Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 27, 1895, Page 4

) e © MRS 431 The OMAHA DALY [ Br . ROSEWATER, Edftor, PULLIEHED EVERY MO TIRMS OF EUBSCRIITION, Daily Nee t Sanday), One Yoar Daily Bix Mo Three Weekly Bee, O; Omaha, The Ten Bouth Omahn Connell BufT: Chiengo ( New York R Washington, ¢ and 2Mth Bts 12 Vear) i Cham! ‘ammeros. N bune Bullding. W07 1 £t CORRKEEPONDENCE y All communications relntiug to news and ei} torial in WA o addsesed: To the Bl INESS LETTERS, nd yeralttances should be Publizhing Company an) postofiice © t f th " LIHING COMPANY, Omata bs made 1 THE ETATEMENT OF CIRCULATION Qeorxe T, Trschick « The 18 b Hahing company. being , sava that the actual pamber of foll & o e Dally, Morning, £ o Qduring the month o tlowe: 12,004 L1008 19,016 016 AT L3900 19 08 Totat . Lesa dadu TZECHUCK. 2 my pres- GEORCE B fors me_and suhecribed Bworn to U g LA RSl e Rt S e ThY THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. OF GOVERNMENT CRIME ith next Sunday The Beo publish o series of letters from k ;. Curpenter cntitled “Tales of ament Crime, or How Uncle Sam & s will_give the details of the re nes which have committed and ing committed t the federal government. — The al for it is being gathered from dep ts at Washinston, t office he =overnment wn open their records for this hd the result 1s a mass of adventure which will be in- fn the extreme. The first s will deal with the Tre tment, In which Uncie Sam more than $800,00 worth ana silver, bonds k notes, through which the money flows in out at the rate of A million _ dollars a day. 1t shows how it Aistilling "~ is increas- Ing end how the government is in this way robbed of millions eeding le ters will treat of smuggling and optum frauds, with national bank steals and with robhories of the The series will maintain the high stondard by which Carpenter's letters have secured recognition from all the leading news- papers of the countr TiE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. NOWHERE EXCELLED. will or today goll and and Ike iascall and Cunningham R. Scott are a nice r to draw to. Refunding the income tax will make the hole in the federal treasury just so much bigger. Let Spanish ships persist in firing upon vessels flying the American flag and the United States navy as well as the United States army may have something to keep it busy for a little while. It Holmes, the man accused of many murders. should be convieted in every place which is asserting jurisdiction over him he will have to approximate the proverbial nine lives of the feline specie: . General Miles admits that the Ban- nocks are likely to make serious trouble before they get through. General Miles s a soldier who has personally engaged in Indian warfare and he ap- preciates the fighting capabilities of the red men. Stock shippers who get a notion the market has been set'up against their shipments gain very little by forward- ing their stock to the Chies Had there been any wmoney in such action Omaha could never have become a grem live stock market. The Faie will contest is now being enlivenad with stories of attempted bribery on the part of some of the per- sons interested In the outcome. If the late millionaire only knew what was coming after his death he would have been more loathe to die than ever. A Chic grand jury has actually indicted a go-between for councilmanie boodlers for extortion. If the go-be- tween can be caught it will be hard for the boodling councilmen to escape, It 18 fmpossible to have a go-between un- less there are several other parties also guilty. Mexican bull-fighte « come into “the United States under contract to give exhibitions, but foreign artisans can not come in under contract to en- gage in their occupations. The differ- ence, according to the treasury officials, who have the decision, is that between art and labor. Japan is worrying over the problem of what to do with the war indemnity which China is to pay for its rashness In venturing into hostilities with its neighbor. It is seldom that any natlon has to study how to spend or invest its money. The wore common problem is how to get money to spend. n As the Towa democratic state conven- tlon approaches the reluctance of the prominent lowa democrat to saerifice himself as the party gubernatorial nominee becomes more and more ap- parent. It is within the range of pos- sibility that in this instance the nomina- tion may be forced to seek the man, Mon do not usually seck places that they kuow in advance can not possibly bring them cither honor or renown, Captain Beck has endeavored to carry out the orders of his superiors in his treatment of settlers on the Winnebago veservation, If it be wrong to eviet farmers who have growing crops the captain knows it, but would be the last man to declare it in the face of his or- ders from the secretary of the interior, It is rveasonable to think the secretary can find a way to settle this long-drawn squabble and at the same time let the settlers harvest this year's crop. | possessing them of TIHE INDIAN LANDS LEASE TROUDLE. No correct Judgment can be formed regarding the right and wrong of the trouble in conncetion with the leases of Indian lands in Thurston county, Nebraska, until there is an absolutely impartial investigntion made by nuthor- ity of the secretary of the interior or commissioner of Indian affairs, Only in this way ean the complications be stralghtened out and the real nature of the machinations and the wanipula- tions that have evidently been going on be discovered and exposed. The Washington authoritiés should, the fore, promptly institute an investiga- tion, whatever else they may decide to do or not to do, and they should be most careful to appoint for this duty a special agent or agents who can be de- pended npon to make the investigation thorough and fmpartial. In the meanwhile, porhaps, no injury or injustice will be done to anybody by stopping further evietions and allow- ing settlers on the lands to harvest their It is ecasy to understand that it might be a s hiardship to these people to the results of their in- vestment labor, and unless there the urgent reasons for dis lands at once it would be at least humane policy to allow them to remain in possession until the crops are harvested. Whatever of truth there may be in the charge against the land company, and it is not difficult to believe they have some substantial foundation, it is only fair to t the persons who leased the lands are generally innovent of any intentional wrong and took the lands and paid the rental to the lessors be- Heving the transaction to be proper and legitimate. Their gravest mistake was in following the advice of reckless men and assuming an attitude of hostility to the anthority of ihe government as represented in Indian Agent Beck. It is presumed there will be no, fur ther trouble and there need not be if the authoritics at Washington will act in the matter the circumstances nly suggest and do so promptly. Crops. lose aund are most the seume UNDERVAL The advocates specifie instead of ad valorem duties are having their ar- guments justified by the experience of the government with the present tarift law, a distingnishing feature of which is the preference it gives to the plan of levying duties according to value. An eastern financial paper which, is friendly to the present law recently estimated that the loss to the treasury anunually from undervalnations is $5,000,000, hut it is likely the amount much more than this, perbaps double. It is only natural that the supporters of the demo- cratie tariff should endeavor to conceal as much as possible one of its most sorfous defects, but the simple truth is that the government, being largely at the mercy of the foreign manufacturers under the ad valorem system, is de- frauded of revenue to a ter extent than it is possible to ascertain, with all the means at the command of the gov- ernment to detect undervaluations. There is not a reasonable doubt that the loss to the treasury under the present tariff has been at the rvate of at least $10,000,000 a year. A Washington dispateh says that the effort to perfect a complete system for checking undervaluations is still going on at the Treasury department, and it is ated that facts discovered from time to time somewhat modify carly impressions as to the magnitude of this form of fraud upon the treasur The treasury revenue officials have Dbeen engaged in this task for nearly a year and as yet they have not been able to devise a system that will protect the treasury from undervaluation frauds, There is a small army of appraisers, special ‘agents and experts engaged in the work and still it is admitted that the frauds go on. Could any stronger argnment be asked against the ad va- lorem system? Arve not such facts con- clusive proof in favor of specific dutic about which there can be no misrepre- sentation and which do not require for their eollection a foree of special agents i experts? The ad valorem system not only robs the treasury, but it s the foreign exporters an unfair ad- vantage over the American manufac- turer. There is nothing to commend it, but it will doubtless have to stand at least during the present administration. RESENTING BRITISH POSSESSION. The protest of the Brazilian govern- ment against the British occupation of the Island of Trinidad has been followed by an outburst of popular resentment at Rio which according to the dis- ches appears to be of a rather threatening character, The little island about which this controversy has arisen is the southernmost island of the West Indies and is opposite the mouth of the river Orinoco. It contains enly 1,754 square mi but has a fertile soil, which produces sugar, cottol pf- fee and cocon in considerable quanti- ties, It Is asserted by the British gov- ernment that Great Britain’s claim to the island dates back to the r 1700, when it was taken possession of by that conntry without objection from Portu- gal, to which kingdom Brazil at that time belonged. 1t is also sald that Rrazil has not hitherto advanced any claim to the island, It is unguestionably true that until now Trinidad has been regarded as a possession of Great Britain. It is so described in the geographies and the eneyclopedias and the Statesman’s Year Book, a British publieation, names the Island of Trinidad among the colonial possessions of Great Britain. But not- withstanding all this, which seems to clearly and conclusively justify the claim of the British government and its ATIONS. of | right to occupy the island, it is mani- festly the intention of the Brazilian government, in which it evidently has the popular support, to contest the Brit: ish elaim, relying, it appears, upon the allegation that more than a century ago Trinidad was evacuated by the English and restored to Portugal. The Eritish government 1s understood to be willing to discuss the matter in a friendly spirit, doubtless confident that it will have no difficulty in establishing its claim, but the Brazilian people do [ sentinent | [ tw not seem divposed to let the lssue be settled in this way. If the Brazillan government Is in mpathy with the evident popular the controversy may easily ime & source of serious trouble be- n the two countries, for it is not to be supposed that Great Britain will re linquish Ler claim unless foreed to do 80, In the event of trouble arising an attempt would undoubtedly be made to involve the United States. It was re- ported from Washington a short time o that the view was held there that this question was practically the same as the boundary controversy between Gr Britain and Venezuela, in which our government interested itself to the extent of trying fo have the issue sub mitted to arbitration. Obyiously, how ever, there can be no valid resaon given why the United States government should concern itself in the Trinidad cnse to any extent. The plain fact Is t the British government is occupy- ing what has been an acknowledged pos session of Great Britain for nearly two centuries, and however important and valuable that island might be to Brazi it can show no Just claim to it, or cer- taiuly none that would warrant any interfercnce on the part of this count POLITICS IN THE SCHOOL BOARD.* For mauy years the best class of our citizens bas acted upon the conviction that our public school system could not reach the highest stage of efficiency so long as members of the school board were creatures of party ecaucuses and conventions, In consonance with th view The Bee has for many years ad- vocated the election of nonpartisan school boards and the divorcement of politics and education. It goes without saying that the worst evils from which our public schools have suffered in recent years sprung from political seheming and political contention within the board. Two years ago the work of the schools was seriously impaired by the ambition of the president of the Board of Educa- tion to hecome a judge of the supreme court, To further this nmbition mem- bers of the board, office employes, teachers and janitors were enlisted in the ranks of h e political workers and the patronage of the schools w used as a lever for the attainment of political ends, The failure of the eam- paign for judicial honors did not lessen the demorniizing effect. The seed of political contention bore its dead sea fruit. Tho pernicious example of two years ago is again to be rep in the ambition of the present president of the board for political preferment. The schools are alveady being manipu- Iated for use as a political stepladder, and no effort is being spared to concen- trate the influcnce and patronage of the board for the benefit of machine politicians, The recent outrage in con- nection with the superintendeney of our public schools is only one of the in- cidental deals that spring from the in- trusion of partisanship into our educa- tional system. This fact must by this time be obvious even to the dullest mind. Manifestly no relief from periodic bar- gains and deals and trading and traf- ficking in school patronage can be hoped for so long as members of the schoo: board owe their positions to ward heelers and street corner loafers, with whom they unblushingly associate and to vhom they look for instructions, Members of the Board of Education who were so anxious to oust Superin- tendent Marble without giving a mo- ment’s notice of their intentions now in- sist that ample time be given for pos- sible candidates to file their applica- tions for the impending vacancy in the office of superintendent, They had no compunction about sandbagging Dr. Marble, but now the election of another man must await a field of applicants. The hand of the star-chamber combine is altogether too plain. That the free silver advocates are alarmed at the popular indifference to their appeals is evidenced by the re- newal of their frantic efforts to get the people interested in the monetary ques- tion. In this, however, they seem to be disappointed. Free silver has al- most been done to death and a slight interruption of the deafening noise is what the people will appreciate. Con- verts are not to be won by tiring every one out. Wanted—A superintendent of schools who will transform the public school system into an engine of sectarian pros eription and make it subservient in 'y respect to the gang of hoodlums and roustabouts who in secret meetings direct the actions of the majority of the members of the sehool board. Ap- ply at the headquarters of the dark lantern brigade. ove It is plainly the purpose of a majority of the city council to discredit and eripple the present police commission and chief. Anything that will aid them in this reprehensible business will be taken up and pushed with vigor. Their program is fairly well defined. Tt w formulated behind the screen and will not be openly discussed. Cauxe and Effeet. Globe-Democrat. information from the moon is craters have been counted on its surface, all dead. Our neighboring orb must have been souffed out by something resembling a general silver discussion. ot s Merely t Death Throes. Indiaaapolls News The A. P. A. is more aggressive in Omaha than in any other city just now. The organization took a prominent part in the state campaign in Nebraska last fall, and yesterday a long fight resulted in the re- moval of the Omaha superintendent of schools by a new A. P. A. school board. —— Revival of rosperity, Providence J 3 Ircomplete as must neceesarily be any statement of the numbe: cf workingmen whose wages the revival uf husiness has in- creased, the omission of thosa to whom em ployment has been glv=1 of late by the start- wg up of manufa 1§ cstablishments nakes still more incomplete our kugvledge of the extent to which the wage workers have profited by the better ‘imos. - The New York Commercial Bulletin iz probably weil within the limits of safety in estimating at 300,000 the number of those who, idle five morths 4go, have since that tlme securad work The latest that 132,856 Even if their wages averaged not more ‘Lan 38 & week, here woud be & sum of mearly SATURDAY, $2,600,000 added o the weekly purchasing powvr of xnnjnfl"ry With such facts in mind, we need, narvel that better demand for goods at botter prices Is the report from almost all classes of producers. That means, of course, siill more opportunity for employ ment, and o ’the Fevival of prosperity goes cumulatively on A he Perni % Gonl New York World The coal combimption that is being formed at the south o “regulate production and fix prices” in soft coal as the anthracite do for the Pennsylvania product, gets license in part from the successtul ‘‘hold up” of the senate by Gorman & Co. The 40 cents a ton dyty saved for coal Is enough to discourage the fr competition in fuel which the Intérosts of consumers require. While we are somtimes cons'rained by th instinets of humanity to lament the inevitable obliteretion of the red man, onr griel Is somewhat molli%ed when we refoct that if all the Indians were wiped off the face of the cirth tomorrow they would isave no monu- ments, no buildings, no written language save one. no literaturs, no inven'ions--in fact, absolutely nothing for the benefit of mankind. e Boom in Iron. Philadelphia Ledger. business is booming, good news for Pennsylvania. The hard times and the marrow margin of profit showed the manufacturers the importance of giving thorough attention to all the details of their business, in-order that leuks mizhi be stopped and aatiquated 4 eapensive methods superseded. Now that pricss cre rising and that trade is uncommonly active, manufacturers will e in a position to afford labor a fair wage and constan: work and at the same time permil’oi earnings on investment The iron which is ——— Law a orals, Washingt ost, The supreme court of Pennsylvania has decided that a man or woman who murders his or her father may inherit the father's eitates. We will not presume to question the correctness of the decision. Doubtless it is good law. At all events it must be accepted as such, for It comes from the court of last resort. All the same, it sur- prises many intelligent ana honest citizens of Pennsylvania, because they know that it is bad in its moral aspects, and they had supposed that a thing bad in morals must be_unlawful. The case on which this decision was ren- dered was that of a father who died intes tate at the hand of his son. THe law pro- vides that the estate shall go to the son, and does not consider the manner of his father's death. ‘The Phiiadelphia Bulletin explains that the ecrime of parricide is so rare and so horrible that the law has not deemed it necessary to provide against the inheritance, by the murderer, of his parent's estate, especially since it is the aim of the law to punish him so promptly that he will have littje opportunity to enjoy it. But the law is, nevertheless, defective If an estate pass into the ownership of the murderer he can dispose of it, no mat~ ter how prompt may be his detection, trial, conviction and execution. 1t is true that the crime of parricide is rare, as compared with other murders, but it is committed sionally in every part of the countr: the object is almost invariably to get orty. There are wicked sons aud hear(less daughters in every community, and the law should not open up a way for the diversion of estates through their crimes. Law,. mor- als and public policy should always coincide. —— THE CUBAN REB Boston Globé: Some Spanish commanders In Cuba evideritly think they can put down the rebellion by sending out reports that the leaders of the rebellion are dead. But the Cuban rebellion is oo big an insurrection to be put down by telling lies about it. Globe-Democrat: . The public is assured that the news from Cuba "is filtered through the government censors before it is sent abroad.” In yiew. of the liquld mud dis tributed it seems probable that the Havana authorities are using a brick machine for a filter, Denver Republican: The Cuban patriots seem to be mot only holdmg their own, but gaining decided advantages from day to day over their Spanish masters. Every good American will heartily wish that the patriots may win in their great fight for Cuban in- dependence. New York World: Yesterday's dispatches confirm the reports that Spain is about to send 20,000 infantry, 1,250 cavalry, 1,200 artlilerymen and 1,000 engineers as rein- forcements to Cuba. This Is acknowledg- ing the belligerency of the Cuban patriot in a way that hardly leaves room for doubt at Washiugton or elsewhere. Chicago Times-Herald: It is costing Spanish pride a pretty penny (o crush out another Cuban rebellion. That the press of Spain should begin to protest against sending back butchers as soldiers to massacre their fel- low countrymen in the island is a hopeful sign of a possible dawn of reason. Three insurrections a generation are too many to > encouraged indefinitely, The Spaniards of earlier days were shrewder about Ameri- can possessions. They bartered while they could get a pric Chicago Tribune: From the standpoint of economy it would be cheaper in the long run for Spain to let Cuba go, but national pride forbids that, and the struggle will continue. But while the insurgents seem to be stronger than they were, the United States s not Justified as yet in abandoning the policy it has been pursuing, which is to do all in its power to keep American citizens, or resi- dents of this country, from aiding men who lave no status as yet beyond that of merc insurrectionists, The sympathies of the American people are with them, but they must do more than they have done before that sympathy can be allowed to take a practical shape. But they will be recog- nized gladly as belligerents as soon as they can establish a substantial claim to such recognition, — RS0 AND OTHERWISE, W. . Sapp, who was able to indulge in the luxury of a democratic nomination for con- gress in the Third Kansas district last fall, went to Galena in 1879 with a linen duster and a hot iron. Ho ironed his way until he was abla to hire a law office, and since then he has divided his time between the courts and the mines until now he has $100,000. Sapp is on the democratic state central com- mittee, When Prof. Huxley visited the Uniled States a few years ago he {ntended to go to Chicago, but the intense heat of an unusually hot summer prevented him. He wrote to a Chicago friend at the time that he had “never even fimagined the possibility of such extreme heat.” According to London newspapers June was a remarkably hot month in England, yet the thermometer rarely went above 88 St. Paul and ‘Minneapolls have begun a crusade against wncléan bakeries. An inves- tigation showed that''most bakeries were lo- cated in basements, with rotten floors and other unwholesofiie sifroundings, and a vigor- ous demand for ¢loantiness has been made by the press and th¥ lgw officers. Similar condi- lons obtain in.other cities, and a little wholesome reform in that line would improve the general healdhi aud appetite. Rash impulses open up & world of troubla. Dr. Hearne of St. Joe married his second wife in Los Angeles,a few years ago, and a Ban Francisco yeyof, detailing the event connected the ddetdr's name with the Still well murder myspery ‘r Missourl. The doctor sued the pub!l*’ou for $200,000 damages The sult has not been brought to trial, but it was the means of directing suspicion toward the doctor and resulted in his indict- ment for murder. That gay and silly son of the marquls of Queensberry rules, who made a show of blmselt in California,.is about to give a second exhibition. He has entered suit for dnmages against the publisher of a news- paper which erred to “Lord Sholto's phiz” and the “noble lord's mug,” which he claims caused him great pain and mental anguish, The publisher intimates that libel sults are sometimes useful in mortising skulls and illuminating vacancles. The America's cup, for which the Valkyrie 111 and Defender will contest, would be worth about $35 as silver bullion. It is estimated that $2,000,000 have been spent on it, how- ever. The figures show that Americans have used $900,000 to keep the medal on this side while the English have spent considerably more to take it from us. That's a lot of money to spend on something worth only 35, but Americins are perfectly satistied with the Investment—better satisfied, probably, than are the yachtsmen on the other side. Kings | JULY 27, 18905, CAMPAIGN CHATTER, The ex-policemen’s section of the howling dorvishes has opened headquarters far from the maddening throng. The men met at first with the general herd on the corners of Seventeenth and Farnam streets, but the meeting place was too consplcuous for the Krave purposes for which the men were in dally consultation, and it was decided to seek a place where their gatherings would attract’ less attentlon. Dr. Hertzman, a famous blood purifier, who has an office on North Sixteenth street, extended an invita- tion to the boys to mak# his place their home, and they did so for several days. But the doctor wanted to hog the business and o all the talking, so his place was deserted for an office fixed up for the special accom- modation of the gang in the block at the corner ot Fourteenth street and Capitol avenue. The gang also has a Rose chapter, in which the graver matters are considered. Ro hapter meets at the residence of one of the ex’s on Burt stroet. It Is in these head- quarters that the plans for the future man- agement of the politics of Omaha and Doug- las county are laid. “I want it distinctly understood that I'm not looking for no office,” said Israel Frank yesterday, “but if the Board of Education can’'t get some other good man for superin- tendent of schools I'll take the place myself rather than see Dr. Marble re-elected. Me and Marble couldn't get along, and thero's no use tryin LOCAL never Superintendent Stryker didn't know how the typhoid fever patients were getting along at the county hospital yesterday. He had in tended to ask ‘hem, but he had an early ap. pointment with Frank Crawford and Pyburn on a matter of importance to the county and city government, and so he hurried town as soon as he got his breakfast. If he can think of it on Sunday he will inquire into the condition of his patients apd be ready for a report on Monday. down “I want that case to be brought before me," sald Judge Scott in talking with his friend, John T. Clarke, “and if it was not for one thing T would roast them to a finish.” “You need not let that stand in the way,” replied Mr. Clarke. “If the case comes before you let them have It good and hard,” and the Judge who is free from all prejudice went out to put up the pins to get a certain case brought for trial in his court. “I see that Judge Scott offered to give The Bee $20 to print his speech before the Swedish-American club,” said a well known local job printer. “My advice is that if The Bce thinks of accepting the proposition you had better collect your money in ad- vance. 1 did a little job of printing cam- palgn cards for the judge four years ago, and will sell the bill cheap. T don’t want it any longer and Scott seems to care less about it than I do. His offer to pay any- thing strikes me as very funny.” Halfdan Jacobsen is having honors thrust upon him. He had an idea that he wanted to be city treasurer and then changed his mind and decided that he would run for county commissioner. Now his plans have been upset again. John Lewis, Billy Shoup and some of the ex-policemen have prepared the list of the men who are to be appointed on the police force when the dervish com- mission gets into power, and have put Iialf- dan at the head of the list as chief of police. There is to be an entire force appointed and Jacobsen will have the work of putting the force in fighting order. Mr. Jacobsen wes a policeman once himself, but his memory is treacherous when it comes to recalliag his deeds of valor while on the force. Hiram Savage, the mild-mannersd bai'iff of Judge Cunningham R. Scott's court, brcke into politics the other night and made himselt conspicuous and obnoxious as @ member of the Young Men's Republican club for a littls time and was then called down so hard :hat it fs doubtful if his retiring and modast ra- ture will allow him to make another effort this year. Hiram foined the rads, who werc going to elect yovng Mr. Battin as president of the club to succeed Mr. Boyies. The fight came up on parliamentary practice and Hiram's long suit In a contest of ‘hat kinl is to demand a rofl call. That v 15 always safe when there Is a vore in sight aid Hiram's trafuing under a very carefal and cautious judge had taught him fo alwavs be on the safe side. So he yelled “Roll call” at every provocation, but he was in the minority and the voting was lone hy word of mouth. At last one of the Boyles crowd, with a cruel seuse of humor, asked that the roll be called at Savage's request, just to pacify him. The question under discussion was submitted to a roll call and when the secretary had completed the call Savage's name had not been heard. Then he was informed that his name did not appear on the club rolls. This was something of a stumper, but Hitam was equal to the emer- gency. With tears in his voice he arose to make an explanation: “Mr. President,” he said, “if it is true that my name is not on tho list, and if it is true that I am not a member of this club I want to know what Mr. Battin and his friends meant by asking me to come up here and help them out?” Hiram'’s efforts had gone for naught. = He is still waiting for Mr. Battin’s explanation. bosilion Tuesday evening there was a political meet- ing in the fag end of the Seventh ward. The crowd was chiefly composed of Polanders who reside in the neighborhoed. Just about the time the keg had been emptied Judge Scott appeared and some one asked him to speak. He did so. With what rare judi- clal grace he had shifted the Polish church case upon the shoulders of another judge was clearly set forth and then came a flood of vituperation and abuse of The Bee and its editor. The funny part of it is, the editor is not running for office while the judge is. E. E. Zimmerman, of the ties of the county treasurer, a candidate for promotion, Is tagging along with Israel Frank, George B. Stryker, Charley Unitt and other taxeaters who are making night hideous in the different wards of the city under pretens: of campaigning for the republican party. Men are judged by the company they keep. one depu and Among the highly honored political train- bearers of the redoubtabla colonel from Anamosa who performed at the Narodni Sin in the Second ward was Henry Knodell, late decoy duck of railway employes. It is amus- ing o note that Knodell or Knoedel is merely the German name for dumpling, but Mr. Henry Dumpling doesn’t like to own up to his Teutonic lineage. It s difficult for the average man to see why the people of this city can night after night to listen to the stereotyped harangue of ex-Copperhead ani Jayhawker Tke Hascall, who ran for mayor in the recent campaign as a populist for the sole purpose of defeating the republican candidate, who was offensive to boodlers and ringster The declination of Prof. Cooper of Des Moines has greatly disconcerted the howling dervishes. 1t is dificult to find a good man, one capable of filling the place, who wili agree to earry ou! the ukase of proscription which the gang wants the superintendent to enforce, One reason why Israel Frank was mitted to draw $110 out of the city treasury payable in futures, is that there was a wide 'ead rumor that he Intended to resign his meat Inspectorship and the treasurer wanted to make sure that the city should not lose the services of a man who has become eo indispensable, per- | OTHER LANDS THAN O | Less than a year has passed under Nicholas | 1. The Internal troubles of Austria-IHun | gary buve weakened the Triple Aiffance and | Germany has been driven to a poliey of con cillation toward Russia. Italy Is agaln weak Sorvian administration is in the hands of Russlan sympathizers. Bulgaria I8 passing under Russlan influence. The rising in Macedonia gives the Russian foreign offico A new opportunity by intrigue and agitation to make the Balkan peninsula the scene of such turn | as will render Russian in- terference necessary, Turkey, in the anxlety | of the sultan to avold making concessions in | Armenta, has passed under Russian influence. Alikg at Constantinople and Peking, Russia has all the resources and influence of France at command. At Teheran, Russia is again becoming powerful. The outbreak In Chitral has forced the Anglo-Indian government to push fts frontier within a few miles of the Russian outposts apan has been forced to retreat at the behest of Russia, and wich the | aid of French money lenc the Chinese loan bas enabled Russia to establish an in- | fluence and authority at Peking never before | exercised by a Buropean power. These | changes liave altered the position of Russia | before the world. It Is scarcely an exaggera- | tion to say that one must go back to the da; of Nicholas 1 to find the go nment of St. Petershurg occupying a position as commanding. T these numerous alvantages Stambuloft’s death has apparently added We say appareutly. 1If it arouses widespread indignation centering at Berlin and London more may be lost than gained by the death of the most powerful enemy Russia had in the east for half a century. Like the kid naping of Alexander, this assassin, n may provoke a reaction which will save Bulg Nor is It necessary to accept tho scanda charge that the assassination is Russian ts orig. 1t s altogether probable that the | assault was due to a personal feud; but It is also probable that the advantage dertved by Russia will be sufficiently obvious to arouse resentment throughout Europe. . he French do not propose to be left be- Kind in the struggle for commercial advan- tages in China if they can help it. ne time ago the Lyons Chamber of Commerce, with the full approval of the government, resolved to send a special commission to China in order to ascertain the best methods of estab- lishing business relations between France and the Chinese empire. The commission has been organized and is about to start The ministry of foreign affairs and the ministry of commerce have glven special privileges to the party, which will have an officlal status, and be under the direction aud control of French official who has spent several years in China, and is known to be appreciated by the Chinese authorities. The government will also appoint a physician to attend the com- missioners. The working members are young men who have passed with credit through the higher commercial schools and have gained some practical experience in what the Temps calls the politics of commerce, The commission wili proceed up the Yang-tze- Kiang to Tshung-King, where it will estab- lish headquarters and send out detachments to explore the neighboring proviuces. The Lyons Chamber of Commerce has provided funds to support the mission for two years and has sent a circular to all the other prin- cipal Chambers of Commerce, inviting co- operation. It is probable that the expedition has quite as much political as commercial significance. e British feeling regarding Bulgaria is well defined and strongly anti-Russian, and Salis- bury has long been committed to the opp: tion to Russian advance in the Balkans. Be- hind him is the gemeral British jealousy of Russia, a jealousy which is shared to the full by Austria and Italy, and is strongly sym- pathized with in Germany. Europe has coun- tenanced Bulgara’s attompt at independence, and has understood very plainly that Russian greed was its great obstacle, and it has been this avowed sympathy that has kept Russia from more open aggressiveness toward Bul- garfa, Stambuloff has served his country well by cultivating this sympathy In Kurops, Keeping British fears awake and stimulating the uneasiness of the Triple Alliance. The future of Bulgarla, as well as the peace of Europe, rests largely in Russia’s hands, and apparently depends upon whether or not that power is ready to press on with its plans for Russianizing the Balkans and Central Asia. The indications are she is not yet ready, and that for the present will con- tinue the r it policy of intrigue and prep- aration. Prince Ferdinand is likely to be compelled to retire, as much by Russia influ- ence as by the convincing cvidence he has glven of his entire incompetence for the throne he occupies. Ferdinand only ruled wisely when Stambuloff governed; he could not stand alone. In the choice of his succes- sor will come another of Russia’s oppor- tunities, the acceptance of which may lead to war. s Russia entered too late to secure any valu- able African territory by settiement, as the other powers have done, but if the czar has made an alliance with the king of Abyssinia a8 is surmised, he has only gained by wait- ing. The ‘erritory which separates Abyssinia from the sea is held by the Italians on the east and by the English on the north. The Italians have claimed a practical protectorate over the country. By a treaty made In 1589 the Abyssinian King agreed (o hold no rela- tions with foreign powers except through Italy. Russia never formally recognized this trealy. 8o if any understanding has been reached between Russia and Abyssinia now, it Is only Abyssinia which has been guilty of bad faith, and the offense is excusable in the circumstances, The Abyssinians are noml- ally Christians, having a religon somewhat similar to that of the Groek church, and they belong to the Caucasian race. The most sug- gestive (hought in connection with the re- ported alliance is, however, the menace to ingland, rather than to Italy. England prac- tically holds Egypt and the Red sea. Except for a small strip of German territory, and the revolted Soudan provinces, she now has an unbroken line from the cape to the Mediter- ranean, If the time ever should come when igland and Russiashould go to war, a Rus- an dependency close to the entrance of the Red sea and in the rear of Igypt would be of serious consequence to the British empire. The Aby ns are a warrlor nation. The Novoe Vreyma, the Russian official organ, re- cently noted that they have an army of 12 000 naturally brave and well-armed wmen, With Russian officers to drill and instruct them, the presence of such a power on the flank’ of England in Africa wowld be almost as {mportant as the presence of Russia itself on the flank of England in Asia. A company has been formed in London to develop the Tesources of the island of St Helena, which s not, and never has been sell-supporting since it has been in British possession. Its population Is small and di- minishing, and it contains all told enly about 8,000 acres of land fit for cultivation. Not- withstanding its Nmited arca and capabilitios of production, its possession Is important to England, and the effort to make it pay iis way is thought to be worth while, however it may turn out as an Investment. Its fisheries are said to be capable of development, and 80 are Its resources in general, making the island adequate to the maintenance of its scanty population. It has been rather a costly possession during the two centuries and more in which it has flown the British flag, and Is of diminished consequence sinee the 'Snea canal opened a new route to India But it still retains importance as an island fortress and place of call for the fleets of the South Atlantic, so that the effort to renovate its industries—reduce its charge upon the home government—is a wholesome measure of cconomic policy and well worth the try- ng. & e The prospects of Liberia, according to Dr. Blyden, the minister from that country to | Great Britain, are bright, and there is much in the condition of the negroes who have gone thither from. this country to encourage others to follow. Some of those who went trom Savannah four months ago desire to Highest of all in Leavening | Ing, 1t is held, ae against | Roval return, but the rest are doing well and aro pleased with the consideration and wid they find in the land of their ancestors. Ti fact that some wish to return signifies noth- beria, since many a German or Englishman who comos to Amer- fea aflor a while desiros to return. The dme portant fact s that the great majority prefer to stay. Liberla has a future as a coffee-pros ducing country, and Immigrants with skill and capital have a chance to become prosper- ous farmers A Mox RN BLUBRBARD, Indianapolis News and {nsinuations against true he Is one of the It half the charges H. H. Holmes are most depraved scoun- | drels in recent criminal history. Boston Traveler: The case of Holmes, or Mudgett, whichever his nawe may be, now given so much space In the press, is one of the most extraordinary in the annals of rime. 17 he has been guilty of one-halt tho doeds alloge) agalust him scarcely any punishment that man could devise would be too sovere. It 15 a fresh [lustration of the endless danger that Jurks in training to efficiency all of auy man's qualities except the moral. Chicago Record: 1t whose many crimes are spleuously to public notice, had deliberately et oul in his youth with an ambition to win distinetion for villalny he could scarcely have gone farther. The record of his carcer ecms hardly credible, and unless a very iarge part of the gory evidences now piling around him are misloading he must be set down as one of most extraordinary criminals of the century, Kansas City Star the man Holmes, again called con- It seems incredible that a human being could commit the crimes charged fo this man, and from meanly trivial and mercenary. It indi- cates a want of fe g that argues against his sanity—yet he appears perfectly sane, His wife and her parents, who seem not to have been aware of his ovil doings, credit him with uniform kindness to them while carrying on these heartless butcherles. We must class him as a aonstrosity or lose all faith in humanity. He seems to have heen such a cresture as Stevenson plctured his story of Dr. Jekyll and Henry Hyde. 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