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a NEW SOVEHEIGN STATE.
The Republic of the Acre. the Latest Gov
eminent In South America.

BuENos AynEs. Sept 2s Probably there
not many people who have heard Of the Re.
public Of the Acre. II is Il brand new State which
has arisen in South Anne RIGA in the last few weeks
II owes its origin TO the fact that large part of
the interior OF South America Is a no. man STAND
some part c aimed by two or even three Of the re-
publics which have no clearly defined limits
A certain Rodriguez Aries happened along
and determined to take advantage OF this state
of affairs. He was an adventurer who had seen
much of the world having been successfully Il
bank employee In Spain, a theatrical manager
in the United States, clerk Of works in Paris
and broker in the Argentine Republic. While
in Bucnos Ayres he made the acquaintance Of
the gentlemen who are now his Ministers Of State
Rodriguez Aries proclaimed a vast territory
bordering on Brazil and Bolivia as the Republic
Of the Acre, called from the river Of that name
a tributary ut the Amazon. which flows through
II. The territory has an extent Of some 2OO. 600
square miles and estimated population Of 80 900
II was claimed by both Brazil and Bolivia but
that did not matter to Rodriguez Aries. lie cstab
lished his capital al a small village called Ami
mari, appointed his ministers and was ready for
business. lie calculates on raising revenue from
royalty on the rubber gathered in his territory
which depends principally on that staple FOR It's
Rodriguez Aries is an intelligent wideawake
man, apparently about fifty years Of age His
lace Is oI a decided spanish cast with kindly
looking eyes, which beam OH you through pair
Of gold trimmed specaCles. From his APPEAR
ance one might take him to be professional man
a lawyer OF doctor.
Whethe, the new Republic Of Acre will take a
permanent place among Me family Of nations
remains 10 he seen, II may be noted that there
are prosperous States in existence 20 day which
have arisen in the same manner as the Republic
Of the Acre; among these may be mentioned the
Transva8l and the Orange Free State in South
Africa, which were also established by advent
urers in no man land, and are now ~ sufficient
Importance 10 make no small noise in the world
The region 0f the Acre Is one Of the hottest and
most healthful In South America. II is also enc
Of the richest in rubber. which grows wild in the
woods in great abundance, and those engaged in
the rubber trade can generally calculate on making
their fortunes in four five years II they escape
The malarial levers and other diseases which dog
the steps OF tho white man Ia these latitudes
The territory Of the Acre or portion Of IT, was
granted not long ago 10 an American syndicate
by the Government " Bolivia which had a very
doubtful title TO II. The syndicate was 10 build a
railway and make other improvements hut the
project never came 10 anything. owing partly 10
The disputed ownership Of the land, which led TO
litigation, and finally resulted in the proclamn-
ton Of Independence already referred To-
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Tho hchayiur - he imeriCan soldiers in ;&e
Far Fasl has at'- acted attention IN AL paris q
the world s" rrcruuy aS just briuro the ont
break Of ihe rrau7yanl war the Dady N0d u Gra-
Jamestown, Cape to!pny, in an apprcCiauvc rdi.
turial on Tho Am"riNn Troops in Manila" said:
"Onr lesson Mugh, bS the struggle In the Phil.
ippine Archipelago Is Tie amazing nrtltudC III IN .
American lruups Practically every man III INo
volunteer forces las been under Are almost IL
tnunusly since Feb t. rnI in addition 10 cuuS,a nj
fighting. has meyer had a moments freedom from
anxiety ~ 10 pp1sill" manIuyrcA 81 skUlking,
willy fO-s who know every inch ui the county,
and know how 10 take advantage Of its potentihii-
tcs The lines have been ~ long that Ii hna benn
necessary 10 keep every regiment Ia the front
The rcgulnrS have Ind almost the same eN pes
rirnce hut not quite NJ much Of H. II the camS
pnign has demonstrated nothing else II has shown
the marvellous staying PAYERS 81 | n"lr Sand
uOops suddenly transferred " the uuIiGS :
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English is destined to b. in the next and sue
cceding centuries more generally the language Of
the world than Latin was in the past Of French in
the present age. The reason Of this is Obvious,
because the increasing population OF America
and their universal connection and correspond
ence with all nations will, aided by the influence
Of England in the world, whether great OF small,
force their languag into general Use. in spite OF
all the obstacles that may be thrown in their way
il any such there should be"
Quite in line with this prophecy" DR.. Shahan
remarks, "iG the admission Of the German phil
ologist Grimm, that this language seems chosen.
like its people, to rule in future times in still
greater way throughout the earth"
The Marquis d'Argenson, in l745, little more
than a century before the great gold discoveries
sent men rushing to California, wrote:
"a day will come when We will go in popuous
and regulated city Of California as goes in
the stage coach Of MeauX."
Turgot, in 1873, writing on the American Con
stitution said
1T is impossible not 10 offer VOWS that this PEG
pie may arrive at all the prosperity Of which II Is
susceptible. II is the hope Of the human race.
It can become its model 1t must prove 10 the
world by the fact that men can be free and tran.
quill and can dispense with the chains Of all kinds
which tyIants and charntans of every cloth have
pretended TO impose under the preteXt Of public
| good. II must give the example Of political lib
erty, Of religious liberty, Of commercial and indus
trial liberty, The asylum which II opens 10 the
| oppressed Of all nations must console the earth.
The facility IL affords for escape from bad gov
eminent will force the European governments
| N he lust and enlightened"
The Spanish Ambassador at Paris In 1873.
| ID Amanda, sooms IN have born a wonderful prophot
| for his own people and with tho usual honor
among them After signing the Tre7( y Of Pans
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Outrnnkod.


Froa ns IAdiaAapoiis Journal
Der Kaiser" said Mr.. Dlnk elspiel. may be
WILHELM dor Groasa., put ~ ehminstty. / Am
Yilholm doE Gr0ooE alrotty. H6lA r.
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Pride for Two.
Prom hs Chicago POsi.

RTon hs CAied00 Fost.
-Yse," sb" said. Il am proud to ny that am
q bachelor girl"
And l." he replied. take equal pride In tho
fact thai AN an old maid maA."
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-06
THE POLICY IN CUBd.

A leading paper of Havana urges
Governor General Brooke to establish
an entirely military government
throughout the island as the only
means of giving security to life and
property. According to that journal
there is a chaotic state of affairs in
much of Cuba and it declares that the
world will shortly begin to regard Amer
lean intervention as a failure. 1t asserts
that the only remedy for existing con-
ditions is to make the government Il
military one, in fact as we'll as in name
until order shall have been restored.
1t is such outgivings as this which
justify a doubt whether this govern
ment has pursued the right policy in
policy has worked well in portions Of
the island. The provinces under the
command of General Wood and General
Wilson are said upon the highest au
thority to be entirely pacified, the
people generally at work and con-
tented. is the failure of the policy
elsewhere as represented, due to some
inherent defect or to inefficiency or lack
of tact in administering it? At all
events it is certain that the United
States will not establish an entirely
military government in Cuba, for to 90
so would be q distinct violation of the
pledge made to the Cuban people and
course also distinctly unamerican.
An officer in the army of occupation
has an article in the current number of
the North American Review in which
he declares that we are in a false posi-
ton in Cuba-"a position the outcome
of which may result in wounding our
national pride" He urges that what
seems to be the proper course is to
carry out our promise at once; to take
our troops out of Cuba, ''leaving the
people to govern themselves until such
time as they may prefer annexation
which he appears to think is certain to
come. To drift along means postpone
ment of the settlement of problems CON
nected with the prosperity of the island
and may mean revolt. There will be
very general concurrence in the view of
this writer that the question of Cuba
overshadows in gravity any other now
confronting this country.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-06

1t now remains for the members OF the
board who took this action TO make an
explanation. 1T is an open secret that Mr..
Pearse would have chcerfully accepted
contract for one year What Kind
of pressure did he or his friends bring
upon members of the board to commit
the school district to his retention for
three years at $1,000 year more than
he could possibly command elsewhereT
And why did they elect him for three
years when teachers in the High school
and in other schools must content them
selves with reelection every year,
In presenting these questions The Bee
desires it distinctly understood that 1t
has no grievance against Mr. Pearse
and had no preferred candidate for the
position he occupies. Its course is
simply dictated by a conviction that the
patrons of the public schools are en-
titled to the best service that can be
procured for the salary paid and in this
instance there is a manifest and mys-
terious disposition to pay from $500 to
$1,000 year more than Mr.. Pearse
could have been induced to accept.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-06
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Admiral Dewey's new uniform viii deprive
him of one habtual feature of his every
day dress-a neglige shirt.
In addition to his loving cup, it Is under
stood that M. Cambon has the freedom of
both the United States and Spain.
Mr.. Thomas A. Edison writes to the editor
of the Electrical Review that he thinks the
name electro mobile" is one of the best
that could be selected for the electrical car
riage.
The library of the late Congressman r. P.
Giles of Missouri numbering some $50 vol
umes, of an estimated average cost Of $3.50
each, was lately sold at auction in Shelbina,
Mo-, for $11.
Postmaster Dorr of Buffalo is keenly in
terested in the idea of using automobile mail
wagons for the collection of mail matter and
will shortly submit report to the depart
ment at Washington on the subject.
Chicago man, when arraigned for SEN
tence for election frauds, said to the judge:
II hate to go to the penitentiary for this,
but I'm guilty" Judge Gary sent him to
prison and did not tell him he hated to
do it.
What is claimed to be the largest vessel
on the great lakes has lately been launched
at South Chicago 1t Is a steel tow barge,
schooner rigged and 450 feet long, its gross
tonnage being 5039. 1t has been named the
Manila.
1t should be definitely understood that the
newly formed chorus girl trust is not in
tended to limit the output of champagne sup
pers and accompaniments, but to discourage
ambitious amateurs and bring economical
managers to terms.
On the Fourth of July 184S, the venerable
General Robert Bullock read the Declaration
of independence to the people of Ocala Fla.
There was another Fourth of July celebra-
tion this year and the same gentleman read
the declaration to the people.
Senior T. Luna, now in Paris says his
brother, the Filipino general, never tortured
Spanish prisoners or did other things with
which NJ Edouard Andre, the Belgian con-
sui at Manila, accuses him. Senor Luna de-
clares he is going to demand an explanation
from M. Andre, which. in Paris, probably
means an invitation to fight duel,
What promises to be the first permanent
installation OF Marconi apparatus on this
side of the Atlantic is that which is to be
used by the government of Trinidad the
southernmost of the Windward islands, in
communicating with its dependency Tobago
some twenty or twenty-five miles away. Sir
William Preece, formerly at the head OF the
British telegraph service, has been invited to
arrange the matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-06
THIRTEEN,
New York Sun.

Thirteen is unlucky," says to John Gray,
That time he got married the 18th of May.
But John he just grnned and said was
Because it want me was gettin' Bess
Moore.
Well, it's twelve years since then and three
weeks ago
was out to Johns house in New Mexico.
And we hadn't met in ten years. I guess.
When one day l seen him in Deming with
Bess
They coaxed and insisted and vowed must
To pay 'em a visit at their place, and 80
I clim in their wagon. and when We got
there
I thought we had lit on Donnybrook fair.
"It's only the children" says Bess, land
I'll send
Them in right away to see our old friend"
And then they come in, the big and ths
And l counted the lot. there was thirteen
in all;
And looked up at John and John looked
And says to him: Flows the 18th Of
May?
And John said he guessed he hadn't moth
ing to say.
p. S.-There was two pair of twins.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-06
Az EnICATIoXNL EINn.
The Projectors sorciy In Need of
Enlighteumcnt.
j. sterllng Morton.s Conseryatil


j. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
Very properly Coin Harvey and William
Jennings Bryan have evolved and inaugur-
ated The World-Herald Educational Fund
and all good citizens will rejoice in the op-
portunity thus given for the improvement
by the study OF finance and government OF
the editorial contributors to that fallacious
journal No other in Nebraska more needs
an educational fund Depositing the dimes
and dollars which are to be thus contributed
for the obliteration of a dense ignorance in
such piutocratic institution as a Packers
National bank seems hardly consistent, how
ever, with the preachments Of populism.
Are not the national banks in the awful
money trust?" Is there not danger that
the cruel money changers, who constantly
count, handle and fondle filthy lucre may
infect the money itself with avarice, with a
wicked desire to wreak ruin upon the great
and glorious cause of 16 to 1? Can cash
remain in such contact and afterwards
render real service towards raising the price
of silver to $1.29 an ounce?
First-"The treasurer of the fund will be
the Packers National bank of South Omaha,
and all remittances and payments should be
made directly to it,"
Second-"The bank win from time to time
forward its funds direct to the depository
OF the democratic national committee"
Third-"The bank will report to the
World-Herald all subscriptions as fast as re-
ceived, and the World Herald will acknowl-
edge receipt in its columns, giving the real
name of the contributor. or his assumed
name II he perfers not to be known"
Fourth-"The money will be used by
the national committee in educational work
for the campaign"
The plan of operation" is taken from
the columns of the antitrust. anti-corpora-
ton, anti-gold standard, anti-contentment
and antl-prosperity organ at Omaha And
the particular pleasure Of contributing over
an assumed name" is no doubt one OF
the ecsaces in which that establishment
VIII indulge itself The exquisite felicity OF
giving over an assumed name" will like
wise be generally experienced by those "who
prefer not to be known" as probable can
didates before fusion conventions. But the
silver smelter and refiners' syndicate can
likewise contribute with meek obscurity
over an assumed name" as many hundreds
OF thousands of dollars as they gave in 1896
to the same cause
The last supreme assurance that "the
money will be used by the national com
mittee in educational work for the cam
paign" is an appeal to young and tender
credulity which the plain Reople' can never
resist. 1t is persuasive and irresistible
exhortation to put up money to pay the
expenses OF printing speeches and for
liquidating the cost of travelling by gentle
men who wish the presidency and all other
federal offices placed at their disposal for
four years so that the republic may be
Sayedl
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-06

| fact that Con Gallagher. then acting
chief of police, never lost occasion TO
| insult Mayor Moores and abuse i'm the
vilest manner the man who is now chief
of police. In the face of these we'll
known facts the chief promoters of the
present exposition took special pains to
insult the mayor and the chief of po-
lice by appointing Gallagher as general
superintendent of grounds and build
ings and he in turn has selected as ex-
position guards nearly every man who
had been discharged for cause by the
present police board. There might have
been some excuse for the selection of
Gallagher If the man was fitted i'm any
shape or manner for the position which
he occupies. As matter of fact Gal
lagher is not builder and the proofs
that he is not qualified for the work
of experimenting an exposition are Wis
ible to anybody that has taken the
trouble TO look around on the grounds.
Whatever friction has already oc-
Cured or may hereafter occur between
the police authorities and the man out
of job who has been foisted upon the
exposition as general manager of
grounds and buildings is simply due to
the imprudence of the men who have
preferred to subject the mayor to insult
and provoke the chief of police to re-
taliation rather than forego the pleasure
of providing a soft berth for Con Gal
lagher for which he is entirely untitled
All these disagreeable things would
have remained unsaid but for the per-
sistency with which the Fakery seeks
to create prejudice against Mayor
Moores and the police. incidentally it
may as well be understood that Mayor
Moores and the police board cannot es-
tabish rules that work two ways. They
have established a rule that no place
shall be open for the sale of liquor un-
less a license has been granted and
they do not propose to discriminate in
favor Of one set of applicants as against
another whether they are inside or out
side of the exposition grounds.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-06

The present French ministry has COM
paratively plain sailing for time. The
rehearing of the Dreyfus case is about
all the cabinet is able to attend to, and
with the Chambers adjourned it will be
free to devote all it's attention to that
follow in it's wake, no matter what the
outcome Of the trial may be. With the
hearing removed from Paris and away
from the most troublesome elements the
government should be able to weather
the political storm supposed for a time
to have threatened even the existence
of the republic.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-06
PERTINENT AND IN1PBRTINENT

1t is pertinent to state, too, that the eX-
position is winning golden opinions of the
public in spite of numerous petty annoy
ances with which Mayor Moores and the
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
seek to hamper it. Some time ago the
management asked that a police sergeant
and ten men be detailed for duty on the
grounds to assist the guard force in pre-
serving order and protecting the public. 1t
will be remembered that E. Rosewater was
not viewing the enterprise with favor on ac-
count of the r. lection of a few of his pet
ideas and favorites and the request was
promptly turned down by the mayors board.
World Herald.
1t is pertinent to remind the official
organ of fakirs that the exposition of
1898 was a national and interstate fair,
participated in by the United States
government and thirty-three of the
states, while the exposition of 1899 has
received no recognition either from ma
ton, state, county or city and has de-
generated into a purely private specu-
lative affair.
1t is impertinent for the fakirs' or
gan to hold L. Rosewater respon-
sible for any act of Mayor Moores
or the police board in granting
or refusing to grant licenses to
liquor dealers on the exposition
grounds. In the main the policy they
have pursued in refusing to grant n
| blanket license for an unlimited num-
| Der of beer gardens and bar rooms will
commend itself to 80 per cent of
Omaha's population. AS the outcome
of this policy they have up to date
| placed $1,000 into the school fund and
every other license they grant hereafter
takes another $1,000 burden from the
shoulders of the taxpayers.
1t Is decidedly impertinent for the
fakir organ to find fault with Mayor
Moores, the police commission or Chief
of Police White for refusing to assume
any responsibility in connection with
peculiar circumstances that surround
it's management Whatever may hap
pen as an outcome of their refusal tc
detail or specialize policemen on the
exposition grounds will be chargeable
to the short-sighted course pursued by
the promoters of this speculative enter
prise.
Last year the Herdman gang, which
now has free swing in the exposition
was in control of the police board and
Con Gallagher was chief of police.
The Herdmanites insolently assumed
that they We're to have control of the
policing of the grounds and Chief of
Police Gallagher not only refused to CO.
operate with Commandant of the Guard
Llewellyn, but threatened TO arrest him
and any member of the guard who
would dare to exercise police authority
on the grounds. They actually ar
rested detectives employed by the ex-
position and Gallagher directed the po-
| licemen 10 force their way into the
| grounds whenever they saw tit at any
time, day or night, by thrusting aside
the gatekeepers and climbing over the
turnstiles.
1t may be pertinent also to recall the
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-06

square mile. china presents the worst case
OF ovcrcrowdipg known, yet In china there
are but 292 to the mile, while VI We filled un
the Philippines according to the scheme Of
this soldier, who would have the population
multiplied by Ave at the least there would
be some $50 or 420 people to the square mile.
This enthusiastic effort to populate the waste
places of the earth comes with bad grace from
the most wasteful people in the world which
is destroying its forests and running its land
with reckless prodigality never before
know in history, and is now crying aloud
for more room, with a beggarly allotment
OF 2l,S persons to the square mile. II would
be more rational to invite the Filipinos to
give us lessons in the art OF utilizing area.
Certainly an Invading army would be en-
titled to write letters on the neglected pos
sibilities OF the country after marching
through the farming regions OF New Eng
land.
But II we really must have the fertile lands
of the Philippines, to parcel out in quarter
sections and are so timid In regard to the
opinion of the world that we fear to make
the natives walk the plank" ready solu-
tion is at hand. In Alaska we have room
to spare. Alaska has AN area of 531, 400 square
miles, and by the last census population OF
only 81, 795. What could be easier than Ia
transport the Filpiuos, as fast as we catch
them, to a land where they could have room
to burn and a great need OF burning some
thing? 1t would be somewhat harder on
the Flipinos than our treatment Of the
Cherokces or the Seninoles. but 1t would
solve the Philippine problem at once and
Tor all time. No more instructions such as
brought woe to Spain and plenty OF good
'qnarter-sections" to be distributed to
md tgN.- ltan.
by capitalists and worked by coolies The
plan has many and manifest advantages and
there seems to be no good argument against
1t. Only flabby sentimentalty would think
Of calling to mind the story OF Naboth's
vineyard.