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Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05

The new bankruptcy law is the result
of agitation and discussion extending
over Il number of years and is neccs-
Sarily Il compromise. But in the Opin-
ion of those who have been most active
in framing the law it will prove more
satisfactory than any previous lcgiSla-
ton of the kind. Speaking of it Repre-
sentative Henderson of Iowa. chairman
of the house judiciary committee. who
had much to do with the framing of the
law, said that experience will doubtless
show imperfcctions in ii, but he believed
it TO be the best that has ever beer ten
dered to the country. 1T will" said Mr..
Henderson, bring blessings to hundreds
of thousands of those who can never get
from under n hopeless load of debt and
will thoroughly protect honest men in
preserving their rights against dishonest
debtors and Secure a fair distribution of
the estates of ~insolvents. Time and eX-
pcriencc will enable congress to improve
where Improvement is needed and make
Il law that will be retained upon the
statute books of the country" Senator
HOar said of it that in some respects the
law is better than the Torrey bill. that
it will allow Il great many bankrupts to
get on their feet again ana will enable
manufacturers and merchants to get Il
fair division of their debtors property.
The law provides for both voluntary
and involuntary bankruptcy. The con
ditions are eminently just and calculated
rs far ;S possible to protect the insolvcnt
debtor from the rapacity of the creditors
lawyers ana merccnary law officers WHO
under former bankruptcy laws absorbed
Il large part of the assets Of nnnkrnntS.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05
CLAIM BUSINESS ~ CoNGRESs.
One OF th$NraionnI Abuses Demand
fnu@ correction.

UNbC. Wa PNblf
Senator GRpiuFer says that no more pri-
vate pension bins will be reported to the
senate al thepresent session, There should
be no more reported at any session. Special
pension bills arg generally for the benefit
of men whose claims have been rejected by
the all too liberia pension bureau, and there is
no good reason lwhy the time of congress
should be taken up by men who desire to
obtain pensions which are not allowed to
them by the general laws. The latter were
framed withtthe purpose of granting a PEN
sion to every man who could possibly estab-
lish a just claim to one, and when the
bureau rejects an application, that ought to
end II, unless, for some particular reason,
the bureau should action by con-
gress in exceptional cases that are shut out
by technicalities.
The special pension business is one of the
abuses of congress. which make that body an
organization for the advancement of per-
sonal and private interests and take up
valuable time which should be devoted to
the consideration and enactment of general
laws. Private claims of all sorts should be
excluded from congress to the greatest eX-
tent possible. The executive department Of
the government has ample facilities for con
sidering claims of every sort against the
government. The practice Of appealing to
congress on claims that have been rejected
by officials whose special duty is TO pass on
them is carried to such an extreme that a
large part of the time of that body is con-
sumed in the consideration of subjects that
are of no general interest and have no bear
ing whatever on the public welfare.
Many congressman spend so much of their
time pushing claims OF individual con
s%tituents that they almost forget their wider
and more important duties to their country.
Instead of being law makers, they are
merely attorneys of a comparatively small
number of individuals.
The first duty of a congressman should
be to his country, his second duty, to his
| constituents as a body, and his third duty to
the individuals who appeal to him to ad-
vance their personal interests, where these
are of a proper character. But most con-
gressmen have reversed this, and the prac-
tice of taking individual pension claims be-
fore congress after they have been rejected
by the Pension bureau is largely responsible
for the altered views of a congressman's
obligations.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05
TAXING nosTERITY.
some Remarks ON the Tendency to
pie In Debts.

washington POST,
One of the great achievements of each gem
Grafton of mankind in nearly all civilized
nations is to pile up a load of debt for gem
~erations yet to come. Instead of trying to
reduce the amount of its inherited obliga-
ton and thus leave a good example, point
ing to an ultimate removal OF the burden,
each succeeding generation lays its Offering
on the pile created by its predecessors, thus
mortgaging the toll of millions whose grand
parents are yet unborn.
If it be true-as perhaps It is not in all
cases-that governments derive their just
powers only from the consent of the gov
cIued," bow would 1t be possible for a
just government, national, state or munich
pal, to exercise the power of taxing future
generations? In all cases where that power
is employed, consent rs assumed or its abb
sence disregarded. Governments are COM
pelled to do many things involving large
expenditure of money, in which the coming
men and women are Interested! The build
irg OF substantial roads, the establishment of
parks, the erection of public buildings and
the defense of a. nations rights and honor
are among those objects the total cost of
which may not be fairly charged to the
account of the present, for the benefits will
be handed along to posterity, The public
debt of this nation, now being increased, has
been thus far mainly contracted for objects
of permanent and increasing value, so that
a part of it may go over to posterity without
injustice. The estate that we leave will be
ample, in spite of the mortgage.
But there are cities in the United States
that are piling obligations on posterity UNI
justly. The present generation ought to
educate its children, filter its drinking wa
ter, and do all other things that preseni
duty demands and which the future will
nave TO 30 for itself. Much of the vast ac,
emulation Of debt has been in outrage OF
posterity. And, If posterity is not scrupu-
lously honest, it may rid Itself Of a burden
by the summary process of reputation,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05
SPRAYS OF THE WAVE.

As somebody remarked before, W
didn't do a thing to them"
Madrid heard that Cervera made a sortie.
Sampson should forward the details.
Admiral Cervera, with half a dozen ships,
sailed out to sea. but didn't come back
again.
Davy Jones locker was substantially fat
tened by the proceedings at Santiago on the
morning of July 3,
Owing to the enervating heat of the en-
gagement, Admiral Cervera's report of his
sortie is delayed in transmission"
The history of the events at Santiago
will not be complete unless Blanco finds
another mule massacred by the Americans.
Notwithstanding reports to the contrary,
the boys at Santiago are willing to admit
that Spanish aims are at times too low for
comfort,
If any islands escaped the notice of the
first fleet to Manila, the second and third
will see to it that they are taken under the
wing of tho eagle.
Oficial reports are necessarily meager.
but it is safe to say that Bob Evans did
his share in making Spanish the official Ian
| guage OF the tropics,
General Pando, the valorous, is Fastening
on to Santiago in search of trouble. 1t re-
quires no gift OF prophecy to assure him
that he will be accommodated,
Admiral SIMPSONS contribution to the
enthusiasm of July 4, 1898, will go thunder
ing down the ages as a warning to elfete
monarchies to mend their manners.
Many of the regulars at Santiago are
said to have fdhghl CALAMITY in a summer
costume, consisting of a cartridge belt, a
rifle and a chew of tobacco. No wonder
the Spaniards irhR'
To MORO. 6b. 10 Morro-but what's the
use. The old castle is casting its last
shadows over the tunnels of the Merrimac,
Santiago takes its place with Gettysburg
in the glorious ANNALS of July 3.
What a thrilling spectacle that was when
the American troops, stretched around SAN
tiago for seven miles, celebrated the destruc-
tion of the Spanish fleet by singing The
Star Spangled Banner and Hal COlum-
bia.' 1t was compensation for the trials
of the preceding days.
The man who it is proposed shall raise
the Cuban flag over Havana when the is
land is liberated from Spanish rule has
already been ~selected-Juan ATnao, who
has been cOnspiring against the Spanish
government for ffty-hve years and is now
nearly 80, lie is living IN Tampa at pres.
ent and he has the distinction of being
the first man who bled in endeayoring Il
free Cuba in the first insurrection OF 1850
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05
FATALLY SHOT BY HIS WIFE
George Blackwell Was Choking His
Spouse When She Used IL Re-
Not-cr on Him.

George Blackwell, a hostler in the employ
of DR.. Gilmore, is lying at the Presbyterian
hospital with IA bullet wound through his
right lung, inflicted by his wife, Lottie. His
condition is serious and the attending physi-
clans do not hold out much hope for his
recovery.
Blackwell, who lives at Twenty seventh
and Douglas streets. and his wife had a
quarrel yesterday morning over a picnic the
former attended at some small suburban
grove, and Blackwell struck his wife,
after which he left the house. Two hours
later he returned and the quarrel was ire
sumed.
At the time of the shooting Blackwell, so
the woman says, had her PROSTATE on a bed
and was choking her. She reached under
a pillow where she kept a revolver. and
placing it against his heart fired.
After the shot Blackwell ran from the
room, but returned in a few moments and
dropped onto the bed unconscious.
A police ambulance conveyed the wounded
man to the Presbyterian hospital, and the
woman was taken to the Central station.
At the hospital Black well said he did not
want the woman prosecuted, as the shooting
was all his fault. Both parties are colored
and recently moved to Omaha from Biz
mingham, Ala.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05
COLONEL HAMIlT0N'S RECORD
army career az II Gallant Soldier
who F"ll ~ the Right Before
SnutinGo.

Lieutenant Colonel John NJ. Hamilton oi
the Ninth cavalry, who was killed nj San.
tiago, was born in Ontario Canada. ON Inn,
1. 1889. lie engaged in business pursuits IN
Geneva, n. Y, at the beginning OF thc no..
bellion. On the first OF Nav. 1851 he ON.
listed in the Twcnty-third Sow York vo,ip.
teers and in September was appointed ror.
poral and assigned to a color guard. which
position he kept until discharged. lie served
in the defense of Washington DURING tho
winter Of lS6l-62. participated In the Manas-
sas, Virginia. Peninsular, Maryland and
Rappahannock campaigns and was en-
gagged in the siege OF Yorktown, the skirm-
ish near Lees Min, skirmishes at Savage
Station and in the White Oak Swamp. lie
took part in the closing operations OF the
second battle Of Bull Run. the battles OF
South Mountain, Autietam and Frcdericks-
burg, In the battle OF Mays Heights tser-
ond fredericksburg, on the Sd of May. he
was wounded and was discharged at Geneva,
June .. 1863.
He then engaged In civil pursuits until
appointed second lieutenant in the Ninth
United States colored troops. His regiment
was Joined to the Army of the James, where
he engaged in the battles of Deep Bottom
and Flusser's Mill, Va, on August HIS. In
the charge made against Fort Gilmer, Va, he
" N'iAilHhNf "h'AN 'N ANNN htNtN
one -fourth Of his men. on May Is, 1860, he
was promoted as a first lieutenant, and soon
after the surrender of the Army Of North
ern Virginia, was transferred to Texas, where
he served as aid-de-camp and acting as
%sistant inspector general on a brigade stan
of the Twenty-ffth Army corps. and after.
wards, for seven months, as property
ordnance officer on the stan of Brigadict
General Getty. at Brownsville. At Browns
willie he was conspicuous for his securing and
holding large government stores, In the fall
he was relieved of this duty and was sent
with his regiment TO Baltimore for MUSTER
out service. Upon his arrival in New
Orleans he was kept in the service. Later
he was appointed from New York rs
a corporal in the Twenty ninth infantry
and was highly commended for his
energy, capacity and Jealous discharge
of duty. After being honorably discharged
for gallant service he was made a brevet
captain and served at Grcenville Barracks.
Fort Pike and Baton Rouge until April 20.
1869, when his regiment was consolidated
with the Fourteenth infantry and he was
placed on the list of unassigned officers. He
participated in the entire campaign of 1873
against the Apache Indians and was en-
gagged in the conflict on Pinto creek. In
the spring of 1874 he was actively engaged
in the campaign against the Carlos Apaches
and commanded a detachment of his regi-
ment. He was twice nominated by the
United States senate as a brevet major for
his gallant conduct against the Tonic
Apache Indians. After several fights with
the Indian tribes he rejoined his regiment
at Fort Robinson, where he has served
since as a company, and at times a post
commander.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05
MYSTERY or THE GRAB.
The Sugar Plum Concealed in tn
Hawaiian Deal.

Hawaiian Deal.
Springfield Mass.) Republican.
We have received a copy of the report of
the Hawaiian collector general of customs
for the calendar year 1897. 1t gives, among
other things, a statement of imports into the
islands and exports therefrom during the
past fifty-four years. The aggregates are
S147, Cos, 719 imports and $232, 1913 ,236 exports.
This is an average per year of imports OF
about 81, 700, 900, exports $4,3OO, OoO-aVerage
exports being a little less than twice as
large as average imports. But in recent
years exports have averaged an amount more
than twice as large as imports. the figures
for 1897 being. Exports from Hawaii, SIG,
021, 775; imports, 81, 6S2, 62S.
But Hawaii's trade with the United States
is even more one-sided. We imported there
from in 1897 some $13, 6S7 900 worth of prod
ucts, mainly sugar, and sold to the islands
commodities to the amount of only A 1880, 900.
We thus afford a market for the Hawaiian
employers of what Mr.. Morrill, of Vermont
calls semi-slaves nearly three times as large
as the market given to US in
return. The claim of commercial
advantage in annexation is, there
fore, enough TO make the solemnest OF
the jingoes grin. The Hawaiian market can
never be otherwise than what it is-eXceed-
ingly limited relative to population. The
mass of the people there wear little cloth
ing, eat little that is not produced on the
islands and are satisfied to go no further.
The commercial advantage of annexation to
the United States is absolutely nothing.
And as for the military advantage, con-
slider this bit of testimony given by Genera
Schofeld last May before the house commit
tee on military affairs:
@. You thought it was wise to get thu
harbor because that was about the only
thing valuable to us?
A. The only thing essential to us.
@. You are still of the opinion that that
harbor is the only thing essential to us?
A. From a military standpoint.
The reference was to Pearl harbor now
| held by the United States under treaty pro
| visions. All the military advantage of the
islands is already in our possession.
| What, then, can be the reason for this
| feverish, aggressive. intolerant push for an
| nexation? What is the secret of the presi-
dents anxiety and the congressional rush tt
| get ahead of an expression of popular opin-
ion in the matter? Who will explain the
mystery?
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05

ADMIRAL SIMPSONS SIGNAL VICTORY
Every patriotic American has reason
to feel proud over the brilliant victory
achieved by the American fleet under
Admiral Sampson, whose name will 80
down in history alongside of Americas
greatest naval heroes from John Paul
Jones to George Dewey. The annihila-
ton Of SPANS most formidable armada,
the capture of Admiral Cervera and
1.3O0 of his subordinate officers and ma
rines with the nominal loss of but
man is unparalleled in modern naval
warfare. ,....s.
Without disparaging the magnificent
victory at Manila it can be truly said
that the complete destruction of Ger
ycra's fleet in" the open sea constitutes
the most signal triumph of armored
ships and powerful guns handled with
mntchless skill under II masters leader
ship that has eve been recorded. At
Manila the Spanish fleet. inferior in
armament. was taken by surprise and
overpowcred before it had time to pre-.
pare For battle. AZ Santiago the Span
sislrildmiral witlrathe flower of the Span
ish.nayy sailed forth to give battle only
to be overmatched, outgeneraled and
forced to capitulate after a conflict that
left him without Il single ship.
If Dewey'S bloodlcss victory at Ma.
Mia was without precedent in the an,
mails of naval warfare. Admiral Samp
som achievement will evoke the ad.
miration of naval men all over. the
world. 1t affords conclusive proof
that America has Il right to claim rec
ognition aS 0ne of the great naval pow
ers and that America today boasts he
rocs on land and sea who will compar,
favorably with those of any age or coun
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05

The success of the American forces
Mt Santiago brings into sight the ap-
preaching end Of the war with Spain.
The loss Of its two most powerful
fleets leaves Spain almost dcrcnsclcSS on
tile water, where for centuries II has
boosted greatest strength. The %incyita-
bic fall Of Santiago and the impending
occupation uC Manila must bc the fore
runncte of the collapse of all Spain's Coz
lonial power to save which IT has raised
largo armies. equipped great nayics and
accumulated a colossal public debt.
However proud the Spaniard may he
he must soon realize his impotcncy to
cope with n powerful nation like the
United States and the utter uselcsSncSs
of protrnCting Il hopeless struggle.
Whether the friends of Spain among the
European nations attempt to intervene
or not. the conditions that confront
Spain will compel its rulers to sue for
peace rather IMAM expose IFS people 10
further humiliation, risk the destruction
Of its merchant marine and invite the
overthrow of the present dynasty 10y
rebellion.
III the prospect of an early termina
tion of the war lies the greatest cause
for American cNultatiOn.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05

1t has been decided over and over
again by the courts that the title to
Office mo be tried by Injunction.
That was the ruling Of Judge Hope
well in the police commission contest
three years ago and again of three
Judges of the present district bench in
the mayoralty contest Il wear ago. The
question of title to the office of, police
commissioner has been adiudicatcd in
the supreme court and Judgment entered
for the ouSting of the defunct Herd.
man commission. The best thing the
gang of impeachables can do is to make
Il bow and exit.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05

The Canadians who crossed the line on
excursion trains to help their American
neighbors celebrate the Fourth were
neither hypocrites nor die merrymakers
out for a iaunt. They recognized the
fact that the American Fourth of July
is Il holiday that meant II great deal
not only for the American colonists and
their descendants. but for those who
remained in British colonies in every
part of the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05

1t is reported that thirteen democratic
newspapers f Kansas have refused to
support the fusion state ticket and are
advocating n policy of independence
from populism which has brought
discredit ON them and the state.
Now that free silverism is out
of the way and no longer af-
fordS Il legitimate basis for com
bined action against the republican
party the straight democrats ought IL
make Roadway.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05
- - - a ,. - -
TPNnS Plants nm sA0,"

Kansas CITY Star. -
Texas can be relied on any day in the
week for a good advertisement, and it
handed in a full page at the exposition at
Omaha, by means of a free watermelon feast,
The Texas grown melons, having been eX-
hibited in the Agricultural building, were
turned over by the Texas commissioners to
be carved and eaten. and the thousands of
visitors who buried their faces in the slices
of watermelon will bless Texas forever.
other states. it is said, VIII follow with fes-
rivals, Missouri setting up the apples, but
with Texas will remain the prize for leader
shin and originality.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05

The federation movement in Australia
has received Il temporary setback owing
to opposition which developed in New
South Wales. The articles of federation
were approved in that colony by Il vote
of 10000 to G5.0oO, but the Legislature
has provided that the vote of approval
must be not less than 10000. The other
colonies approved the articles and the
advocates of federation will begin over
again and perseyere until they are sue
ccSsful. 1t will be recalled that the
largest and wealthieSt of the American
colonies at first rejected the federation
proposals out of which grew the Ameri,
can union. Federation in Australia may
be defeated. but only for Il time.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05

h Colorado representative of two
English syndicatcS received IL cable or
der last week to invest heavily in silver
mines paying dividends and he has of
Tered to wager that the price of silver
Will go up at least 10 per cent within
the next twOs weeks. Heretofore all in
vestmcnts of foreign money have been
III gold mines. 1t is encouraging to
learn that the Scare about Silver has al
most subsidized.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05
Morally Sound and Healthy.

New York Tribune. ..H'
1t is a common lament of the ill-informed
and the p~essimistic that the American chara-
ter has deteriorated, that sordid passions, or
at best a low indifference to noble things,
have replaced the old heroic temper. This
war is r%efuting every day that melancholy
estimate and proving that the nation is
morally sound and healthy. The thousands
at the front, in doing their whole duty with
unaffected devotion to the land they love.
are not merely an example to but an ex-
ample of the millions at home whom a
greater emergency would summon into ac-
tipD - HA- u ~ 80 - FH~
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05

1t is to the credit of the American
people that in the hour of their triumph
over an ignoble foe they are not show
ing resentment nor desire, for mere
vengeance. The war is being conducted
III Il way to bring about most speedily
its close with the least possible loss of
life or suffering of the innocent. This
is not because the American. people re-
spect the Spaniards, but because they
respect themselves and are humane.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05

HAMILTON. Ont, July 4.-Three young
men, Charles Searly, Ray Sinnett and
Charles Williams. were drowned in the
bay here last night, during a storm. They
were sailing in a clinker-built yacht when
it began to fill, and in endeavoring to bail
it out, the tiller was left unguarded for a
moment, and the yacht capsized. The three
men and one other, named Long, started
to swim ashore. The result was that the
three were drowned, Long barely managing
to reach the shore. Much damage was done
by the storm, and several yachts broke from
their mornings and were injured by colli-
SionS,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05

been without railroad facilities, while
New Mexico and Arizona are being built
largely IN anticipation Of business yet
to come. 1t is evident the time has not
yet arrived To abandon new railroad
building in the United States. Some
lines have been built where It would
have been better not to have had them,
but on the whole the present lines are
fairly well distributed throughout the
country and there is still demand for
the building of many more really need
full limos.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05
Deserved Tribute to Heroes.

The %senate's resolution rendering thanks
to Hobson's men, personally naming all Of
them, even the common seamen, is a pre-
cedent, and surely a worthy one. Each one
of that gallant crew was behind his COM
mander only in the matter of education and
special training, and so far as courage and
GOODNESS 60 each deserves as much praise.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-05

Miners Strike Lool,s Serious.

PANA, ILL.,, July 4.-The miners strike
situation grows more serious every hour.
The operators declare they will resume
Tuesday with nonunion men. Five hundred
union miners were reinforced today by 800
crusaders from the Springfield district. 1t
is SAID the union men will try to stop he
non-unon men attempting to begin work. A
large force of deputies has been sworn in.