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( I THE ( TMA1IA DAILY UK 12 : SATl'HDAY , snL'TEMIJEK 10 , 189S. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , Ii lluSM\ATER , Editor I'l 1ILISIIM ) ULllY MOUNINU. TERMS K SI HSrUllTlON : Tni. Hoe ( Without Sunday ) . One Year 1600 I ) jilt Hoanil hiindn } , unt Year . 1 W Nix Months . < W Thrcr Months . . . 2 10 huiiduv H < - < - One YPIII . > i"1 Fnt'irdnv lice Due Year . 1 0 \\i Kly Bee , One- Year . w OFFICES Omnliii 1ht > lief IlulUllnir Houih oinnlm SlnK r Block. Corner N and T vvi ntfuurili directs Coumll Bluffs 10 IVnrl Street. Oikflgo cjlllie WJ Chamber of Com- nicrrn N < u York Temple Court AAuBhlngton Ml Kourtr-mth Street. COUHI'SI'llNDUNCU. All < otnmuniiiinnns reluttni : to new * nnd fiilti rui matter should be addressed. To the Edllor Bt'SINF.SS LirrTHRS All tmslmns letters ami rPinlttnnofs Mi ul 1 lie a 1 Irostrd to The Hee l'uml nlni ? ( < mpinv uinalin Prnfl ohetk * . xpn-ss nml iiostnillit * nnin"V orders to be ninuo im\ t > l ' to HIP order of the contpiny TIM : ur.i : pi'iinsniNflCOMPANY. _ _ PTATI'MKNT OP CIRCULATION. Stnif NMiraskn Dmmlas Countv , ss : Oeon-o 11 Tr rh ek , secretary of The Bco Pui > ii ! > iiiitR lompnnv boltiR duly sworn. pnvs Hint the actual number of full and compute roples of The Dally , Morning , FvcniiK nnd Sunday lice , nrlniod during the month of August. 1 > > 9J. was o follow- ? : 1 .i-'JIO K 'Jr. ) ! ! ! . ! Ul.l ! > III It . - ! ' > . lUtl . " 'l 19 . -7. 170 4 J'-.TIO 20 . . . UT.TIKl f , i.'s , inn Jt . US.IIMI c . USOHO S . au.sTa ISr.TIW 3) ) iii.7i : t3. j . .oin 31 . . - s.UUil ioi.ii . . > , . . . . . . . - . n turned and unsold coplos i . .VJt : Nt total sales . -l..itM \t IMIly Avt-raso . . 27-029 OEOKOF. n TZSCIUVK. Sw > rn to before mo nnd subsi rlbi d in m innco thl 1st < la > of September. iv > N T KEIL. Notnr } Public. \\CIIOMI : TO 'i ur. 111:1 : IIIIM > IM : . No > lltor tn Omnliii nnd tin * c\.o l < loii nliunlil KII n win Mlllionl lii'in'iM Inti I lu > lire ImlldliiK. tinInriii't iu'v i- IIIIIIIT liiitlilliiK lit \liliTliMi. nml 'I InHIM - in | iiiu-r plntit. I'onoi'di'il to In' thr Hill-Hi IM-III. I-IMI * litrnuii nml J.HII Prniu-l rii. V I'nrdliil M.-l.-i.nn- rxti'iidiMl In nil. Tins Is a rciniMu.in > cnaiui tlu tact cannot be rolti-ratoil too ofton. 1'vorvvock tit tlu > o\i > o ltlon 1 < a n-ionl l > n\iki r. Inn JuWloo wock will inaik I ho top M-alo CSenor.il Uranin > -iiont tnuk-r a many inoro ( . ' ! .ivatlu ; ; provooa- th.ui h.uo lii-ot iioiicrnl Mlle * . U.iin orhlno , the attcinhnuo at the o\pii-itmn is sure to ki'i'ji on liu'roasins fro'ii now on to the oloMns of the uratOf. oai'o commission lias boon com- ploti-1 anil ono moro st.p taken nearer to the rosuniiji u of foimor friendly re lations \\ith all the \\otlil. Th.U llieh school bond proposition \\ill b.i\o to be fi.lined to conform to the ili inands of the taxp.ijor- It \\II1 lie > \otod do\\n. The school hoard may as \\oll understnnd this tlrst as last. \e\ada domoirats In state convention ha\o rejected all propositions for a fusion asroomont and nominated a straight part.v tlikot. Another sijn ol the growing scntlmont asalnst fu > lou. Poiuor people \\ho have come to cele brate Tolor.ido da.at . the o\ixisltlou ma > rest assured that their visit Is ap preciated and \\lll be teolnrocated by Dmaha when Denver has an exposition The democrats furnish ono member of the peace commission In the person of Senator Gray , but a < ho is an nntl-e\- gold democrat the cnvllt for lirranglng the peace treaty will ro t with the republican p.irty. No belter way e\l > N to now patriotic Jipproclatlon of the Mieees ? achieved by j're.sldent McKlnlcy and the .soldier Jdgli and low In the war with Spain llinn to rally round the republican partj jliat pive the ciiuntrj its war pre ldeut. 1 . \ Uepubllcan \ Ictorle * are not won by sudere.stlm.itliv the s-trcn th of the op- josition. The way to bo.it the local jacket put up by IVmglns county porto- ats i > to nominate a republican ticket sint outweigh * It In .standing. Influence Uil jwpularltj. Now Senator Teller N out for the 1m- pcdlate annexation of the IMilllpnluo * . irow does the sU\er senator expect to inuaro himself on this question with fc-yau. \\ho < e ardent disciple he Mill Jsfebses to be. when Hrjan has taken S'r-t the opj > osite position ? m , fo - vfter Inserting the rnbld anti-stock H/ds plank Into the popocratle plat- _ > m. isIt not the height of bnuon gall lvj- the Jack > oman > to hold up the Omaha packing houses for the material on which to feed tne c canaldates running on that In t form ? _ rjlip | governor of Montana stopped at do state rtipltal on hN way west and "f,1 , ! a conference with the. governor or iraska. What the sovernor of No- s ° ska hflhl to the governor of Mon ti Is not disoloi-od , but pre- Seably hl > tunark > were the n * o as the hl tonc remarks of the carmor of North I'arollna to the gov- Bt r of South ( . "angina. Wuveutlons ! ) and iiuvtlucs of state anrt I > nal organiiations will now follow Jndi.pld sxuvession in Omaha , which is Ka.1.1s year the convention city s well 1 coitie e\.po.sitlon city. 1\i ouch nml petv one of these vlsltinc af vlatloiis Ml' ha gladlgies tlw fr H ln l of the BQ to -i nothing of the nuiucrou.s key > to Uie cit > gates , wtiicii i Bt l > clTig laM-hlj distribute * ! > y His ar , the mayor. Tilh rHACi : < O.IM//.S4.7U.V . Tlin ciiinmlHslon to negotlati * a treaty of iieaco with Spain hns at lu'xt boon completed , the llfth member being Sen ator (3iay of Dclawato. Thus three ot the ( ommN loiH'is are Tnlted States senators and member' * of the foreign re lations committee of that body , to which rommltk'o the treaty \\lll be relorred when "out to the senate tor tatlllcation. The commission Is composed ot lour republic ans aiui one democrat and in ability Is eminently qmillllt'd for this wotk It has to do. In legard to the views of Its mem bers on the vital ( | iH'stIon of territorial expansion , It Is midorstood that tinee' ' of tliom Senatot-s Davis ami ltji > iimt' ' Mr. Whltolaw Uold ate tavoiablo to ( the retention of a large part If not all | of the Philippines , while Secretary Day and Senator ISray are opposed to dolni ; this. Jn a recent address , however. Senator Davis indicated that he Is not uuninlttrd to the absorption of all the Philippine Mauds , hut only so miuli ot that territory as may appear necessary to snfecuatd the commetclal Intetcsts of the fulled States in that portion of the woild , while II l < by no means cor- inn that Mr. Uoid Is favorable to the ai < inlsitloii of all the Philippines- . The position of the piesidont will tin- doubtodl.v ha\oa decided intluenio with the American commissioners and It is stated upon very good authority that not only will the govoinmcnt not de mand the rp-slon ot the whole of the Philippine Islands , but that only a per tioii of the island of Luzon , 1m hiding the piovimo of I'avlte. will be deuunded li.the . I tilted States. It Is stated Hut Piisident MvKlnley is convinced that the sentiment nf the coiintiy Is ojiposed to the aciiuisition of the whole ot the Philippines and that a u.nal .station with toirltorj sullicicnt to piotoct It ayainst assault is all that will be 10- united to afford full facilities to our war ships In A > iatic waters to protect American interests , f nder the terms of the protocol the commission Is to meet in Paris not later than October 1. TllK .lXGl.V aKn.MA * .U In view of the reported Anglo-Ciormnn alllatuc. teforence is made to tecont aulou of imperor : William as being sig- tilth-ant. It is notorious that the em peror has no liking for his grandmother. Queen Victoria , jet at the dedication ot the column erected at Hanover to the memory of the Austrian- who fell at Waterloo the kaiser went out of his way to remind his soldiers of the comrade- hip-ln-aniis of the Uritisli and Germans at Waterloo , refeirod in eulogistic terms to the v Ictory of the Kncll h torcos In jpt and ended hU address by calling for three cheers for Victoria. It is aNo remarked that the tlrst telegram of con gratulation from Kurope to reach Gen eral Kitchener was the German em peror's. \ \ in n it is remembered that throe vears airo William affronted Great Hiiuiln by congratulating President Krneirer of the Transvaal republic upon his successful rt.i..tanee to Itrltish nc ossion In South Africa , the slgnlli- cance of his dispatch to General Kitch ener H obvious. Mr. Chamberlain Is authority for the statement that an Anglo German treaty has been sicned. .lust what ort ot an agreement or alliance this treatj creates hanot been stated , but it is probable that a complete ploto understanding has been reached between the two eounttle > as to all their territorial interests both in A ft lea and in Asia. It Is aNo possible that they have come to an understanding with Kussia retarding their various Interests in China. The American people will appreciate the consideration shown to our ambas sador to Great liritaln by members ot the Anslo-American league. They will very gener.illj acquiesce in the friendly .sentiment.epie > sed in the address pivsontod to AinlM ndor Hay. Intelli gent and unprejudiced Americans are heartily in .sjmp.uhy with Intelligent and unprejudiced Englishmen in the view that there ought to be permanent friendship between the British empire and the American republic. The dis tinguished P.ngllshmou who are a > elated with the Anclo-American league , the purpose of which is to promote closer trlend-hip between the two couutrie- , need harbor no doubt that in the I nued States the .sentiment In favor of inter national amity is as .strong and earnest as it is in Kncland. The expression * of our ambassador to England , > eon to as sume the broader and more important dutie.s and responsibilities ofecietarj of ftato , will have nearly universal en- dorj-omont In this country. "On both sides of the ocean , " -aid Ambassador Hay , "the conviction Is nltnoM universal that a clear , cordial and friendly under standing between Great Itrltaln and the Pulted State.s i a nece lty of civilian tlon. " There Is no doubt of this. The great P-ngllsh-.speaking nation * . > timlingfor ; all that makes for a higher civilization , for everything that goo * to promote the Improvement and elevation of mankind , for all that contribute : , to intellectual and moral as well as material progress , will bo.st advance the.-o conditions uy maintaining between themselves a cor dial friendship Their common inter ests , als-0. require this. Uy far the best customer of the f nlted States is Kng- Inua. The bulk of our export * goes to that country. More English canitAl is invested in American securities and In industrial enterprises here than from all other countries combined , on the otlwr hand JJngland must have our foodstuffs - stuffs- and our cotton. Thus a mutual interest is established which any breach of international amity would .seriously injure. Prom the point of vk w of mere 1' ' selfishness neither country can attord to qiwrrel The practical welfare of both diwand * that they .shall cultivate cor dial relation * . Tln > qw Uo i * a * to how relations ' of fraternal auiiiy > hall bo bet pro- mote.1 In view of the nearly universal i -cuiimcnt in both countries favorable to i -i.i h ivUUous tin * would > eem not t i i bo a d.'hviilt pn'bl'in Vet notwiiQ standing the fact that It has boon a good deal di-cu-spd ittill awaits .solu tion. In uclthor country doe- the general - oral opinion favor a lounal alliance , i Mr C'liamborlaln must be pio-umed to pictty atctiratoly iepre ent l uglMi , public opinion and ho lias .said that an alliance Is not desired. Very low Americans wonlil approve of the fulled states departing from Its traditional i policy In tespoct to alliance with n flu- ropoan power. Theie concelvabl" conditions which might make It oxpodl- , out to do so. but they do not now o.xlst. | Hut obviously a fouiial alliance I- not ! iieiessiirj to the malnteiianoo ol ftlemlly j relations , onl.v an Intelligent undei- standing of each oilier by the two na tions Is essential to the preservation of Intel national ainlt.v and good will and If this does not aheady exist it is cer tainly ioinlng. riiendohtp between Gloat Hiltaln and the f nlted States has never boon closer than it is now and all the conditions are tending to make It still clo-er nnd more ( ordlnl THK nr.i'i ni.n.t.x The republican- Douglas county will next Prlday hold their primary elec tion to select delegates to the convention that will nominate the county and leg islative tickets. Ample notice has been given to all interested In the selection of a clean and popular ticket to coiner upon the availability of aspirants and the men who ate to represent their re spective wards and picclncts In the con- v cntion. It Is hatdl.v nece aty for 'Ihe Hoe to ) olnt out the Importance of the coming lirlinaiies. it Is vvoll known that the next l > _ i-latute Is to elect a f nlted tntosenator and possibly two United States senator- . Douglas county hold * twelve spats in the two houses of the Icul-l.itme and is sute to be a potential factor in the senatorial contest. The te publicans of Nebta-ka me therefore vltall.v concerned In the nomination ot a legislative ticket In this county that will t only strengthen the state ticket , but sure of elecUon by a large Uiajoilty from the stait. It is well for republicans to bear in mind that one-half of the popocratlc ticket was elected in Douclas countv two years ago because of the Indifferent selections made In the republican nomi nating convention. To avoid a recur rence of this experience the men cho-en at the primaries should be given to uu derstand that personal favoritism must be made secondary to the requirements of party success , on thi * score the com Ing primaries should emphasize the do maud of the party for a ticket made up of men whose c.ueerand record- will stand the test of the most searching scrutiny. Not only that , but every delegate - gate should be impressed with the im portance of iiukim : the ticket represent ative of the various elements of the community and especially of the Indus trial class , from which the party must draw the bulk of its vote- The loquest of the exposition mana- ger.to the ma.1 or and city council fora continuance of the electric street illumi nations for peace jubilee week , which follow * the week set apart tor the Ak Sar-Hon festivities , should by all means be complied with. The charso for tills extension of the electric lighting service honld be merely nominal The oxpen ive part lies iu puttinc up and taking down the wire * and the cost and placing of the lamps. In view of the fact that the money has already been appropri ated for one week's street illumination , the extra expense Is only the cost of the current and care ot the lamp'i he oloctrie lighting company could well at ford to donate thl * Increased service to the public as an offset to its increased Income during the exposition season and especially the jubilee week. "We have not had a great amount ot ickne-s in the loglment and the num ber of deaths have boon wonderfully mall. There have boon just seven deaths in addition to a ca-o of drown inj. The percentage is about one-half of l per cent and I doubt If you can tlnd such a low percentage of deaths in communities whore even the be < t of health conditions exSt. " This is the testimony of the commanding otlicer ot the returned Second Nebraska volun teers. It gives little substance on which to build Morie * of unnecessary suffer ing and maltreatment for exploitation by the yellow popocrats. The pension otllce promises to attempt to stop the growing abu o of pawning or pledging pension certificate * by which needy veterans are chi-eled out of a large part of their bounty from the na tion by the operations of unscrupulous money sharks. The pension officials may rest assured that they will have the undivided backing of patriotic citi zens in any measures adopted to put an end to the vicious practice and the > may be depended on to take such pre caution * as hold out a prospect of quick est and mot effective results. Governor Holcomb's appointment of a democrat to the vacant district Judje- ship in I-anoaster county will , of course , strengthen his popularity with the popu list party from which he pretends to draw inspiration and support Governor Holeomb has bfon singularly Me e l with judicial appointment- during hi- urm of otHco. but appointments of populit- the bench have boon scarcer than hens' teeth. The ronegad * 1 alway- the mo-i viru lent opponent of everything and every body with which he wa- formerly a-so- elated. This forcibly illustrated now by the venomous attacks upon the re publican party by Senator Teller or Colorado , who shed crocodile tear.w hen he played his role in the dramatic scene that attended the carefully concocted ! walkout from the St. Loul- convention two jenr > ago. = = I That no MR-II sen-ntioaal fake > as those p n > etraied by the popooratii * yel low journals ian shake tLe i-unrldi-m-o . ' { the Grand Arru > of the Ilepiblie in i President MiK ntaj auJ tie \\ar do- partuiont Is ihown by the strong reso lutions ondotslug his conduct of the war unanlmoiisl.v adopted at Cincinnati Piesldi'tit McKliiloy fought In the ranks under the Stars and Sttlpos In the war of lsV > l. and no one who tool ; part In that bloodv conllict will put anj faith In any olinigos of neglect or malttoat- motit of the bov.s In blue by the con nivance or even with the knowledge of either the president or his immediate advlset-s According to our amiable popocratlc eontomponuy mote than MH ) of the re united soldiers of the Second .Ncbuiskn mulched In line to the exposition grounds Wednesday , whole they be came the guests of the exposition. A.- the lull regiment I- oiilj 1 lee nnd n good number vvoie oil on leave or de tailed to other duty , this hardly com ports with the cry that half the men are In the ho-pltnls. According to the tno-t authentic in formation , aurora botealls brought all the telegraph wlte- within \W \ miles of Chicago to a complete standstill yester day. Aurora ought to bo pressed into the f nlted States military MM vice whenever wo may want to Intelrupt the enemy's lines of communication. Uy the grant of a thirty-day fnilongli bofoio discharge the Nebraska soldier * of the Second aio given the bonellt ot an extra month's pay for this they have President Mi Klnlev and his ad ministration to thank-not the jnpo era He jellovv 1ouin.il nor the over-ottl- clou * Mate olhV.ils. lniiiinltiii | u In flu- Tropic * . Oiobe-Democr.it Many of the nrllt. h officers and men with the Nile expedition are In ba 1 health and Ocrcr.il Kltchiner hlm elf will be compelled to return to England invalided. Campaign ing In the tropics Is trjlng to men of not th em birth. ro slilllM | or riiulliiK Trimble. New York Mail nnd Express Reports from the Philippines inJlc-nte th.xt if the Americans only give > oung Mr Aguln- .ildo enough Manila rope he v\ill suspend himself in due * eason That \outhful agitator tater has trouble with his throat , caused by too much talking through It > < n allliul. . aPiiliitcd. . Indianapolis Journal. The death rate at Camp Alger has been sixteen lo one thousand for a whole jear , which is less than the death rate per thou sand of several large cities During IStil the death rate of the union army was twen- t > -four to each one thousind men In Camp Alger It has , been one-third less Grade rrun liin X\ ortiI liuii War. Springfield Republican. The war is ended , but butchery by rail roads goes on like clockwork The countr > would have been much shocked had Powev lo t fourteen men In the battle of Manila , set that man ) were killed in the trolley car disaster In Cohoes. Every grade crossing nouadavs is almost equivalent to an indictment for murder. > < > \Vcirk. No lliilUiu * . Uaitlmore American General Law ton hns solved one of the problems of the war situation in the sim plest and most effective manner. He has agreed to feed all the Cvfbnn Insurgents applying to htm for help who are willing to earn their living ThiB strictly America1 idea ma > be new and startling , but it will have much to do with future harvests on the plantation A > iir of thr TrnsM. Philadelphia Record The war between the Sugar trust and the Coffee trust has now reached the intereM- ing stage. The new- competing sugar re fineries are flnall } in operation The public ] ov nt thl consummation would be unallojcd but for the fear that the two great com binations raa > now and terms of compromise and turn their joint attention to fleecing helpless consumers rntnllllruintiK CUIlcrr * . Philadelphia Record During the war with Spain there were killed in battle 264 federal soldiers , thirty- three of whom were officers This large percentage of fatalities among the commis sioned officers , while traceable in some degree - greo to the undue proportion of such offi cers to the rank and file , is in reality a vindication of the braver } and devotion to duty of those appointed to command our troops in action Our officers did not direct operations from the rear , but boldly faced tie enemj s fire in the very front rank , where the bullets flew thickest and with most deadly effect WU > ( ho M i-st Doniliintei. Kansas Citj Star The basic Industries of the country are practically all In the west and the south , but chiefly in tne west , and the problems of the present and the future are those which most directly concern the man who tills the sell Statesmen who rise from the bo .ora of the west must , therefore , be expected to dominate In the affairs of the cation , not only on account of their numerical superiority , but also because their sur rounding ; and their education makes them better fitted to deal with and to settle the problems which affect the welfare of a na tion whose fundamental source of strength and prosperlo U the soil The \ iiKliOeriiinn Vlllnnce , New York Tribune The announcement of an alliance between Great Britain and Germany re-alls the fact that a little while ago a Russian companv , under government paircnege was asking tie r-orte for & conces on to build a rail road across Syria to the Persian gulf , and practical ! } ro let ttst whole region paFs under z Russian protectorate. Now. such a road would give to Russia cxarM > v.hat Gertchsy warts for herself , and it v.oufd destroy Brtiitb interests la Pe-sa ! and mec-ace Indti itself If Great Britain and German } stand together they may p'evenr the granting of such a concession. And that is onb one of the dojen important cases la which British and German Interests run on parallel lines and counter to the inurests of some oiher power llnril I'nlinf ilir rnlltlrnl Colonel. New York Times More trouble for Colonel Williaa- Jen nings Bryan' Like the starhcg. he vrgn's to get out. and unsympathetic superiors - superiors in a military sense , be it hastily added refuse to open the door of his cae. Thus the colonel s run of tn > steriously per- sineatry ill lurk continues Instead of hiving as opportuclr ? to lead cha'jes snd win glory , he has been hidden away in & camp which nothing bigger than motqultots Jus attacked , aod which has txea shucued by ll the reporters Now that tbe polit ic * ! dull seiioa is over this sequestration bet become aloott unendurable , but to pJthMlc ipr-eals for relwue. he htars oclv lie whispered answer. ' Resign' ArJ ef course be doesn't waot to rwign Rf.tjrna- tioa while pttee remains oalr provtjloasl fcitfa aa ill MTor. and vouM put tbe us- ittmc touch on an araiy record" already dumal trough In all fFriouoeif tbe ca Is a ban ! oar aad the coload is Justified a talk ag n fc s sleep aN .1 corjf ira e There is more than eroi.ga ! c iicn e of thesa to base a dread ( .pea POLITIC U , 1)111 IT. Old wood ruts of the phiz of HrlRh.im Young are now doing duty In the news papers for the genuine populist cundldat * for president i The gold democrats of Massachusetts | have disbanded as a pnrty , having received assurances that sllverlsm I * a banUhed nightmare In the liny State With two and a quarter > ears before the balloting Ignatius Donnrltr enn produce an other coptogrjm without endangering his chances for the vice presidency. Wuarton Darker of Philadelphia , populist candidate for president , in a banker , but not n plutocrat , Inasmuch as he shouts for free silver. He Is BO } ears of age. Although the New Hampshire democrats in ptate convention expressed admiration tor the party's "leader , ' Hr > au. they did not tn terms reaffirm the Chicago silver declar.itlon , holding that the les * a corpse U stirred the less odors permeate the at- tno phere. The democrats of California hnve nom inated James O. Magnltc of San Francisco for governor of that state Judge Mngulro was n member of the rifty-IHth congress Ho wni ono of the original Rlngle ta\ men of the countr } . a friend of the late Honrv George , and is an orator of great ability Governor Black declines to necede to the demand for Theodore Roosevelt for this republican nomination for governor of New York He announces hi * determination to m.iko n light for the nomination. Roosevelt velt will be mustered out early next week , and then his political plans will be made public The state convention will be held at Saratoga September 27 The seats of thltty United States senators become vacant on March , 1S99 Of the senaton whose official terms are about to expire fifteen are democrats , vizVhlte of California Gra } of Delaware , I'a eo of Tlorlda Turpie of Indiana Gormin of Mar.v- laud , Money of Mississippi , Cockrell of Mis souri Smith of New Jersey , Murphy of New York , Ho.ieh of North Dakota. Bate of Ten nessee. Mills of Texas , Daniel of Virginia. Taulkner of West Virginia and Mitchell of Wisconsin Thirteen are republican , viz , Hawlc > of Connecticut , Hale of Maine , Lodge of Massachusetts , Burrows of Michi gan. Davis of Minnesota Mantle of Mon tana Quay of Pennslvanla , Aldrl h of Rhode Island , Proctor of Vermont. Wilson of Wash ington , Hnnn.i of Ohio , Clark of Womlng and Cannon of Vtah Two are populists , viz , Allen of Nebraska and Stewart of Nevada KNLMt > ii > \ imn \VIII the "Noi * Mituilnnt CUII AVnr Sol dier * In tlio % ntlnn'N . ( Toetloiinf Chicago Record In the months which have elapsed since he last encampment of the Grand Army ol .he Republic veterans rhc country has begun and ended another war It is this fact which gives the present annual meeting ai Cincinnati a peculiar interest for the veter ans who have survived to see a } ounger generation take arms and go into rhe field just as they themselves did thirty-seven } ears ago There is , of course , no comparison between the two wars , if loss of life , duration ol fighting and general destructiveness are to be considered Americans were fighting Americans then But rhe spirit which prompted the volunteer sofdler in 1S61 is alive and healthy in the younger genera tion and prompted It to the same impulsive movement toward the battlefields. The veterans of the civil war know rhat spiri- when thev see it , and now the > will Ime the satisfaction of knowing , also , that thr joung men of toda } hnve cnlned a clearei ipprcclatlon of the purposes and the ste'n labors of the men who foucht before In - > anv of the regirrenrs which went to the front this vtar men who were born after the civil war hud for their officers aad companion ? men who served th'ough it So far from supplanting the older veterans Ir popular estimation , the return of the younger regiments will tend to height1 n the tntere t in their performances and give a better understanding of the nature of thel : service. The % ears since the war have seen tre mendous changes , but the patriotism of vhat time. Mko that of the present is one of the basic elements which do not change The only difference is that this time the unity of rhc national spirit has been exemplified splendldl } in the way in which north and outh have foucht side by side The en- ampment at Cincinnati should be made the occasion of some expression fittingly recog nizing this final proof of the completion of the veterans work and the closeness of the bonds which now unite all sections of the nation. U1M Ht > VM1 \ U IOI The system of > n\nl 1'rlie Ilew rfl llliiMtrntoil. Indianapolis Journil An approximate estimate of the prlre money growing out of the recent war In dicates that Admiral Dewey will receive about 19.000 as his share , and Admiral Sampson about $40 000 The amount comtne to Admiral Schle } is not stated , but as the subordinate commander of a division of the fleet It will be considerably less than either of the others Nothing could better Illustrate the absurdity and Injustice of the whole prize law system than these figures It is said that more than half of the above amounts will be paid In accordance with that section of tbe prlre law providing for the pajment of a bounty "for each person on board any ship or vessel of war belong ing to an cnera } at the commencement of an engagement , which is sunk or otherwise destroyed In such engagement by an } ship or vessel belonging to tbe United States , of $100 $ If tbe enem } s vessel was of inferior force , and of $200 if of equal or superior force , to be divided among the officers and crewThis prize law- was passed In the days of wooden ships , and Its basis of dis tribution Is as antiquated as ever } thing else about it Tbe Spanish ships which were j destroyed or sunk by our fleets were worth i man } millions of dollars and each one of \ them was capable of doing far more dam age than a dozen of the old wooden ships. ( but the law dovs no : take that into accouat > It adopts as the basis of pa ) meat the num ber of persons oa board the ship sunk or destroyed at the beglcalng of the engage ment and allows head money on each oae j If 10 per cent of the eaemy were killed ID i action , SO per cent drowned aad the rest j captured the bounty money is paid oa all alike , alive or dead If the ships ha4 been I I captured iastead of sunk or destroyed prize money would have been awarded on tbe | value of the fhlps without reference to the number of men oa board But tbe Injustice of the law is more ap- pareat in Us priaclple than in us details ! ! It Is a vicious principle that perpetuates ( la legUlalioa a doctrine that bad its origin , in the day of piracy whea natioai sought j to equalize the profits of privateering by i conferring similar spoils oa regular caval i vessels Looting , pluadertag aad levying tribute for private gain have long slace been , discarded la the code of civilized aations for land forces jet nival prize laws are founded on this very principle They in troduce into what should be a motive of uaalloypd patriotism and discharge of dutr aa element of greed that is ts much out of plare as the clink of filthy lucre would be to tbe holiest of church facrameats No person will begrudge the tuat wbli-h are , to te paid ur naval heroes OB the con- tnry all will isa the-y were much larger But U would t * infinitely better aad nore honorable to lae reflpiea't a * well as to the ra'io * ) if they were toted tv congress in recognition of d ft.rgu thed servl ics'eal of t > r.R pa J m f i nj < - ey for e"ens es j , uprel or cap' rei tt o a-'h per bead. | OTIIHH I.\MS TIIA > Ot H" . Holland still has n great colonial empire , with a native population ot more than 30- 000,000 , and docs a snuu business , accumu lates money and Is In every wnv a most respectable little country , only asking to be let alone. Neither by Innd or ea Is Hol land n formidable power Her army ! very small , in must bo the case with n country whose population Is about 5,000.000 , most ! } burghers of the most unmllltary taste Tbo Dutch navy is llkowlsc smalt and tbe earning trade of Holland is but the shadow of what It once was The Hollanders are a stout-hearted race , but In these d.iyi the battle is with the strong who hnve a good organization That Hol land may long continue to dream beside her canals In pence- ! . the v\l h of her people , who however are rather dlsqulole-d at seeing the scepter pass Into the hands of a jotmg girl They realize tbat ambitious neighboring nations may aspire to control Holland dvnastic alliance and are natur ally auxlous that the queen's choice of a husband shall not fall upon a prince who e kinsmen may or can make him the agent of a scheme to subvert the Independence of the kingdom Holland Is n constitutional kingdom , where the people are the source of power , but even In such a country the queen's husband may exert an Influence which the laws are nowerlcss to defeat. 10 Notwithstanding thu serious character of 'he political situation at home and in the Kar inst. the Austro-Hungnrlan press ap pears to be concerned chiefly about the con dition of affairs in the Balkans. This Is accounted for to some extent by the agita tion Imported Into the occupied provinces from the neighboring Slav states The many combinations based on the Russian pilgrim age of tlie Balkan sovereigns and the meet ing at Cetiuje are still discussed eagerly , although they have been declared semiofficial cial ! } to be vo'd of foundation There Is evident apprehension that , after all. trouble may be brewing In those quarters. The Prcmdcnblatt of Vienna quotes a dispatch from St. Petersburg , addressed to n German newspaper , In which western European Jiplomacv is warned to pay particular at tention to the course of events In the Balkan * . Prince Ferdinand It Is slid , has become n tool in the hands of Count Mura- vieft and can no longer modify the present policy of Bulgaria without reducing him self to the position formerly occupied b } Prince Alexander of Battcnberg The Mon tenegrin aim is for a union of the Balkan peoples under the protection of Russii \ccordlng to the correspondent cited by the Krcmdenblatt , Prince Ferdinand's Journey proves that Bulgaria Is working toward the same end. * Turkish mlsrulo Is not worse In Crete than elsewhere , but it is presented in a compact and striking form , like Spanish misrule In Cuba. The Turk ought to be driven ou { , but the mutual Jealosles of the European powers have prevented this , even when the Cretans might have accomplished independence for themselves The Eng lish were not pleased that their govern ment Joined in the suppression of the Cre tans and their Greek allies , though there were doubtless diplomatic reasons for It at the time Tbe International situation has shlf.cd since and the present activity maj point to some positive intervention. An nexation to Greece would have been the right solution of the Cretain question But Greece cannot now make the claim , and If the other powers will not let Enclaad as sume the task alone , they will have to put their joint protectorate into some better form. Crete is a small place compared with Luzon , for example , but it serves to Illus trate s-oiae of the problems of distant dePendencies - Pendencies It looks now as if England were goiag In to stop the row and ask the powers what they think about It afterward. t The increase in the number of infantr } battalions In the German army , foretold some time ago. is about to take place , ac cording to the latest Information. Forty- three new battalions of Infantry will proba bly be raised , Involving , roughly , an la- icase in the t'Ustinc staadirg army of 2. - 500 men , apart from the officers. This will mean a capital expenditure of some 10 000 0 < X1 marks on the barracks , exercise grounds r.fle ranges and other requisites , and an addition of 14000000 marks to the anaual military budget A further increase in the fort artillery and field railway regiments as also la the number of the battalions of the field telegraph and message companies is also impending Herr Eugea Rlchter in his Frelslnnlge Zeituag. argues that these reinforcements are not warranted by any equivalent action on the part of neighbor ing nations Though the Hamburcischer Correspondent has Intimated that the new levies will not be made at present , there is a general convlctlcn that all preliminaries for them have been perfected by the mil.- tary authorities Some time durine last September the war minister , General von Gossler. on being challenge-d as to a report of contemplated changes In the army , said "I do not think that an } changes la the Infantry regiments will be made. " But this was before the new elections aad before the new navy bill had been passed , and no one puts much faith in a denial so vaguely expressed Sir Herbert Kitchener's vlctorv over the dervishes at Omdurman is susceptible of some vital Interpretations It is of eouf the end of a campaign comparable In mil- itar } science though not in magnitude TO | Moltke's inexorable closinc In ur > on Sedan ' it completes the reconqucst of the Soudaa I for Egypt and avenges Gordon Again it I Is a victory which opens up before the pos- j i slbilltles of Brttifb policy In Africa an ex ' lesion of the line of conquest farther south the occupation of Khartoum gives a new i vantage ground in strong connection with the base of supplies But it is aUo oae of ' those epochal victories which challenge the historic sense to aa estimate of its pla > .e ' and perspective among the deceive events of the world It is cot only the end of Mahdlsra. It is also tbe end of Moham medanism , viewed in the only light which adequately reveals aad defines It. namely that of an aggressive military propaganda Altogether the girl queea of Holland cia ' call 40,000 MM human beings her subjects which makes her realm sne of very fair size. Judged by any standard It * entire area U nearly 'Ov i M square miles for in that measurement Dutch Guiana counts , although H amounts to little in other re- , ' specu It it a striking illustrit.cn of the , " the luhr l y'ee ) tilling po d r toil tntf lto it ffie- > - Ikird ( Briber tb u ? olbrr tritd. Absolutely Pure w - kne and Insignificance of tropical po - seMous. Ri contrasted will European ter- rlto y and population , that the new sovereign eign of ( tich an empire fou- times the size of P-anre. should uny In b r first addrem to hi- people ( hut she hopt i to h lp make IIolU id great In all roM'cctn that greatness Is po ildp for a small country. She un- dcrto < 1 full wtll that the real strength of her kingdom must be measured by the little land at JIIUTII i > IUIVMI : . Detroit Journal The KnclHh c.uinot take u Joke , Albeit II bo killing- , The oniv pun they nulcW.y grnsu , I * , th' "pun of M shilling. IndlnnnpolH journal. "Oh. win this look of ftvvful grief , Tin * utter lark of i hecr ? "Alv frlen 1 and pnrtner stood nloor , \\hen I Uiought he d stand the beer. " Dettolt Tree Press. Minerva cannot thrum the lute Slip cannot King n billml ; Still lovers throng nnd ne'er dispute Her master-hand at sulatl. Denver Post. The sca here girl l coming back : And } ou tun bet the rharmltur gay thlnr No knowledko of thu sea doth lack Except the bathing Chicago Journal. The tramp snt on the farmer's fence , And made a happy sigh , lilt life seemed full of rosy tints , For he vvns full of pie Detroit Tree Press Her fure Is her fortune ah. truly , Indeed , This frttitement I make It not rash ; She smile * on her father nnd , ere she can plead , Ho. wilts and Just hands out the cash. Detroit Journal. "Wilt coast down life's highway with me ? " I asked the bcole ! maid "If vou'vo monev to burn enough to make A cinder track'all the way , " aho said. Urookbn Life The mysteries of palmistry 1 cannot unders-tnnd. Yet. when u man and m lden shy 00 driving 'ncath the summer sky. 1 then fortcll n marrlaso liy The lines vUthln her hand roil ri'iiiiu iiEKiJiiUAn : . W J Lnmpton In New York Sun. Say. Aguinaldo You little measly Malay moke. \ \ hat s the matter with you ? D n t } ou know enough To know- That when } ou don t sec Freedom , Inalienable rights. The Amerl an eagle. The Fourth of Jul } . The Stor-Spancled Banner , And the Palladium of your Liberties , All } ou ve got to do Is to ask tor them ? Are vou n nitural born chump Or did } ou catch it Irom the Spaniards ? You nln't blcger Than n piece of soap After n dav's washing. But. by cravy. you Stem to think You re a Merer man "Than t'nele Sam I ' You oucht to be shrunk , Yotinc fellow ; And If } ou don t D mlalze yourself At an enrlv date And catch on To } our trolden clorlous opportunities , Pomethint : s po're to happen to you I ike a HlmalavR clttlnc down kerswot On a gnat. If } o ain't A } elovv ! dog You 11 take In your sign And scatter 5ome Red. White and Blue P'Mnfprtant "Her yourself What vnn need , Aggie , To rlvlllr'nc. ' And goldnrn Your yelicr percoon skin. We II civitzo you Dead or pl've ' You'd better Fall Into the Prooe inn of Procre = * r"1 co TTMrr 'ng on to glory , Before vou fall TI O n hov in the ground. T"trt < > r tHnd * Thnt s us U S 01 II DAILY IHLLETIV HAVANA , Sept 10 ! " " > Crowds throa * Havana streets today when CuM s Washing ton , the veteran Maximo Gomez Mil ba tendered 4 grand ovation by the Joyous pop ulace finally delivered from Spain's oppres- slvo rule The brave leader Is the guest of Americans in the city. Not iThey the people of Havana. They don't need fall underwear. But we do , and at once. This wca- thcr causes frequent chills to creep over us , and the sudden change from hot to cold , causes ° ne to think of something warm , and we want to tell you about what we have to keep you so. Here it is : A fine derby rib cotton , fall weight underwear shirt and drawers , in the "new blue , " excellent fitting and made in the best ol manner , and a joy to those who wear it. The price is 50c a garment , $1 per suit. Onr , ut * Otnigi