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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , OCTOBER 20 , 18H9 TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE E. UOBKWATER , Eaitor. PUBLISHED KVEUY MOBNINO. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee ( without Sunday ) , One YcaMS.OO Bee and Sunday , One Year. , * . . . . . 8.00 Sally , Sunday and Illustrated , One Year 8.J5 Sunday nnd Illustrated. One Year z.-a Illustrated Bee , Ono Year 2.00 Sunday Bee , Ono Year J'S Saturday Bee , One Year * > Weekly Uec , One Year < OFFICES. Omaha : The Bee Building. . , , , , _ South Omaha : City Hall Building. Twenty-fifth and N Streets. Council BltifTa : 10 Pearl Street Chicago : 1610 Unity Building. New York : Tcmplo Court. Washington : 501 Fourteenth Street. COHUESPONDENCE. Communication ! ) relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed. : Omaha Uec , Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters nntl remittances should be addressed : The Boo Publlsning Company , REMITTANCES. Remit by draft , express or postal order. payable to The Bee I'ubllsntng Company. Only 2-ccnt stamps accepted in payment ot mall accounts. 1'orsonal checks , except on Omaha or Eastern exchange not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT Ol ' CinCUliATION. ' State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss.t George. B. Tzschuck , { secretary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , Rays that the actual number of full and com plete copies of The Dally , Morning. Even ing nnd Sunday Bee. printed during the month of September , 1803 , was as follows : 1 157,170 16 34,000 2 ar.t : i ( 17 23,020 3 2tt'M5 18 24B50 4 tMut : : 19 24,522 B 211,170 20 24,740 6 UKS40 21 24,700 7 U5r : ti 22 25,010 s sR , uf 23 24,810 D 24 2(5,010 10 23 34,080 ] 1 25,720 26 24,070 12 21l 0 27 24,700 13 2-1,010 23 24,540 14 k ( . .2-t,7O ( ) 29 24,040 15 21,700 30 24,020 Total 70(1,880 Less unsold and returned copies. . . . OOB3 Net total ealea 747,808 Net dally average 24OS GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK , Subscribed and sworn before mo this 2nd day or October , A. D. imlnJNJATB. lnJNJATB. ( ( Real , ) Notary Public. Candidate Harrington. Is entitled to credit for his frankness at any rate. "Only one more year of fusion. " That Js the decree of Bryan and the other so- called fusion leaders. Snowbound Inhabitants of Montana nnd Colorado are Invited to come down 1o Nebraska and enjoy the baltn of an Indian summer. Ixist year and the year before the democrats boasted that Bryan's state would tuke care of Itself. This year they are appealing to Bryan to take care of his state. If the weather clerk can be cajoled I Into producing a bright , warm day upon the date set by the exposition managers Omaha day can be made n record breaker In the annals of the present ex position. With the redoubtable Charley Fan ning signing prouunclamentos as chair man of the Douglas county democratic executive committee the cause of the allied fusion forces must be on the rou lette wheel of calamity. According to the Harrington letters fusion Is a good enough ) steplndder for the democratic colonel to use in Ills effort to mount to the presidential chair , but It Is to be promptly kicked down should he succeed. It Is announced that Bryan will close the democratic campaign In Iowa. The Booncr lie gets around to close It the greater saving it will be to the men who furnish the sinews of war , and It will make no difference In the ilnal result The popocratlc organ wants to know what Is the bond between Martin White and The Omaha Bee. It Is the same bond that exists between The Bee and every public olllccr who performs his duty faithfully and with signal ability. The republican county ticket Is stead ily gaining In favor. The attempt of the fusion fuslleers to start a lire in the roar has proved a dismal failure. The republicans of Douglas county have never been as united and harmonious In support of the local ticket as they are this . year. _ _ _ _ _ Happily there Is no real basis for the report that the transport steamer Sen- ntor , bearing the Iowa volunteer regi ment , is In peril. The vessel Is one of the best Is the service and lias made Beven voyages to Manila , demonstrating Its seaworthiness beyond question. It was built to weather the severest storms. General Nelson A. Miles has a weak ness for the pure , crisp nlr of the west. On his way to the Big Horn mountains : ind the region wherein he pursued the fsavngc redskins In years past the gen eral will Htop off at Omaha to accept an invitation of the managers of the Greater America Exposition. Certainly our people will not be slow to show their appreciation of the favor. The people of the United States have nil along had n good opinion of Sir Thomas Upton , but his manly conduct lu face of the discouraging accident to his pet boat has added greatly to It. The contrast between him and tie crotchety Dunravcn , who gave up with such bad grace during the former series of cup races , Is so great as to make the Americans glnd that they have had an opportunity to form his acquaintance. The charge that the secretary of war has hastened the muster-out of the Kansas regiment so tlutt Its members could get "homo " to vote for purely political reasons contains an admission which Is'damaging to democratic prc tensions. The country has been tloodct With alleged Interviews with returnee volunteers , the Kansas men among the lost , to the effect that they were bltterlj opposed to the administration and its policy , Such fakes do not comport wel with one that the administration la hurrying Uieui BO they can vote. * v DBM ABOUT. An Illustration of the unadulterated demagogy In which Colonel Bryan so argcly deals Is contained In his speech nt Louisville , where he wild : "When Greece was struggling for freedom , ) nnlel Webster thundered the approval of the American nation. Now the gal- ant Boers In Africa arc shcddlug their Ife blood for the right ot men to gov ern themselves and this nation stands vita Its hands tied , Its throat gagged. " The whig party , of which Daniel Webster was a leader , was heartily In sympathy with the people of Greece in heir struggle- for freedom , but how was t with the democratic party of that Imc ? When Webster made his elo quent speech in congress In behalf of Greece that eminent democrat , John laudolph of Iloanokc , opposed the proposition that this government should leclaro sympathy with the Grecians , chiefly on the ground that It was an old- world affair from which this country should stand aloof and most of the democrats of that time held this view. But there Is absolutely no parallel be- ween the struggle of Greece for free- lorn and the resistance which the Boers are making to the assumption by Great Britain of a right to Interfere with their ntcrnal affairs. In the one case it was an effort to throw oft ! a most oppress- ve and brutal depotlsm , which had ) een marked by barbarous cruelty ; In .he other case It is a defense of rights eng recognized. The conflict In South Africa is between two established gov ernments , one of which , however , has not enjoyed unrestricted relations with the rest of the world by reason of : obligations entered Into with the other. Grant that the Boers are lighting for he right of men to govern themselves , o manage their domestic affairs as they ilease , what does so zealous a stickler for the "consent of the gov erned" as Colonel Bryan think of the case of the outlaudcrs , who asked to je permitted to participate in the gov ernment ? These people , British and American , constitute a majority of the copulation of the Transvaal republic. They have largo Investments of capital here , they pay the bulk of the taxes audit is admitted that the material prog ress of the republic is largely duo to heir energy and enterprise. They de sire some share in the administration of affairs , some voice In the government Certainly no one who believes that gov ernments derive their just powers from he consent of the governed can deny : hat these people have a right to what hey ask. Nor does acknowledgment of his involve approval of the course of the British government , which was iromptcd by considerations other than he Interests of the outlauders. The people of the United States are n sympathy with the Boers , not be cause they think the outlanders were not ustltled In asking to have a share in he government to which they so largely contributed , but for the reason that they ) clleve Great Britain took advantage ot he appeal of the outlauders for fair and ust treatment to extend British domination and power in South Africa. They regard it as an other exhibition of British greed. But so far as our government Is concerned , it must be apparent to every Intelligent and unprejudiced mind that it could not properly interpose in this South Af rican conflict , In which no American In- ; erests are involved. There are certain well defined international obligations which this government cannot afford to llsregard and one of these requires that we shall not thrust ourselves into the quarrels of other governments at least until we have been asked by one of the > artles to do so. In the present instance .here Is every reason to believe that any ittempt to meddle on our part would be resented by both the Boers and. the Brit ish. Colonel Bryan is ns prolific now in demagogic appeals to popular prejudice is he was three years ago , but where he gains one supporter by this means among the thoughtless he will lose ten among the Intelligent and discrimi nating. . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ DEMAGOGUES AND FIIAUDS. The Bee has become BO accustomed to de fend public thieves that It takes very grace- [ ully to the self-imposed task of defending the two crooks now under arrest charged with stealing the Shukert slock of goods. The whole burden of the defense Is that thcso thieves -were promised Immunity. What If that be true ? The promise should never have boon made. Shukert was Inter ested In recovering his goods. He was nat urally willing that the thieves should go free If they would return the goods. World- Herald. The Bee has an established reputation of being the Implacable enemy of thieves and crooks , and the best proof of that fact is that every thief and crook who has ever pilfered a stpre , picked a pocket or raided a public treas ury has been Its sworn enemy. It comes with very bad grace for the newspaper fence , whose popocratlc reform pro prietor borrowed money from republican treasurers and whose staff has been no toriously subsidized by state house thieves and court house thieves , to lin pute to The Bee sympathy with the thieves who burglarized the Shukert store. What The Bee contends Is that the hue and cry raised over the course pur sued by the chief of police by the local Tammany organ is a place of malicious demagogy. Nobody connected with thlH paper has personal acquaintance with the suspects or bus ever had any com munication with them , They are not accustomed to maintain confidential re lations with penitentiary birds , as has been the practice of the head lights of reform In the cases of Mosher and Bnrt- loy nnd other occupants of the Douglas county jail. The real point at Issue Is whether a police ofllcer or public prosecutor has a right under any circumstances to prom ise not to prosecute u thief if the stolen property Is restored. If they have no right to do so , then a wrong was com mitted both by Chief Whlto nnd Count ) Attorney Shields. If on the other hand It is usage , and usage makes law , then the question Is , whether the chief of police or prosecutor has a right to vlo late his pledge of Immunity oven If it is given to a thief. If the word of police - lice olllcers and prosecutors Js not gooi In such cases what chance would there be ever to recover concealed stolen prop-1 crty excepting when the hiding place is llscovcrod before the thieves have n chance to do tiway with It ? Once lot It bo understood by profes sional thieves that nfo promise of Im munity made to them by nn officer will jo kept nnd they will take particular pains to destroy the most valuable arti cles rather thnn allow them to fall Into Lhe hands of law olllcers to bo used ns evidence against them. The most astute detective would scarcely over bo able to uncover a nest or to recover for the owner. This Is why Chief White prop erly exhibits such Indignation nnd re- Bcntment nt the course pursued In tills instance by that monumental fraud and demagogue who temporarily occupies the position of prosecuting attorney , If the man was actuated by hones't mo tives instead of splto and political am bition to be promoted to the bench he would have acted like an honomb'lc man and kept faith with the chief and the parties who have returned the stolen property on the pledge that no ques tions would be asked ; KKD OF TI1K l'ltKtflDKNf"S TOUR. The return of tbe president to Wn'sh- ingtou closes another o tlic tdilrs o the country -which Imvo distinguished .tho term of Mr. McKlnley in the White House. While his predecessors have not ixtictly bottled themselves up in the ox- scutlvo mansion none of them , we be- Icve , have accepted so many Invitations to participate In public functions In various parts of tho'country. The recent trip of President McKIu- ley was In response to the general de mand for his attendance upon the cor nerstone laying ceremonies nt Chicago and the receptions to the returning vol unteers In Minnesota nnd South Dakota. It Is noteworthy that on the whole' trip , referred to by Mr. McKlnley as a jour ney of more than five thousand miles Into the great northwest and through the central and northwestern stales , has the president met with anything but the most cordial reception and popular en thusiasm. It is certninly gratifylrtg that the people of the United States , although divided sharply on political Issues , can ilways rise above party to show their re spect to the chief executive of theland. On the other hand , too , the policy'of the president in keeping In as dose contact as possible with the. people of the vari ous sections of the vast country "whoso government ho lias been called on to administer will meet only with strong commendation. In taking up his -work at Washington again the president cannot - not help being Imbued with a stronger confidence In the ability of the Ameri can people to solve successfully nil the problems presented 1o them nnd he must also be more than ever convinced that they appreciate fully the era ot prosperity which has been' Inaugurated under his administration. POLITICS THE The renewed activity of the so-called anti-imperialist league just nt this time must be taken as a part of a political program. Nothing has happened within the last few weeks to. give cause for any new demonstration of.thls kind. On the contrary , ull reports from the Philip pines go to show that material progress Is being made in the suppression of the Insurrection in the islands and that the measures set In motion by the War de partment will before long have the de sired effect of establishing the undis puted supremacy of the American flag on the island of I uzon. For the Imperialists meet and adopt resolutions In the ; nldst of a po litical campaign , more than two months before there Is any possibility of con gress taking up the question , seems to be forcing matters for - forpolitical pur poses. So far ns the avowed objects of Its sponsors are concerned their pres ent action cannot produce results , but must only impugn the sincerity of their motives. When congress conies to consldci ; the question of permanent policy In the far east It will doubtless be glad to listen to those voicing till shades of public sentiment nnd may bo relied upon ulti mately to adopt a plan that' will have the support of the great body of the American people. Not content with lauding him as a modern Andrew Jackson and n second Abraham Lincoln , Champ CInrk has confided to the public his discovery that William Jennings Bryan' Is nothing more or less than a second Christ. The story as told by tlio loquacious Champ when printed In the popocratlc organs Is as follows : "The sentiment with which that man is regarded has become a re ligious fervor. I saw something at the Platt funeral that I did not know took place since the time of Jesus Christ. Sam Cook nnd I walked up the street behind Bryan , nnd If we saw one per won reaching out.and touching Bryan's clothes we saw 000 do it ; touching the 'hem of his garment. ' Talk about bent- Ing him ! You mlght'iis ' well tnlk about a grade horse beating Teubroeek , " And still Champ Is going fo Kentiicky to help carry the state for the democrats , as If It would be hard to keep even the solid south In line for the man who can satisfy the people by simply allowing them to touch the hem of his garment. Is it not about time for the .respective party committees to settlu the question as to which ticket the name of the can didate for police judge should appear upon In the ofllelnl ballot. If It Js de cided that under the law ho ranks with Justices of the pcncp there would bo no plnce on the ticket , for Judge Gordon , who received no nomination lu any county convention. If on the other hand the police judge Is strictly a city otllcei- the nomination of Thomas by the county convention was superfluous. Ex-populist officials are evidently of the opinion that It Is not the honor but the revenue of ofllce that I ? desirable. Through an alleged error the law fixed the salary of various appointive ofllclals at a greater sum thnn the legislature had Intended , but they were not slow to take advantage of the error nnd claim the entire amount , which thu supreme court says the sttito must pay. While technically this Is undoubtedly right , It does not speak well for tho. ofllctald who are so eager to profit by a manifest error. It Is the price the people of the state must pay , however , for electing the popocratlc legislature and putting the hungry crowd Into power. Ofllclnls of Texas railroads , tiring of Lho freight rate war between the Bur lington and the Memphis lines , arc mov ing to bring about a cessation of hostili ties , ns the cut rates are disturbing the business to nil southern points. On the other hand the live stock commission men at South Omaha arc calling for nn adjustment of the matter , fearing a loss oC business In cnse Omaha shall bo bested In the squabble. The controversy has reached a most Interesting phnso and while Omnha shippers nre alive to the situation It looks now as though a settlement will largely depend upon the action of the Tcxns lines. The vice president of the Illinois Cen tral railway does not hesitate to say publicly that the new extension of his road Into Omaha will be ns good ns nny other line which will enter the lists In competition for commercial patronnge at this point. This is a very gratifying prospectus. The Illinois Central has been heading toward Omaha for a long while nnd it certainly has no reason to complain of the free advertising given its advance agents. It Is to be hoped that the stakes fixed for the 1st of Jan- unry will not be set back again , as they have from month to month since the 1st of July. A free ballot and a democratic count Is the Issue In Kentucky and Mr. Bryan Is down In that state attempting to pull the author of the Infamous election law through , in spite of the fact that many of the respectable democrats of the state refuse to support him. Anyone who has watched the operation of the democratic counting machine In the south can have no doubt ns to what the Intention of the framcrs of that law was or whnt they will do with the machinery which it puts In their hands. Edgar Howard now knows how power ful the popocratlc machine Is In the state of Nebraska. The Sarpy county democratic statesman was not only sat down upon in his own county conven tion , but his personal friends were made to feel the weight of the machine dis pleasure. The dose of Holcomb crow , which had not been entirely digested , will be still more of a disturbing element In the stomach and call for numerous doses of brotno-seltzer to prevent an eruption. _ When Bryan took the reins of party control In Nebraska the populist party numbered nearly 80,000 voters and the democratic party about 45,000. By means of Bryan's soheme of fusion the democrats have been slowly masticating their reform allies. Now they confi dently predict the complete absorption of the populists and the unquestioned su premacy of the democrats In Nebraska lu 1000. It Is a case of Jonah swallowIng - Ing the whale. The good citizens of Council Bluffs are indulging the fond hope that the Fifty- flrst volunteer regiment will arrive on or about election day , but the chances are the date will be nearer Thanksgiving day. It Is not yet known just how much time will be consumed In mustering out the boys at Snn Francisco. In any event they are certain to receive a rousing re ception. . Allen O. Meyers Is the chief manipulator of the democratic campaign in Ohio. Meyers once served a term In the Ohio penitentiary for crooked work In connection with politics , nnd as ho has not changed his associations or methods any since then a good idea ot the kind of campaign which Is being waged there can be formed. AlRo , I'llNfllllK < ! > < Hut. Minneapolis Journal. 'From ' Nebraska comes the report that Coin Harvey has burled the Inspired ratio and Is clubbing the octopus. And the BxitlfiHloii , Too. St. Louts Republic. The British lion has Jerked his tall away from the twisters and turned his muzzle toward them , but 'before ' the hair-pulling Is over the Boers will probably give him cause to remember bis Mane. 1'oiliterx for the Enemy. N w York Tribune. "Wo are on a gold basis , and wo mean to stay there , " 'said the president In one of his speeches. Mr. Bryan is at liberty to paste that declaration In his hat lor future refer ence If he can make room for It. Political I'roMem. Globe-Democrait. On public questions Nebraska la repub lican by 15,000 or 20,000. The problem con nected with the election next month is how far the state can be Induced to vote against its principles to oblige Mr , Bryan. The Ailiulrnl'x \ ' 'tl. Philadelphia. Ledger. Dewey has finished his round of triumphal receptions for the present and has returned to Washington , whcro his social position will be clmply that ot an officer of the United States navy , The people of that city tire accustomed to the sight of great men and possibly they will let htm have the rest and freedom from public attention of which ho must be In great need by this time. AVnr Striken the Innocent. New York Sun , The South African war threatens to In flict great hardship upon numbers of Inno cent people far removed from the ( heater of Itn operations , Among them are the wives and families of the Cornish miners employed In the Rand gold mines , who for a long time have been living In Cornwall upon the re mittances sent them by their breadwinners , The failure of the supplies from this source for months to come seems certain and much consequent distress Is expected. Kxtrtuirillntiry IlaMlncHii Condition * . Philadelphia Kecord , An extraordinary condition of affairs , never before completely paralleled In 'American history , now exists In the com mercial and Industrial world , There are few departments of business In which productive capacity Is not equal to that of former years , and In many cases , as everybody knows. It la larger than It ever was before. Yet the demand for products Is so great that in many manufacturing lines there Is a compulsory setting aside of offered business because producers cannot fill the orders within a reasonable time. The pressure of freight traffic la so great that the railroad companies cannot furnish cars to handle ft with required promptitude. The buelni'sa revival has been so rapid , and has so far exceeded expectation , that It has temporarily overtaxed the facilities tor production and distribution , KCHOHS OF THR WAll. A striking picture of the old and the new navy was affonkd In Boston the other d'ay when the Olympla , Ami-rlca's naval cham pion of 1898 , drew up and anchored by the dido of the old Constitution , champion ot the war , pf 1812 , On one side of the dock was the quaint old wooden hullc , covered over with a temporary shed , Its gront yawning portholes cannonlCM , bottom * fouled beyond all hcpo ot modern naval motion through years upon years ot Idle swinging at the end of rusty cables In muddy dock waters. On the other side of the dock was the great steel modern naval fighting machine , with ItH Immense guns , rapld-flro batteries , tor pedo tubes nnd electric mechanisms , fresh still after a fierce hut victorious sea fight , nnl newly returned from nn astonishing cruise around the world. Truly no stronger contrast could ho found in the history of naval architecture than Is hero shown. The War department has made an excep tion In the ngo rule governing enlistments to permit James Robert Waason , aged 63 , to become a private In the army. Wesson was once a major in the army , hut was court-martialed and dismissed from the service In 1883 for loss of government money In Toxns. Born of German parentage In Ohio , he enlisted In the Thirty-fourth Iowa volunteers in 1864 , and was engaged In the Hcd nivor compalgn. Ills aptitude for mili tary llfo and an Intellect of rare promlso procured for him at the age of 20 an ap pointment to West Point In 1867 , General Fred D. Grant had been appointed the year before , nnd they at once became fast friends. It waa nn easy mastery for Wasson1 to keep to the front In bis studies and still find tlmo to coach his friend. President Grant favored the friendship and showed the great est appreciation of Wasson's kindness. When they graduated , In 1871 , Wasson stood at the head of his class and received the com mission of second lieutenant. Ills fame as a civil engineer had already spread beyond the academy , and President Grant , proud to favor his son's friend , gave him a year's leave of absence In China and Japan. At the end of the year ho resigned from the United States army to tuko the chair of mathematics in the college of Hokkaido. Japan. ( After a year's service ho became surveyor In , chief to the Kaltakaskl of Hok kaido. Later ho was m do chief engineer , with rank of colonel ( chuza ) , in the Im perial army of Japan , being engaged In the Formosa campaign. Though Wasson had freely lent his valor and courage to another country , patriotic love of America filled bis heart , and he once more returned to the Stars nnd Strlpca. Once more President Grant showed the loy alty of his friendship to Wasson , nnd whllo hewas but a second lieutenant when he left this country and resigned from the nrmy , he made him a paymaster In the army with' rank of major. This was In 1876. Seven years later ho was dismissed. After sixteen years of retirement , Was- Bcn , ono of the most brilliant cadets that ever left West Point Military academy , fa vored and honored by his own and other countries , returns to Join the ranks of the army as a private soldier. Jonesvlllo Is the Inspiring name of a Ver mont town at which Admiral Dewey Is eald to have perpetrated a Joke on his wondering countrymen. The special train bearing the admiral stopped at the station. There was a largo crowd of mountaineers and farmers. On the car platform were the admiral , S. R. Galloway , president of the New York Cen tral railroad , and Dr. Seward Webb. Per haps ten rods In front of the main crowd stood three lank mountaineers. Noticing these men the admiral smiled , and nodding hla head In the direction of Mr. Galloway said : "Allow mo to present Admiral Dowey. I know you will all be glad to snake his hand. " For a moment the men made no move ; then the one addressed replied : "Golly , he ain't no admiral. They ain't any of you fellers fighters no more'n you're green pumpklns. ; You can't fool us. Gents , we know an admiral when we see one , It we be woodchoppers. " Roars of laughter came from the car plat form. 'After ' General Bates had secured the signature of Hadji Mohammed Jamolol Klram , sultan of Jolo , to the treaty which placed him on Uncle Sam's payroll at $250 ( Mexican ) per month , the sultan and his chiefs expressed gratification by showering preeentn on the Ameri can , officer. Among them were a $1,500 pearl , a horse , two Caribou bulls and other trifles. General Bates de clined the pearl and the horse , but accepted the bulls , and turned them over to Captain Plgnam of the Charleston. Next day the crew of the Charleston was favored with fresh buffalo meat. BILLS PILED XII" IIY WAN. Sum * Itcqnlreil to Maintain the Army mill \nvj- . Minneapolis Times. The estimates prepared by tbo army and navy departments at Washington show that vast sums are expected to be required for the prosecution of the war In the Philip pines. The appropriations which congress will bo asked to make for the support of the nrmy and navy for the coming fiscal year will amount to at least f200.000.000. Of this sum approximately $75,000,000 will bo required for the navy and $125,000,000 for the army. There Is an especially heavy Increase In the estimated expense of otrcntbenlng and caring for the navy. The statement of the department says : "The estimates for the navy for the fiscal year ending Juno 30 , 1901 , amount to $73,045,183.15 , as compared with the appropriation for the current year of $48,507,095.58 , , showing an Increase of $24- 337,187.57. This Increase includes for pub lic works at all navy yards and stations $12,268,474.32 , ns compared with current ap propriations for the same purpose of $5- 840,786.50 , It Includes for the now naval academy $2,021,000 , as compared with the current appropriations of $720,000. It In cludes for the Increase of the navy , con struction and machinery , armor and arma ment nnd equipment , $22,083,101 , , " Exclusive of fortifications nnd river nnd harbor work , the estimate of the depart ment for the support of the army for the current year was $110,119,000 , The appro priation made by the last congress was $80- 014,290 , with an added deficiency appropria tion of $34,846,092 , , , For the coming fiscal year the estimates have not been completed by the chiefs of all the buroaun ; but they cannot fall short of $125,000,000 , They may , however , be cut dovn by congress If the Philippine war should bo ended during the coming winter. The necretary of war will ask for $27,000,000 for the Improvement of rivers and harbors and $12,000,000 for strengthening the coast defenses. About $50,000,000 will be required by the quarter master general's department. It Is esti mated that , should the war continue , more than half of this sum will he required to pay the cost of carrying troops to and from the Philippines. Many transports must bo purchased , as a sufficient number cannot be chartered. To ehlpownera nnd transporta tion companies the war with a people at the antipodes Is a godsend. It takes about $30,000,000 to pay the of ficers and men for one year and $18,000,000 la required by the subsistence department. Then there l the cost of clothing and equip ment and for ordnance supplies. Altogether , war Is expensive business. In dollars and cents it would pay better to he at peace with all the world. . WHBIU : conx ts KIXO. K&lcnt of the Jlonmln , the Hnrvrat nnd It * Vnlne. John Gllmer 8pectl In Alnslee' Magazine. The great corn statfs , jjeoordlng to the statistics of last year , arc. in the order named , Iowa. , Illinois , Nebraska , Missouri , Kansas. In-dlana , Texas and Ohio. Each of these states graw In excess of 100,000,000 bushels , while the total of Iowa was 254- 899,850 bmhels. This year wo arc promised from Kanwirt alone In excels of 350,000,000 bushels. Montana , among the new eUtea , grow the smallest amount of corn last ycnr , and Rhode Island among the old states. In Maine , New Hampshire. Vermont , Massa chusetts , Connecticut , North IMkotn. Mon tana , Wyoming and Washington all of the corn groun was consumed at home , prac tically none of It being transported beyond the county In which It was produced. The other states , according to the amount grown , shipped corn to other parts of the country and abroad , In price the corn on the farms realized all the way from 66 cents a bushel In Montana to 23 cents In low * , the general average throughout the country being 28 7-10 cents per bushol. In 1S97 this general aver age TI aa 263-10 cents , In 1896 It was 21 5-10 cents , In 1895 It was 253-10 rents and In 1894 It was 45 7-10 cents. In the latter year (1891) ( ) the production was short , being some what moro than 20 per cent Ices than last year. year.Now Now , lot us look at the value of corn to the farmers as a product and compare the crop as to acreage , yield , and no forth , with ether bread-making cereals and also with cotton. The last complete statistics avail able for thU purpose are those of 1E9S , as the crops of this year have either not been harvested or reckoned. In 1898 there were 77,721,781 acres planted In corn and the production -was 1,024,184,660 bushels , with a value of $552,023,428. In the enmo year the wheat acreage woo 44,455,278 acres ; production , 675,148,705 and value , $392,770,320. The value ot the oats crop \\as $186,405,364 ; of the > barley crop $23,464,359 ; of the rye crop $11,875,350 ; of the buckwheat crop $5,271,462. The cotton crop was the product of 24,319,584 acres , and was worth $319,491,412. Hero wo see that the total value of all the other broad-making cereals only exceeded that ot Indian corn by about 11 per cent , while the value of the cotton crop was only about 57 % per cent that of Indian corn. Let us look over the corn crops of other yeans , The season of 1891was the banner year , however. That year the corn crop of about 76,000,000 acres was worth $836- 439,228. This value was duo to the price , however , rather than the size of the crop , for In 1889with n larger acrcagt and 1- 000,000 moro bushels of yield , the value waa only $597,918,829. The market rrlco has much to do with the value of the crop , and sometimes , un fortunately , when the crop has been very large , the price has been dlscouroglngly low. Indeed , it has now and then been BO low that farmers In the parts of the west'where fuel Is ocarco have used corn instead of wood for coal. Such facts have given flimsy excuse , if not warrant , for thei agitators who have advised the western farmers to "raise less corn and more hell. " This picturesque formulation of grievance was the work of a woman orator. "The smallest corn crop in thirty yearn was that of 1869 , when there -were only 874,320,000 bushels produced. The price of corn , however , was high , so that the total value was within $30,000,000 of last year. In 1872 , with an Increased production , the price had fallen so considerably that the corn crop -was worth only $335,736,210. We were getting down to hard pan , and the de pression of values beginning on the farm extended throughout every kind of property , and there was a general liquidation prepara tory to a fresh start. There 1 no bolter barometer by which commercial men and in vestors can be guided than the size and value of the corn crop In the United States. The present year promises to he the great est corn season ever known. The acreage Is larger , the yield larger and the price is likely to be good. This meano a tremendous lot to the country at large , but It has a peculiar significance in those states par ticularly devoted to .the cultivation of this cereal. In Kansas , where only a llttlo while ago every kind of calamity was anticipated , the corn crop is more abundant than ever before , and there Is actually a boom a boom In 'bleeding Kansas. ' The poets are making veroes to celebrate the great good fortune which has come to a people who had been persuaded that they were oppressed and down-trodden. " SHEICIVG AMISniCAN SYMPATHY. Ilcnnaiiiic of One JTewHimiier to n Ilritlnh Appeal. Lieutenant Sartorls , an officer of the American army and grandson of General Grant , made a touching appeal to the Waah- j ' Ington Post to support the cause of Great Britain In South Africa , on tht ground that the war on the Boers was a war "for hu manity and higher civilization. " The Post responded , In part , as follows : "Nobody who has -watched the course of England toward the Boers Is In the small est danger of misunderstanding England's motive at this time. The claim of hu manity and progress and civilization Is so Impudent and ho false that U need deceive no one beyond the age of diapers. The cause of the war Is the refusal of the Trans vaal republic to enfranchise the horde of Irresponsible adventurers and mercenaries attracted there , not through any interest In the country , but by the expectation of pecuniary profit. They have not gone to the Transvaal with any Idea of making It their home , taking' ' part In the progress and development or becoming permanent factors In tha nation's destiny. They are simply soldiers of fortune , whoso Interest In the republic begins and ends with their own private aspirations. England has demanded that these men shall be admitted to citizen ship , She presents the extraordinary spec tacle of a nation Insisting upon the ex patriation of her own subjects and their absorption tiy a foreign country , It Is a spectacle so grotesque , so palpably Intended to mask a treacherous and wicked purpose , that It amounts to an affront to the Intelli gence of the civilized world. It Is simply a modern version of the Trojan horse. Eng land wants her subjects admitted to citi zenship In the Transvaal ao that they may capture and betray the citadel , "It la a false and cruel scheme from be ginning to end and If wo lived in the days of divine interference- human affairs that scheme would 1)0 punished and confuted In such a fashion as to make the whole world shudder with affright. " ASKING TOO MUCH. nrltUli Ilcllnncc on Anirrlrnn Syni- IiiithSorrly Shaken. Detroit Journal ( rep. ) English comment on the attitude of the pro-Boer prcs of the United States toward Great Britain Indicates a feeling of disap pointment. "We stood by you In the Span ish war ; now why don't you stand by us ? " This Implies that the motive of Grtwit Bri tain In extending MS sympathy two years ago was founded on an expectation of favors to too returned , and not on her duty as a power strictly neutral to the fight. It Im plies that Great Britain was active In our support , whereas , ebo was not , and could not be. The one act for which England might ask to be remembered with everlast ing gratitude by us was that of refuatng to Join Germany , France , Russia and Aus tria In making "a European question of Cuba and treating the United States as they ( the foreign powers ) had treated Greece. " But the difficulty hero la that wo do not know that England took any such position , though It Is entirely possible that ebo de clined to interfere and accumulate trouble lor the future. It is true , however , that wo had the sym pathy of a majority ot Englishman during the Spanish war , nnd , more rcmarknblo , there wc-ro not n few Canadians In our nrtny. But England was not a unit on the subject , nnd wo had to bear some very severe reflections - flections , from both the pros ! ) ot London and that of Canada. The reverse situation now In not very different , nnd wherein It Is dif ferent may bo explained by the fnct that England Is in the wrong not necessarily that wo arc ungrateful. Our government la nn neutral In the contest ns England was in the Spanish war. Our consuls In South Africa ara doing the buslncis of the Im perial government whcro Its own agents have taken their passports and left the country. The ? cml-olHcnl ! statement com ing from the State department n few days ago makes U certain that no pooslblo com bination o'f the European powers could In duce us to Join In n demand ot any nature against England nnd in favor ot the Boers. Besides , n very considerable part of the press ot the United States commends the present attitude of Great Britain In South Africa. We might also suggest to the critics who think we nro making n poor return for the sympathy extended during the Spanish war that before they demand too much ot us they secure unity nt home. Nowhere I the Chamberlain policy condemned as lu England , It is declared ( hero that England has gone to war without cause. They nnd wo recall that Lord Randolph Churchill said after a personal visit In South Africa that hnd not the Tranovnnl been restored to the Boors by Gladstone "there would now bo no British In South Africa. " Wo do not expect always in the future to enjoy the commendations of English men ns a nation or unanimously ns In dividuals , nnd England cannot expect our endorsement unless -wo can give It con scientiously. A clnlm on our gratitude in ono case cannot blind our eyes to a wrong In another instance. SMIL.IM ; SIKJOKSTIOXS. Detroit Journal : "They are savages In " wnr. "I am told 'they nmkti a practice of firing- n the hospital corpn. " "Yes , and they've iiven been known to flro on Uio klnotoscopo people ! " Indianapolis Journal : "I understand , " said the tourist , "that In that pistol duel yesterday an Innocent bystander was severely - veroly wounded. " "Needn't worry , friend , " replied Uubbcj- . nock BUI. "They nln't no Innocents In the town. " Cleveland Plain Deuler : "That man Blddlecomb is a professional bolter , isn't he ? " "Not from his point of view. He says hl party left him live times. " Chicago Post : "Here's a scientist who claims to have , discovered that all expres sion Is In the eyelid ; there's none In the cyo Itself. " "I'll hot he never has confronted an Indlg1- naat woman. " S Detroit Free Tress : "Did you shout nnd , > - cheer for expansion at ithe banquet ? " "Yes , 1 guess I whooped 'or up as lively as any ono there' . But 1 had a great ob ject lesson In my head next morning. No moro expansion for mo , please. " Brooklyn Life : Miss Summit My dear. I am too tired to go shopping with , you this afternoon. Miss Palisade What are you going la do ? Miss Summit I thought I'd play golf. Detroit Journal : "I give- theo the hea- hea ' The villain paled. "She gives me the ha , ha ! " he faltered , and tottered away. " hea heart that thou askest ! " the hero ine sang on , finishing the cadenza. The proneness of young persons to mis understand each other is one of the most Irritating obstacles -which love has to en counter. This Is especially true In opera. THE NA'.MELESS HERO. Denver News. There are countless iheroes who live and die , Of whom wo have never heard : ? viHtVBrc't' ? bl , * ' , brawI'"Er ' world goes by hardly a look or word ; And one of > the bravest and best of all Of whom the list can boast Is the man who falls on duty's call. The man who dies at his post. While his cheek la mantled with manhood's bloom. And the pathway of life looks bright , He Is brought in a moment to face th gloom Surrounding the final nlffht. Ho buoyantly sails o'er a sunlit sea. And Is dnsned on an unseen coast th _ Shlp Boes' down at tl10 ncl"i stand * The man who dies at his post. Who folioWH the glorious tide of war And falls In the midst of tlfrht , Ho knows that honor will hover o'er " And cover his name with light ; DV.Ule.wn ( > 1 > USSC unsung , unknown , Wiho lunrs no applauding host , Goes downIn the dark to his fate , alone , The mun who dies at his post. Who bears with disease whllo death draws Who faces his fate each day Yet strives to comfort and help and cheer His comrades along- the way , Who follows his work while ho yet may do. And Hmlles whllo ho suffers most. U seems to me is a hero true The man who dies ut ills post. There are plenty to laud and crown with The hero who falls In Mrlfo But few who offer -word of praise To the crownJcBs hero of life. Ho does his duty and makes no claim : And tonlgVt I propose a toast To the silent martyr unknown to fame. The man who dies at his post. HOSIERY. Something New. Have you seen our dis play in our J5th street window. SOX BY THE BOX. That is the way they are sold. 5 pairs of hose and one pair of garters in a , box , and the whole box complete for 75c a Box. 5 pairs of black hose and one pair of garters in some boxes. 3 pairs of black and 2 pairs of tan and gar ters in others. And some have one Y pair each of blackblue , tan , purple , red and garters. Real value would be $ J,25 a box our price , 75c. a box , Fast colors.