Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, October 18, 1894, Page 4, Image 4
TJIE OMAHA DAILY BEE : /TinjKSDAY , OCTOBER 18 , 189'JU TIJE OMAHA DAJLY BEE ii nosnwATnu. PUBLISHED MOIWINO. rnibia OP suuscnirrioNt hilly Bf ( without Sunday ) , One Tear I S 04 PMljr lies and Sunday , One Year ! < Hl Monlhn . . , < trtirr * Monlln 1 V > nundar Uft , On l' ar * 0 lUtur.Iar U . One Year 1 W , Wc klr Dec , On * Tear < OFFICES : Omaha. The Uco Bulldlnir. . _ . Boulh Omnlm , Corner N ami Twentr-foarlh Bti. Council Hlurr * , 12 I'rnrl street. Ctilcaro Odlfc , 117 Clinmber of Commerce. New York , Hoomil 1J. II nnJ 15 , Trlbun * Bl r. .Tftulilngtuti. 1407 F Street , N. W. connnsi-o.vuKNCH. All rnmmunlentloni relntlni ? to n wa nd edi torial matter ahould be addressed : To lh Editor , IJUHINCSS LETTEUS. All Imilncsi Iclten end remittances ihould be mldreitspd to Tli llca J'ubllnhlnr company , Omaha. Drnfln. checks nnd postofflc * order * to W made payable to tlia order of the company. Tim mE ruiiMSiiiNO COMPANY. BTATHMRNT OP CIRCULATION. George II , 'iVchuck. secretary of The Be Pub- JlihlnK com | mr. I'clnu duly sworn , J > i thai the actunl number of full and complete- copies of Th Dally Mornlnir , HvenlnB nnd Sunday lire printed during the month o September. 18 , as follows : 1 2t.E9t 18 . . ! 17 . SUMS IS . 21.057 * 2t,3 19 . 21.042 t , , , , , 21.180 JO . 20.K57 21.334 21 . 20.9W T 2I.2H 22 . 21.115 t , , , , , 2M2T 23 . Zi.Vn 9 23.27S 24 . 20.974 19 2UI 11 2I.30T 26 20.897 12 21,2 27. 21.0J1 31 , 2l,23t 2S S1.M9 II 21,190 a 2I.7J1 U 21,271 31 MI.V.J Total (7.0 J Itr * deduction ! for unsold nnd returned copies . . . , . . . , . . . . . , , . , . 6,583 Total M M0.4M Pnlly average net circulation , 21.S47 Sundar. anonan n. TZSCHUCK. Bwnrn to before me nnd subscribed In mj" prp enc this let of October , 1891. rseai. ) N. P. rnii > . Notary Public. STUBBORN PACTS. M'ho hired Sold T. Cole tn conduct Sen ator Taylor nut of thn tnto urlillo the Xeir- licrry bill uns pFnilliifrV OfllclaU of tliu llurllngton railroad. \Vlio > j > nld Moth T. Cole for staying with 'J'tiylor tn son tlnit ho fulllllcil 111 * contract with the oil room liondler ? Tim Iturlhicton rallroiiil. Who In-lit llio ( riuito in deadlock wlillo TnylorIIH bring ( spirited uwajr ? ' Ilioman r fllnjors , \\lui crrtlflcil to n fraudulent voucher for Taylor' * pny nflor ho lind been abducted' . ' 'I liuiiniH ii , JMiiJor * . AVI HI ilroxv the 870 ivJilcli wu paid out < J ( the treasury on the frmidulrnt Toucher ? Alujorn' jirlvnto secretary , U'olt 3U Beely. Theio ro Htubhurn fncis ami no amount of cultlollshlui ; can hvtng the people. We nniy bo sure tlint wo will bcnr ngulu from Senator Arthur P. Gornian of Maryland by tlio tiny after tlio elec- tlou next inaiith , at the latest. The enlargement of the free list under the new'democratic tariff won't cut a caper to the enlargement of the railroad free list In Nebraska during the present campaign. Baltimore Is fast recovering from her grief over the loss of the Temple cup. By the time the season opens next spring ItalUmore will bo as base ball mad as ever. The- campaign of bugbears' threats nnd Intimidation wlih-li the calamity crusaders arc trying to make In the In terest of the tattooed candidate will prove it boomerang In the end. If Ciiflld Martin Is opposing populism without reference to politics , why Is he BO eager to have the secretary of state compelled to accept the certificates of democratic rump candidates ? riialrninnVlIson Is still busy explain Ing Ills London speech. If the voters of his West Virginia district do their duty 'Mr. Wllhon will have all the time ho cnn desire to explain that speech after No vcmber 0. Of course It would mean financial dis aster to the railroads In Nebraska to put the maximum freight rate law In force , while they are placing their whole P passenger t rattle at the disposal of Tobu k Castor nnd Tom Majors. A stranger succeeded In passing $100 kh iu old state bank wildcat paper In In diana the other day. If arrested we h presume he will plead In excuse that he thought the tax on state bank Issues I had already been removed. Americans tn China are assured that their safety -will be properly looked after by the Chinese government Itself , with out assistance from the American lega tion. The safety of Americans In China will doubtless bo well provided for , but It Is Just possible that It may be the Japanese government that will be active In the matter. The discharge of democratic federal employes , because of their refusal to vote for n republican candidate for governor , anywhere else than In Nebraska would be regarded as an act of Insanity. The explanation lies In the fact that the administration machine In this state run from railroad headquarters ( a the Interest of railroad candidates , whether republicans or democrats. The railroad democrats In control of the democratic machine have no objet tlon to continuing a republican In .charge of the Omaha pustotllce so long as the postmastersblp can bo used as a club to keep the would-be Nashya In line for the election of a railroad re publican to the governorship of Ne ImiBkii. There will be no change In the Omaha postolllce until after election. ' The democrats In New York City who are opposing Strauss for mayor nnd stip- 'porllug II111 for governor , both Tam many candidates , tire In a peculiar po sition with respect to the election frauds usually practiced by Tammany heelers They would not object to having JIH1 profit by these questionable practices , but they do not want them to be em ployed at the- same time against their own mayoralty candidate. Nearly one hundred election ollldate were convicted of violating thu election laws last year , but at least two of them who have Bcryed their sentences have been reap pointed this year. Tammany may be relied upon to attempt nil Its old tricks , and ouly the utmost vigilance will bo able to prevent their success. P ZIIKTAHQKT , The maximum rate law enacted by the lust legislature was to go Into effect ipon August 1,1802. The law was hung up In the federal courts at the Instance of the railroad managers , nnd Is still Hinging tbcro up to this day , The act ion of the federal court was the mosl outrageous Interference with the rights of the people to govern themselves. Hvery law la presumed to bo binding upon all the people until It has been lecreed as unconstitutional by the coin-Is , in this Instance the common rule has been reversed , The law en acted for the relief of the people from extortion and discrimination by com mon carriers has been nullified before the courts could pass upon Its legality. If all the other laws enacted by our ( ulslaturcR were bung up until the fed- > ral courts would see flt to let them gen n to effect there would be anarchy In every state of this union. Since August 1 , 181)2 ) , when the maxi mum rate law should have gone Into effect , many shippers have been paying the old rate under protest , nnd In the vent that the law Is declared valid they will sue the railroad companies for I he dllTcrence between the rate es- inblNhfd by the maximum freight Inw md the amount they have paid. Not inly has the old rate been maintained , but It hits been slightly Increased to piovldt * a fund for lighting the law. Now , why are the railroads making such n desperate light to elect Majors'/ Tlu-.v can well afford to spend $100.000 tn keep the bill hung up and stay fur ther legislation by having a man In the governor's chair who will veto any bill that corrects the defects which the may point out as existing In the Id law. Another point Is very clear. If the federal circuit court declares the maxi mum rate law valid the overcharges will be collected by the elevator men , lumber dealers and iieavy shippers. The farmers will not got a penny. The money which should have been paid to tin- farmers In Increased prices for tholr products by reason of reduced freight rules will remain In the pockets of the grain speculators and heavy shippers. What Is the interest and duly of our. farmers under these conditions ? First , they should help to elect a governor who will not Interpose bis veto In case It becomes necessary to re-onact the maximum freight law next winter. They should pledge the candidates for the legislature of all parties to vote for a new maximum rate law In conformity with the rulings of the courts. This de cision Is evidently being withheld by Judge Brewer until after the election at the Instance of the railroads. Tlio pledges exacted from the candidates for the legislature should be iron-clad. They should be In writing , and they should also be made In public meetings. Any candidate for the legislature who wobbles bles or equivocates on this vital Issue ilmuhl be defeated. This Is particularly applicable to can didates for the state senate. The cor porate monopolies are centering nil their efforts upon the sltite senate. If they can control seventeen members they can block nil legislation , and If they fall In control the senate they will try tn block all legislation through Tom Majors. The miimigers of both the great par ties. Cully appreciating the great impor tance of the political complexion of the next house of representatives , are watching the progress of the congres sional campaign throughout the country with the keenest Interest. The great democratic majority In the present con gri'ss naturally gives the democratic ma lingers a feeling of confidence that It will not be overcome , notwithstanding I lie great change that evidently 1ms taken place In public sentiment , while the republican managers , although jiu- llcvlng ; that the next house will bo un dcr republican control , concede that the task of making It so demands constant and earnest work up to the very day n f election. The present H I tti.it I on Is this : From the sixteen states embraced In the solid south the democrats have lit ! representatives to six republicans. Assuming that this southern democratic representation will be maintained , the democrats only need flfty-elght to make a majority of the house , and they have twenty-eight states to elect only fifty- nine members from. But the repub licans must secure 172 members in these twenty-eight states. In other words the democrats have only to elect fifty-ulna members , allowing them an unbroken delegation from the southern states while the republicans , In order to con trol the next house , have to elect 172. There Is a very good prospect , however - over , that the number of democratic representatives from the south will be reduced nnd that Uie republicans wll gain ten or twelve In that section. Ken lucky Is expected to send two repub licans to the next bouse , Louisiana one ami possibly two. Maryland two , ant gains for the republicans are confidently looked for also from Missouri , Tennes see , Virginia , "West Virginia and per haps Delaware. ICurly In the cam paign some of the more sanguine proph ets fixed the republican majority In the next house of representatives as high as from thirty to forty , but later and more conservative estimates do not place it so high. The most recent of these make a total of 187 republicans , 100 democrats and nliio populists , giving the republicans a majority of eighteen over all. It Is suggested in connection with this estimate that perhaps suftl clent allowance has not been made foi populist strength In the west and south , but It can bo taken for granted that where a populist Is elected ho Is more than likely to displace n democrat , aiul that when elected he will generally act with the democrats. Therefore the re publican calculation will stand. This estimate contemplates a gain of sixty republicans , at least fifty of which must bo made In the twenty-eight states not embraced In the solid south. This Is n largo gain to make , but the indications seem to fully warrant the prediction that It will be made , ami may oveti be Homcnvlmt exceeded. There would bo no doubt of IU being exceeded If It were not for the democratic gerrymanders iu a number of states , some of which are republican. The democratic innnnBors , according [ 9 rcportd from Washington , nro tllivcl- IJR pretty nuicli all their efforts lo tlio eastern , tnlikllu nnd northwestern states. It Is with them only n question of lio\v nuieli they can afford to Inso nml mill innlnliiln control , while with tin ; republicans It Is n question of liow much they mimt liuve In order to oMnlii mipiviimcy. The control of the lu'-vl house ot reinvsenlntlves r the ropulillenn.H seein.s iiHsun-tl , but lirobahly by not much more thiin n safe working majority. AUK .Y British manufacturers arc not the least bit frightened at the threat of American competition made by the poli ticians In this country who propose to go on tearing down the defenses of Vmei-lcaii Industries erected by the pro- ectlonisU. Uefrrrlng to the declaration if Mr. Wilson , that tariff reform would 'go forward fiom this time forth by its own impetus , " the London Times , voicing the sentiment of the Industrial ntorests of 15rent Britain , said : "We wNh we oould feel sure of this , for we ire convinced that freedom of trade Is good for all the world and we are not it all nhirmcd by Mr. Wilson's highly- colored picture of the future supremacy if the United States In Industrial pro- luctlon nnd In external commerce. " Why should they be alarmed ? The pol- cy of the tariff reformers proposes to open to tbtf British manufacturers the greatest market In the world , , 'n which nil * own manufacturers wilt be able to maintain themselves only by reducing Hie price of American labor to the Brit ish standard. They will not be able to 1o this at once. Its accomplishment will take time , for the vvorklngmeii of Ills country will not submit to having .heir wnges , and consequently their llano of living , brought down to the Kiiropeuii level without making a mo t [ Ictcrmlned struggle against it. In such in industrial conflict British manufac turers would find their opportunity to icqiilre a larger foothold In the Amer ican market , and having done this cnn there be any doubt that they would make every possible effort to maintain It ? The Inevitable effect would be that many American Industries would be se verely crippled or driven to the wall , with disastrous results to American lu- iior. iior.As As to the assumption that under the policy of the tariff reformers wo would lie enabled to capture foreign markets. British inanufiicturers can regard It without the slightest apprehension. There Is hardly a market to which the goods of ( treat Britain now go nnd which the manufacturers of that country desire to 10- tain where they have not secured so nrm n grip that It will require long years to break It , if Indeed It cnn over he broken. In nearly every country to which British trade extends there are Investments of British capital In securi ties , railroads and financial Institu tions , by which have been established tin' most intimate commercial relations between such countries and Great Brit ain , England Is a great creditor country tryA large part of the world pays tribute to her , and because this is so she exerts a power and influence In the trade of the world unequalled by any other nation. Her fleets of merchant vessels are on every sea , carrying her products to all lands anil transporting the products of all lands to her own nnd other markets. With her vast re sources of capital she dominates the world's finances. How shall the United States , with Its present development , compete with such a power for the world's markets ? If American capital were satisfied with small returns , If American labor would be content to work and to live on the level of Ku- ropoan labor , if wo had a merchant marine to convey our products to the world's markets , we might undertake such a competition , but none of these conditions exist. They may come at some time In the fntiiVe , but It will be when the American market no longer furnishes an adequate field for Amer ican enterprise. The Iii'ilnslrial Interests of Great Brit iiln want free trade In the United Slates not from any Interest In our welfare , ' but solely for the reason that it would give them larger access to this world's greatest market , with the pos slblllty that In time they would prac tically control It. The talk of our rout ing them out of other markets causes them no anxiety or alarm. On the con trary , It Is probably rather amusing to them. VOTK IllK PA.VIKO BOKDS. The ordinance passed by the city council nt Its regular meeting providing for the submission at the coming clce/ tlon of a bond proposition authorizing the sale of $ " . " ,000 In bonds for the pur pose of defraying the expense of paving and re-paring street Intersections will doubtless bo promptly signed by the mayor and ought to receive no opposi tion whatever at the polls. Under the plan of making street improvement In Omaha the cost of paving Is assessed against the owners of the abutting property , while the city at largo Is called upon to pay the cost of paving the street Intersections. This has been done unl formly up to tilts time and It Is re quired In fairness that It be continued with reference to repuvlng and futitro street Improvements. The amount of repavlng that will have to be done next year cannot be accurately estimated nt the present moment , but $75,000 for Intersections is a conservative figure and there will be no dllllculty in finding opportunities to expend the whole amount. Voting this money for the Intersection paving fund means the paving of many miles of streets and the expenditure of many times that amount for labor and ma terials. It Is absolutely necessary that Omaha continue her work of public Im provement , not only that her streets may bo again placed In passable condi tion nnd her reputation ns a well paved city maintained , but also that the laborers accustomed to find employment with the paving contractors may be re tained among us. In order to be certain that the boiinV eocurc the requisite imjorlty of two-thlrita of all ( he votca cast the ward [ fcliibf ) , labor unions and other orgnnlzatuins should tnkn It upon themselves to Inipress upon their mem bers the nccesffly of voting nnd work ing for Hie success of this proposition nt : he polls. ' f .To 1m Burns , the celebrated Kngllsh labor leader and member of the House of Commons , is to Hliul next mouth for \uiorlca as n delegate from the English trades union congress , to attend the annual conforviuui * of the International Federation of Lnlrai' to be held In Denver in December. By whatever route Mr. Burns goes to Denver lie must neces sarily come very close to Omaha and could doubtless be prevailed upon to slop off In this city. The labor unions ought to get together at once and decide ipan n grand labor demonstration , In cluding delegations from surrounding cities and towns , in cape he can be In duced to make an address at this point. , \n opportunity of this kind Is Indeed rare and no efforts should be omitted to mike the best of It. "A sight of Judge Holcomb at once set nt rest uneasy minds which feared his election would Injure the state or Its credit. " This Is the report of .ludge 11 ol co nib's ndveiitJnto _ Tekamah. Wher ever the judge goes bis presence alone s enough to dispel the stories of the langer which his elevation to the gov ernorship would bring upon the people. Tlio stamp robbers at I he bureau of printing and engraving have good pros pects of being stamped with sentences to penal servitude. ' An OIIPII riillmlelilOa | Times. It Is iiiioHltonulilc whether we need a rKcr army , An enemy mlKlit KPt ovi-r the ocean , but he could never set over tills country. tlio 'Mourners. ClilniRo Dispatch. One of the Faildest fentures of the death nf Dr. Oliver \Venilell Holmes Is the fact Hint It Vms resurrppteil an army of amateur obltuniy poets , who arc pouring broailsldes of club-footed verse into his memory. e CiirlMo's Unornrnmp. llurfalo Uxpieti.s. The lioomer.inK IH still In active political ervlcc. Secretary Carlisle's spectacular ar rest of Mr. Morton's coacliman IIUB served only to call attention to tlie fnct that he himself keeps n coachman , a footman nml a butler , all of whom are carried on the rolls nt the- Treasury ilep.it tment as public of ficials and imltl out of the United States tieasury. t. _ _ _ 1 lin Man in ( Montr. I'lil'mlelplila ' Inquirer. \Vlille It may not be true that the IOHE- talted overcoat Is a sure Ruanl nsaliiHt rheumatism In the knee-joints , admirers of the aesthetic In men's dross will he wind to learn that this style Is comlnc Into faxhlon again. Whert propeily made It Is decidedly the handsomest Kind of top gar ment which can be worn , assuming , of course , that the \f enr < "r knows how to carry himself. And tllcn It Is what the short cast never Is It Is warm. When the lllz- zards howl the rrlah'-Wlth n , g-ood Ions coat only smiles , llo.l . not cold and he looks oltylngly upon the poor fellows who. need- Ing" a top-coat , Imye. vet not the under standing to Bet one which answer.s the de sired purpose. Cliliui'o Slmttrrod Conceit.p - p 5Hnni < nk ( > iU Tribune , 'Whether the rci > orl that China Is on her knecs , t6 Jan.an'antt'SuliiBr for peace lie true or not. one result of the war Is certain" . It will shake out of China that colossal con- celt and conservatism , which for centuries has stood In the way of her proKres-j , She will learn that In all the arts of war the western nations are far ahead of her , nnd the adoption of new modes of warfare will pave the way for the admission of other western ideas , which will change the whole face of tier civilization , as they have done in Japan. The progressive men of China , like U HUHR Clmnn. while they be lieve the Intellectual and icllRloua devel opment of their empire superior to that of the United States and Europe , admit that In material development , and In all the useful arts , the Occident has far out stripped them. This war will be a great teacher and eye- opener to the arrogant Celestials. What ever its outcome may be. they will be likely in future to learn wisdom from the example ampleof Japan , the little neighbor whose fancied weakness and foollBhness they have so despised. It Is prophesied that It will not he long ere China adopts westetn In ventions , science and modes of education , and subscribes to the principle of religious toleration , which marked the beginning of the new era in Japan , A. ringrnnt Nullity nml Ocail r.utlcr. ClilcnRO IlernU. In every respect by which the Interstate commerce act was framed ( is a protection to shippers against discrimination ami to es tablish uniformity of rates for railway transportation , It Is a failure nnd a dead let ter. It Is violated every hour In the day by substantially every railroad in the coun try. It Is as absolutely without enforce ment as the Sunday Silicon law In Chicago. The Interstate Commerce Commission is an Idle , useless , lnen"ectlve , costly Incurnbrance nod humbug1. It fulls absolutely to enforce the law by which It was created , except In the mere matter of drawing salaries bv the commissioners. Its attention has bcn called to repeated , constant , flagrant violations of the law by the railroads , but not a wrong lias been corrected nor 1ms an offender been punished. The railroads ride roughshod over both the law and the commission. The Interstate law bristles all over with penalties which the rnllroada meet with audacious and festive defiance. If the pen alties ) llxed by the law had been enforced against the railroads for every violation : of Us terms the sums collected as lines since 18S8 would have amounted to more than the national debt at the close of the war. But not a dollar has been collected for all the multitude of enormous fines which nre pro vided for Infringements of the law , and no other criminal punishment has been in" . lllcted on railroad oftlcerH , however frequent and flagrant may have been the offenses. Spirit 8 from Ileot Knot Molluscs. Chicago Tribune. The manufacture of spirits from beet-root molasses now Is an assured , success. The Columbia Distilling company at Omaha Is using 'a carload of the syrup each day , The basic material Is obtained from the Oxnard Beet Sugar factory at Grand Island , Neb. , and the slightly unpleasant taste natural to it is neutralized by a cheap process similar to that used In some French distilleries. If thin rate were kept up through the year It would absorb more 'than ' one-third of the annual production pf molasses nt Grand Island , nnd if the work proves a commercial ' cial success , -ntAv'seeins beyond doubt , a stimulus will be' ' Klyp" to the use of molasses In other illhtlllerles and to the production of beet siigur nnd molasses In other factories to be built In the near fu ture. One of the latter Is said already to be under arrangements for building at Omaha. Hitherto molasses has been a by product at the beet sugar factories , and though not rated oa worthless , was hard to dispose of at a uatlsfactory price. Now there is room for a. vaat Increase In Us pro duction , nnd perhaps -even for the cultiva tion of the beet for the purpose of having Its entire saccharine- constituent used ns n basis for spirits. With a tariff protection of 40 per cent , or about IVi cents per pound. thereIs no good Httiibn why Jieet growers and the men' who operate beet sugar fac tories should not enter upon the business more extensively and find it highly prollt- nble. They ought to be able to make more sugar because of the Increased value of the molasses , nil of which can find ready sale to the distillers. J-J.O1T.J ! X.MJ Senator Hill doei not drink , yet ho Is re garded ns on expert In "setting 'cm up. " The Mow York Herald ID taking an Active nml aggressive part In the campaign In China. Political campaigning develops a species of kleptomania. Sea ho\v mnny persons take the slump. The appearance of Thomns Bracket need In. New York proves conclusively that ho Is out of. the woods. Rx-Prosliloiit Harrison objects to vestibule ptnltonni of the Chicago variety. The broad Riiage Minneapolis la just his size. Twenty fashionable women ol Now York nro out Running for tlie Tntnmany. They Insist on getting the pelt for a parlor orna ment. Vice President Howard of tlio American Hallway Union ti Inconsolable. Some measly sneak pinched him for several railroad an nuals , In the , light of tlie shallow brevity of his speeches. It Is evident Governor Flower appreciates the folly of "shedding fragrancs on the desert air. " The Penn stadia on tlip city hull of Phila delphia will bo 490 fret above the sidewalk. Like the principles of the venerable Quaker , his Btatuo Is out of eight. The emancipation of woman Is progressing southward. A woman In Greensboro , Ala. , captured a man under her bed , She didn't do a thing to him merely yelled at him. General \Volselcy once predicted that China would make a. conquest of the world. Hla prophesy Is as far from realization as his criticism of American union generals wcro distant from truth. A federal grand jury up In Wisconsin In dicted sixty pertons for making fraudulent entries on pine lands. Tlierp are so many prominent persons mixed up In the deal that justice Is sure to slip several cogs. The story of ho\v an Influential Chinese official bought 300,000 worthless guns from Germany for l o taels apiece and Bold them to his own government ( or nine taels each reads just like ono of our own taels of. an army contractor of the 1861-65 period. The genial and jovial Dick Talc , who plucked the state treasury of Kentucky seven years nco and took a prolonged vacation , lias bcn discovered In Japan enjoying the fruit of his successful loot. He Is not as piring to office , but there Is little doubt he could be Induced to manipulate the finances of the Japanese war. In. California a constitutional amendment la to be voted on In November which. If adopted , will shut out aliens , except those of the white race or of African descent , from acquiring any real estate or personal property In that slate. The San Francisco Chronlclo denounces the pro posit ton as a return to Iho age of barbarism when every alien was deemed a public enemy. General Daniel II. Hastings , the republi can candidate for governor of Pennsylvania , possesses a memory for faces nnd names that Is nothing less than marvelous. As ad jutant general of the slate. In his many campaign tours and In his business relations , ho has been brought Intonxmtact with great numbers of persons , and to a friend ho re cently remarked that he believed lie could call CO.OOfi people by name. Illchari Smith , Iho Philadelphia type founder , who died recently in Paris , left $500,000 for the erection of an elaborate monumental memorial , ornamented with statues of distinguished Pennsylvanians- took active part In the civil war. This me morial Is to take the form of granite arches , one to be used as a driveway and two others oa footways , In accordance with plans al ready prepared and approved by the testator. It has often been noticed by comparative strangera who visit the Newark , N. J. , marshes In mosquito time that the natives are quite exempt from their attacks. Some Interesting experiments lately concluded by Mr. Edison Indicate that their fondness for Jersey lightning accounts for this Immunity. Mr. Edison filled a leather bag full of light- nine and exposed It to the ravenous Insects. Their beaks punctured the leather readily , but as soon as they had tasted the whisky they fell down dead drunk. The average period of recovery was eleven hours , forty- nine minutes nnd sixteen seconds. Ollle Teal Is to the political 'show ' business of New York what Tom Johnson la to Cleve land , 0. Ollle Is nothing If not original. A one ring show Is beneath his dignity. Ho believes in republican success , and proposes to carry his campaign into the Blums ot tlio metropolis In a spectacular fashion , To escape an acquaintance with the Bowery crowd , he has established a twenty chair barber shop , where shaves and hair-cuts may be had for nothing. Ho will Jiavc one mile of mass meetings in the Howery tonight , with 100 speakers. These will bo followed with other novelties , but no ono can tell what new and startling shoot Iho manacled warrior may take . JOCULAlt JO/AT DKlt.t THUS. Detroit Free Press : She-Isn't sugar fat tening ? He I never tried It. I'm no United States senator. Indianapolis Journal : "I hope you are Bnttlsllcd with your lot , " said the philoso pher. "Not quite , " replied the real estate In vestor. "But -would be If It ha'd a house on H. " Tankers Gazette : It's funny , but n speak ing countenance- most expressive when the mouth is shut. Cincinnati Tribune : Mr. Smallwort ( sleepily ) What Is the matter , dear ; was I finoring ? Sirs. Smallwort No , you were not. That's what made me wake. Leslie's Weekly ; Chappy I weally believe I will study languages , doncherknow. Miss James How-perfectly delightful ! You will commence with English , of course ? Syracuse Post : BIcS wa tiers Where's Iloboo now ? He was always wanting to run over everybody. McSwItlers Well , he's fulfilling his ambition. IIu's a motorman on a trolley car. Indianapolis Journal : Mrs. Wlckwlre Anything In the paper this morning ? Mr. Wickwlre Hero is a fashion note that may Interest you. It says that owing to thu hard times vests , will not be so full as they were this time two years ago. Truth : Mrs. Greyncck Alu men know so little about a woman's sorrows. Women suffer In silence. Mr. Greynock Yes : In fact , I suppose that's their greatest suffer Inff. Judge : Jinks There Is one drawback to these self-made men that they usually over look. FilkJns What is It ? JlnkB They're seldom able to select their materials. WOMAN'S WITCHING WAYS. Minneapolis Journal. He's very young- . Hence by n. amllo He's ea.ny thrown Into a daze , He feels his very belnir warmed By lovely woman's witching ways. Yes , he Is young. 'TJs not long- since That top and marbles were his plays. Though then , as now , he oft was warmed. Ily lovely woman's switching ways. TlIK HASITAItr SllC. UrUUh Meillcnl Journal , I met my modest Minnie by the windmill Jit the trees ; We walked among1 the lilies , those that neither toll nor spin , But a demon , danced between us , and he howled above the breeze. "You may Icve the llttlo lady , her affec tions you may win , Hut Kissing- a Sanitary Sin. " I married her one morning In the church yard down , the lane , Far away from the trouble and the tur moil and the din. Ere the earth had made Itfl Journey round the orb of day again , We'd a baby ( drl ; but never did we kiss our llttlo Mlii. , For Kissing1 la a Sanitary Sin , Oh , we Icve each other dearly ; but our lips have never met. Though her Bllver threads nre coming , ana rrtr thatch la growing thin. To the act of osculation we have not descended ! yet , For we know , plnce fell diseases such a practice unlier In , That Kissing- a Sanitary Sin. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking Powder PURE DOUBLE THE STANDING ARMY General Schofield'g Sugpstion is Given a Prompt Second , SOLDIERS NEEDED TO SUPPRESS ANARCHY General Ilimnrd Sorft Mcrlau * .Vcnarnta Iho Country In the Sattlumciit of "Mini/ VexiitloiM IJnomtonV' No Hunger from UutMdo Aggrculim , WASHINGTON , Oct , 17. The annual re port ot Major General O. O. Howard , com * mnmllng the Department of the East , Jins been made public. Gt-nerat Howard , iu speaking of the movements of his troops necessitated by the laid strike , says ( tint foitunately his apprehensions of serious ob struction to commerce of the cast and south were not realized. Uut should such dllll- cultlos nrlso again anil simultaneously In cities far apart , the necessity for regular troops and more of tlicm than his depart ment now affords , he says , la apparent. Just now the national guards In several states In the department nro well orf.anlied . and respond promptly to every call of duty , still If moro than one state is Involved In , events growing out of anarchy the execu tive will always require his own troopa , They will bo essential to his execution of laws nnd maintenance1 of order. Of course governors of states should co-operato , but they might disagree or be reluctant In mak ing sudden emergency calls. Therefore , General Howard strongly recommends an In crease of the army to nt least double the size ot our present force. In his judgment It will bo the best possible method of pre serving the pence until many vexatious ques tions which are now troubling the country are put at rest by A solution satisfactory to the people of the nation. General Howard expresses tlio opinion that already our coast defenses are In fairly good condition. And that In conjunction with our ever Increasing navnl nrmanlbnt there would be little fear from outside aggression. ItlH'KAT.S Till ! llNJAI ; , , llepulillcan Committed Itrltcrntcs Itft. State ment Concerning A. 1' . A. Mlortiturn. WASHINGTON , Oct. 17. Chairman Babcock - cock of the republican congressional cam paign committee today Issued the following formal statement to the press : "I have been today handed what purports to bo an ad vance sheet of a document now being printed In this city. It is entitled 'A bold appeal to bigotry ; republicans circulating A. P. A. literature. The congressional committee doIng - Ing the work but eliliklng the responsibility. ' "The document is made up of extracts from newspapers , and Is so utterly de-void of truth that It would hardly seem necessary to deny any such tissue of base falsifications. I liavo repeatedly stated to the press that the repub lican congressional commit too had absolutely no connection ot any kind , either directly or Indirectly , with any secret society , or , in fact , with any other society ; that It has conducted tlio campaign strictly upon the lines Indicated In the last national platform , realizing that the committee has no author ity to make or Inject any Issues Into Its cam paign not authorized by IU party platform. Wo have worked steadily on this line ) and all the literature thqt has been published or handled by the committee has been exposed for the public , and the- public uses In our re ception rooms at the headquarters In tbla city. No ono has ever been refused any of the documents published or Issued from this com mittee and they have nil been scattered broadcast over the land as the committee thought , and still think. In the Interest ot good government and protection to all. I desire to say once more that the statements In this pamphlet , so far as they seek to con nect the congressional committee of tlio re publican organization in charge of the cam paign with any organization of any kind , are absolutely and unqunlldcdly false In every particular , so tlioro Is not , nor has there boon , any connection with any organization outslda of the authorized state central and district congressional committees , nor has this committee handled , mailed or asked to bo mailed , any literature of any kind except that exposed for public use In its reception rooms. " Vtirnnt. WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. A letter from Sir Julian Paunccfote , now In London , says ho will sail for this country with his family on November 4. Mr. Gnugli , the now first secretary , Is expected the same time. The present first secretary will then return to England. There lias been no Urltlsh repre sentative In Washington for several months and for this reason there Is added doubt of the truth of tlio recent reports that Great Britain has mada. a formal proposition to this country to Intercede In the China-Japan war. Such an Important proposition would hardly bo made by mall. Another Intenmtloitiil Incident Closed. WASHINGTON , Oct. 17. Mr. Terrel , the United States minister to Turkey , has suc cessfully closed another International Inci dent with credit to himself. On September 8 last the Turkish police- pounced on tovcral native Armenians nt Alndatt , on n charge of sedition. Incidentally \l\ry \ undertook to search the American college at thai town to discover papers bearing on llio conspiracy. Mr. Tcrrol protested thai this should not bo itono except In the prrsenro ot him or III * representative. The Turkish government yielded this point ami today Mr Terret cabled Acting Secretary Uhl that tlio search lind been lit the prceoncc ot Mr. Drown , \ \ [ secretary of legation , and that the parties ar rested were exonerated and Iho Incident closod. ANOTIIlJIt ltiillM.10N : lltcr.WINd , PrrMdent Illppotylo Warns tlio I'lottCM Wlmt Tlicy illuy Jlipt-rt. WASHINGTON' , Oct. 17. From an official newspaper just received hero from Haytl It would appear that the president of that dis turbed country , General lllppolytc , Is prepar ing himself to meet another rebellion and Is ready to deal In the most summary manner with tlio prime mover. Hero Iswhat the Monl- tourof Augusts has to say : r.asl Sunday his excellency , tlio president ot the republic , In the presence of some government officials and other citizens expressed himself an fol lows : "Heforo I was elected clilet ot this stat I hail taken part In the administration ot tha affairs of my country. Everybody had recog nized In me an honest man. Today some of these parties who aided my promotion , ap pear to tax me wltli being a thief. U Is assuredly a glaring offense un their part because - cause thy knew mo to bo a thief and. having selected mo as chief of Iho nation , they arc. thieves themselves. The public tranqulllty must bo maintained at any cost , and to effect U there U no sacrifice. I would not mako. I have by my side at the. present tlmo young , devoted men , who , should the oppportunlty present Itself , only need to hear from me to act. I know all that Is said all that Is done , hence they fix Iho 17th as the datesto attack by arms. I shall , for my part , be like wise ready then as well as on all other dates. And so much the \\orso forlheni should thn attempt fall. The example to which I shall treat them will bo terrific , because I will not remain on that day at the palace It would bo Impossible , for It would bo contrary my temperament. They may perhaps attempt my life. I shall not allow Iliem to do mons they did President Carnnt , because the aides do camp that are near mo know what will be tlin penalty should they through neglect allow Individuals to approach mo without my giving thpm orders to Hint effect. They may oven , If they prefer , shoot nt me with a gun. I announce It now , they have only to try. " WIl'IIDKAXMNC LMCO.U Itl.lIllL'llU.IIS. Navnl VextolR No Longer Connldorod Nccoi- fiiir.T nt tlmt I'olnt. WASHINGTON. Oct , 17. Secretary Her bert , after consultation with the State de partment , has decided at length to relieve the United States naval vessels which have been so long at Blucflelds. Nicaragua , To day ho sent orders by telegraph to Captain Simmer of the Columbia to proceed with his vessel to Kingston , Jamaica. The commander of the Marblclicad was ordered to proceed with his ship to Cnrthagenln Colombia , If the slate of affairs at Blueflclds would war rant the complete withdrawal of both war ships. The reason for sending the Marble- head to Cartlmgcnla Is probably to guard against any Injury to the- American Interests there mainly in the hands of Uoston firms through revolutionary movements growing out of the selection ot a president to succeed Dr. Nunez , who died not long ago. If the Colum bia remains near Jamaica for a tlmo EIO will be In a position to return at short notlco to Illueflclds If the occasion requires It. Senor Ileglfo , Colombia charge d'affaires says his country Is entirely tranquil and without signs ot revolution or other disorder which might affect American Interests. President Nunez , who died about a month ago , has been succeeded by Vlco President Garo. The cabinet have also designated General Qulntcro Caldero to a position equivalent of vice president. Senor Ileglfo says ho would bo advised by cable of any disorder , so he Is at a loss to know what In duced the reports on which Secretary Her bert ordered the Marblehead to Colombia. HUUTADO U'lU , CU.tlt : HACK. Colombian MlnUtrrVI1I .Now Probably I5r- tiiinio Jlls Utillux. WASHINGTON , Oct. 17. A sharp diplo matic disagreement between the United States ot Colombia and the United States of Amor- lea has just been brought to n close. The differences grew out of , and have existed , ever since President HarrisonIn March , 1802 , Issued a retaliatory proclamation against Colombia , under the provisions of the McKinley - Kinley act , because of the latter's refusal to negotiate n reciprocity treaty with the United States , as had been done by other Central and South American countries. Senor Hur- tado , the Colombian minister , protested against the proclamation , and after a warm correspondence with Secretaries Ulalno and John W. Foster left Washington , and has re turned but once since , that occasion being a call on Secretary Gresham. For two years Colombia's protests have been before the State department. Now , however , the new Amer ican tariff does away with reciprocity and retaliation , so that the retaliatory proclama tion against Colombia is annulled. As a. re sult the strained relations between the two countries are ended , nnd It Is thought Senor Ilurdato will take up. . his residence in Wash ington. TOUJt 3lOtfJCl'fS trOHTIl Oil XUUlt MOtfKV JIACIC. We propose to furnish in our advertisement a lew facts of interest to OFFICIAL VOTE. all men. The figures The vote in this state two years ago was as follows ; and facts can always Governor. be relied upon as Cnouxsn ( Hop. ) 78,425 VAN WYCIC ( Pop. ) 08,017 they will be procured MOUTON ( Dem. ) 44,103 cured from official Lieutenant Governor. MAJORS ( Rop. ) 81,500 , sources , The state SCIIRADCIt ( Pop. ) . . , 02,501 ments we make are always WALBACII ( Dom. ) 40,421 ways to be relied upon whether on subjects political , scientific , histor ical , or simply pertaining1 to our fine tailor made garments. Right now is the very best time to se lect a suit or an overcoat. $10 , $12.50 or $15 buys as fine well made business suit as you can get of a tailor for $20 , $25 or $30. The only difference be tween a tailors' and ours is the price. Browning , King & Co , , Reliable Clothiers , S. W. Cor. 15th nnd Doujjlaa.