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0 THE OMA1IA DAILY J3EE : THURSDAY , S.T3PT13M1VEH 7 , i : > 5 . I THE OMAHA DAJLY BEE. E. UOSBWATEU , Editor. 1'UUUSHED EVERY MOUN1NQ. TERMS OF SUIHCUll'TlON. Dally Uee ( without aunuay ) . wi.e iear--JS ! ; Dally Ueo and Sunday , One * Year. . . . . . . 8.W Unlly , Sunday and Illustrated , One Year 8.25 Sunday and Illustrated , One Vtar Illustrated Bee , One Year * -J" Sunday Ifce , Ono Year ftn tUturuay Bee , Ore Year * -W Weekly Uee , One Year " OFFICES. Omnha : The Ueo Building. . .MV. South Omaha. City Hall Building. Twenty- flfth and N Streets Council Bluffs. 10 Pearl Btrwt. Clilcaeo : 307 Oxford Uuliamg. New York ; Temple Court. Washington : 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to .news nna EdUorial Department , The Omaha Uee. BUSINUS1 LETTERS. . nuslneai letteri and remittances "houia bo addressed to The Bee Publishing com pany , Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft , express or P"al ° ! tr payable to The bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted tn paytmni 01 nmll accounts. Personal chccKS. except on . Omaha or Eastern exchange , not acceptea. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATHSIUVl' OP CIRCULATION. Stateof Nebraska , Douglas County , S3. : Georne B Tzschuck. secretary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full and complete coole.i of The Dully , Morning , Evening and Sunday Bee. printed during the month of August , l&M , was as follows : ,810 17 2I , U : ,7.10 IS 31,803 ,870 13 2-1,771 ,77O 20 2U.27H ,1140 21 24,831 ji , : t o 22 24,041 23. ,830 21 21,4:10 : ,7150 25 SR.UOU 10 ,100 28 2I.SIH 11 1,1)10 ) 27. 12 J I.T.'tO 23. 13 l % 29. . 11 30 2.t.o4 IE 31 27,000 18 J-l,717 Total .781HtO : Less unsold and returned copies. . . . 10,1411 Net total sales 771.UH7 Net dally averose 2l,8 : t GEORGE B. T2SCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn before me this 2nd day of September , A. D. , 1899. M. B. HUNGATE , ( Seal. ) Notary Public. An odious trust must liavo Rotten a corner on mercury In order to send It up. "Whatever the outcome of the Dreyfus trial , Lnbori's reputation ns a shrewd and courageous lawyer Is firmly estab lished by it. Dave Mercer has been beard from up In Norway. Ho says the heat of the political primary contest does not penetrate - trato that far north. ITow to work nine candidates for the district bench Into seven Judgcshlpa Is for the local popocrats equal to the flf- teen-thlrteeu-fourteeu puzzle. Don't forget the coming Ak-Sar-Ben festivities. Ak-Sar-Ben Is constantly advertising Omaha's hospitality and every one should help Ak-Sar-Ben along. Railroad men are congratulating themselves over a fall passenger travel unequalled except at seasons when gen eral excursion rates have been In force. Signs of republican prosperity cannot be covered up. Such weather as the present week has bred Is not conducive to Increased gate receipts at the exposition , but It Is ripen ing the corn In Nebraska's fields , put ting It beyond the danger of frost In the greater portion of the state. Ono tiling to Mark Ilanna's credit Is that he Is always on hand when there Is n light In his bailiwick , even If he has to cut short a pleasure tour In Europe to get back to Ohio In time for campaign work against the democrats. Word comes from Hong Kong that General Funston and his Kansas regi ment have arrived there. The cable dis patches , however , are disappointingly silent as to the existence of n brewery at Hong Kong and whether It Is still Intact The resources of the republican party In Omaha could hardly receive more forcible demonstration than the specta cle of two and three- contesting primary tickets , each with ten names of active workers In every one of the nine wards In the city. \Vo fear the hotel at Gibraltar Is not getting the kind of advertising It ought to have out of entertaining Admiral Dewey as Its guest and that the privi lege of occupying the room occupied by the admiral will hardly bo n marketable commodity In the future. If Bryan Is to deliver twenty speeches in Kentucky to help out the Gocbel fac tion , what time has ho allotted to the assistance of candidate Ilolcomb In Nebraska ? With plunks loose In BO many Btatcs , the snuullng presidential candidate Is sure to be kept busy the next two moil Urn. The only complaint found by honest republicans with the course of The Bee a year ago in opposing the bad nomina tions of the party was that It should have pointed out the unsavory candi dates before the nominating convention took them up. There Is no room for a repetition of this complaint. In his allldavlt of ante-convention ex penses , the democratic candidate for governor of Ohio alllrms that his nom ination cost him , "No promises ; traveling - ing expenses and Incidentals , $500. The thousands he has , been putting up for the silver propaganda since the cam paign of 1800 of course do not count. A general Btrlko among the building trades has been averted by concessions made by several contractors and the commendable action of the Central La bor union , which voted permission to every union carpenter receiving the new scale of wages to remain at his post The Central Jwibor union has shown wisdom in the course It lmn pursued. Sympathetic strikes ore always costly and rarely euccceuful. 1IVMT WltiL DRETFUS VKIWICT 1IE1 That Is the question which Is com manding the profound Interest of people everywhere who are following the pro ceedings of the Dreyfus court-mtirtlal. It now appears probable that It will not be answered tills week , ns had been ex pected , and It Is possible that new de velopments may protract Iho trial an other week or longer. The defense has taken a most lur n-sslvo attitude and In tends to exhaust every resource that It may bo permitted to employ. At the same time the president of the court- martial , whose prejudice against the accused has been repeatedly manifested , Is MX.v.'ing a stronger disposition than | ever to put obstacles In the way of the i I defense. If the former military attaches at Paris of Germany and Italy should be permitted by their governments to give their testimony , as asked by the defense In the imnm ( if jusllco and humanity , It Is confidently believed that It would assure the acquittal of Dreyfus , yet It would seem that the fact of the defense making such an npjwal to the sovereigns of Germany and Italy should have upon a fair and Impartial tribunal almost ns ' decisive un effect as the testimony of the attaches. There can be no doubt that the appeal was made In absolute good faith and it must carry conviction to all fair-minded men that the accused never had any relations with these for eign attaches , ns has been alleged. If this should be established by the testi mony of the German and Italian repre sentatives the acquittal of Dreyfus. It would seem , could not bo avoided. So far as his accusers are concerned , not one of them has produced any evi dence to warrant his reconvlctlon and ' yet so great Is their Inllucnco that It 1 Is to bo apprehended this will be the verdict. The feeling Is universal that i in any event there Is grave trouble ahead for France. /iV TUB WEST. The west la now so well supplied with currency that the general Impression Is [ that It will need little If any assistance I from the cast In moving the crops. Wo noted a short time ago that eastern bankers , who had been expecting a con siderable demand from the west for cur rency and a consequent tight market , were surprised to find , In a recent emergency , that the west was able to send money to the east and did so to an amount sutllclent to materially ease the market This was a reversal of the usual condition at this time of the year which was a source of no little aston ishment in eastern financial circles. It' J ' was a notable revelation of the strength ' of the west financially which made a most favorable Impression. A New York paper a few days ago published dispatches from bankers In a number of western cities , all agreeing | i that the west will not have to draw largely upon the east this year for mov ing the crops. Doubtless the balances of western bunks iti the east , whlch are heavy , will be drawn .upon to .quite .or nearly their full extent , but eastern banks will probably not be required to send here any of their money. In a word , the financial condition In the west Is as satisfactory , according to the re ports of bankers , as could be desired | and there Is every reason to expect its continuance. WllKltK INFORM IS XEEDED. The administration of Justice in Cuba and Porto UIco Is still carried on largely under Spanish law and methods. This : Is attested by the reportg of General , Lee and of the Insular commission. The I report of the former notes the Injustice j j done to prisoners who are held for long periods without trial. General Lee states that cases have on different occa sions been reported to him of American citizens arrested and held for several months without a trial of any kind so far as they knew. He says In his report i to the War department that the whole system of Jurisprudence now In opera tion needs general revision and that Judicial corruption , extortion and abuses flourish In many places as of old , A similar state of affairs , according i to the report of the Insular commission , i exists In Porto Rico. It Is a condition ! i that reflects discredit upon the govern ; ment and the question naturally sug gested Is , Who Is at fault ? It would seem that one of the first reforms to be instituted in the Islands should have been such a revision of the system of Jurisprudence as Is needed in the Inter est of Justice. That this has not been done shows that cither the Washington authorities or the military commanders in the Islands have been derelict ns tea a most Important duty. General Wood , j when ho became governor of Santiago ' province , promptly instituted reforms in this direction. lie examined the evi dence against persons In prison and In cases where the evidence was found to bo Inadequate the prisoners were re leased. It appears that he Is the only one of the military governors who has pursued this wise and proper course , or who has manifested that Interest In the mutter which Its Importance demands. Referring to the subject the Philadel phia Press says : "It was common under Spanish rule for men to be thrown into prison and kept there Indefinitely with out even knowing with what on'enso they were charged , But there Is no ex cuse for anything of the kind now. If It exists , and the statement of General Lee and the Muilltir ouo of the Insular commission cannot be questioned , It Is the fault of the military ofllcers In Cuba and Porto Rico. There are no courts In Cuba excepting those established under military authority. As n rule the old Spanish courts were continued , though some changes were made. But the courts and the laws are now entirely under the authority of Governor General - oral Brooke , who can make what changes ho may please. " It seems not quite Just however , to place the entire re sponsibility In the matter upon the mil itary authorities in Cuba and Porto Rico , The Washington authorities should bear at least n part of it , if in deed they nro not wholly responsible. At all events , the matter should re- \ " celve the ( arly mid earnest attention of the administration and steps be taken with the least possible delay to remedy the evils and abuses that are pointed out In the rei > orts of General I MO and the Insular commission. There can be no adequate excuse for the evident Inattention - attention that has been given to this matter and the continuance of sueh a condition n day longer than Is necessary to reform It will be a reproach to the government. SHALL iroM'KS UKUUM fc SHRl'HKlWSt This Is not a year for republican can- dldates whose records need vindication. That privilege 1ms been reserved solely for sham reformers In the popocratlc party. Tills year of all others the re publicans of this city , county and state must steer clear of all men who have gone wrong In positions of responsibility and trust. Among the ixjsltlons to be filled this year by the electors of Douglas county none concerns the welfare of every man , woman and child more than doi.s that of county Judge. The county court is not merely the people's court , but It Is the chief guardian of the widows and orphans of the county and the custodian of the property of all deceased persons. This most sacred of all trusts should never be reposed In any man who hns violated public confidence In any ca pacity or has been tainted with jobbery and boodllng schemes. Among the six republican candidates who have announced their ambition to preside over the county court there Is one whose record should absolutely bar him from party support We refer to William A. Saunders , whose career In the council proves him to bo one of the most dangerous men that ooulil possibly be entrusted with any olllce , leat of all that of county judge. No man who has ever been In the council 1ms shown a more reckless disregard of the public welfare and good government. Not only did William A. Saunders sacrifice every Interest of the city to franchlsed cor- positions and jobbing contractors , but he openly and defiantly gave aid and comfort to an embezzling city treasurer , obstructed every effort to cheek raids on the treasury or to protect It from n repe tition of the methods by which the city of Omaha lost nearly $100,000. Is a man who has so little regard for his honor or his oath of ofllce to be placed In charge of the In- heritunces of widows nnd orphans and become the arbiter of con tested wills Involving the fortunes and future existence of thousands of faml- lies ? Are wolves entrusted with the keeping of lambs nnd foxes with the safeguarding of poultry ? Surely the republicans of Douglas county will not be so foolhardy as to brave certain de feat with a candidate who cannot face his betrayed constituents and explain away his indefensible record ? Apprehensions are expressed that the returning ' Minnesota , volunteers may lan'd'inSan , Francisco ahead of schedule tlmo and before the arrival of the gu bernatorial party en route to receive them. It Is certainly to be hoped some thing may happen In the way of a storm at sea or an accident to the transport's machinery that will prevent such a de plorable result even If it keeps the anx ious soldiers on water longer than nec essary. Just imagine what would have come about had the Nebraska troops debarked at San Francisco without awaiting the presence , aid or consent of Governor Poynter and his two right arms , General Barry and Colonel Stark. The volunteers would certainly as soon re-enlist and go back to the Philippines as to return to their homes without a gubernatorial welcome In the harbor of San Francisco. The governors of all the states and territories have been Invited to partlcl- pate In the ofllclal reception to Admiral | ' Dewey nt Washington. Wo have no ] doubt that Governor Poynter's aggrega- I , tlon of gilt-edged silver colonels would ! like very much to attend , but Washing ton IB n long distance from Nebraska and the anti-pass plank of the popo-1 I cratlc platforms presents an embarrassIng - Ing obstruction even If the railroads were ready to wave It , while If tne fare were produced In cash the conclusive evidence of prosperity enjoyed by popo- cratlc ofllceholders would threaten to tangle up their calamity stories and seriously impair their political stock In trade. Hastings , Neb. , has Invited the job bers of Omaha to attend the street fair soon to be put on and there to renew acquaintance with the retail dealers of the central part of the state. The Com- merclal club has been enlisted In an ef fort to get up an excursion of business men for the occasion. Wo hope the plan may be successful. An opjrartu- nlty is afforded for Omaha to win ti > oj good opinions of every citizen of Hast ings and It should be Improved. Fearing that the universe may bo be coming too peaceful , Venezuela has taken upon Itself the responsible task | i of generating another revolution which Is expected soon to manifest itself in ac tive operation. South America's claims to an advanced position among the na tions of the world , of course , require at least an attempt at revolution In that quarter whenever the International stage Is not too fully occupied by other players. A year ago the people of Omaha voted Imnds for the enlargement of the High school building , but they seem no nearer the goal. It Is positively danger ous to human life to crowd school chil dren Into the present structure ns Is being done , and should a disastrous ac cident occur the parties responsible for the' delay In constructing the new build ing will never bo forgiven by the com- muulty. It Is announced that a democratic day is to bo set apart nt the Texas State fair under an arrangement as to receipts which is expected to cover over ? 50,000 into the democratic campaign fund. But I every democratic orator has been notl- fled to keep on lamenting that the dem ocratic cause must be propagated without - ; out money because all the plutocrats I are on the other side. ! I llooruy Sonic More. Cleveland Plain Dealer. ; Hooray for the Sixth Infantry nml Lieu- j I tenant Colonel Byrne. Hy clambering up I that almost perpendicular height at Argo- guln they showed that they can stand the j I Luzon climb It all right. I Ton I'iMV of III * Kind. Washington Star. I Admiral Dewey does not see why n mall 1 should bo so enthusiastically praised for doing his simple duty toward the people , who trusted him. After he has elbowed | i with some of the political bosses for a whllfl ho may understand. O 111-Time PeiiMonern. Globe-Democrat. : All American soldiers who foticht In the Mexican war are entitled to pensions , but omy U.U04 remain ui tno list. iuu viuiro pension list decreased several thousand last year. But one veteran of 1S12 survives , and he Is 99. TinUlirlit of Mlulit. Milwaukee Journal. The great question , concerning us at . homo quite ns much as It concerns those j whom wo are trying to conquer , Is , what I ] right has one people or class , religion or party , nation or race , to force Its Ideas of right or wrong , or bollef , comfort or cour tesy , on another ? Graphic Definition of 1'uxlon. Hnrtford Times ( dem. ) "A mosaic of populism , anarchy and pub- llo dishonor" Is what General Huckner , who was the candidate of the gold democrats for vice president In 1S96 , calls the Chicago platform. Possibly there might be a moro graphic description of the platform thau that , but wo do not recall one. \Vliy I'onnloii Altornoj-n Squeal. Philadelphia Press. Pension Commissioner Kvans' report fur nishes a hint of the animus that has In spired the attacks made upon him by pen sion attorneys. The amount of fees paid to i attorneys In the last fiscal year was $4TG- 861 , as compared with $730,000 In the pre- 1 ceding year. A reduction In ono year of ] 1233,031 In the fees palil to those attorneys j ' accounts for their desire for revenge on the ! commissioner. It Is the men who have been | putting through bogus and suspicious claims 1 who Were hurt the most , and they are the men who are at tha bottom of the attacks ou the commissioner. Cottonlnnr nn the Kllliilnon. Minneapolis Times. Senator Morgan of Alabama Is launchIng - Ing an idea that may malto trouble for his party. He prophesies that expansion will bo the salvation of thu cotton Industry , and Is said to be about to start a crusade In the south to spread the new gospel of expansion. Ho would make Manila the great cotton Enarket of the world , Instead of Liverpool ; the cotton consumption of tha world Is to be Targely In Asia , and ho would make Manila a point from which to distribute the cotton goods up and down the Asiatic coast. This sounds like business , but It does not sound llko democracy. Better Snciit nt Home. Los Angeles Herald. The money that has already been spent In the orient phis that which will bo needed .beforo that war Is closed would have brought under an adequate water privilege a largo enough part pf.our arid America to support moro thaii'j JO.000,000 people. A market thus affordedwould moan prosperity guaranteed to the 'United States for cnany years to come , a market far beyond com parison with any the orient can furnish. No doubt a larger market would bo opened by a home expansion even to a limit of 100,000 American families than will bo af forded by the whole group of the Philip pines. SOLACI2 I.V TIIK PSA&MS. nilillcnl Comfort for Troubled Stntcn- incn of America anil of Africa. New York Sun. "President Kruger , In the course of an in terview today regarding the crisis , said he regarded the Boer position best defined by the eighty-third Psalm. " This announcement from South Africa re minds us that this Is not the first time that statesmen have found comfort la the Book of Psalms. The first Continental congress met at Philadelphia in September , 1774. It wtu proposed that the proceedings should be opened with prayer. Mr. Jay of Now York and Mr. Rutledge of South Carolina obJected - Jected on the ground that the delegates were not sudlclently united In their religious sen- tlmcnts , some being Episcopalians , porno being Anabaptists , others Presbyterians and still others Congregatlonallsts. A false re port had just reached Philadelphia' ' that Boston had boon bombarded by tha British. What followed is thus narrated in a letter written by John Adams to his wife , under date of September 16 , 1774 : "Mr. Samuel Adams arose and said ho was no bigot and could bear a prayer from a gentleman of piety and virtue who was at too same time a friend to his country. Ho was a stranger In Philadelphia , but ho had heard that Mr. Duche ( Dushay they pronounce it ) deserved that character , and therefore ho moved that Mr. Duche , an Episcopal clergyman , might be desired to read prayers to the congress tomorrow morn ing. The motion wan seconded and passed In the affirmative. Mr. Randolph , our pres ident , waited on Mr. Duche , and received for answer that , If his health would permit , I ho certainly would. Accordingly next morn ing he appeared with bis clurk and In his pontificals , and read several prayers lu the established form , and then read the collect for the seventh day cf September , which was the thirty-fifth Psalm. You must remember that this was the next morning after we ' heard the horrible rumor of the cannonade of Boston. I never eaw n greater effect upon an audience. It seemed as if heaven had ordained that Pealm to bo read on that morning. " There Is a singular likeness between eomo of the verses which thus impressed the Continental congress of 1774 and portions of the eighty-third Psalm which Oem Paul finds so expreselvo of his own feel ings In this year 1S99. In the eighty-third Psalm , to which the Boer president appeals , we find these words : "Keep not thou silence. O God : hold not thy peace , and be not still , O dod. "For lo , thine enemies make a tumult ; and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. "O my God , make them like a wheel ; as the stubble before thu wind. "As the fire burneth u wood , and as a flame setteth the mountains on fire ; "So persecute them with thy tempest , and make them afraid with thy storm. "Let them be confounded and troubled forever ; yea , let them be put to ehame and perish. " While In the thirty-fifth Pealm , which thrlired the Continental congress of 1774 , we read : "Plead my cause , O Lord , with them that strive with me ; fight against them that right against me. "Let them be confounded and nut to shame that seek after my soul ; If.t them be turned back and brought to confusion that devlso my hurt. "Let thin , be as chaff before the wind ; and let the anc&l of the Lord chase them. "Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice ut mine hurt , " Thug the same sentiment , expressed In different portions of Holy Writ , has af forded solace to the troubled statesmen of America and of Africa In the latter day * of the eighteenth tnd nineteenth centuries. | KCIIOKS OP TIIK W.VU. According to ofllclnl advices from the spat of war , the Tcnnesseeans will be the lust of the volunteer regiments to leave the Philippines for home. They are stationed nt Hello and Ccbu , nnd , with the Kitty-first Iowa nt or near Manila , constitute the last of the volunteer regiments sent to the Islands last year. The Temiosspenns have not achieved as much distinction ns other volunteer regiments , because duty called It nwny from Luzon at the rarly stages of thu rebellion. Hut they took a lively hand In the fracas In Tcbrunry , and demon strated , to the sorrow of the Filipinos , that they could shoot straight and quickly. In Hello and Cobu they had some opportunities for action , but , being far away from cor respondents , their deeds do not shlno with the luatcr of publicity which enveloped the heroes of Luzon. Only the cold aud format phrases of odlclal reports recounted their valor. When the regiment conies home , probably In October , It is to bo finally mustered out , both from the service of the United States und no a national guard. V'ttli Its passing will c-Ioso the history of a regiment reach ing back to the foundation of the govern ment. The Tennessee Klret. was organized over a century ngo and , commanded by John Scvler , was led over the mountains when revolutionary fortunes were nt the lowest ebb. It fell upon Tnrleton at King's mountain and turned n wavering light Into a brilliant victory. Twenty years later Andrew Jackson was Its colonel , through the bloody Indian wars that broke ths power of Choctaws , Creeks and Cherokees. A little later General Andrew Jackson posted his old regiment In the very forefront - front at the bnttlo of New Orleans , where , sldo by sldo with the hunters of Kentucky , Its unerring rifles mowed down the red coats llko gratis. Afterward the First Tennessee wlopt upon Its laurels until there were grumblings of war In the southwest. Many of the original members had { jono to Texas , but they had left kinsmen a-plonty to fill the ranks afresh. The renewed First Tennessee went to the help of "Old Rough nnd Heady , " us General Zachnry Taylor was affectionately called , and soon showed that It meant to llvo up to Us reputation. At Monterey , a walled and fortified town , which Taylor wns forced to carry by assault , It was the First Tenncfseo which sot the first American flag triumphantly In the breach and what Is very much more to the military purpose- kept It there until It was carried further forward. All through Mexico It went , winning golden opinions from even the starched and stately regular army men. When It came home , after the old fashion , It kept up a sort of skeleton organization. A skeleton the civil war found It , but a skeleton that quickly took on life and strength. A state of war supervened late in April ; In May Tennessee seceded ; In June , the First Ten nessee , oddly brigaded with the Seventh and Fourteenth regiments , left for Virginia , where the Tenncfsco brigade was assigned to Lee's corps , then operating In West Virginia. The next winter Leo took command In front of Richmond , and the Tennessee brigade became part of Jackson's "foot cavalry. " It stayed with him till hla death , bearing Itself soldierly through all his fighting , and moro than once winning special mention for desperate and dis tinguished daring. At Gettysburg It made part of Plckctt's charging column , losing moro than half Its numbers In killed , i wounded and prisoners. When the Spanish war came on , sons. grandsons and great-grandsons of First regiment men went Joyously into Its ranks. They almost prayed to be sent to Cubh. The powers that bo thought fit to send them to the Philippines Instead. But It was October , ' .18 , before they embarked , and they grumbled mightily that the fighting wns all over. Since ovcn'tn ' have proved their mistake ; the regiment has lived up to Ha traditions. The regimental historian has an autograph letter from Admiral Dewey , saying : "I am too happy to have an opportunity of expressing my admiration of this Tennes see regiment : Its splendid work in the Philippines In actual warfare , and of Its late colonel. " General Otis odds : "Nothing can bo said of it ( the First Tennessee regiment ) which Is not com mendatory of It as ft military organization. Next to Its admirable fighting qualities , what has Impressed mo most forcibly Is the universal good feeling and close com radeship which exist among Its members , and the regard which the enlisted men have for their officers , who look carefully after their wants. As an admirable fighting machine. It has shown Us excellence , both hero and at Hollo. " Colonel W. C. Smith , commanding when the regiment went Into action , died of heart disease upon the firing line. His suc cessor was Colonel Gracey Chlldrcss. L AXD Before our army has finished with the In surgents In the Philippines It Is forced to begin operations on the bandits. Hobart , an American , has defeated Gore , nn Englishman , for the tennis championship of Germany , held last year by Mahoney , an Irishman. It is said that such of the guards and trainmen of the elevated rends of Now York that wear whiskers have been ordered to shave them off. Lord Wolseley has now entered upon the forty-eighth year of his military service. During that time ho has earned eleven war medals and eight other decorations and about a dozen clasps for battles and actions. The populist state ticket In Mississippi Is compcsed wholly of men who were formerly democrats and moat of thorn were confeder ate soldiers. The leaders of the party say they will have nothing to do with fusion thisyear. During the reception to Senator Bovor- Idgo In Indlannpolls the other evening someone ono called out : "How are the Philippines , senator ? " "Let's not talk about the Philip pines , " answered the senator , "Lot's talk about home. " In Chicago , where the scarcity of domestic servants has been a feature of the social situation for some tlmo past , the people uro more and more turning to the employment of men for such work. These men , acting ns rooks , or doing the work formerly done by housemaids , recolvo on an average J3 or $ t more per month than women and In many cases are paid to bo worth it The lost public act of the late ox-Governor William Y. Atkinson of Georgia was , laying aside past political differences , to nominate and voti > for Walter B , Hill as chancellor of the state university. In a letter thanking him Mr. Hill wrote : "I bejr simply to say that your act brings to my mind a remark which Judge Bleckley made on one occasion , and which now Impresses mo more than over. Waving bis long arms , ho exclaimed : Magnanimity ! I tell you , Walter Hill , that is a great big virtue with a grand big name ! ' " n.vnn AMI IMIOSPKIUTY. < > Hie Hnllronil * . Chicago Inter Ocean. According to the report recently published by the Interstate Commerce commission the railroads of the country , which are ex tremely sensitive to ImUictrlnl condition. " , nro feeling to a remarkable extent the wave of prosperity that Is sweeping over the United States. In mileage ? . In equipment , In j i receipts , In number of passengers carried. In 1 , nmcunt of frelcht hauled and In financial conditions , the Inst year showed nn improve ment ( is remarkable as It 1s gratifying , loN Ovprivlielineil. Ituffalo Express. Thcr * never was n time when Hie In dustrial situation wns so completely a ques tion of how to uroduro In stiiriclent quan tity the roods that consumers nro Itnpern- lively demanding. The old debate ns to whether It Is overproduction or under production that affects the economic ntruc- lure Is no longer relevant. Many people do not know when they are prosperous , but no thinking man can bo Ignorant of the fact j that at present the country Is enjoylns un exampled. business expansion anil that It Is sure to continue for many months at least. Kctitiiro of Our i\ ) > or ( . Philadelphia , Times. Ono of the most remarkable Increases noted In the exports of manufactures this I year over 1897 Is In the fnrelsu sales of i , agricultural Implements , the Increase In thin ] line bclui : about } 3,500.000. In the sales of I electrical machinery there has also been a material gnln , the Increase having been nearly 11,600,000. That such a record as shown by the above facts and figures should ba established , In view of the advance In prices and the phe nomenal domestic demand , Is certainly grati fying. Whether or not these conditions will continue remains to be developed. But nt present , nnd for the Immediate future , there are no indications that our exports of manu factures will receive any serious check. Tnrnillnir tin * C'oloiilcn , Haltlmore American. The English colonists are learning faster thnn the mother country. In Australia the sale of American goods Is Incrcawlng all the time. American agricultural Implements nnd hardware of nil kinds arc In the lead In that country , although the transportation rates between Australian ports and England nro less than the freight charges from the cities on the Pacific coast to the cn t. American i machinery Is of the practical sort ; It stands wear and there nro moro novelties In this line produced In the states than anywhere else In the world. Our eleotrlcal goods are another case In point. They are sold all over the world because they are the bent , the slm. plcst and the cheapest. It astonishes nn American traveler to find that a firm In the United States supplies the controllers for electric street cars In Germany and Italy , but such Is the fact. It Is not surprising that foreigners are becoming alarmed at the enor mous Increase tn sales abroad of American machinery and manufactured goods. Com petition In Europe so far has not been able to stop It nnd there Is no evidence that It will ever bo able to do BO , for the simple reason that In this country there Is an abundance of raw material and the skill of our operatives Is equal to that of any coun try. IIlKli Price for MiiterliilH. National Architect nnd Hullder. It looks for all the world as If the pro ducers and manufacturers of building ma terial were trying to "kill the goose that lays the golden egg. The news has gene forth that there is a building boom nnd It seems as If everybody having anything to sell that can bo used In tbo construction of a honoo has conceived the idea of becoming at .onco Immensely rich , Judging from the prices asked for their goods. This stale of affairs applies to all sections of the country. Dealers In lumber , Iron and stone state that It 10 almost Impossible to get orders filled. Bricks , by the way , are at a moro reasonable price than anything else. Mr. Thomas L. Rlley , the lumber merchant , states that ths prices of Virginia pine have advanced some thing llko 00 per cent since April 1 last and It Is almost impossible for dealers to have orders filled. A remarkable state of af fairs exists at Detroit , Mich. , where out of a cut of 450,000,000 feet of lumber this sea son there Is absolutely none for sale. The labor market Is such that $28 and board Is the monthly pay of the lowest grade of woods labor. Toploaders get $10 or more. A year ago swampers were paid $18 and In the fall of 1897 were flooding the labor mar ket at $12. STATE I'OIiITICAli PAIIAGHAI'IIS. Waterloo Gazette In the nomination of Holcomb ono thing Is apparent. It Is the fact that either his supporters know the accusations against the ex-governor to be untrue , or that they believe a majority of the people will support him regardless. Fullerton News : The onfy reason ap parent on the surface why the delegates to the fusion conventions ln lKtr > il on driv ing Holcomb into a corner on the pass busi ness was that ho had been having moro than his share of the pastes and the sup ply wns likely to give out. Norfolk News : That poor overworked word antl houlil go on a strike nnd cx- ecuto a boycott against the democratic ptrty. Their leaders eeem to bo u nab Jo to originate any policy of their own und BO seek to tear down nnd destroy what their opjK > ncnts have accomplished. Anti-proa- pcrlty In the sum and substance of it all. Bradshaw Republican : The actions effusion fusion lots at Omaha arc such as to cause a feeling of general rejoicing in the repub lican camp. Tha fusion forces can no moro succcBsfully vindicate SI Holcomb at the polls than the republicans did Tom Majors In 1894. The fuses are a close parallel and the same rcuult may bo looked for. Repub licans can now confidently look for a vic tory In Nebraska. Valley Enterprise : diaries 3. Elgutter , whoso residence In Douglas county dates back thirty-one years , Is out for the nom ination of county Judge on the republican ticket. Mr. Elgutter is u clean-cut , able lawyer of high personal Integrity. As a member of the Board of Education of Omaha during 1891-1894 , hn advocated many reforms In the school board which led to n bettor nnd more economical admin istration , i Arlington Times : The Omaha Bee bltfl the null square on the head when It utterx the following : "Tho republican party has enough and several times more than enough men of good ability nnd clean record * to fill every office of honor and trust within the choice of thu people. Under ouch clr- cumntances , what folly to encourage the aspirations of men whose nomination wouM bo sure to Jeopardize the RUCCCHS of the party's choice at the polls. " Tekaraah Chieftain : The campaign of this year Is the gklrml&u Una of the battle of 1900. The republican forces should appre ciate the gravity of the ( situation. Every advantage that can be honorably gained at the coming election should be welzc * ] , thni Its Influence may be madn potent for good In the presidential campaign. This Is a Makes the food more delicious and wholesome O l SAHkl KMCII 00. , * l VOH. good year to forRi-t personal JcnlouMfs nnd glvo the white wings of pcuro n rhanc to unfold themselves above the party's wig wam. Sewnrd Reporter : The populists must b getting a little uneasy nbout Nebraska. "Coin" Harvey hnn been speaking In the state for n number rf wMks. and Is billed for a lon tlmo nhonil. W. J. Brynn Is also mi- nnuiiccd to nmko a number of speech In Nebraska during the campaign. It would Boom ns If they were cnnklnfi unusual as sertions for nn ' off year. " The troubfa ls Mr. Brynn Is a little fearful thnt the stn'e * mny get nwny from the fusion forces this year , which would eoinewhat damage his boom for 1900. Chndron Journal : Hon. Charles Wcnton of Hny Springs , intent of the Stnto uui versify , Is being urged by the republican , party to ncccpt the nomination for thin i position to succeed himself. Wo hnvo heard 1 thnt Mr. Weston declines the honor for ' personal reasons. The office of regent is one of grent Importance to the educational ' Interest of the uta'te. None but men of breadth , character nnd a love for our In stitutions should bo selected for the posi tion. Mr. Weston him shown hloiself com- prtont nml the people Would not likely car * to risk a change shouM ho bo renomlnnted. Aincrloiiii Apple * for Gcrmnnr. NEW YORK , Sept. 6. American npplem arc In such grant demand In Germany thin year that shipments have commenced one month earlier than usual. The first con signment loft on the steamship Uihn and was from the Hudson river district. Last year 22.S51 barrels were sent abroad. This year It Is expected the shipments will reach 100,000 barrels , THOUGHTS THAT TICKMS. Chicago Tribune : "This certainly Is what I call cool Impudence , " said the professor , as they * nt down at the table. "What Is ? " the others nskcd him. "This chill sauce. " Indianapolis Journal : Watts What wa the worst Htorm you ever encountered ? N. Peck I think It blew nt the rate of about 3W ) words u minute. Cleveland 1'lnln Ue-aler : "There Is ono thing I llko about that blurt old Bulu sultan. " "What's thnt ? " "Lack of superstition. lie has thirteen favorite wived. Washington Star : "Some well mmntn' folks , " sild Uncle ICbcn , "Is HO skayht foil feur dey won't Rib do devil Ms due dat ( lev clean ovuhlookn de fack dat pome well behaved human folks has claims to atten tion. " Indianapolis Journal : Oem Paul Of course , Vuii want all you can get. J. Hull Your Ideas of progress are decid edly archaic , i want nil there Is. Somervlllo Journal : Hlckn Po you know what Watson would do If ho had a million dollars ? Wicks No. Hicks HeM lose It all trying to get an other million. Indian , < poll Journal : "Is It true , " ankrd the Inquisitive foreigner , "thnt you ladles pet a divorce one day and marry the next ? " "Indeed It Is not , " answered the Chicago lady ; "In the lower classes It may occur , but In our set n two weekn' vacation Is the proper thing. " Chicago Record : "It Is dreadful how much slang Is spoken and written nowa days. " "You bc-t that's no dream. " Washington Star : "Don't you b'lleve nil do wUeness yoh hears , " said Uncle Kben. "Dey says Its de onexpccted dat happens , " but I's been waltln1 foil years foh some seen oncxpcctedness ns hnbbln' do lan'lord oome mini' and Bay , 'Undo Eben , yoh needn't pay no rent dls month. ' " TIIK CKI3W OK THIS LOCOMOTIVE. R. A. Barker in San Francisco Chronicle. 1 sing a eong'of the faithful , the hardy and strong und bold ; Of a straight devotion to duty that cannot bo' ' ptUdnVlth-BV'1 ' ! * > > s- , 2 = ' Not a sontr of the militant valor displayed on the HriiiK line , But of these who , always In danger , enow courage almost divine , Of the linrdy crew of the engine the soul of my SOUK shall be , With the vVhistle's Hcreum nnd the hlsiCns steam Kor a. suitable symphony. I sing a Bong of the anxious ; of the wistful ones ftt home ; Of the sice-pie eyes of the loving , when the loved are slow to come. Not the beautiful song1 of welcome that nrlBM from day to day ; But the heart's outcry of foreboding that < s never too fur away ; Yet Vho faithful crew of the engine the soul of rny HOUK shall be , ] ' "or. early or late , the home must watt Until duty shall set them free. I chant the drgo ! of the mourners , tha widow's and orphan's prayer. Tlmt asks of the Krent high Father I7i courafro nnd utrongth to bear ; The pitiful prayer of the grieving1with memory backward bent To a ha.sty kls nnd a cheery Bm/.Ie and a wave of the hand as ho went. Hut the sturdy crew of the engine the soul of my enriK shall be , And of duty well done , when the Btinset sun Has sounded for you and me. A paenn then for the fallen , who , fronting Krlm death alone. And keeping their trust of a hundred lives , have counted as naug-ht their own ! Thank God fop the hero spirit that flnmiw In the human soul , Lifting It far from the plnno of life where the terrors of death control ! With the dtuintlcpR crow of the engine ths noul of my song ahnll KO , And thank God , then , that wo have auch men To die If It need bo o ! Half a suit. A new pair of trousers at the end of the season is worth nearly a whole suit. It will make the old suit look almost new , and will finish out the hot weather nicely. At present prices , there is no reason why one should n't have all the extra trou sers they want. We have fairly complete lines of these goods that we want to sell this season at prices that will make it an object to you to buy now. They are mostly worsteds and have sold from $4 to ? 6. The price now while they last will be $2.50 , $3 , $3.50 , $4 and $4.50 , Fall block in stiff and soft hats.
