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THE OMAIFA DAILY B.T313 : PHI DAY , APRIL 7 , 1805) ) . THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. . HOSEWATKH , Killtor. MOUSING. T13HMS OK SCUSCT.II'TION. Dally Ueo ( without Bunday ) , One Year.VJ.O Unity JJce and Bunday , Ono Year 8.0 Hlx Month * , < . & Three Months . . . . 2.y Sunday U-o , Ono Yfim 2-JC Baturday Ucc , Ono rent l. & Weekly lice , uno Tear ti OKKICK3. Omaha : The llco HulldlnK. Houth Onmhii : City Hall building , Twenty fifth and N ntreet. . Council UlufTs ; 10 Pearl Strc't. Chicago : Stock KxcluuiKa Uulldlng. Now York : Temple Court. Washington : C01 ifourtoctith Street. COIUIKSPONDBNCE. CommunlcatlonH relating to news and odl' ' torlal matter should bo uddresscd : kdl- torlnl Dcpartin'iit , The Omaha Bee. DUSINliSS LKTT13H8. UuilncM letters nnd remittances nhould b < addressed to The Bee 1'ubllBhliiK Company Oinuha. IIKM1TTANCES. Hcmlt by draft , express or postal ordei payable to The lieu Publshlng Company. Only 2-cont Btampa accepted In payment oi mnll accounts. Personal checks , except on Umnlia or eastern exchange , not accepted. THE UKI : 1'unMsmxa COMPANY. STATUS ! H VI' OF CI11CU1.ATIOX. Blato of Nchra kn , Douslas County , ss. : II , Tzschuck , secretary of 'a he lire Publishing rornpany. being duly sworn , Hays that the iiriHnl number of full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Kvcnlng and Kunday Jtco , printed during the month of March , ISM , was i\a follows : 1 1MSUO 17 . si.nso 2 IM.IOO is . seisin 3 a , ii0 ) ! 19 . aiS7B 4 11-1,510 no . Bir.io : c JM.r.r.o ; i . 11(1,000 ( c B-I.H-IS 7 a4.taii : 23 . airso s a 1,11110 21 . aiiitn : 9 IM.liOO 30 ai-l-IO 20 . a.- , nir n ui.-r.o 12 ai.r.io 2S . 111,000 13 1-,1O ! 29 . aisi II -r ui.sio 30 . auiso 15 IM.O.'O 31 . 121,1110 10 ui,8io : Total 771iSW : l > ss unsold nnd returned copies. . , . iulil8 Net tolnl sales 7 < i'M1 ! > H Net dally average lil.dOIt OEOP.GH n. TZSCI1UCK. Subscribed nnd sworn to before me this 1st day of April , 1893. ( Seal. ) II. I. PLUMB , Notary Public In nnd for Douglas County , Neb. Governor Stephens of Missouri ought to take a day olt and road up on tins history of the parrot which talked too much. Tlio building Inspector hits condenuvjd nnotlior batch of lu-okcn-down shanties. Hut comlamnlug buildings and Imvliig them removed are two dlll'erent things. The late legislature was very sparing In attaching emergency clauses to the measures It passed. That will wive the people three months to study np on the statutory changes they are expected to observe. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ If the Farnam street merchants Hud themselves blocked in their efforts to replace the granite pavement with as phalt let them blame Governor i'oyn- ter's veto of the city charter amend ment bill. .Tnst to keep the ball a-rolllng the trust makers are said to be now en gaged in tlie role of rolling up a gigan tic rolling mill combination which is to roll over the public and patrons with out let or hindrance. Several bills were passed by the late Ict'lsluturo upon which Governor 1'oyn- ter might have used the veto with greater propriety than upon those he killed In that way and with consider ably better claim to public gratitude. A St. ] , onls police .Midge has decided that under certain conditions a man has a legal right to administer corporal pun ishment on his wife. If female suffrage ever becomes the vogue in Missouri that police judge will have to abandon hope of olllclal preferment. Why should scientists make a great fuss over the feat of sending a telegram a few miles without the aid of wires when sensational newspapers are dally publishing columns of special cabin- grams nil the way from Manila which never touched a wire ? Word conies from np the river that the Missouri Is rising and one Imagina tive correspondent Insists that Indica tions point to the highest water known since 1881. There Is no urgent neces sity , however , for resident ? of Omaha to get out their llatboats. Latest mall advices' from the First Nebraska would Indicate that the regi ment is no worse oil' for the departure of onio of the men who came homo and told such lurid stories of Ill-treatment of the men. Tho.sc who remained seem to think they nro faring pretty well. " \Vo \ suppose that great speech of Alt- gold's before the .Tacksonlan club at Omaha on last St. Jackson's day , which Senator Allen so kindly Inserted In the Congressional Record , so that It might be distributed 1'reo at tlw expense of the government , Is the key to the result of the Chicago election. When the shooting match between the city and county olllclals takes place people who live In the vicinity should have nmplo warning : as to time and duration. 15y proper use of storm cel lars they may bo able to protect them selves. The birds can bu relied on to take euro of themselves. So far JIM Governor I'oynter's veto of thu county commissioner bill Is concerned - corned every one knows his action Is based entirely on political grounds for four a change from the present system of electing commissioners might work against the governor's fusion friends , Vet at the same tlmo we believe a man's word ought to bo as good as his bond in politics as In all other things. Kngllsh courts Imvo olllclally placed bloomers under the ban. According 10 thu judgment there Is nothing to pre vent women , from wearing the mannish costume If tiipy wish , but public places nro not compelled to servo women so at- tired. The English bloomer girl should migrate to the 1'iilted States , where she would 11 ml a whole army of blcyclo riders ready and willing to do battle for bur. IIIH CltAltTKlt If.lS VBTOK/J. tiovcrnor 1'oyntPr gives these reasons sons for vetoing the Omaha rharle uini'iiilincnts : First That th < present charter htii In no way hampered the growth of tin city since Us enactment two years ( tg ( and Is therefore good enough for Onmlii j for two years longer. This Is frivolous and . enseh's . Tin city has prospered and grown durln ; the past two years not because of itf defective charter , but in spile of It. li is because of Its growth and the Impera tlvc demand for municipal expansion that charter amendments have been framed. The proposed ntimvcntlon ol Hout'h Omaha which the governor hn ? defeated by bin Inexcusable veto wiic alone Important enough to Justify the revision. Second Governor 1'oynter declares that the revised charter would Increase the number of city olllelals. This Is not only frivolous but untrue , except so far as it restores the mem bership of the council to the same num ber as It was before the present charter was enacted. That part of the vetoed charter was moreover Inserted at the request of the fusion members of the Douglas delegation , presumed to rep resent politically the people by whom Governor 1'oynler was elected. The creation of an elective street commis sioner In nowise adds to the intmbcr of city olllclals. Omaha has always had a street commissioner and has one now. The only change would bo that the com missioner would be elcetert by the people ple Instead of being appointed. Surely the people's-lndependent governor cannot - not be honestly opposed to trusting the people with the choice of their own olllccrs. Third Governor 1'oynter declares the amended charter would Increase to a dangerous degree the power of city olll- cials Inasmuch as It authorized the sub stitution of low rate certllicatcs of In debtedness for high rate interest-bear ing warrants. This is the veriest buncombe. The provision denounced as dangerous Is al ready in force In other large cities. It enables city employes and laboring men working In the streets to be paid In cash Instead of In warrants they are now obliged to hawk about or trade out. If it Is dangerous to confer the power on city olllclals to issue these certificates it Is no less dangerous to continue them with their present power to issue war rants and .bonds. Fourth Governor Toyuter asserts that the vetoed charter would Increase tax burdens. This may be a debatable question. The Uee has shown by comparison that cannot bo controverted that instead of an increase of taxes there would have been a substantial saving. Hut If the governor's tender conscience revolted at the Idea of a possible Increase of the burdens of taxation resting on Omaha , citizens , why was bis conscience par alyzed when he approved the bill that enables the Hoard of Education to levy almost unlimited taxes upon Omaha property owners- without redresser or recourse.1 ? As a matter of fact Governor I'oyntcr has trumped up' several pretexts for a veto which he knows to be unwarranted while concealing his real reason , which Is still more reprehensible. The true reason for this veto Is nothing more nor less than a part of a political con spiracy to overthrow popular self-gov- iTiimcnt In Omaha. The present charter , which Governor Poynter tells us Is good enough for two years more , contains the provision that the governor shall appoint a Hoard of Klre and Police Commissioners for Omaha. That section was declared un constitutional and void by the supreme court. In conformity with this decision the revised charter bill repealed the [ lead clause and substituted for It an express provision vesting the appoint ment of the Hoard of Fire and Police I Commissioners In the mayor and conn- , ell. It is an open secret that the Herd- man gang expects to elect a candidate Tor the supreme court this fall pledged lo reverse the home rule decision and thereby put Governor Poynter In posi tion to reinstate the odious and lawless Herd man commission. This Is the true Inwardness of the gov- frnor's veto , and this is why Molse , Fanning , llerdman and the rest of the liold-ui ) gang have clamored so loudly ind successfully for the defeat of the . barter amendments. That also ex plains Governor I'oynU'r'.s veto of the mpreme court commission bill at the liehest of the same gang , whose chief wbslstence has been blackmail levied , ipon keepers of gambling houses and awless resorts. HKTTKtl Wl'J'IIUl'TAA The new bead of the Canadian mill- ary establishment , General llutton , ays that the Dominion has no army : hat Is , the military force cannot lm iroperly culled an army. The Canadian leople arc to he congratulated that such s the case and the government will do vlscly not lo create an army. The force I has Is sulllclent us a nucleus and It Is 10 great burden on the taxpayers , S'otlilng moro Is needed , because there s not the remotest danger that Canada ivlll ever have to defend itself against ncroachmonts on the part of the United States , so long as that country is dls- > osed to maintain friendly relations , so hat all the force Canada requires Is snf- ielent to preserve Internal order. There are Canadians who fancy that ho American people an * eager to get mssesslon of their country and these urge the creation of a largw army , ono such having recently declared that a force of at least LW.OiX ) men should bo raised for guarding the border. There ire Americans who believe that Canada should and ultimately will become a imrt of the United Slates. Hut wo bo- llevo the moro thoughtful people of th Dominion ro not apprehensive of any iggresslon by the United States and wci lire very ccnlldent that few peoi/lo in Ibis country desire the acquisition of I'aniula , certainly not If It had to be fought for. Wo have had disputes ami illlllcultlcs with thu Dominion In llu ; imst which might Imvo Justified this i-ountry In going to war , but Just now the governments nro endeavoring to set llu all differences and strengthen friendly relations through a romm ! ; slon , which Is likely to be accomplishei Hut at all events wo shall remain ; i peace with our northern neighbors s long a they desire peace and rospei the relations which should subsist hi twcen neighboring peoples. The DC minion Is In alt respects better off wltli out an army. AMKIIICAX KXTU Probably few newspaper readers gav any attention to the dispatch fron Ixiidon stating that Hrltlsh contractor were much Incensed over the fact tha a firm of Philadelphia bridge builder had been awarded the contract for i metal bridge over a branch of the XIU' ' but the matter Is not without Ink-res as another Illustration of what Amcri can enterprise Is doing In competltloi with that of Kuropp. A London news paper charges that the British itnuui facturers lost the contract through tin animosity and prejudice of the lOgyp tlan war olllce and calls for nn In vestlgation. It Is also alleged thi * there was collusion between the buyer : nnd the builders. Of course , this Is absurd , for It Is entirely unreasonable lo suppose that In such a matter Amerl can manufacturers would bo favored a the expense of Kngllsh if the lattei could do the work as cheaply , as ox pedltlously and as satisfactorily. The fact Is that the Philadelphia Urn was able not only to underbid the Hrit ish bridge builders , but to guarantee the completion of the work in less time which it appears is an important con slderatlon. it is an Instance of tin superiority of American energy and en. Icrprlsc , which are steadily makln.u icadway In the world's markets ngalnsl til competition. The Uritlsh maun , facturers must be prepared for othei lisappointments In competing with the uantifacturcrs of this country. Theh day of supremacy Is passing. It Is a Ittle hard on them to lose a valuable * lome contract , for which good Hrltlsh noney will be paid , but they Avlll have to get used to such experience. KXl > IOITlXi T1IK The proclamation of the Philippine commission says : "Honor , justice and friendship forbid the use of the Philip- line people or the Islands they inhabit as an object or means of exploitation. " This recognition of a possible consequence quence of American occupation of the Philippines may be intended as well for the consideration of our own people as for that of the people to whom it Is addressed , for the commissioners who were sent to Manila cannot be unaware of the fact that the expansion sentiment here has been to a very large extent created and fostered by the belief that the Philippines will be a great Held for exploitation. Most of the advocates of our taking and holding possession of the archipelago have urged that great op portunities would be found there for nearly all sorts of enterprises. Mining , agricultural development , railroad building , it has been said , would give profitable investment to American cap ital and calls for a large amount of. it. Everything tending to show the possi bilities of the Philippines as a field for exploitation has been carefully utilized in the interest , of the expansion policy. The la-test contribution to tills Is the re port of the representative of the Agri cultural department who was sent to investigate the productions of the Islands and who states that he found them capable of an enormous Increahe In production. It is true that honor , justice and friendship forbid the exploitation of the Philippines , but will such a declaration have any force after military adminis tration Is at an end and civil govern ment Is instituted V So long as the former continues there is every reason to believe that no exploitation of the Philippine people or Islands will lm permitted. The requirements in this regard of "honor , justice and friend ship" will be respected. Hut we can not feel sure that this will be the case when the military power gives place to L-ivll authority. It Is not to be doubted that President McKlnley intends lo appoint to civil positions in the Philippines men of capacity and in tegrity. His sincere desire to promote Hie welfare and advancement of the people of the islands Is unquestionable. Hut unless he Is prepared to utterly ignore the demands of politicians and to select olllclals entirely upon bis own judgment , It will be hardly possible for lilm to avoid appointing some men who ivill not be averse to exploitation , but rather disposed to promote It. Thu : langer in respect to the future govern ment of the Philippines is that it maybe bo administered by men whose honor ind whose sense of duty will not be bo- rend temptation ; that It will fall into ; he hands of politicians who will be dls- [ losed to make the most out of It nnd thus become the projectors or the In. itruments of schemes of exploitation. Perhaps there Is no necessity for ap prehension on this score , becansu the I'hlllpplnes may not offer the opportnnl- .Ics that the expansionists are looking for. Wo do not believe they will. It will be well , however , to Imvo safe- 'iiards against exploitation anil the nest effective of these will bo found In ippolntlng to civil positions only men > f the highest character. lleports from winter wheat raising llstrlcts indicate a very low average for ; hu crop , Nebraska being tot down by [ lie experts as one of the states most seriously damaged. There is conslder- iblo difference of opinion as to how ; reat the damage Is. According to retorts - [ torts furnished Thu Hee from time to time thu best opinion Is that only thu idvent of warm , growing weather can li'llnlti'ly determine this point. Ne braska , however , is not a great winter wheat state , the bulk of that cereal raised here being spring. The total wheat yield Is likely to be cut down moru by the backward spring delaying seeding than by any damage sustained by thu winter wheat. There Is every reason to believe thu 1S01) ) crop will for this reason fall behind thu exceptional total of isiis. The result will bo an in- mvased acreage of corn ami other crops of late planting , In no state In thu union can a moru dlvcrslllcd line of crops be profitably raised than inu - , braska and few equal It In this respect j The Nebraska farmer will not , tlu-n ' fore , worry seriously because the piw 1 poet for wheat Is not overly bright a this season of the year , when the oppoi tnnlty remains to turn his attentloi profitably elsewhere. When the Hcan Is over In all probability the state wil have n handsome surplus of wheat ti sell. It Is universally conceded there Is m bettt-r criterion of business condition than postolllce receipts. A study of thosi receipts In Nebraska Is most eiicourag Ing. All of the third and fourth clas otliccs In the state send their accumu luted funds to the Omaha olllce nut these show that during the last quartoi Nebraska postolllco receipts have beei almost 2. ) per cent greater than in nnj similar period. Coming as they do fron all sections of ( he stale , It cannot IK truthfully asserted that local and tern porary conditions are responsible foi the exhibit. It simply represents cverj day business following the rising tlik of prosperity with which the entire country Is blessed. We see by our amiable popocratlc con temporary that the slot machine gam. bllng devices have just been taken out of South Omaha. Everybody was mulct the Impression that when County At- torncy Shields notllled ' his gambler friends to stop vlo'latlng thu law and told them he would give them no fur , ther warning that hu meant what he said. From thu fact that the slot machines - chines have been operating In South Omaha unmolested all tills time , It Is plain that County Attorney Shields' Avarnlngs were accompanied by a tip that they need not be heeded. The German-built torpedo boat pur chased Just before the outbreak of the war has all the symptoms of being a jllnu t piece of Junk. It breaks down every time Its nose Is poked outside the harbor and Is to be brought to this side on the deck of some big steamer. Amer ican-built vessels of this class , even to the smallest , did constant blockade duly ' off Cuba during the war and kept a't sea for weeks at a time. If the Somcrs Is a fair sample of Gorman naval architecture tecture- the German navy would cut a sorry llguru in actual war. The versatile street railway magnate , Tom It. Johnson , suggests that thu time is coming when the people will Imvo free use of street cars owned and operated by municipalities the same as they now have free use of thu streets themselves. Millionaire Johnson may have a far reaching and prophetic vision but for thu present the man who boards a street car will do well to fortify himself with a little small change against the assaults of the fare- collector. Hlvnl I'rnmofWN of IVnoe. New Tqrk Sun. The anarchists have arraiiKed to meet at The Hague while the czar's peace conference Is In session. Pleasant for the representa tives of the various powers ! Hut no doubt they- wilt have the proper police protection. I'IINH Uii the DlnloiunM. The volunteers' of 'the ' transralsslsslppl states In the Philippines nave showed that the boys who went west to grow up with the country are of the old original stock. They can hold their own now with the veterans In telling war stories. Senator IIiinr'M I < > i < lif ] Critic * . Cincinnati Knqulrer. Senator Hoar has again given some sago opinions on the Philippine question. The efforts of sundry newspapers to reply to him and confuse him usually amount to noth ing moro than mean abuse. As arguments they are pitiable. This does not reflect on the smartness of the editors so much as It reflects the fact that Mr. Hoar la right and the editors wrong. CrR-vniK-c of Klondike . Chlcaso Tribune. Americans In the Klondike arc still ob jecting to the harsh terms Imposed upon them by the Canadian government. They demand , and with Justice on their side , the reduction of the royalty from C to 2 per cent , the abolition of the alternate claim system and other reforms. The American Ultlanders In the Klondike ought to send n message of condolence to the Ultlanders in the Transvaal. 1'oor .I Buffalo Kxpress , If , as is supposed , ft was really Mr. Bryan who vetoed the bill of 'tho ' Nebraska cgislaturo commending the Nebraska troops in the Philippines , the former presidential candidate lias given another exhibition of poor taste and poor Judgment. The policy of the government may bo n legitimate object for attack , but not over the shoulders of the soldiers who bravely offer their lives In performing soldiers' duty. Coi-t'iiMN AIii'iul of All. New Yoric Evening Post. "Tho hermit kingdom" Corea ha < 3 always jci'n called , and Americans have been wont to pride themselves on the Immense superi ority of our civilization. But there fa n msdogo In the last report from our consul ; i > neral In Corea which proves 'that ' In ono mportant particular the government cf that remote little nation Is far ahead of ours. After making BOTOO suggestions for the bene fit of travelers as to providing themsXves with passports , the consul general says : "Travelers are subject to iio tax in Corea , and personal luggage U not dutiable at the customs. Luggage of Americans Is seldom even examined. " lKf to AVinlrr Will-lit. Philadelphia Hecoril. lleports from the winter wheat sections n the west Indicate serious damage to the crop by reason of the undue severity of ; ho long winter season. In southern Ne braska the State Doard of Agriculture esti mates a loss of not less than CO per cent. There Is an exaggeration In this , no doubt ; yet the proportion of winter-hilled wheat this year Is certain to ho largely In excess of similar losses during several seasons past. A not Icss of even one-half of tlio Nebraska estimate would mean a deficiency of nbaut 00,000.000 bushels In the country's forthcoming wheat crop as compared with that of last year. Cruzo for TriiNlK. Philadelphia Bulletin. During the mionth of March the trust- breeding laws of the stuto of New Jersey created not fewer than 250 Incorporated concerns with a capitalization of $1.600,000- 000. These loose and easy-going laws have been prollflo of schemes of enormous over valuations of stock. Never before has ther been sUich a legalization of Incorporated wind nnd water as there has been at Trenton during the last winter. The record for the month of March lias been made at the rate of $50,000.000 a day. It fa the greatest trust craze on record. What will the har vest bo when iho tlmo cornea lor lettliis out th.o 'AInd and water'/ COMI : iv AMI 1112 x.\Mn. : Minneapolis Times : \Vftb the tenor of the proclamation ( to the Filipinos ) , tnkcn ns r whole , there Is little to find fault unless II bo that the promise of self-government Is nlniMt too forcibly linked with demand foi continued recognition of United States sovereignty. The third paragraph , though somewhat verbose wo may as well acknowl edge that the whole thing Is rather wordy- alms to glvo our alien wards an Idea ol what the profit honest heart of the republic yearns to confer upon them. St. Paul Olobe : Whatever the "sovereign" rights of the United States may be In the Philippines to which the commission refers we nro nil agreed on recognizing "the Inter national rights and obligations" which the Spanish war brought with It. These may embarrass nnd delay our departure from that far-off land , but they will not prevent such departure at the earliest practical mo ment. We have as little right to stay theio ns wo have to stay In Cuba , beyond the ttmo when the closest approach to n peaceful nnd civilized system of government of which the people are capable can bo estab lished. OIobc-Democrat : The civil authority which the president Is empowered to set up Avould have been In operation by this Jlmo If Agulnnhlo's In&ano attack on the Amor- leans had not taken place. No promises for the far future can be made < o the Klllplnos. The only power which can es tablish a permanent authority Is congress , nnd congress will not take up the task until eight or ten months hence , nt the earliest. One point , however , can be stated with n'bsoluto ' deflnltcnoss. The ultimate status of the Philippines will bo very largely determined by the conduct of their Inhabitants In the immediate future. Chicago Times-Herald : It Is declarations like this which have a significance In our own country rather itlmn rhetorical sweetmeats such ns the "felicity and perfection of the Philippine people , " "tho cultivation of let ters , science and the liberal nnd practical arts" and "thoso nobler Ideals which con stitute the higher civilization of mnnkbid. " Perhaps the Klllplnos who have been fed upon grandiloquent Spanish proclamations may lake to the confection , though ft is decidedly rich for their Intelligence , but the one point of supreme importance ia that with all the agitation of the anti-expansion ists itho administration has not budged n hair's breadth. It proposes to keep what It has got under the usual American guar anties of civil liberty. St. Louis Ilepubllc : This authoritative announcement of the administration's policy brings the United States face .to face wltn one of the gravest problems yet encoun tered In national history. It seems to say peremptorily that the government will per manently hold nnd occupy these possessions In the far cast , with all the possibilities or International complication In the future definitely ncceplcd. H Involves the fram ing and Inauguration of a colonial policy fundamentally at variance with American Institution. * as heretofore understood. It largely repudiatca the Monroe doctrine , under which this couirtry 'has in the past logically forbidden European Interference In affairs of the western hemisphere. It opens up a now vista of participation In world politics , the ultimate results of which may not yet > bo clearly 'foreseen. Thought ful Americans will -hope 'that In this now departure , necessitating a heavy outlay or money In the shape of a "colonial budget , " as well as the .maintenance of a largo army In the Philippines , there Is no surrender of American principle likely to react dis astrously upon this country or to 'hello our record as a llbertylovlngnnd liberty- granting nation. IMSIlSO.VAh AMI OTIIKIIWISR. Alfred Belt , the London rival of the Hothschllda , Is a man under 40 years of age. There will probably bo some kind of tx May jlay celebration at Manila , but it Is not expected to be so imposing as the ono last year. Lolo Fuller , the dancer , spends several liours dally In a dark room to rest her eyes , which have been injured nnd possibly ruined by rays of colored lights flashed ou her In her serpentine dance. Like John Sherman , James O. Blalne , Lord Brougham and Garibaldi all had opportuni ties to read their own obituaries in tbo news papers. Blalno had only ono such chance , but Brougham had two and the Italian revo lutionist fully a dozen. Now York has organized a Chinese base ball club , ami there should now bo no rea son why the base ball suits nnd the bases should not bo kept scrupulously clean. Moro than this , the players will undoubt edly know how to "soak" the ball. Senator Hanna , although he used to read a great deal , has now llttlo tlmo for books , his only reading being n few magazines and a vast number of newspapers. He cares llttlo for out-of-door sports , but finds re laxation In whist and 'in traveling. The effect of the trusts on business , as n business leader shrewdly points out , is much us if n now and higher tariff were being Im posed on the country. There Is bustle and rjuickencd effort nil along the line to get ahead of Its exactions and anticipate Its effects , The family of William Penn has not died out , ono of his descendants by the -closest collateral branch being S. Cameron Harriet ! Df Now York , member of the United States' ' commission to the Paris exposition , who Is' ' the great-grcat-great-nephew of the first ! ' Pennsylvanlan. Major Lamnr Fontaine , the author of ' 'All's ' the Potomac " Quiet Along Tonight , Is now n civil engineer , living In Lyon , Miss. . Ho first saw service with the Husslans in ; Iho Crimea , and at Sebastopol received the Iron Cross for signal bravery. Inthe war ? f the rebellion he was n confederate , fought In twenty-seven battles and fifty-seven skirmishes , was wounded sixty-seven times mil flvo times was reported dead. In a letter homo ono of the Kansas boys , In Manila says that when General Miller , was organizing his expedition to Hello ho asked General Otis to assign the Twentieth ! Kansas to hit ) command , giving as a reason ! that the men had been under his command In San Francisco , that ho knew them and. liad confidence In them , nnd hellovcd they' ' would stand their ground in any fight. "That settles It , " said General Otis , "I need them here. " A contributor to the Brunswick ( Me. ) Telegraph says that ono morning , soventy- Ivu years ago , ho was hunting for pigeons , tvhlch were then very plentiful on the Drunswlck plains. Hearing a distant voice , is of a man preaching , he was moving In .hat direction when ho came upon four students concealed behind EOIIIO bushes , .vhlle . a fifth at some distance was practising ils part for u coming exhibition. The orator , viis Calvin K. Stowo , afterward the well renown professor , and husband of the author jf "Undo Tom's Cabin. " .s or THU WAH. Who tlml the shot that roused Manll nnd sent American soldiers Rkurrylng fo their guns on the night ct February I ? Th nnswer Is not likely to occupy ns mud space In history as the opening Rim nt Lex Ington or Hunker Hill or Stimter , but n this moment It has local ns well as natlona Interest. Dispatches which announced th battle gnvo to the Nebraska regiment the credit of having met nnd repulsed the firs attack of the Filipinos , but omitted tin name of the sentry who started the ball 01 Its mission of death. Freedom , nn Amcri can publication nt Manila , under iluto o 1 February 1C , gives the following particular ! uf the opening : "For several nights nn In BUrgcnt lieutenant had given some troubli near outpost No. 2 by attempting to pos his sentinel within the Nebraska lines. Oi Saturday night he advanced with n few men , disregarding the challenge of tb < sentinel and attempted to carry out his pur pose. Private Grnysor of Company D , nftei properly challenging the advancing party , who paid iio attention , fired , killing the lieutenant nnd ono private ; the Insurgents returned the lire nnd retreated. These were the first shots , nnd then for n tlmo the firing .ceased. Hut within three minutes after these shots had rung out , the whole Nebraska regiment was under arms , nnd the companies moving nt dotiblo tlmo to theli assigned positions. " Dispatches from Washington announce the opening of n spirited nltnck on the national pension roll by soldiers who served in the war with Spain. The assault cornea from all sides nnd Is by far the most aggrcs- sivo yet experienced by the- force besieged. 'Most ' conspicuous on the firing line Is the Thirty-fourth Michigan , which achieved more notoriety than glory at Agundores bridge , on the eca side of Santiago. The number of pension applications so far received from this regiment Is 3SO , or over one-fourth of the enlisted strength of the regiment. The Bccoml place belongs to the District of Co lumbia regiment , which has In 330 applica tions. Then follow the Thirty-third Michi gan , the Klghth Ohio , the "President's Own , " as It Is called , and the Second Massachusetts. The number of pension applications from the Second Massachusetts , which Is the fifth on the list , Is 317. Seventeen officers of the staff of the District of Columbia regiment are nmong the applicants for pensions. Of nil the regiments mentioned the only- two which were under fire were the Second Massachusetts and the Thirty-fourth Michi gan. The Second Massachusetts had n num ber killed nnd wounded , nnd the Thirty- fourth Michigan had four men ldlle < l nt Agtiadores bridge , and probably a dozen wounded. The principal cause upon which pensions nro asked Is malaria. The pension olllco officials say the rush for pensions by those who served in the Spanish war Is very remarkable , in view of the fact that , up to 1SS2 , there were n number of regiments -which had served nil through the civil war which did not have , all told , 100 applications. H Is the belief nt the pension olllco that thu pension attorneys are largely responsible for the largo number of pension applications which have been made. Traders following the flag In the Philip pines are prompt to recognize and reward the gallant work of the soldiers. Ono of the American brewers doing n land-office business on the Kscolta , Manila , announces in the Dally Freedom his dcslro to slake the thirst and seethe the nerves of the fighters with copious mugs of beer. With Impressive patriotic -words ho declares that the boys who have "received their baptism of lire have gene through the tolls , privations and horrors of a bloody war In a strange land and have proved themselves heroes and : nen to the very backbone , " deserve the plaudits and the schooners of a grateful nation. Accordingly ho has shipped to the front and tendered a barrel of beer as n free gift to each company. It Is cosy to understand now why the "native's s'cooted for timber and made themselves mighty scarce. Ordi narily the American soldier , with sixty rounds In his belt , Is a dangerous person ; ivfth several rounds under his belt In addi tion , ho Is simply invincible. Freedom Bays the gift "is n "boon " which wo and all who ire acquainted with the excellence of the Coverage named are sure will be thoroughly ippreclated by the boys who have berne : ho 'sturm and drang' of the past fort light. " I.HT SAMOA ALOM3. PoNNlljlIlty of < ; K ilo TOO Minis- l' 'tty .S < | uiililil . Philadelphia Times. The conditions existing In the Samoan .stands nro of little importance except In so far ns they touch llio nlllanco which ex- jrcises .1 protectorate there. Our presence n Samoa rests upon the idea that we should ) o in the swim with other nations who seex o occupy.territory In the Pacific anil had 10 such logical purpose as that which has ed to the war wo nro waging in the Phil- pplned. Our control of ( Uoao Islands is n ncccn- : ary nnd inseparable issue of the Spanish var. Wo are Just cleaning up the floor after ho light , and although this proves to bt > icrfous business much moro serious that , vo fancied ft Is the unavoidable duty ot ho nation and wo accept ft ns nucli. But nir policy with reference to Samoa has been vrong from the first. It was not necessary hot wo should have taken Interest there , -"either the commercial relations of the slandrt nor their strategic possibilities In- Itcd our attention , nnd nothing that has lowed out of the tripartite protectorate In vlilch wo nro n factor has Issued except to liow the folly of our entering Into 11 , What ias happened ? Some people there have rlcd to excrclso a form of local govern , ncnt not satisfactory to the consular nd- nlnlstratlou , which Is less a representsUrn ! if their respective governments than a mor- antllo agency for a few shipping firms that rado tdcro. The people have chosen a , Ing not approved by the voice of the three onsuls , and the conmiJa have fallen out vltli over-extending results , until ships of vnr have come to bombard the towns on ho coast to Imperil the peace of great na- lens over a trifle and to add another incl- lent ot illustration to the methods of civ lizatlon working In an uncivilized nation. H la no credit to our country to bo thus nlaugled for such utterly fruitless returns. \'o do not understand that from tills matter far or really serious International compllca- lens nro likely to arise ; but the menace of uch serious dangers Is brought warnlngly to lotice , nnd the feelings of u Christian and loastfully civilized people outraged by the helling of defenseless villages , which , If nlmportant Incidents of our now policy , are ut freighted with great lessons. Let us rollt by Them In good spirit and let the amoans hereafter alone. TliciMAm Ollit'i-n. New York Tribune. U the Cubans prefer their rolls to $3,000- $ 00 , why , wo can use the 13,000,000 to good urpose ourselves. Hard facts for women who wash. No work you do is so unhcalthful as your work over a washtub. This hard , perspiring work in the midst of soiled clothes and tainted steam will make trouble for you. The less of it you do , the better. Wash with Pearline , and there's little or none of it. Nothing but rinsing the clothes , after soaking and boiling them. Consider your health. v& Deitrolt Journal : It has boon that FprtiiB Is being quccrtd by her fool frlcndfl. Olevolnnd Plnln Dealer : "Hut the futility hasn't tbo hall mark of ancient llncttRc , hn It ? " "No. Jus't the dollar mark of present success. " 1 Indianapolis Journal : "You think yo\i \ Imvo Rood , soldiers ! " exclaimed the Filipino scornfully. "Why , 1 cnn beat any ono of them In a Hrt-yunl dash and glvo them * weight for jigo. I 1 lilohmond Dispatch : "I wonder wily your neighbor put so many "blind " wlndowi In his now house ? " "As n sort of confession. I suppose , that the house had a poor jtlli ? . Chicago Tribune : Tlu Hystnndcr What nro you faking off your hat for ? The Man nt the 'Phone I'm talking tea a lady , blame you ! Detroit Journal : "To be perfectly exact , arc the Philippines east or west ? " I "Well , wo shan't know for sure , I sup- j j)08 ? , until they've voted once. " Washington Star : "Is he doliiR anything In polities ? " uskod the chatty friend. "Absolutely nothing , " answered tlio man who reads newspapers all day long , "Why , ho cvin't oven get himself mentioned ns a passible presidential candidate. " Cleveland Wain Denier : "Say , there's a iliilot volcano back on ono of the Philippine ) Manila where the. natives bake eggs In the hot ashes of thcrator. . " "How many eggs ? " "Oh , a. crate or two. " Chicago Tribune : "Speaking ot railway securities" said Slllnl , "what do you un derstand by 'common' and 'preferred' stock ? " "As nearly as I can make out , " replied OWllllams , "common stock Is what It Is before - fore It's run over by the cars , and preferred stock Is the kind ft Is when the Injured owner sends his bill to 'the ' company. " CIIAI'I.AI.N John J. Itooney In Catholic World. Father Fitzgerald ! long1 llvo hl name ; Ills hero deed and his soldier fume ! Not least Is he. In bravo renown , With the men who captured Coney town Not least , tho' his steps were on mercy bent AH he inarched with his gu'.hmt regiment Marched nnd fought , thro' tbo deadly loss , As it valiant Captain of the Cross ! Down thro' the brush , with stroke on stroke , The Tweiity-wcoiid regulars broke- Out on the sunken road they sped With the starry ling well on ahead ; For they knew there was work enough that day Whore the forts of Caney blocked the way. Hut llttlo they thought would como so penn The Mauser's whizz ami the. shrapnel's croon 1 l > Sudden around , llko a wintry pale. Fell a ihlsslng shower of leaden hall , It seemed to fall from the skies and thft breeze It soemud. to spring from the earth and trees ; ' It leaped out hero and It leaped out there , tl'l Ils message of b'.ood ran everywhere ! nut onward , with never n halt or rest , Tbo dauntless Twenty-second pressed ; And , there , where the bullets whistled nnd Hew , Father Fitzgerald was marching , too Marching nnd working- there In the van As a soldier priest and a soldier man ! Out of the zone of flro be bore Many a comrade , wounded sore From the foremost line of the fierce attack To the mango tree ho bore them back ! Unto their wounds ho gave a balm , And unto .their souls si holy calm ; To tbo cars that were closing forever there Ha breathed a word of comfort and prayer. Over the * 'brow ' , blood-wet from the strife , Ho poured the blessed waters of llfo ; The soldier BO.W , thro' the crimson mist , The light of tbo Holy Eucharist , ' - And the shades of death were swept away. . In the joy of the dawn of the Coming Day ! Thus , thro' the thick of the fight , ho worked , Nor ever an errand of mercy shirked. Ills canvaa jacket , tattered and worrf , By many a Mauser shot was torn ; Hut on ho forged where * the good flag went With the men of the fighting regiment- On , UK tbo bugle charge was heard , rill gallant I iwton gave the word- rill the banner of Spain came , riddled , From Uio forts In front of Caney town ! Sheers for their valor and tears for our \nd our hearts to the Captain ot the Cross ! On board United States army transport I" : 3rant , cnroute to Manila. Feb. 0 , 1899. Your t I 'avor of December 1 was duly received , I lave taken some lroul > > to ascertain the lame of the gentleman to whom you refer. I have made diligent Inquiries nmotitf the nen of the command , and < i near as I can Ind out It refers to Chaplain ItzgcraJd , , vho was on duty during the campaign Iti rent of Santiago with the Twenty-second Jnlted States Infantry. Major General United States' Volunteers j ! "A more bravo ded was * never seen on a minefield. " Major K ck , Seventy-llrst s'ow York. The very best The very best clothing for the boys and children , is not the cheapest nor is it the highest in price. It is our kind. While our prices are en tirely reasonable , we do not appeal to the wearers of shoddy. No boy is too good for the beautiful suits , in fancy styles and materials , that we are ready now to show for spring wear. Al most no boy is too poor to find here a good suit that is within the reach of the maternal or paternal purse. But it is the quality all the time to which we want to attract attention. It is good clothing at moderate cost that has given us our prestige. ' > T' . .