OMAHA DAILY .BJCHi TITlttHfcAY. AFBIL , 11. ISM.
THE. OMAHA DAILY BEE.
B. nOSKWATEH. Editor.
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ence thla 1st day of April , 1S38. N. P , FEIU
( Sonl. ) Notary Public.
In the hiiiuls of men truly Krent , the
pen Is mightier than the sword.
It Ls comforting to know that Hitytl
nml San Domingo have rusolruil tipon
maintaining a neutral attltntle.
For a few days the focus upon which
tlio eyes of the world will Iw riveted will
be the eapltol and not thu White House.
, Some of the ministers of the gospel
fit'cin to have found It hard to make their
Knster Hcrmnns Lorrespond to the text.
Dirt will lly this wet-U. It will at least
If the farmers of the northwest realize
that the season Is well advanced and the
tlino for seeding near.
It will lie noted that the morchanl.s
who are getting the spring trade are the.
merchants who patronize the advertis
ing columns of Thu Hoc.
And to think Hryan wouldn't even
take time to look at the brass band ml-
vi'iUsing charity train , and that when
lit ! was within a few blocks of It. Thai
was the most nnklndest cut of all.
One novel excuse offered by the fu-
filonUts for their defeat In the recent city
elections In Tacoma nnd Seattle Is that
nearly all of the staunchest "friends of
fiilvor" have gone'to Alaska In search of
gold.
Is It possible that Governor Holcomb
proposes to run nway from those man
damus proceedings ? What Is there In
the Impeachment charges against his
police commissioners that he Is so afraid
of ?
Hi'forc the season is .over the popocrats
will be charging that the railroad com
panies In making such large additions
to thi'lr equipment are simply engaged
In a conspiracy to make It appear there
is prosperity when there Is none.
In the meanwhile tlie city Is paying 7
per cent interest on obligations that were
to have been discharged with the pro
ceeds of the funding bonds. This loss
tiliouhl be counted In with the damages
assessed against the Iraiul brokers who
liavo broken their contract with tlie city.
Governor Ilolcomb's bogus reform po
lice commissioners have held several
meetings since their confessional with
the governor's substitute , but they have
not yet taken ri single step looking to
ward revoking the licenses of the tc-
sorts where open gambling was car
ried on.
If the telegraph nnd electric light com
panies cannot be induced 16 put their
wires under ground nnd remove their
unsightly poles , they onght at least to
innko them less unsightly by the appli
cation of a fresh coat of paint. That
much of a concession ought to bo se
cured by the city authorities for the
asking.
The story about news having been re
ceived from Explorer Andreo Is rightly
regarded as n fake. The probability Is
nil against Andreo having over reached
the North Polo and being ullve now.
Yet several other expeditions to the
North Pole are under consideration and
most of them no more promising than
was that of the balloonist.
Under the now charter the council has
the authority to order the pavement of
any street within II.OOO feet of the court
house square without waiting for the
abutting property owners to ask for the
Improvement. This authority has been
conllrmed by the courts and tlie council
onght to take advantage of the oppor
tunity to order pavements on alt the
streets within the prescribed district
which are not already paved. These
pavements should have been laid years
ago.
Lumber Is om > of the most Important
of American exports. The steamships
doing business at the Gulf ports nearly
all carry lumber from the southern forests -
osts and the Paellle coast steamships
take from the northwestern ports great
quantities of lumber destined generally
for South American cities. Some of the
South American nations are threatening
to Increuso the duty on lumber to shui
AmeMcan shippers out of certain mar
kets. A demand Is made that the reci
procity clause of the lust tariff law bt
brought Into use to save this lumber ex
port trade and It can very well be done
Hlneu the Imports from the South Amer
lean cquntiles nro largely of articles no
produced In the United States. At tin ,
saino time , while the 'lumber business Is
nu Important Industry , we should node
do anything to encourage the over-Lusty
destruction of American
TIIK pnt,8WKNm rower.
President McKlnloy'n policy , M pro *
flouted In his mea.iago to congress , ap
peals to the ? enlightened , conservative
and sober Judgment of thu nation. It
will not satisfy those who want war ,
but It will bn approved by all who
hope that thu pacification of Cuba and
thu Independence of the Cuban people
may be attained through peaceful
means. The aim of President McKInley -
ley Is to secure the freedom of Cuba.
No ono desires this more earnestly than
he. Hut he would accomplish It , If It
be posslblq to do so , without the shed
ding of American blood. In the course
ho has pursued the president has shown
the hlghi'st moral courage. Neither the
clamor of men In his own party nor the
abuse of political opponents has Influ
enced him. With dignified calmness
ho has steadfastly adhered to his con
scientious convictions of duty and his
Icar fiouso of the momentous rrsponsl-
) lllty resting upon him and he will eon-
lime to do so.
The president graphically describes
he conditions In Cuba and says of the
var there that If allowed to go on It
will ilually cud only through the ex-
niustlon of one or both of the parties
o It Tills ho thinks cannot bo con-
cmplated with equanimity lny the civ-
llzcd world and least of all by thu United
States. lie therefore feels It to bo a
duty to bring about an Immediate tor-
nluatlon of the war. This , In the
pinion of the president , Is not to be
ccompllshed by a recognition of Cuban
ndcpcndence. He still holds In regard
o this the views expressed In his annual
lessage of last December , when ho said
hat the Cubans had not succeeded In
stabllshlng a claim to bo recognized ns
lelllgerente or as an Independent state.
il\o \ attitude of the president at that
line met with very general public ap-
> roval and the Cubans have no better
him to recognition now than they had
ivo months ago. Mr. MeKInloy quotes
ho position taken by President Jackson
n regard to recognizing the Intlc-
idcncG of Texas and finds In It abun-
lunt warrant for his attitude In respect
o Cuba. The president further points
tit that to commit this country to the
ecognltloji of any particular government
H Cuba might subject us to embarrass-
ng conditions of international obliga-
lon toward the organization PO rocog-
ilzed. If we should recognize the In-
li-peiideiice of Cub.i and then Intervene
o slop hostilities there our conduct
vould be subject to the approval or ills ,
ipproval of the government recognized.
Vi > fehonld have to submit to its direction
ind assume to It thojnere relation of a
'rlendly ally.
President McKlnley declares that for-
ilblo Intervention to stop tlie war is
ustllinblo on national grounds and he
itates thp. e grounds with clearness and
'orce. The destruction of the Maine Is
cited as Impressive proof that the state
of affairs In Cuba Is Intolerable and
) erhnps nothing said by the president
will have greater effect upon public
pinion , hero nnd abroad , than this. The
> rcsldent then speaks In this decisive
anguage : "The only hope of relief and
epose from a condition which cannot
linger bo endured Is the enforced pacifi
cation of Cuba. In the name of hn-
nanlty , In the name of civilization , In
jehalf of endangered American Inter
ests , which gives us the right nnd the
luty to speak and to act , the war In
Cuba must stop,1' President McKlnley
asks congress to give him authority to
: ako measures to terminate hostilities in
Julia anil to secure n stable government
: here , with power to use the military
and naval forces of the United States
for this purpose.
What response congress will make to
his request is uncertain , but suspense
as to this will not be prolonged. It Is
to be hoped that the matter will not
cause an Issue between the executive
and congress , because unity at this time
s of the tlrst Importance. Wo must
stand before the _ world a united people
us to whatever policy the deliberate
udgincnt of those In authority shall de
cide to adopt.
MUST DIFFICULT PROBLEM.
The exposition management has wres-
led with many perplexing problems and
ms successfully solved nearly all of
: hem. It has dealt with the question
pf location nnd tlxc l upon the alto most
satisfactory to all. It has steered
: hrough legislative shoals and reefs and
organized more than twenty states for
participation that have had to depend
ntlrely upon private contributions for
their exposition funds. It has passed
through the rapid : ) and whirlpools of the
water supply and dually secured ample
lire protection and an abundance of
water for man , beast and machine.
Ono Important problem , however , ro-
nalns bcfoie the exposition promoters.
The first question propounded by
people who desire to visit the ex
position Is , What assurance Is there
of commodious hotel accommodations
it reasonable price or at any price ?
All the preparations made to date
to Increase the facilities for lodging
and caring for exposition guests fall
to meet fully the estimated demands.
The consensus of opinion among the best
informed citizens Is that something must
be promptly done to provide respectable
quarters for nu overllow of from fi.OOO
to 10,000 people dally that Is sure to
present Itself on every special occasion
If not throughout the entire season.
Two different avenues remain open ,
both of which should bo utilized. The
ft rat Is the erection of a large , temporary
liotol , planned on the style of sen.sldo and
mountain summer resorts. Such a hotel
can bo built and equipped In time on
plans already at hand providing the
capital Is subscribed and contracts let
without delay. That the Investment In
such a structure would prove very
profitable Is iK'yond question. Hut even
If the big protlts which It promises were
not absolutely assured , the building of
such a hotel Is as much n necessity as
has been the erection of the great build
ings on the exposition grounds.
The second avenue for supplementing
existing hotel accommodations lies In
the proposed arrangement of trackage
for sleeping car trains , In which excur
sionists coming to Omaha could be lodged
In comfort during their stay. In this
arrangement the railway company
should take the lead. If abundant track
age , easy of access , can bo located be.
yond the rau e of disturbance from rail-
way trafllc , icrentl thousand Kacflt.il
couM bo tnkcn cnro of nlniont ; lw well
ns If they had rooms in first clans hotels.
HPAlX'ti'AU \
Spain Is going on with prcpnintlons
for possible war , leaving no doubt
of her purpose If necessary to give the
United States the very best light she can
make. It Is said to be the opinion of
pome of our military nnd naval olllcers
that In case of war Spain will carry on
a program of hostilities very different
from what Is commonly supposed. They
take the view that Spain will leave the
defense of Cuba to the army now there ,
with such volunteer reinforcements ns
can be secured , and will carry on n war
of reprisal , whoso solo purpose will be
the dcstructloTi of American commerce.
All her resources , It Is thought , will bo
utilized In the employment of privateers-
men , which will seek American com
merce bearers and attempt to extermi
nate' our foreign trade. It Is assumed that
Spain would probably declare a blockade
of American ports , not with any Inten
tion of actually carrying that out , or
even of attempting to do It , but In pur
suance of her policy of destroying Ameri
can commerce. Concentrating her
energies upon that method of warfare
Spain , It Is suggested , believes that ho
will thereby attack the United States at
the most vulnerable point and can main
tain for many mouths a warfare upon
the seas disastrous to our commerce. It
Is said Spain focls that It Is at great
advantage , because Its own foreign com
merce Is small In comparison with that
of the United States and its losses In
this direction would bo relatively small.
Undoubtedly if war comes Spain will
do all she can to Injure American com
merce and she will hixvc no dlllleulty
In llndlng means to do this. She Is al
ready assured of getting any number of
prlvntoersmon. which she would simply
have to equip and send out under the
Spanish tlag to prey on American com
merce wherever It .should be found on
the seas. Very likely our coastwise tradb
would suffer from this sort of warfare ,
unless American vessels were sailed tinder -
dor neutral Hags and oven this might
not bo a complete protection. It Is
hardly conceivable that Spain would ex
pect to retain Cuba In n war with this
country and It is probable she would
not make any serious effort to do so , but
would employ pretty much all her resources -
sources against American commerce.
A Sl'ANlliH-.lMKIlHAJt ! C
In view of our present knowledge of
the agricultural and mineral wealth of
the transmLsslhSlppl region , it .seems
strange that neither the Spanish fortune
seekers who penetrated the region more
than three centuries ago nor the Spanish
colonists who followed their trails were
able to uncover the riches they t > o much
sought. The expeditions of De Vaca and
Coronado in the sixteenth century could
not have been better planned to miss
their object , and when Don Juan de
Onatc led hl.s small band of colonists up
the Hlo Grande valley In IMS It would
have been natural for him to have , at
least sought the headwaters. Hut he was
doubtless entranced by the sireen Holds
cultivated by the Pueblo Indians and he
paused In the valley opposite the mouth
of the Chauia and there built the church
of San Gabriel , around which was
quickly gathered the first permanent
colony In Jhe western part of what Is
now the United States. The Indians
wore already civilized nnd engaged In
agriculture , and the Spanish colonists
wore welcomed.
The old San Gabriel colony ought to
have nourished In the Illo Grande valley ,
even though It might have been planted
In a more favorable location , but the
Spaniards were poor colonizers and
'
seemed to lack the Industry , patience
and contentment necessary to permanent
settlement of n new and unknown coun
try. Other Spanish colonies were planted
later In the southwest , but not until
within comparatively recent years has
the population of New Mexico Increased
sufficiently to make statehood only a
matter of time. The history of San
Gabriel colony Is but the history of all
Spanish-American colonization outside of
the tropics.
Preparations arc being made for the
celebration July 13 next of the ,100th an
niversary of the founding of San Gabriel.
It can be made an Interesting historical
celebration and in nothing more Interest
ing than ns a showing of the Inefficiency
*
of the Spanish colonization methods
compared with those of other pioneers
who were attracted to the now world.
A n'KST INDIA UU.ILIZO STATION.
The Bee has received from Hon. Clark
E. Corr , formerly American minister to
Denmark , his views In regard to the
proposed purchase of the Danish West
Indies. Colonel Carr carried on the ne
gotiations some years ago for the pur
chase from Denmark of the Island St.
Thomas and he still thinks the United
States ought to acquire the Island nnd
utilize It for a coaling station. Colonel
Carr makes a very plausible argument
In support of his opinion. There Is no
question that the harbor of St. Thomas
Is one of the be.st In the world Colonel
Carr says there Is scarcely any other
which In amplitude , Impregnahlllty.dept ] :
of water and In every requirement Is
equal to that of St. Thomas. He says
It could iloat nnd shelter all the navies
of the world and with Its natural ad
vantages for defense at a comparatively
small expense this stronghold can be
defended against all the navies of the
world. Hut does the United States need
this harbor ? Is it necessary to our KG
cnrlty that we fortify St. Thomas ana
establish a coaling station there ? What
Colonel Carr says doe.s not fuinlsh an
entirely satisfactory answer to these
questions. In regard to the contention
that the acquisition of this territory
would be a departure from the estab
lished policy of the nation , Colonel Carr
characteiizcs It as absurd. Wo do not
think so. On the contrary It 6eoms to
us to bo the ono sound and valid reason
against the proposed acquisition. The
development of an appetite for territo
rial aggrandl/emeut Is full of danger and
is to bo dlbcouraged. The safe plan Is to
adhere to the policy of kec-plng out
hands off of remote territory.
Quito n number of available buddings
In Omaha can be readily transformed
Into hotels for the exposition season , but
If this Is to bo done no time Is to be lost.
It Is a mistake to figure that the attend-
fnncn from abroad will not coinmRtico us
noon ns the fkty'p are opened. The pro
cession of visitor * will Iwgln to nrrlvc
before the cpflgC next month and will
continue until .after the Kfo.it show IM
concluded , nniirim must be prepared to
take care or"ijyory one of Its guests
whenever th j"njay choose to accept the
general Invl tlan that has been ex
'
tended. n . , ,
The death "of , judge Hector nt Dallas ,
Tex. , last Kiigilny ca.lls attention to ono
of the defectH I" our federal judiciary
system. .Tudicu Uector was Judge of the
northern district of Texas and had been
Insane two yVn'rfl. Ills Insanity was of
an InolTeiislvRfilial , ntid as he did noth
ing that would subject him to Impeach
ment or removal and would not resign ,
his court had boon held by Judges from
other districts. The ltnatlon became
intolerable nnd recently an Iowa man
was appointed Judge In the district un
der a special law to meet this ease alone ,
but his appointment has not yet been
continued. Had Judge Hector lived the
district would have hart two judges , one
of them Insane , but both drawing sal
aries. Ills death simplifies matters at
once and relieves thu Department of Jus
tice of embarrassment.
The Iowa supreme court has recently-
set the seal of condemnation on that
i method of law practice which consists
chlelly In looking for legal loopholes.
The case was one Involving a construc
tion of tiio law relating to exemptions
from the Inheritance tax law and the
court held that the exemption of $1,000
applied to the whole estate nnd not to
each share Into which It would be di
vided after distribution. The law Is so
plain that it would seem like an Insult
to the court to call It In question before
it.
The platform of the Hryanlte demo
crats on which W. W. Krwln Is ritnnlng
for mayor of St. Paul contains a plank In
which they declare themselves "as sep
arate nnd seveied from all persons callIng -
Ing themselves by the traditional name
of democrat who refuse to follow the
cries of a distressed people. " It Is evi
dent that henceforth the democracy ot
St. Paul must be distinctly of the cryIng -
Ing and howling brand and the faction
that smiles at prosperity will receive
no recognition at all.
\MV You're TsilkliiK.
Philadelphia , Times.
Lots of men tread on each other's toes
trying to crowd into the gallery of congress
who'd hardly take part In the rush if a re
cruiting ofllco was there.
IIooiuiMl.t < > UlxlutoKrntlon.
I'lijluvlelphla kcilgcr.
China Is a country practically without the
cohesive "force ofTitrlotlsm. The enormous
population , the'hunUrous dialects , the con
flicting Interests of the varloiu provinces
nnd peoples are operating nil the time
against that solidarity of Interest , and feellcg
which llnkii together the parU of moat Uu-
ropeuu countriee < < The disintegration of China
seoius to bo a foregone conclusion among Eu-
ropcaa statesmen ; '
Tlie" ' < ; iilileii Tide.
Now York Tribune.
While preparations for war are loud In
the land , gold continues to pour In upon us
from abroad In Increasing volume. It Is
true that It Is , ln settlement of commercial
balancles and mrt the proceeds of borrowing ,
but the fact U txigratlfylngevidence of onr
couiid financial fcBndltldn. ' Spain , meanwhile ,
having sritrandefred'the ' gold of four hundred
years' spoliation of the Americas , Is reduced
to her last peseta.
Huxh of Trnvolcrn Checked.
lluffala Express.
A great falling off In the patronage of
Atlantic steamers Is reported as a con
sequence of the prosp'ect of war. This la
not an unmixed misfortune , for toutlsts take
a largo amount of gold abroad each year. If
their number Is greatly reduced this season ,
the Inflow ot the metal will be still further
augmented , to the benefit of the financial
stability of the country during the war. If
hostilities do not take place , there will be a
rush of travelers later on.
Ilooiu liu Klondike Ynrim.
Sprlnprteld Hcpubllcan.
It Is noticed that the stories of marvelous
riches In the Klondike Increase as the travel
thither declines. Ono letter purporting to
como from Dawson City Is .being . given wide
publicity , which records the existence on one
of the claims 'there of a woodrack four feet
high and twenty-four feet long filled with
gold nuggets and gold dust. The width of
the rack la not given , but presumably It must
be four feet or thereabouts , forming a receptacle -
ceptaclo capable of holding all -the gold
ktiown to exist In the world outside of the
Klondike.
Hulfn for I2iillHtmentM.
Hasten Globe.
Women who are Interested to know what
'disposal might possibly bo made of their
husbands In case of war are Informed that
for enlistment a man must be between 21 and
30 years of age , of proper character and good
health ; be must not bo loss than five feet ,
four Inches tall , and his weight , according to
height , must be between 128 and 190 pounds.
A man more than five feet ten Inches tall
and weighing more than 1G5 pounds cannot
bcccmo a cavalryman , but must join the
Infantry or artillery. This rule for enlist
ments up to date applies , of course , to all of
a wlfes * relations.
Cholera VCI-HUH Cniiiionn.
Minneapolis Tribune.
In the war between China and Japan we
used to read about the terrible fighting , but
It appears that the Japanese lost only 739
killed outright auJ 230 who died subsequently
of wounds received In battle ; 3,148 of yellow
fever and otL r diseases ; 3,009 were In-
valldd on account of wounds received and
58.E52 were Invalided from cholera and
other diseases contractol during the cam
paign. Thus It will bo seen that while
modern destructive weapons slay their
hundreds , dlscasa slays Its thousands. It
would be the same , only more so , should wo
ssnd aci army of qbpupatlon to Cuba.
AH Sri-ii Thr ) UKli Smoki'il
ChlfagQ ) Chronicle.
As a. sort of preliminary practice drill for
war with Spain Bdltor Ucaewater continues
to push hostllltc'l ( against the Omaha lire
cud police comm'ssion. ' His rapid-fire guns
am raining writspt Injunction and QUO war-
runlo upon the unhappy -commissioners , and
ho has now began to shell Governor Hot-
comb's position with siege mortars Icadel
to the muzzle N\UU.jnandamu3Cfl. The ene
my replies wlth.-splrlt and the thunder of
the World-Herald's circulation batteries In
dicates that , though ( General Hosewater may
be vlctoilous In thp epd , the engagement will
ba protracted and bloody. At any rate , the
citizens of Omaha ! will get a gooj Idea ot the
horrors of war , e\'en > though we should patch
things up with Mr. Sfagasta.
Nut llliiHlcr , " lint Slmi'lf Truth ,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The resources of the United States are so
vast that wo ourselves wholly fall to realize
them. We are masters of the greatest of the
continents. We are the possessors of a per
fect syBtem of government. On our own
ground wo are more than a match for all
Uuropo still barring England and Hussla.
Wo have to go abroad for nothing. Within
ourselves we are absolutely self-sustaining.
In all mechanical arts and martial appliances
wo lead the world. Our food products are
cxhaustless. United c a nation no power on
earth could successfully come against us.
Til's Is not bluster. It Is the simple truth ;
and the statesmen , soldiers and financiers
of Kuropo know It very well. The American
v.-ha disputes U cither does not know his own
country or greatly overestimates the outer
world.
TUB PHII.AATHMePICX POLtOY.
Intf to Hnmnnllr In Cnhit Nn ! < *
thnn ll tr > In Hnmnnllr nt Home.
Cnrt Scn'ur In Hnrptr'n Weekly.
Neither should we Corset that the phllan-
hroplc policy , If It Is to be genuine , rmut
> e philanthropic "alt round. " It must not ,
n order to alleviate the * sufferings * ot some ,
tnposo avoidable suffering on others. That
! uba 1ms been sorely oiiprepa.nl and mal-
rcateJ by Spanish mlt-govcrnmcnt ; that the
trugglo between the Cuban Insurgents and
ho Spanish forces bore traits ot outragcoua
ructty ; that the forcible "concentration"
f the country people In the towns without
nirana of subsistence was n barbarouti meas
ure , subjecting Its victims to horrible nila-
ry ; thut the Spanish government has been
unwilling or unable to put an end to such
evoltlng atrocities , and that the condition of
ho afflicted portion of the Cuban people
lowcrfully appeals to the sympathy and the
iclptul Impulses of every generous person
all this Is certainly true. It Is no Ics ? true
hat If , 'm obedience to such helpful Impulses ,
vo resort to war , wo shall sacrifice the
Ives of < in Incalculable number of our own
jeoplo In battle or , In case of an Invasion
of Cuba , by disease ; we shall spend In the
vork of slaughter and devastation perhaps
a hundred times as much money as It would
cost to feed the hungry and to clothe the
lakcd In Cuba or , for that matter , to ro-
levo the miseries of the Indigent In our
own country for many months ; wo shall
ause that trouble and dlstrew among the
> ocrer classes of our own people by which
every war Is accompanied .and followed , ami
vo shall call Into unbtIdled activity there
elements of corruption and demoralization
n our social and political life which war
lover falls to stimulate , and of which we
already witness the premonitory i < ymptoma.
All this , too. Is certainly true. If the ono
ildo la entitled to generous consideration ,
s not the other ? If philanthropy demands
hate avert harm flora the Cutun people ,
oes not the tame philanthropy demand that
vo avert harm from our own people like
wise ? la only the ono thing to be called
'magnanimity" and ' "honor , " and the other
'cowardice ? "
Uut. wo are askcxl , "Snail we stand by In
cold-blooded unselfialmekB , unwilling to take
ny risk to save our unfortunate neighbors ? "
"Jo. " ( But If wo are a wise , a truly generous ,
a truly philanthropic people , willing even , If
necessary to take any risk , we shall exhaust
he last chance for the peaceable attainment
of succor to the suffering and the stoppage
of bloodshed nnd Spanish misrule In Cuba ;
ve shall ( Irmly sustain the noble , patriotic
and statesmanlike efforts of 1'rcjldent Mc-
Clnlcy to nccompllPh that object ; we shall
loner him for Ms bteadfaat fidelity In scek-
ng to save both slJro froml.aim ; and with
ilm we fhall firmly uphold the first prlncl-
) le of true philanthropy honorable
peace sn
eng as It is pouliilo , r.ar only when It bo-
omes an Imperative necessity.
* 11131M3WS i'HOMOTIOX ,
Jreut Tribute to the Ability of the
Imminent Xew Yorker.
Leslie's Weekly.
After tde 20tfa of April the most exalted
nd responsible position In the railroad ecrv-
ce ot the world will be occupied by Hon.
Shauncey M. Uepow , who on that day will
etlre from the presidency of the New York
entral and bcccuie chairman of the boardH
if directors of the four great , railroads com-
irlslng the Vanderbllt system , namely , the
VPW York Central & Hudscei River rall-
oad. the Lake Shore , the New York. Chicago
t St. Loulrt and the Michigan Central. At
> rct > ent Cornelius Vanderbllt In the executive
lead of Ifio New York Central and the Mlchl-
; an Central , and William K. Vanderbllt of
he Lake Shore and New York , Chicago &
3t. Lou 1.3. Both of these Important positions ,
vhlch have heretofore been occupied by the
icac's ot the Vanderbllt family , will bo
united In ccie , and their great responsibility
i'HI be placed In the competent hands of Mr.
> epew. Uoth of the Vanderbllts will remain
n the directorates of the respective com-
anles and tdelr Identification with their great
properties will be as largo and as close aa
hey have been heretofore.
Mr. Dcpew'o advancement , which Is per
haps the greatest tribute that has over been
5ald to hl3 splendid ability , opens the way
or the choice of S. n. Callaway , now presi
dent of the Lake Shore , to the presidency of
ho New York Central. The change In Mr.
Depew's relations does not involve any
change of residence. It simply puts upon hla
bread shoulders heavier burdens and greater
esponalbllltlen. The Vanderbllt system ,
vhlch , under the masterful guidance of W11- .
lam K. Vanderbllt , has of late been extended
'ar beyond any possible conception of the
> ld coiTimodore , has become one of the most
'lKantlc railroad enterprises In the world.
The changes In Its executive management
vhlch wo have Indicated have been necessl-
ated by the consolidation of the Vanderbllt
'ntercsts and cannot fall to be conducive to'
.heir continued prosperity , development and
rowtb.
iA .Mnitter of Fnltb.
Indianapolis News.
Free coinage by this country at the ratio
of 1C to 1 , Mr. Bryan asserts , will make that
' .ho true market ratio between gold and sll-
rer , not only here , but throughout the world ,
lie asserts this ; he offers no proof. There
night to be some simple proof on his theory ,
'or ' he says any child that knows that when
ono end of a teeter goes up the other end
0C3 down can understand the money ques-
lon. He asserts ; ho does not attempt to
irovo. But this accords with Hon. George
Fred Williams' Idea that btmetalllsts are a
church. Mr. Bryan Is the chief priest or
irophet. He does not have to prove ; all he
needs to do Is to announce , and those who
are of the faith will accept. But these who
are not of the faith require a sign , The
great prophet should give outsiders a pointer ,
10 that they m-ay climb to his altitude of con-
Idence. They know that free coinage In
ndia did not preserve the par of exchange
at the legal ratio ; they know that In Mexico
t des not do It ; they remember that In thU
country , In the long years preceding 1870 , It
did not do It. And now , when conditions are
ho most difficult and adverse they have ever
been , they want something more than a
prophet's mere assertion that what experi
ence scemo to show cannot occur will occur ,
f the gospel of 1C to 1 has free course and Is
glorified.
1'rolltlnK by Experience.
Chicago Tribune.
Apparently the railroads have decided to
real the Omaha 'Exposition a little better
than 'they treated the World's Fair In Chi
cago. Tourists who wish to go to Omaha
'or ' the summer can go and return for four-
fifths of the regular double fare. Thofe who
are content to limit their stay in Omaha lo
hlrty days or less can go and come for ono
and one-third fares for the round trip. To
ittcnd the opening ceremonies the rate In
still more liberal , being a single fare for the
ound trip , or ono cent a mile lor all living
within 150 mllcn of Omaha. In making "the-Do
concessions thus early the railway managers
mve evidently profited from their World'o
"air experience.
iAiiotber I'orclKii lloyoolt.
Philadelphia Ix > il i-r.
Austria-Hungary Is the latest power to
propcse a general European boycott agalrtut
Lho United States on account of our tariff.
Mke all the rest , Count Szpchenyl'a ( sugges
tion will amount to nothing , for the very
good reason that the United Statco can get
along without the patrcoage of foreign
powers mutli better than they can do with-
3Ut the products of the United States.
Tbo Royal Is the highest fjrade baking powder
knerwn. Actual tests show tt goesonft-
tblrd further than aa/ other brand.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL iuma rowotn co. , HEW YORK.
RICJJIB OT'TIIH TIMK9.
Simrmon , Schlcy , SlRsbco three caplUl
S'a. Sama number In Succci * .
I'orto Hlco Is A fertile little lilaml of 3,630
ju ro miles and l.COO.OOO luhiblt-ints.
The auxiliary crulsrrn Dlxlo and Yankee
will shoot together this lime , If the orJcr Is
clven.
( lovernor Tanner of Illinois announces his
( U'tarmlnatlon to command the state mllltl *
If It I * called out for
0. II , 1 . Belmcnt , grandson of Commodore
Terry , who cleared the lakes of the Urltlph
In 1812 , has offered his sword to the country
In case of war with Spain.
Havana contractors have been selling the
troorn corn at * l In gold for twenty-five
pounds , though the cost was only 66 cents a
lui-.jhel. These are the patriots who want war
to the lajt ditch.
The yacht Kllldo placed at the disposal of
the government by K. llurgcss Warrro of
Philadelphia. Is the fastest vessel afloat. It
Is eighty feet long , eight feet four Inches
deep , draft three feet six Inches , and can go
a mile In 1:33. : The Klllde can outpace the
fastest of Spain's hornets.
A well known officer of the Navy depart
ment boa beoa ats'sneil ' to one of the new war
ycsai'ls Just bought The name of the craft
Is the Josephine. When the wife of the naval
officer heard of his assignment , she remarked.
"Wul. H will be the llrst time ho ever com
manded a Josephine. " The lady's name Is
Josephine. At the request of the officer , the
name of the vesreel Jins been changeto ! the
Vixen. This coming scrap has begun to de
velop Its humors.
The flag of the Maine was not saved when
the vessel was blown up. The flag that was
kept flying over tlm wreck until It was
finally taken down o\i Monday was one sup
plied by the Fern , and has no other connec
tion with the catastrophe than the fact of
that association. This Is scarcely enough to
hallow It in the eyes of the American people ,
as the 'Maine's ' own proper flag would have
been hallowed , had It been preserved.
Buffalo Bill IB willing to guarantee the
freedom of Cuba If given > m army of 30.000
Indians. He says : "If these 30,000 shouting
Indian braves on horseback , resplendent la
brilliant war paint , the eagle feathers on
tholr war bonnets fluttering 1 the wind ,
should sweep down on Havana In u grand
charge what a picture It would make ! Taken
unawares , hundreds of thousands of men
could not withstand such an onslaught. "
"If this craft Rets a shot In the right spot.
said an officer of the dynamite cruiser
Vesuvius , "there will be no call for a board
of Inquiry. " The vital spot of the. Vesuvius
is Its magazine stored with thirty 'tons ' of
dynamite. If a hostile shot strikes the
magazine there would .lot 'be 'left enough of
the cruft to make a souvenir button. The
Vesuvius has a speed of twenty-two knots ,
carries MX ofllccrs and slxly-four men and
cost ? 3DOO,000 to build. Woe to the craft
that stops a shell from Its three fifteen-Inch
dynamite guns.
All sorts of war Jobs are , of course , paurlng
I" on tuo government , attracted
by the $30. .
000,000 national defense appropriation. A
southerner sends up word that palmetto COD-
bases make the test kind of fortification and
ho offers ( fora ccnsldetatlon ) to buy up all In
sight and deliver them to points of coast de
fense. A citb.cn of Kansas City writcn that
hog brlstlca make Jnilletprcofcloth which , In
the form of thick mats , could be hung around
the hides cf the. war vofael-s. He adds Inci
dentally that , in anticipation or the adoption
of h'n suggestions , ho his secure-d an option
on all the hog brlr'.lcs In the market.
A Wasp and a Hornet are again on the
rcatcr of ships In the American navy , thwe
hktarlo names liavlng been given to rece.it
purchases of smaller vessels by the govern
ment. The war of 1812-14 was diatlngulshcd
by the brilliant actions of toth the Hornet
and the Wasp , eighteen guns. There were
two Weflps In that war. The first one cap
tured the British brig Frolic , and was then In
turn captured with her prize by n British
seventy-four gun frigate. The second Wasp
captured the British ships Helndecr and
Avon , and a few months later was lest at
sea , when , 'wtoerc ' or how Jiclnc unknown to
this day.
PKKSO.VAI * AMI
Senator Morrlll of Vermont will on Thurs
day evening next hold a reception at till
Washington homo to celetn-ate tils SSId birth
day.
day.Mr.
Mr. Schad of Michigan , wbo showed his
mon'ey to a Chicago stranger and lost $1,100
within a few minutes after arriving there ,
must bo a queer fish.
Wel-Hal-Wei , England's new port , Is
on the south side of the entrance to the strait
of Pecdllll. Kcally , all these miimlsno dis
turbances do servo to brush up one'ii geog
raphy !
Charles Dlttmar of Baltimore , who has Just
returned from Havana , says that General
Weyler received $120,000 In gold from the
tobacco dealers of Cuba for laying lib cele
brated embargo on that commodity last year.
Mark Twain , having noticed In an Amo-Ican
newspaper statistics of the Increase ol crime
In Coinectlcut dur'ng < the laat seven years , la
sorrowfully constrained to admit that "this .
Is Just the time that I have been absent from I
the state. "
Judge Martin of Chicago was recently given
an old Scotch coin by a tramp whom he be
friended. He now finds that there Is only
ono other such coin In existence that In the
British museum and he has been offered
$2GO for h's by n collector.
Piper Flndlatcr , who piped the Gordcn
Highlanders to the charge at Dargal after ho
bad been shot through the Icga , has readied
r/ondon , and 1 ? overwhelmed with Invltatlcns
to go on the Stage , , to go Into museuimi and
to get married and all the other things.
Charles H. Hacklcy or Muskegon , Mich. ,
has offered to place In Hie city park bearing
his nemo statues of Lincoln , Grant , Sherman
and Parragut , at a total expense of $20,000.
The park , with a soldiers' monument , was a
pcevloun gift by Mr. Hackley to the city.
Urbina B3ttasso , the young artist who was
given the commission to reproduce the de
stroyed statue of i'.lio Doge Grlttl , which
stood In the west fn > nt of theDoge's pa'-acc
In Venice , has finished his work , and the
xtattio will < bo put In position about the last
of this mcnth.
The Boston Transcript announces that only
abJut $7,000 of the necessary $ S3OOu tor tno
Lowell Memorial park remains to bo con
tributed. In T. B. Aldrich'fl pom. "nim-
wood , Jn Menury of James Russell Lowell , "
are these lines concerning the plnos which
are In the part of the estate to preserved :
"O nutumn nvlnd nmong the somber pines ,
Breathe you bis dirge , but bo It Bwcet and
low.
With deep refrains nnd murmurs cf the ? ea ,
Like 'to his verse the art Is yours nlone.
Hla once you taught him. Now no voice
but yours !
Tender and low , O wlndl nmonf ? the pines ! "
YKM.OW KW lit COMOHKM.
fhllnilolphlii Tlmos : Inlo.id of nbuiln *
thp prc-Jldcnt tlil-i In n time the nation should
proudly hold up Its head.
New York Mall and Kxprcaa : The con
gress ( us repeatedly demonstrated thl unity
during thp trying days ot the last six
woekit , nnd that ono man should have forgotten -
gotten fnlnicM and truth and plunged Into
ribald fnlKchood only brands him as a do-
aplrublo exception to the rule.
Wflishlugton I'ost. It Ifl to tlio nhamc ot
the American congress that such a debits
nu was Injcctest Into Its proceedings on
Thursday ihould form n part of the history
of the nation's crisis. In standing sponsor
In the hou.io for tonsAtloiml nnd Irresponsi
ble rumors affecting the loyalty and In
tegrity of thp president of the United States ,
the 1'cst does not believe that Mr. Lc U
of Ohio spoke for h ! democratic colleague *
or for the democracy of the country. We
believe that the young Ohio statesman , rootless -
less nnd Impetuous , honestly eager for ac-
tlon , gave Impulsive voice to charges that
ho himself never seriously entertained.
riilladelphla Press : All thliiRs , however
humble , have their uses. John J. Lcntz , a
democratic representative from Ohio , wan
created fcr a purpose , though hitherto that
fact has been more or less concealed. Hl
scurrilous and Infamous reflection on the- mo
tives of thp president of the United States
In withholding his Cuban meceiimo served
to call out Congressman Grosvenor to grixit
advantage. The splendid and crushing
reply mailp by the latter v.ao at once a
tribute to the , president and nn annihilation
of Lcntz. As a rule , the democrats have
Hunk partisanship and supported the prosU
dent In this Cubnti matter as patriots. But
there are some of the Jackal kind who need
to be clubbed Into silence.
Washington Star : How stands the Ameri
can citizen In comparison with Senor do
1.01110 uho follows the Spanlnid In his Im
peachment of the president at this critical
time In the country'a history ? What shall
bo said of him who brings charges of A
grave personal nature against the prrsUent
of the United States founded solely ujmn
the most flagrantly Irresponsible gutter
gteslo ? What la to bo produced by It but
so much upon which the enemies of the
United States abroad may feed ? Who will
bD the first to snap It up but the Spaniards
themselves ? Who will point to It meet
triumphantly as cxciflrniatory of all that ho
himself has said but Honor de Lome , who ,
for n similar offense , had to pack his trap *
nnd leave ?
SAI1 > IX I'MIX.
Detroit Journal : "I am tojd that she Is
descended from kings. "
"Not now. She- used to l > p , but her tieo-
plu arc much reduced la ulruumstuucu ! ) .
Chicago Tribune : "What's the latest
about the war ? "
"Ilaug the war ! "
"Say , It's your 'kind of fellows that's v
keeping the country In susj > eti e , b.amo
yen ! "
Cincinnati Kuqulror : "They ain't enough
pudding to go round , " the waitress s.ild.
hoarsely.
"Tell the rest of "em as they come , " raid
the landlady , "that It Is Sp.inl h sauce.
Then they'll refuse It. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "What a long , 1
thin bead Jltnson has. Hasn't be ? Louies *
as If he 1ml piiHhed It under a. bureau for
u collar button. "
Somcrvl'.lc Journal : Xcd I mot Miss Up-
-to-Dato yesterday , and didn't llnd her In
credulous. Shu swallowed cvciy thing /
said.
Jack-What did you say ?
Ned-Ice cream soda.
Washington Star : "Willie Olggs Is rp-
Knrded as tlie ( lower of the family , " salil
Maud.
"Perhaps , " rejoined Sfanilo , "that ex
plains why wo so frequently he.ir him al
luded to by the men as a 'blooming1 guy. ' "
W.VHIUOU OF TUB ( I. 31. II.
Demer 1'csl ,
Back In t'nc days of sixty-one his auto
matic tonpuo
In sharp demands for bloody war with en
ergy was swung :
He ached to amble to the front , a deadly
gun in hand ,
And with the foeman's ruddy gore baptize
thu southern land ,
And when at last the summons came for
men to do and die
He found 'ills stack of courage chips wan
quite n number shy ,
Hut well ho played Ills warlike hand he
had u pull , you see
And got a proud position in the
M.
D.
All through the long and bloody war he
stood right nt hm post.
And dealt out clothing and supplies unto
the battling host ,
And , though the roar of cannons from a
distance smote Ills ear ,
Ills aetlons demonstrated that he never felt
a fear.
He was a sinew of tlio war , a powerful one ,
too ,
For If ho save not grub to t'neni what could
the soldiers do ?
And thus he battled for the 'causa with
true fidelity
Right at his post of honor In the
II.
D.
And when t'no bloody war was o'er , back to
his home ho came ,
Upon his commissary brow the laurel 1
wreath of fame , \
And since In every great parade he Is on
hand , of course ,
Dressed In the finest uniform and on. the
tallest Viorse.
Upon him every eye Is bent with bright
admiring glnnco
As with the gleaming spurs ho makes his
charger snort nnd prance ,
While In the rear the boys who marched
with Sherman to the sea
Keep step and guy the hero of the
thoM.
M.
D.
Now once again his eager cars engulf the
sounds of war ,
And once again his fearless voice Is crying
out for gore ,
And once again he'd raise his arm with
courage tried nnd true
And dish up coffee , beans and things unto
the boys In blue ,
Amid the commissary stores , by patriot
valor swayed ,
He'd slice up bacon for the boys with
trusty , KleamitiR blade ,
For that Is war enough for him , Just Ills
Vilm to u T.
This non-blood-spllllng warrior of the
Q >
M.
D.
must be
too late. "
Pliny.
Don't put off getting your Spring Suit. It is ready for you
here ready in a few minutes. How long would the custom
tailor keep you waiting for it ?
"We can save you not only the fortnight that the tailor would
take , but half the price that he would ask as well. Isn't that
worth while.
We have as large an assortment of patterns from which to se
lect as he has to offer , and indeed , if you prefer it , we will make
you a suit to measure , but in any event , a suit to fit. There is
no reason for doing so , however , unless you are beyond the am
ple range of sizes and shapes that we always have in stock in
our ready-to-wear garments.
