TII3J ] OMAHA DAILY BMJfepjWJSDNESDAY , NOVEMBER 7 , 1894 ,
THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE
B. IlOSEWATEn , Editor.
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Tlio country limy now settle down to
oysters nnd foot bull.
We don't see how any one could ask
for bolter election weather.
The Inwjrlnittlve man can see the hats
and suits changing ownership already.
Candidates for minor olllces must not
be Impatient over the slowness of Uio
count
The accession of a new czar In Ilussla
Blves the war prohpets a new lease on
their occupation.
Only a very small proportion of the
candidates whose names appear on the
ofllctal ballot will really enjoy their
Thanksgiving dinner.
All the campaign libel suits will be
unceremoniously stricken off the court
calendars before , many days shall have
elapsed after the election.
lias the divorce racket been so worn
out as a medium of theatrical advertis
ing that the profession has to fall back
again on the once-dlscredltcd libel suit
method ?
Euclid Martin says he doesn't care ,
any way. lint he ought to let the people
ple know whether or not he carried out
his open threat of voting for the Stur-
devaut straw ticket.
The president will , luivo ample time
to giro congress his Interpretation of
the voice of the people In the annual
message to be delivered when congress
reconvenes next Decembr.
It Is reported that China has finally
come to the conclusion that she has had
enough In her Iwut with Japan. This
Is a discovery that China ought to have
made ut the tlmehostllltlc3 commenced.
The United States Is , of course , Inter
ested In the restoration of peace be-
twecu China and Japan , but Its time-
honored policy will not penult it to
Join with any other power to Interfere
for this purpose.
The librarian of the congressional
library wants to supply members of the
senate and house with books by means
of an underground tunnel. A pipe line
for more exhilarating material might
be more appreciated.
America now lays claim to the discov
ery of the diphtheria serum through an
American medical student who has been
studying- Herlln. The Germans are
not to be allowed to carry off all the
honors In developing medical science.
The Hoard of Education will have
the gratitude of nearly -100 employes for
resisting the temptations of politics on
the eve of election long enough to pass
on the salary appropriation. On former
occasions the members of the board
have not always been so considerate of
the men and women who were waiting
for their monthly pay.
Some of the newspapers are printing
a list of llfty-three persons who may on
a particular contingency bo called to
ascend the lirltlsh throne. In more
than nine cases out of ten , however , the
contingency Is not worth reckoning.
We think the claims of about forty-
nine of these royal heirs might bo
bought at bargain prices.
This year as In former years candi
dates in Nebraska will not believe they
tire elected or defeated until they sec
The lice's election returns. Bverj
possible effort has been made by The
Ueo to Insure prompt and reliable re
ports of results throughout the state
The Ilee's success In past years Is the
best guaranty of Its-election returns
this year.
It Is only necessary for The Bee to
remind Its readers Unit Its facilities for
gathering election returns are unrivaled
In recent years The Hue's election re
turns have been standard authority It
this state. While other papers publlshct
Inaccurate and Incomplete reports , The
lice's tables of results have been re
liable nnd trustworthy. It will bo so
thla week.
The business men of Omaha will no\y
turn their attention toward recovering
the ground lost by the alleged buslne s
men's manifesto. With a strong ptil
nnd u. long pull and a pull nil togethc
they may in a measure make good the
damage already done. In this move
ment , as In all others Intended to build
up the real Interests of Omaha , the busl
ucsa men can count on the hearty co
ppcratlou of The Ueo.
TIIK n amT iff
At the hour of midnight the returns
ccclveil luJIcato the election of Judge
llolcomb by a plurality of over 5,000.
t may reach as high as 10,000. The
majority of the republican candidates
or slate offices are doubtless elected ,
possibly all. Four of the six republican
umlliliites for congress are certainly
looted , which will bo a gain of one
cpubllcan congressman. Returns arc
oo meager for any definite assurance
cgaidlng the legislature , but it Is be
loved to be safely republican.
TilttinrunucAA vimourINNKW roiiK
The republicans of New York yestcr-
lay won the greatest victory ever
chieved by a political party In the his-
ory of Unit state. The plurality of Levl
* . Morton will not bo quite as large as
hat of Grover Cleveland In 18&J , but ,
Ivlng proper consideration to the tlif-
erence In the circumstances then and
tow , the present republican triumph Is
ar more signal anil slgnllicaut than was
hat of the democrats twelve years ago.
Ir. Cleveland's unparalleled plurality
vas due to the fact that thousands of
( publicans did not vote as a protest
gainst the Interference of the national
dmlulstratlon and only state Issues
vere involved , while yesterday's elec-
lon undoubtedly brought out the larg-
st vote ever polled In the state and the
shut's Involved were both national ami
tate. The republican victory Is an
verwheliulng protest against the .demo-
ratic tariff policy ami Is the severest
ebuke that party has ever received
rom the voters of any one state. It Is ,
lowever , more than this , and therefore
sesses a double significance. As n
opudlatlon of David 11. Hill nnd the
> ollllcal element of which he Is the
eader , the republican triumph Is most
Igiial , .decisive and complete. It cm-
ihasl/.es with tremendous force the pop-
liar verdict of last year against the
andldato of the 11111 machine and
eaves the beaten leader stranded and
topeless for the future. He will con-
Inue in the national senate , but the
lay of his leadership Is gone , his presl-
lential chances are swept away , and
in must take his place In the rank and
lie of the party as the follower of some
ther standard bearer and one not
alnted with the political vices that
mmght him disaster.
Not less Important than the election
f a republican governor and the rout
f the Hill machine In the Empire state
s the. defeat of Tammany and the ek c-
lon of the reform ticket , with a repub-
Ican for mayor at its head. The un-
cruptilous organization that has domi
nated the politics of New York City
lees not now for the first time ex-
lerienco defeat , but It has never be-
ore been quite so disastrously beaten
is it was yesterday. On other occa
sions It succeeded In saving from the
vreck something worth having , but It
ippears from the facts now at hand
hat this time It has lost about ovory-
hlng. The whole country Is to be con
gratulated upon the result , which Is in
: lie interest of good government and
lonest politics. The power of Tain-
nany has not only been most detrl-
nental to the city and the state of New
York , but a danger to the republic , and
every patriotic citizen will hope that
ts overthrow will bo permanent. '
The republican party of the Empire
nto has covered itself with honor and
glory. Its magnlllcent victory will thrill
he hearts of republicans everywhere
mil exert a powerful influence to keep
them In line for the greater battle two
years hence.
nun ORKAV ttKnfAi , IK KUHOPK.
The special agent of the Agricultural
lopnrtnicnt In Europe reports that the
irejudlce formerly existing au'iilnst
.nalze as food for horses and cattle is
.hilly growing less In Germany , but lit-
: le progress lias been made in Inducing
Germans to eat corn bread. Ho states
Unit.twentysix street car companies
.n the large cities of Germany feed
nai/.e to their horses with satisfactory
esults , many preferring it to oats. It
.s shown that the Imports of corn
into Germany last year were
nearly double the amount In 1S91 nnd
the agent says : "Tho scarcity of for
age plants last year In Germany has
compelled feeders to use maize , and
ulneo they have discovered the nourish
ing and strengthening qualities of the
same It is safe to assert that the con
sumption will Increase annually. " It
Is possible this will be realized , but If
the demand for American corn from
Europe Is to amount to no more than
sufllcient to supply the deficiency In
countries Unit do not produce enough
fodder for the live stock we can hardly
hope to ever have a market abroad foi
our surplus corn In largo crop years.
The effort made by our government
for several years to promote among
Europeans the use of corn as a whole
some and cheap food for human beings
has not been altogether unavailing , but
It must bo confessed that It has fallen
far short of what was hoped for. With
the fact before them that the American
peopla are largo consumers of corn as
bread and with the fact demonstrate ! ;
to them that this cereal can lip prepared
In numerous palatable forms , at less
cost than any other grain , it was
naturally supposed that the poorei
classes of Europe , at least , would freelj
adopt It as a substitute for the black
and unwholesome bread that millions
of them eat. Hut they continue to prefer
fer the latter. There seemed an excel
lent opportunity last year , when tht
Uusslan rye crop was short , to Induce
a widespread consumption of corn , bu
the people generally could not be per
suaded to try It. A few did , but there
Is no evidence that they have continue !
to use It. Our exports of corn to Eu
vope for ISO I will be somewhat larger
than for ISO ; ! , but as already noted tin
Increase Is probably due to the Im
proved demand for this cereal for feed
lug to live stock.
Taste and prejudice unite to preven
the use of corn by Europeans as humai
food. In no respect are mankind morL
stubbornly Inclined to follow In Uio line
of precendent than In the things they
eat , hence the great dllllculty In wean
Ing the peoples of Europe from thcl
black loaf of coarse rye bread and In
duclng them to substitute for It con
bread , which properly prepared Is mncl
moro wholesome and palatable. O
course the effort to educate European
o the value of com as human food
should not be abandoned. Borne pro
gress has been made , which encourages
he hope of further progress. Hut It
vlll probably be a long time before Uie
iso of com as bread by the people of
Jut-ope will materially Increase the tlcn
mind upon the product of this country.
Til A IN SKIiriCK n'AKTKtJ ,
The business men of Omaha would
irobably have waited until doomsday
or the Ilurllngton road to Increase the
peed of Its mall trains were It not
orccd'to do so by the competition of
mother road. When the Northwestern
mt In Its new time schedule n week
go Ilurllngton officials said thatIt
vould have no effect upon them , that
ho Northwestern schedule was alto
gether too fast to bo maintained , es-
wittily In winter , that It would be time
or the Ilurllngton to consider the ques-
ion of speed when Its government mall
ontract should expire and It should be
ailed upon to bid for a new contract.
Vow , within two or three days they
uive experienced a wonderful change of
icart They announce with a flourish
f trumpets that they Intend voluntarily
o Improve the mall service and to give
Omaha the benefit of a faster run be-
ween Chicago and this city. If they
tad \i\y Intentions of doing this volun-
arlly , would they not have preferred
o have the credit for It , and would they
uive waited until forced to do It by a
ompetlug line ?
There Is no reason whatever why the
ast trains should not make the ( Us
ance between Omaha and Chicago In
welvo hours without difficulty. East-
ni railroads have steadily pursued a
mllcy of Increasing the speed of their
ast trains Instead .of decreasing It.
'hoy put on faster trains during the
Vorld's fair Instead of slower ones , as
lid the western roads. And while
hey have reduced slightly the speed of
no or two of the very fastest trains ,
almost all their fast mall trains have
leen giving much quicker service than
hose In the west. While the revision
it the time schedules Is In progress , It
ihould not stop until It 1ms at least re-
toreil what was at the command of the
inbllc before the present demoralization
if the train service was inaugurated
ibout a year and a half back.
TltlJtUTK TO 1HK ItKMT SYitTr.M.
During the last years of the first ad
ministration of I'resldcut Cleveland the
railway mall service became a good
leal demoralized. This was due to tht >
issault upon the ranks of the clerks In
hat service for partisan purposes , by
vhich hundreds of experienced and effi
cient men were dismissed because they
vere republicans and their places were
given to democrats. When the adminis-
rntlon of President Harrison came In
one of the earliest matters to which at-
entlon was given was the reorganlza-
lon of tills service. The old clerks of
approved efficiency , who were 'able to
show Unit the cause of their removal
vas purely political , were restored and
.he Incompetents sent adrift. It
vas detei mined to improve this
nest important branch of the postal
service by recognizing merit in promo
tions and making this an incentive to
faithfulness and efficiency. The plan
worked admirably and Had the bffect to
arry thc sorvlce to a higher degree of
usefulness than it had ever before at-
ained.
Ilefore the close of President Harri
son's administration the railway mall
lorks were placed in the classified serv-
co and are now under the operation of
he civil service law. An unsuccessful
effort was made in the last congress to
nvalldate this action to the extent of
inthorlzlng the postmaster general to
restore to the railway mall sen-ice dem
ocrats who had been removed by the ,
epubllcan administration. Had tills
it'en done there would have been a re
turn to the demoralization of 1887-88 ,
but having failed the Improvement and
efficiency attained under the last repub
lican administration has been kept up.
Last year the railway mall service made
an extraordinary record for efficiency ,
getting. It was believed , as near per
fection as possible. The report for tills
year , however , shows still higher at
tainment , and It can now be said that
llils service is nawhere surpassed , If
equalled. No stronger tribute to the
merit system could be desired than Is
furnished In the contrast between the
present condition of the railway mall
service and that at the close of the first
administration of President Cleveland ,
and It affords an unanswerable argu
ment In favor of that system and In
support of Uie demand for a further ex
tension of civil service reform , wher
e.ver It can be made to apply.
Within a few days the president has
signed orders making Important exten
slons of the classified service to offices
not heretofore classified nnd revising
existing classifications In branches of
the service already classified , so as to
bring within the classification many
places heretofore excluded. These or
ders extend the civil service regulations
to a greater number of employes than
heretofore In the customs and postal
services nnd also bring under the regu
lations certain hitherto excepted offi
cials In the Agricultural department.
In the postal service there will be
transferred from the excepted class In
the classified postoffices to the nonex-
cepted class probably not less than
1,500 places , reducing the number of
places that may hereafter be available
to spoils hunters to not more titan TOO
or 800. It will thus be seen that In
spite of the prejudice and hoHlllt ( )
of a large body of politicians elvl
service reform Is making steady progress
gross and tlio wisdom of the policy Is
being justified at every step of the ad
vance. It can only be a few yearn nn
til It will have been extended to every
portion of the public service to whlcl
It can bo applied and In time all the
states will follow the federal govcrnmeu
In adopting It. When that Is accom
pllshed wo shall not only have a better
more efficient and more economical pub
He service , but our political system wll
bo on a safer basis , because politics
will bo largely freed from the Influences
responsible for much of the evils con
nected with It. As wo reduce the
spoils to be fought for \vo lessen the In
ceutlves to those practices which are
the bane of American politics.
The Agriculture department nuthorl
ties suggest that while the United
States ttiiil Germany arc engaged In n
wllcy of jfyfjU.latlon , there Is no reason
why wo , jfjtnuld stop half way. The
lew tariff > discriminates against sugar
iduco ! Iilt ' Countries which pay nn
export dqtyj This discrimination ap-
tears to be called for to the German
) cot sugar1 Industry , nnd to got even
3oruiauy Juitypractically , , shut her nmr-
cets to AinerJvan cattle. It is proposed
hat the United States go a step further
uul rule (5ut importations of German
"
> red horses. Do this and nil wo have
o expect Is more retaliation from Ger-
uaiiy. Curry 'retaliation out to Its logi
cal end , we bring up at an embargo on
all commerce between the two conn-
rles. Wouldn't It bo n better plan to
return to the old regime of goodwill
ind reciprocity ?
"It Is to be noted that the decision of
he Hammond company to rebuild Us
lacking house at South Omaha so re-
ently destroyed by lire was not post-
wiled untll after the election. The
Hjpullst bugbear must therefore have
icon Indignantly repudiated by the men
vho wens supposed to have been ill-
colly behind it The Hammond com-
any wants n plant In South Omaha
localise It is able to do business profit
ably at that point. The question of a
lopullst governor has nothing to do
vlth the meat packing industry. That
10 time may be lost in restoring the de-
troyed plant the work of clearing away
lie debris has already begun and Is to
ic expedited without reference to the
utervenlng election. What better proof
of the groundlessness of the populist
bubbcar could be desired ?
l'lltl > 0.\.ll. 1-AltAOllAl'lia.
James O. Illalne , jr. , la a law student at
he University of Virginia , and has earned a
> lg reputation as the center rush of the uni
versity foot ball team.
W. Clark Russell , the writer of sea
lories , 'Is such a sufferer from rheumatism
lint he can use neither his hands nor his
eel , and dictates his literary work to his
Meat son. . .He resides at DatH , England.
The heaviest moonshiner In the world Is
.Irs. Mulllns of Hancock county , Tennessee ,
She weighs COO pounds , and though the reve
nue ofilcers have a clear case against her ,
her find It Impossible to get her out of her
abln.
The late John Ituskln liked nothing ab
normal or artificial and so ho regarded the
irodiictlou ot chrysanthemums as an unhal-
owed attempt to grow flowers at a season
when nature meant that there should bo no
flowers.
Hudolph Hemlngs of London li writing
an epic poem which , when completed , will
contain 2,000 stanzas from GOO to 700 words
each. It Is a history of England from the
Ime of William 5 the Conqueror up ( o the
line of James II. .
A reproduction in a lasting material of the
iraln of the lato' ' Prof , von Helmholtr has
icon made Hy Dr. Berliner ot Berlin. The
physicians who'examined ' the brain consid
ered It ono ofi the most remarkable they have
over seen or h ard of.
Mrs. Lynn' ' Llnton , the English novelist
and essayist , ! wag'tho youngest of the twelve
children ot a' clergyman with a limited In
come and was > obliged to get her education
as best she couliU She not only never went
o school , blit she had neither governess
nor tutor , and taught herself about all she
cnows. In spltd ot her lack of training and
ho fact tbaUher father held In disfavor Uie
ilgher education of women , she always loved
study of all kinds and was especially nt-
.racted by Ifcnguages. She learned to rood
French , Spanish , Italian , German , Greek ,
Latin and even THUIe Hebrew.
1'UtiT
Oood News : Little dlrl Oh , mamma !
Come quick !
Mamma Mercy ! What's the mailer ?
Little Girl There's a mouse In Uie kitchen
nnd Ihe poor cat Is there ull alone.
Washington Stnr : "You xcem lo Ihlnk a
newspaper man knows everything ! " ex
claimed the reporlar.
"Well , " replied the solf-satlsfled man ,
"there's no reason why he souldn'l. I'm
sure I'm always ready to be Interviewed. "
Mr. Snapp Is the genllcman In the next
room a somnambulist ?
Landlady Gracious goodness , no ! for gen
erations they've ull been liaptlsts.
The clothes may make the man ;
But It's n struggle ull his life
To keep from ttolng broke
When he's gelling them for hla wife.
Friend Did you suffer much when you
look laughing K a and had your tooth oul ?
"Mercy , yes ; when I came lo I found my
hat wusn'l on slrnlehl. "
Wnshlnglon Po lr The reglstrnllon of fe
male voters throughout the country Is de
veloping one delightful novelty. None of
these new voters sll n round and gossip of
Lhelr recollections ot Thomas Jefferson and
Henry Clay.
Vliltor ( ol the ca'llnl ! What do joj mean
by hanging up all Ihosp signs In the house
of lepresentnttves : "Not Responsible for
Hats nnd Coats ? "
Capttol Employe I've been looking over
a list of some of the candidates Chicago
may send to congress.
Maudp Have you decided how you are
( jiilnu to vole ?
MUa Quivers Oh , yes. I'm going to vole
In my new black cloth street gown , wllh
pearl buttons.
The Citizen I suppose you are aware ,
young man , what la the leading Issue nt
slake In Ihe prexent campaign ?
The College Youth Oh. yea , sir. It's
whelhcr the Yale line will be able to slop
Ihe Princeton eleven.
HKCllET Of T11R IIKST.
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Walt -wait , undoubtlng , for the winds have
caught
From our bold speech Ihe heritage of
Ihoughl ;
No marble fcrm that sculptured truth can
wear
Vies wllh the Image shaped In viewless
And thought unfcllered grows through
speech to deeds.
AH the broad forest marches In Its seeds.
What though we perish ere Uie day la won ?
Enough lo see Its glorious work begun !
The thistle. falH .before . a trampling clown ,
Uul who can cjmln < the flying thistle-down ?
Wall while the llery seeds of freedom Hy ,
The prairie blazes when the grass Is dryl
What arms mlulit ravish , leave to peaceful
ni-ls , fl
Wisdom nnd low shall win Ihe roughest
heart * ;
80 shall the angel who has closed for taian
The blissful trarUerLslnce his woes began
Swing wide thKiK"etl P ° rtols of U'e ' west.
And Hden's secrel sland at length con-
Engineering Department of tbo Government
Recommends Ita Use.
COULD BE USED PROFITABLY IN QUARRIES
In Till * Manner ttio I-'nglucor Think * the
Material for floniln Conltl He 1'repitred
ni Itnptilljr ni the llunila Were
Itcaily to llccolro It.
WASHINGTON. Nov. C. The Agricultural
department Is about to Issue elaborate In
formation on tno subject of "good roads , "
which congress has directed the deparlment
to Investigate. The publication will embrace
the entire proceedings of the national road
conference , held at Asbury Park , N. J. , July
G and G last , at which conference every shade
of opinion on improving roads was presented.
Mr. Hey Stone. Uio special agent nnd en
gineer of the department , will also Include
a number of addresses on tha road question.
Ha makes no reporl , so that these addresses
practically constitute a report. Hr. Stone
says , among other things : "The main ques-
llon Is , how can the people , having no sur
plus capital , build good roads ? For an an
swer we must go where Ihey have done It
successfully and gludy Uio methods. First ,
wo must study all the economies possible In
construction. Second , we must flnd out nil
the parties to bo benefited , and tee that each
bears his proper share of the cost , whether
or not he belongs to the Immediate locality ,
or even to the present generation ot men.
Third , we must look Into local questions
of road materials and transporlallon and Inlo
all the latest developments In road Imple
ments and machinery.
"Hut who Is to do nil this ? And that
brings us to the first practical step In road
Improvement , nnmcly. that every state should
have a permanent road commission , com
posed of citizens of Ihe hlghesl character , to
undertake this Investigation and recommend
the necessary measures lo Ihe legislatures ,
to watch the workings of these measures
when adopted , nnd to secure any possible
Improvement In them. The next stop
Is to make the bett use possible of convict
labor In road building , My own Impression
Is that state prison convicts will bo the best
employed In Ihe preparation of road ma-
lerlals In quarry camps , or gravel plls , where
they can bo guarded and secluded as easily
as in prisons , and that county prisoners nnd
tramps should do the grading and all other
preparatory work on the roads.
"In regions where rock. Is plenty , by tiling
the best machinery for crushing stone , and
employing the convicts only In quarrying
and handling It , an amount of material could
be produced sufllcient lo mtoad inil/.a all the
roads In the state as fast as they could bo
prepared , and In addl'lon , to furnish ballast
for the railroads as a coi3M.vitl : > n for their
giving reduced rate on road materials.
"Of their own muliun the railroads arc
ready to contribute lareuly In this way luwnrd
road Improvement. In Molr correspjndenci1
with the Department of Agriculture on the
subject many have pr'iiiJ to mnko hslf
rales r haul at ba'e cost , nluirvir n unner.il
advance toward road Improvements shall b-
gin. and the state commission would be in a
position to make belter terms with them than
any i-rlvitc Ind > lia or I M' a'ttlu-riiy. anil
better than we could do on behalf of the gen
eral government 'Vltli > ut 1'ie , i'i.vcr to rffcr
any dcil ute -ssustacco or. U.i ion 'n it-
turn. "
COI.OMIU.V MAS A C
WuntH 1'ny for Largo < ) nntltles of ( innno
Tikkfiu by uiorlciins.
WASHINGTON , , Nov. G.-Senor Renglfo ,
charge d'affaires of Ihe Colombian
legallon here , is about to urge Ihe
Stale deparlment to relinquish the pro-
lecllon the United States has long
given lo the Jennet Guano company , es
tablished by an American named Jennet , to
take the valuable guano deposits off the
Colombian coast. The case Involves Inter
esting question * of territorial jurisdiction ,
to which Mr , Hhilne , when secretary of
stale , gave much nllenllon. Jennet claims
to have discovered the guano deposits of
Honcador and Qultasulno Islands In IKK ) , and
In accordance with the United Stales law
passed In 1S5G , he set up his rights as a
illscovcic-r , nnd In the name of the United
States took possession of the gunno beds.
Slnco then vast quantlllen have been gath
ered , nnd Ihe work Is sllll proceeding.
The Colombian government , through Scnor
Uenglfo , llrst piott.iteel In ISUO to Mr. Ulaine.
The hitler's reply hoa never been made
public , bul It li said nt the State depart-
menl thnt Mr , Illnlne maintained the rights
of Jennet , saying thai Hie Iwo Islands were
210 miles from Ihe const of Colombia , and
were nearer Costa Illca or Nicaragua than
to Colombia. To tills Senor Henglfo re
sponded with an elaborate communication
showing that Colombia's rights to the Isl
ands had been recognized by Spain , the
original owner. In 1810 , and that the owner
ship had never since been questioned.
This was In 1S93 since which time Senor
Henglfo has received no word from the
State departmenl as to hla government's
contentions. Colombia Is now becoming
restive over the two years' delay , and un-
olllclal advices have been received to the
effect that she expects not only to protcsl
more vigorously than heretofore , but also
to file a claim for the vast amount of cuano
removed with the sanclion of Ihe Unlled
Slates. Senor Ilenglfo says he has not
been olliclally advised of the claims , ns
Ue , , 'crf"prlal ' rights over the Islands are
all that have heretofore been urged. He
says he will icnssert these rights nt an
enrly day.
TJiLKL'HONKS IN TIIK IiIJPART,1IiNT8. :
Proposal to Olvo tlio '
lllgli-l'rlco Uoll In-
Btrninnnt the < in-If.r.
WASHINGTON , Nov. G.-Ah interesting
sltuallon In regard lo the telephones for the
government Is developing in the depart-
meuls nt Washington. The question to be
decided Is one directly affecllng the general
use of Instruments
for governmental pur
poses. , T.he various departments require In
ter-connection and also some economical
means of Internal communication. It Is
claimed that Ihe rales of Ihe telephone
company operated In Washington , and the
well known fact that It will only rent nnd
not sell apparatus , have so far prevented
the adoption of n system In all the depart
ments that would largely dispense with
messengers and net as a lubricant to the
ponderous wheels of routine. The Interior
department has taken the Initiative , and It
will soon be settled whether a reliable telephone -
phone service can be owned and operaled
outside of the Hell privilege. Bids have
been received and opened a month ago , but
were all rejected on account of technicali
ties. Advcrllsement Is about to be made
again under new proposals and work will
be pushed to complete a sysetm connecting
the Intel lor department and all Its bureaus
before next spring. If Ihls Is successful it
M probable that the government will ndopl
the lelephone largely ns a. valuable aid to
business In nil Its branches.
Anotlu-r Claim bnlimlttml lo Arbitration ,
WASHINGTON , Nov. G.-Sccrctnry
Gresham nnd Scnor Romero , the latter rep
resenting the government of Ecuador , today
exchanged ratifications of the Mahoney-
J-.il.
- . .
* <
vxJ
could not eat cake , hot
J3. biscuit , ' bread and pastry because
bi indigestion have fpund that by rais
ing them with Royal Baking Powder
they are enabled to eat them with per
fect comfort.
Royal Baking Powder is composed
of chemically pure cream of tartar and e\
bicarbonate of soda , and is an actual >
preventive of dyspepsia.
BAKINQ POWDER 00. , IM WAtL ST. , NEW-YQBK.
VnsquM treaty , submitting to the arbitra
tion of the HrjllBh minister resident at Quito
the claim of Julio 11. SAiitos , in American
citizen , for damage * sustained by Ma al
leged Imprisonment nnd confiscation of his
property by Uio government of Kcundor
about fifteen years ago.
ri.UTTISIl CAUSKO IN lIKt'AUTMr.NTS
r.itenalon of the Civil Service to- Division
Cliletn l'n orul > lf Commented On.
WASHINGTON , Nov. C.-The civil nerv-
Icc commission , In announcing the recent
extensions In the civil service by the pres
ident thnt further examinations were to
bo made nt an early date , has been dis
cussed In the department and nmong ofll-
clals who know , nnd It Is said the extension
will Include chiefs of divisions in the various
departments , which would be a very Im
portant move. The salaries paid to these
olllcors arc J2.000 each. They have always
been held ns political plums for the smaller
politicians who seek unices In Washington ,
nnd U Is claimed that oftentimes they nre
appointed without any fitness whnlever for
the positions they hold. In may cases the
nsBlstnnt chiefs do nil the buslncps of n
division during nn administration. Some
times It has been suggested that these ns-
nlslnnts bo promoted , but they generally
decline , bccuse they fear n new adminis
tration might dispense with them , nnd they
would be out of a position. If the civil
service system should be extended to chiefs
of divisions It will certainly be of great
Importance to the service , and nccompllsh
what the division has long contended for.
Take Up Certlllcuifn on Departing ,
WASHINGTON , Nov. G.-Secrctnry Car
lisle has Instructed the colleclor of cus-
loms at I'ort Townsend , Wash. , thai ccr-
tlflcntes of registration Issued to Chinese
should be taken up by the collector when
such Chinese leave this country. This Is
necessary to prevent the certificates from
being turned over to Chinese unlawfully
enlerlni ; Uie United States.
Mmnorlnl Kervlee * on I'rldny.
WASHINGTON , Nov. G.-Prlnce Cnnta-
cuzene. the Uusslan minister , notified Uie
State department today thai memorial exer
cises lo Uie late czar would be held at Ihe
KtiKslHti legallon nt 10 o'clock on Friday
morning. Invitations to President Cleve
land , members of the cabinet and oilier high
olllcials have been Issued.
CATTLi : 1HSK.ISK 0V TIlKllt OWN. .
( loriiiuiiH Contldoi- Not the llrmn Hint li In
Their Own Itj-e ,
WASHINGTON , Nov. C. While the German
government is accusing our cattlemen of In
troducing Texas fever Inlo Germany they have
themselves become ninicted with another for
midable cattle disease which has broken out
again among the farm animals In central
Germany , notably In Volgtland and Saxe-
Altenburg. This disease Is known ns the
llnps and foot rot nnd United States Consul
Stephen nt Annaborg , who reports the out
break to the Slate department , says It Is Ihe
moio unfortunate for the farmers there ns
only two years ago the same disease de
creased the stock considerably nnd as the
drouth of 189,1 wllh Its "subsequent fodder
scarcity compelled the fanners to slaughter
largo numbers of their catlle. Though the
local authorities are doing their utmost to
prevent an extension of the disease , It ap
pears they have not succeeded , for nearly
every Issue of the official papers mention nexv
cases. The frequent appearances of lliese
diseases In Ihe same locality Is certainly no
evidence of a healthy condition of German
farm animals.
WILL. MMVI ! IT VACANT.
Indian Commission Dolntr ° ( ! oed anil Cnii
Die a Nntarnl Dentil.
WASHINGTON , Nov. G. When President
Cleveland appointed William M. Campbell
marshal of Minnesota In place ot J. Adam
Dcde , who resigned under such peculiar cir
cumstances , it created a vacancy In the
Chlppewa Indian commission. Campbell was
chairman of this commission , which 1ms
been operating among the Indians for many
years trying to settle their affairs. Secre
tary Smith says be will not recommend fillIng -
Ing the vacancy because the \sork ot , the
commission has not succeeded In accom
plishing the results for which it was ap
pointed. Campbell was In Washington nt the
time of his appointment ns marshal , receiv
ing Instructions In his duties as chairman of
the Indian commission and had been In
formed by Secretary Smith that In case thai
results did not 'ollow his return to Minnesota
seta , his commission would be abandoned.
The failure Is not In getting the Indians to
take their allotments at or near one reserva
tion. At present they are scattered over
different sections of the state and do not
care to secure allotted lands In places where
they have not been living for a quarter of
a century.
Selected the Third Arbitrator.
WASHINGTON , Nov. G. Weckherlln , the
minister from the Netherlands , will be In
vited to become a third member of the Vene
zuelan claims commission. N. L. Jeffreys
and Venezuelan Minister Andardo are the
two members. Minister Weckherlln U now
absent In Europe , but will bo communicated
with by cable.
due of Stnnlny'H l.len'lenunti to Wed.
SAN FRANCISCO , Nov. G. A. J. Mount-
ney Jephson , explorer and author , who went
Into Africa wllh Henry M. Stanley and
found Emln Pasha , will coino to California
to be married. In a few weeks the wedding
of Mr. Jephson and Miss Anna Head ,
daughlcr of A. H. Head , Ihe well known
millionaire mining man of Ihls city , will bo
celebrated.
DAVE A DEATH CRIP'ON CHINA
Japanese Capture A Strategic Point on Uio
Highway to Tion-Tsin ,
TWO COLUMNS MARCHING ON MOUKDEN
Should Tlipno Two I'lnrrn lie Captured the
1'loncry Kingdom Will Ho l'ri o- Si
tlcnlly ut the Aloroy of the
WASHINGTON , Nov. G. A short cable-
Rrnm received by Secretary dresham today
from United States Minister Dcnby , at
I'eklng , chronicles another Important for
ward movement by the Japanese. It reads
as follows : "Jnpaneso have taken Poo- I
Chow , In the Oulf of UI-As-Tuno , approaching ' * > r
Shnn-Knl-Kuftn.
Two
campaigns are pro
gressing against Moukdcn nnd Tlen-Tsln.
"DKNHY. "
All of this means , according to the In
terpretation arrived nt by the Stale depart
ment officials , Hint the Japanese have seized
the Important strategic port of Kin-Chow ,
near New-Chang nnd on the road tending In *
ono direction toward Tlen-Tsln and the oilier
toward the Manchuria capital , Moukdcn. The
latter la thus threatened from two sides.
The Japanese forces , which have crossed the
Ynlu river from Corea nro advancing rapidly
from the southeast upon this doomed cnpl-
tnl , and , according to the Minister Denby
cablegram , another force will start north
ward from Kin-Chow to Join them. The
distance from Kin-Chow to Tlen-Tstn Is
about 200 miles , nnd the rends nro the best
In China. Tlen-Tsln Is well fortified , but
should It fall , the way to 1'cUlng , the
Chinese capital , would be open to Uio In-
vndcrs.
Neither the Chinese nor the Japanese lega
tion have any olllclnl advices of the Japanese
victories cabled by Minister Denby , nor of
the reported efforts of China to secure peace.
The tendency at both legations Is to doubt
that any peace overtures have bcun or ran
bo made at the present juncture. It Is bo-
llevcd that Ihe Japanese Intend to occupy
Moukden , with Tort Arthur and Tlen-Tsln ,
thus completing a strategic position , which
will command pence In the terms they de
sire , or , In the absence of peace , will per
mit the Japanese to go Into winter quarters
nnd rest the camp.ilgn until spring.
CHINA CtlNI'KSSKS IIIil'KAT.
TfttitiK-f.t-Ynmcn Anln tlio I'ownrs to Inter
vene to Secure 1'ciire.
LONDON , Nov. G. A dispatch to tlio
Times from Tlen-Tsln , which will be pub
lished tomorrow , Is Hint Iho representatives
of all Die powers wcro assembled by the
Tsung-LI-Yamen lo hear the Chinese govern
ment's statement respecting Uio critical situ
ation of affairs. Prince King , president of
the Tsung-I.I-Yamen , calmly avowed tlio
Impotence of China to withstand the Japa
nese attack , and appealed to Ihe powers to
Intervene , saying that China was willing to
abandon her sovereignty over Corea and to
pay a war Indemnity , The ministers ap
plauded the frankness of this confession and
promised la report China's appeal to their
respective governments , with the vlow of
restoring peace In order lo avert the dan
gers threatening all Interests. The French
minister believed In taking a loading part
In the proposed Intervention.
Itnnmlns l.vlnp In Mate.
U ADIA , Nov. C. It ls officially stated '
$
thnt the body of the tale czar , utter lying In
stale In Ihe church ot Iho palace hero , wilt
bo taken to Yalta and from thcro convoyed
to Sebaitopol on bonrd the Russian cruiser
Pamy at Mcrkovla. At Moscow the body of
Alexander III. will Ha In state for several
days at the Archangel caUiedrat anil at St.
Petersburg the remains of Alexander III. will
ropaso In state In the cathedral , of St. Paul.
At towns where the funeral train stops on
Its way to Moscow and SI. Pelersburg din
ners for the poor will be provided at the ex
pense' of the czar nnd at each stopping plnoo
a requiem mass will be celebrated.
Alrmnrlnl Mirrlr < > f < In l.onilon.
LONDON. Nov. G. The duke of York , the
duke of Connaught and other membais of the
royal family , most of the cabinet ministers
nnd the diplomatic corps , all wo.irliij ? full
uniforms , attended a memorial service today
In honor of the late czar of Russia. Among
those present were James Hoosovelt , secre
tary of Ihe United States emhasa ; ' ; Colonel
W. Ludlow , the Unlled States military at
tache , and Lieutenant Commander \\V S.
Cowles , Iho United States naval attache.
( ' 7ur I" < ilo l7ci lii thn rrrnrli Clminlior.
PARIS , Nov. G. The Chamber of Deputies
today was crowded when M. Burdoau , vice
president of the Chamber , pronounced an
eulogy of the late czar of Ilussla. The Cham
ber then adjourned as a sign of mourning.
Ili-rr Knrh Mill Ito Mlnlitur of .lintlco.
11ERL1N , Nov. 6. The National Zcltung
saysthai Hcrr Koch , presldpnt of the
Relchs bank , will succeed Dr. Hermnn von
Soliciting as Prussian minister of jubilee.