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0 Tin- : OMAHA DAILY 1JKB : TT'ESDAV. .lANCAKY HI , 18f ) . THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , K. UOSKWATKU , IS I'UIIUSUKD KVEHY MOUNINO. TKIlMB bF SUU3CIUPTION. TERMS OP SUHSCH1PTION. Oally Hce ( without Sunday ) , One Ycar.tG.M Dally lieu and Sunday , One Year 8.W * -W HI * Months - Three Months * } * ' Bundny Hee. One Year ; { Saturday Uee. One Year ' l-yi Weekly Hue , One Year * OFFICES Omaha : The Heo Hulldlnp. South Omaha : City Hall building , Twenty-fifth nnd N streets. Council Hliiffsi 10 Pearl Street. Chicago : Stock Exchange Uulldlng. New York : Temph ; Court. AVashlngton : 501 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news nnd editorial ni'itter should bo addressed : lethe the Editor. HUS1NKSS l.KTTKHS. Huslncs ? letters and remlttnnees should bo addressed to The Hen Publishing Coni- pnny. Omaha. Drafts , checks , express and postofllce money orders to bo made payable to the order of the company. TUB BKE PUHL.ISH1NG COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIUCUI.ATION. Stntc of Nebraska , Douglns County , so. : George H. Tzschuck , secretary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , eays that the actual number of full and ccmpleto copies of The Dally , Morning , Kvcnlng nnd Sunday Rce , printed during the month of Deccmbir. 1SOS , was as fol lows : 1 21,077 ! IM.ir.t 18 . Bl.TOtl 3 UI.OH4 19 . ! ! U.tS4 ' ' ' ' so . utMnt : : b..I..2 l.'l'Ml 21 . jtrna ; c I ISK ; 23 S 2.-.I72 21 9 ai : , : io 23 . UI.UIMI 10 21,111:1 : 11 'JI.SSO 32 U I , ISO 13 aict2 : II lit'JUKI is ai.aars 16 aiHr : , i Total 7411,00(1 ( Less unsold aid returned copies. . . . inIO7 ! Net total sales 7ao. : i Net dully average aaB7l GEORQE U. TXSCHUCK. Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my prescenco this 31st day of December , 1S93. ( Seal. ) N. 1' . 1'EIL , Notary Public. Ilonry WiittcrKon should lose no time In securing I'tiKiiRoniPiits nt Helena , Dover nnd Kacnuiiento to lecture on the money devil. If Hon. Tom .lolnwon will only keep up his iinnlmtod vigor u little longer lu > may yet be rewarded liy someboily a clear for him. One more victim added to the rclRn of lawlessness at Tana. From present in- dk-atioiiH ( lie crimes of I'ana threaten to be as Interminable as the "crime of neventy-three. " While the Spanish government lias de cided to remain In a stale of siege , the garrison AVlll In the meantime keep up a deadly lire on the United State * from ten-Inch typewriters. The safest way to Impeach objec tionable public olllclals Is In the court of public opinion , whiwe verdicts are reg istered through the ballot box. The other plan may bo useful occasionally , but only to meet great emergencies. After an exciting chase , participated in by cruisers , rams , tug boats and dingeys , the Montana senatorshlp has been overhauled and captured , but from latest advices It is Jmjvosslblc to learn the exact amount of prize money to be distributed. One of County Attorney .Shields' dep uties Is said to be greatly chagrined because he was omitted from the list of persons suspected of gambling noti- lled by the county attorney to stop If they were violating the law. An apol ogy should be tendered at once. The city authorities seem to be fall ing In with a vim with the county at torney's edict against a wide-open town. Not even the oldest Inhabitant can re member when the city was so tight be fore that not even a Nebraska blizzard could crawl iu between the ctacks. The advice of Senor ( Jonzales I/orente to his countrymen to go to work is as sound a * it Is needful at this time , and it is to bo hoped that the Cubans will net on it , Instead of regarding It as a violent Yankee Innovation , alike be neath their dignity and subversive of their liberty. The aggregate amount of money bor rowed on farm mortgages In Iowa dur ing the last year was $15,058,804 , while the amount of mortgages paid oft wan $15,102-iM , which Is about the most convincing argument that could be made to demonstrate the arrival of prosperity as an iridescent fact. The failure of the latest lynching bee in Georgia Indicates a state of apathy that threatens nn Industry which at one time gave great promise of a busy future in that section. Whether the diversion has staled its attraction by frequency or the people Have changed their ideas Is not yet apparent. Omaha established a reputation for itself as a convention city in 1808 wJiich ought to serve It lu good Htead when asking for ntlll other conven tions. As an active , thriving city Omaha ought to have Its hands' lull with the entertainment of largo conventions and similar gatherings almost nil the time. Speaking of the repeated delays In the preparation and adoption of plans for new viaducts , is It not Just possible the railroads are trying to gain time to smuggle through the legislature uomo charter amendment depriving the city of Its right to compel them to erect vlaductB over their tracks at their own expense ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Kuch soldier sent to the 1'hillpplnes will cost the American taxpayer trom $1,000 to ? 1'J50 per year , nnd when the number necessary to civilize the l-'HN plnos Is .taken Into consideration toe price for such benevolent assimilation seems altogether disproportionate to the good results that we are ever likely to obtain from It * 44 Tinv : nvi.vr The celebration In Havana on Sunday , In honor of the Cuban patriot , .lose Marti , Is chiefly Interesting and signifi cant as an expression of the Cuban people ple for Independence. In this respect It was a notable occasion , the meaning of which should impress Itself strongly UMii | ) the e Americans who. In the face of the solemn pledge of this govern ment , talk of annexing Cuba. It was distinctively a demonstration of thu Cuban people nnd there can be no doubt that the thousands who participated In It were representative of all the people of the Island who revolted against Spanish rule. The dispatches note that in tlie ouloglcH on Marti there were few references to the I'nlted States or the military administration , while the ten dency of all the speeches was toward the ultimate Independence of Cuba. A union of all Cubans was urged for the attainment of that end. Calmness and' ' patience were counseled , but .the people were advised to be llrm In their pur pose to secure Independence. There Is the testimony of General Nunez , a most competent witness , that a vast majority of the people are for In dependence. There Is an element , com posed of Spaniards , landed gentry and shopkeepers , who are for annexation and these , there Is reason to believe , do not want for encouragement in propa gating their desire from persons nnd In terests In this country who think they would derive greater benefit from an nexation than from the establishment of an Independent government In Cuba. There It Is the apprehension of some that the Cubans cannot maintain an orderly government that would dispense Impartial Justice. Here it Is the ques tion of llnancial nnd commercial oppor tunity that makes aunexatlonlsts. Capi talists and corporations that are lool- Ing to Cuba us n Held for profitable ex ploitation feel that there would be greater security for their Investments If the Island were made American terri tory and there Is no doubt that If these influences are not already quietly at work creating annexation sentiment both in Cuba nnd In the United States they are only awaiting a more oppor tune time for prosecuting such work. General Nunez suggests that this gov ernment , through Its representative in Cuba , Governor General Hrooke , should say to the Cuban people that the United States Intends to establish nn Inde pendent and stable government In Cuba , but that It will not leave Cuba to Itself until such a government shall have been established on so firm a foundation ns to preclude the possibility of anarchy in the future. While It might be expedi ent to do this. It would seem that al ready the Cuban people have been amply assured of the intentions of this government in the pledge of Congress and In the declaration of President Mc- Klnley In his last annual message. There could be nothluc more binding than this upon the honor nnd good fnlth of the American government nnd people and It can be said with confidence that It will be fulllllcd. The realization of Cuban independence rests wholly with the people of Cuba , and its attainment need not be remote If they will observe such conduct and pursue such course as they were admonished to do by the eulogists of Marti. The great majority of the American people are In complete sympathy with their aspiration for self- government. SAWT our STKAW BONDS. The straw bond business as now oper ating for the benefit of professional criminals should be effectually snuffed out. In the police court the utraw bond abuse has grown to alarming proportions tions because it has been fed nnd fos tered by those whoso duty It Is to check It. Police court lawyers have built up lucrative practices solely upon their ability to procure the acceptance of worthless bail bonds , signing them themselves In many Instances , although they are for the most part notoriously without property and execution proof. In this way the administration of criminal justice has become a ludicrous farce , any crook with money or willing to divide his booty with the criminal lawyers being assured of safety Irani the penalties of his crime. With hun dreds of bonds forfeited , an the easiest and cheapest way out of a tight place , the ease where the 'State has recovered trom the sureties Is yet to be recorded uul the professional bondsmen nlgn bail bonds Indiscriminately with a reckless ness born of certainty that they will never be called on either to produce the prisoner or make good the forfeit. Throe abuses could doubtless be sup pressed without further legislation If the olllcerri who pass on bail bonds would exercise duo discretion In the In terest of the public. It seems , however , that such action cannot be depended on. The law ought therefore to be amended by the present legislature to prohibit absolutely the acceptance ns ball bond sureties of lawyers practicing in the criminal courts. Itcputahle. attorneys would welcome such a law and no hardship would be imposed upon any deserving person. While the constitution imposes a guar anty against unreasonable or excessive bail , it was never designed to make the furnishing of lull bonds the llnl ; of partnership between criminals nnd crim inal lawyers , and no constitutional right of the Individual would be Infringed by Insisting on responsible bondsmen lor prisoners who have no standing In the community. TIIK SOH.VJH.V.IVM.Y TttOUliliKS. The temporary retirement of King Ofiear of Sweden and Norway and the recent acrimonious debate In the Ulks- dag , or parliament of the latter country , disc-loses a state of affairs now existing In the Scandinavian kingdom that may result In disruption and civil -war. The beginning of the troubles dates back to the very birth of the union , but the acute stage began last November , when the Norwegian Storthing passed a bill removing the emblem of union from the Hue. Hue.That That unfriendly net was followed by another which practically gave Norway control of the federal army. ' Commis sioners were appointed to adjust the differences between the two .countries jnd when they came together n con- i 'vcntlon ' of Kilkenny cats would have presented a scene of harmony compared i with their deliberations. Crimination 'and ' recrimination rendering It lniUHsl- | to reach any conclusion , they broke 'up ' and presented two reports , devoted largely to denouncing ondi other nnd 'ontalnlng ' recommendations wholly Irreconcilable. A measure was then liroitght before the parliament to formu late new articles of union and was [ tromptly killed by the .Norwegians. I'hls was followed only a few days since by the retirement of'King Oscar , which is believed to be the result of disgust over Ins failure to harmonize HlTereiicoH , and. perhap , In anticipation ) f the storm of dissension that threatens to break over thu country. 'Phe Norwegians have never been sat- slled with the union of ISl.'i. and , al though they have derived greater belie- Its from It than has Sweden , they have nursed the dream of disunion con tinuously , and indications now are tliat they will at no distant day ell'cct It by resort to arms If necessary. While Norway has only a population of U.UOO- XX ) ngnlihst the ri.OOO.OOO of Sweden , the former country practically controls the irmy , has negotiated on Its own indi vidual credit n war loan of L'U,000HX ( ) narks , and professes to feel perfectly conlldent of the result of an armed con- llet. The feeling In Sweden , while counseling moderation , Is nevertheless ) ltter , and , as it Is opposed to disunion , t would seem that wise .statesmanship will be required to avert civil war. FOOLISH TALK AHUUT CANADA. A short time ago a member ot con gress , lu the course of a speech , ex- ; > resriOl ( the hope that ho would live to see Canada a part of the American iniou. A few newspapers In the United States have from time to time given ex pression to a like hope nnd recently Mr. Uourke Cockrnn. nt nu anti-expansion neetiug In New York City , said If the United States felt the necessity of ex- mndliig nuywhero It should expand northward , though he would not have Canadian annexation by force of arms. Referring to this the Montreal Star says : "There Is lust as much chance of the British empire 'expanding' from the 'anadlan boundary south ns there is for he American republic to push its north- ; rn boundary one foot nearer the north ) ole. Canada Is In the Itritlsh empire for keeps. ' The possibility of continued friendliness between the empire and the 'epublle ' depends entirely upon n full ecoguitiou of this fact by nil nud sundry > eoplo ncross the line. " A few years ago there were some prominent men lu .his country who ndvocated the annexa tion of Canada or a part of the Domin- on and they received encourage ment from a few Canadians , but these uinexatlouists iu both countries consti tuted nu insignificant minority and the inimber of such Is smaller now. It Is unquestionable that a vast majority of the people of Canada are entirely satis- tied to remain In the British empire. But If such were not the case the iresent is obviously n most inauspicious time to advocate Canadian nnnexntlon. \n effort Is being made by n Joint com mission to settle amicably all dlller- ences between this country and the Dohilnlon and prepare the way for many years of peaceable nnd prolltnble intercourse. At the same time the British and American governments nro cultivating the most cordlnl relations. Under such circumstances It Is most foolish if not worse for Americans to advocate the annexation of Canada , it the risk of fomenting distrust and ill will on the part of the Canadians toward this country. Fortunately our northern neighbors do not regard the matter very seriously , but none the less uch utterly senseless nnd inopportune tnlk is to be discouraged. The action of Ilussla in appointing consuls to the territory In the Soudan from which the British-Egyptian con vention excludes all diplomatic nud commercial representatives of foreign powers is regarded in Knropenn pol itics as a shrewd' attempt to raise the question of Great Britain's right to oc cupancy. How this could bo true is not apparent. Kr.sshv has not even the color of title to the Soudan , and If exe quaturs are denied Its consuls It can not complain so long aa Kngland places it on the same footing as other coun tries. Nor could this denial Inure to the benellt of any other country claimIng - Ing rights In that territory. They would have to make the appointments themselves to raise the question , nnd if Hussla wJshed to make nn Ussue Jt would do so In the only way possible , by inducing Turkey or Krnnec to make the demand. Itussla sees large trade possi bilities in the Soudan that It docs not want Kngland to monopolize , and that probably explains the appointment of the consuls , that it hopes Knglaud may be Induced to admit Into the forbidden territory. The French government in submitting a bill to the Deputies providing that cases of trial revision shall come before all of the Hectlons of the court of cassa tion has again demonstrated Us lament able weakness. Heretofore the criminal and civil sections of the court have been separate and Independent of each other , nnd this measure is only designed to increase the number of judges In the hope that a majority may tluw 'be se cured against revision In the Dreyfus ease. Should the bill become law H will not only renew violent scenes of law lessness , but it also threatens revision , and may succeed in keeping the care so long In suspense that .laryndlce against .laryndlco will upi > ear unseemly nud In excusable judicial haste when compared with it. The question of the consolidation of Omaha nnd South Omaha before the census of 1000 should be taken up in all seriousness by the members of the Douglas delegation. In the census of 18W ) Omaha ranked ns twenty-tlrst among the great citim of the country and the Importance of maintaining and Improving its relative position cannot bo too forcibly emphasized. It must be remembered that the rank given by the federal census stands for nt least ten years and is accepted ns nutborlta- | live not only In nil olllclal publications lu this country , but throughout the civ ilized world , Kvery other city In the United States will be making utrounous efforts to belter Its census Miowlng and Nebraska cannot afford to let the place that belongs to Its metropolis go by de fault. The Celerity with which the court- martial disposed of General Kngan's case suggests the Idea that It Is about time some disposition were made of the Carter conviction. Captain Carter was convicted nine months ago of defraud ing the government out of vast NUIIM of money , and although ex-Senator Ktl- munds , who was employed at an ex- [ tense of over ? riKX ( ) to review the con clusions of the court , has since decided them correct , Carter remains unseu- fenced. Convicted government pecula tors nnd boodlers can not be made to feel the consequences of their misdo ings any too soon. It is to be hoped the taxpayers of Omaha will not again bo made the vic tims of such a brazen raid as that Just perpetrated by the discharged police ollk-ers who by aid of the courts have compelled reinstatement long enough to collect pay for work never performed and hand lu their resignations. The whole performance Is simply the execu tion of a plot concocted by a brace of liold-np attorne.vs to make a haul out of the city treasury , dividing the proceeds between them. No more palpable piece of legalized fraud Is on record. If we should hold Cuba and the Hill- Ipplnes until next fall it is not an ex travagant estimate to say that we shall liave at least fifty thousand eligible can didates for a pension roll that already requires ? t-l,000,000 IKHannum. . That and , the cost of the army would prob ably make our military expenditures second only to those of Germany. When t is considered that the people for whom it Is expended reject us as meddlesome Interlopers It would seem about time to let up on such expensive expnnston. The Twenty-fourth street viaduct should be built and will certainly l > e built in course of a short time. The re placement of the Sixteenth street ruin- < hackle bridge with a substantial Htruc- tnro of Iron and steel , however , \a \ the first and most pressing demand lu the direction of new viaducts. A Stulile Kick. Philadelphia Times. As to automobiles and autotrucks driving the horse off the street , they should remem ber the bicycle thought It would do It and the steed simply said neigh , neigh. \ew Korni of Cnlntnlty. Globe-Democrat. Ono of the dally' trials of the United States treasury is to listen to the complaints of people who are paid In gold. It Is the only form of calamity that , can be charged to republican rule. tlic I.nniliK. St. Louis Republic. A big fight bet\y eri , the bulls and bears ' of Wall street doesirt'ndd a dollar's worth to the prosperity of'the ' country. A num ber of lambs are shorn , but the public at large doesn't get one ounce of the wool. DlMnimoliittni ; HI" Kiu New York Tribune. Governor Koosovelt Is a great disappoint ment to his enemies. Ho Is neither going back on his pledges nor doing Impractica ble things. Ho Is making excellent appoint ments , securing to the state good govern ment and strengthening himself and his party. He U playing the best and highest kind of politics by not playing politics at all. StrlpiiliiK tinKuri'BtM. . Philadelphia Record. Between the ravages of lire , the tanner ies , the lumbermen , the cutters ot railroad ties and the wood pulp mills , It Is estimated that we are cutting away our forests in the United States at the rate of 2,000 square miles yearly. Yet blind as bats , and as stupid as blind , wo arc maintaining tariff barricades against the offer of Canadian supplies ! Superior Anierlciui Gunnery. Chicago Tribune , The magnificent gunnery of the American navy during the recent war has given rlso to much discussion across the water. Henry Labouchere says ho has been told on good authority that "It Is no uncommon thing for the oniclal returns of ( llritlsh ) gunnery to be 'faked.1 " Ccrvera and Montejo wouTd make oath that there was no "fake" in American gunnery. \VnrnlMK from A TIIHH the S > H. Boston Transcript. John Morley's testimony that Gladstone loathed the British Imperialism and his con viction that "the prevailing spirit of Im perialism must Inevitably bring militarism , a gigantic dally growing expenditure , In creased power -to aristocrats and privileged classes and war , " will sink deeply Into the moral consciousness of the American people ple whether they Immediately heed It or not. Culm'x Prctorlnn Oniiril. - Chicago Chronicle. Twenty tliousand persons are fed dally In Cuba at the expense of the United States , according to General Brooke , yet the Cuban soldiery the army of liberation Is In full howl because the customs receipts are not applied immedjately to the payment of the ex-Insurgents. It Is becoming more nnd more apparent , In short , that the banditti who , under Gomez and the inferior com manders , robbed , burned and pillaged In the cause of liberty are determined to fasten themselves upon Cuba as a sort of national charge. They refuse to disband and they mean to maintain their organization whether they are paid or not. The liberators mean to constitute themselves the prctorlan guards of the Cuban republic If there shall ever be a Cuban republic. They will put the government up at auction to the highest bidder and upset any administration which does not accord them due consideration. The Cuban pension list will ho a beautiful sight to eeo when tlie republic gets Into working order. The roeoncentrados are likely to sigh for the Spaniards again , for there were only a few Spaniards , and there are 20,000 or 30,000 liberators. And If the United States pension list furnishes any precedent there will bo more liberator ! ) thirty years hence than there are now. Ttinvrv.M > TIII : IMUMI'IM.MJ * . Indianapolis Journal : Itr \ stated on good authority that the president drslrcn the country to undemtnnd that the ratification of the peacn treaty does not commit the t'nlted States to a colonial policy for the Philippines , hut thnt he fear * If filch u declaration should ho made In connection with the ratification of the treaty the 1'Mllplnos would misinterpret It. H Is prob able , however , that some formal declaration may he made before ratification docs not In volve a colonial policy. If such a declaration should be made Senators Hale , Hoar nnd others would probably vote for the treaty. Cincinnati Knqiilrer : Thu Philippine Islands once annexed , how long uould It be before the republican party would resolve that all .Malays are brethren nnd entitled to full political rights ? Does any sane man believe that the free Institutions of this re public can withstand such nn Inoculation of political disease as this would be7 Does any man Imagine that the republican party leaders would shrink from Increasing their power to the creation of rotten boroughs lu the Philippines ? Wo hope the opponents of annexation will prevent the ratification of the treaty by all known parliamentary methods until some guarantee Is given against the untold evils that would result from It. Philadelphia Ledger : As the Ledger's Washington bureau understands the Inten tion of the majority of the senate , It Is to pass , first , a resolution declaring 'that , In the opinion of the senate , the United Slates should not acquire permanent sovereignty over the Philippines , after which , It Is an ticipated , the treaty will be ratified by nn almost unanimous vote. Such nctlon would he a mark of of high wisdom. It would not only calm the apprehensions of those citizens of the United States who still think the treaty means permanent acquisition of the Philippines and oppose It on that account , but It would define the position of this country clearly In the eyes of the Kuropean nations and , perhaps mast Important of nil , would remove the apprehensions of the Filipinos pines themselves , who now have a "well defined fear that they have been relieved of Spanish slavery only to be enslaved by the Americans. If the senate takes the course thus outlined It will clear up the situation nt once and restore pence and harmony whore now all Is discord and confusion. riuso\.vi : , AMI Under the rule ot President Diaz Mexico Is now so peaceful that the only disturb ances arc-caused by earthquakes nnd Ameri can tourists. Representative Do Annond of Missouri has the reputation of being the most rapid speaker In the house and Is the dread of all the ofllcl.il stenographers. President Lincoln's last official act was to pardon one George S. K. Vaughan , a con victed spy. Vaughan now lives at Mary- vllle , Mo. , and Is being bothered by persons who want his photograph and autograph. In a letter to a friend In Milan Verdi In timates that the four sacred compositions that ho madt ! known about six months ago contained the last that he felt was within him to compose nnd that nothing further was to be expected from his pen. Cummlng Cherry , who died In Chicago the other day , was the discoverer of copper In Lake Superior. He was of Scotch origin and his grandfather was the Jeffrey Stuart who fought under the Pretender Charles In 1746. 1746.A A witness In a New York court who feared cross-examination , armed himself with a stout whip. Its Influence was potent. An other witness who .was badgered unmerci fully , obtained satisfaction by butting the lawyer's head against the wall. Even court room worms will turn. Among the many men of all parties who have approved the project to erect In Richmond mend a confederate memorial hall , many of whom have contributed thereto , are Presi dent XIcKlnley and ex-Presidents Cleveland nnd Harrison , Secretaries Gage , Alger , Long , Bliss , Smith and Hay , and ox-Secretaries Sherman , Whitney , Carlisle. Lament nnd James. Governor Stanley of Kansas Is a dead shot , but on one of his hunting trips he seemed unable to bring anything down. He grew very mooJy as the day were on and his bag remained empty. Finally on the way homo he slipped up to within thirty feet of a bird and fired. The bird gave a startled chirp nnd Hew away unharmed. The governor was dumfounded and his companion could con trol his mirth no longer. He finally suc ceeded , however. In telling the governor that his cartridges had been loaded with pop corn Instead of shot. IMIIXT I'AI'Ull MOXOl'OI.Y. Soil * UN I'roiliiflN Alironil C'lipnpcr Tliim at IIoiiio. Chicago Tribune. Where competition exists reductions In the cost of manufacture of a commodity are participated In speedily by consumers. The competing mnnufacturcrs Inevitably lower their prices. That Is not the case , how ever , when production Is controlled by a monopoly. It is announced Wiat several of the largo mills owned by the International Paper company , which practically monopo lizer the manufacture of print paper In this country , have reduced decidedly the cost of making paper. Rut the price is not lowered , though It has been put up from 1(3 ( to 18 per cent since the business fell Into the hands of a "combine. " * It Is stated also that since the close of the war the demand for paper has fallen off considerably. If competition had not been stifled the different mills would en deavor to stimulate the demand by lowering prices. The International Paper company does not pursue that policy. While main taining the excessive price of paper at home , whore It has a monopoly , It Is pressing the mile of Its product in England , Germany , Australia and other foreign markets. It does not hesitate to reduce prices there to make sales. During last year It sold abroad nearly $3,000,000 worth of paper. It Is stated also that "the pulp trade Is being enlarged by the shipping of surplus pulp to England , where there Is a good de mand and better prices for It than In this country. " There Is a heavy duty on wood pulp so as to protect the American manu facturers , hut they seem to need no protec tion when they were able to export last year over half u million dollars' worth of pulp and are Increasing the quantity they send abroad. The duties on print paper and wood pulp produce little revenue. Evidently they are not needed to protect those two Industries from destruction by foreign competition. Those duties serve no other purpose than to enable a monopoly to extort excessive prices from domestic consumers and make hooks and newspapers dear. Whllo exact ing high prlcta at homo It charges low prices abroad , and Germans and English men pay less for American-made paper than Americans do. The legislation which per mits that Is vicious legislation and should not be allowed to stand. ROYAL POWDER ' ABSOLUTELY PURE Makes the food more delicious and wholesome . . . HOVAL f itCIHO POOER CO. HtW VOR C. m.TM ) not ( in l.rmlrr i > f ( In- I'll limn Hi'nlnu'ii ( Sk.'lrhril li.v ! Member. The honors won by the volunteer regi ments In the Cuban nr were necessarily limited , Only four regiments of volunteers reached the firing line In the Santiago cam paign , the only contest on land that reached the proportions of a battle. Ot the honors uim by the volunteers on that memorable field the Rough Riders took the linn's nharc. No other volunteer regiment In the campaign excited an equal degree of public Intercut. The manner of Its organization , the various elements combined In It and the personality of Its commander made It the most unique us It proved to be one of the most aggressive and courageous regiments In the campaign. The public expected great deeds from It , and the public was not disappointed. Its bril liant fighting qualities loud fresh luster to the records of American volunteer soldiers. The story of the regiment has hern told and retold , The dashing leadership of Colonel Roosevelt Is familiar to all. Yet It Is a story that docs not pall by ropotltloa. H does not provoke the tired feeling. The sketch following Is n recasting of familiar facts , freshened and fashioned by one who was a participant In the Incidents related. Writing to a friend In Omaha , Thomas Wlnthrop Hall , Into adjutant of the regi ment , Bjyo of thu regiment nnd Its com mander : "Colonel Roosevelt did not join the regi ment to which he had been assigned ns lletttennnt colonel until the latter part of Its stay at San Antonio , Tex. H was nc-crs- nary for tome ono of energy and Influence to remain tit Washington nnd see- that the equipment of the regiment was forwarded with the dcslml promptness. And had ho not so sacrificed himself the regiment , be yond quitttlon , would have never seen Cuba. In our recent war It was not only necMsary to get an order signed , hut It was equally necessary , by persuasion , argument and In fluence , to get the order enforced , such was the military condition ot affairs. U was proposed to raise and equip a picked regi ment of mountaineers nnd plainsmen and get them Into the first campaign. With Colonel ( now general ) Wood at one end of the line and Theodore Roosevelt , colonel , at the other , such a thing was barely possible. As a matter of fact , within the period of sixty days the regiment of Rough Riders was mobilized , equipped , drilled , mounted , armed , trans ported half way ncross the continent , dis mounted , transported to Cuba and thrown most prominently Into the two battles of the campaign. "From the first his consideration and gen erosity wcro most marked. As adjutant of the command no ono had greater reason , to notice botli of these characteristics than the writer. Indeed I was , literally , intimate with Colonel Roosevelt before I "knew" him. There were but few tents In the camp at the dusty fair grounds In San Antonio , and 1 occupied the tent assigned to Colonel Roosevelt until ho arrived , expecting then to move to the tent I used for nn adjutant's ofllce. Hut Roosevelt \\ould have none of this and declared that unless I shared the tent with him he would remain t the hotel In town. In consequence I found myself a tentmatu of the most remarkable man In American politics. It was an embarrassing situation for me , but would have been doubly so had not my new tentmate been such a thoroughly representative American gentleman. "I at once noticed the man's tremendous capacity for work. Ho was absolutely un happy wtien he did not have something to do ; although he was never Idle , for he was constantly studying some work on the art of war , coming provided with several books on the subject beside the regular drill regu lations. In these latter he was already almost letter perfect , and had evidently studied them In Washington during his en forced stay there. The enthusiasm with which ho did everything , whether It was of great Importance or not , was wonderful. "Ho was appointed to the disagreeable duties of a field officers' court almost Im mediately after his arrival and all cases of discipline In the regiment cnmo before him. These were not many , but they required deltcato handling , as we had a peculiar class of men to deal with. One of the most In teresting was the case of two men who Jmd quarreled over their supper. Ftom our re mote rendezvous no complaints were made , but with nil the efforts of our two colonels our equipment arrived but slowly. We were lone without bedding for a largo portion of the command nnd longer without cook- Ins and 'table utensils. As a consequence the two men who quarreled ( like many others ) had to eat with their fingers out of the same plate. It seems that ono was more greedy than the other and made n practice of taking the better and larger share , whl"h resulted eventually In a serious fight In which both men were badly used up , They were unarmed or matters would hnve been worse. As It was there was considerable apprehension as to results when they should bo liberated from the guardhouse. Colonel Roosevelt allowed them to remain In con finement long enough for 'them ' to cool off and 'then had them brought to his tent. No ono knows exactly what ho said to them , but ho soon hod the two rough cowboys crying , forgiving each other and swearing an eternal friendship. "During these days the colonel was not only Instructor , but pupil. It was a strange sight to see the man preside at officers' ucbool ono hour nnd receive Instruction him self In the manual of the carbine or sw.ord the next. He was learning everything nt once and teaching nt the same time. It was the same on board the Vucatnn going to Cubn. Captain Canrou ( who was afterward killed at Guaslinas , taught officers' ( school on board ship. Capron was a young man who held the omco of second lieutenant In the Seventh cavalry In the regular service. Roosevelt but a few weeks before had been assistant secretary of the navy , hut the assistant secretary of the navy was not nbovo going to school to the ncrond lieu tenant. "Ho wns soon In rommnnd of hi * rocl- nieiit In the field nnd besides lending It In the battle of San Juan itnulc nuch effort * tu Its behalf that It fared bettor probably than nny of the other regiments tu the command. When food wns ncarco ho divided with the men the supplies for the headquarters' inrsn until dftrn ho wns In greater want limn they. Ho labored nlpo under n constant anxiety to discover the Identity of men whom hp hnd noticed performing various nets of valor on the field In the terrific fight of July 1. Ho hnd no tlmo to nsk or re member names nt the time , hut hen anxious to reward the men. It Is to the everlasting credit ot the Rough Riders thnt thrno men. In most eases , concealed their Identity to 'tho end. In fact this' wont so far that 01114 sergeant persistently failed to report hlmwelt wounded , thereby causing n continuous error In the regimental morning report. When he wns nt last discovered Roosevelt promoted him for his modesty na well as his valor. " "ii.u II.N ( ! now.v TIII : i'i\u. " * < i * I'oliidMt lliMiinrkM nn ( InSni - ( Illll-lttlll Itlll lit .MllUllfM , New York Mult mid Kxpross. There Is a good deal of foolish sentiment embodied In the sneer which Is probably best expressed In the western epithet of op probrium applied to those who believe that danger nnd disaster will attend n permanent Amerlcnn possession of the Philippines "hnul-downcrs. " The ling of thn United States Is the moat beautiful piece of dry goods floating In the breezes of heaven , nnd long may It wave ! Hut there Is no reason In common sense or common pride why H should not bo "hauled down" If It ling been up wlieru It ought not to bo , or If the object secured by hauling It up Is attained nnd the duty which required the net fulfilled. The Stars and Stripes once floated from the palace - ace In the City of Mexico , but U was "hauled down , " and no one thought that the prcstlgo ot the nation suffered in the least. Generals Wool and Wlnficld Scott planted the flag on the heights nbovo Quccnstown , In Canada , but It wn "hauled down. " It had to be. The Hag went up , too , on Fort Erie and nt Chlppewa nnd Niagara , but It was soon hauled down again. We hnd not conquered Canada. England thought It no sacrifice of national dignity when she hauled down her Hag In the Philippines In 17G4 , two years nftcr having captured Manila ; nor In Cuba In 17t > 2 , nine months after having captured Havana nnd Matanznw ; nor In Hellgolnnd In 1S90 , when she had an opportunity to make a favorable trade of that Island with Ocr- many. This country Is big enough nnd mag nanimous enough to do right nnd do Justice , nnd the nations of the world know now , If they did not a ycnr ago , that If It pleases us to withdraw our Hag when it has been carried too far , or when Its work for liberty has been done , It Is In conscience and not In fear. The United States should bo llko Thomas Hooker , founder of Connecticut , whoso temper was snld by a contemporary to bo like a mastiff dog with n chain : "Ho could let out his dog , nnd he could pull in his dog. " Tllll'Us : l.KJHT AS Ain. Chicago nccord : "What Is ideal wcnthi-rV" "Any- kind of weather that makes you mini because you hnvo to work for a " Hvlnc. rhlUdolphln. North American : "Prig- oner , " said the court , "huvo you anything to miv for yoiirnclf ? " "Whut'B the UNO ? " replied the culprit : "you guys wouldn't believe me. " Detroit Journal : If the child be the farher of the mini , that fact may In a measure clear up the mystery of the trunk- xtrnp hurting1 papa , more than It hurts Willie. . . . . . Indlnnapollrt Journal : AVntts I like to see a follow bo Imppy nnd whistle nt his work I'otts Seeing him is better than hearing him. Chicago Tribune : "Miss Millie. I Insist upon an answer. I will not be put on any longer. " "Mr. Noggins. I will be your wife event ually , but not till after I have become en gaged to Algernon V re do Vere nnd Jilted htm. So much , at least. IH rightfully due to the dreams of my girlhood. " Washington Star : H wns In the days of the dawn of folklore. "What , " ono npked , "Is a fool ? " "A fool , " replied the Professional Wls Man , "f ono who asks questlonn I cannot answer. " Jewelers' Weekly : Grandmother And Is John's new watch going all right ? His * Father No , mother. It's gone , long ngo ! Chicago Post : He was Just back from the gold fields , and they were naturally anxIpUH fo hear what he find nccompllshed. "How much did you clean ui > 7" they askud. "You evidently labor under n misappre hension , " ho answered , " 1 didn't clean up ; 1 was cleaned up. " Ustrolt Journal : "I love you ! " he said , simply. Tills Is in the drama , understand. "Hut love IH blind i" objected she , "Ay. and have I not rhapsodized thy wil lowy figure ? " he nskeil. gently reproachful. . Surely , as the world gne , that pcntlment was blind enough to pass for love which wan too blind to distinguish between willow and plno sawdust ! PHICKDOM. Kiln Wheeler Wileox. I earo not who were vlelous back of me , No shadow of their sliiH In m i Is nhed. Jly will Is greater than heredity , 1 nm no worm to feed upon thu ( lend. My fncc , my form , my gestures nnd my voice May bo reflections from a race that wns. IJut this I know , and knowing It , rejoice , I nm myself a part of the Great Cause. I am a spirit ! Spirit would miflloe , If rightly iisi'il , to cet a chained world f rof. Am 1 not stroiiKor than a mortal vice That ernwls the length of some ancestral tree ? Our Shirt business never rests that's partly our fault and partly Vows Wo started In by securing the best materials to be had , followed up by having them fashioned by the smartest cutters and makers In the trade. You started In by wearing one of our shirts and hnvon't worn any other than onr's since. We've some now fancy ones for spring that are all right , cither nhort or long l > osom white body or all colored. Cull's to mutch Ixjtiom fit guaranteed. $1.00 ? Yes