G THE OMAHA DAILY J1EE: EKIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1001. The umaha Daily Bee. K. HOSEWATKH, EDITOIt. PUBLISHED RVEHY MOnNINO. Tt:tit in? MiiiaffirfiinN". Dally Ufu (without Sunday) ,ono tear. $6.0 Dally Ue ami Sunday, One Year S.JM Illustrntid lice, Ono Vear..... J Sunday Jtce, une Year Saturday lice, One Year..... ' Twentieth century Farmer, une OFFICES. Omnhn: The Hie Duhdlng. Bouih Omaha: City Hall Building, Twn-ty-IIHIi and .M Streets. Council Blurts: 10 Pearl Street. Chicago; KM Unity building. New York: Tempie Court. Washington: 601 Fourteenth Street. CCMJlKtfPONUKNCH. Communications relating to news and edi torial mutter should ho addressed: Omaha Uim, Kdlturlal Department. BUSINESS LKTTKIIS. Buslncs letters und remittances should be nddrtssod; The lieu Publishing Com pany, unialui. IIUM1TTANCE3. Iteinlt hy druft, express or postal ord-r, pujublc to Tno lite Publlsnlng Company Only 2-cent stumps accepted In payment of mail .icuouiith. I'eiw.nm uhveas, except on Omaha or riisicni extliungrii, i't ncepteu. THE BL'fcJ PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CUMULATION. Statu of Nebraska, Douglas County, us,: George II. Txachucu, sicretary 01 ilie ll.'o Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that the actual number in full and complete copies of The Ijai.'y, Mui'iilng, Kvci.lng and Sunday Dec prlnteu during tliu tiionth of July, I'M, wait us loliovtai i un.iini i; a.-.,i;.'o t 'M.l'Xi 18 lifl.lOO i ar,,a7u is 113,11:0 iu.oati so !i.-,ti t imj.hjo 21 its.uus 6 ar.,:i:n ua.ono 1 i.ar.,ti5 u a&,:uo h an,;tro z as.tino I ar, inn 25 un,a4o to as.aao :o aev.aao II i!5,:t7( 27 'M,'2!U 12 lt?,,TM 28 Xt,740 u s.Ti,:ir.u 29 vin.uuo 14 sn.nu.i 3u as,a70 is us.or.o 31 as.iiao ie un.uru Total 784,01(1 Lcish unsold and returned coplea..,, u.oou Net total sales 770,0111 Not dally averago SO.ooo OEOKGIE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to heioro nio. this uuy . of July, A. D. Al. U. 11 UNGATE, Notary Public. I'urtlra lenviiiir the cltr fop (he a ti miner may hove Tlio He sent to them regularly " hy iiotlfyluK The Ile Unslnavs ulMor, In person or by lunll,, ' The aildress will' tie ehnusteU as often ns deal red. The platform of platitudes is n back number. Don't all lay claim to that ownerless bunch of greenbacks n't once. Put It down that the republican party is bigger than Hartley nnd Hartley's lawyers. , , '4 ! -! .J S'lllvi id The unwritten rule t nmi tmvr rin will set a 'tenr'ni'iuhllJiimi'f'qrt;-i)enXg dresscH to polltliHil'rin-eittDnf';.J Vj'. 'I' n ' 'T, t !! IA1t0 Tim peoplft of iNebraskn inTj.tiottlPff fn the tini-kns toh'o pAsi'UontJ'VVjiir, publican party on the Hartley parole. AkSar-j5ei V1J ths yeur.hjir.e'tumjlW tnry escort hs-well s his usunl carnival tteSyV rchQiV, U uotiiiiig tbo goo'a-,,foi Ak-Sar-Hen. - Judge Keysor tnnde n credrtibltr'8Tiow ing In the -slate convention 'nnd'lms lost no friends by his candidacy, even If not completely successful. ' Tho number of chilmnnts for the package of money found by boys is large, but there Is a still greater num ber of peoplo who know they never lost that amount of cash. Those popocratie resolutions on the Hartley parole will have to be revised. Hut the censure of( tho popocrallc orgaa mat giorideu the treasury wrecker can bo preseutod without revision. Tho wholesalers have opened their fnll stocks of millinery nnd the retailer's' have been buying liberally. .Unless they get In nhead of tho hard coal man there Is likely to be trouble. Nebraska Is prosperous, but It ennnot stand nil the high-priced luxuries. Telegraph reports state tho most beautiful woman in the world died re cently. It. will require n whole Iqt of "showing" to mako thousands of women believe the story, and' in spite of the telegram they will continue to nurse a little delusion of their own., ' , Iowa's state fair Is enjoying an attendance- that promises to make It a success in every way. Nebraska's state fair comes next. It. too, ought to enjoy tho snmo liberal patronage asnrc'siilt of the,Kentrnl prosperity n-ersrr)vitng this whole agricultural regjnn,' ' Both striking workmen mid steel'mng nates deny that any effort at a Kettle ment, Is being made. There are evi dences, however, that both parties would be perfectly willing to Hud an honorable place to quit the disastrous tight. Outsiders are more than willing to seo It. ended. ltnllrond managers are generally keen to see a chance Tor business and to build up the country; but they have overlooked n bet. The census tlgures how an excess of males hi the west and of females In the east. Special rates Bhould be oll'ered to men wlio desire to go east and absorb the surplus. The Turkish cabinet Is busy discuss Ing the Trench claims and It Is an nounced they will likely be paid. A glance at the map nnd the slices of his empire .which hayo been lopped off at the conclusion of almost all the Turkish wurs of recent years should be a warn ing not to Invito' foreclosure proceed lngs. It turns out that the Empress, Freder Ick burned most of her private papers before her death. Hy so doing she un doubtedly prevented the ultimate publl cation of some painful chapters of (Jer man history which might have made In lerestlng reading to outsiders, but which could not have accomplished any good purpose, ... wuuk or tut. coxvrxtios. Itepubllcnns of Nebrnsku hnvo reason to feul hlRhly grntlfled' ovor tliu work of the state convention. The eonven tlon vns not o?ily the largest gntuorliiK thnt wns over .convened, to lioinltutto enndldittos nnd formulate u declaration of principles for nny party In this state, but Its membership was fully rep resentative of the rank nnd Hie. The convention wns confronted at the out set with delicate problems of Btntc pol icy, but It grappled with the inulti ques tions at Issue earnestly and without fllnehliiK from the duty Imposed by the extraordinary conditions. The all-nbsorbliiK subject of conten tion before the convention wns the parole of the late state treasurer, Hart ley. After n. full and free discussion of all Its phases the convention declared In favor of the vindication of the majesty of the' la'w'aiid Its unconipro-. mlsliiK opposition to the exercise of ex-, eciitlve clemency to the man whose con duct had wrecked the treasury nnd brought disaster upon the party. . In Its selpcflon of candidates for su preme Judge and university regents the liolee of the Convention hns fallen upon; men oi muru cuaracter nuu eminently qualified for the responsible positions to which they will doubtless be elected. Judge Sedgwick Is n Jurist who enjoys; the fullest confidence and respect of the bar. Ills training as u lawyer, his ex-j perlenco on the district bench nnd his more recunt service fi's Wuiibcr of the supreme court commission afford ample guaranty of his utillHy to discharge the function of Justice of the supreme court. Of the two candidates for regent, Mr. 6oold Is Just completing his six years' term on the present bonrd, In which he has taken high rank, and Mr. Ernst Is known to be won equipped1 servo ns his associate. Alljltrnll, the work of the convention stands out In bold relief "as. marklug the regeneration of 'the republican party In Nebraska and Jlij' elvnjlon of the srnndnril of political morals to ajilgher plane than it hns over 'before occupied. - FVX1LK AllUniU TlUti JTrTOKTS; . .All erfor,tH,to..Hubmlt ,tp,nrb4tratlou the Issue between, the Amalgumrtted Ahi Hoclntion' of Stt'el Workers and1 the United 'Stated Steel corporation hmve prdvecl 'futile und there seam's ,no rcasoij to, expect tjiat a settleiueit can. be brought about through arbitration, ltepresentritlves of the industrial com mission, tho National Civic Federation nnd the O'hlo Hoafd of Arbitration have been working to effect n settlement of the strike. The business Interests of western Pennsylvania nre most anxious to have the coulllct'ended. Labor lead ers have held conferences 'to devise 'a plan for nettling the strike .anil njirop pslt,jou jKtimjttejl by.pno-of f them'.pro vdriiigjifor arbitration wn approved by thu-'tprfesklentf ttttoVnmlgamnted ns Jclnt1o(rV,,Trh!8 'wn'sr rejected 'by'Presl- fmuu"rest,l& tins, llxed,.detefininn tioufi( thvvBtool oorporntlon not to have nnylfuttherinegotintlousswlth the Amnl fcnTifiatl'd'rrtisodft'tloft binder oxlbtlng-c6n-SlfhmsT' ril Is'reriorteti thatrthe.brifclft!' of tle"foriiief hh'vo 'rigalil declared'that tyilrtlid'ioc)atI(jp of steerwqrltets is lOCfTtiyt'ijuil'ti'vy, yJll not recogtlfze it. 'Xheveis uodpubt that this mnyibe ac ceptedittsf, conclusive and It means a Ught to the flnishi It will bcuseless, It Is shfe to''Vny,'to mAke f tirther efTorts to ifrjhg nbputhrbltra'tlou. However will ing'the s'irikcrs may Co to ,sek a Settle ment through arbitration, no proposition proceeding from them or approved by them will be accepted by the Steel cor poration, on tho grouud that the Amal gamated association Is not a responsible organization and cannot be depended upon to fulllll any ngreement or contract It enters Into. A prolonged struggle (herefbrc' appears ,o be assured. , ' Icnn'wlille. jtho," situation, ilpes not. materially change .frpnY.dny ,tq .iln'y. The steel workers'appetir .not to be making, any progress, while, the corporation Iiiih not succeeded in .nccbmpllflh'alg "all tliltt It was oonUdently'hss'ert.ed, woild,:be't(t-' tallied before this time. Hotli sfdes profess to be' sntlsfld-WIth conditions and thero.ls nArih'dlcn't!pn of 'wenkenlng on tho part of elthe.iv As td-,tlio 4(itorosts' of tlio p'ubllc nffectod by the controyej-s'; they are, of course, not being cbu-i sldeyed. - , ' .war STiwh.iTK mxumuciTY VQLidr. Wlille, tlerq Is not likely to be. any chaiiges made "In the tnrlft"t by tho irlfty-.se.ventli( congress, ltIs', bel'levcd that ' the comiiieVclii'l hostility toward' the Unltf'd States that'ls being strongly manifested In Europe -nmy . have. ,tjm effect , to stimulate the recipro'oity n(iVejiiut.' It 'lshougfit tlint thb, colin-, sular representatives of this qpuutry! abroad ihnve.lnstrncHons'ti-watcii very closely tin1 tariff Ngltnt Ions "itnd-"e very thing t'hfii would jndlciiteV'j'iu'tbvij'to wage commercial war upon ' he. .United, States. This government,, t ,1s. sai(lt is watching' the "development -of this hostile spirit with Jealous Interest and the knowledge t'lla't opposition Is grow ing will. It Is, bulov.el, iiny great In fluonro In congress In tho direction. of seeking ' reciprocal trade relations with the principal couutrjus of Europe. ' It Is "most probnbje that the adinlnls tratiou Is oblalnlng all the Information available In regard to tljo feeling nbruad, wllh Ti.vjc to enabling the president, in his next annual 'message to congress, to fully present the situ atlon as to our commercial relations, so that congn'ss," having the facts clearly set before. It, can determine what shall be done to avert tariff wars and' promote our foreign trade. It Is pretty well understood' what the atti tude of President McKlnley Is. He believes that bur foreign commerce can be Increased through reciprocity treaties and there Is good reason to ex pect tliat he Will earnestly urge con gross to approve this polity. To what extent trade reciprocity would' correct or modify European commercial hostility toward this coun try ts o'f i'oufse problematical. Thero Is a very limited scope for It under our tnrlff law. Hut If tho European countries show a .disposition to maka 8jichvMivntIeH'lt iwmild certnhily bo H.nwJ!?r .(o.fHpJ to.o'otjato jvltl them und rive, aro ln'clluetl'.to think Ufat. this view Is uow much more general than n yenr ago. There Is good evidence that a number of republlcnn senators who would have nothing to do with reci procity at the last session have modltled their opinion on the subject nnd are counted upon to support the adminis tration In promoting reciprocity, at least with certain European countries. It Is conlldently believed that the treaty negotiated with franco will bo ratltled by the senate at the next session. In that event it Is probable a treaty will be made with Germany and other Eu ropean countries may follow. It is obvious that this Is to be one of the prominent matters which will receive consideration at Washington the coining winter. CHKDITAIILH 'TO, CiUVUliXOH SAVAUE. Governor Savage Is td be commended for his prompt response to' the declara tion of the republlcnn convention re questing the Itnmed'lnte. recall of the poi-oje granted by.hlin to Joseph S. Hartley. ' ' While the governor' doubtless felt more keenly than' anyone jflrb position 'taken by tile t'gnv.entloit, advers,eto his course, his munly und courageous nc- ,qulescence in the Judgment of the over whelming majority of the party's rep reseiltntlVes will go far fo disarm crltl- 'tistn nnd confirm populnr. belief that he nns ucteu witu goon intentions, nitiiougn not In harmony with Irresistible public sentiment. It is to be hoped that tho action of Governor Snvage will drop the curtain on tho drnmntlc role which Hnrtley hns played on the political stage. TUG t'HANCJ-TUllKlSH DISVLTE. ' There Is lio probability thnt the dis pute betWct'ii Franco and Turkey , will result In war. Tho sultan may make some such bluff as Is suggested by the reporb thut he' Is preparing 'for defense, brtt it Is' scarcely conceivable that Turkey, uliJoSs backed by' somo other power. y;il 1 ,be so hind an to provoke hostilities with vit power o greatly her superior, as Ernnce: A war between tVierii w'ould of 'course bo' eiit(rely 'naval and ,the((tdvrttrtago VvQiiidbc, Jinmensely on. the .s'hlu. of .France, whose- navy 1b the socondclu the world imslze, strength and 'effectiveness'. ' - " According to tho last returns, slucc which" nddltlomt iutvo been made, tho French nayy contnlned thirty-three battleships, four llrst-class cruisers, twenty-two protected and twelve un protected cruisers, 13(1 llrst-class torpedo boats, besides coast defense vessels, gunboats, destroyers and submarine bonis. Nearly all the vessels are in line order and ready for instant use. There are nearly 12,000 oftlcors and 45,000 men In the navy. Tho Turkish navy contulus nonilaally 102 vessels, busldes twenty live torpedo boats, .most of which, are obsolete ln design nnd construction- and so out 'of order aij to be Ijttje bcjtfcr than worfl'lies's. The navy contufus' 15,000 men, , sadly lacking, in -training ' and discipline. MbrooveV, Turkey has no nioney for J' viir dud' lib eredlt, whllq Franco has iotli. ti would consequently be' a one sjdVd. fconiflp't, unless furkoy should have the support and assistance of some other power, which Is not nt nil prob able. Tho Italian press Is demanding that the government of that country should luslst upon reparation for tins .lynching ofItnllnns In this country. The United States has never sought to defend such acts and In times past has paid liberally for such Infractions of law. Tho fam ilies of the deceased are In luck that the affair occurred In the United States in stead of In Italy, however. In that event they would receive nothing. Iii these International affairs in all coun tries the value of a subject's llfals vastly Increased by Its being taken. In a foreign Inhd. " " Dr. Koch Is the latest medical expert who proposes, to demonstrate by a prac tical experiment tho truth of .his theory , that animal tuberculosis Is inoti trans missible to the liUiimn ri(0o. Sacrifices Iir U)oVU'f.pf ''science nVy lib 'all" rlglit, Dtft' tuo.ro. is, ,n iiinif . to huh, us wen, as ouicr things.-. MeuWr lives nro. not wholly their; own to either glvetor to keep and when needless rjsks are 'taken It be comes a crime, nlinost as .much, as tho, taking pf , the llfo'of another.! J. .1. Hill of the Great Northern road Is-Srodlted with fin lnteiltlou to build n connecting llnkbetvy'ye'u 'hlVfudrfhoni system and .the, Jluqa cpntrollpd by ,hlui In-Nebraskiu Wlilleithis la suld tio huve, given offense to other 'factions In ' tlnr cominunlty-of-Interest" Ual,'Ne'braMk'a' can stnnd It, as'the' pro'poseiV llnef would give Omaha what Jt. has long desired dlrect.rall connection wltliithe eastern portion of "South Dakota."" - " 1 . - ; 1 ir . (i ".The. smelting comi'iiiny, 'which -wns re cently robbed of, o.ye'r lo'OOQ offered a reward of $25,(100 for the arrest of the thief nnd the recovery of the gold. The thief wild arrested and convicted, the gold recovered and npw (he company says It will not pay the reward, but is. settling privately on Its own terms with the pincers, The smelter deserves to lose It all the next time ft Is robbed. The Mncohi Jouriiul.,,Fr('iuont Tribune and Uniuhii World-Iierald form a jour nalistic alllnuce hdru of mutual sym pathy and sentiments. The' fact that the llrst two pretend to be republican papers and the hist democratic mnkes no difference. Neither politics nor local pride cuts any llgure against their com munity of Interests, Hit any ono of them and they all squeal. Klcmenta ut Cliif.li, Indianapolis News. The steel truat tnny tool more like con ferrbiR again when It has worked off Its products on tho rising market. So far, prob ably, It has not lost much. .Not Knonuli to Cio Arounil, K'insns City Star. Therpls another noto of discord In the working of the llerlln treaty, but thero is no probability whatever that It will break up the concert of the powers. France la ha log a ruh v"lth .Turkey, , but inercms 'in the Ottoman empire are too well dls'tllbute.J to pernitt,,frlpt,lon with, ono power ?q, en danger the attitude of the others, unless, of course, thero should bo an itctual declara tlon of war. Should that really como th creditors of Turkey would make short work of Its territory. On the llnrKnln Counter. Chicago Itecord-IIerald. Five hundred Islands In the St. Lawrence river are to be sold by the Canadian gov ernment. Anyone In need of an Island would do well to call and examine tho goods beforo purchasing elsewhere, Cnrry the mtb to Lincoln, Washington Post. The fact that tho Hon. David Dennett Hill Is engaged In wiring his congratulations to those democrats who are nominated for ofllce by conventions which fall to euthuso over Dryanlflm has the surface Indication of considerable significance. A llrlitli tenltii llortxon, St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Cheerily tho news comes over the wire that tho condltlou of tho hluo-polnt oysters wns never better than at the present time. With an abundance of this edible the cpl curo will nt least havo something attrac tive to flank his solitary potato with. Should lie Above Snaplclon. Philadelphia Kecord. Admiral Howtson, whether or not he hnvo any. bias or commitments In thd Sampson Schley controversy, might creditably refuse to net ns n Judge' In the case. It is not only 'essential that tho' members of the board of Inquiry should be Impartial, but that thoy Bhould bo free from suspicion or Imputation of partisanship. IVlint the Trtiatn Are Doing. Portland Orcgonlan. Will anyone Bay, after noting the opera tions of tho. salt trust and the advnt.ee of 300 per cent In tho pr.lces of salt effected by Its greed, why tho protective duty on salt should not bo abolished? Those trusts are malting frco traders on tho one hand and socialists on tho other with a rapidity never witnessed boforo. l-xterniliiutliiK the llocra. Philadelphia North American. Tho death rate among tho women and children In the '.'concentration camps" In South Africa Is ICO per 1,000, and in one camp, according to n British ofllclal report, 25 per cent of tho prisoners died In throe months. At that rate the Uoer population will bo exterminated Id a year, and England will' havo an unobstructed field for her mis sionary Inborn In extending tho blessings of civilization to South Africa. Xntlotiul Tax Iteilnction. 'Sprl'ngrfeld Itcpubllcnn. The Internal revnnuo receipts of tho gov ernment finally begin to show tho effects of tho war tax reduction law. For the month to dato they nmount to somo $3,000,000 less than for tho same tlmo Inst year, and $2, 000,000 less than for the corresponding period In 1S99. The reduction from last year. If extended over tho whole fiscal year nt the present August rate, would effect a total tax reduction Just about equal to tho estimates upon which the law was enacted. ,Wenlth of Circulation. New York Press. From $l,G39,'00O,000 to J2.184.000.000 Is tho Inoreaao In the volumo of American cur rency between 1898 and 1901. Had Dryan been elected In'tKe' former year the- nomi nal Increase Tnlghf'bavo been as great or oven g"r!aWr. TnW$i;539,00d;0D0 mlght' have doubled' to' 13,078,000,000, but It would havo mcnnt no .more 'than It means- when a man gets a dollar cluuigod Into two halves nnd brngs that ho las, two. coins in tho pocket where thero" wa's only one coin be fore For the Bryan, insanity contemplated an Incrcaso pf -vohimcj that would; have been at the expense of the valuo, Tho In crease that , has taken place' under the gold standard Is remarkably large, but It is still moro remarkable in vlow of the fact that each dollar of currency Is -worth ex actly what It was worth In 1896. If It were lean or greater statistics based on the volumo would .he a .delusive Impertinence. As It Is -.this increaso of nearly 42 par cent In actual volume means an honest Increase of about 33 per cent in tho per capita circulation. At tho usual rate of Increaso on tho 76,295,000 population of 1900 our present population Is 77,800,000 and our per capita circulation $28,07, aa against $21.08 In 189C, when the population wns es timated at 73,000,000. WHICH SHALL DK DEFKNDERT SrrloiiH Predicament of the Ynchttnir Men of Nevr York, Washington Post. Tho predicament, of tho New York Yacht club Is not an enviable one Just now, Tho members of that complacent and somewhat underbred mutual admiration society find themselves In a quandary from which th'y can with difficulty seo their way to extrica tion. Tho discarded defender of. last year, Columbia", 'thus far regarded as a mere "pacer" for the new ond much-vaunted Constitution, appears "to be tno bettor bent. In every trial where they havo had... a breeze of more than eight or ten knots th3 old yacht has beaten the n,ew. ono cas'ly. uniy wiliui im:r Tyiio iiruuiicauy uo wind nt all say- Ave, six or seyen knots has Constitution, exhibited nny capacity for speed. So hero are tho sef. appointed dic tators with. a. g.ood old boat and a mighty doubtful new one; "between which they have to choose: an antagonist for Sham rock II. J ' .' v'i f . If nothing were Involved moro than the dignity and happ'lriess of the Now York Yacht club, a larRe.'maJbrlty of the Ameri can pcople.'lt Is sftfe' to any;' would extract from this situation-, .n va'sl amount of pleasure apd c'c'nlcntmcn'tr lt-. . happens, howevc.f', 'tha""a"p"a'tHotlc ielitinicnt fcai survived, 'and, thfct",'fdcB'pItB, 'the, 'snobbish arrogance of tho organization in question, the country ab 'Iarflfe1 would, like to see the cup retained. Th,o fact Is, thereforo, that tho general public would bo dis appointed were, c tho trophy cnrrlcd hack to Englaud, although as between the yacht club and Sir Thomas Ltpton nine tenths Of tho peoplo bestow their sympa tblrs upon tho latter, By tho club's treat ment ..of Mr. Lawnon and his yacht, Independence, and through tho nll-pervod-Ing offensiveness of its attitude In other respocts, they have alienated the esteem nnd confidence of ,tho nation ns a whole. Not more thnn.one man In a thousand feels th- sllghtost concern with referenco to them, nnd, Indeed. It may ho truly said that the defender's victory would fall far short of awakening a genuine enthusiasm. It is truo, nevertheless, that dofeat would cause regret on nil hands, albeit of a very languid and easily mollified variety. Such Is tho patriotic force of habit, the clinging quality of a national Idea. But tho predicament Is n condition, not a theory. Tho yacht club authorities are, as Miss Jane Auaten would say, torn by contending emotions. Constitution has not fulfilled their expectations, It naB not yet beaten the old Columbia In a decent breeze. So far ns any one can say, It Is faster In a ftvq-knot zephyr than In n moderato wind say twelve or thirteen knots nnd desplto all that may be Imagined to tho contrary. It might go to wreck and ruin under even the mildest stress of wenther. So thero they are these haughty nnd nxcluslve masters of "International" yacht racing and thero, so far as any ono of actual consequence Is concerned, they may remnln. They havo monopolized the glory nnd authority. The country Is quite willing to let t(iem have the trouble and responsibility. ISimOPlIAX WIIHAT SHOItTAOK. Crop Pn Hurra on Other Side Affeet Prloea Over Here. Philadelphia Press. Tho corn falldro In this country has bo drawn public nttentlon that few realize that Europo faces a far moro serious whsat disaster. Tho wheat and rye crops aro Injured from tho Urnls to tho British channel, omdal figures aro not as yet accessible, but a num ber of provinces In Kutsla are on the famine lino and full half the empire will be straitened for food. Tho Oermnn ryo crop Is so seriously Injured that Its wheat Im ports must bo greatly Increased. Franco will double Its Imports, needing at least CO, 000,000 bushels. The German deficit cr reduction from Inst year Is 52,000,000 bushels. The only part of Kurope In which crops are good Is In the southern lands, Boumnnla, tho Balkans and South (Icrmnny. These figures nre still capablo of revision, but thero Is no reasonable doubt of nu In creased demand In Europo for 100,000,000 bushels, which may reach twice this. In Husslri, when the wheat crop li short, owing to Imperfect means of transportation, moro or less famlno Is Inevitable. The great mass-of continental Europe appears certain to have considerable wheat deficit. Tho United States hns a BUrptus. The ylold this year la from 650,000,000 to 700, 000.000 bushels, of -which nbout 300,000,000 bushels can bo- exported. Tho largo supply from this country and a vlslblo supply ashoro and afloat of. nbout 100,000,000 bushels la all renders It certain tbnt there will he enough wheat to go around, though at advanced prlcps. But thcao advanced rates come for Europe at a .most untoward time. Great depression exists in Germany. It Is manu facturing at lower and lower prions, which nro swamping neighboring manufactures and havo forced Russia to a higher tariff. In that country rovenuo Is always affected by reduced crops, and Its manufacturing development will bo seriously deranged by the, chenppr prices for goods now. certnln, coupled with nn advance In food. This nd vancp comes when mills nre shut down and wages reduced. Tho strain on credits, business nnd tho maintenance of order mujt bo serious. MAKI3 HAVIU? SLOWLY. Propoaed ttnillenl Channeli" In the LaniriinKC of the 1'tHltlnoi. Baltimore American. It Is contended in some, q'uartors that English should at ohid bo made' tho ofll clal langucgo In the new possessions, Of the govepnmont, In View of very recent expiSrlcnqes, it will h'o wqll'to, proceed Blowly anij deliberate In ,n matter of this sort. In three' of tho" great Euro pean Btateu thero Is troublo now over this question, and It Is by all odds tho gravest domestic trouble plaguing, theso Btatcs. In Austria it "has broken up' Parliament after Parliament, nnd produced riots" wlilch havo sown seeds of jealousy and dissension that mny not bo eradicated fur generations. Ono of' the most foolish things attempted by Uio German government was to force tho German lnnguago on the Poles. It has been tried lh various forms, even to tho ex tent of colonizing Poland with Germans. It has not only been a dismal failure, but tho Germans who havo gone, there havo become more Polish than the Poles, and tho feeling against, Germany, 1b far moro bitter than bo foro the attempt was made. Russia has had half a dozen similar experiences, 'hut, as tho government, is autocratic and secretive, tho .batches of prisoners sent to j31berta aro tho only tangible results per ceived .by tho public. It would bo desirable for all of tho 1s landors to bo good English scholars, but thoy cannot bo forced to speak a languago. by any form, of coercion, and to, malic tho olllcJal language English would be coercion. The government Is presumed tn bo established for their benefit, nnd not for, tho few English-speaking peoplo on tho Islands. They nro proud of their language, Just as tho Americans are proud of English; and, more over, It is the only languago which nine hundred and nlnety-ntno thousandths of them can speak. To mako tho official languago English would bo to cut off .every one of theso and glvo them a very, un plesant Impression of their now rulers, Tho plea that t Is Inconvenient to tho officials to hold converse or to transact business in Spanish will not hold water. No one Is obliged to accept an office In tho Philippines or In Porto Rico, and no one ought to think of applying for ono unless ho can speak Spanish. It is thodlffercnco between inconveniencing and making enemies of ten millions and showing favorit ism to a few hundred. Nor Is It more to the purpose to say that, if the Islanders, cause trouble, thoy can be put down. A prudent government, whatever may bp Its ability', will not do things which 'nro calculated to provoke resentment. It la ono of the canes whero nn ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of cure. -Tho majority pf tho natives In Pqrto Rico and a largo jnumber In tho Philippines will in duo "season learn-, to speak English and take part .In their own government. It wll be tjnjo enough when this odours toVmako English i the' official language. - i. i 1. 1 i - rEHSOJVAL NOTES. It Is already apparent that King Ed ward's coronation will bo tho greatest so ciety success of the season. Mrs. Reginald do Koven has bought n pair 'of Alsatian mules, with which 'she proposes to astonish Washington in a tan dem rig. ' As if hot had not enough to nnswer for already,- orio section of tho New York de mocracy' now accuses Croltcr of having becomo nn Englishman. Marlon' Crawford 'always thinks out his nnvcls whllo walking. He can tramp forty miles ataj Btrc,tch' nnd bolleycs bocjlly fatigue clears the Vraln. Ounnar )Venncrberg, tho Swedish. ,poot, composer, and statesman, whoso death has' been announced, began his career as a composer' ,by publishing a book of students' songs, which Is generally used In Scandi navia. Charles T. Ycrkcs recently said that success was due to tho fact that ho knew overy detail of his business as a trnctlon promoter, that ho had surrounded himself with bright, hard-working men and that he had ncvor swerved from his object. Dr. Hans Blum, ono of the biographers' of Bismarck, has become montally doranged owing to his losses through tho recent fail ure of tho Lolpzlgor bank and has boon, placed In nn asylum, Ho Is a Bon of Robert Blum, who was execute; In Vienna during tho revolution of 1848. Sonor Enrique M. Barretto of Manila, official Interpreter for Provcst Marshal Brigadier General Davis In Luzon and mayor of San Miguel district when tho United States took possession of the Islands, Is- In this country on tho way to Spain to visit his family. He Is to call upon President McKlnley enroute. D. R. Beatty, one of the new Texas oil kings, wns a reporter when the no.ws of a great oil "strike" came In. He got to gether $10 and by putting that up as a security ho "bluffod" tho discoverers and got valuable lands, which proved so fruit ful that he was ablo to pay tho balance due on them in n few weeks. R. B. Weddlngton, a Union county, North Carolina, farmer, who died recently, was not troubled by tho "raco lssuo." Ho lived In the kindliest relations with the negroes, and In his will ho gave three tracts of land to three of bis faithful colored servants, leaving money to others. Tho remainder of his estate, amounting to 1,600 acres, he be queathed to the Methodist church. HODXDAIlOUT fJBW YORK, Inelilentn .Seen mill llenril In the 111k City. Tho various companies combined In tho asphalt trust aro paying out largo sums of money repairing the havoc wrought by tho July hot spell on asphalt pavement. Asphalt experts never anticipated such u heated spell as that of tho summer now waning. Thoy reckoned on heat averages nud mixed the Trlnldnd dough for a tem perature of 70 degrees. During tho first days of tho hot weather the sun made tho 155 mites of nsphntt pavement nlinost as soft as mud. Wagons passing over left tho Impression of tho wheels nnd trucks cut down through tho paving almost to the concroto foundation. Fifth avenue was rutted almost from end to end, nud on other streets truck trnfnc tore up huge chunks of mushy pavement. As the companloi ro colvcd about $5 n squnro yard for new pave ment, It is believed they can stand tho financial drain caused by tho heat. Tho caterpillar pest, which Is menacing shade treos In eastern cities, Is particularly active In nnd nbout New York. For some tlmo tho forces of tho department of parks havo been fighting an Invasion of tho pcBts which have been denuding trees all over tho city, and In thoroughfares ornnmonted by rows of trees, particularly tho northern part of Seventh nud In Lenox nveuuoa, wo men nnd' children havo found It neces sary to carry umbroHas when walking out to kcop tho things from falling on face, neck and bauds. Their Btlng Is vory pain ful and in several Instqnccs whero porsons hayo been "sampled" by tho potential hut torlllcs a no Inconsiderable swelling has been the result. In tho downtown parks. tho Battery nnd city ball, as well as River side drive and other parks In Harlem, thoy aro creating havoc with the foliage of tho park trees, and In nono of these localities can ono tnko n quiet stroll without having to fish a liberal numbor of tho creepers from down one's nock. In personal appear anco tho worms nro fnsclnatlngly ugly. Tho body Is nbout nn Inch in length, Is covered with chrome yellow hair surmounted by nntennao of h burnt umber hue. Their professional 'title is Notolophus lnucos tlgma. It Is bellovcd that tho caterpillars hnvo tnken tho present opportunity to de vnstato New York becauso tho city entomol ogist" is' now awny on his vacation. Ono of tho summer stories from Now port, related hy tho New York Sun, hns for Its- heroine a woman who went thoro to make now-frlenda nnd not to remember old onos unless they wero of the kind that she wnntod to Include in tho revised visiting list on which she is .employed at present. It happened that she did not recall an old ish woman who, came up to hor at a recent gathering with the idea of recalling that sho hnd met her many years before1 nnd aha hnd long been a friend of her mother's, If the newcomer nt Newport had known who this woman wns and that, sho had a right to hsr acquaintance sho would long beforo hnvo presented herself to tako advantage of It. For the plain looking llttlo woman Is a power In society nnd might havo boen just tho' kind of ally that tho other won seeking. But she was unfortunately Ignor ant of tho facts in tho ense. When tho older matron npproached her, hold out her hand and called her cordially by name, tho strnngor grew frigid and stiff with dignity. "I think,"-she said as. condescendingly 'as possible, t8tarlng,blankly, '.'tnat'.you have tho advantage of m." Hor tono could not 'have been moro in sulting and it excused the rotort of the Other.- . -. , i'' :?. r.-" i r'"' "I urn sure 'thatal Jiave,"" he ah wared, blaudly, "not only'ln-montoryFWt 'fnJfnnri ncrs' as well." 'Ir ''': ' The chagrin of tho younger: woman at 'this retort was as nothing In' comparlsoh 'with her .'distress' when 'sho loartiel! who the woman ,wns that sho 'had rebuffed. A Now York Utter says the poonloiof the consolidated metropolis spend - an average of $300,000 for each , of its summer Sunday outings, or 'approximately. $3,500,000 for the twelve Sundays ot tho summer-season. Six hundred thousand peoplei contrlbuto to this enormous ploasuro fund, .ranging from those who nro nble 'topay only a dlmo for their day of recreation to tho patron of tho fashlonablo resort, who thinks ho hns gat ten off "light" whon he returns wlth'tho minor fragments of a $100 bill. Tho great moss of porsons who take these Sunday outings, however, nre unable to leave tho city at all. Asta matter of fact tho com forts of parlor cars and palaro steamers, tho pleasures of n day at Coney Island or Mnnhnttan Bench, nro beyond tho limits of their constricted pockntbooks. They may and doubtless do long for the delights of tho fashlonablo resorts ot which they rend Intho "8uflday.,edltlons," but thoyar philosophers' In thoir. way and do 'not' let their longing-for-what Is. not destroy their appreciation .of ' what is.-' Though they would, not know how to-, operate an auto mobile were .one. given them, they never theless extort the fullest nmount of pleai uro put. .of, the trolley cars and tho sur face lines which run out to the 'various parks, arc always running over with these hard-working pleasure seekers. Tho transporting of largo amounts ot cash from ono city to another 1b usually by tho banks or tho express companies, but it occasionally happons In nn emer gency that-a firm has to send Its own cash by its own messengers, reports the New York Sun, Such nn omorgency nroso not long ago and n Wall street firm found It Imperatlvo to' send $1,000,000 In cash to a neighboring city nt once. The money wnH half In certificates of deposit and half In bills of lnrge denominations. No ono but thoso Immediately concerned knew thnt tho monoy was to Jjo sent. An ngent of tho firm Insured It nnd accompanied by nn agent of tho Insurnnco company nnd an other man rodo to his destination In a Btate'ropm. Tlio" responsibility was great, but owing to tho secrecy with which ,the money" was drawn out thero seemed no possibility of nny onp outside of tho com bination suspecting that those three men wero gnrdlng $1,000,000. There was little fear of a holdup, but thero was tho usual danger of a rnllroad accident. Largo amounts of gold coin nnd bullion are moved through tho downtown streets every week on trucks gunrded by several men. Such loads attract no speclnl Intorost and very llttlo danger 1b Involved In moving them. MARTYRS OF SCIENCE. People Who Hnve Lent ThetnaelTe in Deadly Teata. Now York Tlmos. Tho doath of throe of tho six persons who voluntarily permitted themselves to be stung by mosquitoes known to bo Intocted, during tho. latest experiments of tho Yel low Fever commission In Cuba, raises a question which Is llkoly to be much de bated; Is It proper to put In peril tho lives of thoso who aro willing to lend themsolves to tosts from which great good to humanity Is likely to result 7 The ethics of the Cuban experiments would seem to dopend a good deal upon the motive actuating the victims. In tho case of Miss Maas, tho young nurse who died on Saturday, It would seem to have been the very highest which could lnsplro a sett-sacrificing woman to put her life In peril. She not only was willing to Incur ths risk of infection If thereby sho might as sist In establishing a scientific hypothesis of first Importance In tho etiology of yellow fever, but ebo desired to make hersslt ,1m roune, to the end that her usefulness in her chosen vocation might be Increased and her opportunities of service enlarged beyond what would be possible In ono liable to contract the disease. No' soldier in th lata war placed bis Ufa In peril tor bettor reasons thnn those which prompted this faithful nurse to risk hero. Facing death on tho battlefield does not cull for tho highest kind of courage. Thousands who would hnvo rushod up Snn Juan hill with a shout would turn pnlo nt tho thought of facing Mb Imminent dinger tn the quiet of tho clinic, ns the subjoctr. of on experi ment like thnt of n bite from nn Infected Insect that might, or might not, bu cnpabU of Imparting tho disease he Is supposed to carry. The nntinls of medicine are full of tho records of tho noblest and moot disinter ested self-sncrlflce for tho imko of truth. Unmarked and forgotten graves are filled by those who havo Joined tho noblo nriny of martyrs and left behind r.s their legacy to humanity facts to assist In formulating tho generalizations of medical science. ADVANCE OP THE TJtllST. Concentration nnd Inflation Goln on Apace. Portlund Orogonlnn. Thero aro those nmong whom nro careful, conservative men, who think that the tru t prlnciplo will, with weapons forged In Its own fires, work its own defeat; that, given full swny and full sway It certainly hao, whether given or taken' tho trimt element in finance will plunge headlong to Ita own ruin fall In time by Its own weight. It may bo Interesting to loam of tho tro mendous strides that haVe been taken to ward this result within tho current ytnr nud ns tho beginning of tho end Is not yet in sight, to speculate upou tho rnormoui inflation that tho financial and' Industrial balloon will yet benr beforo oollapso fol lows tho predicted explosion. Not to moutton the great steel combina tion thnt leads nil In stated volumo nnd values, thero hnvo been reported within this period such largo consolidations as tho following: Accldont Insurance companlis, $60,000,000 cnpltnl; glasswaro factories, $20, 000,000; cattlcgrowors, mado up of men from fifteen westorn stntes; pltu-npplo growers In Florida; tho molasses combine, Including 132 cano planters; a packing com bination $7,500,000; a carpot combination, $5,000,000; tho tin can trust, $88,000,000; two cereal combinations, ono of $4,000,000 and tho other of $3,000,000; stationary eu glno nnd machinery manufacturers, $50,000, 000; tho shipbuilding combination, $65,000, 000; nn egg trust, covorlng a numbor of southwestern states; c6tton duck manu facturers, $.'0,000,000; tho Amotlcnn Locomo ttvo company, $50,000,000;- a salmon trust,, $25,000,000, to control four-fifths of tho sal mon fisheries ot tho world; tho Alaskan shipping and trndtng companies. This Ir only a partial list ns presented by tho Now York Sun for tho first fivn months ot tho calendar year. Activities In tho consolidation field hnvo been unabated throughout tho two nnd n half months slnco tho nTiovo enumeration was 'made. In fact, but scarcely more than n hint is given tn this summary of tho enormous nctlvlty with which tho application of consolidation to tho industrial problems of cheaper pro duction and tho control of markets hnvo been pushed In tho tlmo covered. Tho values given aro many of them grossly ex aggerated, but this is meroly .nn insep arable feature of the trust problem, tho weak stone'perhaps In tho hurriedly budded structure. LIGHT AND IIRIGHT, i 6 " piano tuner-was nt your house yesterday, wain i nor Second Neighbor Yoa. , - c r-l,-r-WnliTl,hni-TI w.ia fllleh 'a delightful cftnnKC. ..'- ' l' " i if . i Philadelphia Press: "There's, a,.man out in the waiting room," said tho" great man s secretary. "I think he Vn bum actor." wny no you ininit hoi , ."He, nys ,ho' anxious to get. nn nudl- people who hovo mov,cd next, door ,tq you well bred? . . ,. . . , Mrs. Critlerson-Oh. yes. Thoy answered all tnv mirations nnd never nuked mo ono about mvsclf. Cleveland Plaltr Doaler: Dearest," ho murmured, "you nro the apple pf my; cyo; "Call mo a potato, Uqorge," sho sighed; "th,ey aro worth inqro," Bnlttmoro American: "I'vo got n. good notion to ,keop theso mosquitoes oft tha urk," snld Noah. "Why. nnna?" said llttlo Ham, rubhlng a recent bite. . . ..... "Well, I'vo cot mv suspicion that thoy are carrying moro thnn tho regulntlon two germs nplece. Thnt'a whv." (iL , mt Y. . . . . HVam imt4 Via an- prised to bco how Qllbbun Is branching out as n great swell at the summer resrts." "I presume I would. I know how he has to root for his living when he's hero nt nome." Puck; First Denron-Onoo our mis sionaries Is to be tried for heresy. Second Deacon Whv7 - First Deacon Ho has denied that -looting Is pjrthodox. . ,i Detroit Free Press: Nuhbs 'Ho wont into the editor's office' llko n'toarlntf Hon ana came out- llko a postage stamo. HubbsIInw wns thut? Nubbs-Llckert. , Washington Star: "Wo are drifting to ward a very dangerous condition In our po lltlcnl affairs."' said tho Summer Boarder. "Yes." said Farmer CorntoBsol. "I've no ticed it.for'isoma time, If nil theimen have, to quit work to nrgue about thn best way to get tliq government straightened out I dno't'know what's going to hapren to tho crops nnd the chores," ON THE SANTA PR TRAIL. James Barton Adams In Denver Post. Tho scribblers who wrlto of the braves of the west , . , . Tholr glory In story nnd rhymo hnvo ex pressed Have lauded the scouts to tho .heavens nnd, sunr Of the deeds of tho soldiers with rapturous tongue; " The fcnrless frontiersmen In picturesque dress. Tho fellows who rodo on the pony express, Were hTo'es. but never a halr-rnlslng tnlo Of the boys who whacked bulls -on tho Santa TV. trail. Over doscrts that flickered with midsummer They ploddod along on their sand-bllstored feet. And kicked up the echoes with pops of their, whips And oaths that wore flung from tholr alkn- llcd lbs. Their menu was often but hacon and thread, A Btttre root tho nlllow that rested the hoad, Their lullnbys but tho coyote's drear wall Whllo crossing the plains on the. Bnnta Fo trail. For them there was nlwnvs " darn-devil In springing from bed at th midnight alarm ... . . . , When the watchers hnd henrd the hoof bcats on the plnln Thnt told that the redskins went nftcr tho Then'every brave whacker wns ready for Tho flush' of their rifles lit spots In tho And fhoy'fought with a courage that never ...ntiM fnll. Those hoys who whacked bulls on tho Santn ire irnii. Tho grnves of the dead wero soon leveled nirnin By tho hoofs of the buffalo swarming the nlnln: Forever they're hidden, and thero they will lis Till the trumpet ring out the last call from, on hlrh. No Damon was there with a burial wtrd. Tho graves wora unmarked by n slab or n board; Not n vlslblo sign that would tll tha sad tale Of the whacker who fell on tho Santa. Fo trail. Tho bards and the western historians aim Their volleys of praise at far loftier gajuo, And yot tho red fields of tho west nover gave A picture of heroes .moro recklessly bravo Undaunted thy all hold their llvo In their hands. Tholr law but the trainmaster' spoken commands. And never nn Imminent parll could pale A whacker's brown face on th Santa Fo Irall.