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TUT ] OMAHA DAILY 311313 : l HIDAY , ATIUL 28 , Tim OMAHA DAILY BKE. B. llOSEWATim , Editor. 1'1'HLISHED EVERY MOUN1NO. TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. Hilly bee ( without Sunday ) , One Venr..Jfl.M Unlly licfl iind Sunday , One Your . S.W H.x .Months . J.W -lw Three Months . - Sunday Bee , One Ywir . * - > Saturday llee , OUR Year Weekly Hoc , One Year 05 OFFICES. omnhn : The Hep Building. South Omnhn : City Hall building , Iwenty- llfth and N streets. 'oiincll Illulli : 10 Pearl Street. chlcHKo : Stock Exchange Building. Now York : Temple Court. Washington : 501 Fourteenth Btrect. CORRESPONDENCE. r'ntmniinlcatloti rotating to news nnd edl- urinl matter should bo addressed : Eill- t'.r.al ' Department , Thu Omnlm lleo. DfSINESS LETTERS. IHi-dnesa lottcr.s nnd remittances hould lo nidrowotl to The JJee Publishing Company , "m'llm- ' REMITTANCES. Honilt by draft , express or postal order payable to The IJeo Publishing Company. i my 'J-cent stamps accepted In payment ot mall accounts. J'crsonal checks' ' , except on ( minim or onsiern exchange. not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. yr.VriMIH.Vr UP CIllCt'l.ATICJX. State of : ; el < r.irlca. Doujtlns County , ss. : Oi-orgo H. Tzschuck , secretary of The IJPO Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number ot full and complete rnpies of The Dally , Morning , livening and Sunday lice , printed during the month of March , ISl'D , was as follows : Loss unsold and returned copies. . . . JO , I its Net total sales 7 < IB , S Net dally average 24lot ( : GEORC.E H. T/.SCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 1st ilay of April , 1S99. fSeal. ) If. I. PLUMB , Notary Public In and for Douglas County , Neb. This Is the season of tlio year when Nebraska enjoys million-dollar rains every day. Mr. Cy Clone Is leaving his card around the country with a prodigality which Is anything but pleasant What else could County Attorney Shields have expected whoa he allowed the gamblers' gang to name his deputies for him ? The bloated capitalist who Is anxious to sink money In an Omaha base ball team has not yet made ills appearance this year. The first round In the anti-trust bout in Arkansas results adversely to the trusts. That is a good sign even if the light Is but begun. The First Nebraska has had three colonels since it was mustered into serv ice. There should be no complaint that promotion along the line lias not been going fast enough. Now that they have been given u good start , the natives in Samoa are doing a fair job of assimilating. Though it may not bo of a. strictly benevolent character , the victims are just as dead. Omaha architects report Increased ac tivity in the erection of small dwellings and stores. Small dwellings for the ac commodation of wage workers and people ple of moderate means are what make great cities. Think of a prosecuting attorney who has taken an oath to observe the laws and prosecute criminals refusing to tes tify In a police court case on the ground Unit he might Incriminate himself. Hoes protection protect ? Whenever you want anything kept out ! ' li of the World-Herald apply to any mem ber of the gang of blackmailers and hold-ups who have been dealing out protection to the gamblers and guaran teeing silence In their organ. The gift of $100,000 to Princeton uni versity to endow a professorship of poli tics should not go long bogging. If the place could be made available for a syn dicate the political linn of Moise , Fan ning , Herdmau ct al might be induced to accept it. Postmaster General Smith lias re lieved the public mind by asserting that wo are lighting the Filipinos In order to secure peace. If ho expects this to put nn end to the question , "What are wo lighting forV" however , ho IB labor ing under a delusion. More men are being employed this year on railroad construction in Ne braska and the surrounding states than for several years past put together , Our popocratlc friends will , however , be out next fall repenting the old story about employment being scarcer than ever. Our old friend Chlng Ling Fee has finally established the fact In court that ho is an artist and not a laborer , and IH therefore exempt from the operations of the Chinese exclusion act. Kvery one who visited the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition last year knew that he wan an artist all the time. H Is to bo hoped Hess Crokcr made provision for his suecessorshlp should anything happen to him whllo abroad , An Interregnum In the government of New York during which the mayor nnd other city otllcials might bo at sea us to whom to look to for orders would be deplorable indeed. Why Is It thnt the local organ of the Herdmun gang has not a word for Us readers about the sensational scene In the police court where the principal dep uty of County Attorney Shields refused to testify In a gambling case on the ground that his testimony might tend tc Incriminate himself ? What better evl deuce could bo wanted that a stand-In with the gang carries with It an assnr unco of the suppression of such news In Uiclr local organ ? JXfif'It's / MHTAT10X. In onr JinleniPiit ( Jprman-Amprleans are not contributing to the strengthen ing of friendly relations between the I'nlted States anil their native land by raising an agitation respecting public sentiment In the two countries , pro claiming against an alliance between Kimlaiid and this country that nobody but themselves Is seriously thinking about and proposing to "solidify" the tJerman-Amerleaii vole In support of certain ideas. The right of these eltl- /.ens to give full and free expression to their views and opinions la of course not qiioitlnned , but It seems to us thfit the course some of them arc pursuing Is most Injudicious and there Is really no valid reason for It. It Is idle for anyone to deny that there Is an element of the Gorman i 'Ople which Is unfriendly to the commercial Interests of the United States. Kvl- deuce of this Is seen In the debates In the Helchstag and In the utterances of the newspaper organs of tlw agrarians. It Is equally true that there Is a feeling here that Germany has acted unfairly In Its discrimination against Aiuerlcan products. Hut no fair-minded American believes that the German nation Is an enemy of the United Slates or that the Gorman government is not wholly sin cere In Its professions and manifesta tions of friendship. Nor can there be any doubt as to the sincere desire of onr government to preserve friendly re lations. The German-Americans are unnecessarily sensitive nnd are not showing that cool judgment and sound discretion with which they are credited. TI1K TllAXSVAAl , CI11SIS. The situation in the Transvaal repub lic has become acute and the latest ad vices indicate that a collision with Kng- land is imminent It appears that the Hocr government is very much Irritated over the petition sent to the British government by the Ultlanders In the Transvaal , setting forth their grlev- tuces and asking for intervention to secure to them the same fair treatment hat Is accorded to the Hoers when they become residents of countries more ill- ectly under the control of the Uritish ; overnmont The petitioners , comprls- ng about all the English residents In lie Transvaal , complain that the re forms which had been promised by the 5oer government have not been real- zed , that industry is paralyzed by op- n-esslvo exactions , that the life and u-operty of the Ultlauders are insecure owing to the inelliclency and hostility of the Hocr authorities , that taxation is inoqual and the whole power of the Leer ? government is directed to the In- ury of the classes that constitute tlirec- fourths of the white population and own nine-tenths of the property of the Transvaal. This is certainly a strong indictment of the Boer government and if well founded places that government In a position where It can expect little sym pathy should tlie lirltish government decide to Intervene , and this it is very likely to do , for an appeal of 111,000 Englishmen for relief will hardly pass unheeded. According to the advices President Kruger is expecting hostili ties and the sturdy Dutchmen of the Transvaal , who know how to light , as they have more than once demonstrated , are preparing for the possible conflict. Jf it comes it will be sharp and bitter , but it could have but one ending the overthrow of the Transvaal republic and the absorption of the country as part of the Hritish empire. THE Advices from Atlantic City state that the committee of the house of repre sentatives which is considering the cur rency question , with a view to prepar ing a bill for presentation to the next congress , Is giving assiduous attention to the subject The committee lias re ceived the opinions of a large number of linanclers and it Is Interesting to note the divergence of views among men who have carefully studied the currency question or have a practical knowledge of monetary affairs. It is shown that many bankers , In fact a majority of those heard from , are opposed to a eur- rt'iiey based purely on bank as sets , an evidence of conserva tism In the banking community which Is noteworthy , since note Issues based on commercial assets would bo distinctly to the advantage of the banks. A wide divergence of opinion was also found to exist respecting the proposition to permit the organization of national banks with a minimum capital of ? U5,000 , , half the amount now re quired , though a majority of the bank ers who sent answers to the committee's circular favored the proposition. Branch banking Is not universally approved , showing that the Canadian system has not impressed itself upon all American hankers as desirable for this country. The proposition as to which there is the least difference of opinion is thnt of paying the demand obligations of ( hi1 government In gold , only a few being op posed to this , while the recommendation of President McKlnley , that greenback * redeemed in gold shall lie paid out again only for gold , stands next In general eii' dorsement. A considerable majority ot the answers received favor retirement ol the greenbacks , but out ofOS hanker * who expressed an opinion forty-fom opposed retirement a ratio which show * that In the banking community there it a not Inconsiderable sentiment favorabk to keeping the l.'nlted States notes n part of the currency. These expressions of the bankers of New England can probably bo accepted as pretty accu rately indicating the views of hanker * throughout the country. As to the character of the measure which the committee will report , If It If decided to frame a currency bill , 01 otherwise the recommendations It wil make to the next congress , there Is at yet no definite information , It Is vtn'j probable that it will urge the adoptloi of the president's recommendation In re gard to Uio greenbacks and It may re port in favor of a definite enactment ol the gold standard by a declaration 01 congress that all obligations of the gov eminent are payable In gold. It Is saft to assume that the committee will no recommend any legislation looking tc the retirement of the greenbacks , be cause there Is strong republican op poiltlnn to such a policy and It could not succeed In the next congress. Nodi- ing Is more certain than that a proposal to retire the government notes cannot pass the next house of representatives. The committee , having been appointed with a view to proposing currency legis lation upon which the majority In the next congress can unite , will not make the mistake of submitting a proposition that would Inevitably divide the party n control of congress. \Vc do not expect any elaborate < < tlieiiii * of currency reform from this committee ami none Is required. The urgent necessity Is a definite enactment of the gold standard the fixing of that standard beyond controversy. With that accomplished , assuring the perma nent security of the currency against debasement , other provisions for the bet terment of our monetary system may safely be postponed. A nnMAHhAULK Sl'KVTACLE. The refusal of a deputy of County At torney Shields to testify in a police court gambling case In which he had been subpoenaed as a witness , for the reason that his testimony might tend to In criminate himself , presents a remarka ble spectacle. We make bold to assert that never before In the history of this county has the machinery of the olllce of prosecuting attorney been so openly used for the protection of criminals. Never before has such Indisputable evi dence been flaunted before the public proving that olllcers charged with en forcing the law and prosecuting persons accused of law-breaking have been con niving with the law-breakers and can not be depended upon to perform their duty when It contllcts with the Interests of the outlaws to whom they owe their positions. Were it not for his perverse Insistence upon clinging to the hold-up gang and continuing to play into their hands , County Attorney Shields would cer tainly be deserving of pity. Were he simply the victim of misplaced confi dence the public would appreciate ids mortification and sympathize with Ills complaint that Ids friends are deserting an ' betraying him. But .Mr. Shields ought to have known and must have known what he was do ing when he placed himself In the bands of the Ilerdman-Molse-Fannlng gang. lie ought to have known and must have known that by delegating the selection of his deputies to the gamblers ho was making ills ollice a refuge for criminals and encouraging blackmail when lie should be suppressing it. Tlie man who goes to bed with dogs must expect to get up with fleas. After all that has happened since bis assump tion of olliec It is too late for County Attorney Shields to complain that he is the victim of false friends. His reten tion of a deputy in collusion with crimi nals cannot but lend support to the sus picion that his nomination and election were but a part of a conspiracy to prop up the falling fortunes of tlie outlaw gang whose hold-up operations last year under the Ilerdman police commission raised such a stench In the nostrils of tlie law-abiding citizens of an outraged community. The English , by reason of their ex perience In the kind of warfare now being conducted in tlie Philippines are probably better qualified to judge the accomplishments of tlie American sol diers than any people on earth , not ex cepting ourselves. The steadiness of tlie men and their resistless onward inarch in the face of severe dlllicultles have called forth from English press and officials unstinted praise. While sur prised at the work of the regulars , from whom they expected good reports , they are simply amazed at the steadiness and snap of the volunteers , whom old-world soldiers had reckoned of little value for serious business. Afloat , afoot or In the saddle the American has always when called upon proved himself a lighter. The reason is found in the fact that our population on a foundation of Anglo- Saxon blood is built up of the best of the brawn and brain of Europe , who have sought here a free homo sur rounded by conditions which make them aggressive and self-reliant It Is to be noted that Governor Poyn- tor , following in the footsteps of his predecessor , Is In several Instances ap pointing to places in the state Institu tions members of the legislature. This practice certainly was not contemplated by the constitution framers , even if they did not expressly prohibit it , because it not only vacates the seats in the legis lature but endows members with salaries which they themselves voted to appropriate. The extent to which the abuse of this practice might be carried and the disastrous results to which It might lead If used by the gov ernor to reward friends for services as legislators are readily apparent It Is even conceivable that It might sub ordinate the legislative to the executive power and destroy the co-ordlnato char acter of these two departments of state government In a word , the dangers far outweigh the possible advantages that might accrue. Some ot the Iowa papers have ex pressed dissatisfaction In the past that the troops from that state now in the Philippines had not seen active service. Now that they are up on the firing line and the lists of dead and wounded are coming In the anxious faces at home are a sad reminder that war's glories are dearly bought and fortunate is tlie land which Is not called upon to give up Us bravest and best to the demon of war. Oem Paul Kruger does not propose to bo caught napping In the event of trouble between the Transvaal and England , The boers are a slow-going people , but England bus found to Its sorrow that pushing them too far Is a serious matter. It Is far easier to cap ture the country by meirtis of Immi grants than soldiers. The Ileo calls attention of Its readers to the list of stockholders In the na tional banks of Omaha and South Omaha herewith printed , which shows that the Institutions at South Onmlui are practically brunches of Omaha bunks owned and controlled by the same parties. Vnder such circumstaucos thereIs no good reason why the differ ences between these banks with respeet to their clearings should not be at once adjusted without further pretense that they are distinct Institutions with con- . Illctltig Interests. The Interests of all are identical with tlie lnen ( ts of Greater Omaha , and If the ollicers of the respective banks delay action much longer It may bo advisable for the stockholders to take a hand. All the yellow , jingo Journals are not printed In the United States by any means. Germany has Its full share of them anil Judging by results , they are just about as Influential as those In the United States. These papers have un mercifully lampooned Admiral Kautz , Captain Coghlan and the people of this country just as the same class In this country has sought to magnify small Incidents Into great national affronts. But the respective governments have kept their heads and all the Irritating incidents are either closed or In tlie way of settlement .1. Sterling Morton In his paper , the Conservative , among other things up braids the late republican legislature because no law was enacted to enable the people of tlie entire county to have a voice In the election of all members of their county board. Mr. Morton in tills Is wide of the mark , probably from misinformation. He should know that the legislature passed a bill restoring to tlie people of this county their right to choose their commissioners , but the bill was vetoed by the populist governor out of political motives. Now that the trouble about the bond releasing the Transmlsslsslppl Exposi tion from Its obligations to restore the grounds has been adjusted tlie stock holders who have been patiently wait ing for that I-1/- per cent dividend would like to see the color of their money. While on this point It might be perti nent to ask the question , Can anyone point to another exposition that can match the TranstnississippI in returning 87'/ ' . per cent of the capital to its stock holders ? Tin1'Hy of It. Phlladebhla Times. The rainy season's about duo In the Phil ippines and It's a pity Agulnnldo does not know enough to come In out of the wet. lUotrliiK IMV tinFrutli. . Knnsa.5 CltiStar. . If the United States can stand Captain CoBhlan's rush of folly to the head , Germany can afford to be amiable and not magnify the unfortunate Incident. Utility of Fool FrlciidH. "Washington Post. There are a great many statesmen who would be In a bad way If It were not for their fool friends. Tool friends manage to assimilate a great many mistakes lu the course of a year. : Vo ( ( InSiiiuiinii Washington Sta * . In order to prevent International misun derstandings It Is just ns well to state that the "Rose , Sweet Rose" to whom Senator Thurston alludes In a poem does not refer to the German consul at Apia. iN for IliTllatlotiN. Chlcnzo Record. "Casablanca , " "Curfew Must Not Ring To night" nnd "The Deserted Village" are now suggested to naval officers n really safe sub jects for recitations In case they arc called upon to favor their auditors with entertain ments of this class. HOKUM C'lKiir Slumpi. Philadelphia ledger. It Is the misfortune of many Innocent dealers In cigars that they must suffer the confiscation of their stock which maybe bo found to bo supplied with counterfeit stamps. This Is an Injustice In the law which should bo remedied at the next ses sion of congress. The government would be sutnclently protected by requiring the deal ers. In such cases , to cover the cigars afresh with genuine stamps , and would not be under the Imputation of profiting by their misfortune , as It will If It confiscates their goods and sells them for Its own benefit. Crrillt MurkN of tinIlrooklyii. . Chlcaco Tribune. The story of the naval battle of Santiago , as told by the charts and the appendix to the annual report of Captain Crownlnshleld , chief of the Bureau of Navigation , shows that the cruiser Brooklyn and the battle ship Iowa made seven-tenths of all marks by projectiles on the Spanish ships. The Brooklyn and the Iowa also carried 8-Inch guns , and as they were In the thick of the light It Is probable their score would be In creased by a good part of the ai9 8-Inch shells sent after the Spanish ships by the Brooklyn , Iowa , Oregon and Indiana , which carried the S-inch guns. When In addition It is remembered that the Brooklyn was hit oftener than any other American ship en gaged the famous controversy as to the part Admiral Schley played In the battle of Santiago may bo sold to bo established be yond the possibility of contradiction. TALK OK THI3.1SO.Y. Outliurxt of FnrlmiN AVrufli ( lie IiMprrlallHlH. J\w York Kvenlnc Post. There Js a great hullabaloo In the im perialist organs about "treasonable and seditious communications" sent from this country to the volunteers In the Philippine ) , advising them not to ro-cnllst , and terrible throats of "exposing the traitors. " There is not the slightest attempt at scr cy about this matter. Ten days ago a meeting of the parents , relatives nnd friends ot the soldiers In the Nebraska regiment , which Is serving in the Philippines , was held In the state house nt Lincoln to promote the movement for their early return homo now that their term of service has been ended by the ex change of the. ratifications of the peace treaty. The meeting was attended by delegates from the homo towns of almost all cf the companies. Every speaker warmly urged the Importance of strongly presentIng - Ing to the administration the earn eat feeling of all concerned that the regiment should be brought back at once and a resolution was unanimously adopted appealing to the prc&l. dent to muster the troops out of service as soon as possible , giving ns reasons their early enlistment , their valiant service In the field nnd the fact that the cause for which they enlisted ( the freeing of Cuba from Spanish rule ) had been gloriously won. In the course of the discussion Mrs. C. K. White of Omaha reported that the woman's auxiliary , realizing that the soldiers would want tc know how their parents , 'relatives and friends felt about their continuing In the service , bad sent the following telegram tc Manila : "Boys , don't re-t > nllst ; Insist upon Immediate discharge , " and that word came back that the telegram had reached Manila all right , but could not be delivered , as II was held by the government censor. We have hero another lllustiatlon of our odop' tlon of Spanish methods the American gov. eminent * refusing to let American soldlen know how their fathers and mothers fee ! about fighting to deny another people the right of eelf-gorcrnment. MillltASICV'H LOSS , Washington Post : The entlro country will mourn the loss of Nebraska's fighting colonel , who met his death nt the hrad of hi * tcglment. 1'hll.idelphla 1'rrta : The wrlous engage ments with the Filipino forcts near Mnlnloa , In which the Ncbrasknns sufferil so severely , Is morft unpleasant news. No ono di-onr * the ta < "k of bringing order out of chnm ft particularly easy one , 'but ' the check our forces met In this particular en no brings home the dllllculty la n particularly drpron- sing manner. And yet smooth mid on < y nd- vnnco without set-back Is out of the iiie8- | tlon. Chicago Journal : The drain of Colonel Sloteenborg1whllo charging Ititioticlmieiils at the head of his regiment will probably nrrvn to recall to his rtit-mles In Nebraska hli many admirable mid anlcllcrly ( | iwlltleB. It Is a great pity they couldn't luivo been re called before. The bitter and smnll-mlndod light that was made against this olllccr ns fijon ns ho took command of his regiment wnn n disgrace to Nebraska , nnd ho repaid It by leading Nebraska troops to more glory than nny other volunteers luvo won In the Philippine Islands. Indianapolis Journal : When Colonel Stot- Benberg came to the command of the Ne braska regiment , he proceeded to make soldiers of It. The result was that he became very unpopular , both with men nnd olllcers. From the Pacific coast , whllo yet there , nnd from 'Manila ' came ntorlos of severity , largely lies , of course , which caused widespread Indignation , RO much so thnt the legislature foolishly passed resolutions of censure. Fortunately for the regiment , the disciplinarian fitted the men for the splendid fighting they have done , nnd , once soldiers , the men fully appreciated the regular army colonel. Boston Transcript : It was in coming to the relief of the advance guard that Colonel Stotsctiberg met his death. He was an ac complished olllcer o regulars , whoso aim was to make his volunteers the equal In drill nnd discipline of any regular regiment In the service. It Illustrates at once the trials and the triumphs that await such nn olllcer thnt his earlier teachings brought upon him the censure of the Nebraska legislature , which , later on , learning what results he had ac complished , took back what It had said about him. Ho was at first hated by his men , who long before his death had come to Idollzo him as they had realized that his disci plinary methods were for their own good. Ho will be mourned today by men who ten months ago were cursing him In private as n merciless martinet wtio would make them keep themselves clean and soldierly. Dos Molncs Leader : The Klrst Nebraska has been one of the most efficient regiments and has conferred great credit on the state whose name It bears. The sentiment of the men rapidly changed also and when , just before his death , he came on the field from Manila , where ho had' been to see his wife , he was wildly cheered. It Is not necessary or desirable for colonels to place themselves nt the head of their troops when n charge Is made and In all probability Colonel Stotscn- berg courted danger In order that he might show to his critics how unjust had been their accusations. The cruel and unneces sary resolution of censure must have cut the soul of this bravo man to the quick and was thus to some degree the cause of his death. The Nebraska legislature , sanity returning , has expunged the resolution from Us rec ords and last week a mass meeting was held at the university which cheered the name of Stotsenberg , but It Is not likely that the victim of this unjust persecution ever knew that publls sentiment had turned In his favor. This Incident Is certainly not without Its lesson. It shows how foolish Is hasty popular judgment In regard to military matters. r.UOIlGIA'S lIOUUOll. Detroit Free Press : God save the captive Americans from -the Georgia methods In the Philippines ! Cleveland Plain Dealer : What a com mentary the story of Lake City and Pal metto Is on our professions of "carrying the blessings of civilization" to the dark- skinned people of the Philippines ! Philadelphia Times : U Is wrong , it is dreadful , It Is revolting. It Is a disgrace to the great state of Georgia. But it Is not ns though this thing were done In Philadelphia and unless we know the conditions at Pal metto wo can hardly understand this affair , and the conditions stretch back so far Into history and Involve so many old-time wrongs that a nation engaged In seeking the white man's burden across seas must consider carefully what may bo the white man's burden here at home. Now York Tribune : For an Anglo-Saxon in Georgia , with alt his opportunities , with , his religion , his clvill/atlon , his boasts as a member of a superior race , claiming a right to rule and owing an example to Inferior * ) for this white man to make himself a beast , to dance In wild Joy about a victim , whether of punishment or persecution , to dip fingers In his blood , is a crime against law , against civilization , against humanity , which sur passes even the most horrible outbreak of some barbarous black mail's brutal passion. It is not the death of the negro that makes the picture so dark , nor Its unlawfulness , nor oven his unmeasured suffering. His crime was terrible , and certain , severe and swift punishment was deserved. Wo arc not pitying him. H Is the debasement of the whole community by such an orgy of blood , such n reversion of civilized men nnd women to the delight In cruelty thnt marks savages which seems to us the darkest and saddest feature of this dark affair. PUHSO.NAL AXIJ OTIIHIIWISE. It may bo said of Captain Coghlan , by way of extenuation , that It has been a long time since ho has had a chance to talk. Captain Coghlan of the Raleigh has been so long unacquainted with Illustrated papers that when W. J , Bryan visited his ship the other day the captain did not recognize his visitor. All doubt as to the belief of Rev. Dr. Park- hurst of New York In the efficacy of prayer is dispelled by his action of last Sunday when ho prayed In public for the rulers of the city of Now York. Hotheaded women , if there are such , should take warning of the accident that has Just happened nt Bangor , Me. A youns woman was sitting near an open firnplnco when suddenly her celluloid comb exploded , setting fire to her hair and nearly burning It off her head. The 10,000 Indians , Cherokces , Creeks and Dclawares , who have voluntarily gone from Oklahoma to Mexico to establish a ruseiva- tlon , declare they are actuated by a dfsiro to get as far away as possible from the white man's civilization. They have about $12i- 000 , and expect further : id-lltlims after thty have organized tholr bottlcnient. Frank Bray , the Englishman who I ? said to bo the brains of the Filipino junta at Hong Kong , hag spoilt most of hU lift ) in the far cast. Ho speaks many of tlip Filipino dialects fluently and knows the Malay of Borneo as well ns the Malay of the Philip pines. Ho says we will never conquer the Insurgents and that "all the wcnlia the Yankees get out of the Island will not maintain the necessary hospitals. " General Charles King's flsht on the Pablg haa been described by blnwlf In a Jeitir to the Milwaukee Sentinel , which ho closes as follows : "Milwaukee was promptly on hand In King's brigade to eipiess apprecia tion In tangible form. The very moment the roads were safa out c.imj a icpresenta- tlve of Pabst's brewery to request the gui- oral's consent to present a barrel of the best on hand to every companengaged. . That , with the batter ! . . made twcnty-sl * . ' cnal said 'Jut the I've forgotten what the , ; cn brigade hasn't , " i : nous OP TIII : AVVII. Prntttrrn of ( In'nnil'tilHM In l.imm Tohl lij ( In- Soldier * . Extracts from loltora written by oMlcm In the 1'hlllpplnpd nnd published nt ihelc hntnrs put lhi conduct of the war against fho Insurgents In n light that Is not pleas ing or crcMlltnldo. It In mild that In . desperate t\fM I ho i < nvngo Instincts of men dominate thrlr action nnd transform their humane forllngs Into animalism. In thu parly Imltlos nround Mnntln that feeling ap- poalM to have been uppermost , and In sonis InHlnnroM the vty of "No quarter" wnn hcntd nnd obeyed. According to the let- II-I-B of the milillom they had ordeis to take mi prlsniiptR. ninl somu of those already taken worn ( "U'Ctlli'd In cold blood. Tim Brooklyn Eagle prints n letter from Fred It. lllnrhtimn , now serving la Com pany A , United Stntcs engineers , dated Manila , February 22. Ho says : "I am ronnfctcd with the provoet marshal's head- qunrierst hnvo had n pnrtloulntly good op portunity of observing 'symptoms , ' nnd In some cases have had an Insight Into things which were not generally known. " Con cerning the first 'battle ' with the natives ho writes : "At 1:30 : o'clock the general gave mo n memorandum with regard to sending out a Tennessee battalion to the line. Ho tcitvly put It that 'they were looking for n fight. ' At the Pucnto Colganto ( suspor.Blon bridge ) I met one of our company , who told mo that the Fourteenth nnd Washington * were driv ing all before them , and taking no prison ers. This Is now our rule of procedure for cause. After delivering my menage I had not walked n iblock when 1 heard shol down the street. Hurrying forward. I found a group of our men taking pot sholo nerrss the river , Into n bamboo thicket , nt nbout 1,100 ! yards. I longed to Join them , but had my reply to take back , and thnt , of course , wn * the first thing to attend to. I reached the tilllco at 3 p. m. , just Hi tlmo to see a platoon of \VnshIngtons with about fifty prisoners , who had been taken before they learned how not to take them. " Leonard P. Adams of Ozark , Mo. , In a letter describing the bnttlo of February 4 , says : "I don't know how many men , women and children the Tennessee boys did kill. They would not take any prisoners. Ono company of the Tennessee boys was sent Into headquarters with thirty prisoners and got there with nbout 100 chickens and no prisoners. " A similar tragedy Is related In a letter from Charles Brenner of Minneapolis , Kan. , describing1 the part played by the Kansas regiment nt Caloocan. "Company I , " ho writes , "had taken n few prisoners and stopped. The colonel ordered them up Into line tlmo after time and finally sent Cap tain Bishop back to start them. There occurred the hardest sight I ever saw. They had four prisoners nnd didn't know what to do with them. They asked Captain Bishop what to do and he said : 'You know the orders , ' and four natives fell dead. " J. D. Now of Indianapolis , Ind. , member of the Oregon volunteers , was on special duty with the First Nebraska when the Manila water works were taken. In n letter describing the fight ho concludes : "Wo took only two prisoners. Rather significant , eh ? " Anthony Mlchea of the Third artillery has written to his father , Captain George Mlchea of St. Catherines , Ont. , the following : " \Vo bombarded n place called Malabou and then went in and killed every native wo met , men , women and children. It was a dread ful sight , the killing of the poor creatures. " Additional evidence of the truth of these charges comes from the Manila correspond ent of the New York Sun. One sentence Is sufficient : "To shoot a man at six-foot range with a Springfield rillo is a hard thing to do , but the orders were to let no insurgent live , and off would go the whole side of his head. " Of the ravages of war and the ruin fol lowing in Its wake Captain Elliott of the Kansas volunteers draws this graphic pic ture : "Talk about war being 'hell , ' this war bents the hottest estimate ever made of that locality. Calnocan was supposed to contain 17,000 Inhabitants. The Twentieth Kansas swept through it and now Caloocan contains not ono living native. Of the buildings , the battered walls of the great church and the dismal prison alone remain. The village of Mnypajn , where our first fight occurred on the night of the -1th , had 5,000 people in It at that day now not ono stone remains upon top of another. You con only faintly Im agine this terrible scene , of desolation. War IB worse than hell. " It has been repeatedly charged that the chief object of Agulnaldo In organizing an army was to loot Manila as soon ns the Spaniards -were routed. Ho was not per mitted to carry out his Intention. The na tive army was not permitted to share In the capture of .Manila , and General Merrltt explained that they were excluded because ho feared they would loot the town. But If the natives are experts In the looting business they have had little chance to show their ability. The Americans have given them a few lessons In that line which the natives will appreciate' should they return to their homes. The Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican prints a letter from , CaptaIn Albert Otis describing the capture of Santa Ana , In which ho says : "I have six horses and three carriages In my yard nnd enough small plunder for a family of six. The house 1 had at Santa Ana had five pianos , I couldn't take them , so I < put a big grand piano out of a second-story window. You can guess its finish. Everything Is pretty quiet about hero now. I expect we will not bo kept hero very longnow. . Give my love to all. " The Iowa volunteers know a few things nbout looting. Gus Williams of that regi ment , writing to his brother at Burlington , describes the capture of Snn Rogue as fol lows : "Wo marched about seven miles through the sand nnd went lute camp for the night In a little bamboo village. The people had deserted the houses and left everything they hud , and the soldiers made short work of the whole thing. They looted every house nnd found almost everything from n pair of wooden shoes up to a jilnno , nnd they carried everything off or destroyed It. I did not got anything of much account. The other companies had got ahead of us. Talk of the natives plundering the towns ; I don't think they are In It with the Fiftieth Iowa. " E. I ) . Furman of the Washington volun teers writes as follows : "Wo burned hun dreds of houses and looted hundreds more. Some of the boys made good hauls of Jew elry nnd clothing. Nearly every man has at least two suits of clothing and our quarters arc furnished In style ; fine beds , with silken drapery , mirrors , chairs , rock ers , cushions , pianos , hanging lamps , ruga , pictures , etcWe have horses nnd carriages and bull carts galore , and enough furniture and other plunder to load a steamer. " I'rcHli ) I < -I-MII .tllimliiiuiry Hoc-lrl ) ' . PITTSHUIIO , April 27. When the twenty , ninth assembly of the Women's Foreign Missionary society of the Presbyterian church reconvened this morning ( hero was a general conference of uynodlcal and Presbytery olllcers. led by Mrs. William Walters. The reading of a paper by .Mrs. ( } . W. B. Cushlng on "Business Methods In MiuHlonary Societies" and Its lengthy dis cussion occupied the balance of thu ses sion. Chief lliiilii : r IlrxlKiiN , NEW YORK , April 27.-Hugh Banner , chief of the Now York flro department , has resigned. The World says : "It U gen erally Ixdleved by Tammany men that Deputy Chief Edward Croker , who la a nephew of Richard Croker , will be promoted meted to the pluco madu vacant by Chief Banner a resignation , " PRAISES AMERICAN SOLDIERS I.olliliitt I'lltMT Ultr * Tlii'tn ( ri-illt for H innrUnlili I'rrforiiiiiniT * AiiprrHiitr * I ) I Ilk-til He * . LONDON. April 27. The Dally Mall , In reference to the Amrrlrnn victory In the Philippines , says todny : The Americans arc to bo congratulated warmly upon the victory which they have won nt CMumplt. Now , nt last , It looks ns If the hark of the Filipino resistance has been broken. English men will bo particularly glad of this fact , ns they alone appreciate to the full extent the dlllicultleslilcli their cousins have to con tend with. The victory Is all the more welcome and all the more grateful to us bocnuso we hnvo been watching with deep Interest the efforts of a political party In the United Stntrs to humiliate the nation nnd the government by persuading them to a disgraceful and cow- nrdly retreat. This party Is Insignificant In strength nnd iniluonce , but wlmt It lacks In this direction It makes up for by Its lung power. It has gone to the length of endeavoring to Induce American volunteers to demand their recall In face of the enemy. To the eternal credit of these volunteers bo It snld that few have acted upon this treacherous nnd un patriotic Instigation. The American people may well bo proud of their soldiers. By the very nature of things volunteers enlisted for n short wnr with n civilized enemy are not troops best fitted for work nt n great distance from tholr country or for n tedious , protracted nnd harassing struggle with nn uncivilized fee In n tropical cllnmte. Rut the valor nnd determination of volunteers nnd regu lars have been such that they have not once been worsted In battle. ' * ! If Agulnnldo has a head on his shoulders he will see that the time has come for him to submit to the Inevitable. S.M1MNC LINKS. Chicago Tribune : "Hello ! You've been buying no of thcss papler-ninchc milts. have you ? " . "That's nil right. I have a i-orn that al ways tells mo when It's going to rain. " Indianapolis Journal : "And to think of Ills wanting to limit me to $30 a week for household -txponsos ! " said she to her law yer. "Why , that would hardly pay for my theater partUs ! " Detroit Journal : The milkmaid with the picture hat and the brocaded silk skirt K'.sed ' her head. "In Focloty I suppose I should mv nn im- IKJSslble person. " she exclaimed , "but It's different In art ! " And after all , to be perfectly candid , thcro Is nothing essentially degrading nbout mllklni : an art cow. Washington Star : "What's your pur- ixvso' here ? " asked the snwige. "We're going to civilize you. " answered thn white man who had just landed. "Ah ! What method do you use vSprlng- lleld , JUe-Mjtford or Krag-Jorgonwen ? " lirooklyn I.lfo : Sirs , llendrlcks See here , IMimh , 1 guve you four Ilnnnel under i shirts In the wash this week nnd you have brought Txick only three. How Is that ? Dinah 'Deed , I dunne , niu'nin , less'n lev shrinked. Flannel does shrink somo- thlr. ' awful , ma'am. Somervlllo Journal : "When the en thusiastic bicyclist la toKliiR you about the onjoynwnt that h < > gets out of his wheel 11 * omits to mention the number of timen rtlH tire has glvn out on him , far away from btreet cars and seven miles from liome. AVulltx. Detroit Five Press. "Man wants but llttc : here below , " A one-time poet wrote ; And on this cheap Idea , too , Tiy ! world has learned to dote. Hut still this fact Is plainly set It = i truth we dnro not scoff : Man wants as much as he can g t , And wants It right straight oft. IIAHM.\G TO AVAMC AI.ONB. 9 Boston Transcript. With curls In the sunny air tossing , With light In the merry blue eyes , With laughter so clearly outrlnglng , A laugh of delight and surprise ; All friendly assistance disdaining , ' And trusting no strength but It. own , The past tears and trials forgotten , The baby la "going alone ! " What woeful mishaps have preceded This day of rojolclnp nnd pride ! How often the help that he. needed Has carelessly gene from his side ! Ho has fallen while reaching for sunbeams , Which just as he grasped them have flown. And the tears of vexation have followed , But now he Is "going alone ! " And all through his life ho will study This lesson again and again ; Ho will carelessly lean upon shadows. Ho will fall and weep over the pain. The hand whoso fond clasp was the surest Will coldly withdraw from bis own , The sunlest eyes will be clouded. And lie will bo walking nloiiM lie will learn what a sti-m world we llvo in , And ho may grow cold like the. rest ; And Just keep a warm , tuinny welcome For those who seem truest nnd test ; Y't hastened and taught by past f orrow , And stronger nnd manlier Rrown , Not trusting his nil In their keeping , QIo learns to walk bravely alone. And yet not alone , for our Kathfr The faltering fotstops will guide Trough all the < lark mazes of earth-life. And "over the river's" deep tide. Oh , hero Is a IIMper unfailing , A strength wo can p ° rfectly trust , "When all human aid unavailing , "The dust shall return unto dust. " Isn't it , what $10 will do ? Yester day , we placed several lines of suits , regular SIS 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.