Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-25
ECHOES or tue WAR.


II the comment INDUCED in by the gallery
gods and goddesses who looked down
upon" Rear Admiral Schley Tuesday night
were preserved and properly autographed
the collection would take high rank among
the trophies OF the distinguished officer.
Every move made every attitude, were
noted and many evoked remarks. He is
one Of the plain people," whispered
graybeard. Where is the sign asked his
companion. 'Just watch him when he
stands up. See-see how naturally his lett
hand goes into his pocket That's an in
fallible sign OF unaffected greatness"
More likely symptom of being over
bored" retorted the companion. A beard
less young man who enlisted to free Cuba
and did not get beyond Chickamauga was
one OF the few in the loft who dsliked the
attention bestowed on the admiral II don't
like him" he remarked with suppressed
emphasis. "Why? He's too quick. II he
hadn't sunk Cervera's fleet so darn suddenly
| would have seen Cuba And the dis
consulate patriot glued his eyes on the
stage and tried in vain to forget his hopes
Of glory prematureiy wrecked with the Span
ish fleet. For him there was no consolation
in the remark OF the hero of Santiago,
There is glory enough for all in the vic
tory"
Malolos is less than thirty miles from
Manila, yet day after day the American
columns advanced through towns and cities
from 1000 to 10000 population, The fact is
as shown by the latest census that the popu-
lation of the whole Island of Luzon averages
more persons TO the square mile than many
parts of the United States. By the census
Of 1890, Illinois had siXty-eight persons to
the square mile of territory, and Indiana
had sixty-one Luzon, by the census of 1889,
had seventy
Miss Annie Wheeler, daughter of General
Joe Wheeler, has asked the War department
to send her as an army nurse to the Philip
pines. If her request is not granted she
will probably go to Montgomery, Ala, in
June to receive beautiful silver set pre-
sented to her by the women of Alabama as
a testimonial for her heroic work among the
sick and wounded soldiers at Santiago.
General Fred Funston is steadily gaining
in weight Notwithstanding the hardships of
the campaign. Before his promotion the
newspapers which described him said that
he weighed ninety-fve pounds. One day
Buffalo paper said that he weighed 10
pounds and the next day paper in Albany
put his weight at 130. AT this rate of in
crease he will be a giant when he returns
to the United States.
Admiral Dewey has covered 500 miles of
his journey homeward. When the Olympia |
has had necessary repairs made at Hong
Kong, which will require about two weeks
time, it will turn its prov southeastward !
and go down to Singapore on the equator |
little jaunt of LOO miles. Around the |
Malay peninsula and up to Penang is 450 |
miles; then comes a splendid voyage of |
800 miles across the Indian ocean to |
Colombo, and a longer one yet of some |
900 miles more to Aden-this on the as |
sumption that the admiral will take the |
shortest route to the Suez. From Alden |
through the Red Sea and canal to Port |
Said will add some 1900 miles more TO his |
log Through the Mediterranean, with per- |
haps a stop for fireworks at Malta, will |
add say 1000 miles more, to Gibraltar, and |
to New York 1000 more; an inside total OF |
1880 miles to get the hero home.
William L. Wilson, former chairman of |
the ways and means committee and post |
master general under Cleveland's last ad- |
ministration, has given new and novel |
illustration of expansion and the existing |
Philippine situation. John R. Proctor, |
president of the Civil Service commission, |
and an ardent expansionist, was arguing |
to a group of friends in fashionable club
in Washington on the beauties and necessl- |
ties Of colonial development. He had sill |
enced all his opponents when Mr.. Wilson, |
who was one of the party, said: Proctor |
your views on expansion remind me OF
friend over in England. He invited me |
to visit him at his country seat and l Went |
He had a splendid place Of $50 acres. He [
pointed out all the advantages OF location !
and scenery, saying that for an annual rem
toI of P5OO he obtained his residence and |
in addition was entitled to shooting privi- |
leges on LOO acres of adjoining land. 1t |
was his right to go on this adjacent ter
ritory and kill whatever game might be !
desired.
THAT seems to be the situation in the
Philippines. We bought from Spain the
city and the bay OF Manila, and at the