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THE OMAHA DAILY J1EE: EKIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1001.
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STATEMENT OF CUMULATION.
Statu of Nebraska, Douglas County, us,:
George II. Txachucu, sicretary 01 ilie ll.'o
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ays that the actual number in full and
complete copies of The Ijai.'y, Mui'iilng,
Kvci.lng and Sunday Dec prlnteu during tliu
tiionth of July, I'M, wait us loliovtai
i un.iini i; a.-.,i;.'o
t 'M.l'Xi 18 lifl.lOO
i ar,,a7u is 113,11:0
iu.oati so !i.-,ti
t imj.hjo 21 its.uus
6 ar.,:i:n ua.ono
1 i.ar.,ti5 u a&,:uo
h an,;tro z as.tino
I ar, inn 25 un,a4o
to as.aao :o aev.aao
II i!5,:t7( 27 'M,'2!U
12 lt?,,TM 28 Xt,740
u s.Ti,:ir.u 29 vin.uuo
14 sn.nu.i 3u as,a70
is us.or.o 31 as.iiao
ie un.uru
Total 784,01(1
Lcish unsold and returned coplea..,, u.oou
Net total sales 770,0111
Not dally averago SO.ooo
OEOKGIE B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
heioro nio. this uuy . of July, A. D.
Al. U. 11 UNGATE,
Notary Public.
I'urtlra lenviiiir the cltr fop
(he a ti miner may hove Tlio He
sent to them regularly " hy
iiotlfyluK The Ile Unslnavs
ulMor, In person or by lunll,, '
The aildress will' tie ehnusteU
as often ns deal red.
The platform of platitudes is n back
number.
Don't all lay claim to that ownerless
bunch of greenbacks n't once.
Put It down that the republican party
is bigger than Hartley nnd Hartley's
lawyers. ,
, '4 ! -! .J S'lllvi id
The unwritten rule t nmi tmvr rin will
set a 'tenr'ni'iuhllJiimi'f'qrt;-i)enXg
dresscH to polltliHil'rin-eittDnf';.J Vj'.
'I' n ' 'T, t !! IA1t0
Tim peoplft of iNebraskn inTj.tiottlPff
fn the tini-kns toh'o pAsi'UontJ'VVjiir,
publican party on the Hartley parole.
AkSar-j5ei V1J ths yeur.hjir.e'tumjlW
tnry escort hs-well s his usunl carnival
tteSyV rchQiV, U uotiiiiig tbo goo'a-,,foi
Ak-Sar-Hen. -
Judge Keysor tnnde n credrtibltr'8Tiow
ing In the -slate convention 'nnd'lms lost
no friends by his candidacy, even If not
completely successful. '
Tho number of chilmnnts for the
package of money found by boys is
large, but there Is a still greater num
ber of peoplo who know they never lost
that amount of cash.
Those popocratie resolutions on the
Hartley parole will have to be revised.
Hut the censure of( tho popocrallc orgaa
mat giorideu the treasury wrecker can
bo preseutod without revision.
Tho wholesalers have opened their
fnll stocks of millinery nnd the retailer's'
have been buying liberally. .Unless they
get In nhead of tho hard coal man there
Is likely to be trouble. Nebraska Is
prosperous, but It ennnot stand nil the
high-priced luxuries.
Telegraph reports state tho most
beautiful woman in the world died re
cently. It. will require n whole Iqt of
"showing" to mako thousands of women
believe the story, and' in spite of the
telegram they will continue to nurse a
little delusion of their own., ' ,
Iowa's state fair Is enjoying an attendance-
that promises to make It a
success in every way. Nebraska's state
fair comes next. It. too, ought to enjoy
tho snmo liberal patronage asnrc'siilt
of the,Kentrnl prosperity n-ersrr)vitng
this whole agricultural regjnn,' '
Both striking workmen mid steel'mng
nates deny that any effort at a Kettle
ment, Is being made. There are evi
dences, however, that both parties
would be perfectly willing to Hud an
honorable place to quit the disastrous
tight. Outsiders are more than willing
to seo It. ended.
ltnllrond managers are generally keen
to see a chance Tor business and to
build up the country; but they have
overlooked n bet. The census tlgures
how an excess of males hi the west and
of females In the east. Special rates
Bhould be oll'ered to men wlio desire to
go east and absorb the surplus.
The Turkish cabinet Is busy discuss
Ing the Trench claims and It Is an
nounced they will likely be paid. A
glance at the map nnd the slices of his
empire .which hayo been lopped off at
the conclusion of almost all the Turkish
wurs of recent years should be a warn
ing not to Invito' foreclosure proceed
lngs.
It turns out that the Empress, Freder
Ick burned most of her private papers
before her death. Hy so doing she un
doubtedly prevented the ultimate publl
cation of some painful chapters of (Jer
man history which might have made In
lerestlng reading to outsiders, but which
could not have accomplished any good
purpose, ...
wuuk or tut. coxvrxtios.
Itepubllcnns of Nebrnsku hnvo reason
to feul hlRhly grntlfled' ovor tliu work
of the state convention. The eonven
tlon vns not o?ily the largest gntuorliiK
thnt wns over .convened, to lioinltutto
enndldittos nnd formulate u declaration
of principles for nny party In this state,
but Its membership was fully rep
resentative of the rank nnd Hie. The
convention wns confronted at the out
set with delicate problems of Btntc pol
icy, but It grappled with the inulti ques
tions at Issue earnestly and without
fllnehliiK from the duty Imposed by the
extraordinary conditions.
The all-nbsorbliiK subject of conten
tion before the convention wns the
parole of the late state treasurer, Hart
ley. After n. full and free discussion of
all Its phases the convention declared
In favor of the vindication of the
majesty of the' la'w'aiid Its unconipro-.
mlsliiK opposition to the exercise of ex-,
eciitlve clemency to the man whose con
duct had wrecked the treasury nnd
brought disaster upon the party.
. In Its selpcflon of candidates for su
preme Judge and university regents the
liolee of the Convention hns fallen upon;
men oi muru cuaracter nuu eminently
qualified for the responsible positions to
which they will doubtless be elected.
Judge Sedgwick Is n Jurist who enjoys;
the fullest confidence and respect of the
bar. Ills training as u lawyer, his ex-j
perlenco on the district bench nnd his
more recunt service fi's Wuiibcr of the
supreme court commission afford ample
guaranty of his utillHy to discharge the
function of Justice of the supreme court.
Of the two candidates for regent, Mr.
6oold Is Just completing his six years'
term on the present bonrd, In which he
has taken high rank, and Mr. Ernst Is
known to be won equipped1 servo ns
his associate.
Alljltrnll, the work of the convention
stands out In bold relief "as. marklug the
regeneration of 'the republican party In
Nebraska and Jlij' elvnjlon of the
srnndnril of political morals to ajilgher
plane than it hns over 'before occupied.
- FVX1LK AllUniU TlUti JTrTOKTS; .
.All erfor,tH,to..Hubmlt ,tp,nrb4tratlou the
Issue between, the Amalgumrtted Ahi
Hoclntion' of Stt'el Workers and1 the
United 'Stated Steel corporation hmve
prdvecl 'futile und there seam's ,no rcasoij
to, expect tjiat a settleiueit can. be
brought about through arbitration,
ltepresentritlves of the industrial com
mission, tho National Civic Federation
nnd the O'hlo Hoafd of Arbitration have
been working to effect n settlement of
the strike. The business Interests of
western Pennsylvania nre most anxious
to have the coulllct'ended. Labor lead
ers have held conferences 'to devise 'a
plan for nettling the strike .anil njirop
pslt,jou jKtimjttejl by.pno-of f them'.pro
vdriiigjifor arbitration wn approved by
thu-'tprfesklentf ttttoVnmlgamnted ns
Jclnt1o(rV,,Trh!8 'wn'sr rejected 'by'Presl-
fmuu"rest,l& tins, llxed,.detefininn
tioufi( thvvBtool oorporntlon not to have
nnylfuttherinegotintlousswlth the Amnl
fcnTifiatl'd'rrtisodft'tloft binder oxlbtlng-c6n-SlfhmsT'
ril Is'reriorteti thatrthe.brifclft!'
of tle"foriiief hh'vo 'rigalil declared'that
tyilrtlid'ioc)atI(jp of steerwqrltets is
lOCfTtiyt'ijuil'ti'vy, yJll not recogtlfze it.
'Xheveis uodpubt that this mnyibe ac
ceptedittsf, conclusive and It means a
Ught to the flnishi It will bcuseless, It
Is shfe to''Vny,'to mAke f tirther efTorts to
ifrjhg nbputhrbltra'tlou. However will
ing'the s'irikcrs may Co to ,sek a Settle
ment through arbitration, no proposition
proceeding from them or approved by
them will be accepted by the Steel cor
poration, on tho grouud that the Amal
gamated association Is not a responsible
organization and cannot be depended
upon to fulllll any ngreement or contract
It enters Into. A prolonged struggle
(herefbrc' appears ,o be assured. , '
Icnn'wlille. jtho," situation, ilpes not.
materially change .frpnY.dny ,tq .iln'y. The
steel workers'appetir .not to be making,
any progress, while, the corporation Iiiih
not succeeded in .nccbmpllflh'alg "all tliltt
It was oonUdently'hss'ert.ed, woild,:be't(t-'
tallied before this time. Hotli sfdes
profess to be' sntlsfld-WIth conditions
and thero.ls nArih'dlcn't!pn of 'wenkenlng
on tho part of elthe.iv As td-,tlio 4(itorosts'
of tlio p'ubllc nffectod by the controyej-s';
they are, of course, not being cbu-i
sldeyed. - , '
.war STiwh.iTK mxumuciTY VQLidr.
Wlille, tlerq Is not likely to be. any
chaiiges made "In the tnrlft"t by tho
irlfty-.se.ventli( congress, ltIs', bel'levcd
that ' the comiiieVclii'l hostility toward'
the Unltf'd States that'ls being strongly
manifested In Europe -nmy . have. ,tjm
effect , to stimulate the recipro'oity
n(iVejiiut.' It 'lshougfit tlint thb, colin-,
sular representatives of this qpuutry!
abroad ihnve.lnstrncHons'ti-watcii very
closely tin1 tariff Ngltnt Ions "itnd-"e very
thing t'hfii would jndlciiteV'j'iu'tbvij'to
wage commercial war upon ' he. .United,
States. This government,, t ,1s. sai(lt
is watching' the "development -of this
hostile spirit with Jealous Interest and
the knowledge t'lla't opposition Is grow
ing will. It Is, bulov.el, iiny great In
fluonro In congress In tho direction. of
seeking ' reciprocal trade relations with
the principal couutrjus of Europe. '
It Is "most probnbje that the adinlnls
tratiou Is oblalnlng all the Information
available In regard to tljo feeling
nbruad, wllh Ti.vjc to enabling the
president, in his next annual 'message
to congress, to fully present the situ
atlon as to our commercial relations,
so that congn'ss," having the facts
clearly set before. It, can determine
what shall be done to avert tariff wars
and' promote our foreign trade. It Is
pretty well understood' what the atti
tude of President McKlnley Is. He
believes that bur foreign commerce
can be Increased through reciprocity
treaties and there Is good reason to ex
pect tliat he Will earnestly urge con
gross to approve this polity.
To what extent trade reciprocity
would' correct or modify European
commercial hostility toward this coun
try ts o'f i'oufse problematical. Thero
Is a very limited scope for It under
our tnrlff law. Hut If tho European
countries show a .disposition to maka
8jichvMivntIeH'lt iwmild certnhily bo
H.nwJ!?r .(o.fHpJ to.o'otjato jvltl them
und rive, aro ln'clluetl'.to think Ufat. this
view Is uow much more general than n
yenr ago. There Is good evidence that
a number of republlcnn senators who
would have nothing to do with reci
procity at the last session have modltled
their opinion on the subject nnd are
counted upon to support the adminis
tration In promoting reciprocity, at
least with certain European countries.
It Is conlldently believed that the treaty
negotiated with franco will bo ratltled
by the senate at the next session. In
that event it Is probable a treaty will
be made with Germany and other Eu
ropean countries may follow.
It is obvious that this Is to be one
of the prominent matters which will
receive consideration at Washington
the coining winter.
CHKDITAIILH 'TO, CiUVUliXOH SAVAUE.
Governor Savage Is td be commended
for his prompt response to' the declara
tion of the republlcnn convention re
questing the Itnmed'lnte. recall of the
poi-oje granted by.hlin to Joseph S.
Hartley. ' '
While the governor' doubtless felt
more keenly than' anyone jflrb position
'taken by tile t'gnv.entloit, advers,eto his
course, his munly und courageous nc-
,qulescence in the Judgment of the over
whelming majority of the party's rep
reseiltntlVes will go far fo disarm crltl-
'tistn nnd confirm populnr. belief that he
nns ucteu witu goon intentions, nitiiougn
not In harmony with Irresistible public
sentiment.
It is to be hoped that tho action of
Governor Snvage will drop the curtain
on tho drnmntlc role which Hnrtley hns
played on the political stage.
TUG t'HANCJ-TUllKlSH DISVLTE.
' There Is lio probability thnt the dis
pute betWct'ii Franco and Turkey , will
result In war. Tho sultan may make
some such bluff as Is suggested by the
reporb thut he' Is preparing 'for defense,
brtt it Is' scarcely conceivable that
Turkey, uliJoSs backed by' somo other
power. y;il 1 ,be so hind an to provoke
hostilities with vit power o greatly her
superior, as Ernnce: A war between
tVierii w'ould of 'course bo' eiit(rely 'naval
and ,the((tdvrttrtago VvQiiidbc, Jinmensely
on. the .s'hlu. of .France, whose- navy 1b
the socondclu the world imslze, strength
and 'effectiveness'. ' - "
According to tho last returns, slucc
which" nddltlomt iutvo been made, tho
French nayy contnlned thirty-three
battleships, four llrst-class cruisers,
twenty-two protected and twelve un
protected cruisers, 13(1 llrst-class torpedo
boats, besides coast defense vessels,
gunboats, destroyers and submarine
bonis. Nearly all the vessels are in line
order and ready for instant use. There
are nearly 12,000 oftlcors and 45,000 men
In the navy. Tho Turkish navy contulus
nonilaally 102 vessels, busldes twenty
live torpedo boats, .most of which, are
obsolete ln design nnd construction- and
so out 'of order aij to be Ijttje bcjtfcr than
worfl'lies's. The navy contufus' 15,000
men, , sadly lacking, in -training ' and
discipline.
MbrooveV, Turkey has no nioney for
J' viir dud' lib eredlt, whllq Franco has
iotli. ti would consequently be' a one
sjdVd. fconiflp't, unless furkoy should
have the support and assistance of some
other power, which Is not nt nil prob
able. Tho Italian press Is demanding that
the government of that country should
luslst upon reparation for tins .lynching
ofItnllnns In this country. The United
States has never sought to defend such
acts and In times past has paid liberally
for such Infractions of law. Tho fam
ilies of the deceased are In luck that the
affair occurred In the United States in
stead of In Italy, however. In that
event they would receive nothing. Iii
these International affairs in all coun
tries the value of a subject's llfals vastly
Increased by Its being taken. In a foreign
Inhd. " "
Dr. Koch Is the latest medical expert
who proposes, to demonstrate by a prac
tical experiment tho truth of .his theory
, that animal tuberculosis Is inoti trans
missible to the liUiimn ri(0o. Sacrifices Iir
U)oVU'f.pf ''science nVy lib 'all" rlglit, Dtft'
tuo.ro. is, ,n iiinif . to huh, us wen, as ouicr
things.-. MeuWr lives nro. not wholly
their; own to either glvetor to keep and
when needless rjsks are 'taken It be
comes a crime, nlinost as .much, as tho,
taking pf , the llfo'of another.!
J. .1. Hill of the Great Northern road
Is-Srodlted with fin lnteiltlou to build n
connecting llnkbetvy'ye'u 'hlVfudrfhoni
system and .the, Jluqa cpntrollpd by ,hlui
In-Nebraskiu Wlilleithis la suld tio huve,
given offense to other 'factions In ' tlnr
cominunlty-of-Interest" Ual,'Ne'braMk'a'
can stnnd It, as'the' pro'poseiV llnef would
give Omaha what Jt. has long desired
dlrect.rall connection wltliithe eastern
portion of "South Dakota."" - "
1 . - ; 1 ir . (i
".The. smelting comi'iiiny, 'which -wns re
cently robbed of, o.ye'r lo'OOQ offered a
reward of $25,(100 for the arrest of the
thief nnd the recovery of the gold. The
thief wild arrested and convicted, the
gold recovered and npw (he company
says It will not pay the reward, but is.
settling privately on Its own terms with
the pincers, The smelter deserves to
lose It all the next time ft Is robbed.
The Mncohi Jouriiul.,,Fr('iuont Tribune
and Uniuhii World-Iierald form a jour
nalistic alllnuce hdru of mutual sym
pathy and sentiments. The' fact that
the llrst two pretend to be republican
papers and the hist democratic mnkes
no difference. Neither politics nor local
pride cuts any llgure against their com
munity of Interests, Hit any ono of
them and they all squeal.
Klcmenta ut Cliif.li,
Indianapolis News.
The steel truat tnny tool more like con
ferrbiR again when It has worked off Its
products on tho rising market. So far, prob
ably, It has not lost much.
.Not Knonuli to Cio Arounil,
K'insns City Star.
Therpls another noto of discord In the
working of the llerlln treaty, but thero is
no probability whatever that It will break
up the concert of the powers. France la
ha log a ruh v"lth .Turkey, , but inercms 'in
the Ottoman empire are too well dls'tllbute.J
to pernitt,,frlpt,lon with, ono power ?q, en
danger the attitude of the others, unless, of
course, thero should bo an itctual declara
tlon of war. Should that really como th
creditors of Turkey would make short work
of Its territory.
On the llnrKnln Counter.
Chicago Itecord-IIerald.
Five hundred Islands In the St. Lawrence
river are to be sold by the Canadian gov
ernment. Anyone In need of an Island would
do well to call and examine tho goods beforo
purchasing elsewhere,
Cnrry the mtb to Lincoln,
Washington Post.
The fact that tho Hon. David Dennett Hill
Is engaged In wiring his congratulations to
those democrats who are nominated for
ofllce by conventions which fall to euthuso
over Dryanlflm has the surface Indication of
considerable significance.
A llrlitli tenltii llortxon,
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Cheerily tho news comes over the wire
that tho condltlou of tho hluo-polnt oysters
wns never better than at the present time.
With an abundance of this edible the cpl
curo will nt least havo something attrac
tive to flank his solitary potato with.
Should lie Above Snaplclon.
Philadelphia Kecord.
Admiral Howtson, whether or not he hnvo
any. bias or commitments In thd Sampson
Schley controversy, might creditably refuse
to net ns n Judge' In the case. It is not only
'essential that tho' members of the board of
Inquiry should be Impartial, but that thoy
Bhould bo free from suspicion or Imputation
of partisanship.
IVlint the Trtiatn Are Doing.
Portland Orcgonlan.
Will anyone Bay, after noting the opera
tions of tho. salt trust and the advnt.ee of 300
per cent In tho pr.lces of salt effected by Its
greed, why tho protective duty on salt
should not bo abolished? Those trusts are
malting frco traders on tho one hand and
socialists on tho other with a rapidity never
witnessed boforo.
l-xterniliiutliiK the llocra.
Philadelphia North American.
Tho death rate among tho women and
children In the '.'concentration camps" In
South Africa Is ICO per 1,000, and in one
camp, according to n British ofllclal report,
25 per cent of tho prisoners died In throe
months. At that rate the Uoer population
will bo exterminated Id a year, and England
will' havo an unobstructed field for her mis
sionary Inborn In extending tho blessings
of civilization to South Africa.
Xntlotiul Tax Iteilnction.
'Sprl'ngrfeld Itcpubllcnn.
The Internal revnnuo receipts of tho gov
ernment finally begin to show tho effects of
tho war tax reduction law. For the month
to dato they nmount to somo $3,000,000 less
than for tho same tlmo Inst year, and $2,
000,000 less than for the corresponding
period In 1S99. The reduction from last
year. If extended over tho whole fiscal year
nt the present August rate, would effect a
total tax reduction Just about equal to tho
estimates upon which the law was enacted.
,Wenlth of Circulation.
New York Press.
From $l,G39,'00O,000 to J2.184.000.000 Is tho
Inoreaao In the volumo of American cur
rency between 1898 and 1901. Had Dryan
been elected In'tKe' former year the- nomi
nal Increase Tnlghf'bavo been as great or
oven g"r!aWr. TnW$i;539,00d;0D0 mlght' have
doubled' to' 13,078,000,000, but It would havo
mcnnt no .more 'than It means- when a man
gets a dollar cluuigod Into two halves
nnd brngs that ho las, two. coins in tho
pocket where thero" wa's only one coin be
fore For the Bryan, insanity contemplated
an Incrcaso pf -vohimcj that would; have
been at the expense of the valuo, Tho In
crease that , has taken place' under the gold
standard Is remarkably large, but It is
still moro remarkable in vlow of the fact
that each dollar of currency Is -worth ex
actly what It was worth In 1896. If It
were lean or greater statistics based on the
volumo would .he a .delusive Impertinence.
As It Is -.this increaso of nearly 42 par cent
In actual volume means an honest Increase
of about 33 per cent in tho per capita
circulation. At tho usual rate of Increaso
on tho 76,295,000 population of 1900 our
present population Is 77,800,000 and our
per capita circulation $28,07, aa against
$21.08 In 189C, when the population wns es
timated at 73,000,000.
WHICH SHALL DK DEFKNDERT
SrrloiiH Predicament of the Ynchttnir
Men of Nevr York,
Washington Post.
Tho predicament, of tho New York Yacht
club Is not an enviable one Just now, Tho
members of that complacent and somewhat
underbred mutual admiration society find
themselves In a quandary from which th'y
can with difficulty seo their way to extrica
tion. Tho discarded defender of. last year,
Columbia", 'thus far regarded as a mere
"pacer" for the new ond much-vaunted
Constitution, appears "to be tno bettor bent.
In every trial where they havo had... a
breeze of more than eight or ten knots th3
old yacht has beaten the n,ew. ono cas'ly.
uniy wiliui im:r Tyiio iiruuiicauy uo wind
nt all say- Ave, six or seyen knots has
Constitution, exhibited nny capacity for
speed. So hero are tho sef. appointed dic
tators with. a. g.ood old boat and a mighty
doubtful new one; "between which they
have to choose: an antagonist for Sham
rock II. J ' .' v'i f .
If nothing were Involved moro than the
dignity and happ'lriess of the Now York
Yacht club, a larRe.'maJbrlty of the Ameri
can pcople.'lt Is sftfe' to any;' would extract
from this situation-, .n va'sl amount of
pleasure apd c'c'nlcntmcn'tr lt-. . happens,
howevc.f', 'tha""a"p"a'tHotlc ielitinicnt fcai
survived, 'and, thfct",'fdcB'pItB, 'the, 'snobbish
arrogance of tho organization in question,
the country ab 'Iarflfe1 would, like to see the
cup retained. Th,o fact Is, thereforo,
that tho general public would bo dis
appointed were, c tho trophy cnrrlcd
hack to Englaud, although as between the
yacht club and Sir Thomas Ltpton nine
tenths Of tho peoplo bestow their sympa
tblrs upon tho latter, By tho club's treat
ment ..of Mr. Lawnon and his yacht,
Independence, and through tho nll-pervod-Ing
offensiveness of its attitude In other
respocts, they have alienated the esteem
nnd confidence of ,tho nation ns a whole.
Not more thnn.one man In a thousand feels
th- sllghtost concern with referenco to
them, nnd, Indeed. It may ho truly said
that the defender's victory would fall far
short of awakening a genuine enthusiasm.
It is truo, nevertheless, that dofeat would
cause regret on nil hands, albeit of a very
languid and easily mollified variety. Such
Is tho patriotic force of habit, the clinging
quality of a national Idea.
But tho predicament Is n condition, not a
theory. Tho yacht club authorities are,
as Miss Jane Auaten would say, torn by
contending emotions. Constitution has
not fulfilled their expectations, It naB not
yet beaten the old Columbia In a decent
breeze. So far ns any one can say, It Is
faster In a ftvq-knot zephyr than In n
moderato wind say twelve or thirteen
knots nnd desplto all that may be Imagined
to tho contrary. It might go to wreck and
ruin under even the mildest stress of
wenther. So thero they are these haughty
nnd nxcluslve masters of "International"
yacht racing and thero, so far as any ono
of actual consequence Is concerned, they
may remnln. They havo monopolized the
glory nnd authority. The country Is quite
willing to let t(iem have the trouble and
responsibility.
ISimOPlIAX WIIHAT SHOItTAOK.
Crop Pn Hurra on Other Side Affeet
Prloea Over Here.
Philadelphia Press.
Tho corn falldro In this country has bo
drawn public nttentlon that few realize
that Europo faces a far moro serious whsat
disaster.
Tho wheat and rye crops aro Injured from
tho Urnls to tho British channel, omdal
figures aro not as yet accessible, but a num
ber of provinces In Kutsla are on the famine
lino and full half the empire will be
straitened for food. Tho Oermnn ryo crop
Is so seriously Injured that Its wheat Im
ports must bo greatly Increased. Franco
will double Its Imports, needing at least
CO, 000,000 bushels. The German deficit cr
reduction from Inst year Is 52,000,000
bushels. The only part of Kurope In which
crops are good Is In the southern lands,
Boumnnla, tho Balkans and South (Icrmnny.
These figures nre still capablo of revision,
but thero Is no reasonable doubt of nu In
creased demand In Europo for 100,000,000
bushels, which may reach twice this. In
Husslri, when the wheat crop li short, owing
to Imperfect means of transportation, moro
or less famlno Is Inevitable. The great
mass-of continental Europe appears certain
to have considerable wheat deficit.
Tho United States hns a BUrptus. The
ylold this year la from 650,000,000 to 700,
000.000 bushels, of -which nbout 300,000,000
bushels can bo- exported. Tho largo supply
from this country and a vlslblo supply
ashoro and afloat of. nbout 100,000,000
bushels la all renders It certain tbnt there
will he enough wheat to go around, though
at advanced prlcps.
But thcao advanced rates come for
Europe at a .most untoward time. Great
depression exists in Germany. It Is manu
facturing at lower and lower prions, which
nro swamping neighboring manufactures
and havo forced Russia to a higher tariff.
In that country rovenuo Is always affected
by reduced crops, and Its manufacturing
development will bo seriously deranged by
the, chenppr prices for goods now. certnln,
coupled with nn advance In food. This nd
vancp comes when mills nre shut down and
wages reduced. Tho strain on credits,
business nnd tho maintenance of order mujt
bo serious.
MAKI3 HAVIU? SLOWLY.
Propoaed ttnillenl Channeli" In the
LaniriinKC of the 1'tHltlnoi.
Baltimore American.
It Is contended in some, q'uartors that
English should at ohid bo made' tho ofll
clal langucgo In the new possessions, Of
the govepnmont, In View of very recent
expiSrlcnqes, it will h'o wqll'to, proceed
Blowly anij deliberate In ,n matter of
this sort. In three' of tho" great Euro
pean Btateu thero Is troublo now over this
question, and It Is by all odds tho gravest
domestic trouble plaguing, theso Btatcs. In
Austria it "has broken up' Parliament after
Parliament, nnd produced riots" wlilch havo
sown seeds of jealousy and dissension that
mny not bo eradicated fur generations.
Ono of' the most foolish things attempted
by Uio German government was to force
tho German lnnguago on the Poles. It has
been tried lh various forms, even to tho ex
tent of colonizing Poland with Germans. It
has not only been a dismal failure, but tho
Germans who havo gone, there havo become
more Polish than the Poles, and tho feeling
against, Germany, 1b far moro bitter than bo
foro the attempt was made. Russia has
had half a dozen similar experiences, 'hut,
as tho government, is autocratic and
secretive, tho .batches of prisoners sent to
j31berta aro tho only tangible results per
ceived .by tho public.
It would bo desirable for all of tho 1s
landors to bo good English scholars, but thoy
cannot bo forced to speak a languago. by any
form, of coercion, and to, malic tho olllcJal
language English would be coercion. The
government Is presumed tn bo established
for their benefit, nnd not for, tho few English-speaking
peoplo on tho Islands. They
nro proud of their language, Just as tho
Americans are proud of English; and, more
over, It is the only languago which nine
hundred and nlnety-ntno thousandths of
them can speak. To mako tho official
languago English would bo to cut off .every
one of theso and glvo them a very, un
plesant Impression of their now rulers,
Tho plea that t Is Inconvenient to tho
officials to hold converse or to transact
business in Spanish will not hold water.
No one Is obliged to accept an office In tho
Philippines or In Porto Rico, and no one
ought to think of applying for ono unless
ho can speak Spanish. It is thodlffercnco
between inconveniencing and making
enemies of ten millions and showing favorit
ism to a few hundred. Nor Is It more to the
purpose to say that, if the Islanders, cause
trouble, thoy can be put down. A prudent
government, whatever may bp Its ability',
will not do things which 'nro calculated to
provoke resentment. It la ono of the canes
whero nn ounce of prevention Is worth a
pound of cure. -Tho majority pf tho natives
In Pqrto Rico and a largo jnumber In tho
Philippines will in duo "season learn-, to
speak English and take part .In their own
government. It wll be tjnjo enough when
this odours toVmako English i the' official
language.
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rEHSOJVAL NOTES.
It Is already apparent that King Ed
ward's coronation will bo tho greatest so
ciety success of the season.
Mrs. Reginald do Koven has bought n
pair 'of Alsatian mules, with which 'she
proposes to astonish Washington in a tan
dem rig. '
As if hot had not enough to nnswer for
already,- orio section of tho New York de
mocracy' now accuses Croltcr of having
becomo nn Englishman.
Marlon' Crawford 'always thinks out his
nnvcls whllo walking. He can tramp forty
miles ataj Btrc,tch' nnd bolleycs bocjlly
fatigue clears the Vraln.
Ounnar )Venncrberg, tho Swedish. ,poot,
composer, and statesman, whoso death has'
been announced, began his career as a
composer' ,by publishing a book of students'
songs, which Is generally used In Scandi
navia. Charles T. Ycrkcs recently said that
success was due to tho fact that ho knew
overy detail of his business as a trnctlon
promoter, that ho had surrounded himself
with bright, hard-working men and that
he had ncvor swerved from his object.
Dr. Hans Blum, ono of the biographers'
of Bismarck, has become montally doranged
owing to his losses through tho recent fail
ure of tho Lolpzlgor bank and has boon,
placed In nn asylum, Ho Is a Bon of Robert
Blum, who was execute; In Vienna during
tho revolution of 1848.
Sonor Enrique M. Barretto of Manila,
official Interpreter for Provcst Marshal
Brigadier General Davis In Luzon and mayor
of San Miguel district when tho United
States took possession of the Islands, Is- In
this country on tho way to Spain to visit
his family. He Is to call upon President
McKlnley enroute.
D. R. Beatty, one of the new Texas oil
kings, wns a reporter when the no.ws of
a great oil "strike" came In. He got to
gether $10 and by putting that up as a
security ho "bluffod" tho discoverers and
got valuable lands, which proved so fruit
ful that he was ablo to pay tho balance due
on them in n few weeks.
R. B. Weddlngton, a Union county, North
Carolina, farmer, who died recently, was not
troubled by tho "raco lssuo." Ho lived In
the kindliest relations with the negroes,
and In his will ho gave three tracts of land
to three of bis faithful colored servants,
leaving money to others. Tho remainder of
his estate, amounting to 1,600 acres, he be
queathed to the Methodist church.
HODXDAIlOUT fJBW YORK,
Inelilentn .Seen mill llenril In the 111k
City.
Tho various companies combined In tho
asphalt trust aro paying out largo sums
of money repairing the havoc wrought by
tho July hot spell on asphalt pavement.
Asphalt experts never anticipated such u
heated spell as that of tho summer now
waning. Thoy reckoned on heat averages
nud mixed the Trlnldnd dough for a tem
perature of 70 degrees. During tho first
days of tho hot weather the sun made tho
155 mites of nsphntt pavement nlinost as
soft as mud. Wagons passing over left
tho Impression of tho wheels nnd trucks cut
down through tho paving almost to the
concroto foundation. Fifth avenue was
rutted almost from end to end, nud on other
streets truck trnfnc tore up huge chunks of
mushy pavement. As the companloi ro
colvcd about $5 n squnro yard for new pave
ment, It is believed they can stand tho
financial drain caused by tho heat.
Tho caterpillar pest, which Is menacing
shade treos In eastern cities, Is particularly
active In nnd nbout New York. For some
tlmo tho forces of tho department of parks
havo been fighting an Invasion of tho pcBts
which have been denuding trees all over
tho city, and In thoroughfares ornnmonted
by rows of trees, particularly tho northern
part of Seventh nud In Lenox nveuuoa, wo
men nnd' children havo found It neces
sary to carry umbroHas when walking out
to kcop tho things from falling on face,
neck and bauds. Their Btlng Is vory pain
ful and in several Instqnccs whero porsons
hayo been "sampled" by tho potential hut
torlllcs a no Inconsiderable swelling has
been the result. In tho downtown parks.
tho Battery nnd city ball, as well as River
side drive and other parks In Harlem, thoy
aro creating havoc with the foliage of tho
park trees, and In nono of these localities
can ono tnko n quiet stroll without having
to fish a liberal numbor of tho creepers
from down one's nock. In personal appear
anco tho worms nro fnsclnatlngly ugly. Tho
body Is nbout nn Inch in length, Is covered
with chrome yellow hair surmounted by
nntennao of h burnt umber hue. Their
professional 'title is Notolophus lnucos
tlgma. It Is bellovcd that tho caterpillars
hnvo tnken tho present opportunity to de
vnstato New York becauso tho city entomol
ogist" is' now awny on his vacation.
Ono of tho summer stories from Now
port, related hy tho New York Sun, hns for
Its- heroine a woman who went thoro to
make now-frlenda nnd not to remember old
onos unless they wero of the kind that she
wnntod to Include in tho revised visiting
list on which she is .employed at present.
It happened that she did not recall an old
ish woman who, came up to hor at a recent
gathering with the idea of recalling that
sho hnd met her many years before1 nnd aha
hnd long been a friend of her mother's, If
the newcomer nt Newport had known who
this woman wns and that, sho had a right
to hsr acquaintance sho would long beforo
hnvo presented herself to tako advantage
of It. For the plain looking llttlo woman
Is a power In society nnd might havo boen
just tho' kind of ally that tho other won
seeking. But she was unfortunately Ignor
ant of tho facts in tho ense. When tho
older matron npproached her, hold out her
hand and called her cordially by name,
tho strnngor grew frigid and stiff with
dignity.
"I think,"-she said as. condescendingly 'as
possible, t8tarlng,blankly, '.'tnat'.you have
tho advantage of m."
Hor tono could not 'have been moro in
sulting and it excused the rotort of the
Other.- . -. , i'' :?. r.-" i r'"'
"I urn sure 'thatal Jiave,"" he ah wared,
blaudly, "not only'ln-montoryFWt 'fnJfnnri
ncrs' as well." 'Ir ''': '
The chagrin of tho younger: woman at 'this
retort was as nothing In' comparlsoh 'with
her .'distress' when 'sho loartiel! who the
woman ,wns that sho 'had rebuffed.
A Now York Utter says the poonloiof the
consolidated metropolis spend - an average
of $300,000 for each , of its summer Sunday
outings, or 'approximately. $3,500,000 for the
twelve Sundays ot tho summer-season. Six
hundred thousand peoplei contrlbuto to
this enormous ploasuro fund, .ranging from
those who nro nble 'topay only a dlmo for
their day of recreation to tho patron of tho
fashlonablo resort, who thinks ho hns gat
ten off "light" whon he returns wlth'tho
minor fragments of a $100 bill. Tho great
moss of porsons who take these Sunday
outings, however, nre unable to leave tho
city at all. Asta matter of fact tho com
forts of parlor cars and palaro steamers,
tho pleasures of n day at Coney Island or
Mnnhnttan Bench, nro beyond tho limits
of their constricted pockntbooks. They
may and doubtless do long for the delights
of tho fashlonablo resorts ot which they
rend Intho "8uflday.,edltlons," but thoyar
philosophers' In thoir. way and do 'not' let
their longing-for-what Is. not destroy their
appreciation .of ' what is.-' Though they
would, not know how to-, operate an auto
mobile were .one. given them, they never
theless extort the fullest nmount of pleai
uro put. .of, the trolley cars and tho sur
face lines which run out to the 'various
parks, arc always running over with these
hard-working pleasure seekers.
Tho transporting of largo amounts ot
cash from ono city to another 1b usually
by tho banks or tho express companies,
but it occasionally happons In nn emer
gency that-a firm has to send Its own cash
by its own messengers, reports the New
York Sun, Such nn omorgency nroso not
long ago and n Wall street firm found It
Imperatlvo to' send $1,000,000 In cash to a
neighboring city nt once. The money wnH
half In certificates of deposit and half In
bills of lnrge denominations. No ono but
thoso Immediately concerned knew thnt tho
monoy was to Jjo sent. An ngent of tho
firm Insured It nnd accompanied by nn
agent of tho Insurnnco company nnd an
other man rodo to his destination In a
Btate'ropm. Tlio" responsibility was great,
but owing to tho secrecy with which ,the
money" was drawn out thero seemed no
possibility of nny onp outside of tho com
bination suspecting that those three men
wero gnrdlng $1,000,000. There was little
fear of a holdup, but thero was tho usual
danger of a rnllroad accident. Largo
amounts of gold coin nnd bullion are moved
through tho downtown streets every week
on trucks gunrded by several men. Such
loads attract no speclnl Intorost and very
llttlo danger 1b Involved In moving them.
MARTYRS OF SCIENCE.
People Who Hnve Lent ThetnaelTe in
Deadly Teata.
Now York Tlmos.
Tho doath of throe of tho six persons
who voluntarily permitted themselves to be
stung by mosquitoes known to bo Intocted,
during tho. latest experiments of tho Yel
low Fever commission In Cuba, raises a
question which Is llkoly to be much de
bated; Is It proper to put In peril tho
lives of thoso who aro willing to lend
themsolves to tosts from which great good
to humanity Is likely to result 7
The ethics of the Cuban experiments
would seem to dopend a good deal upon the
motive actuating the victims. In tho case
of Miss Maas, tho young nurse who died
on Saturday, It would seem to have been
the very highest which could lnsplro a
sett-sacrificing woman to put her life In
peril. She not only was willing to Incur ths
risk of infection If thereby sho might as
sist In establishing a scientific hypothesis
of first Importance In tho etiology of yellow
fever, but ebo desired to make hersslt ,1m
roune, to the end that her usefulness in
her chosen vocation might be Increased
and her opportunities of service enlarged
beyond what would be possible In ono liable
to contract the disease. No' soldier in th
lata war placed bis Ufa In peril tor bettor
reasons thnn those which prompted this
faithful nurse to risk hero. Facing death
on tho battlefield does not cull for tho
highest kind of courage. Thousands who
would hnvo rushod up Snn Juan hill with
a shout would turn pnlo nt tho thought of
facing Mb Imminent dinger tn the quiet
of tho clinic, ns the subjoctr. of on experi
ment like thnt of n bite from nn Infected
Insect that might, or might not, bu cnpabU
of Imparting tho disease he Is supposed to
carry.
The nntinls of medicine are full of tho
records of tho noblest and moot disinter
ested self-sncrlflce for tho imko of truth.
Unmarked and forgotten graves are filled
by those who havo Joined tho noblo nriny
of martyrs and left behind r.s their legacy
to humanity facts to assist In formulating
tho generalizations of medical science.
ADVANCE OP THE TJtllST.
Concentration nnd Inflation Goln
on Apace.
Portlund Orogonlnn.
Thero aro those nmong whom nro careful,
conservative men, who think that the tru t
prlnciplo will, with weapons forged In Its
own fires, work its own defeat; that, given
full swny and full sway It certainly hao,
whether given or taken' tho trimt
element in finance will plunge headlong to
Ita own ruin fall In time by Its own weight.
It may bo Interesting to loam of tho tro
mendous strides that haVe been taken to
ward this result within tho current ytnr
nud ns tho beginning of tho end Is not yet
in sight, to speculate upou tho rnormoui
inflation that tho financial and' Industrial
balloon will yet benr beforo oollapso fol
lows tho predicted explosion.
Not to moutton the great steel combina
tion thnt leads nil In stated volumo nnd
values, thero hnvo been reported within this
period such largo consolidations as tho
following: Accldont Insurance companlis,
$60,000,000 cnpltnl; glasswaro factories, $20,
000,000; cattlcgrowors, mado up of men from
fifteen westorn stntes; pltu-npplo growers In
Florida; tho molasses combine, Including
132 cano planters; a packing com
bination $7,500,000; a carpot combination,
$5,000,000; tho tin can trust, $88,000,000;
two cereal combinations, ono of $4,000,000
and tho other of $3,000,000; stationary eu
glno nnd machinery manufacturers, $50,000,
000; tho shipbuilding combination, $65,000,
000; nn egg trust, covorlng a numbor of
southwestern states; c6tton duck manu
facturers, $.'0,000,000; tho Amotlcnn Locomo
ttvo company, $50,000,000;- a salmon trust,,
$25,000,000, to control four-fifths of tho sal
mon fisheries ot tho world; tho Alaskan
shipping and trndtng companies.
This Ir only a partial list ns presented
by tho Now York Sun for tho first fivn
months ot tho calendar year. Activities In
tho consolidation field hnvo been unabated
throughout tho two nnd n half months
slnco tho nTiovo enumeration was 'made. In
fact, but scarcely more than n hint is given
tn this summary of tho enormous nctlvlty
with which tho application of consolidation
to tho industrial problems of cheaper pro
duction and tho control of markets hnvo
been pushed In tho tlmo covered. Tho
values given aro many of them grossly ex
aggerated, but this is meroly .nn insep
arable feature of the trust problem, tho
weak stone'perhaps In tho hurriedly budded
structure.
LIGHT AND IIRIGHT, i
6 "
piano tuner-was nt your house yesterday,
wain i nor
Second Neighbor Yoa. , - c
r-l,-r-WnliTl,hni-TI w.ia fllleh 'a delightful
cftnnKC.
..'- ' l' " i if .
i Philadelphia Press: "There's, a,.man out
in the waiting room," said tho" great man s
secretary. "I think he Vn bum actor."
wny no you ininit hoi ,
."He, nys ,ho' anxious to get. nn nudl-
people who hovo mov,cd next, door ,tq you
well bred? . . ,. . . ,
Mrs. Critlerson-Oh. yes. Thoy answered
all tnv mirations nnd never nuked mo ono
about mvsclf.
Cleveland Plaltr Doaler: Dearest," ho
murmured, "you nro the apple pf my; cyo;
"Call mo a potato, Uqorge," sho sighed;
"th,ey aro worth inqro,"
Bnlttmoro American: "I'vo got n. good
notion to ,keop theso mosquitoes oft tha
urk," snld Noah.
"Why. nnna?" said llttlo Ham, rubhlng
a recent bite. . . .....
"Well, I'vo cot mv suspicion that thoy
are carrying moro thnn tho regulntlon two
germs nplece. Thnt'a whv."
(iL , mt Y. . . . . HVam imt4 Via an-
prised to bco how Qllbbun Is branching out
as n great swell at the summer resrts."
"I presume I would. I know how he has
to root for his living when he's hero nt
nome."
Puck; First Denron-Onoo our mis
sionaries Is to be tried for heresy.
Second Deacon Whv7 -
First Deacon Ho has denied that -looting
Is pjrthodox. . ,i
Detroit Free Press: Nuhbs 'Ho wont into
the editor's office' llko n'toarlntf Hon ana
came out- llko a postage stamo.
HubbsIInw wns thut?
Nubbs-Llckert. ,
Washington Star: "Wo are drifting to
ward a very dangerous condition In our po
lltlcnl affairs."' said tho Summer Boarder.
"Yes." said Farmer CorntoBsol. "I've no
ticed it.for'isoma time, If nil theimen have,
to quit work to nrgue about thn best way
to get tliq government straightened out I
dno't'know what's going to hapren to tho
crops nnd the chores,"
ON THE SANTA PR TRAIL.
James Barton Adams In Denver Post.
Tho scribblers who wrlto of the braves of
the west , . , .
Tholr glory In story nnd rhymo hnvo ex
pressed Have lauded the scouts to tho .heavens nnd,
sunr
Of the deeds of tho soldiers with rapturous
tongue; "
The fcnrless frontiersmen In picturesque
dress.
Tho fellows who rodo on the pony express,
Were hTo'es. but never a halr-rnlslng tnlo
Of the boys who whacked bulls -on tho
Santa TV. trail.
Over doscrts that flickered with midsummer
They ploddod along on their sand-bllstored
feet.
And kicked up the echoes with pops of
their, whips
And oaths that wore flung from tholr alkn-
llcd lbs.
Their menu was often but hacon and thread,
A Btttre root tho nlllow that rested the hoad,
Their lullnbys but tho coyote's drear wall
Whllo crossing the plains on the. Bnnta Fo
trail.
For them there was nlwnvs " darn-devil
In springing from bed at th midnight
alarm ... . . . ,
When the watchers hnd henrd the hoof
bcats on the plnln
Thnt told that the redskins went nftcr tho
Then'every brave whacker wns ready for
Tho flush' of their rifles lit spots In tho
And fhoy'fought with a courage that never
...ntiM fnll.
Those hoys who whacked bulls on tho Santn
ire irnii.
Tho grnves of the dead wero soon leveled
nirnin
By tho hoofs of the buffalo swarming the
nlnln:
Forever they're hidden, and thero they will
lis
Till the trumpet ring out the last call
from, on hlrh.
No Damon was there with a burial wtrd.
Tho graves wora unmarked by n slab or n
board;
Not n vlslblo sign that would tll tha sad
tale
Of the whacker who fell on tho Santa. Fo
trail.
Tho bards and the western historians aim
Their volleys of praise at far loftier gajuo,
And yot tho red fields of tho west nover
gave
A picture of heroes .moro recklessly bravo
Undaunted thy all hold their llvo In their
hands.
Tholr law but the trainmaster' spoken
commands.
And never nn Imminent parll could pale
A whacker's brown face on th Santa Fo
Irall.
