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THE OMAHA DAILT BEE : TI1VHSDAV. MAY Jo , Tire OMAHA DAILY PER H. ROSCWATCH , Editor. 1'UBLISHKD EVERY MORNING. _ Tin.\ts OF SUBSCRIPTION. pally Uee ( without Sunday ) , ono Year.$6.0 Ually Uee nnd Sunday , Ono Year t.v < -w Mix Months i - Thres Months 2-t * Sunday uec , One Year * Saturday Uec , One Year ! * Weekly Uec , One Year < * OFF1CKS. . Omaha : The Uee Uulldlng. , faouth Omaha : City Hall building. Twenty- nrth and N streets. Council Ulurrs ! 10 Pearl Street. k. Chicago : Stock lixchange Building. New York : Temple Court. Washington : Sol Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should bo addressed : bdl * torlal Department , The Omaha Beg. UUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should bo addressed to The lieo Publishing Company , Otnahu , REJIITTANCES. Remit by draft , express or postal order payable to The lice Publishing Company. Ony 2-cent stamps accepted In payment or mall accounts. Personal checks , except on Omaha or eastern exchange , not accepted. THE UEE PUULI8H1NG COMPANY. STATIJSIUXT OF C1UCULAT1OX. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : O Jorge II. Tzschuck , secretary of The Uee Publishing company , bc'.ns duly sworn , eaya that the actual number of full ana complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening and Sunday Uee. printed during the month of April , 1S , was a follows : N't total sales 7i7,2l Net dally average 24f 4 GEORGE B. T2SCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2nd day of May , l&W. ( Seal. ) II. I. PLUMB. Notary Public. Queen Victoria is another woman who would not coiicciil her aje If she could. It looks ns If Governor Poynter were also becoming addicted to the banquet habit. If Admiral Scliloy keeps this up he will soon be as proIlcU-nt as a speechmaker - maker as he IH ns a bhlp destroyer. Unfortunately the soldiers over In the Philippines are not In n position to cele brate a peace jubilee like their com rades at Washington. Admiral Dewey says he leaves Manila with regrets. But not half so many resrets as were experienced by the Spanish admiral when ho left Manila. The press censorship at Manila has culminated In the suppression of a Spanish paper for printing seditious matter. The expected sometimes hap pens. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ } Memorial < lny Is only one week off. Ton't forget to lend support to { he c&nir mltteo which lias , the preparations Jl'or the Memorial day demonstration * In charge. Th next time Admiral Sehlcy desires n rest be will know better than to come to Omaha. Barring possibly the 3d of last July there never was n time in his life when he lias been kept busier. Mayor Moores is using his veto pen without fear or favor and even his ene mies will concede that in the discharge of his duty lie stands for the Interests of the taxpayers as against the tax- shirkers. Our popocratlc friends are complain ing because the expense of the Philip pine commission is estimated at $20,000 , but when the Mutz $10,000 Hulflllng com- mltteo Is mentioned they become dis creetly silent When our irascible county attorney comes In contact -with a Herdmanlte gambler he uses a feather duster. When he comes In contact with some body who does not train with the Herd- man gang he uses a club. When It comes to voting away right- of-way privileges to railroads the coun cil Is always very prompt , but when It comes to ordering railroads to reel pro- cato by providing viaduct facilities the council Is usually dilatory. Governor Poynter has made public his appointments as members of the state brands and marks committee. AH the Jobs are chlelly honorary , none of them have been claimed by the Omaha gang of popocratlc hold-ups. Senator Platt is out In an Interview advocating the renomlnatlon nnd reelection - election of both President McKlnley nnd Vice President Hobart. This Is whore the New York senator has stolen a march on his less wily colleagues. Neither County Attorney Rhlelds nor his popocratlc npwbpaper apologist has yet had a word of explanation ns to his F employment of his brother as stenog IK rapher on the county pay roll while the stenographic work of his olllee Is per formed by a young woman paid by 'assessments on his deputies. The council has finally mustered up courage to sustain the mayor's veto against the erection of more fire traps In the business district by special dls- ponsatlon. The council should show Its Hlnccrlty by refusing to pass anymore moro resolutions abrogating the tire limit ordinance In the Interest of fa- vorwl constituents. As th& grans begins to grow on the rangn the stories of probable Indian outbreaks arc started with as great reg ularity as tin Kinnll boy brings out his marblos. Montana Is the first of the northern states to spring a report that the Cheyennps aru on the eve of taking to.tho warpath. It will not require many thousand troops to settle the trouble. .1 tMifit.it , pour r or * irro.\o.vr. Admiral Dowoy. before th beginning of hn < itllltli"i In the Philippines , ex- prpwd the- opinion that the policy ol the United Sffifps xhbulil be to give the natives a liberal measure of autonomy. Ho gave It as his judgment that the i Klllplnos are as well fitted for self- ' government as the Cuban" . Mr Charles Francis Adams , who has con trlbutt'd nbly to anti-Imperialist nrgu nient and who ypt believes that a most grave mistake was made In dealing with the Philippine problem In aban doning thp traditional American policy and adopting that of ( Jreat Britain has ni'V rtheles-j reached the conclusion that the mistake is Irretrievable ami that the host that can now be done Is to work for the largest practicable applica tion of the jwllcy of home rule. Under the circumstances , says Mr. AdaniH , "the true course for the antl- Impprlallsts would seem to be to de velop to the utmost extent possible , though under the English system , the iwllcy and principle of autonomy the fact of native home rule. We should endeavor to limit the interference of. the United States to an absolute ; mini mum. " Ho suggests that here a wide llpld for the exercise of useful Influence Is open to anti-Imperialists , pointing out that they must endeavor to counteract a probable tendency In congress to break down the barriers nnd. bring the Asiatic archipelago within the area of domestic politics to treat It , HO far as IHisslblc , as a domain to be exploited the refuge of "our htatesmcn out of n job. " In the opinion of Mr. Adams It Is the civil service struggle over again uud the administration will need all the outside support It can possibly hope to receive not to find Itself crowded to tlw wall. This view of the situation is certainly worthy of serious consideration , Doubtless there are nntl-Imperlallsts who will regard It as a complete sur- runlcr and decline to accept It , but is Mr. Adams not correct In the opinion that the policy of holding the Philip pines will be adhered to ? That this is the fixed purpose of the administration there is not the least room for doubt. Is there any ivason to believe It will not receive the support of congress ? Our judgment Is that whatever recom mendations President McKinley shall submit to congress in regard to the future of the Philippines will bo a p. proved. We have observed no Indica tions that there is likely to be serious dissension among the republicans of the Fifty-sixth congress in respect to a Philippine policy. Opposition to retain ing the islands will be insignificant , so far as the republicans are concerned , and it is not Improbable that events will have dp.tprmlni'd that question , if It be not already determined , before the meeting of congress. In this view of the situation , there fore , what better effort' can tha anti- Imperialists make than to promote pub lic sentiment in favor of giving the Filipinos a liberal measure of autonomy of enabling them to the fullest extent practicable to show what capacity they have for self-government' ? Endeavor in this direction , there 4s.every reason to think , would hipb good'results. . "We have confidence ln the good intentions of President McKlnley toward the Philippine people. AVc * believe he sin- cerjfy desires to give them a fair op portunity to show their'fitness for tv > lf- govornmpnt. lie will be strengthened in this by the support of intelligent public opinion npd anti-imperialists can find no moro profitable use of thlr In fluence. FUNCTWXS Of THE CO.ll.Wt7fr7.lt CLUO. Henry W. Yates , president of the Ne braska National bank , has delivered an address before the South Omaha Com mercial club on the uses and abuses of commercial clubs. According 'to Mr. Yabjs the only functions of a commer cial club are to encourage manufactur ing enterprises already launched In the community and Induce other manufac turers to locate there , although In his Judgment it Is better "to take care of and encourage the industries we now have than to be continually hunting for now Institutions. " On the other hand , Mr. Yates considers it an abuse of the functions of the commercial club for such bodies to discuss questions upon which the public Is divided or which arc likely to stir up opposing public sentiment. As an cxamplehe cites the postal savings bank proposition , to which he is opposed , and the contro versy owr the bank clearance system , which solely concerns the Omaha and South Omaha bonkers , with which , be ing a strictly private Intercut , It would , In his opinion , be unwise for a com mercial club to Interfere : In this narrow view of the functions of commercial clubs the great majority of business men will not concur. If commercial clubs are to confine them selves simply to fostering Industrial concerns already established and enter taining visitors at periodic banquets their usefulness will bo circumscribed In very small limits. Passing resolu tions to encourage home Industry , pro- vlding dollar dinners and organizing occasional Junkets would constitute the sum and substance of their contribu tions to the promotion of the public welfare. Surely that can not bo the only object of business men's asuocia- tlons , whether known as 'commercial clubs , boards of trade or vhambers of commoivo. . . Such organizations on the contrary are expected to voice the demands of the business community on matters that concern Us prosperity and to take con certed action for remedying any nbuso or wrong that tends to cripple or Impede Its progress and growth. Iloth the exampks cited by Mr. Yates are in point. The people may bo divided on the question of postal savings banks , with bankers naturally In the opposition col. limn. That division of sentiment should not , however , bar the subject from being freely discussed by commer cial clubs , If for no other reason than for ascertaining to what extent postal savings banks would benefit mrcantili ( interests. The same applies with greater force to the clearing house controversy , The contention of Mr. Yates that this ' damaging bunk clenrines pxhlbits ire ! purely a private concern of th bank * I Is ab urd and untenable. Anything that 1 vitally nfterts the reputation and busl- I ness rank of a city becomes a matter of ] public concern and n proper subject for i action on the n.ut of commqrclal bodies , Ii fact , thl < < Is th > paramount function of commercial organizations. Banking within INelf 11 a quasi-public huMiiPc.i carried on by virtue of xtate and na tional legislation and wherever the banking Interests clash with the public Interest they aru legitimate subjects for public discussion. The Interest of the whole community Is greater than that of a part of thu community and commercial clubs are lit duty bound to exert whatever Influ ence they may have for the protection of the community from everything that threatens to affect It Injuriously. fSPK.lKKltSlUI' Perhaps the most interesting feature in the current gossip regarding the spenkershlp of the next hou o of rep resentatives Is the opinion expressed by some members of the house that Mr. Heed may be a candidate. Hopresentn- rive Hay of New York expressed doubt as to the alleged determination of Mr. Heed to leave congress , while Hoprc- bcntntlvc Itromwcll of Ohio is of the opinion that the ex-speaker may be In duced to accept re-election and proposes to urge him to do so. It Is stated that there arc other members who will ad vise Mr. Heed not to withdraw from the prewnt congress. Of course If he should heed such advice he would have no dllllculty In being again chosen speaker , but It Is not at all probable that he will give It any serious atten tion. In regard to the contest of the avowed candidates the situation appears to have undergone no material change In the past week. Sherman of New York Is still regarded as the bailing candidate , but according to the Washington cor respondent of the New York Tribune his chances are bss favorable than n fortnight ago , while those of Colonel Henderson appar to have improved. It Is now said that the Iowa candidate Is likely to get the vote of Pennsylvania , while he will certainly have support from New England and he has a num ber of friends among the southern rep resentatives. Conceding to Sherman the leading position at present there ap pears to be no doubt that Henderson Is a close second , with the chances very good for making further gains. FAYIXU CUBAN SOLDIERS. As now arranged payment of the Cu ban soldiers will begin on Saturday next , when It will be shown how many of them are disposed to accept the money and surrender their arms and equip ment. The present indications are that the men will generally refuse the con ditions , although the modified order of General Brooke In regard to the giving up of arms provides that they bhall be kept In arsenals as souvenirs , in which the soldiers will retain a proprietary Interest and may recover them when ever a Cuban government is established. But the men nppzar to regard their guns as a possession moro precious than the money offered them would be , badly as they need the hitter , and it Is expected that most of them will reject the offer of this government. In that event the question will arise what the next step shall be In the work of pacification. It Is announced that the American authorities will not under take a houseto - house search for arms , but with 30,000 or 40,000 men having guns at their command and dissatisfied with their treatment the situation will bo exceedingly unsatisfactory. These men , destitute and having no immediate prospect of bettering their condition , may make no end of trouble. There Is more or less threatening being heard and wo may bs very sure that those who are opposed to American authority will exert all the Influence they can bring to bear to foster popular discon tent. Unquestionably the United States : s fair and generous In this matter , but the majority of Cubans seem to have little conception of fairness and gener osity. It would be most unfortunate If we should have to adopt aggressive measures , but this may become neces sary. The post-mortem tax collection ma chinery which is part of Iowa's revenue system gives promise of checking ex tensive tax shirking. It Is a matter of common notoriety that the amount of moneys , credits and similar property returned for assessment us personally year by year by rich men In particular s only a small percentage of the Inven- orlcd value of their estates after death. The Iowa law allows suit to be brought for taxes evaded for ten years preced- ng the death of testator and in a num ber of instances large sums have been thus recovered. The estate of the late "Millionaire Boardman of Marshalltown s thus to be brought to account , the In ventory showing Hint he hod more uoney on deposit in one bank than the iggregate amount returned for taxation for the past ten years. The collection of this class of back taxes , if persist ently followed up , will add materially to the resources of Iowa public treasuries. One of the dllllcultles which will beset ho United States In colonial govern- nent Is already strikingly apparent in the Philippines , The executive author- ty under our form of government is lowerless to do more than execute laws lassed by congress and can do nothing [ ownrd meeting unforeseen emergencies. In the efforts to restore peace In the stands neither the army authorities nor the commission can glvo an absolute iledge as to the future because It has 10 power to bind congress , and those mdcr arms he<atc to glvo up , until absolutely compelled to do so , In the ab sence of a definite pledge , While municipal campaigns seldom cut my figure In national politics , It Is plain hat the factional feeling stimulated In the recent city election In Chicago In which Altgeld , as the rcpivsontatlvo of the extreme Hryan wing of the democ racy , pitted himself on an Independent ticket against Carter Harrison , the regular democratic nominee , cannot bo kept out of the rational councils of the piity. in that fonc l the AlfjteUl-Bryan element wns routed her e. font nnd Ornuoon. notwithstanding the fiu-t that , the democratic national committee had I attempted to lend It the support of It Influence nnd recognition. The deter initiation who constitutes the demoenitl prirty of Illinois threatens to preclpltnt a * much democratic discord n < t the d * clslon whether the recalcitrant democrat of ISM be permitted to help steer tin parly in 11WO. Senator Van Dusen perpetrated n ghastly If not ghostly Joke when he expressed the opinion , that Sotitl Omaha may some day be annexed U Omaha unless the objection prevullc ! against connecting such n lively young city with a cemetery. Some people nui > not appreciate the senator's Jokes. On tlio Pro n I How. Olobe-Detnocrixt. America's representatives at the pctic conference have been given scats In th front row. It Is an appreciated honor , an ( It the congress adjourns without making some headway It will not bo the fault of th men In the orchestra chairs. Thorp \r - Other ! * . St. Louis Republic. Germany's naval attache in Washington finds much to admire in our war ships , elli cera and bluejackets. They arc certainly a likable lot oven the Spaniards will adml that when they recover from the first shock of a rather unconventional introduction. UfTopt of Triix .MothoiU. Springfield Republican. Thu statement come from Now York tha hotel proprietors throughout the country are complaining ot loss of business duo to the decline in the numbers of commercial travel- era 0:1 the read , which Is In turn due totho formation of trusts. It Is assorted that eoincthing like 75,000 "drummers" have been thrown out of employment recently under the rapid reorganization of Industry Into largo monopolistic combinations. This Is a surprising figure , but It may be a measurably true ono. Many commerclaf travelers nro losing their places on account of the trusts , and the subject Is one of very serious discussion among them as a class. ARrlonlturnl Impm * lilcncc. Chlcaco New * . - * * . o-n.-jjai uiiujii UL vgriuuiiure nc wasn- Ington reports that the losses of farm ani mals from disease nnd exposure In the twelve months ended March 1 last amounted to moro than 7,500,000 head. On the basis of average values ascertained by the depart ment In January the loss from exposure amounted to $26,000,000 ami that from disease to $40,000,000 , n total of $75,000,000 , "Hve- slxths of which , " says the department , "is theoretically preventable. " rive-sixths of the aggregate loss named la , of course. $62,500.000 , and the loss In the year reviewed was only slightly larger than the average. The theory of prevention Is wrong In half the cases and only $30,000,000 yearly of the loss Is really preventable by means within the possible reach of the farmers and cattle men ; still this smaller sum represents 5 per cent yearly Interest on $600,000,000 , and few- Industries would bear so enormous a waste If It were possible to prevent It. Most of the success of the great organized lines of Industry Is In fact directly due to elimination of waste. LOTS OF IIOO.M AT HOME. Xo Need of Goliifc to A ln for I.nnd to hurt-nil On. St. Louis Republic. In his recent interview in the Republic , Secretary of Agriculture Wilson extols ex pansion , but makes a rather limping argu ment in its support. He says : "I and the other old fellows could get along very well In this country , but we want some place for our young men to go , spread out and de velop. " night after saying this the secretary speaks In glowing terms about , the resources of Texas , the vast opportunities It holds out to development. Ho mentions the profit that awaits those who will go upon its soil and harvest the advantages. Texas alone , with its 274,000 square miles of area , on which can bo grown all the > roducu of the temperate and many of the : orrld zone. Is capable. If settled as popu- ously as Germany , of supporting as many human beings as the entire United States at present contain. Now It has about 3,500- 000 Inhabitants and there Is abundance of room and opportunity for our young men to 'go , spread out and develop" within its Borders. In Missouri and all the states of the west and south and In many of the northwest and central states , In the territories and In the owlands along the Mississippi millions of unfilled , untenanted and undeveloped acres await the skill and Industry of our young men. It Is meet that our merchants , monu- 'acturers and sailors should carry trade Into ands 'beyond ' our rightful political sphere of nfluence , but the time has not yet arrived when we can justifiably withdraw the brawn , jrains and industry of our young manhood from the forces and activities needed to develop to the full the resources of our own political Institutions on a plane of Integrity and efficiency. Why should "be send them upon a questionable quest Into unfriendly climes and among alien and enervating peoples ? "Wlf.lT A CH.V.VOn. " How IniiicrlnllHiii Turned American Sentiment from the Ilocr * . Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican , When the Transvaal was raided by Dr. Jameson's band of buccaneers the occasion was a rich treat to that great party of Americans who then were unfriendly to Bng. land , The contrast between remarks made In 1895 and remarks made today by sub stantially the same party offer a remarka ble contrast. The Boers now get precious little sympathy from American Imperialists , who evidently regard them as "standing In the * fty of civilization , " and as deserving to bo brushed aside by the strong arm of the empire. It Is true th ° > . the outlandcrs In the Transvaal have man' grievances , yet they are oppressed no mot a than England oppresses India. How the lordly Britisher doth chafe nnd howl when he happens to boone ono of a "subject race ! " But he has only to put himself In the pa.o of the Boer to see that ho would act as the Boers do under the same circumstances. Over In India the englishman forbids a free press and free speech to the natives , who create about all of India's wealth , In order to In sure his grip upon the country. In the Transvaal the Boers hold the English In check In order to prevent them from seizing the state and making It a colony of Great Britain. The Boers , in short , are strug gling for their country and for their Inde pendence , however wicked that may be. It the English residents would become loyal , permanent citizens of the Transvaal , throw off their aUeglanco to England and give no thought to expunging the Boer republic from the list of commonwealths , all of these very desirable reforms would bo granted to them and there would be no quarrel be tween Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Krucger. But the Boers know that the Jameson raid waa Immensely popular In England , that Cecil Rhodes had lost no Influence In Im perialistic London and that the autonomy of no state waa over more seriously threat- end than their own. Hcnco the present situation. .It looks like a bloody fight In the end. The Boers have 25,000 fighting men , modern arms , and plenty of dynamite. The Britlih army that Invades the Transvaal will Dot have a picnic , icuois or TIIIJ > > AH , If the comment Indulge , ! In by the g.Mlcry Rods nnd coddwses who "looked down upon" Hear Admiral Sehlcy Tuesday night were preserved and properly autographed the collection would take hlch rank nmon , ? the trophies of the distinguished officer. Every move made , every attitude , were noted nd many evoked remarks. "He is one of the plain people , " whispered n graybenrd. "Where Is the sign ? " askctl hU companion. "Ju t watch him when he stands up. See see how naturally his left hand ct > es Into his pocket. That's nn In- falllblo sign of unaffected greatness. " "More likely a flymptom of being over- bored , " retorted the companion. A beard less young man who enlisted to free Cuba and did not get beyond Chlckamauga was ono of the few In the loft who disliked the attention bestowed on the admiral. " 1 don't like him , " he remarked with suppressed emphasis. "Why ? He's too quick. If tie hadn't sunk Ccrvera's fleet so darn suddenly I would hnvc seen Cuba. " And the dis consolate patriot glued his eyes on the plage and tried In vain to forget his hopes of glory prematurely wrecked with the Span ish fleet. For him there wag no consolation In the remark of the hero of Santiago , "There Is glory enough for nil In the vic tory. " Maloto * Is less than thirty miles from Manila , jet day after day the American columns ad\anccd through towns and cities from 1,000 to 10.000 population. The fact Is , as shown by the latest census , that the popu lation of the whole Island ot Luzon averagm more persons to the square mile than many parts of the United States. By the census of 1S90 , Illinois had sixty-eight persons to the square mlle of territory , and Indiana had sixty-one. Luzon , by the census of 1SSD , had seventy-nine. Miss Annie Wheeler , daughter of General Joe Wheeler , has naked the War department to send her as an army nurse to the Philip pines. If her request Is not granted she will probably go to Montgomery , Ala. , in Juno to receive a beautiful silver set pre sented to her by the women of Alabama ns a testimonial for her heroic work among the sick and wounded soldiers at Santiago. General Fred Funston la steadily gaining In weight , notwithstanding the hardships of the campaign. Before his promotion the newspapers which described him said that he weighed ninety-five pounds. Ono day a Buffalo paper said that he weighed 110 pounds and the next day n paper In Albany put his weight at 1.10. At this rate of In crease ho will bo a giant when ho returns to the United States. Admiral Dewcy has covered SOO miles of Ills Journey homeward. When the Olympla das had necessary repairs made at Hong Kong , which will require about two weeks' time , it will turn Its prow southeastward and go down to Singapore on the equator , i llttlo Jaunt of 1,700 miles. Around the Malay peninsula and up to Pcnang Is 450 miles ; then comes a splendid voyage of 1,800 miles across the Indian ocean to Colombo , and a longer one yet of some 2,500 miles more to Aden this on the as sumption that the admiral will take the shortest route to the Suez. From Aden through the Red Sea and canal to Port Said will add some 1,500 miles more to his og. Through the Mediterranean , with per haps a stop for fireworks at Malta , will add say 2,000 miles more , to Gibraltar , and o New York 3,000 more ; an inside total of 13,750 miles to get the hero homo. William L. Wilson , former chairman of the ways and means committee and post master general under Cleveland's last ad ministration , has given a new and novel [ lustration of expansion and the existing ? hlllpplne situation. John R. Proctor , ) resldent of the Civil Service commission , and an ardent expansionist , was arguing to a group of friends In a fashionable club n Washington on the beauties and necessl- Ics of colonial development. Ho had eil- onced all his opponents when Mr. Wilson , who was one of the party , said : "Proctor your views on expansion remind me of a rlend over In England. He Invited me o visit him at his country seat and I went. Ho had a splendid place of 350 acres. He lolnted out all the advantages of location and scenery , saying that for an annual ren al of 500 ho obtained his residence and n addition was entitled to shooting prlvi- egce on 1,100 acres of adjoining land. It was his right to go on this adjacent ter ritory and kill whatever game might be leslred. "That seems to be the situation In the Philippines. Wo bought from Spain the ity and the bay of Manila , and at the amo time acquired shooting privileges in ho entire archipelago. " _ PERSONAL , AXU OTHERWISE. The Filipino junta in Hong Kong Is act- ng a good deal like the fish dealer whose motto was : "Toot your horn if you don't ell a clam. " When Seth Low was told of his appoint ment as a member of the peace congress , ho emarked : "I have always loved peace , but now that I come to think of it , I've been fighting all my life. " Governor Stanley of Kansas has decided to ry the conditional pardon plan on the better grade of pilsouers In the state penitentiary. 'ho conditions ore that the person released hall not drink , gamble or loaf. Ex-Governor Flower's fortune. It Is uthorltatlvely stated , aggregates $75,000 In eal estate and about $6,000,000 in personal iroperty. It Is further stated that he gave away as much as $1,000,000 within the last ear In quiet aide and charities which would lever bo proclaimed from the housetops , seer or as Mr. Flower was concerned. D. C. French , the sculptor , says that there s moro chance for young Americans In culpturo than In painting. ' "I believe , " ho dds , "that our national character Is moro dapted to working In stone than In oil. " lark Twain , hearing this , replied : "Well , glvo mo the oil well , nnd the French can ake the quarry every time. " Admiral Sampson has never regained the velght he lost while In Cuban waters. Gen- rol Ludlow Is also In this difficulty. One f the latter's friends recently sold to him : Well , at any rate , you didn't leave a limb " " not " replied Gen- t Kl Coney. "Perhaps , ral Ludlow , "but I left nearly forty pounds cattered all the way from Slboney to San uan. " Miss Lavlnla Dcmpsey , with whom the Now York newspapers have had fun ever Inco she caubed herself to bo crowned queen f the Holland Dames , two or three years go , Is now being sued by her brother , John \ . Dempsey , for $2,500 , which ho gays he oaped her. Mr. Dempsey says of his sister : It'would be a slander for mo to say that she s crazy , and some Insane people are so atlonal on all paints but one that It would 10 hard to piove It In court. " Indianapolis New ? . H Is a good thing the Ford tax bill of \'ow York was not proposed by a Kansas r a Nebraska legislature. What a howl icro would have been about the revival of 10 spirit of confiscation ! rovrusT roit TUP. SIM\KIHMIU' Minneapolis Times : As to quaUflPfltlon * for the duties of the ypenkershlp. It Is con ceded that Henderson will approach mon ] nearly the Heed standard th.in will Hopkins His popularity among the members Is oat of his towers of strength , but at the sam time he Is p ld to have the hand of steel bonertth the glove of velvet. IHston Globe : Tholiinnner In which west' ern republicans In the next congress arc dividing up on the spcakcrshlp question ) clearly Indicates that none of the n\ow < yl candidates for the speakcrshlp who live west of the AlloghanlM possesses conspicuous abilities for the post. As between a medi ocre man from the central or eastern states and a mediocre man from the west , of course the latter will have the better chances o ( success , but so Important n place ns the Bprukershlp ought to go to one who Is worthy of such a dlstlnRUlihed office. Chicago Times-Herald : The east will go Into the caucus hopelessly divided among favorite sons. New England will support Congressman Moody of Massachusetts , eev- ! oral members of the New Jersey delegation will support a western candidate ; the1 New- York delegation will be divided between i Sherman atid Payne , while Congressmen Blngham nnd Dalzoll will divide the vote of Pennsylvania. The west will go Into a pre liminary caucus to test the relative strength of Hopkins of Illinois nnd Henderson of I lown. The one that polls the larger number ofotea will be the candidate ot the west. i The west has no other candidates. The next i speaker , therefore , will bo either Mr. Hop- jklns or Mr. Henderson. Neither of these candidates would consider an alliance for the betrayal of the west. 110 .Ml lib I'OH I1UWIJ Y. Chicago Record : If all the donations now projected are carried through , Dowcy won't need n home so much as a real estate ofllcC and n department btore. Indianapolis News : The home-coining of Dewey threatens to cxhnust the supply of bunting. The manufacturers are missing a great opportunity In not forming a trust. Buffalo Express : Dowey's Intimation that he hopes to lead a quiet , retired llfo at his old homo In Montpeller should be a warning to those who are planning to glvo him a house not to Insist on locating It In Wash ington. Let the fund bo subscribed and let Dewey himself be consulted as to where his homo shall be. New York World : The things which Dcwoy has done are history. The things which ho has left undone are equal evidences of true greatness. Dewey has not involved this country In complications with European powers. He has not repudiated the doctrines of our Declaration of Independence. Ho has not denied the right of the Filipinos t liberty or their capacity for self-government Ho has not favored their extermination a an alternative to nonsurrcnder. He has no developed the "big head. " He has neve "slopped over. " Dewcy's don'ts are as memorable as Dewcy's deeds. Globe-Democrat : Admiral Dewey Is unl versa/ly admired by his fellow-countrymen and a testimonial In his behalf Is certain of general and hearty support. It Is pro posed that a popular fund bo raised to pre sent Dewey with a mansion In Washington If the idea , is acceptable to the admlra there Is no doubt of Its success. As yei there has been no expression from him on this point. Both Grant and Sherman were presented with mansions , but fixed thel residences elsewhere than the cities selected While the country desires to honor Dewey , 1 also wants to hit the mark In accordance with his own Judgment and wishes. PLATT TALKS OF POLITICS SnjMeKliiley nnd Jlolmrt Will lie Itciioinlnitted iinil KlPetciI Democracy Ilonclc-im. NEW YORK , May 24. The Evening World prints an interview with Senator T. C. Platt , In which tlio latter Is quoted as strongly advocating the renomlnatlon of President McKlnley and Vice President Hobart. The Interview says : Senator Platt said * that all the criticism which bad been flung at McKlnley cannot alter facts nnd that the president has conducted In magnifi cent style the shortest and most decisive war of modern times and simply astonished the old world by the way in which he did It. "This general satisfaction , " continued Senator Platt , "has had undoubted demon stration by the president's reception wher ever ho has been. Without a shadow of doubt bo will bo renomlnatcd and elected. "Tho republican party is stronger than It ever -was. Vice President Hobart will be re-elected with McKinley. He Is my cholcn for vice president , just as McKlnley Is for president. As for the democratic party , it has only ono issue silver and that has been repudiated by the entire country. "So far as wo have gone 4nlerlcan com mercial Interests will assuredly benefit. At any rate there Is a certainty no land ever held by the United States must ever be relinquished. That would be Impossible. " He spoke of the peace conference at The Hague as "visionary , beautiful , but Im practicable. " Universal peace , ho said. Is not for this age. CROPS DAMAUED BY THE HAIL Sonic Cattle nnd Many Clili-IcpiiM and IllrdH Killed lij n Knii- KI\H Storm. KANSAS CITY , May 24. Rain and hall illd much damage to crops and property In jcntral Kansas last night. In Sallno county wheat and other crops for miles were com pletely destroyed by the heavy hall , many buildings were damaged and thousands of window lights were broken. Some cattle ind many chickens and birds were killed. At Eldorado , Newton , Abilene and Perry more or less minor damage was sustained. In the vicinity of Perry the proportions of i cloudburst were reached and small streams ivorflowed their banks , flooding farm prop- 3rty. t .Slump 7II1I In the World. TACOMA , Wash. , May 24. The largest stamp mill In the world was started up r > n May 13 by I ) , O. Mills at the Treadwell : nlne on Douglas isHnd , Alaska. The new -nlll contains sixty batteries of five stamps jach , with a crushing capacity of four tense : o each stamp every twenty-four hours. The rrendwcll and UH associated mines jnw nave 880 stamps In operation. They crush ! , f > 20 tons of ore every twenty-four hour * , ivcraglng about $4 per ion In gold , or $11.- 100 daily. Ona-thlrd of thin output Is KM- led In concentrators and shipped to the Ta- : oma Hmcltor. The other two-thirds , or S9.380 per day. la the amount of gold ac- ually icleascd on Douglas island. Out * of .Moorii'H Mi-Hill * Died , KANSAS CITY , May 24. Mrs. Anna Meek , 10 years old , of Turner , Kan. , who was shot in Sunday by Levl Moore , a city market lork , died of her Injuries today. Mrs. Jen- ilo Campbell and Mrs. Ella Landlu , Moore's ( thcr two victims , arc believed to be tlylng. ilrs. Campbell had deserted Moore for nn- ithcr man nnd ho shot her. Mrs. Meek nnd > lrs. LandlB tried to protect Mrs. Campbell , illicit prompted Moore to shoot them also. > Ioorc has a family In Anniston , Ala. He Is n Jail. Makes the food more delicious and wholesome B0 t * < ll.a POCIP CO. , NEW YOI1K. , K.MH It-Ol T run 1-HlJIJ LOl.VUil ; . Incronncil I'roilnclloit of ( iolil 1'nr- lil > zrx n I'nlllU-iil Ininir. Phll.idrlphla Times ( dem ) The i-tars In their courses may not bi fighting agnlnst the IS to 1 free coinage heresy , but about everthing else anlmai and Inanimate Joined the army of the slngl standard d\ontes. The gold production ol the world Is InrrMsInc nt the rate of fifty millions annual ) ) , and the nggre aio Annual production Is already oo large thit the Bryan argument that there Is not sold cnoiiRh for monetary purposes It already furnished I a own refutation. In 1M 6 the gold DJ silver available for coinage were not more than equal to the prospective gold output of the year 1000 , showing that we are already able to add to the world's coinage of the metal , about the Intrinsic value of which there I * no qutstKn , quite enough to meet the demands of In creasing trade. The gold production for 1S97 was $237,000,000 , for 159S $287,000,000 $ nnd tha prospect Is that for 1S99 H will reach nearly or quite $340,000.000. At this steady ratio of Increase next year's production will b $400,000,000 , more than thrce-fourtha ot which will be available for coinage. An In teresting feature of the statistics of gold production Is that of the proportion supplied by the leading countries. Of this ycar'i production South Africa will supply $50.000.- 000 , Australia $63,000,000 and the fnlle-l Slates $66,000,000. These statistics are especially valuable al this Juncture as Indicating that the time Ii past for any glnperllness or hesitation on the part of congress In the treatment of the currency question. No party can hope to mnko n winning fight on n dead IMUC , nnl there never was n deader Issue than that of a lightweight silver coinage. With an al ready enormous gold production Increasing at the rate of $50,000,000 n year no considera ble body of voters Is going to be convinced In the future that there Is not gold enough to furnish the basis of the world's monetary system , i.ioiiT AM ) imnir/.v. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Mrs' . Stormcr Is nn enthusiastic expansionist , isn t she ? "I didn't know It. " "Yes , she has left oft corsets. Detroit Journal : "I wonder why they put such exaggerated heads on cnnoj ? "So the chappies will know which end to hold toward the ground , I-suppose. OvelAnd PUIn Dealer : "The usher took us nil the way down the nlsle and than crowded the MX of ut > Into one little pew. "Weren't you Incensed ? " , " "incensed ? No. It Isn't a high church. Imllnnapoll * Journal : "By the way , what is the difference In time between here and ' "It depends upon what kind of a time you mean to have , nut In n general way $20 oJi hour ought to cover It. " Washington Star : "These Americans won't meet us half way , " snlrt the Filipino , discontentedly. , . . . . , . . . " "Nn. " niiswered the general. "We've both been traveling In the same direction , They couldn't. " Richmond Dispatch : A one-armed lec turer was nt-Riiing the pros nnd cons of a certain subject , and hnvlnc conclmHd his summing up of one side of the case went on with : "And now , on the other hand- Whereupon a boy in the front row Intcr- je-oted : "But you ain't got no other hand. " Somcrvllle Journal : A sign In a country store up In New Hampshire rends ns fol lows : "If you don't ECO what you want , nsk for It , and if you get it congratulate yourself. " Chicago Newy ; "You told the conductor Willie was under 5 ? " "Hush ! That's a new scheme I've dis covered. " "Tell me the s'cret. " "Well , you see , 5 is the number In Willie s hat. " New York Journal : Pcnn Can you sug gest any way In which I might Improve my new novel ? Llrushe You might put the last chapter flrt. . Penn But all tha characters die In the last chapter. Brushe Yes , I know. SIY GHAMH'A. Frances Hodses White. 5ar , have you Eeen my grandpa ? He's o'd nnd lame and gray ; \nd his feet they totter along the road V.'hcro he tries to find his way. Mi- clothes are nlways warm and new ; HB ! thin nnd worn have crown. tPhey lead me when the path Is rough , B-t he must walk alone. 1 v.-onder. wonder why It Is ? I'm 'frnld it's 'cause he's old. Mi' ninmmn hears me sny my prayer , And kisses me peed nicht : But grandpa says his Jest to God , Alone , without a light. But maybe God can hear his best Because ho Is so old ! 3nv. linve vou seen my prnndpa ? His clothes are black nnd fine ; rhere' . ? ( lowers all round his head like thoia He useu to love , of mine. lo never seems to smell the flowers , Nor open once his eyes ro FCC liow much we love him now , As pale and still he lies. \nd oh ! I wonder why they kept Tliolr kind words , Mowers nnd love : ' "rom grandpa till his sad old heart Had ( jonu to God nbove. And why he wears that smile that saya , "I'm now no longer old ? " 4 weighty subject Change your under- vear try our medium at 50e,75e , , l AND