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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 1 . 1809. TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE , E. noSEWATEIt. Editor. PUBLISHED EVEnr MORNING. TBUMS OP 8UBSCKIPT1ON. Dally Ueo ( wJthout Sunday ) , One Vear..J6.00 Daily Bc and Sunday , One Year . 8.00 Dally. Sunday and Illustrated , One Year 8.2o Bunday and illustrated , One Year . 2- < > IUu trntcd Bee , Ono Year . < . J.W Sunday lie , Ono Tsar . ? -gJ Saturday Bee , Ono Year . ' Weekly Dee , Ono Year . to OFFICES. Omahat Tiic Bws Building. . _ . , . . South Omaha : City Hall Building , Twenty- flXth and N Streets. Council Blunt : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago : 307 Oxford Building. New York : Temple Court. Washington : Ml Fourteenth Street. COnilESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and Editorial Department. The Omaha Bee. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business tetter * and remittances should bo addressed to The Bee Publishing Com pany , Omaha. Omaha.nnMITTANCES. nnMITTANCES. Hemlt by draft , express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-ctnt tamps accepted In payment ot mall accounts. Personal chccxs. except on Oinnha. or Eastern exchange , not accented. THE BEB PUBLlBHINa COMPANi. STATCMU.XT OliCIHGUIjATIOiV. . State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : George B. Tzschuck , secretary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full nnd complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening and Sunday Bee , printed during the month of July , 1S99 , was as follows : 1 . 20,0(10 17 . 85,080 2 . 17,000 18 . i . S 1,700 3 . 215,110 Id . 24,700 4 . 211,400 20 . 24,070 6 . 20,050 21 . SI.B80 6 . 23f)0 ) 23. . : . 24,720 7 . 25,440 23 . 20,255 i 8 . 25,440 21 . 24,0 0 ' 9 . 27.JJ55 23 . S4B O 10 . 25,200 28 . 24,700 11 . 25,480 27 . 4,770 12 . 21,020 2S . 1,030 13 . 25,2.12 29 . S4,81O 14 . 25ioo so . . ' . .ao.ino 15 . 25,0(10 ( 31 . 25O10 18 . . . . . 20,010 _ Total . .785,882 Less unsold and returned copies. . . , 10 > 17 Net total sales . 775,403 Net dally average . 35W113 QEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed nnd sworn before me this 31st day of July , 1893. . L E. BOYLE , ( Seal. ) Notary Public. Pnrtlcn IcnTlnjj for the Summer. Parties leaving the city for the summer may have The Bee cent to them regularly by notifying The Bee business office. In person or by mall. The address win bo changed as often as desired. It strikes us that midsummer Is linrdly appropriate for a fur robbery. The fusion entries for the fall races are not showing m ; lu good form in the preliminary training. It should be remembered that under the new ballot law every tub must Btand on Us own bottom and the chance of weak candidates to pull through un der the party label Is materially dlmln- Ishcd. "Wo are -getting everything we could expect" Is the way the First Nebraska boys are writing homo from San Fran cisco. Yellow journal stories about neg lect of the returning volunteers are at a discount. < Consular reports say the manufactur ers of Germany are greatly alarmed I i at the rapid development of the indus tries of this cctmtry. Their Browtli does not vyorry qny one on this side ex cept , the calamity howlers. Now that the Union Pacific has con tributed $500 to the firemen's relief fund It is to bo hoped that the other railroads whoso property Is protected by the flre department will respond with equal lib erality to the appeal of the mayor. The announcement of the marriage of Mrs. Laugtry Is coupled with- the an nouncement that she is arranging for another American tour. The advertis ing manager does not propose to lese any of the advantage of the publicity acquired. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Aa the day for the convention draws ueareu the names of additional men arc mentioned who might head the Iowa democratic ticket Ono peculiarity Is that the man trying to escape conven tion lightning is always suggesting the most names. The teachers -formerly employed by fepaln in Cuba arc eald to bo seriously embarrassed by reason of the non-pay- inont of salaries duo them. Spain shows no symptoms of embarrassment over the affair , however. It Is used to seeing Its creditors walk. The editor of Uio Wichita Eagle InslRts tbo United States should promptly glvo tbo Canadians a spanking. Ho forgets that the spanking machine is novy fully occupied In otbqr quarters and no Kan sas man should think of engaging In such a pastlmo with Funston 0,000 miles away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A mighty buttle has been fought in Santo Domingo with ten generals and four privates In each of the contending arralcfi. Ono private of the defeated army lost hla breath trying to keep up with the generals In the race for safety nnd the telegraph wires are Im mediately burdened with lu story of tcr- rlblo slaughter. The sultan of the Sulu Islands must bo a very thrifty Individual. Ho Is willing to acknowledge the authority of the United States over the Islands pro vided $12,000 per year Is paid and the right delegated to him to rule the Islands as ho pleases. The prlco Is too high. Tlid two kings out of a Job over In Samoa are willing to work for ? 75 per month. Tlio Commercial club should experi ence no dlfllculty in finding work to defer for the upbuilding of Omaha. Omaha's standing among growing cities will bo ilxcd by the census next year. There Is no time to be wasted , but every en terprise that promises to bring capital and itopuluttou to us should bo encour aged and spurred on by a vigorous and united organization of our business men , 7HE CUIJAX CEXSVS. It h understood that preparation- bring made as rapidly as possible for taking a census of Cuba , It being de sirable to have accurate Information re garding -the population of the Island for presentation to congress. Superintend. Ing cnunicmtorft appointed by tJpneral Brooke will receive Instructions In Washington as to-the manner of taking the census and In methods for securing accuracy. It Is the Intention to have the enumerators do their work as soon as possible , so that returns may be made to the census bureau within a few months. It 18 said to be the ex pectation of the president that so milch progress will have been made by DC- ccmber that ho will be able to refer to the results in his annual mcssago and give a complete report to congress In .January. It Is Intended that this census shall not only accurately show the popula tion of Cuba , but shall also present facts In regard to the agricultural and Industrial conditions In the Island. There has never been a trustworthy ccnstis.of Cuba. The last Spanish cen sus was taken twelve years ago , but it has never been regarded as accurate and is of course utterly valueless now , so great have been the changes since It was taken. According to that enumer ation Cuba had In 188T 1,102,009 , whites and 528,003 negroes and Chi nese. The deaths during the last strug gle with Spain reached DUO.uw , more largely among the Cubans than the col- orcd population. Great numbers of Spaniards left the Island during the prolonged struggle. It Is therefore probable that the present population does not exceed a million. As to agri cultural and Industrial conditions they have experienced a great decline slnco the Spanish census was taken. An enumeration of the population of Cuba Is a necessary preliminary to elec tions that may be ordered looking to the establishment of an independent government , while the other Information to be obtained will bo valuable In show- lug the opportunities for development. NOT JA'TEnFERE. It appears that President McKinley has decided not to Interfere with the command in the Philippines and the Washington correspondent of the Phila delphia Record gives as one reason for 'the decision the statement that there has reached the president through a diplomatic channel information which has led him and other members of the administration to beliu'o that Agtil- ualdo is making his last play and that the war will be over by November 1. The question that this suggests is , What diplomatic channel could such in formation como through , Agulualdo having no diplomatic relations with any government ? It Is conceivable that the Spanish government may have some Information In regard to the Intentions of the Insurgent leader , but If so It ia not likely that it would , disclose Its knowledge. However , assuming that the presi dent has been informed as stated , it is a sufficient reason for not making a. change In the Philippine command. If Agu'inaldo has concluded that he ban had enough of fighting and his appeal to the nations for recognition may per haps be fairly viewed as Implying this General Otis is entirely competent , un der Instructions from Washington , to conduct negotiations for the surrender of the Insurgents. Aguinaldo already knows the terms he must accept Ho has been Informed that nothing short of unconditional surrender will be con sidered by this government and there Is no reason to expect that there will bo any'change from this. The Insur gents must give up their arms and re turn to peaceful pursuits , says the gov ernment , before there can be an end of hostilities and undoubtedly that posi tion will be rigidly adhered to. Meanwhile the Washington authorities propose that General Otis fehall be pro vided with such a force as will enable him to vigorously prosecute the cam paign when the rainy season is ended , In the event of the Insurgents being still disposed to prosecute hostilities. It Is said to be In contemplation to en list five more regiments of vqlunteers for Philippine service , which would give Otis an army of upwards of 60,000. Eastern newspapers llnd an Interest- lug topic in the evidences of western prosperity which are so abundant. They note especially the fact that labor in the west Is being bettor paid than ever before and that the demand exceeds the supply. It has happened In the past that western farmers have fouhd dlfll culty nt harvest time in obtaining all the labor they needed , but wo believe the scarcity was never before HO great as now. This Is duo to the fact that unskilled labor Is finding full employment - ment In the cities and towns and Is ono of the most significant proofs of the general prosperity. Such facts , remarks the Philadelphia Press , show that the good times have reached right down to the common la borer and that ho Is getting his share of the returns. Largo export figures , says that paper , might Indicate only the prosperity of the manufacturer and producer , "but when unskilled labor Is commanding $2 and $2.50 a day , with board and lodging , In the harvest fields of the northwest , with a prospect of ten or twelve weeks of steady work and enough laborers cannot bo obtained oven at these prices , no more proof Is needed that the American worklngman is prospering along with the manufacturer and producer - ducer ; ho Is getting lila share of good times. " With the railroads em ploying more men than ever before and with the mills and factories running full tluio with full complements of hands , there Is no surplus labor for farmers to draw from. The west has never been , more sub stantially prosperous than It Is now and the indication's are favorable to a con tinuance of this condition for several years , There has been during the last two years a heavy accumulation of cap ital and the west and the producers of this section are as a whole bettor off then ever before. Many of them arc not only out of debt , but have money at command. There arc twenty farmers , It Is safe to siiy , carrying bank accounts today where there was one three years ago. Western manufacturers have also prospered nnd arc still flndlng an active market for their products. With good crops this year and a liberal export de mand , which now seems assured , the producers of the Avcst can safely count upon at least another , \ear of highly prosperous conditions. The good times which prevail through out the country vindicate the economic and financial policies of the party in power. The triumph of Bound money three years ago , which restored llnan- clal confidence , nnd the return to a tariff policy that created a demand for labor and Increased its pay , have powerfully operated to bring about the existing prosperity. Wo do not lose sight of the fact that there has been an unus ually heavy foreign demand for our breadstuffs , but 1hls alone will not ac count for the prosperous conditions. It docs not explain the restoration of financial confidence nor the great In- dustrlal progress of the last two years , which It Is absolutely-certain would not have been attained had sound money nnd protection suffered defeat three years aco. CAbL FOR A UllAKD JUKI" . It Is to bo faopcd ( hat the cnaowhich has gone to the supreme court of the United States , Involving the constitutionality of the Nebraska county attorney Bystem upon the ground that It conflicts with the constitu tion of the United States , which says that no man shall bo sentenced to Imprisonment unless first Indicted by tbo grand jury , TV 111 result In turning back to the old system with all Its faults. There Is no moro rottenness anywhere on earth than In the county at torney system of Nebraska. It Is simply a legalized form of blackmail on the criminal and unfortunate which would disgrace any civilized nation. No office fn the state Is more eagerly sought than that of county at torney and many times the amount of Us calary is often spent in obtaining it , for it Is well known that the control of this office for a few years moans an Independent for tune. To have the power to absolutely save a guilty man from the penitentiary or gal lows , or put an innocent ono trial , Is ono which ought never bo given any Individual. And when Its power fs confined to the elastic consciences of some member of the legal fraternity ft fa doubly dangerous. The En terprise hopes that the supreme court will abolish tbo rotten system even If It turns loose every criminal In the penitentiary. Exeter Enterprise. This wholesale arraignment of Ne braska county attorneys may bo alto- gethcr to severe nnd sweeping. There Is a good deal of truth , however , lu the assertion that county attorneys ore vested with greater power than they should bo allowed to exercise. While the abolition of the grand jury system may have been a saving to the tax payers , the assumption of grand jury powers , coupled with the prerogative of shielding favored criminals , has been pernicious In the extreme. In no section of the state has this pernicious power im pressed Itself moro forcibly upon the popular mind than in this city nnd county. Instead of a fer.rless and Im partial prosecution of law-breakers the county attorney's office has been per verted into a partisan machine for the protection of political favorites and the persecution of political opponents. Thus the criminal courts have been perverted and justice has been thwarted at the will of a county attorney who is simply acting out the behests of a gang or Tnmmnnv nnlltlelans. The crisis has now been reached. The accidental death of the four firemen nt the Mercer flro has given the county at torney the opportunity to Infuse per sonal and political spite into the core ner's Jury ; and the killing of James Smith by a police ofDcer Is sought to be converted Into political capital by an over-zealous display of indignation and a call for a full Investigation. The fullest and most untrammelcd In quiry can be made only by a grand jury which will sift the testimony and reach conclusions based upon the facts and the law regardless of political bias. In view of the fact that no grand Jury ses sion has been held in Douglas county for a number of years , The Hoc would urge upon the Judges of the district court the propriety of calling a special grand Jury for the next term of the court , which is to convene the latter part of September. A grand jury will be In position to take into consideration all complaints of a criminal nature , clear the dockets of those that are frivo lous and present Indictments against all parties who in its judgment arc culpa ble. Whether the United States supreme court will or will not declare the county attorney system unconstitutional is im material for the present. The district court has the authority to call special grand juries when in Its judgment such a tribunal is demanded for the moro efficient administration of justice. The Bee deprecates brutality and unwarranted - warranted use of force , whether with the list , billy or revolver , on the part of police officers unless they act strictly in self-defense , but The Bee has Inex pressible contempt for the demagogue organ that seeks to foment lawlessness under pretense of. championing the cause of the black man. Its hypocritical howl about the refusal of the police to permit reporters and outsiders to inter view prisoners In jail immediately after the death of the colored man , Smith , Is on a par with Its malicious assault upon Chief of Police White , who could not possibly have known that Smith or his companion would create a disturbance In the neighborhood of the jail or that Smith would while under arrest strike Policeman Inda , It is the common prac tice of polka officers to bar people from interviewing prisoners before the de partment has instituted its own inquiry and so far as wo can learn there is no disposition on the part of the chief or any of the officers to obstruct the fullest investigation or to Interfere in any man ner with the course of law lu blmllar cases. Independent of any action on the part of the law officers an Investiga tion will doubtless be ordered by the police commission nnd every oppor tunity will be given to nil parties concerned - corned to place the responsibility for the deplorable occurrence. The democrats who control the Hoard of County Commissioners have come to the conclusion that the position of county physician Is n piece of patronage which must go to some member of the faithful. The board Is admonished , however , that the duties of the county physician icqulro qualifications of ex perience rather than political service , and that the lives and health of the de pendents of Douglas county arc not to be trilled with by entrusting them to the cans of any ono who Is not entirely com petent to undertake the responsibility. The people who pay the taxes want no return to the system by which the cnro of the county poor Is farmed out to med ical students for experimental purposes. Latest news from South Africa indi cates that Kngllsh military men will have ample opportunity to employ their talents In the near future , Wiles of the latest pattern have been distributed among the Boers nnd If anybody on earth knows belter what to do with a rifle than the South African Boer he 1ms yet to bo discovered. General Weyler denies that he Is an advocate or a spanisn repuuiic. THO general might possibly have deluded himself Into the belief that he favored a republic , but those who have watched his career realize that he Is Incapable of comprehending the meaning of the term. Prnilcncn of it HevoluUoiilrit. New York Tribune. Jlmlnoz is a long range manager of revo lutions , touching the button from a hotel In Havana and allowing the San Domingo Insurrectionists to do the rest. What the performance lacks In heroism ft makes up In prudence , which , ft not so showy a qual ity , Is always a useful one , even to a Carib bean reolutlvonlst. Jmmit'H Clrnn < l Opening. Indianapolis Journal. To no nation fs the opening of twenty-two of Us ports nnd harbors by Japan more im portant than to the United States. Until Commodore Perry anchored United States war ships 4n a Japanese har-bor In 1854 nnd practically compelled a treaty recognizing other nations , Japan had been closed to the rest of the world. During < the last twenty years no nation has made greater progress than Japan. 'Now ' It fs ambitious to bo counted as ono at the commercial nations. IIIBli Wafer Mnrlc In reunions. Philadelphia Record. It appears from the report of the commis sioner , of pensions that 43,186 names were dropped from nnd 40.931 added to the roll during the year ended June 30 last a net decrease of 2,195. Of the $140,000,000 nppro- prfated a balance of $1.857,188 remains un expended , the disbursements having been less by $6,397,050 'than ' fn the previous year. The hlghwatcr mark In the disbursement of pensions has apparently been passed ; but the remarkable.ltallty of pension claim ants will miktriho reduction of the roll a very slow process. ' > > n Cnhii 'milt Dlnclf ihcimbllc. New1 York Tribune. It need'not be said thatho close proximity of a great und"fertflo Island governed and largely populated by the colored race would have an Influence on the future of this coun try , and particularly upon the Industries and the business of southern states , which could , not bo regarded with content. Migra tion of enterprising or politically ambitious colored men from all southern states would make a difference there , and migration of the lawlees and turbulent blacks and fugi tives from justice would make a difference In Cuba also. The black population In Cuba would Increase much beyond the natural rote , under those circumstances , while white Immigration would be repelled , and a great number of white Inhabitants would snake Jmsto to find more congenial homes else where. What Haytl Is the world partly knows. Americans would not think ft a good Investment tf the war for the freedom of Cuba should end In u much larger and nearer Haytl. The Wave of l'r < > i > crlty. New York Sun. The record of moro than $12,000,000,000 of domestic exports In each of the years 1898 and 1899 , including nearly $630,000,000 of manufactures only In the two years , la the more remarkable because that period was marked by a war with a foreign power and the Incidental necessity of maintaining our authority In conquered territory. The years of the greatest foreign trade ever experi enced fn this country were coincident with a foreign war waged by us. W published yes terday , also , dispatches from Chicago , De troit , Buffalo and Baltimore showing that eo great Is the volume of business at pres ent that none of the railroads Is able to furnish enough freight cars to carry It. Un precedented prosperity extends throughout the west. At the south manufacturing busi ness Is extending greatly and rapidly , and the old opposition to protection , once dis tinctive of that region , Is disappearing be fore the assurance of an era of manufactur ing prosperity tor the south. Everywhere In the union the story fs the same. Practical demonstration has upset academic theory. KI.VG cojtys Second iMTKoitt Crop In ( he HlHtory of tilt * Country. , Milwaukee Sentinel , The favorable prospect for a largo corn crop the estimate based on the government crop report being for a crop of 2,200,000,000 bushels , which is the second largest crop ever srown In this country , makes the ex port of this article a subject of considerable Importance , In recent years there has been a steAdy Increase In our corn exports , which amount to over 200,000,000 'bushels ' annually now'as ngalnet 65,327.811 bushels five years a o. The efforts made by the Agricultural department to Introduce corn In European countries have been attended with consid erable success. Qreat Britain is the larg est consumer of our corn , having taken 68- 600,000 bushels last year and 82,800,000 bush- elflj in 1898 , Germany , too , figures as a largo customer , her Jmoortu of American corn amounting to 34,600,000 bushels In 1897 and 39,200,000 in 1898. Franco Is the next largest consumer of corn In Europe , taking 11,447.000 bushels In 1898 , All of these countries have been taught the value of corn and may be expected to use It moro and more extensively from year to year , Corn Is now one of the crops In Russia and tbo Dnnublan provinces and Europe draws a considerable part of her supply from these sources. This year , however , it Is re- ported that the corn crop both In Husda I ! and In Danublan provinces is almost a total loss. There is , therefore , a moat promising outlook for our corn exporters. We should far exceed the record of previous years in our corn exports. Not only should this re sult be a cause of immediate gratification this year , but It should have an Important bearing in the future. The moro genera ) In. troductlon of American corn in Europe ought to promote this trade in corning very materially. imittr HITS OK rrsio.v POLITICS. St. Paul Republican : The appetite for free pnsscs ban grown Into n disease with most "reform" officials. Superintendent Coffin of the Lincoln Insane asylum de manded a bunch of sixty season tickets from the managoment'of the Kpnorth assembly , now In session near the asylifm grounds , In return for permitting a little water to be taken from the wells of that Institution. Qrctnn Ncws-lleportcr ( Ind. ) ! Will Gov ernor William A. Poyntcr Instruct Attorney General Constantine J , Smyth to prosecute the men found guilty of tampering with the ballots of Nebraska voters , or will ho just let the matter pass Into oblivion ? But then , even should .Mr. Smyth get after the ghouls It would take him until the end of his of ficial career ( next year ) to begin the pre liminaries , Fremont Tribune ( rep. ) : It was A dog- fall for SI Holcomb at tbo Lincoln conven tions held Thursday. The populists en dorsed him for-judge of the supreme bench , ballot frauds , liouso rent and alt , but the democratic convention turned down a sim ilar resolution by a majority of two to one , The conclusion Is that a smirched populist Is not hurt for the populists , but the dem * ocrats are > Inclined to draw the line. The bond of affinity between the allied forces Is not as etroug as formerly. Auburn tPost ( rep. ) : The pass-grabbing mania Is so strong among the pops that the superintendent of the Insane asylum at Lincoln refused to glvo the Epworth nescm- bly drinking water because the president of the assembly refused to glvo the super intendent sixty free tickets , representing $60 , after ho had already been Riven season tickets for himself , family and the officers of the Institution. There seems to be noth ing small about a pop when It comes to asking for Bosses to anything. Tekamah Herald ( rep. ) : Pass-grabbing and hold-ups have 'become such a habit with the pops that the superintendent of the In * sane asylum , near Lincoln park , where the Epworth league was holding forth , shut off the drinking water because the league would mot glvo him sixty season passes , worth a dollar each. The league had al ready given the Institution passes for nil the officers and their families , but the superintendent wanted some for his cousins and aunts and his wife's relation. Howclls Journal ( dam. ) : This editor has j i been taken to task toy some of the fusion press 'for having elated some unpleasant truths In regard to the 'bad practices of oomo of our fusion Btato officials. Let It always bo remembered that wo propose to continue doing so In the future. There are men holding office tn Nebraska today by the grace of reform votes who are no 'bettor than their republican predecessors and whd should bo denounced and turned down by the party. When a reformer begins to In dulge In republican practices watch him. His usefulness in a reform party is at an end. lAurora Sun ( dem. ) : The Sun Is with Edgar Howard , the How ell's Journal and others when it comes to nominating candi dates who are In line with their platform on the pass question. The populists lost week In Ouster county held their conven tion and among other things , resolved "wo favor the retirement to private life of all who accept passes. " The Sun believes In that doctrine from A to Z , and we don't care -whether It hits Governor iHoIcomb or our Constantine J. Smyth. Make the gen tlemen llvo up to their convention pledges or rcilro them to the private life so justly earned. Pander Republic ( rep. ) : ix-uovernor Holcomb , In attempting to explain his house rent deal , has placed himself In a worse predicament than If ho had ke.pt . still. Ho admits paying but $30 for the house he lived fn , whtlc. ho drew $50 per month from the state for the same. Ho says ho was to pay .the expepse of repairs. That may be. but did be expend the difference about $800 for his official term for such a purpose. If ho did , an Itemized statement ctf such expenses Is absolutely essential to the clearing of his skirts , but this he failed to give. Reason why , ho could not do so , because he had pooketed the greater part of that $800 for his awn use , and justifies his act 'by saytng he spent less of the rent allowance than did any of his predecessors , which la certainly false , for Governor Crounse never touched the appropriation , considering it unconstitu tional to do so. Holcomb Is convicted in the eyes of the public of belonging to the Bart- ley class and of having the gall to claim It to bo all right , to boot. Yet lie aspires to bo a supreme judge , via. the popo-fuelon route. Papllllon Times ( dem. ) : Nebraska ought to bo kept In the popocratlc column this fall and always. Democrats are ready to make any and every sacrifice to that end. How ever , It may Just as well be understood now as later that there are fn the state more than fifty democratic .and populist news papers that 'will never lift a hand to defend any man whoso record Is tarnished In con nection with any ballot recount fraud , any house rent steal , any paes ibllklag. The Times and every other , democratic paper In the state will glvo loyal support to any clean populist , should the populists bo given the nomination for supreme Judge , but we beg our populist friends not to Insist on the nomination of a man whoso record is so bad that wewould bo forced to take a defensive position during the campaign. Let us have a clean candidate for supreme judge , be ho populist or democrat. Danger will beset our path In Nebraska In case our forces shall give the nomination to any man of unsavory repute. There is no necessity fur encounterIng - Ing any such danger. There are scores of clean jurists In the popocratlc ranks. PBIlSONAfc AND OTHERWISE. Marblehcad , Mass. , has attained the 250th year of Its honorable history and fs having a loan exhibition of cherished antiquities. The gravestone ovey. the burial place of John Foster , almanac maker , In the old burying ground at Dorchester , Mn s. , bears < lin ln i > rlnHnn which was dictated bv lllm- eoH : "Skill was His Cash. " Senator Boverldgo of Indiana refuses to make his views public since bis return from the Phlllpplnea. Ho Is probably keeping the first cut for bis maiden speech In the body to which bo was recently elected. Miles D. McSwoenoy , governor of South Carolina , -won a scholarship In Washington and Lee university at the ago of 16 , but could not complete his course because ho was at that time alone in the world and unable to pay his remaining college ex penses. A pcetofflce hasbeen _ named Dewey , and tbo great admiral ban once more found a place In the public records. Yam Hill county , In Oregon , lias captured this favor from the J'oatolllce department at Washington , and with the order creating the office Is another naming B. Y. Roe as tbo postmaster , Gration RIggs , the Irish comedian , who died recently In Tasmania , was a native of Buffalo , uhero bo was born In 1835 , He temporarily left < be stage In the early ' 60s to fight for the north fn the civil war. For the last fifteen years he had been exceed ingly popular with Australian audiences. Daniel T. Hunt , the successor of Charges T. Yerkea aa president of the Chicago Union Traction company , was born flfty-flve years ago , For thirty years be lived in Roch-1 ester , and during twelve ycara of that Urae I he was postmaster of < the city. He moved < to Chicago in 1883 to become tbo western , manager of the American Surety company. [ Ex-Governor D , H , Hastings has offered to i add $1 to every dollar raised by the Veteran J club of Center county , Pennsylvania , for the I long-propcecd monument to the lateex - Governor Andrew a. Curtln , and it Is now ' hoped that the required sum of money will be rained. It is expected that a new coinj j mlttee will be appointed to carry through the project , x n.WAons OK Tim I Detroit Free Press ! The stricken towns In the Went Indies bear strange and un familiar names , but bungcr is a universal language. Philadelphia Record : The terrible catas trophe which ho * overtaken the Inhabitants of Porto lllco ivlll afford the liberal Ameri can people an opportunity to achieve a moral conqiie.it of the Island that would bo of far more enduring value tlmn\\lll bo the con quest by military force. New York Sun : The extraordinary hurri cane that swept over Porto Rico loft the American flag flying there , the symbol of hope and protection for the Inhabitants. Let the work of relief bo so done bv our government and our seonle that the flag will henceforth bo dear forever to the heart of every Porto Hlcan. Chicago Tribune : The present Is an ex cellent opportunity for the people of the United Stnte.3 to show the genuineness of' ' their fraternal Interest In thoee new fellow- i Americans. It Is to bo hoped the disaster wilt also have the effect of modifying the Porto Rico tariff be reducing the duties on the Imports of necessary articles. Philadelphia Ledger : This Is the cyclone season In the Caribbean and the passage of the severe ono this week 'bears ' testimony to the value of the signal service established by the United States government last year. Warning of the coming storm was sent ahead of It In ample time to make what preparations could be made to meet It. Brooklyn Eagle : Ono of the results of owning Porto Rico Is an obligation to look after the -welfare of Its people. There has boon too much 'begging ' In the West Indies In the lest year , but In a time of great af fliction like the present , when hurricanes have done their most direful work , wo must let the people sco that we are not like the Spaniards. Springfield Rcsubllcnn : The West Indies are among the unhapplcst spots on earth. Politically disorganized or economically Im poverished in all the larger Islands , with revolution and war threatening the whole Island of Haytl , and with Cuba hardly emerged from years of .bloody strife , the Antilles are now visited by one of the most violent storms of a hundred years. The American iro-plcs are the breeders of cvcry- thtnc convulsive , whether It bo a volcano , an earthquake , n hurricane or a revolution , Baltimore American : Porto Rico Is ono of our new possessions , and ono which has Given the United States very little trouble. Its capture from Spain was almost a per functory performance , as the natives wore anxious to como under the American flag , and were willing to throw off the Spanish yoke at the first opportunity. They have al ready proven thatt they are going to take kindly , to American methods and to Ameri can institutions. Their conduct ever slnco the war has won for them the sincere ad miration of 'Americans , who must now do everything possible to relieve their dis tress and to lessen their suffering. OUR voLUM'insns IN Their Co ml not on Shore Comiill- ineiitril ! > ) the I'rcn * . Washington Post. Wo had occasion , some days ago , to com mend the First Nebraska for their brilliant record fn the Philippines nnd their admir able behavior In the capacity of discharged soldiers returnlnc to private life. NoW , from far-away Japan , we have another trib ute to the high qualities for our American volunteers , both as soldiers and as private Individuals. Our consul general at Yokohama hama , as was shown In yesterday's Issue of the Post , has reported to the State depart ment , praising In the highest terms the con duct of the First Nebraska , the First Utah battery and the Tenth Pennsylvania volun teers durlng'tholr stay at that port and their vfslt to Toklo. Simultaneously , we have the Japan Herald , the leading British newspa per In Japan , eulogizing mir men for the qualities they exhibited while on shore leave. The troops numbered about 3,000 In all , nnd , of these , 600 visited the Japanese capital , but everywhere their modesty , their gen tlemanly deportment and their admirable traits were the subject of universal nnd laudatory comment. Indeed , wo can im agine no finer compliment than was con- talneiTUa the closing words of the Japan Herald : "They have shown us that gentle men can bo fighters and have proven , now , that flshters can be ccntlemcn. " Evidently their fame had gone before them , for when the 600 visitors reached Toklo there ensued a very pretty demonstra tion , which Is described In the Japan wecKiy Times a newspaper published In the Eng lish language , but edited , written and made up by Japanese exclusively : "Many of our readers In Toklo must have come across , on Thursday , parties of Ameri can soldiers from Manila now on their way home by the transport Hancock , which entered Yokohama early on Thursday morn- Ing. As the ship Is to leave the harbor on Saturday , fully 600 of the soldiers nut laid up with wounds or lllnecs availed themselves of tbo opportunity and came up to the cap ital for sight-seeing. Just as tbo express train carrying them arrived at Sblmbasbl a largo number at college students happened ! to bo there , and as the rather fatigued look- I Ing strangers In strange looking uniform ? emerged from the cars the boys' curiosity I was Immense , -wondering whence and who these foreigners could be. Just at that mo- I ment a police sergeant , who bad been pre viously apprised of the coming of tbo sol- dlere , was struck with a happy thought and told the students that tbo foreigners were American soldiers who bad fought bravely In the Philippines for the glory of their country and were now going home. 'Now , ' continued the sergeant , 'were I able to epealc English , I would willingly take them about the town and show them tbo nights. Can't you spare a few hours and act as their ciceroni just to ebaw how you appreciate the spirit of patriotism ? ' The sergeant touched the right chord In the hearts of the 'boys ' and they at once responded : 'All right , sir , ' and a moment later the boytt were seen leading groups of the visitors In different directions. The incident In Itself was trivial , but , associated "with the Im perial Rescript and Ministerial Instruc tions recently Ifsued about tbo operation of the revised treaties , it may mean a great deal. " . , These are very pleasant things to hear. J They not only show the sentiment of the Japanese toward Americans , but they throw light upon the character , tbo eelf-respect and the fine' feeling of our volunteers In the Philippines. Such men as these , are an honor to the country. While they and their kind live to uphold tbo flag and safeguard our national Integrity we may feel confident of the unfon/s / glorious perpetuity , IMIOSPI3UITV I\ THIS WISST. of ( he Time * Kvnko Cheery Comiui'iitH In the Knnt. Brooklyn Eagle. There Is a wave of prosperity In the west and southwest which roust make the devoteJ Dryanltes , who wish to fight next year's campaign on 16 to 1 , tear their hair , From Texas comes a report that the English gov ernment Is placing an order for 600,000,000 feet of pine lumber to be delivered at the gulf ports. This Is moro lumber than any body over ordered at once before In the whole world , and It will take the Texas mills a year to get it out , to aay nothing of tbo ships and sailors that will ba re quired to get the pine to the British West Indies and to South Africa , where tbo , papers which are talking about the lumber imagine the lumber Is to be sent. From Kansas , which used to bleed and grow whisker * and populist oratory , we hoar about B general freight ajent saying that if ho could bor row or buy 10,000 freight cars he could use them all. The Topeka State Journal brags that Chicago recently Bent $1,500,000 to Texas to move the cotton crop and puts this eaucy chip on Its shoulder for New York capitalists ! "Now York c n confine its operations to loaning mfmcy < o Mexico and European nations , The west doesn't need Its help nny moro. " \ That Is very fiaucy , but > Jew York t'on't * > mind. H Is pleosanter to hear people In Kansas growing uppish on their prosperity than it > would bo to know thftt they would ( bo passing n subscription paper next winter. I They may strike a great drouth and want t to borrow moro money two or three years i hence , but If that tlmo comes , New York f will not remember their present exuberant , f > language , \P % The most remarkable evidence of prosperIty - ' / Ity Is that reported by the Chicago Inter- ' " ) ] Ocean. H saya that In Iowa , Kansas. Ncbrnskn , eouthcrn Minnesota and South Dakota women nro working In the harvest fields. Their husbands and fathers hav money enough to hire men , but there an not men enough to bo had , and girls and boys In the country districts hrc command ing $2 n day as harvest hands. They imi.it bo unusually good crops when they can pay such a prlco for such help and still leave A profit for the farmer , but the prairies nre simply groaning with fatnewi this year. And hero in the cities there are still men ! who complain that they cannot flnd work. Prosperity hns como this way , too , and the labor market Is not so badly glutted as It was , but It would bo easy to recruit nn army of workmen by offering $3 n day right hereIn New York. Some of these men have no money t6 get west to the work and some of them do not want to go. But this western demand ought to check the rust of the unemployed to the cities. It Is setting ting tlmo to revive Horace Grccley's famous nilvico to the yoUng men of bis day : "Gi west , young man , go west. " \VIIITTM5I ) TO A I Somervlllo Journal : "There's no tid talking , " paid the man , and' then ho wcnl rlKht on talking- for more -than half nn hour. Detroit Free Press : First Surforcr-Vri going to change my boardingplace. . Th * beefsteak 1 always burnt to a. cinder. Second ditto Como up to oursr-lt's rnr enough there. Chicago TimCd-IIcrnld : "Has your slstct Lulu become engaged very often during hcl ttay at the seashore this summer ? " "No. The onlv fellows she has met wcr there last year. " Indianapolis Journal : The Mlsalonary- My erring brother , have you been Chris. The Native Not completely. They hftv. fc v gobbled all my land , but 1 still have my ± 'i few clothes. | \ Ohio State Journal : First Bunco Btoerei AVhnt luck did you have In the northern part of the country ? . _ Second Bnnko Stcerer No good. Every farmer In that locality takes a newspaper. Chicago News : "Whin tntn begin to weni W f \ $ shirt waists. " said the Jnn'tor phi osopher , r - "lt'4l chanffo things nrour' , * For Instance , ye'll liear no moro av th hero takln' th' heroine to 1)19 manly bosom. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "I've seen thai young fellow somewhere before. " "He draws soda water In a downtown drug store. " "That's It1. I recognized his fizz. " Detroit Journal : Fame held out her scroll to thi Poet of Today. "Write 'thy ' name here ! " she said , with a kind smile. "Theso autograph fiends plve mo a- pain ! exclaimed the Poet. Irritably. Then he turned his back on Fame. TIIOOPKR JACKSON'S HIDE. Harper's Magazine. . "Don't you hear the bugle sounflln , Trooper Jackson ? Como , shake yourself ! There's trouble down ahead ! With a lot o' Texas rum they're n-makln" matters hum ! Sho'H a'tootin' 'Boots an' saddles I1 Out o' bed ! They're n-yellln' like the devil down the canyon ! A han'somc lot of able-ibthfled Utcs An' the orders Is to rip 'em , An' 'to Blmth-'em an' , to np ) 'onii - , - > So jump along an' tumble In your bootsl" Oh ! the. rldp was wild an' darln' down the bottom ! JuFt sixty men , where ten troops should liuve been. Not a tremble , not a quiver os they dashed flVonc the river At the howlln' horde of undiluted sin ! Like a teamster's whip the guidons wen a-snnppln'l Bly God ! the Indians numbered ten to one , Through the bllndln' rifle flame They kept rldln' Just 'tho ' name , With "Old Glory" In the van a-lcadlng- . LIUo n catapult they ihlt 'em In the mfddlel Whllo the "trader s" powder tore Its dirty way. An' the flaming sheets o' hell scorched theh 'tunics ' as they fell , . f ' An' their yellow plumes were- crimson | 9 It 1111 U1U ii UJ . But the orders was to glvo 'cm a "ohas- tlsln1 " With sixty men , where ten troops should have been. But they done it Just the same ! An' 'they ' never thought to blame. With the forty dead and dyln' carried : In. "Hero's to you , cussln' , flghtln' Trooper Jackson ! llere'B to you for the glory that you wonl 'Twns a elnshln' , dashln1 ride when you V crossed the Great Divides But you done It as I like to see ft done. Your photograph's a-hangln' In it'ho ' bar racks. An' your saber ornaments the colonel'0 hnll. "When your bugle sounded 'taps , ' Then you won your shoulder strapfl. An' you'll wear 'em at the final grand 'recall. ' " Outing And Dress Straw hats for ladies and missis , 25c Regular price has been one to three dollars This is a rare chance to purchase one of the best straws made for almost nothing Buy one for next season , if you have enough for this. Boys' Crash Suits , | J4 to 19 years , $1,75 , $2,00 , $2,50