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(Seal.) Notary Public.
Cuban annexation will be left for the
present for further Incubation.
A legislature with lew than one em
ploy for each member would be ac
cuited of not being up to date.
No Nebraska names thla time In the
holdover Mat left hanging In the air by
the adjournment .of the senate's extra
session.
Douglas county road supervisors may
have overreached themselvee In pad
ding their bllla, but how about other
pie bltere on the county pay roll?
Ex-Treaeurer Bartiey might at least
be polite' enough to Bend that legisla
tive committee a letter telling how
much he la enjoying his Uttle absence
from home.
President Roosevelt prefers not to
have an escort to guard him during hla
Wyoming bunting trip,' There' are no
anarchists roaming about the prairies
or hiding In mountain fastness In the
liberty loving west.
No matter how many fusion back
sliders turn agalust the proposition for
CQtial taxation of railroads with other
property for city purposes that will not
Justify republicans assisting the rail
roads to evade their taxes.
As wat to have been expected, some
of the democratic senators who have
teen loudest In arraigning the repub
licans for not doing something for Cuba
recorded themselves against Cuban reci
procity when the treaty came to a vote.
President Talma'a son seems to have
solved the Cuban Question for himself
n month ago by annexing a handsome
American wife and ratifying the mar
riage treaty so secretly that news of It
did not even leak out of executive ses
sion. Lucky that the legislature la sure to
adjourn within a reasonable tlmo after
the sixty pay Java have elatmcd. or ex-
Governor Savage might have to ask for
a time extension on the return part of
the pass that carried hliu from Ne
braska to the Puget sound country.
There Is no trouble In nuding able
lawyers to defend the big corporation
mergers. The assurance of a Wg re
tainer, with prospects of a still bigger
contlngvut, will make the Wat legal
talent wax elotiueut over the benefits of
monopoly and the philanthropy of te
trust maguates.
Member of the Douglas delegation
to tho legislature who refused to give
the cltlieu of Omaha the right to elet-
their own water cummUaiou or the
right to elect their o u police commis
sion luslat on hum rule for the rvgula
tlon of telephone charges. Consistency
does not aipear to be a Jewel with the
Omaha delegation.
The Missouri legislature has adopted
a conatltutlonat anteudmeut that will
require railroad In that state to furbish
free transportation to, executive oflWr
and member of the legislature. Such
an ameuduteut to the Nebraska constl
tut Ion wuuld bw highly desirable. Pas
bribery ta an aduiltUM evil that ha
done more to demoralise and delutuch
public official In thl atate than all
ther perulclous agvuele ivmbiued.
Wonder If the women expect by hold
in their seaalon of the National
Woman'a Suffrage aaoclattou In New
Orleau to persuade the southern polttl
clans to extend the suffrage to them
while Wlthdrawtug it from the black.
And If the southern tate uudertook to
given women the right to vote, would
they b aaked to Vet the negro women In
on the eauae terms aa the white women
Woman suffrage only strike more com
iUcaUvu whan It g south.
colommah nrrtmiTHiy.
The Colombian congress will meet
next month and Its first business will
lie consideration of the canal treaty.
According to advices received n t Wash
ington the Colombian administration Im
using Its liest efforts to further the rntl
floatlon of the treaty, but Is much hiuitl
lcapMHl. There Is nild to Ik- strong op
position to the convention, headed by
tlio former minister at Washington,
who was relieved of the duty of iietfo
tlnttnir the treaty after having shown
an obstructive; disposition in rcgim! to
It and a tendency to create complica
tions. It Is also stilted Hint Itrltlsh and
(Id-man Interests In Colombia ore hon
tllo to ratification Hul are endeavoring
to allure the Colombians with n prop
osition for a Brent International syndi
cate to tuke over the rlirlits of the cniml
company If the treaty fulls. They
promise the Colombians a cntinl In any
event and argue thnt nn International
waterway would be more beiiellclal
than one controlled by the I'nlted
States. A Washington dispatch says
the Colombian representative there Is
much disturbed over the prospects of
the treaty.
Doubtless there U some substantial
ground for theso statements, but It
Is Improbable that the opposition will
prove to be quite so serious ns rep
resented. The treaty Is most fair to
Colombia, our government making
every reasonable concession that coun
try asked, so thnt It Is not ensy to see
whut valid objection to It can be urged
on the part of Colombians, If they de
sire tho completion of the cnnnl. The
opponents of the treaty must under
stand thnt nothing more Is to be ob
tained from the United States than is
provided for In this convention and If
the treaty falls the project will lie
abandoned and this country will take
up the Nicarnjrua route. Therefore
while a considerable opposition to rati
fying tho treaty may develop, It seems
entirely safe to say thnt it will not pre
vail..
1KTKRBSTIMJ MUNICIPAL CONTEST.
Because Tom L. Johnson la airaln a
candidate for mayor of Cleveland the
impalgn and election In that city this
spring will command more general at
tention than perhaps any other munic
ipal contest of the year. Johnson has
been a unique and plcturesoue execu
tive of the Ohio metropolis. Having al
most autocratic control of the affaire
the- crty under the federal svsrem.
aooa to be modified, he has been in the
most comprehensive sense a political
boss. There Is no Question 'that be Is
man of ability and force, as well as
considerable astuteness as a noli.
tlclan, and he has aggressively used hla
power In building up a machine which
absolutely obedient to his will. Ho
aspires to.be governor of Ohio and may
even have a higher ambition, bo that
he will make a most determine nht
for re-election to the mayoralty.
ine republicans have nominate!
Tei7,.wor,hy mn and are preparing to
make a, strong fljcht for the rodpmntinn
of the city from Johnson rule, which a
prominent democrat and former mayor
declared baa been demoralizing in rh
extreme. Cleveland is normally repub
lican, dui me republicans have uot been
harmonious for several years. If th
party can now be united there will be
very good chance of bcatln? J.ih
and at least temporarily retiring him
iroiu pontics.
8TRIKIS0'AT AMERICA.
The feeling In Europe against Amer
ican competition, which has long been
manifested, appears to be aa strong and
active aa ever, If Indeed It is not grow
ing. A few days ago there was a dis
cussion ir. the Prussian Diet of an ap
propriation for an educational exhibit
at the St Louis exposition. In the courso
of which one of the speakers expressed
regret that the government had ac
cepted the invitation to participate In
the exhibition, remarking that "the
amenities which we have received from
the United States are not great enough
for that." Another speaker, while sup
porting tho appropriation, said that
owing to their unjust aud arbitrary
treatment of ua wo are not favorably
disposed toward the Americans." The
appropriation waa voted, but the soutl-
uieuta expressed showed very dearly
that this was not done from friendship
for this country but as one of the mem
ber of the Diet remarked, "for our own
advautage."
Switzerland has Just adopted a new
and higher protective tariff which levies
Increased duties upon our meats, not
withstanding the fact that we buy from
that country a great deal more than
we ell to It. This action of the Swiss
republic Is noted as significant at once
of the general teudeuey tow ant higher
protective barriers among the conti
nental states and of the leadership of
Germany In eoutlneutal coinuufrce. It
sterns clear that Switxcrlaud propose
to stand with other Kuroau states in
discriminating agalust this country aud
there seem good roasou to thiuk that
German Influence Is measurably re
sponsible for this. It ia true that
Swltserlaud Is a manufacturing couu
try and may deeta It to be utvetxiary
to tiettcr protect her Industries In view
of the higher tariff iollcy of other con
tlneutal countries, but thl doe uot ex
pUlu the tucreed duties on our meat
VMille th'a ectlou wltl uot materially
affect our trade it U yet slguiflut.
So far a Geunauy Is couevrned her
purpose apiH-ar to be to make commer
cial treat'e with the vutiueutl coun
tries that shall iu effect create a klud
of tariff league agalust the 1'ultod
States. Her tariff was framed with
direct reference to trade with thl coun
try and the protevr'on ot the agricul
tural luterest aud some Hue of uuuu
facture. from our competition. Tbl U
ahown In the Increase of the duty on
wheat and other cereal and on flour,
a well a tl advance on meat prod
ucia aud certain iluvU of uachlury
)rrnuse the Imports affected come
nrgely from this country and produce
he competition t lint Is felt In the Ger
man markets. What action, If any, our
government should tnke to meet this
situation the next congress niny be
a lied upon to determine. In the last
tinjiresa It wns proposed to Institute
an Inquiry In regard to tariff (liscrlni-
natlons agnlnst tho United States, but
no net Ion wns taken. Keclproclty pre
sents a way to counteract the German
IMillcy townrd us. but this Is not nt
present In such favor aa to give much
promise of Its adoption.
CrRKSEttTAflOS OH MlSUF.VttF.SEK
TA TiO.v.
The good people of Omaha nre having
iclr eye teeth cut by the object lesson
l rertrescntatlnn furnished by the
course of the Douglas delegation to the
gtslnture. They have discovered to
In
lr sorrow tlint the trust reposed in
n elected on the broad platform of
IIH
1H
rsonal honor without specific pledges
hns been misplaced. Can the citizens
nd taxpayers of Omnha afford to re
pent the blunder at 'ie coming city
election? Is the next city council to he
Improvement on the last? Are the
men who are to manage aud direct the
ffalrs of the municipal corporation to
be
dictated and controlled by the rail
roads and franchlscd' corporations, or
re they to be men who will fairly rep
resent all the Interests In the coramu-
Ity, without fear or favor?
In the langnugo of the St Louis Re
public, which Is Just now discussing
municipal Issues of St. Louis, a city that
as recently been torn up and disgraced
over municipal conniption:
You can elect precisely the type of
men you think your several wards
hould have to represent them. If you
have no choice, If anyone will do, the
Inference Is plain you will be satisfied
vlth misrepresentations, old conditions
uid old malpractices."
Omnha needs competent . and unpur-
chasable officials and councllmeu ns
much as St. Louis or any other city.
The men who manage the properties of
corporation thnt owns more than
$100,000,000 worth of property should
bo above the low; water mnrk level.
In any event they should nt nil times
nd . under all circumstances represent
the Interests of the municipal corpora
tion and Its stockholders the tax
payers; otherwise, the city cannot hope
to prosper or progress. That there will
be a very material change In the per
sonnel of the present city council la a
foregone conclusion but unless tho citi
zens of all pnrtles manifest an active
Interest in the selection of worthy
candidates at the primary elections of
their respective parties, there Is no pros
pect of a change for the better.
It la an open secret that the corpora
tions are making extensive rtrnutrntinna
to capture the primary elections of afl
parties ao that they can name what
they call "safe men" for every office to
be filled at the May election. In cor
poration parlance, a "safe man" is a
man who "w III do whatever he Is re
quested to do without asking questions.
A public officer who has a mind of his
own, or who Is disposed to resent cor
porate dictation Is not a "safe man"
and, therefore, not available.
In view of the fact that less than
three weeks remain from now until the
meeting of the municipal nominating
conventions it Is Imperative that nil
who desire a representative rather than
a mlsrepresentatlve overnmnn tnw
Omaha for the next two years should
encourage men of known capacity and
Integrity to stand for nominations for
the various positions that are to be
filled by popular election this spring.
City Clerk Elbourn clnlms the sole
patent for the primary test oath bill by
which the political spotters will be able
to run down every suspect who did not
vote as he waa Instructed. If, for ex
ample, a street car conductor, or motor-
man, presents himself at the next pri
mary he will be asked to atate under
oath whether he voted the straight
ticket at the election last fall and If he
declines to answer, or admits that he
scratched several candidates, the In-
qulsltorlal Judge of election will refuse
him the privilege of voting and leave
him to the tender mercies of the car
line superintendent.
If the patriots, who are organizing
dark lantern clubs for the redemption
of Omaha, from alleged misrule and ex-
travagnuce, have any more cards up
their sleeve they may as well play
them. What with test oaths, police
clubs and cast iron rules that will ex
clude all candidates who do not declare
for the "keep It dark" candidates thev
ought to Ih able to round up aud lasso
all the voters at the coming republican
primary.
The Elbouru-GUbert test oath bill, ex
pressly prepared to spot worklngmon
who do not always vote a they are in
structed. has passed lth houses of the
legislature a au emergency measure.
It doc not require a siguul service ex
pert to forecast a large area of grief
and luournlug for the fond pareuts of
Spotter Hill before their progeuy is a
year older.
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If the delay lu gettiug down to work
by the Stuefer luveetlgatlug committee
has not given the parties Implicated
time euough to fix up their stories aud
get the telltale document burled, the
committee might take au adjournment
for a tew day longer to accommodate
theui.
T Clever ky Half.
rvtrolt Krt-e PrVu.
Sometimes Senator Gorman la so clever
that be bunroea himself.
! Tlaieer available.
rhtlade'nhl lteeord (dm.).
At a banquet of the lVmocratlo Iroqurta
club la Chicajro on Monday night the elo
quent Representative Pe Armood of Mia.
aourl cheerfully exoreaavd the opinion that
IL hour toulj bring the man for detso
fraito axaadara baaxtr ta iw. Taa k
adnl that the man should be one who had
fought under the banner ef free allver la
18:8 and 1A00. For a third defeat under that
banner there la no need of searching far
for the man.
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Slippery Crooka.
r Washington Tost.
Detroit' convicted banker ha been de
nted a new trial, and now his friendi ex
poet to have him -paroled at an early data.
It IS hard work to keep a dlahoneat finan
cier under lock and key.
The Kadleae Chain.
Baltimore American.
Great nri'.aln Is to expend nearly tlHfl..
000,00 ltfn naval armament thl year. Th
exouee inade bj the secretary having the
estimates In hand is that thl enormou
expense Is rendered necesaary by reason
of the large expenditure of other nations.
On that principle, the matter will be a
andless as the Utile boy's process of trying
to make his bread and his butter come out
even, but kept taking first too much bread
for bi butter,, then too much butter for
his bread. However, as this country Is on
the wrong aids of safety as yet, and will
bo for many years, the problem need not
concern American.
The Iowa Idea.
Springfield (Mass.) "Republican.
In such talk, as this Governor Cummins
represent not only a dominant section of
his party In Iowa, but a large part of the
republican party of the whole central weat.
The tariff reform Issue Is certainly an
Issue jKlthln the republican party as well
as without. It cannot be kept quiet, for It
concerns the pockets ot the people In rela
tion to trust combinations, and the people
are becoming very much alive to the fact.
The question is bound to enter prominently
Into the next presidential campaign, and It
will be forced there by western repub
licans as well a by democrats ot all sec
tions. ,
aorp'a Cheeks and Balances.
New York Tribune.
In certain parishes In Louisiana the noise
of lamentation is ' heard because the de
struction of alligators has permitted the
multiplication of hordes of muskrats, and
these pernicious creatures burrow In the
levee to such ,an extent that dlRatrous
floods follow. Alligators devour muskrats.
and where the big fellow are plentiful
the smaller vermin are not abundant. So
nicely adjusted are the checks and bal
ances of Mother Nature! It may possibly
be advisable for some of the southern
states to offer bounties for the propagation
of alligators, and to restock the bayous,
lakes and rivers with the uncouth saurians.
RATTLED TIIEOHISTS.
Professional Tronble-RorroTrers Ad.
vlaed to' Try the Plow.
I4ulsvllle Courier-Journal.
The farmers of Nebraska and Kansas have
been making such big cropa for four or
five year and getting such good prices for
them that many are leaving the plow and
taking up their residence in the cities. A
Nebraska dispatch says:
'veveral of the professor at the State
university have been giving ,- little talks
recently about what they declare Is a bad
thing for the country. The bad thing Is
that a farmer gets rich before h gets old.
Each spring and fall there is a big heglra
from the "farms to the towns and cities
of men who have made their pile in the
wheat fleldBvand want to rest and educate
their children." .
"This, the horrified. professors say, will
lead to tbV di'goheTwtlon- and demoraliza
tion of the western farmer, and will aoon
place agricultural conditions on the same
level aa In Englgnd Germany a ad Austria,
with landlonjsjlyjpg In luxury in the cities
and the tenantry" Impoverished."
Perhaps tlia situation 1 not aa ominoua
as the professors' tell ua. If It come to
the worst it might be remedied by re
stocking the abandoned farms with profes
sors. It rnlghj: take soma time to make
good farmers of these loquacious theorists,
but their practical occupation on the farm
ought to result In material good to the
country generally by Insuring sufficient
quietude to enable It to get a good night's
sleep now and then.
MILITARY I.OGKVITV.
Secret of the Lonar I.lrea of Old
Soldiers. -
Portland Oregonlan.
The death of General William B. Frank
lin at SO remove from this world the last
surviving eorps commander of the original
Army ot the Potomac a It was organized
by General McClellan before be departed
from Washington for hla Ill-starred "penin
sular" campaign of 1SS. With the excep
tion of Fits John Porter, who commanded
the Fifth corps. General Franklin, who
commanded the Sixth corps, was McClel
lan's ablest lieutenant. He graduated at
the head ot his class In ISO; he wa dis
tinguished in the Mexican war, and as
commander of the rearguard of the Army
of the Potomat in Its retreat from Rich
mond to the James river. General Frank
lin displayed all the best qualitiea of a
military engineer and an able commander
df Infantry at Savage station and White
Oak swamp in standing off the assaults of
General Magruder and Stonewall Jackson.
He wa distinguished at South Mountain
and at Antletam. He personally begge t
McClellan to renew his attark on Lee the
morning after Antletam. but to no pur
pose.
General Franklin was relieved from com
mand after Fredericksburg, where he com
manded half of Burnslde'a army; he was
General Banks' military adviser and execu
tive in the Red Hlver ca-npalgn of April,
1S64. in which he was wounded. In July
1S64, General Grant in vain nrged the ap
pointment of General Franklin, who was
his classmate, for command of the army
to operate against General Early in th?
Shenandoah valley, saying: "I know him
to be capable and believe him to be trust
worthy." Stanton and Halleck opposed tho
appointment, and It was given to Sheridan.
General Franklin, like Hancock. Porter,
Gibton. Warren. William F. Smith, Slorum,
Meade. Hooker, Couch and the rest of Me
Clellan' Inner circle of military frienJs
waa aa unflinching democrat all hi days
but there was nothing remarkable In this
for at the outbreak of the' civil war the
only officers of the regular army that were
not democrats were General Nathaniel
Lyon. General Poubleday, General Hunter
and General Sjxton.'
The wonderful thing about 'hese retula-
ofBcer ot the eWil war Is their longevity.
Generals Franklin and Smith have just
rasad away at, &0. Generals Tower. Getty,
Gilb-Tt. Wright, Abereromble, Huell. Ho,'
J. J. Reynold. Schrivrr, Van Vllet. Hun-
ter. Hatch. Rpsecrana. Newton, Patrick.
Johnaoa, Palmer, Paul. Humphrev. Augur
all lived to be nearly 80, and several of
them were considerably past so at death.
General Greene lived to be $S, General
Harney was about 09. General Ruckcr,
ho entered the army in 1S37. and Major
Austine of the class of 1S3S. are the oUest
me on the retired list, mhlrh includes also
Geueval N. J. lana. ho graduated in
U42. and General Thomas J. Wood. bo
graduated in 1S45. General IX B. WUtcoi
la atom SO. and General Alexander S. Webb
is In hia 7Sth year.
Old soljiers are as a rule long lived folk.
Thla U due to the Net that they start
with sound ceaatitutloua, receive a One
physical training in youth and lead largoly
outdoor I nea. or at leaal they did before
the civil car. when there were bo rallrota
i Ve carry a efiwvr to hla military s'.aUoa
Fify Years ihd Standard
TThiJK'A
Awardid
Highest Honors World's Ftlr
Highest tests U.S. Gov't Chemists
raiot aa kin a s-owocsi oo,
OMIOAQO
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Local politics ot the warm brand per
vade Cincinnati. The Commercial-Tribune,
ha reached the small-pica editorial stage.
Missouri legislators have reached a stage
ot prosperity almost rivaling the buttered
solons of St. Louis. Several of them have
change! $1,000 bllla.
Carter Harrison hasn't a supporter among
the leading newspapers of Chicago. Even
the democratic Chronicle shies when his
name la mentioned.
Senator Stone, familiarly known as Gum
shoe Bill of Missouri, is one of the dry
smokers of the upper house. That's a pe
culiarity of Bill when thinking up trouble
for his opponents.
Governor Jeff Davis of Arkansas Is In
trouble again, though be has not pulled his
gun. Jeff Is charged with doing consid
erable grafting In state land aales. An
Investigation Is on.
Ex-Governor Hogg Intimates that the
members of the Texas legislature are sup
plied with railroad passes and actually use
them. Just like Hogg. Probably bis "re
quest" was turned down.
Hon. H. Pink, one of the pillars In Chi
cago's temple of fame. Is a candidate for
re-election to the city council. Mr. Dink
chleved fame as a dispenser of that which
gave Milwaukee a reputation.
The Maine house of representatives has
refused, by a, vote of 94 to 46, to resubmit
to the vote of the people the constitutional
amendment prohibiting the sale of Intoxi
cating liquors within the state.
The registration in Chicago the firat day
was 67,486, which is 6,903 greater than In
1901, and more than 20,000 greater than In
1899, which Indicates an unusual Interest
In the pending municipal election.
Three pillars In the rotunda of the Mon
tana state house were jarred loose by the
late earthquake. People have been appre
henstve of some calamity since the picture
of Grover Cleveland was hung In the build
ing.
At the Iroquois banquet In Chicago Mon
day night the name of Grover Cleveland.
who sent a letter of regret, wa received
with much greater cheering than that
which greeted any other. Keep your eyea
oo Grover..
Former Preident Cleveland I coming
weat to attend the dedicatory exercises ot
the world's fair at St. Louis next month.
He is certain, te receive distinguished at
tention and may deliver a few speeches
during the trip. In tho latter event the
public will hear a roar from the suburbs
of Havelock, Neb.
QXESTIO OK JIHI8DICTION.
Growing Conflict of State .and
National I.awa.
Chicago News.
Judge Chetlaln's decision taking the case
of some of the Indicted coal operators from
the Jury and setting the defendants at lib
erty assumes peculiar Interest In the light
of certain other recent court decisions. The
court's reason for dismissing the case 1
that while the agreement of the operatora
to fix prices was made in Chicago this
agreement was part of a contract affecting
interstate commerce and therefore under
the exclusive jurisdiction of the L'nlted
States courts. The alleged restraint of
trade waa brought to bear upon a com
modity shipped from one state to another
and there sold In car lots, thus partaking
of the character of Interstate commerce.
The powers of congress to regulate and
protect such commerce, the court holds, are
absolute, plenary and exclusive, the Illinois
anti-trust law therefore being applicable
only where the commerce restrained Is
wholly within the state.
The decision serves to illustrate the need
for a thorough judicial review of the whole
question of state and federal Jurisdiction
pertaining to trusts and Interstate com
merce. It seems futile to hope for satis
factory legislation on these questions until
a clear and authoritative opinion upon the
subject has been secured from the federal
supreme court. In the present rase we find
a state unable to punish a violation ot its
own law because the act of violation was
part of a larger act which comes under the
jurisdiction of federal law. In Interesting
contrast to thla we have the recent supreme
court decision in the sugar rase, which af
firmed that aa the sugar monopoly lay In
the production and manufacture of sugar
and Its sale and transportation were Inci
dental thereto the monopoly was not within
the prohibition of a federal act governing
Interstate commerce. Granting that both
decisions are perfectly logical and aound,
where is the line to be drawn? Where do
the pom era of the atate begin and tbose of
the federal government terminate? At
what point on its journey from factory to
retailer'a store doea a given commodity be
gin to be a part of Interstate commerce?
It la evident that the country must have
a much clearer definition if It La to frame
state and national laws so that they will
dovetail together properly and provide a
practical working device for restraining In
terference with trade. At present there is
disagreement among even the best authori
ties. Recently, for Instance. Attorney Gen
eral Knox expressed the belief that the
facilities aud instrumentalities of inter
state commerce might be denied to a corpo
ration guilty of monopoly practice, even
though the monopoly were limited to one
locality. It is to be assumed that the fed
eral government may do Indirectly through
one of Its own laws what a atate, on ac
count of that law, is prohibited from doing?
Or are the Knox theory and the present de
rision to be regarded as corollaries the
state waiving certain power on behalf of
the federal government and the govern
ment assuming in return certain function
lying partly aithln the Juriadiction of the
slate?
Alfior without Volume
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London Is much wrought up at last over
what I generally described ss the "alien
question," In other words, the constant
snd apparently rapidly Increasing Inflow of
foreign paupers from the continent of Eu
rope. The paper began to agitate tho
question several months ago, and by (lint
of keeping everlastingly at It, have Anally
succeeded In achieving parliamentary con
sideration of the matter, with r. prospect
of some restraining legislation. It Is al
leged, with occasional Instances cited to
prove the allegation, that' many of, these
foreigner are of tho criminal class ami
only pauper In the sense that what money
they bring in Is only enough to establish
them with headquarters for unlawful op
erations to bleed the British public. In
addition to the Investigation In Parllamert
a royal commission has been appointed to
look Into the whole subject, and the gen
eral expectation is that the law to meet
the case will be something Tory drastic
and far ahead of any similar . legislation
on the same subject. Sume of the Inflowing
aliens are said to be persons of title, and
among these are the most adroit of tho
criminals. It Is also asserted that the
paradca of the unemployed that have drawn
o much money recently from the pockets
of the charitable onlookers have been
largely composed of these newly- arrived
alien pauper instead of the unfortunate
British worktngmen, as was taken for
granted.
The Prussian court Is not among the
most brilliant . In Europe, spectacularly,
and the quoea ot Prussia, who Is also Ger
man empress, cares less about finery than
most of her crowned sister. But what
the woman eschews the empress Is obliged
to adopt. Hence at court balls the em
press moves In an atmosphere aglow with
starlike gem. Five million marks, tr
$1,250,000, Is the -value, roughly calculated,
ot the precious stones which she wears
on these occasions; the greater part of
them, however, is the property of tho
Prussian treasury. As consort of the reign
ing sovereign' she is entitled to wear, but
not to dispose of them. The jewels which
the empress owned a princess of Settles-wig-Holstein,
or received since then from
the kaiser or her connections as presents,
belong to herself, but none others. And
of presents from the emperor she has re
ceived' quite a number. - But the late
Dowager. Empress Augusta . bequeathed to
her the most costly gems of her private
collection, which Is now valued at 2,000,000
marks, or $500,000. This comprises, among
other things, thirty diamond, sapphire and
ruby rings, numerous bracelet and
brooches, which circled the fingers, clasped
the wrists or adorned the attire of various
deceased sovereign women. ' In the (enter
of the kaiserln'sviadem there la a dazzling
diamond about the size of a cherry, which
Is the most costly gem of the Prussian
treasury.
. .
The announcement is,;' made that the
Uganda railroad la now practically finished,
and that Sir George Whltehouse, the man
ager and englneer-ln-chlef, will leave for
England In April, on the completion of the
construction works. All the steel viaducts.
Including the twenty-seven bridges from
the United States, have been put In and
all that remains to be done is the sub
stitution of steel structures for a few small
and unimportant temporary bridges. A a
result of the completion of the railway,
great commercial development Is said to be
taking place. Italian, German and Indian
firms are establishing branches in East
Africa and Uganda, and both Indians and
Italians are placing trading vessels on
Lake Victoria, on which A German trading
schooner also piles. Round Nairobi, the
headquarters of the Uganda railway, great
progress Is being made In the cultivation
"are exported to South' Africa7 every month.
Hitherto- these .were obtained In South
Africa from Portugal and Central America.
Two twin-screw steamships, put together
at Port Florence by the Uganda railway
staff, will provide mail, passenger and
cargo service on the lake. They are ves
sels ot 600 tons displacement, capable of
carrying twelve first-class and 100 deck
passengers. They were built at Paisley,
are 175 feet long and have six feet draught.
They will run between Entebbe, the head
quarters of the Uganda administration, and
Port Florence, the terminus .of the rail
road, which reaches the coast at Mombasa,
nearly COO miles distant.
From a Russian source, a special report
by the consul at Kharput, come some in
teresting figures concerning public educa
tion in the Ottoman empire, which ts said
to contain altogether 36.320 schools, at
tended by 1.331.240 scholars that Is. about
one pupil to every twenty-four inhabitants.
In virtue of a statute law Introduced some
twenty-flve years ago, elementary instnic.
tlon Is obligatory upon girls from 6 to 10
years and upon boys 'rom C to 11 years of
age. This Includes, besldgs the' Turkish
language, the Koran, morality, the funda
mental rules of arithmetic, universal his
tory, geography and various kinds of hand
work. Every vilayet has several middle
class schools (there are twenty-five In the
vilayet of Salonika), in which the pupil
remain from 11 to 1 years of age. Th
curriculum In the latter Institutions In
eludes Turkish literature, the French Ian
guage, the ground principles of political
economy, universal history and geography,
chemistry, physics, geometry and natura'.
history. There are In Turkey none of the
higher educational Institutions organized
on the line of the western universale.
Notwithstanding this provision for public
instruction, says the report, the enlighten
ing influence upon the people In general is
practically unappreclable, owing to the alm
ple fact that all elementary teaching is in
the hands of the mullahs and ulemahs,
who yield Implicit obedience to the Sheikh-ul-Islam.
The government created a min
istry of public Instruction to counteract
thla Influence, but It baa made little Im
pression. Hopeless In Kltaier (a..
Kansas City Star.
It may be true that Mr. Cleveland will
be unable to ra'ry Kansas, Nebraska and
the silver states as the democratic nominee
for president next year. But neither can
Mr. Bryan.
Ui THE FUN
that comes to small boy about thi time of the year, it uh
on clothes. Let us fit tap the boy with a suit that will stand
as much wear and tear as anything that'a made for boys.
Strong- material, honeat cloth, wU aewed seams, pleasing;
styles that will withstand tho testa to which the hearty boy
delight to put them.
yo CLOTIUXa
INFLUENZA AGAIN
ANOTHER EPIDEMIC OF THE GP.1F
IS ANTICIPATED.
Many t'nseM lleported Already In This
Part of the I'onalrr-A Common
Sena Itrmrily for the- Disease
nd Its F.nrts.
Owing to the climatic conditions this
year many physicians fear another epi
demic of the grip, 1 hat j form of Influenza
which so many have cause to remember.
In some case this disease -has run it
course with but Utile more severity than a
hard cold. In others It has caused acute
sickness. In nearly every case It hss left
a train of after offerts more troublesome
than the disease Itself. It Is characteristic
of tho grip that ordinary medicines will
not cure It permanently. The patient
seems to have recovered and then suffers a
relapse more severe than the first attack.
The trouble in such case is that ths dis
ease was not thoroughly eradicated, frem
tho system by,the, treatment employed.
Miss C. A. -jeek of No. 633 East Four
teenth street, Minneapolis. Minn., had a
very severe attack of grip In 1S89 and it
left her prostrated. "I could not get over
that feeling of utter exhaustion." she say.
"I had no ambition to do anything and any
little exertion made me out ot breath and
llred out. I grew thin, nervou and
Irritable. Then 1 decided to try Dr. Wil
liams' rink Pills for Tale People and th
first bpx mad roe feel better. Four boxe
restored me to my natural good health."
The after effect of the grip are' often
worse than the disease and many times
th?y baffle all effort of the best physician
to drive them out of the system. Health
la shattered the blood become poor, th
flesh falls away, the sufferer grows nervous
and Irritable and even slight exertion
causes shortness of breath. Theso ore
dangerous symptoms und Indicate that the
system Is In a state that Invites pneumonia,
bronchitis or even consumption. Dr. Wll
lam' Tlnk Pills for Talc People will
qulckl reBtore the health after an attack
of grip and expel the lingering germs, and.
working through the blood, will render the
system proof against , the disease. Dr.
Williams Fink- Pills for Palo Tcople may
be had of all drogglsts, or direct by mail
from Dr. William Medicine Cotnpany,
Schenectady, N. Y., fifty 'cent a box; six
boxes for two dollars and fifty cent.
CHEERY CHAFF.
"Advice me, Uncle Jack." .
"Of course, what is it?" .,-.,
"Shall I ask -jou or 125 or for W?"
Brooklyn Life. , ... :
"Even admlttln' dat folks ts descended
fum monkeys," said Uncle Ebon. "I knows
some people dat nhi' no special credit to
deir ancestors." Washington Star.
"Whv Is it," asked the curious guest,
"that the poor mt-n usually give larger tips
than rich men?" . ... .
"Well, suli," ald the waiter, "de po
man don't want nobody to fin' out lie's po
an' de rich man don' want nobody to tin
out he's rich, sun." Chicago Tribune.
"Then you don't share the apprehensions
which some people have expressed con
cerning this country's future."
"Certainly not," answered Semator Bor
ghum. "Me and .thv trusts have too- much
money Invested ln. thl country to le,t any
thing very sertoue happen to It." Wash
ington Star. . , ,jj , .
"Hello, father.'is that you?" the colleg
youth called over -the-teng-dlstanoo wire.
't ..-a in.dnnlnir in aet anxious about
that rhork I wrote to VOU lor: thought
perhaps it had miscarried. "
"No," replied the wise father, "It's afa
safe In my check book. Uood-by t"-PhlU
adlpWa r. . .
:'Jerry-3ddT 'Jewelry ta awfuHy-expensive.
joe Yes, It is; whenever I buy myself a
scarfpln I have to buy one foe my wife.
Detroit Frw PreBs.' . . i
KEK1' SWEET.
DalMmnr. Amr1nftffl
Don't be foollnh and get sour when things
don't Just come your way
Don' t you be a pampered baby and declares
- "Now, I won't play!"
Just no grinning on and bear ltj
Have you heartache? Millions share It
If you earn a crown, you'll wear It
Keep sweet.
Don't go handing out your troubles to your
busv fellow men
If you whine around they'll try to keep
from meeting; yog again
Don't declare the world's "agta" you.
Don't let pessimism win you,
Prove there's lots of stood stuff In you
Kep sweet.
If your dearest hopes seem blighted and
despair looms Into view,
Set your Jaw and whisper grimly, "Though
they're -false, yet I'll be true."
Never let your heart srrow Mtten
With vour ear to Hope's transmitter.
Hear Love's eonablrda bravely twitter, .
"Keep, sweet."
Bless your heart, this world's a good on
and will always help a man, - -Hate,
misanthropy and malice) hare no
place In nature's plan.
He'p your brother there who' sighing.
Keep his flag of courage flying;
Help hlra, try 'twill keep you trying
Keep sweet.
" Der Nam tag! Alles."
Esterbrook
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