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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : EIUDAY , NOVEM11EK 25 , 1808. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. K. UOSEWATEn , Editor. PUBLISHED UVEBY MOUN1NO. TEHM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION : Dally Bee ( without Sunday ) , One Year.$0.0 Dally Bee and Sunday , One Year 8.0 Blx Months i.f Three Months 2-U Sunday Bee , One Year - ' ' Saturday Bee , One Year > & Weekly Be * , One Year t OFFICES. Omaha : The Bee Hulldlnc. , South Omaha : Singer Block , Corner * nnd Twenty-fourth Streets. Council Blurri : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago OIMce : Stock Exchange Bldg. New York : Temple Court. Washington : 501 Fourteenth Street. COnilESPONDENCE. All communications relating to newa am editorial matter should be uddresael : Te the Editor. Editor.BUSINESS LETTERS. All buslne-fn letters nnd remittances hould bo addressed to The Bee Publlshlm Company , Omaha. Drafts , checks , expresi and postofftce money orders to be maui payable to the order of the company. THE BED PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : George B. Tzschuck , secretary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn ays that the actual number of full ant complete copies of The Dally , Mornlne Evening and Sunday Bee , printed durlnc the month of October , U93 , was as foi. lows : 1 20,020 17 snoit : 2 23ron is a.i , Mi : t 23,410 19 2(1.581 ( 4 23,810 20 3,27. 5 23i31 21 aswr 6 23,474 22 23ur : 7 23,4lin 23 23,8ir g 27i2t : 24 as,07i 9 23,207 23 a3,4ir : 10 --,11 8 2C 23,231 11 ! 7l 7 27 23,41 * 12 a 1,012 23 23SJt ! 13 : tioi8 29 23,7:11 : 14 27t 4 30 23,1MU 15 2(1,740 31 2U,05C 1C 2UiOO : Total sin.oiu Less unsold encl returned papers. . 17,821 Net total avcrase .7U7,27f Net dally average 2S,7lt GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before me and subHcrlbcd In mj presence this 31st day of October , 1893. N. P. FEIL , Notary Public. Thanksgiving day seems to be etc generating from an annual turkey niu cranberry sauce gobble to an nnuua foot ball scrimmage. The fiiRlon state officials doubtless gave thanksithat by grace of even smnl pluralities they will be enabled to cu public turkey for another two years. The Americans and English enjoyei a Thanksgiving dinner In Havana , bu General Blanco did not participate There Is no turkey on the Spanish plat < this year. _ Omaha's delegation to the leglslatun will make Its headquarters together If they will also keep together on legls latlon In the Interest of Omaha the : will certainly accomplish results. South Omaha is well on the way t < the discussion and formulation o amendments to Its charter. Oman : should wnko up to the necessities o the situation and set n charter revlsioi committee nt work without delay. Professional politicians are waltlni anxiously for the president's order ti modify the civil service rules by whlcl a number of sinecures are to be throw ! wide open to the place hunters who lmv < not been able to get through the exaiul nations. It Is an ill wind that blows noboil ; good. The Spanish-American war cii oblcd the owners of transatlantic steam Ship lines to unload many of their eli vessels upon the belligerents , which ar about to be replaced by new vessels o more modern make and greater speed. The exposition finances have bee : strengthened by the addition of ? 17W > paid In for Its Interest In the ground and buildings. Now If that $10,000 Ilk gaily set apart for an exposition hlstor ID turned back the remaining 25 pc cent might be promptly paid buck t the stockholders. forthcoming message of I'reslden McKluIcy is in type , with the plate locked up at the government prlntln office and proofs locked up at the Whit House. Inasmuch as this document I said to bo twice as long as the nvcrag president's message , nobody Is likely t try to carry It off. The czar of Itussla would doubtleB feel disappointed if he should some tiiii bo able to take a pleasure trip wlthoti an attempt being made upon his lift Ills last excursion to Denmark rosultc as usual. There may be pleasures I the role of czar , but they ore not ills ccrniblo to people who are able to go an come In safety nt their own sweet wll The recent storm , which has bee heralded throughout the cast ns liuvln done great Injury to the range cattl Industry , proves rather to have been blessing. The dry weather of the fn cured the standing grass so perfcctl that It makes splendid feed , but left th supply of water on the ranges scan The snow has supplied this dellclenc to the Joy of the range cattleman. Frank Ransom's partner will act n toastmaster at the banquet given in th name of the U. S. Grant Itepubllca club to boom John L. Webster fc United States senator , nnd a man wh testified In court that ho did spy wor for Hcrdman , IIowcll and Fanning the last city election will have chare of the decorations. That Is the kind c republicanism behljul Webster. The editor of the local popocratlc egan gan Intimates that ns soon ns llroatc Is reinstalled In the mayor's cilice , I which ho was not elected , his first at will bo to create a new police conunli elon packed with creatures of the Hen manlto brand. Itut Hroatch Is u < mayor yet and if he were he could nc depose the police board or any men bcr of the board without the coucu ; renco of a majority of the council upo specific charges of misconduct. Th ! Is a contract which neither Hroatch nc his Ilcrdmaulto allies arc able to rarr out , cither this year or next year The free traders cordially approve o the proiwsnl to establish the open dee policy In the Philippines. The Xcv York Times , a persistent opponent o protection , congratulates the in-eslden "upon reaching this auspicious dccl fitoii , " In which Id sees the beginning o the end of the protective policy , for , I declares , "we cannot keep the door opoi abroad nnd keep It shut nt h'oine1' ntn the proclamation of unrestricted am equal trade In the Philippines "Involve ; the same proclamation In the Antilles Involves , and not remotely , the collnpsi of the whole fabric and policy of pro hlbltory protection. " There Is , In fact no prohibitory protection , but It suit : the purpose of this organ of free tradi to so characterize the existing tarll laws. The hearty welcome and approval ac corded the announcement of the opei door policy for the Philippines by Urlt Ish nnd American free traders shoult command the serious consideration o the friends of the American principle < > : protection. If the acquisition of tltli territory In the lar east Is to prove i menace to that principle and perhaps re suit In Its abandonment , as the Times declares must be the case , America ! manufacturers and American working men should earnestly Inquire what this means for their Interests nnd whcthui any possible gains from possessing tlu Philippines would compensate for th < abandonment of the protective policy a home. The view of the New York orgai of free trade is not to be lightly though of. There Is a great deal In It. Ks tnblishlng unrestricted and equal trade In the Philippines would not at enc < affect our domestic tariff policy , bu there can be no doubt that It would b < very likely to ultimately doso. . I would be n concession to the free * rnd ( principle which the advocates of tha principle would not fall to make th < most of and In time with effect. Tin first democratic administration and congress gross elected would apply the open dooi policy to the United States and invlt < the world to unrestricted trade lu this greatest of markets. We have heretofore pointed oui this danger from expansion. Possession o : the Philippines by the United State ) will necessitate the observance of th < same policy In regard' to the traue o : those islands that is maintained bj Great Britain and proposed by German : In China , In , order that we shall have i claim to open door privileges In tha quarter of the world. This involves a radical departure from our policy since the foundation of the governmuu nnd once made , It would almost cer tnlnly have the result predicted by tin Times. The system of protection undo which our vast Industries have beoi built up nnd our enormous natlona wealth accumulated would bo wealteuee If not destroyed. It would seem that no American win believes In the protective policy couli favor territorial acquisition under con dltlons which threaten the overthrov of a principle which is absolutely cssen tial to our Industrial supremacy and ti the welfare of the millions of our peopl who are employed in American Indus tries. THAT DUKD1NO PRIVILEGE. It has been Intimated that an effor will be made In the senate , In case i treaty is agreed upon by the Anglo American commission , to abrogate th bonding privilege allowed Canadian rail roads In the shipment of goods ncros the frontiers of the United States am the Dominion. This has called out fron the Boston Chamber of Commerce i statement of the advantages of the present ent system nnd a deprecation of the in troductlou of such a contentious eubjec Into the treaty which the commissloi has been appointed to frame. A mem her of the chamber declared that the Importance portanco of the Iwndlng privilege to th business Interests of New England am the northwest cannot be overestimated l v'lll not be surprising If an effort 1 made at the coming session of congres to secure legislation modifying If no abrogating the bonding privilege at corded the Canadian railroads. Th feeling that this should be done .has ur doubtcdly been somewhat aggravatei by the conduct of the Canadian I'aclfl In cutting rates , compelling the Intei state Commerce commission to Intel pose for the relief of American roads But It Is not nt nil probable that nnj thing will be done , for the reason tha the commercial Interests of New Bug land and the northwest which are bam filed by the competition of the Canadla : railways will strenuously oppose an , Interference with the bonding prlvllcg and their Influence Is undoubtedly suit clent to prevent legislation hostile to th system. rut : There is no doubt that Omaha Is sadl deilclent In the matter of large publl halls. An auditorium with n seatln capacity for at least 5,000 persons ha been n long-felt want which The Be has advocated at various times durln the past ten years. The most feasible plan for nn and torlum of sufficient dimension , ccutni In location and fireproof was the projec for n combined market , house and aud torlum on Jefferson square. That pla would have Involved the least cxpcns with the greatest bcuellt. It voul have been practically self-sustaining The Intervention of the rourts at th Instance of n few uiossbacks prevonte the consummation of the project. The revival of the agitation for a auditorium comes as a reflex of the ea position , which gave tangible proof n the desirability of a public hall thii would accommodate national gathering and popular music festivals. The dltl culty to overcome now Is , If anythlu } greater than that which confronted th Jefferson square auditorium projec Unless Konio public-spirited citizen I willing to donate the necessary groun In n central location or to sell It at nominal price , n considerable sum wl be required for the acquisition of th ground alone. While the cost of coi structlon of a commodious nudltorlui would not bo is great In 181)0 ) ns I would have been five yrnrs ago , U wl necessarily Involve nr outlay of not lee than $100,000 , because n mere shell 01 firetrap would not answer the purpose The most practical scheme to stipplj Omaha wllli an auditorium that woult pay Interest on the Investment wouh be n combination with a fireproof hole like that In Chicago or with a marke houso. In one case the enterprise wouli bo purely private , lu the other It wouli be partly or wholly public. If the clt : Is to be directly Interested a bond Issui would be required , and that means i special election , Involving an expense of savernl thousand dollars. Obviously the auditorium project wll not materialize without a concertei effort on the part of Its promoters am liberal contributions or subscriptions from public-spirited citizens. HAWAIIAN The Hawaiian commission has prepared pared a bill for the admission of tin Islands n ? a territory and Is now cu gngl'fl ' lu the preparation of a report t < accompany the measure. It Is statet that the request of the Hawaii sugai planters that they be permitted to con tlnue to Import laborers under contrac will not be compiled with , on the groum that the system Is contrary to our laws The plea of the planters was that tin supply of labor Is now Inadequate auc that Inasmuch as white men canno woik In the fields the development of tht Islands will be checked unless coolie labor Is Imported. The American pco pie , with practical unanimity , are op posed to the system , which has beer practiced in Hawaii and no polltlca parly here would dare to favor its con tlmiance. The Imported contract labor crs are virtually slaves and there mus be nothing of this kind under the Amcr lean flag. It Is proposed to give Hawaii a tcrrl torlal form of government similar li the main to that of existing territories Perhaps this Is the only thing to d < under the circumstances , but It Is ob Jectlonable on the ground that It In volves the possibility of future state hood for the Islands. The coutemplatioi of Hawaii 'being at some time represented sonted in'the senate and having a voice In the election of a president of tin United States is not pleasing , but tha Is what may happen If this new posses slon Is to bo given the same polltlca status as our present territories. 1 : there Is a practicable and constltutlona way to avoid this It should bo adopted If It is expedient to give Hawaii a regu lar territorial form of government , wlij not also give Porto nice such n govern ment ? Unquestionably the people of tin latter are better qualified for it thai the Hawallans. The proposed requirement of an cdu rational ofi property qualification fo : those who vote for members of thi upper branch of the territorial legisla ture would place the election of tha body In the hands of a small minority nnd It would necessarily be controlle ( by relatively few men. It would not bi representative of the whole people. Thi : Is unrepubllcan and we very much doub whether congress will approve sucl a plan. The aim of the commission up parently is to comply as far"as posslbli with the wishes ot the few men win have been administering Hawaiian af fairs since the overthrow of the mon nrchy and who want to continue thel rule there , but there must be no sacrlflci of well-established American principle : In the Interest of these selfish schemers An entire cargo of Iron pipe wai shipped one day this week from Phllu dolphla to TxHidou. It has become com mon to ship to England Iron and stee products Into which high mechanica skill and labor saving machinery havi entered largely In production , but li this case neltner Is the factor whlcl renders It possible for American nianu facturers to compete successfully lu i field where the home product was for nierly supreme. It Is within the mem ory of men still joung when Englam ruled the Iron and steel market uf tin world and In spite of high duties wa able to supply a large portion of tin product used In this country. Pet slstence In the protective policy ha brought Its reward nnd today Amorlcni manufacturers are able to hold thi home market aud supply a part of th < demand abroad. The Omaha Evening Bee Is the news paper of largest circulation lu Dougla county nnd by law the only paper li which liquor license notices cau be Ic gaily published. Applicants for license who waul to obey the law should no permit themselves to be Imposed upoi or held up by parties who juggle will figures that represent the combined clt dilations of two separate newspapers They should also remember that In thi seventeen years since the Slocumb lav has been lu operation not a single aij pllcnut , whether druggist or llqno dealer , who advertised his notice In Thi Omaha Evening Bee has failed to se cure his license on protest that he dli not publish his application In the pupe of largest circulation In Douglas count ; The fine fettle displayed In the flgh made by the republican candidates fo congress In Nebraska is apparent froii the official returns of the election. Th combined pluralities oil four fuslonls candidates was -1,707 and of the two sue cessful republican candidates 3.-I2 ; leaving the net fusion plurality In th state , on the basis of congressional re turns , 1,37.1. Two years ago three of th congressional districts each gave plu ralltles greater than the combined plu rallty of all four of the successfu fusion candidates this year. This ii the face of democratic gains In congres lu many parts of the country. Nt hraskn popocrnilc congressional record do not appear to be good campaign at gunients. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ W. D. Oldham has been a bower o wood and a drawer of water In th fusion camp for a long tlma wlthou reward. The pie could never hereto fore be cut Into small enough pieces t' ' have anything left on the plate when 1 arrived nt his end of the table. "AI things come to him who waits , " how ever , nnd the cyclone statesman se cures the deputy attorney geueralshlE to constitute him reslduarj legatee when the attorney general shal have servl-d out the customary twi terms In olllcc. The last election re turns do not give assurance , however that there will be much of an estate U apportion two years hence. The weekly report of packing housi operations continues to make n goat showing for Omaha. The report cov crs the operations at all principal point ) lu the United States , 4the statistics giver being from March 1. Since that time Omaha has packed 55,000 more hogs than during the same period last year while Kansas City shows nn Increiisi of iio.OOO and St. Louis the same man ber. Last year at this time St Louis led Omaha by 5,000 and has now fallei to the rear. To u careful observer it if evident that at some time in the not fai distant future Omaha will step Intt second place ns a hog packing center. The proposed scheme uf governmen for Hawaii contemplates restricted sur frage with property and educationa qualifications for Americans ant Europeans and exclusion of Jnpanesi nnd Chinese from the franchise. Whj a republican congress should sanctloi property qualifications ns n condltlot precedent to the enjoyment of the rlgln of suffrage Is as incomprehensible as 1 : the proposition to disqualify from tlu elective franchise any class of peoph on account of race , color or previous condition. The pen Is mightier than the swore In the bunds of men truly great , but it the hands of Hungarian statesmen oc cupyiug the ministerial benches tht sword is mightier than the pen. This Is strikingly exemplified by the due just fought with broadswords butweei the minister of the Interior and n mem ber of the Hungarian Parliament , wlu considered himself Insulted by the re marks made by tne minister In opei session last Tuesday. AVurku Doth Way * . Chicago Times-Herald. If Shatter'a critics Insist that ho was re. sponslble for whatever went wrong at San. tlago , who was responsible for what wen right there ? CS. Fred William * . Qlobe-Democrat. The Canadian suggestion that Jamaica b < traded for Massachusetts , and the latter an. nexed to Canada , Is a choice bit of humor Uncle Sam needs Bunker Hill in his busi ness. Ilnrninny In the Rank * . Chicago Tribune. It Is gratifying to know that Senator Alter of Nebraska is content to go down with hli chief , Colonel Bryan. So harmony agalt reigns In the ranks ot the defeated fre ( sllverltes. A Slnp at Ilnrker ? Kansas City Star. J. Sterling Morton declares that Senatoi Allen of Nebraska Is the "blggeet , bralnlesi and most dangerous popullsrtlc candidate foi president of the United States. " Mr. Mor ton Is unnecessarlly4severe on the rcat of thf populist leaders. 10 , . , A Itcniotc Baltlrtibp American. Teala's latest -Invtshtlon will , It Is de clared , make peat * necessary , because by Its use > war will be imp6sslble. Electricity has done many wonders' In this world , bui few arc yet ready to believe that It will ever drlvo the armies and the navies oul of existence. ! Kzpannlon Worth the Coat. Buffalo Express. "While the mortality among officers Ir Franco In 1895 was 6.07 per thousand , In thi colonies It was 39.8. Among the troops th ( mortality per thousand was : France , 6.08 | Algiers , 12.27 ; Tunis , 11.14 ; marine , 11 | colonial army , 42.93 ; Madagascar , 103.1 | West Africa Soudan , 107.1. These figures give the United States a hint of what It wll cost us In American lives to maintain t colonial empire In the tropics. Is the garni worth the candle ? McnncliiK Imperial Polloy , Harper's Weekly. Lord Salisbury , In his speech at the lore mayor's banquet last week , spoke of the ap. pearance of the American republic amonf Asiatic factors and In European dlplomacj as a "grave and serious event , which mlghi not conduce to the Interests of peace. " Whai Lord Salisbury ald on this occasion li worthy of serious consideration. Arc w < prepared to do anything that la a raonac < to the peace of the world ? Is not the whoU teaching of the republic against that ? An we prepared to take a step that will Invltf war ? In other words , are we to cease to bi the greatest Influence for peace that th < world baa ever known ? The part which thi republic has played thus far In Internationa ! history is one that Is distinctly honorabli to us. We have been proud of the fact tha' ' we have encouraged the settlement of In. ternatlonal difficulties by arbitration , ani that wo have settled more of our own dis putes with various powers In this peaceabU manner than any other power In the world. C\SE OF OVEUFKUni.NG. Hrltnln ExhlbltliiK SRU at Allmtn. tary nixtrem , Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican. It was the flrst Napoleon who , speaklns from an extended observation and Bonn personal experience , said : "Empires gen erally dlo from Indigestion through swal lowing too much territory. " History hai repeatedly confirmed the truth of that sa gacious utterance. Great Britain Is beginning'to ' exhibit slgm of extreme alimentary distress fhrougt over-indulgence of tbo land appetite. Itf talk a year or BO ago of a "splendid Isola tion" has given way to feverish effort In the cultivation of an ally. Its preparations foi troublfa far exceed all previous attempts 01 estimates. Its foreign trade ceases to advance - vance and begins to decline under the tre mendous weight ot rising war expenses Hardly a week now passes that the bloated physical proportions of the empire do nol encounter a hostile stroke In some part 01 the world which shakes the home markel and causes stocks to fall , discount rates tc rlso and Joseph Chamberlain to seek th < nearest dry goods box for the purpose ol "touting for an ally. " Its battleships an nowMaunched under a display of Amerlcar flags. Its former armament expense ! amounting to ono-luU the current natlona ! expenditure , according to Sir Wilfred Law son's and Dr. H. Spence Watson's "in creased armament protest committee , " and If tlia war debt were considered , three- fourths of tbo national expenditure was tc the account of war ; but now navy and arm ) estimates liavo como forward staggering al former jingo possibilities , and new scheme : of coast defense are presented , which , ac cording lo the present secretary of state foi war ( will entail further "heavy § acrlnce : > upon the country. And all for mere pride of wldo possession which Is the plague and not the true glen or material advantage of the nation. II looks ax though the British rmplro were passing the senlth of Its greatness anil oower. ections OK run I.ATIJ WAH. With the retirement of Rear Admlra Bunco , December 25 , Hear Admiral Ueuej becomes the senior commander of the navj and will hold the post of honor for a year when the ago limit will put him on the re tired list. It Is expected that congress wll o amend the law as to permit the udnnra to remain on the active list for an nJJl < tlunal ten years and probably make him i full admiral. Both are- deserved honors nnd there arc several precedents to warran congress In bestowing them. The Seventy-first New York volunteer retired from the army recently In anything but a creditable manner. The regiment np1 pears to have been rent with a factious splrl which remained corked until the member : were mustered out. Then It broke loosi and displayed the small caliber ot the mem. bcrs. They put up an effigy of the regl. mental chaplain and attacked It with clod : and bullets. Several of the officers wen Insulted and accused of various crimes. Ii fact the mustering out of the mon was tlttli short of a riot and at Its conclusion thi armory had the appearance of a Spanlsl blockhouse after bombardment. The Sev only-first is a regiment that flunked a Santiago a fact reported by General Kent though denied and suppressed. Its late conduct Is not likely to Improve Its reputa. tlon. The Denver Republican says that the dls missal of Chaplain Mclntyre from the nav ; has for Its denouement a sad romance. I appears that as a consequence of the dls missal which resulted from the court-mar1 tlal the chaplain has been dismissed by i wealthy woman ot Denver to whom ho wa : engaged and to whom he would have beet married ere long If that unfortunate leu ture had not been delivered In Denver. Hi left Denver last Friday for California an < Is now nt Geyser In Lake county of tha state , where are located springs whosi waters he Is drinking for the benefit of his shattered health. It Is understood that ni will stay there a month , when he will begli a lecture tour In the principal cities of thi east. After the projected lecture < tour he is to take charge of some church. He Is ai orator of ability and It Is thought that hi will not find It difficult to secure a charge. A striking illustration of the truth o the expression , "Distance lends cnchantmem to the view , " Is furnished by the averagi expansionist. To this class the thousand 01 more Islands of the Philippine group an uncut diamonds , needing only the sklllfu touch of your Undo Samuel to ehlno will uncommon brilliancy in the diadem of thi union. But the average expansionist , t1 may bo noticed , la not volunteering to assle the chief lapidary In polishing the gems Ho prefers to etay at home and do the shout ing comfortably. In this he displays com' mendablo discretion. The charms of thi Philippines visible at this distance van IB 1 on close acquaintance. A recent letter fron Manila says : "Regarding the scntlmen hero concerning the Islands , It Is doubtfu whether one-quarter of the soldiers and oflV cere favor holding them , U It means thai they are to be kept here to guard them Nearly everybody wants to get back t ( America. If the United States holds the Islands , a big armed force must be kepi hero cquaf to , If not much greater than , thai already here. A strong fleet will also be necessary. Some good Americana will have to stay here , but a very small part of th < army Is willing to stay. "As a general thing it Is recognized thai the Islands are extremely rich and valuabfe buo the Americans realize that before the ] can be put in good condition a fearful lo of work must bo done and many lives lost The only way of communication betweei different parts of the island o , Luzon Is by sea. There arc no railroads now operating and only a short one Is bull ! In the northern part. There Is practlcallj no means of communication in the interloi and before It can be made passabfo and be fore good transportation facilities , such a : Americans would Insist on having , could bo built many savage tribes of wild men who have never known the domination ol white men and who have never ocknowl' edged the sovereignty of Spain , would have to bo overcome and serious climatic condl. tlons would have to bo comb&tted. " FEUSONAb AND OTHERWISE. As Jerry Simpson owns a ranch In Kansni with an area of 1,460 acres and stocked with 500 cattle , Medicine Lodge Is not In some vast wilderness. "I didn't expect uch a reception as I had In Frederick , Md. , " said Admiral Schlcy , the other day. "I only ran up there to recuper ate my health In that salubrious climate among my schoolday friends. " Frederick Macmonnles , the sculptor , Ic speaking of the group of "War" which he li at work on for Prospect park , Brooklyn , said : "Whatever the war has done for the country , it has done mo undoubted gooil and given me fresh inspirations and impres sions for a lifetime. " It Is now proposed to erect In Paris e monument to the Roman emperor Julian , which looks as though Paris has about all the monuments It needs or a great dearth of modern heroes. The Figaro says In thl connection that the mania for statues hoe reached an acute phase. The flrst pensioner of ithe Spanish wai Is awarded $17 a month , and it Is none too much for the soldier who had his Jaw broken , his lips torn away and six teeth knocked out by a shot from a machine gun , It Is estimated that the war will add at least $20,000,000 to the present budget. D. 0. Mills , builder and owner of the Mills hotel , No. 1 , In New York , makes announce ment through his agent that , after provid ing for depreciation and replacements , the first year's business of the hotel leaves t sura equal to 3 per cent upon the Investment , This was what Mr. Mitts started out to do. Mr. Hastings , 'the ' retiring governor ol Pennsylvania , Is known among his admirers as "Big Dan" on account of his fine appear ance and unusual stature. It Is suggested that his successor , Governor-elect S'one , should be called "Big Bill , " as he stands six feet three in his stockings and is bulll in proportion. Luncheon for Collls P. Huntlngton and Russell Sage costs Just 10 cents daily. Mr , Huntlngton pays that amount for a bowl of bread and milk. The other multi millionaire gets his noonday repaat for noth ing by patronizing the free lunch sot oul by the Western Union Telegraph company , ol which he Is a ncavy stockholder. Samuel Fleldcn , who was Imprisoned foi participation In the Haymarket riots In Chicago , Is now living quietly on his farm near La Vcta , Colo. , and only on rare occasions makes public appearances. His hair is now freely tinged with gray , bu' his eye is etlll bright and his stocky figure is as straight and apparently active as ol old. old.The The old law flrm of Mitchell , Dolph & Simons of Portland , Ore. , enjoys a distinc tion possessed by no other flrm In the country , that of having every member elected to the United States senate. Dolph Is now dead and Mitchell has b > n retired , but the flrm will continue to be represented In the senate by the Junior member , recently elected , Among the papers and manuscripts of the late John H. B. Latrobe , father of Balti more's former mayor , has been found the Journal of his father , Benjamin H , I/itrob ? , architect of tbo capltol at Washington , on the half-filial pages of which the writer has mailo rough but striking pen and Ink sketches from llfo of Washington , Patrick Henry and many other historical person- ages. TIIU M1DDI.K WKST. It * CoiiMilc-tionn EniturMtMitpnt of He. publican I'lillclm. I'lillndelphlii Pre.'s. The result of the recent elections In the eectlon which has como to be known as tht middle west la one of the mot encouraging of any In the country , There are sever states In this neighborhood and all of then : were carried In 1S9G by the republicans on the St. Louis platform , advocating protec tion to American Industrie * * nnd a count' ' and honest currency. It In reassuring ti know that they still form a polld phalaiu In favor of these principles. The full vote In each of these state * has not yet been compiled , but the repubficar pluralities are known with suQlcUnt accu racy. They will bo found In the followln ; table : States. Hep , Plu. Stale * . Ilcp. 1'lu Ohio CMT Michigan 61,40 I n din Til Illlmilf . . . . ; ; ; . . . . ( , ? ' ! . Minnesota . . . . . . .22,00 I own The plurality In Mlncsota Is an estlmati on candidates below governor. The fac that the fusion head of the ticket was elected does not argue that the state Is an ] less earnest In Its adherence to repubricar principles than It him been. Mr. Llnd was chosen on his personal popularity nnd ot the fact that he Is a Scandinavian and at traded thousands of voters of that national' Ity from the republican party. But the ] voted for htm alone , supporting all the res ! of the republican state ticket and the repub. llcan candidates for congress. Of the lottos a solid delegation of republicans wen chosen. Under these circumstances there Is full warrant for claiming Minnesota a ; a republican state. A middle west carried solidly In an of year Is one of the most conspicuous victories the republican party has achieved In Its history. It has not occurred In thirty yean and It shows that the republican party Is stronger today In that section than It ha ; been In a generation. Another way U which the republican victory In the mlddli west can be shown Is by the number of rep resentatives In congress each party electee In that section. The following tables gives this Information : Total Rep. Dem. ConCon - Congress gressgross - press. States. men. men. men Ohio 21 15 i Indiana n S ' Illinois 22 15 Iowa 11 11 Michigan 12 12 Wisconsin 10 in ( Minnesota 7 J7 I Totals 96 79 1' The democrats with the help of the popu lists elected less than onc-flfth of the rep- rracntatlves In congress from the middle west. From four of the seven states It that section they have not a single repre sentative and they have only seventeen oui of a total of ninety-six. If it had not beer for Tannerlsm in IlllnoU they would have had even less. To receive euch an endorse ment from one of the richest , most ener getic , Intelligent and populous sections o : the union is something of which the repub lican party may well be proud. It is an in dication that President McKInley has mel the expectations of the people and that thoj are willingto trust to his hands the man agement of the great questions that must be settled in the near future. TRADE DELUSIONS. ShallOTrncsn of the Aritnmcnt , "Trade Foil on * the KlUK. " Nashville American. The expansionist , when run to earth oc his humanity plea , falls back on bis com mercial argument and tells you that we must keep our flag flying in the Orient be cause trade "follows the flag , " and ho will then as a clincher to this piece of reason ing admonish you to "look at England. " Suppose we do look at England a moment , not even taken Into consideration Mr. Glad stone's emphatic declaration that the colonies nies were a millstone around the country's neck , but view conditions as they exist to day , for Gladstone , according lo the Jingo , was an Impracticable dreamer and not much ot a statesman anyhow. The British Board of Trade has lately published a summary ot reports from the government diplomatic and consular officers abroad respecting the causes of England's stationary or wcaklng hold on foreign markets. Hero Is a most startling statement to begin with. Eng land upon whose empire the sun never sets , whicH has expanded to the furthermost ends of tbo earth , England's trade , remarkable to relate , with foreign markets is not growing. It Is , according to the report , cither sta tionary or weakening. But what are some of the causes as given by the government's consular agents ? One Is the disinclination of British traders to supply a cheaper class of goods , study customers' wishei nnd grant credit facilities. Another Is the scarcity ot British commercial travelers in comparison with those of competing nations , and their Ignorance of the native language wherever they go. Another Is tbo inferiority of the British to the American and German meth ods of packing goods. A fourth cause Is the high freights charged by the British lines ot steamers. The two last causes are the frequency of strikes In Great Britain , and the development of technical education in Germany. What , then , Is all this talk about trade and the flag reduced to ? Andrew Carnegie put It In a nuUlicll when he said ; "Trade does not care a copper for the flag ; It fol lows the lowest prlco current. " THE "OPEN DOOH" POLICY. Chicago Journal : The American peace proposals show evidence of a resolution on the part of the government to take a most enlightened and Intelligent course In regard to the trade of the Philippines. It Is said to be the purpose ot the administration to maintain there the policy ot the "open door. " It Is a significant variation on the old hide bound prohibitory tariff doctrine as well as a departure from the medieval policy of monopolizing the trade of colonies , a policy that oppressed the colony and Reduced the merchants and manufacturers of the homo country away from self-reliant and aggres sive commercial methods Into habits of in dolence and a position of dependence on government aid. Chicago Inter Ocean : The terms ( offered to Spain last Monday ) are preposterous. The men who put them forward have forgotten the traditions of the government , the principles of our whole financial policy , and the final prerogative of a republican majority In the senate to re-Jest the treaty. Of all the concessions the most objection able Is that declaring the "open door" or practical free trade In the Philippines This Is Intolerable because It brings the question of our domestic policy Into a war treaty and recognizes the principle of foreign meddling with our revenue system. The offer U entirely gratuitous , because Spain re quired no such concession as a Mnn qua non , and It Is of lets benefit to her than to tbo commercial rivals of the United States. Cleveland Plain Dealer : The American proposition made to the Spanish commis sioners at Paris Monday proclaimed the purpose of the United States to maintain In the Philippines "the open door" to the world's commerce and the admission ot foreign merchandise on the same terms as American ships and American merchandise. That means , of cours ? , that the Philippines are to be treated as not a part of the United States ; not as a territory of the United State * , not even In the same relation as Hawaii or Porto Illco , for there Is to bo no "open door" In either of these poeuofislons. President McKInley has liceJcd the counsels of his English advisers who warned him that If the United States U to adopt the English policy of "colonial expansion" It must also adopt the English policy of "tho open door , " or Its colonial expansion win be a disastrous failure. WIIITTI.t : TO A I'OIXT. Chicago Hocord : "That furniture store gives pocketknlvo * with every eule , " "Uf rotirso ; that llxt-i the email hey In V the family to whittle up the furniture. " f * Indlanapills Journal : He With your bcmity , you have robbed me of my re- She 1 wonder If thnt Is the cause of my drouslness whenever you cnll ? Puck : The fact that wo can't take our immoy with us whrn wo ille Is u great con solation to tli < s li'gal prnfe'swlou. Cleveland Pluln Dealer : "Mrs. Blnks sooma like a verv fussy woman. " "Fmsy7 Sny. if she built a hou o nhe'd Ins'nt ' ui > on having nil the nails manicured. " I Chicago Post : "Here l a story , " she said , "of n nun who stole money to bo nblo to marry. " " 1 have always held" commented the b.ichelor , "that they discharge t > cope ] from the asylums for feoble-mlndcii before a real euro Is effected. " Washington Stnr : What's the matter \\lth that postolllro clock ? " aske-d the visitor. "It pecnvt to go by Ills nnd starts. " " 1 suppose- , " mild the we-nry-looklng man , "thsit It must neivo caught the muMcal spirit of the ago. so that It can't tell any thing but rag-time. " A MOUNTAIN ST011M. Denver Post. The woodland rang with songs of glad- voiced birds , The sunlight ilanoed upon the follaga kissed the brooklet with Its silvery sheen. Whllo on the plain below the uleek- s Id lined herds Nipped nt the grass , or lazily reclined Upon the award : the balmy western wind Spako to the smiling earth no warning words Of coming- storm to mar the peaceful scene As through the waving- grass its breathIngs - Ings twined. A pray , stern look crept o'tr the heavens' face , Fast deepening to a dark , forbidding frown , And angrier grew while chang'ng ' gray to broun , Then Inky blackness drowned out every face , Of sunlight , nnd the softly whispering brc zo Gave wuy to angry gusts that stirred the tree-s Into spasmodic action , hurling down The autumn-tinted leaves In Muttering grace. The birds affrighted sought the tangled brake , The startled cattle with uplifted tall For shelter Heel to neighboring gulch or V swalo R As In the tumbling clouds' dark somber v- * wnko The roaring of the swift approaching gale Swept nearer. In Its fright the mountain quail Fled from Its nested covert In the vnlo When hand of tempest tossed the shclt'rlng grass. And on swift-whirring pinions sought the pass Where It could cower 'neath a sheltering rock f , , Secure from fury of the tempest's shock. / t \ The mad. wind through the forest ihrieked and crashed , The trees their tangled crest * In fury lashed , The rain beat down In sheets , the thun der's roar Come fierce as vengeful shots from ship * of war. And In Its reverberations seemed To rend the earth ! The vivid lightning * glenmeel And licked with snaklsh tongues the at mosphere ! Across the flats the terror-stricken deer Stabbed Ht the sward with hoofs Im pelled by fear As fled they In alarm they scarce knew where ! The mountain lion and the clumsy bear Lay trembling In their dens among the rocks. And lower crouched as ewlft the thun der shocks In oft-repeated crashes rent the nlr. And roared defiance at the lightning * * glare ! As If exhausted sank the wind nway , The Inky-cloud screen melted Into gray. Its bosom streaked with soft , half-hidden blue As heaven's smllo seemed struggling- peep through. Bright shafts of sunlight stabbed the som ber shroud And rimmed with luminous silver every cloud , The rainfall waned , and , like dcwdrops at play , Came down In sparkling gems ; then Into view The great sun burst in majesty supreme , The air with new-found gladness seemed ta team. OUR DAILY BULLETIN. NEW YORK , Nov. 26 , 1898. The British ivacuatlon of New York In 1783 will bo cal ibrated today with elaborate ceremonies , in- : ludlng a parade of the Old Guard and : roops from nearby points , and flag raising it the Battery. Prominent Generals will ake part. 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