Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 27, 1901, Page 6

OMAHA DAILY BEE: THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. :_:‘ . ROSEWATER, Editor, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNID TERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION Dally Bee (without Sunday). One Yea ¥ Bee and Bunday, One Yea Liustrated Bee, One Fear. ... . Bunday Bee, Ono Ye . turday Hee, One Year Twentieth Century Farmer, One OFFICES. Omaha: The Bee Bufldin South Omaha: City Hall Bullding, Twen- ty-Nfth and M Streets. Counil Bluffs: 10 Pear] Street. Chicago. 1640 Unity Bullding. w : Temple Court. ashington: 501 Fourteenth Street. o CORRESPONDENCE 4 edi ‘ommunications relating to news and edi- forial mattar should be addressed: Omaha e, Bditorial Department Bual BUSI 88 L TERS. hould Business lettors d remittances shoul be addressed: ’r‘)u',-'"L‘«; rlquhllnhlnl Com- pany, Omaha Remit by o EMITTANCES (o em| draft, e s or postal or g pavabio to The hee Pubiishin Company, Only 2-cent stamps accepted in payment of fail accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or n exchanges, not accepted THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPAN ;| 8t STATEMENT OF CIRCULATIO! Publishing company, sworn, #ays that the actual number of full an complete coples of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of January, 1001, was as foliows 25,800 17. 26,240 18.. 19... 20, duly 20,620 20,720 20,050 206,410 ... 20,820 ..%0,180 ..26,410 ..26,850 26,410 26,380 ..206,240 26,440 20,240 26,420 e ©.20,320 WL 75 vivinssionsiihe Less unsold and returned coples Net total cales Net daily average. Hubscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 31st day of January, A. w01, h{ B. HUNGATE, (Heal.) Notary Publl e popocratic organ asserts there is a “hen on” at Lincoln. It may be true, but it is reasonably certain that it will not hateh out popocratic chickens, Omaha came within one of winning at Salt Lake, and must make sure of the point at Denver, The Commercial club #hould get after that cattle men's asso- clation vigorously. Any doubts as to whether Omaba's business 1s growing may be settled by & glance at the daily reports of the bank clearings. These show an Increase that is most encouraging. e—— The limit for lntroducing blils in the legislature has expired and the members ‘AN Now see the amount of work ahead. The time has come to get down to work and finish up the task. —_— The graduating class at West Point is through with hazing at the academy, but will probably be given an oppor- tunity to “exerclse” some Filipinos be- fore the year is ended. Nebraskans generally will congrat- ulate Judge Neville on his recovery of health sufticient to enable him to leave the rigorous Washington climate for the softer weather of the south. Samoa is now to be the Golconda and El Dorado combined, Prospectors who Join tbe mad rush to the South Sea fsland will have a great advantage in climate over those who went to Alaska. City Treasurer Hennings' moving van is likely to become as famous as Mrs. Nation’s hatchet. Eastern citfes which have millions of uncollected taxes on thelr books are watching the experiment which is likely to bring about a revo- lution in the tax-collecting Industry, The omnibus public building bill in congress was born too late to secure recoguition this season, If it ever had a chance. It struck congress simul- taneously with a streak of economy and bullding projects will be compelled to wait another year at least. It iy supposed that J. Plerpont Morgan will make in the neighborhood of $2,000,- 000 by engineering the deal for the big steel combine, The promoters will un- doubtedly do well, but one thing is cer- tain, either the public or the stock- holders of the new concern will suffer in the end. The latest news from China is to the effect that the princes under sentence for complicity In the outrages arve in hiding. If they could manage to get in communication with Pat Crowe L might give them a few pointers on the most approved methods of keeplng out of sight. A comparison of the market quota- tions of the stock of the present steel companies and the terms on which they are to be exchanged for those of the new combine would seem to indl- cate that all the wuter in the Great Lakes had been injected into the com- bine by the promot: —— Loudon papers express regret at the recall of Minister Conger from China. The London papers are wasting their sympathy. Mr. Conger has not been recalled, but is reported to contemplate returning home to become a candidate for an elective office more to his lking, but even this is not definitely settled. e That new steel manufacturlng com- pany showed a marked degree of con- sideration for the octopus editors, It 18 Incorporated with a' caplital of $5,000 and the right to increase it. This ar- rangement will allow the pepocratic writers plenty of leeway, and they ought to find but little difficulty In ex- panding the sum to several bilfions. E—— APPLYING THE WRONG REMEDY. An epidemic of lawlessness ns a pro- test against other lawless acts appears to be sweeping over the country. Searcely a day passes without the ehron icling of the public taking the law into | its own hands and blotting out human life or wrecking property. Lynchings, burning at the stake, the hatchet eru- sade which started in Kansas and has found its counterpart in other sections, are all evidences of this disposition to disregard the law as the medium for protecting society. Such outbrenks are deplorable when the) i only at long Intervals, but frequency of resorts to violent methods are working an frre- parable injury to public morals and the public conselence, It is a step backward from civilization toward barbarism. If numanity’s evil passions are to be re- strained only by letting loose the evil passions of those who are injured by the first transgression there is no need for government, which is only organized soclety. If the tendency is to grow the world might as well relapse into the old feudal conditfons, when a man's strong arm was the only defender of his right to life and property. There {8 a remedy for the condition which confronts the country at present, It is the more effective enforcement of the law. Let it be known that he who violates the law, tramples either on clvil rights or the more sacred ones of human life and honor, will assuredly be punished and that the punishment will be ample and as prompt as possible con- sistent with justice. Punishment should not only be meted out to the criminal classes, but also to those who take upon themselves the enforcement of punish- ment without law. *Let the hand of the law fall on the man whose eriminal in- stincts or unbridled passions lead him Into the commission of crime, and the leader of avenging mobs, Let thefe be no distinction between criminals on ac- count of the moving cause of the crime, of the guilty one'd standing In the com- munity, his wealth or his poverty, his color or place of birth. It 18 the law's delay and miscarringes of justice which breed the sentiment of mob Ia Nebraska has of late fur- nished an example of the correct method of both preventing mob violence and de- terring the commission of crimes, Within the month three men have been tried and convicted of taking the life of a fellow and three more are assured of a speedy trial and as spéedy punishment if proven gullty. The crimes for which they have been or are about to be tried are all of recent commission. There has been no unnecessary delay, the prisoners have had all thelr legal rights protected, but they have been proven guilty and sentenced to pay the penalty. Nebraska has not been compelled to blush or apol- ogize for an outbreak of mob violence and will not be so long as the public has the assurance that justice will be administered in that manner. oc DEVELUPMENT OF THE SOUTH. The industrial development of the south during the last few, years has been most remarkable and no stronger evi- dence could be adduced In justification of the American policy for building up domestic Industries. During 1800 the number of spindles increased in the United States by about 1,500,000. Of this Increase only 197,000 new spindles are credited to all the states outside the south. The growth of the cotton manufacturing business in this country last year was practically all due to the progress made by the southern states. There will probably not be such an increase this year, nor willl the increase as it does appear show such proportionate gain by the south over the ‘north. There will not be as many new spindles in the south this vear, and several large mills are being built In New England whose spindles will figure in the growth of the industry in the north in 1901. But if cotton con- tinues to hold its present price there Is no telling where the stimulus to the in- dustrial south will end. At the present figures cotton is profitable in all its phases of growth, sale and manufac- ture. A drop in prices is to be expected, but it 1s not believed it will ever go as low as it was three or four years ago, when 415 or 5 cents was all the furmer could get, It seems to be the gen- eral opinion that cotton prices will in time find their way down to a basis of about 7 cents and there will stay, sub- ject to the usual slight fluctuations. The cotton crop of the current year will bring to the planters of the south over $500,000,000, and still not one-third of the available cotton land is under culti- vation. In view of these facts it is not surpris- fug that the cotton interest of the south is practically unanimous In favor of the United States holding on to the territory acquired in the far east, 'THE DANISH ISLAND; A Copenhagen dispateh says that a satisfactory understanding has been reached by the conferees of the ministry and the financial committee of the Par- linment regarding the sale of the Danish West Indles. It is stated that the re- sult will shortly be communicated to the Washington government and it is ex- pected that it will prove acceptable, The dispatch says that the Danish proposal will lnclude some new suggestions, but nothing calculated to defeat the conclu- slon of the convention, While this shows that the Danish gov- ernment 18 willing to dispose of its islands in the West Indies, it Is not necessarily to be assumed that the United States will buy them, although there has been no negotiation with any other country for their purchase. It is well understood that if the islands are sold by Denmark there will be no purchaser but the United-Btates, for the very simple reason that this country would not permit any other nation to get possession of the islands. In obe- Otoe cotinty will have to pay the bonds held by a creditor who telt sure enough of bis position to take the matter to the supreme court of the United States. This experlence is one from which all Nebraska countles can draw a lesson to the effect that the utmost pru- dence and care should be observed In the Issuance of boyls for any purpose. dience to the Monroe doctrine this coun- try would pot allow the transter of St Thomas, 8t. Croix and St. John to any other power, while at the same tlme this government has refused to raise its bid for the islands to the figure which Denmark has regarded as a falr equiv- alent for the Islands and which un- doubtedly that governwent could have obtained had there been competition for the islands, The history of the negotiations is in teresting, They have be fu progress for a number of years. At the outset Denmark wanted o very much larger sum for the islunds than she s now willing to take and that the United States was willing to pay for the islands a great deal more than they can now be purchased for. When the matter was first discussed hetween the two governments Denmark wanted about $10,000,000 for the islands, Sub- sequently the amount was reduced to 000,000 and now, according to the Intest advices, the fslands ean be had for a little more than one-fourth of the amount originally proposed. It 1s of course a question this country really needs the West Indies. It is purely a proposition. In the opinion of those who urge thelr purchase they are important and necessary as a naval base. It is urged that If they should fall into the hands of a forelgn power other than Denmark it would be a menace to the United States. On the other hand it is asserted that not only is the possession of these Islands uny wary to the curity of the United States, but there I8 absolutely no danger of their transfer- ence from Denmark to any other Euro- pean power—that If that country does not sell them to fhe United States it will retaln possession of them, because this country will not permit their trans- fer to any other powe The question is not one of command- ing importance, gince it involves only relatively small sum of money, yet it is not without interest, particularly in view of the fact that regarded as a matter of investment the Islands would probably prove to be anything but remunerative, e CATTLE MEN TU ORGANIZE. Men who are interested in the range cattle industry of the west are just now preparing for t convention which meets at Denver next week, the object of which is to form an association to be composed exclusively of cattle men, The necessity for this action has gradually been forced upon them, until it has finally come to be considered almost ab- solutely necessary to the preservation of their interests, It is not only the competition for the range urged upon the cattle man by the sheep owner that has compelled the proposed action. All the varfous ramifi- cations of the cattle business converge now at a point which indicates the ne- cesgity for close association and con- certed action. Many local and state as- soclatlons exlist, scattered all over the ‘west, but there is no ceutral body which can provide for the common interests of all. It is to remedy this condition that the new association Is plunned. ‘While much has been said of the con- filet between the sheep men and the cattle men, there are other things to be settled of equal importance to all. In the very outset, the encroachment of agriculture on the free range goes on year after year, until the once limit- less pastures on which the herds roamed in freedom have dwindled down to a narrow remnant. There is’still much land left which is unfit for agricultural purposes, but It is not sutficlently adapted to grazing to support the great herds that are necessary to supply the demand for beef furnished by American growers. Here is one of the first things that will engage the attention of the new association. How to conserve the range will not be an easy question to answer. Another point which has re- celved much local consideration by the individual associatious, but on which no general actlon has been taken, is the matter of seeding the exhausted range, to the end that its grasses may be re- stored. In this work the efforts of the united cattle men will have to be sup- plemented by the general government, for the undertaking is too large for pri- vate enterprise. The cattle men are also interested in the preservation of the water supply, and must secure among themselves an adjustment of mutual rights in this regard. These are only a few of the leading points which will come before the Den- ver gathering. Nebraska, as one of the great stock-raising states of the west, is vitally concerned in the affairs of the proposed association and should be well whether Danisk Indications at present are that con- gress will adjourn without action upon a number of treaties pending in the senate. Among these is the French reciprocity treaty, the negotiation of which was one of the most difficult tasks which has fallen to the lot of the State department in recent years, It Is certainly unfortunate that the press of business during the short session, conpled with some opposition, should nullify efforts of this kind to increase the torelgn trade of the country. After the latest Kansas method of exterminating the liquor trafic has worked itself out to the inevitable con- clusion that liquor will be sold so long as appetites remain as they o and the death roll has been figured up, pos- sibly the people will conclude that legal methods are just as effectual and far more to the credit of the state, —— Footprints of Progress, Minneapolis Journal, How times have changed! It is said now that the lazy Indlan is & menace. There was & time back in the early '60s when a lazy Indian would have been considered a godsend. Rudeness of the Raider, Philadelphia North American. The Boers have captured General Kitch- ener's baggage from under ‘his nose and it he does not watch out they may pick him up some day and make a startling change in the South African situation. What's in & Namet Philadelphia Ledger. The United States Steel company is, appears, to be'the name of the new 1 000 combination. It Is an lnnocent looking title, but special stress should be lald on the “United States” part of it destg- nating the scope of its operations, Ta it & on the Mino New York Journal ty. Minority stockholders In the steel and wire trust think it is a little queer that the controlling lnterests should/sell the trust n intermittently | time | we- | WEDN ESDAY, - a7, EBRUARY 1901 |n fleet of lake stenmers largely owned by [those same interests for much more than | the vessels cost. Nothing queer about it. Having robbed the public to the extent of their ability the truste are now robbing their stockholders for the benefit of those in control. All trusts do this, &0 why should the little (nvestors squirm? Sickness in the Phill Philadelphia Record, luvalidism among federal troops in the | Philippines is a marked feature of the mil- | ftary situation in that quarter, as witness the sending home of 2,700 invalids within two months past. Popular knowledge of this drawback unquestionably adds to the difficulties encountered by the war offica in recruiting a new army for service on the transpacific island — New Title for Combines, New York World The new name for a combination of cor- porations is “a community of interest. This {s stronger than “‘a gentleman's agree- ment" and less offensive than “trust.” But | & monopoly by any other name Is just as malodorous. And “a community of intor- est,” used to describe a combine of coal companies, railroads or steel mills, really means a conspiracy té abolish competition. Cunning Chiel is Andy. Philadelphia Times. Having enjoyed the profits of his large concern through a period of unprecédented activity, he sells out now to the Morgan syndicate at boom prices, turning his shares into bonds at an advanced rate. Besides a considerable sum in cash to bind the bar- gain he will hold over $200,000,000 of bonds of the new concern, a mortgage on all ita property and will have nothing more to do for the rest of his life but sit back and clip coupons and amuse himself founding libraries, while somebody else hustles to ralse the money. BUSINESS 18 BUSINESS, John Bull's Itehing Palm Visible in Cubnn Aftairs, Washington Post While a few of our statesmen are em- ploying their wits to interpret interna- tional conventions in the interest of Great Britain, the consular and commerclal agents of that country have been quite as busy in Cuba, almost at our very threshold, in seeking to shape the future Cuban rela- tions to the United States in such a man- ner as to insure to John Bull the best end of the commercial treaties. It may be well to call the attention of these gentlemen to the existing facts by way of a timely sug- gestlon to save them from possible future embarrassment and humiliation, for that they will sooner or later be disappointed in their expectations of realizing upon the friendship which Great Britain is manifest Ing for us is a foregone conclusion. Sen- timent is sentiment and business is busi- ness and that the king's government fs not a silent and disinterested spectator of the events in Cuba is evidenced by the rev- elation that the agents of the English goy- ernment have been carefully looking out for its interests during the progress of the constitutional convention. It is said by men whose words can be re- lied upon, who have been on the scene for months, that England has kept a far more observant watch out for her trade oppor- tunities than is realized by this govern- ment or the American people. It is polnted out that the trade of Cuba is big enough to fight for and England has not allowed sentiments of friendship to interfere with It would be folly to assume that Great Britain would so far take up an untenable position as to make the Cuban people a cold-blooded business proposition, That would not be her way of galning &ni advantage. But subtle sug- gestions were made to some of the dole. gates throughi the big commercial and finan- clal houses and other agencles that they should not commit their country to special ommercial treaties with the United States, “because, after all, Burope car do a great deal for Cuba in the way' of commerce.” To what extent this influence has had any effect remains to be seen. That such Influence was employed will not be doubted by any one in @ rational state of mind. If it possesses any interest in the abstract or otherwise, it i, in so far as it teaches an Instructive lesson, by no means new to some of our Anglophobe statesmen that no rellance is to be placed upon a government which invades our preserves and with un- scrupulous energy seeks to divert from us the legitimate fruits of our costly policy. It 1s not expected that this revelation of Great Britain’s dupliclty will have the least effect in quarters here where the Machiavelllan spirit of interpretation, so far as England is concerned, holds royster- g sw Far from it. We are prepared to hear that the act is one of special be- nevolence toward us and a distinct mani- festation of Britain's good will, — . ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S “BREAK.” Narrow View & Naval Ofcer. Chicago Post. There 1s an ancient proverb which runs in this wise: ‘Think much, speak little, and write less.” Rear Admiral Sampson doubtless will consider this a most wise saw when he sees the general construc- tion which will be put on his letter to Sec- retary Long, touching the advancement of warrant officers of the navy to the com- migsioned class. Admiral Sampson has re- pute as & man of few words and it is un- fortunate that, having disciplined his tongue, he should have permitted his pen to be Indiscreet. In justice to the admiral It must be said that in the specific case which prompted him to, write this letter—the commissioning of Gunner Charles Morgan as an ensign—he practically {indors the promotion; but when be plainly Intimates that the aver- age warrant officer has not had the soclal advantages that are requisite for a com- missioned officer, and permits the Inference that this lack argues against gentlemanly bearing and instincts, the admiral will find lhnw thoughtful persons who will agree with im. Outward seeming, “natural advantages,” the polish of society do not make the gen- tleman. Such veneer may but faintly hide the boor or the coward. The Instincts of a gentleman are his birthright and where they are lacking Annapolis, the wardroom, soclal functions and an officer's uniform combined cannot fnstill them. Who will be bold enough to say today that Lincoln was not In the highest sense a gentloman? Yet he wis without those “soclal advan- tages” which Admiral Sampson seems to consider so essential. Lincoln is accepted as the type of the true American, and from the humble station in which he began life many recruits enter the ranks of our army and navy. One gentleman will always discover an- other, no matter what the manner of his speech, deportment or apparel, and he can just as quickly see where gentleman- liness is little more than a theatrical make- up. In our army and navy merit should be the first consideration, and where this is combined with sterling manhood, constant consideration for othel good morals and clean speech, there lles the material for the most efficlent officer and the truest gen- tleman. We need never doubt that such will reflect credit ‘on the navy or the country which the navy represents. Fortunately, Secretary Long takes this view of the matter. Gunner Morgan Is to be promoted and other deserving warrant officers will share his fortune. Admiral Dewey also approves of such promotion, and it need scarcely be added that the Américan people heartily indorse both the: oficers. Admiral Sampson was unfortunate In allowing too narrow a vidw of what constitutes a gentleman to color his con- ception of the requisites for an officer. TIPS FOR NERRASKA LAWMAKERS, Kansas City Star: The attention of Ne- braska and Delaware fs called to Oregon, which has just broken the senatorlal dead- 1ock Baltimore American: The Nebraska leg {slature has before it a bill to prohibit newspaper cartoons. The bill is not likely to suppress cartoons, but it does show how they hurt Buftalo Express: Possibly (he wisest course which the Nebraska republicans could follow to get out of the muddle they are In over the election of two United States senators is to consult with certain members of the republican national com mittee, an suggested by Henry C. Payne | 1t is crtain that the prospect of the dead- lock being broken as Is anything but bright Brooklyn Eagle: The chaplain of the Ne- braska legislature recently returned thanks, in a prayer, that “the members of this legislature can come and go between their homes and the legislative halls with such ease and such little expense to themselve: This has made members indignant, because of the implication that rallroad passes are used. What they should do is to pass a law obliging chaplains to confine them- selves to generalities. This would be no farther out of the way than some legislation passed by western legislatures. OUR DUTY IN CHINA, matters are going Baltimore American: China must either fight or submit. Her smile, that is child- like and bland, will no longer be able to win delay from the powers, tired of the wilcs of Orlental diplomacy. But the final set- tlement will leave some points to be scored | on the Chinese side of the question, for the allies have not illustrated in practice the teaching of the Christian missionaries and the natives may take less kindly than ever to being Christianized. Philadelphia Times: The envoys of the Christian powers at Pekin have at length agreed upon the precise number of head that will satisfy the missionary sense of justice. One Chinese prince s to bLe strangled, a second is to be decapitated, two others are to be permitted to strang themselves and the ministers are to enjoy the spectacle of the beheading of two at Pekin. There is here a cholce assortment of horrors that should satisfy the most exacting. While It may be true that tho exaction of these punishments is necessary to make a due impression on the Chineso, the whole spirit of the negotiations s ut- terly repulsive. Springfleld Republican: What are the legitimate American claims upon China? Are there any that compel the United States government to remain a member of this predatory concert in order to satisfy them Surely the Chinese have been already suf- ficlently punished and their government has been sufficiently humiliated to satisfy either our pride or our desire for vengeance. As for a money indemnity for the losses of Ameritan citizens, why should we insist upon immediate payment trom China when the government permits the sultan of Tur- key to dawdle along for years before set- tling his just accounts? Let the United States cut loose from its “allies’’ and fol- low the golden rule by treating China ltke any other nation, as Sir Robert Hart ad- vises the whole western world to do. We shall thereby profit as much and more iu the end. © D ¥ ALS. Baltimore America Pat Crowe has re- sumed letter-writing. Mr. Crowe made postage expenses ont of his last job. St. Paul Globe: Talking of Pat Crowe re- calls the fact that the crow is the bravest bird known, as It never shows the white feather, Omaha Mercury: little doubt that kidnapers is now locked up in the county jail. James Callahan, if he is guilty, may consider himself fortunate in not having been arrested immediately after the crime, as he would then have run the risk of belng strung up by a mob. Minneapolis Tribune: Pat Crowe I8 sald to have written a letter offer- log to return to Omaba and clear him- selt of suspicion if he can be assured of immunity from mob violence, but Mr. Cudahy is skeptical of the genuineness of the offer. We suggest that he have that lIowa editor and the St. Paul detective searched before he bites on the proposition. Pittsburg Chronicle: The very much lost Pat Crowe seems disposed to find himself, it the letter alleged to have been written by him to Mr. E. A. Cudaby of Omaha, be verified as a genuine Crowe composition. The Omaha police and the detectives employed to fer- ret out the kidnapers of young Cudahy long ago came to the conclusion that Pat Crowe was the chief villlan. This con- viction was so positive and was seemingly €0 substantiated by circumctantian. proof, that all further search for the criminal was swallowed up in a frantic hunt for Patrick. ‘That individual himself now propounds an entirely new theory. He declares that he fs not only not guilty, but that he will come forward in person to prove his in- nocence. This new turn in the celebrated kidnaping sensation is interesting. Now that Mr. Crowe says he is innocent, of course his recent timidity about appearing in public will be all the harder to explain, but, as he seems willing to undertake the task, the police should not put anything in the way of his trying it. PERSONAL POINTERS, to be Cudahy There seems one of the The first name written In King Edward's visitors' book at Marlborough house was that of “Earl Roberts, K. G. Boston pays $166,000 a year for its school house janitors and the school house jani- tors’ opinion is that the city gets off cheap. Kansas papers say that ex-Senator Wil- llam A. Peffer is golng to hington to reside pernanently, “for the benefit of his asthma." The American end of Tesla's transat- lantic wireless telegraph will be In New Jersey, where the local ligktning 1s always on draught. Justice Brown of the United States su- preme court invariably walks balf the dis- tance fron. his home to the capitol and 1s always accompanied by a valuable collie dog, his particular pet. A detective's life was saved In Brooklyn the other day by a big roll of bills that covered his heart when a man shot him. It 1sn't the first time that & big roll of bills has done good service as a life preserver. General Joe Wheeler, in the course of a recent interview, remarked that It was harder work being a soldier now than of old, because there were Dot £0 many autograph collectors in the days of the elvil war, Though they seldom agree on matters of public policy, Senators Tillman and Hoar are the best of friends. The southerner has the highest opinlon of the venerable Mass- achusetts man's mental attainments and frequently refers-to him as ‘“the encylo- pedia.” Former Chlef Justice Logan E. Bleckley of Georgla has matriculated at the State university for a special course in mathe- matics. The judge is now 76 years old. He 16 writing a book In which he treats of methematics, but finds that he Is somewhat rusty on the subject. Oolonel John Jacob Astor had hardly finished the Astoria in New York City when he began to cousider a project for another skyscraping hotel on wsome property he owns farther up Fifth avenue. Now, it 18 sald, ke intends to erect a twenty-story hotel on the site of the 8t. Cloud, at Broad- way and Forty-secoud street, which he nd Ineld Natlonnl . People who contemplate doing Washing- { ton duting the inauguration should go well heeled. The natfonal capital promises to put up the largest and most skillful graft ever worked in its long and varied his- Those who regard New Orlens na- tives as past masters in the art of flatten- ing a visitor's purse should botake them selves to Washington It they wish to go against the real thing. In the Crescent ity the carnival harvest {s annual. It comes to Washington once every four years, con- scquently residents of the national capital acquire an appetite of the first magnitude, which they proceed to satisty with a vora- cicus rudeness that must be felt to be ap- preciated. There is none of the Crescent City finesse about Washiogton; none of the diplomatic hospltality that makes the vic- tim smile as the shearing proceeds. The grafters at the national capital make no secret of thelr purpose to take all the trafic will bear, by applying the Harum principle, “Do others and do 'em quickly, or they'll do you." Scenes A correspondent of the New York Times throws some light on one feature of the graft. “People living or doing business on Pennsylvania avenue,” he writes, “are preparing for a rich harvest and will get it. Tnauguration day is the one In four years when the Washingtonfan, 1f he lives on the line of march, has nothing to do but He back and let riches roll in on him. 1t matters not how poor and scrubby his housa or store {s during the rest of the year, and some of the places on the avenue are pretty poor, it is worth more than a palace on that day. People who want to spend several hours sitting at a window and seeiug the inaugural parade move pust will pay the owner anything he wants for it “The local papers are full of advertise- ments announcing windows, rooms and bal- conles to let on inauguration day. The | prices are not given, as a rule, the adver- tiser contenting himself with defining them a8 ‘reasonabl No doubt they are rea- sonable as compared with what the adver tisers could get {f they formed a union and Washington were visited only by milllon- aires, In addition to the newspaper adver. tisements there are placards in windows all the way down the avenue. A few enterpris- Ing citizens have secured options on win- dows in different houses and stores and arc dealing extensively in them “Most of the windows are over stores and every one of them is claimed by the advertiser to have the ‘finest view on the avenue. A man who expected some reln tives from Vermont to come and spend in- auguration day with him visited some of the advertised places and sought to obtain accommodation for them. In most cases he found that as soon as his modest wauts were made known the window dealers re- fused to talk to him at all. “Pursuing his investigations, the man with the relatives discovered four windows to let for $156 aplece. They were fairly large for a flat, and this was the cheapest bargaiv he found in his entire journey. They were on the top floor of & good-sized building, to be sure, which lessened their attractions considerably—partly because people, es- pecially from Vermont, do*not like to climb stairs, and partly because it is much pleas- anter to see the faces of the paraders in- stead of the tops of their hats. For the rest, the rooms all rented for high prices. Only the undesirable ones could be had in sections, and they cost $26 a window. All the desirable ones had to be taken in & lump, and $100 or $160 was quite the cus- tomary price.” Senator THiman is happy. The pension bill In which he was interested has been signed by the president. A few days ago, relates the Washington Post, Mr. Tillman swore before Almighty God that he would not let any pension bill pass the menate until his own particular measure had been acted upon. He had a constituent down in South Carolina, named Jim Thomas, who fought in the Mexican war. He was a brave man, beyond a doubt for be climbed the hill of Chapultepec and helped to pull down the Mexican colors and raise the American flag. In another battle he had had his arm shot off. He got his pension, but having in 1861 given ald and comfort to the confederate cause, his «al- lowance was cut off. The senate agreed to repension him, but the house held up the bill. That is, the hoiding up process lasted vntil Mr. Tillman delivered his ultimatum and then the bill was passed. Now pen- sfon bills go through the senate as if they were greased. “It sometimes pay “to show your teeth,” But the end is not yet, for the passage of the bill is virtually & repeal of the law which debars a Mexican veteran from re- ceiving @ pension because he sympathized with the confederate cause. And there are thousands in the south. eays Mr. Tillman, The kodak 15 being regulated in Wash- ington. Use of ft is forbidden not only in the White House, but-about the grounds surrounding the mansion, says the St. Louls Globe-Democrat. To take snapshots around the capitol 1s possible only on a permit ob- tained from the sergeant-at-arms. The use of cameras in the senate and house gallerles Is positively forbldden. Likewlse the navy yard and gun foundry are closed to amateur photography. And now the propriety of still further limiting the usc of the lens and film, except upon license, Is being agitated. The door of the senate committes on commerce opens by the elevator that lr sacred to senators and members of the press gallery, says the New York World The other afternoon there was & full meet- ing of the committee. A dozen senators, including Mr. Hanna, came out at 4 o'clock. A fussy little man, chaperoning o big tellow with a loud check suit, a mous- tache and a flerce imperial, had been walt- ing at the door for half an hour. He rushed over, took Hanna by the arm and dragged him over to the man with the imperial “Hey, wenator,” sald the fussy littlo man, “I want you to meet my friend.” He wumbled something and Senator Hanna took the hand of the man with the im- perial and suid frigidly: “I am very glad to meet you." Then Hanni the fussy it \ turned and looked man over carefully, and there was a twinkle In his eve as he continued: “And now, it you will bo so g00d, T wish you would make me acquainted with the man who introduced you to me.' In the course of his speech on the sub- sidy blll Senator Caffery remarked that his obfections to the measure would not be re- moved by any amendments, He thought the only thing to do with the bill was to kil it, “It reminds me of the old story of the man whose dog had the mange,' said Mr. Caffery. “He was told of all sorts of cures, but he would not try any of them. ‘The best remedy,’ said the man, ‘Is to cut off the dog’'s head behind the ears. 1t was an old story, sure emough, but then Mr. Caffery thought it ghould create a laugh, 80 he walted a moment. No one smiled. “I suppose you mean,” said Senator Jones of Arkanpsas, “cut off his tail behind his ears “Oh, yes,” immediately answered Mr. Caffery. “I meant cut off his tall behind bis ears.” And then everybody laughed so heartily that Mr. Caffery was surprised. When it comes to making a plcturesque metaphor, says the Washington Times, Sen- ator Tillman s not far in the rear. In fact, he can take advantage of the ent and flash out as fine a bit of simile as any man on the floor. He showed his ability Friday in his speech In answer to Senator Hale's conctliatory effort {n bebalf of the subsidy bill. Mr. Hale finally lost his temper and sald one or two rather unkind things in his effort, at one time hiuting that it Mr Tillman wanted time to fulminate against the bill he might have it “Fulminate?’ saapped out Mr. Tillman “Does the gentleman from Maine take me for a box of matches or a gun cap? Perhaps it 16 a flash of lghtning, and If it is, let meo tell him that I want plenty of time to grow some forks. I don't want to gpend all my time making common sheet lightning." LOOTING NOT ENOUG Civiilzation Vengeance Record in China, Portland Oregonian. All (his haggling by the powers with China as to which of the princes shall be strangled and which beheaded goes far to revolt one against the whole bloodthirsiy proceeding. Is it not possible that in our desire for vengeance we bave overestimated the necessity of terrifying example? Is the heathen mtnd, bright enough about most things, too dense to comprehend the dif ference between justice and revenge, or (o be impressed with other demonstrations than garrotte and gulllotine? China's fault, let us granot, is grievous, but grievously hath China answered it For every Christian slaln the blood of ten, perbaps scores, has been extorted. Ier tombs have been pillaged, her temples de molished, her sacred rellcs of art, literature and religion have been carried off by vandal hands and sold to ornament the museums of all Christendom. Ton thousand of harmless coolles were flung lato the Awmur by brutal Cossacks, and uncounted Innocent women and children were butchered to make a German holiday. This, it is explained, s necessary a an_example, and thus has Christianity’s scroll been unrolied for a thousand years. In Chioa we have neither the excuse that served the Crusaders (n thelr wars for the sepulcher of Christ nor the fears of dis- loyalty that supported the death-dealing Inquisition of Spain. We are in China not upon invitation, but upon our own Instance. 18 the best example we have for its per to Its plexed and badgered millions the clamor for revenge that blood can alone uppease? The people that sat in darkngss have scen a great light. It first glimmer was in the opium war, and ite rays have bright ened as one power after another has seized ports and levied ‘indemnitles and avenged outrages a thousand-fold, and now Hts full blaze appears In the solemn declaration of our Christian potentates that Prince Chwang shall be strangled, Yu Hslen shall be decapitated, Chao Shu Chiso and Ying Nien shall be permitted to strangle them selves, while Chi Hsien and Hsu Ching Wu shall in humane generosity and Christian forbearance be beheaded publicly in Pekin. Otherwise, Waldersee proposes to take up the march again until the outraged and suffering masses upon whom the Con- tinental soldiers wreck thefr unbridled pas- slons shall from weariness and heartsick- ness cry enough. It s to the eternal glory of President McKinley's administration that it declines longer tc be a party to this unlovely program, and we venture to hope that the declsion will be profitable for selfish as well as for aliruistic ends. Certainly if we want to do the Chinese good and raise them from lower to’ higher levels of llving and thinking, the sword is as well put back in its scabbard. Nor is It clear how elther the power or desire to buy is to be pro- moted by killing part of the population and beggaring the rest. China must be opened to trade and enlightened ideas. But surely the process may go on simultane- ously with Christendom’s retention of its own celf-respect and peace of mind! POINTED REMARKS, Cleveland Plain Dealer: “T see that Wis. consin finally has a law taxing bachelors.” “Sort o' single tax, ain't 17 Philadelphia Press: Mr. Mudfense—1 may not be very pretty, but I'm certainly not as homely as he is Miss Pepprey-—True, but that's only cause he's bigger than you be- Detroit Free Press: Tan's ntellectinl standard is raised or lowered by the food | S0 That's so. 1 can't read when I've 1 good dinner; and I can't read when | v« a bad one.’” Chicago Tribune: Borrower (at public library)—Have you any works on microhes’ Plippant Attendant—No, sir. But we've Bot lots of microbes on works. “But why did yvou Pittsburg Chronicle: ® “We had a‘ways run away?' we asked heard of you ag bra “Tt was not that,” answered the soldier, “but 1 got to thinking It would be a sin to waste my life. Just economy, that's all Detrolt Journal: “She certainly wns dressed to Kill when she went out sleigh- ing." “in what wa ‘Her wraps were that {hin if pneumonia aidn't KUl her it wouldn't know its busi- ness.’’ Boston Transcript: Uncle George—ifon- eat, now, Hannah, do you believe it I pos- sibie for'a woman to keep a sccret? Aunt Hannah—Ot course 1t s, but [ don't_think, to tell the truth, that thera over was a secret that was worth keeping. Chicago J'ribune: nor—-Confound the daily newspapers! ¢ devote too much space to discussing religlous matters these dayy Shyne—They've got to do it, old fellow. The rellglous papers have becoine too secu- ar. Philadelphia Pres: ‘I was thinking." sald the architect. “that you might eail the house the Crescent.” “Not on your lif tor of the hoodoo from the never full protested the proprie- ew theater, “that would bo a start. The crescent is Chicago Tribune umn, anyhow?" “porting editor CJust tw asses of peopl responded the woctely editor, with dlgnity. *Thoss whose names appear in it and those whose names do not HIS ILLUSTRATED DREAM. “Wiho reads your col- disduintully asked the Chicago Post 1 had a dream of joy supreme— 1 wish it would come true. He: She: Indeed, sir knight, 1 wish it might, 1f it would pleasure you. He: A vision fair came to me there, And whispered soft and low Describe it, when! It sought to please you s0? She: then! How looked ft He: It looked like you, with heart as true, And just as bright an eye. 8he: Then tell me, Proy—c What did 1 And how did you reply? I—— Dare I tell what then befell? Ah, would 1 were 8o blest! He: She: When one would learn how fate will turn He must apply a tei Then hear the heard In ecatasy of hifss Your cheeks aglow, you wh 80 1 answered—just 11k this. word I, dreaming, pered— Have Huteson examine your eyes. Thoroughly reliable, J. C. Huteson & Co. 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