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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1898)
TIIE OMAJIA DAILY BEE , | rT. : l _ ± imtM _ _ _ , Al A IT * j E. noSBWATUlt , Editor. ' HVEUY MOUNINO. Dally Hco ( Without Hundny ) , One Ycar.16.1 Dally lice nlid Sunday , One Yeor . S.i Hlx Months . . . 1' ' Three Months . " ' Uundny lieu , Ono Vrar . - ' Haturday Uee , Ono Year . 1.1 Weekly IJco , One Year . i OFFICES. Omaha : The ll'.o Uulldln * . South Omaha : Singer Ulock , Corner ; and Twenty-fourth Streets. Council lilurrs ; 10 Pearl Street. Chicago onice : * 02 Chamber of Con morcc. New York : Temple Court. Washington : 601 Fourteenth Street. COnilESPONDENCIX All communications relating to news nn editorial matter should be addressed : 1 the Editor. DUB1NES8 LETTEIIS. All business letters and remittance should be addrewcd to The Bee I'ubllshln Company , Omaha. Drafts , checks , expref and pogtofllce money ordTs to bo nmu payable io the onlrr of the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : Gcorcro U. Tzschuck , secretary of The Be Publishing company , being duly swon says that the actual number of full an complete copies of The Dally , Mornlm Evening and Sunday Bee , printed durln the month of October , 1833 , was as to lows : Net total average 71)7.27 Not dally average 25,71 : GEOHGE B T/.SCllUCIC. Sworn to lieforf me and sitbqrribfd In in presence this 31st day of October. 1S9S. N. P. FEIL , Votary Public. Mttle > Delaware , too , falls Into tli republican column. Nebraska has been redeemed. Qlor enough for one day. Dave Mercer reads his title clear fo a fourth term In congress. Ucpubllcans of Nebraska have reaso to congratulate themselves. November 8 , 180S. has Rene down Int history as a republican red-letter day. The fakir candidate for congress wl occupy a select spot In Iho polltlcr graveyard. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Republicans of Douglas county hav been taught another lesson. Will the profit by it ? Missouri and Virginia have pone den ocratlc. Nobody expected them to g any other way. The successor of William V. Allen wl bo n republican , but his name will ut be John L. Webster. The fakir candidate for congress hi : the consolation of going into politic ; hlhtory as a defeated. Hough Rider Iloosevelt has scaled tli democratic ramparts and planted tli republican Hag on the Hourbon cltadc Retail merchants , insurance agcnl and tax-gatherers are enjoying the pee effects of a distribution of a quarter c a million dollars among the best citizen of Omaha. Hayward and the whole state ticki would have carried Douglas county u from 11,000 to 5,000 majority had Job L. Webster kept his hands off the legii latlvo ticket. Colonel Rrynn got home in time I cast his vote for the popocratlc tickc "but he did not get home In time to snv anything but splinters from the popi cratlc wreck. Douglas county republicans have ca ] tured nearly every outpost of the cneiii ; but many votes were lost to the sin1 ticket by reason of lax organization a" the blunders of local party managers. Fully three thousand republican votei In this city failed to take part In tl election because of their failure to re ; ibter. That vote could readily Inn been brought out anil polled by an c erpctlc campaign committee under J rectlmi of a competent chairman. The new Union 1'iicllle station nearly to the point of realization.Whl It Is long yours past due it will be noi the less appreciated by the people i Omaha. Anything la better than tl rat-traps which disgraced the city i Tenth and Mason streets the past fc jrcars. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A new railroad Is bidding for outran Into the city and has chosen a point contact in a quarter which long ago li came unlit for dwellings , and mu sooner or later give way to the advan of business structures. The rallroi tracks which the new company propos to build just east of Jefferson squa nnd In that neighborhood will not e banco the value of abutting property f purposes of residence , but the advent n great trunk line from the east mu prove of Inestimable value to the city large and be productive or the greatu good to the greatest number. The advent of the Illinois Central ra way Into Omaha will be followed by fall In the price of hard and soft coal local consumers. That railroad coi pauy has cultivated a habit of makli rates that will get the business , tvgar less ot pool * , combines or compotltoi I'orhaps the managers Intend to car this practice to the Missouri river evi Into the portals of Omaha. If so , Ui < ought to- announce the fact. Sot co abounds all around Nebraska , yet trati portntlou rates on u ton of coal In Omaha exceed Its cost ut the mil Our citizens have long prayed for rell In this regard. Let us ) hope It Is iu > at Laud. A striSAt , vic-tunv. Nebraska n-publlirilna havereapun f rejoicing ever tlie ! gual'victory nchlavi through the Overthrow of sham refpn While the returns received up to tli hour arc Itu-oinplete the t ( 'publican gall re-ported from all sections of the sta warrant the belief that the republics state ticket has been elected by a r spoctable majority. These returns ab warrant the expectation that tht co : greslonal delegation from Nebrasl ; will be at least one-half republican. Tl most Important and most gratifying fc ture of the returns is , however , the pos live assurance that n majority of mor. hers elected to both houses of the legl lature are republicans , which Insures tl election of a republican to succeed Wl Ham V. Allen In the senate of the Unlu States. It may be premature to discuss th > ' fa reaching consequences of this sign ; triumph of republicanism before tl estimates from partial returns have bee fully verified by complete returns froi every county. These we hope to be nb to present within the next twenty-fot hours. In the meantime The Bee won ! urge upon republicans in every sectlc of the state to be vigilant so as to pr vent any attempt to rob them of the well-earned victory. A ItKl'UnUCAX COXGIIKSS. There Is no doubt that the Unite States senate will have a rcpubllcn majority after March 4 next. Uepu llcan successors to Murph In New Yor Smith In New , Tet > ey , Gray In Delawar and White in California are assure which If there are no other gains wl place the senate In control of the r publicans and make it a sound mom body. In regard to the house of represent , lives there Is less certainty , but tl latest estimate of the conservative rhal man of the national congressional cor mlttee gives the republicans .1 smn majority , which is more likely to be i created than diminished by the coi plcte returns. A majority of 13 , as esl mated by Chairman Habcock , Is vei much less than republicans reasonab ! expecte'd , under the circumstances , hi it is an off year and rarely has apatli In the republican ranks been moi marked , so far as the congressional car palgn generally was concerned. It en hardly bo profitable now to seek w.xpli nations of this In the p states whi" the republicans suffered the greatest lei in congressmen various Influences ope ntcd , some entirely local in characte but a comparison of the vote with t\\ years ago will quite generally Khow tin there was widespread Itulllfereiu among republicans which may ha\ been chiefly due to excess of coulldene A republican house of representative even though the majority be a narro one , will avert the danger to llnanci conlidence and business pro > pcrity to 1 apprehended from the election of a do : : ocratlc house. A mere working repu llcan majority is not so decisive n vl tory for sound money as was hoped fo but It will prevent any serious agltatir In congress of free silver , which something to be grateful for. Nor en the advocates of fieo silver fairly clal that the democratic gains are general In the Interest of their cause , for pe haps a majority of the representative elect who displace republicans are torn ; money men. This is undoubtedly tl case In New York and Pennsylvaui whore the democrats excluded tl money question from the campaign. With a republican congress the a ministration will be supported In all pr ides which commend themselves to 1 telllgeut public approval. There w ! bo no clashing between the executh and legislative departments and this a matter upon which all patriotic cli zcns can congratulate themselves. X1CAKAGVA CAXAl. SYXDICATK. The organization of a syndicate < New York capitalists to promote tl construction of the Nicaragua can promises results , Independent of ai action on the part of the governmei favorable to that enterprise. The sy dlcatc Is understood to have secure from the Nlcaraguau government a i version of the rights of the Marltln Canal company. The concession to tl latter expires In October , IS ! ) ! ) , and If were allowed to lapse further cotict slons would have to be sought from ll United States of Central America , very different government from that Nicaragua. Moieovcr , a British Bteai ship company has secured certain rlgh to construct the canal In case tl American company's rights lapse and Is not doubted that any required union of English capital could oo had f completing the undertaking. The gnu Ing of the concession to the new syiu cato turns over to it all rights of the o company In October , IMMi , thus shuttli out the possibility of foreign ownursh of the enterprise. Of course this new movu will n necessarily Interfere with any actli congress may see lit to take in rcga to the canal , but It may operate weaken the demand for government pn tlclpatlon In the undertaking. Certain It does away with the. plea of urgent The advocates of government constri tlon and control of the canal have mai a strong point of the fact that the co cession to the Maritime company vu soon expire and that If allowed to lap It would be found dllllcull to obta another concession. This plea has longer any value , for the concession v. continue , being simply transferred fn one syndicate to another. those w are opposed to the government hnvli anything to do with the project , bpyoi such recognition as 1m alroai been given It , will IImi In this a go reason for flrmly maintaining their c position. It Is to be presumed that t now syndicate does not Intend to iilw don the pchonie of government assi o.nco. U I * s.nKgosto.a that tlut proh tlon of.lho.Mut'erosi oVJjouio ujeanui-e tin' authority of the govuvnmont wll ) n'qutfsk'd.by the Kyndleato , wpeclall.x. ylew of a possible International coi plkatbti urowlus ; out of the Clay to llulwcr treaty. An * ' request It mo , nmko that does not Involve llnanchll pai tlc-ipatIon by the government will nrol , ably not encounter serious objection. | Two bills are pending In congress pr < riding government aid for the coi , fltnictlon of the Nicaragua canal > nn it is said to be the Intention of tli president to recommend such leglslallo In his annual message. , The report ( j the Walker commission , which will pro ! , ably be ready for submission by tli opening of congress , will undoubted ! exert considerable influence. It Is ui : derstood it will say the canal Is pei feclly feasible , but will place Its cost a higher figures than previous estimate ! It Is the question of cost that will hav the greatest welgbt with congress. A'O TAMl'ElilXli WITH The republican state committee ha offered a reward of fl,000 for the appn henslon of any person that may be dc tectod In tampering or juggling wit election returns. The committee ha been impelled to take this step on th strength of Information that warrant the suspicion , If not belief , that tt pic to rape the ballot box and overturn th will of tbo people an expressed In th recent election Is about to be consun mated. This Is a government of the pcoph whose will must be respected whateve the consequences may bo. Any attemi tr > thwart or reverse the will of the po ( pie as expressed through the ballot bo is treason against popular self-govun ment. Such a revolutionary proceei Ing should be frowned down nnd If nee be resisted by all the power that can li legitimately exerted to enforce the mai date of the people. Any other cours would lead to anarchy and mob rule. ELTS VICTORY. The election of Colonel Theodot Uoosevelt was a signal victory , desplt the fact that the republican plurallt was heavily reduced from that of tw years ago. The gallant commander c the Hough Riders had much to contcn with and It Is not to be doubted that nether other man , under the circumstance : could have carried the republican part In New York to victory. In the firs place the canal scandal was a hear handicap upon the party and b.-sldc this there was much ground for populn complaint against the administration e Governor lilack , which has done som things which good citizens , Irrospoctlv of political allH'ations , could not approv of. Roosevelt was nominated on a pin form which endorsed this administrate and there can be no doubt that Ibis ei doisement lost tens of thousands of vote to the party. The democrats sagacious ! made their campaign exclusively estate state Issues and they nominated fc governor a man who had been but llttl identified with politics and had made good judicial record. The chief if nc the only mistake made by the demi crats 'was in turning down a Judge f long service and unimpeachable recor because he refused to obey the inniulat of Hess Croker and this assault upo the Independence of the bench doub less cost the democrats many vote though probably not enough to accom for their defeat. The republicans fougl the campaign almost entirely on natloni issues , keeping to the front the propos tious that the conduct of the war shonl be endorsed and the cause of soun money sustained. Colonel Roosevelt's canvass was elm : actcrlstlc. He infused Into It all tli energy and dash peculiar to him , mai Ing numerous speeches dally and aroui Ing enthusiasm wherever he went. Tli Empire state has never known a moi vigorous campaign on the part of gubernatorial candidate and his candi talk , us the result shows , Impressed tli people. He owes his election to popuhi faith In his Integrity of purpose and t popular admiration of his patrlotlsi and bravery. The pledges Coloni Roosevelt has given to the people of Nc' York will , It is safe to predict , be faltl fully carried out. Ills administrate will bo honest and incorruptible. Tli laws will be strictly executed and li will seek to conserve what1 he believe to be the best Interests of the whole pei pie. Moreover he will be the governc In fact , uncontrolled by any boss or m ; chine. The people of New York are I be heartily congratulated upon the elei tlon of Theodore Roosevelt. Tilt : DAXXER STATE. Iowa has reason to feel proud of II position at the head of the republlca column. The Ilawkeyc state has ra lied nobly to the support of Preside ! McKlnley by more than 50.000 majorit and n solid republican delegation in tli national house of representatives. Whl ] there Is naturally a falling off In tli aggregate vote of Iowa , as In all oth ( Mates , as compared with the returns I the presidential year , when popular o : citemcut ran very high , there hail bea gratifying republican gains In cm section of the state which can only I Interpreted as an assurance of populn sympathy and appreciation for tl great work done by President McKl : ley. ley.In In that light Iowa's magniflcei tribute to President McKinley wl doubtless ba gratefully appreciated I the national executive. The signal di feat of the free silver fusloulsts In low cannot fall to have a salutary effoi upon the whole country , coming as docs as a complement of the reactln against Hryanism In the states west ( the Missouri and notably In Uryan's ow state , which from now on may coul dently bo counted among the Yollab republican states. More than 2 , " ( per cent of the lepnl llean voters of Douglas county refuse to give their sanction to the outrage pe ixjtnitod by U > " county convention I nominating Victoi Walker and Joseji Koiit > ky for the legislature. This : buke to Imlecoucy In politics was adnili Islored at a time wlion republicans woi most anxious to exhibit tl > Ur loyalty i the party by voting an unscratt-hc ticket. There are some things , howovo that belf-reepeftlair , party men caum J do without violence to tholr consc-lcnc Poolnit ! parly leaders who Imagine tin they ran foist Sllropntnble.s Into plact of honor and trusl only underrate pop lar Intelligence ? and the moral stamli : of the rank and tile of the party. Ine dentally It will also bo noted that whl Walker and Koutsky wore blaekballc by from 1.700 to 2,000 republican vote : the recommendation of The Hoe toi \ \ \ \ the dissenting votes centered upc Sturgess and Klynn was almost literal ! carried out by the voters , which goes ' show that Its advice Is generally hocdc by republicans who arc actuated L principle. The utter worthlcssness of ante-ele tlon predictions as to results has agal been shown to newspaper rcadei throughout the cduntry. The mctropn Man press has a fad of getting slgnc statements of chairmen of state an congressional central committees an partisan bosses everywhere. Every 01 of course is compelled to express pe feet confidence in the success of h party ticket. To express' doubt won ! bo party treason. After reading n " " the reader such "Intelligent , guesses" only the more confused and ho berati these party prophets until the ofllcli returns are all In , counted and declare Then , and then only , can he claim h money of the stakeholder. An impression prevails In certain qua tors that Omaha must suffer In the nfte math of the exposition and that cxtrcu caution must be exercised lest disasti overtake the City. This Is all bos The only excuse for such fears Is four In the experience of Chicago , whoso c position closed In the midst of a bin ness panic. Omaha's exposition clos- amid favorable business conditions ai a general revival of prosperity. Add this the dlstributlou of a quarter of million dollars , profits of the expositlo among local stockholders and It Is ciu to see that the city must continue enjoy the benefits following the succes ful ending of the great enterprise. To lie Ilncl fur the St. I'uul Pioneer Press. Every city in the country will want apply to Omaha for the reclpo for a final dally successful exposition. iK it Gradually. Minneapolis Uuuuue. Europe does not Eecm to have fully learnt the lesson that the United States go\en mcnt has a fashion of attending to Us o\\ \ \ business in Its own way. " ( inliicu I'IKN" Wary. Washington Star. The next promoter who approaches tl Hngliah nobility will have a great deal difficulty in getting receipts for any mom he succeeds in cipcndlng lor Inlluenco. Gonil ainiiiiKciiieiit niul HoiieMtjr. Louisville Courier-Journal. The Omaha exposition , owing to the w , and other causes , got less advertising th ; any other bjg exposition for years , yet la Saturday the directors paid back 73 per ce of the stockholders' original subacrlptlo and reserved enough to cover all posslt contingent claims. The Nashville expo ; tlon also paid back subscriptions. Go management and honesty must have pr Tailed with both''these ' big shows , Cotton I'ruUurdoii nnd 1'rlec * . Philadelphia. Record. Twenty years ago the cotton crop of tl southern states sold for 20 cents a poum now the market price Is 5 cents , with actu sales on the grcut cotton exchanges ut figure even lower than this. More cotton raised than the world can use 11,500,0 bales this year , 11,200,000 hales last yea H costs between 6 and 7 cents a pound raise cotton In the south , while at prcse prices the planter gets less than 4 cents pound. The result , of course , Is net los yet still the crop Increases year after ye. ) as though the fertile southern bottom Ian were good for nothing but cotton growln llarvvHtliiK the "Irulu. . " Nc.v York World. The Sugar trust has the honor and t glory of harvesting the "first fruits of ci plre. " \ It has bought the entire sugar crop 250,000 tons of our now Hawaiian posse slons. It will use this purchase In destro Ing tbo independent rentiers. AS the Sug trust was tbo most potent advocate of H wallan annexation It la fitting that It ahou reap the rewards of Its patriotism. Sugar and leprosy are the only conslde able Hawaiian products. Now that t sugar has been appropriated there remal only the leprosy. Who will harvest that ? Cowl of HfMiiliilliK Kluirtouiil. Philadelphia Lcdser. By no means the least remarkable thli about General Kitchener's Soudan campali was Its low cost. According to his own a count the whole expense ot the moveme during Its two and a half years of contln anco was 2EOO.OOO. say $12,500.000 , ai this Included not only the transportatli and maintenance of the troops , but t ! building of 700 miles of well equipped ra ! way and 2,000 miles of telegraph. It wou have been an extremely low price for t ! railway alone , even conceding that It w built , as much of It was , by merely layli the rails nnd ties on the level sand , wl little or no grading. The economic featu of the Sirdar's campaign Is of Interest both civil and military engineers. I. A.V1) Tbo Philadelphia Ilecord alludes to the " ' . " as "I'uertorlquenos. Colonel Joseph Henry of Vauceburg , Kj Is the great-grandson of Patrick Henry , at Is eald to he the only living direct descenda of the patriot. A friend of Colonel Waring says that upi his return to New York 111 ho saidVo : I was afraid that Job might c < wt my life , b I knew I could clean the place and I w , bound to try. " There la talk of a game law In Florida protect the alligator. Ho has hitherto r fled on the thlckneta of his hide , but t ! ferocity of his pursuers la such that th haa caased to serve him. Dr. Morltz nusch , Dlsmarck's blographc was a student of theology at Lelpslc uhi the revolutionary uprising of 1S43 , In a hi ho took part , led to his flight to Anierlc Whllo In this country ho wrote a book.i the Mormons , who up to that time had bei regarded by the Germans' almost mjtl leal beings. Charles A. Chopin of Nlles. Mich. , o of the richest men In that state , boug land fhere years ago and tried to find co per ; falling , he endeavored for twenty yea to sell tbo ground , Him. when ho was years old , discovered just In time , that t owned what were to become the richest Ir mines In the country. JaniM C. Dlddlo ot Philadelphia , who death Is announced , began his career as civil engineer. He served ID the civil w : participating Io Iho capture of Xow Orlear and tvas with the solJIera f.ho accompanl the fleet of Admiral Farragut to the fit attai'k upon Vlckslmrg. He also scrv la the battle * of ilatt ras Inlet and Sli Island. IU IIOKS OF Till : IiATK AVAlt. When congress enacted existing laws soi ernlng the pay and perquisites of soldlei no thought of annexing islands thoi : sands of miles from the mainland was ci tcrtalned , anil the constrqucnce Is that iw dlcra whoso term of enlistment expires whl stationed at Manila secure a Btibstantl : reward In coin through the operation ot tt law. Under the regulations a soldier wl IB discharged at the expiration ot his tcr : of service IB entitled to extra pay for h journey to the place of his enlistment i the rate of ono day's pay and SO cents f < subsistence for every twenty miles of tl distance. Consequently , a private In tl regular army wh so tlmo expires In Manll gets at least S7',4 cents pay for ever twenty miles ot the distance between Man I and the place where ho nas enlisted , an besides this gets free passage on a trans port to San Francisco , having only his foe to pay for. In case he chooses to re-et list within three months from his dlscharg his service Is counted as continuous , 1 has Increased pay In consequence , and whc he Is discharged nt the end of three years- the present term of enlistment ho wl be entitled to travel pa ; as above state from wherever ho may be on the glebe I Manila , the place where ho was last ct listed. Thus a man who , after fifteen yea : of service , Is discharged In Manila , Is re cclvlng at the time $19 a month , plus ' . per cent Increase allowed by act of coi press for service In actual campaign , as when ho Is paid off gets In addition to h pay $1.06 for every twenty miles of the dli tanco from Manila to the place of his cnlls mcnt. If that happens to bo Portland , Me. , I has-a tidy stake to'begin civil life 01 If he chaoses to rc-enllst and to leave h surplus money In the paymaster's hands 1 gets -1 per cent Interest on his money , ar at the end of three year * when he Is dl charged , he may be somewhere In the cas ern states , and will then he entitled travel pay back to Manila , which , with tl sum ho may have on Interest , will leave hi quite a small fortune. It Is no uncommc thing for private soldiers of long servli to have several hundred dollars nt h tercst In the paymaster's hands , and casi are not Infrequent'In Manila where nu have been discharged at expiration of sen Ice and have received nearly $1,000 trav money. In the current number of Scrlbncr's Mai nzlne , Captain Chadwick of the cruiser Ne York points out some of the conspl.viouj lei sons of the war. He aerees with Vdmlr , Sampson In condemning the use of monlloi In general service. They are too slow to a < company a squadron ; they cannot can enough coal for a long voyage ; they n horrible shirs to live In , and they arc m steady gun platforms In a seaway on accoui of their raaid oscillation. He thinks tl-i monitors can be of use only for harbor di tense. Of the dynamite cruiser Captal Chadwick has a high opinion. The dynaml fihells thrown by the Vesuvius had a vei serious phyfclcal effect and a great mon effect. As to torpedo boats , Captain Chac \vlck holds that nothing was proved by tl war. The Spanish boats were not proper ! handled and our own were used for mlscc lancous service until Uicy had no adcqua opportunity to exercise their special fum tlon. Armor also played a small part In tl naval battles. For example , the Vlzcaya heavy armor was not struck during the ba tie of Santiago , but tbo shells entered fo ward and sot the wood work on fire. Capta , Chadwick thinks that armor should boheav enough to keep out all light sheila , and th ono and two-Inch armor should bo dlscoi | tlnued. In a word , Captain Chadwick thlnl ! that the main reliance of the country for naval fighting force must be placed on ba tleshlps and armored cruisers. He also la ; much stress on the necessity of frequent gi practice on American vessels. A retired naval officer tells this Incldei In Harper's Round Table : Hear Admiral Dewey as a young offlci impressed one as a self-contained man wli powerful native force. I often think of tl i remark made by Admiral Goldsborough i | Farragut on the occasion ot the visit of tl latter to our ship. The two admirals were standing within few feet of iny table , and Dowcy had steppt back to give an order to the orderly. "F.irragut , " said Goldsborough , "Dcw < will make his mark In the world If he cvi gets an opportunity. " "Ay , " answered Farragut , with the plcai ant smile BO becoming to his homely fac "and ho will make the opportunity. " And Farragut waa a true prophet. Soon after Admiral Schloy gets hoit from Porto Rico this week he will ha\ swords to sell. The state ot Maryland , Bo : ton , Philadelphia , and members of the Ro. i Arcanum each have splendid weapons read j to present to him , and there are seven sections of the country yet to bo hoar from that hod similar schemes under way. Enalcn Worth Dagley , the first America officer to fall In the Spanish-American wa Is to bo commemorated by a memorial tabli In the chapel at Annapolis Naval acadom ; "the Westminster of the navy. " Officer Dai ley was killed on board the torpedo bo : Wlnslnw , May 11 , In Cardenas harbor , afti a gallant engagement which demonstrate to the Spanish the kind of men with who : they had to deal. The tablet Is of pollsho brats , with n palm branch and n swot I crossed nt the top nnd a laurel wreath eras : ' Ing the palm at the bottom , and reads i follows : In Memory of WOUT1I BAGLEY , United States Navy. The first American officer who fell In the Spanlsh-Amorloan war Killed on bonnl the torpedo hont WlnHlow dur ing the bombardment of Cardenas May 11 , 1S9S. "I luivo fought n good flttht : I have finished my course ; I have kept tha faith " -II Timothy , Iv . 7 Tlilo tablet Is erected by th * officers of tliu Atlantic torpedo boat flotilla. WAIl TAX HUI.I.VO. Stock Ynriln ISYeliiuiKr Trnnnnctloii Taxable Umlpr the Law. Chlcaco Post. The question whether tramactlons on tl stock yards exchange are subject to the to Imposed by the war revenue act upon a sales at boards of trade , exchanges an similar places clearly depends upon tt definition of the terms employed In tl statute. Judge Grosscup was disposed to hi Hove that conrrcus Intended to Include a places where people buy and sell regular ! and systematically , but he plainly Intimate that cvon had he entertained serious doub upon the subject he would , as a matter i duty , have upheld the validity of the revent law. It Is for the supreme court to decU whether this or that provision of the meat uro Is compatible with tbo constitution , ar Inferior tribunals ought In all dctmtab caies extend to the law and to congre.s tt benefit of the doubt. Two objections had been urged again : the construction of the law which taxc stock yard exchange tratuactlonB One wi that whereas boards of trade were prlvleg ! < Institutions , memberships In which had pecuniary and exclusive value , no cxclusii privilege ) of any sort were connected wli stock yard exchanges. IlroUcr.i trading c these pay no duge , and any farmer ca bring hla stock to the yards. The secon Abjection was based on the exemption < farmers who cold their xtockg on the strei or on their own ( arms , euch exemption , wan altered , holnr contrary to | h mnntlti tlonal requirement ) ot uniformity In tax : tlon. Judge ( JroMCUp meets both points , Wit regard to the tlrst he very poorly says tin courts mum give cftrct to coigr-g lonal Ir tent and IntroJtico nn limitations not man festly contemplated by the law. There m.i bo an Important difference between a boar of trade nnd n st ck yard exchange , but tli tax law Ignores It. Congress ueaired to In transactions carried on 1n great nnd regul. marts of commerce , nnd a stosk yard exchange change has this In common with a boapl < trade that It Is a place where people mc < to buy and sell. True , department stoit ate also places where bujlng and selling i.i done , but the collection ot taxes on the trnli effected In them Is plainly Impracticable. As to uniformity , a taon all who accii the facilities nffoided by exchanges of nn description Is a uniform tax within tl : meaning of the constitution. Absolute- foniilty has never been required or dec me possible , nnd the legislature has always tcj held to possess the right tj recognize U existence ot particular classes ot persons c transactions and to provide for a tax unUon within these classes. The second objection utterly lacks fore and Judge Grosscup disposes of It wlthoi difficulty. It any duibt remains It Is I relation to the first , upon which the Huprur court may be nskcd to render an opinion. MOVIM ; The Maximum Flood Tide of On-i llrltnln'H ProHperlly Itonchvil. New York Commercial. The maximum flood tide of prosperity hi been reached by the United Kingdom , nti the turn and ebb of that tldo seem to I slowly but surely < tnklng place. In the fin nine months of 1800 there wcro cxporte goods of Ilrltlsh and Irish produce an manufacture to the value of 1SOG55SO ( In the first nine months e > f 1S07 the valt of exports was 176,991,176 ; In the fin nlno mouths of 1S08 It was .C 172,729K.S. Tl decrease In 1S97 , as compared with 189 was confined to three main branches ynt and textile fabrics , apparel and articles < personal use and miscellaneous manufat tures. This year there has been a gain I the last department , though not grci enough to bring It back to the 1S96 levc Dut the list of dwindling departments of li dustry has this year been augmented by tt addition of living animals , metals and ai tides manufactured therefrom , except nit chlncry , chemicals and chemical and medic nal preparations. Reviewing the expo ; trade as a. whole , the only possible coucU slon Is that the moat serious decline of la : year has not only been renewed this yen but that further backward steps have bee taken. But not only Is England losing her grl on the world's markets , but her produi ers and manufacturers cannot hold Uio lion market against the foreigner. This IB sec by a comparative glance at the Import st : tlstlcs. The first nine months of last yet showed a growth In foreign purchases i 13,653,323 over the like period ot ISOfi. hi the same months this year record a furthi growth of 14,902,477 over 1S97. In the fin nine months of this year England Importe 48,554,850 cwts. of wheat. This was 4,250,01 cwts. more than last year. In addition fih Imported 11,958,116 cwts. of wheat meal ar flour ; that Is , nearly 1,750,000 cwts. raoi than last year ; she has Imported 14,378,41 cwts. of barley , as against 12,559,420 cwt last year ; 4,290,900 cwts. of tacon , as again/ / 3,814,752 cwtB. last year ; 1,515,000 cwts. < hams , as against 1,390,008 cwts. lost yeai 2,556,839 cwts. of fresh mutton , ns agalm 2,400,972 cwts. last year , and of potatoc 6,441,582 cwts. , as against 2,290,194 cwts , la year. year.Turning Turning next to manufactures , the vali of foreign manufactures sold In the Unltt Kingdom this year has been 65,416,532 , i against 04,332,092 last year , an incrcns that Is , of over 1,000,000 , every penny which might have gene Into the pockets < English manufacturers and workers , seelr that all the commodities comprlred In tl list are In competition with home produi tlon. It should be noted , also , that tl Increase In the Imports this year la real greater than the figures Indicate , for tl re-exports have declined 555,594. In the old days of England's greatness tl exports almost Invariably exceeded the In ports. It was thus that England bc-can so rich. It was thus , at the present lira that the United States is rapidly becomir the richest country in the world. Dut recent years the Imports into England ha' exceeded her exports , and the dlsparlt though already tremendous , Is still grov Ing. Taking the complete year 1S97 wo fir that the total Imports , less the re-export amounted to 391,074,550 , while the expor of home produce were only worth 231 219,708 , a disparity of 165,854,842. Tl disparity In 18S6 was 145429.690. Tl 1898 disparity will ho yet greater. Alreai ! during the nlno months It. has Increase in comparison with the nine months of la year , by 18,720,089. A T.nlii Poth Wiiy/i. Philadelphia Ledger. The report that Germany Is willing to glv Spain $200.000,000 for the Philippines Is ne at all likely to be true. If It were trui there would bo a simple solution of all on war difficulties. Wo could sell the Phlllr pines to Germany for $200,000,000 , guarante the title and expend a part of the nioue to Insure It , keeping the remainder as war Indemnity. Germany has nut been ver friendly with us , and wo should gain hot ways .by . getting rid of a white elephant an loading it on an enemy. WIIUX IIICKOUYMJTS AUK I'AM , Wli T. Halo. 'Bout the fust days of November seem tha world Is at Its beat. With Its ca'm nn' stntely bearln' , In II Ronr'ns beauty dresa'd. True , the flower scents are scircotha In leafv days cr June. An' the bird nontr ain't as plenty ns som summer afternoon ; Hut tlry's nomcthln' In the silence wit your better imturo chimes Klko the Ixird WUH somewhat closer the than nt all other tlme-si An' you wall : about thu woodlands full e memories nn' dreams Whllo the hlc'korynuts nre fallln' with In the streams. noarnln' by the hazy pastures' whnr tli sueugrans spreads uv ay I.Ike a muddy Inland river er a slowl wavln' bay , You can mluhty-nlsh Bee faces that hav lonir been hid from view , And the skies cr oid-tlme Aprlles In tli Jay-bird's oat er blue , Whllo the whistle pr the partridge brlnv yep boyhood back again , When you romped nlonsr the byways mlmi core an' much er imln : An' you half-wuBh life , had faded with th Kind old boyhood dreams , When the hit korynuts nre fallln' with suattcr In the Htreitmu. Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum * Alum baking powders are the greatest menacers to health of the prat nt day. I.nn TO A POINT. Imllnnupolli Journal : "Then her past Is really inii-r KtliiK/ " "On. well. Jmt about IntorentlnK enough for Miudcvlllu , not enough for tnrrlng. " Chicago Ilecord : "A woman can't pick out u peed cigar. " "I't'ihtips not ; but nhc has a keen scent fern n bad iigur. " Cincinnati Hnnulrcr : Ilargreavrs Uo > ou know what fa the difference between an avciuio and n street ? Ferry About $ JO on a month's rent. Chicago Tribune : "Dcnrest , " Impns- sloiifiny fiild tinvotdlrr , IIH he cln pud her little brown hand , "jou are the only Philip pine woman 1 ever lovnl ! " Washington Star : "Mutters arc setting FO confufiMl that you can't tell what a innti'H political b as In by his oplnlonc. " "Ye-jt. you can. SelHt some political meet ing ut random and see whether he ays It was n brilliant SUCICBS or a dismal failure. " Chicago News : "Weren't you thrilled , fli'int'iuinc , when Lady Macbeth came out tvilli that horrible spot of blood on her nnnd ? " YI > H ; wasn't It awful ? I couldn't help wishing she had worn rubber gloves. " Indianapolis Journal : "I suffered nearly nu ii.niu 11 oin liiHuinnla , " said the drum * incr. "I'll bet you J2 , " roared the country landlord , "tiiiit they iiln't one of 'cm In my house. " Cincinnati Enquirer : "Senator Google be lieves In expansion , doesn't he ? " asked , the common voter. "I think ho eloes , " re plied ine reporter. "At any rule , ho blew mo up when I awakened him at 2 a. m. to find out about it. " Harper's Bazar : "Doctor , " paid Mr. Gar goyle , as ho looked over tli ? physician' * bill for professional services , "I wonder If we could arrange to scttlo this account In trade ? " "Wo might. " replied the -looter , doubt fully ; "what bufincsH nro you In Mr. Gar- Boyl ? " "Well , I SPO that I ewe you for ten cnlls. How would It do for mo to rottrii tlioto cnlls , for I am BoincthliiK of a caller my self ? " Hut the doctor refused to co-.sldcr tha preiposltlon. Chicago Tribune : "You ncem to be ono of these men who keep their political prin ciples In told storage , " sum the public- spirited citizen , In dl."in > ' * t. "Well , " replied the close-mouthed citi zen , "Isn't that business ? 1 ciin get moro for them when I put thorn on the market. " Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Wlgsby seems to bo drinking again. " "Yes , 1 just met him nnd ho said ho felt Ilko a bird. " "Swallow , of course. " Indianapolis Journal : "And to whom do thu Pnlllpplncs belong ? " risked the tcucher when the geogrtiphy class hnd reached ths VI' ' sulttrat of the Pacific Islands. unison. "Dowoy ! " shouted the whole class In Tin * Hero of Toilnr. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Uonnparto nt Austorlltz , Nelson ut the Nile , Cyrus at Jerusalem , Hnerldiin'u last mile : Diuvov at Manila town Failures uro they listed Uy the chap who bravely makes A touchdown unassisted , IX C11HY.SAXTIIKMUMIAM. W. J. Lampion In Nev/ York Sun. Sav , there. : You rosybuda And lllypods , And sweet ucas. And < lafr-downdlllle ! < , And daisies , And zpranlums , And all you other A Iss Nancies of the ( lowering world. \ \ ill you plenso go sprinkle yonrselve . And turn your weeping eyes on Me7 Me. The effulgent nnd Iridescent full back Of the Klornl Field ? The only blootnlnE Football player In the whole botanical business ? There's nothing Of the modest llttlo violet style In my ornate And llocculcnt physiognomy , And when It comes - " * To throwing bouquets . / I rather fancy . . - I'm a whole plato Of cold slaw Myself ! llon't I seem To strike you that way ? 1 am also A Hhreilded sunburst of glory. And when I rlso sind elilno There li but ono H-zlil Uy which the footsteps Of the fleet and fading Flora Are eulded ; 'l hat's The Chrysanthemum ! OUR DAIIjY IIL'I.LUTIX. nilUNSWICK , Ga. , Nov. 10 , 1808. Port/ lUco Is about to suffer a now invasion from Iho United Sttitca. The advancing column consists of a largo body of excur sionists , who trtart for the Island from this city today to get a glimpse of our new poa- V i l' ' ECRSlon , If The i Golden Egg Is a good thing when if3 fresh. Bargains are not of much good unless they are real bargains and we have some REAL bar gains here in that big wholesale stock of Men's and Boys' Suits , Overcoats. We can give you a splendid assortment of attrac tive garments at a range of at tractive prices. When we men tion $7.50 or $8.00 for Men's Suits , we do so with the knowl edge that thess are the suits you usually pay $ J2.00 for , and so with other articles 'of clothing we have mentioned. The prices we quote are Special Bargains , and you save fnm $3 to $10 on our clothing according to the \ / q-iality. You know the old ' ' ' proverb : "Seeing is believing. "