' 111.13 OMAHA DALLY J5E.li : : WEDNESDAY , XOVEMBElt U , 1808.
OMAHA DAILY BEE.
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Notary Public.
Anothcr smokeless powder house 1ms
up lu smoke.
Total nttcndatice nt tlic exposition
2,013,374. Not so hart.
Only ten tickets on the olllcinl ballot in
Colorado. It must be a blanket ballot ,
Indeed.
A mncnzlnc writer Is discussing the
Biibject , "Why we won nt Manila. " Ask
Dewey.
We will see little about the McOloary
bill In the Omaha Fukery nfter next
Tuesday.
The good results of the exposition are
visible on every side. None but the
blliid can fall to sue them.
The Chicago man who Is claimed by
ton women as the lawful wedded hus
band of each has evidently Increased
the ratio. .
Mercer's congressional brogans are al
together too largo for n man whom the
people of Omaha declined oven to elect
to the city council.
Now that the exposition Is closed , citi
zens should give consideration to the
political situation. Only n week remains
from now till election.
Not n legislature-will meet this win
ter without being bombarded with bills
for the Improvement of the state militia.
This part of tins war Is not ended.
Dudley Smith will have to reckon with
the worklngmen loforo ho can get their
votes to promote him from the housr
to the senate. If a man fools you once
you arc not to blame.
There Is one thing about Dave Mercer ,
He has no frills to his shirt , wears tie
kid gloves , doesn't drive In a brougham
and talks the same language after
tlon as ho does before.
Tlie Bee cannot repeat too often thai
every citizen who desires to vote at the
coming election must have his name reg.
Istered and those who have not alroadj
registered have only one remaining op
portunlty to do BO next Saturday.
Whether the United States keeps 01
surrenders the colonial possessions cap
turcd from Spain , the American nrmj
will have to bo reorganized. The mil
Itary firmament will certainly bo fillet
with shooting stars before many moons
" \V. S. Felkcr Is very smooth goods
lie slipped Into the legislature twice bj
playing fast and loose with the Catho
lies and the A. P. A. ' * . Rut neither sldi
has any confidence In him. Ills propei
place Is In the oil room lobby and no
on the legislative floor.
The question Is , Docs General Miles
estimate of a standing army of one mai
to every thousand of the populatloi
contemplate an army of 75,000 on tin
basis of present population or an arm ;
nearer 100,000 on a basis Including tlii
millions In Cuba and the Philippines ?
During his term as county counnls
sloncr William I. KIcrstead has dill
gently dovotcd his time and energy t
the business of the county and pursue !
business methods In the conduct of a !
Its affairs and his re-election is only \
merited endorsement of faithful and el
flclent service.
While there have been altogether to
many murders and suicides In Omah
of late the last stabbing affray Is tli
only one that exhibits the numlorou
Intent that makes the perpetrator dat :
gcrous to society. It Is certainly to b
hoped the murderer will bo apprehendc
and speedily brought to justice.
According to Paris advices Spain I
anxious to get the peace negotiations t
n point where It can with some prates
of Injustice appeal to the Uuropca :
powers for protection against America
rapacity. Spain tried to bring the po\\
crs to Its defense when the war was dc
clarcd. but In vain and Its efforts no\
can hardly meet with better success.
nv/r rtuHintiTtoxiHTS rr xr VOVNTKH
The radical prohibitionists may bo
cranks , but they are not fools. They
know a hawk from n handjaw and they
know whom they can trust to promote
the cause of prohibition.
When the prohlbltlonl&ts endorsed
William A. Poyjiter for governor they
did not have to exact n pledge from him
that he would favor prohibitory legisla
tion. They know him to be it radical
prohibitionist by homo training and as
sociation , and they knew that the pledge
extorted from him by the democratic
state convention was made under com
pulsion for political effect only. They
knew that a man convinced against hla
will Is of the same opinion still. They
know , moreover , that the objects they
are aiming at can be accomplished In
various ways.
The true Inwardness of the endorse
ment of Poynter by the prohibitionists Is
given with commendable frankness by
their oflk'lul paper , the Looking ( Jlass ,
In Its last Issue , October 2 , as follows :
Our republican friends are surprised that
the prohibition element Is supporting Poyn
ter. The reason for this Is that wo expect
thereby to secure direct legislation which
Is a government by the people Instead of by
the boai. Now , in supporting I'oyn-
tcr we support a man nominated by four
parties and each one pledged to direct legis
lation. The liberty party takes this as the
first step In reform.
Here Is the milk In the prohibition cocoanut -
coanut Instead of asking the legisla
ture to pass a prohibition law or a prohi
bition amendment to the constitution ,
the liberty party of Nebraska , by which
Is deslgnat'-d
name the prohibition party
on the olllclal ballot , proposes to enact
prohibition by direct legislation through
the Initiative and referendum.
By the aid of John O. Yclser , ( J. M.
Hitchcock and other popocratlc reform
ers the prohibitionists have already
carried their smooth scheme to thu
point of securing platform pledges for
Hie Initiative and referendum from all
the fusion forces and If they are suc
cessful they will have doors wide open
for forcing prohibition upon the people
of Nebraska. The initiative will bu
projected In the shape of petitions de
manding the enactment of a prohibition
law by direct vote. When a sulllclent
number of signatures has been bccured
the prohibition crusade will be renewed
with the usual turmoil and contention
and every community again torn up
ipoii that Issue. This Is the prohibition
irogram In which AVIlllam A. Poynter Is
expected to play the Important part.
The amazing thing Is that the demo
crats , who are traditionally opposed to
sumptuary legislation , should have nl-
owed themselves not only to be In
veigled Into nominating a radical pro-
ilb'.tionlst for governor , but tricked Into
endorsing the hchcine by which the pro
hibitionists expect to get Into the sad
dle.
WHAT H'C MUST PllEPARE FOR.
The United States will retain posses
sion of the entire Philippine archipelago.
That Is the demand of this government
and Spain must concede It , because
powerless to do otherwise. Some re
sistance , with a view to unloading as
much as possible of the Philippine debt ,
will be made by the Spanish govern
ment , but It will dually yield to the
American terms. European influence
may Induce It to prolong negotiations ,
uut this Influence cannot provide Spain
with the resources to renew the war.
It being a foregone conclusion , then ,
that the whole Philippine group Is to
pass under the control and sovereignty
of the United States , there are some
things which this country must prepare
for. In the flrst place It must prepare
to deal with the people of the Philip
pines who have been struggling for In
dependence and are still hopeful of securing -
curing It. How the Filipinos will re
gard the assumption of sovereignty ovei
the Islands by the United States should
bo speedily known. It Is possible thai
they will accept It unquestioning ! } * , bul
the probability Is that they will want tc
know what their status Is to be undei
the new conditions. It Is by no meant
Improbable that these people , occupying
much of the territory of Ihelr countrj
\\rcstcd by themselves from Spanish con
trol and carrying on a government
therein supported by n largo and well
equipped army , will dispute the right 01
Spain to cede this territory. They maj
Insist that It has passed out of the con
trol and sovereignty of Spain and be
came In fact Independent. In that even
It Is easy to understand that they mlgh
give the United States no little troubli
to establish its authority over so mud
of the Islands as the Filipinos actually
or practically control , it requires ai
unusual degree of optimism to bellovi
that Agulnaldo and his adherents , wlx
are having a taste of the Independenci
they have been struggling for , will qul
etly surrender this and submit to a nev
rule as to the character of which th :
have little conception.
Wo must prepare to garrison tin
islands with a largo army , as well as ti
keep there a strong naval force. Kvei
If the Filipinos should prove to be h > s
troublesome than Is reasonably to Iv
apprehended , there are other races li
the Islands which must bo brought mi
dcr our authority. Some of these Spab
has never been able to wholly subdu
or subject to a more than noinlnn
obedience. Perhaps with our more Ini
mane and enlightened methods we shal
'bo able to do much better than Spain
but that It will bo a work of time nix
expense there can bo no doubt. W-
cannot depend entirely upon mlbslonar ;
work to bring these people , already en
Joying all the freedom of which the ;
have any conception , to complete obedl
once to our rule. Some force will b
necessary and Its exercise will place u
In the Inconsistent position of courciii ;
Into submission to our authority peopl
who have no voice lu determining the |
political rights and destiny.
We must prepate to encounter In
trlgucs and conspiracies against on
rule , which will be easily fomented b ,
European Influence and by religion
fanaticism. Wo must prepare , also , t
meet numerous complications , some o
which cannot now lie foreseen , will
other countries , growing out of ou
economic policy In the new possession
and our broadened commercial rein
tlous. A wise statesmanship may mln
Imlzc thcHc , but it Is Inevitable that wo
shall have numerous dllllcultlcH to over
come before wo shall have become se
curely established In thu new condi
tions.
The policy of terrlloilal expansion
seems to have triumphed. Where It will
end and whither It will lead tis must
be left to the future to determine.
THK VXSETTLEU cun.ixs.
The Cubans are In nu unsettled state
of mind. Ono element of them those
who are still under arms continue to
manifest a disposition to be troublesome.
They persistently refuse to disband and
to return to the ways of peace. Per
haps their strongest reason for taking
this position Is the hopu that after the
Spaniards have evacuated ! Cuba they
will be able to Induce the government
of the United States to pay them , at
least In part , for the services they have
iendured as soldiers. By maintaining
their organization they will be In a po
sition to threaten trouble as a meain
of demanding money and the gratitude
and patriotism of many of them are not
so strong as to forbid their doing t > o.
Another element , which Is represented
by Maso , president of the provisional ad
ministrative council , Is disposed to place
confidence In the pledge of the United
States that Cuba shall have Independ
ence and Is willing to abandon the mil
itary organizations and settle down to
peaceful pursuits. It docs not appear ,
however , that the latter element pos
sesses very great Influence.
Perhaps n solution of the matter can
lie reached without much dilllculty as
soon as Uie Spaniards withdraw and our
government Is enabled to reassure the
people , but there Is danger that for a
long time there will be a recalcitrant
and obstructive clement which will
make the task of establishing an Inde
pendent government lu Cuba more or
less dltllcult.
TIMELY CUVXSEb.
Ex-President Harrison has written n
letter to the chairman of the Indiana
republican state central committee ,
which while Intended to admonish the
republicans of that state In regard to
their duty contains suggestions and
counsel of general application. General
Harrison says that the apparent settle
ment of the free silver Issue lu 181H !
contributed Immensely to bring the pros-
perlty which we now enjoy , to give con
fidence to capital and to secure work
and wages In good money to the work-
ingnmii. These classes were awake
then to the vital Importance of this
Issue and responded with an overwhelm
ing negative. It would be an unpleasant
thing to contemplate If , continues Gen
eral Harrison , while in the enjoyment
of the fruits of that victory , any o
those who supported the cause of sound
money In 1S90 should now , cither from
lethargy or pique or through the In
fluence of minor questions , be led either
actively or passively to give their aid to
tbs revival and perpetuation of this dls-
turblug Influence.
Every supporter of the sound money
cause knows that the democrats arc
making an Issue of free silver in most
of the congressional districts through
out the country. Very few of the con-
vcntlons of that party have failed to
endorse the Chicago platform. Thus the
election of a democratic house of rep
resentatives would be regarded as a
distinct and unmistakable victory for
the free sliver cause. This would mean ,
as General Harrison says , n revival and
perpetuation of this disturbing Influence.
It would mean , moreover , an Impairment
of that confidence which was given to
capital by the sound money victory ot
two years ago. The inevitable effect
of this every man of practical affairs
can understand. The good results that
have followed and vindicated n trlumpli
for sound money are secure , but whal
of thu promise of the future ? Would
this be fully realized If the people should
lepudlate their verdict of two years ago'
Most assuredly it would not. Progress
to a greater prosperity would In
checked and all classes would feel the
effects. At no time lu the last twenty
live years has the election of a repub
Hcan house of representatives been more
essential to the welfare of the countrj
than It Is this year.
Few candidates running under tin
name of gold democrats are presontliif
themselves to the people this year am
most states where the gold democrati
supported their own tickets In 1800 ar <
confronted with stralghtout contest !
between the allied free silver element !
and the republlrnus as the outspokei
rcprebcntativcs of sound money base <
on the gold standard. Gold democrat !
generally are therefore ranging them
selves behind republican candidates , be
cause they alone stand on the name sld <
of the money question. This is partlcu
larly true In Ncbnihka , where the dem
ocrat who has no choice on the sttt : <
ticket , except between republicans tint
populists , has every reason to vote fo ;
the sound money republican candidates
Assistant Manager Hardt of the De
partment of Exhibits may be able t <
explain away satisfactorily the com
plaints of certain exhibitors , but he can
not explain away the hold-up of ex
hlbltors for n purse purporting to havi
been raised In recognition of generoui
treatment at his hands. Every cmployi
of the exposition was In duty bound t <
treat all Its patrons wltrf courtesy am
extend to them the privileges to whlel
they were entitled. Such soliciting am
acceptance of gifts and money is no
only reprehensible but scandalous.
The empress dowager of China 1 ;
again amusing herself by suppress ! ! ! )
publication of a few score news
papers that do not suit her almond
eyed majesty. The Chinese newspapo
must be of the meek and long-sufferln ;
variety rather than the yellow styli
such as might be exui'utod.
While Ilamlln Garland Is safely bad
from the Klondike , there Is no Imme
diate prospect of a rush of literary light' '
to Alaska to work the newpaper am
periodical mine which has probably
paid almost as well as the gold mine ;
that have been unearthed. The marko
for Klondike Htovles Is very flat , com
pared with what It was when the ex
citement was at Its highest , although
the Held Is likely to be exploited as long
as It yields any returns.
Poynter claims that he has pulled oft
from thu prohibition ticket. But as the
prohibition papers are still flying his
name as their candidate , his pretended
withdrawal can fool nobody.
Nnrr < MInjr the Gomrovcrny.
Washington Post.
Admiral Sampson and Colonel Roosevelt
may have to draw straws In order to dc-
cldo which ono of them licked Spain.
Ot Cntirnc * Nut.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Dewey reports that American Interests arc
not endangered at I'ckln. No , Indeed. It
ho Is within a thousand miles no Chinaman
will assail American Interests. They know
Uewey.
ArbUralliiK llniutcil Claim * .
Syrlnglleld Ilepubllcnn.
It Is much to the creJlt of the United
States government that It submitted Ite
claims against Peru to the arbitration ot the
Canadian chief justice rather than to the ar
bitration of Its eight-Inch guns. Peaceful
arbitration saves the dignity ot weak nations
and develops the sense of justice uraong the
strong.
The Secret of the Conniilrncy.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Judging from present Indications the court
ot cassation Is bending all Its Ingenuity to
the task of discovering some way of letting
out Droyfua without letting out the secret.
Not even the highest court In the land la
allowed to sec the mysterious secret docu
ment shown the court-martial , the govern
ment simply admitting , to save the trouble
o * examining the witnesses , that It was not
shown to tbo nccusscd or his counsel.
< lulte n Few Acres Left.
Indlanaoolls Journal.
The report of the General Land office
shous that the public domain Is moro than
579,000,000 acres or 900,000 square miles ,
which Is equal In size to Germany , France ,
the British Isles and Austro-Hungary com
bined. It would make six million one-
hundred-acre farms. The only drawback Is
that much of It cannot be cultivated and
most ot the remainder Is valueless without
the expenditure of largo aums for Irriga
tion.
Slieoulntlniin oil Air.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Nikola Tesla's vague promise of a means
of transmitting power through "the air will
become more Interesting when he has dem
onstrated that he fans really made a dis
covery and more Important when he has
proved that It has Eomo practical value.
Thcro Is nothing In the announcement of hla
alleged discovery to warrant the belief that
ho has done anything more than furnish
some worthy scrlbo with the subject for n
newspaper article that will bo widely read.
The rhlllppliicN nt Short ItniiRc.
Buffalo Express.
This Is an American ofilcer's view of
Manila : "I was disgusted with It when 1
flrst made Its acquaintance and the closer
acquainted I get the moro disgusted I be
come. Manila , " ho continued , "Is a good
place for wicked men , for here they can be
accustomed to what aualts them In the world
to come , If somojof our religious teachers
paint the future true. " And yet there are
people who Insist that wo take a largo slice
of this Imitation 'of a future .world the
whole of tbo Philippines.
Sound ItritNoiJIf'for TliiuikfulMCHB.
KarisahfClty Star.
Americans may Well remember that these
enumerated bleeelngs form not only a propir
reason for thankfulness on one particular
day of the year , but on every day , and that
this attltudo of grateful recognition has
been ours continually for over a hundred
years. In all that time there has never
been such a thing as a general famine In the
United States. The harvests , If not abun
dant everywhere , have always been reaped
somewhere. The devotion and valor of our
countrymen , of which the president speaks
have been displayed In every war. The
blessings for which we are now called upon
to give thanks , Including the greatest of
nil , the preservation of liberty protected b >
law , has been ours for generations and will
BO remain while wo continue worthy to re
ceive them.
THE I'llKSlDKNT'S Sl'UECHR.S.
Not OH I"nvoriihl < * to Expnniiion nn
IiiiperlnllNtM Anscrt.
Harper's Weekly.
Wo do not know exactly , from his speeches
made during his tour through the west
whether or not Mr. McKlnloy has come t <
the conclusion that we must take all thi
Philippines. In his general terms he oftei
used j'hrascs that nro employed by the ex
pansionists. Ho talked about the "fruits ol
our conquest" as If they Imposed some obli
gations upon us that did not exist bcforo tha
war and as U wo were bound to extend the
blessings of humanity wherever we thought
they were lacking. There Is room to hope ,
however , that he has not yet become an ex
pansionist ; and In this , If the hope Is justl-
fled , wo are quite sure that he will be sus
tained by public opinion , If time Is given
public opinion to form Itself definitely on
this subject. Wo are sure , In other words ,
that the drift of public opinion Is against the
taking of the Philippines , and we are glad
to 6eo that the peace commissioners at Paris
are denying that wo Intend to cxcrclso sov
ereignty In Cuba. This looks as If It were
the Intention of the administration to keep
the promise of the declaration of war , and
therefore It Is much more significant than
the general expressions of the president ,
who naturally desires to avoid committing
himself on a grave Isstto during a friendly
call nt the Traasmlsslsslppl Exposition al
Omaha.
Si\ATOH 5'rnWAHT'S STATR.
home llrmnrkH on "Our One Ixlmiil li
the Simrlirimli Sea. "
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
The United States has for more thai :
thirty years been the possessor of an Island
' dependency. U has caused commorclal per-
I turbatlona , financial discussions , party dls
1 organization and reached out with frenzW
fervor to readjust the social and monetarj
conditions of all the people of this re
public.
The Island of Nevada , centrally located It
the mld-contlneutal sea of sage brush , wa ;
annexed to the United States for politico !
purposes In the year 1SC1 !
, In the single year 1870 the argentiferous
soil of Nevada produced more pig sllvei
than all the other silver producing countrle :
of the whole world produced In the twcntj
preceding years.
In addition to Its mineral output Nevad :
has from time to time extruded from ttt
' mental organism eomo remarkable econo
mists and statesmen. But tbo Nevada
Uland brand of lawgivers has been alwayt
silver-tongued , silver-plated and tempestu
ous. The Sagebrush era which surrounds
Nevada baa not made the senators from thai
i Island sage. And the Interminable and
I perpetually talking Stewart and bla never-
' cndlngaspcechofUssthan - slx-h'indrcd.- '
pagcs colleague Jonen are a conaUnt ad
monition as to the possible political evils
which may come to the American people In
the shape of senators from the I si an da ol
the Pacific. The Island of Nevada and Ite
senators and other state-omen are a head-
Kcho after the flrst carousal which Involved
annexation for n party purpose.
unions OF THIS LATU WAH.
The valiant deeds of the colored poldlors
at Santiago Is n fruitful theme for song and
story. "You can't praise them too much , "
said a mcmfocr of the Twenty-second In
fantry , who was on the firing line and In
the trenches. "Tho darkles did wonderful
things during the fight , Ono particular daredevil -
devil deed was the talk of the camp foi
days after. When the charging line passed
the crest c-f San Juan bill and raced for the
Spanish trenches and blockhouses , a small !
rapid flro gun , manipulated by three
Spaniards , was pumping death hard and
fast. Ono of the darkles charged on It ,
emptied his gun on the run , then picked U [
a Spanish saber and rammed It home on the
ono remaining gunner. The other two were
killed or fled , \vp never learned which. Ic
an Instant the trooper turned the gun and
IJUU.IM ic-au in.o the flying enemy. How
the boys cheered that darky ! How the
gallant deed grew as the days passed. The
cccoud time the colored trooper told the
story to a group of admirers ho said he
killed flvo men. Soon the number grew tc
seven , then twelve. Deforo wo left thai
Infernal region the darky Insisted that he
captured an entire Spanish bittery anO
slow fourteen measly Spaniards with o
borrowed saber. "
During the mix-up of July 1 and 2 before
Santiago ono of the officers of General
Lawton's division observed a colored troopci
of the Tenth cavalry among his men , whc
explained that ho had lost his command , anl
asked that ho bo allowed to remain when
he was ,
-He stayed and did fine service that day
and none of his white comrades were able tc
outdo him In notable deeds ot bravery. IU
twlco risked losing his life assisting the
wounded to places of safety , but each time
escaped uninjured.
That night ho asked the officer he had mel
earlier In the day to give him a note to his
own commander , explaining his absence , nni
certifying to bis good conduct during th <
fighting that day. This was willingly giver
him , and with the precious paper clasped
tightly In his hand , under cover of dark
ness , ho started In search of his own com
mand , t
The next morning at Diwn Lleutenani
L . starting on a search for wounded racr
In his division , happened to stumble over i
prostrate foody. Ho Immediately rccognlzei
the brave cavalryman of the day before , whc
was fast losing consciousness.
After struggling a moment for strength te
speak , the prostrate man held up his
precious little slip of paper and said : "Glvi
It to Captain A , of L troop , If you car
find him , and tell him Williams wa'n' ne
coward. "
With a look ot satisfaction In his eyes his
hand dropped to his side and he was dead
That hero rests now In a shallow trench ,
with ten or twelve other unknown privates
A story fortified with an armor plate nfll-
davit comes from Alabama concerning Gen
eral Wheeler. The general was down that
way slnco Santiago and Montauk Point , and ,
of course , was warmly welcomed home. He
was the center of attraction , the admired
of the multitude , the * only pebble on the Ala
bama beach. An old friend of his , a school
teacher , Inveigled him into the school , where
ho talked to the scholars In his usual grac
ious style. When ho had finished he stood
by the teacher whllo that worthy said a few
things , among them that time-worn sugges
tion to the effect that when the boys of the
school grew up they , too , might be congress
men , llko General Wheeler , such are the
wonderful possibilities of this great and
glorious country of ours.
At this point n Ions , good-natured , gang
ling gawk of a boy , about 14 years old and
about seven feet tall , stuck up his hand ,
grinning sheepishly the meanw'hlle.
"Me , too ? " ho Inquired.
"Certainly , Henry , " replied the teacher
assurlngly , "just as much you as any other
boy. "
"I reckon no't , " Insisted the boy. "I
reckon I'll have to ungrow cf I ever run on
that there ticket , " nodding toward the gen
eral in a way that brought down the house ,
amidst the embarrassment of the teacher
and the great delight of the general.
General Whcclor Is live feet flvo dn hla
stockings and weighs about 100 pounds.
I'EIISOMAL ANIl OTHERWISE.
Henry Cow Is the name of a Maryland ex
perimenter In lemon culture In that state.
Though lighter In weight than when hi
left Havana General Lee declares himself It
better health than for years previous.
Sarah H. Emory of Irvlngton , N. Y. , has
offered a prize of $100 for the best story thai
will show the "wickedness of killing am
eating our animals. "
Colonel Roosevelt Is a confirmed smoker
but Is said to prefer a rough pipe , whlcf
was his companion In the west , to thi
highest-priced cigar In iNew York.
Mark Twain frequently goes without eat'
lug for a whole day , but Is never wlthoul
a cigar between his llpa and says thai
tbo cigar ho can't smoke has never been
put together.
The plug tobacco trust Is to 'bo ' called thi
Continental. As It has a capital of $60,000-
000 tha old expression , "not worth a Con
tlnental , " will now lose something of iti
original force.
A tablet to the memory of T. Uuchanai
Held , the poet , Is to ibo placed In the fron
ot his former Cincinnati home , just belov
the window of the room where ho wroti
"Sheridan's Hide. "
| The death of Captain T. W. Lake , thi
1 greatest shipbuilder of the Pacific coast , re
calls the fact that ho began life as a commoi
sailor. He Is a native of Norway and taugh
himself to read and write during the fev
spare hours of a sailor's routine.
:
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana has Instl
tuted a new sort of campaigning In his state
The time-honored cart-tall harrangues t <
voters have heen abandoned for upeoche
from the rear platforms of trolley cars , 01
which the senator goes scurrying througl
the rural districts of his state .
E. A. Fitzgerald , the explorer , whos
ascent of Mount Aconcagua , In South Amcr
lea , won him so much renown , Is now 11
from the effects of the trip. Though a member
bor of the famous London Alpine club hi
{ is not an Englishman , but an American , am
was ? educated at St. Paul's school , Concord
N. II.
A Louisville woman labored so cnergot
leally at combing her hair last week as ti
break her collar bone. Another woman li
Ohio nearly burned an eye out with a curl
Ing Iron and a third , this time in Kansas
had all her hair burned off because lie
! curling papers caught flro accidentally
Necessary evils , say the women.
' Hev. Alexander Kent , Red Cross agent a
Jacksonville , says It would be a crlmi
1 against humanity to send any moro soldlcn
' to Cuba without establishing a dairy thert
to supply the sick with a milk diet. Tbi
cattle are almost exterminated from tha
Island and .with the present cheap price eland
land and the assured market from the gov'
ernmeni. hospitals a dairy ought to be no
only a humane but a good business venture
U Is announced that the man who will
sail the yacht to defend the America's cu ;
against the challenging yacht Shamrock It
Captain Chnrlea Dlalr. His other engage
ments have been so arranged that he will
at all times bo able to handle tbo new boat
while the trials with the old Defender ore
being made. It Is bfllev d the speed oi the
latter may bo rtally greater than has yet
appeared , and If she proves herself fister
than the new boat eho will sail against the
Shamrock ,
CVIIA'S Pli.\Jt'E 8POT.
Chicago Record : Colonel Warlng's death
from yellow fever contracted In Havana
nhllo there as the special agent ot PieJldout
McKlnley to make recommendations ( or Uio
sanitation of Cuban cities was ns truly n
sacrifice of life for the sake of the Cubans
as If he had died from disease contracted In
the soldiers' trcnchw bcforo Santiago. If ho
had llvcxl undoubtedly he would h.ivo done
much In his capacity of eanltiry engineer
to save life and to advance the cause * of
civilization In Cuba.
IlufTalo Exprvaa. Colonel George E. War-
Ing Is dead , A victim of n miserable sub-
tropic cesspool which this country now has
on Its hands. Havana harbor Is a well-
night land-locked basin of comparatively
shallow water , Into which the filth of a
filthy city has sewered for over 300 years.
Uncleansed by tides or currents , this accu
mulation of filth has stayed the-e , and In
creased with Uie jeara. The harbor water
of Havana has reached such a deree of vll -
ness that captains of vessels anchored there
will not permit Its use to scrub down tin Ir
decks with. In all the United States there
Is no spot so vllo , so pregnant of fatal
fevers.
Philadelphia Times : To make Cuba safely
habltablo the expulsion of the Spaniards was
necessary , but equally necessary the expul
sion of the pestilence that has become
planted there by centuries of neg'cct ' , and the
government rightly took the earliest oppor
tunity to send Colonel Waring to Havana , as
the foremost American sanitary engineer ,
to report upon the possibilities of Its san
itation. Ho went about his work with sci
entific thoroughness and with heroic dar
ing. The report ho tins already made has
an authority and \nlue that could have
been given by no one else. Dut ho fell n
victim to the fever that Is more fatal than
the Mauser rifles and returned homo to
die.
Philadelphia Press : The menace of Ha
vana has not been overlooked by the Unltc < l
State's , but It has been helpless to effect a
change. Diplomatic protests were In vain ,
slnco neither the homo nor the colonial gov
ernments of Spain cared a rap for anything
save to drain the last dollar out of Cuba ,
and keep It In subjection. Naturally filth
and dlscaes were the results of this policy.
Now , however , as the United States will
soon control Havana under a military oc
cupation , the chance for a drastic change Is
at last In eight. All of the arguments made
by the surgeons general of the marine hos
pital service In favor of purging the city
are fortified by Colonel Warlng's recon
naissance and death. Havana , at any cost ,
must bo made sanitarily clean. And the
cost should bo borne by the municipality
which , protected from the extortion of SpanIsh -
Ish ofllclals , can well afford to spend money
for modern Improvements. Colonel Waring
should bo the last shining mark for Ha
vana-bred disease. If , In the Irony of fate ,
ono of the greatest sanitary experts In the
United States dies In the pursuit of his
duty , we can honor his memory In no bettei-
way than by seeing that his sacrifice Is not
In vain.
DEMOCRACY'S IlI.UMlEn.
"Coin llnrvcy" In the Hole of Mnii-
MKor of n Onee Oreut Party.
Washington Post ( bid. )
It seems to us that the democratic party ,
for which wo have , as a general rule , the
highest respect and admiration , Is this year
breaking Its record for blunders and stu
pidities. Not content with posing Itself
as the chief accuser of the Government's
conduct cf the war with Spain and so as
suming a most ungracious and discreditable
attltudo It must now top off the structure
of Its Inanity by Betting up that prepos
terous person , "Coin" Harvey , ns the head
and front , or , to be moro explicit , the "gen
eral manancr , " of the party , for the cam
paign of 1900. >
Mr. Harvey Is no doubt a very excellent
and worthy citizen. For all wo know ho
may bo a solid , law-abiding and admirable
member of society , the father of a hopeful
family and a pillar of the church. But
"Coin" Harvey does not occupy a place In
popular respect and confidence which war- ,
rnnts his being assigned to Iho leadprnhlp .
ot a. party representing six and n half mil * m.
lions of vote * . He was amusing In 158(5 ( \
with his smart little booklets nnd ifflous
people flmllcd at him much ns they would
have smiled nt a kitten playing with IU
tall ; but "Coin" Harvey ns purvejor of
general merriment nnd "Colu" Harvey as
the visible head of the militant democracy
are very different , not to say discordant ,
propositions. The party needs as Its ncthd
and dominating Influence a man of far moro
substantial and Impressive personality. It
Is a Rrcat national organization , with a noble
history , with . brilliant past , and with ele
vating tradition * . To the dcmociney wa
ewe every act of territorial expansion a > I
that which gave us Alaska , t'ndcr Its administration - h I
ministration the nation enlarged Itself Irons ' ( . . /
the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean ami
from St. I.ouls to the Gulf. It expressed
and Illustrated our military genius , our po
litical growth , our civilizing mission In the
world. And when wo arc called upon to
look back to the splendid nche\oments ! of
a party typified by Jefferson nnd Jackson ,
and then consider U In the light of a retInue -
Inuo for "Coin" Harvey , the result of
the survey Is , to Bay the least , disenchant
ing nnd humiliating.
MIHTIIKL'I ' , HUMAIUCS.
Judge : "What I want , " remarked tha
autumn hrldo. who wns nrruiiRlim for n ,
JiOJ troiiKscuu on n $50 father , "Is a going ,
uwny gown that Isn't a elvlng-away
gown. "
Detroit Journal : "Poor girl I" they ex-
clitiincd.
Ah , the pallid face !
The wnste.il form !
Tor w th such a fnco the best form In
the world would bo virtually wastcui
Harper's Bazar : Freddy Why does
Cholly look so sad lately ? Is he In love ?
Teddy Yes , nnd the girl ho loves Isn't.
Detroit Frro Preis : Willie Mamma ,
what does making n bud break mean ?
"You'd better nsk your father , Willie. "
Puck : Miss I .a Fit to Mr. Spooner Is a
model husband. Dc Wltu Yes ; they say
ho treats his wlf ? a If he were a candldato
for election nnd she \\ero a voter.
Chlcaco Trlbunn ; "Doctor , why Is It my
head achcp so when I've come o
' because your brain is In sympathy with
your Htornuch. "
" ! H It ? Well , It shows darned poor judg
ment.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Soo here , what
bi"-"t th s door ofT the hinges ? "
"Man who rents th llai sneez'rt In Ills
parior , sir , nn' there wasn't room for the
coiu-usslon. "
Washington Star : "Folks dat Insists on
habbln * dar own way. " said l r in i ,
"luns n Rood deal o' risk In not hnbbln' no
ono ter blame when flngs go wrong. "
Chicago Post : "Ho doesn't look like an
athlete , but ho nays ho plays on the rush
line. "
"Nonsense ! I don't believe ho ever
rushed anything. "
"Oh. I Jnn't know about that. There B
the growler , you know. "
Indianapolis Journal : "To my notion ,
the man who can turn almost certain de
feat Into victory is deserving of much ad
miration. " , ,
"Aw , I dunno. Flopping to the winning
sldo IB not HO much of a trick if a man
knows the ropes. "
Cleveland Plain Denier : "That was a
Rood sermon that Dr. Blinks preached this
morning ? "
"Rxcellnnt. It would have been almost
perfect If the- doctor hadn't Interpolated
a few sentences of his own. "
Truth : "What are you worrying1 about
now ? "
"I belons to the 'Don't Worry club' and
can't pay my due's. "
VAIN PM3AU1NG.
Somervlllo Journal.
He pleaded long nnd earnestly ,
But all his picas were vnln ,
Although her coldness , she could see ,
Gave him the keenest pain.
Ho almost went upon his knees ,
To win her to his will.
Alas ! 'twas wasted eloquence ! , . , ,
Bho was unwilling still , " " .
Ho argued , urged , yes , besgcd of her
To Krant his ono rcqirtti
But she was obdurate through all )
She felt that It was best.
For oh ! It was his landlady i
Who had pronounreel his doom , \
And she said ho must pay his rent ' .
Or find another room. {
Owing to the death of Henry W. King , we have
decided to discontinue the wholesale part oi' our bus
iness. Having done so leaves us with a mammoth
stock of men's and boys' suits , overcoats and ulsters ,
in our factory that was manufactured for this fall
and winter's consumption. We have taken that as
sortment , sorted it over carefully , and selected only
the very best , and have placed it on our tables to be
sold , and to sell regardless to cost or profit. Price Will
be no Object , Understand this does not moan that our
entire stock will be sold for less than cost but every
garment taken from our wholesale warehouse will be
closed out at once. Our windows will show you what
to expect. Each garment will have the price attach
ed , and you can see how very cheap you can buy
some of the best clothing made in the world. It's all
our own make , understand , and wan-anted even at
the ridiculously low price wo ask. This sale com
mences Wednesday mornitip ; , Nov. 2 if you
want anything in the line of clothes for youiself or
boy at less than it cost to manufacture , .attend this
closing out sale. The asportment is large but will go
quick at the prices. Below we mention a few choice
values and there are many others.
MEN'S SUITS.
There are men's suits at § 8 , § 10 , § 12.50 and $15.
made of blue , black , fancy mixtures and check chev
iots , round or square corners that were manufactured
to sell for $12.50 , 815 , § 18 and § 20 ,
MEN'S OVERCOATS AND ULSTERS.
We have a very largo assortment of § 10 , $12.50 ,
§ 15 , § 15 and § 20 kereeys , chinchillas , frieze mel
tons , beavers , etc. , the e were made up to sell at from
§ 15 to § . 'JO each.
BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S SUITS.
There are all kind of suits and coats for the boys
§ 2.50 , § 3 , § 3.50 , § 4 and § 5 are the general prices we
ask for these splendid clothes. But there are plenty \
of other bargains to bo found in this department. Our
object in only naming a few prices is to give a small
idea. To get full benefit of this great cut you will
have to come and see for yourself.
SEE OUR WINDNWS.
Sale commences Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock.
S. W. Cor. 15th and Dougl is ,