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TI1T3 GRATIA DAILY BEE : AV10IKN 15HDA.V , .JULY 1J ) , IHfMI. TUB .OMAHA DAILY PER I > lltor. PUDMBIIICD I3VKUY MOIININO. TKUMH 0 HUHSCIIUTION. Dally Hen ( without Sunday ) . Ono Year. . 14.00 Dally lire and Hundny , Uno yrnr . g.oo ttlx Months . . ! . 4.00 Three Months . Z.M ) . und > Htf , Ono Yen r . 2.00 Hiliinfny Hoe , Ono Ycnr . 1.60 Weekly Dec , Uno Yenr . W OKFICKH. Orrmlm : The lire tJiilldlnir , Houth Oiiinha : Oily Hall IJulldlnR , Twenty- mill And N HtroetB. Council muffm 10 I'cnrl fltro * * . < "lilcniii ; Htutk ICxclmiiKo Hulldlne. New York : Templn Court. \Vn hltiKi n : Ml Fourteenth Street. COUIIU9PONDKNCI4. Cominunlcfttlotm feinting to news nnd Killlorllil Dcinrtmrnl. The Olimhn lice. HtI3INH8-S M5TTI5I18. UtiMiiruK l ltr nnd roiiiUtuiicon nhould bo nclrc ! > inl to Tlio Jlcu 1'ubllBhltif ; I'otn- imny , Uniiihn. UMM1TTANOBH. llcinlt liy draft , exi > rcnn or tioMnl order luynhlo tn The llco 1'ulillRliltiK Company. Only 2.ceul ittiunim nciM-pt" ! In pnymnt of itinll Recount * . I'cwmitl checks , rxcopt on Omiilia or Knnlom oxclmtiKC , not ue : n > led. TllfcJ BE10 I'lTIlUaiUNU COMl'ANY. hTATH.1IM.NT OK OIHCIII.ATIOX. Htuto of Nthrn ka , Douglas County , . ! Ocnrec 1) ) , Tznnhuck , wocretnry of The IIco PnlillnliliiK pompimy. tirliiK duly Kworn , snyn ( lint the iiotinil numltor of full nml complete ropier of Tlio Dully. MornliiK , Kvenlim and Hiimtny lire , printed durmif tnc month of June , IBM , wnn nit follow * : 1 . UI.IWO 18 . SB , 1011 2 . is 1,7(10 ( 17. . . . . . a , n o 3 . UBI70 U . 27 , MO 4 . ! Mim > ID . an.oao B . un.asio 20 . un.ooo . il . a i,7W ) 21 . ai.tno 7 . jtn.Nan 22 . u.vino 8 . . .un.Hoo 2.1 . JII.IMIO n . 24,1110 24 . 211,200 10 . 20,2111 23 . 27.0HO Jl . SMII,1 ) ( 16 . 25,170 1J . Un.illlO 27 . 2 ,220 13 . 21,850 28 . 25,100 U . 25.150 29 . 25,2-10 15 . 2-1,1)00 ) 30 , , . 28,070 7tlH.B2tl Less iiniiolil nnd returned coplca. . . . IQ.iUS Not total s.ilen . 7-IH.I7K Net dully nveniRn . JM , : I OEO. U. T/BCHUCK. fliibxcrihtd nnd sworn to before me this 30th dny of June , 1S9D. U 15. HO ) IiIO. ( tJDiil ) _ Notnry I'ulillo. rnrllr" l.rnvdui for < li Hummer. Parties Icnvlns the olty for the mimmor mny linvo The lleo Bent to them regularly by notifying The Dee biMlncBS omco , In person or by nmll. The ndilress win bo changed ns often ns donlrod. llo\v much ImiBor will the council con tinue the jruino of Rce-wiw with the Six teenth street vliuluetV Oinnhn Is decidedly lo\v In some ra- Hpi > ots. 1'po \ diitc thorn hnvo boon no reports of the preHcncc of Ulsxlnp bugs 'here. ' Honoris from the corn holt slntes In- dlcnto n IIII-KO crop. Neltninkn , from pri'Hont prospects , will furnish Its nlinrc and some more. Civil Rorvlco IIIIH at hist secured a foothold In our public schools. AH the yenvB go by It will grow stronger and become more firmly rooted. Judge Kuwcett'rt Instructions to the Jury In the Hartley bondcase , were iltS- cldodly morn oft'ctillvo than the rhetoric of the attorney general and his assist ants. A fruit cunners' trust lias been or ganized In California which threatens to become a fruitful ponrco of conten tion among fruit growers on the Tn- clllc coast. The fossil hunters who have gone to WyomluB could have found a. number of flue Bpoc.liin.Mia right hero In Onmlm. Unfortunately , however , they arc not of the extinct species. I Ocnnral OUs may bo n fussy old man , * but that docs not warrant President MeKlnley In placing the newspaper Warriors at Manila In command of the American forces In tho1 Philippines. Henry Wattcrson's suggestion for set tling the Kentucky feuds Is all right as far as It goes , but needs elaboration. Simply allowing the combatants to kill each other off Is too slow by present methods. I abor Commissioner Kent has re ceived a letter from a Nebraska farmer requesting the commissioner to find him a wife. Mr. Kent might better bcf em ployed at that than compiling statistics to prove that farming In Nebraska does not pay , Nearly all the populist , papers have caught on to Harvey's scheme for rais ing an educational fund , which means nothing moro nor less than passing the hat for contributions from the faithful to bo applied In payment for subscrip tions to their own papers. Governor 1'oynter has passed out the last Bccllon of plo at his disposal until some otllclal dies or resigns. As resign ing Is not a popocratta trait and the "health of the command Is excellent" the prospects of these holding empty plntters are not very encouraging. The legislative Investigating commit tee may not exorcise Its privilege to compel the attendance of witnesses and production of papers , but It has already secured sutllclent testimony to make the reform otllclals Inside of the slate house and ex-reform oillcluls outside of the state house very uncomfortable. The reform forces will experience a profound shock over the disclosures brought to light by the j > enato Investi gating committee. These ballot frauds may bo a chestnut , but , like rancid but ter , they grow stronger as they got ago. And the Holcomb rent scandal not only . soandallr.es reform , but makes it su premely ridiculous. . democrats nrc Indulging In considerable talk about starting a ( limm-pmo. Ill to 1 democratic news paper. When they got ready to onlt , talking and ralxo at least half a million dolhu-H ( hey can start It , After It has boon Martcd they can keep on pouring money Into the rathplo until It Is tilled , but If they over let up the long felt will ivaso to exist. TIIK laUVKS WITH CM.V.4/U The American niomboM of the .lolnl High commission announce Hint they are going to Ottawa next month to meet the Canadian commissioners to renew negotiations for the settlement of the disputed questions between Canada and the 1'nllcd HtntPH , hut It IR tin ; opin ion at Washington that no RpHhlon of the commission will lake place at that time , nor Is any expected In October , an tlic Canadian commlsMloiiPrs have predicted. Meanwhile It Is said that the authori ties In Washington are getting very tired of the courho of the Canadians , particularly with regard to the Alaska boundary question. A Washington dis patch to a New York paper HII.VH the situation Is Hitch that ( hero need be no surprise If the Treasury department proceeds with the retaliatory muaHuroH permitted under the tariff law. The proclamation In regard to lumber , which IIIIH been prepared for Home time , It. Is Hlated may not be the only retaliation resorted to. There Is Hcrloiin talk or cut ting off the bonding privilege now granted the railroads of Camilla- though this would meet with a good deal of op position In this country , principally from the northwest and New Kng- land , The obstinate and obstructive attitude of the Canadian government Is cer tainly moHl annoying , but there will be 10 ronort to retaliatory measures of any find until every effort to persuade that government to take a fair and reason- title position has been exhausted. \doptlon of commercial retaliation would be a. pretty serious mailer for > oth countries. ironuvs The Hrooklyn Kaglc asks what the > coplo who denounce a ' 'British ' llnan- ilal policy" will nay when Now York supersedes London as the money center of the world , and It remarks that that lay Is so near that many capitalists be- love It has already dawned. AH a mat er of fact New York , If not now the Inanelal capital of the world , Is exert- ng an Influence ! upon the world's tlnan- lal affairs hardly less potent than Lou- Ion. This country has been for a year ir more past lending money In Europe ind the recent Hhlpments of gold were to a large extent to supply u foreign lemand for money on which a higher ate of Interest Is received than Ameri can bankers could obtain In the homo narket. The enormous accumulation of apltal In the United States during the ast two years and the great balance > f trade In our favor has put this coun try practically In the position of a crod- tor nation , notwithstanding the. fact that hundreds of millions In American nOeurltloH are hold abroad. This may be , as some conservative luanclcrs think , a temporary condition , but there are reasons to believe that It nay become permanent. We are still ncreaslng the favorable trade balance iml tlie indications are that this will go on for the next two or three years aid perhaps for a longer period. If such tlnnuchil and commercial progress as the United States has made In the last two years should bo maintained for the next live years , there can bo little doubt that by the end of that time New York would bo the world's llnanclal capital. This country is today -more Independ ent tlnanclally than ever before In Its history and this has been attained under the gold standard , thud confuting the contention of 1hc free Bllvcrltoa that adherence to that standard would keep ns dependent upon England. LET US J1A.VE LiaiiT. The statement of Adjutant General Corbln that there has been no Informa tion received from General Otis that has not been given to the press promptly will bo generally accepted without ques tion. It has , indeed , been suspected that there was suppression at Washing ton of ofllclal advices from the Philip pines , but If so , It has been done , ac cording to General Corbln , In contraven tion of the Instructions of the president and secretary of war. Undoubtedly President MeKlnley desires that the country shall have all proper Informa tion In regard to the actual situation In the Philippines. There muy be ofllclals In Washington who think It Is expedient to conceal the true condition of affairs , but wo do not believe the president Is one of them. Such a course would bo altogether contrary to the habit which has characterized his whole public life , that of dealing openly with Uio people and taking them into his coutldence. Kvery Intelligent person understands that there arc some things In connec tion with military operations that should not he disclosed. Anything that would embarrass operations or which might bo of advantage to the enemy , It imult > public. It Is the Imperative duty of the military authorities to conceal. Hut whatever has occurred the public Is entitled to bo fully and correctly In formed of , together with such facts as to the condition of affairs as will en able the public to understand the true situation. Suppression of information which the American people nro entitled to has boon at Manila and not at Washington. This Is shown In the protest of the newspaper correspondents at Manila and attested In the statement of the adjutant general of the army , It Is npMiivnt | that General Otis has been misleading the authorities at Washing ton as well as the general public. His uniformly optimistic reports are. bluntly characterized by the correspondents as to a largo extent misrepresentations. Those Intelligent and observant men , whoso ( Statements are worthy of con- tldonco , declare their belief that the otll- elal reports of dissension and demoral ization among the Klllplnos wore incor rect ; that ( ho assumption thnt Hid iu > surrectlon can be speedily ended with out a greatly Increased force is errone ous ; and that the tenacity of the Kill- plno purpose has been underestimated. Those conclusions are fully Justified by events. So far as appears the Insurgent Klllplnos are now ax united aud deter mined as at any time blnce the begin ning of hostilities , while It has at lust been admitted at Washington that a much larger forvo than * o have had In will bo required to suppress the ln > fUiT ( > ctlon , lloforo the protest of the newspaper correspondents the American public had lost confidence In the olllelal dlRpiitehes from Manila , which wennhowli by sub sequent oventH to be , If not deliberate misrepresentations , certainly not accu rate reports of the situation. Through out the live months of military opera tions , marked with severe campaigning and hard lighting , ultra-optimistic state ments were alimwt dally wont to Wash ington , yet there was really very little accomplished and the Indications are that when another campaign Is entered upon thu enemy will be as strong and an well equipped as at the outset of the war. war.The The American people want light on ho 1'lilllpplno situation and they should have It. If they cannot get It through olllelal sources they should bo enabled to get It from the representatives of the liresH. The rigid consondilp at Manila must bo modllled and the Washington authorities should promptly direct that this be done. ANOl'IIKIt KBFOH.1I SCANDAL. Curses , like chickens , come home to roost. When Governor Holcomb as sumed ollico In 1805 ho was earnestly idvlned to desist from accepting any contribution from the stale treasury to my his house rent. Governor llolcomb'n [ U'odeoosftor had declined to draw upon ho rental fund because he , In common with all men familiar with the language of the constitution , interpreted it aft prohibiting oxociitlvo olllcers , Including ; he governor , from receiving directly or Indirectly any emolument over and above their salaries. Hut Governor Hol comb appeared to be too greedy and the advice given him was disregarded on the plea that the governor had a right o avail himself of the appropriation for house rent , although manifestly uncon stitutional. The legislature of 1805 appropriated $ tWX ) for two years' house rent for th governor and 1ho legislature of 18N7 ap propriated $1,500 for tlie fallowing two vears. Assuming that the appropriation was voted , the governor was entitled to draw no more than the actual amount paid out by him for house rent , which was ? : iO a month , or .frllK ) n year. It would Boom , however , that the tempta tion to Inflate the rental vouchers was too great. Instead of drawing $1,4-10 during his four years' Incumbency , Gov ernor Holcomb extracted Jfil.IMKUO for house rent , or ? 803 moro than he paid out. out.It It Is simply amazing that any man oc cupying the high position of chief ex ecutive should overreach himself In this manner when he must have known that sooner or later the lawless transaction would come home to plague him. CONDITION UF TUB SCHOOL FUXD. The financial exhibit presented to the Board of Education by Us secretary is a revelation. The income from all sources for the year ending July 1 ag gregates filGS ! ! .07 , while the total ex penditures foot up ? . " > : ! 0,54S..J7. In other words , during the last liscal year the Board of Education has contracted debts In the sum of $103,725.00 In excess of Its receipts. The explanation made for this enormous deficit Is decidedly lame to say the least. It Is asserted that the board has been called upon during the year to meet several special drafts , among which are enumerated $18,000 for sinking fund , $13,705 increase In teachers' salaries , $3,607.10 special taxes and'$2,049.31 , for architects' fees and excessive fuel bills , or a total of $3S,3r > 1.41. This still leaves $05,374.20 , unaccounted for. What disposition has been made of that enormous sum ? Taxpayers will naturally ask what kind of financiering is It that creates a.shortage of over $100,000 In a single , year. And where will It lead to If allowed to continue ? They will also ask somebody on the school board to explain why the board In the face of this overdraft recklessly voted to continue to pay high salaries to olllclals and why they retain super numeraries ? Is it not the duty of every public body to cut Its coat according to the cloth Instead of creating liabilities In excess of the resources at Its dis posal ? If It is true that Bryan favors the adoption of a rule by the national dem ocratic committee that no man who bolted the Chicago platform In 1800 shall be eligible to sit in the national convention of 1000 as a delegate parti san bigotry will bo at a high premium. There certainly Is no precedent for such a test as a. condition precedent to the eligibility of members of national con ventions. The national republican con vention of 18SO went very far in the op posite direction. In that most hotly con tested convention the delegation repre senting West Virginia refused to pledge Itself In advance to the support of the presidential ticket. Thereupon a resolu tion for its expulsion was Introduced by Hoscoo Conkllng and opposed by James A. Garneld with such a masterly appeal In behalf of the freedom of po litical conscience that Conkllng , Im pressed by Its Irresistible logic , was im pelled to withdraw the resolution. This action left all delegates bound not by a pledge , but by that POIISQ of honor presclbod by the unwritten political code , which bus very rarely been vie lated.If , , memory serves us Hryau him self declared In the Chicago convention of 1800 thnt ho would not allow any mnn or sot of men In or out of a po litical convention to fetter his con science. It Is amazing that he should now favor an ironclad test as a quali fication for delegates to the national convention. The taxpaylng citizens of Nebraska are to be congratulated over the verdict rendered In favor of the state In the case against the sureties of ex-Stato Treasurer Hartley. The Judgment In this cane , aggregating over $000,000 , will if atlirmed by the supreme court aud collected from the sureties relieve the M to treasury from embarrassment. While popular sympathy will bo ex tended to the pel-sous who assumed the liability for Hartley's colossal embezzle ment , the vindication of thu principle that an otilclal bond Is a guaranty of the Integrity of the oillcer Intrusted with public funds and carries with It a liability for any shortage In his accounts will be hailed with satisfaction. The prosecution was very fortunate In hav ing as the presiding Judge a man broad enough to grasp all the points involved and linn enough to discharge his duly without fear or favor. The amended lists of Cuban soldiers ijro about ready and payments are to bo resumed. The Cuban olllcors have dis covered their course In handicapping the I'nltcd States In the payment of tin- money hau not redounded to their credit , but , on the contrary , rendered 'them unpopular with their own people. In dealing with these people , who are all more politicians than soldiers aud many of them not overburdened with principle , the olllcers of the fulled States are compelled to havt ? Infinite patience and tact. Patriotism which is not adulterated with a desire for per- Hondl gain IB almost an unknown quan tity ampng them. For moro than twenty-live years Six teenth Btrcet between Leavenworth and Marcy streets has been spanned by a viaduct. During all that time Seventeenth Hired has been open and railroad trains have been oiionifed across Seventeenth Hired without serious embarrassment to any body. Is there any rhyme or reason why' the building of Ihe proposed new Sixteenth Rtroot viaduct should be delayed and postponed by and with the lid and consent of the council under pre text that this much-needed improvement cannot be made until Seventeenth street Is closed to t rattle V The Colorado supreme court tried to pour oil on the troubled waters that have agitated Colorado since the cl6s- , ing down f the smelters by declaring the new eight-hour law , which precipi tated the lockout , unconstitutional. Hut the worklngmcn do not seem to be dis posed to accept the ruling and insist upon eight hours or nothing. It Is highly gratifying that teachers In our public schools who have been on the pay roll live successive years are to be relieved from periodic electioneering to hold their places. Hut what about the Janitors ? They have to do their elec tioneering not only before re-election , but afterward. Sin oil Itouiii for Hcfornt. Qlobe-Dcmocrai. So far ns the Nebraska populists arc con cerned , reform mny well bcglu at home , nnd at the bottom of the list with the janitors. Lively TiiNUlo In I'ronpect. Washington StUr. The Introduction of American capital In China may develop some lively sport for the future between the dragon and the oc topus. Working tip n Iteimtutlon. Philadelphia Ledger. Perhaps the melanolostes plclpes was merely trying to get n reputation and a shorter name. If so , It nus succeeded in both respects. No Curb UK for Him. Brooklyn Eagle. Those who thlpk that Theodore Roosevelt would work w ll .In cabinet harness are amateurs. lle'Ve'qulrcs ' a county. The effort to curb him wo'uld bo amusing but not for the curb. Truth Mimt Trevnll. Brooklyn Eagle. A Yankee In Santiago advertised "tooth ache drops , warranted to cure the pain In ten minutes. " A native bought n bottle , applied the drops to his aching tooth , timed the Yankee by his watch , and as the pain did not abate la ten -minutes ho sued the Yankee in court , where the Yankee was fined $1,000. Truth Is mighty and wlir prevail. Knockout drops would have settled the toothache and the Cuban , too , within the ten minutes. Volunteer * Homcwiiril Iloniid. Philadelphia Record. The first detachment of veteran volunteers from the Philippines the Second Oregon regiment and the California Signal Corps- IB now In camp near San Francisco , where It will soon be Joined by the Tenth Pennsyl vania and the First Nebraska regiment ! ! . There are nearly 12,000 volunteers still In the Philippines , and nil these must be brought home and their successors trained In the peculiar tactics of Filipino warfare before a fair beginning can be made In a now campaign on Luzon Island. Cavalry In n Hon. Chlcasro N ws. Descriptions of the scene of war In the Philippines do not give much promise for the use of cavalry In offensive military opera tions. The request of General Otis for 2,600 horses Indicates a purpose to establish a cavalry patrol of the districts freed from largo forces of the enemy. To transport 2- 500 horses to the Philippines and glvo them a cbanco to recover from the effects of the voyage will tnko about enough tlmo to give plausibility to the belief that General Otis will suppress the Insurrection qulckfy at the close of the rainy season , and utilize the cavalry to pursue scattered bands and to patrol the country. PROOFS OP PUOSI'KIllTY. HtrlUltiR1'rldcniT of IlimlnrHH Rrowtli In All Direction * . New York World. Along tbo Union Pacific1 , the Burlington , the nock Island'the Missouri Paclflo and the Chicago and Omaha railroads In Nebraska dozens of new elevators are being rushed to completion to take care of the grain crop. In Plt'.sburg it Is said that every blast fur nace Is producing to Its full capacity. In the coke reglona every oven Is pro ducing. This activity extends all through the iron business. There Is not enough pig Iron to meet the demand. No now orders for rails can be filled this year. Structural Iron , which sold at J1S a ton before the boom , U now Belling : at $32 and is expected to go to (40. The lumber business of the past year In the northern central district Is the best on record. Hard wood has advanced from $22 a thousand feet to | 32 and $34 , and the prices of all grades of lumber make a new record. The exports of domestic merchandise for Junn were494,525,732 , a gain . of about $2,000,000. Our copper production of last year , which was tlie largest ever reported , will be ex ceeded Into year. The postofdco receipt ! of fifty leading post- offices for June aggregate 13.430,301 , an In crease of $13C,193 over the exciting month of June last year. Finally , the Immigration statistics for the flscl year ending June 30 make a remark able showing of 134.463 linmtgrsntu in the last thrre months , or at the rate of over l.alf a million a year , a record not reached elnce 1633. There 1 * no doubting the meaning of tbete figures taken from 10 many different sourcee. They mean a general , normal and stable proiperlty , which U the beit kind of pros perity that a country can hare. IX IIOP..H < IK THU WAIt , Thr .Mnuvrr llnllrl nit n Iliihinni * I'rnturi * of AVnr. Whllo representative * of powcrn claiming to be the mcnt advanced promoters of civili zation ndvocfttcd at the po.ice conference the UPO of the villainous dum-dum bullet on lee * clvllltt > < 1 people , one of the latter claw , the Flllplnnn , furnloh an example the rcvcrso ot that advocated nt The H.IKIIC. Thp Klllplnos use tha Mauser bullet , nnd medical testimony agree * that It In the most humane bullet > ol uncd in war. It mny bo snld the Filipinos cmniot help themselves. Admitted. Thnt docfl nut help the nations claiming superior civilization yet employing In war a bullet a wound from which means death. The Manila correspondent of Ladle's Weekly gives nn Instructive account of hem- pltnl experience * In treating wounds rnadi ) by'Mauser ' bullets. lie says : "To the small- caliber bullet ot the Insurgents' Mnttscr the woumlrd boys owe their llvwi and a continu ance of their ummlly friendly association with good arms nnd legH. In the bony ntruc- turo of the body the i.Mnuser bores ft clean little hole , rarely fracturing a limb ; In the skull It tnkcs a center flliot to kill. I know of at least a dozen men shot through the bralu with Mausers , who nro still nllvo nnd In good henlth , I know 'of fully n hundred cases shot through the chrst cavity In every portion except the heart that have recovered Ill fact , they rnrely die. I know of caeos where the mnln nrtery supply of a limb was totally destroyed , yet the Integrity of the parts remained Rood. 1 helped , last week , to llgatn the femoral artery In the loft thigh ot a Nohraska boy , and although a brats bul let had gone through the leg sideways , sever ing the largo blood vessels and terribly lacer ating the flesh , the collateral circulation es tablished Inmirro to him a good leg event ually. Hut through the soft abdominal tis sues the Mnuser Is always fatal , excepting \vounds of the liver. These wounded In the Intustlncs , stomach and spleen always die. Kvery one operated oil for resection of \\oundod IntcNllncti died , and the operation Is now entirely abandoned. "Wounds of the head exclto the most wonder. At the battle ot Marlqulna , JInrch 2ti , Private Avery Grimes of my company fell close to my left. A Mauser entered behind the right car , passed diagonally for ward through the posterior wall of ( ho throat , with Its exit near the loft corner of his mouth , taking along three teeth. He Is practically well today. A Colorado man on our right that day had a Manner bullet traverse the same Identical course except thnt the points of entrance nnd exit were reversed. Ho returned to his company In two weeks In good health. Another man was struck behind the car high up , the ball passing downward nnd forward and out the middle portion of the lower Jaw , He lost a couple of teeth but Is making a nlco re covery. A Montana boy was struck an Inch back of the outer angle of the left eye , the bullet passing through his skull nnd making Its exit In the same locality on the other side. 'Ho ' has lost the sight of one eye , and I fear the other will soon follow , although ho will recover hie usual henlth. A Ne braska irian was shot directly over the left eye , the ball passing down and out under neath the edge of the Jaw , re-entering the shoulder nnd out near the elbow , agnln en tering the wrist nnd out the back of his hand. Ho Is out of commission for a couple of months , but will have one good eye left to turn on the 'goocoos. ' " "Tho number of escapades also border on the domain of the miraculous. Comrade Mc- Innes of my company , who felf at Mnrl- qulna. In addition to his belt ot cartridges carried a small pasteboard box of twenty cartridges In the bosom fold of his blue shirt. While withdrawing a cartridge from his belt a Remington brass bullet passed through the back of his hand , through the first of the two layers of cartridges In his bosom and doubled up a cartridge In the second layer so firmly as to still retain the brass mlsallo in the fold. As the cartridge box .was directly over his stomach , his close cart can bo appreciated. Private GInzler of my regiment at the eame fight was also struck by a Mnuser In his cartridge belt four Inches Internal to the point of the left hip. The bullet bored a clean little hole through the Springfield cartridge , paused through his groin and struck another shell In his belt on the other side , passing through and exploding. He was confined to bed ten days. Private Martenson of our regiment at the same fight was struck with a Remington brnss bullet In the left foot. While waiting for medical aid a Mauser bullet hit the other foot In almost the same Identical spot. "Colonel Hawkins of the Pennsylvanlas , In the advance on Calooean , received n bullet In the handle of his revolver , passing through It , exploding a cartridge In hit ) belt and glancing off. A Kanaka who Joined the California at Honolulu peeped over tbo trenches at San Pedro Macatl , with his head Inclined slightly backward. A Mauser caught him Just over the left eye , plowed over his skuir under the scalp for six inches and out again. He did not quit bis post , but he had only one "lamp" to peep with for two weeks. A Washington boy on .March 2 had his scalp furrowed right whore he parted his hair. The hospital corps bandaged bis bead and he returned to the trench. The bandage worked down over bis eyes In the course of tlmo and he sat up to adjust It ; It was a fatal moment. A Mauser passed through his body from right to left , passing through bis heart , and he fell over dead. " u AIIOUT PENSIONS. .tmmultM of 1'ennlon Attorney * on tlm l > eiilon Coninilloner. Phlladslphla Press. The report that the Loyal Legion threatens to retire from the Grand Army of the Re public unless the latter organization ceases 1o permit Itself to be used by pension at torneys Is creditable to the Loyal Legion. The laws ot the United States In regard to pensions are ten times more liberal than those of any other nation In Christendom , Germany maintains a standing army of 600- 000 men , with a reserve corps of over 8,000- 000 at no greater cost than the amount the United Statin pays for pensions alone , to say nothing of tbo sum paid to retired army officers. There Is not the slightest difficulty In any deserving veteran getting the pension he- may be entitled to without the Intervention of n pension attorney. That Is the position taken by Pension Commissioner Evans , who alms to save the old veterans from unneces sary expense by getting rid of the 23,000 "attorneys , " some of whom have grown to be very rich. A Washington pension at torney who died a few years ago was re puted tobe worth $2,000,000. i Why ehould the Grand Army of the Re- I public take up the fight for the pension at- j torncys ? It Is not concerned In their wel- ' fare. There are many honest and worthy men among the attorneys. Out that class of men are not concerned in this contest. They cannot grow rich In the business , It Is only the nbysters who bunt up and push through all sorts of doubtful cltlms. They are the men making the fight on Commis sioner Kvans. The Grand Army committee which has been making the Investigation of the Pen sion bureau U reported to have found no I cause of complaint. The Grand Army never had a moro faithful member than President | MeKlnley. It is In the highest degree Im probable that anything could be done in the Pension bureau under this administration that would tie in the slightest manner In- Jurloui to the honest veterans. They cannot - ' not do a worse thing for their organization than to take up the cause of the "attor neys" who find in Commleoloner Evani , himself a Grand Army man , an Immovable obstacle to fraudulent claim ] , 1 ni : u'o. > siniMTii-s or run NATIOX. Why We Should He Srroinlou | In Onr Conduct with Oilier 1'eonle. Ueorgo F. ICdnuiml.i In the Independent. Our personal birthday nnnlversarlcs nre of never-tolling Interest to ourselves and our fnmlllcs nnd nomctlmos to our neigh bors , no matter how old wo grow or how fult of Joy or sorrow , nucccss or misfortune the departing year has been. They nro ft part nnd p rlmi | * the best part of the peri odicities that enter Into BO many of the nets of our llv . We find or adopt periods nnd sum up the events of the Interval * , and , consciously or unconsciously , measure In ono way or another the progress nnd tend encies of our lives. The same Impulse thnt thus affects the Individual affects the mass of Individuals who form the organized con dition of a people the town , the stnte , the nation. Thus our national birthday be comes the common one of the co-operative life of many millions , with the same ort of review of the pnst nnd hope for the future that the Individual must have In re- sprct of his own life. Our nation Is not a strange , Incomprehensible and unnppronch- able being whoso conduct we ECO nt a distance. It is ourselves. Its standards of right nnd wrong nro and always must bo the same as these that should be our own personal ones. The law of the personal ex istence and duty of n slngFo man must be nnd Is thnt of all when they are acting to gether ns a nation , Tlie nation exists solely to protect and defend the rights nnd pro mote the common noi the separate and selfish Interests of the people. Life , liberty nnd the pursuit of happiness , as our Declaration of Independence stated It , are the Inalienable rights of men and nations. And the application ot these truths was set forth In Its statement ot the conduct of the British king toward the colonies , To protect and defend the rights of Indi viduals there are the coercive provisions of the law which form a part of the united being ot the stnto or nation , and to which every member of the nation nnd the stranger within Its gates fans Implledly assented , Hut among nations there Is no such law ot compulsion. Knch , In Its conduct to ward another , Is a law unto Itself , and what the strongest thinks or feels to bo either right or deslrablo for Itself comes to pass , cither by the submission of the weaker , or by slaughter , or .both. In a government of the people the na tional conscience consists ot the average conscience of the people who maintain It and elect its omccrs. If the ten command ments and the sermon on the mount arc the standards of the conduct ot the Indi vidual they must be of five , or 100 or 1,000,000 acting together nation , state , municipality , trust , corporation , labor union , church or any other combination of men. Superiority In intelligence or physical power cannot alter the fundamental verity of things. The good that any government does and the ovll that It does Is the good deed or the evil deed of every citizen that supports It in the act. The Intelligence , the morality and the Industry of the man , the family and neighborhood are the only founda tion and measure ot good government. It was to defend and secure these that the Declaration was given to the world. Liberty of person , liberty of labor and liberty ot opinion and speech and of religious wor ship , and equality ot rights would , our fathers thought , produce Justice and order with all that these terms Imply. We have pursued the experiment of government under these standards for now 123 years. On the whole , it has proved , with all Its failures to keep to the standard , the best system of government yet known among men. Internally It has shown great progress , much as yet remains to be Improved and rectified In securing to Its citizens the rights which It provides for. But in the family of nations and peoples which cover thu globe wo have stood like the others unre strained by anything save our own will or want of strength , although 'it is self-evident that the same principles of justice should be applied In the relations of nations that we have made the compelling standards In our Internal affairs. But as we are stronger than most nations we ought , If we really believe In the great truths on which our gov ernment Is founded , to be scrupulous In the highest degree in our conduct toward every people with whom wo have to do. Whether we have been so Is a question It Is the bounden duty of every citizen to con sider , and if he thinks the ofllcers the people have elected are mistaken in their policy or wrong In their conduct of affairs he ought to say so , and do his best to correct tbo wrong and change or modify the policy. This Is the very essence of the political duty ot a citizen. And , reciprocally , the ofllcers of the government are bound as faithful agents to give the fullest Informa tion in respect of their administration and withhold nothing other than what the public safety may require to be kept secret for the time. The importance ot this duty in the present unhappy condition of our affairs is very great. As ono Instance , nnd Just now the most urgent ono , the people ought to know precisely what took place be tween our authorities and agents and the rebel forces and authorities in the Philip pines before tbo capture of Manila ; and what took place after It ; what were and have been the Instructions to our forces there ; what were and have been afl the In structions to the commissioners sent there , and what was the real reason of their failure to secure peace. According to the re ports of the time , the Philippine people were struggling by war to bo free from the Spanish oppression before and at the time our fleet appeared at Manila , and were our co-operating friends until after the fall ot that city , and had and still have possession of the principal islands except a few towps along the coast. Had Spain then anything to cede to us other than a pretended sovereignty that did not exist In fact ? Under what circumstances did the friend ship and co-operation of the Filipinos change to one of hostility , and which atill con tinues ? While the events of tbo past cannot be re versed , the present and the future are In our hands. How ahalf we discharge our re sponsibilities of Justice and Just policy ? First , let us know the whole truth of what has happened , and then perhaps the advocates of glory or dominion or trade or civilization and religion advanced by ( he cannon and the bayonet and supported by the blood and treasure of our people can point out to us how these are ' 'the ways of pleasantness and the paths of pearr , " Ticket Broker * In Uuinh * . Philadelphia Press , The city authorities of Omaha have done a wise thing In requiring ticket broker * dolnp business in that city to give a bond of | 2ooo each , signed by a reputable cuarante * company - pany , stipulating that every ticket old U guaranteed , aud If not guaranteed the money paid must be refunded , all builnnu to be transacted at a regular place of bu ln , The tlcl-et broker * , of course , protivitM aealnet being compelled to do an hnnrtt iu | . ness and took the matter Into tbo court * But the local autcorltlei were * u Uln < M , The ticket brokers should bo wiped out of extitenre , They are parailtei , alworlvlin ; million * of dollars annually and Riving noth ing In return. Hut next to Abollthlnit them the course of the Omaba authortlln | u ( Hit ting them under bond * teem * to be < h < > vvl . e t , only there hould be tiMu for the sale of stolen or forced UeVtt * . Get In Out of the Wet , Qlobirem < HT t During a recent Sunday howrr In MamU 7.39 Inches of rain wore reoordcd The July rainfall for flfimi d > * t i\j \ ( tnchri. It ii evident that dutl It nM tint , -vt k cummer drawback * in the rhlllr < plnr . AMI A call ban been Imticd fof thn formation of a national nulomobllo awiwlfttlon. The ftUtomoblllMs of the country feel that they oughtto mobilize. The late- Robert tlonner did not show his \ years nt the time of hl dwth. HI * hnlr was hardly tinged with gray ; hid che-sks wm pink and hi * eye clear. He was frequent ! } mistaken for his son. An UngllBh syndicate , with $25.000,001 capital , Is trying to form n trust of cold storage plants In this country. The nngltJh- men , havlnc money to burn , nre trying t put It In. cold utornge. Mr. Dopew advises the president to send SOO.OOO men to the Philippines. If they di not put down the Insurrection , the recelpti for their trnnnportatlon will be n very good thing for the railroads. The Hrooklyn directory of 1809 oontnlni 171.707 name * , nn Increase of 7.S22 over low year. Herein we BOO ono outcome of th baby carriages' which the scoffers across thi river poke no much fun nt. Don Cllmaco Cnldoron , the new Colombian minister nt Washington , Is about 40 nnd of fine appearance and pleasant address. ll upcaks Kngllsh fluently , having long been consul general In New York. San Francisco has raised some $32,500 of the desired $50,000 for monument to Ad- mlrnl Dewey to be set up In thnt city. Now It asks the rest of the Btatc ot California to como In nnd help make up thn fund. According to the report of railway statistics for 180S , one's chances of being Injured In. n railway accident are one In 170,141 , and ot being killed nro ono In i- 267,470. Most people are willing to take th chances. President Tucker of Dartmouth Is n bo- Hover In newspapers. " 1 do not , " h says , "accept the Idealized statement ot I/ord Rosebcry , who would eliminate the editor ial page from the newspaper. When tli Journalist has the truth of the fact In hl pos.setudon nnd has given It to us his pro fessional work hns Just begun. Ho U to Interpret nnd apply the eminent fact. " Dispatches from London say that Arch bishop Ireland's visit to England Is attract ing great attention. All scuts of Protestant ism , ns well OB the whole Roman Catholic body , welcome him us n Christian of the most robust type , praising his boldness In dealing with the reactionary clement at the Vatican. His speech before the Interna tional Council of Women was the oratorical event of the meeting , but wherever he goes ho charms nnd convinces all. The secret of his popularity with both grand divisions of the church Is that he seems the mnn of men In the Roman hierarchy capnblo ot bringing Rome Into closer touch with the advancing spirit of the age. His own dis position to persevereIn those liberalizing efforts cannot fall to bo strengthened by thi encouragement and applause ho hns received in England. IlIKHT TO THIS 1'OINT. Indlnnnpolln Journal : "No. " paid the man who was feellnc ; blue , " 1 nave not been a success not even n a failure. " Chicago Post : "I wonucr If It's true , " Raid the Omaha srlrl thoughtfully , "that HobBon Is Rolntr to sue Uio killing bu r for Infringement of copyright or Homethtiiff of that -sort. " Cleveland Ptaln Dealer : "Yes , his bu l- nesn refutation Is blasted. " "How did It hanaeii ? " "Ho dropped a can of his new proceem dynamite. " "Blasted him eh ! Blow Him up ? " "No , It didn't go elf ! " Wiashlug-ton Star : "A young1 man , " * nJd Undo Eben , "kin1 fjct all de help he wanw when , he's sowln' wild oats. Hut hand * ullus seemsi mighty skyahce when It comes to de hand work < / hnhvestin' . " Philadelphia Record : "She's certainly stuck up , said the billy goat , "Yes ; let's take her down a blt.rpU d Ms mate. Thereupon tlioy proceeded to chew 'the poster trtrl oft the fence. Chicago Record : "The first trust wan a , life luminance combination. 1 have rellabla records on the subject. " "Who was at the head of It ? " "Noah. " SoniervJllo Journal : When a man gets scared about his health , onrt thinks that ho if going to die. the doctor Inughn in hl sleeve , nnd puts oix a ec-ber face , and charges htm $ ? extra. Detroit Free Press : "But " 5nid the court , "this gentleman Bays that h was perfectly sober When you arrested him. " "Yez can judge for yer elf , yer honor. Ho wan on the avnnoo fmirnlnst one o1 them Indian tobacco nlgns , loudly de mnndln' his unconditional r-urrlnder , sur. " MKAMI SIIKBI- . Men are like bhcep , It has been tru'.y said. Who reason not. but fooHtmly Ar led By old bell-wether , consciously endowed With sense cnouch for all the Billy crowd. He struts throughway * unknown and jmllea , I trow. To eo them follow In a wooly row. He jumps the stile and laugha In m rry As they exhibit their dexterity. Men ore like ehecp , some wlws man leads the way They ptnZk along like Images of clay. Endowed with leg-a , but aodly lacking brains , Bound by conventionality's brass chain * . ISABEL niCIIET. JULY CLEARING SALE We have finished our { nven * tory and have taken all broken lines and odds and ends of clothing placed them on a sep arate table , and if your size is there , it's yours for just half price. All kinds of materials and styles arc represented , Long Pants Linen Crash Suits For Boys of 13 to 19 Years of Age , These arc dressy and cool , wash nicely , and arc the proper dress for torrid weather. We have cut the price of $3,50 $ Suits tO $2.50 $4,50 Suits to $3.50 $5 $ and $6 $ Suits to.$4.oo And there arc many reductions on Straw and Crash Hats as well. Drop in and look over our values. ( UV