ft OMAHA DAILY 1V13R : WHDTs USD AY , APHIL 1 ! > , 1801) ) .
TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE ,
IJ. R03I5WATKH , Editor.
VBUY "MORNING !
TERMS oilunHCRiPTioN.
Dally ! ) ( ; ( without Sunday ) , One Year. $4.00
Ij.illv Dec and Sunday , One Tear . S.W
Six Months . 4.W
Three Months . 2'W
Sunday H-e , unc Yeui . 2M
Saturday Hee , One vent . 1-W
Weukly Uoe , Une Tear .
OKK1CES.
Omaha : The Hoc llulldlng.
South omuhii : City Hall building , Twenty-
llrth nnd N streets- .
Council UlufTa : 10 Pearl Stroft.
Chicago : Stock Kxchange Uulldlng.
New York : Tempi1 ! Court
Washington : tot Fourteenth Street.
CORUEBl'ONUUNCH.
Communications relating to news nnd cdl
torlnl mnttcr should bo addressed : Ldl-
I'Tlnl Department , The Omaha llee.
UUSINI2SS LETTERS.
Uuslnesg letters and remittances should bo
addressed to The Hoc Publishing Company ,
Umnliu.
REMITTANCES.
Ttemlt by draft , express or postal order
pa > able to The boo Publshlng Company.
only 2-cont stumps accepted in payment ot
mall nrcounts. Personal chocks , except on
Omaha or eastern exchange , not accepted.
Tim HER 1'UIILISHINC lcgMTANV _
sTATi.Mi.vroi' ' \TIOX. i .
fitnlo of Nobrafhn , Douglns County , i as. :
Oeorgo II. Tzschuck , secretary of The lice
PubllKhlng company , being duly sworn , says
that the actual number of full and complete
copies of Thu Dally , Morning , livening and
Kutidny lire , printed during the month of
March , ISM. was as follows :
1 17 . 2I.U.HO
2 111,100 IS . ! ! . - „ ! KB
3 U 1,1) ) 1) ) ID . llr,7r.
4 JM.r.io SO . : : irto :
c ui.r.no 21 . 1:11,000
C SI.SI5 2- > . IM.SIIO
7 ai.icjo 23 . 2ISSO
s 1:1,1x10 24 . yi.O.'lO
9 IM.UOO
10 ui , < i 10 25 . 'jr. . 1(15 (
07 . Ul , tie :
23 . IM.OIM )
) . 2I.HIO
31 i : 1,810 30 . 2I.O.HO
31 . 21,1110
. ! ! " ! ! ! ! ! ! |
Total 772Si :
I oss unsold and returned copies. . . . ioiilK
Net total snle.H 7 2 , IIS
Net dally average 2 UlOU
OEOUOE n. T'/sciiucic.
Subscribed and sworn to before mo this
1st rtny of April , 1S9D.
( Seal. ) II. I. PLUMB ,
Notary Public in nnd for Douglas County ,
Neb.
.loe Hartley's sUtrtlliif : revolutions
liuvu not yet been revealed.
|
Tlie Missouri river tlireiiteiis to fore- '
rlo.se Us iiorpetnnl iiioTtpHjrc on some of
J
the sand lots nlotiK its bunks. '
Senator llnyward lias reac-lied Wash
ington , but ho lias fouiul all the front
Konts occupied and most of the back
Beats reserved.
Omaha's lire limits should bo extended -
tended , not contracted. Kvery change
In the lire ordinance .should bo in the
direction of jjronter security from destructive
'
structive conflagrations.
I
"With Charley Fanning as oil inspector
nnd Ilerdman as Insurance commis
sioner and Moiso on the governor's staff
the piiif ? would bo pasturing in hlnh
clover and reform would be a lucrative
profession.
There is only one way for Omaha busi
ness men to put an end to the dama 'liif ;
reports of the clearln ; ? house and that
Is by hrliiKlnx pressure direct upon the
bankers responsible for the showing of
fictitious deficit * .
Richard Croker IH at least to be con
gratulated on bis frankness. "When
asked a question which might be * em
barrassing to answer he llatly declines
rather than resort to the common sub
terfuge " 1 don't remember. "
A legislative committee IH to investi
gate the municipal government of Chi
cago. The committee should get to
work at once or else adjourn until fall.
The odor from the stock yards is about
nil the city can stand In warm weather.
Governor 1'oynter has carefully
counted the pieces of pie on the counter
and the number of orders on tile. As
nil efforts to strike a balance are hopeless -
loss most of tJiem must ; be returned
endorsed "Mot filled , stock exhausted. "
And now it Is reported that Robert 10.
Lee Ilerdman Is an active candidate for
the position of insurance commissioner.
As an Insurance commissioner Ilerdman
would be as blooming a success as was
c
I'alut In the capacity of Insurance ex- ,
amiuer.
The bald-headed man In tly-tlmc Is not
nearly so busy aa Uie Nelnaska farmer
these days. The plow , the greatest -of
prosperity promoters , Is equally as busy f
nnd between the two they will lift many
n mortgage before another seed-time rolls
around.
A committee of Filipino natives lias
started out with the avowed purpose of
inducing the hostlles to return to lhe !
reservation , fudging from past efforts
In this line the commissioners would
do well to leave their heads at home If
they wish to retain them.
The reform governor of Colorado has
vetoed a prison reform bill because of
n parole prisoner provision. Had the
governor come across the state line Into
Nebraska ho would have found a parole
prisoner law In operation with the en
dorsement of several successive reform
governors ,
Latest advices from Washington indi "
cate that the president will convene con
gress In extra session In September ,
( iovernor I'oynter should lese no time
In calling for a special election In the
Sixth congressional district. The voters
should be given ample notice and full '
opportunity to select candidates and dis
cuss their merits.
It Is n serious Question whether the
condemned Cuss school building should
be replaced with a more substantial and
commodious structure on the same site.
When that site was chosen , twenty odd
years ago , the attendance was ehlolly
from the population residing east of
Jefferson square. Now that the greater
part of this ground has been cleared of
dwellings and occupied by railroad
right-of-way , lumber and coal yards
nnd warehouses , the old site does not
accommodate the wants of the district
nnd sooner or later will be Isolated from
the residence portion of the city ,
HI
i Senator Morgan of Alaliamn Is of tin-
opinion tlmt the only satisfactory nml
permanent solution of the Siitnotiit ques
tion will be found In n partition of the
Islands lietwoen ( irt-nt llrllaln. Germany
nnd the I'nltod States. In this way each
power would take ahsolute control of a
part of Samoa and establish government
there , thus doing nwny with the iontHi
tlons that have caused so mtiPh Irrita
tion during most of Uio time since the
protectorate was established and proi
dticed the present trouble. It means the
'complete ' subjection of ( ho unlives to
the control of the three powers and the
'wiping ' out of Samoau autonomy.
Doubtlessly this would be all effective
solution , but It Is n question whether
| the United Slates should be a party to
such an arrangement. An Imperialist
like Senator Morgan can , of course , see
no reason why this country should not
seize Samoan territory ami subjugate
the natives , but people who do not like
, this European method of territorial ac-
jqulsltlon will not endorse his suggosf
jilon. The great majority of the Amerl-
can people , we think , will object to any
further conquests which may require us
to kill other people and saerlllce our own
sons. If wo cannot have a coaling stai
tlon In Samoa without lighting for It
and butchering the natives we had beti
tor do without It. We do not need any of
the Samoan Islands and there Is nolli-
Ing to Justify our taking any of them
and subjugating their people. Hut the
suggestion that wo do this Is quite In
harmony with the spirit of imperialism ,
of which Senator Morgan is a zealous ,
exponent.
Meanwhile there Is much apprehen-
slon that the stipulation for unanimity
In the commission will tend to protract
negotiations , or oven to render them
abortive. This is said to be the quite
general view in England and It is
largely entertained here. Perhaps this
Is what the ( ionium government , which
insisted upon the stipulation , desires.
xiur iiKin SCHOOL muJKcr. .
The Hoard of Kducatlon has declared
Itself In favor of the abandonment of the
present High school building and the
erection on Its site of a modern structure -
ture coinniensmate with the future
'needs ot" Omaha.
Taking it for granted that this policy
'will bo adhered to , the condition procc-
dent to any construction should be a
ground plan drawn by a competent
landscape architect. The High school
square must for all time be the most
prominent public place In the city. No
permanent structure should bo erected
on these grounds before they are
platted and graded with a view to their
embellishment as an ornament to the
'city. I
In the preparation of landscape plans
It may be found advantageous to change
the grade , remove and replace trees and
shrubbery and lay out the lawn to conform - , !
form \\ith ; Iho design which may bo |
deemed most appropriate. The landscape -
scape work at the TransmlsslssippI Exposition - |
position grounds shows what may bo /
accomplished In a , very short lime under *
direction of an artist in landscaping. It
demonstrates that largo trees brought
from distant places can be successfully j
transplanted In this soil and climate. A
change of grade that would necessitate
the transplanting of trees need therefore t
not be avoided for the sake of preserv- ic
Ing the trees. ,
Having secured the host available
landscape plan the board should require
the.arcliltect of the proposed wing about
to be constructed to place before It com-
prohonslve designs for the complete c
building. The board should by all if
means bo able to exhibit to the landscape - ,
scape architect a sketch of the elevation
showing the dimensions and striking
features of the entire structure as it
will be eventually so that Ills work may
be In harmony as far as possible. To '
plan simply the wing of the structure , °
without a clearly dellned Idea of the ,
main body and regardless of Iho landscape -
scape would be a reckless disregard of ll
business precaution.
CUI.VXtAL AD.MIXIKTJI.\TIOX. \
The supporters of the policy of Im
perialism hold up llrltl&h administra
tion In India as a model to be followed
In American government of dopendon- jt
cles. In a communication to the New i
York Sun the eminent publicist , Prof , t
Uoldwln Smith , remarks that these peoj j
pie seem not distinctly to understand !
what the Hrltlsh system of government t.1
In India is. They fail to observe that v
i rout llrltaln has two crowns , one royal b
and constitutional , the other imperial , f
The Indian empire Is under the Ini't '
porial crown. Its government , which
Is autocratic , is kept separate from n
the constitutional government of Great
Hritaln "and upon that Repartition de
pends on one hand the exemption of
India from the Inllucnce of lirlUnh
party politics and on the other baud
the Immunity of Hrltlsh politics from
the contagion , " The distinction be
tween the kingdom nnd the empire has
been Jealously guarded.
The I'nlted States , observes 1'rof.
Smith , apparently has nothing at pres
ent corresponding to the separate
crowns , nor any special apparatus for
the government of dependencies or
safeguard against a reciprocal Inilucnce
which may be Injurious alike to the de
pendencies and the Imperial country.
"Your only non.-polltleal organ of gov
ernment , " he says , "is West Point. So
long as the dependencies are In the hands
of the West Pointers there is every el
reason to believe that the administra
tion will bo upright and In Its way elll- si
'cleat. Hut this Is military rule ; not a
step toward the Introduction of self-
goveinment , but rather n step in the
other direction. " lie takes the view
that self-government can hardly bo In-
jtroducod by a conqueror and declares
that Hritlsh rule In India , with all Its
ability and benevolence , Is not paving
the way for self-government. The
political future of the Hindoo Is n
blank.
It Is evidently the belief of Prof.
Smith , as It Is of many others , that
American rule lu the Philippines must
for an indcllnlte time be military rule ,
which Instead of promoting self-govern
ment will opcinte against the attain
ment of that condition. We may , in
deed , ns has been promised , give the la
Philippine people KO much liberty and
self-giivcrnment as wo shall deem
"reconcilable with the maintenance of ft
wise , Just , stable , effective nnd econom
ical ndmlnlstrntlon of public affair *
nnd i compatible with the sovereign
rights , " etc. . of the mitcd States , but
it i Is m6st Improbable that for many
years , If ever , those people will bo
given i felf-govorniuont as understood
by the American people. The people
of i India have some degree of self-gov
ernment i , or what passes for It , but It
Is I very circumscribed and there Is no
promls-o ] or prospect of Its being en
larged 1 , England simply holds India
by 1 force nnd while It Is true that the
Hrltlsh government has shown some re
gard j for the rights of the natives and
employs < them In the public service ,
there i has never been any Idea of giv
ing I them complete self-government. For
the I Tutted States , therefore , to adopt
In 1 the Philippines the system of admin
istration I which England has In India
would be to establish military rnle-a
system f repugnant to American Ideas
and i principles , yet this seems Inevitable
If 1 the policy of retaining possession of
the I Islands Is adhered to. We shall
no i more liberal , doubtless , In our treat
ment i of the Philippine people than Eng-
Innd 1 IM toward the people of India , but
wo i shall need to keep them In subjec
tion I by military power , which will
necessarily i dominate In the admlnlstra-
tlon t of affairs there as it does In India.
OK/M/.l.v / Mll.lT
'J'ho fate of the moat inspection bill
which Is before the Itolchstag , u matter
of no small interest to the live stock
growers and packers of this country , Is
uncertain. As wns expected the meas
ure Is vigorously opposed by the agrarl- j
nns ' , who take the ground that it ls |
more ' favorable to foreign than to home
producers. 1 They particularly urge that
American meats should not bo exempted
from the regulations , but at least should
be placed on an equality , as to inspec- :
tlon , with Gorman meats , and they are
.1 likely to win support for this view outside -
side of their own party. The bill is
really liberal In Its terms and Its enact- j
meat ' would be helpful to American
meat exports , but the Indications are
not ' favorable to Its passage , at least In
the * present form and It Is said to bo
doubtful ( whether the government will
accept ! 1 It If greatly amended. Made to
suit the agrarian view it would , "of
course ' , bo of little value to our trade
and ! l it appears to be the earnest desire
of the government to remove the existj
ing * : discrimination against our meat
products , by placing them on nn equal
footing with those of other countries ,
which Is all that could reasonably bo
asked.
The debate on the measure Monday
disclosed ' the fact that the army beef
Investigation ' ' has received attention In
Europe and has made a most unfavor
able l Impression. There Is no doubt , as
we have already pointed out , that this
scandal will work serious injury to our
foreign trade in meats and It is likely
to ' prove a strong iiillucnce against the
German Inspection bill.
Cuban courts and lawyers do not take
kindly to the proposal to supplant Span
ish customs with American forms of
legal procedure. Under Spanish law
the ; accused is not given the right to
confront his accuser , Is denied u jury
and the right of habeas corpus. Trials
proceed on the theory that an accused
man is guilty and must prove his in
nocence , while all the law's machinery Is
brought ' Into play to binder him in the
effort. Since an end came to Spanish
rule and Unban courts , under Amor-
lean jurisdiction , have resumed , not
only the old forms of procedure have
oeoii retained , but according to reports
made to the governor general there has
been no Improvement In the quality of
justice. ' As the only remedy for evils
of centuries growth a complete revolu
tion In the judicial system is suggested.
That this will meet with violent opposi
tion from the classes which have prof
ited by the old order of things is not ?
to be doubted , but It must bo done If
life and property arc to be rendered se
cure ,
j
German-Americans are taking a dev
filled stand against any alliance by the
n
United States with any foreign power.
People of foreign birth who have como
to , America lo make It their home know
Irom ; personal experience In the father
lands better than any theorist 'can tell
them the results of such alliances. Kor
centuries every country in Europe has
been compelled to shape not only its
foreign , , but largely its domestic policy ,
to , attune it with the Interests or desires
of its allies. Times without number
nations have been dragged Into costly
wars by these alliances when they had
no grievance of their own. f'lrcumll
stances may make such combinations a
necessity in Europe , but in Its Isolated
and independent Industrial position the
United States has everything to lose
and small If any gain to be made by
deserting Its traditional policy.
o
Electric trolley lines radiating Into
suburban towns are being constructed
connect with the street railway sys
tems of nearly every largo city In this
country. Some of those suburban street
railways extend a distance of fro-.ii
thirty to llfty miles. A trolley line Is
now being built to connect Kansas City
with l.eavonworth , and its promoters
expect to push It as far as Atchlson and
St. Joseph. Omaha Is perhaps the only
city of over 100,000 population that does
not enjoy the advantage of a system of
suburban tramways. The time cannot
be distant , however , when electric lines
will connect Omaha with all the towns
within a radius of thirty to llfty miles.
The disclosures of the investigation
into the methods pursued by the Tam
many rlngstcrs In New York forcibly
bring to mind the hold-up operations of
the Ilerdman gang in Omaha. The pro
tection of thieving resorts and the ballIng -
Ing out of crooks by professional liond-
givers and the monthly blackmail con-
trlbutlons constitute the chief source of
sustenance for the political parasites in
Omaha as well as In New York.
b
Icnva's AVomlrrful AVculIiiT Sharp ,
Ilrooklyn Kasr'e.
Explanation of the assertion of the man
DCSMolues that "the weather In 1515
was such thai there was a hen\y snow fid !
In July nndaier frojp every month In t'lo '
year" is found In the fact that nobody Im *
lime to deny him. That man has a creative
memory.
A Cruel
K.uisas City Journal.
The actrcfs who file poisoned candy nt
Omaha has recovered. Her advertising agent
was careful not to make the do c fatal.
( Jive * lllnixrK AmiV.
St. Ixnils aiubp-Democrat.
"Wo simply Insist , " said llrynn In his
N'ew York hnmiuct speech , "that n man cannot -
not be n political bigamist. " How does It
happen , then , that llryan was both n popa-
llst and n democrat In 18'jG nnd had two can-
dldntca for vice president ns running males ?
N Wrnry < T ( In.lull. .
Kiui ns City Star.
The report that only about 7 per cent of
the volunteers at Mnnlln have been tempted
to re-enlist simply Indicates that , to an
American , life In the triples Is a cultivated
taste. The fact that the Kngllshman has
como to actually enjoy It IB sufllclont reason
for the belief that the Americana may nt
least learn to endure It , particularly If It la
associated with the opportunity for making
money and getting on In the world.
IlllprrlllUxlit UN n ( * inillillKI | > INNIIO.
Chicago Times-Herald.
There Is no doubt , however , that there Is
n strong and perhaps n growing sentiment
among the people against the use of force ,
nnd H Is certain that under existing circum
stances there Is much more hope for the
democracy In the cry against Imperialism
than In the expiring squawk for silver. In
the one case there Is at least a living prob
lem , while In the other there would be
nothing beyond the writing of an obituary
notice.
lliloiiintlc | ItrlnllotiN.
Philadelphia Times.
The renewal of diplomatic relations be
tween the United States nnd Spain Is to bo
accomplished In a manner that Is nppar-
ently i satisfactory on both sides. The Duke
d'Arcos , who was secretary of the Spanish
legation ' nt Washington some years ago nnd
married a Virginia woman , nnd who has
j
lately been the minister to Mexico , comxs
as the ambassador of Spain to the United
States i , while Dullamy Storcr , now nt IJrus-
sels < , goes to Madrid as the ambassador of
the ( United Stales. Doth ambassadors are
men J of Independent wealth and high per
sonal chnractcr.
Cjclone of MlNNourl IVratli.
New York Sun.
Oovernor Ijon Stephens of Missouri ap
pears to be suffering , as Oovernor Hob Tay
lor [ of Tennessee suffered , from man's In
gratitude. ( "I have had my veracity ques
tioned t publicly by cowardly scrubs , " ho
says , "who depend upon their 'constitu
tional j rights' to protect them , and 1 have
been vilified by the mile by lying , smiling ,
characterless space-writers. " Such Is the
penalty ] of ambition. Ilut Governor Stephens - I
phens j Is firm. In spite of cowardly scrubs
and lying , smiling space-writers ho will
continue to serve the stale. So thin n skin
and such a heart of stoutness !
Killing liy PitlNimiMl Candy.
Philadelphia hcdgvr.
Since the Botkln cao drew the attention
of the whole country to the ease with which
poison can bo sent any distance In a box of
j
candy , this means of murder has become
fearfully frequent. There seems to be no
way to prevent It except by a universal
resolve on the part of recipients not to cat
candy unless they know who sent It ; but ,
j' ' the victims are usually women , accus
tomed to receiving presents and naturally
unsuspicious , it Is hard to persuade them
to take such a resolution. The detectives , |
when looking for the senders of such anony
mous packages , will ask what woman has
cause to bo jealous of the victim , for It has.
been a subject of remark in all ages that
poison Is the favorite weapon of women
who wish to commit murder.
EVILS OK THU F1313 SYSTEM.
Kvniniilo Commended to
the IiOKlNlnturi ; of Xew York.
New York EveningTost. .
The greatest abuse In the compensation
of officials in this country has 'been the
prevalence of the fee system. The -\voret \
feature of It has been the fact that this
system has frequently existed In the judicial
department of the government. Sheriffs
nnd clerks of courts have often received In
comes live or ten tlmce as great as Judges
of the highest courts. This abuse Is being i
slowly done away with , la one state after '
another , usually only after a long struggle
ngalnst the reform on the part of those
who have profited by It. Xebrafilta 1s the j
latest commonwealth to substitute fixed pay
for the fee system. The clerk of the dis
trict court In Douglas county , which Includes
Omaha , has been getting from $20,000 to
30,000 n year , but the legislature has passed
law under which hereafter ho will bo re
quired to account for publicly and turn Into
the treasury nil fees received In excess of
$5,000 a year. The fee system still sur
vives In Homo important offices in New York
state , notably county oinces In Brooklyn ,
nnd the legislature ought to follow the ad-
vlco given by the governor In hla message
to end this abuse ,
WATKH-MHiCEI ) TUt'STS.
I'lctltloiiH Ciiiilliill/iillon PoruNliail-
IMVM Early DlNaNtrr.
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
Legitimate combinations of capital , by
which many manufactories or plants are
engaged In producing the same goods ,
chattels or commodities , may bo a
blessing to consumers. Only the legitimate
can live. All trusts which upon organiza
tion overcapltallzu their plants arc destined
to speedy disaster and death , All purchasers
of stocks and bonds representing purely
fictitious values will find themselves
swindled. It Is not Uio plain citizen , the
mechanic , merchant , farmer or , day laborer "
who suffers from the trust. Hut It Is the
man or woman who Is Induced to take the
bonds and stocks of trusts. Ninety per cent
of these "Industrials" as they are called
are very much overvalued. No better Illus
tration of the false values of planls put Into
trusts can bo found than right hero In
Nebraska City. Some years since the
Whisky trust paid for the Nebraska City
distillery and grounds , Including feeding
eheds for l.SOO steers , | 200,000. Hut that
trust did burst and Its property passed Into
the hands of a receiver and the receiver
sold the Nebraska City distillery , grounds ,
cattle sheds and all , for Jess than $20,000 ,
net one-tenth of Us cost to the trust.
March , 1899. saw trusts organized under
the laws of Now Jersey which were capital
ized for more than $2,000,000,000. They will C
cheat only those who buy Into thorn.
Trusts founded upon correct business
bases , handled with skill nnd economy , may
reduce the cost of production In some cases
and sell their output at the same or a less
rate than It now costs the consumer. Such
trusts can do no harm.
Every trust overcapitalized solely for
stock-jobbing and other swindling will bring
disaster and ruin only upon Itself and Its
own members. Trusts , like Individuals , arc
amenable to economic laws. Trusts , like
persons , uro subject to competition. Dis of
honest merchants and manufacturers always
come to grief. They cannot successfully ti
combat the honest. Incorporated dishonesty
cannot succeed any better than individual
rascality.
\Vhcu a number of bad men pool their
badness and create out of their avarice ami
greed a consolidated cheat and call It u
trust they make a concrete or composite be
precisely like the moral and business
methods of id integral ! ,
nuuir.s m. TIM : AVH. .
It behooves the Omaha Park board In
press Its request for n Spanish gun a * M
souvenir of the war. I'our of the captured
cunnon have been distributed , one t-nch to
( hlcngo , Cleveland , iniluth and Yonkci ,
N. Y. The cannon given to Chicago was
tnken from Admiral Cervcra's llngshlp. the
Maria Teresa , after the battle near Sail *
tlngo. It la about eighteen feet long nnd
has n bore of nearly six Inches. Its wolfl" ,
with Its mount nnd shield. Is about twelve
tons. The United Stales has stamped the
breech of the gun \\lth the Inscription :
TIIDIMIY
'MAUIA ' TUIIKSA.
SANTIAGO , JtriA' 3. 1S5S.
The breech also has n Spanish Inscription
reading "Arscnaln do la Caracn , 1M)7 ) , " show
ing that the cannon la a new piece. There
were only ten gnus of this caliber on the
| Maria Teresa. Four were awarded to the
! i army , ono to the Washington navy yard
]
1 nnd ono to the Smithsonian Institute , leaving
four for public distribution.
J. J. Mnrkey. n member of the Fourteenth
Infantry , writes to the Hod Oak Kxpress nn
Interesting account of the regiment's woik
chasing the natives around Manila. Among
the incidents ( Inscribed nro those : "Some
! comical tricks have been resorted to by the
'
I Insurgents In order lo strike fear In our
i men. When the woods was first charged
I our men caught sight of a largo cannon
being served by two Insurgent soldiers.
They dashed forward and captured the gun ,
when n great laugh went down the line.
The gun was made of painted bamboo set on
n stump , against which rested two old cart
wheels. Leaning over the gun In the act of
loading were t\\o Insurgent uniforms stuffed
with straw. A dough fnco with a clgaretto
In Its mouth completed the outfit. Our boys
have found nn etfectlvo method of making
the enemy waste his ammunition. They
carry a stuffed uniform on a polo along the
trench , nnd the marksmnnshlp of the enemy
Is thus exposed , for after one hour's shoot
ing a figure was only struck three tfmes.
"Tho Fourteenth iboys have n cook of
whom they are justly proud. Ono day when
they were lighting fiercely , making an ad-
, I vance at every opportunity , this cook
! thought It a good tlmo to feed the boys a
mtss of plum duff , of which ho knew they
were very fond. Ho started out to the line
with two Chinese carriers. Arriving nt the
llnra of tbo night before , they found the
company gone forwnrd. Nothing daunted ,
the cook followed until he reached a point
where the high going Insurgent bullets
were zipping over the heads of the troops
nnd landing In close proximity to the food
consort. The "Chlngs" declined to go fur
ther forwnrd , whereat the cook unllmbered
his artillery and ordered an advance. When
within a couple of hundred yards of the
firing line things got so wnrm that fiat on
the ground was the only safe place. From
that point his cookshlp went forward on
his linmls nnd knees amid n rain of bullets
and the cheers of his admiring comrades ,
towing thu pans of duff. The boys asked
him how ho had the nerve to do It. Ho re-
piled In rich rish 'brogue ' , 'Sure , do you
think 1 was going to show "cold feet" In
front of n couple of haythen Chinese ? ' The
army Is full of thcso bravo men. "
According to a statement prepared In the
adjutant general's office , Washington , only
fourteen ( officers who were in the regular
nrmy at the 'beginning ' of the civil war sur
vived lo wllneffi Hie ending of the war with
Spain. 5 Thtsa officers are : Colonels C. II.
Aldcn and C. 'C. Byrne of the Medical dn-
partment ; Colonel A. K. Arnold of the
.Eighth . cavalry ; Colonel H. T. Frank of the
\ First artillery ; Urlgadlcr General A. I ! .
Carey , paymaster general of the army ; Col
onel II. M. Robert , corps of engineers ; Col-
onel F. L. Ouenther of the Fourth artillery ;
Colonel J. M. Whlttcmorc of the Ordnance
department ; Colonel A. F. Smith of the
Thirteenth Infantry ; Colonel U. H. Hall of
1t
the Fourth Infantry ; Brigadier General J.
M. Wilson , chief of engineers , U. S. A. ;
Major General WcHley .Merrill . , Colonel A.
C. iM. Penulngton of the Second artillery ,
and Major John P. Baker ot the Pay do-
partment. All except Colonels Alden and
Byrne and Major tBaker nro grnduntcs of
Iho Mililary academy.
There were 39S colored commissioned
officers and 9,761 colored privates nnd non-
commissioned olllcers serving among the
volunteers during Ihe Spanish war. The b
Ninth nnd Tenth cavalry nnd the Twenty-
P
fourth nnd Twenty-fifth Infantry of the
regular nrmy nro competed of colored men
B
under : white ofllcorK , aggregating about
4,500. It Is Impossible lo ascertain , even
npproxlninlely , how many colored men are
w
serving In Ihe navy , because Ihey are nol jc
designated , but they must have numbered
from 300 to 750 when the navy was at Us
full wnr slrenglb , making n lolal of nboul
15,000 colored people In bolh 'branches ' ot the
service.
Slnco July 1 twelve merchant v * el8 have
been named by their owners after Admiral
Dewey , six after Admiral Sampson , two
nftor Admiral Schley , ono for Knslgn Worth
Bagley nnd ono for "Hob" Evans , Iwo for
General Joe Wheeler and ono for Fllzhugh
Lee , War memories are also preserved In
the merchant marine thufl far tills year by
ono Mnlnc , three Oregons , Iwo lowns , Iwo
Olymplas , ono Hough Hitler and two Manilas.
I'KltSO.V.U , AM ) OTHERWISE.
General John M. I'nlmcr's Iroublo with
his eyes Is growing worse every day , and It
Is now feared that total blindness will bo
the ultimate result ,
General Arthur MacArthur was ono of the
boy heroes of the civil war , was decorated
with a modal at 18 and a year later was
In command of a fighting regiment.
Hear Admiral Kautz lakes pride In Iho
fact Hint It was ha who hauled down the
"Lono Slnr" Hag from Iho Now Orleans city of
hall and hoisted the Stars nnd Stripes over or
the custom house. It
The dollar diners In Now York City consumed -
sumed 5,000 pounds of beef , D.OOO pounds of
lurkey , 2.000 pounds of haddock , 100 gallons
of Ice cream , 300 loaves of bread , 2,500 rolls , '
3,000 half-pint hollies of champagne , 300 ' '
pounds of coffee. tl
The grave of William Dawes. in King's !
Chnpel burying ground , Boston , Is to be .
properly mnrkcd by the Sons of the Kcvolu- .
is
lion. Dawes was Iho mnn who helped Paul
Hovero reuse the countryside before the a
battle of Lexington.
Secretary Wilson Is delermlned lo dis
cover If n human being can live comfortably
In the coldrst portion of Alaska , nnd tins
sent there to experiment In gardening Prof.
, C , Gorgensen , a Dane , who Is an expert In
northern agrlculluro and who will start n
station nt Sltka.
Humor has It that n number of bachelors
prominent In New Jersey republican politics
have formed a sort of trust for the exclusion
of married men from public office. Gov
ernor Voorhcs , United Stales Senator
Keene , Speaker Watklns , State Comptroller
Hancock , are said to bo among tlio master
bplrlts. Of course all are bachelors.
The colossal statue of Mr. Gladstone which
Mr. Adams-Acton Is executing for the town
Blackburn , England , Is eleven feet high ,
and Is Intended to stand on a pedestal of
ten feet. The immense block of Carrara In
marble from which the colossal stutuo Is to
bo hewn has been got Into the workshop , uf
and Is just beginning to lese Its square
jdgcs. Nevertheless , It Is said the complete !
statue Is expected to ho In Its placa In No try
vember. On the back of the pedestal Is to
Inscribed a passage from Lord Salisbury's
culogtum of Mr , Gladstone la the House of
LorJj.
tltOKKIt < > V Till ! U V ( K.
SI. Louis Hfpublic. Mr. Hlchnrd Crokrr
Is nt least candid In testifying lo his faith
In Tammany ring rule as n good thing for
Tammnny.
Kansns City Journal : The refusal of Mr.
Crokcr to tell bow he made his money wns
right nnd proper. The necf scandal Is no'
Ihroush with yet. One bad odor nt a time.
Washington Post : Mr Krnnk Moss , thu
legal guardian ot tbo Aimet Invcstlgnllng
con.mlllcp , Is giving n very feeble Imitation
of the performances which enabled Ho.i.
John W. Ooff to bag a deslrnblo judicial
position.
Kansas City Stnr : Mr. Croker did not
i-reni lo micceed so well on the second dny
before the Mnzet comnilttef as on Iho first ,
When a man In reply to a question : "Did
you , on such nnd such nn occasion , nccei
n brlbo ? " snys : " 1 decline to answer , " n
"I will not dlsruss my private affairs , " th
thing looks sort of hazy , to say the least
Phllnilnlphln Hecord : To Iho Imiulrles o
Iho Mazet commlttoo as to the sources of hi
private fortune Mr. Croker has succinctly ro
piled that such Information will not b
furnished by him , nnd , furthermore , tbnt I
Is none ot the committee's business
Manifestly , If n political boss could bu com
pelted to disclose the scercls of bosslsm 111
occupntlon would be gone. The Mnzetcer
will have to change their plnn of campnlg
If ! Ihey shall persist In nltncklng the Tlge
In I his Inlr. Tbo Lexow method , which wn
efiivllvo i enough ngnlnst Hie small fry In th
Tammany pool , doesn't catch the big fish
nor even scnro them.
Philadelphia Times : Thnt Mr. Croker I
the boss of New York City has not bee
doubled recently , but if there was n linger
Ing suspicion In nny one's mind ll was dls
polled by Jolui K. Carroll's tcstlmon >
Carroll had been spoken of by Croker In hi
ovldenco IIH Ms political n.sslsUitit , nnd I
became Interesting to know In what rcgar
Carroll held his chief. He swore Unit "wha
Croker says goes , " nnd being pressed to sn
If that meant ns to himself or nil others , h
replied Hint what Croker says goes will
everybody , nnd when It doesn't with nn :
ono "that rterson does not last. " This Is en
gaging frankness. Croker himself wns no
less open In his remarks. He said If th
Judges did not como around , "though ho dli
not want to speak ot them men , they wer
usually remembered. " Wo have expectci
n line hunllng parly In Ihe Mazot commls
Blon , but this Is hot stuff and no mistake.
TIIOUI'S IX TUB TU01MCS.
Proposed Kiili > lo > men ! or Nnllvi-.s l (
the C < > niii < * riMl iMlnndn.
Halllmore Sun.
A battalion of native Iroops for scrvlc
In Iho Island Is to be enlisted In Porti
Ulco. These men will bo required to
possess the physical qualifications of nol
dlers J in Iho United Slates army and thej
will receive the same pny nnd allowances
Their flag will bo lhat ot the Unlloi
Stales , Port" Hlco having been ceded to
this country by Spain , and Is now an Ameri
can possession. If the experiment succeeds
the Island should in the future be garri
soned almost exclusively by Porto Hlcnt
troops under tbe command of American olll-
ccrs. The army reorgnnlzallon net provide !
for the enlistment of a native force not only
In Porto Klco , 'but In Uio Philippines. Wher
the ( Filipinos have laid down their arms am
accepted the sovereignty of the I'nltci '
Slates , a native force will doubtless be or
ganized | j there , thus permitting a reduction
In the size of Iho American nrmy now
operating In the islands. As for Cuba , Hie
government might utilize a part of ( lit
Cuban nrmy , enlisting the men In the
sorvlco of the Unllcd States under Amor- !
can officers. After the payment of $3-
000,000 to this army It will disband , am :
probably many of the soldiers would be
glnd to outer the service of the Unltca
States nnd arslst In ( maintaining order. As
rapidly us the conditions will permit , the
United States regulars should bo wllddrawti
from the Island nnd their places filled by
Cuban soldiers. H will lie impossible for
American troops lo remain In Cuba during
Iho summer without suffering greally from
Iho ] diseases of a Iroplcal climate. More
over , If the government were to employ
Cuban troops , whenever It Is practicable
for | garrison oervlce , It would remove a
great deal of discontent among the Cubans
themselves , who do not regard Iho presence
n largo American force In Iho Island wlin .
favor. U IB n duty of the United States to
preserve order In Cuba and to assist Iho
natives In establishing a stable govarnment.
Whenever 11 Is possible , however. Ihe Cu
bans Ihemselves should be use-d for Ibis
purpose and , under American direction for A
the present , the results will doubtless be
satisfactory. ( Our own soldiers should not
bo kept In Cuba to die of tropical fevers It
j
nny oilier arrangement can bo made which
will Insure the maintenance of order In the
Island.
THE XEW I1IEI.AM ) .
SlKiiillriiiu-r of h < . rollHi-al Devolu
tion Wrought Tliorr. H
Xew York Tribune.
The Irish revolution Is completed. Jt was
begun three months ago and was ended Jast
week. Tli.-ro has been llttlo disturbance ( ( r
ex-llomcnl , in Ireland llsclf. pi-utmbly loss
Ihan wo have hero
In a pregldcnilnl cam
paign. There has been H'.tl.i attention pr.id
to It by the outsldooiki. . oven by Great v\
Britain , 'i ct the revolution 'n , im
mediate cff.ctB and In Its promise of lasting
results , | ifar the grc.Vn.t sjelal and
political change the Island has known tinco
Iho union , and ono of I'ao most n.iluworfjy
over accomplished by peaceful methods lii
nny country In the world. Th-ro months ngo
the thirty-two counties if Ireland were gov-
iMiiea by a close corporation of landlords ,
inlonlsts nnd IVolestnntH.
Today they , or
nine-tenths of them , nro governed by a
popular body of tenants nnd peasant pro
prietors , nationalists and Catholics. Tboro
were , of course , exceptions to the rule , and
Ihoro now aro. But the paramount fact Is
that considerably more than throe-fourths
the new county councillors belong to ono
another of the various iiutloimli.il fnrllons.
la true thai Lord Dunrnven was elected al
Limerick , but Daly the dynuniUer was In
January chosen mayor of thit oil/ .
Wo have said that oven Uio British show
llttlo , concern at this sweeping revolution.
For that ( hero nro several reasons. Ono is
thnl England llself adopled county councils
len years ujjo , and Is now so accustom'.1 ' ! * ! to
thorn that Iho extension of the system to
Ireland seems a mailer of course. Another
that the change Is made by the decree of
conservative unionist government. If
Gladstone had done oxnclly what Mr. Mulfoiir
has done there would have been n time ! A
third reason , nnd the slrongest of nil , Is
lhat the temper and condition of Ireland
have greatly changed , not only since tbo
days of the land league , but since those of
tbo homo rule campaign. There Is peace ,
ihero Is prosperity , and there is , above all , n
steadily nnd swiftly Increasing peasant
proprietorship. This lasl Is Ihe clrcumslance
lhat most allays British fears nnd that most
augurs well for Iho now era. As a result cf
the operation of Iho Ashbourno act of four
teen years ago , nnd of the supplementary
land acis that have since been made , the
Irish people , the peasants , are becoming
the owners In freehold of the land they
occupy. At Iho present rate of progress this
generation will see the great majority of
Irish countrymen owners of the land , and
the bulk of Irish land owned by the peqplo
small farms. Such a itato of affairs In
variably makes for conservatism nnd Is ono
the best guarantees of good government.
In nearly all rcspocls , Indeed , Ihoro U to-
ilsy a new Ireland. Scarcely another coun
In the world has changed so much In
eighteen yearn. Political and agrarian
crime , which reached Its worst In Glad
stone's coercion days , has practically dls-
uppeared ; It Is now lit * than iu England
'
llself Immigration hm almost cca Ml , Hit
birth rate hi rlfcn , thp death rate hni
fillen , and the population of thp countiy li
IncrcnKlng nt n goo.lly ratio. The Indus
trial revival , fostered partly by the eon
vents , pnrtly by Mr. Plunkett nnd his ns
, Jorln'es i nnd partly by the llrltl h govern
ment ; , ha * attained gratifying proportion * ,
and Is now on a most sutatntillal ba i
Hallron\U and other public works are bdnj
extendel on every hand , banks arc flour.
Ishlng and the popular deposits In savins *
banks hnvo reached * n sum total unprece
dented [ In history and are still Increasing
There will , no doirbt. be fluctuation. ) . There
| may be bad harvests nnd lenn years. There
i can ' scarcely over again be nny such dls-
tre ns that which gave Parnell his oppor
tunity } , or anything re.ieir.ibllng It. \Ve bn-
. llevo j It Is not at all over-optlmlsllr to 1no' <
| for n general continuance of Irl'h prosperity
nnd ( for n general BUCCOS , of the system of
local autonomy upon which Iho lohud , for
the first time In history , has now entered.
IIHEE/.V THiri.KS.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Kvry lllne V
Inucli ll hurts my plde. "
"ihnt tniipt be what Ihey call ilbald
Inuchter. "
Soinorvllle Journal : "Hood morliliitr. Mr1
I nni very glnil lo ? eo you ! " nro wonlo th.u
a iirofiKKlniril bill collector mii t deeply
jvnrn lo hear.
Detroit Journal : "It done hln wlckr.l .
heart good to sru her bathed In lenra ! '
wrotn the novelist.
Kind friends led him gently aside nnd tdil
him he wiitm't wrltlnc good Ungllxh.
"Ought I to say 'tubbed In tenrs ? ' " bo
thereuiion linked , betraying nnicli
Hrooklyn Life : Tommy Grandpa , urn
lngH and iiuoons nlwnyx good ?
Or.indpn Not nlwuyn , my boys not when
there are nce.s out nunlnsl them.
Chlcnc-0 News : "TbeivV no use trying
to inaUe anything out of a man who WCIIIH
li No. hut und No. 0 slides. "
"Perhaps not , but what lire you going to
dn with DIP 'by Jove' fellow who wean
No. a shoos nnd n hat t .tnt holds half a
bushel ? "
Chicago Hecord : "You don't eatch me rid
ing my wheel on that cinder path. "
"Why not ? "
"It Is too sad iv reminder of the pond
money I jiald oiil for coal Ibis winter. "
Philadelphia North American : Hrnshlcy
Oh , I say , the little one you Introduce ! !
mo to n little while ago 1s a regular high *
Hopper , you know.
lloHtrss-Oh , you have discovered It ? Shu
does have n way of putting her foot down
on gome persons.
Tli lloro.
I. . A. W. Bulletin.
Housed to bore me ha'.f to death.
For , every single dny ,
llo'il come 'round to my olllcc ,
And Just stay , nnd stay , nnd stay.
1 couldn't seem to shako him ,
Though 1 HUVO , mjt pointed hints ,
IJut I lent him half a dollar.
And 1 haven't sern him since.
A HOI.IHEU'S HOMMUIUY.
Kxcllonicnt , amusement , adventure , not
Not for 'homo and iwllion , as some will
c.\-pluln ,
For bo honor * * hlg country nnd Is proud oj
bs ! name ,
The Tleguliir.
When he Hwc-arn to protect ami defend
Undo Sum ,
Th oath Is In honor , the object Js grand.
In defending" Old Glory ho lights like a man.
And a Regular.
The monotonous routine of regular drill ,
The captjiln'H commands , executed at will ,
l/onging for action to dtepluy his skill ,
Aa a llcgular.
TJcelnrntlon of wnr ; was ll u boast ?
Wjis'he always In front , or was H h ! ghost ?
Hla pplend.d reward wa only a roast ,
To the iHsgular.
A thousand to one , what has he to nay ?
Of Ihe false accusations made , every day ,
Against the poor regular lighting for pnv ?
Nothing.
Ho Is thought to bo ibrutnl , heartless and
vain ;
Thinks more of hla clothes than he does of
hln name ;
Ho enlisted for good , nol for honor nnd
fame ,
The Regular.
In n well filled regiment , twelve hundred
Htrong ,
If a soldier poxchnnce should forget and go
wrong
Twelve hundred soldiers ! and this is Iho
sons ,
Those
Slrikes. Indian troubles and Cuban cam-
IKllgll ,
.Malaria , stomac.li troubles and almost In-
'idie ,
Montauk Point , provost guard , then troubles
; i train ,
In the Philippines.
With no personal honor , but historical
deeds ,
credit to the regiment that Kiipplls-all
'his needs ,
With nothing to gain , but still he proceeds ,
To thu front.
Ho receives no ovation , he receives no good
cb 'f-r ,
N'o mother's embrace , no sweetheart In
terirs.
Oh , how he must envy .tho brave volunteer ,
The Regular.
lo r = iulres ] no encouragement , ho nsks for
no praise ;
lo thinks It quite proper for n soldier to \ > n
'brave ' ;
lie Is either on the llrlng line , in Hie. hos
pital or tbo grave ,
The Regular.
flien why in tbo name of good common
Can't the people we llvo for nnd die for
dispense
With expressing their views , while we are
entrenched , , . ,
On the lirlng llnoT
A HOLDIKH.
Fort Crook , Neb.
"Thoughtful
Brings you next to our
light weight UNDER
WEAR. Will you get
into them without
turning up the legs
and sleeves ? Some
dealers look no further
than the chest and
waist measurement.
What are you long-
legged , long-armed ,
short-legged and short-
armed men going to
do ? Come here , most
likely , if you want a
fit.
50c-p < ° $3.00
tAM T / J \ VA
V'-RJWlCOX