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I THE OMATIA DATLY JVEE : FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 23 , 1898. OMAHA DAILY DEE , E. R08CWATUII , Editor. MORNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : ly Bee ( Without Sunday ) , Ono Year.$4.00 lly Bee and Sunday , One Year 8.00 Months 4.W reo Months I.W nday Bee , One Year 200 urday Beo. One Year 1.50 ekly Bee , Ono Year ( w OFFICES. Jmnhn : The Bee Building , f louth Omaha : Blneer Block , Corner N 1 d Twenty-fourth Streets. : ouncll Bluffs : 10 Pearl Street. : hlcaco Oillce : D02 Chamber ot Com- rco. pw York : Temple Court. x ashlngton : 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRKSPONDDNCE. II communications relating- news and orlal matter should be addressed : To Editor. ; BUSINESS LETTERS. Jill , buslnrMR tetters nnd remittances , MUld bo addressed to The Bee Publishing .ompany , Omahu. Drafts , checks , express [ nd iiostofTlce money orders to be made uynblo to the order of the company. THE HEU PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT Ol Itnto of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss : i George B. Tzschuck , secretary of The Bee Ig'ubllshlnfj company , being duly sworn , ys thnt the actual number of full and lomplcto copies of The Daily , Morning , ISvcnlng and Sunday Bee , printed during B Iho month of August , 1898 , was as follows : 17 S7iwi : 18 UiMUU 19 U7.I70 14 as,74o ' ' ' ' ' IB as , mo . . . . . . . . . . . . , ll 0 as.otio 22. [ 7 a8oos 23. | 8 27,701) 24 atlS10 o 2s,7u : 25 2 < l,4as 28. . . . a ,7 H I 27 au , : ia 2 ao.uno 3 28i8t : : 29 a , ! Kll so . . . , .aoaNU iiw.oii * 31 a.toi ( : | ia as.osu . Total bO 1,804 ( Loss returned and unsold copies. . . . mcat ! Net total sales 8IB , 41 Net Dally Average 27i629 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my presence this 1st day of September , 1833. N. P. FEIL. Notary Public. WBLCOMK TO TUB I1CB IIUIMIING. 3Vo vliiltor to Oninliii nncl the cxpoNltluu nhoulit RU u rnr ivlthout InniicvtliiK The Hoc luilliUiiK , the InrRCHt iiewn- impcr InillilliiK In America , niiil Thf Ilee ncivnimper Iilniit , conccilud t be the Uncut between CIilcnRO and - Sun FrniiclHC" . A uordliil relcoinc In cxlcniloil to nil. The battlccry of the exposition comes from tlio ludlnn camp. Who Is 'to bo Hrynn's successor as colonel of the Third Ncbra&kaV Candidate 1'oyntcr Is still sawing Wood for his next winter's supply. Come and watch Ak-Sar-Bcn's royal entry Into Omaha week after next. Is'o keys to the city will be needed. Colonel I5ryan promises to loosen his tongue once more as soon as he can dolt his shoulder straps and uniform. As export jugglers of llgnrcs for po litical purposes , the Nebraska popo- crats nro entitled to > the highest award. Does Congrcumu Stark's stay In Washington mean that he will make a megaphone campaign In his Fourth dis trict ? This week will be another record- breaker for the exposition. And so will nearly every week from now till the gates closq In November. Omaha merchants have no reason to complain about the full trade , although the sultry summer weather persists In lingering beyond the equinoctial. This Is a republican year. Hut It Is not a year when any candidate labelled republican Is sura to bo elected whether his personal record Is good or bad. The more the details of that cession of Tort Arthur become public property , the more shrewdly Kubslu appears to have acted In getting the best of the bargain. One of the regiments of Missouri vol- wntecrti retained In the service Is asking to bo mustered out. Wonder If this is the one In which llryan was offered the place of colonel ? General Garcia Is expected to visit the United States very shortly. While In the country the Cuban lender should bo euro to take in the Trnnsmlsslsslppl Ex position at Omaha. The popocratlc organ seems to be chuckling over some assurance that John L. Webster's bungling manipula tion of the legislative ticket will' assist the man who Is Itching to 1111 Dave Mer cer's congressional shoes. Ilciiomluatlons arc the order of the day for republican congressmen In al most every state In the union. Itepub- llcaus everywhere are rapidly learning the advantage of presenting experienced men for places in the national legisla ture. If the report Is true that Chill has Issued an ultimatum to Argentinewith live days to accept unrestricted arbi tration of Its boundary dispute , South America may yet furnish the world with Its next war and that before the end of the fateful year 1S9S Is reached. It Is reported that Japan Is on the point of negotiating a foreign loan of ffiO.OOO.OOO. There are mighty few countries that can equal the record of the United States In Its last operation of lloatlng $200,000,000 of emergency war bonds without going outside of the subscriptions of its own citizens. Acting Governor Harris is putting a few plus Into the popocratlc balloon between performing executive duties during Governor Ilolcomb'a absence from the state. As soon as the gov ernor hears what the acting governor has been saying ho , will hurry back to resume control of the governor's otlico nnd take care , also , that Mr. Harris does not have another chance to pose as governor even for a day. t- dsiuociitlc Catherine. FAITH IX AMERICA * ItUXOll. A recent dispatch 'from Havana stated that the Cuban Insurgents are slowly accepting the logic of the situation nnd cling to the hope , that when the Span- lards have left the Island the United States Will reconstruct the government * on the lines of Cuban Independence. The Cubans , said the dispatch , arc actIng - Ing with the greatest tact and prudence throughout the Island nnd have unlim ited faith In American honor. They will hare their election and form n ntablc government nnd then patiently wait for the time when the American government may deem It proper to turn into their hands the destinies of their country. IJy way of attesting their1 faith In American honor the Insurgent commanders have resigned nnd will be ta ko themselves to peaceful pursuits nnd while the forces have not disbanded they undoubtedly will do so ns soon as an American army of occupation shall reach the Cuban capital. The Cubans have fnlth that the United States will fulfill itfl pledge to give them an Independent government. They know , ns the American people know , that when this pledge was given It was with the sincere Intention or faithfully carrying It out and they be lieve that such Is still the Intention. The Cuban people have had nil experi ence which would justify them' In being distrustful. Spanish promisees have been made to them repeatedly only to be broken. But they now feel that their destiny Is In the hands of n just and honorable nation a nation whose people have enjoyed Independence for more than a hundred years and whose government Is founded upon 'tho ' con sent of the governed. The pledge this nation has made is contained in tliU solemn declaration : "Tho United States hereby disclaims any disposition or Intention to exercise sovereignty or control over said Island ( Cuba ) except for the pacification thereof and asserts Its determination when that is accom plished to leave the government and control of the Island to Its people. " Pacification will be accomplished when the Spanish forces shall have evacuated the Island , the insurgents nro disbanded and the people are left free to form ana put In operation an Independent gov ernment , j . Our duty in this matter" is' so clearly denned that It Is not possible there can be any misapprehension In regard to it. Wo must give the Cuban people the fullest and fairest opportunity to es tablish for themselves a government , in the framing of which all of them slmll have n voice and under which all shall have equal rights and equal protection. Yet there Is an organized effort in this country , having the countenance nnd support of some prominent men ami newspapers , to defeat the hope of the Cubans for a free nnd Independent government. This effort is to create sentiment in the United States nnd In Cuba In favor of annexation. There Is a league , composed chiefly of men conspicuous In financial and commer cial affairs , the object of which Is to promote the annexation of Cuba to the United States , regardless entirely of the obligation of honor and duty this nation Is under to the Cuban people who have for years been struggling for independence. The men who are en gaged in this are undoubtedly honor able In their business affairs. Wltli most of them , doubtless , their word Is as good as their bond. But they do not hesitate to counsel n policy regard ing Cuba which would compromise the honor of their country nnd there are reputable newspapers that do the same. Cuban faith In American honor must not bo disappointed. The pledge we have given the people of Cuba must be faithfully carried out Otherwise we cannot expect to retain the respect and confidence of the world. HE SURE I'OV'RB The standing order onall railroads to conductors , engineers and men in control of the active operation of trains is , "Be sure you're right , then go ahead. " This terse precaution Is equally ap plicable to those who conduct the active operations of an Important political campaign. It is especially applicable to the conduct of the campaign upon which the republicans of Douglas county are entering. Douglas county Is on all hands recog nized ns the pivotal point in the battle ground on which Is to bo fought the contest for regaining republican suprem acy in Nebraska. Republicans have victory within their grasp , providing always that their forces are marshalled under standard bearers who command public confidence. The nomination of clean , capable and popular men representing the various elements of the community is absolutely essential In order to Insure the undi vided support of the party nnd acces sions from the ranks of the opposition. Any break IU the line must endanger the entire chain. Instead of observing the rule , "Be sure you're rlsht , then go ahead , " the late convention rushed headlong into the nomination of a legis lative ticket which must Inevitably cause defections that will Imperil not only the county ticket , but may cost the state ticket thousands of voles. To save the party In botli county nnd state from this menace It Is the para mount duty of every loyal republican to endeavor to right the blunders made by the convention , even If by so doing 'lie Is called upon to forego his personal ambition. In the Interest of party suc cess The Bee has withheld all comment as to the merit or demerit of unypar- tlcular candidate nud has counseled a reconstruction of the ticket upon lines that will enable the party to make an aggressive fight and draw to It every citizen who desires good government , carried on through men committed to the policies that have brought about the restoration of prosperity. In taking this position The Bee may Incur the displeasure of thoughtless partisans who Imagine every man. Domi nated by a republican convention Is en titled to the votes of republicans-wUat- ever his record , character or capacity ion mere was u luevuUs ui uiv vuuuij mny be. Kxperlence , however , 1ms shown that thousands of republicans will not ratify the work of a convention when It commits the parly to unworthy candidates. Experience has also shown that the strength of a ticket , like the strength of a chain , Is only that of its weakest link. The weak candidates pull down the strong ones and often cause the defeat of the best men. It , therefore , behooves tne party to strengthen Its lines ivhllo It can , before It gets under lire of the enemy , and It possible so readjust Its ticket as to se cure satisfactory representation of those elements to which It must look for votes. i T11K PRESIDENT IX EARNEST. President McKlnley Is. having dim- culty Iti completing the commission to Investigate the supply bureaus of the War department. Five of the men se lected for this duty have accepted and four more are to be appointed , the pres ident desiring to make the membership of the commission nine , so that each of the supply bureaus quartermaster , commissary nnd medical may have three members of the commission as signed to Its Investigation and the work be thus facilitated. Some newspapers have advised the abandonment of the Investigation , but according to trustworthy report the president is earnest In the desire for the fullest possible Investigation nnd Is anxious to have It begin at the earliest practicable day. It Is stated that or ders have been Issued to the heads of the War department bureaus to so ar range all papers relating to the admin istration of army affairs since the be ginning of the war with Spain as to enable them to be Immediately pro duced upon the call of the commission nnd ofllccrs of the nrmy nnd civilian employes have been notified that , if called upon to furnish information , they are to make full and complete answer to all questions pertaining to the busi ness of the department. The commis sion , being appointed without authority of law , would be powerless to compel witnesses to testify , but no witness that mny be summoned in the investigation will be likely to disobey the executive order to give the commission all the Information nt his command that should be asked for. In this as In all other matters connected with his administra tion the president desires the lullest publicity and there can be no doubt that when the commission is completed It will be Instructed to make Its Inves tigation thorough nnd searching. Meanwhile the newspapers which have been most aggressive in their as saults on the War department have moderated their attacks , possibly having discovered that their course did not have the approval of fair-minded peo- pe who know something about the mis ery and suffering Inevitable in war. THE PERIL IU FRANCE. Conditions In France are rapidly ripening for an outburst thnt will put the republic In great peril and may pos sibly eventuate In a dictatorship. The Influence of militarism Is vStlll powerful , but the indications are that it is weak ening and the question is whether , If it shall find its power to be dangerously menaced , the army will not set up a dictator , or attempt to do so. Perhaps there would be little dlfllculty in find ing a man willing to play such a rolo. It has even been intimated that Presi dent Fnure , who has strongly mani fested his devotion to the army and who Is believed to be exceedingly fond of power , might be Induced to accept dictatorial authority supported by the army. But how would the people receive such a changer The masses In France have shown themselves to be well sat- Islled with the republic and would un doubtedly resist n change , nor Is it by any means certain that all of the army would favor it. The Dreyfus case , It seems evident , will not down without a revision. The recent disclosures make an Irresistible demand that' the case shall have a re hearing under conditions which shall afford some chance for Justice to pre vail. The determined opposition to this only serves to confirm the convlitlon that Dreyfus is the victim of a con spiracy. There has been so much parading , marching , counter-marching and enter taining In Omaha since the opening or the exposition that it Is quite natural that prominent men who are busy with their own affairs should look upon the Invasion of this city by visitors from neighboring states as a matter of course. For all that , Omaha's hospitality Is by no means exhausted , nor does It fall to appreciate the compliments It Is receiv ing at f ids of the hosts of exposi tion pair It Is not out of place , however , The Bee to suggest to the people of Omaha that n display of en thusiasm on occasions like Iowa day , when the governor of Iowa ami his staff , with other distinguished citizens , paraded through our principal thorough fares , Is always In order. The popocratlc state committee la bored for weeks with the Douglas county gang to fix up the legislative ticket on lines that would appeal to dif ferent elements from whom they expect to get the votes. The popocrnts admit that they made several mistakes , but as they have no hopes of carrying their whole ticket , they can carry their dead- wood. Republicans who want to elect the entire republican ticket should have at least as much political astuteness us their popocrutlc adversaries. CriticAKree on One Point. Indianapolis Journal. About the only thine in the recent war that somebody has not made "a kick" about Is the conduct of the negro reeulars. All agree that they fought like heroes. ofVnuen. . Philadelphia Record. Iowa has made a move In the rleht di rection. The Iowa State Board of Control bas laid down the rule that there shall be no sex distinction In the salaries paid at any of the state Institutions under Us Jurisdiction. For like work there will here after be a like wage. This ehould be the rule -wherever there is common employment of the sexes in the schools , In the hospi tals and In nil ofTclnl capacities. The state should not discriminate. .Men IV.re Until } . Globe-Democrat. Admiral Montojo has been suspended nnd Admiral Ccrvcra will be denied any form of welcome on reaching homo. Spain's fight ing men fare much worse than monsters like \Yeylcr , who never get near the firing line. Sidetrack the I'olltlclnim. Minneapolis Times , The politicians should have mercy on the president and cease their efforts to In duce him to make his vacation trip to Omaha a stumping tour. Ho has earned a rest and should not be expected to go campaignIng - Ing for congressmen who arc In tight places , It Is not a part of the president's duties anyhow. llixiii of the Century. St. Louis Republic. The man who has Invented an artificial egg equal to the "real thing" In everything but fecundity bas conferred an everlasting boon upon the overworked hen. She can now turn her attention to her family affairs In bliseful Ignorance of the fact that her ancient enemy Is "laying for her' with an ax. With artificial eggs and artificial hatch ers , the time-honored "landmark" ot the barnynrd Is sure to get it In the neck. The Ilrcord Dp to Intp. Indlnnnpolls Journal. To the close of the week the deaths In the army since the campaign began were 751 , uhllo the deaths in battle were 33J. This makes a total of 1,083 out of an army of 268,000 men. This is four men to each 1,000 , or less than one-half of 1 per cent. Still , the yellow and copperhead papers will con tinue to print harrowing tales and the old reconccntrado cuts , used while they were trying to force congress to recognize the so- called Republic ot Cuba. Accurate UliiKiioiila. New York Tribune. Sagasta tells Spain bluntly that she Is a nation In decay. The diagnosis Is scientific and accurate , but whether Us communication to the patient Is professional or not tbo state nnd the minister will have to settle between them. It Is certain that thi. * old Spain must perish and all the clumsy mediaeval ma chinery of Its government bo cast away. But perhaps a new Spain may arise with new impulses and ideals , with the school master abroad Instead of the monk and the barefoot friar nnd the resetted matador , In which event she will be In better form for her new race without the handicap of colonies. The Huron of Trust * . Springfield Republican. The state of New Jersey advertises its corporation subserviency well in the charier granted to the gigantic steel combination known as the Federal Steel company. This document Is rightly called an omnibus cUar- ter , for it authorizes mining ot all kinds , manufacturing of all kinds , transportation of all kinds on land and water , building of all kinds , Including houses , ships , cars , factories , engines , railroads , etc. , and buyIng - Ing and selling and mortgaging of all kinds , including land and the business of other corporations , firms or persons. It can do everything , apparently , except coin money. How long at this rate will It be , however , before sovereignty in the United States will abdicate this function In favor ot some trust ? PHUSOXAI , AMI OTIIKHAVISE. The Maine Incident has run up a bill of $375,000,000 for Spain to date. There Is an apparent disposition in Span ish political circles to mjike Toral the Drey fus of Spain. H Captain N. M. Dyer , who has been promoted meted for bravery at Manila , was once second mate on a Massachusetts whaler. Mitchells belonging to the western branch ot that family have Just held a reunion at Corning , la. Their forefathers were pioneers of Pennsylvania. Organ grinders and banana vendors arc recipients of uncommon attention In Austria Just now. The native motto Is , "When you see an Italian head , hit It. " Spain's continual assertion that she will never , never give up the Philippines begins to look as If she was afraid we would refuse to take them off her hands. Weyler nnd Pando are not shedding any tears over the emptiness of Spain's treasury. Piotestlng they didn't do It , they cry out In unctious unson , "Search mo. " Assurances come from Washington that "Dewoy Is well able to hold his own" nt .Manila. As a disseminator of ancient news Washington Is acquiring a reputation. It has rarely , If ever , been the good fortune of a government to close a costly war with $316,000,000 of cash , and 76 per cent of It In gold , In its treasury , says Henry Clews. It Is said that the European brlarwood product has been supplanted almost entirely by homemade goods. Our friends across the water can put this in their pipe and smoke It. A Chicago paper admits that a lightning Hash which struck a trolley car actually shocked the conductor. Must have been a phenomenal crash. Ordinary lightning could not fcase 'em. Henry R. Wolcott , who has been nomi nated by the republicans ot Colorado as their gubernatorial candidate , Is a brother of Senator Edward II. Wolcott and a cousin of Governor Wolcott of Massachusetts. Charles A. Harden and William A. Ross , two Boatonlans who went to the Klondike , and were found dead In that region , had staked a claim next to some unclaimed land which has since turned out a fortune. When we get our wires working regu larly to and from the West Indies the countly will be treated to details of cyclones and the llko compared with which the home-made variety will pale Into Insignifi cance. With tbo cold water people on one side and the champagne party on the othci clamoring for recognition at the Illinois battleship christening , the only safe course for Governor Tanner is to mix bis drinks and end the dlfllculty. President Faurc , at the conclusion of the army maneuvers last week , conferred the cross of the Legion of Honor upon General Alfred C. Bates , the military attache of the United States embassy in London , who bos followed the maneuvers. A New Yorker , gifted with more than the average Gotham Intelligence , appeared at the morgue and solemnly declared after viewing a corpse Identified ns bls'n , "That's not me. " Thereupon his weeping wife 'de nounced him as an Impostor and refused to be comforted. Little Danny Maher , the Jockey who hopes to eclipse Ted Sloan , bas signed a contract to ride next seuson at a salary of $10,000. That will gho the featherweight an oppor tunity to make some $20,000 or $30,000 easily nnd perhaps a larger amount. The graduate ot the stable keeps some of the graduates of thu college guessing. The proposed trepanning of the skull of Alexander Karat , the Coracll student now suspected of arson and posalbly even graver crime , will be for the avowed purpose of attempting to "restore his mental and moral faculties , " and It opens a wide field for In vestigation for the medical and metaphys ical experts , as well as a broad beam of hope for criminals. Karst is said to have bad bis skull fractured at one time in his life and to be subject to a certain amount of mental eccentricity on account of it. If the operation relieves him of this Incubus In a way that the law can take cognizance of , a previously fractured skull may be come frequent defense In criminal trials. SUCCIJSS OP TIIIJ KXVOSITIOX. St. Louis Republic : The now assured suc cess of the Omaha exposition Is good news for the whole west. Maryvllle ( Mo. ) Democrat : The Omaha exposition reduced Its floating debt during August $122,623.17 , nnd now has an Indebt edness ot only $57,834.40 remaining. From this showing It will doubtless close with a flno surplus to Its credit Florence ( Ariz. ) Tribune : The Omabn ex position will bo likely to gain largely by the close ot the war. The outlook for It was dark at the outset , but the attendance throughout has been surprlnstngly large. From now on the fondest expectations should bo realized. Troy ( N. Y. ) Times : The promoters of the Omaha exposition have made a remark able display of that kind of American enter prise which overcomes obstacles and achieves success. The managers of the big show announce that they have already paid oft $122,623 of their Indebtedness , and with two profitable months remaining for the fair there Is no question of their paying the remaining $57,834 debt still outstanding. Those Omaha bustlers ore to bo.congratu lated. Indianapolis ( Ind. ) Sentinel : It Is pleas ant to know that the financial results ot the Omaha exposition are proving so satis factory. It took a great deal of courage for Omaha to attempt an enterprise of this kind after the notable scries , beginning with the World's fair and Including the expositions at Ban Francisco , Atlanta and Nashville. But the pcoulo of Omaha proved equal to the emergency. They have made a mag nificent exoosltlon and are to be congratu lated upon the fact that , notwithstanding public absorption In the war , and other drawbacks. Us financial success now seems to bo assured. I2CHO13S OK THIS LATE 1VAH. That Texas regiment of warm volunteers which eworo by high heaven not to accept pay from a negro paymaster took a sudden tumble when the government elevated Us spinal column and cheerfully pocketed the proffered money. The regiment did not smell any of the enemy's powder or come within 500 miles ot Mauser bullets. Had It campaigned at Santiago with tbo colored regiments and saw the courage and dash of the "Smoked Yankees" along the firing line , the Texans would have cheerfully sub scribed to this tribute , paid them by Gen eral Wheeler : "All that can be said in praise of any regiment that participated in tbo campaign can be said of those regi ments which were made up of colored troops. The only thing necessary In handl ing a colored regiment Is to have officers over them who are equally courageous. Glvo them the moral nfluenco of good leadership and they aro'as line soldiers as exist anywliero In the world. Put them where you want them , point out what you want them to shoot at , and they will keep on shooting until either their officers tell them to stop or they are stopped by the enemy. " The privates saw and felt more than the officers the warm sympathy and kindness of the dusky troops. They withstood the effect of the climate better than a majority of the whites and that enabled them to prove them selves "better Christians than the white men. " A volunteer who was brigaded with the Twenty-fourth Infantry during the cam paign made that statement and explained It aa follows : "We bad a lot of trouble about firewood on the island. It was hard to find , nnd It often bad to bo carried two miles to our quarters. Gathering It was a heavy job for our fellows , for most of them were pretty weak on account of the fever. The fellows In the white regiment In our command were ti llttlo better off than wo were they were regulars , you know and managed to have fires pretty regularly. If wo had to depend on them , we would have put cold .rations In our stomachs all the time. 'Say , old man , ' I heard said to them , 'let's cook a little stuff on your flre when you're through with It , won't you , please ? ' And what do you think they'd say ? 'Aw , go hang , ' one of 'em said to mo. 'We ain't got enough for ourselves. ' It was a good deal to ask of a man , I'll ad mit. Why , I've seen half a dozen sick men wait around a flre until the men who owned It were through , and then make a rush for the embers , llko seven dogs after one bone. But 'the ' negroes were different ; they had biftger hearts. They stood the campaign In great shape , you know , and It wasn't much for them to gather firewood. They'd build a flre. six feet long , and they never crowded a poor devil of a weak man out If ho wanted to use It. 'Gimme a chance at your fire ? ' the fellows would ask them. 'Co'se , ' they'd say. 'What yo' think we raado a big fire fo , ' anyway ? T' cook our own grub on'y ? Come on , honey. ' That's just tbo way they'd say It , and as jolly as you like. The negroes are all right , and I've got a place In my heart for the Twenty- fourth infantry , I tell you. " W. G. Thurman of the Sixteenth regiment , who is now at bis home In Evansvllle , Ind. , recovering from a wound , says the charge at San Juan Hill was the work of a bugler. When the Sixth and Sixteenth Infantry had gained a point of l&O yards from the foot of the hill after a scrips ot short rushes across the plain they dropped to flre and load. They were flat on the ground await ing the bugle call to make another rush. Suddenly the notes rang out. Instead of the short call "forward , " which they expected , came the longer thrilling call of "charge. " With a yell that would have done credit to the bronzed warriors of the west the soldiers sprang to their feet and swept up the bill. With a rush they carried It and on the top stood shooting down the fleeing Spaniards. The commanding officer of the brigade , General Hawkins , was astonished at the charge and the bugle call which ordered it. After the hill had been gained General Hawkins started an Investigation to discover who was the bugler. He had no success until he said he did not wish to punish the man , but to compliment him and get him a promotion if possible. Then the man was pointed out by his willing companions. Ho was Bugler Schroder of the Sixth Infantry. He received the commendation of his chief modestly. The fact that Bugler Schroder ordered the charge was not noised about , but the men in the brigade knew It , and it was common talk with them. He was a herewith with them , for they considered bis act tha only thing to do. At each short rush more men were falling. As they neared the foot of the hill the Spanish flro was getting mor deadly and demoralizing. Tbo order to charge would doubtless have come from the commander after a few more short rushes and rest , but Bugler Schroder hastened mat- ten. Admiral Dewey's expenditures In powder and shell to sink the Spanish fleet at Manila , according to bis own official report , wai about $45,000. The cost for the same Iten : In disposing of Admiral Cervera's fleet on Santiago Is between $90,000 and $100,000 Experts regard the figures in both cases ai surprisingly low. The cost of killing th. Matunzas mule and of various bombard ments by Admiral Sampson has not been made public. General Augusttn'a story of the capture o' Manila by Dewey and Merrill contains llttl that is new. He adds hU testimony to tha of earlier reporters , that the action ot the German ship , Kalserln Augusta , In taking him away , was sanctioned by Dewey , nnd he explains the hurried departure of tbi vessel by the fact that the German admlrtl desired to send the emperor the flrit neem < ot the capitulation. j N MIMTAHY IIUIIDUNS. What the Cinr ScrU * to Dlinlnluli l > y Dliinrinnmeiit. General I' , S. Mlchle , professor In West Point Military academy , in a letter pub lished In the Independent recently , throws some light on the enormous burdens Im posed on the taxpayers by the military es tablishments of Europe , which the czar of Russia seeks to diminish by disarmament. General Mlchle presents a table wherein Is shown : (1) ( ) The strength of the peace es tablishment ot tbo army ; (2) ( ) that of the navy , nnd (3) ( ) the annual expenditures for the support ot the nrmy and navy : (1) ( (2) ( ) (3) ( ) In addition to this Is may also be stntcc that the continental nations ot Europe arc ns a general rule , increasing their natlona indebtedness. The total debt of France Is estimated to bo about J2,000,000,000 o francs , which can , In part , be accounted for in considering the enormous sums she bas expended for armament , war ships am fortifications since 1S70. The debt of Ger many , which was $411,000.000 marks in 1SS4- 85 , was over 1,915,000,000 at the end o March , 1S94. The annual budgets for the payments * of the Interest on the fundet debts , all of which were mainly Incurred it the prosecution of war , are In themselves enormous ; thus that of Franco Is over $234,000,000 ; Russia , $203,000,000 ; Germany $177,000,000 ; Austria-Hungary , $117,000,000 and Italy , $115,000,000. i\II > O OK A "HOHUOH" STOUY A Snniplc of tltc Avr-rnBC "Yellow' l < "nlirlvntlon. Indtnnnnolls Journal. No story concerning 111 treatment o soldiers was more widely circulated o I caused more Intemperate denunciation of the authorities than that describing the con dition of the Eighth New York regimen when It passed through Cleveland on the way home from Chickamnnga. Over 230 men were sick and were represented as practically uncared for , as suffering terribly for the comforts of life until relieved by Cleveland women , who brought them delicacies , bathed their faces with Florida water and laid flowers upon their pillows Some of them were said by Clevelam physicians to be BO 111 that they woulc hardly get home alive , and Dr. LIndhelm the surgeon in charge of the train , was urged to Icavo thcso men at the Cleveland hospital us the only chance for their re covery. Just what business these Clevelam doctors had on that train was not ex plained ; but , perhaps the professional ethics which forbid interfering with a fellow- physician's patients in private life do not include government surgeons. At nl events , Dr. Llndheim was heralded far am wldo as a monster of Incompetence cm hoartlcssness , and was tbo target for end less abuse. His 250 patients nro all wel now , In spite of Cleveland doctors and yel low newspapers , while Dr. Llndheim Is dead driven to his grave by tbo attacks upon him which bo could not answer. Be fore he died he told a friend that a reporter who boarded the train at Cleveland with the visiting physicians threatened to "roast" him If he did not leave tbo tick men behind. Ho also ald that some ono on the way had telegraphed to a Cleveland undertaker to meet the train prsnared to take care of six dead soldiers. The under taker was there , but there were no dead. The circumstances in this casn support what baa come to bo considerably moro than a suspicion with those who have watched the course of events carefully , namely , that agents of tbo incendiary presser or other enemies of the government were engaged in a conspiracy to misrepresent the facts concerning the army and Its treatment ; to exaggerate all the dr.iwb.icks and to manufacture tales of woo when ex aggeration failed them. The * scheme was overworked , however. So many of the stories of horror proved to be without foundation that the public began to grow skeptical some tltno since , and Is now slow to accept them without Investigation. The reaction will not tend to benefit the sensa tional press , and it would bo well if an outraged public would show its indignation In a way that would prevent a repetition of such offenses. IVOUMAL CUHHU. > CY UM'ANSIOX. .Viiturnl < ind Orderly Growth of Our Ciirroncy Circulation. New York Mall and Express. There has Just been Issued from the treas ury bureau of statistics a historical state ment of banking and currency operations and the production of the precious metals In the United States which is particularly interesting In Its showing with regard to the development of our circulating medium. For purposes of comparison the following table showing the per capita of money in circula tion , counting the entire population and ex tending over a long period , is highly Instruc tive : Per Canlta Year. Circulation. 1300 $ 4 SKI 1810 7 CO 1820 6 96 1830 6 69 1S40 1091 1S50 12 02 I860 13 85 1SG5 20 57 1S70 17 50 1SSO 19 41 IbSO 22 82 1S9S 24 74 These figures show that the growth of our currency circulation has been orderly , pro gressive , natural and conspicuously free from artificial Inflation on ono hand and from forced contraction on the other. It has kept almost mathematical pace with tbo Increase of population and its advance does not ap pear to have been more than momentarily disturbed by the panics of 1837 , 1857 , 1873 and 1893. Rallying from each of those violent lent shocks , the currency supply speedily adjusted Itself to tbo legitimate needs of the country , and within three years of each Brent crash all signs of the disorder , so far a It affected the volume of circulation , bad disappeared. It Is worth noting also that In spite of tbo demagogic bowl about currency contrac tion and Insufficient circulation , the normal Inflation has been greater since the resump tion of specie payments on a gold standard basis than It was during any former period except that extending from 1860 to IS65. The volume rose from $13.85 per ciplta in 1860 to $20.57 per cap ita In 18C5 , but that was an Interval of dis ordered currency , suspended specie pay ments , Inflated values and artificial cxpan- tlon caused by the colossal expenses of war On the other hand , with a currency abso lutely restored to tbo gold basis , the per capita circulation bas increased from $19.41 ( n 18SO and $22.82 In 1890 to $24.74 In 1833. In other words , with an Increase of nearly , If not quite , 35 per cent in purchasing power , as compared with the purchasing power of tbo dollar in 18G5 , tbo actual volume - umo of the circulation bas been increased 14.17 per capita during the same period. The first conclusion to bo drawn from these facts IB that the surest suaianty of nil needful currency. Inflation U the main tonancu of n strict honi-at-monty basts for ill forma of the circulating medium. With bat safeguard securely established the vol ume of money will adjust Itaelf automatic ally to the legitimate requirements of trade nnd Industry , Insuring perfect Immunity from dangerous expansion on one hand and from harsh contraction on the other. The whole trend ot our monetary s ) tem Is In itho direction of this safe , rational and prac tical basis. MiiiTiirri , < ; IIAMMH. ; Hnrper's Hnzar : "FlghtlM * * hot busi ness , ' said Willie , n IIP read about the p regiments. "First thine they K t peppered i nt by the enemy , an' then they get mus tard out by their own KoVincnt. " Jndce : Surjreon I don't know whether he will hn ubln to utiuiil nn uppnitloli. I'hy.ilcliin Is lila hivirt wsnk ? Surgeon No ; ha doesn't seem to have much money. Indlnnauollu Journal : "Is It true that you had Barker arn-stcil for threatening iyou ? " I "Yes. I found thnt he had. It In for me , and so I hat ) him In for it. " i Detroit Journal : Cobwlggcr What bcne- , fit would wo derive from letiilnlng the 1'hll- 1 Ipplnta ? I Merrltt To Judge from the customs of the native * , our clrln would probably got Bomo now Ideas of bicycle units. Somervlllo Journal : Winks I have com * to yon to net some Information. Blnkfl WJ-II , 1 don't know anyone who needs It more. Washington Star : "Skldlcy always socms Industrious , " remarked the gossip. "And yet he never accomplishes much. " "Yes , " replied the eager listener , "he's one of thcso people who , whenever they do nnythlnp. make you think they'd be Hrst- rnto hands nt something else. " Harper's Baznr : "Things nln't llkn they used to be , Orlcgsby. We dnn't get the tobucco wo used to have ; nor tha wine : nor the music " "No , Uuckmuster , we don't. Fact Is , the only things that haven't Mmngod arc the Jpkfs In the papers. They're the. name old things they always wna. " ChlcnKo Tribune : "So your sister woa married last week , was she , Bessie ? " " ' " "Yes'm. "Flno wedding ? " "Yen'm. " "Bridesmaids In plenty , I suppose ? " "I don't know for sure , but 1 KUCSS thcr was. " 'Who was the best man ? " ' ' " 'Ma'am ? ' 1 sny who was the best man ? " "O , papa. " aintiint SiirprlNr 1'nrty. Cluvehind Leader. Ono day In paradise Two nngijls , benmliiR- , strolled Along the amber walk that lies Besldo the street of gold. At last they met and gnzed Into each other's eyes ; Ihen dropped their harps , amazed , And stood In mute surprise. And other nnctls came. And ns they lingered near lleurd both nt once exclaim : ojy , how did yon get here ? " 1JOW.01,1) MIDWAY. Once moro down Old Midway we're roam > Ing , It seems , As In witching enchantment It haunts our wild dreams ; We revel tijmln In those wonderful sights That rival the scenes of Arabian Nights. All real wo view what before was but fable , ' 'Mid confusion of tongues llko the building of Bable , And the countless bands pluy , nnd the naughty girls dance Ah , forever we'd stay In the Midway Plnlsance. All too swift speeds the hours , too soon must wo lly , Where the Drcum City lifts up Its towers to the sky ; A vision It seems of some heavenly shore. Its beauty so stately , majestic nnd pure ; Then we say , ns bright vistas of glory ap pear , As exclaimed one of old , "It Is good to bo here. 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