Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1899)
G TILE OMAHA DAILY IWUTS : FRIDAY , MAUOJl 17 , 1890. Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE. K. noSHWATHU , Editor. ivinv MOHNINO. TI311MS or SUHSCIUI'TION. Dally lice ( without Sundny ) , Otio Ycnr. 6. IMlly Hoc imU Sunday , Ono Year . 8.C Six Months . -l-l Three Months . 2-Ji Sunday II.e , ano Vear . 2.0 Saturday flee , One Vear . I. ' Weekly llec , une Year . t Omnhn : The Iteo Building , South Omnhn : City JIull building , Twenty fifth nnd X street. " . Council I31urr : 10 1'carl Street. ChlcuHo : Stock KxchiiliRe DUlldlnR. Now York : Temple Court. WushliiBton : Ml Fourteenth Street. COItUKSt'ONDKNOH. Communications relating to news am ! cdl torlnl matter should bo addressed : l-.dt torlnl Department , The umitlnt llco. 1IUSINKS8 1KTTKK9. Uuslnt > ss loiters find remittances should bi addressed to The Hoe I'tibllshlnif Company Omaha. Drafts , checks. uxprots and post olllco money orders to b made pnynblo ti Iho order of the company. . TUB HKH I'UIIUSHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OK C1HCUL.ATION , Stnto of Nebraska , UoiiRlas County , sfl. : GeorKO 11. TzHchuck , secretary of The Hoi 1'ubllshlnjj company , bcliiB duly stvorn , anyi tlmt the actual number of full and comploti copies of The Dally , Morning , KvmliiR nn < Knnday Dee. printed during the tnonlh o : 1'Vbruary , 18'JO , wns as follows : 1 a 1,000 15. . . 2 ai.no IB ai.r.tt 3 a 1,170 17 ai-ij i f ai.asti is aiK : fp a iiiir in ai-n r r > : tasao M ai. : M 7 : IIIRO : 21. . . an , i to n aino : 10 aino : n ai.itio 12 ai.r.nr n. r.o Totftl 707.SHM. LO.-K unsold nnd returned copies. , . . lloti : Not total saloH ( llMti : l > - Not dally aveniKo aiS7t nKOHOK H. T/.Sf'IlUCK. Subscribed nnd Hworn to before me this Cth day of March. 1SOT. ( Seal. ) OKO. M. IlKHD. Notary Public In and for DouKhiH County , Neb. Now Hint tlio liouso lins imnioil n sift- liiK committee Iliu principal Inlmp of mouthers will he to look for holes in tin ; The casually reports from Mnnllii re cord a man bultiK wounded In the eyu- hii > w. That must have heen 'the next thing 1o Ji close shave. The legislature shoulil not atfree on final ndjonrnment tintll the revenue hills and all other hills of primary impor tance shall have passed. The success of. Ceoil Hhodes at Itorlln must so Impress him with his alilllty us railroad promoter as to make him won der why ho ever wasted his energies on n little tiling like the Jameson raid. Having duly recovered from the horrors rors of war , as perpetrated by us in the Philippines and the Spanish licet in Hack liny , Huston is now devoting1 its philanthropy to tlio extermination of Knglltili sparrows. The patriotic Cuban who declared a willingness 'to ' go forth from the assem bly "clad In misery and honor" is in a fair way to realize on nt least the first part of his desire , even if there Is some doubt about the second. Republicans control the senate by nearly two-thirds majority and they must therefore see to it tlmt ( lie pledge of the party to revise the revenue laws no ns to insure a more equitable dis tribution of the 'taxation ' shall be re deemed. The Klliplnos tired a few volleys into Iho Kansas men just to see If they were still located at the brewery. Hut they found the .Inyhawkers there all right enough and still anxious to light for con tinued possession of the thirst extin guisher. The abatement of tlio Wyoming snow storm and liberation of the prisoners cooped up on the blockaded trains will be received with genuine Interest. There was serious danger that the affair was going to become ns continuous ns the Dreyfus cnso. The United States may lay the pleasIng - Ing unction to its soul thai If It should need any more second lieutenants tbere are just nineteen thousand eight hun dred and ninety-nine of them ready to leave their knitting In the furrow "and Join the procession at a moment's notice. The bill making the olllco of clerk of the district court a salaried olllco should bo passed by the house without delay. If , ns is currently reported , the contract to pigeonhole or kill the bill In the sen ate has been let to certain members of that body the sooner they show their hand the better. Sena lor Van Dusen's denial has been spread upon the Journals of the senate. Now let 'the senate proceed with the consideration of the revenue bill already passed by the house and spread upon Its records the vote that registers its Html passage and the people of Ne braska will applaud. One state senator has set a good ex ample for his associates by consenting to have n batch of his own bills killed In order to expedite the business oJ the session. There nro several hundred measures now pending which might bo disposed of Just ns oxpedlllonsly with out detriment to the state. The people of Palmetto , ( In. , have taken up with the vigorous plan of IK- nevolent assimilation and as a result four colored men are dead nnd live more dangerously wounded. Such occurrences have a tendency to make people thlnl ; there Is a Held foil missionary lalmi without going 0,000 miles beyond the sea. The motion to enforce the rule requit ing committees to report bills In fem days challenges attention to an evil win mou to all legislative bodies. Hills bj 'the ' score nro Introduced to sntlsfy SOUK constituent or to mnke go-od some pledge The men who Introduce them novel liuvu any Intention of pushing them nm ! request the committees to hold them up Tlio state foots the bill for printing nnti their rending consumes valuable time for which the Btuto also iwys , ji/ur/5 / rAxn STAND rp. Tlio republicans litivo an overwhelm Ing majority In the state senate , upo whom will rest the rospnislblllty fop nn failure to ennet legislation pledged t the people In the party platform o which they were elected. It Isnil ope Hint the corporation lobby bank the sonnlo to defeat Imporinn measures that are In the public Interev nnd Is bringing all Its pressure and In tluenco to benr with that end In view. It behooves the majority pnrty In th semite to brace tip and stand up agnins all such pressure and against any temp tatlon to divert members from the pntl of duty. It Is not n question merely o wrecking individual reputations by th betrayal of the trust reposed in them lint also the strengthening of the popu Inr wmlldom-o In the good faith of th party that has placed Its future In the ) hands. There always nro and nlwny will be men In legislative bodies bcref of Iho sense of tliolr responsibility , bu the great mnjority , especially In this leg Islatnro , aie impelled by Integrity o purpose , from which 'they cannot In swerved when they know what is ox 1 iocti'd of them. With the approach of the closing day : of the session the danger of ovorlooklii ; the Important reforms promised by tin party becomes greater nnd the inllii onces of the lobby become more de mjrallxiiig. it Is at such time that tin honest and coutngeons members inns assert themselves and prove their do votlon to the public welfare. Wo are sure there are n snlllclen number of .such men in the .senate t < counteract , if they will , all Improper in llueneos that may be wielded. To thost men the republican party and tin masses Ionic for the results and tho.\ will get the credit If they .stand up U the mark. II7ATBK WIIKAV While It is Imiwsslble at this time tc toll exactly what the winter wheat croi will be , a fairly correct Idea nitty ix hnd from the agricultural reports so I'm Issued. In the western states tin winter has been the- hardest for years resulting in tlio destruction of mud wheat , but notwithstanding Hint fact the outlook for si large crop was novel more promising. In Nebraska the acre ngo Is considerably over that of lasl year. The proportion killed by cold in tlio northern and western parts of the state is higher than that of the southern nnd eastern sections , but Jo place tin destruction at an average of 20 per cent of the total acreage would probably not be far wrong. Allowing that and estimating mating the yield per acre equal to lasl year , the production of Nebraska wheat will be far in excess of the last crop The same is true of Kansas , where thi acreage Is largely increased and pros. Iteets generally arc better than An years past. In Indiana , and Illinois In creased acreage nnd little damage from the cold is the rule , and large crops arc promised. The outlook in Iowa and California is not so promising. Secre tary Van Hotiteu of 'the Iowa , Agricul tural society is of the opinion tlmt the severe cold lias done much damage and its a. result the state will harvest a short crop. A bulletin issued by Obsorvei Franklin of California gives even : t gloomier outlook and predicts an almost total failure of the cereal crap. However - ever , since that was issued copious rains Imvo fallen throughout that state , which will probably change the situation. AX OCCASION 0COMl'MMEXTS. . The Jlrsft public appearance of Ambas sador Choate , at the annual banquet of the Hrltlsh Associated Chambers ot Commerce , was for the most part an occasion fop an exchange of compliment- : nnd the dispatches show that tills was ilono on a. liberal not to say nn effusive scale. British cordiality found expres sion In a hearty reception of the Ameri can ambassador , who was the principal ijtiost , and he manifested a proper appre ciation of this by cleverly and Jtidl- ulously complimenting the Hrltlsh. Still the occasion was Interesting one foi loth ) the Kngllsh and 'the American people ple and what was said will not fall to i-ommand attention in other countries , by reason of the renewed evidence It bears to the friendly relations of the Uiigllsh-speaking nations. While Ambassador Choate appears to liavo fully sustained his reputation as a brilliant and witty after-dinner talker , there were some serious and substantial utterances In his speech. Ono such was the declaration that peace between the United States and Great Hrltaln is the llrst Interest not only of these two na tions , but of the whole world. Wo think there can bo no doubt that this Is full ; ; realized by the Intelligent Judgment of lioth countries , if not by ( hat of the rest of the world. It Is certainly true that never before has it been more necessary to the security and welfare of tirent Hi'it- ; ilu that she should maintain friendly re. latlons with this country nnd It Is equally IL fact that the new situation In whk-h the United Stales Is placed as a result nf the war with Spain requires more titan ever before tlmt this country culti vate the friendship of Great Britain , Hut it Is gratifying to note that our am bassador made no suggestion of an alll- unco or a formal understanding between the nations. His Idea was that they should by a common purpose and a united voice command peace for the mutual support of the commerce of the two conn'trlos. This seems to contem plate a formal understanding , but It doci- not necessarily involve anything of tin1 kind and Indeed the condition suggested by Mr. Choate already exists without such understanding. The world know * that as to the paramount question affecting the commercial Interests ol the United States and Great Hrit aln the two nations have a com mon purpose , albeit the voice o | this country has not united with that of Great Britain In proclaiming It. Tin world knows that Hie United States I. in full sympathy with the Hrltlsh trndr policy In China and it Is quite unueces sary , ut least for the present , that wi should voice our sympathy. WJmi future events may require It Is neediest to anticipate. Another serious remark of Amliis : > : t dor Chonto was Hint all questions , dls pules and controversies arising betweoi the two countries " lmll bo bottled to peaceful iiicani , by nogotintli'iiH. bynrbl ( ration , by any nnd every possible mean : except war. " This will bo approved Itj n very great majority of the America ! people. It has been the policy of thl ; nntInn In the pnst and slmntd contlmn to bo. There was a little flippancy li Mr. Chonte'.s reference to our torrllorin expansion , but ns ho was talking ti men who believe In that policy It wm perlmps pardonable. No doubt our am bnssador to Knglnnd will be able t < maintain nnd perlmps strengthen tin friendly relations between the twt countries. DKATIl OF A The death of Joseph Medlll , for nenrlj odltor-ln-chlef of tin forty-four years - - Chicago Tribune , remove's from Ainerl can journalism one of the ablest , niosi distinguished and most Inlluentln among the men who ( luring the lasi half a century made 'the press In tlih country a mighty power in the Intellec tual , political , social nnd moral life ol the people. Mr. Medlll was In the broadest nnd most comprehensive sense n journalist lie was not merely nn editor , ns were .some whoso mimes nro illustrious In the history of the American press , bin ho know how to mnko a nowspnpor ii ! Us entirely. Such men linve not been numerous among the greater names In Journalism. Horace Greeloy was a great editorial writer , but he knew little about making a newspaper. Henry .1 , Hnyinoiid was an able editor , bud he fell short of being u Journalist. The same Is true of Samuel Howies nnd some others. The elder .lames Gordon Bennett was not distinguished as an editorial writer , but lie know how to make a newspaper , diaries A. Dana combined the two qualifications to an eminent degree , as did .Joseph Medlll and these wore really the representa tive journalists , applying that term In Its largest meaning , of the hist forty years. Mr. Medlll commenced his newspaper career In a small country town in Ohio , going thence to the city of Cleveland , where he became connected with a paper and did rcportorlal work , having also a part ownership in ( ho paper. An opportunity offering to purchase an in terest in the Chicago Tribune , which like most of the newspapers of the country and particularly of the west at tlmt 'time , was not prosperous , Mr. Medill went to Chicago , lie speedily Infused life and vigor Into the Tribune and gave it an Influence it hnd never before had and which grew steadily and surely. He made It a newspaper ns well as an exponent of public opinion. A man of positive convictions , ho im pressed his individuality upon the pa per. Ho gave to it a charnutor for trustworthiness and sincerity , as well as for high ability In the discussion ot public alVnlrs. If in later years some times seemingly erratic , sometimes not consistent with Ills earlier principles and views as to public policy , yet no fair-minded man ever doubted the in tegrity of the motives and aims of Joseph Medill as nn editor , no unpreju diced person ever questioned that he was prompted by n conscientious con cern for the public Interest and wel fare. fare.Mr. Mr. Medill Jiad been failing in health for some years , but until very recently ho was more or loss active in directing the editorial policy of the Tribune. A great Journalistic light has been extin guished , but he has left an enduring monument of his splendid ability and indomitable energy. His name will be preserved in Hie annals of American journalism side by side with these of Grceley and Dana. I'lLixa at1 CLAIMS. By Hie terms of the treaty of peace the United States agrees to indemnify American citizens for damages sus tained by them as a result of the Cuban insurrection and on account of which they have a valid claim for compensa tion from Spain. It is stated that thus far claims have been Hied at 1'ho ' State department amounting to upwards of St.'O.OUO.OOO and that they are still being presented. 'It ' Is Impossible to foresee what the total amount of such claims will ultimately be , but perhaps not less than double tlio amount already filed. This is a part of the cost of the war which is not usually taken Into account. It is one thing , however , to present claims against 'tlie ' government and an other thing to secure their payment. The Philadelphia , Inquirer expresses the hope that the claimants for losses in Cuba will not be compelled to un dergo tlio same experience as the claim ants in the mutter of the Kreneh spolia tion cases , whoso claims against the United States government arose under simllnr conditions. These claims were created nearly a century ago nnd a part of them is still unpaid , a fact by no means creditable to Hie government , yet an appropriation for a portion of them by the last congress met with vigorous opposition. Perhaps the gov ernment will bo more Just toward the Americans who lost property in Cuba by reason of the Insnrroftlon , but their claims will bo materially pared down and It may bo years before they are paid. The friends of King Leopold of Bel- glum will bo glad to know that ho has resumed the controversy with the San Jose scale. Kor a time It looked as though Leopold wus going to be switched off the track of his favorite enemy , after the glittering prospects of "a sphere of Inlliience" In China , but as some of the powers wore so unmannerly as to Inti mate that a country the size of a potato patch anil without a sphere of Influence at homo had better attend to Its own business , the king has decided ho had bettor take that advice , and henceforth there is an end of tlio truce between Leopold and tlio San Jose .scale. New errors are constantly cropping out hi the naval personnel bill , the last one discovered being somewhat serious In Its results , The bill provides for eighteen roar admirals , divided Into two classes. The llrst nine Imvo the relative rank and pay of major generals , which would entitle them to $ ( ! ,000 per year when at sea , $5,000 on bhoro duty and $1,000 when on. waiting orders. Th beeond nine have the relative rank and pay of brigadier generals , which woul entitle ( hem ( o drnw a salary of ? . " , r > 0 when nt see nnd less on shore duty o waiting orders. This was iindvnibtedl , the lii'tentlon of the fminors of ( he bll but as it was passed the second rani ot rear admiral * will drnw the full pn ; for sea service , whether performing II on waiting orders or engaged In shor duties , in the latter event they wll also bo entitled to draw the nllownne of a brigadier general for 1ior.o feed rent nnd perquisite * , which amount t < about ? 1)00 ) more. Thus , the lowe rank of admirals have decided nd vantages over the higher. Congress wll undoubtedly change the bill so as d conform ( o Its original Intent , but li the menntlmo for nearly a year a post tloii In the lower grade will bo nlto golher more profitable and desirable. Senator Van Dnsen has been nccordet the full benefit of his denial that he li playing Into the hands of the corpora tlon lobby that Is 'trying ' to sidetrncl and kill the revenue bills by playlnj one bill against the other. If Senate Van Dusen will follow up Ills denial bj pressing the committee which has hell these bills under various pretexts to r IMi't them back to the senate so ihej can be discussed nnd acted on wo shnl cheerfully recall the offensive innuendo Tlio proof of the pudding is in the eat ing nnd actions sneak louder thai words. Tlio Texas Cattle Growers' nssoclatloi nt Its nununl meeting bus taken nctloi on the proposal of the railroads to abolIsh Ish fecdlng-in-trnnslt rates. The stock men of the range country appreciate the fact , that this would be a seven blow to them as well ns to the feeder h the corn belt , and propose to take oner getlc action to prevent If possible its accomplishment. This is a question ol vital Import to the cattlemen , farmer ? and business men of the entire westen : country and they should not give ur without a light. It is to be hoped the proposed amend , nients to the Omaha charter will oper the way for the classification of police men and graded pay according to lengtl of service. In other words the minimum and mnximnm pay of patrolmen and po lice olllcers should bo fixed on u scale that will enable the police board tr grade the force so ns , to guarantee in creased pay to its members every six months for the tlrst three years , when tlio maximum of $70 or ? SO per month is reached. The ? L'r.,000 - district cieruslilp is a source of corruption not only in the local politics of Douglas county , but in every succeeding legislature. It Is a mattci of common notoriety that from $5,000 , te i10,000 is distributed to legislative boodlors every two years to kill bills that propose to abolish the fee system in the district court. The time has come to put an end to this pernicious practice. IK Ohio I.ONlnic l < n GrlpT Cincinnati Trluune. It strikes us as somewhat odd that Ne braska's now senator was horn in Now York How did It happen , that there was no Oulc man out there after the job ? SIICCCNH llrliini Ailmircrx. Uetrolt Krco I'rc.sM. Nothing succeeds like success. The con tinental powers used to sneer over our navy and now they arc carefully studying It as : model. The one thins they may find ll OIJHcult to fmitato Is the man behind the gun. OIil-KaMliloiu-tl OnJ of FiiNhloii. Cleveland Plain De. er. The inaplo sugar harvest has begun , but the old-fashioned kind , without any hrowr sugar In the make-up , Is still scarce in tht market. When that kind was on the innrkol was when brown sugar cost more than mapU sugar. It didn't pay to adulterate. lUniillu \ ( , | u I'l.-iile Ground. 1'hllndelphla I-cdger. When the Philippine campaign was re garded us a picnic rather than actual war it was , perhaps , permissible for the ofllcer ; lo take their wives and children along fo i pleasure excursion , but even then it wa i very Tjcnovolont administration that fur ulslied free transportation for their sisters their cousins and their aunts. Now tlm Otis has ofllclally notified the governmen that his campaign has no place for women It will have to bring all these siiperfluoiii nooplo homo again. Isn't It pretty nearlj : lmo for our War department to learn Borne : hlng nliout war ? ( in-lit I'liiufor Pro mo I ITU. Sprlngllold Republican. The trust craze Is fast becoming rldleuloui in the eyes of the sober-minded. If the lial eon of this Inflation should burst befon lotno sensible men of this region fully com lilt their Interests to the tender mcrclci if outside promoters , ft would doubtlesi irovo a mercy in the long run. The tend ; ncy to combination may bo Irresistible , a : iomo business mon say ; but In the naim if common sense- why do not the owner ; Miglncer their own concerns ? They car - ommand capital , nnd are fully compctcn o "finance" a big deal. Hut mutual Jeal- nislcB make the harvest time of the pro- noters nnd the woods are full of them. Ir 'act , they are tumbling over each other It .ho wildest scrnmtilo possible to mak ( nqney for themselves ! U\V IvriilllOHT 1IASI.H. CiiIt'iilatliiiiN mi tin * I'arnliiK of .Money for tluVfxt -O Vi-nrn , St. Louis Ueimbllc. Some time ago nn Insurance company idressed inquiries to a large number of axperlenced 'business men and financiers xsklng what rate of interest would bo safe [ or a llfo Insurance company to count upon realizing on Its totnl assets , Invested In such securities and mortgagee as an Institu tion of this kind tibould hold , during the next twenty years. The Inquiry has been answered by sixty- tlvo men. Jlcst of them are bankers , presi dents of trust companies and otllcers of savings banks. Some nro engaged directly nr Indirectly in the Insurance business and some nre railroad men. Their estimates for ( i safe rate of interest calculations vary from 2 } ' to i per cent. Three put it at 3 $ ; per cent ; three atI per cent. The remain ing flrty-fivo imi It at from 3 to 3' ' , per cent. Thirty-seven of this number regard 3 per cent as the safe limit. These who agree on the 3 per cent basis are larger In number and , Judged 'by ' olllrlal positions , stronger In authority than thrso who name a higher rate. They nro from all parts of the country Hoston , Now York , Philadelphia , New Orleans , St. Louis and Chicago. " \Vhllo all of theae conservative authorities admit the possibilities of changes that may not be foreseen , they agree that for a period of twenty years the experience of the past nnd the tendency of the present are such that the highest rate of Intercut that can 'be ' reliably counted on is 3 per cent. ritO.M TIHJ hAIIOIl fiTAMll'OIVr. SlillHCiluxUi * CcMillllOMt KlltKlcd " 'I'll HOKH Itcliirn to Tlirlr Vomit. " \Vostcrn I/nborer. The deadlock Is ended nnd king cauct has handed over the Interests of the peep of Nebraska to the keeping ot the eorport ( Ions. H will now TJO In order for ex-Set ntor Mamlcrson to repent his lament i 1S76 wherein ho deplored that "thp rni road corporations were represented In tl United States senntc , but the people of N < braskn arc voiceless in the councils of tl nation. " It was expected that thp republican part ; being again in the n ceni1nncy In the stati would elect a republican to succeed Senate Allen , but when the late deadlock w formed there was n good opportunity f < the fusloulnts to elect nn nnll-monopolli leputllcan nnd thereby accept the IPSSI evil. There fs no longer any good renso why populists should fuse with democrat to bo the moro cnlspaw of bosuos who ai evidently the tools of corporations. All tm reformers must feel thoroughly dlsguslc with the late alleged deadlock In the legit lature. The knowing ones of the .fuslo party who for two months dally voted fo Senator Allen were really helping th monopolies to elect their man nnd It mlgli to charged that the senator lent hlmael to the scheme. It wns given out more than once that th fusion party would take advantage of th "deadlock" and vote for nn nntl-monopol republican , thus dividing the enemy nn stampeding enough honest republican vote to the mill-monopoly candidate to elec him if Senator Allen would only "release them. If this was nil that was wanted t defeat the money power , why did not Alle release these votes that had been c..U fo him for two months without a ghost of chance of electing him nt nliy time , or wn It only n schema to render the fusion force harmless nnd secure the election of liny ward. ' The fusion members of the leglslatur will linvo porno explanations to nmlto t their constituencies before they again sit 1 : n legislative body. They will have to ex plain why they sat sucking their thumb waiting for "Iho release that never came , and why tliey laid down their arms to th enemy without ever firing a shot. Whll these "dummies" were waiting for a release lease that they might nsstimo the manhou of nn American citizen , they were herdf llko cattle in n corrnl by Leo Hordmnn am other harpies urging them to stand fast fo Allen , when they must have known that i was their duty , after standing by Allen i reasonable time , to liavo changed front an' ' fought the enemies of the people on olhc lines. No amount of baby excuses cai Justify these men for their being Influence' ' by poker sharps from the Omaha "Uobborf Hoost" or Jacksonlan club , as It Is common ! called , and they had bettor discard tholr re form masks nnd tell their constituents wh : they sat with folded arms while the monopoly ely yoke was again saddled on the neck o the people , without even n show of resist mice. mice.When When fusion was first proposed In Doug las county many who opposed it did so ii the Interest of the republican party , claim Ins that the democracy as n party was jus as much the tool of monopoly us the repub llcan party was , and now after four year of. fusion no better evidence could bo presented sented of the truth of this nssertlon thai the late deadlock at Lincoln and the contemptible temptiblo part played in the election of i United States senator by the pretended ro formers. The agreements that have bcei entered into for the campaign ot 1000 b ; the machine politicians will leak out soono or later , when the people will find out hov they have been buncoed by the dead-locker and then "tho best laid schemes of mice an men will gang agle . " IlISASTKHS AT SKA. Iluvou AVroiiKli * l y I'Vbruurj.Sturm ' on I.lf n ml l roii > rty. Chicago Chronicle. The storms of February on land and a sea were moro destructive to llfo and prop crty than any similar stormy period ii years. During a part of the month the coli was intense on both continents and addci to the terrors of 'winter ' ocean navigation It Is estimated that the first two weeks ii February saw at least $ ( ,000,000 worth o ocean vessel property and cargoes dcstroyec and that over 300 lives were lost. Eight steamships which left Amcricai ports between January 20 and January 2 have not since been hoard from and nro believed lioved to have been wrecked In the fearfu tempests which swept across the north At lantlc from February 2 to February 12 They were the I'lcton , 2,100 tons burden 12 years old. owned in England , crew o twenty-three men ; the Laughton , 2,500 tons crow ot twenty-four men , hailing from New castle. England ; tlio Dora Foster , sami burden , nlso of Newcastle , crew of twent ; men ; the Minister Maybach , oil tani steamer of 2,700 tons , crow of thirty men the Alleghany , of 2,000 tons , of Now York number of crew not stated ; the Oberon , fron Baltimore , 2,000 tons , crow of thirty men the Arena , of 3,500 tons , owned in Eng. land , crow of forty-flvo men ; the I'or Melbourne of London , 4,700 tons , crew o : forty-flvo men. All of them were etee vessels but one and in good seagoing con dition. It Is , of course , possible thai some of the craft may bo heard of In remote - mete ports , ns the Ilulgaria nnd Pavonlc were reported nfter being given up ns cer tainly lost. But It Is not probable , Tlu Labrador and Castlllan were more recenl losses. Uesldes these vessels several are known tohave been lost nnd the Insurers are payIng - Ing the owners the amounts of the poli cies. Hundreds of calling craft must liavt gene down with nil on board. The storms wt'ro so terrible that , as nn Incoming sea captain said , any deeply laden vessel ol merely ordinary power was hard put to II to escape from being utterly overwhelmed , The logs of the vessels tlmt survived the BtormH showed that the barometer often ranged from 27.70 to 27.SO , the lowest over recorded on the Atlantic outside of the tropics. I'KHSOXAI , AM ) OTllKIUVISi ; . The Chinese rebels appear to bo dohifi their best 'to ' help along the partition of Ihat country. Francis H , Thurher of Now York , presl- lent of the United States Export associa tion , who U 07 years old , has 'been ad mitted to the bar. . Governor Hoosovelt lias always been a h-rcat smoker , 'but ' 1ms recently had to glva up this luxury for the tlmo being , owing to some slight throat trouble. The prealdont'B departure from Washing ton gives the congressmen who , a week ago , \vcro \ so anxious to got homo and attend to their private business , an opportunity to lo so. Hear Admiral Albert Kautz , who has been illspatcbed to Samoa to look after American Interests there , is an Ohio man of CO years a ( ago. Ho was a chum and classmate of Dowcy at Annapolis , and made his first : rulso as a midshipman on tbo old frigate Colorado , 1'ostmaster General Smith started for Cuba this week In order to consult with Major Huthbonc , the postal director of Cuba , and other olllclals regarding tlio progress of the work of reorganizing the service and with regard to some changes ud improvements that have boon sug gested. The newest odd names discovered by the Now York Sun nre Sparrow Mayo of East Bloomflold , N. Y. ; Miss Tuuo Zentmlo ol Northport , L. I. ; I'otor Gimlet of Shoilleld. Mass. ; Dill DJur of Harlem , Hoot Gun of Paynes Depot , Ky. , and Colonql Christian Cosh of Missouri with many able liars yet to hear from. . SU\ATOH IIAVWVItt ) . Chicago Test : Mr. Hnywnrd merits tin honor to bo conferred upon him nnd ho wll fitly nnd creditably rci escnt Nebraska b the nntlonnl Rpnato. St. Louis Globe-Democrat : Ono of th five senatorial deadlocks hns been brokei nt last. M. L. Hnywnrd Is the choice li Nebraska. Ho Is n sound republican nm will bo n valuable member. Killndelphla Times : Nebraska has brokoi Us scnntorlal deadlock by the clcrcllon o Monroe L. Hnywnrd ns United States sen ator to succeed Allen , populist. Hnywnn' ' is n squnte-tocd sound money republican and his election gives Ncbrnskn , tlio home j ot Hrynn , two thoroughly sound money rep- icscntntlvcs In the senate. Buffalo Kxpress : The now republican United States senator from NrbrnHknas n good enough man to receive the votes ol nil factions of his party for governor last fall , us U shown by the fact that lie was defeated by n plurality of only about 3,000. Ho ought , therefore , to bo ix worthy repre sentative of his party In the senate. Chicago Tlmes-Hornld : Judge Hnyward is a good lawyer nnd wns nn uncompromis ing gold stnndnrd ndvocalo during the heated campaign of two years ngo. As the republican candidate for governor last fall ho succeeded in cutting down the fusion majority from 18,000 to 3,000. H wns this splendid campaign ngnlnat I'oynter that made him the popular choice for the United States senatorshlp to succeed Allen. Philadelphia llecord : With the election of Monroe L , Hay ward In Ncbrnskn. Mnrlon llutler of North Carolina Is the only re maining Simon pure popullHt In the- United Stales senate. Thorn nre , it Is true , Tur ner of Wni-tilngton , Harris of Knnvnn , Stewart of Nevada nnd Heitfold of Idaho who nro classed as populists In political nomenclature , but Stewart , except on the silver question , votes with the republicans , while the three others , who were ducted by fusion legislature , nre more democrats than populists , nlthough the difference between the two parties In some of the western states hns wdl nigh been extinguished. It la evident that the once promising populist party Is on Its last logs nud It may ns well be permitted fo expire ns quietly ns possible. lOCMOKS OK 'rilHVAIl. . Statistics of deaths In the army from May 1 , ISflS , to February 2S , 1S93 , show a total of 5,731 from all causes , The number of men killed in action or died of wounds was 451 , and front disease 5.277. It Is not easy to establish the rnto mortality for the ten months Included In the returns. The total number of men called Into service was about 260,000 200,000 volunteers and fiO.OOO regulars. This total is excessive , ns many of the volunteer regiments worn not up to the requirements nnd the regular branch was not recruited up to the limit. Fully one-half of the volunteers were niUK- tered out within live months , and not moro than one-third of the whole number saw service outside of the camps In this country. The great disproportion in num ber ot deaths in action and from dlsoise Is duo to two causes tropical ollnnte end corelrssnesfl In the camps. The cifect of tropical campaigning was shown In a ter- rlblo manner at Santiago , and to climatic causes a largo proportion of the douhs : from disease must be charged. During the civil war there were two deaths from dis ease to one death In 'battle. ' Our brief ex- porlenco thirty-three years later puts the ratio between eleven and twelve deaths from disease to one In battle. One ot the provisions of Iho new naval law , which 'becomes operative In June , re quires the retirement annually of enough ofllccrs to create nt least forty promotions. Olllcors to , bo retired are chosen iby a board of admirals. So far thorn Imvo benn twenty- five regular vacancies In the navy since July 1 lust , and one more la to bo made by a retirement this month , so that If there are no casualties it will be necessary to select fourteen ofllceiti In the line above the rank of lieutenant , junior grade. The law provides that ofllcers In tln > grades of captain , commander and lieutenant com mander may , by ofllclal application to the secretary , have their names placed on a list known as applicants for voluntary re tirement , and If at the end of the fiscal year there nre not forty vacancies at tlio least , the president , In the order of rank of the applicants , may place a sufficient number on the retired list , with the rank and throe-fourths pay of their next higher grade. There Is no Indication so far , how ever , that many applications will be made for this voluntary retirement list , and the compulsory retirement feature of the new law Is expected to cause trouble nnd result In protests from these tlie board may decide to retire. Rev. Dr. Henry McConk of Philadelphia , who accompanied the American army to San tiago , gives Indisputable evidence of the valor of the Seventy-first Now York volun teers. This Is tlm regiment which was re ported to have flunked when ordered to charge up the heights of San Juan. It was accused of cowardice and referred to In any but flattering terms by General Kent. The facts , since developed , are that two of Us ofllccrs lingered In the rear and the roul- tnont , nfter awaiting orders for sonio time , joined other advancing regiments and fought bravely to the finish. In his book on " 2"ho Martial Graves of Our Fallen Heroes at Santiago de Cuba" Dr. .MrOook says : "It U worth noting that there are more graves of soldiers of the Seventy-first Now York vol unteers on the San Junn rldgo than of nny other regiment. Thus at least n part of that organization has left the Indisputable evl- denco that some of Its soldiers followed the heroic charge to Its victorious finish. " The graves were made whuro the men foil ' and'thls wn on the very summit of the San I Juan rldgo , where the fighters found victory awaiting them. The heroes of the Seventy- | first were Privates Michael Daly of Company - j pany M , Frank W. Hooth of Company F nnd , Joseph Decker of Company I. This number compares with two of the Twentieth in fantry , one of the First artillery , one of the Sixth infantry and an ollicor of the First cavalry. Dr. McCook Bays , ho found upon the rldyo. On the northern face of the hill , up which the men charged , a ravinu scams the faca of the slope close to the famous pond. Hero n llttlo company of four graves lie , drawn up In line , their soldier occupants nwnltlng tht final word of commnmt. Ono nf thorn la marked with n rude crocs made of a stick nnd nn old box cover. Upon It Is this in scription : J Here I.lw ( he Hody of jnciiAKL DAI.Y , Co. M , 71 t Uegt , . Nsw York N'ols. An irishman by Hlrtli , nit American by Adoption. Ha Died llrnvrty Fighting for Ills County. it. I. 1' . To the south of tin-so graves , and dlrcctlf upon the ridge , close to Us crest , n pile of stones , supporting n rude cross , marks lha resting place of Frank W. Hootb of Company F. Still further southward , nnd nl about the srinio olovatlon , Decker lies burled. His grave Is outlined with stones nnd n ncnt headstone bears record of his Ideality nnd death , the Inscription ending with tlio epitaph , "A Comrade. " Two other men of the Seventy-first llo la the vnlley clrso by. mill Hit * Cniiiil. SprliiKllold Republican. It Is remarkable thai In all the discussion of the Nicaragua canal scheme no attention has boon pit hi to the liability of the Nlcn- agua country lo cnrlluiuako. The Nlcnrngua bouses In the vicinity of ihe proposed canal roil to have walls with liases one- third ot the height as n precaution against earth quake. The Walker commission has de cided that largo locks nnd embankments will uo necessary for the construction ot the canal. What would bo the fate ot BUdi costly engineering works In the event ot earthquake ? Suppose the quake should como In time of war and the government were ibout lo send war ships through the cnnnl , what then ? .MKIIIIY t'llAKI' ' ' . Turk : Hewitt I snt at tlio table next to > ours at thrcMtuiifiint yostorday. and t don't co how you i-ould laugh at the stale Btorlcs tlmt Gruot WHS Idling Jewllt llo was paying for the dinner. Hoxton ( llobe : Teacher ( to now scholar ) Now , Mury , I'll KVO ! you u mini. Sup posing that your father owed thebutch.r J1H.70 , $11.13 to the baiter , K'7.0S to the coal merchant , ? 1V10 ; to the landlord Mary U'onlldeiitiully ) U'e should move. Somorvlllo Journal : Some people nro nil the time paying motuy to fortune tellers for predictions to worry ovt-r. Indlnnupolls Journal : "Well , " said the landlady , "I have just llnl.Mhod paying the plumber for thuwlne the. water pipes. it seems Ilka nn Imposition. " "Hut you must admit , " said the Cheerful Idiot , "that he guve you n run for your ir.oney. " Detroit Journal : Now Hint the. only mnn Myrtl * had ever loved was gene from her forever , her uilof know no hounds. "Oh , why WIIH 1 over born ? " she walled. Ah. Why , Indeed ? Slu > Is such a gooso. it Is curious she wasn't hatched. Chicago Tribune : The ward heoUr with whom the ambitious politician hud been In conHiltation an hour or more shook his head slowly. "I dont' know how It will turn out , " ho mild , "but I'll do the bout 1 can for you. How about the liquor question ? " "I xas nbout to ask it , " replied the. am bitious politician. "What will you take ? " Romorvlllo Journnl : The man who Isn't afraid of anything Is generally young und unmiirrlud. Washington Star : "Did you hoar about tlu speech 1 made Just be.foro the close of i-cinm-css ? " Inquired the returned statesman. "Wo rcjul It out loud down to the store , " niuwercd Fanner Corntossd. "Ah ! What did you think of It ? " "Well , we didn't blame congress fur makln' up Its mind to quit an' go homo. " Chicago Post : "Do you make your wlfo an allowance for lions-.hold oxponsOKV" nked the talkative one. ' ' > IIB taciturn one drew himself up haugh tily. . I'ou forirot , nilho wild , "that I am n ' ' "ronuh nobleman married to an American Blrl. " " It was In the oar'y evening , the nlr wa warn ) and still , The bolls wnringing vespers at the chapel on the hill ; My work was over for the day , the pipe was In my hand , And there I wit , as free of care as any In , the land. When swinging down the street thnro "trolled a merry , young palpe n , And the tune that ho was whipping was "Th.e Wearln' o' the Green. " Oh ! then my thoughts wont traveling back neroHS tlm bygone yearn ! A shaifow moved before my eyes ( I'm thlnklnir It was tea re ) , t-'or onoo ag.iln the springtime bloomed la du.ir old County ( 'lure , rhe peach leaned | ) lnk against the wall , tha nnow laid on the pear , And . In ) that came to meet with me , tha hedtfo rows In between , \Van Hlnirlng I oan hoar her now ! "Tha Woarin' o' the Green. " Her footstep foil so fairy-light It scare * bent down the grafs ; fhe wry blrdu perched on the bought ) , be witched , to watch her iwsu. iVho bothered that her petticoat was ragged when 'tv-iiH tied \bout tlm sweetest , snuggest waist In all the country-Hide ? \nd f.ilth , Hhe'd not -"Ixpenuc , but tha < -yiK of her wou'.d shim , l.lko two bright Jewels when they looked up loving Into mine. V blessing on Iho whistling lad , for bring ing to my MI I ml Tim liopoH and dioiiniH the. Hying months had long Mnco loft behind ! -"or HH n burst of Hiuwlilue breaks upon a. cloudy day , V fancy ( dipped Into my heart that , maybe , far nway iVIiero Irish skies , Mill soft and blue , sml'nd down at her. Kathleen , Vns shilling for the old times' sake "Tho Wearln' o' tlm Oroen. " Ilnrp of Turn , 'ho harp that once thro' Tnru'fl halls The Houl uf music Hhed , Cow hangs aH inuts on Tarn'H walls , AH If that i mi I had tied. 'o ' sloepH the pride of former dnys , Ho glory'f thrill IH o'er , i ml hourtH that oneo boat high for pralit , Now feel that pulse no more. fo more to chlofn and ladles bright , The harp of Tarn HwOln ; 'ho chord alone , that breaks ut night , Its tale ot ruin tolls. 'bun freedom now HO seldom wakes , The only throb Hhe gives , u when iomo heart Indignant breaks , To tdiow that Htlll she lives. A Last Call. The season for winter-weight clothing is about over , that is the season for selling it , We have been selling a good deal of it lately , however , by reason of a very consid erable reduction in prices so that we may not have to carry any of it over to next season , If an extra pair of trousers happens to be the one thing that you kneed just now to finish the season with , you may find just what you want here and at a good deal less than original cost , Our spring goods are on the way , and in fact a good many of them are ready for your inspection. It will take but a minute to look at some of them. Neckwear for spring is already in bloom , and spring hats are ready to pick from our full assortment.