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G THE OMAHA DAILY B.EJ3 : TIITJBSDAY , HAY IS , 18 ? ) ! ) . THE OMAHA DAILY DEE. H. U08KWATEU , Editor. BVEUY MOKNINO. THUMB or aunscwiTioN. Dally lice ( without Sunday ) , One Yoar..JS.X ( Dally boo nnd Sunday , One Year S.W Six Months 4. < * Three Monihs Z.w Sunday Ucc , One Ycnr S.OC Saturday Hce , One Year l.W Weekly Dec. One Vcar K OKK1CKS. Omaha : The llec llulldlng. Bouth Omuhii : City Hall building , Twenty- fifth and N streets. Council Bluffs ; 10 Pearl Street. Chicago : Block Kxchnnge Building. Now York : Temple Court. Washington : Ml Fourteenth Street. COltHHSPONDENCIS. Communication. * relating to news nnd edi torial matter should bo addressed : Edi torial Department , The Omaha Ucc. llUSlNliSS LETTUHS. UuMness letters nnd remittances should be addressed to The Ueo Publishing Company , Omaha , HEMITTANCES. Remit by draft , express or postal order payable to Tlio lleo Publishing Company , ony 2-cont stumpH accepted In payment ol mall accounts , i'crsioiml checks' ' , except on Omnhn or eastern exchange , not accepted. THH BUC PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATI.MIJ.\T CIIICUIATIO.V. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , us. : Giorge II. Tzsehuck , secretary of The Hca Publishing company , being duly sworn , nays that the actual number of full ntm complete copies of The- Dally , Morning , Kvcnlng and Sunday lice , printed during the month of April , 1893 , was as follows : Less untold nnd returned copies. . . . ) , ( : Nst total sales 7 7,3I Net dally average 3I.57-1 GKOItai'3 11. TXSCHUCK. Subscribed nnd sworn to before mo this 2nd day of May. 1S39. ( Seal. ) H. T. PLUMB. Notary Public. Oinnliii extends the visiting Nebraska homeopaths a cordial greeting. Oklahoma stockmen arc cordially In- vltcd to patronize the South Oninha market. They will find ample facilities ami ample demand for their stock. If that Peter Cooper club dollar din ner does not fetch the wardenswlp of the penitentiary for the president of the Peter Cooper club It will never be voted a success. Another bluff by the state railway commissioners Is about due to slve a pretense of doliiK something to warrant the popocratle donothlngs continuing to draw their salaries. A dispatch' from Formosa states that explorers have found a race of people \vlio never before had seen a white man. There are also races In the far east which heartily wish they never had seen a white man. Congressman Mercer expresses the opinion that Admiral Dewey may be prevailed upon to honor Omaha with a , visit Dave should at once be made Omaha's minister plenipotentiary for this delicate mission. May 17 was the birthday of the young king of Spain and United States ships at Gibraltar lirod salutes In his honor. A year ago these ships were also firing eiilutcs , but the young king did not ap preciate the compliment. The Commercial club has reached the petition stage In Its campaign for the abolition of the clearing house discrimi nation. It Is possible that before the year Is out the club may get to the point of active operations. Prominent populists arc of the opinion that the Omaha populist organisation , In following In the load of .loffVrsonlim democrats , Is taking a mean advantage of their patron saint Just because lie is dead and cannot help himself. The people arc patiently waiting to learn what ( ho reform attorney general Is going to do with the worthless judg ment he has secured on the depository bond of the Lincoln bank In which Treasurer Meserve planted nearly $10- 000 of the state's money. ' "What a waste of cable tolls for Agul- nahlo's representatives to telegraph that It was ti part of the Filipino leader's strategy to keep out of reach of 1h American troops. Some of his deluded followers have not , unfortunately , been able to keep up with this strategic plan. Our amlablo contemporary matches the statement of the Indian bureau olll- cials that lied Cloud Is dead with a tele gram from the Pine Itldgc Indian agent that ha is still alive , although 70 years old , In di'llnito health ami nearly blind. The reconciliation of these reports may be left to the Indian department. Managers of the populist machine down at Lincoln who realize that some thing is wrong with Its mechanism are searching for a political mechanic who can put It In working order again. In dications , however , uri * that it Is over loaded and will never bo able to make schedule time until some of the deadwood - wood burden Is lifted. A legislative committee Is attempting to dial out whether gambling exists In Chicago. If the members of the com- inltteo will let It bo kuo\vn they have some money with which they wish to take chances on parting they will un doubtedly bo furnished with ocular evi dence of Just how Chicago does ft dally with uninitiated strangers. As was to have been expected , the bicycle scorchers nro protesting against the ordinance requiring the carrying of bicycle lamps at night. They forget that the ordinance Is intended not so much for the benefit of the riders as to protect the public against accidents by riding down pedestrians , and that the same precautions nro required In almost every city of moment In the country. iiKftr/s A non-nr no. npiolvod , That the treasurer Is hereby authorized to pay 2 per cent premium on nil state warrants Issued against the gen eral fund until July 1 , 1839 , and -when In tercut ! paid upon snld warrants the amount of said Interest shall bo credited to the permanent school fund , sufficient to rclm- burse said fund for tlio amount of premium ' paid , the balance of snld Interest to be credited to the temporary school fund. Tills resolution , just passed by the State Hoard of Kduratlonal Lands and Funds , Is Intended to give notice that , because state warrants are In so great demand as Investments for Idle money , the state has been forced to Increase the premium rateof the purchase of warrants for the school fund from l-i ) per cent to 2 per cent. This must bo a most humiliating con fession for the popocrats who constl title the slate l > oard. After having made campaign after campaign deny ing that any prosperity was possible tinder the gold standard and asserting that there Is not money enough In the country to do Its business , they are confronted with a situation In which money Is so plentiful that Interest rates must bo reduced to nearly a ( I per cent basis In order to procure state warrants for Investment purposes. If this situation were peculiar to the Interest-bearing securities Issued by the state , those ollicials would doubtless swell up over the thought that the Im proved credit of Nebraska was duo en tirely to their own administration. Hut the fact Is that all securities of this character , whether Issued by state , county , city or school district , are equally sought after by people with idle money on their hands , and the In terest rates have been reduced every where through the competition of the buyers. The value of warrants drawn against the public treasury Is fixed by the pre vailing confidence in their prompt re demption. The general Improvement of commercial and industrial conditions and the noticeable disposition of tax payers to meet their obligations without incurring tlio penalty for delinquency convinces capitalists that warrants backed by Nebraska property are as good as gold and as safe as United States bonds. TRANSVAAL. TttUUIlLES. The troubles of the Transvaal repub lic scorn to be increasing and the indi cations arc that n grave crisis is immi nent The arrest of a number of men on the charge of high treason for con spiring to organize a revolution Is evi dence that the Boor government Is sus picious and vigilant and although It Is said In London that the persons ar rested are Irresponsible , the suggestion being made that they were apprehended with a view to creating public sentiment in Europe favorable to the little repub lic , we have no doubt It will be found that the Boer authorities have not taken tills step without having ample evi dence to justify It Undoubtedly there is a strong revolu tionary tendency among the Ulthuulers of the Transvaal , Ul.OOO of whom not long since petitioned the British govern ment asking that measures be taken to secure to them the same fair treatment the Boers receive when they go to re side in countries more directly under the control of Great Britain. The com plaint of those people is that promised reforms have not been realized , that in- dus'try Is paralyzed by excessive exac tions , that tlie life and property of tlio non-Boer population are Insecure , that taxation is unequal and the whole power of the Boer government is di rected to the injury of the classes that constitute three-fourths of the white population and own nine-tenths of the property of the Transvaal. It has been announced that the Brit ish government will by negotiation en- diMU'or to have these causes of com plaint removed , but It Is very question able whether it will succeed In doing so. The Boers are manifestly deter mined to adhere to the policy they have pursued , particularly as to the matter of keeping the Ultlanders out of partici pation in the government. They appar ently do not fear a conflict with Great Britain and they arc taking every pre caution against possible revolution. The situation seems to be acute , but the Uit- landers are helpless without tlio as sistance of England and It appears un likely that this will be given. TllK PEACE The Internutlonal conference to con sider suggestions of the Busslan gov ernment in regard to military and naval establishments , with a view to curlail- Ing armaments and to an agreement among the powers In the Interest of peaee , will meet at The Hague , capital of Holland , today. Tlio lirst note of tlio czar's minister for foreign affairs proposing tlio conference was issued In August of last year and In January last n second circular was sent out suggest ing topics for discussion. These em- bmee an agreement not to Increase naval or military forces and the corresponding spending budgets for a fixed period , an endeavor to find means of reducing tlio forces and budgets In the future. Inter diction of the use of any now weapon or explosive of a power fuller than now made , restriction of the use of the most terrible of existing explosives , forbidding - ding flic employment of submarine tor pedoes and similar contrivances , agree ment not to construct vessels with rams , acceptance of tlio principles of media tion and arbitration In such cases us k'lid themselves -thereto. Twenty-six nations will participate In the conference , represented by men dis tinguished In diplomatic , military and naval service. Itusslu having Initiated tlio conference will take charge of It at the outset One of tlio most eminent of Itusslan statesmen , Baron do Slaal , will bo Its president. It Is said that there will bo no disposition on the part of the great powers to Interfere with Russia's prior rights In connection with this novel method of discussing tlio gravest Issues of modern civilization. They will stand asldo and lonvo Ittisshi to take charge of the conference , define the bcopo of the proceedings and propose practical measures and lines of action. When Uussla has had a free field for giving form and direction to thu work of the congress , the other powers , great and small , will gradually emerge from the background. According to sonic foreign ndvlces there Is much cynical criticism of the conference among diplo matists as an utterly Impracticable de vie0 , which will Inevitably break down and end with a revulsion of feeling to ward militarism s a necessary evil , It Is said that veterans In the sen-lee do not expect it to accomplish any usc ful result and are at a loss to con jecture how the sessions can be brought to an end without an increase of Ill-reel ing among the governments nnd pessi mism among the nation1' . There aiv , however , others who think the confer ence will create a moral atmosphere for arbitration and peace , without taking decisive action on any question of first Importance , and certainly this appears to bo the more rational view. It is hardly possible to believe that such a conference can have results hostile to the purposes for which it was called , though It is quite conceivable that It may fall to accomplish anything in the more Important directions of Its delib erations. It Is doubtful , for example , If any one seriously expects an agree ment not to Increase armaments , but there Is reason to think that the principle of mediation and arbitration will receive favorable consideration , wlille It Is not altogether improbable that an agreement will be reached ex empting private property on the sea , not contraband , from capture in time of war. war.At At all events , the meeting of such : i conference Is a most Interesting event and Its proceedings will command the earnest attention of Intelligent men throughout the civilized world. now 10 noxoit DK\VKY. \ The national committee , composed of federal ollicials , designated to receive subscriptions to a fund with which to pureliuscxi home for Admiral Dewey In Washington City , has issued an address calling for popular subscriptions. The committee states that Admiral Dcwey'a olllcial duties on his return to the United States will bo performed in Washington and expresses the opinion that a grateful nation cannot do better than provide liberally for his comfort "in a home fitted to his tastes , worthy In some measure of his services and in dicative In a small degree of the grati tude which is not of a day , but of all time. " We have no doubt that this view will be very generally approved and that the response to the committee's call will be prompt and generous. Ad miral Dewey will be honored with ban quets and by public demonstrations lo tlie full extent of his powers of endu rance , but beyond all these he would undoubtedly appreciate such a popular testimonial s is proposed and In which , as tlie committee says , "patriotism will have a monument. " The nation bus honored Dewey in giving him the rank of admiral and in expressing Its grati tude for his services. To present him a home In the national capital purchased by popular subscription would bo a manifestation of the public esteem In the highest degree creditable to the American people. TUB VIADUCT SITUATION. By voting -to override Mayor Moores * veto of the resolution providing for the repairs on the Sixteenth street viaduct on the ground that it is an opening wedge for further delay In the erection of a new structure , the responsibility is loft on tlio council for continuing the wooden bridge nuisance. The council will have lo take the blame , both for the results of any possible accident which may happen by reason of the un safe condition of the present bridge and also for any unuooe sary delay in re placing it with a substantial structure. Tlie facts brought out by the mayor's veto throw new light upon tlio attitude of the railroad managers , without re flecting much credit upon them. Their refusal to give a written acceptance of the terms agreed upon verbally with the city authorities In consideration of concessions from the original plans worth thousands of dollars Indicates that they are still playing tlie same old dilatory game. The people of Omaha have been waiting for six years for this Improvement , which , under the law , the railroads are obligated to make , but have seen it postponed from time to time under one pretense or another un til patience has ceased to be a virtue. Putting oft the date for commencing the work of construction until September next Is tlio same as giving tlio railroads another year's time , because It could not bo completed until the following spring , whereas if the work wore begun at once It might have been finished be fore cold weather set In. It Is plain as day that so long as the council plays Into the hands of the rail road managers by allowing them to re pair the tumble-down bridge and grant ing them extensions of tlie time for re placing It with a steel viaduct the rail roads will be in no hurry to meet the demands made upon them. The scheme to sell the unused school sites Is said to rest upon thn doblro of members of the board to raise more money for the now school buildings than was voted in bonds atthe last election , and the in centive is doubtless stimulated by the fact that the architects are | o have , r per cent of the total amount expended , so that the more money paid out the more money will bo gathered In by tlio architects. The people voted § 'Jr > o , < XX ) In bonds and If they had wanted to put more money Into school buildings they would have voted more bonds. Our "conscl 'iitious" county attorney has had complaints filed against three Omaha slot machine opera tors , charg ing them with maintaining gambling devices , but ho keeps the sixty-one com plaints against tlio protected .South Omaha blot machines carefully stowed away In his Insldo pocket. Why does ho inaUo llcbh of 0110 and fowl of an other ? The cruise of the gunboat Wilming ton up thy Amazon Illustrates how little Is really known of the vast country In the Interior of South America and the great river which drains It The Wil mington , a seagoing vcsaul , ascended the stre.nm 1,000 miles beyond the point which had always been considered the head of navigation and its commander expresses the opinion he could have pro ceeded ! 500 miles further had It not been for u shortage of coal. Tills would Imv taken him within about 100 miles of the Pacific ocean , or 1MOO miles from the Atlantic. Tlie greater portion of the up per reaches of the river is practically term Incognita , though there Is every reason to believe they possess untold riches. Hud this great country been settled by any other European people than the Spanish It would not have re mained to this late day unknown nnd undeveloped. Tlie trouble between the Oklahoma cattle men and the Kansas < 'lty Stock yards people threatens to result In n boycott of the Kansas City market , with corresponding benellts to South Omaha. The business of South Omaha , how ever , Is to be built up not by such meth ods , but by developing the cattle coun try tributary to It Good prices and fair treatment will put South Omaha In n position to draw business away from Kansas City without the assistance of a boycott. The Information Urnt the Spanish can non promised Omaha stood on Morro castle at Havana for 100 years should Inspire the forces of the north slders and the south nlders with now enthusi asm In the contest for Its capture. A cannon of such stability as to stand in one spot for a whole century may lvt > ex pected to stand at least two centuries when transplanted to the favored park of Omaha. Whether or not It Is n thing of beauty , it will certainly bo a Joy for- ever. County Attorney Shields , In his pub lic apology , explains his refusal to file complaints against tlio protected South Omaha slot machine men on the flimsy pretext that their prosecution would en- tall too great an expense upon the tax payers. But he now flics complaints against three Omaha slot machine keep ers Irrespective of the expense. ' Dot's protection protect ? Filipinos who think they will bo safe from pursuit when they get Into the mountains might address a letter of In quiry to Geronimo and his Apache fol lowers and learn something to their ad vantage. Swamps and mountains all look alike to American soldiers when they start out after the enemy. Schooner CiirixocH , for Inntnnce. Philadelphia Times. Naturally neither this country nor Ger many desires to see trouble brewing over a little .talk , when both nations can brew so much pleasanter things. Exiu-r Promoter of Ponce. Chicago Record. If Tom Ileed could 'be ' secured to preside at the peace conference he would show them his own 'warranted ' brand of peace whenever the delegates were inclined to get unruly. HclU'c-llnir on tlie Platform. , New York Sun. It Is painful to notice from time to time that Bryanltes In various parts of the coun try fly to the courts for Injunctions Just as If government toy Injunction were not sol emnly banned by the Chicago platform. UutyVJlrUimi > . Globe-Dpmocrat Nebraska volunteers have no room for doubt as to where they , stand in supporting the government. The Third regiment , just mustered out , has offered to re-enlist and take the place of the First Nebraska , which has suffered heavily In the Luzon campaign. Merry Slile of War. Kansas City Star. These who take a sonVber view of the situ ation In the Philippines and who read dis aster between the lines of colorless military dispatches should take heart. Band concerts , fiesta crowda and farewell banquets are the order of the day and night In Manila. v Fine VoliitH of Iaw. Brooklyn Eagle , Out In Iowa It took the supreme court to decide that billiards and pool arc similar games , and that where the law restricts billiards pool U Included. A man was prose cuted for allowing minors to play In a billiard hall and his defense was that hlo place was a pool room. The court says that a pool room le something very different. How hungry the Iowa lawyers must be to carry up a case like that ! 3lor > Truth 'JVIlprx Xoi-iloil. J. Sterling Morton's Conservative. There are a thouMiml men with physical courage to meet bullets on the battlefield , where there are a dozen with moral courage to tell the truth and stand up for It when the multitude Is all on the side of error. To tell the truth against odds when truth Is an tagonistic to public prejudice and public sentiment requires a bravo and self-reliant man. Moro truth tellers are needed In the political llfo of America. StntlMluN on Wheat. Springfield Republican. The winter wheat crop of last year , as harvested , amounted to 370.813,2f ! ) bushels government figures. On the basis of the government's estimate of condition of the crop for May 1 , and of acreage , the sta tistician of the New York Produce exchange figures out an Indicated winter wheat crop for the present year of 318,570,000 bushels. This would bo a smaller ylold than for 1SD7 , 189t 1892 , f891 and 1889 , as well as 1898 , and a larger yield than for the other four years of the past ten. Gambling UolitN No Cooil , Philadelphia Recoid. Promissory notes hereafter given to cover margins In speculative operations cannot bo sued for and collected by law In Iowa , under the terms of a recent supreme court decision In that stain Speculation on margins , says the court , "la gambling ; and debts thus contracted cannot too enforced at law. " What s good law In Iowa Is good law elsewhere , no doubt , but the speculative habit takes 10 note of legal status when profits ami losses are In question. If notes bo uncol lectible when given to secure margins , why , margins must bo put In cash. That is all ! Ilrt'HH Iti-form In Ciiha , Chicago Chronicle. When It comes to thinking out plans and specifications for the uplifting of the Cuban people Major General Ludlow , U. 3. A. , take * i back seat for nobody. uMaJor General Lud low has been much shocked at the dlHregard for the niceties of dress displayed by the lower classes In Havana and as a result ho haa decreed that the wearing of undeit > hlrl cxpost-d that la , not coverort 'by outer shlrU or coate shall be prohibited under penalty of Imprisonment. This edict will prove soinowhat Inconvenient to the stevedores , teamsters and laborers * of Havana , who are accustomed , on account of the heat , to wotk lit undershirts , "but " Major General Ludlow , U. S. A. , knows what ho Is about. H IB true that such an Interference with personal lib erty In an American city would Infallibly raise a riot , but wo are endowing the Cubans with the blessings of civilization and If Lud low ordera the coal heavers to wear spike- tall coatB and white ties they will have to do U , Ludlow is running things In Havana. IIOMI : CO.MIMJ op nnwnv. St. Louis Republic : Dewey will be the most satisfactory return from that J20,000,00 ; Philippine Investment. Philadelphia Record : Admiral Dewey dli' ' not stand upon ceremony when he wont It Mnnlla ; but ho "will approach his own be loved land with more deliberation. He I ; nnt afraid of the massro of the * people whc love him , but of the gctters-up of personal demonstrations who magnify celebrities In order to magnify themselves. Pan Francisco Chronicle : The proposal tc build Admiral Dowcy n fine home and settle a fortune on him recalls the fact that several heroes of the civil war were similarly re warded. Grant reef I veil houses In Phlladel * phla , Galena and Washington , and Sherman , Sheridan , Farragtit and Porter were either domiciled or given largo sums of money , As Dewey Is a widower he may not choose to maintain A private residence , but he probably would not mind owning n fine rentable mansion for nil that. Louisville Courier-Journal : H might be well , before passing the hat around for Ad miral Dowcy , to tlrst find out whether he will consent to that sort of thing. The ad miral Is far nway ; ho will be on the high scaa for months and beyond communication for weeks. In the meantime both his nnlcnt admirers and those who nro desirous of using his name to advertise their own should re- str.iln their Impulse to circulate subscription papers In his behalf. There are more nnd better ways of testifying our appreciation of our gallant sailor's services to his coun try than through dollars < uid cents. Detroit Kreo Press : When n man to whom has been entrusted n great responsibility proves fully equal to his task and success fully carries out an exploit that adds now luster to his country's greatness , Is It pos sible to appreciate his deed In dollars and cents ? On the contrary , Is It not repugnant to good sense nnd good taste to attempt It ? But perhaps Uic most Berlous objection to the proposed plan lies In the doubt as to whether Admiral Dewey would care to re ceive * that sort of recognition or would re gard It as much of an honor. The admiral IB a flue type of the American naval otllcer , modest and unassuming , but solf-polsiM and self-respecting , placing duty above all things else and regarding the highest possible re ward for services rendered to 'bo the con sciousness of having advanced the glory of the flag and the welfare of native land. PtiHSOX.VI , AMJ OTIIKIIWISK. An Olilo man who has been dumb fcr fif teen years took a notion to talk the other day and found U dead easy. Dispatches from both Manila nnd Wash ington Indicate that Admiral Dewcy's homecoming coming will bo a go-as-you-please affair. The Samuel J. Tllden residence nt Gram- mercy park , Now York , was sold the other day for $180,000 , which was $320,000 less than ft cost. A San 1'Yanclsco man has had his stomach ach removed and yet ho cats , thrives nnc grows fat. Ho boasts of his Immunity from dyspepsia. Thomas Paine now has a monument on the old Paine farm In New Berlin , N. Y. , anu It Is to bo surmounted by a newly modeled bron'zo bust , costing $300. When Roswell P. Flower was a boy he worked In a brickyard for $1.50 a week. Later ho secured a clerkship at $12.50 a weclc and out of this salary he saved $1,000 In six years. Then ho went Into business ano the rest followed naturally. Henri do Toulouse-Lautrec , the designer o weird posters , Is said to have gone crazy and now there is more or less speculation as to how much of crazlness there was In his poster work. It was generally more fan tastic than that of any other poster maker. John R. Hanan , owner of the steam yacht Sagamore , Is to bo decorated by Queen Vic toria , It Is said at Newport , for his rescue of William Gordon , sailing master , his -wife end daughter and six members of the crow of the British 'brlgantlne ' Caspian In West Indian waters last month. President Angell of the University of Michigan has offered to furnUti to the gov ernment a number of young men , liberally educated and of good natural parts , who will pay their own expenses abroad for several years If they can be assured of places in the consular service afterward. By an act of the legislature , signed last week by Governor Rocsevelt and now a law of the etato of New York , the theft of a play or opera held by Its author or owner under the common law Is declared a misdemeanor meaner , punishable by line and Imprison ment. Tiwo years ago congress did the same for plays or operas held under the copyright law. In the state of New York , therefore , the dramatic author Is protected whether ho holds hl property under the common law or under copyright. TIM 13 TO STOP THIS. Cieiicrnl AVIirelcr'n I'rofenNloii of IjOjally to the I.out Oaii.se. Buffalo Express , "Tho armies of the south laid down their arms but not ono iota of their belief In the truth and Justice of their cause did they surrender , " said General Wheeler at the Charleston reunion of former confederate soldiers. So long as the eauth docs not bo- llevo In future secession or desire a restora tion of negro slavery , It may believe what It likes about the Justice and 'wisdom of the principles of slavery and secession ut the tlmo the south fought for them. But It would bo wiser for a man of General Wheeler's prominence , when ho feels im pelled to make a epecch such as this , to ex plain that ho Is speaking of the past and not of the present. Foreign commentators , who are Just now keeping an unusually close watch on the United States , would bo likely to draw a rather unfortunate conclusion from such an utterance. A Filipino , for example , or even the better Informed German , reading General Wheeler's speech would naturally Infer that the Houtli Is only looking for a favorable op portunity to make another effort to dlmipt the union and that this domestic peril of the United States might bo unad to advantage In : iny diplomatic quarrel with us. In fact , the Spaniards did have such an Idea regarding souUiorn lojalty 'before ' the rceu war began. If this portion of General Wheeler's speech should bo cabled to Aguinaldo , ho would probably derive more encouragement from It than from all the pamphlets Edward Atkin son ever compiled. General Wheeler might uvon expect to receive u communication from the Filipino leader miggcfting an alliance tor the accomplishment of u common pur pose. It Ui not to bo supposed that General Wheeler or nny other bouthern man desires s'jcli an Impression to go abroad regarding the loyalty and patriotism of a considerable section of the Inhabitants of the United States , It would bo well , therefore , If thu United 'States Is expected to take a new and more Influential place among the nations of the world , und especially If It Is to bo con sidered as having an Interest In their diplo matic equabblca , alliances , etc. , for former confederates to limit their oratorical efforts to eulcgy of the ibravery and genius of their soldiers and let the principles for which they fought rest undisturbed In the grave of the lost cause. r.cnons orrun w\n. Rear Admiral Watson has sailed from Sal Francisco for his new post of duty nt Ma nlla ns commander of the Asiatic fleet There Is TIO likelihood of his rea.-hlng Ma nlla before Admiral Dowry departs on hi homeward voyage , but there Is n probablllt ; of meeting nt Hong Kong. Rear Admlra Watson sailed direct for that port on n faa passenger steamer , which will cover the dls tunco In about twenty days. Admiral Dow * ey's llngshlp will be delayed there ten 01 fifteen days undergoing repairs necessary foi the Journey of 12,300 nautical miles to Nov York City. H Is probable therefore that tin retiring and the now commanders of thi licet will meet and greet each other. Boll ofllcers are warm personal friends. Thej fought together under Admiral Karragut It the civil war and messed together ns officers of the frigate Colorado after Appomattox But though the fortunes of war favored Dowcy nnd merely coquetted with Watson their friendship Is ns strong as when boll were equals as lieutenant commanders 01 board the Colorado. N. W. Stone , who was ship's writer or the Colorado , tolls an amusing experience both officers had with the Irrepressible Irish man cook nnd general utility man. Watsor called to John , the factotum , to bring him hla glass. John , ns usual , misunderstood nnd came ou deck with a loaded goblet. "John , you're the devil's own valet" growled the olllccr when lie saw him coin- Ing. "Faith , ser , 1 didn't think I'd cnmo tn that same when I Ink service with you , sor. " "Throw that blamed goblet overboard anil go and got me my spyglass , ns I told you , you Infernal Idiot. " ' "Yes , ser , " said John , calmly tossing the glass over the sldo and In doing so barely escaped dashing It upon the upturned face of the .executive officer , Lieutenant Com mander George Dowcy. Mr. Dewey was on a tour of Inspection , circling the frlgato In ono of the cutters. The Colorado had Just arrived from Trieste. The passage down the Adriatic sea had been a stormy ono nnd the painstaking executive wanted to see for himself how the old ship looked after her battle with the waves , Rear Admiral JoWett , retired , speaking of Rear Admiral Watson nnd his duties at Mn nlla , says In nn Interview : "A thousand questions nro likely to arise 'to perplex and bedevil the man Avho goes out to Mnnlla as Dowey's relief. I've known Watson all his life. Ho Is the son of Dr. Watson of Frank fort , Ky. , and his mother was the daughter of John J. Crlttenden of Kentucky , cx- nttornoy general ot the United States and ox-senator , a union man when It cost some thing to bo a union man In Kentucky. Wat son Is an admiral compound in chaiacter of cool courage In the hour of danger and au dacity. Ho will meet every trick and strat agem of the Filipinos with one a little bet ter , nnd there is not a fitter man in the service for that most difficult Manila detail than John Crlttenden Watson. " Watson was appointed to Annapolis In 1857 In his fifteenth year. In 1861 , a passed .midshipman . , howas on the Hartford with Farragut , and there won the friendship of the great admiral by a feat of courage that was as necessary as It was daring. It was a fine April morning In 1S02 when Farragut's fleet ran by Forts Jackson and St. Philip on the Mississippi river fifty-two miles be low New Orleans. The ships ot Farragut's fleet wore all of wood and General Duncan , commanding the forts , and his second , Colonel Hlgglns , thought that Farragut and his fleet had been delivered Into their hands , as they beheld the ships coming In , formed in two lines , the Hartford bolng easily dis tinguished as the flagship by Its broad blue admiral's pennant. The forts were admirably arranged for ef fective gunnery , having a .barbette . bat tery of C4's and quick guns that swept the river for mjlcs. Had not Farragut directed his fleet to run In shore and under the gun's fire not a ship might ever have gotten away. The forts are situated on the two banks of the river. As the Hartford passed Fort St. Philip a shower of grape from one of the big guns tore the foremast Into match wood and seriously disabled the sail power of the ship. It was necessary to take In some sails and to set others , but the blocks had Jammed and the Hartford was In danger r , ' swinging around and running aground. The fire of grape aloft was so hot that the command "Go aloft and clear blocks and tackle on main yard" was not obeyed with , that promptness that follows an order given iby the commander of a man-of-war. But the hesitation was momentary. "Come on , you fellows ! " yelled a young voice and up the ratlines of the disabled rig ging went a midshipman followed by the watch. Running out lightly to the end of the yard nnd standing sixty feet from the deck , with the grape clipping ropes and tearing great slivers of wood from mast and spar , young Watson gave the necessary orders as calmly as If he were at a practice drill. When everything was taut and In working order , nnd following the Jackles down , Watson saluted the admiral and re ported : "All clear , sir , " grim old Farragut simply seized the boy In his arms , nnd how the crow cheered , "Had we ever , got aground there the con federate guns would have destroyed UB In five minutes , " said Fleet Captain Percival Drnyton of the West Gulf squadron ns ho told the story to Captain , afterward Rear Admiral , Bryson. "Young Watson's ready appreciation of the danger and prompt action saved the Hartford In my opinion , and Farragut thought so , too. " From that hour Watson's fortune was made. He became naval aide-de-camp to the admiral ot the navy and was In all the subsequent sea fights along the South At lantic seaboard and at Vlcksburg , Rodney and Grand Gulf , after that off Charleston. AIVAXfl.V < ; WACU HATI5. nI'Valui'i ' - of the I'roNont Hril of Prcix | > iTll5 . Philadelphia Inquirer. No feature of H business situation extra ordinary for Its brilliancy Is more gratify ing and satisfactory , Is more eloquent In Its significance or more pregnant with assurances for the solidity and pcrmnnouco of our existing probperlty than the steady upward movement which Is going on In the rate of wages. It has lusted for some tlmo now , and It shows nu signs of cessation , Scarcely an Issue of the Inquirer Is pub- llfchcil which does not contain one or moro dispatches announcing that In this Industry or in that , hero , there and everywhere , the rewards of labor are being Increased. In most cases these Increases are quite substantial , and in nearly every instance they seem to have been spontaneously made. Where strikes for higher pay have taken place they have been almost uniformly tuc- rcssful , but for the most part employers liavo not waited to be coerced. Hnjoylng themselves an augmented increase of pros perity , they hove been prompt to recognl/.o the wisdom and Justice of sharing It with those associated with them In their enter prises and advanced wages have been vol untarily and cheerfully accorded. It would bo Impossible to exaggerate the IPUREPOWDER i&BSOMJTELY IPURE Makes the food more delicious and wholesome . . . NO AI GA < iha paci co. new YORK. Importance of this development. No pros perity enn bo permanent or ubMnntl l In which the vast army of wngoworkers do not fully share. It is through their es > \ . pcndltttrus that money is put nnd kept in circulation. They nro the chief consumcn , nnd It la In supplying their wants that th great American homo market , the Rreatest In the world , is created. Obviously , then , high wngcs nro nt once the best indication nnd the surest guarantee of good tiraci. When the people nro generally employed nt wages which plnco within their reach nil the comforts nnd many ot the luxuries of life , the consuming power of the country undergoes nn Immense expansion , nnd the prevailing prosperity propagates ami multi plies Itself. The converse happens of what occuri when times arc hard. Then the tendency is from bad to worse ; now it Is from Rood to better. Instend of n vicious cir cle n beneficial circle is established , nnd the greater the number of people employed the higher the wnges paid , the wider the field for enterprise nnd the larger Ita ro- ward. To what does the country ewe this happy stnto of things ? To what else but to the application of republlcnn principles In the conduct of tlio national government. H Is no mere coincidence that while .Clovclnnil spelled disaster. McKlnley has proved to have been nn advance agent of prosperity. 1I1IUIV/.Y THIKI.US. Detroit Journal : "Hut there's no room for another political party ! " "Nonsense ! Why , 1 bpllove n banquet can bo got up for l"i cents n plate ! " Chleiiro Hpponl : "Well. Kitty , illil your euchre club have n good tlmo yesterday "I think HO. The women In three lower Hats sent up word that their plastering waa falling down. " Indianapolis Journal : "I'd like to fight the savages , oify 1 ilrrnd the Idea of. an , ocean voyage. " "Huh ! There's no ocean between here and Georgia. " Chicago News : "Ralph , when you wrlto to mir Harry In Manila don't you say a word about .strawberry shortcake. " "You know very well It might Inspire him to mutiny and come home. " IndlannpollH Journal : Ynbsley Tf you could set mo that llvo 1 loaned you I would b ? ever so much obliged. Jludge Oh , don't mention It ! Detroit Journal : "Sho Is n uccossfnl actress. " . . . "Her abilities arc certainly quite respect- "Necessarily , She Is herself quite respect able. " Indl.inapnlls Journal : "What Is the name of that United States ship after our money ? " asked the sultan of Morocco. "The Chicago , sire , " was the reply of the underline. . "fn that case , " snld the monarnh , sadly , M. there Is nothing to do but separate our selves from our sequins. " ( JiitMiiiNl < iiiN Hlvnln. Chicago Record. Upon hli cent che pinned n rose. The deed was done with gracious pose ; Hut round the corner , out of Bight , He took It off deceitful wight ! The pledge lay hidden In his breast Ah , well , ho knew his reasons best ; This other girl she llttto knows That on his coat was pinned a rose. TIII3 AXMJAI , ATTACK. Denver Post. Annual feelln's comln' on As the. sun gits up a heat. Want to pack up an' be gone To some mountainous rctrat ; Want to leave the city's din , Shake Its troubles an1 Its sin , An' jest fairly revel In Luzlnesa from head to feet. Want to seek some quiet nook Only God has ever seen. Near n crystal bntoblln1 brook Plnyln' In a frame of green. There to drink the mountain air hike 'twas wine of vintage rurc , An' forglt there Is a care Or a sorrow cold and keen. Wnnt to see the deer-nt playt..n , , la : On the virgin grassy sod. Want to loll the hours away Coupled to a flshln" rod. Listen to the merry songs Of the birds in joyous throngs- Go where everything belongs Just exclusively to God. Want tn lie In camp at night Ifearln' the coyote3 howl ; AVnteh the lire n-s'parklln' bright , Listen to the lioottn' owl. Mcbho wouldn't dlo ot fear Or of tcndcrfootish skeer If we now nn" then would hear mountain lions 'round us growl. Want to feel the sothln' kiss Of the breezes In their freaks , Revel In the feathery bliss Of their touch upon our cheeks : Want to see the spray arise , Dart nroutul like jewelled lllvs , Sparkle 'ncnth the sunJlt skies Archln' o'er the dashlii' creeks. Same of yenrnln' fceln' ! comes Reg'lnr with the dawn o' spring , Till the mem'ry-bcaten drums Of the ears with music rlnir Mnslo of the hiimmln' bees , MiiHlo of thofwhlgp'rin breeze , Music of the riutlln' treex An' the notes the songbirds sing. Doenn'1 do no good to kick. Nor to swear at rocky luck ; Got to jest brace up an' stick Right tn work ; no use to buck 'Gainst ol' Kiite'H Incrp.mln' knocks When our ehon o' fortune walks You can bet your seamiest , nocks We will loaf ; you hear us cluulc ! It's a Cold Day It's a cold day when people get left. "Don't get left. " Come while that sale is "Hot. " in our children's depart ment , We have some very warm bargains there. t Prices and clothing ire melting aivay. DISCOUNT. 3n all broken lines of spring ind Hummer clothing for boy uicl children. Second Hoar , 8 S&Wty&flS.