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Sworn lo focfnro mn nnil i1iscrlhpil In my
prraenco this 4th day of Seiitemljor , 1891.
( Si-al. ) N. P. mil *
Notary Public.
Jinn It come to this that tha democrats
ot Saline county have to label themselves ?
Better et the democratic victory In Ar
kansas off against the republican victory In
Vermont anil call It a dead heat so far.
The populists appear to tuivo had the happy
fortune ot acquiring nearly as many United
States senators elected by other parties as
they have lieen able to elect to the senate
themselves.
With over 300 school teachers once more
earning salaries ranging from $40 to ? t50 per
month the retail merchants ot Omaha ought
to feel the effects of the reopening of the
public schools.
Something must bo done to stlmuUte the
growth of. Omaha so that she nmy keep
pica with rival cities west of Chicago. What
Is to bo done and how It Is lo be done , and
wh'n , la the problem.
There are several courses of study In the
High school curriculum that are ornamental
only. They attract but a handful of pupils
and the comparative cost ot Instruction Is
extravagantly high. Lop them off.
Secretary Slorton Is now expected to com-
poau a text book on Irrigation that will leach
tha promoters of irrigation projects pre
cisely what they ought to do In their con-
Ercssea If they want to avoid official cen-
BU re.
Senator Vilaa missed the chance ot his
life at the Wisconsin democratic state con
vention. He1 should have repeated his ful
some eulogy of President Cleveland when he
had an audience before htm that could not
veil get away.
A seasonable spell of autumn -weather is
now In order. We have now rsached the
Btagi * ot tlio sera and yellow leaf , and cooler
weather would bo a relief to people who have
sweltered for three months , and to retail
merchants who have made extensive prepara
tions for the fall trade.
"Set 1'corla on Fire" Is the striking head
line that introduces the opening ot the dem
ocratic senatorial campaign In that city to
thn readers ot Chicago papers. It Is not
clear whether the great distillery city was
set on flro by Mr. MaoVeagli or by the
whisky that was so recently taken out of
bond.
. . It Is really painful to watch the almost
Rupcrhunun exertions of the members ot the
State Hoard of Transportation to keep up
the pretense of trying to enforce the transfer
switch law. Never before did they realize
the ilimculty of deceiving the public , but
tliov have various resources still at hand to
enable the railroads to keep tlio law hung up
in the courts. It Is yet too early to confess
that ( ho law can bo enforced.
According to the Ilrailstrcet compilation
of clearing house returns Omaha did 21.3
per cent more bu&iness In the week ending
on Thursday night than in the corresponding
tlmo In 1393. This is encouraging In Itself ,
but is more than encouraging when com
pared with the Increase of the country at t
large , which Is but 8.4 per cent , or with the >
figures for the chief rivals of the Gate City
In the Jobbing trade.
During1 the spectacular exhibition at Court-
land beach the street railway companies have
been showing the people of Omaha what they
can do both In the. matter of fares and ac
commodation when they are favorably in
clined. Those arrangements will be remem
bered whenever there may be occasion for
.
asking similar facilities. It Is certain that
the street railway companies will not suffer
on account of any liberal treatment they may
accord the public.
Mayor Dcmli Is not doing all the vetoing
at extravagant appropriations and excessive
contractor claims In those parts. Mayor
Johnston sent a scathing veto message to the
South Omaha , council , In % vhlh he reviewed
some of the remarkable operations of cer
tain contractors , for grading and other public
improvements by which the taxpayars of
South Omaha were being1 chiseled out of
( several thousand dollars. In taking a Arm
stand against all Inflated claims and lawless
appropriations Mayor Johnston Is entitled to
the gratitude of the property owners , who
are already overburdened with special taxes.
The imoks nuisance ordinance does not ,
s many citizens seem to Imagine , call merely
for the use ot some alleged smoke consuming
device , whether the latter does what Is
claimed for It by Us Inventor or not. It re-
qutrea tha abatement ot the smoke nuisance ,
and If one ( moke consumer does not do the
work It de-mantis one that will. II requires
also a moderate degree of care on the part
ot the Mrcman In firing- , because the best
smoke consumer cannot overcome shiftless
firing. We do not believe the owners of
buildings In this city are at all anxious to
perpetuate the smoke evil. Uy directing their
attention to the exact seat ot trouble a con
siderable Improvement can and will doublle-ja
| i obtained.
TJIK TM/.U OF
There will bo a great deal hoard In the
course of the pending campalen about the
reduction of expenditures by the present con
gress. It should be borne In mind when-
cvern democratic speaker or newspaper talks
on this point that there la to be onothei
session of the Klfty-llilrd congress and that
\hat wan done in the mattir of npproprla.
lions at the extra and first regular f 9lon
does not furnish an entirely sofa criterion
as to what amount the total appropriations
of this congress will reach. The rule Is that
the appropriations of the second session of
congrom cxt : ed these ot the first session ,
and tl-cre Is no reason lo suppose that the
present congress will make an exception.
It alt that the democrats now claim In the
way of economy were conceded It would not
be a viry grout recommendation of that
party , especially In view of the fact that
the entire savlnir which they claim lo have
made IB covered by the cutting down and
the cutting tilt of the pensions of the old
soldiers. Senator Vllas , who Is v ry re
spectable democratic authority , in his ad
dress to the Wisconsin convention , stated
that the appropriations of the first session
of the Flftx-thlrd congress are $28,000,000
less than those made at the last ssslon of
the preceding L-ongress and $50,000,000 less'
than those of the last session ot the Flfty-
nrst congress. Dut why , If he desired to be
fair and cand.d , did not Mr. Vllas rntike the
comparison of the appropriations of this con
gress with those of the first cessions. Instead
of the last , of the preceding two congresses ?
That would make a different showing , oven
according to the statement made to the house
of representatives by the chairman of the
committee on appropriations. The truth Is
that the appropriations this year arc greater
by $27,000,000 than were those made by the
last republican congress , characterized by
the democrats as the "billion dollar con
gress , " and they are loss than the appropria
tions made at the second session of the
Kitty-second congress to the amount of only a
llttlo over } 28,000,000 , which Is below the
amount of the reduction In the pension
appropriation for this year , that being a
little over | 2y,000,000. The estimates sent to
congress by the various departments of the
government called for appropriations for the
coming llscal year amounting to $329,000,000.
Congress cut these estimates down In the
aggregate $30,000,000 , and there can be no
doubt that a large part ot this amount will
have lo be appropriated at the next session
by way of deficiencies , so that It may be re
garded as certain that the appro
priations still to be made by this
congress will considerably exceed $300-
000,000 and carry the grand total
beyond the figures of the Flfty-llrst congress ,
as was the case with the last congress ,
thouch the democrats had two-thirds of the
house. The fact Is , and it should be recog
nized by men of all parties , the demands
o ! the public service have become so great
that a proper regard for them will not allow
nny very material reduction from the ex
penditures of the last few years , and it Is
only reasonable to expect that a few years
hence , with the growth of the country and
the extension of the public service , a higher
rate of expenditure will be necessary. The
pension demand will perhaps steadily de
crease , but the falling oft In this account
will be more than offset by Increased de
mands In other directions.
In crediting the present congress with ex
traordinary economy Senator Vllas cited the
fact that over COO offices have been abolished ,
effecting a saving annually of $700,000 , but
he mndu no reference to the fact that there
have been many increases In the salaries of
democratic olllclal ? , especially In the diplo
matic and consular service , which. In the
aggregate , will not fall far short of the
amount saved by abolishing offices , Judi
cious economy In public expenditures Is to be
desired , but no good citizen wants economy
the price of which Id Inefficiency In any de
partment of the public service. As to the
claim set up by the democratic party In
this particular , It will be well not to con
cede It until the tenure ot that party in
control ot the government has come to an
end.
TIIK JVKir rOllKTAlLOltS'STniKE.
What gives Indication of being one of
the moat Important strikes In this year of
great labor controversies Is under way In
Now York City , where from 12,000 to 15,000
tailors and tailors' assistants nre out on a
strlko against the garment contractors ,
who occupy an Intermediary place between
the clothing manufacturers anil the clothing
operators. It Is estimated by those conver
sant with the situation that there are about
32,000 operators In the metropolis , the greater
number of whom have been driven to the
very verge of starvation by the competitive
methods that prevail In the clothing trndo. (
Their condition has been aptly termed
"truly pltlful.y Many of them have been
working regularly sixteen hours a day In
wretched sweat shops , from 4 In the
morning until 8 at night , and earning no
more than f5 weekly. This , It Is alleged , is
the natural and Inevitable result ot the
tnsk system In vogue , and It Is against the
task system tlmt they have at last broken
out In open revolt , demanding loudly lt&
lii'medlate abolition.
The actual workings of the task system
have been described substantially as these
There are tlirca factors In the matter , the
merchant , the contractor and tha operator.
The contractor agrees with the merchant to
turn out so many coats tn a given time , anil
to da this ho has to distribute the -work
among operators , hasters and finishers.
These arc confined , often to the number c (
a dozen , to a small room , and this IB called
a "sweat shop. " An operator gts tram the
contractor what Is called a task to do , and
hitherto this has consisted ot about seven :
ccals. By working hard on these for three
days the operator could finish them , re
ceiving about ? 3 for his work ; the Rasters
would get J2.KO and the finishers $1.50
What the men are complaining of now Is
that the task has been Increased to ten
twelve and. In some cases , oven fifteen
ccats , wlilla th3 pay has remained the same
They say that the most they Mil make Br
thu old system Is about ? G a week , and it
they would not make a penny more undcj
srk
the change , while being obliged to work :
nearly twice us long. They say they art
willing to work ton hours a dny and IK
paid for a day's work , but they reus an }
longer to submit to the present conditions
Strange to say , the contractors profess the to t
ho In hearty sympathy with these demands
and say that they are qulto anxious to nc
cede to them , provided only the merchant !
and Manufacturers will make contracts at '
ate
prices that will enable them to da so >
Thn contractors Insist that they are paying
as much as they possibly can under existIng
iten
Ing contract prices , and that they have beet
driven to the present low level by the * manu
ulie
facturcre , who In turn attempt to shift tin
responsibility upon a demoralized puhlli
laato that requires ready-mado clothing to
bo marketed at bed rock figures.
Another peculiarity of this great tallora
strike , and one which bxles no llttU good
Kl.he
U the very actlvo sympathy which he
striker * Ara receiving front a group cf
wealthy philanthropic worker ! , headed by
Mrs , Josephine tluw Lowell , who has In
vestigated thoroughly the conditions of the
Irncinrnl house poor In New Vork City. "I
think , " Mrr. Lowell Is reported ns saying ,
"that the cause of these psople deserve !
moral and financial support , " nml , to follow
the word with the act , she Is endeavoring
to enlist the sotvIces of n number ot prom *
Inent people In an eiTort to assist the
strikers to attain Uulr object It possible ,
A strlko In the clothing trades does not In
terrupt public traffic as does a strike on
the railroads , and therefore there will be no
dlgpoilllon on the pjrt of the authorities
to Interfere so long ns the strikers conduct
themselves peaceably. If n just cause can se
cure the assistance at a public opinion ns
powerful ns we ara wont to believe public
opinion to be there Is no reason why the
striking New York tailors should not ob
tain material concessions from tha can-
tractors and manufacturers.
TltK CASAI , OXCR MOIIK.
Tha Platte river canal project has again
been brought to the attention of the county
commtsslonTs through the report of the city
engineer concerning the volume of water
supply from the I'latte , Lotip and Elkhorn
rlvcrn. The report practically reaffirms the
conclusions reached heretofore with regard
to the feasibility of procuring a steady water
flow that would Insure 20,000-horse power at
the Seymour park terminus. The greatest
obstacle to th project Is the financiering
and subsidy which the canal company seeks
to obtain. The canal proposition , as agreed
on some months ago by the commissioner ! ! ,
Is defective In several essential particulars.
Unless these defects are eliminated tlif propo
sition would stand no chance of receiving the
necessary two-thirds vote. v
Another question that presents Itself nat
urally is whether the proposed canal should
bo owned and operated by private corporation
or undertaken by the city and county jointly
or the county alone. There Is very little
doubt that the authority for public owner
ship can be secured next winter through the
legislature. This , of course , might delay the
construction a few months' ' , but In the end It
would subserve the public Interest better
than private ownership , and save us from
the clashing with private corporate Interests
and obvlats the pernicious. Interference with
our city councils and boards of commissioners
which is so demoralizing and detrimental.
Whatever uctlon the county commissioners
propose to take as regard. } the canal should
be taken at an early day.
DISAFFKCTM ) i
The declaration of the convention of sugar
planters , held In New tlrleans on Thurs
day , In favor of an alliance with the repub
lican party on national issues , Is significant
of a degree of dissatisfaction among a most
Inlluontlul class of the people ot Louis
iana which may well alarm the democrats
ot that state. It appears tliat the conven
tion was thoroughly representative In charac
ter. There were- present many ot the leadIng -
Ing sugar planters of the stale , nearly 11
not quite all of them democrats , and the
action taken was not hastily readied , but
was the result of carclul deliberation. The
report states that a serious break tn the
democratic party of Louisiana Is threatened
and that republicans may ho sent to con
gress from two or three of the districts
embraced in the sugar region
The disaffection of these- sugar planters
Is most natural under the circumstances.
They have a very substantial grievance
against the democratic7 parly. The legisla
tion of that party regarding sugar means
a serious loss to'all of them , and to some
perhaps bankruptcy and ruin. Under the
bounty clause of the McKlnley law these
planters were led to- greatly enlarge the
area of sugar production , mike extensive Im
provements on their plantations , and other
wise make large expenditures in expectation
of receiving the bounty , which they re
garded as In the nature ot a contract on
the part of the government. As was said
by one of the Louisiana senators In a speech
In the senate , the sugar- crop of the present
year Is predicated upon the continuance of
the bounty for the year. Contracts were
made by the planters based upon the belief
that the bounty for the year would surely
be paid them. A caucus of democratic sen
ators had agreed that this should be done.
The planters had compiled with every re
quirement of the law. They had performed
their share of the contract. Dut notwith
standing all this , and the fact that at least
part of the bounty had bsen earned before
the passage of the new tariff law , the pro
vision abolishing the bounty was retained
without any qualification , and the only
chance of redress left to the sugar planters
Is In an appeal to the courts , which Is not
Under such circumstances It Is not at all
surprising that these men , who feel that
they are being robbed ot millions ot dollars
lars fairly earned , should be disposed to
repudiate the party responsible for the
wrong done them. They have justifiable
reason for resentment. We shall not ven
ture any prediction as to what the effect
of this action ot the sugar planters maybe
bo on the democratic party or Louisiana , but
: If they are earnestly determined to rebuke
that party and unitedly exert their Influ
ence to that end It Is possible- for them
to take the state out ot the democratic
column on national Issue * . Sugar produc
tion Is Louisiana's great Interest. An enor
mous capital Is Invested In it and It cm-
pbys an army of Hhor , It would hardly
fall to control a .majority of the- popular
vote on any Issue Involving Its security and
prosperity.
No better argument for tlio postal tsle-
graph cculd be advanced than Is dally being
presented by the closing of dozens ot railway
, telegraph offices on ths ground that the rail
way trafllc does not justify their continuance ,
, These railway telegraph stations are main
tained solely for the benefit of the railroads ,
, and the convsnlenco and necessities of the
public are never consulted. By shutting up
these offices the people of vast sections of the
country are deprived of cvsn that miserable
and Inelllclent telegraph service which they
hive hitherto had. It Is true that postofllces
are opontd and closed from time to time , hut
they are never abolished except when there
Is no adequate public demand. Ttvey are not
closed simply because railway frame hai
fallen off. The postal telegraph otters the
only way out.
Same ot the eastern democratic organs ara
, trying lo decry the Importance of the bc-ot
sugar Industry In Nebraska In order to con
- vey the Impression that it makes llttl : dif
ference whether It ts crushed out by hostile
- tariff legislation or not. They present figures
to ( how that only a flflh of the money paid
In bounties on beet sugar went to Nebraska
Industries and that the product of Nebraska
factories was hut 1 per cent ot the total sugai
consumed In the United States last year , llul
. they ( all to state that the beet sugar
try is comparatively new to Nebraska , hav >
Ing been In operation but four or Ilva years ,
and not yet-completely out ot the stages of
experimentation. Thy nested to Inform the
public that ti' AiroJuet hag kept Increasing
In amount njuj it for the threatened aboli
tion ot the bounty would have been vtry
much greattrrtrytrlppllng the beel sugar In
dustry the t" ( of what promised t'l ex
pand over a "large part of the American
sugar Is stunted. The Importance of such
on Industry Is not lo b3 belittled ,
mid llrnw Up.
o Heconl.
lloth Mr. Motion and Mr. Whitney nre
excellent nmlmiiTe men , but If they seriously
aspire to the urnsliienry they will do well
to change their tinutottlcu mUIrcsa by moving
Into the hc rrjiif the country.
On u Id.rkv Itlmil.
Atlanta Constitution.
The democrats \vlll have to Island on their
new tariff Inw. When It KCts Into operation
Hie worst thins about It that will need
nny defense will be Mr. Carlisle's sugar
schedule' , which vnnnoi be defended , unil
the worst tliltur nbo-it U thnt will need
explanation will be Mr. Cleveland's refusal
to sign a , which cannot bo explained.
Tom Herd iiinl Tiittuoril Tom.
St. l-.iul Globo.
Majors , the hoodie candidate of the re
publican * for governor \ Nebraska , will
not ask Tom Hfitl lo come out Into Ills stule
ana make Hjioccliet * for him. Hi : haH a
painful recollection that It was only ; i few
years ago Heed recommended 'the Indict
ment and prosei-utlon of JMujji-s for forgery
after un Investigation rmula by a committee
of which he wn the head.
The Sfiiiilu lli.l < U tint I'lir.le.
.S | > rln.nflcM Ilepubllcan.
, The two ends of the democratic congres
sional committee , senate and house , are not
keeping- together worth u cent. Thu house
end naturally wants tn denounce the Inde
fensible feiiUHc.s tit the tariff bill ns the
senate doings , while the senate end would
distribute only buch speeches ns praise the
lilll In toto. As Gorman hold * the commit
tee purse ho will beat the house leaders
again.
What a atijoi'1'.v
riiMnilelplil.1 1'u-ss.
A republican majority In the next house
not only means thnt there can be no tnrlft
agitation In the next congiess , but It will
be notice to the present congress thnt m
the remaining months of Its existence It
must keep ! Its hand ? oil. Such a notice.
backed by the votes of the people , will
hive : to be heeded liotli liy president anil
representatives , ami li ceiled It will he. That
Is what the republican party Is .seeking in
the control of the next house.
I'uH.ilni ; o ( tlio llumuii Leg.
1'Jiil.uli-lpliU Itoconl.
A professor In the University of Geneva
has asserted In a paper recently published
thnt "all the Inventive energies of science
nre now directed to the Huporseillnir of the
human leu us u mean * of locomotion , " nnd
he predicts the ultimate disappearance of
that appcnduKc. This will be Homctlilng of
n handicap to the political kickers of the
dim future , but It will be a goilsoml to the
politicians whose nether extremities have
been subjected to the process known us
"intlllnjy. "
_ _
Wliout In 1'ork unil Ituuf.
St. I'.iul Pioneer Press.
A great many farmers nre obtaining-
Kood round dollar u bushel or thereabout
Car their wheat by converting It Into pork
and escaping the freight charges on the
Ki-uln. Tlie failure or the corn crop tins
given an immense stimulus to this move
ment. The farmers In the southern coun
ties of the Btatd Have taken hold uf the
Idea. Corn Is high and wheat la cheap.
A bushel of wheat contains , It Is paid ,
about -J3 per cent more of the nutritious
elements needed for making pork than n
bushel of corn , fty putting their wheat
Into pork , therefore , they realize a much
higher i > rlcu for It than by sending It to
market In the crude form.
IJecny of tfiu Ocillrutcii.
Pl U3.JcJi > lila Inquirer.
Several of -republican newspapers
charge boldly , tliaL the president has low
ered his own standard by accepting favors
at the hands 'of corporations whose "com
munism of pelf"1 he has scored. Well , what
If he has ? In there anything strange m
that ? llil he not lower tne standard which
he himself set up in thu mutter of civil
service reform I IJid he not lo\\r It lu the
matter of terrUbrlal appointments ? Ukl
ho not lower It when he allowed a perllJy-
and-dlBhonor tarlftl to become a Inw ? To
tell the truth , , thure Is not a public ques
tion that wc'tiuiiiJXt' this 'moment recall
upon which the president has not lowered
his own standard , excepting always hla
sublime confidence in his personal Infalli
bility.
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1'UISTKU I'.lJl.tail.ll'JIX.
Washington Hatchet : Five women to one
man Is the proportion of church attendance
in this country. The samn ratio holds good
at the seashore and will likewise continue
In heaven.
Boston Transcript : She I don't believe
you think half so much of me as Tom
Dlnsley does. He tells me he could die for
me. He That's nothing. 1 love you well
enough to live with you.
Harlem Life : Mistress Did you tell the
lady I was out ? Wuril Y'es , mu'am. Mis-
tres > s Old she seem to have any doubts
about It ? Ward No , ma'am. She said she
knew you wasn't.
Indianapolis Journal : "The wicked may
triumph for a while. " exclaimed the orator ,
"but the blind goddess of justice has her
eyeon them , and don't you forget It. "
Chicago Tribune : "I call him a bouncing *
baby , " said the father , tossing the Infant
In the air , "considering the fact that we're
raising him on the bottle. " "How else do
you raise babies , sah ? " inquired the Ken
tucky colonel , eyeing him sharply ,
Judire : Mickey Donnelly ( bitterly ) I ilt
on , Mary Kllen Jlyan. Fill yersclf ter Uu
brim wUl Infl' at me fnrder's punts. Hut ,
horty beauty , w'en yer looks on do swellin'
bosom of 'em filled wld Casey's apples ter-
iilte , I'll do < le scorn ack , an' I'll do It ter
beat de band , too. See ?
Washington Star : "Kvorybody speaks of
him as a rising young man , " said the young
woman.
"i'es , " replied the young man , "you sec ,
he never loses a chance to get up ami give
u lady a seat in a horse cur. "
Harper's Bazar : "Old you tell the new
girl of our custom , my dear , of deducting-
the amount of her brcakase from her wages
at the end of the month' . ' "
"Yes. I clld.-
"And what did she say ? "
"She didn't say anything. She broke BK
glasses , live platea and the soup tureen ,
packed her vallae and skipped. "
Buffalo Courier : Summltt Miss Gayley
seems thoroughly Imbued with the Idea that
youth will tell. Hotlomo Yes ; you see she
has three or four small brothers.
Chicago Tribune : Alderman ( from the
Steenth ) How do you do , Mr. Ayerllne ?
Fine morning , Isn't it ? Just happened to
be passing by nnd casually dropped In
General 1'assonger Agent K. , X. & G.
Hallway ( taking a blank pass and dipping
his pen In the Ink ) Where to ?
OUTBOhOMGNSOUOMON. .
Detroit Free Props ,
Heliold the youjh lu , tha white duck pants !
He tolls not. ! ) c'4ther does he spin ,
Yet Solomon , In' nil Ills glory.
Had no such 'dairies as lie was In ,
ii . u
Behold how more than fair he la ,
Fit mate for in > " , daughter
Those lovely pajita , ( not trousers ) cost
,1 MtLUHHf OIC .SO.
IlroI'Myn Ufe.
What a darling I'd be
In the hgh Bt degree ,
To mailnP ) | | ! wherever 1M go ;
What charnis fhey would 'see
In whatever , , pleased me ,
If I hatrbttt a million or so !
j ;
What bounty and grace
They would Had In my face.
With n ! 9uln , ) ( me pure as the snow ;
No womaniwpuhl , think
For a mdme'ot to shrink ,
If I hail bin1 a million or so !
T.Mtl
TV'hnt n feature IM be
At u germ a n or tea ,
What a man for nil women to know ;
And men , none the less.
Would my Virtues confess.
If I had but u million or sot
OTtlKIt r.I.V/ T/IJ.V Ul'tlK.
*
Mr. Kstntp , who has Just resigned his
office of prime mlnlvter In Denmark nftcr
nineteen years ot continuous service , Is one
o ( the- most renmrknble characters In Eu-
rape. Since he came Into ofllce , In 187. ,
he has always had a liberal majority opposed
to him In tlio lower house , but ns the upper
houseIs naturally conservative , and King
Christian IX. has stood by him ( Irmly , they
have never been nblo to turn him out. The
refusal to vote supplies In 18SI brought on
the extraordinary conflict , which s ems now
to lie ended , between the government and the
Parliament. The king for thirteen years pro
rogued nnd dissolve-it ens Parliament otter
another without obtaining a vote of sup
plies , and Mr. Kstrup , acting on views of
royal prerogative which seemed strangely
out of place In nineteenth century. ' car
ried on the government by taxes collected on
the authority of the king's proclamation
atone , In utter disregard of Parliaments.
More than one ? attempts have been made to
turn out King Christian , In spite of his per
sonal popularity , nnd even to assassinate
Estrnp , but they have resulted In nothing.
Ho has carried through thn measures of the
conservative party , the reorganization ot the
army and the fortification ot Copenhagen ;
and this year. Inking ndvantagc ot dissen
sions among the liberals , he secured from ths
lower house the substantial ratification of
his past acts In return for certain military
concessions. Ills withdrawal may make
parliamentary government again possible In
Denmark. Jlr , jKiitrup Is 69 years old.
Baron Heedtz Thott , who has just succeeded
Mr. Estrup as president of the Danish cab
inet. Is n man of 55 , n life-long conservative
and very wealthy , as ho holds large estates
In Zealand , which have been In Ills family
for generations. Two years ago ho was
mndo minister of foreign affilrs , the ofilco
which ho held at his promotion.
It Is not surprising that the czar ts 111 ,
nnd , according to the reports always
veiled as much as possible tn such cases ho
Is likely not to recover , and his authority Is
In no long time to pass over to his suc
cessor. Th& fate ot his father has always
been before him. and he has lived a hunted
and Invisibly beleaguered lite since his
accession to the throne. Ho will leave no
great mark In Russian history , though he
has widened her eastern frontiers and made
a good beginning with the great trans-
slberlan railway , ono of tha most Important
onteiprises ot modern or any other times.
What Ills Inheritor will do It is , ot course ,
too early to forecast. lie Is rather young
yet for the responsibilities of such unlimited
authority as will fall to him , but has b.'en
well Instructed , and may turn out as well
as persons of his class usually do. Th'cy are
nut of place In the modern period , nnd seem
In process of gradual extirpation , but whllo
they last Interest appertains to them , and
the departing and the Incoming sovereign
make a transitory pageant on the stage of
the world's affairs. Thny conio and go like
shadows , effecting lltllc substantial change In
the course of things for all of their assump
tions and pretensions , and It Is coming to
be known that the business of mankind can
gel on quite well without them. The drain
ot the czar will mean somewhat more , po
litically speaking , than that of the Count
of I'arls , now In his last days In exile at
Stowe , In England , the seat of the proud
bankrupted old Bucklngliants , dismantled
and untcnanted for a generation , hut
not much more , and things will go on
after It much as before.
French finance Is. an Intricate subject , be
cause of the complicated way In which her
budget Is made up. Dut nltlmugh there has
been considerable financial mismanagement ,
and licr tariff experiments have been costly ,
there Is no cause to doubt the financial sta
bility ot the republic. In splto of her enor
mous debt , the Interest on which amounts
to over $255,000,000 per year , and In spite ot
her annual expenditure of about $200,000,000
for national defense , French finance Is Im
proving Instead of running down toward
bankruptcy , cf which there Is nt present not
the smallest sign. The annual military nnd
naval expenditure of Germany Is about $190-
000,000. Compared with France , Germany Is
a poor country , but thp burden Is borne
with comparative ease. The Interest on the
German public debt amounts to only $17,000-
000 , and although the separate states of the
eniplro have separate state- debts , these , with
the exception of Prussia's , are small. The
Prussian debt Is nominally large , owing to
the purchase of railways by the government.
At present the debt amounts to $1,550,000.000 ,
but the Interest charge of $00.000,000 Is more
than counterbalanced by a net Income from
the railways alone amounting to $90,000,000
a year , and Prussia , as well as all of the
ether German states , receives large Incomes
from state domains , forests and mines.
* *
Christianity appeared In Corea In advance
of missionaries , In 1TTT , some of the natives
having received Christian books translated
from the Chinese , In which the Jesuit pre
cepts and teachings were set forth. In 1794
a Chinese Jeault went there and organized
a Ilttlu company of the faithful , but In 1801
ho was slain. Thereafter , for thirty years ,
no mlsslonalrles came , but In 1835 they ap
peared again , French Jesuits this time , dis
guised as mourners , which In the Corean
cities keep to the obscurer thoroughfares ,
and neither speak nor are spoken to by
others. They ministered secretly to the
little flock which remained , performing their
religious ceremonies at dead of night In the
Christian houses , hut In 1839 were found
out , and they , too , werj destroyed. After
an Interval others came , nnd In 18C6 these
were also sacrificed , together with a con-
Bidcrablo number of believers , men , women
and children , who were offered pardon If they
would abjure their faith , but not one was
found to do this , and they were all bs-
headed. Since 1SS5 Christian mission work ,
Protestant and Catholic alike , has been un
impeded , but this recital of Its Initial steps
will serve to show tha bitterness of the way
these traversed , nnd the courage , fortltudo
and fidelity of the early workers there. If
the blood of the martyrs is yet the seed of
the church the harvest In that far-off and
mysterious land ought to be an abounding
one.
It will be a great relief to Belgians In
general , and to their king In particular , when
the present chambsr comes to an end and
the chamber elected under the revised con
stitution enters upon Its duties ; for so long
as It remains In existence the king will
continue to be calld upon to deal with polit
ical crises unprecedented and '
jnlque l'i par
liamentary history. It was only by exercis
ing the most remarkable pliancy and astute
ness that ho was able to effect a compromise
of the ministerial complications that arose
during his absenceIn Switzerland last
spring , and now the reconstructed cabinet
finds Itself checkd'ln Its efforts to put Into
force tlio protectionist measures which con
stitute part of Its program , and which are
demanded by the vast majority of the pee
ple. The present'chambr the last under
the old constitution has hitherto been re-
nawablo In sections , half retiring every two
years. The term ot ofHoj ot one-half ex
pired some weeks ago , Inasmuch , however ,
as the details for the enforcement of the
electoral reforms provided by the revised
constitution have not yet been entirely com
pleted. It was agreed that the retiring half
of the chamber should uontl-iue to sit until
the grneral election In October next. The
liberal members of the contingent that
should have retired have now discovered that
their consciences would not permit them to
continue to sit except for two Indlspenslble
pieces ot business , namely , the completion of
the electoral regulations and the supplement
ary estimates. This has had the effect of
rendering the maintenance of a quorum Im
practicable , and the ministry has therefore
boon forced to yield and to give up all hopes
ot enacting Its protyc'loUit projects.
The empress dowager of China would
like to have the $40,000,000 provided for her
birthday fete which occurs this year handed
over to the war fund , and this may be done ,
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S.Gov't Report
Bakin
Powder
PURE
though the ministry will make an earnest
effort to provide a autnclcnt sum to whip
Japan with and not interfere- with the ap
pointed royal celebration. U nhaws n patri
otic spirit on ( he part nf the empress , how *
ovtr , anil does her moro credit than any
amount of pageantry and fireworks. She Is
not the emperor's mother , but only hist aunt ,
and was once an article of merchandise ,
having been sold by her parents lo n nun-
darln , nnd by the mandarin permitted to
enter the civil service pxamlnatlnn required
ot candidates for the position of king's concubine
cubine- , when ehe carried nit high honors
and rose tii tlio highest position of Influence ,
which slie still maintains. Her proposal to
surrender the fund provided for her fete In
this critical emergency will contribute to
strengthen her popularity nnd make her as
Important n figurehead In the affairs of thn
middle kingdom as L.I Hung Chang has long
been and still continues to be ,
TO HKTtlftt.
Ilniby Siiyn llo Ita * Nil Intention
of Itr-lmilnc ,
SAN KltANCISCO , Sept. -Olmrles
Denby , Vnltcd Stales mlnlste.r to Chlnn ,
and Mr. Dean of the diplomatic corps In
the empire , have arrived from the cast ami
will sail on Saturday. "When asked as to
the truth of n telegraphic rumor thnt ho
would retire- from the position as minister
to China In favor of hl son , < 'olonol Dcnhy
aid : "I < 1o not Intent ) to rotiri- . There Is
mi foundation for suun report. I did In-
eml to remain longer hi this country , but
have used ui > the two months leave of
bsence allotted to me , and now that war
irevalls between Chlnn nnd Japan the
> resldent feels that the minister should be
it Pekln , nnd with this view I iiulto agree ,
lad not war broken out I coohl no doubt
mvc obtained nn extension of the leave of
ilisenco , hut under the condition * now ex-
sting I feel thnt I should be at my post ,
although my son , who has charge during
ny absence , Is practically competent to
ittend to the Unties of the ofllco and has
he confidence of the administration. So
ar ns my retiring that my son may PUC-
eed me. I can settle that rumor by stating
lint while I am on my way bnck to Pekln
ny son will shortly leave thnt city to re-
urn to America. He comes home to be
narrled , " added Minister Uenby.
IHf V/f.S IX 1UHI > LUt'lt.
Mould mid l.Ico Destroying tlio Crupi In the
Wllluinntta Ynllpy.
PORTLAND , Ore. . Sept. 7. Heporls from
the hop yards In the Willamette river nre
of n very discouraging nature. With low
prices for hops , the ravnges of the louse
and rain , and consequent blnck mould , tin ;
raisers have a sorry time of it. The rains
which have fallen since Sunday , It Is
claimed , have done great damage to the
ripe nnd ripening crops. Wherever the vines
an ; Infested l > y the parasites mould Imme
diately sets In after being thoroughly satu
rated with water. This has boon the case ,
It Is feared , with n great many yards.
Today n. prominent hop dealer received a
dispatch from Woodlmrn , In .Marlon cmmty ,
which snj'fl : "Nearly half of the hop yards
In tliln Koctlon hnvp been abandoned on ac
count of the lice nnd mould. "
A merchant from Oervuls , In the same
region , says that n great ninny of the yards
around Hint part of the country would not
be picked , owing to lice nnd mould.
/ .i.vt.11,1 i'iiunvT
Work nn tlio Citnnl to Itcglu Agnln In a
I''W V4 CCllH.
NEW YORK , Sept. 7. After a suspension
of nearly five years work Is to he resumed
on the colossal Panama canal. project some
time next month , French ami American
capitalists have , it Is said , been quietly pre
paring the way during the past few months
and now are nearly ready to begin upera-
Ions. One of the first nccessltitcs wa < t the
passage of a law exempting the property
of the canal company from seizure by Its
creditors. This being effected , as soon as
ho assets of the old concern are transferred
to a now corporation , all will ho smooth
sailing aa far as thu management Is con
cerned.
.trrlilunt * Cniixad by llriivy I'ogi.
NEW YOUK , Sept. 7. A Heavy fog hung
over land and water In this section until
ate In the forenoon today. The passage
of ocean steamers from quarantine to their
ulers In this city was much delayed. Two
ferry boats plying on the liast river col
lided , but neither sustained much damage ,
A rear-end collision took place on the Cen
tral railway of New Jersey. One of the
trains carried 300 passengers , who received
a lively shaking up , but escaped without
serious injury. The rear engine was batlly
damaged.
.Shot a lliirchir with it nt < : iui ,
PORTLAND , Ore. . Sept. 7. When C.
Smith , an east side grocer , opened hla store
this morning he found a man about K years
of age lying dead In a pool of blood on the
floor In front of a trap gun which had been
set for burglars. Papers found on the man
Indicated that his name was W. II. Aloorc-
house. a resident of Montavllla. He had
entered the store some time during the
night. Smith's store had been entered by
burglars recently , and he hud set a gun for
the man's second visit.
Slunfiird llnlv mltjr Oprim.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal. , Sept. 7.
The fourth year of the Iceland Stanford ,
Jr. , university opened today. Right hundred
nnd twenty-live students have already reg
istered , exclusive of about 100 postgraduates
ates , an Increase of 150 over the number of
students present last year. The total reg
istration for the year will exceed 1,200.
K/rhi .Tnitlllca UN . < ts.
SAN FRANCISCO , Sept. 7.-The extradi
tion proceedings In the cases of General
Antonio Kzeta and his fellow refugees from
Run Balmilor wrr < continued today In the
t'nltea Htutrn district court The testimony
adduced , however , WHS but a repctltton ot
thnt of jfstorday , the prlKniHTS LontlmtlnK
lo testify Ih their awn behalf to put stun-
tlatr their claim thai nl thn lmo | cf the
commission of HIP nets clmi-fivd rig. in.it
them n Htnto of war rxi t-.l In 8.111 H.ilva
tlor. and thai the allegro murd < < r * and rob-
berleH wore but huhlenl * cf nrtunl varfnrc ,
A pamphlet mntntnlng the military lawn of
San Salvador was Intnxluvtil In evldcnco
thin afternoon ntier bitter opposition on the
part of the prosecution. I'n.U-r theno Inws
the defendant * claim to have been Justified
In their every act.
A dlfttlngulRhlng feature xvlll lip the second
end paper of lion Hohert 1 > . Porter , ex-
superintendent of the ci-nrnis , upon the nub-
Jcet : "Public Debt. " This article treats
of national , state , county and municipal
debt , and compares the successive Hinges
of the government debt with that of other
nations of theworld. . It Is shown thnt the
United States nnd Spain nre the only na
tions that hnvo reduced their debts the
past deendo , while other nations have mnde
llttlo or no progiess In thnt dliectlon or
have Increased thrlr obligations from year
to year. The aggregate debt of states has
boon reduced by nbout ? tKOw,000 ) In ten
years , while the municipal , county ami
school district debt has been Increased , A
most Interesting table Is given , showing
the bonded and per capita debt of the lend
ing cities. Omaha's net debt per capita Is
JI3.79. Mr. Porter's article Is of great value
to Ktudeiits of political economy nnd will
be highly appreciated by readers of The
llec.
Carpenter's letter tells of the crimes com
mon to Corea and the- modes of punishment
practiced by the olllclnls of that benighted
realm. Crimes most atrocious are expi
ated In revolting torture and death. Triv
ial offenses meet with severent punishment ,
while the relatives cf criminals must Khnie
their fate. Carp'H letter Is startling in de
tail nnd of consuming Interest thorughout.
X copyrighted Interview by Hamlln Gar
land with Edward ICcmeys , the American
sculptor. Is nn artistic feature. Mr. Gnr-
laiul never falls to Interest his readers.
The Inspiring history of Fort Mc-
Henry. famous for Its defense of
Haltlmoru In the war of 1S12. In
reviewed briefly , coupled with nil Inter
esting sketch of the life of Francis Seott
Key , author of the "Star Spangled Ban
ner. " 'The quaint old fort will be the
HCCIIC of patriotic exercises next Wedies-
day , commemorative of the centennial of
Its establishment ns n. governmi'nt pct-t.
The Train Raiding Protean The nmueiir
exploits of Orlawold nnd I ike In the tub-
tirbs of Chicago contrasted with thec'.nsh
ami dare deviltry of western raiders , nnd
the shaip decline In the value of the hauls ,
of which lllg Springs holds the record.
An Illustrated article describing scenes
incident In an ocean voyage In the steer
age will Le nn attractive feature of The
Sunday llee. One of the brightest news
paper men of New York City recently made
a round trip to Kuropc In the steerage mil
details his novel experience. This subject
has been treated before , but never In a
more Interesting and graphic style thun
this. .
The woman's pngo Is made up almost
wholly of original matter. There is not a
dull or uninteresting- , but the fresh
est and best matter obtainable will lx >
found In It. Wo Invite the critical atten
tion of all readers to this department of
The Sunday Ilee.
A special contributor favors The Sunday
Itec with nn article on the admission of
Utah , reviewing at some length the suc
cessive ; stages of agitation nnd strife which
were happily terminated by tlio congres
sional act admitting Utah to the sisterhood
of states. Peace and harmony now pervade
the people , who look forward to an era of
unbounded prosperity and Mlbstautlal
growth.
lu discussing remedies for social disorders ,
Ilev. Dr. Waylnnd suggests radical meas
ures for the suppression ot vice. Ho rec
ommends the quick application of tttato
surgery for the prevention nnd i-.ure of
manifold evils which beset society ni.d
adds a few pointed observations on the-
common methods of administering vo-callcd
charity.
The Fportlng page will be quite as at
tractive us ever. A review of the wcck'H
events , with gossip of special Interest to
sportsmen , a letter describing the common
sense ladles' bicycle costume , and an iirtlulo
telling how to devise a home-made gymna
sium form the- Important features of the
page.
In Its news-gathering facilities The Sun
day Itee ranks with the great dallies of the
country. Its cablegrams are full and com
plete , while the full Associated press burvlco
ts unrivaled , Do not fall to rend
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