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Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28
4 FAMOUS MEETING.

Indianapolis journal: 1t is safe 10 say
that IL the president and eX-Speaker Reed
have anything to say regarding politics and
policies on the quiet they would not have
arranged a meeting on an open lot at mid
day
Chicago News: President Mckinley and
Speaker Reed attended n cake-walk on Jekyl
island, but the dispatches say the incident
was devoid Of political significance. With
this assurance there Is no reason why the
people should not again settle back in re-
pose.
Cleveland Plain Dealer They met. Twas
on the dock. They spoke. The assembled
crowd strained their ears To catch the fate
full words. "How do you do, Mr. President?
How do you do, Mr. Speaker" Then they
tipped hats and parted. The momentous
Jekyl island conference was over.
Minneapolis Journals; On a balmy isle in
the southern sea, placed far amid the mel
ancholy main," the speaker and the presi-
dent met. They bowed low and spoke and
the president passed on 1t was a pleasant
greeting, but the speaker and the president
do not sit and hold each others hands IN
the twilight
Buffalo Express: The suggestion that
President Mckinley and Speaker Reed have
met at Jekyl island for the purpose of agree
ing on a currency policy to be advanced in
the next congress would be plausible If it
were not for the fact that there are no
differences between the views Of the speaker
and the presidency as to the currency
Chicago Journal: Something is up. At
II a. m. Messrs. Reed and Hanna were seen
coming. arm in arm, out OF Mr. Reeds
apartments in the Sans Soucci club house.
They shook hands and Mr.. Reed said:
"The future looks bright" to which Mr..
Hanna gave the countersgn: IL hope so'
Afterward Mr.. Hanna was heard to remark
that it was a fine day. Exactly what these
alusions to a bright future" "hope,' and
"a fine day may mean Is not known posi-
lively, but it is possible the speakers have
arranged to have prosperity dawn again
on Jekyl island.
Chicago Tribune: 1t is faithfully recorded
that on the arrival of the presidential party
at Jekyl island Speaker Reed was among
those who greeted and welcomed the visitors,
the speaker smilingly raising his hat and
saying: How do you do, Mr.. President ?"
To this pleasant inquiry it is also recorded
the president, with a low bow, replied
How do you do, Mr.. Speaker" And then
the waves Tapped as usual on the strand,
the sky took on a more enhancing blue, the
pretty girls in summer frocks" looked
more enchanting than ever, and things at
Jekyl island resumed their usual way.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28
RACE WARS AT HOME.
Sample Instances of Civilization In
Action Down South.


few days ago four negroes were lynched
together by white mob in Georgia. Now
We have news of the lynching of three in the
same way in Mississippi, and of seven in
Arkansas. The trouble in Georgia was due
to the fact that there had been some fires
in a town, which appeared to be of incendi-
airy origin, and that number of negroes
were suspected of having had something to
do with starting them. In tde Mississippi
case there had been "a small race disturb
ance," three weeks ago, in which some
white planters were shot at from ambush,
presumably by blacks, and one mule was
wounded. crowd Of citizens decided to ar
rest all the blacks who were suspected of
being implicated in the affair, and three of
the number, who had been turned over to
deputy sheriff to be taken to jail, were seized
by mob and put to death. The Arkansas
lynChing grew out OF the murder OF white
man by negro. The murderer gave himself
up to officers of the law, who started for jail
with him, but a mob took him from the
guard and Strung him up" and then de-
clded to teach his race lesson by inilicting
the same summary punishment upon twenty
three other blacks, who are alleged to have
plotted with him for race war, seven OF
whom had certainly been strung up" at
last accounts, and the rest probably
Such wholesale lynchings of blacks by
whites as these grow more common all the
while, and happen more frequently when
there is only suspicion of the guilt of the
victims. They are most disquleting as an
index of race relations at present and as a
warning for the future. Why is it that
after a generation of freedom, and while
the whites have the whole machinery for
the administration of justice in their hands
they are slaughtering the blacks by whole
sale in this summary fashion upon the mere
suspicion of their guilt? One explanation
Of the mystery is undoubtedly to be found
in the suggestion by Bishop Turner of the
African Methodist Episcopal church in Geor
gia that "the young white generation com
| ing up knows nothing OF the former friendl!
feeling existing between the negro anC
white man" Bishop Turner is utterl!
| discouraged as to the outlook for his raci
in this country, and sees no future for tn
southern blacks except in migration t
| Cuba, Hawaii or Africa. But he VIII ge
little attention from anybody. The rae
problem in the south is only one OF thos
petty "parOchial questions which "worl'
power" has no time to bother over Whll
it is carrying the benefits of civilization
by shot and shell TO sayages on the ohe
side of the globe.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28
INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.

Public ownership of street railways,
which for so many years has been
matter of fact in England and Scotland,
Is to have n trial in Detroit. The pas
sage of the pingrce bill by the Michigan
legislature will enable that city to ac-
quire the street railway system by the
assumption of its bonded debt and an
issue of bonds payable in installments
out of the net earnings of the next
twenty years. Under this arrangement
the street railway company will resume
ownership of the property in case the
aggregate earnings fail to defray oper-
ating expenses and yield sufficient sur
plus to meet interest and sinking fund
The experiment will be watched with
much interest, both by the public and
the people who have invested in street
railway properties elsewhere.
The Detroit experiment. is, however,
not the first instance of public owner
ship and operatio of II street railway
in the United States. The railway across
the Brooklyn bridge is the property Of
Greater New York and has for years
been managed by joint commission oil
New York and Brooklyn in charge of
the bridge. That railway carries from
80, ,OOO,OO to 100000 passengers per
annum, and its receipts range from
81, 100000 to 81, 100000 a year.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28
NEW MOTIVE POWER.
Bewiiderins Possibilities of TripIer's
Liquid Air.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune
While Tesla's great scheme for projecting
electric power through empty space has
for the time dropped out of sight, Tripler's
equally sensational claims for liquid air as
motive power continue daily to gain
ground. The New York inventor has so
thoroughly established his ability TO make
liquid air cheaply and to apply it success
fully in various wonderful experiments that
he almost compels belief in his main claim
that he can adapt the new force to all steam
engines and locomotives and run them
without water or fuel, If he ever demon
strates this by actual trial the fact Will
revolutionize the whole modern world of
railways and factories
The most important feature of Mr.. Trip
ler's discovery Is the fact that he can use
liquid air to produce more liquid air in an
increasing ratio, In his lecture before the
National Geographic society at Washington
the other evening he repeated this declara-
tlon, stating that with three gallons OF the
liquid he had repeatedly made ten gallons.
and that he could go on doing so for any
length OF time. There is no reason TO
doubt this assertion, but the possibilities it
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28
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j. STERLING AND HIS PARTY.

Minneapolis Tribune: The suggestion of
j. Sterling Morton that ex-senator Edmunds
or Carl Shurz would be an ideal presidential
candidate indicates that the eX-secretary of
agriculture has forgotten entirely his erst-
while patron saint, the great Grover.
indianapolis Journal: Ex-Secretary J.
Sterling Morton of Nebraska really believes
that he and some other democrats can bring
to life and power the democratic party which
stood on the platform upon which Mr.. Cleve-
land was elected in 1892 Mr.. Morton is a
man of exceedingly sanguine temperament.
Chicago Journal: J. Sterling Morton de-
clares that he is in favor of the formation
of a new party. If platform which would
please all the dissatisfied members of the old
parties were drafted there is little doubt
that it could, with the services of a cam
paign manager who was handy with figures,
win in walk.
Chicago Tribune: Former Secretary of
Agriculture j. Sterling Morton, according to
an interview in a Kansas City paper, thinks
O. new party should be formed of all who
are opposed to the present state of affairs
the outs against the ins, as it were. good
place fer holding the convention of such a
party as that Mr.. Morton proposes would be
the Cave of Adullam.
Chicago Times-Herald: The new third
party which Mr.. Morton, former secretary
of agriculture, sees looming up in 1900 is
not discernible with the naked eye. In fact,
Mr.. Morton appears to enjoy the exclusive
use and ownership of the particular politi-
cal binoculars which appear to reveal to him
the coming Of this party down the hazy high
ways of the future.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28

opens up are bewildcrng 1t means that
locomotive equipped with apparatus for
making and Applying liquid air to its piston
heads can run across the continent without
stopping for fuel or water 1t means that
a passenger or freight vessel furnished with
such apparatus can cross the ocean without
coal bunkers or the smoke and dirt OF coal.
1t means that battlcship or cruiser can
circumnavigate the globe without need for
coaling stations. In short, 1t promises to
revolutionize the methods both OF war and
OF peace.
These things are still theory. but It must
be admitted that liquid air is fact and
one with greater promise than any other
now on the industrial horizon. 1t Is not all
impossible that 1t may shortly outstrp clec-
tricity itself in point of practical results;
and again it is also possible that 1t may not
fulhll any of its promises for years to come.
A good many years ago compressed air
seemed about to supersede steam, but the
one fact that 1t froze and clogged the ma
chnery with ice caused its failure in practi-
cal work Some similar difficulty may stand
in the way OF liquid air, yet only within the
last year human ingenuity has triumphed
over the defects CT compressed air, and II
will be strange If the same does not ulti-
mately prove true OF liquid air. which is the
same thing. only infinitely more compressed.
The fascinating possibilities of liquid air
lie in its great compactness, in Its ability to
produce great force by mere contact with
the heat of the outside air, and in its strange
power of reproducing itself fourfold without
fuel. Its intense coldness OF 3l2 degrees be-
low zero makes it hard to handle and 1t Is
as dangerous under certain conditions as dy-
Mantle. But so is electricity dangerous
race that can use the mysterious electric
current with impunity can certainly use so
simple n thing as liquid air without harm.
Then, when 1t is remembered that an ordi-
nary glassfu of liquid air, in the process or
being warmed only 100 degrees. throws OF
force sufficient to run 1000 horsepower
engine, 1t is evident that the financial in
centives to complete the application of 1t to
machinery are of the strongest The abolish
ing Of smoke and SCOT is alone powerful
desideratum. One cannot help following Mr..
Triplers' further experiments with much
hone and with intense interest.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28
JEFFERsONIAN FEAsTING.
Washington Star.


Law the table, butler, and spread the cloth
with care; ,.,,, a.
We're going to have a dinner; twill be
something rich and rare, ,., .
With pate for the nabolbs ana WIN PIE iof
And here and there a sentiment or else
timely joke. ., -, ,,,,s. .v
For be'ides this grand occasion others OF
its kind must pale; -. an
So brown the toast and turn the roast tiIl
all is fifty done ,.,..- i, 49,, ,,,,,,
For the banquet we are giving III lilc haahS
of Jefferson.
And there are other banquets, not so elo-
quent. but quaint, 49,, ..
Where guests are bid 10 reVei III 'he 'eaoh-
ings of the saint. .,,,,, 4, 5,,s.
The study room seems vacant tuere Is nu@'
upon the shelves, ..,n,or,
But il holds jovial crew, whose hleHpeis
Their apnefites are hearty, yet they often
pause to laugh -. ,or,o
While devouring some wise chapter OF soie
pungent paragraph: ,.. T.,
And each book worm pores ana oat'ehs III
an ecstasy of fun
All undsturbed among the "orks VI Ihoi''aS
jefferson.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28

blObt-DSlHOClul.
Careful estimates of the footings of the
next census Of the United States give a
population of 75,000,O00, without counting
new island possessions. The figures in 1890
were about 62,O0O,OOO In wealth the coun-
try has advanced even more rapidly. An
aggregate of $4,000, 900 900 is expected an
increase since 1890 of $4,000 OOO, 900, or as
much as the whole increase from 1860 to
1890. The wealth of this country will be
shown to be double that Of Great Britain.
the next richest nation in the world No
other period in history has witnessed as
great an industrial and business develop
ment as the last decade, and the United
States leads the list by an immense margin.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28
GIVE OMAHA FAIR TREATMENT.

There seems to be no disposition on
the part of the railroads converging
in Omaha to treat the city in a spirit of
fairness. For twenty and more years
Omaha has been compelled to put up
with wretched terminal facilities that
would have disgraced a town of one
tenth it's population and commerce.
While the city has generously donated
valuable rights-o -of-way and privileges
worth millions the railroads have per-
sistently blocked every effort to make
them bear their just share of municipal
tax burdens.
Although their holdings in Omaha
have been increasing from year to year,
the railroad taxes have been reduced
to a mere fraction of what other prop
erty owners are compelled to pay on
property that yields no return. In the
face of the overwhelming public senti-
ment demanding the insertion in the
charter of provision that will place
railroad property on the same footing
with private property-certainly not an
unreasonable or unjust demand-the at
tempt is being made to mutilate the
charter amendments agreed on by the
Douglas delegation and continue the in
excusable exemption of railroad prop
erty from the municipal tax list
Another source of just complaint ana
irritation Is the course pursued by the
railroads with reference to the construc-
ton and reconstruction of viaducts Tor
which under the law they are required
to pay. After resisting the enforcement
of the law to the best of their ability in
the courts and gaining fully five years
immunity they now disregard the de-
cision of the United States supreme
court, which affirmed the validity OF the
law. Having dllly-dallied all these years
and subjected the people to danger ana
inconvenience, they seek to pervert the
purpose of the law by proposing to con-
struct a cheap, narrow bridge instead OF
a commodious viaduct on the principal
retail thoroughfare of the city.
And yet the railroad managers wonder
why the people of Omaha, outside OF
the favored few are dissatisfied with
the treatm the city is receiving at
their hands. If these corporations We're
disposed to meet Omaha half way anu
accord the city and its taNpaying cltl-
zens the treatment to which by rights
they are entitled the railroad managers
would have no cause to complain OF un'
| friendly feeling.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28

to the constitution and that is very
remote possibility. Government owner
ship of the railroads is an impossible
proposition, since it would load upon
the people debt that would be a bur
den for generations. Economy in public
expenditures everybody agrees is de-
sirablc, but 1t is n delusion to suppose
that the democratic party can be more
safely trusted to practice economy than
the republican party.
Mr.. Belmont's political views are an
admixture Of socialism and populism.
They suggest that he may aspire to sec
ond place on the national democratic
ticket next year.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28

Inllauelpnla Ledger
BY the terms of its contract with the
volunteer troops. the government is bound
to return them to their homes when the
treaty of peace with Spain is finally con-
cluded. which will be in few days more.
But thousands of these troops are in the
Philippines, where they are engaged in an
other war, and where their presence is
absolutely necessary. They must remain
until their places can be filled with regular
troops. most Of whom are now in the United
States. The substitution cannot DE made
and the volunteers brought home before au-
tumn, so that they will be compelled to serve
months longer than they agreed to.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28
RAILROAD BUSINESS.
Favorable Showing Made by the Re-
ports for 1898.
philalplnhia Rprnr1

philauelphia Record.
From the preliminary report on the income
account of railways in the United States,
prepared by Henry c. Adams, statistician
oe the Interstate Commerce commission, it
appears that the gross earnings from the
freight and passenger service of 72O lines
operating 81 per cent of the aggregate rail
way mileage in this country, amounted to
$123S, $3.50 for the year ended June 80,
1898, being s116,4SS,6O7 in excess of the
gross earnings during the previous fiscal
year. Other earnings from operations
amounted to $50, 765, Ali, making the total
gross income for the period 81 23S, ,523, $50.
The operating expenses amounted to S811,-
2414 45S ian increase over 1897 of $5S, 49,
694), leaving a net income from operation
of S427,2Sl 922, which is $5S, ,716, 694 in ex-
cess Of the net earnings in the previous
year. In addition to the earnings from
operation the railways which reported to
the commission received an income of $780,
5OS,194 from other sources, making the total
net earnings over operating expenses $780,
79O,116. Dividends to the amount of $65,
995,915 were paid during the year under
consideration, and the interest on bonds
taxes and other fixed charges was $685.
1S9,202, leaving a surplus of $42, 602, 500. The
corresponding item for the year ended June
80, 1897, was a deficit of 81, 412, 399.
The report is confined to operating roads
and the amount of dividends given in the
summary does not include those declared
on the stock of leased lines. This does not
affect the validity of any conclusions that
may be drawn from the figures; the fact
| remains that the net results of the years
business was more favorable for the rail
ways by about $4,000 900 In 1898 than IL
was in 1897, and better by probably $780,
100000 than it was in the panic year 1898
"a. The prosperity of the railways is 6
most gratifying index of the extent of thu
revival of business in the United States
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28
civilization and Dissertation.
Springfield Republican.

CUTITEIVIU KNpUDIIVUH.
General Kitchener's act in destroying the
tomb of the mahdi and in scattering his bones
was one of the most detestable deeds ever
committed by conqueror. John Morley ex-
pressed his horror at such a deed and asked
for verication of the report. General
Kitchener now says that he did it with
premeditation, so that no pilgrimages could
be made to it by the religious followers of
the prophet. The excuse is not valid. 1t is
not necessary to exterminate tombs in the
march of civilization
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28

Cleveland Plain Dealer: say, this Is 600
much! The oysters are going INTO trust
Il should say 1t was stsw much"
Detroit Free Press: Henry Higgs sent
me IA pin made of one of his army buttons
How you must value It, -,
81 did until | found out that seven other
girls each had one, too.
indianapolis Journal: "Remarkable fel-
low that" II marked the admiring triehu
''IIe could play the piano by ear before hs
~ don't see anything" ,. l..
THAT isn't the point. lie quit IL en-
tirely after he grew up
Washington Star: This is Mbad world.
Rafferty," remark d Mr.. Dolan, "ah money
is the root iv all avil.' .,
"oive heard say so befoor," answered an
Mr.. Rafferty,, but it's mistake; If ,twere we're
true, ye,d see the intre, P9IIniaaiSh PId sn0ve 0vt
TsFF'"' sis'! fur dear LOIRE "'0 picks =" '"'
Chicago News: NO" said her father,
you are not the man l want for a son,ih-
dollar Ioi in Your life by your own efforts"
ening up, "thera's where you have under;
estimated me. She net me dollar that ]
wouldn't dare to come here ana ASK 70"
for her, and, as you know, | have won out.
Indianapolis Journal: 81 should think
YOU would suffer standing out mere all oaS
in that spring suit after WEARING Such
heavy overcoats." said the Woodem Indian;
"Oh. I'm all right thank you, replied
the clothing dummy. Il am Oh WHY
frame you know"
Cleveland Plain Dealer: II never SaaLw Saw
anybody quite so absent-minded az g., Bill
ingsby What do you suppose he did?
"Give it up" ,.. ,or,., ~,
"He actually let the surgeons operate on
him for appendicitis the second time!
Washington Star: Don't you know,
of a bell fills the air with devis?'
1t was the Sabbath morn.
II have heard such,' answered the Chris
tian 'but they do no harm They slip up
on the peals before they get very far
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28

How much longer will the Omaha
clearing house bankers continue the
damaging policy of excluding South
omaha business from the clearingsF
While other cities are regularly showing
an increase of business, Omaha appears
ON the wrong side of the ledger, when
I'm fact the volume of it's commercial
transactions is known to be much heay-
Ter this year than last year and would
show that way If the correct figures
were reported
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28

The bill for withdrawing tracts of
land from the corporate limits of cities
and towns is inspired by the same mo-
tive as the old North Dakota divorce
law-to encourage the industry.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28

The sugar bounty clam and the
Omaha charter amendments are said to
be pitted against each other in the lower
house of the legislature, Why these
two measures should be either dove
tailed together or at locked horns passes
comprehension. Let every tub stand on
its own bottom.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28

The wholesale druggists have resolved
that hereafter people cannot be sick at
reduced rates. They propose to shut Off
the source of supply to all retail stores
which cut the price of patent medicines.
1t is going to be difficult matter for
n person to escape the clutches of com
bnations. He must patronize the drug
trust to get well or the coffin trust II
he dies.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28

The bereaved families of the fallen
American heroes mt Manila, as we'll as
the men wounded in battle, have the
sympathy of the nation, and they may
rest assured that the nation will not
forget the sacrifices of its sons.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28

Omaha has been governed by injunc-
ton so long that perhaps it is hardly
worth calling attention to the fact that
the iniuncting branch of the district
court is still playing shuttlecock and
battledore with the Noise license case
In the meantime the Noise resort is run
ming without license in defiance of law
by order of the court.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28

The last days of the legislative session
are at hand and the time which can be
devoted to the consideration of each bill
is short. 1t is incumbent upon the mem
bers of that body to keep their eyes open
if they do not wish to have some meas
ure of far-reaching Importance smuggled
through under the guise of a harmless
and simple bill
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28
A Very Common AiImcnt.

Kansas City Star.
1t is pointed out in New York that Com
modore Gerry spent all his time looking
after the moral condition of children and
let the Windsor hotel, which he owned, re-
main a menace to human life. And that sort
of philanthropy is by no means limited tu
the city of Now York
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28

wearing the nations uniform in the
Philippines, which has been so CON
spicuous as to elicit unstintcd praise
from the press and public of foreign
lands. Those at home cannot smother
a regret however, that such precious
lives should be sacrificed to such
fruitless cause.