THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
E. IlOSEWATEn , Editor.
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Dally IK1" nd Bandar , On * Year. . . . > . 8 00
HI * Month 409
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funday c , One Year. . . . . 2 00
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STATEMENT Or
Blate of Nelirn ltn. Douglas county , s. :
Oeorjfo 11. Tzschunk , tecrctnry of The fief Ptio-
HshlriK company , telns duly g orn , tayn that the
nctunl number or full onJ complete" coplc of The
Dally , Morning , ttveiiln * and Sunday We prlntcil
during the month o ( February , 1SJS , was as fol
lows :
1 ' , '
JO.S' )
2 2l.D-,1 1C 21,811
3 20.F02 17 21,00. !
4 ? 0.7B IS 21,815
r , 20.R75 19 21. W
e : i.o-o jo. . , . , , . n.m ;
7 20.SO" 21 . ! ! ! ; . ! . . . 2I.SCT
22 21,421 ,
9 20.W2 23 21 , Mi
10 M.SS2 24 " ' 11.523
11 21.123 13" 23,141
12 21.070 2 22,227
13 21,012 J7 21,481
14 20,903 JS 2J.312
Total , B97M2
Jseta returned nnd unsold copies ,9,3.6
Net total pile * . . , . < SM.2VJ
Net dally average 21.009
ononnE a. THSCHUCK.
Snorn to lx > forr me nnd uherlbcd In my
presence this 1st day of March , 1S3S.
( Seal ) N. P. FEII. .
Notary Public.
TtiniliiK a Jnll Into a school would not
KriUe finite so badly as turnlug a school
lute a jail.
* " " " " * * " *
- "T
That Jncl.sonlnn club kitty IIHB appar
ently been linvliitf company In Its nightly
purring parties.
South Dakota popnllHts tire forfusion , ,
ns usual , with/ / the populist baiul wngon
ns the only vehicle In the procession.
Nebraska 1ms boon oflldally rtnbburt
ilio Tree PlantuM state. Its Inhabitants
tiliottlil omit nothing to make the name
well-earned.
Omaha's population Is growing every
day. And people do not locate In a place
iinlt' .s they think the prosperity ther
mometer Is on the rise.
The raid on the tlpt-r-seems to have
shown the local knights of the preen
to have been a little premature In their
celebration of St. Patrick's day.
It Is plain now that Leo Ilerdman
Is
made n bad bungle when he let that
? . ' ! ,000 boodle gambling bill get away
from him at the last legislature.
The Boo does not have to put up a be
bond to guarantee to advertisers that it
lias the largest circulation of any paper
published hi the state. The Uee's de or
tailed circulation statements speak for
themselves.
It may be stated otllclally that every
member of the Concatenated Order of
I lee I lees present In , Omaha this week
will come to the exposition and bring or
nil his friends and neighbors and neigh Is
bors' cats. ter
to
> If the original hoo-hoo supported on
ono sldo by the nrcanoper nnd on the of
other by the jabbenvock is not exhibited
somewhere in the exposition grounds the
success of the great show will certainly
lie seriously Imperilled.
bo
1
Uuslnoss men cannot be warned too a
often against the advertising fakir who ury
wants him to invest In some sure thing the
publication. Legitimate and responsible
newspapers have stood1 the test of tlmo
ns the best paying advertising mediums
yet devised.
the
Omaha lias been designated ns the of
headquarters of the military Department
of the Missouri because of its peculiar to
jUtncss for that purpose and rival cities nnd
will have to produce stronger claims
than they have thus far advanced to
take the headquarters away from this of
city.
city.Tho the
The Rock Island $100,000.000 mortgage
itliat Is being recorded In every county
Jllirough which the Hock Island railroad and
i-ims , ns n result of the refunding df its that
bonded debt , will doubtless next fall In from
the scheduled list of popocratlc evidences
of the way the gold standurQ Is crushing
the poor man. ern
.Watch for the huge hunks of disgust
on the face of the police board organ the
In case Tollce Judge Gordon , against fled
whom It has been railing for his alleged There
leniency to prisoners , binds over for
trial the batch of fraternity friends who tion
iiavo been enjoying next-door quartern
to the mongrel sheet.
the
'
The ownersof , ( locks of sheep on the of
western ranges ought to be able to an
swer intelligently all questions about
the advantages of a republican national as
administration , . Their record * of purchases -
chases nnd sales the past four or live
yours will furnish all the data needed postal
on which to base a good argument.
' Two members of the Iowa delegation
In congress have publicly announced that No
they will not bo candidates for renoml- more
iiatlou Sam Clark of the First district than
and George M , Curtis of the Second dls-
frlct. Both are serving second terms 234
and both assign as a reason for retire
ment the press of private business. The > ent
charms of public IIfo always appear capital
greater to these who arc seeking them view
than to those who have them.
prising
The California mining fair In con
nection with the golden jubilee of the
discovery of gold was a success as an ex- section
lilblllou showing the progress that has clare
been made In mining In the half century to
and calling attention to the resources , A
developed and undeveloped , of the 1'a- tion
clllc coast. But the management fact's feeling
a. delldt of from $3,000 to $4,000. Tim
Ban Frauctaco newspapers attribute this i only
to the fact that the management did not also.
on the opening furnish popular enter in a
talnment for the visitors in the evenings. by
However Instructive a fair or exhibition negro
may bo the people demand something to >
entertain U > ui while the/ are learning. ou
J)1SL1KK Wn VTAH rnKPARATlONS.
The representations submitted to the
State department by the Spanish cab
inet relative to the assembling of Amer
ican war vessels and the dcfcnslvo
preparations making by this government
will , It is said , receive no official .re
sponse , since they arc not made In 'tho
nature of protest nnd Involve no ac
cusation. They take the form of a com
plaint that the presence of war ships oft
the Florida coast , together with the
preparations for possible hostilities , will
be prejudicial to the policy of nutnomy
In Cuba and encourage the Insurgents.
The view In Washington Is that this IB
Intended for effect In Europe , the Span
ish cabinet doubtless having no Idea that
any attention would be given It by this
government
It Is possible that the presence of the
United States fleet near Cuba is some
what encouraging to the Insurgents , but
as to Its being prejudicial to the carrying
out of the policy of autonomy It is BUfR-
rlent to say that that policy was doomed
to failure before a single war ship of the
fleet now off Key West was sent there.
Autonomy was indignantly spurned by
the Insurgents ns &oou as It was decreed
nnd even before the Sagasta ministry
had formulated the new policy for Cuba
it was told that It would be utterly use
less as a means of pacifying the Island.
At norlmc since has there been the
slightest Indication that the new policy
could bo put into effect outside of the
territory under Spanish control nnd
evou within that territory there Is n
very considerable opposition to It.
Therefore the representation that our
fleet In southern waters will prejudice
the effort of the Spanish authorities to
carry out that policy Is unreasonable nnd
groundless and will be so regarded by
all governments familiar with the ultua-
tlon.
tlon.The
The sending of our fleet into southern
waters was not prompted by any appro-
ben.slon of clanger from our relations
with Spain. When ft went there for
necessary naval practice there was noth
ing critical In the situation , no severe
strain upon the relations of the two
countries. The Maine disaster , has
since come to create tension and nnxlety
nnd to justify the "retention 01" our war
ships off the Florida coast for a possible
emergency. No other government on
earth would do otherwise under oxlxtlng
conditions. It Is not for this government
to consider what effect the presence of
Its war ships there may have upon the
Insurgents or upon Spanish , policy in '
Cuba. It concerns Itself entirely with
the Interests of the United States , with
what Is necessary for our national de a
fense. This applies also to the prepara
tions making for possible hostilities. It of
a matter of no consequence to our
government wliat Influence those prep
arations may exert upon Cuban , affnlrs.
Its duty to the American people is to
ready for any exigency that may be
arise and it will abate no effort ; In this of
direction because of Spanish complaint
displeasure. Our right to make what
ever defensive preparations we deem
necessary Is unquestionable.
If , the representations of the Spanish
cabinet are Intended , ns surmised , for
effect in Europe , undoubtedly they will
fail of their purpose , except with the one
two governments whose sympathy
already with Spain. It will be ut-
y futile for the Spanish government
attempt to fasten upon the United
States any responsibility for the failure
a policy which has never had the
slightest chance of success. tuln
tive
AFTKfl A CAlil.E SUliSWY.
It la evident that another effort will
made in the present congress to work
subsidy out of the United States treas
for the bonotlt of the promoters of
Pacific cable scheme. The house
committee on foreign commerce has
made a report favoring a bill to anUn
thorlzc construction of a cable across he
Pacific ocean and proposing a subsidy regai
$100,000 a year for twenty years , con- deal
dltloned only that the cable be subject
government control In case of war
that messages be transmitted for the nt
government without expense. but
A cable connecting the Pacific coast
China with the Pacific coast of the
United States by way of Hawaii and cn
Japanese Islands would doubtless said
facilitate commerce in that part of the ° "
world. The Pacific ocean is so large that
ocean routes consequently so long to
,
capitalists have heretofore shrunk still
the project of laying a cable to trary
connect them. The commerce of the of
Pacific Is growing , the cities on the west nnyli
coast of tile United States are more mlts
Important nnd the trade with Japan and navy
China is undergoing great changes , so
building of the cable may be Justi- te
before many years have passed. dition
Is no reason , however , why the .
government sliouhl BO through a repeti the
of Its subsidy experience with the found
Pacific railroads. ' regai
The cable Is not a
military necessity nor Is It required for the
opening up of an undeveloped part came
our country. It is a plain matter of slonr
business nnd the cable business of the peace
government should be handled the same ish j ,
that of private Individuals. favor
Before going hito cable subsidies the Cuba. .
United States will do well to acquire a the
telegraph system for Internal comn
munlcation. If
the
PHOTKCT10X IN TIIR SOUTI ? . them
section of the country has profited The
from protection In-recent years not
the south. In 1800 the number of Is
cottonmills In the southern states was
, employing $01,000,000 capital , while
according to the latest figures the pres cost
number of mills In 400 , . employing
to the amount of $12. ,000,000. In tain
of this and the growth of other was
manufacturing' enterprises It Is not surprising should
that protection sentiment Is
growing npaco In the south and that set
numbers of leading democrats In that two
have.found It necessary to de apart
themselves for protection In order about
letaln their political power. would
Virginia democrat who favors protec states
says to the New York Sun that ths revise
in favor of a protective tariff la who
growing with tremendous strides not fore
In Virginia , but the entire south books.
. The outh , ho says , Is peculiarly The
condition to bo immensely benefited Spain
protection and -w"h the bugaboo of name
supremacy out of the way the triot
southern democracy mean to , be heard Jiut
tola great and vital question. Ho bare
declare * -that - the Wilson bill was an
aggregation of Iniquities , while the only
objection to the Dlugley bill Is that It
does not go far enough In the Interest
of protection. There Is no doubt that
this Virginia democrat represents a
largo and growing elemcnt.in the south ,
which is steadily educating the people
of that section to a recognition of the
fact that the development of its re
sources and Its .material progress are
to bo accomplished only through a policy
of judicious protection.
The south has already realized a great
deal of benefit from the present tariff
and It Is certain , In common with nil
the rest of the country , to get more good
from It. Southern men who are not in-
dlssolubly bound ! fo old prejudices , nnd
there are a great many such , will recog
nize what protection Is doing for that
section nnd array themselves In sup
port of that policy. The time Is not re
mote when some of the states of the
south will be among the greatest strong
holds of protection.
CLEAN OUT THR OAMIILRRS.
The reign of open gambling inauguBecc
rated nnd carried on with the connivance
of the police authorities during the past
four weeks must stop. No matter what
may be the attitude of Governor Hoi-
comb's outlaw police board , which
notoriously takes Its orders' from Herd-
man as the representative of the
gamblers' gang , the law-respecting
people of Omaha will not tolerate n con
tinuance of this kind of pollce-proiectcd
robbery.
Under the criminal code of Nebraska
the keeping of gambling resorts , consti
tutes a penitentiary offense and there are
ways In which the laws can be enforced
without resorting to the gamblers ' tools
who make up Governor Holcomb's po
lice board as intermediaries. This has
been demonstrated once in connection
with the slotmachinegambling devices ,
for which the bogus police reformers
stood sponsor ns long ns they dared , and
It can nnd must be demonstrated ngnln
by the prosecution of the gamblers who
have been keeping open house in the
vqry heart of the city.
It must not be forgotten that Omaha
has extended a general invitation to
visitors to bocoino the guests of the city
while attending the Transmlsslsslppl Ex
position. There Is an obligation resting
upon the community to afford strangers
adequate protection against the lawless
nnd vicious elements that are ever
I'eady to prey upon the unwary. To
give free sway to gamblers , bunco
steerers and confidence sharps at such
time' would bo parallel only to bid
ding a friend to dinner for the purpose
waylaying and robbing him.
The idea , that strangers will come to
the exposition expecting to be plun
dered is simply preposterous. On the
contrary , the exposition attendance will
largely Increased and the amount
money spent with local merchants
and business men doubled If p"bople
know they are to be protected against
fraud and will get full value for every
dollar left with us. The people who
want wholesome entertainment and
recreation outnumber ten to ono those ,
anxious to Indulge vicious propensities.
So far as Omaha's good name la con
cerned and Its reputation ns a city suit
able for homeseekers nnd promising to
Investors , It has everything to gain and
nothing to lose by wiping out the en
tire gambling fraternity. Such n rigid
enforcement of the law might shut cor-
popocrntlc politicians out of a lucra
source of private revenue and cam of
paign contributions , but It Is the only
way to enforce respect for the law and
vindicate Omaha ns a community of
law-abiding nnd orderly people. to
UBSERVATIOMI.
Senator Proctor yesterday gave the
United States senate nn account of what
just
saw ou his recent visit to Cuba , In
regard tp which there has been a good
of curiosity and some Incorrect In
statements. .It was the common Im
pression that the senator went to Cuba
the Instance of President McKluley ,
it appears that his going there was has
simply to observe for himself the ( con-
tlitl0 of affairs. Mr. Proctor took occasion She
bard
casion to deny the report that he had
the Maine was blowiv up .from the
outside , remarking In this connection
Jj there was no definite Information
be obtained on this feature. This Is
, ( he easeand , all reports to the con log
should be discredited. The board elect ard
inquiry has made no disclosures Id aovcn
anybody and will not do so until It sub cent
Its report .to the secretary of the
. < and
Senator : Proctor confirms all previous
testimony In regard to the terrible con world
° of the reconcentradoes. Ho went of
to.Cuba thinking that the sufferings of
people had been overdrawn curse
, bat ho last
that such was not the case. In mitt
regard to autonomy , the senator found Will
general opinion to be thatthe , policy
too late. Business .and profes
men were , of the opinion that
could not bo restored under Span
rule and he found some of them in
of the United States annexing
. If the statement is correct that
,
Spaniards ' have only 00,000 soldiers
the Cubans half that number It abown
evident that the latter can continue cu.n
conflict i Indefinitely if they can keep that In
themselves supplied with ammunition. recel
statement of Senator Proctor does thing
Indicate ! that the situation in Cuba of of
al all favorable to Spain. , Is
Fu
Legislative carelessness promises to during
the state of Texas a tpretty sum. the
Provision was made for voting on cer over
constitutional amendments and It 000 ,
$8.00
the intention that the election the
be on the same day ns the general marl
election , but by ) a' blunder the date was too.If
If
a week earlier. Tims there will be profited
elections In the state only a Aveek no
and the taxpayers will put up from tram
$100,000 to cover the expenses. It creased
be a measure of economy in most of la
' Mr
to employ a legislative expert to
bank
the handiwork of the reformers then
get Into the general assemblies bo- deposits
U secures a place on the statute amount
. 1s al
during
were
unfinished Chilian war ship which six
has been trying to buy bears the lUbl
of . who 000,000
ono. proved lilmself n pa which
in the laud his father hail adopted , No
as thousands of others of hta race credit
done la dition.
other lauds. Beruudo
Batumi
O'lllgglna , thejcfalllan hero , was the son
of a poor Irisfenjflp. who went to South
America to be'tt.mlsslonary , but entered
public life mid efcame the chief officer In
the Spanish cdPotiy of Chill. When the
Insurgents de lfU'od ' for independcuco In
1810 the eon , TjVfif chosen head of the
army. When u na tlon was formed he
became dlctator.tobut quickly resigned ,
owing to dlssqimlons among the people.
If Spain had tuc fdilp It would give It a
new name theJJwt day ,
The suggestoH | Jjiliat the battle flags
captured by the .United States troops In
the war with Mexico be returned to our
southern neighbor was undoubtedly
made in the kindest spirit and In the
hope that such generous action would
cement the friendship between the two
nations. But there Is every reason for
continued friendship between the United
States and Mexico without any exchange
of war trophies. The fact of history
cannot bo changed.
A Yollotv Handicap.
Philadelphia Record.
The yellow Journals of Madrid are close
seconds to the yellows of the United States ;
but they t are handicapped by the fact that C8
Peiy of the Spanish people can neither
read nor write.
I'nuHly of Dnrh * .
Philadelphia Record.
The Navy department wants dry docks on
the Atlantic coast , but the naval commit
tee Is hampered by the fact that under the
liouso rulrs an appropriation for that purpose
would bo likely to be objected to as "new
legislation. " With the government rushing
commissioners to Europe to buy other ships ,
It ia about tlmo for some now legislation on
the dork question.
IloixllvrNWrc Nurprlnoil.
Philadelphia Leaser.
If the members of commen council were
astounded ycsterdny when-one of their num
ber. Mr. Stevenson of the Thirty-second
ward , declared that ho had bean offered a
bribe of $5,000 for his vote for the Scluiylklll
Valley water ordinance , It was not because
the bribe hail been offered , but bccu.-o a
member to whom It had been ottered told
about U , Instead of taking It.
I'rlcu-n.
Minneapolis Tribune ,
'Recent statistics show that 80 out of
110 commodities Jn general use , chiefly agri
cultural , have risen in price within the last
year , although there hasn't been a general
shortage nnd In splto of the downward ten
dency of the price of silver. If this means
anything , then , It means that the consumers
have Increased their purchasing power by
reason of having a wider dlstilbutioti of em
ployment and better wages.
A CuiitlmioiiN I'crfuriuniiuv.
Is'ett' York Sun ,
Hon. Benjamin Tlllman , the dispensary
statesman , faced a rapt audience at Balti
more acid ritnaiked :
"I bcllevo In free silver at 16 to 1 or
busli"
It Is depressing to believe thnt Hon.
Benjamin Tillmanilxia , to "bust. " but be tias
been detonating dlrefvilly for about thirteen
yeare. No constitution , can eudure Iticso fre
quent explosions. _ , . [
Gohl rI > ? lnivlnK In.
Sprlneeld ( ) , Uepubllcan.
Gold never flowed-out of the country in the '
most panicky times so plentifully aa It Is
flowing In at present. [ Monday's engagements
of the metal for -lmport from abroad rise
above 14.000,000 , and bring the total for three °
weeks above 120,000,000. Sterling exchange
remained weak even after these heavy trans by
actions , Indicating ! that the movement la not
yet at an end. The effect upon the foreign
money and exchange markets is highly dls- u
turblng , and depressing to speculation and ot
is
Ullltur - ulijteniuKVnrd. . ,
MlnneapolU. Tribune.
General Weyler declares that the Ameri
cans shall not have Cuba If It takes -the last
Spanish peseta and all. the dearest sons of
Spanish mothers to prevent It. Weyler Is
like ArtemuB Ward who was ready to eacrl- the
ftcq all his wife's relations to put down the
rebellion. He took precious good care of his
own akin when ho was In Cuba , and accordIng -
Ing to report robbed < he Bpanlsh exchequer
several millions of pesetas that had been
raised to put down the rebellion. The re not
bellion constantly grew and become more
formidable while Weyler waa In command.
What lie wants probably 4a another chance
rob the army chest.
Woiulerfnl neiinnrce * of Mlmioiiri. not
New York Sum.
The secretary ot the Missouri Transmls
slsslppl Exposition commission says , with
pride , that hU state will exhibit at that of
exposition "the finest mules , saddle horses , who
aud dairy cattle and hogs ot any state the
the world. " Missouri will also show an
wheat , oats , flax , tobacco , lead , zinc , bard ish
> , limestone , sandstone , onyx and a corn tbey
pyramid , all articles of purest ray serene and
deserving honorable mention. Hut Missouri finds
nobler products than these and more be she
loved. She has the Free Sliver club of the >
of Mexico , that Intellectual capital. are
has Hon. Grube Slnkcnzoopor , the sliver
of the Ozarks. She has ( Hon. Chump
Clark , a natural-bom statesman. sun
itself
nonic'n Curne of Gold. sort
New York Sun. know
The
him , Captain John J. Seay , "Mayor- to
, " complimented both the Italian Rome boll
the Georgian. The latter , "built on
hills , at the confluence of two magnifi wives
navigable streams , surrounded by rich way.
valleya and beautiful mountains , lies In a In
panorama unsurpassed in natural beauty
graaJeur by ny city In the world. " a
Ancient Home "was once mlstrcea of the force.
; to her all oatlcus of the earth paid ing
tribute. Why Is she no longer the mistress more
the world ? Why has the payment of the
tribute ceased ? The curgo of gold ! The
of gold ! It the Roman republic In ita
day * had had a statesman and aa econo
like the fearless , eloquent and sagacious
William ! J. Bryan Latin would be the native
language of Lincoln , Neb. , today. "
for
GC.VUIM2 IMIPHOVKMEXT. the
begun
StnlUtlcnl Proof of Iliilnt > H Revival the
During I.nitt Yfiir. chiefly
Itostnn Globe ( ilem. ) The
Statistician "Hyde " of the Department of Ag
riculture , feeing challenged to prove the thu
genulness of the ajlegcd Improvement in porta
business during tho'past , twelve months , has ports
that the figures which have been prise
tly published do not lie. ing
the first placq it , Is beyond question sion
the farmers ofthp , United States have urged
received for their cereal crops of 1S97 some nation
like $130,000,000 .more than for thoie and
1800 , and $80,000,000 more than tor those to
any preceding yef ? , slnce 1S92. So much they
settled. r " cannot
Furthermore. Itu-cannot be denied that ness
the year 1S97 the farm horse of the fore
country Increased la value over 125.000,000 , the
mules over 16,000,000 , the milch cows bejt
$03,000,000 , oilier "cattlo over $104,000- At
sheep over $25,000,000 , and swine over
$8,000,000 a total Increase of value during
year ; of over $236,090,000. And this re cussed.
markable Increase was igenerally distributed , future
4 . because
anybody would'quest ' Ion what we have Ing
] by Increased exports , he can find
better t Index than Is afforded In the private
trampcrtatlon receipts. These , gathered schools
many sources , are shown to nave In
< from 15 to 35 per cent on all lines
lake , river and seaboard traffic. rant
. Hyde also sbowa from the national
otattetlcs that during the laat year
has been n Increase of Individual Ing
and over $174,000,000 In the -total asserted
i of leans and discounts , while It
also shown that the number of failure * eaved
the elx months ending January .11 effects
6,937 , aa compared with 8,547 in the that
months ending January 31 , 1897 , and the out
liabilities only $60,000,000 , aa against $131- at
during the corrfeponilng period .with
the comparison is made. apt
party and no policy can claim the to be
! for thU brighter and brightening con
. Ct U assuring , because generated 07 direct
Uu *
WJI3SAT IPROSPBCTI A.XD PniCBS.
Preient Condition of the World'i San *
p\r nnd the Camlnir Crap.
i Philadelphia neoord.
The price of wheat h been tending down
ward of late rot alone because speculative
condltlcns are adversely affected by the "war
care , " but because speculators have more
generally begun to believe that the statistical
and ln' crop poaltlona are lens favorable for the
maintenance , of recent advances. The Federal
Department of Agriculture says that there
were 121,000,000 bushels of wtic\U still on the
farms In this country on March 1. For
well understood reasons government esti
mate : of crops mid reserves ore likely to bo
under rattier than above the actual figures.
Seine private oMImatevt place the form re
serves at 157,000,000 bushels. If. however ,
they were no greater than the official esti
mate , they afford a guarantee that there
will bo no deficiency of available supplies
for requirements pending another harvest.
In addition to farm reserves there were
In the country on March 1 other storks , In
cluding wdcat in the form of flour , the com
mercial "vlelblo supply" otid the uncounted
stocks In country elevators nnd In mlllern'
hands , amounting to at least 70,000,000
bushels. Tills would make a minimum ag
gregate of 191,000,000 bushels from which to
flitpply food and seed requirements for four
months of 123,000,000 bushels , which , being
deducted , \\ould leave 53,000,000 bushels
available for export and reserves. Exports
to March 1 were approximately 153,000,000
bushels ; nod If they should continue at
anythiflg like the same monthly
ratio tha American granarlca would
bo scraped pretty bare. Theie are
reasons for believing , however , that exports
in the last third of the crop year will fall
below the average of the previous eight
months. They are not likely to fall so much
hort of that average , however , as to leave
my Important surplus of the 1S97 crop avail
able on July 1 If government estimates of
the supply be correct. The uncertain cle-
meat In the calculation ta the extent to which
the figures of the Department of Agriculture
may prove to have been an underestimate.
Some experts of reputation believe that the
existing supply In first hands Is riot far nhort
of 150,000.000 bushels , 'n which case there
ould be 97,000,000 bushcis to draw upon for
export and reserves to July 1.
Factors which count for a great deal In re
straint of European eagerness to replenish
Bupplleii are the Increase In recent exports
fronuKussla and Argentina sad Hie prcapect
that India will this season be able to spare
35,000,000 bushels or more for shipment to
Europe. The Lcudon Times credits India
with an exporting capacity for 1S98 of 37,000-
000 bushels. The prospect of larger sup-
plica from countrl&i whose resources have
been greatly crippled during the past jear is
naturally relied upon to relieve anxiety about
future supplies and thus to weakca the sup
port of prices In the markets. So far au
the price position 'of the remainder of the
present crop year li concerned , however ,
wheat operators will have to reckon with the
obvious fact of stron ; clique ccn'trol of the
Chicago market ; and the outcome of the
manipulation of the " "
"bull" syndicate which
Brooklyn Eagle ( clem. )
' The yellow Journals , la the habit of going
prces every fifteen minutes. Boom to think
that war can bo declared wlthlei twenty-four
hour : without previous warning. They ore
attempting to create the Impression that the
next "extra" will contain the announcement
that the president has Informed the Span-
lards that we will fight them. A moment's
reflection based on elementary knowledge of
too practices of civilized nations should show
the folly : on which this plan to sell papers is
6a8Ct . Let us make the most violent as
sumption which has been considered In con
nection with the disaster to the Maine ,
namely , that the ship was blown up by a (
torpedo or a mine set and exploded
Spcnlsh fanatics. The Idea that Spain Mr.
herself was officially responsible for the de
struction of the ship Is too preposterous for
discussion. Official knowledge of the cause
the disaster must precede whatever action ger
taken. ! An investigation to learn , the
cause is now In progress. Until the naval at
board makea its. report neither Spain nor the
Unite States will make a hostile demonatra-
tlcn. Spain dare not provoke us In this
period . of suspense and wo are disposed to day
follow ] Captain Slgsbee's advice to form no
theories on Inadequate knowledge. "After
report i Is made there would follow a
period of discussion. Demands would be can
made upon Spain for reparation for the la-
Jury dcae by her subjects. There would
follow a long or ehort season of diplomatic that
coiTesponder.ee. Then If satisfaction were rors
obtained In this way the president
would make an ultimate demand. In the
case of Its refusal a message to congrers
would immediately follow asking for au
thority to enforce the demand by war If
need be. Such a proposition might or might than
be debated , but whether it received in the
stantapproval , or not , no war could be waged
without the sanction of congress. Before
hostilities began It la probable that offers
arbitration would be made. The people and
do not believe in war would unite with He
European sympathizers with Spain in a
attempt to prevent bloodshed ; the Span bis
aympathlzera to protect the bondj wblch over
clothl
hold and to make unnecessary the in
curring of a larger debt by a country that
It difficult to pay the interest on what das
already owes , and the peace party , be- the
cause it prefers peace to other things which make
also desirable. . ' years
A war scare may grow up In a night llko from
Jonah's gourd and die the next day when the >
of aenso shine * upon it. Dut with war dred
it is different. Force to the last re- at
of the civilized men of might. We dozen
that General Sherman spoke with au
thority when he declared that war was hell. of
men in authority here do not propose old
get Into the heaven of humanity from that tnctn
by way of the purgatory of ruined that
homeo and orphaned children and widowed
, If It la possible to go by any other couth
. Men and not children are In control North
Washington and It It Is within their child
power to bring the present complications to moved
peaceful solution they will not resort to and
. If force is necessary , bowever , warn
of Ita contemplated UBO will be given vote
than twenty-four hours in advance. at
Us
flHKAT I.VDUSTIUAL. COXFMCT. some
istlca
Intennei'Itlvnlry lAntonjr the Nation * of | 1'IOP '
the Unrtli. taxed
Washington Star. no
The coming century is to be remarkable ° ff
an Intense Industrial conflict between ° ]
most advanced nations. It has already $ luu'
between Germany and England , and
obvious gains of the former are ascribed
to her system of Industrial education.
government , has established , and it
maintains , trade schools In every section for
special training of future workmen. Re-
onthe work of these schools and re
from British consul ] as to the enter
of Germany manufacturing agents seek
new markets have
raised ulmovt a pas
for Industrial training In England. It Is
that In the matter of machinery , no
can have any permanent advantage ;
that while English workmen are superior
the German for the moment , it Is because
have been better paid , a condition that
continue when the rivalry for cheap
of production becomes sharper. There
, the > tldo of battle will turn In favor of
nation whoso workmen have Lad the
special training.
< ho recent conference of American
manufacturers , the question of our need of
Industrial education was raised and dis
. Some took a gloomy view of the
of America as an Industrial nation ,
of the popular objection to the teuch-
of trades aa a part of common school
training. It was considered doubtful whether
enterprise would establish trade
, the lack of which must reduce the
American workmen to an Inferior rank. 'An for 1
examination of the situation dors not war
any depression of spirits. Hitherto the isg
Intelligence of our skilled workmen has been
unquestioned. Sir Lyon Playfalr , in review- are
the history of labor-saving
machinery , the
:
that It was ther keenness and quick
adaptability of American workmen that had
mai
the United States from the- worst maisi
of the adoption of now machinery ; si
where the English workman , thrown
of bis trade by a new Invention , peases.
once Into the standing army of the un
employed , the American readily < urns hl
hands to something else and continues
self-supporting. ThU quality of the
American workman , who la most often the
descendant of Immigrants , U partly
to our political and Mclal condition *
which offer opportunltlei for individual
growth that are not found in Europe. He
has every Inducement 'to be ambitious and
thorough , The common cbool education is
an excellent ground-work for any after build
ing. As long AS the Influence of our institu
tions is not killed by the policy of the trade
unions , there U reason to bcllevo the Ameri
can workman will continue be superior.
Still , any epecUl training In the work ho
Is to do will be to his advantage , provided
It does not Interfere with the work of the
common school. There are no serious ob
stacles In the way of such special training.
Wo have already pointed out the advantages
of the boya who are graduated from the
New York Trade bchool , which was estab
lished by the cticrgy and foresight of thb
late Colonel Auchmuty. Sueti a school easily
becomes self-supporting and without expense
to the young workmen. All tdo buildings ,
machinery and other necessary appliances
arc constructed by the pupils , and many ot
the products of their labor can bo sold to
pay the cost of Instruction , which Is theoreti
cal as well as ( iractlcal. After six months'
training In such a t ratio school the young
American Is lit to rival the workmen of any
other nation , no matter what their special
education. To c taulWi such a school In
every community calls mainly for the
Intelligent Interest , and not so much for
the money , of the public. Once started the
school grona Itself. With the rasy prac
ticability of giving this special training to
our future skilled workmen there Is not the
least reason to doubt our ability to cccuo
through an Industrial conflict victoriously.
COXXKCTICtlT'S
Juicy Sunn of flu * XutnuBTK < % r Who
Hold liiNiirniioo Stock.
Doston Transcript.
Connecticut Is one of the great Insurance
states of the country , and the report of Its
Insurrnce commissioner upon the fire In- I
suranco business done by Its compmles for '
1897 Is a very good gauge of the general
situation. The risks In force In the nlno
itock and 107 niiiUhil companies of Connecti
cut amount to $2,5fi7,102,210 , .of which $1-
8S9.501.3G2 was written during the year. The
dividends paid by the homo stock com
panies reached the sum of $1,055,090 , an In
crease of about $30,000 , but there wont to
tlio surplus account ? 3COS,224 as against $1.- '
017,397 in 1S96 , an increase of considerably
over 100 per cent. The capital of these
stock companies is $10,173,000 , so the divi
dends cre considerably over 10 per cent
outside the fat surplus which would have
made a dividend of nearly 20 per cent rroro.
Still , a Hartford r > ipcr , which congratulates
the city upon this prosperity In ono of Its
largeit Interests , says that "tho Idea that
rates can be reduced every time a good year
sets In Is fallacious. Some store has to beset
set ngalnst the future. " True , but as yet
there has been nothing to show that the
reductions already made are premature , or
to Indicate that the Justifiable limit of con
cession has yet been reached. Most of the
Insurance stock Is held In Hartford , and
with a million In luaurance dividends and
another million from an extra dividend of
"
the Adams Express company the people of
Hartford do not seem to have much use for
the Klondike.
* 1'KHSO.V.VI.XD . OTII1311WISC.
Catching the spirit of modern warfare , the
Salvation Army ot Jersey City has decided to
adopt bicycles.
War Inventions , It seems , are not oon-
flned to the sensational newspapers. The
patent offlco Is flooded with them.
The Ice companies reluctantly confess that
the Reason's crop Is a failure. This clears
the way for the poach crop prophets.
A Kausis paper has come to the sage con
clusion that Captain Slgsbco of the Maine
would never bo a Kansas populist. Ho does
not talk enough.
Eighteen hundred and nine , the year of
Gladstone's birth , produced , also , Tennyson ,
Abraham Lincoln , Darwin , Blackle , Mark
Lemon and Oliver Wendell Holmes. Of them
. Gladstone Is now the only one left.
Amos J. Cummlngs' flrst act after his ar
rival at Havana was to Invest $18 In a
Panama hat. These hats , as Senator Gallln-
afterward told him. are made in Now '
Hampshire and are sold to dealers lu Havana
$ ? 15 p. dozen. ,
Charles Uotter , a.Chlcago cigar dealer , two
weeks ago , gave a lottery ticket to his friend ,
Joseph Dost , as a birthday present. Satur-
Dost was notified that his ticket had you
drawn 115,000 , and when Rotter heard the
news bo fell dead.
Prof. Benjamin Howard is the only Ameri say
who has thus for been able to.reach the
Siberian Island of Saghallen , where the
worst Russian criminals are sent. He asserts
the commonly accepted talcn of the her
of this prison are exaggerations.
Yes
Major John N. Burke , the noted scout and
former partner ot Buffalo Bill , left Tampa
Thursday for Cuba , at the head of twenty
veterans of the ten years' war. Major Burke
refused to talk about his mission further
to state that bo goes on business for the
Cuban Junta.
The emperor of Abyssinia Is six feet In
stature without shoes. Ho U very dark
wears a abort curly beard and mustache.
usually wears a large Quaker hat over
white } hcndkerchief , which is held over "Is "
head 1 , and a gold-embroidered cloak
a profusion ot white linen under
clothing.
J. F. Ferree of Randleman , N. C. , who
just : died , Is a good exemplification of
fa'ct that the day for the poor roan to
money has not passed. Less than ten
ago Mr. Fcrrce and an associate went
the north with a capita ! of less than
110,000. He leaves an estate of several hun
thousand dollars and was Interested
the time ot his death In no less than a
cotton mills.
Congressman Joseph Cannon , the author
the $50,000,000 defense bill , is one of the
landmarks 1 of congress. Foe olmcst '
twenty years he has been a member of
body , first taking hla seat while Mr.
lilaln waa speaker. Mr. Cannon is a
southerner by birth , having been born in '
Carolina elxty-two years ago. Ills
childhood : was'spent In Indiana. In 1859 ho
to Dcnvllle , 111. , and has lived there
In Washington since- that time.
Although the shah of Persia docs not do- Of
a penny to supporting hU arnbaeeadoi-
Constantinople , Mlrza Mahmoud Khan ,
representative at Stamboul ban a hand
Income , raised by means character
istically oriental. The shah has In Constan
tinople about 15,000 nubjects , and thwo are >
< ] for the purpose. Mlrza Mahmoud has
reason to complain of the arrangement , So
by the help of half a dozen able-bodied
collectors he secures an Income or about
$100,000. ; ' '
TMK BIltCUTIOJTAI. COSVK.VTIOIV.
FenM In Store for Trnohrrn Who Attend -
tend the Kxinxltloo.
flloux Olr Tribune.
The educational features of the World' *
fair were of ( he greatest value to teacher * ,
and it la planned by the educators of the
northwest to duplicate the experience at the
Trarmmtsfllssslppl Exposition as far as pos
sible.
The Tranamlselsslppl Rducatlonal cativen *
tlon wilt bo held at Omaha Juno 2 $ to 30
Inclusive , and the program offered , whll *
os yet Incomplete , gives promtao of much
profit to any teacher who may bo fortunate
enough to be able to attend. The abov *
date Is selected because It Is near the end
of the school year and will onible Instruc
tors to come direct from tdo school room ,
It Is believed this will Insure A larger at
tendance than would bo possible If a later
date were selected.
A gathering of thU character and the ex
change ot views and Ideas must bo of special
benefit to the public schools , yet the teach
ers propose to defray all expenses Incident
to the convention through the purchase of
official badges and small valuntary coutrl-
butlexis. It nvty bo that the greatest pavrf *
bio benefit cm be ilerlveJ from the re3iili
of such financial nupoprt. All hope so anJ
wl&h the teachers nil manner of enjoyment
from the feast of reason that will be sol
before them.
FACT AMI TlinnitV.
roitoorntloKMrrtlotiN I I'nrnlycril liy
Phlliulelplilft Kocortl.
Silver continues to go down , while farm
products advance in pi ice. This Is In
precise ( contradiction of the arguments
and piopheclra of the friends of free silver
coinage. Tbo course of the markets aa
represented by prices is alioun in the following -
lowing table :
Wheat Moss Wool.
Sliver , ( .Vo. 2 rcil ) , pork , Ohio X ,
1 > or per per jwr
ounce , bushel , barrel , pound.
July 10. ISM , .C 2 63.5 7.7 17.0
Sept. 20 , 1S9C..GOO 7 < 3 S.73 H.O
Nov. 1. ISSfi. . .Mfi si a S.M 1JO
April 17. 1SU7 .G2.R w. ? 8.75 21.11
Sept. 16 , 1897 .57.4 100 s 9. CO 261
! ) . 1C , 1S37. .roc 102.2 AGO 27.S
Veil. 23 , 1S9J .536 1042 10.75 27. T
Mnich 10 , H9 .31 3 100.5 10.75 280
The "appreciation of gold" ought to send
wheat , pork ami wcol down the toboggan
slldo with silver , or at least counteract
favorable market and tariff conditions ; but
fact nnd theory do not pull together. The
general Improvement In Industrial condi
tions Is also uiicxplalnablcxoii the 200-ccnt
dollar basis of argument.
1'oi.vnco uir.MAitics.
Brooklyn Life : He Then 1 go and for
ever.
She Very well ! But don't call tomorrow
evening ; for I shan't bo In.
Detroit Journal : "flic average man , " re
marked the observer of men nnd thing * ,
"ha no renson to think Ills wife two-faced
except Uiat she doesn't look as pietty 3
she did once.
CMcnqro : Ilecord : "Why nre you so sure
he"J never will lien diplomat ? "
"IJecauso lie sometimes says what ha
means. "
Puck : "Did you lose any valuables when
Urn burglar got Into your flat ? "
"Valuables ? He Htolo a folding mlnco
pie that cost 33 cents. "
Detroit Free. Press : "What Is Investment ,
Well , It Is giving a mnn a 5 dinner
and then selling him a $2,000 bill of guods. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "It li singular
that those Spaniards seem to be making
little or no elToit to develop ono of Uielr
most elf-udly weapons. "
"What's that ? "
"aarllc. " ' I
Indianapolis Journal ; Yabsley The war
excitement lias done mn some good at last.
Wlckwlrc As to how ?
Yabsley The .landlady won't let her
daughter play the Spanish fandango on tha
b'ultar any more.
*
Cincinnati Enquirer : "While the dumb
man may talk with lila fingers , " said the
obnoxious boarder , "ho cannot laugh wit hi
them , can ho ? "
"Why not ? " asked Asbury Peppers. "Did
ever hear of the glad hand ? "
Chicago Post : He knew what they always
, BO he thought he would forestall her.
"I suppose you've never been kissed by a
man before , " he said.
"Do I look as homely as all that ? " eh *
demanded , haughtily.
Chicago Tribune : Mr. Fllckenspltittcr
, there's some advantage , of course , In
being the only man of that name In the
city. My ma.il never gets mixed \vlt.i any
'
body clue's.
Mr. Smith Yes. nnd It's handler for tha
police when they have to look you up la
city directory.
Washington Star : "I'm nfeard , " remarked
Farmer Corntassel , "thet the period of use
fulness fur that politician Is about to bo
elrawcd to a close. "
"What's the matter ? " Inquired his wife * .
It a case of overwork1'
"No , " was the answer ; "taln't notbln' 00
onusuai as overwork. It's a plain , old *
fashioned case of overtalk. '
SCOOP OF THIS SWUNG FOIST.
Chicago News.
Up , Pegasus ! Up , PegususI i
Tls Spring and wo must spring- .
And scoop the weather and the bards
Who Into verso would illng it.
Qot up and dust , for you must trot
Full fourteen laps of sonnet ,
And many a klte-uhaped roundelay
Must have your hoot marks on it.
'TIs true a frosty. Icy blast
Wo meet where'er wo turn us ,
But we can catch the proper glow
By gazing in the furnace.
'Where birds would flit about the weld
The icicles are clinging ,
But there are pet canary birds
To glad ub > with their singing.
flowers in field and woodland now
There's not the allghtcst rumor , |
But in the florist's shop they bloom.
At tlfty cents a bloomer. >
The mossy banks are banked with enow ,
Their undent verdure wilting ,
But there are banks with long , green blllf
That wo may cull by Jilting
up , my nimble Pegasus ! '
Get up nnd hump and nhow 'em.
How we can sroop all others with
A springy , Spring-sprung paom.
Phis time
It's Hats
The clever judge of headwear who does the style making
our < hat department , says , "Spring shapes are ready. " That
good news , because it
means money in
your pocket if
satisfied to take the exclusive hatter's you
shape with our label in
crown. Our own shapes may suit you better they do so
my and are $ J.OO up to § 4,00. Some styles in our window
see if you like them. If
not , we have more inside that may.