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TITE OLATIA DATIjY BEEt "WEDNESDAY, MAKCIl 5, 1002.
THE omaiia Daily Bee.
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On bis next visit Prince Henry will
not be satisfied to go home without tak
ing in Omaha.
One prosperous year of the term which
President Roosevelt has been called to
serve haa elapsed.
Prince Uenry saw plenty of water
iwhen he was In the east and south.
Jv'ow It is Milwaukee's turn.
Prince Henry may be an early riser.
but the Kaiser will have to get up still
earlier to get ahead of Uncle Sam.
tlon to the prince open the door of Ger
many wider to our American meats?
If Lincoln Is the moral paradise its
bards sing It, why should Carrie Na-
tion waste time in its sanctified
pre-
clncts?
Fort Crook Is about to welcome back
the old Twenty-second Infantry and
Omaha will join In extending a cordial
greeting.
. Banks that can carry school warrants
on & per cent Interest ought to be willing
to pay at least some rate of Interest on
deposits of county money.
The United States supreme court has
held the Illinois law which prohibits op-
tlon trading to be constitutional. The
aupreme court Is evidently not well
equipped for drawing fine lines.
A member of the German Relchstas-
has delivered himself of a screed on the I
Visit pf Prince Henry to this country.
it is comtorung to Know that all the
Asslnlne legislators are not ln the Anierl-
can congress.
The Turkish government has denied
liability for the kidnaping of MIbs Stone,
.even u u were possioie to convince the
orte mat ne ia nauie.lt would require
aoveral years to get the bill liquidated,
If it follows the usual course of Turkish
uuuuuieniu;
Aa waa to have been expected, the
usual number of notoriety-seeking pul
pit pounder, have fractured the. atmos
phere Ja Imitation of Congressman
Wheeler's denunciation of Prince
Jlenry islt But the prince will con
sider the source.
Sir Thomaa Lipton savs he la wllHn
that Americans should take his yacht
nd race it with an American crew
against Columbia, but expresses the
opinion that the boat will be defeated
just the same. Sir Thomas haa the
merit of knowing when he is beaten and
the candor to own It
n A report to the British Parliament by
the War omce states that American
Biuiea are greatly admired. Klther the
America u mule has become more do-
die under the influence of the South
African climate or the new owners have
neon cautious about approaching the
fcuslnetut end of the animal.
The president of the British Assocla-
tlon of Chambers of Commerce expresses
hUiiself aa being in no way fearful of ment bonds, aggregating1 $1,333,100. are business, the trouble arising from the attainment or starve, there would be more
tbe United States becoming a serious not debts of the city, but of the partlcu- fact that the magtstratea usually en- hope tor his future, leas fear of his laps
fomoetltor In thrt tMm.lnn-iiiiit,. t... ! imnmwnuni iiMH,. ..1,1.1. rnn lnwor mhnliik of riM thin th Ing Into barbarism. The fact that an In-
albly It may never be, but past experience
ahould teach him that any task this
country seta Itself In real earnest to do
Is generally accomplished.
Give the local pro-Boer organisation
credit for persistence in trying to project
Its cause to the f rout at every oppor-
tunity. With the same amount of en-
ergy devoted to providing relief for the
vicums ot tne ttvt war as It aiaplays
In trying to make political capital out!
at the Rur inUrnrtiinM. nnwli mivn
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would be accompyshed for the cause of
amanlty.
TOPROJton amsrivan bbippixq. I
The bill before the senate propose to I
promote the building up of an American
merchant marine for our foreign com-
tnerca bv rovernment aid In the form I
w
of subsidy.
It wwiUmrnlnt-s. m nolnted
ont l(y genator Frye, the application of
luo pnnecure policy 10 iu buivk,uK u I
tereata. which, the Maine senator said
haa tuion irltlunt nnhrtinn tnr ftftv I
years. One of the earliest acts of the
nirrpi. In 178. was to legislate
for the protection of American shipping
imtvinff diwrtmlnatin duties on
Aa imm.rt.ui in 'nmiim voeeoie Tin. I
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ol me citu war to per ceui ur mom ui i
our exports and Imports were carried In I
American vessels. - That policy cannot
be appUed now, because It would con-
travene commercial treaties and provoke
reuiiatlon on the part of foreign gov-
ernments. The free shin policy urged
by the opponents of protection being
out of tJie qUe8tlon, since it would serl-
ously Injure If not utterly destroy our
Kreat shipbuilding Industry, the alter-
native, if we are to have a merchant
marine for the foreign , carrying trade
not u, to depend npon the TeB. I
Bei ownerg of Europe, la to promote the
building .up. of such a marine by gov-
eminent and as other maritime nations
do.
- President Mc Klnley said: "Next in
advantage to having tbe thing to sell Is
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uuro iuq vuiiveuicutjQ lm tair ib wf
17 8o,iothe buyer. We must encourage our I
18 80,370 1 mo-hnnt marine. V must have mom I
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can flag, built and manned and owned I
h Amrrinni. These will not onlv he I
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profitable in a commercial sense; they
will be messengers of peace and amity I
wherever they go."
With Judicious en-1
couragement on the part of the govern-1
ment there Is reason to believe that in
the course of ten years there would be
constructed a merchant marine that
would be eaual U every demand and
wmca wouia ue a most important wp-
niomonf in n- naw aa la th nurohnnt
mJlPine of Orat Rrlraln to the navv of
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xnis matter is or me greatest import-
ance to our commercial progress and no
section of the country has a monopoly
of Interest in it An American mer-
chant marine would be no less beneficial
to the agricultural producers of the west
and south than to the manufacturers who have passed the civil service exam- have recovered from his schrecklicher kat
of the east and the middle atates. lnation. The good faith of the govern- aenjammer and has resumed his place In
Our present dependence upon for- ment Is involved in this matter and if rrai8Su"l-hringofrmin
eign snip owners is extremely ex-
pensive. At a conservative estimate
it costa our people $150,000,000
year ana nearly the wnoie or that
a year and nearly the whole of that
Bm goes abroad, only a very smaU part
or it being expended in this country,
I It requires no great Intelligence to un-
derstand that If this large sum were
kept at home and expended for ship-
building material, labor and supplies, it
would be a material benefit to numerous I
interests.. But this is not all,, for this I
dependence places us a,t a lsadvan-
tage in competition with commercial ri
vals that have a merchant marine. It
is unquestionable that a country whoso
trade Is carried on under ita own flag
has a very decided advantage.
Our
experience with South America has dem
onstrated this.
The outlook for the proposed leglsla-
tlon, appears to be more favorable than
ever before, it Is the intention of Sen-
ator rye to push the bill In the senate
and while the opposition will undoubt-
edly f"1 discuss It, it is possible that
vote on lt 'i11 be reached within a
reasonable time. If It should pass the
senate there Is no doubt of Its prompt
passage Dy tne bouse.
Omaha s municipal DtBT.
clt comptroller has come to the
rront t0 Justify the misleading state-
""""" vl uullu'1 " iuucuwuucts, ""'i"
have been circulated out of his office to
tne aetnment of the city. While the
uuiuuui ul uie municipal ueui ia not at I
present a live Issue, the damage inflicted
by the circulation of exaggerated state- I
ments makes It of constant concern to
our citizens. The fictitious and mislead-
Ing figures to which The Bee has several
times adverted are (1) the grand total
of S6.681.8tJ2. found on a card nurnort-
ing to be an abstract of aU bonds and
i-uuimu- vuuuuium, inKKuiuer ox, ibw,
abd (2) the total of $6,S14,068, used for
comparative purposes in one of the COT
ernment publlcatlona.
As to the first the comptroller seeks
to explain that while it is not a correct
statement of the municipal debt yet It
0UKnt not to misleading. The fact
uowever sUtement has misled
nearly every ono who seen It is the
1)684 rnment that it ought never to
ve been issued in such form. To givo
the Vn that coupons for interest
'Bl tTeu " couniea aa
l,art ot tne cit7 Present obligation la
utterly Inexcusable, especially when it
dd more than fl.OOO.OOO of fictitious
debt to the actual outstanding bonded
inaeDteanesa
to the second statement it Is
equally unfair to Omaha, although it In-
eludes the school district as well as the
cltT- To one not familiar with the facta
It would indicate that Omaha had far
exceeded the statutory limits nn Ita Wl
Indebtedness
In the first place, the apeclal assess-
they have been issued. These bonds,
I moreover, are merely ' accommodations
I tor the owners of the Property benefited.
I who. Instead of being required to pay
for the pavement or aewer. aa the case
may be. ln a lump sum, are by this de-
I vli-e permitted to make their payments
In annual Installments extendiuir over a
ten yes r period. The same appllea to
the warrants against unpaid special as-
I seesmenta.
The floatln? debt, riven at I'm turn, la
I a ....raroin. uh . .r,,,.
.
I figures could only have been reached by
Ita-klng the outstanding obligations at tie
period tf thlr very maximum and add-1
Ing every claim of colorable validity. I
While the outstanding warrants dcslg-
nated as "general levy fund warants" I
on December SL 1000. were something
over 325.000. according to the books of
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the city treasurer the average for the
1(vv .,i. ion i? Bi.n.ri,
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while the outstanding school warrants
December SI. 1900. ajr irrerated t!5d.30R.
the average for the year waa only
$94,738. We have here In these two I
Items a difference of $115,000 In favor of
the city If an attempt were made to rate
It where It really belonred. I
Tn arid in marir nsrinm nt rieima
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nrvr nain aa nn.nnff nnnr in aiai nastin.
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-"ceo v ucuu.uvu
of floating debt Is made to Include every
possible contingency. That no such rule
Is applied In other dtles goes without
aaylng. Yet the figures furnished for
Omaha are measured up against debt
statements of other cities that show
only the actual matured obligations.
The trouble with the city comptroller
Is that he seems bent on advertising the
city's debt to be just as large aa It can
possibly be made to appear, whereas the
interest of the city Is to have It no
large than It must be. W cannot gain
anything by closing our own eyes to the
actual facta, but wa art the aufferera of
our own folly when avery point Is
stretched against us.
TBS FRKSIDKXrS OBJECTION.
The statement that President Roose-
velt objects tothe provision of the bill
creatine a oermanent census bureau
klnt. .! n-n.nnt. n.r.tn.
tt ujvu uiaan an icncu. cuivjn
of the bureau eligible to appointment In
the general service, is not surprisiDjr.
Like all other friends of the merit sys-
tern, tne presiaeni regaras uus provision
as being unjust to those who have
passed a civil service examination and
are waning an opportunity to enter tne
public service. These people, all over
the country, have upon invitation of the
government token tbe prescribed exam-
iuuuu, mm uin munuin vi mc gu- i
lernment that thev would receive nmtolnt-
ment aa vacancies occurred. The em-
nlnvM nt tho wnnii hitNi.1 n iha
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:u.uireu iu mac
this examination. They were appointed j
on the recommendation of congressmen I
and while it is undoubtedly true that
they are capable, this fact does not Jus-
tlfy giving them precedence of those
mere is a poeaiuie way oi correcting tne i
injustice on the part of congress it
should be employed.
Whether or not the president can do
wnetner or not me president can ao
this Is problematical. It is said that be
win rcguiate Dy executive oraer tne ap-
polntmenta under the bill, but It Is
doubtful if he can entirely avoid the
Injustice to which he most properly ob-
Jects. If there is a way, however, tolg
remedy the wrong President Roosevelt
can be depended upon to apply it, though
he should thereby antagonise the spoils
men responsible for the injustice.
TBE PANAMA COMPLICATION.
The position taken by the Colombian
government in regard to the proposed
transfer of the property of the Panama I
iinnl pomnnnv to the United Rtate In-I
troduces a new complication which will
delay negotiations. If it shall have no
othpr effect. The action of Colombia
is gald to be regurded at Washington as
simply a notification on the part of that
government that the canal company can-
not sell Its property without paying
something to Colombia for the privileges,
it is pointed out that that government
la not only a stockholder In the new
Panama company, but also receives an I
annual Davment from the canal coin-
pany, hence Colombia does not propose
to permit the company to transfer its
property witnout a payment oi money
t0 the government
This is a matter entirely between Col-
nmhln and rhA canal oomnanv and rinea
nt immAdiatelv concern th United
states, but It Is said that the greed
whiCh la being shown by the Colombian
government, if persisted in, may defeat
th Panama nroooalHon In mnm. Tt
appears probable, however, that the
viA.,,. tn k. i.raa
to be equally exacting ln ita financial
demands, provided that route is selected
tor . canaL The fact is that these
I BZi-iiitharn rniiHHrat vhrtBA trait aiirtaa ata
empty. ln u, proposed construction
ot an Uthmlan canal by the United
States an opportunity to put themselves
in n excellent condition financially and
as appears they are disposed to improve
the chance to' the fullest extent This
u quite natural, of course, but they may
make the mistake of going too far ln
their demands,-for anxious as the United
Bute. .!. to construct an inter-oceanlc
canal it will not submit to unreasonable
I demands.
I At nreaent neotlatlona with Colombia
are at a standstill, but will soon bo re-
sumed, while there have been no nego-
tlations as yet with Mcaragua,
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Down ln Lancaster county a dispute
is waging over the right of the county
Judge to retain me lees paid to mm lor
performing marriage ceremonies. It
I seems to be the old fiffht over attain be-
tween the ministers and the magistrates
aa to which ahould do the matrimonial
ministers. The marriage feea do not cut
much figure officially, but on general
I principles public officers should be con -
fined to a fixed income and all feta go
into the treasury like other putUc dues.
.:
I A biu Ba 1ea introduced ln the NeW
Jersey legislature to repeal the charter
' Northern Securities company on
the ground that it waa Incorporated lo
I mat state to eoauie tue cumpuiea to
violate the laws of the states ln which
I It mteratea. While the Jeraev con -
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I science is toocnea witn mis sense or
I jusuce it mignt repeu ma geuerai u. -
corporation Uwi of that itate which ara
Intended to Invito companies to lncorpo-
rate there In order to enjoy privileges
other states will not grant
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After all the noise over tne warrant
brokerage business, the school board has
andnrawl hT nnnnlmniia vote the action
of Ita finance committee In arranging to
consolidate the cashing of the employes
salary warrants. It la fair to say thst
the board would not be unanimous on
this proposition If there were anything
in " tnat in any way mierrerea wiui me
right of employes to do aa they please
with what they earn "by their services.
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I no rewiiirTinn rr nriMi nr (WTm r iiff-nt.
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Ing lamps under the proposed new con
tract Is expected to enable the city to
extend Ita lighting area. The additional
lamps, however, should not be all placed
on the outskirts of the City, aa there are
several dark corners In' the business cen
ter that should have, attention. People
with dark ways seek dark streets and
good street lighting Is one of the condi
tions of good police protection.
The local labor unions having adjusted
their difficulties with . the Ak-Sar-Ben
managers, would do well to smooth out
the path for the coming season In all
other directions as welL IX Omaha can
avoid labor difficulties It la sore to enjoy
a season of actJva outdoor' operations
this year that will keep every working
man In the building trades busy from
start to finish.
Leaders of Great Epochs.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Secretary Hay's grouping of Presidents
Washington, Lincoln and McKinley la fur
ther justified by the fact that their blrth-
day .njiiveraarles occur wlthla twenty-five
idays oi one asotner.
Let's "Hoch" !(
Cleveland Leader.
While the commerce of tbe United States
with Germany amounts la value to nearly
t300,000.000 a year, why ahould not the
JAS.
False Cries of Combines.
Indianapolis News.
wneneyer ma aiiempv maae o eiir
force the law against big corporation they
!nttmate that war Is being mad on capital
n is their custom to violate the law which
they have construed into a privilege,
neis to His Kaittin
Philadelphia Press.
The genial AdmlraP Evans appears to
gueit.
Marl Throws m. Fit.
TOnfPalA Rxrjrega.
w . . " . . n...MW mMn
th other day a T.r8lon of the nursery tale
0f "'Little Red ' Kiainghood," in which
Great Britain . was tne sweet mtis girt
f114 tn" Unltd J?'. 7" HTr
l"1 . ' , lon- .. ,h.
writing novels and Alfred Austin Is
writing poetry, we shall think twice be
fore we absorb "Great Britain.
1 I'tlltal vCorastalks,
Portland Oregonlon.
A few days ago a company was Incor
porated In Baltimore 'with a capitalisation
of 810,000,000, which controla patentr.
whereby fiber and celluloid can be taken
by cneaD process direct from cornstalks.
it will enter at once Into competition with
the atrawboard trust, placing upon the
""A '"'c.1" .
two comb,nmtU)n represent the tremendous
rrnwth in intensified industry between the
period fifty yeara ago, when atraw waa
burned In the fields to get rid of it, and
k. ,.,, nd., ln the sorlnr. their sub-
stance having been beaten out and diffused
by the storms. Capital haa many alns to
f'w". I0P' no, ' 1-ower that it
broui.ht to bear upon industry in ntlilx-
tng waste for the comfort and convenience
of mankind.
EDl'CATIHO THE INDIAH.
I M..i Traiaina- oa or Hear
tbo Reservatioa.
salt Lake Herald.
I ... . .nn. t.ji.. .ha
hA had ail the advantages of an elaborate
education returned to hie tribe. Except for
copper-coiorea ." , I
highest deiree of civilisation. His
.i.ti,in. wait atti fcim. hi. hair waa
short and his English perfect Just a year
1 later thU Indian came to draw his rations.
fZtaW-hl
i could never be much as a white man,
be said to the agent, "but I can be a hell of
I AH Indian
JJSf
for ,BaUn -hoola Mr. Cannon of Illinois,
who has fought many aa appropriation In
hia time, but who never fought any Indians,
'i0 rftt..t
eltr to educate aa Indian ln the east and
then relegate him to the savagery of his
tribe. Delegate Smith of Arlsona declared
thlt f mn mu" d"c
?iMJ&
tribes.
The stand taken by Messrs. Cannon and
8mlU seems proper. Instead of spending
Ur ,f. "TTT ..L"!!'",?..?
th, appropriations would bs put to better
use by distributing them near the homes
of the students. In this wsy the other
members of the tribes could have the edu-
jJltlv
I wouid b, hardly noticed, sad when the
I "finished" student was turned out hs would
I cause no shock to his people.
vBut" tnJ .re,r oume "
.duciUa ...aae were required to use his
JJ
I -tittle a bar to his recslvtag rations from
1 the government.
I n ae same incentive to wdot
,nml I . !?LJV- ' ".. ,. " V.
I th. bre.d of Uncu Sam alone. On the
I other hnd, few fields of labor are open
I to educated Indiana. Just why this should
not apparent, out taa proDaoia reason
Inarhha-been .oent'ia odu-
ding tkem. there Is not today In tbe
United States army a full-blooded India
lho holds a commission; tnero are no ia
-,. ., ....- . l.wvsra. or doctors.
I they la say of
th so-caUad Uaraed prefsaslosa.
POLITICS lit TUB Fl'SIOK FOLD.
Madison Mall: Thus far the names of
John S. Robtasoa and Rufus A. Tawny have
been mentioned aa probable candidates for
nomination by the fualonlsts for congress.
They are good men and well qualified for
the office.
Beatrice Democrat: General Victor
Vlfqualn la being mentioned as a candi
date for governor on tbe democratic ticket
this fall. General Vifquata Is a bigger man
ttan haa occupied the executive obatr for
a great many years. He Is a pioneer, who
has seen Nebraska grow from Ita earliest
territorial existence. He Is a soldier, who
baa won his medals upoa the field of bat
tle, and whose services were recognised
by congress.
Holdrege Progress: Gubernatorial candi
dacy ta Just now a virulent epldemlo In
Nebraska. There ia scarcely a county In the
state but has a favorite aoa whom they think
would look well In the governor's chair.
Republican stock seems to be most plenti
ful, but the populists and democrats are
also beginning to point out "good timber,"
some of which la reasonably tall for In
stance the altltudinous John Sprecher of
Colfax county.
Auburn Granger: The Crete Democrat
In looking about for a candidate for gov
ernor saya that the one to be cnosen ahould
be a platform la himself. The Idea la a
good one. These dodgasted cusses whose
only boast la that they "are true to party"
and "stand squarely on the platform" are
too often men who have but little stamina
and hardly fit for-official positions. The
Oranger looks with lota of suspicion upon
the fellows so anxious for office that they
will promise to stand by the acta of the
convention, support the nominees, etc., etc,
before they know who are nominated or
what the declarations of principle are.
Where Is the aspirant for officer Call him
out and let him construct his platform,
Fremont Leader: There have been a
number of namea mentioned In connection
with the governorship nomination by the
fusion forces, especially by the republican
press. They seem anxious to name the
man they know would be an easy mark. It
la almost a foregone conclusion that the
republican gang will force the nomination
of Governor Savage, the man who par
doned Bartley. This It seems to us would
bo a good reason for nominating C. J.
Smyth, the man who successfully prose
cuted Joe Bartley, while attorney general,
and succeeded in placing the embezzler In
the penitentiary. Ever since the young
democracy organised in this state thta man
haa alwaya been found la the front ranks
of reformers. We will, of course, be for
fusion first, then for men after, but at the
present time there are few men who would
represent the populist principles more
fully thaa Mr. Smyth. ,
Holdrege Progress: The recent organi
sation of a state editorial association by
the democrats ahowa a wonderful "desire'
on the part of the democrats to unite the
reform forces of the stato a union of the
democrats principally, however. An Invi
tation to the populist editors of the atate
to join them would not have been seriously
out of the way bad the Instigators felt
really desirous of uniting the reform ele
meats and would have been a far greater
guarantee of good faith. The Progress
calls attention to thta fact, not because its
editor Is a populist; or because he cares
anything about the ostensible slight, but
purely as a common sense proposition and
tn the Interest of a harmonious union of
the forces in Nebraska aa elsewhere who
are striving for the same end. The demo
crata cannot hope to gain anything by la
noting Its press simply because the popu
list party may have been wrecked through
political perndy. . ,
; FBRSOIVAE, NOTES.
Tillman's nephew must be something of
a prophet. Inasmuch aa he seems to be with
out honor ln his own country.
The Filipino general, Lukban, waa cap
tured by the simple process of' crowding
him off earth. You can do that on an
Island. .
Rev. Sheriff Pearson of Portland, Me..
saya that when he. waa elected there were
271 open .saloons ln the city and that now
he'll give $100 to the man who can show
him an open saloon there or anywhere In
the countr.
Two lawyers began to use some pretty
sharp language toward each other In a
court in Charleston, 8. C, but were quickly
brought to book by Magistrate Memmin-
ger, who admonished them and told them
that it "was not the United States senate
ln which the case waa being tried."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt of Hyde Park.
N. T., has Just been elected secretary of
the Harvard Crimson, one of the high liter
ary honors which Harvard university has
to offer to ita under graduatea. Mr. Roose
velt ta the president's cousin. He Is a son
of Mrs. James Roosevelt. His class Is 1904.
Bo great waa the demand upon members
of congress for tlokets of admission to the
McKinley memorial services that tbe mem
bers themselves were paying $25 eaoh for
the coveted pasteboards. Congressman
Sibley promised five of his constituents that
he would get them tlcketa and it cost him
Just $125 to keep his word.
The Lieutenant Strebler who captured
General Lnikban, the Filipino leader, is of
German birth and enlisted ln the regular
army before he waa 20 yeara old. Hs waa
promoted to a lieutenancy by President
McKinley, being then a aergeant serving
his third term. He has seen much active
service, but never sustained any injury. '
SOBRIETY OR THE ROAD.
Strlnsjeat Rales Aaralaat Booslaar
isieag Tralaaaea.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Tbe adoption by the Burlington road of
mors stringent rules against the use ot
liquor by employes Is a movement In the
Interest of public safety and good rail
roadlng that will have the unqualified en
dorsement of the traveling public.
Tbe Burlington, ln common with most
railroad corporations, had already put ln
force a rigid ban on the use of Intoxicants
by employes who had anything to do with
the operation of trains, not only on duty,
but also while off duty. This rule' haa
now been extended so as to apply to em
ployee la all departments, including track
bridge and building departments. Tbe
new book of rules lust Issued by the com
pany contains this paragraph:
"Tbe use of Intoxicants by employes
while oa duty Is prohibited. Their habitual
use or the frequenting of places where
they are sold la sufficient cause for dls
missal."
The reaaona for the promulgation of this
sweeping rule are obvioua. No service la
the whole range of Industrial activity sue
tains such vital relation to the public aa
the operation of passenger trains and no
service presents so many elements of
danger. The fatalities on the seas and
the great lakes are email In number com'
pared with those on tbe railways of this
country. With all tha modera aafety ap
pllancea railroading atlll depends for Its
safety upoa men with clear, heads snd
alert minds. -
The trainman whose brala la muddled
with whisky becomes a menses te bun
dreds of Uvea and to the property at
transportation system. Tha rigors of
railroading present unusual temptations
to alcoholic stimulation, particularly In
winter, but the aafety of the public de
mands the employment of men who have
Jaa power to resist this tetontaUoa.
ROtTND AB017T HKW tork.
Ripples oat tbo Carreat of Mfo ta the
Metropolis,
It Is quite evident that Mrs. Coll Is P.
Huntington, widow of the late railroad
magnate, did not Join la the protest of
American women to the secretary of the
treasury against the annoying searching of
baggage of foreign tourists by customs cjn-
cere at tbe port ot New York. Mrs. Hunt
ington returned from a trip abroad a few
daye ago. She had twenty pieces of bag
asse packed to the covers. Being an
experienced traveler, ahe knew what
was coming to Vncle 8am and met bis In-
qulsltors with a smile snd a bunch of
keys. Mora than that she handed the cus
toms officers a paper showing the value
ot her purchases to ba $76,000. The paper
waa found to be correct a duty of $31,191.43
waa levied and paid on tha spot In cash.
The collection Included gowns. Jewels,
sliver, paintings, btio-a-brao and three mag
nificent fur coats, two of Persian lamb,
heavy, long and made of the finest skins,
and a suit of Russian aable, coat muff and
collarette, constituting what la said to be
tha most costly set of furs In the United
States. The Persian furs were appraised at
$3,000 each and the Russian at $4,000.
According to the official survey made by
tha New York Board of Fire Underwriters,
the Park Avenue hotel was tar from fire
proof. It la rather lata now to make such
an admission, but It ought to spur on the
proper authorities to punish all those
whose negleot may have contributed to the
lamentable calamity that haa cost nineteen
valuable Uvea. The report ahowa that the
building was not only of "ordinary con
struction," but described eome glaring de
fects, such aa "interior partitions of lath
and plaster." single (not double) floors,
and a hollow Iron front That auch a
atructure, having an area of 81,600 square
feet devoted to publlo purposes should
pass aa "absolutely flreproof,M and for that
reason not within the scops of lawa govern
ing the equipment of buildings with fire
escapes and extinguishing facilities, is the
question that the otty authorltlea alone
must answer.
On the evening of March 7 a number of
cttlxens of New York who have attended
German universities have arranged to give
Kommers for Prince Henry. It Is expected
that over 1,000 will bs present The af
fair will take place at the Arlon clubhouae.
A salamandar la always a feature of a
Kommera," reports the New York Trjbune,
Those who take part alt at long tablea.
At a signal from the toaatmaater they rise.
Thi toastmaster saya, 'Exercltum aalaman
dre,' and the guests fill their glasses. The
toastmaster then says, alowly, 'Biblte elns.
swel, drel." At the first count the guests
raise their glasses, at the second they drain
them and at the third they bring them
down on tbe table with a bang. Then
they rub them over the table with a
rotary motion, and this noise constitutes
the real music ot the Kommers."
At the "Captains of Industry" luncheon
to Prince Henry, the Evening Post re
lates, one of the hosts ssked the con
ventional question:
"How do you . like America?"
The prince ln a burst of aallor-llke con
fidence replied:
"Oh, I'm having the time of my life. I
don't count for much over there, you know.
They only use me to send to funerals."
Collier's Weekly announces Its removal
Into ita new home on West Thirteenth
street, where It haa surrounded Itself with
the finest equipment and conveniences that
modern skill could supply snd means com
mand. The new print shop waa a year
under way. It haa facings of granite and
glass, 8,000 ateel beams and acres of floor
space. All this represents the Weekly's
forward march ln four yeara. There are
four acres of working room for tha mech
anical and editorial energy necessary tb
get out an edition of Collier's. On the
first floor there ia an acre ot presses
mastodons, all. Second floor, an acre of
smaller presses and hundreds of machines
that all but talk. Third floor, an acre ot
handsomely furnished offices. And in the
basement an acre of engines, boilers dyna
moa and books.
To make room for tbe new Collier plant
five tenements were torn down on West
Thirteenth street and nine on Little West
Twelfth street. The three atorlea and
basement comprise 140,000 square feet of
floor space.
This is an area equal to nearly two and
a half city blocks, it Is twice the ground
space occupied by Madison Square garden.
And It Is one-half the floor room In tha
government printing office at Washington,
the largest printing establishment In tbe
world.
And to this huge building four more acre
stories will be added aa soon as the pub'
Ushers can catch their breath.
TWO PERORATIONS.
Closlas; Words of the . MeKlatey and
the GarBeld Ealoa-lea.
Kansas City Star.
It Is a curious coincidence that on Feb
ruary 27, 1882, and on February 27, 1902, a
secretary of atate of a murdered prest
dent delivered a eulogy of hia dead chief
before the houses of congress. Mr. Hay
la primarily a writer. Blaine waa first ot
all a speaker. It la Interesting at thta time
to compare the peroration of Hay, pub
lished yesterday, with that of Blaine. Here
ia the conclusion of ths eulogy of McKIn
ley:
"There la not one of ua but feela prouder
of hia native land because the august fig
ure of Washington presided over Its be
ginnings; no one but vows It a tenderer love
because Lincoln poured out hia blood for
It; no ono but must feel his devotion for
hia country renewed and kindled when be
remembers how McKinley loved, revered
and served it, showed ln bis Ufs how a
cltlsen should live, and In bis last hour
taught ua bow a gentleman could die."
Tha oration on Garfield ended with the
famous passage:
"Aa tha end drew near hia early crav
Ing for tha aea returned. Tha stately man
sion of power had been to htm tha weari
some hospital of pain, and bs begged to be
taken from hia prlaon walla, from Ita op
pressive, stifling air, from its homeleaaness
and Ua hopelessness. Gently, silently, tha
leva of a great people bora tbe pale sufferer
to ths longed-for healing of the aea, to live
or to dls, as God should will, within sight
of ths heaving billows, within sound of its
manifold voices. With a wan. fevered face,
tenderly lifted to the cooling breeie. he
looked out wistfully upon tbs ocean's
changing wonders; on Its far aatls; on Its
restless wavea, rolling shoreward to break
and die beneath ths noonday sua; oa the
red clouda of evening, arching low to the
horizon; on tha serene and shining path
way of the atars. Let ua think that bis
dying eyea read a mystic meaning which
only tha rapt and parting soul may know.
Let us believe that ln the alienee ot tha
receding world hs beard tha great waves
breaking on a farther shore and felt al
ready upon bis wasted brow ths breath ot
the eternal morning."
The first of thee passages ia evidently
ths work of an essayist the second of aa
orator. Tha words of Mr. Hay are com
paratively eold and formal. Those of Blaine
pulsate with Ufa and amotion. Tha dtr
fereace between the two ahowa why one
man was ths Idol of his party while the
other, with ability as great has never
aroused popular enthusiasm.
ELECTIO OP SENATOR.
Peaalar Bentlateat Toleed r 1e
Heoae of Repreaeatatlves.
Chicago News.
The house baa again passed practically
without opposition a resolution to 'amend
the constitution ao aa to admit of the elec
tion of aenatora by popular vote. Although
the sentiment In favor of the proposed
change Is obviously growing stronger, the
senators manifest no more disposition to
consider it than they have shown on the
three previous occasion a that a similar reio-
lutlon passed tha houao.
If the senators refuse a fourth time to
take action en this proposition tt can only
be inferred that they believe an overwhelm
ing popular demand for It exists and tbat
they do not wish to yield to It To secure
ths necessary amendment to the consti
tution even though both ' bousea unani
mously favor It will be a difficult matter.
In their efforts to protect ths constitution
from hash f nd Ill-considered changes the su-
thors of that document rendered Ita amend
ment extraordinarily difficult. Two-tbtrds
of both bouses must first approve a reso
lution for amendment or else ths legia-
laturea of two-thirds of the states must
apply to congress to call a convention to
propose amendments. Any amendment ap
proved either by congress or by a consti
tutional convention, before tt can become
a part of the constitution, roust then be
ratified by tbe legislatures of three- fourths
of. all tha atates. In other words, the
election of Sana tors by popular vote can bs
secured only by action which eould not be
taken unless an overwhelming majority of
tha cltltena throughout tha country stood
ln favor of It.
Tha recent history of senatorial election
conteata points unmistakably to tbs need
of a reform. Senatora doubtless will urge
that election by legislature preserves the
Idea of atate sovereignty, that the way to
check auch abuses sa exlat In connection
with tbe present method of election la to
secure better legislatures and that to take
the power of election away from the legis
latures Is to stamp them wttb Irresponsi
bility and still further confirm them In
bad practices. Tbeae are questions which
the various atates themselves ought to pass
upon. It Is not to be supposed that the
state leglalaturea would throw ' away one
of their most valued privileges lightly or
without due consideration of popular feel
ing. If the aenatora have any good reason
for not aubmltting this question to tbe
nation they should hasten to make It
public. '
FASSINO PI-KASAltTniES.
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doctor," the patient said, "I don't feel well
at all, although 1 eat and sleep very well
and"
I'll atoo all that In no time." said Dr.
Quack confidently.
Brooklyn Life: Mrs. Stiles I thou ah aha
sang much better In the second act than
nn did ln the nrst dldn t you 7
Km Va,,An. ill. A ...... V. . .. .
...ao . v ... . lira w.l( ' f . Ann miiw yu.
that lovely white allk dress on. , . ,
Philadelphia Record: Tha Friend la the
editor enjoying good health?
The Poet (sadly) No; from what I've
aeen of him he has been declining for the
lsst five years.
Chlca.ao Tribune: "It seems to re
marked the Observant Forelimer, "you al
low your girls great freedom In the matter
of choosing their masculine companions,
lee, reoponaea me f lippant Native,
"we seem to give them all the laddie dude
they want."
Philadelphia Press: Rev. Mr.- Tatlman
And what did you think of my sermon?
Miss Sharpe Oh! It was ao like you, Mr.
Tollman
Rev. Mr. Tallman Characteristic, eh?
Miss Sharpe Well, no one could aav It
was stunted. ,
Ohio State Journal.- 'Blewblud tt Isn't
aenerally known, but my ancestors cam.
over on the Mayflower.
Numskull on, that a all light, old man;
don't be afraid of me telling anybodv, be
cause you can't help what your ancestors
did. .....
The Optimist: "Why did you place such
a tough old fowl before me?" asked the
Indignant. lady ln a down-town restaurant.
"Aae before beauty, always, you know."
replied the tactful waiter. And then,
womanlike, snn smiled, and paid her bill
without a murmur.
. TUB LOST THRILL.
8. E. Kiser, In the Record-Herald.
"He corneal" "He conies!" the people
shout, a
And autocrats In blux
Wave back the crowds where men press
out
And boys ao saulrmlnar throua-h:
They cry, "He comes!" and distant drums
uive time lor marching feet
Behold the guards who lead the way
Come proudly down tne street.
Men atand upon their toes to see,
And wave their hats In air '
But what Is all this fuxs to me.
And who la passing there?
Erect and proud be vlewa tha crowd,
I cannot cheer him, though.
As I could cheer the splendid, big
uruin major, long ago.
Here paasea one whose fame haa spread
Wherever men abide;
There's grandeur in his poise of head,'
Ana in nis oreasi is pnae;
But when, at last, the guards have passed
Unthrllled. I turn away,
Forgetting that my aaao baa been
Upon tne great today.,!
The yeara have robbed me of a Joy'
I'll ne'er regnln, alas.1
Oh for the ardor of the boy
Who aees the marchers pass!'
Oh that I still mlKht have the thrill
wtucn set my cheeks aglow
When glory centered in the big
iTum major, lung aaoi v
own
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