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THE OMAHA DATLY BEEt FRIDAY. SEPTJSMUKR 8. 18W ) . E. HO8HWATRR , Ddltor. PUUUBHISD KV1SHY MOltNlNQ. TKKild 01T BU1J4CH1PT1ON. Dolly lite ( wuhuiil nuuilayi. one icar..f60y Dally Uee ami Sunday. One Ytar. . . . . . . § . Dally , Sunday and Illustrated. One Year 3.25 tiunday unU Jlluotratod , One it&r . * Illustrated Bee , one Veur . ' { JJ Bundoy lite , Ono Year . * } Saturday Uee , Of * Year . > * ? Weekly U o , One Year . M OFKICU8. Omaha. The Bee Building. . _ _ , . . South Omahu. City llaJl Uulldlng. Twenty- flftli and N Streets Council Bluffs. 10 Pearl Street. Chlcngo : 307 Oxford Bulldlns. New Vork. Temple Court. ton : GUI fourteenth Street. COHHUSPONDKNOE. Communluatluns relating to news ani5 Department , The Omaha Uee. BUSINK3- * BuslncM kttcri and remittances should be addressed t < i Thu Uco Publishing Com- Piny , Omaha. UEM1TTANCEB. Hemlt by draft , express or postal order pnyabla to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-o nt stamps accepted in payment 01 mall accounts. Personal onecKs , except on Omaha or Uaitern exchange , not accepted. THIS UEtJ PUBLISHING COMPANY. OK CIHUUI..ATION. Htatft of Nebraska , Douglna County , us. ! Oeorne U Tzschuck , secrelary of The Uee Publishing cumpnny , being duly sworn , sny that the actual number of full and complete i conies of The Dnlly , MornlDK , livening and Sunday Bee. primed ilurlng the month of AugUBt. 1693 , was as followa : | I | i i ! : Less unsold and relumed copies. . . . lo,14t ; Net total salea 771,087 ' Net dally average 24.KIKJ " " " " 13 B. TKSCHUCK , Subscribed and sworn before me this 2nd day of September , A. D. , 1899. M. B. HUNGATE , ( Seal. ) Notary Public. county republicans should remember - member tlint success in the comlnj ; cam- pnign depends upon the chnrncter of their candidates. Birds of a fentlier will flock together. The corrupt elements of n party always make common cause at primary elec tions and In conventions. Every republican who desires n win ning ticket this year should attend the primaries tomorrow and record himself iigalnst tattooed candidates. It begins to look as If the Briton and the Boer had gotten to the point where knocking chips olt 'one another's shoul ders will no longer satisfy their bellig erent propensities. The grand examination festival of ap plicants for census enumerator Jobs Is to be held In this city in November. As there is no entry fee , the lists maj be expected lo be full up. Ofwhat use Is It for the deputy food Inspector to get a piece of popocratlc plo so long ns he cannot eat It ? And bow can ho cat it so long as the state nudltor refuses to endorse his salary warrant ? The editor of the Oil City Derrick is stnndlng up for the Standard Oil mo nopoly. If the Standard Oil monopoly does not stand up for the OH City Der rick It will be giving an example ot basest ingratitude. Billy Saundcrs and Albyn Frank are linked together. A vote for the Sauu- dorrf deloiratlon In the Fifth ward Is a vote for Albyn Krank and a vote for the Frank delegation In the Seventh ward IH a vote for Saundcrs. It Is neither prolltablo nor agreeable1 for a party paper to denounce undc- Hlrablo candidates for party preferment , but It Is a duty which every honest and fearless newspaper owes to its party and to the cause of good government From the lists of delegates the repub lican conventions from the various coun ties are promulgating the coming re publican state convention at Omaha next week promises to bo one of the most representative hold in recent years. The recovery of Senator M. L. Hayward - ward is a matter for very general thank fulness. Ft wan feared for n time that the ntlack would Incapacitate the son- utor for olllclal duty , but his physician snya hlh recovery promises to be com plete. During the years of business depres sion It was found to be difficult to en force regulations pertaining to smoke- consumers for smokestacks in the heart of the city. In times like these , however - over , the smoke nuisance ought to bo suppressed. . Crop conditions in Nebraska have been ' BO promising that news from that quar ter IB no longer relished. The question now Is , Can the railroads handle the crops that are being harvested and what is the ability of Nebraska producers to bold thulr grain in expectation of higher prices ? Whllo the last few days have been Intolerably hot In Omaha , reports from all mid-west cities show llko conditions. In defense of Omaha as a summur roBert - Bert It must bo said there have been less than a dozen days and nights this HOUHOII during which the people Buffered from heat , Assistant Hoi-rotary Molklejohn will attend the utato reception to bo ten- durod the lighting First , coming ns a special representative of the War olllce. It will bo a special privilege shared by soldiers and tliu assistant secretary allko. The prldu ho feels in the valor of Nebraska troops IB abundantly justlilcd by the brilliant record made by them. THR PHILIPPINE OAMPAlQA. Announcement comes from Wanning- ton that It Is now proposed to open the campaign In the Philippines n month cnrllor than had been contemplated. Within the next few weeks General Otis will have an effective force of over 80- 000 and It Is said that probably n move ment will be made to strike the ItiRttr- Kcntn In the rear. From this It would appear that the military authorities at Washington intend to have somt'thlng to say about future military operations , Instead of leaving tliolr entire manage ment to Otis. If nucli should prove to be the case It will be an admission thtit there Is not absolute eonfldpnre In the ability of the commander In the Philip pines. There has recently been a re newal of reports that General Otis may be deprived of the military command and be required to devote his time to civil administration , but there Is prob ably no substantial ground for the state ments. At nil events there Is no doubt as to tin ; determination to vigorously push the Philippine campaign when the time arrives for reopening it The fact that the Insurgents are get ting supplies from foreign sources has m.ggeslod a blockade of ports In the Philippines. This could easily be done , but there IB Involved a novel question In International law. It Is urged that such a blockade would afford foreign nations an excuse for recognizing the belliger ency of the Insurgents , on the ground that a nation cannot lawfully blockade Its own ports and that consequently a blockade of the Philippine ports would be equivalent to nn acknowledgment on the part of the United States that It was at war with a power which was fighting- for the maintenance of its own uuton- omy within Its own territory. However - ever , should it be decided to close the Philippine ixirts there Is not the slightest - est probability that any nation would use that fact as an-excuse or Justifica tion for recognizing the Insurgents as belligerents. A /JLOir AT DHE1 FVS. The testimony of the military attaches of Germany and Italy , asked for by the defense , will not be given to the Drey fus court-martial. The refusal of the court to have questions suggested by the defense submitted to those at taches by telegraph , on the ground that It was Incompetent to take such action , was n distinct blow to the accused. The features of yesterday's proceed ings were the attempt of General Mer- cler , undoubtedly the arch-conspirator In the case , to discredit the evidence ot Captain Freystnetter , and the speech of the government prosecutor. Herder's extraordinary appeal to the court was the last desperate effort of the heavy villain In this most deplorable affair to save the cause he represents , but what ever Impression It made upon the judges 'it met with deserved rebuke from the populace. The speech of the prosecutor Is characterized by the dispatches as ex ceedingly weak. The verdict Is expected next Monday. The French military code says that ' "members of courts-martial should de pend solely upon their conscience ; their convictions may be established by other means than by demonstrative proof. " This gives extraordinary latitude to the members of the Rennes court The code does not require that sentences should be unanimous and If three of the seven members should render judgment favor able to Dreyfus he will be acquitted. T11E I'LKA OF THE BO0RS. The reported statement of the Boer side of the issue with England , whether really made by a representative of the Transvaal republic or not , Is undoubt edly a fair presentation of the senti ments of the people who are 'resenting and are prepared to resist British Inter ference In their Internal affairs. This statement ascribes the existing trouble partly to a section of residents to whom the republic IB an eyesore and who are under the prevailing jingo mania , and partly to capitalists who wish to obtain complete control of legislation and ad ministration. It Is declared that the ob ject of the agitation Is the destruction of the republic and the complete control of the richest mines In the world. While It Is unquestionable that the ultlauders have reasonable grounds of complaint , it Is most probable that Brit ish greed and cupidity have had no little to do with fomenting the agitation which has reached a point that seems to make war Inevitable , There IB no doubt that powerful capitalistic Influence has been brought to bear not only upon the ultlundcrs , but also upon the British government The development of rich gold fields In the Transvaal , which prom ise a yet greater yield of the precious metal and the wealth of which may prove to be almost boundless , makes an irresistible appeal to cupidity. It Is true that the development of theu riches Is duo almost wholly to the pco- pie who are demanding a share In the government of the Transvaal. It Is true that these people pay most of the taxes , ' ihnt they have contributed greatly to ' the commercial growth of the republic and that they are the most Intelligent and enterprising portion of the popula-1 ! tlon , But Is It not also true that what j i they have done has Increased their' ' wealth and material prosperity and that , they have found no disadvantages , other j than political , In the Boer republic ? i 1 The chief grievance of the ultlandors i i Is that they have no share in the gov ernment and consequently are subjected ; ' to conditions not In harmony with modern - , ern civilization and progress , Some of i these certainly are harsh and obnoxious ; in England or In the United States they would not be tolerated. But the Hours lake the position that the country Is tht-Irs , that they have the right to gov ern it as they choose and that their po litical system and laws are such as they believe best for their Interests and wel fare. A defender of the Boers says ; "The whole Transvaal issue hinges on one question , Have the Boers the right to govern themselves ns they choose ; or , rather , have the English the right to In terfere with the form of government , ndmlnlRtration nnd life that the Boom have chosen for themselves ? " And ho argues with much force that England has no right to Interfere In the govern ment of the Transvaal republic. He de clares that It Is an unrighteous quarrel which England has picked up with the Transvaal and that the attitude of the Boers Is justifiable nnd meritorious , a view that he supports with cogent argu-1 ments. As the situation now appears war. j seems Inevitable and we can conceive of j no other outcome to a contllct than the overthrow of the Transvaal republic. To give the ultlanders what they ask would iwrhaps be to sacrifice Boer In- I dependence. War would mean the de struction of the republic. Thus In any event the suppression of the Transvaal seems certain. HAS AMlVA' FHAXK UUKX ljllElLKr > 1 When Albyn Frank called the editors of The Bee Into court to answer his charge of criminal libel ho knew that no libel had been uttered against him. Ills object In making this grandstand play Is to create the Impression that the published extracts from the records j showing up the dishonest methods pur sued and tlie misappropriation of trust funds were maliciously concocted to de feat his renomlnatlon. As a matter of fact The Bee had not exposed half of the crookedness that has characterized the olllce of clerk of the district court under his Incumbency nnd has passed lightly over the main cause of his shameful neglect of the duties of the I olllce. I Albyn Frank knows furthermore that he has failed to explain away the grave charge embodied In a letter dated Oc tober 8 , 1898 , signed by his former dep uty , J. D. Harris. From that letter ad dressed to Albyn Frank the following extract affords striking proof that The Bee has not exaggerated or misrep resented the facts In his case : Now look at your position. At the pres ent time you are the Incumbent of the best paying olllce In the Btate , and It can be maintained so , but at the Eame time you are heavily In debt , but If you pay strict attention to business and do not let charges of drunkenness and general Incapacity be brought against you , such as would compel an Investigation of your office , and as a ccnsequence thereof the ouster of yourself from the same , you will have no trouble In squaring your olllclal accounts and retiring from the ofllce with something to the good. But on the other hand. If you follow your , present course and do not attend to your olllclal business , and that Imme diately , an Investigation Is Inevitable , and If this ehould occur I firmly believe that no power on earth can eave you from being ousted In view of the recent decision of the supreme court , and in that event there are only two things left. You must either be able to compel the bank to disgorge the official funds which you paid them , but which they at that time- knew , as well as you , did not belong to you , and that YOU HAD NO LAWFUL RIGHT TO APPLY THEM TO THE PURPOSES WHICH YOU DID , OR YOU WILL OCCUPY A FELON'S CELL. Whether Albyn Frank has since man aged to raise the money necessary to square his accounts is Immaterial. The condition of his ofllce at the time bis confidential deputy implored him to mend his ways was such as to lay him liable to criminal prosecution ns well as Impeachment and makes his candi dacy for re-election an extra hazardous risk which the republican party cannot afford to assume. ' DISCLAIMKH. . William A. Saunders , candidate for county judge , has addressed a dis claimer to The Bee which Is insulting , impertinent and devoid of truth. He starts out with a retort about an alleged family scandal ns a vindication for his notoriously bad record In public otllce. In tl ae only confirms what Is known to uciii'ly every politician In Omahu , I that the cruel and cowardly scandal story was given publicity for no other purpose than to create a diversion for the benefit of all the big and little rogues who are trying to foist them selves upon the republican ticket. Mr. Snunders asserts that the opposi tion to his candidacy Is Inspired solely in the Interest of Charles S. Elgutter , when ho knows that The Bee has had not a word to say against any one of the four other candidates for the sumo otllce , nnd Its editor bus assured each and all except Saundcrs of his cordial support In case of nomination. Mr. Saunders also knows that The Bee did not support him for re-election i to the council in 1805 on account of his | Indefensible record and he will not i dare deny that he was personally re quested nearly two months ago to desist from pushing his candidacy because The Bee could not stultify itself In sup porting him. The general disclaimer entered by Mr. Saunders and his denunciation of the Municipal league for pointing out his bud first-term record may be dismissed , as well as his Infamous attempt to foist , upon the city ti fifty-year gas franchise ! 1 contract that would If successful have robbed this community to the tune of over two millions. j Passing the sponge over his first-term record and mopping the slate clean of every job and dishonest deal , Including the $1,700 hold-up of the garbage contractor - tractor , what explanation could Saun- ders make of his bold , brazen and defl- nut attitude In opposing the removal of Bolln and the confirmation of a suc- cessor ? How can Saunders have the audacity to ask republicans to vindicate the record he made In thwarting every attempt to safeguard .the treasury , whereby the city lost over a hundred thousand dollars ? How can he have the cheek to ask the head of any household to entrust to his keeping the guardian ship of his orphaned children and the safekeeping and distribution of his life's savings ? This Is the focal point at Issue nnd tricky Mr. Saunders with his slippery tongue cannot evade It by pleading the baby-act on every crooked scheme ho has supported when he was in olllce. John L. Webster has aoue nioro to wreck the republican party in Nebraska than any other man pretending to Its leadership. Ho voluntarily defended the state boune officials Impeached by a republican IcKlniature and has stood up and In with Joe Bartley , He has never uttered a word of caution to warn the party ngalust corrupt ofllce-seekers or dishonest olltcc-holdcrs , Ho has done nothing to elevate the standard of the party In Its selection of Its candidates , but everything to demorall/.o It by foist- 1 Ing njwii It men whom honest voters | j cannot conscientiously support And I . now we find him allied with Albyn Frank , W. A. Saunders and other dis reputables whoso records have already ' cast odium upon the party. Unless such leadership Is repudiated by republicans at the primaries the party will again Jeopardize success at the jwlls. Within a few days the last remaining volunteer regiment will have sailed from Manila for homo. From this on the war Is to bo fought by regular troops en listed here , there and everywhere. There will bo no more glorious home comings of state troops and no company j ! or regiment In which any city or state j i IB specially Interested. The few Ne- j I braskans will bo lost In the tens of 1 thousands who enlist In the regular I army. Their lot will be harder and there will bo less sympathy extended to them. The effective fighting force under Gen eral Otis will reach 31,000 men by Oc tober 1. This IB still far from the 100- 000 mark which some of the war wlio- acres say Is a prerequisite to peace , but it will be a starting point for Hie re newal of hostilities Immediately upon the close of the rainy season. TJihiy- one thousand good fighting Americans ought to be worth almost as much us 100,000 Spaniards. Political mathematicians have it all figured out Just how the vote Is to Btnnd when the Iowa legislature comes to bal lot for United States senator next win ter , although half of the members of the legislature are yet to be elected. If some one would tally the forecasts with the actual returns the value of political mathematics as a science might possibly be established. Seventy-five members of the Fifty-first Iowa regiment have re-enlisted for serv ice In the Philippines , contrasted with only one out of the First Nebraska. None the less the Nebraskans -will not yield the palm to the lowans for fightIng - Ing blood. While Iowa participated in several battles It was fortunate In hav ing no death loss except from disease. Pottawattamle county , Iowa , repub licans did good work in their convention despite the Intense heat They not only put up strong men , but their action was harmonious. Their platform deals with local and state Issues , reaffirming their faith In republican leaders and princi ples set forth In the national platform. The republican state convention may profit by the blunders of the popocratlc aggregation and.init Into the republican platform certain vital state issues In which our people have a direct interest leaving to the national convention the business of building a platform on national issues. The late Chief Black Hawk , It Is re ported , Is to be succeeded by a Chicago man under the title of White Buffalo , but whose real name Is Thomas 11. Roddy. That Is as near as a Chicago man can get to presiding over an Indian wigwam In Imitation of New York's Tammany braves. The State Board of Health is passing on bills arising out of the smallpox In- festment of last year. When the legis lature meets again look out for bills galore to reimburse the various com munities for alleged expenses for tak ing care of smallpox patients. President McKlnley now holds a union card us a member of a Chicago brick layers and stonemasons' union , but there Is no danger of him being re quired to work at the trade for some little time to come. In the LuM Illlcli. Washington Poat. Fusion \a \ making Its last stand In the state of Nebraska. A eolar plexus blow In Nebraska might mnke quite a change in next year's program. Knvcloped In n I < * oir > Baltimore American , A western congressman declares that Agulnaldo U one of the great men of the century , but he neglecte to specify whether as a soldier , a , statesman or a eprlnter. All TliliiKH Him lo Illllloiii. Globe-Democrat. A record-breaking corn crop is a good thing with which to round out a beautiful year. The 2,600,000,000 bushels of corn In 1S99 reminds the world again that this la a country of billions. Afrlfii'x Shirtluic Toue . Philadelphia Ledger , One day It is peace in the Transvaal , The next day It Is war. Thus the balance of probabilities shlfta continually , but mean while peaceable people are lleolng to places of safety , bank deposits are being withdrawn and both nations are preparing for war. j Whether or not the storm blows over , the { damage done to business and the disturbance of communities will be Immense. I.OIIK Time Iletwcrn Louisville Courler-JournaJ. It may be true , as explained , that the nuspenelon of the Atchlson ( Kan. ) bink was duo to bad Investments , but , nevertheless , the bank has suspended. Therefore let thaj tom-tom be beaten and the hewgag bei sounded , for there Is more joy among thej calamltyltea over one bank that falls than over ninety and nine that are able to keep faith with their customers. Let calamity joy-bells ring ; U Is a long time between rings nowadays. We Cnl.'t J.one 'Kill. Chicago News. There are still four widows of revolution ary soldiers on the pension rolls of the gov ernment at Washington. At thla rate tbe United States will be paying penttlons to sol diers of the civil war or their widows well on la tbe last quarter of the coming century and to soldiers or their widows of tbe Span ish-American war nearly to the cloee of the first quarter of tbe twenty-first century. It takes a long time to cloae up the expense account of a war. WI3AIC UAIUIOAO UliCIfMONS. Ilrceiit CnnrluntoiiN of thr Intornlnte Cumtnrrcp Coiumlmtlotii Kansas City Star. The Interstate Commerce commlMlon has recently rendered decisions on two questions that are Important to grain de-tilers nnd mil ler * , but , llko many of the rulings of this body , they decide nothing clearly. The railroads hnvo been In the habit ot making a through export rote on grain , of which the proportion from the weat to the seaboard Is less than the rnto charged on grnln not destined for export. In other words , the railroads have been doing busl- i ntvss cheaper for foreigners than for Amerl- j * cann. j The Interstate Commerce commission do- cldud that this Is not right , but thla opinion Is tnndo of no avail by the qunllflontlon that there may bo some condition ! ) under which choapcr rates on export grain than on grain for home consumption woufd bo Justifiable , to enable certain ports to com pete with certain other ports that may bo moro favorably nlUiatcd. This qualifica tion begs the whole question , for tboro Is no oilier reason for the objectionable rates than the exigencies of competition. Hence the railroads may bo expected to go on doing business cheaper for foreigners than for American citizens , Just ns some manu facturers sell their eurpltm goods abroad at lower prices than they charge homo customers. This la not done , of course , out of sym pathy for the foreigner , or through any desire to glvo him an advantage over the homo buyer , but It Is one of I ho require ments of business. It often happens that a manufacturer produce * more goods than can be absorbed by the homo market , nnd rather than force their sale by cutting prices and demoralizing his homo trade , he ships them off to a foreign land , to be disposed of for whatever they may bring. Dut there can bo no such Justification as this for the practice of hauling export grain at a less rnto than grain for home consumption. The other question considered by the Interstate Commerce commission Is that of charging higher rates for hauling flour than for transporting wheat. The commission decided that thla is plainly Inequitable ; that It gives an advantage to the foreign miller nnd makes It difficult , If not Impossible , for the American miller to compete with the flourmakor of Europe. There Is a vast and . growing milling Industry In this country , nnd the bulk of the breadstuffs which Europe - ' rope buya here ought to go abroad In the form of flour , rather than in the raw state as wheat. But this railroad custom of charging n higher rate on flour than on wheat has prevented the moro rapid growth of the export flour trade. In this' cose , as In tbe one first named , the commission decides that "public policy j and good railway policy alike seem to re quire the same rate on export wheat as on export flour. " There Is the Inevitable "but" I In this decision. Notwithstanding the above ' statement the commission asserts that a j i higher Tata on flour than on wheat la not j a violation of the law , and therefore the railroads cannot be prevented from mak ing 1U Numerous useless decisions such as these prove either that the present Interstate commerce law Is inadequate to accomplish the .purposes . for which it was enacted , or that the present commissioners have not stamina nnd Judgment enough to Interpret the law clearly and to enforce It vigorously. 1'EACK FIRST , DISCUSSION AFTKIt. Democratic Folly In UralnK Ilclrcnt Under Flro. Chicago Chronicle ( dem. ) Opposition to ImserlaHstm , militarism and ruthless conquest. Is one thing and a very proper thing. Wholesale denunciation of the American spirit which refuses to retreat under fire coupled with deification of a ; blackmailing Malay scoundrel la quite an other thing and a very bad thing. A large and Influential section of the democratic party appears to be In peril of adopting this latter policy as a campaign Issue. Such a course will bo fatal. The forces of the United States arc In the Phlllmilnes They ought not to be there , or. rather , they would not bo there If the dictates of political prudence and of ordi nary Justice had been heeded. But they are there. They are going to stay there and any party which advocates their withdrawal while Bmlllo Agulnaldo and his followers are in arms against them will be overwhelmingly defeated at the polls. Nothing can be Burer. It Is Idle to chop logic and spin sentiment In the face of facts. Admitted oa every uane man will admit that the purchase of the Philippine archipelago was a Mistake that the islands will cost more than th < y will ever come to ; admitted , likewise , that the subjugation of a people aspiring to inde pendence is unamerlcan and subversive of every national tradition , one Supreme fnct remains1. The Inhabitants of tbe Philippines are resisting with armed force the military power of the United States , nightly or wrongly ethically or unethically a ma jority , and a very largo majority , of the American people demand that such arnr-d resistance be crushed out before the main Issue can be discussed at all. So long ai there Is on the Island of Luzon a single man who , with arms In his hands , defies thla na tion it la impossible that there shall bo any move toward Philippine Independence. The men who think otherwise who Imagine that the people of this country will consent to negotiate under the shadow of coercion are Ignorant of American hlatory and of tba American people. The democratic party cannot and should ! not win on the lasuo of running up the white flag and showing the white feather to the Filipinos or to anybody else. It need not and It should not abate one Jot of Its demand for Philippine Independence. But that inde pendence cannot be forced from the people of this country , though It may be and should bo granted by them. The people of the Philippine Islands must come Into camp , lay down their arms and ask for terms. Them can be no parley short of that consumma tion. And If the democratic party gies Into the campaign of 1900 Advocating anything else U Is doomed to disaster. No party ever has won In this country and no party ever will win on the prop sltLn that the American people should "quit" In the face of the enemy. I'UUSO.VAI , AM ) OTHEIIWISIS. A Knipp gun In Filipino hands is of about an much service as a locomotive on a turn pike. pike.There There is a coed deal of the "Old Put" spirit about Oem Paul , with his bible in one hand and bis rifle In tbe other. The theatrical season is open. Ten actresses have stopped runaway teams , one has caught a thief , two have had their diamonds stolen and a few have tried to act. Governor Dushnol ) of Ohio recently con veyed a silver service to Boston and pre sented it to the gunboat Marietta in honor of Its second birthday. It was the gift of the Ohio town whose name the gunboat bears. Murait Halstead , the well known editor , completed bis seventieth year on Saturday , Ills Jo-st work was the "Life of Dewey" and he la now at work on a book which will be a comprehensive review of the progress of the century Ir. Ekholra , who had Intended to accom pany Andreo on his balloon trip to the north pole , is convinced that tbe undertaking failed because bis Ideas In regard to the meteorological conditions near the pole wer * not heeded , He Is now In Paris trying to arrange for a new balloon trip. The city of Detroit effected a material re duction last year In the cost of operating Its elootrlc lighting plant and brought the actual outlay per arc lamp down to $46.46 , Making allowance for lost taxes , charging off 3 per cent for depreciation and reckoning tbe In terest charge on tbe Investment at 4 per cent tbe cost was $75.66 per arc lamp. KCIIORS OF Till ! WAIt. Rven men who are truly great have ome weaknfm * . Admiral Dcwey's wenkncs * is tea. It Is ald that he can preside at a tea party as gracefully nnd Joyously us an American queen. And he can br w a pot of the beverage no artistic-lily as ho can smash a hostile fleet. As pretty a tribute I ' as coufd be paid to him by strangers of a ntrango land was when the people ot Ceylon's spicy l Io n few necks ago presented him with several cheats ot the best tea grown there. The admiral In en joying his favorite stimulant , evidently. i Several Americans who vIMlcd the Olympla I at Mediterranean ports tell of tea parlies i In the admiral's cabin. "Cooio Into my ' cabin and fee how I live , " ho said to n party of American young women at Noptea. One of the party , In a letter to friends at home , relatw the rest : Ho led the way Into his sleeping room , the roomy cabin that he hud made so homelike. "Only think. " ho said to one of the girls , "a big gun always In your bedroom and another In your dining room. And you must seemy dog , Bob. " Bob Is an Eskimo dog that he bought in Hong Kong after the fight , and they have grown to bo the greatest friends on board. As wo passed Into the dining room .1 cat ran across the deck. The dog turned back. "You are afraid , Boh , " said the admiral. The dog wagged hl twisted tall. "Orderly ! " said the admiral. A young man In white saluted. "Take Bob In nnd show him the cat. " His eyes twinkled with mischief ns the dog was fed away. I do not know how It happened , but another party of Americans , who arrived at this I point , were introduced formally , nnd after a few pleasant words were allowed to go away , wbllo we wore Invited to take te.i with the admiral. Of course , It will not look the xame to you , but out here In the bay of Naples , with I the smoke rising from Mount Vesuvius Into j I the clouds above , with the sky elsewhere a | | sort Italian blue , with the tun xt'lnlng ( in i the white villages across 'he way and on i the grim fortresses that guard Iho pert ; hereunder , under the American flag a fiicndly llttlu circle In wicker chairs , dialling like old friends with the man who Is doing more today - i day to glvo our nation dignity abroad than any American who satis the seas , It waa an hour before which the Applan way in Rome , the art treasures of Paris , or ' .he bounty of the Swiss mountains and lakes became things lhat were but the fancies of an Idle hour. I was there as a guest , and so I ciunot re peat some ot tlin thlnga that were said , but It can be no violation of hospitality to tell a little of that tea party. The tables were set on dock by the Chinese steward. At home he IB a rich man , with n farm and sixty | laborers , but ho has served Devvey for nore : than a dozen years , and he would mt louvt * him when the Olympla sailed for homo. "Ho Is richer than I am , " said the admiral , "but he makes the beat tea that ever you drink. " The steward served the tea , but it was the admiral , the captain and the flag Hsutuaant who passed around the cakw. Joseph L. Stlckney relates an Incident Illustrating the spirit that obtains among the crow of the Olympla. Tbe ndmlril ropoaes the utmost confidence | n the character nnd capacity ot the men under him. .They all know It , and , consequently , he can always' ' depend upon them for alracet any demand he can make upon them. When they zo ashore on liberty they take the greatest pains to keep out of sight any man who "falle by the wayside" In the matter of drink. I was told that when the first liberty party - as sent nahore In Hong Kong one of the men who had not been able to resist the temptation of "looking upon the wine when it was red" too often waa heard muttering to himself , as he steered an uncertain courss toward the harbor front : "Honor ship honor ehip. Must honor ship. " The maa had In mind what Captain Lamberton had said to the men that he expected them to act with Mich propriety as to do honor to the ship. And , ae the poor chap realized that he was hardly In a condition to do the ship honor , ho de cided tO ZCt Bnbnr In thn uhnv-faef nnn 1u1. . time by dropping overboard nnd paddling about In the water till he had soaked out some of the auperfluous liquor. Baltimore is making great preparations for the parade and celebration September 12 , when a sword Is to be presented by Its citizens to Captain N. M. Dyer of the cruiser Baltimore. Three thousand school children , dressed In red , white and blue coatumea ] are to bo aeatcd on a platform to represent the United States flag , and are to sing gome verses in honor of the cruiser , of which Cap tain Dyer writes : "They have a patriotic ring , and , except that there Is altogether 1 too much Dyer , I can but approve of the sentiments expressed. " A recent Issue of the Manila Times de clares that a restaurant In that city , man aged on the American " system , "where one can get a decent meal without fear of being sickened by a mixture of flies , cockroaches , oil and other abominations , and for a rea sonable price , ought to be a llttlo gold mine to an enterprising man. " The wrller com plains especially that the Spanish proprie tors of the eating houses cannot bo made to understand or satisfy the Amerlcan'a de sire for a "square meal" before beginning bis dally work. IlATTlflXG FOR .NATIONAL MFC ; . Oem Paul the Hernia Fl nre In the TrnnHvmil DUpufr. Philadelphia North American. Unless tbe unique personality of President Kruger bo taken Into account the key to the Transvaal situation Is lost. Kruger has been alternately lauded and caricatured In the superlative degree , but the real 'man ' seems to occupy a place between thcoo ex tremes. Paul Kruger Is distinct , crude but colossal. His rugged strength barely misses grandeur by tbe margin of early privation ot educational advantages , for bo was reared almost In illiteracy. His mental grasp M tenacious , but not expansive. His world Is the Transvaal , the interest of the Boers bounds his horizon. These visual limita tions are chiefly constitutional , but circum stances have contributed largely. Ho Is sluggish by nature and has the determina tion of a bulldog. He has left bin Impress upon tbe times as one of tbe few men who shape events. In a larger sphere he might hardly attract attention , but the compara- , live Isolation of his position renders him j conspicuous and the peculiar trend of events i makes him for the time being n positive force In the affairs of nations , fieneral his tory may not accord him a great place , yet , In his way , he is an heroic figure. Krugur's political sagacity has been ex tolled , and his diplomatic finesse described aa capable of overreaching the most astute of Clreat Britain's trained statesmen. The Justness of this estimate of Kruger'a In- ' tolleotual retourcea is not apparent. His utatecraft depends lets upon diplomacy than upon Inflexibility of purpose. In view ot the history of the occupation of Africa by the Boers a mind less comprehensive than Oem Paul's would grasp the fact that the integrity of the republic Is conditioned upon keeping the English-speaking race at arm's length. But they are few who would brave the probability of national extinction rather than yield one point to tbe invaders. Ex perience ba taught Krugcr the single thing bo knows thoroughly that the English are the enemies of his people. Tbe Boers were driven from Cap * Colony , which they settled and where they hoped to found an enduring free government- Again , they were forced to flee from Natal after they bad reduced the fierce natives to a semblance of subjection. The Orange Free State , to which tbt y fled , wag In turn wrested from them , and Kruger foresaw In tbe Influx of foreigners into the Transvaal a repetition of the history of bis wronged people unlffcs he could ward off the Im pending blow by reserving air political j rights and commercial privilege * to his 1 countrymen. In the Tranavnal thr Boem have determined to make their last eland. The Oullanders represent Iho aliborrtnt forces of greed and oppression. If Kruger'n defensive measures seem drastic they are nevertheless his sole resource. Standards of Justice are of unequal lengths. Ab stract justice condemns Kruger's regula tions , but the Boers have cnueo both to hate and fear Kngllsh encroachments. The machinations of Cecil Ilhodcs , the. Jame- non raid , which , If not InstlRiUM by Iho homo government , was enthusiastically ap plauded by the English people , were fingerboards - boards polnllng lo the absorption of the Transvaal either by forcible seizure or by gradually gaining control of political affairs tli'oURh Ihe suffrage of the Outlanders - landers , who heavily outnumbered the Doers. President Kruger checkmated ( he nimo Insidious approaches to Iho citadel of freedom by refusing lo extend Iho fran chise lo the Outlandrra , and he U facing the alternative movement with unflinching furtltudo. TUAIIKM > THIJ FLAG. ? e of Atuorlpn'w Trnil * ivlth j Clvlllvpil Africa. 1 Springfield ( Maon. ) llepubllcan. Snme days ago the treasury bureau of statlallra gave out some figures of the trade of the t'nllwl States with the late Spanish Islands. It appvanM that ulncc the American occupation thla trade haa been rising to tlu > highest \olume ever previously obtained and Hint II bids fair to BO on Increasing far nbove Ihe best Previous figures. The statistics , however , were nlToul on two Important points : That meantime a portion of the American homo market ban been transferred to those islands through ! the armies of occupation , and that the re sulting cost vastly outweighs any trains In trade. But the expnnslonlsls , novertlielem , pointed to the figurro as strikingly demon strating the trade value of colonies. N'ow the bureau of statistics has given out some more trade facts. They re Ue to exports from the United States to n part of the world where wo hav < > no colonies and whcro the American flag laya claim to no territory or the patronage of no people. The figures allow a trade expansion which is not equaled by colonial figures of any nation in the world. From the fiscal year 1SSO to the last fiscal year the exports of merchandise from the Untied Ptatefa to points In Africa have boon as followa : IMS * M9fi,5 < r > 1S93 J C.377,812 IK * ' 4il3,7 ( < > 2 IS96 13.S70.7lW 1S91 4,757,897 1897 16.953127 HI' M l. ? 5 1S9S 17,515,73. . ) This la an Increase In ten years of over 430 per cent. If trade follows the flag , as President McKlnley has said , how are thee figures to bo explained ? Why Is not the trade of Great Britain nnd Franco nnd Germany with their own African colonies keeplnR out or down n trade protected by no colonies and flying no flag but that of good goodn at lowest prices current ? Wo will pardon the bureau of statlstlca for entering Into a discussion of mooted political questions If the able campaign statistician at Its head will undertake to reconcile these figures with the president's claim that trnde fol lows the flag. AUTUMX MIUT1I. Indianapolis Journal : "Who was that Idiot who was averring freedom In tills country la dead ? " "Peck. Ills wife has got back from her summer outing. " Cleveland Plain Dealer : "You say the defendant fired a scathing charge at you. Whnt did he use , a shotgun ? " "No , a pall of water. " Chicago Tribune : "I warn this Infamoui demagogue , " fervidly exclaimed the orator , "that a day of retribution Is coming. The people will reckon with him at the polls. Let him bnwnrol The Ides of November will the Ides of November will full , upon him and grind him to a Jelly ! " Washington Star : "In your friend nn ex pert handwriting witness ? " Inquired one spectator at Ucnnes. "No. " nnswnrpd tlio nthpr "IT. * Hni un't confine hlmHelf to handwriting. He's an nll- i round expert. Ho can testify on any side t of a case. " Chicago Post : "No woman can lose her temper and keep her beauty , " he Bald thoughtfully. "John Henry , " she returned promptly , "I Just know that you are planning to ntny out late tonight nnd want to fix It so that I won't scold you when you come In. " "Washington Star : "Why don't you shout 'Long live the general ! ' " "It la quite neertleas , " answered the Fili r pino. "Any man na cautious about his per sonal safety as the general doesn't need any encouragement In the longevity line. " VACATION'S END. Somcrvllle Journal. Vacation days are nearly gone , And school will BOOM begin. The school house doora will open wide To let the children In. With Joyous shouta nnd glad ncclalm They'll greet their teachers dear. And settle down with earnest zeal To work another year. At least that Is the -theory Perhaps you think It's right : But boya und girls lire built that way As much aa block la white. They'll say they love their teachers dear With n sarcastic wink , And as for goliiK back to school. They love It I don't think ! 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 teou- 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 , S3 , $3.50 , $4 and $4.50 , Fall block in stiff and soft hats.
