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NO MORE TROOPS FOR PORTO RICO.
Tho Fifth Illinois Ordered to
and Return to Camp.


and Return to Camp.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1o.-Although the War
Department rescinded yesterday the orders to
Gen Wade's Provisional Division 10 go to Porto
Rico. and decided to send no moro troops Of
any command TO the island at present, a part
OF the Third Brigade, First Army Corps, en-
barked before the new orders reached them.
The First Kentucky Volunteers left Newport
News last night on the OLDHAM. Brig. Gen.
Fred Grant going on the same ship. This
telegram was received to-day by the Adjutant-
General:
NEWPORT NEWS. Aug. 10.
First Kentucky sailed. Fifth Illinois not
yet gone. but aboard. Leaves 160th Indiana.
Third Kentucky, Sixteenth Pennsylvania, and
detachment signal corps. q. ". GUHDER.
Colonel 16Oth Indiana, Commanding"
The Fifth Illinois Is the regiment which was
prevented from going to Porto Rico at an
earlier date on account Of the claims set forth
by one OF the Indiana regiments which was
eager to go to the front. To settle the dispute
both regiments were ordered 70 go. The Fifth
Illinois has now been ordered to disembark
and to return to it's camp.
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THE CHICAGO NEARLY READY.
Cruiser Has Been O~verhnuled and Will @,
Into Commission Next Week.

Crul8or Has Boen OVorhhuIed and VIII Go
Into Commission Next Week.
The cruiser Chicago. which has been thor
oughly overhauled. will be put In commission
at the navy yard next week. The dock trial OF her
new engines. which are expected materially to
increase her speed. has been fixed ornext Mon
day. One OF the most important improvements
in the Chicago was the replacing of the old
woodwork with nreproof wood. Capt. Cooper
has come from the Annapolis NavalAcademy to
take command Of the cruiser.
The Panther. which has been transformed
from a transport into a cruiser. has received
her battery OF ten 5-inch rifles and rapid-fire
guns. She was taking on coal yesterday and
will leave the yard within a week.
The Celtic will probably leave the yard on
Saturday for Cuba and Porto Rico with a big
cargo OF supplies. Some OF the stores on the
Yale were transferred to the Celtic yesterday.
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NoRFoLK. Va. Aug, 10.--The reason for the
return ofthe Colon wrockinG expedition. which
had gone some ninety miles on its way 10 San
tlaGo. was that the two largest pontoons sprung
a leak. The remainder OF the expedition will
probably go tomorrow without the pontoons,
which will be cAlked, made tight. and will fol-
low later.
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FOOD FOR SOLDIERS IN CUB1.

100 Cords sent with Troops on tho Leona
from savannah.
SAVANNAH, Ga. Aug. IO.-The Second Bat
TALON OF the Fifth Regiment. U. s. ", left for
Cuba this morning on the Government trans.
port Leona, There are 30O men. in command
Of Major Money OF Mississippi. q son Of
Senator Money, One Of the features Of the de-
parture was the loading on board OF the Leona
OF 1OOcords Of wood for the use OF the troops
after reaching Cuba. When the Third ReRi-
mont, U. 8. ". leave Friday on the Minnewaska
they viii take 1000 cords of wood. and the
QuArtsrmAster Is 70 engage q vessel 70 carry
5000 cords - soon a. possible.
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Dolphin Ready for work Again.

NORFOLK, Va. Aug. 10.-The despatch boat
Dolphin. Commander Lyon, left the Norfolk
Navy Yard this morning and dropped down 10
lnal orders for sea duty. The disabling Rhip
Iris Is nearing completion. and within a few
days will be ready 70 proceed TO supply fresh
the front. The ram Katahdin Ia having all her
seq valves overhauled and her bottom scraped
and naintpd
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SPANISH TROOPS For MAX11A9

1t Ii Said They Arc Ordered to Get Ready
to Go to tho Philippines.
Special Gable Despatch TO THE Sun.
GIBRALTAR. Aug. 10.-The troops at San
Rogue and Queen OF Spain's Chair have been
ordered to hold themselves in readiness to
proceed to the Philippines.
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Daily ~. % seashore Excursions.

Aug. IL TO Sept. 10. via Pennsylvania Railroad, TO
Long Branch. AsbuIy parf, Ocean Grove. Sea dirt,
trains leave 28d ct. 1850. cortlAndt and DesbfoSses
~; 500, Brooklyn I:tS A. NJ. and returning leave
Point Pleasant 0:Sb 7. NJ. same day, Rate from New
xCEhs 9 I;9oi cstldFeA' 10 Osn'Si BIPOklyA 10 cent?
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NO OPPOSITION TO WHEELER.
Judge Richardson withdraw from the Race
for Congress.

HUNTsvILLE. Ala, Aug. l0.-Judge william
Richardson. candidate for the Democratic nom
ination for Congress in opposition to Gen.
Wheeler, tonight announced that he had with
drawn from the contest. Gen. Wheelers con-
duct In the war has oreateda landslide of public
sentiment In his favor, and II 10 impossible for
any man TO defeat him In the ConErSsS raOS.
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V ksss i Esss &. T SS;:i :Hss' ,I e E3Pss1 q .s.1 1.;7ts
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-08
CHECKING TRAvEL 70 EUROPE.

Travel to Europe from the United
States will this year not be so large as
usual, unless. the war should be ter
minated speedily. This will be a good
thing in so far as it will keep at home
money that would go abroad. 1t is es-
timated that the average annual expen.
ditures of Americans making pleasure
tours in foreign lands amount to not
less than $10O,OOO,OOO, including wha.
is paid to foreign ship owners. The
probability is that not to exceed half of
this amount will be spent this year by
American tourists in Europe, which will
be equivalent to adding $50,000,OO0 to
the value of our exports of merchandise,
as far as the International balance of
trade is concerned.
A part of this sum Will doubtless be
expended in pleasure seeking and sight
seeing in our own land and that will
be good thing. The great west offers
attractions that are nowhere eXcelled
Eastern people are too little acquainted
with these and better knowledge OF
them would be beneficial all around
Mr.. Chauncey Depew is authority fol
the statement that the scenery of the
Rocky mountains Is not surpassed by
that Of the Alps. The Yellowstone parl
is one of the wonders of nature. Com
paratively few Of the people of the cas-
have any idea OF the extent and excel
lence of western attractions and 1t wOult
make them better Americans II they
| should learn more Of them A specia
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-08
RUMBLES OF THE GUNS.

Oliver Perry Belmont is ready to fight IL
he gets commission. Why not grab gun :?
There is some consolation for Spanish
honor in the fact that the military has taken
Madrid.
The governor general of the Philippines
goes Blanco one better in admitting the loss
of more than a mule
The Spaniards claim to have covered
themselves with glory" at Manila They
also covered their ships with water.
That affair at Manila will strengthen the
Spanish notion of American character. They
have reason to call us pigs" now since
Dewey went 1.-The whole hog at Cavite.
The naval board of strategy doubtless
thinks it knows few things about the con-
duct of the war; but that does not prevent
war correspondents from telling the board
| what to do and how to do it.
| If all the captured ships at Key West are
| condemned, Admiral SIMPSONS share of the
prize money is estimated at $100, 900. His
divvy is 20 per cent of the whole. 1t is a
prize package worth shooting for
! Some one familiar with Commodore
! Dewey's early life ventures an explanation
| for the fury with which he attacked the
| Spanish fleet A Spaniard married the love
OF MS DOynOOu. Inat Called fOr rlcn, red
Castilian blood and he got it after a wait OF
forty years.
That bluff put up by the commander of the
Mangrove when he forced larger and
better armed ship to "heave to" is the sole
ground for the suspicion that he is a bat
man in a game of poker. In playing the
present game 1t Is necessary to carry few
cards up his sleeve.
II troops are sent from California to sup
port Dewey in holding Manila, they will
reach the country at the beginning Of thu
rainy season. The wet season there begin.
in June and lasts about six months. Dur
ing that period business is lifeless and trave
in the interior impossible.
The battleship Iowa floated around IL
front of Havana for ten days without ,
chance to fire a gun. The calm serenity o
the blockade chafed the captain, SO wheI
Fighting Bob Evans received on boart
the New York his orders for the secret mis-
sion he hailed his gig and exclaimed
"Where Is that toy of mine?'
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-08
THE SHOWER OF GOLD.

Within the past ten days rain has
fallen abundantly on practically every
portion of Nebraska, Iowa, the DakOtas
fall has been greater than for any per-
iod of equal length for many years.
While there has not been the warmth
necessary to give crops a good start
at this season Of the year, the fact that
the ground has become thoroughly sat
urated with water at the beginning of
the growing season is a matter of first
Importance to the farmers and all who
are directly or indirectly interested in
farming.
The wet season has come this year
late enough to insure storing the SUI
plus moisture in the vast soil reservoirs
and early enough to avoid retarding
the work of planting the corn. 1t is
the right kind of season for the pas
lures and the ranges, which
need favorable weather guile
as much as the corn and
wheat fields, for the dry seasons of the
past have brought permanent injury to
all grass land. 1t is also a good sea-
son for winter wheat and not particu-
larly harmful to spring wheat and other
small grain where it has been sowed
! early. 1t may not be the right kind OF
weather for fruit but If not prolonged
the fruit will still do well.
The coming Of these splendid spring
showers are veritable shower of gold
They afford the opportunity for crop
season that will put every farm owner
| further along the high road Of prosper
| ity. The rainfall Is here in sufficient
quantity to assure good crops by the
aid of the sunshine sure to follow and
all that is necessary is for the farmers
to use good judgment in conserving tina
moisture while the crops are growing
Thanks to the scientific eXperimenter:
at the agricultural colleges and on pri
vate experiment farms farming Is NJ
longer all guesswork.
1t is now practically certain tina
prices for farm produce will remain
high during the next year. With goot
crops assured by continued favorable
weather western farmers have a righ
to rejoice at the outlook
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-08
COMMODORE DEwEYs REpvRr.

The report Of Commodore Dewey
shows that his victory was most conf
pletc and decisive. 1t Is most remark
able that while several hundred Span.
iards were killed and wounded there
was no loss of life on the American
fleet and only six Of the crews were
wounded. In this Is Illustrated the very
great superiority of our gunners and
1t Is to be expected that this will be
again shown in the naval battles to take
place. The proverbial inferiorty OF
Spanish craftsmanship was most mani
fest at Manila and II the gunners there
were not very much worse than those on
Spains other war ships our fleets have
nothing to fear from an encounter with
the Spanish naval forces.
Commodore Dewey lost no time in
giving battle. Arriving at Manila at the
dawn of day he went into action with
vigor and dash which must have
amazed If it did not dismay the enemy.
The American squadron did not pause
to investigate forts or mines, but sailed
straight into Manila bay and attacked
the Spaniards with Il fire Of shot and
shell so accurately directed that the
fight was soon over 1t was a magnifl-
cent exhibition Of energy, skill and dar-
ing. AS to the Spaniards, 1t would seem
that they were brave enough, but cour-
age is only one of the qualities essential
to the winning of battles.
Commodore Dewey Is complete master
of the situation at Manila and that por-
| ton OF the Philippines is under Ameri-
can control. 1T will remain so, of course
during the war and in the meanwhile
this government will determine the ques
ton as to what shall be done with the
islands when the war Is ended. AS We
have heretofore said, permanent Occupa
ton by the United States should not bC
thought Of. We do not need that re
mote territory and to undertake to carry
on u government there and to keep the
order would certainly cause us endless
trouble. Then there is the possibility
Of complications with European powers
If we should decide to permanently holt
the Philippines. None of these powers
can fairly question our right to be there
but permanent possession would newt
ably involve the United States in the
| far eastern question and with that W.
should have nothing whatever to do
Our Asiatc commerce can be protected
without our having any territory in Iha
| quarter of the world.
| Our true policy will be to either brin:
about there the establishment of an in
dependent government or to allow th'
islands to pass into the control Of ;
power that would properly govern then
and develop their resources. There il
no danger Of any complications grow
ing out Of the question Of disposing o
the Philippines If our government shal
adhere to it's traditional policy.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-08
Subjects of the hopeful and sorrowing

Subjects of the hopeful and sorrowing
Queen Christina Of Spain cannot now
become citizens Of the United States
and secure the protection of the stars
and stripes by simply applying for
naturalization papers. They must be
refused so long as war is in progress
between the two countries. When the
Spaniards have enough of the war in
which they are not taking a very con-
spicuOus part they can become citizens
Of the United States as though nothing
had happened.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-08
Canadians are inclined to be boastful

Canadians are inclined to be boastful
over the fact that between January I
and April II Of the present year more
than 10000 bona tide settlers, mostly
from the European interior, signified
their intention Of taking up land in the
Canadian northwest, and that hundreds
of immigrants continue to pass through
Montreal and Toronto on the way to
the northwestern provinces. The record
Is. indeed one to be proud of, but the
fact is that settlement Of the Canadian
northwest has not in recent years kept
pace with the general progress on the
western continent, and great deal of
this present activity is because Canada
is "cauching up" with her neighbors.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-08

difference in the compensation Of teach
crs per pupil taught, and Lord Rose
berry Is quoted as saying that this dif-
ference represents n monetary sacrifice
on the part Of the teacher or the en-
ployment of children to act as guides
and captains to children well nigh their
own age.
The school syFem in operation in the
United States a well as in parts of Eu-
rope secures Substantial uniformity
among schools ind such general educa.
tion that 1t is Sustained cheerfully by
public sentiment. Although it Is much
to be desired that educators be better
paid and that the educa tional standard
be raised wherever that is possible, the
system must b, regarded as in every
way preferable to the mixed and COM
pllcated system of our English neigh.
bOrS
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-08
A GLORIOUS SHROUD.
ISaac A. kilgOre.

Isaac A. Kilgore.
Oh, list the clangor that rings through our
Apprizing it's children that war Is at handI
The voice of the nation seems borne on tho
OF each screaming whistle, each harsh toll
Crying Death to the pirates that seek to
The Grandest Republic this world ever
knsw"
1t thrills through the bosom and rouses the
To feel we are atoms or such Erari
Ere we earn a shroud Of its red. white anr
blue.
Chorus-oh,' glorious land of the sta
soangled banner! 49,
The life that you gave us we'll risk fos
th., honor!
Content that no worse fate thy wars hold
Than a glorious shroud or Its red. white
Loud DER the battle
Thy war songs we'll prattle
Till every transgressor hath knelt In thy
vier..
AS gentle. in peace as the lamb in it'
When honor entreats us we've va'or un'
And Spain shall be minded that she has
When n tSs she tackles the Drawn of the fair
Crying "Death-or surrender the justict
The Grandest Republic this world ever
knew!"
| For when they cry "quarter"-those blood
hounds of Spain
He'll point, with these words, to the wreck
of the Maine:
ASK that of those heroes ye ruthlessly
Now kneel to their shroud, there. the red.
| white and blue.
Array our tall warriors It'll grandeur o'er-
a"es
The misguided nation that needs not our
| laws!
Cali forth our miltiamen, blthe as the
They'll fight as their fathers fought ere
| they were born!
The flag shall be righted and honored
| anew,
Though some earn a shroud of It's red.
| white and blue.
Cali forth volunteers, send the news DER
the world
That once more, for justice. our flag is un'
furled,
That It may pay homage where homage II
due,
To the Grandest Republic that 1t ever
knew!
Chorus.
Grand Island. Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-08
THE WHEAT SITUATION.

No safe prediction can be made as to
where the advancing price Of wheat Will
halt. Speculation, of course, Is to a very
considerable extent responsible for the
great advance Of the last few days, but
there is also substantial basis for It.
The European wheat supply is short aud
there Is reason to think that the stock
of that grain in this country is not suilt-
cient to meet the foreign demand until
the next harvest. According to the final
report of the Agricultural department
on the crops of 1897, recently issued, the
United States produced in that year
53O,O0O,OOO bushels Of wheat. The ex-
port of wheat, including flour, since July
1 last, has been about 2O0,0OO.OoO bushels.
If home consumption has been at the
estimated normal standard 1t amounts
to about 3OO.OOO,OO0 bushels since July
1. Adding to these figures the amount
of wheat required for seed and IT will
be seen that the departments statement
of last years crop Is exceeded. The
probability is that it Is an underesti-
mate, but in any event there is reason
to think that there Is no more wheat II
the United States than will supply the
demand until harvest, while 1t Is posi-
BILE that we shall run short before that
time. From this point Of view, there
fore, still higher price for wheat seems
probable.
The New York Journal of Commerce,
however, which does not accept the
figures of the Department Of Agriculture
as correct, expresses the opinion that we
have not reached the bottom of the
wheat bins and are nowhere near 1t. II
says that by the time we get through
with our crop of 1897 we are likely to
find out that even the trade estimates
which were much larger than that OF
the Department OF Agriculture, did no,
do it justice. "The position" remarks
| that paper, "is an extremely favorable
one for those Of our farmers who still
have wheat on hand-and two months
ago they owned up to 121 100000 bush
els and the item is one they are no
likely to Overestimate, any more thar
they do their crops-and very favorable
also to the national balance of trade
which is of good deal more than th'
usual Importance now that the govern
ment Is enormously increasing its dis
bursemen;s."
The advance in the price of wheat ant
in less degree of corn has of cours
been of great benefit to producers hav
ing these grains to sell and also Of larg
advantage to the country in connection
with the trade balance, but it is a rathe
serious matter to the great body of con
sumers, who, if wheat goes much higher
will be compelled to curtail the use o
flour and use more corn. At all event
we are better off than the people o
Europe and will not have to resort t
any extraordinary measures to obtai
foodstuffs.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-08

Favorable Outlook for n proutr
Crop.

Fnvornbic Outlook for q Profitable
Crop.
St Louis Republic.
The governments April crop report beare
out In detail the favorable forecast made q
month ago.
The report shows that the crops all over
the country are more promising with the
opening Of May than at any corresponding
period within the past decade. An In
creased acreage OF cereals Is reported from
all sections. and the condition averages
higher than that Of last year at the same
season. With continuance OF good weather
there now appears no reason why the cereal
yield of 1898 should not equal, II II does not
exceed, the great yield OF 1892.
The cotton raising states also make an
exceptionally good showing. The plant 10
making rapid growth. and earlier maturity
than is the rule is confidently expected.
The fruit regions show up with unusually
favorable conditions Blooming has COM
menced. and unless heavier frosts than are
common occur the fruit crop, especially
peaches. apples. pears and cherries. will
reach high average.
A general view OF the situation is exceed
ingly encouraging to the entire farming in
tercsts OF the country. With Europe need
Ing more food than ever the American
farmer fruit raiser and stockman this year
should feel encouraged by the prospects OF
adequate reward for their thrift and indus
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-08
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

What's in a name? All the sea fights OF
the Pacific ocean.
John Mcintyre, who killed himself with
poison at the Capitol hotel. in Louisville the
other day. insisted when he registered on
being assigned to room 49,
It is believed that a goodly number OF
the gentlemen who are now clamoring to
be sent to war will be satisfied with an
advance as far as the pay office.
MIR. Joseph A. Springer. United States
vice consul in Havana, has represented this
country there for over thirty years. He Is
a native of Maine and speaks q number OF
languages.
A paragraph in the foreign papers shows
the close watch kept on royalty by announc-
ing that the king Of the Belgians was actu-
ally seen to wipe the dust off his shoes
with a pocket handkerchief.
jeremiah Curtin, the translator Of one OF
the English editions of "Quo Vadis"-and
the one which on this side was the cheapest
of all-is said to have received $4,000 as his
share of the sales of the book.
The finest looking people Of Europe are
the Tziganes, or Gypsies Of Hungary. Phys
lcally tney are Spienulu specimens Oh Hell
and women, and are rarely ILL., So pure
is their blood that their wounds heal
quickly without the application of medica-
ments.
r. w. Ramsden, the English consul al
Santiago, Cuba, who has just asked to have
an English war ship sent there from ia
maica, is the same man who in 1873 let the
world know of the massacre Of portion
! of the crew Of the Virginius and helped
thus to save the remainder.
| In an address before some confederate
veterans the other day General Wade Hamp'
ton said: my old comrades. we know wha
war Is. l do not hesitate to say that
regret the one upon which We are now en-
tering. But you are South Carolinians
you are sons OF the men who have shet
immortal glory on the Palmetto flag In th'
past, and l would rather die than thnl
that South Carolina would not respond t
the call made upon her for volunteers. And
old as / am, ! can still ride on horseback
and WELD a sword. and II South Carolina'i
quota il not filed. II there is one name
lacking to make II full. ! myself will vol
unteer. This is our country. and 1t Is oul
duty to make 1t the champion OF freedom
for all time to come"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-08
st. Paul Globe.

II the president refuses to join those who
leaped to the conclusion that the battle of
Cavite was the practical end Of the war, he
shows a capacity to gather wisdom. When
that $50,OOt.OOO appropriation was voted a
month ago it was hailed as peace keeper.
1t Kept It two weeks, meanwhile getting
ready to break 1t. After Napoleon had over
run Spain, defeated it's armies and captured
its cities and had the nation PROSTATE at his
feet the people of Spain rose en- masse and
scourgcd him. If the effect Of Manila is to
make our ship masters over-confdent there
is a possibility of a rude awakening.