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E's. These measures ily should. FACTS FOE FARMERS. I/AID HAVANA MINES, FIGURES THAT FORM AN INTER- ESTING TABLE. MAN WHO PLACED THE MINES IS ARRESTED. Comparisons Which Show* that the Price of Silver Bullion Has No Rela­ tion to Prices of Other Commodities --Bimetallism Given a Blow. TRIAL BY FIRE. message means THERE are colonels and majors and generals and some old cap­tains who hold that Isabel Hamp­ den was the, most attractive woman who ever graced the frontier, and in their time most women seemed attrac­ tive because of their scarcity. She had been brought up in garrisons and large cities, and by the time she was 22 she knew the world rather well. Moreover, she knew men--not girls and women, but. men. Because she had been allowed to live in posts during most of what should lvavp been her boarding-school days, and because she was pleasant to look upon and converse with at an age when most girls are impossible, men bad fallen in love with her pretty much ever since she could remember. It was said that she had refused all the bachelors in jill the frontier regi­ ments. This was not far from the truth.< , " - 1 • • , A woman who had married one of the rejected ones said that refusing was a habit Miss Hampden had form­ ed. and that it began to look as {f she might never break,herself of it. In the nature of things this was re­ peated to the girl. Her good temper was one of her charms. "It is so much beter a habit than accepting them all," she argued, sweetly. Nevertheless, she wondered if there were not some truth mingled with the malice. But Lieut. I.oring was the last victim •of her practice. He proposed to her, unfortunately for himself, just after she had met young Ardsley. "I thought this morning that maybe I would marry you," said Miss Hainp den. "But I've changed my mind, some •way." "Weren't you just a trifle prompt in determining my intentions?" he asked. "Has the event proved me wrong?" she returned. He lost bis temper. "You are spoiled," lie said. "If you knew how often I have heard •Jtbat! Yet I do not think I am. I am «imply sincere, and you are a little too •vain, all of you. to grasp the difference. I like you awfully well--no. now. don't misunderstand me. I don't love you. Aud you are too nice a fellow to be married to a girl who only likes you. "No," she repeated, "I do not think I'm •spoiled. I have been so placed that men were making love to me at an age when other girls were playing with dolls. It's partly because I am pretty and partly, largely, because there are so few women out here. When I have T>een in the East I haven't made much three of them married. He proposed to the heroine in nicely read lines, and was rejected by her with a perfection that spoke her practice. So the audi once that; and it laughed. When the laugh had subsided, the hero arose from his knees. He walked to the footlights aud sighed. "Ah! well," he said, "I have one crumb of comfort, I am not the only man in this place who is in the same fix." The astounded Ardsley looked about him, and be picked put the entire num­ ber by their faces. Miss Hampden dropped her head in her hands and laughed with the rest. Between the acts, Ardisley made in­ quiries, and learned the truth. He was SOBBING AS IF IIEU HEART WERE UT- TEIU.Y BROKEN*. DON' T HE A GOOSE. JACK. of a sensation. I've grown a bit hard­ ened. perhaps. Custom has dulled the edge--which was fearfully keen and cutting, at first--of being told that I am breaking a heart. But, though I am only 22. I've lived to see dozens of you many and be happy. You'll do the same." "O, no, I shall not." moaned Loring. "O, yes, you will. Jack. And I shan't mind. Now I've promised to dance this with the new Mr. Ardsley, and if we stay out here any longer every one will guess what has happened." "They'll know when they see me." "Don't be a goose. Jack. It's only the heart that is trying to take itself seri­ ously that exhibits the pain." bitten with a desire to obtain the un­ attainable. and he was not one to dally. He went behind the scenes. "Whom are you going home with, Miss Hampden?" "I fear no one will take me after the light Mr. Graves has put me in." "May I do so?" She nodded, and Ardsley went back to his seat. "So you have refused the entire army?" he asked, as they walked home. "Not quite." "The entire department?" "Well, a fair percentage of it," she admitted. "Are you going to refuse me?" "I can't say until you are offered." "I offer myself now." "And I accept you now." "Good enough! Will you announce our engagement to-night at supper?" "At the risk of being adjudged iusane --yes." "Put on this ring until I can get you another. It will fit your middle finger. Now I am in earnest." "So am I." she said. They were very much in earnest, the event proved; and the garrison derived unmixed pleasure from the total, un­ conditional. obvious surrender of Miss Hampden. She was as open in her in­ fatuation as she had always been in everything else. And Ardsley was equally infatuated. He took back the class ring and gave her a diamond which cost him three months' pay. They were altogether happy. So. just a fortnight before the day arranged for their wedding, the gods demanded the first payment on their loan. Ardsley was ordered off on a soout. Miss Hampden ciung to Ardsley and cried like a little girl, and did not be­ have iu the least like a woman who had seen countless scouts. And she let him go to the wars remembering her stand­ ing with her arm against the wall and her head upon her arm. sobbing as if her heart were utterly broken. Ardsley did not come back from t.be scout. lie was in a fight on what should have been his wedding day. Others were killed and their bodies were recovered and buried, but Ards- ley's body was never found. There was a tale that a fire had betn seen on the battlefield the night aftur the encounter, and in the midst of tt>e fire a tree with a form which might have been"-that of a man against it. There were Indians grouped around li. Miss Hampden never heard the story. She never even guessed at what had Ardsley's ring. The fire did not touch the letters. I understand now why they never could tell me which was his grave." The General broke the string and picked up the class ring from among the scattered baubles. The squaw was chattering and whining and clawing around on the earth. The General held the ring out to his Wife. She raised the dark eyes that had been so bright and happy the last time It had been held out to her. "Can riiave it?" she asked. The General put it in her hand, and the hand closed over it. "Thank you," she said.--Utica Globe. Don t discuss a subject you know j happened' -until twenty years* after ^tiling about. \ou have no heart." ward. not hi n As Miss Hampden walked off with Ardsley, she knew that Loring was wrong; that this tall boy. fresh from West Point, as new in experience of the world as the brass buttons on his blouse, was the man she was going to love. He would love her, of course. It is to be feared that it did not enter her head that he might not. She saw a ring. "Is that your class ring?" she said. ; "Yes," he told her. 1 "May I see it?" He gave it to her. and while she ex­ amined it he sat aud admired her. Miss Hampdeu raised her eyes and met his. Khe smiipcl. but it was like "no smile she had ever bestowed on a man before. Hp looked at her very gravely, and her hand dosed tightly over the ring. In a . moment she was studying it again. "1 like this. It's unusual," she said. "I am glad you think so. as I con-, ceived the design." lie expected to be told that he was clever. "Indeed!" was all she said, and that indifferently. How cool! 1 rather thought you'd express surprise, and give me some credit. You are not addicted to flattery, it would seem." "I am not. But I don't think it would ( have been flatering to be surprised that you have done it. it struck me as be­ ing quite the thing you would uaturallv do." "That is very pretty." ! "It is perfectly true." It happened, oddly enough, that Ards­ ley chanced not to have heard of Miss Hampden's reputation by the next liigh/. He was rudely awakened to a knowledge of it. There were private theatricals in the hop room, and Miss Hampden was the leading lady. Now the suitor was quite recovered, and he^neant to play a joke on those in the audience who were not --and there were some eight or ten. She was the superb and spiritless wife of a mighty general, and she ww accompanying her husband on a tour of inspection in the West; They wer* at an agency; one day. and were visiting WILL MEASURE DEW. Little Attachment for the WindGange at Weather Bureaus. Hereafter the gentle dew cannot de­ scend at night nor a flake of snow fall without being registered on the Minne­ apolis weather station rain gauge. Will­ iam Carlisle, a member of Weather Ob­ server Qutram's staff, has just perfect­ ed a little adjunct to the rain gauge registration machinery, which will hereafter make it possible to register absolutely so small a precipitation as a thousandth of an inch. In fact the minuteness of Its registration is only limited by the delicacy of the scale maker's art. Mr. Carlisle has frequently noticed that short and gentle, but perfectly ap­ preciable rainfalls have occurred with­ out showing any registration. On the other hand he has noted that slight reg­ istrations are sometimes made when there is no moisture falling. The regis­ tration is effected by means of an elec­ trical connection between the scales of the exposed rain gauge and a graphic representation device in the office be low. The rain gauge jar rests on one arm of a pair of delicately balanced scales. Rain falling in the jar disturbs the balance, the jar side settles and thereby closes an electrical circuit which causes the registering device to ecord a certain amount of rain. At the same time the balance is automatic­ ally restored. Mr. Carlisle ascertain­ ed that at times the pressure exerted the bottom of the jar by wind eddies had exactly the same effect as the weight of the rain. It was obvious that what was needed was a device that wojrfd distinguish between wind and •ain. £ After much experimentation Mr. Car­ lisle hit upon the scheme of introduc­ ing in the electrical circuit some addi­ tional clock work, the effect of which is to delay the graphic register five sec­ onds. That is to say that if a certain mount of rain is caught by the gauge eceptacle it will be five seconds be- tore it is recorded. If the pressure ex­ erted on the scales was really that made by collected water it would still remain at the end of that period. If on the other hand the disturbance of the scales was momentary and due to wind pressure, they would regain their equilibrium during the five seconds and no record would be made. The ma­ chine can be adjusted io any length of time. Mr. Carlisle's attention is now attach­ ed to the official rain gauge and works admirably. It is probable that the in­ vention will be applied to all govern­ ment rain gauges.--Minneapolis Jour­ nal. Give the Stupid Boy a Chance. Here is a lesson and perhaps encour­ agement for parents who have a stupid boy. for no doubt there are a few stu­ pid hoys in the world, even amid the lights of this clos'ing century. It' is said that when Isaac Barrow, one of the greatest of English preachers, was a boy. his father thought him very stu­ pid. and used to say if it pleased God to take from him any of his children he hoped it would be Isaac. But Isaac was not taken; he grew to be one of the greatest preachers of England, a professor in the University of Cam­ bridge and a teacher of Sir Isaac New­ ton. It is well to remember that a boy is not necessarily stupid because he is pronounced stupid. He may be stupid­ ly judged. The fire of intellect may kindle slowly; it may seem to be smol­ dering under a heap of ashes, hopeless­ ly suppressed. Genius does not always shoot up like a skyrocket. It may come like the rising of the'sun to meridian splendor, slowly, steadily. Do not be discouraged by the apparent stupidity of the boy or girl. Give him or her a fair chance. The first movements of the great sea-going vessel are apparent­ ly awkward and hesitating, as she tries to turn to get out of the harbor. But watch her graceful, splendid move­ ments as she plows the ocean or Aveath- ers the storm. Qy Moreover, a stupid judgment of a boy is damaging to him. To call him a dunce, a blockhead, an idiot, is very unwise as well as unkind. It may dis­ courage him, may for a long time para­ lyze his efforts, may even permanently affect his character. Give the stupid boy a chance, and it will be known ere long whether he Is really or only ap­ parently stupid.--Baptist Courier. .04% •<«% .09% .041/j .04 .40 .02% .07 .o:> .1S. .is .IK .15 ,r»ov. /a»vi /. 18 .00% .05% • 11% •05 Vi .07% .75. •012% .15 • IS .->5 ..-to MAY I SKI: IT KlIK'ASKkn COOI.I.Y. The Bishop's Triumph. The late Bishop Selwyn delighted to tell the following racy incident in his varied experience: While Bishop of Litchfield he was walking one day in the Black Country, and observing a group of colliers seated by the roadside in a semi-circle, with a brass kettle in front of them, inquired what was going on. "Why, yer Honor," replied a grave- looking member, "It's a sort of wager. Yon kettle is a prize for the fellow who can tell the biggest lie. and I am the umpire." Amazed and shocked, the good bishop said reprovingly: "Why, my friends, I have never told a lie that I know of since I was born." There was a dead silence, only broken by the the tepees..It >Viis the agency of the'ln- i ™,ce of the w^° ,in a «le dians that youiigVArdsley had fought derate .tone, "Gie the bishop tot two decides "before; dird the General's ^et^e. wife was, .nerving herself not to show that she remembered this. The General was examining the trin­ kets that hung on a string around the neck of a half-blind squaw. "Here is a West Point class ring!" he exclaimed. His wife repeated her words of twen­ ty years past. "May I see it?" she asked, coolly. She took it in her hands and turned it about. She could make out the design, though it seemed to have passed through some heat that had melted it. j There was no doubt in her mind. ; NeverMielss, she looked inside. The 1'ieat had not affected it there, and the initials were quite plain even yet. "D. A.," she said; "it was David Korean Pap r. Korean paper is superior to that of either China or Japan, in both of which countries it is in demand for umbrella covers, roofing and as a substitute Tor window glass. The difference between what a man things of himself and what other peo­ ple think of him is a good deal like what a man asks for a piece of prop­ erty and what the other man offers to give. Interests Agriculturists. . A very interesting table of compari- sonsof prices has been compiled from the Omaha Workl-Herald, covering the dates between the holding of the con­ vention which nominated Mr. Bryan and March 10, 1SD8, designed to show the general improven\ent,jn prices, and that the price of silver bullion has no relation to the prices of.other commodi­ ties. The whole table is not given be­ low, as a part will suffice to show the general tendency of all: July 10. Mar- '0, 1896. *808. Bar sliver (New York)..$ :68% ? -54>i Best steers 4.15 4.90 Cows 3.00 3.90 Calves';'...' .,. 5.00 0.00 Stockers aud feeders ...... 3.55 5.30 frogs . . . . . . . . . ; . " V - . 3.15 3.85 Stock sheep 3.25 3.90 Extra short clears, dry salt. >01% -06% Regular short clears, dry salt Lard. Calumet ............ Cheese, Young America ..'. Shoulders .-....... Green hides, NoH . .. ..., Sheep pelts, green Tallow Wool, unwashed, heavy .... Wool,..unwashed, light .... . Wool, washed, •medium- .... Wool, tub washed .......... •Cora (ear) :. .Oats (ear) ... Chicago markets- No. 2 red wheat .. No. 2 cash corn No. 2 white cats The foregoing are Omaha prices, ex­ cept the last three quotations. They have been taken from the newspaper of which Mr. Bryan was the reputed editor for several years. They are the prices as gathered by that paper from the markets. The comparison shows a gain in favor of the farmer all along the line. Some of the 16-to-l organs have been saying that there has been no change for the better for the fann­ ers. to whom they made their appeal in IS.%. The farmers know better, and those who consult the market reports know better. Prices are higher instead of lower, as the Bryanites predicted in 1890. Wheat has gone up to about the dollar mark instead of falling below 50 cents, as Mr. Bryan predicted in 1890. The comparisons show that silver is not so tied to the necessary commodi­ ties that they cannot rise until the ounce price of silver shall rise, conse­ quently all the Ki-to-l people who de­ clared that this is the case are, to put it mildly, mistaken, even if they will not admit it Their admitting it will make no difference. The thousands of farmers who voted in the election of 1890 know that the farmer's prices have improved since the election of Mr- Kinley, and they will not be much less inclined to believe Mr. Bryan and his followers in 1898 than they were in 1890. But the latter seem not to realize it.--Indianapolis Journal. Single men are always drafted into war first. This may cause a lot of old bachelors to hurry up and get married. Bad story-tellers and poor relations are often considered bores. Unmasking Customs Frauds. Indicative of the earnestness of the Treasury Department in its determina- ion to put an end to the unjust discrim­ ination against honest importers and manufacturers, fostered by the under­ valuation of imported merchandise, is he action of Assistant Secretary I-Iow- 11 in officially defining and emphasiz­ ing the powers vested iu local United States .appraising officers. In a circular letter addressed to such government of­ ficers, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury calls attention to the provis­ ions of section 32 of the act of July 24, 181)7. which among other things amends section 11 of the customs administra­ tive act of June 10. 1890. This law as now modified, the Assist­ ant Secretary explains, makes it. law­ ful for United States appraising officers in determining the dutiable value of merchandise subject to an ad valorem duty, or to a duty based in whole or in part on value, "to take into considera- ion the wholesale price at which such or similar merchandise is sold or of­ fered for sale in this country, due al­ lowance being made for estimated du­ ties thereon, the cost of transportation, insurance and other necessary expenses rom the place of shipment to the United States, and a reasonable com­ mission. if any has been paid, not ex- eeding 0 per cent." To this recital of the provisions of the law Mr. Howell adds the injunction that it is expected that appraising of­ ficers will avail themselves of the au­ thority given them by this section whenever it may be necessary to arrive at a proper market value, and especial­ ly in cases where evidence is required in regard to market value which is not furnished, and which cannot be ob­ tained by the ordinary means. This proclamation from the Treasury Department is timely, and will have the effect of warning offending importers as well as of fortifying the local ap­ praisers at the port of New \ork in his work of extracting from unwilling and evasive witnessc s the actual facts about suspicious importations. This work of obtaining proof of in­ tentional undervaluations of merchan­ dise manufactured abroad and brought ill to the markets of this country is. by the way, going steadily forward. The ( otton Industry. In response to a demand for reliable information regarding the conditions recently prevailing in the cotton manu­ facturing industry, the American Econ­ omist has engaged as a special commis­ sioner to investigate and report upon tills question Mr. E. G. Pipp, editor and proprietor of the Chronicle, Burlin- ganie, Kan. Mr. Pipp has given much attention to economic questions, and is a forcible and fluent writer. His Inves­ tigations will embrace the conditions pertaining to the industry in New Eng­ land and in the Southern States, and his facilities for obtaining reliable and val­ uable information will be such as to at­ tach to his reports an exceptional de­ gree of importance and interest. Mr. Pipp came into prominence in Decem­ ber, 1897, through a series of articles contributed by him to the Topeka Daily Capital, as the special representative of that paper. These articles, descrip­ tive of the iron and coal industries of the Eastern States, attracted attention by reason alike of their matter and their manner, aud stamped the writer as a man of exceptional powers of ob­ servation and description. It is ex- tlie Subject of the cotton industry will begin in the Economist -the second week in April and cover a period of about ten weeks. ' j Bimetallism.looses lii Kimlniid. The announcement of Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India, in the House of Commons that the Government would make no further efforts to secure an international bi­ metallic agreement, but would consent to the appointment of a commission to consider ways and means of introduc­ ing the gold standard in India, lias two results: It marks the end of the long fight for bimetallism in Great Britain, and it sounds the death knell of the schemes for reopening the Indian mints to the free coinage of silver. Whatever may be the future of bi­ metallism in the United States and France, it has no future at all in Great Britain, nor isr it probable that the French Government, now that the British position has been so explicitly defined, will ever take steps to reopen the question of an international bime­ tallic agreement. What has operated to defeat free silver in England will operate, though less rapidly, to defeat it; in France;, and the remnant of Eng­ lish bi-metallists admit that the Gov­ ernment's action will so re-enforce the gold standard party in the United States that the free silverltes will find it more than ever difficult to make headway there.--London dispatch. Money of the Country. The stock of gold coined or issued in the United States was $705,494,037 on March 1, 1898. compared with $055,- 072,099 March 1, 1897. The number of standard silver dollars the last March 4 was 458,100,347. which is 11,781,950 in excess oC the-mijnber coined a year earlier. This means that three and a half millions more of standard silver dollars were coined during the year which endod Feb. 28, 1S98, than during the whole period previous to the "crime of 1873." During the same year the j volume of treasury notes issued under | the act of 1890 to purchase silver bull­ ion was reduced $12,881,000. Those notes have been canceled and silver dollars have taken their place in the money of the country. March 1. 1897 the country's stock of money was $2,300,397,124. of which $090,705,071 was in the treasury. March 1, 1898, $2,390,590,308 was the amount of the country's stock of money, with $070,- 213,049 in the treasury. ONCE THE EXECUTIVE MANSION The Octagon House at Washington Has an Interesting History. One of the most interesting bosses in the city of Washington is that which stands on the corner of New York ave­ nue and Eighteenth street, commonly known as the "octagon house." It is interesting on account of the fact that it was once used as the executive man­ sion. In 1798 Col. John Tayloe, whose rep­ utation seems to have been based large­ ly on the fact of his being the richest man in Virginia", decided to build a home for himself and family in the city of Philadelphia, but owing to the persuasions of Gen. Washington, changed his mind and built instead the octagon house, in what was considered in those days a very out-of-the-way portion of the city. Gen. Washington assisted in making the plans and took the keenest interest in its erection. Col. Tayloe entertained what was kn.vwu as tiie inofficial set, which com­ prised some of the first families of Washington, but it was not until the burning of the White House in 1811 that/it became a political center. Then it was that he removed his family to one of liis Virginia plantations and of­ fered to rent the house to President Madison, which offer was accepted. Although unoccupied for years, it stands to-day almost the same as it stood iu the days when men and wom­ en of fashion thronged its rooms. On ascending a flight of stone steps and entering the broad doorway one finds himself in a hall almost clicular iu shape; the marble tiling which once formed the floor is now superseded by pine boards; two stoves of antique pat­ tern front each other from uiches in opposite walls. Beyond is another hall, from which opens on the right the ballroom where Dolly Madison held some of her famous receptions. For years past the house has had an uncanny reputation, on account of the numerous ghost stories which are in circulation concerning the strange sounds heard within its walls. The watchman, who lias lived there for seven years, claims, however, that he has never yet heard a sound. Never­ theless, there is one story which has the semblance of truth. While the Tayloes were occupying the house the door bell rang one day, but the maid on answering it could see no one. Again it rang, and this time the old colonel himself went, but there was no one. Finally all the bells in the house start­ ed ringing and nothing could stop them. They continued ringing until the Tay­ loe family took their departure. The lo­ cal papers noted the phenomenon at the time of its occurrence. Our Governors and Voters. The period during which a Governor may hold without signing or vetoing a bill passed by the Legislature varies in the several States. In New York, California. Kentucky, Colorado, Illi­ nois. Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas and Missouri it is ten days; in Mary­ land it is six; in Alabama, Georgia,/ Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska. Nevada, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, New Hampshire. Tennessee. Oregon, Vermont, Virginia. West Virginia and New Jersey it is five, and in Kansas. Connecticut, Indiana. Iowa. South Car­ olina, Minnesota and Wisconsin it is three days. In Ohio the Governor has no veto power. With the extension of the system of biennial sessions to thir­ ty-nine of the forty-five States, the number of bills passed and requiring the consideration of the executive has been much reduced and the labors of the Governors in these States have been lightened correspondingly. Education's Advance in Germany. Germany is now the best-educated nation of the continent, yet only 100 years ago German teachers in many parts of the country were so poorly paid that they used to slug in front of houses ins order to add to their income by odd pence. Spain's Guilt Seems Certain. Charles A. Crondall, who also bears the name of Emanuel Escadaro, and who ac­ knowledges he laid the mine in Havana harbor which destroyed the Maine, has been arrested in Chicago by United States secret service officers. His story is sub­ stantiated by letters in his possession from Weyler's officials and from Weyler himself., The following interview with the prisoner was given out by the Govern­ ment officers: •'*'•••• "I left the navy and went, to Lima, Peru, where I entered the employ of Grace & Co. of London, in their nitre beds. While at Lima I met many Span­ iards. One of them, Emil J. Castillo, an agent of the Spanish Government, iuduc- ed me to go to Cuba as,an expert on coast defense for Gen. Weyler. I was given free transportation to the island and when l arrived there I met Antonio Marco Diaz, who ^ assigned me to harbor work and: plotting for torpedo and mine anchorage. I began laying the mines and torpedoes early in the'spring of 1890, and finished about a year later. ,My work was per­ formed at night. I was assisted by five Italian laborers and two Spanish boat­ men. In all seventeen mines and tor­ pedoes were placed. The mines were made m England and the torpedoes in Italy. 1 he work of laying them was very slow, because it was ordered that I should not work on moonlight nights, for fear of creating suspicion. "When my work was completed I made a chart showing the location of all the mines and torpedoes, and submitted it to Gen. Weyler in person. His artillery aides approved of the plans and he handed me my passport to Key West, assuring me that I would receive pay until the first mine or torpedo was used. I remained in Havana until Feb. 10, when I went to Key West, where I stayed until March 3. "After the Maine was blown up I kept in hiding and as soon as I received word to skip out I left as a stowaway on the first steamer for Miami. "The Maine was anchored at the iden­ tical buoy that Gen. Weyler ordered me to place the additional mine, officially known as buoy 4. These mines were an­ chored by cable and chain. There were two sets, that could be fired independent­ ly; that is, the chain at the mouth of the harbor and the others in the interior cir­ cle. II rom Miami I went to Nashville, where I received the following letter from Havana, dated March 1, 1898: " 'Destroy all evidence. Go to New York. Ticket for London awaits you there. DIAZ.' "This was from Weyler's most trusted adjutant and spy, who executes all of the edicts issued by Weyler from Spain. I did not~go to New York, but went to St. Louis, and from there came to Chicago. "The mines can be fired either from Morro Castle, Cabanas or the navy yard, and it would have been impossible for anyone other than a Spanish officer to have had "access to them. No one but Weyler and his agents knew where they were or where the firing galleries were located." TO RAISE FUNDS. Committee Agrees Upon a Plan for War Revenue., 1 he Ways and Means Committee agreed upon a plan.for raising revenue in case of need, to carry on war with Spain. The plan will raise more than $100,000,000 additional revenue annually, and is thus distributed: An additional tax on beer of $1 a bar­ rel, estimated to yield &35,000,000; a bank stamp tax, on the lines of the law of 1800, estimated to yield $30,000,000; a duty of 3 cents a pound on coffee and 10 cents a pound on tea, and a like amount of internal tax on stocks of coffee and tea on hand in the United States, estimated to yield $28,000,000; additional tax on to­ bacco, expected to yield $15,000,000. The committee also agreed to authorize the issuing of $500,000,000 bonds. These bonds are to be offered for sale at all post- offices in the United States in amounts of $50 each, making a great popular loan to be absorbed by the people. To tide over emergencies, the Secretary of the Treasury will be authorized to is­ sue treasury certificates. These certifi­ cates or debentures are to be pay running expenses when the do not meet the expenditures. pa rations are distinctly war would be put in operation only occur. The Japanese, who are getting to be great cigarette smokers, now use every month 13,000,000 imported and 52,000,- yected that Mr. PIpp's contributions on [000 native cigarettes. FORTY-EIGHT VESSELS aoiJG^T Government Hai Kxpended Nearly $9,000,000 in This Direction. Since the war preparations were begun, fdPty-cight vessels of all types and classes have been added to the naval strength. They range from tiny harbor defense tor­ pedo-boats to the fast cruisers New Or­ leans and Albany, and include steam yachts, ocean-going tugs, colliers, an am­ bulance ship, auxiliary cruisers, the ves­ sels of the revenue-cutter service, and the lighthouse lenders, which have lately been impressed. Of the total number of vessels now subject to the orders of the Navy Department, about thirty have been purchased outright by the government, either at home or in Europe, and only about one-fifth of them are yet in condi­ tion for service with the regular war ves­ sels. The amount paid for these vessels has not been announced, but approximate­ ly it is understood that the newly pur­ chased vessels have cost the navy so far nearly $9,(XX).000. of which one-third was paid for the ships bought abroad. War Order Issued by Long. Secretary Long Thursday morning is­ sued the first war order, which was to" the effect that the bureau of navigation, until further orders, should give out no information touching the movements of vessels, etc. A circular letter was sent to all the clerks iu the department forbid­ ding them to talk to outsiders or give any information to newspaper men. News of Minor Note. Diphtheria at Wavprly, Mo., put a stop to nil church and social gatherings. At Commercial, Ivy., the 3-year-old son of Pat Corbin, while playing about a tire in the yard, was burned to death. Emperor William of Germany has in­ formed Ambassador White that his sym­ pathies are with the T>nitcd Slates. " Boston insurance companies refuse to permit their agents to issue policies cov­ ering'possible risks by bombardment. Charles Sipes, formerly of Stnrgis, Ivy., was drowned at Blackford, Ivy. Sipes was a young man and leaves a family. The cigar manufacturers of Reading, Pa., district are storing up Havana to­ bacco hi anticipation of war with Spain. Av.d now Jim Corbett wants to go to Congress. Corbett in Congress would be as the poet says, a thing of btauty and a • uiv fnrpver. Senator more. Senator Mitchell--The water! Senator Stewart--The nothing. Senator Hale--The message Is admirable In all 'respects. .. Senator Foraker--I have no patience with the message. Senator Spooner--The message Is an able state paper. Representative Todd--Diplomats will call it an able state paper. tta 1 d°nrt wl,,, •• K£kl~Th« message will not suit tne people of my country. Sector Cullom--It Is a strong, well-con­ sidered review of .the situation.' , Hmv,€y-It ,ls an abl<? paper and will meet with general approval. Representative McCleary-The message Is a conservative statement of the case. ~ Senator B6rry--The President said some things that were pat to the purpose. Representative 15elden--The message will ha^e great influence with foreign nations. Senator McMillan--The Cuban question now rests with the Senate and the.House. Senator Teller--I am much disappointed. I expected the President would lend the way. Representative Hunter--It is a pacific com­ munication and merely a plea for more de­ lay. benator Mills--I am for the Independence or Gut>a and for war on account of the Maine. Senator McBrlde--The President presented our case against Spain in a very satisfactory manner. Senator Burrows--It is a wise and patriotic paper and the President's request should be acceded to. Representative Hull--It is a very strong statement of international principles and historical facts. Senator Elkins--It states the case admira­ bly and It will be/sustained by the people and by Congress. . i\. Representative Doljtfver-'frie"' EresT&mfa message appears to me to state the ease against Spain fully. Representative Cannon--It Is a strong, well-delivered paper..-. The responsibility Is now with Congress. 'v,;, •% Senator Murphy--I am not satisfied with McK In ley's recommendations. They are not sufficiently explicit. J' • .1 Representative Henderson--We should stand up, sustain the President, and give him the power he asks. - Senator Thurston--I do-not understand the President has any policy, Certainly it is not outlined In his message..^. . •.-v Representative Sayers-- I Cannot And will not Indorse the policy of the President as announced in his message. Senator Shoup--The President said some very pertinent things, and I hope his sug­ gestions will b^ carried out. Representative Eddy--The message is fully up to my expectations, lid says the war must stop and I agree with him. Senator Galllnger--The message was a dis­ appointment, especially because there Is no recommendation for Independence. Representative Richardson--I am not la favor of giving the President any more pow­ er than the Constitution gives him. Representative Hartman--The Presldent'o message has repeated to Congress much that we already knew and nothing that we did not know. • Representative Hopkins--The President's message is an able state document and re­ cites a condition of affairs that calls loudly for action. Representative Dockery--This message is a companion piece to the President's former message transmitting the findings of the naval court of inquiry. Senator Chandler--The enforced pacifica­ tion of Cuba must come. The war must stop. Therefore, the President should be author­ ized to terminate hostilities. Representative Smith -- The indictment against the Spanish government contained in the message Is as explicit as an indictment against any criminal can be. Representative Landis--The President's message Is an Invitation to Congress from start to finish to Jump in and assume the responsibility, and I for one am ready to do so. - Senator Proctor--The message will be re­ ceived by the people with approval. If the time has come when we should intervene, I believe we should take steps looking to this end immediately. Representative Corliss--The message of the President meets my expectations. He em­ phatically declares "that war In Cnba must stop," and wisely leaves the character of action to Congress. Representative Johnson--I do not think the President has stated all the facts pertinent to our relationship with Spain. In my opin­ ion, however. Congress should confer upon him the power asked for. Representative Grosvenor--The message, when the hot blood which has so properly been incited by the course of events has had time t6 cool, will be recognised as an able, patriotic and wise state paper. IN CASE OF A CALL. Table Showing Each State's Qnota of Men for National Defense. The following is the official apportion­ ment of the various States and territories on a basis of a call for 50,000 men, the proportions being maintained according to the same ratio in the case of calls for 100,000, 100,000 and *00,000 men: State- Alabama Arkausas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia ;.... •Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Arizona District of Columbia. New Mexico Oklahoma It is stated by Adjt. Gen. Corbin that in case a call for troops becomes neces­ sary it will be based upon the population of the different States, and the above table shows that with few exceptions the National Guard of the various States and territories is fully equil to a demand for a call for 200,000 men. On On Natlon- basis al guard of popu- Strengtli. .basis. Iatlon. . 4,.r)00 1.0G1 1,000 . 2.400 633 810 . 4,400 1.023 1,295 . 1,800 465 530 . 3,800 1,220 643 . 1,000 194 136 i 2,200 493 300 . 8,800 1,073 1,270 . 800 229 0? . 0.200 2,550 3,21.4 . 4,100 1,100 1,721 . 4,800 1,075 1,050 . 2,700 501 1,115 . 2,000 504 1,363 . 3.700 1,220 776 . 2.400 056 502 . a,;too 020 777 . 8,500 2,200 1.889 1,305 1,748 .' 3 ,000 840 1.149 . :t,800 700 863 . .-{,800 1,104 2,164 . 1,100 227 209 . 2,r»oo 540 905 fioo 162 55 . 2,000 7a? 301 . (5,200 1,897 1,185 .17.700 5,705 5,005 . 2,000 738 1,034 . 1,200 238 184 . 0,500 2,644 2 899 . 2,300 634 "'332 . 13,700 " 4,047 4,308 . 1.000 452 284 . 1,100 278 740 . 0.400 1,662 299 . 2.700 684 1,224' . 5,300 1,244 1,692 . 1.400 104 170 . 1,300 344 253 . 5.000 1.205 1,115 . 1.70O 324 472 . 1,700 386 55 Ci . 4,200 1,205 1,310 . 000 205 92 . 1,000 223 72 . 3,100 521 ISO . GOO 150 136' . 1.200 220 56