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Publishing company , being duly sxvorn. says
that the actual number of full and complete
copies of Thi Dally , Morning , Evening and
Sunday Bee , printed during the month of
Stay , 1833 , was as follows :
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mall.
The address win bo changed ns
often as desired.
It Is to be 'hoped the year's1 to. nailo
crop has now been completely garnered.
If the beet sugar Industry keeps on
growing Mr. Havemeyer may be driven
to do something desperate.
Philadelphia may bo a little slow In
come things , but In the matter of high
way robberies It Is strictly up to date.
The school teachers with three or four
exceptions will rest easier now that the
board has passed on the list for the cu-
eulug year.
Another sign -prosperity Is the
quickening Initiation business driven by
Ills royal highness , King Ak-Sar-Bcn , at
the same old stand.
The fight for the preservation of the
Seventeenth street crossing will go
down Into history as ono of the great
battles of a conlllct-bearlng year.
From latest developments It Is plain
that most of the hubbub raised about
Impending decapitations of public school
teachers was simply an aggravated case
of "holler-before-you-are-hurt. "
There docs not appear to be any
reason why a real , shrewd swindler
should waste his time working farmers
for ? 50 or $100 on a lightning rod deal
when South Omaha offers such a prom
ising field for bigger stakes.
Interest In The Bee's popular girl
vacation contest Is' Increasing as the
closing day approaches. This contest Is
by far the most popular of all similar
competitions held in this section. Let
everybody vote for his favorite.
A more liberal street railway transfer
Bystem would be just as much , If not
more , appreciated by the public If It
came voluntarily from the street rail
way company rather than as the result
of pressure exerted by the city authori
ties.
In the face of so many conflicting
etories of the. actions and whereabouts
of American olllcers In the naval en-
KUgement off Santiago , how could their
version possibly liave tallied so well on
points relating to the activity of the
Spanish enemy ?
The family of the late Lieutenant
Iluano of the fire department Is entitled
to the care and protection of the city.
If there Is to be any public contribution
for the relief of Mrs. Uuane the proper
channel Is through the mayor or chief
of the flro department.
The successor of. the late Nelson Ding-
ley has been elected nt a special con
gressional election with an augmented
republican majority. That reminds us
that n call for a special election In the
Sixth Nebraska district to choose the
successor of the late Mr. Greene is In
order. ' '
Deaths in Havana during May of this
year were less than one-quarter as
numerous as during the same month of
1893. These llgures speak louder than
columns of argument of the benefits
that have accrued through proper sani
tation and the feeding of the hungry
recouccntrados who were left to starve
by the Spanish.
A bureau for the relief of the'popo-
cratle party , which was struck by the
cyclone of 180(1 ( , Is to bo opened by the
World-Herald In Its own oillce , Money ,
merclmndlso , wet goods and dry goods
will be thankfully received and credited
to the donors. The nnmo of each con
tributor will be published from day to
day , together with a description of the
donations. A statement of disburse
ments will bo piade after the presiden
tial election of 1000.
AN UNSATISFACTORY SITUATION.
The situation In the Philippines Is dis
tinctly unsatisfactory , The American
forces nrc making no substantial prog
ress. The enemy appears to bo as
strong ns at any time since hostilities
commenced , nearly five months ago , ami
has recently become more aggressive.
Peace negotiations have ceased , hotli
sides apparently having concluded that
the war must be fought to a finish.
The Baltimore American voices n wide
spread sentiment In saying : "The mil
itary occupation , It must be confessed ,
has not to this time been a success.
General Otis , while doing all in his
power , has underestimated the Insur
gent strength. While able to drive them
far Into the Interior , his own forces have
been Insufllclcnt to hold the territory
taken and the fighting wages around
Manila with unabated fury. * * *
It Is better to put 100,000 men there nnd
crush the rebellion than It Is to make u
sham nt policing the territory about Ma
nila with 25,000. , " That paper sug
gests that It would be no reflection upon
General Otis to replace him with an
other commanding ofllcer.
President McKlnley has determined
that military operations shall be pushed ,
lie has the authority to enlist a volun
teer force of 85,000 and It Is the opinion
In military circles that such a force
could be raised and be on the way to
the Philippines within sixty days. The
question of calling for volunteers has
been under consideration by the admin
istration for some time , but the presi
dent hesitates because Otis thinks that
nn army of 'JO.OOO , which ho will soon
have , will be sulllclcut to subdue the In
surrection. Perhaps his Judgment Is
sound , but unquestionably that result
couldbeattalned In much less time , with
probably less cost In American lives , it
our army In the Philippines were made
double the number asked for by Gen
eral Otis. An army of 00,000 effective
men in the Philippines would be able In
a short time , unless the enemy Is very
much stronger than It Is reasonable to
suppose , to crush the Insurrection , be
cause It could hold all territory taken
while maintaining an aggressive cam
paign , but there Is reason to apprehend
that with a force of no more than 30,000
the struggle will be Indefinitely pro
longed. We arc not now giving the
Filipinos such evidence of our power
and resources as to greatly Impress
them. They know the valor and forti
tude of the American soldiers , but the
numbers sent against them have had no
Intimidating effect. A larger force would
undoubtedly exert an influence In this
direction and thus weaken the enemy.
With a knowledge of our ability to' over
whelm them and to hold possession of
all territory taken they would be more
disposed to sue for peace.
Recent events seem to leave no doubt
as to the duty of the president to call
for volunteers for service in the Philip
pines. The feeling is widespread that
if hostilities arc to be continued until
the Filipinos accept our demand for un
conditional surrender a force should be
sent to Luzon capable of accomplishing
this as speedily as an army can be
marched through the Island. The gen
eral sentiment of dissatlsfactfon with"
the existing situation should have some
weight at Washington.
TUK INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
The Industrial commission , In session
nt Washington , is prosecuting its work
with commendable diligence , but It la
questionable whether the Information
and the views It Is eliciting will be
found of any great value. The leading
Idea of the promoters of the commission
was that Its Investigations would Indl-
ca'to the legislation needed to Increase
the confidence and tranquillity of labor.
It Is perhaps premature to say that lit
tle Is likely to be realized in this direc
tion , but certainly experience as to
other commissions does not warrant
great expectations as to this one. Per
haps the most useful result to be looked
for ns the outcome oC the hearings by
the commission will be the decision that
legislation cannot provide any nostrum
for the cure of the Ills that afflict capi
tal and labor. It will possibly discover
that what capital and labor need most
is to reach a mutual understanding , to
cultivate reciprocal respect and to keep
away from congress and the state legis
latures.
The scppe of the commission's Inves
tigations embraces all Interests and It
will hear an Immense mass of testimony
and opinion that will bo printed at the
public expense. Of course so much of
this as relates to actual facts and con
ditions will have a value , but the
greater part , It Is safe to say , will be
altogether useless , judging from the
general character of what has been
given to the press. Meanwhile the gen
eral public Is presumably taking llttlo
If any Interest In the proceedings.
OMAHA A VAOUAtiT HKFVOB.
The policy pursued by the police court
for the past two years has made Omaha
a safe refuge for vagrants and vaga
bonds. Under the peculiar rulings of
that court It Is an utter Iniporislblllty
to convict anybody for violation of the
vagrancy laws. A bummer arrested by
the police while prowling about the
premises of law-abiding people In the
middle of the night Is not obliged to
give an account of himself or to show
that ho has any employment or visible
or Invisible means of support. All he
has to do Is to plead not guilty and un
less the police can testify of their per
sonal knowledge that the accused 1ms
done no work for weeks nnd has no
means for his own support he Is dis
charged nnd allowed to repeat his noc
turnal visits and depredations. Even It
the patrolman doe ? testify that ho luia
observed the vagabond loafing about
his beat for several nights In succesblon
the court holds that the patrolman must
also testify of his own knowledge that
the prisoner did not earn money nt some
occupation in the daytime. If on the
other hand the police are in position to
testify that they have noted the vaga
bond loitering obout the streets day
after day , then the court insists that
they produce testimony to prove that
the accused did not work at some occu
pation In the nighttime.
Under such peculiar rulings It would
bo Impossible to convict anybody of va
grancy unless ho could bo attached by
a string or chain to some officer night
nnd dny. He would not only have to
tramp around with the vagrant from
Btrect to street to places where he bogs
or steals his meals , but also to occupy
the same stoop or box car with him at
night to make sure that he did not
change his habit of shunning work as
ho docs soap nnd water.
With the assurance that Omaha Is a
safe refuge for vagrants the professional
pilferer nnd footpad naturally has no
dread of police prosecution , especially
In view of the notorious fact that he can
at any time procure n bond through
the police court snyster who makes the
strawhond business a regular practice.
KXT UN UUintKNOl * .
The Treasury department has been
Informed of the acceptance by the com
mittee of the United States senate of
the proposed currency legislation agreed
upon by the house caucus committee.
It Is thus practically assured that the
Fifty-sixth congress will dcclaro for the
gold standard and provide that legal
tender notes redeemed with gold shall
be reissued only In exchange for gold.
It will probably also enact legislation
looking to a larger volume of banknote
currency , though this feature of the plan
will perhaps meet with more opposi
tion than the other features.
The most Important thing to be done
Is unquestionably that of declaring that
the obligations of the government are
payable In gold. Senator Allison , who
Is a member of the senate committee ,
Implied In a recent interview that this
IB unnecessary , for the reason that we-
already have the gold standard. While
It Is true we have that standard still
a definite declaration by congress Is de
sirable and we think this Is the opinion
of republicans and sound money men
generally. Such legislation , If It did
not at once eliminate the silver ques
tion ns a political issue , would cer
tainly have the effect of diminishing its
strength.
The country Is prepared for this legis
lation and the republican party will
gain strength by enacting It. The
largo supply and the Increasing produc
tion of gold have rendered utterly un
tenable the assertion upon which the
free sllvcrltcs so much relied , that there
Is not sufficient of the yellow metal for-
the business requirements of the world.
The fixing of the gold standard by legal
enactment Is necessary to firmly estab
lish financial confidence and In out
judgment the next congress will have
no duty more Important than this.
Under the Inspiration of "Coin" Ilar-
vey , who visited Omaha last week , the
local fusion organ makes an appeal for
campaign funds , tinged with a line col
oring of Jacksonian simplicity , nnd the
masses are expected to step up and de
posit their mites Into the mitt In sup
port of democratic doctrines nnd to
overwhelm the hated republican bond
holders. We are told the rich men own
the republican party and that poor people
ple only compose democracy. Such
rubbish makes oneweary. . Does the
local organ Imagine the people have for
gotten the fact that the silver mine
bulllonaires put hundreds of thousands
of dollars Into the last presidential
campaign ? It Is a matter of notoriety
also that the Omaha Bryan organ > ab
sorbed over § 25,000 of the poor man's
fund contributed by Colorado and Mon
tana mining millionaires. You can fool
some people sometimes , but you can't
fool all the people all the time.
That a public official Is expected to be
lionest seems to be a new Idea to the
Cubans and that the expectation should
bo fulfilled little short of it miracle.
The publication of the receipts and ex
penditures of the various ports , In item
ized form , Is a source of endless com
ment and that there should be a. sur
plus remaining In the treasury is a fact
too deep for them to grasp. By the
time American occupation Is ended the
people will have an opportunity to learn
many things which will be invaluable
when they come to govern themselves If
they arc wise enough to profit by the
example. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i
General Miles , In a published Inter
view , Is credited with saying that the
"situation In the Philippines Is serious. ' "
Beyond this he declined to discuss the
matter. It Is evident , however , that
the general Is of the same opinion as
the great majority of people , that the
war In those fur off Islands Is not ended
and that a much larger force will be
necessary before order Is restored and
the authority of the United States gen
erally recognized.
Another Loyal I/ / . Smith has put In an
appearance nt South Omaha. Being a
stranger and possessed of a glib tongue
he had no trouble In getting n "lino of
credit" at ono of the local banks to thu
tune of $10,000. How many honest and
trustworthy merchants arc there In
Omaha , well and favorably known , who
couldn't get credit at a local bank for
$500 ? These days the humbug and
scoundrel with a pleasing front seems
to have Uic call.
OUCH.
New York World ,
And now "the severest shock of earthquake
ever known" has been shaking up some of
the Philippine Islands. Did this AS well as
the Insurrection come In the 'bill ' of sale for
which ivo raid $20,000,000 to Spain ?
Hani I'rolilcm ( < > Tiiekle ,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Pennsylvania democrats raado a com
plimentary reference to Mr. Bryan In their
platform , but said not aword about silver
and voted down a proposition to reapprovo
tbo Chicago platform. Did or does anybody
over know what a Pennsylvania democrat
was or is ?
ClmrtcliiK1 Too Much to Providence.
Kansas City Star.
The theory that the cyclone Is a myster
ious dispensation of Providence , as held by
most of the clergymen of Eau Claire , does
not necessarily absolve 'tho ' signal service
from the duty of giving to the public warn
ings of these dreaded visitations eo that people
ple may get out of their way.
Adviineu In Co in in nil It ) ' Priced.
Globe-Democrat.
The rlso In price * of commodities which
Is under way Is one of the evidences of the
advent of good tlmeo. According to Brad-
street's table the average level of Its long
Hat of staple articles wag higher at the be
ginning of Juno , 1S99 , than It was at any
other time elnco June , 161(3 ( , Just before the
panic started. This Is a significant Indica I
tion. With wage * and oil other prices rising
the last trace of the six years of demo
cratic depression Is vanishing. Hepubllcan
prosperity Ii here , nnd the indications are
that It will remain for a good many years.
ncpubllcan sway and good times usually
come together In United Stntts history.
I'oukottiifr the Inmilt.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Cubans nro still talking about the
Indignity Imposed upon them In asking
thcro to surrender the arms with wh'ch they
won their glorious victories against Spain.
If these Cubans only realize how tired they
make other people when they talk like that
they would not talk ; they would startle
themselves by accepting work.
lloitiiMMtril
Philadelphia Ledger.
Admiral Dowcy Is still a sick man , and
It seems unfortunate that , slnco a cooler
.cllmnto appears to be what he specialty
needs , ha did not choose to como homo by
the North Pacific route. Ho has sailed
now for -Ceylon , where tie hopes to recu
perate somewhat In the hill country , but It
Is evident that this Is going to bo a trying
summer on him , -and ho must look with ap
prehension on that part of his Itinerary
which Includes the passage of the Red sea
when It Is at Its hottest.
l'M > er Settling I" < ' 'e Went.
Philadelphia Press.
The virtual selection of Congressman Hen-
dcrson tin the republican candidate for
speaker of the next house cf representatives
means more than the temporary transfer
of one of the chief offices of the nation tea
a state on the other side of the Mississippi
river. It means that a now political power
has arisen In the west and that n elate which
was considered only a few years ago as on
the frontier of civilization Is to wield nn
Influence ) In national nffnlrs which will over
shadow that of some old and strong states
In the cast.
XVOIILII'S CHOP OF WHEAT.
Yield of the Stud of I-tfe Ilclow thu
Huuoril for 1SIIS.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The. official admission that Russia's wheat
crop will bo much shorter than the average
yield of recent years Is the most Interesting
development In the wheat situation which
has como to light In the past two or three
weeks. Russia Is ono of the largest wheat
producers In Europe. Notwithstanding the
vast population of that country , too , ft
usually has considerable of the grain to
export. This year It will not only have
none to export , but It will hnvo to look
abroad for eomo to supply home needs.
Thus .the quantity available for the world's
consumption will bo diminished , nnd the
demand on the United States will bo In
creased.
Happily the United States crop this year ,
though much below that of 1898 , will bo
nbovo the average. The statistician of the
New York Produce exchange figures , on the
basis of e government's recent estimates
of the condition of the crop , that the United
States wheat yield In 1809 will be 668,000,000
bushels. The crop in 1898 , when It went
far above all previous figures , was 075,000,000
bushels. Dut It was only 530,000,000 in 1S97
nnd 427,000,000 In 1896. Except In 1898 the
only time In the country's history when the
wheat crop went nbovo the yield promised
in 1899 was In 1891 , when the production
was 612,000,000 bushels.
tt should bo borne In mind also that the
estimates of the American wheat crop which
are made at the present tlnio are likely to
be reliable. The figures , Indeed , based on
the condition as outlined by the govern
ment , nro apt to be 'below ' the mark , as past
experience shows. The country , therefore ,
Is in a fair way to profit by the Increased de
mand for wheat which the diminished supply
abroad will cause. Tho'present crop In this
country is supplemented' ' by a stock of 100-
000,000 bushels or morpj which Is left over
from last year's Immense crop , when Europe
as well as Asia had a prolific yield. This
will serx-o to keep up the favorable trade
balance , which Is falling : below last year's
big proportions. It will also Insure the
American consumer an abundance of food
at reasonable prices.
A MONOPOLIST WITHOUT CANT.
Chief of the Siijrnr Triint TcllM How lo
Kill Competition.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Decidedly refrcshlnc In its frankness was
the tcetimony of the head of the great
Sugar trust before the Industrial commission
yesterday. It combined the features of n
defense of trusts , a frank exposition of
trust methods , and a bitter denunciation of
the protective tariff as the "mother of
all trusts. "
President Havomeyer's grievance with the
customs tariff seems to be that the present
tariff gives "an Inordinate protection to
manufactured articles , " but does not give
the manufacturer of refilled sugar as much
protection as ho would HUe. Besides , It gives
raw sugar too much protection and refined
sugar not enough. Ho evidently would llko
less protection for other Industries and
raoro for his own.
There Is nothing singular In this position.
It will be remembered that the Sugar trust
was accused of having "sugared" a suc
cession of tariff bills In its own Interest , but
It seems never to Its complete satisfaction.
[ t always wanted more "compensatory duty"
on refined sugar than It got , nnd the duties
on tbo raw sugar it has to buy have , In Its
estimation , been put too high. Thnt , however -
over , Is the complaint made regarding the
wool , Iron and other schedules , the manufacturers - ,
facturers wanting lower duties on the raw
materials they have to buy and higher on the
Hnlshed products they sell. The present
tariff , like Its predecessors , Is largely the
result of aggressive and conflicting selfish
ness ,
The head of the Sugar trust repudiated
; he theory that corporations nro under obli
gations to the different stntes , claiming the
reverse to be the truth. He did not go Into
particulars , but perhaps ho had In view the
itate of New Jersey , which ought to bo get-
.Ing rich out of the heavy corporation fees
received from the gigantic trusts nominally
organized within its borders.
When It comes to the business methods of
: ho trust Mr , Havemoyer was frankness It
self , "The only way to prevent competl-
; lon , " ho said , "wag to keep prices at a
nlnlmum not necessarily In the Interest of
.he consumer , but ns a matter of business. "
Nevertheless , Mr. Havomoyer , let It bo dls-
: lnctly understood that the trust Isn't In
juslness "for Its health , " but for substantial
dividends , and these are , of course , depend-
int on prices as well ns on volume of trade.
When competition was encountered , "It was
n part of our policy , " ho said , "to put prices
down and let the opposition take the result ,
whatever It may bo. " As "every sale made
jy the opposition displaces so much of the
American company's product" It was neces
sary ror the trust to "protpct Us own busi-
iess" and ruin that ot the other fellow.
Jo was careful to explain that philanthropy
md nothing to do with the action of the
: ompany. It lowered prices to kill competi
tion , not to benefit the public , and when
competition was killed It revised tbo sched
ule of prices with sole regard to the next
dividend.
As a result of this policy of a war of
extermination against competitors President
Havemcyer claims that his trust is refining
about & 0 ricr cent of the sugar refined In
the United States.
'Mr. Havemeyer's testimony Is the most
frank nnd Interesting exposition of trust
objects and methods that the Industrial com
mission's Inquiries have yet elicited. Ko-
duced to Its essence the trust policy , as ex
plained by him , Is to secure absolute monop-
) ) y by merciless slaughter of all competi
tion. Ho dismisses with contempt the plea
of other trust defenders that the object of
a trust Is "the general good. " He avows Its
nature to be unqualified and relentless sel-
flehness. I
r.citor.s OP TUB AVAIL
American military tnxgathcrcrs , nftcr a
diligent hustle In "our new dependencies , "
have collected about | 8,000,000 slnco the
first ot the year. Cuba , Porto Hlco nnd the
Philippines yielded < ho amount from Im
port nnd export duties , tonnage dues . \nd
flncs , nnd every dollar collected was spent
In the respective Islnnds. The dues col
lected at Manila for nvo months wcio J2-
129,000. If this sum was used to pay the
American army nt present In Luzon , It
would equal the pay roll for two weeks.
For the first four months of 1899 the total
receipts of Cuba were $4,443,099 , from Im
port nnd export duties nnd tonnage tax.
For the same period the receipts of Porto
Illco were $481,128 nnii from the same
sources. Largo amounts were paid out In
wages on public Improvements. Salaries ot
native oflloials who administered the gov
ernment were paid from the funds nnd In
Cuba nnd Porto Rico some of the money
was disbursed for food to succor the needy.
The crack shot of the regular nrmy , Ser
geant Robert Wilson of Company I , Six
teenth Infantry , Is on his way to Mnnlla , to
take a hand In the scrap or cot Into the
swim ns circumstances determine. Wilson i
Is 40 years of ago nnd hns been In the nrmy i
slnco he was 21. During his early experi
ences ns n private Wilson startled his com
rades by his accurate shooting nt tnrget
practice nnd ho won .many post medals ,
markmanshlp badges and sharpshooter's.
crosses. After capturing the necessary num- ]
her of marksmnn's badges he was presentci
with a handsome gold medal by the Wa
department , known ns a distlngulshci
marksmnn's badge. Jlls percentage In th
sharpshooter's practices always wns up In
the nineties , and , ns a rule , ho won nl
post honors for shooting.
Besides receiving honors for expert ahoot
Ing , Sergeant Wilson Is ono of the few
regular army privates who have rccelvee
recognition for bravery.from the War do
partment. Early In 1884 he nnd Patrolman
Wilson , under n second lieutenant , were ordered
dorod to assist nn exploration party along
Green River , In Utah , an unexplored terrl
tor which -was considered extremely dan
gcrous. In this expedition ho did some dar
Ing service for which he received fnvor
able mention from the War department , an <
was nppolntled a sergeant. Ho Is now firs
sergeant of his company. At the close o
the Cuban campaign his term expired , bu
ho Immediately re-enlisted , and hns non
served about four months of his sixth en
llstment.
iMrs. iMary Stotsenberg , widow of the la
mented Colonel Stotsenborg of the Nebraska
braska First , In talking with a reporter In
Washington recently , gave Interesting details
tails of her experiences In Manila at the
tlmo of the Insurgent outbreak , February
4. " 1 did no more than a soldier's wife
should do , " said Mrs. Stotsenborg modestly
"and now that It is nil over for everything
seemed to bo over when the colonel fell-
it is a satisfaction to feel that I left nothing
undone.
"On February 4 our lines and the enemy's
were very close together. An hour before
I arrived at the camp that day Colone
Stotsenberg , by the commanding general's
orders , had sent word to the rebels to re
treat several hundred yards. The Filipinos
accordingly retired.
"Later In the day the colonel left to visl
outposts. I wns chatting with a group o
officers In his tent , when suddenly we hearc
a shot from the direction of the front o
the American lines. In an Instant wo were
on our feet. The sound -went through mo
as it the shot Itself had pierced me.
"Another and another followed. We
rushed from the tent. I was quivering , bu'
not with fear. It was the most exciting
moment of my life. Volley after volley
followed , until the nlr was whlto with
smoke and the noise of our own cannon
mingled with the singing of the enemy's
shells as they broke in our ranks and made
heroes of the men. I felt first such a
glorious thrill as moves the dying drum
mer to a last effort to cheer his comrades
on , or lifts the wounded , bleeding arm o :
the color-bearer until the flag rises again
to call back the handful of retreating men
"It was war real , actual war with the
thundering of guns , the moans of the
wounded , the cheers of the living and the
colonel , my colonel , in the thickest of II
all.
all."I
"I was only a woman , and the staff of
ficer's wlfo took mo to the colonel's tent ,
where a ditch had 'been ' dug , "and prevailed
upon mo to lie there till the worst was
over.
' Mauser bullets flew over mo thick and
fast , often ripping up the earth at the sides
of the ditch. They toro into shreds the
canvas of the colonel's tent , and I could
hear the shattering noise as they struck
the trees In the woods near by , and thanked
God It was trees , not men , they had pierced.
"Half a dozen staff officers , meantime , had
been looking for my calnche. When at
last they found it and I was about to step
Into It a bullet whizzed by and just missed
the head of the Filipino driver. Ho
promptly dropped the reins and fled Into
the underbrush.
"Then , on foot , In company of a surgeon ,
[ made my way off the battlefield , crouching
close to the ground to avoid the 'Mauser '
bullets which seemed to be coming from
every direction. I would never have left
the spot had I not given the colonel my
promise that I would do so. When wo
reached the home of the Englishman wo
jfound ho had fled In terror , hauling down
the flag before he went. Wo were there
fore compelled to make Manila on foot and
wore footsore and weary when nt last wo
reached there.
'That was my first experience , but I
passed through many battles after that. I
hope I may never see another , however.
The sound of a shot reminds me too keenly
of him. "
PKHSON'AIAM > OTHERWISE.
When Lawton takes his gun In 'hand ho
finds It mightier than th3 sword.
Jacob Field , Wall Street's greatest
plunger , estimates that bo has paid out
$715,000 , In revenue stamps since the begin
ning of the war with Spain.
Santiago has a Wood street now nnd o
Shatter avenue. It Is to be presumed that
the avenues In the city'aro much broader
than the streets. _
. At last the commission to settle the Vene
zuela case has held Its first formal meeting ,
and toy the end of another century the
Scbomburgk line may be found on the maps.
Ex-President Harrison Is as great a
smoker now as when ho was In the White
House , and Is rarely seen In the street , ex
cept when smoking. Ho Is an excellent
judge of tobacco.
Colorado will send to the Paris exposition
a folld gold miniature of Pike's peak , It
will be worth $1,000,000 and will weigh about
one and two-thirds tons. The gold ueed is
from all the big properties In the state.
W. S. Gilbert has a collection of curl-
cfiltles at his house at Harrow Weld nnd
among them is the model of a man-of-war
of 100 years ago , fifteen feet long , from
which the scone of "Pinafore" was des'gneJ. '
Emperor William of Germany appears to
have added gallantry to his many other ac
complishments. When bo recently heard
the beautiful Danish virtuoso , Frieda Scaiti ,
play , he sld to her : "When I llstrnsd wlth
my eyes closed I thought I beard Sarasate ,
yet I prefer to keep my eyea open. "
'Archbishop Ireland Is expected In London ,
Juno 21 , and the United States Ambassador ,
Mr. Joseph II. Choate , will glvo a big din
ner July C , Jn honor of the archbishop and
Mr. 'Mark Hanua , nnd all the leading Ameri
cans In London will be present. Archbishop
Ireland will be the guest cf the duke of Nor
folk and Cardinal Yaugban ,
PHOOHIOSS OF Tin : AVAIL
Baltimore American : Those nations whoso
military Ideal was of the soldier ns a human
mnchlna nro getting some pointers on that
theory from the American volunteers In
Cuba nnd the Philippines. Machines arc nil
very well In their wny , but there Is eomo
work that men , nnd men only , can do , nnd
the European powers hnd their eyes opened
when they contrasted their automaton forces
with our army of men.
' Philadelphia illecord : That Agulnnldo
should have milled 5,000 of his men , as
sumed the offensive nnd succeeded. In doln-j
, 'with our troops what wo hnvo never been
able to do with the Filipinos namely , get
In their rear and surround a considerable
section of their nrmy can hardly bo dotrool
a joke. To bo sure , the nssnllnnls were
beaten off ; but It Is significant , nevertheless ,
that the natives were the attacking party
nnd that our troops were on the defensive.
Chicago Record : As a matter of fact , the
Filipino contest has been productive of ns
much distress and bloodshed ns the entire
Spanish-American war , and It thrcntens to
Inst much longer. It Is merely due to the
soldiers In the Philippines to remember
that they are repeating In Luzon nt fre
quent Intervals the deeds , of courage and
dnrlng which formerly nroused so much
excitement nftor the engagements nt San
Junn , Las Ouaslmas nnd clsowhnrn In Cuba ,
Wnshlngton Post : Wo do net ngree with
thot cabinet official who is reported ns hav
ing complained thnt the Filipinos "do not
know when they are whipped. " If wo nro
to believe the press reports that reach us ,
they are not whipped nt nil , or In any Ira-
mediate danger of being so. Neither , to bo
frank , do we see any reason why the Filipinos
pines should suspend hostilities. Wo have
declared no policy which they can consider
from < v peaceable or a political point of
view , nnd wo have failed to convlnco them
of the necessity of surrendering to a force
ot whoso purposes they are thus far Igno
rant.
St. Pnul Globe : The wretched sltuntlon
ought to bo forced to a conclusion. Tbo
howls of nn Imperialistic press will not enable -
able It to bo maintained much longer. Men
will soon tire of seeing the. power and Influ
ence ot the United States being tossed back
and forth In the Philippines ns In n game of
battledore and shuttlecock. If wo have not
enough men In "Manila " to put an end to the
miserable business , why , in the nameof nil
that Is reasonable , do wo not send enough
there ? If wo have , why not bring matters
to a close ? If wo are to adjust the situation
through the peace commission , why then
let us do It.
Buffalo Express : The Americans have
proved that the Flllalnos cannot withstand
them In flcht. But the Insurgents retire
llko water before a broom , only to flow back
again when the broom is withdrawn. The
talk of Filipino demoralization nnd of the
collapse of the insurgent cause has not been
Justified by the events of the week. General
Otis' policy of ending the Insurrection by
threshing the Filipinos Into submission by
main force would evidently bo a slow one.
Greater reliance must bo placed upon nego
tiation , upon proofs of our good will toward
the Filipinos. Where no more Just reason
for war exists than In the case of this Filipino
pine insurrection , hostilities should not be
allowed to drag along interminably.
A HALT ON THE THUSTS.
Indication * thnt the Coiinollilntloii
Movement In Nonr the End.
New York Financier.
There Is no longer question that Industrial
trusts In process of formation are encoun
tering difficulties serious enough to retard
the consummation , of pending plans. In
fact , official announcement has been made
of the abandonment of several efforts to
consolidate various Important Interests , and
unless all signs are misleading , ( ho trust
era , as at present 'understood , is nearlng
nn end. *
It is not to bo regretted that such Is the
case. Honest combinations of existing and
often conflicting industries are not ot them
selves a sign of danger , for statistics show
that beneficial results are often achieved ,
both to the producer and the consumer. But
the trust idea , as at present accepted , has
degenerated Into an organized effort to make
money out ot the public by unloading on It
a mass of securities representing no Intrin
sic value , and of no tangible value consid
ered In any light. There is no particular
necessity for citing instances of this fact.
The history of the formative periods of any
of a half dozen of the later trusts will bear
out this assertion.
The trust mania has brought to light a
new form of promotion , ono that hns proved
Immensely profitable , and besldo which the
wiles of the real estate boomer appear al
most puerile. We refer to the men who origi
nated and engineered the recent consolida
tion of various Interests for a fixed re
muneration , generally In the form of com
mon stock of the companies , with an occa
sional cash douclcr. These men were quick
to sco the possibilities of the trust move
ment. They cared llttlo whether benefits
would accrue to the owners of the stock
after It had been marketed. Their solo de-
stro was to bring under one management
enough tangible property to make a respect
able showing , nnd after succeeding In this
to secure their reward and dispose of their
holdings In the best market. And in order
: o accomplish results they encouraged ono of
the worst evils of the whole trust move
ment the enormous over-capitalization of
companies. If n necessary link In the chain
of plants proved recalcitrant , persuasion In
the form of a higher percentage of stock
was at 'once forthcoming , with the result
thnt moderately successful Industries , consid
ered Individually , were combined with rldlcu.
ously large capitals. In almost every pros-
lectus put forth In Wall street within the
ast six months the statement was made that
earnings of specified amounts were guaran-
: ecd on tbo preference stocks , with the In-
crenco that the common stock would benefit
: o a greater extent In the distribution of
profits. It Is yet a llttlo early to character-
zo these assertions as deliberately false , but
he slowness In fulfilling promises ns regards
dividends on common stocks justifies the
conclusion that they were decidedly mlslcad-
ng. In the wave of bull sn/iculatlon which
occurred earlier In the yenr llttlo thought
was given to dividend 'possibilities. The
average buyer made up his mind that prices
were bound to go higher , and -ho purchased
ho trust stocks , not t" hojd ns an Invest
ment , but simply to sell to some ono even
more enthusiastic than himself , U was only
natural that this process of manufacturing
Ictltlous values should have a sudden end-
ng. The banks were among the first to see
ho lurking danger of the whole movement
and they checked It very quickly by the slm-
> lo expedient of disputing Stock exchange
values In accepting collateral ,
The trust stocks have never recovered from
hlf chill. At times they have given evidence
of reviving strength , but the public had Its
eyes opened to the possibilities of danger
growing out of over-capitalization and have
won more chary In their buying.
POLITICS IN HAWAII.
PnrlloH IloiiKlily Divided Into Mln-
Hlontir } ' mill Aiitl-MlnHlonarv.
Casper Whitney In Harper's Weekly ,
First of all , that among whlte > Inhabitants
hero Is really no serious division ot opln-
on political In all Hawaii , On all Im-
lortant matters touching the welfare of the
stands , the opinions of those , white and na
ive , whoso opinions really carry weight are
united. But human nature in Hawaii Is
ho same as elsewhere , and therefore there
s mild disagreement , that satisfies Itself
with gentle discussion at the club. In time ,
10 doubt , Hawaii will have its republican
and democratic parties , but at present the
only party division at all discoverable U
ne based on pie and anti-missionary lean-
ties. And this is eo Indefinite It can hardly
bo dignified with name , nd no misleading
ns to require explanation to the non-llA *
v.allnn render.
The nntl-mlsslonnry clement may bo de-
scrlb'cd ns whltrs who more recently Immi
grated to Hawaii nnd nro envious of Ui
1'olltlcnl nnd commerclnl pro-cmlnonco of
the early settler descendants. The mnjor-
lly of this nntl-clcmcnt comprltws men ol
the smaller business Interests shopkeep
ers , clerks , few of whom have strong preju
dices on the subject. The minority nntln ,
the ngltntors , who do the tnlklng nt homa
nnd supply the nowpnpers nbroml , nro po
litical nsplrnnts from the mainland , nnd
few hnlt-cnstcs of vicious tendencies nnd
Irresponsibility.
The commercial development of Hnwnll
wns begun by the sons ol the first mis
sionaries , nnd has to a very largo extent
been carried on by tlielr descendants. Other
whlto settlers have mnrrlcd Into Uico fam
ilies , and today those who nro connected
with these pioneers of Hnwallnu civiliza
tion , cither through direct descent or by
marriage , collectively nro called the mis-
slonnry clement , nnd represent nt least
three-fourths ot Hawaii's industrial and
commercial strength.
And this clement In Us full strength
lias been literally the salvntlon of Hnwall.
U baa been the upbuilding and the cleans
ing of the Islnnds during times of extreme
Individual peril nnd uncertain governmental
existence. It Is the clement which fur
nished the ministry whoso first official act
was to vote down their respective salaries
a couple of thousand dollars each. And
thcro Is not nn Intelligent untl-mlsslonary
man on the islands vtlio docs not know
this , and realizes how wcnk is the plat-
term oil will all his clnn stnnds.
MN12S TO A SMII.I3.
Chicago News : She ( coyly ) I understand
you have 'been ' thinking seriously of matri
mony.
Hie 'Well , I certainly never thought of It
as a. joke.
Indianapolis Journal : "What fs this I
hear about the Jlc- being passed at your
boarding house table ? "
"Oh , that was only the Imitation butter. "
Chicago Tribune : "Where Is the Oder
river ? " asked the teacher.
Half a dozen hands went up.
"In Chicago , " responded half a dozen
voices.
Chicago Tribune : "How true It Is , " re
marked the frog pond , "that all things
scum to on. who waits ! "
Still , It grow green with envy of the
creek flowing close by.
Philadelphia Bulletin : "Scribbler hns had
n , story accepted nt last. " "Is It possible ? "
"Yes , ho went homo late last night with an
awful yarn and his wlfo believed It. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "That new re
porter hns been dropped to olllco boy. "
' What was the trouble ? '
'Ho wrote nn account of the cyclone
without uslntr the expression 'funne-1
sha ed. ' "
Chicago nccorrt : "John , stop funning
about the bent ; think of those poor fellows
In the P.hii : : > i > lnes. "
"That's Just like you wanting me to
think of something that will make mo ten
times hotter than 1 nm. "
Washlnston Star : "He. soys my eyes
seem like the stnrs above to him , " wild she.
"Ho may say that , " answered Miss Cay
enne. "Hut 1 nm willing to wager a pair
of gloves that he does not stand off In the
dlctatica and look at them through a
telcscopo. "
Chicago Post : ' . 'I want some material for
a bathing suit , " she said.
"For bathlns ; uurpoHss or merely for u
bathing suit ? " ha asked , fo.ho had been at
the seashore and knew the uses to which
bathlnt ? suits are sometimes put.
Somorvlllo Journal : Fair Shopper : "Wher
Is the parasol department ? "
Floor Walker : "night down Mils aisle ,
lady. Con't you hear them ? "
SILIC SKIRT WHIST.
Colorado Springs Gazette.
There's a new disease prevailing , each phy
sician's skill/ assailing , nnd lij.bnflllng t-r
diagnosis it perversely doth persist. ,
Tho' no microbe In it's lurking 'tis insidi
ously working and the healers wls e for
once have dubbed It simply "silk
skirt wrist. "
i
It attacks the winsome maiden with her
summer freshness laden , nnd confines
itself exclusively unto the fairer sex.
And they do not cnre to euro It , but ara
willing to endure It , nnd they rove ! In
the glory which this new disease re
flects.
It requires a proper holding of the outer
skirt , nnd folding , to expose the
brlcht-hued nenrsllk underneath suf
ficiently.
That the silken robe may dangle Into
view , a certain nnglo of the hand
must be maintained with flrmness and
persistency.
So a maiden soon discovers that the sntl
allllctlon hovers nil nround her , yet
Bho never for a moment hns a fear.
But she trips the highway dally with her
garments rustling gayly , nnd she. holds
them In such manner that the silk ono
doth appear.
What are nchln wrists and fingers , or the
pain that In them lingers ? What's
the difference If the silk skirt wrist
disease attacks the maid ?
For 'tis betti-r far to suffer than to bo a.
silly duffer and go out upon the street
without the swishing skirt displayed.
Now when next you hear a rustle , mark' '
the region of the bustle and you'll neo
with what dexterity she clvos the
proper twist. .
To the ovcrsklrt , disclosing gaudy silk that
la renoslnir underneath It nnd then
rest assured she has the "silk skirt
wrist. "
"They'll Wash"
Some kinds won't without
changing color. We refer
to our lines of Children's
Wash Suits , They are the
thing for hot weather wear
and for the country. The
cost is trifling a pretty
good wash suit may be had
for $ J.OO , and suits costing
$ J.25 , $ J,50 , $2,00 and up
are worth just that much
more a point below $ J,00
is not worth anyone's while
to go.
Straw and crash hats and
caps galore , and at prices r
that MUST please.