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Tim OMAHA DAILY PER IJ ROSEWATUR , IMltor. UVnilY MORNING. TKRMS OF HUUPCIUPT1ON. Di y Uce ( without Suntlny ) , Ono Ycar..t .Cn Dully lieo nnil Sunday , Ono Year . S.U Hix Month * . . . 4.W 'Ihrco Months . Z.l * Sunday Uce , Ono Yenr . 2 w baturelny Dee , One \c-ur . 1.6' ' Weekly Bee , One Vcur . u omens Omahn : The * o Uulldlng. bouth Omuhu. City Hall building , Twenty. fifth and N streets. Council Ulurr : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago : Stock exchange llulldlng. Now lork Temple Court. \\ualilngton : 01 Fourteenth Street. CORTIKSPONDENCU. Communication t relating to news and edi torial matter should bo addressed : Edi torial Department , This Om.Uia Uce , uusiNcss LUTTUUS. lluslncss letters und remittances should be addressed to 'lliei lice Publishing Company , Omaha. Hcmlt by draft , express or postal order payable to Iho lice .Publishing Company. unyccnt mumps accepted In payment ol mull accounts. Jt'crsonal checks , except on umaha or eastern exchange , not accepted. TI1U J1UU 1'UUL.ltmiNQ COMPANY. blA'IliMK.Vr Or CIllCLLATIO.V State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss : O orge U. 'Izschuck , secretary of 'Ihe ireo Publlstilne company , uclns duly sworn , s. ys that the actual number ol full aim complete coplei of The Dally , Morning , livening and Sunday lice , printed during the month of April , IS'jj ' , was as follows : 1 21,050 , 10 B 1,310 2 25,010 17 BI.710 3 2lb05 IS S 1,170 < ai.810 13 ai.r.r.o S 2i,7 o 20 ai , ao 0 21,780 21 21,210 7 a 1,1110 22 21,170 8 21,780 23 25,1)70 > 21,750 21 28irio ID 25O < > 0 25 21,11)2 ) n 2I.W.-0 2S 21,2:10 : 12 2I,0.- 27 21,2(10 ( tl 12 ai , ao 28 2iioo ( | 14 21,0(10 ( 23 21l.- | v 15 21,700 30 2l,0tr : if Total .7-10,81)2 ) j , Less untold and returned copies. . . . 0,0lit V Net total sales .7 7,2 ll 1 Net dally averaRe 21,571 j * QUOHOn B. TXSC1IUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 2nd day of May , 1S93. ( Seal. ) II. I. PLUMB , Notary Public. In these days of tornadoes the path between the house and the storm cellar is kept pretty -\varin. Thcic Is more nold to be mined In the corn und wheat Holds of Nebraska than In the gold llclds of the Klondike. When the Woild-llcrald Is rasped in Itn most tender part It exhibits Its nat ural Instinct by Jew-baiting cartoons. Xebnibka ciops will fiom now on RIO\V under the very ejes of people who are anxiously waiting for an abundant harvest. cartoons may giatlfy the malice of modlociity , but cannot do- htroy public confidence in men of ap proved Integrity. The Hoard of Health Is to be com mended for Its eftort to protect the com munity , and especially the chlldicn , from the trnfllir in impuie milk. Admiral , Schlep must realize that Omaha has Interceded ln,1ils behalf with the weather cleik to make his second end visit moio ngieeablc than the Urst. Hallroad construction Vioik in this section ib said to have taken every able-bodied laboter away fiom Omaha , ho gioat Is tlio demand. Only an other ptosperlty straw \\hlch holio runs may read. In cnuniciatlng American expositions of the near futuic the Chicago Tlrrros- Ileiald has doubtlebs unwittingly omitted the Philadelphia exposition of ISOi ) , -\\hleh opens only a few weeks after the Gieater America Exposition. Governor 1'oyntcr is suffcitng from Indigestion and has gone homo to re- cnpeiate. There aie many of his fol- loweis whoso digestive otgans aic ca pable of assimilating a vastly larger quantity of pie than has yet been served out to them. " \VhIIe the fuslonlsts are debating the availability of ceitaln statesmen for the nomination to a seat on the supreme bench , an all-wise PioUdcncc IB sending unexampled prosperity which Is breeding lepubllcan votes In a fashion mobt piolllle. The United States authorities do not fall In with the Canadian suggestion that possession be given them pending a settlement of the disputed tenitoiy In Alaska. Possession is goneially con ceded to be nine points In the law and In this Instance thoio nio no more points. The attorney general of Missouri hns brought suit under the antl-tiust law against druggists who aio members of the Apothecaries' association. No mat ter what else happens the attorney general Is determined the people of Mis- fionri shnll not bo bound up by any combination on pills. A good many people cannot understand - stand why men scramble for places on the Board of Education which me purely honorary and without emolu ment. lut the periodic contioveihlos Insldo of the board throw a side light upon the Inspiring motive and the pos- blblo opportunities for bubiness expan sion. News from thu United States Is evi dently Blow In reaching the Orient. Admiral Di'\\oy , In an interview , expressed pressedthu opinion that Ilobson was an overly modest young man , Evl dently the story of the kissing peiform- anccs of the hero of the Morrlinac has not reached that far-off land. A higher degree of Bolumnlty charac terized the celebrations of Memorial day throughout thu west than was over manifested bcfoio. Too often the day hitherto was devoted to Jiolldaj ; sports and anything but the spirit of com memoration of deeds of fallen heroea was cxcmplilled. There Is a time for all things , and It Is pleasing to note this revision of the popular conception of the sentiments attending thu day. THK l > mUI'Plf > K A Soon after going to the Philippine" fli'MTal Lnwton expressed the opinion that an army of 100,000 would be needed to put down the Insurrection and properly garrison th < country. He said that with Ifi.OOO soldiers he could march from one end to the other ol Luzon , but that It would be necessary to leave troops all along the loute to hold the teirltory fiom which the In- stirgcnts weie dilvcn and protect the Inhabitants. General OtK on the other hand , hns uniformly stated that he has a sufllclent force to subdue the Insur gents and ho still adheres to this view. According to Washington advices the latest opinion of Otis is that an army of f0,000 ! will bo adequate and he a < ks only that his foice be maintained at that figure. His present force Is stated to bo somewhat laigcr than that and jet It Is neb sufllclent to garrison all of the country our tioops have taken , n portion tion of which Is being reoceupled by the Insurgents , who arc reported to be murdering and plundering the natives who showed frlondll ness to the Americans. This Is a situation which appears to vindicate the Judgment of General Lawton. Pel haps theio Is not required so huge a force as ho named , but It seems plain that the army now In Iho Philippines Is not adequate , notwithstanding the fact that the Washington authorities are said to have Information which dis poses thi'in to concur In the judgment of Otis. The Importance of holding all the tenitoiy taken from the enemy- all , at least , that has strategic value- Is manifest and this wo arc not doing. Until wo can do so clVorts lo establish peace and order In the Philippines will not be wholly effective. It Is understood to be the policy to push the campaign with all possible vigor. The rainy season Is on , Increas ing the dllllcultles and enabling the In surgents to recuperate. The American troops have had a severe experience In pursuing the enemy and there Is rea son to uppicheml that the effective lighting foico will bo materially re duced under the unfavorable climatic conditions now prevailing. The prom ise of peace negotiations seems to have vanished. Every military consideration appears to warrant the conclusion that the army In the Philippines should be considerably Increased. COA'SIDERIXU The branch of the peace conference to which was referred the subject of arbitration and mediation Is giving it earnest consideration and there appears to be promise of a practical lesult. The Hussiari proposals are elaborate and comprehensive and probably go tur- thcr than most of Uie other pow ers will bo disposed to go , a fact strongly in dicative of the desire of the Uusslau government to bind the nations to a policy in the Interest of peace. It H said that even the Amcrlc.ru delegates arc not prepared to accept in full the Uussiaii pioposals , so that It Is safe to say some modified plan , if any , w 111 bu agreed upon. It Is reported that the Americans will present a distinct proposition regarding mediation , which according to the correspondent of a London paper Is original , ingenious and practical. The prominence given to this subject Is something of a concession to the United ) States , since it was well under stood that the American delegates were more Interested In this than In any other question that would bo cousid- eied by the conference , and it Ib highly piobablo that the views of our repre sentatives at The Hague will have more Influence in connection with this subject than those of any other country. The attitude of Hussla Is certainly most en couraging to the advocates of interna tional aibitration and justllles hope of a practical result , though hardly on llnob so broad as the Uusslau proposals THE CL'ItAX t > ITUATWf. It Is stated that President McKlnley regardb with no little concern the sit uation in Cuba. It was expected that bomo of the Cuban soldiois would de cline the money olTeied by this gov- cinmeirt on the condition that they give up their arms , but the very gen eral refusal shows that the obstructive element exerts an Inilneuco which Is felt to be a serious menace to the work cf pacification and to counteract which may require of ihe American authorities a firmer and more decisive policy than has thus far been pur sued. No outbreak against the author ity of the United States Is appre hended , though there have been threats of It , but It Is realized at Washington that the situation calls for the most careful consideration and sagacious treatment In order to pro- A cut its becoming more complicated and dangerous. What to do Is the perplexing ques tion. The policy of the United States has been wholly conciliatory. The American author Hies have kept con stantly In view the pledge of this go\- cirunout to establish peace and order- In Cuba , assist Informing an Independ ent government and then leave the Island to its people. Every declara tion and every action has been In ac cord with this promise. A portion of the people ha\o shown an appreciation of our attitude. In Santiago and 0110 or two other provinces there appears to bo general popular satisfaction with the now conditions. There Is , Indeed , no serious trouble anywhere , according to the latest authentic advices , outside of Havana province. But It Is In that province It Is most essential to secure acquiescence in the American policy and the question ID whether a different course should bu adopted there from that BO far observed. This has boon advised by conservative newspaper correspondents and by Americans hav ing business Interests In Cuba. They have declared that a ( Inner and less flexible exercise of American authority Is necessary , that' the malcontents and mischief-makers should bo more sternly dealt with. This may bo sound advice. It Is possible that sooner or later It will have to be adopted. But our govern ment should exhaust c\ery means of conciliation , e\cry proper expedient for winning the confidence and reaped of the Cuban people , before Inning ro cowo lo repre si\e measures. It I" rather dl couraglug that Cuban nol dleis decline to receive the money mng' nnnlmously tendered them and which they oii'ly need. It is somewhat lirl- tilling to have the woik of pacification obstiucled and retarded by politicians and "geiietals" whoso alms , theio U reason to think , are wholly selfish. \Vc had a light to expect that a people ple for whom wo have done so much Would be grateful and have con fidence In us. But this nation can af ford to bo as magnanimous In the OK- erclso of patience as it has been gen erous hi other respects toward the Cuban people , remembering their do foots of tempeuunent and the hard conditions of the past which fostered in thorn the splilt of discontent and distrust. Having assumed the task of educating these people In the princi ples of M'lf.govcruinent we mm I meet the dllllcultles presented with all possible patience , yet with a Him In sistence upon whatever policies shall bi > deemed necessary to the attainment of the end In view. This appears to bo the position of the administration and wo have no doubt it is approved by a largo majority of itho American pee ple. 111K DKADhV I'AllALLKL. "You may fool all the people part of the time , and part of the people some of the time , but you cannot fool all the people all the time. " This applies to men engaged In the newspaper publish ing business as It does to men engaged In any other business. For a long time the World-Herald lias boon trying to fool all the people l > y Impudent brag and bluster concern- lug its phenomenal growth. Part of the people have doubtless boon fooled , but the confidence game cannot be played much longer. The cold facts embodied in a few figures of compara tive city circulation luuo knocked the pinning from under the Impostor. The desperate effort at dust-throw lug to confuse the minds of advertlsei.s by meaningless figures can have no effect upon Intelligent business men. In order- that there may bo no confusion or mis understanding concerning the deadly parallel , The Boo will take Its patrons Into full confidence by publishing the names of subscribers , with their re spective addresses , Friday morning , and afford full opportunity for all concerned - corned to verify the lists. In the mean time we piesent the revised exhibit of relative cii dilations showing morning and evening carrier delivery for eight routes , the eighth covering the terri tory between Fariiam and Dodge streets , Seventeenth to Twenty-fifth , in which the chief proprietor of the World-Herald has his residence : Evening Morning i\ening Morning Route. Bee. Bee. W-H. W-H. 1 147 29 3C 3C 2 81 32 28 2G 3 132 10 -13 19 1 141 47 Cl 22 5 13G 48 39 36 C . , 120 18 40 11 7 135 37 64 33 8 158 70 59 71 1,050 291 370 256 291 256 Total Bee 1.341 Total W-H. 626 These figures represent eight out of eighty-four actual carrier delivery routes of The Bee In the city of Omaha and sixteen In South Omaha. Merchants who have goods to sell and people who in\e wants to satisfy may Judge for themselves where they may confidently expect to get the largest returns for .heir money. The twin cities of Minnesota are nrak- ng extensive preparations for a gieat popular ovation to the returning volnn- eers from the Philippines whoso valor ms added so much to the renown of American arms. It Is expected that lot only the troops recruited in Minnesota seta and states immediately contiguous , nit also those of Nebraska , Kansas and ; he southwest are to participate. It goes without saying that the people of St. Paul and Minneapolis have the best wishes of the people of this section In the success of the proposed reunion. S'ebraska remembers and appreciates : he generous treatment accorded the rransmlsslsslppi Exposition and will ever hold itself ready to reciprocate on every occasion. The peace conference has before it 'or consideration a very comprehensive plan for the aibltiatlon of inter national disputes which provides for this mode of settlement when the mat- lets "do not affect the national honor or vital Interests. " While such a declaration would put the s'tamp of ap- iroval on arbitration , It would bo no issuranco against war , lor a power which really desired a conflict or whoso people were excessively wrought up would naturally conclude that 1111- ilontrl honor itnd vital iutorests were in volved. It looks more and more as though the conference tvould accom plish nothing more than to adopt rules of warfare which will mitigate Its lorrors. The Island of Jamaica Is truly In a serious plight. Ueclproeal trade relations with the United States are the only thing which offers any relief to the In- lustilal depression which Is pauperis ing the people. The needs of govern ment are such that any sacrifice of revenue appears to be an impossibility , though the people have dcteimined to make the effort The United States Is willing to trade If the Islanders have anjthing to offer worth striving for. The ofliclal state weather report con veys the Information that the soil of N'ebrasUa generally Is In line condi tion for giowing crops. Kiequent , all- pervading , heavy rain stoims , not to say cloudbmsts , only emphasl/o the exemption of Nebraska from the arid zone and give piomlse of another abundant > leld. The outrageous padding of thu muster rolls of the Cuban army Is be coming more apparent as thu woik of dlsti Hinting the money pi ogresses. Had the Cuban otllcers been allowcJ to distribute the money , as tliey had hoped to do , what a snap It would have been. \ Onp nf M i Philadelphia Times Uujlng bonds Is nn airship In one \\n ) Ir which nn Investor may see his money go tip , 1'rolont Toil Min'li. Globe-Democrat. If the democrats were not In doubt about renfllrmlng slfver they would not bo so vi olent In protesting that they will never omit It under any conceivable circumstances , We 11-I'oil nd oil HiirtnlMpi Hnltlmore American The fulsomencss with which the foreign nations arc flattering Columbia would lead one lo believe that there are several prlwcoa anxious to court her favor. SHi | , > for Hump. St Louis Republic Mr. PcfTcr did not employ a parachute In his descent Into the republican party. Ho got there by using that p rt of his anatomy usually utlllred by the humolo worm for purposes of locomotion. IJobton Transcript Admiral Schlcy's ascent ot Pike's Peak brings to mind a picture In the Piemont campaign book of 1854 representing the gen eral nt the top of Pike's Peak. One of the democratic papers remarked nt the time that that was as high ns rrcmont would ever get Tuo Ciui rin > lit ( lie Clinic. San Tranclsco Chronicle. If Canada Invites n tariff war with the United States she will have to take with It nn era of hard times aud a consequent loss of population. This country Is Canada s chief and best market. Without It slio cannot do much more than mnko a living It would not bo long nfter the effects of n tariff war had been felt before Canada would conccdo almost any point for the b.nko of re- cstablUliIng her former commercial status. An Iiiiu | > rliillNl < > I'oHcr. Springfield Republican. Hoio nro more Tlllpinos who want to land at San Pranclsco IHty of them , consigned to the pan-American exposition at Buffalo. The federal Immigration commissioners have already refused to admit ten Filipinos on the ground that they arc aliens and were coming to this country under contract to labor , and this will have to bo the ruling apparently In the cnso of the fifty. Uut If they nro aliens , how- can ttio natives in Luzon bo rebels ? " .No ( iuti , No linn/ ' Globe-Democrat. The Cubnn Insurgents nro giving up their ; UIIB and accepting their money. There will oo no dimculty on this score. A few innllg- nants nro In Cuba , and their Influence -will bo used against the Americans. Their in- lucnco , however , will not prevail against : ho spirit ot the buslim element nnd ot the Intelligent people in general , who want stable and progressive government. The only way in which such government can bo had Is In making the American connection poimnnent. These two Ingredients ot the Cuban population will bo found to have the najorlty on their sldo when the \otlng takes place which Is to decide the island's future form of government. Predicament nf the I'nrln. Philadelphia ledger. The Paris was driven on the rocks of the Manacles w lift the full force of her engines nnd within an hour of high tide. Divers -cport that her bottom Is pierced nnd several of her compartments ripped open. In this state of things it Is not surprising that the efforts ot halt a dozen tugs , assisted by her own steam , failed to get her off. She Is probably hung up : oji one or more points of rock In such a moJincr that trying to haul her oft Is llko trv'jhg to pull her through a solid wall. If this theory Is correct , the only way to get liar oft the rocks Is either to lift her off by means of pontoons or some similar device. Meanwhile , there Is no answer to the question. How did she get ipon the rocks , which are many miles out ot her course ? DcMiiocrncy on n Iock > Iloiul. Lou'.sIlle Courier-Journal. With rcajiect to the political outlook for 1800 , and the relation of the democratic party thereto , it Is to bo observed In a gen eral way tl-at Jordan Is a hard road to .lavel and that the geailng nnd nppurte- mnccs of the democratic carry-all are not n the best get-up for the journey. Uetter non than those who have been putting thalr heads together at St. Louis might look upon the scene aghast. It does , indeed , recall the description given by the Irish sailor who , caught stranded on land , hired himself for a plowman and was put In chnrgo ot n splko team , consisting ot a joUc of oxen with n little mule they called "Jinny" in the lead. Pnt had never plowed before , nnd , to crown his Ill-fortune , ho stirred up a nest of j-aller jackets ; then ho broke for the house. "Arrah , master ! " said ho , "como right out into tlo flcld. Sure , the dlvll's to pay ! The lalrboard ox Is on the Btalr- bonrd side , nnd 'Jinny's nfowl of the rigging , nn' thcj'ro all drifting to hell as fast ns they can go ! " oi.n nti.c1iM.ns itinicvinn. Ux-Soiiiitor flrny Ciltpn tin- Immortal Declaration a 1'nrtln KlcU. Now York Cvenlne Post. Wo extend our respectful pympithles to the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution , and ot the American Revolution , and to the Colonlul Dames and to the various other societies which have of late jcars labored to inculcate In the youth of this country a reverence and respect for the founders of the republic and their prowess In the forum and on the battlefield. It Is to them that wo owe , among other things , the presoiva- tlon and marking of some of our Revolu tionary battlefields and the rebuilding of In dependence hall. It must bo becoming plain , however , even to them that the pinnacle of fame upon which they placed their ances tors has been entirely too lofty. In the light of the sudden learning and awaken ing of the twelve months Just behind us , It IB evident that wo have forgotten that after all the forbears wore nothing loss than traitors to the regularly constituted govern ment eet over them , that Washington , and Adams and Jefferson , and all the rest belong , in fact , In Uio same despicable class with Cleveland. Hoar , DUhop Potter , Kdward Atkinson iintl the others who dare to question the wis dom of our present rulers and dare to say things not fit for our "thinking bajonets" In the Philippines to read. Wo have ulready heard our present inliihter to German ) , An druw D. White , declare that the revolution Itself was a grave mistake , In that It cut oft KnglUh Immigration to these states , and but fores.t.allpd n probably peaceful separa tion from Jho motherland. Wo have hearJ , too , from various quarters that the con stitution of the United States can he con strued sq as to cover any of the unforeseen governmental contingencies Into which our new fprpJea Bollcy has plunged us , and thnt its mttay shortcoming can be fixed in time. And now , qn top of ail this , comes the speech of George Gray , who declares the Dccla'ratlon of Independence and the words of Thomas Jefferson , "A Just government rests upon the consant of the governc-d. " to bo a "phraso and a glittering gcneralit ) " If the ancestral gocletlis referred to are wise , they will take time by the forelock and recognize that they have worshiped falBO gods and brazen Idols. The fact that a few yeara ago any man uttering such jentlmentH as Judge Gray's would have been declared to have taken Brltlili gold , and to be a traducer of the noblcet Inheri tance of the American people , has nothing whatever to do with the uwe , r.cuor.s or THU w\ir. The I.nramie IloomeranR publlihos a let tcr from Chnrlr * Cnhlll , n member of ihi Wjomlng battalion , doted S < ui Pollplnerl P. I , April 2fi.The letter echow the grn rrnl tVellni ? of the volunteer * with reapec to the Philippines that K n dctermlnatloi to get away from the country as quicklj as the government provldtn the means All the alleged charms of cllnwto , fcrtllltj of soil , chances for making a fortune am other boom claims of home Imperialist ! have nindo no Impression on the \olun tccrs They hive been there nearly a > cai nnd llko It so little that they etnnot go back to " ( Sod's countr > " nnj too join "I conditions were settled , ' writes Private Cnhlll , "a number of men would stnj here but with the few dollars at their cornmaiu they do not care to slay nml run the risk 01 going broke , although the government wil pass a man homo any time within , a scui from the date of his discharge Hut tron the vailous commands there will be quite a number who will stay and 'take up tin white man's burden ' "Wo are now In the- rainy season The thunder and lightning are very sovcro nm ! our tents fall to shed water , It comes dovvi so hard. To the man doing outpewt dutj this \vcathor Is very disagreeable , for ho Is compelled to lie out In the fields with nc shelter whatever. Kverjono hopes for ei speedy termination of the trouble , for II men are compelled to bo out In these rains long It Is bound to cause sickness. Wo arc bolter able to stand It than the new ar- rlvnla , but even so wo do not relish the Idea of being out hero during the ontlro rainy seabon. " Writing about the battle of the block houses near Manila a correspondent ol Scrlbner's sa > s A picket standing upon a stone wall , so that ho might get better aim , suddenly went down In a heap , crj- Ing out , "Hujs , 1'vo got It. ' but ho was up again In a minute , hopping about on ono leg , and shouted , ' I'll be d d It I ' rookie any more" Ho had c.iro , I'm not a been ohot through the nnklo. The "Rook- els" Is a term applied to the recruits -who came to Manila after the righting nnd they have nlwajs been Joshed and shut rt of discussion among soldiers with some nucu slighting remark ns , "What can a rooklo know ? Ho wasn't hero for the scrap. In Jlnnlla Well , there are 110 moro rookies today. Freedom of Manila discredits reports circulated In this country alleging that the rillplnos mutilated the bodies ot American soldiers. Savs Freedom. "Let us not try to distance the Spaniards as liars ; let us tell the truth. If one native wns killed nnd a shack burned , let us sny so and stop. These jams about our men being mutilated are generally false. It wns reported In tjpo that soldiers who fell In the light on Tuesday along the tatlwny were mutilated , and thoio Is absolutely no truth In the re of natives about hundreds port. The story being Killed at Santa Cruz Is uleo a fnlry tale. " in the rccoid little-known Theio is n - War department , which reads : "Medal ot honor to Aithur MacArthur for coolness and conspicuous bravery In action in seizing the colors of his regiment nt a critical moment and planting them on the captured works on the crest ot Missionary lllelge , Tenn. , November 23 , 18C3 , whllo serving as first lieutenant nnd adjutant , Twenty-fourth Wisconsin Infantry. " A rltlzcns' committee of San Francisco is Issuing calls for a subscription to a fund ot $100,000 for the erection ot a Dovvey monument by the people ot California In Golden Gate park. The subscription for the first day amounted to $23.000. California has certainly as mucli reason as any state In the union to feel satisfied with Dowej's achievements , for the holding of Iho Phlllp- pineis will mean moro to the Pacific coast than to any other section of the country. Captain Slgsbee , when forced to make a speech at a reception in New York last week , said the three things a sailor thinks he can do thoroughly well on shore are riding a horec , managing a farm nnd holding has not heretofore ing a baby. Speechmnklng fore been among his fancied accomplish ments , but If there Is no flagging In the Invitations of the public , Iho United States navy will BOOH , ho said , have n fine collec tion of trained orators. At the surrender of Santiago an officer of the Rough Riders who had been sent forward on dangerous scouting was at once recalled. Ho Indignantly sought an Inter view' with Colonel Roosevelt. Ho was splashed with mud from head to foot. "Why am I deprived of this chance ? " ho cried. "What am I to do ? " "Well , " said Roosevelt velt , smiling , "tho thing I'd advlso you to do first Is to wash your face. " IMJItSONAt , AMI OTHCIlAVISn. Taxes are to bo assessed upon Chicago bill boards. General Wheeler's voice Is still for war. and If ho cannot fight In the Philippines ho will go to congress. Gcneial Irving Hale , who has lately won his laurels In the Philippines , though brought up In Colorado , Is of New England atcck , nnd the great-grandson of Colonel John Hale , who at the ago of 16 fought at Bunker I11U. Brigadier General Asa B. Carey , pay master general of the army , has been granted leave of absence lo July 12 next , when ho goes upon the retired1 list. Ho has lately been military attache to the United States embassy nt London , but has been connected with the pay department since ISTu. Ho IH n native of Michigan and a man of considerable wealth. Congressman George W. Ray of New York refuses , despite nil that has been said , to bollevo that Thomas n. Reed is going to Icavo politics nnd scttlo In Now York. Mr. Hay , who Is intimate with the Maine states man , B.IJB ho has jet to find a man to whom Mr Reed has confided his Intention to get ant of congress before his term expires. "You will note , " bays Mr. Ray , "that ho hns aot > ct resigned " Rev. John Jutz and Rev. Alexander Ash- berg , S. J. , both of the Shawmont Catholic : hurch , Boston , have been decorated by Km- ? eror William of Germany for meritorious 3onduct dining the Franco-Prussian war rho former nursed smallpox cases at Mctz and nearly died , and the latter , born Baron ] o Asheberg , did ns much for typhus pa tients Father Jutz did ns much for Ameri can soldiers nt the battle of Wounded Knee. The London Dally Telegraph , In discon tinuing the Issue of a Sunday edition , gives uo reason for thus following so speedily the , jxamplo cf Its rival , the Dally Mall It must aot bo Inferred from these two notable fail ures that the citizens nf London refuse to road anything else but their Bibles on Sun- lay. Perhaps something of the real reason 3 to bo found In the declaration made by ; ho Archbishop of Canterbury that the Mon- lay morning's editions of the London papers ire printed on Saturday night It Is unfortunate that the French should itart a discussion of the question "Was ilamlet Fat or Lean ? " Just as the peace con- 'erenco assembled But great problems can- lot be ( .helved to suit the caprices of em- ierore and princes. The question of armies i ml humanized war Is of little moment com- iared with the physique of Shakespeare's ; ho tly creation. The high dignitaries of latlons could not do a greater service to mankind then to tuminon 41io Immortal ihado and take Its measure. Mankind loves i ghost walk. Peace ? There can bo no icaco until the Hamlet question Is settled , ind the equally important question of j whether the Twentieth centur ) begins In [ 900 or 1901. j stnn JOHNS or VIIOSPKIIITY. Illinium * IptltIM Urtniimtrntril li ; Chlcngn If the1 treasury receipts may bo regnrdci as n bU ( meter of industrial condition ! there can bo no escape from the conclusloi that we are entering a period of nlmos unprecedented business actlvlt ) . For the first time In many > wrs th monthly report of the condition of the gov eminent finances shows that the revenue from nil sources exceed the estimates sub mltted to congress. The receipts from 1m port duties nro considerably In excess o the predictions rnado by the author of th present tariff law , while the proceeds of tb war tax furnish Incontrovertible cvldcnc of nn Increasing volume cf production nm exehnnge nil over the country The receipts for the month of Mnv wll exceed $41,000,000. As the disbursement for twciitseven dn > s which were unus ually henv } amount to $3SS3S,000 , It Is snf to sny that the month's receipts will show a excess over expenditure. of at least $2,000 , 000. 000.The The evidences of prosperltj , however , nr not conllnrd to the receipts from Impost du ties nnd Internal revenue taxes The rev enues of the postolllco department , whlc ! furnish the most reliable barometer of trad Ing actlvlt } , have gotii' beoml the hlghcs record , whllo the receipts from the paten olllco Indicate that the good times hav stimulated the mechanical Ingenuity of the country to an unprecedented extent. The revenues of the government were never so largo before , nnd It must also be noted that they were never so easily nm willingly paid. TIIMCM , Tinryp CASH. .Ma ruin nf Profit \rccMnnrj lit I'aj InlprvNt on Inllaicil Capital. NewYoi k World Thirteen manufactories with n total capi talization ot $21,580,000 have organized Ihcmselve.s Into a trust with a capital e > l SSO.000.000. Ot this $10,000,000 Is to bo In preferred stock paving 7 per cent a jcar nnd $ 0,000,000 Is to bo In common stock paying whatever may bo left nfter the pre ferred stock has paid its $2,800,000 in nnnunl dividends. What do these promoters propose ? They go Into the monej market , where the rate ot Interest on good security Is lets than 4 per cent , and ask the public- First To lend them $40,000,000 nt 7 per cent Interest , or moro than 3 per cent nbovo the market rnto when the security or col lateral Is sound , nnd they offer ns security property which even at their own valuation Is worth only $21,580,000. Second To lend them $40,000,000 moro on no security whatever and with no Interest on the loin until nfter the first $10,000,000 shall have earned 7 per cent. The demand for the articles which these gentlemen make is limited and Is not greater than the present facilities for making them can leadlly meet. True , prices can bo put up , but buroly not enough to give the hugo margin of profit necessary to the success of this "trust. " This cose Is not Isolated. It is tjplcal of what Is going on In practically every branch of American manufactures today. is DUWHY AN oin MANT lionHI * AKTO CoiiinurcHuHli Hmt of Other NotauICH of the World. Brooklyn Higlc. Admiral Dewey has lately been calling himself an old man , and BO some of the papers which have been commenting on the proposition to glvo him a homo In Washing ton have said that a man of his ago would prefer to llvo away from the excitements of the national capital. The fact is that the admiral Is not old. Ho has reached what the naval regulations call the retiring ago and his characterization of himself as old Is , doubtless , the survival of nn Impression which ho received in his youth that a man did not go on the retired list tin ho had passed the dnjs of his usefulness and was Incapacitated for active service. If Admiral Dewey will recall the ago of many ivell known and active men ho will cease calling himself old. Ho Is only a jear older than John Hay , the secretary of state , who Is commonly regarded ns a man just In ° the full-ness of his powers. James liryco and John Morley are also 50 jcnrs old , the same as Secretary Haj ; Grover Cleveland , Whltelaw Reid , Horace Porter , William Dean Hovvells , President Angell and Justices Brewer nnd Peckhnm are a. > ear older , the same ago ns the admiral. Generals Merrltt and Joseph Wheerer are 62 , nnd so nro Rear Admiral Sampson and Joseph Chamberlain. Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott , Bishop Potter , Andrew Carnegie , John G. Carlisle and General Shatter nro fi3 , or two jcars older , [ 'resident Eliot of Harvard Is Cl , and Chaun- : ey M. Depew Is 65. Ex-Prciildent Harrison , Chief Justice Fuller and Justll-o Harlan are x few months older than Senator Depow Andrew D. White Is CO , and BO are Senator 3uay and Lord Roberts of the British army. President Gllman of Johns Hopkins Is 67 , 3x-Sccrotary Tracy is CS. There are Bcorcs if other famous tne > n in the United States ind Europe who would call Admiral Dowcy itlll joung , for they are from five to twenty > ears older than ho. When ho gets back to : ho United States and recovers from the strain of the responsibility of the last jcar ! io will discover how > oung ho is. AiiniucA.t anATS i.v nnitiiANr. Agrarian I.c lKlatlnu Illockfil by Hie Imperial ( iotcriimciit. Chicago Times-Herald. That the German government is not dls- losod to make any concession to the agra- lan element thnt will seriously Interfere .vlth . the Importation of American meats Is ndlcatcd by the report from Berlin to the iffect that the "commission meat Inspection Jill" will not ho advanced at the summer icsslon of tbo Relchstng. The commission bill as jeporlod to the lelchstag is the product of agrarian infiu- snco nnd contains such drastic provisions hat the government cannot consider It. It 'orbids ' the Importation of fresh meat after December , 1S03 , and meanwhile restricts mportntlons to entire carcasses , nil other neat products , except pure lard , being ex- iludcd. The government , of course , will never : onsent to the exclusion of American ham ind other smoked and pickled goods , for his constitutes a most Important source if German } ' food supply The position of he agrarians with reference to Importations if this class is Illogical and untenable , for ho reason that Germany , with 62,000,000 nhabltants , Is unable > , under present condi- lens , to ralao cither meats or brcadstuffs n sufllclent quantity to supply the wants if Its people and must import heavily , not inly food , but many staple raw materials. That tbo German people are well satisfied vith the purity of American meat products md have the fullest confidence | n the thor- lUghticBS of our own Inspection of ho products is shonn by the act that they consumed in 1897 Unerlcan meats of nil kinds to the alue of $5,117.000 The German govern- nont has made from tlmo to tlmo the most carchlng Investigation of our methods of lacking meat and Inspection It has sent ts own meat experts over and has a special fllccr permanently located at Washington , ilro Is charged with the duty of keeping ho home government Informed as to the haracter of the food products that leave ur ports for Germany. The result of all hose inspections has been entirely eatle- actory to the German government. The refusal of the German government o consider the agrarian meat inspection ill ! may bo taken as convincing proof that ho kaiser Is determined to maintain the Irtest commercial relations with this coua- ry IIIVS AM ) I.OSSICS. Milwaukee Sentinel Thnt Iho American v administration of the- former Spnnlsh col I onies Is n blowing 'to their Inhabitant * nnd should bo courted rather thin resisted Is demonstrated by the conditions In Porto Rlro The natives welcomed the United States troops last > car. nnd have slnco given but little trouble to the military govern ment that wo established on the ? Island The peiceable administration of Porto Rico wns greatly favored , because the popula tion wns pmall nnd the > nntlvrs were not ac customed to revolution , jet the results nc- compllshcd speak highly for the s > stem of government thnt we hnvo Introduced. Chicago Chronicle Ordinary honesty dic tates thnt the people of Porto Rico should not bo made to suffer because of annexation to the United Stntcs. Yet that In ovnUly whnt Is taking place. The products of the Island are worth hnrdly moro than one- hnlf the prices they commnndod under Spanish rule. As the result of annexation the marke-t cf Spnln hns been closed to Porto Rlcnn products' , whllo the duly on Imports practically shuts them out of the United States. Before annexation coffee wns sold In the Spnnlsh imarket nt $25 per hundredweight H now- brings but $13. There Is no market for tobacco nnd sugar Is produced nt n loss. Thwi the Porto RIcnns hnvo lost their market nnd they hnvo nppnrcntly gained nothing to compen sate for It , except , perhnps. those bless ings nnd privileges of American civilization promised them by General Mllrs when ho landed at Ponce. S.AII ) IN FUN. Detroit Join mil : "I mipposo the farmers of .vour Root Ion are very prosperous. " "Veiy. Se-vernl have * felt nble to suffer w'lth brain-faff this spring. " Hoslon Hew Id : Devvey hns got n far ns Honp Kong The hand will nowi i > ny , "Sen , the Hong1 Kongetlng Hero Conies. " Chlcncci Record. "We never had any trouble BoMlne women to look In nt our showwindows. . " "Why ? " "lyook at the big mirrors we have put In ns a background to our shlit-walst exhibit. " Detroit Free Press : "We don't BO nny- wheio any more. " " \Vliv not ? " "Well , wo live ? in a nut , nnd wo are In terror for feur somebody will plvo us some thing1 wo would ha\o to bring home. " Cleveland Plain Denier : "Dash , the sprinter , was inn over by u lot of freight \ cars last week. " "What vva * the coroner's verdict ? " 'Died from the effects of bad training. ' " Chicago Tlmes-Hernld : dernldlne And who gave the bride eiway ? Tom Nobodv. She and Jim are going to llvo with her folks. Philadelphia , llecord : Editor T elon't qulle under-bland why von refer to Boodler is "a corkstruw po'ltlclan " Now Re : ioi ter Well , sir ; I don't like to iy right out that he's crooked. IndlanlpolN Journal : "I wish to treat you as a brother , " said Clvlllz itlon. "As a younger brother , " suggested Bnr- bTr'sm. ' "You want me to wear your old clothes nnd tag1 along- behind when jou nro going anywhere and do nil the chores. " Ohio St-Uo Journal : Williamson What do jou think of this newspaper story of a woman being hjpnotlzed by a book agent Into subscribing for u book she didn't want ? Henderson 1 believe every word of It ! I was Just looking over my library yesterday. Chicago ] 'o t : "It Is not necessary to drink to become Intoxicated. " ho tried 16 explain. "Science recognizes intoxication by radiation that Is , just from the com panionship of men who nro drinking. " "Then jou would better cease associating with > ounelf , " bho rep'.lcd coldly. AVIIHN TIII3 HOIS COMU HACK. Denver Post. When the soldier boys come back Civil luds must clear the track , Stny-nt-homes must to a man Join the ranks of "Also ran , " Girls will lavish all their smiles And their heiirt-cnsnarlng wiles. . On old Colorndo's sons - * ' Who w-ero quick to grab their guns When their Undo Sammy's yelp To'd them Unit ho wanted help. Faces bronzed bv Atjlnn air To the maids will be moro fair Than the frontispieces worn Hy the noncombats , nnd ( torn , Faded uniforms of blue. From a glrlleh point of view , "Will have moro attractiveness , Thau the tailored , Btvllsh dress Of the bojs now holding sway Whiles the heroes are away. And the thrilling yarns of war Will to them bo sweeter far Than the fnlry talcs rehashed Jly the fellow they have mashed Just na makeshift substitutes Till their boys came bnck : recrulta. As It were , to simply nil Sparking vacancies until I'nclo Sammy tells his tons They cm lay nsldo their trans And retutn again to wield i ArniH in love'H entrancing neld A command 'tis sufo to say ' 1 hey w 111 w hooplngly obey Then in voices soft as lutes , r.lrlH will tell the substitutes I hey nru not the whole thing , but Onlj hiB-beens , nnd they oucht To. urrender gracefully ; 'Hint In future they wl I be Only rouslnw to them , or fllstern , If they so Murcluel away to nobly light Feir Humanity and RIKht. lor _ an in the snipinsgamo Jvnovvn to western pranklBh fame You will only hold , ' Whsii the soldier boys come back. Straw Hats The season for straw hats is going to come with a rush. It is past due by the calen dar , but the weather has not kept up with the calendar. We are all ready for the first really warm days , however , with a full assortment of MilanSennetMack- inaw , Jumbo , Rough- and-Ready , and Eng lish split braids. Our straw hats are all hand pressed and have double brims that will keep their shape. From 50c to $3.00. 1