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0 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; SATURDAY, JUXE 7. 1902. The omaha Daily Dee E. R06EWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TEKiJS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Ually Bee (without Sunday;, one Year. 14. 00 Jjally H-e and tuntla. One Xear Illustrated Bee, one tear Bumiay Be, one lear JI-W baturaay Bf, one Year l.w Twentieth Cvntury Farmer, One Year. l.W UELIVEUEL BY CARRIER. Dally Bc-e (without Sunday), per copy.. 2c laiiy Bee (without Sunday), lr week..Uc Lally Bee (IncluiJliig tiunday), per wtek.lic Mum. lay Bee, ier copy ,'c i, veiling Bee (without Sunday), per week.Wc livening- Bee (including Uunua), per week. lc Complaints ol irregularities In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation leparttnenv. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building-. South Omatia City liall Building, Twenty-tilth and M Btreets. Council Bluffa 10 1'earl Street. Chlcagu lUu Unity Building. 1 New York Temple Court. ' Washington but l-'ourteenth Street. CORRESHONBENCfc:. Communli'attona relating to. newa and editorial mailer ahould be addressed; Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should be addressed: Tlia Bee I'uuUbhlng Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal crder, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only x-cent stamp accepted In payment of mail accounts. personal checks, except on Omaha or eanlern eathaiige, ij t accepted. l'HB BEK PUBLISHING COMPANY. . STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: George B. Tsschurk, secretary of The Bee Publishing Compnny, being duly sworn, aye that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of May, 1902, was aa follows: 1 20,000 17 U,BW 18 ai,oto 19 itt,O.IO 21) Jlt,tOO 21 29.U40 22.. 20,000 23 20,470 24 20.5NO 23 Kit, (1-40 26 , 80,1140 27 20.B.10 28 20,r0 29 at,4.IO 20 20,000 81. 2O.B10 1 20,42 t 2W,520 t 2,OJIO B ni,it MO e ao.xoo T... SO, TOO 1 2D.MNO ' 211.700 10 20,40 11 2O.K05 12 20,OfSO 13 2o,sno 14 so.uao 15 ZO.BTO it. ao.Boo Total 010,080 Less unsold and returned copies. y. 10,700 Net total sales Ooh.hmO Net dally average ao.Hte GEO. B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed la my presence and sworn to before me this" 31st day of May, A. D. 190L SeaI.) li. B. H UNGATE, Notary Public. The close of the Bouth African war has made the mule camp' a (load Issue. The warring statesmen of Dodge may have agreed to a truce, but not to dis armament. If the Young Men'a . McKlnley club would put their' confldende In Father Time, be would raise the age limit soon enough. v Cuba baa enjoyed the proud privilege f being the baby republic for two weeks and no sign yet of either croup or measles. 1 The Indiana ' democratic convention was all harmony, though not the kind of harmony . the Bryan. wine of the party prefers. If President Roosevelt puts Omaha on his risltlng list for his western tour, King Ak-Sar-Ben will be glad to abdi cate for a day. By the way, what baa become of the Yelser boom for governor that blossoms In the populist posy garden regularly very two years! Mark Twain announces that be will make no more public speeches. ' The public, however, will be willing to let bim change his mind and call It a joke. When Senator Hanna leads the sing, lng with his topical song, "Keep On Let ting Well Enough Alone," ths western farmer will be found Joining in the chorus. If s the County Democracy's turn to get up "an Interesting meeting." If there are no more resolutions of censure In the refrigerator, the piano might be given a birthday celebration. A resolution has already been intro duced Into congress providing for ad journment June 28. The design, doubt less, is to give ample notice to windy orators to turn off the hot air. ' The annual election of school teachers Is not what it used to be before the per manent list was established. And .strangely enough there Is no yearning among the teachers for a return to the good old times. . It turns out that the majority scored by the democratic candidate for gov yrnor in the Oregon election is less than 400. This margin may be enough to land the gubernatorial chair, but hardly enough to make it comfortable. Senator Ilanna boldly admits that be tas changed his mind as to the relative utility of the two routes for an isthmian canal and has concluded that Panama offers the most feasible solution. Sen ator Flanna prefers to be practical .rather than consistent Congress is said to be much disturbed over the lack of adequate Are protection for tho capital, la which Its sessions are held. In" 'vlewof the succession of heated 'discussion that have broken out recently in both ends of ths building there la good reason for apprehension, No one can tell what damagb a spark from one of the fiery speakers may do. Director of the M(uf Itoberts, report ing on his ooservailoBs" during a recent trip through the west, bears witness to the prevailing prosperity as follows: As a claaa, tha agricultural people ol ths vast are exceedingly proaperous at present ao4 Save ne eomplalata to make ooooarolag ; xlst leg cnndlUon.' .The price of. farm Ian da ta lows, tor Instance, ha sdvaaoed an avarice of pO per acre la the past two rears. Thirty sud forty dollars an acre waa ths price two years ago, but cod farm lands there cannot be bought today for lees tha 5Q. tiO and $70 aa acre. Lands have guns up because the farmers are making atoaey aad hate surplus funds to la vest, KCBRA9KA tX COXQREHS. Two years ago at least four congres sional districts in Nebraska were de batable. Two of these districts, the Third and Sixth, were lost to the repub licans by only a few hundred votes chiefly tecsuse Congressman Mercer dis couraged the national congressional committee from making an effort to carry them by representing that they were hopelessly popocratic. The decisive majority by which the state was carried for McKlnley and Itoosevelt two years ago and again lost year affords reasonable assurance that Nebraska will le represented by a solid republican delegation in the Fifty-eighth congress providing no in intake Is made in the selection of the candidates. The very fact that the majorities In the four debatable districts range from only '200 to KX) foreshadows close contests in the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth districts, in each of which the personal character and ability of the candidate will deter mine the outcome. Iu all these districts the repub licans will within the next ten days make their nominations for con gress. It behooves delegates to these congressional conventions fo bear in mlud the conditions that confront them and to subordinate personal preferences to the requirements of purty success. Above all they must not delude them selves with the Idea that mediocrity can win out in the race through the favor of some corporation or by the lavish ex penditure of money. What is needed in each district is a candidate who not only has the Integrity and capacity, but who inspires coulidence in,, the people that he will represent their interests faithfully and efliciently. If these conventions will take ad vantage of the rare opportunity pre sented to them, Nebraska will be the banner state for republican gains in the next congress. ' TAFTS MISSION TO BUMS. The mission of Governor Taft to Rome appears to have had entirely satisfac tory results so far as the relations of the Vatican to conditions in the Phil ippines are concerned. To his assur ances that the Roman Catholic church has nothing to fear from the extension of American authority over the Islands the pontiff responded by expressing pride in the church in this country and saying that he earnestly desired to help the American administration of the Phil ippines in every possible way, also assuring Governor Taft that the Vatican would approach all questions raised In the broadest and most conciliatory spirit One of the most difficult matters con fronting the government in the Philip pines a in relutlon to the interests of the Roman Catholic church there and undoubtedly the Vatican can give most valuable assistance In bringing about an amicable and satisfactory settlement of the questions to be determined. A very large majority of the Filipinos are Ro man Catholics and although there is much hostility to the friars the natives are loyal to'tbechurch and will" readily obey the behests of Its responsible rep resentatives. The cordially friendly feeling toward the United States ex pressed by Pope Leo gives ample assur ance that his great Influence will be ex erted to aid our government in the Phil ippines, he having intimated no objec tion to the policy made necessary by our constitution in respect to the sep aration of church and state. The visit of Governor Taft to Rome was moat Judicious and may confidently be ex pected to have most benenclal results. MAXIMUM AAD MIX1MCM TARIFF. The recent ' conference of the presi dent and republican leaders In congress, at which the question of tariff revision was discussed, appears to have devel oped considerable sentiment In favor of maximum and minimum tariff, such as France, Germany and other countries now bave in operation. It is urged that tbe United States la suffering in its foreign trade because of the lack of such a tariff. For Instance, France im poses Its maximum rates of tariff against this country, although France is as favorably treated In our markets as any other nation. Now If tbe United States bad a maximum and minimum tariff it would simply treat France as that country treats this by applying the maximum rates to French products and there la no doubt that such a course would secure for American goods going to France as favorable tariff rates as are given the products of any other country. As It is, there is no remedy for the discrimination against us. It is pointed out that the maximum rates could also be used against Germany and other countries that bave been discrim inating against the United States and there would be do ground of complaint ou their part if our government followed tbe same course as Is followed by those governments against tbe United States It is said that with such a law there would be no more friction about reel proclty treaties and tbls country would be able to secure advantages of which It Is now deprived. 'The Philadelphia Press earnestly' ad vocates a maximum and juluii'uuw tariff. It says that all European, countries en gaged in the warfare of trade bave found their Weapon'' in "such 'a tariff and the' United States needs this weapon In commercial warfare, for without it this country is at a disadvantage in the struggle for trade. "The minimum tariff," says that paper, "can1 be made high enough to cover all the protection that 1 needed. No rate can go below its rates. The maximum tariff gives the punitive tariff which can be levied when occasion demandx. Such a plan makes a tariff flexible. It parts with no pro tection. It provides reprisals. ,' It meets new steps takeu by other countries. Such a tariff would be a forward step la the customs policy of the) United States, deueral tariff agitation is not wanted. Revision would unsettle trade, The adoption of the maximum and mini mum principle Cv which additions could be mads as needeto tbe notuial xste would glvs ths UnVd State what it needs and lacks, a fighting schedule of maximum rates." There will be nothing done with the tariff at the present session of congress, but It Is quite possible that at least some of the schedules will be changed at the next session. In the meantime there will be opportunity for discussing the proposition to adopt the maximum and minimum plan and ascertain public opinion as to the expediency of making such a departure in our tariff policy. It may be urged that having made re markable industrial and commercial progress under the existing system there is no necessity for changing it, but it must be borne in mind that con ditions have changed and that the strug gle for trade is now more eager and strenuous than ever before. WILL IMPROVE COSDITIOSS. Greatly Improved conditions In South Africa are expected to come speedily from British rule. The former Amer ican consul at Capetown, Colonel Stowe, thinks that when responsible govern ment is given the new colonies they, like Cape Colony and Natal, will become more progressive than heretofore and civilization will be advanced among the Doer population more than It ever would have been under their former government, which indeed was never particularly active or aggressive in pro moting civilization. Still there are some even in England who believe that the work of reconstruction is likely to meet with more or less serious difficulties which will greatly retard it feueh a pessimistic view may be well founded, but the probability Is that British states manship will be found quite equal to the demands of the situation. What Is of chief interest to Americans is the promise of an enlarged trade In that quarter of the world. Colonel Stowe says that to rehabilitate the Boer farms, to restock the shops whose stocks have been exhausted and provide for the new ones that must be opened and the railroads, telegraphs, water, gas and electric plants that are already planned, will require American goods. There is no doubt of this and therefore the course of reconstruction In South Africa will be watched with great Interest here. Attention is called to the fact that the condition of the asphalt pavement on North Sixteenth street is again almost as bad as it was a year ago. This Is a complete vindication of the position taken by The Bee at that time that what was wanted was not repairing but repavlng. No good reason exists why the owners of the property abutting on that thoroughfare should not pay for a new pavement instead of trying to sad dle upon the taxpayers at large the ex pense of repeated patching. The demand for tax reform will not stop with tho revision of railroad assess ments and the assessment of franchisee! corporations. It will stop short of noth ing less than a complete and equitable readjustment of property valuations to conform with the letter and spirit of the state constitution, that requires the pub lic revenues to be raised so that every nerson and corporation shall pay a tax In proportion to the value of bis, her or its property and franchises. The official organ of populism pub lished at Lincoln is still laboring hard to prove that there Is no such thing as republican prosperity. The persistency and tenacity with which populist lead ers keep on preaching calamity has a flavor of consistency, but is about as sensible as the scientific sermon of a famous colored preacher, which insists that the earth is flat as a pancake and the sun do move. Speaking of the Union Pacific bridge, no one has yet explained on what trround of right the conductor can take out double mileage for each passenger, while for taxation purposes tne oriage and a do roaches are listed tbe same as tbe same mileage of the cheapest part of the line over the flat prairie. ' CherlahlDB Vain Hopes. Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat. Ths democratlo issue seems to be a wait for republicans to quarrel among them selves. Seeking Good Company. Philadelphia Press, if the Jacs are the Yankees of the Orient, the Siamese must be the Germans of the nriant. ThT are sending Prince Maha to visit this country after ths manner of Henry. Good Tiling, to Han Hope On. Philadelphia Record. There Is one feature of the industrial situ ation which gives hope to mankind and trnth to stocks. The farmers have planted great breadths of land to corn and the corn is growing. Wilt 'Millie Stand for It Cleveland Leader. The talk of making Bryan tbe demo cratic nominee for governor of Nebraska Is gaining headway. That would he a good war in which to discover whether ths "peerless leader" is still peerless. A Popalar Medicine Chest. Washington Post. If that resolution abolishing the sale of liquor In the capltol should happen to break the record and stick, the new medi cine chest of the house of representatives will become as popular as a South Carolina blind tiger. AnolUer ( Conilns. Chicago Inter Ocean. Dr. Conan Doyle and Michael Davltt have both made bad guesses. Tbe former as sumed, more than a year ago, that the Boer war was over, while the latter haa just announced, also In book form, that It Is going to continue Indefinitely. Edaeatlonal Featlvtttea in Iowa. Boston Transcript. The two leading educational Institutions it Iowa, the State University at Iowa City and Iowa College at Grlnnell, only thirty miles apart, ars to bave riches in their commencement feaats next week. Profes sor Joslah Royce of Harvard University Is to give the Phi Beta Kappa oration at Iowa City and the commencement address at Grlnnell, while the commencement address at Iowa City la to be delivered by Booker T. Washington. Iowa College Is also to in a ug orate Ha new president. Daa R- Brad ley. (This Is ths lnetitutloa which U at tempting to secure Andover Seminary, by the war.) Altogether the Hawkeye stats eollegedom Is to enjoy a remarkable week. Touts and Ae In Battle. Minneapolis Tribune. It came out In the House of Commons, on Wednesday, that among the Boer pris oners In British bands were 7 S3 boys under 1 years of age, and 1,025 men over 60. Thus the needs ef defense of the fatherland literally robbed the cradle and the grave. No Danger of a Relapse. Chicago Inter Ocean. If the Nebraska fuslontsts should nomi nate William Jennings Fry an for the gov ernorship, and William Jepnings Bryan should accept the nomination, Nebraska would have the chance It has been pining for to show that thers Is no danger what ever of a relapse. Strange Migration of Kmlaenta. Chicago Chronicle. Trains for Canada and for Mexico con tinue to be filled with gentlemen wearing bushy whiskers, blue spectacles and furtive expressions who start visibly at the sight of a policeman and who scan the news papers eagerly for news Items dated St. Louis. The grand Jury has almost depopu lated the Missouri metropolis of Its promi nent citizens. Contlnnation of Good Times. Louisville Courier-Journal. The prosperity of an agricultural nation like this is always greatest with large crops. It being better to have the general distribution of the proceeds rather than that a limited yield should bring high prices to few. The south and west appear likely to be favored with the blessings of abundant harvests and a resulting con tinuation et the good times already being enjoyed. SHALLOW CRY OF "MILITARISM." Significance of th Order Reducing the Army. Chimin TrlhnriA. A general order Issued last year fixed the permanent strength of the army at 77,287. An order Issued last week by the secretary of war by direction of the president reduces tbe maximum strength of tbe army to 68, 497. By cutting off 10,000 men there will be a saving of $10,000,000 a year for pay, clothing, food and transportation. Tbe withdrawal of the soldiers from Cuba and tbe Improvement 1n conditions In the Philip pines warrant the reduction In the strength of tbe army. The number of men In the coast artillery is left unchanged. Each Infantry company will have fifty-seven privates Instead of eighty-one and each cavalry troop eseventy-five men Instead of eighty-five. The act of congress of February 2, 1901, fixed the maximum enlisted strength of the army at 88,000. At the time the law was enacted several congressmen expressed grave doubts as to the permanency of Amer ican free Institutions. They announced that so large an army was asked for by the administration in order that liberty might be overthrown and a despotism established. It must be a relief to the prophets of evil to witness successive reductions in the strength of the army. Their fears that an American Cromwell would send a squad of soldiers to throw them out of the capltol bave been allayed. Of late the men who are nervous on the subject of a "standing army" composed of American citizens have had nothing to say about tbe army as an instrument for ths destruction of American liberties, but thy have not ceased their .attacks upon tbe army. They have denounced It, or that part of It in. the Philippines, without meas ure or discrimination. Now that peace Is being established in the ialands the profes sional enemies of the army will have less to say about Its behavior In the Philippines and will fall back on tbe old ground of the army being "a menace to American institutions." It Is to have a strength of only 68,497, but the cry of "militarism" will be renewed when no other cry Is con venient. POLITICAL DRIFT. It seems to be tbe purpose of Indiana democrats to adorn ths back benches with awaybacks, Fred K. and Charles B. Landla, brothers. have been nominated for congress by the republicans of two districts in Indiana. Somebody appears to have made away with $800,000 of Tammany money. It is recalled that Mr. Croker consistently re fused to answer the question, "Where did you get ltt" Grover Cleveland is billed for a speech at tbe forthcoming banquet of the Tllden democracy In New York City. It is ex pected the eminent disciple of Isaak Walton will work oft a few thrilling fish stories. Tbe limit of tbe session of tbe Louisiana legislature which met on May 11 la sixty days and this unuaual selection of a day of meeting recalls the fact that there are now only five other state legislatures which do not begin their sessions in January. The house of representatives to be elected this year will be chosen under the new apportionment mads since the federal census of 1900. There are twenty-nlnt additional districts, bringing up the total membership of the next bouse to 3S6. In New Hampshire delegates to a consti tutional convention are to be elected In November, 1902, and the convention will meet in December. Ths act for the election of delegates provides tbat amendments de termined on by tbe convention shall be submitted to the people for ratification. The present constitution of New Hampshire was adopted In 1792. South Carolina has a state election tbls year. State officers, members or the legis lature and members of congress will be voted for in November, but the actuah elec tion will be in August when the democratic primaries will take place. The delegates chosen then make all the nominations and nomination to elective office by democratlo conventions in South Carolina is equivalent to election. The new Jury law of New York requires that In making Hats of Jurymen preference should be given to men who bad registered but failed to vote. Tbe Idea was to Im pose Jury service on men who had neg lected their first civic duty. Politicians who have observed tbe operation of tbe law are convinced that It will materially increase he republican and independent vote, as theae classes contain nearly all the stay-at-home vote. Congressman Lever of South Carolina, tbe "baby of tbe house," said the other day that as the labor question la a live one In his district he proposed to seejc admission to some union. "Why, you are Juat out of college," said one of his hearers, "and never did a day's work In your life." "Haven't, eh?" said the young member In dignantly. "Why. the way I've tolled to get democratic legislation out of a repub lican bouse makes aoe fit for membership In a score of labor unions." The Atchison Globe remarks, for the benefit of marriageable girls, that "the moat eligible man in Kansas today is Wil liam J. Bailey, late of Nemaha county, but who will go to housekeeping la January In the gubernatorial mansion In Topeka. Handsome, rich, only 40, well educated, agreeable, and coming to the top more rapidly than any other man In tho state. We advise you to sea him early. After he haa one located la Topeka thers will b ae getting within a Bue of bim, owing to tbe hungry Topeka girls." Mr. Harriman's Plea A Mistaken Aaaamptlon. Springfield (Man.) Republican. Mr. Harrlman finds or thinks he finds a less antagonists attitude on the part of ths public toward the roads, and seems to be lieve that popular opinion la drifting to the point of leaving the roads free from public regulation. But in this he Is greatly mistaken. The supposition that government will with draw its restraining hand as the roads draw toward a more and more effective monopoly through combinations and con solidations. Is based upon the wish and upon nothing else. The time of the Inter state Commerce commission may have passed, but If so ths time of a stronger and more effective public control through other agencies of government has arrived. The power of transportation monopoly la too great to be left to the unregulated con duct of private capital, and It Is simply preposterous 'to suppose that It will be so left. Government purchase and operation of the road is far mors probable than ths abandonment of government regulation. Chunks of Wisdom. Detroit Free Press. E. H. Harrlman, president of the South ern Pacific, has generously tendered to the country a chunk of wisdom in the form of a statement that railroad commissions ars a thing of the past and the "railroads ought not to be governed by men who know nothing about tbe business." In other words, the government should let ths railroads alone, because the government knows nothing about the railroad business. Following this line of reasoning, congress should let the navy department alone, be cause congress Is not a sailor. Congress should let the army alone, because con gress Is not a soldier. Congress should let the Indians alone, because congress is not an Indian. Congress should let the trusts alone, because congress is not J. Plerpont Morgan, and can know nothing about the business of the truats. Congress should let the tariff alone, because congress knows little about all the Industries of the coun try, and the business of these Industries Is affected by tariff legislation. Indeed, OTHER LANDS THAN OVR8. Spain, says a correspondent, is seen at its best and at its worst in solemn visaged Toledo. At Its best, for not only old Cas tile, but all the Spalns, may be sampled in this museum of the antique and the picturesque. At Its worat, for conservatism here has become retrogressive, and recov ery and progress seem hopeless. In In dustrial, workaday Barcelona; in gay. Im aginative Seville, and even in gosslpping, pleasure loving Madrid, the optimist may balance causes and effects and forecast hopefully a trend of future progress; but not in this ruined stronghold of Spanish power. There are no signs of reanlmatlon In this city of lost causes and spent forces. The famous' Toledo blades will never bt forged anew. Swarms of chattering beg gars In rags make up the remnant of a ctty of Imperial might and grandeur. Herds of goats are pasturing among the rocks and thickets of prickly pear. Somnolent donkeys with water Jars shiver as tbey pass one another on the sharp cobblestonos of the narrow lanes, so unaccustomed are they to a counter movement In traffic. The famous town is In the last stages of de cadence, with a thriftless, unemployed pop ulation dependent upon the charities of Corpus Chrlsti and clamoring, for doles from, tourists. Reform cannot corns like another conquering Cld to bring redemp tion to worn and embattled Toledo. In ths home of Cervantes national regenera tion seems as Ironical as the comlo ad ventures of Don Quixote. The new nsval program of the Jspaness government provides for the building of twenty-five new war ships. Five of these are to be first-class battleships, two first class cruisers, eight second-class cruisers and ten destroyers. These represent a total tonnage of 139,900 tons and will give the Japanese navy a total tonnage of 393,103 tons, including the ships now In commis sion and undergoing construction. Tbs Japanese government is evidently endeavor ing to raise the standard of its navy so as to counterbalance the combined fleets of Russia and France In Oriental waters. In doing so it Is unquestionably embarking upon a perilous financial career which may plunge the country into aerlous difficulties. The credit of Japan is by no means good. Increasing the navy on such broad lines will strain it possibly to ths breaking point. The program of the Japanese alma at securing naval aupremacy In Oriental waters. To carry this out successfully they must continue to multiply the number of tbeir ships to at least equal tbe combined fleets of rival western powers. Russia's encroachments are what Japan fears, and tbe treaty of offense and defense entered into between Russia and France makes It necessary for her to keep abreast of these two. It appears tbat tbe only reason why Russia did not go to the assistance of France In the Fashoda affair was tbat she perceived, by a remakable exercise of po litical intuition, tbat she could do France more good and England much more barm by remaining quiescent. M. Wltte has Juet explained all this to a correspondent of the Echo de Paris. The. Fasboda affair, he says, was for France only an anair or amour propre. There wae nothing to be made out of it by fighting. So Russia ad vised France to yield. This left England at liberty to fight tbe Boers, which she never would bave done If she had been en gaged in a conflict with France. In South Africa ahe haa lost money, men and pres tige, has been weakened in every way and. moreover, haa Incurred ths ill will of all the civilized powers by ber policy. All of which is distinctly to the advantage of France, who has been growing in strength and prosperity, while ber rreat rival has been exhausting herself. This would not have been tbe case It Russia bad been so improvident as to back up her French ally in Faaboda, and France, therefore, ought to be very grateful Instead of Intimating, as some Frenchmen bave, that she was left in the lurch. Very little trustworthy news of Portugal comes direct to tbe news centers of Europe from Lisbon. Advices, however, that ar rive In Madrid from the west ars sent over Europe without any Interference on tbe part of the Spanish censor. A cable du patch from this source recently contained tbe Information that great excitement had been caused by the passage of a bill calcu lated to convert the foreign debt, and tbat In consequence 200 naval officers who peti tioned King Csrlos against the convention bad refused to withdraw tbe protest. It now seems that the movement against tbe government measure Is general, particularly In the university centres. At Colmbra the university bas been cloeed and the stu dents bave been expelled from the town. The pupils st the Polytechnic school la Lisbon bave been parading the town shout ing "Down with the traitors!" "Long live our country!" "Down with the conven tions with the foreign bondholders!" Up to a certain point In alt tbe coronation ceremonies It appears that it la to be "their majesties." but when It comes to pass tbat (bin royal pair ahall be seated oa tbe pair of thrones in Westminster Abbey, that of following Mr. Harrlraan's mode of reason ing, the government ought to get out of the business of government, because a great majority of the men who make up the government know very little about the science of government. Mr. Harrlman la a profound thinker, and it is not easy to understand how the country managed to toddle along before bs began to volunteer advice. Escaalnsr Over-Capltallaatlon. New York World. E. H. Harrlman, the bead of the Union Faciflo system, In bis manifesto pleading tor a better understanding between rail roads and the public, attempts to excuse over-capltaluatlon by analogy with the farmer whose land has risen in value from $5 an acre to $75 or $100. "Why." he asks, - ''should ths people who put their time and 'their money in the railroads be asked to do any more than the people who have been benefited by the facilities given by the rail road .companies?" Naturally Mr. Harrl man does not believe In federal supervision of railroads, and as to the Interstate Com merce commission he says: "I do not think transportation companies should bavs to submit to dictation or con trol by bodies who do not know anything about transportation. No analogy can be drawn between a 100 aore farm and an 18,000-mile railroad sys tem like Mr. Harrlman's. The latter Is within its territory an absolute monopoly, made by the combination of formerly com peting lines.' It all the farms of the west wars combined In one enormous "merger" for the purpose of charging for wheat "what the trafflo would bear," that plainly would be against publlo policy. So It is against public policy when railroad combinations, capitalized at three, four or five times the value of their plants and properties, ex tract dividends upon these enormous sums from communities wholly at their mercy. It Is yet to be tested whether the Inter state Commerce commission has power to enforce Justice against monopoly, but tbe people are not likely to throw down any weapon already la their grasp until it Is bent or broken. Queen Alexandra will be found ranged two steps below the chair known ss St. Ed ward's which Is to be occupied by King Edward. From this on the vast audience will be given to understand that It Is "his majesty" first, it It pleases the lords and ladles. By the wjj these same lords and ladies "-to will, their fellow spectators be In their seats some time before their majcetlos appear, will have an opportunity to observe as beautiful an Interior as could be Imagined. The governing principle of It all will be a maximum of architecture and a minimum of drapery, for the abbey itself as It stands has more splendor than any decorations could give It, so no hangings are to be employed except to conceal some of tho temporary wooden erections. And yet yellow and blue velvet will be the fab rto used to the exclusion of almost every thing else except a few rare Indian rugs. There seem to be galleries apportioned for every class, white sheep and black sheep, but no provision is made for the camera artists. King Victor Emmanuel has once again given evidence of his breadth of mind and freedom from prejudice by appointing General Ottelenghl, minister of war. In the place of General Ponza di San Martlno, Gen eral Ottolenghl Is not only of Hebrew birth, but also of Jewish creed, and, so far as known it Is the first occasion of a member of this particular faith being ap- ypohited by a great power of Europe to one of the leading cabinet offices. Even J In France, . where political prejudice against elose sssoclation with one or another of the Christian denominations is so strong tbat a minister risks his seat in the cabinet every time that be sets foot inside a church, no professing Jew bas ss yet been entrusted with a portfolio, and those members of the Hebrew race who have until now held cabinet office in Europe bave beep like, tbe late Lord Bea consfleld in (England and Baron Sonino in Italy, converts to Christianity. The new Italian minister of war is one of the most distinguished field officers of tbe Italian army, and has commanded in turn tbe mili tary district of Turin, tbe military district of Genoa . and that of Palermo, besides having been recently designated by the king to command one of the groups of army corps In ths event of war. Heroism In the Canae of Science. Philadelphia Ledger. If tbe act of Richmond P. Hobson In tak ing a ship to the entrance of Santiago har bor and sinking it across the channel under a tremendous fire from the Spanish bat teries, waa enough to Immortalize him, why should not Prof. Hellprin's aacent of Mount Pelee under circumstances quite aa hazardous as those which attended Hob son's feat, do as much for him? Heilprtn did not go under cover of darkness, for bs bad ho chance of escaping detection, nor waa his work done in a few minutes, sfter which he might escape to comparative safe ty; be was under the deadly fire of the volcano for hours, breathing an atmosphere only to be comoared with the suffocating fumes of lyddite abelts, with a rain of missiles constantly falling about bim, and liable, at any moment, to be overwhelmed by an out rush of volcanic matter. A man that can stand for hours, aa he did, calmly nursulnc scientific obcsrvatlons under such circumstances, is at least as much a hero as be wbo risks bis life under the fire of an enemy to secure a military advantage. feather Weight Clothing. Hot weather Clothing Is slimpsy and shapeless un less the seams are properly taped. In a half lined or skeleton serge, wool, crash, or flan nel, the "stays" are most important details, and they are usually slighted in the cheaper goods. You'll find our suits for summer wear are thoroughly tailored and as light as a feather. $8,50, $10, $.12.50, $15,? KO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. SPECIAL $3. 53.50 and $4 Bicycle Trousers $1.50 $1, $1.50 and $2 Bicycle Trousers 50c Odd Vests, from Suits, slzesJ5, 36 and 37, 25c Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. 8. Wilcox, Manager. PARTITION OF AFRICA. liorr the Nations of Knrope Are (Mlrln the. Territory.'" Chloaao Reoord-Hersld. By the surrender of the Boers England ets an undisputed title to 167. 45 square miles of new territory, the area being 11.000 square miles greater than that of the state of California. Thle. however, la only a small part of the British South African posnesslons, which now contain perhaps 900,000 square rqlles. but the tract Is one of the most valuable on th continent, and Its acquisition does away with a dividing barrier that might prove a formidable ob stacle Jn some great political emergency. Throughout Africa the English holdings and "spheres" Bow aggregate more than . 000,000 square miles and exceed the con tinuous continental territory of the United States. Of the other European nations France haa claims about ss vast, but somo 2,000,000 square miles of her African terri tory are in tbs desert of Sahara, and her sovereignty over the ssndy waste Is poorly established. Germany and Portugal have each about 900,000 square miles, and so bas Belgium, It the Congo Free State be marked off to that country. Spanish Africa consists of some 2r2,000 square miles. Italian Africa of 88,000, Tripoli, which la tributary to Tur key, comes near 400,000 square miles. England has an advantage not only in the size of her possession, but in tbelr char acter. She has mors territory than any other nation tbat In habitable for white men, and controls what are now the great est diamond and gold regions In tbe world. She has also a more direct control over the districts credited to her than have most of the other countries over their districts. But on all the claims there are large num bers of natives who bave still to be reck oned with. The partition has been exclu sively a European affair. ' PASSING PLEASANTRIES. Chlca-o Tribune: "If you think, madam, raid the Disagreeable Hoarder, "that hv keeping your dining room so dark In th morning you can Induce us to eat a llr!n breakfast you are making a aerlous mis take." Ohio State Journal: Floorwalker Any thing I can show you, slrt Dazed Individual The door, please. If you will be so kind; I've been hunting it for two hours. Cleveland Plain Dealer: ' llnery bill came today." "Big, of course." "Of course." "Make the usual kick?" "No. I had Juat bought hat." My wife's mll- . $60 Panama Philadelphia Press: Tess I suppose she'll go to the mountains this summer, aa usual. Jesa Oh! no. Phe haa become quite plump and has developed a good figure. Tess-Well? Jesa Well, she'll go to the seashore, of course. Waahlngton Star: "What's the trouble out there In the laundry?" asked one palace official. "The help ladles are having a quarrel over a question of precedence." answered the other. "The lady tn washing claims so cial superiority over the lady in Ironing." Chicago Post: "Do you think anything is ever really gained bv litigation T" "Oh. yes. Indeed. The lawyer gains. doesn't he?" Detroit Free Press: Youn Doctor Now, If you will take my advice . She Well, I don't mind taking your ad vice. What I object to taking Is your medicine. Baltimore American! "Never," eald the person of good advice to the delicately nur tured Boston youth, "never say "I can't.' " "Indeed, sir," responded the Intellectual lad. "I trust that my dictum la not so open to criticism. If you will but be attentive to my conversation you will observe that I say I cawn't.' " Chlcaao. Tribune; "MJsa Birdie." stam mered the young man, "II feel-that I can no longer disguise the sentiments that I you must have noticed my preference for your society and have I said too much. Miss Birdie?" "Not yet. Mr. Bashful, replied Miss Flyppe, encouragingly. Philadelphia Press: "I should like a de scription of your gown," said the reporter. "Oh! Mercy, no," protested the bright young woman. "It's sufficient to eay that I am clothed In my right mind." "In that case," replied the gallant re porter, "I shall have to say you were mag nificently gowned." MIXTTRE TO MAKE GOOD CROPS. Lutheran World. Bald Farmer Jones In a whining tone. To hia good old neighbor Gray, "I've worn my knee through to the bone, But It ain't no use to pray. "I've prayed to the Lord a thousand times For to make that 'ere corn grow; An' why your'n beats It so and climbs I'd give a deal to know." Said Farmer Gray to his neighbor Jones, In hla easy, quiet way; "When prayers get mixed with lasy bones They don't make farmin' pay. "Your weeds. I notice, are good an' tall. In spite of all your prayers; You may pray for corn till the heavens fall If you don't dig up the tares. "I mix my prayers with a little toll Along In every row; An' I work thla mixture Into the soil Quite vlg'rous with a hoe.. "So, while I'm praying, X use my hoe. An' do my level best. To keep down the weed along each row, An' the Lord He does the reat. "It's well for to pray, both night an' morn. As every farmer knows, But the place to pray for thrifty corn la right between the rows. "You must use your hands while praying, though. If an answer you would get. For prayer-worn knees an' a rusty boo Never raised a big crop yet. . "An' so I believe, my good old friend, If you mean to win the day. From plowing, clean to the harvest's end. You must hoe as well as pray."
