelled
ngnlnst tho cars. Senator Hoar Introduced
a rosolutlon fixing tho size ot the street
cars that could bo operated In the district
nnd It was passed by tho senate. Then the
commissioners took up the matter and
prnctlcally ruled the cars out of service,
notwithstanding that they were the finest
of their kind that were ever operated on
a surfaco street railroad. The company In
question did not fight for a rotentlon of the
cars. It recognized tho uselessness of doing
so. It simply arranged for their sale to
companies of other cities and when they
havo all been sold and shipped awny they
will bo replaced by tho little old-fashioned
motor car with a trailer attached that Is
uolther bandsomo nor comfortable.
PBIlSOXAIi NOTES.
flooker T. Washington, president of the
National Negro Business league, announces
that the lei.guo will hold a national con
vention In Chlcngo on August 21, 22 and 23.
General Wood has been mado a member
of tho Academy of Science of Havana. Tho
academy Is ono of tho most exclusive or
ganizations In Cuba. It Is limited to forty
members, and each momber is selected for
llfo.
General John Dasll Turchln, who died
at Anna, 111,, tho other day, was a veteran
of tho Crimean war, who, coming to this
country during tho war of rebellion, be
camo colonel of tho Nineteenth Illinois
volunteer Infantry and was later given
command of a brigade under Duell.
Among tho passengers who landed from
tho City ot Pokln at San Francisco a few
days ago was Loo Chin An, a Chinese com
missioner of commerce. Loo Chtn An has
been commissioned by his government to
visit tbo United Statos and examine into
Its commercial history and methods.
Confidence men and pickpockets are doing
a Innd office business at Niagara Falls
this senson. It is a great placo for the
slick and tho smooth and they flock there
llko (lies to n sugar barrol. Any kind of a
gold brick that fancy hankers for may be
had thero at prices to suit your pile.
When n London lad was asked what tho
Lord had made ho replied: "The earth,
the sea and all the tlndummlos." Not un
til tho cxnmlner had exerted his mental
faculties until ho was almost a wreck did
ho solvo the riddle, "all the tlnduramles"
was shorthand for "all that In them Is."
On learning of Adelbert Hay's melancholy
fate tho class to which he belonged decided
to abaudon nn tlaborato program which
had been arranged In connection with tho
university exercises. Secretary Hay heard
of this Intention and Insisted that every
thing should go as bad boon Intended, say
ing his son would ho deslro, Tho class con
sented and only one or two minor changes
wero made.
In a llfo of Pasteur, published In Paris,
attention is called to tho fact that the
man who was destined to revolutionize
chemistry came fourteenth In tho list of
twenty-two candidates at his high school
In Dijon, and wns marked "weak" In chem
istry. Ills researches In regard to the
disease of silkworms are said to have
been tho means of saving France a sum
equal to that paid to Germany as the price
of peace. ,
A aPAKEtt CITV ItOAIt.
Protest ARnltmt Hot Wrnther Hint li
"Good for Corn."
Philadelphia Itecord.
In the hottost hour of one day last week
a etcamlng, gasping, wrotched dealer on
'change offered consolation In tho remark,
that tho weather was "good for the corn."
What a man may say con have no roal
effect on tho weather (except, ot course, in
the coso of Senator Tillman, whoso vlolonco
of language can ralso tho temperature 10
degrees lu as many minutes); yet It Is
exasperating to an overheated man to bo
forced to rccognlzo the Indtibltablo fact
that In tho economy of tho unlvorso man
kind Is found to bo ot less Importance than
the corn of the Gold. Ot the utility of corn
there can bo no question. Without It hun
dreds of Kentucky distilleries would bo re
duced to Idleness and men would become
tho helpless prey of every wandering snnko.
Corn Is tho Kansas substitute for coal and
tho basis of many a corner In the Chicago
markets. Still, however Important corn
may bo In tho mysterious economy of
things, man docs not llkn to be reminded of
his inferiority In hot weather, whon his
corves aro all unstrung.
It would bo an interesting change In
affairs If tho human family could bo trans
ferred to a world whero mnn would bo thn
pet of nature; where tho weather would bo
tempered to moot his needs, regardless of
tho effect on crops, nnd whoro ho would
not bo required to work so hard for a moal
as to destroy his appetite Novalls was
thought to bo crazy because ho predicted
that sooner or lattir man must raako a
desperate resolve to leave a world In which
he Is degraded by tho need of oxccsslvn
toll to win unsatisfactory bread, nnd In
which nature Is sharp ot tooth and red of
fang, unjust and morclless. There Is little
reason to think that man has nny such
mcasuro of self-respect as to refuse llfo
even on naturo's hard terms. That ho Is a
poor-splrltcd crcaturo and meekly oub
mlsslve Is shown by his pitiable attempt
to extract a grain of comfort In tho midst
of his sufferings by the reflection that what
wilts his collars and takes tho stlffoultig
out ot bis backbone may bo good for tbo
corn.
E4UAL TAXATION.
Mont Serious Problem the Ilepuhllo
Mut Knee.
Chicago Journal.
Cleveland's plcturosquo and vlrllo mayor,
Tom L. Johnson, told tho national social
and political conferonco in Detroit that ho
had committed himself to tho cnuso of
equal taxation and had forsaken ovcry
tbln else to dovote himself to securing
that ono reform. That Is rather a largo
order, but thero can bo no doubt In tho
mind of anyone who knows Mr. 'Johnson
that, even though ho accomplishes noth
ing Important In his endeavor, ho will at
least mako so much nolso that tho country
will havo to stop its cars to avoid tho
sound of It.
It cannot bo denied that, ns Mr. Johnson
says, the Inequality of taxation is tho
most serious problem tho ropubllc must
face. It Is notorious and lncontrovcrtlblo
that the burden of taxes, In tho cities par
ticularly, as witness, tho nsscssors' returns
made public In Chicago, and In tho
country generally, Is mado to rest" most
heavily upon tho peoplo who can least
afford to sustain It. In this city tho man
who owns one lot Is assessed at nn almost
infinitely larger sura proportionately than
thn man who owni millions ot dollars'
worth of Income producing real cstato; and
those who possess the greatest amount of
personal proporty aro Invariably thoso wh,o
escape with the smallest personal property
tax In proportion.
Tho facts aro not to he explained away by
any ingenuity or tergiversation, Our ex
isting system of taxation Is Infamous In Its
inequalities and Intolerable In Its Injustice.
But we tear that attempts to square It
with Justlco and equality by alteration ot
the revenue laws will not succeed tn tho
future any .better than thoy havo suc
ceeded in the past. Tbo ingenuity of man
has never been able to devlso a Inw that
the Ingenuity of man has not found a
means to evade, nor will It over bo able to
do so. A stream cannot rlso higher than
its source, oven a stream of flowing human
Intellect.
The only hope for a remedy of the con
ditions complained of with so much Justi
fication is in an awakening ot tho publli
conscience that will compel an awakcn'ng
ot private conscience.
BREEZY nruMAllKS.
rtrolt Journal: Or. to sneak more
strictly, perhaps. It Is the doctors who love
Uie sinning mara.
.Tnitv; Wife T somehow lust feol In my
bones that wo will go to Europe this sum
mer. .... . ....
Husband in wnicn Dono ao you reoi u
most? ...... ... ...
Wife Wei I. I don't exactly Know, out i
guess It's ray wlshbono.
Baltimore American: She froze him with
a look.
Shivering, but klnd-heartod, tho poor man
controlled his stiffening lips long enough to
say:
"The ice trust'll get you, if you don't
watch out!"
Pnrk: "I understand that Jenkins took
the thirty-third degree?"
"Yes. Ills wife says It must not occur
again."
xvimhlneton Rtnr: "She has an ndmlrahln
trait," remarked ono woman. "Sho nevor
gossips."
"it is Indeed an admlrablo trait," an-
swercd tho other. "Any ono who keens por-
tectly quiet nna lots otnets monoponzo ino
conversation cannot help being esteemed."
Tridlnnanolts Journal: Mold Our iceman
picked up 400 pounds of Ico In his arms and
carried It two squares today.
Mrs. Jinks Tnat's wonuerrui, isn t itf
Maid No, ma'am; ho weighed It himself.
Philadelphia Press: "Hern's a correspon
dent who asks: 'Is It proper for a woman
to pick her teeth In put)llc7" "
"It s proper enoupn, repuea uie uniuio
dltor. "hut when tho avcrnire woman ha3
to select a set she usually prefers to do so
very privately,"
Till!: SUMMEKTIME.
From every field and woodland eomo ,
The notes of Nature's sweet-volccd chotn
The ancient oak and giant elm
Aro clouted ngam in ricn rutin-.
The buds of overy flowering shrub
Havo opened Into gorgeous bloom.
And every breeze that lira tho leaves
Is laacn wun a rare periumu.
Tho broad expansn of fallow ground,
TlfKnntifitvM In rot rpfthlnir rain
And genial wnrmth of summertime,
Js now a sea or gomen grain.
With tireless process moving on,
A mystic fabric Nnturo rears,
Ah cell to cell and Inch to Inch
She nans tnrougn an recurring years.
II. C. WILLIAMS.
Omaha, Neb.
Your Hair i4
Perhaps your mother had
thin hair, but that is no
reason why you must go
through life with half-starved
hair. If you want long, thick,
dark and heavy hair, feed it
with Ayer's Hair Vigor.
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