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Neb.
This Is the season of tlio year when
Nebraska enjoys million-dollar rains
every day.
Mr. Cy Clone Is leaving his card
around the country with a prodigality
which Is anything but pleasant
What else could County Attorney
Shields have expected whoa he allowed
the gamblers' gang to name his deputies
for him ?
The bloated capitalist who Is anxious
to sink money In an Omaha base ball
team has not yet made ills appearance
this year.
The first round In the anti-trust bout
in Arkansas results adversely to the
trusts. That is a good sign even if the
light Is but begun.
The First Nebraska has had three
colonels since it was mustered into serv
ice. There should be no complaint that
promotion along the line lias not been
going fast enough.
Now that they have been given u good
start , the natives in Samoa are doing
a fair job of assimilating. Though it
may not bo of a. strictly benevolent
character , the victims are just as dead.
Omaha architects report Increased ac
tivity in the erection of small dwellings
and stores. Small dwellings for the ac
commodation of wage workers and people
ple of moderate means are what make
great cities.
Think of a prosecuting attorney who
has taken an oath to observe the laws
and prosecute criminals refusing to tes
tify In a police court case on the ground
Unit he might Incriminate himself.
Hoes protection protect ?
Whenever you want anything kept out
! ' li of the World-Herald apply to any mem
ber of the gang of blackmailers and
hold-ups who have been dealing out
protection to the gamblers and guaran
teeing silence In their organ.
The gift of $100,000 to Princeton uni
versity to endow a professorship of poli
tics should not go long bogging. If the
place could be made available for a syn
dicate the political linn of Moise , Fan
ning , Herdmau ct al might be induced
to accept it.
Postmaster General Smith lias re
lieved the public mind by asserting that
wo are lighting the Filipinos In order
to secure peace. If ho expects this to
put nn end to the question , "What are
wo lighting forV" however , ho IB labor
ing under a delusion.
More men are being employed this
year on railroad construction in Ne
braska and the surrounding states than
for several years past put together , Our
popocratlc friends will , however , be out
next fall repenting the old story about
employment being scarcer than ever.
Our old friend Chlng Ling Fee has
finally established the fact In court that
ho is an artist and not a laborer , and
IH therefore exempt from the operations
of the Chinese exclusion act. Kvery
one who visited the Transmlsslsslppl
Exposition last year knew that he wan
an artist all the time.
H Is to bo hoped Hess Crokcr made
provision for his suecessorshlp should
anything happen to him whllo abroad ,
An Interregnum In the government of
New York during which the mayor nnd
other city otllcials might bo at sea us
to whom to look to for orders would be
deplorable indeed.
Why Is It thnt the local organ of the
Herdmun gang has not a word for Us
readers about the sensational scene In
the police court where the principal dep
uty of County Attorney Shields refused
to testify In a gambling case on the
ground that his testimony might tend tc
Incriminate himself ? What better evl
deuce could bo wanted that a stand-In
with the gang carries with It an assnr
unco of the suppression of such news In
Uiclr local organ ?
JXfif'It's / MHTAT10X.
In onr JinleniPiit ( Jprman-Amprleans
are not contributing to the strengthen
ing of friendly relations between the
I'nlted States anil their native land by
raising an agitation respecting public
sentiment In the two countries , pro
claiming against an alliance between
Kimlaiid and this country that nobody
but themselves Is seriously thinking
about and proposing to "solidify" the
tJerman-Amerleaii vole In support of
certain ideas. The right of these eltl-
/.ens to give full and free expression to
their views and opinions la of course
not qiioitlnned , but It seems to us thfit
the course some of them arc pursuing
Is most Injudicious and there Is really
no valid reason for It.
It Is idle for anyone to deny that there
Is an element of the Gorman i 'Ople
which Is unfriendly to the commercial
Interests of the United States. Kvl-
deuce of this Is seen In the debates In
the Helchstag and In the utterances of
the newspaper organs of tlw agrarians.
It Is equally true that there Is a feeling
here that Germany has acted unfairly
In Its discrimination against Aiuerlcan
products. Hut no fair-minded American
believes that the German nation Is an
enemy of the United Slates or that the
Gorman government is not wholly sin
cere In Its professions and manifesta
tions of friendship. Nor can there be
any doubt as to the sincere desire of
onr government to preserve friendly re
lations. The German-Americans are
unnecessarily sensitive nnd are not
showing that cool judgment and sound
discretion with which they are credited.
TI1K TllAXSVAAl , CI11SIS.
The situation in the Transvaal repub
lic has become acute and the latest ad
vices indicate that a collision with Kng-
land is imminent It appears that the
Hocr government is very much Irritated
over the petition sent to the British
government by the Ultlanders In the
Transvaal , setting forth their grlev-
tuces and asking for intervention to
secure to them the same fair treatment
hat Is accorded to the Hoers when they
become residents of countries more ill-
ectly under the control of the Uritish
; overnmont The petitioners , comprls-
ng about all the English residents In
lie Transvaal , complain that the re
forms which had been promised by the
5oer government have not been real-
zed , that industry is paralyzed by op-
n-esslvo exactions , that the life and
u-operty of the Ultlauders are insecure
owing to the inelliclency and hostility of
the Hocr authorities , that taxation is
inoqual and the whole power of the
Leer ? government is directed to the In-
ury of the classes that constitute tlirec-
fourths of the white population and
own nine-tenths of the property of the
Transvaal.
This is certainly a strong indictment
of the Boer government and if well
founded places that government In a
position where It can expect little sym
pathy should tlie lirltish government
decide to Intervene , and this it is very
likely to do , for an appeal of 111,000
Englishmen for relief will hardly pass
unheeded. According to the advices
President Kruger is expecting hostili
ties and the sturdy Dutchmen of the
Transvaal , who know how to light , as
they have more than once demonstrated ,
are preparing for the possible conflict.
Jf it comes it will be sharp and bitter ,
but it could have but one ending the
overthrow of the Transvaal republic
and the absorption of the country as
part of the Hritish empire.
THE
Advices from Atlantic City state that
the committee of the house of repre
sentatives which is considering the cur
rency question , with a view to prepar
ing a bill for presentation to the next
congress , Is giving assiduous attention
to the subject The committee lias re
ceived the opinions of a large number of
linanclers and it Is Interesting to note
the divergence of views among men who
have carefully studied the currency
question or have a practical knowledge
of monetary affairs. It is shown that
many bankers , In fact a majority of
those heard from , are opposed to a eur-
rt'iiey based purely on bank as
sets , an evidence of conserva
tism In the banking community
which Is noteworthy , since note
Issues based on commercial assets would
bo distinctly to the advantage of the
banks. A wide divergence of opinion
was also found to exist respecting the
proposition to permit the organization of
national banks with a minimum capital
of ? U5,000 , , half the amount now re
quired , though a majority of the bank
ers who sent answers to the committee's
circular favored the proposition. Branch
banking Is not universally approved ,
showing that the Canadian system has
not impressed itself upon all American
hankers as desirable for this country.
The proposition as to which there is
the least difference of opinion is thnt of
paying the demand obligations of ( hi1
government In gold , only a few being op
posed to this , while the recommendation
of President McKlnley , that greenback *
redeemed in gold shall lie paid out again
only for gold , stands next In general eii'
dorsement. A considerable majority ot
the answers received favor retirement ol
the greenbacks , but out ofOS hanker *
who expressed an opinion forty-fom
opposed retirement a ratio which show *
that In the banking community there it
a not Inconsiderable sentiment favorabk
to keeping the l.'nlted States notes n
part of the currency. These expressions
of the bankers of New England can
probably bo accepted as pretty accu
rately indicating the views of hanker *
throughout the country.
As to the character of the measure
which the committee will report , If It If
decided to frame a currency bill , 01
otherwise the recommendations It wil
make to the next congress , there Is at
yet no definite information , It Is vtn'j
probable that it will urge the adoptloi
of the president's recommendation In re
gard to Uio greenbacks and It may re
port in favor of a definite enactment ol
the gold standard by a declaration 01
congress that all obligations of the gov
eminent are payable In gold. It Is saft
to assume that the committee will no
recommend any legislation looking tc
the retirement of the greenbacks , be
cause there Is strong republican op
poiltlnn to such a policy and It could
not succeed In the next congress. Nodi-
ing Is more certain than that a proposal
to retire the government notes cannot
pass the next house of representatives.
The committee , having been appointed
with a view to proposing currency legis
lation upon which the majority In the
next congress can unite , will not make
the mistake of submitting a proposition
that would Inevitably divide the party
n control of congress.
\Vc do not expect any elaborate
< < tlieiiii * of currency reform from this
committee ami none Is required. The
urgent necessity Is a definite enactment
of the gold standard the fixing of that
standard beyond controversy. With
that accomplished , assuring the perma
nent security of the currency against
debasement , other provisions for the bet
terment of our monetary system may
safely be postponed.
A nnMAHhAULK Sl'KVTACLE.
The refusal of a deputy of County At
torney Shields to testify in a police court
gambling case In which he had been
subpoenaed as a witness , for the reason
that his testimony might tend to In
criminate himself , presents a remarka
ble spectacle. We make bold to assert
that never before In the history of this
county has the machinery of the olllce
of prosecuting attorney been so openly
used for the protection of criminals.
Never before has such Indisputable evi
dence been flaunted before the public
proving that olllcers charged with en
forcing the law and prosecuting persons
accused of law-breaking have been con
niving with the law-breakers and can
not be depended upon to perform their
duty when It contllcts with the Interests
of the outlaws to whom they owe their
positions.
Were it not for his perverse Insistence
upon clinging to the hold-up gang and
continuing to play into their hands ,
County Attorney Shields would cer
tainly be deserving of pity. Were he
simply the victim of misplaced confi
dence the public would appreciate ids
mortification and sympathize with Ills
complaint that Ids friends are deserting
an ' betraying him.
But .Mr. Shields ought to have known
and must have known what he was do
ing when he placed himself In the bands
of the Ilerdman-Molse-Fannlng gang.
lie ought to have known and must have
known that by delegating the selection
of his deputies to the gamblers ho was
making ills ollice a refuge for criminals
and encouraging blackmail when lie
should be suppressing it.
Tlie man who goes to bed with dogs
must expect to get up with fleas. After
all that has happened since bis assump
tion of olliec It is too late for County
Attorney Shields to complain that he is
the victim of false friends. His reten
tion of a deputy in collusion with crimi
nals cannot but lend support to the sus
picion that his nomination and election
were but a part of a conspiracy to prop
up the falling fortunes of tlie outlaw
gang whose hold-up operations last year
under the Ilerdman police commission
raised such a stench In the nostrils of
tlie law-abiding citizens of an outraged
community.
The English , by reason of their ex
perience In the kind of warfare now
being conducted in tlie Philippines are
probably better qualified to judge the
accomplishments of tlie American sol
diers than any people on earth , not ex
cepting ourselves. The steadiness of
tlie men and their resistless onward
inarch in the face of severe dlllicultles
have called forth from English press and
officials unstinted praise. While sur
prised at the work of the regulars , from
whom they expected good reports , they
are simply amazed at the steadiness and
snap of the volunteers , whom old-world
soldiers had reckoned of little value for
serious business. Afloat , afoot or In the
saddle the American has always when
called upon proved himself a lighter.
The reason is found in the fact that
our population on a foundation of Anglo-
Saxon blood is built up of the best of
the brawn and brain of Europe , who
have sought here a free homo sur
rounded by conditions which make them
aggressive and self-reliant
It Is to be noted that Governor Poyn-
tor , following in the footsteps of his
predecessor , Is In several Instances ap
pointing to places in the state Institu
tions members of the legislature. This
practice certainly was not contemplated
by the constitution framers , even if they
did not expressly prohibit it , because it
not only vacates the seats in the legis
lature but endows members with
salaries which they themselves voted
to appropriate. The extent to which
the abuse of this practice might be
carried and the disastrous results to
which It might lead If used by the gov
ernor to reward friends for services as
legislators are readily apparent It Is
even conceivable that It might sub
ordinate the legislative to the executive
power and destroy the co-ordlnato char
acter of these two departments of state
government In a word , the dangers
far outweigh the possible advantages
that might accrue.
Some ot the Iowa papers have ex
pressed dissatisfaction In the past that
the troops from that state now in the
Philippines had not seen active service.
Now that they are up on the firing line
and the lists of dead and wounded are
coming In the anxious faces at home
are a sad reminder that war's glories
are dearly bought and fortunate is tlie
land which Is not called upon to give up
Us bravest and best to the demon of
war.
Oem Paul Kruger does not propose
to bo caught napping In the event of
trouble between the Transvaal and
England , The boers are a slow-going
people , but England bus found to Its
sorrow that pushing them too far Is a
serious matter. It Is far easier to cap
ture the country by meirtis of Immi
grants than soldiers.
The Ileo calls attention of Its readers
to the list of stockholders In the na
tional banks of Omaha and South
Omaha herewith printed , which shows
that the Institutions at South Onmlui
are practically brunches of Omaha
bunks owned and controlled by the
same parties. Vnder such circumstaucos
thereIs no good reason why the differ
ences between these banks with respeet
to their clearings should not be at once
adjusted without further pretense that
they are distinct Institutions with con- .
Illctltig Interests. The Interests of all
are identical with tlie lnen ( ts of
Greater Omaha , and If the ollicers of the
respective banks delay action much
longer It may bo advisable for the
stockholders to take a hand.
All the yellow , jingo Journals are not
printed In the United States by any
means. Germany has Its full share of
them anil Judging by results , they are
just about as Influential as those In the
United States. These papers have un
mercifully lampooned Admiral Kautz ,
Captain Coghlan and the people of this
country just as the same class In this
country has sought to magnify small
Incidents Into great national affronts.
But the respective governments have
kept their heads and all the Irritating
incidents are either closed or In tlie way
of settlement
.1. Sterling Morton In his paper , the
Conservative , among other things up
braids the late republican legislature
because no law was enacted to enable
the people of tlie entire county to have
a voice In the election of all members
of their county board. Mr. Morton in
tills Is wide of the mark , probably from
misinformation. He should know that
the legislature passed a bill restoring to
tlie people of this county their right to
choose their commissioners , but the bill
was vetoed by the populist governor out
of political motives.
Now that the trouble about the bond
releasing the Transmlsslsslppl Exposi
tion from Its obligations to restore the
grounds has been adjusted tlie stock
holders who have been patiently wait
ing for that I-1/- per cent dividend would
like to see the color of their money.
While on this point It might be perti
nent to ask the question , Can anyone
point to another exposition that can
match the TranstnississippI in returning
87'/ ' . per cent of the capital to its stock
holders ?
Tin1'Hy of It.
Phlladebhla Times.
The rainy season's about duo In the Phil
ippines and It's a pity Agulnnldo does not
know enough to come In out of the wet.
lUotrliiK IMV tinFrutli. .
Knnsa.5 CltiStar. .
If the United States can stand Captain
CoBhlan's rush of folly to the head , Germany
can afford to be amiable and not magnify
the unfortunate Incident.
Utility of Fool FrlciidH.
"Washington Post.
There are a great many statesmen who
would be In a bad way If It were not for
their fool friends. Tool friends manage to
assimilate a great many mistakes lu the
course of a year.
: Vo ( ( InSiiiuiinii
Washington Sta * .
In order to prevent International misun
derstandings It Is just ns well to state that
the "Rose , Sweet Rose" to whom Senator
Thurston alludes In a poem does not refer
to the German consul at Apia.
iN for IliTllatlotiN.
Chlcnzo Record.
"Casablanca , " "Curfew Must Not Ring To
night" nnd "The Deserted Village" are now
suggested to naval officers n really safe sub
jects for recitations In case they arc called
upon to favor their auditors with entertain
ments of this class.
HOKUM C'lKiir Slumpi.
Philadelphia ledger.
It Is the misfortune of many Innocent
dealers In cigars that they must suffer
the confiscation of their stock which maybe
bo found to bo supplied with counterfeit
stamps. This Is an Injustice In the law
which should bo remedied at the next ses
sion of congress. The government would be
sutnclently protected by requiring the deal
ers. In such cases , to cover the cigars afresh
with genuine stamps , and would not be
under the Imputation of profiting by their
misfortune , as It will If It confiscates their
goods and sells them for Its own benefit.
Crrillt MurkN of tinIlrooklyii. .
Chlcaco Tribune.
The story of the naval battle of Santiago ,
as told by the charts and the appendix to
the annual report of Captain Crownlnshleld ,
chief of the Bureau of Navigation , shows
that the cruiser Brooklyn and the battle
ship Iowa made seven-tenths of all marks
by projectiles on the Spanish ships. The
Brooklyn and the Iowa also carried 8-Inch
guns , and as they were In the thick of the
light It Is probable their score would be In
creased by a good part of the ai9 8-Inch
shells sent after the Spanish ships by the
Brooklyn , Iowa , Oregon and Indiana , which
carried the S-inch guns. When In addition
It is remembered that the Brooklyn was hit
oftener than any other American ship en
gaged the famous controversy as to the
part Admiral Schley played In the battle of
Santiago may bo sold to bo established be
yond the possibility of contradiction.
TALK OK THI3.1SO.Y.
Outliurxt of FnrlmiN AVrufli
( lie IiMprrlallHlH.
J\w York Kvenlnc Post.
There Js a great hullabaloo In the im
perialist organs about "treasonable and
seditious communications" sent from this
country to the volunteers In the Philippine ) ,
advising them not to ro-cnllst , and terrible
throats of "exposing the traitors. " There is
not the slightest attempt at scr cy about
this matter. Ten days ago a meeting of the
parents , relatives nnd friends ot the soldiers
In the Nebraska regiment , which Is serving
in the Philippines , was held In the state
house nt Lincoln to promote the movement
for their early return homo now that their
term of service has been ended by the ex
change of the. ratifications of the peace
treaty. The meeting was attended by
delegates from the homo towns of almost all
cf the companies. Every speaker warmly
urged the Importance of strongly presentIng -
Ing to the administration the earn eat feeling
of all concerned that the regiment should be
brought back at once and a resolution was
unanimously adopted appealing to the prc&l.
dent to muster the troops out of service as
soon as possible , giving ns reasons their
early enlistment , their valiant service In the
field nnd the fact that the cause for which
they enlisted ( the freeing of Cuba from
Spanish rule ) had been gloriously won. In
the course of the discussion Mrs. C. K. White
of Omaha reported that the woman's auxiliary ,
realizing that the soldiers would want tc
know how their parents , 'relatives and
friends felt about their continuing In the
service , bad sent the following telegram tc
Manila : "Boys , don't re-t > nllst ; Insist upon
Immediate discharge , " and that word came
back that the telegram had reached Manila
all right , but could not be delivered , as II
was held by the government censor. We
have hero another lllustiatlon of our odop'
tlon of Spanish methods the American gov.
eminent * refusing to let American soldlen
know how their fathers and mothers fee !
about fighting to deny another people the
right of eelf-gorcrnment.
MillltASICV'H LOSS ,
Washington Post : The entlro country will
mourn the loss of Nebraska's fighting
colonel , who met his death nt the hrad of hi *
tcglment.
1'hll.idelphla 1'rrta : The wrlous engage
ments with the Filipino forcts near Mnlnloa ,
In which the Ncbrasknns sufferil so severely ,
Is morft unpleasant news. No ono di-onr *
the ta < "k of bringing order out of chnm ft
particularly easy one , 'but ' the check our
forces met In this particular en no brings
home the dllllculty la n particularly drpron-
sing manner. And yet smooth mid on < y nd-
vnnco without set-back Is out of the iiie8- |
tlon.
Chicago Journal : The drain of Colonel
Sloteenborg1whllo charging Ititioticlmieiils at
the head of his regiment will probably nrrvn
to recall to his rtit-mles In Nebraska hli
many admirable mid anlcllcrly ( | iwlltleB. It
Is a great pity they couldn't luivo been re
called before. The bitter and smnll-mlndod
light that was made against this olllccr ns
fijon ns ho took command of his regiment
wnn n disgrace to Nebraska , nnd ho repaid
It by leading Nebraska troops to more glory
than nny other volunteers luvo won In the
Philippine Islands.
Indianapolis Journal : When Colonel Stot-
Benberg came to the command of the Ne
braska regiment , he proceeded to make
soldiers of It. The result was that he
became very unpopular , both with men nnd
olllcers. From the Pacific coast , whllo
yet there , nnd from 'Manila ' came ntorlos of
severity , largely lies , of course , which caused
widespread Indignation , RO much so thnt the
legislature foolishly passed resolutions of
censure. Fortunately for the regiment , the
disciplinarian fitted the men for the splendid
fighting they have done , nnd , once soldiers ,
the men fully appreciated the regular army
colonel.
Boston Transcript : It was in coming to
the relief of the advance guard that Colonel
Stotsctiberg met his death. He was an ac
complished olllcer o regulars , whoso aim
was to make his volunteers the equal In drill
nnd discipline of any regular regiment In the
service. It Illustrates at once the trials and
the triumphs that await such nn olllcer thnt
his earlier teachings brought upon him the
censure of the Nebraska legislature , which ,
later on , learning what results he had ac
complished , took back what It had said about
him. Ho was at first hated by his men , who
long before his death had come to Idollzo
him as they had realized that his disci
plinary methods were for their own good.
Ho will be mourned today by men who ten
months ago were cursing him In private as
n merciless martinet wtio would make them
keep themselves clean and soldierly.
Dos Molncs Leader : The Klrst Nebraska
has been one of the most efficient regiments
and has conferred great credit on the state
whose name It bears. The sentiment of the
men rapidly changed also and when , just
before his death , he came on the field from
Manila , where ho had' been to see his wife ,
he was wildly cheered. It Is not necessary
or desirable for colonels to place themselves
nt the head of their troops when n charge Is
made and In all probability Colonel Stotscn-
berg courted danger In order that he might
show to his critics how unjust had been
their accusations. The cruel and unneces
sary resolution of censure must have cut the
soul of this bravo man to the quick and was
thus to some degree the cause of his death.
The Nebraska legislature , sanity returning ,
has expunged the resolution from Us rec
ords and last week a mass meeting was
held at the university which cheered the
name of Stotsenberg , but It Is not likely that
the victim of this unjust persecution ever
knew that publls sentiment had turned In
his favor. This Incident Is certainly not
without Its lesson. It shows how foolish Is
hasty popular judgment In regard to military
matters.
r.UOIlGIA'S lIOUUOll.
Detroit Free Press : God save the captive
Americans from -the Georgia methods In the
Philippines !
Cleveland Plain Dealer : What a com
mentary the story of Lake City and Pal
metto Is on our professions of "carrying
the blessings of civilization" to the dark-
skinned people of the Philippines !
Philadelphia Times : U Is wrong , it is
dreadful , It Is revolting. It Is a disgrace to
the great state of Georgia. But it Is not ns
though this thing were done In Philadelphia
and unless we know the conditions at Pal
metto wo can hardly understand this affair ,
and the conditions stretch back so far Into
history and Involve so many old-time wrongs
that a nation engaged In seeking the white
man's burden across seas must consider
carefully what may bo the white man's
burden here at home.
Now York Tribune : For an Anglo-Saxon
in Georgia , with alt his opportunities , with ,
his religion , his clvill/atlon , his boasts as a
member of a superior race , claiming a right
to rule and owing an example to Inferior * )
for this white man to make himself a beast ,
to dance In wild Joy about a victim , whether
of punishment or persecution , to dip fingers
In his blood , is a crime against law , against
civilization , against humanity , which sur
passes even the most horrible outbreak of
some barbarous black mail's brutal passion.
It is not the death of the negro that makes
the picture so dark , nor Its unlawfulness ,
nor oven his unmeasured suffering. His
crime was terrible , and certain , severe and
swift punishment was deserved. Wo arc not
pitying him. H Is the debasement of the
whole community by such an orgy of blood ,
such n reversion of civilized men nnd
women to the delight In cruelty thnt marks
savages which seems to us the darkest and
saddest feature of this dark affair.
PUHSO.NAL AXIJ OTIIHIIWISE.
It may bo said of Captain Coghlan , by
way of extenuation , that It has been a long
time since ho has had a chance to talk.
Captain Coghlan of the Raleigh has been
so long unacquainted with Illustrated papers
that when W. J , Bryan visited his ship the
other day the captain did not recognize his
visitor.
All doubt as to the belief of Rev. Dr. Park-
hurst of New York In the efficacy of prayer
is dispelled by his action of last Sunday
when ho prayed In public for the rulers of
the city of Now York.
Hotheaded women , if there are such ,
should take warning of the accident that
has Just happened nt Bangor , Me. A youns
woman was sitting near an open firnplnco
when suddenly her celluloid comb exploded ,
setting fire to her hair and nearly burning
It off her head.
The 10,000 Indians , Cherokces , Creeks and
Dclawares , who have voluntarily gone from
Oklahoma to Mexico to establish a ruseiva-
tlon , declare they are actuated by a dfsiro
to get as far away as possible from the white
man's civilization. They have about $12i-
000 , and expect further : id-lltlims after thty
have organized tholr bottlcnient.
Frank Bray , the Englishman who I ? said
to bo the brains of the Filipino junta at
Hong Kong , hag spoilt most of hU lift ) in the
far cast. Ho speaks many of tlip Filipino
dialects fluently and knows the Malay of
Borneo as well ns the Malay of the Philip
pines. Ho says we will never conquer the
Insurgents and that "all the wcnlia the
Yankees get out of the Island will not
maintain the necessary hospitals. "
General Charles King's flsht on the Pablg
haa been described by blnwlf In a Jeitir
to the Milwaukee Sentinel , which ho closes
as follows : "Milwaukee was promptly on
hand In King's brigade to eipiess apprecia
tion In tangible form. The very moment
the roads were safa out c.imj a icpresenta-
tlve of Pabst's brewery to request the gui-
oral's consent to present a barrel of the
best on hand to every companengaged. .
That , with the batter ! . . made twcnty-sl * .
' cnal said 'Jut the
I've forgotten what the , ; cn
brigade hasn't , "
i : nous OP TIII : AVVII.
Prntttrrn of ( In'nnil'tilHM In l.imm
Tohl lij ( In- Soldier * .
Extracts from loltora written by oMlcm
In the 1'hlllpplnpd nnd published nt ihelc
hntnrs put lhi conduct of the war against
fho Insurgents In n light that Is not pleas
ing or crcMlltnldo. It In mild that In .
desperate t\fM I ho i < nvngo Instincts of men
dominate thrlr action nnd transform their
humane forllngs Into animalism. In thu
parly Imltlos nround Mnntln that feeling ap-
poalM to have been uppermost , and In sonis
InHlnnroM the vty of "No quarter" wnn
hcntd nnd obeyed. According to the let-
II-I-B of the milillom they had ordeis to take
mi prlsniiptR. ninl somu of those already
taken worn ( "U'Ctlli'd In cold blood.
Tim Brooklyn Eagle prints n letter from
Fred It. lllnrhtimn , now serving la Com
pany A , United Stntcs engineers , dated
Manila , February 22. Ho says : "I am
ronnfctcd with the provoet marshal's head-
qunrierst hnvo had n pnrtloulntly good op
portunity of observing 'symptoms , ' nnd In
some cases have had an Insight Into things
which were not generally known. " Con
cerning the first 'battle ' with the natives ho
writes :
"At 1:30 : o'clock the general gave mo n
memorandum with regard to sending out a
Tennessee battalion to the line. Ho tcitvly
put It that 'they were looking for n fight. '
At the Pucnto Colganto ( suspor.Blon bridge )
I met one of our company , who told mo that
the Fourteenth nnd Washington * were driv
ing all before them , and taking no prison
ers. This Is now our rule of procedure for
cause. After delivering my menage I had
not walked n iblock when 1 heard shol
down the street. Hurrying forward. I found
a group of our men taking pot sholo nerrss
the river , Into n bamboo thicket , nt nbout
1,100 ! yards. I longed to Join them , but
had my reply to take back , and thnt , of
course , wn * the first thing to attend to.
I reached the tilllco at 3 p. m. , just Hi
tlmo to see a platoon of \VnshIngtons
with about fifty prisoners , who had been
taken before they learned how not to take
them. "
Leonard P. Adams of Ozark , Mo. , In a
letter describing the bnttlo of February 4 ,
says : "I don't know how many men , women
and children the Tennessee boys did kill.
They would not take any prisoners. Ono
company of the Tennessee boys was sent
Into headquarters with thirty prisoners and
got there with nbout 100 chickens and no
prisoners. "
A similar tragedy Is related In a letter
from Charles Brenner of Minneapolis , Kan. ,
describing1 the part played by the Kansas
regiment nt Caloocan. "Company I , " ho
writes , "had taken n few prisoners and
stopped. The colonel ordered them up Into
line tlmo after time and finally sent Cap
tain Bishop back to start them. There
occurred the hardest sight I ever saw.
They had four prisoners nnd didn't know
what to do with them. They asked Captain
Bishop what to do and he said : 'You know
the orders , ' and four natives fell dead. "
J. D. Now of Indianapolis , Ind. , member
of the Oregon volunteers , was on special
duty with the First Nebraska when the
Manila water works were taken. In n letter
describing the fight ho concludes : "Wo took
only two prisoners. Rather significant , eh ? "
Anthony Mlchea of the Third artillery has
written to his father , Captain George Mlchea
of St. Catherines , Ont. , the following : " \Vo
bombarded n place called Malabou and then
went in and killed every native wo met ,
men , women and children. It was a dread
ful sight , the killing of the poor creatures. "
Additional evidence of the truth of these
charges comes from the Manila correspond
ent of the New York Sun. One sentence Is
sufficient : "To shoot a man at six-foot range
with a Springfield rillo is a hard thing to
do , but the orders were to let no insurgent
live , and off would go the whole side of his
head. "
Of the ravages of war and the ruin fol
lowing in Its wake Captain Elliott of the
Kansas volunteers draws this graphic pic
ture :
"Talk about war being 'hell , ' this war
bents the hottest estimate ever made of that
locality. Calnocan was supposed to contain
17,000 Inhabitants. The Twentieth Kansas
swept through it and now Caloocan contains
not ono living native. Of the buildings , the
battered walls of the great church and the
dismal prison alone remain. The village of
Mnypajn , where our first fight occurred on
the night of the -1th , had 5,000 people in It
at that day now not ono stone remains upon
top of another. You con only faintly Im
agine this terrible scene , of desolation. War
IB worse than hell. "
It has been repeatedly charged that the
chief object of Agulnaldo In organizing an
army was to loot Manila as soon ns the
Spaniards -were routed. Ho was not per
mitted to carry out his Intention. The na
tive army was not permitted to share In
the capture of .Manila , and General Merrltt
explained that they were excluded because
ho feared they would loot the town. But
If the natives are experts In the looting
business they have had little chance to show
their ability. The Americans have given
them a few lessons In that line which the
natives will appreciate' should they return
to their homes. The Springfield ( Mass. )
Republican prints a letter from , CaptaIn
Albert Otis describing the capture of Santa
Ana , In which ho says : "I have six horses
and three carriages In my yard nnd enough
small plunder for a family of six. The
house 1 had at Santa Ana had five pianos ,
I couldn't take them , so I < put a big grand
piano out of a second-story window. You
can guess its finish. Everything Is pretty
quiet about hero now. I expect we will not
bo kept hero very longnow. . Give my love
to all. "
The Iowa volunteers know a few things
nbout looting. Gus Williams of that regi
ment , writing to his brother at Burlington ,
describes the capture of Snn Rogue as fol
lows : "Wo marched about seven miles
through the sand nnd went lute camp for
the night In a little bamboo village. The
people had deserted the houses and left
everything they hud , and the soldiers made
short work of the whole thing. They looted
every house nnd found almost everything
from n pair of wooden shoes up to a jilnno ,
nnd they carried everything off or destroyed
It. I did not got anything of much account.
The other companies had got ahead of us.
Talk of the natives plundering the towns ; I
don't think they are In It with the Fiftieth
Iowa. "
E. I ) . Furman of the Washington volun
teers writes as follows : "Wo burned hun
dreds of houses and looted hundreds more.
Some of the boys made good hauls of Jew
elry nnd clothing. Nearly every man has
at least two suits of clothing and our
quarters arc furnished In style ; fine beds ,
with silken drapery , mirrors , chairs , rock
ers , cushions , pianos , hanging lamps , ruga ,
pictures , etcWe have horses nnd carriages
and bull carts galore , and enough furniture
and other plunder to load a steamer. "
I'rcHli ) I < -I-MII .tllimliiiuiry Hoc-lrl ) ' .
PITTSHUIIO , April 27. When the twenty ,
ninth assembly of the Women's Foreign
Missionary society of the Presbyterian
church reconvened this morning ( hero was
a general conference of uynodlcal and
Presbytery olllcers. led by Mrs. William
Walters. The reading of a paper by .Mrs.
( } . W. B. Cushlng on "Business Methods In
MiuHlonary Societies" and Its lengthy dis
cussion occupied the balance of thu ses
sion.
Chief lliiilii : r IlrxlKiiN ,
NEW YORK , April 27.-Hugh Banner ,
chief of the Now York flro department , has
resigned. The World says : "It U gen
erally Ixdleved by Tammany men that
Deputy Chief Edward Croker , who la a
nephew of Richard Croker , will be promoted
meted to the pluco madu vacant by Chief
Banner a resignation , "
PRAISES AMERICAN SOLDIERS
I.olliliitt I'lltMT Ultr * Tlii'tn ( ri-illt for
H innrUnlili I'rrforiiiiiniT *
AiiprrHiitr * I ) I Ilk-til He * .
LONDON. April 27. The Dally Mall , In
reference to the Amrrlrnn victory In the
Philippines , says todny : The Americans arc
to bo congratulated warmly upon the victory
which they have won nt CMumplt. Now , nt
last , It looks ns If the hark of the Filipino
resistance has been broken. English
men will bo particularly glad of this fact , ns
they alone appreciate to the full extent the
dlllicultleslilcli their cousins have to con
tend with.
The victory Is all the more welcome and
all the more grateful to us bocnuso we hnvo
been watching with deep Interest the efforts
of a political party In the United Stntrs to
humiliate the nation nnd the government by
persuading them to a disgraceful and cow-
nrdly retreat.
This party Is Insignificant In strength nnd
iniluonce , but wlmt It lacks In this direction
It makes up for by Its lung power. It has
gone to the length of endeavoring to Induce
American volunteers to demand their recall
In face of the enemy. To the eternal credit
of these volunteers bo It snld that few
have acted upon this treacherous nnd un
patriotic Instigation.
The American people may well bo proud
of their soldiers. By the very nature of
things volunteers enlisted for n short wnr
with n civilized enemy are not troops best
fitted for work nt n great distance from
tholr country or for n tedious , protracted
nnd harassing struggle with nn uncivilized
fee In n tropical cllnmte. Rut the valor
nnd determination of volunteers nnd regu
lars have been such that they have not
once been worsted In battle. ' * !
If Agulnnldo has a head on his shoulders
he will see that the time has come for him
to submit to the Inevitable.
S.M1MNC LINKS.
Chicago Tribune : "Hello ! You've been
buying no of thcss papler-ninchc milts.
have you ? " .
"That's nil right. I have a i-orn that al
ways tells mo when It's going to rain. "
Indianapolis Journal : "And to think of
Ills wanting to limit me to $30 a week for
household -txponsos ! " said she to her law
yer. "Why , that would hardly pay for
my theater partUs ! "
Detroit Journal : The milkmaid with the
picture hat and the brocaded silk skirt
K'.sed ' her head.
"In Focloty I suppose I should mv nn im-
IKJSslble person. " she exclaimed , "but It's
different In art ! "
And after all , to be perfectly candid ,
thcro Is nothing essentially degrading
nbout mllklni : an art cow.
Washington Star : "What's your pur-
ixvso' here ? " asked the snwige.
"We're going to civilize you. " answered
thn white man who had just landed.
"Ah ! What method do you use vSprlng-
lleld , JUe-Mjtford or Krag-Jorgonwen ? "
lirooklyn I.lfo : Sirs , llendrlcks See
here , IMimh , 1 guve you four Ilnnnel under i
shirts In the wash this week nnd you have
brought Txick only three. How Is that ?
Dinah 'Deed , I dunne , niu'nin , less'n
lev shrinked. Flannel does shrink somo-
thlr. ' awful , ma'am.
Somervlllo Journal : "When the en
thusiastic bicyclist la toKliiR you about the
onjoynwnt that h < > gets out of his wheel
11 * omits to mention the number of timen
rtlH tire has glvn out on him , far away
from btreet cars and seven miles from
liome.
AVulltx.
Detroit Five Press.
"Man wants but llttc : here below , "
A one-time poet wrote ;
And on this cheap Idea , too ,
Tiy ! world has learned to dote.
Hut still this fact Is plainly set
It = i truth we dnro not scoff :
Man wants as much as he can g t ,
And wants It right straight oft.
IIAHM.\G TO AVAMC AI.ONB.
9
Boston Transcript.
With curls In the sunny air tossing ,
With light In the merry blue eyes ,
With laughter so clearly outrlnglng ,
A laugh of delight and surprise ;
All friendly assistance disdaining , '
And trusting no strength but It. own ,
The past tears and trials forgotten ,
The baby la "going alone ! "
What woeful mishaps have preceded
This day of rojolclnp nnd pride !
How often the help that he. needed
Has carelessly gene from his side !
Ho has fallen while reaching for sunbeams ,
Which just as he grasped them have
flown.
And the tears of vexation have followed ,
But now he Is "going alone ! "
And all through his life ho will study
This lesson again and again ;
Ho will carelessly lean upon shadows.
Ho will fall and weep over the pain.
The hand whoso fond clasp was the surest
Will coldly withdraw from bis own ,
The sunlest eyes will be clouded.
And lie will bo walking nloiiM
lie will learn what a sti-m world we llvo in ,
And ho may grow cold like the. rest ;
And Just keep a warm , tuinny welcome
For those who seem truest nnd test ;
Y't hastened and taught by past f orrow ,
And stronger nnd manlier Rrown ,
Not trusting his nil In their keeping ,
QIo learns to walk bravely alone.
And yet not alone , for our Kathfr
The faltering fotstops will guide
Trough all the < lark mazes of earth-life.
And "over the river's" deep tide.
Oh , hero Is a IIMper unfailing ,
A strength wo can p ° rfectly trust ,
"When all human aid unavailing ,
"The dust shall return unto dust. "
Isn't it , what $10
will do ? Yester
day , we placed
several lines of
suits , regular SIS
values for $10 , fill
ed our Douglas
St. windows with
them for your in
spection , inspec
tion created a de
mand , and the de
mand is so great
that if you want
one of these extra
values before they
are all gone , you
will have to hus
tle. Fit guaran
teed.
