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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 5 , 18JW.
THE OMAHA DAILY
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Publishing company , being duly sworn , Buys
that the actual number of full and complete
cooles of The Dally , Morning , Evening nnd
Sunday Uee. , printed during the mouth of
t , U93 , was ns follows :
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U 24,000 30 2r , OI
1C 24,802 31 27,000
16 24,717
Total 781,8 0
Lesa unsold and returned copies. . . . lO,14t !
Net total enlcs 771 , 87
Net dally average 24.HOU
GEOUQE B. TZSCHUCK ,
Subscribed and sworn before mo this 2nd
flay of September , A. D. , 1S99.
( SeaU ' 'Notary Public.
The tented circus stays with us only
ono day , but the political circus re
mains on the boards until the polls nre
closed election day.
Wo are waiting for some enterprising
'dlmo museum manager to get hold of
a few choice samples out of the harem
o tlio sultan of Snlu.
Attorney General Smyth will not lie
able to keep up to his record unless he
tackles nt least one trust each week
from now until election. .
When the report of the Dreyfus trial
epeaks of the day's proceedings open
ing with a brief session en camera It
has no reference to thu vocabulary used
by the photographer.
Every Labor day demonstration In
ihe country Is an object lesson of the
industrial Improvement enjoyed by the
masses since President McKInley began
his occupancy of the AVlilte House.
Council Bluffs Is discussing a proposi
tion to raise the grade of Broadway and
Jt ought not to bo long before that city
razes BOUIO of the ramshackle titular
boxes that fringe the lower extremity
of that thoroughfare.
Eastern papers are Indulging In con
siderable humor over the bone-hunting
expeditions to Wyoming. They need
not , however , be alarmed , for when the
scientists return home they will still
have plenty of bonus to pick.
A new candidate offers himself for
clerk of the district court subject to the
action of the republican county conven
tion by announcement In the popocratic
organ. We hope no One expects the re
publican county convention to bo made
up of popoerats.
Will some Douglas county populist toll
his partisans Just when and where they
have over derived the slightest benefits
from fusion with the unterrllied democ
racy In these parts ? Is there any .good
reason for fusion except to enable demo
crats to get into olllce ?
All the wall paper manufacturers of
Grout Britain are said to have gone
Into a trade combination with a distinct
promise to stick together for ten years.
If they will only llrst make their wall
paper stick for ten years they will strike
n decided Improvement over the usual
variety.
Albyn Frank threatens to have the
editors of The -
Boo rent-rest oil on tin-
ether charge of libel. Ho might have
warrants every day In the year , but all
the warrants In the world could not
clear the disreputable record he has
nrndo us clerk of the flistrlct court or
change the facts as published In The
Bee.
The silver republican wing of the
judicial convention w.is Ignored and sat
upon by the democratic and populist
wings with qulto as much cruel Indiffer
ence an was shown at the tripartite
etato convention. These once misguided
zealots are beginning to realize that
they have been furnishing a useless tall
to the fusion kite ,
President Krnger evidently prefers
the Held of diplomacy to the battlefield
In splto of the fact that the reputation
of the Boer Is good for both. A diplo
matic warfare , however , Is by no means
BO costly as a resort to arms , and that
Is probably thu reason why President
Kruger Is willing to keep the nogotlii
lions up inilolliiltcly.
While the railroads are wrestling with
differentials , which they say are being
adjusted for the benclit of Omiiliu , why
not take up the bridge differential and
remove this injustice wulch has been
for years hampering Omaha's trade
with western Iowa ? The abolition of
the bridge arbitrary would bo more Im
portant to Omaha than all the tem
porary variations In freight charges in
territory wltL which It does llttlo or no
business.
IIAHHKD FHOM
The Canadian elections take place
next month and In the meantime It Is
probable that nothing will bo done In
relation to the boundary question. We
noted a few days ago a rciiort from
Washington , continuation of which Is
still lacking , to the effect that It was In
contemplation to grant some of the con
cessions asked by the Canadian govern
ment , Including a port on the Lynn
canal , pending an adjustment by the
joint high commission of the matters In
controversy between the two countries.
Referring to this report , the Seattle
PoHt-Intclllgcncor , which has .taken
radical ground against the Canadian at
titude , says there Is no call for the con
cession of a free port. "Canada , " de
clares that paper , "has done nothing to
merit this liberality upon the- part of
the American government. She has
conducted herself In none of the tem
perament of fraternity which has pre
vailed In the mother country since the
outbreak of the Spanish war. She Is
even now seriously nnd ceaselessly
striving to Impose measures whereby
American privileges In the Klondike
gold Ik-Ids and In the trade associated
with them shall be restricted. " It says
further that the Canadian residents of
the Yukon having vexed and Irritated
the Americans and made Interminable
trouble along the Alaskan border , are
entitled to nothing that In absolute law
does not belong to them.
We very much doubt whether thcro
is any Korlous idea at Washington of
granting Canada any of tLo concessions
mentioned In the report icferrcd to.
There has boon nothing tald for some
time In regard to the boundary negotia
tions , the last Information being that
our government had no further conces
sions to offer. Wo think the adminis
tration can be depended upon not to in
any way or to the slightest extent com
promise American rights and Interests
in Alaska.
XAVAl. KSTIM.ITRS.
Estimates for the naval budget arc In
the hands of thu secretary of the navy
ami though no llgurcs have been given
out It is to be expected that they will bo
found a large contribution to the
volume of government expenditure. The
naval appropriation jumped from about
$34,000,000 In ISO" to over 509,000,000
In the following year and for 1809 It
was nearly $ -18,000,000. It Is upon this
annual basis of practically $50,000,000
that the forthcoming estimates will be
based.
The accessories of a powerful navy ,
says the Philadelphia Record , have been
acquired by the department to nu ex
tent befitting the offensive strength of a
first-class naval power and the govern
ment now asks for ample funds to pay
the cost of new construction. The esti
mates for this purpose will be over $18-
000,000 , or about § 5,000,000 more than
in any previous year. This will be ap
plied on payments for no loss than fifty-
four ships of war of all classes now In
course of construction , Including cloven
battleships , four monitors , three
armored and six protected cruisers
thirty-three torpedo boats nnd destroy
ers nnd ether craft to bo directly avail
able In time of war.
However strong popular sentiment
may be in opposition to a large standIng -
Ing army , there is very little hostility
to Increasing our naval power , the ex
pediency of which the great majority of
the American people recognize.
OUll VOllKlGfi SURVIVE.
All discussion of the diplomatic am
consular service of the United States
which will help to a better understand
ing of its condition and requirements
Is of interest A great deal has been
said In the last few years in disparage
mcnt of that service and while some
thing has also been said in defense of
It , there Is undoubtedly a very genera
Impression that It is much below the
standard of ether loading nations am
that there is room for great improve
mcnt.
The United States minister to Venezuela
zuola , Mr. Francis B. Loomls , is one o
those who thinks that the diplomatic
and consular service does not deserve
the harsh criticism to which It has beei
subjected. Ho says the common com
plaint that our consular service Is the
worst In the world Is duo to Inadequate
knowledge of the efficiency of forclgi
consuls and the systems under wide !
they work. While ono cannot defend
what is known as our "consular sys
tem" UK It exists today , ho observes ,
there Is much to bo said for the results
that have boon achieved , In spite of the
faults of the system itsolf. "Our con
sular system , " says Minister Loomls ,
"has been made the subject of a thor
ough , searching and scientific study by
many of our commorclal rivals , and the
manufacturers , the merchants , the
bankers and certain otllclals of Great
Britain , Germany , Franco and Italy
have been observing with jealous ,
watchful eyes the methods and achieve
ments of the consular otliccrs of the
United States , " and , measured by re
sults based upon the observation and
verdicts of our commercial rivals , the
consular system of the United States
til-emu not greatly to suffer by compari
son with that of any ether country. ;
It Is a fact that our consular service
has within the last year or two received
strong foreign commendation , purlieu ,
larly in Kugland , and It Is simple jus
tice to say that there has been a
marked Improvement. It Is unquestion
able that the consular service of the
United States as n whole is more etll-
clout and useful now than ever before.
The monthly consular reports , contain
ing Instructive and valuable Informa
tion regarding Industrial and commer
cial conditions In various countries , and
giving suggestions as to opportunities
In foreign markets for American manu
facturers and merchants ) , amply attest
this. There Is more interest , moro
vigilance , more cure being shown by
consular olllchils generally than ever
before , the good results of which are
apparent in the increasing foreign de
mand for our niauufactures , Tljo knowl
edge imparted by our consuls
foreign markets has been of great bone-
tit to American manufacturers and mer
chants.
Mr. Loomls makes some suggestions
looking to putting the foreign service on
a permanent basis which ore worthy of
consideration. Ho doubts the expedi
ency of a life tenure for consuls , chiefly
for the reason , according to his observa
tion , that most consuls who have lived
abroad tor a long period unconsciously
drift away from the distinctive senti
ment , thought and purposes of the
United States. He regards it ns essen
tially Important that we should send
abroad "men with fresh eyes and with
he capacity of taking fresh points of
'lew. " But he would make the service
ess political by providing that not moro
him one-half the consuls should be np-
minted from the same political party ,
jiving preference to those who have
orvcd with distinction nnd who have
he highest records for efficiency , nnd
10 would also Increase the compensa-
lon of those In the service.
Territorial and trade expansion gives
he question of reforms In the diploma-
Ic nnd consular service added Impor-
ancc nnd It Is one of the matters to
vhlch the next congress should give
-nreful consideration.
tEOPKtiJNU Or TllK VVBIjlO SCHOOLS.
The significance of the reopening of
Omaha's public schools today Is too
often fully realized only by ft few. The
niblle school system Is the institution
hat affects most vitally nearly every
lousehold In the community and upon
he effectiveness of Its work depends
argcly the Intelligence nnd good citizen
ship of Its future population. When It
s remembered that the public schools
u Omaha will enroll from 18,000 to0 , -
000 children among Its pupils and rc-
liilre a teaching force approximating
J50 , occupying forty odd school bnlld-
ngs , the magnitude of this great edu
cational establishment may perhaps bo
fairly comprehended.
In this connection It may be portlnout
lo remind the public once more that the
only way to keep the schools up to the
high standard they should maintain is
through the personal Interest of the
parents and patrons. This Interest
should attach to the conduct oC the
schools In every branch from top to
bottom.
Periodical visits to the school rooms In
which the children are taught will
doubtless exercise a healthful Intluoncc
upon the work of the school teacher , but
It Is not enough. The Board of Educa
tion , composed of fifteen members , five
elected each year , dctermlncM the gen
eral policy cf the schools aud selects the
teaching and supervising force , and
nothing uut an Intelligent and impartial
performance of this duty \yill keep tl < c
schools from demoralization. The pa
trons of the schools owe it to
their children and to themselves to see
th.it thu FChool bcnrd Is .made up of mon
who arc not only qualified for the posi
tions , but can also be relied on to safe
guard their Interests at every turn.
Iowa has gone about the work'of
raising funds to bring home the volun
teers returning from the Philippines by
securing a guaranty , signed by mem
bers of the legislature , that the next
session will appropriate the sum re
quired to defray the expenses of trans
portation. It Is announced that this
guaranty has secured the necessary
signatures , which means that no dllli-
culty should be encountered In arrang
ing for bringing the Fifty-first Iowa
home from San Francisco as soon as It
Is mustered out. The Io vn legislature
meets next January , so that the rail
roads , if they should accept certificates
In the place of cash , would not have to
wait more than three months for their
money. Iowa should also have the
benefit of more competition among the
roads , because the men can be brought
back either by way of St. Paul , Omaha
or Kansas City , and the business ought
to be worth going after to any of the
transcontinental roads. When the con
tract Is made the suggestion might not
be out of place that a time limit bo
stipulated and part of the price held out
In order to make the roads expedite the
soldier trains on some reasonable time
schedule.
The Inability'and inefficiency of the
guard force on the exposition grounds
to preserve order and repress outbreaks
of violence has again been exhibited In
a most deplorable fashion. When the
guards stood aghast shortly after the
opening of the gates while a crowd of
drunken soldiers threatened to mob a
colored porter forced to defend himself
from assault It was expected that someone
ono would be put In charge who winld
organl/o the guard Into an effective
police. Now wo have another murder
ous assault on the Midway , but no
guards anywhere near and no attempt
on their part to apprehend the perpe
trators before they should make their
escape from the grounds. A well dis
ciplined guard under a competent head
In a necessity for every well managed
exposition.
It is evident that the returned sol
diers are not so anxious as was ex
pected to turn their military glory into
political capital. Half a dozen of the
Nebraska volunteers nominated for
otllce during their absence huvi
promptly declined to accept the nomi
nations on their return to their homos
The men referred to are not of onlj
one party , but of all parties. Some of
the returned soldiers will doubtless be
presented for ottico at the coming elec
tlon , but there Is no visible scramble
among them to go through another cum
pulgn either of bullets or ballots.
The Santa Fe railroad has agreed to
transport the Kansas regiment return
Ing from Manila from Ban Francisco
to Topeku and take In pay certificates
of Indebtedness , redeemable when the
Kansas legislature shall make an ap
proprlation , This shows that the do
maud made on. behalf of the state upoi
the railroad managers to transport the
First Nebraska on the same conditions
was not unreasonable. It also shows
that the Santa Fo system is built on a
broad guage nnd knows how to play for
public favor.
The local i > opocratlc organ , whose
editor cannot repress his ambition to go
to congress , Insults the popoerats of the
throe outside counties In this Judicial
district by refusing to accept the only
representative they have been accorded
on the popocratic Judicial tlokct. To
be sure , Omaha contributes by far the
larger part of the votes of the district ,
but It has always been customary to
take nt least one Judge from outsldo of
Omaha nnd no good reason exists for
Omaha hogging the whole bench this
time.
Wiseacres nre predicting revolution In
France no matter how the trial of Drey
fus may terminate. Let us hope the
frenzied Franks may have fully revo-
luted before the day set for opening the
Paris exposition of 1000. Otherwise
the gate receipts may be diminished.
The Omaha exposition of 1SOS had to
piny In the face of a war with Spain ,
which was a serious menace. Trouble
nearer home would have wrecked the
enterprise.
A Chicago paper devotes considerable
editorial Bpnco to nn article headed ,
"Our Enormous Water Consumption. "
It Is needless to remark that no Mil
waukee paper will write ou the same
subject.
DrjHot. .
Washington Post.
The Nebraska democracy has been o
twisted and warped by the fusion process
that very llttlo of the original remains.
I3 tcriirlMc Known No lloiituln.
Philadelphia Times.
As to Rotting pralso for building that
Atbara bridge in the dark continent , why
should our native enterprise bo afraid to
enter Africa- The American cnglo Is no
chicken.
( irotiiut Hoi ; Cnnr.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
It will make no difference whether the
rotor likes the republican party and Us can
didates or not. That will be a trilling matter
In comparison with the overwhelming neces
sity ot voting against the democratic party ,
so long aa It presents a silver platform.
Fruit fur 1-1 < IlltiTN.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Indications are said to be that the
apple crop in the United States and Canada
will bo twice as largo aa that of last year.
But our surplus stock of this ( rule finds a
eady Bale In Europe , and the exports are
ncreaalng hence It may be possible that the
rice will not bo in Inverse ratio to the crop.
Cruel Home Tlirimt.
New York Mall and Express.
According to the statement of n banker
olng business in Lincoln , Neb. , the people
f tbo city have bought ? 1,000,000 more of
astern manufactured goods In the last
welvo months than they did In any former
ear. It would appear from this that the
money power had been cavorting around at
a lively rate right In Mr. Bryan's own home
own.
Ohio nnilcliriiNUii. .
Minneapolis Times ( ImJ. )
Judge Nash and Editor McLean are candi
dates for governor In Ohio , and the polltl-
lans with swift , judgment are saying that
ho rcault will be a verdl.ct for or against
ho policy of the federal administration ,
'erhaps the Ohio election will glvo up
omethlug like that. Ohio politics are po-
cullar and liable to give up almost any old
htng. Yet It should not bo forgotten that
he flght Is between two organizations
> lentlfully supplied with money and the
Ight may determine nothing more than who
B to have the offices ,
Nebraska la to have fall elections. Sil
ver is naturally nn issue because Mr.
3ryan Is there. On the other band , the
armera have plenty of money. They are
so prosperous that they are refusing eastern
oane. The less prosperous are borrowing
money of their neighbors at low rates of In-
crcst. Nebraska had soldiers who did gal-
ant work and suffered greatly in the Phll-
pplnea. They will tell their own stones
n their own homes and the voters are
lahlo to form Ideas of their own.
Elections are not subject to the same
artificial manipulation lu Nebraska as in
Ohio. Perhaps Nebraska Is a better place
: o get a line on the real feeling of the
H'oplo than Ohio.
OUll Til U13 MISSIOX.
The One IiOKlfiil Solution of ( lie
IMilllnpliic IHIlleulty.
Buffalo Express ( rep ) ,
Governor Roosevelt , ono ot tbo frankest
and most outspoken of imperialists , said in
his Llttlo Valley speech that ho hoped to
ee "tho day when the Filipinos would bo
able to build an independent nation of their
own , " and ho added the prediction that
the people of the United States will be a
unit In assisting them to do so.
The Express Is anti-Imperialist , but It
occs llttlo ground to quarrel with an Im
perialist who taken that position. It is the
ono logical solution , consistent with thu
principles on which the United States gov
ernment Is founded , ot the difficulties lu
which the treaty with Spain has Involved
us. We are now at war in the Phlpplnes.
This war could , in all probability , Iiavo
been avoided if congress had dictated a
different policy while It had the oppor
tunity. But , however that may be , the
fact of greatest present Importance is that
wo are at war. When a nation is at war ,
the only thing for It to do is to win an
honorable peace , if It can. An honorable
peace is euch a peace as secures the essen
tial and Jus.t object for which It is fight
ing. The only Juat object for which the
United States can araort that It la lighting
In tbo Philippines is the establishment of
law and order and settled government.
That is the only object for which any one
from the president down claims justifica
tion for this country In fighting the war.
Wo have no right to waste a eluglo life for
the purpo o of securing a formal acknowl
edgment ot American sovereignty by the
natives. Wo never required the Sioux or
the Apaches , or any other Indian tribe ,
formally to acknowledge our sovereignty
nnd fly our flag , There is no more reason
why we should insist on that kind of sub
mission from the 1'lllplnos than from the
Sioux. If the Filipinos will do as the Sioux
have done agree to ccaso fighting , disband
their forces and resume the pursuits of
peace , wo shall have accomplished all that
justifies us In fighting , If wo can accom
plish that at any tlmo by negotiation it
will bo well. Otherwise wo must continue
to tight.
But how greatly would the prospects of
an early peace be Improved if the Filipino *
were assured that the wish and hope and
Intention of the United States are not to con-
> crt their country Into a subject province ,
tut to make ot U an independent nation )
Governor Roosevelt eaya that Is his hope.
General Mundcrson , who spoke recently In
Buffalo , said U was Ills , Senators Davln
and Kryo ot the Peace commission both
have said it was theirs. Is It not time that
lc&3 thoughtful Imperialists gave up their
disastrous un-American dream of having
colonies to govern and accepted the one
position that the people of the United
States can maintain with consistency and
boaorl
IOWA SIJ.NATOHI.ili llACli.
Sioux City Journal : Senator Gear Invaded
the Seventh congressional district yesterday
and ran off with a representative. The Sey-
enth Is otherwise known as the Den Molncs
i district. It seems to bo the settled purpose
| of Senator Gear to make clear he is not a
sectional candidate. j j
I Cedar Rapids Republican : Both Cummins
| nnd Gear continue to carry counties in Iowa. I
'
But ns Iowa linn only 9,999 counties , some
| tlmo or ether there will bo an end ot thcso
' reports nnd claims. As the Creaton Gnzctto
I lias remarked some counties have been car-
I rlcd at least four times. '
I Red Oak Kxprcpai U is now quite nppar-
' cnt that , ns the Chicago Inter Ocean paid :
! "Nothing but death can bent Gear , " but it
' does not follow by nny means that if Mr.
Gear should dlo A. B. Cummins would bo
his successor. There arc many others whoso
claims for the honor would tnko precedence
of thoeo of the DCS Molncs attorney.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil : The attempt ot
the Cummins lenders to nrray the labor In
terests ngalnst Senator Gear Is ono of the
I most despicable moves made In the dcslro to
support the falling cause ot Mr. Cummins.
> As ho has not rohuked it , but has evidently
sought to further the Impression that Senator
Gear Is unfriendly to labor , Mr. Cummins
himself cannot escape the responsibility of
, this nttempt to mislead the wngc-winnera
i nnd therefore show himself to bo the ono
, who Is unfriendly and untrue to the labor
interests.
Burlington Hawkeye : From the Incblcncr
of the senatorial campaign In this state , In
fact , long before It began , as far back as the
last session of the gencrnl assembly , the
"managers" of the Cummtno campaign , both
In and out ot season , have sought to sub
ordinate every party Interest to their candi
date's advancement. They were omnipresent.
No move could bo made , no step taken until
they had ccnferrcd ns to its effect on their
chief's ambition. The appointment of n
state house janitor never failed to involve a
"Cummins victory" or a "Gear defeat. "
Muscatlno Journal : Persistent claims
have gone out in published reports from the
Cummins headquarters at DCS Molnes that
Muscatlno county is "sure" for Cummins. If
this claim Is Buffered to go unchallenged the
republican sentiment of the county ou the
senatorial question may not bo definitely
known , and may , for that reason , not b
properly represented In the next general
assembly. It Is believed by these who hnvo
canvassed the county that there is a very
largo nnd decided preponderance of eentt-
nient among the republicans for the re
election of Senator Gear. This is natural
when the public service that has been ren
dered by him for the people of this section
of the state Is considered. He has always
been approachable and prompt in responding
to requests , nnd in mnny ways has rendered
service that is now held in grateful remem
brance.
Davenport Democrat : There is n merrr
war on in the Iowa republican camp , and it
shows that the senatorial prize Is regarded
lu some quarters as of much more Importance - I
tance than the state ticket. At Dubuque H. I
O. Weaver , a friend of Gear , was chosen |
chairman of the republican state committee.
Upon learning of this the supporters of Mr. .
Cummins served notice on Chairman Weaver
that If ho attempted to run the committee
nnd the campaign In the Interest of Senator
j Gear they , the Cummins people , will with"-
draw their support from the commltteo.
This makes the situation most Interesting
not only to the republicans themselves , butte
to the onlookers from the outside. If the
chairman of the republican commltteo shows
a sign of helping his old friend then the
Cummins money will bo withdrawn ; the
Cummins newspapers will bolt ; and the Cum
mins orators will refuse to talk. Beaten at
every point in the game of politics , with
lour-flfths of the party vote of the state
for Gear , the Cummins men have decided to
; o to the wall with a big bluff. Chairman
Weaver will presumably do his duty and in
arousing republican activity ho will strength
en Senator Gear's cause.
IM2USOXAL AX1J OTIIKHWISE.
Ono of our esteemed foreign exchanges
comes addressed to the "O'Malla Bee. " It
got there just the eame. ,
Wayne MacVeagh , according to the New
York Press , received over $10,000 as a re
tainer In the Carter case , and his fee will bo
flvo times that much. I
A man in New York has demonstrated the
inutllfty of smoking cigarettes while en
gaged In cleansing clothes with naphtha. He ,
Is now at the hospital. j
"Them as him gits. " It is said to bo u
lltter-al fact that ou Sunday last J. Plerpout
Morgan's prize maternal collie gave birth to
twenty-seven prize puppies.
Carol Hendrlck Kruger , a nephew of the
president of the Transvaal Republic , is a re
cent graduate of the Edinburgh university ,
where he won the Symo surgical scholarship.
Dave B. Hill , while on a short visit to Now
York recently , declared that ho was not con
sidering politics , and that ha Is allowing
nothing to distract his attention from his law
business.
The first Alabama in the American navy ,
built forty years ago , Is still afloat as the
practice -ship of the New York Naval re-
servo. Her name was changed to the New
Hampshire during the civil war.
Now the courts have decided that the
Colonial Dames of the state of New York
and the National Society of the Colonial
Dames of America are not the Colonial
Dames of America , and the women of the
last named organization are happy ,
The gentleman whoso appearance at New
port with a silver bracelet on his ankle
created such n sensation that It wns tele
graphed over the country , turns out to bo
the agent of n wlno house. His clever
device secured him a neat free advertise
ment.
Plans for the Grand Army monument on
the field of Gettysburg provide for a square
tower 350 feet high , Hanked by two largo
circular buildings , ono to serve as an audi
torium , the other as on art hall. The iowir ;
will bo surmounted by a statue of Liberty.
Indianapolis News : "Hark , from the
tombs a dolcfut sound ! " The line of the ! j
old hymn suggests Itself on reading the pro
ceedings of the democratic state convention ' 1
of Ohio , The speeches nnd the platform |
have the mournful note of despair. What a 1
great undertaking It Is for a party to plant
Itself against progress and try to argue
away suck prosperity as blesses this land to
day !
Supply Ship SalU for Mniillu.
TACOMA , Wash. , Sept. 4 , The transport
Port Albert Balled at midnight last night for
Manila with 601 mules , 17 horses , 10 black
smith forges. 1,680 sacks of bran , 8,210
sacks of oats , 4,854 bales of bay , 25 kega of
nails and C02 bundles of comical ed Iron
aboard.
' " Mull HoiitcH.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Sept. 4. ( Special. )
F. L. Shoup and James Cooper of this city
hava been appointed to the railway mall ser
vice and Slump has been assigned to the
Lincoln-Billings run , and Cooper to the ]
Omahn-Ogden.
KCIIOICS OK THIS WAU.
Some of the Nebraska volunteers who re-
malncJ nt Manila determined to ceo the end
of the frncns or perish in the nttempt nro
pretty welt situated. Unless conditions
greatly change they could remnln on their
firing line for n lifetime without sorloun
danger from Mausers or bolns. Manila Freedom - <
dom tells how they are fixed : I
Daniel F. Maloncy , Company L , who acted
IM deputy collector nt the custom house , tins
received his discharge and has associated
himself with Mr. Lullng ns customs brokers.
Donnld W. Rliey ot Company L , who
j Eccured his discharge- some time ngo. will ro- )
I main In bin old position ns statistician nt the ;
custom house. I
Kdward Cook , Company D , will remain
here and tnko charge ot the stntloncry nt the
custom house.
Corporal Victor Munnccko , who has b en
doing stenographic work nt General Otis'
office , will also remnln at Manila. He has
been recommended for advancement to the
grade ot second lieutenant regular service , j
His recommendation has been forwarded to i
Washington.
Dr. W. Talbot of Company M , of the health
department , who has been promoted to tho' '
rank of captain , has received his discharge
nnd will remnln here.
Thomas S. Lamb of Company L hns re
ceived hla discharge hero and will coutlnuo
In the office ot inspector of baggage nt the
custom liouso , which olllce he assumed last
February.
Coplca of the London Dally News of August
21 , contnlnlnif the interview ot Its corre
spondent with Admiral Dewey at Naples ,
have reached tills country. The material
pnrt of the Interview Is ns follows :
"Do you think , ndmlral , that the Islands
are llkoly to bo pacified eoonj" The admiral
replied as follows :
"I have the question of the Philippines
more at heart than any other American , be
cause I know the Filipinos Intimately , nnd
they know that I am Uielr friend. The re
cent Insurrection Is the fruit of the anarchy
which has so lone relcned In the islands.
The Insurgents will have to submit them
selves to law after telnc accustomed to no
law at nil. I believe nnd affirm , nevertheless ,
that the Philippine question will' bo very
shortly solved. The Filipinos nro capable of
governing themselves. They have all the
qualifications for It. It is a queatlon of.
tlmo , but the only way to settle the Insur
rection nnd to ossuro prosperity to the nrchl-
polngo la to concede self-government to the
Inhabltnii'ts. ' That would bo the solution of
many questions and would satisfy nil , es
pecially the Filipinos , who bellovo them
selves worthy of it , nnd are so. "
"Sell-government for the Philippines hns ,
however , not many partisans In America , " I
remarked.
"I have n < rvcr been lu favor of violence to
ward the Filipinos , " replied , or , rather , con
tinued , the admiral. "Tho Islands nro at
this moment blockaded by a fleet nnd war
reigns la the Interior. This nbnormal state
of things should cease. I should like to see
autonomy first conceded and then annexation
might bo talked about. This is my opinion
and I should llko to ECO violence nt once
put a etop to. According to me , the con
cession ot self-government ought to be the
most just nnd the most logical solution. "
The admiral spoke with an air of frank
conviction.
Lieutenant Colonel J. D. MIley tells lu
Scrlbner's Magazine the story of the opera
tions of the Kntlpunan , a secret fioclntv of
Filipinos. The society organized In 1894 ,
tinder the leadership of Marcelo Hllarlo del
Pllar. Its object was to secure the free
dom of the Philippines by putting .o the
sword all the Spaniards In the archipelago.
Manila , of course , was tuo seal of the
supreme council of the Katlpunan nud Its
branches or chapters were established la all
the provinces and principal towns of the
Islands.
Every member on being. Ipltlated into th'o
society received a name by which he was
always thereafter known to the other rrera-
bera , and all were masked. In this way : .o
ono knew the identity of nny other mem
ber , nnd oven a man's next-door neighbor ,
or his brother or partner In business might
bo seated next to him nightly at the Katl
punan lodge and he would never bn the
wiser. At initiation the new membsr took
n bloody oath and subscribed to It by dip
ping his pen In the blood drawn from an
incision in his loft arm. The Idea Is said
to have been derived from a painting called
"Pacto do Sangre , " executed In Madrid by
a famous Filipino painter , Juan Luna.
After the revolution broke out in 1896 , the
members of the Katlpunan could always be
Identified among the dead and prisoners by
the scars.
A symbolic chart was In the possession of
each member , and by that ho could find the
Kattpunan lodge in the provinces or towns
wherever ho might be and Identify himself
by means of It. As un example of the
names borne by the members , General
Hlcarte , now In the Insurgents' army , was
known under the name of "Vivora , " meanIng -
Ing viper , poisonous snake. The present
General Pilar , of whom so much Is heard
in the uprisings against the Americans , is
not the Pllar of Katlpunan fame , though it
is generally taken for granted ho Is. Tha
present Pllar assumed that name some ycara
ago , but his characteristics arc such as to
easily lead ono to believe tbaft he and the
Pllar who originated the Katlpunan are one
and the same.
DI5W13VS ClIlN'AMEuV.
CuHtonm Authorities Up ARnliiKt n
Ilnril Proportion.
Chicago Record ,
Shall Uio Chinese members of Dowcy's
crow bo permitted to leave the Olympla nnd
take Bart In the great fete New York Is
planning in honor of the hero of Manila bay ?
Merely as a. matter of law the answer to
the question must bo In the neeatlve. The
Chinese exclusion act is explicit nnd ranuda-
tory and If executed to the letter will not
only prevent the participation in the festlva
parade of sailors who served under the man
In whose honor It Is given , but will also
estop them from landing In the city which
for montha hns been preparing to com-
roomornto an event In which these same
Chinamen took a creditable part.
Shortly after the battle which marked a
now era In American history Dewey recommended -
mended that the Chinamen who had assisted
BO efficiently In fighting the Spaniards be
admitted to American citizenship. The rec
ommendation , Instead of being noted upon
by congress , was referred to tbo Treasury
department The secretory of the treasury
taving no discretion In the matter , could noi
walvo the law In their behalf and there the
matter has rested until Dewey'a homecoming
has again brought It up for consideration
Had congress acted na promptly on this sug
gestion of the admiral aa In rewarding the
man who had conferred new clory on the
American navy the country would not now
bo placed in the ungracious predicament o ,
refusing to honor brave men who deserve
well of tills government.
But men make laws and unmake them
and If tba Now York collector of customs
finds a loop through which in the presuni
Instance the rigorous exclusion law may bo
evaded the people will not exnmlna too
curiously the lecal grounds for his decision
BSOJLUTEIY "PURE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
IOYAI UKixa yqwon pp. , m * tout.
At any rate , it Is to bo hoped that some
c n be dcvl ed by which the country may
be caved from the ungracious role ot refusing
to accord duo honor to every man who
served with credit under Dewey on the mem
orable first day of May , 1S9S.
HPIIITVCH Untouched.
Indlnnnpolls Journal ,
The Union Pacific Hnllroftd company' * fos-
nil hunting expedition Is unearthing cnr-
loads of fosslllferous mntcrliil nnd hasn't
even touched onho district where popu
lism most abounds.
THOUGHTS THAT TICtCMC.
"IM 'ou ask lhc
lie-cord : , , >
rtui mi your life ; he's fronting rne for
flvo other expensive ninlndlos now.
Indlnnnpolls Journal ! First Dclectlve-
Ah. think of the sensation there would bo
If wo should tell nil wo know.
Second Detective I hope you nln t think
ing of confessing , nr0 you ?
Chicago Post : " 1 tell you that fellow
Is doing a driving business. "
"Who U he ? "
"A hnckman. "
Philadelphia JJullctln : "DM you notice ?
8hp hns a white. * llk suit , which she wears
to the bnso bnll gnme ? "
"Yes : she told mo she thought It np-
proprlnte. It wns made over from nn
old ball dress. "
Washington Star : "Does the climate
agree with you ? " Inquired the mild but
convenuttlonnl person. .
"No , " answered thn weather prophet
fiercely. "Nearly every time I announce
whnt It o\ight to do It assume * nn attitude
of rigid nnd uncompromising opposition.
Clevclnnd Plain Dmlcr : "Those Luzon
mayors must be idiots. "
"They turned their offices Into Filipino
recruiting stations when they might have
opened strtet railway franchise shops.
Chicago Tribune : "That's nn Intorcntlng
story about the way In Which Uoooher onro
silenced Olad-stone In n live-minute con
versation they hnd In England. There
never wns a word of It printed at the
tlmo , wns there1
"Of course not. They were alive then to
contradict It. "
Imllunnpollfl Journal : Ynbslcy The
nmount of time you have put In dodging
thnt fellow you owe tlio live Is worth more
than the money.
Mudge I know It Is , but I have a hope
thnt some day 1 will owe nn amount worth
< dodging for.
Washington Stnr : "Now , whnt on earth
lid she mcnn by telling him she dearly
loved rainy dnys ? Surely , she didn't want
: ilm to think her sentlmentnl. "
"Oh. no. She knows well enough thnt
sentiment is out of date. Hho wnnted him
to get the Idea her hair curled naturally. "
Indianapolis Journnl : "Did Mr. Fllklns
nress his suit when he called last evening ? "
nsked the slater of the tnllor-mnde girl.
"Most energetically , " answered the tallor-
mndo girl ,
"Aw , g wnn ! " broke In the Incorrigible
brother. "When I looked Into the parlor
he wns pressing yours. "
WESTKllX FOKJI OF PASSION.
Denver Post.
Together we walked when the gleam was
gloaming ,
While the pale moon hung from Its hook
on high ,
The ovenlnp breezes In cool flight combing
The cloudy tresses of yonder sky.
Our hearts Into ono se"mc-d soft uniting ,
I clasped her hand with a grip love-mad ,
Save when I'd release It a upell for flght-
1ns :
The durned mosquitoes that were so fond !
On a grassy seat by the. cold , wet river
We mil U8 down for a lovers' chat ,
My hot words shooting with vocal quiver
Through the air-holes punched In my new
straw lint.
She nestled close to the heart pulsating
Uonnnth my ribs like a drum tattoo ,
Whilst I In her enrlet wns sweet relating
The old , old story I played for new.
A bull-toad sanpr In adjacent puddle :
"She's yours ! She's yours ! " nnd 1 knew
'twas so
Whnn she cuddlpd close In n closer cuddle
Thnn the cuddle she'd cuddled a while
ago !
She breathed her "Yes" In my cnr a
sweetly
And soft ns the purr of nn old house cnt ,
And It scattered my senses BO completely
That I sat there wondering- where I
wns nt !
I hugKPd her closer nnd closer to me !
My red blood ran with a heat intense !
While the maddening flashes of love rnn
through me
I/lko a prairie fire through n. barb-wlr
fence !
I forgot the earth and all that's In It !
Forgot theru was life , forgot there wan
death !
As I Uisstd her beventeen times n minute ,
With only pauses to catch my breath !
Wo swore to be solid each with the other ,
Our brnlns on lire , as from ruddy wine ,
As with my kisses I tried to smother
The lips that were trying to smother
mine !
I told of a future just fairly teeming
AVlth the golden light of affection's day ,
Whero. we'd lve | for aye in our rapturous
dreaming ,
AVlth pie or pudding three times a day.
Ah ! maddening moments of bliss un
stinted ,
My blood wna lava ! my brain wns fire !
As the man In the moon In silence
squinted
And the love-god twanged on his high-
strung lyroi
The Joy of nn age seemed cooped In a
second ,
On a sea of rapture we Boomed to sail ,
T4I1 she softly said that shesort o'
reckoned
'Twas time to bo hitting the backward
trail.
For
Early
Fall.
Here are some early fall
bargains. We have a few
medium and light weight
garments , just the thing for
the early weeks of autumn ,
and just as good as they
ever were , which means as
good as the best.
But these goods were
made for last season , and
were carried over.
If you want something
to tide you over genteely
till cold weather this is a
chance not to be missed.
About half price is the
scale of prices for those who
come promptly. There are
not many of them ,