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TH .DAILY BEEl TUJ5SDAY7 MAtfOfi 8 , 198. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE B. nOBKWATKll. KJItor. I'UlJl.tSIIHD KVKtlY MOriNINO. TKIIMH of BunscruiTioN : Dally De < ( Without Bunday ) . Ona Year 18 00 Dally Hop nnJ Sunday , Ona Year I 00 fllx Month 400 Three Month 100 PumUy Dee , On * Year . . . < , J 00 HaturJuy Dec , One Year 1 W Weekly lice , One Year OFTFICK3 : Omnlia : The Ileo llulldlnff. Houlh Omnlu : Singer lllk. . Cor. N and 21th BtB. Council ijlurr * : 10 1'earl Hlrret. Chicago Ulllcei M2 Chamber of Commerce. Js'ew Yoikl Temple Court , Washington ! Ml Fourteenth Street. coimnsro.sTJKNcc. All communications r'latlnc to new nnd edlla- rlal matter thould lie addre ed : To the IMItor. HUfllNnSB LKTTBIIS. All bunlnesj letters and remittance ! should b * addressed to The Ileo 1'iibHshltiK Company , Omaha , Draft * , checks , oxpreM and postufltco money orders to be made payable tu the order of the company. THIJ I1EB I'UllUSIUNa COMPANY. STATHMnNT OP CIHCUI.ATION. fitato of Nclirneka , Douglas coutity , ss. : Oeorse II. T7 chuck. secretary of The lice 1'ub- HihliiK company , being duly sworn , * ny that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dilly , Moriilnif , i\enlnn : and Hund.iy neo printed during ( ho month of February , 1S3S , was 01 fol lows ; 1 20,0V ) 1- 21,030 2 21.033 10 31.C31 3 20.S12 17 21CM 4 ? 0.7M 18 21,815 . r 20,875 19 SI..VM 'r 21.0:0 20 21,00- . 7 20f < r 21 2I,3 < " R 2io : 52 ! ! . ! 2J 2I.6.T , JO 20.SVJ 21 21.0.5 11 21,123 23 22,141 ] 2 21,070 21) ) 2.,227 13 21.012 27 SI.4V II 20.W3 28 22,331 Total C97,6 2 jffs returned and unsold copies 9,126 Not total dalei tM.KO Net dally u\eruso 21.0M ononnn n. TX.SCIUJCK. Sworn'to before mo nnd suh'crlbcd In my iesenw tlila 1st day of March , 1SOS. iseai. ) N. p. rin. . Notary Public. So Chief Onllnjjlior lias been iiiatl/.etl as Incompetent bccnuso Ilosu- water en n't use lilm. That 13 news to ovur.vbotly , including Qnllnj1ior. Another wnr cloud Is visible. But so loux ns 11 hovers about Klao ( 'hnu and 1'ort Arthur , Spain will not bo In the least Interested in the phenomenon. According to the local yellow there nro now only "ominous portents of war. " Two weeks HKO war was "Inevitable. " It Is Just possible we may yet escape the bloody conflict. fiordon seems to be able to de tect a gnmc of clianoo when IIP sees one. It inlsht not bo a bad idea for the police authorities to post themselves by study hi } ; ni > the judge's ruling. What hns become of those city sta tionery frauds unearthed several months IIRO by n councilman who Insisted lu would not stop until he had ! ; onu to the bottom of them ? Have they been burled beyond rediscovery ? Another rebellion has broken out In the south. Senator Kop > r ( J. Mills of Texas threatens to quit running for ofllco to display his resentment of tlie dictation of the new political bosses In control of the democratic party. In one of the magazines Secretary Wil son answers the question , "Should the tTnlle'd"SlaTef Produce Its Sugar ? " There Is but one answer to the ques tion , and while it has been given many times It will bear repeating. The question of special railroad rates to the exposition must be taken lip at "bneo and brought to a satisfactory solu tion. The exposition will do Us shnro toward attracting visitors , but the rail roads must push the good work along. 1 It makes no difference whether Secre tary Long spoke for the administration or for himself , or for nobody In particu lar , the Important thing is whether ho spoke the truth when he said there was no cause as yet developed for war with Spain. Tlie decision of the United States su preme court In the maximum rate ease indicates very clearly that the unex pected does not always happen. At any rate nobody In these parts Is taken off his feet with surprise at what was foreordained years ago. There are so many things In the nature of public and private Improvements Im peratively demanded before the exposi tion opens that no time is to be lost In getting all of them started. The man , who waits for his neighbor to move llrst Is likely to get lost in the shullle. An Iowa court last week Kent two in n to the penitentiary for life terms on con viction of having attempted to wreck n railroad train. Tlie sentence is none too severe. No form of crime Is morn dangerous than this , and offenders ought to be given the severest punishment. Tim predictions of the free traders In the matter of exports 'under the Ding ley law have proved wide of the mark In every particular. Exports are steadllj Increasing and tlie revenues of the gov ernment are growing rapidly. Unless there. Is some fresh disturbance of the business affairs nf tli-j United States public debt paying will proceed before long with old time regularity. Judge Gordon has not only decide.l that the automatic gambling machines nro illegal , but has bound one of the automatic gamblers over to the district court for prosecution under the crimlnn code. The question now Is , Will tin chief of police enforce tne order agalns the slot machine games of chance 01 will ho continue to excuse his con nlvanco with the lawless business on the pretense that he can never secure a con vlction in the police court ? Chief of Police Gallagher underrates the Intelligence of the professlona crooks. They did not have to read It li the newspapers that Omaha's police force had been turned over to a mm who never had a day's experience Ii police service nnd does not know a thle from a liobo. The fact that they liu mediately headed for Omnha in swarm is proof conclusive that their private Bources of information work accurately anil rapidly. The pollco will have to In vent n different excuse for their lucom potency aud luibecllltjr. DEFKN3IVK The Introduction In the house of rep- c.scntatlvcs of a bill appropriating V,000,000 to bo used at the discretion of the president for national defense , ho passage oC the house , without di vision , of the bill providing for two addl- lonal regiments of artillery and the ox- ) resslons by monitors of congress of all Kirtles to stand behind the president , how that at Washington there Is serious apprehension of war and that there is no ongcr any disposition to conceal the fnct. The policy that hns bocn pursued of avoiding , as far as possible * expressions or action that might embarrass diplo matic plans and excite the public mind ins been abandoned nnd the ackuowl ; edgemcnt is made that thcro Is n real langer of war. The introduction of the )11I ) In the house followed a conferenece jctween the president ) and members of > oth branches of congress and the Infer ence Is that the president was able to show that the gravity of the situation ustlllcs the proposed appropriation , vhlch it is expected congress will make at once. 1'robably tile money to be thus appro bated will bo used' ' chlelly in the pur chase of war vessels , if any can be found for sale. There hnvo been reports of Spain buying war ships In Europe , mt they have been dented and accord- ng to the latest advices there arc none o be had there , but It Is more than Ikely that our government has informed tself In this respect and knows where it can buy ships available for immediate service. It Is safe to say that very soon it'tcr congress shall appropriate the noney the country will learn of the ln crease of our navy by the purchase of war ships abroad. This preparation will be approved by the country. It docs not necessarily nenii war. Its effect may be to avert war. But at all events it is the imperil- ivc duty of the government to get ready and with all practicable haste for the > osslble exigency. Spain Is making war- Iko preparations and with this fact before - fore It our government would bo crim- nally dorellct If It did not also prepare cason to believe that the administration contemplates any radical change of pol- for the national defense. There is no Icy In. regard to Cuba. There is no inti mation that the president has in view my action that might provoke war. Cer tainly there cau be no reasonable doubt that ho desires peaceif it can be hon orably maintained. But the danger of war is clearly dellned aud the country must be ready. COM'BViiVO The objection of the Spanish govern- nent to tlie conveyance ot supplies to the Cuban sufferers In naval vessels may be justifiable , but It would have been courteous to this gov ernment and also a tacit admission of confidence in the friendly Intentions of the United States to have said nothing about It. What impropriety there is In sending relief supplies in vessels of tlie navy , when such vessels may freely visit any Cuban port , it is not easy to see. Tills government might have chartered merchant vessels to convey the supplies , but that would be a wasteful expendi ture when It has ships of its owu avail able for the service. President MeKlnley very properly de clined to pay attention to the objection and the supplies will be taken in naval vessels. They , may not be conveyed in those that have been selected , but they will go In vessels belonging to the navy. In adhering to this purpose the presi dent has in effect said to the Spanish government that It has no reasonable ground for Its objection nnd that its sug gestion of impropriety is not worthy of serious consideration. And Spain will doubtless accept the decision of the presi dent ns conclusive. WILL STAND 11Y LEE. The report that the Spanish govern ment had requested the recall of Consul General Lee is continued from Wash ington. It appears that the request was received by tills government , through the American minister at Madrid , last Saturday and that the president , after a conference with the secretary of the navy and the assistant secretary of state , decided not to comply with It. This Information having been ofllclnlly Imparted to the Associated Press there can bo no doubt about its accuracy , not withstanding the fact that simulta neously with its announcement a press dispatch from Madrid stated there had been , no demand for the recall of Leo and no olliclal communication against him. In announcing the decision of the presi dent not to recall Lee , Judge Day , assistant secretary of state , said that General Lee had borne himself through out this crisis with lldollty , good Judg ment and courage , to the president's en tire satisfaction , which may be accepted as the answer of this government to the Spanish allegations against the con sul general. Tlie fault of General Lee , In the view of the Spaniards , Is that ho is too much American , that his zeal and vigilance In guarding and protecting American in'torests have been too pro nounced. Had he been less f.ilthful In this respect , less persistent in demandIng - Ing that the rights of American citizens In Cuba , as guaranteed both by Inter national law and by treaty , should be respected , less courageous In carrying out the instructions of his government , there would be no complaint .regarding him from Spanish sources. But having done his duty faithfully and fearlessly , without the least subserviency to the Spanish authorities , he Is charged by the Spanish press with being unfriendly to Spain and favorable to the Insurgent * and this charge the Spanish government it seems , recognizes. Kvcn the fact tha General Lee has shown n humane doslrt to do nil possible for the suffering poole lo of Cuba , the helpless victims of Span ish cruelty , hns made him obnoxious to the Spaniards. It is needless to say that the Ameri can people will heartily approve the de clslon of the president not to consider Uk recall of General Lee. It would be a reproach to this government to accede to the request of Spain for the with drawnl of our consul general at Havana when there Li uo Just ground of com plaint Bffftlnat him. The Spnnldh gov- irnment has the right to send him homo. The Blmplo fact that General Loc la persona nou grata to that government s all that la necessary to justify It In giving him his passports. There are plenty of precedents for this , sonic in our own history. No government can be cqulrcd to tolerate the diplomatic or con- eular representative of another govern- nent who has incurred its displeasure. But there nro circumstances under which ho dismissal of such n representative vonld bo virtually an affront to his gov ernment and In view of the fact that he president , through the assistant sec retary of state , has declared his entire atlsfactlou with the course of Consul lenoral Lee , the dismissal of that olll- clal by the Spanish government would mdoubtcdly be regarded as nn affront o this govermeut. It is hardly to bo apprehended , how ever , that the Spanish government will go to this extreme. It will not at this tincture , it is probably safe to say , ag- jravato American resentment by dismiss ng an ofllclnl who hns the complete con fidence of the administration and of the > eoplc of the United Status. It will , we clleve , decline to make any further con cession to the newspaper clamor against General Lee or to the clement In Cuba o which the consul general is obnoxious. To do otherwise could not fall to have in unfavorable effect upon , the relations of the two governments. POl'ULAH It requires considerable acrvo on the part of the Rooowatcr organ to nuke any criti cism of Omaha's police force. Its assaults upon Chief Gallagher are Inspired by the fact that Koscwatcr discovered long ago that ho could not uao Mr. Gallagher , and by the further fact that Mr. Gallagher Is en tirely Indifferent to Uosewater'a existence. Mr. Gallagher has demonstrated that no mistake was made when ho waa chosen chief of police. Ho has brought ability of a high order aud businesslike methods Into the chief's ofllce , and so far as are concerned the men under his control he has stamped out the dissensions and turmoils that BO seriously Interfered with police efficiency World-Herald. It takes a great deal of nerve for any nan or set of men to assert that the > olice department of Omaha is a model of efllclency when thieves and thuuii uirt pickpockets have been holding high carnival In this city for months and ) eaccable citizens are nightly slugged nnd robbed with Impunity under the very noses of the police. Tile oft-exploded cry that Rosewatcr s opposed to this or that notoriously In competent or disreputable public officer because he cannot use him will scarcely servo to shield the bogus reform police commission and the Imbecile chief of police who would not know a crook If ho should see him rifle a man's pockets and does not know enough about police work to direct any policeman , but who s himself dependent upon subordinates for guidance. The idea of making a chief of police out of a broken-down poli tician at a time when the city needs the most efllelent police protection Is not only a violation of the charter , but an outrage upon every man , woman aud child hi the community who Is Thus ex posed to constant danger of life nnd property. The assertion that Mr. Gallagher has already demonstrated that no mistake was made when he was chosen chief of police Is about as nervy as Is the denial of the patent uselessness of the police under his direction. It is nearly on n par with the assertion that the crooks have invaded Omaha in droves solely because of the publicity given by The Bee to the fact that they may safely count on police protection while Gallagher is drawing a sinecure salary ns chief. It lias prob- nbly not occurred to these sagacious observers that the crooks keep as well informed about inviting fields of opera tions as bees do aboul the location of clover beds. The1 next thing we hear The Bee will bo held responsible for all the fakirs nnd frauds that come to catch exposition suckers , because the exposition was first suggested by The Bee. It was naturally to have been expected that the police "board organ would de fend whatever the board has done or failed to do. But when It comes to charge up its outlawry and the reign of highway robbery to criticism of the cldef , It insults tlie Intelligence of the people. KKIV MINING MKTHUDS. Mining science has not yet. attained perfection. There is strong contrast be tween the methods In use now for get ting precious metals out of nature's hid ing places and those In use a half cen tury or more ago. Though the modern miner is reasonably sure of getting all the valuable ore or free metal out of the rocks or gravel that he handles , Im provements are being made from year to year and others are In demand. When it was discovered that metals could be separated from the ore-bear ing rocks by the use of chemicals an Important advance was made. Great heaps of refuse are being worked over again by new processes with profit , showing what waste there was in the methods of but a few years ago. Now tlie announcement that Kdlson has per fected a system of extracting gold from dry placers causes no surprise ; yet , if true , his Invention will revolutionize gold mining. The nature of his process is still a secret , but It Is supposed to rest on the use of electricity. Such Is the confidence of the people in the genius of the wizard of Meiilo Park that everyone Is ready to believe him able to make possible what has been considered impossible. According to the report , n company has been formed to make use of his invention , and a vast tract of land In New Mexico has been purchased , on which there are millions of tons of gravel containing gold hitherto out of the reach of maiv because of the absence of water. It Is announced that if Mr. Kdlson's Invention docs what is claimed for it by him the company will pay him $1,500,000 for its use on this great New Mexican placer. The fact that Mr. Edlsoh has been devoting time to new methods of mining shows the Importance of the subject. Neither he uor any other Inventor of this ? on ratlon wltf * be nblo to perfect min ing methods , "pu'k ' It la probable that In the next ccntwyi ways will bo found for jetting nt BofA'tWw ' even more Bccurcly hid than In tile djry placers of tlie south west , "d ' ! The call foq.-fUp republican state con vention of Idaho , to be held August 17 next shows that Idaho republicans nrp ready for n cfjf\itfhlgn \ in defense of the administration njpd the party. "The honor , the credit and the preservation of all that makes- the nation great and the people happy 'and prosperous , " says the call , "are afo in the hands of the republican parly'and we cordially in vite all who have these things at heart to join with us In the tight against those who would enlist the people under the thinner of exploded democracy , visionary [ ) opullsm and a faction , whose only re maining principle Is , as announced In the letter of Its leader , a desire to fuse with any faction or principle for the purpose of defeating the republican party. " _ Chicago democratic ward politicians arc In the dumps because of the sur prising exhibition of political honesty given them by Carter Harrison. He has actually urged that good men bo elected to the city council regardless of politic * , and ns a consequence several republican candidates have his Indorse ment. The democratic machine of Chicago cage will bo threatened with dissolu tion if the mayor it elected falls to act square with the ofllces. The Oklahoma people arc keeping so still about their big crops of last year and the line prospect this year that they are laying themselves open to the sus picion that they do not want ottiers to come to the territory and share with them their good fortune. If this is a wrong Inference they ought to make nn exhibit at the T.nmsmisslsslppl Exposi tion commensurate with the greatness of the young nnd thriving territory. The action of the olllclnls in charge of the subtreasury In refusing to accept gold ngnlnst currency transfers , but In sisting , upon greenbacks , is homewhat in consistent with the statements that have been made Indicating that the presence of the greenbacks Is a menace to the currency system. The greenbacks have their place and the. people will not con sent to their retirement so long as they serve their purpose In business. When the declaration that President MeKlnley had granted ninety-seven pardons during1 the first ton months as. president was , overtaken by the information mation that in the cowespondrng period of the last democratic administration President Cievelarid granted ii'JO par dons , the first , Earned item disappeared suddenly from the columns of the demo cratic newspapers. Comparisons some times expose boomerangs. Maine hns been heard from again in politics. TherMnlne , member of the populist national committee Is out in n letter denouncing' * the fusion schame concocted by aj few oflkeholders In Washington some time ago. He declares that it Is a scheme of Jones nnd Butler to serve personal ends and not for the good of the country , or of the populist party. . The local liquor dealers' association is rightly protesting against the drug-store saloons. There Is certainly no reason why n innu should , be allowed to do n saloon business on n $10 druggist's per mit when liquor dealers arc required to invest in a $1,000 license. Tlie drug store saloon should be snuffed out. ( Jlyntery l Cleared Up. 1 Oakland ( Col. ) Tribune. TLo strange case of a drummer who fasted for eighteen days tiaa Just been cleared up. It appears that he woa otopplng at a beard ing house In Omafaa. The Country ! Safe. Chicago Times-Herald. A brass 1)atd ! has been , organtred In Wel lington , Kan. , to go to Cuba with the first regular troops from that state. If the Spaniards hear about that there- will be no war. NCTF Vorlt'M DlK dun. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Acting upon the principle that this la the time to bring out the very biggest guns. Now York has named Chauncey < M. Uepew at the head of its state delegation to the Omaha exposition. Coining Silver Dollar * . Globe-Domrx.lat. Since November 1 , 1S93 , the United States has coined 37,733.672 standard flllve ? dollars. It Is worth while In this connection to recall the fact that cnly 8,031.238 silver dollarn were coined In this country from the crea tion of the mint In 1792 down to 1873. YmiUff TrlcU'H Outdone , i St. Paul rioneer-Prefa. Talk about "Yankee" shrewdness. The 'EnglUh ' textile manufacturers "adulterate" their cotton sheeting with zinc , and their flannelettes with glycerine and castor oil. to make them heavy. This Is meaner than woodea nutmegs , which don't hurt anything but the feelings of the buyer. SiiiiiirHnln r ( lie Hot 'Heudn. ' I'hllndelphla Tress. It Is a mistake to refer to the present agi tation as a war scare. On the contrary It In merely the unltedl efforts of the people to supp'-s the hothtafiu and thereby declare at t ey will not .lOi ) lrlven Into a scare of ar.j 1-1 d. The pulss Qf th'o American pecplo may bo a trlCu accqntyated by this effort , but It nwallri In otherw.Lse calm confidence the de cision of the proilde t. If a genulae war scare should como , it jwlll be the other fel low who will be scarqd. IIlHiiuto SliouliiJ'Ho ' Settled nt Once. Seattle r7'otll-Int'lllBcnccr. ( The Omaha Dee urgra the government to take ateps at OIK * to determine the true boundary between Canada and Alaska. It Is one of the very tew newspaper * to see that the best tint * to e lo a question Is before there Is a dispute. Vested Interests of more or less value are- likely to grow , and there will bo difficulties J < n itho matter of customs unites the work faiuudertakcu promptly. A geographical line Would be the best for tem porary purposes , until the survey can be made absolute. Siimuel J. TUdeii'H FareNlKUt. Indianapolis Nuns. At the prc-sent time when the preparation of the country for offensive acid defensive warfare Is uppermost in the mlndA ot the public It Is worth wlillo for the American people to reflect that what preparation we have Is chiefly duo to the foresight of one of America's most talented nod most mis treated statesmen , Samuel J. Titden. Under date ot December 1. 1885 , ho wrote to Mr. Carlisle , the prospective speaker ot the bouse of representatives , bis letter on the fiecefi- slty of greater attention to our oca coast dt > - fccsea which startled the country from lit Indifference en this subject ant ] brought about the work that hu lace been accom plished la that MTKIIEST llX TUB KXPOSITIOX , Cnllfornln. Oakland Tribune. Los Angeles Intend ! to maintain A display at the Trnnsmlasl ilppl Exposition soon \Q \ beheld held at Omaha and IB crowing over the fuct that It Is the only California city that will bo represented there. That's all right , the poaplowill como out hero to look over the state , will aeo Oakland , compare It with Loa Angeles and tlicn Oecldo to scttlo hero. Colorado. Denver Times. That Denver excursion to Omaha has even this early shown beneficial results. There was a fight on Sixteenth street last night because - cause one of the excunslcalsts did not agree with the views of a bystander. The latter assorted that there are two Missouri rivers , nnd that ho saw them whllo crossing the big bridge enroute to Council muffs. No com promise was effected , but It Is encouraging to know that the excursionists did not ece double while In that city. Hut this Is an Incidental atom to the great volume of good accomplished ae a result of the trip. People are talking , wrlttag and singing exposition now. whereas , before the trip the nubject was not menttctled except In a doubtful , prelim inary manner. Omaha will do her duty , us she always does , and It remains for Colorado to do the rest. Denver Ucpubllran. That Denver should have a building ot Us own , and that Colorado should crowd the liberal space allotted to It by the exposition nuaagers , is not to bo questioned. The com. mltteo on ways and means will begin Its work promptly and It should meet with liberal and prompt responses. The Republican will cheerfully receive , receipt for and turn over to the committee all subscriptions of these who may find It Inconvenient to hunt up members of the committee , hot the people of Denver act as they undoubtedly should end there will bo no greater attractions at the exposition that * Denver's own building and Colorado's exhibits. i Illinois. Washington Dispatch to Chicago Tribune. "Ono of the features at the Omaha expo sition will be the government exhibit , " said Representative Mercer of Nebraska , "and It Is likely that It will surpass anything of the sort ever before attempted. Wo will take advantage of the experience and lessons taught by previous expositions and Improve them In places where they were found weak. Every department of the government will be represented with lldollty as to details and workings In order that the people may bo given a practical object lesson In the machin ery Bf government at Washington. Sugges tions of all sorts are pouring In upon the members of the executive committee , and the Indications are that , while the Omaha exposition may not bo as large as some ot Its predecessors , It will bo well-nigh perfect in all Ita details. " lo\vn. DCS Molncs Capital. Ifc Is a far cry when Iowa must look to Arkansas for an example , but Arkansas has worthy enterprise and will have a state building and a horticultural exhibit ot no mcah proportions at the Omaha exposition. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. In a llttlo less than three months , that Is , on Juno 1 , the Transmlsslsslppl and Inter national Exposition will open at Omaha. Missouri will have buildings thcro and oc cupy a prominent place. That much Is Bet- tled. But as Missouri Is the largest state and St. Louis the largest city of the trans- mlsslsslppl region , their display should bo proportionate. If the enterprising business men of St. Louis will make use of nil that experience has taught them about exposi tions they will eclipse the exhibits of any of any other city. It Is worth the effort. St. Louis and Its products should be better known In the north and northwest. The op portunity at Omaha will repay energetic and united action. South Dnkotn. Vankton I > rci3 and Dakotan. Let Yankton and Yankton county do their oharo toward assisting In the good work of getting up a South Dakota exhibit at the Omaha Transmlsslsslppl Exposition. Yank- ton can derive great beroflt from this grand affair. If It will take h&ld of the matter hi earnest. Many millions of people will visit Omaha this year and a fair proportion of them will , for business reasons , look thf west over. A hundred thousand or more will visit South Dakota If South Dakota Is prop erly advertised at the fair , and of these 100,000 Yankton &bould bo prepared to enter tain 10.000. Our state fair will be held wtille the Omaha 1'alr Is open and aa 1m- mecao number of Omaha eojourners can be brought hero at that time. There Is every thing to expect In the way of reward for well directed effort In behalf ot a South Dakota exhibit. Let the Yankton city council and Yankton county commissioners place the cement district , of the state In condition to dlaplay Us resources. AVanlilnK'ton. ' Bpokana Review. A representative of the Department tff Publicity and .Promotion of the Omaha ex position Is In the state for the purpose of attracting attention to the great -western fair. Washington , ho says , fa the only western state not represented by a fair com mission. Ho is anxious to have one ap pointed. This Is a matter the commercial bodies at the state should take up. In an exposition such as 'that ' to bo held at Omaha Washing ton should bo represented by a largo and well arranged exhibit. Hundreds ot thou sands ot people will visit that fair for the purpose of seeing what the west can pro duce. Homeseekers will make their decision as to the state In which to locate largely on' what they see there. An opportunity to glvo a practical Illustration ot our enormous re sources and wonderful rlchnctu to a vast number of possible Immigrants and Investi gators Is presented by tnq exposition. In tlio existing rapid development and progress of the state opportunities of this sort should not bo overlooked or brushed aside. Few men , In these days of fortune mak ing , bavo 'the time to devote to the work ot securing an exhibit and assisting In the advertising of 'tho ' state. Thcro should bo enough of them , however , who have suffi cient patriotism to sacrifice some of their own Interests , at least , for the good of Washington. , Tacoma ledger. It Is time the pcoplo of this city and of the state were 'taking oteps toward making a creditable display of our resources at the Trunsmlsslsslppl Exposition to be held In Omaha from June to November. The exhibit ot this state at the Chicago exposition at tracted the attention of people from all parts of the globe , for It contained novel features , and showed varied resources hardly to bo found anywhere In one commonwealth. An equally good showing should be made at Omaha ; It can be done at much leas expense and will no doubt glvo practical rcturna Thcro Is but little time left , and the work chould bo commenced at once. The Royal U the highett grade baking powder know * . Actual test * show It ( joe oae- talrd further than any other broad. POWDER Absolute/Pur ) * tl. * POWOCII CO. , m vcuuc. or THE Riuimt ! en I MS. Otobe Democrat ! Even If Spain could bur Rororal battleships ho vrouM lack e te coat * Ing facllltlM on this aide of the ocean , lilack diamonds well drsorvo their name In naval operation * . St. Loul * Republic : Wcyler Bweara "upon the honor of a soldier" that ho did not mine Havana harbor , Heforo we can believe him ho will have to prove two propositions , to- wit : First , that ho has Any honor ; and , second , that ho la a soldier and not A butcher. New York Mail and Express : Spain has resolved to spend the colcxsjal eum of $200- 000 In Improving her navy. It ' expected that this amount , Judiciously expended , will provide each voisel of the Spanish fleet with a new set ot cooking utensils neid an cxtia pair ot dancing pumps for each of their officers. Philadelphia Record : Sending wnr vesaelfl to Cuba loaded with provisions for the starv ing , Is not the usual gunpowder way of mak ing war ; but It Is moro humane , less ex pensive nnd wonderfully efficient. Spanish animosity must be somewhat disarmed by n bombardment of bread Instead ot bullets , even If Spanish prldo be hurt. Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal : The notion that Spain would bo aided by any other Euro pean power ls rather far-fetched. France , to which Spain has been looktag , already has chestnuts enough In the lire ; so have Ger many and Russia. Barring contingencies of an Improbable character , the flght would bo between Spain and the United States , Of the ultimate result there can be no doubt , but It la quite possible , even probable , that this country would sustain very great losses. U may bo added that Spain ki too poor td pay an kidemnlty except by ceding Cuba. Indianapolis News : The coolness and the serene goad HCMSO ot Mr. MeKlnley and the men high In authority nro simply maddening to the wild-eyed and raucous screamers of the "yellow" prces. The people of this great country are not to bo stampeded by blatancy - tancy and suspicion Into plunging headlong over the precipice of unreasoning wrath Into the nbjBS of war. They will wait until they kiww the facts , Then , If war mu.it be , to avenge the honor of our name , war they will accept ; not lightly , but with a secso of Its awful Import fraught with woo anil doom to many , but necessary to prevent a worse evil. New York Times. Why not look the situa tion lo the face ? Under three generals of renown and with forces outnumbering the Insurgents , the conflict hns been carried en for three years without gaining nn Inch , Hravo meei have been killed In battle or murdered In prisons , prisoners have been shot to death , womriti and children liavo been starved nnd slain , an ] yet the Cubans wore never so defiant , so determined nnTl so dc - perately resolved to win or die ns they are today. Spain has not been nblo to conquer them In the field or to break their spirit by inhuman butchery. What If one more campaign falls ? The Imparclal says It will bo the fault of the soluicrs If they do not win. After three imd one-half years of com plete failure , is It not reasonable to conclude that the fault of the soldlem Is Incurable ? If the spring campaign docs not subdue the revolt , the Immune , the reasonable , the civil ized couiso would be to give up the fight rod take ship for home. OTIIIH\visi : . England la China nnd the United States nt home have demonstrated that a war scare Is good for the coal trade. The naval appropriation bill contains an Item of $1,000,000 for smokeless powder. If , with another mllllcn , we could secure talk- less Jlago'am , It would be worth even more to the country than the powder. Prlnco Albert of Belgium U com'ug over here to study our government methods. If ho hca to wait as Ifr.ig for the throne as an other Prince Albert who once vlalled us , ( hero Is no need for him to ruiJh hi ? Inves tigations. It Is proposed to erect a memorial In Africa to the memory of Dr. Livingston ; . The project started In London and has the cordial support of Henry M. Stanley. It Is proposed to set up a bronze columu on the spot where the explorer died. Mrs. Long and the wives ot the buicau officers In the Navy department , who , a few days ago , started a fund for the relief of tlio 'Maine sufferers , have raised | 1,7SS and sub scriptions nro fairly poring In , ranging In amount from a few cents to many dollars. The war score has its comical eptoodes. One ot thcoo Is found In. the order of the commander of a Cleveland , O. , cavalry com pany who , In ordering his troopers to hold themselves ready for active service , tells them to provldo themselves with allk under clothing. It Is understood that the St. Louis man who f ys he stood outside the gate of heaven for 'three ' days , In a trance , was one of the Missouri excursionists to the Transmlials- slppl Exposition. Ho should have revealed his Identity to the gatekeeper and secured admission. Alonzo Bradford of Haywards , Cal. , has In troduced an Innovation In office-seeking which threatens to clevato that noble work from a trade to an art. With his application ho forwarded an X-ray photograph of a bul let In his knee which ho received while fight ing for the union. It has been a bad year for English gen erals In India. Sir Heary Havelock-Allcn U dead , General Yeatman Dlgga has succumbed to disease , while Geenral Sir William Lock- hart , the commander-ln-chlef , will return to England to explain why the frontier cam paign was not moro successful. Ex-Vice President Stevcoscu was given a warm and slnerely cordial greeting when he appeared the other day on. the- floor of the United Statai senate. He was much es teemed when ho presided over the senate , not only for his fair and Impartial rulings , but because ot his estimable personal qual ities. Jotn J. Ingalls. the ox-senatcr. has Just flnflhed ! a lecturing tour of Alabama. Georgia nnd the Carollnas. His travels In the south have convinced , him that should this coun try go to war "tho veterans of Leo and Stonewall Jackson would strive to surpatu the veterans ot Grant and Sherldaa la their devottcii to the American nation and Its flag. " Efforts are being made In congress to se cure a pension of $30 a mouth for "Little Jlmmle" Rawltns , whoso father was the late Major General Jotn A. Ilawllna. At the age of 18 months ho became subject to epllepay. which permanently disabled him mentally and physically. He is without property or Income ot any kind and has no relative. ! able to care for him , . BUSINIJSS COM PID KM OR. Commrrrlnl l\cMrl r I'mllnlurlicil ' by Wnr fin morn. St. Lnuli llrpubllc. No better evidence ot the bant common sense of the American people and ot tholr ability to draw satisfactory conclusions from vague premises presented by multiplied means of communication and publicity la needed than that contained In the steadiness which hns marked the buslnws activity of the country since tbo rumors of war with Spain became widespread. From every largo business center during the past week have como reports ot sta bility and accustomed activity In all Hiiro of Industrial endeavor , flunk clearings are larger than they were during the corresponding spending week last year , and show encour aging Increases over those of the preceding week. Stock manipulators have succeeded In demoralizing speculative values to no small ox'.cnt , but this does not Indicate tha ronl character of the country's business. II It had not been a wnr scare , the manipu lators would have found some other un settling rumors upon which to hang excit ing and demoralizing causes of fluctuation. Men of this breed thrive upon tricks and misrepresentations , and the wonder Is that tholr chronic victims do not learn to deal with them upon this flnsla. AVhatever may occur upon the bourses here or In Europe , as long as the bank clearings ot the United States continue stable It can IH > considered a foregone con clusion that the country Is not afraid of In business prospects. Hanks arc tu ! > reliable barometers of business conditions. Until they glvo the alarm there Is no Immcdlatt cause of public fright or uneasiness. 1H1II.T KOIl PU.V. Brooklyn Llfo : 1. A man with a thirst. 2. A 'hirst with a man. 3. A thirst. 4. Snakes Chicago Hooord : "D > > you want to know what Tomipklnd thinks of you ? " "No ; 1) don't care what hei thinks of mo tell me what he says about me. " Indianapolis Journal. "Did you over m.ike the LMiibarr.Tmltig error of mistaking a guest for n waiter ? " "Mo ? No. I find It a sod plan , though , to inlstuko tho. . head mailer for a ' " Cincinnati Knqnlrcr : "They do pretty thlng.i In Hoston. " said the Ocaslonnl Llnr. "What do you suppose I saw the last tlrno I was there ? " " " the chorus. "Give It up. sang "A sign that said $2.M p.mu , marked down from $ S trousers. Cleveland Lender : "By Jove , old man , you' sat your horse like a Centaur. " "Thanks. Glad to hear It. I was afraid I dliln't ride , very well. " "O , you didn't. You were right up on the nnlmal's neck nil the time. " Philadelphia North American : "I hav hen' , " said the caller , "a poum advocating ponce. " "I suppose. " asked the editor , "lint yox1 honestly anil sincerely desire , peace ? " "Yes , sir. " "Then burn the poem. " Washington Star : "I nm sure. " paid a politician , "tliat the Insinuations against .Mr. Fl I turners nro unjust. I don't bellc.ve ho has anything on his conscience. " "No , " replied Senalor Sorghum , after some thought , "his conscience Isn't big enough to let anything stay on It. " Chicago Post : "Here Is a case , of a girl who married an Indian. " he said , "nnd now she has to work to support him. " "Dear me , " she replied , "ll'fl Just ns bad as marrying a white man , Isn't It ? " rto.tton Transcript : WHwcll Charley Isn't a bad felloAi socially , but he's a dead failure In money matters. Why , I actually bellevo IIP owe. everybody In town , ' * Wrlghtly And you call that a dead failure ? I should say Charley la a Napoleon of llnanco. HASUKHNS. Washington Stnr. "Oh , the high road to Ilasbe-cn's a curious way Down hill when you first strike the track : Dut It's mighty .hard pulling , the knowing ones pay. When you're bringing your bicycle bac * . Newcomers nro striving the places to fill Of the many who banished must roam > Like Wfyler. Dave Hill , Jim Corbott , Queen Lll , 'I'op > ' Anson , nnd Senor de .Ixkmc. * > ! ll.VCli. IX ' 01. S. n. Klfcr In Cleveland trader. This talk of war we're havln' now remlndi me of the fun Some of us thought that war would be. back there In ' 01 ; The woods were full of fellows then who hollered day and night , And tried to make the folks bellevo they fairly ached to llcht , Dut wnen good Father Abraham sent out Ills call f or jiieu The fellows that had screeched before wcra mighty quiet then. i I never heard of Grant or Mcaile or Sher idan before ' T.ie time arrived for men to act till streams were red with gore ; I never heard ot any of the men who rose to fame Through gallant flghtln' then , until the time for action came ! I guess the Shermans and the Grants had nothln' much to say Before the day had come for men to plunge Into the fray ! Now , there was Kbenezer Webb , who * lived In our town : I tell you htt knew how to put the worst rebellion down ! For months and months before the time to shoulder muskets came Ho fairly howled for iur and were his sul was all aflame ; But when that dismal day arrived ithat men were called to go The folks were chocked to hear that Eb had lost his little toe. My cousin Cyrus , too , was fierce before the war began ; He rliTped ami tore nnd carried on 'Just llku a crazy man : He'd hang around the grocery store and toll what hp would do If ho wast In Abe Lincoln's placc-and folks believed him , too , And cheered. ' itho things ho said , until the time for flghtln' came Then , l > y the great Jcrusha Cy pretended he was , lame. ' . only man from our town who won , pair of stars Was Henry Gray , who never claimed to bd a Fan of .Mars ; He'd merely .stood around , without a war like won ! to ray , But when they wanted men to flght h boldly mnrrhrrl away ! I have to smllf. when I recall soma howlln' that was done Before the guns began to belch , back thora In Gl. "How many things both just and unjust are sanctioned by CUStOm" Terence. Fashion ever was a fickle jade. We never know for a cer tainty just where she is "at."i But if any one does not know what is what in men's wear , we flatter ourselves that we know. The fashion among well dressed men this spring , for exam ple , is for the finely tailored suits of Browning , King & Co. They are quite up to the requirements as to style they are guaranteed to fit and they cost less than the custom tailor charges for any thing like the same quality of goods. BROWNINGRING CO jW Cor. fOt/i ami