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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
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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.
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