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ST.tTIJMKVr OF CIHCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
Ocorgo H. Tzpchuck, secretary of Tho lleo
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says thut the actual number of full and
complcto conies of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday lleo. printed during
tho month of February, 1900, was as fol
lows:
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811,71(1
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2O,HI0
20.MMO
20.O1O
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20,710
20.HIO
20.7HO
20,H!m
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20.7 lO
27,120
20,170
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Total 7ns,r.nr
Loss unsold and returned copies.... 10,0NJ
Net total sales 7-lH.r,S!
Net dally nVerngo 20,735
GEORGE n. TZSCITUCIC,
Sec'y and Treas.
Subscribed and sworn to before mo this
2Sth day of February. A. D. 1900.
(Seal) M. R. HUNOATE.
Notnry Public.
It looks ns If Colonel Walter MoIpo Is
himself now harboring u stlnj of in
gratitude under the bosom of his brass
buttonod coat.
War clouds arc tnoro fashionable thuu
ever In Europe and many a son of roy
alty runs a clinncu of being totally
eclipsed if the clouds develop Into a
shower.
Iowa republicans In congress aru liav-
lug more trouble uniting on a man for
the vacant United States judgeship In
that state than tho legislature had In
agreeing on a United States senator.
Tho popocratlc organ gives Its account
of tho three-ringed circus at Liucoln un
dor tho headline "Its( ring Is true."
Which ring? Ts it tho ring of machine
politicians who are running tho so-called
reform forces?
The fusion leaders will probably con
sent to allow the populists to meet at
Cincinnati and hold n convention, even
If tho founders of tho party aro not al
lowed to play In tho same dooryard with
the fusion element.
It Is announced from Lincoln that the
silver republicans propose to have a dol
lar dinner at Kansas City. We take It
that anyone who pays In anything but
silver dollars will be dropped at onco
from the olllcial list.
The Hoard of lvducatlon has taken It
upon Itself to convince the pupils of tho
High school that they nro In school for
educational rather than social purposes,
Wo fear, however, some of the pupils
will refuse o bo convinced.
Every timo a gerrymander Is ut-
tomntcd for some political party It
usually reacts upon those responsible
for 11. Tho popocratlc members of the
Hoard of County Commissioners should
not let this slip their minds.
The anti-foreign crusade of the em
press of China Is likely to produce a
smashing of Oriental crockery If per
sisted In. Numerous cracks nro visible
In the platter now and the dish Is not in
a condition to stand many moro raps
such as have been given It In the past
Colonel Hryan will not undertako to
write tho natlouul democratic platform,
but ho will allow the national conven
tion to copy tho platform he has pro
mulgated lor the Nebraska democrats
und guarantee that It will not be mo
lested for Infringement of his copyright.
Now that Secretary Dahlman Is re
lieved of his duties as chairman of tho
democratic state committee he may pos
sibly llnd time to write the Norfolk poo
plo und inform them of the date when
the hearing of their complaint will bo
taken up by the reform State Hoard ol
Transportation.
Tho authorities In Cuba will investi
gate tho ruinor.s concerning the La
Gloria colony. Tho Investigation will
probably have the result of stopping tho
stream of dupes who have been lured
thero by great promises, but It affords
poor consolation to those who may have
bit only to Hud themselves stranded In
a wilderness.
Tho government will soou ask bids
for erecting tho west wing of tho Omaha
federal building. As, the appropriation
for building the structure has already
been authorized tho work should bo bo
gun tho coming season and add to tho
impetus In tho building trades which
Omaha Is sure to experience during tho
next few months.
Tho mora one considers tho action of
Govornor Poyntor In naming police com
missioners for Omaha under a law de
clared unconstitutional by the supremo
court tho worse does It appear. Gov
ernor Poynter's usurpation of n power
which tho 8upromo court has declared
he does not possess Is nothing less than
a -flagrant violation of tho law by the
chief executive of the state, who has
taken an olllcial oath to oboy tho law
nnd constitution us Interpreted by tho
courts.
vi i a Aiunm..its'n vi itxisa.
Iu the House of Commons a few days
ago Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary
of state for the colonies, said In regard
to tho statement that the Jtoera would
probably destroy Johannesburg that
President Kruger had been warned that
he and his government would he held
personally responsible for any act con
trary to the usages of civilized com
munities. Yesterday the parliamentary
secretary of tho war olllce announced
that Mr. Chamberlain will Issue a proc
lamation renewing tho warning uttered
In tho House of Conmions, from which
It would appear that the Hrltlsh govern
ment lias good grounds for believing
that the Transvaal government contem
plates the destruction of Johannesburg,
If that shall be found necessary to Its
defense.
There is other than Hrltlsh capltol In
vested in the mines nnd Industries of
that place and the threat to destroy it
has caused no little uneasiness among
German nnd KtoucIi Investors, but it Is
iulte safe to predict that neither the
warnings of Mr. Chamberlain nor the
protests of European Investors, If any
should bo made, will deter the Trans
vaal government from destroying Johan
nesburg If the work of defense requires
It. Perhaps it would not be strictly In
accord with the "usages of civilized
communities," but to leave this place to.
be used ns a base of operations by tho
Hrltlsh forces would bu a suflreinc act
of folly which the Hour government will
not commit. They have been told by
l)rd .Salisbury that surrender means
tho extinction of their Independence.
I hey know they have no hope of any
leniency from their powerful foe. Under
such circumstances they will have no
compunctions about destroying that
which In the opinion of most of man
kind was the chief Incentive to Eng
land's course the rich gold mines of
Johannesburg.
hOlt COSULAlC 11KFUH.V.
V number of commercial bodies have
recently manifested a renewal of Inter
est In tho proposed legislation for re
organizing tho consular service. Dele
gates from these bodies have gone to
Washington to exert an influence In be
half of tho contemplated reform. A
short time ago the house committee on
foreign affairs decided to report favor
ably the bill of Representative Adams
of .Pennsylvania and subsequently It
was announced that tho senate com
mittee on foreign relatlons"would tako
up the Lodge-Hurtou measure and en
deavor to have It passed at this session.
While It is ndmltfed that the consular
service of the United States has been
improving for several years and In the
opinion of some Is nt this time not ex
celled by that of any other country, yet
there is no question as to tho desirabil
ity of reorganizing nnd reforming the
service so that the danger of Its falling
back Into former conditions, which
will always be present while It Is sub
ject to lwlitieal changes, shnll be re
moved. The most essential thing Is to
divorce the service absolutely from poll
tics and to place it on the basis which
other countries have fouud to be neccs-
snry and satisfactory. Either of tho bills
that have been Introduced In congress
would accomplish this.
An elllclent consular service is of great
value to a country's trade. This is fully
understood by our commercial rivals.
Great Hrltaln's consuls have been a
groat aid to the extension of her com.
merce and the same is true of tho Ger
man consular service. Every German
cousul Is an active agent for promoting
German trade and the men for this serv
ice aro selected with reference to this,
They have practical training for such
work and success' In It Is duly rewarded.
The United States Is reaching out, as
never before, for foreign markets. It
must encounter everywhere a vigorous
competition. In this intense commercial
struggle American manufacturers and
merchants can be greatly assisted by a
thoroughly competent and cfltclent con
sular service and In ordor to Insure this
there must be reorganization und re
form.
VAlltNKSS TOWAHU UTlltill RATIONS,
The fact that tho British government
and public did not regard Iu an un
friendly light the action of the Washing
ton administration in transmitting the
peace overtures is referred to by the
Philadelphia Record as a Mattering trlb
uto to the soundness of the well-estab
llshed American policy of avoidance of
foreign entanglements nnd of refraining
from meddling In tho affairs of other
powers. That paper says: "If the con
ditlons had been reversed and If Great
ltrltajn had, without our solicitation
brought peace proposals to the United
States government from nn enemy whom
we had determined to crush, American
comment upon such purely friendly no
tion woidd have been harsh In tho ex
treme, because Great Hrltaln's overtures
would have beeu misunderstood. Wo
are now receiving the reward of our po
litical virtue and should bo careful to
preservo our well earned reputation for
fairness In International matters."
This Is tho proper view for Americans
to take and It Is most regrettable that
there are In this country many peoplo
who, from prejudice or partisanship, bo
rate the national administration because
it refuses to depart from our traditional
policy In respect to foreign countries
People of ordinary Intelligence, who
know little or nothing of the established
policy of the government, may bo par
donable for, this. Such peoplo nro guided
wholly by their prejudices. Hut thero
can bo no oxcuse for persons who, know
lug the rule of conduct of tho govern
meat since its foundation, assail Presl
dent McKinley for conforming strictly
to that rule ami declining to Involve tho
government In foreign entanglements.
The declaration of the Nebraska dem
ocratic convention, that republican lend
ers have failed "to feel an interest In
tho struggle of the Dutch In South Af
rica," Is utterly unfounded ami very
well Illustrates the unscrupulous char-
actor of that political element. As w
have heretofore pointed out, while every
nation having a representative ut Pre
THE OMAHA DAILY JiEE: WEDNESDAY,
torla was asked to intervene for n cessa
tion of hostilities In South Africa only
the American government took any step
In that direction. Promptly on receiving
from the United States consul at Pre
toria the peace overtures signed by Pres
idents Kruger uud Steyn they were com
municated by our government to Lord
Salisbury. There was no delay, no hes
itation. Accompanying the overtures
was an assurance from President Me
Kin ley of Ijls willingness to do anything
ho could in a friendly way to bring
about peace. This certainly was a man
ifestation of Interest iu the Dutch of
South Africa. Other governments de
clined to act In the matter; the Ameri
can administration unhesitatingly re
sponded to tho request of the Hoer presi
dents. Our government could not properly
do more than this. To have made a
formal proffer of mediation would have
been offensive to Great Hritaln und
nothing would have come of It, except,
perhaps, an Impairment of the friendly
relations between the two countries. Xo'
reasonable man, however strong his
prejudices against England, can desire
this. It might be very gratifying to
some European governments und people,
but no good American citizen will wish
.y breach In the friendly relations be-
, .
eon the United States and Great
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Hritaln. We must be fair and Just to
that nation as to all others. The
present national administration will con
tinue to observe the traditional -policy of
the republic in Its relations with other
powers and in doing this It will have the
approval of all Intelligent and fair-
minded citizens.
A'EMlASKA'ti FLl'INO TttAl'KZG VEH-
FUHMUtt.
William Jennings Hryan has onco
moro given nu exhibition In the three-
Inged fusion circus of his marvelous
acrobatic feats on the popocratlc
trapeze. After building his own plat
form and adjusting his own ropes and
balancing rod ho leaped from ring to
ring with reckless daring and landed
on his feet in front of the reserved seat
section occupied by the rock-rooted
ncvcr-say-dlo .Tacksonlun democrnts.
Tho hypnotized populists In tho back
ground and the free silver republicans
ou the top shelf were so dazed by the
magnetic Juggler and contortionist that
they did not realize the pitiful spectacle
they were tanking of themselves In be
coming mere cutspaws and jumping-
Jacks of the democratic ringmasters.
Tho only Incident that marred the per
fection of the program was the fracas
In tho populist corner of the big tent,
which resulted In a secession of stiff-
necked nnd uncompromising believers
n tho populist principles who went to
the ticket wagon with a protest against
the barefaced imposture being practiced
by tho circus managers. With all his
skill In thimble-rigging Colonel Hryan
was unable to repress the revolt that
points to Cincinnati as the Mecca to
which all true populist pilgrims will
wend their way In quest of the savior
of their party. While the movement
begun at Lincoln some weeks ago ap
peared on Hryan's horizon like a cloud
no larger than a man's hand, the split
that threatens to disintegrate his fusion
combination Is assuming proportions
that bode no good to tho popocratlc
show that must draw to populist audi
ences in order to pay out.
With all his spangles nnd dazzling cos
tumes Nebraska's Hying trapeze per
former has not been nblo to keep his
troupe sutislled with promises and fu
tures. The state house patronage may
keep a few favorites at the trough, but
the rank and Hie are beginning to see
through the bunco game and will not be
bamboozled much longer.
Ak-Sar-Hen managers aro starting In
early to advertlso the festivities that
will be held In Omaha next fall. This
Is a departure that will receive the
stamp of public approval. One of the
weakest points In the Ak-Sar-Hen dem
onstrations during the past few years
has been Its failure to make thu most of
its opportunities by timely und effective
advertising. The Hoard of Governors
has heretofore operated on the Idea that
the way to exclto Interest In the Ak-Sur-
Hen festival Is to keep everything secret
in an effort to arouse curiosity lustead
of letting thu peoplo know what they
are to expect should they visit Omaha
during Ak-Sar-Hen week. We believe
that better results will bo obtained by
changing the policy previously pursued
on this point,
Kngland proposes to settle tho troubles
In South Africa by offering special In
ducements for settlers to come into tho
country and for tho soldiers who are
there to lenialn and become farmers. Tho
English aro probably right In tho as
sumption that as long us a majority, or
even a strong minority, of the lnlutbl
tants of that sectlou are Dutch thero
will bo trouble ahead In South Africa.
The Dutchman Is slow to forget, and as
long as ho Is tho domlnnnt force In that
region ho will furnish employment for
Hrltlsh soldiers.
According to Chairman Udmlsten, the
populist purty "has grown out of that
condition which made Its organization
necessary." What Mr. Kdmlstcn meant
was that the fusion populists had aban
doned every principle which the party
once held dear and havo degenerated
Into a scramble for olllce on the part of
a few leaders who control tho machin
ery. The bill providing for a commission to
settle tho claims growing out of the war
with Spalu.lUes the llfo of that body at
two years. Unloss theso claims aro set
tied up more rapidly than previous ones
of this class tho present generation will
not see tho end of them. Years only
servo to Increase the number and size of
war claims In most Instances.
Those who have beeu so free to crltl
else the military authorities In tho Phil
ippines should read what Hlshop Potter
lias to say since his return from nu ex
tended visit there. Hlshop Potter Is not
a yolltlcluu uud has uo political axe to
grind and, furthermore, was, at the time
he wont to the Islands, opposed to the
policy of the administration. He snys
tliat the military rule Iu the Islands Is
above reproach, He commends the au
thorities there without reserve. What
he soys will have no effect upon the pro
fessional faultllnder, hut It will have
weight with those who nio seeking the
truth.
(irncKl of n KlrU.
Chlcaco Tlmes-Herald.
One reason why some peoplo kick so hard
when tho Standard Oil company pays out
$20,000,000 In dividends U that they are not
stockholders.
.Hurt' .Muscle, l.es" Mouth.
New York Mull und Express,
Nebraska farmers aro buying moro agri
cultural Implements this year than ever be
fore. They have evidently decided to ralso
something else btuldes noise.
SIiirIiik flii Smut- Old Tune.
Raltlmore American.
In declaring that the war In tho Philip
pines Is over and etlclclng to It po tena
ciously, General Joo Wheeler seems to bo
usurping General Otis' prerogatives.
"Iluliw" 111 tin- Hol- of Prophet.
St. Louis Globe-Democrut. '
General Lord Field Marshal "Robs" re
grets that ho ' could not lead his brigade
Into Dloemfontbln, but declares that ho -will
head tho procession Into Pretoria. It Is
JnotlceBblo that General Duller 1. i not making
any moro rneh predictions nbout Pretoria,
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KiM-itliiur 1 1 li yHU Culm.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Cubans could not ask for a better pledge
than that given by Secretary Root, that tho
United States will keep faith with tho
Islanders nnd that tho Joint resolution of
congress will bo carried out: and such nu
assurance, coming from bo high a source,
will doubtless havo a most potent effect,
during tho coming municipal elections, upon
tho class of people who aro Inclined to
rebel against tho mild restraint placed upon
them by tho American government.
SlMirtnui- of Nuvnl Olllcrra.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The United States navy needs more sailors
and moro officers. R Is said that It will
talto nearly 2,000 officers, In addition to
tho8o now on tho active register, to fully
olllcc-r the Bhlps In commission, laid up, or
In process of construction. Usually, when
a new war ship Is put In commission It Is
necessary, -to put an old ono out of com
mission In order to got a crew for tho new
craft. If this Is to bo a permanent condi
tion, what Is tho uso of building moro
ships?
l'Miiiuiiriir- of Niitloiuil DiiiiUh.
Indianapolis Journul.
Ono effect of tho new currency law will
bo to Insuro the continuance of the national
banking' system for at least thirty years,
beyond tho power even of congress to abol
ish It except by a species of repudiation. As
wlthfn a few years the bulk of the national
banknote circulation will bo secured by tho
new 2 per cent thirty-year bonds, the ex
istence of tho banks during the life of the
bonJo Is practically assured. This will be an
Important element of permanence and con
fidence In our financial system.
CuttliiKr n Htnuiluril Melon.
Philadelphia Record.
Tho disbursement of $20,000,000 by tho
Staridard Oil company In tho form of a regu
lar 3 per cent quarterly dividend and an
extra cash dividend of 17 per cent will serve
to direct public attention anew to tho enor
mous profttB, of this arch monopoly, built
upon tho rul14 of thousands of Individual
enterprises) and private fortunes. The earn
ings of Mr,, Carnegie's steel works, vast
though they be, shrink Into comparative
Insignificance JVhen measured with tho Pac
tolcan streanl'tbat flows regularly Into tho
coffers of a few petroleum princes In thi:
country. Certificates of stock In this tre
mendous combination wero quoted yeiterday
at 53S Bhowlng nn nctual capital stock valuo
of over $590,000,000. Tho history of pro
ductlvo Industry records no parallel to this
creation, within the memory of men stilt
young, of a corporate power of such por
tentous magnitude and potential energy.
DoHtructloii of Hint Life.
Now York Herald.
How bird llfo Is destroyed nt tho decreo
of fashion was shown In a startling way
by u dispatch which the Herald printed on
Sunday from Wilmington, Del. Ono firm
alono ha3 placed a contract for tho plumage
of 20,000 song birds to bo used In the adorn
ment ct this year's Raster finery.
To obtain theso tho carnage among Dela
waro'o woodland singers has already begun.
With gun and net bird llfo Is being rapidly
destroyed.
Tho carnago around Mllford Is only tho
'beginning. It will go ou throughout Deln
waro and other states of tho union until
tho rich plumago of many times 20,000 birds
has been obtained for mere purposes of
femlnlno adornment.
It Is a pity that thoso who decree our
fashions do not find somo method of beauti
fying hoadwear which will not ncccssltato
tho wholesale slaughter of our feathered
songsters.
NOW SKI. I, IIU.M1S.
lliliiilNiuur- ProlltH for Holder
of
CovrrniiK'ii t Si'i'iirllleN.
United Stntes Investor.
'Beforo tho refunding measure actually
becomes a law, tho now 2 per cent bonds
wero quoted in anticipation at 107. Wo
should suppose that every holder of old
bonds would bo Impelled to ask himself If
his proper course was not to sell his hold
IngB. Holders of old bonds can put them1
to tno government at a price equivalent to
2i per cent on the Investment, -the lire
mlum to ho paid In cash, and the principal
In now bonds at par. A price equivalent to
2V4 per cent on the Investment was a high
ono to pay for tho old bonds, and ono which
undoubtedly must show a largo speculative
profit for many holders. If on conversion '
the holdors can sell nt 107 their new twos,
which, If other things had been equal, could
hardly havo been expected to sell much
abovo par, they may bo considered to pos
sess an opportunity such as docs not often
occur to reap an extraordinary harvest.
Tho present price, It Is unnecessary to
say, would not hold very long If every ono
mado a rush to soil his new bonds to tho "tho fighting McCooks," has been compelled
national banks. But If tho telling move- ' to Book re-tugo In the Soldiers' humo at
ment should not bo too extensive, tho way Yountvllle, Cnl. Tho gcuoral was tho fifth
will bo opon for a very handsome specula- and,sovcnth governor of Colorado and was
tlvo jiroflt to tho comparative few who seizo actlvo In Kansas and territorial politics,
tho opportunity to sell whllo others nro, Sonator Hoar, In beginning n speech, has
anxious to hold on to their bonds. Tho a mtIo BDrk3 0, raolons whlch ho uncon
nnP w h.h" m aC. t"'"'ely' r tno rea- sclously never falls to go through. First
m.? If L 7 BOt tU, max'mllm Pro1 1 his hand goes to his throat and tie, then
at the present quotation. They aro bound , clcara hU throat and lcslW-
to fall, and perhaps to fall heavily, and i . . 11
tho holdors who sell later will be deprived -
or part or tneir speculative profit- A fair
prlco for them on their merits Is perhaps
97, und wo feel tolerably safe In predicting
that eventually they will break par. When
this occurs, those who refrulned from sell
ing their bonds at the present premium, will
no doubt chide themselves roundly for their
folly.
The Inflation scheme ,1s hound to break
down. When this has "actually becomo a
renllzod fact tho price of tho new twos will
fall to its proper level. PendlnR tho re
adjustment of tho situation, It Is likely to
fall over, below Its true level. Kvorythlng,
In short, points to tho fact that now Is tho
time for overy ono to sell bonds, Ho will
not soon havo another opportunity llko the
present.
!MAH01I 1U, 1000.
ECHOEM OV Ol It WAR.
Somo thoughtless person enre remarked
that "republics are ungrateful." Tho phrase
la, attractive nnd well worn, expressing Iu a
brief, pointed way tho feelings of the fellow
who comes In second best In n race for of
fice. As a national Indictment It would be
throwtrout of any court. Only a few days ngo
tho attention of tho authorities In Washing-
ton was drawn to tho unfortunate condition
of Mrs. "13111" Anthony, widow of one of
tho heroes of tho 'Maine, nhd n place was
promptly made for her In tho census bureau
at a ralnry of $000 a year. Sergeant An
thony. It will bo recalled, committed sulcldo
In Now York City n few months aito. The
courago nnd forethought dlplaycd by him
cn tho night of the destruction of the Maine
disappeared when ho left thu service, lured
by tho npplauso of the multitude. Though
warned by his friends to stick to the navy,
to bewaro of public llattcry, he paid no heed.
A brief engagement showed him the folly of
relying on fame nlono ns an clement of suc
cess on tho stage, but tho knowledge camo
too lato to return to tho forecastle. ills
courage mis not equal to tho struggle, nnd
raiso prldo prevented him from making
known his wants. Tho republic, however,
gratefully remembers his servlco for tho
Mag, and has shou Its appreciation to his
widow.
Rear Admiral Philip says that once when
his flagship lay iu New York harbor ho .was
walking tho quarterdeck when n sailor ap
proached him and nBked permission to hall
a yacht which had anchored nearby. "Why
do you wish to hall her?" said tho ndmlial.
'Ileeauso I own her," was the unexpected
reply. The sailor was a young New York
swell who had Joined tho navy to light
Spain.
A belated war story comes from Ponce,
Porto Rico, und Is told by Lieutenant Juan
Arnto of tho Spanish engineers,
"When the war broke out." said tho lieu
tenant, "we found that our supply of am-
munition oi an sons was very low. somo -
was new nnd somo old; Eomo was black and
somo brown; some was old-fashioned nnd
somo was smokeless and mysterious. Thero
was ono lot of brown smokeless powder
which was marked, 'Use with care! Very
powerful I Keep cool nnd dry!' and to It was
attached a legend that It had burst a Krupp
Held gun.
"I determined to try It. I employed a
email charge In n gun, and to my-surprlsc It
refused to go off. My gunners wero very
much disgusted, and one of them B.tld: 'Hah,
this Is no good for war. I ll use It for cook
ing our supper.'
"Wo nil Jumped as too threw a double
handful Into a small camp Arc. Judgo of our
feelings when wo saw the lire go out. I after
ward learned that powder of this sort de
teriorates with age, and that long beforo
this case was opened It was as harmless as
wet Band."
Edward V. Sexton, a member of the hos
pital corps attached to General Schwau's
brlgado In Luzon, sends to tho Now York
Sun the following account of un attack nwdo
by Klllplno Insurgents on nn ambulance
train and the warm reception they got. Tho
letter Is dated Santa Cruz, Laguna province,
Luzon, February 7. It says:
'Two ambulances traveling on the mili
tary road from Majaljal to this place with
twenty-ono sick and a few wounded sud
denly rnn Into an ambush about two miles
out of tho abovo town and four miles from
Santa Cruz. Without any warning from both
sides of tho road there Issued tho crackling
roar of n Mauser volley and the shouts and
yells of the wretches who mako war on tho
sick and wounded and -who hoped by at
tacking ambulance trains to have an easy
victory. But on this occasion they wero
sadly mistaken, for the sick and wounded,
angered into momentary forgetfulneas of
their condition, tumbled headlong out of the
wagons and ramming the chambers and
magazines of their rifles full of cartridges
proccedtd to punish tho Insurroctos with
such vim that tho rebels, retreating before
tho flerco fire of tho twenty-ono wounded,
tho two hospital corps men and the two
drivers of the ambulances, loft ten dead and
wounded on tho fleld. Our casualties were
two wounded, ono of thorn in tho left hand,
tho other In tho left shoulder.
"A pathetic Incident of tho fight was tho
death of ono of tho nrabulanco mules, a pet
of all the drivers and a handsome animal.
He was shot sauarcly In tho breast by a
sharpshooter In a tree, who aimed for tho
driver but aimed too low and hit tne muio.
Tho bullet mudo a clean round holo In tho
animal's breast. On 'being lilt tho poor
boast turned his head and looked at tho
driver in a most pitiful manner, as It asking,
'Whv Is this?' In a few minutes he fell
down on his knees tn a pool of his own
blood, and nibbling at a tuft of graBS gavo a
sort of low moan and with a last puzzled
nlar.cn at his master expired.
"Having substituted n cavalry horso for
ho fallen animal the ambulances mndo tho
wt nf their wav Into Santa Cruz, where
tho sick and wounded were cared for at tho
Held hospital of Schwan's brigade, mis in
cident emphasizes the fact that theso robber
bands do not respect tno kcu uross nor iuc
men of tho hospital corps, wno, in aaai
tinn to their Douches. Utters, etc., aro com
pellcd to carry carbines or pistols of largo
caliber as well as ammuouion, inus uuuius
to the nlready multifarious duties oi inis
hard-worked and llttlo known branch of the
service."
I'KHSONAf, POIM'lSnS.
(Jcncral Lew Wallaco Is to sail shortly for
tho cast, whero tho scene of his next nis-
torlcal novel Is to bo laid
Governor Wells of Utah was for flvo
years a reporter on the stuff of nowspapors
In Now York and San nanciBco
Mr. Coakley of Boston has come homo
from tho Philippines with a consciousness
that not all Chineeo aro laundrymen.
General Prettyman, tho now military gov
eruor of Bloemfontuln, has been giving duo
attontlon to drees parades sinco the town
was occupied.
Tho uccounts balance Whlln Englishmen
in London worked tho green goods racket
last Saturday two visiting Britishers -were
worked with gold bricks In Chicago
A collection of historic Interest goes on
tho auction block In Now York tomorrow.
It comprise the paintings, tapostrleB, library
and furniture of tho late MrB. Kato Chase
Spraguo nnd of her father, the lato Chief
Justlco Cliaso.
General Kdward Moody McCook, ono of
"Daisy Queen"
31 fraarant perfume, rich In the
sweetness of fleld and forest.
Delicate yet lasting.
Sherman & WeConnell Drug Co.,
ItlyerS'DIUon Drug Co.,
v Kuhn & Co.
SOJ1I0 FACTS AIIOIIT OI RSIR.VUH.
Inntrnrtl vp (lioitplnjr of SIh.IhIIck
from (lie l.nlgcrs of (he .Viitlim.
New York Times.
There were 70,011,000 of us on tho 30th of
June, 1S99, according to tho estimate of pop-
ulatlnn of tho Bureau of Statistics published
In the Statistical Abstract of tho United
States for tho fiscal year ending on that date.
,Tho cstlmato fcr January 1, 1900, Is 77,116,000.
I R cost us $700,093,501 to run our govern-
' tuent fcr that year, or Just $9.21 apiece. It
i was tho ccs'llcst year In our history. Tho
' War department, which In recent years has
: called for only a lltllp moro than $30,000,000
, annually, required $232,393,303 In 1S99: hut
$1G,0,S2,511 of (hls"v;as spent In Improving
( rivers and harbors. Tho Navy department
C0!t $64,331,733, or nbout double tho usual
, navy expenditure.
i no total roccipts or the government were
$010,082,001, or nt tho rato of $3.01 ptr cap
ita; and tho deficit for tho year was $S3,
111, CCO. The re-elpts from easterns wete
$20C,12S,4S2 nnd from Internal revenue taxes
$273,437,lti2. The Internal revenuo receipts
also exceeded tho custom receipts In 1808J In
1S9I, when Importations were checked by tho
money stringency and by Impending tariff
legislation, and during the years 1SG4-8 In
clusive, when a multitude of Internnl rove
nuo taxes had been Imposed for tho expenses
of tho Civil war, when only the custom
houses of tho north were In tho control of
tho government and tho ocean trndo had been
seriously Interfered with by Confcdcinlo
cruisers. Hut there Is only ono year In our
history 18CG when the Internal revenue re
ceipts exceeded tho figures of last year.
Persons with whom tho doctrine of pro
tection Is a religion will view with great
nlarm the rlo of Internal taxes to be the
chief revenuo-produclng featuro of our llscal
system. It Indicates a stato of preparation
for sweeping reductions In customs duties.
The public debt, lets cash In tho treasury,
amounted to $13,29 per capita on July 1, 1899,
nnd tho annual lutercst charge was 33 cents
j apiece. Tho cost of tho pensions was $1.S3
vr i-mum.
I Tho amount of money In tho United States
on July 1 was $2,745,350,508, or $36.12 per
j capita; In 1892, tho only year In which this
amount per capita has been exceeded, tno
figures wero $36.21. The amount of money In
circulation that Is. outside tho United
States treasury, on July 1 was $1,904,071,81,
or $25 per capita, and this had never been
exceeded. Tho circulation had risen to $25.9S
per capita on January 1. The gold coinage
for tho year amounted to $1.41 per capita and
tho silver colnago to 36 cents.
Wo exported domestic merchandise to tho
valuo of $1,203,931,222, or $15.84 per capltu.
Wo Imported $697,148,489, cqunl to $9.02 per
capita, exclusive of merchandise re-exported.
Tho excess of exports over Imports was
$529,874, S13. The customs taxes collected
on our dutiable Imports amounted to 50.21
per cent nd valorem, tho highest rate over
attained by our protective tariff makers,'
but, thank goodness, there Is going to bo an
ond of that.
Wo exported 63.37 per cent of our cotton,
32.97 per cent of our wheat and wheat flour,
9.21 per cent of our corn and cofnmcal
which Is far too low, showing that our corn
export trado needs development and 45.73
per cent of our crude mineral oil. We re
tained for consumption per capita 27.lt
pounds of raw cotton, 5.95 bushels of wheat
nnd wheat flour, 22.98 bushels- of corn and
cornmeal, 61.7 pounds of sugar, 10.55 pounds
of coffee, 96-100 of a pound of tea, 1.15 proof
gallons of distilled spirits, 14.96 gallons of
malt liquors and 35-100 of a gallon of wine.
Wo retained for consumption 4.40 pounds
of domestic and 32.8 pounds of foreign
wools.
The tc-nuago of American shipping In
creased 2.41 per cent during the year, and
8.9 per cent of our exported and Imported
merchandise was carried In American ships.
the lowest proportion In our history. An
enlightened attempt to better this humlil
ntlnfj state of our shipping Industry Is mak
ing In congress by a bill appropriating pub
lic money to hire men to -build and run pri
vate steamers, while still maintaining pro
hibitory duties on the materials of ship
building. The I'ostofllco department collected $1.25
The Continental's
Alteration Sale is now conceded to be the
greatest cut price clothing sale in Omaha's history.
Profit lost sight of in the mad rush to clear the lloor be
vl 9 9 W-A
has been put on all our Winter Over
coats and the way they are going in this
Bale we won't have any to carry over.
Wo havo made three lots 7.50
of all our Winter Overcoats 10.50
and priced them at 15.00
NEW SPRING OVERCOATS that
have not been in tho store 5.00
30 days havo been put in 7.50
this alteration sale and cut 10,00
to the quick and go at ... . 12.00
Boys' Suits
I,ONO TROUSKItS SUITS In thrco big
lots at $3.65, J5.K0, $8.50.
HOYS' TOP COATS that havo boon 1.50, $2.85, U.85,
COO, 7.D0 nnd $8.60 go now at 0.1)5, Sl',50.
Shoes go too
Look the town over get tho lowest
pricego to tho biggest shoe sales, then
come hero and compare them with our shoe
at
JlO 110 more
H5-. no less.
A perfect foot forjn shoe made of good
honest leather that will give good service
and satisfaction. Tills same shoe would
sell for $4 and $5 anywhere in Omaha.
Continental
N. E. Corner
per .capita, but upent $1.38. This deficit ts
caused by carrying nt very low rales art
Iclrs that nro really merchandise, not mall.
Public school expenditure Is steadily In
creasing. Tho figures for 1839 had not beeu
compiled nt the tlmo the Statistical Ab
strnct was Issued, cut tho expenditure for
1S9S was $9.01 per capita of tho 21,400,000 of
tho population Of school age 3 to 18. This
Is tho highest recorded ratio of expenditure
for schools.
I.KJMT AM) HRtUllT.
lluffalo News: Teacher-Willie, where Is
tho capital of the United States?
Wlllie-In fie trusts.
ChUnro Post; "And what do you con
sider 'good form"' " he asked.
Tho burlesdue actress dldn t sny any
thing; t-ho moldy looked at her reflection
In the mirror.
Indianapolis Journal: The Rccrult-t
a-dced the feller that hands out the grub
If ho wouldn't glmmo n softer chunk of
hurd tncl:.
Tho Veteran And what did ho say to
that?
"He said If 1 waited around there an
other mlnuto ho would soak mo ono."
Chlengo Trlbuno:
You keen mo waiting
so lonir!" complained the customer.
"Madam, said tin women grocer,
who was economizing In his business by
employing only one clerk, "ain't you tho
woman that was In hero yesterday kicking
about short weights?"
Detroit Journal: "The colonel's been
getting tho drop on somebody. I guess! '
"Yes, ho evidently has a drop too much,
and nolmdy ever knew lilm to buy any
llr.uor himself!"
Rrooklvn Llfo
Strategy t told May that
ner
er voleo only needed cultivation, nnd ad
rt lar ti po to Prof. Von Donnerblltz."
"You did? Why, bIip simply can't sing!
vl
I know. I'm
In hopes tho urofessor
will tell her so."
U'Hshln.'-ton Star: "I Me by the new.
papers." said the casual caller, "that thero
1 e truti In Canada with three- lunis.
"Oh. mo! Oil, my!" exclaimed tho basn
ball ran enthusiastically, "what a 'rooter
ho would muke, wouldn't he?
Detroit Journal: Here Sir Reginald threw
his glov upon the ground.
"Ills castorl" rultercd tho craven Sir Ouy,
trembllnir. . ,
"It ain't no kid, I tell you those!" pro
ti sted Sir Reginald, Indicating not only by
therj hot. Impetuous words, but ns well
bv the austere look which he bent upon his
rival, that ho -was thoroughly In earnest.
Chicago Tribune: "Is that tho llttlo
darling?" asked young Mr. Newdnd. when
they brought the little morsel of humanity,
swaddled up to Its oars In long, creamy
white wrappings, for him to inspect. I,et
tnMl,lt.L' .,. lhv.lrt him.
Indeed you shall not
(hrv -tnld him.
"Why not;-' aic oi
demanded. "I'm Its
fnthc "
"Yes," thov said. "And that's all you are.
You shitn't touch It."
Till" OLD llAOllKUREOTYl'KS.
IPhlladelphla Post.
Up in the nttlo I found them, locked In the
cedar chest, ...
Whero tho llowored gowns llo folded, -which
onco wore bravo us tho best:
And, llko the queer old Jackets and the
waistcoats gay with stripes,
They tell of i. worn-out fashion these old
daguerreotypes.
Quaint llttlo folding cases, fastened with
tiny hook. Al
Seemingly made to tempt ono to lift up tin
latch nnd look;
Linings of jiurjilo una vcWet, odd llttl
frnmes of gold.
Circling tho faded faces ibrought from th
days of old.
Grandpa and grandma, taken ever so long
GrandnTi's bonnet a marvel, grandpaa col
lar a show: ..... .
(Mother, a tiny toddler, with rings on ncr
briby hands,
Painted lest none hould notice in glitter
ing gilded bands.
Aunts and uncles and cousins, a starchy and
stiff array. ......
Lovers, and brides, then blooming, but now
so wrinkled and gray.
Out through tho misty glasses they gaze At
me, sitting here,
Opening tho quaint old cases with n. smile
thut Is half a tear.
I cwlll smllo no more, llttlo pictures, for
heartless It was, In truth', "
To drag to tho cruel daylight these ghosts
of a vanished youth.
Go buck to your cednr chamber, your gown
nnd your lavender.
And dream, 'mid their ibygono graces, ol
1he -wonderful days that -were.
fore the workmen tear down the
walls a veritable bargain counter
of highest grade Men's and Boys'
Clothing.
Men's Suits
Don't come to this sale if you
want suits at $3. 85 We don't have
that kind, but we do have hf.BO
the best $10.00 $12.00, -
$15.00, $18.00, $22.00 and JQ; 00
$25.00 Suits ever made
and spiel that are selling 1Q..V.9
in this alteration qq
Bale at lO
Men' Overcoats
A special extraordinary price
Sri
3Jj
Clothing Co.,
15tH and Douglas.
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