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THE OMAHA DA1LV BEE : SATURDAY , MAY L'O , J ! JS ) , llEOMAHA 1J. nOSJSWATCn , Kdltor. PUBLISHED ISVEHY MORNING. TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION , i Dally Bao ( without Sunday ) , Ono Year..J6.00 lUolly Bee nnd Sunday , Ono Year 8.00 1 fcix .Months 4.W ' .Three Months , 2.0U Bunday Bee , One Year 2.UO Saturday Bee , one Year . . .i 1 > W Weekly Bee , Ono Year * > OFFICES. Omaha ! The Bee Building. _ bouth Omaha : City Hall building , Twenty- null and N streets. Council Blurru : 10 I'earl Street. Chicago : Stock Exchungo Building. Now York : Tcmplo Court. Washington : 601 Fourteunth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should bo addressed : Edi torial Department , The Omaha Bee. BUSINESS BETTERS. Business letters and remittances should bo addressed to The Bee Publishing Company , Omaha. HEMITTANCES. Remit by draft , express or postal order payable- The Bee Publishing Company. Ony 2-cenl Btnmps accepted In payment ot mall accounts. Personal checks except on Omaha or eastern exchange , not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. srA'i'UMia.vr oil' CIUCUI.ATION. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : Usorgo B. Tzschuck , secretary ot The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full nnu complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening and Bunday Boo. printed during the month of April , ISM. was as tallows ; i uinro 18 a I.BIO 17 21,710 IS 24,170 19 2inr > o 20 24t2o : 21 21,240 22 21,470 23 25U70 21 28MO ! 23 21,102 20 2l,2tO : 27 21,200 2S 20,1)00 23 2I,4. O 30 21,0113 Total .740,803 Less unsold nnd returned copies. . . . ,04t : Net total sales 717,2II ! ) Net dally average JM.Bcl GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before * mo this 2nd day of May , 1SW. ( Seal5 II. I. PLUMB. Notary Public. Admiral Dc\vcy loaves Manila today. Ills Spanish predecessors loft more tlinu n year ago. ft I It Is an 111 wind Hint Mows nobody pood. The heavy rain storm will re lieve the street cleaning brigade of a good part of Its work. The first thing Senator Pcft'or ought to do Is to reduce the length of his beard by several Inches , so he may no longer be taken for a bewhlskcrcd Kansas pop ulist. Congressman Mercer Is wrestling with the following conundrum just now : Who Is to be superintendent of the cen sus for the Second congressional dis trict ? Mexican newspapers of Spanish pro clivities are predicting a long and costly war for the United States In Cuba. Tills ought to double their circulation In Madrid. The bondsmen of ex-Treasurer hart ley have again stated their position for the 'stcenth time , which Is that they won't make good a dollar of his defalca tion unless they have to. It Is announced that Powcy's home coming has caused a boom In bunting. The bunting boom , however , will not be a circumstance to the boom of the guns when he makes his appearance. Just to prevent too sudden n transi tion for Admiral Schley from seafaring to land lubborlng Omaha has received the hero of Santiago with a watery wel come In a genuine western rain storm. President McKlnley Is back again In Washington-ami the health resort which he has been visiting -will now begin to reap returns on the advertising which the entertainment of the presi dent gives It Omaha has nothing to complain of just now In a business way except the clearing house Imposition , which Is doing moro harm -with Investors abroad' than can be repaired In years by local enterprise nnd push. What Is the use of a State Hoard of EqualizationV Why not let the railroad assessment stand unchanged till the year A. D. 2000 ? That would be Just as rational as making the assessment for ISO ! ) the same as for 1SOS. The best evidence that the backbone of the resistance In the Philippines has been broken is the decreasing casualty list , though the troops tire advancing steadily. It Is plain that the natives arc doing less shooting and more run- The czar of Hussla should cut out and pusto In his fccrapbook the laudatory speeches delivered at the Peace confer ence. And if lie wishes to make it u handy record ho should leave a blank column alongside to be tilled in at future 'times when ho may tread on the toes of ills present eulogistic friends. Secretary Alger denounces ns foolish the report that he is interfering with General Brooke in ills treatment of the Cuban troops. It is plain that It Is part policy of 'the popoeratle politicians who shape the yellow journals to keep up the stories of friction In the War depart ment , In the hope that they may produce - duce friction where it docs not exist. Tlio public will discount all these bug- " J . nboos for what they are worth. l t The possibilities of the cakcwalk are apparently only beginning to bo ex ploited. At one of these festlvo occa sions down lu Oklahoma recently the enthusiasm beca'mo so intense that the 11 reworks from the shooting irons have produced n list of casualties exhibiting three white men wounded , four negroes JC , fl killed nnd several others slightly in- Jured. All this with only fifty shots , B < fired. W-lien the cakewalk has been do- ( ' | velopcd to its perfection It may ba expected - pected to exhibit n destructive power besldo which u Missouri cyclone would bo llko u summer zephyr. THE CUItAX 1'ltOUL.KM. The manifesto of ( Seneral Gomez Is conservative , conciliatory and appar ently sincere , lie counsels the Cuban soldiers to accept the money offered by this government , return to their homes and practice patience. IIo urges that no pretext be allowed to Interfere with the attainment of an Independent gov ernment nnd promises to remain among the Cubans nnd work for that consummation. The manifesto Implies entire confidence In the United States government and Indicates a patriotic desire for the pacification of the Island. There Is nothing In It suggesting any personal ambition on the part of Gomez , but simply an earnest wish for Independence and liberty , In the Interest of which he declares himself ready to labor In whatever sphere may be as signed to him , Advices from Havana state that con servative counsels have brought about a better feeling there and that the sit uation 1ms become less threatening. An officer of the Cuban nrmy Is reported ns saying that it would bo suicide to resist the .United States , but to what extent this feeling exists it Is 1'mpossl- bio to say. Perhaps there are many hot-headed men In Cuba who believe that a formidable resistance could bo made to this country nnd doubtless there are Borne who think It Iw a pa- trlotlc duty to resist. There are self- seeking politicians , the loaders of the so-called national party , who hope to prollt by obstructing and inlerferlug with the policy of the United States. These elements may abate their ac tivity for a time , but they nro never quite Idle nnd may be expected to renew aggressive efforts at the first opiwrtunlty. There Is much distress and suffering among the people which It is not possible for this government to relieve and this affords the politi cians something to work on. Destitution lends a willing ear to the demagogue who rails against thosu-ln authority and holds out promise of a betterment of conditions If his policy should prevail. Thus the self-seeking politicians in Cuba have a large coustitueucy. The problem Is complicated and per plexing and calls for the most careful and patient treatment. In the opinion of some Intelligent observers on the ground the American policy 1ms not been sufficiently broad nnd firm. It Is admitted , by these that American ad ministration Is making for the highest Interests of the island and that the re sults already accomplished are amaz ing , but they think there has been a lack of aggressiveness in certain direc tions where It could have been ad vantageously employed.The criticism may be sound , but we are Inclined to think that In the main the policy pur sued has been judicious and certainly results In the province of Santiago justify this conclusion. One thing is assured and that is that the United States must retain control in Cuba for , some time to come. It must remain there until political and economic conditions nro established on a stable basis and this will not be ac complished in a short time. There Is a great deal yet to be done in Cuba before Us people can be' left to govern them selves. TRADE HALAXUE OHAXG1XG. The foreign trade statistics for last month show a declining tendency in the heavy exports of merchandise from the United States and also an Increase In Imports , the trade balance for the month being over . 0,000,000 less in our favor than It was In April , 1SOS. This change was not -unexpected. As a leading financial journal points out , the extraordinary favorable trade balance which has existed for nearly two years past has been to a large extent an In direct result of our commercial and in dustrial depression. Contraction of nome consumption gave a larger surplus of commodities for export and dimin ished Imports , while there has been an unusually heavy foreign demand for our food products. Itetnrnlng prosper ity has stimulated the home demand for both domestic and foreign products , the effect of which IH seen In the figures of exports and Imports for April. Still the merchandise balance In favor of this country for that month was nearly $21,000,000 nnd for the last three months over tfSO.OOO.OOO. It Is probable that the reaction thus noted will be equally marked In suc ceeding months. A steady increase In Imports is to be looked for because of the improved conditions here. Our people ple are better able to buy foreign goods than they were a year ago. At the name time the indications are favorable to abundant crops abroad. Return to a normal relation between exports and Imports is consequently to be expected. * 1A * OHJKCT JiKSSON. The New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Press suggests that those who are advocating radical changes In our currency system should get a thor ough understanding of OHO of the most delicate and yet perfectly worked out pieces of financing the history of exchanges - changes records. This was the transfer of 0,000,000 lu gold from the United States to Spain without the movement of u dollar of coin and In surh way that ultimately , perhaps In the near fu ture , this entire sum will appear again as a part of the resources of the Treas ury department. It was done as international balances are sometimes shifted by the financiers of London , that is simply by transfer of credits. The gold for which warrants were issued upon the United States treasurer lu Now York remains lu the subtreasury vaults there , Us ownership having been transferred by means of certain yellow Blips of paper which are as good as gold for these who are In lawful possession. In the course of the government's business with Importers these slips will work through the banks Into the custom house In payment of customs nnd bo returned to the sub- ttvusury , until in a little while all of them will como back in that way nnd the gold in the vaults bo again in the ownership of the government. Moro than ninety per cent of the world's business is done by the trans fer of credits nnd this transaction bo- twecn the governments of the United States and Spain , In which not n dollar J of actual cash was turned over , Is an IntcrcHtlng nnd Instructive Illustration ot a financial process that is continu ally going on In the world's exchanges. TO ADMlHAb SC/ltBl * . Omaha extends a most hearty wel come to Hear Admiral Wlnllcld S. Schley , whose career has shed luster upon the American navy and who will take rank In history with .John Paul Jones , Decatur , Knrrngut and Dewey. It Is needless to assure the admiral that the citizens of Omaha feel highly honored by his visit , which will be re garded ns ono of Hie memorable events in Its history. Omaha , Nebraska nnd the great west appreciate the invaluable services ren dered the nation by Admiral Schley and they will esteem it a privilege to entertain him nnd give expression to their profound admiration of his valor and patriotic deeds. In doing homage to his worth they are impelled by no sec tional or partisan feeling , but by a pride that Is inspired In all Americans by the great achievements of their country men. It Is Hie hope nnd wish of every citizen of Omaha that the admiral's stay among them will be an agreeable respite from the arduous duties that have devolved upon him and that ho will carry away with him a lasting Im pression of their good will and hospi tality. A case of more than ordinary Interest to creditors of broken banks has been decided by the United States circuit court of appeals at Chicago. The re ceiver of the Pclla , lla. , bank sued a firm of br6kcrd for bank money lost by the president in speculation. The de fense was that the directors and not the brokers were responsible to the bank for the peculations of the president The court , however , ruled to the con trary , and gave judgment for the re ceivers. If this decision holds good U will open up a way to recover for cred itors a large portion of the money lost through the peculations of bank olll- clnls , as it Is a notorious fact that a great per cent of such defalcations are traceable to board of trade specula tion nnd other forms of gambling. If the agitators opposing the distribu tion of money to the Cuban soldiery were not entirely wrapped up In their own selfish schemes the straightfor ward statement of General Gomez would Induce them to subside. The aged leader has already sacrificed more for Cuba ihan'tho entire collection of lutranslgcants who are making moiv trouble now for Uncle Sam than they ever tlld for the Spanish army. The more these men obstruct the restoration of Cuba to si peace status the brighter stands out the character of the aged Gomez , who , having devoted his life and fortune to the cause , is willing to continue the sacrifice , asking nothing for himself from the nation which has made Cuban Independence a possibility. There arc always people who want to lock the barn door after the hor.se Is stolen. When the Board of Education called public meetings to discuss the proposed new High school building only a corporal's guard put in an appearance. Now that the board has acted upon the general plan protests arc being circu lated among people who neglected to pay any attention to the matter , but who now profess great indignation over the idea that their wishes were not consulted. If anything Is to be accom plished by these remonstrances some thing more will have to be done than merely signing papers. If anyone has any distinct plan for a creditable High school building he should come to the front at once. AVhy nil this mystery about the ex ecutive 'manslonV Why should not the bids have been made public long ago , HO that the taxpayers of Nebraska may have some Idea as to the extent of the deal that is on ? of tin : TlineH. Baltimore American. There ore a few strikes now going on In tlie country , but the reports of Increases of wages outnumber them ten to one. I'rcjuirtMl for J3iu < TH > ' "cy. St. Louis ncnubllc. It may be well for the other powers to remember that Nicolas of Hussla Is In posi tion to give them all the fighting they want If they flout hU peace overtures. A. Model of UN CliiNN. Chlcaeo Tribune. Admiral Schloy is said to < bo ono of the navy's best speakers. HU speech aboard thu llrooklyn at Santiago to Cervera's fleet last July Is regarded by good Judges aa a model of naval oratory. Overiiroilnulloii of K Olobe-Democrat. According to the Cuban army rolls there was a comrolfeloncd olllccr to every fourteen men. In Germany the proportion is ono olllcor to forty-five men. The report that over 20,000 privates have been discovered In Cuba has yet to bo confirmed. Philadelphia Ledger. "Manifest destiny" appears to bo pushing usnow to the absorption of Cuba , which we did not Intend when nve began the war with Spain any moro than we Intended to tight the Flllplnce. Manifest destiny Is often another name for national mistakes. Why Ilrltulii IH Alarmed. f Tioston Globe , Nothing Is BO much agitating and alarm ing the people of Great Britain at present ns the expansion of American Industrial con tracts In Europe. Our rapid advances upon the very main centers of England's In dustrial markets nro a dally theme In the British Journals. Kverything from a locomotive to a bicycle , together with the bridges that carry It over , seem destined to bo captured by Yankee skill and enterprise. SlKUN nt tilt ! TlniON Don ll .South. New Orleans Times-Democrat. When a narrative of the civil war by General - oral Grant , the foremost soldier on the federal eldo , is sold to the tune of hundreds of thousands of copies and brings quite a handsome fortune to General Grant's de pendent survivors , It Is extraordinary nnd anything but creditable to the patriotism and loyalty of the people of tlio south that the narrative of the war from the pen of the president of the confederacy himself ( "Rise and Kail of the Confederate Government , " by Jefferson Davis ) should lie , unsold on the shelves of the publishers and booksellers. If 100 copies of Grant's book , with Its federal view of the causes and Incidents ot the war , arc lo bo gold whire only ono copy of Jefferson Davis' book Is sold , It Is safe enough to conclude that , In n coming genera tion , whcro ono person knows nnd approves nnd sympathize * with the attitude ot the south In 1861 , there will bo 100 persons who \\111 know nnd approve nnd sympathize with the attitude ot the north In the war of glantg , , The Cnrcfnt SiunUcr. Hostoii Transcript. Tha specification given > by one Washington correspondent In support of the charge that the president was poisoned with nicotine , that be smoked five cigars a day , could only have been evolved from one who was nt once n nonsmokcr and a hater of the weed. Flvo cigars n. day Is a very moderate and rea sonable allowance nnd marks the careful smoker. I'ntrnnUltiK Home InilUNlrloit. J. Sterling Morton's Conservative. Just ns there arc ninny members of churches who exhort sinners to repentance nnd prate loudly of the satisfactions nnd solaces of religion , whllo they personally practice a good many sinful games ; so thcro ore lu every community n lot ot enterprising gentlemen who howl loudly and continuously In behalf of "patronizing homo Industries , " whllo they themselves will glvo their busi ness to outside concerns. In fact some ot these hypocritical advocates of homo In terests have been known < o patronlzo out side barbarians where the prices were the same as these offered by homo Institutions. Commerce can show about ns many Phari sees In this line as churches can of pscudo pious people , It Is one thing to preach and another thing to practice. The former Is said to bo much easier with n great mauy people than the latter. I1KMAM ) MA1C13S VAIit'KS. 1'roiiliotn of Calamity DlNcrcilKciI l r 1'rcMoiit Condition * . J. Sterling Morton's Conservative. In 1SOG the World-Herald and all the other advocates of financial vagaries and economic fallacies In general contended that value was the creation of law. The same sophists alleged that the country was going down the toboggan slide of disaster Into everlasting annihilation because of the gold standard , which was making land lower and money higher all the time. And now after three years moro of the oppression of the gold standard the same Journal declares In Us Issue ot May 12 , 1809 : "That there Is a growing demand for homes In Nebraska cannot bo disputed. In all parts ot the state Is noticeable an in creased Inquiry nnd demand for farm and grazing lands. These Inquiries como largely from persons seeking homes for actual set tlement. " How can this bo true If the predictions ot Bryanarchlsts were true In 1S96 ? Were not the farmers to starve because ot low-priced products from their lands nnd labors ? Only speculative plutocrats , It was prophe sied in 1896 , would purchase farms in Ne braska nnd the nbrthwest , because under the gold standard continued nnd the ex tortionate freight rates ot railroads no man could purchase or would purchase farms fdr the purpose of tilling them and making a living from their products. But now the World-Hornld remarks In antagonism to Its forecasts : "The speculative demand Is not as great as In past years , the speculators' lands chang ing hands and going Into the ownership ot persons who will cultivate and Improve them. " And further along , to show how little at tention and how small crcdenco has beer , given to popultstic prophets and Bryanarchal presages , the same organ ot flat currency an nounces : "In the Valentino land offlco 10,685 acres werd taken under homestead entry during the month of April , 1899. This Is n recora that has had no equal within tlio past twelve years , or since the homestead days of set tling up the western part ot the state. " Do the homesteaders como because ot th cheerful pictures ot farm life IL Nebraska , under the tyranny of railroads and monej- sharks which the World-Herald and Its pop- ullsttc coadjutors have been publishing for the last half-dozen years ? Is the April record of more than 10,000 homestead acres taken at the Valentine office In a single month n result of tbo popullstlo style of depicting Nebraska , Its lands , lib people , Its courts , nnd its legislature , as the property of plutocrats and corporations ? How much have ttio World-Herald ana other calumniators ot the character of thla commonwealth and Its Institutions and pco- plo done to make a demand for Nebraska lauds at enhancing prices ? STAM1AIID Oil. TIIUST PROFITS. of tin * KiiormoiiN Tribute 13x- nc'toil from tlie Aiiu-rlcini I Kansas City Star. Some astounding statements regarding the earnings of the Standard Oil company were made by Attorney General Monnett of Ohio before the industrial commission at Wash ington Tuesday. Ho declared that the trust's annual profits amount to more than the aggregate value of the agricultural products of Ohio and a comparison ot available sta tistics of the petroleum business seems to bear out his statements. Mr. Monnett says that the net cost of refined oil averages -I cents a gallon and all above that price Is prollt. The production of petroleum last year was 2,500,000,000 gallons. The trust controls about 70 per cent of this , according to recent estimates , or 1,700,000,000 gallons. It is probable that 70 per cent Is a low esti mate of the trust's part of the output. The average wholesale price last year was a little over B cents u gallon , so , If Mr , Monnett's statement of the cost of production Is cor rect , the trust earned $17,000,000 last year. It actually paid devldends amounting to nearly $30,000,000 , or 30 per cent on Us f97.250.000 of capital. Oil has recently advanced. It Is quoted at 10 cents In Now York now. At that price the trust apparently Is making a profit of 6 cents n gallon , which will amount to $100- 000,000 per nnnum It the present price Is maintained. The value of agricultural products in the rich state of Ohio does not amount to much more than that sum. These figures are , of course , largely approxima tions , for the Standard Oil company docs not glvo out any Information about its business , but they probably nro not far from right. The directors of the company yesterday declared a quarterly dividend of 12 per cent. Its last preceding dividend was G per cent This makes 18 per cent , or about $18,000,000 , to be distributed to stockholders as a result of a bait year's business. The company's stock Is worth nearly -100 per cent premium over Us par value. In other words , , the market value of Its $97,250,000 ot capital stock la close to $500,000,000. A person docs not have to be very violent lent In his opposition to trustu to realize that such n corporation as the Standard Oil company should bo prevented by law from laying euclj a heavy tax on the people as Is necessary to pllo up the enormous profits that It makes every year. It may tie con ceded that the Itockcfellers have wrought a benellccnt work for mankind In building up such a. complete nnd marvelously effective system as they have created for distribut ing oil at a comparatively low cost to c n- Eiimc-rs , and they are entitled to a fortune for U. But there is no Justification from any public point of view for * bo extraor dinary profits that the company Is making. The war revenue law assesses a tax of one-quarter of 1 per cent on the gross earn ings of the company exceeding $250,000. This suggests a possible method of curbing the trusts by assessing a monopoly tax against them , which could bo so adjusted as to allow them reasonable returns on their capital and require them to turn Into the public treasury all profits in excess of the amount necessary for that purpcto. MlllltA.IIC.V'S SOMMUItfl. Philadelphia Hccord ! Having fought the Filipinos Until It has less than 300 men ( It for duty , the First regiment of Nebraska volunteers has petitioned General Mac- Arthur to bo relieved from duty nt the front. The stra'ln of long marches , con tinual fighting nnd nerve-lacking outpost duty has -worn the men out nnd they nsk for relief accordingly. Thcro nro five other volunteer regiments nt Snn Fernando nnd nil nro probably In the same precarious case as the Nebraska regiment. Springfield Hcpubllcnn : Colonel Vlfqualn of the mustercd-out Third Nebraska regi ment tendered Us services for the Philip pines In place of the First Nebraska. Ho does this because the First regiment "la practically annihilated nnd the Third Ne braska wishes to avenge It. " What has annihilated the First regiment Is chiefly the climate , the heat and disease , nnd It Is there fore upon the torrid nnd malarious cllmnto that Colonel Vlfqualn and his regiment would bo avenged. Their efforts would bo watched with Interest. , Philadelphia Ledger : The Third Nebraska regiment , which did not see all the fighting It wanted In Cuba , lias been mustered out , but has formally offered to re-cnllsl ns n body and go to the Philippines , lo take the place ot the First Nebraska , v.hlth Is worn out by hard fighting and la soon to return to this country. It la a commendable offer on the part of the Nebraskans , for , If they did not experience much actual warfare , they saw enough of nrmy life to teach them that It Is no Joke , and the publications in the newspapers have kept them fully In formed as to the hardships endured by their brethren In the Philippines. Under the cir cumstances their offer to take the tolls of army life In tlu > Islands , which are far more to bo dreaded than Us dangers , Is a display of patriotism that Is very creditable to thorn and should receive the approbation of the country , as It already has that of the presi dent , to whom their offer was formally made. PHMTICAlj I1UIFT. Senator .McMillan . of Michigan declines to retire under lire. Ho Is up for re-clcctloh , notwithstanding Secretary Alger's request for bis brogans. When the pops got control of Kansas they popullzed all the olllccs , Including the state colleges. Now the republicans are doing the bouncing act with great emphasis. Much depends on the slzo of the war hero who runs for office on his record. So far the returns ttiow ono hero successful In Now York , another defeated in Illinois. The last United States senate , notwith standing the absence of rules generally sup posed to expedite the transaction of con gressional business , passed 1,173 of Us own bills , whereas the house of representatives passed only 1,081 of the bills which it originated. The various United States mints turned out $14,000,000 in new coin during March , the exact total being $14,572,073.01 , the largest coinage for many months. The greater part of this was In gold , $9,556,260 being In double eagles , $2,105,120 In halt eagles and $515,240 In single eagles. The city of Toledo , In which Samuel M. Jones , the "municipal ownership" socialist , has recently been elected mayor , has a publls debt of $6,000,000 , though its population by the last federal census was 81,000 only. Cleveland , with a total population ot 400,000 , has a municipal debt of less than $8,000,000. It Is reported from Alabama that the present governor of that state , Joseph F. Johnston , elected In August , 1898 , by a preponderant majority , Is a candidate for United States senator to succeed John T. Morgan , whoso term expires in 1901. Senator Morgan Is 75 years old and has been In the senate since 1877. His colleague , Senator Pottus , Is 78 years old , and his term will not expire until 1903. Both Alabama senators are residents of the town of Selraa. The salary of the three assistant sec retaries of state at Washington , of the three assistant secretaries of the treasury , of the assistant secretary ofar , of the assistant secretary of the navy , and of the assistant secretary of agriculture are $4,500. The salaries of the three assistant postmaster generals Is $4,000. The director of the geological survey of the Interior department gets $5,000 ; the commissioner of education in the same department gets $3,000. Kx-Congressman Tim Campbell of New York , author of the statesmanlike remark , "What's the constitution between friends ? " Is now practicing law. A few days ago he appeared as attorney for a milkman charged with selling sour milk , and gravely Informed the court that his client was Innocent , Inas much as the milk was soured by electrical disturbances. But the court declined to see It that way. "It's pretty hard , " said tht > crestfallen Campbell , ns ho left tbo court , "that when the Almighty sends a bolt or lightning on the east side ono of my friends tins to bo Judicially Incarcerated for It. " Ana Poverty Hollow wept with Tim. Governor Koosevelt Is about to charge up the legislative hill once more. A special session has been called , for the purpose ot nmemllng the franchise tax bill passed dur ing the closing hours of the regular session. The session will open on Monday next , ana ttio governor expects It will have finished its labors by Saturday , the 27th. Consldtriiift the tremendous opposition to the bill in question the fulfillment ot the governor's prediction will bo n notable political achieve ment. But the governor holds the trumj > card In the game. Ho will sign the measure , as It stands should the legislature refuse to sanction the proposed modifications. THU THIIUI'S FIHST COLONEL. A "Word In lfciin < - of HlN ItctlrrmiMit lu Advance of Illw m-KlmtMit. New York Sun. The Third regiment of Nebraska volun teers w.iu mustered out In Cuba the other day. This Is the regiment In command of which Colonel William Jennings Bryan did not win nny rcmarknblo amount of glory ; Ho soon wearied of the stopper which mili tary discipline applied to his eloquent lips. Ho seems to have pictured military life ns a series of tableaux In which a handsome colonel wnvca bis sword. No spoetncillnr opportunities occurred. Silence nnd routine were not to the colonel's tnsto. IIo left his regiment Just us It was about to go to Cuba , whcro Us service hits been useful and Its record honorable. Some casuists hold that It would have been bolter for the colonel If ho had stuck to his Job and his regiment. They nssort that ho should have taken the evil with the good of military life. Should 'have ' accepted cheerfully its dullest duties and should have showed that as John Hny wrote of Senator and Colonel Edward Dickinson Baker , " 1m went Into the war for use , not fame. " We notice that some critics of Colonel Bryan use the discharge of his regiment as a text for a homily on what the colonel should have done. It scorns to us that Colonel Bryan Judged his capabilities correctly. In tbo civil war numerous gentlemen plunged suddenly from politics into the army , not always with results gratifying to the country. It must have required considerable courage and the repression of a not unworthy vanity for the colonel of the Third Nebraska to leave the service without having won nny laurels In It. If bin heart was not In It and ho felt that he had no especial fitness for It , ho acted as n good cltUen In resigning. He consulted the public Interests. Wo could wUh that ho had tbo same sense of his de ficiencies as an economist. In facing dollar dinners Colonel Bryan must have endured hardships much greater than have fallen to the lot of his old regi ment. Whllo ho may not recall his military career with any unusual degree of satisfac tion , nothing can deprive him of the title of colonel. He has acquired a martial flavor at small expense of tluio and effort. OT1II3H 1/.VMS THAN OI'HS. Senor Nnvnrro Ilcverter , who , as minister ot finance , framed the budget of 1SD6 nnd 1897 , cornea forward as critic , nnd plvea n forocnst of what Is essential to restore the credit of Spain. The most weighty circum stance Is the extraordinary Increase In the Interest charge on the deftt. Before the war a nominal capital of 6,688,000,000 pe setas paid Intercsl to the amount of 311- COO.OOO pesetas. The debts contracted during the warnnd the assumed debts of the col onies were 5,000,000,000 penetas , but draw an annual Interest ot 331,340.000 pesetas. I ' Nearly thrco-fourtlis of the entire nnnutl Income of Spain Is swallowed up by this Interest , leaving nothing for reducing the capital of the debt , and an Insufficient sum to meet the running expense * of a costlj and not overhoncst administration. The remedy suggested by Senor Kevorter Is char acteristic : The bondholder must be mulcted As the debt cannot bo paid , It must bo scaled , nnd na the rate of Interest Is usu rious , It must bo reduced. The taxpayer must bo squeezed and his charges Increased * * The latest reports from St. Petersburg nnd other points In Hussla Indicate thnl the police authorities seem to bo more bonl I upon Inflaming than nllnylng Ihe spirit elI I rebellion which has broken out among the student classes. They nro proceeding , ap parently , wholly upon the presumption that the entire movement Is political nnd trea sonable. There Is now no more room for students In the St. Petersburg prisons. These already incarcerated are examined ono by ono by gendarmes. Only the procureur ol the palace of Justice may bo present , nnd the ncctised nro nol allowed to have any advocate or any other means of defense. Kverything Is done on the basis of secret dossiers , ns In the Dreyfus case. lach stu dent , during and after " examination , Is kept In solitary confinement"eo that ho shall not 'bo ' able to communicate , nny of his expe riences to his companions. The olhor night the police made a raid upon the High School of Forestry. About 300 students wore asleep at the tlmo In n series of rooms on clthor side of n. long corridor , the doors , half pa neled -with glass , being nil closed for the night. Without warning the authorities of the establishment , about fifty policemen ob tained an entrance , made a rush down the passage , forcing open the doors nnd smash ing the glass. This precipitate action was taken In order to prevent the Inmates from destroying nny compromising papers. The great majority of the arrested students are sent back to their homes and , of course , carry with them the spirit of discontent wherever they go. Thus the seeds of future revolution nro 'being sowed broadcast all over the country. * * * Advices from Cnnca , Island of Crete , are that affairs under the ndmlnlslratlon of Prince George of Greece as high commis sioner , are fast assuming an encouraging aspect. After much debate on the subject Iho assembly has rescinded Us previous de cision lhat the Caudln massacres wore not to bo considered a political crime. It will now regard them as such , but with reserva tions. The Mussulmans who took part In them will bo amnestied , with the exception of those condemned by the International tribunal. The assembly 'has also passed a resolution empowering the Cretan govern ment to contract a loan of 9,000,000 drach mas ( about $1,200,000) ) , provided that , with the assistance of the powers , the Interest dona not exceed 3 nor cent. Five millions will be devoted to making loans to the suf/ fercrs of the events of 1886-7 and the re mnlnder will be employed to repay the powers the 4,000,000 advanced by them. News comes from Home that the Italian government lias consented to place at the disposal of Prince George six officers nnd eighty-six non-commissioned officers of the Cnrnblniers , who will undertake tbo reor ganization of the Cretan gendarmerie. All will receive full pay In addition to the emol ument paid by the Cretan government. It Is said that the generosity of Ihe Italian government Is deeply appreclalcd In Cnnea The Kalian Carnblnlers Is a picked corps which does police duty in the rural districts of Italy and In Sicily. * * The regular British army amounts to about 150,000 men , exclusive of 75,000 , In the regular establishment in India. What with the Home guards , the yeomanry nnd the volunteers , the total British army figures up on paper to about 230,000 men nominally a very Imposing force. In the budget for 1899 provision Is made for an Increase of 22,000 men In the regular army ; but it is impos sible under existing conditions to find re cruits for this small additional force. In o Jer to overcome the reluctance of the British , citizen to serve in the nrmy several leforms have been suggested and partially adopted , among the rest an Increase of pay and a reduction of tbo term of regular service from seven to three years. By these and other means It is hoped to bring the standing nrmy up to the full complement of about 250,000 , Including the regular forces In India. * The progress made In the building of the Siberian railway has been rapid during the past three years and there is some promise that the line across Asia will bo completed in a few years to the Pacific ocean. It would seem , however , that the construction of the road has been on the ponny-wlse-nnd-pound- foollsh plan , for on the parts already In operation "tho fifty pound rails originally laid have already been found Inadequate to the traffic and sixty-five pound rails have been substituted for .them. The receipts per mile on the 2,300 , miles of completed line hnvo been about at the rate of $3,00 per an num. As originally projected the road waste to bo 4,740 miles long , but the main line , according to present Intentions , will cover 3,958 miles , with about 700 miles of branches. The branches hnvo been partially built and the main line Is operated on the Western nnd Central Siberian divisions for 2,315 miles. Should hostilities now break out between the Pretoria government and the British authorities In the Cape Colony and In Natal the Boers will learn that they have lost whol they possessed three yours ago , to- wit , the good will of Germany. The present views of the German press nnd people are reflected In the Cologne Gazette , which re cently pointed out that "in Germany , whcro the action of Dr. Jameson was Justly condemned. It was expected that the griev ances of the Ultlandors would 'bo ' dealt with In a conciliatory manner. Instead cf this the Boer government has met the Icgltl- A common expression is : "The human race is grow ing weaker and wiser. " That we are growing weak er is proved by the large number of pale , thin and emaciated people. That we are growing wiser may be proved by overcoming these disorders with the timely use of Scott's Emulsion of Cod- liver Oil with Hypophos- phites which gives , strength , enriches the blood , invigor ates the nerves and forms fat. 5oc. and li.oo , all drucglili , SCOTT & BOWNK , Cltcwliti , New Yoik. Baking Powder Made from pure , cream of tartar * , 7 ( Safeguards the food against alum * Atum baking powders arc the greatest mcnaccrs to licalth of the present day. ROYAL OAXINQ POWOtH CO. , StW YORK. mate demands of the foreign population with evasion. It 1ms entirely Ignored the fact that the foreigners alone have brought wealth Into the country. The mistrust which prevails In Johannesburg Is , there fore , n"Uo Justified. " What Is true ot Ger many Is true of most other countries. * The Finnish people nro not wholly with out hope that though the now array regula tions may stnnil , the czar will not allow the scheme of Kusslflcntloii to bo pressed any further , nor their religion to bo Interfered with. What gives most anxiety Is to what extent the Uusslan government will restrict their control of their finances , or whether It will allow them any control nt nil. They fear that In the event of Russia assuming the right ot disposal of the Finnish elate revenues It will absorb nil the surplus nnd nnd It to Its Interest to Increase the tax ation. With u Uusslan administration man- tiglng their finances , the final crisis would have nrrhcd. Meanwhile they maintain a waiting attitude , loyally protesting , nnd avoiding the traps laid for them by agents of the governor general. TlilKMSS MOIIT AS Alii. Chlcaco Pout : "Money makes the mare co , " he quoted. "How dreadfully out oE date you are , " re turned the other. "These are the days ot automobiles. " Plttsburs Chronicle : "It la said that a scorcher"s heart.unllta him for a foldler'o life , " remarked Mr. Penn. "t didn't know that a scorcher had any heart ut nil , " added Jlr. Pitt. . , Chlcnco Record : "It Is wonderful what couraso and vliyor our volunteer soldiers have shown In tills war. " "I didn't think so ; you know how we all Bet JOB tied and knocked around on the American trolley car. " Detroit Journal : "No. " replied the veteran New York journalist , "efficient re porters are not common. Good porch- climbers arc usually not good writers , and good writers are seldom good porch-cllmb- era. " Boston Transcript : Mrs. Driver You'ro huncry , eh ? What are you anyway ? A professional tramp , I suppose. Heads Walker No , lady , I'm not n profes sional. Only an nmmytoor , lady. I never ask for money. Something to cut and drink Is all I have ever entered for yet. Washington Star : "Are you seriously 1117" asked the well-meaning friend. "Oh , no , " answered the dyspeptic , "with a jnrrlnir sarcastic laugh. "I hurt all over and don't care whether the sun rises to morrow or not. But I'm not seriously 111. I'm Joco = ely , flippantly and farcically 11 ! . I'm going through all the symptoms , but I don't mean ono of them. " Chicago Post : They had been talking about the insurance on the church , when the little one suddenly broke Into the con versation. "The church Is God's house , Isn't It ? " she asked. "Von. dear , " replied her motliCA. - . "And does He get the Insurance If It burhi down ? " was the next question. MOTHER'S HUnO. Whilst working ono morn In my kitchen I heard a strange knock at the door , And said qulto provoked. "There's another "Old tramp ! I declare that makes four " 1'vo fed yet this morning , no telling "Wherever this nuisance will end , "I wish nil the tramps In the country "Their days In Jamaica might spend ! " I opo'd wide the door as I scolded. And there In his blue gingham dress. Stood my own precious boy nnd he stanv imered , "I ain't never had nufiln , I dess , "I'm most starved , I am , for a tookoy , "I didn't have one all today "An1 I want n dink awful Ivul , too , "Den , hones' , I'll go light away ! " I gathered the "tramp" In my arms And straight to the cooky jar went. And as later I looked out the window 'Nrnth' ' the old npplo tree , gnarled and bent , Where my wee tramp , with lap full ol cookies , Was happy as happy could be , I thought , "Oh ! dear Heavenly Father , "Have mercy , have mercy on me. "And guide my boys footsteps e'en safely "Along down thn pathway of time. "For I know that once these poor hoboes "Wero a mother's dear tramp , Just llko . " mine. . ANNELLA S. 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