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Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15
SURRENDER OF THE ROLLS,

Va ~ M
The muster rolls of the Cuban army
are in the possession of General Brooke
and there appears to be no further OBJ
stacle to disbursing the $3,0OO,00O given
by this government to the soldiers of
Cuba. The money has been in the har-
Dor of Havana, carefully guarded, for
n month or more, but nothing could be
done without the rolls, which If honest
| will show the number of men and who
they are entitled to receive the money.
Statements regarding the numbers have
varied from 2T,OOO to $4,000. One, said
to be semi-official, reckoned the mum
Der to be A, 900. Investigation by Amer
lean department commanders Indicated
$4,000 as the number now under arms,
but undoubtedly the rolls will show
| considerably more thar this.
At all events the matter is now in
| such shape that it would seem there
need be no further difficulty or delay
in connection with it and undoubtedly
the American military authorities are
anxious to have 1T disposed of. There
will be a more comfortable feeling when
the Cubans have given up their arms
and disbanded and an opportunity will
be afforded for instituting changes in
governmental methods which it was
not practicable to do with an organized
native military force in the island. 1t
is not to be expected that all the sol
diers will be satisfied with what they
receive and the indolent and worthless
among them may try to subsist by
brigandage, but this is not likely TO
present n very serious problem. Brig
andage, General Wood reports, has
been suppressed in the province of San
tiago and it can be without very much
difficulty wherever 1t may develop.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15
JOHN M'oUOID MEMORIAL FUND.

-
1t is not alone that we regret the loss of a
great and good man. Our hearts also cry out
because of his unfinished work here in our
midst, and while we gladly approve an out
ward memorial, there is an inward one for
which we also plead.
VIII we forget the earnest call and pleading,
Urging us upward to a higher goal,
Now hat the noble heart has ceased its
beating
And earthly clay holds not his genial soul?
VIII we forget the import of his message?
The love that framed 1t best might be for
got.
'Twould be his wish. He claimed no earthly
prestige.
'Give God the glory and deny Him not"
With streaming eyes we brought our gift of
flowers,
While softly swelled the music that he
loved,
A fading gift this offering of ours,
Where is the greater gift that he approved2
A holy life according as he taught us,
A true and contrite heart b fore our Lord,
A careful keeping of the truth he brought
us,
This is the last fulfilling of his word.
Be this our final tribute to his powers,
Eternal stars placed in a crown, God
wrought,
That viii not fade as will our Easter
WerS.
EDITH
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15
PLANS FOR PRESIDENTS TRIP
Chief Executive Proposes to See the
West on His Tour to the
YeIIowston Park.

CHICAGO, April 14.-United States Sen
ator Thomas H.. Carter of Montana, eX-
chairman of the national republican central
committee. is in the city. He is enroute
to Butte, Mont, from Washington. He said
President Mckinley is going to make a tour
OF the western states during the month of
July, and that his stop in Chicago was for
the purpose of arranging a few details for
the presidents s%ojourn in this city. The
plan as outlined by Senator Carter provides
for an interesting trip for the president.
Accompanied by Mrs. Mckinley and a num-
Der of intimate official associates, he will
leave Washington about July 10. He will
make a quick trip from Washington to Chi
cago, but from Chicago west to the Yellow
stone park the trip will be slower and a few
speeches may be made. In the Yellowstone
park the entire party will trough 1t" for a
number of days, travelling by stage. After
leaving the park the presidential party will
visit some of the principal points in the
western states and then make a quick re-
turn journey to Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15
C0NSULS RETURN TO POSTS
OmcinIs Displaced by Outbreaks of
spanish War Resume Their
Former Duties.

WASHINGTON. April 1.-THE secretary
Of state has directed the return to their
posts in Spain Of the United States consuls
who were Obliged to leave on account Of tho
war. Two Of these officers, Consul II. w.
Bowen, at Barcelona, and Richard NJ. Bartle-
man, at Malaga, are now in New York. The
third. J. Howell Carroll, consul at Cadiz, is
now at Gibraltar. The department has de-
termined that they shall all be retained in
the consular service, there being no evidence
Of any personal ill-feeling incurred by them,
The subconsular officers mostly remained in
Spain throughout the war and were undis-
turbed, some even continuing to discharge a
part of their official duties, They will also
be continued in the service.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15
DRIFT.

Mayor Harrison of Chicago and ex-Gov-
ernor Altgeld of Illinois do not eat at the
same banquet.
An antitrust league has been formed in
st. Louis. It's first duty is to break into the
trust controlling the government of Mis-
souri,.
1t took $40 a plate to stimulate the cir
~culation of New York democrats on Jeffer-
son day. Hereabouts, true simplicity OBJ
tanned and like results were secured with
sandwiches and beer.
Bismarck, n. D., has made an exceptional
record. The mayor and all the city officers,
including aldermen, were reelected withou,
opposition. Just what they did to endeaf
themselves to the voters is left for imagi-
nation to grapple with.
Tammany has seriously and officially dis
cussed Augustus Van Wyck as a democratic
candidate for the presidency. Mr.. Van
Wyck is a brother of the present mayor or
New York, and was never heard of until
nominated for governor against Theodore
Roosevelt.
John H. Farley, democratic mayor-elect
of Cleveland, is one of the smoothest poll
ticians in Ohio. He was chairman of the
state committee in 1892, and urged greater
effort in the national campaign of that year,
claiming tndt the state cOulu ne cdTTleu IOr
Cleveland. Whitney could not be induced to
see 1t, but Harrison's plurality was only
about 1000, and one of the Cleveland electors
actually pulled through, thus fully yindicat-
ing Mr.. Farley's judgment.
Booker Il. Washington, the colored edu-
Gator, answering the query OF a man or
his race. OF North Carolina, as to what
should be done to allay the present conflict
between the races, says in effect that the
southern negro should support the southern
| white man in politics. 'Unconsciously," he
says, 1--WE seem to have gotten the idea into
our blood and bones that we are only acting
in a manly way when We oppose southern
white men with our votes
There is little that is new or surprising in
the New York investigation, so far. Every
body knows that Dick Croker works over
time for Dick Croker and his relatives. The
one Illuminating feature of the disclosures
is the definite showing of the value of a
political pull. One company which had been
unable to plaoate the building department
took young Croker in on the ground floor,
gave him a roll of stock and a salary OF
$4,000 a year, with nothing to do. Since
that shrewd stroke OF business the company
has been overwhelmed with contracts. A
nephew OF the Boss got a fee of 1000 for
putting in a good word for a contract. The
contract went where he suggested. The
size of Dicks commission and where 1t
comes from Is eagerly awaited.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15
ASKS a MILLION FROM STATE
Bill Introduced in Missouri LcGisla-
ture in Behalf of st. Louis
Big Fair.

ST. LOUIS, April 14,-Concurrent resolu-
lions TO provide for constitutions amend
ments authorizing an appropriation of
81, 10000 for a state exhibit at the Worlds
fair and giving the city of St. Louis the
power to increase its bonded Indebtedness
50, 900, 600. which Is to be turned into the
Worlds fair fund, have been introduced in
both houses of the Legislature at Jefferson
City. These resolutions were drafted in
this city and sent to Jefferson City, accom-
panied by a letter from Ex-Governor Francis
explaining the measures as follows: THE
amendment providing for the issue of bonds
by the city contemplates but one vote on
the question, and that by the people of the
state as a whole. The other amendment
proposes that the legislature shall appro-
pirate 81, 900, 900 from the interest and public
debt fund to defray the expense Of a state
exhibit at the Worlds fair"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15
POLICY OF IL
Burden of Taxes Increased by I'M
nPrinIiSm.

Burden of Taxes Increased by I'M
periaIism.
Bishop Potter in North American Review.
The moment we consider the great ques-
tions which confront our country in connec-
ton with the extraterritorial policy Of the
United States, we are compelled to look in
the face the enormous perils which such a
policy must inevitably involve. 1t must
involve, in the first place, a great, and l
believe a very great, standing army. In
t~elligent men will not easily be persuaded
that an army of $4,000 men, or 100, 900 men,
will be able to handle the colossal and most
intricate problem of the proper government
and administration of these alien, and, in
some instances, utterly uncivilized peoples.
But if we are to have only 100 900 men, or
$50, 900 men, the question arises, what will
the new policy cost the country? The rev.
enue laws of the United States government
for the month of January, 1899, in spite Of
recent legislation, had entirely failed to
bring the revenue of the government up to
the requirements of the administration, and
there was, for the month of January, a def
cit OF several millions of dollars. This is a
time of peace, and yet the curious fact con-
fronts us that an army appears to be costing
us more in a time Of peace than it cost us a
little while ago, in the time of war. | con-
fess for myself that when | contemplate the
organization of a great army, which is to be
created, and, above ell, is to be offered upon
the basis of the policy which has obtained
during the last year in this country, in con-
nection with the appointment of persons to
positions of considerable and often of very
great responsibility, l confront it with the
utmost dismay.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15
DISCHARGES ron sT,rT OFFICERS.
Secretary of War issues Releases 20
Tnkc EMCrt Mt Once.

WASHINGTON, April 14-Under i~nstruc-
lions from the president the following
named staff officers are honorably discharged
from the volunteer army Of the United
States by the acting secretary of war, TO
take effect April Z, 1899:
Assistant Adjutants General-Lieutenant
Colonel II. Cecil, Major Henry T. Allen, Rob
ert e. l.. Niche. T. Bentley Mott and Alfred
c. Sharpe; Captains Willard A. Holbrook,
William e. Horton, John e.. Mcmahon, Rob
ert Sewell and John c. Gilmore, jr.
Judge Observation-Disclosures Colonies Ed
gar r.. Dudley, John A. Hull and Harvey c..
Carbaugh.
Quartermasters-Colone Charles Bird,
Lieutenant Colonies Guy Howard, James h.
Alshire, Noble II, Creager and Francis b..
Jones.
Commissaries of Observation-Disclosures
Colonies oliver L. Wood, Tasker IL. Bliss
and David l.. Brainard; Majors Philip Moth
ersill, Harry f.. wilkins, Daniel Hogan,
Parker w. Forest, Sidney A. Cloman, George
T. Bartlett, James NJ. Arrasmith, Frederick
A. Smith, George w. Ruthers and Eugene
T. Wilson; Captains Frank T. Lord and
James E. b. Stuart.
superintendent Colonel Jefferson r.
Kean.
Engineer-Major James r. Bell.
Signal Corps-Lieutenant Colonies Richard
T.. Thompson, William A. Glassford, Joseph
e.. Maxfeld, Samuel Reber, Edward b. Ives
and Benjamin f. Montgomery; Majors
George p. Scriven, Eugene o. Fechet. Gus
tave w. S. Stevens; Captains Frederick T.
Leigh, Daniel j. Carr, Carl +. Hartmann,
Frank E. Lyman, jr.. Charles b. Hepburn,
Ambrose Higgins, John j. Ryan, William
w. Chance, Philip j. Perkins, Leonard B..
Wildman; First Lieutenants William Jarvie,
jr, Charles Rogan, jr, George c.. Burnell,
Victor Shepherd, Walter l.. Clark, William
Mitchell, George r Gyger, Otto A. Nesmith.
Asberry w. Nancy, George T.. Lawrence,
Henry G.. Updyke, Charles II. Gordon, Alison
j.. Rudd; Second Lieutenant Basil o.. Lenoir.
Inspectors CONGRATULATIONS Thomas NJ.
Woodruff and John G. Evans.
Assistant OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES JOHN
B. Jeffrey, Charles II. Martin and Samuel A.
Smoke.
Chief Observation-Disclosures Colonel Will
liam NJ. Black.
Additional Paymasters, with rank of ma
jor-Frank NJ. Hammond, Winfield NJ. Clark,
Henry G. Fitzgerald, Daniel w. Arnold, Gift
ford S. Walton, George e.. Guild, Moses r.
Doyon, Benjamin f. Havens, Brewster c..
Kenyon, George II. Fay, William H. Thrift,
George d. Sherman, John H. Townsend, John
NJ. Sears, Louis Knapp, Samuel ID. c. Hays,
John w. Fogler, Beverly w. Coiner, Sam S.
NJ. Moses, Hiram l.. Grant, Thomas A. Cum
mings. Clifford Arrick, Henry b. May, Clark
NJ. Carr, Ralph Hartzell, Heth Tyler, Will
liam D.. Dwight, Webster c.. Weiss, Freder-
lex c. Lord, Henry J. May, Edward A.. Bige-
low, Washington Haverstick, Philip Dalam,
Jonas NJ. Cleveland, Glen II. Logan, Charles
b.. Marsh, George G. Arthur, William A.
Purdy, Robert B. Huston and Hamilton S.
Wallace.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15
NEW PENSION ROLL.
Feature of war Not Pleasant 60
Look Jpon.

NAAAhf NhNF F''' ''N''H
Commissioner Evans Of the pension bu-
reau has made the startling statement that,
according to present indications, one-third
OF the soldiers who have participated In the
war against Spain will apply for pensions
before the end Of the fiscal year. The gov
eminent OF the United States has been eS-
ceedingly liberal in the matter OF pensions,
and will doubtless be disposed to a con-
tinuation OF the same liberality in dealing
with those who have taken up arms in the
recent conflict and have been disabled In
the service. Yet the number Of applicants
is not a very safe criterion as to the num-
Der OF claims that will be allowed.
1t would be pleasant to believe that every
one who enlisted in the service Of the coun-
try in the late war was so imbued with
patriotic principles that nothing less than
disabling injuries, Enthusiastically received In
that service, would prompt tim to seek
support from the government. But, as
every one familiar with the operations Of the
pension bureau are aware, only the great
est care and most scTupulous examination OF
the claims can prevent thousands of frauds.
The country at large is informed only OF
the pensions granted, and knows little Of the
claims denied.
There is more than a suspicion, from the
manner in which many Of the new appli-
cations have been presented, that a num-
Der of energetic pension sharks are at work
among the soldiers who have been mustered
out. The applications have come in In
great patches, many times the full claim
list OF a company, or Of several companies,
reaching Washington in the same mail.
This would indicate plainly that the pen-
sion lawyer is abroad, and that he is ready
to make a claim for almost anybody.
How we'll these claims will stand Is an
other matter, The government has taken
tue precaution to require n thorough medi-
cal examination OF each soldier upon his
mastering out as n necessary condition
upon which a future application for pen
sion might be made. Those declining such
an examination forfeited the right to apply
for u pension, and many of those who sub
mitted to the examination, Of course, were
shown to be as sound or sounder than when
they went in.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15

the army and the prosecution of mill
tary operations. Thus the natives, 1t IS
said, are required to pay to the Filipino
government much heavier taxes than
were cxacted by Spain and it is not
surprising that some of them have
grown tired of this and seek release
from it by accepting American protec-
ton.
1t is not to be assumed, however, that
there will be a mad rush of Filipinos
TO get under the guardianship of the
American flag and that soon Aguinaldo
will be left without support. 1t is the
peacefully disposed who are coming in
and it may be that the number of such
is large, but there is n fighting element
which will have TO be subdued and 1t
is probable that this Includes a major
ity of the young and ~able-bodied ma
tivcs. With this element the promises
and assurances Of Il government Will
have little If any effect and 1t may be
expected to continue hostilities as long
as there is a sufficient number to do so.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15

The county attorney for Lancaster
county has rendered a written opinion
to the effect that the law requiring as
SCISSORS to return industrial statistics is
not obligatory and cannot be enforced.
If this view is correct it must mean
that the statistics supplied by the asses
sors must remain fragmentary and in
accurate. This is certainly TO be re-
GREETED, as, outside of census years, Ne
braska has no other way of taking an
inventory of its and income.
If the law is defective it should be cor
rprtpl.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15
A REPORT

The report from the president of the
Philippine commission, that the proc
lamation to the Filipinos is having
good results, is gratifying information.
DR.. Schurman's statement, it Is need
less to say, Is entitled to the greatest
confidence, because he is not Il man
likely to take an unduly optimistic view
of the situation. He has been at Manila
long enough TO get a pretty thorough
understanding of the character of the
natives, so that he can hardly be de-
ceived by expressions of satisfaction on
their part made to the commission. AS
to the reported desertions from Agui-
naldo's standard it is by no means in
credible, for undoubtedly some of the
natives have been forced into the serv-
ice and these would naturally take the
first opportunity to get away and re-
turn to their homes. 1t is also undoubt-
eddy Il fact that Aguinaldo's govern
ment is %tyrannical, for il could not
safely be otherwise, in the midst of
war. 1t must not only enforce discipline
In h army by the sternest methods,
but it must also exact from the people
whatever is needed for the support of
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15
crRcrLArloYsoFoM OMAHA NEWSPAPERS

~ ~ IA pA' -
The announcement is paraded in far
ing headlines by the World-I1crald that
every newspaper directory in the United
States accords to that sheet a larger cir
culation than any other newspaper i'll
Omaha or Nebraska.
Whether this be true or not what does
it signify? The newspaper directories
have no other information on which to
base their figures thar that furnished
them by the various newspaper pub
fishers. The pith of the circulation
question is embodied in the following
extract from an address on THE News
papers of Today" by III. F. Gunnison,
an experienced publisher:
l have already spoken of the circulation.
This is one of the things no fellow can find
out. Nearly every paper has an affidavit
bureau, but affidavits are not always what
they seem to be. There are q few papers,
and the practice Is becoming more popular,
which tell their exact circulation, but too
much stress is often put on mere numbers.
Some papers with a circulation of 1000 or
20, 900 copies daily are stronger and more in
luential and better advertising mediums
than other papers with 100, 900 circulation.
The kind of readers is the determining fac
tor rather than the number, and what that
kind is the advertiser usually finds out.
Applying these tests to the papers pub
lished in Omaha, The Bees right to Oc-
cupy first place as he most widely cir
culated and influential newspaper and
consequently as the best advertising me-
dunn must be conceded.
In the first place The Bee is one of
the few papers in the United States that
at all times takes its patrons into its
confidence. For more than ten years it
has published accurate circulation eX-
hibits every day in the year and has
stood ready to verify them on demand.
Periodic affidavits of give-away cir
culation may deceive some people and
gull publishers of newspaper directories,
but the proof of the pudding is in the
eating. With all it's %trumped-up claims
Of largest circulation the World-Herald
sells it's advertising space to local mer-
chants at from 20 to 30 per cent below
the rates paid The Bee, showing con-
clusively that it has no confidence in it's
own claims, and that it's circulation is
chiefly among readers who are not in
condition to spend money freely for
merchandise.
The fact that the World-Herald not
only prints a cheap paper, which it sells
outside of Omaha to cheap people at
half the price exacted for The Bee, but
also carries thousands of delinquent
subscribers on it's lists who cannot or
will not pay for any paper, to say moth
ing of the large numbers given away,
explains the difference between the
character and value of the respective
circulatiOns. In the city of Omaha, on
which the local advertiser must depend
chiefly for his returns, the World-Her-
aid has never been in it. With all its
desperate efforts to expand by every le-
| Ultimate and illegitimate device, the
World-Herald has not been able to come
within so per cent of the actual paid
carrier delivery subscriptions of The
Bee, which constitute the factor of value
for those who spend money for advertis-
ing.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15

Reports come from Finland to the eff
feet that the people of that country are
emigrating to the United States in
large numbers to avoid Russian OPP
preston. T%yrannical rule in European
countries has driven millions of people
to the United States who have become
as good citizens as any in the repub-
lie, and Russia of late years has fur
nished its full share. The Firms are
among the best people of the cars EN-
plre. They are not Slavs, but are al
lied to the Scandinavian races and ever
since being incorporated into the Rus
sian empire have enjoyed a large meas
ure Of home rule, through a legislative
body of their own. As a consequence
of the recent edict of the car curtail-
ing their liberties the younger element
is leaving the empire. AS a hardy,
peaceable, industrious and intelligent
people, in every way calculated to make
good citizens, the United States will
welcome their coming,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15

Not content to let the east have a
monopoly on poisoning sensations the
town of Hastings is developing a mys-
terry which will compare ~favorably with
any that have been brought To light
elsewhere. For the sake of all con-
cerned it is to be hoped that the facts
in the case will be entirely uncovered
and the culprits brought to speedy jus
tipp
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15

st. Louis has already subscribed
nearly $2,000,0 900 of the $ 100000 which
1t set out TO raise for its Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition, which is not TO come
off until 1908. st. Louis evidently
means business and its exposition may
be set down as the greatest TO come
after the Paris show.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15

The county assessors are now at work
and it Is to be hoped they will be able
to discover some of the several millions
worth of property that has not been
heretofore listed for taxation because
the owners are not disposed to contrib
ute their due shares to the support of
local government.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15
A Startling Reform.

1t may not be generally credited, but a
slash in Pullman rates Is reported on the
western roads. The Great Northern first
reduced charges on its own sleeping cars to
the mild extent of $3.50 for the whole
journey from st. Paul to the Pacific coast.
Consequently the competing Northern
Pacific, under its Pullman contract, has made
a like reduction, and now the disease is
spreading all over the west. 1t is enough to
make Mr.. Pullman turn in his grave,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-15

County Attorney Shields is eminently
correct in his conclusion that it is not
worth while for him to sue the World,
Herald for republishing the offensive
editorial from The Bee inasmuch AS he
could not prove damages resulting from
anything that sheet might print.