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Dally Mm mid Sunday , One Vcar 805
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merce
Now York : Trmple Court.
Washington Sol t'ourtinth Street.
Alt romtniinlintloiis relating to neyvi nnd
rdltnrlil matter should be addressed : To
the Kiillor
UUBINHSS Lirrrnns.
All business loiters nn < l remlttnnrcs
fihnuld hi urlilp < * ' < ) t ) The Heo 1'ubllshtnn
C jmpmiv , ornilm DrnftH. clrrks. express
nml j ontninVe inon' v orders to u" made
pajadlo to the onl'r nf tincnrnpanv
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HTATKMnNT OF CTUrTLATION .
State of NVhrnilcii DnuKlaR Countv , ss :
Ocorgo H. Tzsi huck , secretary ot Th" Boo
Publishingcornpan \ . being ilulv sworn , j
najs that the artunl number of full nnd i
romplfto roples of The Oiily , Morning , !
Kvtnlru , ' nnd Sunday HOP , printed during
the mnnth of August , U3Sv.is a. < follows :
N t total Biles . M.-ill :
Net Daily AvpntKi' 27,029
amitnn n T/SIMIUCK
Sworn to brfnro mo and milwrlbcd In
mv pnsemo this Int da > of beptember ,
IVH N I' mil- .
Notuty 1'ubllp
: TO TIII3 111313 llltl.DIVi.
Nit tlnllor tn Oiniilili nml Mil-
I-\IOHMOII | | uliiiiilil K" u it 11 }
MiMlOlll lllNpl-l-MlIU 'I III- lll-l-
ItiillilliiK , MIC liiruexl ! " -
pupiT Imilillnu III liuiTli'ii ,
nml Tinlire HIM * N | > III > IT
pllinl , cimct'ilril In lit" Mil *
llllt'Nt lll-Mtl-l'll Cllll'IIK" 1111(1 (
San I'rani'lKc-o. \ iMirillnl
ueleomc- r\t 'inli-il In all.
The Tlilnl Nebraska wants to come
and it doesn't aiv who know- .
I'tc'snlcntS day at tinexiiosltlon ,
WeiliieMlay , October 1'J Maik It
clew n
I Anil now the lio.vs nt the Second M'-
I luasktt ate to have' their day at the
exposition. (
.ludjrinj : tiom tlie dall.v
cio\vtN , the c\pf-ltlon 11111 1 pietty
well aclverlNcd titter all.
And ( lie staivinj : Culi.ins. stt.uiKo to
h.iy , SPIMH to liatlieeii completely I < M
in ( lie yellow jouinal Hliutlle.
rtesldent .MfKinle'y's aci-i'ilanee | ot
Hie formal Invitation to iMitii'lpate In
OinanaS peace jnliilee inake > - Its hue-
Aeimont is as iintial tipiln eseicisln
Us juviiiKallM' of comini : In under Hie
rpjiillilli'iuilio t\\o moatlis lietoio tile
elections aie lielil 111 its .sister states.
Visions of a liniilintir in ( lie Alas
kan mining touiis pu-saue tlie coming
deinand for ainllier Kovenimenl lellel
pvpedltlon at tl'e e\ppnse ol I tide
Sam's tiea.stuy.
The . \ello\\ joinnalsliieh a little
While ngueie plating about tliei'
Iiatrlotisin hclui ; paramonut to politics
ate now beautiful exemplais oi politic ,
parainount to patriotism.
Hefore tin1 \\.ir it uas tlie
reooncentiados on whom the popociatie
piess dre\\ for political capital. .Now it
Is tlie sick soldiers that foim their ex
clusive political stock in tiade.
Meicei's usefulness to
his coustltneuts has iucieased each suc
cessive teim that he has been letnined
to Washington. That Is \ \ h.Ids . con-
.sltttcuthlll Insist mi keeping him
till'10.
The SKteenth stieut viaduct must be
pushed without miennptlon if it is to
be ready for public ttavel by next
spring. Thi1 sooner active vvoik on con
struction begins , the -.001101 will it lie
completed.
The express companies have linally
reached the conclusion that It v\lll be
advisable lor them to pay the v\ar tax.
The telegraph companies ought to lol-
lovs without waiting tor anybody to
iibk them.
1'ho latest aihlces liy c-able Irom
Amsteidam , liotteidam and Sanlain
ai'i" to the effect that the Dutch have
taken Holland competely by surprise In
their jubilation over ihe ascension or an
is .vear-old will to the throne \\illlain
of Orange.
The Klondike gold miner is trying
ngaln to get to the float in the public
' but K tlltti-
Di'lnts. encountering grave -
c-ultlo * . A few mote ciphers will have
t be added to the tlguies lepu'sonting
the value of the cargoes of the retuin-
lug vessels.
Kullroud rates to the iiiualiii exposi
tion are belter than they wete , but they
aie Mill several notches above what the
exposition Is entitled to. The campaign
fin further concessions trom the i.td-
roads , especially on long distance travel ,
should go right on.
Spain is talking about sending n low
war ships to tlie Philippines to piotect
Spanish subjects against the liuur-
BciitK. Unly'a lew war ships will be
M nt , lirlticli > ally bemuse all the rest
that onie Hew the Spanish Hag have
been sent to the hole in the bottom of
the sea In the m'i hhoihoocl of cither
8antlu o or MuutU.
i
Tin : j'fi.trw jrniihi :
Pip'Idelil .MeKlliley and tiU cabinet
Imvp ( nrmnlly announced their Intention
to partlelpalo In the rotenioiiles of the
PIVIPC jtiblleo projeftpd by the Train-
tnlsM | > isip | [ | Exposition inaungeiiipiit.
\Vhlle tlih announcement had been lore-
stalled In a ineiisuii' ' by th aHtiraiicp
given the editor of The lieu by the pies-
Idi'iit and ineinbers of hN cablm-t ten
dajs ago It Is nevertheless the foierun-
ner of an event that will be memorable
In the history of tint cotintrj- .
It Is C'lnlnently appropi late that the
triumph of American arms and the re-
to rat Ion of peace should be the occasion
of public rejoicing In the most conspic
uous place In all Aineilca where in
dustry and art have erected their tem
ples and millions have In the midst or
war been called on to admhe and wor
ship the triumphs of peace. In the lan
guage of President Mclvinlty , It Is
most appropriate for a president who
has closed a successful war to ttstiiy
by Ids presence his appteclatlon ot the
Indomitable pluck and Irrepressible en-
tetptlse that have made possible a gtcat
exposition of the lecouices and Indus
trial development of this country in the
fai'o of almost Insurmountable ob taclcs.
In giving ptefeience to ninaha over
all other cities that have be en ambitious
to secure his piest ucv In a celebration
of lestoied peace and prospeilty Presi
dent McKinle.x has conleiied a most
distinguished honor upon this com
munity and state which we teel sine
all ( lasM > * > ot Its citizens will giatctully
apprei late. It now only lemalas lor the
people ot this clly to unite with tlie
management of the TiansmissisMppi
Exposition In making tlie prepaiations
for jubilee week on a scale commons- ) !
tale with the demands of the occasion.
Of all other popular celebtatioiis tlie
Omaha jubilee is destined to be an
event to which future lilMoihins will
point a the culminating'scene ot the war
lor the llbi'tatlon of Cuba Irom SpanNi !
oppression ami tyiannj , with all its
diamatlc and tiaglc. incidents. 1 lav Ing
demolish a ted to the vvoild Its resouice-
lul and tar-reaching entetpilse in e.x-
temporl/.lng an exposition that tanks
second only to that of Chicago. Omaha
will piove herself equal to tlie omei-
gency in making jubilee v\eek the
clowning effort of the coming metioi > ells -
lls of the tiansmisslsslppl emphe.
i'K luiil.il *
.Now that tlie war is o\er and the
yellow panels of popouatic tendencies
can no longer hawk and cry their war
extuts with cat loon * in all the ( olors
ot the lainbow , thc.v aie tiylng to keey
up the excitement by honit.vlng pic-
lutes of sttlTeilng humanity in mllltar.v
camps and in the ho-pitals. Old hketches
that lepieseiited t'uban iiHonic'iUiados
In the last stages ot Maivatlon are le-
\amped to u-preseiit the condition of
fevei-stiickeii Mildleis and snap shots
of hospital lite aie sei veil up to portray
tlie alleged maltieatmeiit and neglect
of tlie heioes of ii : Cnnoj and Santiago.
These efforts of the .vellow join mils
have been seconded bj moie leputable
paitisan sheets vvhlc-li : uu ttjliig to
connteiact the populiulty of the lepub-
llcan v\ai pic'sldeiit by jiitilul .stories of
disease and sulTeiing among the Hoops
icmaining c'licamiied in tlie .south or
ieturned to convalesce in the noith.
These stoiies gotten up to aiouso pub
lie svmpath.v , aie lllustuited tor tlie
occasion by the imaginative artist.
One of tlie latest caitoons in a Chicago
cage democratic paper is headed "Sol-
diets Head with the Piesidvnt to Ito
Sent Home. " Tlie plelmo rcpiosenls
McKinley standing on the steps of ( lie
White House shaking hands with a
gioup ot 1'ncle Sam's boys whose laces
plead mutely for an older ot muster
out While theie is appaieuily nothing
partisan In this eaitoou. in icallty Its
aim is tuinspnteiit. It is an etlort to
cum to piojudico against the piesident
and Ids pait.v b.seeklm . : to convey the
impiessloi ) tlini men who have rallied
to the defense ol the Hag in the cause
o. ' hiiinaiiitv aie wllltully siinjected to
needlessly c i ui'l haulships and detained
in mllltaiy lamps when Uiey aie crav
ing to get homo.
The othei side of the pictute is iiur-
posel.coveied up. The fact that 1'iesl-
deat .McKinley exettcd all his moral
coinage and inlluence against precipi
tating the country into war with all its
contingent hoitois bcfoie the counti.v
was piepaied and Ihe tact that tlie haul
ships cndutod In this war are nogieater
ilian 'hose of ' other
ovi'iy war ate htuill-
onsly Ignored as I- also the lact that tlie
piesident and the War depaitmcnt hav
ilone everv thing In their power 10
ameliorate1 the condition of tlie IIOOMS
In camp and in hospital and ate > eiul-
ing as many of them home as can PO- ,
slblj be spnied. I'.ut the lank iiaitNan
knows no decency and the Inllaiiima-
toiy pli torlals will doubtless be c'lrcu-
lated c'\er.vwhere ftoni now until alter
the November e'lection.
.YO A Ki.7) roit i iru men SCUOM.S.
The most Important ipie'silon now lie.-
fe re the IJo.iul of Kdncatlon I.- the pro-
po-ed enlargement of III ; : ! ) se-hool n - > r-
leiCeneral plans tor tneetlnc the < le-
ni'ind have for jears hei'ii ' under con-
Hlderation. AIIIOUK them was the scheme
to rebuild and enlarge tlu > pres.
flit HlKli school bnlldliii ; I'.v thu addition
ot win : : * . This plan , liowcvei , is not
met with favor , liei-aiiM * Hie pre-enl
Mine-tine nuiMOOIKT or latei be taken
down as a matter of safety.
Two plans are now nrjed. One is
to elect on the pieont Hl li school site
a siilistanilal bnlldlnj ; with Mitllclent
capacity lo acconimodale pie ent and
fiittno needs. The other plan conieni-
plates ihe eteeilun of two Ill h Hihool
bnildlnss , one on the pteent hltu and
one In sume either pan of the city In
either case a bond propu.-iiilou , lo cover
the cost. K io bo Milmilttcil for r.UltleM-
tlon at ihe comlnp election. 1'ho pnib-
1cm confronts the M'liool board vvliU-h
of the two itlaiis is most dcsluible and
leahlble.
Manifestly two Hich school bitlldlnss
even of moderate ellniciislon * anil plain
tiein will cost more than one
bnlldliii ; larcc cn.nit.-li '
suppl.v the > wants ol Omaha lor jeais
j to come. The cost of a aiiliablo situ tor
the second building would Involve n
Bl'ellti'P outlay than the cns | nf lire
ptooling one gte'll building. 'Ihe < est
of annual maintenance of two High
schools would Impose it perpetual bur
den , which the taxpajers can
. Ill afford to assume. It would
, Involve not only a double force
of janitors , double healing nml
double repair expense , but i\\-o \ \ double
I Itch school staffs of principals and
leathers and double library and labora
tory facilities.
We do not believe the taxpaylng cltl-
xens of Omaha will sanction the double
Hljrh school scheme. A bond pioposl-
I tion contemplating such a departure can
have little or no chance of carrying.
I While ovor.ibody eoncc'dos lhat Omaha
'needs ' enlarged 11 gh school facilities ,
pver.vbody In Omaha knows that the
pro < cnt High school grounds nffend am
ple room for the laigest High .school
building In Amenca. '
ixa if.\7.w/A/\HJ.i/.YsT ; i-
The latest appeal of the mlddc'-ol'-the-
toad populists In national convention at
Cincinnati llnds Its chief significance as
an outi topping of the growing hcntl-
nient against tusioii. Pusloii lei a single
c > ampalgn and for a specific avow eel
object held forth certain alluteiiients to
ihe popoejratle politicians who saw in
it a device for consolidating the votes
ot iwo minority parties , but the experi
ment oft tepeated has lost its intlnoiico
and deleated Its own purpose' . Ptislon as
a legular thing vear in and year out
becomes a self-evident fmml which is
moie and moie icpc'lllng not only ) iopu-
llsts but also de-niociats.
The poiuillst pionmiclaiuciito tlieielore
for hulei'iuleiit ] ) p.irty tickets in loc.il ,
state and national contests without
Itislon with the demociats simply 10-
alllrius the policy of the middle' of the-
loadeis ami gives notice that they will
not again be bound and gaggeel by any
eleal that savins of the Tom Wutson
bargain of 1SSH5. The leadois who aie
enlojing the beiiellts of the alliance
wllh the demociats may try to continue
the tuslon aiiangemeiit , but they will
not lie able to hold the populist follow
ing in line.
It is not t-o much tlie demand thtvt
iiic'deeniable paper money or govein-
ment owneiship be made' the vital ten
ets of tlie party faith in opposition to
fte-o siheilsin and Itryanisin but the
Humiliation of luithei tusioii < ombines
that may lie icgatded .is of nubile ini-
poitauie.
Over 1.0ex > soldieis In the hospital at
t'.unp Wlkotf. 'lids aniiouiiicmoiit is
paraeled by the1 popocrallc jollovv paper
of these parts HJ a torrlblp ariaignmeiil
of the maladministration of Ihe lepub-
lican war otllce. What Is theie start
ling abemt this'/ Camp Wikoff is occu
pied b > ihe troops In ought back tiom
Santiago. 'I'lie'se Hoopeie exposed
not only lo the malaiia and ele > ailly
fevers of Cuba , but to all the hardships
of an active campaign in a country
scarcely trnvorsablo by man or beast
Is there anything surpiNIng in the lad
that out of i'O.HM ( ) men moie than 1uuo.
or 5 per cent , are on the sick list ? \ \ ouhl
It not have' been moio snipilsim ; II
there' had been lev\er vktlnis ot tiopic.il
disease ?
Accoiding lo till' Chicago Tribune' the
riliplnos who aie pleading to be taken
under A met Ran piotccMon can be gov
erned without clitllculty and at little
cost. Tor a visionaiy expansionist the
government of s.ooo.WO semi s.iv age
Malays 7.000 miles away fiom our coast
line Is as easy as lolling oil a log. Hug-
laud has not been able lo ke-pp down
sedition , i lot and revolt In Ireland lor
71)0 ) ye'ais after spending hundreds ol
millions of moiiev , but it will be CMSJ
for people who can only ionic in con
tact with the riliplnos through mil-
foimed mai hies and soldiers to keen
them peaceful and contented at little
cost.
I'x ( loveinor Walto of Colorado also
wants It distinctly nndeistood that in
his opinion paily ttea on N the only
term that litl.v characterl/.es the' wo > k
ot the- populist leaders who have tin neil
the party over to the democrats on a
fusion spoils division. The populist * aie
slowly but smely getting their eyes
opened to the' tact that their party ma
chinery has boon stealthily appiojirl-
aleel by the vvll.v demociats who when
the' time conies will not even give them
half a lull to the ptcsidcntlal kite.
dmNoii duty may be unpleasant ,
but It Is nevertheless necessary , even
though the war is ended \\ith the con-
iiueteel teiiitory In the possession of
the rnited Slates the iccular in my can
not possibly 1111 the bill alone , but must
have' the assistance of the volunteers
still In the service and it become's
simply a nuostion to which posts the
dllToiont ttoops shall be assigned.
Shedding ciocodllc tears over the sick
soldleis In order to make poliilcal cap
ital for a candidate who hoaMs that he
helped to iltlvo Ihe soldiers lo the lover-
laele'ti fields before the piep.iralloiis lor
a campaign were completed is the most
despicable demagogy that has ever been
resorted to in the interest of partisan
politics.
The explanation Is olTeicd that the
new Anglo-Gorman alliance rolalos to
e'onimerclal matters only. Kveii so u
will be enough lo .send cold shlveis over
France , Austila and Russia , each of
which 'thought they had exclusive claim
on one or the oilier of ihe parlies lo ihe
agieement.
The popocrats ate trjlng their haul-
est to make state issues exclusive' In
[ the battle of Nelnaskn. In ( his the-y
I admit that there Is nothing In the to
j publican adminlstiation of national
I affairs that offot.s thorn u tai-glble loot-
hold for poliilcal capital.
It is siatlfylng lo hoar that the na
tional encampment of the ( irand Army
iiC ihe Ki'puhlic in progiess at ( 'UK in
nail is pioxlng a gioatc'i sun.-ss tii u ,
aii'U In.Ueil and that ihe mu-iesi m tin-
heroes of the war with brmlu has not
iletrated fi'otu the glory attaching to
Hie heioes nf the War of IVIl. Al-
Ihuiiuh the ranks of the old veterans
, have been Inevitably thinned by the
apse of thltt.vthree years since the
close of the war In which they weie
'
e'ligaged the survivors still hold the
j places which they won In the heaits of
the nation.
No Kiel. Tlicri * ,
Clcvelntid Lender.
No Cuban tins had tlie nerve to rater n
complaint nRiilnst the commissary depart
ment of the fulled Stntea army.
nml Vrtlllerj.
Cilobe-Deinocrut.
The Ilrltlsh cxpprlcncu v\lth the elcrxislics
proves ngaln th.it modern nillllcry is too
much for aimic's that lack It or the skill
to ueu ft.
All 'liilUiiK I'enee.
ChlctiKo Ttlbune.
Gcnnnuy has given in Its adhesion to the
czar's disarmament proposition to the c.x-
tenl of iiKieeliiK to take1 part la the pro-
pOi-cd cnnforeiicp Norway and wpdpn have )
done the same ? . It Is now untieliiatc'd that
the conference \\ill follow closelv upon the
conclusion of tlie Spanish-American peace
commission at Tails.
MiiKInuMIM ullli Mil-
1'lilladelphta Inriulrcr.
The departeno of General 1'ando from
Havana with 12,000,000 francs Is another
Illustration of Spanish olllclal methods. If
the money Is claimed by him as his per
sonal properly ho stole It during 111 * ad
ministration as commander-lii-chle'f of llio
Spanish nrmy In Cuba. If it still belongs
to Sualn , then it has been stolen from the
military and civil lists , each ofhlch la
many months In an ears Hither in a
private or public capacity , 1'ando U a thief ,
'lliete Is nothing surprising In tills , for , aa
we remarked before , It Is only another in
stance of Stianlsh olllclal methods.
rlininees or I lie Xnlliin.
IMilliidolphla HeHoid
During the month of August the interest-
bearing debt of the < KO\eminent was In
creased by about $ " .1,000,000 , belns thu
amount of Issues of bonds for which cash
has been paid Into the treasury. The money
has llowed In much faster than it has been
paid out on account of the war , hence there
has been during the month an Increase of
more than STi.OOO.OOO in the cash in the
treasuiy. The dlfU-renco of
nearly $34.-
000,000 la the net Increase of the public debt
for Aucust ; and as the treasury cash
balance shall increase ( until the comple
tion of the bond deliveries ) the luterest-
bcarlns debt account will bo correspondingly
enlarged. The added sold does not rep
resent surplus , but enhanced Indebtedness.
noncixe ; 'i 111:111 in is.
Hint sinles Mm ( iimpe ! Kxiress | Coin-
( lnnles to I'a ? Tlie-lr Tines.
Chicago Chronli leThe
The merchants and tiaders of Omaha
have commenced pioceedlngs to test the
power of espiess lompunles to evndo the
pajnient nf the wai tax by makliiK cus
tomers pa > the costs of the stamps on their
receipts The Omaha phin appeals to b
to prevent foreign express companies from
doing buslnebs in NeluasKa unlc'i-s they pay
for the stamps on their packages.
There K no doubt of the powei of each
state to cnfoice the payment bv express
companies of the wai tax and the cost of
the stamy. It can be accomplished by the
same means that ran bo used to enforce
thn collection of state taxes on the com
panies. If the companies refuse to pay for
the btamps on their packages and lefuto to
pay their licetibe fees In the state thej
should bo pioveiitcd fidhl doing business.
Local express companies vUll take their
piece
Thl'j is within the powei ot the slate.
The expiess companies claim that they have
not been Included In the provisions of the
Interstate commerce act. This Is a confes
sion that they are under Htatc control. It Is
la v as old as the courts that the states
have' Juilbdlctlon In all cases which might
be matttis of federal laws , but in v\hich
consuls has failed to lecMate This rule
gives llio state control over the express
cominnies within state limits for the on-
foicemenl of tax laws nnd other pollco
regulations on the subject.
The expicss companies must be made to
pay their taxes
ll.VI.KKt ) IM irivlM.KV.
llo ii ( onililnaMoii oC iiiniinii
I'ontTNViiM Ir ' \ eiileil.
Coriebpondeiiio Chlcaio Kceord.
I have Just learned of a very interestIng -
Ing Incident lu connection with the diplo
matic bidu of the war , which shows Presi
dent .McICInlc-j's foieslght and saijacltj.
1 he mornins papers contained a cablegram
fiom London which clescitbcb the offoits of
franco to obtain conceited action by the
powers ugalnsl the tinted States for the
protection of Spain , nnd sajs that the
bchcine was pievc'nted by the refusal of
England to Joinhen the sccict history
of the war Is published It will bo discovered
that the vigoious Independence of the
president was equ.ilh potent , if liot more
BO , in preventing an alliance.
It will bo lemi inhered that a day or two
before the piesident bent to congicss his
final messaco on Cuban affairs the am-
I > as2.uluio rnd inlnlbtcrs of the five great
European powers called at the White House
to iiml-c a Joint representation In the in
terest'of peace. They were cordially re
ceived and the president expressed his ap
preciation of their hfondly Interest , hut nt
the same tlmo and with the greatest
courtesy ho Informed them that our gov
ernment was peifcctly capable of attending
to its o\vn business , et cetera , et cetera , ct
cotora.
This was exactly vvh.it the ambassadors
expected. Sir Julian 1'auneeJoto had con
ferred with the prcblilent In advance and
had been Informed of the cluuuaer of the
reply President McKinley would malto to
the repiesematlon , so Ihoy knew what
would happen before they went on their
errand Ncverthlt-ss they \ere \ hound to go ,
because their governments had made a
promUo to Spain.
Shonl > afterward a similar incident of
oven greater significance occurred which
has never been alluded to In print \Vhen
Mr. Fo.o , the Spanish minister , left Wash
ington hn placed the affairs of his legation
jolntlj In ehaige of the Treiuh ambassador
and the Austrian minister Whin the Do-
paitmcnt of State was notified of this fact
Sec-rotary Day , by ini-tructlon of the presi
dent , Infotmed the Piench and Austrian
governments that a Joint representation of
two nations could not ho recognized , that
he could not allow thu responsibility to be
divided , that ho would bo pleased lo re
ceive cither the Trench ambaEbiclor or the
Austrian minister regarding any matter
lhat concerned Spain , but he could not re-
cclvo them both. The objections of Ihu
United States were communicated to the
Spanish government , and the Trench am
bassador was Instructed to act as the envoy
of Spain.
I There was no reason at the time why both
of these diplomats should not be recognized ;
1ml the president , with wise precaution , de-
I let mined that he would not permit any Joint
I action on the part of the European powers
In laver of Spain or any arrangement that
hid the appealanco of a coalition , an he
feared that a double representation which
was entirely unnecessary might be In
tended or Inurprcted at , an enteungvnlpo
I do no' Know whether the i resident or
fu ieiiir > I > a > ahouM be i edited wnh this ,
uue precaution because the diplomatic
bide of the war hai Involved them both. j
TIDI : or
ruiiillf Ion iif Milriiiiiifrt Mir > l"'l
siillfnelor > In Veil is.
tndliinnpiillH Journal Mh
The reports of the commercial papers for
last week mnlec It certain that tlie country
Is enjoying a reason of unprecedented pros
perity It Is not claimed that nil the labor
of the country In employed , but It Is certain
that n larger per cent Is constantly em
ploy cd at present than nt nnv period for
vears Thcro arc tonillcts over wages In
isolated industries , but , talcing continuous
[ employment nnd the- wage rate Into con-
Klderntlon , the1 muss of people were never
recelvlns for labor the oiiil\alint | of no
much of the necessaries nnd comforts of
life The profits of business are small be
cause of the sharp competition In produc
tion and marketing , but the volume of goods
sold from week to week throughout thn
country was never so large ns at present
Money , which Is BO essential to the trails-
action of a large volume of business , was
never so abundant and never so cheap
Recently a New York business man , man
aging a larso transportation conumnv. de
clared that It vyas never to dllllcult to ob
tain a fair rate of Interest on loans for
] the reabon that the great central west IH no
longer a great borrower This Is attributed
I to the fact that the central west Is rapidly
acquiring mouev. The rnilioads were never
doing such n business as now. Crops are
abundant , nnd , considering the abundance ,
the prices are fair nnd nro likely to bo
maintained
All conditions and relations are not such
as to maUo all happy , and they never v\lll
be. There never will he conditions HO ab
normal as to put money Into the pockets of
those who will not work or v\ho will work
1 as little ns possible. There arc "auditions
which can be fairly criticised and there
' will be , but In many vcars Libor
j day has not dawned upon so comfortable an
outlook as It does lodav.
Phil ulelphla Times.
Demagogues keep hhoutlng that the poor
arc glowing poorer and the rich richer , and
the deposits In the savings banks which
represent only one Item of the savings of
the poor keep on tin leasing. Hetween
noisy assertions nnd Iho llgtircs that show
how much monej IT in the savings banks to
Ihe ciedlt of small depositors there Is a
v\ldo chasm , but the noisy agitators do not
mind u llltlo thing like that.
The savings banks' records for the United
States began with 1820 , when the depositors
numbered 8.633 and the deposits amounted
to Jl 000,000. Th" depoEltois now number
5,200,000 and the deposits $1,700,000,000 , the
average deposit being about $3CO. The de-
loslts are thiee times as great as they were
In 1872 , showing that deposits have out
stripped the growth of population ever since
the Hush times that succeeded the war
When to the bavings banks' deposits are
added the stock held in building and loan
associations , the homes and farms paid for
out ot small savings , the aggregate vyllr
show concbiblvely that the real wage-earn
ers as a clabs are improving their condi
tion , demagogic assertions to the contiary
notwithstanding Some even of the pro-
lesslonal woikers , v\ho woik with nothing
but their jawbones , ate known to have bet
tered their condition b ) the operation , bo
that on the whole the charge that the vvage-
rainers of the countr ) are on the high road
to the almshouse should be accepted vith
some graliib of allowance bv thobe In search
of the cold and frozen truth.
ClllCUiO 1)AVT ( I\1I\ .
People of 'VVorlil'M Pair til } I r ed to
AtllI.e II Memornlile.
Chicago Clnonlcle
The manageis of the splendid Omaha ex
position have set apart October 1 as Chicago
cage day. It should bei made a memorable
evuit. There uhould bo an otTort In Chicago
cage and In all northern lll'inois to ma Ke
lt the greatest day of the season It will
be an unusual opportunlt ) for the citizens
of this part of the countr } to form 01 to
renew an acquaintance with the people who
live west of the Missouri river.
A statement of the accounts of the
Omaha exposition shows that It will he suc
cessful in financial affairs The receipts
will l > e suinclcnt to pav otf the debt in
curred in all the work of preparation , 1he
Moating debt of the management and other
obligations Three-fourths of the amount
has been already dlschaiged The dairy re-
( clpis are Increasing and the prospect Is
that a surplus will remain after all the
expenses of the fair shall have been paid
It will bo recollected that a somewhat
blmllar experience was met by the man
agers of the World s fair in Chicago in
18' ' " The great panic followed the opening
of the fail. Receipts were light and a
prospect of bankruptcy vyas prebented to
the corporation having charge of the great
display Hut In August and fater the at
tendance Increased , the gate receipts
formed dally nil Immense fund nnd the last
two months of the fair mor < > than made
up for the- losses of the llrst three months.
Something like this appears to be the ex
perience of the enterprising managers of
thci Omaha e-xposltlon. The first months
were discouraging Hut the later months
glvo iioralso that Iho enterprise will In
the end meet all the expectations of the
managers The Interests of Chicago , of Its
trade to the gieat west , of the business
houses which send stocks of goods to the
commercial centers of the Missouri valley ,
of every Industrial establishment , will bo
seivcd by a grand display at Omaha on
Chicago day.
i : < ) inis : op 'i inwit. .
Sabbath observers and those who fear to
begin any enterprise on Trlday will find
mighty llttlo In the events of the late war
to sustain their convictions The deciding
battles of the war , resulting In the destruc-
I tloa of the Spanish squadrons at Manila and
Santiago , weie fought on Sunday , and the
, chief battle fought and lost by the Spanish
i near Manila , broke the solemn calm of Sun
day. Trlday was particularly favored with
I war events , no less than sixteen being
credited to that day. Sampson's fleet began
operations on that daj. so did the fljlnfi
squadron under Commodore Schley. Cer-
vcra's licet set out on Its fateful mission on
Trlday , and the first deciblve land battle
before Santiago was fought on Trlday. No
other week day was as fruitful of events
No superstitious American can fairly accuse
the sixth day of the v\eek with exerting a
malign Inlluence on the pronresfl of the war ,
but thn Spaniards may unload some of tlielr
troubles on that day They have already
accused Columbus of high crime in discover
ing America on Friday.
A Kansas man Is paying a fair price for
some funny business worked off on soldiers
nt the front Ho sent n Kansas regiment
a box containing a lot ot trash The boys
! took ilio box and returned the Joke Every
I mother's son of them wrote the donor a
' letter of thanks , mailed it without postage ,
' and let him put up for the privilege of re
ceiving their compliments.
Chief Engineer Mllllgan of the Oregon
related to friends In Now York thu other
I nvenlng what Captain Clark proposed to do
In case the Oregon ran Into fcrvern's Ileet
otf the coast of South America He said
the captain told his o'ncors that if hn met
Cervera's fleet ho would turn and run and
maintain a fight while apparently running-
away for the Oregon can fight as well while
retreating as while advancing. ,
That would compel Corvero. to string out '
hlH fioet , nnd In that way Captain Claik j I ,
hoped to deotroy one by one the .Spanish i 1
vessels nnd when he had got the best of the
! v ifipst cruisers th < n he- would go to the
sloncr vessels and believed that the Oregon
ID < > iat v\a } would LMVC a good report ot
itfelf , i
, The plan itemed almost chimerical , a .
one , yet Mr. MllllRiin nalil thai
the experience' of the Oregon on tin1 3 > 1
of Julv wllh Cervera'8 licet , and especially
wllh Ihe Colon , v\ould no far toward con
vincing nil naval men Hint ( here wm
nbunduit hope nf miccofs In the titan Cap
tain Chirk had adopted.
A confederate- soldier who nw four jonrs'
1 service , wrlte-s flip Washington Star a
letter showing that thn hnrdphlps mid
mortality of the nohllora of the Cuban war
are not lo bo compared with the riot of
death la Hie confederate army In camp In
, lllit-2. liesnvs " 1 IInil It e-Ftlmnted that
I up to December 31 , 1SC2. about | f 0 000 men
hud enlisted In the confederate ! armle-s , a
jcrlod of about eighteen months , for during
the first half of 1SG1 llttlo was done. The
confederate mulUnl reports showed that
. during this period J1.3.1S died of disease la
field and Ki'iicinl hospitals , exclusive of
those who wont home to die Making , there
fore , no estimate of the latter , wo find that
nn nverago of 1 741 men of an nrmy of
100,000 died of disease every month. This
Is more- than eloublo the mortality of the
2'0000 men In" camp and Del I during " > e
last four months U la quite probable the
final result will nhnvv the mortality from
disease during the civil war to have been
fully three times that of the war v\lth
Spain. "
Colonel liny of the Third regiment of 1m-
muncs at Gitnntnnnmo had one thrilling
experience during his brief career there' , and
one which required great tnct to" avert
disaster. The colonel had been warned , so
the story runs , that the Cubans intende-d to
attack the Spanish and wipe them off the
earth. Colonel Hay cxpostalatcd , threat
ened and presumably tittered a few burning
words. All In vain The Cubans Insisted
that It Vina ncce sar } to Hay the Spaniards
In order to prevent them annihilating the
American .irmv Such generous motives
touched Colonel Knv In a tender spot nnd he
Immediately turned 1.000 unions over to the
tatteied battalions. The Cubans ie
clpiocated bv retiring full of gintltudo ,
hardtack and things The Spaniards were
saved.
run , V.X.I.C.IIIIM ( ) : v\ . \ i.Mcn. .
Philadelphia I'rebs1 The only power
which can afford to aid Germany In nns new-
steps In Tin key Is England At many minor
points , the international trlhunal In Egypt ,
the German consular couit In Constanti
nople , the lelitlon of Germany to German
Catholic missions and missionaries In Tur
key and other matters the ofilelal nnd di
plomatic position of Germanv Is rather de
termined by the old position of 1'russln
rather than by the new power of Germany
In revising thi"-e , England would be a most
useful ally , and a little aid and countenam e
to England In Eg > pt would undoubtedly
piocuro this aid More than this may be
piopoaed , but extensive German designs In
Kvrlii and Asia Minor nre , for the present ,
at least , altogether unllkrl ) .
Chicago UecordIt will not be at all
Biirpilslng to hear that Kaiser Wllhelni nnd
Queen Victoria's ministers have completed
n nice arrangement In which the rest of the
world need take no concein. Hut that Eng
land should take as ally an antipathetic na
tion llku Germany nnd tlieriby pack the
numoious burdens of the triple alliance on
Its shoulders Is In the last degree Impiob-
able. H has too much to gain at piesent by-
sticking to Its policy of "splendid Isolation , "
and if national sjmpatlues are to bo con
sulted the English peopleaie not likely to
link all their Interests
with those of bo
erratic .1 personage as the kaiser , whose
congiatulntltiK note to President Kruger at
the tlmo of the Jameson raid was only one
of his offeiiBcs against British Hcnslblli'leb
New York Mall and Express Certainly ,
such a move would lepiescnt statesmanship
ot no mean order. It would go far to cleai
away German embarrassment In African
colonization and development It would
serve notice em Trances
that Bhe might us
well abandon nil thought of a wai for the
recovery of Alsace and Lonnine. It would
tend to protect Germany s Inteiest nr
against that of Hussla In the matter of the
partition of Austria which Is appaicntly In
evitable on the deuth of Trancls Joseph , u
would remove from the so-called concert of
Europe the most formldtble figure commit
ted to the Isolation of Great Ilrllalu. It
would go far toward the settlement ot the
time-worn "Eastern Question , " and would ,
presumably , add linmeasureably to the
chances of prolonged peace , without dis
armament
I'imsovu , AMI riTiiniiivisu.
W. S. William of Allant.a Is piesident of
twenty-threo bankb , each one entirely inde
pendent of the others.
The list of postolllces In the United
States noyv Includes Hobson. Va. , Slgbbee
Aik , Uewcj , N C. , Sami.son , Tl.i. ami
Manila , K } .
I'rof. Koih the
, famous bacteriologist , | M
pursuing his study of malaria In the Milan
hospitals and Intends to upend scveial
months In Italy.
Accoiding to a Now- York correspondent
Admiral Dewey owes to Theodore Uoose-
vUt hlA assignment to the eastern squadron.
Fho admiral himself is quoted as authojltv
fur this statement.
Henry Warner , the man who Is raid to
have found In his thlrt-two ounce nugget
the laigiBt "lump" } e > t discovered In thu
' .T1 " 8 roturlu < 1 'r < " " " > BolU fields
.
with J.M.OOO worlh of gold.
Hon. Charles Dcnby , former Uulled
States minister to China , who has Just returned -
turned to this countr } . has the almost un-
proculcnttd record of having corved con
tinuously for thirteen years as a mlnimer.
The late Admiral Klrkrand's opinion
newspaper men was summed up while he
was In San Tranclsco In this -
wayif J0ll
are caught taking pictures unywhere In the
' " ' " ' * arrCHle" but '
V ? ' ' "Wose
} oull . take them niihow '
Colonel Un Paty DP Ham's rise in the
nobility is traced bv UK Paris Siecle ills
Kieat-grandfather was n Judge In liordeaux
named Merclcr Dupaty. his urandfather
boucht Clam , a little vineyard , imd called
himself Uupaty Ue Clam His father waa a
general nnd turned his name Into Count Du
IMty Uc Clam The colonel himself uses
the title of marquis
The will of Albert A Mungcr. the elevator
man and real cmoto owner of Chicago be
queaths to the Chlca o Women's and Chil
dren's Charitable hospital , r-0,000. Tound-
llnsa' home. { 50.000. Homo for Incurable s
JSO.OOO , Half-Orphan asylum , $ r , 000 The
valuable nrt collection In what is known as
the. Miingor row of Iho Art Institute , valued
nt more lhan | 300,000 , in Byel | , ( o lnc. . . .
institute ) .
The many readers of "Alice in Wonderland -
land will bo Interested to leain that a
plain white marble cross has recently been
cTected In Giilldford cemetery to mark the
spot where rest the remains of "LewIB
Carroll " The cemetery , situated on the
rldo of the HOR'B Hack , overlooking the town
of Giilldford. Is one of the prettiest In the
Kingdom , rome WO or 600 fuel nbovo the
sea level "LewlK ' "
Carroll's" ( .ravo U Bitu-
uted In the upper portion of the ground
whence magnificent vlowu of the ttdjamii
fiiirrey hills can be seen. The cross has
been "erected in lovinc
memory by his
brothere and ulsters "
< Iniiior of Hie i-lloMn.
IndlanapollHJourn.il
Pomn of the paoerH which ro foremost
now In denouneini : the mismannj-ement of
the wnr were also foicmosi In demanding
a unrlus or midsummer Invasion of Cuba
If their clamor had been heeded the number
of deaths by tlckncou
would havei been toy-
era ! times at great.
tiiiKin r VXD inu3i/v. :
CIllilKf" Iti'intil 'Unity tt'lllt < 10 ) OI
think or ii niiin vvlio HitmkeH iMKuiPttes In
the > atli > r vvlnri' lmlen ! are"
"I think he' needs u vf HUc > oil. mv
cleiir. "
luellnnnpolls Join mil"Tito Ungtliti Inn-
IIHKO links a lot of being it nwul Inn-
Kl"V\'s. nml It ( * a wonder , too. Jf gets
butc'hcreil so much "
ticttolt Journal. Onee > upon a tittle n
Mini rose , politely , nnd olToreel Ills sent in
a Htreet c-nr lo \Vcitlinn. .
"lilt , thank you ! ' . ' cile-d thei Woman , nt
°
nils fable tearhrn. nmoliR- oilier tlllnRK.
Hint uiuom rationality IH infectious , BO to
spc > alc.
Chlentw Ttlbuno"If you'll always
inn full HvMtiK. observed the pendulum
' \ou will nevtr huv-o tiny double with > mir
ll lllllH '
" 1 don t know , " teplled the clock "H It
VVHMI I for vnur going buck and forth In
my works i never \vonht have uny Htilkes
Cleveland I.e.idir. Ilc'-Do yon know.
vvhn > ou walk vou move Just lll < o n poem '
Klio ( blushing ) All , do you teally think
Sll'
Sll'He Yet , ono foot nlvvnjH right after lh
other
Puck : 'Iho Attendnnt Yes ; ono of thn
eilevutors inn avvicv lusteidnv. liut Iho do-
vutor man was the only one1 thai Munered.
'Iho Tussc'liiei ; Good Lnvvcll What done
Iliiplielleil in I ) 111
The lUtendaiit Ho lost his Job
ripvolnnil Piiiin Dtitlir : "Yes. ho went
out rowing on the lakes and loekenl the bout
when ho got In the deepen ! pait "
l.tlilt"
oh , 1 clout know about that. HP innn-
nKiel to tip the bout over anil clrovMi tv\o of
hlH credltois '
Chlinco 1'OMf "Speaking of Ilif teirlblo
risks of win , wild the- hero who Imd Ju i
returne'il ' It Is said > ou knovs , that discciHe
gernm link In the kiss"
immtMii iielv tbeu'iiftei , when they saw a
txvy of iMiiirdhm school Kills it.Mi.enil upon
Mini , llii'j i cull/eel that he WIIH Indeed u
huio.
lln.'et r Oseulntlcm.
Now York Sun.
He ) kissed hrt
And awlfl tluougli hei soul went a until ,
As n elfttnn dellclnuH
Tint by foiec of Its will
Might lift he i from enith
Un the vvln , s of a sigh
And le-l < veiv he.nt throb
on Hie In th" nk\
llo ktsHi-il he ! ,
She KUMnil | fni u moment , surpr.Htd
And nun inun d
' Cleo whlx , .un I llobsuiiir.eil'
iM4 iiiv/.r.ivi.vii.
f'hicngo Tillmne
At the little table he took Ills ] > lnce ,
And n round , gnoil-niituied , Hinlllne toco
\S un I'nelit He/ekliih l.anilis
As ho oideied half a dozen clnms ,
Stowed eluins
"I'venever tiled the thunderln' thing ? , '
He Mild to hlm er | , "but , 1 guess , h' JIngs ,
I d Hither nit 'em looked than ruvv ,
An' uiibid > Hint's got a Jayy
Kin ehavy. '
The rlnnis vyeie brought , nnd t'nclo llez
Clapped one In his mouth. "It'H tough ! " h"
MIJH
"Hut ct otlieis kin out 'em 1 kin lee ! "
And ho braced himself nml liegnn to chew.
And chew.
And ho chewed , nnd chewed , nnd chewed ,
and chewed.
And cliiwed , unil clle-wed , mid i Mowed , mid
c hewed ,
And i hewed , and chewed , nnd chewed , anil
c hewed ,
Anil ehewrd , and chewed , nnel chewed , nnd
cheyy ed ,
And chevye > d.
'Ihe longer he rhowc'd the' tougher It got
Tin * eluins gieyy cold ITiiele Her. giew hot.
lie puikeieil his inutith us If to v\hlatle.
And tlereely In ; < riinrlic.il that chunk of
glislle- ,
StPvvcd gristle
He g.itheied his hat , pushed luck Ills cluli ,
The-ii , yylth Kle > ainlng e > es nnd bristling hull ,
He ftinde to tlui C'ounter and paid hlH bill ,
And hN intisciilur iiivv vvti1 * eliainplng ftlll ,
To kill.
OOVMI the eioyydcd street , In the driving
rain.
Still chewing , he innile his yy.iv to his tinln
llo climbed abonril , ami with all Ills might
Ho ehewcd that clam thrnugh Iho livelong
night ,
Tor hplte
At Way back Town , at tlie lue.ik of'dn.v ,
Ho ellinbdl off the Until , still chewing nv\av.
And the latest fiom Cncle 'Klnh Lamb
Is Unit Htlll ho'.s chevying that
elam ,
Stowed rlnm.
oiitiAii.\
CHICAGO , III. , Sept. 7 , 1SOS. Gunnei v hnR
Its triumphs In pence as well ns In war , and
on both land and MM The crack shots of
the countiy are gathered hero today to com
pete ) for a valuable diamond pin and make
new recoids.
"The hat is the
ultimum moriens of
respectability. "
Holmes.
Our fall styles in hats are
ready for your inspection. It
may be a little early but it is
only a question of time ; and
when you think your time has
come , come to us.
There are about four brands
of hats that are sold everywhere
at the top prices. Their makers
trade upon their fame and they
get these prices. Their hats are
good ; no doubt about that ; but
it is for you to say if they are
worth the difference in cost to
you. The greatest part of that
difference is in the name alone.
We have all the shapes and
styles that any one has. Our
name is as good a guarantee of
quality as that of the most cele
brated or most fashionable hat
ter in the country. What more
do you want ?