p
y
We told them that the issuance or
folliM lmt iw -v v - I
fi
1
CNT PAY WITHOUT MONEY
When friends of free silver were urg
ing Congress to expand the currency
and furnish more money for business
as well as for war we were ridiculed
ly tho gold press which declared that
all the country needed to carry on the
war was less money and more taxation
If those tons of sold could be put in
circulation if the value they represent
could he injected into the arteries of
trade then some benefit would be con
ferred Indeed great benefit would re
sult But as this gold is simply piled
up in the treasury vaults of New York
it confers no more benefit than so much
brick dust Wheat in an elevator will
not keep people from starving Wheat
bonds would furnish safe investments must Qe grcmua jut0 flour made into
aud withdraw money irom uusmus
and thai with the ootids issued lo ab
sorb the circulating medium the new
taxes Imposed by the Dingley bill
would not only be onerous vexatious
and burdensome but that they would
not produce tiie expected revenue We
pointed out that while the United
Stares was putting out 9500000000 of
surplus revenue which was applied to
bread placed within the reach of the
individual before it can relieve hunger
Gold in tli vaults is as useless as
wheat in the elevator There is no ben
efit to the people in either so long as
they are hoarded
Robbed by Trusts
Direct taxation is not borne with
equanimity by the people of the United
1 -v I 1 i -
the payment of public debt that after States Jiut wtien sucii ia mr
the repeal of the purchasing clause of i posed as a means of raising revenue to
ir si in n vipw of reach- carry on war objections are silenced
ing tho gold standard the revenue fell
oil and the debt increased in four years
2G2G00u00 We contended that it was
necessary lit order to ennble people to
pay taxes there should be money in the
country for lirit purpose It was con
tended on the other hand that the less
money there was n circulation with
which to pay taxes the easier it would
be lo payment and the larger
would be the revenues The warrevc
nue bill has gone into operation The
loose money of the country says the
Silver Knight Watchman has been ab
sorbed by the new bond issue and the
new tsxr ft are so vexations and ditlk ult
to pay that it is almost imposible to do
business at all The only activity in
auv line of business of the war is in
lr 1 nnilillil1V mnc till
There is a form of taxation however
which is more heavy than any imposed
by the Government and that is the tax
levied on all consumers by the trusts
Almost every day the announcement is
made of the formation of a new trust
or of the increase in the price of arti
cles manufactured by some trust To
day it is the whisky trust Yesterday
it was the plate glass trusi To-morrow
ii will be some other trust
Every one of these trusts is protect
ed by the Republican administration
Every one of these trusts helped to
elect McKiuley If the people are tired
of paying tribute to the trusts they
should cease to vote for the candidates
of the Republican party So long as
Mark Hanna Steve Elkins and McKin
ley are kept in power just so long will
Will Jsvliomea i ii uLuiuu
- i cli
multiply and lloarish Tut
trusts
hndnnf tho venv would create n the
boom but under the eisiiug circum
stnuces the only boomers are the lucky j
ones in trade with Government otii 1
so long will the people be taxed to make
the rich richer and the poor poorer in
the light of every day experience the
i i vu a iiH rf Tn
dais However rh these lucky id- people ougiu lo ee -7 V
and should take mea-
lows mav tret the country at large will publican success
not realise much benefit from their pe
culiar gains The people will have a
chance in the fall elections to say
whether they want more taxes and less
money to continue to be the settled
policy of ihe country
teve on rlns Fon
The announcement of Stephen A
measures to destroy the party which
cj earcs the trusts
Popular War Loan
Selling the bonds at par to the people
of the United States and giving the tak
ers of small sums the preference was a
new departure in national financiering
When the money dealers urged a bond
i itvcti i ni thev exnected to buy
the bonds
Douglas ir mar ne coiiiuii i -- -1
Democratic is at par and to sell them to uidividuals
a member of the party
at a premium Now alas tor the syn
apoliti alPVxut of unusual significance
dicates the individual purchasers
Ar rrio im Miivnvs been a
U1 JrlH - -- m
lican a hard party worker conspicu
ous in Republican conventions and pop
ular meetings and a favorite campaign
orator The democracy of Mr Douglas
though but recently acknowledged
comes to him by distinguished descent
TJrw w t liu c u nf Si inhin A
I
to the men and women who pay
Democratic state-
las the illustrious
and do the work Th should
taxes y
man and leader riuise name aim puo j j v v -
lie service are anio
nvo ri ill- Irifo
d combines of American ami -their
dVinc s
bed he bequeathed to his sons
most valuable mtrimony his i mwnn bankers a present of M000000
lllg OOUgnt tne uouus ihi oai nave
the opportunity to sell them to the bond
dealers at a premium consequently
there is much grief in the hearts of
money dealers and yiueh joy in the
hearts of the common people If bonds
are to be issued a all they should be
on- the highest lion- 1Kvor 1p ffu t0 syndicates I rover
oVllliivjis On his Cleveland made T Pierpont Morgan
parting parental counsel Tell them
to obey the laws and uphold the Con
stitution These words are sculptured
on the ic
They
on what should be the last public loan
sold by private contract In making
that gift to
Morgan
the President
-11 1 4 i 1 oi nMw
of his monument at Obi- s lulu IU - -
ni n I contemplated when the war bonds were
itii3Uiiiii uil
tion princjie of the Democratic party
With this admonition left as his politi
cal inheritance the younger Douglas
has remained too long out of the Dem
ocratic party He is welcome to its
ranks ad will become one of its most
powerful and persuasive advocates be
fore the people In 3S90 he secretly
voted for Bryan
under discussion but thanks lo Dem
ocratic efforts the steal was defeated
Work Inefficient
Since the days of the lighting in front
of Santiago there has been cumulative
evidence of the inefficiency of the work
of the War Department in the matter
of transportation supplies and medical
A tew days ago he j attendance In the haste of a cam-
mad ills public declaration of faith j paign carried on under circumstances
He vil take the stump for free silver I so unusual a certain amount of unpre
the main cause of his conversion j paredness and of unavoidable draw
lJinubij aiul When
Why have the Republican editors
backs was to be expected but the
shocking condition under which the
sick soldiers on the Seneca and the
7 HLVUL illtiauu Concha made the voyage to New York
wurai u luu uu uccoiue 01 tne
billV Its vast Influence in boon1
wheat up to and beyond the do
with the terrible privatioi
tiered in the camps which Inspect
vucral Breckinridge has renorteu
liii4 i 1 1 fl Dmili I
The Way to Kcnnomize
Mrs Holmes I hear that the price ol
cigars has gone up on account of tin
war
Mr Holmes Yes and that reminds
me that we must buy a cheaper grade
of flour Boston Transcript
No Help Needed
If any man wanted to kiss me 1
should scream for help
Oh if he really wanted to kiss you
you wouldnt need any one to make
him do it Pick-Me-Up
The Man Who Intervenes
Are yob doing anything for youi
country
Doing anything Not a day passes
but I throw a lot of war poetry int
the waste basket
A Misfit
Did he say your poem was too long
or too short
He said it was too broad -Ct
A NATIONS TRIBUTE
Monument to Francis- Scott Key An
thor of the Star Spangled Banner
- Honor was last week paid to the mem
ory of one of the nations illustrious dead
who sleeps in Mount Olivet Cemetery ii
Frederick Md Alter four years of un
selfish labor the members of the Key
Monument Association rejoiced in the sue
cessful termination of their workr wher
the monument to Francis Scott Key tho
author of The Star Spangled Banner
was unveiled with fitting ceremonies
Many prominent persons were present ai
the unveiling and a most interesting pro
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
gram was carried out Among those who
delivered addresses were Henry Watter
Bon and Mrs Donald McLean The mon
ument was unveiled by Miss Julia Me
Honry Howard great granddaughter of
the author of our national anthem
Francis Scott Key was horn in Fred
erick Aug 1 17S0 He was a lawyer by
profession and followed his calling in
Frederick and Washington He compos
ed The Star Spangled Banner while a
prisoner on the British fleet during the
bombardment of Fort McHenry He
died in Baltimore Tan 11 1843 Before
his death he expressed the wish to be
buried near the place of his birth Let
me rest neath the shadow of the everlast
ing hills His grave remained unmarked
save by an American flag and plainly
carved head and foot stones The project
of marking the grave by an appropriate
monument originated with the people of
the city The idea became universally
popular and contributions came in frotfi
all parts of the country
CUSZON ACCEPTS
Cfiicial Announcement that lie la to
lie Tiuiian Viceroy
The official announcement was made
in London Wednesday that George Cur
zon had accepted the post of viceroy of
India Mr Curzon was ill and his ab
sence from the commons was commented
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V - r J lm ta a t J
x r t m 1 r - s
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rtvj3nCURTOrt J
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upon Mr Balfour in replying to a ques
tion mentioned Mr Curzoifs indisposi
tion and presently publicly announced
that Mr Curzon had accepted the viceroy
ship
CONDITION OF THE CROPS
August Kcport of the Statistician of
the Agricultural Department
The august report of the statistician of
the Department of Agriculture shows the
following average conditions on Aug 1
Corn 87 spring rye 037 barley 70
Irish potatoes So9 spring wheat 005
oats 842 buckwheat 872 The condition
of corn is points lower than l tst mouth
2S points higher than Aug 1 1S7 0 points
lower than Aug 1 1S6 and 6 points below
the August average for the last ten years
The principal State averages are as follows
Ohio S9 Indiana 8G Illinois 72 lowu 92
Missouri S Kansas 60 and Nebraska S3
The condition of spring wheat is 13 points
higher than last month 0S points above the
average Aug 1 1S07 170 points above that
for Aug 1 18015 and 133 points above the
August average for the last ten years The
conditions in the principal States are as fol
lows Minnesota 101 North Dakota 05
aouiu uaiiota vz rveornsua vi Iowa 01
orno m onu ou 4itt i Sf i 5 rrJ0 PESTLENCE RAGES IN C
gathered 1- the horny hnmletl sons of J x
toil who worked the tarms while the
Dingley confidence men worked the The Irish of it
farmers Whence have flown the turjrid
cd since the crops of wheat for 18iS
Iiave been estimated since the corner
in our great cereal has been broken
ami iince the price of wheat has tum
bled down hill faster than it ever climb
od up hill If anybody was ever fooled
by the unblushing effrontery of the
claim that the Republican party has
anything to do with raising the price of
wheat now is the time to repent con
fess and receive absolution Wheat has
tumbled though the Dingley bill has
not been repealed and in spite of the
fact that the Republican administra
tion at Washington still lives
Sj -
Hoarded Gold
- As a proof -of the wonderfully beneti
cial effects of the sold standard the ac-
o gold in the vaults of
fcqnks and sub treasuries is quoted IT
Is alleged that upward of 500 tons of
gold which is about
of all the gold In the world lie in the
treasure vaults of New York City For
all the good that gold is doing the peo
ple of the United States it might as well
be In the frozen marshes of the Klon
dike Hoarded money Is dead money
and gold is the money which bankers
brokers and misers hoard Especially
Is this the case in times of war and it
Is made the case by the demonetization
of silver which constitutes gold the
only money of ultimate redemption
Money is very welcome in these davs
pages of rhetoric about the mortgage A mau wll had r lve his office and
lifting power of the advance agent of i was expecting a caller to pay him some
prosperity All these queries are j mo Y left his notice on the door I
uent since the famine in India has j ll5lve our for half an hour Will
be back soon Have been gone twenty
minutes already TId Bits
He Had Been There
Lizzko I had my fortune told yester
day and what do you think
George Youre going to be rnarrdec
within a year and avIH be very rich anc
happy
Lizzie Why George how on enrtt
did you guess it I havent told n soul
Manning Reports Come from All
Parts of the Peninsula
Advices from Hone Koncr tell of n dps
j mtiiLc it uivli i uuvujllvlilg Uie
tion of Corea faster than could an ag
1 gressive invading army From every town
comes alarming news of death from vari
ous diseases caused by heat and filth
There are no sanitary arrangements and
the disease must run its awful course At
Seoule where the health board has mat
ters in hand the death rate is compara
tively small but in the outlying towns
and cities the percentage of deaths per
thousand is far in excess of any publish
ed statistics to date
COMMISSION GOES TO HAWAII
Steamer Mariposa Carries Cullom
Morgan and Hitt to Honolulu
The steamer Mariposa left San Fran
cisco late Wednesday night for Hawaii
She carries the Hawaiian comsissioners
Cullom Morgan and Hitt to Honolulu
Two hundred New York soldiers also are
on board The vessel is to re enforce the
garrison there On the
arrival of the com
mission the American flag will be raised
wth due formality Later laws and tariff
regulations will be prescribed to be in
effect until the American Congress can
act
Jubilee Postponed
Owing to the lack of time in which to
make adequate preparations the national
peace jubilee which it was proposed to
hold in Chicago in October has been post
poned until next May or Tune wnen the
presence of the heroes of the army and
navy will be assured
One fundred Xivcs Areliost
A violent storm accompanied by exten
sive floods occurred in the vicinity of
Yokohama Japan resulting in the loss of
lives and great damage to property
I0NDAMIN AND MERTE
PROCLAMATION ISSUED FORf
SIOUX CITYS CARNIVAL
The Princes of Prosperity and Good
Fellowship Command AH in This
Northwest to Accumulate in tho
Corn Palaco Oity October 3 to 8
Sioux Citys Fall Festival
Mondarain and Mirth Kings of Corn
and the Carnival Princes of Prosperity
and Good Fellowship join their scepters
to command all in this northwest who
have joy and funiii their souls to get to
gether to accumulate as it were at Sioux
City Octobers to8 from a m to p m
to jubilate and even iubilSS
Hear ye Hear yoE Hear yc are A
continuous week of hallelujah and hilarity-
Gorgeous spectacles and grotesquery
galore
Never in all history of the Kingdoms
o Corn anil Carnival has such stimulus to
jollification bcett recorded
Harvests throughout tho northwest
that made the- acres acho to accommodate
them
Trade aii d Labor thrilling Like buxom
brides at their weddings
An uplift and an outlook everywhere
iiibtead of backsets and downcastsl
The valor of the nation victorious on
land and sea and its eagle bird clutching
triumphs in two hemispheres
A united America in which north or
south and cast or west are rivals only in
striving which shall be the nsost intensely
patriotic I
klSo come all ye Laugh and grow fat
Join us in enjoyment Together well
wins
Haste thee nymphs and bring with theo
Jest and youthful jolily
Quips and cranks and genial wiles
Nods and becks and wreathed smiles
Sport which wrinkled Care divides
And Laughter holding both his sides
Sioux City invites us the metropolis
of our realm Leis allbe there No such
plnyspell was ever before concocted as she
wil Hash up
Everybody welcome and everything
fieo Every day a fresh batch of splendid
spectacle- Every night a unique scene of
bjwildering gayety Conu and keep a
cumin
Mondiimin King of Corn
Mirth K ng of the Carnival
his is the proclam it ion issued for Sioux
Citys great autumnal festival It has
been received by th executive committee
i charge of the Mondamiu Carnival which
has ordered it luy pronnugatMi ami i om
now until the opouiug in 5clobef a cordial
invitation will be scattered lo every nook
md coiner of this prosperous nor Invest
Mondamiu and Mirth princes of prosper
by and goodfellowshsp have subjects
throughout the legion and their call for
an accumulation at Sioux City will surely
be met with a gloiimis response
The various committees in charge of the
work are leaving nothing undone to make
tliis years festival far surpass that given
last fall Many new attractions have been
placed on the program for tho cntertain
yronTof te visitors Pyrotechnic displays
for the evenings and gorireous parades
during he dayjmc will form important
features Several jn omjnoiit speakers of
national reputation will b3seirtiTed fcr
addresses and H is confidently expecfJ
tint Senator Thurston of Nebraska ajri
senator Pettigrow of South Dakota will
be in attendance
Tho following is the program for the
week
Monday Fantastic Comic and JUro
t sque parade f
Tuesday Mammoth Trades and Com
mercial Parade llhuuiualed floats in the
veiling
Wednesday Flower Day Ariisie
bau y and decorative art Triumphal en
try of the queen and her court A mid
summer nigirts dteim by the ladies
Thursday Patriotic Day Military pa
ra es and representations Parade of
Cermui societies Evening great nav 1
battle on the Missouri sinking of Span
ish gunboats
Friday Bicjcle Day A city on wheels
Picturesque and wonderful parades racs
and trick riders
Saturday Traveling Mens Day Kep
resentations and performances The city
is theirs Evening Innocent fun galore
No such day over known before
Arrangements have been made for a
peat midway combining new featutcs
iv I the best attractions at Omaha will I c
l hare and many others besides
From now on everybody works for the
uic ss of the carnival that it may be
newer greater and better than ever be
fore All quietly disposed people should
Move out of town for the week It will be
no place for tliose who do not enjoy fun
iinniuinccs the committee
The management is now corresponding
villi 1 Bcnyakar the originator of th
Streets of All Nations at the Worlds
Fair and who now has an exhibit at the
Omaha Exposition and confidence is ex
pressed that his attraction can be secured
for Carnival Week
Pres dent Call of the Carnival Associa
tion has received replies from tho general
passenger agents of all tho Sioux Cit
l ulway lines to his request for a one fare
late for the festival week Eich agent
cays his road will vote in favor or tho rate
nked for ami w ithout exception they say
Hie railroads will do all they can lo in
srcise interest in the Carnival
Fallacy About Flowprs
Some experiments recently in Bel
gium tend to throw doubt on the truth
of the assumption that Insects are guid
ed to flowers by tho brightness of their
colors Brilliantly colored dahlias were
covered so as to show only the disks
and butterflies and bees sought these
flowers with the same ongerness smd
frequencyns those which were fully ex
posed The conclusion reached that the
insects were guided by their sense of
smell rather than by their sight seems
oiiclusive
Tlirown Away on lllin
Jackson Well what did your wiffc
say to you when you got home so late
last night You know you were afraid
shed scold
Fairleigh My wifeu a aewei She
didnt scold a bit In fnor she didnt
even ask me where I had been or what
had delayed me but late as it was
she sat down at tho piano and began
to play nud sjns i lell you sii0s 0Uli
hx ten fhouvvnd
Jackson TMit did she ritig
FatrleiKh Tpll me the did old story
rcscsi
THE TNDJAN CONG ft ESS
Forty Distinct Types of American
Rpil Men at Omsihn
A little more than thirty years ago the
people of Omaha were called to arms to
defend their hunyes and families ggainst a
threatened invasion of Sioux warriors
An expedition sent out to put down the
uprising succeeded so well that never bince
has there been any cause to fear a second
visitation the intcivening jcars the
red man has been penned up in the reser
vations which Uncle Sam provided for his
well beingandiil has been impossible for
poor Lo to organize boards of strategy and
swoop down upon Ibis beautiful and peace
ful city Today however the Indians are
in Omaha by invitation and by grace of the
Indian oilice at Washington They camo
from all parts of the United States and
represent no less than forty distinct types
of the North American Indian When
the -United States congress appropriated
10000 for this purpose it was the inten
tion to assemble at Omaha members of
every tribe and lo show possibly for the
last time representative types of a race
destined to extinction by the slow but sure
advance of civilization Over 2500 Indians
have already arrived and before the expo
sition closes in November fully 1000 abo
rigines will be found on the camping
prolines on the north tract At intervals
they will participate in festivities peculiar
lo their tribes and in their barbarous
ilances to which legendary lore has con
tributed much romantic interest In lieu
of a better name the promoters of this
great enterprise have styled it the Indian
Congress The opening session was called
lo order August i by Capt V A Mercer
5J S A who by direction of the war de
partment is high chieftain of all tho
tribes now at Omaha
Tho opening of the congress was al
ended with ceremonial savage and civil
ized and drew one of the largest crowds
Df the season to the grounds In the fore
noon 15J children of the plains and forests
mounted on ponies and gaudily painted
and costumed paraded ihe principal down
town streets and on their return to tho
exposition grounds Captain Mercer
gathered his charges in fiont of the office
buijding wiiere they paiticipatad in a Mag
raising
After the Indians had dined the parado
was formed A squad of exposition police
marched in front ostensibly to clear the
way but as the onlookers showed far
gi eater deference lo the blue paint of tho
savages than to the blue uniforms of tho
officers thidr presence was largely a mat
ter of foim Next ciitue ihe Indian band
of twenty instruments and then there
were hundreds of Indians on foot Paint
feathers and blankets formed the basis of
most of the costumes 13 g war bonnets
of eagle feathers earmolds made of -kin
hair ami beads and great patches oT aims
or legs or backs with nothing on them
but a heavy layer or red or blue paint
gave tho affair a mo d iciuie quc appear
ance In the line of march was an Indian
sledge drawn by a poiy and bearing hrec
or four torn torn which the painted and
feathered musicians beat constantly as the
pOCvsioi wemUd its way I h rough the
Midways and round the Illtitf Tract and
back to the encampment Anoher sledge
laden with tom toms followed a short dis
tance down the line The Indians who
rode were eloMied in all the known colors
and painted to perfection The faces of
some were a dead white others were
black while olheis were red bine or
green Mnny a bave bid a bunch of
scalps dangling at Tits belt
After tho Indians had returned to tle
enclosure the public was admitted to wit
ness dances anil sports of various
In the center of the grass nlot some
twenty bucks and sqtriws seated tfiem
selvos in NrrAvQjuil began to beat the
tom tom Qjjr I mnanVryjLJck ly ga thei c L
nd ill fun began To celebrate the oc
casion Tom Sloane an Indian attorney
from the Omaha agency presented aIIver
medal as big as a saucer to Stone one ol
tho Foxes C ift making proved contagious
sod Silver Hrown of llu Omahas in the
host Iangung he could command said he
would give a pony to the I ml i in he loved
best and requested S A Combs a wli t
man to name the recipient Combs pi -Iced
nit Smoke Maker ami Mr Maker goL the
pony Mr Brown th n explained that it
was the custom for some person to give
away a pony when the Me Lit Ski dance
was givm and as he had hundreds he
thought it his dity to do Ihe giving
During the morning hour there was a
rlros rehearsal a nuiul cr of the tribes
putting the fiui diiug touches on the dances
which they will give during their stay
The ball opened bv a puty of Assini
1 oines pulling on a friendly dance which
when uniiilerpteted is The
iice is an easy swinging affair lie
uoveiuenL being similar to that of a
rhickeu that hops about with badly frozen
feet This dance continued for an hour or
ine after winch a number of squaws
ted ihemelves into the ring ami gave i
iliiiict peculiar to Hit women of Ihe Sioux
tribn Mrs
binds was the belle of the ball ami won
frequent and uproarious applause Her
step was as light as lhat of a youim fawn
while her costume wasstrikitmly fetching
She wore adiess of icd blanket cut decol
tette at both top and bottom Over this
she wore muskrat skin Lrimined with
rd llannel A I b uiizh quite ties by
Mis Knows-No-Fear danced as tightly
as though she was made of fe ithers
uowithstauiliug the fact that she tips the
scales at 2 M pounds Miss
from the iilackfeet gency ineil to
outshine her Trends and some of the spec
tators thought she did She wore a beau
tiful tobe of buckskin tanned a bright
yellow and hand painted There were
many other striking co tinni winch weie
greatly aifinin d -
representatives of theYillwfng tribes
look part in this ceiemoiiiil Had Kivec
audSacdll Flambeau Chippewa
Lower lbule Clievenne Sisseton
Flaudreati Standing Ruck and Crow
Creek Sioux Sacs an I Foxes fiom Iowa
Foxes from Mississippi AsMuibomes
Du ahas Wniuebagoes Btaokfeet Artp
nhos Jicarilla Apaches Ne Iercesf
I omauches Winhilas Bannocks Pueblos
Osjges Iroquois and Poiicai Member
of other tribes are arriving rfuly Fre
quent exhibitions of blanket muking
rtuoe making etc and of all kinds of
sports ant lances will be given
until the close of the exposition
1 bo Indian cougiess does not con
template merely an encampment of tribal
Indians hou uvs in native habitations and
carrying on various native festivals but
also periodic Indian festivals in tieipati d
in not only by the Indians in attendance
but by additional iilmuVhus brought from
tho larger reservations ior theM peeal
occasions These IioSJin festival illus
trating be religions and social ri of tlui
American linliiu will be not nJone inl r
estipg as a show feature luii instructive
from ihe edieatonal a ul eienthV stand
point affouUn i s ubiit ut IUunb4 ami
st ilo j an opiurtiiiy never before pe
iei el
It is now proposed to send Sampson to
Europe in command of a fleet instead of
Watson The idea originated -with Secre
tary Long who thinks that the glory of
the navy and the estimate in which it is
now held by foreigners may bo still fur
ther enhnnccd and emphasized if the com
mander of the Cuban licet should make a
cruise around the harbors of Europe with
a few of the ships and men whose names
were unknown to fame a few months ago
but are now familiar to the military au
thorities of every nation Secretary Long
wants to send the Oregon as a sample of
our battleships and the Minneapolis as a
type of our cruisers because both of them
were not only constructed but designed in
the United States and they are undoubt
edly superior in every respect to anj thing
of their tonnage afloat
s
Secretary Wilson of the Department of
Agriculture expects great things from the
Paris exhibition Comrress appropriated
7000 for an agricultural exhibit at the
exposition Secretary Wilson has had
his departmental force at work on the ex
hibit for ihe last six mouths and it will
labor for eighteen months longer If an
independent force of men had to be hired
to do the work which Secretary Wilson
has mapped out an additional appropria
tion of 200000 would be required As
it is the 7000 will be enough Secre
tary Wilson has the theory that the for
eign demand for American products could
fce enormously increased if we went about
the building up of the European markets
with trained intelligence instead of going
at it haphazard
It appears that Lieut Blandin of the
navy who died of cerebro spinal menin
gitis at a hospital in Baltimore the other
day has had a suicidal mania ever siwja
the destruction of tho Maine lie
iiii r 1 tlin tvw f tlj
the dis tcr and theJ
as
plosion and was hit in the heaflb j
knocked senseless by some missyl hurled
through the air lie recovered onscious
ncss after a few moments andfws uje
to leave the vessel with the otlJfr officers
His i kull was not fraeturejp amj there
were no symptoms of concsaion 0j 0
brain but he had ever sitrfce complained
of vioh t headaches aiuLafind been a vic
tim of melancholia whch the surgeons
attributed to the nervous shock- rjin i Uv
omul
T A W
it is an oTen sxret that Secretaries
Alger Day yand Bliss will resign from
the cabinet sysjsoon as the war is over and
the countryis enjoying a state of peace
again IhoKhree refuse to discuss the
report eviu the slightest degree It is
known thafffhere have been some heated
discussiorjpamong the cabinet members
concerning the policy of the Government
as it rftates to Spain and the supposition
is thatthese discussions have led to a rup
ture rmong the members r
SoneIof the cases which have been
broujht to the naval hospital at Norfolk
aredesperate particularly those of the
Spaniards of Cerveras fleet some of
whom aje literally torn to pieces The
wounded prisoners receive the same atten
tion and treatment that is given our own
men and they were given the most com
fortable places on the ship
j
From New York word comes that the
railroads are getting ready to hear down
on Congress next winter in greater force
than ever and make a supreme effort to
secure certain legislation amending the
interstate commerce law Whether they
will attempt to force through a pooling
bill is somewhat doubtful but they will
endeavor to obtain advantageous legisla
tion as close to pooling as they can get
S EPIGRAMS OF THE WAR
Dont swear boys shoot Col Wood
to the Hough liiders
Suspend judgment Captain Sigs
bees first message to Washington
Dont cheer boys the poor devils are
dying Captain Philip of the Texas
Remember the Maine Commodore
Schleys signal to the flying squadron
You can fire when you are ready Grid
ley Commodore Dewey at Manila
The Maine is avenged Lieut Wain
wright after the destruction of Qcxvera s
fleet
War is not a picnic Sergeant Ham
ilton Fish of the Rough Riders to his
mother
To hell with breakfast lets finish em
now A Yankee gunner to Commodore
Dewey
Dont mind me boys go on fighting
Captain Allyn K Capron of the Rough
Riders
Dont go between my guns and the en
emy Commodore Dewey to Prince
Henry of Germany
There must be no more recalls iron
will break at last Lieut Hobson to -Admiral
Sampson
Who would not gamble for a new star
in the fla Captain Buckey ONeiii of
the Rough Riders
Ive got them now and they will never
get home Commodore Schley on guard
at Santiago harbor
Take that for the Maine Captain
Sigsbee as he fired a shot through the
Spanish torpedo boat Terror
We will make Spanish the court Iaa
guage of hades Fighting Bob Evan
when war was declared
The battle of Manila killed me but I
would do it again Captain Gridley oC
the Olympia on his death beL
Excuse me sir I have to report that
the ship has been blown ur and is sink
ing Bill Anthony of the Maine
Shatter is fighting n ot writing Ad
jutant General Corbin to Secretary Alger
when the latter asked qrt news from the
front
Afraid Ill strala my guns at long
range Ill close in Lieut Wainwright
of the Gloucester vn the fight with Cer
veras squadron
Dont hamvji me with instructions 1
am not afraid of the entire Spanish fleet
with my ship Cai taiu Ciark of the Ore
gon to the oaru of Strtecy
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