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0 THE OMAHA TXVFLV 1VEE : THTTl nAV. OCTOP EH 0. 1808 , THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. 12. UOSEWATUIl , Editor. I'UUUHHKD KV13HY MOHN1NG. TEIIM8 OP 8UUSCHIPT10N ! Da'ly Uco ( Without Sunday ) , Ono Yc Dally Uco and Humluy , Ono Year 8.00 B.x .Months ( 4.1M Three MoriUm Z.iA' ' Hundny Uci * . Ono Year 2.W Saturday Uce Ono Year 1.60 Weekly Uec , Ono Year. . * . tw OFFICES. Oinalm : The Hen Ilulldlnir. Bouth Omtthu : Sinner Ulock , Corner N and Twenty-fourth directs. Council muffs ! 10 Pearl Street. Chicago Olllce : 002 rhambcr of Com- merce. New York : Templa Court. Washington : 601 Fourtn-nth Street. COKrtESPONDHNCE. All communications relntlnc to news nnd editorial mutter should bo addressed : lethe the Editor. Editor.nUSINESS LKTTEHS. All Imstnms letters and remittances Rhould be addressed to The Heo Publishing Company , Omaha. Drafts , checks , express and wistntllce money orders to be made paynhln to the order of th < > company. THE UEE I'UULISIIINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIHCULATION. Stuto of Nebraska , DouglaH County , ss : Gcorco I ) . Tzschutk , secretary of The Hoc ] I'ubllHhlng company , being duly Hworn , nays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening nnd Sunday Hoc , printed during the month of September , 1S3S , was ns fol lows : | GEOKGE 13. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before me uml subscribe * ] In my ] presence this 30th day of September , 1S9S. N. P. FISIL. Notary Public. WKI.COMI : TOnii : nun nimui.\n. Nil vlxldir t Oninlin nml the ( MioxlUon Nliiiiilil K < > iiwny without InxiivuttuK Tin * llpc liuIlilliiK , tin * InrccNl IICIVN- ] IIIILT linllillnu ; In America , unit The life iiCMVNinpcr | Illllllt , UIIIIOClIPlI tl > IL ( llC lliii-Nt lirtirc < * n Cbloii o nml BIIII Krniiulnco. A vurilial welcome IH cAtenileil In all. Oniiihn's supply of railroad < lopots will soon startle resident and visitor. After the famine , the * feast. From the long lists ot speakers' dates paraded In the partisan papers the po litical fruit crop must be promising. Omaha's electrical illuminations for the AU-Sur-llen pageant would do erecllt to any city In the world , with no ex ceptions. Exposition attendance Tuesday was 10,099. The conductor should have run ; ; up another fare and made It an even liO.OOO. The American people we fell confi dent are lu favor of reviving any kind of a rank In the navy for the honor of the hero of Manila. The democrats of Massachusetts are a aln as close to the silver plank of the Chicago platform and as far away from victory as ever. The carnival business Is In ftdl blasi simultaneously In a dozen western cities. No enterprise Is an unqualified success until It bejiets Imitators. Cheap Wheat AVelister cannot make any votes for the republican ticket any. where. The state committee will do the wise thing by bottling him up. Army olllcers are preparing for an other forward movement upon the im pending retirement of several of the mrn near the head of the olllclal list. The battle of Nebraska now on In volves national Issues , but It also in volves state and local Issues. He-pub- llcans are ready to meet the enemy on all issues. Kooscvclt's speech accepllng the re publican nomination for governor of New York lias the right ring , and It will iiavo the right response tit the polls on election day. The monuments to Dave Mercer's con gressional career are all around us. And the people will Insist on keeping the man In congress who can accomplish Bucb marveloii" things. English capital Is trying to monopo lize the Havana clgnnuaklng Industry. The British are bound to share the profitH of every war whether they fur nish the sinews or not _ . Candidates for assessor on the demo cratic county ticket when asked while party they belong to are as likely to assert allegiance to the republican party as to any one or the three popoeratlo divisions. It will now be generally conceded that Nebraska has gained rather than lost by the suspension of state and county fairs In deference to the greatest of all fairs held west of the Mississippi tuu Transmlssh'slppl Exposition. The complaint against the High school building Is not that It Is Inconveniently located , but that its accommodations are overcrowded. The remedy is not tt build two additional high school build Ings , but to enlarge the present ters. The popocratlc Journals are being pul to sore straits to Invent reasons whj the Hryan regiment should have preference enco In mustering out over the First Nebraska boys , who fought so Imivvlj at Manila. Hut why m'U excuses ? Tin decision has been vested with Governoi . llolcomb , and If the populist govornoi wants to help the popocrntd out of ii delcmma there Is nothing to pix'veut. r/m * STHUXO There are few If nny people who will not give respectful consideration to nny Htatement In regard to military condi tions coming from Major General "Wheeler. Ills testimony before the mil itary commission , made under onth , will therefore go far to correct the Im pression created In many minds by the critics of the War department that there was nothing but mismanagement and blundering In the treatment of the sol diers In camp , Hold and hospital. Gen eral Wheeler made an elaborate state ment regarding the Santiago campaign , In the course of which he said that h considered the supplies sutllcii'iit except In H few Instances and In those cases the deficiency was only temporary. As to the care of the sick and wounded IK ; doubted whether a more effective plan could have been adopted. He knew o no serious complaints In regard to the medical department and while on occa sions there was a shortage of surgeons , owing to some of them bping sick , he believed the wounded were promptly cared for. In regard to conditions nt Tampa this veteran declared there was nothing that a so.dlrr could complain of. General Wheeler was the com mander nt Camp WlkolV , In respect to the condition of which there has been a great deal of criticism. lie was Instructed - structed by the president to spare no of- Ion or expense to make the men com fortable and hl-i testimony shows that ho Implicitly obeyed Instructions Gen eral Wheeler declared that no army on earth was ever so abundantly supplied with nocessarles and luxuries. In short , the general conditions at the camp were good and there was very little ground for any complaint. The charge that there was red tape Is denied by General Wheeler , who said : "Our aim at Wlkuir was to supply the necessities o the men and we endeavored to do so without re sorting to the formalities necessary lu times of peace. " General Copplngcr Is another witness against the assailants of the War de partment. In a report to thil - ho lays the blame for the suffering of the volunteers upon the olllcers. He says that the rations supplied were good'and ample and that while the reg ulars lived well the volunteers did not live so well because the"otllcers did not know how to care for the food and the coolts were Inexperienced. As to the medical supplies , in the opinion of Gen eral Copplngor the surgeon general ac complished a tremendous task under very great ditllculties. The testimony of those veteran sm ( Hers must have weight with all fair- minded men. They know what tlu-y an talking about and a great majority of the critics of the War department do not. Vl'JlOLl ) TIIK ADM1XISTRAT10X. The duty of all sincere republicans Is to uphold the administration. Every such republican Is justly proud of the record the administration has made , lie knows that every promise nnd assurance , * given the country by the republican party two years ago has been fulllllcd. All men remember what the conditions were two years ago. Everywhere de pression prevailed. A great fear rested upon the financial , Industrial and com mercial Interests of the country. Capi tal shunned Investment , Industries were shut down , labor was nncmp'oyed. One month before the national election of 1SSM ) the vast machinery of business In the United States was almost In a state of paralysis. With republican vic tory all was changed. Restoration of confidence begun , capital sought Invest ment , there was a return of Industrial activity and labor found a demand. Thus when President McICiulcy was Inaugurated the country was rapld'y ' emerging from the long period of de pression. Since then the United States has realized a higher measure of pros perity than any other nation , has made greater material progress than In any other two years of its history. The lirst duty of the new administration and congress was to give the country a better tariff law one more favorable to Ameri can Industries and labor. This was done , with Immediate benefit to all our manufacturing interests. It Is t.the deficits continued under this tariff , but there Is every reason If > expect that there will be an end to these before the close of the current fiscal year. It Is easy to understand why there was not during the first year of the law's opera tion. Vast Importations In anticipation of higher duties explain this. Hut that the law has been benellclal to the In- , dustrlal Interests the country Is tin- deniable. The last two years have been extraordinary in commercial results. The United States has sent to foreign markets more of its agricultural prod ucts and more of Ifs manufactures than In any other equal period. It lias taken a long step forward to the attainment of the position of a creditor nation. All this may not bo due to republican policy , but nil of It would not have been possl- j bio without republican succcbs. I The conduct of the war with Spain ! merits the approval of every citizen whe j Is able to feel pride in the achievement of American arms. Let It bo admitted ; that there were some shortcomings , still I the great fact remains that having en- , J tercd upon war with little preparation [ within a period of three months Spain j was forced to sue for peace. Never was a war prosecuted with greater vlgot or iM-'tter judgment. From the very out set President MoKInloy showed himself e < iual to every demand. Great qurs i tlons growing out of the war are to be , ' settled. When the peace commission , ' shall have completed Its work and the . j treaty has been ratltk'd by the two gov < ernments , congress and the president must determine the questions the wni has raised. It Is of very great Impor tance that they shall be In harmony. It order that they shall bo republic ns in si rally to the supixirt of the adminlstra 11 tion In the congressional districts. H i Is unfortunately true that they are noi . ' generally manltVstlng that active am ' earnest Interest which the situation oal'i : for. Too many cf them , there Is rcasoi i toilhluk , believe that the campaign wll | take care of Itself that republican mic cess Is assured. The chief menace to republican success Is apathy and u false sense of security. U'/JO IS TO 1IL.1MK1 Next to John U Webster , the parties most to blame for the blunder made by the republican county convention lu falling to accord representation on the legislative ticket to the elements who.'o votes arc needed to elect It and In fo st ing several candidates upon the party whom no reputable citizen can endor.se are the corporations for whom Webster acts as political steorer as well as legal adviser. - - Nobody suspects Webster of spend ing over So.OJO ( of his own money to carry the primaries and convert dele gates who were elected against him. Nobody familiar with local politics Is Ignorant of the fact that the Interfer ence of the managers nnd bosses of these corporations on the tloor of the conven tion was responsible for the de-feat of the labor candidates and the overbading of the ticket with lawyers in the face of the popular demand for representa tives of the producing and mercantile ! classes. [ While the corporation managers can deliver votes at primaries and turn . boodle delegates from one side to the I other. It Is another matter for them to : coerce their employes and subordinates Into voting for candidates known to bo { disreputable and untrustworthy. The time has gone by when the mass or | wageworkers can be dragooned Into voting ing by anybody's order. The most outrageous feature of the situation' ! * that having forced the nom ination of obnoxious parties the corpora tion managers for whom John I. . . Webster - ! ster pulls the wires arc using their In fluence to prevent the reconstruction ol the ticket , which Is menaced with de feat because it lacks the elements of popularity. There Is no doubt what ever that the legislative ticket would have been strengthened In several vital points long ago were It not for the p [ nlclous meddling of people who are not content with fair treatment of corpora tions , but want only pliant tools on the legislative delegation who will devote themselves solely to their interests. It is not too late for honest ami earnest republicans who want to ca j ; the state and elect a republican United States senator to fotvo the corporations to take their hands off the party machinery , so that the ticket can be revised in a man ner that will enlist the active support not only of republicans , but of all who arc opposed to the sham reformers ot the popocratic brand. It is said the Hawaiian commission will recommend a property qualification for the exercise of the suffrage In our mid-Pacitlc territory. Property quali fications have been required In state legislation , but the tendency has been almost steadily away from them in this country. Such a deiwr lure In the new territorial government would be the establishment of a practi cal oligarchy under the antliprlty of the United States , for It would disfranchise the great majority of the natives and make the white residents the govern ing class. The suggestion is sure to rouse a vigorous discussion when It reaches congress in the shape of a report from the commission. One of the gratifying improvements In the Ak-Sar-Hon parade this year over a year ago Is the absence of thieving and pocket-picking among the crowds con gregated along the line of inarch. A year ago several exciting chases of pickpockets enlivened the evening's en tertainment and the next morning s mie four-score empty pocketbooks discarded by the gang of thieves operating upon the multitude were found strewn along the streets. The difference between a 1 police force headed by incompetents ! and one under the direction of an ex \ perlenccd head like Chief White , who ; protects the public by keeping tin1 j crooks away , could not be more forcibly Illustrated. One of the1 papers that has been mak Ing the most noise about alleged mis conduct of the war remarks that Gen eral Wheeler must have been too busy | lighting to see nil that Its correspond ents saw. Tills doubtless hits the nail on the head. The yellow correspond cuts were Instructed to see things and of course , , they saw them In their , dls- patches to the papers whether they exIsted - ( Isted or not and every molehill was ( exaggerated into a mountain. Rut General - ! oral Wheeler saw the Spanish enemy ' and he probably saw everything else there was about him worth seeing. The building season In Omaha conj - j tlnues to exhibit noteworthy activity even with the approach of colder weather. No one can take a survey ot the residence districts without observing the many Improvements that arc filling In gaps by which the appearance of Omaha , like that of other new nnd ( i growing western cities , has long been I marred. ; President Hurt goes about the erection of the new Union Pacific depot In the same businesslike manner with which | he conducts the operations of his rail- ' way. Omaha will have a new unlou depot before It fully realizes the change effected by the termination of the Union Pacific receivership. The lesson of the great victories'over the Spanish army and navy at Cuba , Porto Rico and Manila must have been [ ( lost on the foolhardy Minnesota redskins - , ! skins , who seem to want another demon stration of the Invincibility of Uncle Sam's arms. A Cliimifc of Tune , rhlladclrhla Times. Spain giving up Its old style nrmy bugles for the American pattern la another way In which tt may be said to have hauled lu Its horns. The XViiy Out or U , Sprilifflleld ( Muss. ) Republican. The governor of Nebraska U In a di lemma. The government authorizes the mustering out of one of Nebraska's regi ments , since the stale bos more than her quota in the service , but the governor must ftlret the regiment. If ho selects IJryan's the critics will cry favoritism. The \vy out would bo to muster out the regiment now at Manila and let Drynn resign It he wishes to retlro from the service. n.VCllllllKL' 111 I Minneapolis T.tncs. "Itvlll Lo cheerfully acknowledged , " says the Chicago Tribune , "that , Omaha Is the . .1 j.-ii-.a these days. " Down In 'ebraska they arc gracious enough to admit i w.-iuiu Ui luuvliole vorlcl In l'ruriitluii lor I'cviT. Now York Herald. From Colonel Wininm Jennings Ilryan's stntiMoIrt thu decision of the War depart ment that his regiment shall remain In the service while Assistant Secretary Melkle- john Is to be permitted to make political speeches In Nebraska Is the refinement of cruelty. No wonder Dryan Is 111. irn : ii. < IIIIIIII. * I > IN. SprlnRllold. Hepubllcan. There Is a Rreat deal of government by commission going on just now. A commis sion Bits at Havana , at San Juan and at Paris , another has returned from Honolulu and yet another la In session at Quebec. To these should be added the commission Inves tigating the \\nr and the national Industrial commission of congress Investigating the conditions of labor. These are busy times for Uncle Samuel , for whom the vacation Ecason Is forever at an end. Can KOIin , ! citlntiiy. New York Sun. The Cook County Democracy nnd MarchIng - Ing club , whose terrible approach to this town Is still remembered here , has Invaded Omaha nnd exhibited Itself at the Expo sition. It was a day of triumph for Cook county nnd of surprise for Omaha. The members of the club "rallied to the number of100 , attired In becoming black suits and wearing historic shiny silk hats and hand some now badges of blue velvet , with heavy gold mountings. " The train consisted prin cipally of buffet ears , and "tho baggage cars foretold no lack of material to make tin- trip n Joyous one. " The Hon. John I'owers , the Hon. Hath House John , and the Hon. Hlnkey Dink shone In that radiant galaxy of statesmen. The pralrlea are still on lire. IlrKLsh Army Uliiniler.s. Boston Transcript. England's satisfaction over the proof af forded by the recent army manoeuvres at Salisbury I'laln that she could mobilize fifty thousand regular troops nt short notice has been considerably damped by the .discovery that to KUbslst them caterers had to be brought In and that the medical corps broke down under the strain. English officers are saying very unpleasant things about their war department In consequence of those revelatlpns , Intimating very plainly that \vliorc It has not got Into ruts It Is tangled with red tape. They also remark that If It madn such blunders with regard to peaceful mobilization at homo there Is no tcllins what it would not dp in the unavoidable confusion of war. Thus it seems that we have not the only war department that is ender lire. Kiirivslry anil Irrigation. Philadelphia Ledger. Possibly the wholesale deforesting of the Colorado mountains by the fires that have been raging there for many days may have n useful effect ) in hastening the time when tre' planting on n large scale will be undertaken not only there , but throughout the country. The great middle westIs , already very much alive to the Importance of preserving I's water supply and the destruction of the forests shall have Its anticipated effect In diminishing the streams , It will not be long before the people of that section will throw their characteristic energy Into the business of replacing the forest growth and extending It as far as may bo necessary. Krom them perhaps we In the cast" tfho have witnessed with so much Indllter.cnco . the destruction of our own forests , may possible catch the enthusiasm and make some worthy effort to replace our vanished trees. If all this should follow , the burning of the Colorado timber will bo a blessing In disguise. Million * * In \lviirnKiia Ditch. Pnllndclph a Ledger. When the Nicaragua Canal company asked the United States government to guarantee Us bonds It estimated the cost of the work , In round figures , at $70,000- OCO , although Engineer Mcnocal placed It as low as $65,000,000. Admiral Walker , a yrar ago , estimated It at $125,000,000. The Ludlow commission , appointed by President Cleveland In ISO. . , said It would cost about $133,500,000. The Wheeler commission , which has Just returned from a survey of the route , says the canal can be built for "less than $100.000,000. " It Is fair to say that these widely varying estimates are not based on exactly the same data , as , for Instance , the Wheeler commission recom mends certain changes of rocatlon and other details , which It thinks would re duce the cost much below that of the plan considered by the Ludlow commission. \Vlth their experience of the tendency ot public work to grow In exponslveness the American people , If our government under takes to build the canal , will be well satis fied to see It finished at a total cost of less than $200,000.000. 11KRIJ\UHATIO.\ Sl'AIX. IliKliiiiIiiKT tin' Oiioil Worlc with Van- "Washington Star. When the American army approached the Spanish lines outside of Santiago the bugle calls rising from thp Invading forces here and there could bo plainly heard by the enemy long before other evidences of approach preach wore at hand. The Spaniards were particularly Impressed by the clearness and sweetness of the tones produced by the American buglers. Lnt'er they lost some of their admiration for these musical cxlilbl- ! lions , particularly when they presaged un- I Illnchlng charges up the steepest slopes | against the most galling fire. Out when the j war was over , when the exciting Incidents ' of the slcgo could bo viewed calmly from a 1 dlsrance , the sound of those clear-throated I bugles came back to the Spanish ears In reminiscence and thrilled the Spanish heart Avltli something lilto the traditional Castllian military ardor. The American bugles used nt Santiago were pitched In the key of G. They led a magnificent army to a glorious vlcfory. Note now the echoes of these fateful sounds of bugles calling on the Santiago hills. A largo American manufacturing firm making a specialty of bugles and army trumpets has Just received an order from the Spanish government for 2,500 such horns , to bo constructed exactly like the American army bugles , tx > be pitched in O , with a slide to K. This number Is regarded by army nun as entirely tco largo for the equip. merit of the Spanish cavalry regiments now In existence , but It Is thought possible that the Spanish nrmy ofllccrs were so charmed by the notes from the Yankee horns chat j they are colng to seek to make the Q bugla the national instrument and perhaps replace the guitar with It. It becomes interesting t < o speculate on the chance of confusion re sulting from the use of the same keyed bugles in any fighting which may subse quently occur between American and Span ish forces. It Is related that in the first stages of the Cuban rebellion the Insurgents often , with captured Spanish horns , decoyed the Spaniards Into ambush , and on one oc- caulon actually precipitated a fight between two Spanish columns. Spain may copy the American bugles , but she cannot reproduce the American hearts which are inspired by their notes or the American marksmen who are let ! by rhetu into conflict. The 0 bugle Isn't all , TIII : IMPOSITION , irfnil IntcrrM .MiiiillcMoil In Us 1'riiKroNN unit rr < iMH'rlt > - . Los Angeles Express : The Omalm expo- I sltlon is proving a splendid success , despite the ndverso conditions that attended Its ear lier days. It Is n real triumph for western pluck and enterprise. Topeka Capital : That government war balloon which It. to b sent to Omaha will probably bo more of a success there thnn It was nt Santiago. With It should bo dis played n sample of bullet ) proof cloth. Uakcrsficld ( Cal. ) Echo : The management of the Omaha exposition has done n clever thing In arranging for a Peace Jubilee early In October , nnd the Importance of the occa sion will bo Increased by the presence of President McKlnley. The chief executive of the nation may well grace such nn occasion with his presence. San Francisco Call : Despite the excite ment of the war , which very largely dis tracted public attention from the nffalrs of peace , and notwithstanding the extreme heat of the past summer , which rendered the people of the Mississippi valley Indisposed Vo the exertions of sightseeing , the Omaha ex- poM'lon has thus far proven to bo n finan cial as well as an Industrial success. U has furinshcu another juoof of the fondness of the American people for such displays , and sl'.o ' n that when well "managed they are profitable as well as popular. Coiumbus (0. ( ) Dlspatfch : One of 'the most Interesting features of the Omaha exposition Is a Nebraska sod house , constructed under the direction of Mrs. L , Bowser of Norfolk. It Is almost an exact Imitation ot the house Mrs. lo\\stT lived in when she first went ) to Nebraska from Ohio , many years ngo. The mistress of this primitive structure first began to serve coffee made on a gasoline stove to visitors , but her Increasing trade made. It necessary for her to erect a spacious shed lu the rear ot the house , where oOJ people often drink coffee and eat bta- cults with chicken and cream gravy In the com so of the ilay. She didn't put up the sod lie BO . 1th a vliw to muk n. ; money , but that Is uliat she Is doing all the same. Nushvlllo Banner : Under the auspices of the \ \ Oman's Board of the Transmlssigslppl and International Exposition a convention of the National Council1 of Women of the United States will be held October 21-23. Thus the closing days of the exposition will bo the occasion of an Important gathering of pjomlnent women of America the same women who held the final convention at the Tennessee centennial , under the auspices of the Woman's department. Sirs. Mary \Vrlght Son all Is president of the National Council , having been elected at the con vention here last fair. During the day at the Omaha congress but two sessions will bo held each day , In order that the visitors may have an opportunity of receiving the many social attentions to be shown them by the charming women of the exposition city. l'iitSO.N.\l. AMI OTIIHHU'ISIO. Mississippi has a postolllce officially named Yellow Kabblt. When a man ill-uses his mule In New Orleans ho Is fined $25. Boston fines a man $10 tor beating his wife. A newly discovered story about Henry Clay Is to the effect that when his wife was asked if Ehe was not worried by his gam bling she replied : "Oh , not at all. Mr. Clay always wins. " Congressman William Alden Smith ot Michigan was once , as a poor boy , ejected f10111 a train because he could not pay his faro. Now he Is general counsel for the road on which that train was run. The public funeral of Mr. Gladstone was not extraordinarily expensive. Some of the newspapers gave the coat as $35.000 , but a competent authority states that thu actual cost was about $10OtfO. There is a suspicion lu New York that some of the theater managers select wretched aggregations of muslcfnns for orchestras In order to drive the men in the audience to drink between acts. Harold Frederic , London correspondent of the New York Times , says he Is assured that though o-ders have been given to trans fer Dreyfus , It was done In such a way that they have been carefully disobeyed. There Is little reason as yet , ho adds , to suppose that Devil's Island bus relaxed Its grip on Its victim. General Sherman Is generally credited with having originated the expression "War Is hell. " As a matter of fact , it was first used by Charles Sumner in an address on "The True Grandeur of Nations , " delivered at Boston In 1845. Mr. Sumner then said : "War itself is hell , recognized , legalized , established , organized by the commonwealth of nations for the determination of Inter national questions. " Salmon now fetch 12 cents each In the canneries of Washington. This Is the high est price by almost 100 per cent , ever paid Tor the fish , which , by the way , are silver sides , instead of the true salmon. So great has been the slaughter of these IIh in the Columbia river In recent years there Is a genuine scarcity now , and artifical propa gation on an enormous scale will bo neces sary to prevent complete extermination. KI.U.MHKH Small Uftiirn for ( lie Great HarilNlilim I'mlti < ( ! . Chicago Chronicle. The gold output of the Klondike region tor this year is already scml-ofTlcially stated to be not over $3,000,000. This sum Is that estimated by the superintendent of the United States mint at San Francisco and by the officials of the Canadian govern ment. Both estimates are based on actual returns and make full allowance for con cealed hoards , sums brought down by in dividuals not turned Into banks or mints and sums smuggled through the lines to evade the Canadian royalty. Other estimates from untrustworthy sources , inflated by wild rumors and un- t > upported guesswork , place the output at from $10,000.000 to $15,000.000. This Is be yond all reason. The mint reports and the i Canadian reports are founded on actual j facts , with a fair allowance for dust and nuggets cot reported. But the amounts not reported must be small. A few thousand - ! sand dollars hero and there may for a time j not go Into the banks or mints. But every { ounce of gold sooner or later must be melted nnd officially assayed. Then the total amount Is known. It is evident that reports originating at ! an early period of the year to the effect that $100,000,000 or more would come out of the Klondike rrglon with the spring clean-up were sent abroad for purposes of wholesale fraud on the country. The profits on transportation to Alaska pblnts nnd on the sale of outfits to adventurers IH cnor- ' i ir.ous. There is no doubt that the 40,000 or 50.000 people who went to the Klondike region last fall nnd early this year per haps twice or thrice that number went expended $200 or $300 each/ and many ex pended much moro for passage and equip ments. No estimate can make the amount ex pended by Klondike gold seekers lens than { 20,000,000 or $25,000,000. A few dozen era a few hundred lucky ones have returned I with one-fourth of 'the amount that all the ' multitudes expended , The prophecies and the warnings of The Chronicle from the leglnnlng have been to the effect that but a small proportion of the money Invested In Klondike adventure would return to making the investment. In this as In all similar cases tlio poor bivo suffered most. They have encoun tered untold hardship and have lost their nil. The victims of the war for Alaska gold are more numerous than the victims of the | Spanish war. I.VTP. WAH. ncnnns or Tim . . The fund for n sword of honor for Adm'.rat Schley Marled by the Philadelphia Tluics about the 1st ot September , closed last Mon day with a total ot $3.551.19. Of this amount $2,151.19 was subscribed In sumo of $1 or less ; In fact , two-thirds of the subscription ? i were In sums ranging from 1 cen. . to 25 i cents. There were fourteen confidential con- ' trlbutlons of $100 each. Upwards of S'l.OOO ' persons , young nnd old , of Philadelphia nnd vicinity contributed to the fund , which mti- j stltutcs a public testimony to the valor ot , the hero of Santiago. The Schley sw ! v 'l be the finest ever presented to nn American I nrmy or navy officer. It will cost $551 mere I than the sword which the nation I ? to lire- , I sent to Admiral Dcwey. The money h.u ! ! been placed at the dlspojil of n committee j ot Ihree prominent Phil.idelphlana clmr-mi with the duty of designing and purchasing the testimonial. The presentation Is to 'ic made In Philadelphia , probably 'n November. Major General Hamilton S. Hawkins , U. S. V. , who distinguished himself as the com mander of the division which captureJ San Juan Hill , has hern promoted to be a brig adier general in the army In the place of General William M. Graham , retired. Gen eral Hawkins was graduated from the mili tary academy nt West Point in 1855 nnd lu April , ISfll , was commissioned as second lieutenant in the Sixth United States In fantry. A month later ho was promoted to first lieutenant. Ho served with gallantry Ibrough the civil war and was twice bro- vclled for dlsllngulshed bravery , both of which honors he declined. In 1SC3 he was promoted to caplnln and in 1S33 to major of the Tenth Infantry. Four years ngo he was made colonel of the Sixteenth nnd a month later was transfered to the command of the Twentieth Infantry. He was made commandant of the Infantry and Cavalry school at Fort Leavcnworth In the latter part of the same year. General Hawkins' services before Santiago demonstrated his efficiency ns n commander , If It had already been shown by his past service. As soon as ho received the commission of the new office ho will be placed on the retired list upon his own appllcat.on and Major General Jacob F. Kent , U. S. V. , will be advanced to the position. General Kent also has an enviable record for distinguished service In two wars. He was the co.onel of the Twen ty-fourth Infantry when appointed to the volunteer service. The thrilling historic event , the hoisting of the stars and atrlpes over the governor's palace at Sanllago , Is graphically described by J. F. J. Archibald In Scrlbncr'3. Archi bald was one of Ihe few correspondents permitted to witness the memorable scene. He says : "The five minutes of tense waiting was ended , and as the grand old cathedral chimes pealed forth the hour of noon , Cap tain McKlltrlck slowly hauled the flag to the masihead , while the band played "Tho Star-Spanglcd Banner , " and the officers un covered , and the troops presented , and San tiago de Cuba became an American city. As the Hag floated over the palace , the bat teries In the trenches boomed the national Balute , and band after band along the line took up the grand anthem. Then the men in the trenches yelled as only American soldiers can ye'.l. It wasn't n cheer , It was a good yell. All along that full ten tulles of trenches the men gave vent lo pent-up cnthuHlasni. "Not so In Santiago.We did not cheer. Wo did not feel like. It , for victory has al most the sadness that I mlghl Imagine de feat would have , and when the band fol lowed with "Stars and Stripes Forever , " there was a feeling of sadness , for all about us were pinched , wnn faces of the hungry citizens , nnd the sorrowful faces of the de feated ofllccrs , who covered heavy hearts with gracious manner lo Iholr foe. There could not be too much fa Id In praise of the manner In which the enemy's officers treated us on the very day when our Hag replaced theirs , and no one would know ingly crltlclfe the action of continuing the Spanish officials In power , or keeping the guard do civil , their famous regiment , on duty In the clly. They were ready to do all In their power to make our day perfect , and yet I saw many a strong , brave Span- lard brush away a tear as their banner gave way to ours. The scene was Intense In the extreme , yet no one felt , like ex ulting. That evening , at sunset , I heard vespers chanted In the old cathedral , nn.l heard an old priest pray for the success of the arms of Spain , but the sun set with the American flag floating over the city. " Captain Arthur II. Lee of the English nrmy has written a masaz'ne article on the batlle ot El Caney , In wliloh ne says : "Acoiit 10 o'clock there was n flight lull In tlio batlle , during which 1 wltnes'oul a ctol net of daring. Two men ot the fwelftn li.frin- try crept forward alone , .irmed only with pliers , and , skilfully taKla ; ; advant.igj of the cover of a few bushe3 and fjlds In tha ground , passed along the whole front of the village within 200 yarla of the onemy's trenches , culling iho b.nrbuJ wire fencing , which would have imprloJ out assault. Both of these gallant fellows returned In safety , after completing .their work with great deliberation and thoroughness. " First Sergeant Ilyon of Company D , Tenth Infantry , had one ankle shatlered and the other grazed by a mauser bullet In the light of July 2. Like many other wounded EO- dlers he hobbled eight miles to Slboney and fainted on reaching the hospital. The next thing ho knew was n realization thai some one was handling Ihe foot which had | been only grazed , and upon opening his cy < s I ho saw a young contract doctor about to begin amputating the leg Just below the knee. Giving n great kick , Ryan yelled : "D n you , doc , you are going to cut off the wrong foot. " Sure enough , the physician , In his haste , being unaccustomed to sccne of carnage , had made a mistake In the foot. The Inci dent proved to be Ryan's salvation , for ho j refused to allow any foot to be severed and Is today convalescent and doing duty at Fort Sill. Okl. i "Have you any Idea of the hailstorm of bullets wo went through on Snn Juan hill ? " said one of the officers of Ihe Slxlh infantry while at supper In Cincinnati with several of his fellow officers who had been In the batlle. This started the dhcur lon. nnd Cap tain Kennon figured out approximately how many bullets were fired at the Sixth on that eventful day. Gathered up on the top of the hill were 1,500 Spaniards , and with their Mausers they could fire ten shots per minute with the Ihe Royal ! the highest grade baking powder Lncmn. Actual tests show It goes one- tblrd further then any other braad. Absolutely Pure HOY L tu > ma fODf co. , he * vom. greatest case , nnd this makes lfi.000 Iwllrtu which wen ? rained down on the Sixth every minute. The battle lasted fer nn hour nnd n half , which la ninety minutes , nnd there wore ninety limes IB.noo bullets fired , for the firing was steady and did not slack up nt nny time. This makes 1,3:0,000 bullets which were fired nt the Sixth during the en- gageincnt. Hear Admiral Slcard , who has jt : U been retired , saw hard service during the civil war , participating In the bombardment n id passage of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Plilllo , assisting In the destruction of th * itbcl flotilla and gunboats , and In the rapture ot New Orleans , In 1SC.2. Just n month before the war with Spain was actually declared , the admiral , then with his licet lying off the coast ot Florida ready to swoop down iiMin | Cuba , broke down In health , nud by order of n medical board was relieved ot the com mand ot the squadron by Captain Sampson. T.VItT Indianapolis Jotnnnl : "Hobpon ncomn to ba thi' huro of the period , " aalil thu lady boarder. "I thought the Colon was till ho Tvna after , " Bu.il the Cheerful Idiot. Chicago Tribune : "It seeniH strange. " tmiHi'd Uncle Allen Sparks , "Hint In Iho rc-Rlon out west where the people lire Buf fering for rain It due-sn t o.eur to sumo one tn take the Bh'.iiKlea off tin * roof of his house preparatory to putting on u new roof. In an experience of somelhlnp nvrr sixty ycnrs 1 have suldom If ever known It to fall. " Philadelphia North American : ' "Now , " .Mil the i resident of Uic SpiinltOi poaeo loiMiilsH'ou. u" ho nut Judno Day , "ihcro l.i ontv tlilujfe are a unit on from the start. " And that Is ? " queried Judge Day. "Wo both remember the Maine ! " Cincinnati Unnuln-r : "What do you call thai umln nee ? aMcd the tourist. "We don't call It notli tig , " answered Plefnc'c Johnson. "That there , I guess , la Iho only bluff in thlH country that uln't been culled " Detroit Free Press : "Don't you think ? " said the pensive plrl , "that pioplp make m stakes by acting < ni nenoious Impulnrs ? " "Yos , nns-wered the pmouth hhaveii man. "I acted on gi'iierous Impulse's tor nearly two months , ome. Now , if 1 don't get paid on salary day 1 don't act. " Washington Star : "What do you thlnlc of OuirriilVeyler ? " asked one Spanish polltklun. "In lut what you'd call a uafo man In nn emergency ? ' "Undoubtedly , " answered the wnrm par tisan. "Look at his record. When tlitro was iroublo 'n Cuba ho never Rtit any elost'r than the telegraph otllee. . \\\\y \ , ho was one oC tlio cafcBt men In the whole war. " ItciuiHcM of Autumn. L'leveland Plain Dealer. The tnelaiuholy days are hero I Ilk" 'cm mlshty w.ll ; The Hinlilest of the passing year I wish they'd hist a spvll. I like to Iclik the fallen leaves That cumber up the street : I Ilko th' fall Ynuse tlun most nil Th' politicians treat. Bomorvlllo American. Oh , when you go to bed at night at ten , It scums i-as > to get up nt live ! You arc so wide awake and active then , And every nerve , and Illior Is nllvo. But oh , when 5 o'clock a. m. has c-ome , How dllTennt the iinilertuklni ; seems ! Of linn ropolvo It takes it maximum To get you sEpanite-d fiom your dreams. The birds are. chirping no'n'.ly outside , The mornliiff Hiuufhinc through the win dow streams. You're sorry now you threw the shutters wHe , And oh , how downy and how soft your maUri'S's Feeiiis ! Upon your pillow drownlly you turn , To shield jour eyi'S from the awakening llcht , For oni- hour moro of lethal rest you yarn , Although you've slumbered sweetly nil the nluht. Your eyelids are so heavy thai Ihey fall \Vhcnc'i-r you take a sleepy look around You do not want to wnko yourself nt all , Or you would leave thu mattress nt u bound. You slruL'Klu feebly with your conscience then , Till , overcome by sleep , you cease to strive And yet , when you are going to bed at ten , It secmH HO easy to get up at live ! Ot It IA1IA 111 I.I.F.TI.V. THURSDAY Or. c OMAHA. Oct. C , 1S9S. This Is Now York day at the great Trans-Mississippi Exposi tion , Empfro Stale citizens are here In largo numbers , and Chauncey M. Depow IB sched uled ns t'ho oralor of Iho occasion , nnd will doubtless be In his usual winning form. We Are Also Winning The confidence of the young men that to be well dressed it is only nec essary to allow us to be their outfitters. For Fifteen Dollars We are selling a fine fancy cheviot Suit mixtures and plaids , plain black , also clay worsted made of the finest material elegant lining equal t o many tailor-made suits. For Fifteen Dollars You can purchase a new Fall Overcoat made of covert cloth or cheviot in mdiurn and light shades If you see these coats you'll buy. O. V , Oorv MLft ( IK * Ooujftfm MU.
