c TIX3C OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 9 , 1800.
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There Is no longer any question about
Africa being the dark cloud on the map.
In England , as In every commercial
country , the stock exchange Is the war
barometer. .
An exposition plant that sells for $50-
000 after two seasons' wear and tear Is
nn asset that comes In handy at the
right time.
The Dreyfus decision Is expected by
Monday qr Tuesday of next week and
the whole civilized world is holding
Its breath to receive the news.
How well the republicans with Inde
fensible ofllclal records know that they
have always a haven of refuge and a
wllllnp defender In the local popocratlc
newspaper fence.
Chicago Is having trouble In raising
the money required for Its fall festival.
Chicago had better call home Coin
Harvey and put him at the head of the
touching committee.
Another whisky war Is threatened be
tween the trust and anti-trust distillers.
Lot the war bo pulled off at once during
the Kentucky campaign and It may bo a
boon to humanity yet.
The disappearance of ? 10,000 out of
nn Ouialia bank Is no mystery at all
besldo the darkness enshrouding that
$3,000 pot which South Omaha city offl-
clals have been trying to locate.
Denver la announcing a new anti
trust smoltcr as an outgrowth of the
great smelter strike. It Is a cold day
In mid-summer when Denver does not
take advantage of every opportunity to
push Itself along.
Bryan says It Is the same light as 1800
over again , but a comparison of his
speeches now nnd three years ago will
show that all his arguments of 1800
have outlived their usofulncss and had
to glvo way to now songs.
By decision of the United States gen
eral appraisers , Ink for typewriter ribbons
bens has been officially classed as printIng -
Ing Ink. All the typewriter operators
may bo expected Immediately to apply
for recognition among the printing
trades.
The ministry In Now South AVnles Is
experiencing embarrassment In the
ehapo of a Parliamentary vote of lack
of confidence. If the Australian colonies
do not do something periodically to at
tract the public eye Great Britain might
como to forgot all about them.
Coin Harvey Is still delivering his
"celebrated" lecture on law and civiliza
tion to Nebraska popocrata. It Is cele
brated nightly by passing the hat for
contributions of cash , buttons and prom
ises to rellovo the democratic campaign
fund and keep Mr. Harvey's expense
account even.
Advices from Johannesburg are to the
effect that the railroads can not accom
modate the people anxious to got out of
the country In anticipation of war. We
Bupposo these people are Uie lineal suc
cessors of the emigrants to Canada dur
ing the war of the rebellion In the
United States.
Every Omaha volunteer In the Ne
braska regiments for the war should try
to attend the reception Lincoln Is pre
paring to tender the returned soldiers
just to show that Omaha harbors no
petty Jealousy of the state capital.
Omaha wishes Lincoln the fullest suc
cess In Its undertaking.
It Is wortliy of note that the federal
Eovormuont Is bringing bark to the
United States the bodies of the Ameri
can soldlora who fell In the Philippines
without expense to tholr rolathes nnd
that there never was any call for the
Jiysteilcnl attempt at brans band charity
by appealing for public contributions to
bring back the dead ,
Mr. Schiirnmu. president of the Phil
ippine rotnmNilan , Is of the opinion
that the war In the Philippines will soon
bo ended nnd It Is Raid that his state
ments relative to affairs In the Islands
have made a di-t-p Improsolon upon
officials at Washington. There have re
cently been optimistic predictions from
other sources In regard to the Philip
pine situation. All such expressions
1 are apt to bo regatdcd with some In
credulity , In Icvv of the fact that so
little has been accomplished since the be
ginning of hostilities. AVIiun It Is under
stood that after six months of fighting
the American forces occupy a territory
which Includes barely more than 1 per
cent of the area of the Islands and that
American control embraces barely , If
anything , more than f > per cent of
the population of the Islands , It Is not
easy to bellovo that the task of sup
pressing the Insurrection Is BO near
the end as Mr' . Schurman and some oth
ers profess to think.
The trouble Is that these optimistic
opinions are very likely based upon in
adequate or Inaccurate information in
regard to the condition of the enemy.
It has been pretty conclusively shown
that the military authorities In the Phil
ippines are not \cry well Informed
respecting the strength or the resources
of the Insurgents. Months ago It was
Bald that their forces weie not numer
ous and that their supply of the muni
tions of war \\ould soon be exhausted.
Within sixty days after the beginning
of the -war It was declared that the In
surgent army was disintegrating , that
a large proportion of It was anxious for
peace and that It could not be long be
fore Itould be without the means of
carrying on hostilities. Undoubtedly
Gencrol Otis was perhuadcd that such
was the case and hence his persistent
claim that an army of 30,000 would be
sufficient to suppress the insurrection.
There Is reason to think that the mili
tary authorities In the Philippines aio
no better Informed now In respect to
the strength and resources of the In
surgents than they were four or live
months ago. The enemy has shown re
markable shrewdness In keeping from
us such Information , while It Is highly
probable that the American authorities
have placed too much confidence In a
class of natives culled "frleudlles , "
most of whom would not hesitate to
make misleading statements. It Is this
class which Mr. Schurman lias como
lute contact with nnd as one of the
most trustworthy of the newspaper cor
respondents at Manila says , they arc
a quantity not to bo depended upon.
Evidence of this Is supplied In the recent -
cent reports that a number of Uiese so-
called "amlgos" holding civil positions
within our lines have been found aiding
the insurgents
The American people would bo very
glad to believe that the end of the war
Is near , but the experience of the last
seven months does not warrant such be
lief. Still with the largo Increase of
the American torces provided for there
Is reason to hope that within the next
six months the war will bo ended and
civil government established at least
throughout Luzon.
TllK UIIH ) CAMPAIGN.
Both parties In Ohio realize the gen
eral Interest that Is felt in the contest
in that state and are making prepara
tions for a most vigorous prosecution of
the campaign. The democratic candi
date for governor , John R. McLean ,
stated in an interview a few days ago
that he proposed to conduct his canvass
on state Issues. Uo said that with no
national officials to choose , the people
can safely discuss their homo Issues free
from the glamour of national questions.
But the republicans will not permit
the campaign to bo thus narrowed.
The democratic platform deals almost
wholly with national questions and the
party will be compelled to defend the
position It has taken. Having rear-
firmed adhoslou to the Chicago platform ,
laying special emphasis upon the free
silver plank , it will not bo allowed to
relegate that Issue to the rear.
Meanwhile dissension among the dem
ocrats over the nomination of McL/jan
appears to be growing. The politicians j
who are looking out for boodle are favor
able to him , but of the more honorable
element many are opposed to him. There
Is some defection In the republican
ranks , but It appears not to bo serious.
An uncertain factor Is the Independent
candidacy of Mayor Jones of Toledo ,
who will doubtless attract support from
both parties and probably quite as many
democrats as republicans.
1I1K SVNlJAr OBE ,
Watch for The Sunday Bee. It has
set for Itself a standard so far above
alleged competitors that it stands at
the top in a class by itself.
The Illustrated Bee Sunday will bo
devoted largely to the volunteers of '
1801 and the volunteers of 1898. The '
veterans of the two wara will inlnglo
together at the reunion of the Nebraska
Grand Army of the Republic at Lincoln ,
the coming week , making them the cen
ter of timely Interest.
For the frontispiece wo have a hand
some largo portrait of the department
commander , John E. Kvans of North i
'
Platte. The photograph which is reproduced -
duced waa taken specially for The Bee
and will form n fine souvenir of the
reunion to bo preserved and framed.
Smaller portraits of other department
officers are also given.
Among the striking pictures In the
( series showing the First Nebraska be
fore the camera wo have views of the
Iliml scenes at the camp at San Fran-
cUco , including the last regimental dress
parade and the break-up after muster-
out.
out.The
The last group photograph of Com
pany L , Omaha , the Thurston Rifles , Is
shown in full size. This is the best pic
ture of the Omaha company over taken ,
showing the face of each member BO
distinctly that ho Is readily recogniza
ble.
ble.A
A group picture of Company M of
Broken Bow will also interest their
friends ,
Of the scenes attending the reception *
to the returned volunteers several new
minp shots are reproduced , taken at
Omaha , Beatrice , Nelson and so forth
The nil-absorbing coming yacht nice
for tlw All-AnieilcH's clip Is the subject
of pome pertinent history of the MiiloiH
contests. Illustrated by an excellent half
tone of the coveted cup Itself.
Another timely article relates to the
preparations for the reception to Ad
miral Uewoy at New York , with beau
tiful views of the sculptors atork on
models for the great Dewey memorial
arch.
The living fashion models are , n < ?
usual , of highest Interest to women xid
Carpenter's Porto Rlcuu letters need no
special commendation.
Outside of the illustrated features The
Sunday Bee will bo unexcelled in every
department of modern Journalism , serv
ing all the news In the most compre
hensive and readable manner.
Rend The Sunday Bee the best paper.
Sold by all dealers and newsboys at
5 cents a copy. Extra copies nt The Bee
office.
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MAKING UHAritTlM } //JOORfii.S.
The new election of directors of the
Oregon Railway & Navigation company ,
by which Great Northern Interests are
excluded and Union Pacific Intelests
made paramount , Is fresh evidence of
gratifying progress toward the reunifi
cation of the lines formerly operated as
the Union Paclllc system. The bad ef
fects of the unfortunate receivership
that forced the segregation of the vari
ous branch nnd allied roads that made
up the system are being gradually and
surely overcome , because all these lines
naturally and inevitably belong to
gether.
While what Omaha suffered as the
terminus of the Union Pacific through
the breakup of that system can never
be even estimated , the icunltlng of the
lines cannot but contribute materially
to the trade and Importance of this city.
The extension of this great transconti
nental route means the upbuilding of
Omaha by centering the transcontinen
tal traffic at this point.
Although for the present the Oregon
Short Line nnd the Oregon Navigation
lines are to be operated as distinct prop-
crtlcs , the management Is practically
the same in personnel ns that of the
Union Pacific and their policies In har
mony with one another. They are
drawing closer nnd closer together nnd
the consummation of complete consoli
dation can be only a question of a few
years at most
TUB , scu EM K FAILED.
The scheme of disgruntled pension
attorneys to Induce the Grand Army of
the Republic , at the national encamp
ment , to attack the commissioner of pen
sions , failed nnd the men who for
mouths past have been Insidiously and
persistently assailing a faithful public
official and an earnest friend of the
union soldier have received a merited re
buke. The warfare upon Commissioner
Evans started by the attorneys who
were not permitted to dictate the admin
istration of the Pension bureau had not
a shadow of Justification , as was conclu
sively shown by the Investigation of the
charges against the commissioner by a
committee of the Grand Array. The ani
mus of the attack was clearly Indicated
In the fact that Mr. Evans , In the strict
performance of his duty , has compelled
the attorneys and claim agents to keep
within the law , that he has sought to
protect the claimants for pensions
against extortion , that ho has endeav
ored to safeguard the government
against fraud , and that in doing this ho
reduced the fees of the claim agents In
the last fiscal year over 40 per cent from
the amount they received the preceding
year.
The simple truth is that Commissioner
Evans has been honest In his office ; ho
has been fair to fair men nnd watchful
of those who seemed to be tricky. He
has construed the laws liberally in the
interest of honest claimants and he has
been fearless In dealing with those
whom ho had good reason to believe
were not honest Perhaps the laws aio
In some reHpects faulty , as pointed out
In the resolutions adopted by the Grand
Army , but for this the commissioner Is
not responsible. Ho is an executive offi
cer and must execute the laws as ho
finds them. This ho has done fairly and
faithfully and as now appears to the
satisfaction of the great majority of the
members of the Grand Army.
When Silas A. Holcomb turned In
a memorandum of personal expenses
Incident to his nomination to the su
preme bench ho did not fall to mention
the purchase of a round-trip excursion
ticket to the tripartite convention. This
Item of expenditure will convince many
voters of the cruel heartlessness of the
silver republican convention , whose
members adopted a resolution requir
ing Silas A. Holcomb and other nom
inees to appear before that body and
pledge themselves not to accept railroad
pass bribes. The fact that the nction
taken was reconsidered cuts no figure.
The shot was directed nt Holcomb nnd
would have been effective had not
Bryan put a bullet-proof coat upon him.
The delegates to the icpubllcan county
convention , no matter on what tickets
they may bo elected , should not forgot
the responsibility resting upon them. If
they want to nominate a winning ticket
they will have to put up only men who
enjoy public confidence and who can
count on getting not merely a full vote
of the party , but also stieugth from In
dependent and from Indifferent voters.
Senator Forakcr In quoted as baying
that there Is no doubt about the result In
Ohio and that the republicans will win
Just as they have in all lecent elections.
This Is one point where Senator Ilauna
will probably bo glad to echo his col
league.
Chairman Jones of the democratic cen
tral committee proposes to hold on to
his position , notwithstanding the fact
that his poor health has Incapacitated
him for active work on the committee.
Meantime the vice chairman will operate
the lever to the nmchlnciy that Is all
set for the Touomlnntlon of Itrjnn anil
lot Chnlrmnn .loiios tnko hold attain foi
the final puit.
Ono of the ptlnclpal attoino.vM for the
Baitluy bondHinon , formerly n Bold dom
oi-rat , Is out for Holcomb for supreme
Judge. Naturally. The bondsmen would
llko nothing bolter than to Imvo on the
Mipiomo boiioli the man Mho accommo
dated Bartloy by accepting a clgnr box
full of worthless paper In bottlumont of
his accounts with the stato.
The popocrats piopose to fight out ( ho
battle In Nebraska this your upon na
tional Issues solely for the Ratification
of Bryan ami with cheerful dlsregnul
for local and state Issues in which No
brnskans have a vital , paramount Inter
est. Are the popocrats afraid the indi
vidual iccords of tholr officeholders will
be nlred to their detriment ?
The acquisition of Spain's former pos
sessions In the West Indies menns for
Uncle Sam an expansion of his yellow
fever district But yellow fever expnn-
Hlon is not the kind that the country Is
hnukcilug for.
Anterlenii Priilt Abrnnil.
Globe-Democrat.
aermanj's demand for American apples
this jear la expected to reach 100.000 barrels.
The increasing foreign popularity of this
fruit adds sensibly to the \aluo of American
orchards.
( lie
Washington Star.
The appearance of the green-goods circu
lar lu Cuba Is calculated to arouse an Indig
nant Intimation from the Island's sporting
population Uiat there are \\orso iuntltuttons
than the old-fashioned lottery.
TrllmlLo American Tiili-nt.
Baltimore American.
American engineers are to reclaim an Im
mense region In Russia from aridity by an
Irrigation sjstoiu. The world &ocms to have
been watting for American progress to show
It how to live. Xaturo baa low Impossi
bilities , and no terrors , for the energy of
tha western continent , however long the
eastern has been dominated by both.
Philadelphia Record.
The soft coal combination In western
Pennajlvanla waa no sooner organized than
It advanced prices. There Is no scarcity of
bituminous coal. Scarcity Is Impossible
unless artificially produced , for the hills
are full of coal. There hna been no Increase
In wages to justify the advance. It seems
to bo an instance of organized plundering.
Cnnmc nnd KfTcct.
New York Mall nnd Dxpres-j.
Small wonder If there exists a certain
lively antagonism to Pension Commissioner
Evans. During the last fiscal jear he dis
posed of 175 criminal pension cases , In which
tha convictions numbered 157 ; while there
are now pending throughout the country
327 cases , and two thoroughly organized
gangs of swindlers have been run down In
the south. This record Is enough to make
enemies for a pension commissioner but It
should make friends for him among honest
men.
American OutlniidcrH In ( lie Klondike
Chicago Record.
In the Klondike country the Americans
are In much tha same position as are the
outlandcrs of the Transvaal. At Dawson
probably 00 per cant of the population is
from the United States. Yet these Ameri
cans have no civil rights whatever , but they
pay Canadian taxes , and not Infrequently
submit to WTongs that arise from their lack
of citizenship. In the Atlln country thou
sands of Americans took out prospectors'
permits , but their prospecting was stopped
by the Interposition of the British Columbia
exclusion act. In both these places Canadian
officials have steadfastly adhered to a dis
criminating policy against Americans when
Canadians could bo favored thereby.
I'OMTIOAIj DllIPT.
Tull unofficial returns from the Bland
district in Missouri show a plurality for
Judge Shackleford , democrat , of 3,448 ,
against Bland's plurality of 2,843 last year.
David Bennett Hill sajs lie Is too busy
scooping In legal fees to give any attention
to politics. The cx-scnator Is striving to
prove that a man may bo a lawjer without
being a politician.
A movement Is on foot In Montana to
glvo the republican nomination for gov
ernor to Colonel H. C. Kesslcr of the Flret
Montana , now under orders to return homo
from the Philippines.
of has net
Kx-Senator _ Gorman Maryland
entirely regained his former health , but ho
Is looking much Improved , and has gained
In weight during his absence In Massachu
setts and at Saratoga.
Hon. Patrick A. Collins of Boston , a dem
ocratic goldbug , Is willing to run for mayor
of that town , provided the democrats hand
him the nomination without solicitation on
his part. The election occurs in December.
Boston Is looking up its registration lists
and flndH 13,490 names of persons who can
not bo found at the residences given. If
the campaign should get real vvunn It Is
likely thu missing ones will turn up In time
to vote.
Promptly on tlmo ex-Speaker Heed took
up the practice of law In New York on tha
1st Inat. , as the bead of the firm of licet ,
Thacher & Darnum Ho has been Invited ]
to Join the Union Iveague Republican club (
and has consented to do so , i
The nominee of the union reform party I
of Ohio for governor of that state , Seth
Ullln of Warren county , la .1 farmer well
known In the state and In the National
Grangn of Wayne O , W. See/ye / , the nom
inee for lieutenant governor , Is a piofessor
of Greek in Wooster university. The union
reform has ono plank only In Its platform :
Direct legislation
The three o III cm to be filled by the voters
of the state of Maryland this > ear are governor - '
ornor , attorney general and state treasurer ,
and the democrats having already put thulr
ticket In the field at the naltlmcro conven
tion , the republicans are preparing to maKf
up the strongest ticket possible. Llod
Lowndes , the present republican governor , ,
will , it IB believed by most republicans , bo
renomlnatcd for that oRlce.
Congressman Cushman , the man who beat
Ham , ben Is In the mate of Washington , I
declares "I will stand in the United I
States congress at the next session until j
the eun rises at the west before I will ever
consent to 0110 foot of our ell patting from j
the shadow of the American flag" Not
withstanding this patriotic peso , the Tn-
coma News announces that political enemies I
have started a , flank movement and there
Is a strong probability llmt Cushraan will
see bin political uun eet in the west before
another year rolls around.
The death laet year of Nelson Dlngley. Jr ,
and the resignation this year of Thomas I )
Hoed will greatly weaken the influence of
the Maine delegation in congrcbs In shaping
legltlation , Mr Reed was Drat elected to
the Forty-fifth congress , and was re-elected
to every succeeding one. Mr Dlngley wa
first elected to the Forty-seventh congrc-ea
and Mr , Uoutelle , the HUrylvIng veteran of
a delegation which included Reed , Dingier ,
Mllllken and himself , waa first elected to
the Forty-ninth cougreai.
I < M1T1UT ( V 1I13IU III.tr.
! Chicago Record It I ft rp.uonnbly clear
I that the real purpose of Kngland in neek-
I Ing to obtain the franchise for the outlanders -
, landers h not to alienate them from Itself ,
but to enable them to make a conquest of
'tho ' Transvaal by means of the ballot , nnd
I sooner or Inter bring the South African
I Republic pprmancntl > and eoraplctrl > under
the British flag.
Springfield Republican From the nature
of the caio It M clear that the British gov
ernment Is making an attack upon the ver >
life of the South Afrlc-w Republic If a
British .cabinet can legally dictate the do-
1 mestlc laws of that country , then the conn-
| try U merely a part of the British empire.
! That It Is not n part of the British empire ,
however. Is too clear to call for argument.
And it follows that In resisting the British
cUlms to dictation , even to the extent of
war , the South African Republic would be
doing nothing molt than to defend Its own
life. Self-prvservntlon Is no crime
Washington Post. As apprilfi il fnm this
distance and In the light of the Infirnnllon
now before us Mr. Chamberlain's contention
, poems to be merely a screen for oni of the
t most colosMl schemes of spoliation Great
Britain hns ever yet engaged in. The Boers
occupy their lands by virtue of original dis
covery , by right of purchase a'ld the cm-
pnt of the aboriginal possessors. Kiifilnnd
had no part In the enterprise , has ni right
to any participation in Its profl'-s , and would
never have given the Transvaal republic : a
second thought had not her ferocious cupid
ity been aroused by recent discoveries of
gold and precious stones
Ixnilsvlllo Courier-Journal : It Is sail that
there can be but ono Issue to n war b'tvvcen
Great Britain and the Transmit , nnd that
the former would Inevitably conquar. This
may be true. Great Britain could prolably
continue pouring troops In'o ' South Africa
until the resistance was overcoms. But
what might happen In the Interval ? Dis
astrous defeats to the British forcoi , the
destruction of fabulous amounts of British
property , an enormous loss of British pr.wv
tlgo. Then , If It should happen that Franco
or Russia should deem the time oppirtunn
for making demands ca to China or Egypt , It
might bo that Great Britain would bo obllgol
to make terms with President Kruger In
order to look after greater Interests cho-
wherc. Chamberlain himself two ycais i go
said that a war with the Transvaal would
be long and costly. H is an experiment full
of hazard and the British people know it.
M3IIIIAMCA , 1'OMTICAL , COM.IIIJM' .
Norfolk NewsHero Is continuity of
purpose : William J. Bryan in 1892 free
trade specialist ; William J. Brjan In 1896
fiee coinage specialist , William J. Bryan
lu 1900 anti-trust specialist.
Pawnco Republican. It seems probable
that the democracy in 1900 is about to re
peat its action in 1864 , when It de
clared In national convention that the war
policy was a failure and demanded Its
abandonment. It Is recalled that It was
many jears thereafter before the democracy
secured oven a measure of the country's
confidence.
St. Paul RepublicanSilas Holcomb's
promises to refrain from riding on passes
during the campaign have been fittingly
compared to a case of deathbed repentance.
As election day approaches his faith tn the
hereafter for political sinners will grow
stronger with each passing hour , but we
fear that he has delayed too long in taking
steps to protect himself from public wrath.
Norfolk News' iMr. Bryan says voters
are influenced by their stomachs. When
he runs up against the abundant wheat
crop of the northwest and the immense
corn crop of Nebraska , Kansas and Iowa
and the overflowing dinner palls of the
worklngmon , who are everwhere being
employed at higher wages , ho will find that
ho has spoken the truth. The full stomacn
of the American people is what bodes dis
aster to Bryanlsm.
Kearney Hub : Brjan la to make a tour
of Nebraska. Harvey has been putting in
his best licks In the state for months. The
democratic national committee will leave
no stone unturned to curry the state this
year , not that It has any personal Interest
In Holcomb , but to save Bryanlsm from col
lapse before tbo next democratic national
convention gets around. But this hercu
lean effort will in all probability fall of
1(8 ( puipose. If the people of the state are
vvlso they will anticipate the campaign of
next jear by putting Holcomb under the
snow and electing a republican congress
man in the Sixth district.
St. Paul Republican : Seriously , how can
any ono be deceived by Attorney General
Smyth's grandstand play against trusts on
the eve of a state campaign , lu which the
need for a new iesuo is sorely felt by the
fuslonlsts ? The Standard Oil company and
the American School furniture company ,
against both of whom he has commenced
action , have been doing business In Ne
braska for years and the anti-trust law
under which ho Is proceeding has been on
the statute books ever since ho has been
attorney general. Why has it required
three long jears for him to get ready to
prosecute ? How docs he expect to fight
the cases to n successful finish in the short
tlmo that remains of his sr"ond term ?
bIS.VATOU CAUTUIl TOO I'HAMC.
Too IIuoh Credit to ( lie Dollar
Slcliof Iiiipirlnllnni.
Philadelphia ledger ( rep )
Possibly , or probably , In response to the
Lodger's recent appeal In respect to the
necessity of a proper observance of frank
ness regarding our Philippines policy , Sena
tor Carter of Montana has , with most cyni
cal frankness , stated his characteristic
view of the subject in tbo words following
ing-
"This Is a practical age Wo are going
to deal with this question on the basis of
dollars and cents. If the American people
bellevo that tbo Philippines are going to
help us they will never lot the Islands go ,
If , on the other hand , they find that the
Philippines mean a constant drain and small
return , > ou will find the verdict of the people
ple to be against permanent retention.
Neither religion nor sentiment will have
much influence In determining the verdict
The great question will bo , Will It pay ?
If wo can show the country that It will , as
I think we can , the American flag will
never come down from the Philippines"
There may be some objection made to
thla startling- ! frank expression of opinion
by Senator Carter by the opponents of "the
manifest destiny" and "providential Inter
ference" view of the Philippines question ,
jet It will have to be admitted that , lllii'
the ghost of Hamlet's father , It Is an hon
est one. Speaking aa a national statesman ,
in full sympathy with tbo administration's
policy , Senator Carter says that whether or
not the American flag shall ever be hauled
do-wn from the Philippines Is not a question
of "religion or sentiment , " but of "dollars
and cents. " Was It not Lowell who once
said of another American statesman , pre
sumably of the Carter sort , that If he wern
given a Fate to chisel he would sell the
marble block' Yet Senator Carter should
not bo too severely condemned He Is an
honest , even though he bea sordid , states-
man.
1 OTlir.ll IAMS Til VN OHIO.
If war comes In South Africa , ' the sug
gestion that the Boers will move first by
raiding Natal Is by no moms improbable
It was in the northern projection of N'atal ,
adjoining the Transvaal trrrltorj. that the
principal engagements of the war , of 18SI
were fought Majubn Hill Is In thin region
Tha country Is mountainous and the popu
lation li Dutch , rather than BrltlMi The
passes are few and easily guarded At prrfl-
ont they are in possession of the Knglhli
and on this account Natal offers the easiest
route for the Invasion of the Transvaal BiU
If the lloera should mike up their ml ml'
that war must come , they would natural ) }
desire to seize these passes. If
possible , since by so doing they
could elo e the eastern unite
Their suecesi In beating the HnRllali on
that very irouud eighteen jears ago , when
the ) assaulted mcomlngly Imprcgnible po
sitions , would naturally give them confi
dence to attempt the same enterprise They
would find a much stronger British force
In Natal than they did In ISSt. but as jet
the bulk of this force has not been
moved to the frontlor. H would be their
policy to strike before the1 garrison could
be reinforced.
* *
The reassembling of the Italian Parlia
ment Is Imminent and the goveminent has
Issued a warning notice that If there Is nn >
repetition of the disturbances that occurred
thp lost tlmn it was In session the Cham
ber of Deputies will be dissolved by rol
dccreo and the eonso of the country betaken
taken through the Instrumentality of a gen
eral election. U Is not an unwarranted
warning as the conduct of the deputies
upon the occasion refcried to was certainly
disgraceful , but it Is safe to saj that only
misconduct of the most flagrant kind will
sufllco to Impel the ministry to execute Its
threat. Its own position has be < > n too oc-
rlously weakened for It to bo willing , ex
cept under the pressure of nn Imperative
necessity , to take the grave risks insepar
able from the course which It suggests. U
will not apimal to the country If It can help
it , for it has too much reason to fear the
nature of the response. The Industrial sit
uation Jn Italy la not such as to produce-
content and the causes which ted to the
riotous outbreaks a few months ago ura
still operative nud Influential ,
* *
Great Industrial activity prevails In Japan
nt the present time , and evidences of this
are shown In the report that money com
mands a high premium In all of the finan
cial centers. It is said that the national
banks ore pajlng G per cent on flxed de
posits and that safe Investments are pro
curable j-lelding 7 per cent Interest. An
evidence of the advance In the education of
the natives Is affordel by the fact tint nearly
nil of the English , German and American
professors In the principal universities ot
Japan have been gradually retired as the
termn of their contracts expired , and have
been replaced by Japancto scholars who have
been educated abroad. It is said that every
new pleoo of machinery Imported Into the
country is taken apart by Japanese mechan
ics before being put into service , and In
oomo cases the parts are duplicated and
exact copies of the machines are made In
native machine shops , so that the native
workmen may learn to construct as well as
to operate the machines.
*
A correspondent of the Westminster Ga
zette , writing on certain aspects of the Drey
fus case , sajs that it Is quite posolblo that
General Roget may have been Justified in
saying that ho had never personally ueen any
official denials by the German or Italian
military attaches , as It Is doubtful whether
these statements were ever communicated
ofllclally to the French authorities He adls ,
however , that there can bo no doubt that
the heads of the Trench government , no
tably Presidents Fauro and Loubet , were
fully Informed. Ho then goes on to declare
that the report that the Paris Figaro had In
Us possetelon B duplicate of a detailed state
ment In the handwriting of Colonel
Schwortzkoppen was no idle rumor. That
statement , ho says , was not then published ,
because the revisionist leaders , believing
that Dreyfus had a superb case and required
no foreign testimony to support him , were
anxious both to avoid all charges of having
recourse to Gorman intervention and to spare
French national susceptibilities. Those who
most energetically opposed the publication
of the statement in question were the mem-
" hers ot Dreyfus' family , who communicated
with the Figaro ns soon as they heard what
waa brewing The correspondent Intimates
that more may be heard of this statement
in the event of matters taking an unfavora
ble turn for Dreyfus.
* *
Queensland has voted in favor of the
proposed Australian federal constitution.
The vote was close , 28,000 affirmative ballots
having been cast against 23,000 In the nega
tive. With the exception ot Now South
Wales the feeling against federation was
stronger in Queensland than in any of the
other colonies. New South Wales having de
clared in favor of the plan on n referendum
of the qiuo.lon In June last , and Queenslam
having now followed suit , the union of al
Australia Into ono commonwealth may bo re
garded as a certainty of the near future.
I AICCii , ! > I'OhT THIJATY.
rir * ( of UN Kind Mnilc iildi n Hurn-
I iiouii Gov erimx'iil.
( Minneapolis Journal ,
i On October 1 the treaty establishing a
' percels ptst with Germany will go into
effect.
This is the first treaty of the kind with
a Kuiopcau government. Under this treaty
articles of merchandise put up In packages
not exceeding eleven pounds in weight maybe
bo exchanged at 12 cents a pound or frac
tion of a pound , between the United States
urd Germany , and 2 marks and 40 pfennigs
per parcel of whatever weight between Ger
many and this country , of 1 mark CO
pfennigs for u parcel not exceeding two
pounds and thieo ounces In weight. The
German mark Is 23 8 cents. The arrangement -
ment will bo of decided value In Increasing
Hade between the two countries , bringing
them clcser together , and o tending to
temova any bitter feeling or misunder
standing
In England the parcels post has been in
operation slnoo Ib82 , through the i t-
olllco , and In a few j-oars far surpassed ex
pectations , and thu last report shows that
thu English pcotafllcen handled 67,823,000
parcels In 1697-98 The German parcel post
covers Austria , and the cliargeu are C cents
fo'r distances up to forty rallea and 12 cents
for greater distances within Germany and
AiiHtiia , At Berlin , a city of 1,800.000 popu
lation , as high sa 0,000 parcel * have been
delivered in emi day In Christmas week
On parcels weighing over eleven pounds up
to 100 pounds the rates are In proportion to
the exccas of weight. For 3 cents the gov
ernment dellverii a parcel at a rcBldenco.
In 1S90 Germany received and dlnpatche4
over 11,000,000 parcels In the International
mails , and some years the Gorman parcels
buslneui with other nations exceeds | 100 ,
000,000.
In this country the rate on a pound pack
age is 32 cents , as compared with the Kng-
Hub rate on a similar package of 8 cents.
The excessive charges in this country are
Makes tfie food more delicious and wholesome
oru IAKINQ towtia co , n ( vow.
Indicated ! o in the fact that Germany
will take an right-ounce letter f-oni any
pontomce In the empire to nny point in
her dlitant colonies for ' < cents , while a
i Kliullar letter sent from a point In the United
| Statea to Cuba or Porto llho Is charged SO
centa There Is no reason why thp srrUcp
I with i'f maj not bo as cheap a * In Germany
| or Rnglami. A government rliotild run It *
] pofltoffice department for the convenience of
tbo public and at the lowest rate possible
Both Germany and Kngland beat in In cheap
mall anil parcels transportation Thla
dhoutd not be.
\ nitsi snvin. :
IJITrcl of nn Aliiiniliiiit Crop on Ihr
rollllcnl llo | > ft of tln > MU crllri.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune ,
Whatever chance free coinage of silver
at 16 to 1 , or an ) other ratio , ever had In
the campaign of this jcar or nc\t Is
obscured b ) that rear and actual agent of
pro.ipcrltj aboundant coinage of corn. In
thla. by the irony of fate. Colonel Urjau'u
own state of Nebraska comes Into the arena
as Kansas' rival In turning out n surplus
far above the usual gupplj.
The export demand for corn Is very good ,
and the Rrntlfjlnt ? feature about It Is that
It comes largely from German } , Holland ,
llclglutu and other continental countries
Of the 4,65f ,000 bushels of corn c\portc < l
last week from Atlantic ports , 1,311,000
bushels were taken bj Germany , Greal
Hrltaln took 1,441,000 bushels , the remainder
having been shipped to other continental
countries. There will bo a surplus for ex
port , but It will have to come largely from
the two states alrcad ) named , Kansas and
Nebraska.
The condition of Knnpns and Nobraska'n
corn crop has suffered no deterioration
since the Issuance ot the government crop
repoit for August , but on the contrary , In
many places lu these states , the outlook Is
better , so thit exporters nnd cattle feeder *
of other states can ho promptly supplied
with corn bj the K.insana and Nebraskans ,
provided they pay the prices asked by the
producers.
TAUT TAK1J-OKKS.
Chicago 1'oit : "I'm Mtnndlntc up for thA
masses ! " cried the jiolltleal orator.
"If > lii ) realty wanted to show your friend
ship fo'r ' thorn , returned a man In the baek
row , "you'd sit down a while. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "I never judge n
womnn by her clotheV he sold
"Iuppow , " replied his better half par-
castl/ally / , "that'n why jou go to BO many
burleJ * < | ue shows. "
Chicago News"Is there nnj' money In
mlxin drinks ? ' Inquired the miin with two
strutB.
"Oh , yeV responded the man behind the
bar , "the Julep la a refrulnr mint. "
Philadelphia Kecord : Prl on Visitor Re-
nipmber , my man , nlw-nj-s try to do rlwht.
Convict 4-11-44 That's what brought mo
hero.
"Impossible' "
"No , nlr , 1 knew a fellow named Wright
and I tried to do him. Now I'm dolnn
time. "
Chlcag-o Post : "What makes you think
ho Isn't engaged to her ? "
"Because he doesn't remove tha cigars
from his left vest pocket when he goes to
call on her. "
Washington Star : "I shall denounce
him. " taid the French officer , excitedly.
"For what ? "
"For his outrageous mendacity. He has
unblushlnply testified to the truth , after his
solemn promise to mo that lie would do
nothing of the kind ! "
Chicago Tribune : "What is it ? An ama
teur concert ? "
"Yes , but It is to be given bj- the best
talent in the neighborhood and It's for
charity. "
"How much are the tickets ? "
"Fifty cents. You ought to buy a coupla
of them and sro. "
"I think I'd rather buy four of them and
not go. Here's your money. '
1VIIKX IIULLSTUUT M2AIIS THE II A Ml
Yer blood list pits tcr runnln. ' Ilka er
frerhet In thr spring.
When Bellstedt leads th' band ;
An' yew catch a little hint of how the bells
In heaven ring ,
When Bellstedt leads th' band ;
An' yer mem'ry takes jer back crcrosu th'
half-forgottln jears ,
An' jw llpi vvCll bo er nmllln' tvhlle yer
ojes nro filled with tears ,
When Bellstedt lends th' band.
He sorter makera a hammlck of ther muslo
fer yer soul ,
When Bollstedt leads th1 band ;
An' ho sots th' thins to swlngln'with n
captlvatin' roll ,
When Bellstedt leads th' band ;
An' yew Jlst set thar and hu yerself a
Erazln Inter space.
While th' cornet- * pipe their trcblo with
th' rumble of th' bass ,
When Bellstedt leads th' band.
Yew Brttlo back and cross yer legs nn'
heave a llttlo ,
When Bfllstcclt leads th' band :
An' jer soul KOCS chasln' rainbows In th'
land of bj' and by.
When BellHtedt leadi th' band ;
An' jer heart Jlst porter shivers' ' an * yei
eyes cloud up fer rain ,
An' wonder If Its an'
jew pleasure , yew-
wonder If Its pain ,
When Bellstedt leads th' band.
Yew feel th' Joy of llvin' nn' yew feel the
fltlng of death ,
When BellBtcdt leads th' band ;
An' It i-orter hurts vew 'roun' th' heart
whennVr yew tnke er breath ,
When Bellstedt leads th' band ;
An' yer happy nn' yer sorrj- , but yew Ilka
to hear 'em play ,
An' you can't help wlshln' yew could hear
'em every single blessed day ,
When Bellstedt lends th' band
WILLIAM REED DUNROT.
Advance
Styles in
Top Coats.
We've already had a
cool evening or two , and the
light-weight top coal comes to
mind. We are ready with some
early selections that it will please
you to see. They are beauti
fully made and
up-to-date in ev-
every respect.
There are coverts , whip
cords and gray and rough ef
fects. %
The prices range from
$ JO , $12.50 , $15 , $ J8 , $20 and
up to ? 30.00.
New styles aud patterns
in suits for fall are now ready
also , and we are quite sure that
we have never shown a finer
assortment of such finely made
clothing.