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THE OMAHA DATLV I VMOXn/VT , SBT'TEMBISIt 5 , 180H. TUB OMAHA DAILY HUE , 1C. ItOHUWATHit , Editor. I'Ulll.lHHED 12VKIIY MuUNINO. TEHMH OF HfliarilU'TION : Dally Ilfo ( Without Sunday ) , Ono Yoar.JS.M Dully Hen mid Sunday , One Year . 8.00 Blx Months . 4.W Thrno Months . 2.W Hunday Hoe , Ono Year . - ' . " ) Saturday lieu , One Year . 1-W Weekly lies , Ono Your . OFFICES. Omnlm : The Uon Hullillnir. South Omaha : Hlnt'or lllock. Corner N nil Twi'tity-ruurtli ritriTts. Council muffs : 10 ivnrl Street. Chicago Olllce : Utl ( 'tmtnbcr of Com- morcc. New York : Temple Court. Washington : Ml Fourteenth Street. All rommiinlcntlniis relating to news nnd editorial innttcr should bo addressed : To the Editor. Editor.HUSINERS LETTEUS. All business letters nnd remittances should l > n addressed to The Jteo Publishing Company , Omaha. Drafts , checks , express and nostolllco money orders to bo inuilo payable to the order of th'e company. THE HEE Pt'HLIBHINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF ClIlftTLATION. 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Notary Public. _ is : \ iKOII ; TIM : SU.MMKU I'nrlli-n leaving tlii * cltr for tiltHiiiiiiui'r en ii liuvc The lireHilit lo ( In-ill ri'KUllirly liy iiotlfyliiFC Tin' Ilec litisl- nr-H * olllot * III iiorniiik fir liy ninll. The nililrcNH trill be nit often n dculrctl. fcLAI LAI bo r < lay today : The tide or reiiulilli-anlHin began In Oregon and Is sweeping eastward. This Is a reversal of tlio usual route. The Omaha brewers have wisely con- .eluded to let theIlerdman gaiif , ' paddle Ita own canoe down Halt creel ; . The nlory of Santiago ami Manila cannot lie dimmed by the burking of all the yellow dogs In Christendom. Uncle Sam Is able and ready to care for the soldiers that may require medi cal Horvlco and attention In or out of hospitals. Two new railway passenger depots for Omaha within one year Is a gratify ing change from no depots whatever for nearly a du/.i'ti years. That promised new Union Pacific depot Is on the way. President Hurt's word for an improvement of his road Is practically equal to the Improvement Itself. More men will lay off work to cele brate I.alxir day today than for several years past. The reason Is because more men are busy with steady employment than for several years past. According to best advices Spain will content Itself with the .services of three peace commissioners in the negotiations for the treaty with the United States , Spain's .streak of economy Is 11 trltle Into. The stuffed policemen In the exposi tion carnival should be secured forth with by Chief Gallagher as star addi tions to his force. A few more soft policemen would be appreciated by the crooks. Among the other public Improvements which It is never too late to push Is the ropavement of Capitol avenue between Sixteenth and Twentieth streets. This disgrace to the city has been tolerated altogether too long. This Is a republican year , but that Is all the more reason why Douglas county republicans should consider only men for their local ticket who , In character and standing1 , excel the best that the opposition lias put In nomination. The chairman of the late populist Btato convention publicly refers to the Bubtrcasury plank of the Omaha plat form as "a wild and visionary chimera. " If this Is not treason to the sacred ten ets of the great reform party , what la It ? The local republican clubs are doing well to put their lighting clothes on. With the help of an active and vigorous organization the republicans of this county should roll tip a majority for their ticket this fall unprecedented In Its history. The returned Second Nebraska boys may have brought various grievances back with them , but their most Impor tant grievances will always be that the war was brought to a successful Issue before they had an opportunity to get to the front. If the French ministry Is not careful , It will force Dreyfus to accept the posi tion of popular hero for the very people who but a short tlmo ago were hooting and howling at every mention of his name. The French populace Is proverbi ally variable as the wind. While the populist state platform ar raigns the public olllcer who accepts free pass bribes , all the populUt candi dates for re-election admit that they bavo been willing InMiellclarles of the frco pass distribution. Hut then , no populist oillclal-ls expected to practice jtrbut ho preaches. sniilitt M.s ] The iMipoenitle candidate who \\mila to 1111 Dave .Mem-r'n congressional Imi- gaits let the vnt out of the bit ) . ' when lie told the democratic county convention that thi > democrats had forced the ad ministration into the war with Spain and luiw o.\pect to proilt by the horrors of the war and suITerlnus of the sol diers , which are to be laid at the dour of the republican president and cab inet. If this were true , It ought to damn e\ery popocrat In or out of congress who clamored for a war In the face of the deadly season In Cuba when neither the regulars nor the volunteers were prepared for an active campaign In a tropical country. It Is a sad commen tary upon the degradation of our poli tics when partisan demagogues seel ; to make capital out of the misery Incident to war which they boast was precipi tated by themselves lu the name of suf fering humanity In order to promote partisan ends. Uko the veterans of the civil war who endured hardships In the camp and hospital and risked their lives , on the battlefield , the young soldiers who answered the call of President McKln- ey and rallied to the support of the lag cannot be deceived by the hypo critical expressions of sympathy of editors and candidates who are trying o play upon their credulity. The sol- Her of ISis ! | s as Intelligent as the sol- Her of IMil , and he knows that the lariy of Lincoln , ( Jrant and McKlnley s the only party that has upheld the latlonal integrity and honor on all oc- asions against assaults from within mil without. The soldier of 1SS ! ) also uiows enough of American history to know that the defenders of the Hag have always found unfaltering and generous support at the bands of re publican presldehts and republican con gresses while the opposition to the sol diers' Interests and claims has always come from the representatives of the .lemocracy. It Is therefore not at all probable that the attempt to make the returning sol- Her boys believe that they have been [ ( filially maltreated nnd grossly neg lected will have any more effect upon their political action than the trans parent effort to buy their votes by poi > o- cratlc soft-soap manufactured ex pressly for home consumption ou the eve of a political campaign. KIWIXU VI' T1IK I'AltCK. The old adage that the Hourhons never learn anything Is again Btrlk- Ingly continued by the bogus re form forces about to enter the Held In another county campaign. The lesson taught by the signal defeat of the fusion combine lu the city and county elections of 1807 seems to have been lost. The farce of holding three separate party conventions for the avowed purpose of nominating one ticket to be supported under three dif ferent party labels Is again repeated with the usual variations in the matter of platforms that are to be used as lly- paper to catch voters. Hut the people of Omaha and Douglas county cannot be humbugged by such transparent jugglery. They are too In telligent to be trapped by such political thimblerlgging. They know that the Ilerdman gang controls 'the primaries of all the three so-called reform parties and they know that the machine which grinds out candidates for Hryan demo crats Is the same machine that grinds out candidates for the populists and the silver republicans. They know that the combination lias mt been made In the Interest of good government or for the promotion of any principle , but purely for a division of spoils , Inasmuch as all the spoils hunters In all three camps were known to be agreed In ad vance upon a repetition of the annual masquerade. OUli IXTKliKS'l'S IN SAMOA. The government of the Samoan Islands Is maintained by the joint action of England , Germany and the United States. The chief if not the only object of the United States In becoming a party to this tripartite government was to re tain possession of a coaling or naval station in the Islands. This government holds title to Pogo-Pogo harbor , or land contiguous to It and has planned for the early construction of a naval coaling and supply station there , so as to have a base lor naval operations In the vicin ity of Australasia , as well as to Insure an open port for American merchant steamers on the voyage from San Fran cisco to Australia. The German press has been urging a partition of Samoa between the three protecting powers , so that Germany may have a naval station In the Islands. The de'itl' ' of the Samoan king , Malletoa , will , It Is believed , overthrow the pres ent form of government of the Islands , In which event the question of partition will probably be presented and urged by the German government. Germany has large Interests In Samoa , consider ably greater than has Great Hrltain. The Interests of the United States are also said to be considerable , there being more frequent and direct steamship communication with this country than with Germany , while our treaty rights are the greatest of all. In order to par tition the Islands it would bo necessary to abrogate the treaty under which the tripartite government was effected and It Is the expectation that this Is what Germany will propose. What position the United States would take In regard to such a proposal Is problematical , perhaps depending somewhat upon the Hrltlsh attitude , but It seems probable that our government will Insist upon the Independence of the Islands , If not under the nominal sovereignty of a native king , then under the executive authority of a governor chosen by the three powers directly Interested In Samoan affairs. It has been the opinion of some prom inent American statesmen that It was a mistake on the part of this govern ment to enter Into the tripartite ar rangement , that American interests In Samoa were not of sulllclent Importance to justify our assuming any responsl blllty In'connection with the govern ment of the islands. Hut there Is not likely to In tiny objection now on this i score , the new YnndltloiiM alfeetliii * American Interests In the Paclllc giving more Importance to our relations with Mamim , If Indeed tlu-y do tfot Impcra lively require that we shall have there a naval coaling and supply station. Commercially the Islands are not w. > rtli wrangling over , but their strale le value has been very considerably In- cri-a > cil. so far as the 1'nltcd States Is coiieerned. by our new position In the Paclllc. At all events , It can confidently be said that Germany will not be al lowed to dictate the future of Samoa. That will be determined by Great Itrlt- itln and the United Slates and the probability Is It will continue to be In dependent territory. TIIK roA Killer three witches. KlrstVltch When shall wo three muut again , In thunder , lightning or In rain ? Second Witch When the hurly-hurly's done , Who.il the battle's lost and won. Third Witch That will bo ere the set of 8UII. 8UII.The The three popoeratlc witches have again pranced around the cauldron seven times and after mingling the gray spirits , green spirits and black -pirlts they have served up tin ; mess irewed for them In advance by the lerdman-Howell-Kansom gang. The logns reform mixture well shaken Is to > o taken not In doses of ItJ to I but 0 be swallowed in otu gulp on election lay next November. Individually the conglomerate county Icket Is slrvjiig In spots. It Is an at- empt to cater to elements that are pre sumed to vote in blocks. H is not only 1 bid for the votes of various nation- tlitles and races but for the working- nen. It remains to be seen whether .he bait will catch the llsli. The coni ng campaign Is to be fought out on iroad lines rather than personal popn- arlty or race clannishness. One feature of this ticket worth notice s that all but two of the men who rep resented this county In the last lejIs- ature were mercilessly thrown over man ! to carry out the new deal. A xouxi ) Mttxnr It Is of the first importance that the text congress shall be a sound money ongrcss. The Indications are that the senate will show very considerable sound money gains , the situation In that body being peculiarly favorable to the republicans. They have already secured two seats In the new senate by the election of .Tuduc McComas in phu-e : > f Gorman of Maryland and by carry ing the legislature of Oregon , Insuring1 the election of a sound money man. The republican membership of the sen- tite Is now forty-three and there is good reason to believe that the net re publican gain will be at least eight , making the strength of that party in the senate fifty-one. All of these can not be depended upon to support sound money propositions , but allowing live as the number who would probably vote against such propositions , there would still be a majority of sound money republicans and these would doubtless be reinforced by two or three lemocrats. In the Judgment of those at Washington who are carefully study ing the political situation there Is little ground for apprehension as to the sen- ite. It will undoubtedly have a sound money majority in the new congress. Tlie republicans are not expecting sound money gains In the house , but there Is a margin for losses the re publican majority in the present house being 51 which it is confidently be lieved will leave that body in the control of the sound money element. Kcpubllcan losses are looked for In New York , Pennsylvania , Maryland and some of the states of the middle west , but some of the democrats elected In these cases will be sound money men. It Is not probable that any free silver demo crat will be returned from Xew 1'ork or Pennsylvania. Thus If the repub lican majority In the next house should be cut down to one-half of what it now Is there would be a considerably larger majority than this for sound money. This Is the present aspect of the situ ation. It should grow brighter as the campaign progresses and we confidently believe It will do so if republicans gen erally put that energy and spirit Into the contest which its great importance should inspire. There Is no immediate danger to the monetary policy of the country. There can be no Interference with the gold standard during the term of the present administration. Hut the election of a house of representatives unfriendly to sound money would cer tainly be more or less discouraging to that financial confidence which is es sential to the realization of the greater prosperity now promised. Every wild story of alleged neglect or needless suffering In the military camp told by any irresponsible fakir Is eagerly caught up by the yellow journals as support for their malignant assaults upon the war olllccrs. On the other hand every report made by competent and experienced observers , who all agree that camps and hospitals are in better condition than could bo expected , Is entirely Ignored and suppressed or Its truthfulness Impugned. The yellow yellers are bound to have news to lit their purpose If they have to manu facture It themselves. Omaha Is entitled to still better rail road rates to the exposition. Special reduced rates for a few gala days are all right so far as they go , but they do not go far onorgh. Combination cut rates on through connecting lines that will enable eastern people to visit the exposition when their convenience al lows without sinking a small fortune In railroad fare Is the demand of thu hour. Nobrasl a enters another beet sugar season with only the same number ol sugar factories that have been operated for years past , despite the fact that the state can easily raise enough beets tc keep a wore of factories , a-golng. Tin reason why the beet sugar Industry is not expanding Is plainly the menace oi annexation which If extended to Cubt and tin Phiflppfncx would bring the product of life American farm into dis astrous competition with cane HeliH worked by cheap labor against which no protective ( ifrllT would avail. Work on the Hlxteonlh street viaduct should by all means be commenced this full. Iron adsl.ee | ) , ! construction Is not seriously Intitrruptcd by cold weath-T and the viaduct building can easily lie carried throftgh'the winter. The new viaduct ought \fy be opened to travel and tratlle earjy In the spring and it will be If the council and city uuthori- ties do their full duty In the way of pushing the matter along without toleration eration of dilatory tactics. Two High school buildings mean a duplication of all the expensive machin ery supervision and direction , of Jani tor service , of heating , lighting and a dozen other Items for which the ex pense bills are tendered to the tax payers. One tirst-class tin-proof struc ture on the present High school grounds ought to serve the purpose and prove much more economical In the long run. No visitor to Omaha and the exposi tion should go away without inspecting The Hoc building , the largest news paper building lu America , and The Hee lewspaper plant , conceded to be the Inest between Chicago and San Kntn- Isco. A cordial welcome Is extended o all. Wi.rl.lnirVhllr Others Shunt. Indlanupolls News. The trusts are taking advantage of their > elton ! In the background , where the war jaa thrown them , to form stronger combi nations and to Intrench themselves. AmuMliiK ( < > Vftrrniin. Indianapolis Journal. The veteran of the war for the Union roads the reports and the gossip and compares them with his experience. Ills conclusions are not complimentary to the present howl ers. Proof IN Auburn Granger. If the fusion forces can furnish sulllclent proof that they are In all cases determined and honest and not deceitful and selfish hey will not need to buy votes or deceive voters. Hut unless they can do this they will learn sooner or later that their cake Is only dough. l.iinkN ( lint \\iiy. AVnshlngtou Star. Will the government bu compelled to go into the market as a hull and buy up Its own bonds at * a great nnd growing prc- nlum lu order to reduce the rising tide of surplus funds Ui 'tho treasury ? That s the way It Iqok ? now , In spite of war ! xpenditurcs and ( , ho $150,000,000 pension roll. Corning , War SlilpM. iChlcaKO Tribune. ' When cornstalk pith comes to bo adopted tor the protection of the hulls of American battleships wo shUH have reached the pith of the whole matter. There Is enough of Lhls matter goes to. waste in the cornfields of the United Stntos to protect our battle ships from the shot of all the nations of the world many times over. Mlllthrlxni In Ilnroiir. IJutrolt Tree I'rcss. The end of ithls monstrous system of militarism under which Kuropo is groan ing can easily bo predicted , for It is de- ; > tm < lent upon Immutable laws. There must bo a limit to the powers of endurance of thtf people and when that limit Is reached the toppling structure must fall of Us own weight , perhaps bring revolution and ruiu in Us fall. CA.VAUA 1111.1 , OlT < 'l\SSI-i ) . .SiiMM-or | StncUtiiK nf tliv Cards of I hi ! 'I'lircc-Caril Monte AxM'mlilam- . J. Sterling Morton's Conservative. Elderly citizens remember the famous three-card monte games played by the cel ebrated Canada Hill on the pioneer passen ger trains of the Union Pacific and other railroads In this propinquity. The skill with which 1)111 ) manipulated tho. cards , the celerity with which ho flung them upon the table , face down , and the urbanity with which in an alluring voice ho said : "Now gentlemen , where is the Jack ? " "Who will bet me $10 that ho can llud ttio llttlo joker" have never been surpassed. Hut all are equalled by the great three- card monte assemblage which convened at Lincoln on August 2 , 1S9S. At tills politi cal Monte Carlo the deft dealer is populism. The cards are handled with consummate skill. They are thrown fnco down. And the invitation to turn and show up the jack , democrat , and also "tho llttlo Joker" of a silver republican is delivered to the public with the most persuasive suavity of tone. Fairness and equity to the memory of Can ada mil , however , compel us to admit that , whllo he , as an Individual , was an incom parable and peerless blackleg , the composite gambler conventloned at Lincoln , In a trinity of chances political , threw the cards more adroitly and with a tact more bewildering than the deceased William over exercised. Three-card monte politics are a puzzle. These who do not bet upon them may bo secure from embarrassment and disasters. UAHDSIIII'S OF Til 13 CIVIL AVAIL I'rlviiOiuiH of Soldiers In Culia Al- inoKtntliliiK In ( 'oniiinrlMiiii. , Washington Post. Senator Lindsay served four years In the Confederate army , two years as a private and then as a lieutenant nnd captain. He therefore knows .something of war and Us hardships. : , "I am glad to see. " he continued , "that few complaints hayo come from the men who did the flgliVn , or who have served In camp during1'these , heated days. It de grades the American .soldier . to the piano ol children when wo talk of the soldiers In front of Santiago/ haling nothing but coffee , hard tack and liac'ofa. For the last three years of the war 66.000 of our men never tasted a drop of , colTfe. ; I remember that n ration of bacon served to the Confederate soldiers would Incite the wildest enthublasm and patriotism. JIard tack was n luxury to us , and wo seldom got it save when we could capture some Federal commissary wngons. "When wo would'go into the field to meet the enemy we vrorfl nlwa/s ordered to cook four or five days' rations and store It In our haversacks. Old soldiers will rcmem her that medicines , and morphine especially , were contraband of war , and il was the rare-at thing that wo could over get them. Of course these things are no excuse for a failure to supply these things now , but II must bo shown that there bos been sucli failure. Wo have no right to prejudge the conduct of this war. I do deprecate , however - over , that our nr.ray Is to be depreciated Ir the eyes of the world by efforts to hunt oul the individual cases and apply it to the I'll- tire force of men who so patriotically answered the call to arms. That campalgt before Santiago was too glorious to mar 1 by complaints now. The results were mag' nlflcent and each eoldier there should bi regarded as a hero , I believe that the battli of Santiago will go Into the history of tbi world as one of the greatest ever fought. ' IM : < oMHir.sNio.N , rir.i.n. llcpont : Thu number of llodcr- Irk Dim Siitlicrlnnd'H II. A M. IWH * In ST9. It I * cotHorvntlvcly cstliimtril that ho tuiR S7l ) other pas t i. but to dtngulRO this truth he paid hlH fnri < from hero to Iloldrego. uhore lie was nominated August 3. That's the kind of n hypocrite Sutherland IR. Ord Tlmoa : N'orrls Drown , republican candidate for congrcas In this district , has challenged . L. dro no to Joint debate and has been accepted. You may look , therefore , for a hot campaign and some Jolut debates that will be hair-raisers , llrown Is a power before an audience and aa ho knows Greene from top to bottom he make things lively for the present In cumbent. O'Neill Frontier : The 'republicans of the Sixth congresHlonnl district made no mis take when they nominated that brilliant youcg Kearney attorney , Norrls llrown , for congress. Mr. llrown Is one of the ablest men In the state , a splendid orator and a man who will bo a credit to the entire state when In congress. Let us put n man In Hill Greene's place that will be a credit to our district and show the nation that In the Sixth congressional district of Nebraska we have young men who are equals of any of our eastern brothers. Vote for llrown. Hastings llecord : As this paper has pre dicted for the last two or three mouths , ( \ E. Adams , veteran , scholar and statesman of Superior , Nuckolls county , was noml- iiattil to iipresunt the people of this dls- 'rlct ' In congress , to fill a vacancy that bus been held by Roderick Uhu Sutherland of tin same count } . Mi. Adams was nomi nated by the republican party , but he will not i rove to be a hidebound partisan when ho urtlvcs in Washington. Voters will have occasion to choose between a broad- . . . , < i.uiiiut and a sneering , sniffing bigot this year one man representing the ad ministration and his constituents , as com pared to a stuck-up , conceited mockery > \hc docs neither. Schuylcr Sun : Notwithstanding fusion wo are going to make it very Interesting for our friends , the enemy , In the congres sional light this fall In this district. No more satisfactory candidate has ever been placed before the voters of the Third dis trict than Judge W. F. Norrls. All ac knowledge his ability and even the populists and democrats admit that he Is a man against whom the charge of being n corpo ration sympathizer cannot bo brought. He Is entirely free from any such taint and has the entire confidence of every one as to his integrity ami upright character. No nero could be asked for ns to a man's Itucss ami qualifications for a congress- nan and as Judge Norrls has them he Is olng to bo elected. There is uo question of it. Minden ( lazetto : The republicans of the Fifth district at the convention held In .oi.ircgo Tuesday nominated Captain C. E. Adams of Superior for congress. H was a wlsu choice and n fitting recognition of one of the very best men In the state of Nebraska from any standpoint , regardless if the political considerations which It has become a habit to Judge men from. A clean , capable , honest man , he starts Into the campaign unhampered by a single point of criticism. The fact that he is the repuh- , cun nominee should , at this time , be one f Hie strongest arguments In favor of his election. The further fact that ho served Ills country as a soldier at the time of her distress , and did It ns a volunteer , should bo his passport into her halls of legislation after the battle was won and the nation has grown and i-rospcred almost beyond comprehension by reason of such victory and the enactment into law of the Ideas and principles upon which his party has made the record that causes the civilized . \or.M to stare In wonderment today. 13C1IOHS OP Till' : WAll. It happened at Chlckamaugn. The officers of a certain western regiment desired to remain In the service. Camp life was agree able. They lived fairly well , accumulated considerable dignity and wore drawing from $123 to $200 a. month a handsome stipend compared with their wages In civil station. Men in the ranks had their fill of army Ilfo and wanted to go home. They did not hesitate to proclaim tlielr wishes and Inti mated that if the officers desired to remain their was no obstacle to enlisting as pri vates. That was a blow on tender corns. The officers discussed various plans to check the home sentiment and finally agreed to put up a stiff bluff. One of the companies was lined up for Inspection. The captain strode to the front , faced the men and called out , "every coward desiring to go homo will step out. " Without a moment's hesitation every man In the company stepped forward and silently called the bluff. Then and there several rods were placed In pickle for that officer and they will bo pre sented with more or less emphasis after mustering out. Admiral Scfliley will bo given at least two swords as momcntos of Santiago. The Hoyal Arcanum , of which order the admiral is a member , is to present him with a Jew eled sword on his return from Porto Hico. \ subscription list for a sword started by the Philadelphia Times last Tuesday netted 40 In three days. H Is likely that Mary land will follow the example of neighboring states nnd present a sword of honor to Its distinguished citizen. A treasure box containing gold and silver and paper money taken from the wreck of the Marie Teresa was sold by the govern ment to a New York firm for $15,000. The box contained three pints of Spanish gold coin , n quart of Spanish sliver and two bunches of Spanish paper currency. Those souvenirs of the great naval battle will bring fancy prices as war relics , The de mand for war relics in New York far ex ceeds the supply. At Camp Wlkoff prices doubled In a week. Machetes sell for $5 , a Mauser bulret brings $1 and a campaign holt $1. Ono of the trophies lK > yond price In the camp Is the campaign hat. Veterans regard them as their most precious posses sions. All hardtack Is not the name. A corre spondent of the Chicago Chronicle , who Rhlnncd up the heights of San Juan while the Spaniards were throwing Mauser bou quets , says that there was only ono kind with the army in Cuba. The peculiarity of this hardtack was Its loyalty to the mate of Its birth Kentucky. H would readily yield In the process of stewing ; it would grow tender and Juicy In hot bacon grease. Hut It resisted water at all times. No amount of pressure and perseverance could Induce It to unbend In water. The boys at Camp Wlkoff have forsaken ai'l the familiar salutations Incident to Irri gating the vocal chords and stimulating the Interior department. "Here's looking at you , " "Drink hearty , comrade , " and like convivial sentiments no longer precede the gurgle. "Havo a hoot with mo7" "Cer tainly , old pal , " are the hailing sign and response ) that go at the camp. It Is Scotch and sprang from a consignment of Scotch whlnky. but It goes with every beverage and now across the stretches of uaiul man hoots to man and Is answered In kind. Tin sentiment lends picturesque action ! o the elbow. "Shens arc queer things , " says Admiral Sohlcy. "I noticed one man standing with his hand grasping a hammock rail as a shell struck the ship , rlcocbctrd and burst. Ono piece ofthe metal cut the rail on one side of his hand , another on th other side , so that ho was left standing with a ) > horl section of the rail still grasped In his hand Another portion ofr the shell passt-1 over his shoulder and another between his legs He was surprised , but wasn't hurt. " \ITIO\\I , nil.MM Ol' ' | . 'll\M K. New York Tribune : So It was "norojsarr o fliul proof * against Dreyfim , " o\on If hey had to bo forged for the purpo o. eh ? Well , nobody Is ovpu a llttlo bit surprUetl. Chicago Tlmps-llornld : That Dreyfus Is nnoiTiit the niislUh speaking world has eng been convinced nnd the exposure of "olonel Honry'it forppry odds but little to lint conclusion Hut ( hut forgerv ought to convince the French people that a black In- ustlco has been done and that the go\em- iH'iit must face the consequences. Indtnnnpolls News : One of the best things about the proof of Henry's guilt is the vln- llcatlon It brings to Xobi. who has stood almost alone In his gieat light for Justice. f It had not been for him It Is probable hat the world would have heard little of the Dreyfus Iniquity. Hut Kola wouM not rest , Indeed , ho could not rest , while ho icllevcd that an Innocent man hiul been mulshed nnd that the country whlrh he oved had been guilty of a dreadful crime. Now he Is having his reward. St. Puul I'loiicer Press : H is n horrible thing , however It Is viewed , and the element of hopefulness In It Is that the man yho > orjured himself lo pull down another , and , o undermine whatever may have been left him of lingering hope , had yet the nraco to suffer from the pangs of conscience and : o relieve the sickened tiarth of his pres ence. H is quite possible that Lieutenant Colonel Henry may have been but a tool In the work and least responsible of all the iKonts lu the conspiracy. Hut oven then .here Is a sense of purification In the thought that he found life Insupportable. There ! s scarcely a crime from which It Is so difficult to recover a tolerable footing In the world us that which Is planned to bring about the downfall of another , whether from revenge or self-interest. The suicide of a perjuier , if there must be perjury. Is perhaps the most wholesome atonement ho can make. Philadelphia Press : The retirement of Hsterliazy and the resignation of Ooneral Holsdeffre show that the military party has lost Us boldness. Acknowledging , as they did , that they did not convict Dreyfus on the strength of the first "bordereau" ( mem orandum of military notes ) but ou certain secret documents whlcli his counsel never saw , these documents , now completely dis credited , put a new face on affairs. Unless , therefore , the French are clean daft and refuse - fuse to deal Justly , the prisoner on the "Ilo du Dlable , " off the ( lulana coast , should hear good news. What the French will do Is not certain. Their capacity for Injustice In the interest of military glory Is about equal to their Inability to live up to the motto of the public and secure liberty , equality and fraternity , and the only thing that Is certain Is that there arc "breakers ahead. " Till/Til AS TO AHMV MOHTA1.ITY. iitfit Storli-M of DlHtrcHH Cir- ( Milntfil for rnrllsiui I'llriio-xvs. St. Louis Glebe Democrat. What 'the ' people desire In regard to the condition of troops Is exact information. They are well aware that sensational stories are contrived 'to ' Inflame public sentiment. The basis of these exaggerations Is parti san. It Is Impossible to dispute the results of the war , since they amount to a bril liant success. President McKlnley stands too well 'to bo selected as n target. The democratic policy Is to attack the adminis tration somewhere. After 'the ' point is chosen tbo game Is to concentrate the venom and make a great noise in direct ing It at the mark. H is charged by the democratic press that the sick In the army have been systematically neglected and the soldiers on duty deprived of a proper sup ply of food. These statements , bo it remembered - momberod , follow a war of complete and extraordinary victory. Since this Is be yond denial the democratic scheme Is to besmirch the means by which It was won. Two months hence a new congress is to be elected nnd the democrats must discredit the administration , no matter how , or they are lost. They have always voted against doing anything to improve the regular troops , but insist that nothing short of per fection must happen In an army of 225,000 suddenly called to the field. A report like 'that ' from General Hoynton on the condition of the camps at Chlcka- mauga Is especially welcome to the people. It deals with exact details and figures. Since the first occupation of the Chlcka- mauga slto by the volunteers about 75,000 men have been stationed there. The total death list In camp of 'this Immense force up to August 22 was 10S. These figures nro official. The death rate per annum at Camp Thomas has been 7.92 per 1,000. The death rate at St. Louis In 189C , the date of the last official report , was 17.93 per 1,000. AccordIng - Ing to I'hlPterer's statistical record of the civil war the aggregate number of men en listed , reduced to n three years' standard , was 2,320,272. During the war , by the same authority , there were 183,287 deaths in the union army from disease , an average of 79 per 1,000 for the three years , or of 26.3 per 1,000 per annum. At Camp Thomas the sol diers have been more than twice as safe from disease as Is the population of a largo city. The average loss for each regiment is lower than Is usual lu such a host of men. General Hoynton makes a favorable showing as to the condition of the hospitals. Kvery hospital there Is better equipped than any known in the civil war. There were a few filthy regimental camps , whose colonels ought to bo called to account. These offi cers scorn to have been too Incompetent to know liow a cnTnp should be kept or too lazy to see that 'they ' were properly cleaned up dally. Kvery soldier's history In the service Is carefully preserved , and there is no diffi culty In ascertaining the mortality In .arh camp. From vague stories the public had been led to believe that thousands at Chlck- amauga had died or were In a dying condi tion. Hut the official figures do not differ from those of the best camps , where " "i.oOO men assembled and where the moil of them remained for months. The mortality lists of < the various corps are published dally. There the truth will bo found. Something quite different Is spread abroad in the t > agrs of democratic papers. They deal In ghastly rhetoric for political effect. They minimize or omit favorable news from the army nnd catch at every exaggeration that diifts about. Their purpose Is not to benefit the soldiers , but to tear down a cabinet and blacken an administration. Worthy "f 11 .Mrilnl. New York Mall nnd KxjiresH. The skill with which Admiral Dewey has thus far handled the exceedingly flamhuoy- ant and touchy Agulnaldo Is qulto worthy of n distinct nnd Isolated medal from his fellow countrymen. Agulnaldo now proposes to assert himself before the peace commis sioners at I'arls , having named R repre sentative to appear there In behalf of the Insurgents hut , it Is said , with the con- Bent of General Jlerrltt. This may bo an excellent scheme , as giving nil aides of the Philippine contentions an opportunity for a direct hearing. Hut in I'arls , as In Manila , Agulnaldo will probably bo convinced that what 1.4 now actually In progress Is the set tlement of a war between Spain and the United Slates. SliafliM'njit lli'iily. Chlraso 1'o.st. Having shed sixty-seven pounds avoirdu pois In the scrvlco of his country. General Shaftcr landed at Montauk I'olnt yesterday. Of course ho was Immediately Interrogated by a reporter If he Intended /to / reply to newspaper attacks on himself. To this ho promptly answered : "No. Why should J ? Isn't Old Glory Il > lng over Santiago ? " That Is the completes ! answer that can bo given to all the hyaU-rlcal , sensational attacks on the management of the Santiago campaign. It succeeded at a phenomenally small loss of life. itr.i : cin\iiiuits. Itrrord ( rep , ) : From thr l wt ocnl authority wo lonrn that the populUt nfTldnls la the court house do not propov , to turn la thtilr railroad PBMOA mull Urn state house officials turn In theirs. TlirM scouts to bo no discontent among the nnti- tass gang which holds passes. H In the othop 'ellow that the populist platform Is bivknu- .ng to. Fremont Tribune ( rop. ) : ICdgor Howards crusade against free passes has fallen flat , It fell upon the oars of popocrats. who turned down such a plnnk In their state platform - form and who havo. many of them , tholr corpulent pockets bulging with railroad an- iimls , with the privilege of securing trip lassos for family nnd friends. This Is not Hazard's fault. Ho cannot bo expected to go agnlnst such n combination as confronted ilin when ho bit off more than ho coutil how. I.AtCIII.NC I.I.M'.S. Truth : "Thin. " said Mr. Flitter , "Is picture of the only girl 1 ever lovod. " "How cleverly , " said Miss \VyHo , as Bbo looked at the portrait , "they do get up these ram- posltu photographs ! " Chicago 1'ost : "Ilo says his Holdlcr llf renitndtil him constantly of homu and mother. " 'How was that ? " 'They wouldn't lot him sloop late main * lugs. " _ Detroit Journal : Julia I thought Mr , oiifdli't Mworo that ho would niver marry. Harold So ho did , before hoenlisted. . Hn H one of those converts to annexation nn u war measure. Urooklyn Life : She After wo nro mar. rled wo must economize. I shall bnko my own bread. He Very well , darling ; If you really want to do It 1 won't object , but you shan't bother your llttlo head iihoul baking mine. Chicago lloeord : "Did your sweetheart write to you while you were nwny ? " "Wrltn tn mo ? 1 had to glvo away my clothes HO 1 could bring her letters homo with inc. " Cincinnati Enquirer : Tbo Hired Help- Say , this hero ice you have boon lenwu' Irt Ilvn or ten pounds nhorl every tnnrnln' . The Icumiin Sure , It Is the burnlu' Klmiecs of them lovely blue eyi * Unit melts it before - fore t kin git It to the house. Detroit Journal : The Summer Olrl throw herself Into hlH arms with much uccuraoy. "My darling , " cried the youth. Hu wa.s radiant , conscious , doubtless , al- bult vaguely , of the. advantage of having unil old head on young shoulders , not to speak of Us be ! > ig also blond ami Huffy. SHJ-M I lie Cr.nr. Cleveland IMain Dealer. "War. " Says the czar , "Is a coawo and cruel gamo. Folks set hot , Thou they're shot , Ily the other fellows' aim. Seems to mo That If wo Laid aside our little guns , That It would Make us good And preserve our loyal sons. Who will be , " Then says he , "First tu chock the flow of wnr7 Who will lay His guns away ? Speak up , can't you ? " says the czar. Till ; I.ICIITIIOIJSIO. Susnn Coolldco. IIlKh on the lifted island cllft HH lantern fronts tbo sen. And sendi'tb forth n line , straight ray Of dazzling light to me A .slender Hue of shimmering shine AcroHS night's mystery. It Is the path set for my eyes To travel to the light And warm their darkness hi the blnz * . And be muilo glad and bright , None other may catch Just that ray , Or have the selfsame sight. And yet , a. hundred ether eyes Hunt on that central blaze , Find oaoh Its scparato , shining path , Its line of guiding rays ; And all oyi-s meet In runeoril sweet Hy all these differing ways. No voice shall say : "Tho Light in mine , All ether eyes are dim ! " No baud tbo glory hold or bldo Which strLnm.s to ocean's rim , None claim , or seize ono ray as his More than belongs to him. O light of Truth , whlrh llglitoth all , And shlneth all abroad. What favored soul or souls shall say , "Mlno Is the only road ? " Kucli hath bis own , to him made known , And all lend up to God. OLII DAILY m II.ITI.\ . CINCINNATI , O. , Sept. 5 , 1S98. The na tional encampment of the G. A. H. opens hero today. It will bo the greatest gath ering of the kind ever held , as the victorious close of the Spanish war will bo appropri ately celebrated , and many army olllccra will bo present. "There is what I call the American 1 Cle a Theodore Parker Just now the American idea is a winner. It stands for in telligence : We employ it in our business of making fine clothing. It is an American idea to be as well dressed as your neigh bor. It is an American idea to have the best that you can get and at the lowest prices that is reasonable. It is our business to carry out that idea. You can't get a better fall suit than we can sell you , and you can't get a good suit for < \ less than our prices. 8. V. Con ItUt mn4DouBlu HUtJr
