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0 THE TJUntSDAY , SEPTEMBER 15 , 1808. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , 12. ROSmVATUR , IMItor. I'l IILIBHKD EVUHY MORNINO. THUMB OP SUHSCniPTION : Dally line ( Without Sunday ) . Ono Year.JO.OO Dally JJco nnd Sunday , One Yenr 8.03 Hlx MonthH I.W Three Months 2.W Humlay Hoc , Ono Year 2.W Saturday Use. One Year l.M Weekly Uec , Ono Year W OFF1CKS. Omaha ! The Uco llulldlnir. South Omaha : Hlncnr Block , Corner N and Twmty-fourth Streets. Council muffs : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago Olllce : Mi Chamber ot Com merce. ' Now York : Tcniplo Court. . . . Washington : C01 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. All communications relating to news and editorial matter should bo addressed : To the Editor. Editor.IJUSINE8S LETTERS. All business letters and remittances should bo addressed to The Hcc Publishing Comimny , Omaha. Drafts , checks , express nnd postonico money orde.ru to be maao paynbln to the order of the company. THK UEB PUUUBHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. State of Ncbrnskn. Douglas County , ss : George n. Tzschuck , secretary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , eays that the actual number of full nnd complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening nnd Sunday Dee , printed during the month of August , 1B9S , was as follows : 1 2H , lo IT. 2 IMI.OHI 18 3 JN.r.T.'J 19 . IiT.470 4 r's'7'.l | ° SO ; . . , . 57,7 : t . -21. ; . UH.IIIU c.ii ! tK , < iK ( > 22 . irO.H'i : 7 1.S,005 , 23 . -4l , iil5 24 . Utl,8JO " ! ! ! ! ! " . ! . , : . lin 10 ii : ,7i > : t 20 S ,7 H 27. . . ; sl , : i : ir , ! uson > 31 Total ' . .T. . ! . " . . . . . . . . ' 8 < MSII. l > na returned und unsold copies. . . . ll , ti-i : Net total sales His , : n Net Dally Average 27.029 OEOnGE B. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before mo nnd subscribed In my presence this" 1st day of September , Notary Public. WEI.COMIJ TO TUB 1IEI3 IIIUMIING. Xo % - | < or iu Onmliii null < Ho exiiiiNlttoii Mlmiilil K < > nivny ivltliout liiNiicutliiR The lire InillillliK , the lurBCNt iie 'H- liiilMT liulliIiiiK 1" AiiK-rlcn , mill Tin ; Hoc IILM > | > II | ' < T jilnnt , c'oiirnlvil ti > be tlio lliii-nt liPlwct-n ClilciiKO mill Hun rrmiclHfo. A conlliil ivcli'onif IN vxtcnilcil in all. Otnuhii taken tlio ycnr's record for liceiilnj ; more conventions u-Kolnp ; U onu and the same time than any other city. The new silver-plate trust neoins to be constructed on tin ; 1(5 ( to 1 plan 1 ( ! parts of watered stock to one part of Invested capital. They arc orKtinjzliiK another I > IK anti- Quay llKht In 1'enns.vlvanla , but the Pennsylvania bossIs not very seriously disturbed. The receipts at the exposition gates may be sauced by the barometer. .When the barometer rises the receipts go up and vice versa. H will be notlecd-that in the battle of tlio standards at the monetary congress the editor 1M us Tinmcrotw as the lawyer among the distinguished debaters.- The Chicago , Milwaukee it St. 1'aul railroad stole a. ' march on Its comptitl- tors by tendering tlie free use of a palatial train to convey President Me- Kluley and cabinet to the peace Jubilee. with so many different bodies of visi tors eaeh owning the city at one and the same time It would be dltllcult to give a warranty deed to Omaha that would hold water against so many con- Hiding titles. llepubllcan primaries will bo con tested In six out of nine wards 'in Omaha and In nil four wards of .South Omaha. That looks as If there were no lagging among republicans In Inter est iu the patty's welfare. AVhen the local yellow journal has ex hausted its chapter of army horrors H will send Its enterprising reporters Into the bowels of the earth to dig up the skeletons down In the Inferno that has become such tm attraction of the Mid way. Owing to Interference of lire with an Omaha print shop , the popocratic liter ary disseminator is temporarily disa bled. The popocratic machine nt the state house , however , will work over time on public pay to malic up for the Interruption. Ono of the questions which just now agitates a very considerable number of good people Is whether the war 'ship Illinois Is to bo christened with water or with wine. Inasmuch as the con tents of the average champagne bottle are nine-tenths water and .one-tenth , froth the dispute would seem rather puerile. It develops that the scheme for a double High school system contemplate ; } the erection of two now High school buildings Iu addition to the present one. It is , therefore , a scheme for three High schools. The question Is , Do the tax payers want to multiply by three the expenses of maintenance of their High pcliool ? The Twenty-second regiment of regu lars will return to Fort Crook wlthlu n few days , but the local yellow journal will have a very hard time to Hud any of the heroes of Santiago whining about the hardships of the military camp. The valiant soldier rarely complains. Tin. men who skulk In the rear nearly nl ways peddle talcs of wop. The public press of Japan Is said to be vigorously favoring the retention bj the United States of the 1'hlllpplne Is lands. The foreign policy of the United States should , however , bo shaped not In the Interest of Japan but of Its own ' citizens. Itecausc Japan wants the rnltcil States for n next-door neighbor Is no good reason why the United States should want Japan for a neighbor. Tin : PC : Cnllfornla celebrated the Jubilee of the Nutlvo Sons of the ( Johlen West a few days ago uuil the Hun Francisco Chronicle takes occasion to Institute comparison * between the California or half n century ago and the California of today. Half n century ago California was begin ning to accommodate Itself to the new po litical condition ot a territorial annex to the United States. The Ouadalupo Hidalgo treaty , which transferred the territory owned by Mexico west of the Missouri river and the Illo Grande to the United States , had been signed two months previously. An empire , whlch-has slncp developed Into sev eral of the richest 'states and territories In the republic , had barely"becofrie conscious of Its new allegiance. It was all of It either a wilderness or In a state of pastoral sim plicity , sparsely settled by the white race nnd its natural resources dormant. San Francl.ico wns an Insignificant village , Monterey was the capital. Los Angeles wns a pueblo ot trifling consequence. Tbo mis sion settlements were the most Important communities within what Is now the limits of the state. Pastoral pursuits were the chief occupation of Its people. Hides arid horns nnd tallow wcro the chief commodi ties of commerce. Herds ot long-horned nndwildeyed cattle nnd Immense droves of antclopo roamed unmolested , except by vatiueros , over the great Interior basin em braced In the valleys of the San Joaquln and Sacramento rivers. Bands of mustangs grazed on the 'plains ' of the southern coun ties * California was asleep Industrially and- commercially. Its Inhabitants had little erne no ambition ; It cut no figure In the world's affairs ; it had apparently no special place or Itself In the future development ot the world ; nine-tenths of the world scarcely new , In fact , that It existed. What will be the status or California Ifty years hence is , of course , mere speculation. Our San Francisco con- qniporary , however , Indulges In this prediction : The centennial of American possession of ho territory acquired from Mexico In 1848 may witness within It the seat of commercial and Industrial empire. It Is no moro 1m- tfrobablo to conceive the existence In this tate fifty years hence a population of 20,000- 100 than It was Improbable fifty years ago hat a population of 1,000,000 should be re- ildlng In it today. This prediction Is , however , based on he assumption that the colonization iqlley entered upon with the annexation of Hawaii and shaping for the acciulsl- Ion of the Philippines shall bo carried o Us logical ultimatum. There Is , however , another side to this uincxatlon propaganda. Instead of ransferrlng the seat of commerce anil topulatlon to California , annexation or slauds In the Pacific , thousands of miles > eyoud San Francisco , Is more likely to ransfer commerce and draw population' from California , , The business of the United States custom house of San b'ranelsco for all International trade Hirposes Is already iu a fair way or .lelng bodily carried over to Honolulu , ind eastern and foreign capital which night have been disposed to peek Invest- nent In California will bo attracted by .lie promise of greater returns In Uncle , Sam's newly acquired possessions Just is the gold discoveries of the Klondike Iralued the vaults of San Francisco > anks and threatened to divert capital ind population from the cities on the coast , with cheaper lnb.or and cheaper raw materials our Asiatic colonies ironhl become dangerous competitors to the Infant manufacturing Induatrlcs-of San Francisco and all California , where the wage scale Is higher even than It Is east of the Heckles' . In all respects the intlcxatlon of the Philippines -would have the same effect as would the 1m- .lortatlou of ten millions ot .lapaneso or Chinese , or a reciprocity treaty with lapan or China , which would open the gates of the United States to { he paiiper- made fabrics of those countries without protective duty. When the California expansionists liavo been cured of their fever they will discover that their dream of com mercial empire Is a chimera. Call- 'oruln Is a great state , destined undoubt edly to grow and prosper , but the source > f Its future greatness Is not In rejuve nated Asia , but In Its marvelous un developed resources. THK CLASH AT 11AVAXA. Perhaps our government was not suttl- clently explicit In the provision of the peace urotocol relating to Cuba. It Is declared that Spain shall relinquish all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba. This would seem to be plain enough and It was supposed that when Spain accepted the protocol the effect or that action was to relinquish , uncondi tionally , sovereignty over and title to Cuba , but It appears that the Spanish commissioners , demand certain condi tions nnd want the sovereignty of Spain continued , nt least to the extent of col lecting customs duties nud taxes , until the treaty of pence Is concluded. This is a wholly untenable position nnd undoubtedly our government will so regnrd It. Spain has nothing whatever to do with Cuba except to remove her soldiers from the Island. She has no right to a single dollar of revenue , any more than In the case of Porto Ulco. her sovereignty being as completely Wiped out In the one Island as In the other. It la obviously absurd for Spain to ask the United States to permit her to go oil exercising the rights of sovereignty eignty pending the negotiation of n treaty of peace , which may consume months. It is the expectation that long before that Is accomplished the United Status will have assumed military con trol of Cuba and set on foot prepara tions looking to the establishment of a permanent government there. To con cede what Spain asks would not only defer the carrying out of the pledge given by the United States to the Cu ban people , but it would be very likely to create In the minds of these people a feeling of distrust toward this country which 4iilght prove very troublesome. It Is Impossible to doubt what sound policy and our duty to the Cuban people dictate In this matter. We must Insist that Spain has relinquished nil claim of sovereignty over Cuba and that she cannot be permitted to oxcrcl o any of the rights or to enjoy any of the prlvl leges that belong to sovereignty. The attitude of the Spanish conmils sloners at Havana suggests what ma > bo expected , In the way of demands from the Spanish pence commissioners Our government should meet everything of this sort with firmness , making con * csslons only In the Interest of justice. Tin : 1'ittMAiir CONTESTS. The Importance of the republican primary election which takes place Fri day can scarcely be over-rnted. The vital Issue In this contest Is the legislative ticket. While the agitation up to this time has centered around the county olllces , these positions , although Important to the citizens of this county , have little or no bearing upon the great state.nnd national Interests which are to be decided In this campaign. A blunder In the make-up of the legis lative ticket Iu Douglas county may cost the republicans of Nebraska not only the United States senntorshlp , but also , their entire state ticket. It is manifest therefore that the outcome of the pri maries this week will , to n great ex tent , determine the prospects of the party In the llnal onset In November. - Although the lines have not been as sharply drawn as they should have been on the vital Issue of legislative lomluntlons , the- dividing line between he contending elements Is fairly under stood. On one hand it Is an effort to commit the party to a candidate for United States senator who Is unpopu- ar throughout the state and would be t dead weight everywhere to both state and legislative tickets. On the other side is the element that Is leslrous of nominating representative lion for the legislature , unhampered by ) ledges to any senatorial aspirant , and who will draw from the opposition Instead - stead of being a drag on their own larty. The success of this clement at he primaries means thousands of votes for the republican state ticket and n valkaway for the republican county nnd egislatlve tickets. Intelligent and conscientious repub- Icans who desire above all things the redemption of Nebraska by a repub- lean victory this year should not fall .0 make their Inllucnce felt on the right jlde at the coming primaries. MASTKR OF THE SITUATION. General Otis appears to be master of : ho situation at Manila. He gave the nsurgents who occupied the suburbs of .hat city until today to take their do- mrturo , giving them to understand that i refusal to comply with the demand would be dealt with In true military fashion. They did not wait for the time Imlt to expire , but marched away a day n advance , all In a cheerful mood , as ap pears from the dispatch , and with the best of feeling toward the Americans. The Incident gives the situation there a uore satisfactory aspect. When sev- mil thousand armed insurgents cheer for Americans while leaving , on the de- nand of the American commander , a wsltlon they had strongly desired to Otaln , the effect must bo to modify dis trust regarding the friendship and loy- iljy of these people. Perhaps they have been misjudged. At nil events the prompt compliance with the demand of treneral oils must bo accepted as showing that Aguinaldo ms. no desire to quarrel with the Amer icans and In tivspect to this It is prob- iblo-thrtt all'thiS Insurgent leaders nrc In accord. Undoubtedly -they Imve a wholesome regard for the prowess of American soldiers and they should have learned by this time that they linve to denl with people very unlike the Spaniards a fair , just nnd generous people , but not to be trilled with. If this lesson lias- been Impressed upon them It may be found practicable to got .ilong with the Insurgents without any serious trouble. At all events they have lust given an example of their tractnbll- ity which Is gratifying. Omaha never before suffered so greatly from police Inelllelency and demoraliza tion ns under the present outlawed po- Ice board. The terrible condition of the police has only grown worse since the board's refusal to recognize the decision of the supreme court declaring the law under which Its members pretend to liold unconstitutional and void. With the Impending change In management staved off temporarily by legal trickery there la no .stimulus among .the men to exert themselves In the public Interest , jut on the contrary an Incentive for uni formed ! crooks to work their graft for ill they are worth In the full knowledge that It will soon come to nn end. For the citizens and taxpayers the sooner this condition comes to an end the better. According to Domlnguez Capote , who says he Is secretary of war , pro tern , of the republic of Cuba , both the United States and , Spain have recognized Cu ban Independence and there Is no longer any demand for the enforcement of the rigorous penalties' prescribed by the government he represents for Spanish offenders against Its sovereignty. As these penalties were never enforced before - fore , their suspension with a general grant of amnesty will not make nny change In the' conditions prevailing there. Porto Rico , Cuba and the Philippines may nfford promising opportunities to American. Investors , but they are not half as promising as can be found in the vast empire west of the Mississippi. That Held has not been explored or ex- plotted. It abounds In vast and un developed wealth that would absorb all the surplus capital that Americans pos sess and all that they can borrow In Kuropeau money centers. The local popocratic organ has come to the conclusion that a general survey of farm and crop conditions for Me brnskn reveals nothing that , from nn agricultural standpoint , Indicates failure or shortage below average conditions. This must be terribly depressing for the popocratic calamity howlers whoso only hope of political success lies In arousing discontent among the farmers and work- Ingrnen. Senator Allen Is bold In saying ho wishes the debate of the monetary con gress could be repeated In every city aid town la Nebraska. lie-knows t cannot be repeated nnd lit1 knows also that If It were nud every Intelligent per son Iu the state were brought face to 'ace ' with the arguments for and against It ) to 1 free coinage nnd currency iu- latloti , the cause of sound money would be so Hrmly entrenched thnt no snuc nan would venture to preach free itllvrr fallacies again to the present genera * tlon. I'ortnnc I'avor * tinIlrnvc. . Globe-Democrat. A nation Is fortunate that can go Into an investigation of victories. Investigating a lefcat would bo a far less acceptable task to take In hand , Dcniniiiln of ( lie Ornml Army. Uoston Transcript. The Grand Army is right In calling for justice nnd fairness , but It should demand [ hat there bo no Injustice or unfairness to ihe government , Hy taking a firm stand against giving pensions to any who are not clearly' entitled , to them , It will bo more Ikely to receive the sympathy nnd assist ance of the public In securing ample pen sions to all who deserve them. n of the F. Philadelphia Record. The total number of admissions to the TransmUslsslppl and International Exposi tion at Omaha on Thursday last had footed Jp to 1,251,067. From this may bo judged the measure of success attending the great enterprise. Now that the fierce heats have abated , the present Is the best time to visit 3icaba nnd take a now mental grasp on the bigness of the United States and Its devel oped resources. < lie Opposition. Indianapolis Journal , These who planned and Instigated the fight on the War department would have been much better satisfied If the president had refused to order an Investigation. A thorough examination Into the truth of the charges by a committee ot honorable and competent men Is likely to spoil the whole scheme and defeat the ends aimed at. This man McKInley is always doing something to annoy these who would like to do him and his administration harm. Yellow Jack Kill * n Theory. Minneapolis Journal. The "Immune" notion has been dissipated at Santiago , as might have been expected. It Is one of the peculiarities of yellow fever that a person may have the fever In one ocallty and bo exempt from another attack If ho stays In that locality ; but , If he goes to another place where the fever Is raging , Jo Is liable to take It again. Soldiers going trom the southern states where they have had the fever , to Cuba , are just as liable as others to have an attack. \o Kiel ; Coming. Cleveland Plain.Dealer. St. Peter looked at the honest face of the atcst comer. "I suppose , " he said , "that life below wasn't all sunshine to jou perhaps you were glad to leave It ? " "I've nothing to complain of , sir. " "Were there no days of sorrow , no false 'rlends , no bereavements to distress you ? " "I tell you , sir , I don't find any fault. " "You're a queer fellow , " said the saint ; 'don't you over complain about anything ? " "Bless your heart , sir , " said the new comer , "of course I don't I'm a Regular ! " And the saint no longer wondered. The Went mill lniirrlulluu. | Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican. The west Is commonly supposed to bo In a fever for territorial expansion , yet In Ne braska and Iowa the opposite feeling Is very manifest. Nebraska warmly opposed the an nexation of Hawaii and the state's position as to the Philippines must 'be' ' In barman } with its record. In Iowa tn'o/yemocrnts / have declared ugMnst Irnperia1 Ism-while the leadIng - Ing republican newspaper , th'6' ' DCS Molnes Register , also opposes our strident Malay empire builders. "Those who are clamorous for annexation of all the disease-cursed Islands , " says the Register , "should prove their good faith by enlisting for the garrison duty necessary to 'hold all 'wo have cap tured. ' " TWO O1IJEGT IfUSSONS IX WAR. Time nnil Iripni-iilnu Knncntlnl to a SncccMMfiil CniupnlK" . St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Great Britain Is no tyro In carrying on military campaigns , but It Is only after the second effort , running through thirteen years , that It has succeeded In obtaining a firm grip upon the point where the White Nile and the Dlue Nile come together , 1,230 miles from the mouth of the creat river. Those who talk so glibly of the mistakes committed In the four months' war with Spain should look Into the British opera tions along the Nile to flnd out the tre mendous requirements of Anglo-Saxon oper ations In the tropics. It Is sixteen years since the Kordofan Arab calling himself the Malull and successor of the .prophet organ ized a fanatical army of 30,000 and" sacked the towns In his march to El Obeld , the garrison of which he murdered. In 1883 ho cut to pieces the Egyptian expedition under Hicks Pasha. Other Important places were taken by 'the ' Mahdl , and Slntln Bey sur rendered to him. The hundreds of thousands ot Arabs In the Soudan accepted the new prophet nnd all the miraculous stories con- iccted with his victories. Upon England fell the task of breaking his power , and the first attempt , as the world well remembers , was a tragic failure. When General Gordon arrived at Khar toum In 18S1 ho had certain visionary Ideas in-which the British government shared .n a certain extent. Gordon tried to placate the Mhdl by offering him the possession ot Western Soudan , with the rank of sultan. The answer of the Arab leader was to swarm down upon Khartoum with 200,000 followers. With the most desperate courage and fortitude the British relief battalions struggled across the desert , lighting in squares against the hordeof reckless as sailants , but they wcro too late. Khartoum fell , Gordon was speared to death and his head hung to a tree as an object ot derision. KnglaijS was powerless to do more at the time. Its troops had no safe base of supplies within hundreds of miles. It could only wait and plan a. solid , deliberate advance. The catastrophe of 1S85 has been turned Into the complete victory of 1898. Instead of abusing each other and their rulers , the British organized this triumph with an In flexible purpose. The Indomitable will of Grant when fighting his way to Richmond has Keen-shown by 'the English In. the win ning of Khartoum. The second active campaign has lasted nearly three years. Step by step It wns pushed forward. A railroad was built to supply the army , and within a few weeks will bo extended to Khartoum. The ex pedition grew from 15,000 men to 25,000 , and the gunboats from four to twelve. Nothing vsas attempted until carrying a plan through was a certainty. Here ts represented the ' two ways to make war ; one by a dash , takIng - I Ing many chances and hoping for good fortune , the other an unerring forward movement , Invariably counting the coat and providing for all contingencies. It ts one thing to plunge a country Into war and quite another to be equal to the enormous labor ot preparation that may be required. Our war with Spain was wonderful for rapid success following preparation confined to a few weeks , Such can not often bo the re sult , nor will It be safe to conduct ! our army oneo narrow a basis. The two Contrasted British campaigns on the Nile are highly : instructive. A(1U > 'AUO ) I.OOICl.NU roil TIIOirill.F. , New York Herald. Agulnaldo , the "die- tutor , " nn ha Is styled now , seems to bo constantly more aggressive. Wo have Dewcjr and Otis there and need not fear. New York Tribune : Accounts ot Agul * tmldo's alleged conduct nnd Intentions recall the Faying attributed to the wild waves : "It's a little too soon for the babe to get " i Bay. j Minneapolis Tribune : What Is nwdcd In the Philippines Is a definite declaration of the American purpose not to give over the Philippine Islands , cither to anarchy or Spanish tyranny. Buffalo Express : The differences are these of precedence , nor does It appear thati Agul naldo Is very unreasonable In his demands , Ho Insists that his troops shall not be forced to retire from the vantage points they have gained unless ho Is assured that It will not bo necessary for him to renew the war against tlio Spaniards. It will bo the fault of our own officials If wo quarrel with him over that question. Minneapolis Journal : There win bo trou ble with Agulnaldo In any event ; but our government can make short shrift of bis enterprise by giving him the alternative of fighting the United Stares or laying down his arms , the Insurgents to return to their homes. Under United States control It will not be dlfllcult to prevent the Insurgents from obtaining arms and ammunition and as for the proposed "republic , " conducted by a freebooter like Agulnaldo and organized under n dictator , it will bo of short duration. Thcro will have in be something more definite than the vague and general Intilnm- tlons of Impending troubto to shake the faith of the American people in the power of Hear Admiral Dowcy nnd General Morrltt to solve the problems which confront them In the Philippines. No one doubts that fhey can hold the Insurgents In check. The hope of the country Is that they may be able to do It by peaceable methods , but If It should bo necessary to use force the belief of the nation Is that the admiral and the general commanding the American army nt Manila will strike nt the right time. In the right way and make short work of the Job. AWKUL I3ITKCT OF ISOLATION. A Vitw SnrcnHtle Itciuarku on < lie Moutlilim-N of Exiiniinlnnlntii. Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican. The effect of America's Isolation , which so alarms our ablest Imperialistic thinkers , Is truly saddening. We are the most Isolated people In the world. The earth It self , which Is separated from Its nearest planetary neighbors by millions of miles without telephone connection , Is In no more deplorable n plight. Wo wcro discovered by a sailor from north ern Italy , who afterward became a Spaniard. All sorts of foreigners explored our great river courses and settled along our shores English in Now England and south , Dutch In New York , French in Louisiana , Spaniards In Florida and California. They Isolated us worse than before. And since then all these divers races and peoples have poured Into the country so that today we are 70,000,000 of persons , representing all the races of the earth. Every one of the 70,000,000 , we sup pose , has relatives In Europe , Asia or Africa , There are more Germans in Chicago than In most German cities , more Irish In Boston than in many an Irish county and nioro Italians In New York than In several Italian provinces. And still they come. Wo are an isolated land. Wo always have been. Our language Is borrowed from England , our religion comes from Judca. Our laws corao from over the sea. Our most ) boasted Institutions , oven , are foreign. They had trial by Jury , freedom of thu press and parliamentary government In England somewhat earlier than we did and religious toleration was known In Holland before It became popular in Massachusetts and Con necticut. Even our greatest poets never saw America. Shakespeare had scarcely heard of It. Our isolation today Is something terrible. Wo import preachers , actors and foot ball from England , we get plays nnd professors from Franco and Germany , we fetch mu sicians from Vienna , Lelpslc and Poland , wo get architecture , painting , sculpture and the decorative arts from everywhere. When ever an Englishman or n Frenchman be comes famous he rushes to poor , Isolated America on the next steamer to read from his own -works or deliver himself In n course of lectures. Wo get our novels from the four winds that blow and the average cir culation of most masterpieces of literature Is greater In America than In the land of their birth. Wo know more about homo rule than Ireland , more about Dreyfus than France , more about the emperor than Ger many , more about the Armenians than the sultan and more about his peacock feathers than LI Hung Chang. There is no country that knows so much about every other coun try as the United States of America , yet our Isolation is dreadful 'to contemplate. We presume that our Isolation Is also re sponsible for our being the richest , strong est and best advertised ot nations and for the Ill-concealed Jealousy with which Europe regards us. It Is always so with these isolated countries foreign powers are sure to envy and fear them. Look at China ! our companion in solitude. Is not China envied nnd feared ? Nothing could be more painful than to bo shut off from the rest of the world. Shame on the "Little Americans ! " This Isolation must end ! imiNlJ ON YOWl KMTTIN' . Co in 111IV Invn-ilon tif Oiimlin. by "Them Llt'ry Keller * ! . " Chicago Post. Omaha , which Is now recognized as the subtrcasury of culture In the bounding west. Is going Into the "congress" business very extensively this month and next. It Is In teresting to note that Mr. Garland's "litera ture congress" will fill In the week of October 3 , following the Sunday school con gress and preceding the congress of mothers. TlUs Is particularly felicitous , as we have every reason to believe that the promoters of the literature congress are vitally In- to-tsted in the meeting that will Immediately precede and follow their epecJal line of work said promoters being , after Mr. Garland , Mr. Fuller , Mr. Lummls , Miss Alice French and Miss Harriet Monroe. It eeems to us that -what we may call literature Is closely associated with the grand Ideas of Sunday echool nnd maternity , hence the congress that begins September 27 will not end with the following Sabbath , but will run right along up to and Including October 10 , when the mothers and the "Itt'ry fellers" will sing "Auld Lang Syne" and disperse In good order. Wo congratulate the exposition on the happy arrangement of Its congresses , and wo look for the best possible results for western Sabbath schools , literature and motherhood. The literature that Is devoted to the advancement of the west that which wo have heard called the "western move ment In literature" must be necessarily In terested strongly in western maternity. Of course we of the west feel that maternity should be encouraged everywhere , but It Is natural that at a western exposition and as l sturdy cons and daughters of the west wo J should bo slightly more favorable to the western movement In maternity. Hence we are looking for great activity on the part of the literary advisory council as specified , and we predict for the three correlative con gresses a season of conspicuous advantage hitherto unenjoyed In the west. Killed with u I'ltchfnrk. DANVILLE , III. , Sept. 14. William Shank , a prominent citizen of Indlanola , was murdered today at Westvllle. Ills body was found In a livery stable with a small wound back of the left ear , supposed to have been made by a pitchfork. Frank Oilman , a sa loon keeper , wan arrested , charged with the crime. THIS i-iiosi-nnors WISST. A Xrir Yorkrr'M ( JlnvrltiK llevlptv of Well Known Knoti. New York Times. Mr. N. Wetmore Ilnlscy of the bond house of N. W. Harris & Co. has Just returned from an extended western trip , during which ho wan afforded exceptional opportunities to gauge the actual stnto fit affairs In that section , Mr , Ilnlscy , nlwnys a confident believer In the west , comes back from his trip more enthusiastic than ever over con ditions prevailing there nnd the bright pros pects for widespread prosperity. To a. rep- rcscntntlvn of the Times Mr. Ilnlsey yester day sold : "Tho condition of affairs In the central west Is particularly favorable nnd gratify ing. This year's crops appear to be ex cellent throughout that portion of Ohio , In diana , Illinois , Iowa , Minnesota and Mis souri traversed by the main trunk lines , with prospects In Kansas nnd Nebraska equally good. The product of the farms In that section for the season of 1897 was above the average , and the prices wcro so satis factory that the two combined to put the farmer In a very happy frame of mind com pared to any spirit ho has shown for a matter of eight or ten years. Following upon the bountiful harvest and the satis factory returns , comee this year another abundant yield of the various crops native to that section , nnd In addition to this very high prices for cattle nnd remunerative prices for hogs nnd other live stock. "Tho western banks have more money than they know how to employ profitably and all local western securities are In de mand as never before. It seems to mo that this augurs well for the future In many respects. There ts no doubting the fact that the low prices of farm products , and In many sections the scant yields , had much to do with the general dissatisfaction among the agricultural classes which had Its mani festations In the free silver movement , the antagonism to railway and other private corporations and a general feeling of Jeal ousy toward accumulated capital In any form. "It would eecm as though the prosperity of the great empire known ns the central west Is bound to have a lasting influence upon the Interest basis nt which money can bo employed In this country. All of our mu nicipal securities , as well as railroad bonds , have been selling on a lower Interest basis during the present year than at any time In the history of this country. The question whether present low rates arc permanent Is one upon which financial men arc bound to differ ; the fact remains , however , that the small Investor who wishes to place his funds safely , the executor of estates , and the trustee has n very serious problem to deal with in deciding whether to take long-time securities at present prices or allow funds to He Idle hoping for a changed condition that will make It possible to get better rates for money. "A well known Scotch gentleman , an ( n ternatlonal financier of high standing , who made n trip through these states and to the Pacific coast last spring , when the crops were Just out of the ground , spoke of the 'middle west' as one of the richest and most productive sections In the world , and ex pressed the belief that Its Intluenco on the future of this country would be very great , He had .In mind especially the great trunk lines which had their origin and draw their sustenance from the farms and factories of the middle states. Ho said ho believed that the time was past when that rich terri tory where Great Britain had Invested so much money during the past twenty or thirty years would be obliged to pay rates for money that would make the securities appear attractive to British capital. In his opinion the great cities of the central west were entitled to about as high a degree ot credit , not only as our eastern cities , but as the average city of similar size In Great Britain , nnd that , owing to the prosperity so apparent there now and so likely to con tinue , there would be a strong local demand for their securities. "An Illustration of the Impression the west now makes upon a fair-minded caste' a nan Is the 'statement ' made by a New York banker who made his first western trip this season. 'Ills conclusion was thus tersely expressed : 'If they had discovered the middle western states first , the whole At lantic coast would still be a howling wilder ness. " "I profess to be an eastern man , with several generations of New York traditions , but I am a firm believer In the great possi bilities of the west , and particularly of the central western states of the Mississippi and Missouri valleys. I never visit that sec tion without being Impressed with the fact that the development of their natural wealth , the thrift and energy of the people , must exert a great Influence upon the future of the entire country. " PERSONAL AM ) OTIIKUWI.SI5. Agulnaldo Is costing the American news papers , In the way of cable tolls , a great deal more than he Is worth. The country Is now reaping the fruits of victory on the battlefield and the grain field , and both are phenomenal. R. Fernandez do Castro , civil governor of the city of Havana , has organized forty free kitchens , feeding 35,000 Cubans. The apple crop of Missouri last year was estimated to be worth $12.000,000. This year the estimate Is $1,000,000. And yet Missouri fruit men say the crop Is satisfactory. The Louisiana Daughters of 1776-1812 have undertaken the repair of the ChalmeMo mon ument , which commemorates the victory of the American patriots upon the spot. Ex-Postmaster General Don M. Dickinson and Henry T. Thurbcr , formerly President Cleveland's private secretary , have dis solved the law'partnership that has existed between them for about fifteen years. Mrs. L. II. Scelye , who died at Lapont , Tex. , a few days ago , wns a soldier In the civil war and was known as Frank Thomp son of Company F , Second Michigan volun teers. One of her sons Is In the regular army. One sign of returning prosperity Is the offer , made last \seek , of $26,000 for a seat in the New York Stock exchange , with no seller. In fact , no seats arc being offered at any price. After the panic year of 1833 seats were sold for as little as $13,000. An Insurance company has applied to the Maine state authorities for Information as to the number of persons killed or Injured while hunting in the woods last year , with the view of issuing a new form of life and accident policy , especially for sportsmen. There were thirteen fatal shooting accidents In the Maine woods in 18D7. The Royal U tbo highest grade baking powder known. Actual test i show It B" > one- third further than any other traad. Absolutely Pure PIOYAL IUUM1 POWOIH CO. , HI * Y8 K , imimiT AMI nituiJ/.Y , Somervllto Journal It l-n't funny to ciy of n proxperotiH | ih ) detail that ho take * lite MI By I Phllndolphlix North Amerlcnn : " 1 nlwnyr j Ilko to fnn myself with u Hhcct of good music. " "Why ? " "Oh , there Is considerable nlr In It. " Detroit Free Press : "There's ono Yiuike pig thnt Spain really ought to be allowed n whuck nt. " "Who Is that ? " "Tho street i-iir hog. " Cleveland Plain Donlcr : "ts your son up In the history of the dnrk ngcs ? " " 1 KIIOHM ho if. lie's usually up most o' the night. " Hrooklyn Life : Mnud When I get en gaged I don't Intend to have nny mystery about It. Marie I don't soc how you ciin help It , dt'nr. Every ono will regard It us n mys tery. Chicago Post : "Ho unlil I wns ti poem , " she told her denrest friend gleefully. "Oh , well. " replied her denrest friend , "somo people know so little about poetry thnt they think there's nothing to It but feet. " Washington Stnr : "Did you tell thnt soldier boy ho would live on the fat of the Intul when he pot home ? " "Yes , but It didn't neein to cheer him. Ho said he had had bacon enough. " Indianapolis Journal : Watts-How do you umlprtUiind that expression of Shnks- pc-nro's "go to ? " Potts it Is my Idea that It nroso from the printers nut knowing the use of the dash when his works \vcro tlrst published. Cleveland Plain Denier : "I nee thut when Queen Wllhelmlnn wants to dunce she has to nsk the gentlemen. " "SuppoBo dho iiska u gentleman who doesn't know a two-step from n cakewalk - walk ? " "Thou Mho nsks him to sit It out on the royal stairs. " Philadelphia North American : "Evelyn , " said her father , "whnt particular fcut of bravery did thnt young mnn who culled on you last night perform during the war ? " "None , father. Ho stayed home at my request. Hut why do you imk ? " "Oh , Judging from the way you kissed him I thought perhaps ho had directed the movements ? of Dewey and Schley during the conflict. " FUSIOX AT SUVAWVIM.H. Denver Post. Jest prccedln' the convention that was cnllod to nominate Of u conHtiiblc.iur Justice o' the ponce , It seemed thnt fnte Wns u buckln' right ag'ln tin , fur the pop- Ulli > ta hud snld They would light UH to u llnlsh If It cost 'em every red. The republicans was whoopln * . fur they knoweil they'll win the dny If the dlmmycrats nn' poppers both had tickets In the fray , An' In caucusln' the matter wo wns sar- tln1 Hiiro we'd losa If we didn't git the poppers fur to Jlno via in n fuse. So we axed 'cm to n mcetlu' to discuss the thing with us In 11 decent sort o' manner , free from tur moil nn' from fuss. An' wo laid our plan before 'cm In nn nrgu- nicntlvo wny , Shuwln' up the hard-head wisdom an' the prudence of the play. Wo was answered In a jiffy by ol' Undo Jimmy Pratt , Recognized by nil of Sqimwvlllo ns the leadln' popocrut , In a speech that nil regarded ns nn or- utorlc gem , Showln' If there must be fusion , wo had got to fuse with them. This created consternntlon In the dlmmy- cmtlc crow , 'Twas an aspeck of the question we hail never thought to view. But wo belt to our opinion If the pops would nil jlno In We would kill th > - ol' republicans too cussed dead to skin. But our nrgumonts wns fruitless , they wns stubborner than mules. Acted Ilk. ? a cussed passel of bullhcadcd , cranky fools. An' we'd Just about concluded to adjourn In filny die When ol' Jack McOlnnls entered nn' secured - cured the cheermnn's eye. He announced In qulot manner thnt ! he'd jent bin on a trnmj ) An' hud bought tip nil the whisky nn' the beer there wns In camp ; Which wns jest n. party matter he had biiught It to enthuse Ot tuo dlmmycrat convention , an slcli V'is as chose to fuse. I coiii 1 Hcurcoly keep from whoopln' when 6"r Undo/ Jimmy rlz An' cone-filed that he reckoned he'd take liquid nine In his , An' we put Urn pruv'oiis question , an I'm happy fur to pay That the fiiHlon scheme was carried In en thusiastic wny. OUll DAII'Y IlULMiTIIV. SANTIAGO Do CUBA , Sept. 15 , 1893. By agreement between General Wood , U. S. Military Governor , and the Spanish author ities , the public schools will be open hero today. Sectarianism has been eliminated from the management nnd the course of study placed upon an American basis , Now that School has Begun The boys must be fitted out with durable wearables we have them. Our school suits for boys and children are of the sort that won't rip and tear ex cept under the severest provo cation. Besides that they are dressy and well fitting as they should be to stimulate the boy's natural pride in a good appear ance. ance.Our clothing for boys is bet ter than almost any other store offers , and is as good as the very best. The price usually settles the matter. Two piece suits at $2,50 , $3.00 , $3.50 $4.00 and $5,00 , \ \
