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0 JIE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 21 , 181)0. ) TIIE OMAHA DAILY DEE. H. UOSEWATUn , Editor. PUBLISHED KVKUY MOllNlNO. TEHMB Of SUBSCRIPTION. pally lice ( without Sunday ) , One Ycar.tS.OO pal y Hee and Sunday , One Year . . . . 8.00 Dally , Sunday and Illustrated , One Year S.2i Htinday and Illustrated , On Year . . , 2.25 illustrated Bee , One Year . zw Sunday Uee. One Year . 2.00 Saturday Ue < j. Ono Year . . 1-50 Weekly lice , On Year . Co OFFICES. Omaha : The Uce Building. South Omaha : City Hall Building , Twenty-fifth and , N Streets. Council BlulTs : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago : 307 oxford Uulldlng. New York : Tempi * Court , Washington : 601 Fourteenth Street. COlmESPONDENCE. Communications relating to nowi and edi torial matter should be addressed : Omaha. B e , Kdltorlal Department. uusiNijss Lnrrnns. Business letters and remittances should oo addressed : The Bee Publishing Company , Omaha. nEMITTANCES. Remit by draft , express or postal order payable to The Boo Publishing Company. only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks , except on jn-ha or Kastern exchange , not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. State. of Nebraska. Dousing County , ss. : t , uorS9 B Tischuck. secretary of The Bee f.ubllshlntr company , being duly sworn , says that fho actual number of full and complete cooles of The Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bc < \ printed during the month of August , 1883 , was as follows : 1 . 21,810 17 2tIUt : 2 . S l,7i : ( ) 18 21,803 3 . 1,870 19 21,771 4 . a 1,770 20 20,2711 6. : . a 1,0 to 21 2J.851 22 21,011 7 . . . 2l,7fii : 23 2I.R20 8 . -M.8.-0 24 2iiO : 9 . 21,750 25 25,00(1 30 . 25,100 26 21,848 11 . 21,010 27 25,8:11 : 12 . IM.T.'IO 28 21I02 13 . 2Ur 05 29 20.20O 14 . 21,000 30 25.O1O 1C . 21,802 31 27,000 16 . 21,717 Total . .781,8110 Less unsold and returned copies , . . . 10,143 Net total sales . 771,087 Net dally average . 2l.8I > : t OEORQE B. TZSCIIUCK. Subscribed and sworn before mo this 2nd day of September , A. D. , 1S99 M. B. HUNQATE. tSoaU Notary Public. Tlio man who changes his political creed Ju&t to get a nomination for otlleo usually loses his self-respect and the office aa well. Governor Bayers' anti-trust conven tion may be powerful in Influence , but numerically It Is not large enough to tax the capacity of St. Louis hotels , to say nothing of the bars. The Illinois State Liquor Dealers' as sociation that has accumulated a sur plus of over ? S,000 out of Its annual re ceipts for last year ought to have plenty of candidates for lire otllce of Ueasurcr. And now we aie told that Bryan Is netting republicans to thinking. He did that In 1890 , but the more they thought the more firm they became in their de termination toote for McKlulcy and prosperity. President McKlnloy has not been able to visit the Greater Amcilca Exposition , but his biother 1ms viewed Its attrac tions and beauties and expressed his admiration of the grounds , buildings nnd displays. Id Hung Chang , yellow shirt , peacock feather nnd all , has been recalled to power In China , according to icport China is following closely tlie record of France in the matter of lightning changes of ministry. The question Is , Will the Chicago masons who recently elected President McKlnloy an honorary member of the union pay the strike benefits now that a strike has been formally declared on the now federal building ? It's a poor day now that does not produce an exciting scene on the Stock exchange , but It Is a different kind of excitement ftom that when everything was collapsing right and left during the financial panic of 1803. Missouri's new department store law has been hung up In the courts by in junction proceedings to prevent Its en forcement. The legislature evidently forgot to get tno assent of the Judicial department before Its enactment. If the new election law required the recording of nil pre-election promises as well as certificates of campaign ex penses the record vaults of the state capital nnd various county court houses would need Immediate enlargement. Hastings people who hear a disturb- mice of the atmosphere Saturday need not bo alarmed. It will bo neither the itistlo of angels' wings nor a tornado Jubt a few bundled enthusiastic Omaha men coining down to take in the street fair. There Is no doubt that a high class summer resort near Omaha would pay handsome returns on the Investment If the now motor company in Council Bluffs will Improve the Manawa resort or if the new Fremont canal company will cieato a first-class lake resort suc cess may bo counted on fiom the very start. President Loubet of Franco Is exhort ing the authorities in charge of the Paris exposition to show to the woild what Franco can do Irrespective of the Dreyfus commotion. President Loubet can count on the shortness of man's memory relegating the Dreyfus episode to the rear before the time for opening the exposition gates in 1000 , The Commercial club has given con- slderublo attention to the subject of a beet sugar factory , but no tangible re sults have been obtained. Ono pioposl- tlou after another Is received , discussed , threshed over and finally abandoned. There Is no doubt but the boll in this section is admirably adapted to beet culture , and there la little doubt that n beet sugar icllnery would bo a paying investment. The ralblng of capital suf ficient to iuako such an eutcrpilbo a go is , however , another matter. I In the controversy between Auditor Cornell nnd Governor Poj liter over tire supervision ot insurance companies tlio overwhelming popular sentiment Is un questionably with the governor. The Insurance department has for years ex erted n demoiall/.lng Influence upon each successive auditor. It created a scandal last winter that came very near to cul minating In the Impeachment of Auditor Cornell. Ills summary suspension and removal was only prevented by the en- ncttiicut of the law that divorced the In surance business from the auditor's olllco. Cornell's persistent defiance of the law only conllrrns the wisdom of the course taken by the legislature. Why any olllcer with n fixed Income that cannot bo legally increased by fees or perquisites of any kind sirotild resist the effort to relieve him of additional labor and responsibility passes comprehen sion. . If Mr. Cornell Imagines that obstruc tion of the new Insurance law will oper ate ns a vindication of the Indefensible methods pursued by the Insurance Inspectors specters for whose conduct ho was re sponsible he Is , to say the least , laborIng - Ing under n delusion. Ills contention that he Is still the head of the Insur ance department notwithstanding the law -which he and every other state olllcer Is expected to obey so long up It is irot declared Invalid by the courts naturally creates the Impression that he Is waging n light for plunder rather than good government. It was his manifest duty In the first place to turn over the books and papers of the insurance de partment to the new commissioner , re serving to himself the right to test the validity of the law In the courts. Ills attempt to starve out the commissioner Is ns ill-advised as his confusing circu lar letters to Insurance companies. The people of Nebraska care very little who has control of Insurance super vision , but they Irave no patience \\itlr any ofllccr who foments discord at tire expense of policy-holders and subjects therrr to Imposition and extortion by wildcat Insurance companies that take advantage of the war that prevents the application of the safeguards thrown around policy-holders by the last legis lature. Incidentally the people have a. right to feel aggravated over the course of Auditor Cornell -whereby the treasury is deprived of revenues estimated to yield from $40,000 to 5-00,000 every year. ASUT1WK CUNFBllBfiCB. There will bo more or less Interest felt , particularly In official circles , re garding the conference between General Otis nnd a prominent insurgent officer , but that anything practical will come of It Is hardly to be expected. The Idea at Washington appears to be that the proposed parley isto - gain time , but we c.rnuot see why the insurgents should have such motive at present , a month or more before tlhe rainy season will end and military operations can be renewed on a largo scale. The Insur gent leaders certainly understand that a conference at this time can make no difference in the preparations that the American military authorities are mak ing for the active renewal and vigorous prosecution of hostilities and that a par ley In which they should offer anything less than unconditional surrender would be utterly futile and useless. It is possible , ns surmised at Wash ington , that the insurgent general who desires a conference may represent an clement which Is disposed to surrender if assured of considerate treatment on the part of the American authorities. It Is not unreasonable to assume that among the Insurgents there arc some who feel that their cause is hopeless and who are willing to yield if given assurance of security nnd good treat ment. It Is needless to say that any such would be given the assurance. But theie Is little satisfaction in conjecture and a few days will disclose the pur pose of the proposed parley. ENOLAN11 OAllING TIME. A council of the British cabinet has been summoned to consider the last communication from the Transvaal gov ernment and It Is expected that It will bo held this week. The dispatches say that It Is by no means certain the coun cil will adopt extreme measures , In splto of the uncompromising nature of the Boer reply nnd note that the delibera tion on the part of the British govern ment Is Interpreted not only in London but in other European capitals as a de- slro on the part of Great Britain to gain tlnro while the transports nro hurrying troops to South Africa. This is a not Improbable view. The Biltlsh army in South Africa is not sufficient to cope with the Boers and It will take at least a month to get nn adequate force there for offensive opera tions. If hostilities were to begin now the British would be nb a disadvantage and to Buffer Immediate defeat would bo a strategic blunder that would in evitably have a most damaging effect upon British prestige throughout South Africa. It is needless to say that this is fully under-stood by the British cabi net. Jf there must be war the policy of the government Avlll bo to push it with all possible vigor , carrying it Into the Transvaal and prosecuting it energetic ally nnd relentlessly. This could not bo done with the force Kngland now has In South Africa , That army would bo compelled to fight on tire defensive. It would bo fully occupied in guarding British territory against Boer Invasion and It is questionable whether It would bo entirely successful in this , since it is very certain that the Boors would put all the energy they possess In their cam paign. Manifestly , therefore , if England in tends to go to war intiro event of the Transvaal government rejecting her terms , she must have a much larger force in South Africa than Is now there or Invite repulse and discomfiture all along the Hue. If the Boers are able to put in the field an army of 50,000 , the British should lime a force tit least equal to that and to collect buch a force will require beveral weeks. Will the Boers wait for this to be done ? Will they hold off until Dnghrnd has amassed an army In South Africa which she thinks adequate for their defeat ? A dispatch from Capetown says the Im- prosslon there Is that the Boots will at once take the Initiative , but British mili tary authorities arc s.rld not to fear such a contingency for the present. The Transvaal government probably does not doslre to begin hostilities , since that would enable Knglaiul to throw upon the Boors the responsibility for vvirr. There will of course be no hostile dorn- onstiatlon pending the meeting of the Biltlsh cabinet and Its response to the last Transvaal note. But if It should become obvious that England Is pat ley- lug solely to gain time In which to complete preparations for war the Boors would very likely take the Initiative , for wlrloh undoubtedly they are entirely r eady. Evidently the crisis cannot be much longer postponed. The tension la too great to be prolonged bejond perhaps a few dajs. The British cabinet council will doubtless settle the question whether or not there Is to bo war. SCHLEY'd AK Hear Admiral Schley will accept his assignment to sea service ns commander of the South Atlantic squadron , now under command of Hear Admiral How- Isou , who will ictlro for ago next month. Schley desired sea service and while It is probable that ho would have preferred a different assignment he has too high a sense of duty to complain of the action of his superiors In authority and his acceptance Is a rebuke to thote over-7ealous friends who have alleged that his assignment was prompted by unfriendliness of the Navy department nnd a desire to practically shelve him. The Maryland friends of Hear Admiral Schley have been especially noisy In their criticism of the assignment nnd their course appears somewhat ridic ulous In view of the decision of the ad miral nnd his statement that he alwaj s oboycd orders and would cheerfully as sume the duties of any post selected by the authority which it had boon His pride to servo for forty-three years. This Is the spirit of a true American sailor and there is none truer than Win- field Scott Schley. The South Atlantic station has not been regarded as of great Importance , but It will grow In Importance , as the president pointed out , and assignment to it Is officially regarded as a mark of distinction i.ither than a slight. At all events It appears to be the only command to which Schley could bo as signed at present. Thus tJrero Is no reasonable ground whatever for corn- plaint and criticism nnd those who in dulge in It arc not doing Schley a friendly service. There is no doubt as to the position of Hear Admiral Schley in the respect of the American people. They honor him as an able and gallant officer. The place he will occupy in naval history Is well assured. lie Is fully qualified to protect his rights nnd maintain his professional ( honor and his friends may safely leave it to himself to do this. The injudicious course of sorno of thorn is very likely distasteful to him. Sorno of the worklngmen employed in the construction of the now state Deaf and Dumb institute building disclaim being non-union mechanics and we cheerfully give place to their denial. In commenting on the subject The Bee sim ply took it for granted that the resolu tions adopted by the Douglas county populist convention were based on sub stantial facts. At any rate parties who claim to know assert that the resolu tions demanding the removal of the su perintendent and reorganization of the Board of Trustees were not frivolous , but had for their basis a state < 5f af fairs that demands radical reform In the management of the Institution. How ( account for the unexplainable absence of Nebraska's governor and his trust-smashing attorney general from the gubernator lal anti-trust love feast at St Louis ? The attendance at Wie St. Louis meeting Is chiefly from the- dem ocratic states of tire southwest , whoso official representatives will revel in de nouncing the trusts nnd demanding their absolute destruction. Even If it takes a sergeant-at-arrns to got him , Nebraska's fulminating attorney gen eral should bo there to tell how much practice is necessary to perform his won derful act of hitting tire trusts a death blow with the soft end of a feather duster. Senator Hanna's announcement that he has no Intention of retiring from the head of the republican national commit tee before his tlnro is up may be ex- pccted to bo the signal for a renewal of the personal assaults upon him by the popocratlc newspaper batteries from one end of the country to another. When the popocratlc organ Is In doubt what to do it turrrs to Senator Ilimna for punching bag exercise. Ten days ago Judge Gordon was an avowed republican. Had the repub lican convention seen fit to renomlnate him ho would still bo a republican , But the republicans nominated another can didate and Judge Gordon suddenly flopped and became a popullstlc demo crat Just in time to bo eligible for a popocratlc nomination to the place ho holds at the hands of republicans. City , county and school board should get together quickly on the question of voting booths. Certainly replacing wor n- out booths with new ones does not come under the head of repairs any more than docs replacing rotten -wooden block with asphalt pavement , nil the legal technical- itles uud hair-splitting to the contrary notwithstanding. Within a few dajs the Ak-Sur-Ben festivities will be on , presenting many novel bin prises not only to Onmhuns , but to the thousands of visitors ex pected to grace that occasion. It prom to be the blpgest stteet show of the jcnr. \\lij ti < > Ciiiinto Trrmlilm. I.CM Angeles Times. Ono bf the worst features cl this Trans vaal ruction Is the danger that Alfred Aus tin may break cut OR-iln at any moment. \ \ > rlli l.noUhiK Into. Detroit Journal H wll ( be noticed by observing reformers that the blcycle'tnist makes no bones whatever - ever of proilalmJnR that It la going Into business to curtail oorripctttlon and tilt prices. Tihc 'bicycle ' trust U chcwrful nn < > breezy. Oil let the I'liltllMilnrx. Globe-Democrat. Transports ha\o been provide ! to take 29,918 men to the Philippines , the last ehlp leaving San rranclsco" by November 1. The dally landing cf a freift regiment In Manila for a long porlod will dUpel the Tagal doubt concerning the earnest purpose of this coun try. GUc Tlii'ir lliinilH n Clmncc. New York Sun It will bo a llttlo embarrassing to the democratic epouters , tempestuously epout- Ing about the Impoverished people and para lyzed industry , If somebody In the nuillcncc offers them a job Some of the "western " farmers have had so much trouble In hiring harvest hands that they may feel inclined to Impress ti few epoutcrs and drag them off to the fields. Corn n Millionaire. Globe-Democrat. Corn In the country cm a "whole Is a little later then U was last year , jot the frost which Is predicted Is not likely to do it any serious Injury , The crop Is 'too far ad vanced to bo harmed now unless the frost Is moro widely extended than scorns likely to bo the case at present , and to last longer. The Indications etlll nro that the yield will go considerably abov e tbo 2,000.000,000-mark Corn Is tlho most valuable of all of Amer ica's crops , nnd the ( probabilities nro thai thla year's product will not bo much behind the highest figures ever touched. The agri culturists will have < no chance to grumble at the present conditions. Inline-nee ( > f Golf. Chicago Chronicle. No doubt much Ill-timed nnd cruel levity will be excited among the editorial fra ternity by the news that an Iowa .former lias gone crazy through watching the noble game of golf and has been placed under re straint 'because ' Bio insisted upon "lofting" cabbage "hcodla " over the chicken coop with a hoe handle. The spectacle Is , Indeed , some what ludicrous. Yet It Is scarcely more provo'catho of mirth than Is the sight of n gifted Journalist in full golf panoply wildly whacking away at a small ball In the pri vacy of his own back yard an entertainment Which TVO are Informed may bo enjoyed by these who know thcdr way about Evanston No doubt after the Journalist perfects his stroke too iwlll bo seen In public , but In the meantime let us pity rather than ridicule tiho Iowa agriculturist , it Is evident tJat the game o golf exercises Its malign In fluence upon all alike. HCCOHD-1IIIUAK1.M3 COH.V CHOI' . Juicy Army or FlKiircH for Itcnuli- llcnii SitcIlbtiiclcrH. Washington Post. Persons ivho revel in big figures will find a. source of great Joy In the agricultural statistics of thla bountiful 3 ear. They can begin to work up their enthusiasm with the cotton crop too large , wo fear , to bring satisfactory returns to the planters. Then they can take up oats , peas , beans and barley , each In Its turn , and find the supply Joyfully ample. But the ecstatic hour will not set In until they gaze upon the estimate of the corn crop of the United States which Chicago experts ha\e figured out. It is put at 2,500,000,000 bushels. Of course , no esti- n.ate , whether official or otherwise , can bP guaranteed to bo absolutely correct. Nobody I has over made or ever TV 111 make a count of the bushels of corn raised in a year. But the ncreago can bo and Is closely approxi mated , nnd sowith the average yield per acre. Thus ivo are abfo to get within a few million bushels of the actual quantity , and the result is , perhaps , as likely to ( bo below as above the undeterminable verity. This output of 2,500,000,000 Is the largest crop on record , exceeding by 500,000,000 bushels the greatest of Its predecessors , that of 1885 , the first year of the first Cleveland administration. Since it Is a fact , however absurd , that crops influence \otes , and are , therefore , a political factor , It may bo worth while for republican spell binders to remember that MKlnley Is 5,000,000 bushels of corn ahead of the only democratic president since Buchanan ! The 2,500,000,000 crop of this jear means moro than thirty bushels to each man , woman and child In the country ; more than 150 bushels to each family. Wo leave to those who delight in such tasks the pleas ure of figuring out how many carloads and how many miles of cars would bo required to carry this crop to market. It means low prices , which may not bo good for alt the producers , but will not Injure the con sumers. It ought to mean cheap tncat , es pecially hog products. Only a small portion tion of our corn is used for bread , hut it is the raw material from which various kinds of meat are made. And , besides be ing bread nnd meat , it is animal power. It Is the strength of the horse , the mule , and the ox. It runs the plow , the dray , the wagon , nnd the carriage. Nor Is this the limit of Us utilities. It Is milk for babies as well1 as for larger folk , and it la converted Into beverages that cheer and , also , Inebri ate. There are , In nemo of < tbo states , a good many prohibitionists who see no In consistency In raising such varieties of corn as the distillers prefer and hauling It to the distilleries. But they are very bitter In denunciation of the man \vho leases a building in whkh Avhlsky is eold. I'JMISON.VI , AMI OTIIGItWISIS. Thomas Bain , new speaker of the Cana dian HOUBO of Commons , Is a farmer , the first to gain that post. The total number of deaths In Boston last year vvaa 10,880 , a decrease of 2C8 from the previous year , and the death rate was the lowest on record In the city. The national memorial committee has voted 10,000 for ths erection of a suitable library at Ilawarden for Gladstone's collec tion of books and tbo 'work will begin at once. The Society of the Army of the Potomac Is to hold Us thirtieth annual reunion in Plttsburg , Pnn. , October 11 and 12 and ar rangements already made there Insure H the heartiest 'welcome. ' Senator Debc-e of Kentucky , having shaved oft his drooping moustache at the Instance of friends -who wanted him to bo modern , now looks eo much like President 'McKlnley ' that it Is difficult to tell thsrn apart at a snort distance. An admiral's oaluto of seventeen guns Is to bo fired by the battery of the Pcnusjl- vanla state arsenal In Harrlsburg on the day that Admiral Dcwoy lands In this coun try. Similar salutes will bo fired at the eamo time at Wichita and Toreka , Kan. D. D. Tee , the now treasurer of Barnncll county , South Carolina , has found a shortage in his predecessor's accounts of nearly $17,000. Sir. Foe announces that his father's ( ftato is worth about the amount of the deficiency and ho will devote It to paying tbo shortage , since his father was the former treasurer , The Ingersoll 'Monument association has Issued an appeal for funds to carry out its project of erecting a memorial to the famous agnostic at his old homo In Peorla , 111. Julia Marlowo , whom Colonel Ingersoll did much toward Introducing to the public , and Mrs. French ( Octave Thanet ) are among the contributors. TIIOI tu.i : IN ! HI-1 HA.VSA.M. . . Boston Globe The burghers of the Orange Tree State ha\o met and resolved to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Boers In case of an > British attack on them. They are prepared to assemble at a minute's notice. There Is nothing slow about these strong- siding champlota of the Transvaal. New York Sun It Is certain that the In- fllotlon of the curse of war upon a feeble state on the store of a slight deviation from the change In Its naturalization laws demanded by Mr. Chamberlain would be looked upon as nn unconscionable nnd rep rehensible deed by right-feeling nnd Into.- ligent Americans , vniioso irespocl a farsighted - sighted British statesman would wish to retain. Springfield Republican Herbert Spencer seldom appears nonadAjs In any public ca pacity. Ills aversion to war is so great , however , that he has written n letter de nouncing a war against the Boers "I re joice , " he E"iys. "that some among us think that national honor li not being enhanced bj putting down the weak No one can dciiv that at the ttiio of the Jameson raid the aim of the outlnndcrs and raiders was to usurp the Transvaal government. " Chicago Post The prospects of peaceful outcome nro small. Wo ha\o two bravo and stubborn nations face to face. On the one side nro the Boers encouraged in their con fidence by the fact that they have already beaten the British twice. On the other are a people who have conquered half the known world from nn insignificant Island. With two mich forces In antagonism It Is not likely that ithero will bo a composition of differences after defiances have been ex changed. Chicago Journal : Mr. Morley hit oft the consistency of the British franchise de mands with great precision Jn a recent t-peech. Ho ealdl that under British statu tory law any Briton naturalized In the Transvaal became nn alien to the British empire and that certain members of the government proposed to go to war with the Boers for refusing to alienate British citi zens from their allegiance , The truthful answer Mr. Chamberlain might make to that Is , that ho doesn't care a penny for the franchise and la only using the subject for a blind. But Mr. Chamberlain won't moke any such answer. When ho gets to the point where ho has to disclose his real pur poses he and Rhodes will have to give up the game. Chicago Tribune : Ixjinlon Truth exposes the emptiness of Mr. Chamberlain's "euzor- aintj" claJm iu the Transvaal. Originally the Transvaal iwas Independent , for the Boers purposely migrated ! to a region in the Eouth African wilderness , -where. Great Britain mode no pretense of any direct or indirect claim on the land. Then a ifow persons In the republic desired nnnexation to Great 'Britain ' and secured it in 1877 by underhanded methods. A majority of the Boors protested , and in 1SS1 they fell back on nrmtd resistance to regain their Inde pendence. Before Majuba Hill was fought and won Mr. Gladstone sent instructions to suspend the hostilities on a basis of the ac knowledgment of the injustice- and treachery that had led to the annexation. The dis patch reached the British commander after the battle. He acted upon It , and Mr. Glad stone stuck to his policy of Justice , in spite of the bitter Tory outcry that arose then and continues today over the rankling remem brance of Majuba Hill. To most minds it is ono of the noblest acts of Gladstone's ca reer that ho preferred to bo Just In the face of adverse circumstances. HOTTEST TRUST IN 'Min BUNCH. Chlenco Under llc Iron Hiile of the I'liunhcrN' Combine. Chicago Post. The extraordinary accounts of the des potic and suicidal policy at the plumbers' trust , Tvhlch includes the master and Jour neyman plumbers and the merchants who supply plumbing materials , have attracted wide attention Jn the community nnd brought to public notice additional illustra tions of the Iron ruleof the combination. The helplessness of the citizens is absolute. Building operations and repairs are either wholly prevented or made outrageously ex- psnslvo The combination rigidly restricts the amount of work to bo done by a Jour neyman , places restrictions on the Introduc tion , of Improvements and practices extor tion nnd robbery. It is Impossible for any ono to buy gas pipe for any purpose. Only union plumb ers are allowed to handle 4t. Even a wrench may not bo sold hy a dealer in plumbing , material to a citizen who wishes to do th3 slightest repair work in his own houso. As ono man says , a little experience with the plumbers and their fellow monopo lists In the trade -will teach one moro about the possibilities of a trust than any number of books and speeches. The trust not only defies the public , but It refU3es to listen to reason and demonstra tion. If Its object Is to raise wages nnd control the market , It is defeated by the monstrous lengths towhich the restrictive policy Is carried. Oppressively high pricea and tyrannical regulations discourage hun dreds who would replace defectlvo and un sanitary plumbing or build now houses. There is less vork , and consequently less capital to bo distributed among the mem bers of the combination. While the public undoubtedly suffers and the health of the community is injured by the arrest of im provement in the plumbing of the city , the chief sufferers are the members o'f the com bination , who are deprived of opportunities which under a liberal and sensible sjstem would accrue to them. If It is true that a few men control the situation , to the dissatisfaction and disgust of the body of Its members , It is surely high time the purblind and Irrational leaders were overthrown. Either the master plumbers or the dealers In materials ought to declare their Independence of the trust and rlwk a conflict in which public sentiment would bo overwhelmingly on the side of the bolters. The refusal of any ono of the Interests to submit to coercion any longer would smash the combination. Unless relief comes from this direction the cltUens will have to ap peal to the courts. Whatever agreement exists between the masters and Journeymen , or between these and the dealers , Is unquestionably In restraint of trade and against public policy. It maybe bo dlfllcult to secure valid legal evidence of an actual agreement , but sooner or later nn aroused community will find a method of exposing the Illegal character of the trust. A firm whoso labor-saving device the trust has boycotted has announced its intention of appealing to the courts , and the cnso ought to bo pushed. The plumbers' trust has no reason for existence , not even a narrow , selfish reason. It Injures everybody and helps nobody. It is supported by Ignorance - ' norance of the first principles of political economy and a despotic will , l'H 'lc-KH 1'ri'Hoi Iitllonc , Kansas City Journal , "You are Buffering , " said the physician , "from acute alcoholism. My advlco Is , quit drinking , " Such advice would undoubtedly be good if it vtcro not wholly Ira-practice- bio. Dr. Henry Watterson's advlco to the democratic party Is valueless for the same reason. I KCIIUKS or Tim wvu. Lieutenant Colonel John I ) . Mlley , one of the most edlclenl joung officers In the regular army. Is the latest sacrifice offered to the moloch of war and tropical climate. Ho dlexl at Manila last Tuesday of Uphold fever. j Mcutcnnnt Colonel Mlloy entered West Point from Illinois In ) SS3 and graduated In ' 1SS7 He served ns secnml lieutenant In the Tourlh nnd Plfth artlllerv up to 1S94 when ho wna given n first Hmitenancv nnd at tached to the So-onil regiment When ! ho Spanish war began opportiiMltle-s came to render effective nnd cfllclcnt service Ho was chosen chief of staff by General Shatter In the Santiago cn-iipalgn , and so gallantly nnd well did ho pel form his arduous duties that ho earned the warm commendation of the commander nnd associate olDcors He vva < ! , In fact , General Shafter s strong right arm In the critical stage ? of the Invasion of Houthorn Cuba , and not n llttlo of that tri umph was due to his mlllttirj skill and ag gressive courage. Ho was ono of the com missioners to forrnulnto the terms for the surrender of General ToraPs army , and . later went Into the country district to reecho - ' echo the surrender of the fragments of the 1 Spanish army. Aftir a few months' rest ho was sent to Manila ns Inspector general am' | was acting as collector of the port when stricken with deadly fever. ' Some of the new voluntccis bound for Manila do not permit the fires of patriotism < p burn out rill regard for number one. In deed , the warmth of the welcome tendered the returning volunteers Inspires in new recruits n desire to bo enrolled In the list of horocs nnd enjoy the plaudits nnd emolu- . incuts thereof. Ono of the prospective ! liuroiw had this In view when ho Inserted I the following "personal" in a New York , paper : "Bachelor (35) ( ) , sound health , chai- ncter above reproach , abstainer from HqUor , tobacco nnd profanity , with university cdu- i cation , Is now an olllcer in Anicrlcan-Kll- | Ipino war , desires acquaintance of very ' wealthy maiden lady , or unencumbered | widow of good character , with view to I matrimony and European travel when war ' Is " over. I Soldiers of the Cuban war who served 'under ' Bilgadler General Fred 1) . Grant at Chlckamnuga will rejoice to learn that the general Is Idolized by his troops In the Philippines. The Manila Freedom of August 2 sajs : "Brigadier General Fred D. Grant who was seriously Injured by the stumbling of his horse at Bacoor the other day , is an olllcer who is worshiped by his men. "In camp , along the picket line and on the march , wherever ho may bo , the general Is always looking out for his men. Ho has a kindly way of asking questions and the fol lowing llttlo Incident , which occurred while General Grant was nt Son Fernando , vvll Illustrate his method of doing things : . "Ono hot afternoon the general observed n. llttlo squad come inarching slowly Into camp. The men seemed almost exhausted their lagging gait and brown clothes , eoaked with sweat , betokened a hard march under the hot sun , but General Grant wanted to know a little moro about It. "Tho squad halted nnd the men told him that thejt had been out on a scout since early morning. They were almost too tired to walk hut were anxious to get to their quarters some llttlo distance further on. "When asked the cause of their hurry when they vero so tired , the sergeant ex plained that they had eaten but a scanty breakfast and had missed their dinner. " 'Then I suppose you are hungry enough , said General Grant. 'Come with me. ' They went. In a few minutes the squad occuplec seats at the table and the boys were being served with the best that the general's cook could dish up for them. " Hero Is another Dewey story , Touched for by the Washington Post : Dewey once at tended a wedding breakfast at which the affable Baroness do Struvewife of the Rus sian minister at that time , was present Dewey had mot this famous woman several times before. The facial plainness of the baroness was quite beyond belief , but sh < was ono of the most brilliant , lovable ani kindly women over elected to guide the aocla affairs of the diplomatic corps In Washing ton. A lady who overheard It tells f an amusing passage which the oaroness ani Dewey ( who , If memory serves , was then a commander ) had at this particular wed ding breakfast. "Referring to leather , " eald the baroness amiably , after some playful remark as to the spick-and-span polish of Dowoy's swore belt ho was In dress uniform "tho mosi remarkable bit of Russian leather in the world is my face. " Dewey -was as quick a thinker then as ho Is now , but this stalled him. "Madame , " he said , after a pause , "I am but a rough sailor man , and this is a heavy demand which you make upon mo. I am not equal to the emergency. " "Of course , " said the baroness , tapping him with her fan , "I should have to consider you hopelessly rude were jou to agree with me. But you can preserve your neutrality naval officers nro taught to do that , are they notby telling mo what really flno eyes I have. They are fine , are they not ? " Thus assisted , Dewey rose to the occasion. ' In. truth magnifi The baroness' eyes were , , cent. _ JV ? > OTIII1II HAIl OH1 WONDEIIS. ainUcM a Nciv Ilccord in Vnlue of HxiinrtM. New York Trlbuno. For the first time August exports rise above a hundred millions. In the natural ebb and flow of commercial tides It has never hap pened that the exports of that month have been near the largest of the year , nnd when the old high-water mark was reached , with exports for the first time exceeding a thou sand millions In a year , the August exports in 1891 wore only J72.C85.511 In value. Even In tbo last two years , with exports each year over $1,200,000,000 , these of August were only ? 80,825,050 in 1897 , then the largest over known In that month , nnd $84,505,501 last year. But this year the value has been $101,648,430 , over $20- 000,000 greater than over before In that month. Although Imports rose moro ithan 10 per cent above those of July , reach ing $6,718,757 , the excess of exports in Aug ust wa < $37,929,699. But tbo most encourag ing fact remains. The exports of great staples have been somewhat greater than in August of other years , but other domestic exports , mostly manufactured , have been greater In August than in any other month of any year nnd $10,349,000 greater than In any other August , amounting to $48,957,603. , Con- slderlng the growing anxiety from month to month , as old contracts for manufactured articles run out , lest advance In prices might prevent largo exports of such products , this report Is exceedingly gratifying Once more the exports of the great otaples take a start upward , exceeding those of last year by $9,366,978 in August , after falling below those of last year In the five months or ding with June. The handsome gain in July was gratifying , but seemed scarcely enough to give assurance of better things for the now crop year , In part because It was largely due to shipments of products left over from last year's surplus , nnd the range of prices for the new crop year had hardly been indicated. In August apprehension of POWDER : ABS0MJ1ELY ! U RE Mokes the food more delicious and wholesome , . BOVtl BAKINO MOOCH CO HEW VOX. deficient jlcld was used In the mirkela to the utmost , hut wheat declined thrce-qu r- tcrs of a cent , whllo corn advanced Hi cents and cotlon nn eighth and pork de clined tO cents per barrel , without change In Hrd or hogs. The heavy trports Ihl * jcar nro not attributable to a fall In prlcm. but > | J > In breadstuffs there appears n gain of $5.071 - * 023. In quantity n lo s of 1154,000 bushels of wheat was more than balanced by nn In crease of 400.000 barrels of flour , making IT.lGi.SSfi bushels , flour included , ngalrtst IC Sl.SSS last jcnr , though owing to lower prices the shipments last vcar were $331G9' more than thowj of this > car In value. Hut s In corn the Incrciso of 10,000,000 bushels brought nn Increase of $3,927,000 In value , nnd In oats the Increase In vnluo was $753,000. Including cattle nnd hogs , exports of pro visions show a gain In value of $2,231,275. A largo part was due to the Increase of over K.OOO 000 pounds In butter , the gain In valun being $ SGSBS2 , but In fresh tierf the gain was $53J,000 In hams $392,000 and In oleo $211,000. Thotlh pork declined , the exports Increased only slight ! } The cotton exports decreased nearly $90,000 In value , the nimn- tlty being 7,633 bales smaller , though the average export price was 6.2 cents , against 6 cents per pound last year. The oil cx- . ports , however , Increased $1,327.000 III 11- ' lumlnatlng , and seine Increase Iu other Itonin rnado the total Rain $1,548,502. The total value of those principal staples exported In August was $33,925,4SS , not only exceeding these of last jear , as above stated , but also these of August , 1S97 , by $5fiOO,000 and thoao of August , 1S96 , by about $17,300,000. In brief the fall movement starts -with larger exports of staples In August than were scon last year In September and with nothing to indicate that a decline la proba ble. The foreign demand for the winter la usually foreshadowed fairly well In August , unless checked by subsequent change in prices , nnd the range has now been so nearly maintained for six -necks , with an outgo considerably greater than that of last year , th.it In breadstuffs nnd provisions Its continuance seems probable. Chicago Record : nnpockSaundcrs Is a man of unusually eoumf Judgment. Mrs. Unpeck In oilier words , I nuppose. his opinions always coincide with jours. Indianapolis Journal : "Isn't your son rather large to play with dolls1 "Oh , no. Wo are training him up to be a mnn dressmaker. " Philadelphia Bulletin : "Did jou hear what Aunt Hetty says ? " "No ; what now ? " . "Sho say-s slip wonders why they don't build cttle * In the country , where there's more room. " Detroit Journal : When a mnn borrows trouble , imagination Is the loan agent. Washington Star : "What Is that officer \ _ doing ? " asked itlie Filipino general ; "wast- ' Ins : Ills time practicing fancy penmanship - ship ? " "No , general , lie Is making- map show- ling our line of march in the recent ro- treat. " Somervlllo Journal ; Miss Walslngham We can trace our ancestry back to the Norman conquest , can't we , mother ? Mrs. Walslnpham ( sadly ) Yes ; but wo don't know where your father was last nlg1it. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Isn't It wonder ful that ono Email head can carry all ho knows ? " "No. The wonder da where he stores all * he thinks ha knovv9" } Indianapolis Journal : Tlio Installment Man I think you ought to take my caao for nothing. ' , I avvjer I wish you would tell me why. " 'Cause Jf it wasn't for us fellers There i wouldn't be half the divorce business for jou fellers. " Chicago Post : "Hero's a story of a man who married the woman who saved lila life. " he said , lookingup from his paper. "Trying to make ( her regret her heroism. " J suggested Ma wife , thus wiping out many t scores of long1 standing. AUTUMN. Bedc'a Budget. O the wheat Is wearing whiskers And the corn Is wearing silk , And the stocks are waving tassels all BO fair , And the berries blush for pickers , And the cowa give butter milk , And the thistle down Is floating In the air. And the argus-eyid new tater IB a. peopln' from the hill , And the flax says , won't you twist mo into twine ? And. the ghost-dust covered miller Is a-grindlng at the mill , And the punk'in la a-pullln. ' at the vino. And 'tis Indian - once more summer , For the weather's smoky blue , And .tho little ones are swinging on th& . - Bute , ' The melon and the cucumber Are both making- much ado. And the ofllceseekor's seekingo'er the state. And wo ( hear the Joud exhorters , For 'tis now campmeeting1 time , And the chickens are alaylngvery low , And the harvest moon gives quarters v < n , To all those without a dime , it Jfi And Jovers stroll where gentle breezes blow. l I And Jack Frost his nest has feathered , And the squirrels are In slee , And the thresher's hum. is heard throughout the land , And the nuts will soon bo gathered , And we'll have a husking- lice , And nature's music beats the Rossa. band. And the elder press Is grinding- All the nectar from , the fruit , And the farmer takes his ewlne unto the tfalr , And wo see the courd a-cllmblntr. While the prices follow suit , And the thistle down is floating : In the air. If you are not ready for a new overcoatr you must wear somewhat heavier under clothing as the nights grow cooler. We are prepared to show a great variety of kinds at a variety oj prices , In is all of the kind that fits , too. We have both the medium and heavy weight garments in wool merino , balbriggan and silk. We can make your underwear to order if you like , It K costs a little more , * Imported and domestic hosiery in plain and fancy colors at from 25c to $2,00 a pair.
