People Pay Tribute to the State's Fight ing Regiment. WARM WELCOME AT THE CAPITAL. SI*I> ®f th* flr»t Turned Over to the Co in m u n wealth — With Sluiple Yet At feeling Ceremony Vnlnrnne Pert With Thnlr Uuldlng Star—▲ (treat Crowd In Attendnnre. LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 15.—The for mal return to the custody of the state of the battle flags of the First Ne braska regiment was made yesterday on the state house grounds—Colonel Mulford, for the regiment, turning OTer the flags to the governor, who, on behalf of the state, took charge and Instructed the adjutant general to care fully treasure them among the most ■Acred relics of the state. The ceremonies were of the simplest kind, and the speechmaking was con fined to a brief address by Colonel Mulford, and the almost as brief re sponse by the governor. The ceremony took place within a few feet of the •spot where in May, 1898, the flags were given to the color bearers by Governor Holcomb. The governor and Atalf occupied the stand and the mem bers of the First regiment were drawn up facing them, and just across the pavement, running north from the state house, Assistant Secretary of War Melklejohn was In the stand, with th* governor and staff. Colonel Vlf qualn, chief marshal of the day, and bis aides, mounted, were in position In front of the stand, the colors with the bearers and guard occupying the center of the open space. The escort, composed of tbe Orand Army of the Republic itoembers, mem bers of the Second and Third regi ments, the cadet battalion from the .university, the Second regiment Ne braska National Guard, Troop A, the First regiment auxiliary and the bands of the several organizations were ar ranged In the form of a square around tbe central figures. I General Vlfquain announced the order of tbe proceedings and Colonel Mulford, who, with the ex-ofllcers of |th* First, were on foot, advanced to th* front and tendered the flac|i. The color bearers came forward and the commands were brought to attention and saluted. Governor Poynter accepted the flags «nd the colors were furled, the crowd Atandlng uncovered, while the band played. « The ceremony concluded the com mands were re-formed and marched ’to their several stations, and the flags jwere taken to the office of the adjutant ;general, where, In the presence of the governor and staff, they were placed In the vault. The parade preceding the ceremonies at the state house grounds was wit nessed by a large crowd, which lined the streets along which It passed. The governor and staff and Secre tary Melklejohn reviewed the parade from the balcony of the sanitarium at Fourteenth and M streets. EXPORT EXPOSITION OPENS. Philadelphia’s Show Degm* With Hing ing “The Star Hpangled llanner.” PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15.—With lereroonies unattended by oaten tat l on the National Export exposition was formally opened at noon yesterday. Distinguished visitors from all sec tions of the country were In attend ance, Including representatives of the diplomatic corps, officers of the army and navy, scientists and business and professional men. After the benediction by Archbishop O'Brien, which concluded the dedica tory exercises, a message was received from President McKinley, extending greetings and officially opening the great exposition. When the message had been read the chorus of voices and the audience sang “The Star Spangled Banner," accompanied by the United States Marine band and the big ex position organ. The exposition grounds were opened to the public at 8 o'clock this morning, and long before noon thousands of people bad passed through the gates. The dedicatory ceremonies were held in the Immense auditorium, which was crowded to its capacity. Denver Welcome* Tramp*. DENVER. Sept. 15—The Colorado volunteers were welcomed hom** on their return to the state’s capital with a demonstration that atoned for the lack of enthusiasm manifested when the regiment departed from this city on May 17. 1898, on Us long Journey to the Philippines. Bells, whistles, guns, cannons and crowds began coundJng a noisy welcome when the soldiers’ free train reached the Union depot at 10 o'clock. After receiving the greetings of relatives the volun teers fell into line and were escorted hv a procession to the rapltoi through streets lined with masses of people waving flags and shouting cheers. U*|'l iMVMMf *•■«! WASHINGTON, Kept 15 -The preal dent has appointed Henry W Oleder trh. United Mutes consul nt Magde burg, to he consul et tinmen in place of Louis Lange, Jr., who retiree ea the result of aa Investigation hy the etnte depa/tmeuf into hie office methods The appointment la a substantial pro motloa fur Mr Dlederlch aad waa re eommeaded hy flenator Cut Ion* W>!»■■< lt>* Aevrt.a* Visa. WASHINGTON. Hept 15 Mail ad vices received at the war department from Maalta state that the natives of ids (eland of Hamar ate praying (or the speedy arrival of las Amerbea* md will welcome the hoteling of ihe American Hag It la stated that as a reswlt nf the InCC I hie collection of Uvea hy the emta aartee nf the Insurgent* who tnhe nil they hnve got, the natives ere in n stale of as nil starvation They hate go faith la Ihe Tegak* and they earn estly deeue American protect*.*n I | OOM PAIL MAKES RtPLY. Tranaiml UottrnnirBl Seu»l» It* An*w*r to lirnt Britain’* Demand. LONDON. Sept. 15— A forecast of the draft of the Transvaals' reply to the last note of the British secretary of state for the colonies, Mr. Chamber lain. has been received, but its nature Is not yet known. At the colonial offices a reporter of the Associated Press was informed that nothing will be given out for the present. It was regarded as significant, how ever, that the nature of the Boer reply was communicated to the commander in-chief, Field Marshal Lord Wolse ley, who immediately summoned Sir George Stewart White V. C., former quartermaster-general, the prospective commander of the British foces in Na tal. The Morning Post in a second edition, prints a special dispatch from Pieter maritzburg. capital of Natal, saying the outlook is of the gloomiest charac ter. The Capetown papers themselves take a more hopeful view of the situa tion, basing their belief on the proba ble acceptance by President Kruger of the franchise measures suggested in Mr. Chamberlain's latest dispatch. But even they admit that it is Impossible to learn or foreshadow President Kru ger’s attitude toward the suzerainty of Great Britain, whilcb, after all, Is still the main Issue. The tension now existing here and at the Cape may be temporarily settled at any moment by the publication of President Kruger’s reply. On the other hand It may be several days before the general public learns what answer the Transvaal has made. If President Kruger has answered defiantly It does not necessarily mean the immediate breaking off of negotiations. The Brit ish would probably reply with an un mistakable ultimatum. It is scarcely to their advantage to bring about hos tilities until the reinforcements are nearer the scene of action than they are at present. Whatever the nature of President Kruger’s reply it is prob able that several more stages of diplo matic processes will be gone througu with before there is a definite war or peace, unless, of course, President Kru ger should take the initiative and raid Natal. It is the possibility of this move that makes definite news of his reply so eagerly and anxiously awaited, COMMISSIONERS COME NOME. Dent>7 and Worcester Kali on Ordar* From tlie President. MANILA, Sept. 15—Colonel Charles Iienby and Prof. Dean Worcester, members of the Philippine commission, have received instructions from Presi dent McKinley asking them to return ns soon as posslole. They will embark on the steamer Empress of India, which sails from Hong Kong Septem ber 26. It is not known whether the clerical force will return with them or remain here. The commissioners had just moved into new offices and had expected to spend some months work ing on the establishment of a muni cipal government. The Nevada cavalry was unable to call on the Newport. They will take the next available transport. SAYS DREYFUS WILL BE FREED. The Matin Hay* the Degree Will De Signed September 10. LONDON, Sept. 15.—The Paris cor respondent of the Dally Telegraph rays: "It is certain that Captain Dreyfus will be liberated. The only question lo be settled Is one of ways and means." A German spy has been arrested at La Croix Sur Meuse. PARIS. Sept. 15.—The Matin this morning asserts that the cabinet has agreed to pardon Dreyfus and the de cree will be signed September 19. Many of the provincial papers pub lish articles insisting on the granting ol a pardon. The Figaro says that many officers of the army are asktng that Dreyfus be pardoned. GUNBOAT HAS A SHARP EIGHT. rirod on by Native* While Capturing In surgent Schooner. WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. 15—The following dispatch has been received at the navy department: "Manila, Sept. 14.—Secretary of Navy, Washington: Davidson, com manding Paragua, reports a sharp en gagement at Halemao. The vessel was struck many times by rifle shots; no casualties. Paragua silenced the In surgents' fire in twenty minutes. The range was from 400 to 900 yards. Occa sion. capture Filipino schooner, which Davidson destroyed. WATSON." Halemao Is In the province of Mas bate. south of Luzon and north of the Vlzayaa. MORE “FRIENDLY” FILIPINOS. Nnllv** ul Snmnr Said la Want frnlaa tlaa ut Amertrees. WASHINGTON. D. C„ Sept 13 — Mall advices received at the war de partment from Manila state that the uatlvee of the Island of Samar are praying fur the speedy arrival of the Americans and will welcome the hoist ng of the American flag. It la said that as a result of the forcible collec tion of tazee by lbs emissaries of tbe Insurgents, wbo take all they have got, the natives are In n stele of eeml etarvniton. They hnve no faith In the Tngnlue and they earnestly desire American protection. Will Ho* i'aov* Was*. C HIC AGO III, ftepl 11 The Pooh County Democratic Marching club to night decided to abandon tbe proponed trip lo Denver on September 11 Financin' dec ret ary liurke declared that only ninety nine member* had Ggalfled their Intention uf making Ike | trip end unUes tbs club was repre ’ sealed by el least lift tbe trip would be n failure Inaamm b as many mem* j hers wanted to make the trip to Fla* tin net i Michigan Ohio and Indiana. 1 in order to aid the regular democracy of Ikoee state It was decided In abed1 . don tbe Denver etruteloa. I «_ 2 Wlat Schnrman Says of the Situation in the Philippine*. 4 STATEMENT EOR THE PUBLIC. | iiom< Hula for Faoh of tha Trlkaa Under Nnpartlilon of tha Uenernl Uoearn ment at Manilla tha Solution of tba Problem — Our Kraponalbllltjr (or Malatalalng Paaca. ITHACA, N. Y„ Sept. 14.—President Schurman returned today to bis office in Cornell university. He gave out the following statement to the Associ ated Press on the Philippine situation: "It I* very important that the public should know the actual facts of the situation. Things are what they are, and the American public should un derstand them, whether they agree with or run counter to the public’s wishes. "First—It requires some effort to realize the vastness of the archipelago, which runs from Formosa to Borneo and Celebes through sixteen degrees of latitude. Never going out Into the Pacific ocean on the east, nor the China sea on the west, I made a circuit of 2,000 miles south of Manila. This gives some Idea of the difficulty of main taining an effective blockade, as the coast line of the islands embraced In the archipelago is many more thou sands of miles. “Second—The multiplicity and heter ogeneous natures of the tribes are something astounding. Over sixty different languages are spoken In the Islands, and the majority of the tribes are small, and there are several that have only 250,000 Inhabitants. The speech of any one tribe Is unintelligi ble to Its neighbors. These tribes are all civilized and Christianized, but small uncivilized trlbeB, among which the Igorots seem best known In Amer ica, Inhabit the mountains in Luzon and form a large part of the population of Mlndano. In this Island there Is a large Mohammedan population which is independent of the Mohammedans in the Bulus. “Third—It Is the Tagals Inhabiting some of the provinces about Manila who are resisting the authorities of the United States. Other civilized Filipinos are neutral except where they are coerced by armed bands of Tagals, who seized upon their govern ment during the making and ratifica tion of our treaty of peace with Spain. It would be incorrect to assume, how ever, that these tribes are allies of ours. They are not, Indeed, they are not without suspicion of the white race, of which they have had exper ence only through Spain. But they are men of Intelligence and property and the masses, when they are not stirred up by the Tagalos, recognize the advantage to them of American sovereignty, and so many remain neu tral, although robber bands from time to time descend from the mountains to plunder and burn the estates of the peaceful Inhabitants on the plains. "Fourth—The insurrection, though serious enough, as experience has proven, is not a national uprising. In deed, there Is no Philippine nation. As I have already said, there is a multifarious collection of tribes hav ing this in common that they belong to the Malay race. The Inhabitants of the archipelago no more constitute a nation than the inhabitants of Eu rope do. “Fifth—The United States having assumed by a treaty of peace with Spain, sovereignty over the archi pelago, became responsible for the maintenance of peace, order and Jus tice. and security of life and property among all the tribes of the archi pelago. This 1b an obligation which Intelligent Filipinos and foreign na tons expect us to fulfill. Nor will the national honor permit us to turn back, taking the Philippines we assumed great responsibility. The fact that the responsibility is greater than most people supposed Is no excuse for fail ure to discharge It. The Philippine question Is largely a question of honor and obligation.” LCfr ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS. ThU U Estimate »*lsee«l Upon the Kstete of Vanderbilt. NEW YORK, Sept. 14—Cornelius Vanderbilt, who had been under the shadow of death for several years and who waa one of the most methodical of men, left a carefully drawn will, but Its terms are not known. His friends think It will make provision for the charity In which he was Interested. No estimate of the estate’s value Is less than $100,000,000. There had been a reconciliation between Cornelius Van derbilt. Jr., and hls parents, who op posed hla marriage with Miss Grace Wilson, and It Is doubtful If discrimin ation will be made against him On the death of Cornelius Vanderbilt hls brother, William K., became head of the family and made arrangements for the funeral and will see to the probat ing of the will ('barters Two Transports WASHINGTON. Sept 14,—Secretary Soot authorised the chartering of the steamship Maaaueaae. capable of car rying 6N men. and the Bristol. 60(1 mea Then# ships are available for tbe first ton regiments organised He also authorised the charter of the City of Pekin. NT mea. and Anglo-Aualraltaa. I.ON man. to take the troops of the second to* regiments to Manila (did J IMe ASaeOwae Meewag WASHINGTON. Sept li-MfW. oaa of Ike pedals on I he laguna de Hay, captured by General Otia some months ago. has been abandoned and I ha garrison aeat to Ca lambs, the lat est polat on the hay to he captured Morung la as id to bo a vary uabealthy place sad of little value as a base of * (die* The Insurgents south of Calais ha as* believed to he movias eaM sad are Mid to he conceutreliag •l dan la Crua on the southeastern •bore ef Laguna de Bay. OAVlir ON OHfVriS VtROICT. Eminent Irlilini.u Hijri the Condemned ■In Sympathy. LONDON. Sept. 14—(New York World Cablegram.)—In response to a request for an opinion on the Dreyfus verdict Michael Davitt writes: “Comments of the English and American press on the result of the Rennes trial are a greater outrage on Justice than the condemnation of Drey fus, even if Innocent. Had Dreyfus been a poor man his fate would excite no sympathy in London and New York. Being rich, the English-speak ing world works itself Into a hypocltt Iral moral rage against a nation that has taught England and Europe the liberty they now profess. Were Drey fus an Irishman accused of political crime against England he would be tried, condemned by a packed jury and sentenced by a political judge and im prsoned among thieves. Being a sus pect of traltortsm to Prance is enough to make him a moral hero In England and cause the British press to use the case as a weapon to stab France. Neither England nor America ever run a hundredth part of the risk faced by France In order to get at the truth concerning one man's act or Innocence. I don't believe him altogether guilt less, but hope he will be pardoned forthwith." Max O'Rell writes to the Dally Chronicle on British sympathy for Dreyfus: “The English are most earn est lovers of-justice and fairplay, but the French do not know this fact—at any rate the masses do not. Public British expression of sympathy will go against Dreyfus. For God's sake use your influence to stop It. But for the universal sympathy shown Drey fus, whom I personally believe inno cent, In England and Germany, he would have been acquitted. It has been a terrible thing to say, but I say It and am not afraid of contradiction." WANTS QUICK REPLY. British (ioTrriunmit Calls on the Trane* vaal to Answer Imrueillately. PRETORIA. Sept. 14— President Kruger and the executive council met here this evening to consider the reply to he made to the British secretary of state for the colonies, Mr. Chamlrer lain. They are still conferring by tele graph with the Orange Free state. The decision Is anxiously awaited by ths crowds outside the executive building. A communication has been received from the imperial government stating that though anxious for a pseedy reply the imperial authorities do not desire to tie the Transvaal authorities down to forty-eight hours. The reply will probably come before the Volksraad tomorrow. The decision will undoubt edly be Influenced by the action of ths Orange Free State. The government is still willing to attend the Joint com mission originally proposed. YELLOW FEVER AT NEW ORLEANS. Hurgeon (Lfntral Wyman Krcrlvrs Nutlet of Four WASHINGTON. Sept. 14.—Surgeon General Wyman today received official confirmation of the existence of four cases of yellow fever at New Orleans. Dr. Carter Is due to arrive there to morrow and he will have charge of matters in that city. En route Dr. Carter stopped at Port Tampa. He reported conditions there very satis factory. Surgeon General Wyman is very hopeful that the fever will not reach the mainland of Florida. Dr. Wyman has decided not to make public the dally reports giving t:.e details of new cases and deaths at Key West, but semi-weekly he will issue a statement showing the progress of the epidemic, TO FIGHT THE BEEF TRUST. ■ t. I.ouls Butchers to Organise to I>u Their Own Killing. ST. LOUIS. Sept. 14.—A mass meet ing of retail butchers of St. Louts has been called by the Retail Butchers' Co Operative association to organize a systematic light on the beef trust. President Bonney Bald today: "We have worked quietly and are now prepared to begin active opera tons against the trust. W'e have three propositions to consider, two from anti-trust packing companies and another from a Texas cattle grower. These propositions are to sell the beef direct to the association and at rates averaging 25 per cent below the trust figures, in consideration of the known quantity that will be required to sup ply the demand oi the association." COMPANY OF INDIAN SCOUiS. Nephew of Nenator Tillman Ask* Au thorltjr to Organise Chippewa*. WASHINGTON. Sept. 14.—Colonel James 11. Tillman of South Carolina, a nephew of Senator Tillman, was at the White House and asked the presi dent to authorise the organisation of an Independent company of Indian scouts for service In the Philippines. It Is proposed to make Mr. Tillman, who was colonel of the First South Carolina regiment during the Spanish war. captain of the company, and Joseph 1«. Woodbury, "Hole In the Day,” the chief of ths Chlppews In dians of Minnesota, first lieutenant, and soma member of the regiment of Rough Riders sscond lieutenant. kptls Agate Im*»l«.«4. MADRID. Sept H The government has dispatched thrss regiments lo Vis • ays. where the declaration of autrUal law has caused great sscltsmeat It Is rsported that ths government l« about to prosecuts ths separatist leadsra. Deeyfas Is la UmS ft pi mm RKNNKM Hept 14 Captain Drsyfw* . wstlaues la good spirits and hlahsalth Is fairly satisfactory although tha stomach trouble still •lings to him Mm# Dreyfus visited her husband '••day and rams sway touatag cheerful, (the sweat about aa hour with him. M I .abort s assistant see* him Ivten a day Mi<«i «»f his wshtag hours are passed ta reading c.»rreepundents and Parts literary is»lews tie bs under the sums discipline aa prior lo I he trial sad is allowed exercise daily la the prison >srd IN GENERAL. Officials in Washington regard the Venezuelan situation as critical. A bust of ex-8peaker Reed is being executed in bronze for the Maine legis lature. The war department has chartered the steamer Dublin, which will carry 560 animals to Manila. General Miles has accepted an invi tation to act as marshal of the Dewey parade at Washington, D. C. In the past eighteen months Presi dent McKinley has been the victim of camera fiends over three thousand times. An insane merchant of Berlin named Herman Bordasch has been arrested at a hotel In Iieipslc for threatening to kill the king of Saxony. Mayor Buck of Portland, Me., a gen tleman 76 years of age, has Just com pleted the feat of walking to the sum mit of Mount Washington, N. H., and back again. The owner of Stonehenge, the old Druid monument on Salisbury plain, threatens to sell It to the highest bid der unless the British government will give him 9626,000 for It. The directors of the Mergenthaler Linotype company has declared the regular quarterly dividend of 1% per cent and an extra dividend of 2Vfc per cent payable September 20. Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, son of the noveMat, has been appointed a rabbit inspector by the New South Wales government. He was formerly a member of the colonial parliament. Experiments are about to begin in Louisiana for the manufacture of papei from refuse sugar cane. Paper made from sugar cane should be In great re quest for ths correspondence of sweet hearts. The house In which General Sherman died In New York, has been sold by the heirs for about $35,000. It Is situated on West 8eventy-flrst street, and was purchased by the general a year before his death. A platform car recently completed at the Boston A Maine rttllroad shops, In Salem, Mass., has a carrying capacl ay of 100.000 pounds, 40,000 pounds more than any other car on the road. It la thirty-two feet long. The celebrations of Old Home week In New Hampshire towns were so suc cessful thla year, the first of Its ob servance, that they are likely to be repeated annually hereafter, though the date may be changed. Smallpox spread In Altoona, Pa., and the town board of health ordered the killing of all dogs and cats in infected houses, that they might not distribute the germa of the disease. The bodies of the animals were burned. One of Pension Commissioner Evans' critics recently accused that official of having a "literary bureau." Mr. Evans replied emphatically: "Yes, I have, and It consists of every reputable newspaper In the United States." The wooden belfry of famous Faneull hall, Boston, has been replaced by one exactly similar of iron, and it is hope* that the work of altering and strength ening the historic building will oa completed by the middle of September. A hearing In the action iff the state of New York to recover $1,600,000 In penalties from Armour & Co., of Chi cago, for violating the antl-oleomar gamie laws, was to have been held In Albany yesterday. It was adjourned until September 20. Theodore Tilton, who spends his time between Paris and London, has lost none of his aptness for repartee. The other day a friend asked him when it Is a man begins to feel old. He replied at once: “I’ll tell you when, it Is when he is a sophomore in college." Twenty-eight head of specially fed Aberdeen-Angus cattle, 2-year-olds, raised In Indiana, near Terre Haute, by John McFall, sold In Chicago Sep tember 6 at $6.85, the highest price paid for cattle there since Christmas, 1892. and the highest in September since 1884. The peculiar disease from which the csar Is said to be suffering Is known as aphasia, and In plain English is using one word when another is meant. If his majesty wants his hat and cant’t remember the word "hat" he asks for something else* and he Is unable to recollect the meaning of words when he reads them. The report reaching Texas from York that Charles B. Loving has made his big cattle syndicate with $40,000,000 capital stock a success awakens much. Interest In cattle circles. Inasmuch as there is some opposition to the pro posed syndicate among cattle men. Those of Indian territory and Kansas, It Is said, will Join with the Texas cat tle men In fighting I*ovlnk's syndicate, making probable a temporary reduc tion in the price of meet on the hoof. LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE. Onisbi, Cklrt|D tend New York llurkil (JuiUlluu*. OMAHA. Butter-Creamery separator. 17 *t 11 E'tiler-Choice fancy country IS ti Ik ggs Fresh, per dos . I-I1.'»» 14 Uhlt kena. Spring. per lb. t’.ti Id pigeons Live, per do*. 7k U Mi l.etnnn* I'er bom. 4 76 Us 30 Urauberrlee Jersey, per bbl. <23 o 4 3l Apple* -per barrel. 3 •> 44 2 % I'olaloee New, per bueltel.. 7n 45 «i M treat potatoee Per bbl.1 wi « lb Hay—Upland, per Ion..i DO u 1 dm SOUTH OMAHA. Hoge <’k»lce light. . 4 23 <4 4 is Huge Heavy weight*. 4 17 « IS 1 Beef steer* .. 4 40 li 4 l« Bull* .. I to '. 1 :<• (tags . 1 IS 4* :t » Calve* ... ID 44 < 13 Weatema . 4 10 «» v li C«W* .. $ Is 41 J hi .teller* .... .. f 43 4* 4 >»» Worker* and feeder* .I to 2 I I) Sheep I si mbs ., 4 75 14 I M ■heap Feeder wethere .... 1 tS • It CHICAGO. Wheat No I spring ........ S7 44 <71* Corn Per k«MN. M ■ Wig Bertel No f .... 8 A 41 '»ete Per bushel . W k I Hr* No I .. 4 # ii Tlanethjr seed per ho I ft k 1 f Perk Per ewl 1 » S ib tattle Sloshed and feeder* 4 hi 11 1 U lard .. I 17 if t In Hangars . ... ft*» Ilk flag* Miked . ... 1 B V i 4. Sheep laaihO ... ... ... ... I k { i < Sheet- Noll** • ether* I ■ if I SI NSW VltMK MAKHBT A* "V*. , . * • fH Wheal No 9 raw.44 44 .*** ! tH*rn No ( rad Ik1. >4 4k K A NBAS ‘ITT (heap Motions . I V* S I M I •#* Mleed It I I 1 .A I'1 do her* and feeder* Is g 4 ft NATION'S CREETINC TO DEWEV Fnlom »f the Reception to tho hullo ftero at Washington. The central Idea underlying tho grand welcome to be given Admiral Dewey In Washington the first week Is October Is Its national character. Hln arrival at the capital will mark hla real home-coming to the American peopled where the officials of the government will participate, and the magnificently Jeweled sword voted by congress will be presented. To that end all the ar rangements will be of a simple bat most dignified character. The welcome to the hero of Manila at the national capital will probably occur on Monday. October J, although the date will de pend upon the length of the celebra tion In New York, which Is still an SWORD VOTED BV CONGRESS TO DEWEY. settled. The principal features of the reception In Washington, as planned by the citizens, with the co-operation of the president and cabinet, will bei two in number—the presentation of the sword voted by congress and a nlgbt parade. A public reception at th« white house will be followed by dinner to the admiral by President McKinley. The sword will be presented by Secre tary Long, at the east front of the cap ital, In the presence of Mr. McKinley and all the members of the cabinet, late In the afternoon, while the parade, consisting of organizations of all kinds, will be accompanied by an illumination of tbe city on a scale of beauty never before witnessed In Washington. The different features of the prepara tions are in tbe hands of a central body of citizens and eleven commit tees, embracing in all over a thousand people. Preparations for the celebra tion have been in band for over a month. Tbe Baltimore and Ohio railroad and other railroads entering Washington have agreed upon cheap rates for tbe celebration, and the committee expects that there will be an outpouring of pa triotic citizens almost equal to the in auguration of a president. Betrayed by His Parrot. Victor Chevalier, a clever criminal in Paris, was run down in a shrewd way. He waB known to be exceedingly fond of a pet parrot, and tbe police were instructed to look for a loqua cious bird of this kind. After a week's search the talkative parrot was dis covered in the Montmartre district. The police kept a close watch on the house, and in time the criminal ap peared to have an affectionate chat with his bird. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. Every woman Is a good actress till she goes on the stage. There Is one thing a woman never can understand, and that Is herself. When the devil had hta choice as to Instruments he first picked jealousy. If they were named anything else a woman would have just as queer a look In her face when she talked about her legs. If there weren't any bad men to ba horrible examples, probably (hero wouldn't be any good women to be shining examples. Every racy story a man heara ha acta like It was old to him and every woman like It warn new to her, and both are making believe. Whe^ a man can make a woman be lieve that he can t kelp thrilling at her voice she feels the has to marry him so that ska eaa turn tht currant m whenever she feel* like It. The difference between a woman and a cat la that when you lease the cat you know she II scratch you, hut when It's a woman you never knew whether she'll hlse you ov tear yout eyes out. — New Yorh Press PMOVIRBtl BY WILLIAM BLAKE. Expert poteoa from the steadlag sa fer Without cos i re rise la net progres sion Te create a little Bower U the lehoe of agss Whe> is e«w prosed one owes fMty Me oho desires hut eels a«M k res da pestilence lists* to the fool s reproach. It Is a kingly title.