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George B. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee
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complete copies of Tho Dally, Mumlng,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
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I , 20,joo n :H,nuo
2 2U,U30 is ao.oao
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4 SJU.OMO 20 SI),1UU
6 XU.'MO 21 ItO.ITO
0 i,..1tH,WMt 22 i!M,USO
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8 2.H,N10 24 UW, 770
0 28,800 25 UO,710
.0 2R.700 26 30,400
II 28,9.10 27 2I),07S
12 20,020 28 tl2,40O
13 20,03.'. 29 30.78O
14 28,030 30 30,010
15 28.0U0 31 33,030
16 28,030
Total 017,340
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With the consent of tho foot bull plnr
ts other pcrforiuurs will now be plveii
a llttlo space In the public nrcnii.
The puzzlo to plant nix men, holding
certificates of election nx ineinbcrs of
tho county bonnl, In live plnces Is jet
to bo solved.
Senator Stewart of Nevada xii.vh Provi
dence Hoftlod the Hllver uuoHtlon. If
that Is the case It must have Iweu pet
tied tlK'ht, Mr. Hryan to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Our South Onmlin friends ehould re?
nilnil themselves that several crops of
mayoralty candidates can bo frost
bitten before their spring municipal
eleetlOil rolls -n round, ,
The friends of Mr. Bryan are suffering
a sad experience In finding that a con
ttltlcrnulu element of 1lte Xobraska
(K'Vudcr'a'ey Is ready to swing Into the
Imvlil Li. Hill column.
Hawaii will come to congress asking
tho appropriation of .-ji 10,000,000 for Im
provements In the Islands. Tor a young
member of the family Hawaii Is cer
tainly not liandlcapped by modesty.
A shipload of Christmas trees has been
lost on the great lakes. As tho people
of llils corne'r of tho country arc all sup
plied with stockings, there Is no danger
of being left without a plnco to put tho
presents customary at that season.
The democratic editors of Nebraska
nru to get together to harmonize on the
next step for Bwnllowlng tho populists.
Tho democratic editor Is a docllo
creature, but It may bo difficult, to work
iip nluch enthusiasm over tho prospec
tive meal.
-That remlndi) -us that so' far as wo
have been ablo to uncertain tho great
school board reformer, Millard Fllluioro
FunkhottBer; has not ypt Yoluut.eorcd.tD
tell 'tho fcrnnd jury what ho docs not
knojv nbout corruption In the municipal
Kpy'ornmont Is. It possible ho Is stll
waiting for his two dollars?
.While tho huttoruinkors are about It,
making wnr on tho Imitations, which arc
alleged to bo unhealthy, they might start
ti crusado ilgfllnst coloring their own
product Tho coloring matter Is said
to bo harmless, hut every few days a
story appears of someone being pol
Koned by drinking the mlxturo through
mistake
There will be no populists In the com
ing sonato and dispatches from Wash
ington stato that tho populist cougrcss
men will cuter tho democratic caucus
and become In fact a" portion of the,
democratic strength In that body. Ne
braska populists who have Imagined
they still had a national party can put
their dream lu cold storage.
Tho frtklr who thrives on snap atlver
Using schemes could not exist except
,hy toleration of business men who
know that the only form of advertising
that pays full returns is newspaper ad'
vertlslng, but who aro willing to bo per
luaded Into constant experiments. The
community whoso business men support
their newspapers most liberally Is the
community that gets ahead of Its com
petitors. , Tho Apologists for Stato Treasurer
Btuefer ara trying to mako out lu ex
teuuatlon of those crooked bond deals
that It Is tho counties , that Issued tho
bonds that, havo been nil Iked Instead of
tho state that boucht them. Thin Is
noteworthy as an admission that the
milking has been accomplished. The
fact la the taxpayers of Nebraska aro
tho sufferers by the diversion of public
fuuds for private gain und It comes out
pf their pockets Just tho sumo whether
the detached Interest coupons belonged
lu reality to tho counties or to the school
ANNEXATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE,
Annexation Is regarded by those who
believe In a liberal policy towh'rds Cuba
as the alternative of reciprocity. They
urge that unless such tariff concessions
nro mnde on Cuban sugar and tobacco
as will! permit them to be marketed
hero at n' living profit to the producers
there will be a demand from the Island
for annexation. Hence, since annexa
tion would give free admission to our
markets for Ctibou products, It Is ex
pedient to make such concessions as
will bo satisfactory to the Cubans.
There Is some force lu this view.
Already there are many annexationists
lu Cuba. A resident of the Island now
In tills country says the higher classes
want annexation because they believe
Cuba would be much belter off under
the control of this country. Doubtless
It would not bo dllllcult to extend this
desire among the masses of tho people
If the Industrial development of the
Island should not go forward as ex
pected and tho prosperity hoped for
should not be realized, it Is also true
that there Is n considerable annexation
sentiment In the United States, though
It Is at present, It Is not to be doubted,
very much lu tho minority. Whether
It would bo very greatly Increased or
not, In tho event of a practically unani
mous demand from the Cuban people
for annexation, Is a question.
Thcro are political as well as com
mercial considerations Involved. Cuba
as American territory would bo followed
by a demnnd from Its people for repre
sentation nnd participation lu the gov
ernment. They would ask for state
hood and Cuba has a population and
resources that would Justify them lu
doing so. In regard to this tho Now
York Tribune says:
Admission of Cuba Into this union would
mean not only that this nation wns to gov
ern Cuba, but also that Cuba was to tako
part In govornlng this nation. It would
mean that Cuba would have a volco In mak
ing laws for Now York and New Eugland
and the south and tho west; and, not only
a voice, but, perhaps, In coma clcsu divi
sion, a deciding voice, so that In the gravest
affairs this whole nation might bo gov
erned nnd Its destiny bo decided by senators
nnrf representatives from Cuba. That, we
aro convinced, Is something the people of
tho United States will never permit nnd
will never mnko possible. No, UiIa coun
try Is not and novcr will bo bound, morally
or legally, to admit any alien country to u
share In Its sovereignty. It li no nioro to
be subjected to civil Invasion than to mili
tary Invasion. The latter It would quickly
nnd Indignantly repel with forco of arms.
Tho former It may well guard Inflexibly
against with the forco nf an enlightened
nntlonal sentiment, patriotically jealous for
tho preservation of our great birthright un
impaired. We should not be frightened from our
duty to adequately safeguard homo in
terests by any threat of Cuban annexa
tion. It is quite possible that In tlmo
that question will have to be seriously
considered and determined. There aro
many Mho believe it to be Inevitable
that sooner or later Cuba will become
territory of tho United States. Hut
that Is a matter of the future. At pres
ent we have to consider what can be
dono, for promoting the,duvelopinont iinU
prosperity of the Island without sacrli
tlclug' Important domestic interests. It
Is not. an altogether simple problem as
to how far we can go In this matter and
not Inflict Injury upon our own indus
tries and people, which It Is the first
duty of the government to care for.
What the Cubans want Is well under
stood. What we can afford to grant Is
a matter for the most earei'l considera
tion ami It Is safe to say that Its de
termination will not bo all that the
Cubans ask and hope to obtain.
TO I'lWCUtll) AGAINST MUSTS.
It appears that tho olllclals of tho De
partment of Justice are of the opinion
that the Northern Securities company,
as well as certain of the Industrial
trusts, are amenable to the Sherman
anti-trust law. This opinion, It is said,
Is tho result of a careful study of the
decision of tho supreme court lu tin:
Trnnsuilssouri Freight association case,
and It Is understood, to ho lu contempla
tion to institute proceedings, on the
ground of restraint of trade, against
the Northern Securities company, tho
Sugar trust and the Copper trust, tho
question of beginning action to be
definitely determined after the opening
of congress.
A Washington dispatch to the Now
York .lournnl of Commerce says that
the efforts of tho governor of Minne
sota to secure, concerted action of tho
state authorities lu tho northwest In re
gard to the railroad deal aro being
watched with great Interest at tho na
tional capital. Whllo tho Department
of Justlco has not been called upon to
lavestlgato tho" deal' made' by tho Nn
tlonal Securities company, It Is known
that the olllclals of tho department nro
giving close attention to tho mnttcr.
They feel, however, that at least for
tho present the state authorities are
competent to deal with tho question
and If their constitutions or. laws have
been violated the remedy Is lu their
bauds.
Thorq is general and great luterest
regarding what President Uoosevolt
.will say lu his messago respecting the
industrial combinations. Tho expecta
tion Is that ho will deal with tho sub
ject In his characteristically vigorous
and straightforward way, perhups mak
ing fow' specific recommeudatlous to
congress, but insisting that some legis
lation Is necesjmry to restrain nnd con
trol the combinations nnd check tho
tendency tojvurd monopoly. The presi
dent 1ms been called upon by several
promlucut railroad men with tho under
stood purpose ot persuading him not to
discuss railway combinations In tho
message, but It" Is believed that If such
wan the mission of these, geutlcmcu
they received no encouragement. It can
safely bo said that If the president had
mado up his mind that It was his duty
to discuss the railway situation in Its
relation to tho public Interest no amount
of persuasion on tho part of representa
tives of the railroads. would Induco him
to omit' mention of that subject, which
just now Is' commanding a great deal
of public attention,
MqamYHHo there Is prqtulse of earnest
efforts lu congress to secure additional
legislation for dealing with tho Indus
trial and capitalistic combinations,
Numerous measures will undoubtedly
he Introduced, llepresentntlve .Tonkins
of Wisconsin will probably again pro
poe a constitutional amendment pine
ing trusts and large corporations under
the control of the federal government
and he expects It will receive more at
tention than was given It when pre
sented In the Inst congress. All the In
dications are that the trust Issue will
not be Ignored by the Flfty-sovcnth con
gress nnd In this is the promise that
some practical and effective legislation
will be secured.
END OF 7WJ H'OODE.V 1IL0CK ERA.
The repavement of the only conspicu
ous downtown thoroughfare removes
the last prominent' reminiscence of tho
wooden block era and should be n rauso
of more than ordinary congratulation
to our people. The wooden block pave
ment will soon be a tiling of the past lu
Omaha and every vestige of it will have
disappeared ns the outlying residence
districts that were originally paved
with wood are repaved with more sub
stantial material.
Tho wooden block era of pavement
may bo put down as the most expensive
luxury which this city ever Indulged.
Most of the evils from which the city
lias suffered, and especially tho finan
cial complications that havo como out
of repudiated special assessments, are
to be traced to this ono source Whllo'
Tho Hce was ono of tho few who fore
saw the disastrous results and pro
tested vigorously at tho tlmo, we all
agree now that tho wooden block pave
ment was but nn eruption of the lunula
for town-lot speculation of the boom
days, and our eagerness to spread the
city out overcame sound judgment nud
perspicacity.
The extinction of the wooden block
pavement Is the best' Indication Hint
Umnha Is now upon n solid foundation
and has passed the stage of forced
mushroom growth. Onmlia was not the
only victim o the wooden block pave
ment craze nor tho worst sufferer from
It, as Its experience Ilnds a counterpart,
differing only lu degree, lu it) . vest
em cities that made a popuiit u?urt
about the same time lu the r.. for
commercial and Industrial supremacy.
Omaha rests now on ns sound a footing
as hny of Its competitors.
The live stock which has been entered
for exhibition at the coming show lu
Chicago Is valued at upwards of $.1,000,
0M). Never before In the history of tho
live stock Industry have finely bred ani
mals been so highly vnlued ns a(t pres
ent. The high price of beef and of the
grain required to produce It has brought
the fact homo to the producer that he
cannot afford to keep poor stock. While
the producer reaps the financial benefit
of the Improvement, tho consumer se
cures better beef. If tho Improvement
In this line continues tho grout west will
Increase Its hold on the trade of Europe
a ud tho prosperity of the corn belt
states will be correspondingly enhanced.
. Ono notable feature of Thanksgiving
Uilsyenr was tjuj xinall number of poo
pie -who applied to the charity organisa
tions. In years past it has been a se
vere strain to supply the wants of all
the really needy, but this year It was
e.'isy. There never wns and never will
be a tlmo without many unfortunates in
a city of tills size, but those who have
been engaged lu charity work for years
llislst that never within their memory
havo they been so few lis at present.
Nothing could possibly bqttcr Illustrate
the fact that tho present prosperity Is
general and not confined to any one
class.
The completion of tho Twenty.fourth
street viaduct mnkest possible to' abol
ish the grade crossing nltogether over
the railroad right-of-way that cuts
through tho city east and west. Only
one or two grade crossings still remain
and these should bo closed nt the
earliest convenience, as present viaduct
facilities are sutllcleut to meet existing
demands. The, grndo crossing cannot
long survlvo anywhere within the city
limits.
Why should railroads, after appealing
to the courts, resort to force of arms to
settle their, disputes any more than or
dinary Individuals? If two pcrsous
lawlng over the possession of a piece of
property should try to forestall the ac
tion of fhe authorities by barricading
the disputed territory, as tho local rail
toads havo been doing with the stretch
of street ench Is trying to monopolize,
they would bo hauled up with a round
turn.
Ex-Uovernor Furnas fixed the amount
deslrablo for Nebraska's representation
at the St. Louis exposition at $50,000,
but the Lincoln Journal raises him to
$150,000. Tho state appropriated only
$100,000 for Nebraska's participation in
Its own Trausmlssisslppl exposition
hero at Omaha and It certainly would
not be justified In expending more it St.
Louis than It did at home.
Giving Native Nimv I.caaoua.
Indianapolis Journal.
The gallantry which our soldiers In the
Philippines aro displaying Is a now thing to
men who "have been accustomed to Spanish
methods of warfare.
Eiifuroluu a Large Contract,
Boston Transcript.
According to Saturday's news "tho
Phlllpplno commission hns decided to pre
pare a law enforcing compulsory vaccina
tion everywhere in tho archipelago." That
means 10,000,000 located on 400 Islands. As
fast as vaccinated they should be required
to tako tho oath ot allegiance.
Validity of I.cKiioy Taxes.
Chicago Chronicle.
There Is an end to all resistance against
the paymont of legacy taxes tinder state or
federal laws. All tbo tato and federal
statutes on the subject havo been sus
tained, by tho courts of last resort. Under
tbo decision of tho federal supremo court,
after long litigation, the managers of the
estate ot the lata Cornelius Vanderbllt are
paying the United States Inheritance tax ot
f 361,803 on the various amounts which de
scended to his heirs, In every suit of heirs
against tho collectors ot Inheritance taxes
under state or federal laws thoy have been
defeated. The policy ot tho United States
nnd ot several states on this matter baa
been sustained by all tho judicial tribunals
beforp which any Issue on tho subject can
be brought. Tersons leaving estates tax
able under the Inheritance laws should take
notice of the fact and make their wills ac
cordingly. A Atiunr Trust Proplu-ej-.
flprlngfleld Republican.
The sugar trust has so long dictated con
gresslonal action respecting the sugar
duties that no causo for surprise Is given
wheu W. A. llavomeyer, tho Chicago rep
resentative of the trust, says without any
qualification that "congress will remove tho
duty on raw sugar within a year and the
refined product will cell at 3 cents a
pound." No dbubt the trust knows better
what congress will do on this point thau
congress Itself. The more doubtful part of
tho statement Is that the trust will remit
to tho people tho full benefit of the abol
ished taxes.
The Stnndnnl fjoltl Mine.
Uoston Globe.
Tho directors of the Standard Oil com
pany recently declared a dividend of 8 per
cont, payable In December. This makes a
total ot 48, per cent for the year, which
means an aggregate distribution of $48,000,
000 on a capital stock- of $100,000,000.
Mr. Rockefeller has mcanwhlto been grad
ually picking up tho floating stock of his
company and It Is said thafhla Interest
In It now reaches 40 per cent. If this report
Is true, his sharo In tho dividend next
month will be 13,200,000.
Putting It all together, tho great Stand
ard Oil magnate has drawn from the con
cern In dividends during the year $19,200,000.
Mr. Rockefellor was lately reported as
saying to his Sunday school pupils that ho
thought It posslblo for a rich man to get
to heaven. Dut this Is only his opinion, and
there may be bias in It
DOMESTIC On FOREIGN f
Tnrlrt and lteveiinn llullnga llearliiu;
on Hie Philippines.
Chicago Poi,t.
Doubtless a good many of our Intelligent
citizens will be at a loss to rcconcllo tho
ruling of the commissioner of Internal rev
enue with tho decision In tho "colonial"
tariff tt ses rendered last spring by tho su
premo court. Till now, under on opinion
promulgated somo time ago, tho Phlllpplno
Islands havo been treated as foreign terri
tory within tho meaning of the provisions
for Intertal revenue duties. That Is, goods
of domestic manufacturo that aro subject to
Internal federal taxation such as cigars,
ucor, whisky, etc. when shipped to tho
Philippines have been exempted from such
taxation.
This policy Is reversed by tho new ruling.
Tho exemption will not bo granted hence
forth, and "goods of tho sorts specified In
tended for export to and consumption in
tho Philippines will be taxed precisely as
they are taxed when shipped to any other
domestic territory ot the United States. In
othor words, though tho supreme court has
held ftat territory acquired by cession re
mains foreign for tariff purposes till con
gress expressly extends thereto tho taxa
tion and uniformity clauses of the constitu
tion the Internal revenue ofllce rules that
such territory Is not foreign, but domestic,
for Internal revenue purposes.
Now tho former ruling was Justly re
garded as a corollary from tho doclslon In
the Downes case. Territory cannot be for
eign for one kind of taxation nnd domestic
for nuether kind. Tho present ruling, there
fore, seems to bo Inconsistent with tho
view taken n tho Porto Illcart cases by the
supreme court Tho reasoning upon which
the commissioner rests bis ruling Is' not set
forth In ih(f brief dispatch on tho subject,
and some majjjifmp at the conclusion that n
decision ndveVle ''to tho government Is an
ticipated lnvj4iV pending Phfllpplne tariff
case, knowV?asvtho "fourteen diamond
rings" sult.'ifflmtt of course, this would be
wholly gratuitous. Internal revenuo taxes
aro not Involved In this case; and even If
they wcro Involved, it- Is not tho habit of
the executive department to antlclpato tho
decrees of tho supremo court.
It should bo pointed out that a week or
two since tho Treasury department refused
to allow drnwbacks on goods manufactured
from foreign material nnd exported to tho
Philippines. Tho drawback prlvllcgo Is
valuablo to foreign trade, but If tho Philip
pines aro domestic territory for revenue
purposes, It follows that trado with them
Is not "foreign." Tho drawback ruling Is
"on nil fours" with tho now Internal rev
enuo decision, but tho Downes case doctrine
militates against both. As matters stand
tho Philippines aro foreign within tho
meaning of tho tariff laws and domestic for
all othor purposes. Including Internal rev
enue taxes. This Is somewhat bewildering.
A IIKOHUAM'.KK TALKS HACK.
lloipict of KiillulitrnliiK- Tlpa for (lie
llencflt of tlic lirfuKKrd.
Detroit Vreo Press (Ind. clem.)
"Why do tho republican papers rcjolco
in overy event which they can torture Into
a victory for' the reorganizing clement of
tho democratic party?" inquires Mr. Ilrynn
In tho latest, Issuo of the Commoner. If
Mr. Ilryan would lock tho sanctum door,
cock up his feet on tho tublo and think
strenuously for a few minutes ho should bo
ablo to dovlso moro answors to tho ques
tion than ho could possibly havo room to
print. We could glvo him half a dozen or
mora without oven pretending to think.
Kor one thing the tlctorlcs ot the re
organizing olement of the democratic party
may nppcal to the sporting blood ot the
republican editor. In tho old. days beforo
tho democratic party was nbduotcd by Mr.
Dryan'nnd other members of tho populist
Macedonian committee a contest for tho
presidency was not over as soon as tho
country had road the platform adopted by
tho dcrnocrutlc national convention. Every
heat wbb a raco, as tho gentlemanly pool
Boiler Is wont to say, und every rnco was u
"hoss" race, ns Colonel Watterson has so
beautifully lisped. The republican editor
may bo n-weary of Jug-handled contests
that furnish him no Inspiration to cxecuto
Brooklyn loops nnd use his port bntterlea
no-v nnd then. He Is a conscientious soul,
and would gladly glvo his subscribers moro
of a fight for his slice of tho campaign
fund. Ho has como to feel that ho ls got
tlng money under false pretenses.
Or, It may be, that tho republican editor
Is llko a great many persons who aro
neither republicans nor editors, and be
llovcs that every cheap money campaign
Is Injurious to tho commercial Interests ot
the country, and to all other Interests.
Thcro are EUch persons, and many ot them
think as llttlo of other republican policies
ns Mr. Bryan ever will. They welcome
every evidence that tho American peoplo
are finding thomselvcs on the currency
question, and aro learning that money Is
something moro than the flat, of a legisla
ture. Thoy helped to restoro the country to
reason after Its brief experience with the
loco weed of greenbacklsm, and they are
glad to perceive tndlsputnbje ovldenco that
tho peoplo nre rapidly recovering from the
delirious debauch of sllvorlsm. ,
Mr. Bryan seems to be Ignorant of the
fact, but tho tlmo Is past when even the
most bigoted partisan editor prefers a
tuponny party advantngo to an obylous
national benefit. It is hardly necessary
to glvo moro answers to Mr. Bryau's ques
tion, and wo fall to Beo anything peculiarly
"suspicious" about tho rejoicings of tho
republican newspapers whenever the demo-,
crats of a state decide that they are tired
of seeing the popullstlc .tall wag tbo demo
cratic dog. It may strlko Mr. Bryan as
"suspicious," but Mr. Bryan has learned
to consider all rejoicing as suspicious which
does not refer to the political triumphs of
the editor of the Commoner.
OTIIEH l,AM)S Tll.VN Ot'HS.
The French military press exhibits anx
let y about the progress which Is being
made In (Jermany In the development of a
quick-firing field gun. With the construe
tlon of the so-called seventy-five -gun a
fleldplece of seventy-five millimetres caliber'
the Krenoh believed that they had pro
vided 'their artillery with a weapon far
superior to that In use In any other army
They now learn, however, that German nr
ttllerlsts, although for tho time outpaced,
havn ot lato been rapidly regaining lost
ground. Tho Franco Mllltalro reports a
series of trials made with some pieces con
structed, or rather converted, from nn old
to a new pottcrn, In the Krupp factories
It Is said that twenty rounds wcro 11 rod In
fifty seconds, ot course without any relay
ing of tho gun between tho rounds, and
that at 3,300 yards' rango the projectiles
all struck within n rectangle of forty yards
in depth and tlireo yards In width, and nt
2,000 yards wlthlu n rectanglo of sixty-four
by five yards. Equally good results were ob
talned when the gun was fired on paved or
macadamized roads, and also when In nctlon
on an ascending elope ot six degrees or on
n desceudlng slope ot nine degrees. "If,"
tho French Journal says, "these reports
aro true, nnd thero seems no reason to doubt
their substantial accuracy, our seventy-five
gun Is likely to bo not surpassed, perhaps,
but equalled. In Germany strenuous effort!
nre being mado to catch up with us, and If
these havo not been altogether succcssfal It
must bo admitted that wo have lost much ot
tbo start wo bad gnlned."
It Is learned through mall advloes from
Constantinople that Ferld Pasha, tho gov
crnor-ot tho Vilayet of Konleh, has made
some proposals to the sultan for the com
mercial development of Asia Minor. Ferld
Pasha suggests that a grain exchange
should bo established In Constantinople;
that tho junction of the Anatolian & Kas
snba railway bo effected at Karahlssar
Sahib, and that tho railway from Smyrna
to Aldln bo extended to Tefeul nnd Ailnlla.
Ferld Pasha further proposes that the har
bor of Ailnlla bo enlarged nnd that the
quays bo extended and provided with mod
ern machinery for loading nnd unloading
cargoes. Ho thinks that agricultural ma
chinery should bo supplied to tho peasants
by tho atnte on tho Installment system,
whllo a school of ngrlculturo should bo es
tablished at Adalin. Forests should be
protected from' destruction nnd an lncrense
In tho number ot primary schools Is ur
gently necessary. Tho sultan In reported to
have expressed his approval of these pro
posals, but It Is doubtful whether the stato
of Turkish finances will permit them to
bo carried out Immediately.
Thero are continuous Indications of n
growing ngttntlon In Russia In favor of re
ligious iiDcriy. At a, recent, missionary
congress In Orel of members of tho Ortho
dox church the marshal of tho nobility of
the province moved that tho government
bo petitioned to mltlgato tho severe ponal
cnactmonts against persons giving offense
to tho national church. A majority of tho
congress declined to assent to tho mar
shal's motion, but tho cause of the free
dom which he "advocated has been taken
up by a section of tho press, both at St.
Petersburg and Moscow. Tho Novoyo
Vremyn especially, notwithstanding Its Pan-
Slavonic attitude, frankly confesses that
some change Is necessary, but recommends
that It bo mado grndunlly. It declares that
tho condition of the Russian .clergy, their
education and tholr moral standard leaves
much to bo desired nnd suggosts that rais
ing these standards might be an effective
way of dealing a blow against tho further
spread of horesy. It recommends that
milder treatment bp meted out. to members
ofTlhoso sects whose tenets do not differ
widely from those of tho Orthodox church,
for example, the "Old Believers." The fact
that the marshal's liberal speech should be
mentioned at nil In the press, ns well as tho
tono of the discussion which It has pro
voked. Indicates that liberal nnd tolerant
Ideas aro beginning to assert thcmsolves In
Itussin, In spite of all tho efforts to sup
press them, nnd that the bigoted nnd nar
row rulo of Pobycdonostzcff will not endure
forever.
According to n Vienna correspondent of
a London nowspaper, tho lato grand vlzlcr,
Khalll nifat Pasha, wns n striking oxam
plo of the Indolent, phlegmatlo fatalistic
Turk. Ho appenrs to havo cared for nothing
but his title and his salary and to have
allowed the sultan and his creatures at the
palace to exercise tho functions of tho
vlzlernte In nny way that might soem best
to them. Not Infrequently ho only heard
of what wns done, through tho newHDancrs.
as ho candidly admitted to nn Interviewer
Just beforo tho Greek wnr. When ho was
appointed In November, 1895, something
better was expected from him on account
of his energy In stamping tut brlgandago
when ho was governor general of tho
vilayet ot Kossovn., But as soon as he was
created grand vlzlcr ho simply nllowcd
things to drift nnd permitted others to
usurp his authority without resistance or
protest. His ono aim, apparently, was to
lend a quiet life, unvcxed by Btnto prob
lems. Nothing, of course, could havo pleased
tho palace favorites bettor. They had their
own way almost in everything nnd Khalll
enjoyed himself, perfectly Indifferent to tho
maladministration which has been bringing
tho country nearer nnd nearer to ruin.
The Ottoman empire presents tho curious
spcctaclo of an cxtcnslvo country, rich In
soil, climate, minerals nnd fruits,- which
Is tnxed to tho verge ot revolution nnd Is
still destitute of means for tho payment
ot government obligations of the most
pressing nature. Tha array Is ready to
mutiny becnuso Its pay Is so far In ar
rears. Foreign powers aro driven to tho
necessity of using violent means to collect
debts which tho sultan might willingly
settlo if he had money to satisfy theso
claims and others which are sure to bo,
pressed upon him ns soon as ho shows
signs of being fairly provided with funds.
Yet nieanwhllo the taxpayers of tho Turkish
empire aro almost ripo for revolt, regard-,
less ot religion or nationality, because tha
exactions of tho govornmont nro nearly
equivalent to confiscation. Tho sultan ex
torts all that ho can get from his unhappy
subjects, nnd' still ho Is "hard up.'
Ilnurlioiilani In the Kni.
Minneapolis Journal (rep.)
Mr. Payne, chairman of the ways nnd
means commltteo of the house; Senator
Aldrlch, chairman of tho sonato finance
committee, tho corresponding committee of
tho senate; Joo Mauley of Maine, Con
gressman Grow of Pennsylvania nnd others
In sympathy with them, probably Dalzoll
among tho number, havo had a conference
and havo decided that thcro shall bo no
tariff changes at tho next scFnlon of con.
gress. T.hls means nothing will bo dono
with tho reciprocity treaties nnd no modifi
cation of the tariff In nny particular. It
will bo noticed that this conclusion Is
reached by eiistcrn men entirely. What tho
republican party wonts Just now wowe than
anything else Is to be delivered from tho
bourbonism of Its costorn end.
Till- Tlnif to Kliltt Step,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Those northwestern governors who pro
pose to lasso tho trust locomotives havo the
earnest sympathy of the great public, but
they should try to bear In mind the fate of
the Indian who attempted much the same
thing. It will bo remembered that shortly
after ho got tho nooso over the smokestnek
he dwindled to a chunk of sorely buffeted
jerked beef on the other end of the Irsjo,
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It Is now stated tho president's message
haR been boiled down to 20,000 words. 'Nuff
said.
The legitimate expenses of tho recent
city election In New York, as charged to
tho municipal treasury, amount to about
$070,000, or $1.08 for every loter who was
registered.
Tho territorial government 'of Hawaii Is
so hard up financially that householders
who pay an annual tax for sewer connection
have bad this tax' doubled. Tho "Pnradlsa
of tho Pacific" has n few drawbacks.
Of tho 2,500 dcfcctlvo votes cast at tho ro-
cent election In New York moro than half,
It Is said, were rendered void by Inscrip
tions nlmed nt Mayor Van AVyck, such hb
"Anybody but him," "Not tho Ico candl-
dato" nnd so forth. Sometimes tho nnmo
nnd address of tho voter was given.
Depositions taken at Independence, Mo.,
In a libel suit against the St. Louis Repub
lic show that the-corporations ot tho stnte
contributed llborally to tbo democratic cam
paign nnd wero given an equivalent In
"holdqp" bills suppressed. A slush fund
of $16,000 was raised In this wny insf yenr.
Under tho new constitution of Delaware
thcro is no poll tax required nnd a condl.
tlon of attains which had grown almost to
tho dimensions of a national scandal tho
purchase by political leaders of certificates
of tax payments for uso by tho voters taking
their stdo In an election has been to a
great extent dono away with.
Among surprising Incidents of the recent
city nnd county elections In New York state
was tho victory of J. N. Locke, who wns
chosen sheriff of Hamilton county. Inde
pendent voters were dissatisfied with all
candidates nominated for tho shrievalty, ao
thoy quietly scratched them and substituted
Locko'a nnmo. Ho hnd n majority ot 21.
Tho victorious reform forces In Now
York City are pra'ctlcally n unit In favor
of open saloons on Sunday. Tho Now York
Independent, always In favor of temper
ance, declares that "no law In Now York
can closo theso saloons on Sunday; It Is nn i
Impossibility and wo must ncknowlcdgo
the fact, whether wo llko It or not. Tho
hnblts ot our peoplo must he uplifted by
education working on public sentiment, not
by law." t
Tho oldest postmaster and tho oldest pub
lic officeholder In tho United Statea, if
not In tho world, presides over the little,
slow-going, fourth-class offlco at North
Ix'inalnp. Tompkins county, N. Y. His
namo Is Itoswcll Benrdsley. Ho wns ap
pointed by President John Qulncy Adnms
almost throo-quarters of a century ago,
and although ho has just turned 01, he
still attends to the routine ot tho oftlco
and writes his reports monthly to the de
partment In Washington.
Tho now Alabama constitution, tho ndop-
tlon of which was recently ratified by the
voters of tho state, provides for a gov
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officials with four-year terms, nnd for
quadrennial Instead of biennial sessions of
tho lcglslnturo, nnd reduces tho limit of
taxation to C5 per cent. It makes a fixed
appropriation for tho public schools, pro
hibits Judges nnd members nf tho lcglsln
turo from acquiring free passes on rail
roads nnd prohibits lobbying,
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Stage Driver Yaas, miss, wo hov men out
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Brooklyn Eagle: O'Hoolahan Wnke up,
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O'C'allnhnn (dazed) Oolif Suro. Ot 'was
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Chicago Tribune: "It you didn't say any
of tlm things that nrn printed In that al
leged Intervlnw," naked his intimate friend,
"why don't you deny them nnd sot yourself
right with tho public?"
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make mo n millionaire, If I could only
keep It going nil tlu time."
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Baltimore American:. . "Tho loay whe
writes tho Advice) for the Afflicted says that
tho best way to euro n cold in to grcasa ttr
heels, " remarked tho suako editor.
"Of course," opined tho uutomoblta editor,
"ho meant to advlso tho uso of a healing5
ointment."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I didn't mind
the upanklng dad gavo mo half on much as
1 did tho sarcantlc way in which ho talked."
"Wasn't It a hard lfckln'?"
"You Just bet It was."
"Well, what did ho say that waa worio
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"Ho said, 'Go way baok and atand upl "
Brooklyn Englo: "That now operator on
tho Lucnnla sends out wild, Jumbled up
mossngeu," complained the laxly operator
with tho pompadour nt tho wireless tele
graph station on shore.
"Well." lnaulred tho waggish rounar man
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saying, Bister?"
THH UAtJTIMH MKWS.
I. J. Moutaguo In Portland Oregonlan.
Threo foments Hat on a bnckynrd fence.
Three bout, dyspeptic malcontents,
And pleaded with clamorous oloquonoa
To a beautiful gTcen-oyed tabby.
They shrieked a trio of pnsslonato love.
And called her their volvot-cyed turtle dove,
Sho merely winked from tho shed above
A trick which wns certainly shabby.
But In point of fact nho couldn't decide
AVlth which of tho tlireo sho'd bo satisfied
To tin up for llfn nn a blutdilng brldo;
For onch ono sang so sweetly,
And hauled from thn clouds nn extreme
high C,
With Biicli a rcmnrknbln purity
Of tono that to ench of thnso tomcats three
Sho had lost her henrt completely.
In default of a choleo from the tabby fair,
Tho lover concluded that then nnd there
They would fight It out, nnd they rent the
iiir
With tho Hound of dtern endenvorj
And when tho fur flow thick no more.
And tho iinl.se of thn savage ntrlfo was o'er
Knch torn reclined In u pool of gore-
With his heart-throbs stilled forever.
Alas, for, thn tabby who snt on tho shed,
And beheld her admlrcm cold and dead;
Ero yet a brldo sho waa wldow-ed
BcenuRo of hot' hesitation.
Ah, husbnnds nro scurco In this vale ot
tears.
And tho maid who tho fato of splnsterhood
fonrn
Should null tho first one that nppeara
Without procrastination.
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