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THE 03TAGA DATLT TTEEt SATtTlDAT , STSFTTirsnrEIl 2 , THE OMAHA DAJLY BEE. E. UOSKUATEn , Editor. PUBLISHED EVL-HV MOHNINO. TEUMa OK SUBSCRIPTION , ally Bte ( without Hunan ) ) , one ie ir 4iy IJee and aunday , One Year .w t > aiiy. HUnaay and Illustrated , Ona Vear * .Z3 unaij- and illustrated , One i' er Uustratcxl lite , One kt.it * -W unday li-e , one Year * W nuroay bee , One Year 1-W Vetkly Uee , One Year w OFFICES. Omaha. The Be < Building. _ . Bouth Ornana. City Hail building , Twenty Ulh and N Htreets. Council Bluas : 10 Pearl StmU Uhlcaroi Jill Oxford HUlMinc. New lorkt Temple Court. Ua hlngton : Wl fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and PdUortal Department , The Omaha bee. litjHl CLIS Lk.TTEHS. BuslneM Utters and remittances should fet addressed to ITio Bee Publishing Com pany , Otnaha. RDMITTANCE8. U mlt or postal order by draft , express . . Publishing Comp.y > > payable to The Bee Only i-wnt etamps accepted In pnym-nt 01 tuall accountii. Personal chocus , except on Omaha , or KiUlern exchange , not aicepteu. THE UEE PUBLiaillNU COMPAM. STATUMU.IT OK cmetuvnox. Btate of Nebraska , Dourloa County. ; * : OCOTK * B. Tuchuck. secretary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly eworn. & * > [ hat th actual number of full and complet * toples of The Daily , Morninjr , Evening and Bunday'Uee , printed during the month or luly , linwas a * follovra : 20,000 j ; 25,020 27,000 IS 24,700 23,110 tf 24,700 25,100 20 24,070 20,050 21 2I.OSO 25,501) 22 21,720 25,410 23 20,255 25,440 24 81,000 27,355 23 2J.BHO B 25,21)0 K 24,700 tl 25iM ) 27 21,770 t2 24.1I2O 2J 21,030 It 25,202 23 21,810 14 25,100 39 20,1BO tt 25OGO 51 23,010 M 20,010 Total . ' 7R5.SS2 Lc n unsold and returned copies. . . . 1 < M7 ° Not total sales T7B,4Oa Net dully . . . . . . . . . . , .013 Subscribed and sworn before n > th' ' * 1M lay of July , ISM. U E. BOYLE , ( Heal. ) Notary Public. Treasury receipts for August exceeded expenditures by f400,000. Not a bad for war times. Why KO to the Klondike gold field when that pot of ? 3COO at South Omaha Is sold not yet to have been located ? The next patriotic celebration In this neck o' woods will attend the home coming of the Fifty-first Iowa volun teers. There are several questions of public moment considerably more pressing upon the people of Nebraska than the treaty with the sultan of Snlu. The hottest question In South Omaha today Is : "Who got that ? 3GOO ? " The next hottest question Is : "Who was the man who thought he would get It nnd did not ? " Nebraska and Ita neighboring states will have no corn to burn this year In Bplto of the big crop. Republican prosperity.Is finding othir and better uses for the corn. Just what the Commercial club pro poses to do with the east-and-west trunk lines which have declared a boy cott against the Plttsburg & Gulf line remains to bo flecn. To accept or not to accept , that Is the question bothering several of the late officers of the Nebraska regiments who have been offered commissions In the regular army , which entail active service In the Philippines. General Funston Is admittedly the best awJmmer In the army and ono of the best runners In a forward movement , but ho Is firmly convinced that only cavalry can move fast enough to cap ture the Filipinos. General Funston's experience entitles his opinion to cre dence. Prophets may bo without honor In their own land , but tills cannot be said of President McKlnley. Kverywhero ho goo In this country ha Is greeted with pnthuBtaHin , but at no place so great as at hlK old homo In Canton , where the people- have known him as ono of them for years. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ One of Nebraska's cadets at West Point has run afoul of the order pro hibiting hazing and will doff his uni form In disgrace for Indulging In a for bidden sport. That a Nebraska cadet Hhotild bo tlio subject of this example will finihu regrets among all patriotic Nchruskans. Ono of the blc local events of the coining month Is the full festival of Ak-Bar-Heu , which the managers con- tdnd will surpass any former appear ance of that celebrated organization. As a free spectacular attraction It has nuver boeu excelled by a western city and Is not likely to be. Not a complaint of pickpockets from all the crowds that participated In the ovation given the First Nebraska In tills city. And that while the police depart ment la cut down to half the uvua ! sl/.o on account of n depleted polleo fund. Omaha's police * have it right to take aoino credit to themselves for this rec ord , General Wheeler Is disappointed be- cntiso ho has been in the Philippines nome time and has nnt had a brush with the rebels yet. At Santiago ho got into the mlxup the next day after landing. The general should bo patient Ho maybe bo a llttlu longer In Betting into action , but If ho does It will llkoly last longer than his Santiago experience. The State Uourd of Transportation has decided it is not celled upon to in vestigate the charges nmdu by the gov ernor that the rates charged for trans Of porting the First Nebraska were the result of a combination. Certainly. Any labor In excess of signing salary vouchers Is entirely beyond the prov ince of the members of the board. riEirs. No representative of this government i la Cuba Is bettor qualified to advise In regard to n policy for the Island than General Fltzuupb LOP. 11.1s long pervlco ns coniul Rpner.il made him thoroughly familiar with the character of the people ple and his military relations with them hove Increased his Tcnow lodge of their capacity nnd needs. General Ix > c Is the only officer In Cuba who has ns yet tetponded to the request of the War department for reports on the conditions there and It Is stated that his report gives a gratifying statement of affairs In the provinces of Havana and Plnar del JUo. Its chief Interest , however. Is In the suggestions submit ted in regard to the course this gov ernment should pursue toward the Island. General Lee thinks there should bo established" In Cuba an Independent republican government , but under the care or supervision of the United Ktntcs until Its stability was assured. He evi dently has no confidence In the capacity of the Cubans nt present to successfullj administer a government If left wholly to themselves , yet he docs not advise delay /n forming an Independent government. In regard to the suffrage he suggests that It should receive careful considera tion , Implying that It would not be wise to make It universal at .the outset. This very likely represents the general opin ion among our military officers In Cuba who have given the matter Intelligent attention and It finds warrant In the fact that more than SO per cent of the native Cubans cannot read and write. If these Illiterates are permitted to par ticipate In forming a government they will be the mere tools of the politicians and political demoralization would prob ably result Hut can the United States consistently deprive any of the Cuban people of the right of suffrage ? Recognizing here the principle of universal suffrage , Is not our government bound to accord It to the people of Cuba ? Moreover , having made no reservation In our pledge to those people that they should have self- government when pacification should bo accomplished , can wo new fairly say to any portion of them that they shall not participate In framing a government for themselves ? These are questions that congress will have to consider when It comes to determine the future policy In regard to Cuba. As to our exercising supervision over a Cuban government for an Indefinite time , or until we should be satisfied that such government had become firmly established , It Is conceiv able that It might provo a source of trouble. The Cuban politicians would bo pretty sure to resent any attempt on the part of the United States , after nn Independent government had been or ganized , to direct or control the admin istration of affairs. They would reason ably feel that "this would not bo Inde pendence and It Is qulto possible that sooner or later we should have to aban don the attempt or encounter a revolt In respect to the foreign relations of an Independent Cuban government perhaps It might bo necessary that thp United States should have something to say , lest Cuba should enter Into agreements or treaties with foreign powers detri mental to the interests of this country , but even as to this there would be dan ger of trouble resulting. The suggestion of General Leo that even after American protection was In part withdrawn United States troops should be kept in the Island to protect our citizens nnd other aliens there In the enjoyment of their personal and prop erty rights , cannot be seriously consid ered. No such arrangement would be accepted by the Cubans and an at tempt on the part of this government to put It Into effect would arouse the bit terest resentment. The only fair , just and honorable course Is to allow the Cuban people absolute Independence. THE PENSION ACCOUNT. Every American dtiren has an Inter est In the pension account which In the last thirty-three years has amounted to over twenty-three hundred millions of dollars , or nearly as much as the public debt at the close of the civil war. No ono who Is qualified to appreciate the magnitude of these figures can fall to bo Impressed with the generosity of the government toward the men who pre served the union and this liberality will be extended to the soldiers who fought In the war with Spain and arc fighting to suppress Insurrection In the Phil ippines. The report of the commissioner of pensions for the last fiscal year con tains much of Interest At the end of Juno the number of pensioners waa more than i-.OOO less than a year ago. Although 37,000 new pensions were granted during the year , death among the old pensioners decreased the total number. Ucuth alone struck off more than 34,000 immos from the roll and other changes raised the number to 4.- $ 000. AVliHe the total expenditure for the year on pension account wiut less than tliu appropriation , the amount paid to pensioners was larger by a few hundred thousand dollars than ever be fore. As yet the Spanish war Is re sponsible for pcnlou payments to the pxtent of only u little over $28,000 , but thcro are nearly 17,000 claims pending nnd the number will bo largely In creased If the war In the Philippines continue * another year. Another In teresting feature of the report Is the largo reduction In the fees paid to at torneys In thu last fiscal year us coin- pared with the preceding year. This In connection with the fact that sixty-three attorneys liuvo been disbarred , ten suspended and two barred , will help to explain the opposition to Commissioner Kvuus that has been created. The re duction In payments of attorney fees has doubtless boon to the benefit of the pensioners. The charge that the commissioner has boon illiberal toward claimants is not supi > orted by thu official statement of the number of claims filed and allowed during the year. On the contrary the figures Indicate that claimants have been fairly treated and that us the com missioner says the rule bus been to give the soldier the benefit of ft doubt. TIP ! recommendations of the commissioner should receive the careful attention of congress nnd his suggestion of n com mission tn revl o the laws , rules and regulation * , with n view to simplifying the present complex system of pension ing nnd securing a more uniform practice In the future , Is obviously Judicious. The commissioner's report will of course recehe careful consideration from the Grand Army nt It * coming en campment and while undoubtedly the enemies of Mr. Evans will be In evi dence there wo think It safe to say that Ids administration will be approved by n majority of the old soldiers In at tendance. ran suxn.ii The great event of the lost week has boon the return of the First Nebraska volunteers with the unprecedented ova tions accorded them all iilong the line nnd culminating In the grand reception nt Omaha. Subscribers of The Sunday Bee will have nil these features graph ically Illustrated In the series of pictures Illustrating the history of the regiment which have been appearing In The Il lustrated Dee. For the frontispiece we have a large , clear view of the parade marching be tween the surging throngs In front of The Bee building and the city coll. The photograph from which this plate has been reproduced was taken especially for The Bee and gives the best possible view of this part of the celebration. Another picture represents the com plimentary breakfast given to the re turned volunteers at the Omaha station , depleting the scenes around the tables with the men seated at their places. While the time schedule of the special train through Nebraska was 111 fitted for photographic work , bringing the men Into the principal towns late In the even ing , The Bee secured views to show the enthusiastic demonstrations nt several of the way stations. The receptions at Hastings , the depot crowd at Kencsaw , the greetings accorded at Holdrege all come In for pictorial Illustrations. Aside from the war views , the remainIng - Ing contents of The Illustrated Bee are particularly attractive. Among the portraits traits presented are those of Moses P. Klnkald , the nominee of the republican party In the Sixth- district to fill the congressional vacancy , and Rev. Kd- ward F. Trefz , the new pastor of the Konntze Memorial Lutheran church. One picture gives a view of a Nebraska boy's grave In far off Alaska , while an other shows two little Omaha children wading at Pewaukeo lake. The fashion pictures from living mod els are attractive a always , and Car penter's letter , Illustrated with his own photographs , Is more Interesting readIng - Ing than ever. The news and literary features of The Sunday Bee will , us usual , be superior to those of all competitors. It will have the best cable letters , the most complete telegraphic service , the most readable local news reports , the mosl Intelligent editorial discussion of topics of the day , the most interesting depart mcnts relating to the drama , music , so clety , sports and fraternal orders. In a word The Bee tomorrow will be one of the best numbers ever Issued and everyone should read It LET TIJBM GET TUOETHEH. The city council , the county board and the Board of Education should gel together speedily upon some plan foi providing the necessary booths for reg < Istratlon and election purposes. All three of these bodies have Jurisdiction over the annual registration and elec tion and their co-operation Is Impera tive. tive.The The old Iron booths that have done service ever since the Australian ballot system was Introduced have not only outlived their usefulness , but many ol them have positively passed beyond their day of service. It Is extremely doubtful whether It Is worth while tryIng - Ing to repair them , yet the time Is so fcliort that unless action Is taken nt once serious complications are liable to arise. Under the election law It Is made mandatory that registration nnd pollIng - Ing places be provided In every precinct In the city. The registration boards are required to sit at these respective places at designated times , commenc ing nearly a month before election day. To force these boards to occupy tenta , ns has been done on several occasions , would mean Inconvenience and hard ship both for the officers nnd for the public. While the system of temporary booths planted on the pavement at street in tersections as adopted In Omaha is not without objectionable features , nothing that will take its place seems available within the limits of time at our com mand. The Investment needed to re place the booths with now ones looks large , but It Is apparently unavoid able. How the money Is to be raised is u still more serious problem , but the council , county board and school board will have to grapple with that. In the meanwhile the public must In sist that nothing bo neglected that might obstruct the regular election pro ceedings or tend to Invalidate the re sults us determined at the polls in No vember. Iowa trainmen seem to be taking moro chances of losing their lives than the soldiers In the Philippines. Added to the usual hazard of their occupation tramps are putting In their spare time shooting at thorn and It Is an exceptional day when they do not got ono or moro of the railroaders. Unless the practice Is stopped pretty boon Iowa is likely to become u very unhealthy cllmato for the genus helm , Germany 1ms served notice on China to the effect that unless disturbances along the border of present German ter ritory cease Unit country will be obliged to take possession to protect its Inter ests. At thu opportune time another ills- turbanco will occur for which the Ger mans will , of course , not be responsible - and then the soldiers will tnkc po * o - plon. Such has bcMi the record every where the Bur/openn / has gained nn ori ental foothold and China Is not likely to prove nn exception. The railroads are considering the plan of blacklisting fnkp advertising schemes of nil kinds nnd to confine thotr adver tising patronage In the future to legiti mate mediums. Thin example ou ht to bo followed by advertisers In nil lines of trade. As long ns rallrond" , mer chants and business men generally submit to being Imposed upon without protest the advertising fakir will cou- Untie to operate. The architect Of the now high school building reports progress on the plnus nnd specification ? , but the school board's attorney hns no progress to re port on lifting the Injunction that ob structs this great public Improvement The useless nttoruey , however , hna never been wnntlng when the time to draw his unearned salary Is nt hand. Lily T-Angtry's now piny Is said to be a most realistic one , portraying some ot the scandals connected > vlth her own life. If It proves a success she has re serve material for n number of other ploys of the enmo sort. People on this Bide of .the water will hope to bo spared similar aflllctlons drawn from the life of the American stage. Woutlcrn Multiply lialUmoro American. Now comes the astounding news that Ger many want * our sausages. Presently we shall have a demand from Newcastle tot coal. lierond the Firing I.Inc. Washington Post. Hon. J. Sterling Morton can -well afford to chuck the trusts under the chin and call them pet names. Sterling has no valu able political baggage to lose. IlluniliintliiK n Dark Spot. San Francisco Call. Wisn Uia cannon of Oem Paul and John Dull begin blazing away in the Transvaal Africa will look more like a torchlight procoulon than a Dark continent. Unto In n Comer. Indianapolis Journal. There seems to be some uncertainty re garding the antecedents of Date Mundl , but the fact that he a&cepted an American flag and is fighting the other follows shove he Is a coming man. Snbjcctji for n Funeral. Chicago Tteoord. Ohio democrats who say In their platform that they stand with Washington , Jefferson , Jackson , Lincoln' and Orant should take treatment for their modesty if they expect to mak an aggressive campaign. Fnr-I'-etched. Chicago Chronicle. Senator Lindsay of Kentucky is the latest genius to prove that our footing in the Philippines , which were warring for freedom when wo bought them , is Identical with our footing in the Louisiana purchase , which was glad to come In. " \ VhjIJeef Prloen Aiicend. Springfield Republican. The- number of cattle other than milch cows in the country has declined from 37- 651,239 In 1892 to 27,694.225 at the beginning of this year. These are the Agricultural department's , -figureg. As population has meantime inceaeed the rise In the price of meat appears to have a very substantial basis. Every JVntlye an Enemy- Philadelphia Record. It is a mistake to think that the solution of the problem of Philippines Involves nothing but the defeat of Agulnaldo and hla army. The arrest of the native mayors of two cities within our lines who had been elected in accordance with our policy of conciliation the one for spying and the other for maintaining an insurgent recruit ing office , serves to show that the native population is practically unanimous in Its sympathy with the rebellion. After we have whipped Agutnaldo we shair probably be obliged to subdue In detail every village la the group. Oem 1'u u I'M Moral AdrnntaKe. Springfield Republican , In sagacity , astuteness and coolness Paul Krugor Jn th ee trying days is giving lea- sons to all the diplomatists and statesmen of the world. He represents a mere hand ful of Dutch fanners and ho faces the mightiest empire this earth has seen. Such has been the skill of this man that today he actually holds a moral advantage over his colossal antagonist which two months ago he did not possess. Ho has now prac tically conceded what was demanded , and in return has only asked that hereafter the internal Independence of his country be recognized and respected. If war comes Krugor goes Into it , under these circum stances , simply as a patriot defending the integrity of bis country against the claims of another power to dictate its domestic affairs. U is plain that the British gov ernment feels the embarrassment Into -which It is now thrown by this Boer statesman's diplomacy. The reasons for war are now so small that the moral sentiment of the world will not Justify It. IXnL'.STIUAI , I'HOCUKSS. IncrenHC In tlieumlier of fautorleM In Nine Ycqra , Philadelphia Record. It would be a difficult matter to name any manufacturing Industry of Importance In this country which has not grown greatly since the latest census. According to the census returns of 1830 there were in that year more than 350,000 manufactur ing establishments , employing nearly 8,000- 000 people , to whom more than } 2 , 000 , 000 , 000 waa paid In wages. Without making any attempt ( which would bo futile ) to estimate approximately the increase in the number of Industrial establishments and of em ployes Blnce 1890 , we may safely say that In many industries there lm boon an in- creafco of at lean 100 per cent ; and there are several now .employing thousand ? of banda which were then In their Infancy , or were not even in existence. Take , for ex ample , the various practical applications of electricity. U was not until the year 1883 that the flrat street railway equipped with electric motive power was tested , In too city of Richmond and a very amateurluh affair It was. In climbing a hill the motor came to grief , and the little "dinkey" car waa dragged back to the starting point by a mule amid the jeers of the onlookers , Now there are over 16,000 miles of electric railroad in this country , and it Is reported that there were more miles of electric rail ways built last year than of steam rallwayi , There are more than 40,000 electric street cam running today , and the capital In vested in the manufacture of dynamos , motors , resistance boxes , wire cables , cars and all other paraphernalia amounts , In the aggregate , to hundreds of millions of dollars lars , The most recent addition to the indui- trlo * of the country which bids fair to grow to eutndently large proportions to warrant special note in the next census is the manu facture of automobiles , Indeed , if we may accept the capitalization of gome of thu young corporations which make tbcue vo- lilcles as a safe guide to the present extent of the banlnest , It must already have sprung Into * n Important plao * . rciions OK run Mist of the advo"Att of permanent con trol of the Philippine * by the Vnlted State * In 11st that only a small faction ot the na- tired oppose American rule. They Inels ! that Agulnaldo'a following Is Inslsnlflcanl and that the bulk ot the population Is en thusiastically for Vncle Sam. Scnntoi Lndar ! of Kentucky reiterated that asser tion In his addrcos r.t the Bar association convention nt Buffalo last Tuesday. 1U said : "The revolutionary government rep' rraents at the utmost Ires than one-fourth of the Inhabitants of the Islam ! { l.utoni , and ns to them It is a ( roTcrnmcnt of fore * rather than consent " Prof. Schurman ox- prtmed n similar opinion on his return tc this country a few weeks ngo. Doubtless there WAS some basis for that belief during the first months of the Insurrection , when the "nmlgce" overwhelmed Americana ttltfc professions of friendship. At the present time the proof of universal native antag onism is to abundant cs to be a matter ol official record. The arrest of native mayors charged with being spies of the enemy Is an official admission of conditions reported by corretHxmdento , soldiers nnd civilians ID the Philippines. John F. flaws , correspondent of the Nen York Herald , in a dispatch sent vl x HOUR Kong hat Monday , say of the feeling of thi natives : "Tho only friendly natives 1 found on my southern tour were those nt Mores , who so far ore unwilling that we should hold any territory except the single * ailed ton of Jolo. Even tie non-com- batanlB hnte us. In Manila thu native feel ing against us Is growing stronger every day. Taxes are higher In Manila than undei Spanish rule , and the Inhabitants bitterly complain. Living expanse * have doubled , The native police have been discharged and Americans appointed , whose administration la tyrannical and Inefficient because they are Ignorant of the language and not famil iar with the perpetrators of crime. Murdert and robberies , old inhabitants pay , ore more numerous than ever before. T&xes and customa duties are being used to support the army Instead of being applied to munici pal necessities. ThJa really prolongs the war by keeping the natives Irritated , after hlgh-toundlng promises of good government , Information concerning recent loesta of the enemy is purely hearsay , obtained from frightened natives. The desire of the na tives for American rule officially reported Is not borne out by the facto. The mayor of Ballnag , who U supposed to be a great friend of the Americans , is now in prison for deliberately leading an insurgent attack on Ballnag. The mayor of San Pedro Macate is also in prison for raising money and sol- dlera for Insurgents. Rev. Peter MacQueen , pastor of the Day Street Congregational church of Boston , who was chaplain In the army at Santiago , baa Just landed at San Francbco from Manila , where he went to collect material for a book on the war. While -with tie army in Luzon ho enjoyed exceptional facilities for observation , having had letters of introduc tion to military and naval commanders from President McKlnley , the War department and Colonel Roosevelt. Regarding the feel ings of the natives toward Americans Mr. MacQueen expressed himself to a San Fran cisco reporter as follows : "There is not a Filipino in the islands that wants the American form of govern ment. There waa a time when the conquest of the Islands might have been completed with comparatively little bloodshed and that was Immediately after Dewey's victory. Since that time the policy has been such as to encourage their resistance. You are told that the only plan is to exterminate the Tagals. You must take into consideration that the Tagals number 2,000,000 people and that the Island of Luzon alone is an im mense territory. " Equally empbatla respecting native senti ment Is the opinion of an army officer sta tioned at Hello , whoso letter , dated June 28 , was published in the Army and Navy Jour nal. He says : "I see no sign of treakenlng and unless Internal troubles come with them there la no end in the near future. All the fighting has been in Luzon , not because the other Islands are pacified , but simply because we have no men to undertake the subjugation of the others. Here at Hello we hold a radius of three and a half miles from the town. We cannot walk or drive , because we. are sur rounded. This Is the only hold we have upon this island ; indeed right across the bay rur enemy holds possession , so that we have only a half-circle. On Negros we heM only two points ; on Cebu , only one ; on many others not a foot. It Is hoped here that the fall of Agulnaldo's party on Luzon will mean the giving up cf all the other Islands , but TVB do not think KJ. The In- euTgonts here will simply turn to banditti and must be hunted down. " j nniFT. Editor McLean's barI will undergo sys tematic anti-fat treatment while the owner Is running for governor of Ohio. One of the warm claims urged in favor of a Cleveland lawyer who seeks a seat on the bench Is that he has "a very nice Judicial mind. " Neither the governor of North Carolina nor the governor cf South Carolina has sig nified his Intention to attend the t'UEt con ference at Chicago. But they will not be missed. Enough experienced men will at tend to give practical significance to that historic sentiment of the governors. The fourth-claw postmasters of whom there are about 70,000 throughout the country are supposed to be forming a lobby to se cure from the present congress a bill giving thocn better pay. They want the minimum compensation to be } 100 a year instead of an amount based on the number of stamps sold. There is an animated controversy In San Francisco over the fact that the new city ball , planned to cost Jl.600,000 , represents up to date a municipal investment of $5,000- 000 , but la not completed. At the rate at which defective work is being discovered , it looks as if it may have to be almost en tirely rebuilt. The state capltol of Cali fornia at Sacramento cost 12,600,000. Judge Shacklefcrd , who succeeds "Silver- Dollar" Bland In cnnKrera , Is said to be a pop ular Mlteouri politician , Friends delight to call him "Old Shack. " He has mastered the art of making himself "common , " He ex ploits his contempt for flnu clothes and has a way of slapping voters on the back which Impresses them with the Idea that he In the anointed champion of freedom and that no form of political or social tyranny can sur vive | n hla presence. Woe betide the octopus that tempts the sword of Judge Sbackleford. Thomas B. Reed's resignation as member of congress will take effect on September 4 under the terms of bis letter to the governor of Maine , and there are already three can didates In the field for the republican nom ination , Amos L. Alton of Arfred , who dur ing Mr. Reed's administration as speaker of tba house has served an his private secre tary ; Janife O , Bradbury , former mayor of Portland , and Judge Horace H , Burbank of the Baco municipal court. Candidates Allen and Burbank were Bowdoln college class mates of Mr. Reed , OTItEIt IjAXDS TIIA * Otn * . The position of the Oranje Free State between Cape Colony nnd the Transvaal rrmkes the pr cnt emergency peculiar ! : awkward for the former. As a loyal ap- pnn.ARO ot the BrltUh crown , It Is no ! willing to do anything that would tend It any dcgreo to give assistance to no enemy such < is the Trwisvaal threatens to become ; hut It Is bound by Its trcatln with th < Orange Free State , with whlth Oresi Britain has no quarrel at present , to ex < tend to It the right ot unrestricted com1 mrrce , Including the transport of war ma' ' torlal. The Free State , however , Is pespled by men of the same race as the Boern of the TransTft * ! and In hearty sympathy will1 them. Should that republic become en > px ; o < l In war with Great Britain , it Is prac tically certain that the other republic wit ! Join It , and then the arms and nmmunltlor now being Imported by the Orange Fre < State through Capo Colony will be turntc ! Against the British. There Is good reasor also for the suspicion entertained In lh < Cape Assembly thnt the arms In qucfltlot are not Intended for the use ot the im porting state , bul are to be handed along U the Transvaal authorities In Immediate preparation for war with dreat Britain. II is no wonder that the assembly finds Itscll In a dilemma between Its desire to observi Its contracts with It.i neighbors nnd Its un willingness to permit what looks so rauct like giving aid ami comfort to the enemy Lord Kitchener has arrived In Cairo frotr London and is arranging business In th ( Egyptian War ofllc < ? , which concerns thi completion of the Khartoum railway and the various details relating to the Gordot college. Owing to delay in the delivery ol the railway plant the Atbara-Khartoutr section of the line will not be ready foi tratnc until next November , although II had been planned by Lord Kitchener to be finished nt the end of August. The embftrgc laid upon travel beyond Atbara , which wa ! so disappointing to many tourists thi ; summer , will be removed as noon as tht railway is finished , and next winter the Egyptians expect to see the general public as far south as Omdurman. Incidentally , the sirdar Is devising a plan for the cap ture of the Khalifa. Abdullah Is at pres ent 250 miles to tbo west ot Faahoda and his ensigns are frequently eecn by the An glo-Egyptian outpoats. In order to reach him a roadway would have to be cut , but before troops could be advanced It Is quits llkoly that the Khalifa would move west ward to Darfur , the stronghold of his own tribesmen. So far Lord Kitchener has given a free band to hla subordinates at Omdurman in the matter of the dervish chief. He has hoped that come of the tribes that the Khalifa had induced to Join In his insurrection would revolt and annihi late the dorvlehes. Certain desertions ha > e taken place , but no serious revolt has oc curred , and the sirdar will in person start out in a quest of Abdullah early In Novem ber. The remarkably well-informed correspon dent of the London Times at Pekln , in a re cent letter about Chinese Internal affairs , eays that the emperor and the empress have drawn closer together. The emperor recognizes that the latter'e prompt action saved him from falling under the Influence of a group .of well-intentioned visionaries who had no experience in the task of gov erning an empire. The empress , on the other hand , begins to see that the emperor was right in holding that the old order was doomed , and thnt reforms of a far-reaching character are absolutely necessary. She still holds that precipitate schemes of reform suddenly Imposed on a conservative people might lead to rebellion and the destruction of the dynasty. The writer declares that the emperor underestimated the strength of conservative opinion In China vetoed by the college of censors , over whom the throne has no direct control. Moreover , he hardly realized the difficulties , , of effectively car rying out reforms thro'ugh provincial offi cials , some in districts beyond the direct Influence of Pekln , and many exercising extensive discretionary powers , without much preparation and arrangement. The empress therefore took the relne into her own hands , cut off Fix heads , banished a few officials and saved 400,000,000 of people from what eho thought was a serious risk of focial dis turbance. She also degraded certain officials who were objectionable to the conservatives. Since then she has been gradually moving towards moderate reform , financial and mil itary , and gaining greater experience of for eign affairs and western methods. She is now ready to build up n new- China , the cor respondent declares , provided the necessary assistance Is forthcoming. * The construction by the Russian contractor. M. Pollaoff , who built the Varna-Ruatchuk railway , of a military road from Resht to Teheran shows that Russia is determined to lose as little time and 00 few opportunities as possible In advancing her Persian schemea. This road from Resht , the chief town of the Persian province of Ghllan , on the southern shore of the Caspian , to the Persian capital , will serve a double pur pose , strategic and commercial. Persia will participate in the economic benefits which may bo expected to accrue from It , inasmuch as a highway practicable for artillery will doubtless facilitate trade in the mountainous region. In view of Russian aspirations In thoee quarters , it may be of interest to recall the fact that at long ago as the ' 70's a proposal wan made to construct a railway between Teheran and Resht , which , in addition to a highly favorable situation some sixteen miles from the Caspian port of Enzell , Is one of the most flourishing and important manufacturing and commercial centers in Persia. The difficulties , however , were found to bo so great that neither this project nor a subsequent one for which a concession was granted in 1882 came to any thing. The Improvement of communications over the Elburz range , which separates Resht from Teheran , will doubtless strengthen the growing tendency of Persian trade to take this route , which has been observable since the completion of the Tr&nscasplan railway. Dr. Reginald Koettlltz , the explorer who crossed Abyssinia last winter , says that on top of the sacred mountain Zouquala , which is 10,000 feet high , there la a remarkable lake three-quarters of a mile long , which Is an Abyssinian Pool of Slloam , Bathing In it * waters is nupposed to be a cure for all diseases. Close by are some springs dedi-j cated to the Virgin Mary. The water of the , lake la used as a tonic in certain cases , but muet never be employed for cooking or for other domestic purposes. Numbers of diseased creatures were crawling around the shores of the lake when Dr. Koettlltz visited the place. There are few Brltleh Jn Abys- < slnla , be cays , though since Omdurman'a fall British prestige Is high , but one of them an Irishman who wan with tbo Italians at Magdala and was one of the prljoners , though tortured like the real , elected to remain In the country , took a native wife , adopted native dress and customs , and lost all sem blance of bis own nationality. J'orto Illco' Toliuooo Orou , Porto Rico's tobacco crop Is thrice as valuable as tbo sugar crop. BAKING POWDER Makes the food more delicious and wholesome GK.VKKAI. MAJ AnunRss. Antonnmr In Ih * Iluffalo Express Certainly any man , party or newspaper that cannot , with General Mandcrsen. sin cerely hope that a separate antonomy may safely be granted to the Philippines Is not fit to b trusted with national responsibili ties. And any man , party cr nfwspar-r that , having this hope , does not work earn estly for its realization Is hypocritical. UnmlllnK tlir Trnntn. Chicago Tribune. He admits that there are many corporate ventures which are behaving badly. H * wants to pufl up these tares without pulling up the wheat also. Hense he wants the sub ject handled cautiously and * ob rly , without - out unreasoning denunciations and furious hostility. So it should be. And It the col lective wisdom of the American Bar nosocl- atlon can agree on an effective legal remedy for the wrongs Mr. Mandcrson admits ex ist a remedy which shnll not commit new wrongs while redressing existing wronps the people wlir welcome It and de mand and obtain Its application. The Bar association has the door. .ln t thr Illfclil Tone. Brooklyn Bngle. Former Senator Charlca F. Manderson of Nebraska made a fine address on the open ing of the screlon of th < > American Bar as sociation at Buffalo , Monday. Ills words regarding expansion , over-legislation , the difference between corporations and trusts and the like have < w-o marked Talu > s. Ttiey sum up the aggregate , suggut the variety and trace the drift of American legisla tion for a ) eor putt. They sift oat the per manent from the transient la tb * fplrlt of that legislation. They do this t.tlk to r Judicial and to candid a manner s to temper regret at the r tlr n nt of Mr. Manderson from the senate with tb com- rxa&ation that upon l rj ; octal loci hta wisdom can still be placrd at public service. TCIT of Thm Apr Ilml. Chicago Chronicle The distinguished Nebraskan. vfao dulcet tones In Washington used to cause the Indian mald < n of th * capltol dome to wabble on her percb , docs not . go the length of eaylng that every trust Is a sacrosanct Institution , but he has no hesitancy In assert'ag that mighty few of them are bid , nnd he deplores exceedingly the tendency of Ill-considered legllhtlv * action to decrease their profits. Corpora tions , he sa > s. are not only nccwsary , but tlie greatest benefit from which mankind is now suffering , and he hopes to live to r o the day when socialism and the represijpo of the Individual and demagogic Lilk against noble capital will get off the eirtU altogether. The speech would be wholly delightful and would be enjoyed by the millions - * lions of Mr. Manderton's admirers In the west but for the veiled threat which may be percelvc-d between the lines. Concealed wlttiln the graceful and muscular , at well as lengthy , sentences is bis determination to pull bin-self loose from Nebraska and go to New Jerey , where every man not In a irup' trusts that some day he will girt Into a trust. TIUI-LB& LIGHT AS AIH. Detroit Journal. An expanded nation will always deny bring too fact. Juct Ilk * the average expanded Individual. Chicago Tribune : Marketman Well , lit tle girl , what will you have ? " Little Girl Have > ou got any horseless rad'.ihT" Indianapolis Journal"The man vrho say * he would be contented with a crust. " ald the Cornftd Philosopher , "kicks mighty hard unl ! * s th re Is a good proportion tion of cake undtr tha crust. " Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Yes. madam , your < on's future Js closely connected with the stare. 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