Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 13, 1901, Page 6

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THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY STATEMEN CIRCULATION Btate of Nebraska, Douglus County, ss.: George B, Taschick, secretary of The | Publishing company, being duly sworn, pays that the actual number of full and mplete coples of The Daily, Morning, Svening and Sunduy Bee printed during the month of February, 1w1, was as foliow 1 26,240 206,060 20,020 20, 25,07 25,010 Year ar.. 600 hout 8 and Bunda 1 bve, Ond om mit postal_order, ng Company n payment of ol 45,760 25,0 ..25,770 . 20,200 ..25,700 26,550 T ’ y 71,160 Less unsold and returned coples.. 12,124 Net total sales Net dally average 719,086 ase L. %BUTO B. TZSCHUCK ce and sworn to of March, A. D., 1901 M. B, HU Notary Public. Bubseribed in my pre before me this 4th day (Seal.) The auditorium fale 15 getting the erowds It desery Little encouragement for third nom- Ination aspirations is afforded by the actlon of the eastern democrats in fos tering Grover Cleveland's letter-writing propensitie The report that there was a coolness between Bryan and Mayor Van Wyck of New York is denied. Bryan never mentioned the ice trust during his, re- cent visit to the mayor, Governor Dietrich’s first veto has a most energetic ring to it If he will watch all the appropriations as closely, that threatened lap will not be wearly so large as promised. The senate may decide to demand chemically pure baking powder, but the dealers will hardly be more eager to provide it than they are now. What's the matter with saleratus, anyhow? The sifting committee is using a fairly small screen to start in with, It will require considerable agitation to get many of the pet measures through, but the state will probably be none the worse off for the sifting. ' The jury was unable to decide the case of Carrie Natlon, charged with being too free with her hatchet in Kan- sas joints. The ju may be in some doubt, but the owners of the places know they were smashed. Electricity Is, according to a Chicago authority, now being called upon to do the firebug's bidding. Insurance rate fixers are thus enabled to hang on to the good old percentage owing to this new addition to the “moral hazard” category. Omaha base ball cranks sniff the warm spring breezes with much fond anticipa- tion. specially is this true since the decision to Include Indianapolis and Louisville in the Western league circuit, We are promised the real article in the base ball line during the coming season, Apparently that pass has been reached where Omaba men are essential to the proper administration of a great exposi- tion. St. Louls is to follow in the wake of ‘Buffalo, and both wiil profit by the services of men trained in the excellent school afforded by the Transmississippi and International. e———— Admiral Sampson exp not responsible for the public getting possession of the Morgan letter. The public I8 certainly prepared to believe the statement. The next time the ad mirval writes a letter he should see to it that the watertight bulkbeads are closed so tightly that % leak ds im possible. ains that he s The proposition to attach Nebfaska to the lowa internal revenue collection dis trict is refreshing. Omaha and South Omaha alone pay vearly as much of the government's annual coliection of stamp tax as the whole Hawkeye state, Still there's no telling what may happen with Nebraska's Interests at Washington un guarded, in the United States showed a decreae in postal receipts dur fng February and the others showed increases ronning from 5 to 30 per cent, The postottice, the cleaving houses, the great Industries, everything points so unmistakably to business activity hud prosperity that even the ealamityite has ceased to deny it Only one city The anthorities in the Philippines ave rapidly uncovering the system by which the insurgents received supplies which enabled them to carry on the rebellion The shutting off of these supplies, gether with a vigorous proseention of the cumpaign agalust the tered bands and the punishment of the bandits who tervorize the people and violate all prin ciples of war, Is rapldly bringing about the collapse of the predatory warfare i the islands. The muleontents prob ably vealize by this time that this coun- try is not Spain and that when Ameri cun soldiers start out to de anything they keep at it until it is done, INSURRECTION COLLAPSING The surrender of bands in Luzon Is going on at a rate which ap to fully justity the report from neral MacArtbur that the insurrec | tion s collapsing. Kevernl hundred in | | surgents surrendered within the Inst days, while the capture of | arms by the American forces is of daily e general situation MacArthur encour insurgent fow ocenrrence. a cording to aging It Is of is very course impossible to learn how many insurgents are still in the fleld, scattered they are in small | bands, but It is not probable fhat the number few thousand and these are very likely in a more or less | demoralized condition. This is a reason- | able Inference from the late surrenders and it will not be at all surprising if these shall be speedily followed by a | general movement on the part of the | insurgents to end hostilities. Finding | that the wen who have surrendered re celve magnanimous treatment, instead | of belng harshly used, others will fol low thelr example and aeeept American authority The Filipinos leade It Aguinald the late Consul Wildinan was dead—he seems to nowhere in evidence, he Insurgent bands carry on a guerrilla warfare, ench on its own account, This can hardly continue much longer, that the early the insurrection may be confidently ex pected. Meanwhile good progress being made in the work of the n-hll’ commission, manifestly with a fayorab! influence upon the people, oxceeds n ve 1 appear to b and | s still alive belleved e w0 collapse of s | DANGER T0 EXPURT TRADE The manufacturers who o affected by the action of the Russian government In fmposing Increased duties upon cer tain American products ‘are doubtless since in the fear they express that this may prove to be the beginning of a movement dangerous to our export trade A writer in the Iron Age, the leading organ of the iron and steel trade, himself an exporter, takes this view He expresses the opinion that “this Rus- sian fmbroglio is only the forerunner of more serions nction by other Buropean nations,” and he urges that all who are interested in the export of American manufactures cannot too promptly nor too effectively organize to consider these matters and secure action which will at least ameliorate the situation by the adoption of a more friendly attitude by this country toward others In its tariff policy. He thinks congress should turn its most serious consideration to the re- vision of our tariff system and that “delay in doing this may cause all of in- dustrial Europe to coulesce against our present fnvasion of its territory sooner and more effectively than our people now realize.” ‘We referred a few days ago to an arti- cle in a current magazine in which the writer characterized as “the dream of a visionary” the Iidea of a European economical alllance to check our g ing industrial power in the world, Such an alliance, he declared, even if it could be formed and maintained, would hurt Europe far more than it would hurt us and be supported this view with sta tistical facts showing the great excess of our exports to Burope over the im- ports. He also pointed out the fact that practically everything we sell to Europe is a necessity, whereas our pur- chases from Europe are largely luxuries, Anything in the nature of a European zollverein seems to us to be almost im- | possible, in spite of the fact that it has been urged by distinguished European statesmen and economists, for the rea- son that the peculiar interests of the several countries do not admit of such an alllance or combination. The ap- prehension on this score, therefore, must be regarded as groundless, but this does not do away with the fact that eacu opean country may adopt measures hostile to the lmportation of American products, discriminating, as Russia has done, and that there is this possible danger to our exports is apparent, Can this danger be averted, as sug- gested by the Iron Age writer, by a re- vislon and modification of the tarifr? That is a question which is certainly eutitled to the wmost fous cousidera- tion. There is no question that many American manufacturers believe that the thue has come when a wmoditication of the tarlff can safely be made and if this sentiment should grow among them, as it is not improbable it will, there may be expected a strong and earnest movement in the Fifty-seventh congress for the revision and moditication of the tariff. This can be done with respect to numerous industries and still give them ample protection. EXPECT FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS. A London dispatch states that the of fictals of the Fopelgn office are annoyed | at the statement cabled from this coun | try the British answer to the sen- | ndments to the Hay-Pauncefote left no opening for further ac tion. On the contrary, it is said that the British Forelgn office expects further | proposals and that therve is no desive on | the part of the British government that the matter shall be dropped. 1t is the view at Washington also that the reply did not the W to further ne gotlations, | 'Phis puts a better aspeet upon the matter than was glven it by the first sport of the character of the answer, which stated that so far as the British governument was concerned the subject was dropped and that no wiy was left open for a renewal of negotiations, Had that statement been correct the effect would undoubtedly have been to aronse good deal of resentment In this coun try, but as it is the feeling will be that | the British government has shown a friendly disposition fn the matter, doing | nothiug wmore than our own govern- | ment would probably have done in like clirenmstances, and that there s no good why the United States should not iuvite further negotintions.. What seemed ut tirst a nearly hopeless ontlook is changed to a promise that a satisfac tory understanding many yet he reached and certalnly our go ment will not close reason | the Christian religion, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, sunmmat ernment Of course the British gov upon the integrity of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, being fully Justified in doing by the action of the Amerfean government m———— VOTING MACHINES m insists ¥ Usk One of the studies of practical econ omists of recent years has been how to provide for the carrying on of general clections safely and economically, Sev eral ¢ rily enter into the onsideration of this question, chief them being how to secure an honest ballot and a fair and accurate count, the items of time and expense he ing given due weight in the caleulation. Various chauges have been wrought in election laws, all of them heing more or less experimental, until of r cent years the ballot bill s as certaiu to OF among [ our | appear in the legislature as fs the gen ernl appropriation bill. No perfect sys- tem has yet been devised, nor has one which will supply the naturally deficlent voter with the intelligence necessary to | the aceurnte expression of his political is the ¢ voter " to at the polls, It uable the intelligent to xpeditionsly cast Lis ballof and to pro vide for speedy and decurate returns | from the voting places that has inspired most of the ballot r ms of ent Yet all efforts*t reform which do not discard the venerated system of boxes and counting, which su the viva voce vote of the earlier . have fallen short, and we still find our- selves hampered with a costly and cum method, which with all the uards we can throw around it is open to wanipulation and fraud, One avenue to cor methods has opened of lute years, that of mechanical regls tration and count of vote: Laws authorizing the of voting machines have been passed by New York, Massachusetts, Minunesota, Ohio, Michigan, lowa and are rapidly being adopted in other states, In cities like Rochester, Buffalo, Detroit and else where the voting machine bas given en- tire satisfaction, insuring aceuracy and celerity in elections, and whe intro- duced it bids fair to solve the problem, The use of voting machines has proven the soundness of the claim that they reduce errors to a minimum. . Another element in thelr favor is the saving in the cost of an election. It is estimated that by the use of voting machines in a city like Omaha, the number of ele tion précinets ean be cut down nearly one-balf and a saving made in the ex pense of printing and stationery. This would mean to the eity of Omaha a duction of election expenses of from three to five thousand dollars for each election, and would do away with the election contests. A bill authorizing the use of voting machines is pending before the legisla- ture. I it provides the safeguards to meet the requirements of our general election laws against illegal voting and canvassing, and if it permits the elector by use of voting machines to exercise his full rights of suffrage under the laws of the state, the bill should be passed. Where the fate of an entire party ticket, the election of a governor, a judge of the courts or the mayor of a city depends on a few votes in a closely contested election, the necessity of providing a means of accurately de- termining the will of the majority im- presses itself seriously on all citizens, ir- respective of polities, If modern meth- ods represented by mechanical devices can bring about this object, the voting machine will soon take its place be- side the telephone and typewriter as a labor-saving machine. It will supplant the Australian ballot, just as that sys- tem superseded the blanket ballot and as the latter took the place of viva voce voting in popular elections years, seded bersome safe Stockholders in the International Zine company, which failed, leaving the in- vestors nothing to show for their money, are asking for light on company affairs. Thousands invested in the company largely on the strength of the names of | prominent men who connected with it, who simply loaned their names for a consideration. Men of standing who lend the weight of their names to wildeat companies which dupe innocent stockholders are scarcely less criminal than the manipulators who actually get away with the money of trusting clients and it is stran that men of good standing will countenance such enter prise were President Hadley of Yale last winter proposed that the octopus be extermi- nated through ostracism. He has had another revelation, and now sees the establishment of the . empire and the coronation of the emperor within twenty-five years as the result of mod- ern commercial methods. To avoid this social catustrophie Lie propo wider ad and more general application of | President Hud- | ley s yet u young wan and will easily | livé to laugh at the upprehensions that now perturh him, 5 % the . — The hints dropped from so wany auw thoritative sources that English states men contemplate the adoption of o sys- tem of tuxation which cibraces the pro toctive feature ave attracting general attention. 1t England should abaudon free trade the advoeates of that doctrine would be left without a leg to stand on. The American workingman and manu fucturer would welcome such a change | peciuse it would remove the last menace to the growth of American which exists in the constant agitation of the free traders, Woman has been attacked in a new spot by a soclal veformer. He justities Nis assertion of her inferiority by point the fact that mau has always enrncd the living. Some women may wouder If such as cooking, washing, caring for bables and the lke are not to be entered in the sehedule of useful services, ing out services Another War Cloud | Chicago Post, 1t 1s perhaps an exaggeration to say that industry | the peace of the world Is menaced by the Manchurfan grab, but it is the obvious and Iiteral truth that udless one or the other show less desive than is manifested by the British government for such a con . side yields the concert must collapse and tke signal given for the partition of China. ! It Russia may take a province, why may not the other powers imitate her example and call thelr seizures “temporary”? The crisis, therefore, fs a real one, and the issue at stake most vital Yonke de Mark, Hoston Transcript if the officers of the United States treasury find the engraver who took lib erties with our national bird on the ten dollar notes, it {s likely that he will look like thirty cents when are through with him and he won't e to be re- versed either to got that appearance. A Shot at the Chicago Chronicle. The perforimances of the senate during the seesion of congress just closed con- stitute an unanswerable argument for the popular ‘election of senators. It is only the knowledge that they are secure from popu- lar resentment at the polls which em- ™ e | boldens the gentlemen of the upper house to outrage political decency and common honesty A Rival in the Minneapolis Tribune, Just as the big steel combine thought it had its tentacles firmly fixed on this coun- try and was preparing to invade Europe a formidable rival has arisen in the shape of the Federal Steel company. It may dawn on these trust magnates after awhile that the resources and the capital of this country are too great to be monopolized in any one direction Protection of Birds, Baltimore American It 18 gratitylng to learn from the Au- dubon society that public interest in song birds is growing and that the practice of wearing birds as ornaments on millinery is decreasing. The pretty little creatures, 0 important a part of nature's orchestra, should have every protection that the law and an educated public sentiment can throw around toem Home Rule Citles, New York kvening Post The nineteenth century test of democ- racy was its capacity to rule a nation composed of states whose people lived for the most part in the country or in small towns. The twentieth century test will be its capacity to rule the great cities which will dominate many of the states The question must be decided by those cities, and the soomer the people in the rural districts understand this the better all around. om. Family, Philadelphin Ledger. President McKinley's reappointment of his entire cablnet Is not only a compliment to the members of that body, it is an earnest o his confidence in them and am assurance to the country that the policy which they have helped him carry out thus far will not be changed. His action fs gen~ erally sustalned by the country, as the op- position manifested toward one or two members of the cabinet is imsignificant In comparison with the acquiescence of the great majority in their continuance in Mce. Pre CARTER PATTED ON THE BACK. er and Harhor Bl Chicago Tribune. The river and harbor bill, with its 000,000 of appropriations, was talked to death by Senator Carter of Montana in the closing hours of the session. If Mr. Carter bad done nothing else during his whole career in the senate this one thing would suffice to make his eareer distinguished and illustrious. He has effected a saving of an enormous sum to the government and established a precedent which may result In preventing future profiigate expenditures of this nature. This ignominious end of the bill will cause more or less constérnation among the con- gressmen and the many local interests con- cerned in its multitudinous items, but it will call forth few regrets from the people. They will be rather inclined to rejoice over the event and to say that the overgrown measure deserved its fate. Many of the items were well known to be a useless waste of money, inspired by the sight of a treasury surplus. While some of the pro- posed expenditure was legitimate, there was nothing ot overshadowing importance in the bill. The country can afford to wait a year for these river and harbor Improve- ments, In the meantime the people can draw & sigh of reliof to know that the treasury is much richer than it would have been if this rald upon it had been permitted. Those persons who were afraid the cut of $41,000, 000 in the war taxes might leave the gov- ernment short of funds can now set their minds at rest. The millions intended to be dlstributed so lavishly on real or imaginary waterways are better in the treasury than anywhere else. As it was impossible to use discrimination In drafting the bill, it was better that the whole measure should be killed. The next congress will have that amount of extra surplus to begin with, and possibly it may be induced to make @ further reduction in taxes before yielding to the Importunities of “‘surplus busters.’ Senator Carter will not be in the next congress—more’s the pity. But there may be some man there of equal cournge and strength of lungs to talk to death the next overgrown and riotous river and harbor bill ARMY DS JOINTS, 01 f the Canteen Strikingly Show Chicago Times-Herald People who live in the towns on the morth shore in the vicinity of Fort heridan a having a fine opportunity to see how the abolishment of the canteen ‘'promotes tem- perauce in the army The first pay day at the fort since (he closing of the post canteen was marked by drunkenness and disorder amiong the soldlers such as has not been scen #i the post in many years. Pay day was fo lowed by a general exodus of the soldiers to the saloons of Waukegau. Highwood and Chicago. Instead of the light beer served ect of the Aby | @t the post cunteen a large quantity of poor whisky was devoured, rows and disturbances. Most of the trouble of course oceurred at Highwood nearest station, where several saloons ha T ntly been opened in anticipation of the increased business that was certain ‘o fol- low the closing of the cauteen Ther a fight in every saloon and the assortment of bruised heads and discolored at revellle roll call next morning and variegated, showing how poter ahsence of the cantecn to Induce “habits of sobriety” among the natlon's young de fenders. In one oon there was a rlol, in which the groggery was badly smashed, a recruit serlously beaten, requiting swearing in of ten deputy warshals petrolled the town all night to insure safety of the citizens The soldier with noibing to do, with pienty of red blood in his veins, (rained as a fighting machine to take human life, & proposition that is not reached by “pink tea” standards f ethics. You have to take him as he is-—-intensely human on the physical side, sturdy, mus.ul fall chested and full-blooded, with the nimal part of his nature decidedly predominant 1t Is folly to attempt to make him sober und temperate by closing the po.. canteen and plactog his bibulous tendencies entirely beyond the control or reach of the wilitary authoritios. No ameunt of s:ivumental moralizing about what the Americsn soldier “sught to do and be" can palhiate the indefensivle icily of turning him ) the disreputa ble resorts that clustsc a0)it the poats and cumps and rob him of his pay and )l him with bad whisky. resulting in many was eyes who the | tegtstature | that the | | Missotr1 was large | the | any | | Rio MARCH 13, 1901, e e ———————————————————————————————————— _— POPULAR ELECTION OF . SENATO! Two-Thirds of (he Legisin- nre for n Change. Philadelphia Press (rep.) The Jolnt committee of Peunsylvania of which Hon. Bayard Henry Is chairman, which was apointed to confer with the legislatures of other states ro- garding the election of United States sen ators by popular vote has rendered its re- port. The committee has been fndustrious. 1t has conducted much correspondence and gathered information and has reached the #age conclusion that the United States ser ate itsell @s at present constituted is the only serlous bar to this change. It thinks the semate cannot be persuaded to take action in favor of the popular election of wenators until resolutions are passed by the legislatures of two-thirds of (he sev oral states making an application for a natlonal convention for proposing an amend- ment to the United States constitution The federal constitution makes it the duty of congress to call a constitutional convention whenever two-thirds of the states, through thelr legislatures, demand it. In pursuance of thls idea the Penn- sylvania legislature has already at th session passed such a resolution. As twen. ty-six other states have within five years past, through their legislatures, declared in favor of the election of United States senators by popular vote it ought not to be difficult to get the concurrent action of thirty states demanding a convention te propose un amendment (o the national con. stitution which shall provide for a changs in the method of electing United States senators so that they may be chosen In each state by the direct vots of the people. The question raised by this fssue is a two-sided one. We have had a pretty fair senato on the whole under the present sys tem. 1t may be doubted whether in the past popular elections would have done as well for us as the legislative system has The people do not always show the highest wisdom in their selections. The best type of men are not invariably chosen for gov- ernors of states. But an abuse hns re- cently grown up in the election of senators by state legislatures that has brought that method into disrepute. Legislatures have been corrupted on a large scale by men whose election is due to the fact that they or their friends could command a large sum of money for this base purpose. This is the most cogent argument that can be used against the legislative system and, with the deadlocks and vacant seats which are caused by them, has created a strong demand from all quarters for a change in the method of election. Sen- ator Henry's committeo shows how thls demand may be made effective and, through the action of the Pennsylvania legislature, starts the ball a-rolling with a fresh im- pulse for the popular election of United States senators FOR RUFFLED NERV the DAMAG Notable Specimen of American Ve Exhibited in China. napolis News, The ministers at Pekin have agreed that the claims against China shall be dealt with on the principles of Roman and English law. It Is said that there was some op- position to this on the part of those who thought that ““the claims of men of good reputation should be paid in full without turther consideration.” That would have been a dangerous theory on which to work or we are told that already “a man of high repute claims $10,000 each for his own, his wife's and his daughter's nerves, and $20,000 for property destroyed, whereas it 18 known that the latter estimate is more than thrice the value of all.”” Unless the greatest care is observed we are likely to see robbery and extortion of the worst sort, and that, too, with the sanction of the powers. It is well, therefore, that even men of “1igh repute” are not to be allowed to be judges in their own cause General Chaffee has again endeared him- self to his countrymen by the stand he has taken on this question of indemnity. He has said that his views are well known to the missionaries, that he was opposed to extortion in every form and that he favored strict justice in every case. That is the proper spirit in which to approach the great problem. It should be made per- fectly clear to the Chinese that the Ameri- cans, at least, want nothing except exact justice. And every influence that our rep- resentatives in China possess should, and we have no doubt will, be exerted to pre- vent wholesale looting under the forms of law. The decency and moderation that have so far been shown by our govern- ment under the most trying circumstances are worthy of all praise. They have had a good effect on the Chinese and have done much to hasten the negotiations. There i3 Do probability that there will be a depart- ure from them. PERSONAL POINTERS, Tlon. Hoke Smith of Atlanta, Ga., is to deliver the address before the graduating law class at Washinglon and Lee university, Lexington, Va., al commeucement next June. It is understood that William Dean Howells is about to take up his permanent abode in New York City. He has purchased a four-story residence plece of property in Bast Seventy-third street Congressman Candler rivate” Jobhn Allen, s Florida, 39 years old, and moved to Mis- slssippl when 10 years of age. He is a prominent member of the Baptist church Senator Pettus, who 1s 80 years old his age is telling against him. “I can't keep up with the procession,” he says. “I only stagger along.” On the other hand, nator Morgan, who Is 77, is remarkably active and vizorous Seven of Massachusetts' on March 6. They were who a nmative of snys Rovernors were Andrew, Bout- well, RButler, Claflin, Gardner, Rice and Tal bot. Al but two are dead. Ex-Governor Claflin, who lives in Newtonville, occupies a house that has been the residence of two other governors. A. G. Pirle has just presented to the city of Aberdeen, Scotland, a peculiarly interest ing collection of pictures which compri three etchings by Prince Albert, three drawings by Queen Victoria, etched by her husband, and five others drawn and etched by the late queen, M. Hamlin of Washington county, owns an old watch ence the prop erty of Lafayette. * The timeploce cost $500 and went through the siege of Yorktown. fayette presented it to Augustus Samuel Mary, ome of the Frenchmen driven from ( the English and a settler ort Vinceunes, Ind The state of Georgia looked to Towa to obiain an assistant state entomologist, in- viting W. 1. Hunter of Ames to accept the position, but he declined, saying that he had received a better offer elsewhere. Then Georgia turned to North Carolina and suc- in alluring W. H. Fisk of Durham to go to Atlanta and accept the position. It pays $1,000 a year. Consul General Rounsevelle Wildman and his wife were both lost in the wreck of the Janeiro in San Francise bay Mrs. mother hus applied for letters of administration on the estate, but the question arlses: Did the husband or the wife die first? Whichever survived the longer 18 heir to the other and until the point is settled the estate cannot be divided Lord Minto, governor general of nada attende the presidential Inauguration in Washington and while there presented Ambassador Pauncefote with an overcoat lined with the most costly of Cenadiun furs. bor James ceeded Wildman's Secretary Hay has a similar garment and the two diplomats met the other day, each wrapped in bis splendid coat. A profane observer remarked that they looked like adyance agents of rival minstrel shows, succeeded | RITS OF WASHINGTON © Sidelighty on Happening: tonal Capital, Becretary of the Treasury Gage is a benevolent looking person and has such & genlal manner that confidence men occa- sionally attempt to work him. They quickly discover that appearances in his case are deceptive. The other day, re- lates the Saturday Evening Post, the secre- tary was warmly greeted near the door of the treasury by a well-dressed man of middle age. Mr. Gage, assuming at a first glanco that the stranger was one of the multitude he has met in Washington and whose names he cannot hope to remem- ber, returned the salutation and shook the hand held out to him ‘I trust you will pardon m tary,” the man began, “but | represent a London illustrated newspaper, which had commissioned me_ to obtaln a set of photos graphs of your country seat. Have you any objection to my taking a few views there? “None In the world,” answered the tary, amiably, “if you will tell me my country seat is. I never knew one.’ “Ah exclaimed the stranger, I must have been misinformed. Then would you consent to my taking some pictures of the interior of your mansion in Washington?" ‘With all the pleasure in life, it thers were any house In the city that 1 could call my own. 1 live in a rented dwelling and my landlord has notified me that 1 must get out of that in a few weeks.” In spite of his air of assurance, stranger began (o look embarrassed. Draw- ing a trifle nearer to Mr. Gage, and drop- ping his voice several dogrees, he said: “The fact is, Mr. Secretary, I\am a lttle short of funds this morning. There are two leading publishers in London who are owiug me money and I thought possibly that you, as a banker and business man, could advise me how to proceed. “I should think your best plan would be to draw on your debtors.” “Quite 0. But you see, it costs a good deal to send the advices by cable.” “That 18 tr Under the circumstances you had better send your mesgages ‘col- lect, ** “Ot course, of course,” By this time the insinuating stranger was beginning to mop bLis brow. “‘There again, however, T am confrouted by a little difficulty. The cable company has refused to send both dispatches ‘collect.’ " “Has 12" asked the look of real concern. ‘“Well, then, my friend, it seems to me that you are re duced to a single course of conduct. Send one dispatch ‘collect’ and get your money from that; out of the proceeds you can prepay the other.” And with a bow and a smile Mr. disappeared through the swinging door the treasury bullding. All sorts of people call upon Mr. Wu, the Chinese minister, with all sorts of schemes, writes a Washington correspond- ent of the Chicago Times-Herald, One day the minister told me he had just dismissed w visitor from the far west who had en- deavored to enlist his interest, and, in- cidentally, a lttle of his capital, in a land scheme or town-lot hoom. A cute part of the game was that a Chinese colony was to be settled there, and the place was to be made a sort of Mongollan paradise. After the boomer had outlined his pros- pectus and put all the brilllant colors of his imagination upon the canvas of his thetoric, the simple and childlike son of the east took his innings. He began to ask questions, and wanted to know about the soll, the water supply, the original cost of the land, the railroad communioa- tions, the markets, the number and char- acter of the people living in the vicinity of the proposed colony, the state of public opinion as to Chinese immigration in the state and neighborhood, and so on, and 50 on. Questions came so fast and furious that at the Na- Mr. Secre- secre- where 1 had secretary with a He felt that this bland son of China was digging Into the very secret of his scheme and showing up Its weak points. Soon he began a retreat. He discovered to his chagrin that he had scratched a Chinese and caught a Tartar. The climax came when Mr. Wu, profiting by his study of English political economy, waved his caller away with the exclamation “Your scheme is no good, no good, sir How do you erpect a colony of wy country- men to 1i By (aking in one another's washing, eh?" Three notable men have retired from agtive service within the last few days, all of whom have been promoted from the ranks because of their efficiency, and by thelr lives and records have comtradicted the policy advocated by Admiral Sampson. Rear Admiral Hichborn, the chief con- | structor of the navy, under whose super- vision our great fleet has been bullt, retire: after forty years of service, says a Wash- ington correspondent of the Chicago Record. He bogan as un apprentice boy, was then a draughtsman, and then a master mechanic, filling all of the grades in the construction corps until he got to the top. General Schwan, who goes on the retired list, entered the army by enlistment as a private on June 12, 1857, and was promoted along the different grades of corporal, ser- geant, first sergeant and quartermaster sergeant until November 6, 15¢ when he | earned a commission as second lieutenaut | by hard fighting. | “Coloned A. S. Daggett of the F | infantry, who is now in command of his regiment in China, has just been made a brigadier general, and will be retired as soon as his nomination is confirmed. At the beginning of the civil ¢ he enlisted under the call for three-month voluntcers, and served as a private in the Fifth Maine in fantry. In June he re-enlisted for the war. and was made second lieutenant of his company. He has always seen hard service has never had what they cull a “soft biliet,' and has spent most of his lifo among the Iudians on the frontier. General Daggett is @ very religious man, and is known as the most pious-oficer in the army. 1o has | hela regular prayer meeting in his regl ment, has kept up a Sunday school, and often preaches to his men. He never tasted liquor of any kind, never smoked, and never played a game of cards Senator Hanna is still the business man in politics, says the Globe-Democrat corre spondent. Four years In that cave of the winds officlally known as the United States senate hasn't changed him. He s as blunt in speech as the day he came to Washing- ton. The other day Representative W mouth of Massachusetts, who is also a business man in politics, went to the senatd chamber to find out how a certain measure was getting along. ‘“Semator,”” Mr. Wey- mouth .asked, “what do you think of the prospects of the bill?" Without a word of preliminary pro and con Senator Hanna answered In his jerky, emphatic manner: “Damn good! Damn good, sir!" hin Diseriminatio Philadelphia Press. Naval oficers of the line, posed o promotion from the ranks, have done thelr best to render the experiment a failure by giving the officers thus pro- moted & uniform which will remiud every- one that there a two kinds of ‘American naval officers—one come from Annapolis, who wear a full dress uniform and have the soclal recognition which this gives, and another class of officers come from the ranks, who are debarred from soclal recog- nition and have a uniform marking their lawer station. An officer is an oficer and to be “obeyed and respected accordingly,’ or he s not. No discipline can stand two brands of oficers. No such distinetion 18 needed in the army. Why in the navy? ourteenth Why t who are op- the boomer soon showed signs of fatigue. | the | | | CUBA WILL ACCE Conditions standing e United States Loulsvillo Courfer-Journal (dem.) the indications are that the Cubans will comply with the suggestions of con gress as to the adjustment of their r tions with the United States. Senors Capote Cisneros and the other revolutionist leaders have already epoken, but there does not appear from the reports from Havana to be any gemeral interest taken 1p the matter. The truth, it is pretty clear, fs that the majority of the Cubans recognize the important element of safety in the paramountcy of the Uniged States in their affairs for the present. The Span- ish clement, who make up some of the best of the population, would much prefer annexation, as they have great reason to dread conflscation of thelr property and other oppression should the radical ole ment get into power, and no doubt con servative Cubans teel tho same way The suggestions of congress embody noth ing that is offensive to Cuba or that will inure to the prejudice of the real interests of the island. The self-respect of Cubans ought not to be wounded because the grea and powerful nation which undertook war for thelr sakes mow asks that some concessions of mutual benefit be made. As yet there has been no demand that the Cubans relmburse us for the vast outlay we have made on the island, but the United States cannot in reason be expected stand {dly by when a set of revolutionists not only repudiate thelr obligatious, bu prepare the way to involve the island in serious financial and other troubles. Should they be permitted to go thelr way and con tract entangling alllances with other na tlong, make discriminating treaties against our products, the United States would have to interfere anyhow. The key to this whole matter is that the Intorests of Cuba are in direct accord with those of the United States. For seventy five years, even when the queen of the Antilles lay helpless under the black flug of Spain, this has been generally recog nized. Cuba has a position that gives hes tho naval command of the Gulf of Mexlco the mouth of the Mississippi, the projected tcaragua canal. The most vital int csts of the United States demand that (bi position of vantage be, if not under Amert- can control, at least allied with us, Th Monroo doctrine would else be nullified. Ou the other hand, America is the best market for the Cubans and Amefica ean be trusted to deal with them more fairly and more intelligently than any other nation. In the hour of direst need to whom else Is Cubu to look for assistance but to the United States? It would be a reflection on the ine telligence of the Cubans to say they did not understand this and are not willing to act in accordance AlL a and a to CHEERY CHA Somerville Joarnal follow, “he will 1 tell him an old If o man i really a ugh heartily when Joke Re ple ord A game That of Boston ‘Authors 0 Rirl dn't with Why not? “Because Marie Corelli was and Emerson was left out in the pa i about Roarder aqueried remurked Indianapolis South Africa the Observant “What, again? Boarde Well over, the the Cr | Chlcago Record “That man went out as it he was mad “Yes: he laughed at all my jokes, and yet [ didn’t let him sell me & bill'of goods.™ It s now known, even to the writers of realistic fiction, that in digestion may cause i person not only to reel and clutch the air, but also to trem- bie like a startied fawn. Detroit Journal Cleveland spent several many of the ed."” shoald think they might be. They certainly don’t waste any time on dress. Plai “A man wl s in the Philippines says Filipinos are well cdi- Mrs, Grog: she bates band terribly!" Hogan—-They cxaggerate, He's always able to be at or two afterward Chicago Tribune: “You sourl, I think you said,” senger with the skull cap, “Yes," replled the passenger slouch hat “Give me a chew of tobacco, will you Judge her hu Mrs. gan' a diy They sny Mrs his w are from Mis- marked the s with the Glasgow Times veler (seating himself at the breakfast table)—Well, walter, what's for breakfast ! Waiter (cheerfully)—Calves' fried lver, devilled kidneys Traveler—Oh, hang your Give me the menu'! brains, sir; complaints! phin Press custc who was vildered ‘way for I'm looking for some he “Rubber?"” replied the floorwalker “Don't I wouldn't h if you dumb idiots wouald only direct ur properly.'” Philad Suy okl the ho y rib an oN TRAIL, S, M. Hall in 1 of Sunshinc We rode from daybreak; white and hot The sun beat like a_hammer-stroke On molten fron; the blistered dust Rose up in clouds to sear and choke; But on we rode, gray-white as ghosts Bepowdered with that bitter snow The stinging breath of alkall From the grim, crusted carth below Silent, our An echo from the Silent, parched lip and st We watched the horses fall Jack's first; he caught my God help ‘me! but 1 shook him off; Death had not. diced for two that di To meet him in that devil's trough footsteps scarcely wrung trail; ening ‘tongu nd fall I flung him back my dry canteen An ounce at most, welghed drop by drop With life; ne clutched it, drank and lnughe Fard, hideous, apj PMie strongest heart With outflung arms Stralght on where rim Green trec Al (o stop then turned and ran wnd mad eyes st galnst the dun sky's stood up, and cool and wet wayes hroke t mirage! that lures and taunts A 1p and tortured sight t hope that mocking haunts ried to call. rattled in my throat sund and crouching sk they seemed to glure Long silvor The curse he thirst Like some e A dying soul. | The dry wor i ar How Bloat! G Wi the saddleh On, on; w L seemed Lo b The spring house path, and at the well My mother stood and heckoned me; he bucket glistened; drip, drip, drip, T heard the water fall and plash hen keen as hell the burning wind Awoke me with its tlery lash On, on; what was that bleaching thing Across the trall? ‘1 dared not look; But on—blind, aimless, till the sun pt grudging past the hills and took His curse from off the gasping land; The blessed dusk! my gaunt horse raised His head and neighed, and staggered on; And 1, with bleeding lips, half-crazed, us there, od ledge just above gilnst a bl lust hard c fell upon fts Laughed out: for Rock-caught, A little pool; on Full spent 'w one sthll torever; weak I lay And drank; hot hands and temples laved. Jick gone, alas! the horses dead: But night and water; I was saved! HUTESON SELLS KODAKS 1520 DOUGLAS