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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1900)
0 TITID OMAHA DAILY KR13 : FRIDAY , eFAM'AKY 5 , 1)00. ! ) TIIE OMAHA . OF sirnsriuPTiON . Dally He * ( witho-it Sunday ) , OneYcnr..JS.t > JJfUly Uec unti SumUy. One Year. . . . . . . . 8.W Dally , Sunday and Illustrated , Ono \ &r S.a SuJitiny and illutstnurd. One Year I.a Illustrated Bee , Ono Year ; Sunday Utic , Dim Year ? Saturday Bpe. one Year l.w Weekly Bto , One Year OFFICES. Dmaha : The UPC HiiiMlnc. . . M . , , , South Omaha : C'lty Hall Building , TWIntj-.llfth rind N streets. Council Hluffs : 10 PenrI street. Chicago : ItHO Unity Uulldlng. New York : Temple court. Washington ; soi PocirteMith Street. COHIIBSI'ONDENCE. CommunlcattonH rclntlng to news and odl- torlftl matter should b < > addressed ; omahn flee , Editorial -Department. Ul.'SIXESS LETTEH8. Business Icttcri and remittances should ba hddrcsiwl : The lioo Publishing Com pany , Omaha. Omaha.11EMITTANCE3. . Hemlt by draft , express or postal order , pftynblo to The Hee Publishing Company Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment 01 mall account * . Personal checks , except on Omaha or Knslprn exchange , not accoptoa. Tim HKK PUIIMSIHXO COMPANY. STATIMIIJ.Vr OP ClIlCt'l.ATIOX. Stnlo of Npbrnskn , Douglas County , ss. : Georuc U. Tzscbuck , secretary nf The Hoc Publishing Company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full and comploln copies of The Unity , Morning- , Evening find Sunday Hoc , printed during the month of December , ISJfl. was ns foi- town : OEOKGE U. TX.SCIUTK. Subscribed and sworn before me this 1st day of January. A. . ( Seal. . ) Notary . Public. Wliut will In-conic of Oninlm wltliout contempt jmlucV .luil ( ' Sin 1ms now In-coino Citizen Scott , but . .lutluclonlon ! still lioliU the fort. With throe eiuiit.v jmlsos on the ills- ( I'lC't lll'llt-ll tlll-re OllCllt to 1)0 ) ll'l ' < H111- c-nlty in KiMtlng out InjntK-tioiis. .Plie until vok'itnoos of southern Cull- fornlii are reported to liu in an aetive state. They nre probably jji-ttlnx i condition for the coining ntitloiml cam- paten. Colonel 15ryan will lie in Omaha next week , when It is hoped he will brlii with him that stins of ingratitude anil plnee it on exhibition at the .lacUsonuin sideboard. The democrats are making an appeal for KO.oil Wll to volunteer to run for oilice ou .their city ticket. A drafting olllix'r may be reiinirod before the con vention can do Its work. Mayor Ensor says the new chief of police for South Omaha must lie a man of unquestionable integrity. Why not apply thy same test , to all appointive ollle.es in South OmahaV The population of the cyclone cellars Is materially decreased. Tim contempt judge Is now a thing of the past , olll- cially , and those who have been In re tirement can come out into I lie open. The alacrity with which the repub lican members of the house took up the proposition to investigate the depositing of treasury balances In banks lias had a tendency to make democrats look around and wonder if the tiling Is not loaded. If there arc any morn deserters from the union army who want their record straightened out they had better apply to congress without delay. There is still room in Die pension list for a few more bounty jumpers who took up their abode In Canada while the lighting was going on. One of the llrst tasks of the new School board should lie t < > ilnd out how much tlu > school fund Is losing on ae- coiiiit of establishments selling llipiors wltliout taking ntit licenses. It Is only fair to Ihjuor dealers who comply with the law by paying ! ? IIMMI for the privi lege of conducting their business that the law-breakers be required to put up or shut up. According to the World-Herald the only niiestlon before ihu Commercial club Is whether the government shall move arm.1 headquarters Into the old posloUlco building m * Into the new fed eral building. The army supply depot cuts no lee. What the defnncto candi date for senator wants Is r-r-r-revenge at Omaha's expense. Me always has been a good wrecker , but not a good builder. There is n well organized move on foot lo displace Senator .loues from his position as chairman of the demo cratic national committee. A change of riders Is not likely to result In laud ing the democratic nag a winner. Sen ator .loues got all the speed out of the animal It possessed during the last na tional campaign and none of Us per formances since have tended to deui'in- ' Ftrato It was In any better form at present. The young duke of Marlborongh has collected enough stuff to take along with him to South Africa to furnish employment for a good sized pack train. U IK presumed ( hat a feather bed Is to be found among his dunnage. The regiment to which he.Is attached was heralded as a conntoipart of the Amer ican Hough Uldors. There worn some Moiety swells In thotui regiments , hut they left chili comforts behind tlu'in when lliey went to the front lint ! i'areil the same ns others , ' v 7W ; tit It u-xiiM sf-i-ni to lir > tinjuf""Mn ] .lin nf the Itoers to stand nl ) the ilefi'liilvr occupying tlit'lr tlino In preparing t meet the aggressive niovomcnls M-hlel thu British nro golfing ready fr in HlPitil nf risking loss nnd defeat by ink It IK the offensive. It Is a nofuworUij fuel that tlio Ilopr victories Iinvo no been followed tip nnd thai Ihcy hnvi lint recently shown llio aggrpsslvi siilrlt that marked the earlier slago o tlio campaign. I-'roni the wny In whlc-1 lhn Itnnr forces jmnrcd Into Xutitl ftii n lime nftt-r tlio lioBlnnln of hostllltlo : It wns thought that they would ptisl tlio war with nroat vigor , but fo : wppks they linvo done little otl'cnslvi work nnd tippoar now to be walling foi the development of the Hrltlsli jilnlis without any Inioiitlon to attempt tc fruslralo llioni by a urosslvo move monlH. Perhaps this will prove to bo sotini tactics. The Hoers iutvp not as manj men to saerlilco as tholr iiowerfnl an tn > : onlst has and tboy tindnrstuml tin necessity of not wasting any of theli I'esotirces. IHil while they lire thus waiting Ihe ISrlllsh army Is crowliit more formidable and when It shall In ready to strike another blow It wll doubtless he delivered with tronion dons energy. That may c-uno within n short time , for Hritlsli preparations foi another movement must be nearly com pleted. A greal battle on the Tngelii river may be fonght any day and can not he much longer deferred. I'L'Kttro iticu nn.h. The bill introduced by Senator 1'or aker providing a form of government for IMierto Itico Is In line with the rec ommendations of President McKlnle.v In his annual message. While Senatm Koraker says It would not create a ter ritory out of the island the measure practically provides for this In maklnu all the Inhabitants of the island rill zens of the T'nlted States and provid ing that ijiey shall have a delegate In congress. It is proposed , also , to place Puerto lEico on the same basis as out territories In respect to trade relations , It 1 provided that there shall be free trade between the Island and the Pulled States proper and that Imports into Puerto Itlco from other countries than the fulled States shall pay the same duties as tho. = c imposed in the ports In tliis country. In these respects Puerto 75Ico. by the terms of this bill , would be given a ter ritorial status , but the form of gov ernment prescribed is unlike that of our territories In SOUKS respects. The Insular legislature is to be composed of two branches , but tin- upper branch will not be elective and will consist of ollieials and citizens appointed by the president. Thus this Inidy , of which the governor is to lie a member , would really control the adinliiisirali-.ii of affairs. The plan contemplates giving the people of the island a liberal share In Its jjovornmonl. Tln > chief opposition will probably be to the provision establishing free trade between Puerto uico and the United States proper , this recommendation of President McKinley having met with strong dl.ifavor from the interests hen1 ( hat would perhaps suffer from the competition of the products nf Puerto Itlco If admitted free into our market. It is to be expected that there Avlll he a stout fight on the part of the sugar and tobacco interests against this fea ture of Senator l-'oraker's bill. or runuc VUXDS. lie-solutions have been introduced in congress calling upon the secretary of the treasury for information in regard to deposits of public funds in banks and also as to the relations between the national treasury and certain banks. The Inquiry is an entirely proper one. It lias been alleged that Secretary Gage has favored one or more banks In the matter nf deposits and that the relations of the treasury with these Institutions are not strictly iu conformity with the law. It Is the duty of congress to give attention to these allegations and to as certain tile facts and It is not to be doubted thai the secretary of the treas ury will be found most willing to fur nish all ( lie information asked for. Knder the law of ISiH ( lie secretary of the treasury Is authorized to deposit receipts from internal revenue in hunks that are government depositories and which furnish government bonds to s"- cure such deposits. Pursuant to this authority and in order to give relief to the money market. Secretary ( Sage ordered the Internal revenue to he de. posited in bunks complying with the law and he designated one New York bank , which lias long been a govern ment depository , as a sort of llscal agent of Ihu government to distribute the deposits to other banks. This gave that Institution the handling of a very large amount of public money and was held by some to be a discrimination In Its favor for which there N no warrant In law. In a recent Interview Secretary ( Sage said in defense of his course : "There came a panic In Wall sheet on the isth of December and slocks suffered an awful depreciation. There were fears that the depression would spread over the whole country and the treasury was looked to to put money In circula tion and relieve the stringency. There was only < no way for us to do It and that was to deposit money In the banks , so we gave notice that .deposits In banks would be Increased and that those depositories putting up more bonds as securities wv uld receive ( he deposits. Sixty-six banks n-sj-ouded and put up additional bond securities. " of these the Nath mil Clly bank of New- York put up ? . IDI MM I.IK MI in honds and having tints given the largest security was deemed by the treasury otllclals to be the proper Institution fr > gathering and distributing the funds derived from Internal revenue. The secretary's reason for a central point for ivivlvlng and distribullng deposits Is In the fact that revenue stations iiru widely scat tered and could nut make deposits In the sixty-six hanks and have tlio divi sion anything like equitable. He sny.s that the National Olty bank of .New \ "i'k hil * lii'i-ti Irciiff-il In nil p" < | ii' > t like I'tluM' il"-i | UIIIK- < A ) liini-M It ha * lii-i-n ncr.i . inrsf depository simply because it wns nble to put tip a large fiinnilty | of bonds as security. i There jippnars to be no reasonable , doubt Uml in Ibis mailer Sociotary ( iitjre lias ncfed sirlctly within the au thority given him by law and there ean ' be no ( fuostlon that 111 ordering the do- prnlts of Inieriial revenue the public wns beiiellted. This course relieved the monetary strlngi-ifcy nnd restored con fidence. Possibly nolhliig more serious than hml already occurred w mid have been experienced If these public funds i had gone Inio the ireasury Instead of to the banks , but the exigency called for prompt relief and the secretary of the treasury adopted Ihe only means In his I power lo give the relief.Vo have no d-.tilit . thai the Information and the ox- plannllon which Secretary ( ! age will give congress will be entirely sails- factory lo the Intelligent and unpreju diced Judgment of the Country. Mean while the question Is worthy of con sideration whether it would not be well It ) have legislation roijnlrlug Uml the treasury shall deposit weekly In de pository banks giving adeiiuato security all surplus revenue above current ex penses accumulated In the Ireasury. LIT TIII-M : rout. issnn. Again Omaha's fond expectations have been dashed to pieces. Our ship pers were led to believe that the im pregnable llnanclal position of the Illi nois Central railroad would enable Its managers to make rates In and out of Omaha regardless of rate schedules of the other lines , and In fact word was quietly passed along that such a policy would be adopted by that line. Yet the llrst opportunity presented to that road has been spurned and it has fallen in with Its competitors and Imposed the hated bridge arbitrary against which Omaha has been battling for years. lint one rational explanation of this action on the part of Omaha's new line can be offered. It may have been forced to make terms with the I'nlon Pacitie railroad for terminal and bridge facili ties , because of the stubborn action of ; the city council In putting obstructions in the way of the entry of the new road over tlie tracks which the Urldge and Terminal company proposed to build on the north side. That the other roads held strings upon the city couiicllmen Is probable , yet it is not at all surpris ing that the roads which have become llrmly entrenched here are making most rocky the road of every new line which promises to develop Into a formidable competitor. In this attitude ( lie railroads an ; not unlike other corporations with an eye single to the main chance. Yet the In terests of these roads are not identical with the Interests of Omaha shippers whoso champion the Commercial club professes to be. The disclosure that th Illinois Central road is imposing the bridge arbitrary between Omaha and Council Bluffs on westbound shipments therefore furnishes a splendid oppor tunity for tlie club to declare its posi tion and to prove to the satisfaction of the people of this city thai it is abso lutely free and unfettered by the older railroads competing for Omaha's tratlic. At any rate it is high time that the Commercial club organize for a per sistent attack upon the discriminative bridge arbitrary and keep It up until the object Is attained. Without refer ence to the powers of the State Hoard of Transportation or the Interstate Hall way commission it is fair to predict that if tlie shippers of Omaha were to pool Issues and route all business via the line which agrees to abolish the bridge arbitrary the result would prove satisfactory. T1MK TO HMK'B L'l' . Do the taxpayers of Omaha realize that the tax burdens for UHH ) are liable to be enormously Increased over those of last year , which were notoriously way above the average ? Are they aware of the fact that under the Det- wlier bill , enacted by the last legisla ture , the Hoard of Education is in po sition to dictate the s.-li-ml tax regard less of tlie mayor and council ? That law expressly requires the Hoard of Kducation to make dm Intlie month of .January an estimate of its income and outgo for the year and certify to the council "Ihe number of mills tax on the dollar it deems necessary to be levied upon all taxable property of the dis trict for the support of the schools , fi.r the purchase of school sites , erection and furnishing of school buildings , pay ment of interest , n bunds Issued for school purposes and the creation of a sinking fund for the payment of such Indebtedness. And the city council Is authorized , directed and required lo levy and collect the number of mills of ' tax' so reported and demanded by the Hoard of Kducation. " With such tremendous power vested in the board the lomptatl-'ii ' for an ex travagant tax levy will be almost Irre sistible. Nothing can flop the Imposi tion of an excessive school levy unless it be the force of public opinion. The month of .January is now upon us and it behooves the taxpayers to wake up and make their wishes known. No good citizen wants to cripple or embar rass the publlr schools , but the great majority of patrons of the schools are oppo > ed to the reckless Imposition of taxes which would encourage a reign of Jobbery and wastefulness. And now II turns out that the n ported scorching of Assistant Secretary of War Melklejohn by the Commercial , club Is a fake , pure and simple , fabrl- : filled by Hitchcock and his Kakery. | The club has held no meeting to discuss ' the bill recommended by .Mr. Melkle john , neither has the executive com- | mlttee taken any action that would re- , licet upon Melklejohn or taken any ' steps to force a bill through that would conlllct with the wished or suggestions I of the war olllce. The only thing j tangible In the story published by the j fake mill Is the an.Nlety of Captain Palmer and Ml'- Wattles to intert ihulr uar somewhere to malic capital for amuiig Uinillm business men , 'iu fact their mission. ! Q Washing- i n IN < Welly If ii.it < "l < h. Inspire 1 In It fjeilre ' - > I'cilllliitlnir nviii IH-vl li ) locrnlliiiu' an appriiprlfitlitii thrmmli congress gross for a military sanitarium nt Iio Springs. Im-ldonlnlly nlso Captain 1'nl mcf hits lila patriotic league eye rlv eted up n the section of the nt'iny till Into which he hopes In Inject nn tip proprlnlloii for a permaneni army pns' ' lit Sheridan , where he Is outraged III f promising land speculation. A club has been formed at Tampr "to work for Cuban Independence. ' The workers In the big cigar faclorlo.- are expoclod to contribute the funds U keep Ihe society alive and Incldontallj fuviilsh n iivln * for n coifi'lo tif ngl liilors who Ilnd It easier to secure a llv ing fhla way ihan by working. Those ngllalors have lived in luxury f-ir years off of ( ho contributions of tlio cigar makers of Tnmpa and like ctlo ! . bnl Hie hue war , with Us nltondani results lemporarlly shut oir their rovonuo. II the worklngmeii of those places him any inney lo eontrlbtito it ) tlie cause ol Cuba It can be used to far better pur pose by diverting It to rolmbllltatlus : Ihe Industrie * of tJie Island. Of coursent'rortllng to the local news paper fence , the action of Albyn Krauk's bondsmen In seizing possession of his olllce before the expiration of lib term is nothing- out of the ordinary at all. but Is simply an ordinary business transaction. The only strange ( him ; about It is thai the bondsmen of other public oilk-ers should not ln l t on hand ling all the money coming to those olll- cers oti a similar plan. Of course the iMindsnun suspected nothing wrong. Is full of men who are now known to fame principally as the hus band of "So-and-so. " the American heiress. Several of them are now en- route to South Africa to try to make a icputatlon for themselves which Is not entirely overshadowed by their wives' money. They will Ilnd that money may bring Immunity In the or dinary walks of life , but hostile bullets affect alike the rich and the poor , the otlicer and the private. The old Fort Omaha site is worth more to the government than it is to any other person. U would make a magnifi cent station for soldiers who have been in service In tropical countries and con gress will make a mistake if it does not pass the bill offered by Mr. Mercer providing for its restoration as a mili tary post. ( ilvlni ; tinS n up Auuy. GluhoDemocrut. Democratic newspapers arc everywhere testifying to the merits of republican rule by publishing unprecedented business sta- tlPtlos for tlie year 1SS ! ) . The Drift to ( iolil. Globe-Democrat. Austria is working around to the gold Etimd.ird as fast as possible. Tlie world's currency measure Is fixed and there Is noth ing but loss and disadvantage In disputing it. I.iuiilaMiAVorU of I'lilrlofs. \Vaslilnrton Star. The English patriots are meeting with much success In their laudable efforts to keep the mascull'no members of the royal family from throwing themselves Into the perils of the Boer fight. Uimlnt Humor of ( Inllocr.s , Hostun Globe. The Boers have not been credited with being humorists , but a dispatch from Lady- iimlth says : "The Hoers have been firing plugged shells containing plum pudding and lettered with the compliments of the sea son. " IllU-lilntr on ( it n SHCCI-NM. \VmhliiKton Post. The gc-ntlcmen who were at St. Louis dur ing the warm dayn of June , ] S9fi , trying to find language with which to skate 'around the financial question , are all very brave at present. The able polltic'an makes consld- L-rahlo noleo when he Is engaged in hitching onto a success. I'rtiixrt'HH tit I'linr l.n. ChlcnKO News. Carlisle's educated Indians , skilled In the learning of the white man , defeated a font ball team of wild Apache bucks by the score of SB to C. This Is perhaps the most potent demonstration of the arlual value of civiliza tion and its superiority over barbarism ever 5iveu to the aavngrn of the frontier. JnoUNonliii : Triiiiiii-tliiu | in Oiualiii. Ko"- York Sun. With duo blast and thump It Is announced from Nebraska that from the Jackson day bamiuot at Omaha , where Colonel Bryan Is to * peak a piece , "will emanate the Urn leclaratloa of hostility which will lay be- [ ore the people of the country the exact Issues upon which the campaign will be fought. " If Colonel Bryan had had the art if silence thcru might bo Homo Interest In his Icclaratlon of hostility , but hln whole In- i-olce of Issues , new and old , has been ox- iilblted to the country n hunflrml tlmcw. He 1ms put H out of his power to produce any xcltcment , but Homo good-natured Jeering lo can Btill cause. It Is mildly ninuslng .0 see him nlttlng In porpcttml national con- I'ontlon , laying down the law for the demo- jratlc party and nominating himself by no- lamatlon and exclamation. s'rriiv or TIIIsou , . \u liiiHirtiiii | < I'ciiliiri- SI-IKHI ! U'oi-U III "OllllllMtlli.l - I'llNHI-NxlllllN , " Chicago Pout. The government Is wlso In Its decision , o make the "study of the soil" an 1m- lorlanl feature of thepystem of public Mlucatlon that Is to ho established In our nsular pcHsesslons. The Inhabitants nf 3ulm and Puerto Itico must look to farming or their Industrial salvation for many years o come- rather than to mining , miinufactur. ng or merchandising. Instead of teaching ho natlvi-H bookkeeping and typewriting hey eliould bo taught how to got the moat nit of the fertile neil that Is their great )03 > C9Slon. Schoc.'a ' for the study of the s.il , with efczenco to Ita highest productivity and Its ulapiablllty for certain Classen of products , lave been conducted with great success la krmany. A plot of ground is connectej vlth uacb tcliool. which U set apart fnr i inalyala of the neil and for experimentation n tlie production qf gralna and vegetable.- ) , rhrough ' .hsso experiments certain facto per- nlnlng to the adaptability of particular soli lementa to the growth of particular farm iroducts arc estnbUshed , nnd husbandry meed upon this knowledge- approaches the itatus of a fixed science. | This Is the kind of Instruction which , cum- ilr.ed with the more practical branches aught in the common schools , will bo of noet inestimable value to Cubans. J'ucrto tlcnns ami Ktllplnos. Jn fact , greater i ircmlnenco might bo given to this study In he common schools cf this country with mioh profit tq jh gsueral interest of lupbundry , upon which the natjaa largely Icpends for Ha jiroBperlty. " ] "I. ( KKDINU i MM'tl\l. ( POUT. rinl.i.lrli'hl i North \niiri.a-i 1'nnl.in ! tiviihp | < npr IVinfCnn hn > .111 c n'bogln nlng. Thh commero'nl ' modern world wll not tolerate dip blorkmlr of n newrM rn St. t.iul * ItPpubllc : nermnny IIHK rn the protected pMilopr Si-liwalho lo IJpliiKn , bny. "Sohwnlbo" la iiorninn for "swallow.1 which Indicate * ihat Oprmnny does iio propose to swnlhnv the iHimlcsrnth * plzurp , | Uuffalo UxjircHS : llplglnn merchant' ) an ; , that II Uelngoa biy fhnllld be olosfil ( In 1 Transvaal cotihl be supplied through tl-.i ncrninn port fit Svi-nUop river on the wps c-iost. The nute across thr- country lo loni nnd dllllcult , but practlcnblp. Would thi UiigllMi cttilsprs blnrkn IP n neutral Oei-mn pert as thny haven Portuguese ? Washington Post : England chooses to re gard foodstuffs as contraband rf war , but I the t'nlted States bound M assent to tlta view ? In 1704 wo wpro trlckpd or bullied , o buth , Into thp humiliating Jay treaty , whirl recognized England's right to dictate to us It some rpsppxts , but that trpaty blttOTlj opprwd nnd denounced by Jefferson wni abrogated by the war of 1S12 nnd Is , there fore , no longer binding. Why , then , shotih we meekly submit to nn arrangement o England's making nn arrangement undei the operation of which our agricultural ex port trade may bo dc-M roved In n month a' ' the caprice of Knglnnd or nny other potvrM i nt war ? Is our government willing to nccep : | the nsstiratice that "nobody In the end wll | Icee anything. " because tfnglnnd , nftei ascertaining nil the facts , will compensali such parties us may have been Injured In tin premises ? j New York Sun : In the contest now Kohif on between the vast British empire and twr puny republics In South Africa we have proclaimed an nbfalute neutrality , ns It W < H our duty lo do. No man has yet occuplei the White House who would dnro to chal lenge public abhorrence by making tin United States a party to the nrnyd coer cion of feeble commonwealths by n nnllnr that at least professes to be the mightiest of monarchies. As a matter of fact , how ever , nro wo discharging n neutral's duty with an equal eye and a punctilious re gard to the rights of both belllgerentu" Are wo vigilant and nlert In our protest against any Infringement of neutral rlqliia , keeping In view not only the Interests ol American food producers , but those of KnR- Innd also , should It , one- day , become the target of a continental coalition ? Are we , sn far as the Boers are concerned , fulfilling the obligations of n neutral In the letter nnd violating them In the pplrlt ? I'KIISO.VAI , POIVI'KUS. Hooray ! We've captured Mrs. Agulnnldo , anyway. The late Oliver Cromwell Is having n run for his money In the magazines. General French and Kid McCoy are to bo congratulated upon their auspicious be ginning of the new year. A wet blanket thicker than n Ixmdon fog has been thrown over the proposition to buy n homo fOr General Buller. Lord Curzon announces that 2-151,000 people ple are starving in India. It oan't be very satisfactory to be viceroy of .1 country like that. In the year 1S99 Andrew Carnegie has given away $5,155,000 , chiefly for the estab lishment or endowment of libraries or other educational concerns. Senator Kyle of South Dakota , the tallest man In the Kcnate , Is very fond of umall boys , and by some strangeafllnlty he likes the shortest page in that body. John L > . Sullivan figures his drink bill for the last ten years at over $1,000,000. I'cnnle who are nursing what they consider n quiet , Inexpensive thirst nhould meditate on these figures. In Admiral Montojo's estimation it was not fair for l > ewey to tand off at a dis tance where the Spanish guns could not reach his vessels , and from that safe point bombard them at his leisure. A white marble monument , thirty feet in height , Is being erected over the grave of George M. Pullman , In Graceland cemetery , Chicago. Close by is the I'hlllp O. Armour family monument , erected last summer. The western writer who sends out a story of the waking of a California Miss Hip Van Winkle , after two years of sleep , shows a realization of the proprieties when lie makes the heroine of the story beautiful and ac complished. Shipments of American flour Intended for the South African trade have been seized by British ofllclals. The Boers will know nothing about the horrors of war until they sit down to breakfast some morning with out nny llnnnrl cakes. Four of the oldest men in the fionate sit side by side in the front row. nicy are 1'ettus of Alabama , who Is 7S years old ; Cockrell of Missouri , who is 65 ; Vest of Missouri , who Is verging on 70 , nnd Morgan of Alabama , who will be 7ii next June. STOHM CUXTI-3II OK TIIH WAH. DHiiKou Itny n l.oi-nlKy of Spcc-hil liHcrc-Nl , | IIN ( \ MV. Philadelphia Ledger. The alleged secret treaty by which Great Britain Is to get possesslm of Delngoa bay , though Its existence Is denied , is still the subject tf much discussion. A-niong the pos sible crxasequfnces of suh a treaty would bo the landing of British trops at Lourcnzo Marquez , whence they would presumably have an easy march to Pretoria ; the over throw of the kingdom of Portugal by re publicans , using as n pretext for an uprising the sale of Portugal colonies , and finally , a closer union of France and Kussla as allies to olfsct the trolon between Germany and Kngl.md. It IH useless to speculate further upon the effect of a treaty whoso existence Is In doubt. England was negotiating foDclagoa : bay before the Transvaal war broke out and might then have acquired it without arous ing any protest , but she cannot buy Portu guese territory In South Africa now with out so disturbing the balance of power on that continent as to awaken the Jo.ilouey of Imr continental rivals. An attempt has bton made to show that the United States Is to bo drawn Into a coalition with Ger many and Great Britain , but there Is no danger that any such alliance will bo con summated. The pcoplo would revolt against iiny such Imperialism as thai , which Is n tar different matter from taking poBsesMon if the Philippine Islands nnd establishing In them a stnblo government. There IH one other Dol-igoa bay Incident ivhloli hag been magnified beyond its merits. American vesfels carrying flour shipped to Uolagoa bay nnd supposed to bo Intended for Urn Boers , have hem seized by the British. Dur government will , of ccurso , demand In- lemnlty for th < ? Hdzurrs , which are unlaw ful under the general law tf nations and ire spe-Ideally prohibited by nn existing treaty between Great Britain nnd the United States , negotiated more than one hundred icDis ago. Under this treaty tliu captorn , erIn In thtlr default the governments for whom they acted , are required to pay the masters ; r owners of the seized vessels the full i-aluo of the articles with n rens-nablo mer cantile profit thereon , together with freight nnd demurrage. Oreat Britain Islet lot likely to make any objection to the PHJI I iient of the penalty , but will go on HClxlij j lour and other previsions simply to keep | the Hoers frtcn getting them. The Rt-Uurcti , anJer the coin ) It Ions glicn , nro not Justin- ililp , for the shipments are made to a neu tral port , bu wo can do nothing more than -naUo Jiaglnml pay roundly for this nbuso of ica power , and Knglnnd. on tlio other bund , will be wall content to pay ( or the cargoea if which * he deprive * ( he Hoer * . N Yi > rtbclei ! . nsiggog bay U 89W a = 5te.r of ipc-cUJ ! gtsrg t , vn\u. ItinuirlinliliHtnnililtiu "f Hi-conl * li Vl rir'iN of Triulr. Ht LciuN Ololir-Pmiocrnt The l.inRuage which can fitly bo to tl-.o Immonte expansion In the of the United States In ! S9t > sounds some thing like hyperbole. It hna lo deal li tntpcrl.it I ves. itcrords In nil fields of trail Imvp been broken no frequently and so cou splcuauily in the past twelve mouths that i bare fet-ltal of the facts ta n succession o wonders. The flnnncl.il triumphs of the yea Jcnt ended arc more striking than cvei those hch ! were achieved In IS'fi nni issc , just after the resumption of gold pay tnents bad ended the seventeen years of In convertible currency , and wiped out the las trace of the panic of 1ST.1. I While the dement Ic and foreign tradn o the United States In the past twelve itiontln vent to n much higher mnrk than was eve tcuclted before , the biiMnp- * failures through out tbo country are fewer In number that at any previous tltno t\n-c \ 1SS7 , and smnllei In liabilities than In nny ypar since 1SS1 The bank clear-nnee1 * of tlif ! mt week nf IS ! > ' nre , for the country nt largo , 20 per CPU In excess of th-spof til. SVIIP time In W The gain of the entire ycnr will probably bi still grcntor , whllo the Increase over thi best of the years preceding ISPS Is enormous The country's gold production has gntii above nil past figures , tin- treasury gold fiini has touched n higher line than was ever bp- fore reached , and the per capita clrculatloi han broken nil precedents. I U Is hard to glance over n newspapei I thene days without srplng nn account of nt i advance of wagca In POUIP great Indiistrj i somewhere In the United States , and fro- , fluently several such ndvanrcs nro chronMcd ion the same day. The output In the Iron and other leading Industries IB far above nil past figures. The railroads , which art , ns trustworthy an Index of general business conditions as nro tlm banks or nny of the other Instrumentalities of civilization , take more inoncv In at this time and pay morr out than they ever did before. The numbct of wrs built during ISfin , as thus fn reported. Is 123 , sas , us compared with 10V 15S In 1SDS , a year of remarkable business activity , and the demand In 1S93 wns fnr from being fully met. There nre fewer Idle persons in this country at this moment than was over known In thp past. Moreover , the wave of prosppiliy which Is sweuplng over the country Is evidently far from being near Its culminating line. The year IflOO ptom- Ises , In all avenues of business activity , to bo more notable nnd beneficent than 1S93. M-W : oitMKit irrii. . \ . .Volatile ll.-nlthy Aiii-fl | | ( < - for ollliM- MMIHII on AM Slili-s. W.-i'lilndton Star. Accompanying the change of administra tion In Cuba we may expc.-t to see manifes tations strikingly like those with which at such times in our own allalrs we are fa miliar. A lively scramble for recognition In the distribution of patronage Is already on view , and following this , when the distribu tion has been made , will bo much elation on the part of those who have been success ful and a corresponding depression on the part of those who have been disappointed. Hence there will be balanced against a pre diction that ail Is well with Cuba a pre diction that the affairs of the island nro going to the dogs. . The "in " and their friends will be full of hope and confidence and willing to bet on the future , whllo to the "outs" and their friends the Island , from a political viewpoint and In the passIng - Ing vernacular , will look llko thirty cents. Wo have often traveled that road In the United States. It is a little rocky , like the road to Dublin , but not necessarily disastrous to a governmental conveyance. On the con trary , It affords a good test of the old carry all , and at times discloses weak places which need repair and strengthening. Dropping the figure , It may be said that a healthy appetite for ofllce is n good sign In a free country. "Where many men are anxious to serve the state there Is wide spread Interest In the state. There is like wise the better opportunity afforded for making wlso selections. The electors or the appointing power , as the case may be , may the better hope to secure public servants of approved quality and capacity. U Is only when men of substance and education shim olllce and neglect their duty an citizens , through a spirit of selfishness or a weak sur render to dilettantelsm , that the state suf fers. Then it Is that cither Incompetent or corrupt men crowd In and the public hervlce Is discredited. According to all reports General Wood has had no difficulty in securing men of the highest standing for the principal places under him. They have accepted office with the knowledge that hard work Is to be their portion , and each finds for every subordinate place at his disposal n crowd of applicants. Kach therefore must try to justify his own appointment by the appointments that he himself makes. The Cubans will now be , moro distinctly than ever , on trial , and their friends in the United States will watch them with increased Interest and heartily applaud every evidence they exhibit of a capacity to lake their own affairs entirely into their nwn hands. IIIIIT.IIVS MOTIVi ; KOit WAH. ConvliiiliiKAirny of KIM-IN ' on ( ) , , . Miiilliiiv r.-iiiim of Sit/iTiiIntv. Philadelphia Ledger. Mr. Karl Blind contributes a strong nr- llcle to the N'orth American Itcvlew , "The War and Kuropean Opinion , " In which he defends the HOLTH in their contention that Great Britain In the treaty of 1SS1 re nounced nil pretensions to the rights of suzerainty Ki the South African republic. Mr. Blind shout , his qualifications to speak upon the subject from his close nshoclatlon with the Ti-Aiiiivnul deputation concerned In the negotiations of IS83-SI , culminating In the much discussed treaty of isst. Ap pealing to the text of the Blue Books. Mr. Blind BIIJ-H that Lord Derby , with his own hand , struck out everything referring to suzerainty from the convention of 1'iotorla nf 18S1. What Mr. Blind declares an to ihls highly Important point Is as follows : "Tho proof of it is contained In the Blue Hook. Th. ) tuzcialnly wan canceled and fi-ossed cut by him with black llnub In the preamble , ns well as In the three para- ; r.ii hs In which It Is mentioned. He then tffftrod what ho himself called 'A .Vow Frcaty in Substitution for the Convention nf I'retorla. ' " After noting that the Transvaal deputn- , l i went to London , 18S3-S4 , for the express iiirptfco of scouring the abolition of Brit ish suzerainty nnd of substituting a now treaty for tin- old one , Mr. Blind nvere that .he I'rotorln Volksrnad ratified Ihe treaty of I SSI for the rcaB-Jii that thoau quodta Imd wen obtained nnd for the further reason rat tl Transvaal f-ad been recognl/.od ns \ii \ "Independent South African republic" lie filvr.i j luiulir.nco to the "telling fact" hat while the Uritfuh suzerainty ijnqucs- lonably exUted from US ! tc 1881 , n "m- ; alled resident wa-i cppolnied nt Pretoria o represent the British crown in Its suzcr- ilnty capacity , " out that in ISSI the office A as abolished and u ' 'oiiHtil IVUH fcMbaUluU'd. Mr. Blind points out that n "rosld-nt" -I'Hipcterlzcs a vnsinl country , that the con- lUl. thus substituted , wns to "receive the rotectlon of the republic , " that the Indo- lendr-nti- the republic was recognized by heEo proceedings and that Mr. f'humbcr- uln himself , when the failure of the Jnme- luii raia nag known In Lund n. in a dig- mtch referred to the South A.frtcan republic- in "u foreign state , a foreign power , with vhlch her majesty Is nt peuco nnd In treaty clutlous. " Mr. llliud Impnlos Mr. Chamberlain upon lUinorouB quotations from the latter' * pub ic tfe ciu * In thiJIoiuo of Commons dig- ilalming any authority or right hi tlie Brlt- h government jo meddle wHb the Internal of Mio Trnunvnnl Tbtw in > * . < M cbnmNrlnin . ' < | ii ird a" saying To ITfslIrn" Kt if' ' n In war \Hh order In for.-r upnn htm reform * inh > tcrnnl affnlr.i of hi * state , in whl li x . < tarle * of stale , mondttiK tn tbl plm'i i > v repudiated all right of tnterfpre-i < . i would be a course of action as immoni , M It would bo unwise. "I do not say that under ( he term of ihn convention ( of 1SSD we nre entitlei , tn , r i > reforms on President Kru or ; hut uc ar > entitled lo give him friendly OUHR.-I The rights of our action under in vention afo limited to the off Tint ' friendly counsel. In the direction of > i If It Is not necepled , we must be q nt * ii Ing to acquiesce. * "U Is rather difficult to Attempt t" IH r 1 F.uade nny one ns capable as Pn > 11 - Kruger that It would be desirable ib.ii 't ' should proceed to his own extliutiui nil accordingly 1 brought before him nn ,1 native suggestion ( respecting the fran-tn for tht foreigners In tht > Transvaal i h nt all events , would relieve him fr-n , > * > dllllcuUy. The ijuistloil Is wheth-i ! ' < dent Kruger will consider that lh'- in > oil will endanger the security of the TI.IT ml government. If he does , he will b , r fejtly justified In rejecting 11. " In August. 1SOC. Mr. Chamber.mi ! i , . h even stronger ground against forciM- - M fercnco In behnlf of the outlanders n i , speech In the House of Commons l r. , K I to Sir AMimcad Uarttctt , which MIUI-N > startling contrast with Mr. Chatntu it n i present belll.'oso position : j "What In the policy w-hlPh the honnrii' o gentleman would put forward If he i" standing here In my place ? I H\ipp \ < " < > - 'to ' t i would ask the house for u vote of t 000 or 20,000.000 , nnd would send nn .r nv of 10.0CO men. at the very least , tn for t > President Kruger to grant reforms m : < gard to which not only Ihls goM-rn-no-ii but successive secretaries of t-titp line pledged themselves repe.lteJly tint thri would have nothing to do with ItI'll" Transvaal's ) Internal nffnlrs. That in iu ! > policy of the honorable gentleman. That 11 not my policy. " Since .Mr. Chamberlain reversed hints i' and his policy , only two or three month" ago. "iO,000,000 nnd upward oftno.ono mp" hnve been found necessary to make nn in succcfisful attempt , or rather throe most disastrous attempts , to force Mr. Kriu.-r t- > do that which four years ugo Mr. Cham' er lain said Mr. Kruger should not Infoi i 1 to do. TltlKl.l-.S I.ICIIT AS Allt. Somervlllp Journal : Most people iu\pr rldo in a back unless they nre g"lnt ; t a i emetcry. Star : "De. trouble 'boui'tup ' se'fmiidtmen , " snd ! Vnclo Kbcn , "Is ,1 , it ( ley knocked off work too roon an' began t ) br.is about de job. " Del roll Journal : Hvcry man has n \ ' , ci > In the KaveriiiiHMit. What Is wnntid 1 | . s voice and moro horse sense. Chlrago New. < : 71lggs I'd have you t i know. sir. that I'm n self-mado man. DlRgx Ob. ilint'.H all right : but If I were you I wouldn't wnstu any money In tik.i. uut n patent. Indianapolis Journal : "What Is a hand writing1 export , rou.'ln Jule ? " "Oh. he'fi a man who can read other IH-I- plo's writing when he can't read his own. ' Philadelphia Press : Wytte The great In ventor Is dead and his marvelous sei-re' is lost. lost.Wyeke N'ot at all. 1 understand he rom- mlllecl It to his wife. Wytte Kxnetly. Chicago I'ost : "So you nro the hnppy father of triplets ? What nre you goliifr to call -.hem ? " "Orldley , Brumby and Lawton. " "Why do you seleet dead heroes only" ' "Well , you can always be pretty sure that a dead hero Isn't going to do sometnlnir else next. " ASH" IVITIII.V TIIM AVIJST. ICoderlck Qiilnn. Oil. did you s > ee a troop' po l > y Way-weary and oppressed , Dead klsnes on the drooping lip And a dead heart In the breast ? Yea. 1 have ween them one by one , Wny-weury nnd oppressed And when I ncked them "Whither pnce < Jr They answered. "To tbo west ! " And were they pale as iialo could be Death pale with haunted pye < , And did you see the hot white dust Mange round their feet and rise ? O they weio pale nn pale could lie- As pale as embercd leaf ; The hot white dust had risen , but They laid It with their crlpf. Did no one say the way Is lon r And crave a llttlo rest ? Oh , no : they said , "Tho night Is nigh ' Our camp Is In the west ! " And did pain pierce their feet as thoug-h The way with thorns were set And were they visited by Dark angels of roBiet ? Oh , yea. ami some were mute as denlb Though shot by niniiv a dart With thorn the Halt of Inward tears \\ent stinging through the heart. And how are these wayfarers call'-.i . And whither iio they wend ? I'ho weary-hearted and their rend At suiii-e.t bath nn eml. 'bed for them * Nfty. nay , n-J They yearn for endless rest- I'erhaps large stars will burn above Their pump within the west OurHatMan Don't like this weather and he don't like the amount of Caps he has on hand now that inventory has been taken. To make a re duction in quan tity and to close them out at once discount will be given on all
