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4 TTTTC OMAHA T)ATL.V 1173 TC: FRIDAY, SEPTTCMNFR 21, 1900. The Omaha Daily Bee. R. noSKWATKIt. Kdltor. rt'BLlSHKD I2V12IIY MOKNtNO. TISKM3 OF Bl'IISCntPTION. n.ii-.. n.iniini i rinn Year .10.04 pallv H"o an'l Sunday, 'nc Tear s VJ Illustrated lie, One Year - fillnrlnv Urn f mo Weir x? Sstlirifny Ilee, On Year Weekly Her. One Year.. 1 5u oFFlcKS: Omaha: Tho Hop Building. South Omaha: citv Hull Building, Twcn ly-flfth nnd N HI reels Council Bluffs: 10 Pearl Street. Chicago: lGto L'nlly Building. New York. Temple Court. Washington: UK Fourteenth Street. Bloux fity: Oil Park Street. COHHKSPONDKNCK Communlf 1'atlons relating to news nild oil ier should !' addressed: Omalia terlnl mutter Uee, Editorial Department BL'SINKSS LKTTKBS nJslness letters iui'1 remittances should if ddressed: The lino Publishing Coinpnny. Omnhn. HKM ITTANCKS. Ilemlt by draft, express or postal order, payable to The llee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment or mall accounts Personal checks, exeept on Omaha or Kastorn I'Xilintnees, not areeyted. Till: IW.V. prBI.ltllHNOCoMPA.NV 8 TAT K M K NT O FCI It C V LAT ION. Btate, of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss: Oeorgo II. Tzs, buck, secretary of I he Heo Publlslilng company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning, Kvenlng ami Sunday Heo. printed during tho month of August, low, wus as miiovvs: 1 iiT.tlttO 17 UT.iiao 2 i!7..iS(i IS HT.liM) 3 ur.ntio 19 uii.s,-,.-. 4 'J7,.-.IIO SO UT.tllMI 6 j7,:t:to 21 ar.iatt G li7,l!IIO 22 IMI.tMIO 7 -7 III 2.1 V.7.0IO 8 U7, Hill 21 117, 1 III S !i7,:i'.iO 28 i!7,ti:io in 1:7, .-..-. 2d 1:11,110 11 7,:t7ll 27 iill.IMIO 12 1:7. a.". 2S U7,ii7ll 13 20 i:7,IIIO U U7.IIIIO 30 1:7,11:0 J-i 1:7,1:10 31 1:7,1110 ic 1:7,0:10 Total h i.v--o Less unsold und returned copies. 1 1 ,0 1 Net total sales HI! 1, 1 711 Net dally averaite ail. Iios GKOIIOK II. T.SCIIL'CK. Subscribed In my presence and Hworn to nernre mo huh aim nay or August, ,. 1). 1900 M. 11. IIl'NOATl'2, Notary Public. Omaha's liitehsfiiiiK Is nhvnys on the outside, hut Ak-Siir-lteti week llir r mr will bo left wlcli open. KIiik Ak Knr Hon makes Ills royal en try Into OiiimIiii next week. Let every loynl subject be fully jiropurcd to ilo lilm honor. Tho elty tax assessors have been In structed to keep their eyes open for dla inonils. If they eannot llnil aces tbev will take two-spots. Urynn found (he front porch looking lonesomo on his return homo. The conclusion Is Irresistible that there was no necessity for onlurKinu Its capacity. Yerkes, the CIiIciiko street rallwav magnate, has secured control of souk of the Important franchises In London He will probably show the people thing or two about rapid transit. The advance Into Nebraska of the pro hibitlon campaign train, parrying the na tionnl candidates of that party, leaves no further room for doubt that this statu Is the political storm center of the sen son Present conditions In China nre nf fording an excellent opportunity for th powerful viceroys to dispose of persons who are In their way. All that Is noces sary Is to charge them with complicity In tho Koxer uprising and the rest I easy. It Is much easier for the popoeratl orators to nitiko (now predictions of evils to follow the success of the repub lion 11 party than It Is to make their for nier ones over so they will answer for tho present campaign. All previous efforts have been inisllts. If flermany really Insists upon the punishment of those guilty of lustlgat lug or perpetrating outrages upon for rlgnrrs In China it might tlntl It had en tered upon a courso which would ex terminate practically all of the ruling class In the Chinese capital. Senator Caffery has declined to stand hs tho presidential nominee for the na tional untl-lniperlnlif.t party, which is up a stump to llnd a substitute. As Hryan has ulready corraled four presl deutlal nominations, ho might be In duced to sacrifice himself another time. The postponement of Jury service In tho district court Is probably a good thing all around. Kverybody in this ncclt-o'-woods Is busily employed at good wages that would make enforced Jury service a personal sacrltlce. It was not so before McKlnley was presi dent. Douglas county democrats pretend to fear tho Intrusion of republican lullu ences into their primaries and conven tion. It Is needless to say that these fenrs nro altogether groundless. The local democrats have so many conten tious of their own that there Is no room for republican intrusion. Olgn Nethersole has been lined In a London police court for bringing Amer ican dogs Into Knglund without pro viding them with muzzles. Olgn has learned there Is a vast difference be tween an actress appearing on a Now York stage In scant raiment and an un muzzled dog In Loudon. Nebraska republicans are preparing to give Hoosevclt a reception second to that of no part of tho country he has visited. If ho ever harbored any doubts about the republlc.ns of Ne braska being alive and in the light to win they will be dispelled before he has been In tho state an hour. The preliminary report of the Philip pine commission shows that Us mem bers have not b"en Idle and that they will llnd recommendations coveriug tho ground thoroughly, giving the people there a greater measure of liberty than they over before enjoyed or could havo liopoil to enjoy for a long time uudur a (overmucut of their own. ,1 Qt'ACK HKUKIIV. The N'v Vork Hveiilng Post chnrt:- terb.es Mr. Hrynti's plnn for dealing with the trusts "n quack remedy." Quoting the portion of his speech at St. Louis In which he proposed that congress should prohibit a corporation organized in any state "from engaging In Inter state commerce until It produced evi dence to show th.it there was no witer in its stock, and that It had not at td'ipted and was not attempting' to liioiiupolle any branch of Industry," the Tost proceeds to Illustrate the quackery of this proposition. .Supposing 11 law passed by congress In the terms laid down by Mr. ltryan mid the Sugar trust. Incorporated In New Jersey, should desire to sell It1 products In New York or Pennsylvania, then, says the Post, "according to Mr. Iryan It must show, to the satisfaction of some federal tribunal, that It Is not a monopoly and is not seeking to create a monopoly." In order to show that it Is not a monopoly evidence might be offered showing that there are other sugar rentiers who sell sometimes at the same price as the trust and sometimes at cut prices. With such a showing the Suirar trust must be allowed to sell its products In every state of the union that Is willing to receive them unless It Is attempting to moiiopoll.e" the sugar re fining industry. This raises the ques tion of Intention and the Post argues that "It wopld be sitlllcleut for the pr.es ldent or the board of directors of the Sugar trust to nlllrni that they have no such lut flit Ions. Thus the burden of proof would be oil the federal olllcers to show that they have such Intentions. I'hls they could not do." It Is further pointed out that "If It were a question of granting or withholding a license to do luwliiexs In other states, the discre tion being lodged willi the federal oil! clals, a new source of, corruption would be opened." The Po-t further says; "Congress has the power to regulate commerce among the states, but not to prohibit It. The right of a state to prohibit any corporation of another state from do lug business in Its territory Is undoubted Its right to admit such corporation to Its boundaries for the purposes of trallle Is a part of the law of the comity of na Hons. It has been held by the supremi court In repeated Instances that this law obtains among the states of the union exactly as It does between Independent nations. Possibly congress might eon stltutlonally curtail the exercise of this comity by federal statute, but It is at least doubtful. It Is certain that tin execution of such a law would produce more and greater evils than It would cure. Mr. Itryan's remedy Is a quack remedy. It is useful only on the stump and It will not prove very serviceable there." When Mr. ltryan llrst begun to give serious attention to the trusts, seeing in them an Issue that might be of political advantage to him, he suggested a fed eral license system for the combiua Hons. The absurdity of this having been shown he has abandoned It, 1L was also In favor of a constitutional uiuymlmeiit giving congress, the power as he expressed It, "to destroy every trust In the country." He said In his St. Louis speech that ho hoped and be lieved a constitutional amendment would not be necessary, so that It Is safe to assume that he has given up that Idea. It Is probable he will abandon others when their worthlessness has been shown. The truth Is that pretty much the whole. ltryan plan of dealing with trusts Is quackery, but it will Sfrve his purpose of catching tho votes of the unthinking. cmxKXs, haw ctzkas. oh xormxu. The Itryanlte organ ' Ingeniously at tempts to becloud the public as to the status of the Filipinos under the treaty of. annexation by asking: What are the people oer whom we have sil"h dominion? Are they United States citizens, entitled to the equal protection of our laws? They cannot be half citizens. They must be citizens or nothing! If they are nothing, what provision of the constitu tion outhorlres their being governed by the of the president or by the will of congress V Thero are none so blind as thoS' who vlll not see. 'Ihor Is no truth what ever in the assiii'.iiition that all por ous under the Jurisdiction of the I'nlted States have cqu.il lights of citizenship. What about the aliens who are in process of naturalization, but who arc not full citizens until the lapse of the naturalization papers? Are they citi zens or nothing? What about women and minors, who are subject to the Jurisdiction of the country In which they live, but have mi political lights and for the most part unequal civil rights? Are they citizens or nothing? What about the Chinese who have been allowed to become residents of this country and are subjected to our Jurisdiction, but nro denied the right to become citizens by naturalization pro cess? Are the Chinese only half citi zens or nothing? What about the red men. who nf" hold as wards of the nation and gov erned directly by congress, even when occupying territory within the confines of the states. Tribal Indians have never been accorded the lights and privileges of citizens. Are they citi zens, half citizens, or nothing? What about Hie Inhabitants of the District of Columbia, who hnve no voice at all either In the government of their own city or In the direction of na tional affairs, no hope of statehood, and who can only acquire political tights by removing to one of the states? Aro these people citizens, half citizens, or nothing? What about the negroes In the south who have been disfranchised by demo cratic force and fraud and deprived of the guaranties of the constitution cre ated for them by the republican party? In what way are the negroes In south ern states one whit more favored than the people of Porto HIco or even the Plllpluos ut this very momcut? Arc these disfranchised blacks citizens, half citizens, or nothing? Why not bo candid ntid honest and admit that participation In the govern ment has never been recognized as an Inherent or Inalienable right, but has been acquired throughout history by a (lM'uslon of ability to participate among an ever-growing mass of Intelligent peo ple? Tilt: STIIIKK SITl'ATIOX. The strike In the anthracite coal re gions of Pennsylvania has not yet In volved all the miners, but It appears to be milking progress and promises to Include practically all the men by the end of the week unless the efforts that are still being made looking to a settle ment shall be successful. As to this the outlook Is not favorable. There Is man ifested a very determined feeling on both sides and when a conflict of this kind Is once begun It Is 'much more dllllcult to get the parties to it together than before the breach Is made. Thus far the strike has developed no serious cases of violence, and the lead ers of the men are earnestly endeavor ing to maintain peace, but In such con- lllcts the danger of violence is always Imminent and It takes very little provo cation to start II. If the operators should Import labor, as It Is reported some of them are contemplating, there will cer tainly bu serious trouble and possibly much bloodshed. An earnest elfort is still being made to induce the operators and miners to submit the differences to arbitration, but there seems to be small chance of suc cess. Tin: oovnitxMKXT in: iiviats. Mr. ltryan says he wants a govern meiit "that will protect every citizen In the enjoyment of life and liberty and In the pursuit of happiness and guar antee to iiTery toller a fair share of the proceeds of his own toll." Then why does he not speak In lm half of his colored fellow-citizens in the south who are being deprived of their rights and having their liberty cur tailed by his adherents'.' He knows what has been done In that section and ho also knows It Is the Intention to ex tend the policy of Louisiana und North Carolina to other states, yet he has nothing to say concerning this treatment of American citizens, In nulllllcntion of an amendment to the federal constitu tlon nnd In violation of the principles of the Declaration of Independence, for which he professes such great rever ence. As to guaranteeing the toller a fair sharo of the proceeds of his own toil. would this be done by paying lilm a IS-cent dollar for his labor? Would it be done by removing the protection from labor which makes the standard of wages In the I'nlted States higher than anywhere else in the world? These are the policies of the Rryanlte party. It proposes to overthrow the gold standard; If given the power, and put the country on a silver basis, which Instead of giving the toller a fair share of the proceeds of his toll would rob lilm of half of it. - It also favors u policy that would deprive the toller of work by closing mills anil factories and put ting a check upon industrial develop ment. Mr. Itryan's Ideals of government are not peculiar to himself. They are com mon to all intelligent Americans. Mut they cannot bo realized through the pol icies lie advocates. Nebraska's great trust-smasher has unlltnhurod his guns against another monopolistic combination, commonly known as the Starch trust. This octopus, as alleged In his peti tion, has been disporting Itself tu Nebraska since August. IS! U), which means that It has taken the at torney general over a year to screw up his courage to the point of attacking this glistering monster. Perhaps this delay may be explained on the ground that baby trusts under 1 year of age are not considered worthy of his mettle and that he has allowed It lo grow strong unmolested 111 order to have a more equal light. Then, again, an attack on the Starch trust a year ago would have been too far in advance of thu Impending election and might have iost Its force too soon as a political gal lery play. The final steps have been taken to wipe out the last vestige of the Pnlon Pacific receivership. Nebraska and other states traversed by this great rail road system havo suffered heavily by reason of its Impaired usefulness dur Ing the period of bankruptcy and are naturally deeply Interested In havln the road kept on a sound llnamial basis. It Is to be hoped that the receivership era has passed, never to recur again. The Omaha postolllce reports an un preceilenteil business, which keeps the entire carrier force employed to the full legal time limit. What Omaha needs Is an expansion of its postal facilities to keep pace with the expansion of the ret of Its business, although because the demand upon the Postolllce department Is the same from every other section of thin prosperous country It will doubtless have to wait Its turn. Now that Oovernor Poynter has ills posed of Superintendent Lang at Heat tice he is reminded that several other state Institutions are clouded with charges of Irregularity In the ndmlnls tratioii of the trust. It Is a heavy task to shake a popocrat loose from a Job It Is true, but a genuine reform gov' ernor should not hesitate on that ac count. A special appeal has been made for relief contributions over the naine of a committee representing the little town of Amsterdam, Tex., which complains Hint the bulk of the funds collected art sent direct to Galveston, without due recognition of smaller towns. It Is Im possible, howevi r, to raise separate re- j lief funds for each of the communities A Matter of Portland Oreconlun What shall It profit n roan to vote. Mc- Klnley out nrd Urynn In, If by so doing he discounts business, deatroys confidence, eliminates profits or loses his Job? A man will look at a dollar n Ion? time before he puts It out If there Is some doubt about what kind of a dollar he Is Koine; to set back. A dollar is not always a dollar. P may ho wortli anything from 23 rents up. If a man Is Roltii; to put money out ho wants to know that when It Is to bo paid back It will bo paid dollar for dollar. Ho needs to know that if he puts full value, that Is, gold value, dollars out, ho Is golnt; to get full value, that Is, gold value, dol- lars back. If there Is any consldorablo doubt about It he will hold on to what ho has. Now thero will bo very little business go- Ing on and very llttlo employment offered unless somebody is all the time putting motioy out. Very few men nro nblo to start factories, open stores, build railroads 011 what money they have on hand In cash, They havo to borrow. Commerce and trade, manufactures nnd even agriculture are built up on credit. Knterprlso anticipates the future nnd lends Its money In tho hopo of Interest. Hut If thoro Is doubt about the principal speculative interest cuts very llttlo figure. You can't have credit with- out confidence. You can't have confidence without an honest dollar. That Is what happened In 1803 and on up to IVJt; The dollnr was In doubt. We had a great many kinds of dollars, nnd whether the government would have both tho nblllly and the desire to keep them all of equal value was becoming very questionable. In IS'.iG one of the great parties declared against the full value, that Is, the gold value, dollar. It called It tho 200-cent dollar. It denounced the gold standard, Capital, regardless of party, took nlnrm. Men with n few thousands, or a few hun- dreds, or n few $20 gold pieces, regardless of pnrty, hid them away In safety vaults. They hated to have their money He Idle without earning ptollts In business, or out- put In manufacture, or Interest on loans, but they hated worse to lose the principal, They didn't want to put a gold valuo dollar out and got a silver valuo dollar back. So they hauled in; nnd everybody knows tho which have suffered from the recent gulf storm, otherwise there would never be an end to the relief work. The peo pie of Texas ought to take upon them selves the responsibility of the equi table distribution of the money col lected, which has been offered for tho purposo of assisting all who are In need, rather than any particular town or city.! The Iron nnd steel mills of the east, which have many of thelil been closed I r,.i. nm.. time. neii.lltiL' the sign-. Ing of the annual scale, will soon re suine work again, the men securing a substantlal advance In wages. The j dinner pail there promises to remain full as long as the party of prosperity is in control. Colonel Hryan's home-eonilng again failed to draw out anything In the na ture of a crowd to receive lilm. Notn sections wlilili he Invades. wonder tho colonel prefers to do his ampalgning in the states where he Is more appreciated as a curiosity. Chalrnmn Jones of the democratic na tional committee asserts that the situa tion in the east with reference to ltryan has Improved wonderfully since he was last there. It must have been pretty bad at the beginning. Party Slun'lCept In View. Indianapolis Nt ws Mr. Hryan shows ins populistlc tendon les again in choosing Absalom for Ins text. Absalom Had long nair. Sit Hot Muu' In Slubt. lUltlmore American. Tho looting of Pekln has ceased. It Is understood that nothing light enough tu lift is left lying around loose. Sleilcrlianimci IIIimth. Liilcaso Tribune. The able democratic orators have good ground for their hatred of Mark llauna. Ills speeches nre extremely Irritating and haul to unswer. Ilrtuet'it I'mo Tires. New York World. To many poor pooplo the year Is divided into two seasons only tho time to buy Ice and the time to buy coal. And these com modities are Juggled with more than any others. Quotation, un the Demi. New York Sun. Colonel Uryan has dropped Moses and Nuboth and Is now weeping over Absalom. Absalom Is paramount with htm nt present; but not Absalom, Moses or Naboth Is deader than antl-lmpcrlallsm. 1 1 ii ii I iA t I2trrmpn. Philadelphia H-cord. Sharp frost In the west In mid-September hangs a strongly contrasting pendant on tlio most fiercely burning and long-con tinued summer season known to tho present generation. Tho clerk of tho weather is running to extremes, In emulation of the human spirit of tho time. Wlillt Millllil reticle Will Do, Huffulo Kxpress. According to tho annual returns which havo Just boon made to the Pennsylvania Stale Hurcau of Industrial Statistics 331,- 0?3,731 pounds of tin and terno plate, val ,ed at $12,lfi."i.S79, wore produced by tho local concerns last year. Only a few years ago tho democratic party wos doing a good deal of Jeering at American tlnplate. icii.i.im; in avail liiireimeil I'uner of Woiipihin Over come liy Vi'ir Tnctlen, Philadelphia Hccord. Arguments tending to show that the in creased elllciency of tho Implements of war would render wurfare In tho near future so disastrous to both combatants as to make a resort to arms too costly to be practicable have not received much support from recent events, Tho proportion of losses sustained by Doers and Hiitlsh In South Africa has not exceeded the percentage nf casualties In the armies of Franco and Gormnny lu 1870-71 In spite of tho greater destructiveness of firearms, which in theory Is from five to ten times greater than It was thirty years ago In the case of rltles and about fifteen times greater In tho enso of artillery. While tho number of missiles that can be hurled at nn enemy In a given time and the zono of fire have Increased enormously, tho capac ity of each shot to do harm has been corre spondingly diminished by the invention of new tactics whereby injury can bo avoided. The only new facts that havo been estab lished by recent exporlenco nro that attack ban been made more dllllcult and defense more elTectlvo by tho employment of modem arms of precision. There is llttlo encouragement to bo gained from these facts by the theorists who have malntatnod that the development of the art of inan- kllllng had approximately reached the point where It would become destructive of its own ends by makloc war HaponciblB, Business practical oBcct on the country's material condition. If llrynn It elected th man with a few thousands or a few hundreds or n few $: ROIU pieces, vin say, reRaruiess 01 puny "I KUess I'll watt. Here's it silver presl dent and a silver congress, and while everything may ho nil right, 1 don't know I won't put nuy money out now. I'll col lect what 1 can and Just wait." Now, what does that mean? Well, that means panic. You let every man In Port land who hns money In tho banks form that decision and there's an end of bust- ness and employment. If everybody that has money coming to him must have It right away, nnd nobody thnt has money will make nny new loans or extensions, that's the hardest kind of times. Next thing you wilt see people running to the banks to draw their money out to hide It, and, In spite of all the banks can do to save themselves and protect their depositors and allay fears, there's panic, and half tho banks la town nro ruined People have nothing to do but stand outsldo the closed doors of the failed batiks and blockade the streets and discourse on their misfortunes nnd write denunciatory letters to the newspapers, If a man should sit down calmly nnd try to figure out who would suit him most perfectly for president tho chances nro he wouldn't pick McKlnley. Very few would agree, perhaps, but say that It wouldn't be McKlnley. They like n man that takes a stand nnd stays with It. They like a man that marches at the head of tho procession Instead of tailing along after everybody else has made up his mind. Now, If wc voted tho presidency to n man as the reward of merit for his real or supposed virtues, this would he all right. Hut what happens to McKlnley or Hryan Is about the least Im portnnt part of this business. A man Is a fool to cut his own nose off to spite his face. The question Is: What nre we going to cet through McKlnley a election or through Hrynn's election? If n man wants to vote his business to 11 standstill, or vote himself out of a Job, he can vote for Hrynn. That, In fact, Is the very thing he should do. Thero Is no hotter way. Hut It Is Just as well to uso a little horso sense In this matter as In any other, If a man doesn't look out for his own In- tcrests, nobody else will. IIHVAVS LIVITIIH or ACCHI'TAXn:. Globe-Democrat (rep.): Hryan's letter of acceptance lacks tho air of exuheranco nnd confidence that characterised soino of his speeches earlier In tho canvass. St. Paul Pioneer Press (rep): Mr. Hryan's letter of acceptance gives evhlento of the sort of Intellectual naresls or nros- traton ,vhich results from an overstrain of tho cerebral faculties. It lacks the usual form of his oratorical temperament. Indianapolis News (Ind. rep.): Mr. Hryan's letter of acceptance Impresses us 08 un almost entirely perfunctory p norm auce. It Is dinicull to think of It us having come from Mr. Hryan's pen, the contrast between It and tho vigorous speech dillv- ercd hero on notification day is so startling. Detroit Journal (rep.): We charUabiy r.bcrlbe it3 commonplaieness to the pre occupation of Mr. Hryan. Smco he made his speech of acceptance he hns been a ery busy man, douglng from plate 10 place to make speeches anil dodging the Issues of the campaign to make his speeches fit Kansas City Star (lnd.): The sliver question Is treated with characteristic cindor by Mr. Hryan In his loiter of ac ceptance. It Is plain that his views on this subject have not been modified In tho least degree. He has, lu fait, necr given even an Intimation of a tendency to abamlou tho Issue on which he was defeated In h.s fust cnuwiss for the presidency, or 10 show uny hnlf-heartcdness In Its support. Chicago Times-Herald (rep.): Not onto In Its five thousand words does It betray a sign of enthusiasm. Not once em.t a spark struck from the anvil of convlcton by tlio h.. miner of truth. It drones trom common- places on momentous subjects without pride of achievement or apparent expecta tion that its author may bo elected ,o con duct the ntlalrs of the uitllou lu the crisis it alleges Is upon us. It Is the dismal wall of fou'doomi'd defeat. Sprlngllcld (Mass,) Republican (ind.): Mr. Hryan's letter of acceptance deals more especially with the subordinate patts of the democratic platform, as his speech of not I Ilea t Ion had been occupied with im perialism. It possesses accunl.nsly no such commanding Interest as the speech at In dianapolis, and is more or less of that perfunctory character which marked the average letter of acceptance In the less troubled days of the republic prior to not long ago. Chicago Itecord (lud.): While Mr. Hryan prefers to discuss another plank of the democratic platform as tho "parnnv.unt Ibsuu," tho populists and tlio other advo cates of free slher coinage will demand that the policy by which muinly their voUs tor the democratic ticket were obtained fchall he put Into effect forthnlth. The mere fjet that tho candidate for the presidency regarded a que 'tlon of seml-forelgn policy as murn Impunnnt than the domestic top.c if finance will not operate to delay the filendu of freo silver coinage in their ef forts to change the financial methods of ilu government. Then It would remain to be seen how Mr. Hryan would choose to act under these exceptional circumstances. Philadelphia Ledger (Ind. rep.):' After this letter of acceptance there can no lorger he nny doubt about what Mr. Hryau and a democratic seen tary of tho treasury would do, or nt least would try lo do, with the currency system, which Is tho founda tion ol our business prosperity and which it Is Incumbent upon our uatlonal honor to maintain. Tho mere knowledge by tin people nnd tho business Interests that an administration, hostile to n sound currency nnd a safe financial system, was about to taku control of t tic government with ths avowed purpose and dotormlnat Inn to wrrck thnt financial system, would cause disaster, nnd nn appeal to tho country In he halt of such n policy Is repellent to common sense. PIIHSOVAL POIVI'KltS. Kruger's departure for Holland Indicates that his last ditch Is the Atlantic ocean. The report that LI Hung Chang has called for tho punishment of Prince Tunn as a peace preliminary Is n flight of fancy of which even Shanghai may ho proud, Tho Vale scientists who havo been visit ing the Moqtil Indians say those people "live up to n high standard of morals nnd hope never to bo contaminate 1 by civilization." Finley Peter Dunne, author of the "Mr. Dooley" papers, lias decided to make New Vork his permanent residence. He has re signed as mannglng editor of the Chicago Kvenlng Journal It Is proposed to place a tablet in the old Fltchburg rnllroad station of Hoston to commemorate the fact that It was there that Jenny Lind sang for tlio llrst time In tho I'nlted States, the big station being then tho only place In Hoston largo enough to nccommodate tho crowds that camo to hear her. Henry Hurkholder, on board tho t'nlteil States ship Brooklyn, now nt Taku, China writes to a family lu Maryland that during the looting of Pekln by the troops of tho allied Christian nations one soldier, an American marine, secured a box of diamonds for which Admiral Seymour subsequently ( offered JJU.UOU, CONFIRMS STORY OF FIGHT ficnernt MneArthnr Cnblen Nuti ItrncTrnl nf Inmrueiit Activity 111 tlir latum! of l.tirori. of WASHINGTON. Sept. 20 A dispatch has been received from (tcneral MaoArthur which conllrms the report cabled to the As sociated Press from Manila regarding the activity of the Insurgents. The blank spaces aro words which could not be deciphered. Tho dltpntch Is as follows: "MANILA, Sept. 19. Adjutant General. Washington' Considerable nrthlty through Cut Luzon. Fighting reported vicinity Carlg and Ilstella, Isabella province. Insurgents estimated 600, probably much exaggetated. but sulllcletit force to mnko In district heretofore quiet. In the llocnn provinces Samuel H. Young (brigadier gen eral) reports numerous small affairs and hits culled so emphatically for more force that Kingsbury's squadron. Third cavalry, and Dorden's battalion, fifty infantry, been sent him; other battalion Fifth same destination upon nrrHal. Country north I'aslg, Including all Hiil-can, much dis turbed nnd numerous contacts with small parties throughout that district; south of Pnslg. Including Tayabas province i Luzon) snmo conditions obtain. This activity hns been anticipated and reported upon In letters August 25 nmi cable August 31. September 16 David 1). Mitchell (captuln Fifteenth Infnntryi, nineteen men Company L, Fifteenth Infantry, from Slulloan, Lngunn province, nt tacked In surgent, (lenenil ('allies, who had Sno men in position nt Mnvlttie, same province. Desperate fight ensued, which was pushed from the front with great pertinacity by Mitchell across causeway nnd through water wnlst deep, nttack under Oeorge Cooke, cap tain, with forly men Company K, Fifteenth Infantry ami ten men. Company 12, Thirty -seventh volunteer Infantry, could not reach enemy's position because of high wnter In nrm of hike which could not bo crossed, entire country was nlloat In consequence recent rains; has very much Impeded offensive action. After nn hour and twenty minutes fighting command withdrew to Stnilonn. t'pon renewal operations on lRth found that Insurgents had escaped ftom Mavitnc previous night, most of them, no doubt, going back Into continuous barrios tor time being or until called Into Held again as peaceful nmlgos. Casualties, which all occurred Mitchell's command consisting of 130 men, four officers, were: Company L, Fifteenth, killed nnd died of wounds, David D. Mitchell (cap tain Fifteenth Infantry); George A. Cooper I second lieutenant Fifteenth Infantry): First Serget.tit William Fitzgerald, Sergeant 12verniond de Hurt, Corporal Laurits Jensen, Privates Kdward C, Coburn, George It. Horton, Thomas P. Kelley, Thomas Mulrey, John P. Hrlnk, William L. Hanker, Arthur S. Mansfield, Thomas I. Pitcher, Scott L. Smith, Hlcliard Taylor. Kdward M. Nell. Fred Duggan, Ilmanuel Kaufman. Wounded Corporals Charles Oswald. Wil liam II. Policy; Privates Henjamlu Owens, Michael Kelly, Otto F. H. Hathe, Kvetettn Natlack, Francis P. Flanagan, Michael J. Hennessey, Anthony, Kearney, Harry Perry, Charles 11. Dcbaugh; Company L, Thlrty feventli volunteer Infantry, killed and died of wounds, First Sergeant Thomas P. A. Howe, Prlvutcs Kdward J. Oodahl, George llalght, Kdward Stallcup, Alfred J. Mueller, James C. West, Captain John K. Moran, Sergeant Itnhcrt Mahalfy, Corporal Frank A. Story, Privates Frank T. Hell, William S. Hradley, Morley T. Crosswhlte, David Day, Cornelius F. Gentry. Thirty-three per cent Is profoundly Im pressive loss and Indicates stubbornness of light, fearless leadership of olllcers and splendid response of men. Insurgent loss as far as known, ten killed, twenty wounded, among former Colonel Fidel. .MacAUTHUH." PUNISHMENT OF LEADERS KukmIiiii (Invi'i'll ill on ( On.-rnl llir Sua Kcxtlun llclorr (lie 1'roposll lou I niiir from (ii'rniiin.r. WASHINGTON, Spt. 20. It now appears that Itussla puts forward the prop sl.ion for the punlshiiK nt of the leaders of the Chineso uprising. This was ill a paper offering a general program for conducting tlio peace negotiations. The llrst Item of the program was the punishment of the Chinese offendots. Tho proposal catne prior to the Geiman note and seems to have been concurred in by France and some of the other powers, al though It did not receive general concur leticc as to amount. Tho German note now takes up this Item of the Russian program and makes It un in dispensable requisite to negotiations. It material!) differs from the ltticslan prop osition, In that the latter made punishment a part of the negotiations, while tho Ger man proposition now pending Is to make the punishment preceding the negotiations. The transfer of Sir Claude MueDouald, the Hrltlsh minister at Pekln, from Pekln to Toklo Is rrgurded as significant In some diplomatic quarters. Those tamlllar with the two posts say Toklo has less rank than Pekln and that the pay of the mln a er Is less, The transfer is thought to bo due to the strain the Hrltlsh minister was under during the siege, but It also lias tho effeot of removing one of tho most prom inent figures In the current negotiations and the one who is understood to havo been foremost In urging Severn measures against China. Wotcott Declines Position. WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. President Mc Klnley has been ndvl-o-'l by ex-Governor Itoger Wolcott of Massachusetts of Ills declination of tho offer of tho post of am bassador to Italy. Tho position was ten dered Mr. Wolcott upon tho receipt of tho resignation of Ambassador Draper. ( ensiiN It i-t II r II m Animmiri'il. WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. Tho census bureau announces that the population of San Antpnlo, Tex., is 113,321, against 37.C73 In 1S90. This is nn incrense of 15, CIS, or 41.51 per cent. Meed of SCMPTKIt. Ore liiNiiue Men. Sept, 20 Fred K-ine, Who resided with nls wife and daughter, ti c hild about 7 or !i years) of nip yea i iilace six inile: northwest of thi place, In ,i ut' tctnnorni'v Insunilv -hit bis wlfi daughter and burned the liodv of the l.c n r by setting lire lo I lit Ir i ibin le me I!" then attempted suicide by shonilnu 1 I n self. Persons passing on the road f ! i I him nnd his wife a short .llst.ii . - fucn their home In a dying condition .ml brought them to Similiter. Moth n thought to be mortally wounded K nc was married only a few months ugo. (iuuilx ut' llnre Vnliie. SAN FHAN'CISCO. Sept. SO The revenao olllcers have brought down from the Mare Island navy yard on a government tug if, I cases of rare Oriental goods which h id been smuggled Hit" this counlrv on tip; hospital ship So'.i ". I ho artl' Iep solz.ed would net a small fortune The dutlis am nearly 00 per cent of the value of tip. goo i t Most of the stuff Includes loot f om Tei Tsln, which bd I " ubandniio'l by Him government. The cases i f silks and curios aro addressed to persons all over the I'nlted States. Itevislim Hmvnllnn Custom, SAN FHAN'CISCO, Kept. 20 -James Kills Tucker has sailed lor Honolulu on an Im portant mission. Ho bus been s' nt to te vlse the customs law and eervlce of the Hawaiian Islands so a to lirlntf ihein up to the standard of thoc at home. For twelve ve-ars Tucker was an appnlscr it this port lb' was appointed t'. the cus toms department by I resident Cleveland. Wolcoll Will Nut ecepl, BOSTON, Sept. 20,-Tlie Journal t'.diy announces that form-r Governor I log -r Wolcott will out accent 111- post of nn bussfdor lo Italy tinder, d lilm t v I'l" I tlent McKlnley lie hm n..l P. I the 8'i'e department by cble- frum huioce and at. j by letter. COMPENSATION IS DEMANDED Ho gin nd Will He nonnested In I'nr for IHinllnu of Netherlands Itnllrond Kinpto ym, TIH-2 HVGCK, Sept. 20 In the upper chamber of the state's general today tho minister of foreign affairs and premier, I'r. W II. lie Heaufort, replying to au In terpellation, said the government of Tho Netherlands, had Informed Great Britain that compensation would be domandod for expulsion from the Transvaal of employes of The Netherlands rnllroad. Itognrdltig the offer of a Nethorlands w-ar ship to convey Mr, Krugrr from Lorenzo Marque to Kurope Dr. De Heau fort said The Netherlands government made the proposition when it learnod that Mr. Kruger desired to visit Kurope for the benefit of his health. Simultaneously with making the ofler, Dr. De Heaufort contin ued, the government of The Netherlands Informed Great Britain of tho action taken nnd the latter In thanking The Nether lands for the Information declared tho British Roxerntnent had no Intention to In terfere willi Mr. Kruger's projected Jour ney. Itegnrdlng China Dr De Beaufort said tho Dutch comn-nnder had been notified to ab stain from all mill tary action. .Iiisllu Mct'ni'tlij Itetlres. LONDON, Sept. 20. Justin McCarthy, tho novelist nnd historian, who has been mem ber of Parliament for North Longford since 1S92 ntid who was formerly chairman of tho Dish parliamentary pnrty, nnnounces bu retirement from parliamentary life on ac count of falling health. Deficit lu Xctlierlllinls ItmlRrt. TIIK IIAGCI2, Sept. 20 The Netherlands budet for 1001 shows n deficit of D.250,000 llorlns. Tun More t'unri of I'Iiiriif. GLASGOW, Sept. 20 - Two additional cases nf bubonic plague havo been reported here. ? AN EASTERN COMPLIMENT, Boston Transcript. Kdward Itosewatcr, editor of The Omnhn Bee, has won a signal victory In tho primaries of his county In nn open contest for supremacy. He Is a cnndldato for the I'nlted States sen ntorship and Insisted that the nomi nees for the legislature should be openly chosen with express referenco to the senntorshlp. Two other cnndl- dates contested for the honor, nt t, though both were reluctant to engage I In that sort of test. The result was c that Mr. Bosewnter's ticket carried ' every wnrd In tho city and bids fair 5 to be elected because of Its excellent 5 material. Mr. Kosewater has upheld , sound republican principles In Ne braska for thirty years without n re ward and his success In this contest would only bo fitting and creditable He ' I to his state. I LIGHT AM) lilt Kill T. Chicago Tribune: "Never." counseled fnele Allen Sparks, "look at u gift cho"so through the microscope." Judge: "Curious, Isn't It?" "What?" , , , "A man's handwriting h never so bad that his namo can't be lead when signed to a. check." Philadelphia North American: Wlfe-Oh, doctor! Will John pull through? ..Doctor Can't say. ma'uiii. i Im crlt-M will not nrrlve for nt least u wet-It. . Wife Oh, dear! And that bargain sale of mourning goods ends tonuurow. Chicago Itecord: "The typewriter girl Is unusually disagreeable this morning. "Yes; probably It Is because she sat up late last night making herself unusually agreeable." Washington Star: "Don' nebber call ,- man a fool," said Uncle Kben. "Tain' good manners, nn'. besides. If yoil's tryUi' to argue wif im. you loses. Ills respeck toll yob opinions right den an" forehher." Chicago Ttlbune: "You nre too tough n proposition," rnmaiki'd the whale, about three days after the swallowing feat. "I give you no." 'Good land!" exclaimed Jonah Ininiedl-Hte-lv afterward, looking about him In as tonishment. Indianapolis Journal: "Oh, men nre so provoking!" . ..... 'What's the matter now, daughter?" "Well, ma, coming home I thought .Inok was left nnd I telegraphed lilm Jl.tt) worth before I found out bo was on tho train." Pittsburg Chronicle: "The weather man's numerous promises of rain have failed," ro marked Mrs. Sntmgs. "Well, he can make plenty of other promises Just as good," added Mr. Snaggs. Cleveland Plain-Dealer: "Our baby seems to have n natural taste for tho phi no." "Indeed!" "Ve-s. bo's gnawed half the polish off of one log." Detroit Free Pre.m: "Look pleasant; look pleasant," urged thn photographer, with the bulb lu his hand. "You seem to forset," replied the victim, "what you nro charging me for these pho tographs." Philadelphia Press: Itepori. i In my nr tide about Mr. Longbow I i'd he was ' Ivlng at death's door." Yo liimgfd It to'"lnlnir" That Isn't rUln Copy Kditnr-I know It in Hut It's better to make a grnmmat I' n I emir than hurt the feedings of bis fiuiill" Mr. Lvng bow's reputation for veraeitv Is not good. 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