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No vlnltor to Oiunhu nml tlio
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unil The IIcc nc ' impcr
plant , cancelled to bo the
llncnt hctwccii Chicago null
ban Friinclnco , A cnriltnl
welcome In extended to nil.
A long grtbc of business will nwait the
coming sliorsslon of congress.
For a small ' ; lnnd Porto lUco has a
wonderful cnpao'ty ' for entertaining
American soldiers.
The mighty Ak-Sar-Ben will now pro
ceed to give the queen of Holland cards
and upadcs In the corpuutlon business.
The temperature may become a trllle
chilly , but Oumlia will be the same hot
town as long as the exposition gates
are open.
If Agnlnaldo really declined a llttlo
subsidy like $75,000 he must estimate
his own value considerably higher than
what other people would rate 'him ' at.
It Is never too late to mend and it
will not be too late to mend the breaks
In the Douglas county legislative ticket
up to the very limit of time allowed by
the law.
Ono thing at a time. AU-sar-Uen week
should eclipse everything In the way or
gulu festivities that has gone before It
and the peace jubilee should eclipse the
Ak-Sar-llcu display.
The popocrat who w aching to 1111 1
Dave Mercer's congressional shoes wants
Mercer to draw a crowd for him to
apeak to. But Mr. Mercer Is not that 11
kind of a draft-horse.
Visiting police olllclals from Chicago
express satisfaction with Omaha's new
city jail. It Is to bo hoped visiting
crooks will bo equally satisfied with a
mere look at Jail quarters.
Another college president has been se
lected for the position of assistant secre
tary of state. The college president
ecems to be particularly favored In
President McKInley's olllclul family.
Because ono Van Wyck was clcctea
mayor of Greater Now York Is no reason
why another Van Wyck should Imagine
ho has a cinch on the governorship of the
Empire state Just because ho wears the
Tammany label.
What has become of those famous air
ships which were navigating the skies
till over the country not so vor.v many
moons ago ? lias the war and other ex
citing diversions steadied the vision of
our Imaginative star gazers ?
Ofllclal reports slate the total number
of deaths among the American soldiers
at Manila , Including killed , wounded
and diseased , to be thirty-eight. No won
der the popocratlc yellows have llttlo to
nay about the condition of the troops In
the Philippines.
It Is too late , lu the season for the yel
low fever outbreak In Mississippi to
make much headway. As a matter of
fact , medical science appears to have
reached that stage that It presents a
pretty effectual bar against great In
roads from any epidemic.
In substituting I'olkcr for Elsasscr
the popocratlu county committee
bungled Its legislative ticket to satisfy
the corporations who have used Fclkcr
In former legislatures. Fclkcr has been
not only their tool in the legislature but
their stool 'pigeon as a legislative
hanger-on nnd lobbyist.
Chicago 1 ? still discussing the slgnlll
caucc of the forthcoming peace jubilee.
Chicago's Jubilee may have a slgnlll
canco of Its own , but Omaha's peae ;
jubllco Is simply Intended to give nil tlit
people mi opportunity to euthuao ovei )
the nmgnltlccnt triumph of the army and
navy of the United .States In Its recent
war with Spain. , ,
OKSintAb LIK : ON
lu a recent Interview fcncral l'ltzj
liitKli Lee expressed himself In regard to
tliu future goverhmcnt of Cuba , lie
paid that 00,000 troops will bo sent to '
the Island , garrisoning It from end to |
cud , not to take possession of It , but tu
sec that peace tuid good order nro main-11
talucd and that society reaches a settled
anil comparatively imtlsfactory c-ondl-
tiou. "I think , " lie said , "that wo will
let the Cubans establish themselves ac
cording to tliclr plans and recognize
them In tliclr administrative positions.
But tlio fact that we have placed them
In power not only gives us the right to
sC-e that they exercise that power Judi
ciously , but we arc morally bound to
watch over them until they nro able lu
every sense of the word to govern them
selves. "
General Leo disclaimed any Informa
tion as to President McKInley's inten
tions , but it Is very probable that their
views lu regard to the policy to be pur
sued toward the Cubans are In accord.
There Is no reason to believe that the
president has any Intentions not strictly
in harmony with the solemn plcdgu
made to the people of Cuba , that when
the paciUcatlon of the Island should be
accomplished they would bo allowed to
establish an independent government
a government framed by the whole pee
ple. Certainly no one can doubt that Mr.
McKlnley has no * sympathy whatever
with the annexation idea , In view of
the fact that ho put himself on record
against It In vigorous and unmistakable
language in his first annual message.
General Leo has the popular Idea re
garding the treatment of the Cuban
people and we have no doubt It Is the
idea that will bo carried out. We shall
take care of those people until they nro
In n position to take care of themselves
and then leave them to WOIR out their
own destiny. We cannot do otherwise
without a sacrlllcc of honor.
KO MUltE MUSTEltlXU OUT.
President McKlnley Is said to have
decided that no more troops will bo
mustered out of the service. Represent
ative Cannon of Illinois called on the
president a few days ago to feccurc the
dismissal of an Illinois regiment nnd
was informed that it could not be done.
\ccordlug to the reported statement of
the president , he pointed out that he had
already ordered 100,000 of the volunteer
force discharged , leaving as many more
in the service , with 50,000 regulars. In
the opinion of iho president all tnls force
will bo needed for duty In Cuba , Porto
Ulco and the Philippines and for service
In this country. "In the meantime , " '
said Mr. McKiuley , "the peace com
nilsslouers nro negotiating a treaty
which must be ratllled by both Spalu
and the United States before peace can
bo concluded nnd while I desire to mus
ter out additional troops at the'earliest
practical moment , I cannot at this time
order a further decrease In the army tu
justice to the public service. "
Of course this decision will be dls
pleasing to those volunteers who are
anxious to go hotuo and to relatives who
deslro their rcturji , but thorp can be no
reasonable doubt In regard to Its wis
dom. An army of 150,000 is not , under
existing conditions , too large. When
peace Is an accomplished fact it can Do
reduced. No one can now determine
how many soldiers the occupation of
Cuba will require. Poss.bly 25,000 will
be sulllclcnt , but double that number
may bo found necessary. It Is not 1m
probable that additional troops will be
needed In the Philippines and moro are
to be sent to Porto Hlco. President Mc-
Kluley docs not desire to keep the vol
unteers in service longer than the public
Interests require , but If he should ylelu
to the solicitations of congressmen there
would be no soldiers but the regulars lu
the service sixty days hence.
aENEHAb MEiuniTS VIEWS.
General Merrltt , who has gone to
Paris as the military adviser of tnu
American peace commissioners , gave an
Interviewer his opinion on one or two
interesting points In connection will
conditions lu the Philippines. Ho made
the reassuring statement that he docs
: iot anticipate any serious dllilculty wltl
the insurgent leaders. Ho admitted that
Agulnaldo has an Inflated sense of his
Importance , but ho evidently expects
that the advisers of the insurgent leader
will bo able to control him and prevent
any action on his part which mlgh
cause serious trouble with the United
States. General Merrltt spoke well o
these advisers , saying that their coun
scls arc In the main wise , nnd ho also
remarked that Agulnaldo seemed tohln
\o \ be getting on fairly well. Sucl
testimony , together with events since
Merrltt left the Philippines , wll
go far to dispel apprehension ir
regard to the insurgents , though then
will continue to bo more or less doub
as to their future attitude until tin
question of disposing of the Philippine ;
is settled. They have set up u govern
ment and their military organ I ait Ion 1
maintained. They demand that Span
Ish sovereignty shall bo expelled from
the archipelago and arc clearly deter
mined to submit to nothing less. Th
expulsion of that sovereignty from a
single 'island , although the most popu
Ions and wealthy of the group , wll
not satisfy them. General Mcrrit
thinks that If the Filipinos ilnd tha
Spain is not to he allowed to retain nuj
of the Islands they will support a stabl
government under another power , th
obvious Implication being that they
would accept the control of the Philip
pines by the United States , for of cours
General Merrltt could have had nether
other power lu mind. The Inference i
that his advice to our commissioner
will bo of this nature that Is , In ordc ;
to give peace to the Philippines th
United States must take possession o
the entire archipelago.
General Merrltt doubts whether th
Insurgents are at present tit for self ,
government. The leaders , ho thinks
are better quallllcd for self-govcrnmen
than the leaders of the Cuban Insur
gents , whluh is really very compllmun
tary to them , for Gomez , Garcia un
some other of the Cuban leaders an
generally regarded us being quite capa
bio of self-government. AS to this then
li the competent authority of General
Tooeph Wheeler. If , therefore , the Filln
plno leaders nro as capable of sclfgovC
eminent as arc the Cubans whom we
are pledged to allow to establish their
|
own government , how shall we con- .
slstently withhold that privilege from
the ; former ?
General Merrltt could iiot with
propriety , of course , express an opinion
on the question of annexation , but lie
recognizes it ns being a grave problem.
Wo think , however , that It may fairly
be Inferred from the views he did ex
press that ho Is not unfavorable to the
United States taking possession of all
the Islands arid retaining permanent
control of them. General Mcrrltt has
robably by this time put himself In
ommunlcatlon with the peace commis
oners. Meanwhile reports from Paris
i regard to the attitude of the Spanish
'ovcrumcnt ' are not altogether reassurp
iig , If they can be regarded as having' '
ny authenticity.
ItKOllO.\yiZlXO THE POLICE.
"
The work of reorganizing the Omaha
ollce force , with a view to its greater
Illclcucy , was only begun with the np
ointment of Martin White as chief of
'ollcc. ' The new police commission Is
xpectcd to proceed with due dellbcra-
Ion in this dlfllcult task. The best
hlcf of police could accomplish little
oward regenerating the service without
he cordial co-operation of elllclent suby
rdlu.itcs who will carry out his dirccj j
tons discreetly and Intelligently.
Upon the choice of subordinate olllcers ,
hcrcfore , almost as much as upon the
election of the chief , depends the
haractcr of the police force. In niak-
ng changes the commission should take
nto careful consideration the fitness of
man and his disposition to work
n harmony with the chief and his as-
ioclatcs. Reorganization on these Hues
Yin Insure perfect discipline nnd vlglt
anco In the execution of wrdcrs. j
As far as possible the police should
be divorced from politics and merit
made the sole passport to promotion. In
uaklng selections of ofllcers and men
he board should be actuated purely by
he desire to bring the service up to the
ilghcst standard possible with the Hm-
ted means at its command. Such a
policy alone will restore public conllt
: lcncc lu our police and afford an IncusT '
Ivo for capable , sober and bright men
; o enroll themselves in the force and.
continue in the service.
The bane of our police system has
been the want of stability of employ-
mcnt , duo to political Intermeddling and
he division of the force Into factions ,
and cliques constantly scheming to pro I
mote Individual Interests rather than
: ) rote"ct the community. The most de
moralizing agency has of course been
; he known Incompetence nnd lack of In-
egrjty on the part of men in nigh places.
When policemen arc given to under
stand that they are to wink at certain
kinds of lawlessness and are expected
: o protect rather than break up criminal
resorts because their proprietors stand
In with the police- commission , they
naturally. lose their , usefulness ns guar-
illans of the public and are encouraged
to go Into , partnership wJfh the criminal
classes. The stream never rises above
Its source' . and corrupt police commis
sions Inevitably begot a rotten police
system. This has been the experience
of New York , Chicago and other large
cities which have had to undergo peri
odic police house cleaning. v
The people Interested in keeping the
Klondike gold fever nllvo may be de
pended on to omit nothing to accom
plish their purpose. Although another
Alaska season Is nearly a year off they
are already projecting themselves
systematically into print to explain
away the failures- the disappointed
gold seekers who have returned and to
p assurance that fortunes await all
who cultivate the Klondlkt field.
Whether they will succeed In counter
acting the gloomy tales that come from
the north remains , however , to be seen.
Still further changes are said to be
brewing In the popocratlc local ticket
for the purpose of strengthening it In
Its weak spots. The question is whether
the republicans will close their eyes to
the serious situation presented in their
list of legislative candidates or will do
what they can to fortify their position
and close up their Hues. In a military
campaign the wise general is always '
alert to take every posslbiu precaution
to Insure victory , even if ho nas to re
arrange his entire piau of operations.
Predictions nro again rife of an early
amalgamation or combination between
the Union Pacific and the Oregon Short
Line , which was originally built as Its
principal branch. Even , when the egre-
gatlou of the Union Pacific system was
completed It was plain that railroads
so Identified in Interests' must sooner or
later be brought together again lu some
form. The alliance may yet bo hjnde.ed
.
or deferred , but It Is sure to come and '
that before many years.
Silver.
Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican ,
The old "pivotal states" In the cnst are
Ignoring the 'silver Issue with striking
unanimity. Connecticut. New Jersey and
New York p.olnt the other way.
Rhf
New York Sun.
Peter Stuyvcsant Is avenged. Which
ever" party -A Ins In New York this fall wa
shall have a governor of Dutch descent.
From the Holland point of view , though ,
Theodore Roosevelt la superior to Augustus
Van Wyck. Ho la a better Dutchman , as
bo is a better American.
Tin- Army tit Mnnlln. '
Globe-Dcmocrut ,
General Merrltt's official report of opera
tions .at Manila speaks repeatedly of the
cheerful endurance -hy the army of many
hardships during night attacks and con
tinuous storms. The spirit of the Ameri
can toldler must not tic- judged by the
of political gruRtblcrs.
l > " \Vnr Loaae * .
Chlcnso' Tribune.
The losses by death of the , American army
In the war with Spain have been oOlclally
stated up to August 31. In Porto Hlco three
were killed and forty woundeil ; In Manila ,
fifteen killed and ulnety-elgbt wounded ; In
Cuba , 260 killed and 1,431 wounded. These
represent a total of 278 killed and 1.5C3
wounded In battle. To these nre to bo added
ninety-one who have died from wounds re
ceived ( , thirty by accidents and 2,225 by dis
ease ' , or a. tptal of deaths to August 31 of
2,621 In an army of SC'i.OOO men , or a little
less than 1 per cent. Thwo figures will be
somewhat Increased by the deaths from dlsA
case since August 31 , tUt ) even then the total
will bo less than 3,000. Ths remarkable teaji
turo , of this showing Is the Immunity of the
navy , which has destroyed two Spanish
lleets with the loss of only four or five men.
Prohibition In ennniln.
Chicago Tribune.
Notwithstanding a small majority shown
by the returns In favor of the measure the
result of Thursday's plebiscite on the pro-
hlbltlon question In Canada , is regarded ,
oven by moderate prohibitionists , as a pracr
Weal defeat. The full returns when received ,
It ) t Is believed , may show an affirmative mas
jorlty j ( of 15,000 to 25,000 , but In the face of
a largp silent or stay-at-bomo vote this Is a
distinct' disappointment to the friends of
the j measure. This applies especially to
the provinces .relied upon to support the
proposition , whllo the negative vote In Quo-
bee , which was expected to bo against It , |
Is larger than anticipated. Tha largo ati
flrmatlvo- vote In Ontario In ISO J amountI I
Ing to Bouio 50,000 was duo to the fact that
| the. j women then had a vote , which was not
the case at the recent election. In view
of the fact that only about one-third the
registered vote of the whole Dominion was
cast on Thursday , out of which so relatively
small a majority was obtained , it Is assumed
that ' ' 110 attempt will be made by the minisi
try to put a prohibition incasuro on | lts
paseago In Parliament. Even should this
bo successful It Is thought -tho act would bo
a dead letter In Quebec , If It did not provoke -
voko a virtual revolt similar to our
"whisky rebellion" of 1704.
WORTHY" OP Alii , I'llAISB.
Ilruvcry mill Devotion of Clinnlnin * in I
( lie Vlolil.
"Washington Star.
When the flnal story of the war Is writ
ten thcro should bo a long .and glowing
chapter devoted to the noble work performed
by the chaplains. Appointed to look after
the spiritual Interests of the various reglt !
'
mcnba , these men In many cases proved
J
themselves heroes. Returning soldiers
testify concerning the devotion of these men ,
who , when shot and shell wcro flying thick
and fast , forgot all thoughts of their own
safety and rushed boldly In where the fight
ing was thickest , to bring both spiritual and
physical comfort to tha wounded and dying.
Many a man undqubtcdly owes his life to
day to the devotion of these soldiers In
black. Moro than one chaplain has en
deared himself to his regiment by the cool
and daring way In which ho followed the'
fighting line , or stayed with that line all
the time , and assisted In carrying the
wounded back to places of safety where
medical attention was possible. Who can
overestimate the Influence for good these
men will wield ? Soldiers admire bravery ,
and a chaplain who has shown , In ttmo of
peril , that he Is upheld by a power greater
than mere bravado or carelessness of fear ,
and Is led on to save the lives as well as
\
the souls of the men Intrusted to his charge ,
will bo a power for good In his regiment.
The chaplains , were tried again and again
and not found wanting.
DEMOCRACY.
Five Great Stnien Shelve the Chicago
I'.V.trorni.
Now Ydrk Times ( dem. ) "
Free silver , Bryahlsm , and the Chicago
platform have been .rejected by the democ
racy of New York.as dangerous and un
democratic. The democrats of Connecticut
have adopted a sound money platform and
committed their party affairs fo the man
agement of sound ' 'nWney leaders. In Now
Jersey the dcnfocrtftlo party has squarely
turned its back' ' fen -populism and dis
honor. The d'eraocrits of the great state of
Pennsylvania excluded free silver from their
declaration of policy , and t'he democrats of
Maryland did thesamething , at an earlier
date.
date.Theso
These successive'tokens of a return to
the path of wisdom are of momentous Im
portance to the country. It Is' not merely
Chat they portend the speedy redemption of
the democratic party , but that they perma
nently remove and destroy a public danger.
Wkhln the lifetime of the sliver delusion
no democrat will bo elected president with
out'a ) part or all of the sixty electorlal vote's
of New York , Connecticut , New Jersey and
Maryland. Those states , not only by their
vote In 1800 , but by the deliberate repudia
tion of Dryanlsm by their democratic or
ganizations , have thrown themselves with
determining weight into the Bound money
sldo of the 'scale. Since a democratic tri
umph without thcsd states is hopeless , and
since their help 'is not to bo had for the
election of any free silver candidate , the
wise , sound and honest course of the
democrat's in New York , Connecticut and
New Jersey must exert a powerful Influence
for the reclamation and regeneration' of the
party.
LANGUAGE OF TUB WORLD.
Americanization of Cuba ManlfCHted
In Mnnv Wayn.
Minneapolis Times.
Quo of tbo gratifying signs of returning
peace and good will Is the suddenly ac
quired taste for the language of the "Yan
kee pigs" manifested by the people of Ha-
vana. If the craze keeps up its present
gait the question of teaching Spanish In the
American public schools will settle Itself In
the negative. It will not bo necessary.
Correspondents , writing from Havana note i i
the fact that "English Spoken Hero" Is a
sign eo frequently encountered In the shops
of Havana that one having no knowledge
of the Spanish can shop and dine and In-
qulro his way or the tlmo o' day as confi
dently and with almost as satisfactory re
sults , as faros language Is concerned , as-In
New York. Some of the Havana merchants
go eo far as to display English signs designating
nating'their ' business , as , for Instance :
"Boots nnd Bhoes , " "Coffee and Liquors
to/a Here. " American newspapers are !
popular as language text books , hackmen '
are reading English primers , and dock workmen -
men are laboriously perusing yellow novels ,
while Hawthorne and Holmes are quite the j
fad among the educated classes. A llttlo
later they will bo reading "Artto" end
"Chlmmlo Fadden , " and then the American
ization of the Island will be complete.
The situation In Havana In this respect
Is , however , only a reflection of what Is
going on all over the world. Significant ,
Indeed , Isthe Innovation proposed by the
pcaca commission that English shall be
the language of the proceedings. Think of
ttl French , the speech sacred to diplomacy ,
pushed from Its pedestal In Its very temple.
A diplomatic body talking English andIn
Paris ! There could be no more forcible
reminder of the fact that English , by com
mon consent and the necessities of the
case the language of commerce , is becom
ing tbo language of the world. One famil
iar wlh ( no other tongue can now find
some one to answer htm in English In every
nook nnd corner of the world. With no
other single language at his command could
a wanderer over the planet find In ao many
places people with whom he could con
verse.
The tlmo Is not far distant when the util
ity of a foreign language as a mere means
of business or social communication will be
no longer urged as a reason for its place
In the curriculum of an American school
or college , The ono necessary vehicle of
thought will bo the KnglUh , To Americans
tbo other modern tongues will be studied as
iccompliihments , for the mental training
they afford and for the better understand
ing of our own. . _
IlOI.CO.mi'fl IHM3MMA.
. . .
Will HP Mtmler Out the Titlril anil
SllKht < hp Vlrt HcKlntrntt
Chlcnro Post.
William Jennings Bryan and Governor S.
1 A. Holcomb , both of Nebraska , are expertv
cueing the sensations of the man who
jumped Into a bramble bush without the
fortitude which enabled htm tp Jump out
again. It alt comes abqut through Colonel
Bryan's patriotic zeal In enlisting wltU
spectacular fervor for the liberation of Cuba.
Ho I was jumped to the colonelcy of the
Third Nebraska volunteers , which was not.
mustered Into the national service In time
to g-et beyond Jacksonville before the signIng -
Ing 1 of the peace protocol. This untoward
event left the gallant colonel with a peace
record In the army of which three months'
silence- from the stump was the most con
spicuous feature.
This was highly appreciated by his countrymen -
trymen , who would gladly have seen It con-
tlnued Indefinitely. But when the war ended
Colonel Bryan confessed that ho longed to
loose ' ' the pent-up flood of his eloquence and
that ha could not tell what would follow
uhcn the "dam breaks. "
But Colonel Bryan's deslro to be mustered
out put the national government In a quan
dary. j It was anxious to relieve Colonel
Bryan , but In reducing the army the gov
ernment had adopted the policy of giving
preference to regiments that had berne the
hardships j of actual campaigning. The Second -
end Nebraska fell within this category ,
whllo the Third Nebraska did not.
With gracious tact the national authori
ties referred the whole matter to the gov
ernor of Nebraska , who can decide whether
to muster out Colonel Bryan's regiment ,
which has not been outside the country , or
the First Nebraska , which is at Manila.
The governor has no previous policy to clr-
cumscrtbo bis course. Ho Is free to leave
the t Second Nebraska in the service and per
mit Colonel Bryan and the gallant Third to
bo mustered out with all the honors of Its
good intentions.
But it appears that the Second Nebraska
has friends at home who think that desert
and not Colonel Bryan's wishes should con
trol tbo governor's decision. They want to
ECO the boys of the Second released from serv
J1 ice just as much as Colonel Bryan wants
to bo released from the silence of military
traditions.
The governor's dilemma Is truly a painful
one !
AMERICA * SILKS IX FRANCE.
Another Remarkable Victory ( or In-
( lufttrlal EntenirlMC.
Washington Star.
Carrying coals to Newcastle has always
been regarded as a synonym for lack of
judgment In business , but , according to re
cent reports of American consuls on the
continent , American silk Is now being sold
In Lyons , which has long been known as
the real center for the silk trade of Europe.
The only difference Is that the American
silks find a ready and profitable sale. Cer
tain grades which were formerly Imported
from Austria and Germany are now ob
tained from this country , qulto as good
in quality and at lower prices.
This is a most gratifying condition of
affairs and reflects credit upon the enter
prise of American manufacturers. They
have , Indeed , achieved a remarkable vic
tory when they are abto to enter such a
market as Lyons and sell their goods at a
profit. When such a thing can bo done It
is dlfllcult to foresee the possibilities of
American trade In the near future. Ameri
can bicycles are preferred In many Euro
pean cities , notwithstanding the fact that
they are sold at a higher price and are
not always made with a view to the par
ticular needs and requirements of European
riders. Wheels that nro Bent from this
country , it is said , are usually not fitted
with mud-guards , brakes and other appli
ances'which ' are more In vogue on the ochcr
side of the Atlantic than they are 'here. '
This Is exactly in line with an editorial In
the Star last week , which called attention
to the fact that American manufacturers
who are seeking a foreign market ! for their
goods are not as careful as they should bo
In catering to the speclalaeeds of the people
plo whom they wish to reach.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Roosevelt proposes to taka the slump. Ho
ought to find that cosy cnoiiK'i aftur charg
ing through barbed wire fences.
Two prominent members of the Missouri
legislature are Hon. A. T. Sober ol Carthiso
and Hon. A. U Uooze of Mary.wlllj.
Swinburne , although he now writes very
little and spends months and months re
vising , makes { 5,000 a year by his poems.
Miss Ruth White of San Francisco is said
to bear so striking a resemblance to the
Liberty on the new dimes that her friends
supposed her tue model.
Virgil Blue , an old colored man of Fan-
quler Courthouse , Va. , bad two sons and
thirty nephews In the army. The sons were
both wounded at Santiago.
Despite General Dtanco's desire to "retire
only with honor" from Havana , tbo Ameri
can evacuation commtrsloners are keeping
a sharp eye on the valuables.
Thomas Edlsoi is credited with remarkIng -
Ing t'bat "women have moro sense about ma
chinery than men. " At any rate , he shows
faith in the sex by keeping scores ot them
on his pay roll.
A memorial tablet in her honor Is Rich
mond's latest tribute of affection t'o the
memory of Miss Winnie' Davis. It Is to be
placed In St. Paul's church , near the me
morial window to her father ,
The codfish brings an income of over
$1,000,000 to the fishermen of Maisuchu-.gtU.
The cod is the aristocrat ; of the sea and ho
has contributed not a little toward the es
tablishment of an aristocracy on fhorc- .
The centenary of J'ushkln , Uusla'a popular
poet , will bo celebrated next year. Although , |
a Russian by birth and a subjut of the czar ,
ho was an African by descent , his great 11
grandfather having been a full-b'oailcd ne- .
gro. I I
The Empress Elizabeth loved the free
life better than moat Individuals , better
than any sovereign. She believed In freedom -
dom above all things , and because she did J
not care for the conventional In any form ,
she was thought half-mad by many per-
sons who. believe that forms are more than 1 1
life itself.
C. A. Plllsbury , It is said , win become ' '
president of the new corporation which it t
Is planned to form for the consolidation of t
cloven of the * largest flour mills of the
country , having a capacity ot 95,000 bar
rels a day. The now corporation will be
ono of the biggest industrial companies in
the country , with a capital in stocks and 1
bonds of about $40,000,000.
Plttsburg , Penn. , women have a "Sodfcty
for the Promotion and Amelioration of
Cats. " They actually attempt the education
of the felines , and the president of the so
ciety says : "We feel assured that under
our process of culture many hidden and unsuspected -
suspected good qualities [ n the nature of
tbo cat will be brought to the surface. "
A Japanese writer In the Far East of
Toklo says In an article on the possible
closer relations in the future between
Japan and the United States : "If platonlc
friendship is possible to nations , it must
certainly exist between America and Japan.
We have regarded and still regard the
American nation in the light of leader and
benefactor , and wo believe It Is not too
much to say that the American people
have reasons to be proud of the progress
achieved by our countrymen. From a sen
timental point of view , therefore , wo may
look with satisfaction upon the United
States becoming a nearer neighbor to us. "
1 no-nous OF TIII : LATH WAR ,
Correspondents have given different ver
sions cf the etory of General Snorter's men
tal ' perplexity ( Turing the battle of July 2.
Some of them asserted that General Shatter
wns about to order a retreat and was over
ruled by the division ofllccrs. Others de
clared thnt the order for retreat was Issued
nnd carried to the front , but was ignored
I by t the commanders there. What purport *
I to t bo confirmation of the latler version of
I I the t campaign crisis comes from a private
I named Williams , who claims to hnvo acted
. as orderly to General Shatter and carried
dispatches from the commander to the ofll-
' ccrs at 'ho ' front during the battle. On
his j way homo to Kansas City n few days
ago ho told j St. Louis Republic reporter
the following story ot the retreat order :
"During the tlmo the firing was the hot-
cat , " he said , "tho general was the farthest
in | the rear and sometimes was utterly uu-
able to sco his forces. Still ho stood back
and gave orders. Sometimes the orderlies
brought \ back reports which much cxctltd
' the t general , nod ho often sent verbal mes
sages In return , Once thcro came word
that our forces were getting the worst of
the fight , nnd Immediately General Shatter
sent mo forward 'with n message to Wheeler
to withdraw and retreat.
, . "Wheeler called In Generals Bati-s and
Kent , and , after a brief consultation , it was
' decided not to heed General Shutter' ' ) or
. ders. They took the matter in their own
' hands and ordered a. charge to the front.
In a short whllo the tldn of battle wns
changed and the day was > von for the Amer
icans , nil because the general's command
was not heeded.
"At the conclusion of the battla General
Shatter called up the ofllcers , and they de
nied receiving the order. Then the orderly
was called up and would have been court-
marttalcd had It not been for the Interfer
ence of the three under generals. "
A curious meeting has occurred in Wich
ita , Kan , , where Edward Larimer , flag sig
nalman of the Indiana , and Sergeant McGce
of the volunteer army greeted each other.
Both men wcro In a drug store , where some
relics of the Spanish-American war were
on exhibition and In the general talk It
developed that Larimer and McGco wig
wagged to each other at Santiago harbor ,
McGee telling the squadron where the guns
were In Morro castle. Neither man hod be
fore .known the other , In spite of the fact
that the home of each was in Wlchlt * .
The punch bowl of tha battleship Indiana ,
upon which a Spanish gunner put a now
design , Is now regarded as a priceless treas
ure of the ship. The fragment of Spanish
shell , five and one-half Inches long , and
weighing five pounds , will bo kept as a me
mento of the Socapa battery at Santiago.
Captain Taylor of the Indiana sent the bowl
to Tiffany & Co. , New York , who made the
service , to have the scar properly Inscribed
and the piece of shell mounted upon the
bowl.
' 'On no condition hammer out the dent. "
said the ship's officer , "and do not reflnlsh
the bowl In any manner. "
The bowl weighs eighteen pounds. The
shell struck it fairly In the body , where
the seal of the state of Indiana forms the
central portion of a rich .decoration. The
seal is still there , but It forms a cart of
the large Irregular indentation which in
Captain Taylor's estimation enhances the
value of the bowl.
The piece of Spanish shell will bo mounted
above the bowl in such a way that it may
bo lifted oft like a cover. Upon the insldo
of the bowl , over the bulged in part , will bo
engraved , :
"Made by n fragment of a mortar shell
fired from the Socapa battery , Santiago do
Cuba , which burst In the wardroom passage
of the United States battleship Indiana , mid
night , July 4 , 1898. "
The bowl stands cloven inches high , moos-
urea nineteen and one-half Inches across the
top and has a capacity of four gallons. It
M lined with gold and the decorations , which
are all in repousse work , include the state
seal of Indiana , the soldiers' monument In
Indianapolis and the principal flora and
trees of the estate , interwoven Into a sym
bolic design. "
They bad surrounded him , had the patri
otic women , this hero of the Fighting Thir
teenth on his return to Buffalo. He had
a most encaging , limp. "Wns It done by
ono of those dreadful Mauser bullets ? "
asked a tall blonde with eyeglasses. "Will
you bo crippled for life ? " queried a plump
brunette. "I suppose ho was shot whllo
carrying a wounded comrade off the field , "
gushed a romantic maiden. The crippled
veteran , as modest as ho was brave , was
visibly embarrassed by these tributes from
the fair. As soon as ho could control his
emotion he remarked , simply : "Ah , g'wan !
'Taint nawthln' but a boll on mo knee. "
General E. S. Johnson of San Francisco
received ' from Hong Kong a letter from a
friend ; telling ot the feeling in naval circles
there ' prior to the departure of Dewey and
bis fleet for Manila. General Johnson's
friend Is a member of Hong Kong's swelt-
est English club. Dcwey and his officers
were guests at the club while they were In
port. Dcwey , wjtb bis bluff , hearty nnd
outspoken manner , wns a favorite of all
the English ofllcers at Hong Kong , as
well as the other men at the club.
When the commodore of our Asiatic
squadron received orders to sail the Eng
lishmen were sincerely sorry for him. The
British admiral was outspoken in bis sym
pathy
"Commodore , " said he , at the club , the
night before the fleet sailed , "you have
my best ) wishes and sympathy. If you ever
meet that fleet they wlir wlpo you off the
face of the earth. "
Dewey was juet n little piqued , but he
took the admiral's expression in the spirit
in which it was Intended.
"Admiral , " he replied , "If tbo Spaniards
wlpo me off the face ot the earth they will
realize that I was once on earth. "
When the news of the victory In Manila
bay reached Hong Kong It was doubted.
At the club it was pooh-poohed as pre
posterous. Not that the best wishes of tbo
members were with the Americans , but the
result seemed incredible.
"Oh , you don't know Dcwey , " said Gen
eral Johnson's friend , in answer to their
Incredulity.
"When the news was confirmed two days
later , " ho wrote , "I was the biggest man
in Hong Kong. My chest went out a foot
and I was twenty yqars younger. You
should have seen mo strut and every ono In
Hong Kong touched his hat to mo. Walt
till Dewey comes back here. Ho will own
the town. "
. i
Ibo Royal U the highest grade baling powder
known. Actual tetts show It tjoeioao-
ttilrd further th a any other broad.
Absolute/ ) Pure
XOYAI. iwiNa rowecu to , , * iw VOM
T
GUM A I ; HAYS.
Detroit Journal ! "DendbentB. " rejoined
the wolf , "would certainly keep mo from
their doors , If 1 wasn't foxy. "
Washington Btnr : "I Ilkex n modest
tin , "exccn' when ho nmkcfl his modesty
nn excuse foh belli' too Inuy to try. "
Jeweler's Weekly : Miss Lovoy Ah , no ,
Harry , it cnn never be. Jack locked that
bracelet on forever , nnd kept the key.
Mr. Hazard If you want to Rtt out of
It , sny BO. Kvcry fellow lu the class gave
a girl one , nnd our kejs nro nil alike.
Chlcngo News : "You ndvcrtlsc a com-
nletc nsHortment of fall hnts. "
"Yen. snndnm. "
"Well , there Isn't one na ROOC ! as I want
to not for the money I hnvo. "
Indlnnnpolls Journal : Bowles Did y
climb the Alps while you were ivbrond ?
Cupps No. Just ran up u. bill , that w
. _
Detroit Free Press : "What In n secret ,
Aunt Nan ? "
"A pctret well , a secret In something
awfully Interestlnir that nobody has over
told anybody , but that everybody knows.
Brooklyn Life : "This dog , inadnm ,
would bo chcui ) at $100. "
"I would take him , hut I nm afraid my
hUHbund miEht object. "
"Madam , you cnn get another husband
much easier than a dog like that. "
1'hlladelnhln. Record : "I nln't do on'y
ono , " sum the Frogtown Kid."en my
mom gets n pnln back o' do cars shu has
tcr rub "cr neck. "
Imllamipolls Journal : "Tho fight wns all
over Jn n minute , " said the witness.
" \V'y , It win nil done ns quick ns a ole
married man klssln' his \vlfo goodbye. "
Boston Transcript : Dusty Ilondes They
say the earth makes n. complete revolution
In twenty-four hourw.
Wcnry WriiBgles That must bo the rea-
Hon I'm nhvnyn so tired. I hadn't any Idea
I wns tuklnc so much exorcise.
Chlcngo Tribune : "I know them's a
good dcnl about sandy foundations , " ob
served the metnphyslcnl boarder , " but
snnd makes the best foundation for u
prlzeflchter. "
"Still , " objected the argumentative
boarder , "you can't build a prize light on
anything but rocks. "
Detroit Journal : Now wns come the nge
of moral suasion , when parental kindness
wan rattling- around , trying to 1111 the
plnco of the rod and trunk strap. "Give
mo 10 cents , mnmmn , " persisted the boy
with flaxen curia , "and 1 II take the nvedl-
clnol" No , Clifford , " exclaimed the
sweet woman , tenr nprlnelnff to her eyes ,
"pnpa'n salary Is cut , and 5 cents is nil
wo can afford. " Inwardly , however , she
thinks what u terrible thing is poverty.
Tim Glllb THEY LEFT BEHIND.
Danvcr Post.
They sat In their tent nt the close of. day
In confiding state of mind ,
And talked in n confidential way
Of the girlies they left behind.
The light of the stars In the realms above ,
Those gems of the > nrchlnpr skies ,
Was not as soft as the light of love
That clowcd In the wnrrlors' eyes
AH each ono told of the beauties rnro
Of his own particular maiden fair.
" " said Tom. "Is pretty
"Aty Rlrl , n queen ,
And true , us the tempered steel ,
Has the loveliest eyes that were ever
scon-
She's a stunner from head to heel.
'TwnH In a Utter 1 naked her hand
In a jmnslonnto sort of way ,
An eloaucnt declaration , and
Her nniw 'r Just came today.
Slia says filie Inve.s me , and will be glad.
To Hhnro the life ot her soldlor lad. "
"My dnvllng is worth her weight in gold ! "
Snld Jack with n love-drawn tenr , '
"Thcro Isn't nn angel above could holfl
Her own with the little dear !
That last sweet night when we kissed
goodbye
She promised to be my wife.
To love me faithful and true till I
Got back from my soldier life ,
And her letters tell mo In every line
She's mine forever , and only mine. "
"And I , ' " said Harry , "havo won a girl
Who IB waiting- for mo nl home ,
The sweetest nnd prettiest maiden pearl
'Neath heaven's o'crhnnglng dome.
She wears my rlnpf on her lovely hand ,
In my heart Is her Image divine
Hut tcl ) me the names of your dear ono ,
and
I'll tell you th' > ni-me of mine. "
"Kpto Tcdd ? " i
"Great God ! "
Then the brains of the trio began to whirl :
They were nil engaged to .the same old
Rlrl !
OUR DAILY BULLETIN.
.T' '
NEWPORT NEWS. Va. . Oct. 4 , 1808.
The Governor nnd staff and a large company
of prominent citizens of Chicago and Illi
nois are here today to witness the launching
pf the new battleship , to bo christened after
their State by the Windy City' * loading
belle , Miss Nancy Lclter.
This
Cold Snap
No doubt has caught you
unprepared. The proper
preparation , of course , is
an OVERCOAT , We
Have three special lines
made up with the careful-
lest study as to the details
that enter into a coat to
satisfy the fastidious
dresser every feature , lin
ing , fit and style correct-
Price $ JO,00 , $12.50 and
$15.00. They are made
of these materials : kerseys ,
beavers , meltons , montaig-
nacs , and other goods that
are in favor this season.
$2.50 and $3.00
Buys the latest style derby
or fedora hat.
Our More Will close every iilirljt
tlilH ncrk lit the 11x1111 ! lnic-OUK-to
Klve our emidoycM nil opportunity to
ce mill enjoy the ( eatlvltlci of the
week.