THE 'OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , NOVEMBER o , THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , r. . ROSKWATEU , Editor. PL-HUSHED EVBUY MORNING. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION ! Dally lice ( Without Sunday ) . Ono i'cnr.W.O Dally lie * nnd Sunday , One Year 8.0 Hlx Menthe < -C' Three Months 2.0 Huntlny Bee , Ono Venn ? . Batimiiiy But. One Year 1. & Weekly Buo , Ono Year 0 OFFICES. Omaha : The Hue Bulldln ? . South Omnha : Slngur Ulock , Corner ! nrt Twenty-fourth Streets. Council Bluffs : 10 1'carl Street Chicago Office : * 02 Chamber of Com tncrco. Nuw York ! Temple Court. Washington : Ml Fourteenth Street. rORUUSPONOBNCC. All communications relating to nown and editorial mutter should bo addressed : T < the Editor. BUSINESS LETTURB. All business letters and remittance ! rhould he nddropscd to The Hoe Publishing Company. Omaha. Drafts , checks , express and postofllre nionoy onUrs to be mad ( payable to the order of the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATKMHNT OF CIUCULATIOls' . fitnto of Ncljra ku , Uou lan County , ss. : Gt'orKc U. Tzschuck , net-rotary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , nays that thu nctuiil number of full and complete copies of The Dally , Mornlnar , Evening nnd Sunday Bee , printed durlnfi < the month of October , 189S , was as fol lows : 1 2 < J,020 17 2 ifiror. IS 2R , < MJ.1 3 ur-no 19 uii.r.M ; 4 U5.H1O 20 ie.i.str.1 s 2nnni 21 fi 2.1,171 22 23 8 Z7i'M : 21 a . : ---iir 21S3 10 -MUS 11. . ! T , < wr 27 32 : una ( 23 13 uiIMS i9 14 i7 ! , lt > 30 13 11(1,710 ( si ado5n 30 SOilUO Totrl H1BJWH Less unsold nnd returned papers. . 17,8 :1 : Net total average . > 7 7it70 Net dally average S5,71H OEOnGE B. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my mcaonce this 31st day of October , 189S. N. P. KEIL , Notary Public. The returns from Ilnwnll Imve been delayed In tlio mulls. The severnl legislative sponsorship booms will not l > e launched for u few days yet nt all events. The upper Kgypt cnrapnlgn Is not yet fiidwl , but on the contrary Is threatening to produce several more heroes for the British to worship. .With the passing of the election the war Investigating committee will attract considerable less attention In the col umns of the popocratlc yellow journals , It Is consoling to road of the states In which the ballots contain ten or fifteen different tickets and to think that Ne braska has been favored with only seven. Although free silver was hardly men tioned Intlio campaign the Bryanltes will , of course , hull every popocratlc gain as a gloilous victory for the 10 to 1 propaganda. That distribution of exposition funds nmong more than 4,000 paid-up stock holders ought to give this year's Thanksgiving pervlces the most sub stantial foundation they could have. The counting of the election returne will some day bo slmplltled by the use of voting machines and then the reunite of the election will bo known as soon at the polls close. . Unless tlio peace commission acceler ates Us pace the senate will enjoy fiev eral weeks of peace and quiet after li convenes before It Is called on t ( wrestle with the problems of the peaci treaty. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Nothing yields such big dividends ai public spirit and faith. For verllicatloi apply to any paid-up subscriber to ex position stock who has already got bad 75 per cent of his Investment with tlx other 23 per cent In prospect Koriuor Secretary J. .Sterling Mortoi cast a ballot marked for the straight re publican ticket. If Former I'reslden Urover Cleveland lived In Nebraska h > would doubtless have emulated the ex ample of his secretary of agriculture. With the exposition closed and th election over the people of Omabi should have an opportunity to turn nt tcntlon exclusively for a little while t mitruncblng Omaha In the advanced pc hltlon which it has won against com pctltors. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Kdltor Stead has expressed his oplulo flint- the llusslau c/.ar if he lives Ion ; enough will accomplish great thing with his disarmament scheme. Afte this Mr. Stead ought soon to get a ca In the editorship of an ofllclal court 01 gau at St. Petersburg. The Woman's club Is again about t enter upon Its active work for the wlr ter. Since Us organization this clu has mude a most creditable record fo effective work along lines of genera education and culture and It will n doubt continue to bo a potent factor I the uplifting of the community. Omaha has made marked progress during the last season In the dlrcctlo of substantial sidewalks Instead of th wooden planks that have too long dli figured Its streets. But there Is stl room for Improvement , which a vlgoron campaign commenced at once an waged Incessantly will soon till. The defects of the new Nebraska ha lot law enacted by the last leglslattu AH exemplllled In the two elections hel under It * provisions must bo cured h the next leglnlature. Instead of facll ti\ting lutulllgmit voting thu law cot t'upcs the voter and perplexes the ole < lion otllcers. It Is an Incontlvo to cot tests wherever the vole Is close , as we ns a ready usjvney for nloetlou fraud A revision of the ballot law befoi another election day arrives U , then fore , faurc to be demanded. TUB QUESTION OF CITIZENSHIP. In connection with the acquisition ol new territory the question of perhaps paramount Importance Is : What Is to bt the political nlntus of the Inhabitants ol this territory ? Shall we treat the people and territories that we acquire as pros- pectlve states , or shall wo deal wltt them as perpetual colonies ? The ndvb- catcs of territorial acquisition say that Hawaii , Porto Ulco and the Philippine * If we retain possession of them are never to become states of the American union , that they are always to remain In the character of colonies having no voice In the government under which they live , subjected to taxation without representation and In short possessing none of the rights and privileges of American citizenship. Thus It Is pro- poped that millions of alien peoples shall be taken under our control and made absolute subjects , to be governed entirely from Washington , with no pros pect of ever Incoming more than nomi nal American citizens. It Is needless to say .that there Is no American precedent for such a jwllcy , no authority or example In our history to Justify It. On the contrary , as the Springfield Republican says , following every precedent In our history the In habitants of Hawaii and In the event of annexation of the Philippines would bo at full liberty to accept American citizenship. When we purchased the Louisiana territory , says that paper , "the French Inhabitants wore freely ac corded United Suites citizenship as they chose to accept the privilege. The way to tinltccl States citizenship was as widely opened to the Spaniard of-Flor ida on thu annexation of that territory In 1810 and to thu Mexican of the Califor nia acquisition In 18-18. The inhabitants of Alaska in 1807 were given three yeara in which to decide as to their future citi zenship and at the end of that time those who wanted to remain in allegiance leave the terri ance to Uussia had to tory. All others purforce of the treaty of purchase became United States citi zens. " Such arc the precedents and the Republican correctly concludes from them that "we must therefore open wide the door to United States citizenship In the case of the occupants of all the newly acquired territories , or we must adopt the extraordinary course- wholly at war with all our professions and prin ciples and precedents of government , of holding these peoples as subjects pos sessed of no constitutional rights or any other rights except such as the United States congress might see lit to grant. " The veteran statesman , Hon. George S. Boutwell , has recently declared his opinion that nil the per manent residents of Hawaii are now citizens of the United States by virtue of the act of annexation. 'Annexation , " he said , "In what ever form It may be made , means citi zenship for the inhabitants of the coun tries annexed. " If this Is sound doc trine It will of course apply to the peoples ples of Porto Rico and the other West Indian Islands coded by Spain and to those of the Philippines If those Islands shall be annexed. Ex-Secretary Carlisle takes a similar view of the matter. He can find no other character for those people who are brought into relation ship with us through anuexatlon but that of American citizens and this po sition is fortified by the language of the fourteenth amendment to the constitu tion , which says that all persons subject to the Jurisdiction of thu United States ire cltlzous thereof. This question of citizenship has been too little thought of In connection with the policy of territorial acquisition. II Is of the highest Importance and a cor rect understanding of It would make powerfully against expansion. A FEW MOItB LINKS XKKDED. Omaha is exceptionally favored wltli railroad facilities. But a few more link * arc still uucded to enable Omaha U reap the full benetlt of Its central loca tlon and to compete on equal terms with Us trade competitors. Omaha has all the trunk line counec ( Ions that are needed for Its truffle wltl Chicago and St. Ixnils. Within the pasi year the completion of the Port Arthui line has given Omaha a direct route U the gulf through Arkansasnnc Texas , opening a valuable trade tcr rltory to our Jobbers and business houses. The prospective extension 01 the Illinois Central assures to Omaha r profitable field In western Iowa hithertc inaccessible and will give another outle to thu gulf by way of Mobile and Now Orleans. Omaha's railway connections west ol the Missouri river are equal to nil present ent demands of trade. With three com petlng Hues to Denver and two system ! reaching out Into the Black Hills conn try and into the region west of it Omalu merchants and manufacturers are h position to extend their trade clear t ( the Pacific slope. The two Important links in the rail road chain still needed arc direct con uectlon with South Dakota on one sldi and the panhandle of Texas on tin other. There Is no good reason why any par of South Dakota , should remain tributary to St. Paul and Minneapolis. Thcro i no good reason elthet why nil the cat tic raised In South Dakota and all tin grain grown In South Dakota shouli not be marketed In Omaha any mon than there Is any good reason wh ; Omaha should remain cut off from thi trade of northern nnd northeastern Ne brnska. Omaha must either force the coniplo tlon of tlia link on the Northwester ! system between Hartlngton nnd Yank ton or endeavor to build a direct lln < into southeastern Dakota thuU wll place that country within reach of it market. The gap between Hartlngt- ) ! and Vanktou Is only twenty-five ruHe * It Is doubtless an expensive piece o road to build , but It Is no more dltllcul or expensive than building road through thu Black Hills or Colorado The gap has remained open , not bt cause of any obstacle In the way o cost or construction , but because of th compact between the two rival rallroai systems that cover South Dakota. Th time has come , however , when th < mutual Interests of the communities au < sections Involved demand more dlrec connection , The other missing link In Omaha'i railway facilities Is In the gap In Uu Rock Island system southwest of Fair bury. With this gap closed Otnah : would have uu almost airline roiit ( to the Texas panhandle by way of For Worth , which would place this city ai near to that great country as Is Kuumii City. Thu advantage of stich a con nectlon Is obvious to everybody. When ever Omaha Is placed on an equal plant of competition with Kansas City foi this trade it will overtake that city as ' cattle market and meat packing centei and at no distant day take rank next t < Chicago nb a live stock slanghturliu and meat product distributing point. In extending the area of Its cattle am grain trade Omaha can not fall also U extend Its commerce by opening nev avenues for its manufacturers nnd job hern. AO BREAK IN IfEHOTLlTlONS. There has been no break1 in the peaci negotiations so far as the Wnshlngtoi authorities are Informed and they wouk be Immediately notified of anything o the kind. It appears that thu joint scs slon of the commission which was t < have been held yesterday was dcferret at the Instance of the American mem bcrs , according to a Paris paper unclei Instructions from Washington , thougl this seems Improbable , the more credlbli explanation being that It was to allov time for the translation of the reply o : the United States to the latest Spauisl propositions regarding the Philippines A Washington dispatch says that ad vices received by the State departmen are rather encouraging than otherwlsi and no apprehension Is felt of a breal In the negotiations. Evidently the issue now Is one of com pensatlou. There Is probably no doub that Spain Is ready to hand over th < Philippines If she can get a good prlc < for them and If she shall receive an : encouragement In this direction sin may haggle a considerable time befort agreeing to terms , it Is said that tin Washington government IB disposed t < offer a pecuniary consideration for thi Philippines , but there Is reason to doub the statement At all events It has no done BO and If It Is giving attention t < public sentiment It is not likely to. / proposal to pay Spain for the Philip pines would get very little support h thi. country. ANXIOUS BONDHOLDERS. The French holders of Spanish bondi chargeable against the territories los to Spain have taken action with a vlov to securing their payment or reallzln ; something on them and their appeal it made to the United States. It Is an nounced that the State department hai received through the French embassy i statement of the various Spanish bond owned by French citizens , aggregatlnj many millions of dollars , but It appear : that the statement is toot nccompaniec with any request or demand upon thi government , being apparently lutoudei simply as a matter of information. 1 Is expected that other European holden of Spanish bonds will follow the exam pie. pie.Our Our government will of course re celve these statements , merely as a dip lomatle courtesy , but It has already ex pllcltly and unqualifiedly declared tha it will nHsums no responsibility for tin payment of the bonds nnd there Is n < reason to doubt that It will firmly adhen to this position. Certainly the Frencl bondholders can havu no hopi that tills country could be In duced to agree to pay any par of the Cuban debt , since' It has dl. < claimed any intention to assume sever elgnty over Cuba , while It Is obvlousl ; absurd to expect the United States ti Insist upon the Cuban people burden Ing themselves with a debt the greate part of which was created In oppresslni them and keeping them In subjection t Spanish tyrannical rule. To requlr these people to pay this debt would no only Impose upon them a great hard ship , but It would bo a distinct Injustice which the American people would undone no circumstances sanction. The holder of Spanish bonds bought them at rate which they considered a good Invest mcnt and they took them subject to an ; contingencies that might arise alTcctln ] their value and security. The govern ment that Issued them still exists am Is responsible and to that and that alon the Spanish creditors must look for pay ment The United States 1ms a plcthori treasury , but there Is not a dollar o American money available for paying of Spanish debts. Among , the fruits of the cxposltloi which the people of Omaha should in slst on preserving Is the Improved trail tervlce Inaugurated by the railroad centering In this city for the accommo datlou of Increased passenger traillc While no one expects the railroads t keep on their schedules trains that ur in no way needed , the arrangement o the service to bring people In and out o the city Iwth day and night Is all-Ini portant to our business Interests. Travr on these trains will be built up b ; their continuance. Many a proposei trip Is made or abandoned as the rail road facilities cncourago or dlscourag and Omaha can not help benefiting o suffering as the railroad train schedule satisfy Uie popular demand. Whether Omaha Is to have an ex position next year or no exposltloi next year must be decided wlthou delay. To produce an exhibition tha would compare favorably wit' ' the one Just closed would require al the concentrated effort of the promoter from now until the gates opened wlthou a moment to lose. On thu other hand , 1 the exposition chapter Is concluded th sooner every one knows It the better. The newspapers this year , as usual contain Interesting descriptions of th minute details attending the voting o the president nnd other notables win occupy high places In thu public view but under our republican form of gov eminent the vote of the highest count no more than the vote of tlio lowest lie fore the ballot lx > x every American clt ! zen is the equal of every other Amerlcai cltlKen and hns the same voice In the choice of public servants and the deter mination of questions submitted to pop ular vote. In no other country in the world has this been so forcibly lllua- tinted. A Judge of one of the United States 1 cciurts has handed down n decision tc the effect that wooden rims for bicycle wheels are not now patentable. But Intis much as everything lusldo and outside of the rims Is subject to patent right the bicycle maker Unit cannot get up an exclusive form of wheel will have nc excuse but his own lack of ingenuity. I'rollt * of the Trip. Philadelphia Times. A Turkish graut of territory for German colonization In Egypt goes to show U Is no ! wholly a holy land trip Emperor Wllllam'i making. The \ioutuil Ititpiiciicil. Globe-Democrat. The events of the last few years have fully prepared the great mass of the people for the announcement that General Woylei had a baud In looting the Philippine treas. ury. Dropped n Hot Thing ; . Washington Star. France does not regard Fashoda ai of as much Importance as It formerly considered It. A place which Is likely at any tlmo t < develop such oppressive wtrmth U uncon genial and undesirable. The Situation | , , a JVntnhcll. Buffalo Express. A Manila dispatch says of the Amorleat soldiers In garrison there " : "They believe th < islands will be nnd should be held , but thej want seine other follows to do the holding.1 Those most enthusiastic over the holding o the Philippines are the ones who have nt Intention of going thither themselves. Woylcr'N JliirvvluiiH Thrift. New York Mall and Express. That Is a very pretty story of Spanlsli official thrift which comes from Manila and relates how Weyler , whllo In command of the Philippines , personally participated It the extraction of $1,300.000 from the public treasury for deposit In private purses. It li Interesting though not surprising tc Americans chiefly because , If so many mil lions of Spanish money raised on Spanish bonds had not been stolen by Spanish dons there would bo a far less desperate financial condition confronting Spain In the negoti ations for peace. An American InntHiitlon. Baltimore American. The adventures of two young Englishmen In this country lately revealed the fact thai the venerable gold brick game Is strictly at American institution. But It Is hardly neces. sary to Introduce our comparatively moderr methods Into Europe \\hen ono hears of u couple In Germany who paid away nearly nl their substance for the support of thcli dead daughter In heaven , and were over persuaded to give her a dowry on her mar riage with an angel. Where such primitive credulity exists the artistic and up-to-daU swindling of this side of the Atlantic would not bo appreciated. ChlllM for EximiiMloiifnts. Philadelphia Record. According to the Manila correspondent o ! the New York Herald the sentiment amons the American volunteers over there Is thai "tho Island should be hold , but they waul some other fellows to do theholding. . " The "other fellows" are not likely , however , tc bo as accommodating nevo would desire them to bo If wo should go into the busi ness of unlimited expansion ; and If wo are to have colonies \\o must be prepared tc endure the burdens as well as enjoy the benefits thereof. A realization of the facl that they would have to , pay for the glorj of empire by pcrbonal discomfort in the waj of standing guard and paying "Imperial * taxes will be very apt to chill tie fervoi of our more reckless anncxatlonlst . I'rmiclilsCM In I'orto Ulco. Chicago Record. Perhaps It will not be advisable tc Americanize the law In relation to grantIng - Ing municipal franchises In Porto Rico When a corporation deulres a franchise then the first thing It does Is to fllo an applica tion. Then the municipal authorities take up the matter and advertise for other pro posals for the eamo franchise. The result usually is that other proposals are offered The first applicant generally makes a second proposition better than Its first one. All thi proposals are then made public and consid ered together , and the franchise Is granted It granted nt all , to the person or corpora tion making the best proposal. Should there be evidence that the aware1 Is not fairly or justly made , the dcclstor can be taken on appeal to the governoi general by those who are dissatisfied. The system , despite corrupt officials , work : well. IIO1V ( llUAT A DA.VCKIlf Senator Hoar'n JuilKiiicnt on tin 1'ollcy of Annexation , SprlnKfleld ( Mans. ) Republican. Senator Hoar made the solemn declaration that In his judgment the policy of the presi dent In trying to annex the Philippine Islands "Involves a greater danger than we have encountered since the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. " Let the people of Amerlct consider that statement. It nus not made hastily or thoughtlessly or Ignorantly. Does the present generation take It in' It means that when the scattered fringe ol feeble settlements along the Atlantic coasl was pitilessly assailed by savages , when the French tried to make North America Lixtlr instead of Anglo-Saxon , when King Georgi set out with lire and sword to establish i despotism In these ntntes , when the capita at Washington wao burned by the British ir 1S14 , when the attempt at disunion swep : the country with civil war when even thosi things happened the genius of Amerlcar liberty was not threatened so seriously as 1 Is today. There are still thosVs In New England on < In Senator Hoar's own political party pro- fesslng to be deeply Impressed by his words and to agree In the main that his argument : are well-founded , who continue to say thai no other course Is open to the United Statei than to control the Philippine Islands. How great a danger to American Institutions mus bo encountered to drive these persons fron such a position ? Are they fools or lunatlci that they would Involve our country In t danger greater than it has faced In 27i years for the sake of the Inhabitants of the Philippine islands ? If Senator Hoar was anywhere near cor rect In his diagnosis of the present national peril , no American citizen can for a momeni consider any possible duty wo may have te the Malays of Luzon and Mindanao as para mount to our duty to the republic. If Senator - ator Hrar Is right It is treason to America to permit any assumed obligations existing 10,000 miles away to determine our course It the present crisis. It can be tald In al ! seriousness , and without a particle of pas sion , that If the annexation or the political control ot that Astatic territory "Involves r greater danger than we have encountered since the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth , " II would be more In harmony with morals and civilization to leave the Filipinos to wallow In barbarism for ages rather than to en counter It. The asHtimptlon that we are compelled bj duty to do anything for the Flllplnoo re gardless of the cost to our own people Is e monstrous swindle. No nation could long exist if run on euch a principle. TIII3 IKOHY OF FATB. Cleveland Plain De-alcr : The Ute Infantt Maria Teresa had her ottn Ideoo about the propriety of mixing In with Uncle Sam'i war ships. Buffalo Express : U la evident that Schloj nnd Ills gunners didn't do their work off San- tlago harbor with any consideration what ever of future cruises which Cervera's ship ) might be called upon to make. Philadelphia Press : The loss demonstrate ! the wisdom the Navy department's decision announced a few days ngo , not to undcrtoki the work of raising the Colon or other ves sels ot Ccrvera's fleet. II any compnnj wants to do the work nt Us own risk thi government will pay salvage when the ves' eel Is delivered at a naval station , but thi government will pot Itself take any risk It the matter. That is a wise decision. Detroit Frco Press : H seems a great pit ] that after Constructor Hobson has done hli port In Heating thU magnificent cruiser that she should be destined to so tnglorlou : a fate. She would have been a valuable nc qulsltlon to the American navy as well as i constant reminder of the glorious achieve ment of the American sailors at Santiago But the pride ot the Spanish navy has re fused to bo Americanized. Probably cur lati enemy will look upon the sinking of thi Maria Teresa as a piece of poetic justice 01 a divine dispensation. Kansas City Star : The loss of th Teresa probably will result In a decision b ; the Navy department to let the other vcs sels of Cervera's squadron remain whcr they are , to bo beaten to pieces by th waves that often dash In fury under th oft-recurring West Indian hurricanes. Th overage American , even though wholly fre from superstition , will bo more than eve Inclined to think that a Spanish war vessel raised from Its bed on the rocks when American guna sent it , would bo a sort o hoodoo to the American navy. Philadelphia Times : After all the cffon to raise the Maria Teresa , It has gone ti the bottom again. Some doubt was expresses at the tlmo ns to the wisdom of sending thi Injured vessel from the West Indies at tuli season of storms , and 'the ' result has justi fied the doubt. The Maria Teresa wai caught In a florae gale whllo proceeding un der tow , and wns unable to live through it This time the loss Is probably final. If an ; " other of the Spanish cruisers should be re" covered it will bo well to make them sea worthy before starting them homo or to sc lect a season of calm seas for the trip. Philadelphia Inquirer : After all , th fate of the Maria Teresa Is not to be deplored plored any too greatly. The American nav ; should bo American built , and every vessc In It should bo for service and not fo show. The Spanish vessels , If saved , would to a greater or less extent , be floating relic or movable curiosity shops. So far as tha goes , the disappointment to Americans wll be great , but wo think that all good pa trlots would rather have five staunch Amor lean built war vessels added to our nav ; than the five ships that Admiral Cerver lost attempting to get out of Schley's bottle Philadelphia Record : Almost at the las moment fickle fortune deserted the nava exports who had striven so hard to sav the Maria Teresa , and the big cruiser no\ lies at the bottom of the Atlantic In 2,70 fathoms of water. In her weakened con dltlon the rescued war ship was In no wa able to endure the battering of a north easterly gale , sweeping over thousands c miles of open water. It would seem tha a ship so evidently unflt t ยง sail In hoav weather should not have been subjected ti the risk of a long voyage over turbulen waters during the hurricane season. Bu the Navy department took the chances , ani lost the battle prize so dearly won fron the Cuban , strand by Hobson and his sklllfu assistants. They do these things bettpi somehow , out 'Manila way. 1'KnS O.NAt , AND OTHEHAVI S B. The death of Colonel Amos Webster o ; Washington leaves General Horace Porter now ambassador at Paris , the only surrlvlnf member of General U. S. Grant's persona staff. It IH believed the rear reason for Emporoi William's refusal to visit this country laj In his reluctance to submit those 300 trunk ! to the tender mercies of the American baggage - gage smasher. Dr. Thomas Moore , who wrote the ordl nance of bcceBslou adopted by the Texas con vention In 1S61 , died last week. Ho wai chairman of the first democratic convontlor held In Texas. A Now York young man who was arrestei for trying to kiss a young women took t mean revenge when ho pleaded that he must have been Intoxicated to think o ; such a thing. Whllo President McKInley's great-uncle Francis , was fighting under Henry Jay Me- CracKen in the Irish revolution ot ' 98 , i grandfather of Senator Hanna was a cap tain in the opposing English force. And BO the Cubans employed upon thi streets of Santiago have struck for a rls. . of 50 cents a day. This lo ks as thougl wo may not have a great deal of difficult ] Instructing the Cubans In Amerlcaa methods Dr. Maurice Davis , who has died In Lon don at the age of 70 , was ono of the cblei benefactors ot the Jews in that metropolis devoting much of his work and a third ol his Income to the alleviation ot their ne cessities. Thackeray's trip to America moved him t < the following In a newly discovered letter "I have found kind matrons and pretty glrli everywhere , and In Boston very good , f gey- fled , literary society , with everywhere a love for the old country , qulto curious nay touching to remark. " Xoah Brooks tays that the orlglnatrr of the now famous "Punch , Brothers ; Punch Witt Care , " was the late Isaac H. Bromley of the New York Tribune. The "ekit" first ap peared in Scrlbncr's during 1876. Mart Twain afterward wrote a stoiy about the ter rible effect which the verso had upon him and most of his renders have supposed tin verso also was his work. Nearly everything done In the South Af rican mining region In the last ten year * has been accomplished by Americans wltli the backing of British capital. Gardner F Williams , general manager of the Do Been Diamond Mining company. Is a Michigan man and has $100,000 salary. Hamilton Smith , Johu H. Hammond , Charles Butler Captain Meln and John Weber are all Call- fornlans , and each Is In charge of a large concern at a great salary. si : OF TUB WEST. IlluNtrntril h > - tlu Mnrvclonn SIICOCUB of the KxnoHltlon. Philadelphia Record. The Transmlsslsslppl and International Exposition , Which came to a close at mid night on Monday last , had two extraordinary obstacles In its pathway a bummer of al most unprecedented heat and a great wai which largely absorbed the attention of the people of the eastern and southern states. Despite these counter Influences , however , the exposition has proved a remarkable suc cess , the completeness of which may b judged from the fact that ove.r 1400.000 re mains to be dividend among the sfcKhoIdcrs. That the great empire of the west could successfully carry forward such an under taking at a time when the whole Atlantic seaboard was in a constant flutter of war excitement which drove all exposition fan cies from the public mind bears witness to the boundless resources of the transmUsls- slppl region In particular and to the mag nitude of the country as -whole. . The tes timony will notbe without effect up-n the foreign mind. Europe has lately applauded our greatness In the arts of war ; she- must now concede * that wo can slmultaneouily cblev crcot triumph * In the art * of ix-acr V.ciions OF Tim I.ATI : w.\n. In the cnrly singes of the war the Idw gained a strong foothold that In pullliif Uncle Sam's leg the eastern shipowners could give the rest of the country the plrJ of the deck and still win out But that wai some tlmo bpforo the patriots on tht Paclfli coast took a hnnd In the game. Whcr Dcwey rent Spanish authority In the Orient shipowners on the sunset side of tht range felt ( hut the time was ripe to show the easterns n trick or two In Ibo gnmo o ! patriotism In war time. They \scro ready ti sacrifice all their possessions , If not their re lations , to sustain the strong arm of thi government , nnd Incidentally tap the treas ury for some coin. Ktor the time bclug thej nlono appreciate and realize the moaning o ; the expansion cry , "Trade f Hews the Hag. ' If the country was searched from Maine tc Oregon , Minnesota to the Gulf , no moro en- thuRlaatlo advocates of Americanizing thi I Philippines could bo found than the ownen of the transports hired by the government to ply between San Francisco and Manila | The caiiao of their zeal is detailed by a cor- rtupondent of the New York Sun , wrltlnt from Yokohama. The steamers which conveyed troops fron San Francisco to Manila , relates the cor respondent , "were hired at ratei vnryhu from $800 to ? 1,500 per diem , the govern ment to furnish the coal In addition to thii price. The obvious way ot dealing with thl : problem would have been to have put the transports In command ot naval officers , or if that were Impracticable , to have app Intci to each ship an expert whose duty \\oulc have been to see that the vessel under hli Inspection fulfilled the contract In a reason able way. Nothing ot this sort was done 01 even thought of , as far as is known , and consequently , there was an enormous bit for fraud. Steamers which were claimed tc have a * speed of sixteen knots never reelcn : off , under the most favorable circumstances more than thirteen \vhcu the tioopscreoi board , and on their return voyage that epoei was diminished by at least 20 per cent. "A fleet of these expensive transports la ; off Cavlto for weeks discharging cargo li I the most deliberate way , and when the ; I wcro finally ordered home proceeded to taki J on their coal In a manner which would pu even the Spaniards to the blush. The can of one ship was particularly ridiculous ; sh < was coaling at the rate of only twenty-flvi tons a day and burning from ten to flfteei tons to run her pumps , dynamo : * , distiller : and Ice machine. Others , to be sure , dli better than she , but not ono performed thl operation with anything like tin approacl to the ordinary speed of coaltug. One away from Manila and on the homcwan trip the captains "sojered" as much a they chose , for there was no chock put 01 their navigation. The coaling operation be coming , finally , almost a scandal , the ship wore ordered to take In only enough to las them to Hong Kong , aud , after partial ! ; filling their bunkers there , to proceed v Nagasaki and finish. By this plan It wa proposed to save money , because coal 1 slightly cheaper In Hong Kong than 1 Nagarakl. uut at the rate the transport steamed on the way homo It took two day longer to go by way df Hong Kong , ani they saved say $500 on the amount of coa they took In at Hong Kong at a cost t the government of $2,000 In some cases an ? 3,000 or moro in others. Their speed wa simply ridiculous. The Morgan Clt dawdled along nearly seven days from Hon Krng to Nagasaki , less than 1,100 miles The City of Rio do Janeiro never did mor than eleven knots an hour , although sh easily makes fifteen. She arrived at Hon Kong at 11 o'clock Saturday night , ha finished coaling at 4 o'clock the next day and had everything on board at that boui but did not sail until the following morn lag. At Nagasaki she made a repetltloi of this farce , and finally lingered aloni homeward at the comfortable speed o eleven knots , presumably because she wa not In demand to return to her schedule 01 the Pacific passenger route until Dcccinbe 10. The Zealandla was caught In a ty phoon , or at least In a heavy gale , on th way to Nagasaki , lost some of her uppc works , \\cnt Into dock there ono raont ] ( the government paying $1,200 per dlom fo her hire ) , was thoroughly refitted at th cost to the government of " 3,000 yen , o about SlG.f.OO . In gold , und then Balled fo San Francisco. The Board of Surveyor which Inspected her found that she- was li very bad condition and had been for a loni time , but when she left the dock a few day ngo she was In thorough order. This rtor ; might bo prolonged and the history of ever : ono of the score of transports which wen to the Philippines might be related to th- - discredit of those who are responsible fo the fulfillment of their contracts. But : have said enough to show how the garni has been played. They were chartered li good faith on terms most favorable to thi companies which owned them , but the wa ; they have "squeezed" the government o the United States Is now , and will' ' bo for i long time , common talk In shipping circle ; In the cast. " A story concerning our tioops lu Manllr Is told by an English naval officer , who was an eye-wltnets of the occurrence. "The city was quite crowded , " ho sayj , "with boll : American nnd Spanish soldiers , and the } seemed to bo on the friendliest terms. A I was crossing ono of the numerous brldgej across the Paslg river I saw a native Filipino pine spit In the face of a Spanish officer , and then run to the American sentinel , who was guarding the bridge , demanding his protec tion. It was some tlmo before the Flllplnc could make himself understood , and the sentry took eomo tlmo to catch on to what had been done , but you can Imagine my sur prise when be banded his gun to the Spanish officer and caught the native by the nape ol the neck and the seat of his trousers and pitched him off the bridge * Into the Paslg river. Then he calmly took his gun from the Spanish officer and began pacing the beat as If nothing had happened. The American soldier may not bo so military as his brother of Europe , hut ho Is made of the right stuff. " I'OMCY OF. iXI'A > SIOX. Thu Natlon'H Moll-inn 1'rofeiinlon.T DU- ( rt'illtpil ! > > Aclx. Bishop Henry C. Potter In Hnrper'i ; Weekly. When we had reduced Spain to the point whiiA It was , Inevitable that she must wur- render her hold upon Cuba , Porto Rico r.nd possibly the Philippines there was for a 'moment a curious consensus of opinion that , whatever dlss vowuls of 'territorial aggrand izement hod been made In congress or by the executive we could not disown a responsi bility of sovereignty which conquest had practically created. Few people feemcd to remember that , If our own most solemn declarations wcro to tm considered In any other than a Pickwickian sensewo had not undertaken any war of conquest , or any other than u buslni-HK of ilghto.us Interven tion on behalf of un opprcracd people. Wo had brought their eippressors to their Imros and were lu a position to nay to them : "See litre ! These oppressive methods of your * , these deliberate crucltlcn , thc-Ko monstrous extortions must CCOEO nnd you must reform ihcm altogether. See to It that you et about ending this reign of brutality and Bleed ! And that you may do It , wo will Jtop awhile and nee that you do ! " This was thu obvious line , In view of the grounds on which originally we had Justified our Interference , But that we did not hon estly bellevu In our own professions speedily bccamo apparent. Thn commercial elata il.outcd , "Trodo demand * , new channels , and ho party In power must give them to us or stfp down and out ! " Tbo Jingo screamed "Here U a chance for an Imperial destiny ! Disregard It at your peril , for If you do you make youmlvea the laughing s'oik ' ot the civilized world ! What Is a grc t nation without colonies ? And what are colonies but the credentials of empire ! " And besides - sides thesp , the ? philanthropists and mis- alounry enthusiast * protested : "Consider tth.it you Imve to glvo to these pagan or' only half Christian nnd wholly supcmltloun peoples ! Ourn la the pure light of the * gospel ! Look at the Sandwich Islands , nnd read the history of the 'Sons of Mission aries. ' and sou what n blojoltiR the 'Ameri can religion' bag been to these benighted peoples ! " What now are the Indications that w have any single qualification for micli task ? The question ought not to be difficult to answer , for In a comparatively short apace of time less than a century three subject races , so lo speiik , have been dropped Into our Inp , nnd the record of our dealings with them may bo known and read of all men , Ono ot them Is the Indian race , another the negro race , nnd another the Chlncno. It any honest man , by nny Ingenuity and la spite of our tardy efforts In connection with ono of them , the Indian , to redeem the dis honor of our dealings with him can ex tract any ground for anything else than shame nnd confusion of fnco In view ot our dealings with these races , I congratulate htm upon his Ingenuity. The Htory In every c.Tfie , lu greater or less degree , has been ono long record of cruelty , rnplne , lui-t und outrage "Tho best Imlliiu , " an army officer has been quoted as saying , "Is a dead In dian ; " aud the best negro or Chinaman , ap parently , is ono who has been utrung up at u lamp poRt or grilled alive on a vlllago bonfire. And this Is the nation , with such a record to demonstrate Its capacity to deal with subject races , which Is to gtvo a new and more benign civilization to the Spanish West Indies and the Philippine Islands ! F1OATIMJ Kl'X. ' Puck : Orlmshaw PciiHinlth. who writes no much magazine poetry , doesn't look llk-3 u poet , does he ? Teller-No. Orlmshaw Well , ho Isn't. Jeweler' * Weekly : Tommy Mamma , why are piipaH' watUiea iilwuya blggr than mnmmiis' watchrs ? IHw Motlisr Oh , It seems that mem cun't get dlons , without having great times. Detroit Free Press : "Pn , what Is a lineal descendant ? " "A linen ! descendant li n person who haste to f.ill imck on Homn pralceworthy ances tor for hlH own Importance. " Chicago Record : Dlxon Wlndlg Im agined himself a siecond Clny during the campaign , but after the election his mime wns mud. Hlxon Oh , 1 clont know. Mud dries up occasionally. Indianapolis Journal : Ilofrnn Vwat do this In the paper about "hock dcr Kaiser" moan ? OroKan It Is a dlllklt wny av sayln' souk 'tin. Chicago NewB ! "I have * just movffl Into the flat ucrons the wny , " aald the st ranger na he npprouehed the counter , "and J wish to open an account with you , pnynula .nonthly. My niinio Is Smith I'Certulnly ; "imppy""to"meat 1 : you , Mr. Smith , " returne the. uollto butcher. Washington Star : "About this time. " said the political manager , fin he nlgncd a contract with the orator nt J300 per , "look : out for high wind. " Chicago Post : "Why , " ho nuked scorn fully , "why should I fend my boy to nchool and tench him to spell , when I Intend that ho shall be a writer of dlnlect BtOrlCB ? " KNGLISU AH IT ItHVMUS. St. Nicholas. A farmer's boy , stnrtlni ? to plough , Once harnossecl an ox with n cough : But the farmer cnniu out , With a turloua rhout , And told him he didn't know hough. In 11 manner exceedingly rough IIo proceeded to bluster nnd blougli ; He ncolded and scowled , Ho raved und he howled , And declared ho'd have noneof such stousH At length , with n growl and a cough , Ho ilniBced the poor boy to the trough , And ducking him In Till wet to his chin. Discharged him and ordered him ough. And now my short ntory Is through And 1 v/ill not niis-rt thill It's trough , But It'a ohlelly designed To Impivss ou your mind \Vhnt wondeiH our spelling1 can dough. And I hope you will Kr.int that nlthouch It may not bo tlu > smoothes ; In floitKli , It has iniHwered It's end If It only phnll tend To provo what I meant It to ahougli. 01 It DVII.V WASHINGTON. Nov. 0. 1808. This Is Lord Mayor's day In London , and the Brit ish Ambassador hero will commemorate th ( day by giving a grand reception to President > iV i McKlnley and his Cabinet , and thus em V phasize anew the glowing friendliness of our International relations. Speaking of " " "Relations , The majority of us have had enough , and we want to speak to you. Are you well dressed ? If not we cannot see why you should not come here for your clothes. Besides our own reg- u'ar stock of fine winter clothing made for this season's wear , we have now a considerable part of the Henry W. King wholesale stock which we are selling at about one half of its real value , in order to settle up that part of our business. These goods were made for our who'esale business and as we said before are beintj sold at less than our wholesale prices in orderxto close them out at once. $7.50'to $20 for fine suits for men. men.jO to $25 for fine overcoats for men. $2.50 to $6 for boys'fine suits. This is an unusual chance for "bargain hunters. "