Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 23, 1901, Page 6

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THE BEE PUBLIBHING COMPANY BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION Stats of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: corge B, Taschiick, secretary of The Les Publishing company; being duly sworn, ways that the actual number of full and complete coptes of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Bundny Bes printed during the month of KFebruary, %1, was as follows 240 15 26,180 26,680 20,180 , One Year ha th and 1 8, ances should Com- 46,950 20,020 26,540 28,970 Lien 26,910 ..35,870 46,540 L.25,770 26,110 20,100 20,615 0,480 20,200 20,580 Less unseld and returned coples Net total sates....... (e TAD,0B6 Net dally average........... . 48,070 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK, Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 4th day of March, A. D. 1901 (8eal) M. B, HUNGATE, tary Public. — The oratorfcal fireworks are just be- ginnfng to be turned on at Lincoln, Don't get exclted. There will be a show-down in that senatorfal jackpot pretty soon. The indemnity demanded of China is marked In plain figures, but the powers would doubtless be willing to make a liberal discount for cash. Carrie Nation told a saloon keeper that she would smash a picture fn his plac 1f she only had her hatchet with her. Why not adopt the Omaha wethod and use a chair. Something wrong in the family rela tion exists when an educated and culti- vated girl will drown herself rather than ask her father for §7 to pay a debt she had contracted. 1t you still doubt the approach of the | glad summer season, look over the sport ing columns of 'The Bee. When the busc ball'meén get busy there Is uo occasion \for others to hesitate. The court house at Des Molnes fs closed on account of quarantine regula- tions. The delinquent taxpayers would probably not object if the quarantine was not lifted for some time. Minnesota has gone other states one better and passed a law absolutely pro- libiting the manufacture, sale or giving away of cigarettes within the state. The coffin nall is certainly in disrepute, The Towa egg dealers have petitioned the Chicago Board of Trade to cease deallng in futures in that commodity. Possibly they fear the product might be damaged In the rushes of the bulls and bears. The Venezuelan government has sent a conciliatory note to the United State Concillatory notes are all right so far as they go, but conelliatory actlon would go much further toward settling the present differences. Henderson of Texas Is willing to take a chance on Nebraska law. The fact that he has just been sentenced to thir- teen years in the penitentiary may bave aided him in making up his mind that he 1s one of Pat Crowe's pals. ‘The prize extortion story comes from an [linois town, where unknown parties have threatened to blow up the news- paper office If the editor does not de- posit $1,000 at a designated place. Of course the editor cannot accomplish the impossible, and so he is resignedly awaiting the explosion, Minneapolis and 8t. Paul are about to get a train service of a sort furnished for years to Omaha and other western cities—based on the best the weak lines can afford. This Is one of the peculiari- tles of railroading the average citizen cannot comprehend. In other lues the rule works the other wa, Indians in Washington state have pre- sented a claim against the government for $10,000,000. The United States has a nent surplus in the treasury, but if it should attewpt to liquidate at par all \the clalms that are presented agalust the government, 15 cents would look like a fortune beside the treasury. Kansas City contracting freight agents Are having a scare. The Interstate Commerce commission 1s in that eity in- vestigating charges of discrimination In frelght rates. They are probably not so much worried about being convicted un- der the law as they are over the fact that others are likely to demand the same concessions as have been given to a few. — Recent sales held at South Omaha have convineced the breeders of fine cat tle that this is one of the best markets in the country for thelr stock. Omaha 1s the center of one of the largest stock growing sections of the country and its stockmen are among the most progr fve. They rvealize the value of high grade stock, have the wouney to buy it, and they are getting it ” i Till OMAHA DAJLY BEE ATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1901. THE TIEN TSIN There will be mo serions trouble tween Great Britain and Russia the land in dispute at Tien Tein, a tem porary agreement for the withdrawal of troops from the territory having been effected, with the understanding that the two governments reserve the ques tion of title and proprietary rights for subsequent examination, A statement made in the House of Lords by the for elgn sccretary was entirely conciliatory i its terms, Lord Lansdowne expross fng the hope that “the result of the ne gotiations over what was reg emall matter of strictly loeal importance would not be allowed to disturb the re latlons between the two countries.” Tt appears that the proposal for the with drawal of troops and for negotiations to determine title to the disputed territory not been held in restraiut, may be re eign affalrs and was promptly and fully concurred In by the British government. Thus what seemed to threaten a grave complication and might have be come &0 had the wilitary commanders not been held in restalnt, may be re garded as practically settled, furnishing an object lesson which will perhaps be of some valne, There will be other op portunitles, it is not to be doubted, for friction between the powers in China and when these arise the example of Great Britain and Russia in the Tien Tsin affalr will exert a wholesome in fluence, The fmportant point in con nection with the Incldent, however, is the fact it reveals that each of the great nations Involved s most anxious to maintain friendly relations, This has a bearing upon the general situation which is highly significant. It has been thought that Russia would accept A favorable opportunity for a quarrel with Great Britain. It Is shown that she has no suck disposition, or at any rate that no ordinary circumstance will lead her into a quarrel. Of course neither of these powers Is now in condition for a conflict with the other, ireat Britain has an unfinished task in South Africa that is heavily tax- ing her resources and any serfous trouble elsewhere might result, as a London newspaper a day or two ago sug- gested, in the Boers recovering their own. It would certainly have the ef- fect to greatly stimulate the efforts of the Boers and besldes giving them re newed zeal would perhaps bring them ald which under existing conditions they cannot get. Therefore Great Britain will do much to avoid other grave trouble at least until the war in South Aft] s ended As to Russin, her financial condition Is unfavorable to war. She would probably be bank rupted by a war with Great Britain, it it were a prolonged struggle, and at all events while it was In progress she would be compelled to abandon the great fnternal enterprises in progress. Rus- sla’s schemes of industrial and com merclal development, for the consumma. tion of which vast expenditures will be quired, demand that she remain at peace, in order that all her resources shall be available for promoting her material progress and welfare, With those great powers eager to pre- serve peace between themselves and having a common Interest in maintain- ing the world’s peace, there would seem to be no imminent danger of an isun- derstanding among the nations that may not be amicably settled through di- plomacy. Such s the reassuring sug gestlon of the virtual settlement of the Tien Tsin incident. MEXICU'S PRESIDENT. The American people have a most friendly interest in General Diaz, presi dent of Mexico, This I1s because has always been a good friend of the United States and throughout his more than twenty years as chief magistrate of our sister republic has sought to cultivate the best relations with this country, Amerlcans also have a very high appreclation of the practical statesmanship of Diaz, whose able ad ministration of affaivs has made Mexico a very progressive and prosperous coun- try and its people as contented as any in the world. President Diaz has recently been in il health, causing some apprehension among his countrymen, but he has just returned to the City of Mexico, after a few months of rest and recuperation, with Wf¥ health restored, and he was received by the populace with an en- thusiusm which showed the firm hold he has upon the respect aud confidence of the country. General Dinz {9 one of the most notable men of his time. When by revolution he installed him self as the ruler of Mexico, twenty-four years ago, he was regurded stmply as an able wilitary man. He has shown afmselt to be a statesman of the first rank, a sagaclous diplomat and a thor oughly practical man of affairs. Mexico still needs the wise and patriotic guid ance of her most distinguished son and Awmericans will join with his country- men in the hope that he will have yet many years of useful life, PROTECTING THE RE There bas for some time been a good deal of complaint at the system of search practiced by the custows officers at New York on the persons and ba gage of American citizens coming from Europe. It is charged that passengers on the Incoming steamers are constantly subjected to indignities and humilia tion. The Philadelphia Inquirer says: “Steamships from abroad continue to come fnto the port of New York and American citizens continue to held up by custows officials just as it they were suspected of being thieves, assas- sins and cut-throats, instead of law abiding individuals, In the lower bay each passenger Is made to sign a de laration concerning his baggage. Ap pavently, this declaration is not consid ered to be of any value whatever, for the passenger's belongings are strewn about the landing pler upon arrival and there is a search for a paper of plns or AGREEMENT e he a mecktie or a shirt that has not ap. peared upon the list.” This the In qu! characterizes a8 moustrous and says if the Treasury department Is wise it will put a stop to the inquisition, Doubtless there good ground for complaint 1o this watter. It Is highly ix probable that some of the customs off clals at New York and other ports are unnecessarily rude and inconsiderate in | thelr treatment of persons coming from | If sneh I the it should be remedied. But the first duty of these otficluls I8 to protect the revenues and in to fully and faithfully dis charge this duty the gearch of bag | seems essential. 1f this were not done | there can be no doubt that there would | be an enormons amount of smuggling and the government would be deprived of a large amount of revenue by false swearing. 1t Is perhaps practicable to remove from the system in practice much of its offensiv but it cannot safely altogether dispensed with FREE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. The Nebraska senate indulged in a little cheap buncombe when it passed the bill to fasten on the tax payers of Omaha the expense of maintaining a free publie employment office. Just how much the maintenance of this institution will add to the al dy too high cost of governing the eity Is not apparent, but it will be at least $1.800 to $2,000 per annum. The pay of the agent who is to carry on the business is fixed at $100 per month, and the rent, light, fuel and other needs of the agency will easily increase the cost to almost that much more. And for what good? 1t is a notorious fact that for at least three years railrond contractors and oth ers who employ large numbers of men have found it extremely ditficult cure the help they have needed, Always during the winter months, n the north, when the weather forces a cessation of outdoor work, there are many idle men, All the employment agencies in the uni verse cannot cure this condition. When the spring brings about a renewal of ac tivity, the conditions are reversed, and wen find employment without the inter vention of sgencies, Omaha employ ment agencies say many men are idle at present, only waiting for the coming of weather conditions that will permit the beginning of work already con tracted for, and that the general outlook for the season is as good as that for any year recently. Demand for un skilled labor has exceeded the supply for many seasons, and the chief occupa- tion of the labor agent has been to scour the country in search of men who could induced to go to work for good s nbroad ense order to se e It we were cnjoying the good old thmes that prevailed prior to 1806 we might need free employment agencles, Just as we needed free soup houses and free lodging houses. But those institu tions vanished along with free trade and other things advocated by the Bry- anites, and there Is no occasion for their revival. A free employment agency in Omaha will be of o service to the workingman and will merely increase the burden of the taxpayers, It is not a step in the direction of municipal con trol, but Is merely giving life to the populistic doctrine of paternalisi, The laborlug classes do not need the law, and the people should not be sad- dled with its expense, he veturn of General John C. Bates to Omaha as commander of the Depart ment of the Missouri will bring back a brave and popular officer to u host of warm personal friends. General Bates was sent here in 1892, to be colonel of thie Second infantry, which was looked upon as essentially an Omaha regiment, and during the years he was stationed at Fort Omalia the organization Jost none of its efficiency or popularity. General Bates hus won his star by deeds that will live in history, and Omaha people will gladly welcome him back to n st from the activities of the tfield where he has so gallantly distinguished himself during the last three years. Kouth Dakota farmers are re ed to be drifting away from wheat, the single op 1dea losing ground steadily. When Nebraska farmers began to pin their faith to other crops than corn th was much speculation as to the outcome. In a single season Nebraska was lifted into the ranks of the wheat-growing states, and has lost no prestige as a producer of corn. More intelligent effort on part of the agriculturist has had a direct ef- fect upon his income. Diversity has proven profitable, and farming in this state east of the hundredth meridian has come to be as reliable as anywhere under the sun. Letters from the Island of Negros state that the ounly schools in the island arve those established by the military and that the chers are men detailed from the ranks of the army for that purpose, There I8 probably no other army in the world in which such conditions could exist. It has often been remarked that no matter what was wanted to be done men could always be found in the ranks who could do it. It is largely this fact which makes the American army so ef fective, It is not made up from any certain class, but comes from all walks of 1if Cleveland gets the concession (hat was denied Denver on the Grand Army rate. Old soldiers who want to get together for a summer outing will be glad to hear of this, Their time for travel is getting short, and not many more re- unions on a grand scale are possible for them, so they should be given some consideration while they are able to enjoy favors. While Philadelphia, Denver and other cities are awaiting a possible gift from Audrew Carnegie with which to estab. lish libraries, Omaha people are enjoy- ing all the advantages of one of the hest appointed, housed and maintained pub- lic libraries in America. And it is all due to Omaha people that we have this magnificent lnstitution. The agent of the California Fruit as sociatlon, who has just returned from Europe, reports that seetion of the world Is overstocked with N, Indica- tlons for some time have be that Europeau countrics were full of some Ll thing which was productive uliar actions of e urn the Switch, Baltimore Amerfcan It makes us shiver to think about what would happen it England and Russia should try to pass each other on that bit of rail- road track. There would be a head-on col liston for sure. ny ug Indianapolis 3 Pacification of the Philippines seems to be oxtending, but we must not forget that It 18 a trait of the Tagalogs to be good for a long time while they wait for an oppor- tunity to get even A Smmple Instanc Philadelph Samoa Is another of the lands taken under | the American flag whose population finds Its conditions improved, its courts become Just, its laws wiser and its administration more honest than before. Washington | There are over 500 applicants for the twenty-three vacant army chaplaincies. All of which indicates that quite a number of our good men are willing to go away from home to do their praying. Century Woman in Action, New York Tribu One of the most Inspiring fgures of the new cenmtury is that of the merry, merry maiden who tumbled a burglar to the floor sat upon him for balf an hour to hold him for the police, and made him tractable by Jabbing him with a big hatpin whenever he squirmed. Within the hand of “plump and pretty blondes” the pin is mightier than the club. —_— A Faraway Smile Springfield (Mass.) Republican The attempted reorganization of the dem- ocratic party at Nebraska City did not re- sult In the harmony that should attend such efforts. Nebraska City fs the home of that grand old reorganizer and harmonizer, J Sterllng Morton, and in the caucus he led the movement to overthrow Bryanism When Mr. Morton and his friends had been voted down, 45 the reorganization leader promptly headed a bolt from the convention. The incident tends to provoke a smile. Chicago Chronicle. The medieval custom of sending speclal ambassadors to notify governments of the death of a sovereign is so absurd in the new world of telegraph and malls that a French rabble out of ridicule of an incon- Bruity laughed at Earl Carrington, who, with a pompous suite, arrived at Paris to notify the republic that a new sovereign had succeeded to the British throne. While a squad of infantry paid traditional houors the thoughtless and irreverent populace cheered Kruger and the Boers. The inci- dent may serve to remind antiquated courts that the age of electricity is in. It may also suggest to the republic of France aboli- tion of Kingly trumpery in the reception of ambassadors Proper Sort of Justice, Washington Times. There fe a justice of the peace in Penn- sylvania who deserves a banquet and a monument. The other day a wife-beater, accompanied by his bruised and disfigured helpmate, was hauled before the “squire.” The brute laughed in the face of justice and called the magistrate upon the honored bench a vile name. The latter had his coat off in a second, vaulted to the floor and in less tlma than 1t gakes to tell the story had the wite-beater'#mose distributed all over his speaking @eulitenance, both of his eyes closed, le\e eth rattling around the courtroom a culprit begging for meroy. 'nm- aétly the sort of justice to preside over.the trials of wife-beaters, May his tribe increase! Harrl - Loulsville ¢ The newspapers that, in addition to the good things they are saying with truth and effect about the late General Harrison, in dwelling upon his opposition to expan- slon, are surely forgetting his presidential record. He showed no fear of expansion when he megotiated the treaty anmexing Hawail, the same treaty which Mr. Cleve- land promptly withdrew upon his succes- sion to office. Nor did General Harrison prove himself averse to warring with a weaker nation when he behaved so per- emptorily with the republic of Chili be- cause of a riot against some visiting men- of-war's men In Valparaiso. We came very near to a war at that time, but luckily the belligerent South American country backed down. Former Senator Gorman is still enthusi- astic for the coustitution—outside of Mary- and. Dave Hill broke out with a speech last Monday evening, just to show there is some breath left in his political body Dick Croker tolls not, neither Is he spin- niug reform yarns, but his salary is going across the pond to Wantage with great regularity The Hawallan legislature is considering a bill granting Queen Lil a pension of $12,000 a year—a sum believed to be suficient solace for a vanished job. Things political have come to such a confused and irritating stage in the Penn- sylvania legislature that the severely re- spectable Philadelphia Ledger is moved to speak editorlally of “Another Dam Bill Marriott Brosius, poet and orator, ten years a congressman from Pennsylvanla, Is dead. He was esteemed one of the ablest of the Keystone state delegation to con- gress, a man of unimpeachable character and a gallant soldier of the civil war. Minneapolis papers declare the rallroads of Minnesota struck a soft snap in the legislature and cinched it. A bunch of legislative votes costing $200 each, it is sald, were thrown against an obnoxious rate bill, turning it into a cold, clammy corpse. Denver women have nominated a mu- nicipal ticket composed of members of their own sex and they propose to muss the masculine bair before the campaign is over. Before beginning their canvass every can- dldate recelved official assurance that their nomination was on straight Governor Odell of New York proves an agreeable surprise to the people and a disappointment to certain politicians. The earnest opposition of the governor to “rip- per bills" attacking the principles of home rule is gratefully appreciated and heartily applauded by the cities where solf-govern- ment was threatened Former Governor Francis of 8t. Louls is looming up as the successor of Senator Vest when the latter's term expires. Francls pulled that $5,000,000 appropriation for the falr out of a deep congressional hole, and St. Louls is anxlous to pay back part of the obligation. But Missourl is a large state and St. Louls is not the whole thing. The Bryanites of St. Louis are urged to insert the knife under the ribs of the demo- cratic candidate for mayor, one Rola Wells. Wells is reputed to be a goldbug in poli- tics, He is surely one In conducting a political campalgn, though he does not slight silver in distributing small change among the boys. Tom L. Johnson, millionaire and politi- cal “what-ls-It,” who I8 runuiog on the democratic ticket for mayor of Cleveland is entertalning 'he ward rustlers in great style. He has thrown the keys of his $300,- 000 home Into the lake and told the boys to drop in and help themselves. Care is taken, however, to anchor the house to its founda- tion, | tion, OTHER LANDS THAN OURS, One of the reasons why the Rritish gov ernment officials are annoyed ov the | premature and unofcial publication of the income the new king is to receive per | haps 1s made plain when it s seen that it Jumps fr Queen Victoria's total of $1,925,000 $2,050,000. The clvil lst of the sovereigus of Great Britain represents | a surrender on the part of the crown of its right In the crown propertics. Geor 11, who was the first sovereign to give up these rights to the nation, received a civil list of $4.500000 at one time and yet went into debt over $15.000.000, which Parliament had to pay. The crown lands fell off in value, however, so that when | Queen Victoria came to the throne the| surplus revenues only amounted to $900, 000, The queen, however, was granted a civil of $1,025,000, the properties improved value and now the surplus revenues to $2,250,000, s0 that King Bdward he 1s only asking for his own when he asks an increase in his civil list, since the revenues warrant it and his establishment 1s naturally more costly to maintain than Quéen Victorla's, It may be, however, that the government does not care to have the public feel tha royalty is growing more and more costly and hence deprecated discussion of the civil gt until it is ready to jam it through Parliament with as lttle criticlsm from the radicals as Is possible. It the gov ernment undortakes to punish the Lon don Times, however, by suspending iis privileges in Parliament it is highly prob- able it will get the worst of the bar gain m to list in amount may feel A correspondent of a London writing from Odessa says that mination of Russia to hold permanent possession of Manchuria is proved by the plans for the erection of orthodox churches in all parts of the occupled districts. This s to give support to her contention tha the cross is ever the ploneer of her ad- vancing civilization. Thus handsome Greek churches are to be butlt with all possible expedition at Charbin and Tsitsibar, in the ame of St. Nicholas, the miracle- worker. In a number of other Manchurian towns lying along, or not very far distant from the railway track, the erection of Russlan churches is to be begun imme- diately. Among these places are Kirin, Hun Chun, Omoso, Mukden, Sansing, Bodune and Ninguta. Service chapels for the railway staffs are to be provided at the stations of Liao Yang, Tieling, Muk donajan and other chief points. The or- thodox church at Ninguta is to be of es- peclally beautiful design In Byzantine- Slav style. The railway administration 1s contributing a large sum toward the cost of this edifice. The whole work of ec- cleslastical construction will be under the supervision of General Grodekoff, governor general of Russian Manchuria, assisted by a special commissioner appointed by the holy synod. newspaper the deter- The city of London, not the greater Lon- don, but that central and limited part of it which lies within the boundaries of the old city walle, s in a state of mind con- cerning the adequacy of its police force. It will be remembered that considerable scan- dal was caused by the unrestrained excesses of the mob on the occasion of the return of the City Imgperial volunteers from South Africa, when the streets were converted into a regular pandemonium, in which or- der, law and decency were equally neg- lected. Sir Henry Smith, the commissioner of the city police, now writes to the lord mayor to say that the forces at his disposal are hopelessly Incapable of dealing with such an emergency. Pefore such crowds his men weuld be swept “off the face of the carth.” In fact he is, on such occa- slons, entirely dependent upon the assist- ance afforded to him by £ir Edward Brad- ford, the head of the metropolitan police, and that, it at any time Sir Edward in the face of special danger should be unwilling or unable to grant him the desired aid, he would not hold himself responsible for the consequences. Sir Henry Smith makes no suggestions as to what ought to be done, but the Implication in his letter is that he would like to be authorized to make such requisitions upon the metropolitan force as might seem to him expedient in certain cases. Whether Sir Edward Bradford would regard this division of authorty with ap- probation or resignation remains to be seen. Meanwhile the city Is much dis- turbed by the discovery of its defenceless- ness in certain possible but not very prob- able circumstances. e An agent of the Austro-Hungarian asso ciation, writing from Teheran, speaks of the general activity of Russia in the neighbor- hood of the Persian gulf, and of the mercan- tile conditions prevalling fn the kingdom of the shah. He points out that the back- wardness of the country, notwithstanding its immense natural resources and high intelligence of its people, is due to the total absence of education and of a sound legal basis for economic progress. Industry and trade are severely handicapped by the arbitrary treatment to which the popula- tion Is subjected. As an example of the undeveloped resources of the country the report directs attention to the rich and extensive deoposits of iron ore along the road from Resht to Teheran, which lle ldle notwithstanding the fact that there are important coalfields within a day's ride. The latter are not worked, because the few pits that had been opened are said to be inundated. There is an exceptionally val- uable salt mine in the immediate neighbor- hood of Teheran. The trapsport, however, is by means of small donkeys, carrying a load of from fifty to seventy Kilo- grammes, so that the cost {s not only very high, but subject to such variations that trade s Impossible. A railway would greatly promote the development of this and other sources of national wealth, But the native government takes no interest in such a project, while foreign enterprise |1s paralyzed by political ~considerations. What is especially needed, says the report, is & road between Bushire and Teheran. The road from Resht, on the Caeplan, to Teheran is prospering greatly, in spite of its inferior construction, but does not ben- efit any forelgn trade, except Russian, e The mining strikes in France and the fact that the government, through its min- ister of commerce, M. Millerand, is com- mitted to the attempt to bring about some radical legislation on the subject, which will improve the position of the employed and tend toward making strikes less fre- quent and demoralizing, call attention to the development of the mining industry in that country. It is believed to be much larger than I8 generally supposed. From the latest official statistics it is learned that 39,276,600 tons of minerals were ex- tracted from the earth in 1900, and that these minerals were valued at 454,807,000 francs, being an increase of 0,675,000 francs over 1809, The number of workmen employed in this industry was 170,000, The iron and steel produced in France during the same peviod was 2,834,200 tons, which was valued at 050,077,000 francs. These figures are sald to be very significant to those who have always supposed that tho dominant industry In France was agri- culture. Syndicating for Clvilization, Philadelphia North American is asserted that a British syndicate, aided by the government, intends to com- plete the work of the army in South Africa by buying up mortgages on farms and turn- ing out the Boers. As all the stock has been cleared off, most of the houses burned and little left but the bare land, the owners of the farms are unable to meet interest charges or restock and are therefore at the mercy of the syndicate. Thus will Eng- land “advance civilization” iu South Africa. — BOER FLAG 18 8T e World: Elsewhere the reject the British peace garded as a high type of herolsm. Circumstances force us to view it a8 A means (o maintain a South African market for American mules New York Mail and Bxpress: Kitch- ener promlses soon to begin operations on a large scale that part of the Free State In which Dewet and Fourie are at large. His battering tactics, it they are directed by so accomplished a eavalry leader as French, cannot but make further inroads on (he crippled but still stubborn republicans. And yet the war which Brod | erick promised Parlfament {n November would be ended in four months from that time drags on indefinitely Indianapolis News. The Boers do not seem to be so anxlous for peace as are the British. At any rate, they have rejected the terms that were offercd them. It fs quite possible that General Botha s count Ing on a Russian diversion in China, which will have the effect of weakening the Brit 1sh in South Africa. The Boer war has, in deed, been a curse to England. It has cost millions of money, thousands of lives, and the most complete victory imaginable will bring neither glory nor honor to Great Britain. The war is still in progress, and the British government finds ftselt sert ously crippled when called on to face an emergency in China Baltimore Sun: 1t Great Britain become Involved tn war with a Russia the Hoers would have an excellent chance to win their Independence. British policy at the present time appear to be directed toward avoiding complica tions at any cost. The position of Great Britain is not unlike that of the United States during the civil war, when Captain Wilkes of the San Jacinto took the con federate states commissioners from the Trent, a vessel flying the British flag. The British government then made certain de mands upon the government of the United States, to which the latter would never have submitted under ordiwary conditions This government could not afford to go to war with Great Britain at a time when all of its resources were required to cope with the south. The British jingoes may be ex pected to swallow a great deal of “humble ple” until the South African war s brought to a conclusion. It fs not a diet which affords much enjoyment, but it is by far the heelthlest food which the Briton can eat during the present perlod of storm and Btress. New York determination terms may be r Boer in should power ke Cleveland Plain Dealer that Dewet I8 a madman.'” “It must be contaglous British are all mad, too, every name fs mentioned w they say The his adness. time Detroit Journal the thoroughbred, disgustedly, who are merely’ rich being ' admitt soclety upon equal footing with those who can stomach caviar Philadelphia Presa: I to Captain_Briton, ‘who recently arrived here from South Africa. He says all th British officers look upon Dewet as a great Joke. “Ah! perhaps that's th unable to catch an to him Yonkers Statesman: Crimsonbeak—Did you see Dauber's painting of the ocean? Yeast—Yes Crimsonbeak—What did you think of {t? ~Oh, | thought the water looked too The idea,” ae just talking cason they're Well, on it that does that you know, it's the ofl Pittsburg Chronicle: The Father—Well, my boy, | hope you have everything you need at ‘college, without being too reckless The Son—1 have tried to, governor. HBuf 1 couldn’t have done half so well if your credit hadn’t been o good. Tndianapolls Press: “My lord," slave, “there I8 a llon without.” “Without what?" immediately asked the Oriental potentate. “Without his supper, I judge from his conversation,” answered the slave, and was neatly bowstringed for daring to raise his master's ante. sald the Chicago Tribune: “In order to reide a long-standing controversy.” said the squir- rel, “would you mind telilng me why you wabble your nose?’ “To show that I have something else to it Ides sticking It Into other aftairs,” frigldly answered the do with people’s rabbit A MODEST WIT, Selleck_Osborne. 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