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TJIK OMAHA _ DAILY 3JE1D ! WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 5 , 1898. r OMAHA * DAILY 13. IIOSCWATEK , Editor. 1'UliUHUUU EVKUY MOKN1NO. TEUMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : Dally Uco ( Without Sunday ) , One Ycar.J5.Cl Dally Ueo and Sunday , Ono Year . 8.0) Hlx .Months . . . . 4.W Three Months . . . u.W Hundny IJcc. Ono Year . 2.W Hatunfay lice One Year . 1.60 Weekly Bee , Ono Year . U OFFICES. Omaha : The Uco Bulldlnc. South" Omaha : Slnt-er Ulopk , Corner N nnil Twenty-fourth directs. Council UlufTa : 10 Vonrl Btrcct. Chicago Olllce : 602 Chamber of Com merce. New York : Temple Court. Washington ; Bfll Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. All communications relating to new * nnd rtdltorlal matter should bo addressed : To the Editor. Editor.BUSINESS LBTTERB. All business lettcro and remittance * ! should bo addressed to The nee Publishing Company , Omaha. Drafts , checks , express and tiostofllce money orders to be made payable to the order of thp company. THE. BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss : Georg * B. Tzschuck , secretary of.The BCQ Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evonfrttf and Sunday Bee , printed during the month of September , 1833 , was as fol lows : Net total salon , 7 < > , < l.t Net dally average > . " , < ) SS UEORGE B. TXSC1IUOK. Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my presence this 30th day of September , 1S9S. N. P. FEIL. Notary Public. WELCOME TO THE UJEE HUILDIXG. Vo vlNldir ( o Oninlin nnil tlio cxpoHlduii nliiiulil KO ixwny without limnectlnK Thr lice iMilIdliiK , the InrRONt iieivn- pnpur liullillny : In America , anil The Hoc iic M > npcr jilnnt , iMtiiGCilod to be tlio flu ON t between ChlonRO nnil San Frimel co. A cordial welcome In extended to nil. All ball , Ak-Sar-Bon IV ! Young Henry George displays the family weakness ) for empty nominations. The "rich red bportlng blood" of King Ak-Sur-Bcn's royal host was reflected by the costumes. Omaha's reputation for the ilncst elec trical street Illuminations to be seen anywhere stands untllmmed. Reports from Philadelphia Indicate that the campaign in Pennsylvania IS wide open and' heading for a hot liuish. The new battleship Illinois has been christened in the customary way , but the cause of temperance goes on unchecked checkedj j . . . , ' . r , What would the popocrats1 do for campaign materlal'if they should.jsome tinie be' denied the privilege of using a scissors on back numbers of The BeeV ChlcagoaiiHyho Journeyed to the Transmisslssippl Exposition were con- Tcrted to the expansion policy to the extent of-being willing to annex Omaha. The tone of the Spanish press Is mod erating. It was "astounded" by our conduct at Manila and Santiago. It Is merely "surprised. " by our demands at Paris. The republican state campaign Is formally opened. From now until the polls open the political battle of Ne braska will wage ceaselessly and ener getically. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The , big crowds will bo lierq this week and next. The merchant who adver tises In the newspapers Is the merchant who will enjoy the favor ot the visiting strangers. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ In testifying before the war Investigat ing commission In direct conflict with "horror manufacturers , " General Wheeler lays himself open to the charge of treason to his party. The Transmisslssippl Exposition , Is euro to pass the U.000,000 attendance mark next week. The next great Ameri can exposition will have a fast pacemaker - maker In the Omaha show. For the Information of royalty jour neying toward the Kingdom of Qnlrcra It may bo stated that the genial old monarch , King . , Ak-Sar-Ben IV , Is al ready provided with a queen In pros pect ' , General Wheeler's tcst'mony before the war Investigating commission gives small comfort to 'tho newspaper strat egists who have stigmatized the San tiago campaign as a succession of blunders. The appeal In the Oertcr gambling case has got up to Attorney General Smyth. Tho.question Is whether the Hordman gang will have enough Influ ence with the attorney general to have the case bottled up. Agulualdo's activity In the proclama tion line Is followed with a correspond ing depression In General Blauco's ' headquarters * . The advantage of thp present situation Is .that .the atmos pheric disturbance is far removed from the danger-line. ' ' ; General Wheeler boldly announces that he enlisted In the army for the war and all the .outgrowths .of .the war and Is ready to stay in the service as long ns the president thinks ) ilm useful. The contrast between General Wheeler and seine of his military associates , who did not get near enough to the war to smell powder Is striking , to say the least. SUUAll U Louisiana sugar planters are ilually waking up to the monnco to the sugar Industry that springs from the agitation for the annexation of sugar producing Islands In both the Atlantic and the Pacific. The sugar Interests have brought Louisiana to the support of the policy of a protective tariff nnd the sugar In terests arc likely to guide It on the question of expansion , It Is plain us day that the free in * troduetlon 'without Import duty of an ? kind of all the sugar produced by pau * per labor in Hawaii , Porto Ilico , Cuba nnd the Philippines cannot fall to'lmvtJ Injurious effect not only upon the beet sugar Industry of th vestcru farmers but also upon the cano Industry of the southern planters. So far as Hawaii Is concerned nothing very serious Is to be apprehended , because its capacity to In crease its sugar production la limited and because Hawaiian sugar has for years been admitted free of duty under reciprocity treaties. Porto Illco Is In much the pa me no.Mtlon since It has little land available for additional sugar culture and Its output can nt best bo but slightly enlarged. Cuba and the Philippines , however , arc threatening rportends to the sugar planter ; ? . According to the best avail able authority the acreage of cano grown In the Philippines Is about equal * to that grown In Java and the cand Is said to bo equally rich ; but.owing to the crude methods of production the output of sugar Is only -10 per cent or that of Java. Should the Philippine ? product be brought into the United States free of duty and without any restrictions as to labor methods It would mean bringing into the markets of this country not less than half a. million tons of sugar annually. Under similar conditions Cuba would add fully a million anil a half tons. This Immense quantity of sugar pro duced under the labor conditions formerly prevailing In Hawaii coolie labor and no law against the Im portation of contract labor , would , It- Is freely admitted , destroy the Louisiana cane Industry and the sugar beet indus try of the northwest. | While the opposition of the Louisiana planters to annexation may bo as' Ejeljish as that of the western farmer Is said to. be , It none the less rests upon sound logic applied to existing conditions. As International law Is simply the crystal lization of International selfishness , the Interests of the sugar producers of this country ought certainly to have as .nuch weight ns the demands of the dry goods1 exporters who hope 'by au American' foothold lu Asiatic wutcra to sell , a-few millions more yards of calico to the Chinese and make a coiTu&pouding addi tion to their profits. ' COKSl'lIttA'O FUll FUSION. The appointment by ihe chairman of the democratic national committee , of a ways and means committee Including not only democrats but also'a populist | and a so-called silver republican must be taken as Indication that the poli ticians who engineered the fusion deal AD the last presidential' campaign liavo commenced active pp'crallbus for'ah - other similar triple alliance In the next presidential campaign. With the ma chinery of all three of the parties In the hands of men Intent upon straining every' point to combine upon a single presidential ticket through some 6ort or working agreement backed by funds subscribed by the silver bullloualrcs' Syndicate a strong effort will undoubt edly bo made to effect another fusion In .1000. ' How far this may bo successful Is , of course , problematic , Nut It may , bp put down In advance that "the two-tailed ticket of 1890 will not be used as the model In the coming national contest. The action of the 'middle-of-the-road impulists in putting their standard- , bearers lu the Hold at this early day effectually blocks any scheme to buy their silence by , throwing them the sop of a figure-head In one of two second places on the ticket. On the other hand the growing demand lu ' democratic circles for n campaign under demo cratic lenders fighting solely for demo cratic principles will have to be reck oned with by the fusion conspirators when the time conies. The haste of the combination ways and means committee to raise funds to prosecute a fusion national cam paign before It Is at all certain that the fusion program will flnd favor can not fall to stimulate the growing belief that the sllrcrltcs are using the national machinery of the three popocratic par ties to dispense a big boodle fund to grease the way for 10-to-l free coinage. A SOtjtolEHS' SANITARIUM. ' The comlug session of congress will be asked to make au appropriation for tlio erection of a national soldiers' home and sanitarium nt Hot Springs , S. I ) . The project has the endorsement of the national body of the Grand Army of the Republic , which nt Its recent encamp ment at Cincinnati passed strong reso lutions urging upon members of con gress that they vote for the measure. The policy of providing for the care of the soldiers of the nation at the ex pense of the public , where they are unable ' ableto cnro for themselves cither wholly or In part , Is n fixed one in the United States. No one questions the statement that the country owes It to Itself to provide for those who offered their lives , if fortune so willed , In the service of the country In Its hour of need. The only question on which there could bo a difference of opinion is as to the best method of caring for those who arc in need. The advocates of the proposed sani tarium at Hot Springs point to the fact , which Is undeniable , that a greater percentage of the occupants of the pros-1 ent national homes are suffering from { rheumatic and nervous troubles nnd that the cure or oven alleviation of their pains Is n dltllcult matter If not an Impossi bility In their present locations. It In urged with much force that aside from the humanitarian view It Is n good financial policy in case those mulcted can bo cured so < to bo -'f-iu tnl"lnrr to accept the opportunity. The directors of the national homo have practically' tested the curative properties of tlio waters of these springs by sending n number of the most sorely afflicted in the homes to Hot Springs for treatment. The results were most favorable and the medical director reports that In his opinion the saving resultant from the treatment lu the number of men cured nnd sent to their homes would more than balance the outlay. This Is only the sordid view of the , cnso but on higher- and more wovtliy ' grounds It Is urged that If the building I of the sanitarium can relieve those old I veterans from the pains that rack their bodies the cost Is amply repaid. OMAHA'S I'HOMISIXO PUTVltE. No city In America is at this day more prominently In the forefront In the arrnn of public opinion than Omaha , the city thaj ; has in the face of almost Insur mountable obstacles given the country the second greatest exposition It has ever produced. While the public spirit , enterprise and pluck of Omaha excite th admiration , of all who have visited this city within the past four months , the marked 1m- ' provement In Omaha's commercial and Industrial condition has been noted by the business world through the clearing house statements and reports of com mercial agencies. Quite apart from the benefits derived from the exposition , tlu- nbuiidant crops harvested In tu < great , corn belt of .which Onintef is the em- ' porlum and the consequent prosperity' ' of the farmers and country merchants' are swelling the Jobbing trade of the city to proportions far In excess of any preceding period. I The most substantial factor to Omaha's future growth , however , comes through the enlargement of its mniiuj j factoring t facilities , and especially through the Increase In the number and size of Its great meat packing cstabllbh- ments. As the third largest live stock market In America , the assurance of steady employment for largo bodies'of worklngmeu affords a foundation , for ; permanent prosperity certain to' become more substantial from year to year as the live stock Interests of the tributary country arc developed. What Omaha has already achlevc'd- building up its cattle market will at'ho distant day be paralleled in the crea tion of a great grain market with its auxiliaries In the shape of elevators , ilourlng , and cereal mills and starch.fac tories. With the removal of the clilef. ' drawback to Omaha's commercial ex-1 panslon by the prospective extension of several great trunk Hi'i's Its ability to' ' compete with other trade centers "Jwlh' enable Its merchants and manufacturers , to extend their operations Into sections hitherto closed against them by railway ' combinations. , ( From every point of view the pros pects for Omaha are brighter < and more promising than they ever have been. Omaha continues Sjcadlly on the up grade , and there Is no. good reason' .It Bhould not so continue after the exposi tion gates shall have closed. The prosper ity nityi Is In front of us. Our people have iearneh w'iiat they"caV accomplish 'by ' harmonious nnci'vigorous' acffbuand 1C business men , professional men , work- Ingmcn and every one Interested in the Upbuilding of the city put their shoul ders to the Wheel the same progress wlll be made In the Immediate future that has been made since the exposition pro ject was first launched. j The school board wants to take a plebiscite on the question of three high schools through the agency of the school children. There Is , however , consider able difference in personnel betwce.u .the people who have children In the schools and the body of taxpaylng citizens. It Is just possible that a plebiscite In favor of more high schools might be com pletely reversed by a vote on a "bond proposition submitted at the polls , . Governor Holcomb seems to have been hoodooed at every point in which ho hns intermeddled in military matters arising out of the war with Spain. First 1C was In mustering in the troops and now It IsIn mustering them out If the populist governor of Nebraska had sole charge of the conduct of the war 'and the disposition of the volunteers , Wliat . a mess ho would make of It. Some Avar critics attach significance to the fact that no professional pugilist drifted Into the army during the war , Intimating that there Is no lighting blood In tile 'class. The Insinuation Isj unjust The profession Is as valorous nnd patriotic as the multitude of- home guards now so conspicuously shedding' ' gobs of tears over the hardships of the soldiers. The new police board gives notice that it means business -making dismissal the penalty for disorderly conduct on Hie part of police olllcers. There Is only one way to maintain police dis cipline and that Is to enforce all reguhii tlons strictly and Impartially. After mouths of Innocuous desuetude , Coin Harvey bobs up once more to ac cept a lucrative position ns general manager of a national free silver cam paign committee. It's a cold day when Harvey does not get the soft end of the free silver .poker. The school board has enough trouble j to keep ovcp with its resources main taining one costly High school. With three high schools on Its hands , It would be hppelcpsly Inundated under'annually increasing deficiencies. A Nervy Ammunition. Dostpn Qlobe. An Omaha contemporary cays : " * * or sev eral days there liavo betn five remarkably .pretty slrla In our midst. " Of course , they were a party of Boston girls doing the ex position. The I'lilllpiiliit ; I'rolilem. Indianapolis Journal. i The Philippines question la one ot too great consequence , and onn capable ol too many premature solutions to warrant even an Individual , much less a political party In taking a hasty and arbitrary stand with out having inado the necessary Investiga tions and given the much more necessary consideration the nubjcct deserves. In fact , I > It not a question on which a position ahould bo taken at all for political effect , but should bo disposed ot by statesmen In power1 rather thau by politicians who filiould not find will never bo In power. , ' t'orreeUy Hired t'p. ' . Sprlncfleld Hcpubllcan. The Naw York drmorcracy was never at a lower depth. Colonel Roosevelt deserves ) to be elected by 100,000 majority rather than that the sinister figure ot Croker should con- tlquo tp rise In thq scale of national affairs. Horror til tlio ClunliiK Lhnttlor. ' New York Tribune. ' 'They ' arc gone. God knows where ! " Is the ( significant account given of the rcconcentra- , dos by one ot the chief Spanish officers hi Cuba. That grim dtntcmcnt Is the fltllnc epilogue of the history of Spanish rule In the Pearl ot the Antilles. I'rpU'nop nnil 1'riiutlvc. .Levrlston ( Me. ) Sun. Hypocrisy consists In pretending to bo something that you nre not The people ot Matno are getting as drunk as other people and at the eamotime pretending that they abhor Intemperance and forbid It.Ve chal lenge any champion ot Maine prohibition to shqw that any part ot Maine Is better than U would be under a local option law. MuccpnN > n 01 n l. rnArmy. . Philadelphia Record. General Merrill's formal report on the mil itary operations at Manilla is a record of continued successes by a bravo array , led by gallant and skillful commanders. The honors In that quarter are for the volunteers , who fought like veterans from the beginning of liottllltlcs and won unstinted pralso from their veteran leaders. K Jiiurnry for Wnr Ship * . Philadelphia. Press. ' Some Idea of Ihn distance to bo covered by the Oregon' and Iowa on their cruise to Manila can be gathered from the United States charts shotting steamer routes. From Jew York to Bahla , Brazil , whcro the first flop Is to be made , Is 4.C30 knots. This la a few knots more than the 4,070 from San Francisco to Callao. Peru , which was the Oregon's lo'ngest stretch between ports. After leaving Bahla there Is a run ot 2,729 knots to Sandy Point , in the Straits of Ma gellan , and then the longest stretch of all comes , 4,224 knots , to Tahiti. From Tahiti the journey can be broken by slowlne at Samoa , 1,308 knots further on , or nt Guam , now an American port , which Is 3,200 knots from Samoa. After leaving Guam there Is , run of some 1.400 knots to Manila. This makes up a total of nearly 17,000 knots , while the Oregon made a little less than 14,000 In running from San Francisco to Key West. Ail Cttliict Title. NashvilleAmerican. . The rivalry between the friends of several younc women , representatives of old nnd prominent southern families , as to which one Is entitled to wear the title , "Daughter of the Confederacy1 Is ill-timed In the first place , following so closely upon the death of Miss Winnie Davis and Is totally uncalled for In the second place , as the. daughter of Jefferson Davis was , by virtue of the time and place of her. birth which occurred In the executive mansion at .Richmond . during the most eventful period of the civil war the only "Daughter of the Confederacy , " and the title given her on this account , and which she wore no well , theretoo dies with her. Daughters of thousands of brave and honorable confederate soldiers are worthy to wear such a title , but It was one belong ing peculiarly to Miss Davis , for the reasons given , and most certainly It should not bo conferred upon any ono else. There was but ono "Daughter of the Confederacy , " and she haa crossed the da.rk and silent river. IIIIAVC A. > p TJIMCI/V worms. Striking Itoli'iike' ' At Jingoism nnil " 1 ! 03 ton ' 3. > anscrlut. 'It Is not only gratifying In Itself alone , but quite refreshing afterjithe many Jln&olstlt. utterances that h.tve tame fiom uio servants of the Prince of Peace , to read the sensible , humane and Chrlstlanllko words of Bishop Potter In the diocesan convention at New York Wednesday , upon the fruits of national victory and the Imperialistic Intoxication of the people of the United States. He said : "Tho nation has had much during the last few months to blind and to Intoxicate It. It has won on easy victory over an eftcte and decrepit adversary , In which no splendors ot Individual heroism or triumphs of naval skill and In these we- may Indulge a just pride ought to blind our eyes to the fact ) that' we have had a very easy task against a veiy feeble foe. And now , with unex pected fruits of victory In our hands , what , men are asking , are we going to too with them ? "Nay , rather , the , solemn question Is , What are they going to do with us ? Upon what Wild course of so-called imperialism are they going" to launch a people , many of whom are dizzy already with the dream of colonial gains , and who expect to repeat In distant islands some cuch history as our conquered enemy wrote long ago In blood and plunder In * her colonies hero and In South America. At such a time , as never before , the Church of God Is called upon , In the pulpit and by every agency nt her command , to speak the words of truth and soberness , Tand to reason of righteousness , temperance on < 1 a Judgment to come a Judgment for nations as well as Individuals , till Impetuosity Is sobered and chastened ; and until a people In peril of being wrecked upon an untried ecu can to nlado to pause and think. "Has such a folly bewitched and blinded us ? For ono , I disown so barbarous a con ception ot our calling In the world as Is at once a libel upon our civilization , and a dis honor to our common Lord and Master. "The things that this community and this nation alike supremely need arc not more territory , more avenues of trade , more places for place-huntors ; , more , pensions for Idlers , more subject races to prey upon but a dawning consciousness of what , In In dividual and In national life , are a people's Indispensable moral foundations , those great spiritual forces on which alone men or na tions are built ! " The people of the United States , and especially those of them who are high In authority , will do well to take to heart the message that Bishop Potter eends them. Ills nrp Indeed words of truth and soberness , and they are all the more worthy ot considera tion because of Ihe contrasting discourses that have come from the pulpit showing the need of some epcedy application to cool the heated brain of the public. It Id , In fact , deplorable to note the readiness of the pulpit - pit to follow rather than lead public sent- ! iqent and to measure public sentiment by the ampunt ot noise that Is made by the advocates of this or that line of policy , It Is not too much to say that there are yellow pulpits as well as yellow journals , and that they are more Influential , Inas much as the reputation of the yellow jour nals largely discounts the 111 effect of anything - , thing they print , whereas there Is an In born reverence among the American people for the pulpit , which gives the force ot au thority to nearly everything that comes from It. It requires courage , even In a minister , to thrust aside the vainglorious glamour that has been thrown about this one-sided war with Spain and to exhibit It In all Its littleness wh-n viewed as a victory ; to counsel the people against following the .strange paths they have already fallen Into In their blind Intoxication , and to re mind them that the present moment Is a time for alarm rather than for exultation , Bishop Potter has risen to the occasion like the leader of men a Mpliop should be , and In the brief extract we have given he hau condensed a world of wisdom and has set forth the present situation comprehensively as well as succinctly. j ECHOES 01. ' THK I.ATB AVAIL Captain A. H. Lee , British military at tache , describing In Scrlbncr's the assault and capture of El Cancy , relates that In the height of the excitement of victory , "Private I Abel , of the Twelfth Infantry , scrambled up ' on the roof of the fort with the colors of ' his regiment and waved It amidst n wild burst of cheering and enthusiasm. His cap tain was admiringly drawingmy attention to this act'when a couple ot bullets clipped the tin roof under the man's feet , and hastily furling the flag ho fell flat upon his face. j This unrehearsed effect raised such a chorus of chaff and good-natured laughter that the plucky fellow leaped to his feet again , threw Old Glory wide to the breeze , nnd waved It defiantly until ordered to come down and not expose himself further. May he long live to wear < he medal of honor that will doubtless bo his"reward ! " As the train was leaving Camp Wlkoff the other day with a number of soldiers a couple of young women entered the car with a basket of fruit tied with ribbons. "Oh , there Is a poor soldier , one of our heroes ; let us give him some fruit ! " exclaimed ono of them , and , rushing up to ono ot the men , she said : "Won't you have Borne fruit ? You have been such heroes wo want to do some thing for you. " "You are mistaken , miss ; I belong neither to the Seventy-flrst nor to the Rough Riders. I am only a regular , consequently not a hero. " As the young women looked their surprise the whistle blew and the car started. Perhaps the poor marksmanship ot the Spaniards Is explained In part by a discov ery made by Olaf Ollson , captain of gun No. 1 on the Montgomery. At least , Ollson has disclosed a criminal Imposition on the Spanish Navy Department ) by some contrac tor. Alter the destruction of Cervera's squad ron , OIJEon went aboard the Maria Teresa In search of souvenirs. He found there many -Mauser cartridges In the usual clips or forms of live , but , Instead of having the deadly qualities generally attributed to the Mauser ammunition , these cartridges consisted of a metal shell tilled with hair and a sprinkling of ppwder. Further than this , the bullet. 1 was neither lead nor brass , but wood. It Is painful to think of the lot of the Spanish peasant boys who were sent to war In a far-away land under Incapable officers and , | In some cases , at least , with perfectly use less arms , albeit the soldiers of this country undoubtedly profited thereby. Richard Harding Davis , in his review of the Santiago campaign In Scrlbner's , draws the following picture of the charge on the San Juan hills ; "I have seen many Illus trations and pictures of this charge on the San Juan hills , but none of them seem to show It Jusn as I remember It. In the pic ture papers the men are running up hill swiftly and gallantly , in regular formation , rank after rank , with flags flying , their eyes aflame and their hair streaming , their bayonets fixed , in long , brilliant lines , nn Invincible , over-powering weight of num bers , Instead of which I think the Vhlng which Impressed one the most , when our men started from cover , was that they were BO few. It seemed as if someone had made an awful and terrible mistake. One's Instinct was to call to them t come back. You felt that someone had blundered and that these few men were blindly following out some madman's mad order. It was not heroic then ; it seemed merely terribly pathetic. The pity ot It , ttio folly of such a sacrifice was what held you. "They had no glittering bayonets ; they were n6t massed in regular array. There were a few men in advance , bunched to gether , and creeping up a steep , sunny hill , the tops of which roared and flashed with Dame. The men. held their guns pressed across their breasts and stepped heavily as they climbed. Behind these first few , spreadIng - Ing out like a fan , were single lines of men , slipping and scrambling In the smooth grass , moving forward with difficulty , as though they were wading waist high through water , moving slowly , carefully , with strenuous ef fort. It was much more wonderful than any swinging charge could have , bcen. They walked to greet death au every step , many of them , as they advanced , sinking suddenly , or pitching forward and disappearing In the high grass , but the others waded on stub bornly , forming a thln blue line that kept creeping higher and higher up the hill , It was as inevitable as the rising tide. When It had reached the half way point , and we saw they would succeed , the sight gave us such a thrill as can never stir us again. It was a miracle of self-sacrifice , a triumph of bulldog courage , which ono 'watched breathless with wonder. The fire of the Spanish riflemen , who stuck bravely to their posts , doubled and tfrebled In fierceness , the crests of the hill crackled nnd burst in amazed roars and rippled with waves of tiny flame. But the blue line crept steadily up and on and then , near the top , the broken fragments gathered together with a sudden burst of speed , the Spaniards appeared for a moment outlined against the sky and posed for Instant flight , fired a last volley and fled before the swift moving wave that leaped and sprang afrer them. " Commodore William P. McCann , presiding officer of the Mclntyre court-martial at Den ver , in talking about the war to a Denver reporter , is quored as denouncing General Blanco as a coward and a scoundrel. "He Is the man , " said the commodore , "who touched the match to the Malnel You can't tell me that Blanco didn't do that job. "General Leo doesn't think so , and the reason ho doesn't ) Is because Blanco shci tears when he went to see him about it. Leo's all right ; he's a fine man and as gal lant a soldier as over lived , but Blanco pulled the wool over his eyes. "Nobody with less authority than Blanco could have had the Maine anchored wlftre it was , and had the torpedoes placed where they were , and had the electric button punched when U wa's. " - I'EKSOAAl , > AM OTHERWISE. On his arrival In Boston the other day Richmond Hovey , the poet , waa first hissed ' as a Spaniard and then chee'red as a re turned Roush Rider. James J. Hill , whoso name figures so prominently in recent railroad news , Is said to be the hardest man to "Interview" among all the financiers of the country. Tom L. Johnson , the picturesque Ohio politician , is about to return to Cleveland from , the east , where he has been all sum mer. Buckeye state politics look forward to lively times. A friend of Senator Morrlll of Vermont , has just received a letter from him In wlch he says ; "I am In my usual health. There is no truth in the Item about my resigning from the senate. " The faculty of the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania will recom mend Dr. Janoes Tyson of Philadelphia as a successor to Dr. Pepper in the chair of the theory rflid practice of medicine. General Ignaclo Andrade , now president of the republic of Venezuela , has just un veiled a monument to American heroes who fell In the fight for Venezuela In 1806. U has been erected at the Instance of General Andrade , whoso regard for Americans made him desire that these heroes should not bo forgotten. Pelus Hazla , hostler of the poor farm near Geneseo , N. Y , , was once a Bavarian baron , but fled from his native country many yearn ago after homewhlpplng a boy who afterward became Maximilian II of Bavaria. The boy annoyed him beyond en durance one day and Hazla gave his royal highness a tremendous whipping. He lied the country at once and has led a checkered life ever since. He U now over 70 years old. J CHICAGO AT OMAHA. Chicago Trlbuno : It will bo cheerfully acknowledged that Omaha Is the Chicago of Nebraska these days. Chicago Inter Ocean ! Omaha Is justly proud of the fact that her exposition Is the only one of largo dimensions held In this country since the World's fair that ha been a complete success. Chicago Record : Chicago day at the Cmaha exposition was n great success , The largo numbers of representative Chicagoans - ans at Omaha on Saturday must liavo con vinced the people of that city that Chicago has an Intercut In something outside Itself. The people of Illinois and of Chicago are proud that their state and city have contri buted to the success of the exposition that the people of Omaha have managed with such commendable enterprise. The Illinois building is the finest state building on the grounds and the showing made by Chicago citizens on Chicago day at the exposition was such as to call forth the enthusiastic approbation ot the citizens of Omaha. Friendship between cities , llko friendship between individuals , Is some-thing to be highly desired and cultivated. The mutual I good feeling between the cities ot Chicago I and Omaha growing out of the celebration 1 ot last Saturday should prove of lasting benefit to both. Chicago Times-Herald : It was a gala day In Omaha on Saturday , and n warmer wel come was never accorded by the officials of one city to the representatives of another. It was quite In the old mediaeval style , when the free City of Hamburg joined hand.s with Frankfort-on-tho-Maln , or when the bur gomasters ot Bremen wished godspeed to the burgomasters of Lubcck. Omaha received Chicago with gold keys and open arms , while each vied with the other In compliments and good wishes. "Aa Chicago Is to the west , " said Burgo master Moores , "so Is Omaha to the trans- mlsslsslppl country. We have Imbibed your 1 spirit. We hope some day to see a greater Omaha on the banks of the Missouri , within close touch with the parent city on the lake shore. " j "In accepting the golden keys to the gates of Omaha , " replied Chicago's civic head , "so generously tendered by your mayor , I thank you in behalf of a municipality which has always recognized Omaha as a queen in the sisterhood of progressive cities , I am will- lug to have Omaha annexed to Chicago , It wo have to annex Iowa and Nebraska to achieve that result. " Suicly nothing could bo In finer spirit or more courteous ! The speeches were nil excellent , timely and to the point , and the whole outing Is one to bo long remembered by all who par ticipated in it. Vive Omaha ! Vivo Chicago ! A MUUUlU.M ) 1 > 1A'1KOIIM. Philadelphia Record ( dcm. ) : The Syra cuse convention Ignored the Chicago plat form and cheered Bryan's name wildly. That was a first-rate blend of democracy and discrimination. Bryan Is anengaging personality and the Chicago platform Is ancient history. Philadelphia Times ( dem. ) : The treat ment .silver is receiving at the hands to say nothlne of the feet of the various democratic state conventions just now should have the effect of strengthening the dam with which Colonel Bryan holds back his flood ot talk and of filling his wells of thought. New York Tribune ( rep. ) : Numerous , In these da > s ate democratic conventions , but the free silver yelp among them is a di minishing vocal quality. Most of them omit it altogether , barking In other keys , which they deem more tuned to the tlmo and the hour. They have no case , but can take It out In abuse of the adversary as usual. New Yqrk Worldt ( dem ) : The Syracuse platform Declares for the democrats or New York that "in national affairs we adhere with stnadfast fidelity to all Ihe principles and politics of Jeffersonlan democracy. " This dlspoRes of the free and unlimited 16 to 1 sliver coinage theory. For Jefferson believed 'and enforced the rule of an honest and practicable bimetallism coining sliver at Its commercial value , and not attempting to give It a fictitious fiat value by statute. Bu-i inasmuch as this moribund Issue Is uos Involved In our state election , the platform very wisely omits specific mention of It. With Connecticut , New Jersey and New York the three eastern states whoso elec toral votes have contributed and been In dispensable to the choice , of democratic presidents silent on this question , the re turn to "the principles and policies of Jeffersonlan democracy" Is well under way. HO.MUl TO TlinsU WOMEN. Public Ttecoamltlon of Their WorU In Itehnlf of the NolilIcrM. Baltimore American. General Wheeler said recently that the work of the women did much In alleviating distress In the war , and thatjIt would be a gracious act to show appreciation of their services by conferring some honor on them , though he did not see exactly how tbla could bo done. The gallant general Is en tirely right In his suggestion. The women ot the country have responded nobly to the call of patrotlsm , and , though their work has been In a line altogether different from that of tbo men who took the field , stormed dangerous heights and covered the country with glory , It has been no less Important to the national welfare. That this work was accomplished without wish or thought of reward goes without saying. It was undertaken from two mo tives the sense of duty and as a labor ot love. The workers were not responsible- the government , and , consequently , the gov ernment has not the authority in their re gard which confers promotion and distinc tion on men. Yet , while the women are satisfied with the results achieved , It Is not in human nature not to be pleased with ap preciation. And there Is no doubt of the stimulus that appreciation not only felt , but also expressed has on even the strictest sense of duty. There Is a way In which the government can honor these patriotic women , and that is by honoring their notable representatives. In ( his war the names of two women came prominently to the front , from the vast in fluence they exerted and the Immense | amount of good they accomplished. These women are Clara Barton and Helen GouiM. j What the country would have missed without - i out the former no one can say. When ofQI I clal red tope stood in the way , when tup- I piles were Inadequate , when the hungry I were to bo fed , the sick and suffering to bo i cared for , there was the womanly chief of the Red Cross and her path was strewed with blessings , as her coming was wcl- ' corned with the awakening of hope. With her admirable system , her peculiar talent for organization , her long and vast ex perience In relief work , slid came like an angel of mercy. No appeal to her went un heeded and her resources were remarkable. With her sympathy and gentle care she united a business talent that showed In her always doing the right thing In the right place and In having the right thing In the right place , too. There was no delay , no bungling , no blunders in her work. Thou sands today owe theirllvea to her. Tbo work of Miss Gould needs no recapitu lation. She gave generously of her ample means , and she also gave her personal serv ices to the work of their distribution. There are few private citizens on record who have made such magnificent gifts to their couutry In tlmo of need as she has done. She has given the country a noble example of wealth In Its best phase of unselfish usefulness' to tbo community. A public recognition ot these representa tive women by congress would honor tbo women of the nation , What form this recog nition should take U A subject for fururo consideration. In a public tribute to them every woman' would feel herself honored. And such a recognition has been fairly earned. The country at large the soldiers In particular have been unstinted In their praise ot women's work during the war , H would be what ) General Wheeler calls n graceful net to give this gratitude official ex pression. In the trials , the troubles , the self- sacrifice , the sufferings of the war the women liavo stood unflinchingly by the side of the men. It Is only fair they should M'ill stand bcsldo them In the glory ot victory. And no better way could bo devised of giving then ) their share than this honor < o women so representative of all that Is mosc womanly nnd best In their sex. Harper's Bazar : Attorney What ground have you for asking for a pension ? Applicant hy , when the- engagement began I lost my head. Somervlllo Journal ! When there nre 1 ncvcrnl clerks In an olllco who sinoro a pipe there Is usually onn who buya tobacco lor the \vhola establishment. Puck : "Shoutcr IB very anxious for tha nomination. " "Yes. Wants a vindication , I under stand. " "Yes a vindication with a salary nnd perquisites. ' Washington Star : "Sometimes , " said Uncle Eben , "it do seem Uat do man who docs do nios' talkln' 'bout hard times IB do ono tint couldn't bo contended whl nutllu' but a soft snap. " Detroit Journal : "Can I not soften your hard heart ? " ho cried , at lust becoming des perate. "You doubtless mean my hard sense ! " exclaimed the maiden. For it was her hand in marriage that he sought. Chicago Hecord : "To snuff a cnndlo out accidentally Is u sign of marriage. " "Yes , and to turn down n lamp intention ally is a uign of couri.inlp. " Indianapolis Journal : "I've found a real wnr hero In my neighborhood. " "A Santiago hero ? " "Nnw. lie is u fellow who refused ta enlist when his wife wanted him to. " Chicago Tribune : Mrs. Itnmbo-Absa- lom , are you n good accountant ? Mr. Unmbo At tlio office they think I'm somewnnt above the average. Whyv" Mrs. Ilambo You coudn't give , a very good account of yourself when you came In at about 3 o'clock this morning that's nil. " Baltimore American1 : The returned sol dier Razed eagerly Into her cyca so beauti fully blue. " 1 could die for you , " lie said , with con- slderablu emotion. "Perhaps , " she rejoined , Icily , "but you Detroit Journal : Once upon a time two Men encountered a Sea Serpent. A r.cmurkable reptile ! " exclaimed the one. "How may we preserve ! It ? " In alcohol , of course , " replied the other , not unscientifically. Boston Transcript : Miss Fotherton ( to sportsman , who IB exhibiting hlH day's shooting ) Oh. how could you kill tlicsa dear , pretty birds ? I think It Is positively cruel. Sportsman I uupposu you know tlicro Is a qrefit demand for these for hat ornamentation ? .Miss Fcthorto | > Oh of course , If It's n case of necessity It Is per fectly excusable. Chicago Post : "Madam. " said the physi cian , emerging from the sick room. " 1 have come to prepare you for the worst. Your husband Is not long for this world. Ho may even ille today. " "Oh , don't say that , doctor ! " cried the devoted wife. "It Is too terrible ! Why , my mourning gown won't be done until to morrow. " AUTLii.V. Once on n time ( for thus the legend goes ) Dame Nature fell asleep. In deep repose , All clothed in richest robes of eummer pr'en. She HlumDcrcd ; when there crept unheard , unseen , A silent painter , mischievous and more. Whose magic , mystic brush swept softly o'er The garment green which hid the sleeping ilame ; And from the touch there , quickly flowing came Tnb' brightest 'tints , 'exquisitely combined.- The scarlet and tlm orange Intertwined , With nil the Iris colors mlxsd about And not a lovely , lively hue left out. And when the drowsy dame nt length uwoko And rubbed her eyes she woridertng , doubt ing , spoke And asked ( nor did she .ask so much amiss ) : "I'd really like to know whose dress this is ? " D. G. BICKCRS. OUH DAILY IHJLLIiTIX. to NEW YOUK , Oct. C , 1SOS. Leading anil representative Cubans of all fac tions , from ardent Independents to equally ardent annexatlonlsts , will meet today at the headquarters of the Unban Junta to formiflate a common arid har monious plan of action respecting their native island. . Natives of of Nebraska After dark ought to be dressed in dark clothes. However gay he may choose to be in his bus iness dress , a black suit is prac tically a necessity upon occa sions. For evening dress one's coat must bz just right. No half way fit will do at all , and there are not many stores in the whole country where one may buy a "claw hammer1' ready to put on that is just the thing. He can do it here. Our line of suits in frocks and cutaways , is complete and fine. Proper furnishings to match the suits are here also. Our More Mill clone every iilicht ( IilM * tvrU tit the. u mi ill time < ) | 13 to Blve our employe * nil opportunity to see anil enjoy the fentlvltlcn of the
