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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1898)
isns , THIS OMAHA DAILY 1C. UuBKWATEH , Editor. ptrnuisiifciu KVIHY MOHNINO. TEttMS OF St'USCniPTION : Datiy H a ( Without Sunday ) , One Year.JS cc Dally Ilee and Sunday , Ona Year 500 Hlx Months l.tt Three Months 2 Hunduy Ueo , One Year " . " ' Hnturrlay Hee. one Year l.M Weekly Dee , One Year tg OFFICES. Omnha : The Ue Buildlrc. Bouth Omaha : Sln&er lllock , Corner N and Twenty-fourth Streets. Council Hluffs : 10 IVarl Street. Chicago Olllte : 502 Chamber of Com merce. New York : Temple Court. Washington- Fourt < nth Street. COHUnSPONDUNCK. All eommunlcatlnns relating to news nnd r-dltorlnl matter should be addressed : To the Editor. Editor.BUSINESS LETTBHS. All business letters and re-mlttnnrcs fhould he addro9 d to The Hee PubllshlnK Company , Omaha. Drafts , cheeks , express nnd poMolllee tnonoy orders to be made paynbln to the order of th company. TUB UB13 PUHUSIMNC. COMPANY. STATKMKNT OF Ctlirtn.ATION. State of Nebraska DoiiBlas rounty , ss : Georo H. Trs'hurk , secretary of The Bee Publishing company , bolm ; duly sworn , says that the actual number of full nnd complete coplos of The Dally. Mornlntr , Uvonlntr nnd Sunday Bee , printed during the month of August , 1SSS. was as follows : J BS.SIII 17 . IT. IIJ : 2 lill.OII * IS . iili.iyil 3 JIS.ITU 19 . 17I70 ! jo . i:7.7 : t B-S ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! - 21 . - * . IIIO 6. 12 . SIII.ST- 21 . ii.-jiir. 24 . . . ! ! ( I.SIO 9 l .Titt 10 'JK.TIlit is ! ! ! ! ! . . . . . . . ss.isi ! : 30 15 -JS.IIIK 31 'Total" . . . . . ! SIII.MH Loss returned nnd unsold copies ll-i ) : Net total sales si.-tu : Net Dnlly Avernsro 27-029 OKOUOi : H. T/.SCHUCK. Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my presence this 1st day of September , ISM. N. P l-'HIU Notary Public. : TO TUr. nni : m iinn.vr. . \ ilNltoi- Oiiinlui anil thr < -\IONIIII nlionlil KO utray without liiMieetllii ; Tlie Ilee luillilltiK , tin * IIII-KCH ! tiiMtx- l > iiier liullilliiK In Aim-i-len , mill Tin * llct * urn Miiipi-r plant , euneeileil to be Ilic tlnrNl lietttei-ii ClileiiK" mill him FriinelM-0. A eordllll uclroiiic In extended tu nil. ( If ( lie Blmis nrc read nrlirlit the tno t Konsutlonnl features of tlio Dreyfus case nro yet to come. AY ell ! Well ! Well ! Why not turn the whole War department over to the yellow Journals ? It's an 111 wind that Mows nobody pood. Had there been no war , there could be no peace jubilee. The fire laddies are oiiiK to burn Kovcrnl buildings to make sure that Omaha is a hot enough town for them ( luring their May at the lire touruu- incut. The weather man stationed at Omaha pliould place his order early for jubilee week weather that will convince all Kiicsts and vMtors that Omaha has the most salubrious climate in the world. Hveryone is shtd to know that Omaha Is to have a new union depot. It can't : ome any too soon and it will be doubly iplirecltiteil If uoKiui nt once and quickly carried through to completion. 13 very time one of the pnpocrntlc state ollielals shows his annual pa > s to the conductor lie blazons the demagogy of the. anti-pa : * * plank of the popocnitle state patform on which he is runnini ; for election. While the medicine makers are In town the popoeratic political medicine makers should try to jret a few tips on eompoundlnf , ' mixtures that will go down easily without leaving it bad taste In the mouth. Iowa popocrats pretend that Iowa Is still waiting for the wave of prosperity to roll over their slate. They ought to take a tour of observation over Iowa's fertile farms and keep their eyes open while doing so. The Colorado sllverites who have turned their political convention into a bear garden seem to be laboring under the Impression that the seat of war has been transferred from the harbor of Santiago to the shadow of Pike's Peak. What has heroine of that ? UXK ) ( ) legislative Milllllni ; committee that the popocrats were going to project lute the campaign with sensation gnloro'r That ? UM ) < X ) graft on the state treasury seems to have been one of the most expensive luxuries forced on the taxpayers by the popocratle regime. Imperialism Is diametrically opposed to the republican form of government guaranteed all citizen's of the Cuited States by the federal constitution. To take up imperialism means a wrench to republican Institutions such as they have never experienced before since the foundation of the present government. Chicago has been favored with the acceptance of Its invitation to President McKlnley to stop on his return trip from Omaha and lend the prestige ot his presence to Its peace demonstration. The Chicago peace festival will tunntci- tloimbly be a great event , but the Omaha peace Jubilee will hold llrst place , not only In point of time , but also In scope and grandeur. Republicans throughout .Nebraska should bear In mind that In lining out their local ami legislative tickets they Imvo the opportunity to help or Hinder the success of the Mate ticket. Strong men as candidates tor county and legis latives * olllces will add momentum to the general trend to republicanism , while deadwood will block It and Jeopardize ardize the result. None but the best and btrongcsi republicans should he put to the front this year. TIIK .IAn-/'t\S/A IWL Tlm.ie populists who are still faithu ! ! to the principles of their party and whr earnestly desire to promote the pollcle ! for which the party Htntuts , met In con vcntlon at Cincinnati and nominated n presidential ticket for 1000 , subject tc the approval of a referendum vote. .Mr Wharton Marker of Pennsylvania wa nominated for president and Mr. Igna tius Donnelly for vice president. Mr , barker l widely known as the edltot and publisher of the American , n zeal ous exponent of populist doctrines. Mr. llarkur Is a man of ability and high character nnd he 1ms exerted a great deal of Influence in opposition to fusion , Mr. Donnelly everybody knows of. He has been Identllled with the people's party since Its organization. The middle-of-the-road populists stand for well-dellued principles. Their aim Is to restore the party to its original purpose and In order that this may be done they ( Irmly oppose all fusion. Or ganized to light both of the old parties , the people's party two years ago de parted from this purpose and united with the democratic party. It was an unnatural alliance uud the populist cause suffered from It. Everywhere the Inlluence of the party was weakened and It experienced more or less disin tegration. The true populists , the men who earnestly believed in the principles of the party , realized that It must go to pieces unless it should return to an In dependent position , reject all proffers of fusion and renew the battle against the old parties. I ist year they started the anti-fusion movement of which the Cincinnati convention was the culmina tion. These populists arc very much In earnest and they have the advantage of being the honest representatives of the principles of their party. They consci entiously believe that the doctrines and policies they advocate are essential to the welfare of the people and In that be lief they des-lre to make a. straight forward and independent light for their principles. This Is manly and honor able nnd should receive the endorsement of all true populists. It Is the only course that can save the people's party from destruction. WILL iHHl't.CT ; THE LAW. The Canadian Pacific tailway an nounces that It will restore rates In ac cordance with the Interstate commerce law. This Is the lesult of the decision recently rendered by the Interstate Com merce commission. While the commis sion cannot compel the Canadian Pa- cllle to maintain rates It can permit American rallro.uls to compete with the Canadian company and thus secure at low rates a share of thu business be tween eastern cities and the Pacific coast. The Canadian road cut rates in an effort to get the bulk of the Klon dike travel and the Interstate Commerce commission came to the relief of Ameri can roads by suspending the long and short-haul provision. The Canadian line appealed for permission to charge a lesser rate than Its American competi tors , but this was refused. This matter has probably taught the Canadian company a lesson which It may prolit by. It has learned , If It was not before aware of the fact , that Amer ican roads are not absolutely defense- lc.-s against Its competition and that the Interstate Commerce commission can be depended upon to afford them relief whenever the circumstances shall ren der It expedient to do so. Having learned this It would seem safe to as sume that the Canadian road will not hereafter venture upon a rate-cutting policy , which In the present Instance has undoubtedly boon a lo > lug policy for all concerned. The Canadian Pacillo will help Its own Interests , In the Ions run , by respecting the Interstate com merce law. F/M//YO.S IVAXT .IXXKXA A portion of the people of the Phil ippines desire annexation to the United States. How numerous this element Is cannot be stated , but perhaps it com prises most of the better class of na tives. A few days ago a deputation representing the richest natives of the southern Philippines visited the Ameri can consul at Manila and urged that every possible effort be made to se cure the complete annexation of the Is lands to the 1'niled States. The depu tation declared that all classes would welcome the American Hag , that they were resolved never to submit to the rule of the insurgents and that they believe Independence would be a mis take and Impracticable. How much consideration , If any. should be given to the desire of the Klllpluos ? Those who think that this country is under some sort of moral obligation to that people will urge that It Is our duly to give heed to their appeal , which is undoubtedly sincere. There Is no dlllieulty In understanding the unwillingness of the better dnss of Filipinos to be governed by the element that Is under the leadership of Agul- naldo. These Tagals would probably subject the people to greater hardships than they experienced under Spanish rule. There can be no doubt that a government In which they exercised con trol would be more or le.s.s corrupt and the degree of corruption would measure the oppression of the people by burden some taxation and In other ways. Uov- ernment wotdd be administered for the beneilt of the few , rather than for the many. The system of plunder practiced by the Spanish authorities would be continued. The conditions are very much the same as In Cuba , where the better class of the people are opposed to an Independent government which might be dominated by the adherent ? of tiomez , who it Is apprehended would lose no opportunity to persecute those who were loyal to Spain. Hut Is the United States under any obligation to assume the very serious responsibility of governing a people who confess to antagonisms among them selves which render them incapable ot self-governmentY Is It the duty of the American pcuplo to take upon them selves a care which would probably be a source of Interminable trouble ? We could have no assurance that the l Hi- plnosouhl as a whole retrain loyal The adherents of Agulnaldo do nol want annexation. They deslie an Iml pendent government and have s > 't tij : one which they tire administering in several provinces. At the same time they are maintaining their military or ganization. Undoubtedly they would resist an attempt by the United State * to govern them nnd tln. would require us to keep a large army In the Philip pines. We should be compelled. In short , to maintain a military govern ment there , which would be utterly in consistent with American principles. Government by military power is so re pugnant to the spirit of our Institutions that no American citizen who cherishes these Institutions could regard It with complacency. There Is no moral or other obligation resting upon the United States to as sume the task of governing the Philip pines. Whatever Interests we have in that quarter of the world can be con served without annexing those islands. The territorial expansionists may be ex pected to use the appeal of the Filipinos pines to create public sentiment here In favor of annexation , but it cannot be doubted that when the conditions are Intelligently understood American sen timent will bo largely against the ab sorption of the Philippines. OMAHA AS A GKA1X MAHKKT. Within less than ten years Omaha has become the third largest cattle market and meat packing center In America. Within the past jear Its facilities for liandllng , slaughtering and packing live stock have been enormously increased by the establishment of the great Ar mour plant and the enlargement of the other plants. What has been accomplished with the live stock industry can and should be paralleled with the grain Industry. With its Improved railway facilities and its advantageous location in the heart oi the great transmisslsslppl granary Omaha Is In position to build up a great grain market that would bring to Its door the bulk of the surplus products ot the farm within a radius of UOO miles. The llrst step In this direction must be the erection of elevators and ware houses of sulllclent capacity to store and distribute the vast quantities of grain that now seek outlet to foreign markets through other distributing centers. The erection of mammoth elevators would undoubtedly be followed In due time by the establishment of tlourlng and cereal mills , starch factories and other con cerns that transform the raw grain Into condensed food piodnets just as the by products of the packing houses are now converted into soap , pepsin , extracts < > 1 beef and a variety of other articles. Whenever Omaha becomes a great grain market its r iinmereial supremacy in the Missouri va. ' > is assured , drain and cattle constitute the backbone of the transmisslsslppl region and wherever the output of the farm and ranch Is u arketed and manufactured , there will also be the center of commercial and In dustrial activity that affords profitable investment to capital and employment at good wages to labor. Adjutant General Harry rushes Into print in the name of the Nebraska vol unteers. The adjutant general seems to have completely forgotten that the Ne braska volunteers are part of the United States army .entirely emanci pated from the control of the stite : authorities and that ho Is wearing gilt braid simply us the head of a state militia In which there are no militia men. General Harry is evidently in spired with greater anxiety to boom the popoeratic candidate lor congress than to render any service to soldiers who are being well cared for by the United States army olllcers. Iowa democrats are reminded in the speech of the temporary chairman of their state convention that out of forty- three state campaigns they have come out with a recjrd of forty-one defeats. He might have added that the two vic tories were only partial victories , due to mistakes of republicans rather than to any merit of democrats. He might also have added without the slightest fear of contradiction that the Iowa cam paign of 1M 8 is as certain to lengthen the record of democratic defeats as the night is to follow the day. With the enormous increase In Its in come from licenses , lines and state ap portionment , the school board has only $1ti,7-l5 on hand to carry on the schools from now to the end of the year. In view of the fact that It will take nearly $100,000 to run the schools up to Janu ary 1 , 1JS' ) ! ) , the question is. When will tlie school board ever get even ? The prospective revenue for IS'.IK cannot possibly equal that of 1SHS and tlie people will not feel disposed to Increase the school levy above the tax rate lor the present year. It Is dlllicult to understand the workIngmen - Ingmen of Omaha who deliberately re fuse to take advantage of the oppor tunity to hear Samuel ( Jompers , the foremost representative of labor In the century. The mere announcement that Mr. Gompers would deliver nn address should have filled every seat In the ex position auditorium with his admirers. The workingmen must take an Interest In themselves If they expect others to take an Interest in them. Omaha seems to have managed thus far to get along with one High school building without special Inconvenience to the public and several cities much larger than Omaha are content to sup port a single High school. If there is any good reason why the policy so long pursued with satisfaction should now bo discarded It has not been brought out. The most pitiful spectacle connected with the war Is tint frantic effort of the popocratle yellow Journals to use the sick and the wounded soldiers for pur- jmses of political capital. The attempt to work their friends and relatives into the Idea that helpless boys are in-ing neglected mar be a clever imliiual trick , but such hcnrtlrssncss Is a dis grace to humanity. In whose name the ) seek to justify their falsehood * . The Canadian Pacific gives public no tlco that , although a foreign corporation It will abide by the decision of the In torstnto Commerce commission ordering It to restore certain rates It hail raised All of which goes to show that the de clsions of the Interstate Commerce com mission have more weight In Cnnadi than they do In the United States where railroads disregard and del'j them at will. Admiral Cervera returns thanks for the kindly treatment accorded bin while a war prl.Minor of the Unltet States. Some people will contend wltl good show ot reason that tlie thanks are due from the other side In reeognl tlon of tlie admiral's graclousuoss ii falling into the trap set by the Amerl can fleet nt Santiago. The railroads are already lighting for the privilege of carrying President Me Kluley over their respective lines to the peace jubilee at Omaha. Perhaps the president will have to preserve peace by eschewing railroad travel and going back to the prairie schooner. Siniif CuttliiK Hints. St. Iouls llepubllc. lleforo ho Is let out of prison Dreyfus IB likely to receive several cases of nlco new razors from leading French army officers With urgent requests to try their cutting qualities on his jugular vein. Milt-ration u Nri-c lly. Kansas City Stnr. The discharge of the Third Nebraska reg iment , known ns the "silver battalion , " seems to be demanded , not to much by the increase of sickness In the regiment as by thu necessity of liberating Colonel Bryan , BO that ho may take part In the congres sional campaign. PiNirt oil ! > > the Camera. Now York Sun. Urynn's friends say that he ought to re sign , as he Is needed in the Nebraska cam paign. This ought to be conclusive. At no time has the only political colonel been needed in the army , except for the purposa of having his photograph taken with his siullo and his un.form on. Ali-uiMl llnlniii .if UviiHiixloiilNtn. Springm-ld ( .Mass. ) Ik-publican. The falsehood of the claim that wo Imvo conquered the Philippine Islands appears In a late dispatch which states that the insurgents are operating In the southern Philippines , and that General Klon , the Spanish commander there , with a flotilla of gunboats , Is opposing them. Vet there are persons who say wo arc under a moral obligation to annex territory we have never conquered , occupied or possessed. l-'orKot \ t ti ! - Army Mule. Louisville C'mirJer-Jiiuriiiil. While we are carrying on about the heroes of the war let us not forget the army mule. Ho may not be as klssablo as Hobsou , but we owe him Just as much recognition. General Shatter says ho could nut have supplied his army at all If it had not been for the mule , and General lllanro knew what ho was about when he rushed to the ' 'able ofllce and telegraphed to Madrid how the Americans had killed that inule at Malnnzas. Hid Their Duty Well. Daltlmoroi American , After this there will be no more sneers at the state militia as play soldiers. The volunteers have shown themselves as brave In endurance as in the field , and faced their first fires like veterans. Xor have the men among them , accustomed to luxurious wa > e of living , nnd to the habit of command , murmured or HincliPd in the discharge of their duties as privates , or showed the slightest disposition to regard their fellow- soldiers as oilier than comrades. Indeed , to many such the war has been an education in itself. The INn-iii Itlriiii IMonlo. Philadelphia Ledger. Relations between the armies lately in hostility in Porto Rico nro steadily growing more friendly. A few days ago , General UrooUe had to send a flag of truce to Cap tain General Mocias. to get his consent to enter San Juan. Now Macias has placed his private residence at General Drooko's service , and seems disposed to be ns amicable toward the Americans asthe I'orto Kicans already are. Meanwhile , the lealth of our troops on the IMaid Is steadily improving , and It looks cs If this conquest would bo made In war's mont idyllic nauner. VIclouN mill S.-nsiilli.iinI Flllm-iiooil * . Washington Post. Nine-tenths of the so-called Information thus far furnished us touching the various encampments , Tampa , Camp Thomas , Camp \lger , Montnuk Point , etc. , has been ex travagantly mendacious.Vo have hoard only of rest holes , of death ships , of horro-s , irutalities , neglect and cruelty.Ve have had pictures of emaciation , of famine victims , of every Imaginable dread nnd nfamy. The whole country has been shocked and terrified by the vicious and sensational falsehoods. It has been made o believe that our troops are starved , left o dlo without attention , ruthlessly ex- ermlnated under a system of ofnclal gnoranco and incapacity. All the ghouls of Journalism have been at work. Such rcporte as have been furnished by Generals Tloynton and Wheeler come to us like messages from heaven in the midst of all this vicious clamor. KA'TS AI1O1T ' 111U WAR. ItoMiltN OvrriluiiliMV tin * rininiir of Crltle * unit I'nrlIsail * . New York Hun. The main facts of the war are too Impor tant and too helpful nnd too creditable to the country for them to be buried benrath sorrow ct the war's accidents or resent ment at the defects of its administration. Liavlng out the Incalculable political ben efits of victory , the army's record would re- n.,1111 surpri-itng after proof of every fault charged against any official connected with It. in or out of uniform. Rvcn If General Shatter had been as In- i-oiiii e'cnt a commander at Santiago as dis approving criticism declares ho was , the campaign there closid with success of scarcely paraUoled brilliancy , and the Amer ican who would rather condemn Shatter than rejoice In his army's triumph falls In due appreciation of It. Even If Secretary Alser had been the most incompetent and unworthy secretary that ever sat In the War department , the total of actual achievement on the part of that bureau. In comparison with the num ber of troops supplied , would still surpass all precedents. If the sick who have come back to us from the awful cllraato of Cuba bad suf fered from blunders and neglect In the fulr measure charged against the War depart ment , It would remain true that the care and comforts given to them have for ex ceeded any standards ever before known In armies. Thu total death Hat is peculiarly small. It IUIE been a wonderful war , of which , after It is all finally over , the marks of S'lvt and misfortune will be marvcUously few. but the marks of nauonal glory and ccud will be broad , dccn and Indelible. rmisi'iitiT\ : ' nil Cii-Otiot-ntliitt I'roniiil n Aitwroimlvo - Ucinnmli-il of lliiNlnoNR Men , Philadelphia Times. The war Is over and peace has comn without complications with nny of the foreign governments. The most bountiful crops of our history arc now gathered or assured. Industrial activity has been quickened In every section of the country. We havn Just reached the hlchcat point ot national credit known since the begin ning of our civil war. The gold reserve- Is over $ :20,000.000 , being the largest accumulation of cold In the treasury ever known since the reserve was established In 1S79. It once reached KOO.OOO.ono in 1SS7 , but the present Improvement In business conditions nnd national credit may be fully appreciated when It Is stated that the gold reserve had fallen to $44,000,000 In January , l&'o. l&'o.With With our national credit established not only nt homo , but throughout the world na equal to thnt of nny of the great powers , and with enormous balance of trade In our favor , our people are about to enter upon a season of prosperity that Htiould be one ol the most substantial and enduring of the century. The hundreds of millions we have spent In war and must continue to expend until peace shall be fully established , have all been paid to our own people and never In the history of the republic were we BO entirely Independent financially and In gen eral business conditions. Let out business men show their apprecia tion of the advent of prosperity by coming to the front and meeting It with generous welcome and effort. Much can be done to hasten the volume of business by well- directed energy on the part of our business men. Those who lead will gather the richest harvests ; while those who lag in the rear and watt for prosperity to hunt them up will find themselves unfitted for the new opportunities. The hot spell baa about run Its course. During the lost month It has stifled all business energy , but business weather must speedily come with the business season ; and every channel of commerce , Industry and trade should be ready to welcome and to aid in enlarging the tide of prosperity that must reach all classes and conditions. We have every quality essential to the universal revival of Industry and trade , and It wants but the prompt and aggressive co-operation of our business men to open at once n season of quickened activities and thrift for nil. Mounux WAIIS AHH SHOIIT. Hnliit of KlKlitliiK n to nrutlfy Prlile Aliniiiliiiiril. Review of Reviews. The war between Spain and the United States was ended on August 12 , having run a course of less than four months. All re cent wars In which Important members ol the world's family of nations have been pitted against each other have been of a short and decisive character. Last year's war between Turkey nnd Greece began April 17 and was terminated by a truce preliminary to a final peace treaty at the end of four and n half weeks. The Greeks had thought that their superior navy and the esprit de corps of their people would offipt ; the great superiority of the Turkish army. But the Greek fleet accomplished next to nothing , nnd the Invasion of the Turkish army was irresistible. The war between Japan and China showed the great superiority of the Japanese , both on sea uid on land , with the result that a war which began on July 23 , 1S94 , was ended by the utter defeat of China after eight months. The great war of Russia against Turkey , which began April 24 , 1877 , came to an end with the Russian army lying Just outside of ConstantinoplH nlno months Imtcr. The Franco-Prussian war , which be gan July 23 , 1S70 , found the Prussians mak ing peace nt Versailles on January 28 , 1871. nismarck's war of 1SC6 , in which Prussia made an attack against Austria , lasted only seven weeks. Civil wars and Insurrections have a tendency to drag on for a longer time , but all the circumstances and conditions of modern life nro fnvornblo to brevity and positive conclusions In wars between dis tinct nations. Nineteenth century life Is practical , nnd nations have lost the habit of fighting on and on merely to gratify a false sense of pride or out of considerations of hatred and revenge. The cumulative force of precedent has helped to make It the established rule of modern statesman ship to seek ponce with a public adversary on the best terms possible at the earliest moment whin it Is clearly apparent thnt the fortunes of war can have no favorable turn. To fight on when there Is no hope of victory is to commit national suicide. Mod ern public opinion at least In all countries having parliamentary Institutions acts forcibly and sensibly upon questions of this sort. It Is not that patriotism Is a waning motive in the hearts of men , but that other motives have como to play a greater part than In former generations. I'KllSO.XAIi AMJ OTIlUHWISrJ. Somebody flhould tell Agulnaldo that the Americans knew- all about bulldozing loug before he started In business. The late Charles Gamier , who built the I'arls opera house , Is to have a statue crecte-d : o his memory In the front of the famous julldlng he designed. When the czar reads the responses , official and unofficial , to his peace proposition , ho will make up his mind that this world con tains a great many suspicious people. So far Miss Helen Gould has contributed ; li7OCO to the country's cause. If the Maria Teresa la saved , says the Galveaton News , why not change Its name to the Helen Gould ? President McKluley having been asked by Joseph Gurezyuakl of Klron , WIs. , to stand as godfather to a seventh son , has acceded to tbe request with the careful proviso , however - over , thnt nothing further is Implied than tbtj use of his iiamo. A band of Sioux Indians paraded thn streets of St. Louis with thirty carloads of ponies they had brought In by rail , and iftcr thus exciting public Interest sold their stock at public sale , obtaining prices which caused them to return to the reservation or another lot of ponies. "Yen , I knew Wagner , " said LMsmarck > nct > , according to the London Dally News , 'but it. was Impossible for me to care for him. At breakfast , at lunch , at dinner , at every moment. Wagner demanded admira tion. He would bn fit st. I found myself too busy for that. " Rembert Krelherr von Muenchhausen Is a real person , a young German now In New York , who Is taking what stops ho can to remove from the memory of an honored ancestor the stains and suspicions caat by ho famous "Adventures of Baron Mueneh- lauscn. " The living Muenchhausen Is telling bow the book about the dead cno came to bo written by the notorious Raspe. The crave of James G. Illalne , at Oak 1111 , Washington , IB visited by about thirty persons a day , nnd Is unmarked feavo by a small footstono bearlnc tbe Initials "J. G. n. " It Is understood among the friends of the lllalne family that the burial at Oak 1111 Is only temporary , and that Mrs. lllnlnc ntends to remove the bodies of her hus band and children at Augusta , Me. , as soon as shu can make satisfactory arrange ments for their burial there. As a proof that the pope's hand has not est Us cunning , a recent visitor to the Vatican has shown a design which the pope tad Just made with his own hand for an nscrlptlon to bo carved on a mural tablet n memory of an old schoolfellow who had ately dlod. The inscription was written or ra'hor ' printed ) , with amazing neatness and accuracy , the words being scrupulously spaced , exactly as they were uieant to Bland in tbe marble plaqua. j strnss or THIS IS.\IMI ITIII\ . New York Tribune : The Omaha exposi tion has been a thorough success flnnnclnll ) and otherwise , n result upon which that en terprising city Is to bo cordially congrntU' latcd. Oakland ( C l. ) Tribune : IVspllo the fad that the Interest of the country has been It the main centered on the war , the Oninli. exposition Is said to be averaging n dnllj nt'i'tidatice of l.ii > uo , nnd lt malingers have been able to MIY off J.'iO.OOO of Its Iloatliif debt from July's busluc ! * . St. Paul Plontx'r-Press : Kvldcntly tin close of the war or something eke has helped the Oiimhu exposition. During August It reduced Its debt by $122,023.17 , leaving less than hnlt that amount still tr bo paid. The remaining two months , which furnish good traveling and Biglit.iNlnp weather , ought to leave the management with A balance to I fie good , Danville till. ) Nvs : IVim nil tourres comes thu information that the Transmls- slsslppl nnd International Exposition no\\ 111 progress nt Omaha , Neb. , Is a success Ir exhibits and attendance. Thoco who possi bly can should tak < i In 'this ' great exposi tion when going to or coming from the wi-st. The world is astonished at the prog ress made by thu transmUMsslppl states a : shown in this great fair. New Bedford ( Mass. ) Standard : It Is paid that the Omaha exposition Is financial ! ) successful. Not much has been heard of ll iu the cast , for reasons which nro obvious If the country had not been engrossed b ) the war many moro tourists from thu At lantic coast would have found their way tc Omaha. Hut the show has apparently nol lacked for patronage , and its managers ante to bo congratulated on making a success o their venture. Iloston Herald : Considering the fact tha the Oinulm exposition has had to content with the adverse conditions created by the war , It has done very well up to date , mak ing an excellent financial showing for the first sixty days. The receipts for Juno were slightly in excess ot the running expenses whllu In July there was a JJO.OOO surplus to apply on the floating debt. From this 1 Is assumed that the exposition will be r success financially , as It has be-en Iu evrrj other particular. It has over two months yet to run , and they ought to provo tbo bes months ot all. Toledo ( O. ) News : The Omaha exposi tion excells any previous exposition excepl the World's fair , nnd has been a succesa financially , notwithstanding tbo war. The Ohio cente-nul.il exposition has a much bet ter location and water front , and has amore moro populous country to draw from There Is no reason why the Ohio centennial to bo held in Toledo In 1003 , should not be a success In every particular , and it Is hoped that every person interested In tht welfare of our exposition will go and sec what an exDosltlon , properly managed , wll do for a community. Providence ( R. I ) News : The managers of the Omaha exposition must bo a highly talented lot of fellows In a business way Hero in the east the exposition has not yet attracted anything like the attention it de serves , for , according to all accounts , It Is a tremendous show that demands Inspection by every American , nut It has had to com pete with appallingly adverse conditions , and the war has seemed to absorb general attention all over the country apparently to the exclusion of everything cite. Nev ertheless , It appears that the- Omaha ex position Is successful even to this date. It paid expenses nnd u little moro In June , and the July statement shows earnings of 150,900 to apply to the lloatlng debt. With thi > war ended , good business ahead and the two best outing months of the year nt hand. It would seem that the Omaha show is likely to receive a tremendous boom in patronage. Suiely , no finer pluce than Omaha could be selected for the vacations so far postponed and yet to be taken. Chicago Inter Ocean : The Omaha exposi tion has been the most successful American enterprise of the kind since the World's fair. Its floating debt has already been re duced $122.623.17. Its managers now state that it has an Indebtedness of only J37- 834.40 to mret. Considering that the expo sition has almost two months , nnd the most promising months of the season , before It , this In certainly n highly satisfactory show- Ing. September nnd October nre beautiful months in the Missouri valley and the ( lowers and foliage on the exposition grounds will be In all their glory during the next six weeks. Chicagoans should avnll themselves of tbe opportunity of sec- Ing a rcvilly fine exposition , as well ns a thoroughly representative western city , be fore the season closes. There will be thou sands of our people present on Chicago day , October 1 , but this should not prevent a constant attendance on the part of our citi zens throughout the remaining two months. Omaha nnd the entire west contributed -reatly to the success of the World's fair. It U only piopcr that we should do our jest to maKe > the Transmisslsslppi exposl- lon a brilliant success. KALI , or K11AUTOI M. Globe-Democrat : Gordon was killed nnd Khartoum captured by the native forces January 2C , ISSJ. The Ilritlsh were com pelled to fall back to make a moro delib erate advance. They Imvo fought It out successfully , though It took thirteen sum mers. Chicago Record : It U not likely that Great Ilrltaln will permit the Soudan , of vast Importance not ouly to Egypt , but also o Hrltish Interests in central and southern \frlca , to bo again placed In Jeopardy , and be fall of Khartoum may be the means of prolonging rather than diminishing the crm of Hrltish occupation of Egypt. Chicago Times-Herald : Since the battle- of PlasBty , whe > n Cllvo won the empire of ndln with 3,000 men against the nabob Surnjah Ilowlah , there have been few- greater victories for the Hrltlth arms than ! hat won by Sir Herbert Kitchener nnd ' ho Anglo-Egyptian array over the khnllf.i , ho successor of mahdl the prophet , and the ilnrvlshca of the Soudnn. Baltimore American : The real object ot England Is to open a road from Egypt to the capp. So far as the powers are concerned - corned , this has probably been accomplished. There may be n brush with Abyssinia , but France nnd Germany , having failed to check England at the head waters of the Nile , will scarcely offer opposition later on. The Soudanese will , however. The snake la scotched , but not killed. These people will surely rally In deft-nso of their homes. They have been defeaie-d before by the The Royal li thu ti ! < jhtt grade b < Lng ! poyvdei kuon. Actual teittft sliow it gueaone- Uiifd furtiicr than another braid. Absolutely Pure Hrltish. but h Ti > rome toKCthrr , nnd 11. ministered n terrible drubbing In , tloucr of the Hrltish nrmy. HiiKlHixl , s the nation which tint o toclfi < riiiisly np * penInl for pence1. Philadelphia Pn-cs : Thu effect of dow-nfall of the Dervish stronghold. , n | with It of the Miilidl.-n power In Afncu , n. . I not bo dwelt upon extensively. A vnit region , once lnhnblte-d by tribes capable- a high dcgrro of development , hut now abandoned tu prowling ln-iists of prey , li.n liri'ti regained far civilization ; and the t ! < of savagery which nt one tltno threat * ; , . i to engulf the northeastern part of Afi - , i has been driven back , never to rise1 again. I'l.OATIMi MIHTII. Puck : The ninn who wants the probably m-ver stopped to think what tm ! taxes would be1. Somervllle Journal : A live-foot man hug to have eourageto wall : down the tr < , t with n woman whos-i ) height Is live f < < t eight. Detroit Journal : "You notice the staga Is set with n marine. scene ? " "Yes , 1 \\as Just wondering why. " "Oh , that's to make It less embara for the actresses who have to nppi-ar in tights. " New Yolk Truth : Hewitt t sat nt tin table next to yours at the restaurant y - terday nnd don't see how you could liu : ; li nt the stale stories that Oruet was tcllliiB. Jewltt Me was paying for the dinner. PltMbiirg Chronlele : "What port of n nation Is Holland ? ' asked the snake editor. "At present It Is a coronation , " rcpll. J the horse editor. Chicago Post : "Thero nro times when It seems as If the. line from St. John , 'It is more blessed to glvo than to receive. ' sluiuld be changed to read , 'It Is easier to give than to receive. " "Mention such u time. " "When advice Is the subject tinder dis. cusslon. " Indianapolis Journal : The Parson 1 m going to Imvo a tough job of It Haying an > . thins good of the late Hrother Bloggslrs' Ills Wife You mlKht Ray thnt a more d. - serving person has not died In u long while Washington Star : " 1 can't blame tlm young women for falling In love with tbo soldiers , " remarked the neighbor who hn.l . dropped In for u few inlnuteH. "Neither do I. " answered the other , v\bn always hail a tired expression. "A few months of government ration * ought t < > keep a man from complaining of homo cooking for the rest of his life. " I-'i //.I-WI///.Y. Among British soldiers the name for tlm OervlslKH of tinSoudan Is "Fuzzy-\Vuzz\ ' ' and Tommy Atkins' former experience w'u'ii tlm followerij of the Mahdl was immoit.il- Ized by Kipling In the following verses We took out e-hnnst ' among the Kybep 'Hip , The liners knocked us silly nt a mile , The Hurman give us Irrlw.tddy chills , An u Xtilu Impl dished us up" In st > | r ; Hut all we ever got from such ns th' . v Was pop to what the Fuzzy made us Hwaller ; We 'eld our bloomin' own , the papers SUV , Hut man for mini , the Fuzzy knocked us 'oiler. Then 'ero's to you , Fuzzy-Wuzzy , an' the missus uiul thu kid : Our orders was to break vou , an' of cour o we went and elM. We slo hed you with Martinis , an1 U wasn't 'arclly fnlr ; Hut fur all the odds agin' you , Fuzzy- W uz , you broke the square. ' 1-3 'nsn't got no papers of 'is own. 'li , asn't got no medals nor rewards , bo wo must eert.fy the skill 'e's shown In usin' of 'Is long two-'anded swords \\luii VH 'oipln' | In an' out among tins bush With 'Is collln-'eaded shield an' shovcl- Hliwr , An 'appy day with Fuzzy on the rush Will last an 'c-althy Tommy for a year , so ere's to > ou. Fuzzy-Wuzzy , nn' > our friends whli li are no more. If we 'adn t lost some messmates wo would 'elp you to dejilore ; Hut give an' take's the gospel , an' we'll e-all the bargain fair , For if you 'avc lost more than us , vou crumpled up the Mjuare ! 'B rushes at the smoke when we let drive , An' before we know , 'c's 'ackln' at our end ; 'K'H all 'lit sand an' ginger when alive , An f-a generally slminmln1 when 'o'a dead. 'K'H a daisy , 'e's .a iluelcy , 'o's a lamb ! 1 : s a InJI.i-rubU-r Idiot on the spree. 'Ks the on'y thing that doesn't give a damn For u regiment o1 Hrltlsh Infantree ! So ere s to you. Fuzzy-Wuzzy , m your omo in the Soudon ; You're a por. . tienlghtnl 'eathcn , but a tirst-elass llghtln' man ; An' 'ere's to you. Fuzzy-Wuzzy , with vour avrlek 'end of 'air ' You big lilnrk bourn.In1 beggar-for you broke a llrltmh - < iuarc ! 01 11 DAILY 111 I,1UTI.\ . LONDON , nng. , Sept. S , 1SDS. Ambassa dor John Hay sails today for Now Voile. I ! " returns to America to enter upon tba duties ) of Secretary of State In President McKinloj'B cabinet , which bo enters ns th * successor of Judge Day of Ohio , The merits of our fall hats. They are all here in the differ ent blocks , colors and the weath er is here , Make your selec tions now while the assortment is large and complete. Style , quality and price guaranteed. Stiff hats in black and col- > rs , $ J-50to$4. Soft hats in black and col > rs , $1 to $5. T , Oan UtA 0 < 1 Dfci glM