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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , AUGUST 20 , 1808. III IIIV u THE OMAHA DAILY BEE B. IlOSKWATUIl , Editor. I'UULIBHKD 1JVEHY MOUNINO. 1a THUMB OF SUnSCIUPTION : 1I Dally Uco ( Without Sunday ) , Ono Yoftr.W.Oi .Dally . Ueo and Sunday , One Year 8.0 C Blx Monthfl 4. ' ' I Three Months 2- ( > 1 Hunday Bee , Ono Year ' " 1i Haturday lice , One Year > I-1 i .Weekly Bee , Onu Year < " OFFICES. i Omaha : The Hoc Hulldlnir. South Omaha : Sinner Hlock , Corner > and Twenty-fourth Htrofita. Council Ulurrii : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago Olllce : 502 Chamber of Com Jnerce. New York : Temple Court. \ Washington : 501 Fourteenth Street. COnUESPONDENCE. Alt communications relating to news nni editorial matter should bo addressed : 1 < the Editor. Editor.I5USINKSS liETTEHS. ! All huslnws letters and remittance ! nhould be addressed to The lice Publlshlm Company , Omaha. Drafts , checks , expresi and postofHcu money orders to be mad ( payable ID the order of the company. THE BEE PUUMBHINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CinCUl.ATION. Btate of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : Gcorgo II. Tzschuck , secretary of The lJc < I'ubllshlng company , being duly sworn nays that the actual number of full ani complete copies of The Dally , Morning Evening nnd Sunday UCP , printed durlnf the month of July , 1SD , was as follows : L : nsno 17. 2 : MIITI 18. 3 : iir.ao ( 10 UH.TiH 20 as.i u : 21 a.s. m .Q- ! ! ! ! ' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! < : M I 22 ay , rii 7 : t.ryr ! ) 23 aH,7ri 21 un,7at t o : uua 2 : , a7.iar 20 ai > , .ir. : ; io ianj . ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! : ! . ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! . ' - in gjs. . , ao.itio 2J a , l7l 30 US , III ! is ! si annar .jo ao.r.io t nrtii : Total Less returns and unsold copies 1:1,1.- : Net total sates 1)7-1Kl-l . Net dally average 31.425 GIXmOE U. TSCSCHUCK. Sworn to before mu and ouhscrlbad In mj , pr scrco this 31st day of July , ISO ? . ( Seal. ) N. ] ' . FEIL , , Notary Public. ' TIIIJ SU3IMKII 'l-AHTIKH I'urllcH IcavliiK the city f r the miniiinr " " l "c 'rlle Ilec dent tn them ri-Biilnrly ly IlotlfylllK Tinnr > lMI l- IIOHH ollluc I" l T on or 1i > - mnll. Th - mid TON * will h nn often an ilcnlrcU. What Don Curios needs more tluu nnything10 I * n K l > " ° " lll ( coaching lines to toll him wlitit to do. Too many pe iI ) appear to lie Inhor liiB under this delusion that expanslot of nuUonal responsibilities IH to uxpiuiHlon of national trade. For a contlnudUH pert'onnanco tlio re publican congressional convuntlon a Council Ulilfl'tt is not to bt ; Hiiuercd at even by all-nlt'lit Nebraska fiiHioulstH. lit Is to be hoprd th war oratory li vniiKruss next winter may not be ns ex plofdve as that ImUdKecl In by coup-en Blounl speclallstH in that line hwt prlu None of the new Issues lu politic ! gives the popocrats the least uiicoimiKO incut.t \ would bu bard to divide nw fuse on the iniestion of adding tin riilllpplnes to the American possessions The committee appointed by the conn ell to take up the viaduct qucstloi tthould not bo permitted to sleep on tin proposition. Tlu property owners ut fectcd can secure prompt action by keep Ing steadily at It. Those'reduced railroad rates to tin exposition can not be held oil' nniel longer. The railroads that break loosi from the passenger association tetter ; ilrst arc the roads that will benefit IIIOH by public favor. Up to AtiKiist ir , Inclusive , just S'JI , 038 people were registered passin ; through the exposition g tos. Kor th < ilrst half of the exposition , therefore , tin utttmilunco has averaged nearly 11XX ( a day. This Is not a discreditable show Ing by any means. "After us the deluge" Is the motto o the outlawed Ilerdman police board Knowing that Its funeral and Into ? iiicnt Is only a few weeks off , It Is try lilt to gut away with as much of tin police fund as possible hi order to leavi a crippled department for Its sue coRsor. General Fltzhugh IA'C Is losing in time In getting ready to pluck tin fruits of victory , lla not only want to be United .Slates senator , but Is will lug to lick after the military govern luciit of Havana for a while. Since 1 > Is competent for both Jobs ho stands i good chance to realize his ambitions. The governor general of India gets i big salary and lives lu a fine house , bu he has to live In a climate as bad ti that of Cuba and lu a city that Is no much better cared for than Ilavami The young Mr , Ciirzon must be wlllln to take his chances on the climate fo the sake of the honor , as he Is nu greatly iu need of. the salary. The residents of the uelj'liborhig stnt of Missouri honst of thu iiroporthum t which thu Industry of inuiuifacturlu "MlHHOtirl iiU'iH'Hdnuim"twn \ \ \ hns grow aud claim for their stutu first lUuci Last year , according to statistics Ju- gathered , the factories turned out eve $ r'r > ,000 worth of these com cob utci IU , iu thu making of which nearly 'M persons were employed and to wlioi over ? i-l,000 In wages was paid. Statistics of the export trade of th leading nations of the world show tlui iu 187li KiiKhuul held Ilrxt rank , to towed in order l > y France , Germany an ° United States. Slnco chcu th ' * , 'pjilted States has shown the greatc * uenmso und Franco shows tin tietur decrease , so that at tha present tlm 1ho former 1ms second place ami Km tic goes down to fourth place , lietwee 187U and 1S90 the total export trade o thu United States Increased more thu 100 i > er cent. JIW.V SIIKHMAX U.V KXPAXS10X. ' ndtlod 111 l-'X'Hecrctnry Sherman linn v'olco to that of other eminent Aiwrl can statesmen In opposition to te.rrltorla expansion. In an address ut ( 'olum bus , O. , on Wednesday , Mr. Shermnn expressed pressed his regret at the disposition hi ! Ing manifested to reach out for outsld territory. IIu declared that the vns extent and compaclneHS of nur countr ; should satisfy our people nnd proven tlie.ni from extending their domain t distant poHxe.SHlons , dllllcult to coutro and Impossible to defend. Amhlttoi for territorial acquisition had been tli ruin of nations In ancient and modcri times and the United States , said th veteran statesman , is more In dange from similar causes than all others com billed , "If wo can be content with on vast continental possessions , " said Mi .Sherman , "we can dispense with th Islands of the sea , There Is no roon f r tl't'iu in our > y < lemtjf stu : a. Thel people do not speak our language Friendly trade relations can he easll ; arranged , but American domination , I attempted , will lead to Intermlmibl events. " John Sherman Is In private life Probably he will never again perforn any public service fo bin country , llu none the less the views of this cnilnon and patriotic statesman respecting th most Important question before tli American people should receive thu BO rlotis consideration of his countrymen Ills Is not a hastily formed conviction nor Is It due to any political or partlsai Influence. It comes uf the wisdom gathered erod during nearly two generations o an Illustrious public career , of a patrl otic devotion and fidelity to the Intel ests and welfare of the country that m statesman in the history of the repuli He has surpassed. There is urgent need nt this time o the counsel and admonition of sucl men as John Sliennnu to check the dc velopmciit of territorial greed nnd ti point out to the American people th dangers that are Involved In a. policy o acquiring remote territory. The tempta tlon to national aggrandizement In till direction Is exceedingly strong. Tlier Is a clamor nltout the Idea of terfl torial expansion that easily persuade the average man that It Is at once tin Interest and the duty of the Unltei States to reach out In every quarter o the world for possessions. It appeals ti iv quality of patriotism , not the hlghesl and panders to the ambition for powei greatly intensified by the results of win To many there Is Irresistible force ll the dechiratlon that wherever the Aiiicr lean flag has been raised there It inns permanently stay , as If that had beei the uniform course of the nation. Bu comparatively few pause to consider thi dangers Involved In such a departun from the traditional policy of the conn try or the burdens It might impos upon the American people. In the con scloiisuess of our great strength un < almost boundless resources , many of on people feel that no task we may undertake takeno responsibility wo may assume Is beyond our ability or can Involve u In any troubles or difficulties we cnnno readily overcome. Hut as Mr. Shermai reminds us , other great nations In thel day have been ruined by the same ser of ambition and greed that Is hchij cultivated among ourselves. In tin hour of our prldo over victories and con quest let us not forget the- example that history furnishes. Ki T WAli anil'S. At a meeting of tfu > naval bonrrt o construction a few days ago It was du elded to ask congress to authorize th construction of the largest aud mos formidable battleships and cruiser afloat vessels unequaled In any forclgi fleets. There was complete umiulmlt ; in the board ki regard to this nnd 1 Is proposed to design three battleship with u greater displacement than nn ; we now have and having at least nliu teen knots maintained , speed. First class cruisers will also Im asked fo nearly half again as large as the Ncv York nnd the Hrooklyn and of frou three to four knots greater speed. ; number of cruisers similar to th Olympln In construction but faster wll also bo recommended. Our naval experience has concrt.Vvei ; taught the necessity of more speed li war ships and this in future will b itiiule a prime consideration , though I will not bo the only progressive stoi The ships of war hereafter constructci by the United States will have a mor destructive power thiiu even the spleti did lighting machines that swept awn ; so easily the squadrons of Spain am will undoubtedly surpass any war ship now utlqiit. Thus this country may leai tlm world In the building of more pow erful and swifter ships of war , ns I has done In demonstrating what th modern battleship can accomplish wlun properly handled. Undoubtedly congress gross will not hesitate to carry out tli recommendations of the naval board. DIFFICULTIES. It Is pointed out In Washington < 1lf patches that the problem of arranglu tariff duties hv the nuw territory eve which the United States will oxercls temporary or permanent control ma ; not bo found altogether simple or ensj The Washington correspondent of th New York .lournal of Commerce , lu n t'errlug to this matter , stales that number of domestic dlllicultles will arls la the effort to enforce a uniform tarll throughout the dependencies of th United States. Sugar from thu Jin walla a Islands and from Cuba ( If th latter should become. American te.rr tory ) would enter the states of thu unlo frou of duty. The Louisiana , sugar It dustry , suggests this corresponden would probably bo stamped out , unlce Homo policy of local bounties could li devised. It Is also thought that an li torcBtlng question might bu raised I regard to coffee. There IH an ulmoi prohibitory duty upon coffee luiporte Into I'orto Hlco , which would be abe Ished If the present United States tnrli were extended to that Island , with th possible result of seriously damaging I not destroying the coffee Industry t Porto Ulco. This suggcsta that It ma Im found expedient to place a duty oi coffi'n , In order to protect the planter of that Island , but such n proposition would moot with vigorous reslstatic from American consumers. Thcsu matters are commanding th careful attention of the admlnlstratloi and so far as It has to deal with them In the exercise of Its military authority there can bo no doubt that they wll be judiciously treated. Of course t will be the duty of congress to lltmll ; dispose of nil these problems , which I is becoming clear will have to bo con slderud lu n liberal spirit. The admin IslnUlon will apply existing laws ti new territory uutlcr our military con trol so far as It Is practicable to do HC but this will undoubtedly bo chnngei and modified by congress. n-nr TUK MJIIDRN is LIOIIT. The support of the state and uatloi becomes n heavy burden to thos scarcely nblo to hour It , but when th people generally feel prosperous they d not complain of taxation. At this tlm with a war just brought to n close , tttxn tlou Is greater than It lias been for man ; years , yet there Is little complaining The only complaint about the war taxe has been that the government could no supply stamps fast enough at the be ginning. A recent Investigation shows why tli burden does not seem unduly heavy Answers to inquiries received from al the states and territories relating to Hi ( lustrlal coiidltloim this year coinparei with three years ago disclose the chang that has taken place. Iu March , IS' ) . " when the Wilson tariff : law was In t'ul tide of succccssful operation , li.H'JO cstal : llshmeuts in the United States einployei UO-i.iiSO hands and paid them .f7OTt , :5'J : ; in wages , while In March , 1808 , wltl the Dlngley tariff law In operation , th same establishments reporting employei 2iOt ( ; l ) bauds and paid them if 10,108 , 1150 lu wages. This Is not n Humtnat Izatlou of a picked set of reports , bu all reports received were included , j few report * showed opposite tendencies but on the whole It was found that full ; ' ! < ) per cent more hands wore employei In March of this year than in the wim month three years ago , that these cm ployes were paid 40 per cent mor wages and that the average nmoun paid each employe was at least IU pe cent higher. This is a sufficient explanation of th phenomenon of n people uncomplalti Ingly bearing the Increased burden o war taxation. They pay the taxe ejheerfully because they are able to d so. If they had been called upon t pay for the war three yenrs ago the ; would have been distressed and tils heartened. IN TIIK COrtailKiiStONAb DISTRICTS . Nebraska Is represented In the pres ent congress by only two republicai members of the lower house. Xebraski ought to be represented In the next con grcss by a solid republican delegation If the republicans In the various dls trlcts are alert to their opportunltle and the people of the state made ti realize the benefits that will accrue t them by such action , tlm popocratl nominees for congress will be left t < keep home guard and the re'inbllcai candidates sent to the front at Wash lugtou. The Fifty-sixth congress to be electei next November Is sure to be republicai by an overwhelming majority. Its ses sions will be held during a remibllcai administration and only measures tlm receive the stamp of republican ap proval can pass congress and becom laws. If the people of Nebraska want ti accomplish anything In the way of na tlonnl legislation they must send re publicans to represent them In congress With popocratlc congressmen represent Ing them they will be simply chooshij llgureheads to draw salary and 111 sinecure positions. The experience Nebraska has had dm Ing the past year with Its populist non entities In congress should teach thl lesson without further experimenting On the other hand , the prestige whlcl the state will gain by increasing it contribution to the republican majorlt ; In the national legislature Is In Itself i prize worth striving for and patrlotl citizens throughout the state whouli unite to capture It. The Wisconsin "doodle book" will b heard from many times. It was a boo ! In which was kept by the state trims urer an account of the overdrafts 01 salary by state officials and emploj The man who was iu the service o the state and In the favor of the treat ! urer had his name irinccd on the "doodl book" and thenceforth he could get ad vanccs on bis .salary to any reasonubl extent. 1'erhaps no harm would com from the system if all the state olllcer and employes were honest and lint ! Ill' positions , but sometimes men are tnid denly let out of positions and some times they die unexpectedly and thl makes the "doodle book" system a Imi one. Sluco the people of the slate hnv discovered the existence of the "doodl book" all the mimes will be scratchei off by special request of their owners. Refusing to profit by costly past ex pt-rlence , the republican state ramml ! tre has 'ugnln ' voted to bottle itself u ; by establishing tts campaign hcathiuui tors at the state capital , regardless o all considerations demanding the loen tlon of the commanding geneni at the seat of greatest action. Th refusal of the committee to npprcclnt mill occupy the most .strategic point 1 certainly a blunder and to overcome U effect will require the exercise of extr exertion on all sides to make the can palgu elllclent ami effective. Unless all signs fall there will be ; royal campaign lu the Twelfth congro. slonal district of New York this yeai Colonel George II. McCK'llaii , who no\ represent * the district , will have tli Tammany nomination and It IH th plan of the republican leaders to non Inute Colonel John Jacob Astor. Coloiu Astor will go into the campaign wit the reputation of being IIrut among Hi very rich Now Yorkers to cuter Uii service of the I'nlted States lu the war and It can truthfully be said of hln that he proved himself thoroughly ni American by becoming a soldier , pat taking of the hard fare of the rmnj and making sncrlllccfl as great as thos < of any man. The story Is probably untrue , but I makes a good point , that when Admlr.i Dewey heard that the two auxlllur ; cruisers had been nnlncd Yale and Mar vartl he Immediately proposed that tw < of the Spanish vessels he had cnnMirei should be renamed the Mas. achusctt lust Unto of Technology and the I'hlln delphla College of Physicians and Sur geous. The name bestowed by tin Navy department on one of the suppl ; vessels , that of Delmonlco , was liter ally laughed off the records by the pec ple ( assisted by a few newspaper para graphers , and hereafter the naming o American vessels is likely to be doni more appropriately. Finding that Omaha was going rlgh ahead with its peace jubilee project h connection with the exposition , Chlcagi Is trying to reconsider Us detcrmlnatloi to have no peace demonstration tintl next spring and to set on foot a peaci Jubilee for that city this fall. Omaha however , Is not only first in the Held ready with UH resources ami active li the work , but also by reason of the ex position the only appropriate place ti celebrate the glorious conclusion of th war with Spain. Chicago may or ma ; not hold the peace Jubilee , but tin jubilee at Omaha is an assured succes lu advance. The payment of a license fee shouh be regarded ns the payment of a ta : and not the consideration of a contract no mutter how the courts may tlifl'cr 01 the proposition. The question of publl policy involved In the revocation o licenses granted by the city is alto gcther different and in each partlcula case the holder of the license Is cer talnly entitled to recognition of Id rights. The "farmers' day" nt the Iowa Agrl cultural college was a grand success over 5,000 persons visiting the college many coming from distant parta of th state. If the proportion of real farm crs In the crowd was as large as it ough to have been such a day ought to provi of great value to the college and th agricultural interests of Iowa. The effort of John L. Webster to pu "his feller" at the head of the repub lican state campaign committee seem to have run amuck. The republican cum palgu this year must be conducted in tin Interest of the republican party rathe than for the benefit of any particula person who has nu ax to grind. M IluiiK'H Plumen | n Danger. St. Louis Republic. It will be great fun for LI Hung Cham when ho succeeds In egging Kuasla am England Into a hair-pulling match. Thei he will have peacock feathers to give to th < birds. IrrltiilliiK Cnntrnillctlon. Philadelphia Ledger. The Btorlcs our army brings back fron Cuba are a llttlo rough on those states men who visited the Island last winter am returned with glowing accounts of the vlr tuo and patriotism of the Cubans. Favorable for I'roMuvrlty. Indlanapolft ) Journal , Everything seems favorable for an era o prosperity. No currency fear haunts bual ness men. Gold Is ( lowing into the country and the supply of money for business pur poses Is abundant. Confidence in the sound ness of business conditions Is general. A : a conservative paper says : "The businesi prospect that Is before the American peopli Is one that has never been surpassed in thi history of ( he country. " Thuio Culmii "OunliiK * . " Chicago Chronicle. "There are going to bo some fine opening ! In Cuba for young Americans , " predicts at esteemed contemporary. Perhaps so. Dur Ing the yellow fever season , however , thesi openings are not altogether desirable , con- slstlng as they do of excavations six feel deep , six feet Jong and two feet wide. Th young American who has a fairly good jol In this country had better hang to It ant leave Cuba to yellow Jack , land crabs ta rantulas and the "patriots. " For particu lars Inquire of any member of General Shaf- ter's expedition. NO KLOMJIKK THKHIJ. Porto Illoo jvot an Inviting for Hunt iivim an Many Ininulno. Milwaukee Sentinel. There are not likely to bo many fortune ! made rapidly In Porto nice after It become : part of the United Statcn , though tbero an undoubtedly sorao opportunities for maklm money that will attract the Investment o American capital. Whatever Idea there ma' exist that I'orto Rico Is a favorable fieh for all sorts of enterprises Is based on i misconception of the conditions that exls there. The Island Is in the first place toi small to admit of nny very extensive optra tlons and in the second place the prcsen needs of the Island are already well sup piled no that there IK not likely to be an ; vry great chance to eiitjaKc In profitable trade. A New York merchant whose busl ness relations with the Island In the pas have informed him in rcpard to condition : there says the prospects for trade opening ; are not very grfat. "liuslncss houses an well established. " ho says , "and have li hand all lines of trade , so that uny oni going there will have to compete with well' ' established business firms who are wel equipped with capital. " lie Is of the oplnloi that the Island is still In a backward stnti of development , and thinks that Amerlcai CBpltuI will peek Invcntment In railways hotels , sugar plantations nnd some nthci projects , Trolley roads do not exist a ull on thB Island and the opportunity foi their Introduction seems particularly Invlt Ing. The climate of the Island Is like ! ] to make It u favorite resort for Invalids am winter tourists so that hotel enterprise ! ought to flourish. There are at present IH hotel accommodations that would bo satU' factory to American travelers , The siisai plantations have been largely abandoned ii I'orto Hlco owing to the competition tha the extensive manufacture of bct-t sugni has brought about. With the America ! market open to Its sugar the plnntatlonu o Porto Hlco should become profitable again especially American capital mid encrgj are enlisted In their operation. There nr < Bonio other opportunities In I'orto Rico , bu It Is not rcnsonalilo to expect that thcro ti to be n wonderful field there for American : to enrich themselves. The New Yorl merchant who Is acquainted with the gcn < crtd condition of affairs thcro sums up thi situation very well by eaylng : "Consider' able capital could undoubtedly bo employee In tha Island , but If any such thing in i Klondike boom bo attempted it will oul ) mean dropping a lot of money. i .t -jA , jw > < t OTIlim I.AMIS THAN OI It ! * . An explanation of the trouble bctwcci lUifsIa nn4 Great Ilrltaln In Persia Is ex plained by a 1'arla paper. It seems tlm the I'eralon government , being In flnancln straits , applied through the Hank , of 1'crnli for assistance from n group of Kimllsl banks. The securities offered were the rev cniies of the customs In South Persia. Tin British government , finding the sccurltlci Eound nnd the object to which thn loan waite to be applied free from any dlsagrccabli contingency , approved and assisted In tin negotiation of the loan to the amount o 1,250,000 , which uas at once subscribe ! In 'Condon , llusela got wind of the affal befovo the Persian government had an op portunlty to sign the contract nnd the Hus slan representative In Teheran , under In structtona from St. Petersburg , pcremptorll : forbade the I'crslan government to proceci with the operation and offered , on bchal of his own government , to advance a large amount on the security of the custom throughout the whole of Persia. The Per slnu government was equally afraid elthc to carry out the arrangement with the Eng llsh group , In view of the Husslan threats or to glvo the czar a further hold on thi country by accepting the offer of a Kusslai loan. In the absence of energetic supper from the Drltlsh government It wan bellcvt ( that Hussla would be satisfied for the prcs cnt with having effectually established i right of veto and dealt another blow at Brit Ish prestige and'enterprise In the far east. There Is considerable excitement tn Al sacc-Lorralnc caused by the newly projcctci civil code which it Is intended to put li force on January 1 , 1900 , and which modlfloi 170 articles of the French civil code yet ti uee In those countries. The provincial coun ell has raised numerous objections to this but there Is llttlo probability that any at tcntlon will be given to them , the Impcrln government being resolved to unify the clvl legislation throughout the empire and ti withdraw" " from the conquered provinces o the Uelchslnnd the privileges and benefit : of the French lawn they have enjoyed up ti now. Thus , from and after the .first da ; of 1900 it will no longer be the family coun cil that will appoint the second guardlai In the case of minors and disputed sue cessions , but the court of guardians am the communal council will take the placi of the family council in the case of orphans At the Bamo time parents may deslgnati by will during their lifetime the guardlai they desire for their children. They may ii the same way make provision for the ap polntmcnt of a family council. The nov legislation concerns Itself also with mort gages , creates a doomsday book and tnstl' tutes a family law regulating the rellglou : Instruction of children and compulsory ed' ucatlon. The draft of the now law will bi submitted to the Reichstag at the opening of the session. In regard to the naval work projected b ; the French government In Corsica It I : stated that the Idea was to make the placi primarily a torpedo station and second ! ; a naval base. The French government ha : now turned Its attention to the almost for gotten port of Dt erta , which Is on thi northern coast of Africa , about thirty-sever miles northwest of Tunis , on the outlet o a lake which takes its name from the town Blzerta was once strongly fortified wltl batteries , but these are now out of date and since 1894 its one excellent harbor hai been allied up. Recently the French Ad- ml ml Humann was ordered to conduct operations at Blzerta , with a view of dis covering whether the port could be mad ( Into a serviceable "point d'appul" for t modern fleet. The admiral was able tc get all hla twenty-four ships , Ironclads ai well an torpedo boats , through the cairn from the roads to the inner basins , 01 or lakes , and this within three hours. Fron this it is deduced by the minister of ma rine In Paris that Blzerta , owing to the works undertaken there , will become at Important basin of operation for the French fleet in the Mediterranean. At the same time it is said that a good deal remains tc bo dene In order to put the poft In a thor ough state of efficiency , for the fortlflca' tlons are very feeble and the defenses or the sea front useless against modern ar tillery , the canal Is not yet wldo enough foi the quick passage of big Ironclads ani cruisers , and the coaling facilities are In ferior. On this account the government I : strenuously urged to proceed quickly wltt the works , so as to make Blzertavhal Admiral Humann hopes that It will be t first-class stragetic basin and point of sup port necessary to enable France to con solidate her Influence in the Mediterranean In Morrocco nothing Is known of machin ery for industrial or manufacturing purposes Everything required by the Moors Is mad < by hand , except for an occasional sewlnf machine. Thcro Is one electric plant at Tan gier controlled by a Spanish company , anc ono Ice factory under French control. Smal quantities of hardware are Imported , a few Iron bars for railings , etc. , and some car pcnter.s * tools. The only agricultural imple ments seen there are the plows of Phoeni cian and Roman days , the axe , the heavj coarse , ungainly grub-hoe. Grain , wheat barley , beans , etc. , are threshed nnd win nowed as they were 3,000 years ago. Loco motives are'unknown. So are bicycles , then being DO roads in Morocco where they coulr be used cither for pleasure or for practlca conveyance. Boots and shoes are not usei by the Moors , and there arc only a handfu of European residents there ; the Moors maki their own slippers of Morocco leather. Thi Imported cloths purchased for clothing comi mostly from Germany , as they are thi cheapest. Four of the provinces included In tbi dominion of Canada have , at one time 01 another , voted on the liquor question , ani each recorded Itself against unrcstralnei t radio In intoxicants. Ontario , Manitoba Novn Scotia and Prince Edward Island gavi an aggregate vote of 2C1OOS for prohibition nnd 132ISO against It , or not far from twt to one against the liquor traffic On September 29 a vote Is to bo taker throughout the dominion on the qucstlor of prohibition and the result Is awaited with no llttlo Interest by temperance ad vocates everywhere. The previous action oi four of thp seven provinces Is held as pre figuring the results In these four and It It presumed that British Columbia and Now Brunswick will follow thy example of Mani toba and Nova Scotia , where the conditions ute mainly similar , but the case of Quebec Is more doubtful. The people of that prov ince differ In many reapccts from those ol the other provinces and the ncllon of c majority of the latter cannot bo taken m a guide to thul of the Quebec voters. The Catholic church exercises a dominating lit' fluencc over a great majority of Canadian French Inhabitants of Quebec province , ami If tlm church should take u decided stnm ! for or against prohibition it would unques tionably affect the decision. * The continuance of the discord betweer Austria and Hungary , with thn chances ol ultimate separation , would amount to i nullification of the Austro-Iloumantan con vention and Justify Houmanla In protect ing ttnelf by n friendly understanding with Russia , before it might bo too late. The anxiety of the Hungarians to terminate UK conflict can therefore be understood and the willingness of Count ( loluchowskl tc 1mvo the language ordinance withdrawn tc avoid a precipitation of the crisis for which the At'.ittrlan and HutiKcrlni : Slavs are not yet ready , Is alee comprehensible. At the same time a radical solution of the diffi culties between the two countries appear * to be us far off as ever , owing to the Incompatibility of temper of the Ill-assorted partners and the apparent Impossibility ot nislmllatlon of the diverse elements com posing their populations. nT or TIIK.M .it.i , . Now York Sun ! As at the beginning , * at the finish. What u remarkable Vcr montcrl Detroit Free Press ! Admiral Dexscy oppiid the ball and hu felt It Incumbent upon him t clone It with proper eclat. Washington Pout : Undo GeorgeDewe ; has done It again , and there will be no con trovcrsy over the distribution of the honor of the affair. Philadelphia Press : Admiral Dowry mad thu entrance of tha war and he makes It exit as well. From first to last ho lin held the center of the stage. New York World : It Is perhaps no ox aggcratlon to say that Dowry Is the ablcs man "byi and large" that our navy ha produced In the century and a quarter of It existence. Certainly the place history give Paul Jones In the revolution , Perry In tin war ot 1S12 and Farragut In the- civil war that place she has reserved In her record of the Spanish war for Rear Admiral Gcorg < Dewey. Detroit Journal : Dewcy's post-bellum ng gresslvencss Is in the nature of a clcan-ui and sweeping foreclosure of our mortgagi on the land and appurtenances In and abou Manila , In which Spain held nn equity whtcl might by the arts of diplomacy been Jugglct out of our reach. About all the peace com mission will have to do Is to certify ti Dowey's title and arrange for a clvlllzci government for the Flllpplnos which Spall will be pledged to maintain. Boston Globe : The history of America ! warfare presents no other commander , aflon or oshoro , whose every act produced thi unalloyed satisfaction in the public mint which has attended Dewey throughout tin war now closing. He alone has malntalnci himself constantly above the range both o criticism and of comparison. In the fortune ; of the conflict the duty devolved upon hln to put our own and the Spanish navy to tin test for the first time. H fell to him t < demonstrate the lighting power of our mod ern ships of war and at the same time tin incapacity of the enemy. Brooklyn Eagle ! The dramatic rovelatlot of Admiral Dowcy , as the triumphant be- glnner and the victorious ender of the win on the sldo of the United States , will greatl ; Impress the Imagination of the world am will bo a magnificent theme on the pages of history. Nor will the suggestive goo < fortune of the early severance of cable com munication between him and his government leaving to him , as It did , a free hand at lotif range , to deal with a complicated situation escape the attention of mankind or of thos < who , In other ages , shall record and estimaU the great incidents of this great struggle. POLITICAL DHII'T. The republicans of Indiana Intend to opet their campaign about September 10. Ex President Harrison , Senator Fairbanks am Governor Mount are among the speakers an nounced. Aldennanlc business must be pretty well down toward the heel in Chicago. A dia mond-pointed alderman'ns star was put in pawn in that city recently , and it is now for sale. The man who thinks bo U running foi congress against Speaker Reed has explained that ho Is not for 16 to 1 , because free coin age on that basis would mean silver mono metallism and a silver basis. The New York democratic straddle com prehends silence about silver and the nom ination of silver men. Your Uncle Dick Crokcr does not care a continental about uclplcs fee looe as be rathers in the offices. Illinois has a state election this year tc elect a treasurer and other officers , twenty- six state senators and all the state repre sentatives. The republican candidate foi treasurer is a resident of Springfield , the democratic candidate Is a resident of Jack sonville , both Interior cities. General Wheeler will go back to congress by a practically unanimous vote. The at tempt to shut htm out collapsed. Local pride In tbe prowess of the hero of San Juan will not tolerate opposition. Mean while , General Wheeler is to remain in command of the volunteers at Montauk Point. It costs a pretty penny to run New York City. The total amount to be raised b > taxation this year Is $47,356,863. The total assessed value of real and personal prop * crty In the city this year la | 2,365,490,372. , This is an increase of $196,8 1,516 over the assessment of 1897. The tax rate is $2.01 per 5100. General Lee's announcement of bis candi dacy for the United States senate cracked the Martin slate In Virginia. But the fight Is a good ways off , The legislature which elects the senator will not be chosen until November , 1S99 , and the elect will not take his scat until March 4 , 1901. General Lee proposes to stump the Old Dominion next year. Tammany aldermen have rejected the anti-swearing ordinance passed by the upper branch of the New York City legislature. The leader of Tammany's reform forces con tended t'mt any measure restricting the Inherent right of free speech would fracture the constitution and raise Cain generally. Anyhow the measure would rob aldermen of the only available method of expressing their contempt for political and moral in novations. The Lone Star state of Texas Is the chief ono In the populist bunch. What Texas saya Is done In the middle-of-the-road councils , and tbe radical pops of that state , who have recently , without fusion with anybody , put up a full state ticket for this year's election , have sat down hard on the previously prom ised project of a national convention of the mlddle-of-tho-road populists. It Is off. It was called to assemble In Cincinnati on Sep tember 6. Several Htates had already held conventions and selected delegates. Maine had chosen five. But the populism of Texas , when the time came for them to choose theirs , would not participate. The republican convention In Connecticut to nominate a governor and other state rifflccrs has been called to meet in New Haven on September 14 , two days after the Maine election. Republican success in Con necticut , though heretofore a doubtful state , Is regarded by the politicians of both par ties as a foregone conclusion this year , and the contest for the republican nomination IH between the old liners and the young , cle ment. The favorite of the latter Is Mr. Portur , the private secretary of President McKlnley. The salary of the president's secretary Is $5,000 ; the salary of the gov- srnor of Connecticut IB $4,000. Ibo Royal Is the Mghutt ijrcdt baking powder luionn. Actual tints how tt goes tklrd further than any other bread. POWDER Abiolutf I/ Pure torn riai n PQWOIH to. , KIM te r t , . IIIIMI : . Chicago Tribune ; Untlotilitodly none ol thu men whom It IK | iropot < l to eonil hotnt will protest. If there were nny chance ol fighting they would want to tay In tut service. If thcro wrro nny prospect ol their doing anything rxccpt rctimlnhiK In camps of Instruction for n few months more , and then he muBtered out , they would llkt to stny on , I Hi I under the circumstance ! they will nearly all ho glad to go homo now , ntthoiiRh there Is not one ot them who rcKfi'U having enlisted. Philadelphia Press : In order to rcdtico the nfiny to reasonable peace proportions ninny of the volunteer troops must ho re leased from military duty ut the earliest possible moment. About 50,000 volunteers , Including all the ravnlry and artillery In that branch of the service , are to ho mus tered out nt once ; iind ns many more mlfiht bo easily spared. Only the uncertainty of the future drift of events In Cuba stands In the wny of a reduction of the federal military force to a basis of 100,000 men , which Is regarded by the War department officials as affording ample scope and verge for the cxerclao of military power In the republic. Globe-Democrat : The niusterlriK out of the volunteers , which Is noon to bcRln , Is not llltely to KO very far this year. If wo get the whole of the riilllpplnes we fclmll need nn army of from 30,000 to 50,000 them for two or three years. Cuba's army of occupation will probably comprise 30,000 or 40,000 men for a time , nnd 10,000 or 12,000 are likely to bo stationed In I'orto Hlco , wMlo 1,000 or 2,000 will he kept permanently In Hawaii. A much larKcr force will bo kept In the fortifications on the Atlantic , Pacific nnd gulf cdasts hereafter than have been there heretofore. Our permanent stnndlnp ; army , It Is safe to predict , will never be allowed to KO below lOO.KrO mtn , notwithstanding the howls of the deao-rtti and populists. The services of t sooJ many of the volunteers will bo ne * Je-J for more than a year yet. MIHTII l.V ItllVMi : . Detroit Journal. Old Klrif , ' Coiil IH u merry oul. A soul profoundly merry Ho may yet ascend the thront oJ Spain On a mortgage. Odd ? Oh. vtry ; IndlunnpollH No more the collar hltrh tn * vbite A thlnj ; of beauty i > ct-m to lie. The Jtlint Unit wlnH th ? lu * t.t tflj-tn Oleums with the letteri "U. fci. V. " Detroit JourftU Thp furmer'H boy , nnibltlout u > lit rruul- How manfully strives l > " And leaves no stone untarana , fiti-it The grindstone , harp , It l-t Indianapolis X Womnn'H weapon has An a Binllc , a tear , a But her moot effective wt-iotnj Is a ( Irst-claBs home-madt j > it. Chicago llecord. Ho thinks of u dear old gardea tchert Ui old-tlTie ( lowers blow Proud hollyhocks und roses and icliltt llllti In it row ; He dreams of vanished summerr , uafl ifii henrt In fancy bluetts , For ho thlnkn of u dear old lady who him pull the wecilH. A PHI3TTV HOOD WORLD. Josephine Pollard. This world's a pretty peed sort of world , Taking It all togethf-r , In BUlto of thu grief and sorrow we mett , In splto of the gloomy weather. Ihcro are friends to love and hopes to cbeti And plenty of compensation For every Jicho for those who make The beat of the situation. Thcro are quiet nooks for lovers of books , With nature In happy union ; There are cool retreats from the noontide heuts Where Houls may have swet communion : And If there's a spot where the sun shines not There's Always1 a lamp lo light Itf * And If there's a wrong we know- ere Jonr That the God above will right It. So It Is not for us to make a fuss Because of llfe'B sad mischances , Nor to wear ourselves out to bring about A change In our circumstances. For this world's a pretty good sort of world , And He to whom we are debtor Appoints our place and supplies the grace To help us make U better. OUIl DAILY BULLETIN. NEW YORK , Aug. 20 , 1858. Congress man Charles H. Grover , the distinguished Ohio Republican and close friend of Pres ident McKlnley , accompanied by his daugh ter , arrived here today from his transat lantic trip. He spent a week In London booming tbe Anglo-American alliance. We Are Booming Dur great American Exposi- : ion , and to visitors attending ive want to say that , we have some of the prettiest souvenir landkerchiefs you ever saw. Pure white silk with Govern- nent Building and Arch of States embroidered in the cor * ler. They are large size and icmstitched , and are extra luality of silk. Be sure and ake some home for friends if rou dent care to keep them rourself , They are in our win- fows on J 5th street. Price 75c don't forget.