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0 TIIE OMAIIA DATLT BEE; TIHTItSDAY, JTJLT 17, 1002. Tire omaha Daily Bee. , E. KOBE WATER,' EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, pally Bea (without sUnday). One Year. It 00 l'aily Bee and Mundaf , Una Xar Illustrated Bee, Una tear Bunday Bee, Una fear t.'O Saturday Bee. one year 1-60 'Iwer.tlsih Century Farmer. One Year.. 1.00 UEXJVKKKD BY CARKlfcR. pally Baa (without Sunday), per copy.... c Jaliy Bee (without bunday), per we....lio ialiy Baa (including Hunaay), par week..liO Vunaay Bee, per copy v. h-vtung B-a (witnout Sunday), par week.lwo Evening , Baa , (including ounuay), per week I50 Complaint of lrregularltiee In delivery Should be addressed to v-iiy CireuiaUon L-epartment OFFICES. Omaha Tha Baa Building. South Omaha City Wan Building, Twen-ty-h(th and M Streeta. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago lbo Unity Building. New York Temple Court. Washington ku fourteenth Street CORRESPONDENCE. Communication! relaUng to newa and editorial matter ahouid be addreaied: Cmana Bee, Kuitorlai Jjepartmenu . BUSINESS LETTERS. Buaineaa letters and remittances ahouid bo addressed; . the Baa publishing Com pany, .Omaha. REMITTANCES. ; ' ' ' Remit by draft, express or poaUl order, payable to The Bee Publishing company. Only 1-cent atampa accepted in payment uZ mall aocounta. personal checaa, except on Omaha or eastern exchangee, not accepted. 1HE iJh.il) PbBi-leHliili COMPANf. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglaa County, es.t Ueorge B. Tssenuck, eecretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being ouly sworn, aye that the actual number of full and complete coplee of The Dally, Morning, ICvenlng and Sunday Bee printed during the month of June, 1902, waa aa followa: 1 20,410 U 2M,4eO 1 80.4OO 17 S,MO I Stt.ttSO ' II 8V,T60 4 IW.BTO 1 8t,T0 8U.0UO - 0 ,! aw.sio 21 S,S7U t SiO.BTO 22 lff,B0 Stt.lKKJ J3 JtU.BSO I ....JW.040 M 81,880 10...... 80,810 K SM,00 11 20,000 M 8,BSO 11 20,810 17 S0,WO ii S0.S8O 28 80,040 14 80,MM 29 8,StO IS 2U.BSO W 89,010 Total : 840.820 laa unsold and returned coplee.... 0.O83 Net toUl aalea S79,Bes Net daily average 80,318 OEO. B. TZ8CHUCK. Subaciibed In my preeenco and aworn to before me thla 20th day of June, A. D. ,1901 (Seal.) M. B. H UNGATE. Notary Public A grocers' trustv Is the natural se quence to offset a butchers' trust Nonunion men come and nonunion men go, but the strike on the Union Pacific does not subside. It used to be between slaughter bouse and packing bouse. Now It Is between engine bouse and market "bouse. With a steadily rising thermometer. It jwlll presently be too warm even for the Issue of Injunctions and mandamuses. Iowa democrats need a newspaper or gan at their state capital, but whether they feel the need of it to the extent of $100,000 Is decidedly open to question. - .Millions may be lost In the Chicago grain market by reason of the superb summer weather, but for every million lost in the corn pit ten millions are made In the corn belt , , All Interest now centers In the na tional golf championship. The com petitor who makes the best score on the links can command first page position at least for a day. For some strange reason Secretary of the Navy Moody- seems to have become Imbued with the queer Idea that naval officers ought to know how to plow the water rather than the land. The new battleship Maine has come out of the shipyards ready for the tests. It Is to be hoped, however, the new Maine will not try to outdo the old Maine In making a record for us to re member. The St Louis exposition has gotten Into the courts already over resistance to its effort to acquire land by con demnation. No real exposition can get on the road to success before It gets Into court Wyoming republicans have nominated all the present state officers who are eligible to re-election, but It Is worth noting that none of the Wyoming state officers bad made themselves Ineligible by their own acts. The terms of Acting Mayor Karr and Acting Governor Steele have been ex tended beyond their original exDecta tlons. The attractions on the Pacific coast, are too numerous and too great to be passed on the fly. The enterprising British newspaper men who are figuring out the changes In the British ministry can now appre ciate the fun our Washington news paper correspondents enjoy every little while building new cabinets for our presidents. .. The Itinerary for President Roose velt's fall trips through the west and southwest Is made up. If by mis chance it should fall to show a place as signed to King Ak-Sar-Ben, It would be the first time that august potentate was caught without his lucky bean. The troubles accumulating on Nicara gua Illustrate again the adage that "It never rains but It pours." Nicaragua was banking heavily on the prospects of a canal built with American money but with the location of the canal trans ferred to Panama, Nicaragua futures have taken a decided decline. South Omaha people are being regaled with the usual complaints from subordi nate divisions of the municipal govern ment that they have not been given sufficient appropriations In the levy ordinance. Most cities go through this performance every year, but It Is seldom that a city department cannot cut Its garment according to the cloth, if made distinctly to understand that so more cloth 1 to be had. TLATMQ A DtfrtRAtt QAMZ. The Indian land lease ring, which bas bad Its own way at the Winnebago res ervation ever since tbe appointment of the redoubtable Charles P. Mathewson as agent Is making a desperate effort to retain Its grip on the reservation lands. It Is an open secret that be six or seven land speculators who consti tute the close corporation that operates In reservation lands have done a land office business at an enormous profit By adroit manipulation, they managed to secure control of leases of over 40,000 acres of Indian lands and sub-leased them at an advance of from- 60 to 200 per cent to actual farmers. Three of the leading speculators, who have man aged to acquire leasee for -over 20,000 acres, are as follows: F. B. Hutchens, who brought an nnsavory reputation from Sioux City over Into Nebraska, held leases last year for 8.300 acres; C. C. Maryort, brother of the Indian trader at the Omaha reservation, held leases for 7,816 acres; the O'Connor brothers, Indian traders at Winnebago, held leases for 6,041 acres. Four or five of their associates In land lease speculation bare control of 20,000 more acres. With ample means at Its disposal, the land lease ring now proposes to divide half a million dollars by tbe purchase of the allotment lands that are to be sold under regulations that are eminently satisfactory to the ring. These regula tions, held as strictly confidential by the Indian bureau, were In the bands of the coparceners almost before the print er's Ink was dry, and they have lost no time in proceeding to forestall outside competitors. Under ' the regulations, tbe price of the land must be deposited In a bank at the time tbe sale is made. While this will not seriously embarrass the mem bers of the ring, It will keep out the men who would buy and settle the land If they were permitted to make partial payments, as was done In the conduct of former Indian land sales. This In dian heir land properly belongs to the government and, If sold through an im partial commissioner, industrious farm ers, willing to permanently locate and cultivate tbe land, would purchase tbe land instead of the speculators, who will either resell at an enormous profit or lease the lands to tenant farmers at a valuation largely in excess of the pur chase price. Tbe partial payment plan and the plan to dislocate Agent Mathewson from his Job does not meet with tbe approval of the land syndicate. Its members boldly assert that they do not propose to be disconcerted by The Bee nor Its editor. They make no secret of It that they have enlisted the backing of In fluential men In public offices and are sure of United States Attorney Sum mers, who played into their hands through the manipulation of tbe federal grand Jury that enabled them to frighten Indians and white men In and about the reservation who ,were dis posed to make complaint or who had signed affidavits . . ln, support of the charges that had been preferred against the Winnebago trader and agent But we shall see what we shall see. The departments at Washington are proverbially slow, but even the reddest of red tape cannot shut out the search light of publicity. Right will eventually prevail and the greed of the men who have enriched themselves by fleecing and swindling the Indians will be ef fectually curbed In the no distant future, THE THKSIDIBT l! MARS EST. The effort of Mr. Griggs, chairman of the democratic congressional committee, to depreciate and discredit the attitude of President Roosevelt regarding the great combinations, does not commend Itself to all democrats. The Detroit Free Press, 'for Instance, one of ' the ablest democratic newspapers In the country, says In reference to the recent statement of Mr. Griggs Implying that the president's movement against trusts Is . only a bluff, that the entire public career of the bead of the national gov ernment and the whole story of bis life tend to brand the accusation as a libel. "Such faults as he has," says tbe Free Press, "grow out of his extreme candor and that aggressiveness which Is at Its best when he Is opposed. He Is not only a born fighter, but he fights in the open and the prospect of encountering defeat Impairs neither bis bravery nor his valor." The Free Press believes the president to be thoroughly in earnest in the mat ter of trusts and remarks that no "bluff" would have gone far enough to have dragged men like Mr. Morgan and Mr. II 111 Into the courts, provoked the Meat trust to a. threat of dire revenge or ex posed by Investigation the Inherent evils of the Coal trust adding: "lie has shown himself a poof politician as the game is played these days, but be is next to the people and If be-keeps straight on In the way he Is going they will probably see to It that the trusts and the trust servers do not do the nom mating In 1004." This democratic paper reflects the opinion of all whose Judgment Is not completely under the control of partisan prejudice, which precludes them from conceding any honesty or sincerity to the declarations or acts of those in po litical opposition to them. There Is no doubt we think, that a large majority of the people believe that President Roosevelt Is earnest In the trust matter and Is determined to do what be can to bring about the legislation which be regards necessary to tbe regulation and supervision of the combinations engaged In Interstate commerce. He has made his position In respect to this entirely plain. Ilia Is not a policy of extermina tion, lie recognises the fact that if It were practicable to destroy the couiblna tlons this could not be done without Inflicting enormous and possibly Irre parable Injury upon the business of the country, domestic and foreign. But tbe combinations may Nte subjected to gov ernmental regulations. They may be placed under such supervision aa will require them to deal openly and fairly with the public. Some of the more serious evils now complained of can be remedied. This Is what President Roosevelt will endeavor to accomplish and that he will earnestly exert himself for Its attain ment will not be doubted by any ODe who understands his character. In tbe meantime there will be no abatement of the efforts of the administration to enforce existing laws. THE MIARS' C JJVW TlOX The result of the national convention of miners, which meets at Indianapolis today, will have great Interest not only for the striking miners in the anthra cite region. In whose behalf the conven tion was called, but for the general pub lic, which la concerned as to the future supply and price of coal. The conven tion will consider the question of a sym pathetic strike by the bituminous coal miners and as an alternative to this the supplying of relief to the anthracite strikers. The probability Is that the representatives of the latter will urge a sympathy strike, but there Is. said to be a strong feeling among the soft coal miners against this and In favor of the relief plan. If it should be decided to extend the strike to the bituminous miners a grave situation would be presented and It Is therefore to be hoped the convention will approve the relief proposition. In either event it Is very likely that the anthracite operators will take steps very soon after the convention to resume mining. Some of them have stated that they were prepared to do this at any time, but would defer action until after the miners In national convention had decided upon a course. A new phase in the contest is therefore to be expected soon. A. J VST PUNISHMENT. The action of the president in retiring General Jacob H. Smith, whose "burn and kill" order brought reproach upon the army In tbe Philippines, Mill be generally commended. Although Gen eral Smith has a good record as a sol dier and is undoubtedly a capable offi cer, his retention on tbe active list would have been a great mistake in the circum stances. It was manifestly necessary that he shoult1 be made an example of, both for the benefit of the army and tbe credit of the government. Ills offense was not mitigated by the fact that In only one instance was bis order carried out and therefore the punish ment decreed Is entirely J tint. In his' review of the case the presi dent speaks of the well-nigh Intolerable provocations which the .iruiy in tho Philippines suffered - from the cruelty, treachery and total disregard of the rules and customs of civilized war fare on the part of Its foes. With these provocations the American people will perhaps never be made fully ac quainted. The court-martial records on file at Washington, in cases where Fili pinos have been the defendants and the charges against them hare been atro cious cruelty to American soldiers, omit In most Instances details of tbe methods of the cruelty charged, but enough Is given to show that the barbarities committed upon our soldiers bare been of the most brutal and dia bolical nature conceivable. Referring to a number of cases reported a Wash ington correspondent says: "These cases simply furnish examples of tbe character of warfare against which the American soldiers have to contend In the Philippines. Tbe stories told by enlisted men of cruelties practiced by natives who were never captured and concerning whom no record baa been made, show more brutal atrocities than any to be found in tbe archives of tbe War department Hundreds of soldiers in the Philippines have disappeared and their fate has never been ascertained. In the army It is known that they fell into the hands of murderous Filipinos and were probably butchered In accord ance with the blood-thirsty and cruel methods usually pursued by these peo ple." The Smith matter having been dis posed of In the proper way should now be allowed to rest Just to keep up a show of Independ ence, the populist end of the Third dis trict congressional convention had to go through the form of nominating a popu list for congress, pulling him down, bow- ever, at short meter to band the allied certificate to the present democratic in cumbent When tho democrats give back anything to the populists that they have managed to sequester under the fusion plan of operations, It will be much colder than any day we are likely to meet in a midsummer month in Ne braska. Senator Burrows of Michigan is cred ited with the ambition to engraft on the rules of the senate a penalty for members of that august body who in fract the peace by assaulting their associates. Whether such a rule Is prac ticable depends on whether the rules can be amended without unanimous consent If unanimous consent Is nec essary the chances are sixteen to one that tbe senate will always have one or two bruisers responding to roll call who will not consent to punishing them selves. ' Tbe Weather bureau summary of crop conditions chronicles more favorable temperature and atmospheric conditions in all the central sections of the coun try. Tbe government crop bulletins hsve been conservative all of the time when alarms were being sounded over the Incessant rains, refusing to see the damage on which the exchange specu lators were counting. The people who depended on the Information furnished by the government are the ones who have come out safely. In Nebraska tbe railroad attorneys point to Iowa as the Ideal state, where railroad property Is taxed on a fair and equitable basis. In Iowa the railroad attorneys point back to Nebraska and contrast its low assessment with that of Iowa, which they pronounce extrava gantly high. One thing they agree on, however, In Iowa and Nebraska both, and that la that the farmer has much the best of it In taxation over the rail roads. . Executors of the will of Cecil Rhodes are Inviting suggestions as to the best methods to be adopted for the selection of candidates for scholarships under Its provisions. It Is Just possible there may be difficulty In finding capable young Americans worthy of the scholarships willing to go to England for their edu cation when they can compete for schol arships at our best American universi ties with almost the same chances of winning out A hope Is expressed that tbe Rhodes' scholarships may be awarded for the year 1003. If so, the most satisfactory suggestions will come out of the experience acquired In put ting the scheme Into practical opera tion. Colonel William J. Bryan has accepted an Invitation to speak at the forthcom ing banquet of the New England Demo cratic league in conjunction with Sen ator Bailey of Texas. The presumption Is that the support of the pugilistic Texan Is necessary to enforce the har mony sentiments that will be expressed by the great silver leader. Cold Comfort for tho Cornea. New York World. No man ever got caught in a corn corner who followed Commodore VanderblU's rules "Never buy what you can't pay for nor sell what you haven't got" The Coming Test of I)mgeraoy, Detroit Free Press (dam.) ' Possibly In time no man will be consid ered a good democrat unices he can prove that his family has voted the ticket straight for at least three generations. Expert Opinion. Washington Post. The gentlemen who cared for the remains are disposed to resent Mr. Bryan's declara tion that Mr. Cleveland stabbed the demo cratic party. The expert opinion Is to the effect that he hit it on the head with an ax. You Can't Loi 'Em. Chicago Chronicle. Catch a Cecil asleep when there Is a public office IS sight! The most noble marquis and hit Insidious nephew have worthily maintained tbe family reputation which waa in full fragrance as far back as the time of Elizabeth. Shortlived Popalar Favor. Chicago Inter Ocean. General Kitchener Is the present hero of the hour. How they come and how they go! It seems only yesterday that It was Wolseley. Then It waa Roberta. Now It Is Kitchener. And if Kitchener goes Into the war office It will soon be somebody else. Baals for aa Issaa. Indianapolis Journal. It Is announced on what Is called excel lent authority that the attorney general will make one epeech during the campaign In which be will aet forth clearly the policy of the administration respecting trusts. Now, if some of the several brands of dem ocrats could do a like service for the dem ocratic party tbe country would have the baals for an J'sqye. ' Stapendon jProJects of Oar Time. New York Tribune. Officers of. the' Pennsylvania railroad an nounce that the enterprises and Improve ments to which that giant corporation is now committed will cost at least $100,000, 000. Such figures would have staggered belief in any generation before this one. No task, however vast appears to be im possible in these days of coloeaal plans, and tbe world goes spinning down the ringing grooves of change. Strategy la Peace. Philadelphia North American.' It must be a great relief to the British public to have Lord Methuen announce that he docs not Intend to fight his battles over again. Tbe promise goes to ahow that he Is a better strategist in time of peace than of war. If General Buller had been wise he would have maintained tbe same reserve on his return to England. His love of controversy, which caused tbe re vival of tbe stories of the siege of Lady smith and tbe 'fight at Splonkop. has done much to dim ' his prestige. After all, It was to Kitchener that was assigned the tedious task of fighting over the battles of the earlier generals, from Roberts down, and his fighting was done on the South African veldt not at London banquets. PERSONAL TtOTES.' High hopes are entertained as to young King Alfonso. It Is reported that be is learning to swear. Thomas B. Reed does not Jump Into the newspapers heatedly declining nominations tbat haven't been offered him. Geronlmo wants to hunt down Tracy and says he can do It It cost $1,000,000 to hunt down Geronlmo, and tbe government will hardly take another risk on him. In about five years, when foreign nations want to fight, they'll have to borrow battle ahlps from Mr. Morgan, with a guarantee that they will be returned In as good order as when loaned. Governor Odell of New York has refused to iaaue extradition papers In the case of a mother who took her own child out of Connecticut having been awarded the lit tle one by order of the court. It was noticed when John D. Rockefeller waa bidding his son goodby at the steamer dock In New Yerk a few days ago, that the Standard oil man looked careworn, wrinkled and aged to ' an extent not generally dreamed of by those who only see him oc casionally. There are 257.00 names in the new city directory of Boston, sn increase of 4,721 over the number last year. Surprisingly, the John Sulllvans thla year outnumber the John Smiths three to one, but there are no indications tbat the Smiths are In danger of extinction. D. H. McAbee, state factory Inspector of Indiana, is urging tbat a law be enacted requiring architects to paas an examine tlon In ventilation appliances. He says tbat moat of tbe school bouses in the state have no ventilation except through the windows, which Is wholly unsatisfactory. Prof. A. O. Bell, who has juat been deco rated by tbe London Society of Fine Arts with what is known ss the Prince Albert medal, was formerly professor of vocal physiology In Boston university. He was born In Edinburgh fifty-five years ago. Prof. Bell Is tha fourth American to receive this honor, his predecessors havtng been Captain Eada. Thomas A. Edison and D. E. Hughes. John J. Bcannell. former lire commissioner of New York, baa made glad the heart of aa old friend. General DuBols Brlnkerhoft of Flahklll Landing. N. Y.. by buying at auction the general's farm, which was sold to satiety a mortgage- After his purchase Scannell aald to the previous owner: "Mr, Brlnkerhoff. that farm Is yours to stay on as long aa you live. Order what yoe wast to Improve tt sod send the bUle to me." ROUND ABOUT JIEW YORK. Ripple mm tho Carrent of Life la the Metropolis. What appears to be the largest pudding that has thrilled the nostrils of New York aolons since Jake Sharp wielded the mu nicipal cutlery fills the city council cham ber with appetising odors and presents s temptation almoat as Irresistible as that which Impelled Anthony of ancient memory to take to the woods. The pudding is tbe tunnel project of the Pennsylvania Rail road company, which has the sanction of the mayor and city comptroller and nets the city a handsome annual rental. The ap proval of tbe aldermen Is necessary, but that has been delayed under various pretexts. The president of tbe company has Intimated to the reluctant solons that tbe eompany will pay "millions for Im provements, but not a cent for tribute." The aolons, however, fondly believe they can Philadelphia the company and decline to proceed to business becauae tbey have not had a chance to do business In a busi nesslike way. Some judicious friend should read to the hesitating dads the story of what happened to their brethren In St Louis recently. New York snd its suburbs are In the grasp of whooping cough, that dread disease of children. Doctors at the health board say It amounts almost to an epidemic an epidemic which might be prevented if people would but take the proper precau tion. They say that many of the children now suffering from the disease and some of those who have died might not have been sick were It not for the prevalent but nevertheless unreasonable idea which pre vails that a child must have the disease some time and, hence might as well be ex posed to tbe contagion first as last. Never was there such a dangerous doctrine, say the health board men; that the less a child la exposed to any disease the better for the child. A curious feature of the present Increase In whooping cough, says the Times, is that the proportion of adults afflicted Is greater than usual. This is particularly the case In the Oranges, N. J., where the coughers are very numerous. In New York City the average weekly death rate of the disease for the last three months has been over thirteen, In face of tbe mis taken notion tbat whooping cough is not a dangerous malady. Tbe number of deaths from the disease last year was 389 In Greater New York. Tbe number of deaths for the first six months of this year was $08,' snd if the present prevalence continues last year's deaths may be doubled In num ber before January, 1903. Manhattan has had, of course, the great est number of deaths. ' Brooklyn is sec ond. Then follow the Bronx snd Queen's. Richmond ' Is singularly free from the disease. In all of last year only four deaths occurred there from whooping cough. In his talk on needless taxation Mayor Low shows that the people of New York are suffering excessive taxation of at least $6,000,000 a year, owing to laws which com pel the city to provide double back-action sinking fund protection for bond issues which go into Investments yielding sufficient revenues not only to pay interest on the bonds, but to lay up a fund to cancel them at maturity, and yet for which same purpose the taxpayers annually must contribute both Interest and sinking fund deposits. There seems to be no flaw In Mr. Low's argument tbat there should be legislation to remedy this condition of affairs, which, It continued until 1928, would give a fund that "would contain, after discharging the last bond it Is pledged to redeem, the vaat sum of $300,000,000." But at tbe same time the mayor seems to suggest the change in order that the city may have more money to spend in "doing everything that good judgment re quires to be done" in dealing adequately with the city's current needs, whereas what the taxpayers want is that the expenditures should come down, so that the taxes may come down. The little "fresh-air girl" of fiction, who said "You put it In," when the country boy milked the cow, has many prototypes tn real life. Two little girls from the slums who arrived at the country home late at night relates the Post, came out on the piassa the next morning to view the vicinage. Great was their hostess' surprise when she saw that, tbe two children looked upon the land scape and all Its constituent parts with manifest disapproval. Determined to find eut what waa the matter, to fathom the working of these juvenile minds, sbe sat down with them on the grass aad drew them Into a long, confidential talk. "What's the matter, children," abe asked; why are you disappointed with tue coun try?" "Why, there's no grass here," said one. pulling a blade and biting tbe end of it. The woman could only gasp. "What's your Idea of grass?" she asked at last Little by little she managed to bring it out Grass was about the belgnt of a man, to begin with. "It this were larger, would It be like grass?" was the next question, and prompt "Oh, no!" showed that there was still more to be explained. "How is it different?" "Why. it's black." aald one. "Black and white," said the other. Sud denly tbe explanation flashed upon tbe "fresh-air lady's" mind. The little girls bad obtained their Idea of vegetation solely from pictures they bad seen in school books or papers, ordinary black and white prints. The idea that color of any sort ex isted In the country bad never entered their little East Side heads. "It did not need the cycle parade, suc cessful as It was," says a New York letter, "to prove that there has been a revival of cycling as a sport this season. Thousands of people who had temporarily abandoned the amusement have returned to It with new seat and interest.. The reaction which fol lowed the great boom of several years ago waa entirely natural, but this reaction has reached its limit snd the pendulum is be ginning to swing the other way. It waa a fitting way of celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of cycling in America by hold ing a parade on Fifth avenue." SARTORIAL SPLENDORS. Clothes of Daasllnc Brilliancy Pro posed for tho' Army. New York World. To the honors won by ths army of the United States on many a bard-fought field new luster la now to be added, so far as military millinery can do this, by a drees coat of eye-daszllng splendor. As suits an era of expanalon, this garment Is bigger than the coat that Grant and Sher man wore. It Is really longer; it is made to seem wider by putting the two rows of buttons down tbe front further apart And tbe color! Ah, tbe color! Halt-inch cords of red, yellow and blue; half-inch rows of gold lace on the collar, gold lace and a "French knot" on tbe cuff, gold cord and algulllettes on the shoulder; lapels that generously opn to reveal yet more ex panaea of red and blue and yellow! And tha chevrons, incorrectly pointing down ward, under which our commanders have most Improperly and Irregularly won their battles these will hereafter point up, her aldlcally symbolising the rafters or a Douse. Let us have the sartorial splendors by ail means; let ue get the vitally important mat ters of heraldry straight. But let us mean while not forget tbat the moat glorious uni form Is that which la never worn In a war of, oppression or used to overawe human as pirations for freedom. ASSAILS TIIE SUGAR TRUST Remarkable Dooumsnt Jut limed by Authority of Senate, ATTACKS ALL WHO FAVORS RECIPROCITY Reviews tho History of tho Isssr ladnetrr la tho United States Orders aad CsaatM la tho Poetal Service. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. July IS. (Special.) A remarkable document has just reached the document rooms of tbe senate and bouse from the government printing office. It Is entitled "The Deadly Parallel" on Cuban tariff reduction and was compiled by Tru man O. Palmer. It waj ordered printed during the closing days of congress aa.a senate document. Mr. Truman calls It "a parallel without a parallel Jn the record of falsehood." It contains extracts from the testimony of those favoring Cuban reci procity, compared with similar extracts from the testimony of those opposed to It, before the ways and means committee, snd hundreds of extracts from newspaper edi torials and other news sources, ths object being to show bow little ground ths ad vocates of reciprocity had to stand on. Mr. Palmer does nit hesitate to attack everyone in favor of reciprocity with Cuba, and In his Introduction makes the following ref erence: "With a people none too scrupu lous with their words, especially when their pockets are concerned; with a gov ernor general at one end of the cable urg ing tariff reductions and anxious to facili tate the early withdrawal of his troops; with a secretary of war at the other end of the cable animated by the same feelings, snd with a misinformed press, the sugar trust, tbe great benefactor of any tariff reduction on Cuban raw sugar, has had a marvelously complete channel through which to fool the people." An interesting comparison is made between the letters and cablegrams from Cuba to newspapers and commercial organisations In the United States claiming tbat there was great distress in Cuba, and the ststements of witnesses before tbe committee on ways and means, on practically the same daya, to the effect that no suffering existed in Cuba at tbat time. Considerable space le given to the exploitation of tbe position of Senator Elklns on ths Cuban reciprocity question, as well at General Grosvenor and Representative Steele, Speaker Hen derson and others. Reviews History of ladastry, ' A review of the history of the sugar In dustry tn this country follows, in an effort to prove that the American Sugar Refining company would be the primary beneficiary from the passage of tbe reciprocity bill. This Is supported by a great many clip pings from the editorial columns and the news columns of hundreds of newspapers. Following thla Is a digest of the testimony before the ways snd means committee, for the purpose of showing that the Cubans are not distressed and that the people who are asking for tariff concessions are Amer ican syndicates who own vast sugar plan tations in Cuba and Spaniards who still bold allegiance to Spain. Mr. Palmer takes up the war between the sugar trust and the beet sugar Interests of the Missouri valley snd claims that the sugar stock went up from 116 In January, 1801. to 1S3H on March 23, the reciprocity bill hav ing been adopted by a majority of the re publicans of the ways snd means commit tee on March 18. In this connection he gives hundreds of other clippings from newspapers relating to the war on beet sugar by can. sugar refining Interests. . The purpose for which this compilation was made and printed is not apparent at present, the bill having been defeated, but it will doubtless bs used extensively In support of tbe arguments of tbe opponents of that measure, and will probably be in evidence next -winter, If tbe subject again comes before congress. USE STEAM 10 STOP FIRE Novel Method to Ro Employed to tVaeaeh Flames la aa Oil Well. NEW ORLEANS, La., July 18. News from Jennings, La., says that the Ore at the Jennings well No. 2, owned by the Hey wood brothers. Is still raging, but that the great valve has not given way. Those who are fighting the fire are now planning to surround tbe burning well with boilers and to attempt to snuff ths fire out with steam. Hundreds of people have been attracted to the scene. Two tauks, containing almost 2,400 bar rels, have been burned, and It Is estimated tbat 60,000 barrels from the gushers hsvs been destroyed up to this morning. W. Heywood said that If the steam plan waa successful the fire would probably be sub dued In four or five days. Tbe fire engine from Beaumont, which arrived during the night, waa unable to accomplish anything. There is consider able apprehension at ths scene of the fire, but It is not thought that there will be great danger to surrounding property un less the great valve gives wsy. BELMONT ISAGAINST REIFF Jockey Raled Off English Track Caaaot Rldo on Metro polltaa Track. NEW YORK. July 18. Through authori tative sources it Is learned that Chairman August Belmont . of the Jockey club has taken a decided stand against the rein statement of Jockey Lester Relit by the Western Jockey club. Relff was ruled off the track by the English Jockey club. On Saturday John A. Drake of Chicago, according to report, declared his Intention of presenting Savable, Reiff up, at the Futurity post. . Mr. Belmont Is reported to have said tbat under no clroumstances will Relff be permitted to sport silk 00 a Metropolitan track. As the situation stands, tbe Jockey club finds It necessary to decide between the English Jockey club and tbe governing body In the west. As in the Sloan eaae, Mr. Belmont snd bis associates will, it la said, support the constituted turf authority of England. SULTAN LOSES GREEN CROWN Doeoratloa, with Other Valaables, Stolea from tho French Cos. sal at Saa Fraaetseo. SAN FRANCISCO. July 11 A perch climber entered the residence of French Consul General de Lemagne laat night and got away with diamonds and jewelry worth $1,500. Altogether thirty-three pieces ot jewelry were stolen, many of them heir, looms and some gifts from rulers of na tions, to whose courts M. de Lemagne had been sent In the diplomatic servloe of Prance. Ons loser by the thief Is the sublime porta. The robber took the green crown of Turkey,- a gold and enameled emblem with which M. de Lemagne bad been decorated. This decoration Is merely loaned aad upon ths death of the recipient Is to be returned to the sultan. This was a heavy piece, worth as gold $(00. whT IK DI'STTtlAL" ARB LOW, Pahlle Coafldoaeo la Waterlogged Combines Radly shakea. Philadelphia Press. The industrial hat fallen oa evil times. Not even tbe enormous earnings which the last report of the United States Steel trust Indicate, and which It has certainly earned, have sufficed to advance its stocks. Nothing seems to be sufficient to lesd ths general publlo to treat tho earnings of these corporations as are those of rail roads In determining tbe value of their Stock. Ths Colorado Fuel and Iron company, which a month ago waa to lead the ascend ing Una ot these securities, has dropped, abruptly some twenty-three points, from 110, In a short time, and has paased Its dividend. These have been few, however, during the laat ten years. Onoe, just be fore 189S, snd again la the recent boom. But the fall in this company means leas than tbe abrupt fall of the American Ice company, whloh found Itself tn trouble last week, having fallen from 31, which It waa laat January, to 11H, which it wab last week. It, too, has deferred Its dividend snd decided on a bond Iaaue. The Dis tilling Company of North America la going through a readjustment" and has fallen from 10 last February, to 614. These all are added to the long list whloh Includes Asphalt Amalgamated Copper, United States Rubber company, whloh has begun to advance, but la still less than half its price a year ago, and others in like condition. It is true of all of these that they have gone through the same change which found the American Sugar Refining eompany (tbe Sugar trust) melting 90 per rent ot the sugar used in this country, and leaves It melting less than one-halt, with a 'constant Increase In competition. When tbe United States Rubber company waa consolidated it Included practically all tbe plants In tbe country. Today Ita capacity Is considerably less than half. When the Asphalt trust was formed it united the competitive com panies in a single corporation. It Is no longer without a rival. Even the Steel trust y another year will have a much smaller fraction of the steel and Iron out put of the country than when It was or ganised. It is for this reason that It de sires to Issue $50,000,000 of bonds snd the prudent among its preferred stockholders are trying to turn themselves Into creditors at 6 per cent Instead of remaining preferred stockholders at 7 per cent The broad difference between these com panies, however, and the same plants when they were In private ownership Is that the loss, due to lack In profits, decreasing out put, or even suspension, was ones felt by a, few, and is now felt by tens of thousands. The recent lists which have been published of the stocks held In the steel trust show how widely the securities are diffused. Probably five years ago not over 5,000 per sons owned all Ita plants. Today they are owned by nearly 60,000 persons. Tbe management and control of these corpora tions depends no longer on ownership, but upon manipulation, speculation and "man agement." The steel trust has In all 10,- 186.602 shares. The largest Individual holder holds 169,340 shares, or a little less than 2 per cent ot the entire stock. There is no combination which holds even 10 per cent. Ownership Is diffused through - a vaat number Of small stockholders, who are only too glad to vote for any group of able. powerful and visible men who seem likely to give them dividends. ' There is a complete change from past conditions of manufacture, tn which those who controlled owned snd those who owned controlled. It will render it possible to plunder any ot these Industrials whenever ability and Integrity happen to be separated In their management. SMILES Olf SUMMER BREEZES, Somervtlle Journal: Perhaps It may com fort you these hot July days to think how it would make your back ache If you had to shovel snow aa you did last winter. Puck: "He Is a terrible woman hater." "Yes; I suspect that ho must at soma time been a floorwalker In a department store," Washington Star: "Don't you think that anybody has rights except yourself T" "Certainly," anawered the trust magnata, "There are numerous lights whloh wo do not possess. But we are gathering them la as rapidly as possible." Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Bubbuos Drlr-g-a thermometer with you when you coma out from town this evening, Henry. Mr. Bubbubs Huh! I'd better bring two or three. One thermometer couldn't neain to do the work in this hot hole. Chicago Record -H e raid : "But why are you taking your doctor with you on your trip?" he asked. , 'There is to bo so much going on," she answered, "and you know I am 'not vary strong, anyway. Washington Star: "Contentment," said Uncle Eben. "is a mighty fine thing. But de trouble about it Is dat It is kin' o1 hahd) to 'atlngulah fura laalneas." Brooklyn Life: Mrs. Wlekler Did ever see how all the necessaries of Ufa have gone up? Wlekler No, they haven't all gone up. "Well, I should like to have you men tlon one thing that hasn't gone up." "Certainly. My salary." Boston Transcript: "80 this is a portrait of ons of your ancestors? He doean't look much like you." "No. he never had an opportunity to copy) my style, don't you know. Washington Star: What makes you so sure your composition will be a hltr' asked the publisher. "Because," answered tho song writer, confidently, "my musical friends say tho muslo Is trash and my literary friends agree that ths words ars tommyrot" Chicago Post: "Figures don't lie." said the promoter, as he submitted a financial atatement ot a prospective enterprise. "Don't they!" returned the Investor, "Well, my experience with them has taught me that they can give & mighty good Imi tation of what Isn't so." THOUGHTS Olt VACATIOaT. J. J. Montague In the Oregonian. There's a murmuring brook In a mountain, retreat. That over the boulders is flowing. Where the scent of the hemlocks Is spicy and sweet. And the life-giving breesea ars blowing. The grass Is like velvet beneath ths taO trees, The squirrel Is Joyously calling, Ths high branches whisper of far-away aeas. And the needles like snowflakea are fall ing. And there the mosquitoes are bigger than dogs, And nevsr atop work for a minute. And the hillsides are sprinkled with treach erous bogs. Each one with a rattlesnake In It There each stretch of woods la exactly use. And the camper, for exercise yearning, Who starts out at dawn for a half a da ay hike. Must spend the next week la returning. There's a surf -circled beach by the aide ot the sea. Where the billows are tossing aad oomb Ing. Where the tall ships are leaving the rooks) on the lee. And the skies are aglow In the gloaming. The campflrea gleam on tho sand dunes by night. And the night birds to seaward ax screaming. And the moon rides above while Ha bread belt of light O'er the uneasy ocean Is streaming. And there tho hotel bills are haVT a mile high. As is also the fish that they feed you. And unless you do utterly nothing but buy. The sweet Summer girl doeo not need you. There is nothing to do but meet each dinky train 1 That brings crowds to the four-by-nina station. So when I consider these places again I gues I'll not take a vacation.
