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AVluit will become of Paris without
Its snobocratlc Antoniobllo club ?
Tlio janitors of the public schools who
pulled through on the home stretch feel
easier now.
AVliilo the taxpayers are paying 7 per
cent on school board warrants the
county lias money In the bank which
docs not draw n , dollar in Interest.
The postal service In the Arctic Is
not a model for prompt delivery. It
required almost two years for a letter
from Andree to reach its destination.
If there Is any money in sight for buyIng -
Ing additional parks or park lands liio
Bluff tract Is the ground that will come
nearer meeting the popular demand than
any other place.
The trunks of the duke of Orleans
have all arrived in Purls , but while the
duke is discreetly keeping at long range ,
bis royal trappings have fallen into the
bands of .the police.
1 How can the ordinary taxpayer with
out u pull keep up his taxes so long as
the big corporations arc able to get their
tik\cs remitted whenever It does not
suit them to pay their share of the pub
lic burdens ?
Tho-plow manufacturers deny they
have formed a trust , but that they
simply liave nn agreement. The name
makes little difference ro the , farmer
who has to count out a few extra dollars
lars for a plow.
There Is always some one willing to
enter the contest for the honor of
being the prize fool of the universe.
The latest aspirant Is the man who
started alone from San Francisco for
Manila to make the trip In a small
open boat.
Governor Poyntcr appears to have a
string attached to his-appointments.
The last Ixxjuet to be pulled back Is
that of W. O. Oaven as stock brand
commissioner. Ily making several ap
pointments to each ollice he may be
ublo to give all of the hungry ones
some consolation.
The governor'of T ° xus has-issued an
Invitation to all the governors to meet
at St Louis next month for the pur
pose ot devising uniform anti-trust
legislation. This conference will afford
the governor of North Carolina another
opportunity to remind the governor of
South Carolina that "It Is a long time
between drinks. "
The Board of Education has Invited
the representative bankers and some
other taxpaylng citizens to a discussion
of the proposed plans for re-grading the
High school grounds. Would It not also
be In order , or in fact more appropriate ,
for the school boarcf to extend the In
vitation to the Hoard of Public Works ,
the mayor and city council ?
Reports from South Africa are to thu
effect that President Kruger and the
British representative departed from
their recent conference In the best of
humor. If that Is true It Is pretty safe
to say that the stubborn old Boer did
not concede very much In making the
settlement , for ho Is not one of the
kind who yields gracefully.
Titled Europeans are at perfect lib
'
erty'to come to the United States and
swindle American heiresses by exchang
ing valueless titles for fortunes , but the
courts draw Jho line on fleecing Euro
peans by bogus schemes to nutko money.
If there Is anything In that line to bo
tlono there are plenty of our own people
ple amply able to turn the trick.
The otllclal organ still keeps on harpIng -
Ing about lied Cloud , The less said on
this score the better , The report trans-
mltted to The Uce by Assistant Indian
Commissioner Tonner may have been
incorrect. Itcd Cloud may still be alive ,
but the exhibition of a btoue-bllnd In
dian on the verge of the grave' Is not
to prove a wonderful attraction.
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TIIK P/IBS//IKAT.
'If ' any doubt existed in regard to the
position of Colonel Henderson toward
the administration it will bo dissipated
by his unequivocal declaration that
"What we all should do at this time Isle
lo steadfastly support President Me-
! Klnley. " The next speaker of the
house of representatives urges that
! there should be no attempt "to fore
stall future action which the light of
developments may show to be ad
vantageous and proper. " Congress will
not meet until December unless a
special session Is called , which Colonel
Henderson thinks Improbable ; the pres
ident Is kept Informed ns to ever-
changing conditions ; In the meantime
the duty of all Is to give him flrm , loyal
There has been a disposition to ques
tion the loyalty of Iowa's distinguished
representative to President McKlnlcy ,
so far as the Philippine policy Is con
cerned. There will be none hereafter.
Republicans generally will be entirely
satisfied with his position , which In at
once conservative and patriotic. The
future policy respecting the Philippines
will be determined by congress. That
body accepted their cession from Spain ,
for which a consideration In money has
been paid , and until congress shall
take further action In regard to the
Islands declaring whether the Tnllcd
States shall retain possession of tlit'in ,
dispose of them to some other power or
powers , or give them Independence
the duty of the executive Is to maintain -
tain American authority there. No
body , so far as we are aware , whose
opinion Is entitled to nn consideration ,
thinks that In existing circumstances
we ought to abandon the Islands. How
ever great the mistake that WHS made
, nt the outset , a remedy Is not to IK
found wo think all rational men will
agree , In now withdrawing from the
Philippines and leaving them to the
control of the natives. Everybody can
understand what that would mean.
Having assumed the responsibility of
sovereignty , the president must mcc4 it
nnd In doing so he should receive the
support of the country.
As to what congress should do , that Is
a question open for discussion and one
that ought to receive the most careful
public consideration. The popular Judg
ment ought to be freely expressed on
the question of future policy in regard
to the Philippines. We cannot , of
course , foresee what may take place
before the meeting of congress. It is
possible that by that time peace will
prevail in the Philippines , American
sovereignty will be fully acknowledged
by the natives and civil government will
be established generally there. There
appears to be some reason to expect
that this will be the case and If it
should be realized the problem before
congress will not be a very dllllcult one.
But It is perfectly obvious that. In the
meantime the president is bound by
duty to maintain American authority In
the Philippines and in order that he may
do this he must have the support of
the American people.
RETlllEMEXT OF'GOMEZ.
The manifesto of General Gomez to
the Cuban people , announcing the con
clusion of his' mission and ills retire
ment , makes an earnest appeal t'oi-
peace and order and for a. united ef
fort to establish independent govern
ment that should exert a most beneficial
Influence. The words of the veteran
champion of Cuban liberty show that
ho Is still actuated by the same patriotic
devotion to the Cuban people that has
marked his course through all the long
years he has given to their cause. He
recognizes the necessity at present of
American occupation , but urges that it
be made useless by such behavior on
the part of the people as will assist the
'Americans "to complete the honorable
mission they have been compelled to
assume by force of circumstances. " Hu
counsels concord , devotion to pacific la-
bore , forgetfuluess of past disagree
ments and a union of all elements to
achieve the aspiration for free and Inde
pendent government , declaring that to
day there are no autonomists or conserv
atives , but only Cubans.
Among Cuban leaders none has a
better right to counsel the people than
Maximo Gomez , nor has any of them1 a
stronger claim upon the popular confi
dence. He has labored as hard and
fought as valiantly as any man living
or dead to give Cuba liberty. He dis
claims all ambition and doubtless sin
cerely , yet the Cuban people will hardly
permit him to drop Into obscurity. He
will be , there Is every reason to expect ,
a potent influence- the formation of
an Independent government and may oc
cupy a very prominent place in its coun
cils.
cils.The
The manifesto of Gomez Is reassuring.
It indicates that he regards the situa
tion hopefully and will leave for a time
the scene of his labors and sacrifices
believing that the problem before the
Cuban people Avill be eventually solved
us he and other aspirants for Independ
ence wish It to be.
I'AUL'S LATEST SKK8ATIUX.
You have to go away from homo to
hear the news. According to a special
dispatch , concocted beyond any doubt
In the Omaha Fakery , a sensation has
been produced in Omaha In Grand Army
circles by an open lotler said to have
been addressed by Paul Vamlervoort to
President McKlnley , which proposes to
solve the Cuban problem for all time.
Mr. Vamlervoort , wo are told , declares
that the veterans of the blue nnd gray
of the wetit have noted the shameful
conduct of the Cuban soldiers , nnd the
Indignant Paul asks President McKlu-
ley to Issue an order to turn over the
Kurplus ot the $3,000,000 set apart for
the Cuban army to pay the passage of
veterans of the late war who desire to
go to Cuba. These veterans , Paul us-
mires the president , trained in the use
of arms and the plow , will till the soli
nnd keep the pence by usb of arms. Tim
organization , he says , can be patterned
after Joe Shelby's brigade of ex-con
federates , who exiled themselves nnd
went to Mexico because they did not
want to Hvo under the star spangled
banner , nnd gradually trolled back into
the United States sadder , If not made
wjser , by their experience.
Paul expresses great confidence that
! on his plan with a big slice of the three
, millions at his disposal lie can recruit
a large army that will redeem and re
generate Cuba forever.
| To people living In Omaha this piece
of news Is Indeed startling. Nobody
hereabouts has heard of any sensation
In Grand Army circles nor among the
soldiers who have served In the war
against Spain. Manifestly the scheme
was begotten by the Inventive genius
with which Paul Vnndervoort I * endowed
dewed , and when President McKlnlpy
learns that Paul Is reputed o be the
agent of a Cuban steamship and col
onization company ho will be able to
grasp the import of the Ingeniousnnd
disinterested Inspiration by which Mr.
Vamlervoort Is prompted.
OKHMAXPS XRW ACQV1SITIDX.
The comments of the German press
upon the acquisition of the Spanish
islands by Germany Indicate that the
government may find some dlfllculty In
obtaining from the Itclchstag a ratifica
tion of the arrangement. The leading
papers all declare that the islands are
not worth what It Is proposed to pay
for them , that they will bo of no ad
vantage to Germany and that only Spain
will bo benefited. The matter has been
submitted lo the Uelchstag by the minis
ter of foreign affairs and the statement
of the U-xtof the agreement shows that
Spain has apparently made a very good
bargain. It will put some $5,000,000 In
her treasury and still le.'ix'e her In pos
session of naval and coaling stations ,
together with valuable trade and other
concessions. In view of the fact that
the Islands were not profitable to Spain
and were never likely to be , she has un
doubtedly done well to dispose of them.
It appears from the statement of
Baron von Buelow that the islands were
desired by Germany to round off her
possessions in the Pacific , but a stronger
incentive probably was the fear that
some other power would get them. The
agreement with Spain was concluded in
February , so that it would seem negoti
ations were in progress while Spain and
the United States were discussing peace
proposals , which suggests that Germany
apprehended that this country might
demand more than the Philippines nnd
prepared to head ) off any such demand.
At all events the matter Is not of much
concern to the United States. The I.a-
drones and Carolines lie directly be
tween this country and the Philippines ,
but there is nothing menacing In this
fact. On the contrary perhaps It will
serve to strengthen friendly relations
between the two countries.
JUHIIA.KDLK AlllilTItATlOX.
About two years ago the Burlington
road wanted the alley adjacent to Its
depot grounds lowered and permission
was granted by the council for the road
to make the change. Before the work
of grading had been begun an injunc
tion was issued by the district court at
the instance of the Kingmau Implement
company , restraining the Burlington
from carrying out its project. There
upon the Burlington prevailed upon the
city authorities to have Kingman alley
graded down , on condition that the ex
pense incurred for this work would be
repaid by the railroad company. In
order to head off an Injunction against
the city the work was done on Sunday
and the city olliclals set an example of
law-breaking and law-defiance to mani
fest the city's good will to the railroad
company. In this as In many previous
instances of Omaha's generous treat
ment of railroads Its favors were not
appreciated. When the city presented
the bill for the labor done for the
benefit of the Burlington payment was
refused under various pretexts. In the
meantime the city suffered for want of
funds needed to keep up street repairs
and improvements. After waiting for
more than two years the city was finally
given to understand that its claim for
grading Kingman alley would be paid
on condition that the city remit the de
linquent tax against the Burlington In
curred for paving the roadway adjacent
to its depot grounds at Tenth nnd
Mason streets. This extraordinary
proposition was submitted to arbitra
tion by the council and , as might have
been expected , the city was arbitrated
out of the paving tux levied to meet the
bonded debt incurred years ago. And
the council after very profound de
liberation has agreed to ratify tills Jug-
handle arbitration , just as It would
have agreed to vote away the whole
of Tenth street if it had been Im
portuned to do so.
This only Is another Instance to prove
that if a railroad company sees any
thing It wants In Omaha all It has to do
Is to ask for It and the council will run
a break-neck race to get It.
Governor Poynter has removed Dr.
Sprague from the superlntendcncy of
the Beatrice Asylum for the Feeble
Minded. Before the recent hearing
the governor made some sensational
charges against the superintendent , one
of which was that through carelessness
and mismanagement Inmates of the in
stitution had died. The hearing on
those charges was secret , nnd the
findings make no mention of the more
serious charges , but that the manage
ment lias not been such as to promote
the best Interests of the Institution.
Again The Boo reiterates that the pub
lic has Just as good a right to know
the truth regarding these charges as
the governor. If Dr. Sprague has
been guilty of criminal carelessness
which resulted In the death of unfor
tunates placed in his core or baa
been guilty of shady financial transac
tions he should not only be removed ,
but prosecuted In the courts. Crimes
against these unable to help them
selves are of the worst character and
simple removal Is not adequate pun
ishment. On the other hand , If these
charges were unfounded nnd simply
made ns a ground for removing one
ofliceholdcr to malco room for another ,
the people of the state have a right to
know it.
It Is as impossible for reputable and
responsible newspapers to contradict
and disprove all the fakes put In circu
lation by yellow journals as It Is for
the truth to overtake a persistent falsl.
fler. The r i > ort that The Bee has bt'fii
whipped Into line In favor of colonial
| expansion by the threatened establish-
I ment of a republican rival In Omaha Is
of a piece with the periodic reports that
the editor of The Bee has become men
tally disabled nnd Is kept In strict se
clusion nt his home In care of his phy-
i slclan , _
lnorcncil * 'o * < nl HIMPMUP.
Globe-Democrat.
Postal receipts this year have Increased
10 per cent over last year , and will reach
a total of about $100.000,000. The only
drawback la that the government transacts
this largo amount of business without qulto
paying expenses.
( iood Th I UK for tin Oilit Vcnr.
Brooklyn Englc.
Omaha bus got to going and e-an't stop ,
It has another exhibition on hand for next
month and win try to make It bigger than
the one last year. Well , these country shows
are good things , especially when you haven't
the price for the Paris cne.
Boston Trnn'crlpt.
Ono of the grotesque phases of "Anglo-
Saxon civilisation" Is seen In the Incident
that .tho people of England who defend
Lord Kitchener's .barbarous conduct of the j
war on the Soudanese were horrUleJ over |
the Introduction ot Sunday newspapers In
London.
A I'roniiiiiioi'il l > 'iillurc.
Kansas City Star.
The fund for buying a house to present to
Admiral Dcwey Is not growing as rapidly as |
these who originated the plan expected. In
fact , It Is net growing at nil. Only ? i > ,000
'
of the proposed $100,000 nave been sub-
scribed. The failure Is not due to any lack
ot honor or admiration for the admiral , butte
to an appreciation of the fact that there Is
'
no call for such a procedure nnd n widespread -
spread belief that Admiral Dewey wouM not
approve of the project It ho were here.
Out for Ntiinlirr One.
PlttsburgPost. .
Great Britain nt any time the last 100
years could have possessed Itself of the
Philippines at less cost In men nnd money
than has already fallen an the United
States , but that rower Is wisdom Itself and
selfishness , of course , In Its ideas of ex
pansion. It had no Use tor the Philippines
nnd never took them. It Is now solicitous
that the United States should permanently
occupy the Islands with 'the open-door
policy , which gives British traders an ad
vantage.
So Armor TIilM Year.
Philadelphia Ledger.
What was predicted In tho. matter of ar
mor plate has come to pass. The few com
panies ranking this ponderous ware have re
fused to let the government have It nt the [
price offered by congress , nnd the government - |
ment Is given the nlternatlvc of paying their
price , Importingforeign plate , building nn |
armor plant of its own or nnandonkig heavy j
armor for its ships. In any case the dc- ]
clslon rests with congress , and nothing can
bo done until that .body meets again and
reconsiders the subject
American ConrtH In Manila.
Philadelphia Record.
In re-cstabllshlng the courts In the Philip
pines , which had been closed since the trans
fer of the Islands to American control , the
federal authorities at Manila have given to
native and forelcn residents n timely and
valuable assurance of the stability nnd per
manency of the new system of federal con
trol. AVhere justice Is dispensed through
agencies known to and confided In 'by ' tha
people armed rebellion cannot be continued
under a pretense of patriotic duty , since
liberty and equality are guaranteed and as
sured under the orderly operation of the
laws. i
Wiir n'n < lie Canteen.
Milwaukee Journal.
The army canteens ought to go , aay the
ministers. They are hotbeds of vice , Bay
the ministers. They teach young soldiers
to drink , say the ministers. The canteen
gives the soldier a chance to buy his tobacco ,
magazines , collar buttons , fancy crackers
nnd writing paper nt decent prices Instead
of exorbitant "sutler" prices , say the sol
diers. The canteen gives the soldier a chance
to buy a glass of pop or of beer nt n decent
price Instead of maklns him so to the
"sutler. " Well , as the ministers stay nt
homo and never see the Inside or the out-
elde of n canteen they must know , while
the men who live In the posts , especially
those nwny from cities , nre not expected to
know.
I'roiiiiKamla of Mlnrcnrcnentiitlon.
'Xow ' York World.
It an Englishman ivho has acquitted him
self valorously abroad comes frome to London -
don wo read that the people received him
with enthusiasm , with hearty cordiality ,
etc. , etc. ,
If a Frenchman who has done himself and
his country proud comes homo to Paris wo
learn from the English correspondents nt
Paris that the people were "delirious , " were
"frenzied to Insanity. "
In nil these Instances the ipeoplo noted In
precisely the same generous , hero-worship
ping way. Why Is the same emotion ex
pressed In the same way by an Anglo-Saxoa
and a Frenchman enthusiasm In the one
case and lunacy In the other ?
In the answer to this question wo have
the secret of the propaganda of misrepre
sentation of Franco that has been carried
forward steadily ever since France showed
Its fundamental Insanity by becoming and
remaining a republic.
TltinUTB TO AMKIUOAJV WOMHN.
Ail in I ml Sclilcy'N Compliment to tliu
Non-MllHinit SP.X.
Chicago Times-Herald.
There was n good deal moro than the
felicitous compliment cf n sailor to the
nonmllltant sex In the words In which Ad
miral Schley spoke of the women of America
last Saturday. In ono place , speaking of
how this ibroad * land had been converted
from a wilderness Into a paradise , he said
that "In Its beautiful women and strong
men ho could see why this country Is great. "
But it was when he spoke of the high
regard nnd honor the people of this coun
try have for women that the admiral really
touched upon ono of the most potent secrets
ct 'American ' progress. "In proportion , "
said he , "ns a nation holds Its women In
high regard nnd develops these virtues to
the highest plane. In Just that proportion Is
n nation great. It Is because we place our
women upon that high elevation of vfrtuo
that wo have become creat. Poison the
source of a nation's origin and It dies. "
There Is far moro In these words than
lies on the surface , Thex touch the true
source of America's chief claim on the
world's admiration , envy and Imitation , In
this country , where every citizen Is a
sovereign , all our women nre queens. Hero
only In the great world does the woman
walk abroad In the free majesty of man's
honor nnd regard. No class or otatlon In
life monopolizes the distinction between the
relation of the sexes hero nnd In European
countries , Even fn Rnnland the law and
the customs of centuries force women Into a
subordinate rlnco ,
Ono of tha evident results of the greater
respeet r > Md to women In American than
elsewhere Is the gradual Improvement of
American women In personal arirwarance ns
well as mental attainment , Too young
women of this generation are us n rulq
taller and better developed rihyslcally than
their mothers. The statistics of female
colleges prove this. Moro attention Is paid
to their bodies as well as to their minds.
They are being fitted to be the mothers of
Americans.
When one Is seeking for the springs of
American ni'sh and progress there Is no
need to look 'beyond ' the women of America.
THK M3.VT SI'
Ski-lcli of < ! 1'nrecr of Colonel Ilm 111
11. llrnilprniui of Intnl.
Colonel David n. Henderson , member of
congress from the Thlnl district of Iowa ,
whoso election ns speaker of the next
congress Is practically assured by unani
mous vote ot the republican members , Is ix
typical western man rugged mentally nnd
physically , aggressive and progressive , an
orator of great power , nnd n soldier of the
civil war , who rose from the ranks ) to the
command of a regiment.
Born at Old Deer , Scotland , March II ,
1S40 , ho was brought to this country by his
parents In 184C. locating on n farm In Win-
nebago county , Illinois. In 1E49 the family
moved to Fayetto county , lown , locating on
n farm , Ho received n common school edu-
catlcn and attended the Upper Iowa uni
versity until the breaking out of the war.
Ho has the honorary degree of LL. U. from
that university. Enlisted In the union nrmy
September 15 , 1SG1 , mustered Into service
November 5 , 1S61 as first lieutenant of Com
pany C , Twelfth Iowa Infantry , participated
In the battles of Fort Henry , Fort Donel-
son , Shlloh nnd Corinth ; wns wounded se
verely nt Donclson nnd lost n leg nt Corinth
October 4. 1SG2 ; re-cntcm ! the army June
10 , 1SG4 as colonel of the Forty-sixth Iowa
Infantry , serving to 'the end of his term.
During n part of 1SG3 nnd 1SC4 ho held the
position of commissioner ot the Board ot
Enrollment , Third district of Iowa ; after
the war was collector of Internal revenue ,
Thlnl district of Iowa ; assistant United
States district attorney , northern division ,
district of Iowa , and was elected to con
gress In November , 1SS2 , from the Third
district of Iowa , having been nine times
unanimously nominated for that position
and elected from the same district ns n re
publican. Ho has twice been permanent
chairman ot < thc republican state convention
of Iowa , wns elected n delegate-at-lorgo to
the Republican National convention of 1SSO
nnd 18SS , and was made chairman of the
Iowa delegation In both of thcso conven
tions. Ho studied law In Dubuquc , la. , with
Blsscll & Shlras , and wns admitted to the
bar In 1SG5 ; Is now n member of the law
firm of Henderson , Hurd , Lenchan & Klcscl ,
Dubuque , la.
Colonel Henderson , though not yet CO
years old , appears older on account of the
physical Infirmities resulting from his
wounds In battle. It has happened that for
several months ut n time he has hardly been
able to attend to his concessional duties
on account of the intense sufferinc caused
by the nrowth of something fn the nature
of an abscess near the line of amputation.
Ho has been obliged to submit to repeated
surgical operations to obtain relief. On
these occasions he does not take anaes
thetics. He ordinarily wears a wooden leg ,
but nt times Is compelled to use crutches
without It. He Is one of the most genial
of men except on those occasions when his
physical Infirmities are so great as to wear
severely upon his nerves. At a congres
sional dinner party , nnd ho Is frequently a
guest , ho Is often "tho life of the occa
sion. "
Colonel Henderson has been a member of
the Inner circle of the house for some
years and Is the first republican member of
the committee on rules , of which the speaker
fs chairman. When Heed became speaker of
the house Colonel Henderson was In line for
chairman of the appropriations committee ,
because Mr. Cannon had been dropped from
the Fifty-second congress. But Mr. Heed
recognized Mr. Cannon's experience and
knowledge gained by service as chairman of
that committee and passed over Colonel
Henderson , but made him chairman of the
judiciary committee. Then , when he ap
pointed him the leading republican on the
committee on rules , ho brought the Iowa
man"lnto the charmed circle of which only
the older nnd most important representa
tives are members.
It Is n matter frequent . comment that
Colonel Henderson seldom speaks of his war
record In his camoalcns. Recently ho was
asked why ho was silent on his army ex
perience. He replied :
"My record Is the record of thousands of
the boys. My experience was that of every
man who went to the front and cot hurt.
It .was not worth the Ink and paper which
would bo used to orlnt It. When a candi
date begins on his war record ho Is at the
parting of the ways. He makes n common
thing out of that which I hold as too
honorable a thing to bring into a political
campaign. And , after all , the boys who
went to the front In 1SG1 only did their
duty nnd there were so many of them that
a man had to do something extraordinary
to bring his head up above the others and I
did not do anything extraordinary. "
TIl.YIlG WITH CHINA.
In Amount Compared
With Our ISxnnrlH to Europe.
Chicago Chronicle.
Assuming that the bulk of our exports to
Hong Kong reach their final destination In
China , n Washington dispatch says that our
exports to China will be nearly 25 per cent
greater this fiscal year than they were last
year , while the total exports from the coun
try will bo little If any greater this year
than they were last. The reader Is ex
pected to Infer that because our exports to
China have Increased largely In ten years
ft Is good business to go Into the scramble
and spend no end of money In getting pos
session of some Islands GOO miles away In
order to Increase our sales In China !
The nbsurdlty of assuming that our pos
session of the Philippines would Increase
our sales to China Is obvious enough. But
let that pass , and test the significance of
the figures given by comparing them with
others which the Imperialists are very care
ful to avoid when they are talking about the
"rich trade of the orient. "
Our sales to China are expected to reach
$20,000,000 this yc ar , against $10,000,000 last
year. But what Is that as compared with
our exports of $541,000,000 to Great Britain
alone in 189S ? In that year we sold nearly
thirty-four times ns much to Great Britain
ns we sold to China , though China has ten
times the number of Inhabitants that Great
Britain has. In the same year we sold to
all Europe nenrly $074,000,000 , or nearly
elxty-ono times ns much ns wo Bold to
China. About bow long do our imperial
trade dreamers think it will take us to
make a market In China approaching that
which wo have In Europe not only without
effort , bat In splto of all our republican
statesmen have done to destroy It by hostile
tariff legislation ? '
They may find It easier to make the cal
culation when they are told that the total
value of foreign merchandise Imported Into
China during the fiscal year 1S97 was $158- ,
207,000 , and that this total was lets than In
1889 or 1890. These are the latest figures
given by the Washington bureau of stalls-
tics , which we may presume are the latent
available. They show that the talk wo bear
ad nauseam about the phenomenal growth
and Importance of Chinese trade Is pure
humbug and that the Chinese trade Is trifling
compared with that of any considerable Eu
ropean country.
The truth Is that the trade of Europe
and the United States has grown far more
rapidly than lhat of China. The figure :
show that China's purchases from nil other
countries In 1897 were not as much as one-
third of Great Britain's purchases from the
United States alone.
Yet our Imperialists fling their arms In
the air and roar about the "rich trade of
the orient" and bellow about the necessity
for subjugating the Filipinos In order to get
"our * baro" of It. Was eve * such fatuity
known In a land pretending to enlighten
ment ?
ncnor.s or Tim w.\it.
The official report of General Arthur Mne-
Arthur concerning the origin of the Filipino
Insurrection pi noes the blame on the nntlvcs
nnd conllrms the press reports n to who
fired the first fhot. The firnt nhot was flrot !
on the American side by Prlvnto Robert
Grayson of the First Nebraska , and two
Filipinos gnvo up the ghont In consequence.
The story of the historic shot , though some
what ngcd , is detailed In n Manila letter
lai Leslie's Weekly , nnd U worth reproduc
ing. 'The outposts of the Insurgents , " siya
the writer , "were gradually drawing closer
to ours , nnd on the Saturday evening of the
outbreak cf hostilities nn insurgent lieuten
ant attempted to pass n sentinel within the
Nebraska lines. Ho advanced toward our
fines with n small guard and signified his
Intention of placing one of them beyond his
usual post. Private Grayson challenged the
Insurgents , but they IgnoriM his demand to
halt. He waited n moment , but the guard
advanced and ho flrod his shot , killing the
lieutenant and one private. The other In
surgents promptly returned the flro , nnd retreated -
treated under cover ot Mime bushes near j
their lines. A silence followed , but In the
Nebraska camp the souna of the rifle nnd
the passing along of the word aroused the
men to great activity. Not three minutes
clnpscd from the sound ot the alarm before
every man In the regiment wns ready for
nctlfti. They Immediately marched , In
doublcqulck time , to their assigned posi
tions. "
The burial of Colonel Stotsenberg of the
First Nebraska In Arlington cemetery
called out at the War department many
reminiscences of the brave officer , some ot
which are taken from the Washington Star.
An army ofilccr who knew Colonel Stotscn-
berg when ho wns a lieutenant of the Sixth
said :
"It did not take his trnglc finish nt Manila
to establish his bravery. Ho won the medal
of honor In the Indian wars In the west ,
earned It moro than once for that matter
If ho hod cared to push his claim. But the
funny part of It was that Stotsenbprg used
to calmly remark to his friends that ho
ronlly didn't deserve the medal the tlmo ho
received it. The people that knew him also
know Just how little that disclaimer was
worth.
"It happened In the Victoria cam
paign down In Arizona that Slot's gallantry
was officially recognized. Old Victoria's
'baud ' had been raising scalps nnd disturb
ances of all eorts across a wide stretch ot
country when 0110 of the colored cavalry
troops cut their trail down In a bad mess
of canyon and mesa country , where the
Apaches had started In to a watcrholo.
The troopers banged Into a box canyon
close after them , closer a good deal .than
the soldiers Imagined , and the first news they
had of Victoria ho nnd his bnndvere shootIng -
Ing them up In great ehapo from n natural
stone fort up at the head of the valley.
The Buffalo soldiers hunted cover In sJiort
order , but Iho Apaches had pocketed them
so well thai they could not get forward or
back , and the result was they were held
In a state of slego down In tha canyon for
twenty-four hours or more. The Apaches
were In great spirits , too , having murdered
a couple of English ranchmen the day be
fore a little way ncross the country. Out
of this pleco of villainy they had got n
couple of express rifles wllh a couple of
bells ot cartridges with explosive bullets.
"They were also using a lot of old 60-
caliber carbines with Winchester .43 am
munition for lack of something that would
fit , wrapping the shells with rawhide to
make them stay In the chamber. Of course ,
the express bullets went off llko six-shoot
ers every time they hit the rocks where the
colored troopers were lying , and the misfit
bullets from the carbines sang disconso
lately as they tumbled over In the air. The
negroes swore the Indians were shooting
picKctpins nt tnera ana were reeling pretty
uncomfortable when the detachment lhat
Stolsenberg was with cnmo over Ihe mesa
from Iho olhcr sldo nnd chased the Indians
out of their vantage place.
"Victoria didn't wait for much fight then ,
but started across the counlry , all "nils set.
The two detnchinents were right on his heels
nnd rounded .htm up for a fight nt a place
called Chovnlon Ford , but which fs officially
known as the battle of the Big Dry Wash.
This was where Stotsenbcrg came In. The
Indians fought under cover , according to
their lights , as long as they could , but the
troopers went in after them , bulldog like ,
Just as they did after much worse marksmen
at San Juan and Caney.
"Part of the Indians broke nnd the troop
ers were opening out to gather In the frag
ments when Stotsenberg nnd nbout eight
men surged up over an adjacent ridge to
help cut off the retreat. Stotsenberg al
ways declared with a laugh that ho hadn't
an Idea there were any Indians In thai part
of the country , and lhat If ho had 'ho would
have gone nround the other way , but ns It
wns he and Ills men pitched head on Into a
bunch of about forty hostllee down In the
gully. There was moro need for prnyers
than time for praying. His sergeant got
knocked over at the first flash. Everybody
hunled such cover ns was mosl convcnfenl ,
nnd Stotsenberg gave the Ho to anything he
subsequonlly chose lo say about himself by
picking up his wounded mnn nnd packing
him on his back lo Ihe nearest boulder ,
where he tucked him away out of the line
of fire. Then ho turned In with his handful
of men and conducted a llttlo Independent
campaign of his own for the benefit of Ihls
nrroyo full of Apaches. The resl of the
regiment came up In time to bury those
that did not get away.
"That's , roughly speaking , how ho won
his medal of honor. The only pity Is he
won't be hero to wear the other ono that
ho eajned at Malatc. "
I'KUSOXAI , AMI
General Eagan's coffee plantation onhU
Pacific Island Is yielding a crop phenomenal
oven In lhat region.
The French have laid claim lo Dewey on
the ground that ha descends from a Hugue
not family named Do Huoy. The Belgians
tsay ho is one of their De Vi'eys ,
Senator-elect Boverldgo writes from Ma
nila that bis study of the people nnd the
situation is making his so-called vacation
as busy a time as bo ever spent.
M , Deschanel , the new member of the
French academy , fs a comparatlvory young j
m n , having been bom on February 15 , 1856.
He is a member of the bar , a brilliant orator
tor , and has done an enormous amount of
literary anil Journalistic work.
In Warsaw , Mo. , a business man named
Green has a bookkeeper named Simmons. ]
During his employer's absence not long ago
ho signed a letter "Green , per Simmons. " j
The result has been nn unexpected Increase '
In Mr. Green's business , owing to newspaper
comment on the odd signature.
Porto Rico has a beautiful climate Is nn
Ideal winter resort. But as for wealth , an
official of the United
States const survey re
ports that the forests ha\e been nearly de
stroyed , the soil has been impoverished by
centuries of exploitation , and of mineral
wealth there is none worth considering. In
fact , he bays , "the cream of Its reiiurees
has been skimmed for 300 > ears by u sliruud
people. "
In Buffato , N. V. , the relatives who are
responsible for keeping pnyslclans from ai-
tcrdlng the sick or Injured are nmdu de
fendants Joinlly with the Christian Scien
tists who are summoned to act In place of
doctors of medicine. A little boy wlw was
seriously HI with double pneumonia was al
lowed to die In that city with no other effort
nt cure than prayers The attendance ot a
physician was not permitted. The papents
have been arrested , together with tbo
"Scientists , " on a common charge of man
slaughter , cod are held in bonds tor their
appearance.
n.MAAY ix TIII : PACIKIC.
Hosttti Trnnrcrlpt : The possession of th
Carolines by Oprmnny thronlcna American
occupation of the Philippines according to
fomo of our nlnrmlAl contemporaries , but we
fflll lo sco how or why. True , the Herman
Acquisitions nre nonr the line of- our com
munications with the Philippine ? , but w
hold Guam , nnd oilr 1x10 , California , it J
thousands of ml res nearer Mfltilln than Ocr- f
ninny Is. ' *
Now York Trlh'inc : The transfer of sov
ereignty from Spain to Germany , then , Is to
bo regarded in this country with entire
equanimity. If this country lind wanted
them It should have taken them when It had
n chance to do so. It did not take them ,
and It is 'therefore Able to look with satli-
facllrw upon Ihclr acquisition by another
power with which Its own relations are
most friendly nnd which Is sure to ndmlnli-
ter them In the Interest of civilization.
AVnthlngton Stnr : The ceded Islands cover
nn ocean nrea very nearly ns largo ns that
portion of the United States lying 'west of
the Mississippi river. They nro thousand *
In number , nro generally very small , ana ,
whllo fertile , are Incapable ot material im
provement through the creation of large
communities. The lack of extensive InnJ
areas prevents wholesale enterprises nnd
places n natural restriction upon the future
development of the holding. It Is alto
gether probable that Germany's chief desire
is to control the trndo with the natives ,
such ns It Is , nnd to Increase her territorial
possessions In the far cast to enhance her
prestige as a colonial power.
Philadelphia Press : All the Islands are
high from the sen , grow good timber nnd
fruits and have u fertile soil. Their nar
row nrca would doubtless develop under
good government. Germany will doubtless
do ns In the Marshall group. Ebon , In the
'Marshall ' Islands , with n few breech-clouted
savages , has to scrape together $500 n year
to pay German taxes. The untaxed aborigine
only exists in Ihls country , moro merciful
to the original settler than any other ; he
la heavily taxed by nil other countries.
Missionaries nre excluded from nil Islands
not already occupied , and the American
missionary ship , 'Morning ' Star , has to pay
$250 a year as a license for the privilege of
selling bibles nnd other books to the native
churches.
LAUGHING GAS. '
-'l
Chlc co Record : "Wo don't have nny
6Utcd rnlny eenson In this country. "
"Yes , wo do ; It Bets In when our picnic *
bocln.5
Washington Star : "Fortunately , " said
he ns he looked nt the bill for her ball
cown. "tho low neck nnd short sleeves jrat-
tern Is still f..shlonnble. Otherwise 1 fear
I would have to go Into bankruptcy. "
down.'l
Chicago Post : "Tho doctor says that
Wllllo must hnve exercise. "
"Let's clvo him a cheap watch and in
sist that he wind It regularly. "
Dctroll Journal : "The leopard cannot
chanso his spots. " . . .
"No , nnd ono so quickly tires of loud
patterns , tool"
Brooklyn Life : Mrs. Lushlcy Oh. you
needn't try tq conceal your condition.
You're holdingthe. . pni > er upclde down.
jir. Jjusmey i Know i , m utrar uiu u UH
punxjt'h ' someshlnsr hero no dcshent mnn
ouzhter read.
Chicago Record : "Docs your eon feel
that his .heart is in this war In the Philip
pines , airs. Smith ? "
"I should say so. Ho writes that every
tlmo to fires at a nilplno he remembers
ithat ho owes him a grudge for makhiff
him miss the cherry-plo season , at home. "
'Detroit ' Journal : The frus-tratlcn of evil
was ntxw complete. In four acts.
"Somebody thaU pay dearly for thisl"
.hissed the balll-id villain , as he was led
away.
"But who ? " moaned the other characters ,
exchanging1 glances , tor Jio company had
no nngeil , whllo the public held olooi.
Chlcngo Post : Few people have''tho ' gift7
of tarsa expression.
The young woman was chewing gum very
rapidly ns fiho woJked through the zoo.
tiho paused .to look at ttno Klraffe.
"Well , " she exclaimed , "ain't he the
rubberneck- I"
Then she chewed gum moro rapidly than
evtir.
IIUVISED SOLILOQUY.
Chicago Times-Herald ,
Was Hamlet lean or fat ?
That
Is th > question. Was ho
A physical pewee.
Whose smoklng-jacket hung upon him e'eA
As a shirt doth fit a ibeanpole ? Say ,
Was Hamlet fat or lean ;
Did 'ho weigh
As much ns Ted Sloan or Baby Bliss ?
This
Is n matter that must Mve us pause. J t
Did ho have lantern Jas jf
And legs
L.lka unto-little old Joe Wheeler'a pegs ,
And did his ribs -bow out
As do these of the wsary 8te < > d thai draws
The rattling ash cart round about ?
Or was ho like the prize ox at a county
fair ?
Was 'theire
A roll of fat
Upon Ills neck like that
Which bulges o'er the collar of an
Alderman ?
Did Hamlet saunter in
To win
Through thick or thin ?
Wns ho fut ?
Did ho occupy room enough for two
When ho sat
Down ? Or did he find it necessary to co
through
Ufo taking pills for indigestion ?
That Is the question.
Our Children's '
Department ,
Shows the effect of the grand
discount offering we have
placed there. A great big hole
has been made in these special
Junior and Sailor suits that we
have just put in with the bal
ance of our sale. Such style
and dainty construction and
richness of appearance , not only
pleases the parents but causes
joy for the little fellow when
his companions notice the ele
gance of his attire , and know
that there is ONLY ONE
PLACE where it can be secur
ed , and that is Browning , King
& Go's. Others try to follow
but the goodness of our clothing
is known from ocean to ocean ,
and all who want the best come
here. And now you can buy
ours for the price of the "ordina
ry kind , " most stores offer you
as such stupendous values.
$4.00 suit $2.00
50 5.00 suit 2.50 50
Per Cent 6.00 suit 3.00 per Cenl
DJS7.50 suit 3.75 OlS-
count' 8.00 suit 4.oo count ,
8.50 suit 4.25
L Money back if our prices can be
bettered ,