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The herald., 1898-01-28

The two officers started with their
prisoner toward Third street. They were
soon Joined by other policemen. Arthur
was taken to the Bohemia saloon and
held there until the patrol wagon came.
In spite of the promptness with which
the officers acted there was a display
of the feelings of the crowd which boded
ill for the murderer. Several workmen
who were employed on the new building
in front of which the murder was COM
mitted saw the tragedy and one of them,
a colored man, secured rope, and at
sight of it the crowd which collected took
up the cry Lynch him!" Hang him!"
Several Of the pciicemen held back the
crowd until the prisoner was hustled in
to the saloon and from there he was,
taken to the city jail as soon as the
wagon arrived. The trip was made at
a run for it was feared that some mem
The herald., 1898-01-28

DIR. Hagan testified to the fact that he
went to the scene of the tragedy and
found the woman dead. He also told
of her employment at his house as do
mestic. He considered her an excellent
worker, and there was onthing in her
actions which indicated that she was
anything but a respectable woman.
Other witnesses, some of whom wit
messed the tragedy told what they had
seen, but no new facts were brought
out from their testimony. After brief
deliberation the coroner's jury returned
verdict to the effect that Mrs. Ransom
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
TRYING no prRvARr nrs7oRr.

At the annual reunion Of ex-con
federates at Atlanta last week a reso
luton was unanimously adopted con
demning the expression, "War Of TIT
Rebellion" and urging the designation oil
1t ys "the civil war between the states
This attempt to pervert the truth oi
history should not go unrebuked by
loyal Americans.
The war of 1861 was q rebellion con
cocted by c~onsplrators who sought &c
perpetuate and extend human slavery
although inaugurated under the pre-
text of defending the right of the state.
to dissolve the union at will. To cal
the rebellion of 1861 a civil war be
tween the states would be to reaflirn
the exploded right of peaceful seces
sion and to place upon the brow OF
treason the laurels justly accorded tc
the patriotic defenders of the nation.
A civil war between the states pre-.
on war Independent of any other state
or in combination with other states
against still other states, entirely ignor
ing their relations to the national gov.
eminent. 1t prcsumes as many flags
as there are states and gives priority
of allegiance to the state over the
United States. To condemn the expires
sion rebellion Is to put a stigma upon
the memory Of Abraham Lincoln and
more than half a million men who gave
up their lives that the nation might
survive and that government of The
people, by the people and for the
people should not perish from the earth
While the bloody chasm that has di.
vided the north and south has been
bridged over and obliterated by the
war with Spain, in which men who
wore the blue and gray are fighting side
by side under the Stars and Stripes
in the cause of humanity, the time has
not yet come and never can come when
the rebellion which cost millions OF
treasure and blood in the struggle for
American unity shall be portrayed in
history as n mere conflict between
states warning for political supremacy
There is no call and no excuse for re-
vising American school books to
glorify or even justify the most gigantic
and reasonable rebellion the world has
witnessed, wen if the chief figures In
the lost cause have been forgiven and
some of them who raised the swords
which they We're trained to WELD at
West Point at the expense Of the nation
against its very life have been re.
entrusted with generals commissions
by the unparalleled magnanimity of Il
generous republic.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
THE COLORED SOLDIERS.

The bravery of the colOred soldiers at
ton. They did splendid service in the
hottest of the fighting and have their full
share in the glory of that notable tri-
umph of American arms. The strong
est ributes to the work of these col
cred soldiers have come from white vol.
untcers who fought side by side with
them. One of these, a member of n
Massachusetts regiment. is enthusiastic
in his praise of the valor of the colorcd
men, while another writes that "thc
negro troopers are fighters from their
toes up"
In view of such a record there can
be no doubt of the eXpediency of the
efforts of the government to raise negro
regiments of volunteers for service in
the East and West Indies, but it is
stated that this meets with d~istrust from
two opposite quarters, which may result
in defeating it. 1t Is urged on the part
of the colored people that they are en-
titled to officers OF their own choice and
color, the same as the white volunteer
regiments, which is not unreasonable.
On the other hand the proposition to
raise volunteer negro regiments Is re-
garded with distrust in the south, on
the ground that the tendency of such
Il military policy would be to bring on
Il wal of races. This is a most un-
reasonable objection, to be sure, but
perhaps it IS one that it might not be
4 l. I
Record remarks in referring to the mat
ter, although the animosities of the civil
war have been e~Xtinguished it is evil
dent that the negro problem in the south
is still far from solution.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
THE AMERICAN MERCHANT MARIN


With the extension of American trade
into new channels as a result of the
war and its enlargement in other di-
rections, the demand for an American
merchant marine Is certain to become
more urgent, There is no doubt that
the country will emerge from the con-
fict with Spain with the ambition for
commercial expansion greatly strength
ened. 1t Is certain that a very de-
termined effort will be made to secure
Il much larger share of the Asiatic
trade than we now have, while
American enterprise will make itself
more distinctly felt in South
America. Whether or not the United
States shall retain permanent posses
east, its triumph over Spain will give
1t n prestige which annot fail to have
a decided influence favorable to our
trade with China and other regions in
that portion of the world. We do not
believe that it Is essential to the safe
| guarding of our interests there that we
should hold any territory In the far
cas' u tHNcl iuiO any lOTtiSH tlllulce.
There Is every reason to think that no
European power or combination of
powers will attempt to interfere with
orr interests or abridge our oppor-
tunities in China or elsewhere. We
shall be permitted TO win whatever
commerce we can through fair compe-
tition. With regard to South America
1t Is to be expected that after the war
there will be developed a stronger de-
sire for enlarged commercial relations
with the United States. There has been
manifested In some of the southern re-
publics Il great deal of popular sym
pathy with Spain, but this will speedily
disappear after the war and the re-
action will place the United States in
a stronger position, commercially and
politically, with South America than il
has ever occupied,
But in order TO realize the fullest
benefits from the %broadened CONNER
cial opportunities that will follow the
war, it Is vitality important that our
trade shall be carried OH under our own
flag. That is the surest way OF main
tanning the prestige which war will give
us and of achieving new commercial
conquests. No enterprise which the
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
ISLAM Is

In his this years Chautauqua address
Prof. Il. Benjamin Andrews, the new
superintendent of the Chicago schools,
startles his auditors by announcing
that while in eastern Europe, Palestine
and Egypt lie became pretty well con.
WINGED that Christianity Is making no
gains over MohammedanisIn on the line
where they touch politically. He failed
to find upon diligent inquiry that any
where in the borderland Mohammedans
had been converted to Christianity in
the sense in which most persons sup,
pose that hundreds of thousands have
been converted. Islam is absolutely un,
yielding, defiant and unbroken In
strength. In the University of Cairo,
which has the largest student body of
any school In the world, the Koran Is
the sole text book and education con.
sists of memorizlng passages from that
volume. In this there has been no
change in hundreds of years.
This is discouraging news to those
who have set their hopes high for tha
evangelization of the world, but It does
not mean that missionary work in Mo.
hammedan countries is all in vain. Not
all of those who live in Mohammedan
countries are followers of the prophet
M the missionaries do good work
with the outsiders. Again there are
many, like the Copts, nominally Chris
tians, who need the aid of missionaries
TO lead them TO the real Christian life
While the limit of Mohammedan polit
zeal influence is being gradually driver
back from Europe and from the Dor
ders of the two other continents, mis-
slonaries supported by the churches are
preparing the people for the changed
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
LEAVIN' HOME,

Frank l.. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution,
When u Teller sort of packs his traps an
goes away from home,
Whar the birds are allus singin' an the
moneys in the comb
Whar the sunshine is the brightest an the
heart beats all in tune,
An nte's as. sweet in winter as in rosiest
days O. June
No matter how the skies locke they're
Jest as bright an blue
AS the eyes with which your sweetheart
tWinkled messages to you
You'll find EN- CROWN misty, with a haze
on field an plain,
An your eyes'll sorter twinkle and the lids
hide the rain.
Fer the distance-it looks lonesome, an
though roses red an white
Air jest as sweet off yonder, with the deWs
an with the light, -,
AS the. ones in old-time gardens, yit-it's
mighty fur to roam
An you know more of the roses in the
little spot called Home
So, packin' up fer leavin' sorter makes you
tumble roun'
Fer handkerchiefs to dry the tears that
Will come tricklin' down.
An though you say it's foolishness. Wit
worlds so wide to roam,
An the best world fer a Teller Is the little
world at home.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
BLASTS PROM RAMS HORN.

Heroism cannot be estimated by the
dollar.
War turns the tyrant inside out, revealing
the slave.
The fool fishes for %nattery; the wise man
works for wages.
The joys extracted by a corkscrew arc
AWAY transitory ones.
Neither in a woman's heart. nor in heaven,
IS there room for the coward.
There is hope for a nation while 1t can
night without asking; For how much?t
Some men count 1t gain to take dishon-
esty from their hearts to put in their
purses.
Modern society casts out the women who
are lepers, and takes the men into its
parlors.
The cry of wolf" as often emonotes
from the VOLTS companion as from the
shepherd.
The devil Is not worrying over the
preacher who puts more rhetoric than
Christianity into his sermons.
The infants first gesture is interrogatory.
The perpetual question of the child is
why" The characteristic remark of the
Yankee is, II want to know"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
FITNESS FOR SELF-GOvERNMENT

fiINESS FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT.
Ihe question as to the fitness of the
Cnbans for self-government is of great
interest to the American people, since
there Is involved in it the question of
the future relations of the United States
to Cuba. If it shall be shown that the
men who have struggled for Cuban
freedom are capable of establishing and
administering an Independent and re-
sponsible government, republican in
form, the task of this country will be
less arduous and difficult than many of
our people now apprehend. If it should
appear, on the other hand, that the Gu
bans in revolt against Spanish rule do
not comprehend the principles of popu-
lar government and lack those qualities
which are essential to the erection and
maintenance of such a form of govern
ment, it will be necessary for the
United States, in fultillment of the re.
sponsibility it has assumed, to maintain
n military government in Cuba for an
Indefinite time. This would mean not
only more or less trouble for ourselves,
since government by military power
would be very sure to encounter OpD0
sition, but its tendency would be to
strengthen the already developing an
neXation sentiment and lead us into
what we have most explicitly declared
we did not intend in going to war.
Belief in the fitness and capacity of
the Cubans for self-government was
moro unnn.nl hnfn,.a t1A ,-,, 4L.- ~ 4.
at present. Senator Proctor and others
who went to Cuba returned with the
conviction that the men in arms against
Spain were fully qualified to establish
and administer q responsible govern
ment. But some Americans who long
resided in Cuba have expressed doubt
whether such is the case. Something
has been learned concerning the Cubans
during the past two months. 1t has
been found that their army was much
smaller than thty had reported it to be,
While as soldiers they are far below
the standard with which they were
credited. Furthermore they have dis
closed a spirit far from commendable.
1t Is probably true that there are among
the Cubans men of education and char
acter who are fitted for self-government,
but it is a question whether this minor.
ity could keep the larger number under
control. General Howard has found
Cubans who want a republic modelled
after the United States, but it would
hardly be safe to accept these as rep
resentative Of the whole body of Gu
bans.
In regard to the Philippine insurgents,
who have set up Il dictatorship and are
manifesting a disposition to do as they
please, their fitness for self-government
Is very questionable. They are said to
have, as a people, some good qualities
and n former British consul to the Phil.
ipplnes has eXtolled the Malays, from
whom the insurgents are chiefly drawn,
as n superior type Of men. Yet Agui.
naldo and his followers are manifestins
a spirit which does not the
ide that they are fitted for self-gov,
eminent. They hate Spanish rule, un.
der which they have been oppressed and
robbed, as strongly as the Cubans do,
but 1t Is not to be inferred from their
desire to shake off that rule that they
are capable of governing themselves.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
BANKRUPT CORPORATIONS FLEECED
Extravngnnt Salaries and Enormous
Allowances for Receivers.

E~xtravngnnt Salaries and Enormous
Allowances for Receivers.
Washington Post.
The receiver of a failed national bank at
Lincoln, Neb, died suddenly one day last
week and before night the currency comp
trolier at Washington had received seven ap-
pllcatlons by telegraph for the position.
This fairly illustrates what a prize corpora
ton receiyership has become. 1t would seem
to be about time for the courts to take a
less generous view of the compensation due
TO persons acting in that capacity.-Spring-
field Republican
Our contemporaries comment on one of
the real and great abuses which too many
OF the courts, both federal and state, have
long encouraged, is timely. The time came
long ago when the judicial tribunals that
exercise jurisdiction in the matter of re-
ceiverships should have begun ''to take a
less generous view of the compensation due
to persons acting in that capacity" Mil
lions OF dollars belonging of right to de-
positors OF banks, to the intended bene-
fciaries OF life insurance policies, to owners
Of stocks or bonds in railroad and manu-
featuring companies, and to the creditors
Of other corporations have been wrested
from them to pay extrayagant salaries and
enormous allowances to receivers.
We do not know anything about the con-
dition Of the defunct bank in Nebraska,
but 1t is not surprising to learn that seven
candidates filed their applications for the
vacant receiverBhip as soon as they learned
that the incumbent had drawn his last
breath. The reason why such a rush was
to have been expected Is that the impress
sion that a receivership Is "a fat take" a
short and easy way TO get a deal of wealth,
Is unusually prevalent. The reason for its
universal DppVa1anpa 10 that hundreds ~
men have grown rich through that agency.
The worst cases, we think, have occurred
under state jurisdictions. In New York, for
example, some twenty-odd years ago, the
policy-holders of life insurance companies
were mercilessly plundered by gangs of
scoundrels who found protection In the
courts. There has been a reform In that
state, not only in the insurance laws and
their enforcement, but In the disposal Of the
assets Of bankrupt corporations. But other
states have followed New York's discarded
example, and the men, women and children
whose fortunes have been partially swal-
lowed up by failures have lost the balance
through legalized robbery perpetrated by re-
%ceivers.
II there be one class Of unfortunates
whose cases should appeal more powerfully
than any others TO the honor OF the bench,
IL is the victims Of corporation failures.
They have, in many instances, been wronged
by avs artfully framed to facilitate rob-
berry, and let the robbers escape punish
ment. There are states which make a spe-
clalty OF chartering outside corporations
under conditions which experience has con-
demned-conditions OF the j%ug-handle kind,
all on one side. II is not possible for the
courts to prevent the credulous from trust
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

A few weeks ago Apostle Brigham
Young lifted his voice in the Taber-
nacle and advised young Mormons with
patriotic impulses to remain at home
and put their money into war bonds
rather II Ia to enlist in the army and
take the risk of being sent to Cuba or
the Philippines, where fevers abound.
Since the fall of Santiago the Mormon
voice has come out strong for the war
and permission is given young Nor
mons to enlist. 1t may properly be
added that regardless Of bad advice the
Utah quota was quickly filled in both
calls for troops and the young men in
the Mormon churches were as patriotic
as those in other churches.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

American people may show will count
so strongly for the extension of trade
MS the building up of n merchant ma
rine equal to the demands of commerce
and which shall make us independent
OF the ship owners OF other nations. No
n who has given intelligent attention
to this subject will question that the
want Of an adequate merchant marine
has placed us Mt a serious disadvantage
In competition with commercial rivals.
South American merchants have re.
peatedly pointed this out. They would
buy our goods more readily and more
largely IL they were carried in Amerl-
can ships under The American flag.
There appears to be, so far as they are
concerned. n certain amount of senti.
ment In the matter and perhaps this
may prevail elsewhere. but for us the
question Is of the most practical char
acter. Our commercial independence
and our commercial supremacy are in
volved in it.
This subject will command the earn.
est attention Of the country in the neal
future and a solution of the problem
must be found. We cannot very much
longer subject Jul foreign commerce TO
dependence upon the ship owners of
Europe, to whom we annually pay tens
of millions Of dollars for its transporta-
ton. Perhaps nothing is to be expected
from the present congress for the build
ing up of a merchant marine, but the
Fifty-siXth congress, If it shall be re-
publican in both branches, will un-
doubtedly deal with this very important
question in a practical way.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
GOOD AND B1b cRop YEARS.

1t is the poor crop seasons that fol.
low the good ones that are especially
hard ON the unintelligent farmers. This
year, for instance, the moisture has
been abundant even in the regions
where the average annual rainfall is
slightly less than that required for most
abundant vegetation, and as Il result
the face of the earth is covered with
verdure and crops of all kinds equal or
exceed the average in quantity and
quality. Almost anybody could make
a success of farming this year. a great
many will actually make more than a
success of 1t.
The dry years are the ones in which
the farmers learn the economics of the
science of agriculture. They plan for
conservation of the moisture nature has
doled out to them in scant supply; they
plan for using every bit of land upon
which vegetation can be coaxed to grow
and they import new plants and adopt
now ways of ~cultivating. Some things
learned in the school of experience
made necessary by a poor crop year are
too soon forgotten. a good crop year
begets indifference to the little essen
tials of agricultural science, and as n
consequence the recurrence of another
poor crop season finds the less thought
full of the farmers ill-prepared to meet
the old problems and to wrest victory
from ~begrudging nature.
But this phenomenon, this quick learn
ing and quick forgetting, is not peculiar
to those who follow the plow. Good
crops mean good general business in az
ricultural communities, and quite often
business men In prosperous times for
get the lessons of adversely and place
themselves upon a business basis that
cannot be maintained. 1t is Just as
prudent to prepare for a poor crop year
in Il good one as to prepare for war in
a time of peace.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
Fighting at Full Speed.

Captain Clark of the Oregon has knocked
the fogy theories of the naval board OF con-
struction higher than Gilderoy's kite. In his
report of the battle with the Spanish feet
he says; THE two remaining vessels were
now some distance ahead, but our speed had
increased to sixteen knots and the Vizcaya
was soon sent to the shore in lanes" In
face OF the solemn declaration from the
naval board OF construction that no naval
battle was ever fought at as high a rate of
speed as sixteen knots. Captain Clark comes
forward and demonstrates that with the
heaviest armored and armed vessel of the
feet he sailed sixteen knots an hour aud
whipped everything as he sailed along.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

The failure of the great American
sport, base ball, to attract the attention
usually given it by the sport-loving
Americans, is due largely to interest in
the war. The American people love
sports, but a part of their popularity is
ascribable to a desire for something ex-
citing and eXhilarating. The war is a
topic that affords a great deal Of excite
ment and the result is that sports Of all
kinds are suffering this year. But the
American people will hardly give up
their sports or allow any permanent de.
cline in their interest in athletics.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

The American people are surprising
the officials Of the internal revenue
bureau in the way they are calling for
more stamps, and it is now estimated
that they will use more internal revenue
stamps than postage stamps. The num-
Der printed for the Postotfice depart
ment reaches 5000, 100000 annually and
now the internal revenue bureau is
sending out about 15,O00,00O revenue
stamps daily. The stamp business is
having a big boom.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

ing Incorporated dishonesty. The courts
could not prevent such corporations from
squandering the means intrusted to their
care. But when a corporation goes to the
wall its assets belong to its creditors; and
any oxorbitant or unreasonable allowance
to a receiver is made at the expense Of those
who have already been victimized. The
courts can promote justice and enhance the
respect OF the masses for our judicial tri-
bunals by seeing to II that receivers are not
so aGluently compensated as to make their
Office the most desirable piece OF plumber
that greed and avarice long for.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
How Retaliation Would Work.
Phlladelnhia Racnrd.

Switzerland has fallen into line with the
other nations of central Europe in excluding
fresh and unpeeled dried American fruits.
with the view of keeping out the dreaded
San Jose scale. Last year Switzerland sent
us nearly S14, 900. 600 worth of goods, while
our exports to that country were scarcely
$40, 900. The thrifty Swiss are dealing some
what hardly with one of their best customers
in International trade.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

The national guardsmen of the future
should be men who are fitted for actual
service in the armies of the United
States. 1t does not pay to give mill
tary training to men physically unfit to
bear arms.