Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 13, 1895, Page 4

PUBLISHED BVERY MORNING. 1M OF § Duily Ree (Without S Daily Neo and Sunda Bix Month it Three Mon(hs Bunday lice, Onp ¥ Baturiny e, One Weekly 13en, One SCRIPTION 1ay) Omata, T Bouth Om Counefl 1 Chicago Office, 317 New York, Rooms 1 Washington, 10i I N and 2th Sts wmber of 1 and 15 Btreet, N. W SPONDENCE, communications relating to news and ed hould b aidrosssd: To the Edito 8 LETTERS. ters nnd remiitances should be the Teo DPublishing company, checks and_post o to 1 rof th PUBLISH meree, ribune B Al torial matter Drafts, iy THE T be made compy IMENT OF CIRCULAT! chuck, secren belng of full of the Dally Morning, Even printed during the month of ¥ an follows: STAT o deduet pes il WG N, TZSCHUCK, Sworn o hefore m «d"in my pres ence this U day ¢ (Seal) > Notary Public. —_— The Indiana legislature closed with a bang. One by one the v are dispersin ing in the lan avious legislatures but there is little mourn- passes all the bills tion of new by ds plentitul for some If the legislatur before it for the ere; Tumber will be extr time to come. thanks that Nebraska a position of honor compared with their Let us give Tegislators oceuy and ity as Indiana brethren. n to be well versed ng but Indinna solon not only in the art of law ms also in the k of making a session breezy and attractive. Tlhe ordinances provide that physicians shall within twenty-four hours after the death of a patient report the fact to the health office, but they do not do so. ‘ongressman Bryan is going to to convince some of his admirers that Jefferson still lives. Perhaps all the biographies of Jefferson are wrong. When Oscar Wilde gets through with the marquis of Queensberry he should come to this count nd tackle the man avho made the rules for our college foot Dall. What! Judge Scott appear voluntarily to give evidence before the men he has been so vigorously denouncing! Not if the court knows himself, and he thinks he does. Has the recent eclipse left blood spots on the moon? There is a streak of gore in the air all the way from In- dianapolis to Omaha and from Omaha to Lincoln. The chattel mortgage shark has not been considered by the law makers at Lincoln. Perhaps they think that any man who patronizes a ch broker deserves to be fl Every member of the legislature ghould have a financial statement of the state treasurer before him every time he votes on a proposition involving the expenditure of public money. The office holder's grip, which has Droken cut at the Line)'n insave asylum, baflles the skill of all the political medicine men at the state eapital. Some of the lesrned doctors prescribe blood- letting, others an application of leeches and others still a dose of compound cathartic pills, The time is ripe for a close official Berutiny of the official records of Justices of the peace m this county. While under the present law there ean- not be any very serious abuse of power by justices, yet the blind goddess would rest much easler if her ministers were checked up occasionally. Is that itemized account of the ex- penditures of the State university for the biennlum just closing to be forth- coming? Or do the university author- ities fear the statement required by law might Injure the chances of the legisla- ture making the extravagant appropria- tions which they demand? The appropriation committee of the house has made very liberal allowance for the maintenance of state institu- tions, taking into consideration the de- creased cost of clothing, provisions and merchandise of every description. But the house has raised the committee’s recommendations by 20,000, This looks as if the a ite appropriations would pass the $3,000,000 mark, The Lincoln Journa adiets a bloody outbreak the insane asylum if the new superintendent, Dr. Abbott, under- takes to dislodge the present incumbent. If Dr. Hay and his subordinates, male and female, have reached the stage of frenzy that would cause them to shed blood rather than give up their places their mental condition would warrant their permanent transfer to the asylum for incurable insane at Hastings. The charter provides that the board of building examin may condemn an unsafe structure and cause it to be razed. A recent ruling of the district | court will cause the board to proceed With sowe hesitation in all ¢ If the authority to condemn and demolish dangerous structures is in any sense questionable let the board canse to be posted on every dangerous building a large sign, by which the immates and Ses. | it was no I public may be apprised of its coudition, A NOTADLE INDUSTRIAL MOVEMENT. The dispatches have reported that a committee of the Massnchusetts legisla- ture is in the south for the purpose of investigating the Industrial situation o and inquirlng into the Induce- mts which make it more profitable for the New England cotton mills to do business in that sectlon. This inves- tigation was prompted by the fact that a number of New England cotton manu facturers, especially in Massachusetts, are contemplating the removal of their mills to the south, a few of them having alveady established cotton manufactur- ing plants there. One of the New Eng- land manufacturers, when asked for an explanation of this movement, said that labor at the south is lower than in the north, the mills » nearer the cotton fields, and there is a large saving in freight charges, There is also a mate- rial saving to be made in the cost of conl manufacturer said that le to make plain at a profit in the Against $2 per ton for coal in sonth the manufacturers of New England must pay $4 to §$440. Then the climate of the south is milder, and it does not require so mueh coal to he the mills. The manufacturers there can oy their cotton off the market wagon, while tlmse of New England must pay frelght and brokerage. The difference in the cost of labor, however, is the most important consideration, and some stress is laid upon the fact that labor in the south is less subject to the control of organizations than in the north. An industrinl movement that causes legislature to send a committee to my an investigation of the inducements in- stigating it is certainly notable and nificant. The cotton industry of England is of great magnitude, and the loss of any considerable part of it would be a v us matter for that section of the country. It would result in in- fensifying the agricultural depression there and increasing the number of abandoned farms; it would necessar deplete population, and in short every industrial and business interest of New Ingland would be unfavorably affected. It is not surprisi therefore, that the Massachusetts 1 ature should take a lively interest in the matter, with a view, it I8 presumed, to considering what may be done for counteracting the movement. This, it would seem, is likely to be found a pretty ditlicult problem. The advantages which the south offers in cheaper labor, coal and transportation, together with that of proximity to the cotton fields, cannot be overcome by any legislation, and if it is a fact that New England cotton manufacturers eannot now compete with those of the south, except. perhap: in fine goods, there is no reason to ex- pect that they will be better able to do s0 hereafter, while it is very probable that in time the south will make as fine goods New England. Considerable importance is attached to the fact that manufacturers in the south are not hampered by the restrictions established by trade unions, but it is not to be sup- vosed that labor in the south will al- wil be as at present, so that this is a consideration of only temporary sig- nificance. The interest manifested in this indust: movement in New Eng- land will be shared by other portions of the country to which the prosperity of that section is important. Another 10T POsS sheetings and drills north. the ROPOLITAN POLICE. In view of the proposal pending in the legislature to change the composi- tion, tenure and appointment of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners for the city of Omaha, the various sys- tems in vogue for governing the police in other Awerican cities are of particu- nar present interest. A great deal of valuable information on this subject has recently been gathered together and published in a little book entitled “How to Govern Chicago,” which has been compiled by a practical municipal re- former of that city. The information is presented in a series of letters received from official authorities in reply to in- quiries that had been mailed them. They show a r¢markable tendency toward one form of police government— namely, by a non-partisan commission appointed by the governor of the state, although in a few cities the commis- sioner i1l hold office by vor of the mayol In Boston the department is governed by a board of police, created by act of legislature of 1885, The board is ap- pointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council. Members of the board are appointed for a term of five years. In Cincinnati all police powers and duties connected with and incident to the appointment, regulation and govern- ment of the police force are vested in the mayor and the board of police com- missioners, consisting of four electors appointed by the governor for terms of four years, not more than two of whom are of the same political party. In Milwaukee the board is evenly divided between the two great political parties, and its members are appointed the police force is gov- erned by three police commissioners, who are elected by joint ballot at the convention of the legislature, one com- missioner being elected every two years. The mayor of Baltimore, however, M Latrobe, writes that he wonld chang this, if it were in his power, to a non- elisan commission of three appointed by the governor with the mayor as ex- ofticlo member. A In Washington the district commis- sloners, three in number, appointed by the president of the United States, have full charge of the police department. In Denver the department s con- ducted under a board of commissioners of three mewmbers, who receive their appointments from the governor of the state, whose terms ot ofli are two , the snme as that of the governor. The law requires the governor to ap- poiut one member of a different polit- ical faith with himself with a view to making the board non-partisan. In Louisville, Indianapolis, Detroit and Buffalo there are non-partisan boards in control of the police, the commissioners being appointed by the mayors. The proposal to vest the appointment of a police commission for Omaha in a state boaid, in which the majority con- sists of two minor state officials, is therefore unprecedented in the history of Ameriean municipal government. Tt is a retrograde movement instead of a progressive movement, It is an experi- ment for which there Is neither demand nor excuse, THE nou: Nobody serious! that PEAKERSHIP, v doubts, it is safe to Thomas B. TReed will be house of represen- tatives, if he desires to be. Among re- publicans, o far as known, no other man is thought of for the position. But some democratic newspapers have at- tempted to make it appear that there are deep dissensions among the repub. lican members of the next house, and that serious splits are likely to ocenr over the speakership and organization of the house, These papers have as- serted that Mr. Reed will have strong opposition to his election a Kker, and several gentlemen, well known to be carnest friends and supporters of the Maine statesman, have been named as vival candidates for the speakership. The fact that Mr. Reed did not vote for the resolution of thanks to Speaker the close of congress is said by democratic papers to have of- fended many of his republican col- Teagues, a statement in which undoubt- edly there is not an iota of truth, Mr. Reed had excellent Yeasons for his course regarding the Crisp resolution, and his refusal to vote for it was manly and lonest. Crisp was one of the most ag ive and vituperative assailants of Reed when the latter was speaker of the Fifty-first congre and refused to vote for the usual resolution of thank to the sneaker at the close of that cov gress, In the Fifty-second and 1Mifty third congresses Crisp never lost an op- portunity to show his dislike of M. Reed, and on more than one oceagion went so far, in the exercise of his an- thority as speaker, as to visit indignities upon the ex-speaker. A conspicuous in- stance of this happened only a short time before the close of the last con- gres when, Mr. Reed having heen di- rected to fake his seat, and not ceeding to do so as promptly as Crisp thonght he should have done, sergeant-at-arms was ordered to conduct him to his at. This arbitrary ex cise of authority showed the strong foe ing of pers S 0- Mr, the Mr. Reed, and if there had been nothing more than this it would have justified Mr. Reed in re- to vote for the solution of No self-respecting man would, under the circumstances, have taken a different course. There has been no intimation from any republican source of opposition to Mr. Reed as a candidate for speaker of the next hous nor is it at all likely t 1y opposition will be developed. During the last two weceks of congress there were nany new members in Wash- ington, and it is stated that the general sentiment among them was t Reed would be chosen speaker without opposition. The men who might aspire to the speakership are all in favor of Mr. Reed. If there arve any with whom e is not the preference they have not yet manifested it. So far as the rank and file of the party is concerned there can be no question that the sentiment is practically unanimous in favor of again placing Thomas B. Reed in the position to which he gave a command- ing distinction it had not before pos- sessed. The course of Mr. Reed in the Fifty- first congress, which was so vigorously denounced by the democrats, has been fully vindicated. The wisdom and ne- cessity of the principle and practice which he enunciated and carried out were acknowledged by the last con- gress, and will undéubtedly become a permanent feature of our parliamen- tary procedure. The man who bad the Jjudgment and the courage to inaugurate this important change Is tn no danger of being rejected by a republican lsuse if he wishes to again preside over its deliberations. A JERSEY STATE HOUSE SC The committee of the New Jei islature appointed to investigate the state house expenditures during the in- cumbeney of the late superintendent of the capitol last week unearthed a mass of corruption and jobbery that has made even that ring-ridden state startle with horror. The evidence brought out disclosed the existence of a systematic and organized robbery of the publie treasury, the spoils of which were apparently shared by state offi- cials from the top of the ladder to the bottom. The bills for ¢ vthing bought for the state house were regularly raised and Dbills frequently rendered for goods that were never supplied at all. All the way through the results of this investigation bear a striking re- semblance to what was brought out during the trinls of the Nebraska im- peachables two years ago and show that the methods of looting state insti- tutions are everywhere the same. The testimony in this Jersey state house seandal uncovers every detail of the nefarious transactions. A local druggist, to whom was entrusted a commission to deliver certain brushes, soaps and baskets, admitted that he added nearly 50 per cent to the regular prices, but denied that he paid any commissions *unless presents of $100 worth of champagne and ecigars could be called commissions, The carpen- ter employed at the state house testified that he had built two refrigerators for the superintendent at an expense of $225 to the state, in which the presents of wet goods were kept during legh tive sessions for the benetit of the su- perintendent and his friends. The bill for the lumber had been padded by adding an item for 3,000 feet never delivered. he furniture contracts, however, furnished a much richer field for wperations. During five yéars the sum of $123,000 was spent for furni- ture, the building at one time having been entirely stripped of its costly con- tents in order to manufacture an ocea sion for furnishing it anew. The book- keeper for the firm that received the ater part of this woney tried to ex plain the accounts of his employers, but found that the books had been viuti lated. He succeeded, nevertheless, in showing that prices had regularly bheen inflated by GO to 100 per cent. ture pald for by, the state was delivered at the homesof different state senators and other publfe officers, even the son of the last governor, who was acting as his father's private secretary, coming in for an expensiveroll top desk and chair. The New Jotsey legislative investigat ing committee. may have just entered on the trail an@ & further prosccution of | its work may legd to still worse dis- closures. The facts alrendy at hand will be amply guthicient to base prosecu- tions of the gnilty parties. The ques- tion is, will boodlerism and ofticial cor- ruption fare as leniently now in New Jersey as it has in the past in the Ne- braska state hous OUR WHEAT COMPETITOR. The great inc in the wheat pro duction of the Argentine Republic dur- ing the last two years has been one of the most potent influences in lowering | the price of that grain, tion insthe markets of I more damaging to Ame than to those of any other From the Argentine wheat crop of last year there was exported to Europe mor than 56,000,000 bushel this great exportable surplus by a coun try which did not produce wheat enov for its own use a few rsoago been a weight on the wheat market the world over. At the beginning of the Ar- gentine season now closed it was ported that the wheat acreage in that country had been inereased by 10 per cent in spite of the fact that the aver o price received by Argentine wheat growers last year was onl, 8 cents bushel, and until recently it was the o pec export w of last year. The reports, however, that the new crop is a poor one and that the ality of the grain is helow the aver. It appears, also, that there was no such inerense of ac at first re- ported, The surplus Tor this v abl v export, according to the best authorities, will be only about 40,000,000 bushels, which ix considerably less than had been expected. here would e some encouragement in this for Ameri- 1 wheat producers were it not for the that there is promise of an in- ased supply from some of the other countries that produce a surplus, hut it is it does not appear that our whes growers can count upon a much if any better price for the crop of this ) than they received for that of last, in the event of its being an average crop, while should the crop exceed the aver- age wh will almbst certainly go lower next year than it has been during the past ar. This is not a cheering out- look for American wheat growers, but it is the only one which the present condi- tions present. There is one possibility which may brighten it a little, however, and that is that returning prosperity in this country will make a larger home de- mand for breadstuffs. It is impossible to say, of course, to what extent the de- presgion has reduced the demand for bread, but.it must have been large, so that a return to conditions which will not mnecessitate the practice by the masses of the people of that close econ- omy they have been forced to observe for the past year or two will be no in- considerable help to our wheat pro- rs. And this suggests a strong rea- son why the American market should be fostered, not only for our manufac- turers, but also for our great agricul- tural interest. - It is evident that hereafter the com- petition of Argentine wheat in the Ku- ropean markets will have to be seriously considered by all countries producing an exportable surplus, and especially by American wheat growers. An increas- ing annual production of that grain from Argentina is to be expected, and as land and labor there are very cheap the Ar- gentine wheat producers have a decided advantage, particularly over the pro- ducers of the United States nd its competi irope has heen ro- uld at least be equal to that The decision of the judge of the police court for the District of Columbia that a person who is guilty of embezzlement from a foreign minister at Washingon is not punishable by the government of this count will certain draw con- siderable adverse criticism. 1If that de- cision is good law the law ought to be changed. Just because a minister ac- credited to the United States is orded certain privileges known to international law as the rights of extraterritoriality is no reason why he should be made n target for thieves and thugs and fraud; A criminal offenze commi ted in the terri- torial jurisdiction of our courts ought to be dealt with by them, The United States is expected to afford full protection to the representatives of foreign govern- ments here and ought not to refuse to take up a case criminal or civil in which they are concerned unless a protest is registered against such action, With the evident increased efficiency of the fire force and the addition of a powerful steamery is it not about time for insurance people to announce a re- duction in premium rates? If such rate must neces: v be advanced because of inferior profection it follows that adequate protection must cause their re- duction. But will it A Chicago demoeratic or; ¥s that there is no reason for the democrats of that city to enter the impending muni cipal campaign this year with anything but the brightest hopes. The danger is that they will make their exit with something even, less substantial than Lope. Trilby wakes: her debut on the American stage at Boston. Of course the Boston entrance is the only path by which such an inspiving subject can be properly introduced to the intellectual sivcles of our society. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U, S. Gov't Report Royal ABSOLUTEELY PURE | and_spluttering like an fean producers | country. | | whenever a Yankee had a dull day he could and the sale of | | our | in "gu | matter rests. | hoary | ot fon that the Argentine surplus for | |but its rusly appearance does | had as soon think of applying a coat of red ar avail- | | wooden | hall and the function wa vear | j cod was reverently laid on a bier and moved |1t was a beautiful and impressive spectacle A DUEL IMPENDS. Chicago Tribune: A duel between Mark Twain and Max O'Rell, each using his own books as weapons and trying to read the other to death, would be about the right thing. Chicago Post: Only a professional humorist could take M. Paul Bourget seriou Mr. Clemens did this. He answered a dull line In one of Bourget's articles with a duller sneer at the women of France. M. Blouet cared naught for M. Bourget. But the sanc tity of the marriage tie! Also the neces of advertising oneself!! He assailed Mr. | Clemens in the North American Review. Not satisfied with this, he now proposes that the melancholy Mark shall allow himeelf to_be shot at. Most people find the jokes of Mr Clemens and M. Blouet no laughing matter. But a duel between them, especially one for the honor of the women of France, would make the nations gay. By all means, pistols for two! While they are boring cach other the public can take a rest. Chicago Dispateh: Max O'Rell s angry arc light, He s sad-cyed Mark, who 80 muc lugubrions insulted the good and threatens all sorts of dire things. It happened in this way: Paul Blouet recently printed a book in which he scored America and Americans unmercifully Among other things he poked fun at the Yankees because they had no long line of an cestors to point to with pride. He added that Mark Twain has Inflicted upon us humor—has_ deliberately women of Parls our own pass the time very pleasantly in who his ancestors were.” By and by Mark Twain made a few remarks about I'rance and renchmen. In reply to Blouet's sneer about pedigree shortage Mark suggested that ever the average Parisian hal a dull he could “pass the time very pleasantly sing who his father w And so th Tt is a very pretty quarrel as Quills and coffee for two! —- THE SACRED CODFISH. New York Advertiser: The ancient codfish, \d eld, which for so many years has occupled a conspicuous position_on the walls the old chamber of the Massachusetts houge of representaiives, has been taken down, and, with due Massachusells solemnity, re- moved to the new halls of legislation. 'The relic has been nailed over the speaker's chair, not comport with the richly decorated walls of the new chamber, and a suggestion has been made to gild the sacred fish, Against this threatened crilege we hasten to enter a protest. We guessing it is. paint to Bunker Hill monument, or redeco- rating Josiah Quincy’s nose to a sky blue. Chicago Record: Boston has moved her codfish—the sacred cod of tradition and revo- lutionar It was in that the Maseachusetts, after a in _ their _cod fisherles war with Great Britain, first caused the image to be suspended over the speaker's chair in the state house. For yeai it has hung in the gloomy air of the old house of repre tives, glaring out of its graven wooden eyes upon the statesmen who make laws for Massachusetts. Thursday afternoon it becamo necessary to transfer the sacred fish from its place to the new representatives' performed with fit- ting ceremony and dignity, the entire house of representatives assisting with set speeches and profound historic allusions. The painted ot tr at the head of a triumphal procession to its new resting place, while all Boston caught its breath and grew feverish with excitement. and Boston may well be proud of it. e Seatie st PEOPLE AND THINGS. New Jersey will please step aside and give Indiana the riot of way. The consensus of opinion in Cincinnati is that an improvement in business has begun. The array of bunting bills in various legis- latures_insure an abundant harvest of bun- combe, The sacred codfish has been restored to its pre-eminence in Boston legislative halls and the couftry is no longer in danger of losing its equilibrium. The Hon. Charles A. Dana is too much in- terested In the Noyes about Washington to tune his lute to the merry jingling name of Hinky Dink of Chicago. Collector of Internal Revenue Mise of Chi- cago makes the extraordinary prediction that the total collections of income tax in that city will not exceed $1,000,000. The nervy colonial dames and damsels of Cleveland resent the impertinent questions of registration officers regarding their age. They are old enough to vote. Let it go at that, William _Butcher, who has been parish clerk of Stratford-upon-Avon for thirty-five years, died February 20 at the age of 66, and will be greatly missed and mourned by visitors. The weather bureau is about to issue a monograph on lightning and the best means of checking .its ravages. Several people in Maine, Ohio and Indiana are willing to take their chances, however. Prof. Blackie, the distinguished Scotch- man, was a man of many eccentricities. One of them was his fondness for a Panama hat, which he wore on every possible occasion, even at times in his dining room. With this hat on his head and large dressing gown around him he, was in his proper attire, as he considered if, for receptions. Congressman Sibley, who is to be the sil- ver party’s presidential figure head, is a tall and slender man of about 42 years, His face is beardless and he is said to have the grace of a courtier, though he has been known to forget his manners in striving to be alliter- ative. Mr. Sibley Is a rich farmer and has an interest besides in several manufacturing industries. William Bourke Cochran, who sailed for Burope the other day, has been almost pros- trated by the recent death of his pretty wife. They sy, too, that the big, strong, vocifer- ous Cochran is as tender hearted and as gen- tle as a babe in his domestic life. In fact. Bourlke hran has never put forward toward publicity the better side of him, and the New York public, even his intimates, would scarcely recognize the inner man, George L. Shoup, who has just been re- elected as United States senator from Idaho, was born in Armstrong county, Pennsyl- ania, in 1836. All the ducation that he re- ceived was that afforded at a village school. f Ho settled on a farm near Galesburg, in 1lli- nois, in 1852, but in 1856 went to Pike's Peak in search of gold. He made a great mark in the Colorado independent scouts during the civil war in fighting the Indians and re- tired from the service a colonel. He then went to Idaho, engaged in trade, served in the territorial legislature, was a delegate in congress and was made territorial governor by President Harrison. He was elected the first governor of the state of Iduho. He was next chosen United States senator, and as governor signed his own credentials for his new office, e —— A Comprehensive Detroit Free Press, A large number of congressmen b retired to private life, and no high could be paid to their personal than in the state t that most are poorer than when they the ‘average congressma he 18 honest, this would and most _economically-go in the world. ve just tribute integrity of them ected, If were as able as e one of the best srned countries Cane. . measures to pro- inst Egyp. Fugar Kaisio Philadelphia F France propcses to take tect her beet sugar industri tian and 8 il colon ¢ sugar, and roduct of the bounty-fed pro many. The sweetest thing in scems destined to become th source of much bit G among the na tions. A Polnter for Pious, 8t. Louis Republic, ligious journals which are attacking the senate and Sabbath work should remember that there is seriptural suthority for work ing on Bunday If Il is hecessary to get an ass out of a pit. Baking owder JAPAN'S DEMANDS FOR PEACE Basis for Negotiations All Propared in Ad- vance for Li Hung Ohang, INDEPENDENCE OF COREA INSISTED ON w Tel {m | i M Cash Indemnity and Territorial Cession Talked About in & Genernl Way, but No One Kuows How Muach tho Vietors Will Ask, | o | to . WASHI DN, March 12.—The brief cable | ¥¢ announcement from Japan that China has ac- | cepted the terms on which Japan s willing to conclude peace has rencwed keen 4 terest in (he situation In the far east. |y ither the Japanese nor Chinese legations | have as yet any information that the | negotiations have reached this advauced stage. It is stated by the officials at both legations | that Prince Li Hung Chang, the Chin peace envoy, has mot left Tien-Tsin. His trip to Japan is to be accompanied with |} great pomp and ceremony and until he puts | ¥ his signature to the treaty there will be actual conclusion of peace and no of hos s. It is believed, howeve the general understanding on the terms of peace is for the purpose of paving the way to Prince Li Hung Chang's trip that it may not result in the humiliating failure which met the efforts of the last Chineso peaco envoys. This is the view expressed here the officials and diplomats most conversant with the situation United States Ministers Dunn at Tokio and Denby at Peking have been in constant com- munication with a view to bringing the two belligerents together and it is not doubted that the general understanding on terms, if true, is the outcome of this mediation. The terms have taken wide range, though Japan | has never stated just what she intended to do. 1t is known, however, that two of the de- mands are independence of Corea and a cash indemnity. The third condition refers to territorial extension and as to this there has been a great difference of opinion even in Ja The radical press demands the per- manent cession to Japan of all the territory she has overrun by her army and navy. This would include the gre stations of Port Arthur and Wei-Hai-Wei, and the valuable stretch of territory along the north from Pe-Chi-LL The more moderate element in Japan limits its territorial d to the island of Formosa, Should the radical demands be pressed it is belleved the great powers of Burope will want to be heard before the treaty is concluded. | H i growled menacingly of late at the stion that her eastern possessions were | about to be hemmed in by a circle of Jay cse territory. It is understood here that Jupan has carnestly tried to learn Russia's purposes, but without entire success. It i believed, however, that Russia is chiefly con- cerned in securing a harbor in the northeast | of Corea, as her present harbor at Viadi- vostock is closed by ice half of the year, while a Corean harbor would give her an outlet to the sca the year around. Such an outlet is considered Imperative as part of the great Siberian railroad. The cash indemnity to be paid Japan is variously estimated at from 100,000,000 {0 500.- 000,000 yen. At the present rate of exchange the silver yen is worth about 50 cents and the gold yen about $1. It is not yet de- termined what coin will be used in paying. In either case it will make heavy inroads on the money metals of the world, as the total will be ten or twenty times greater than the proceeds of the United States bond salos. It is expected that China would have little trouble in borrowing the money, as the great creditor nations of Europe appear to be ready and anxious to advance funds on Oriental sccurities, ar se | hi no du 1 1 1 i ——— Tontagony Murder Mystery Deepens. TOLEDO, O., March 12.—There was an- other sensation in the Tontagony murder when Nellie Hartsing was released from jail. The release of Miss Hartsing is the result of an alleged insufficiency of evidence to bind her over. Prosccutor Murphy and Mr. Troup, after going over the information in their possession, decided it was not enough to warrant further steps in prosecution. Sheriff Biggs is naturally displeased at the turn affairs have taken. He says he will make no more arrests right away. Prisoner Came Back at the Oflicer. KANSAS CITY, March 12.—Officer George uncong { ing the front door | know n-| ¢ the other, side door. of the And * Wer And Then Was JINGLING JENTS. Tife: Miss Wanterno-Can you il after o good, heavy dinner? Igh (sadly)—1 really don't know. Atchison Globe: There are some good paos e who Will not assist n man in hiis_trouble | until he has admitted that he brought it on meelf. Mrs. spirit. Ye ~! he Jones—Charles has an Mre, Smith--Indeed! was two hours unloc arly this morning. Plck-Mo-Up: re, Jonoes Indlanapolis Jour arter, nothin' at all to eay. In fact i's a hahit of mine when other {s headed my way. Nothin' to_say Puck: Mre, Devotee—People are expected kneel at our church Instead of merely sting the head on the front pew, Didn't wu see the kneeling benches? Bachelor Brother—Yes, but I 1V trousers stretchers, didn't see ago Tribune: “What a cannibal you ot ®ald the secdy humorist at the freo e counter. Me sah? lemanded the € t do you mean, sah?" ating @ cracker, you know," refoined making hie o through the corgla colonel, Cin s Kl tnnati A ol kI L toeth with the gr king up of an lce tmy proud beauty,” t bring vou to the smiled a wan little smile twittered. “You are on th k. The man to win me must bring the 1st to me.” gnoshed A FOOLISH MAN, Harper's azar. T told him ne'er to come amain, And—was it not absurd? That most ridiculous of men, He took me at my word! Why fs 1t he's =0 far from keen? “Twould fill me with dismay If women always had to mean Exactly what they s - - HIS BEST EFFORT. © had written es nd digests analyic political of widely tales mystery, of travel, love his treatises light land had shed. o'er the e wrote ahout photog stenography, He'd finished’ a tinguished man; is books upon geometry and mystic trige onometry phy, geography, blography of some dis- vwhere admitted to be on pro- gressive plan. s apy acts on fances Hydrau steam and dulgently’ receive fs writings on morality aualit . modern sciences, mechanieal Ironds were in- were of superior were public v commended, were not quite b it they feved. his v theoretical, Delighted those who patronize the poet as a fad, 80 poetical, abstruse and | But the manuseript he though the best, the one that money brought the best, a shrewdly written, wisely worded, winning business ad! Are cut of the question when tor- ured and disfigured with Eczema. It is the cause of more intense uffering than all other skin diseases ombined. Tender babies are among its most wmerous victims. They are often born with it. Most remedies and the best physi- W. Bowman of Litlle Rock, Ark., who arrived | cians generally fail even to relieve. here yesterday to take back Charles Wilson, wanted for holding up a street car in that city a month ago, met an unexpected set- back. When an attempt was made to serve t the requisition Wilson immediately swore out a warrant for Bowman's arrest on a charge of perjury, said to have been com- mitted in Arkansas. Bowman was taken be- fore a justice, but released on his own recog- nizance. SR , Traveling Salesman Found Short. s CHICAGO, March 12.—Samuel R. Beau- mont, a traveling salesman for Nelson Morris & Co., the packers, has been committed to Jall in default of $4,000 on a charge of em- | © bezzllng from his employers. The amount of Beaumont's shortage has footed up nearly 0, and it will, Morris & Co. believe, be ger when his accounts have been checked up. Beaumont came here about four years | g ago from Baltimore and is said to be a con- nection of the Bonapartes of that city. “out the Skin'and Hor If CUTICURA did no more than cure Eczema, it would be entitled to he gratitude of mankind. 1t not only cures but A single application is often suffi- cient to afford instant relief, permit est and sleep, and point to a speedy, permanent cure, CUTICURA WORKS WONDERS be- ause it is the most wonderful skin cure of modern times. Sold throughout the world. Price, CuTicuRa, soc.3 0AP, asc.; REsoLvinT, $1. Po1TER DRUG AND uem. Cokr, Sols Props., Boston, Mass. i} pages, mailed fiee. It’s the Little Things trimming, pocket lini aginablo i everything then—whe we are no ever is ches for four or best in the d out we've just start things int and low pr slected for spr are she jud is replete with noveltics spection. The many styles we neckwear seem to be just the thing, pressions we hear on all sides— department 2nywheve now. arssotment is so trouble in finding just what you want. ask for our Mr. Arthur, h in charge. to make the perfect goods. Lats and caps that we' NING. I S heune cl.onmcs“'q Your Money' s_“Tul‘l; or i’uun Money Back, The picking out of the clogh, the preparation of it, tho cutting, the even the buttons and the nge—it's the little things—that go Lvery up our goods, speoted. care im- taken in making is thoroughly in and n you get it of us it's good, and higher priced than dealers who pay no attention to quality and buy of who- We can't sell a suit five dollars, but we'll give you the world for 10,00 and up. apest. you But wo Well, t little furnishings to talk about little thing n of the he way of b in some nice: and Pretty Our children’s department 2 ever seen. feed. ing. and we invite an carly in- swing in gentlemen's shirts and ging by the many praiseful ex- and hats, well we just have the bost hat All the new spring ried in both style and price, that you will have no blocks are in and our 1f you don't see the hat you want a practical hatier and has this department BROWNING, KING & CO,, Reliable Clothiers, S. W. 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