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.6 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; WEDNESDAY , itfOVEMBER 8 , 1800. THE OMAHA DAILY BEI K. H03EWATEU. Editor. PUBLISHED EVEHY MORXINO. TEUMS Ol' ' " SUBSCniPTlON. Dally lice ( without Sundny ) , One Year. * Oally Bee nnd Sunday. One Year. . . . . . . . j Dally , Sunday and Illustrated , One Year I Sunday and Illustrated , One Year ! Illustrated Uce , One Year Sunday Bee , One Year. . . Saturday Dec , One Year Weekly Bee , One Year OFFICES. Omaha : The Ueo Building. South Omaha : City Hull Bullelli Twcnty-flfth nnd N Streets. Council muffs : 10 Pearl Street. ChlcnRo : 1610 Unity llulldlng. New York : Temple Court. Washington : 601 Fourteenth Street. COnilESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and c > torlal matter should be addressed : Oma Uce , Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. UusIneRO letters nnd remittances shot be addressed : The Hco Publishing Compar Omaha , REMITTANCES. Uemlt by draft , express or postal ordi payable to The lice PuWlsntng Compnr Only 2-ccnt stamps accepted In payment mall accounts. Personal checks , except i Omnha or Eastern exchange not ncccptt THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. ST.VTHMI3.Vr 01' ' CIHCCIjATlOX. Slate of Nebraska , Douglas County , so. : Ocorpe B. Tzschuclc , secretary of The 13 Publishing company , being duly sworn , sa ; Ihnt the actual number of fuJ ! and cor plotfc eoplM of The Dally. Mornlntj. ' Eve ing find Sunday Bee , printed 'during tl month of. October , 1890 , was us follows : 1 1:11,000 17. 18. Mu : 3 Bl.lir.O ID. 4 Biir : n B B4,7BO 21 B-i-li 6 ai-IHO 22 25H : 7 BIROO 33 ; -.ii,4 : S i-ino : 21 -1,1' 0 S-l-fM in 21,710 26 215,01 n s-ifinn 27 2.V < r 12 1IIOO 2S 25,2 ( 13 a-i-iio : 2D B.--M r II UI-I70 30 2I,1M 13 B5 , r ( l 31 25,47 1G . . . . .1:1,110 Total 1,01 Lc-sa unspld and returned copies , . ,8 : ! Not totnl sales . 7 l,8r , Net dally average . 21,57 GEORGE B. T2SCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn before me this li day of November , A. D. 1M9. M. B. HUNGATE , ( S nl. ) Notary Public. L . . . Now' for a ciuiiiiilgn for Onmha wit every loyal cltizun'.s shoulder to th wheel. At least onc-lmlf of the ; election Is over. The man who won can hnv his Jubilee and the man who lost en sit on the fence and watch the proce ; 3lon pass by. Omaha's public schools require th BorvicoR of : ! ! ) ! teachers who are ir structing nearly 10,000 pupils. Th public school system Is still the bigges Institution In the community. Council Bluffs did Itself proud In it reception to the returning regiment o Iowa volunteers and the committee which had charge of the arrangement ire entitled to a vote of thanks. Wall street speculators do not appca to be above maklug , a .little , money , b ; taking in washing , lie their disc , however over , they llud It more profitable t wash revenue stamps than linen , Now all the people can resume tin cvcu tenor of their ways and begin tin contemplation of the Thanksglvlnj turkey. There are a thousand goo < reasons for thanksgiving this year. The Chicago municipal pawnshop li now open and ready for business. Tin city charges a small Interest , but Insist upon good collateral when loans ar ( procured. Democratic promises an barred. Governor Voynter has finally promul gated his Thanksgiving proclamatloi and all good Nebraska people will take notice that Thanksgiving day this yeai e-omes as usual oil the last Thursday ir November. Tom Heed's successor lu Maine hat been elected by a majority practical ! ; the same as was polled by his Illustrious predecessor. The old state of Maine Is staunch lu Its adherence to the republican party. With the onerous burdens of the cam palgn oft' their minds perhaps the Hon orable David II. Mercer and the Honor able John M. Thiirston will be able to get together and let us know who Is to supervise the taking of the coming census lu this congressional district. William Waldorf Aster denies that he Is soiling out his American securities , William may llnd It convenient to renounce - nounco his American citizenship , but lie Is far too wise to part with hold ings of American property and stocks , which enable him to live In luxury In his new home' . And now It Is said that the real head of the Boer army Is Cotoncl lllnko of the Irish volunteer regiment and that he Is a graduate of West Point and a former otllecro of 'the Sixth United States cavalry , who has be > en engaged lu mining In the Transvaal , It is evi dent anyway that , someone ; Is.at the head of the army who knows his busi ness , Now that the election Is over , the popocratlc olllclals can probably llnd a little time to attenel to the business of the state for which they are receiv ing pay from the public funds. During the * campaign It was essential that the public business wait , for the Important business of keeping possession of the unices could not bo neglected and third parties could not be trusted with the work. The beauties of the new constitution pf r/oulslaua , which was carefully de vised to disfranchise the negro voters by applying tests they could not meet , pro seen In the registration In New Or leans , where only l.HOO out of nearly 10,000 negro voters have secured plae-es for their names on the registration rolls. In the nu'anwhllo theMe'iiiocmts in the north inaUu annual'pleas for the support - port of negro voters , who are not sup posed to know about the maltreatment ef their people In tl > 6 south. f THE 1'Jin.iri'lJiK CAMt'AMX , The military operations In progn In Luzon give- promise of decisive stilts. The niovciiu'iits of the savei forces , with a view to bringing on general engageMiieiit with the Insi gents , show n change In the plan campaign hitherto pursued , anil If wli Is now being projected sliall bo sticcei fid the enemy will receive this lionvh and most discouraging blow since t war commeneod. The conditions a not yet entirely favorable to vlgoro operations. Oeneral I iwton's 11101 meats were checked by heavy ral and the country generally In will' ' military operations nro being conduct Is nol In condition to ndinft of rap marching. It Is < iulte possible th the Insurgents will take advantage this to escape Into territory not occ l > led by our troops , though It would a pear that the American forces 1m' ' been HO disposed that n portion of tl enemy cannot got away. The plan , according to the advlci contemplates seeming possession of tl 'country southeast of the Insnrgent en Hal , whleh Is the stronghold of ( ho I surrcctlon , and If this shall be n eompllshod and the territory held I our troops , the insurgents will bo ve | much crippled. It Is a populous r glen from which the Insurgents liin derived a largo part of their subsls once and support and Its loss woul bo serious to tliuiu. Meanwhile CJoi oral Otis Is receiving rcliiforcomon and will soon bo able to extend tl campaign over a broader Held , will ! occupying all important territory froi which the enemy Is driven. It tin appears probable that within n slioi time there will bo some decisive resuli from our operations in Luzon and thr the progress made by our forces wl bo permanent , to be followed as rapid ! as possible by the establishment c local civil government , as has bee done In the places now under America authority. IMPUHTS. The olHcial trade statistics show thn Imports arc Increasing , a condition t be expected from Improving prices , bu It does not appear that thus far Impoi tutlons have had any effect upon horn Industries. So great has been th growth of the purchasing power of th home market during the past tw years that It Is able to absorb the pres cut rate of Imports without detrlmoii to the domestic industries with whlc such Imports compete. The purchas and consumption of products of horn Industry Lave Increased far beyon < the highest record in the most prospei ous of all past years and there Is ever reason to expect that this will b maintained for several years to coin and probably enlarged. There is , therefore , in the larger Ira portatlons nothing to alarm the horn industries. Uesldcs , the increase is al most wholly in crude materials fo manufacture , which is evidence of th healthy activity of our industries. I appears from the statistics that amom the manufactured only about elgh Items , 'some of Whichbelong' t < the class of luxuries , have increased ti any'considerable extent and tilt * Import of these arc much below the iraporti of the same articles In 1S95 , under tin Wilson tariff. As to food producti practically the whole gain , as comparct tt'lth four years ago , is in sugar ant coffee. With the high degree of prosperitj ivhlch this country Is enjoying and the jonsequent Improvement In prices wine Increase In imports was Incvlta Jle , hut the present tariff Is provlnf in adequate defense to American ill lustrles and at the same time a satis 'actory revenue measure in both ol ivhlch respects the preceding tariff la\v ivas an utterfallurei TRADE WITH A dispatch from Berlin a few days igo stated that there is a growing opln- on in Germany In favor of a conimer- ; ial treaty with the United States vhlcli will be fair 'for both sides and mablc the merchants of both nations o make calculations regarding trade > etwcen the two countries for a mini- or of years ahead. It was stated that ivcrybody , except the agrarians , rccog- ily.es the growing. .Ihip&rtanco of the Jnlted .States as a market for German ; oods .and the hope Is entertained that he long-pending negotiations will lie irought to a successful Issue. The am- mssador and the consul general of the Inlted States at'Berlin are working isslduously to promote closer comnior- : lal relations between the two conn- rles. German trade with -the United States IBS for some yours been declining , while he exports from this country to Ger- imny have been steadily Increasing , mtll now they stand at the head of the 1st. The otllclal German statistics for 808 show that the Imports from the 'nltcd States for that year wore larger linn those from Great Britain , while ho exports to thn United States wcro onsldorably less than those to Great iritaln. This has unite naturally 1m- iressed the Industrial and commercial uterests of Germany with the necessity f cultivating the American market. A Jerlln correspoudclit say's that during ho last two years , but above all the ist six months , American competition 11 several lines has become no power- ul as to shut up and drive out of ex- itenco numbers of German factories , 'early every week the agrarian press hroulclos cases of that kind , ( 'onso- uontly German llrms which formerly Id a thriving o.\i > ort business to Amcr- -a have been deprived of It. "All of k'htcli , " says the correspondent , "Is I'uson enough for Germany to coin- lain of unfair dealings and nil of it < set forth with considerable vigor by Im German press and pamphleteers , tut lu addition to the legitimate and cuHonable causes of complaint there Is inch advanced that Is Illegitimate and nrousouable , In many cases based on o facts at all , but the result of willfully Istortlng and misrepresenting the nets. " The reciprocity arrangement between Vance and the United States appears > linvo producoij Komo anxiety among lor man niprchuntK and It Is suggested nit unless Germany gets the same taria' reductions as France the Issue belwe the United States and Germany as the correct Interpretation of the favor nation clause must become more ncui Meanwhile the agrarian demands f additional discrimination against Ann lean products are still being pressi and constitute the great obstacle negotiations looking to better ni closer commercial relations between tl two countries. So long as the Germi government Is disposed to countenan the agrarian demands and It caun well Ignore that powerful element tl existing trade situation Is pretty cr tain to continue. The betterment < the commercial conditions Is a inntti that manifestly depends very large upon Germany herself. AIWSIXG TI1K ntUKHUM UVT1IK I'HES An untrammelcd press Is the pall ( Hum of the republic and the snfoguni of free Institutions. The rlglit to crl Iclso the conduct of public men and 1 discuss the quallllcatlons of candldatt for otlicc Is the prerogative of evei American newspaper. The privilege of the press to thro the searchlight of publicity upon ollle holders and otllcesoekers docs not , hov over , justify the libellous vilification < public men , much less of private clt y.ens. The privilege of the press is ni to be construed as a license to drag Int the mlro of politics the names of me and women not seeking political pret'e incut or public favor. Here Is whei the line should be drawn and where tli law stops In to protect the reputation of individuals. Tlio campaign just closed affords striking example of the abuse of th freedom of the press and the Intolert ble outrage to which men and wome are subjected by conscienceless an characterless mercenaries who for th time being happen to have control c irresponsible newspapers. Day In an day out for the last sixty days th Omaha World-Herald , owned by ut body knows who , controlled by a KC of wreckers and holdups , , has fllle columns and pages with the vlles slanders and unprovoked abuse dl reeled not merely at candidates o olllceholders , but at private citizen whose only offense Is their political al loglance to n party in opposition t sham reform. In tills unbridled license no dlsposl tlon 1ms been shown to observe evoi the common decencies of journalism o the ordinary respect due to the rcadln ; public. Such a course naturally tend to discredit the whole press and to destroy stroy its influence for either good o harm. When public opinion looks upoi a newspaper as nothing more than ! medium for wholesale fakes and Indis criminate falsehood and slander , to bi leveled at political opponents and pri vate citizens Unable or unwilling t < submit to blackmail , the press loses its standing with self-respecting and repu table people and sinks to the level oi the common prostitute. No one can run over the. back nuin bers of the World-Herald for the pasl two weeks without blushing for Omahc md Nebraska , and without feeling .1 resentment'.over the shameless men Jnclty that has indelibly branded thai sheet as an example of newspaper do- iravity unparalleled anywhere among : hc yellowest of yellow journals. The past year has witnessed a clear ug up of a great many prejudices igalnst this country in continental Eu- ope , and the opinion is growing that mth the trade and the good will of the Jniteel States arc worth cultivating. N < i : ountry in the world has at times been ; o hostile , in a commercial way , as Gor- nany , but the latest information is to he effect that Germany realizes more md more every day the advantages of L close commercial compact with the Jnlted States. The people of the United states have much to sell , but they arc ilso the best purchasers In the world. L'hey want the best and are willing to iay for it , and Germany is waking up o the realization of the fact that It I'ill be well to maintain a friendly corn- nerclal attitude. Two Catholic priests who have been ecent Omaha visitors denounce the hargo that American soldiers have dcs- crated Catholic churches In Luzon , 'he specific charge against General Winston is also refuted. Such stories re the Inevitable consequence of an Linerican war in a country where there re none other than Catholic churches. Var is hell and history gives countless iistance's wherein armies showed utter Isregard for sacred edltices , despoiling hem at will , as they did any other tructuro , the destruction of which I'oultl In some measure weaken the nemy. There has been no wanton dos e-ration of church property In the I'hll- : > plnes. _ _ _ _ _ _ A local statistician not long ago com- uted the aggregate number of Omaha hurch-goers at HO.OOO-about one in vo of the total population ; or , according : an old rule , an average of olio teach ach family. Where there Is one per- on who regularly attends church there ro four who do not. The knowledge f this condition of things generally Is iiuslng the ministers and church perl- dlculs to discuss the best methods of OHIO missionary work. It brought the alvatlon army Into Doing and It Is to ny one of the most serious problems Mill which churchmen Imvo to gruppln. If leading members of the Heal Ks- ito exchange number among their ell- iits large corporations which make n uslness of procuring low tax assess- lents upon their property , little or nthlng may bo expected of that organ- iatlon In aiding a movement for tax form. If , however , the exchanges l ee to act In the matter It' could adopt a better course to Insure heavy Invest- lents In Omaha property. ' A low tax ito Is a standing Invitation to li.vost- I'S. The career of Inventor Holland shows lint Intelligent persistence will acconi- llsli. l'"or ' twenty-live years ho has [ 'en working upon his submarine bout ml while It ban in times past mot \vltt ) measure of suee-ess , ho has nnver een able to produce a craft UerHoford | which naval men would recommend of practical value. In spite of dlseov I ngoments ho has worked nwny nnd last 1ms received a favorable rep" UIMIII his latest boat. Twenty-live yea IH a long time to dovolo to one objot with defeat after defeat to discount ; the inventor , and such persistence d serves success. The He'll Kstnto exchange has nlwn ; been willing to embark In any ttndc taking which promised to bo of bonei to the city , one of Its llrst sccrotarl' ' Is now tax commissioner of the clt He has pointed out some remedies f > unjust mid Inequitable tax asses ments. The Heal Katnte e.Vchan ; might load off In a movement whit If pushed wllh vigor must result 1 much-needed reform. Ono thing certain , tax burdens In Omaha must 1 reduced If wo hope to attract Invostoi and the sooner a majority of cltlzei realize this fact the better. It will take three days ro got con pleto returns of the elect Ion In Xi bruska because many precincts , o ; pcelully In the western part of tli slate , have no telegraphic communlci tlon. If the election should bo clos the public will have to possess Itself I patience until the last figure's are li In this .respect , however , Nebraska 1 not different from many other state : Some of the mountainous parts of Tei nossec do not report for a week a fit the polls have been closed , and tli same Is true of the mountain states t the west of us. It is only necessary to note the Hi record in other cities throughout th country to enable an Omaha property owner to appreciate the elllclency o our lire department. The lire Insuranc companies , however , do not show sul stnntiol appreciation of the fuel Chances arc-they are waiting for a 1)1 ) ; lire as a. pretext for advancing the nl ready excessive premium rates. Portugal is likely to be In a posltloi soon to sympathize with China. It 1 announced that In case England take possession of Delagoa bay , German ; will proceed to appropriate a harbo on the same coast , just to bo able t < "get Into the swim. " European power arc exercising the right of eminent do main va long way from home. With all the mud-slinging , libel , false hood , vituperation and slush which tin [ wpocrats indulged in during the cam imlgn , It Is no wonder the sentiment li favor of long-term judiciary is growing livery mean and questionable trick was resorted to and falsehood was used in : essantly with which to flay opposing jaiidldatcs. President McKiulcy has gone home tc rote , following the practice he has pur mod each succeeding year since ho has . > eeii the oecupantof the White House [ 'resident Ic"KJihljy $ docs not propose 0 lose his cltizen lilp in Oho ( or "change lis state resldcuciei-.bpcauae . elevated tc 1 high ollice.v. .y/icf e No AlUUjw | In Thelr'a" 0WoshJjmUm Post. It Is quite certain that the American rmy ( .mile Is , not > a party to the alleged inglo-Saxon alliance , ImfovatiuiiH Welcome. Philadelphia Times. In parts of the' country grain'shipments ro 'blocked on therr'allroads from a scarcity f cars. A new Idea In railroad block sys- ems. Now IVnteli the IlocUs. New York Hernld. Window glass manufacturers outside elbe bo Glass trust are. about to form an Inde- ondent organization with a capital of $15- 00,000. Now wo may witness the spectacle f porsond living In metaphorical glass houses urllng big legal atones at one another. ni | ? Coiuimiir to Feed. Boston Globe. The subslstenco oj the army during the ast year , according to the annual report of 10 acting commissary , General Wcaton , Dst ? 27,054,616. This does not Include the co rations given to prisoners of war anil thers. Uncle Sam has a big company to led constantly , but ho doesn't grumble. llcroca In Evcryilrty Life. Baltimore * American. All the heroism dd | not go to the war. hero Is a fine reserve left In ordinary civil ro. When the ferryboat collision took place , tely in New York the , first cry raised on 10 sinking vessel was : "The women first ! ivo the women ! " 'And ' the women and illdren wore shdved ahead to safety before 10 men looked out for themselves. It Is lings llko these which redeem great dls- iters. Alll til IlllHlllCNM , Globe-Democrat. The United States Is being aided In n busi es way by all sorts of Influences. The war , the Transvaal , which was expected to Jui'o trade here , 00 well as elsewhere , Is ; lplng American business * Possibly it has ilayed the Importation of gold , but as the luntry now has more gold than It can make ofltnble use of , and much more than It er had before at this time of the year , thin nslderatlon will not bother anybody. Sup. Ics of various sorti for England's armies o being purchased In thin country In quan- tles unprecedented. There Is no "let-up" the tide of American prosperity , 1,1-altK In OnllrltlNli Culilm. Philadelphia Ledger. Not the least puzzling feature of the Boer mpalgn Is the facility with which news is celved from Pretoria , which Is supposed bo cut off from the outside world , if not the British troops , nt least by the British ble monopoly , and the promptness with lilch , despite the otrlctness of the censor. Ip , news of disaster to the British arms pears in European 6onters not supposed to In touch wllh Soulh Africa. The British vornmcnt suspects leaks In the cable scrv- 3 and Is trying to trace them. Its success 11 bo measured by the number and nc- racy of such reports In future. Colnnec of Silver UiillurM. Now York Sun. Thn number ot standard silver dollari In letenco at the beginning of this month Is ported by the Treasury department nt 4S3- ! ,370 , On tbo 1st of June , 1S9S , the num- r was 4G1.1SO.-122 , eo that 21,941,034 of them va been coined elnco Juno 1 , 1898 , pur- ant to' the provleloun of the war revenue t of Juno 13 , 1S08 , At the minimum al- wed by the net of 1,500,000 per month , the mbcr will , In the course of the next twelve j jnths , bo augmented' ' by 18,000,000 , bringing a total up to 501,122,276. This , It will , be serve , ' . , li under an administration anil a uretary of ( bo treasury opposed to free vcr coinage , and it excites no alarm for i safety e. ' the gold standard , A sllverlto miilMraton | | could do but little more with- t pew legislation , nnd fear of Its being In tci overthrow thu gold standard is a lUBlon. ot 11 in TV i.v TIIK PIIIMIMMM : * ! New Yort : Times dlom. ) : The Phlllppli report li Indeed r. nrst-rnte campaign dot men ; . It expels error and falschoad fr the dlscuRslono ot the contest nnd puts I truth before the eyes of the voter. To Iss It was nti act of high policy that raises c.i pal nlni ; to the level ot statesmanship. Bcelon Globe ( dcm.i ) It Is difficult to t how any fair-minded American can read t preliminary report of the Philippine comm slon without according complete nmnt the main declarations which these gciHlom fool constrained to put forth. In order rend 1' fairly it should bo entirely dlsi srelntfd with American politics. Philadelphia Times ( dem.lVhat : Ailml : Dewey advises about the Philippines will heartily accepted by tlio nation , nnd ho emphatic In dcmandlnc that we shall vl orourly prosccutn the war against the 1 surgcnln , and overthrow the barbaro nnnrcl-y that Insurgent authority wet filvd to the lonn-suirerlng people of the 1 laud' . The Hag will stny in the cast. Indlannpolln Journal ( rep. ) : The champln ot Agulnaldo In this country have constani nEomncd that most of the Inhabitants of t Philippines nro In f.ivor of Independence u der Agulnnldo. Thl.i commission of I toUlgent men , who have been on the grou fo. months , declares that but n portion the Inhabitants cf Luzon nre with ARUlnali e that it It absurd to set up tlio assum tlon tlmt ttn pcoplo have declared for 1 Ucpcndcnco under him. Philadelphia Record ( dem. ) : The ge oral conclusion to bo drawn frrm the r port la that the abandonment of the Phlll pines Is Impossible , Irksome nnd costly the protection of the I'lllplnos and the education in the nrt of Belt-government mi be , wo cannot shirk the task. To do would bo to surrender the Islands to n ru of anarchy or leave them n prey to le scrupulous and less benevolent powers. . ' assuming the burden the only reward v can expect IB the consciousness ot havlt performed n duty Imposed upon us by cl cumstanccs beyond our control. Boston Transcript ( rep. ) : The condltlc as presented by the commission ImpHi years not only of labor but of patlenc Patience Is one of the qualities in which n administration ot eastern possessions mu : excel. Ho must Induce ; must lead whci with other people ho would drive , and I general let It gradually dawn upon the cor Bclousncss of the people under his rule th : our ways arc really better for them tha their own. With a simple admlnlstrath machine in Manila , with an educational uyi tern that shall give the natural Intelligent of the Philippine peoples the scope long di nlcd them , our rule in the Islands will m July be acquiesced In by the natives a something Inevitable , but cherished n something desirable. Such reforms mui be reached gradually. To attempt to brln : hem about nt once by general orders woul spoil everything. Above all thingsv should seek to avoid anything that loofc iko Americanizing these people. Malay .hey are and will remain ; but prosperou : Jducated Malays , Interested In local sell ; overnment , and feeling our rule only as 1 llrects the broader general policies of th elands , not Interfering in every village do nil , who may in time contribute not alone o the property value of our possessions bu o the power of the United States. PEHSO.VAL AXI1 OTHEUJV1SE. The Literary. Digest reports , after can 'asslng the press of tEe country , that tb Jnlted States shows no preponderance o ympathy cither -vyay In the South Afrlcai var. Judge J. C. Long , the nowly-nppolnlei onsul general of the United States a ! alro , Egypt , was-formerly republican com aittoeman from.-Ftorida' . He lived In-Egyp or eovcral years and knows like a nativi ho language and customs of the country. Lieutenant Commander T. B. M. Masoi f the navy , who died n few days ago , wa aptizcd as Theodorus Bailey Myers , bu o took the name of his mother's family lason , to become heir to the fortune lef y the family , the income of which wai etween $40,000 and $50,000 a year. Colonel W. S. Metcalf of the Twcntlctl Kansas volunteers , who has Just been conv ilssloned a brigadier general by breve > r meritorious service In action at Gulgontt Iver , near Luzon , is aald to be the bcsl Istol ehot In the volunteer army. Ho has ractlced with a revolver for over twentj ears. The suit for damages for libel brought y James J. Phelan against the New Yorl < orld for certain charges made by that iipcr against the plaintiff as a dock com- ilssloncr of New York has resulted In a crdlct for the plaintiff. The Jury awards 1m damages to the amount of C cents. He sked for $75,000. Charles Grant Blairflncle Allen , better nown as Grant Allen , who died a few days ; o In London , was n prolific author. Twice year during his adult life ho produced a 30k of Homo sort. His novels were written j money-makers merely to enable him to osccute scientific study , particularly In the 3ld of natural history. The Now York Evening Post printed the llowlng last Saturday : "Wo regret to inouncc that Mr. E. L. Godkln has severed s active connection with the Evening ost. It was his intention to do so In ly case on the first of January , next , but 0 step has been hastened by Impaired snlth. Ho will continue to bo an oc- slonal editorial contributor , " The London Chronicle saya that President rugcr's wife Is of the same family as Car nal Richelieu. Ho has linen wedded twlco id both his wives were chosen from the Du C ss ! family , which Is not only one of the dest families in South Africa , its founder tvlng gone to the Capo In the seventeenth ntury , but the family to which Richelieu lonRcil. Mr , Kruger by hla first marriage id one child , who died young. By his scc- ul wlfo he has had sixteen children. Ills nndchlldren number 104. Harry J. MncDonald , who died In a hos- tal In Now York a few days ago , itf the son of a native king on the African ild coast , Ho wastaken , from his country slave-traders , was rescued by n British ip , became n servant lu the English army , icro ho was given the name of MncDon- 1 nnd later came to the United Stnteo. The Galveston ( Tex. ) News says that illo Judge John II. Reagan Is an cxpan- mlst "of tbo old Jncltson and Jefferson nrt" nnd thinks the democratic party Is iking a great mUtnko In opposing rx- nslon , ho will content himself with warnS - S his fellown nnd then follow his party icrover ! t lcad . COH | of tin * TrniiHvanl Wnr. Ix > sllo'8 Weekly. England's Parliament will have to Increase i approprlmitn far beyond the $50,000,000 ul ; , even though the war Is likely to bo acli shorter than anybody a short tlrao ago ought It would bo. The transportation uf twccn 10,000 and CO.OCO colillcrK for a dls- ncii of over 6,000 mlleu , .nod their support f several menthe In n region where , ovrn der tlio most comfortable conditions , the n of living for soldiers would bo high , will tall nn outlay far beyond the original cstlr Ui . Tbw present debt of the United ngdom , deducting the sinking fund , Is In 3 neighborhood of $3,100,000,000 , , which Is cater than that of any other nation except issla , which Is $3,500,000,000 , , and Prance , 500,000,000 , It IB altogether probable that 3 war with tbo South African republic and i Orange. Krco Stale will run up Britain's bt ut Icaet $200,000,000 beyoud Its present a. I , TII'S ON AV.\n. Chicago Tribune : Missouri learns wl chnstcnt-d Borrow of the British disasters South Africa nnd Is ready to furnish me mules nt previous figures. Uun'ato Kxpross : England's ultimate v ; lory Is certain , predicts the secretary stnto for India. But It begins to look nt there would bo truth , too , In Krugcr's pi diction that the price would stagger clvlllz tlon. tlon.St. St. Louis Republic : Heaven used to credltod with being on the- side of the hca lwt cannon , Hereafter It Is expected teen on the side that understands how to kc the mules from running nway with the gu nnd ammunition. Brooklyn Eagle : England Is courting a other disagreement by patrolling Dclns bay with Its war ships to keep out snppll for the lloers. Delagoa belongs to Portus nnd English ships hnvo no moro right the than they have In New York harbor. Springfield Republican : It la figured th the British have lest In twenty days of vr. . in South Africa n total of 1,916 olllccrs ni men , killed , wounded nnd missing. The of clal record of American losses during tl entire Spanish war shows a total loss of b 1,847 men. San Francisco Call : General Joubcrt h very kindly Invited the- British to sei physicians to lock after their wounded wl nro prisoners In his hands , nnd If bo cot llnuca to hag a regiment or so every oth day ho will have to ask them before lei to send a commissary with n wagon tra ot provisions to feed them , Globe-Democrat : The British troops n : to bo Inoculated for typhoid fever. Besldi carrying a Jng of the attenuated fever bncll around In their pcrpons , they have vaccli thrust Into them and diphtheria remedy , i uay nothing of having their npi > ondlces ci qut. What Is left the Boers show signs i vaccinating with Mr. Mauser's lead pllluli for pale patriots. Boston Transcript : The mind Inevltabl reverts to Artcmus Ward's "Mormon Story ns one rends about the Important nnd dl : astrous part that the army mule took In tl British discomfiture at Ladysmlth. In Artc mus' thrilling tale it will bo rememberc that the young mule-driver was fcarfull kicked by bin team before the animals ra awaj' . He managed to reach his home nn when he Informed his poor , hoart-strlcko mother that ho had come homo to die , sh replied : ' "So 1 perceive , my son ; but wher nro the mules ? " Just nt the present me ment the British public appc-ars to bo mor concerned about "them mules" than abou the men who suffered by their erratic pet forniance. CliHIOl'S ' CUIIA.V Influx of Simnlnrdn Alnriun the Nn tlvc Poiiulntlon. Buffalo Express. A new problem confronts the nuthorltle In Cuba. It is reported that so many Span lards are arriving at Havana that It has be come a question what shall be done wit ) them. During the last three months 0,00 of them have landed. Most of these an very poor , having practically no means o support. They arc anxious to get work n anything , but it is extremely difficult ti llnd them employment. H has been HUB geeted that they be sent into the Interior with the expectation that they will be abli lo find work on the plantations. Thes < men are not cordially received by the nn' ' live Cubans , who profess to fear that 1 the present influx keeps up they will sooi bo swamped in number. They want Im' migration of some kind to offset the largi black population , but they don't want tin Spaniards. Another reason why the Spaniards an sbjectcd to Is said to be that these mcr ire willing to work harder than the nn- .ive Cubans. That ought to be one polnl n th'elr favor. ' ' Laziness is not a virtue .hat Should be" encouraged. Still , if .BC nany pauper Spaniards arc arriving In Cube t might bo well to institute an Inqulrj is to whether pauper emigration Is not bo ng encouraged by the Spanish govern- nent. FOnCES Ifi SOUTH AFIUCA. Kacli Side Snld to Hnvc 100,000 Men In tlio Field. Washington Star , November 1. Colonel .SI S. Sumner , military attache ol ha United States at London , who has bec/n irdered to South Africa to wltneso the mill- ary operatlona there , sendc this statement it the present and prospective strength , of ha British army In South Africa : ieKUlara 12,000 oluntecrs 14,000 Ulnforceinents arriving before November - vember 1 10.0M Total force In South Africa on November 1 3S.OOO Rclnforccmcnti : Contemplated Ono com- leto army corps , divided thus : avalry Ji ' ifantrv 29.2 3 ' artillery , en- orp's troops , , including Bineerfi , Oto 5,122 roans on line of communication 9,297 roops to bo left at base 2.S32 Total 52,318 ontlngentB from Queensland nnd New Zealand 230 Grand total 83,333 Colonel Sumner also sends an estimate of lie Boer force , sold to bo the official figures f Commandant Oeneral Joubert. Theao total . ' ,86' ! men. According to a Brussels dispatch Dr. Leyds , ici dlplomatla agent of the Transvaal In iuropii , baa issued a statement that the oeni have now nearly 100,000 men In the eld , mndo up an follows : ocr regulars 35,000 , rtlllery 1,250 ollce 1,750 , range Free State troops , Including nutlanderH 3VOOO utal BOCI-H : ! ,0 cchunnnlnnd and Rhodeslnn Boers , . . 8,000 orelk'ii legion CO ) merlcans , 4,00) ermanci . c,000 utoh-Iielglnns 2.0W Ish 1,090 andlnnvlnns , 600 rencli , Swiss and Italians , 2W > K A11.II COM1ITIO.\S. lirnlllviiiit Fnptn IlroiiK'Iit .to Mtrltt ' liy nu liivcNtluriiMoii. Indianapolis NOWH. There nro about 5,000,000 American farm , s. The most of them dwell In the Mln- sslppl valley. " No longer a pioneer , but pldly developing extensive farming , the mcrlcan farmer's condition nnd Ideas are much Importance. Some tlmo ago Kd- nrd Atkinson not nut to make Inquiries tout them by letters. Ho sent out 1,000 ( rcular letters. From the macs of replies ( culls n few of particular Intercnt. They present farina ranging from ninety ncren 10,000 , nnd geographically extend from ; rniont to Texas nnd Montana , The largest rm represented 10,000 acres Is In Banga- an county , Illinois. There are some points likeness. Every farmer cither went Into bt for his farm or when ho Inherited It hcrlted n debt with It. About half the MB are secured by mortgage , tbo rate ot ( crest ranging from 5 to 21 per cent , tlio west being more exceptional than the BheH. A small percentage of farmers ing to the one-crop Bystem , Tools ami iclilnery are said to cost from one-halt one-third IffH than years ago , and by elr Improvement to have decreased the lior cost by nearly one-hulf. Farm wages vo fallen very little ; In many cases not all. In a few cases they have rlicn ghtly. The fair average Is $20 a menthe o year round , without board , but with use , fuel , garden ground and cowpaotur- e , Or $13 a month with everything found , ly hands In harvest time get as high as a day , While form labor has held Us own from 1S73 to ISM. products liavp fallen nil th * way from one-fourth to a * much ns two- thlnld. While crops h.ive been abundant they have put but little money in the purse Meanwhile , living expenses have not fallen correspondingly. Clothes nre 20 per cent cheaper , but the rising standard of llvlns i makes n greater outlay Imperative. Anwerf gathered from farmers generally show that the decrease In the price o } what farmeri had to buy did not offset the fall In prlce of whnl they sold. An n rule , farmers do not work so linrd ns of old. This Is partly duo. to a recognition of new ways ns better than old ways. In line with this Is the work of agricultural colleges nnd experi mental stations. As lo farm mortgages , they nro held to represent a great Improvement nnd wise outlay on the larm , making our farmers the best housed of any on earth , and In uplte of mortgages the condition Is gen- oinlly ono of prosperity. The Indebtedness Is not eo great n Is apparent , because , when money Is borrowed nnd a deed of trust li made , It Is not satisfied until the whole amount Is paid , and thus no account Is taken of partial payments , BO that the mortgage Indebtedness appears lo bo greater than It IB. In the matter of land values nnd fluctua tions there hnvo been notable differences. Western lands , on the whole , seem to be ris ing , while cnstern lands pcem to be la- tlonnry or falling , In the middle west lands nro steady nt a high price , nnd lands In the south aic stationary or rising slowly. But local causes more tlmu geographical ones do- termlno valuta. SMIMVfi It KM AUKS. 1'osl : "This room Is very close- KII Id llic : mtroii. "So arc the people in It , ' replied the waiter. Detroit Journal : "As n matter of fact , " protested thn Dollar , wllh warmth , "I am mightier than rver ! No , the fnct Unit I am often knocked down Itv certain ncrsons cuts no figure ! Oh , none whatever ! " Judge : Lawyer Do you NWCHI- the col-- llsion rnlsed tlic entire car ? Wltitf'Ha Well , It raised cvcrythlns : but the wlndowH. Cleveland Plain Denier : "I notice that we have shipped moru tlmn 400,000 bnrrolf" of American apples , all froHh fruit , to Kuropo this season. " "Dried apples would Imve boon more ap propriate for swell patrons. " Indianapolis Journal : Visitor You say those two Hill brothers nre ( loaf and dumb ? Native Yuaa. Wo allers call 'cm the two Hills without a holler. Chicago Tribune : "What we neccl In thts country , " observed Ihe vIsttliiK ! tatesman. leaning back in hlr. chair and lighting n clKiir. "ls < more of the wnlrlt of ' 7ii. " "Oot It right hero ! " exclaimed the Ken tucky host , dellulitcdly putting the do- canter. "lint tied It the year ot the Cen tennial mywlf , bczad , call ! " Indianapolis Journal : "Too often. " Bald ' the Cornfed Philosopher , "thn Joyous flush 'f if youth runs up against four of a kind before it 1ms lime to appreciate itself. " Chicago News : "Have you any nlec light irencl1' nsked a prospective customer In n jakc sboi ) . "Ycs'in , " replied tlio now boy , "we have some nice pound loaves that weigh only ten juntCH. " Detroit Journal : Truth , havinfr been inislied to earth , was now rising again. "But what has hpconio of all those re- torters ? " she nuked , In a dnzerl way , , pick- IIR up her hat , while Error laughed mock- ngly. 1'nrniloxlvnl. Indlannnolls Journal. ) h , Paddy , dear , and < 1M you hear the new * that's going roituj ) ? ' fhe British lion's mighty nigh' been trun upon the irroniid ; fhero's no true lail of Irish blood but what rejoices much , 3ut still It's quare to find thlm clad for winnings av the Dutch ! LAY OP LAUYSJIITH'S MULES. ' - 'iM ifJir ' ChlcasoChronicled ( With apologies to Lord Mucaulny. ) , ' hey turned them ns not deigning In British camps to stav : fniiBht cared they for their riders , For gunners naught cared they. 5ut they saw upon tlio hillside. The white tent of the lioer. ind they thought : "Those bo our masters For these we'll toil no more , " loft was the Rronnd and yielding , Heavy the load they drew ; 'et , like sonio Arab courser- " Over the ground they flew. * ' ' " > ' now they've reached thormountain ; Mid freedom's tents they stand , welcomed by Boer captains. ' " Caressed by Joubcrt's hand. . Tow , amid uiiouts and clapplne. And noise of lauRhter loud , - hey trot off to the stable , Cheered by the joyous crowd. ' hey gave them of the sweetest oats Oats In which mulei delluht n much as ten Htout horses Could eat from morn to nlcht. ml they made a molten Imntra And pot It up on lileh. ml there It stands unto this day To witness If 1 Ho. stands there In Pretoria , Plain for all folk to see. hose otout mules In the harness. Of "The Hoy'l Artlllerlc. " nd underneath Is written A tale ne'er told before . "w gallantly they hauled the guns . Of Britain to the Boer , "The Name" IB not the only thing in a hat , Stock " and workmanship - , manship are essential to good wear.v ' = , . , Style and price" ' ' are * necessary . to popularity. ' ' Ask . ( ' anyone who wears our hats about every other man you meet. . 'Special today" at ; $2.50 and $3OO