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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
B. noscwAinit. Editor.
I'UllLlSltUD KVKItY MOHNINO.
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RTATKMRNT OF CtnCUI TtON >
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Hctual number of full nnd complete coplMt of The
Bally , Morning , Evening- and Hundny Uee prlnti'J
durlnr the month of Maccli. 1S31 ! , woa as follows !
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.22.C10 1 ! 2.fH
, : t.si 20 23ov >
,22.r,7 < 21 2-j.rin
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.22,278 23 22,210
24 22.1M
22,504 2" a. 403
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32 22,377 21 23,641
13 21.81 * 21 29,12-i
14 22.451 30 21.702
35 22,207 31 22.M7
IS 22,09
Total 705.007
Iesi returned nnd unrotd conlm 11MS
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cnco this 1st day of April , 1803. N. P. FKH. .
( Seal , ) Notary Public.
the starving Cubans by
iR out the people In Ilnvaim will
lc the llrst paradox of the war.
What has become of the yellow or-
sans thnt only a few day.s back were
accusing 1'rcsltlent McKltiley of coward
ice ?
The Inruntors of bullet proof vests ami
cfoaks are not saying a word now. Such
Inventions arc effective only In a time
of profound peace.
An exchange refers to Don Carlos as
"tlu > democratic party of Spain. " That
Is rubbing It Into him , though It may
HPI-VO him right for having boon so long
In a critical and carping attitude.
If war were really the help to busl
ness that riome of the delnslonltnts Imag
ine that nation would bo most prosper
ous that kept Itself most constantly em
broiled In war.
If Xebrahka cannot furnish Its quota
of 1,000 to 1,200 men on the call for
troops for the war with Spain without
an extra session of the legislature It
must be In desperate straits.
Slot machine gambling still goes on In
Omaha with'the connivance of the policu
notwithstanding the anti-slot maehfne
order which- was Issued by the police
board with side tips that ii Is not to be
enforced.
What would Governor Holcomb have
iiloue had the constitution framers ac
cidentally mentioned the executive third
In their list of government departments
and made the onk r judicial , legislative ,
executive ?
To those democrats wUo are envious
of the popularity of General Fitzhugh
Lee It has been suggested that they can
make themselves popular by standing
llriiily by the administration and up
holding the government.
A prominent Kansas populist declares
that the popullists of Kansas now own
over 00 per cent of the wealth of Kansas.
This much decried concentration of
wealth In the- hands of a ifew Is evidently
a game that several can play.
Nowthe soldier boys are receiving ad
vice about being sure always to'boll the
water , not to sleep out In the "night
nlr , " never to drink anything stronger
than soda water , etc. But going to
war Is neither a picnic nor u summer
excursion.
The only way to get an adequate con-
coptlon of what the Transmlsslsslppl
Exposition Is to be Is to visit the grounds
and Inspect the buildings. Pen and pic
ture can do n great deal , but they can
not do full Justice to the wonders of the
exposition.
A news Item wafted from the south
west Is a reminder that the United States
lias a number of Apache Indians held as
prisoners of wnr , who with periodic reg
ularity become restless and * cnuse worry
to the people living lu exposed portions
of the country.
1 There Is nothing to stop anyone from
camping out during n visit to Omaha
this year or any other year , but It would
hardly be the part of hospitality fo < *
Omaha to compel people to camp out
rwho prefer to take advantage of good
hotel accommodations.
An extra session of the legislature
Impostilble. How could the legislature
transact business when all the ofllciou.-
employes who mapped out its policy
and turned Its wheels have since boei
promoted from the position of wan
heeler" to places on Omaha's refonr
police .force . ?
It Is'iiot surprising-that the BpanlanL
In New York prefer to remain then
rather than go to Havana or any port o
Cuba while Uncle Sam and the Dons
are settling -their little quarrel. An >
'American city Is safe for uiry Spaniard
or nnybody-vlsc who shows that he ap
jHeelates the value'of liberty and th
purposes of it free government
No license ot any kind issued undo
city ordinance cau afford any pro
tectlon to any gambling resort Th
keeping of gambling resorts < ln a felon ;
under the state law and the unmolested
operation of such joIuU with the knowl
edge of.the police authorities la couclu
elvo proof that tby have beeu assured
of police protection and are
upon that awwraac *
IIV4H WITHOUT fUHMAt , DKOI.AttArMJt
Wflr may oxtotHthout „ declaration
> n cither nldo. In'oiir ' < var wltluMcxIco
wo buttles had been fought before the
ta.ssagc of the net of cotigrcM which
ccognlzed a state of war. Woolsey
ays that "declarations , formally made
o the enctny , have ceased to be nc-
lountcd necessary. "
It appears probable Unit neither the
Jnlted States nor Spain will make a
'ontinl declaration of war. The Span-
sli government , It Is stated , regarded
he ultimatum of tlita government ns
constituting a declaration of hostilities
ind the same view Is understood to pro-
rail at Washington In respect to , the
ceremonious breaking off of diplomatic
clatlqns by Spain.- Perhaps cither gov-
rumcnt or both may In some form an
nounce the existence of war , lu order
o enable neutral nations to take ouch
Action as the situation may call for , but
iven this may not be necessary.
The United States and Spain are now
n hostile array and actual war awaits
nly the overt act. That may be ex-
iccted at any hour and the anxious
incstlon is , Who will strike the tlnn
lilow ? The naval nnd military author-
ties at Washington have arranged their
ilans and It Is understood thnt they will
ie carried out with the greatest pos-
Ible vigor aud energy. Where Spain
nay strike Is matter of pure conjecture ,
11 that Is known being that she lias-a
'ormldaMe fleet sailing toward the West
miles. Until the conflict begins In
eadly earnest the American people will
experience a profound suspense , but It
vlll not be protracted. The fleets of the
.wo nations cannot long be kept apart ,
ior Is It probable that the plans of our
aval and military authorities contcm-
ilato an extended postponement of an
ttack on Havana. A few days at most
, vlll bring tidings of- the first clash the
pcnlng blow of a conflict the duration
f which no one can foresee , but which
vlll not end until Spain Is driven out of
Inb.a and perhaps from the western
omlflpherc.
CUAKOK Jff TltK CAUINKT.
There will be very general surprise at
he resignation of Postmaster General
Gary , the public having had no previous
ntlmatlou that he contemplated leaving
ho cabinet. Mr. Gary , It appears , is In
11 health aud as the duties of the post-
lastor general are exacting he found it
eccssary to retire. lie has made an ex
cellent record In the position nnd he
averi It In full accord with the admin-
stratloa of which1 he has been for more
ban a year a part.
Mr. Charles Kmory Smith , who has
> een nominated to succeed Mr. Gary , has
ecu for years the editor-in-chief of the
'hlhulelphla Press and besides being
ivldoly known ns a most able editorial
rlhr , he has also achieved fame as
n orator , having done most valuable
'fvlce for the cause of sound money In
he last national campaign. Mr. Smith's
publlcanlsm Is of sterling quality. Ills
election nt this time for a cabinet posl-
lon Is a marked compliment to Journal-
sin.
ntlVATEURlNO.
The government of the United States
ivlll not resort to privateering In n wnr
ivlth Spain. Although this government
; -efusL'd to assent to the Declaration of
'nrls ' , made lu 1850 , against privateer-
ug , on the ground" that we should have
jo adequate force , If we abandoned
rivatec-rlng , to cope with nations that
ojriessed large uhvy , It now rccog-
ilzcs the 'prlndn'es ' enunciated In that
declaration nnd thus places the United
Hates In line with nil the maritime nn-i
ions except Spain , Mexico nnd one or
wo others. ' 1'iils government accepts
ho provisions of the Declaration of Pnrlrf
hat "tho neutral flag covers enemy's"
goods with the exception of contraband
f war ; " that "neutral goods , with thoi
jxceptlon of contraband of war , are notj
lable to capture under the enemyts flag. "
t also adheres to the rule that block
ade , In order to be binding , must be
tffocrlve. Since 1850 no civilized nation ]
ivhen at war , whether it was a party to
ho Declaration of Paris or not , has ever
nslfited upon its right to confiscate the !
goods of an enemy , other than contraband - ,
band , can-led In the vessel of a neutral , '
or to confiscate the- goods of a neutral ,
other than contraband , carried In the
vessel of an enemy.
If Spain shall assent to these rules
irlvaleurlng will not cnteninto hostilities
between that country nnd this. But :
will tshe ? It is stated 'that Great Britain
and other powers will exert A strong
pressure upon Spain to Induce her not
to resort to privateering , but It Is doubt
ful whether they will succeed. Only a
few days ago a diplomatic representa
tive of Spain la England very plainly
ntlmatcd that his government would
employ privateers to prey on the com
merce of the United States and It has
been reported that the Spanish govern
incut hadi received Humorous offers of
vessels of other countries for privateer-
Ing. From the Interest manifested in
this matter In British ofllclal circles It Is
evidently apprehended there thnt Spain
Intends to use privateers. There l rea
son to ( believe that the Spanish govern
inent regards this ns one. of the most
effective means of warfare against this
country and that It will not be easily in
duced to forego the use of n weapon
which It thinks can bts made very de
structive. It Is'qulte possible , moreover ,
that the fact of the United States having
decided not to resort to privateering may
more strongly dispose Spain to adopt
this method of warfare. Certain It Is
that she will not be moved by any Ki'n
nitntnl considerations. The opinion of
the 'civilized world will have little
weight with her. It Is safe to expect
that lu carrying on the war with the
United States Spain will employ every
practicable means nt command. U'here
nre obstacles to privnteerlng on her part
the chief of these bslng the dltlleulty her
prlvnteww would flnd In keeping tlu-m
selves supplied with coal , but Spain may
tnke chimco * ns to thla. Warfare by
priviUeers'inlght soon come to an end
but some damage would bo done to
AHierlean commerce.
Trlvateeriug Is not far removed from
piracy. Formerly regarded as a legltl
mat ? means of-warfare. It Is now con
dciuued by nearly the entire civlllzei
world. The privateer to the guerrilla o
tbe'vea. 'This government baa therefor
done wtMly In 4echllng not to retort to
thin method of warfare nnd to place It-
Hctf InUhls rciippct I accord with the
other great maritime powers.
ftU AXJ'/JX XKSSHJN NKKTKD.
"The people of Nebraska ftrc ns"pafrlotlc
'and loyal to the flag ne those of any
state In the union. In the Impending
war with Spain Nebraska holds Itself
ready to respond 'to miy demand that
may be made upon It by the president
or congress. When the call for troopfl Is
made Nebraska's quota will be ready
to march on short notice. Wlin called
upon to contribute Its duo share of the
sinews of war Nebraska' will cheerfully
raise Its proportion of the war fund.
The people of Nebraska nre , however ,
In no mood to submit without protest to
n needless tax for an extra session of
the state legislature convened under pre
text of war emergency. At this time ,
and so far as the near future can be
foreseen , there Is no emergency that will
ustlfy ( he governor Jn Issuing a call for
tich a session. The suggestion for nn
ixtra session Is manifestly Inspired by
lolltlclans-who think they can gain some
artisan advantage aud bj the legislative
eeches who pray for the opportunity
ivhlch an extra session would afford
hem for holding up and sandbagging
r'lirlous Interests.
While Nebraska taxpayers will not
hlrk the legitimate burdens imposed
upon them by war , they certainly object
o an Increase In the tax rate simply to
111 the pockets of political patriots for
'evenue. ' An extra session of the legls-
attire means lu the tirot place i lleago
at 10 cents a mile for 1'W p.iss-
lotdlng members from and to their
ionics. In the next place , It means $5
or each member for every day
f an unlimited scsslou and Inci
dental expenses for Mi | > i > l-s ! , besides
salaries for a small army of cltnKs ,
leak room .retainers and cuspidor burn-
shers. Under the mast favorable comll-
ions the extra session would not nd-
ourn short of ton days , and a ten days'-
esslon would cost the taxpayers from
25,000 to $40,000.
The only , excuse for nn extra session
s said to be the necessity for providing
n equipment for the Nebraska Na-
lonal guard. No such necessity Is ap-
arcnt. The national guard Is already
inlformed nnd equipped. If lmpro\ed
rnw and additional equipment are re-
liilred they will be furnished by the
atlonal government. So also will be
he transportation to the Held of ac'ion
ml subsistence aud pay while In active
lorvice. The national guard of Nc-
raska , like that of other states , will bo
romptly mustered Into the1 volunteer
rmy of the union , and from the day it
s mustered under the president's orders
: he state will be relieved from' providing
urther for its quota of troops. With
he assurance that more men will offer to
'iiltat ' than the government will want to
nroll , even If the war should last two
rears , there will be no need of state
lountlcs , there will be no draft under
tnte law , and no war funds required
ivhlch need be appropriated by au
ixtra session.
The assertion that the people of Ne
braska will apptove n call for nil exfra
iesslou Is unwarranted. On the con-
rary , the people of Nebraska do iirt
nt an extra session and tncj * will
iiold the governor and his nr'y ro pou-
iible for the waste and needless taxn-
lon It will Involve.
A FRUITLESS HKLIKF EXPEDITION.
The government reindeer relief expo-
lltlon to Alaska Is finally nu admitted
allure. While lt abandonment at Dyeu ,
ivlthout extending the least aid to any
sf the people for whoso benefit It was
ntendcd , means not starvation or suf-
erlng for the Klondlkers , but simply
ivaste of energy and the money appro
priated by congress , It tenches a few les-
ons , however costly.
It has been learned , for example , that
reindeer can be of no use unless there
is snow on the ground nud that thereIs
a scarcity in Alaska of .the moss on
, vhich the reindeer feed. The first might
mvo been discovered by Inquiry of the
Laplanders , who use the reindeer as al
most their sole means of traveling , and
the fact that the expedition was sent
ivithout finding out whether the reindeer
could live in Alaska shows with what
blindness the whole scheme has been en
gineered.
It is plain , too , that the miners In the
Yukon valley were at no time In danger
of starving and the reports to that ef
fect were pure fakes. The foolishness Is
also apparent of attempting _ to send a
; ierd of reindeer from Siberia across two
oceans and two continents , to the startIng -
Ing point of the Yukon trails , and ex
pect them to arrive in time to do any
good. Information has not yet been re
ceived of the expedition to Point Harrow
and beyond for the relief of'the whaloi-s
supposed to be suffering In their ice
prison , but It Is quite likely that It will
find 'tho whalers taking life comfortably
while awaiting the return of spring.
It wouldi be putting It mildly to call
these Alaska relief expeditions huge
blunders. The government lias been
neatly worked to the tune of thousand.-
of dollars In favor of government con
tractors without relieving anybody actu
ally lu-the mining districts.
Itallroad officials are trying to make
out that the government has received
extraordinarily low rates for the trans
portation of troops under the recent
army order. The reason Is that they fear
the impression that the lowest excur
sion rates made for hauling ordinary
passengers are exorbitantly high may
seem to be confirmed. It may bo put
down as certain that the railroads arc
not losing money In carrying Uncle
Sam's troops , even If they are not mak
ing as much as they do on regular ex
cursion trufllc.
Greater Now York became an
accomplished fact the first of the year , a
great many minor matters remain to bo
adjusted as between the new corporation
and the old ones which went out o
business. The comptroller of Now York
City has found that the- old city of New
York nad greatly exceeded IU 'limit oi
Indebtedness \y \ reason of enormous con
tract liabilities assumed , while Brooklyn
bad no contract liabilities. Now the
courta will have a Job oMlxIng respou
iltillltjr for certain obligations. Before
ho old debt * $ t , Jll posOd of new one ) )
arc -being created ont a rapid rate and
here is n flue ttrb'Spoet that the finance *
of the big cltYJIl soon be as badly
muddled as were those of the old city.
There Is encyrr'agomeut for the beet
sugar ludustryoiiM the fact thnt the
ivorld'a consumption of sugar last year
bowed an Increis6 ! of 130,000 tons over
ho previous year. During the same 'time
he Increase In jjp ! world's manufacture
of sugar was onty about 05,000 tons. If
his keeps up herc promises to be a
ihortage at no dlMant day In the mippty
> f sugar with rednltnnt higher prices and
greater deinamt'ror ' more beet sugar fac-
orles.
Credit to whom credit Is due. A self-
onfessed burglar has finally been ar
rested by the Omaha police. But he sur
rendered himself under an attack of ro-
norse upon his conscience. Had he
ivaltcd to be appivhended by the police ,
10 might have enjoyed bis liberty right
; ilong until after the fiftieth anniversary
jf the outbreak of the Cuban war.
The telegram of Governor Tailor of
Tennessee Informing President McKln-
oy that the call for volunteers Is.
awaited by both blue and gray con
cludes with a promise that "the fur will
fly and the earth will tremble. " The
arth-tremblliig may pass , but to flnd
: ) coplu wearing furs In Cuba will require
an exploring expedition.
The Greater Ilopublic of Central
tVmcrica has reached the ultimatum stage
if Its dealings with the belligerent Costa
( leans , who have been making faces at
hu Nlcaraguans across the border some
months. But In Central America ulti-
nata arc common.
Short , Slmrii anil
ChlcjRO Tribune.
Omafaa le full of .warlike . enthusiasm , but
nslsts that the war rfiiwt bo over before the
Transmleslaslpp ! Exposition beglins.
tionnoln'tlon InVur. .
Memphis Appeal.
The man who gets kilted can console him
self with 'the ' relleetlon that had lie kept out
ot It he might have died of appendicitis any
way. ,
Spcnltrr 'HoiMl' * Iirnilcmlilp.
OI ) ' ) > . Dcnuici-.it.
Speaker Reed has carried himself well
through a series' of difficult parliamentary
contents. Reed and a majority are apt to
coma out-on the right Bide and in a level
headed condition.
KlfUvrn Siitielclivd.
Ka'xus iijStar. : : .
The fault finders who have opposed the
policy of Mr. AJ-cKinley In rcga'rd to the
Spanish question ouiht to subside since the
luban Junta hua ( expressed its satisfaction
with the final resolutions of congress , which
follow the recomwoijaations of 'the presi
dent. , t
Euroiir ot in Thin Unine.
Vorll.
Europe may not , understand our position ,
Tor It is a positionjvhlch has never been
asoumed by any European power. But Europe
Is perfectly capabje.of comprehending the at-
tltudo ot the Unltjcd States In saying "Hands
off Keep your own side of the ocean ! " to
any or all European , Jpowers who would In
terfere In the Cuban ; question. |
naltlmorc American.
The charge of the Spanish that the Maine
was lost by the Inpfllqlency and carelessness
oc her own oIHcer,3 , lias' , been promptly an-
uwored In a way5 which all Americans will
heartily endorse by the appointment , as
noon as pobglble , jOf-tCaptaln Slgsbeo to' an
other command. The confidence of the au
thorities and of the people of the United
States In the navy , la thus shown beyond
the possibility of a doubt.
The 1'nxHliiK ; "t Ulntlntune.
Chicago Tribune.
It Is .sad that the great Oladstone should
have to make his exit from life through so
painful an affliction asthat which Is upon
him. Tie mallzivant growth In his face Is
said to have reached one of his eyes , and
Increasing doses of morphine are the only
alternative of great suffering. The drug Is
said to stir hla mind and cause him. to repeat
parts of his speeches and discussions from
his Illustrious past. The world would rather
thlni of him as passing peacefully and ma
jestically out. like Tennyson , to meet his
Pilot face to face beyond the bar.
C/onrnwe of the Curbntone.
The Imparclal , ono of the beet paper * at
Madrid , referring 'to ' 'the ' attack upon the
American consulate at Malaga , eays : "Riot
ing 'Is no proof of courage , The Greeks
made demonstnat'Ionti ' many days In Athens ,
but this did not prevent them from quickly
forsaking the heights of Thcssaly , The
Spaniards should enter the conflict like gen
tlemen , and not like 'ruffians ' , " This advice
should be considered by our effigy burncr.i.
It doesn't require a. ' bit of courage to vet
fire to a straw man , nor to alt on a dry
goods box and tell whit you would do If you
were In aomebody else's place.
Coiil n * Coiitrnbnml , I
DiUadrlphla Record.
Great Britain's decision to hold coal to be
contraband , nd to prohibit the eale thereof
by British subjects at home or In the
colonies to cither belligerent la case of a
conflict between the United States and Spain ,
Is decidedly advantageous to us. Our ships
couM procure all the fuel they need at home
ports near the accoe of operation ? , but the
British coaling stations to the West Indies
and the Bermudas would be closed to Spanish
ships. The position ot Great Britain wad
very different In 1870-71 , when French war
ships obtained as much coal as they desired
la British ports , notwithstanding the
protests of Bismarck. The award of tbe
Geneva tribunal In 1872 may have had some
thing to do with the cose ; nevertheless we
may attribute the change In the British at
titude to a ftsslro to go to the limit In show
ing d friendly deposition toward this natlca.
dltMTI. % .
Aa luvulunlile Auxiliary IB the Pres
ent Uiuerweiic-y.
N w York Sun.
The ready will * with which the naval
m.ll"a have placedthfnwe'.vcs ! at tbe govern
ment u service , aivl are now performing tbe
duties assigned to them , Is wortby of
all praise. They are indeed a model for all
militia organIzatl&Sri Bringing something
more than zeal 'Arul enthusiasm to their
work , each day they give evidence that tbe
few seasons of < lrll ( they have had slncp
they were orgaiHzd' have beea well uf ed ,
arO that they form a valuable reinforcement
to the navy In manj ways.
They are marinTnff all the single turret
monitors ; and those who brought the Nahant
to the port ot New York tbe other day not
cnly exercised her big guns In practice , but
worked her englntat they were oat only
gunners , but machinists , otters , firemen and
water tenders. The-qaval mllltla are also to
man some of the most Important auxiliary
Qrule rs , the Nepr York contingent being
selected lor the Prairie , the New Jersey for
the Venezuela , the Massachusetts for ttie
Yankee , the Maryland for the Dixie , and the
Mitblgan for the Yosemlte. Some of these
vessels. It U * al < ) , cannot wait even for tbe
thla plating which hs been designed for
them , so that they will ! risk being riddled
by the guos of an enemy that may close
with them. But our citizen eallors are
plucklly going about their work whether
In old-time monitors or In crulsera without
protective decks -water-line belts.
When U is remembered that , while plenty
of men can be enllatnl for volunteer armies ,
It la difficult to get oven 1iie minimum re
quired for the navy , the reinforcement fur
nished bytbe naval militia ot the statea ,
several thousand strong , is eeeo to bo very
Important ; Its organization a few years
ace was most fortunate for the country.
Mftff OF TUB HOVK.
Commodore nnd Ci | ititlti of the Fir-
Inar Squadron ,
Commodore Bchloy of the flying nquadron
will bo obly doconded In every action by i
brllllnnt staff of ship commanders. The com
modore himself U regarded us an Ideal man
for 'tho ' work cut out for him. Ho thlnkn
the flagship Brooklyn can whip anything In
the Sponlih navy , though very few naval
ixperts agree with him , But the commodore
Is an rtblo seaman , a naval Sheridan , who ,
when In a tight , dors not know what It Is to
bo whipped. This characteristic Is llut ! > -
tiftted by a story related by himself. Thrco
ycara after ho left ( Annapolis he had a com
mand ot his own. It was a small gunboat
attached to Farragut's fleet. Fnrragut sum
moned him one morning , and pointing to a
confe-Jerato fort , Mid :
"Oo you eo that place , SchleyT Qo knock
t to pieces. "
Schley went and was hammering the fort
to tilts when his quartemiae > tcr rushed up
to him and said :
"Captain , the admiral has signaled us to
slop and return to the fleet. "
To hell with the signal ; I don't see It , "
answered Schley. ,
Ho kept pounding away at the fort until
t was In ruins. When ho returned to the
fleet. Farragut was angry and summoned
m. Before all the officers of the flagship
ho gave Schlc-y a fierce dremlng down for' '
not obeying the recall signal.
"I didn't eo It , " protested Schley.
"You must have shut the eye that you
put the glass up to , " said Farragut ,
After again raking him fore and aft for' '
his disobedience the admiral took him Into
the < abln out of eight of the other ofllcers
. aud gave him a drink of the finest liquor
aboard.
Captain Francis A. Cook of the Brooklyn ,
Is a fine seaman , able and conservative and
i good foil for the commodore. He 1 u
big , robust ' , fine-looking man. He Is 06 , but
doesn't appear to bo more than * 42. Ho la
about flvo feet four Inches In height , weighs
about 200 pounds , has square , broad shoul
ders , a deep chest and the muscular strength
of a giant. Ho It' ' hearty and Jovlil In man
ner , frank and open in speech. His hair
Is Just beginning1 to turn. He has the Jaw
of a fighter and the chin of a diplomat. He
wears a thick ibut short brown mustache , his
cheelis are rosy , bis eyes blue and his
face plcatant and handsome.
The captain of the battleship Texas Is
John W. riillip , one of the most popular men
In the service. Philip looks like a fighter ,
talks like a peacemaker and Is a fighter of
the purest water. The bolter the pace cut
by the commodore the better Philip will
like It , and If there be an ounce of useful
ness In the much .abused Texas he will de
velop It Into a mountain.
Philip Is about 4G years old , slightly bald ,
with a brown mustache , Just beginning to
show a few streaks of gray. Ho Is about
five feet eleven Inches , weighs something
more .than 200 pounds. Is decisive In manner
on board ship and as mild as a lamb on shore.
Ho Is not a martinet by any means ; ho has
simply set a high Ideal for discipline and.
comes very close to maintaining It. He be-
llovcs the Texas to be a top notcher and Is
Itching for a chance to prove It.
Captain J. H. Sands of the Columbia is a
striking looking man. la his shore clothe * ?
{ nine people out of ten would take him for
be a college professor. He has white hair ,
a short , square cut white beard and wears
spectacles cotlnually. Notwithstanding his
white hair and 'beard he dots not look old.
Ho Is tall and aa' straight as an Indian aad
goes straight to the point when speaking
about anything. Ho Is a fimo seaman ,
scholarly In his habits and a first rate ehlp
commander. He has been forty years In the
service , counting from the time he first en
tered Annapollc' , and Is now 5S years old.
Captain T. P. Jewell of the Minneapolis Is
the handsomest of the commanding officers
of the squadron. He Is about 50 years old
and looks 40. Ho is tall and lithe In build ,
his clear-cut , sharply-defined features , a
square Jaw and well-shaped chlm and blue
oyo' . He is positive In manner , determined
In ali tbjngs , a good officer and popular with
bis men.
Captain J. Hlgglnson of the Massachusetts
would never be suspected of being the chief
spirit of one of the most perfect cnglmca of
destruction that the world has ever eeon.
He la about flvo feet five Inches in height
an-ci weighs mot more than 135 pounds. Ho
has soft , kindly blue eyes , ruddy cheeks and
la as gentlIn speech and manner as a
woman. He Is regarded as cne of the ablest
captains In the navy , and when the flying
squadron was first 'being talked of ho was
originally selected for the position of com
modore. He is quiet , deliberate , cool-headed
and has the manner of some great corpora
tion lawyer or a manipulator of finance. But
hla brother officers say that if any' Spanish
ship ever gets .within range of the big guns
of the Massachusetts it will > be good-bye to
that ohlp.
The Massachusetts at one discharge of all
her guns can throw a macs of projectiles
which at a mive have an energy of 31,000 foot
tons. In other words , such a discharge would
lift four and a half vessels of the Vlzcaya
type , which displaced 7,000 tone , one foot.
The breech mechanism of . the G-Inch
guns of the Brooklyn la so perfect that It
ons of these gunj were fired at the mini
mum speed of reloading , five shells could to
kept in the air all the time or. to put it
rnoro clearly , before ihe first shell bad
struck 'the ' target four others would have left
the gun.
rRRSO.VAt , A XI ) OTHERWISE.
Weyler's opportunity < o march that army
through the United States seems to be ap
preaching , but heIs not seen to bo making
preparaUons for It.
The opening game of the baseball sea
son In New York attracted nearly 20,000
people 1 , which shows they are not all watchIng -
Ing for war bulletins.
A man was recently convicted 1n England
ot having enlisted aa a recruit In fifteen
places , decamping each time with advance
money. England loses about $500,000 a year
from such operations.
( Marshall MdDonald , one of the greatest
criminal lawyers of the west , who died In
St. Louis lately , began life In the medical
profession and found the experience Inval
uable to fclra In Als legal career.
That the law it oo respecter of persona
lias again been shown In YV atertown , where
first a lawyer and then a mlpUter have been
arrested and fined | S each for rldlcg 'their
'bicycles ' on tbe footpath of a bridge. They
paid , regretting the cost of .the . experience.
From 'the ' newly published letters of Victor
Hugo is appears that ho had only about
160,000 Invested in bU latter days , earned
by bis own pen , and on the Income ot this
he ( supported , Including Ufa laidliy and
servants , eleven people. He declined
being called a rich -mao.
13am Jones , the evangelist. In the course
of a recent talk In ' 5 haw nee , Okl. , commented
upo.t the local administration as follows :
"Should Shawnee drop into the midst of
h the devil would not eaJl an election
for the purpose of changing the administra
tion of tbo present officials. "
The Japanese are teaching the world many
secrets of 'beauty. A chief one Is the manage
ment of flowers. They do not crowd a lot
of blossoms into ono receptacle , oor do they
disdain their wild flowers , ibut make much
more use of them than of exotica In tholr
practice ot the art of flower management.
President AIcKlnley sa > s he will go to
Brooklyn to review the great Sunday cbool
parade of May 27 It it i ) possible for him
to do so. So great Is the Interest In the
parade this year that two new divisions
have had to be created , aad If the day la
pleasant it Is believed 90.000 children
bo in line.
A leadlog Denver lawyer has just been
debarred from practicing In tbe federal
courts for applying gross epithets to cne of
the Judges in a 'brief. ' Ho expresses surprise
over < the fact that his language has been re
seated , os-lie only referred the judge In
cidentally as a "calloused , cool , judicial liar ;
the tool ot corporations. "
A medal of honor has 1 > een given by the
War department to Henry F. Chandler of
Lawrence , Mass. , for the following reason :
"At Petersburg , Va. , June 17 , 1864 , this"
soldier , then a sergeant In company B ,
Pitty-alnth fltassachusetts volunteers , par
ticipate. ! In a regiment charge , was seriously
wornded , was told to go to the rear , but de
clined to do so , went with bis regiment and
belped to carry the breastworks , and was
disabled for military service , an < l subse
quently discharged for disability. "
tHHTORtAb (1VNS HOOMtXG.
How In Ho tt.
St. tout * lUpuMlc.
This campaign * should bo bgun Im
mediately after Spnln's retinal to evncuto
Cuba. It should open with Ihe Investment of
Havana by the Key We t fleet under Cap
tain Sampson. A simultaneous feature should
bo the Killing of Commodore Schlcy's flying
squadron from- Ham pica Raids to stand be
tween Porto Rico and the Spanish fleet now
assembled off St. Vincent. At the name'tlmc
the mobilization ot the American army of
Cuban occupation should be completed and
that army promptly landed upon Cuban noil.
There Its movements should be swift unl Its
blows quick , hard and frequent until the
Spant''h power In Cuba nhall have been
effectively broken ,
Ultimatum or tlir Cloddmii.
lxulivlllc Courier-Journal ,
First , Cuba must be free. Second , Spain
must answer , and answer to us. for her
treachery and Inhumanity. Third , The world
must be taught to know that the United
States of America Is a nation , with the
biggest kind of a capital N. If thfso three
purposes bo realized the war will be worth
all U costs uo , no matter what It costs.
On tn 'llnrnnn. '
Chicago Chronicle.
In the throes of Internecine strife , brother
against brother , section against section , thla
nation fought out the moat stupendous war of
all history. It Is now"us It Icing hau boon ,
a united nation. The generation that will
fight the present war sprang from the lolm
of BoMlera , was born amid the alarms of a
far inlghtcr conflict than that Impending with
Spain. Checked wo may be , but we go to
certain if not glorious victory. We arc not
fighting for glory , but for Justice. Seventy
millions of people with superior resource':1 ' ,
having i more men , more money and more
munitions , must triumph over 17,000,000.
Wo do not want the Cuban Island. We have
said RO formally. Wo cannot look to a
bankrupt nation for Indemnity. Wo want
ltd will have vengeance for our murdered
sailors andi freedom for oppressed Cuba.
On to Havana ! Remember the Maine !
lilt Hard mill ( Illicitly.
Knnsus City Star.
The government , If It heeds the lessons
of experience , will avail itself on the first
call of all th'e good material offered with
out too many restrictions and distinctions.
It will allow the young fellows who uvu
spoiling for a fight an opportunity , regard-
lead of their previous military training or
experience. It has been found before now
that all kinds of training come In play In
wav. A regiment of lumbermen who never
saw a drill room or mihstcr field have done
great service with their axes , dealing a read
for victory. A regiment of sallo'-a ' and boat
men have taken to their cars and caved
| , an army. regiment of railroad men have
worked wonders and hur. led a checked und
balllcd force on Its way with a restored
track and repaired engines. That he has
been found equal , to making anything and
doing anything Is the pride of the American
volunteer.
It Is to be hoped that the Ujilted States
government will not commit the error of
going Into a war with an Inadequate force ,
enlisted for a too brief period. The first
blow may settle everything. It should be
struck With power.
Anpootn of Wnr.
Washington Tost.
Hundreds of thousands of men now living
are familiar with that uspect , and they
know without any suggestion fiom ua how
sod and terrfble It Is. The mother gives
her BOH , the wife her- husband , the maid
her lover , the child its rather. There are
periods of angulah. Interludes of Intolerable
suspense , visitations of bereavement , crus of
caamHy. Behind the radiant banners nnd
the glittering cavalcades troop the spectery
of the victims , the procession of the lost.
For every sword that flashes In the nun-
light there Is an episode of agony. For
every throb of triumph , there is a grave.
The sumtuous pageantry , the pomp , the clr-
cumutance , the acclamations of the victors ,
theao make the bright side of the picture.
Death , desolation , ruined homes and broken
hearts are carved upon the horrible reverse.
Let us think of thla.
But all mlsglvlngo and regret and specu
lation wo must leave'behind ' uspn , the
thieshald of the mystorJaus domain < we are
invading now. 'For we-a or woe , the die is
east and Americana have no alternative.
Spcculntliifr on tht > CnniiinlR-ii.
Philadelphia Press.
A campaign la Cuba Is expected by most
to bo as swift and ofllckofas Scott's In
Mexico or I w-d Wolseley's In 'E'gypt. ' ' Both
these were carried through without pause or
check , exactly as was planned before start
ing by the general commanding.
Alexandria Is the only Instance In a quar
ter of a ctntury In which a modern fleet
has attacked forts , and tbe result must make
any one cautious of prediction as to Ha
vana. As Alexandria -was attacked toy the
British fleet before a land force was ready i
to occupy the olty , the place was sacked by I
the moV > which rose when the Egyptian |
forces fled , to the lasting disgrace of Great
Britain. The United States cannot afford
to repeat any such experience. Havana
has 200,000 Inhabitants , Santiago 71,000 and
there are five cities with 30,000 or more In
habitants iln Cuba. It Is lUle to suppose
that cities of this size can be occupied and
order maintained wthout an adequate force ,
to eay nothing ot some 60,000 Spanish troops
oo tho'Island.
President 'McKlnley has been a soldier.
He knows what military operations are. It
Is safe to say that ho will not be hurried
ono atom by the vociferous declaration of
men who never fired a shot , and never ex
pect to stand la the way of ono , that Cuba
Is an easy Job. The way to make It such
la by the fullest preparation.
I *
SenitlmctnitM of Get-ninny.
Detroit Free Press.
The North German Gazette , whose ti tpr-
anccs are understood to represent the wn-
Umont of the German government , has taken
pains to deny the rumors to the effect that
Germany would Join the ppwe-rs In a hostile
representation toward the United Stites.
It was hardly necessary , in the eyes of well-
informed persons , to make this denial. Ger
many may have a sympathetic Interest In
Spain's troubles , < und aho certainly has u.
financial Interest , by reason of the Spanish
securities held by German subjcctn. But
the kateer la too shrewd a diplomat to mix
up In the Hlspano-Amerlcan quarrel. Be
sides , there is too little in common between
the Teutonic and Latin races to Induce the
Gorman empire to espouse the caute ot Spiln
against the American republic , and there
ore too many German-Americans In this
country to make such an espousal popular
In the Fatherland.
WAR niTTWKKN tttltU.
A I/lllle IMvnmlon I'ropewod br
eiovrrnmwit llnrrnn.
llalllmorc flun.
A dispatch from Washington not long go
announced that the bureau or entomology U J
engaged In the propagation of bugs wmcnm
will wage destructive warfare upon other
hUfio. This la Interesting to us In vlow of tht
legislation nt Annapolis to destroy the S n
JOPO scale In the poach orchards ot Mary *
land. It la proposed to fumigate the ec U
buqs and ilostroy them with had smcllfl. II ,
would bo far better to raise bugi which feed ]
upon the scale and turn them loose In th
orcturda to do the work.
The bureau of entomology l working upon
thee \ \ known fact that all 4nsects have
their enomltfl : that Is , nearly all. The big
fleas have little fleas upon their backs to
blto 'cm , and the tittle Hens hnvc smaller
still , and so ml Inflnltum , And the big flea *
themselves In turn have bigger sMll to go on ,
and thesefleao have others still , and so on
still and no on ,
The object of the culture Is to ascertain
exactly what Insect feeds upon the San Jcne
scale or the Colorado potato bug , propagate
that particular bug mid turn him loose upon ,
his prey.
Tlio great trouble with all these experi
ments Is that the cultivated bug IB apt to
make himself more disagreeable tli-in the
bug to bo exterminated , The Hngllah spar
row was turned locvso In New York to cat
the worms on the \vulko In the rnik. Hut
it BOOH became apparent that the worms
were greatly to be prefened to the sparrows.
H Is generally coticecdcd that the hornet
feeds upon the house fly , tuul yet v\o would
prefer the IIOIMO IIy to a warm of hornets
buzzing over the til mi en table. In propapnt-
ing Insects to destroy other Insect ? It might
be well for the cntomoloi4cal bureau to tem
per their zeal with discretion. In southern
Maryland a pcyt destroyer la cultivated with
success. In
tobacco-growing countries a
strange-looking Insect , with a mltilatiiro
cable celled up at Ua mouth , locally known
as the "horn blower , " lays Ita escs on the
tobacco plants. These egge speedily hatch
Into green worma , which rat the Ief of the
tobacco with amazing rapidity. To meet the
tobacco worm ns he advances the planter
ha.i prepared the Thanksgiving turkey. The
turkey esteems the
tobacco
worm as
an ur-
tlclo of food , oils him and fattens upon Mm
marvelously , so that when Thanksgiving day
cornea the- tobacco worm has been converted
Into the succulent turkey to
grace the fen-
tlvoboard - and make It gvcran under the
weight thereof. Perhaps It might be well
for the American bureau of entomology to
confine its effortn to raiding turkeys for
distribution among the ihonest farmcoa.
niiii/r Fun i''i.v. ;
Indlanapoll * Journal : "So that absconding
cashier not uwny by sacrificing his beard
' " ,
dlil
'no ? naked the reporter.
"Yes , " said the dctcctlvti "I nilsxcd him
by a close shave. "
Cincinnati Etiriulrer : The Heavy Vlllaln-
TheHo stirring lltnuM I would rather be a
statesman than an uctor.
The Mglit Comedlun I would nt ntiy time.
Llvliifr ' Is so much cheaper. The statesman
gets 'ills railway transportation and press
ng-ont work for nothing.
Boston Courlrr : Judir ; What do you
ki'ow nlr ?
One of thci boys Not much.
Judge You're dlsslmrgtd for telling the
truth.
Brooklyn Life : iChllkoot Pete What Is .ti
mntti-r with Pnwcon Dun ?
FrlRliJ Frank He has nprcntllcltls.
" \Vhat caused It ? "
"A lump of Ice In the soup got lodged In
his vermiform nppe-ndlx. "
Cleveland Plain Denier : "The tocsin of
war Is sweeping t'hu land like a tidal wave. "
"S.ty. toey oujjht to take anti-toxin for
"
that.
Chlcag-o Trlbuno : "Yes , you have cured
my rheumatic foot , doctor , but I think you
ouclit , to throw oft ul/.iut 11 from this bill.
"What for , .sir . ? "
"Ilec.iuse you have robbed me of my best
"
barometer.
New York Journal : He Yes ; the women
of today nre occupying nearly every walk of
Ilfp. Still , there Is cne Held they will never
cnier.
She Anil I.Mhy not. I'd like to know ?
He Because the cows arci BT.izlng In It.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "DM' ' tb > se burg ,
lars steal your family plate ? "
"Wons ; than that ; they walked off with
my wife's " ancestral , colonial , pewter can i
dlesticks.
Chicago Port : "Ilcforo sending- out mis
sionaries now ithsy teach them how to
coo1 * . "
"I flup-poea thnt enables them' ' < o see their
finish , as It were. "
They did not kill him outrlglit : they tortured -
tured him , aswas right and proper unJcr th
circumstances.
Indianapolis Journni' ' : Wlckwlre If you
do not work , you ought not to eat.
. Hungry HluRlns Tliore y'u go asln , Jump-
In' on me for eatln' . I eat 'cause I have to :
not 'cause I want 'to. '
JOHN OJULt. .
Washington Star
"Although full oft I've joked and scoffed
At nasal Intonations ;
Although my 'h's. ' loud and sort ,
Avoid their proper stations ;
Although nt divers times I yearn
With iKuropo to bo clannish ,
It's easier , on fne whole , to Ienr
'United States' than Spanish. "
A\S\VIHI.M ; TIIK HOL.L , O\T < I .
Frank L > . Hlanton.
Tnla one fought with Jackson and faced the
flRht with Lee ;
That one followed Sherman as he galloped
-to the seat
But they're marchln' on together Just aa
friendly as can be.
And they'll answer to fne roll call In thf
mornln'I
They'll rally tothe fight.
In the stormy day and night.
In bonds that no cruel fate shall sever ;
While the Htorm-wlnds waft on ViLsh.
Their ringing- battle cry :
"Our country our country forever ! "
The brave old flag above them Is rlppllnr
down Its red-
Each crimson stripe tbe emblem of th *
blood ofheroes shed ;
It rfnnll wave for them victorious or droop
above them dead ,
For they'll answer to the roll call In the
mornin'l
They'll rally to 'the fight.
In the stormy day and night ,
In bonds that no cruel fate shall sever ;
While tlielr far-famed battle cry
Shall go ringing to the sky :
"Our country our country forever ! "
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