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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , DECEMBER 1 , 1893. T f T B ( ) MMUAILY REE. I'l llUHIinil KVnUV MOUN1NH. ' TKUM9 OK S Dally IlMMWItlioiil Sunday ) Dim Vwir . $ B 00 Iinllv niul Sunday. OnoYrar - , , : ; v Tlil-pp Mnii'iift f ill Himil.iy lift' . One Vwir r V. ' Hatunlay lu-p.Oiii * Ypnr 1 ' ' : Wuuhly lire. OIHViir : UJ ViirOFKICKS. OFKICKS. round ! llliidc. llMVaHmni't. riilrnirn ontri' . ! I17 ClininlMT of roniinrrro. Nvlv Yorll . iwiiii 1.1. I laml 13. Tribune WilUllns n. ft III FotirtcHilli Mlnt-l. . , 'o ' ii ° w . ! > " ' ' .r.\ tu m , inattiT BlimiM li a Mr.'i i 1' ' To UHI.illlo lirslNKSSt.KTTKUS. A1 1 1 iiMnoHt li'ttfrs anrt rcinltl.iiK'PH should l > o rrtdrtt-M'il In TinHi' " ' Tnnll ( ' , . ( ) : . riaflK. I'lin-hH and Itotlotllcc imli-ni to be made l > aynl > 1i'tiillin mliToMln ( vmmniiy. . I'm-tlrn Iravlna Hi" flt.v lor tinjiimmiT Mil hJUo Tnr. II KI : wnl I" llielr uuilrcii by loavlns nn order " " " ' toul""PSM'SlSBK ! 1-ANV. SWOHN STATKMKXT OP lIUClIATION. Hliloof NVbrrnU.i. I County of DUUIM. ! * . f Gco. 11. TzHoliwk , fci'errt.iry of Titr Itr.r Pub- llHliInu oompnny. doi- i Milrninly iwcnr that llio nrlualHriMilallnii of Tim t All.v IIKi ! fur tlio week ir.ililiir NovoinbiT ' .T. . 18113 , was as follows : Fui'day. Novriiibor til Hii' l-n Monday. NIIVWHNT uu - ' ' J" Tiicfday Novnnbpr'-'I , , : , , . , ! ' " ' Wi diicwliiy. NovniilMT - " . ' - } Tlinrcclny. NoVLiuIxT ; ; : i , : { ' ! in Krlilav Novi'iiil 'i'1 if , : , - i'nuuildy , Novfiiibi-rUS . .i.iii * ( int. H. TrM'iircK. , Swnrii ID linforonin and wibterlbiil 1" ' " > ' At. \ int-Hciico UilH - ' . Hi day of November. I H0l. : I ] . N. Khli. . Notary 1'nbllc. Clrruliitliin for Oplolinr , THK tinkle of fulliiiir wujjod is not very k'iiMiiil music for tlio tariff tlnkorurs. HA HUETT SCOTT Is just now casting jnvlous glances in the direction of Gor- aam Itotts. PATH nit TIMK has now completed iluven-twclftlmof the journey which ho imppcil out for 181KI at tlio commence- iient of the year. A SUOAH schooner , olovoii days out of Honolulu , brlugM intelligence Hint all is quiet in Queen Lll'a laiul. This will only add to the mystification as to whore Mr. Willis la at. A uir.r. to prohibit prize lighting suc ceeded in pasning the South Carolina general assembly. Tliuro must still ho hope for a bill to abolish negro lynching in the Palmetto state If city councilmeii are supplied with gas in their houses free of ehargo this simply moans that private consumers , who pay their monthly bills , pay also for those who got free gas. THE satisfactory settlement of the Lohigh strike would have been a most acceptable Thanksgiving offering to the workingmcn rendered idle by reason of this controversy. It will still bo accept able , uven though it bo a trillo delayed. THE secretary of agriculture recom mends legislation compelling the imme diate destruction of any animal or carcass condemned by United. States in spectors. Experience has proved the wisdom of such law and the public is entitled to the protection it contem plates. TV COMMISSIONER BI.OUNT had en- paged in his present encounter with cx- Minister Stevens but a few decades ago tlio code of southern honor would have compelled him to challenge his oppo nent to a duel long before matters had been carried to the point that they have now reached. IlAHVAKO overseers arc to investigate the merits and demerits of foot ball as now played by oulletro teams. They should not overlook the prime advantage to bo derived from foot ball exhibitions in recovering thousands of the curious public's dollars into the treasury of the college athletic ! organization. RHODE Isr.ANUhas finally come around to the prevailing method of choosing elective olllcors by plurality votes. The plurality election has proven by experience - porionco to be the only practical system that insures the rule of the majority , and the rule of the majority of the electors is the llrst requisite of a republican form oi government. FHOM the best information at hand It is estimated that less than . ' 10,000 immi grants have taken up homos in Nebraska the present year. Harvest excursions , bo popular in years past , have not been productive of results this year. Dull times obstruct progress in many ways. It is fair to predict that next year Ne braska will draw her full .quota of sot- tlorti. THK supreme court's treatment of the Barrett Scott case will moot general ap proval throughout the state. . Tlio court has simply mot the requirements ! of the case , and of course Is inililToront to and IB not in need of popular support on ac count thereof. Dut it is iiimiuh Bhnr'i ' contrast with tlio treatment accorded malefactors in this state Uu > past year , especially in Lancaster cot.nty , that it attracts favorable notice , to hay the least. RECENTLY the barbers , of Omaha Bought a Sunday closing ordinance at the hands of the oounoil. THK HUB objected on the ground that such ordi nances wore Inadvisable and unjust to the patrons of the shop ) . A KIUHIH City judge has just decided that a bar ber shop is a necessary adjunot to a hotel for every day in the weak and acquitted an arraigned harbor for shav ing a guest on Sunday. If hotel nhops do business on Sunday it Is unfair to pre vent other shops from doing the same. THE manager of the Nebraska blndm twine factory takes a dubious view of the Wilson tariff bill , This industry has grown the past three years until this year it consumed the product of 1,70 ( acres of hemp. Itsbonullts uro tu-o fold 'It enables the farmera to greatly Increase the earning power of laail an 1 gives em ployment to many factory hands. It creates u now business in Nebraska iv he re the raw material can readily bo grown to profit. Nebraska 1 * blddin ; , for all institutions like tills. The atatt cannot have too muny of them , airl ou ; people will nivor sanction unv law the enforcement of which would close then lown and bankrupt their owner * . OF T1IR ItMLIlOAV nElWKK , The official vote In the recent election contest in Nebraska does nothing but confirm the position taken by THE BKK immediately after the results were ap proximately ascertained "that there is nothing In the election returns to warrant the assumption that the pee ple's independent party In Nebraska Is losing ground to any extent or to war rant the presumption that the repub lican party has gained in strength. " The figures presented by THE BEE within forty-eight hours after the close of the polls wcro so nearly correct that there is no necessity to revise the calcu lations that were based upon them. All that thfj official canvass adds to what was then presented arc a few additional figures that go to supplement those cal culations. Tlio total vote for judge of the supreme court was : Blttonbendor n , : 7 , Harrison 72oi2 , ; , Holoomb 03,000 , and Irvine 37,511 , Harrison's plurality over Hotcomb being ( ) , . ' ! ( ! ( ] . Judge liar- * risnn run 0,017 , votes behind Estabrook , the highest man cm the republican ticket , while Judge Ilolcoinb ran 10,050 votes ahead of Heath , the next highest man on the independent ticket , and Irvine ran 5,524 votes behind Doolittlo , the highest man on the democratic ticket. Of the 5,521 , democratic votes which Irvine failed to receive at least . ' 1,000 must have been cast for the repub lican candidate , so that Harrison did not poll over 00.000 republican votes. To get nn approximate estimate of the strength of the republican element that wns alienated by the railroad methods by which Judge Harrison was nominated , compare the vote for regents upon the f.ovoral tickets with that for judge of the supreme court. Estabrook't ? plurality over Heath , the highest man on the In dependent regents' ticketwas 2.'lOG3and , over Mom oe , the lowest on the independ ent rodents'ticket , 21,7oS. If Harrison had polled the vote secured by Estabrook and Ilolcoinb , . that secured by Heath , Harrison's plurality would have been 10,01)7 ) more than it is. And had Harrison risen polled the vote secured by Esta brook and Ilolcoinb. that secured by Monroe , Harrison's plurality would have been 18.I172 more than it is. Half of this , or ! ) ,000 , represents the absolute defection by reason of the defeat of Max well. well.Tho The Lincoln railroad organ juggles with the official figures in order to com pute what would have been the result upon the complexion of the state legisla ture had that body been chosen at the recent election. It takes as the basis of its calculation the vote upon the'regent for the short term , "because that seems to have been a strict party vote without personal or fusion feeling in it. " It then figures that out of ninety counties the re publicans would have carried forty-four , the independents thirty-live and the democrats , giving the composition of the senate as republicans twenty-one , inde pendents nine , democrats three , and o' the house as republicans sixty-six' independents twenty-three , democrats eleven. Calculating , however , the leg islative and senatorial districts upon the vote for judge of the supreme court a vote which shows whore the people stand when the railroad issue is clearly defined the republicans would have arriod only thirty-one counties and the enato would consist of sixteen ropub- icans , thirteen independents and four Icmocrats , and the house of forty-two re- mblicans , forty-four independents and otirtoen democrats , omitting all con sideration of probable fusion between lemncriits and independents in many loubtful districts. In other words , the ntrusiun of the railroad issue would dc- M'ivo the republicans of live senators ind twenty-four representatives and cave thorn upon joint ballot ma worse losition than they wore during the last egislaturo. . ' The result of the official ' .canvass shows the election of Judge Harrison by so greatly a reduced plurality to be just what THE BEE originally pointed out. [ t is an organized protest against the disreputable corporation methods that succeeded in turning down a faithful uid fearless judge who had shown his devotion to the people. It means that the republican party cannot count on victory at the coining state election if it remains bound hand and foot in the toils of the corporation lobby. Only the repudiation of railroad inlluenco can re- Htoro to the republican party Its former hold upon the hearts of the people. I'lIK H'.4/t The military establishment of the United States commands less of the pub lic attention than it should uorhaps ro- coivo. Our little standing army of iibjut 28,000 , including officers and men , is so insignificant in comparison with the great armies of Huropo that it Is hardly a Mibjool of Interest to anybody outside of military circles , and yet this small force is our safeguard against Internal disturbances which might defy the au thority of individual states , and is the nucleus for u great army should an ex igency arise requiring the creation of one. The standing army , small as it is , exerts a great , nnral forooun 1 this is all that is necessary in a free govern ment. The time may come when it will bo neccssiiry for this republic to maintain a larger standing army than at present , When the population shall liuvu become double or threefold what It is now and the incentives to internal dis cord are more numerous than at present a greater military force will probably bo necessary , but HO long as this existing political system remains wo shall not , have need of any such standing army ai oven the smaller powers of Kuropo are compelled t > maintain , It is hardly possible that our government and people will over become Imbued with the splrty of militarism , The annual report of Secretary of War Lanvmt shows the expenditures of his department for the hut fiscal year to have baon u little lois than -T OO'V IKW , and he ostlnia'oi that for 'tho Ihoil year IStKinbnit a mlllHi nnro will bn required. Brit all this oxiipnaituro Is mt for military purposoj , the War department having uuavga of rive'.1 and harbor improvements , ' and de-Juc'ing ' the outlay for those and mUoolluuoiiu objects it apooars that the millta-y establishment proper cost in the last fiscal year but little over § 2:1,000,000 : , or say about 33 cents per capita of the pop- illation. This Is certainly no very serious burden upon the people. Most of the recommendations and sug gestions of the secretary will bo interesting chiefly to the army , as for instance changes In the law re garding enlistment , the policy of enlist ing Indians , and the question of throe battalion organizations for infantry regi ments. It would seem that the secretary - . tary does not agree with the view of General Schoflcld and some other army officers that the experiment of enlisting Indians has been a success , but it is to bo continued on a small soalo until there is more decisive evidence as to whether it is desirable or otherwise. The recom mendation that a reserve supply of arms be gradually manufactured with a view to the organization of the mllltla Is doubtless in accord with the best mili tary judgment and will bo generally ap proved. It Is obviously a wise precau tion for the government to thus provide for the equipment of the militia. Progress Is being made in the con struction of const defenses , and the work is to bo extended. The secretary makes no recommendations under thla head involving additional appropriations , and undoubtedly none will bo provided by this congress. The amount already appropriated for this purpose , although far short of what the government en gineers have estimated to be necessary in order to construct a complete system of defenses , will keep the work in pro gress a year or two longer , by tvlilch time the condition of the treasury may allow of further liberal appro priations for this object. Secretary Lament recognized the importance of improving the harbors and waterways of the country in the interest of Internal commerce , but thinks that a somewhat reduced appropriation for this purpose may bo judiciously made for the ensuing year. The organized militia of the country is in round numbers 112,000 , and the secretary of war regards the requests for the co-operation and assistance of the federal government in the equip ment of the militia as the index of in ? tolligcnt interest in the nation's mili tary growth. Tim T.lH/W'.liVD T//K Titty'.s'78. The supporters of the new tariff bill profess to believe that if it becomes'a law it will have the oll'oct to suppress the trusts and combinations , for the ex istence of which they claim the protect ive policy is responsible. They do not offer any reasons for this assumption , nor is it apparent what they can say in defense of it. The claim that protection has had anything to do with fostering trusts will not stand in view of the fact that similar combinations exist in free trade England , and it Is well known that the most formidable trust over organized in this country the Standard Oil was not alTectod in the slightest degree by the tariff policy , but was wholly independent of it. If there is anything in the theory that the protection of domestic indus tries stimulates competition and ex perience is conclusive on this point it cannot bo favorable to trade combina tions. The truth is , however , that since trusts exist with both free trade and protection it is obviously fallacious to assume that either fiscal policy is promotivo of them or in any way respon sible for their creation or existence. Instead of expecting the suppression of industrial combinations by reducing protective duties and thereby oiler- ing to foreign competitors a bettor chance in the American market , it would bo mo'ro reasonable to assume that such a policy would have the effect to induce the domestic manufacturers to combine in order to better resist foreign competition. From every point of view it is plain that the professed belief that the new tarilT bill , if enacted into law , will have any olTect in the direction of suppressing existing trusts or preventing the formation of others 1ms no substantial basis. Tlio modern system of trade monopoly takes no account of fiscal policies. If the democratic party is relying upon its tariff policy to suppress the trusts , Instead of enforcing the law against these combinations , it Is entirely safe to predict that the relief which it promised to give the pcoplo from the ex actions of what Mr. Cleveland clmrcter- izud as conspiracies against the inter ests of tjio people will not bo realized. It may well bo doubted , however , whether the democratic party Is really very solicitous about suppressing trusts. It has boon in control of thoexecutive , department of the government nine months , with knowledge of the fact that there is an anti-trust law on'tho federal statute books , the validity of which has been affirmed by the courts. The dem ocratic national platform demanded the rigid onforcemontof the laws made to pre vent and control this form of monopoly and Mr. Cleveland in his inaugural address - dross declared that "to the extent that they can bo reached and restrained by federal power the ganorul government should relieve our citizens from their interference and exactions. " Yet not u single stop has boon taken by the ad ministration , so far us the public knows , to enforce the law. Six months ago it was reported that action In this direc tion was contemplated , but if such was the case no proof ot it. . has been fur nished , and in the meantime the trusts have continued their exactions and grown moro formidable under the toler ation accorded them. Undoubtedly the rank and file of the democratic party sincerely desire the suppression of the trusts. It Is questionable whether the loaders do. THE promised answer of ox-Minister Stevens to the official statement of Com missioner Hlount has made Its appear ance , and the supporters of tlio pro visional government of Hawaii will find in it additional backing which may be rather more valuable to thorn than the statement of Mr. Thur ton , whoso tostf- mony was somewhat weakened by the fact that ho was a loader in the revolu tion und is Htill an ititoro.stmi party in tlio result , The statement of Mr. Ste vens imko.s Interesting reading for those who care anything nlput the Hawaiian isiuo and its history. Ho writes well , has u vigorous style , rounds off hU periods simothly , and so far as literary quality goes is al together suporWR'ttft any of the contribu tors to the Hawaiian discussion , lie tolls his story fluently and ho knows how to apply sarcasm. But , after till , his statement does not carry conviction. As to the question ot voracity which ho raises it may never bo settled and people ple will determine for themselves no- cording to their feeling on one sldo or the other. ' The vital fact is that the course pursued by Stevens at Honolulu was disavowed by the administration that sent him there , and this is enough to discredit him. Commissioner Blount may have been misled ns to some of his Information , but the admission ot this cannot help the case of Mr. Stevens. Ills hasty mid ill-advised conduct stands without proper excuse or justification. Now that Powdcrly has been deposed the active minority in the American Federation of Labor is attempting to defeat Samuel Gompors , president of that organization. Western members seem to bo dissatisfied with the record Gompers has made and long for a change in the interest of harmony , There Is no reason why labor chiefs should have a perpetual title to rule the affairs of those organizations. It is in accord with the spirit of the times that such positions should rotate among the brainy men high in the councils of or- gaiuzcd labor. And in many Instances they cannot begin to rotate too soon. THE amended petition in the gas franchise ordinance Injunction case makes nome sensational allegations in respect to the use of corporate inlluenco in securing its passage through the council. The petitioner assorts that it lias long been the practice of the gas company to furnish gas free of charge to members of the city council and that this practice cannot but operate as a brlbo to the recipients. The ordinary cltl/en is unable to boo by what right a city councilman is entitled to free gas unless It Is given In exchange for the be trayal of publ'c interests. SECURTAHY LAMONT recommends the extension of instruction in military drill under the guidance of trained army offi cers to high schools of our larger cities. Some of these high schools have already formed voluntary military organizations , which acquit themselves quite credit ably when brought it competition with other voluntary military companies. If wo are to have a well trained militia it will bo well to begin with the youths in our high schools. The secretary's rec ommendation should receive the favor able consideration of congress. STATISTICS Showy that during the past sixteen years fljrc'Insurance companies doing business in Nebraska have paid In losses 41.9 per cent of total amount of premium receipts. Add to this 35 per cent for average cxponses there is still loft 23 per cent profit on all business done in Nebraska. Cut this in two and a fair average profit is shown which ought to satisfy any company bidding for business in this' ' Hold. At any rate , there does not scorn to bo any sound reason for Increased rates iu this neck 'o1 woods. FKEI : soup houses have been tried so often and have so generally proven of doubtful value as a means of reducing pauperism that the decision of the Asso ciated Charities to charge the cost price for the meals furnished in its new soup house must be regarded as a wise move. Food that is earned always tastes doubly good. _ Improve lliu Ouillty. Chtwjn 1'ost. Secretary Morton niado many valuable suggestions in his report to tlio president , but ho neglected to state that the best way to popularize tlio Department of Agriculture is to furnish a bolter quality of seed. nlaii quoal. I'Meogn Times. Mr. Cleveland's action in appointing Bolter Ileslup postmaster over tiju implied protests of 05.000 Chicago democrats who hud poll- lionod for the appolntuiont of Frank Lnwler would induce the suspicion that the presi dent concurred In the sentiment expressed by the late Mr. Vanclerbilt "the public bo damned 1" Lively Tlnu' , , Ahoail. Jliirtfonl Cnuraiif. What with the lacerated feo'.lngs of the southern coal , Iron , lumber , rice , sugar mid tobacco men , Senator Morgan's disapproval of the Clovoland-Orcsham Hawaiian pro gram , Mr. Ulaiid'g now tree coinage bill and this little difference of opinion about the progressive taxation of incomes , the coining session promises to bo considerably moro In teresting than harmonious. , lncr lMk' G lil ' . < : u > I'roiluot. It is probable that tlio production of gold this year will bo * 0OflO,0K ( ) larger throughout the world than tliat of 18'Ja , Men and nations never needed or thought they needed gold so much as at this thnn. and the increased pro duction could not have como moro oppor tunely. i'ho increase , Ic is likely , will bo found to co-no almost entirely from Africa. aim the production of that continent will closely approach that of the United States. Tuiiip r.uiru folly. Itattnn lltralfl. The temperance organizations all over the country are showering the committee of ways and moans In Washington with peti tions asking fora tax of $1.50 per gallon on the giant enemy , wlilaky , Instead of only an liicrtsaso of lOotttts per gallon. One of the petition ? coined from Iowa , ami recites that prohibition luivinfr proved n failure in Unit state , the friends 'oftornpornnco now look to the ways and ineaas committee to como to their assistance These good people seem to nued to bo ItiKtructoU on the proper scope of tariff reform. ' rim im Motor ) . Tribune. The storage Lattery Is now In uo on the Twenty-second-stroot Una ot street railroad in this city ami Urouiisea to bo a success. If the promise bo/Jionoroa the result will bo n doing away with i.tho dangerous and tin- Rightly trolley wires of that line and ultl- niutoly of all .othdr lines over which they nro now in usat 'i'ho trolley Is confessedly 11 nuisance , but Jntuurto has held Its own on the score of economy. It will have to golf the storage battur.v Is proved capable of sup- r-i r plying the required power for the traction ot street cars as cheaply as the power Is ob tntnod by using the trolley. H Is aald thli Is gained by means of a recent Improvement In the construction of the storagti b.uterles. A Ciniir Tnil. Indininjnlfs Journal. Great Hrltnln , having completed fit a cost exceeding $10J.OOO,000a system ot naval ship building , a few \oars ago , under the navnl ilofenso act , Is called upon for another HOO.000,000 to Insure the supremacy of that country in the Mediterranean * which Is menaced by Franco and Hussla , It U n costly fad now to llio mistress of the seas. I'lliiirp nnml. rlitttrniinitli Journal. The Now York Herald cablegram service which was lately taken from Tnr. OMAHA UKK by the World-Herald doesn't seem to cripple Tnr. Uisu to any alarming oxtout. Tlio foreign dispatches which appeared hi yesterday's Unr. wore as complete ns the , readers could wish for. To our notion Tun Hi : i ! Is not surpassed at news gathering by any newspaper published In the ontlro Missouri valloy. ( lovcrnor lloirs lor < ' < n A'eir Vorfr U'oitd. It Is to bo hoped that Governor Holes will adhere to his reported determination to run for congress , llo Is too able ami popular u loader to be crushed by one defeat , and in n congressional race ho would not have to con tend against a platform embracing both sides of national and state issues , such ns the republicans constructed for the recent cannmlgn. The Issue would bo narrowed down to national questions , upon which many Iowa republicans are almost porauadcci to bo dnmocrals. Governor Holes Is neodotl to complete the work of conversion so well be gun under his leadership. YVnutelul I'ubilo Document * . /ui nsiis Giti/ Star , Secretary Morton Is eminently correct when he declares against the indiscriminate distribution of books printed by tlio Depart ment of Agriculture. These books nro ex pensive , and , after the public libraries are supplied , there Is no reason why there should not be a reasonable price charged for them. Politicians have used these books to gladden the rural heart , but. the books are generally written In a technical Jargon and might as well bo Greek for nil the average farmer gets from them. The politician Is the only man who Is really bctiotltcd by the free dis tribution of these public documents. The taxpayers can use the money that Is poured into this hole to much butter advantage. A'HllKASKA A.Mt XJUtlt.tSK I.V.S. Thluvcs broke Into a clothing store at Cortland and secured a quantity of goods. 'The Nebraska Press association will hold Its annual meeting at Lincoln February 10. Gcorcc Hichnrds , an old settler of Gage county , died at his homo in Holuiosvillo , aged 00 ye.irs. Miss Julia Hatch of Grand Island has just started for Slain , where she will engage in missionary work. An Oaitland young woman awoke the other morning and found that she had dislocated her Jaw during her sloop. The needs and advantages oC a canning factory are being urged upon the capitalists of Columbus by the Journal. The revival services at Costwick have re sulted in forty additions .to the church and the meetings are still In progress. " The city attorney of West Point nas com menced action against the saloon keepers for failure to pay their occupation tax. Kobcrt T. Kelly , postmaster at Blue Valley , died suddenly , aged 05 years. Ho had boon a resident of York county for twenty years. The engineer of the Loup City accommo- .dation on the B. it M. the other morning discovered a red bandaua handkerchief tlod to a stick and standing in the middle of the track south of the St. Paul bridge over the Loup river. The train was run cautiously and the bridge examined , but nothing found wromr until a culvert over a slough south of the city was reached. A horse , in crossing , haii fallen through. The section men and train crow were uuablo to extricate him , so that tlfo head of the animal was cut off. The horse was discovered by a farmer in passing early iu the morning , and , knowing a train was duo , put his handkerchief out as a'dangor signal for the crew and no doubt saved a serious wreck. rKOL'Tn II. E. Carr , nn ox-banker , who Is in Jail m Tuseumbia , Ala. , is arranging to issue there from a newspaper , for which his wife is so liciting subscriptions and "ads. " Ncal Dow of Portland , Mo. , known as the 'apostle of temperance , " will bo ! H ) years olden on March 20 , 1BIM. and temperance societies all ove'r the world will unite in celebrating the anniversary of his birth. Ltliuokaluul is said to have ordered the gown in which she expects to be re-Installed. There is so much bias one way or the other oa the Hawaiian question that may bo she has had it cut that way to bo in the prevail ing stylo. It used to bo said of Gonor.il Grant that the only nir that ho could hum was "Hall to tlio Chief. " and ho got so weary of that ono thai ho finally hated It. Of Kx-Presldont Harrison , it is said his only tune is the sol diers' chorus from "Faust , " but he's fond of it. Ashbcl P. Fitch , in his speech at Delmon- ico's before llio Sons of the Revolution , re ferred to the fact that Washington and his generals were hard drinkers. Whatever may no the truth in this matter the only rutillv essential fact is that they wore elevated - vated by the "spirit of ' 70. " Bishop KtholbertTalbott of Wyominif and Idaho is visiting friends in Baltimore. Ho tolls Interesting stories of life among the minors in the west. Ono o { them is how the keeper of a gambling houSe in Idaho became - came a' regular annual contributor of a 'M gold pluco to the bishop's mission. It aided in building uu a church , and the affable ways of tbo bishop BO won upon the man that ho made all ot his chums "chip in" to help along the causu of Christianity. As a result the church was greatly bcnelited. The most conspicuous instance of mis placed confidence is that of ox-Congressman Frank I awler of Chicago. Ho" was iv staunch .supporter of Cleveland before and at the wigwam convention. The writer mot him on a boat bound for Jackson park the afternoon preceding Cleveland's nomina tion. In the group were two Tammany dele gates , who expressed their contempt for the man of destiny in vigorous terms. Frank listened calmly until the delegates had ex hausted their vocabulary and then poured soothing syrup on their troubled spirits. "You uro mistaken , gentlemen , " said the ox-congressman with dignity and delibera tion. "Cloveland Is a dilTurcnt man now to what ho was four years ago. I know where of 1 suoak. I conversed with him not long ago and I can assure you on my honor had ho been elected In 18.33 the democratic loaders the workers would have boon given the reward of their labors , " The Tammanyitos edged closer , and Frank continued : "At the close of his llrst term Cleveland was between two fires the straight democracy and the mug wumps. Ho feared to favor either element lest it would be injurious to his campaign. Ho assured mo in omphath : terms that If successful , then ho would have devoted his energies to strengthening the party by placing true democrats on guard everywhere. I feel confident tticso nro his sentiments now , and the party will have nothing to regret by nominating and elect ing him , " Sentiments like thu above wcro industriously jmmpod Into Tumnmny cars and wcro instrumental In procuring the Tammany motion making the nomination unanimous. Mr. I iwlor's opinion of Cleve land's loyalty at the present tlmo Is enveloped - opod tu a silence too dense- for a Chicago foghorn to penetrate. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report. AB&GIJUTELY PURE BISHOP HURST OS EXCLUSION' Eloquent Methodist Bfrina Proaoho ? a- Strong Sermon at Washington. LAWS AG\INST THE CHINESE DENOUNCED Treatment of Ainorlontu In Olilim rorclUly Commuted with Mm Volley ot This Uoreriimunt Toward the tin- tortunrito llriithcn. \V isnivoTosUt'itRVU or TUB HER , ) 513 FoKinr.K.NTii STiir.nT. > W.WItiN'OTOM. NOV. JtO. ) There wcro many attractive Thanksgiving sormous delivered In Washington today , but the ono which foil from the lips ot Bishop Hurst of the Mothodlst Episcopal church , so well known and bolovcd In Omaha , at tracted the greatest nttciitlon. Bishop Hurst preached at the Foundry Mothodlst Epis copal chmvh , which Is bJt two squares dis tant from the white house , and ho tnlUed straight from the shoulder against the null- Chinese policy of this government. Ho took as his text this clause from Jeremiah xvlll , 7-10 : "Kvery nation Is the arbiter of its own destinies. " llo scored the government severely for its null-Chinese policy , and warned the people that n cruel government as well ns a person or people would fall. Amen ? other ultra sentiments uttered by the great Mothodlst bishop wcro these : Itljliu llrro mill 'Micro. "We have never committed a crime ns a pcoplo for which wo haven't had to nmUo full payment and moot full penalty. The Chinese government has Just as complete a right to exclude American missionaries from landing as wo have to keep Chinese from our country. The American missionary ex pects to send his savings back to America for Investment. Ho expects to return to America as his llnal home ; ho doesn't adopt the Chliicso costume ; lie never becomes a citizen of China ; hois an alien wherever ho lives , and remains such until ho leaves or dies. If the Chinaman In this countrv re tains his native costume , sends his savings back to China and never becomes a cltl/.cn , and obeys the laws of the country as well as the average of our citizens ho only places himself on n par with the Aiimrleans In China. Yet the Chinese government treats the American missionaries with Justice and respect and has never passed nu exclusion law or one requiring them to produce letters of Identity or exhibit their photographs. \Vhrru tlio Cliliminnn DHVcru. ' There is ono respect , however , in which the parallel is broken. When the Chinaman comes hero ho makes no war upon tbo Chris tianity of the United States , but when the American missionary go s to China ho wapcj a bitter and unrelenting war upon the na tional faith of the land that has been fol lowed since the days of Confucius. Loud indeed would bo the wall in our congress if 500 Chinamen would bo going up and down this city haranguing people at street corners and building chapels and schools anil 'carry ing on a ceaseless propaganda against the faith we love so dearly. But wo do not hear that the Chinese government has yet noted a prohibition against the Christian mission aries who have never ceased their evangelis tic campaign. I ct us be careful to stop this ereat iniquity and escape the danger of God's avenging Justice. " llollu-ruil Over lliu Ilolirlr. Slnco it has become evident that only by an accident can the empty coffers of the government bo replenished , a good deal of talk has been renewed about au immediate increase of the government's assets. There is ouly ono way , in the estimation of many democrats as well as republicans , in which a uond Issue can be avoided. That is to increase - crease the whisky tax and malco the whisky in bond after a certain period , not far dis tant. pay the increase. The effect of this would bo a great rush to tnko whisky out of bond and a consequent plothory of Undo Sam's purse. Any method which wit meet the deficit in the treasury without requiriim the Issue of bonds will bo Jumpei at by the democrats. At the present tlmo they are in great trouble as to what they shall do to meet the deficit. Mr. Car lisle can see no way excepting the coinage o the seigniorage or the Issue of bonds. Ho is a Kentuckian and of course opposes vigor ously an increase of the whisky tax. The democrats in the house under the lead o Speaker Crisp assert m tbo most positive terms that no bill for the issue of bonds cat got through congress. They declare tha any increase In the national debt , with the congressional elections coming on next year would bo fatal to them. No llo. His Will Pum. It may bo put down ns practically a certainty tainty that no bill for the issue of bonds wil pass. The onlv thing loft is tlio coinage o the ? M.OOO,000 seigniorage. This act of In famy will never ho carried Into effect if tlio republicans can prevent it. The effect on the business" Interests of the country would be very bud , republicans say , and then there is no warrant for coining or corllflcntliifc the silver seigniorage , which is to bo held in trust , ns the cold Is , as a reserve. But this ' must be done'or some method provided fo an Immediate Increase of the revenues. The only way suggested in the minds of uomo democrats is a svstom of rebates whlcl would put the tariff into effect oa January next The democrats are lust now In n cold icrsplratlon. They are damuoil If they do nml damned If they du't | ) , I'flMon.u Mention. Guy 0. Barton and \tlfo of Omaha nro at the Shoroham. .1. Scott of nubuqiie. S , H. Wadsworth of Council Bluffs nn.l G. W. McUrath of Omaha nro at the ICbbllt. II. Morrison of Omaha In nt the National. William M. Moss , the Indiana editor who vn * recently appointed nn inspector oMn- ul.ina schools , is to bo assignee ! to duty In Isobraska. Moss is a clover editor ami nn iiTablo gentleman. Pnhtiv S. URATII. /Ml' ( I'ltlCU Of" CUF1UX. Inquiry Shit U llcltis Pni.criilril liy UK / Acrlriittunil Drpnriui'iit WASIIIXOTOX , Nov. HO. Reports received ! rom the subcommittee on agriculture which s Investigating the low price of cotton are to the effect that the committee hn * almost concluded Its Investigation in iho cotton growing district. Tim committee Is at pros , cut m Now Orleans , where It has been en raged for the past ten days , having gene there from Memphis , where eight days time was spent. The investigation has boon very thorough nto the cause of the depression and the lav : lmony of many persons who arc In posies , sion of fuels Inuring upon the question , ana > f those who hold opinions , has been taken l > y the committee. Thi-ro ts somn complaint of overproduction and of tlio lack of a di versity of crops In the-south , but the general belief scorns to be that the scnrcttv of money has much to do with the existing depression. The commltlco expects to bo through and return to Washington In tlmo for the assem bling of congress next Monday or a few dnvs later. It Is probable that the committee will visit Now York and other cotton manufac turing districts of the eastern , states soou after the holidays. ll.ll ) Till ! I'USItS.V HIS llt.Mf. n ui .111 n n cup ni i * ix-ritr : Ti-eiuttriT. Nov. ' ! 0. Krlstcn ICortgaard , president of the defunct State bank and ex- city treasurer , was placed lu a peculiar posi tion yesterday through the litigation at tendant open the settling of the affairs of the bank. ICortgaard , when city treasurer , placed the larger portion of Iho funds of the city In his bank , and when iho institution went to the wall over f 1UD.UOO of thu city's funds were still there. Yesterday the cla'lm presented for that sum against the bank bv A. C. Hnugan , present city treasurer , was denied by the assignee , William Hahn , on Iho strength of objections Illed by .limn W. Aivlnndor. ono of the creditors. In his ob jections ho stated he had reason to bollovo that ICortgaard , who'll treasurer , fell short $105,001) ) , and that ho usoa the bniiK's funds to (111 ( Iho holo. The creditors object to the payment of the claim nnl : will try to fi ma City Treasurer Haugan to collect lliu amount from the bondsmen. Haugan will appeal from the decision and the case will como up in the present term of the district court , and it is expected that the city treasurer's con nection with the matter will bo thoroughly sifted. U is stated a secret investigation is already in progress. o < Ii > lin ItittiiH l > : tiiKnrniMy ) 111. LONDON , Nov. 30. John Burns , the labor loader , was suddenly sclzod with a danger ous Illness yesterday. It Is supposed that ho is suffering from influonzi. r.r.ri ; BA n ; . \ < > it ; : .n. I.lfo : "Ef Ibis Quooii Mly O'lvllliiriioy Is an Irishwoman. I'm with thu administration , " sii ; < l Put , filon KulN llopnhllcnn : The messenger boj Is wedded to his Idlus. ChlRiiico Tribune : "What innkos you Ililnlt yon Inivo discovered a valuable medicinal iprlncnn your luiulV" "Why , confound It , It last us so nasty wo can't drink It ! " Chicago Ilecord : Tlio Coquette I'm afraid I'vownt too niiiny diamonds mi. lieauty unn- dorniMl'H adored the most , you know. The l-'liittiTur Nonsicnsi' ! Your diamonds : iru not half so beautiful by themselves. Dallas No\ft : Some nervous pcoplo waste almost half their llmo guttiiiK thuro lee early. Indianapolis Journal : Walls Old you know Unit six mun liul ; neon killed by foot bull within a year'/ That N \ror.io tecord thun Is shown by jirlzo llubtlni ; . I'otls yes ; prl/.n lighting Is KOltliii ; to bo prelty tame nowadays. Poniervltlo Journal : OrluRs Why. don't von over Irivn any trouble whatever In ineoi- Inayour bills ? Spilims TroUTilc ? Not n bit of It. I moot 'em every where 1 K < > . Tld lilts : Ciistoinor Ihivn you a copy of "I'iflcoii Decisive Untiles ! ' " Hoolesellxr No. sirs wo are sold out. Hut wo can flvo you "Itollectlons of a Man-led .Man. " I'uck : Did I over work ? No. sir. I ncvor con tracted llio habit. Work habit jest as bad ns lliu opium hublt. A mini Kits In llio habit , of tnkln'opium. Knpposu ho slops U ; what be comes of him ? Why. ho dloA ! IIIMI cou- trucks the work habit , rilop his work once ; what cioei bu do ? Why , bo starves lo deiilli bodies ! Ono jest as bad as the other. Non in mine , thank you. UNCLE KllKN'S IlICUKS. U'i Ati/n ( | ! Star. JInro poverty kuln't keep in K'um do bounty dat wo | irl/ . Wo kin revel deup In glory Ef we'll only use our oyes. Tolks Is pore In I'oitay Hottom , Hut of minis we bus a few Our opals am do Riinsut. ' ' ' do dow. An' our lU'mon's am COL Tim liirgcit mnkiTH mid tellers ot . line olullicu on KarlU. LOOK UP On Page 5. H Our announcement's there and it'll tell you all about I that drop. BROWNING , KING & CO. , Beudthomo ey we'll puy COf.Utll .111(1 ( DOUglOS StS. * til > ' > * * l t'l '