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THE OMATTA PATLV IIEE : TIimSDAV , APim , J7 , l nn. Tim OMAHA DAILY LWATKH , IMitor. KVKHV MOUNMNO. THUMB OK 8UBSCUIPT1ON. Iijiiy Bee ( without Sunday ) , One Year.lC.M l'uii > Bee Htxl Bunday , One Year fc.tt ) Sx .Months 1.W Tbnri Months B.W Sunday Hcc , One Yenr 2.W Kniunfny Hep , One Yenr l.W Uti'kly IJec , One Yonr 05 OFFICES. nmnhn : The Hco Building. . South Oiimha : City Hull building , Twenty- Itfih and N ctn-cts. < oiincll ItlulTn : 10 Peart Street. Chicago : Block Kxclmnge Building. New York : Temple Court. Washington : 801 Fourteenth Street. f.'OHUKSl'ONDKNCB. Communication relating to news nnd oil- ! I'.rinl ' matter should be addressed : Bdl- torlul Uepnrtment , The Uniiilia Hoe. UUSINL'SS LirrTUHH. ] < u lne is letters nnd remittances Mlould bo n Mrp.sHud to Thu Bcci Publishing Company , ( imalm. U13M1TTANCKS. llpinlt by draft , express or postal order paynblo to Tlio Bee Publishing Company , tiny j-cent stamps accepted In payment ot in.ill nrcoiintR. Personal ( liei'ks except on Otnnhn or eastern exchange , not accepted. THIS 15K13 PUBLIHIIINC ! COMPANY. STAT13.1IH.Vr OP CIHCri.ATlOX. State of Ncbrafka , Douglas County , ss. : George B. Tzschuck , secretary of The BPO Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the neutal number of full and complete topic * of The Daily. .Morning , livening and HumJny BPO , printed during the month of March , lit' ! ) , wns ns follows : 2 IM.IOO is . aniw : 3 i : I- ! ' " 19 . uir.7. . 20 . IM.MIO 21 . 15(1,00(1 ( ( 7 . Ul.IfJO 23 . iM.r.so 8 . 1M.IMIO 24 . : : i.l > : i < > 0 . illOO ! 23 . iir.,1 10 10 . Ill , I IO 11 . 1M.7.-.0 27 n , iio : 12 . iM.r.io 23 U 1,0110 13 . i-r- < > 20 B 1,8 10 n . ui.sio 30 U 1,1180 is . ur.tc.o 31 1M , 10 1C . UI,8UO Total 77Bsw : Less unsold and returned coplcrf. . . . IQ.Ht.S Not total sales . 7 < ! i : , < ! ! > l < Net dally average . 2-l.OO.t OROUO13 B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed nnd sworn to before me this Apr , , , im Public In and for Douglas County , Neb. As yet the bunkers Imvo done nntliliiK nliout It and in tlio Interval Oinalia suf- Census bulletin Xo. I lias made its ap pearance. It will bu continued as : i serial story. lioss Croker is off for Kurorie , but tlic Kouri-os of supply Imvo been lert be- liind in the careful custody of Turn- ninny. _ _ Tlie orKJin of the gamblers' fianpc says It has discovered another crap same. Where are the county attorney and his private sleuths ? It looks as if the cigar stamp counter feiters were anxious to achieve the reputation of worthy successors to the whisky ring swindlers. It Is now Colonel Mtilfonl of ( lie First Xobraska. The new colonel will have to bestir himself if lie wants to keep up to the record of his predecessor. As soon as Molsc , Ilerdman and Fan ning can llnd time to set together the democratic party will lay Its pinna for another spolls-seekln ; ; excursion. South Omaha has secured an addition to its letter carrier service. Omaha ought to be next on the list for material enlargement of its postal delivery and clerical forces. Admiral Knutz writes to his cousin that it is his private opinion the German consul at Apia does not like him very well. The admiral nniiuestlonably is In no need of another guess. Ono of the railroads announces a new system for spotting its employes. If the railroads would use the money wasted on spotters in raising the pay of the conductors and other employes they would probably achieve better re sults. The friends of the First Xobraska will feel relieved at the word from Manila that the Xebraska boys arc about to be permanently relieved from the HrliiR line. The First Xebraska has earned relief both for Itself and its friends at home. Hankers are commenting on the hick of small bills sulllcieiit to supply business demnnds. Had those Pennsyl vania counterfeiters only been apprised of the situation in time they might Imvo accommodated the nubile by devoting their attention to something smaller than $100 and $30 notes. It must bo hard on the popocratic state house olllclals to bo compelled to nwnrd the slate printing contracts to the publishers of republican newspapers \\Jio have put in the best bids. There. Is no danger , however , of any other patronage at the disposal of the slate house crowd going to republicans ex cept under compulsion. Omaha has dually tnken the tlrst prac- tlc'nl stop toward securing a beet sugar factory by organizing a company pledged to put In a certain acreage of sugar beets to demonstrate the adapta bility of our toll and climate to that purpose. When we have the raw ma terial the means of working It Into the llnlshed product will bo forthcoming , The Austrian government 1ms an nounced that It Is not considering the acquisition of territory In China. Aus tria Is having enough trouble with the territory it already possesses without peeking more. Hy the time the Ger mans , Hungarians and Itohemlans hnvo Bottled their differences squatter rights nra likely to bo exhausted In the Orient. Friends of the First Nebraska will ro jolco at the word contained In a cable gram from Lieutenant Colonel Colton to the effect that the regiment is to be withdrawn permanently from the llring Jlne. The regiment has seen moro hard service and suffered greater losses than any other now In the Islands nnd Is cor inlnly entitled to n rest during the short time It la yet to remain In the service. /.v rw ; ttiTKitr.sT op iitfTii. While there H no dlKpiilil'.it nny. whore , so fur ns we luinw. to hnrp iipmi the unpleasant Stotsenberg Incident , .vet In tlio Interest of truth the public is entitled to Hie facts without misrepre sentation or distortion. Tlie.-e facts will show tlint the attempt of the pnpoerats through their newspaper organ to liold republicans responsible for the admit led Injustice done to Colonel Stolsonborg 1ms no foundation. It Is true that Colonel .Slotscnberg wns nplKilnled innjnr and colonel of the I''lrst Xcbraska li.v ( lovernor llolfonib and that the original appointment was criticised at the time , not because of any Uiicstlon of ability , but because by on doing other ollleers were Jumped who had well-founded claims to promotion. Tlio agllatlon for the removal of Colonel Stotsenberg from command of the Klrst Xebraska came from two sources first , from relatives of enlisted men who hud been stirred up by letters complaining of hard discipline and rigid regulations , and second , by people In terested In the advancement of promo tion-seeking subordinates. It Is conceded that both the legisla ture and the governor were misled by thlfl agitation Into an egregious blun der. This difference * , however , must not be overlooked. The republican legisla ture , when Us attention was aroused to the fact that its mistake rellccted un justly upon the reputation of a bravo olllcer , exhibited manhood enough'to admit the blunder and to expunge from Its records the resolutions of censure previously adopted. Hy expunging these resolutions from Its Journals the repub lican legislature atoned as far as it was able in a way that was equivalent to : i public apology. Hut how about Governor I'oyuter ? The same appeals made by The Hoc and taken up by other papers asking the legislature to rescind its action urged ( overnor Poyulur to recall his request upon the War department for the removal - moval of Colonel Stotsenberg. To these appeals the governor turned a deaf ear , and at the time of the death of the gal lant colonel , lighting at the head of his regiment , the papers were still on file at the War department at Washington over the name of the governor of Ne braska asking the Immediate transfer of Colonel Stotsenberg to his own regi ment. On the day after the death of Colonel Stotsonberg the governor , who had de manded Ills removal and who had re fused to recall his demand , sent a tele gram to the father of the dead olllcer concluding with these words : "Your son has added honors to Xebraska and died llko a hero. " This certainly echoes the sentiment of the entire people of Xebraska. Hut would not justice to the living soldier have struck a more sym pathetic chord than tribute to the dead hero ? Senator Frye , who was n member of the Paris Peace commission , is reported to have said in an interview : "The situation in the Philippines Is not nearly so good as I should like to hco it. When we were in Purls no one connected with the commission believed that moro than 5,000 soldiers would bo needed nt any time. " Yet it was known to the members of the commission that Spain kept u much larger force than this in the Philippines , that a chronic state of Insurrection existed there nnd that the natives desired not a change of rulers , but independence. Willie the peace ne gotiations were in progress the Filipino leaders announced In unmistakable terms that they would-accept nothing short of self-government nnd that they would resist any effort on the part of the United States to extend Its sov ereignly over the archipehigo. They refused to be sold like sheep and pro claimed that Spain had no right to cede territory which they had helped to wrest from that nation and over a largo part of which the Spanish government had exercised only a nominal sever eignly. It .should hnve been known to the American members of the peace commission that the Filipinos were pre paring to defend their claim to inde pendence ; that they established a gov ernment nnd organized an army for tills purpose. All this ought to have shown the American commissioners and the gov ernment of the United States that the Filipinos were in earnest , that their de mand for independence was the- ex pression of a sincere and deep-seated aspiration to bo free and that they had the patriotism , the determination and the courage to light for their liberty. Hut commissioners , those In authority at Washington and a very largo ele ment of the American people mis judged them. It was believed that th-'y would readily accept American assur ances and promises , or If not that they would soon yield to n demonstration of force , Xo account was taken of the distrust of promises which these people had learned in their experience with Spain ; they wore held to be semi-sav ages , except a few leaders , whom a few sound thrashings at the hands of American troops would utterly demoral ize ; the Idea that they knew any such sentiment as patriotism or had nny real concept Jon of freedom was sculled at. Hence the opinion that they could bo subjugated by a few thousand of our soldiers and in n brief time brought into submission to American authority. Tlio question is whether those In authority are not now misjudging these people whether they are not still underestimating the earnestness , the determination , and the loyalty to their cause of the Filipinos. Tlio soldiers certainly do not do so. The men on the lighting line Imvo no doubts on these points. They appreciate the nnturo of the task that wo have under taken , and not n few of them have ex pressed the opinion that many times fj.OOO American soldiers nnd years of warfare will bo required to accomplish the subjugation of the people of the Philippines. Hut there is apparently at Washington n contldenco nnd optimism quite remnrknblo in view of the ox- pcrienco of the last three months , Kvery few days the country Is told that conditions are improving in the Philip pines , that the enemy is being weakened - ened by desertion , that the natives are becoming tired of the coulllct nud that Ihi-rc Is a growing feeling In favor of 'submitting ' t' ' Amerli.tn authnrlly. Hut our brnve soldiers , marching under ton-Id heat through swamps and Jun gles , still llnd the enemy numerous In their front , well equipped and doggedly and determinedly resisting their ad vance. nui.n nnt'i'h The extraordinary demand for paper money , which according to United States Trensurer Roberts Is becoming "absolutely piteous , " Is a fnet In the monetary situation of considerable in terest. The national treasury Is over running with gold and Mr. Honoris says the amount could be Increased If there were small notes to exchange for It. There Is no doubt that for general busi ness ( lie public prefers paper to metal currency , but the widely shown indis position to use gold Is largely due to the fact that most of the coins are In large denominations nnd therefore not available for retail'trade. The Philadelphia Hecord stales that two-thirds nt all the gold which lias been received at the government's coin ing mill since the establishment of the mint In 17- ! ) has been coined Into twenty-dollar pieces and two-thirds of the remainder Into ten-dollar pieces. The proportion of live-dollar pieces and two-and-a-half dollar pieces struck at the mints is so small that If a demand should be created nt once for these coins for general use they could not be ob tained. The Hecord suggests the dis continuance for n time of the coinage of the larger denominations , coining in stead the smaller denominations , which would result in gold llowlng Into cir culation and soon finding its proper level. There seems to bo no good reason why this should not be done. It would not give immediate relief , but the good effects would be felt in a short time. Meanwhile the question of more paper money presses itself upon public attention and suggests that some legis lation should bo had looking to an in crease of the national bank circulation. CUA'Dl'l'MX ' OF LA HUH. There was some interesting Informa tion given a few days ago to the in- dustrlnl commission by the heads of two of the principal labor organizations of the country. Chief Arthur of the loco motive Engineers stated that the mem bers of that organization had written agreements with over 00 per cent of the railroads as to their wage and work arrangements , while Secretary McGuIre of the Carpenters' and Joiners' union stated that wages had been advanced and that the situation of the workers In the larger centers of population had much Improved. Testimony of a like nature Avill be obtained from every line of industry which the commission shall inquire into. The condition of American labor is better at tills time than for a number of years and there is every promise of further Improvement. The advance in wages all along the line during the past few months hns added hundreds of millions of dollars to the earnings of labor , the greater part of which , it is needless to say , has been expended in increased consumption , to the benefit of all interests. It follows , of course , that the wage earners of the United States are living belter than for years , while at the 'same time the records of the savings banks throughout the country show that the working classes are again accumulating money. In no other country of the world are the labor conditions so satisfactory as hero and in none other Is the outlook for the continued prosperity of labor so promising. The order of the council to put the election booths at the disposal of the poor people flooded out of house and homo shows good intention , but the election booths are not likely to be very serviceable for this purpose , and by the time they are ready for occupancy the chances are the unfortunates will be able to move back Into their own homes. How much more practical a plan of re lief would be lo procure permission for these people tt > occupy some of the va cant houses In that section of the city- It' necessary one of the old exposition buildings could be put at their disposal. AVhatever is done should be done at once if nny advantage Is to accrue. Cubans of Intelligence now look with more favor on American ollleers than at first. Their direct methods of doing business , saying what they mean and meaning what they say rasped n little at first , but results speak for themselves. The Cubans have learned that In place of a lot of polite palaver and profuse promises never made good there has been substituted less talk ami more has been accomplished. Genernl Cnrpenter Is a good Illustration , His administration at Puerto Principe raised a storm at llrsl , but now Ills bitterest opponents express satisfaction that In the recent changes In Cuba he is to remain in that com mand. Ono hundred thousand Porto Hlcans are reported to bo starving and In need of aid from the government. These people have suffered none of the rav ages of war , Imvo been given an exten sion of time by the American authori ties In which to pay their debts and in other ways benefited by the change of rulers. Is It possible that the reputa tion of Uncle Sam for feeding the hun gry has caused this sudden starving at tack on the part of the people of the island ? Tlio first thing those people should learn Is that Hie I'nlted States gives every man an opportunity to earn a living and that if tihlo-hodlod ho must earn it or go hungry. Tlio World-Herald seems anxious lest the public should forget that the de feated republican candidates for the leg islature last year owe their defeat to The Hee and its editor. Kvery time the World-Herald repeats this assertion It admits publicly that the successful candidates on the popocratle ticket are under no obligations to the popocrntlc organ. ' < > ' PhUndeh'lua ' Ledger. In Pennsylvania and In Philadelphia have had bad government mainly because ) tUo republican majorities have beeu so larco la Cltv anil ctajM. aa to aua.hlu till ) I pnity Ipa'lers to ilcfy tlio ln lrpeuilont V lor. ! They hnvp hrtdtnp nrroiMm ! nvi-i : r thi'j' hnvp felt that tiny rnndi Intp. however dis credited or unfit for jmWIr otlloe , could bo carried through by the party vote , which Is Bonerfilly cast blindly. Tnii II anil rinil Out. St. Ixnils Itrwibllc. J. Sterling Morton's manifesto ordering anew now political party to toke the Hold has been out se > eral weeks nnd so far there Is not nucleus enough In Klnht to consume a keg of beer. 31it l.v 'I'm U Kan.ins CltiHtar. . After stmnng their pockets with American gold twenty-live slnscvs of the (5rau ( Opera company , Including Nonllco , lo Lussan , Suzanne Adnnis , Hauermelster , Uhphatn , Van Dyke , Van Itooy , and others , resorted to the old trick of buying only ono Btcam- ship ticket for the party , on the Campania , thereby withholding from the government $110 In the way of war tax. This seems llko rather a shabby reword for the liberal pa tronage with which the Ornu company met In this country during the last winter. Uut such are the eccentricities of genius. I'urolitiMO mill ( iiiniMMViti-r Tide * . Philadelphia Record. The suggestion that wo might buy .1 peace from the Philippine Insurgents meets with slight favor , it would bo an acknowledg ment that our title to the sovereignty of the islands was incomplete , and that Agulnaldo could turn It over to us for a consideration. Hotter let Agulnaldo keep his Islands , If they bo his , nnd save our money. Our tltlo to the Philippines l.s of a kind with the tltlo by which wo hold our posseFslons on this con tinent. Wo hold by conquest. What part wo did not obtain for ourselves by force was purchased from Spain and Franco , whoso tltlo was a gunpowder tltlo llko our own. nlDu ; I.ON * of 1,1 IV. SpriiiBlleld ( Miss. ) Republican. QtiltiKtla , where the Nebraska regiment lost their colonel and one lieutenant yester day , la a small 'town ' about live miles north east of Malolos. The engagement was more to the advantage of the natives than any previous encounter of the war. They were finely entrenched and lost thirteen killed , while our men lost seven killed and forty-four wounded. The loss of Colonel Stotsenberg was equal to COO natives killed , comparatively speaking. The dimcultles of the climate appear In that part of the dis patch which says that ono soldier died from sunstroke during the fight. It satisfies our prldo that our men carried the trenches they never fail to do that but the loss of life Is always pniMrnlng. ll Illc 1 I IIMM I I'fllllllO. Chicago Chronicle. Now that the traveling salesmen of the United States have taken up the fight against the trusts there would seem to be llttlo prospect ahead of the latter except a forced unconditional surrender. The trusts may wax fat on the inactivity of Attorney General Grlggs , and may oven prosper In splto of the random suits at law brought by Htato ofllclals. But when the drummers of the country carry the anti-trust sentiment Into every corner grocery or other meeting place of village solons throughout the land the power of a wholesome antagonism to unjust monopolies should not be slow in as serting itself. At all events the drummers can talk the monster octopus within n i inch ot his life If ho is not entirely scotched. STATUS Ot'T OF DLHIT. 1'iiNltloii of IIMVII Slunlfionnt , r AVent- fPii I'ronperlly. Baltimore American. The state treasurer of Iowa has more than enough money on hand to pay all obligations and hence the state Is practically out of debt. The productions of Iowa are worth yearly over 1200,000,000. It is a great state for corn , stock and'Mdairy ' products. The farmers are In condition to hold their crops when they are not satisfied with the prices. Corn Is cheap in Iowa sometimes too cheap to sell but it pays when used lo fatten stock. The west is prospering , so is the south. In fact , all sections are going ahead. There are not the same business methods followed In all the states. Maryland is not quite out of debt , but it owes very little. Virginia has a debt of over $20,000,000 , Massachusetts owca over $12,000,000 , Xcw York over $9,000- 000 and Pennsylvania nearly $7,000,000 , Georgia , $8,000.000 find Alabama $ t > ,000,000. Illinois Is practically out of debt , so are West Virginia , New Jersey nnd a few others. The resources of most of the states that owe money are great , but as long as debts are outstanding the pcoplo must be taxed to pay interest and to keep up the sinking funds. The people , of course , want low taxes , but sensible voters do not object to moderato taxes if the money raised is used for improvements that benefit the people. I'UKSO.VAl , AM ) OTIIHIIAVISK. James II. Merrill , mayor-elect of Oshkosh - kosh , Wls. , bears a striking resemblance to the cartoons of Uncle Sam. lie is a law yer and has a slate reputation for his after- dinner speeches. Captain Urlas Rhodes , who 1 to sail the yacht Defender In the trial races , has spent all his life on the water and is a friend of such old sailing mastcia as Norman Terry and L. A. Jeffrey. James I' . Tallaferro , the newly elected United States senator from Florida , was a private in the confederate army. Ho Is a party leader In his state , but was never a candidate for ofilco before. Robert H. Hltt , chairman of the foreign relations committee of the last congress , began life as a newspaper reporter , went to Washington as a correspondent and then entered the diplomatic service. Nearly 3,000 claims for pensions on ac count of disability resulting from wounds and disease have already been filed by the Sixteenth Regiment of Pennsylvania volun teers , which took part In the I'orto Rlcan campaign. General Arthur MacArthnr , when ap pointed adjutant of the Twenty-fourth Wis consin volunteers in 1S62 , was BO small of stature and of volco that ho was familiarly known as "the Boy , " a name which still sticks to him In the Philippines. Kdwanl Uverett Halo , In a Boston ad dress , recalls the fact that when I owell first went on the lecture platform ho got hut f5 a night. Later , however , he was able to echo the demand of Thomas Starr King "P. A. < M. K. Fifty ami my ex- pcnscf. " Munkaczy , the Hungarian artist who has now fnr some time been mad , hus occasional lucid Intervals of late , during ono of which ho called for a print of his "Uist Hours of Mozart , " and , looking at it. remarked sadly : "That Is my best work ; I'll never bo up to that again. " Mr. Dti Paty Do Clam , who Is Involved In the Dreyfus scandal , Is reported to have re marked to a friend : " .My fate Is written In my name. Pat ! , In Latin meanu to suffer , and clam , secretly , In silence , without sayIng - Ing u word. I am following out my des tiny ! I suffer In silence. " Honolulu has ono theater , a ramshackle building , In which various crude perform ances are given by natives. Once In a lung while a dramatic company makes the trip from San FrancUco , the latest doing so last summer without pecuniary profit. Single entertainers stop there an the way to Australia. Harry Irwln , the son of May Irwln , the actress , has received an appointment as a cadet In the United State * : Naval academy and will undergo his entrance examination early next month. Harry Is a bright boy of 17 yearn and greatly resembles hU mother in anoearaacQ and disposition. f l11.17 , VTIOV.S HI.OT. riilago ( "hronlclr : Lynch law UPPHIS to IIP n iipoomlty nf Imlf-bakrd civilization , but the Qporgl.i negro nnd his slayers were iietthlnK lets tlmn savages. Springfield Republican : A negro was burned at the irtnko In Georgia In the pros- ciiie of 2,000 people. Thtfle 2,000 American * ncrmlosced In an act of bsrb.irlc savagery which wild Indians ami barbarous hill men of the enst could not surpass In atrocity. It Is high time we civilized ourselves. Chicago Record : It Is particularly hu miliating to the rn It oil States at n time when It Is occupying such a conspicuous position before the world as n champion of the oppressed , to have such barbarous. Inhuman nnd uncivilized outrages taking place at home. In the eyes of the world the whole nation must share the Ignominy , though under our Institutions only the slate of Georgia can do anything toward wiping out the disgrace by bringing the mob lead- cm to punishment. Minneapolis Times : The annals of In dian warfare , of darkest Africa , of all the barbarous hordes of the Islands of the south sea , afford scarce a parallel to the brutality of these nets of white men In the civilized ( ? ) commonwealth of Georgia. Kor mis creants of the elats to which the tortured negroes belonged there need be llttlo waste of sympathy or pity. Let It bu saved for a community where there are whites In largo numbers whoso latent Instincts , des pite their schools nnd churches , nro as bru tal as the murderous lust of their victims. St. I'nul Globe : Wo who live In perfect security against such crimes ns were charged against that negro cannot barely comprehend the Intensity of feeling which could dlctnto resort to such Inhumanity. And yet the men who engaged themselves In the trrture of this self-confessed mur derer represented a good standard ot In telligence nnd may bo said to have In cluded all that Is best , os well ns all that Is worst , In the social life of the vicinity. That tie deserved to die there can bo no question. That the manner of his death should involve a crlmo moro shocking , even , to all civilized beings Is to the en during disgrace of southern society , TA.IiKI\ i TOO . 11:011. : Chicago Record : After this Captain Coghlan probably would do well to take soundings nnd sheer off when ho finds him self approaching one of those dangerous temptations to make speeches. Kansas City Star : If "Germany is calm about It , " so Is the United States. There Is no such thought in this country that na tions can go to war about the speech of a man who had drowned his discretion In wine. Now York World : The point of tliu Coglilan story is the calmness , the coolness , the forbearance nnd the discretion of Ad miral Uewoy. What a pity It is that Cap tain Coglilan , so worthy an Imitator or Dcwey in valor , nhould have learned from him so poorly the lessons of discretion. Now York Sun : Sailors of the Coghlati typo nro the glory of the nation when war Is on and they are also the terror ana despair of diplomats in time of peace. This comes from the circumstance that when they think "D n you ! " they have not been educated to smile and say , "May the blessings ot Divine Providence over whelm j'ou with beatitude. " St. Louis Republic : The dangerous mo ment when It was easily possible to stir up a national antagonism between the two people - plo that might lead to a serious stralnlns of friendly relations is past. Captain Coghlan is still chafing under the Irritation of Admiral Von Dicdrichs' course immedi ately following the victory at Manila. But that incident has been deprived of any In ternational menace by Germany's voluntary action , a fact which the Raleigh's com mander should have remembered before lie allowed his impetuous temper to lead him into n breach of manners. Chicago Chronicle : Captain Cogi.lan of the Raleigh doubtless realizes by this time some of the disadvantages of posing as an understudy of De.wcy. The captain's trou ble seems to have been a failure to ap prehend the proper moment for shutting off steam , otherwise the oratorical fiow. As we can well imagine that the Raleigh's cap tain had conspicuous provocation for hU garruloucncss In the Inane fulsomenefs of a proportion of his hosts , there may bo charitable hope that the naval authorities will let him down easy. But ho will to a wise olllcer in the Manila squadron who will hereafter let Dowcy do his own speech- making. Understudies are apt to get over their first experience of stage fright by running nmuclc in spite of the stage man ager. St. Louis Globe-Democrat : Captain Cogh- lan's offense is one that bears hardest upon the naval service , whoso officers under all circumstances should bo circumspect in public comment and careful not to involve their government In needless difficulty , It Is not for Captain Coglilan to pass Judg ment upon diplomatic affairs nor to speak with blunt freedom and sarcasm of Inci dents concerning which his admiral has had llttlo to say. Ho lost his head and may lc > c his ship. His error is obvious , with llttlo to urge In defense. Again the fact Is Illustrated 'that ' there is too decided a ten dency to talk among olllcors hi prominent command. If Captain Coghlan Is disciplined the country will not bo surprised. Simi lar offenses ought not to bo passed over lightly. Sensationalism In shoulder strops Is an embarrassment that should go no fur ther. Illrjc'lf Trim ! Kiii-mlnK. CLKVKLAND. April 2C. There Is a strong probability that within a few days nearly 100 ot the largest bicycle manufacturing plants In < the United States will bo under the control and ownership of ono gigantic company , capitalized ut $ .10.000.000. The capitalists behind the scheme have exact data upon the situation , and thlfl week will sco the footing up of tlio sum totals of the various phases of the proposition , nnd definite action will come at a meeting of the manufacturers early next week. A. 0. Spuldlng of Chicago Is the chief figure In the enterprise. "The trust will build three different grades of wheels , " Mild Mr. H. A. Lozler of the Cleveland Bicycle company today , ' 'a hlgh-prlcrd wheel , n medium and a cheap grade. Thrro Is llttlo probability of the big deal falling through. " I'rliM * of Silver Ail VIIIICCH , NEW YORK. April i'C. Bar silver was quoted today at 61 , a rise of bcvcn-elghtlm of a cent from yesterday. The last time that It ruled around present figures was No vember 5. 1898 , when it touched CI',6. The demand local dealers style as speculative , the speculation being carried on In London. Cable advices reported silver a feature In the London market today anil that Rupee paper had jumped from CO4 at the opening to G7T In the early trading. T\vct Iti-jmrlN on ALBANY , N. Y. . April 20. Majority and minority reports from the Mazut investigat ing committee wore submitted to the assem bly today. The former nsks for more power in the ) scope ) of Investigation and urges that the committee bo empowered to fill ad libitum during legislative vacation ; the lat ter urges the futility of further Investiga tion and prays the assembly to diei-lmrco the committee. ix-nuns or TIII : wu. . "I always Inwtglnrd. " wfltos a volunteer nt Manila , " ( hat New Jprspy w s HIP head quarters for matqultoM , but Manila 1ms do- prlvod that neck of the woods of All such honors. And ants gep whir ! they are hire by the million * red mils with jaws Ilke < crocodiles , black anis with a stinger sharper than any bee that ever manufactured honey , brown ants , gr.iy ants , nuts with wings ami ants with nothing but a determination to make life miserable for n soldier. They build nests In your hair , pull your ears , fill your nose , crawl over your shirt and under your shirt , nnd , In fact , they get In your shoes , torture ydti In daytime , sleep with you nt night , nnd cat with you nt dinner time. Why , as 1 write , a couple are crawlIng - Ing over this very page , ns If to show con tempt for my opinion of ants ! So you sec soldiering la the Philippines Is no simp. " The cablegram from the officers of the Minnesota regiment at Manila tn the gov ernor of Minnesota , saying : "Tho regiment must bo ordered home and mustered out of the service nt once , " caused considerable alarm In St. Paul and Minneapolis. What prompted the urgent appeal Is not known. It Id left lo surmise , nnd naturally the rela tives and frlonds of the soldiers take a gloomy view of the request. It docs not differ much from the tone of private letters which have reached this country from the soldiers at Manila. A private In the Twenty-third Infantry tells of the homo- longing of the soldiers In a letter < | uotod by the Now York Hx-enlng Pest. HP says : "The soldiers want to ci mo 1 o-ne lo America , where they can bo In civilization once more , i The land of the Filipinos has no charms , for them. They are getting tired of hearing I 1 and seeing so much of these half-clvlllzcd tribes. " Frank M. Krb of Allegheny , n private hi the Pennsylvania volunteers. In a letter dated February 27 , says : "Take my advice , j nnd don't enlist In the regulars , tor you are good for three years. 1 am not sorry I enlisted , but you sco wo have had some excitement ami wo only ha\e about four teen months' time to serve , if they keep us our full time , which Is not likely. Wo will no doubt start homo as BOOH as we get thetie niggers rounded up. " According to Washington dispatches only 7 per cent of the volunteers Indicated n de sire ) to remain in the service for six months longer. The government has , In consequence quence , decided to bring homo the volun teers as rapidly as transports con be had. La Lucha , a newspaper relic of Spanish control at Havana , and u "yellow" of the now regime. Is not at all satisfied with the way tlio Americans are running the town and the Island , nnd Is constantly roasting the olllclals. Sovcr.il Intimations were con veyed to the publisher that a continuation of the abuse would not be tolerated. La Lucha replied to the hints with this card : "WARNING. "The Havana newspapers are hereby cau tioned against publishing any comment derogatory to the civil or military govermrs of the city of Havana , or any of their fetaff ollleers. The king can do no wrong ! These two rulers arc above criticism , and by ex ercising the God-given right of free expres sion ot opinion you render yourselves liable to a libel suit , a line , and a term In a nasty , horrid dungeon , with rats. Wo know. " The warning was a bit of editorial sarcasm. Criticism continued unabated , but Instead of getting a taste of military force General Ludlow entered suit for libel. The trial is to take place In the civil court of Havana early next mouth. The proceeding Is an In novation in Cuba and will attract wide spread attention. "Johnny" Kelly , n sailor boy from Ad miral Dewey's flagship , has concluded a tour of triumph at New York City just as the Raleigh's boys hove Into port. Kelly has been in the army or navy of the United States for several years. He served in the famous Seventh cavalry , was in the battle of Wounded Knee and his discharge papers show that ho took part in six other en gagements against the Indians. Two years ago ho concluded he would try the navy , was assigned to the Pacific squadron and ultimately landed aboard Dewey's flagship , where at the time of his recent leave ho was assistant master-at-arms of the third class en board the Olympia. Kelly was down be low at the foot of an ammunition hoist during all the time "Your Uncle George. " as ho puts it , was pounding the Spanish squadron into driftwood and scraplron. With his pockets bulging with a good round sum Kelly started for this country shortly after Christmas by way of Yokohama hama on a three months' leave of absence. Five weeks ago ho reached San Francisco. "Tho first place I struck after leaving "Frisco , " said Kelly to a New York Journal reporter , "was Lns Angeles. Had a big time there and the police put mo on thu train. There was a mob at the station to cheer me. My next stop was Yunia , N. M. 1 had lost.my railroad ticket In the excite ment at Los Angeles and I was telling the conductor about It and getting out the cash to put up. Ho said : 'All of Dewey's sailors ride free on this train. ' I hud a hot time in Yuma. Everybody seemed to think I was thirsty. "At 131 I'aso there was another great time. I had a llttlo racket down there com ing over the bridge. A Mexican gendarme arrested me , but the people of the town hoard about it and It would have taken the whole of Mexico to keep rue prisoner. At Fort Worth , Tex. , the mayor of the town and the principal citizens saw me off at the train. A sailor's great la these Inland towns , you know. How long did I stay there ? I don't remember , on my word. From Texas I struck north ; sometimes I hod a railroad ticket , sometimes I didn't , but It made no difference. I was In St. Louis , Omaha and Chicago and In each place I thought I'd never get out of the town nllvo , "In Chicago somebody stole my cap for a souvenir ; nt Buffalo they got my scarf. I came through Rochester , Syracuse and Albany and It was the same thing all along the line , In New York It's the same ) way. " .vi.i.v vi'v\M .vnn. MritiiN A ii-1 hi M u ; , Kvrrj ( Iiln , or \iillilnu , UN Miiy 111' DrNlri'il , Louisville Courier-Journal. "I cannot understand , " says Senator Mor gan , "why all democracy should bo meas ured by the standard of Thomas Jefferson. Whllo ho wns a great man and the foremst < democrat of his time , tinier have changed and wo have changed with them. Democ racy la no exception to the rule. Why should It bo necessary , In order to deter mine a man's democracy , to align him beside Jefferson and thus tuko his meas ure ? " The fundamental principles of nomocracy do not change. Conditions to which thopo principles are to bo applied change , but democracy Itself Is the name yester day , today and tomorrow. But Senator Morgan Is justified in his criticism of the universal canonization of Jefferson by tlitsu who call themselves dcmoeralH. Jefferson was a great demo crat , but ho was not the only great demo crat. There would be no objection to a strictly Makes the food more delicious and wholesome BOVAL BAKING POwDCB CO. . M * YORK. Jefferson I an slandnrl If that standard \vcr really understood by ihisp who elnlm th function of Its authority for ttielr "denv o- \ racy. " ' The trinrblo l that ho who manufacture- lite own article of democracy , nnd lie \vhc labels hi * o\\n vnctium "democracy" bnt'.i seek to prove their wares by JeffeMon'i name beonuse It Is consldkred ft pat demo cratic nnme to conjure with , Tim man who Is a demnCrnl because lie wns born that way , nnd the man who la a democrat hrcaiwe lie believer that wny both claim that theirs Is the only Jcffer- sonlan democracy. The' democrat who oppeflcs expansion nnd the democrat who favors It demonstrate their democracy by the teachings of Jeffer son. son.The $10-dlnncr democrat ami the Jl-dln- tier democrat say grace lo Jeffcrt'sn. The democrat who believe * * that oflli-o holdera weie created for the government and the democrat who believes that tlio government wns created for the onire- holders each Insists that he boars on his person the true Jofforsonlaa strawberry mark. The objection to the Joffersonlan standard of measurement Is that It has come to mean anything , everything , or nothing , us U may be desired. If there were moro comprehension of and respect for the principle's of Jefferson and Irtw babbling and profanation of hi * name there votild be lesi reason to demur , ns Senator Morgan docs , tc it universal Jetfersonlan standard. SAIIl IX KI'X. IVtrolt Journal : Whisky rc'levcs dys pepsia on the thpory , perhaps , Hint the rppllnir of a brle-k In the hat onVot ? the feeling of a brick In tlw stomach. Chlrngo Tribune : Ouest How t-an you unord to give surf ) n dinner nt thlfi for a dollar ? One' cf the Managers Sh ! We've got to dn something to bring people here to listen to the speeches' . Brooklyn Life : : "Docs the course of their < rue- love run smooth ? " "Yes. Indeed. There lire banks on both sides. " Inilijinnpnlta Journal : "That boy of mine , " said the angry father , "Is JiiFt a natural liorn fiaol , " " ( if cour.'o , " returned the neighbor , nnd there \vas that In hlx tone that made the father want to climb the fence nnd go after him. Chicago Record : "Tlint professor nays tliut Slmkespnro'N women nro not intel lectual. " "Of Ciur. ( o not. Look nt Ophplla , going out In the1 woods and picking llowen * when she might have made llumlet buy them for her. " Cleveland Plain Healer : "One of the nntl- trust orators sfiys tbos' ? New York fellow-H will begetting an option on IMr.idlse next and fiirmlng u Htock company to run It. " "Wonder 'how ' blc a block ( it stock they'll feel obliged to * eml Croker. " Somervll > Journal : .Authorities on eUiiiiPtU- have newr yet decided whether or not It Is uroiie'r for a fat man to take a seat vacated In a crowded car when there are women stnndlnir. Washington Stnr : "You have been having a hard tight , " remarked the friend. "Yen" answered HIP man who wns being Investigated , "my grammar Is n. llttlo dls- IlK'tin-d. But 1 am still In the political rln . " Chlcaso Post : After it wns nil over the editor of the Mnwvllle Bugle looked nt the actress nitber repronebfully. 'Wh.it Imve I ever done that you should try to horsewhip me ? " be asked. "Nothing ; nothing at n'l , " she answered , cheerfully. " 1 simply needed advertising , that's nil. " HI3VIS12M I1ATTI.H 1IVMV. C. K. S. Wood in Chicago Chronicle. YP l < - | | | ! , strip ye bare ! Tnko guns between your palms ! Fight for your .homes ! We'll light ye fair With steel nnd smoke , not psalms ! ' will not cull yo rebels ; nuy , r Tlo iw yo nre not so. Yd light for home and liberty , As v/e did lone ago. But wo have hipped ns tigers Inp ; Tlio tnste is salt nnd good. Wo want your land nnd by good hap Wo nro the better blood ! So put your women at yiotir backs , Your young ones In th" > cane ; With sword nnd gun nnd battleax We'll aluy yo out the mime ! Who blames ye > is a coward one ; Ye debt for children , wives , T-.i ! > land where llm ye saw the sun ; The right , to llvo your lives ! So lights the clove to fnvft her brood ; So Ilehts the feeble doe ! The light Is fair nnd by the rood We'll slvo the finish blow ! Your doom 1.senled ! Ask ye no alms' , But piny ns brnve mon p'ayl These glorious isles of fern nnd palms JInst own the white man's sway ! The elovo i < i rebel to the hawk The hawk strikes In mldnlr ! The doe It weeps at Its last balk ! When did the 'hungry ' spare ? O , linked Filipinos eold , When did a nation hear iVnotbcr's burdens mve for gold ? Trust not our hymns and prayer ! Your land 1-j fnlr with palm nnd vine ! 'Twill rleher bo for graves ! Your women will make playthings fine , Your children will mnko slaves ! Isn't it , what $10 will do ? Yester day , we placed several lines of suits , regular $15 values for $10 , fill ed our Douglas St. windows with them for your in spection , inspec tion created a de mand , and the de mand is so great that if you want one of these extra values before they are all gone , you will have to hus tle. Fit guaran teed.