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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-02-26
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"Hechts' Greater Stores.
"Hechts' Greater Stores.
First showing of spring clothing.
Special lot Of spring top coats at $40.

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all those little tailoring
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-19
SECULAR suors At THE PULPIT.


indianapolis journal: \ church in New
York is about to establish a department
store at which goods will be sold to the
poor at cost price and on the installment
plan. There is an element Of charity in the
scheme, but 1t will require first-rate bus
mess management to make 1t successful.
Washington star: A minister in Chilli
Gothic, o., refuses to accept the proceeds OF
an amateur play for the benefit of his
church because a kissing scene was made
too realistic. His decided stand will do
something at least toward Kidding Chilli
Gothic, o., Of the crude sensationalism which
infests so many theatrical performances,
Minneapolis Journal: There is a Meth
odist college at Winfield, Kan, of which
several unholy students have been expelled
for painting up a populist goat with green
whiskogS and a red body, after which they
tied the animal to the bedroom door Of one
Of the college professors, thus interfering
with the peace and dignity of the higher
education.
Boston Transcript: Various reasons have
been given for Rev. DIR. Talmago's r%esigna-
ton from the First Presbyterian church at
Washington. BY the terms of his agree
ment he was to receive as salary all money
left after the expenses Of the church had
been betrayed. The church ran $3.50 behind
last year, so his labors received no pecu-
MARY compensation. Nest people would
call that n pretty good reason for rpsigning.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-19

In appointing Mr.. Herbert Putnam as IL
brarian of congress President Mckinley has
fortunately reverted to his original intent
to remove this important position from all
chance of association with politics and poll
ticians. Mr.. Putnam was rendered the place
during the last session Of congress, but de-
clined to stand in eX-Representative Bar
rows way. When the fact was developed
that the senate would not confirm Mr., Bar
rows should he be nominated, however, Mr..
Putnam became the only logically available
candidate for the vacancy. He has been
endorsed by the Librarians association and
by many leading teachers and lltterateurs
OF the country as re-eminently fitted for
the position and his acceptance would af-
ford a gratifying solution of a problem
in which profound interest is felt in liter
airy circles,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-19
OrERCRnmnLNn TIE pRuFESSuNS.

OTERCROUDTNG the PROFESSIONS.
The American Bar association re-
Gently considered the question why the
law schools are crowded. but arrived at
no satisfactory explanation. The legal
profession is being recruited by hun
dredS every year and the number Of
students is Increasing, Notwithstanding
the admitted fact that the profession is
already overcrowdcd. 1t is stated That
within the boundaries of Greater New
York there are over 5000 lawyers and
how half of them subsist is a mystery.
The prizes of the profession are few.
The great leaders at the bar reap large
fees and some have acquired fortunes.
The class below the "leadcrS'' is Il
vastly larger one, numbering thousands,
who by dint of push, perseverance, tact
and industry have won a position at the
bar which gives them Il good reputation
and Il comfortable income. AT the bot
tom are the struggling young lawyers,
full of hope and ambition; the middle
aged practitioner eagerly reaching for
n fee wherever he can get it; the shy
stcr, haunting the prisons and police
courts in search of employment. These
classes Of lawyers are not peculiar to
New York. They are in all the larger
cities of the country.
What is true of the legal profession
applies also to that of medicine. Every
year a large addition is made TO the
ranks of the medical profession. The
gphN,1g nnl c1I-1 III Il. 49,
Of them, undoubtedly, well equipped
mentally for a medical career, but many
utterly untitled for it. In nearly every
CITY of the country there is an excess
of physicians and while Il few secure n
large practice and make money, many
lead a hand-to-mouth existence. But
these well known facts do not deter
young men who fancy that they have
u special fitness for the "healing art'
from becoming doctors, for undoubt-
edly every one of them is easily able
to persuade himself that in this field
he will win both fame and fortune.
1t is perhaps to little purpose to
moralize on this matter, but it is one
that merits the serious consideration of
the youth of the country who are plan
ming for the future and of parents who
desire that their sons shall be success
full in life. Every young man should
examine himself well as to the bent
of his talents before launching his bark
on the uncertain waters of the profess
sions. \ professional life has its allure
ments, but its prizes are few and they
are TO be won only by patient industry
and indefatigable effort.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-19
POPULATION or TIE Philippines.

POPULATION or TIE PHILIPPINES.
While no one will be able to tell what
number of subjects the United States
has acquired with the Philippines until
an accurate census is taken, the weight
Of evidence seems to be against the fig
ures given by Spain. AS Il matter of
fact the Spaniards never took Il census
of the islands with any degree Of care,
but rather relied upon the Filipinos
themselves for information. Orientals
are poor enumcratOrS. XerXcS' army Of
possibly Il half million was magniflcd
into three millions even by the grave
historians of that day and comparatively
recent claims as to the fabulous pOpula-
tons of Chinese cities demonstrate the
fact that the tendency to eXaggeration
Is still well developed in these people.
The Filipinos are probably no exception
TO the rule and their claim that the
Islands contain a population of from ten
to twelve millions should be taken with
reservation, even If there were 10
more authentic information on the sub
ject. But there Is. A famous English
AIi'iN va illS spent NtilS III lllt
Philippines, at the request of General
Merritt, appeared before the Paris peace
commission and declared that insofar as
he had been able TO determine by care
full study the population of these islands
could not exceed four millions.
That opinion is nov corrobo-
ate by another expert entitled
to consideration, Prof. Knapp of
the Agricultural department, who
has made a thorough exploration of
the islands with the following conclu-
sion: The total area of the Philippines,
including the Sulu archipelago, is 1IO,-
600 square miles. Much of this, includ-
ing all the large island of M|indanao, Is
sparsely settled, only one-third of the
territory Is capable of cultivation and
at n liberal estimate only 10000 square
miles are inhabited. The state of New
York contains 10000 square miles and,
exclusive of the large cities, has a pop
ulation of 100000. From personal OBJ
servation Prof. Knapp does not believe
the Philippines are as thlckly settled
as New York, but, allowing for the bar
Darlans who live in the wilds, who are
said by the Dominican fathers not TO be
numerous, he thinks that to allow the
Islands double that population would he
an oyerstatement rather than an under
estimation.
While the premises from which
this conclusion is drawn are not
altogether sound there is much reason
in it and inasmuch as it agrees with
the opinion OF the English expert, It
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-19
THE HORSE STILL NEEDED.
Continues "a Powerful industrial aud
SncInl Enctnr."

Boston Transcript.
In spite of all the substitutes for horse
power which science Is putting into the
field It does not look as though the horse
raising industry Of the country was destined
to lapse into speedy deCadencc. ADJUST
mcnts to new market conditions may be re-
quired. but that the horse will continue to
be a powerful Industrial rs well as social
factor we have little doubt. The Agricul-
tural department believes that fortunes can
be made by American horse raisers in the
production Of animals, especially for for
eign markets. This opinion is by no means
based on nero theory. During the fiscal
year ending in 1898 the number of horses
imported into the United States was only
:, 1855, while the number exported was over
81, OOO. The value of the importations was
about 5000, coo, of the expectations S6,000,-
600. Nearly half Of the number went TO
Great Britain, though the English author
tiles do not as yet use American horses TO
any considerable extent for cavalry pur-
poses. The significance of these figures Is
not in the largeness OF the amounts, but
in the indication of a new tendency. In
1890 this country imported SPAS horses
at a value of s., 900, 900 and exported only
$500. Many of these were imported from
Mexico, while now the balance of trade
with that country in horses has radically
changed. In fact, we are finding an I'M
usual demand for American horses to the
south of us and Mexico is a permanent
and charging market. Texas has more
horses that any other state, 1900, 900 being
about the number. Illinois and Iowa follow
Texas in the order named.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-19

The directors of the Paris exposition
have decided that woman, as such, is
not to be recognized ut the big show,
women's buildings or exhibits, In
reaching this conclusion the Frenchmen
say the idea of recognizing woman by
allowing her separate anneXes and eN-
hibits presuppOsos that she Is something
alien-an angelic or freak creation,
which is very far from the case-and
that if she wants to participate in the
exposition she must do so just as any
other individual. Whatever one may
think of the logic and gallantry involved
in the proposition the decision will not
preclude women from exhibiting to the
world their ideas and achievements.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-19
WHEN THE ROBINS COME AGAIN.
pittshnrn Chronicle.

pittsburg Chronicle.
Now the robin pipes its greetings
AS the herald of the Sprine,
Though the forests still are lealess
And the skies are lowering,
But the merry little whistler
Shrilly calls from roof and tree
To its mate, and quickly answer
Comes like echo of It's glec.
1t Ia not the flowing music
OF the birds that later sing:
There is not the gaudy plumage
that the balmy days will bring;
But it's melody inspiring
That is heard when winds are rude.
And we gladly hail the singer
Though its garb is sober hued.
Like a message filled with comfort,
Quick to elevate and cheer,
Is the piping of the robin
When the fields and woods are drear.
For the message 1t Is telling,
Causing hearts with JOY to leap,
Is OF natures resurrection
After long md deathlike sleep.
other birds will sing In Summer,
And the woods with song VIII ring,
But there's nothing like the music
OF the heralds of the Spring.
Other music may be softer,
Tuned with all the warbler'S art.
But the song when days are dreary
Is the song that stirs the heart.
First to come and last to .eave us
Is the bird that now we nail;
And we hear its merry whiStling
When all other songSters fail.
Ere the Winter has departed
1t IL cheering hearts of men,.
For we know we're near the Springtime
When the robins come again.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-19
PEACE CONFIDENCE PROSPECTS.

As the peace conference approaches
anything Of practical importance di-
minishes. The signs for its success were
never ovcrauspicious and recent events
make it more than ever doubtful of i'm
pOrtaut results.
The French minister of war, NJ. Lock-
noy, in Il speech before the Chamber Of
Deputies last Friday, said: France
must be prepared for the future as well
as the present and all of its financial
have been economically en-
ployed to that end" In England, not
w~ithstanding n heavy deficit, more
money has been appropriated than ever
before for the construction of war yes
sells. The same is true of Germany and
ven the cars own country is pursuing
n policy which would indicate that a
general war is more imminent than the
arrest Of ornaments.
Jealousy and distrust among the pow
ers are responsible for this and
threaten the peace conference with par
tial if not complete failure. No doubt
the ear, seeing the advantages of using
abe vast sums now expended for
armament for developing commerce
and industry, was actuated by COM
mendable motives in asking for the
conference. But ne lost sight of the
fact that so long as this Jealousy and
distrust exist nations will not be salts
lied to arrest the process of war prep
aration so long rs they are inferior to
some dangerous rival, In other words,
the strong powers insist on staying
strong ana the weaker ones try to grow
stronger.
10 agree to any other arrangement
would be to change the whole policy OF
Europe. Certain countries would not only
have to accept an inferior rank but
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-19
DOMESTIC pLEASANTRIES.

Detroit Free Press; You will forget me,
won't you, dear she pleaded by way OF
softening, the ,%harshncss of her refusal.
Sure thing!' said he, you know I'd do
anything to please YOU
Boston Transcript: Coddle-well, I sup
Mrs. Coddle-Why, has the alarm clock
gone off?
gone to sleep at .ast.
Indianapolis. journal: ."undone-hIc-by a
MIR. Lushfcrth, at that psychological
moment, was gazing dreamily at the shoes
Of his feet that the wife of his bosom had
kindly unlaced.
Chicago Tribune: "Mtllte, dear, what ia
your papa's objection to me?'
He says YOU don't seem to have my
definite object or purpose in life, Harry"
Yet he knows I've been coming to see
you for five straight years.
Detroit Journal: IT understand they fell
out the next day after they were married"
their, wedding, and they disputed as to
whether it was because of the prominence
of his family or Of hers
Chicago News: Her Father-And I
s,nose you expect # consent ms, to let you
business and make you rich.
Mr.. Sappleigh-No, l really haven't any
such eNtravaeant expectations as that. I'm
clothes.
Washington Star: "a woman remarked
the man who assumes superior airs, has
no sense of humor."
We'll" answered his wife, when you
consider how often she is, requested to
laugh over serious matters like houseclean-
ing and Easter bonnets, l don't think you
ought to blame her"
Chicago Tribune: ct have called, Mr..
Bllhwink, to tell you ] love your daughter,
Miss Fanny, and ! want to marry her"
"Well. 1t will not take me long to answer
you. Mr.. Hiarkalong. You can't have her"
Your refusal pains me deeply. BY the
way. Mr.. Billiwink, are you carrying al the
life insurance you WANT"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-19
UNIFORM DIVORCE LAWS.
Diversity of Laws Productive of
Judicial Conflicts.

New York Times.
An opinion given by Judge Mattice OF the
supreme court in a recent divorce case urges
very strongly what the judge calls the
necessity of uniform marriage and divorce
laws in the states of the uniOn.'
The case was that OF a husband suing for
absolute divorce from a wife who had OBJ
tanned a divorce from him in Connecticut,
according to the laws of that state, the hus-
band not having been personally served and
had married again in Connecticut. The hus-
bands application was granted, the court
holding that, as to him, the Connecticut di-
vorce and marriage are void. On this state
OF things the mme OF Judge Mattice
was: The Constitution OF the United
States requires that full faith and credit
Shall be given in each state to the judicial
proceedings Of every other state and, it is
said, public policy requires one Jurisdiction
TO observe as valid a marriage legally con-
traCted in another Jurisdiction. Seemingly
we do neither"
No one will deny that the condition of
matters here occurring is anomalous and no
one who believes in the law of divorce as it
is in New York will fail to condemn the FAX
provisions of the law OF Connecticut. 1t is
obvious that New York cannot give full
faith and credit to the judicial proceedings
OF the sister state as to marriage and divorce
without practically multiplying its own laws
on that subject. Nor can New York accept
as valid the marriage in Connecticut of a
woman who has a lawful husband in this
state. But while IL Is desirable to have the
laws as to divorce and marriage uniform in
all tho STAKES, 1t does not follow, as many
enthusiasts plead, that they should be made
uniform through the action of the federal
government, suppOsing that that govern
ment had the authority to take such action.
There are two substantial objections to
federal action in this matter. One Is that IL
such action were taken 1t is by no means
certain that the standard Of New York would
be adopted instead of the standard OF Con-
n~ecticut. The second is that II a standard
were adopted by federal action which the
public sentiment OF any state failed to ac-
cept with practical unanimity, the law
would be either eyaded or violated. 1t is
therefore in our judgment better that the
matter should be left to the states and to
the evolution Of public sentiment in each
OF them, with the hope that this will sooner
or later lead to uniformity on the best lines.
This is a more tedious process, but 1t is on
the whole a safer and wiser one.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-19

agree to maintain 1t indefinitely. That
such an idea Is foreign to their intcn.
tons the speech of NJ. Lockr5y proves,
for every country of Europe is %pervadcd
by the sentiments voiced by the French
minister Of war. The peace conference
will meet and discuss the situation and
tain recommendations, but in the mean
time until the terri, orial and other qucs-
tons threatening war shall be climi-
mated armament will not be arrested,
but Will be maintained to the extent
the money for it can be wrung out of
the pockets of taX-ridden people.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-19
Influence of beauty.

The revelation that a pretty woman pro-
cured the insertion in the army reorganiza-
ton bill of a paragraph for the special bene-
fit of her husband, against the protest of
the committee having the bill in charge,
is interesting, but that sort of thing is an
old story among those who are on the inside
of legislative methods in Washington. We
know of a lady, who is the wife of a gem
tleman prominently identified with the man
ufacturing interests Of Massachusetts, who
succeeded, by her own individual entreaties,
in securing a change in one of the sched-
ules of the Wilson-Gorman tariff bill, by
which change her husbands business was
benefited thousands upon thousands of dol
lars. She is handsome and her manners
are both fascinating and persuasive, as this
incident a~ttests.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-19

A Washington dispatch, in referring
no the probable attitude Of the new
Spanish minister to this country in re-
gard TO the release of the prisoners held
by the Filipinos, says; IF the Spanish
government should insist, however, some
disagreeable questions may be raised, in
volying the formal recognition Of the in
surgents by Spain" In that event there
is no the least doubt but what some
questions exceedingly disagreeable to
Spain would also be raised. The formal
recognition of the insurgents would be
tantamOunt to a declaration of war
against the United states and ii would
mean such consequences that Spain will
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-19
TIE pHlLLppLNE SlrrArIuN


1t is to be hoped that the adyices
received ut Washington from Manila,
which are said to Indicate an early ter
mination of hostilitios in Lu2on, will
prove to be well-foundcd, but the fact
that General Otis has asked for light
batteries and guns for use in the noun
tains, which could not reach him for
several weeks, appears to indicate that
he does not expect a cessation of hostil-
tiles Immediately. The dispatch from
Hong Kong, also, Is anything but rcas-
surfing. Probably no one is more IA
miliar with the situation than Consul
Williams and therefore his remark, 81
don't expect to live to see the end of the
war;" is very significant.
The fact is there is no accurate
knowledge of the strength or the war
resources of the enemy. Estimates of
their strength take II wide range, while
as to their equipment all is conjecture.
1t is probable that the Filipino forces
are larger than the American and the
preparation they made before COM
mencing hostilities warrants the as
sumption that they are well supplied
with munitions OF war and also that
they have sources of supply which it
may not be easy to cut Off.
Meanwhile the American forces have
been recognized and the presumption
is that the campaign VIII be prosecuted
with ven greater vigOr than it has
been. The manifest policy being 10
Subdue the FilipinOs, the sooner that
can be accomplished the better. 1t is
possible that Il few more signal defeats
will convince them of the futility of
continuing the conflict. The mOve-
ments of the American army have viz
tually cut LNzon in two, for strategic
purposes, and the plan of campaign
probably is to divide the forces oil the
enemy into sections and crush them
one by one. Where our army may find
harder fighting than it has yet had is
in the territory north of the line now
occupied. lit is in this territory that
the Filipino government has its capital
and the larger part of its army and it
is to be expected that the invasion of
this territory will be stubbornly re-
sisted. We should be very glad to be-
lieve that the end of hostilities is not
far off, but the indications hardly war
rant this view.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-19
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

III mankind alive escapes paying tribute
to some trust, the coffin trust will catch
en- at the finish.
1t is now officially announced that the
peach crop of Maryland and Michigan has
been nipped in the bud. This insures an
abundant supply in season.
General Otis says, WAR is no picnic"
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com
pany Of Boston negatives the proposition.
Thus do great warriors disagree.
A Chicago woman who has seen her hus-
band but twice since they were married,
twenty years ago, is suing for a divorce.
This shows that one may get too much of
u good thing.
Alexander Bowling, a justice of the su-
preme court of Indiana and a resident of
New Albany, bears so strong a resemblance
to the president that he is known as "the
man with the Mckinley head
The supreme court of Massachusetts is
called upon to say how much Of a corpora
ton %poultice is needed to soothe the in
jured feelings of a man who stepped on an
orange peel and hit the station floor.
Two governors of Missouri are waging a
lively pictorial campaign in the newspapers
just now. They are not running for the
presidency; merely lending their mugs to
AiS a. NNN' - " ~ ~ VIM w
ter subjects could not be chosen.
The stockholders of a defunct bank in
Chicago, who are called upon to pay an
assessment CT 100 per cent to settle pending
claims, should haste to the attorney for the
receivers and learn how to profit by a col
lapse. That industrious adviser in one year
raked in a fee of 500, 900, and his grip for
this year shows no sign of legal palsy.
Gambling, pool selling, book making and
betting have been outlawed in San Fran
cisco. In no city of the country have the
%votaries of chance had greater sway than
at the Golden Gate. 1t began in the golden
days Of the '49ers and continued practically
unchecked to the present time. During the
halcyon days of mining stocks it was a
public mania, and for every one enriched
one went to a suicides grave and 1000
brought to poverty and misery.
Two arctic sharps with unpronounceable
names gravely assert that there is a great
rent in the polar ice cap and Serious
trouble may be looked for" No need to
look for it. We have had it for months
back in congealing doses, and it shows no
disposition to quit. The oldest inhabitant
and not a few of the younger are convinced
that the polar cap as well as Medicine Hat
have rolled or blew down to the banana
belt.
The congressional mourners at the funeral
of a colleague in the east, while travelling
by railroad to the destination, were not at
first permitted to lay in a stock Of stuff
to soothe their sorrows. After a painful
thirst of twelve hours they rebelled, stopped
the train, ordered a supply, sent the bill
to Uncle Sam, and went on their way
weeping copiously. OF all the red-eyed sor-
rows of public life the congressional funeral
is red enough to take a fall out of a white
horse.