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Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30
RELIGIOUS STRIFE IN BRITAIN.

Chicago Tribune: Among the many sen
sational things uttered by DR.. Joseph
Parker of the City Temple, London, in his
Cromwell day sermon was his denunciation
Of the Church of England for accepting
Protestant money for performing Popish
tricks'-referring to the ritualistic branch
of the Church of England. over in Canada
an objection OF a different character was
made last Sunday by the dean of the diocese
of Toronto, who preached against the Brit
ish coronation oath, which calls on the
sovereign to denounce as idolatrous and
superstitious the doctrine of transsubstan-
tiation. This doctrine, the dean asserted,
was believed by every ~ritualist in England.
TIT Inconsistency of requiring the sover-
eign to denounce an article of faith openly
held by a large portion Of the established
church is evident. a remedy for this would
be to amend the coronation oath or dis
establish the church, and. better still, both,
Chicago Chronicle: when you run short
of sermon topics" the g~ray-haired ortho-
dox theological professor is quoted as say
ing to his graduating class, lit will always
be in order to take a fall out of the pope"
DR.. Joseph Parker, a prominent noncon-
formist minister of London, has apparently
modified this comfortable method of keep
ing a perpetual topic on tap to conform with
surrounding conditions. In England II is
becoming questionable to swear at the
pope, however de rigueur the custom may
still be in the north of ireland, but there
is no handicap on public and private de-
nunciations of the sultan of Turkey. What
the critics of Gladstone used to call the
nonconformist conscience of England has
always maintained an attitude toward the
ruler Of the Ottoman empire somewhat akin
to its policy toward Beelzebub OF the prince
OF darkness. DT. Parker is a fair repre-
sentative of this type of Britisher, but it Is
hardly consistent even with the extremity
OF Christian zeal to make the pulpit q
vehicle for blasphemy. But the sultan can
probably stand it if the doctor or his con-
eregation can.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30

doubts that will In a few
years be quadruplcd? The bulk of 1t
will be ours, even with the open door,
for we shall have the advantage of Eng
land, Germany and France in distance
and in freight rates" Unquestionably
there is n good field in the Orient for
American commercial enterprise, but we
are inclined to think that Senator Frye,
like many others, has an e~Xtravagant
estimate of it. As to the Philippines, 1t
may well be doubted whether the trade
of the Islands Will be quadrupled in a
generation and If it should be it is
most improbable that the United states
will get the bulk of it.
The conflict of commerce is certainly
more fierce than ever before and the
American people cannot afford to let pass
any legitimate opportunity FOR obtaining
new markets and extending their trade.
But 1t is not necessary to this that they
shall adopt a policy of territorial eX-
pansion and become involved in the COM
plications of European nations.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30
Tyg PHILIPPINE SITUATION.


There was no change yesterday in the
Philippine situation and there may no.
be for several days. though the opinion
expressed by General Otis, that the in.
surgents are tired Of war. justiies be-
lief that they will not greatly delay sub.
mission TO the terms Of the American
commander. which require unconditional
surrender, amnesty to he given all the
insurgents. According TO n report from
London, made on the authority Of the
Filipino junta there, secret negotiations
have been going on between a member
of the American commission and a rep
rescntative of A|guinaldo. but we do not
think the statement entitled to any Gre
dence. The same authority says that
General Luna does not represent Agui-
naldo's government, but if that were 50
1t is most improbable that General Otis
would have given any consideration TO
the proposal submitted by the officers
sent to him by General Luna. Undoubt-
eddy these officers had credentials which
satisfied the American commander that
they represented an authority capable
of ending hostilitics and not a mere fac
ton.
1t is stated that at Manila there Is
difference of opinion regarding the pur-
pose of the Filipino leaders, some
thinking that they are e~ndeavoring to
get Il little time in which to recuperatc
their forces, but the majority take the
view that they want peace and are only
solicitous to retire with honor as one
of the insurgent officers put 1t. 1t seems
unreasonable to assume that the re-
quest for an armistice, with n view to
peace negotiations, was not made in
good faith, for a few weeks cessation of
hostilitics would not enable the insur-
gents to accomplish much by way of
strengthening themselves or remedying
whatever Generalization there may be
in their army. Admit that these
people are tricky and quite capable of
duplicity, still they must be credited
with sufficient intelligence to understand
that in the present circumstances they
have most to gain by straightforward
dealing. They cannot seriously hope to
deceive General Otis and his advisers.
Meanwhile the American forces are
not idle. Lawton is pushing on TO join
Macarthur and when the junction is
effected the campaign will be continued
If the enemy does not decide to termi-
nate hOstilities,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Admiral Kautz appears to have forgotten
the motto of statesmen, Burn this"
Colonel Fred Funston, the Kansas cy>
clone in the tropics, is not a Chicago man.
He didn't stop to boil the water.
Governor Roosevelt of New York thinks
that the success of municipal ownership de-
Ponds largely on who owns the city.
Reflections on the deadliness of the eli
mate of the Philippines should be toned
down, in view of the activity Of the Amer
lean cyclone.
Patriotic fervor knows not race lines.
Among the names of men welcoming the
bluejackets of the Raleigh at a dinner were
Smith, McAdoo and Guggenheimer.
Admiral Kautz's description of the cos
tune of Samoa's young king shows that
civilization is making some progress in that
section. A cooked hat beats a postage
stamp as a sunshade.
Police Magistrate Flammer of New York
says that a certain professional bondsman of
the "tenderloin" district has an income from
the business equal to the salary of the presi-
dent of the United States.
The correspondent in a divorce case In
New York, who wrote to the defendant,
How ! long to put my arms around you
and tell you love you" testified her feel
ings were of a ~platonic order. That's coo..
A Brooklyn court took mean advantage OF
q woman by dismissing her case for dam
ages against a street railroad simply be-
cause she admitted that she stepped or
backward, The inherent privilege OF women
should not be brusquely abridged.
The first American reform needed in tho
Philippines is a revision of the unBronounce-
able names Of towns. Although We have a
few jaw-twisters at home. poetic necessities
require a better grade of spelling ciyiliza-
ton for export than is consumed at home.
A shortage in the crop Of foreign wine
and a shrinkage in the home output or
hard cider is reported. There is no oc.
casion for alarm, however. The supply
OF beer is abundant, and connoisseurs as
sert the collar is tall enough to smother a
pug nose.
The Washington Post rendered its COM
pllments TO the editors of a leading maga>
zine and observes: 1--WE are indebted to
the editors poetry for many hours of peace,
full and refreshing slumber." The hearty
cordiality of the compliment disarms com,
ment.
The first faint murmur of cyclone
chroniclers indicate a regrettable tendency
to sameness. Reports OF babies carried half
a mile and dropped in haystacks; dumping
men, uninjured, in rivers; stripping the
feathers of chickens, and removing the
barbs from wire fences, are c~yelonic
achievements without merit Of novelty. The
season is young, and there is yet time for
the genius who noted how a twister sucked
sixty gallons of molasses through the buns
without disturbing the barrel, may yet have
an opportunity TO develop his talents.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30

The refreshing announcement made a
few days ago by the representative of
the late Cuban junta in the United
States that he is now engaged in facili-
tating the repatriation of Cubans who
had left the island in consequence of the
war should prepare the public for an
other appeal for funds for the assistance
of these wards of the Antillean pearl.
According to information from the same
source, the Cubans who emigrated to
the United States number fully 10000,
all of whom are anxious to return, but
with few exceptions lack the means to
do so. While the Cuban armies which
were screwed up to the top notch on
paper shrank to hundreds in place of
thousands when called on to fall in be.
hind the American soldiers, the chances
are that the 10000 eXpatfiated patriots
will expand rather than contract on
closer examination.
Shorn of %obscuring verbiage, the sit
uation then is simply this: Thousands
of cowardly Cubans fearing Impress
ment into the military service fed their
own country rather than help fight for
its freedom and now that the prize has
been won, they will ask the American
people either through private subscrip-
ton or congressional appropriation to
furnish them the money needed to take
them back. In many instances their
~ineXcusable flight left their families and
dependents to starve or subsist on char
ity or to be brought to this country by
the generous assistance of the various
philanthropic societies.
Had these a~ble-bodied Cuban towards
had the spark of true manhood they
would have remained in their own coun
try and shown their appreciation of the
American intervention in response to
their repeated prayers by joining our
troops in the task of driving out the
Spaniards. Had they developed any
self-respect during their residence in
This country, they would be above ask
ing charity, but would go to work and
earn whatever is necessary to defray
the expenses of the return trip.
While the talk of the representatives
of the late junta about these Cuban I'M
%fortunates being eXiled from their ma
tive land by their poverty may rest upon
u foundation of truth, after the dis
graceful conduct of these runaways, it
will not strike a very popular chord.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30

tcntial competition as the great auto.
matte trust regulator is simply falling
back Upon the long-cXploded let-alone
doctrine that recommended inaction as
the panacca for all economic ills. Let
the trusts alone and they will soon over
run every branch of human activity.
Should they reach the stage where Il
small combination of trust magnates
would have it in their power to stop or
move the wheels on which TIE nation
moves, to rely on potential competition
to stay oppression would be hanging
hopes upon a slender thread.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30
GROWTH OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

= VI Az EN'fiOOI4Hs
The convention at Atlanta of the ninth
international and fourteenth national
Sunday school convention invites atten.
ton to the wonderful growth of the
Sunday school, which as Il Outstanding
II educational force has accomplished
a work of inestimable value. 1t will be
interesting to nearly everybody to note
some facts showing the progress that
has been made in this department of re-
ligious instruction.
The enduring foundations of the sun
day school were laid in Gloucester, Eng
land, in 1850 and four years later the
first school was opened in London,
though in the meanwhile schools had
been established in other parts of Eng
land. In nine years the number of sun.
day school scholars in the British isles
was 100000. The first school in the
United States was established in New
Jersey in 1IS6. The statistics show that
in s there were about 2,400, 900 pupils
in Sunday schools in England, 100000
in Scotland, 275,OOO in Ireland and
100000 in America. BY 1880 the
United States had 6,SOO,OOO Sunday
school scholars and $4,000 teachers. At
that time the number of Sunday school
scholars in the world was 10000, 900.
The statistics for 1890 show 7O4,O 0
teachers and $685. 600 scholars in the
United Kingdom and 100000 teachers
and S,345,000 pupils in the United
States. Canada had $1,000 teachers and
10000 pupils. The totals for the world
were 100000 teachers and 17,T20,000
pupils. 1t is estimated that at present
the number of Sunday school teachers in
the world is not less than 2,500,000 and
the number of scholars $4,000, DOC.
These figures are certainly impressive.
They show what a vast army is actively
employed in religious work and while
they suggest how much greater number
in the civilized world are not in the
Sunday schools, the progress shown
holds out the most encouraging promise
for the future. A worlds congress of
Sunday schools is TO be held in London
next year which will probably give Il
fresh impetus to this branch of religious
work.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30
THE WESTERN PIONEER.
London Spectator.

I can hear the willows whispering. way
down the Arctic slope,
Every shivering little leafet gray with
There's no color in the heavens. and on
earth there seems no hope.
And the shadow of the winters on the
year.
An it's lonesome, lonesome, lonesome, when
the russell gold is shed.
An the naked world stands waiting for
the doom;
the silence overhead,
An my campfire just an island IN che
gloom.
When the very bears are hiding from the
terror that's to come,
An the unseen wings above me whistle
When except the grooming. pine trees and
the willows, natures dumb,
And the river roadway freezes to its
mouth.
But I cannot strike the home trail, I would
An I want no others smoke across my
sky;
When / drop, I'll drop alone, as alone I've
On the frontier where I've led. let me
lie.
I wouldn't know mems language, I couldn't
think their thought,
couldn't bear the hurry of man.
Where every acres built on. where all God
made Is bought,
And they'd almost make a hire.ing of the
wind.
I've been allus in the lead since I grew
grass high,
Since my fathers prairie schooner left the
hnown
For a port beyond the sky line, never seen
by human eye,
Where God, and Gods creation dwell
alone.
Way back I heard men CALM; one
woman's voice was fond,
An the rich lands toward harvest muir
INJURED Rest"
But a sweeter voice kept calm from the
UNEMPLOYED beyond,
A wild voice in the mountains calm
West"
I heard it in the foothills-then I climbed
the great divide;
In the ca~nyon-then I faced the rapids
roar:
In the little breeze at dawning, in the dusk
at eventide.
The voice that kept a calm went be-
fore.
My crooked hands are empty, my six-foot
frame is bent,
There amt nothing but my trail to leave
behind,
An the voice that I have followed has not
told me what II meant,
An the eyes that sought a sign are nearly
blind.
But ] hear it calm still, as I lay me down
to rest,
Ar l dream the voice love has never
That l hear. a people comm. the great
people of the west,
An maybe twas His voice calm me 10
gulLr,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30

May day was the signal for strikes all
over the land, in which thousands of
workers threw down their tools because
the demand for more wages was not
granted. This year there are n few
strikes, 1t Is true, for the time will never
come when labor everywhere will he
contented. But the strikes of this year
have not up to date been of great mo-
ment, or involved any large numbers of
workers and there Is every prospect
that the same conditions will continue.
Not a day passes without the announce
ment of one or more large industries
granting n voluntary increase of wages.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30
Pacific Coast Phenomena.

NdllOlldl bldllliC AldSdElIlc.
The extension of explorations and OBJ
servations in the region of country west of
the Rocky mountains tends in many ways
to develop and confirm the proposition that
a steadily progressive aridity is slowly re-
placing former more humid climatic condi-
tions. This change is manifest in various
ways-most conspicuously in the decreas-
ing volume of water in many of the lakes
and streams throughout the region, as
shown by the existence of former beach
lines at higher levels, and in the profound
disturbances and notifications taking place
in the native flora.
The phenomena which follow the advance
Of aridity are not limited by altitude, for,
while the desert conditions at low elevations
exhibit them in their most intense aspect,
they are also clearly traceable to the high
est SUBMITS, where gradually dwindling
glaciers and abnormally high extensions of
certain lowland types OF forest show the
general trend of the climatic change.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30
viii the West Unite.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The way for the west to get the speaker
ship is to consolidate on some particular
aspirant. There is a chance that many OF
the western men already mentioned in con
nection with the office will drop out before
the republican caucus at the opening of con-
gress is held. Some of the others will retire
early in the caucus. There will have to be a
practical union of the west upon a single
candidate, however, If this section is to win.
The east will have fewer aspirants than the
west, and in this respect will have an ad-
vantage. But in preponderance of votes the
west will have the lead, and with a little
public spirit and intelligence this lead can
be made decisive.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30

After making the experiment a South
Dakota farmer is convinced that a hired
man, a match and n windy day will
speedily remove Il straw stack. No
guarantee accompanies the recommen-
available assets a large AMOUNT of other
property. The man who sets a fire
on such Il day belongs to the same class
as the one who blows down the muzzle
of a rifle without knowing it is loaded or
who pulls a gun out of a wagon by the
business end.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30
BLASTS FROM pAM's HORN.
Sometimes ignorance is wisdom.

Sometimes Ignorance is wisdom.
self-indulgence is the road to ruin.
1t takes two fools to make nattery pos.
sible.
There is no wealth that can ward of
tears.
The changeful heart will never win and
wed the truth.
Putting the bread Of life on the church
steeple won't feed those on the ground.
one sin in a day will unravcl the whole
like the dropping Of a stitch in knitting.
1t is the practice OF hypocrites to spirit
ualize the precepts and accept the promises
as practical.
1t makes all the difference when you pray
whether you leel that you are using a long
distance phone or just talking in the ear OF
your friend.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30

The Missouri legislature has already
authorized st. Louis to donate $4,000 0
in bonds and voted to submit a constI-
tutional amendment for Il state appro-
priation of $1,OOO,OOO for the coming
Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1908.
Contrast with this the delayed and be-
grudging action of the Nebraska legisla-
Transmississlppi Exposition at Omaha
and marvel anew ut the success achieved
under discouraging difficulties.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30

Members Of the ~insular commission
which has just returned from Porto Rico
express the opinion that the island is
not only rich in natural resources but
the people are of a class calculated 10
make good citizens. That they are not
so turbulent as those of other former
Spanish possessions is indicated by their
history, but there is much evidence
showing that they are possessed of the
same spirit of unrest and dissatisfaction
as the inhabitants of other portions of
former Spanish domain. The great
difficulty is that Spanish-speaking people
have never, with the single exception of
Mexico, set about it in an intelligent
manner to correct evils complained of.
They simply kick up Il disturbance and
when the dust has settled relapse into
former conditions. Under American
tutelage the Porto Ricans may learn, and
it is to be hoped they will, but the peo-
pie of this country should not expect too
much.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30

The Filipino leaders indicate by their
latest turn that they will adopt the
horse-trader tactics which characterized
the surrender OF Santiago. 1t will be
remembered a certain amount of dick
ering was necessary TO satisfy the honor
of the Spanish leaders, after which they
gave up as gracefully as possible. One
thing is certain, the natives will not get
100000 to carry to Hong Kong as they
did when they made the last settlement
with the Spanish.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30

England and Russia, having concluded
that 1t is better to divide up in China
than to quarrel over the question of
precedence, have mutually agreed that
Russia is to build the railroads in the
north OF China and England in the cen
trail portions, The rights of the Chinese
in the premises are not considered, nor
is 1t likely that it will make much differ
ence what the celestials want.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30
Internntionnl Trade Competition.

T IIIIUJIUIId LtUBtT.
The iron and steel trades of Great Britain
have begun to "'seriously consider the sub.
ject of American competition in their lines.
They have not yet decided what they are
going to do about it, but they recognize the
danger of letting their customers come TO
America and will make vigorous efforts to
keep them at home. American works may
expect keener competition than ever from
their British rivals hereafter.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30

The payment of another dividend on
Transmississippi Exposition stock, max
ing in all SI12 per cent of original sub
scriptions, will arouse the people of
Omaha 10 a new appreciation of the
debt owed to the men who made that
great public enterprise so unexampled
a success. 1t will require no $4,000
history to perpetuate this record of ac-
complished results.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30

The Wisconsin legislature has enacted
an anti-pass law very sweeping in It's
provisions. 1t prohibits public officials
of all kinds and delegates to political
conventions from riding oil passes and
provides heavy penalties both to the
giver and user of the pass. Other states
will watch results with much interest
to ascertain how far it will be success
full in preventing pass-bribery in poll
ties and in taking the railroads out of
notifies.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30

however. he felt sorry for her and with
perfect sang froid he replied:
why. yes; you can wash my face II you
want to-"
"Td be only too glad to- gasped the
visitor, eagerly.
"All right" said the cavalier. gallnntly,
go ahead. It's been washed twenty-one
times already today, but l don't mind going
through 1t again II it'll make you any
HAMMER"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30

When wireless telegraphy has gotten
to the point of serving to give notice of
a shipwrecked vessel the prospect is
that the discovery will materialize COM
mercially faster than anticipated. Per.
haps it may not be necessary to subsi-
die a Pacific cable company after all.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30
Too Many OIogics i'm school.

dSIIITIB IVI USI,
The average boy or girl has no use what
ever for geometry, algebra, chemistry, phys
ical geography or ancient history as studied
in the average public school. 1t is of the
utmost Importance that he should know
thoroughly the principal rules of arith-
metic, should be able to spell correctly,
write a good hand and read and speak with
out mispronouncing words.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30

Better Than Medicine,

Brooklyn Eagle.
Tubercular consumption has decreased Sc
per cent in England in forty years. 1t will
decrease everywhere as soon as sunlight and
fresh air are supplied to every office, shop,
school and home. Darkness and dampness
and closeness are its best friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-30

Rains throughout Nebraska promise
unexampled soil conditions for this
years crop. Good crops for the farmer
mean poor political crops for calamity
hOwlerS.