Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1899)
CXMATTADATLV 13513 : TUESDAY" , MAT" 9 , 1800. TUB OMAHA DAILY DEE. IJ. HOSKWATKH , Editor. PUUMSIIKD 15VKIIY MOUNINC1. Dally ] TBKM8 { , * ( without or Sunday ) . One yenr. . $ .00 Unit , * e and Sunday , One Year . 8.W hx .Months . . . 4. < M Jhrcr > .Months . 2.W humlay Hoe , One Year . { M Saturday Use , One Year . . . . . . . I-1 Aitkly Bee , One Year . . . . . OFFICES. Omaha : The lice lUillcllng. South Omahu : City Hall building , Twenty- I i , It and N streets. 'ouni II HlurtJi : 10 1'earl Street. ( nirano : Stock Exchange IJuIldlng. Now ork : T < mplo Court. Washington : Ml Fourteenth Street. ComiESPONDnNCH. f'ommunlcatlon * relatlnK to news and edi torial matter sliVild be addressed : Kdl- turlal Department , The Omulm lioe. Iluslncss 'letters aim remittances Miould bo mldrptned to The Hio Publishing Company , Umalm. KEMITTANCES. llemlt by draft , express or postal order payublo to The Ueo Publishing Company. uny 2-ecnt dumps accepted In payment ot mull accounts. Personal checkn except on Omahn or eastern exchange , not acccpti'd. THE HUE PUBLISHING COMPANY. 8TATIJM13XT OP C I Stnto of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : O ergo 13. Tzschuck. secretary ot The IJce Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full ana complete coplen or The Dally , Morning , Evening and Sunday Hoc , printed during the month of April , ISM , was as follows : 1 8lt-.U ) 1C 31,510 J 35,01 17 31,710 3 SI.S05 18 31-ITO 4 31,810 JO 31,550 , "i 3I,7 ! 0 20 3ltUO ! ( j 3-1,780 21 31,310 7 3I , IO 22 31,170 8 31,780 23 3.70 0 31,750 21 3S.tl : ( ) in 35,0(10 25 31,1113 11 il. 50 2G 31,2110 12 31.1)50 27 31,3(10 ( II ! 3 l.llliO 25 Sli.'lOO II 3MIIIO 29 31,150 15 34.700 30 3ltt5 ! Total ,7-HI.S J I-ess unsold and returned copies. . . . O , tt : Xet total sales 7 : 7,31 Nft dally average 31.574 GEORGE D. TX.SCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 2nd dny of May , ISM. ( Seal. ) II. I. PLUMB. Notary Public.- In the stipri'ine effort to promote the growth of Ointtlm there should bo uo en.st , no west , no north and no south. When the llnnl tug of war comes for tlit1 locution of that captured Spanish cannon in one of the Omaha parks every man will be expected to do his duty. If Admiral Dewey accepts his Invita tion to that ? 100-diiner ! lie will ? ; ive the most conclusive proof possible that he meant what he said when he denied harboring any political ambition. Omaha clearinR- house banks should stand up for Omaha. The clearing house should cither represent all the business that passes through Omaha and South Omaha or be discontinued alto gether. AVitli the strength of the First Ne braska reduced from 1,000 to less than 100 men on the lirlng line , that regiment must certainly have contributed its share and more to the service against the Filipinos. The excitable agrarian members of the German Itelchstag should calm themselves. The chances are oven that they have been eating American soups and American meats without knowing the difference. The South Omaha Commercial club Is showing that it is wideawake to the Interests of that nourishing city. A good live organization of business men can accomplish much for the bonellt of any community. Up to the time of going to press the local popoeratie organ lias not had n word to say about County Attorney Shields putting his brother on the county pay roll as a stenographer while a young woman does the stenographic work. What has become of the long-prom ised movement for the re-pavement of Capitol avenue from Sixteenth to Twentieth streets ? The council should push this Improvement through before the abutting propurty owners change their mlnvls. Itoeause former Secretary Sherman states positively that he Is not u candi date for governor and would not serve If elected affords no reason for offering that or any other olilce to any other Ohio man with the expectation that he 1 will reject It. Nebraska State university students who perpetrated the Joke of billing the physical culture exhibition of their young women school fellows as an ex hibition of trained Uves should con sider themselves duly warned not to make another such bull. The construction of the Sixteenth street viaduct cannot bo commenced too noon or pushed forward too rapidly to suit the people of Omaha. The delay has been long and not endured with j overmuch patience. The sound of the riveting hammer will be welcome music. h Kansas proposes to put General Fun- ston and his men on exhibition at the State fair next fall In the swimming act In which they distinguished themselves. The rush for the brewery will have to In ) omitted unless u secondhand one can be Imported Into Kansas for the occa sion. It looks ns if the men were right w'.io said that County Attorney Shields would not dare dismiss a deputy holdIng - Ing the position of chairman of tl.o democratic county committee even though he docs refuse to testify In a gambling ease for fear of incriminating himself. The Klondike gold output , on paper , is placed at JflW.000,000 for the season. As In previous years the real amountft like pleasures In anticipation , is likqly to fall hhort of the forecast. Kvon should it aggregate Hint , it is safe to say it Is bought with the price of more hardship , suffering and loss of life than uny other similar amount of the world's yearly product. A COXSC1RXCKTES8 FAHIllCATtOfl Associated Press dispatches from Her- lln announce that a letter from Mrnest ' llennlnghoven dated frc n Chicago ha * received extensive publicity In the agrarian newspapers of Germany. In which the writer claims to know posi tively that all canned incut intended for export to Germany IH from diseased and otherwise unfit animals , Wngonlondi of such meat , he asserts , are delivered weekly at the leading packing houses for "embalming purposes. " Inspection , Hennlnghovcn says , Is a howling farce , owing to wholesale bribery. The writer addtf that he hoped Germany would not allow the Importation of such meat. Tills letter has been widely reproduced In the Gorman press and Is quoted as conclusive proof from headquarters against all American meats. When a man craves notoriety at any coit he will not shrink from fabricating villainous falsehoods or malicious cal umnies. This Is the only ciiarltnblc ex planation that can be made for the In famous fake palmed off on the news papers of Germany by ll.'iininghoven , who , by the way , made < ui unenviable reputation while conducting a German paper In this city a few years ago. Those who are familiar with Heuiilng- hoven's journalistic career In Omaha will therefore not be In the least Sur prised at his reckless mlsstatements. The assertion that all American meats canned for export to Germany or any other country are carved out of diseased Miimals bears the stamp of brazen false hood on Its face. In the llrst place dis eased animals cannot llnd their way Into American meat packing establishments. Animals for slaughter are purchased In the open market by expert cattle buy ers , whoso duty It Is to reject all stock below the standard. Kvcn If all the government Inspectors who certify to the soundness of the meats canned for export were bribed * It would be a great risk for packers to export any considerable quantity of meat products that could not stand the test of the most rigid Inspection In for eign countries. To take that risk when there is an abundance of healthy cuttle In the market would be u most costly piece of folly. It would be just about as sensible as exporting rancid butter , wormy cheese or rotten eggs. That anybody In the United States should seek to fan the prejudices of the German consumers of American meat products by such transparent falsehoods passes comprehension. JUDGE WILLIAM LAWKEKOK. The death of Judge William Ijaw- rence , the head of the National Wool Growers' association , removes the man most prominently identified with the de velopment of the sheep Industry in the United States. Although Judge Law rence had held many positions of honor and trust , including a place for many years In congress as the representative of ills Ohio district and had also served one term as lirst comptroller of the Treasury department , the chief work for which he will be remembered is his successful efforts In promoting wool growing as a business with American farmers. In season and out of season Judge I > uwrciice has been a staunch advocate of a protective tariff on wool sutlicient to overcome competition from South America and Australia and to insure the operation of woolen mills and carpet - pot factories in this country , notwith standing ch-caper labor and foreign com petition. The Increasing proportion of tlio American market supplied by home industry and the growing prosperity of the sheep farmer and the wool manu facturer arc tributes to the foresight evinced in the policy so ably'advocated by Judge Lawrence. It is not to bo expected that the death of its president will destroy the useful ness of the Wool Growers' association , so well established by the methods it has pursued , but. its achievements in placing the sheep Indus-try on a sound basis will always rest on the founda tion laid down under the guidance of the late Judge Lawrence. MISSION OF THE SAILOR. The address delivered by American Ambassador Clioate at the annual meet ing of the Hritlsh and Foreign Sailors' society at the Mansion liotibu in Ixmdon has given occasion for a timely tribute to the service of the marines in our in dustrial life. Although the society ad dressed by Ambassador Choate is largely of a benevolent character , the fact that It draws no lines of nationality gives It an extraordinary Importance and justifies the message of greeting sent to It by President JIcKinloy as well as the presence of our highest American diplomatic representative. From the American standpoint the past year lias been , above all others , n sailors' year. The war against Spain could not have been waged were it not for the navy and Its most brilliant vic tories were won by the men on the war ships and the cruisers. Hut while we are exalting the sailor In war we must not forget that the sailor In peace performs a more useful service , The great world commerce of clvlllx.ed nations Is carried on In merchantmen , which cannot make a voyage except by the faithful perform ance of duty of their olllcers and crews. The entire International postal system rests upon ocean transportation , In which the sailor plays the chief part , and large numlt'ers of the world's popu lation would starve within a few weeks if ocean traflic wore completely Inter rupted. Wlille the Importance of the sailor , especially In the merchant marine , has Increased with the progress of the world , the comforts land conveniences ho enjoys and the consideration ho re ceives from his superiors , to say noth ing of the care bestowed on him In case of incapacity , have been improved In a corresponding degree. What the sailor has accomplished In the recent war Is only a forerunner of the great benefits he will bring future generations by devoting his energy and skill to the arts of peace. Bloody-Bridles Wsilto should return to Colorado at once. Ills prestige as fool governor of Colorado Is In danger and nothing but prompt action can save it. The present executive propows to adopt forcible means to compel the ndminls- tratlon to return the Colorado volun teers at once from the Philippines. Just how he will accomplish It he docs not say , but he Is likely to solve the prob lem at the same time a method Is dis covered by which the tall carl wag the dog. People of Havana , like those of other Cuban cities , complained bitterly of the rigid sanitary rule of the American au thorities who ruthlessly trampled on the Spanish prerogative of remaining dirty. Though only a beginning has yet been made toward putting the city In suita ble condition the good results are al ready apparent In the absence up to the present time of an outbreak of yel low fever. The accumulated tilth of centuries cannot be cleaned up In a few months any more than Home could be built In a day. When the work shall have boon completed there Is n prospect that Havana and other Cuban cities will cease to be the breeding places for the scourge which every few years , In spite of quarantines , finds Its way Into this country , paralyx.es business and carriesaway hundreds of lives. If this can ba accomplished it will be one of the most benellclal results of the war. The street railway company Is now threatening to discontinue Its contract for carrying the malls between Omaha and South Omaha under the pretense that the arrangement Is Hot remunera tive. It Is notorious that the street rail way companies In the different cities have sought these mail contracts with great eagerness , not so much for the money Involved as because the carrying of I'nlted States mall gives them the protection of the federal laws prescrib ing penalties for interference with the mails. Wo have had reptated examples of street railways appealing to the fed eral authorities for protection against strikers Interrupting their truilic. It is doubtful whether any of the street rail way companies would give up their con tracts even If there wore no money in them at all. It Is now Intimated that Admiral Dewey will return to America by way of the Suez canal , landing directly in New York without giving the people an opportunity to greet him on a transcon tinental trip that would follow his land ing at San Francisco. While the ad miral doubtless leaves out of considera tion his personal wishes In the matter , It would be in no way improper for him to defer to the popular demand throughout the country to give him n personal demonstration of the esteem and gratitude his great achievements have won for him from his fellow citi zens , west as well as east , without re gard to politics , race or creed. Hospital reports from Manila Indicate steady Inroads on the men there from various disease s , most fatal among them being variola and typhoid. Jjy variola Is meant nothing else than binallpox. which seems to have been epidemic among the troops to greater or lessor degree ever since they landed. While fewer deaths are resulting from thesv > diseases than would ordinarily be the case owing to excellent medical attend ance and hospital service , It is plain that the United States cannot annex trop ical Islands without taking with them all sorts of germs and miasmata that are Inseparable from them. Aside from the cancellation of real estate mortgages in Nebraska another evidence of the Improved conditions comes from the fanning sections. Here tofore it has been customary for many farmers to mortgage their crops as soon as tihe heed was In the ground to raise money or secure store/bills with which to carry them through the season. Tills year very little of this is reported , and when the crops are raised -they will be long to the farmer and not to the loan broker. If the public improvements projected for Omaha for the coming year are to be carried out the council should lake immediate steps to dispose 0 ! " the pav ing and sewer bonds which were voted at the last election. In voting these bonds the people signified their desire to have tills work done this year , not next year. The council should not give the contractors an excuse for leaving the work unllnished when the cold weather sets in. IN It n CiavvrnltiK Trim ! f Springfield Republican. It Is getting dangerous to say that nnyono hut an "Anglo-Saxon" has a right to self- government. Growth 111 Till .1111 ii n file til re- . Globe-Democrat. The tln-plato production In the United States in 1802 was 12,1111,192 pounds , and Jn 180S , 732,290,285 pounds. Free traders have called In their largo assortment of Jokes about hypothetical American tin. IllH 1'VcllllKN ' < ) C Chicago Chronicle. Having witnessed the feat of making flf- tecn-ycar-old whisky In fifteen minutes , Senator Mason , as the nblo representative of the food Investigation committees promptly took an adjournment for three days. llnnl llliMT nt Louisville Courier-Journal. A jury of white men In L/oulavlllo hail given a negro a verdict for $50,000 against the individual members of n mob that ot- i tacked him In his own house. A few vordlcts of that kind ought to have a re straining effect on lynchers and whltccap- pers. ( rentoHt of All ln < liiBrli.- . Now York World. In splto of the recent decision of the St. I/nils court of appeals that trusts cannot collect their bills In the state of Missouri , the trusts seem to bo collecting their bills with uniform regularity nil over the coun try , and the business of organizing trusts Is the1 most flourishing and profitable of our Industries. Colonial Klmlcrenrlfii. Philadelphia Record. It ls not In the conditions arising out of temporary strife with tbo Insurgents , but rather In the situation following after re stored peace , that the real difficulties ot tbo 1'hlUpplne question will bo ensountrrpd. U remains still to bo determined whether the government Is to open a sort of colonial kindergarten In order that tho/oml-barbar ians In the tropics may at some Indetermi nate period In the future "come out into the light of tbo new world" and become to many alutature copies of the people of free America. Hut wo must deal with one prob lem nt ix time. With pence fully restored In our now possessions , tholr future develop ment and control would be n federal legis lative duty , not an administrative function , ) of I Chicago Journal. No party has a monopoly of loyalty nnd any party claiming to have makes Itself ridiculous , it Is a misfortune that the word "loyalist" should have been applied to the party of national expansion. In the In terests of common fairness It ought to bo eliminated from the controversy. Wlmt'fl tin- Mutter > tlth Wmmtrrf Silver Crek Times. Wo have little patlenco with the World- Herald In Its appatcnl oversea ! for our volunteers. Just now It is raising n hospital fund for these In the Philippines. These who contribute are lauded as patriots nnd all that , but these who do not well the less said about It the better. The truth Is no euch fund -needed. . The Government has plenty of money for any such purposes and It Is not even claimed that It Is not being used as occasion demands. The Inot of War. Chicago Chronicle , Some of the stories ot American soldiers stumbling on riches during the present Phil- Ippluo campaign seem to bo fairly well au thenticated. Individual volunteers are said to have dug up many thousands of dollars , mostly In coin , from the ruins of burned nnd deserted towns and villages. Some of the accounts oven speak of mercenary looting before Uio llcolng Inhabitants are well rid of the place nnd for America's sake there maybe bo hope that these reports are exaggerated. The cede of civilized warfare may not balk nt the finding of burled treasure , but the moral code pronounces It plain robbery , especially when the retreating enemy Is fighting against what It believes to be an army of Invaders. 0V 1-IJ3A.CI3. Stride * of Aincrlciui GciiltiM nnd 12n- tcrprlHc AliroiKl. Chicago TImcs-Hernld. Eloquent and world-wldo recognition of the superior excellence of American manu factured goods is found in the figures of our total exports for March. In them maybe bo found a most gratifying augury of the coming supremacy of the American mechanic in all the markets of 'the globo. They not only furnish proof that tlio American Is the most Bklllful mechanic In the world , but that American capital and business en terprise , which utilize his skill , are pushing Its products into every corner of tlio earth. Nearly $1,500,000 measures the value of the products ot the American workshop that were purchased by foreign consumers every day during the month of March , making ix grand total of $30,025,733 for the month , which reaches the high-water mark In the record of American exports of manufactures. This is nn Increase of 50 per cent over February and a gain of 25 per cent over any preceding month. That the foreign demand upon the 'Ameri can workshop has been steadily Increasing for a number of years is shown by the fol lowing table of exports and imports for tbo month of March for seren years : Exports. Imports. IS93 $ H.MO.Kil J33.179.0ji5 , , , 1SD. > 15,576,750 2S.701ffll ISM 10,12o,7S < - > 27.OJ5.COl 1SD7 25S7CSC1 2S.312.lflS 1R9S 2S,2H,4GO &Jir > 3S'i ; JS99 3fi,023,733 24,313,310 During the nlno months ending with March , 1899 , the exports of manufactures amounted to $212,833,645 , against ? 208,7SS- 030 In the corresponding period of the pre ceding year , forming for the first time In our history more than one-third of the total exports. Another significant feature of the statis tics for March Is the fact that the exports , In round numbers , are 50 per cent In excess of the Imports of manufactures. In the fiscal year 1898 the exports of manufactures wore 23 per cent in excess of the Imports of manufactures , - whichwas regarded as abnormal because of the small Importations of manufactures Immediately following tlio enactment of the tariff law of 1897. It Is another curious nnd significant fact that more than ono-half of the exports of American manufactured goods went to the great manufacturing countries of Europe. Particularly Is this true of agricultural im plements , showing that the countries that have made greatest progress in the me chanical arts are first to recognize the su periority of labor-saving devices ot Ameri can Invention and manufacture. This Is the expansion of American genius and American enterprise , that' requires no armies for its conquests , no navies for the extension of its supremacy. The American workshop IB quietly taking the earth. HISTORY HI3IM3ATI.VR ITSELF. for Iiilliitloii ami HucklcnN Iii- Vl'HtlllUlltN Itfl'lir. Macauley's Illhtory of England , Chap. xlx. During the Interval between the Restora tion and the Revolution , the riches of the nation had been rapidly Increasing- Thou sands of busy men found every Christmas that after the expenses of the year's house keeping had been defrayed out of the year's income a surplus remained ; and how that surplus was to bo employed was a question of some difficulty. In our tlmo .to Invest such n surplus at something moro than 3 per cent on the best security that has over been known to the world Is the work of a few minutes. But In the seventeenth century a lawyer , a physician , a retired merchant who had saved fiomo thousands nnd who wished to place them safely and profitably , was often greatly embarrassed. * * * There were a few joint stock companies , among which the East India company had the fore most plnco ; but the demand for tbo stock of such companies was far greater than the supply. Indeed , the cry for n now East India company was chiefly raised by per sons who had found dlfllculty In placing their savings at Interest on good security. * * * Tlio natural effect of this state of things was that a crowd ot projectors , Ingenious nnd absurd , honest and Knavish , employed themselves In devising schemes for the em ployment of redundant capital , U was about the year 1CS8 that the word stockjobber was llrst heard In London. In the short space of four years a crowd of companies , every one of which conllijently held out to sub scribers the hope of Immense gains , sprang into existence : The Insurance company , the Paper company , the Lutestring company , the Pearl-fishery company , the Glass Hottlo company , the Alum tompany , the Illytho coal company , the Swordblado company. There was a Tapestry company , * * * a Copper company , a Diving com pany , ii\ Greenland Fishing com pany , * * a Tanning company. * * j Extensive combinations were formed and monstrous fables were circulated for the purpose of raising or depiesslng the prlco of shares. * * A mania , of which the symptoms were essentially the same with thrso of the mania of 1720 , of the mania of 1825 , of the mania of 1815 , seized the public mind. An Impatience to be rich , a contempt for these slow but sure gains which are the proper reward of industry , patience , and thrift spread through society. The spirit of the cogging dicers at Whlte- frlars took possession of the grave senators of the city , wardens of trades , deputies , aldermen. It was much easier nnd moro lucrative to put forth ft lying prospectus announcing a new stock , to persuade In nocent people that the dividends could not fall short of 20 per cent , and to part with 500 of this Imaginary wealth for 10,000 Eolld guineas than to load a ship with a well chosen cargo for Virginia or the Levant , Every day borne new bubble was puffed Into existence , rose buoyant , shone bright , burst and was forgotten , r.ruons OF TIII : AVAH. Mr. Edwin Wlldmnn , formerly vice consul of the United States at Manila , who re- mnlncd at the seat of war ns correspondent of Leslie's Weekly , sends to that pap r h review of the events leading up to the out break of the insurrection , coupled with nn expression of the views of Admiral Uewcy. Major Oeneral Otis , conunandcr-ln-chlof , nnd Ilrlgadlcr General King. The Immediate cause of the antagonism of the Filipinos , according to Mr. Wlldmnnns General Oils' proclamation of January "expressing UK- president's generous attitude toward the Filipino people. It was the plnnk that turned Uio tldo ot carefully measured diplomacy on the part of the Filipinos Into open defiance. The proclamation showed conclusively that It was not the Intention of America to rec ognize Filipino Independence. This one con- clUAlon blinded the Agulnaldo government to all other Kplcndld opportunities offered by the president to the Tagalo ofllclals nnd pee ple. Agulnnldo promptly Issued a counter proclamation , In which ho denied General Otis' right to the title of military governor of the rtilllpplno Islands. It also stated that ho hod never rccognl/cd the sovereignty ot America In the Islands. The document was full of hlgh-ltown verbiage calling upon the name of God nnd the witness of Aguinaldo's soul to confirm his statements , and elided li\ n call to his countrymen 'not to turn back from the path of glory upon which wo have already entered. ' Tills proclamation was fol lowed by another calling for 'Independence or death.1 " Gc'iernl Otis' views are quoted by the writer as follows : "As to Agulnaldo , ho is not n bad sort , but ho lost control of his people. Ho bccnino a moro name , or llguro- 1-ead , for a time , to arouse the enthusiasm of the people , who are skeptical in nil things , nnd his advisers took advantage of this fact and subserved him to their purpose. Ho was overrun by shrewd men , who used his name to further their Interests dnd bind their or ganization. These Filipino leaders pub lished two papers in Manila , and preached Independence and eclf-govcrnnicnt to the natives until they'looked upon us ns oppres sors instead ot liberators. I was compelled to stop both publications , so rabid did they become. Another force that contributed much to the Idea of war was the meddling of Interloping Americans , Englishmen nnd other foreigners , rascals of all nationalities , and the riff-raff ot two continents , who wore dumped into Manila and Asiatic parts Hong Kong , Singapore and Shanghai. These scoundrels acted as agents , and secretly agitated the minds of the natives and furnished them with arms nnd , ammunition , urging them to do something which the majority of the Filipinos neither understood nor comprehended , for they are naturally a peace-loving and Industrious race , and easily led by unscrupulous men. No one under stands native character ; they are shrewd too shrewd for us. " "I have a great deal of sympathy for these natives , " said General King to Mr. Wild- man. "Wo allowed them to go ahead and establish a government. Our olllcers and men Informally associated with their army officials , were entertained by thorn nnd visited their headquarters , and then ignored them and the fact that they were a govern ment. Wo ordered them back hero nnd pushed them out of there and admitted none of their rights as inhabitants and as the occupants and population of thcso islands. The fault is not nil theirs. " An Interesting contribution to the con tention that the Filipinos were at the outset allies of the United States Is made by the correspondent In the following paragraph : That the natives were encouraged to fight nnd were furnished with arms by us'in the beginning is an undisputed fact. Admiral Dewey told me , in talking of this subject : "Although Agulnaldo Is somewhat of a per sonal coward , I persuaded him not to give up. "When I brought him to Cavlto ho was afraid to sleep ashore nights. Ho was very much discouraged over the natives' Indif ference to his coming. I told him not to glvo up , but , try again , and finally I fairly clubbed him ashore and told him to fight. " i , Axn OTIIKRWISK. The new $ G.,000,000 Plow trust ought to bo popular , because every one who buys a plow will get a share. E. S. Purcell , the author ot "Tho Life of Cardinal Manning , " which provoked BO heated a controversy a few years since , has Just died , In his 76th year. William M. Evarts , though by no means in physical good health , is as sound of mind as over and his friends ridicule the- report that ho was losing hla reason. Three thousand persons attended the anti- imperialist meeting In Chicago , 10,000 at tended the Imperialist meeting , and 22,000 attended a base ball game. Thus is Chicago patriotism , accurately gauged. When a man in New York said to a police official the other day , "Lead mo to the king , " it was remembered that Richard Croker had sailed for Europe , so ho was sent to the Insane , ward of Ilellovuo hospital. The Venezuelan government desires to decorate Admiral Sampson and the com manding ofllcers of the North Atlantic squadron that recently visited La Guayra , and also Commander C. C. Todd of the Wilmington , with the Order of the Bust ot Holivar. The report that General Joe Wheeler is to wed the widow of George W. Chllds will not down. It Is generally credited. While at Detroit last week the general was asked to affirm or deny the report. "It Is too deii- cato a matter to talk about , " said the old gallant ; "Information on the subject should first como from the lady. " When President Seth Low gave $1,000,000 for Columbia college's library ono of his friends protested that If ho kept on thus he would die a poor man. "Well , " ho replied , "Mrs. Low and myself have talked the mat ter over. Wo have no children , and we love our relatives too much to provoke them Into a contest over my will. " Princess Eulalia expressed to Ambassador Porter In Paris , the other day , her pleasure at the resumption of peaceful relations be tween Spain and the United States. The dear girl's recollections of her visit to the World's fair could not bo blotted out by an International jar. The crowds that jos tled her roado a lasting impression. iMajor Frederick Fueger , the new com mandant of Fort McIIenry , was born In Ger many and came to this country In 1S55 , enlisting in the Fourth United States artil lery. Ho distinguished hlmsplf for bravery during the civil war , and was rapidly promoted meted for gallant conduct in actlvo service. At the battle of Gettysburg , when all'the officers of Itattery A , Fourth artillery , had fallen , Major Fuegor , who was then first sergeant , took command of the battery and directed the fire. Ho was commlsslouod lieutenant at Gettysburg , and since then ho ha < ; been connected with tbo Fourth artil lery. How Tlii'y Tnki Wnlor. Phllad. Inhln. Times. Ono way the American boldler takes water is when bo swims rivers to mere quickly gel at the enemy. i rONOHATM.ATIMJ .11 11(113 NOHUIS. Dmorson Enterprise ( rop. ) : Judge W. F. Norrls has been appointed attorney for the United States custom Irouso at the Philip pine Islands and with his family will roon start for his new post of duty. Judge Nor rls has been o , faithful worker for his party nnd wne deserving of recognition and his friends nro glad ho has received good ap pointment. Schuyler Sun ( rep. ) : Judge W. F. Nor rls of Wayne , who made the slpendld fight for congress on the republican ticket In this district last fall , Is to be given n situation In the revenue service nl Manila. There Ifl no moro honest , deserving republican In all Nebraska than Judge Norrls nnd the Sun believes It voices the Bciitlmcnt of every republican In Colfax county when wo say we are glad ho gets the place. Fremont Trlbuno ( rep. ) : Judge W. F. Xorrls of Wayne Is to bo given a plnco In the revenue service at Manila by Assistant Secretary MelUlcjohn and his appointment will bo received with much enthusiasm by his many friends. Judge Norrls Is nn hon orable nnd thoroughly upright gentleman. With such men In the servlro Uiero will bo no scandals , no frauds nnd peculations practiced. Mr. Mclklpjohn has mndo an ex cellent selection In tills Instance. Dakota City ( Nob. ) Eagle ( rep. ) : Hon. W. F. Norrls , i > x-dlstrlrt Judge of this dis trict and republican candidate for congress In this congressional district last fall , and a man who can count his friends by the thousands in Nobr.-mka , has been appointed attorney for the United States custom house on the Phlllpplnu Islands , and with his wife nnd daughter expects this week to start for his new field of labor. This Is an honor well bestowed , for no man In the west Is en titled to recognition nt the hands of the party for services rendered moro than Judge Norrls , for during his long residence In the the stats his shoulder has been to the wheel every campaign nnd his oratory always heard on the stump. Ho will be greatly missed In the state. MUCH ADO AllOltr NOTHING. Springfield Republican : Admiral Dcwoy , General Otis and President Schurtnan may not know now , hut tlicy will soon know how narrowly they escaped being led Into insur rection nnd rebellion against the United States. The Atkinson pamphlets mailed to them have been seized , Just as they wore about to leap the Pacific. It was a close calf. Indianapolis News : Mr. Atkinson reports that the supply of his condemned pamphlets is exhausted. But wo presume the presses will rapidly provide more. The action or the government had tlic effect that might have been expected namely , that of a tremendous advertisement. Now , hundreds of thousands ot people will read the pam phlets , where , If the government had done nothing , only hundreds or thousands would over have heard of them. Philadelphia Record : As for the contents of Uiese documents , they are no moro repre hensible than were the speeches of the Republican Senator Mason of Illinois , of the Republican Representative Johnson of In diana and others on the floor of congress. They arc said to bo largely made up of.ab stracts from congressional speeches , hence the proceeding to prevent their distribution in the mails Is rather late , whatever else may bo said about It. If people have not long since read much that was In Mr. At kinson's pamphlets It was not for want ot the opportunity afforded by the Congrch. slonal Record. Cleveland Plain Dealer : The ' 'seditious" pamphlets sent by Mr. Edward Atkinson to "incito Insubordination and discontent among our soldiers in the Philippines" were taken out ot tbo mails at San Francisco In obedience to the order sent by the post master general. According to the dispatch announcing the seizure , thcso pamphlets were addressed to Admiral Dewey , General Otis , General Miller and Profs. Schurman and Worcester ot the Philippine commission. Thcso nro the persons mentioned by Mr. Atkinson as the only ones to whom he had sent the pamphlets , with the exception of ono set sent to the correspondent of a New- York Illustrated weekly whoso mall , by the way , docs not appear to have been fcelzcd. Buffalo Express : And so all the fuss amounts simply to this : That Dewey , Otis , Miller , Schurman and Worcester have been prevented from receiving certain personal mall which , In the view of the postmaster general , was calculated to make them dis contented and mutinous. Really this is not very complimentary to the distinguished men who have charge of the Interests of their country in the Philippines. It is especially hard on General Miller , who has been placed on the retired list and ordered home. Surely It would not bo a serious matter if bo did become discontented , Inasmuch ns the government Is through with his services ? Then there is the alarming fact that ono pamphlet apparently passed the censor at San Francisco nnd has gone on to Manila. Edward Atkinson says ho sent six. Only five have been seized. The sixth ono was addressed to General Lawton. Ho Is actually at the front , on the firing line , and the con sequences of his becoming discontented and mutinous as a result of reading that pamphlet just at this time might be dis astrous to the army. I1ESERKATION OF OIIUIICHKS. Saorcil Killflrf * in Iu/.oii Ooruiileil by foiKiucrlimr Army. Chicago Chronicle. In the largo Philippine archipelago various religions are professed. In ono quarter Mohammedanism holds sway , but In Luzon , the Island longest occupied by civilization , now tbo scene of our military operations , containing the old Spanish capital of the archipelago , Roman Catholicism has long been dominant. Luzon was the scene of early missionary labor. For three centuries succeeding generations of Filipinos in Luzon have been Catholics. Their labor nnd piety have reared In the various centers of popu lation In that island these structures con secrated to tlio service of God that Catholics especially regard with the peculiar rover- cnco Indicated In the iihrase , "sacred edifice. " Naturally , In their opinion , a church consecrated solemnly to the uorvlco of God is profaned by military occupancy. It Is small wonder that the natives who have reared such edifices regard with won der nnd Indignation the use roado of them by soldiers who nro said to come to the Island to secure them liberty civilization nnd. Incidentally , the blessings of a gospel with which they nnd their forbears have been acquainted for centuries. Mr. McCutcheon , artist of the Record , presume a picture of the Interior of the Caloocan church , which General MacArthur has made the headquarters of 'his ' division. Ufao of the edifice by the conquerors stopped etinit only of stabling horhp.i. The church IB filled with cot and equipments. On the altar where the Filipino was ac customed to witness on Snnduyn , and to witness dally If his piety called him to at tendance. , what bo believed to bo the Im molation of a sacred boot a telegraph In strument clicks , and the chancel rail whereat ho wac wont to receive in communion what ABSOLUTELY 1PURE Makes the food more delicious and wholesome . . BOY4L BAklHa POtEH CO. , Httf YORK. . ho relieved to bq the boiK nnd blood ol bis Savior Is devoted to n rack for saddles ami bridle * * A wlso conqueror carefully abstains from outraging the religious practice , or , If ho , chuoso to call It , the rcllRlous prejudice , of n subject people , but the Filipino notes with Brewing nnd desperate Indignation the nithlessness of the soldiery of n nation ho has heard of as hlRlily civilized nnd en- tlrely rhrlstlan. As wo grow older In Im perialism nnd militarism wo may learn with profit liow Napoleon , the meet nKhlcss of conquerors , respected Mohammedan preju dices , and how Kngland nt this day even Is conscious that tbo continuance ot her rule In India depends entirely upon her abstention from proselytlsm. History ttiows that tbo banner ot the cross waved In Luzon long before the for matlon ot nn American mlsilounry society. TIIOfCIITS THAT TtOvl.H. Chleago Kecorri : "Mrs. Jones , them people ple nrtlooi wants to berry the lawn mower. " "A'l right , Mary Ann. Tell them wo haven't nnv , but we will lend them our cow. " Cleveland Plain nenlcr : "That little Mary Dangle Iwn't ua simple ns Mio looks. " "No ? " "No. 1 tried ono of my loenl romances on her last evenlne , nnd she said 1 ought to go lno ; tbu ynrn combine. " Jloston Transcript : Stranger Wliat was tlmt ? Native That was the brakemnn catling out the t tion. StraiiBcr Hut \vhnt has the station denote to him that hu should u.ill It such a hard name ? IndlnnarxiMs Journal : "And when wo became engaged , all he did wan to kiss tny hand. " "Yrw , 1'vo hoard his mother say ho wn tlio UInd of a boy who would tnnko ono lUcco ot cuiuly last him a week. " Chleniro Tribune : " \Vhon It comet to men , " r < marked the kitchen clrl. tossing- her head , " 1 can have my pick. " "That".s all you'll ever get of the Iceman you're trying to cnteb , " responded tbo housemaid. Detroit Kree Press : She Why haven't you told mo tlmt you hail been married ? lie \Vlio s.iId 1 was married ? She I can tell by the way you take all the umbrella for yourself. Cleveland Plain nenlcr : Ue stared nt her with bulging eyes. Sbo hud a boxliif : slovo on her left hand , and 11 hammer In her rluht. w "M-my dear. ' he stammered , "wh-what are you uolng to do ? " "Idiot , " she snapped , "I'm going to drlvo taclta. " Washington Slur : "Talk about luck ! " exclaimed tbo .Spanish statesman , nn , ho completed n sum In arithmetic which started with $20,000,000. "Do you refer to this country ? " asked the cheerless companion. "I certainly do. Wlml other government would 1-uve the good fortune to sue for peace nmt , get damages ? " Chicago Tribune : "lee ! " sneered the bail young man on the sidewalk. Wo"1" ' "H for Ice home time , my friend , " said the Salvation Army man who was rid ing along on n ' 'M wheel , . ' . 'when you won't bo nblo to get even 11 drop of wntet * to cool your parch-ed toRiie ! " Whereat , he rode on , leaving the enemy utterly routed. Wlii-rf , Oh Wlirrrf C'evc-laiul Plain Di'iilor. Oh , where are the actors I once did love , The towcrlns : minion on the theater bill ? Oh , where arc the lights ot the mimic mngo tlW''C W ° IU "ly bosom to Mlr uml tl - ' ' ' ' " \yiint do 1 hear nn the murmuring breeze ? I hey are all of 'cm mumming In vnudo- i.\ Tin ; .ii O como with mo to the meadow free , Where the nodding ; daisies grow ; \\here lilies gleam on the shining stream And the breeze sings anthems low. The sun Is tip and euch buttcicup Until a store ot glistening dew : Iho bumble bee doth the treastiro BCO As ho roves > the tall Brass through. The blackbird sings ns ho gaily swings On the willow * bending low , The swallows skim o'er the water's brim As they darting come and so. So como with me to the meadow free , Where the ( lowers In beauty grow. ' Sw.cit warblliiRs clear shall delight the cor Till our hearts uith rapture clew ! FRANK U. THOMAS. CLOTHING NOW IN Come at once and get first choice. Examples of Our Clearing Sale $ fi.OO Stiltrt-Ii. ! , per cent off . ; jj5 ; $ I1.WI Siilth-iKJli JUT cent off . 4.j5 $ it.fio : $18.00 Sults-MUl per cent off. . . 12.00 $ : :0.00 .SultsM"jxr " , cent off. . , 13.3R $ aa.W ) Sulto-MM. per tvnt off is.oa S'jri.OO Sul- ( ; ! : % JKT cent orr..i . R $ ti8.00 Kuli : i3 ! { , pur cent off. . . 18.05 SIZES 34 TO 50.