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    THE OMAHA DAILY UEE : WEDNESDAY , MARCH 30 , 1898.
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STATIJMEINT Ol' ClllCULATION.
6tatc of Nclira ' 'a , Douslnn county , ss. :
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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-
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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
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20 2i,227
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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
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