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State of Nehniskn, Dougtns County ss. :
Ocorgn 11. Tzschuck, secretary of Tho Bee
Publishing company, Peine duly sworn,
iay that the actual number of full and
completii copies of The Dally. Morning,
Evening nnd Sunday nee. printed during
the month of May, 1900, wus as follows:
1 SK.Sl.KJ 1" 211,170
2 ST,r,r, is uii.uoo
3 im,:iiio is ii7,:uo
4 1:7,1 HO 20 iill.770
6 ihi.nno ii an, no
e lill.HIO 22 1:11,100
7 27,000 23 aii.aao
8 an,7ao 2 ao,:no
0 a7,no 2j au.oio
10 a7.Mo x ao.aoo
11 ao,o:io 27 aii.a.Ki
12 a7,r.:to 23 ar.,soo
n an.iiH.-. 23 ao.aio
14 aii.ino so a,ono
15 a,r. io 31 ao.a.Ki
l ati.JMo .
Total a.7rt
Less unsold and returned copies.... 11, a la
Not total sales. . . .
KiH,o:t:t
Net dally average al,.tH
OEOIK1E H. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed nnd sworn before me this 1st
day of June, 1900. M. II. UUNOATE.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
PARTIES I.EAVIMi l'OH SIMMER.
I'll rile I cm I ii u llio lly for
llic NiiiniiKT may liuvi- The Her
srul (o I In-hi ri-Kiilnrly by
niillfyliiK The llec Iliislness
iilll , In person tir by mull.
Tin- inlilrcN - II 1 li- cliniineil
nn often us ilcslrcil.
Tlnvo you voted? not at tho primaries
or oloetlon, but In The Hue's mention
contest.
The census enumerators nn s.'ihl to be
Blow In turning In their work. Hotter
tnko their time rather than miss nny
ono In their hurry.
The talk of running liewey for vleo
president Is evidently to be taken with
salt. Admiral Dewey is a lilssor man
than Vleo President Dewey eoulil ever
be.
If the railroads have any doubt that
the State Hoard of Transportation Is In
existence they shoufd send a man around
to the state treasury when pay day for
tho secretaries comes around.
Former Governor Peek of "Peck's Had
Hoy" fame has been nominated for con
Kress by the democrats in the Second
"Wisconsin district. As If there were not
enough bad boys In congress.
Tho menace of militarism seems to
have no depressing effect upon the pres
sure for appointments to West Point.
Hrass buttons nnd an attractive uniform
form as great u magnet as ever.
Two so-called gypsies have been ar
rested In Chicago for refusing to answer
census questions. They doubtless want
ed cash In advance boforo exercising
their talents In telling tho future and
the past.
rjovernor ShaW will not let anything
llko a railroad wreck disable him from
attending tho Philadelphia convention
as ono of Iowa's delegates-at-large and
help nominate the next president of tho
United States.
Cities and towns throughout Ne
braska are preparing for their annual
old-fashioned Fourth of July celebra
tions. With general prosperity and
good crop prospects, tho Incentive to
celebrate was never greater.
Colonel Clark 1J. Can' alllrms already
that thfr American corn kitchen at the
Paris exposition Is an umiunllileil suc
cess. U Is to be hoped the same verdict
will be rendered by foreigners whom
wo are trying to educate up to a corn
bread appetite.
Tho government crop roort shows
Nebraska, to be In a premier position in
tho small grain livorages. And while
the reporter was about It he might have
stated that there was nothing the mat
ter with Nebraska corn. Nebraska soil
Is preparing to give calamity a hard Jolt
this full.
Senator Mason has shaken hands with
President MeKlnloy and promised to
lino up for tho republican ticket. The
Illinois man may not be In hearty sym
pathy with the republican Philippine
policy, but he has sense enough to know
that a democratic administration would
offer nothing more acceptable.
Omaha has been less disturbed by
labor troubles this year than any city
of Its sl.o In tho country anil now
tho last ono of any Importance has been
settled, These strikes, principally In
the building trades, have been disastrous
In many places, not only to the men In
volved, but to the cities. Omaha Is
fortunate In not having lis building
operations stopped .by such disturb
nnces. In order to divert attention from their
own troubles tho popoeratle press is
busily engaged reciting alleged disagree,
incuts in tho republican ranks. It
would bo strange Indeed If there were
not some disgruntled Individuals In the
republican, or any other party, for that
matter. Tho disgusted ones In the
poH)cratlc combination are so numerous,
however, that tho task of counting them
or enumerating their grievances would
be almost endless, .
AMKMOAX IHS1TIUX bEFlSlU.
The Washington cabinet yesterday
discussed the Chinese situation and
clearly dellned tho position of this gov
ernment In relation thereto. It Is pro
posed to adhere to tho policy that has
been entered on of pushing measures
for tin) protection of the lives and prop
erty of American citizens nnd of acting
Independently as far ns possible. Cir
cumstances may compel our forces to
act In unison with those of other gov
ernments for the common protection,
but this Is to be the extent of the Ameri
can activity. According to a Washing
ton dispatch, the Chinese government
will be looked to to restore order and to
make such reparation ns is proper, but
tho rnlted States will hold aloof from
nil political schemes In which any of
the powers may become involved.
This Is the proper attitude, to which
no reasonable objection can bo made.
It Is perfectly obvious that In order to
be effective the forces of the several
powers may have to net In unison. It
Is manifestly Important that the Chinese
government shall understand that for
the purpose of protection tills will be
done, but that purpose being accom
plished the Fnited States will enter Into
no understanding or Joint action with
any other power. This country seeks no
territory In China. Its Interests there
will be best promoted by the mainte
nance of tho Integrity of that empire.
'crimps events will take such a course
its to render It expedient, at some fu
ture time, for our government to dis
tinctly say to the world, what Is al
ready Implied, that it Is opposed to any
form of territorial annexation in China
by nny foreign government. Hut at
present Its plain duty Is to do no more
than employ proper measures, such ns
have the sanction of International law
and Impart no unfriendliness to the
Chinese government, for protecting the
lives and property of American citi
zens. Less than that the government
cannot do without destroying Its claim
to the conlldeiice of Its own people and
the respect of the world. With this at
tltuile trade considerations have nothing
Whatever to do.
UAtl.ltUADS .IAD U'ltUSfHltlTi:
Tlie statistics compiled by Senator
Clark of Wyoming, chairman of the
committee on railroads, present some
striking facts In regard to the share
which the railroads of the country have
had of tho prosperity of the last three
yeais. The conditions were very bad
for the roads from 1S!M to lSfiti, but In
tho latter year they begun to Improve
and since then they have grown stead
ily better. In lil)! tbo receipts from
passenger trafliu were $181 per mile
more and freight earnings were JfuS'-J per
mile more than they were In 1SU5 a
gain In revenues In four years of $176,
000,(KXI. Another Interesting fact re
lates to the labor employed. Thus be
tween lS'Xl and 1S1K5 the railroads dis
missed more than 1X),X0 employes. In
1SIKS 5)0,000 of these men had been re
employed and last year upwards of 100,
000 additional men were put to work, In
volving nn Increase of more than $100,
ooo,XM In railway disbursements for
wages.
It Is stated that railroad construction
this year will provide employment for
nearly 2S0,000 men, whose earnings. It
Is estimated, will amount to not less
than !?2SO,()00,000. Tho New York Mall
and Kxpress remarks: "There is noth
ing monotonous in these figures. They
picture the steady rise of railway pros
perity to lis present altitude under a
broad gauge republican administration
from the dead level of paralysis and
bankruptcy to which the companies de
clined under the baleful Influence of
Clevehindlsin."
THAT StiUULl) UK FIXAIj.
It having been rcjHirtrd that Senator
.Tones, chairman of the democratic na
tional committee, was favorable to
abandoning the silver question and
would endeavor to persuade Mr. Hryan
to do so, Mr. .lones hits stated that there
is absolutely no truth In the report and
thr.t "there will be no abandonment of
nny Issues of tho Chicago platform."
That statement should be accepted as
final, though It was hardly necessary to
establish tho fact that Mr. Dry an will
penult no Issue of the Chicago platform
to be dropped,
Will tho eastern democrats", who are
hoping tor some inoillileatlon of that
;lntform by the Kansas City conven
tion, be convinced of the Impossibility
of accomplishing what they desire by
tho unqualified statement of the chair
man of the democratic national commit
tee? Will they accept the Inevitable
or continue their futile efforts to per
suade the democratic leader that he
would Improve his chances of election
by stultifying all that ho has been say
ing for the last four years? Mr. 1 1 111 of
New York nnd Mr. Onrman of Maryland
are shrewd and experienced politicians,
'lhey undoubtedly have a pretty ac
curate knowledge of the feeling among
eastern democrats. They understand
that the free sliver question will be a
serious handicap to the parly In that
section and they earnestly desire to set
It aside. Hut they seem not to fully ap
preciate what that would mean for Mr.
Hryan elsewhere. The democratic
leader, however, knows what It would
mean.
The eastern democrats should make
up their mind that If they support Mr.
Hryan they must take the Chicago pint
form with him. The two nre abso
lutely Inseparable. That platform Is the
gospel of Hryanlsm, without which the
party would have no reason to exist and
would speedily fall to pieces. Mr.
Hryan has repeatedly said that It Is as
sound and necessary now as when It
was promulgated four years ago, that
there has been no change of conditions
to require or Justify tho alteration even,
to say nothlnrt of tho nbnndonirtent
of a single feature of the Chi-
icago deliverance. That appeal to
every form of popular discontent nnd
dissatisfaction, with Its reactionary and
revolutionary iloctrlnps, is regarded by
the Hryanltos as "a second declaration
of Independence," by all odds the
wisest utterance ever put forth by a po
litical convention. Any Interference with
that sacred document they would icguril
as sacrilege.
The mcu who thus retard the Chi
cago platform will dominate the Kansas
City convention and Mr. Hryan will ab
solutely control them. What possible
chance Is there, then, for the eastern
democrats to Influence the result? They
will be as powerless to secure any inoill
ileatlon of the Chicago platform us they
would be to prevent the nomination of
Mr. Hryan. Let them, therefore, accept
the situation and cease their futile ef
forts to change It. There Is but one
course for those democrats who realize
the dangers of Hryanlsm nnd that Is to
oppose It at the ballot box. They can
effect no change In Its character now
and the restoration of true democracy
can be accomplished only after another
overwhelming defeat of the party which
falsely claims to be democratic.
HXFOiani) VOIAWTAItV WltF.XKSS.
A corporation has been dellned as a
person who has nobody to kick and no
soul to damn, On this theory alone can
wo explain the position of a railroad cor
poration In denying the existence of the
State Hoard of TrnnsiMii'tiitlon, which
has notoriously been the offspring of
the corporation.
Everybody knows that the people of
Nebraska rejected by a good round ma
jority the proposition to create a rail
road commission when submitted to
them In the form of a constitutional
amendment. Hut the political managers
of tho railroads Insisted that they knew
better what the people of Nebraska
needed than the people did themselves.
And the legislature of 1SS7, although
elected by the same vole that rejected
the railroad commission amendment,
was easily persuaded that the people
were wrong nnd the railroad managers
right. So they passed the law creating
a railroad commission in dollance of the
popular will and breathed the breath of
life Into It by voting fat salaries to the
secretaries, who were expected to do
nothing offensive to their railroad pro
genltors. Thus for thirteen years the people
have been paying for the maintenance
of a railroad commission which Is now
repudiated as without legal existence by
the very people who gave It existence.
In the meantime, however, tho do
nothing secretaries keep on drawing
their salaries as usual, while the rail
road attorneys are busy perpetuating
their enforced voluntary idleness.
31U FAHCK CONTINUES.
The pretended arraignment of the Ice
trust for violating the law of Nebraska
prohibiting combinations In restraint of
trade still continues, ruder pretext of
trying to break up the local Ice trust
the attorney general Is going through
a farcical performance which on Its face
bears the earmarks of Insincerity and
humbug. Instead of getting his ovl
denco by careful Investigation of what
can bo proved by witnesses, the great
trust-smasher has cited people promis
cuously without even consulting them
or trying to And out whether they have
such personal knowledge as would be
admissible before the court. This fish
ing excursion, as the lawyers call It, Is
going on at. the expense of the state,
piling up costs and fees needlessly, and,
while the case Is dragging on from day
to day to furnish column upon column
of campaign material for the sham re
form organs, the consumers of Ice are
no better off than they wen; before.
It is almost safe to predict that the
summer months will puss away and the
Ice man will cease his visits before Mr.
Smyth has caught his breath on the
home stretch. Had he been In dead ear
nest against all trusts, he would have
wrestled with this trust months and
months ago and he would not have over
looked the coal trust nnd many other
combines that are operating in Ne
braska in defiance of the law.
County Attorney Shields announces
that he will not prosecute the eases
against the two members of the school
board charged with accepting bribes,
who have not yet been tried. This con
clusion Is doubtless reached because dis
couraged at his failure to make cases
against the two men who have already
been acquitted. Hut why n public ofll
cer should show such discrimination be
tween the men charged with boodllng
will not be so satisfactorily explained
to tho public. Kadi case, us disclosed
by the Investigation, Is separate and
distinct, and because the evidence has
not been conclusive against Ono Is no
reason why it should be considered In
sutllclent against all.
The big medicine men have decided
that the cut prlco pill must be retired
from the market. When a man Is sick
they think he would bo willing to pay
full price to be cured and propose to ap
point themselves guardians over those
who do not know enough to charge all
tho truffle will bear. Hut, really, Is it
not pressing the limit for ono set of
druggists to say to nnotner what they
shall ask for their own wares?
Lincoln has Just secured nn additional
carrier for Its postolllco delivery force,
Omaha should have several additional
carriers and clerks to keep up with Its
Increasing business. A more etllclent
postal service Is demanded by the pa
trons of tho olllce, who have Increased
far more rapidly thnn the capacity of
the forco to handle the mall matter.
The German meat Inspection bill has
not yet readied the Btage where It Is
to bo put In operation and will not be
effective for several mouths. American
meat packers asked to explain how In
juriously the new German legislation Is
going to affect them will therefore bo
Justified In requiring time to find out
first how It works.
The crop report from the Department
of Agriculture at Washington makes
Nebraska an exception to tho poor con
dition of winter and spring wheat. The
ticreago In Nebraska lias also Increased,
The Nebraska farmer Is proving that
this Is as good a wheat state as It Is a
corn stnte.
Attorney General Smyth has directed
a letter to the editor of Tho Hee deny
ing that ho had over asked tills or any
other paper to back him In prosecuting
any case In tho courts. Although we
five him the benefit of the denial, tho
letter Is too Insolent, Insulting and un
truthful to merit respectful attention,
much less nuhllcntlon. Like all other
politicians whose demagogy and du
plicity havo been exposed by The Hee,
Mr. Smyth tries to take reruge behind
the time-worn plea that Its antagonism
was brought about by his refusal to do
the blddltig of Its editor.
It would be Interesting to turn back
to the platform and personal promises
of the original popoeratle candidates In
Nebraska and see how many of them
have been fulfilled. The popocrnts
gained olllce on the strength of these
promises, but have not made many of
them good,
A Timely CoiiucmsIiiii,
Cincinnati Tribune.
People In poor health will, bo glad to
hear of tho decline In the price of Iron.
It still has a distinct therapeutic valuo as
a tonic.
An Overworked Mini.
Chicago Record.
Mr. Aryan strongly intimated to the Boer
envoys that he was in favor of tho free
and unlimited coinage of sympathy without
tho consent of any other political party.
To lie Had for I lie .Inking;.
Chicago Chronicle.
If Lord Roberts, having dlspojcd of tho
South African Doers, will undertake tho
subjugation of the American Doers he can
securo a largo and profitable contract at
once,
ShlrtliiK or tin- Wnr Center.
Washington Star.
Peoplo who have been worrying with
Spanish In connection with the Cuban war
and with Dutch In connection with tho
Doer war ore now expected to drop every
thing nnd tako up Chinese.
Hull (lie American Mule.
Cincinnati Tribune.
Tb.8 Door envoys say that America de
feated the Doers and that tho great Amer
ican mulo dlil the work. Without his pa
tient, plodding services Dobs' army would
never havo boon nblo to cross tho Free
State. To all of which the English my
nclgb, neigh.
I'.nTecl of Publicity,
Baltimore American.
Ice prices In New York have been cut,
and the poor trust will loao millions of
profits, all on account of public opinion.
In these days of publicity the people havo
a ready enough answer to tho former Inso
lent, but now dangerous question: "What
aro you going to do about It?"
WATER IV TUB ARID IIEI.T.
Arlrslmi Well llx pcrJinenls Dispose
of the Theories of Kxix-rts.
Uenver Post.
The boundaries of tho arid region havo
nover beon definitely established. Years
ago the national government appropriated
money for tho purpctse of drilling artesian
wella in tho arid region and so to ascertain
tho extent of the torrltory within which It
Is Impossible to find water at a given depth.
Tho objoct of the appropriation, however,
wag never accomplished and the confines of
tho arid region remained undefined by the
federal government. Private parties havo
been moro successful nnd It Is due to their
energy that long-established theories havo
been dispelled. , Water has been found in
locations where U had been maintained It
would bo Imporfllble to find It.
The latest discovery of this port Is re
ported from western Nebraska. Geological
experta had nlwavs, maintained that tho
scml-arld Pine itldgo and Sand Hill belt of
western Netorajka was barren of mibter
ratiean water and their assertion was ac
cepted as gospel truth. For years no one
would think of squandering his money In
an attempt to sink a well where everybody
knew no water could bo found at any depth.
Hut ncccEslty knows nn theory and when
In Grant county the scarcity of water became
threatening tho people of Whitman got to
gether nnd commenced to sink for water,
theory or no theory. 'At a depth of S00
fret, they struck a splendid flow, which was
strong enough to carry the water within
sixteen feet of tho surface. Now they are
at work sinking wells all over the surround
ing suppchedly waterless area. Tho sapio
results will no doubt bn obtained in the
custom part of our state whenever attempts
at sinking wells aro made.
IMI.II'IVO M1WS -KCl!I,.ll.
Iteinnrknlile Account of n llrynnlle
Convention In tliiinlin.
William E. Curtis In Chlcaco Record.
1 have Just received from Manila a circu
lar printed by the insurgent leaders which
was captured with n lot of other printed
matter of a similar character during n re
cent engagement. It Is a little leaflet of
eight pages, 4 hy 0 Inches In blze, printed
upon yellow wrapping paper, which indi
cates that printers' supplies aro scarce
nmong tho Filipino. It contains an appeal
signed by Agulnaldo to his fellow-countrymen
to continue their resistance of the Yau
kees until "Mncklnley" Is defeated for re
election, when tho writer promises that
Hryan will give them Independence. He
says 'he has recotvod assurances from trlendii
In tho United States senate that congress
will do nothing to help "Macklnley" nnd
Otlo, hut will sustain Drynn's policy and
order tho Yankee troops withdrawn from
Manila.
Another page is mndo up of extracts from
speeches nnd letters of ox-Senator Doutwoll,
Edward Atkinson and other members of the
antt-lmperlallst organizations; but the moctt
Interesting article In tho leaflet Is tho fol
lowing alleged letter from Washington, un
dor tho title "Tho Near Triumph of Mr. W.
J. Dryan nnd Philippine Independence:"
"Washington, 16th of August, 1889. Mr.
W. J. Dryan, tho democratic cnndldato for
tho presidency of the United States, has
nchlovod a veritable triumph, having been
voctferouely applauded before tho national
democratic convention of Omaha, Neb.,
which was composed of moro than 10,000
persons,
"Tho silver democrats, the partisans of
gold and tho populists, all united, have ac
cepted the entlro platform of Mr. Hryan,
with which ho will mako his presidential
campaign of 1900. Thlu platform Is espe
cially directed against Imperialism, or co
lonial expansion, which brings with It the
nccosBlty of a large standing army.
"Mr. nryan in hla brilliant speech calls
nttentlon to tho unhappy coneequenco of tho
expansionist or Imperialist policy, stating
that In order to maintain it a permanent
nrmy of 100,000 mon la IndlspenBablo and
that, on the enntrury, 25,000 soldiers only
would bo necessary for a republic of 70,000.
000 of people. He showed how unhappy i
tho Imperialistic system, which Is founded
only In force, In contrast with tho antl-lm-perlallstlc
or republican Idea, which has Its
foundation on tbo consent of the people,
lie predicted legislation against trusts and
monopolies and left for future consideration
tho question of a new colnago system. Tho
democruts of the southern, eastern und
western states havo all adhered to the po
litical program of Mr. Dryan and predict bis
triumph. Many nntl-lmperlallatlo repub
licans have nleo posted themselves at tho
stdo of Mr. Dryan. Ills triumph means the
triumph of tho traditional democratic Ideas
of tho people. Hut the triumph of Mr.
Dryan Is also that of tho Filipino cauno.
Mr. Dryan will declaro tho Independence of
the Philippines, as he has repeatedly set
forth In hla speeches. Mr. nryan therefore
repreeantn tho Independence of the arch
ipelago und icprescnts also reason, Justice
nd 'liberty."
El'IIOEH IM' Ol R WAR.
Dispatches from Manila report tho cap
ture of Gcnernl Plo del Pilar, one of the
mo4t aggressive of tho Insurgent leaders In
Luzon. Plo and his brother, Gregorlo, wero
accounted the strangest and most courageous
commanders in Agulnaldo's army. Gregorlo
met his death llko a gallant soldier whllo
defending a pass In tho Tll.nl mountains last
December. Plo eluded the pursuit of several
divisions of tho American army, but was
eventually caught napping by his vigilant
pursuers, Ills passing Is not as glorious as
that of his brother, wheso defense of the
mountain pass against tbo resistless nil
vnnco of the Thirty-third infantry called
forth a realistic picture of wnr from the
pen of Richard Henry Little, correspondent
of tho Chicago Tribune, who nc.companlcd
tho troops.
To gain the crest of Tllad pass, where
tho Insurgents wero entrenched, tho
Americans were obliged to climb precipitous
cliffs and scramble over rocks, fallen tim
ber and denso undergrowth, Little's ac
count then proceeds:
Finally tho whole company had reached
the top. Tho, mcu took shelter behind
rocks, and without n moment even for gain
ing breath, opened up on tho Insurgents
below them. The Insurgents seemed dazed,
nnd hardly knew what to do. Tho two who
had looked over tho preclplco had appar
ently run away In terror without notifying
thtlr comrades that tho Americans were
upon them. Tho men In the trenches finally
began to fire at tho Americans, but the
latter were now protected by the cloud, nud
the Insurgents' flro went wild. The lnsur
rectos began to run blindly up the trail,
Some threw themselves over tho edge of
the cliff and escaped by working down Into
clefts in tho rock, or reaching the shelter
of a dense growth of bushes or bamboo.
Pilar, on his horse, was the lust to leave
tho trench. Company H could hear him
calling to his men to stop running. "Alto,
Alto!" ho screamed, nnd somo of his men
paused, only to bo shot down In their tracks
hy the merciless flro from tho cliff. Pilar
galloped away up tho trail. Corporal
Perry, tho best shot in the regiment, looked
at Lieutenant True.
"I can get him," ho said. "Well, get
him!" shouted tho lleutennnt. Perry
slowly tinkered with tho sights on his rlflo.
"I guess it must bo somewhere about 630
yards," ho said.
"Aro you going to shoot or not?" yelled
Lieutenant True.
The lieutenant's remark stopped nt the
crack of Perry's ride. The man on korso
back had thrown up his hands and was
BWtnging n his saddle. Then ho dropped
heavily to the trail and his horse galloped
riderless up tho mountain side.
Perry patted his rllle affectionately.
"I dono cot "lm, lieutenant," he said.
"When aro you going to do that court-martialing?"
Just past tho second lino of entrenchments
wo saw a solitary body lying in tho road.
Tho body was almost stripped of clothing
and there wero no marks of rank left on
tho blood-soaked coat. But the face of the
dead man had a look I had never noticod
on tho faces of the other dead men I had
found in insurgent uniforms on the field of
battlo In the- wako of an American firing
line. The features wero clear cut and tho
forehead high and shapely. I decided the
man must have beon an Insurgent officer. A
soldier came running down tho trail.
"That's old Pilar," he said. "Wo got tho
old rascal, I guess he's sorry ho ever went
up against tho Thirty-third."
"There ain't no doubt about its being
Pilar," rattled on the young soldier. "We
got his diary and his letters and nil his pa
pers, and Sullivan of our company's got his
pants, and Snldcr's got his shoes, but ho
can't wear them because they're too small,
nnd a hcrgeant In G company got one of his
sliver spurs and u lieutenant's got another,
nnd somebody's swiped tho cuff buttons be
foro I got hero or I would have got them,
nnd nil I got was a stud button and his col
lar with blood on It."
So this was tho end of Gregorlo del Pilar.
Only 22 years old, he managed to make him
self a leader of men when he was hardly
moro than a boy, nnd at tbc labt had laid
down his life for his convictions. Mnjor
Marsh had tho dlnry. In It ho had written,
under the date of December 2, the day he
was killed: "Tho general has given me tho
pick of all tho men that can be spared and
ordered me to defend tho pass. I realize
what a terrible task Is given me. And yet,
I feel that this Is tho mcst glorious moment
of my life. What I do Is to be done for my
beloved country. No sacrifice can bo too
great."
l'KHSO.VAIi IMJI.VrEKS.
"Dobs" should hurry up that llttlo Job
In South Africa. Ho may bo wanted else
where. A Pennsylvania woman left $10,000 to be
used in caring for her pet horse and dog.
The executor of that roll Is a lucky cuss.
Mr. Gladstone's statuo is to bo set up at
Athens In tho gardens of the Znppeion, In
recognition of his services to Greek inde
pendence. According to General Francis V. Grceno,
Agulnaldo Is another of tho men whose
statements requlro severe editing before
they can be accepted.
The fact that a public official In Connecti
cut was converted and became a minister
shows that tho public service is not beyond
tho reach of salvation.
Tho Tammany Ice trust Is trying to
dodge tho storm of public wrath by re
ducing prices. Tho 00-ceht rato per 100
pounds, taken In small quantities, has been
cut to 40 cents.
Although tho campaign has not yet felt
the muglc touch of tho can-opener, Kansas
Is giving somo marvelous exhibitions of
wind power. Perhaps tho spellbinders are
giving their lungs preliminary exercise.
LI Hung Chang, tho ChlneBo multimil
lionaire, maintains at his own expense a
well equipped force of about 0,000 soldiers,
all devoted to their venerable chief and
ready to do his behest, be the samo what It
may.
If the Doers aro cutting Lord Roberts'
communication, as reported, their action
will bo appreciated by newspaper readers.
Ilrltlsh official dispatches are sadly In need
of Impartial editing. Besides it gives the
Capetown munchausen a much needed rest.
Tho silver punchbowl presontcd, with
bixty-nino other pieces of plato, to the
battleship Kentucky by tho people of that
state holds fifteen gallons. On the occasion
of tho recent presentation tho assembled
Kentucklans did their best to make it hold
less.
William Dean Howolls, in a recently pub
lished Douton Interview, exprcioes himself
as .of tho opinion that thero was never so
much good Amoricnn vorso as Is now being
published In bookn nnd newspapers. Of the
magazine verso he did not have so high an
opinion.
A Michigan militia colonel who was ac
cussd of raiding tho quartermaster stores
and neolylng tho usufruct, was tried and ac
quitted. The Jury of twelve good men and
true were embraced and kissed severally
by the wife of tho colonel, but the Judge
didn't got a smile of recognition. Strange
to say tho woman was not clttd for con
tempt. The uutcmobllo has created a new crime
for which as yet there Is no punishment. A
gay young man was nrrcsted In Washing
ton tho other day for having deliberately
started a machlno which be found standing
by the sidewalk, nnd though It toro down
tho street all by Itself, creating consterna
tion in the path of its flight, the- culprit
was released 'because there was no law to
fit tbo case. Now tbo city authorities ari
drafting a measure which will provide a
penalty for such an act,
si liuiosrivi: coistrasts.
1 niirceeilcntcil l-'fniitielii! HtrciiHtli of
'I'll In II 1 1 II II .
Washington Post
In spite of all tho objections and eomo of
them nro serious to the accumulation of
surplus revenues thero Is solid satisfaction
In contemplating the unexampled financial
strength of this nation, as shown In tho
dally statements of tho tteaciry. It Is not
only unprecedented In our own expedience,
but surpasses that of any other country and
Its contrast with tho situation that exsted
in 198 is extremely suggestive. At the
closo of business May 31 lam the treasury
held tho following sums:
Reserve, fund JloO.OOO.OVl
Available cash balance lUM,flo,5r,
Total J229.055,M5
At the corresponding date four years ago
tho available balance was $267,193,211, but
that was the result of bond Issues In a time
of peace; of borrowing money to defruy cur
rent expenses. That balance docretsed until
nt tho beglnulng of the wnr agalnvt Spain
IH-1S9S It was but $215,810,622. The war, In
cluding expenditures In Cuba, Porto Rico,
the Philippines and Guam, and adding tho
$20,000,000 paid to Spain, cost $388,000,000,
of which sum $200,000,000 was tho proceeds
of 3 per cent bonds, and the balance was
rnlsed by the war revenue act. Horo Is u
tablo of receipts and expenditures for tho
month of May In 1S16 and 1900, which gives
a clear Idea of tho financial condition at
these two periods:
Receipt" Expenditures.
May, ISM $2t,iU:i,7l" $2S,42C,6'a
Mny, lfHiO 45,16(1,05.1' 40,n.'!0,0
Last month, it will be seen, thero wns n
surplus of $4,830,033. while thero was n
deficit of $3,782,875 In 1S9G. For the eleven
months ending iMay 31. 180C, thero was n
deficit of $27,I52,67C, to be eked out by using
borrowed mono' proceeds of bondt Issued
under nn old law because congress would not
provldn more advantageous facilities for a
bond Issue. For these eleven months In thU
fiscal yenr there was a surplus of $63.35(5.1 12.
While a nearer approach to equality be
tween receipts nnd expenditures would bo
deelrable, It cannot be denied that it la
moro comforting to havo the balanco on
tho sldo which It occupies in 1900 than a re
petition of tho experience of 1896 would be.
If It bo urged thut this gratifying situ
ation Is the result of war taxes, here Is
a comparison of custom receipts for May,
1300 and 1896, which proves thai sugges
tion to be erroneous and splendidly vindi
cates tho Dingley tariff act:
Custom Receipts.
May, 1900 $17,3t,ri73
May, 1S9S 10,919.793
Increase $6,416,70
Tho customs receipts arc not nffected by
the war taxes except In the matter of n
small duty on ten, Imposed rather for
hygienic than for revenue purposes.
How does It happen that, notwithstand
ing the fact that our military expenses have
been greatly increased, wo havo such n
superb showing In our national finances?
Hero Is tho answer to that question In tho
Hhaps of a table giving tho Imports and
exports of merchandise for the nine months
ending March 31 during tho last three years
and for tho twelve months ending June 30,
189G:
Imports. Exports.
Nino months. 1900. .. .$64!,MVi, 191 $1,053,820,680
Nlllfl months. 1899.... fic),022,579 917,992.953
Nino months. 1898.... 455,,3ta D23.9K.3M
Twelve months, 1S96.. 779,724,671 8S2,GO0,93j
Under the Wilson-Gorman tariff tho bal
anco of trado in our favor for 1896 was
$102,882,264, and that we all regarded as ex
tremely encouraging, especially as much
of our excere of exports over imports con
sisted of manufactured products. But It
reached tho Immense aggregate of $112,252,
189 for tho first nine months of the curront
year In spite of a 30 per cent Increase of
imports.
It Is not given to any people to enjoy
continuous and uniform prosperity. Re
flex waves will come, however earnestly we
may strive to avert them. But tho present
financial, industrial and commercial condi
tion of tho United States affords a guaran
tee that we shall not again experience tho
Ills that camo upon us seven years ago. Our
natural resources are greater than thoso of
any other country, nnd our ability to utilize
them Is commensurate with their amplitude,
while our accumulated wealth affords
abundant means for their most advantageous
development.
MOW "IMVOTAI. STATES."
IJlNllnetlon of vr York mill Inillnmi
o Liiimcr MxInIh.
New York .Sun.
It ban been pointed out frequently by stu
dents of American national politics that Now
York and Indiana aro two states which have
oscillated between tho two parties for many
years. Indiana was republican In 1872,
democratic In 1876, republican In 1S80, dem
ocratic in 1884, republican in 1888, dem
ocratic In 1892 nnd republican In 1890 on the
doctoral ticket, while New York, going
back further, was republican in 1864, demo
cratic In 1808, republican In 1872, demo
cratic In 1876, republican in 1880, demo
cratic In 1884, republican in 18SS, demo
cratic In 1892 and republican In 1896. On
this showing It would nppear that the two
stntes of New York and Indiana, ono in tho
east and one In tho west, wore Important If
not pivotal states In national elections nnd
that by a study of political conditions In
them a vfew of the probablo results of a
campaign would bo attained.
This view of the case, however, does not
tako into consideration tho fact thnt the un
certainty of theso two states docs not arise
from ordinary, but from exceptional causes.
They havo been abnormally fnvorod In nom
inations by the two parties, tho republicans
hnvlng had an Indiana candidato for presi
dent In 1888 nnd 1892 and tho democrats
having gone to Indiana for their vice presi
dential candidate in 1876, 1880 and 1884. In
1872 the republican candidate for president,
and In 1884 tbo republican candidato for vice
president wero chosen from Illinois, In
diana's western neighbor, and tho demo
cratic candidate for vleo president camn
from Illinois In 1892. Ohio furnished one nr
other of the parties with either a presi
dential or vice presidential candidate In
1876, 1880, 1888 and 1896.
The politics of Indiana aro to a great ex
tent controlled by the sentiment of tho
voters in the two neighboring and moro Im
portant states of Illinois nnd Ohio, nnd It
need bo no occasion for surprise, therefore,
tbnt tho special efforts made by either party
to secure success in Indiana should havo had
tho effect of keeping that state for a num
ber of years In tho very doubtful column.
New York, though lefs influenced than Is In
diana by tho nomination to elective office of
candidates resident within Its lordeis, had a
presidential nomlneo on ono of tho party
tickets In 1868, a president and vleo presi
dent In 1876, a president and vice president
In 1880, n president In 1S84, n presldont und
vice president In 186S, nnd a president and
vleo presldont In 1892.
Changed political conditions, arising from
tho admission of new states und the larger
representation of western commonwealths,
ns well as from tho new lines of political
division In tho United States, havo deprived
New York and Indiana of their former dis
tinction ns pivotal states and In tho presi
dential election of 1890 tho two closer states
In tho country wero Kentucky, overwhelm
ingly democratic for many years, and South
Dakota, admitted Into tho union ns a atato
In 1889. Two other close states In the presi
dential election of four years ago wero
Kaunas and Oregon, and two probable un
certain states this year aro Maryland nnd
Wyoming.
Thero aro no longer In Important doubtful
states any preliminary elections, such ns
formeily mndo Pennsylvania and afterward
Ohio and Indiana pivotal states. Rhodo
Island, Vermont and Maine, which aro
reliably republican, hold stats elections in
advance of the national contest, and Lou t
Una, Arkansas and Alabama, which are Juat
n strongly democratic, hold their state elec
tions In April, September and August re
speetlvely. but the withdrawal of tho un
otrtnln stntes from tho list of those iu
which disputed stnte contents were held In
ndvnnco of the general election, has re
stored to a great extent the political oqtil
llbrlum between tho states, so that n vutn
counts nn much In one ns In another ami
ns shown In tho present consideration of
the names of vice presidential candidates by
tho two pnrtlett thero Is no undue prefer
ence for nny stnte.
I'.tll'I'V THAT HOES Tllt.VGS.
Ilecoril of 1 1 n 1 I It-ii ti I'ollcli'K lln
m' I I'll Into I.iiv.
St. Louis Ulobe-Dcmocrut.
In Its national convention at St, Louis in
U9G the republican party declared that "all
our silver and paper currency must bo
maintained at parity with gold." Ono of
tho acts of tho session of congress which
has Just ended was a law which put tho
gold standard specifically In tho statutes
ami which ptovlded safeguards by which
that standard could always be maintained
whllo tho party responsible for It has con-
trol of any branch of congress or of the ex
ecutive. That convention expressed sym
pathy for Cuba, then In rebellion against
Spain. Tho republican congress elected In
189G passed legislation and the republican
president chosen nt the samo time put it
In operation which raised tho armies that
made Cuba free. Tho platform declared in
favor of Hawaiian annexation. Hawaii has
been annexed. It urged nn "Immediate
return to the free homestead policy of the
republican party." A law extending tho
free homestead principle was enacted In the
recent session. It favored the "continued
enlargement of the navy nnd a complete sys
tem of harbor nnd seacoast defenses." Th
construction of two additional battleships,
three armored cruisers and Hvo submarine
beats have Just been ordered.
This Is only part of the promises made by
the republican party In tho convention of
1896 that have been fulfilled. Not only
has Hawaii been annexed, but a complct
civil government for It has beon cstnblhhcd.
A civil rcglmo has been created for Porto
Rico also, which camo to us as one of tha
results of tho war to liberate Cuba, A be
ginning has been made In the remedial leg
islation promised for Alaska and undoubtedly
tho further legislation in that direction
which may be needed will bo adopted next
winter. One branch of congress has passed
a Nicaragua canal construction bill and It
will probably ge through tho other body in
the December session. An ocean cablo to
America's possessions in the Pacific, which
Is also well on toward authorization, will
undoubtedly bo provided by the legislation
pending when tho session ended. Ono of
the duties of congress when it convenes next
winter will bo tho framing of a civil au
thority for the Philippines, all nrmblaucu
of rcslstunco to the authority of tho United
States In that quarter having been stamped
out by the vigor of the policy put In forco
by tho republican administration.
The republican party Is the party of ful
filled pledges. It deals with all Import
ant Issues as they nrlsn nnd It deals with
them courageously and Intelligently. It has
a positive policy and that policy It usually
currlCB out. It always carries out that pol
icy except when prevented by tho obstruc
tlvcness of the democracy. Its policy al
ways finds favor with the majority of tho
people of tho country. Every great meas
ure which the republican purty has placed
on thn national etatute book In the third of
a century which has passed since It first
went Into power bus not only been sanc
tioned by the majority of tho people, but
It has been Indorsed by the democratic party
which opposed it nt Its enactment. The re
publican party has been the only political
organization In the United States in tho
past forty years which has had a poItlvo
program that has been iu line with thp pro
gressive spirit of tho world. It Is tho party
of action, ao distinguished from the party
of negation nnd obstruction, tho democ
racy. Tho republican party grasps, what
ought to be done In every crisis and
does P..
Ttl.lt THAT TU'KI.ISS.
Philadelphia Times: A Kentucky con
gressman Is said to have franked his wife's
garments home. This gives new meaning
to tho close of the jcsslon.
ChlciiKo Tribune: "Unn't you seo thnt
sign: 'Honk Agents Not Allowed In Thin
Building?' "
"I'm not n book agent, sir. I'm a lltcra
turo promoter."
Indianapolis Journal: "David, dear I
won't go n step to the Palis exposition
without you."
"Now, Eliza, do you really want my loved
presence, or do you Just wnnt somebody to
push you ii rou ml In n whecl-chalr?"
Harlem Life: Oeorge-t wonder why
Ethel calls me her chrysanthemum?
Hlnks She may have discovered the fact
thnt yon haven't a cent. .
Chicago Record: Doctor Miidnin. Is your
daughter disabled by her lame unklu?
Mmlnm Yes. doctor; thnt In, she Is laid
up In daytime, but she has to go out every
night.
Boston Transcript: Clnrk-How did tho
nlnrm clock work? I suppose you got up
tho moment ft wont off?
Blake Yes, I hud to. Didn't have any
thing In bed to throw at It.
Detroit Free Press: "f cannot sing tlm
old songs, ' sho sung nt a high pitch lu
tho torture chamber, which Is the muslo
room.
"I don't think you cun tdng the new ones,
either," growled tho mnn on tho porch.
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Whnt a flno com
plexion Miss Ilomewood lias," said Mr.
Beechwood to Miss Northslde.
"I'm so glad you like it," chirruped Mlsi
Northslde. "It's a new complexion Just
brought out by n deserving druggist of my
ncqtmlntnncc, nnd I do hope It will beenmn
popular."
ushlngtnn Stnr: "Forgive me. my
dear." suld the gossip humbly, "but I
thoughtlessly mentioned to Mrs. Brown tin
things thnt you told mo In strict eonil
donee "There is nothing to forgive," replied tlm
wise woman pleasantly, "it wns for that
very purposo thot I told them to you In
strict confidence." ,
THE MAN IIKIIINIJ Till! MOWER.
Pittsburg Chronicle.
He's out nt dawn,
And on tho lawn
He starts un awful clutter.
And sleeuers nrlso
In srent surprfso
And wonder what's the mutter.
Their eves of fear
Through windows peer,
Anil dawn's fnlnt light Is showing.
Tho sleeper's foe,
Who down below
His Inwii Is briskly mowing.
He trims tho sod , ,
Till duyllght br 1
Thrputrh every houso Is streaming,
And epithets . '
He often getH
For spoiling n much dreumltic,
At day's decline
The evening fine
Is to each one suggesting
An easy ehnlr
On norch, for thcra
Is room for chats und resting." '
Homo toplo now,
Home gossip, too,
Will soon engross nttentlon, i
Then on thn green
Comes thnt machine,
Some mowing man's Invention,
All talk must cense,
For there's no peace
Whtlo that blamed thing's lu uctlotii
And It goes on, .
Till daylight's gone,
And causes much distraction.
To morning woes
Tho mnn who mows
Adds evening's snro vexation,
For sleep ho spoils.
And then he tolls
To ruin conversation.