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THE OMAHA DAILY UEE : WEDNESDAY , MARCH 30 , 1898. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. J , K. JtOaEWATKH , HUH or. PUlll.lSllKD KVEUY MOIlNINO. TCHMS Ok' Dally Ota ( Without Uunday ) , One Year . $8 CO IMllr life nml HunJny , One Vear . 800 fill Month. . .i . W Three Months . J < * > flun.Iny llt , One Ynr . . . * * HMur.lay Her. One Year . JW > V ckly Lice , One Year . . > Omnliaf The Ileo llulldlmr. . . . , . . South Omaha : Singer JJIk , . Cor. M nnJ Nth 31 * . Council lllun > ! 10 I'earl Hlreel. Chlcuffo onice : 602 Chamber of Commerce. New Yotk : Temple Court. Washington : Wl Kourtecnth Street. C9IUliSl : > ONDENCn. All communication ! relating to newi nd edlti- rial matter thuultl bi addressed : To tno Ldltor. IJUSINKSS UTTEIt9. : All business letters and remittances should bo Udretsed to The Dee 1'ubllihlnB Company. Omnlia. Draft * . checks , express and poxtolluo money orders to bo made payable to the order of * C0t" ' " , "jr ; iErj | rurtUSHlNO COMPANY. STATIJMEINT Ol' ClllCULATION. 6tatc of Nclira ' 'a , Douslnn county , ss. : Oeorie II. Tzvhuck , secretary of The Uee rub- lltlilng compnny , bcliiB duly sworn , fays that the actual number of full nnJ complete conies of The Dally , Mornlntf , E\enlnK nncl aumlay lice printed during Ihe month of February , 1SOS , was as fol- 1. * i ! . ' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ' . ' . . . . 21,931 i " ! ! " " " " " " zilcii 3 20.R92 17 ? ! . ? 4 70.7B5 5 ) .S75 19 , . . . M.B04 8 21.0IU SO. 21,093 7 20,60" 21 2USJ 8 2,0:4 ! 22 21,421 9 2i > . ! 82 23 2I.C35 10 20.SS3 11 2I.I2S 23 22.1" 20 2i,227 13 . , . . 21,012 27 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . SliJS'l II 20,903 tt'- . . 22."J Total returned. and unsold copies Net total sales Net dally a\enino . . . ononnn n. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence this 1st Oay of March , 9S. ( Seal. ) N. P. rEIU Notary 1'ubllc. Governor Ilolcoinb now has an op portunity to prove the sincerity of his protestations or reform. Let him bcjln by reforming his reform police board. Some of the patriots who are clamoring loudest for thu privilege of Inking Morro cnstle would probably be satisfied In the end to have the klnutoscopc privilege. In the extra fare decision for the fast .western . trains we have the anomaly of railroads being forced to collect money that tlioy do not want to exact. How fortunate that Uncle Sam's now naval acquisitions have sill been re- christened without the necessity of resorting - sorting to any of the hyphenated , con glomerations. The more attractive the exposition rates they make , the bigger the travel the railroads will carry. On this point the Interests of the railroads ami of the exposition arc Identical. The Washington letter carrier who UP- llvereil n letter addressed "To the Con gress of United States" to Speaker Reed must have been a steady reader of popocratlc newspapers. It never was a crime tor a pirbllc ofh- clttl to refuse tp do the bidding of nny one.It Is an Imponclmblc offense , how- - Ver , 'or n. _ public ottlu'nl to neglect uls sworn duty or"fo v'o1antli ' * law. If the police would Interfere occn slonally with the holdups and.- crooks who seem to be enjoying the freedom of the town there would be le.ss crime committed In Omaha and less complaint 11 om Its citizens. The names of two popullsc candidates foi governor of Oregon will appear on the ticket In that state , one simply as a populist candidate and the otlHT as a candidate of the "I'e.ople'.s-DeinocratlC' Sllver-ltepubllcan" party , whatever that may be. Another remonstrance Is In order from the organ of the gamblers' gang against Tollce Judge Gordon for holding one of the police-protected gamblers to trial In the criminal court. Judge Gordon must Interfering with the perquisites of aouie reliable man. According to the most reliable astro nomical horoscojm the time Is hate AY lieu the water should be again welling up in double-leaded double- columns In our es teemed fakery contemporary. Its learned descanting on spring llooilb Is sign that the geyser Is about ready to spout Even If the worst comes we are assurei that the thrilling drama , the "Curse of Gold , " will not be withdrawn from the tage , but wilt go right on In the dark bouttt of trial and tribulation teaching the people that the men at the head ol the nation arc only base conspirators bunt on destroying freedom. There Is ouly one czar. He recently Is sued an order to his ministers to Inj aside $70,000,000 for use In adding to tut. Knsslan war licet , and It was not ncccs eary forhlm to ask theconsentof any Par liament or mlnlstiiy. That way of doln ; business makes even the emperor of Germany envious of. the position of his cousin. The settlement of the poor faru judgment * * with the proceeds of tie county funding bonds means the releust in this city of something in thu i.clgh Iwrhood of ? 2M,000 which sluuld tlud Its way forthwith Into circulation whether In the form of extinguishing other In debtedncss or of Investments or Improve ments of property belonging to the claimants. The results of the settle merit should be visible betorn. long. Sllns A. Ilolcomb wus elected gov cnior of Neoraska by republicans who believed It to bo their highest duty t purge their own putty yf corriipllon am misrule. The keynote of the campaign in which he was the chief Issue was "Integrity and competency must be th only passport to olllee. " It now remains for Governor Ilolcomb to show to th people of Nebraska whether he Is 1m Sued with the courage to purge his part.\ which Ms republican supporters ex hlbltcd In 181M when they voted for hln in order to purge their party. It is easj enough to put men out of ollke.lr train with thu political enemy. It take a high grade of Integrity and couragi to turn out the rascaU and imbecile * o oao'a ewa T11K TKMPKn OF CUNUItKSS. The Introduction of warlike resolutions In the United States senate and the effort to form a combination In the house with n view to legislative action In. regard to Cuba Indicates n disposition In congress to deal summarily with the situation. How general this feeling Is was not de veloped yesterday , but It Is very likely to be made known today , when It Is ex pected President McKlnley will send to congte.is a message recoiimicddmtt an appropriation for the destitute people In Cuba and perhaps discussing \ \ Cuban question. It Is to be expected that there will be fihowti a very strong sentiment favorable to recognizing the Indepen dence of Cuba , but It Is not probable that a resolution declaring war could at this time secure a majorl'ty ' In either house. The danger of aggressive action Is greater In the senate than in the house , the leaders In the latter body being bettor disposed to be guided by the executive and to leave the Cuban ques tion cii'tlrely ' to his management. It Is somewhat uncertain , however , whether Speaker Heed and the other republican lcader > wlll be able to control a sulll- cient number of the republicans to pre vent aggressive action , unless It trans pires that the president has Information of proposed concessions by Spain that may bring about an early pacification of Cuba. It appears to be still the opinion of the president , strengthened by the conciliatory tone of the Spanish govern ment , that an amicable adjustment of the strained relations win be uffvcted and he may be able to Impress this view upon the house republicans. There Is reason to apprehend , how ever , that unless the president Is able to give congress pretty strong assurance that an early settlement of Cuban affairs Is probable there will be action looking o giving Cuba Independence , which vould of course result In war. It Is oroshadowed that the proposed appro- irlatlou of a large sum with which to urnlsh supplies to the reconcentrados vlll meet with vigorous opposition , on he ground that In this way the United States would be really helping Spain and hat the money would be better ex- lended In giving Cuba Independence. OKI : CUUIISK vun THK GOVERNOR Governor Ilolcomb is at last con- 'routed ' with specific sworn charges mpoaehing three of his outlaw police ward appointees for misdemeanors n olllee. The governor can neither Irtish aside nor ignore these charges. The law under which this proceeding s brought leaves but one course open and that Is to Institute an Inquiry Into ho truth or falsity of the allegations uul If sustained by the evidence to re- nove the olllcers thus Impeached. The vital part of section 108 of the charter cads : , Any citizen of the city may file with the governor written charges against any com missioner ho may deem guilty ot misconduct n ofllcc , and the governor shall within a reasonable tlmo Investigate the same upon testimony to bo produced before him and shall make such finding as to the truth or fal sity of such charges as In his Judgment euch testimony warrrants , and In case such charges nhall be sustained by the evidence bo Khali at once' remove tbo commissioner so fcund guilty and appoint another qualified to nil the vacancy thus caused. The gov ernor when sitting to Investigate charges preferred agaUist a commissioner shall have full power and authority to compel the attendance of witnessed and the pro duction of books and papers , and he may hold such meeting at the most convenient place In the state for the purpose of such Investigation. Governor Ilolcomb may be led to be- llcvo that because he has appointed the Impeached police commissioners he Is In duty bound to whitewash them , no matter what the evidence may be , but the law makes It mandatory upon him to Institute n full Investigation Into the charges and render a ( hiding and judg ment In accordance with the law and the facts. If his Judgment Is not In con formity with the evidence it will rest with the high court of public opinion to pass final judgment ou both the gov ernor and his commissioners. AS TO KUatirKAtf MEDIATION. It Is stated from .Washington that the talk of European mediation between the United States and Spain Is assuming tangible form , the speech of the French minister of foreign affairs last Satur day being regarded as foreshadowing sympathy with Spain , If not direct steps toward mediation by France and other continental powers. The speech of M. Ilanotaux expressed hearty friendship on the part of France for both Spain and the United States and the desire of the French government that peace bs maintained. lie said : "Our first duty is unceasingly to express to the two na tions the desire of all that a sanguinary and formidable light be avoided , " de claring further that France would not bo backward In helping to attain an ami cable arrangement If the two countries were In accord In seeking such help. Farther than this Franco would not go that Is , she would not become Involved In a conlllct between Spain and this country. On what grounds would European me diation be based ? What would bi > asked of Spain and what of the United States ? This country Is not seeking war. It 1ms done nothing to provoke war. It has merely represented to Spain that the conflict In Cuba is disastrous to Ameri can , interests , that the condition of affairs there Is deplorable and that It earnestly desires a termination of the conlllct. Our government has made no threat of Intervention , unless the prepa rations for possible war can bo con strued as having such a meaning. What has been done In these respects cannot be undone. European governments might suggest that we go no further with preparations for defense , but It Is hardly possible that our government would consider mich a suggc.suon , though It should bo accompanied by the strong est possible assurance that Spain would also cease preparations for war. They might ask this government to make no further representations to Spain In re gard to Cuban affairs , but If this were acceded to it would not affect what has already been eald. The feeling and deslro of the United States In regard to Cuba have boon expressed and that ex- 'l ' rcsslon will stand. Ax to Spain , sue would probably consent to stop warlike preparations and menacing movements , but as to the vital question , that of ter minating the war In Cuba , fihc could give no assurance that It will not con tinue three years longer or Indefinitely. It Is not to be supposed that Eu ropean governments would counsel nny change In Spanish military or political methods In Cuba , or If they did that Spain would be disposed to comply. What , then , could be accomplished by European mediation ? Wo are unable to see that it would result In altering the situation In the least. The Washing ton administration Is avowedly for the maintenance of peace. It hopes to obtain the pacification of Cuba through diplo macy. The Spanish government also professes , doubtless sincerely , to deslro peace. Such being the case , what reason Is there for European mediation ? The fact Is , that the Cuban question Is peculiarly and distinctively an American ques tion and the United States is able to deal with It without any suggestions or ad vice from European governments and will undoubtedly Insist upon doing BO. This country does not meddle In Eu ropean affairs and It would resent any effort on the part of European govern ments to meddle in American affairs. The United States does not want me diation and would not accept It If offered. SMALL DOItE Ol-PUSlTION. You can not make a silk purse out of a sow's ear any more than you can bore a four-Inch hole with a two-Inch augur. A Des Molnes paper , conducted by po litical small bores who forcibly illus trate the meanness of mediocrity , has sought for months In every possible way to prevent Iowa from creditable partici pation In a great enterprise designed to advertise to the world the wonderful re sources and vast capabilities of the em- plro west of the Mississippi. Its latest concoction of concentrated stupidity and malignity served up under the caption , "Tho Omaha Show Appropriation , " em bodies the following unblushing misstatements - statements : The Register docs not believe that the people and business men of lo.va are In favor of Increasing the "unconstitutional state debt" by borrowing money to go to a local show which Is wholly Intended for the bene fit of Omaha labor and business. Why rob Iowa solely for the benefit of Omaha ? The ecnato appropriations committee , which has so closely watched the state treasury during the present terra , wont to the extremb ex tent the people will consent to , In recom mending an additional appropriation of $10,000 , making $20,000 In all which would bo nearly as much as Iowa expended at the Centennial Exposition In 187C , and certainly $20,000 appropriated for Omaha will be a very liberal appropriation In view of the fact that Omaha has never contributed or favored the appropriation of a dollar for the benefit of Iowa. Why does the Iowa dog-ln-the-manger persist In calling the Transmissls.slppl Exposition a local Omaha show ? Was there ever an exposition held In the United States , barring the World's Co lumblan fair , which had a broader scope and was participated In by a larger num ber of states and countries ? Is an ex position In which every state from Texas and Louisiana on the gulf-to Oregon and Washington on Puget sound will be offi cially represented a purely local show gotten up solely for the benellt of one town ? Who proposes to rob Iowa for the benefit of anybody ? Grant that Omaha will reap material advantage from the enterprise toward which Its citizens have contributed nearly three' quarters of a million In cash and subsi dies , does that justify any rational per son in asserting that Its citizens arc en gaged In n plot to rob the people of a neighboring state ? . If Georgia and Arkansas see thalr ad vantage In raising fun-Is to erect state buildings and exhibit at Omaha , can Iowa afford to stand aloof ? If Missouri Montana , Colorado , Minnesota and Utah have been convinced that this exposition commends Itself as a great opportunity for advertising their resources and de velopment to the world , Is It rational for Iowa to close Its eyes and cars to the great event that Is to take place on Its very border ? The talk that Omaha has never con tributed or favored a dollar of approprla tlon for the benefit of Iowa Is the sheet1' ' est Idiocy. As a city Omaha has never been asked to vote a dollar to Iowa , but In helping to build up the country west of the Missouri its citizens have made profitable markets for Iowa producers and manufactures , without which Iowa could never have been the wealthy ani prosperous state It Is today. As a matter of fact the money voted by the leglsla ture Is to be expended not for the benc fit of Omaha any more than for that of Council Bluffs , but for the benefit o Iowa and in the interest of Iowa. RUSSIA IN TIIR KAST. The Russian government has an nounced the consummation of Its schcm of occupation In China , by which It se cures possession of Port Arthur am Tallen Wan and adjacent territory fo : twenty-five years. It Is stipulated tha the cession * may be extended later b.i common accord , but having secured It Russia , will undoubtedly remain In per manent possession , without regard to the wishes of China In the mat- ter. Russia has thus secured two Ice-free poi'ts ' and the commanding strategic point f the Yellow sea. The adjacent territory Is rich i.n gold , coal and timber and the develop ment of Its resources will be profitable to Russia capital. Port Arthur will bo a fortified naval base and Tallen Wan will be the terminus of the trans-Man- churlan railway and an open port to all foreign trade. Tha official communica tion of the Russian government gives the assurance that no foreign state will bo Injured by the arrangement between that government and China , but on the contrary will be bcneiittcuV since they will be enabled to enter into trade with a region hitherto closed to them. For ) this the world Is Indebted to the deter mined course of Great Britain in opposIng - Ing the cession of any Chinese ports without the condition that they should be open to the trade of tha world. The success of Russia In having Its de mands conceded by China Is a signal triumph for the diplomacy of that na tion , but it probab\y means the begin ning of tbo partition of the Chinese em pire arnoniriijturopean powers , out of vhlch rnaJ dflme 'ultimately a conflict between tgjj ft powers of vast propor- Ions. i % ii It transpftMJ that the decision of the ' supreme c h'f in the case of Bush against JoUiuson which Governor IIol- uouib cltes WfJustlllcatlon of bis course n the Btcy .settlement was not landed do\vu until a year after the gov- rnor let Brtrtfcy turn over by means of xipur cats arnl\logs { ) , \ on all orts of banks. The Hartley settlement was made In ' Tanuary , 1 0 , " , while the court decision ivas not handed down till the January , SOU , tcrnij . .If the certificates offered vere , as the governor says , "to mo , inder that decision , sufficient evidence hat Hartley had In his possession all funds with which he was properly hargeable , as If ho had exhibited to me .he actual cash , " he must have had a irevlsiou of what the supreme court was going to hold that would have done credit to a seventh son of a seventh sou. The recent death of Mrs. Delia Parncll , laughter of Rear Admiral Charles Stew- irt , and mother of the late Charles Stew- irt Parnell , recalls the fact that she lived o know much more of the results of the campaign In behalf of Ireland Inaugu rated by her son than he did. She lived to lenru of the passage through the louse of Commons , on preliminary read- ug , of n conservative Irish reform bill of a nature that would not have com- minded the support of cither tory ort radical at the tluio Paruull entered upon his great life work. The Parnell Idea he Idea of Irish government of Ireland Ivcs after him and will live on while mrliamontary lenders conic and go. A new departure In the work of en couraging closer trade relations between he American republics has been Inaugu rated with the formal opening of a sam ple warehouse in Caracas for the use of : he niauufacturerd of the United States. The opening address was by the presi dent of the republic In the presence of olllcers of the National Manufacturers' association of the United States , thus living It a distinctly International char acter. Other warehouses are to bo built in South and Central American cities as soon as it has been demonstrated that this one will be of substantial benellt to the American manufacturers. The appointment as police matron of the widow of the patrol driver who met his death h\ \ the discharge of police duty may be a slight reparation for the Injury inflicted , but the Immediate discharge of the incompetents by whose Imbecile orders her liusliand was sent on the fatal errand would have been an appropriate ' ' prelude to 'flic' present action. - , , > Cu'ul . % ilvlct * . MIn | < llpnnpolls Journal. By all means let us. keep cool. Let us not ba off "our feet " " swept by "grapevine" bulle tins or the 'inventions of yellow newspapers. lllunheil. . _ Globe-'Domocrat. Sagas ta determined la advance who should be elected t6'\tic Cortea. Kentucky blushes for such deepotlfbi. It takes three commis sioners la-Keatuchy to say who is elected" . Ilooiu'Tlmc * in the Went. IJropUlyn Eagle. The west Is rlsUig so fast that no war Is required to make It rise any higher. Even the rivers are overflowing Uielr banks and the banks are overflowing with money. Slffnlflcitnt Difference. New York World. Mr. MeKInley Is right In consulting con gress Instead of regarding It as something on his bands. " Congress represents the people , and In this country the people rule. Our Cnrtuuiied Uncle. Iloston Journal. Tbo Uncle Sam of the cartoon * ? , even the beat of them , Is underfed , If appearance Is to be trusted , and resembles a ranting popu list us much as any American type. He Is gawky , gaunt and gullible. Such a soul could be taken only from a sepulcber , such an 111 fitting costume only from a seconcl-ratt , masquerade. He Oils the bill poorly and Is not to be compared In this respect to the fair Columbia. We bellovo be would almost buy a gold brick. Spain. ' ! Financial Condition. New York Tribune. 'According ' .to the particularly well-informed and judicious correspondent of the London Times In Cuba , the Spanish government Is now spending or Incurring obligations for 18,000,000 a month in Cuba , is In arrears I there more than $60,000,000 , and has been put ' to a cost , to date , of $300,000,000 on ac count of the war. The Spanish army has dwindled down to little more than half its normal strength , having lost by death 52,000 , sent home Invalided 47,000 and having In hcsrl'.al unfit for duty 42,000. In such cir cumstances the question is well asked whether Spain can afford to spend $150,000- 000 or $200,000,000 more in another season's campaign , The Preitlilent iinU the Crlnli. Clilcauo Record. It should be called to mind by excitable observers of the situation that at the present juncture the avoiding of war Is more likely to como about at the Instance of the Span ish administration than through any doubter or hesitation on the part of the American president. Ever since Premier Sagasta came Into cflico he has been traveling rapidly In the direction ot freedom for Cuba. It given the necessary time is he not likely to com plete the Journey as rapidly as prudence will permit , menaced as he Is by the rival spec ters of foreign war and domestic revolution ? Have faith In the wisdom of Prtaldent Mc- Klnlcy. Ho faces the crisis with courai'v and Unowle42e. Ho will not fall to glvfr a good account , of the trust which tuo Amcrl- can people tyiipose In him. STAXU IIY Tiii'j i > uisimT. . Duty niul\o | Mlt- Call for Delibera tion mill for , UrooMyn Kaglo ( Jem. ) Joumalo. 'Statesmen and preachers 'that acknowledge- any responsibility to civiliza tion. mornls oi' . humanity for their words or actions should sustain the effort of the presi dent for time. Such as admit no responsi bility are louder In tone today than ever before. They are cultivating their "cora- merclalUm" 'in 'selling Inflammatory extras. while they . tljmatlzo as "commercialism" the de-Are of the stable , moral and religious Interests of 'the ' land for peace and Juetlca. Tha forces { or reascu and for right would better not try to outroar them. Those forces will do well' to stand by the president and by cctigrets In standing by tbo president. Tlmo will bo on the side of justice and peace. The United States cam afford to enforce no wren ; view ot the Maine ex- p'.aslrn on Spain. And that country can not afford to real-it the claims of any right view of that lamentable Incident. Dire and diabolical as the- spectacle Is of a distinct school ot journalism , Intent on the pro- 3ductlon of war for the sale of Issues , that organized evil has not yet made governments tta slaves or natters Its duped or mankind Its driven prey. The closer we get to the official disclosure of official action the stronger becomes the argument , duty and necessity for deliberation and for decency. For them Is required a reasonable time. The president desires 1L Humanity calln for It. Congreea ! now minded to araure it. Sane end upright aentlment evcrjrwhtre 1should Instat upon It , OP TUB TIMK9. A war cloud shaped like n cannon Vs re ported from Ttias. It wont 6ff. Uncle Sam's navy follow ! the example ot the American Indian In putting on war paint. llocrultlng officers ore securing hlfh grade leamen at Glouchester , Masi. , where 6,000 tardy fishermen do business. It will take the war rfilp Oregon about sixty dajs to steam around the bora to Key West. The distance la 13,57 ? miles. Prof , Sullivan of the P. R. pugnaciously observed that Spain ebould go out and get a reputation for fighting before talking about It. The distance to bo covered by the Spanish ftotllla from Canary Island ? to Porto Rico la 2,700 mllca. From I'orto Rico to Key West Is 900 inllea. The editor of ono of Now York's yellow war cries Is laid up with brain fever. A oornlclous habit ot declaring war In dead lines struck In. A Kentucky parson wants the government to take Cuba In and divide It among the negroce of the south "forty acrea and a mule" to each. The Spanish club ot St. Louis , composed ot mon In sympathy with the Cubans , changed Ita name to the Latin-American club , In deference to public sentiment. There will be some lively kicking In Cuba pretty socn. Spain is purchasing Missouri millets. As an Implement ot war the Mis- court mule Is most destructive at the breach. Solomon Smith , a hale old gentleman of Burr Oak , Kan. , who served his tlmo In the ( Mexican and civil wars , Is ready to en list to fight Spain , despite his seventy-seven years. All he asks Is that the government have the hard tack soaked so he can chew It. The announcement found among the Items of "war news" that Fort Sumter , In Charles ton harbor , has been rehabilitated carries the mind of middle-aged readers back to the dispatches of thirty-seven years ago , when everybody was wondering what would be the next tiding from that ruinous garri son. son.Dr. Dr. Catling was moved by humanitarian considerations to Invent his famous gun , whoso capacity Is 1,200 shots per minute. "When I saw the boys coming home from the civil war on stretchers , wounded and emaciated , I decided that something must be devised that would do the work of fifty men , leaving the other forty-nine at home. " Contain Robley D. Evans , the new com mander of the battleship Iowa , was In the harbor of Valparaiso during the Chilian trouble five years ago. Owing to the antl- Amcrlcan feeling he wanned the authori ties against molesting his crew. "If any of them are assaulted , " bo la reported to have said , "hell will smell with garlic be fore mcrnlng. " "Fighting Bob" Is said to bo In favor of making Spanish the official language of Old Harry's domain. Colonel John D. Mosby says : "I am op posed to going to war with Spain. First , because1 I aeo no just reason for war , and , second , because if war conies , I shall go to war. I wrote Senator Perk'na ' a few days ago to say to ttio president I thoroughly approved of the inoleratlci ; . he has shown , nnd do not believe there will be any develop ments to Justify war ; If war comes that the old confederate soldiers will bo tile first In the field , and that I should be with them. " 1'ISnSO.VAL AXO OTIIICKAVISE. Weyler's pen always was mightier than his sword and yet ho Is not entirely great. A man who wanted to turn over a new leaf and get out the right sldo of bed , at Emlson , Iiul. , ono morning , dislocated his neck In the action. The same. Jay leaches In the public schools , edits the local paper and preaches Sundays in the Friends' church at Carthage , Ind. Prof. Jay Is his usual title. A 3-year-old girl , daughter of W. T. Rlt- tcr i ot Stockholm , Edmonson county , Ky. , who iI Is already able to sing twenty-five songs , Is I "tho latest phenomenal product of the 1Bourbon.4country. J Edmund Tatteraall , the head of the noted t firm ot horse dealers , who died a couple of weeks ago , came from one of the oldest .Lancashire ] yeoman families. In the tlmo of < Cromwell they were fighters on the sldo of the king. Mr. Gladstone's private library Is particu larly 1 rich In the classical and theological departments. There 10 probably not u single noted ' theological work missing which has seen the light since the owner matricula-ted at Oxford In 1821. In describing his visit to Washington and the eights be saw thcro a country editor in Missouri writes that ho Interviewed Speaker Reed , adding : "The honorable gentleman was real self-possessed , and not at all dis concerted In our presence. " New Orleans streets are so accommodat ingly named that , according to a veracious chronicler , a tramcar conductor was en abled recently to put off a tlmo killer at Pleasant street , a blowhard at Bragg , a hurry fiend at Short , a bore at Chestnut and a negro at Blackberry street. Senator Hawley hao forwarded to David R. Hawley of Farmlngton , Crran. , a copy of the only photograph of President Lincoln that was ever retouched. The picture was taken In 1864. at the tlmo Lincoln commUslcnc-J General Grant lieutenant general of the army. An enlargement of the photograph will be made aaJ framed for the Karmington High school. Among the cigar makers now working at West Tampa , Fla. , la a man uamed Rlcardo , who ten months ago was worth $4,000,000 or $0,003,000. At that tlmo he was a resident of , Cuba , owning a great deal of property In Havana , besides much tobacco land. Shortly after ; Weyler's arrival In the island be was accused of giving aid and comfort to the revolutionists. 'He was banished , his property was confiscated and he now earns $40 per month. TWO OP A KIND. Comparative < Merlt of theSpnnlnh 1'fliiyo iiml' ' the Indiana. New York Tribune. The Spanish war ship Pelayo has of late been mentioned as about equal In strength to oun own Indiana , and a coafllct between the two has been speculated upon as evenly balanced- and Indeterminable in advance. Such talk 19 based upon gross carelessness of observation , or misinformation , as refer ence to the facts In the case will show. The Pelayo Is a smaller ship than the Indiana , being of 388 tona less displacement , eighteen feet shorter , three and a quarter feet rjJrrower and of three feet lean draught. She has I CM powerful engines , developing only 8.000 horse-power to the Indiana's 9- 738. Her new boilers may give her greater power , but that is yet to bo demonstrated. She la six ycais older than the Indiana. She is just about as heavily armored as the Indiana , in some parts more , in some less. She. carries only SOO tons ot coal to the Indiana's 1,010. Finally , in ordnance she is far inferior to the American ship. She has four tig guns , two of twelve and a half- inch and two of eleven-Inch calibre ; but the Indiana fas four of thlrteenlnchcalibre. . The Pelayo has one 6.2-Inch and twelve 4.7- Inch gura , against the Indiana's eight eight- Inch and four six-Inch guns ; and the Pelayo has six quick-firing and twelve machine gunti against the Indiana's twenty quick-firing twenty-pounders , six quick-firing one-pound ers and four machine guns. It Is not ex travagant to eay that the Indiana la , in point of offensive armament , fully 30 per cent more effective than the Pelayo. Much has been eald aluo about the Em- pcrador Carlos V. She is not a battleship , but an armored cruiser. Let us see how bho compares with , for example , the Drook- lyn. The Spaniard is fifteen tons lighter , twenty feet sbcrter , three feet broader , ono foot shallower , has 269 lees horse-power and la nearly two knots slower. She L ? UMS heavily armored than the Brooklyn , except ing o\er her guns , where her armor is thicker. She carries 300 tons Icsi coal. She has the same number of torpedo tubes. She has two 11-Inch guns , which are much heavier than any en thu Brooklyn , but whether they will , on the whole , prove more effective than the Brooklyn's eight 8-lnch guns is an open question. Certainly the Sp&ularoV } * eight S'-i-lnch quick-firing guns are not equal to the Brooklyn's twelve G-liich , nor her ten smaller ones to the Brooklyu'a sixteen ; r.ar will her eix machine guns against the Brooklyn's four give her a win ning preponderance , Spain has seven other smaller armored cruiser * , heavily armed , of which the Viz- eay * may be taken as a typo , of about 7,000 ton , and ten to twelve Inches of armor , and eacb with t. couple of 10 or 11-lncb guns end ten GVi-tnch RUOfl. Against three the United States has throe more battleships , each equal la fighting strength to two ot the Spanish ) crullers , and two armored cruUera each about equal to one of them. In coast defense ves sels , monitors , etc. , tbo United States I * far superior to Spain , the latter having prac tically none to be compared with our Mait- erey , Puritan , Terror , Amphltrlte , Mlanto- noraoh and Monatlnock. In gunboats and cruisers , too , the advantage Is decidedly ca Ihe side of tbo United States. If to these technical conditions wo add the differences In geographical position , anl In skill and resources , between the tno nations behind these fleets , the odils are seen to bo so hope lessly against Spain as to make It a causa ot wonder that any rational Spenlsu states man should for a moment consider the possi bility of war save as a last desperate resort for national defense ; to which , wo may be sure , Spain will never be driven by the United States. WAR CLOUDS A I' , HO A I ) . The Old Worlil ItrUtlliiK Ul ( or Philadelphia Times. It Is not beyond the rongo of possibility that war may break out in the farthest east before It breaks out In the wtst. Fleets ara gathering about the Chinese coast com pared with which our Atlantic squadron and the Spanish torpedo boats together arc Insignificant. Ttie British China fleet Is beIng - Ing mobilized at Hong Kong and a French fleet has juat gene by to tbo China sea , where the German navy Is already \\cll represented. And all thii with reference to the Ilueslan advances In northern China. The gradual expansion of Runslan Influ ence over southern and western Asia has brought It close to the lines of British India , but otherwise tbc two powers have not coma immediately In contact and Great Britain has ( counted upon her oulpcsts cm the Chi nese coast to secure her control In the Pa cific and her Influence upon the future for tunes of China. Now Russia has got thcro too and the Lion and the Bear are growling at ono another , while the other powers are steading by , ready to take a ( land or to avail themselves of anything to be made out of the quarrel. Looking on from this distance. It appears most natural and advantageous to civiliza tion at largo that Russia should have juat what has been obtained from China , an open port and terminus for Its great continental railway , Hid If this Involves the general control of Manchuria and Its absorption Into the Ru'ttlao empire , so much the better for Manchuria and Itio world. While E-ng- laml Is the great colonizing vow or , planting little Englai'ds all around the world , Rus sia Is the great administrative power , equipped with just the machinery needed for the gradual establishment of order and security among the Asian peoples , and no other government could solve the Chinese problem as Russia can. It LJ a most interesting situation , Involv ing such vast concerns as to make our quar rel about Cuba a trifle in comparison. The Immediate outcome ncems to depend upon the attitude of Great Britain. Lord Salis bury's ' rollaace In diplomacy has ttius far failed and nobody knows exactly what Mr. Ilalfour's policy will be ; but the London dispatches all indicate a disposition to rc- wnt Russia's attempt to take what fclio wants without cci-eultlng England , and If a ' spark of war should start up nny w hero It would not take It long to run around the world. M ; WKl , Prolinlilllty of tliet.'iiltnl Stntt-N So inl ine "Conl to .Vi > neiNlIe. " Philadelphia Itccoril. Great Britain has been drawing upcra her coal supply ID the bowels of the earth at an extravagant rote. The Increased cost of m'nlng due to exhaustion of surface layers and to continually deepening shafts has com pelled the coal producers to Introduce coal- cuttling machinery In order to keep down the labor coot. Over thirty years ago the late Prof Jovona Bounded the first note ot alarm when ho predicted that the "cost of mining coal must rise to a rate threatening our commercial and manufacturing supre macy. " perhaps within the lifetime of uomo persons then born. Since that time tbc production has risen from a little over 100- 000,000 torfl.tn 1866 to nearly 200,000,000 tons .n ' 1896. Thls' adt Is used as fln argument to refute the gloomy predictions of Jovona ; but an address delivered recently by Mr. Courtney , president of the Royal Statistical society , corroborates much that Jcvona said. The following comment from an English journal may provo Interesting to American readers : "Mr. Courtney , following Jevons , lays great stress upon the danger to our commercial supremacy from the competition of the United States. He is able to show , what Is indeed familiar to most people , that both in regard to coal output and to price there has been a most extraordinary change In our position as compared to that ot America , In 1861 the American output did not exceed 16.4 million tons ; In 1896 it amounted approximately to 170,000,000 tons. In 1SS6 coal In this country cost 4.83 shillings | a ton'at the pit's mouth , and 6.41 shillings In i the United States. Jn 1S95 the cost was j 6.64 shillings in Great Britain and 4.75 In America. In the Iron Industry the change has been In the same direction. 'Between 1860 and 1895 the production In America has risen from 821,000 tons to 9,400,000 tons. In the former year our production was four and three-fifths times as great as that of America. . In 1895 it was a little less than three-fifths 1 of the American production. Within the same period there has been a rapid approxi mation in the prices both of pig and puddled iron and of steel rails In the two countries. Thcso figures are undeniably remarkable. But do they bear out the gloomy forebod ings which have been based upon them ? Who can foretell with certainty the future course of the American markets , or whether the processes which have determined their growth in recent years will continue to operate with equal force in the years to come ? 'Mr. Courtney's survey Is Interesting so far as It goes , but It would have to bo widened Indefinitely in order to afford a solid basis for his conclusions. " H Is evident that the president of the Royal Statistical society regards the competi tion from Germany as Insignificant In com parison with the prospective Invasion from America. It would bo a strange event. In deed , if America should become a shipper of coal to Newcastle. When Great Britain can no longer feed her furnaces with coal , and when she shall have 'become ' dependent upon ithis country for both fuel and bread , the alliance that Is now talked of as a matter of sentiment would become in dispensable as a matter of safety. UNJUST UI9CHIMIKATIOX. Kftortu to Kicluilc Amcr- Iciiti PrnilnrU. { .title's Weekly. The attempt to hinder Germany's Importa tion ot American park , fruit , wines , horse * and plants Is not commercial retaliation against our tariff. It Is a PCfish ! effort to offset the preference of German consumer * for American products. Parasites lu our fresh frulta and growing plants , chemical * In our dried fruits and Influenza In our horsed are alleged grounds for the recent decrees of exclusion , The right to put sanitary restriction upon Hs Impots : belongs to every nation. The exercise of the right Is never permissible unices there Is evidence of Its ncccfjlty. Where uro the chemical tests' ' , the rcqords of Illness or death , which permit It In this Instance ? The facts about our export trade with Germany are Interesting. In sixteen ycard the growth ot our apple shipments has been enormous. In 1SSO-S1 the export wao 20,000 barrels. In 1S96-97. 111,090 bar rels , valued at $215,483 , went to Hamburg. Our apples luivo found great favor In Ger man cltlc ? . They arc so supcilor 'that there Is no market for the native fruit. Within a few years the Importation Into Germany of American , especially California , wines has greatly Increased. In IS'Jo Itvm 24,494 cwts. , as against a German expor tation to the United Slut en of 11S.C04 cwta. Thu German vintners need our wines In blending theirs , for the American article has a greater percentage of alcohol. The grow ing export of horsca to Gcrnuny Is Itsell a refutation of the Influenza charge. In 1SD ? its value nan $822,250 , ns > against $79,950 id 1893. Leather Is another Instance In points Chrome-tanned leather Is exported to Ger many because her tanners and dressers can not pro.luce < the soft and pliable article made hero. To meet the competition leather manufacturers In the district of Mainz have engaged expert American tunnels to teach their art. What do itheuo facts Indicate ? Certainly not that American products are unsought by Gorman cornumurs , nor that they are of Inferior quality. Neither do they lead to the conclusion that a protective tariff to * mon-ta commercial war. SAIU IX I'UX. Chicago Tribune : "There's one crop that never falls , " said Uncle Allen Sparks , na ho limped Brumbllnsly alon , < r. "If you plant a foot In n tight shoe you'll raise a corn every time. " Iloston Transcript : Mrs. Holmes Have you anybody you can refer me to ? Menial O , yes ; I liuvo come prepared ta icferenccs with you. Truth : "Paper ? " "No my boy , I can't rend. " "i'tili don't liavo to read. Yuh can tell colors , can't yuh ? " Plttsburg Chronicle : Willie Do you sup pose I will ever have a great wiry beard like ? i yours ! i Willie's Father Mcbho , though nt pres ent the wires , In your CIIBC , are down"Y "Y -J Chicago Ileconl : "I think iwarwould do thl * country Kood. " "So do I ; Just think of the brass bands that would bo called to the front. " lioston Transcript : "Fine morning , your worship , " affably remarked the man who hail been arrested the nliht before for be- Inir drunk and disorderly. "Yea , Indeed , " responded the Justice , "iiulto a " llnu morning In fact , n $10 line morning. Somorvllle Journal : Kvery married woman lias two opinions of her husband one -her real opinion nnd the other the ona she expresses to her relatives , friends , neighbors and acquaintances. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "I rather gucsa I'll hive to taku a. hand In thK" growled the frontiersman , us ho reached around to his hip pocket. Then he drew forth a whining- silver del lar and bought four chips. Detroit Free Press : "I will go to the war if there be one , " said the nervous little professor of music. "I will do my duty. " "Professor , " said iito - biglonghaired rival , "If you can only have a few of your marches played I'll Ruaranten them to put the Spanish on the run every time. " Cincinnati Knqulrer : "The enemy , " a little Uoston girl read , "was repulsed only by repeated by repeated Sarahs. " "That Is not in the book , " said the teacncr. "I am well aware of that , " said the child , "but I have been taught to avoid the ust of such diminutives as Sally. " ISUAK.1 . , I'UTAAM'S HIDE. Clinton Scollnrd In the Independent. 'Twaa a morn of March In ' 79 That ths British resulars formed In line. A thousand ll htlnc men nnd more. To scourge the fair Connecticut shore. Whore were the valorous patriots thenT Scarce two hundred scattering men Were all tint /gathered upon the height theciy"y springtime .morning llRht. V " , h .thp.lr two old wmnons caked with mire. And their heavy Hint-locks primed for Jlni Up the road did the redcoats com" , Stepping true to the roll of ths drum : ! rom cither slde of the u ilr.srlnir . rank Turned a troop on. the patriot Hank. Retreat or capture the only choice. ! "Back ! " rang- the piitrlot leader's voice. A single volley , brokjn nnd harsh , And away they lied for the wood and marrt Whllo their dauntless lender , ore nt need , Sprang to the back of his champinguteed. . Thundered the drasoonn' hoofs behind ; Burst thslr shouta on tins keen March wlndj Over his ehouldcr a look ho cast And lo ! the enemy gainingfast. . Was he. whoso famclmoved many a Up To plno on a British prlbon-xhlp. The -while his foemen worked their will Krom Norwalk bridge unt6 Stamford hlllT "Never ! " he cried , and at the word . On with a mad resolve ho spurred. Into the valley a rocky stair Ijcd from an ancient house of prayer ; Out from the highway he leaped his. steed , And taheil adonn at a despjrale speed , While round about him he ht-nril the hum Of the bulled ; of tliow who dared , not com * , Flinging n tnunt at each redcoat clomn , On lie rode Into Stamford town. Gathered all who could' ' strike a blow. And backward 'turned to hurry the fos. Thus did Putnam's courage ghlne That morn of March 1m ' 79 ! A hero he ns he rode alone With bravery b.'ert In the very bone ; For well he know 'tl * Inn man that's free. That worUethwoo to the enemy , And fto. whllo spring miccccdi to nprlng ; Down the vale of the years shall ring- Ay ! to our country's oven tld < . Thu fatrvo of Israel Putnam's ride. "Think not thy own shadow larer than others/ ' Sir Thomas Are you a large man ? Has it bzzn your misfortune to have to have your clothes made to order ? Then you cannot have given this store a f\iir \ trial. We cut all our siEes in several shapes to accommodate just such cases as yours. We think that one of our * ' stouts" will fit you to a T The fact is that we guarantee a fit , just as much as guarantee the quality or the workmanship of a suit that we Our spring lines are ready now for men and boys , that are tall , short , fat or slim. Cor. IOth and Uouglpm fit j