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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Slntp of Nebraska , Douglas County , S3. :
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'MS "W M. HEED.
Notary Public In and for Douglas County ,
Neb.
The beef Inquiry board should ring
the boll on that Imaginative bellboy.
That now pwunit trust should lose no
Mine In getting a corner on pcnnut pol
itics.
A motion to reconsider is in order on
the resolution condoiunlng Colotu-1 Slot-
senburg- unseen nnd unheard.
The merchants who advertise in The
Hoe got results that satisfy thorn that
advertising In this paper is a paying
Investment.
The new charter amendment bill will
be In the nature of a compromise , but
It Is to bo hoped all the good will not
be compromised out of It.
The more railroads entering Oinahu
the more opportunities for business rn-
dlutiug from this point. IE the people
behind the projected new road from the
south are in earnest they will find
Omaha ready to co-operate.
And now we are told there are worse
tire traps 1n Omahu tlmti the burned
Patterson block. Perhaps so. But the
quicker precautions arc taken to insure
safety to people who might be In them
when a flre breaks out the better.
Strange that the objection to the new
method of electing city councilmou In
Omaha which was engrafted on the
charter by the late fusion delegation
from Douglas should emanate from the
fusion end of the present delegation.
For the lirst three weeks of March
Kansas City lias a lead over Omaha or
38,000 in the number of. bogs packed.
In the corresponding period of lust year
the difference was S-1,000. Omaha is
marching steadily along toward second
place.
There Is no good reason whatever why
iho position of clerk of the district court
for Douglas county should ! be worth
$2.,000 to ? : iO,000 a year when hundreds
of competent men would gladly 1111 It
on a salary commensurate wit It those
paid other responsible public olliccrs.
Wo are still waiting for the heavy J '
taxpayers who have been making so'
much noise about olliclul extravagance
to put in a protest with the county
board against the employment of .six
persons in the popocratle comity at
torney's olllce to do the work previously
done by four.
The bicyclists of the city will have
their object lesson In municipal econ
omy when they make their annual re
quest to the council to appropriate
money for the construction and repair
of bicycle paths and receive the answer
that tlii ! funds available will not permit
of acceding to their petition.
a
Notwithstanding ( lie fact that .la-
malca is a British possession , the quar
terly crisis has arrived on time. A
crisis ranging anywhere from weekly lo It
quarterly recurrence seems to be abso
lutely necessary to the happiness of the
denizens of the tropics , and that the
Anglo-Saxons nro In control docs not
6oem to make any particular dlU'erence.
The manifesto which the Philippine
commission Is about to Issue will hervo
0110 useful purpose. Us preparation
and translation Into the native dialects
will afford employment for the members
until the army itlinll have sulllclent op
portunity to either make good native ?
out of tlui Insurgents or subjugate them ,
Manifestoes In the present tstngo are
just about as effective as attempts to
brush back tlio sea with a broom.
The Des Molnes women are lighting
iho location of an army post In that
city on the ground that It would be det
rimental to the morals of the city. The
DCS Molnos people evidently have a very
limited acquaintance with the American
regular , Tharo may have been a time
when the rank nnd tllo was largely re
cruited front "the. slums , but It has cer
tainly not been In recent years , The In
American regular of today Is n well behaved -
haved fellow , who Is a good thing to
Lave around In times of peace as well
aa when there la lighting to do.
T1IK
The charter amendment Mil ns iiimnl
mously agreed on by tin- Douglas county
delegation ought to pass. While there
limy ho some difference of opinion on
seine of the more minor provisions , It
offers the remedy for crying defects in
the existing charter which should not
be allowed to go uncorrccted.
This Is especially true of the abolition
of the lux exemption which the railroads
liavo been enjoying at the expense of
other property owners under the new
assessment system nnd the nrrango-
ments which nmko consolidation of
Onmhn nnd South Omahn possible upon
a innjorlty vote of tlie electors of eacii
city expressing themselves upon the
proposition.
The compromises reached upon other
Important matters , at Issue .tro ns da Us-
factory as could ho cxpectoil. The
restoration of the council to n body of
eighteen members , one-half elected by
wards nnd one-half at large , meets nil
the objections urged by The 15eo against
the reduction when proposed two years
ago and further opens the way for the
adequate representation of .South
Omaha In the council should the people
of both cities sigrco to accept the an
nexation Invitation.
The same applies to the provision
changing the time of election , which1 lias
been so constructed ns to legislate no
one Into ollice and no one out of olllce ,
yet t the same time to do away after
one more election with the costly sepa
rate municiiial election.
Ily restoring the requirement for a
petition of property owners for paving ,
but keeping the 3,000-foot limit about
the court house , In which the authority
Of the council Is supreme , the amend
ment covering this feature safeguards
the business center against public Im
provement obstructionists. The changes
In the salary schedule are also In the
nature at compromise and constitute a
better equalization of the compensa
tions of the different municipal ollicers.
Prom the standpoint of economy the
balance Is probably on the side of a
small saving to be effected by the pro
posed amendments and to this no tax
payer will have serious objection.
siMi'LY sfAKuixu FUH WIND.
The attempt of the opponents of revenue -
enue law revision to sidetrack all rev-
omio legislation by pushing to the front
a scheme for a commission appointed
to investigate tlio subject and report a .
revenue measure to the next legislature
id simply ( i game of sparring for wlinl.
The corporation lobby that has been try
ing to play battledore and shuttlecock
with the 1'ollard bill and the Van Dusen
bill Is paid to sec thnt no change Is
made In the present revenue laws. The
big corporations are quite content with
the existing system of taxation , by
which they are onableil by tlio timely
use of a llttlo money witli assessors
and other olllelals to evade the tax
burdens that properly belong on them
and shift them upon the great body of
small taxpayers nnd property owners
who are not adepts in tax shirking. Any
thing that will maintain the present law
undisturbed Is what the corporation
managers want , hence .their eager ap
proval of the suggestion of a revenue
commission , because a revenue commis
sion means .staving oil' action for at
least two years and gives hope thnt the
legislature two years from now will be
equally if not more complaisant.
The people of IS'ebraska. have been do-
mandlng revenue revision for the past
six years. They confidently expected
the last legislature to respond to this
demund , but the fusion majority dis
appointed them , preferring to devote
Its time to partisan measures de
signed solely for political capital.
The present legislative majority was
elected upon a distinct pledge to
revise the levenuo laws of the
state In the direction of a moijo equal
distribution of the burdens of taxation.
It is not expected to produce perfect
leu'lslatlon , but It certainly can , If It
will , Institute an Improvement-over the
present unsatisfactory system , Con
fessing Inability to meet the problem by
shoving this duty off to a revenue com- i K
mission whose report must run the pro-1 \
carious gauntlet of another legislature
to be chosen two years hence can not
'bo regarded as redemption of the pledge
of revenue law revision.
J'llKSIDKXl' AtflJ SI'KAKKIt.
The fact of President McKlnley and
Speaker Heed being at the same time
visitors to Jekyl Island has very natu
rally caused speculation in political cir
cles as to Its significance. A visit to
this Island was Included In the original
program of the presidential excursion to
the south , but when Mr. McKlnley took
his departure there was no public
knowledge that Mr. Heed intended go
ing south and hence his appearance at
Jekyl Island simultaneously with the
Visit of the president seemed more than
coincidences or an accident.t It has
boon stated on behalf of both 'that the
visit oC the speaker had no relation
whatever with that of the president , but
appears to bo the general belief In
Washington that Mr. Uoed went to
Jekyl upon urgent Invitation , that ho
had not Intended to visit the noiith and
that If he had so Intended ho would not
have gone to the island at the same time
the president did unless Invited by the
latter. On the other hand , It is urged
against the assumption of a prearrangement -
ment that Mr , McKlnley and Mr. Heed
could very readily have had a meeting
In Washington without Inviting that de
gree of curiosity which would naturally
bo Inspired by a meeting somewhat In
secret In u far-away place not accessi
ble to the general public.
Whatever the fact may be In respect
to this incident there is no basis for the
talk about n reconciliation , for the
reason that there has never been a break
between the president and the speaker.
As the well-Informed Washington corre
spondent of the Philadelphia Ledger
points out , the relations between them
are nnilcnblc , although they have not
been Intimate , perhaps for the reason
that Mr. Heed \yin ; too busy with his
duties at the capltol to spend much tlmo
making culls at the White House. In
like manner , says this correspondent , the
talk about thu opposition of the admlnls.
tratlon to the re-election of Mr , Heed to
the spcakershlp proceeds from nothing
substantial , Speaker Heed Is opposed
to expansion and his Inlbtenco has been
exerted against some projects which are
favored by the administration. This
has created some popular opposition to
him , which In a rather feeble way Is
urging that ho shall not be re-elected ,
but President McKluley , It can conil-
dt'iitly i be said , will give no countenance
to i this opposition and least of all will
he ] attempt to control the organization of
the | house. No president has shown n
greater j regard for 'the ' Independence of
the legislative branch of the government
I than I Mr. McKlnley has and there Is no
, reason i to doubt that he will continue to
do so. There will be no attempt on the
part of the executive , It is safe to pre
dict , lo influence the next house of rep
resentatives In the choice of a speaker.
Whatever understanding , if any , has
been reached between these dis
tinguished republican leaders as the re
sult s of their meeting at Jekyl island Is
undoubtedly i entirely straightforward
and i honorable. Hoth have the Interests
and i welfare of their country and party
sincerely i at heart and as wise and pa
triotic statesmen they can be depended
i upon i to conserve these. If there are
any who hope for a break between
President McKluley and Speaker Heed
they will be disappointed.
TIIK AnUKKHS TO THE FILU'WOS.
Assuming that the report regarding
the address of the Philippine commis
sion Is correct , Us terms are essentially
the same as those of the proclamation
Issued by General Otis when he < ook
command at Manila and In view of the
fact that the Filipinos paid no atten
tion to that It Is hardly to bo supposed
that they will be Influenced by the ad
dress of the commission , which has no
more authority , 1C so much , as that of
the military commander , to carry out
the assurances given. The natives were
told at the outset that the purpose of
the United States wns to prepare them
for self-government and they declined
to give any heed to the assurance be
cause they believed themselves already
capable of self-government. Is It at all
likely 1 that a repetition of this will have
any effect upon them ? Is It probable
that having rejected the assurances of
the , military authorities , which came .
directly from the president , they will
bo disposed to accept those of the com
mission ? We think not and shall not be .
surprised If the address of the com- |
results , so far ns the people engaged I
In hostilities are concerned.
The reports Indicate that the Filipinos
are as determined as ever to continue
the war. Admitting that there may bo
a. good deal of the braggart In Agui-
naldo. it none the loss appears to be
the fact that ho has great Influence over
his followers. A week ago It was said
that'the enemy was weakening nnd that
the end of hostilities was not far off.
The latest advices put n different as
pect upon the situation. The American
forces appear to have settled down ,
while those of the enemy seem to be
active and threaten to assume the ag
gressive. Apparently hostilities are far
from termination and the chances of
the Filipinos laying down their arms ,
as Invited by the commission , nro uo
bettor now than a month ago. Reports'
to the contrary notwithstanding those
people do not seem to be hi the least
dismayed or disheartened by their ro-
verses. It Is not a new experience to .
them. They suffered defeats and heavy
losses in lighting the Spaniards , yet
they kept at it for years. They may
realize that Americans are better fight
ers than the Spaniards and they may
understand that the resources of the
United States for carrying on war are '
much greater than were those of Spain ,
but they seem willing to put those to
the fullest test.
Sooner or later , undoubtedly , the or
ganized forces of ? the Filipinos will bo
beaten , but will that end our troubles
with them ? A conquered people who
feel that they have been robbed of
their birthright and of their opportunity
to attain independence are not likely to
rest quietly under the rule of the con
queror , unless held in submission by
stern military power. Iudued ( Spain j
was \ unable to keep the Filipinos sub
missive even by the exercise of such '
power and there is no reason to sup
pose this government would be more
successful. The spirit of Insurrection
(0 (
would bo kept alive and from time to
tlmo would manifest Itself in a trouble
some way. "If wo do not put Agul-
naldo , as we did Goroninio , " suggests
an advocate of subjugation , "in some
place where' he can bo kept out of mis
chief , be will bo continually plotting
against us nnd fomenting sedition. " Hut
there are others to take the place of i
Agulnnldo.
The solution of the Philippine problem -
lem , to all appearances , Is remote.
The American mania for money mak
ing has Invaded Canada , and the Plains
of Abraham , where 'tho ' gallant Wolfe
and the bravo Montealm fell , are to
bo cut up Into town lots nnd placed
upon the market. In this country we
have shown small respect for historical
places with the result that many of
the spots where history was made have
been obliterated. A brick yard covers
the field of Hcdbank , Valley Forgo was
for years used as a tannery and
Ilrandywhio Is a sheep pasture. Pos
sibly no other country in the world
Is as careless about these things as the
United States , nnd , while our historical
n
societies have done something nnd premIse -
Iso to do more for the preservation of
historical places , It Is to bo regretted
that our people do not take moro In
terest In these things and that Camilla
has decided to depart from the policy
of England In these matters and follow .
our example.
The Industrious , If somewhat un
scrupulous , Filipino junta at Hong Kong
( Ci
Is comiwsed altogether of
Just such men tl
as one would suppose from reading the tlc
reports sent out by It. That an Ameri I't '
can could fall bo low as to engage In t
such work seems almost Incredible and |
yet such Is the case. The head of the s
junta Is F , W. Sylvester of Sutterlee , stl ss
who is wanted In Philadelphia on tlI1
charges of fraud and forgery , while I1
Htzee and Spltzee , the other members , .
are In full possession of malodorous J
reputations , which would Indicate that t )
they lire also vigorous and energetic
scoundrels. Their associate , Hrny , Is
an Englishman nnd he wns chased out
of Manila for trying to steal the estate
of a rich Filipino. Altogether , the junta
seems admirably suited for the work It
Is performing , but there is llttlo doubt
that the credulous Filipinos have lit
erally fallen among thieves.
. _ . .
It Is reported that the newly formed
Smelter trust will mlrnnco the price of
silver JO per cent. The effort to raise
the price of a product which depends
on the world for n market and for
which there Is scarcely n demand for
the ninoiint produced will be watched
with considerable Interest. If It can
bo done It will do more to hasten the
passage of legislation to effectually
deal with these great combinations than
any other event which could have hap
pencil. This Is not because the people
object to an Increase In the value of
silver , but because It wilt bo such n
striking exhibition of the power of these
great combinations. If n trust can ad
vance and maintain the Increase In
price of a product which is of world
wide production , not a necessity nor
protected by favorable legislation , there
1 practically no limit to the powers of
combined capital.
The people of the Illack Hills have
again taken hold In earnest of the pro
jects to secure better railway facilities.
One of the plans Is to build a direct line
to Denver and the other Is to construct
a Hue across the Indian reservation ,
giving direct connecllon with St. Paul
and Minneapolis. The construction of
the latter line In particular would cut
into Omaha trade. Its building cannot
bo prevented , but If Omaha would ex
hibit the same energy which Is required
of the Twin Cities to build It , this city
could easily recoup Itselfby securing I
the construction of a direct line into
eastern South Dakota. The northern
cities now enjoy an advantage in tills
territory to which they are In no wise
entitled by natural conditions nnd
which they could not hold with a direct
line of road leading Into It from Omaha.
The society editor of the Madrid paper
L who announced that the queen regent
was about to remarry Is to be prosecuted.
A residence across the border is the
most pleasant locution for European
newspaper writers who toy with the af
fairs of royalty. The Madrid society
editor had better remove to tills coun
try , where he might secure a handsome
present for starting the rumor that some
rich American girl was about to marry
an Austrian archduke. '
In It lit tlie KlitlNli ,
Philadelphia Times.
Whether that coffin trust is capitalized at '
$20,000,000 or much less Its object Is to get
the dead wood on the General public. "
Still , the 1'iicUrt Yaivn * .
New York Wall and Express.
Several members of the preposterous Cu
ban "assembly" declare that the offer of
$3,000,000 from this government as a loan to
pay the army Is an Insult. Nevertheless
they would bo delighted to pocket the In
sult.
Fit for Promotion. I
Chlc'fi'g6 ' Tribune. '
Admiral Schley- Has passed the physical
'
examination for promotion to the rank of
rear admiral. There arc some formalities
still to bo attendee ! to , but to all Intents and
purposes lie passed the other examinations
at Santiago bay.
Brave Men If l l >
Bflltlmore American.
One conviction which has been deeply im
pressed upon the mind of tlie world by the
results of the recent war Is that the Spanish
soldier and the Spanish sailor are generally
'heroic fighters , but that their officers are , as
a rule , flighty and Incompetent. The late
conflict , so far as It disclosed Spain's fight
ing power , was simply n case of good ma
chinery In the hands of .bungling engineers.
HUH Much to I.curn.
Washington Times.
Evidently Ambassador Choate has still to
learn tlhat a diplomat cannot treat subjects
of International concern with the Inaccuracy
that nn after-dinner speaker in New York Is
allowed to tliow. His Ignorance of the
Venezuelan affair ls > appalling , yet he might
have muddled and bungled It In a popular
speech here with Impunity , being n humor
ist. ; Dut to expose his shallow knowlcdgo
of public matters as the representative of
'America In England Is almost beyond com
ment. To speak of our attitude there as a
Uwlsting of the lion's tall" In mere playful
ness Is to show that training In diplomacy ,
or at least some degree of Information about
recent history , Is absolutely necessary in
an ambassador ,
POINTERS O.V PEACE. t
Kansas City Star : Did you ever hear
of such a coincidence before as peace being
ratlllcd on St. Patrick's day ? The treaty
of peace , 'between the United States and
Spain , according 'to ' precedent , should be
known as the treaty of St. Patrick.
Detroit Prco Press : When our late adversary -
vorsary strikes a 1 > alanco sheet will eho not
llnd that she has not fared so badly In her
Into cncjunter with the great republic after
all ? And ns for ourselves , can "wo assort
with any degree of confidence that our war
of humanity has been entirely what wo
had hoped to make it , especially when wo $
cast our glance toward the war-rent Phil-1
Ipplnes ? | it
Philadelphia Press : The treaty of peace
with Spain goes Into effect when ratifica
tions are exchanged , The signature of the
queen of Spain docs not "end the war , "
This was ended by the protocol last Au
gust. Hut ending a war does not restore
peace. This will only come when the treaty
has "boon signed on both sides , as It now
has 'been ' , mid the signed treaties ore ex
changed iy way of ratlllcatlou ,
Washington Star : To Spain have come
few lilesstngs , and those only negative , as
result of the contest. She loses her col
onies , which , under her corrupt rule , had
become temptations to her public servants
and a constant menace to her peace. She
has lost her navy , which hati become ob
solete ana 'was n 'broken ' reed. She must
dismiss the greater part of nn expensive ,
Inefficient army. She must , In fact , start
.practically anew as n nation , stripped of in
her imperial adornments , , reduced to hard
terms nnd confronted with factions at
homo.
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Drooklyn Eagle : Consideration of the
consequences following the ratification of
the treaty by Spain will displace any spe
cial ) note of jubilation at the fact Itself.
Peace is a blessing , but , as a fact , war be
tween the two countries ceased months ago.
As another matter of fact , peace which has
been restored 'between ' the United States and
Spain doea not exist between the United
States and the Philippines ; and aa a fur
ther fact , there Is friction in Cuba and
Porto Illco between our armies and the people
ple there , If peace has her victories no
leas renowned than -war , peace also has
sometimes her problems no less critical than
those of war nod very much like them ,
THU 1MCIJ THAT K1I.I.8.
Hoalon Transcript : In a financial storm
trust gociirltloft are among the first to fool tha
chill of Adversity. Thus , in the panic of 1S93 ,
when the trust method was In Us Infancy ,
National ConlriKo dropped In n single week
j j from I $61.76 to $18 , nnd later touched J7 per
sharp. Oenornl Kletftrlc also , In a few weeks ,
inn do n loss of J6S a fllmre for its holders ,
r falling from J100 to $32 between May nnd
July. That n like experience awaits these
later i ventures Is evident enough , and Rood
judges J sao In their extraordinary Increase
] the ' reason for a crash as disastrous ns nuy
| ' that ' wo have yet Been and ns far reaching In
Its effects.
United States Investor : The outlook
distressing. Wo have gone on supremely
unconscious of what wo were doing , until
wo have evolved n state of affnlrs from which
escape Is Impossible without great hardship.
An enormous number of water-logged busi
, ness concerns , known ns trusts , have been
set Afloat ; In the smash llmt is bound to
come the certificates of those organizations
will sell at their real value , which menus
an appalling loss to Investors. The end will
be hastened by a diminution In the consump
tive ! power of the country , duo to the dislo
cation of n great horde of employes whom
the trusts have ejected from positions pre
viously occupied. Wo cannot Imagine n much
worse state of affairs.
Philadelphia Record : The .purchase . of ox-
tonslvo and costly establishments to "keep "
them idle is n very wasteful operation , and
In the necessity of buying out competing
firms , which are frequently organized solely
that they may ibo sold at a high profit , is
the weak spot In the armor of monopoly.
This expensive process , Involving as tt does
repeated 'waterings of stock , cannot "be
carried on for long 'without causing a col
lapse. The trusts arc now having the most
extraordinary 'boom ' In all Industrial history ,
for many of them ewe thc-lr advantages
wholly to tariff legislation for the benefit of
the fort' at the expense ol the many. For
the consolation of the many , however , it Is
happily ordained that even the tallest trust
and monopoly trees cannot grow quite unto
the sky.
Springfield Republican : Every trust that' '
has 'been ' fonned has closed some factories
and discharged some wage labor , and people |
have talked ol It as a baneful influence of
consolidation and monopoly. And what ,
then , of the trust when It begins to add
commercial travelers to the army of the tin-
employed , and then other salaried or com-
mission ngcnU , and then merchants
among the very mainstays of the existing
Industrial nnd social fabric ? These are of
the classes whoso Incomes are nbova the
nverngo nnd who are generous cotiHumors.
What of the effect upon consumption and
the commodity markets of their reduction
to Idleness or to a precarious and poorly-paid
existence ? The great middle clnss In Ameri
can society Is thus to bo gradually crushed
out and turned Into the class of the wage
employe. |
'Philadelphia ' Press : It Is not consolida
tion but overcapitalization which Is the chief
.peril of these mergers. In all , in fifteen
months , there has been placed on the public
market shares in these enterprises to the
amount of $2,770,000,000. This does not rep
resent value. The sales nnd quotations of
the common stock prove this. This vast
load of inflated capital Is nn attempt to take
advantage of a period of extravagant specu
lation to sell to the public mills and fac
tories which iby no possibility could be sold
to individuals. The "water" in these cap
italizations prefigures the same receiverships
and bankruptcies as the "water" in rail
roads organized , projected and built from
1865 to 1890. The bonds 'would have paid
for many of these lines. The stock was
water. So , now , the "preferred"'stock in
these capitalizations represents all the real
value. ' The "common" is mere pure water.
Inflation , like this can only end In collapse.
Let any accident or incident checX public
confidence and n crash will come. Nothing
can prevent It. This will be accelerated and
aggravated 'because the corporate law under
which these companies are organized gives
shareholders no rights , no remedies , no re-
ports and no protection.
1M3IISO\AI , AXU OTHERWISE.
The Filipinos can make the Americans
run every time , by keeping : a llttlo ahead
of them.
I p
Richard Mansfield's share of the receipts
for twenty weeks' playing of "Cyrano do
Dergerac" Is said to amount to $120,000.
Now comes Mr. Teala with an invention
with which 'he is to destroy all kinds of
microbes nud render mankind Imruuno from
disease.
'Dr. ' Samuel Kolm , the chief ratibl of
Budapest , for the last thirty years has been
made a member of tlio Hungarian House of
Magnates , being the first rabbi ever ap
pointed to the upper libuse of Parliament In
the Austro-Hungnrlun empire.
James Butler , owner of the Windsor
hotef , bnrned last week in New York , be
gan his business career twenty years ago
In that hostelry. He Is now a millionaire
grocer , with stores to the number of elghty-
flvo In New York City alone , besides others
elsewhere.
It is probable that General Miller , who ! is g
now at Hello , will erect a euinmer residence
In Stockbrldgc , Mass. Ilelatives of General n
Miller in that village have received letters
from him In which ho announces his inten- ,
tlon : of taking up a residence in Uie village m
of his nativity.
As Clau.i Spreckels , the sugar king , was
coming out of Ihls San Francisco office the
other day , a runaway horse attached to a
light wagon cnmo tearing down the street.
Mr. Spreckels , at his own risk , stopped the
animal and probably saved the man and
child who were In the wugon from severe
Injury or death.
The largest Individual claim against Spain
for losses sustained in Cuba during the
Cuban insurrection , which , by the terms
of the treaty , the United States will have
to settle , Is that of John W. I3rock for
$2,102,014 for property losses. The bulk of
the claims , which aggregate $21,000,000 , is
for destroyed sugar plantations.
General Linares , who lost an arm whllo
commanding the Spanish forces at Santiago ,
has greatly endeared himself to his brother
officers in Spain , now dialing under the re
cent criticism of the army made in the
Cortes by Count Abnoim. The one-armed
soldier sent a fierce challenge to the count ,
and the latter made an abject apology.
When Colonel Ilryan was asked by a Cin
cinnati newspaper for a reply to Colonel
Deb Ingereoll's criticism that the silver ad
vocate Is a back number and ihao no politi
cal future , ho rather neatly parried by de
claring that ho did not regard Colonel Jn- an
gcrsoll a competent authority to pass such cl
criticism , because the great agnostic did ble
not believe In a future , I
ar
The Liberal iclub of nuffalo , N , Y. , Is PC
doing a good work In giving a wide circula PCS
tion In pamphlet form to tbo recent address m
that city by Justice David J. Urower , PC
Accompanying the pamphlet is a request PChs
that the recipient 'Will ' read It and send U th
some one else to read. There IB In the fa
address one paragraph to this effect : "I in
know that -Massachusetts lawyer , years the
ago , sneered at the Declaration of Inde Tl
pendence aa a collection of glittering gen qi
eralities ; but it takes the audacity of a th
IloBton preacher to gay In effect that the
declaration la a lie. " ami
cli
l.vt tin ; lliiuiU I'luy. and
Springfield KepuMleun , Ing
Under the new army bill each regiment of
Infantry and artillery will have n band of
twenty-eight pieces established iu connection and
with it , at government expense. Heretofore
the army has bad no music of Its own , ex
cept at the expense of Its officers and men.
KCIIOKS 01' TIII3 WAIl.
Maloloa , the capital of the "Filipino Re
public , " toward which tlio American troops
nre moving , Is thirty miles from Manila nnd
Is one of twcnly-flvo towns in the province
of llulacnn , ranging In population from G.OOO
to 20,000. The population of the province Is
put at 230,000. Mnlolos Is sltuntod near the
foot of a range of mountains , which rlso
about thirty miles back of Manila. All of
the country between Manila anil Mnlolos Is
snld to 'bo ' level ami In many places very
swampy. Thcro nro canals Innumerable for
draining off the water Into the rivers. Thcsa
canals and the swampy character of the
I country will make the advance of the Ameri
can troops slow , If they are met with any
formidable show of roslstnnco. The roafis
between Manila and 'Malolos ' nro of such a
i poor t character that the carrying of any
heavy .artillery will ho out of the question.
The only artillery which will tic available
will bo such ns can 'bo ' carried upon the
bocks j of mules.
The province c.f llulncnn Is very thickly
Rettled , Its numerous towns bclnpt close to
gether. The town of llulncnn , formerly the
capital of the province , has n population of
13,180. H Is situated twenty-two miles from
Manila , has n church , a town hall and about
2,000 stone houses , Angnt , with n popula
tion of 8,000 , Is situated nineteen miles from
llulacnn ; llalluag , with n population of IV
122 , Is situated thirteen miles from Uulacnu ;
Barnsoaln , with a population of 0,675 , Is situ
ated lx miles from llulncnn ; Dlgaa , with a
population of 8,120 , is situated three and one-
half miles from IHilacan ; Docauc , with a
population of 10,345 , Is situated four nnd
ono-thlrd miles .from Ilulacan ; llustns , with
a population of 7.02B , Is situated two" miles
from Bulacan ; Calumoslt , with n population
of 15,072 , is situated twelve miles from
Bulncnn ; Guiguinto , with a population of
5lit ; , is situated two miles from Bulacan ;
Hngonoy , with a population of 20,120 , Is situ
ated twenty miles from Uulncnn ; Mnlolos ,
Agulnaldo't ) capital , 1ms n population of
14,599 and is situated six miles from Bula-
cau ; Marllao , with n population of 5,075 , , Is
situated eight miles ifrom Bulacan ; Mol-
cauayan , with a population of 8,119 , is situ
ated eleven jnlles from Bulncan ; Norza-
garay , with a population of 5,305 , Is situated |
sixteen miles from Bulacnn ; Obando , with '
n population of 7,918 , is situated seven miles
from Bulacan : I'aorubotiK , with a popula
tion of 10,297 , Is situated eight miles from
Bulacan ; Polo , with a population of 7,540 , , Is
situated seven miles from llulacnn ; Cjulnga ,
with a population of 8,854 , Is situated seven
miles 'from ' Bulacan ; San Ildefonso , with a
population of 6,601 , Is situated nineteen miles
from Dulncnn ; San Jose , with n population
of 2,207 , is situated sixteen miles from Bula-
can ; San Miguel de Mayumo , with a popu
lation of 20,460 , Is situated twenty-flvo
anlles from Uulacan ; San Rafael , with a.
population of 8,469 , Is situated twelve miles
from Bulacan ; Santa Isabel , with a popula
tion of 8,125 , Is situated six miles from Bu-
lacan ; Santa Maria de Tandl , with a popula
tion cf 10,508 , Is situated eight miles from
Dulncan ; 1'ulllan , with a population of 10,058 ,
is situated eight miles from Bulacan.
George Kennan tells In The Outlook how
Santiago Is Tjecomlng Americanized. Amer
ican hotels and restaurants bearing such
names as the "Luttrell House , " the "United
States Hotel , " the "American nnd French
Hotel , " the "Arizona Saloon , " the "Cali
fornia Saloon" and the "Chicago Restau
rant" are now to bo found in nil parts of
the city ; and the proprietors even of Cuban
and Spanish cafes Invite American patron
age toy menus of rudely painted signboards
setting forth In quaint English the merits
of the food , drink or entertainment to bo
found therein. Among such signs that lie
noted In the course of a day's walk about
the city were '
"Svvet iMcals. "
"Everything ia hero for sail. "
"Hot lounchcs at oil toourea. "
"Customers treated kindly and qulnky. "
Senator iHenry Cabot Lodge , In his his
tory of the war In Harper's .Monthly , de
clares the cutting of the cables nt Clenfue-
gos ranks with the sinking of the Merrlmac
in bravery nnd deaperato valor. Ttio gal
lant work of the men who under a galling
fire performed the tusk assigned them has
been lost sight of 'by ' reason of more Im
portant , nnd decisive battles of the war.
A 'brief rcsumo of It will certainly not bo [ .
out of place.
The same day that the WInslow , the Hud
son and the Wilmington were having their
action nt Cnrdenne , far away on the south
ern coast of Cuba another fight was taking
place. In the progress of the work of sep-
nratlng the great island from the rest of the | AlV
world. On the night of May 10 , Captain Mc- \V
Calln of the Marblehead called for volun In
teers to protect the cable cutters in their ' II.V
.
work. The roll was soon filled , and Ida next .VA
morning tha steam launches of the Marble-
head and Nashville , towing the two sailing \v
launches under command of Lieutenants Ti
Wlnslow and Anderson , started Into the TiTl
Hiarbor of Clenfuegos about a quarter before j A
7. They carried a squad of marines picked j
for proficiency ns liiarksmen , nud n machine , Ai
gun in the bow of each boat. The Nashvlllo
and Marblehead then opened fire on the
Spanish batteries , and under cover ofthis ,
nnd ] that of the steam launches , the crows of ,
the other boats went to work. It wns a ;
perilous business , but the sailors grappled j
nnd cut successfully the two cables they had
been , , ordered to destroy. They also found a
small cable , but the grapnel fouled the bottom
tom nnd was lost. Meantime the Spanish
flre grew hotter and hotter , pouring out from
the batteries and machine guns , nnd the
boats began to Buffer , The well directed fire
from the rifles of the marines nnd from the
ono-poundcrs kept the Spaniards from reach
ing the switch house which controlled the
submarine torpedoes , but launches could not
contend with batteries at close range , and
when the work for which they caino. and
which had all been performed under a heavy
flre , was done , they withdrew to the ships.
Nine men , Including Lieutenant Wlnslow ,
had been wounded , porno seriously , and
three , as was reported later , mortally , It
was n very gallant exploit , coolly nnd thor
oughly carried through , under a galling flre ,
nnd it succeeded in its purpose of hampering
and blocking In the enemy at tlio Important
port of Clenfuegos , which was the road to
Havana from the southern coast , H was
another twist In the cell which the United
States was tightening about Cuba.
MAKi : TIII3M WOltlC.
DaiiKfriiHM Ovfi-rriHVilliiK "f Ciiliuii
Cltlcx liy 11'1' SliirilexH.
llrooklyn Kaulo.
Cuba Is Just now exhibiting one of the first
and 'worst ' effects of overcrowding In the
cities. The shiftless , dishonest and Incapa
have gathered In nnd around Havana
and Santiago to bo fed , clothed and sup
ported by the United States government.
sure nro they that they are to bo ad
mitted as a permanent pauper class ami
permitted to live without work that they
have gone to the only pains and trouble
they are likely to take in traveling from the
farms and plantations , many miles away ,
order to receive the bread of charity from
power In present control of the Island.
Tills Is a state of things to break up as
quickly as ivosslble , and as to the threat
that it frco fooJ Is not supplied the recipi
ents of the charity will lake to the highways
beg and steal , It In to bo treated pre
cisely as if the menacing class spoke Knglleh
lived In an American city , Home shoot-
may be necessary before certain of the
Cubans are convinced that Americana art )
neither foolish nor dishonest , The danger
nulwnco that ha # 'been ' Introduced Into
parts of Cuba where difficulties enough al
ready existed la one to reform promptly and
decisively aa decisively aa only a military
power can reform II , alnco the moral nnd
legal force In this case has n phyMc.il force
given to the law In no other form.
The lar.y nnd Inept nro an obstruction nnd
n .burden in Hnvann. The lack of men nnd
women to work on the plantations Inland U
n crying evil. The prosperity that waits IB
Cuba can not como If n largo class of Hi
people refuse to accept employment nnd con
tinue In their attempts ngnlnst the X'nliH
States treasury. There nro pensioners
enough of our own , thank you , who nro liv
ing dishonestly nt our expense , without en
couraging the rnpaclty of others to whom
wo owe nothing and who ewe us everything
These proplo must bo carried to the coun
try. They must bo carried soar that It
will bo impoflslblo for them to go back.
They must bo made to BOO that eo long as
they work they shall hnvo plenty , but that
If they refuse to work they will starvo. U
Is reported that planters nro willing nnd
anxious to engage these people ; the work is
there for them ; the money Is there for their
pny ; ( but they refuse , because they do netlike
like to work , The condition is the same as
in this country. Wo hnvo over 60,000 tramps
who are preying on tlio community , nnd
whoso constant excuse for beggnry and
thieving la that they can find no work. That
Is n lie. They do not wnnt work. They
know thnt It is to ibo had In tlio country ,
always , and they know thnt In the city H IB
hard to get. Send the licggars back to the
soil , and If they will not lift tholr hands to
earn their living , It matters llttlo what be
comes of them , Sentiment in such n case
is maudlin ,
IIHICHT AM ) IHU2I2ZV.
Detroit Kroo Press : "After nil , wft
Imx'on't yi't come In sight of the real
whlto mint's burden , "
"What In It ? "
"House denning. "
Phlliidolphla North American : "Thoy'B
' to bo a Soup trust now , " suld Sandy
Good ! " cried liln fellow In the craft.
"Ucjq hero monopolist lilokles nln't miiMi
Krlndln' citizens , arier nil. 'Bre'a n blow ,
f'lnstnnce , nt do swells. "
Chicago Vo t : " 1 suppose , ' said tht
denier , "you want Iho earth. "
"I rertulnly do , " replied the capitalist.
"Did you think 1 Intended to build a house
In the air ? "
Detroit Journal : "Olu yes. " answered
the bluebird , "I'm rather conservative
about llylnji north. l.'ou know as j-ion
as iieopU ; nee mo they take off their heavy
underwear , nnd Hint IH almost siiro to
bring on cold weather. YPS. "
Washington Star : "I wonder , " said Mr.
Corntossel , who had been rending the
preparations for the Jefferson CGlohmtlon ,
"If our boy Joslur wouldn't make a polt-
tlclnner ? "
"Ho doesn't seem < n Ink ? much Interest
In public business , " a1 < l Ills wife.
"No. Hut ho has a powerful appetite , "
"lmllannpoll.4 Journal : "I sec they are
making 1111 attempt to stop the life of the
llntf for advertising purposes. "
"Oh ! The politicians wiiiil n monopoly of
that sort of thing for themselves , do they ? "
Somervlllo Journal : Theater Manager
"AH for salary , you can taken your choice :
I'll pay you either $100 a * ek for thei sea
son. or $14 a week In ndvuncu. just as you
ort-fer. Which will you take ? "
Actor ( hastily ) Fourteen do'.hirs a wecl
In advance , of course.
TIM : iu HUICAM : .
William Ctillen nryatit.
Lord of the winds ! I fcdl theo nigh.
I know thy breath In the burning thy' '
And I wait , with .a thrill In every vein
For the coming of the hurricane !
And lo ! on the wlnjr of the heavy Rales ,
Through the boundless arch of heaven he
sails ,
Silent nnd slow , nnd terribly strong ,
The mighty shadow is borne along ,
Like the dark eternity to come ;
While the world below , dismayed nnd dumb ,
Through the cnJm of the thick hot atmos
phere ,
Looks up 'it Us gloomy folds with fear.
They darken fast ; nnd the golden blnzn
Of the sun IN quenched in tlio lurid hnzc ,
And hn sends through the shndu a funaraJ
ray
A glare that Is neither night nor day.
A 1 > enm that touches , with hues of death ,
The clouds mbove and the earth beneath ,
To Its 6overt glides tnn eilent bird , " '
While the hurricane's distant voice Is heard
Uplifted among the mountains round ,
And the fore.-ts hear and answer the sound.
Tie Is como ! he Is come ! dn yo not liehold
His ample robes on the wind unrolled ?
Giant of Ir ! we bid thco hall !
How his gray skirts toss In the whirling
Ifow his huge , and writhing nrms are licnt
To clnsp the zone of the firmament ,
And fold nt length , in their dark embrace ,
Fririn mountain to mountain the visible
space.
.
Darker still darker ! the whirlwinds bear
Tim diiit of the plains tri the middle aJr ;
And hark to the. crashing , lonif and loud ,
Of the chariot of God In the thunder-cloud 1
You may trace Us path by 'the flashes that
start
From the rapid wheels where'er they dart ,
As the fire-bolts leap to the world below ,
And Hood the skies with a lurid glow.
What roar Is that ? 'tis the niln thnt breaks
torrents nwny from the airy lakes ,
'Heavily poured on tlio shuddering ground , Y
And shedding a nameless horror round.
.Vv : ! well-known woods , and mountains , and
skies ,
With the very clouds ! ye are lost to my
eyes.
seek ye vainly , and sco In your place
The shadowy tempest that sweeps through
Hpncc ,
whirling oconn that lllls the wall
01 the crystal heaven , nnd buries all ,
And I , < Mit off from the. world , remain i.
Alone with the terrible hurricane. .
Easter
will soon be here , and aft
the boys want a new suit
before then. Our children's
department has never
shown such a fine assort
ment of boys' andchildren's
novelties as at present. For
the little fellows the sailor
suit will divide honors with
the vestee suit for spring
and summer wear. For the
boys from JO to 16 years ,
the double breasted 2-piece
suit holds the preference but
we are showing single
breasted suits in a number
of lines for a cool summer
garment. In long pant suits
for boys the single breasted
suit will be shown almost
entirely , except in the Blue
serges which are mostly
double breasted ,
Our assortment of hats ,
caps and furnishings is
unequalled. We shall be
pleased to have you call
and examine our stock be
fore looking elsewhere as
we can show you exclu
sive styles and patterns.