Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 10, 1900, Page 4

THE ©MAHA DAILY BEE ROSEWATER, Editor, VERY MORNING. TION, One Year.$6.00 X0l 20 L2 .18 PUBLISHED TERMS OF 8UBSCRI Datly Bee (without Bunday) Dally Bee and Bunday, One Year lilustrated Bee, One Year Sunday Bee, One Year Baturday Bee, One Year.. Weekly Bee, One Year.... OFFICES, Omaha: The Bee Bulldin Bouth Omaha: City Hall ty-Afth and N streets Councll Bluffs: 10 Pearl Street. Chicago: 164 Unity Building. New York: Temple Court New York: Tomple Court Washington: 501 Fourteenth Street. Bloux City: 611 Park Street CORRESPONDENCE, Communications rolating to news and edi- torial matter 8hould be addressed: Omuha Bee, Editorfal Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should be addressed: The Bee Publishing Com- pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES, Remit by draft, express or postal order, ayable to The Bee Publishing Company Jnly Z-cent atamps accepted in payment mall accounts. ‘ersonal checks, except on Omaha or Eastern exchanges, not accepted THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY “TSTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION Btate of Nebrasku, Douglas County, ss.: George B. Tzachiick, secrotary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, #ays that the actual number of full and completo coples of The Daily, Morning, Evening and Bunday Bee printed during the month of November, 1600, was h 0,870 1.... 1. 18, 19 ) Bunaing, Twen- (2N 220 P L 47,080 7, 27,740 47,770 47,585 Total ...... Less unsold and returned coples.... 1%, Net total sales ..018, Net daily average, 30,447 GEO., B. TZ8CHUCK Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 1st day of December. A, D., 500, M. B. HUNGATE, tary Public. P —————— i t— The queen of Molland is reported to have advised President Kruger to have confidence in God. The Boers lost con- fidence in the British some time ago. Boss Croker has again been operated on successfully for a earbuncle, New York City has not been so lucky In rid- | ding itself of the carbuncle of Croker- 1sm. Outgolng fuslon stat kindly bequeatbing several good-sized overlups to thefr successors, just to make the work of the appropriation bill framers Interesting. If the record of fines turned into the city treasury under the new police judge officials are D D RECOMME. ATION One of the recommendations of the | outgolng populist state treasurer, in his blennial report Just filed, is for a change in the law to permit the imposition of a | Tmill levy for the general fund instead | of a 5mill levy as at present. We do not believe the taxpayers of Nebraska will fall in line with this rec- ommendation. The taxes now levied in Nebraska make the state tax rate higher | than in most of its neighboring states, Only during the last legtslative session, the university fund levy was Inereased | on plen of emergency demands | from % of a mill to 1 mill| and of course the university au-| thorities will nsk to have it coutinued a8 a permanent tax at the higher rate, | Most of the other special funds are alo | replentshed up to the full legal limit, so that any increase in the general would find no offsct in decrenses elsewhere, What the taxpayers of Nebraska de- mand in the form of revenue law re vision Is revision that will bring the tax | rate down Instead of sending it up. They want revision that will make the grand assessment correspond more to the real taxable wealth of the state and stop the exemption and evasion of tax- ation by the great classes of property that escape altogether, A campaign for the collection of outstand- | Ing unpaid obligations due to the state would also help the fdea of tax reduc- Uon along. It is certainly creditable to State Treasurer Meserve's foresight that he has waited till the very eve of his exit from office before coming out for a T-mill general fund tax levy. WANT MORE PROTECTION. The German agrarians have, it ap- pears, declared war against the impertal | chancellor, Count von Buelow, who they declare has no heart for suffering Ger- man agriculture. It {8 to be inferred from this that the chancellor is not in sympathy with the demand of that ele- ment for higher tariff duties in foreign food products, with particular reference to the products of the United States. A revision of the German fiscal system I8 belng made and the government is negotlating new commercial treaties, The agrarians are earncstly endeavoring to secure more protection than they have | under existing arrangements and the more radical of them do not hegitate to urge discrimination against Amerlcan products, even at the risk of Inviting a | tarift war, The government has to some extent fuvored them fn the meat inspection law, but it seems Indisposed to go very much beyond this. There are import nt Industrial and commercial interests in Germany that are opposed to any policy that might result In retaliation, partie- ularly on the part of the United States, the ng cured to float the undertaking. the pending legislative session. Bee belleves that the most feasible and satisfactory method would be for the county to construct the roadways and lease the operation on contract to the best and most rellable bidder, with pro- visos for the reversion of the machinery and rolling stock to the county at the expiration of the agreement, in case of no renewal, OMAHA DAIL MONDAY Jection by us would not be without its effect upon the governments of Europe They would fnterpret it as a purpose on our part to control the only passageway between the oceans and would be prompted accordingly to aid the com pletion of the Panama canal, which, ac. cording to the reports of our own eng! necrs, can be finished at much less ex pense and in little more than half the time required for the Nicaragua line.” The indlcations are that the Hay Pauncefote treaty cannot be ratified without this amendment, As we have heretofore ferring to this subje there Is little T of any serious difficulty between the two nations growing out of It, tmt those who are urging awendment of the treaty will, if successrul, cause the postponement of the beginning of work on the proposed canal for at least a sald In re year, for it is not to be doubted that the president would feel it to be lis duty, in the event of the failure of the treaty, to veto the canal bill should It be passed. THOSE SUBURBAN ROADS. While all projects for suburban elec- trie ronds running out of Omaha are just now In a qulescent state, the popular \;w,,.,,".v'lt-muml for this much-needed improve- ment is ns imperative as ever. The agitation of the question has con- vinced the people of this city that the construction of a suburban rallway sys- tem would promise as much, If not more, than any other one thing for the up- building of local trade and cementing triendly relations with the surrounding towns and villages. he various plans that have been pro- posed to bring about this enterprise have almost invariably been blocked by legal difficulties. It 18 gafe to say that re there no obstructions in the law ssary capital would be easily se- We be lieve the men Interested in this project, wlly the merchants and business wen who would reap the principal divect benefits, should get together again and map out some line of operation. If new legislation is required to facil- itate the work It should be secured at The Omaha’s competitors are taking ad- vantage of every opportunity for stim- ulating must not let them get ahead in the pro- cesslon. suburban trafic and Omaha It 18 true that you cannot make bank | officers honest and of goud judgment by {1aw. But by a supervision thoroughly en- | torced can limit the plunder and backrupteies caused by those who are dis- honest and of bad judgment you The Right Spieit, A York Sun. A treaty negotiated with Nicaragua or Costa Rica concerning the ultimate control of an Interoceanic canal to bo bullt, owned and operated by the United States would be | consonant with the Monroe doctrine. Falth on 1 le Foundation, Baltimo Amerfcan, The eaey way in which some men lose | their faith in the future of this great re- | publtc reminds one of the story of the clerk |0 a bookstore who called down the speak- Ing tube: “Say, you, send up some of Man- ning's ‘Confdence in God.' * “Can't do 1t," | was the reply; “‘Manning’s ‘Confidence In | | God' Is all gone.” Cart Before the Horse. Philadelphia Ledger. The establishment of a United Stai&s Sourt In the Philippine fslands would mean per- manent control of those talands and tho ad- ministration of thelr affairs in accordance with American laws and customs. For this reason Senator Stewart's bill for that pur- poee fs premature; it should not be constd- ered until congress has decided definitely what our pollcy with regard to the Philip- pines is to be. Beginning of a Possible I New York A new Colonel Sellers in the west pro- poses to cross Belglan hares with the com- mon fackrabbit of the prairies, and in that way to provide an almost boundless supply of food for every hunger-stricken American. No four-legged creature s more prolific than the cottontail. In fact, he I8 80 excessively prolific that Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia spent large sums of money in trylng to exter- minate him. The conjunction of Belgian hares and jackrabbits might ravage west- ern farms in a way that seven-year locusts never approached Good Grounds for Contest. Kearney Hub. things are Some queer the leglslative developing in contest case in Doug- las county. For instance, in onme vot- ing precinct in South Omaha forty-five republican votes were thrown out by the returning board because they were marked with a black leadpencil instead of an in- delible pencil, and in other places the foot- ings wero forced to show totals that the tally sheets ccotradict. The contest has not proceeded very far, but it has gone far enough to indicate that the entire re- publican legislative ticket in Douglas county would have had clear salling had it not been for the frauds In South Omaha. Heavy Price to Pay. Cleveland Plafn Deale In his farewell order to the troops in South Africa, announcing his resignation ot the army in the field to Geaeral Kitchener, Lord Roberts sald that during the campaign 14,800 officers and men have died from wounds, fever, and exposure That 1s a heavy price for Great Britaln to pay for the wiping out of the two re- publics, and the end is not yet. The money DECE MBER 10, 1900, ?000‘000000000~000oooooooa HONESTY THE BEST POLICY Buffalo Evening News Honesty in newspaper work has its reward In the more or less wild and woolly west as well as els Wwhere, A notable evidence Is found In the fact that The Omaha Bee, which has deprecated the “black-washing of candidates,” and every form of faking throughout the campalgn, sold over 68,000 coples iu a eity of 102,675 the day after election. ‘rhe demand Indi- cated by these fignres is a natural consequence of straightforward en terprise and fawr dealing with readers, + + I f ow, @eccsccecoccccssces S FIGURES § Crete Vidette: The census shows Ne- bfaska to have a population of 1,068,539, an Increaso in ten years of only 9,620. Peo- ple and money as a general thing do not rush into a populist atate. 1t will be quite | different In the next ten years, Friend Telegraph: The census Indicates a falling off in sevoral Nebraska countles | from that of ten years ago, yet the vote at the November election indicates a much larger vote than hos ever been recorded in theso counties. While the census of ten years ago may have been somewhat padded, yet the vote would indicate that in th enumeration of last June several had been omitted. Kearney Hub: The showing of less than 1 per cent increase in the population of Ne- braska during the last ten years is the result of the census padding by nearly every city and town In the state In 1890, which | amounted very closely to 100,000, Had it not been for this the state would easily kave shown a 10 per cent increase. Dur- Ing the next ten years the gain will bo 25 per cent. Stanton Reglster: The census returns that have just been published are very dls- appointing. Nebraska shows only 10,000 of a gain in ten years. The outrageous pad- ding of the census by Omaha, Lincoln and other cities ten years ago was a crime that all the state must suffer for. The census of the Third congressional district shows that we have a third more population than any other district in the state. This district shows more galn than all the others combined. Graul Island Independent: One fact shown by the census reports, as well as by the industrial conditions, ls that Ne- braska is down to business on a strictly business and conservative basis. Booming In the larger ns well as the smaller citles bas ceased. Business enterprise is belng conducted upon the immediate and visible, not upon {llusory prospects. Ten years ago every little city in the state had the {dea that It was golng to become a manu- facturing city, And, as a matter of course, there was and 1s room for further fndus- trial fostitutions. However at this time the basls of industry and endeavor in this state are agriculture and stock-raising, They are on a firm footing. The continu- ance of their prosperous condition fs the without-which-not. Everything clse in the WHAT THE | | | win PRESS POINTERS ON ¥ | Grand Island Democrat: The republicans |Seem to have all the rest of the earth and [ We should hate to deprive them of such & [little thing as the raska governorship. Vidette( rep.): The supreme court clared the law forming the State Of Transportation unconstitutional | The Omaha Bee rendered the same decision ten vears ago. Now watch old Laws hike {1t for somo other snap. Beatrice e Express (rep): The World- Herald is probably responsible In some measure for the republican victory in M braska. 1ts yellow methods got the intelli jgent readers rattled and they voted the republican ticket. A great editor who tries | to Imitate the New York Jeurnal is taking serious ¢ Beatr Democrat: There fs one com- mendable thing about Mr. Dietrich and his method of doiug business and that is as soon as he makes up his mind to appoint a man he publishes the fact and ends the beartache. This relieves the thirty-seven other feliows who are applicants, but It will have a tendency to lessen the attend ance at the fnaugural ball Aurora Sun (dem.): The Sun is not in favor of unseating the governor elected by & majority vote of the people on a tech nicality. Let the majority rule. The people have voted the rallroads and corporations into power in this state und the mere mat ter of lllegality by contribution to an as sisting wing (the mid-roaders) is of so little moment n such a vastness of error against tho interest of the common people that no attentlon should be paid to it. Schuyler Quill (pop.): We favor letting Dietrich have his gubernatorial nugget. A majority of the people have voted for him and they all knew what manner of man he was when they aid 1t They knew he had violated the anti-bribery law by giving Morearity, a mid-road populist, for bis (nfluence and that he did not live up to its provisions In many ways. Now, since they have chosen a law-breaker for gcvernor, let them be ruled by the man of their choice. Beatrice Democrat: It is reported that a systematic effort will be made to prevent the appointees appointed by Mr. Dierich from taking peaceable possession of (he state institutions. There is no one thing which has reflected so much discredit upon the pop administration as the persistence with which they have clung to jobs. Even where a change has been thought t among themselves It is the same old scram- ble. Of course they are no worse than the republicans, but then they profess to be better, Peatrice Expi 8 (rep.): If the popullsts make any effort to prevent Dietrich taking the office to which he has been elected they make the crowning blunder of their career. The people are fair and when a man has been elected they want to see him Inaugurated and they are opposed to any sculduggery. There a time when General Thayer was v popular In Ne- braska and the people had much admira- tlon and respect for him; when he fool- ishly kept James E. Boyd out of the gov ernor's office, to which the latter had been elected, the general sacrificed a great deal; he has never been popular since and there is no saying how much his con- duct Injured the republican party. Neligh Advocate: The republicans will do well to remember that one reason of the first consideration must be the absolute protection of the laborer {n such Invest ment." The conclusion of the writer s that em- ployers have within recent years taken a long step in the direction of the establish ment of better relations betwesn cap- ftal and labor and that all such efforts to mprove the condition of the working peo ple are sure (o benefit thelr employers as well as them [ IR ceee® NONE MORE DESERVING. Magle City Hoof and Hor No man in Nebraska has done more for the republican party than Hon, and on that score he de to § United States senator. @evoces ON A S coss cosee TLED BASIS, Nome and Klondike Standing on Portland Oregonian Mining excitement is dying away, leay g the gold mines of Alaska to staud upon their own merits. All estimatc agree t upon this basis, they will make |an excellent showing In the course of a W years. The whoop and hurrah have | died awny. Men who trod on each other's heels fn the frantic endeavor to be first at Klondike or Atlin, ook Inlet or Nome, have dropped out of the ranks of gold scekers discomfited, or have rushed off in another direction In the pursuit of a vain hope—the hope to find & place where riches can be had for the taking. Re- maining upon the ground, or coming south to spend the winter with the purpose of re- | turulng in the spring, aro those who went | thither with a definite purposoe in view and who worked intelligently toward its ful- fillment. Alaska fs a land of gold. That 18 to say, gold abounds in its mountains, along its river beds and in its beach sands. | Of that there is no question. The beliet that it can be gathered by a barehanded multitude—each man to the extent of his | wildest desires—has as much foundation in fact today as it had when the stampede of began. The fiction of “the poor man opportunity”—a most absurd one when located within the Arctic circte— | bas been dispelled by cold reality. In s | place there s the reasonable prospect that men who have means to open and work these frozen gold flelds, with plenty of en- ‘mx_v and endurance to back it, and who | are willing to devote two, three or five | years to the work, will be fully rewarded | tor their persistent endeavor. The rush to the Klondike stampede to Nome have become matters of history. Fach furnished a chapter to the record of mining excitement that was unicue In ite way. in a sense each chapter represented o tragedy, the elements of which were failure, disappoint- ment, suffering and death. It ts well that they are closed, so far as new incidents | go. The details of the story as outiined in this record will never be told. In the | very pature of things they nnot be, since the lips that could best voice them are | dumb. But gold mining in Alaska, of | which the winter rush to the Klondike and the spring exodus to Nome were excit | ng preludes, will go on and on, the out- put of gold Increasing as the years go by. and the 18 kept up the city will be able to pay ex-Judge Gordon's back salury claim and still be money In pocket. the success of the populist party was a protest against the ring of corrupt and in- competent politicians who had secured con- trol of the state offices and managed thin, for thelr own benefit regardless of the best interests of the taxpayers. This being tho case it would be well to turn down every member of the old gang who Is in any way fmplicated In steals without hesitation. Put new men and honest ones in each and every position and glve the people a bus ness administration and there is no dan- ger of the people withholding their ap- proval. It is not the populist party that we need fear In the future—it is our own acts and methods that must be watched and kept up to the high standard that pure re- publicanism demands. Do this and republic- anism has come again to stay. York Times: In deallng with the sults | brought against the alleged trusts by At- | torney General Smyth, Attorney General | Prout will be compelled to follow one of | state s dependent upon success and pros- perity in these. What is being done In this line Is shown by the repert of the bureau of statistics published in another column. Norfolk News: Madison county stands seventh {n the increase of population in the state since the census of 1890, That year the population of the county was 13,860, The census this year shows its population to be 16,976, an Increase of 3,307. Its popu- lation in 1880 was 5,580. Madison, with a number of other agricultural counties, has kept the state from showing a decrease In population. In padded districts and west- ern counties there has been a falling oft from the record of 1890. Fifty-five countles show & total increase in population of 87,- 928, Thirty-five counties, contalning most of the more densely populated districts, show a decrease of 73,200, The net Increase for the state Is, therefore, but §,628, as shown by the census. If the truth had been told ten years ago there would have been n and these interests huve a strong influ- ence with the government. They are in favor of protection, as well for the ag- ricultural producers as for the manu- facturers, but they want a pollcy that will be equitable and fair iu its appll- cation. The conflict between these elements makes a perplexing sltuation for the government In the matter of devising a fiscal pollicy and of negotiating com mercial treaties, but the tendency is apparently agalust further conces- slons to the agrarians, for to comply with the demands of that element would be to increase the cost of living to the great body of consum- ers, with the result of causing much hardship and widespread discontenc. Such a statement as this tempts no man to abandon his workshop or leave | his plow in the furrow In order that he | may go to Alaska in search of gold. It | does not attract the floating population or | excite the cupidity of the unreasoning mer- | cenary. But to the practical mining man, the enterprising business man, it appeals {88 a fact of which he will take advantage to his profit. — Beossoccssocssseccccsccven RIGHT KIND OF SUPPORT. Stanton Picket, The man who thinks that Ed- ward Rosewater 18 not the choice of republicans for United States senator must draw his inspiration from the politicians. It cannot be claimed for him tnat he is in very close touch with them, but his The meeting of the American Eco- nomic assoclation, which takes place in Detroit and Ann Arbor during the hol- iday week, promises, according to the program, to bring before the public the sclentific aspects of several of our most pressing new problems, in papers deal- ing with the history and problems of our colonial possessions, the finances of Porto Rico, and our Porto Rican policy. A committee will also report on the question of uniform municipal accounts and statistics, the absence of which data is one of the great stumbling blocks in the way of a comparative study of mu- nicipal government. Practical politi- clans may expect to get several timely suggestions from the tueoretical econo mists, cost 18 also great, but that can be borne better than the loss of so many lives, in- cluding among them the flower of British manhood. ‘What makes the sacrifice the sadder {s the reflection that In years to come, when the entire traneaction can be reviewed with- out prefudico or excitement, there may be nothing to be proud of beyond the readiness of the victims to #sk their lives for thelr country, “right of ‘wrong." ——e A CENTURY OF EXPANSION, Nebraska voters who cast their bal- lots at the polls last month were cer- tainly unaware of the number of speak- ers they were electing to preside over the lower house of the legislature, — Omaha’s bank clearings continue to furnish conclusive proof from week to week that its position in the population scale, as recorded by the recent census, 1s far below its position in the business world, 2 e In demanding more light on the opera- tion of the Standard Oil concern In Ne braska the supreme court recognizes the Big Four Among Nations Spreading Over the Earth. New York World. In the year 1800 the territory of the United States was 815,244 square miles; in 1900 1t 1s 3,768,621 square miles. This is an expansion of nearly 8,000,000 square miies in 100 years, It is the most amazing record of territorial growth ever made by a na- — fact that the corporation s in the il luminating business. Turn on the searchlight, —_—— German agriculture may be suffering from foreign competition, but the pro- tectlon it asks would be at the expense of the musses of the people, since Ger- An Insanity expert has appeared be- fore the Industrial commission to advo- cate more restrictive legislation to keep tlon, if we consider that the bulk of alt the area gained forms a continuous do- maln on one continent, which it spans from ocean to ocean, and whose inhabitants speak mucli larger increase. The returns also show that tho Third congressional district is the lergest in the state in the matter of population, the figures being 214,019, The two plans: wiss the cases already begun by Mr. Smyth or he will heve to bring an action against these whom Mr. Smyth has overlooked be- Elther he will have to dis- | | § supporters are among the rank and ' file of nis party. } eecsessessssscssocscsccse@ cause they are good fusionists. No honest man can afford to make sucker of one and | gooso of another on account of politics, | as Mr. Smyth has done. He has seemed to| Detroft Free Pros want everybody to know he was punishing | Woman! = his enemies and those of Mr. Bryan and | ghe She makes the lovellest epochs! favoring their friends in his alleged enforce- | just wish I knew her recipe! ment of the anti-trust law Never was a | vy o more glaring case of this kind than when | e BissC" he commenced to prosecute the Jomes & no usse o' der Douglas cracker factory at Lincoln and #dvice. "I -IlleyTu:‘.f-f_\»u.:fi-:’:fl'..’.".";.“-' Bym- sald nothing to the Joseph Garneau cracker | 'y i extive ol Dlagin: pollcy. > factory at Omaha, both of which belong to the same trust—the American Biscult com- pany—and which iffer fn nothing at al except in the politics of their owners. Of course, no republican state officer will ever be gullty of prostituting his position to such ends and if one should his own party papers would make it 8o hot for him that ho would be glad to resign his office and go off and hide. INDUSTRIAL CONDITION. Progress for the Within Recent Year: Sixth district, largest in area, is the small- st in population, containing 164,365 people. It is, therefore, possible that the districts will be rearranged. RBut for the padded re- turns of the larger cities in 1890, Nebraska would have a good showing. The figures show that northeast Nebraska Is growing rapldly, the people realizing that it is one of the best districts of the state. It fs the garden spot of the west and bound to ad- vance. out pauper and insane immigrants, The present immigration laws bar these classes of dependents and if they are not being excluded it is because of lax enforcement. As a matter of fact, how- ever, the Immigration laws were never better enforced than they are today. The foreign aid socleties that used to - S . - unload paupers and defectives on unu'm,',::",:."‘s“.,.')',":.,mne;.‘-."x‘l:: T country by the whotesule have been | 755 square miles, but in her case also her forced out of business and If an occa- | enlarged territory fs populated by many slonal derelict gets In it Is by accident. |&llen races. The lmmigration Iaws are as strict as |, Fistlaa terrltory bas incressed trom t{n-) need be, so far as they apply to ,;1"‘“;.“' m:fi.u.”,: ';‘.;0;4' 18 1000 18, G408 480 European immigrants, Germany is a brand new empire, whicn dates from 1570 ouly, and now embraces territory that aggregates 1,023,840 square miles. And it the world Is regarded simply as a big landed estate, these four nations—the United States, Russia, Great Britaln and France—own 23,000,000 of \s total area of 51,000,000 square miles, including by far ime most valuable of it all, tho same language and live under sub- stantlally the same laws. Great Britaln has expanded the area of her empire from 1,042,395 wquare miles 1n 1800 to 12,161,000 square miles in 1900. But her newly acquired territorles are widety scattered and are peopled by a large va- rlety of allen races, speaking different lan- guages and living under different laws. many must import a considerable part of its foodstuffs. Kansas City jobbers never stop In MGk e e thelr efforts to secure rallway conces- sions that will help them out in the ex- pansion of thelr business. When they try to cut under Omaha, however, they meet with prompt resistan — State Treasurer Meserve wants the rate of Interest on state warrants re- duced to 4 per cent. Just Imagine any- one suggesting 4 per cent warrants be- fore the cra of prosperity set in with the election of McKinley four years ago. — The victory in Nebraska has been formally celebrated by republicans in ‘Washington. The next ratification meeting will take, place at Lincoln on the openlug of the legislature and. the installation of the state officers-elect, The State Barbers' Board has made its report, its financial exhiblt balane- ing to a cent, showing that all the fees | have been carefully distributed among the mewbers of the board. It must She—An interesting NO FURTHER CONCESSION. London advices are to the effect that the British government is not likely to accept any amendment to the Hay- Pauncefote treaty, regarding the con- cesslon a'veady made In agreelng to the abrogstion of the Clayton-Bulwer conventlon as all it cun afford to make. The London rorrespondent of the New York Tribune vays that the rejection of the treaty, or e'en an amendment in a spirit hostile to the Suez regulations, will be regarded as a slgn that the American senate is bent upon ending rather than wmending the Clayton-Bul- wer convention, aud upon doing this, moreover, in an offeusive way. The adoption of a fortifications amendment, says this correspondent, will be the signal for a strong agitation by the Brit- ish press against a departure from Suez practice and the foreign office will have the public support if it de- 1 Sta Some folks,” sald n, “is natchelly so foolish dar ain’ der even tryin' to profit by good ——— PERSONAL POINTERS, Indianapolis Press: “1 heard a varlety actor say there was to be an onfon tiust, sald the Solemn Boarder, “and 1 want t know why there should be an onfon trust?" “To smother the beef trust,” sald the Cheertul ldiot. Philadelphia Press: *“You want my daughter?' sternly exclalmed the wealthy Mr. Btratelace. I have reason to belleve, that you are a beer-guzzler.” ell,'” replied the sultor, “I suppose I have drunk my share of it, but 1'd stop that if 1 married your daughter.” “You would, en?” “Yes, sir. 1'd be able to afford wine then.” Bir Arthur Sulllvan's estate Is estimated at $700,000. People pay to be amused. Edgar Brehm, the youngest son of the famous German naturalist, 1s dead at the age of 65. With him the family has be- come extinct. Ex-President Harrison is continuing to score success In overything he undertakes, His latest achlevement Is bagging twelve quails while on a short hunting trip. The fugltive ex-governor of Kentucky, Mr. Taylor, has settled in Indlanapolls and opened a law office Witk two more Ken- tucky refugees who were members of his administration, Ex-Gevernor Pillsbury of Minnesota has given 1,000 acres to that state's forestry board to encourage forestry reserves in If the appropriations made by tbe coming leglslature are In excess of those made two years ago the fusionists will probably howl about ‘“extravagauce,” The outgoing officials estimate the ex- peuses at over $100,000 more than the last sesslon appropriated and in addi- tlon there will be a deficiency bill of over §$100,000 which the present admin- istration has expended above the amount appropriated. Nebraska will be Marked Better Detroit Journal: at his head. “But, alas, in vain!" we sighed. “No,” exclaimed the beautiful y gon, bioyantly, “not In vain, by means! For look! I have swelled his head and [ shall not fall the next time I throw myself at ! Consummato knowledge of human nature, She falrly threw herselt The November bulletin of the Depart- ment of Labor contains a very interesting article written by an attache of the depart- ment on “The Betterment of Industrial Conditions." OUR BE ing per- Europe Takes ree-Fourths American Exports, ot the have been a close shave to avold an overlap. A combination is sald to have been formed in congress by the states threat- ened with a decrease in congressionsl representation under the new census, The weak point In the combination is that the states adversely affected by the census figures are sadly in the mi- nority, A state soclety of labor and industry 18 incubating under the patronage of the state labor commissioner, the chief o Ject of which I8 to promote legislation in the Interests of labor. The first ob- stacle against which the organization will bump will be the problem of con- vinelng the farmers and the wage- workers that their interests are identical, This problem has been taken up several times in this state, but not yet com- pletely solved. ——— The best way for the theaters to avold protests against objectionable bill-board posters is to do away with the bill boards altogether, In Boston theater wan- agers have an agreement among them- selves by which all their advertising is conflued to legitimuate newspapers, which 18 found to produce the best re aults, because the people look to the mewspapers for these announcements and rely upon their eriticlsms for in- formation as to the character of the en- tertainments, The money wasted in bill-board advertising in Omaha could be put Into newspaper space to the ad- wvantage of the theaters, clines to aceept treaty In a uew form, The senate will vote next Thursday, according to present understanding, on the amendment offered by the commit tee on foreign velations providing for the policing of the canal. This amend- ment does not distinctly contemplate fortifications, but it provides that the United States may adopt any measure which it may find it necessary to take for securing, by its own forces, the de- fense of the United States and the main- tenance of public order. Tts real object 18 to reserve to the United States the right to close the canal to warships of the enemies. It Is urged that the situ- atlon of the Unlted States on both oceans renders this amendment neces- sary, but as has been pointed out the similar situation of Canada on both oceans would compel England to reject the amendment, The result of the vote on thls amend- ment will probably determine the fate of the treaty. If it should be adopted ond the British governwment declined to accept it that would be the failure of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, leaving the Clayton-Bulwer treaty In full force, the present administration having acknowl- edged that conventlon to be binding on | us. As to this the New York Post says: | “Whatever the senate may think, what- ever any future administration m or do, Mr. McKinley and his advisers are committed to take no step, in the | way of canal building, in contravention of it. This would not be the only con- sequence of the failure of the new treaty, The spirit which causes its re- well rid of the popocratic brand of economy, Can the Dead Speak Outt Detrolt Journal. Isn't it @ bit remarkable that the Hon. Adlal Stevenson has 8o far declined to ex- plala how it happened? - onsola Kansas City Star The fact that Mr. Bryan ran ahead of Governor Beckham in Kentucky will hardly | console him for his failure to run ahead of McKinley in Nebraska, Good Motto to Work By, Indianapolis Journal The fact that an industrial convention composed entirely of southern men has adopted for its motto, “No politics, no sec- tlonallsm, but business,” shows & great ad- 7ance over former years. Hy What Rightt Boston Globe. That the Nicaragua canal shall be free to all nations at equal rates in time of peace, and shall be treated as part of the open sea durtug war, {s the minimum of the British demand, according to the London Post. Some pecple caunot sec, however, why Great Brit- aln has any right to make any demand at all, ay to Get Freedo Pittsburg Dispatch Apropos of the proposition of the comp- troller of the currency to limit the bor- rowings by national bank directors of the funds of thelr own banks it 1s noticeablo that numerous bank officers tn New York are reported to be highly rebellious. One bank president declares: “We have ul- together too much of the Washington end of this,business.” Others are quoted as saylng: ““We ought to be left freer thin we are" and “you can't make bank off- cors houest and of good judgment by law." Chicago Chronicle. ‘The secretary of the treasury reports that the total value of our exports during the laet fiscal year was $1,304,483,082. Out of this total no less than $1,040,167,763 went to the countries of Europe. That s to say, over 74.6 per cent went to Europe and less than 26.4 per cent to all the rest of the world. It 1s truo that there was a large Increase In our exports (o other parts of the world; | that is to say, there was a large percent- age of increase. Making the comparison with 1560, the secretary shows that the tncreaso to North Amerfean countries was 99 per cent; to Oceanlea, 163.6 per cenl; to Asin, 220.6 per cent; to Africa, 322 per cent But to South America, after all the *pan- American” offorts of republican states men, the increase was only one-half of 1 per cent during the period of ten years. During the same time our exports to Europe increased G0.6 per cent. While the rate of increase In our European trade was comparatively low, the absolute in- crease was $356,00,000, or more than our total exports last year to all the rest of the world, which amounted to $354,300,000. Yet our republican statesmen persist in making commercial eusmics of Europe while angling for i%e comparatively fn- significant trade of the poverty-stricken peoples of other parts of the world, Our trade with the islands with which | we are In new relations is shown to have | increased largely since 1897 This was to have been expected, of course, especlally in tho case of Cuba, for in 1897 that island was supposed to have been desolated by Weyler. The increaso In the imports trom all those islands was G8.1 per cent, while (n exports to them the lncrease was 214.6 per cent. But the total imports last year were only $1,000,000 and the total exports only $47,00,000. This Is a pretty small matter as compared to our entire forelgn trade—a trifle as compared with our European trade alone. It is costing us many times as wuch as It 13 worth, Minnesota and to facilltate experiments with cut-over timber tracts. R. G, Dun's estato Is valved at $2,300,000, most of which was left to hls wife and relatives. Ho gave $5,000 each to four New York Lespitals and twenty-five paintings to the Mettopolitan Museum of Art General Joseph Wheeler's successor in the house of representatives {s William Rich- ardson, who was once sentenced to be hanged as a confederate spy by General Critterden, but who was recaptured before the sertence could be executed, Lord Roberts will teke chief command of the Dritish army January 1. He 13 an Irish- man, and it s a notable fact that during the time since the English army was organized on its present basis, most of the commanders-in-chief have been Irlshmen. Max Billighelm and Max Eichenshelmer, two students from Heldelberg, the noted German university, arrived in New York ro- cently and have now started on & walking tour across the continent. They wear khaki costumo and will help pay their expenses by dolivering occasional lectures According to intimate friends of Attor- ney General Griggs, the real reason of his withdrawal from the cabinet is that he cannot for financial reasons afford to re- main. He Is not & wealthy man and the education of a large family has left him but little margin. It is denied by these friends that the relations between the president and Mr. Griggs have at any time beer otherwise than friendly. The court of Austria, the most aristo- cratic and exclusive in Europe, seems to be slowly giving way to the democratic movement. The number of marriages made by members of the house of Hapsburg out- side of royalty Is becoming proverbial and now another step has been taken which is viewed with alarm by the upholders of the old ways. A grandnephew of Franz Jo- seph has begun Lis studles in a publ grammar school. This 1s & step unprece- The article summarizes the observations of the writer at a score or more of indus- trial establishments in various parts of the country in which steps had been taken to elevate and improve the condition of the workingmen by means of social and literary clubs, gymnasiums, lbraries, profit-sharing and other measures that have been adopted by employers to bring about a better feel- ing between capital and labor. In every Instance it was found that the workingmen appreclated the efforts of the employors in thelr bebalt and every em ployer who expressed an opinion declared that he was pleased with the result of the experiment. One employer who had tried to improve the condition of his employes sald “No one has a right to hope that a man will improve very rapldly who feels that he is simply used as @ cog In a wheel—as a mere instrument from which his employer wants to squeeze profit. There is no room for question but that fair play treatment pays, from the sordid, economic point of view. Ihave not cared to inquire, however, whether it paid or not; that does not eon- cern me as much as the question, Is {t right? But those who are looking at the mere material side of the question will be pleased to know that it pays In sordid dol- lars and cents."” Another manufacturer who has tried profit-sharing with his employes said: ““We employ in our factory about 700 peo- ple, of whom abeut 800 are boys and girls Among the 400 men employed there {s now held, at the present market value, over $220,000 worth of the common stock of the company. We would especlally call atten- tlon to the benefits, both to the employe and to the corporation, of such a scheme. It @ plan which affords proper protection to employes against suffering any financial loss can be devised and encouragments held out to them to invest their savings in the stock of the corporation for which they are working, we belleve a great deal of the dented fu Austria, labor trouble can be avolded. Of cmlri?.. this, Indianapolls Preas: “No, married life fs not different,” ‘explained ‘the young father. “'When 1 have been having an all-night ses- sion arguing with the baby on the question whether it is better to yell over the ad- vent of new teeth or to sleep it off 1 have | much the feeling morning that 1 used to h after a or dinner." THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION, 8. B Kiser In the Times-Herald, friend was on the table M " Wattng, Bull of ‘doubt, But the surgeons brought me comfort As they hurrled fn and out They were full of hope, they sald, It was not a thing to dread, They had found the seat of trouble, and they knew Where to probe and where to cle So they gave me to belleve That my friend would rest in peac: they were through! ve; when They were famous, they had practiced In"those forelgn countries where The inscrutable professors Lay 0ld Nature's secrats bare, And they laughed my fears away As they closed tho door, that Ay~ It was something that had oft “been done before Long I walted for the end, For the moment-when my friend, Through their skill, should be the pray of pain no more. Full of smiles, at last, they sought me And they told me It was done— “8kill had waged an battle And had glorlously w ‘hey rubbed their hands in gi They congratulated m And they complimented one another, too! Toach nad deftly done hin part, Kach had glorifled his art, For Success had followed ail thelr moves ments through! eard them, full of wonder B Raere they had wrought, And 1 asked If he could see e, But they he could not For my luckless friend was dead! It was all his fault, they sald They had triumphed, SKill had risen to the call! They had found and cut away All they sought, T heard them say, And the shock had left him lifeless—that was alll