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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , AUGUST 4 , 1899. Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE 13. UOSIJWATER , JXlltor. PUIJLISHED KVETIY MOUNINQ. TBHM3 OF 8UIJ5CIUPT1ON. Dally ! * ( < ( without Sunday ) , One Ycir..J6.00 Daily Bee and Sunday , oneYesr. . . . . . . . f.W IJally , Sunday nml IlIUBtrated.Ono Year 8.2o Sunday and 11 runt rated , One Year 2-p Illustrated Bee , One Year { * } Sunday li'o , One Year J-ffi tuturday Uee , One Year ! ? Weekly Ucc , Ono Year ta OFFICES. Omaha : The np nulidlng. , _ , . South Omiiha : City Hall Building , Twentj- lUth and N Street * . Council Bluffs : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago : 307 Oxford Building. New York : Temple Court , Washington : 601 Fourteenth Street , COnilESPONDENCB. Communications relating to news and Editorial Department , The Omaha Bee. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business tetters and remittances should bo addressed to The Bee Publishing Com pany , Omaha. Omaha.IlEltlTTANCES , Hemlt by draft , express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In paymtnt ot mall accounts. Personal checks , except on Omaha or Eastern exchange , not accepted. TUB BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATISMB.XT OP CIIlCUh.YTION. Btato of Nebraska , Douglas County , s * . : Oewgo B. Tzfwhuck , secretary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly nworn , says that the aetunl number of full and complete copies of The Daily , Morning , Evening and Sunday Bee , printed during the month of July , 1S09 , V.-HH an follows : GEO , B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed nnd sworn before me this 31 t dav of July. 1S33. L , . B. BOYLE , ( Seal. ) Notary Public. 1'nrtlcn I.onvliiR : for the Summer. Parties leaving the city for the summer may have The Bee sent to them regularly by notifying The Bee business office , In person or by mall. The address win bo changed as often as desired. The Philippines arc n suitable plncc for Bonic people to go to. It Is stated tliat no white man can work In that country. The window and.door screen manu facturers have formed a trust. Q'here should bo no flics on the insldo of that combination. The Insurance department farce still continues on the boards at the fitate house. When Commissioner Bryant re jects Auditor Cornell elects. The president of Argentine Las started on a visit to the president of Hni7.ll. "We trust the drouth will not be BO long continued as when the gov ernors of the Caiollnas met. Democrats appear 1o fight harder for a front suat at the party funeral than they do for party success. The less chance there Is for them to win the more discord there Is at convention time. The sooner the council closes the con troversy over the Sixteenth street via duct the better the people who are In terested In the reopening of that thoroughfare for travel and traffic will 11 ko It. The great automobile In Its race across the continent has already been distanced by a one-armed messenger boy on a bicycle. The owner had bet ter enter It In competition with a one- legged man on foot. A special from 'San ' Francisco Inti mates that Governor Poyuter has con cluded to leave the boys of the First regiment solely In the care oC the War department. This will bo a sore dis appointment to local popocratlc shont- ers. If the re turn I UK volunteers who fol low these Just recently landed prove to have been as thrifty in the collection of war relics as those already arrived , this country will soon be fortltled with as many Spanish cannon as Spain It self. Perhaps the owners of the parcel of land known as the Kluff tract would bo willing to swap It for a greater number of acres partitioned from KInnvood or Miller parks. In that case the park board could preserve the IJluff tract as a public park , Some people may have nn Idea that C'allfornlans uro wearing out their lungs cheering the volunteers who have returned from the Philippines. The Impression out on the coast 1s that they are just In training for the reception of their own regiment. A popocratlc slato-makor said : "There are plenty of cheap men trying to force themselves upon the fusion judicial ticket , but wo cannot induce well known IUPU to run. " This states tho.caso ex actly. Cheap lawyers will not give the olllco a chance to seek the man. French papers attack the reciprocity treaty with the United States on the ground that It will let In American agri cultural Implements and drive out the French makes , which are Inferior , The French should bo glad of an opportu nity to secure good goods at a fair price. The .Southwest Improvement club has urged the council to accept the conditions on which the railroads propose - pose to guarantee the completion of the Sixteenth street viaduct within a year. In the main the points uiado by the club commend themselves as logical and reasonable , but the numerous where- ases which the club attaches to the reso lution are rather coufublug , 771EOHM The Iowa republicans will enter upon this year's campaign with success as sured. They have a strong ticket and a platform clear and unequivocal In Its declarations , especially commend able In what It says regarding the monetary standard. ( Jovpruor Hhaw Is an itblc executive and his rcuonilnatlon by acclamation was a proper recognition of his public services. He has attained national repute as one of the ablest advocates of the cause of sound money. The plat form declares unqualifiedly for the gold standard and calls upon the senators and representatives of the state In con gress to support the proposition to make that standard permanent by con gressional legislation. The distin guished representative from Iowa , who will be the next speaker of the house , Is unquestionably In full sympathy with this and may be expected to exert his Influence to secure such legislation. In regard to the trusts It Is declared that Industry and commerce should bo loft free to proceed with their methods , ac cording to natural laws , "but when business aggregations known as trusts prove hurtful to the people they must be restrained by national laws nnd If need bo abolished by law. " This Is Judicious and will commend Itself to all who understand that this question can not bo determined by blustering denun ciation. The platform favors the en actment of legislation which will regain for American ships the carrying of our foreign commerce. The republicans of Iowa take the sound view that this Is essential to national defense , the re inforcement of the navj , the enlarge ment of our foreign markets and the employment o'f American workmen In the mines , forests , farms , mills , fac tories nnd ship yards. They recognize the fact that a merchant marine Is as Important to the agricultural producers of the nation ns to any other interest. The administration of President Me- Klnley Is cordially endorsed. Iowa is enjoying a high degree of prosperity. Her farmers have bene fited equally with those of other states from the improved conditions of the past two years ; her manufacturers have prospered from the Industrial recovery which begun almost Immediately after the advent of the republican national administration ; her banks are abun dantly supplied with money ; labor Is well employed and well paid. With such conditions the republicans of Iowa should roll up next November the great est majority In the history of the state. A XUVBL SUUGBSriOX. The suggestion , said to have come from a British official In Canada , has been made that President McKlnley and the Canadian premier , Sir AVIlfrld Laurler , meet at some point near Champlain - plain , where the president Is sojourning , nnd talk over the Alaskan boundary question. This novel suggestion the Philadelphia Times characterizes as ad mirable and says there seems no reason why It should not bo carried Into ef fect Of course in order to have such a meeting the Canadian premier would have to come Into American territory , since Mr. McKlnley cannot go Into Can ada without the authority of congress , but what reason Is there to think that if they were to meet and discuss the boundary question anything would come of It ? The president has already , It Is understood , definitely decided that this government has no further conces sions to offer , while Sir Wilfrid Laurler has officially declared that Canada will adhere to her demands. This l > eing the situation It Is not at all probable that It could bo changed In the least by a discussion of It be tween Mr. McKlnley and Laurler. A mectlng would of course be marked by much cordiality on both sides , but It certainly could have no practical result and It is needless to say that neither the president nor the premier will re gard the suggestion with 'favor. j BFFEOT OP THE WAR. The recent Interview of Senator Bur rows of Michigan , In which he ex pressed the opinion that If the war In the Philippines Is still In progress next year and the end is not then In sight , the situation will bo to the disadvan tage of the republican party , Is likely to command attention from the admin istration. "Tho only hope for the party and the country , " said the senator , "is in a speedy change of conditions In the Philippines. Unless the war speedily ends it will become an Important polit ical factor nnd Its continuance will make the outlook for republican success uncertain , to say the least. " This from a republican United States senator possesses a significance which the president and his advisers should not underrate. It Is simply a recognition of the wide spread dissatisfaction with the small results of the war thus far results which appear to most people not at all commensurate with the cost and the sacrlllces. While Senator Burrows was opposed to the expansion policy , be- llcvliij ; that all the United States re. quired In the Philippines was a nuvaj station , he now thinks that the task we have undertaken we must go on with , "Now that wo have commenced , " ho said , "the only thing we can do is to end the conflict as soon as possible. After that Is dona the question of the disposition of the Islands or their permanent retention rests with the people ple and with congress. " But he real. i7.cs , as many others do , that republican success next year will be Hcrlonsly Im periled if In the meantime the Insur rection in the Philippines is not sup pressed. There Is roa&on to believe that the administration Is conscious of this. The president should himself be pretty familiar with the popular feeling In re gard to the situation In the Philippines , while the now secretary of war Is cer tainly well Informed In this respect. The army in thu Philippines is to be Increased and by the end of the rainy season , two or three months hence , will pcrhapa number 40,000. With this force under n capable commander the insurrec tion could perhaps be speedily crushed , but there Is little confidence felt tint with the present commander there will not bo another i > erod ! of campaigning and lighting with unsatisfactory results. In that event there Is no doubt that pop ular sentiment would sot strongly against the party In i owcr. The presi dent has hpcded the demand for more troops in the Philippines ; he should not Ignore the no less urgent demand for a change in the command of the army thpre. THE STATE TAX. Few states In the union levy as high a ratio of taxation upon property subject to assessment as docs the state of Ne braska. In the state of Iowa a tax of 2'/4 mills for state purposes Is considered extremely high , while In Nebraska the lowest tax rate for state purposes for the year 1809 Is 0 % mills , while the high est Is S\ft \ mills. The total amount of state taxes levied for the present year Is $1,28(5,702.58 ( , or , In round numbers , $1UOO,000. Even this large levy Is said to be several hundred thousand dollars below the aggregate of appropriations voted by the last legislature , The heaviest and the most extrava gant Increase of the tax burdens Is the 1-mlll State university tax. This tax is moro than double the tax ever levied for this purpose In any year and amounts to $160,103 or nearly one- eighth of the entire tax levied for all purposes , including salaries and Inci dental expenses of the executive and judicial officers and all state Institu tions. It Is , moreover , within less than $0,000 as high ns the entire state school fund levy. It may be Interesting to note that Douglas county's contribution toward the maintenance of the State university for the year Is over $21,000 , while Lancaster county , the principal benellclary , only contributes $0,800. Still more to the point is the fact that the proportion of state taxes paid by Douglas county Is growing heavier from year to year. In 1S90 Douglas county paid one-tenth of the state tax. A few years later it was one-ninth , then one- eighth and now Douglas county Is payIng - Ing one-seventh of the entire tax. The total amount of the state tax bur den borne by Douglas county aggre gates for the present year $178,410.2. ) , which is as much as Is contributed by the four next wealthiest counties , In the state , namely : Lancaster , Gage , Otoo nnd Cass. It goes -without saying that the burden borne by Omaha and Douglas county Is outrageously excessive and the ratio fixed by the state board Inequitable , If not Iniquitous. While there Is no doubt that many millions of dollars' worth of personal and corporate property , and es pecially the corporate franchises and railroad Improvements in Douglas county , go practically untaxed the bur den imposed * by the state upon all property that has been re turned and assessed is out of all proportion with that Imposed upon taxable property In other counties. Instead of placing Douglas county In the minimum column it has been placed In the maximum column and required to levy 8 % mills of state tax for this year. Will It be surprising If the people oC Douglas county should send 1o the next legislature a delegation pledged to cut and slash appropriations to the lowest limit and to oppose extravagance nnd wastefulness In all departments of the state government ? < The knowledge that the czar has ex pressed himself as pleased with the re sults of the late peace conference ought to be welcome news to the delegates who participated in the proceedings of that body. The czar was really the pa tron , though not the host of the peace conference and his disappointment over ita work , irrespective of Its reception by the general public , would have put a decided damper on further attempts to harmonize the great powers In the same direction. If the c ir Is pleased , as ho says he is , Hussla may be counted on to co-operate In other plans that may be put forward from time to time to bring the nations of the world Into closer and more peaceful relations with one another. The chicory bounty bobs up In the state auditor's office every few months. The latest turn of the wheel has brought up a peremptory refusal on the part of the auditor to Issue warrants for the chicory bounty claims under the appro priation made by the legislature last winter. Unless the auditor can be In duced to change his mind this Is a hard blow to the members of the lobby , who are reputed to have engineered the claim on promises of a liberal divvy. The Illinois Central railway Is head ing for Omaha as fast as the track lay ers can move and it will not be long before it must decide how to got Into Omaha. There is little doubt that Omaha would derive far greater bene fits If the new road should enter on the north side , hut Omaha Is not likely to bo consulted. Secretary of War Hoot finds the bu reau heads of his department unani mous that nn army of not less than 10,000 Is needed to restore and maintain peace In the Philippines. Strange how the officers who were sure a handful of Americans could quiet the Filipinos In n week have either disappeared or lost their tongues. The Armour company has decided to put up another large addition to Its Im mense packing plant at South Omaha , Meantime the record of hogs slaugh tered shows Omaha crowding Kansas City closely the past week. The aggre gate number of hogs packed In Omaha since March 1 exceeds a million , The Italian licet In South American waters is coming north to pay the United States a visit. If It will only coast along the pouth side of Cuba and view what is left of the Cristobal Colon it can gut uu idea of how lucky it w.is In not being sold to Spain , as that cruiser was. Captain S. B. Kvans , chairman of the Jowa delegation lo the last national convention , Is the latest target for the shafts of the Iowa sllvocUes. Kvans Is himself a sllvcrltc , but has sense enough to see that as a rallying cry for a great party free coinage has lost ita value. 1tri | < > iil1 > lllf.v Cheerfully Accented. St. Louis clone-Democrat. Complaints of a surplusage of gold con tinue to bo heard. The republican party admits that It must accept the responsi bility for this difference between 1809 and 1SOG. .No Qnnrtrr for ' Chicago News. There nro two kinds of "fixers" against whom n relentless war should > bo declared and waged the tax nnd the Jury "flxor ? . " Possibly they are no worse than the persons who employ them , but they are more easily caught and when trapped may turn state's evidence that will enable the state's attorney to reach the principals. I'niircccilcnti'd IJrit iif I' New York Sun. Unprecedented prosperity extends throueh- out the west. At the south manufacturing business Is extending greMl } ' and rapidly , and the same old opposition to protection , once distinctive of that region , Is disappear ing before the assurance of nn era of manu facturing prosperity for the south. Every where In , the union the story Is the same. Practical demonstration has upset academic theory. fin Dniinor of nil Infill * . Buffalo KxpresH. Commissioner of Immigration I'owdcrly has reversed his decision nnd now grants permission for the landing of several fam ilies of FlllplnoB who have ibeon brought to the United States by the managers of the Omaha exposition. Whether or not the com missioner exceeded his authority In his or iginal decision , the Importation of thcso families Is not a matter of consequence , slnco thcro Is no danger of a considerable Influx. KnniicrH CmirrlliiH ; DcbtH. Springfield Republican. In twenty-flvo of thirty-seven Nebraska counties the mortgages discharged exceed these filed during the past six months by the sum of nearly $1.000,000. The farmers. In other words , are keeping at the business of reducing their Indebtedness. Meantime money can bo borrowed In farm mortgages at a lower rate of Interest than over before , and this fact lends further easiness to the farmer's situation. CoiiHuincr 1'nyn the Tribute. Chicago Chronicle. Teamsters having demanded 5 cents per ton advance In the price of hauling coal , the coal dealers have risen to the situation by advancing the prlco of that commodity 25 cents a ton. The public , of course , pays the G cents demanded 'by the teamsters ns well as the 20 cents tacked on hy the dealer as the result of the teamster's demand. It Is a characteristic of combinations like the coal trust that ono robbery of the public Invaria bly serves as an excuse for another one the consumer of course paying the blackmail levied not only by the trust , but by all Its confederates and 'beneficiaries. America' * Commercial Continent. Now York Tribune. American rallmakers and locomotive bulldcra have wlthta tiho last year or two sent their wares to Manchuria , Corea and Siberia , to Japan , Slam , Ceylou and the passes of the Himalayas , to Egypt , Morocco , the Oold Coast .and the Capo , as ivell as Madagascar , and they are now about to opmi trade with Formosa , where up to this time the Germans and the English have had It all their own way. It will presently be time for American enterprise , like Alex ander , to sit down and mourn that no moro worlds are left to conquer. Its subjusa.lon of the existing ono being already tolerably complete. lionet by Trnltorn. Chicago OhronJcle. Llko President McKlnley , IU. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain Is these days much pestered and distracted hy traitors. The trouble Is practically the same In both cases. In this country the "copperheads" question the wisdom of the assimilative policy , thereby giving aid and comfort to Mr , Agulnaldo. In England the opposition objects to a war with the Doers In the Interest of Mr. Cecil Rhodes and the mine owners , thus encouraging Mr. Kruger to persist In his foolish and Irrational do- fens o of Doer autonomy. It Is clear that both branches of the Anglo-Saxon race will have to mcot this situation. The minority must somehow or other bo kept quiet or else bo put In jail. LeK < il llli Chicago Chronicle. To Intimate that the air about a witness' head Is 'blue ' with ( perjury , to question his motives and to aspereo hla character by interrogatories Implying criminality these are some of the devices of lawyers which go unrebukod iby the bench. Indeed , local In stances are not Infrequent whore learned ad vocates have attacked the bench itself sometimes -with unpleasant results , but generally with no moro serious consequences than a mild reproof or a light fine. It seems to ( bo assumed that a lawyer before a Jury may Indulge 4n innuendo or in direct assertion wbictt If used outsldo of a court room would assuredly earn for him a sound thrashing If not chastlaement moro serious. The abuse has grown until -what was origi nally ill-judged license has now assumed the form of proper and established custom. American Miuililiu-ry In Now York World. Twenty locomotives of great power are now loading in Brooklyn for use on the Mid land railway In England. Sixty others have alrea'dy 'been shipped ifor a like purpose and thcro are orders for moro still to bo filled. The reason these locomotives nro ordered from American instead of English shops Is that they can too made hero more quickly , a trlflo cheaper and distinctly 'better ' than In England. An English expert In such mat ters , ono who has placed orders for Amnrl- can-made machinery and has other orders still to place , recently declared that "Amer ican machinery of the nicer sort Is 10 per cent cheaper and about 20 per cent better , dollar -for dollar of cost , than any made In England. I halo to think this , " he Bald , "but It is a fact. " What a tribute this la to the administra tive skill of the American manufacturer ! An ( ! - ! , > in-Ill UK A Kiln ( Ion. Philadelphia Record. The vigorous agitation against mob mur ders Is having a wholesome effect. Recently In Georgia a few rcsolulo citizens snatched from the mob a victim and safely landed him In jail to await trial. In Virginia six sclf- ccnstltutcd hangmen have been sentenced to six years Imprisonment each. The vigor ous action of both the legislature and the courts has recently made lynching a rather precarious pursuit In South Carolina , where formerly the stringing up of a few negroes now and then afforded a Ku-KIux holiday. For the great E9andal which has been brought upon the whole country the heavi est -weight of responsibility rests with the men In the south who , knowing better , are constantly inventing apologies for the crimes of Judge Lynch Instead of humanely and courageously exerting their influence to eup- prtes these outrages , fiovernor Oandler's determined stand against this evil would be much more effective without his pleas la its extenuation. TIlAlin STATISTICS. Shorr Wnmterfnl llo jrloii- inrut In Alnnnfnt'ttirliiK Activity. Chicago Tlmcs-HeraUI. Figures of the export trade of the United States tHnco 1860. while they show re markable expansion In the aggregate , are fairly Astonishing In their proof of < he mnmu facturlng activity of the country. Where the total domestic exports have quadrupled dur ing the last forty years , the exports of agri cultural products have only Increased three fold. The difference has been made up by the Increase In exports of domestic manu factures , which were over eight times as great for the last fiscal year as In the year before the war. The following tabfc gives the total ex ports of the United States for the decennial years from I860 to 1890 and yearly slnco then : Total. Domes- domestic Agricultural tic manu- oxportH. itrodnrlH. fnoturcs. ISO ) $ 31B.242.423 { rfi,5fiO , ! > ! 2 J 40.315 S2 ISTO 43R,20HI ; .W.ISM'SS ' BS.27S "M \ ISiO SilH6.SJ3 rM.Ml.li9l 102.S66.015 ' 1890 84J.W3.S2S 6 . ! 00SOi I5l,10i,37fi , 1S91 S72.270.2S3 6IJ.75UU 1GS.927.315 ' lr > 2 1.01.1.732,011 7KlX.,232 ! * J5S.S10.937 1S3 jni.aW.TSJ 615.3S2 , ' r 16S,0.3,11S ' H94 86.1,204,9,1 : 625.3153,03 ? lb3,72 .fcOS ! 1S93 . 79.T.392.EJO K8.210.fSi5 I : f.6M.743 ISOrt . S63.200.4S7 M9.S79.237 225.571.178 1S97 . ] , ai2.007.C01 RS3 471.1M 277'S5,3M j IK'S . 5,210,191,913 N53GS3,570 290,697.364 UV9 . 1,20I,12J,13I 7S4,9W,009 ; 33j.657.79l j ' It will bo perceived at a glance that the exports of domestic manufactures for the year 1S99 were greater than the total | domestic exports In 1S60. In that year they were only 12 per cent of the whole , while In 1S99 they were considerably moro than one-quarter. Moro significant still is the fact that the export of American manufacture ! } has moro than doubled since the great export year of 1SP2. In that year It will bo noticed the ex ports of agricultural products amounted to five times as much as the exports of manu fnctures. Last year they were onry twice as great. These figures prove that while Europe IB the market for our agricultural products the world It. the market for our raanu factures , and that wo are rapidly taking pos- Bcssiou of It. PHOSPRllOUS nt'SlM'lSS COMHTIOXS They I'romlne to Continue for nil In- ilpflnlte Period. Philadelphia Times. It does not require the weekly returns of domestic mercantile agencies to tell thai business activity In the United States has reached unprecedented proportions. It shows In a score of different ways. It Is reflected In the Iron and steel markets , which are the best barometer of business conditions Earnings of our great railroads tell the same story. So do the advances In the wages of labor and the scarcity of labor Itself. In many parts of the west , where new railroad Is under construction , the work Is greatly retarded by the Inability of con tractors to secura laborers , notwithstanding the fact that the highest wages quoted in recent years have been offered. Farmers have also been at a disadvantage In gather ing their crop of winter wheat for'the same reason scarcity of labor. Reports from various parts of the country tell that iron and steel mills and gloss works Industries which usually suspend opera tions at thlS period of the year , partly to enable repairs to bo made , and partly be cause of the summer's heat are running full time "double turns" in many Instances. Another evidence of business activity Is the scarcity of freight cars. This la all the more remarkable because the roads , since the return of prosperous business conditions , have Increased their rolling stock and mo- tlvo power to an extent not known In recent years. These Indications of business activity are not of the past. They exist today , and nro likely to continue for an indefinite period until , at least , the world , especially the United States , has caught up with Its re tarded growth. For the present the demand exceeds the supply , consumption the produc tion. This Is true of nearly every line of trade and Industry , but Is the most pro nounced in Iron and steel , the demand for which la greater than has ever before been known. It Is true there are signs that this demand is abating somewhat , but It is not because the products are not needed. It Is because , first , of the high level of prices now prevailing , and , second , because new contracts can only bo taken on promises for no specified time of delivery. Province of I3xponltlnn . Baltlmoro American. The exposition craze Is spreading rapidly and promises shortly to lay hands upon nearly every city of prominence in this and foreign countries. This stupendous growth is largely duo to the realization of the fact that the province of the exposition Is real and that such displays Inure to the business interests of cities , states ami na tions. It is established beyond cavil that , In acquainting the people with the products of the various lines of industry and effort of the section in which they are held , they promote trade. Increase the output of these products and educate the people as to where and at what coat they can have their wants satisfied. This refers to the specially planned exhi bition. In dally llfo. In the hustle and bustle of living , there Is an agency that serves all the ends of such exhibitions at loss cost and less discomfort than is attendant upon such affairs. This agency is tbo newspaper , which day by day fills the provlnco of tbo exposition. On Its pages , in the midst of Its artistic elegance , the merchants spread out their wares for your inspection. An you turn page after page your eye meets now and Interesting fruits of toll and effort. There are the things you need , the things you desire and the things you want. They are exhibited with the care and attention Intended to arrest the eye , interest the understanding and appeal to the purse. When you have reached the last page you are familiar with the world's products , you know where they are obtainable and the price. at the Italian * . Philadelphia Inquirer. Our government has shown a gratifying measure of broad-mlndedncrc In Ita whole treatment of this deplora'ble ' affair. There han ibeen no petty and Illogical quibbling over the measure of our national responsi bility , no attempt to "stand off" the claim of Italy 'by ' arguments based on the pe culiarities of our internal organization. The attitude of our State department haa all along been courteous , dignified and cor rect and the settlement of the matter In a way adapted to promote mutual friendliness and respect appears to be assured , If the payment of an Indemnity Is determined upon congress will have to make an appropriation covering it , but thcro will hardly be any dltllculty about that. It Is a pity that the amount cannot bo drawn out of tbo Louisiana treasury. What Is needed is a constitutional amendment making the states liable In caaee such as this. It is not fair that .Pennsyl vania should be obliged to contribute toward on Indemnity whoso payment has been maUe necessary -by Louisiana's fault. Our sys tem Is defective there. .Summer .Squeeze , Kans.-iH City Star. The Ice men of Kansas City announce the usual advance In the prlco of Ico. The HUru mor , thus far , has been exceptionally cool , and not an much ice has been consumed as If there had been the extreme lient which Is ( common in July. Perhaps that Is the reason for the advance. Dealers want to make up for the diminished demand and con sequent smaller profits of the firtt part of the summer. There are yet In prospect two months of warm weather In which to do this. The public will be Inclined tq doubt the cor rectness of the explanation that the advance ti cauted by a shortage In supplies , PMWTY OK INSri.AR .No Cnlt for Jlie Annrsntlon of Hnnto nnnilnnn. nctrolt Free Prts * . Slnco wo Interfered In the affalr of Cuba a year ago the Impression seems to have become qulto general that It Is the duty of the United States to Interfere lo the affairs of any other Spanish-American nitlon whenever a crlfls In Its political llfo arises. John S. Durham , ex-minister to llaytl and charge d'affaires at Santo Domingo. Is re ported as saying : "This ta a moment In the aff.ilrs of Santo Domingo when the United States must act with great tact In helping the educated leaders In their ef forts to establish an orderly government. Anything looking llko Interference wit self-government on the part of the Unlte ( States would too 'bitterly resented. " There ought to bo no need to warn th United States against Interfering with cell government In Saute Domingo. Certalnl It would bo unwise for us to attempt t establish ft protectorate or suzerainty ovc this so-called republic. A few America capitalists nre snld to possess extenslv property Interests In Snnto Domingo , ani these nro anxious to Induce our govrrnmcn to Intervene. Very likely It will bo foun expedient for the United States to tak measures for the protection of these Inter rets , but It can hardly he possible that oil government will be so short-sighted as t entertain designs upon the sovereignty of th turbulent and troublesome state. We already have four Insular problem on our hands. Wo have annexed the Ha wall.iu archipelago , but have nnt yet agree * upon n suitable government for It. W own 1'orto nice , 'but just what form o government to give Its people Is a Roriou prontom. Wo hold Cuba In trust , but ar qulto In doubt as to how and when It bu comes our duty to relinquish our control and , worst of all , wo are confronted .wit a responsibility In the- Philippines froi which there BCCIUS to be no way of escap except through bloodshed and heroic eacrl flee. With four Insular burdens nlread upon us , why should any American cove for tola country another grievous and un necessary weight of the same kind ? The Dominican republic has very llttl lu common with the United States. Ita pop illation of about 600,000 people Is compose of a mixed race of Spanish , Indian an negro extraction. Its government Is nom Inally republican , but Its late president , wh has just fallen by the hand of an asnassln was In reality a cruel tyrant , who scruplct at nothing to rid himself of political rivals A country so governed , with frequent at tempts at revolution , with financial affair In a low condition , and with a population entirely alien to American Institutions am Ideas , what greater < folly would there h than to annex Santo Domingo to th United States ? Wo certainly do not wan the Dominican republic upon our hands. Pulillo Sentiment oil PciiNlonn. Boston Transcript. If President McKlnley should play the eavesdropper at any corner grocery store In the north today ( except possibly In Indiana ) ho would find an actual majority for the Evans' policy. All the unpensloned popula tion think $140,000,000 a year for pensions Is enough ; most of these who got pensions that they honestly deserve are with the commissioner , because of the discredit upon the whole body of pensioners which the ex tremlsts cast. Then , there Is a sense o : justice and fairness , a feeling that patriotism should not bo bartered for pottage , that rises to Evans' support. The president would nol ehow his customary keenness of perception if lie paid any attention to the preaen clamor , and there Is no evidence that ho will. If the civil war pensions were the last ones the country were ever to have there would bo less ne < id of discrimination but with a fresh batch of tolerably young "veterans" from Cuba , Porto Ulco and the Philippine islands and a moro or less steady stream ' of pensioners from the regular army , as our' participation in world politics Is liable to Involve , sentimentality must glvo way to discretion. Tlip Deiunnil for n Change. Philadelphia North American. Four months must elapse before congress can meet In regular session. Four month count for a good deal Jn forming public opinion. Dy December all the discharged volunteers will 'bo ' back where they came from and the effect of their missionary worl' will bo manifested In congress. If long 'before ' December General Otis has not be n replaced by iMlles , Lawton or some other soldier who knows hciw to fight the war la sure to 'bo attacked In both houses with doubled iforce. Added to the standing arguments of the anti-Imperialists will be the strength of the fact that imperialism has broken down Jn practice that the war , as a war , and aside altogether -from the merits of the cause for which It Is being waged has proved a failure , It is undeniable that the policy of expan sion , to which the administration Is com mitted , 1 as been seriously compromised. To retain Otis iwlll bo a fatal mistake. If ho Is to continue to be our Caesar the Ameri can people , who have good sense , cannot bo Induced to favor .further . efforts to con quer the Philippine Gaul. rtelirnnkn'n Gnllnnt I-'Irst. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The second regiment of volunteers tn re turn to the United States from the Philip pines is the First Nebraska' . H performed splendid service during its absence of nearly a year. The country is proud of iu liercic record nnd It will occupy a place of note In American military history. JU loeoea , comparatively , are not severe. The colonel gives the number of killed in action and died of wounds and dlscaeo at Hlxty-two. Tho.number of wouuded who retumc > l to duty or nro recovering was 112. One of the sharpest of the lights of the recent cam paign was that at QuIuRiu arid the Ne- braskanH bore the brunt of it. In going to the jclief of a scouting parr. that waa nearly surrounded the regiment found UK ownjine dangerously enveloped by the entrenched - trenched enemy and lay fur a tlmo in an open field undsr u lilajlnu sun A charge was finally ordered as tbo best way out o' a terribly trying position and thu trenchrs were brilliantly carried , though Colonel Stotscnborg fell nt the head of his men , shot through the heart it the moment of nuc- cces. ! YclirnNl < R'H Wolf Homily J.iiiv , J. Sterling Morion's Conservative. The fertility of Nebraska barley , corn , wheat , oat , rye and beet fields Is surpassed by the fecundity of Its wolf dens , Nuxt after the bounty for getting chicory rtito the coffee markets tbo bounty pro vided by the Nebraska legislature for wolf ncalr Is the most Idiotic. The lawgiver * ! appropriated } 15,000 last winter Tor payment of bounties upon wolf scalps taken In Nebraska. Nearly the entire sum bns already teen ateorbed. A bitch volt with scalps cashable at $3 each Is more valuable as a money 'breeder ' , under his encouragement , than a Poland China sow. Farmcrw who cannot raise wolf pups o scalping age at ? 3 each , ought to quit Ive utock entirely. The wolf crop Increases yearly. It pays uplendldly. It is encouraged along with chicory and beet sugar by a generous and ndefctiblblo bounty. Grow wolves ! A Kiileiullil It.-roril. Chicago Times-Herald. The First Nebraska Infantry , which landed at San Francisco yesterday , was in the Phil- prxlnes tor more than a year and was con- Inuously employed at the front In the four months' fighting against the natives. The gplendld record that these Nebrasltans have made lor couruge , dash nnd endurance Is a welcome abnuranco to every man of patri otic Impulses Mi at American vlrn and brav ery U entirely equal to tbo tank of puttioc down a Filipino insurrection. I'AnM IiAHOn IX IMJ.MAM1. Tlirenteneit Shorlrmc In the llnrvrnf 1'leliln nf the \orllme l. St. Paul Pioneer Press. The continued dearth of labor In the hnr vest fields threatens to develop Into a dl aster of considerable proportions unless thl X next few days bring an Influx of hands tuffl ' clent to handle the f t ripening crops. lie- ports from all over Minnesota and the IXv j kotas indicate that the fields nro rlr > < * fet the harvest as far north as Fargo. But from scores of towns nnd from hundreds of Indi viduals telegrams and letters nro pouring lo upon the railroads and employment nsencle * complalnlne of the want of men and Im ploring aid. Hut not even offers of | 2.25 and J2.50 a day BCCMII sufllclent to turn th tide tvf labor Into the fields. Where five men were ready to take their places In th fields last year there la not one man now. The Immediate causes of this nro various. But the ono great underlying cause Is the very general employment c\f labor due to the activity In all kinds of business. Though there nro many men Idle , sufllclent. per haps , to supply the harvest demand , th number Is only a fraction of these who w r looking for work a year ago nnd in the three or four previous years. And of this number them are very few who , having had work and having money ahead , do not feel that they can afford to wait until something < urni up that suits them .better . than harvesting or that plves promise of greater permanence. Last year , moreover , the railroads offered free transportation to the harvest fields. This year they have not yet felt called upon to do so. They are offering that Inducement to hands needed In the construction work they are carrying on In the west. They nro tftld to have C.OOO hands already employed and are seeking more. The effect of this , though the dally wage Is smaller , Is to carry thou sands of laborers past the wheat fields to Montana nnd elsewhere , where they work for a brief period and then strike out for nn- other Job , leaving their places to be filled by a new supply. IIHKI37.Y TU1KI.KS. Chicago News : Long "Have you forgotten - gotten that J5 you borrowed from me soma time ago ? Short Oh. no : 1 still had U In mind. Long Well , don't you think this would bo H good time to relieve your mind of It ? Indianapolis Jourmil : "The young men of the prewMit day. " Rild the elderly per son , "have great advantages of the young : jnen of my day. 'both ' In education nnd tn btu lne s 'training. ' " "But Hie trouble Is. " said the young man , "they have no advantage over ono an- other. " Detroit Journal : Once upon n time- two young persons ventured obroad In knicker bockers and were Instantly stared at by a man. "IluMicr-neck ! " cried one of the young pcrsoiw , In grwit anger. "How superficial of you , " exclaimed tha & other , reprovingly , "to blame 'tho ' man' * neck for the fault of Ills heart ! " Whlln they were thus differing between themselves , the. man escaped , unhurt. Cleveland Plain Denier : "I want to hlra n typewriter clrl. " 'Yes. sir. With or without ? " Kh ? " 'They romp higher without. " , Without what ? ' 'Gum. " * The Cook Clinic llnett Cleveland Plain Dealer. She went awny to stay iiwhHo' We parted with a hollow smile She Bald Khe'd soon return. Hut , oh. < he days went slowly by ; We watched with red nnd weary eye Her coming to d'lscern. ' But how clvangod the somber scene ! Our soula again arc all serene , No happiness we luck. For she who. lingered on the way Han turtle the darkness Into d.iy Our dear old cook is back ! HAMMOT AT TUB POKI3II San Francisco Argonaut. To draw , or not to draw that Is the nue Unn Whether It Is safer In the players { 0 take The awful risk of .sklnn'ng for a straight Or standing- t to raise 'em all the limit And thus , by blulling , gt/t / It. To draw to ) skin ; ' No more and by rhat skin to get a full. Or two pUir.s < & ( the fattest boumrlng klngB That 'luck ' Is htlr to 'tio a consummation i Devoutly to 'be ' wished. To draw to Bklni To Hkin ! percli-ince to burst aye , there's the rub ! For In the draw of 'three ' What cards may ] come When wo huvo shuffled oft th' uncertain pack Must give us iwuise. There's the respect That makCH calamity of a bobtail flush , For who would bear the overwhelming blind , The reckless straddle , the wait on the edge , The insolence of put handls and the lifts That patient merit of the bluffer takes When he tilnwelf might be much hotter off By simply passing ? AVho would trays up * Jrold t And girt out on a ernull progressive raise , ' But thnt the drciid of something1 aftcn call The undiscovered ace-full , to wliosa ntrength Sudi handa must bow , puzzles the will , And makeu IIB rather keep the chips wo have Than be curious about the hands -we know- V not of. Thus blulllnff does make cowards of us all. And thus the native hue of a four-hearO flIISh la sicklied 'with ' Home dark and oiiKKPd club , And speculators In a jnvk-not'n wealth With thJp regard their Interest turn nway And lose' the rlglit to open. Bargain Hunters. The advantage that we offer now to September J , to our customers , of low prices on men's and boys' light weight clothing , is worth while investigating. One third and one half the regular price prevails on nearly the entire summer assortment. $5 suits for $2.50-$7.50 suits for $3.75 $10 suits for $5. This is a sample of what we are doing this month. This is simply a business method of reduc ing a surplus stock to rea sonable limits , It has to be done in order to make room for our fall collection that will commence to ar rive soon , This is your chance and 1 our loss. Meanwhile don't 'overlook our furnishing and hat departments , You will find the best seasona ble goods in each depart ment , with a saving of money , too.