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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, OCTOBEB 15, 1901. Tim OMAHA Daily Bee K. HOHKWATEH, KDITOH. I'UHLISHKH KVKUY MOHNINQ. TKIIMS OK .SlHSCIUPTION! Dally lite (without Sunday), Ono Year .J6.00 Dally Jiff it rid Sunday. One "Tear S.W Illustrated Hee, One tfnr . .W Sunday IHo. One Year "0 Saturday Hp, One Year i.W Twentieth Century Farmer, Ono lear.. 1.00 DKLIVKKKD BY CAIUUKH. Dally Hoe, without Sunday, tier copy.... 2c Dally lire without Sunday per wc;k. . ...Lc Dally Hip, Including Sunday, per weok..l.c Sunday life, per copy fie Evening U"-, without Sunday, per week.. We livening He, Inrlud nx Suniluy, per week. lie CoinpiHlntM oi Irregularities In delivery should no addressed to City Circulation De partment. OKKICKH, Omaha: The Heo Hitllflttip. ,, South Omaha. City Halt Uulldtng, Twon-ty-llfth and M Strain. Council lllurfs: 10 Pearl Street. Chicago! 1M) Unity Hulldlng. Now York: Temple Court. Washington. 601 Fourteenth Street. COItHKSPONDHNCK. CommunlcntlonM relating to news and edl torlul matter should ho addressed: Omaha liw,, Editorial Department. M'SINKSH LKTTr.HS. IJuslncss letters and remittances should be addressed; 1 ho Heo publishing Company, 0mUh" HHMITTASCK8. Ilomlt by draft, express or postal order, payablo to Tho lice Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stumps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not acoepted. THE UEli I'l'ULISHINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OK CIHCtlLATION. Htato of Kohraska, Douglas County, ss.: Ucorgo U. Tzschuck, secretary of Tho Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, hays that tho actual number of full and comploto coplos of Tho Dally, Monunx, Evening and Sunday Iloo printed during the month of September, 1901, was as fol- 1.. ....2i,(iir ....aT.i.'ti) ....27,1:70 ....27 ir,o ....27,1 IO ....41, KM) .....17,710 ......11,77."! .... IIS, 11110 ....28,100 ,...2,S,IM ....27.8HO ....10,210 ....r.,7:to ....;i2,ino l. ... .28,7110 ....au.oiio ....at,aso ....2S.O0O ....2lt,2SO ....27,070 ,...2s,no ....2S.770 ....2S.0S0 ....as,Bjo ....as.r.io ....28,IO ....28,700 ,,..28,tKIO ....28,870 2 3 4 0 6 7 8 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 18.... 19.... SO.... 12. 25. 2C. 30. Total li:il,710 Less unsold and returned copies.... 12.H17 Net total sales UlU.UIIil Net dally average :io,4U OHO. 11. T.8CHUCK, Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before mo this 30th day of September. A. D. 1D01. M. II. HUNQATB, Notary Public. I'at Crowe's latest effusions speinlncly acquit him of any connection In the kldtiniiltiff of Miss Stone. The trouble with Mr. Utt Is tlmt he has heen so lout: lilentlllel with tlio Commercial club lie thinks lie Is the club. Nebraska has carried off a gold mednl as highest award for agricultural dis play. In Its own clans Xebrawku can't bo beat. An ofliclal count shows sixty-nine "KUshcrs" In the Texas oil Held almost cunuuh to fill the front row at a light opera performance. And now we are told that a pood pile of tho money stolen by Hartley went Into a mine. The Impression Is that most of It went into a rathole. Four anxious aspirants for county commissioner are Impatiently wulting for the supreme court to wiy In which rluR the performance Is to take place. Uncle Sam foots the bill for the Schley naval board of Inquiry. That may explain In part why Its proceedings nre conducted In such a leisurely man ner. Those Smith Omaha politicians might have the politeness to wait till after tho coming election before starting the row over tile mayoralty, which Is not to be fought out until next, spring. Wyoming stockmen are organizing a campaign to exterminate the bear, Which are proving destructive to sheep. Here Is a good chance for the man who thinks he has lost 11 few bear. ("Jcrman olllclals deny the report that tho emperor's nerves are falling him. .Whatever else may be said of the Ger man emperor no one has heretofore in timated that he was lacking In nerve. CJeneral lluller Is being urged by his friends to tell all ho knows about the proposal to surrender Ladysmlth. The uvorago Hilton Is undoubtedly of the opinion that ho has told too much al ready. It is only through constant ogltatlon that the waters of the ocean are kept from stagnating, and It Is only through constant agitation that the political at mosphere is purified. Tho same nrlnel- pin applies to social and commercial or ganizations. King Leopold of Helglum has decided to visit Now York some, time during tho present year. Ho will doubtless And tho metropolis an Interesting place, but too would also tlud much that Is inter cstlng many hundred miles to the west und south of that city. It Is to bo feared the now paving for which the city has Just contracted will hardly bo ready for final delivery before next spring. It Is certainly remnrkable that with all their experience our prop crty owners should wait till late fall to put In their orders for summer goods Blnco tho democratic member of tho pchool board evinced such a lively per eoual lutcrest In tho republican school board primaries and convention. It is only turn about for outgoing republican members to exhibit llko solicitude for tbo makeup of the democratic school tioard ticket. Tho most' competent estimates of tho world's wheat crop place the total slightly In excess qf tho previous two years. There is little, If any, prospect however, that this will have any bum etantlai effect Upon' prices, as the short age in other foodstuffs, particularly corn, will more than take up this alight eWs. Tin American farmer Is assured of a market at good prices for All of Ida wheat, ami Nebraska will c$ug4u tyi'-moro tuuu ita-usualisnutv. MtSLEA D.VW COMPARISONS. There is nothing so misleading as fig ures when they ard willfully Juggled for a purpose. This truth Is again strik ingly Illustrated by the statistical tables which the popocnltlc campaign man agers are putting out with a vlow to making the people believe that a great setback hns taken place! In the conduct of tho state Institutions since they passed from fusion to republican con trol. With shrewd cunning the figures have been prepared to show the expense of maintenance of nine asylums, schools and reformatories "for the tlrst six months under republican administra tion and the last six months under Gov ernor roynter." Assuming that the amounts are correctly given, let us In quire what this means. The last six months taken under Governor Poyntcr over the period from June 1 to Novum ler 30, 1000, while the six republican months cover the period from December 1, 11)00, to .May .'11, 1001. In the tlrst place, for most Institutions, the tlrst six to eight weeks credited to a republican administration were not under republicans, but under the fusion hold-overs, because tho republican ap pointees did not take hold until the mid dle of January, or later. Tho outgoing fusion olllclals were not particular about the legacy they wcro leaving to their republican successors in tho shapo of overlaps, unpaid accounts and contracts for future delivery, so that tho responsi bility for these excessive outlays, so for as they go, belongs to the Poyntcr regime rather than to the republicans. In tho second place, tho six months credited In the comparisons to Governor Poyntcr and his appointees arc tho sum mer months, extending from June to November. In these months sonie of the Institutions, particularly the schools, suspend their work almost entirely. Most of them use supplies from farms and gardens In connection and the sum mer expenses nre naturally tho lightest of the year. In the winter mouths, on he other hnnd, which nre charged up to the republicans, all the institutions aru In full blast, winter clothlug Is more expensive than summer clothlug, I lie on! bills pile up, the supplies that must be purchased Increase and the general ost of maintenance Is at Its highest. If the fuslonists wanted to make a fair comparison of the management of state institutions under successive ad ministrations, why would they not com pare the same months of the year? Is not the fact that they have selected periods not properly subject to compari son simply further proof that they pre fer to fool the people? Speaking In all candor, wo believe there Is still room for reform In several directions In our state institutions, but Juggling the tlgures for political purposes will not help to effect the desired Improvements. A LIBERAL NAVAL POLICT. It Is expected that the administration will urge upon congress the construction of additional war vessels and It is highly probable that the. .recommenda tion will bo heeded. President House velt Is In favor of building up the navy until the sea power of the United States shall be made adequate to any demands that may be made upon It. lie Is opposed, It Ir said, to a merely commerce-destroying fleet, believing that seagoing battleships are the proper and effective tvpo of vessel. This view Is In accord with what Is being done by foreign governments in the building up of their navies. They nre constructing battleships and jxiwerful cruisers, rather than mere commerce-destroyers, and If tho United States Is to keep pace J with Kuropean countries In the strength ening of Its sea power It must pursue a llko policy. While this country has not entered Into rivalry with Kuropean nations in naval construction and It Is not con templated to do so, yet the fact that all the maritime powers are rapidly In creasing their navies enforces upon us the duty, for the proper protection of our now world-wide Interests, of in creasing our sea power. Wo can not with safety allow ourselves to fall far to the rear of other nations In this re gard. At present wo hold fourth place, In the number of effective vessels and armament, among naval powers and we should at least endeavor not to take a lower rank than this. Wo have no need of such a great navy as that of Great Hrltaln and no Increase in the sea power of tlmt nation need concern us, for It Is hardly possllde that It will ever bo directed against tho United Suites. Hut the growing sea power of tho continental nations Is n matter of significance which we cannot prudently Ignore, particularly In vlow- of tho fact that there Is in the continental nations of Europe a strong and apparently growing feeliug of commercial hostility toward tho United States and jealousy of this republic's influence In tho world's affairs. Wo havo to consider not only homo defense and the protection of our commerce, but also the safeguarding of our new possessions. Within a few years our Interests have been greatly extended and our relations with thu rest of tho world much enlarged. . It Is Impossible to foresee what complica tions tho future may have in store, but It Is the part of wisdom to bo prepared for any exigency that may arise. In our former comparatively isolated posi tion wo did not need a largo navy. Under the now conditions we must maintain such powor on the sea as will Insuro respect for our rights and Inter ests everywhere. While building up a navy provision must ulso be made for officering and manning it. W.o are deficient In this respect and congress will bo called upon to remedy It. Tho report of tho chief of the navigation bureau, Just submitted to the secretary of tho navy, states that there Is Imperative need for more tilll- cers and men and that If. the department were called upon to man the ships for war service It could not meet the do- mund. There are not enough Hue ottl cers to man thu ships already con structed. This Is a statu of alfulrs which calls for prompt remedy and there are other requirements which should receive the early uttentlon of cougrcBd. The country requires a. strong navy and the people will ap prove a Judiciously liberal policy for strengthening our sea power. the decline i.v ixnuxriti.u.s. The Industrial combinations are being subjected to a test which may deter mine whether they are able to hold out against a receding tide of prosper ity and a hardening money market. The teporls during the last few weeks of nearly a score of these combinations have with one or two exceptions shown that their earnings have not been stilll clent to enable them to pay dividends to the amount they had been paying, while some of them can pay none at all. I'nder these circumstances there has naturally been a .decline In thu prices of the Industrial securities and a growing feeling of distrust in this class of Investment. The situation does not appear to be favorable to Improvement and a further shrinkage In the market price oft In dustrial securities Is probable. The New York Journal of Commerce says it would be premature to assume that the declines In the Industrials mean a shrinkage in general business, although they naturally suggest a result not en tirely unexpected by those who believe tho wave of prosperity hns reached Its crest and must soon recede Tho de cline Is partly due, says that paper, to spoculatlvo reaction, but chiefly to a falling off in the abnormal profits ob tained In many linos of manufacturing last year, which no one expected would continue Indefinitely, and adds: "De clining demand and new competition will very soon put n severe test upon these combinations with their huge over capitalization. Their control over tho various markets may soften or delay tho day of reckoning, but the trusts, what ever their advantages In some respects, are not a success in suppressing com petition or In avoiding the consequences of Inevitable fluctuations in supply and demand. It is vorth remembering that two or their chief objects of being were tlie suppression of competition and the regulating of supply and demand. Their failure reminds us that the tendencies In human nature remain unchanged In spite of trusts." There Is large capital behind some of tho Industrial combinations which will of course he used to sustain them against adverse business conditions for a time, but how far the owners of this capital will go In employing It for this purpose Is a question. At nil events, recent experience Is of a nature to warn the public against Investing In tho In dustrial securities, since there Is mani festly danger of their l'uthor shrinkage In price. There may be uo reason for alarm In the present situation. The gen eral business of the country Is good and the outlook Is not unfavorable. Hut the Industrial combinations, with reduced earnings and new competition, certainly offer uo attraction for Investment. On behnlf of the Commercial c.lub. Mr. Utt. puts In a disclaimer to the charge that the club Is controlled by political aspirants. He admits, however, that It is true "that the-Municipal league bus held two meetings at the club rooms, be cause many of the members of the league are also members of tho club and it Is their privilege to meet in the club rooms." Mr. I'tt is entitled to a good deal of credit for exhibiting so much candor. If It Is the privilege of the members of the club to use the club rooms for po litical pow-wows In the name of the Municipal league, why could not the re publican members of the club hold n caucus In the club rooms, Just because If is their privilege to meet there, nnd wjiy could not a democratic conference be held by the democratic member of the club as a matter of privilege? Secretary l"tt appears to be very well satisfied with himself, and hence he can not, comprehend why anybody should find fault with the policies and methods pursued by the Commercial club or even suggest the possibility of any Improve ment In the work mapped out for It. Mr. Utt does not seem to be aware of the fact that with the exception of a small coterie of the members, who dab ble In politics nnd seek to pervert the Influence of the club for personal ends, the enterprlslng.and Intelligent members actively engaged In the management of commercial and Industrial concerns hnve reached the conclusion that there Is room for Improvement nnd an Impera tive need of reorganization. In the Interchange of money orders between this country and Sweden Is a balance of 51,000,000 kroner, which represents the amount which people of that nationality iu this country have sent back to their folks at home iu ex cess of that received by them. Tho Swede is Industrious and saving and, seeing what he has reaped by coming here, has not been slow to aid relatives and friends to Join him. That Is ono adverse Item In the balance of trade which this country can stand. The proposed concentration of more troops at Fort Crook will restore to that post some of the Importance that belongs to It. Fort Crook Is the most modern and best equipped post In1 thu department and its proximity to Omaha adds to these advantages. Were It not for the late war, which drained this country of almost nil of Its regulars, Fort Crook would have been populated up to Its limit nil the time. Anything that brings it to tho front as tho central mllltury garrison of the west gives Incidental benefit to Omaha. Johann Most, the Now York anarchist, will be retired from circulation for a year for publishing a seditious article Immediately following tho assassina tion of President McKlnley. Most In sists the publication was a coincidence, but It certainly was an unfortunate one for him. Hereafter Most should pro vldo some automatic device for throw ing his raving machine out of action when anything happens which might at tract attention to It. It Is greatly to the credit of the city treasurer's otlico that as a tow-gathering machine It has collected In so much more money on current and back tax levies than iu previous yeara. But it would be more to Its credit If the ta.es collected were more equally distributed as between the ordinary home owner and the great privileged corporations. Wlmr Old Warrior. Washington Poet. Military history will always havo a se cure place for Lord Roberts as tho man who knew Just when to quit and reach for the laurels. More Hope. Hoston Transcript. The testimony under oath of ex-Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn indicates that he Is rather too stiff a uenipcrlaltst to hold olTIco longer. Troubled lij- a Snrpln. Boston Transcript. Now Uncle Sam Is annoyed by havlc more money than ho wants to tako cara of. We do not want to go beyond a moderate appreciation of ourselves, but It docs no harm casually to remark that not all tho nations are sitting up at nights with that sort of financial worrlment. Sum pi r Innlanee of .Modesty. Huffalo Kxpress. A New York man Is suing n steamship company In New York for commissions on vessels sold the government during tho Spanish war. Uo sotd $1,000,000 worth of ships and claims $50,000 In commissions. Only jr.O.OOO on $4,000,000! Tho man did not know how to charge. .(nicy Itnll of Culinn Claim. Philadelphia ledger. 1 When congress placed $30,000,000 In the hands of tho president, to bo used in driving tho Spaniards out of Cuba, It thought It was providing pretty liberally for tho ex penses of the war. Hut the total amount of claims filed as a result of that war, In cluding tho blowing tip of tho Mnlno, Is $57,581,807. And theso are only tho un considered trlllcs of our war expenses grow ing out of that episode I.nut StnKrn of Desperation. Indianapolis News. Tho Doors aro said to have over 12,000 men In tho Held, and It Is evident from tho reports of recent engagements that they are putting up an exhibition of some thing more than guerrilla warfare. They have proved themselves daring, tactful, brave nnd resourceful. Is there any moro reason, then, why Oreat Ilrltnln should proclaim banishment for them now than at the beginning of tho war? SKVr.ltAI, I, APS A1IHAI1. ltennlta of n I'tirclun Inspection of Atnerlcmi ftnllrod. Now York World. Mr. Samuel Fay, gonornl superintendent of tho London & Southwestern railway, has been making a long tour of Inspection of tho principal railroads of the United States for the purpose of obtaining sugges tions for Improving tho operation of his own road. Ho reports, among his other conclusions, that tho small compartment car Is better for English purposes than our long coaches. A prime necessity In Kngland, on account of tho short distances between stations, Is rapidity In taking on and letting off pas sengers. The long coach, ho bolloves, would make the stops longer. Ho makes the Interesting statement that his road carries 60,000 persons dally Into London and takes them homo In the even ing, "and not ono of them has to stand up." In this matter, at leaBt, Mr. Fay Is Justified In thinking ihat his road cannot learn much from Am.0rl.9an city railroads He says further that "too locomotives In uso on his road "secure' complete com bustlon of fuel," doing faway with sparks, cinders and smok'o. Our railroads might with advantage to tho public, at least send over and sec about thoso locomotives. When It comes to the handling of freight, however, this English official admits that BngllBh railroads aro "not in It." An Amerlcnn freight engine, ho says, hauls thrco times as much weight as an English one. English roads, he admits, must copy tho American freight traffic system In or der to bring their not earnings up to a satisfactory point. M'lCIXI.KY SUHOEllY APPHOVRD. Itltih Forelitn Authority ShoTr Treat ment KnnHlean. Tendon lancet. In considering the reason or reasons of the fatal Issue of the ease wo may leave out of consideration the bullet Itself; whern It was lodgpd It could do no harm, and time nnd tho patient's strength would havo been wasted In searching for It. The Injury to the kidney also appears to hvo been of but little moment and need not be further considered. The damaga to tha pancreas was probably unimportant, though It has been suggested that tho escapo of pancreatic Juice may have eaused. or as sisted In causing, the "gangrene" of the bullet track described in tho account of the necropsy. This Is hardly likely, as tho "gangrene" was found also In the wounds of tho utomach wall. Tho peri toneum and tho wounds of the stomach re main to bo considered. Thorn seems to b no evidence that at any time was thero any peritonitis and this was confirmed by the nbseuco of leucocytosls, thn blood having been examined soveral times during tho patient's llfo. It does not appear from the account of tho necropsy that any bacterio logical examination was mado of the peri toneal wall or fluid. Still, wn shall prob ably not be wrong In assuming that no peritonitis was present. The empty con dition of tho stomach prevented extravasa tion occurring, at least to any great extent. Tho wounds In tho stomach wall were sutured with a minimum of delay and ap parently no leaking occurred. How shall we account for the. "gangrene" of the margins of the wound? There Is no need to suspect any poisoned bullet and the supposition that such a bullet was used was probably duo to tho fervid Im agination of a reporter, not unwilling to pllo horror upon horror. It Is by no means rare to find after revolver wounds of the stomach wall that but little attempt at repair Is made. This Is to bo attributed In part to the locat action of the gastric Julco and In part to the patient's general state. The pathological condition has been met with before and will doubtless often occur again. Surgery does all of which It Is at present capable. Tho wound Is care fully sutured and the peritoneal cavity is aseptic and yet healing docs not occur. The bruised gastric wall has not sufficient vitality to recover and It makes no effort. The favorable prognosis which was put forth at first was so far Justified that In some cases recovery might have followed, but the Issue hardly comes as a surprise, The Injuries were terrible, the patient was no Inngor young and the circumstances wcro such as to produce, even In a man of Iron courage, the maximum of shock. If we may venture to criticise any portion of tho treatment we feel Inclined to suggest that tho feeding by the mouth was some what in excess of that which Is usually considered advisable, nut while wo say this we know that to the brilliant surgeons and experienced physicians around Presi dent McKlnley's hed thero may have been Indications for the bolder treatment Im possible to be disregarded. In short, on a careful review of the whole case wo feel Justified In saying that surgery did Its beBf; the sad result Is to bo ascribed to the lack of vitality of the tissues thetu-elvti. AIM I'D AT IIIJKT StdAlt. Denpemtr 1'ITort of the Trnut to Cheek the lndimtrj-. Portland Orcgonlnn. The Sugar trust has finally como out openly against tho beet sugar Industry. Its recent reductions leave no doubt about It. When declines followed tho harvesting of tho California beet crop, eastern beet Inter ests foresaw a reduction In their territory when their crop should become rlpo. Their forecast was Indeed n true one. Tho fall In prlco will work hardship upon tho beet sugar Industry, and may tnvolvo considera ble loss of money. Oregon and Washington, which have tho beginnings of largo Interests In beet sugar, will watch the result with peculiar solicitude. Tho trust knows Its business. Its motive Is by unjust methods common to trusts, to retard tho progress of tho beet sugar In dustry. It probably docs not expect to drive the present beet sugar factories out of existence. Tho trust appreciates the situation at Its truo value. Itcductlou of sugar beets to sugar Is an Industry that has been growing npaco until tho annual output of the United States is 200,000 tons. This Is two-thirds of the output of cine sugar In the United Stntcs, nearly one third of tho production of cano sugar In tho United States, I'orto Hlcn and Hawaii, and almost tho amount of consumption In tha United States. It Is qulto natural, there fore, for tho trust to bo disturbed by tho growing annual production of beat sugar. It Is not, however, that the trust fears overproduction. Tho trust fears 'that a rival may grow up in beet sugar which may wax as strong as Itself, a situation In compatible for a trust, Tho hostility of tho trust may therefore bo Interpreted ns meaning that It desires to gain control of tho beet sugar Industry. If so, It Is going about tho matter In tho regular trust way. This Interpretation Is reasonable, slnco the trust would not undertake the policy of fighting beet sugar without a business mo tive, ond no other motlvo Is npparent, be cause sugar beets nre destined to bocomo perhaps as great a source of supply of sugar as Is the cane. Of course, tho consumer gets tho benefit of tho lowered prices. This Is poor con solation, however, bocnuso trust manipu lations havo been In voguo long enough to prove to consumers that Jockeying prices do not save nnythlng to buyers. Public sentiment takes a fair estimate of such methods of business. It knows what they mean and understands that It cannot af ford to permit competition to bo eliminated In this or nny other commercial activity. For n Blnglo trust to gain control of all tho means of producing sugar, which la ono of the most Important articles of household consumption, Is dangerous to common In terests. ADAM AND OM? OF HIS .SO.VS. I'nthetlc Kffnrts of "The Peerless" to Ilevlvc a Corpse. Washington Tost. While tho democratic contingent of Mr. Ilryan's trluno combine Is trying hard to forgot tho free stiver question and all tho afflictions It has brought upon tho demo cratic party; whllo Mr. Hryan'B demo cratic brethren In Ohio, Maryland and othor states whore elections aro pending nro doing their best to keop that hobgoblin out of sight; while tho great mass of In telligent domocrats nro saddened by tho re flection that circumstances beyond their easy control compelled them to pormlt Mr. Ilryan to forco 16 to 1 Into tho, platform of 190Q; whllo thn Intelligence, of tho country. irrespective of parties or soctlons, realizes that free coinage Is an absolutely dead nnd a practically burled Issue, Mr. 11 ray u con tinues to stiout' for It with- as much gusto. apparently, as he did In tho Chicago con vention of 189C. Although condomned by the country in two great national campaigns, 1G to 1 is Htlll dear to the heart and springs ctornal In tho thought or William J. Ilryan. Although all tho arguments on which 18 to 1 was sun- ported In 189fi were ruthlessly swept away by tho logic of events soon after tho closo of that campalgu, Mr. Dryan Ignores that logic. Whenever an opportunity occurs the 'peerless leader" exalts his horn and toots It as gaily for tho old cadaver ns ever tho troubadour twanged his guitar. An oppor tunity occurred In St. Louis tho other day. Tho Dryan Traveling Men's club of that city hold some sort of meeting, and to tho ofliclal head of that organization tho elo quent Ncbraskan addressed an epistle- In which ho strongly opposed any concession on silver. "You will nnd," ho said, "that with the opponents of free silver onco In control of tho party, tho party will be In tho condition In which It was when Mr. Cleveland filled all tho ofllces with gold- bugs, refused to prosecute thn trusts and brought thn party to thn vergo of ruin. Tho moment you allow tho Bllvcr question to bo Ignored you will find that tho cor porations will push forward their cnndl datoB for office, nnd tho party will bo Im potent to accomplish a single reform." Tho persistence of Mr. nryan In keoplng boforn tho domocracy ono of tho most af flictive of Its mistakes reminds us of a sweetly solemn poem recently perpetrated by Mr. Frank L. Stanton, tho pont, humor ist and philosopher of tho Atlanta Consti tution. Tho last verso of that Inspired out burst will sufflco for our present purposo. It reads thus: Adam wuz drlv fum Eden Out In do llel' on wood; Hut. gwlno erlong, ho sing ills song; "Apples la mighty good!" As tho applo was tho causo of Adam's expulsion from Eden "out In do Del' en wood," so froo silver has put Mr. Ilryan's party, or tho democratic section of It. out of tho control of great states, out of many seats In tho United States senate, out of tho confidence of conservative citizens and, to a lamontablo extent, out of Its own self respect. And as Adam, aftnr ho "wuz drlv fum Edon," roamed through tho "lie!' en wood," singing "apples Is mighty gqod," so Mr. Dryan, looking at thn wreck of his party, at tho blasting of Its hopes, at tho good things It has lost, at thn bettor things It might have gained, shouts "fteo colnago is mighty good!" PRnSOVAI. NOTES. Admiral Evans la being referred to In tho newspapers as "Writing Dob" and "nob tho Olant Killer." Llpton Is ready to challenge again, If no body elso will. Lipton's pluck Is much morn to bo depended upon than Lipton's luck, Ex-Qovernor Jones of Alabama, whom President Roosevelt has Just appointed to a federal Judgshlp, rarrlod, when not 21 years old, one of tho flags of truco at Appomattox, Evelyn Abbot, the Greek historian, who died recently, suffered from paralysis of tho lower half of his body shortly after graduating from Oxford, nnd, becoming an Instructor at Dallol, had to deliver his lectures In a reclining position. A monument has been erected in Tttus vllle, Pa., to Colonel B. L. Drake, who nut down tho first petroleum well, Its cost Is estimated at $60,000, but Its modest donor is not known. In 1873 the Pennsylvania legislature granted Drako an annual pen sion of $15,000. Adelaide Distort recently celebrated thn eightieth anniversary of her appearance on the stago. Her mother was an actress and the future tragic actress was brought upon the stage when a few months old In a olav where a baby was needed. She received tho congratulations of Ernest Legouve, senior of the French ncademy, now In his 31th year, whose "Medea" provided Distort with on of her aoit famous carts. ROYAL BAKING POWDER Imparts that peculiar lightness, sweetness, and flavor noticed in the finest cake, short cake, biscuit, rolls, crusts, etc. , which ex pert pastry cooks declare is unobtainable by the use of any other leavening agent. Pure, healthful, highest in strength ROYAL lAKINd POWDER 00., WASHINGTON fiOSSir. Hippies on the Current of 1,1 fe nt the Xnftonn! Capitol. Former Senator William E. Chandler of New Hampshire, is ono of tho regular at tendants nt tho naval court of luqulry nnd shows great Interest In thn proceedings. Tho Issues on trial do not concern him particularly. It Is tho spectnelo that en chants. Tho easy ronfldonco of tho wit nesses, their airy posttlvcnoss, their con tradictions, together with tho squabbles of tho attorneys, furnishes nn ndequato fore tnsto of what tho retired senator Is going against, Mr. Chandler is president of tho Cuban claims commission, nnd tho chnnees urn that tho members will encounter as much versatility nmong witnesses ns tho Schley court dovolops from day to day. Tho claims filed for action by tho com mission show tho claimants to he experts In tho art of Inflation, They foot up $57,000,000 und persons, firms nnd cor porations nro Interested In milking thn nntlonnl treasury for damage done to their property In Cuba during tho last Insur rection, Thn largest single ono Is $4, 177,698. 85, which was presonted by n Cuban sugar compnny, Incorporated under tho laws of tho stnto of Now York. From this sum the claims run down to $7,000 or $8,000, although such small amounts aro tho ex ception. Tho average claim, not counting thoso filed nn account of tho disaster to tho battleship Maine, Is between $200,000 and $250,000. Most of tho claimants evi dently beltovo tho government is about tho easiest "picking" tho world over knew. Tho statements they havo filed with tho commission setting forth tho damngos they havo suffered might well rank as humorous literature. A man with a name decidedly Spanish, averring that ho was naturalized In tho city of New York, who nsks for $215,000 damages for tho allogcd ruination of what must hnvo been a veritable Oarden of Eden In tho province of Mntnuzas, puts down his mulos at $100 each and ovory horso on tho plantation at the samn figure. A stone chapel which was destroyed Is vufued nt $15,000, stables at $25,000, an overseer's housn at $10,000, with $4,000 additional for furniture and barracks for laborers nt $30, 000. Theso are simply Bamplo Items In this particular claim, and similar ones aro found In nearly every one. In every claim topnotch figures nro aBkcd for crops that nro said to havo been de stroyed, and Indemnification Is demanded for tho full value of harvosts In tho troub lous tlmcB when tho plantations wero aban doned. In one bill for damages Is nn Item of $541,025.45 for expenses Incurred In pro tection ngntnst lusurgonts and brlgnnds. In this samo clulm Is nn Item of $91,510 for timber said to havo been destroyed. Most of thn clalmnnts havo nn Ingenious wny of doubling up on various Items in tholr bills. For example, ono man asks for $3G,000 for tho loss of his sugar crop, nnd then adds $35,000 morn for tho expense of replanting. For 100 years tho homo of tho president has been familiarly called tho Whlto House, hut oftlclally thn Executive Mansion. Iast Thursday President lloosovclt decided that hereafter tho colloquial namo shall bo sanctioned officially. "Tho Whlto Housn" will now appear on nil stationery usod In tho presidential resi dence.' All tho executive documents will ho subscribed na given from "Thn White Houso." Tho presldont has explained that he has changed the nppellatlon becausn each stnto has an "Exccuttvo Mansion," and that thn president's homo ahould ho spoken of In terms to form an association with tho national history. Thn Whlto Houso was so called In honor of tho home of Mnrthn Washington, In Westmorland county, Virginia. It was hero thilt tho first president wooed nnd won his bride! President Adams, who was tho first occupant, called It tho excciltlvo mansion oftlclally, In ordor to llvo down tho odium of thn popular term, "Presi dent's pnlnre." In Andrew Jackson's tlmn It wns known as thn Pronldont's Houso. nnd somo of thn od silver, linen nnd china nro marked with this simple device. An ncraslon of patriotic nnd national In Our Clothing Good clothing nnd well-fitting clothing nre wiint concern you, nnd you'll find it here. Our prices may not be much Ickh tlmn those of others, but we'll give you MORE for your money. No Tenement House Work Everything mndo in OUR OWN factory nnd made by UNION LABOR. 10.00 to 25.00, nnd the best that can be made for that money. "No Clothing Fits Like Ours" Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. 8. Wilcox, Manager. 100 WILLIAM ST., NCW OHK, terest will bo tho dedication of the first monument erected to the heroic dead of Valley Forgo by tho general soclty Daugh ters of tho Devolution of Washington. This handsome obelisk of granlto Is fifty feet high and at tho bno appear two bronzo panels, one containing (ho seal of tho society and the other representing .1 sccno of camp llfo at Vnlley Forge. Thn Inscription will read: "To thn. memory of the soldiers of Washington's nrmy. who Bleep In Vnlley Forgo." Tho original co lonial ling with thirteen stars him been carved In thn shaft above tho panels. Thn unveiling will take placn next Sat urday and will bo attended by n largo num ber of Daughters of tho Devolution from many states, Tho president and members of the cabinet have been invited, also tho governors of thn thirteen original states, and many distinguished representatives from patriotic organizations. This great work has been achieved bv tho society tn twr yours' tlmo, says thn Washington Post, nnd it Is hoped that It may bo nn Initial step toward u moro fitting commemoration und preservation of this upot, whoso historic significance Js unique. The beautiful country, chosen W Wash ington for his famous encampment, lies to day In almost tho samo primitive condition ns in thu winter of 1777-8 nnd It seems thn duty of tho nation to thus prescrvo It. To this ond n bill was presented to congress In December last asking that Vnlley Forgo bn mado a national reservation nnd It Is Imped tlmt this worthy project may bo realized In tho near future. President McKlnley wan heartily In ravor of this work of tho Daugh ters of tho Devolution und bad signified hU Intention of being present tit tho dedicatory ceremonies. Ho had alo promised to sign thn bill when passed by congress. I'OINTUn IIKKMHITIONS. Philadelphia Press: "HI!" yelled tho wal rus, "look out for that pot-hunter; he's after yoitt "I don't give a wrap." replied tlln humor ous seal, uh ho disappeared bclotv tho Waves Just In tlmo, Washington Star: "Look here," unlci tho prime, minister, "don't you thhile vnli'nrn carrying matters with 11 luthnr.hlKh haiul?" ".No. nnswe-ed thn miltait with a stealthy wink. "This is only a bluff. 1 am try tig to mako them think mi" hand Is high." Pittsburg rhronlclo: "I toll you." said Kwfitor, "thorn's nothing llko ndvcrslty to bring a man out." "At tho elbows, yen," rcplleU Bhlnnlnk. Hrooklyn Llfo: Mrs. Von Hlumor-Thnt cook was tho worst thing I over hud In my house. Von lllumer Ves, you acted .'us ff you didn't llko her. "I couldn't hnlp It, Why. it. was nil I could do to wilto her out a good recymmen datlon." Clnvnland Plain DenJor: "Yes." ,sald thn haughty young woman who wns, a. Co. lonlal Dnmo nn well as a Daughtnr of thn Revolution, "my Krout-grcuL-grandstro fell ut Hunker Hill." "Ico or banana skin?" Inquired tho pollln young man from Mllwntikco. Yonkors Statesman: "Am you a drinking man?" asked tho lady of tho houso of thn applicant for food nt tho back door. "Indeed, I'm not, ma'um," replied tho weary ono. "Woll, your noso looks very susplclmis." "Oh, dat's not liquor, ma'am, does ilat. T'vo been In tho mountains, ma'am, and dat's ono of thoso autumnal tints you hear about," INCOIVSISTIINCV. Somervlllo Journal, My irfolhcr says I'm awful bad, She's always Jawln' mo. She says tlmt I'm thn worstest boy That nver sho did sent She licks mo awful, too, sometimes, For things 't I havo done An' when, sho nwlngs that old rattan, lly gee I It ain't no f mil An' yet I honrd her talk ono night, When I had gono to bed. With Auntln Floy tho onn, yoM know, Who married Undo Ned, They havon't any kids, you know, All' they llvo In a Hat. Hy gee' ma says thny haven't room Enough to swing a cat. Well, they worn talking, ns I said, An T was wldn awake, An' henrd ma n-prnlstn' mo Right up, an' no mistake' An' then (leal wasn't T surprised! Shn said to Auntln Floy; "I don't sen how you llv.o Without a llttln boy!"