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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE E. IlOSnWATEK , Editor. PUBLISHED EVEHY MORNING. TEHM3 OP SUUSCUU'TION. Dally Boo ( without Sunday ) , One Vear..16.00 Dally lies and Sunday , Uno Year. . . . . . . 8.00 IJftJIy , Sunday and Illustrated , One Year 8.2 Sunday and illustrated , One Vear..i. . 2-2 ° Illustrated Bee , One Year * { Sunday Use , One Year < ? 'W Saturday Bee , One Year ! ? Weekly Bee , One Year < * OFFICES. Omaha : The nee Building. , Soutn Omaha : City Hall Building , Twenty- flfth and N streets. Council .Bluffs : 10 Pear ) Btrwt. Chicago : 307 Oxford Building. Now York : TempleCourt. . Washington : 601 Kourleenth Street. COnilESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news ana Edllorial Department , The Omaha Bee. BUSINESS LETTEUS. Business letters and remittances should be addressed to The Bee Publishing Com- puny. Omaha. Omaha.nEMtTTANCES. . nemlt by draft , express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. accepted In paym-ent 01 Only 2-ccnt stamps mall accounts. Personal checks , except on Omaha or Eastern exchaliKO , not accepteu. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANi. STATEMENT Olf CIIlCUbATlON. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , BS. : George. B. Tzschuck. secretary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , fcajs that the actuul number of full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening ana Sunday Bee , prlntc < l during the month 01 July , 1SD9 , won as follows : l iuouo 17 S5oao 2 , 27,000 IS a 1,700 3 25,110 19 21,700 4 25-tOO 20 2-1,070 6 20,0r 0 21 81,580 C 25r.OO 23 2-1,720 7 an , 110 23 20,255 8 20,440 24 84,000 8 27tO5 : ! 23 24,5 O 10 2.1,81)0 26 21,700 11 .i..2JS,4HI > 27 24,770 12 ! MWBO 23 2-1,0110 is. 25aaa 20 24,8io 14 2r,4 ( ) < > 30 20,150 16 85,0(10 ( 31 25,010 18 20U40 Total , ? 85,88a Lcsa unsold and returned copies. . . . 1Q,47O Net total sales 775,403 Net dolly . . . . b.i2 l avcrageW6.y..T. ; ; Subscribed and sworn before me this 31st day of July. 1S33. L. E. BOLE , ( Seal. ) Notary Public. Pnrtlcn Lcnvlnft for " c Summer. Parties leaving the city for the summer may have The Bee sent to them regularly by ' notifying The Bee business ofllco. In person or by mall. The address win bo changed as often as desired. The old Sixteenth street viaduct Is being demolished very rapidly'but the new viaduct Is not yet In Bight Ilobson has been heard from again , lie has work enough on hand to keep him busy nt Manila until the kissing bug has run Us course. If any more volunteer regiments arc to bo raised Nebraska can certainly fur nish Its share of both officers and men and the auallty ofboth wlll'grado Al. The affidavit "makers are preparing to reap a harvest when the candidates como to fllo their certificates of ex penses under the new corrupt prac tices act- Colonel Mulford-of'the First Nebraska wants to ralso another regiment of vol unteers for service In the Philippines. Hero Is a chance Nebraskans who want to enlist should not miss. Bunscn , the great chemist who Invented - vented the Bunsen burner , Is dead nt the nge ot80 years , which goes to show that a man may -work among the fumes of chemicals without cutting his life ! short. I Latest reports from the Transvaal arc to the effect that President Kruger Is silent When Oem Paul gets ready to talk John Bull will keep ills car close to the ground In order not to miss any of the words. Governor Roosevelt of New York Is to bo in Lincoln reunion -week to address the veterans of two wars. While In Lincoln ho might give the state officials some pointers on methods of efficient state government While on the subject , jusi remember that The Bee has for yours been ad vocating a permanent tc-auro for teach ers in the public schools and that the Introduction of the system Into our city Is duo chiefly to The Beo's agitation. The German press expresses doubts about the Samoau commission being able to settle affairs satisfactorily in the Islands. The suggestion Is made that turning the Islands over to Germany would bo satisfactory to ilie Germans. It Is safe to say that the telephone and telegraph at the little town of Brownvillo were never before called Into such actlvo requisition as by the demand of the many friends ot Sena tor JIayward for news of his condition. The railroads have consented to give the popocrnts the bcnclit of excursion rates to their three-ringed convention circus , but that will not prevent any of the fitnto house reformers from showIng - Ing their annual passes to the con ductor. The United Christian party In Iowa Is In a position to sympathize with democracy , as no one Is willing to muko the race for governor on that ticket. Two men have declined , while all the other members of the party arc already on the , state ticket. The democrats are Imploring the high priest of free coinage to como to Missouri and help them eavu island's old district from going republican. The calls are coming In HO fast and from so many directions that all requisitions cannot bo honored. Hvery ship which comes back from the Alaskan gold fields brings a few men who have made money uud _ a largo number who have lost both money and health. The iwjrccntago of these who remained at hoinp and have prospered Is live to ono greater and they have suffered Infinitely less. v ronro niws APVKAL. It will bo some time before the full measure of the disaster In Porto lllco IB ascertained , but enough Is known to show that It Is one of the most appal ling calamities of modern times and ns such appeals with nn unspeakable pa thos to the American people. The latest advices from General Davis place the number of deaths In the Island at 2,000 and these are being hourly added to from the destitute and starving. The military authorities are doing all that Is possible to relieve the distress , but a considerable number of the destitute cannot be reached or arc reached only with the greatest difficulty and many of these unfortunates muse die. The call upon the American people Is for prompt and generous relief and there Is every reason to expect this will bo given. The government has made provision for the shipment of supplies and steamship companies arc tendering vessels free of charge for the transpor tation of commodities. There will be no difficulty Hi getting supplies to Porto Hlco If they shall bo contributed. The suffering people have a claim upon our sympathy and assistance ou the score of a common humanity , but more than this they arc under our protection and arc loyal to our flag. By extending prompt and liberal aid to these people we fulfill the first obligation of civili zation and tie them to us with bonds of gratitude. The west should not be behind In the response to this appeal. OULD STAND AttD FOR INDIA. Just before the prorogation of the British Parliament the secretary of state for India announced that after careful consideration the government had deliberately concluded that a gold standard was required in the Interests of India and that they would not bo de terred from prosecuting this policy by all means In their power merely be cause the next phase In Its advance ment was coincident with temporary failure of the crops. This statement removes all uncertainty In regard to the course of the government In this matter. India Is to have the gold standard , though probably this will bo effected without haste , so as to avoid a drain of gold to India that might dis turb European money markets. According to the Manchester corre spondent pf the Financial Chronlclo the recommendation of a gold standard for India docs not contemplate a self-act ing gold currency. That Is to say , it Is not Intended to establish , at least not at once , a fully automatic gold standard system , such ns that of England. The sovereign Is to be the legal tender na well as the rupee. The Indian mints are to be open to the coinage of gold to all comers , but rupees are to bo minted only nt the discretion 'of the govern ment of India. Whenever It may bo found desirable to adopt this latter course , the profit Is to be set aside as a special reserve , In gold , for the purpose of maintaining , in case of need , the mutual convertibility of rupees and sovereigns. But the convertibility con templated Is for the present to bo of an extremely limited nature. The govern ment is to be liable at all limes to give rupees for gold , yet there Is to be no obligation to glvo gold for rupees. ' This limitation will of course lessen the amount of gold which Is likely to bo withdrawn from the world's stock for Indian monetary purposes. There appears to bo no serious doubt that the plan proposed by the com mittee of experts will work success fully and if It shall do so It will mean a crushing , perhaps a final blow to the cause of bimetallism. The direct In terest of the United States Is In the as surance given that the cause of silver will receive no further aid from India. That country is no longer the sure demander - mander of the white metal , but the pos sessor of vast hoards of uncoined bul lion with which it could overwhelm any mints that might bo opened to it The hope of the so-called blmetalllsts has been that India would continue to bo a silver-standard country and they have fondly believed that It could not depart from that standard , that the British government would not venture to In stitute the gold standard there. This having been decided upon and the his toric support to silver about to bo withdrawn - drawn , could there bo any greater folly than to maintain In the United States nn agitation for iho free nnd unlimited coinage of silver at 10 to 1 ? It should bo obvious to nil men who know any thing about monetary affairs that this country Is In a far more unfavorable position now to adopt this policy than It was before the decision of the British government to glvo India the gold ' standard. IN CUIIA. The confercnco of Colonel Kcunou of General Brooke's staff with Secretary lloot In regard to conditions In Cuba IB Interesting n probably representing the views of the governor general and most of the military authorities In the Island. Colonel Kennon stated that the course which has been yursued has mot with general approval , Indicating that affairs nro moving along smoothly and satisfactorily. As to the very Important question of elections In Cuba , Colonel Kciinoq expressed - pressed the opinion that the time Is still somewhat distant when they can bo held to advantage and no thought it desirable that the matter bo left open to glvo the Spanish subjects , who own most of the property , a chance to de- tcruilno whether It will bo to their Inter est to become Cuban citizens. This might Indefinitely postpone the estab lishment of nn Independent govern ment , but undoubtedly the suggestion merits careful consideration. Colonel Kennou thinks H would bo extremely hazardous to grant universal suffrage , owing to the largo proportion of uneducated people. This Is a vital feature of the situation. Excluding the Spaniards it Is estimated that not -0 per cent of the whites can road and write and combining the colored and the white Cubans the jiorecntago of Illiterates is about S3. Certainly such facts warrant the opinion 6f Colonel Kennon that It would be extremely hazardous to grant universal suffrage In Cuba , yet the United States cannot consistently establish nn Independent government in Cuba excepting on the principle of universal suffrage. That is a conditional part of our political sys tem which wo could not fairly deny to the Cubans. On the other hand It Is manifestly true that a Cuban republic founded on such a mass of Ignorance would have a brief existence. It Is a rather serious dilemma that Is presented. We are solemnly pledged to glvo the Cubans nn independent gov ernment. Every consideration of na tional honor requires the fulfillment of that pledge. Wo arc also responsible for the character of the government established. It must preserve peace nnd order In the Island , protect 'the life and property of citizens , admin ister Justice fairly to all the people and faithfully carry out treaties nnd agreements with other statoR. Would a government resting uiron the will of a people more than SO per cent of whom cannot read and write bo likely to meet these requirements ? The Cuban problem Is a perplexing ono and will afford congress oppor tunity for much thoughtful nnd care ful deliberation. LOOKINO THE STAHLH DOOR. City ofllclale wcro considerably exercised at the finding of the coroner's Jury In the cimo ot the four firemen killed at the Mor- ccr fire last Wednesday. That part of It charging criminal negligence on the part ot the city officials mayor and councllmen was particularly Interesting to them and was , It was very apparent , a great surprise to them. These who wore seen , however , de clined to discuss the verdict. World-Herald. Inasmuch ns the mayor , the council and the other city officials , barring the fire chief and the city electrician , had no more to do with the subject of the inquest than they had with the explo sion of the Maine or the Cleveland car strike , they certainly had reason to bo surprised if not indignant at being held rcspoiiHlblo by the coroner's jury. On reflection , however , they must have re alized that the verdict was dictated by a malicious prosecuting attorney , actIng - Ing for the gang for which our esteemed contemporary is the mouthpiece. On further reflection still they must realize that the misfortune that has overtaken the fire force Is duo ns much to the mischievous interference of the gang with the new charter which was vetoed by the governor at Us Instance as to any other cause. Had the now charter been approved by the governor ns It should have been nnd doubtless would have been but for the pressure brought by the gang for selfish political ends , the city would have been In position to purchase modern fire ap paratus and equip the firemen ns they should be for efficient handling of con flagrations. Not only that , but the city would have been able to reinforce the department with the necessary linemen to attend every fire as part of the fire force nnd take all necessary precau tions against accident from electric wires without drawing off men needed to man the engines , trucks and carts. All this was foreseen and predicted nt the time the charter was waiting the signature of the governor nnd the dis astrous consequences only confirm what was asserted by the advocates of the charter. It Is easy to sneer about lock- lug the stable door , but the doors would have been safely locked had not the deviltry been played with the charter by the very men who now seek to throw the responsibility on the mayor nnd the city officials. According to Colonel Bryan prosperity did not set in until six months after the election of McKluley , when the Klon dike gold mines began to be heard from. From the Bryan standpoint this may be true. But It Is certainly true that calamity would have set in the day after election had McKInley been defeated. The menace of free silver would have precipitated a crash such as no country had over seen before and prosperity , Instead of being deferred six months , would have been deferred as many years. As a matter of fact the Klondike gold discoveries were a mere drop in the ocean , The restoration of confidence In the stability of our mone tary system was worth more than all the gold mines. The reopening of the mills and factories , giving reemployment ment to hundreds of thousands of idle workmen , was the Inevitable consequence quence of republican supremacy In the national government without which the tldo of prosperity would not huvo set In. Ono outcome of trust extortion is seen in the proposal of the organized florists of the country to associate them selves together foe the purpose of erect ing a window glass plant whoso prod uct shall bo kept out of the control of the trust The florists can without ques tion muster the resources necessary for such an undertaking , but whether It could withstand the fierce assault sure to bo made on it by the trust and count on the loyal aupport of its backers Is the question undetermined. The pro jected anti-trust window glass plant would be really a sort of co-operative * manufacturing concern owned by Its patrons. But would they continue to buy from It If the trust offered them better prices ? The Iowa democrats held a state con vention yesterday , but at the rate the party Is dwindling It will soon bo a difficult matter to find democrats enough to hold a convention. In 1602 the democrats carried twenty-eight counties ; In 1890 they carried seven teen ; In 180S only ten. They arc cer tainly entitled to have all the fun they can out of their conventions as long as they arc able to secure a qoururn. There Is no dltfcrenco of opinion OB to need of n municipal subway for nil the electric wires , but the problem Is how to build the subway unlcbs funds can bo provided to pay for the con struction , To build a system of sub ways will Involve an outlay of several I hundred thousand dollars and for pome time to come at least the city will not bo In position to venture upon the un dertaking. _ _ _ _ _ Every citizen of Nebraska and ot the whole country sincerely hopes that the ntlllctloii of Senator llnywnrd may Hpecdlly puss awny and a restoration of his robust health prolong his usefulness as a public man. All will therefore re joice In the LOWS that ho Is gaining strength nnd that every condition polnta In his favor. No organization exercises a more potent influence for Omaha's good than the Knights of Ak-Snr-Hon. En couraging Ak-Snr-Iiun Is nn excellent way of standing up for Omaha. Cnliuiilly tlntrlcrn Washington Pout. Nebraska's enormous corn crop Indicates another piece of underhand work by the money dovll. SIMON altii'liVitrr > ' . St. Louis IlcpU'bllc. ' Whenever the clement of doubt super venes , the German coroner lajs the cause of death atthe door of American canned fruit. Al > i > l ) IIIK HiiMiioNM I'rlnulplcii. Indianapolis Journal. The slate of Iowa , nlwnys under repub lican rule , has paid off the last dollar of the Htnto debt and reduced the tax levy for the current year. GoutIj- Touched Ihr ! > CK. Baltimore American. The hurrlcano touched the Florida coast , but It was a gentle touch , llko that of a man who onfy asks for a dollar , when you thought ho was going to ask for ten. Sliniiely , Cheerful Qlobe-Democrat. The estimate is that the wheat crop of the United States this year Is the third best on record , the oats crop the second best , nnd corn the same- . With an aggregate of 3,500- 000,000 'bushels of wheat , corn and oats the prosperity of 1899 has a good foundation. Tin * Cinch fin Conl. Kansas City Star. It Is a great outrage ou western consumers to have to pay such prices. The coal com panies are not alone to blame. The railroads charge excessive rates for hauling the coal west. But there , too , the consumer has little chance for a reduction because the ralfroads are so prosperous and have so much freight to haul that a cut In rates Is hardly to bo expected. .M ml ill c In 1'nrty 1'olUlcN. Minneapolis Times. What Is a democrat ? Dave Hill avers ho Is one , Henri Watterson claims to bo It and Mr. Bryan would excoriate anyone who denied him true title. When wo read the opinions and sentiments of the three the puzzle of the answer to the question Is made manifest. What Is a republican ? Are Mc KInley , Plngrce , Hoar and Roosevelt en titled to the appellation ? If so , wouldn't they find It difficult to codify their beliefs Into oven a faint resemblance ? It's a sure enough muddle. Tli < - How In ICoiitticky. Indianapolis Journal. General Buckncr of Kentucky is- one of the gold democrats who will not bo recon ciled to Bryanlsm. After declaring that Goebel , the Robespierre of the Loulsvllfo convention , cut off the heads cif 312 duly elected delegates and that Goebel's election law makes It po&slblo for his election com missioners to refuse to count the vote of any county , ho eaye'lt Isl perfectly natural that Bryan should espouse the cause of such a nomineeOB ho ilmsolf had profited by the unseating ot the Nebraska delegation In the Chicago convention in 1896 and seating a delegation of which he was a member , thus making It possible to bo a presidential can didate. Problem of Army Transport * . Philadelphia Record. There is absolutely no foundation for the rumor that It la the intention of the new secretary of war to send 40,000 men , or any other large number of troops , to the Philip pines la addition to those now being mus tered for servlco on the islands. Whatever may bo the desire of Secretary Root in the matter , his power to act is limited by the enormity of the problem of transportation. Although we nave now a well equipped army transport service of seventeen fast steamers , it will take until the middle of November or the beginning of December to carry the troops now under orders or pre paring to go to Manila. It would take six months longer to transport an additional army of 40,000 to the Philippines in the troop ships wo have and other vessels are not available. GrovrlnR ExportN of .MimufncttircH. 'American Trade. The completion of another fiscal year of the United States government again shows tbo enormous expansion of the nation's ex port trade and particularly the Increasing Importance of manufactured products as a factor in this trade. The total exports of oil classes of commodities during the year ended Juno 30 , 1S99 , were about $6,000,000 less than the aggregate for the preceding twelve months , while the exports of manufactures Increased $48,000,000 in the same period , reaching a total of $338,067,794 for the year. The exports of manufactures now amount to about 28 per cent of the total. Products of the soil have formed the basis upon which the great export trade of the United States has been created. Beyond a doubt the products ot agriculture will continue to bo the most Important factor in this business for generations yet to come , but products of our various industries are steadily advanc ing to a level of equality with so-called raw materials in our foreign trade , and the next ten years -will probably see 'tho ' export trade pretty evenly divided boween the two classes ot manufactured articles and raw materials. A9IEUUOAX AXI ) KMGMSII EXPORTS. Now About Kriiuil In Vuliir , wlfli America Gnlnliiir. London Financial 'News. ' The total value of the exports from the United States during the year ended Juno 30 last ws $1,227,443,425. During the six months ended on the same date the total value ot English exports was 126,521,804. Multiply this flguro .by two , and turn the result Into dollars , and you get , say , $1,265- 218,000 to compare with the American total. Practically , then , the United States ex port trade has now .about an equal aggre gate value -with our own , while the moro valuable home market Is In her case roughly twice as large as ours. The significance of this comparison is heightened by recollec tion of the circumstances that taking a series of years and a per head basis our export trade Is , despite the recent spurt , marked "by retrogression rather than by progress , and that our rival's represents prodigious growth a growth showing no signs of diminution. The t > lg American increase and it may be regarded as the central fact In the situa tion has 'been ' la manufactures. It cnn hardly bo necessary to tell our readers with what special force American development In this direction strikes at England , or to discourse to them on the comparative value of an export trade In manufactures over one In raw materials and primary articles of merchandise ; 'but It is Important that they should hear these facts in mind , to Illumi nate their reading of the continued expan sion of tin exports from tbo United States of articles other than the four staples brcadstuffi , raw cotton , provision ! and petroleum , -1 TIIR Tnoviii.Rsn.Mn mucus. Chicago Inter-Ocean ! Wo arc now In- fomcd that the Doers are really preparing to Ho down at the first hostile move on the part of Great Britain. This Is probably true. Thit Is the way the Beers fought Great Britain before. Minneapolis Times : There Is considerable hesitation In London. The confounded Boers nro very accurate In gun play. And then that threat of dynamite In the mines- It weighs pretty heavily In the stock mar ket ngulnst the rights of the down-trodden outlanders. Baltimore American : The wily Boers may not be able to cope with Great Britain from a military standpoint , but thulr threat to blow up the gold and diamond mines In which wealthy and Influential British stockholders are Interested , Is quite as effec tive a weapcci as n whole force of artillery on the part of the Kngllsh. The battle Is not nlwnjB to the strong , and with the power to squeeze the pockets of noble Bri tons , the Boers realize that they nro not an enemy to bo despised. Kor neither nation , class nor degree of civilization alters In the least the universal sensitiveness of the pocket nerve In mankind. New York Tribune : President Kruger hesitates over Mr. Chamberlain's proposal of a Joint commission to consider the effect on the outlandcrs of the new franchise legislation. OU the other hand , the burgh ers favor It , as well ns a general policy of reasonableness and conciliation. All con cessions of this sort have to be squeezed out ot Oem Paul as with elder mill , though ho never falls to yield under a certain degrco ot pressure. The ctnoral Boer Eontlmnnt \U11 overrule that of any particular Boer , though lie bo chief magistrate and the most tenacious and Indurated sample of the lot. I'EUSOXAI. AND OTHERWISE , General Lawton is a constant smoker and even while .under . fire generally has a cigar in his mouth. Colonel Rico of the Twenty-sixth Infantry was a colleso mate of Admiral Dewey at Norwich university , Vermont. licciton's valuation by the assessors this year shows a largo increase in both real and personal propeity , the gain being $36,000,000 or more. George B. Ix > vlng of Texas , the promoter ot the proposed Consolidated Cattle company , holds options over 600,000 head of cattle and 25,000,0000 acres of land. A British scientist predicts the extinction of the mosquito , but observation in Now Jersey falls to discover that the prediction Is worrying the mosquito nt all. General Lucas of the Dreyfus court- martial married some years since an aunt ot M. IMcquart , the defender of Dreyfus , and the fact is being used against him by the antl-Scmttcs. The statue of Dr. William Pepper has been placed in position In the garden in front of the new Archaeological museum of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania and will bo un veiled early in the autumn. The officers of the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment. Just bask from Manila , are to bo presented with swords , and to cvcryj > IIlcer and private is to bo given a medal made ot metal from ono of the Spanish cannon captured In the Philippines. Julius iMattas of Chicago , who was taken to a hospital suffering from an apparently uncontrollable fit of lauchter , was finally put to sleep ( by opiates. Ho was quite re covered from the attack when ho awoke the next morning , but he was not able to glvo any explanation of the cause of the attack , which came on Immediately after ho had taken a drink In a saloon. The Illinois Bar association has adopted the suggestion that the legal profession throughout the _ Unltcd States celebrate on Fdbruary A , 1901 , the elevation of John Marshall as chlci justice of the United States supreme court , which took place on that date in 1801. The matter will bo presented to the American Bar associa tion meeting at Buffalo the latter part of this month. iFrank Wilson , who , before he went to the war , was an illicit distiller in the wilds of Georgia , was arrested for the offense after he returned from servlne his country , but when be presented an honorable discharge to the Judge before whom ho was arraigned ho was released. Ho promised ho would not again try to defraud the government for the preservation of which ho had so re cently fought. John Burns , the great English labor leader and member of Parliament , In a recent speech administered the following flagella tion to the newly acquired British subject , William Waldorf Astor : "I can tolerate a decent duke or a militant marquis , whoso power is often tempered by tradition and whoso caste feeling Is qualified by service to the community , but the migratory money bag , a patriot only when his property Is threatened , a citizen only when his comfort Is encroached upon 'ho ' Is too mean even to bo tarred and feathered. " PUTTING 0\ THE SCREWS. AnthrnnKc Conl Ilnroii * llooKtliiK ( lie Price of ninrlc DlnniomlM. Buffalo Express. The steady advance In the price of an thracite coal this summer Is an Incident likely to play a large part In the discus sions of and legislation against trusts. Coal is now at nbout the highest figure for this season that has been known In a num ber of years. . .It was advanced 25 cents a ton on ( August 1 and It is said a further advance of 25 cents a ton is scheduled for September 1. These advances are not merely local , but appear to bo general throughout the lake cities , at least , If not throughout the country. In Chicago ono explanation offered Is that little coal Is being carried by the lake vessels this year , the activity In Iron mining making It moro profitable to use them intho , ore trade. There Is an obvious weakness to this excuse. More over , oven if it explained the rise at Chicago cage and Milwaukee , It would not explain the rise In Buffalo , -which does not receive its coal 'by ' lake. Another explanation la that the general prosperity hos made such demands on the transportation facilities ot the railroads that few of them have cars enough to carry the coal required of them. This , too , Is somewhat gauzy , since coal cars are not commonly used for other kinds of merchandise and , consequently , the general Increase In traffic should make little dif ference with the ability to transport coal , Tbo conviction of the mass of consumers will lie that the advance is a purely arbi trary one raado possible by the combination among the coal-carrying railroads , which also control the supply , and that It repre sents Just so much added profit to the trust. Coal is an article of such general use that an advance In Its price Is felt prob ably by a larger number of persons than would be an advance on any other one article subject to control by a trust. When the Now York legislature was interesting Itself In anti-trust legislation it was freely acknowledged that the coal combination was the principal one aimed at. The legislature ) has left the trust question alone for the last year or two , but tbo rise In the price of coal Is very likely to cause an outcry which will bring It up again at the next session , wiiunn Tim rAiutnns STAXU. Slrnir Vote on lic tloii of InilirrlntlMit , Springfield ( Mas * . ) lU-publlcnn. A etmw vole ot unusual extent nnd flg- nlficanco has been taken by Farm and Homo of this city among the farmers of the United States on the question ot Americanism against Imperialism. Some 20,000 legal voters express their views. They are located In nil sections f nd belong to nil classes of po- ritleal opinion , though It Is tafe to say that the large majority nre republicans. They must thus be considered M fairly represen tative of the great agricultural class. Mcst of the pcBtnl-eard ballots were mailed to Farm and Homo In May anil June , when the Philippine situation appeared to bo far less serious than has since developed , and no , effort had been made In the columns ot the paper to Influence the vote either way. Whntthen , as the nttltudc of farmers I In .May and June respecting the course of the administration ? Here Is one of ( he ques- < tlons nnd the vote upon It by secllons : Should the Filipinos bo held In subjection i to the United States , or should they bo al lowed to form on Independent government : For Itulc- For sub- pendencp. Jectlon. New England . l,27fi 7S3 Middle Mutes . S.t-67 2.3U Central west . l.flOl 3.1P3 Southern states . 1.792 LOST 1'nclliu coast . l.GSI 1.103 Total . .12,520 S.I1C Thus CO per cent moro favor Independence than vote for subjection. The Imperialists are In a minority In nH soitlons even In j the central west , whcro Mr. MrKlnlcy Is supposed * o have obtained his Inspiration for a course of forcible annexation , and on tbo Pacific coast , which was regarded ns nearly unanimous for the new policy. The majority against the Philippine conquest Is strongest In Now England and the south , but it is substantial In all sections. Another question In the same line was submitted : Should Cuba bo given Independ ence or bo annexed to the United States ? The vote on thU Is even moro decided against Imperialism than on the other. Some 13,11)9 ) replied In favor ot independence , against 7,362 In favor of annexation. The majority in every section Is pronounced for the fulfill ment of the nation's pledge , Upon which it went to war , but which has apparently been forgotten by thoeo In charge ot our Cuban policy. As Porto Rico seems to bo wlHlng to bo annexed , a majority favor annexation In that case , but a very largo majority would make the Island a territory within the United States , rather than a colony without , it annexation is to stand. The most significant vote of all Is that on the question : "In general , should the United States adhere to or depart from its former policy ot non-lntcrfcrenco with na tions beyond cither ocean ? " This seems to have 'presented ' the Issue of Americanism versus Jmperlallsm more clearly to many farmers than the Philippine question , and brought an even moro overwhelming ver dict. The vote by sections : Depart Adhere to. from. New England , 1,578 291 Middle States 3.9W 1,003 Central AVest 6,179 1,201 The South 2,005 817 Pacific Coast 1,836 672 Total 15,024 3,857 The vote Is four to one lor the traditional American policy of non-interference and ex pansion in the western hemisphere if any where. There is no mistaking the great signifi cance of this notable canvasg of opinion among the farmers. In the northern states this class has formed the backbone of the republican party. It has stood a little apart from the interests and ambitions -which have been shaping the course of the administra tion , and its attitude has been In doubt. There Is no reason to question the represen tative character of the vote taken , and in that case the great majority of the farmers' of the nation are not favorably disposed toward the administration's career of con quest. But if Mr. McKInley cannot look for hearty support In that quarter , where Is ho to find It ? The German-Americans who largely voted for him In 1896 nro nearly unanimous in opposing his present course. Organized labor Is against it. Many ot the first men in his party are against It. Many of the native business and manufacturing republicans of the cities are against It. Whore are the votes which are to carry Imperialism Jn triumph over Americanism ? We must evidently look to the syndicates to find them. A SHOWER OF GOLD. KnormoiiM Iiicrrnno In , Hie Product Predicted tor tli'c Yenr. Baltimore Sun ( dem. ) Information received by the director of the mint in regard to the production of gold In tbo first half of the present year Indi cates an enormous increase over the product of the llko period in 1898 , breaking all records and promising an output .that . will make the ullverito's talk of a gold famine obviously absurd. The production ot the United States In 1898 was $64,463,000 , of Australia $67,000,000 , of South Africa ? 80- 290,653 , .but the Indications ot the last six months point to a total production for the whole of 1899 of $74,000,003 in the United States , $79,000,000 In Australia and over $100,000,000 in South Africa. Add to this that Canada , which produced $13,775,420 ot gold In 1898 , will probably produce $23,000- 000 during 1899 , and an idea will bo ob tained of the rapid growth of volume the world's standard money metal is attaining. There Is every reason to believe that the product of $290,000,000 of gold in 1898 will bo swollen to over $350,000,000 in 1899 and $410,000,000 in 1900. There are other largo producers of gold besides Canada , Australia , South Africa and the United States. Ilussla last year produced $25,463,497 ; Mexico , $10,301,125 ; Colombia , $2,125,400 ; Brazil , $1,794,420 ; Venezuela , $1,057,823 ; British Guiana , $2- 341,058 ; French Guiana , $1,402,006 ; China , $6,009 , 313 ; Korea , $1,020,391 ; British India , $7,774,823 , There are various other coun tries that produce gold , but these only are mentioned that produce at least ono mil lion. Of nearly all the producing elates it is' to be observed that they are yearly Increasing their gold output some at a very rapid late. The Transvaal , for example , Increases Its product In 1899 over 1898 by $25,000,000 ! The Trans-Siberian railway will doubtless facilitate a largo growth ot the gold mining Industry of Husala and Manchuria , Hhodesla Is declared by com petent engineers to bo nearly as rich In gold na the Transvaal. It 'begins this year with a product of about $100,000 , but will vastly Increase that figure , It Is said , as soon as advancing railway construction brings machinery , coal and labor to bear upon tbo mineralized region. The Gold coast of West Africa , which gave us the word guinea , and which has already sup plied some $250,000,000 to the world's stock of the yellow metal , IB still rich , say explorers , and only waits for the Introduc tion of European Intelligence and enterprise to .become n bonanza. Few metals , In fact , are more generally diffused than gold , and our allverltes will have to wait for uu adequate supply till HOY. Mr. Jernegan of Boston has more fully developed his proceia of extracting it from the boundless ocean , The political effect In the United States of this immense increase ot the standard money POWDER Makes the food more delicious and wholesome . . rn BAXIM > OWM CO. , HtH VOX. metal cannot fall to bo Ver * considerable. It renders Mr. Brynn find his 16 to 1 rntle obsolete. The silver ISMIO In 1S96 rested upon n theory that the hard times thnl began about 1892 or 1S93 nero duo to \ scarcity of money , duo to the restricted coinage - ago of silver. The remedy was to open th mints to the "free" colnneo of silver "dol lars , " which -would bo worth Intrinsically less than EO cents. The debasement of th standard was advocated as a tnrdy net of Justice to the "gold bugs , " who In 1S73 wickedly plotted to reduce the price of In- . diiBtrlal products , while enhanclnR the value ty * of the cold dollar to 200 cents. "A cheaper 1 f dollar , more money nnd higher prices , " be came the popocratlc cry. Oceans of oratory wore poured out to show that the world's gold supply wn.t too small for the world's business , nnd dollar wheat , It wng asserted , would never ho seen nEaln till the world's money supply was doubled toy the romone- tlzatlon of silver. Kvents have demolished Mr. Brvnn's theory as well ns his alleged facts. Dollar wheat , prosperity and high prices returned without the romonotlzntlon of silver. Business has doubled In volume without a corresponding Increase of the vol ume ot currency. When more good money was wanted It came In from Europe In large volume and the Increased activity of the world's gold mines has more than kept pnco with the Increase of the world's bUnlncos. The world's told output In 1886 was $106.- 163,900 ; In 1896 , $203n : > d,000 ; In 189S , $290- 000 , and In 1900 , probably $110.000.000. Rvl- dcntly the annual output of cold nlono Is now euch na to enable us to dispense with silver altogether as a standard money metal. All this will 'bo clear irnouch In 1900 , and Mr. Bryan will speak to deaf cars. IIIIIUHT AM ) IIIU3RKY. Chlctmo Record : "Her face Is no longeH her fortune. " "No , she lost It In unfortunate matrimo nial speculations. " Detroit Journal ! So lonp ns wo Imvc the ficlr-madr man , there will doubtless bo a call for the rcady-mndc ancestry. Philadelphia Uecord : The man who stut ters Is always breaking Ills Word. Chicago Tribune : He IXme cny for nnrument. that I love u particular xvomnn. She-It would bo quite vain , if she vvcro at all particular. Telegraph : Mr. Pitt There nra a peed many strikes nowadays. Mr. Penn Yes ; even the lightning strikes occasionally. Chlcapo Times Herald : Wttlc ( Horace . . J Papa , what are silent wutclM8'of the night ? f Papa The ones pcoplo forgot to wind when they go to bed , 1 gucps. Chicago Times-Herald : "Who Is that man the crowd l < s following end tflicM-ltijn Ono of the. heroes who have just rciturncd from /the Philippines ? " . . / "No , that Is 'the ' hero - whowon the game y with his homo run this afternoon. " < > Chicago Trltnmc : "But. " said the girl who liad married beneath her. "Just l > e- cause you don't llko Harry you ought not to treat me as a stranger , mamma. Blood Is thicker than water. " "It seems to toe In your case , child , " coldly replied the proud mother. "It doesn't seek Its level. " _ Washington Star : "Ntow. " said the care ful newspaper man as he showed the stales- man an interview , "you arc quite sure you said all this. " "Yes. " was the reflective nnswor ; "I'm sure I said It , but I can'.t l c sure about how- longI'll remember I said It. " Detroit Free Press : Clara I wish I hadn't been Invited to * he reception , be cause now I shall have to glvo her a wed ding present. Maud Never mind. You may g t mar- rledi yourself some day. 'Boston Courier : The Phototrmphesr Hero. sir. arc the cabinets that your son ordered ' The. Father ( regarding one ) The plcturo is ccrUilnly very llko him. And no haa paid you ? The Photographer No. sir. The Father That is still moro like him. f " I < V . ' . ' ' 'I' ' . . . , it j aflll' ' Chicago Post : Mrs. Pllshtly. " said the gossip , Mias gone downtown today to see a tawyer. She wants .to get rid of her hus- ' Dear mo , " sighed the debutante of five or six years' standing. "Some people don't know their luck , do they ? " FROM "A StBUIEH ) HASIULB. " TVIIllam Cullen Bryant. The quiet August noon has come : A slumbrous silence nils the sky , The fields nro still , the woods are durmH In glassy sleep the waters lie. And mark you soft white clouds that rest Above our vale , a. moveless throng ; The cattle on the mountain's breast Enjoy the grateful shadow long. Oh , how unlike these merry hours , In early June , -when earth laughs out , "When the fresh winds make love to flowery And woodlands sing- and waters slwutl When In the gras < sweet voices talk. And strains of tiny muslo swell From every moss-cup of the rock , From every nameless blossom s ibell. But now a Joy too deep for sound , A peace no other season knows , . Hushes the heavens and wraps the ground , W The blessing- supreme repose. J > > Away ! I will not be , today , The only slave of toll and care ! ! Away from desk nnd dust I away ! I'll bo as Idle as the air. _ , rv Beneath the open sky abroad. AmonB the plants and breathing- things , The sinless , peaceful works or < 3od. IM1 share the calm the eeosoa brings. Outing t 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. , r Boys' Crash Suits , J4 to 19 years , $1,75 , $2,00 , $2,50
