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RQ3DWATBR , Editor _ _ _ PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TI JIMS OF aitltUUl TION Dulljan 1 Sunday , Ons V car 11(1 ( 01 Blx month * f ft ) Three Months 3 m Hun lay lite Ono Year 2 0J VV eeKI ) Ilee Ono y ear with l roinlum 8 0(1 ( oincia f omoiin ne null ling • 1 < hlengo Oillre Wltookorjr Itnlldtncr New fork Itooms II ami 1 > Trlbuns Ilulldlng IVnuhltiLton No.fl1 Iturtsenth Htre't Council lllutra , No 13 Pearl btroot b > uthUmaha Corner N mil-itaStraoti coiMiisroNDiscr All communications relating to news an 1 e II torlal matter should Da addressed to tbo Editor lal Uepartnent in mNrss rrnriis A111nisIne Blpttcrs and remittances shoutl 1 e Brtrtressed to 11 o Hob Publishing Company Omnhn llrnf is checks an 1 1 ostnfllce orders to 1 o made payal lo to the order ot ttio Company Tlic Bee PnWisliliie Company Proprietors lln Hull Una 1 aninm an lanventoantli Btroots THE BEE ON THE TRAINS tliero Is no excuse for a failure to get Tnr Hkh on the trains Vllnoivslealors hue been noti lied to rarry a. full s ippl v I rat clers who vv ant fin llu mid can tget Hon trains whom other Omaha i apera ire earrlod nro ro luostod to notify fin llrr 1 lense l o particular to glvo In nil cases fill In rot mat Ion ns ti duti rallviaj and number or train i ' THE DAILY EEE c\mrii tnti mi m ot Circulation Btato of Nebrusica , l „ „ Uunty of llouiJas f" reoi o II TzscliucL secretary ot Tint Her Ptiblishlt g Companj docs Koleinnly swear that the nctunl clrcul itlon of I iir IAtt v 11k * fortho week endtnir I ebrusry 2. 18J0 was as follows ! 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H list 1889 18.1 > 1 ronlos for Bel t < mber 1S8J 18 710 H copl a for Octoter 1881 18 If ) " copies for No- veml rr 1F81 19 lift copies for December 1889 , iO ( H8 copies for January 18 Kl ii r , . copies OroiuiE II T/SCIIDCK Bworn to ncforo mo nn I sul scrlb d m my M pros n o this Mth day of I ct rnarv A 11 1890 B I'-cal 1 N J > Ini Notury 1 ubllc M In\iio anil Wyoining nro moving B nloiif ; tow mil statobood it a Rtondy m pace _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M Ni \oitK now consoles hoisolf with H | the assertion that the city lnd no real Hi desire to got the fiur " H ; Auricvxis for \ncnnt city ofilccs H nrc not obliged to bIiow i cortifloato ol { H politicil intentity from the Satnosoi Hi chiors _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ H' Tlim.l moro plums ba\o fallen to the M favnrnd few in Noorasku Assistant . law makci s and the oil roomcontingont H are piospcrinff amazinply those winter I llnj s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 Ca\vdv ptoposos to icconstruct the i tit lit will around the counttj The j dominion premises to become a rich K Held foi immigration agents next sum M ] mor j Ar the into English syndicates are K dispensing their bullion hi this coun- H ! trv it is c\ident that John Bulls opin- j ion of Uuclo S ira has undcigono a radi H cnl clmngo Hi la is hardlj f iir to charge up to Neal M nil the uupumshod crimes committed in n the state When Douglas countv gets H through with him , ri\ul counties can H preempt the tomains M\ \ As \ mensuro of public safety , the 1 fill cot sweeping gang should bo ordered H ] out to biuah the srow and frost off the HJ now dotiot , viaduct and bridge These H ] great Improvements should bo kept in H full view -mm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ H IK the tiitusfor of the city govern Hjj tnent of Salt Like to the gentiles tbo M Motmons hnudod over a surplus of thtoo Hj hundred and sixty thousand dollars m rxtravngnnco is not among the many M Bins clmtgod up to the saints HJ Till ropoitthnt twenty to thiity per M cent of Chicago whisky is water comes U too Into to otTcct a revulsion of congros- HJ flional tisto Had Now York stumbled M otei the fact a few daysago , the worlds M fait would hiuo boon anchored cast of HJ | the Allogliouies m Win n Attorney General Lcoso pro H posed a iiutlcnl reduction of local HJ freight i itos to the state board of trans HJl portation the totporation collars immc- ' ; HJ' dintou tightened , and the silence of HJ the woaiors was distlnctlj audible The 1 HJ pioposition sit tick the mombois dumb HJ • Till unaoLtnly bosto in awarding HJ dnmnges for the opening of Burt HJ Btroot , which has Jieon open for years , 1 HJ Is ohniictoilstio of the counoil corn el bino If the alleged owners oi a slice 1 HJ of that struot possess a just claim to HJ compjnsntion tlioy should bo oorraittod HJ to establish it in court HJ Till members of the stnto board of r HJ tiansportation who recently dlstln- HJ gulshcd themselves by hobnobbing HJ " 'Ith the mlliond managois in Chicago , HJ uoio painfull } silent when callucl upon | HJ to net on the question of reduced locnl i HJ freight lutes The lute displuj of iui\- Hj iotj for Uio suffering fai mors seems to , HI dopii\o thorn of sufflclont foico to up- HJ pi } the lomody in tholr own hands Hj Tin third party is in the flold with HJ straight tickets in Vermont and In- HJ ( liana ' 1 heir action in Nobrnska this i HJ jnai dupouds on the success of the non HJ partisan dod o as a campaign prell n- HJ luiuy If reiiublicans swallow the bait HJ the prohibitionists will cheerfully per HJ niit the procession to proceed to tbo po- HJ litlcal tomotoii , and paj the oxponeos HJ of u binss band HJ I in ittto Prof Billings hua boon In- H oculatcil with railroad virus and blooms H , as a ohaiuplou of the opptossod corpor- H ntlnns 'Llio professor injeuts tempe HJ ' iari vitality into the Into oxplodcd H theoii that miltoad frolght iatoa rogu- HJ lutod the mutkot price of gtain Mr HJ Illllliigs' tiuinlug us u dUpoiisor of f H bogus ho \iua | throws u halo of light H otor his contortions as a railroad char H mtaa , AT.ATlMrD MAtsVrACTVMUlS The report that the cofnmlttco on wftjs and moans proposed to reduce the duty on stool rails from seventeen and u halt dollars to ton dollars a ton is slid to have caused something of a consternation - nation among the itianufnctutors lhcso gentlemen claim that a titrlfT of ton dollars a ton would in no wise bo BUlllclotit to protect the industry , and that the whole tirlff might a well bo romo\od a9 to reduce it to that point They \ assort tlmt at present English stcol rail manufacturers can suc cessfully compete with Amorlcan manufacturers I on the Pacific coast , in southern tnarkota and nt other sea bo ml points where thojko \ \ the nd- . \antngo of choiip ocoin freights Thoj might possibly bo able to got along , . thoj siy , 1 ( the tariff was lowered to fittoon . dollars n ton , but if the ontlro homo j market is to bo sued the tariff on Btool rails should bo nd\nncod rather thnn lowered lhov siythtt under the present Btato of affairs eomo of the largo stool rail mills of the country hive ceased to tnaUo rails , bocaiibo 1 they cannot make thom with prollt Of coutso these man ufnclurors are concerned for the interests \ of labor If the tariff is reduced , thov snj , thcro must bo a reduction ' in the wages of the workmen from i the men who take the nude ere , fiom the mines to those who put the finishing j touches to the rails l Glvo us 1 labor ns cheap ns English labor , " they saj , "i nd wo will furnish rails just as I cheap " Most of the mills tint manufacture steel I rails ire working to their full c ' ipicltj , with orders on hand that will kcop ' thom busj for months ahead 'i ho Philadelphia liecord says that in the prooont or any probiblo condi tion . of the tndo the proposed dutj ' of ten doll trs a ton would as fulli sere the put poses of protection is the existing tate , and th it at the cs- timitcd consumption of two million tons for the ensuing j oar this rate of duty would still en iblo the Bessemer combination to divide between ton and fifteen million dollars ibo\o legitimate profits Should the existing rite bo miinlaincd the division will bo be tween sovontcen and twenty two million dollars In excess of legitimate profits The present price of stool rails is thlrtv Il\o dollars a ton , so tint it would appear that the manufacturers no gottlng fiom oighti to ton do'lurs in excess of n fair piollt , oi In other words that stool rails could bo sold nt from twenty fno to twontj savon dollars without forcing the manufacturers into banktuptcv lhc > ha\e sold within a voir ntthittj- two doll us without any loss to tbo man uractuiers , and it has been shown that thcro is no danger fiom English com petition , below the piico of about fort two dollars a ton lhat is , the English mnnufnctuior must reahzo at least twentj-Uvo dollars a ton for his rails to make it piy him to send thom to the Amorlcm market , so that a ton dollar rite would bo in umplo protection for our manufacturers at the ptcsont price of rails , and thoj c in bo bold nt a good profit sovoril dollirs below the prcwul ing puce ihoro is not much probability hdn- oor , that the proposed reduction will bo made , though it is pobsiblo the rnto will bo somowhnt lowoied perlnps to llftcon dollars As the whole plan of tanir revision is hlcelv to bo a patch work of compromises it is to bo expected that the steel nil makoi8 will bo sue cessful in preventing any voiy great reduction of the dutj on thou product bOUAD buaoEsriozs Governor Boise in his liuiuguial ad- diess makes sound suggestions regard ing the duty of the state to roqunothit railroads within Its jurisdiction shall bo maintained in proper condition foi enfo and olllcicnt service Ho remarks that ' upon the pot fection of these roads find theit equipment , and the skill and care 1 of those who operate thom , moro thnn monoj depends lho lives of a multi tuao of pissongers and an nimj of em ployes are at stiko lho govern oi , therefore , uigos th it the uu- thoiities cannot go too fai in demand ing safoguaids ngainat accidents on tallroadsand demanding that the cor- potations shall keep their property in llibt class condition This should bo the pollcv of every si ilo Evoij whore in this countrv too little consideration is given to the vorj vital matter of loqulung that the rail roads shall supply ovorj practicable i protection for passengers , and shall maintain their roadw tys and 1 biidjros in such condition as i to Bocuro the greatest possible > security against accident It is different in Europonn coun- tiles Thcro the pnviloges and com forts of railwaj travel mav bo inferior to those enjoiod in this countrv , but the , safeguards icquiicd and enforced ien- dor ttavol much moro secuie Accl- dents are o\tioinol > inio , and voton ! the English loads ospoeinllj vorv fist t titno is made , llftj and sixty mlles an hour being a not unusual speed on bov- or il of the mete extensive lines lho , simple explanation is that the roads aio , subjected to gov oi uniont inspection and L thoio are ndoquato penalties vorv suto to ho ouforcod in the ciso of accidents losulting from caiclobs inauugeinont lho tail toads nro not a power in politics , and the laws enacted for thoh regulu- I tlon in the public intoiost thoj are compelled to conform to Consequently travel in Tutopa is very muoh s > iifor than in the United States 'lho annual record of loss of lifo in this countt\ from lallroid accidents , duo to the penurious policy of mana- goia , ( aroless and ramcloss manage muiit , inofllcionoy ot ompln es bj , ion son cither of ignorauco oi oveiwoik , and othei avoidnblo causes , 1b appall ing , Ilaidly a week passes without its record of rallioud disasters that a little ciito and piocnution would have piovontod And it very ntrolj ) happens that any ono responsible foi i theo casualties is punlshoj , indeed , these primai lly responsible nio no > or annovod by oven a thioat of puulsh- inout , and their influence is geueinlly Bufllclent to soouro immunity for these who maj bo charged with accountabil ity I for the ralhoid's victims A few of the great corporations of the country , as a matter ot business undci the prcsI sure of competitionnro fatrlv liberal in making provision for the safety of travel t , but now hero is thoic the extent of sollcitiido and care in tins matter that t Is observed gcncrallj bj the European - ropoan corporations It ougiit to bo possible j to secure lioro an equal Intor1- cst or care on the part of railroad mani ngors i in providing for the safety ot the traveling i public , and ut any rnto the effort is worth moklng T1W 110VK IbLAND L\l/\\SWK The proposed extension of the Hoclc Island 1 reid from Omaha to a connec tion 1 with its Colorado line is no longer ti < matter of speculation The survo s have 1 been made nnd distuncosovor bov- oral < routes are dollnltoly nscert lined , but 1 wbother the road shall bo built bi way of Lincoln to Pulrbuiy or from Omaha dlioct to Boati tco lias not boon fullj 1 dncldod The suivoi to Lincoln effects a saving of eight mlles ovoi the slioitest ' existing route an advantage ot considerable iuiDOitinco in view of the extent of Unfile between Omnhn nnd tbo capital On the othei hand the Bealtico route would open up a now toi- iltori to the trade ot Omaha and glvo the people of Beatrieo and contiguous towns direct communicitlon with the metropolis of the state instead ot the picsont oxbow lines The route chosen will depend largely on the pressure brought to bear on the comninv , and the Inducements oltorod by the cities diroctlj interested lho advautago lies with Boitrico as the junction , the distnnro being considoi- nblj less than bj vvaj of Lincoln and Ealrbury , thus effecting a gtoat saving In the cost of construction nnd light of wuy Whichever louto Is finally chosen the intention of the compaii j is to make it as short as pi actio ible , without re gard to intcimediate towns , so ns to make it the shortest loid between Chicago cage and the bait Lake villoy lho pie posed cutoff is virtuallj a connection of the main stems of the Rock Islind svstom reducing distinco between toiminal points and placing the toad on in equal footing with rival lines for the trade of the west The consti notion of this shot t line is ofpaiamount lmpoitnnco to the com merce of Omaha Not onlj will it fur nish a direct comnoting line to the tiado of the Republican valley nnd northern Kansas , ns an off ot to the on- crotchmoiits of Runs is Cit , but also to the tr ido of Colorado and TJt th The cbnngo of the Rio Giaudo Western tea a st intlnid gat , jo ro id , and its connec tion with the Midi ind Pacific , from Coloiado Snrings to Grand Tunction , Col , both of which are allied with the Rock Island will in a few months en able tbo latter to run its trains direct from Chicago to a connection vith the Central Pacific nt Ogden But the most impel taut feature of Una great system to Omaha is the extension southwest thtough Indian foiritor } and loxns and eventually to the Gulf bringing the limitless ranges ot the Lone fatit state into close com munication with the Omaha stock inn kotIn In view of the vist interests involved not the least of which is the enti inco of the road into thn citj it behooves our business mon to work with a will and bocuro the consti uetion of the Tfock Island sboit line at the eatlic&t possible moment T.HK selection of Caldwell Judge , uis- ttict judge fet Arkansas , to suceood Jus tice Bioivei as judge of the Lighth cn- cuit , in which lowu and Nebuibka are ; ombraccd is one of the most tommond- iblo judicial appointments made bj the present administration The piomotion of Tudgo Caldwell is said to have boon made on the scoio of seniority , ho hav ing boon on the district bench nearly twentv six yoais , but it Is none i the less a loco nltion ot his high abilttv aud integrity and i an acknowledgment of his just claims bj reason of these as well as the fact of long sotvlco Judge 1 Caldwell was appointed to the fedoial 1 bench by Pi osldont Lincoln in 1804 , and 1 his lecord of moro thau a quaitoi of a coi tury is a most nonorablo one Ho is ono of the sttongest Bwnpithi/ers with the interests of the pcoplo against monopolies and combinations , and has done good soi v ice outside of his judicial position in defending the lights of the public from the oncroachnienU and I abudos of capitalistic power In this i a- speot the appointment of Judge Cald- well to succeed Justice Brew or is pecu- linilv foitunate fpr the pcoplo of the states which constitute the Lighth judi- cial circuit ' Il is a rat hoi cold day when Mr P O Hawos is not lotnlnod to push some bodi 's claim against Unnlo Sam ot the state of Nobiaska Just now Mr Pat iiok O'llawes is tlio lopositoiyof dis- gt untied property owners and losoos In the now postolllco block who claim that . the nppialbeis huvo done thom up If this was a claim whlcn Mi O'Huwos had for his own relief before the No- biu&Ualcgislatuio , Tni'Bl'i would venture - turo to pi edict that the appropi lation would go thiough before the legislature adjourned P S Wo want it dis tinctly undoistood that this is not a , mid udvoi tiscmont Now HI VI the seerotary of war hus flnallv unpioved the plans and profiles of location ot the Nobiaska Ceutial 1 rniltoad companj's bildgo , the pto- motors of that ptojoct aio in nosition to proceed without fui thor dolnj It is to bo hoped that thoj have bj this tlmo succeeded in oiilisting sufficient capital j forthe undoitaking It gees without saying that Omaha needs a corapotnig railwaj bildgo with tolls fixed so model atoly low as to make the approaches preaches into Omaha accessible for all 1 raihoads Si'Citi'iAitA Pnooioit.in topjy to the house tcsolution calling fet a report on the condition of the goioi nmont works at Rock Island , rocommondo the ostab- Ushment of some fuctonestiotoin ) con nectiou with the making of heavy ord- ! nance and field matoi iuls Accompany ing the roplj nro reports from Colonel Whittomore and General Bonot , the former favoring a pun factory nt Rook Island , and tbo latter in opposition i , • sana mnlnlv on nccount of distnnco from the source i of supply and the sea coast On the I score of ccMmomj nnd facilities , the Rock Island H 'onnl is superior to Wntorvllot , wlvqro the govoi nmont Is plnclng | a plant for the innnufncturo of heavy urdnallJJp , for sea coast do- tenses I The vvutor power sAitionnding the \ island is pijipUrnU ) unlimited It is the onlj ntsoni } ! in the countij pos sesslngoueh i povvgi , affording a lingo sav i lug in fuel nlono lho stone build ingii nlrcndj orcifted and unused , could botuinedlnto fnotorios and equipped with machinorv fer the manufacture ot gunsnt n tiiuirig'oxiicnso , compirod to the cost of the Watorvhot plmt Both fncloiios , notvovcr , can bo oporntod in- dcpoudontlv with piollt to the govern ment lho Hock Island plant affords ovorj inducement for the economical manufacture of flold guns and light at- tlllorj as well as small arms , having cheap power and buildings to over balance distance fiom the source of sup plj Anothoi important fact in its favoi is its location noni tbo center of the continent , making it avnilablo by water nnd rail communication in e iso of war , and the natuinl socuiitj from ex ternal attack Wiii'N a bnttlo Is ever it is nlvvavs in teresting to know just how the battle iv is fought Just now the Chicago p ipors are oxpl-lining how Chicago won the fight for the worlds fair Their explanations do not howov or , explain Wo tnko it that Chicago won the fight this w intci by vorj much the simo ticticsomploved when she won the light foi the national convention two jonrs ago by llboral use of lubucitor and chn nji igno The foais of a collapsed mukot in dulged by the miloids in opposition to n taduccd late on corn piovob to have boon the voi lest twaddle At the present ont moment when evcrj available car is moving the crop to mat kot , Chieigo icoorts an advance in prices buying moro piouounccd thin usutl , and a sttongoi feeling prevailing in the m ir- Uot _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Till Itr is mote chic inory back of the garb ice inspcctoiship than appeals on the surface lho crj of municipal economy which the tnijoi and the combine indulged in rocontlj was u mask to deccivo the biddots for the prlzo and p ivo the way foi ono of the lousttibouts of the solid twenty eight OTHETl I l\pi , 111 AN' 0 UliS Appearances Inhcito that the nttontton of the British piril iraent will b3 ilovoto 1 nl most oxclusivel } to the consideration of the art ilea of Ireland , la.spito of lho avowed determination termination of the iov orninL it to keep the Irish question in the baa roun I Ihoro port of the Pirncll commlss on will bo made thooxcuso for an Inlormmablo debate In which Mr Gladstone promises to oxhnust the resources of his matchless ole jjoqco in dufonso of the nccmad Irish members The f-nvcrninent will ll0nt hard for the unqttal Hod apnrov il ot the report , but there Is icisou to bellovo that Mr Came s horror of the whole nntl t'arnoll conspiracy Is sn irod bj many of the members on the tori and unionist benches and the dobito maj provo the beginning ; of dl aSterto , the bOVornmBiyt When the lepart ottho l'arnoll commission is disposed of thors uro other questions af fectinptho nolicy of the Rovornmont in Ire lnnd that will force themselves to tha froat If the English parlnmontis to legislate for Lnglatul Ireland must bo ailovvol to fet a I ariiament of her own AgrarjHn reform in Scotland will press for attention from tbo present pailinmcnt Tbo crofter commission is lho first but not by iinv means the last application of the priu- ciplo otnbohod in the Gladstund * land act Actordlnt to that principle tlio laud of n ny given country belongs not to its ostonslolu owner but to the nation whoso rcprosonta tives in uarlluuunt have the n ht to determine I mine how much rent sh ill bo nnpDsod upon it Should the radienls obtain a majority in the next house of commons the turn of the ! • nglish landlords vill surely oimo anl after commissioners nuvo tauon fion thorn the power ot flxinf the rentals of their farms it will not bo long before the rontnls of house piopcrty in towns nnd cities will bo subjected to ouicial regulation Ihis bo it remembcrod is the purpose not of the roln tlvoly small fraction of LiiBllsh voters who have adopted too doctrines of Mr Ilonrv Georfo but the avowed and ollleiil pro grammo of the greatbodyof I nglish radio lis whoso typical representative is Mr Urad hmeh lhoso mon , who look forvv ird to controltint ; parliament , do not wish the 1 ind to hear all the burdens of the Btato out tlio > are rosolvnd to limit a landlord s poivor of raislnf , rents at will * * - lho growth of socialism in Gormanv has l been rapid and stead ) lho omnlra stirtod 1 un Its carcor since 1371 with a socialist vote of l-JOTa , out the strength of the pirty at that tlmo was so scattered tha' onh a couple of its candidates gained admission to tbo i ulcustng At the next election In 137-1 , the socialists mustered a vote of JAt > )2 ) which three years luter bnd inrroisod toiOS 83 or 8 5 per cent of the total vote cast at the olet tlon Tnon followed ttioattumpts of Hosdel nnd Nobihng upon the lifo of the emperor tbo enactment of the nntl socialist law tlio dissolution of the rcichstag and the appeal to i tbo country on tiioia Issues iJ As n rosutt of ' the depressing effects of these events the socialist vote at the extraordinary oluction In , 1877 fell oil to 4J7 3 , a dourouso ot about J 50 000 votes as cqmparod with the regular election in the beginning of tlio same ycur , After threoi years of stringent cn- forcomont ot the apti'soclahst law , the party was nhlo to poll 31 lju.lt votes in ths oleotioa in 1831 Ihroo J ap later , aftei soyon voara of roprcsslvpjp lslatlon , its olcoloril sttength was fijOOao votes roprosontoi by twontj four moinboi in the reluhstag In ' the election of 18b7 tlio eotl illsts lost thir teen seats although they Increased their popular vote from ODO in 1831 to 771 Ul In 1837 In tlio i tyjOf Uorlin nlono the so ciullstvoto was HiY.e-lJpd to 9JO03 tnroo jears ago At the last elpgtlon tha party doublol Its vote of thuoo J ears , ago , the total vote i cast for all sociajpi } oandldutcs holng estl inutod at 1,500 000 , gr ft ) wards of 15 par cent of the electorate and at least 25 per cent ot t the total vote cast at the olootlon It will I thus bo soon that in loss than twenty years the socialist party has irown to rank among ; the dominant parties in tbo empire and the federal parliament # • * The French government vls ly decided to set aside the sontenua itnposod on tbo young dulco of Orleans for violation of the oxpul slon law , and ho was accordingly released 1 iand escorted to the frontier The popular demonstrations on his behalf In the streets of Paris were dev old of any particular po lltical significance and tbo chamber of dopu tics refused by a largo majority to entertain a motion for tlio lepoul of the expulsion act ; so that the hovorament uigbt huvo felt it self safe In carrjlnir out the sentence Im posed on the latest descendant of Eleary IV , Huttho Infliction of lunlshmcnt wonll un doubtcdlj have strongthencl the public : symuatlij for him , nnd some untoward circumstance might hnvo arisen to crjs talllzo this fooling nnd create a serious monnco , to the safety of tlio republio Even ] ns It Is , tlio monarchists will undoubt oily clnlm that the nitioi of the govornnont was i due to fear , mid will soflk to malto capi tal t out ot It though tbo joungost Louis I'hlill 1 po hns lost the first trick In the game , he ' hns mndo himself the foremost ot the protanJors ' to the tlirono of I ranee The j oung Victor Uonaparto aid the bravo General Uoulangcr hnvo fallen far in his renr , If the IVonch nntlon should again In cllno , to moniuohy the first In tholr thoughts would bo the royal jouth who walked up to the i buro iu of enlistment In Paris and asked to I be Inscribed as a prlvato soldlor In his enso < there woul 1 ho no need of n sccor d La fnjetto ' to present him to tl o Preach people ns j ' tlio best republic " Ho hns onlj to bldo his tlmo , nnd should the monarchist fruit ag-aln rlpon In J. rauuo It ml ht fall into his hands 1 bo swooping mituro ot the reforms to bo discussel i by the Swiss I.nborl conference is suniclcntlj indicated by the official pro gramme which has just boon Issued lho quostlnns to bo aiscussod inclu In the ro Btrictiou of Sunilaj work the minimum ngo of which chill re n may bo omplojel the maximum hours of labor far men nnd women co np ilsorj school nttendanco ns affecting the vurking hours u sliding scale of hours foi children of diftoiont ngos re strictions upon the cnilojnient | of women anl children In dangerous occupations , the employment of women and children in night work ind the proper method of enforcing lnbor regulations This is a comprehensive progrnmmo In nil the matte ib covered by these qucs tions thcro is quite ns much danger ot en thusia9tlc reformers going too far ns there Is of not going fur enough The effect ot lntor nntlonal competition when unrestrained by tariff protection , Is to chock the possibility of reducing hours beyond a certain point uu less nn International ngrcomoul can bore ro ichod Again , putting special restrictions upon womnns labor which nro not also pi iced U ] on men s nets In many cases merely as n handicap upon tbo sox nlroady hnndl capped bj nature in the struggle for bread Sue h rostiictions might be well meant but would cortilnlj bear bidly upon m inj women Dosplto all the dutigcrs and dlfll cultiea of the situation however the conference ferenco can accomplish a great do il of good and it is to bo hoped that it will succeed in dolne seAt At the request of Mr Hirsch our minis ter at Constantinople Moussn Hey , the Ruuhsh chief aud govcrnot of the lurltish province of Armenia has been imprisoned to insure his nppenranco for trial on charges of robbing and maltreating two American missionaries named Knnpp and ltejnolds sov oral j oars nco lho storm of indigna tion which wis moused throughout Luropo by the rcront ncquittal of this notorious op prcssoi of tbo helpless Chr stluiiB is lilioiy to bring him at last to nccount cither upou some of the seventeen fernvo accusation * yet uutricd which the sultans subjects have brought ugilnst him or upon the complaints of Ame-ican missionaries Hns man , not jot thirtj Ilvo vours old is ace iscd by the wretched Armenians of the most terrlblo ibuso of power Manj witnesses made the long journey to Constantinople to testify tify in court Unit ho hna burned their houses assaulted their women robbed thuni of theii propcrtj ind obot their kinsmen down in cold blood , but lho accused Uoj wis received at the capital ns the in noccct victim of oaluiunj nnd w is tried before fore a commission of Mussulmans who be litvo it is wrong to'accept tbo to3timonj ot Christians lho result v/ns that the pool bo vlldore 1 strasglors were browbeaten and intimidated , Muussi Uoy wis declaicd in nocent of the three pirticular offenses that vorclumpel together In the Investigation und the pnblio pro ° ccutor wis incensed be causa the Christians vcro not punished for daring to testify ngainst their governor lho b"st friends of turkey confess thnt the trial was a disgrace to the countrj If Moussa Uey gets his deserts now , it will bo because the moral pressure brought to benr bj the powers is too potent nn influence for 1 urkoy to withstand It now seems llkoly that the Kurlish raiders will soon bo sup urtssod either by the Porto itself moved to action by the Indignation of Europa or by Kussiu which now has a force alone tlio American border , and would be nothing loath to add the rest of Armoma to the tei nto y she won when Kars foil into her hands flic Kussi in nation Is iu n stnto of tian sition nt the present time A very severe internal lubor is going on IXoyer nt nnv time of its bistoi y hus the struggle tor ox mtonco been so merciless as nt the present time and in It of course the vvoikost nnd le ist sollish are put to the w ill lho libcuil enlightened nnd less sollish part of the Russian Bociety is right when Itsnjs that the systouiutio supDrossiou of education nnd of political rights by the govortimont has ro suited In giving n most undesirable direction to the f icultles of the people Brains cannot bo legislated out of existence nor Is any nation composed ot martyrs who nro eigir to sleiificn their own lifo und well boiiif , in order to rid the country of oppressive dos potistn And so it comes to p iss that able Hussl ins of tbo lower classes have then brains turno 1 into sm irlnoss for luck ot ed ucation that would bavo made them clovi r , usorul mcmbcis of tbo commuultv wbllo the ablest suions of tbo impoverished nobil ity having the uulvcrsitios close ! oiruinst ' many of thom develop Into Napoleons of llnatico " successful swindlers and chovahcrs d 11 lustrio whenever thcro is onoutrh selfish ncss in thom to prevent them from joining the niultu of the revolutionists llio rronch government is said to eon tompluto a celebration on the anniversury of the establishment of the republic next September tember lhoro is probably noma truth in the report At all events there would bo a propriety and nn Impresslvuncss iu nn oh sorvnnco of the event which must appeal stronj.ly to the I rcneh love of the ptcturcsquo nnd dramatic 1 ho republic will bo twenty years old nt that time It bus alrcudj lived longer tluui uny other svstom which I ranco hus hud since the downfall of Louis XVI a hundred yours uuo 1 or nearly throe quar ters of a centuiv there hns boon a supersti tlous belief In thnt countrj that it vv ould not or huvo a government which would endure for twontj years , which foreboding six months houce will bo proved to bo groundless Asldo from this consideration , however , the coming auuivorsarj Is worthy of appropnato recog- nition The present gov ornincut is tbo best which Prance ever had , und the chauoos for Its perpetuation happily , nro highly oncour- agiug at this moment Tbo flow of British capital Into Mexico is almost as extonsi ve as Its In ft ux to this coun try Nearlj J100 000 000 of English bold was invested tbero last year , nod railroals , lands mines , manufactures and banks have all participated in this I'aotoloan stream to bucIi an extent lhat the malntcnanco of order in the republio has beeamo almost as Import ant to Great Britain as to Mexico herself Ibo Mexican railroad , the National , the In teroceunic , the Central the Moxlcau South ern and the X'ehuantopoo lines are every one of them strictly Lngllsb companies British HHHHHi capitalists have unlortalcon the stupendous work of draining the vnlloj of Mexico , and according to u report recently Issued bj the London 1 forolfn oflleo in two | rovincos ulonn several millions of ncros ot flue land are owned bj Lngluh subjects engaged in cattle ratslng * Emln Pasha writes that ho is resolved to return i to Andelln nnd attempt the rccapturo ot < the equatorial provinces in the Interest ot Germany I As Lmln could not hold the ter- rltorj 1 for Egypt when the conditions were moro i favorabla thnn thov nro at present , it Is olnicult < to Imaglno tha menus bj which ho expects < to regain the authority unless ho has had I nssurnuco ot help from Berlin Bis marck i once remarked that ho did not con sular ! the eastern question worth tbo bones of i n 1'ouiornnlan gronodlcr , but the recent action i of the Imperial gov ernmont Iu regard to I Africa woulIndicnto a willingness to male i conslloribto sacrlfico of mon and tronsuro I In order to gain suptomnoy on that continent i A 1 1.1V SMILIjS Ves , Sivcral of Them JMjIoii ffntiM A ring on the linger is worth two in the pawnshop A OnHo ol Urn itllml bcrini ; JIfiio ? imlon Jcnlci Love maj ho blind , but ho knows when the parlor lamp is too high Another Ono Tor Iciinui ) Lauicncc Amataw Sutidnj School leucher Whit caused the death of Lots vvlfol tommy Jones -bilt rheum I guess How is It When She Reaction Tor Ills Head ItlnaUamt > n Kcp iMfcan Sprlftins sajs his wife Is so short that she has to stand on a cbair to re ich the top of her head A Mac Distinction Ihicle Airs Hceder I see bj the paers [ that thorc has bcon a rebellion in the deaf and dumb asylum Mr Reolcr Not a rebellion , my dear , a mutlnj A IV < u I ol Advice htw lorlc Wrihlu Mrs Mcluty An' phut did tb' docthor soy was th * matter wld j'r ojo , Patsj ? Small Son Ho saj ed thur vv is some for eignsubstunco in it , Mrs Melntj ( with un I told jou so ' nir ) Now may bo jell 1 npo aw ly from thim Oj tnlians 1 xnlaliiliiu a Mjstcty Jl stem Conner It has been discovered that kisses love Lissos wo mean uro full of electricity Now wo know why old malas hnvaulwujs called kissing shocking lliu bliocU lee Oluuh f ir Him lie hi ) h Cumso I see that a Denver dctcctivo has mysteriously disa | poarod Tangle Hb s probubly found the criminal ho was looking for and tbo shock killed bim KANSAS IMKLOaOPY le7if ( i Globt It takes an impatient man to make a patient tiont woman Honeyed worls belong to the confidence man and the lover Even if marrmto is a fuiluro it does not follow that divorce is u success Floquonce In telling lies Is what makes people bo ieve j ou are tolling the truth lho girl who laughs nt ovorythlne pro vs to bo tbo vvoiuai who cries at overytning How soon forboarnnco ceases to be a virtue tuo when tbo forbearance is for the faults of these we dislikol There nev or was a bnj who could bo made to believe thnt anj other boy b hulr wns naturally curly 1 or his own sake n man should not boast before bo wins , nnd for the sake of others , ho should not boast uftor The woman vvl o rceognlzosji mnn s wrongs ncvor bus reason to complain that ho docs not rccognizo her rights What comes easier to a man than to par suudo himself that bo has not the ability to do the things ho don t want to do I There Is only ono thing grouter than the useful things a m in forgets in a lifetime , und that is the useless things ho remembers It is sufe to say that tboro never was a funoril of a married person that someone on the way back from the oem tory did not s ij somethine about the short tlmo it would bo before the one who Is loft would mnrij again BIG I.UVIPU4 at uurc.i Its Student * Cnnture tins I ncultt and C tit Oilier Monlccj Shims hrw Yoiik Fob 23 [ Special 1olofram to 1 m Brr J lho students of lutjtrs col li fo ' ma iu thirds howl Ucdnosluy night A li Wells ono ot the men who had been suspended for tno theft of the clapper of the colloo Lcl rcturnod to college reeei tly nnd the studeuts partlj from a desire to cole bi ito this on nl and putlj because tlioy had kep'quiet for ever two weeks und couldn t Bland it any louder resolved on a domonstri Hon lho troub o began when Prof Mer riinnu visited tbo observatory in the evenuif , with the junior class to in mo observations Hardlj had ho entered thubuildiiif , when a mob of stu lents collected on the cumpus nnd begun pelting the door Hit , stones were thrown on the roof aud others were carried up stairs nnd then rolled down When the professor aitoui.itcd to come out to ascertain the cau o of the trouble be found the door barricaded then tiny locked up Prof Sliumway In tils loom uud derided him bv rallhif , fora sp cell As Im wuh fast iu his ro im his remarks were not uiullblo 1 ho J miter next reeelvce their attention His cirt wuh sensed , mash d into kindiini , wood nnd bur eu on the colkeo campus Part of the college fence w is ulso torn down Ihon the janitor fet assistuiico und renewed the ussiiult but tha students weio iifciiln cqml to the occasion lussoolng hiiii und drigbliif , bim bj th t neck ill ever the cam | us nn Ithen inukiui nil before thov coulu bo lacntillod A banquet was bold at tlio Lufa Bates at which yells und other students made speeches A if attempt hud been inudo to fet u llusn of Ilfcbt picture of thn trow J ns In eliminating oviduueo ntalnsttho mon , but It filled und the students were jubllua over juu affair hlnvin I lialltnii.iM tlio World Nrw Yoric fcob 23 | Special lologram to Iul , Bef I lho following cable was sent from Melbourne "lwo promlnen * tentlc- mon of this city will back 1 ruuk P t'luvlii iiKalnat Jolin L Sullivan for 11 00) to 12,000 , tbo I'ollco Gazette champion bolt and the championship of the world and if tbo Amor can champion will agree to meet Sluvln in Australia , tbo Melbourne nthlntlo club will aud a purse of 11,000 to huvo the muuago ment of the affair , bulllyaii to bo allowed 100 pounds for his expenses and the Snorts man of Melbourne to ba the final stake bolder bbould tbo Amorlcan champion ro tuso to meet blavlu , tbo same terms uro of fered Jake Kilraln Peter Jackson or any other man in tbo world Slavla has agre ed to the terms " Item * from Mexico Crrr or Mexico , Fob 13 The Illinois edItorial - Itorial excursion arrived last nlfJit The ( .oyarnuent has ordered a strict in veitigatlou retarding the couatorfajting of American coin In Quyumas Il l WWWWMWWWWI TIII1Y TOOIl HIS OOhl > Xlio Oflloci s Who Arrento t I mbozrlir \ \ niton In Deep I rouble St Jonvs , N , 11 , Fob fbpeclal lolo \ grnm to Ihe Bnr J It now nt pears that when W niton , the Texas ombe/zlcr , was arrested nnd soarchu ! nt St Johns the net wns Illegal fl tboro being no warrant issued bj the Montreal - H troal authorities until two dnjs inter In /y m court the prlsonor s counsel turned the Inblos / M bv rending nUldnvlts charging Dotccttvoy' Grosse and Express Manager S lekors with V having appropriated to their own use n gel I coin tnkon from Wnlton G rosso and Vickers ors took the told coin to Page V 1 irguson s jewelry store nnd had their Initials nml the dito ongrnyel thcroon todnj , fixing up tha coin ns n souvenir medal of the nrrest lho judge was thunderstruck and issued nn order for the examination of all the | artles concerned under oath , sitting that he wet Id make the most sentcliing investigation into tha nrrest nnd treatment ot tlio prisoner oven It It took thrco months Ibis doflnnco of the tourt in holding buck W nitons gold coin is llkolj to result in sorbins trouble to the Montrc il ofllcors , nnd coupled with their attempt to induce the chlof of police to dls rognr l n supreme Judge s linbcus corpus order nnd let them enrri elf tbo prisoner to Mon treat , has nrouscd publio indignation niittnltt Assnultpd n ' ohool Tonclirr ' WATBimunr , Conn , 1 ob3 Miss | Lizrlo Cowan of Mlddloburj , ntcd twontj , n bund some nn 1 popular school tenchor , vv is bru- tallj assaulted uliilo on her w ty home from school lUBtnfiurdnrltlnstnight , She identified Dun Webster , a worthless fellow usher as sallant There is much excitement over the assault Webster hns confessed nnd was examine 1 tolny nnd bound ever Miss Cow an h injuriis mo serious I , . * a' irotHlTflvDiiro < lbTM jf ASiTBS these Utile PlUs j Wril\S ) lB\Q TlicrnlsorolloroDlsfl IEJBB VT" ! 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