Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 3, 1901, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, JA ARY 3, 1901. THE ©OMAHA DAILY BEE. 5. ROSEWATER, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, uily Bee (without Sunday), One aily Bee and Sunday One Yea illustrated Bee, One Year . unday Beo Ohe Year . rday Bee, One Year.... Weekly Bee, One Year. OFFICES, The Bee Hulldin Imaha: City Hall ty-Afth and N streets, Councll Blufts: 10 Pearl Street. Chicago: 1640 Unity Building. New York: Temple Court New York: Temple Court Washington: Wi Fourteenth Street Bioux Clty: 611 Park Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi- torial matter should be addressed: Omuha Tiee, Editorial Department BUSINESS LETTERS Business letters and remittances should addressed: The Bee Publishing Com- pany, Omaha, REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, ayable to The Bee Publishing Company nly 2-cent stamps accepted in payment of | accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or Eastern exchanges, not accepted THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. Editor. Funading, Twen- STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, s& George B. Taschiick, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company. being duly sworn wava that the actual number of full and complete coples of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of December, 1900, was as follows: 2780 17 27,51 18 19 2 25,040 ..27,850 20,608 27,050 20,070 20,005 Total Less unsold and returned coples Net total sales Net dally average Bubscribed In_my presence and sworn to before me this 318t day of December, A. D, M. B, HUNGA'T] Notary Public. Maybe some cryptogramist will now arise to tell us what Donnelly meant. The Crowe family at will not complain of the Inactivity of the police in the kidnaping case. The players in the senatorial game all want it distinetly understood that up to dat I is leading from a lone hand. ’ | London is enveloped in a fog which is #ald to he more dewse than the one which envelops the reputations of some of the English generals. —_— Maybe that Boston curio hunter ean allay the eastern notion that the ofticers of Nebraska are not taking steps to apprehend the Kidnapers, Russia knows a good thing when it is ealled to its attention and consequently is coming to the United States for the meat supply for its army. State ‘Treasurer Meserve says he wants 1o make his settlement in eash. Mr. Meserve is plainly playing to figure in Nebraska politics further. Sy Hereafter it will be ssary when one starts on a journey to carry along a certificate that the bearver is not Pat Crowe and has uo connection with the Cudahy kidnapiug case, The foreigners in Pekin held elabe New Year's receptions. It would quire considerable ingenuity to reconcile the Russlan and Chinese with the cal endars of the other nationalities. Colorado put & legislature on tap yes- terday. Its chief interest lies in the fact that it will have to choose a United States senator from among a most for- midable array of Bryanite material, —_— in the school board will be welcomed Dby the citizens only if the harmonious action be for the good of the schools. his should always be borne in mind by the school directors. The senate has started out well on the matter of cutting down the e: penses of the session. If it will only keep its good resolutions in mind throughout the session the people will call it blessed. The Nebraska legislature wasted no time sparring for an opening, but got down to business promptly at the call of time. Keep it up, gentlemen, and you will have a large credit mark when you return to your constituents, More flaws are being discovered in the Towa constitutional amendments pro viding for biennial elections. The latest one is a misplaced comma. 1f lowa really desires to have its constitution patehed up it should not be so particular about the material. — Putting of wires underground has an interest for both the city and the com pany. That an intelligent effort is be- ing made to solve the problem in Omaha 18 most encouraging. Experience such as that of the telephone company good to go by and will count for much in the final determination of the ques- tion, is Roberts' earldom suggests the senten- tious remark made by John Paul Jones when he heard that the captain of the Serapls” had been knighted for the part he took In the engagement with the “Bon Homme Richard.” “If he will come out to sea again,” said Jones, “I'll give him another such a beating that they'll make him a peer of the realm.” s Reports from the Black Hills ave of the most satfsfactory kind. Modern methods of metal extraction have solved the problem of refractory ‘ore and cyan fde mills are rapidly unlocking store- houses of precious metal hitherto prac tically inaccessible, Increased output for the year just ended supports the | promise of greater things for the new year and steady employment for labor d capltal are the main reasons for the REDUCING THE DISTRICT JUDG Discussion fs becoming quite general a8 to the advisabllity of reducing the number of district judges in Nebraska. The state fs now divided fnto fifteen | Judiclal districts presided over by | twenty-eight Judges, It i« argued that | the business of the distrlet courts could be properly and promptly administered by eighteen judges and the saving to the taxpayers in the salarles of Judges and stenographers alone would amount to £40,000 each year. The obstacles to proposed reduction of the number of district judges are to be found chiefly in constitutional pro visions of doubtful meaning. The con- stitution provides, for example, that It shall require a two-thirds vote of the legislature to increase the number of Judicial districts and that no increase shall be made oftener than once every four years, Does this apply also to leg- islation decreasing the number of Judges? It not except by infer- ence, but would it be safe to let the law w the gamut of the courts without the two-thirds majority? Another difficulty yet by no means insurmountable is the protection thrown around Judicial salaries by the consti- tution. The latter provides that no change in the boundaries of a judicial district shall vacate the office of any Judge and in more general terms as sutes the judges undiminished sala for the full term for which they e elected. The present corps of district Judges have yet th ars of th terms to serve which no legislation can cut short, This would defer the actual saving to the taxpayers from salary cur- tallment until the present terms shall have expired unless the services of the Judges should be utilized in some other direction. The sugge | does n repeatedly urged by The Bee of a supreme court commission made up by inviting the unoceupied district judges to sit in advisory ca pucity to the supreme court fits in right at this polut. By calling on them to act from time to time as supreme court commissioners during the remainder of thefr terms, the state would be the gainer by the amount of the salarles such a commission would cost. The commission, moreover, would drop out naturally at the end of three years, when the busi of the supreme court ought to have been reduced to normal | proportions and the court itself en larged by the addition of three or four more Justices chosen by virtue of a con stitutional amendment. Unless some stich plan s adopted we will have an excess of district judiciary to take care of indefinitely waliting for the court business to expand to a point that will keep it busy. THE VENEZUELAN TROUBLE. Our government has taken steps to protect American interests in Ven uela that may be endangered by the revolt in that republic. 1t is commonly understood that the trouble is due to the concessions given by the Venezuelan government to American asphalt con. tractors, but the uprising under Peraza, who was a member of the cabinet, started in the Guanico district, far dis- tant from Bermudes, where the asphalt trust's property is located. The fact is that Venezuela has been the home of revolt for years. It is but little more than a year since the present president of the republie started the revolution which gave him control of the government and drove President Andrade into exile, Castro had but 100 men when he started his rebellion, so that the apparent insignificance of the force in revolt under Peraza does not necessarily render his cause hopeless. If the excitable Venezuelans arve ready to overthrow their present rulers and set up for a time new popular idols, the latest revolutionist may be successful in his attempt to seize the reins of gov- ernment. Venezuela has popular elections for president and congress, yet for nearly twenty years the people have succeeded in placing their own choice in the presi- dential chair through the weans of re olutions, The ruling heads of govern- ment have had power either to pe petuate themselves in office or dictate their successors and invariably used it. In the last ten years there have been five revolutionary uprisings in Vene- zueln, Including the present onme, be sides several unsuccessful attempts to foment revolution, The most serious was that organized by Castro, against whose rule the new uprising is directed. He has put down one insurrection and being a resourceful man it is quite probable he will suppress the present | one, Meanwhile it is the purpose of our | government to protect whatever Amer- | fean interests may be imperilled by the uprising and with this in view the Navy department has just dispatehed a gun- t to LaGuay Venezuela, The | United St will of take no | part in the trouble beyond such meas- | ures as may be necessary to safeguard | the interests of its citizens, es course INJUSTICE TO OMAHA. Eastern papers, especially those of the New York order, ave very fond of taking charge of all matters mundane. With cheerful zeal they undertake to regulate the affairs of all people under all cir- cumstances and conditions, and are never so happy as when they are pa- tiently working out solutions for the problems that perplex mortals and pre- paring panaceas for the woes of human- Ity. 1t is in this spirit that the New York World approaches the Cudahy case in the following terms . The mew turn given to Omahba's extraor- dinary Kkidnaping case, as detalled in special dispatches to the World this morn- 1pg, makes it a scandal of natlonal dimen- sions. Mr. Cudaby s now threatened, anony- wously, of course, with the kidnaping of oue of his little girls unless he withdraws his offer of $25,000 reward for the arrest of the men who kidnaped his son. Mrs Cudahy 1s naturally terrified, and, taking counsel of her fears, would have her husband comply with the demand of the undiscovered criminals. But ihe father holds out and persists, from a sense of duty to the community, in continuing his efforts to capture them. good feeliug that prevails up there now. ' ' Meantime the city authorities of Omaha | be taken seriously | the future prosperity and security of the — offered no reward and are making no ex- tra effort of any kind t6 protect the home of an American citizen who fs threatened | with further and worse outrage It he dares 0 pursue the briginds any further That a crime §o monstrous and so menac- ing to every home in the land should be thus supinely tfeated by the authorities of any American city or state is disgraceful, 1s it not time that the national government stepped in and gave the persecuted Cudahy family the protection which Omaha and Nebraska efther cannot or will not give them? I it we not for the well Lnown habit of the World such strictures might As it is, the World merely does Omaha people an injustice and plainly shows it does not under: stand the sentiment that prevails here. | Omaha's people and police force ave do- ing all that may be done to apprehend the criminals, There has been little hysteria in connection with the case, but there is a deep and earnest determi nation on all hands to bring to justice and deserved punishment the men who «tole the Cudaby boy, extorted money hig ransom and arve now seeking to tereify his father into abandoning th pursnit. Ample reward has been of fered, excellent detective skill and abil ity has been employed and the World may rest assured that, while the police may pro with less of red-fire of- fects in Omaha than in New York, their work 1o the less earnest and is quite likely to be as effective. It unfair and unjust that the city and its people should be so held up by a leading newspaper. THE FUTURE OF CUBA Industrial and commercial conditions in Cuba are reported to be, under the circumstances, very satisfactory. The crops are better than for several years and the people generally are employed. The political conditions, however, appe not to he so favorable. It is expected that the constitution for an independent | government will adopted by the con- vention within the next few weeks. The character of this instrument, which must be submitted to the congress of the United States, is a matter of great interest, as well to Americans as to Cubans, for it may determine the future relations between the new republic and the United States. According to recent advices the con stitution will probably contain a provi slon making eligible to the presidency any male over 40 years of age who is a itizen of Cuba at the signing of the pstitution. It is said that if the in strument is adopted with this provision and sanctioned by congress it will mean that General Maximo Gomez will be the first president of the Cuban republic, which it is alleged would be unfavor able to the interests of the United States, mez being against any supervision or control by this country in the future of Cuba. 1t Is said that his election would absolutely prevent the formation of a stable government and that the con- servative men and those who have busi- ness interests in Cuba are opposed to turning the island over to the element of which Gomez is the leader. One Havana cogrespondent suys: *Should the congress of the United States show a disposition to accept this featu of the constitution there will be a protest from Cuba which will make itself heard. The conservative element know General Gomez too well to allow him to be placed in cha of the island. They knew him in the field and they know him now.” He adds that mez has received a considerable sum of woney out of the island treasury “for the pur- post of locking the lips of the old chief” and it will be urged that if the United States government has deemed it necessary to do this it cannot con- sistently accept a feature of the consti- tution which would pave the way for his election to the presidenc General Gomez has declared that he does not desire to be president of a Cuban republic. He has in unqualitied terms disclaimed having such ambition. Possibly he has changed his mind. At all events we do not think the congress of the United States would find in a provision of the Cuban constitution making him eligible to the presidency a reason for refusing to sanction that in strument. All that congress can reason- ably require is that the constitution shall be republican in form and provide a system of governwent that will glve equal rights to all citizens, insure the fair administration of justice and give promise of stability, As to the rela tious to be established between Cuba and the United States, that may prop erly become a watter of negotiations after a Cuban government has been set up and there should be no doubt that a majority of the people of Cuba will be found ready to enter into the most cor- dial and intimate relations, political and commercial, with this country, The ne intelligent of them certainly must realize the necessity of this, alike is island. It is the duty of the United States to that Cuba has a good, just and stable government and it will not, it is safe to say, refuse sanction a constitution that provides for this, to The passing of Ignatius Donunelly has removed one of the unique and interest- ing figures from American politics. Erudite but ervatie, profound only ‘in his bellef in himself, Dounelly won high distinction as an advocate of thew rles surprisingly at variance with ac- cented facts or the exnerience of oth ers. He still had the merit of sincerity and the ability with which he supported his peculiar views was scarcely than the marvelous fecundity of inven- tion which gave rise to them. His place in letters and politics was clearly his own and will in all probability remain forever unoccupied, less The United States is now the greatest exporting nation in the world and thes is only one which even approaches it in the volume or value of its exports England. In 1808 this country | England for the first ttme, but in 18 fell a little behind, regaining the lead last year. Less than fifty years ago this country was almost entively de and the state puthorities of Nebraska have pendent upou other countries for its manufactured goods and practically ite only exports were agricultural. ny, in addition to supplying the home mar ket in most all lines, there is a large surplus of manufactured goods to be sold abroad and the old world countries are being challenged in their own mar kets, Unless all signs fail the present year will witness a still greater expan sion in the export trade. At last that Indian supply depot is about to open fts doors. Omala has worked and waited long for this con summation. It means so much more to the business interests of the community than has been generally understood that a full realization of its importance will not come at once. Omaba Jobbers and manufacturers who have long supplied large quantities of merchandise and provisions to the Indian bureau will know, however, what an advantage the new order will bring to them. The people of Nebraska should resent what amounts to a practieal holdup of | reasurersStuefer by the guaranty bond compantes In exacting from him four | his official bond | s popnlist | times the premium that they requived from predecessor. - Nebraska s willing to en cournge guaranty bonds in place of personal bonds, but it does not want to inflict harship and financial loss upon those who serve the capacity. With the end of the year there pas from public view as ficial one of the most unique characters in the United States, BEver since his first election as mauyor of Detroit Hazen 8. Pingree has been noted for his departures from the beaten paths. His idens were alw original, and, while not always practica ble, Le has worked some reforms, and, more than all, has set e —— J. H. Edmisten dug himself out of re- nent long enough to look in on the ening scenes of the legislative ses sion, Instead of being the hero he had pictured himself before election, no one paid any attention to him except those who had unpaid bills against the popu list state committee. The former pop ulist leader looked as though he wished 'n these people would forget him, . That fusion legislative caucus never for a moment hnagined that its bluff about contesting Govern Dietrich’s election would be taken serious! the fusionists had anything on which to base proceedings to Keep a republican out of the governor's office, they would not hesitate a moment to go through with it to the turthest !mit. Chairman Hopkins of the house census committee finds himself in the position of the man who erawled out on the end of the limb and then sawed off his support. Possibly he can be induced to see thie benefits of the minor ity measure, wlich lenves the Ne- braska congressfonul representation un- disturbed. In neglecting to muke any substantial chauges in the assignment of their dockets, the district judges seem to have ignored the demands of our amlable popocratic contemporary, which had volunteered to relieye them of that oner- ous duty. The only other disappoint- ment falls to County Attorney Shields, A prominent Women's Christian Tem- perance union worker Is out with a long article in which she decries the act of kissiug. If she is really suffering the pangs of ueglect, there are plenty of people who would be willing to sacrl- fice themselves rather than have the custom abolished. South Omaha is wrestling with the vinduct question now. Omaba’s e perience in this regard will be of infinite value to the Magie City. It took Omaha a long time to establish the principle, but the facilities now enjoyed by the citizens seem reward sufficient for the effort expendes Washington Post. Mr. Bryan was not a success as an editor when he tried the business at Omaha. There are excellent reasons for believing that he has not devoted much time to acquiring editorial knowledge since that memorable t Out in ne. lobe-Democrat Bobs rever ¥howed more military bril- lancy than when he turned over his task in South Africa as substantially finished Kitchener has not had a good night's sleep since taking charge of the “remnant of a war." Liberality Boston Transcript. So far as statistics can measure them, the gifts to institutions and charities the past year amount to $60,264,000. But after all, it 18 the right hand that doesn't let the left know what it is up t keeps the spirit of philanthropy alive Pretty Well Recoguized. Indianapolis Press. The suggestion of Mr. Hobson's friends, that his useless services In sinking the Merrimac should receive further “‘recogni- tion,” will hardly commend itself to popu- lar approval. Mr. Hobson doubtless did a very gallant thing in leading the expedition that placed the Merrimac at the bottom of the Santlago harbor, but it should be borne in mind that Mr. Hobson chove a profes- sion of which gallant deeds ave regularly expected. He did nothing outside the lim- its of his duty, and for the faithful dis- | charge of his duty he has already received promotion and adulation in quantity fully adequate to the service rendered les for K ew York Mall and Express A natural result of the sensational kid- naping case in Omaha appears in the vig- orous agitation in sevoral western states for legislation that will provide more rig- orous penalties for crimes of that character. The discovery that under the laws of Ne- braska the only way in which the kidnapers of the Cudahy lad could be punished would be for extortion will indubitably lead to more effective legislation at an early day. In Towa there is a strong sentiment in favor of making child-stealing punishable either by death or life imprisonment. A member of the Wisconsin legislature has already prepared a bill prescribing a life sentence as the penalty, and steps in the same di- rection will be taken in South Dakota, while in North Dakota and Wyoming there is a strong feeling In favor of the death penalty. axpayers in official | to thinking. | 1 | | KIDNAPED COMMENT. Milwaukee Sentinel: Mr. Cudahy's back tone Is undergoing a severe but it | appears that it is in excellent order still Cleveland Leader: ~ Millionaire Cudahy shows a commendable spirit in refusing to witldraw his offer of $25,000 reward for the arrest of the kidnapers of hig son, even in the face of threats from the kidnapers 1t the ofter of the reward results in the arrest of the scoundrels the bad effect of the payment of a ransom for the return of the boy will be counteracted Detroit Free Press: Now Is the time for Mr. Cudaby to show his nerve and for the police authorities to display the'r efficiency. | The father has his children at home and | his vigilance, backed by the strong arm of | the law, ehould be equal to their protec- | tion. 1t thugs are permitted to take charge | of the situation at this juncture, decent and | respectable citizens might as well organize |and arm for the protection of their fire | #ides. The tmpudence of these kidnapers 1s in itself an insufferable affront Brooklyn Eagle: Government failed Mr. Cudaby of Omaha. It could not secure for him his stolen child. So he became his own government, negotiated with the enemy and secured his son. Those who think he should not have done %o do not really think so They only think that they think so. He- sides, hard as it may be to catch the ab ductors, it should be easier to catch them without the boy than it would have heen with him. Mr. Cudahy did exactly right Chicago Tribune: Mr. Cudahy has not been intimidated. Probably the threat was not serfously meant, and was made only in the hope of frightening a fond father. It is not likely that men who cannot be puns ished severely under the Nebraska laws for the profitable offense they have committed would commit an unprofitable crime which the laws of the state punish severely. There 15 not much honor among criminals, and it is quite likely that Mr. Cudahy's reward will be more effective than the researches of the police authorities of Omaha. The Kkidnapers may fear the treachery of ac- | complices more than they do the police. This deflant letter which has been sent to Mr. Cudahy should induce the authorities 1o keep a sharp lookout after the hoy whose life has heen threaténed, and to make re- newed efforts to cateh the kidnapers. They should not be permitted to spend at their ease the money they extorted from Mr. Cudahy. HAZING AND HAZERS, Portland Oregonian: Since hazing s so necessary in a cadet’s education, and since it is impossible to know when a victim has had enough, congress ought to appoint an ‘l'xw'rwm-md committee to see that the pro- cess is effective, but not too thorough. St. Paul Pioneer Press: For the infor mation of numerous readers who might oth- crwise be misled by the published accounts of torturing inflicted on their fellows by West Point cadets, the Ploneer Press will plicitly state that the young men con- cerned in these barbarities are not unciv- ilized Indians, but supposedly white, and the sclons of respectable families New York World: The Incuiry at West Point yesterday was directed at one point to an attempt to discover a cadet's notion as to what he would consider “brutality in hazing" The witness answered that “if a cadet were hazed to such a degree that he would be injured or had to be helped b his fellows the hazing would be brutal. That is to say, any ridiculous and humil- iating tasks or any tests of endurance that stop short of permanent injury or complete exhaustion are all right. Chicago Chronicle: A military gentle- man who is highly indignant because the death of Cadet Booz is being Investigated declares that West Point is not a theolog- ical seminary, but a_school where hoys are trained to fight. Hes believes that they should be allowed to fight whenever they foel like it. That may be true. It is dif- cult to see, however, whereln the military instinct s to be fostered by the admin- fstration of tabasco sauce or by putting up an undersized, delicate bov to fieht with a stout youth several years his senior. The articles of war contain nothing bearing upon these matters Indianapolis Press Investigation of the charges of hazing at West Point has brought out the disgusting fact that our future army officers are aping a thoroughly unamerican custom of the English schools —the “fag” system. The fag system makes a menial of the lower classman. He is selected by some of the upper classmen and required to make up his bed, sweep out his quarters, empty his slops and do all the disagreeable drudgery for which stu- dents elsewhere employ servants. It is marvelous that students at West Point should submit to thig sort of treatment or that the officers in charge should tolerate it PERSONAL NOTES, According to the report of the New York tenement house commission, forty-one per- sons have been fatally burned in tenement house fires in that city the past year. The late Governor Roger Walcott left an estate valued at $225,000. He was a sound, straighforward business man, and made his money by regular processes, and never by any quick and fortunate turns It is proposed that the manufacturing potters of the country shall erect a monu- ment to the memory of John Hart Brewer, for his work in the development of pottery. It is hoped to raise $3,000 by a contribution of $ for each kiln. A western congressman left home for Washington about Novembar 10, was at- | tacked by typhold on the way and has just reached the capital. “The paramount lssue with me," he moas, “is eight thousand un- answered letters. Dr. 8. Hoepfner, a well known consulting engineer and chemist of Canada, who died the other day in Denver, was the inventor of an electrolytic treatment of refractory ores which is in use in many smelters in this country and Europe. Captain Slgsbee, who commanded the war- ship Maine when it was blown up in Havana harbor, was recently asked what was his first thought on realizing what bad cccurred. o tell the truth,” sald the captain, “my first thought was—what will the newspapers say at home?" A friend of Mr. Carnegie saw the iron King recently for the first time in over a year and remarked how fast the millionaire was aging. His hair is white and his skin, formerly ruddy, with a good deal of hrown in it, has taken on the pink-tint so often seen In healthy persons of green old age. John Christian of Elber county, Georgia, the oldest moonshiner in the state, is now under arrest for the twenty-fourth time on the charge of illicit distilling. The old man firmly believes that he has a perfect right to make whisky and has repeatedly declared that he will do so as long as he lives Of the many wonderful experiences of the British soldier in South Africa, that of Lieutenant J. Evans of the First Royal Inniskilling fusileers, who wes shot in twenty-six different places at Pieter's hill and afterward recovered, is one of the most startling. Lleutenant Evans, having re- covered, 15 now on his way to South Africa to rejoin his regiment for duty Acting Governor Jenks of Alabama has excited favorable comment by thwarting the members of the legislature in some of their proposed junkets at the cxpense of the state. The legisiators had planned to make a tour of the normal and agricultural schools of the state, but the acting execu tive vetoed the emabling resolution on the ground that the expense would be more than the trip would be worth, e [ TR cesscssssssssssesdde.® ; Man Honored by the Fusionists, of the Sennate, gar HMoward in Papillion Times, April 1, 1807 On the first day of the legisla- tive session the Times picked Sen ators Ransom and Howell as the leaders of the corporation contin gent i that body. The picking was not an evidence of smart- ness on onr part, for, indeed, an man who has watched the course of those worthies in recent years could and would have done as well as we did. Speaking of Ran som and Howell, what a dis & the paif has been to the free silver forces which elected them. Hand in hand in every scheme to aid in corporation rob- bery, back to back to fight against the sharp shafts of public eriticlsm while pushing gamblers' bills to passage. Shame's crown for shame is the fact that these traitors bear the democratic name, B s | | BED OF THE ¢ Facts About the Mighty Deep venled by n Survey. Chicago Tribune The surveys made In the Pacific ocean by government officers for the purpose of AN, to counect the United Statos with the Philippine islands buve revealed some ex- traordinary facts concerning the bed of that ocean. Rear Admiral Bradford's re- port shows that there fs an almost level plain of mud, about 16,200 feet deep, ex- tending from Honolulu to the Midway tslands, and another from these islands to Guam, 16,200 feet deep, these vast mud plains being cut up with reefs and mountain ranges, Between Guam and Yokohama was found a great mountain range, one peak of which rises to within 500 feet of the surface, and almost exactly resembles the well known Japanese volcano, Fuglyama. At some future time in one of nature's great convulsions this submarine monster may be lifted above the surface. North of this range the ocean bed slopes gradually eastward to what is known as the Japanese Deep, which has always been ro- garded as the lowest known ocean depth. The United States surveyors, however, have found a depth which breaks the Japanese record. Last year, on the first voyage, they found an abyss on the route from the Mid- way islands to Guam which they sounded to tue depth of 20,478 feet without reaching bottom, thers being no more wire left on the reel. This year they visited the abyss again and found the bottom at the enormous depth of 81,614 feet, or six miles, lacking only sixty-six feet. This, the lowest sub- marine depth ever discovered, has been christened the Nero Deep, after the name of the surveytng vessel. The mountain range between Guam and Yokohama 1s the only serious difficulty to be overcome in laying the cable, but science will be able to accomplish it. More fascinating than the exploits of cable laying, however, are these revelations of the under world brought to human knowledge by the sounding line. The questions of Job, “‘Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea or hast thou walked in the search of their depth?" are not far from solution by modern science. Many of the things in heaven and earth not dreamed of in Hamlet's philosophy are becoming matters of every- day knowledge, and none of them are more wonderful or awe inspiring than these vast mountain ranges, plateaus and abysses over which the ocean rolls and which are now being charted and named. EURO! INDUSTRIAL CRI v ntinfa of Trade Not Chicago Record, The State department at Washington is advised by its consuls at some of (he Euro- pean trade centers that an industrial and financial crisis is impending there, if, in- deed, it has not actually begun. From Ger- many comes the assertion that “the wave of Industrial prosperity in Burope, which has steadily risen since 1895, has taken a turn and begun to recede;" that all signs point to a crisis in industrial lines before two years have passed, and that any politi- cal disturbance might bring on the Inevita- ble crash with extreme suddenness. In verification of these discouraging predic- tions it is pointed out that house rents and industrial stocks have begun to decline, that factories are closing, and that the shipping interests and war material indus- trics are making the most of the South African and Chinese disturbances. German students of economics analyze the situation as being the result of overproduction. In France there has been a collapse in the wool market that has carried down ex- tensive business concerns. In England ship- owners are discouraged, and find great difficulty in making even a meager profit. | | In Scotland the weaving trades are demoral- | ized. Generally the shoe manufacturers are being interfered with by the invasion of American goods. The outlook in all lines, apparently, is for worse instead u{} Letter times. To a considerable extent the disquieting conditions in Europe may be ascribed to the disturbing effects of American competi- tion. Naturally, the displacement of Euro- pean by American manufactures must have | a distinet effect in the industrial economies | of Buropean countries. Roughly speaking, | for each American workman put to work on goods for the foreign market a Euro- | pean workman or two must be lald off. | Nor can this condition be offset by Euro- pean manufacturers cutting down wages | and reducing prices of thelr manufactures, because to a great extent there I8 in many lines a decided preference for American articles, which also undersell the products of other nations. There is no good reason for supposing that conditlons will change, Ou the other hand, the prospect !s that the displacement of European manufactures by American goods will increase rather than diminish. The ultimate effect of the present trade tendencies is likely to be that the United States will become more than ever before the center of the world's industrial activity and development. Very ute Concesslons for Indemnity, Indlanapolis Journa The suggestion from Washington that commercial concessions from China be ac- cepted by the powers in lieu of money in- demnities 1s a happy one, for several rea: sons. In the first place China, notwith- standing its vast arca and population, is a poor country, the great mass of the people especially. The ordinary revenues of the government are raised with dificulty and it would be cxtremely dificult to raise by taxation the aggregate amount of money indemnities that would be demanded by the powers. China has a great national debt which is carried with difficulty. At the con- clusion of the war with Japan in 1595 China had to borrow money to pay a war indemnity of $142,000,000 in gold and to do 4o made humiliating concessions. On that occasion Russia induced China to arrange In Paris with French and Russian capita! Prope inl finding the most feasible route for a cable | the interest Russia from treaty on which was guarantesd by the customs revenue at the By this move Russia estal lished itself as China’s patron, adviser and financial director and would probably strengthen its claim on China If a new money indemnity is demanded. It would be Impossible for China to pay such a money indemuity as the powers would de mand without making another loan for a considerable par of it, thus adding to the burdens of the people and emphasizing the dependence of the government. A money indemnity thus divided among the powers would be littlo felt and soon spent. No Insting benefit would come from it, whereas trade concessions fu the way of ‘opening new ports and rivers and portions of the country now closed to forelgn trade would be of great, lasting and cumulative benefli By the treaty at the close of the war in 1895 China made commercial concessions to Japan which have proved of immense benefit to that country and to Russia France and Germany. The United States however, does not share fn those conc slons. It Is in the power of the Chiness government to grant new commercial con cessions without humiliation, which will prove of great advantage to all the powers and to China. Notwithstanding previous concessions, the greater part of China still remaing closed to foreign nations. By the treaty of 1895 the number of ports opened to Japanese trade was increased from fif teep to twenty-eight, and t number opened to the trade of other natfons from twenty-five to twenty-elght. This still leaves a large number closed to the trade of all nations and many rivers closed to fr navigation. The removal of these it tions would be more to the bene fit all trading countries, and to | none more than the United Statc It 18 to be hoped the idea of sub stituting such concessions for a money in demnity will be pressed to a successful con clusfon. It would add another to the fm portant diplomatic triumphs of the present administration. 1s of EE troit Free Press faces in the audionce at the oper “Oh, yes, Some of them had made that evening, 1 think."” many new been only Cleveland Plain Dealer: Lawyer Philbin, the new of New York, I8 full “Well, his name w meant to have plenty Philadelphia Press: “Some men," he said, vare like wine. 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