Nebraska Newspapers

    0 THE ON ATT A DATLV J1T3E : WED NEST ) AY , MAY 17 , 1MH ! .
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2nd ilny of May. ISM.
( Seal. ) II T PhUMll.
Notary i'ubllc.
Mayor Van Wyek Insists before tlio
Masset committee that lie Is a bigger
man than Crolior. This is ingratitude
with n vengeance.
v i
The bleyclo trust says It will tiun out
n wliool every live seconds. If It strikes
Hint pill it will inn the. ilsk of being
in-rested for scorching.
The War department may yet hnvo to
Htnmp every certificate of discharge for
inustoied out men with "Don't lilow out
tin1 gas" In 1)1 ) } , ' r-d lotk'M.
Luelen Stelibeiis , the North Pintle
populist. , is likely to have u charge of
lesu mnjesle to answer unless lie ceases
to shoot sueli pointed leiiuuks at the
Ideal of the Nebraska , fuslonlsts.
Tlio now school census tnkcrf have
lioon appointed. If they do their A\ork
thoroughly there will he no need of
innkliip ; twins of Mnry , lnno to iirodnc-1
u Hhowlnj. : of school clilldien In o.vess
of Hint of jnevloiis jcnis.
If nnyone is lo lie congratulated on
account of the successful prosecution
of the Kerr innider cnse It Is General
John ( ' . C'ovvlu , who Kindly look the
job of roieMMitlii ] ) the Hlatc off the
Imuds of the county iiltorin-y.
.Should his MilinlnTs persist In lioaji-
liiK all their cMiteniithtted attentions
upon him It would not he surprising
a week or .so after Ids arrival lor Io\\cy
1o ask to lie sent liaclc to the Philip
pines to hock icst and lecreation.
I'erhaps Marconi's wireless teleg
raphy will enable our aniiablo hyphe
nated contcinpor.iiy to get in communi
cation with tlio late. Mr. Ucd Cloud ,
\\honi it promises to produce as the Mar
chieftain at the ne.xt Indian encamp
ment.
Our "conscientious" county attorney
hns not yet explains ! why he has put
his hiothcr on the p.iy roll of the county
as a stenographer while 1hc stcno-
s graphic woik of his olllco is peifouncd
1 by a .voting woman paid by contribu
tions fioin Ids deputies.
According to the president of th lie-
form 1'icss association , no one pot a
democrat or icpuhllc.iii at hcait will
contend the campaign of IS'.Hi should
be duplicated in lHl. ! ) ( Whllo we can't
speak for the democrats no republican
will object to a icpctltlon of the victory
of 1SDIJ.
The students oi' the electrical and en-
1 ' glneoiliig departments of the State mil-
\erslly aio coming to Omaha to take a
few lessons in the practical application
of the sciences th y have been studying.
Omaha can contribute to the lustinotion
of tlio State university In mine ways
than one.
Since It was announced that Andiew
C'arueglo proposed to distribute his mil
lions In liciK'l act Ions , offers to assist
him In his pmposn have poured in upon
him wt laphlly that he has had to totlro
to tlio highlands of Scotl.ind , It' the
present onslaught keeps up ho will Hud
It IIH laboilulls a task to give Ills money
away as it was to accumulate it.
Tlio Cubans ovldcntly do not appre
ciate tlio bonolltH of military govern
ment as they ought If the constant
threats of iioublo offer any reliable
criterion. Uf this keeps up much longer
we may expect some of the. same Cu
bans who Implored the United States
lo deliver them from Spanish Wcylor-
Ism will bo entreating Spain to Interfere -
fore against American domination.
'Twns ever thus.
Neither the Omaha hyphenated organ
of bogus reform nor the H. & M. Lin
coln Journal has yet ventured to give
opaco In their columns to the protest
of the Norfolk business men against the
remarkable action of the popocratle
state railroad commission In turning
over their complaints of discrimination
to the railroad managers. Can It bo
that the trolley wires between the rail
road headquarters and these two rail
road organs have become
A TiitiK.iiKX
Thn IntfM ndvlros from Cuba. If
trustworthy , show the "HuntInn t" be
decidedly thieatcnliiK. It appears thnt
there1 Is Intense dissatisfaction among
the Cuban soldiers nnd their sympathis
er * , not only with the amount which the
fulled Stntei proposrs to pny the
native nimj , but nl o with the require
ment Hint they hhnll surrender their
nriiH , which they now profess to re
gard as a humiliating domind. : Tills
fH-lliig , It seems H not conlliied to Ha
vana , the hotbed of discontent nnd dis
affection , but Is being manifested aKo
in the province of Santiago , where It
had been supposed paclllcatlon wns
nearly complete and the peopb gener
ally were well untlsllcd with American
policy. Indeed this new development of
dlsMttlsfactlon Is a surpiNo after the
assurances that have linen given that
I the situation was steadily growing bettor -
, tor and that the outlook was most fa
vorable.
The advices may bo exaggerated. The
discontent mny not be so general as In
dicated and as to talk of aimed re
sistance to tlio f lilted States It prob.ibly
Is conlliied lo a few of the more reckless
malcontents. P.ut evidently tills ele
ment has beui effectively Inductions
In fostetlng the spirit of disaffection.
What shall bo done by the Ameilcnn
aiithorith s to check and icpre s tills
is a serious question. Our occupation
of Cuba Is for the pmpnse of pacifying
the Island and then allowing Its p ople
to establish their own government. We
are expected to give protection to these
who have a claim to It. The duty the
fulled Stales has assumed Is to s'e
instituted In Cuba nn Independent ,
stable govcininonU capable of main
taining domestic peace and performing
Its obligations toward other govern-
incuts. How far should we go in ful-
lllllng this duty ? "U'hat ineasur ? , if
any , of force and coercion may wo
justly employ , beyond AN hat may be
necessary to self-piotectlon ? Having
dollveied these people from Spanls-h
rule , shall xve now forcibly conipol
them to accept our rule ? It is quite
possible that our government will have
to cheese between this course and the
alternative of withdrawing fiom the
Island , which would mean , there can he
no doubt , .silt lendoi ing it to civil
war , anarchy and a worse devastation
than It has over suffered.
The Inevitable tendency of the exist
ing state of affairs will be to Increase
tlu sentiment In favor ol annexation
both In Cnb.t and in the fulled States.
It Is already strong in the island among
the propcily owners and the business
men , who are cldelly Spaniards , and It
will not bo surprising if it shall lind
sympathizers among the more conserva
tive Cubans , If they shall hav * become
convinced that their efforts to control
the radical and revolutionary element
are hopeless , fiidoubtedly tlieie are
many such men , earnestly d'slrlug In
dependence , who yet would prcler an-
ni'xation to a government that might
! > > dominated by Iho class now ob
structing the woik of pacilicatioii and
fosteilng discord and dtssntlsiactlon
among the people. The newest phase of
the Cuban problem is very likely to
prove a stimulus to annexation .senti
ment.
A MATTKII ron
It Is probable that a settlement of the
Alaskan boundary question can bo
re.iched only through arbitration and It
Is understood that the British and
American governments arc considering
thlft method of disposing of the contro
versy. The boundary dispute ichitos tea
a narrow strip of coast between the
Canadian northwest possessions and the
racllle , which Is in tlio possession of the
f nlted States. This stilp shuts oiitfiom
access to the sea the gold-pioduclng
( "iTlloiy of C.inada In the Yukon
district. The coast Is deeply indented
and when the question w.is befor > the
joint high commission the Canadian
commlsslonois contended that the coast
line should follow the inland cour.se of
the Lynn canal or bay , vvlillo the Ameri
can contention was that the Hue should
follow the long Indillation. . In the one
c.ise the boundary Hue would be ten
leagues from the mouth of the canal and
In the other ten leagues from the wuter.s
of the bay or canal a very material
difference involving a considerable
strip of valuable territory.
Canada wants a port at the head of
th < > Lynn canal , with access from that
port to the interior , and It Is under
stood that the American members of
the Joint high commission were disposed
to grant this until they leechvd vigor
ous protests from the citizens of Seattle ,
Tacoma and other Ameiican towns on
the 1'aclllc1 coast. In default of agree
ment on this point nrbitiatlon was proposed -
posed and it Is slated upon what ap
pears to be good authoilty the Am 'Hum
commissioners suggested that the board
of arbitration should consist of three
eminent Jurists from each country. The
Canadians objected that tills would not
secure Duality and that it was necessary -
s-ary lo have an umpire chosen from a
neutial state. 'Iho Americans , It Is
said , were willing to select an umplie
from one of the Spunlsh-Ameilcan
states , but this was objected to by the
Canadian commissioners on the ground
that t lies- " states , by virtue of the Mon
roe doetiliie , aio practically under
Ameiican protectorate , The Americans
were unwilling lo accept an umpire
from Europe and so the question was
referred to ih > respective governments
for diplomatic coiihldeiatlon.
Such li , the present status of this im
portant matter , tlio serious chaiacter of
which is fully appreciated by the two
governments. Tlieio Is no Information
as to what has taken place in leferenco
to It between Washington and Ivuidon ,
but It Is safe to assume that tlio matter
Is not being neglected and in view of
thn fact thijt Creat Britain and the
f nlted States will , It Is understood ,
iinltj at The Hague conference In an
earnest effort to secure general iccog-
nltlon of the principle of arbitration it
would seem thnt President MeKlnloy
and Lord Salisbury should deslie to at
test their faith In the principle by ar
ranging to submR the Alaskan boundary
contiovcrsy to arbitration. If thcie Is
nothing in the way of such an arrange
ment hut the selection of an umplie ,
which it appears wab thu only obstacle
i
i to nn agreement by th- > joint high win-
1 inl l < iti. It Is dllllcult to believe that
I this will be allowed to pi event the gov
, eriiments coming to teims. The experl
once of the fnlt'-d States with aihltni
tlon dries not win rant apprehension of
unfair treatment from a Kurop-an urn
plre In the Iwundary case , while then
Is no sound reason why ( Sn-nt llrltnli
should fear injustice at tip hands o |
an umpliv selected fiom South Ameilca
. MAIL DKi.irt.nr
If the piesent plans of the Postolllci
department meet with no Interf-'ienci
Douglas county will soon be enjo.Ing
the benefits of rural carrier dellver.v
along the principal thorousihfaies con
necting Omaha with subtiiban towns.
The delivery of mull matter to fanners
In thickly populated dlstiicts lias been
tried with success in a number of east-
ein states nnd tlieie Is no good icasoii
why It should not bo successfully Intio-
ducetl In Nebraska. Wheivver riiial
mull routes hnve been established there
has been a noticeable Increase of busi
ness , the linptoxvd facilities stimulating
communication and business between
the residents and the nolghhoiliig cities.
Tlio new system will bring Into closet
contact the farmers of Douglas county
and the merchants of Omaha and the
result cannot but be beiietlclal to both.
It Is ceitiilnly to bo hoped that the new
mall delivery route will be utilized lo its
fullest capacity and eventually be extended -
tended to cover the entire county. If
every resident of Douglas county could
have a daily mall delivery at his door
the advantages of living near a gre.it
city would lie more directly brought
home to all the people and the fact em
phasized that the Interests of the rural
and the city dlbtilcts of the county are
id 'iitical. For tills reason maiked re
sults may be expected from this postal
Innovation.
/.OC.I7K Till : MUXVMVAT IX TOII'.V.
Tile school bonid has given authority
for tlio collection of contiibutlons from
tlio chlldicn of the public schools for
the election of a soldlois' monument in
one of our cemeteries to bo known ns
tlio "Chlldien's Memorial fund. " The
plan as outlined contemplates the solici
tation of the money through the school
authorities to be turned over to the
Women's Holief Corps and to be ex
pended under Its supervision for the
pui pose designated.
While every one will commend the
laudable object of this movement it
may be suggested that instead of local-
Ing this monument In some out-of-the-
way cemetery it should bo placed In
one of the publle pniks of the city that
is freely accessible to all and whole it
can 1)0 ) n constant Insphntlon of patriotIsm -
Ism to ths entire community. If the
monument Is to be paid lor by the con
tributions of school children it will bo
bolter to erect it at some convenient
spot where tlio school children may visit
it and point with pride to their gift.
Tills would be imposslbb if the monument
ment is placed in a private cemetery
far fiom tlio center of the city and
reached only utter it long tide by street
car or other conveyance.
The pnik bo.ird will undoubtedly co
operate with the Women's Kellcf Corps
by providing the site If this suggestion
Is accepted.
Word having been received from
"Washington that owing to the necessary
red tape obstructions the delivery of the
rtiptured Spanish cannon promised
Omaha must be delayed sev.nal week * *
if not months , the older to bieak ranks
may be given the regiments of nortii-
slders and south-sldcis and northvvcst-
sldeis and north-iiorthwest-slders
- - who
had bcjn summoned to the firing line
in anticipation of the h.ittlc for tlio lo
cation of the prize. The respite , how
ever , should bo utlll/ed to diill and dis
cipline the lecrults and occupy the vari
ous vantage points most likely to have
Inlluoncc in overawing members of tlio
park bo.iid and lorclng them to capitu
lation when the proper time arrives. In
the meanwhile the signal coips may 1 > 2
confidently idled on lo do the wlie-
tupping work and give the necessary
warning the moment the end of the rod
tape hca\c.s in sight.
Prating about thi ? conscientious devo
tion to duty of County Attorney Shields
may sound well to his llntteiers , but It
hardly connects " \vith the facts. The
county attorney lias publicly admitted
that lie has In Ids possession evidence
to convict sixty-one persons of main
taining gambling dovlcvs , but for rea
sons of his own iefiiscs to Hie com
plaints or piosecute the offenders. Ho
also boasts that Ills chief deputy is a
man who hns refused to testify In a
gambling case because he would in-
criminal. ' himself. How could a con
scientious public olllccr retain an as
sistant who puts himself on the same
plane with criminals ? The county at
torney's conscience must bo near the explosion -
plosion point.
The north side pcopl aio demanding
additional lire alarm boxes in their sec
tion of the city. We thought the Die
ahum system had been turned over to
the telephone company ami that every
telephone Instrument was a lire alarm
box. One of two things , ellli T the tele
phone company should provide ade
quate facilities under Its contract or the
city should go back to the old system
of Dro alarm boxes located and oper
ated by the department Itself.
It Is Just as easy to woik a Job
through the sale of unused public
school sites as It Is through
the purchase of new real estate.
In operations of this kind the tnxpaycis
usually get mulcted at both ends , hav
ing to pay two prices for propaty they
bu.v and to dispose of what they sell at
figures below Its maiket value. The
school boaid will do well to go slow-
about divesting itself of Its real estate
holdings.
What a terrible blow to ( he Cuban
"gcnouils" when It was announced that
the privates were to receive as much
per capita as the ollicers. The object
of congress in donating the money waste
to enable tlio Cuban army to disband
without leaving its members penniless.
The money to ho distributed to the t-ol
dlcrs should enable them to llvo until
I
they cnn < lo omr > thlnir to maintain thorn
solves niul thf > prtvnlcM need It as much
If not more than tin1 nfllPT * . No won
der ( Somezvho. . though not n Cuban ,
hits pi von Ills life and fortune to the
enu o without asking anything In 10-
turn. Is disgusted with the rap.u-loiis
self-seekers.
The nimouneed Intention of the pi evi
dent to come \ \ ( " t to gleet the voluii-
teeis on their retuiii from the Philip
pines will glvp a gracloim neknowlodg-
meiit of the valiant services rendered
In the Oilent by tlieso troops remaining
without a murmur after the time they
were entitled to discharge. Such recog
nition would mean moie than nil tin.
resolutions of thanks by congresses nm
legislatures. The nation which appro
elates the Mierlllees of the men who
light Its battles never wants for de
fenders in Its hour of need.
The Second and Third Nebraska regl
monts donltless ) de-ervo credit for no
acting like rnlllans and outlaws whei
mustered out of setvlce. Hut reallj
there Is no ivnson why an.v of the troops
should linxo disgraced tliemselves li
dial May , and a credit mark for be
Inning in a decent manner should be
long to every man who enlisted in the
armj.
Omaha leal estata men ate preparliiL
for a picnic. The Increased activity li
real estate transactions , coupled ulU
the piospect for still better conditions
Justify a picnle of the most hlhuions
kind. The people Mho invest In Dinahs
real cstatj now will also be having :
picnic before long.
While the little republics of llajtl and
Santo Domingo have settled the dispute
as to the location of their line fences
lhre Is still so much ill-reeling over thi.
affair that the chickens of each one's
president should be caieful to stay it
their own yard If they do not want theli
lives abbieviated.
Itoom to ] 2xiitnil ,
St. 1/ouls Ilepubllc.
J. Sterling Morton has put himself at the
head of a last ditch party. So far , Its mem
bership has not exceeded the dimensions o
a po.stholc.
\ < t I'rnur Tlivri * .
Philadelphia Times.
Should that pcaco conference at The lingua
succeed In puttliiR an end to warfare , -what's
to be done with the battles lighting In the
magazines ?
g of thu Tlilnl : \ < > l > riiNl < n.
Wushincton Post.
The Nebraska regiment former Colonel
Bryan led so gallantly Into camp has finally
been mustered out. U didn't do any fightIng -
Ing , but that was not the fault of the men
and olllccrs who remained In the sen Ice.
Aiiitrrlcitnlslnu t"ic iiliniin.
Springlleld Republican
The new mayor of Hat ana Is not intro
ducing American chlllzatlon when he de
crees that no man bhall appear in public
without some garment to co\er his under
shirt. Such a lawin the United States
would cause a rebellion among street labor
ers in July.
I-rieiulHlilp Sulijcfti-d ( o u Strain.
Baltimore Amoiicnn.
India officials can hardly bo blamed for
awarding a contract for the building of a
Uaduct to an American firm o\cr the bids
of Kngllfah competitors , when the Ameri
can Him offered to lo the work in one-
third the time and at almost one-half the
[ irlco o their Dritish rl\als. K\cn patriotIsm -
Ism can bo subjected to too severe a strain
for its rearing qualities.
SI ( in of Kliiiumliil Stability.
Kansas City Star.
The fact that go\crnmcnt bonds are sell-
ng , at the present moment , at the highest
prices ever paid fop them , when bueh enor-
nous quantities of faecuiltics of industrial
combinations are afloat , It good evidence
hat the consonatlvo capitalists of the coun-
.ry aio not going into the trusts. Nobody
s selling government bonds to buy trust
shares. That Is n healthy sign of financial
stability a good reason for hoping that
when the hugo speculation in trust shares
collapses It will not bring serious harm to
the bolld conservative financial institutions
of the land.
! IOOIiVS.
nlratloii of TI'IININ HraclK'8 tlic
l'roinr | ( IOIIH of an IncliiHtrj .
'Washington .Star.
The organization of truets fotlll keeps up.
t has grown to bo an industry In itself.
So many lines of business had then been
covered by It , that , weeks ngo , there was
i feeling that surely the limit had been
reached. Hut apparently It him no limit.
At any rate , the list lengthens ) from -week
o week , and there are multitudinous of-
feilngs of nharcfl In nearly everything in
vhlch men of business are engaged in this
country.
The era la ono of gigantic gambling. It
s nothing less. Many of thoao organlza-
lens quote figures far beyond the o\tienii'st
value of all their belongings. The capital
strck in n fancy figure purely , selected' by
ho gifted gentleman who has conceived the
scheme , and < who Is to place the sharps
among the credulous , the lne.\pci fenced , and
ho venturesome. Ills knowledge of human
laturo teaches him to thunder In the luilc * .
lo cannot hope to attract attention unli\-a
10 bldtt high for public consideration. Ho
cannot hope lo Impress pcoplo with an Idea
hat big things aru obtainable through the
agency of his organization unless ho t\nl \
mpre.iscs them with the Idea that the or
ganisation Itself is n big thing And BO
ho figures have boon run up to that point
vlieio a viMituio of ten or twenty millions
H a mcro ibagatcllo.
IB there no remedy for thl3 sort of thing-
nn piotcctlon of the public against U ?
rhcro are these who take the ground 4hut
hi ) request for such protection Is to plead
ho baby act , for the public. The public ,
hey Insist , should know about such mat-
um should limstlgalo them. But thn fact
cmnlno that la many instance ) thu public
loea not know , nnd das not Kiifllclcnt oppor-
unlty for Investigation And inany Innocent -
cent , If somovsbnt .foolish , proplo are in-
elglcd Into investments upon false repro-
entntlonu.
It Is n dlfllcult problem , but two things
nppear to bu icnsonably clear.
(1) ( ) AB these organizations are chartered
inder state laws , these laws should require
ho fullctit facts connected with them to
10 set forth. All of the propel tv they con-
rol and propose to operate nhould bo listed
t a regularly ascertained valuation. No
ancy figures should 'bo ' accepted or per
mitted. The public should 'bo ' Infoimed na
o just what the si'hcmo is and all that It
( 'presents.
(2) ( ) Tlicnolin lend their names to such
organization should bu held to a rigid nc-
ountablllty for thn truth of e > ery state-
nent that la floatul on the Miength of their
eputatlons They should not lui permitted
o play the part of dummlrti or decoys
Wo have had long and circumstantial
torlea about the performances of ( Ml
looley and his titled guinea pigs In Kng-
and. They are full of Instruction for the
\mcrlcan people at this time , when Amcrl-
an llooleys are so numcroui. and commcr-
lal guinea plgv apparently BO iu y o ( pro-
ureuieat. ,
i. ( iossu > .
York Tlmw The Nrhrmkn roglnicnt
HIP flrot honors In the Thlllpplne Islands
nnd hn mude our state foniou * throiiKhout
the world. There are lots of pwiilo on the
glebe who hnve heard ot Nebraska who will
never hour of New York , Pennsylvania or
Illinois.
TctMimseh Journal The l'lr t Nebraska
icglnipnt after making Its splendid fighting
record during three months of ncllxo cam
paigning In the Philippines now 1ms onb
375 men on the firing line. As the regiment
numbered About 1,300 nt the beginning , one
cnn efo that the war Is eoMIng Nebraska n
thousand times more than the islands , blacks
and all , are worth.
Tekamnh Herald- This office Is In re-
eelpt of a circular from the pop state labor
bureau , nt Lincoln , requesting us to Insert
a free notice that nil out of employment
should writent once to that olllce nnd let
their wants bo known. The chump who
runs that department docs not seem to
know that the election of McKlnlcy un
locked the doors of the mills nnd factories
nnd set all < he Idle men toork. . The
trouble hero la that wo cannot get the men
to do the work.
York Democrat. Worn down by hard
service , continued fighting , dtscaso nnd
death , the gallant I'lrst Nebraska , with
only 3To men out of the 1,000 which makes
up the regimental quota , fit for duty , last
Monday nsked to bo temporarily relieved
from duty to recuperate. Ever since- the
landing of troops In the Philippines the
KIrst Nebraska was always on the firing
line nnd always ready for action. It has
earned n rest. Human endurance has a
limit nnd In this case It has been reached.
Judging the regiment 1iy the company from
York , wo feel sure that relief from dul
would not have been asked were not th
vitality of the men completely exhausted
The regiment needs rest and It should b
given it.
Hcatrico Democrat : The medical nssocla
tlon of Nebraska hns tiled charges agalns
Dr. Nealo nnd asks to have his permit t
practice In the slate revoked because li
has been guilty of unprofessional conduc
in "advertising" his business. It seems tha
the doctor nukes several stands and It ha
been his custom to announce his coming
and enumerate a few of the cure1 ! that li
can perform. The cheap guvs who think tha
a professional man Miould keep his llgh
under n bushel are kicking. It Is now tlm
that the newspapers take a hand. If n
phjslclan Is to be tabooed and driven fron
the state because ho believes In the use o
Iirintcrs' Ink , Avhy should not a meichan
who displays a llttlo enterprise am
patronizes the papers bo bojcotted ? Th
doctors v\ho are lee good to advertise , as a
rule , work the papers the hardest Xor free
notices.
voiii vi'iiiis.
Kansas City Star : The magnlficcn
record and terrible losses suffered by Uie
Nebraska troops preclude any reason for
their action except the ono they give , nm
It seems to bo a good one.
Kansas City Star : The president has
cabled Otis to "push things , , " In the hope
that it will have the bamc happy effect as
Grant's telegram to Sheridan , but how men
who are marching and fighting day after
day , fording rivers and wading througl
mud walbt deep , and who , as one of then
wrote the other day , do not have their shoes
off for ten dais at a time or their under
clothing washed for a month , are to putti
any harder , docs not readily appear.
Springfield Republican : Of course , the
wicked anll-lmpcrlall&ts are soieiy re
sponsible for so unsoldlerllkc a proceeding
as the \oluntcershavebeenguilty
of. Piobably they have had access to the
Atkinson pamphlet in their dreams , while
sleeping In mud nnd water jungles. War
department comment on the Nebraska case
Is l6at war could not be run on the tovvn-
incetlng principle , and that is very obvious.
It is the business of the soldier to die n
quick deatli or a slow death , as circum
stances dictate. They even have no right
to complain if they are kept In the front
fighting line for weeks and months after
their terms of enlistment expire.
Indianapolis News : There can bo no
doubt that the leglment ought to bo re >
Ileved. It has been actively engaged since
the beginning of the campaign against
Agulnaldo. At the present time there arc
only 200 men In the regiment lit for duty.
Laht Sunday 100 men responded to the sick
call. Slnco Februaiy 2 the organization has
Icfct 225 men in killed and wounded , and fiftv-
nlno since the battle of Slalolos. Kor months
the men have been sleeping In their uni
forms , and in that time they have had no
cl'anco to wash their clothing. As everyone
ono knows , the fighting Cias been almost
continuous , and where tticro has been a
cessation the watching has been as trying
is actual fighting. Wo think , therefore ,
that the men are fully justified in what
tticy have done.
Boston Herald : A recent Washington dls-
latch stated that there had been about 2,000
lentlis among our forces in the Philippines ,
including those killed in action or vvht >
lad died from wounds and disease , and that
Fomo 1,500 more had been wounded on the
ield ot battle. It was significantly lidded
tiat of this number over 7u per cent have
icon from the ranks of the volunteers In
view of thcso flguies , It Is hardly surpris
ing to find that a dispatch was received
Tom Manila on Monday night , announcing
: hat the Nebraska icglment had asked fern
n tcmpoiary relief from duty , and as
suredly the organisation both needed nnft
deserved It , for only 375 men of the icgl
ment were left nt the front. H Is baio jus
tice to our gallant volunteers In ttio Phil-
pplncs to hay that their valor In battle lias
'xcltcd the admiration of military critic- ,
.hrqughoiit the world and added fresh lus-
, cr to our martial reputation.
.vi. AM ) oriiuitwisn.
General Miles has received an invitation
o bo prcoent nt the < omlng military man
euvers at Windsor , England.
Now Yoik authorities are making It warm
'or the "healers , " but the "heelers" are
still having things hugely their own way.
The lalo ox-Governor Plowcr wao once
asked by n IchS successful financier how to
succeed In Wall stirot. "Ily working harder
han at any other trade or profession on
cut tit , " vu\s \ the answer. "Hut won't that
vear yon out ? " "Not before your time"
The report that President Harper of the
fhicago university asked for SOO tickets to
ho Chicago expansion meetings , for profes-
sow and students , to show that the sympa-
hy of the university was not strong for the
anti-expansion jirof < tisor3 , turns out to bean
an expansion exaggeration.
General Von ralkciibtuln , commander of
he Plftconth army corps of Germany , gar-
isuned in Alsace-Lorraine , rose from n bed
of curious Illnafl to recolvo the emperor
ast week , labored hard nt parades and man-
uvers for ono day , dined the empeior In
ho cvcnln , ; and was found dead in bed the
allowing morning.
General Kunston was recently spoken to
about the conduct of some Kaunas uolcllers
n leave In Manila. They were very noljy ,
) Ut harmless. "Yet don't you think they're
teeplng it up pretty late ? " "Not for Kun-
as. They alwajs keep it up for forty-
Ight hours there. It may bo n llttlo late
or night before last , but for tonight It's
Ight in the shank of the evening "
The dlfllculty of getting men to servo on
urles has reached such a point In Now York
hut the appellate court justices tiavo ob-
atncd from the clerks a complete return
how Ing how many talesmen responded * x >
he calls upon them , with the number e\-
uued and the exact rcas ms therefor It
s said that In many casc-a fifty to klxty out
f ever/ hundred talesmen are excused. ,
it : HOIS : or THI : w MI.
The story related In The Sundnv HPP by
HrlRRdler ( Jpnernl King of the brnvery
mid f rh' ! iif i of Lieutenant Chnrles 15.
Kllbntirtip In front of the cnpmv , Is but n
Minptu of ninny rournRcous deeds performs !
by the slRtial cori , of which Kllboiirnc Is
n iiirnibpt. The llculvnnnt faced llio
mom's flrc > , inotinlocl n telegrnrd pole
and mended n broken wire whllo bullets
whistled nbotit him. It vvns n splendid c\
hlbltlon of pltipk nnd heroism well \urthy
< if tlio honor medal. Instances of like val
me not nt nil rnro In the signal corps , but
unfortunate ! ) , they do not rtcolve tlic n-
tonllon they merit. The nvernge war correspondent -
respondent usually conllnns his iittentlnn to
happenings on the firing line , ttio charRo
nnd tout , the orders of eoniinnudets niul
the results Yet the Mgiml corps nnd tiu :
oiiRlnocr corps nrc frcciueiill ) exposed to
greater danger tlmn the soldiers They nre
required to do their work In exposed places ,
and cannot , unlike the soldiers , reply to
the shots of the cncinv. Ono of the most
thrilling pplsodes of tl'e vvnr was the ope-
intlons of the signal ecrps of tlio mnrlnc-i
Innded nt ( lunntniinino , Cuba. Day nnd
night during the nttnck on Hie landlni ; party
by the Spaniards , ono or more members of
the corps stood on nn eminence signaling
to the lice * In tlio harbor. Ttiey wig
wagged with Hags In daylight , with lamps
nt night. For Kcvetity hours the signal
men v\cio targols for Spanish bullets. As
usual tlio nlm of the enemy was poor , but
that docs not detrael from the splendid
courage nnd matchless nerve of tlic signal
men.
A correspondent of Hip New York Times
digs up nn undent story nbout Admiral
Hayley , who , as captain , fought under
Tarragut nt New Orleans. The be.irliig of
tlio Incident Is on such "breaks" ns that
of Captain Coghlan In New Yoik City. Tlio
old admiral was Induced by a parson to
talk to an audience < ot Sunday school chil
dren and this is tlio way ho talked :
"ChU'ern , the rector wants mo to say n
few words to jou I'm not used to talking
to chU'crn or to nnvbndy else but sailors ,
but I'll do the best I can. CliU'crn , this Is
n gicat clay n very grc.it daj the greatest
day out there Isn't any greiter day In ( lie
calendar or the nautical almanac or nny-
where else. I don't Know whether It U
mentioned In Ilium's American Coast Pilot
or not. If It Isn't It ought to be. As I
said bcforo. If I am not mistaken , It Is n
great day a very great dnj exceedingly BO
I think I have already mentioned that. "
Here , seeming to rcallro thnt bo had fully
demonstrated this fact , he paused a moment
for reflection , and then , taking n fresh
bitch In bis tiouscrs , be started out boldly
on another tack.
"Yes , chU'crn , this IP the day on vvblch
our Lord died to save > our souls. " At this
tlio parson who sat behind him caught n
tl arp grip on his coat tall nnd brought him
up all standing. "What's the matter ,
parson9 What's the matter ? " paid he ; "am
I lalking too long ? "Xo , not that , " : o-
pllcd the rector , "but vou must excuse me
for correcting you. This is not Good Friday ,
the day on which our lx > id died H Is
Christmas dav ; the day on which Ho was
born "
" .My dear parson , " replied the admiral ,
\vltli \ becoming gravity , "that's a difference
In doctrine. I v\as lit ought up a Presby
terian , and jou bhould Invc Known that be
fore jou called on me to fapcak. If j-ou want
to run thlb Sunday school In an Episcopal
way j'ou take the helm hourself. "
Meeting the admiral some time afterward
tlio cot respondent asked him If this story
vvns true. Ho lenlled that It was so In all
Its essential particulars , but he added
"Don't jou go around telling It as long as I
am alive. I might get reprimanded , 5011
know , for going out of my line of duty , nnd
I think I ought to bo for making a
fool of myself. "
ii\vnv A
Drooklyn Ragle : Dewey wants quiet.
Well , ho can't have It. Not In this coun-
tty. Patriotism outruns consideration In
thcso da > s. He will live hero for awdlle
In nn uproar to which the fight in Manila
bay was the crackling of thorns under thu
pot.
Philadelphia Times : The 0110 serious
phase of this new development In Admiral
Dewoy's sudden return homo is the fact
that ho is doubtless impelled to it by the
impaired condition of ills health. There
are Important duties jet to bo performed
In Manila which none could discharge as
well as Admiral Dewcj- , and he certainly
would not abandon such duties when left
entirely to his own discretion , If the condi
tion of his health Justified him In remain
ing , and least of all would ho bo influenced
to leave his post by the desire to meet ths
grateful plaudits of his rountrjmcu.
Washington Pest : Surely there must be
some adequate and proper way of cele
brating Admiral Dewey's return to the
country fie has served so nobly nnd which
lonois him with such abundant fervor ,
without subjecting him to personal annoy
ance nnd aflllctlon , Our patriotic grntltiujo
!
can express Itself In homo fashion that docs
not Involve unhapplness to Its object. H la
perfectly well known that Admiral Dewcy
lots not enjoy contact with funs nnd ac
clamation anil hstories. It is equally welt
mown that his health requires him to live
a very simple nnd abstemious life. Why
can wo not commemoiate Dcwoj's exploits
and leave the man himself In peace9 Wo
lave been celebrating the rourth of July
'or many jears without the picsencc of the
signers of ctho declaration Why can wo not
celebrate Admiral Dowoy's return without
actually pulling and hauling him about and
indormlning his sjstem with unwholesome
'ood and dilnk ? Do wo really admlro and
loner Dewey , or are wo consldcilng our own
vanity and thirst for ostentation In all these
dlotic projects ? It seems ito us that the
lore of Manila Reserves at our hands some-
hlng kinder than persecution something
nero courteous than annoyance.
KM ) OK Till : IKON ll.M.I , .
Cliapli-r of tlir Illhtory "if
n Vitlonal-Wlilr I'll I.e.
A gieat many people In the west scarcely
leed to have their momoiloB Jogged about
ho Order of thn Iron Hall , whlc.li nourished ,
or seemed to flourish , six jears ago , These
\ho were membeis of It would not care to
uknowledge how far they were taken In ,
and would piefer , doubtless , to let the dead
est undisturbed. Ten JCOIB ago the order
lad nn exieiiBlvo constituency in this HCC-
lon of the west , anil Its Cumbers were
naterlally Increase d iby holding a national
onvontlon In Omaha In the later ' 80s The
onvcntlon was composed of delegates from
all the northcin states and , being a rcpro-
cntativo and Influential body , was greeted
ind feasted with characteristic liberal ! ! ) .
Those who recall that occasion , ns well
s these Initiated Into the m > stcrlcs of the
rder , will be Interested In the Informa-
lon that the receiver for the Iron Hall ,
appointed In December , ISfi,1) ) , has just con
cluded his labors with Batlsfactlon to him
self and the appointing court. Of the CO,000
or more members of the order , excepting
Grand High Chief Somcrby , the receiver was
the most fortunate of the lot. His annual
salary was well up In the fUo figures , and
the fee allowed his associate lawyers would
nako a trust promoter of today green with
nvy In order to signalize In n filling ninn-
er the close of his arduous labors he an-
ounces a dividend of 1 per cent , and ( hose
laving the neccsgary certificates may titep
p to the wicket und got their farewell
andout.
Of all the benevolent assessment orders
ui flourished In the last twenty jears , the
ran Hall attained the greatcat strength
nd suffered the greatest collapse. A score
of as rfl < smem order * flli-hed $ inooo.noo from
the people of New Knpsland In the deinl
between \w and l i ) Numerical bnnd
faklra held up the mlddlp west for J2ot)0ooo )
The Iron Hall rorppd In n trifle ovet
$5.000,000 nnd had (1.300 ( members when th
collapse o mo In ISM. 1'reoman 0. Snmerln
a citizen of Philadelphia , was the founder
nnd chief promoter , bill he was far from
being a * slow as the reputation of his home
city Implied Ills plan for benefiting man
kind was the bjldest kind of n fake nnd
the wonder Is that oo many thousands nl
Intelligent people , many of them bright
buslnefB men , could bo taken In bj the
game. A member was it-qulrcd to pav In
n specific * ! sum In monthly a so9ments fm
seven years , the agsic'Rato nmnuntlnc ; tn n
fraction less than { 100. nnd was to receive
then $1,000. Somerby figured that there
would be enough lipscs to keep the gime
going and pny out. Hut the members
thought It was n good thing and held on
nnd got nothing. In the literature of the
order was this suggestive motto"You
don't have to die to beat this game " Pom-
crby Ihc-d up to It lie received n silary
of J10.COO n ) car. blew In $716.000 of th
funds of Iho order In n bank started by
him In Philadelphia and in many other wavi
scattered money with a lavish hand The
total amount of money collected while tha
order was In existence was $7,311,301 in 1
the amount paid out was Jl.fiU.260 When
the concern collajwed Its outstanding ob
ligations ( promises to pny ) amounted to
$ r0.fi24.SOO , and the available ennh was J217 -
7" > 0. This sum was largely Incrcaced by thn
recovery of sequestered funds and the ealo
of bonds and mortgages. About 20.000 of
the members did not present claims to the
receiver. The remainder received 3 , " > ! - " > per
cent of their claims. With the last divi
dend p-ild the order la completely wiped out
nnd the iccords of the swindle finally re
moved from publle view.
As n philanthropist. Somerby was a splen
did success for himself.
Cble.iKo Ueeord : "PleniPnllno. what dirt
you do with that cm tain goods you bought
last v\eek ? " . . . .
Well , It vvnsentirely too loud and gay for
cm tains , so I made a shirt vvnlst of It "
Detroit Journal : Actor Your play is
rather wordy.
Plnvvv right I have sought only to clothe
mv thoughts In lilting language.
Actor To be sure , lull a little clothing
goes a good way In the modern drama , you
know.
Chicago Tribune : "If she has had such
Ind luck with her husbands I don't see why
she wants another one. "
"Her last husband's will. I think , con
tainer ! H provision that she must never
marrjngnln. . "
Judge : "Mv dear. " said Mrs. T < ? nspot to
'ILT husband , "what Is the size of the t
earth ? "
"Oh , tbeic's enough to BO round , " replied 9
Mr. Tcuspot , who Is nn expel t at concealing
hl' Ignorance.
Chlcaco Post : "My wife never ha1 * said
a crov ? word to me in all the time we have
bet'ii miiirled. " ho announced proudly ,
"I th it so"returned bl companion com-
mlbuntinglj' . "What a spiritless creature
she must be ! "
Chlcaco Post : "What charge shall I
n.iltn in the ca o of 31nks. ' " asked the
lOLtorN ofllce assistant.
"I don't Know , " was the replj" . "I haven't
ml time to look up his commercial rating
jet. "
Brookljn Life : Mrs Henrj neck You
ia.vo been very aggravating nt times , and
vo have not always got along verj" well to
gether , but stir , if I had to do It over again
Id many you jun the same.
Mr. H. ( under his breath ) I'm not so sure
about that.
Detroit Journal : "A happv marriage , "
exclaimed the widow woman , "Is like a
be.iutifnl dre.uri1"
"Uecauso people KO Into it with theireyoa
but ? " asked the bachelor girl.
I.ove makes the vvoild go around In such a
\av us to get the most 6r us dizzy ; but
bore are exceptions.
One of these , U would seem , Is the bach
elor girl.
Chlc.aso Tribune : "Merciful heaven I"
croaneil the n iv.il hero , "must I die hero
Ike a dojr9 How will the world ever learn
of the iUfTerlnsrs and sacrifices I have en
dured In the vain attempt to perform this
aciccl but Impossible duty to my beloved
ountti ! "
"Can't you -write .1 letter about It to some
olative on shore ? " suggested n deeply In-
crested man in the audience.
OF II
PhiladelnhU Press.
Before the world luul thought to be ,
Or stars their courses ran
Alone and free the Slaters Three.
ShiiDCd out the tliliur called Alan.
And what they ruled as rune and rhyma
r.ro vet the sun bad way
AVo. at the pinnacle of time , 1
.Must think and do today.
They weighed the measure of our tears
And dc.i't the shares nf Joy ,
To whom Ihc awful roaring spheres
Are but n noisy toj1.
And each man takes his life In hand
And lives it bit by bit
The life ho cannot understand
And thinks he fashioned It.
But do they smile , the Sisters Three
Who wove the web of old ?
I wls their hearts must gentle bo x
For nil their eyes are cold.
Only , the proljlem must not stop
In .solvlnir , for all time
Thn way unto the mountain top
Must ba a vveaiy c'lmb.
Tnko them the meamiro of distress ,
For e.uh Hlnco life began
Must ilinln the cup of bitterness
To mnko lilniholf n man.
Children's
Clothing
Cheap.
Last week we had a
clearing sale of broken lots
in our men's clothingand of
such good results that we
are going to do likewise in
our children's department.
All broken lines of long
pant suits , two-piece suits ,
vestee suits and sailor suits
will be placed on our front
table and offered at prices
that will surely sell them
quick. There will be dis
counts of 25 per cent , 33.V
per cent and 50 per cent.
These suits , are the very
cream of our assortment
and so accounts for the I
broken sizes so early in the - *
season.
This sale commences at
once. Will you look at the
values ? V