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VALENTINE
NEBRASKA
Amid the often spoken of fortunes of
war due regard must be had for prize
money
hit
hThe battleship Oregon has shown
that the Straits of Magellan form a
poor substitute for the Nicaragua Ca
nal
-Ten million flags have been sold in
the United States since war was de
clared with Spain Naturally fags are
going up
Spain may be the cause of this coun
try altering the maps and geographies
The same thing happened some four
hundred years ago
The Norfolk Pilot emphatically re
marks We need a great deal of cur
rency We want it at once and we
want it bad Counterfeit
A London paper says that Admiral
Dewey is disliked in certain quaiters
because he is a dude He is also liked
in certain quarters because he is a
dandy
There are said to be two kinds of pa
triots in the market those who are
ready to go to war when they are need
ed and those who are ready to go when
ihey are not needed
The man who goes to war without a
commission and brings one home will
haTCii great advantage over the man
who refused to go because he could not
secure a commission
In Philadelphia the other day a sigh
ing Romeo aged 79- eloped with a Juliet
of 80 This shows Vhat tne unreason
ing opposition of parenfsniounts to in
keeping apart two loving hearts
A local paper says that one of the
Western volunteers threatened to quit
unless the State in addition to an over
coat blankets and a gun furnishes him
ia which to carry his am-
munitiou
At the convention of mothers recent
ly held in Washington Miss Fay of
California said If a womsn hasnt
any children and cant get married
why should we waste our time telling
her how to rear her offspring With
out a moments hesitation we give it up
A Bombay pnpr says The Nawab
of Itarnpore being blessed with a girl
rejoicings are going on in that state
A weeks pay from every state employe
has been deducted in connection with
the event Piobubly the Bamporeans
are rejoicing because the nawab was
not blessed with twins
No doubt rsaid the lamented Mr
Gladstone I have suffered a good deal
for the last six months But then I
have had one hundred and seventy six
months almost without pain A great
mans acceptance of the reverent
words of an ancient suerer Shall we
receive good at the hand of God and
shall we not receive vvilv
If Europe was waitiiii to discover
our sea prowess before she assailed the
Monroe doctrine the bombardment of
Manila is likely to have a salutary and
far reaching effect The destruction of
the Spanish fleet insures the security of
ithe sister republics Recognised as
formidable on laud they will now rec
ognize us as formidable on sen
The present generation has never wit
nessed such an outpouring of the
vtiment of patriotism s the war with
Spain has evoked Never before have
the national colors ben so profusely
so universally displayed in city town
and village Never before has the
younger generation of men been so pro
foundly stirred by allusions to the
countrys cause
The appellation of the dude of the
navy to Commodoit Dewey recalls the
inquiry of Pitssident Blncoln for the
brand of whisky used by c General
Grant when the complaint was made
to him that ti j conqueror of Fember
ton -and Robert E Lee was a devotee of
the bottle in order that le might send
eome of the came to otiier generals If
Dercey is a dude it appears evident
that the more we have of his kind in
the navy the- b ittcr will it be for Un-
clc Sam
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Thi is an age of second class men
said President ration n a recent dis
course There is one view in which
this seems tne Ouij age is producing
far more men and women of what
might be termed middling attainments
Butis It not roasonab e to judge that
this gain to the mass and the preval
ence Gf second raters tends to draw at
tention from a well as to alter the
standard of estimating the first raters
The first raters are then somewhat less
noticeable in comparison to the former
-solitariness of the great ones
It is getting along toward the time
for another decennial census to be
taken The matter has already
od some congressional attention It re
quired twenty live volumes to contain
the data collected in 1S90 and al
though it is within two years of 1900
there are some of those twenty -five
umes which have not yet been com
pleted It is to be hoped that the neAt
cnas will not only be got out in short
er ortlf r but Mint it will not be so ex
pensive as the last has beeu Thjo cen
sus of ISOO cost ovcr Sll50Q000 white
llati ofTSSO did not cost GOOO000
There can be no doubt that the
S ryes of he South are very greedy to
T
an education They make all sorts cf
sacrifices to get a schooling betraying
more anxiety in this matter than cer
tain classes of the whites It is said
that in Atlanta there are negro porters
in the stores who are good Greek schol
ars This shows that in their anxiety
te get an education thousands of them
have got the wrong kind and the ten
dency of it is to make loafers of many
who would otherwise be useful and
helpful members of the community in
which they live
Venality is not confined to the French
newspapers A suit has recently bee
instituted against the Austrian govern
inent by the editor of the Reichswehi1
at Vienna who has published docu
ments showing an agreement between
himself and the authorized representa
tive of Count Badeai the ex Minister
by virtue of which he was to make hit
paper the organ of the government and
control It for a certain sum It wan
further stipulated that if in three suc
cessive eases the orders of the govern
ment were not carried out the sub
vention was to be withdrawn and the
money returned Dp to the time of
Count Badenis fall this editor had re
ceived 215000 florins It has also been
disclosed that two more Vienna daily
papers are in receipt of regular Jarge
subventions to say nothing of smaller
sums paid to less influential journals
First the torpedo boat to destroy the
war vessel rhen the torpedo boat de
stroyer to destroy the torpedo boat
now comes the destroyer to destroy the
torpedo boat destroyer Such is the
evolution in naval warfare The dis
placement of these new creations is
fixed at 400 tons each They will be
made of light steel with 12000 indi
cated horse power and 28 knotsAan hour
speed The vital parts are to be pro
tected by two inches of inclined nickel
steel armor They will have a steam
ing radius of at least 5000 miles antf
for such small craft will have heavy
batteries Each boat will be equipped
with two 12 pounders and five
besides two torpedo tubes The
forward 12 pounder gun will be placed
on top of the conning tower and will
thus be in a position to do better exe
cution against torpedo boats or torpedo
boat destroyers For offensive work
against -cruisers aud battleships the
boats will be equipped with two torpe
do tubes Members of the Board of
Construction declare that there will be
nothing of their type afloat that they
cannot sink
vIt was two months or more after In
auguration before Sir Julian Paunce
fote the British ambassador at Wash
ington called upon the Vice President
mid the next afternoon Mr Hobart re
rurned the call During that two months
the two gentlemen were as the ladies
would say not on visiting terms Not
that they disliked eachpther or had
had a personal quarrel It was only
that there was a dispute which of them
holds the higher rank When they were
both invited to a dinner at a private
residence nearly a year ago Sir Julian
wished to see a diagram to show how
the guest were to be urranged at the
table As it appeared that Mr Hobart
vas to be the guest of honor Sir Julian
rent his regrets The dispute arose
when Sir Julian was raised from the
rank of minister to that of ambassador
In thai capacity he represented his
sovereign But on the other hand the
Vice President being next in succes
sion to the President might be said to
stand in the relation of the Prince of
Wales YicPresident Stevenson good
naturedly yielded the point and accept
fsl a seat Sir Julian but Secre
tary Olncy insisted that when he rep
resented President at any func
tion he should take precedence of the
ambassador The matter was compro
mised When host was an Ameri
can Sir Julian occupied the place of
honor when the entertainer was a for
eigner tfe place was given to Mr
Olney Mr Hobart would neither yield
nor compromise and the President at
last probably with Sir Julians con
currenceasked our ambassador in
London Col Hay to find out what the
Pritish Government thought about the
matter He was willing to accept -any
decision that the English authorities
might make- Inasmuch its Sir Julian
has called on Mr Hobart it is supposed
that his Government intimated itswisli
that he should accept the place next af
ter the Vice rresident All this may
seem absurd aud silly at first thought
butwe must remember that not one of
the persons concerned in the dispute
took the position he did on personal
grounds but as asserting the dignity
of the office he holds and also that
nothing that has been said or done in
volved disrespect toward any one Eti
quette holds and should hold a large
place In the social relations of men and I
women It is the boor who enters or
leaves a roonffirst instead of following
or one whose
positio commands respect Outward
politeness may not be half as impor
tant as politeness of the heart but the
truly polite person observes all the rules
of etiquette as soon as he knows them
and the observance of them sweetens
human intercourse In the affair just
mentioned both the gentlemen did pre
cisely what they should have done So
long as there was a question as to the
proprieties of the case they avoided
meetings where the question might
arise When it was decided they each
accepted the situation like the gentle
men they are
Must Be an Object
Aid A They say Spains treasury is
absolutely empty
Aid B That must be a mistake The
office holders are still doing their best
to hang on
liar nil ess
Col Firechewer drew a gun in
Pitchlys place last night
No -
Ob yes drew it at a raffle
STATE OP NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Comparative Statement of Principal
Farm Prod tits of the State for the
Years 1891 and 1897 Horses and
Mules Show the Only Decrease
Nebraska Farm Statistics
The state bureau of labor and industrial
statistics has compiled the following com
parative statement of nine principal farm
products of Nebraska for the years 1891
and 1897
1891 1897
Corn bushels 24295500 7G34683
Wheat bushels 9821000 18040915
Oats bushels 11928000 14491057
Rye bushels 802500 8879612
Barley bushels 438000 499097
Hogs head 1431540 1955753
Cattle head SSOIOO 057942
Sheep head 195080 1007820
Horses mules head 18940 138 10
MUST GOTO PRISON
Fix Treasurer Hartley of Nebraska
Doomed to Wear Stripes
The twenty year penitentiary sentence
of ex State Treasurer Joseph S Bartley
was affirmed by the supreme court Bart
ley was convicted of embezzlement
Joseph S Bartley was elected to the
office of state treasurer and began his term
in January 1893 lie was re elected two
years later serving two terms At the
expiration of his second term he failed to
account for more than 5000007 Part o
this was a warrant for some 181000 to re
imburse the sinking fund On April 9
1897 Bartley was arrested and charged
with embezzlement His trial lasted from
June 8 till the 22 when the jury
returned a verdict of guilty A motion
for a new trial was immediately
filed and argued On June 26 Judge Baker
overruled the motion for a new trial and
sentenced Bartley to a term of twenty
years in the penitentiary at the same time
imposing a fine of 30370893 or double
the amount that the jury found he had
embezzled On June 27 the case was
taken to the supreme court where that
tribunal fixed Bartleys bail at 125000
pending the final hearing Having been
unable to give bail Bartley has since re
mained in jail
NEBRASKA PROHIBS
Jl V Muir Nominated for Governor
at Lincoln
Nebraska Prohibitionists held their state
convention at Lincoln The convention
was concluded with a mass meeting ad
dressed by National Chairman Dickie of
Michigan The ticket nominated is
Governor R V Muir
Lieutenant Governor X S Lownes
Secretary of State Charles It Lawson
Auditor C C Ciowell
Tie asurer II i ram Burc h
Commissioner of Landsiand Buildings
B Blaine
Attorney General A G Wolfenberger
Superintendent of Schools Mrs S C
Upton
The platform refers wholly to the liquor
traffic and is substantially a reaffirmation
of that of the nationalist party
1
Old Soldiers Meet
The twelfth annual reunion of the Mad
ison County Okl Soldiers Association was
held seven miles northwestof Battle Creek
and was a grand success It was decided
to hold the next reunion at the same place
it to commence the first Tuesday after the
first Monday of next June The follow
ing officers of the association were elected
for the coming year S W Deuel Meadow
Grove president Charles Snyder Meadow
Grove Secretary J W Stirk Battle
Breek William Low sr Battle Creek
T A Shafter Meadow Grove committee
men
Boys Run Away
A few days ago Mr Barnett of Geneva
discovered that he had been losing knives
and some other articles from his hard -ware
store He had some of the knives
returned by paities who had bought them
of some little boys and had become suspi
cious that they had been stolen Among
the goods returned was a levolver Just
at this time two boys of 12 and 14 years of
age left town There whereabouts are
unknown The b03s Homer and Guy
Gibbs left town on the B M freight
Cream Separator at KemingCord
Arrangements have been completed for
the establishment of a creamery separator
istation at Hemingford The plant will be
owned -by residents of Hemingford and
vicinity and will be operated by the Be
atrice Creamery Company of Lincoln
Work will be commenced on the building
immediately and the plant will be in
operation by July The plant will cost
175 J
Bondsmen Have to Settle
Frank W Schroeder the postmaster at
Ithaca who joined the army and has gone
to Manilahas left his bondsmen to settle
about 1000 on notes and accounts Ilia
uncle Henry Scluoeder has paid the bills
saving the other bondsmen Alex Robb
has been appointed postmaster
It Was Loaded
A distressing accident occured in Wahoo
recently Arthur Swansou aged 12 years
was experimenting with gun powder
It cost him his eyesight one of his
ears and probably his lite When he was
discovered he was lying in tin bam un
conscious
Xew Elevator at Shelton
Several cars of stone and brick are now
being unloaded at Shelton for the founda
tion of the new elevator being put up by
the Omaha Elevator Company It will be
erected on the site where the one which
burned down over a year ago stood
Hit by a Train
William Hensley Indian and wife of
Wniueagb agency met with a misfortune
at Thurston by having their team of
ponies killed and the spring wagon to
which they were hitched completely de
molished by a freight train
Fined by Police Judge
II W Monroe who is running a tem
perance hall in Tekamah and his clerk
Charles Ellis were tried in the police
court convicted and each fined 10 and
costs for keeping gambling devices They
appealed the cae to the district court
Family Poisoned
The family of Phil McDonald a farmer
liTing eight miles west of Tekamah were
poisoned lecently by trichina from eating
sausage- For a - time for ofthem were
not expected to live
University Year Closes
The University of Nebraska has Just
closed the most prosperous year in its
entire history The total enrollment of
unrepeated names reached 1916 raoro
than 250 in excess of the highest attend
ance last year This growth is most grat
ifying and the fact the increase is shared
about equally by all departments shows
Nebraskas state university is keeping
pace with the state in its steady growth
It is worthy of note that the preparatory
department has merely held its own while
all other departments have profited by the
largely increased attendance Owing to
the death of the high school law it was
found necessary to keep up more of the
preparatory work than was at first in
tended but the board of regents hopes to
be able to drop the department entirely in
the course of two or three years The
graduating class is much larger than ever
before there being 208 candidates for de
grees in the various departments
Hangs Herself in a Well
Mrs Mary Veseley who has been living
with her son on a homestead a few miles
southeast of Benlcelinan ended her own
life the other day She had been suffering
from hysteria for some time which de
veloped into insanity She repeatedly
tried to commit suicide but by the con
stant and careful watching of friends her
attempts were futile Her condition grew
worse Saturday and her son went to town
to summon aid She being left alone
seized the opportunity to terminate her
existence and when he returned she was
hanging in the well dead She was 45
years of age and was born in Bohemia
She leaves a divorced husband a married
daughter and a son
Lady Cashier Assaulted
A daring assault was made upon Miss
Genevieve Boag cashier of the Pacific
Hotel Company at Sidney in broad day
light While the young lady was posting
her hooks a stranger made his appearance
and demanded that she hand aver the cash
in the drawer and upon her refusal struck
her on the templeWith a stone feUing her
to the floor Sounds of some onat ap
proaching made the fellow skip out and
he escaped not however until he haft
stolen two rings off her fingers The city
is much excited and if the scoundrel is
caught the people may take his punish
ment upon themselves
Nearly Battered to Death
A man giving the name of Jasper Sykes
whose home is in Clatonia was rescued
from a barn by Beatrice police almost bat
tered to death A Jaorse trader named
Tom Wilson was arrested as his assailant
Sykes was unable to give a coherent ac
count of the trouble but claims that Wil
son after beating him robbed him of S00
Fifty two dollars in cash together with
papers of Sykes and his pocketbook were
found on Wilson Some of the money
was covered with blood
Burned by Lightning
Lightning struck a barn belonging to
Peter Bures three miles east of Edgar
killing two horses knocking down four
more and a young man FredRiezler who
was at work in the stable attending the
horses The barn was set on fire and
burned with its contents two harvesters
S00 bushels of oats and some other minor
farm implements Total value of prop
erty destroyed 1200 Insurance 300
Accident at a Circus
During a circus performance at McCook
the entire section of reserved seats fell
down throwing about 100 people to the
ground and severely injuring three spec
tators Normaiv Campbells crippled leg
was broken theMndous of Guy Murphys
right leg were torn loose at the ankle and
George J Burgess sustained a slightly
sprained ankle Two or three others re
ceived slight injuries
Owes the State 6040
The case of the state against nilton in
the district court at Lincoln went to the
jury and the instructions of the court left
practically nothing to decide except the
amount of interest due on the money Hil
ton owes the state The jury in a short
time brought in a verdict gainst Hilton
the amount being 0016 The suit was
for money collected while Hilton was
state oil inspector
Killed by Lightning
During a shower at Harrison lightning
struck the house of Marsteller Bros
passed through thi building and into the
bank building adjoining and out through
the front window shattering the glass
and striking two men that were standing
bythe window talking killing one and
badly injuring tbc other Burt Dew is
the man that was killed
Schools Visit Omaha-
The Silver City public schools closed
the years work last week Prof Pitzer
took the pupils of the high school to the
exposition at Omaha while the teachers
of the intermediate aud primary depart
ments held a picnic in the woods east of
town
Hard on Gamblers
William Gleason another one of the
Lincoln gamblers who plead guilty in the
district court the other day was sentenced
to three months in the penitentiary This
is the dose being given all the gamblers
who were indicted by a grand jury
University Summer School
The University summer school was
opened with a good attendance a large
number of regular students of the univer
sity taking advantage of the opportunity
10 take up some extra studies
Boy Dies
All application of a wash applied ac
cording to directions to cure eczema re
sulted in the sudden death of the 12-year-old
son of E T Wendling residing seven
miles southwest of Shelton
Burglars at Kearney
Burglars entered tins home of F Y
Robertson at Kearney and took several
articles valued at over 350 from the bed
room in which Mr Robertson was sleep
ing Xo clue
Arrested for Stealing Hogs
Ben Williams and Frank Roberts who
were arrested for stealing hogs at Hastings
had their hearing and were bound over to
the district court in the sum of 330 each
Child Bitten by Rattlesnake
The infant son of Carl Trampe
living twenty miles northeast ol
Sidney was bitten in the foot by a rattle
snake The child was taken to town and
heroic treatment was administered and
the little fellow is now doing well
Suicide by Hanging
John Vonis a bachelor Bohemian of
Weston committed suicide by hanging
The cause of the rash deed is thought to
be despondency brought on by a chronic
disease which paused him much suffering
Hewas about 75 years old
WEATHER AND CROP BULLETIN
Favorable Conditions Prevail in States
of Central Valley
The United States Department of Agri
culture has issued the following climate
and crop bulletin for the week
The favorable weather conditions of the
previous week have continued In the States
of the central valleys and on the middle At
lantic coast while In the East Gulf and
South Atlantic States and Southwest Texas
the drought has become more pronounced
The temperature conditions to the eastward
of the Rocky -Mountains hrre been general
ly highly favorable but In the Rocky Moun
tain region and over the greater part of the
Pacific coast it has been too cool with freez
ing weather and frosts In portions of Idaho
Nevadi and Eastern Oregon Corn plant
ing Is now practically completed In the more
northerly sections and the crop has received
Its last cultivation In the Southern States
where it Is suffering from drought
In the principal cornStates of the central
valleys the week has been exceptionally
favorable for growth and cultivation and
the crop is generally clean and In good con
dition In Nebraska and portions of Mis
souri however cultivation has been delayed
by rains and In North Dakota It Is back
ward and needs sunshine Winter wheat har
vest has been completed in the South Atlan
tic and Gulf States except In Texas where
It continues Harvesting has begun In North
Carolina and Tennessee and will begin this
week In Kentucky and in the southern por
tion of Illinois and Missouri The crop Is
maturing rapidly and in excellent condition
In the central and northern sections al
though some complaints of rust are recorded
from portions of New Jersey Maryland
Tennessee Missouri and Kansas Thrashing
Is In progress with satisfactory results in
the South Atlantic and East43nlf States
The condition of the crop In Washington
and Oregon continues most favorable and In
California there will be better yield than
was expected Spring wheat has made rap
id growth and its condition is most promising
generally throughout the spring wheat re
gion In Southern Minnesota it Is nearlng the
heading stage
NEW MINISTER TO TURKEY
Oscar Ftraua Held That Position
Under President Cleveland
Oscar Straus who has been nominated
as minister to Turkey is a Democrat and
held the same position during President
I Clevelands first administration when
although a Jew he was exceedingly pop-
ular among the Christian missionaries
Tljey have placed on record at the State
Department formal testimony of their ap
preciation of his services and privately
they assert that he was the best minis-
OSCAR STAUS
ter wo have had at the sultans court
since Qen Wallaces time Mr Straus
with his brothers Nathan and Isa
dore compose the firurof Macy Co
and conduct the hg department store in
New York City He is also a lawyer in
active practice Mr Straus has hea ac
tive in the International Jewish Histori
cal Association and is the author of a
notable book reciting the achievements of
his race in commerce politics literature
science music and other brandies of
learning and industry
WARS HEAVY COST
Congress Told That for a Year It Will
Be GOO000000
Practically without debate the House
Thursday passed the urgent deficiency bill
providing for emergency expenses of the
army and navy departments incidont to
the war It was based upon estimates re
ceived recently from the departments and
carries items aggregating 17S 150C0 con
templated in the Philippine expedition
and the early movements upon Cuba
In explaining the bill during the brief
discussion Mr Cannon replying to a ques
tion by Chairman Dinglcy of the Ways
and Means Committee said GOO000000
would be-a-conservative estimate of the
cost of the war for a year if it lasted that
long Incidentally he estimated the ap
propriations already made on account of
the war and likely to develop as essential
including the first six months of the com
ing fiscal year at 35OCO0000
As reported by the Committee on Ap
propriations and passed by the Honse the
bill incorporates the more urgent of the
war estimates submitted to the House
Wednesday by Secretary Alger whose
explanation of which called forth the sig
nificant official letter transmitted there
with It also includes an emergency ap
propriation of 10000000 for the navy
The items appropriated follow
Contingent expenses of the army
incident to the expedition to the
Philippines o Be expended un
der the direSc tioji of the com
manding general of the
Islands in his discretion
for such purposes as he may
deem best In the execution of
his duties under the orders of
the President and for such ob
jects as are not nov appropri
ated for to be available until
expended 5100000
Expeditionary force to Cuba ma
chinery equipment etc 350000
Signal service of the army 193000
Subsistence department 5000000
Medical department 50009
saval establishment for emer
gency fund to meet any emer
gencies that cannot possibly be
foreseen but which constantly
arise under existing conditions 1000u000
Torpedo defense of Manila bar-
Bureau of naval supplies and ac
counts 1000000
Clothing and small stores for the
envy XtUAfiUi
A Washington dispatch says that the
German and French consols at Honolulu
have joined in a complaint to their Gov
ernments against the alleged favoritism
shown by the Government of Hawaii to
the United States over other countries
The protest has aroused the greatest in
terest in congressional and diplomatic cir
cles
The Montgomery County Pa Histori
cal Society has erected and dedicated a
monument to mark the spot where Ia
fayette was encamped with his army at
Barren Bill in 177a
V
xht l
It is a curious fact thrtt when the Span
iards have a reverse their bonds go up in
price on the French bourse and whenever
there is a gleam of encouragement for
them they go down This phenomenon is
explained by the brokers on the theory
that Spain is whipped already and the ex
pectation that she will realize the fact
and throw up her hands every time we hit
her The shorter the war the better it
will be for the finances of the Spaniards
and the sooner she can recover her pros
perity If the war is protracted the bond
holders know that she will be ruined and
their securities will he worthless
The Secretary of the Treasury is ready
o issue the new bonds the moment the
President approves the revenue bill He
has been so confident the bond feature
would be retained that the work of pre
paration has been going on for weeks The
advertisements and announcements are
all prepared and in type ready to be print
ed as soon as the exact phraseology of
the law is known the plates are engrav
ed ready to he turned over to the printer
at a moments notice and all the machin
ery for placing the bonds in the hands of
the public is organized and adjusted for
immediate use
Orders were issued from the War De
partment on one day last week for the
purchase by the quartermasters depart
ment of more than 1000000 worth of
clothing and other supplies including 50
000 standard army trousers and 50000
fatigue coats or blouses estimated to cost
300000 225000 drawers and 225000 un
dershirts light weight estimated cost
100000 40000 shelter tents 80000
300 hospital tents 10000 15000 wall
tents 30000 8000 conical tents 70
000 600 sets company books and 70 sets
regimental hooks 10000 and 25000
mosquito head nets
The conference committee on the sun
dry civil appropriation hill has effectually
settled the dispute in the bureau of en
graving and printing over the use of
steam presses and has inserted in the law
a provision that all bonds notes checks
etc shall he printed by hand This is
a triumph for the labor organizations that
have been fighting against the introduc
tion of steam presses and labor saving
machinery in the printing establishments
of the Government for several years
There is not the slightest concern felt
at the Navy Department about the fleet
of Admiral Camara Semi official infor
mation from the most trustworthy
sources which comes through diplomatic
channels reports that the fleet is incapa
ble of crossing the Atlantic and much less
so of reaching Manila There is not
enough coal within reach of Admiral Ca
mara to carry his ships 3000 miles and
what ismore important it is impossible
for him to get more
i
Unless it is decided to take up the Ha-
waiian question Congress will be able to
adjourn soon and serious conferences are
going on daily on this subject The Presi
dent is anxious to have the annexation
resolution adopted at once He objects to
a postponement until next winter because
that will he a short session and the resolu
tions can be defeated by filibustering
The friends of annexation are- willing to
stay now aud fight it out
Substantial recognition will he awarded
Constructor Hobson for his heroic con
duct in the harbor of Santiago but pro
motion is to be deferred until that young
officers wishes have been consulted The
choice is open to him of continuing in the
construction corps with increased pay
and responsibility or of being jumped
over the heads of many officers his senior
in the line and appointed a full lieutenant
or possibly lieutenant commander
At the close of office hours on Saturday
the Adjutant General figured up the re
turns of his mustering officers and found
that Uncle Sam was short 5033 men on
the iirst call for 125000 volunteers Iowa
is behind 1040 men Kentucky 1238
Alabama 1355 Mississippi 1000 and
North Carolina 400
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To give tome idea of the quantity of
gods necessary to supply an army it may
he r tated that there have already been de
livered to the quartermaster at Tampa
92000 tents 55000 blankets 127000
pairs of shoes 297000 pairs of socks
142000 undershirts 142000 drawers and
C9000 suits of uniform
The Secretary of State has received a
very interesting report from United States
Consul Smith at Moscow concerning a
recent meeting of the engineers in charge -of
the construction of the great Siberian
railway He shows that the entire ex
penditure up to date on tint enterprise
has been 1SS01493S
The agents of the Panama the Cata
lina the Buena Ventura and other Span
ish ships that were seized in Cuban wat
ers and held as contraband of war by the
prize courts at Key West have pooled
their issnes and will carry a test appeal
to the Supreme Court of the United
States
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There is a good deal of talk in 1
sional circles about sending Admiral
Sampson to capture the Canary Islandsf
and cruise around the coast of Spain But J
it is only a suggestion as to what might be
done in case the Spaniards refuse to throw
up their hands after Santiago and Porto
Kico are taken
AYhile it is impossible to obtain any
nite information from the war board -
those who are in the habit of talking with
the President on these subjects believe r
that our Sects are more likely to attack
Cadiz than Havana if the Spaniards do
not surrender when Porto Rico falls
Although the special agents of the Post
office Department have been at work for -
several months they have not been able
to find the slightest clew to the assassins
of Postmaster Baker at Lake City S C
and have about given up hope
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