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G TIT13 OMAHA DAFLY 15EE : TTTTTHSDAY , MAHCTF 0 , 185)1) ) ) . TIIF OMAHA DAILY BEE. 13. UOSEWATEn , Editor. PUBLISHED KVIillV MOHNMN'CJ. TERMS OF SUHSCU1PT1OX. Dally Heo ( without Bundny ) , One Yenr.JS.M IJdlly Hoe and Sunday , Ono Year S.OO Hix Months 4-W Thr o Mouths < * > Bundny Ute , Ono Year Z.w Hftturdny Hce , One Yenr I-0 "Weekly Hoc , One Year < * > OKKICKS. Omaha : The Ucu llulldlnff. South Omnhn : City Hall building. Twenty- fifth nnd N Htreotf , , ' Council Ulurrs : 10 1'enrl SlreJt. Chicago : Stock Exchange Ilulldlng. New York : Temple Court. Wnshlngton : 501 Fourteenth Street. COlWESPOXDKNr-B. Communications relating to news find edi torial rnnttcr should be addressed : Edi torial DepartmMit , The Omnhn Hec. BUSINESS M3TTKUS. Iluslncss Ictlern and rcmlttunrcH should be addressed to The ? Hoc Publishing Company , Omaha. Drafts , chcckn , expre.-s and IIOHI- onico money orders to Us nmdo payable to the order of the company. Tina HBK puiiusmyq STATKMRNT OF CIUCULATION. fltnto of Nebraska , Douglna County , us. : Ocorgo 11. Tzschuck , secretary ot The Hoe I'ubllshlng company , being duly aworn , wiy thtit the actual number of full nnd complete copies of The Dally. Morning , Hvenliig and Bundny Heo , printed during the month of February , ISM , was ns follows : 1 . u I.IMIO 15 2 . 1MMO 16 ai.r.io 3 . U 1.170 17 ai.i o 4 . IMSHO 18 BIHIO ! 6 . si.ior 19 U 1,11(5 ( c . : IIHUO 20 SM.tKHI 7 . : itino : 21 ai , : iu 5 . ! ! I ,1-IO 22 a ,3BO 0 . aiuo : 23 ai.110 JO . Ul.illO 21 aiR10 25 ai.oao 12 . iM.nitr. 2B aiiar. : 13 . 2i.iao 27 a-ii70 : 14 . an.ino 23 an.oio Total unsold and returned copies , Net totnl sales . IIIHMWH Not dally average . ai.S7O OEOUOE H. T55SCHUCK. Subscribed nnd mvflrn to before mo this Ctb day of March , 1S99. ( Seal : ) OEO. M. HEED , Notary Public In nnd for Douglas County , Neb. _ _ _ _ _ _ The key to the acimtorliU dunillock lias lit Inul boon produced. Nebraska scuds Its condolences to the other states still struggling to elect a senator. There arc a few other states still fruit lessly balloting day after day for United States senators. The cement combine Is the latest. There should bo no more trouble In innU- JiiK It stick than there was with the glue trust. Troubles In Kentucky never cease. The governor lias been compelled to take to water In order to reach the capltol building. The present legislature has made anew now record In one respect It required nearly three limes as many ballots to select u senator than In any previous contest. ICxamlner Simpson , It appears , not only rode on railroad passes , but ho had H pass at his boarding house , while the state footed an espouse bill In both in stances. The city council Is just beginning to experience the sensations that attack the man who tries to maintain a slxteen- room house on a six-room Income. The retirement at General Kagau to bis Hawaiian sugar plantation may at least litivo the good effect of sweetening that distinguished olllcer's temper. Now that the Kashoda and Muscat af fairs are both settled and all signs of. revolution have disappeared the condi tion of Franco is growing truly dis tressing. AVith the senatorial contest out of the way the legislature mny be expected to dispose of the largo amount of business lie fore It without any unnecessary delay. From the evidence of Examiner Simp son it Is evident Mint ho was not only the orchestra , as suggested by Senator Trout , but the whole show , band wagon , elephant and all. The voting machine is certainly corn- Jug , the only question being how soon It will arrive. And when the voting Is registered by maehlno It will not make nuy difference who superintends the counting. 'If ' the government could only Induce some of the discharged members of the Omaha police force to Join the army it would ! have one body of men which would not be constantly clamoring to be mustered out. From the way wages are Jumping up all over the country It would appear Hint about the only thing the "robber tarlll" , Is Just now getting away with Is cart loads of ammunition for the democratic oratorical batteries. Now that Congressman Grosrcnor has acknowledged the belligerent rights or the lion. .T. Edward Addlcks there would seem nothing left for the Iliggins republicans but to take to the hills and Is become political bandits. In the meanwhile It Is worth noting that several good catches of professional criminals recently made by the Omaha police attest fno elllcloncy and discipline of the force as administered under the direction of Chief of Pollco White , a It Is needless to nay that the Pennsyl vania man who has succeeded In manu facturing a 'largo ' output of dollars with 00 cents worth of silver In them will bo promptly read out of the democratic party for attempting to destroy the ratio of 10 to 1. Wlillo the liomeseekers1 excursions to the Pacific coast are proving a disap pointment to tliu railroads , Nebraska lias no occasion to worry over It. The liomeseekers are not taking the long ride to the western slope , but are stopping In this state. , The Agricultural department has Just published an exhaustive report on the Is value tiiul use of sugar as food. When a CUHO on trial In the district court Is concluded one of the parties promises to have demonstrated the value of the to Ube of titigur In politics. JVB/UMSAVT.S .V 1i" .s'B.V.tTO/f. Tin1 most protracted sonntnrliil roiitost In the history of Nebraska as a state has rulnilnutfd In the election of Monf 100 l.eland Hayward. The choice made by the republican caucus and rntllled in Joint session n the legislature will bo hailed with satis faction by republicans everywhere. Judge Hayward Is conceded to have been the 'logical ' candidate of the party. The unwavering support accorded him from the llrst by a majority of the repub lican members of the leglsl.iture.was In response to the demands of the rank and Hie of the party because the gallant light mndo by Judge Hayward as its standard bearer last year hod enlisted the active sympathy of republicans In every section of the state. The election of Judge Hay ward will prove specially gratifying to the host of veterans of the union army in Nebraska as well as elsewhere , who constituted n potential factor In bringing about his triumph. Hy his clean and dlgnllled canvass , resting his candidacy and claims solely upon past public service and recognized ( ] ualllicatlons , the new senator has won friends Iwth within and without the circle of active participants In the strug gle. Ills eminent illness for the position to which lie has been chosen Is admitted by all regardless of party , and he will go to the councils of the nation ripe In experience and versed In the needs of the people. As the recipient of the highest honor within the gift of the republicans of the state , the duty devolves upon .Sen ator Hay ward to exercise the power thus reposed In him In a iiiaiiiu-r that will at the same time promote the public wel fare and raise the party to u higher plane. Hopubllcans generally will Join in the hope that he will devote himself to the upbuilding of the party with a view to its complete restoration to power In Nebraska and assist in guiding It away from rocks and shoals along the course of safety and success. FO/t T11K HOLD ST.lXDAllD. The republicans of Michigan , the llrst to hold a .state convention this year , have pronounced unqualifiedly for the gold standard. The money plank of their platform declares for the prin ciples of the St. Louis platform and pledges support to those principles as a sure guarantee of national prosperity and honor. "Wo stand upon the exist ing gold standard , " says the platform , "and condemn the proposition to admit silver to free and unlimited coinage at the ratio of 1(5 ( to 1. " There can bo no doubt about the meaning of this declaration. It is clear and emphatic and admits of only one In terpretation. The republicans of Michi gan are In favor of the gold standard and the sentiment they have announced thU year will bo repeated next year. It is a sentiment which the republican party in every state of the union will approve and which wo predict will lind expression In every republican platform of the present year. The elections to bo bold , this year are chlelly of local In terest , but it Is iipne the less Important that the republicans shall put them selves unmistakably o'n record In regard to the currency question , and the ex ample of the Michigan republicans is then-fore valuable. The issue of three years ago is not yet settled. The ex ponents of a debased currency are still aggressive. They must bo met and again defeated In order to forever silence the demand that this nation shall put Itself in financial antagonism to the civilized world. ffOCIItSKSK TKIiniTUHY n'AXTKD. The docisioii of tills government not to enter Into the conflict for the posses sion of territory In Clilnn is reassuring to the conservative sentiment of the na tion. According to Washington mlvlees tlio recent attempt of Italy to secure concessions In ( lie Chinese empire has hcon regarded hi lulnilnlHtratlon elrcles with only passive interest. The matter was reported to our government by the American minister at I'ekln , but It seems not to have bi > en seriously con sidered by the State department , or at all events nut to hnvo been regarded as t-ulllng for any expression or action on the part of tills government. It ap pears that the government Is In posses i sion of u muss of information respecting the e-neiviaeliments of foreign powers on the Chinese coast , but this knowl edge of the designs of Knropean gov ernments has not , it seems , had any Influence at Washington , whore , it Is of said , but one motive could Induce the government to change Us policy In re gard to China and this would be a de sire to protect our valuable commerce with the Chinese empire from the possible - ble danger of being entirely cut off through the gradual extension of the leaseholders of Unropcan nations over the whole Chinese seacoast. It Is pointed out that but little of this seacoast is still valuable , the best of It being al ready In the possession of European powers , yet it Is not proposed that the United States shall make any effort to secure a position In China except as It guaranteed by treaty. These treaty relations are not now threatened nnd until they are , which may ho regarded as ti remole possibility , there Is every reason why this government should maintain an absolutely neutral position , The effort of Italy , however , to secure ai foothold In China gives u fresh In 01 terest to the most Important ! Interna te tional problem of tlio time as to which fn the American people cannot but feel feta some concern , The refusal of the Chinese government to accede to the l request of Italy has developed Hie fact ta that the move of the Italian govern the ment Avns not made Independently , but In full understanding with other Hiiro- pean governments , which have signified cr their displeasure with the refusal of tlio tl Chinese government by u partial cessa tion of diplomatic Intercourse. What . , . the ultimate effect of this will bo is un- to { , ' , cortnln , but it Is quite posslblo that China will make the concession which In. Italy asks and If It bo i ( fact that Great Hrltaln is behind the Italian request , as alleged to bo the case , It Is highly of probable that the Chinese government of will finally accede. ofb ; In any event , however , It Is gratifying si know that our government has no tl ! Intention to become actively Identified 01 11 ( with any m-hi-mos for Ihe posso. l .11 < > f j Chinese < ( errllnry. The policy of e\pnn- islon. fortunately , hits not yet developed ! ' n desire to f.illow tlie example of Kiirn- pnan ualloiis In Clilna and this Is re- assuring. It Is lo lie hoped that tin sentiment wliich Is now said to prevail al Washington will continue and that our government will firmly refuse to become Involved In any policy regard Ing China which would bring It into po lltlcal relations with Kitropcmi powers that might cause future trouble. JititTISH 1-7 AVI AT/ / > . While the American people are discus sing the linanelnl situation In anything hut a satisfactory frame of mind , lie- cause expenditures are largely in excess of receipts and are likely to continue so for some time ( o come , It Is not uninter esting , though not necessarily consoling , to note tlie fact that other countries are embarked on the same course with our selves. The Itritlsh government , for ex ample , Is spending money beyond Its Income - come and a great deal of opposition Is being manifested to the present ministry - try on this account , Mr. .lohn Morley especially has been denouncing In no unmeasured terms the lavish expendi tures for ( lie navy and this matter lias become of commanding Interest among the people of Kngland , who are being appealed to to take a position In oppo slton to the policy which Is responsible for the heavy taxation with which they are burdened. Tills policy is imperial ism and the Indications are that tit the llrst oppjrtunlty the English people will pronounce against It. Itrltlsh finances were In a most , healthy condition until within the last year and the promise of a deficit , so familiar to Americans , seems likely to overthrow the party In En land responsible for It. The treasury report or the United States , ending the year up to March 1 , is a document full of most Interesting In formation. The feature of the report , however , that possesses the most Inter est for the public Is that dealing with the actual amount of money available tor commercial purposes. From this report it appears that the maximum amount of money coined or Issued during the year was $2ftSS:2S,000. ; ! , : The largest amount put Into circulation was ifl.OUS- S112lHTlie Increase In circulation over the last previous year was ijsuoiMO.'i.O Gold added to the circulation amounted to iHSr > liO,000. Thus It will be seen at a glance that tlie circulating medium lias increased during the last year at the rate of about $1(1,000,000 ( per month , while tlie amount of gold added to the circulation was nearly one-half more than was in the treasury in ] SK ! > . The per capita circulation is now exactly $ i2r > .r > l , which Is the highest ever reached in the history of the country with but one exception , which occurred when money was being withdrawn and hoarded Instead of being put into circu lation as is now"the case. If these Ilg- ures mean anything It Is that we have not only an abundance of money , that It Is better than ever before and that it is going Into circulation to perform the missions of commerce as It has never done before In the history of the country. The most enthusiastic of hero worship era to date is the Now York divine who declared from his pulpit that wall "Dewoy in command of the navy wo are safe from the combined attack of the Hoots of the world and with Dewey in the presidential chair wo would be safe from all evils of politics. " H is beauti ful to contemplate the confidence thus imposed in our great naval hero , but Admiral Dewey could , of course , speed ily disabuse bis admirer's mind of botli fallacies. That we shall ever bo free from "all evils of politics" the most op- tlmistlc Utopian dreamer alive , with the possible exception of this preacher , does not hope. Neither Is it by any means ccitaln that , great as Admiral Dewey undoubtedly is , ho could , as president , materially lessen the evils of tolltlcs. While no guardian of the quarter deck has ever graced the prosl- lentlal chair , eminent generals have mil truth must compel the admission that these politico , ! evils flourished rather more vigorously under their ad- nlnlstratlons than under those of the civilians. The qualities that constitute great general or admiral are not neces sarily those that would make the best president and the peerless Dewey un- lot-stood that fact bettor than his ad- nlror when he declared that he was a sailor and too old to learn the business politics. The normal school proposition has come up In the legislature In another s shape. The towns which wanted schools of this kind have been 'so nu merous as to kill oil' all of the measures heretofore , but now It Is proposed to authorize the erection of another school tnd leave Its location to the State Nor- nal board. The state already maintains one such school In addition to the cUu- ational advantages offered by the State inlverslty. There are nlso scattered ivor the state a largo number of smaller olleges , academies and private normal n chools which afford every opportunity locossary for the youth of the state to icqulro u higher education. Normal chools are growing In disfavor nni'Jiig ' iraetlcal educators all over the country : or the reason that the course In few , If any. of them Is thorough or complete enough to equip students fully for teaching. With the present educational facilities of the state It would appear foolish to divert money which the state proposes to spend for educational pur poses from the Institutions already es a tablished and which need all the money state has to spare for this purpose. The Cuban appetite appears to bo in no creasing with each month. The requisi tion < for March calls for liK)0XX ( ) ( ) ra tions. At this rate the commissary de partment will soon have a greater task all supply the demand than It had when the volunteer army was llrst mustered . The bill to provide Tor the election county commissioners by the voters all the entire county Instead of , as now , districts , has been i.assed by the senate by a strictly party vote , though there Is no good reason wny the division a the question should have becu by to parly ] lines. Tim county board admin. jl j Liters ( he affairs of the whole eoutiiy and i the peiplo of the whole county should have full voice In selection of Its membership and an opportunity to en force responsibility on the part of their servants. H Is to be h.ipeil the house will take the broad view of the measure by passing It without opposition. South Omaha's push and energy ore Illustrated anew by ( ho urunnlzntlou of n Commercial club Inti-mlcd to promote the business interests of the city. All South Omaha needs to put It further to the front Is consolidation with Omaha. This Is a question the new Commercial club should take up among Its llrst sub jects and discuss seriously In nil as pects. The forthcoming address of the lion. Peter Ttirney on government without the consent of the govi-ned suggests that , inasmuch as the speaker Is the man who entered the gubernatorial chair of Ten nessee ' to which u republican had been elected | , ho Is eminently qualified to handle the momentous subject. The attention of the city tax commis sioner and county assessors Is directed to the fact that public sales of street railway . stock indicate that property to have suffered a considerable Increase In value during the past year. They should ) make a note of It for future reference. Sumo ( Md St. 1-ouls Hepubllc. Dowcy may not look any prettier In Ills new four-starred uniform as admiral , but be can afford to stnnd on the old-fashioned platform of "hnndaouio Is that handsorno does. " Tnrt lit the Triint I'lnn. Detroit Free I'ress. The Cuban officials nt Santiago do not seem to understand that the throwing of 2,000 or 3,000 employes out of employment Is a part of the plan of the Americanizing of the islands , it's simply n study In the opera tions of trusts. AVIint Ilnlluy .Slioulil lluvc Done. Louisville Courier-Journal. Mr. Bailey was probably right In his con- stiuctlon of the constitution , as applicable t . the case of General Wheeler , but ho was unfortunate In the tlmo nnd manner ho chose to mnko his fight. It would have been much better for him If ho had resigned his seat In congress and gone with Wheeler to the front. liCNNVlnil , .11 ore Work. New York Mall and Express. Quo of the most grievous errors of the Cuban people is their evident belief that they can restore peace nnd prosperity In the Island simply by holding largo dally conversation parties. They have , appar ently , yet to discover that It takes some thing more than talk to raise sugar and tobacco. A LufKu .loli In Sunk. Springfield Republican. The status of the Isthmian canal enterprise during the next nine months will bo that of Investigation , under direction of the presi dent , of both the Panama and Nicaragua routes. In view of the fact that the Panama canal Is already half dug and , in the opinion of eminent engineers. Is a practica ble work , the Instructions of congress that It be considered equally with the Nicaragua route are very wise. The country has -Mr. lleed to thank for preventing hasty action In canal building. Meeting CiiM-iuiiiiy Unit AVny. Chicago Tribune. H Is to bo hoped that the policy of concil iation 1 now inaugurated by Germany may lead to the satisfactory settlement of certain minor commercial grievances on both sides. The ties of race and interest between the two nations are too close to malto any but tt tt the most cordial relations tolerable. It is to the mutual advantage of Germany and the United States that they should bo on tbo most friendly terms of commercial Inter change , and the American people will cer tainly continue to meet the kaiser's advances fully half way. KO Apliotlte. Chlcauro Inter Ocean. Recent American visitors to Mexico confirm - firm Cecil Rhodes' predictions to the extent of reporting that the better class of citizens of the sister republic are almost a unit in desiring annexation to the United States. They believe that serious trouble is certain J to follow the death of President Diaz nnd that the United States will be called upon to Interfere in behalf of Mexico for humanity's sake , and In the Interest of the thousands of Americans who are now among the wealth iest and most Influential Inhabitants of Me.x- ico's principal cities. Til 13 HISI'3. IXVAGI3S. . Indianapolis Journal : The reports of ad vances In wageB coma from all parts of the country and Include all Important branches of trade cotton mills. Iron and steel mills , lumber mills , coal mines , copper in I DCS and skilled workers of all kinds. Ono of the most gratifying features of tbo situation Is that prosperity has reached the wage earners. Now York Post : Thcro are unmistakable signs of business Improvement throughout the country. The cotton manufacturers In city after city of 'Now ' England are restoring wages to the point from which they were reduced a year ago , A now scale has Just gene Into effect In the coal mines of the Birmingham ( Ala. ) district , which gives u leclded advance In pay to about 10,000 men. An Increase of 10 per cent In wages for 0,000 employes of the Pennsylvania Steel company was announced yesterday and the Maryland Steel company made a similar ad vance , whllo notices of the same sort come from the west. Boston Journal : When Hie hard times of year or two ago compelled the reductions a wages 1n cotton mills there were dema gogues of > thc press hero In Massachusetts who , though they knew better , did not liesl- r.to . to attribute these reductions exclusively o the republican tariff and to exult over Icm aa evidence that protection did not and could not protect. Where are tin-so dema gogues mow ? Their sllcnco Is most signifi cant and Impressive. But , aa n matter of act , as the decline ot the past was brought 1 about by a variety of cause's with which the of ariff had llttlo or nothing to do , o now thin advance Is attributable to < the tariff only o fur as that has aided to bring about general Improvement In the whole coun try's prosperity. Philadelphia Press : Whether this advance will check exports of manufactures or not ono can yet 'tell. A year ago It undoubt : edly would have done so , and by retaining exports In thU country would have broken irlces. This may now happen , but It Is less : Ikcly than It was , because prices are rising over the world , Copper , tin and zinc are as dear or dearer abroad than here. Iron and etcel prices have advanced abroad , hough the rise is less fast than here. Cot ton goods are rising the world over and our ixports are Increasing. The world seems to lave again reached ono of thosa cycles when prices advance , wagca with them , and the gencrcl level of protperlty rises In all countries together. A larger gold produc tion Is having it effect , peace Is more se cure the world over and there Is apparent new expansion In trade like tUat from 1850 I860. I : < L uons or TIIIvit. . The tlllo of commodore of the navy is now n back number. Congress abolished It. The aspirant for high iinval honors hereafter will Jump from captain to rear admiral. One of the chief reasons urged by the navy for discontinuing the grade was that there was no corresponding rnnk In the navies of foreign countries , and when an American commodore went ammR naval officers abroad the latter found It dilllcult to llx hl.i oinrlal nnd social status. Out of consideration for the feelings of foreign naval olllcers nnd as an evidence of our standing ns a world power , the rank nnd title borne by dlstln- RUlttied seamen from Jack Harry to George Dewey has been shunted ln > to the garret with other relics of the founders. When all the reinforcements ordered reach Manila the ccmbtned army and naval forces In 'tbo ' Philippines will aggregate -11,000 officers and men. General Otis will have about 37,000 men and Admiral Dewey twen ty-four ships and -f.BOO men. A Washington dispatch to tlio Chicago Tlnira-llernld as serts that the president will not avail him self of the authority conferred by the army reorganization bill to organize n provisional army of 35.000. H Is said to be the Intention to limit the army to 05,000 , and inunter out volunteers as rapidly as possible. Tills pol icy , If correct , 'implies an early settlement of the troubles In the Philippines nnd aa early withdrawal of volunteers from Cuba. Ono marked effect of itho restriction will bo a sharp decrease In .tho expenses of the War department for the coming fiscal year. John McGccchan ot New York was among the first to enlist at the call for volunteers , and went to Cuba with tbo Seventy-first Now York volunteers. At the battle of San Juan a bullet went through hl left foot , and nfter being In the liospHal awhile he came to New York on furlough. The wound healed quickly nnd ho took his old position again , ns varnlsher in a piano factory , and held It until the regiment was mustered out. This was Just at the itlme of the renewed Manila excitement , and hearing that the Grant was to sail at once with troops , be presented himself at ithc recruiting office and summoned 'his ' brother to him , simply re questing , on his arrival , that he take homo his citizen clothes. He bad enjoyed his army experiences , had no complaint to make nnd had ro-ciillsted In the Kourth United States Infantry , which was hastened to Ma nila prepared to fight. JIcGeechan Is itho only volunteer known 'to ' have Joined 'tlio ' forces at Manila after having been wounded In ttho light In Cuba. Ho Is about 25 years old , and was born to Scotland. His family has only been In this country ten years , but an uncle of the plucky volunteer , a Daniel McGeechan , fought in our civil war. Admiral Dewey and Naval Constructor Hobsoa are the only prominent officers of , the navy who have been suitably rewarded for their services In the war. Dewey's achievements nt Manila advanced him from commodore to admiral , the pinnacle of naval hopes. ] Hobson's promotion advances him 250 numbers In the line of the navy and makes him eligible for a captaincy at the ago of 30. Several of Dowey's commanders were advanced from four to twelve numbers. None ot the officers of the Atlantic lleet have received any reward for services rendered. The promotions made under the naval personnel bill were on account of seniority. Service In the war was not taken into account because these promotions had already been Bent to the senate and perished there. Unfortunately , by reason of the senate's disapproval , several heroic officers are made to suffer through the petty Jealousy of their superiors. PEIISOXAI. AM ) OTII13H1VISR. Prosperity has struck Gomez too hard. The old warrior Is 111 from overindulgence. Another expedition Is preparing to go down to capture Honduras. These people take Cecil Rhodes too seriously. It Is claimed for Joslah Bailey ot Dickin son , N. Y. , that ho Is the oldest officeholder In the country. At the ago of 96 he has been chosen town clerk by the republicans of the place named. When the new state board of charities of Kansas Investigated .tho Insane asylum at Topeka it found four lunatics running thu heating plant , while the men employed to do the work were sitting around a beer keg playing cards. Ex-President Cleveland , Captain Robley D. Evans and E. C. Benedict are hunting In the Carolines. Dispatches from n conning tower at the scene of attack assure their anxious countrymen that they were on a hot trail ot game poker. When President Eliot was put at the head of Harvard university tie at once donned for the llrst time In his life a high silk lint. In all the years since that time ho has never been seen out of doors In any other style of headgear. In his eulogy of the late Mr. Dlnglcy Representative Dockery spoke of the great changes In the house since It met nt the opening of the Forty-eighth congress. Of the 35C men who were then sworn only seventeen are still there , and In the next session there will only foe fifteen. Rev. Frank B. Hoaglancl , secretary of the Young Men's Christian association of Paterson - erson , N. J. , Is out with a declaration that the wearing of the Scottish kilt Is Immoral , this opinion being the outcome ot an at tempt to biro the association hall for nn entertainment In which some of the partlel pants were to apponr in kilts. Michael Angelo Woolf , who died In Brook lyn last week , is said to have been the orig inator of humorous pen and Ink sketches In this country. His pltcures of poor chil dren , which ho was very fond of drawing and which became known as "Woolf's Waifs , " were particularly clever. Thomas Nast was Woolf's friend and coworltcr. Sir Martin Conway , who has returned to England after an extended mountain-climb ing tour through South America , B.iys that ho has had nil ho wants of that sort of thing , nnd ho "won't go there any more. " ei Ha may do a llttlo modest picnicking In the 11 Alps , where there are railways , but ho has 11S given up forever the conquest of now peaks. Among the residents of Now York City Qigl are seven former cabinet officers. Cornelius tl N. Bliss has Just retired ns secretary of the tlei Interior. William Jl. Kvarts was In the cab tr inet under both Jtdnson and Hayes , General trre James was with Garfleld , General Falrchlld real with Cleveland's first cabinet , Mr. Carlisle al and Mr. Lament with his second cabinet and ala Carl Schurz with Hayes. Dr. Merrill B , Gates , late president of Tl Amherst college , U to succeed General Ell- III ( valet Whlttlcaey ns secretary of the Board nnd Indian CommlsElonors. Ho has been a dc member of the Board of Indian Commission la ers for a number of years and its presi CO dent. He Is thoroughly acquainted with the Indian question. General Whlttlesey will a still continue to live In Washington , and Tf will probably spend a good deal of hU Ini leisure time at the board's office as licro- ofore , so that Dr. Gates will have the benefit of his advice and assistance In all ler cases where two heads are likely to bo bct- n er than one. I'e 111:1 : : I.IMIS. l-Vrrer Mnrlyn. the private secretary of Agulnnldo , has lind a rnrecr cnly n little less remarkable than that of the dictator hlmsolf. Mnrtyn Is nn American , In fact , was born In Pennsylvania. His pnrenlnne wag excellent and ho was given every edu cational advantage possible , which he seems to have Improved , for In addition to being n proficient linguist he Is said to bo equally ns able In other directions. Ho studied nt Princeton for the ministry and for a tlmp after graduation had rhargc of n. Presby- terlaa church In New Jersey. During this lime ho married the daughter of a promi nent St. l.ouls newspaper man nnd It Is re ported that his wlfo wns the cause of his leaving the ministry. Anyway they came tO St. Louis where ho went to work on n paper , but did not slay long. From there lie went to New York nnd wns for a time correspondent of the Post-Dispatch , but after a lime he scparntcd fre > m his wlfo , lost his position nnd but little wna lu-nrd of him until ho ngnln came Into prominence by marrying the stepdaughter of Congressman Aldrirh of Alabama. However , his second matrimonial venture did not improve his ways nnd ho only lived with his wife for n short time. Then ho disappeared In the west , was heard of In Snn Francisco and then In 1S97 nt Mnnlln. How he became ncciuninted with Agulnaldo Is not known , but he served the Tagal leader In rebellion against Spain , Inter accompanied him into exile , returned with him to the Philippines nnd nltogcther seems to have found n Job at last Just to his liking. ' [ 1 _ , _ _ , _ The president's salary of $50,000 n year docs not represent , by any means , what the olllco costs the taxpayers eif the United States. Ills private secretary , clerks , door keepers , messengers , steward nnd three servants ot minor Importance cost $33,865 per year. Furnishing and repairs for the Whllo house cost $ lfi,000 more , whllo fuel comes nt J3.000 nnd the green house at $4,000 more. All of this Is annually appropriated and Is invariably used. From this It will bo seen that Incidentals cost over Jl 1,000 more than the president's salary and make the total cost of the chief executive to the country the neat llttlo sum ot $114,805 per year or one term almost a half million of dollars. Compared with European royalties , however , this la cheap. Northamptonshire Is preparing to ccle- brato the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of Oliver Cromwell. The celebra tion will consist , In part , of a pilgrimage to the battlefield of Nnseby , but what further will be done has not been decided. This celebration comes somewhat tardily and It Is n dlsgrnco to England that It has not publicly honored Instead of stigmatized the memory of , perhaps , tbo very greatest man In alt- her history. Cromwell was born on April . 25 nnd that will bo celebrated , but If it were not for the fact that he died on September , 3 , that would be the most ap propriate day to observe. Cromwell himself looked upon It ( is exerting a powerful Influ ence on his life nnd history would seem to bear out the idea that his superstition wns well founded. The following Incidents ot his llfo happened on that day. Ho wns married on September 3. The long Parlia ment in which his career was begun assem bled on September 3. Ho fought nnd won the battles of Marston Moor , Naseby nnd Drogbeda on September 3. Ho formally assumed the protectorate on September 3 and just before midnight on September 3 he died. SOI'HCIi 01 ? UKIIMAX HOSTILITY. SUrreil l" | > mill MiiKnincd l > r < ! > Hi-mull for Tnulo llenclltn Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican. The Germans themselves complain loudly that the English are at the bottom of all this alleged friction between the German and American governments. Even tbo loadIng - Ing l German-Americans Indorse this view. Carl Schurz has declared lately that the British j press la responsible for much of the Ill-feeling. The German editors of Chicago cage are so earnest in this belief as to call a mass meeting to show that their father land ] is friendly to their adopted country. These Chicago editors say that England's efforts to provoke bad feeling In the United States against Germany should bo con demned , and they propose to show that the British people are bitterly Jealous of the modern German empire because of Us tre mendous and ever-growing commercial rivalry. It Is true enough that the English are very Jealous of the growing commercial power of the Germans. And It Is also true that English Interest In American expansion In duo somewhat to the English desire to check the German advance. A curious proof of the average Englishman's mortal dread I of the German trader appeared in the testi mony of John Foreman 'before ' the American peace commissioners at Paris. iMr. Foreman is the leading English authority on the Philippine islands , having lived there for years. In the course of his examination this passage occurred : Mr. Day What would be the effect sup pose wo keep Luzon if Spain should find ' It too expensive to undertake to maintain Its sway and sovereignty over the rest of the Islands , of the establishment of some other power there ? Mr. Foreman I should make strenuous ef forts to keep out the Germans. .Mr. Day Why ? Mr. Foreman Because Germany Is now Great Britain's very formidable competitor In trade , and I think In the next generation will bo tbo same with America. Mr. Day Your Idea , In short , is this : You would prevent tbo alienation of tlio rest of the group because , pcrndventurc , Spain might alienate to Germany ? Mr. Foreman Yes , sir. 1 Mr. Foreman's anxiety first , last and all the lime was about Germany. Take the whole archipelago so as to shut out the Germans from a possible future purchase such was Foreman's advice , nnd ho repre sented very fairly British opinion In gen- oral. It mny > bo "kinder" suspected that the British press and newspaper correspond ents have had something to do with work ing up hostile feelings between the United States and Germany over the Philippine question. No doubt the Germans look with greedy eyes upon America's acquisitions In the Orient , nnd doubtless there are causes V enough for friction between tlio two coun tries. At the same time , England has more - . reason to dread nnd hate Germany than L America has , and the English press Is not above the sly game of keeping the water trillo hot .between the two notions. a The Ergllsh are very shrewd people. They not only view with complacency tills tl llttlorlctlon 'bc-twcen the United State's ' Germany , but with real satisfaction the dependence of the United States upon Eng \ \ land In the far cast. Our government could not eustnln Htu'lf In the Philippines d without England's moral support against coalition of Russia , Germany and France. ) bo sure , It Is the friendship which Eng ti ; land allows for us that keeps Europe at a tib respectful distance , Imt Americans should b nmember that England U placing them un- heavy obligations. A debt to England being created , and some day the English icoplo will expect It to bo paid. fo ah 15 ABSOIUIELY 'PUKE Makes the food more delicious and wholesome BOYll BAKINQ POWCIR CO. , KEW VOdPC. t. i.imiT ov A n.iinc rin.Mic. Mnjnr l-Xertin : > - % routrllinl n In tin i llrryfHK CUM- , rhiludrluhlu lleoord. ! ' Major Ustfrhozy's narrative , published In < hc lx > ndon Chronicle , If true , la a tfrrlblo imllrtment of 'tho French Kenernl staff. Ho asserts that the nrmy chiefs wore nwnr f.-oni the first t'hnt ' the cvlduico produced by them In the Dreyfus case was false ; Hint | i Krfcrhazy's lawyer wrote the sentences nd- 1 Ilolsdeffro to the Zola | drtssed | by Oenernl ' Jurors , by reason of which the verdict of I guilty I wns forced oil them , nnd that every body connected with the staff knew thnt'tho Icttrr attributed to 4ho Itnllnn military at [ tache ' I'nnl&zardl which wns read by Jl. j | CavnlKiinc ( in the Chnmber of Deputies nnd i posted In every ono of the 3C.OOO French I commune ' ; ; ns absolute proof of the guilt of Dreyfus lind been foiled by Colonel Henry by order of his superiors. KFtcrhnzy has sworn to 'the ' truth ot hli Rtatcmrnt. nnd though his oath Is not worth morn than his word , 'his ' revclntlons do sup ply a sufllclent reason for the olr of mystery wlttt which this famous case has been stir- loumlcd. Succe'sslvo French ministries of various political complexions would not have ohniMlc from an exposure * of the truth If nothing had been Involved but the- dis closure of nn honest mlrtnho by ithe original e-ourt-martlal ; but they might well have qunllod before itho duty of uncovering such rottenness as Kstcrhazy swears to have ex isted In the stnff ot nn Idolized army , nnd might well have concluded that < lie suffer ing of an unjustly condemned criminal wns n lesser evil than would be the convulsion In French ( society consequent upon the dis grace of ono of Its most cherished institu tions. IMMOS. . Somervllle Journal : No man Is absolutely worthless. A good skeleton will bring JM IMSll. Cleveland Plain Denier : Argumentative Member Talk Is chenp , sir. roMKri'ssmmi Roberts That remark Is en tirely wtittd on n man \\lio has It to clvo nwny , sli. Plttsburg Chronicle : "I hear that you as sisted at tlu > i > est mortem examination of your old enemy. " raid Oaswt-ll to a surgeon of 'bis ' acquaintance. "Yes ; I cut him dead. " CblcaKO Tribune : "Your daughter , " observed Mr. Pneer's friend , "Is at her most Intorestlnpr URO. " "Yea , " said .Mr. Pneor , with vtronpr feeling. " \ \ lie-n I tnki ) her with 1110 on tbo Hlreot car 1 never know whether the conductor Is goIng - Ing " to charge mo full or only half faro for her. Indianapolis Journal : "I do not bellovo , In Htutllnpr children with education , " said the thoorlzlnjr boarder. "And yet , " said the Cheerful 3dlot , "cv ry child should bo nt least a llttlo tot.1 Washington fltnr : "Remember. " said Agulnnldo to his band of braves , "that TVC nro not snviiges. If nny of ynu takes . prisoner , be Mire to nvolil anything' which may cause you to be classed with the American Indians. " "What do ywi mennV" "Don't sculp the man Tleaoh for his pocketbook. " Itnston Transcript : First Young Woman- Let's see : who wrote "Pickwick Papers ? " Second Ditto Dickons. ( Ths Lie ) Of course : I couldn't for the moment think nf his name. ( The Trap ) He wns the author of "Pea- elcnnls" nnd "Under Two Flag ? , " you know. ( Caught ) Oh , yes ; I know. Chicago Tribune : "Whatever station In life you may bo called to occupy , my boy , " wild the father In fending- his son out Into the great world , "always do your best. " "I will , " replied the young1 mnn with emotion. lie never forgot his promise. Years afterward - ward , when a prosperous man ot business , ho did his best friend out ot a largo sum of money. In pplto of everything , It turns out that way once in awhile DII10A.1IS OP K.liriHK. Nev"York Criterion. " I drcnm of nn. empire vast , subllmcr than Homo of old , A giant to make the past seem petty nnd poor nnd cold. I see In the lengthening- yearn the nation's nhiidow trow O'erspre.'iellnp : the hemispheres , ns free dom's sun .sinks low. The pulse of pride Is thrilled at the thought of the things to be. And Pncaur's soul la lllled with a vision of destiny. i The fetters are broken made for us by the fathers tone , And Jefferson's ghost Is laid with the sweeter of Washington. Now welcome the empire grand , cemented in blood and might ! At last .shall our country stnnd , emancipate from rlu'lit ! Farewell , the .sun. now setting- that rose on the nation's birth ; HlH pitiful race Is run our heritage la the earth. dream of nn empire vast , divided by robbers twain ; Yet oft I awake ng'hast with a stingof ham nnd pain. For , what If a judge there be of nations ns well nn men , And a real eternity with laws beyond our ken ? And what If he fnll to see In the scales lilH llnirerc hold An ounce of supremacy for color or caste or irold ? 'TIs sweeter to dream or drink , ns the Joyous fenut goes on : For , should \vn awake and think , wo might think of Babylon. Our Tie Man is ! after you. He he has another "big snap" for lovers of "hot stuff"neckwear. . This don't apply to neck wear that can talk , butte to choice , qualitystyles and pattern. They are the kind of ties that al ways sell for $1 , but to day and Thursday the ie man says they'wil 50 Cents "or your choice. Puff , four in hand , and leeks. See them in ou 5ih street window , S. WILCOX , Manager.