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G TITT5 "DAILY 1J1313 : WRD KSDAY , 1SIAY 10 , 185)0. ) DAILY DEE. H. HOSUWATRK , Editor. 1'UUMSHKD EVEIlY MORNING , or BunscimrrioN. Dally Ileo ( without Sunday ) , One Ycnr..M * ! r Dally neo ami Sunday , Ono Year . s.w Hlx .Months . 4' < * Three Months . , . < ! .w ) Sunday Uet , One Year . ? ? tiatunlAV Hcc , One Year . l , Weekly I3ce , One Year . OI-'PICES. Omahn : The I5ee molding. South Omaha : City Hull building , Twenty- firth and N streets. Council IJluns : JO Pearl Street. Chicago : Stock Exchange Dulldlng. New York : Temple Court. Washington : 01 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication * relating to news and edi torial matter Rhould bo addressed : Edi torial Department , The Omaha Uee. IJL'SINESS LETTERS. Iu ) lncfls letters and remittances should be addressed to The lice 1'ubllshine Company , Omaha , REMITTANCES. Remit by draft , express or postal order payable to The Ueo Publishing Company. Ony 2-cont Blumtm accepted In payment ot mall accounts. Personal checksv except on Omaha or eatflern exchange , not accepted. THE I1EE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATU.MF.\T OF ClItOUIjATIOX. State of Nebraska , Uouglas County , ss. : Osorce 11 , Tzschuck , secretary of The Dee Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full nnn complete copies of The- Dally , Morning , livening and Sunday Uce , printed during the month of April , ISM , was as follows : Net total sales ,7l7,2m ! Net dally average Jl.o.-i GEORGE P. . TZSCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 2nd day of May , 1SU9. ( Seal ? ) II. I. PLUMB. Notary Public. "The west's greatest newspaper , " SIH the Omaha Hyphenated pompously parades Itself , Is not known In the east. Singular , Is It not ? If the hot nlr furnace men succeed in effecting their projected combine they may be rolled on to launch a warm thing on the sea of trusts. It Is announced that another comet which 'has been long absent from our skies Is again coming this way. Po litical luminaries , however , are always with us. The school board has employed a llrst class landscape architect , but hesitates to follow his advice. This Is like call- lug a phyKiclun and throwing bis pre scription away. The Filipinos now keep a railroad train all ready on which they can hurry to the rear. Although pretty fleet of foot , foot-power locomotion Is not fast enough for them1 when the Kansas men get after them. The cruiser Chicago Is at Tangiei's on a little collecting trip. Traditions of former visits of American war ships to Morocco will probably be an incentive to the natives to pay up and avoid un pleasant notoriety. Only one regiment of volunteers Is now loft in Cuba. This means that the president's policy of reducing the mili tary establishment to the regular army regiments as soon as possible Is being carried out as originally outlined. Ohauucoy Depew says the talk of a railroad trust of all lines between Chicago cage and New York is all bosh. The trouble with Chauncey Is that his repu tation as a joker makes It dillicult for him to get the public to take him In earnest. Ex-President Harrison Is displaying nls peculiarities again. Asked for his opinion on expansion he stated be hud some Ideas on the subject , but does not care to talk about It. The men doing the most talking are usually those short on ideas. Itcmcmbor that give-away advertis ing is no indication of the value of a newspaper for advertising purposes. People who take free advertising dose so because it Is not worth paying for. People pay for their advertising in The Bee because they know that In no other way can they reach a class of patrons .whoso patronage Is worth having. 'Willie the Heal Estate exchange Is agitating a street railway extension it might put In a few words for the Im provement of the street railway facil ities we now have. An extension that would be appreciated as much as the extension of the lines would be an extension - tension of the time during which the cars arc run. There are few cities of Omaha's pretensions where street car trallic Is entirely cut off at midnight. It Is almost as dillicult now as in the days of Spanish rule to sift the true from the false In the reports which como from Cuba. Tlio yellow journals print with mlnuto circumstances stories of raids and murders committed by out laws. On thu other hand General "Wil son , who has completed a tour of his department , saya Investigation reveals their utter 'falsity ' and that the coun try Is as quiet and peaceful as the United States. Nothing llko this , however - over , will choke off the romance supply of the Imaginative yellows. . Governor Thomas of Colorado enters denial to the statements ascribed to him threatening to resort to force to compel the Immediate return of the Colorado volunteers at Manila , adding that ho would have done so before had he not mippOHcd them too' ' silly to bo be lieved. Ono thing Governor Thomas forgets Is that predecessors In his gu bernatorial chair have committed equal fool blunders , BO that any statement purporting to como from Colorado's governor would have to bo extraordi narily silly to cxclto public Incredulity. myrn.-vt.riKs > Tin1 lusular commission wilt by lit ! > president to 1'orto lllro , to examine nnd report upon all civil titiostloiiH , will , It I * said , report unfavorably to the creation ot n territorial form of government in the Island. Only about ten per cent of the population of I'orto lllco can rend nnd write and even those have no training In parliamentary government which would make their r commenda tions of value In the adoption of now llscal and Judicial policies. The commission Is likely to recommend that no attempt be made at present to estab lish a local legislative assembly for the general government of Porto lllco , It be ing feared that oven an advisory body , with n complete veto In the hands of the governor , would only foment dis content if Its crude recommendations were often disregarded. Hero Is one of the dlfllcnltlos which our government Is called upon to deal with and It Is not peculiar to I'orto lllco. It Is present In Cuba and In the Philippines. As to the former we are , of course , pledged to permit the people to establish an Independent govern ment , but still we are bound ( o see that It shall be a government capable ot ful- lining afl Its obligations as an Independ ent state toward other countries , as well as maintaining domestic peace and or der. The , Cuban people are no better prepared for self-government than are the people of Porlo llico , while the Filipinos are not much If at nil supe rior to either. There lias got to be a process of education and how long this must be carried on before these people are capable of governing themselves no one can tell. American principles re quire that wo shall give 'the people of Porto Hlco and the Philippines ameas , ure of self-government and they'have been assured that this will be done , but just how far we can go with safety promises to be a perplexing question. Whether we adopt a restrictive policy or treat 'these people on broad and lib eral Hues we must expect more or less trouble In governing them. The work of education that is before us will call for years of patient effort. It is a task of reconstruction that will be slow , tedious and very likely expensive. A COA'SEltr.lTlVE Representative Hull of Iowa Is re ported as saying that whatever cur rency legislation is enacted by the next congress will be conservative and will establish the gold standard. He also expressed the opinion that the repub lican congressional caucus coinmlttt'c bad agreed upon measures satisfactory to the Indianapolis monetary confer ence and to other believers In sound money. According to report the agree ment of the committee covers three points. These are that the currency functions of the treasury shall be sepa rated from Its other functions and that a fund of $100,000,000 shall be set apart for the redemption of the government's legal tender notes and for no other pur pose ; that legal tender notes once re deemed In gold shall not be paid out again except in exchange for gold ; that the secretary of the treasury shall have power to replenish bis stock of gold by the Issue of bonds when necessary. This is certainly conservative , but it may be doubted whether It is satisfac tory to the supporters of the Indianapo lis plan of currency reform , the' central feature of which Is retirement and can cellation of United States legal tender notes. At all events , the committee's plan Is good as far as it goes , but it will be the Imperative duty of congress to make a d'ellulte declaration of the gold standard. This the country is pre pared for and expects. There is not a reasonable doubt that gold-standard sentiment is very much stronger In the nation now than It Was three years ago and a republican congress cannot afford to disregard this sentiment. A decla ration of the gold standard In unmis takable terms Is demanded by every consideration of public and party in terest. EXTH.-l SESSION Of CONUKESS. President McKinley is being urged io call an extra session of the Fifty-sixth congress u couple of months In advance of the time for the meeting of the regu lar session In December and certain re marks said to have been made by the president "to senators and representa tives going abroad indicate that lie Is considering the matter. There are some cogent reasons for an extra session. Perhaps chief among these is the fact that the organization of the house is likely to occupy several weeks. The Hpoakership contest may be prolonged , but even If it should not bo the new speaker will take from two to four weeks to make up his commit tees , so that If congress should not meet until the regular time It would not bo ready for business before per haps the middle of January. The question of , administration In the new territory it Is felt should be deter mined without unnecessary delay. Gov ernment is to bo provided for Ilnwall and Porto lllco , while It appears proba ble that within a short time peace will be established in Luzon and the situa tion be Hueh as to require congressional action giving the- president definite leg islative authority for the further admin istration of the Philippines. As to such domestic questions as the revenue and the currency there is no urgency. They make no demand for an extra session of congress. The Fifty-sixth congress will have work to do of the greatest Importance and It seems n sound suggestion that H should endeavor to dispose of It before the thick of the presidential campaign next year Is reached. The republican party should bo able to go before the country at the outset of the campaign with a clearly-dellncd policy In regard to government of the dependencies , BO that there shall be no doubt or misap prehension In the public mind respectIng - Ing this. The subject Is undoubtedly receiving the most careful consideration of the president , so that when congress meets it Is to bo expected that Mr. Me- Klnley will be prepared to recommend n well-developed policy of colonial gov ernment. He sent a commission to Porto Hlco to study the conditions there and It will soon submit a report em bodying the recommendation of a form of government for the Islnnd. Th Phil ippine' commission will also recommend n plan of government for those Islands. Whatever may bo done there , after peace has boon ostilbllMicd , must have the approval of congress nnd the sooner after cessation of hostilities the non government can bo organized the , bet ter for all concerned. A delay of n month or two inlcht not , Indeed , be vital , yet It Is obviously desirable that the establishment of civil administra tion In the dependencies , when military government shall no longer bo neces sary , shall be effected as promptly as possible. There Is no doubt that all this Is re ceiving due consideration from Pres ident McKinley and If the circum stances seenvto him to require It he will not hesitate to call an extra session of congress. Meanwhile there Is said to bo a confident feeling In olllclal circles nt Washington that the end of the con- illct In Luzon Is not far off. It Is given out that the advices from the commis sion are of a very satisfactory and re assuring character , warranting belief that the Filipinos will not maintain hos tilities a great while longer. The re ports from General Otis , also , encour age this view. REVISK most : man SCHOOL PLANS. A cltyls rated ns much by Us public buildings as by Its public men and business enterprises. For tills reason Omaha Is vitally concerned * In the style and character of the proposed new High school budding. Located on the most conspicuous point of the city , that structure will either enhance or mar Its beauty for ninny joarg to come. This structure should be planned not merely for the accommodation of the High school pupils , but also for Its effect upon the appearance of the city. The magnificent site for the High school looming way above the city affords the architect extraordinary opportunity for design at once inspiring , Imposing and monumental. The outline drawing of the plans would indicate that tills Idea lias been entirely subordinated to the desire for a commodious but common place school house. The elevation as exhibited to the board represents a building of uniform height oxceptllig a cupola over the cen ter. What Impression will such a lint structure make In the 'blrdseye view of Omaha ? Will It not detract from the picturesque appearance of the city that hni } always pointed with pride to Its crowning cdillce on the crest of Capitol Hill ? If the new High school building were simply a matter of housing school chil dren the plan adopted by the board would answer just as well as any. But when we are about to erect n public building which will eventually cost i7r > 0,000 and wAlch , moreover , is to rep resent Omaha's architectural ideal on the verge of the twentieth century , the pride and public spirit of the city should assert itself In procuring the most modern and at the same time the most impres sive structure that can be designed with the best skill and talent available. It would be more economical to pay for the revision of. the plans on the lines indicated than to erect a building that would either be a constant eye sore or would have to be reconstructed within a few years. These suggestions arc made with no disposition to reflect on the architect or on the school board , but solely In the interest of Greater Omaha the Omaha of the future. China is protesting vigorously against the extension of the exclusion net to Cuba and Porto lllco. While those islands are under military occupation of course any rules may be applied to them deemed necessary by the military authorities , but the question of immi gration restrictions is bound to assume a prime Importance whenever a frame of civil government is imposed upon our new possessions. The exclusion act would certainly create trouble in diplo matic circles If an attempt were made to enforce it with reference to the Philippines If not Hawaii and might precipitate so serious a controversy as to strain relations with China. Some sort of readjustment of these laws will be imperative If we retain possession of these islands any considerable length of time. What edifying entertainment has been provided for the national confer ence of pollco chiefs in session at Chat tanooga. Not to dwell on the cakewalk - walk diversion -which will bo partici pated in by the champion artists of the terpsiehorean glide , the visiting star lights are to be regaled with a blood hound chase after a genuine negro criminal , probably designed to Illustrate the superiority of four-footed over two- footed sleuths. When the exciting chase Is over the spectators will , of course , lie convinced 'that modern police methods have devised nothing better than the old animal hunt fostered in anto-bellum days by the slave drivers who were more anxious to recover fugi tive slaves than to 'bring ' lawbreakers to Justice. / The World-Herald pretends to print all the local news atid to keep the people fully Informed about everything of publlu Interest that transpires. Ono thing , however , it 'has not yet dis covered and will not venture to venti late , and that Is the damaging misstate- meats sjiit out weekly by Omaha's clearing house bankers. Although tills outrage has been systematically repeated - peated for weeks , the enterprising World-Herald has not had one word to say editorially by way of remonstrance against this imposition upon the busi ness community which lias already prejudiced Omaha in the east more than can bo repaired by all the mid way expositions that may bo Improvised In Omaha for years to come. Our amiable popocratic contemporary pretends to bo much exercised because The Bee prints the news as It happen ? Instead of faking and guessing at It before it happens. Sometimes a guess may hit , but more often It misses. Our amiable popocratic contemporary , for example , announced with a great flour ish of trumpets In its , Sunday Issue that n cabl" mo.isapo had boon soul Satu" day to General Otis by direction of the president , nud then It had to como out Tuesday with a confession that Its din- patch of Sunday was a fnko because the cable message was not cent till Monday. If you want the news rend The lice. If you don't rend The Iteo you will get fakes. A Kansas judge has gone back to his boyhood days for a precedent to settle a case before him by wiving the well known rule of juvenile- equity that the boy who trades " . < lght unseen" must stand Uy his bargain. In a divorce case In which the couple were Joined through the Instrumentality of n matrimonial menial bureau the court has hold that the unfortunate bride and groom arc not entitled to redress. It takes a pretty tight proposition to stump a Kansas Solomon. The yellow Journals , who are chlelly responsible for the exploitation nnd ex aggeration of the army beef scandals , express great disappointment , that the beef Inquiry board did not put an "O. K. " ou their sensational charges. The beef Inquiry board has brought In a report of findings according to the facts , but the yellow Journals do not want the facts at all. The order withdrawing the First Ne braska from the firing line In the Philip- pities Is welcome news to the friends of the Nebraska boys at home. The Ne braska regiment has done more than Its share In th ? movement against this Filipinos and has earned a brief rest before Its long voyage home. Suit Tragedy iif AViir. Detroit Free Press. The most Impressive specimen of war cor respondence from the Philippines Is the late Colonel Egbert's daughter's description of how her fearless father met a soldier's death. Where ( n Find a I.ouder. Washington Star. Hon. J. Sterling Morton believes that with a sound money platform and some good man .who has served In ono of Mr. Cleve land's cablnots the democratic party would stand a fair show ot winning next year. Iloriilu Svlf-Sncrlfltic. Now York Tribune. A finer example of heroic courage and de votion was never seen than that given by Ensign Monaghan In standing by his wounded comrade , Lieutenant Lansdalo , nnd deliberately sacrificing a certainty of escape from the Samoan rebels. AVlieu the Hey * Come Home. Doaton Globe. One thing Is certain. When the places of our gallant volunteers are supplied by others and the men who have been flghtlng so bravely In the Philippines como home they will have fi reception worthy of heroes. They have fulfilled their whole duty , and fulfilled It nobly. Ahtlul'H I'riniilsr to I'ny. Philadelphia Ledger. The sultan's promise to pay $100,000 to American claimants on account of the Ar menian troubles does not specify any par ticular time when payment Is to be made , and , as his promises ore notoriously better than his performances , It might not be a bad plan to let one of our war ships now traveling between New York and Manila stop at Constantinople and collect the money. ' ( ireiit IN Brooklyn Eagle. Edward Atkinson may not bo a dis tinguished patriot , but ho Is a superb press agent. Ho has drawn the United States government for an advertisement wblcn must make the distinguished Mr. "Tody" Hamilton over In London green with envy. The exclusion of Atkinson's pamphlets from the mall to the Philippines has set the prcs- ses'in Doston running on new editions and has secured an amount of newspaper space doubling or quadrupling that devoted to the organization of the Barnura circus us a stock company or to the congress o Barnum freaks in London. CoMt of the AViir. Philadelphia iRccord. The fairest estimate of the cost of our war undertakings on land and sea is obtained by a comparison of the out'.ij fur the army and navy for the year preceding the outbreak of hostilities with the expenditure for the year following. This shows an excess of expenses for the army In the past year of $193,441,005 , and an excess for the navy of $52B8G,28U a total of $240,027,885. If the $20,000,000 palU for the Philippine Islands bo added the net cost up to the end ot April amounted to $2GG,027S85. Expenditure in the Philippines will largely Increase the amount , but how much the shrewdest guessing would fall to disclose. UP. I'rcillcniiiciit of Tolcuriiiili CoiiipnnloH OjMTlllllIK III ICllllNIIH. Chlcazo Chronicle. The legislature of Kansas , at an extra session last December , passed a law re ducing the rate ot telegraph tolls. The rate fixed by the law was 15 cr.ua for a message of ten words sen. anywhere within the state , and 1 cent for each extra word. This was a reduction of 10 cents , or 40 per cent , on all messages of ten words and an average reduction of 25 cents on all messages of moro than ten words. The law undertook to enforce Itself by fixing a penalty of $100 on the telegraph company [ or refusing to send any dispatch on ac count of insufficient payment of the toll , the sender of thu mcesago to collect the amount 61 the penalty for his own benefit. If a person wont to a telegraph odlco , pre sented n ten-word message for transmis sion and tendered 15 cents In payment the company must send It or become liable to him In thu sum of $100 , which ho could recover on suit. The Western Union Telegraph company refused to comply with the terms of the aw. No mrosago was sent for 15 cento with an addition of a cent a word for extra worda. If the customer refused to pay 25 cents for-tho dispatch It simply was not sent. That mode the telegraph company liable to him for $100 damages. Koccnt events enow that the company s "up agalnet" a very eerlous condition of affairs , Ao the public learned of the ox- Utenco of the IB-cent law they refused to my any higher toll and their messages were -tat sent. The public has now commenced filing suits. Up to a recent date 330 suits bad been filed by Topeka business men alone , making claims in the aggregate of S33.000. The amount of claims in the en tire state must bo $100,000 or $200,000. The telegraph company will have to ob- aln a Judgment In its favor soon , declar- ng the law to bo Invalid , or it will find Its udgment debt amounting to more than its ; roB3 receipts in the etato. Offering dls- > atcbes for transmission and tendering only he legal toll has become an active Industry hroughout Kansas , Persons having no business requiring the use of the telegraph offer purpoeclcBs dispatches in order to have a claim agalnet the telegraph company. Of course , no Judgment could bo obtained agalnet the company for refusal to send a dispatch not offered in good faithDut the amount of genuine claims will bo eomo- hlng- appalling If the company perclsta In U refusal to accept legal tolls. AMIrun New York World : And now IMP utiff- bnckboned old fighter , President Kruj-er of the Trnnivnnl republic , In < to get nn "ulti matum" from England. Well , "Ooin Paul" knows whfll to do nlth an ultimatum , llo Just lights his plpo with it , Buffalo Express : Whether or not the South African republic IB under the suzerainty of Great Britain is a disputed question , The Boers have shown no disposi tion to consider themselves lu a'ny way re sponsible to another nation and Urcat Britain has not pressed Its claim. But the Issue may soon bo decided by the force of arms. It is hardly to be supposed that the British will accept as satisfactory the reply of President Krugor. Yet a victory may bo costly , for It is not certain that the quarrel will bo confined to Great Britain and the South African republic. It It fhould happen that the Dutch of the vicinity should rally to the support of their fellows , an affair ot no small proportions easily could result. Chicago Chronicle : It Is comparatively easy to note between the lines how eagerly the British government Is seizing upon every technical pretext to coerce the Boers Into submission nnd ultimate absorption under British rule. The dream of empire with which Cecil Ilhodos has hyptonlzcd even the most staid of English parliamentarians approaches preaches the point where a decided blow will make It a reality. How nnd when Eng land may find a pretext for a real war of conquest , not another Jameson HUBCO , Is beyond the ken of the wisest Imperialists. But that the blow will bo struck no ono doubts who rends closely 'thn page of Britain's colonial progress. Old-fashioned lovers of liberty , regardless ot creed or flag or clime , may nsk by what moral right will England wlpo the llttlo Transvaal republic from the south African map. They should bo told that the moralities play second fiddle to trade and glory in Great Britain's colonial policy. Chicago Times-Herald : Having shown a proper contrition and demonstrated Its fair ness , England considers that the period of pcnanco is over and that it is entitled to assert , itself once more. It Is probably all the more eager to do so because its inter national relations at present are In a most satisfactory condition. It has concluded amicable and mutually profitable arrange ments with Hussla , Germany and France , and never had so many friends in the United States ns It has today. Under the circum stances the Transvaal will bo no problem at all nnd wo may feel pretty confident that Kruger's hour of reckoning will not bo long deferred. As for him , ho deserves no sympathy slnco ho Has Invited his fate. The dynamite monopoly Is an outrage , the treat ment of the Ultlandcrs is Indefensible. In stead of profiting by the chance to right him self the president has taken nil the rope that England has allowed him to make a noose Into which he has thrust his neck. UIVOIICK SCANDALS. Boston Globe : Even greater than the InJury - Jury wrought by spectacular weddings Is the demoralizing effect of secret proceedings like those attending the Sloane divorce suit. The fact that this divorce was obtained within practically closed doors shows the preroga tive which wealth may bestow , while. It also serves as an object lesson touching Inequalities under the law as 'between ' rich society and plain people. Chicago Tribune : The > decree obtained In Now York forbade Mrs. Slcane to marry again while Mr. Sloano was living. Of course no clergyman In New York would have taken It upon himself to violate the prohibition. Thb obstacle was removed by going to Con necticut , where a $50 greenback promptly secured the license and another greenback of unknown denomination secured the cler gyman , who made Mr. Belmont and Mrs. Sloano ono In spite of the * laws of Now York. The outcome of this "continuous marriage show" will not be all the partici pants could desire. Philadelphia Press : The decree prohibited a remarrlago to the guilty party In New York , as Is Just and lawful , but marriage was possible In Connecticut , and an ortho dox Congregational clergyman stood ready to remarry a man and woman under a script ural prohibition. If the Congregational Con necticut consociation docs not deal with this grievous scandal a serious injury will be done to the- repute and good sta'ndlug of the denomination. Uniform divorce laws by the states and an uniform practice In cases of divorce by Protestant denominations are Im peratively needed to root out these scandals , often occurring , but not often In cases so conspicuous. Louisville Courier-Journal : Now York lias long recognized a sort of marriage which most of the other states no longer permit. This is what Is called a common-law mar riage , by which an agreement between a man and a woman , competent to contract matrimony , to live together as husband and wife , is treated as a valid marriage. There would no serious objection to this from a secular point of view , If the agreement were In writing , and duly registered In the appro priate public office. But In New York it may bo inferred from the acts of the parties , as where a man Introduces a woman ns his wife , or where ho registers her as such at a hotel. Any act of this sort Is accepted as evidence of an agreement , whether any has actually been made or not. A state that enforces such a law as this has not much right to question the validity of mar riages In another state because they would not bo legal nt home. AXIJ OTIII2UWISI2. According to reports Andrew Carnegie gets five times as much for going out of business as Spain docs. The family of the late Congressman Nel son Dlngley will place a memorial window to Mr. Dlngley's memory In the chnpcl of his college , Dartmouth. The latest New York murder was com mitted iu such a deliberate and entirely rational manner that every criminal lawyer In the city Is ready to demand acquittal for the murderer on the ground of Insanity. David Starr Jordan , president of Leland Stanford , Jr. , university , is a tall , lean , muscular man , with a great fondness for all out-of-door sports. Ho always mokes a noint of belnir nrcsont nt nil Inlnrcnllnirlntn games In which Stanford is represented. General Wade Hampton will recnlvo wide spread sympathy because of the loss by fire of his choice library of 0,000 volumes , the finest private collection In the south. The loss of such treasures to a genuine bibliophile is almost as great a bereavement as the loss of near friends. Ex-Congressman Funston of Kansas finds himself overshadowed by his son's rising fume. In announcing a Decoration day pro gram at Ottawa , Kan. , a local paper says : "Thoaddress , will be delivered by 13. H. Funston of Allen county , father of the famous General Funaton of the Twentieth Kansas. " The capital represented in trusts six months ago , according to the Now York World , was $398,176,000 , Now , according to the same authority , it is $3,344,190,500. The trusts organized in the last six months have aggregated capital about one and one-half times as great na all the money In circula tion In the United States. The Press club of Portland , Ore. , has in vited President McKinley to visit that city during his trip through the northwest. In answer the letter of the resident's secre tary says : "It is still quite uncertain whether the pressure of the president' * * of ficial duties and engagements will permit the president to visit the west coast this year. Should , however , such a trip come under consideration I will take pleasure ( n again calling attention to your letter. " oi' run w.viii When the pforlcw battleship Orcir > n renched the hnrlwr of Hlo Janeiro on It * fn- tnous trip from San Francisco to Key Wcet it wan found npcWf ry to wait some tlmo for the Nlcttieroy , now the cruleor Buffalo , which had been purelnsexl from thft Urnill- lan government. In order to overstay In ft neutral port the limit set by neutrality laws reaort was had to the naval trick of mak ing "necessary repslif. " The Mirowd engi neers of the Oregon discovered that the ma chinery was wofully out otwhack and oflelly convinced the friendly officers of the port that several dajs would be required to fix It up. As soon as the renamed Buffalo was ready to proceed the "rcpalra" nn the Ore- Ron were also completed ami the fleet Ptnrtod on the Inst lap of the famous run to get Into the firing line. But the Oregon was not the first to play cripple for a purpose. One of Dewpy's ships , the IMcCulloch. did the trick at Hong Kong on the Sth of May. It brought dispatches from the admiral at Manila to be forwarded to the government , nnd as they contained the official announce ment of the Manila victory replica and In structions were expected. The officers feared replies would not be received within the limit of twenty-four hours allowed In the harbor , tout their fears were allayed on dis covering that the air pump was mutinous. Harbor officers solemnly Investigated the refractory pump , gravely shook their heodj and adjourned to the captain's cabin for fur ther Investigation nnd refreshment. They wore dutifully enlightened and cheered in spirits. Just ns the dlspatchco from Wash ington arrived the air pump resumed busi ness nt the old stand and a fracture of the laws of the port was , averted. A letter from ono of the Wyoming volun teers in the Philippines tells of a father and son who are soldiering together as members of Company C. Coats Is the family name. "In our last fight , " says the writer , "Coats the elder was busy Mazing away at the foe , when ho happened to look sideways nnd bohcld his son firing "with onthuslnsm , but exposing a large portion of his person to the Insurgent bullets. In the heat of the conflict the .paternal fooling overcame him and ho shouted , 'Get under cover there , soul' to which the boy replied , 'Cover , hell , get under cover yourself,1 and kept on shooting. Coats the elder Jiad been the less careful of the two nnd they both foucht sldo bv side all forenoon without further trouble. " The Havelock Times insists that the re cruits from that town , membersof Company D , F.lrst Nebraska regiment , are entitled to greater credit than has been awarded them at long range. Saya the Times : "Amid a ! the fame and glory being earned In th Philippines by our homo soldier boys It 1 well to keep that llttlo incident at the wate works In mind. It will be remembered when the pumping station was captured from th insurgents our Nebraska boys , and cspeclall Company D , were right In the thick of 1 nnd right on the spot. The Filipinos bcfor leaving dismantled the machinery , leaving the plant pretty well dismantled. In Coin pany D were a number of boys from th Havelock locomotive shops , among them be Ing both machinists and bollcrmakers. 1 was these boys who gathered together th parts and patched up the machinery so tha It could run right along and maintain the water supply at Manila. " General Funston of Kansas , the star hereof of the Philippine- war , Is well known In Washington. A correspondent relates tha ho was at the national capital a great dea whllo his father , "Fanner" Funston , wa in congress , and whllo In the city acquirec quite a standing as a sport. Ho never hat much money , 'but ' during the Infrequon periods when he was flush ho was very free with his dollars. It Is related of him tha on ono occasion , after aulto a season o financial famine , ho went across the Potomac mac river and brought back $1,700 , whlcl ho deposited In a hotel safe. It was the result of an afternoon's campaign on the rnco track. The particular race track a which ho made the winning is described by horsey people as the toughest proposition in a gambling line over heard of , and those who recall the circumstances of Funston' big winning at St. Asaph's say his attack on the pool box on that occasion was more heroic than his swim across the river Bag bag In the face of Filipino sharpshooters TJ'nr n. ninn tn rnmn n.\vnv from St. Asnnh's track with $1,700 and bring it safely to Washington beats any exploit on record It shows the stuff General Funston Is made of. It also goes to confirm General Mac Arthur's statement that he is a born leader of men. Ho led the Virginia brigands on that eventful afternoon , all the way across the long bridge , although heavily handi capped by the weight of a fat roll. WEAHY OK Tllia KUSIOMSTS. TCdHor Roodirlit "SpeaUH Out lu Meet- IHK" and Shelve * Free Silver. Salt Lake Tribune , April 25. Affairs , politically , are in a transition state. Mr. Bryan and his friends are Keek ing to realign their forces along the old intrenchmcnts of 1800. Whether they suc ceed or not Is doubtful. Whether if they do succeed they have a prospect of winning next year has not yet been determined. Senator Teller says the silver republicans ho bollovcs nro still as true ns they wore In 1806 , to the cause which they held and hold as most essential to the best interest * of the American people. Wo belleva that Senator Teller Is mistaken. Wo know ot no ono who was a silver man in earnest Iti 1896 who is not now , but wo know the feel ing of silver men In Colorado , in Utah , In Idaho , in Nevada and In Montana. Sliver men who all their lives were republicans until 1806 gave up for the tlmo being the principles of a lifetime to support what bcomed to them a most vital question. Bui they do not feel ns they did In 1806 , for Iho reason that in each ono of these states named the- democracy has demonstrates , that BO fur as they are concerned they are hardly capable of uolf-govcrnment , to say nothing about governing this nation , Wo defy any honest man to point to what the democracy has done in Utah slnco it won its great triumph In 3806 to glvo ordi nary people encouragement to believe that if they had full power In the nation they would even deslro to do the right thing by the people. It is n party seeking chiefly petty spoils , and it would take n very brave man to recommend men udo have all their lives been republicans to support their ticket. Mr. firyun , personally , la a very splendid man , a very patriotic man. Wo"bollovo ho has no less noble thought than to wish to have the things readjusted * which now are wrong. Wo believe 'ho ' Is Blnccro in his desire to have silver remone- tlzccl , to have the trusts throttled , to break down the barriers which concentrated wealth has raised between the people nnd the In terest-gatherers , to protect the latter. Hut In thin state , and this is but a saiqplo , we have seen two legislatures In session In ab- eoluto control of the party , and the wav they handled their trust Is enough to make ono weary of all kinds of trusts. But that is only part of the buslnmi , With the money wo have borrowed nnd with the proceeds of two or three great crops , with tbo yield -from mines and with tha money put in circulation by the war , It is true that every form of Industry in Utah is prospering , 'More men nro being em ployed than ever before. In our limited market farmers are obtaining good prlcco for their products. The tariff helps the stockmen exceedingly , and It Is characteris tic of the American people that when they are doing well they will not vote for a changf. Then In the coffers of the cast tbero are millions and tenttof millions of dollars lars , and tboao who own those dollars , rather than to eee their purchasing power reduced by restoring silver , will spend nnywhero j from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000 oil a presiden tial election , nnd. ilmt to sufficient to tnrrjr n majority ot ( tie t'lwt < iral votw. Our Ju-lg ment Is that It I * uselrwi to make auo'licr Minil for silver In thl country until rondl tlotw olintiflo. Wo linve drawn nt > undue proportion of the world's wealth to ( Ms country during the lft t two yenns with the result that thi-re Is not n country In Kuropo Hint Is not distressed now for money and In serious trouble , nnd our Idea IB tint an things nro tending nt present , the rcmono- tlzatlon of silver will have to come from the nations ot Europe. TAUT TAICI3-OKK.M. Detroit Journal : Wealth does not bring1 Iruo happiness , especially to persons who don't know how to pronounce luU > Qulnzc. Chicago llerord : "How did that Scotch man enjoy Rolf over he-re ? " , "Ho wild our Kamo was all right , but ho couldn't catch on to our dialect. Plttsburg Chronicle , ' "I hfnr Ihnt Mr. WhlllU-treo 1ms secured n divorce from hla wife , " said .Mr. Birmingham , "lie has lieen mustered out of tht > matrimonial army , " replied Mr. Manchester. Chicago lleeord ! "My wife nerer gets mo up to cut the grass before breakfast , "Is that so ? " , _ "Yc ; she tried It once nnd I was so sleepy I ran the lawninower all over her Ilowcr beds. " Detroit Free Press : "Women who wear eyeglasses or spectacles are always con- ffcnlat " "Y : they like to tell cneh other how j they had to put them ton long long before ace had anything to do with It. " ' Indianapolis Journal : "A married man , " said the eornfed philosopher , "will Rlvo up his good money to get his wife n pair of Kold-rlmmed BlnffcH to stick saddlcwlso over her no. e and then lie afraid of her ovCVy time she puts them on. " Cleveland Plain Dealer : "My automobllo Is at the door , Jllss Plirosy. May I hava the pleasure ol your company ? " ' "Maniina Isn't here to chaperon inc. Mr. Flypi ) . I don't know whether 1 ought to KO or not. "Pardon me , Miss Phrosy , but I'm qulto sure you auto. " So she aurocd. ChltvjRO Post : "If I RVO ! you a quarter , " said the old woman , kindly , "what assur ance have 1 that you will not Immediately go oJI nnd got Intoxicated ? " "Madam. " replied the polite tramp , "It Would Rlvo me the greatest pleasure In the world to demonstrate 'to ' you that It Isn't enough for the purpose. " , OP KANSAS. W. J. Iximpton In New York Sun. Oeo whiz. w What n lighter that Funston Js ! Funston , of Kansas : ho Who , over yonder across the sea , Out Philippine way , Thrjo tlinea a day , Grabs 41 gun And starts the robs on a run ; And he'll light At night ; Or morning or evening or noon , Or December or Juno , Or any old 'time , ho J9 Lives on lighting. See ? * Kats It , sleeps with it , drinks it. Thinks It , Hut never talks It ; just does It. Whoop And he's got a scoop On the fos. Ho doesn't know What It Is not to go After n reb when one's In sight , Day or night , And he'll swim a river , Without a shiver. Through a volley of shot That will make the- water hot ! lie's always In front , where. The circumambient air Is chuck full of lead. Hut he keeps his head , And In a minute or two llo's 'beating a hullabaloo On the robs' couttails. IIo never falls , And ho doesn't know , What It Is to go slow. Of all the IlglitfM-s , trained or raw , Funston'a the llghtln'cst they ever saw Out In the Philippines , and jre's keeping right at It , hand over hand. Kansas has her weakness ; she may Want to make- currency out of'hay. ' And may think a gold dollar or two A regular 1G to 1 hoodoo , And she may grow whiskers on populists' rhlns , But Funston covers a multitude of sins. Funston , of Kansas , him That's a. dandy Jim In nil kinds of scraps ) With the Malny yaps ; Funston , of Kansas , lot the * clrsers Of the present and all of the future years Ho given for 'him ; let bis name He. high as the soldiers' Temple of Fame ; Fiinstion , of Kansas ; Jie Is great , The glory and pride of the Sunflower state. U nm CLOTHING NOW IN JT Come at once and get first choice , Examples of Our Clearing Sale $ 5.00 per cent oft. . , -.3.35 $ o.no per cent oft. . . . . .4,35 S 8.00 , per cent off. . . . .5.35 SJO.OO Suits IWA per cent olt. . . . . ( UJ5 iu > .r.o Suits 83Id per cent off. . . . .8.35 sia.no Suits 83V6 per cent oft. . . .0.00 uo.oo per cent off. . . .10.00 < i 18.00 per cent off. . . 12.00 0.00 per cent off. . . 13.35 ; uii.ro per cent oft , . . . .15.00 ' 25.00 Suits 83'Xi per cent off. . . .10. (55 ( 18. ! per cent oil1. . . 18.05 SIZES TO 50.