Nebraska Newspapers

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Publishing company , being duly sworn , snys
that the artual number of full and complete
copies of Th ? Dally , Morning , livening and
Hundny flee , printed during the month of
May , 1S59 , was as follow : :
i a i , I to n a-it7o :
2 i ! , : iso is aimo :
3 aia7o JMtro :
4 at , : > MO 20 a i,7ir
6 ai.-iio 21 aritr.
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7 a 1,500 23 1M.OOO
g ai.aiio 24 a 1,1:10 :
9 aiiio : x IM.-UO
10 2.io 20 ainao
11 attao : 27 a 1,710
12 a.-o7o 23 at.nos
13 : MRHO 20 ai-i8o
u ai,7 r 30 iMito : :
15 a-1-170 31 a 1,550
10 iM-ti
Totnl 700,800
Lens unsold and returned copies. . . . l , HO7
Net total sales 751osi :
Net dally average a-laiS
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them regularly by notifying The
Bee business office , In person or by
mall.
The address win be changed as
often as desired.
Eastern papers which report a drouth
In Nebraska , must have received tlie Sun
day reports from South Omaha.
'
( Tlie whisky trust lias been swallowed
? t by the Standard Oil trust , which-ROCS
to show that petroleum and distilled
can he mixed with impunity.
If It be true that the north part of the
elty jail is infested by lleas It Is evidence
that doRS must have been harbored
about these premises at no remote
period.
( icucral Kitchener has also been hon
ored with nn academic decree by Oxford
university , or nit her Oxford has been
Honored by , General Kitchener accepting
the compliment at Its hands.
Of course there Is nothing incompati
ble in Russia presiding over n peare con
ference at The Hague and at the same
time asking the price of rapid-lire Runs
at American ordnance factories.
It may bo true down east that the or
ganization of trusts has reduced the
number oC commercial travelers , but in
this reRion of country the number of pil
grims has Increased TiO per cent the past
two years.
A good many things are wanted just
now , but no long-felt want is more ur
gent than tlie national popocratic cam
paign fund which Coin Harvey is seek
ing to extract from the pockets of sym
pathisers with 1(5 ( to 1 llnanclcrlng ,
One of , the leading churches of Omaha
has just found n pastor after two years
search. This fact Is Indicative of a
scarcity of high-grade pulpit material
ami hardly tallies with the oft-heard
statement that the ministerial market Is
glutted.
Watch those AVashington capitalists
who propose to erect a building to bo
vented for ( he special use of the federal
census bureau lay their pipes to unload
the whole Investment on the government
at two-prices as soon us ( lie census ten
ants move out.
It Is reported the yield of gold In the
Klondike this year Is double that of last.
It will have to be doubled a good many
times over lo equal In value what Ne
braska , farmers dig out of the soil In tlie
shape of crops , and they do not rUk
their lives to get It , either.
From the fact that the Samoan com
mission has unanimously sustained the
action of Chief .Inslk'e Chambers and
the American and Ktigllsh consuls , It
would appear that our Cerman friends
made a great fuss without accurate
knowledge of the situation.
A division of the jurisdiction of the
United States district court In and for
Nebraska must proceed from a popular
demand after a thorough consideration
of the subject. Certainly the people
would not approve of the division solely
as a means of multiplying the number
of federal otllces.
The National Society of Homoeopath-
lstn has resoluted Itself Into demanding
thn creation of a new cabinet otlioer who
Is to bo a doctor of medicine. The ques
tion Is , To which school of medicine
must this national medicine man lie-
long V Another question Is , If medicine
and surgery are to be represented In the
cabinet , why not also have the funeral
directors and preachers represented ?
!
There Is more money In Nebraska than | |
over before Inthe state's history , This
is attested on all sides and la known by
eastern jobbers whose agents arc flockIng -
Ing to the stnto to reap the harvest.
Most of these tlrms deserted us during
the dark days , while the Nebraska Job
bers proved faithful to the last , The
time Is now come when Nebraska deal
ers must stand up for Nebraska Institu
tions ; and tell the outsider to call nculu ,
THK Afilf r/lB.VCM
The second attempt of M.Vn1iltv | , -
Itousseaii to form a ministry has been
successful and the danger of a serious
crisis has apparently been averted. It
Is by no means certain , however , that
the new cabinet will commend Itself to
the chambers or to the country and It
may not survive longer than Its prcd -
cessor. Tlie premier , it Is needless lo
say , Is In full political accord with 1'res
ident Lonbet and it Is to be presumed
that so are all of his associates , though
It Is not the uniform rule In forming
a French ministry that all of Its mem
bers must be of the same party or po
litical faction.
The real test of the strength of the
new cabinet will come whenever It haste
to declare Its attitude In regard to the
military power. It Is understood to bo
the policy of Lonbet that the army shall
bo placed In the keeping of stanch re
publicans. It has even been asserted
that ho will go so far as to prevent the
command of an army corps being placed
In the hands of an olllcer of aristocratic
birth and connections. When the Dnpny
cabinet resigned It wns said tlmt action
to this effect was already in motion.
If the new ministry attempts to put
so radical a policy as this Into effect
there Is certain to be grave trouble en
sue. The aristocratic element In the
army and Us sympathisers among the
people would' undoubtedly vigorously
resent such discrimination ami having
the clergy with them they exrrt a poWei-
ful influence. The Dreyfus Issue Is still
a potent factor In the situation and the
relations of the ministry to the new
trial will be politically important , the
anti-Dreyfus element professing to fear
that the court-martial will be constituted
with n view to the acquittal of the ac
cused.
Altogether it is a troubled and perplex
ing situation which President Ixtibet
and the new ministers have to deal with
and another cabinet crisis within thirty
days or even less time would not be at
all surprising.
THK SAMOA A' SETTLK31HKT.
The tripartite commission sent to Sa
moa has accomplished the work assigned
It sooner than was expected and It ap
pears probable that It will be approved
by the three governments concerned In
the protection of the Isfcinds. Peace and
order now prevail there and are likely to
be maintained , the decision of Chief
Justice Chambers and the action of Ad
miral Kant/ pursuant thereto were ap
proved , the rightful king was induced to
resign and the commission agreed to
abolish ( lie ollice of king and establish
a provisional government.
As the Herlin treaty providing for the
ovcrnment of Samoa , to whidi ( ! er-
many , Great Rrltain and the United
States are parties , recognises the ollice
of kins , the ollice cannot be abolished
and a provisional government perma
nently established without the approval
of the three governments. It Is reported
from Washington tlmt there is no doubt
this government will agree , provided a
governor shall be selected lu a manner
to Insure Impartiality to the residents ,
and It is reasonably probable that Great
Britain and Germany will approve 'the
proposition.
At all events the settlement o'f the
kingship controversy Is an assurance
that peace and ordr will not be dis
turbed for some time and the three gov
ernments may now ( carefully consider ,
free from apprehension of serious
trouble , the proposed change in the sys
tem of government.
nr
Ever since Mr. Whltelaw Held failed
to connect with the embassy to the court
of St. James , now filled by Hon. Joseph
Choatc , his paper , the New York
Tribune , has assumed a tone of vigorous
criticism toward the national adminis
tration , and especially toward the con
duct of the War department , which was
conspicuously absent during tlie time
when he was an active candidate for
that position. A series of articles assailing -
sailing various branches of the staff
which have appeared in the Tribune
during tlie last few months have at
tracted attention because , In Ihe tlixt
place , they told many half truths , ami ,
In the second place , they were aggres
sively and well written.
It Is an open secret that the author is
a discharged and disgruntled employe
of the War department who held n prac
tical sinecure for many years In the war
records division and who lost his head
and a large salary when a reduction of
force was awompllslied. It Is perhaps
natural that the writer should consider
the severance of his connection with the
War department fatal to Its elllciency
and not surprising that In consequeiK-o
ho should unconsciously distort and suppress -
press facts in criticising his former em
ployers.
The latest effusion compares tlie civilIan -
Ian force under Ihu stall' at the outbreak
of Spanish-American war with that
at Washington In IStfl under Secretary
Kdwln M. Stanton. It gives n statement
showing that In time of peace there Were
double the number of such clerks at the
War department that there were In 1SOt : ,
In time of war , and points to this fact an
evidence of gross Incompetency and po
litical favoritism.
The most cursory examination of the
lignres glv n , which , for the sake of ar
gument , are assumed to be coirect , K'JOIVS '
that of Urn added civilian clerks ( iinro ;
employed In handling the records of the
civil war turned over at the end of
tlmt conflict to the War department , or
these fil-l are in the record and pension
ollice , which has all the medical and
military records of the volunteers of Hie
civil war , seventy-three are added clerks
to the adjutant general's otllce , where all
the muster rolls of the regular army are
located , and sixty-one are employed In
completing the rebellion records. Kd-
win M. Stanton had no use for this force
because there was no material available
upon which they could work. Hundreds
of thousands of pensioners have since
ascertained their utility.
In addition , owing to our system of
river and harbor Improvements , placed
by congress under the War department ,
there are sixty-four more clerks In the
engineer oillctvand seven In the otlice of
the chief signal ottlcer , a bureau created
blnce the war , Thn hospital service has
also In Ita present form been established
slncv the war with Its large force of
enlisted men acting us assistants who
lire , of course , put down as needless ad
ditions. Tills sort of criticism defeats
llself. Why does not the Tribune com
pare the force In the pension ollice In
1SIKI with that now engaged Jn def
of the claims of old soldiers ?
Tinrsis iKi'ltorK. .
A staff correspondent of the Phila
delphia Press furnishes some Interesting
I Information In regard to trusts In Mug-
land and on the continent , which shows
that monopolistic combinations flourish
In Europe and particularly In England
as well as here a fact which should re
ceive the attention of those who chnrae-
terlxe the tariff us the "mother of
trusts. "
The correspondent says that trusts ex
ist in nearly every country In Europe
and are quite common In England.
There nro over 1200 In Germany , : is
enumerated In the newspapers of that
country , and a large number lu Krantv.
There are more In England than the
public Is aware of. These llrltlsh trusts
are organized on practically the same
basis as the combinations In this coun
try and their methods of business are
similar. They have tlie same general
purpose that American trusts have ami
they seek Its accomplishment by like
means , even employing coercion. A quo
tation Is given from a Birmingham
paper In which It Is stated that many of
the victims of the trusts would give half
they possessed to escape from nn es
pionage and domination they detest but
cannot shake off without the gravest
business risks. The same paper refers
to this system as having been denounced
by the highest authorities as Illegal con
spiracy , yet It continues and Is growing
in free trade England.
The correspondent polnls out that In
addition to the syndicates and trusts
and combinations in England there are
a large number of Incorporated com
panies with immense capital which
practically monopolize many branches of
business. There are many organiza
tions on the continent which combine
nnd sell conjointly through a central
bureau in order to dictate prices and
deprive Individual members of every
vestige of Independence. No member
of such a trust has a right to take or
fulfill an order whether at "wholesale or
retail. In that way the coal Industry
of Germany Is practically under the con
trol of a combination and there are
many such combinations in France.
The chemical Industry of France , like
that of Germany , Is almost exclusively
controlled by a combination.
Perhaps the European trusts nre
somewhat less oppressive generally than
those of the United States , but they are
essentially similar in character and ob
ject. Tlie significant fact , however , Is
that monopolistic combinations have
long flourished In free trade England
and have grown so numerous and so
strong there as to be a subject of seri
ous public discussion. Those who an-
sort that the tariff is responsible for
trusts hero cannot Ignore tlie existence
of like combinations lu a country where
there is no tariff protection and they
will find It a lather difficult matter to
successfully defend their position. The
further fact that some of the strongest
of the American trusts have no tariff
protection increases the dillieulty of sus-
talnlng the assertion that the tariff Is
responsible for the Industrial combina
tions.
\VITH1X \ THE CHAKTKH tl.\llT.
The charter for metropolitan cities ex
pressly prohibits the mayor and council
from Incurring any indebtedness paya
ble out of any fund in excess of the
limit authorized by law , the only excep
tion being expenses incurred in consequence
quence of an unforeseen accident re
quiring Immediate repairs of public
works. But such emergency appropria
tions must be eertllied to by the city en
gineer and require concurrence by the
mayor and two-1 birds of the entire coun
cil.
These wholesome restrictions were in
tended to protect the city against reck
less waste and misappropriation of
funds. Tlie only safety for the taxpay
ers is their rigid enforcement. Yet members -
bers of the council are constantly en
deavoring to subvert these restrictions
even where a palpable violation of the
charter Is Involved. This applies es
pecially to resolutions ordering addi
tional gas and electric lamps and lire
hydrants. Every member of the coun
cil knows that the lighting and water
fund Is practically exhausted. In other
words , the amount levied for Ihese
special funds will be Insufllcienl to cover
the rental for street lighting and lire hy
drants now In use.
The most amazing feature of these
periodic attempts to Increase the water
rent beyond the limit of the levy comes
from Councilman Stuht , who takes such
pride In the share he had In bringing
about the veto of the amended charter
framed with a view to affording relief
to the community from the embarrass
ment which It Is now suffering by
reason of the exhausted fire , police and
water funds. Mr. Stuht should have
foreseen that the straight-jacket In
which he and others persisted In keep
ing the city for three years longer would
pinch him and his constituents of the
First ward , as well as all the rest.
In this Instance General Grant's motto
that the only way to get a bail law re
pealed Is to enforce It Is to the point.
The mayor and council are sworn to live
up to the provisions of the charier. They
have no right to create any debt over
and above any amount available In the
fund set apart for Its u'demptlon. A
violation of this provision of the charter
not only makes them amenable to Im
peachment , but also makes their bonds
men liable for the amount of debt un
lawfully fronted. Those who want more
lamps or hydrants than the city has
money to pay for should raise a private
fund and the electric lighting com
pany , gas company or water company i
will cheerfully accommodate them ,
Ex-Senator Peffer declares himself to
bo a political maverick and furthermore
that he does not propose to ba branded.
The populist parly has disappeared as
a factor In politic ? , according , to the ox-
senator , and the contest Is between the
democrats and republicans. HP denies
being a republican mud uln chief ului In
' life will be to keep di-mocrats out of
; ollice. Edward Everett Hale could llud
' hero the plot for a worthy successor of
the "man without a country. "
The German foreign minister ! cer
tain he secured n gtxxl bargain at the
bankrupt sale of Spanish Islands. In a
comparative sense he probably did. They
are not so large or so populous as the
wii'i secured by the Unltoil States , but
I he price Is much los . If Germany
wants more people on them the United
States would cheerfully make a call loan
! of Agultialdo and Ids followers with an
Implied understanding that payment
would never be demanded.
The regular summer announcement Is
made from London that several royal
societies are exerting themselves to pro
mote an expedltl6n Into the Antarctic
region. There is nothing like taking
full advantage of tlie seasons to strike
the sympathetic chord of ambitious point
explorers.
In 1S ! ) ( ! Coin Harvey's campaign fund
scheme was organised under the name
of the National Patriots of America
Those patriots of America were Initiated
Into the mysteries of the order In which
every man was to draw the capital
prise out of the presidential slot ma
chine.
Kentucky democrats evidently forgot
lo ask the pleasure of the populists of
that slate before holding their conven
tion. If they had only taken up with
a three-ring circus on the Nebraska plan
Instead of a one-ring s'how how much
more fun they might have enjoyed.
. Trouble * of Pollttonl F
Philadelphia Press.
The French government Is experiencing
almost as much trouble In obtaining a. new
cabinet as Is William J. Dryan In adjusting
bis political theories to existing economic
conditions.
T .Suit All TnMc * .
Minneapolis Times.
Returning volunteers from the Philippines
bring such conlllctlng reports of the condi
tion of our troops und < the conduct of the
war that one can enjoy the pleasant privi
lege of believing Just what ho would most
llko to believe.
One Invi-iilluii Develop * Another.
New York Tribune.
No sooner has smokeless powder come
Into practical use than someone has In
vented a telescope which will detect the flash
of the powder and Indicate the location of
the explosion even more accurately than
could be dene by observing the smoke of the
old kind.
_
Why tilt- ivi..i . t . < ' 'iie.
Phlladtlphla Ledger.
Germany , says the kaiser , "Is In a state of
assured peace. " How well It Is assured maybe
bo soon by the objectlonB he Is making to
every proposition which looks to the dis
armament of the nations or even to a
permanent plan ot arbitration between them.
Due the kaiser Is consistent ; he Is forever
talking peace and forever preparing for
war.
TriiNln ANNIIIIK- Too .Much.
Sprlnglleld Republican.
Industry Is striving through the trusts to
escape from the force of competition alto
gether. That Is the whole story. It Is no
fault of the trust If a'possible competition
remains after combination has done Its best.
The trusts are thbrcfore actually striving
with the socialists , oiestabllsh Industry on
a non-competitive basis. They indorse the
socialistic contention' that competition Is
destructive both to labor and capital. But
they assume that monopoly can be per
manently established and wlir be allowed to
be maintained as a private Institution lor
unregulated private profit.
\Vhnl In the OltJrctlnnT
Boston Advertiser.
White-law Reid , In his address to the
students of Miami university , apparently
thought he had scored a great point against
the antl-lmperlallsU when he announced
that , the Filipinos could never be brought to
deserve the dignity o'f American cltzenshlp ;
but , admitting that , what In the world Is the
United States trying to do in the Philip
pines ? Kor nearly a year wo have been In
formed that It was the duty of this country
to shed our enlightenment upon those unrui'y
savages , even at the cost of a prolonged ,
bloody and costly war. If these savages
cannot be educated up to the American
standard , wrat Is the objection to granting
them independence , In order that they may
work out their own political Improvement ?
CfiHiinltlcN of C-niniiulKn. .
Philadelphia Record. f
An official statement from the adjutant
general's office of the casualties In the cam
paign against the Filipino Insurgents shows
226 killed In battle , 69 died from wounds and
304 deaths from disease 659 lives lost be
tween February 4 and June 6. During the
same period of time 1,366 federal soldiers
have 'been ' Incapacitated by wounds , while
the number Invalided 'by ' sickness , although
not given In the official reports , Is estimated
by experts at from 2,000 to 3,000. And with
all this sacrifice our little army Is today
practically defending Itself at Manila , just
\s In th early days ot February last. Now ,
with this sad experience , It Is proposed that
General Otis' force shall bo increased merely
to lt original strength at the outset of the
campaign , to be depicted flnd dribbled away
lust as in the dreary four months gone by !
How long Is this mockery of war to flout
; ho nation with Its fruitless results ? There
must bo a speedy ending of sacrifice and
aoreavement , for
If blood be the price of admiralty ,
Lord God , we havs paid In full ,
TIMK TO IHIOP IT.
Public Weary of rrlHolMin of Srhloj-'n
Comliict f.t HnnlliiKO.
flllcago Times-Herald.
It seems to bo a difficult matter to Im
press upon the Navy department the fact
hat the people are thoroughly satisfied with
tlie conduct of Admiral Schley at Santiago.
The people are not only satisfied with the
performance of the Brooklyn In that mem-
oraWo naval combat , but they are proud of
ho admiral who stood on her bridge and
i directed the attack upon the Spanish fleet.
'Tho ppoplo are also disposed to give Ad
miral 'Sampson hl full meed of praise for
the elaborate plans made for the expected
I encounter In which , unfortunately , be was
not able to participate.
The people care very lltle about the con-
vernation that took place between Admiral
Schley and Lieutenant Commander Hodgson
on the bridge of the Brooklyn during the
battle of July 3. Whether the admiral said
"hard-a-port" or "starboard" nt that crltl-
Jen ) juncture , when the air was full of burst-
Ings shells and the Spanish ships were trying -
ing to escape , Is of no concern to the pub-
He Chat donn't know starboard from a
meat ax ,
The particular thing that Intercuts the
people U the fust that Admiral Schley was
on the Brooklyn's bridge at that particular
time ; that the Brooklyn wan In front of
Bantlago harbor and that It helped IOBS
enough fhelU Into the retreating enemy to
change the map of the hemisphere and to
make history that will be read with pride by
his children's children.
That Is the only Intercut the people have
In F-chley and the Brooklyn , The Navy de
partment will act -wisely If It Ignores all
newspaper stories of alleged "convorratloiu"
on the bridge of the Brooklyn or any other
brlduc.
r.tiior.s or TIM : AVAIL
American officers direct frcm the seat of
war In Luzon express a very different opinion
of the Filipinos from thnt conveyed hy critic *
at home. Commander John I ) . Ford , fleet en
gineer ot the Asiatic squadron , who h < just
returned from Manila to Baltimore after on
absence of a year nnd a half , says In an Ui-
tcrvlow :
"The Filipinos pictured In thp fonsntlon.il
papers nre not thp men ue were fighting.
They are entirely distinct and separate. The
fellows we deal with out there arc not Ig
norant savages , fighting with bows and ar-
rowe , but nn Intelligent , liberty loving people
ple , full of courage and determination. The
Idea that the Filipino Is an uncivilized being
Is u mistaken one. Originally the natives
of those islands sprang from Japanese
stock and are Identically the same race ,
with a change In language and customs.
There was a time when the feudal system
prevailed In Manila , but no vestige now re
mains and the savagery of the people Is
found only In the very lowest c.'ass of
Negritos or 'llttlo niggers , ' as the Filipinos
are called.
"I have pictures taken there which I
brought home of native women who would
he handsome anywhere nnd of good look
ing , brainy men. They have the intellect
nnd the stamina to govern themselves nnd
have done It thirty years , although under the
rule of Spain. They were the clerks , the
bookkeepers , the assessors and managed
the entire machinery of the government.
Their courage Is undoubted and they fight
to the death , having among them a supersti
tion that It you nro killed you really die ,
but In three days appear somewhere else.
"As for their condition now , as far ns I
can see , they nre stronger , more determined
and more sklli'ful In the art of war than
when the fighting out there started and as
the days go by they Increase In strength
nnd knowledge , having 9,000,000 or 11,000-
000 of people to draw from. They nre armed
with .Mausers the best rifle In the world
and arc far better marksmen than the Span
iards. At first they shot high and missed ,
but now they have caught on nnd aim low ,
with dendly effect. They have a good gov
ernment now , which they are operating suc
cessfully and preserve law and order. They
certainly don't think theirs Is a hopeless
flght nnd I don't think nmyonc else docs who
knows anything about It. "
"What they are fighting for now Is absolute -
solute and entire liberty. TJiey don't want
us there or over them , and In the course
of time might wear out our patience en
tirely. An excellent postal ana telegraph
system 1 In existence , which we wish very
much wo could get hold of. While they
fight for entire freedom , nil they ask Is a
chance for life , liberty and the pursuit of
happiness , and they care not whether It
bo a republic of their own or some form
devised for them by the great United States
of North America. I see nothing promising
in the struggle , nor any hope of speedy
success on our part , unless many more
troops are ecnt out.
"The problem can bo solved , however ,
and I believe that If a proposal were made
to the natives to lay down their arms upon
the promise that the United States would
annex the Islands , treat them as Ameri
cans and make their country a territory
ot ours , the rebellion If such It can be
called for we had no claim on them
would melt away like a block ot Ice before
the sun. 'A ' good , level-headed governor
could bo appointed and given full veto
power , while the rest of the government
could bo In the -hands of the natives. They
could be called together and elect their own
legislature and leaders , operate their own
politico and manage their own affairs. I
believe firmly that they would accept this
proposal and surrender , as they realize the
possibilities in event they establish a repub
lic of their own of Germany coming along
and taking nn Island here , France an Island
there and England three or four Islands
somewhere else.
"No proposals of this kind have , how
ever , been made to the Filipinos , "
Rev. Peter MacQucen , chaplain of Somer-
vllle , Mass. , writing nbout the situation nt
Manila in the National Magazine for Juno ,
says : "What shall I say of Filipino valor ?
The Filipino 'hasn't got no papers of his
own ; ho hasn't got no medals and rewards. '
But there Is only one opinion concerning
his fighting qualities , and that Is , that
they are lieyond all praise- . Give the Filipino
pine the same resources wo have , and we
could not subdue Luzon with 500,000 sol
diers. 1 saw a Filipino boy not more than
nftecn years old with a great gaping bul
let hole in his leg , at the siege of Guada-
lupo Church , lie was being carried to our
hospital In Manila. He made no complaint ;
uttered no groan ; had not the faintest look
of surprise or fear. The doctors at the
hospital told ma they had never had n
cane of one Filipino soldier who had showed
the slightest fear of pain or death. They
look at us with dull , sullen defiance. Wo
do not kill nor wound nearly ns ninny of
them as Is reported. I wont over the bat-
ilellelds after a most terrific American fusil
lade and I never saw moro than ten or a
dozen dead as the result of a day's battle
with three hundred men. They manage
their retreats remarkably wrll. I saw two
hundred of thorn , with rifles , keep 2,500
of our hoya nt bay for two hours. "
PKHSOXAI. AMI OTII13HW1SH.
Sarah Bernhardt's first application to a
theatrical manager was denied because of
the length and thinness of her neck.
Admiral Schley says of his western trip :
'If n man had two reasons for pride In his
country and should then visit the west ho
would return with a hundred more. "
The estate of the late Francis Parkman ,
ho historian , of Boston , Is now valued at
5300,000 , a large part of U being atock In
.ho Calumet and Ilccla Copper Mining coin-
The Daughters of the Confederacy nnd
: he confederate veterans of Kansas City are
to unveil a soldiers' monument In that place
early In July , nnd have Invited General
Joseph Wheeler to deliver the oration ,
A .Mississippi paper announced that at the
commencement exercises of the local High
achool the annual address was delivered by
'Rev , B. P. Jones , the velvet-lipped orator
of the Delta , " and that the musical exercises
were In charge of "Prof. George F. Brown ,
the Black Beethoven. "
The "Sick Man's Burden" la the title of a
volume compiled nnd manufactured by the
proprietor of the hotel In New York where
Itudyard Kipling was 111 with pneumonia ,
and presented to the novelist juat before be
sailed for Europe. It is made up of the
dally builetln Issued by the physicians dur-
ng 'Mr. ' Kipling's Illness ,
Chicago Is raising Its hands In horror and
pee > plng from behind them at the nude fig
ures or nymphe , heroic In size , which adorn
.ho new fountain just erected on the lake
'ront. They were modeled by young women
of the Art Institute , under the guidance of
he director , Lorado Taft. Those who are
lot scandalized on moral grounds , but con
demn the figures purely from an artistic
standpoint , declare that these figures are
evidently copied from models whose walits
have been ruined by long wearing of the
corset.
Governor Tyler of Virginia has received a
otter from a woman of that state , -whose
lame U withheld , aeklng permission to take
the place of any life-term convict In the
penitentiary. She wants to serve out such a
erm faithfully In order that she may feel
hat slio has not mil-spent her life. The
governor was to Impressed with the Idea that
he woman was neither a lunatic nor a crank
seeking notoriety that he answered her let-
er at length , explaining that the laws of
he state prevented him from training tier
rcaueit.
I'lnv p < nvniiJ < run n
lloiv ( n Hnl p Hint l.nrnr Cnini nl n
I Kiitiil from ln < tlritrflcliirlr * ,
I Imllnimpolls' New * .
The Omnha World-Herald I * about to
Mnrt a campaign fund for the uoe of the
drmoorntlc national committee. "Thp repub
lican fund can , It nays , "be silently nnd sud
denly mined. " But , .
"Not o with n democratic campaign fund.
If raised nt nil. It must bo procured t great
effort , In small sums from many con
tributors. This will take time. A begin
ning must bt > made early nnd the laborious
work of raising a fund In smnll subscrip
tion ! ! , payable In InntnllmcuU , hnisl be be
gun. * The republicans will have the
n-oney of the millionaire ! . We must de
pend upon the help of the millions. "
Aiid yet , If Mr. Brynn be right , there Is a
j sourc-ci of supply on which the democratic
Unity might drnw for a cnmpnlgn fund
which would bo prnrtlcnlly Inexhaustible.
For Instnnce , the price of silver U nt the
present time nbout 60 cents nn ounce. Mr.
Brynn Insists thnt free coinage nt the rntlo
of 16 to 1 would nt once rnlsc It to $1-29 nn
ounce. In n speech nt Louisville In the
cnmpnlgn of 1SDO ho snld :
"Wo nrocrt thnt the opening of our mints
to the fro-p coinage of sllvc ' will create n
new demand for silver nnd that that new
demand will raise the price. Our opponents
dispute this and , IgncHng the effect of In
creased demand , talk about a f > 3-ccnt dollar ,
because the bullion In a dollar , lien It cannot -
not find Its way to the mint , Is worth less
than the coinageprice. . Wo assert thnt
when every man who holds silver bullion
can find a place to coin thnt bullion Into
dollars at $1.29 nn ounce , he will not sell the
bullion to nny one for less than fL29 an
ounce. "
During the calendar year 1S98 there was
produced In the United States $54,438,000
worth of silver , the average price of which
was C" cents nn ounce. If free coinage
would raise It to J1.29 the advance would be
72 cents an ounce , or more than 126 per
cent. An Incrense of 126 per cent on the
prlco of sliver produced last year would be
$68,591,880. Those- - who would get It could
easily afford to put up $10,000,000 or $1B,000-
000 for the use of the democratic committee.
Of course the transaction would be In the
nature of n speculntlon. For there would
be the chance that the democratic pnrty
would bo defeated nnd the further chnnco
that , even If It were successful , It would not
be able to stcuro the adoption of the free
colnago policy. But these chances arc pre
cisely the same ns those taken by the bene
ficiaries of protection who contribute so
liberally to the republican campaign fund.
They put up their money In 1884 nnd ngaln
In 1S92 nnd In both years the republican
party w s defeated. Surely the men who
are seeking to lift the prlco of silver for
their own selfish advantage can afford to
play as boldly as do those who pay for pro
tection.
Here , then , Ifi a source of supply which
the World-Herald seems to have overlooked.
The democrats are not -wholly dependent
"upon the help of the millions. Like the re
publicans , they , too , can "have the money
of the millionaires. " 'It ' Is , Indeed , a great
chance for them to prove their faith by
their works. If the effect ot free coinage
will be to rnlso permanently the price of
silver to $1.29 an ounce , the bullion owners
could well afford to give tlio profits of one
entire year to the campaign of that politi
cal party which proposes to do so much for
them. And that would make such n cam
paign fund as the country has never scon.
Our silver friends nre welcome to the sug
gestion , for wo should like to know whether
the men in the stiver business really believe
In the theory formulated by Mr. Brynn In
his Louisville speech. If they do , they could
make no better Investment than to turn over
a few million dollars to the democratic com
mittee to bo used to secure the election of
Mr. Bryan.
THE CZAR'S KAUl\tt IIOPKS.
Pence CommUnlon nt Tile Ilnguc
Doomed to I-'nll.
Philadelphia Times.
It has been noted that the peace com
mission sitting at The Hague started out
with high hopes and purposes to create
with dispatch the time when wars shall be
no more. The body was even called the
Universal Peace commission and In the
early days of fraternization among Its mem-
bcrs the spirit of good will and harmony
prevailed to such a degree thnt the world
began to regard It optimistically and nt the
valuation It seemed to place upon Itself.
Of course In cooler moments , which soon
came , It was recognized that the czar , what
ever he may have personally wished , was
powerless to mimmon the millennium ho
had nsked for and that Russia Itself stood
by the genius of Its people opposed to the
project be had offered so vainly to Europe.
So at first universal peace made way for a
scheme of arbitration and this In turn has
made way for mediation , which wan lone
ago defined as the last delay of nations be
fore going to war. Under modern condi
tions , such ns the workings of civilization
directed by better Influences , It may not de
serve so harsh a definition , but Its applica
tion Is fraught with difficulties clearly appar
ent. It presupposes the willingness of both
parties to n quarrel to accept friendly in
tervention from sources that arc powerless
to urge their views to any certain result.
We had mediation at the opening of our war
with Spain , Franco and England both ac
tively proffering their services to avert hos
tilities. There 'were ' earnest efforts at medi
ation before the Franco-Prussian nnd the
lUiBfio-Tnrklsh wars broke out. In fact ,
there has sarcery ever been a war between
great 'powers that Interested nations did not
seek to mediate in advance and the futility
of their efforts has almost as frequently been
proven bythe resort at , last to arms.
For the unfortunate situation as now pre
sented Kaiser Wllhelm Is chiefly responsi
ble. Ho has Just made the boast that Ger
many Is Invulnerable , and he thus Indicates
a course of resistance to his representa
tives In the commission which Is practically
Irresistible. And bythis sign the commis
sion Is n failure.
MIXING Oil , AND WIIIHICY.
The Stnnilnril Oil Million * I'nc-il to
SlrriiufIK-II the Wlilnky Trimt.
Later dispatches from New York show
that the Associated press reports of
Wednesday gave but meager details of the
organization and ramifications of the new
trust to control the whisky business of the
country and Its allied Interests , Practically
the new trust Is a combination of three ex
isting trusts In the whisky , alcohol and dis
tilling business , and Is controlled by the
Whltney-WldPiior-Elklns syndicate , re | > re-
eentlng the millions of what la known as the
Standard Oil crowd. With a capital stock
of $98,500.000 , the new company , which Is
to Jncluddo every form and branch of the
whisky Industry of the United States will
lie Incorporated under the laws of New Jer
sey this week. U will bo chartered under
the name of the Distilling Company of
America.
A correspondent of the Chicago Herald reports -
ports that the merger company , with Its
enormous capitalization , will awallow up
theee companies and Imluetrles : American
Spirits Manufacturing company , $35,000,000 $ ;
Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse com
pany , $32,000,000 ; Standard Distilling & Dig.
trlbutlng company , $24,000,000 ; Spirits Dis
tributing company ( merged with the above
mimed company ) , $7,000,000 ; total , $98,600-
000.
Forty-five million dollars common and
preferred slock U net aside for the purchase
of rye-distilling plants , options fcr the
leading ones having been secured and cloied ,
and In addition to thli $5,000,000 cash will
bo eel aside for additional working capital.
The Standard Oil millions having entered
as a dominant factor In the uugar , tobacco ,
cooner. itre t railway aod dectrlc vehicles ,
[ control Another Industry of the
State * . The- men who hnvo secured ili
whisky InisliicM of the country dlfoit the \
course of the sugar btislnea * niul nro nmv
f ljl to 1)0 nltemptlng to combine the w i
'
ring'element * . They dominate tobcco and
nro the moving * spirits In the grent eopprr
combine of whlth Amalgamated ( Mp-
per company Is the head and fore. Thpy
hold the controlling Interest In the street
rnllway systems of New York. Philadelphia ,
Plttsburg and Chicago , and they may later
tnko over others. They own nnd control
nil of the patents on storage batteries nnd
n majority of other patents npplled to elec
tric automobiles , nro the Incorporators of
seventeen electric vthlclo companies In ns
many states nnd arc planning for the con
trol of thnt form of trniiEiportntlon In every
stnte In the went , north nnd enst.
The detnlls of the whisky trusts can now
tut announced. Of the cnpltal of $9S.iiOO , .
000 , $ .15,000,000 In to be of 7 per cent eumu-
Intlvn preferred stock. Thn remaining $43- $
500,000 Is to bo common : $5,000,000 In to be
set aside ns working capital , nnd this In ml-
dltton to the ensh working cnpltal of the
old companies will glvo the company $11-
000,000 or $12.000,000 working capital.
Twenty-five millions of preferred nnd $20-
000,000 of common will be set nsldo for the
fultiro purchnso of plant * , Including rye ills ,
tlllcrlex , nnd for other purposes.
The stock of ( he existing companies wilt
bo chnnged for stock of the now compan ) .
the bnsli ; of which will bo announced In a
day or two. The underwriting wns nccom-
pllshed In n few nouns , the subscrip
tion papers having been circulated
among n few favored firm * in Wall street.
A largemnjorlty of the new securities were
tnken by these Interests : W. C. Whitney ,
former secretnry of the navy nnd the heart
of the street rallwny ayndlcnte ot New
York nnd Chlengo ; Thomns F. Rynn , asso
ciated with him ; Anthony N. Brndy , street
rnllwny , gns nnd electric mngnntc ; Fred-
trick Olcott , president of the Centrnl Trust
company ; P. A. B. Wldener of Phllnrtclphla ,
W. L. Elktns of the same address , who.
with Mr. Wldener , Is n dominant fnctor In
Philadelphia traction affairs ; Thomas Do-
Inn of New York , a member of the Whit-
ncy syndicate , and Mnrtln Maloney , rail
way magnate of Philadelphia , Chicago nnd
New York ,
Hl'Il/r FOIL I-'UX.
IndlnnnpollR Journal : Mrs. niiiobloort
No , 1 never tnlk nbout servants and their <
shortcomings. t
Str.s. Pnrvenoo T didn't neither when I
was too iioor to hlro 'cm.
Detroit Free Press : "Putin , " ald llttlo
Tommy to his father , who Is n ward
politician , "teacher told us to llnd out why
thn horse la not In xuch demand as he
used to be- . Why Is It ? "
"Ixjst his liu'.l. " i
_ _ _ _ _ _ /
Somcrvlllc Journal : AVould a mnrhla U
portrait of Daniel AVebstcr bo a bust of (
eloquence ?
Chicago News : "Our doctor kecpo a
m'dlcalbattery In his ofllce. " "Ours doesn't
need one. " "How does ho manage when
his mitlcnts need a shock ? " "Hands In his
bill. "
New York Journal : Bramble I am try-
IIIET to cet a job iiw Chinese Interpreter for
the crlmlmi. ' court.
Theme But you don't understand a word
of Chinese.
Bramble That's all rlcht. Neither does
the judge.
Chlcnso Post : "I'm going west for a
llttlo vacation with n lot of good fetlows , "
ho said. "What book will be of the most
service , -to me In our rambllnus about the
country ? "
"Hoylc , " was the ready reply.
Wnshlnstou Stnr : "Orpheus , " said the
student , "wns u man whose music pos
sessed such power that It moved anything
In nature to Immediate obedience. "
"Well , " answered the Bloomy friend , "I
wish he were here this minute. I'd jcet
him to slnfc 'Hard Time ? , Come Again No
More. ' "
Washington Star : "Some-mqn are forever -
ever talking shop , " said Mr. Jleekton's
wlfo scornfully.
"That's a fact , " lie answered. "It's a.
sreat falllnir wo have. A woman never
doea that way , " he- added approvingly.
"Shedoesn't stand n roil nd atid tnlk nbout
It TvlKm.shc feels llko shopping- . She Jut
goes nhead nnd shops. "
MY AUTIjKSS OIRL.
Brooklyn Life.
Her beauty charms mo more and roora ,
As dearer friends we grow.
Her mind reveals HH precious store
Aa seawons come and BO
Her heart , I find. Is purest sold
And , Btranse as It may be ,
A tender spot It seems to hold
For dull , unworthy me !
But I can never love this girl
An I should llko to do
Although she makes my senses whirl ,
Although she's fond nnd true
For slid Is always" " giving mo
The scene * her blush has Braced ,
And In my don they have to be
Conspicuously placed.
Her sklw nro green , her fields arc blue ,
Her lakes ure nlwnys red ;
Her drawing and perspective few
Have gotten through -her head ;
Her foregrounds stretch far , far beyond . /
The Bfize of mortal eye IS
Her dlstniK'CH nre never fond J
Of blending with the sky , (
So. though her qunllll'H nf mind
And heart nro unsurpassed ,
A Birl of quite another kind
Must hold my fancy fnst ;
Because , why freely 1 confess
I love simplicity ,
> r kind of utter nrtlesftnora
la quits too much for me !
Speaking
to you day after day ,
as we do , about the
different articles we
Elace before you , we
ave neglected to men
tion bicycle suits.
Our assortment of
these lines is pretty
good , But we have
taken the lot and made
just two prices $3.50
and $5 a suit.
Our linen crash bi
cycle suits are marked
$2.50. i
Our white duck bi- | j
cycle pants are marked I
$ J.25. I
These are some
thing new and are
much worn with dark
coats. fc