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Hv Cratnblot Is takluj : the people nl tlii'tr word as uxpri'ssiMl at the last election and says there Is no dniiiatul or rolroucliiucnt at tlio hands of tlio school board. Hi-fore tin' Knights of Labor sot Jibout eli > i > tliiK Judges of tliu Unttert1 Slates courts they inlnht inalco use of the oppnuliinilk'S olTurud In iinnu'roiis cli'ellvo state courts and linproru the ( juallty of the JntlKUS that are now chosen by popular vote. Attention of tlio newspaper reading public ; is called to the fact that the only complete and lntellltIlile amumtn of the complications In Armenia and Ttirkoy to be found In any paper pub lished In this section of the country are tlio.si ! printed In The Nee. IloUe Smith Is KOIIK ! to have his say on the 1'acllle railroad ( ] iiestlon In his forthcoming report as secretary of the Interior. What he says , too. ou ht , ac cording to cabinet courtesy , carry ex traordinary weight with President Cleveland. IToke has a chance to make n ten strike If he only will. The Porte has ordered another special InV'Iry ' into the massacre of Christians In northern Syria. The Porte has been doliiK iiolhlnjj but order special investi gations Into Christian massacres as lon.n as man can remember and the special inquiries have had about as much effect In prevent Inn their recurrence as lias the man In the moon. The special In quiry dodge has been about played out. The eijy charter is deficient In many Important particulars , not the least of which is Hie absence' of u provision making It unlawful for any man lo hold two ollices under the city government at the same time. There is a strong public sentiment against such abuses , but that Is not siilllcient to prevent nii'ii from dniwiiiK two salaries ever they can manage to siimuw into two Tf tin ; populists do not rare to unite with any party to ivurximixu tlio Kunatu no onu will bo al > lo to compel tlium to do so. Neither tin' republicans nor diMiKHTJits command a majority of that body and as tin ; vacancies In the committees mast be filled there will hu no other course open lint to argnu upon Homo arrangement for tiding over the dllllculty. Tlio senate committees must 1)0 reorganised if there Is any busbies * to be done- this session. What moans all this hurrying ami fiknrrying of western lines lo Increase the speed of trains east and west ami north and smith ? Is a new epoch or fast train service upon as , or is it but n temporary spurt ? For ten years Omaha has had to put tip with trains nt Inconvenient hours and slow time and thu Immediate prospect of an up- to-date train service on all the princi pal lines seems to have loomed up within a month. Wo can stand a good dual of it. An uninformed person glancing at the new Irrigation map issued by tlio Stale Hoard of Irrigation and seeing thu large number of counties marked as counties where Irrigation works htivu been constructed might , and doubtless would , come to the conclusion that irri gation In Nebraska Is In an almost perfect state rather than really In UH infancy. Thu Held for Irrigation In Ne braska Is si III boundless and capital ists have ample scope for prolllable In vestments In this direction. According ( o latest advices from Honolulu - lulu , the sentiment there Is In favor of having Hie government grant the princess who would have Inherited the Hawaiian throne a pension of $ ilM)0 ( ) a year. This may bu the cheapest way for thu young republic lo get rid of an embarrassing royal family , but what would become of lids pension If thu nnnexatloulsts In this country had their way ? How would thu United Slates appear with a scion of royalty on Its pension roll for no other reason than her former royalty ? It Is promised that Mr. Torrey , author of the celebrated bankruptcy bill bearing ids name , who left St. Louis tu reside In Wyoming with longing eyes on the United States senate , will address the Transinlsslsslppl congress In support of Ids Ideas on n general bankruptcy act. Wohopo Mr. Torrey wlli come and that tiio result of his arguments may In- cluco the congress to endorse any inuuHiiru that will cut short the career of the pteferred creditor nnd make It Impossible for a man to prollt through Yoluutnry bankruptcy. ; ; ; nm ; Armr \ .t rw/s ? ' . The nttornpy general of Xe\r York lias llimlly decided to InMltuh' pro ceedings nciilust the American Tobacco company , known as the cigarette trust , with n vlo\v to restraining It from doIng - Ing business In that stato. The com pany Is Incorporated in the state of Xow .fcrscy , but lias Its headiptarters In Now York City and mally transacts all Its business from that point. It Is claimed that the methods by which the trust transacts Us business are In violation of the laws of New York and would not be permitted by a domestic corporation. In his staiemont show ing the manner In which the trust trans acts Its business tlio attorney general says that such a method is against public policy and would uot receive the approval of the courts of the state i | In tlio capo of a domestic corporation , ' j , " \Vhy , then , " ho asks , "should It bo i permitted In n foreign corporation ? " Ilo stales that mtlllcleiil evidence ban been produced to aulhorl/o the com mencement of an action. 1 The action which It Is proposed to In- [ stlttito has an importance not limited to < the combination against which It will I be brought. It really Involves thu right i | of all tin ; trusts which have their head- | I 'inarters In the city of Now York , bin I are Incorporated In iither slates , to do business there. Tlio policy or methods pursued by I ho American Tobacco com pany are essentially the same as the sugar and others trusts pursue , so that if the courts decide , as Ihero Is good reason to believe they will , against the cigarette trust , the decision will reach all the combinations of a Ilko charac ter which are making the city of Now York the headquarters of their business. It Is this that gives .slgnlllcanco and far-reaching Importance to the pro posed action and will cause It to bo regarded with general Interest. Ob viously If the trusts cull be routed from thu commercial metropolis of the nation a very great step will be taken toward their suppression , for they could llnd nowhere else such a vantage ground for their operations. All the Judicial decisions In New York regardIng - Ing the trusts warrant ( lie expectation that the action against the tobacco company will be .successful. TllK ALASK.IX IWUXDAUY MATTKH. Whether anything In the nature of a serious controversy Is likely to come out. of the Alaskan boundary matter Is at present uncertain , but the latest reports regarding It Indicate that there Is something In the tiuestion which may Involve our government In a dispute with Croat Hrltain. The fact appears to bo that the Canadian surveyors or engineers are making claim to ten-- tory , wherein nro valuable gold depos its , which they have a questionable right to do , and It also appears that the Canadian authorities have made preparations to occupy and hold this territory. Krom reports It would seem that they have been pushing forward In this matter with a somewhat ag gressive vigor , while this government has been careless and - apathetic , so thai at present the Canadians have thu advantage of position. II Is understood , however , that the matter Is not being Ignored at Wash ington and that proper action will In- | taken to protect American interests In Alaska. A recent report stated that the admlnislration had been consider ing the expediency of .sending a mili tary force to that tcrrllory to sustain the civil authority and it is believed that congress will be asked to order tills done. II is quite probable that the reports regarding the situation are somewhat exaggerated , but they cer tainly deserve attention , and In any event it is to 1)0 presumed that our government will not hesitate lo take whatever course may be necessary to protect from invasion Alaskan terri tory to which it can show a reasonable claim. TIIK ciititKNirSHOULD in : At the meeting of the New York Hankers association last week one of tiie addresses was by Hon. Kills II. ( Cohorts , ex-l'iiilcd States assistant treasurer and now president of the Franklin National bank of New York. In which he considered the questions of retiring the greenbacks and allowing state banks lo Issue currency. Mr. Uob- erts Is recognised as one of the ablest llnanciers In the country , it conserva tive and carei'nl man whose opinions are entitled to great consideration. In common with all bankers , Mr. Uoh- erts considers the paramount question to be. What shall be done with the cir culating medium ? Referring to llio pro posal to retire the greenbacks , he ssiyn that one obstacle In the way of this Is the failure to provide a satisfactory sub stitute , lie declares that no one would advise the cancellation of so many mil lions of currency without putting Komi- thing else In Its place , booauso the coun try will not tolerate such a drastic measure of contraction. Regarding the proposition to substitute a state bank currency , Mr. Roberts remarked that tin1 experiment of the many different kinds of bank noles used before the war Is fresh in tlio minds of men then In business and while most of the evils then flagrant could doubtless bo avoided , no system which would per mit every ono of forty-live states to prescribe the basis of security and the methods of supervision could guard against confusion and manifold chances of fraud. "I count it for an axiom , " said Mr. Roberts , "that all paper money should be Issued under laws enacted by congress and under national super vision. " In regard to those who favor u state bank currency bused on general assets , he said that they argue from a narrow cxpurlonco and cannot claim that their conclusions can be accepted as axioms. In regard to the policy which It Is understood Hie administration will rec ommend , that of retiring the legal tender - dor notes , or greenbacks , Mr. Robert * said : "Should tlio alternative be pre sented between the retention of the greenbacks and the Issue of bank notes under thu authority of our forty-llvu KuUos , Including I'lnli , or even under national authority , with only the se curity of the general assets of the In stitutions , my own vote would bo for the greenbacks , und so , I think , would bo that of the country , That Is the nl lornatlvo which Is likely to bo pro sontod. " It Is to bo presumed that Mr Roberts Is conversant with nnd voices the general ppiitltncnl of the Intoros wllli which he Is associated , but however over this may bo there can bo no doubt Hint his views are In nr-cord with those of the great majority of thu America ! people , who demand that the green bucks shall uot bo withdrawn until at equally safe nnd sound currency can be substituted for them and who nro uot willing to accept instead a bank cur renry Issued under the authority of forty-live1 states. There was another point In the sug gestlve address of Mr. Roberts whlcl Is entitled to special consideration. Hi .said that n government , like an hull vldtial. cannot keep on borrowing for ever to moot n dolleloncy. Pay < la.\ iiuwt come sooner or later and the Una adjustment can be achieved only h one way , that Is by making the rove lilies exceed thu expenditures. That Is tlio great problem which Is now press Ing for solution and which the coming congress must deal with , rending tin settlement of tills paramount question It Is gratifying to llnd that some of tin ablest practical llnanciers In the conn- try are not In favor of retiring tin greenbacks and substituting therefor n state bank currency-snch as si majoril.i of the democratic party favors. in/v / sfut.vrnur ? sv.i.voirt The attitude of the Chltv.o. Milwau kee & St. Paul and the Chicago , Rock Island Pacllic railroads toward tin. proposed metropolitan union depot IH Utterly Indefensible. The opposition or tlio Kurllngton may be excusable on tile ground that It does not want li lose the money It has advanced to tin erection of the Mason street abortion. A chniii.ro of terminals might possibly work a little Inconvenience to the Hurllnglon , which owns a portion ot thu old depot grounds. IJnl thu Milwaukee and Rock Island have no such pretext for an excuse. On the contrary , the managers of these two roads wore in accord with the parties who Instituted the injunction proceedings that resulted In a stoppage of further work on the unllnishod Tenth street depot building. They were also active In blocking the Council coin- promise scheme , by which the city wan to abdicate all its rights in the track age and depot grounds in consideration of this completion of the depot. In view of these facts the present attitude of the Rock Island and Milwaukee roads can bo attributed only to n desire on their part to prevent the building of any union depot in Omaha and to deprive the people of this city of the facilities accorded every other city of Its sly.e. Such ti dog-in-the-manger policy can not be creditable to these railroads. They have received liberal treatment at the hands of Omaha and have been given duo shares of the patronage ot Its merchants and manufacturers , al though they have made no investments In tills city. If wo are correctly In formed the chief objection raised by the Milwaukee and Rock Island man agers to the proposed metropolitan union depot Is that it will cost too much , or , in other words , that thu pro posed depot is too good for Omaha. The only rational Inference is that lie- I'aiise Omaha has submitted to outrage nnd Indignity for all these years in the matter of depot facilities it must for ever be content with way station priv ileges or at bo.sl with such depots a's have been erected nt points like Cheyenne. St. Joseph and Leaveiiwortn. with less than one-third of Omaha's population and one-teytli of Omaha's passenger and freight trallic. i'nless the Milwaukee and Rod ; Island have decided to stand In the way of every union depot project for Omaha for the next few years there is not even the ground of business economy for their course. They are not asked to contribute a dollar toward tlio purchase of the grounds or the con struction of the depot or approaches. They are now paying for the use of a sky-parlor , each , cue-llfth of the rental on an Investment of a million and a hall' at ( ! per cent. 1'ndor the contract proposed by the Terminal and Itrldge company they would be required to pay one-sixth of the rental on an investment of two millions at 5 per cent , or ijUO.CCii n year , less the rebate of si pro rat a share of receipts from depot privileges. At the lowest estimate these privileges will aggregate IS-K.OM ) ( ) a year , giving each of the six roads a rebate of $ ; , : : : , leaving the net annual 13iilal $10.T , : ! > for each road. Why should ma every railroad that shares Omaha's trailic be willing to pay $11,000 a year for its part of the maintenance OT terminal passenger accommodations. The Rock Island is paying more than that amount today at Denvjr and the Milwaukee doubtless spends as much at St. Paul. Is it asking too much of these roads to join with tiie Tnion Pacllic , the Northwestern and the Mlssouil Paeiliu in assuring for Omaha llio long de layed metropolitan union depot which by rights should have ben erected years ago ? nnryii rt > WHKCK run s Recklessness and extravagance still rule the Hoard of Kducntlon. That fact is emphasized anew by the prompi rejection of the resolution Introduced by Mr. Tukoy for the appointment of a committee to devise it plan by which the expenses of the school system would be curtailed to como within the limit of reduced income. This timely propo sition was tabled by the following vote : Ayes , Cramblet , Kdwards , John son , Knodell , Lowe , Lower , Akin 7 ; nays , Anderson , Hnrgess , Lnnt , Plerson , Tnkcy-n. Whllo this is not a full vote of the board , U must be accepted as an expression of ( lie ruling majority against economy ami retrenchment. This policy is very much the snino as that pursued by the man who per sists In riotous living so long as ho can borrow. The board keeps plunging fur ther and further Into debt rognrdlosn of the Inevitable consequences. A hun dred thousand dollars deficit cuts no llguro so long as It can discount Its revenue of next year. Hut It does not take a piophct to foretell what Is sure to overtake thu school treasury during the coming .yojir. . Long before the em of May the tivnsttry will be bnukrup and the schools will have to bo closet abruptly iuilt'5s a forced loan can b procured. Kveli If the council shouh double the fcchbol tax levy for IStM th actual receipts from that source wll not moot tho'emergency. ' The oni.i resources of th'u ' board will bo promise to pay In the future. With 7 ptr cent school warrnnls tin salable except sit n discount In Novem her. 18 ! ) , " , "iylieir-lhoy are sure to bo redeemed doomed our of- the license revenue It December , \Vlint prospect Is there for the sale of warrants In June. 1WHI , with no guaranty of redemption and posslbb only partial redemption at thu end o the year ? Hut what do the men. In control o the Hoard of Kducatlou care whetiie the credit of the school fund Is ex Imtistod or not ? A majority of thesi men nro llnanclally Irresponsible1. The.x pay no taxes worth mentioning am for that matter most of them couh sitaKo lite dust of Omalia from Iheh shoes without leaving anything hit unpaid bills behind them. Such mei care nothing for the morrow. Theyle the morrow lake care of itself. It Is tlio people who have anchored theli families and fortunes In Omalia win will have to bear the brunt of reckless ness and extravagance In the manage incut of the public schools. Nebraska's only populist congress man , Outer Madison Kem , writes to s Chicago newspaper In response to it cir ctihir of Inquiry that he has In mint legislation of vast Importance to al the people and would certainly presen II to the coming session of congress did he not belong to thu hopeless minority. Inasmuch its botli branches of congress , the executive and the court are against him , he hardly thinks lit will present anything In thu way of legislative bills , Does this moan that Nebraska Is to secure no benellt fron one of Its six" representatives In con gress ? Does H mean that its populist congressman is lo keep locked up In his mind all those great Ideas of such vast Importance to the American people ple ? Is he going to deprive Ids con stituents of the advantage which Ills projected enaclinunts would bring ? In the name of Nebraska we insist that Congressman Keni introduce his bills and let their merit win their passage. What the p. < wplei ot Omaha want la results In the way of'an Improved local government Worhl-Hcrald. What the people of Omaha want is to make pilfering In public olllce odious and they never oiui make it odious until public thieves 11130 held up to scorn and punished. When competency Is made an Indispensable' ' qualification for olllce and honesty is. . the solo passport to positions of Jrus the puople of Omaha may look fou gotul results in the way of Improved local government. Meantime their only salvation is in hammering down the rogues and keeping tax- eaters from'.eating up their substance. That ' , disagrjjeab'lu , duy ) devolves Ml ) n tho'newspaper-that has tlio courage' spool ; out and if willing tii sacrifice Its private interests to the public good. Should W. R. Kelly be promoted to thu high professional position which Senator Tlmrston has resigned It will bo In line with approved ideas of civil service reform which government receivers are expected to ob serve ami it will conform to the precedent established by the ippoinlmeni of Mr. Thurston , who was Mr. Popplolon's assistant for many years. Mr. Kelly's ability to hold the ollice lias never been willed In question. One ballilT In thu district court de serves : i prize for originality , lie has secured the signatures of the last jury ho had charge of to a petition asking for his retention under Ihu now judges. "Suppose the next Jury should sign for mother man and thu next for still mother. Which of thu Juries should thu judges accommodate ? Wiser Tlinii Party KrleinlK. WnshlnRtcm I'ost. The most striking difference between Ssn- alor Hrlcp and Senator Morgan Is found in : he fact that Senator Drlce knows when he ua had enough. Sllrr.-.l I'ollllciil Illle. I'lilcuB' ) Tribune. IJefore the onmiea of John Sherman hnvo ccovrred tliPiiujlves to the extent \\rltliiK boohs In reply to his Ihe good old man prob ably will have gone to hla reward. 'I'I me tor Aellvlly lefl. Ololjc-Dcniocrat. Allison is not "mentioned" qullo as often as lie was h-foro the recent election. The election senl BOIIIO of the other nspliants forward and want him backward. However. the convention Is nix or seven monllis away yet , and many changes can take place In tlio Interval. _ _ Voleo from tinTnmli. . Kx-Congrcismau Ilohnan has broken out n an Interview , It does take some men a ons while to learn that they arc "out of .he movement. " Ami , Ilolman Is funny , too , for the very matrcMio believed In paring lown the soap.blllspat West 1'olnt Is now a convert to ii.itfonal expenditures commen surate with oiii ( lentlnlos. Well , well , even lOphralni may be lurncd from lily Idols ! CrlN | 'M Ilelnleil VltMVN. riilladt'l'iiliU Hi-cord. Ex-Speaker Crisp Is one of the belated lemocratlo advocate of free silver coinage. Ho In , so to Epeaky.au anachronism. Hut It should be recognlzeifflhat when he was speaker of the house & r iTC-sentatlves , and under a greati weight fif jtMnonsIblllty , ho effectually used his olllclafngw r to prevent the demo cratic members of that body , from commit ting their party to a free tllvcr bill. Let ua ju duly grateful for ? . that , at any rate , Uyi'oiii'iior for Fr ' TrmliTM , rfyiYOTk Sun. We do not ihlak that the Importance of Lionl Salleliiiry'i Ispoi'Ch can bo exaggerated. He says , In ctlect that free trade In Ktigland , EO f.tr as agriculture IB concerned at least , s a failure. We commend his declarations o certain theorists in our own country. And : hough protection duties on grain are not Ikely to be Imposed by England In the lin- nedlulp future , It U obvious that the theory on which they were abolished has proven a Ololie-Deniocrat. The persistence of the third term talk U complimentary to Cleveland , yet U U en- Irely safe to say that he could not carry wo out of the 3SG congressional districts of the country In 1896 , This , of course , Cleveland knowi , and therefore the third enn folly will not go beyond the talkuif ; tage. If lh . silver Issue should come up hero might be a faint chance for Cleveland , mt thin la dead beyond all hope uf resur- ectlon. CLAIM EVERYTHING IS SIGHT Putting the Most Valuable Portion of Alrtskn Over the Bonier. MAPS PREPARED BY THE CANADIANS To\l of HIP Trrnly Clmur Upon U'hloli llrHiiln ItiiNCt Her Claim to Torrltor.v Oniuvt liy the fnllfil Stiitc.x. 1'OIIT TOWNSBNU , Wnsh. , Xov. 19. If tlio llrlllsli governincnt Inslsis on the perma nent establishment of tlio Alaskan boundary line ns mapped out by the Cannillnn civil cnglneera the cities of Jtmp.iu and DotiRlaa Island , where the richest gold mines nr located , will become a part of UiigllHh tcrr lory. A reporter of the Associated prcs visited Victoria , 11. C. , nnd was permitted t examine the new maps m.idc for the surveyor by the boundary commissioners and th authority upon which the Canadians tins their right to clnlm n strip of Alaska territory. Dr. Djiiipon , chief engineer of the Can ndlnli corpa of surveyors , mad Bcleutlilc observations from a range of moun lalna , which , together with the treaty stlpu latlons , are t'ie ' loundatlon upon which th claim Is made. These drawings clearly sho\ the mlnliiK town uf Juucnii tu bo fully scvc miles Inside of llrltleh territory. Not enl that , but Clillc.it pass , the favorite and mos cer.erally traveled route to the Yukon an the bays nnd Inlets of southeasti'i-a Alaska arc claimed to he part of Canada. The loc.itlon of the boundary Is based ap parently upon the clear wording of the treat > of February 28 , 1825 , between Kussla an Great Britain. A rnrtlllcd cnpy oT the In strumcnt IP in the hands of th ? British en glneers and clearly states that the boundarj line shall be from peak tu peak ulong th summit of the mountain range running parallel with the coast , providing the moun tain range dees not exceed more than tei marine leagues from the uconn , In wlilc -latter case tlio boundary Hue shall be paralle with the winding of the coast nnd whlcl shall never exceed the distance of tea marlii leagues therefrom. The sense tu tno last clause is taken b > thu Canadian engineers to mean ten marine leagues front Hie ocean coast mid not tht shore line of the various sounds , bays nm Inlets. In southeast Alaska on the averagt the ocean shore Is fully llfty miles fron the mainland , adjacent bays and sounds , am th ? principal Inlets and rivers will be wltoll > In British territory , while a few otitlylni Islands Is all the territory that Canadians will concede- the United States is entitled to This will take from Alaska , also , a large portion of Herncrs bay , whcr ? rich goh mines ) are now being worked. It will also put Into British territory two of the larges carnerles situated In southeast Alaska. AI'I'UAI.S CKTTI.VC ' . . MOHK MMlKKOl'.S A mt'iiilinrii t * Ht'ritin nickiiil < Ml tu tin AilniinlNlratlve 'I'nrlir Act. WASHINGTON' . Nov. 10. The secretary of the treasury has received the annual re port of the United Slates general appraisers at New York. It shows that during the eleven , months ending September 30 , ; ! ,24i ) rcappralsemonts were made by Indlvldua general appraisers and 783 casra by the fill Ijoard , showing that in three-fourths of the cases there were no appeals from the de cisions of the individual appraisers cither Ijy the Importer or the government. This however. Is n large Increase over thu num ber ot appeals made , and acted on last year There are said to be many causes for this Increase , and among them Is the enlarge incut of the scope of ad valorem rat > of duly. "Ths ail valorem theory , " says the report "h ) Ideal , but It Is not lo be denied that ni valorem rates are more easy of evasion .than specific rates. " As tu undervaluations the icard stales that they arc not so numerous is In former years , and that they , do not , as formerly , embrace entire Hues of niercban- lisc. lisc.Tho The hoard suggests several amendments o the present customs administrative act. The provision Imposing an additional duly equal to 2 per cent ot the appraised valuation 'or each 1 per cent of .the iindervalivUion , t says has 'not worked satisfactorily. In nstances It lias largely exceeded the value of llio merchandise Imported and in other eases the undervaluation was clearly an error. It Is supgestcd as a remedy that If he appraised value shall exceed by more han 10 per cent the declare , ! value there " .hall b ? collected an additional duty of 1 > er cent of the appraised value for each 1 ier cent of undervaluation. This additional luty , however , shall not cxcood CO per cent of the appraised value of the goods. The present requirements ns to cost of pro. Iiicllon have also proven unsatisfactorily In irnctlcc. They are said to bo generally de- eclive , Insiilllclent and consequently mis- cadlng. It la recommended that tills fee- Ion of the law be repealed. The * provision of the law Imposing additional duty on "un- isual" coverings has also proven burdensome ind vexatious with no compensating bene fits and iUls suggested that the. law be amended so I hat such coverings shall pay the same duty as If Imported subsequently. The bnard favors closer relations between he Treasury department and the cotisulai officers 10 the extent of allowing Hie secre- ary to correspond direct with such olllcen on matters pertaining lo the administration of tariff and customs laws. I'MtAXC'H MIWKIIS A UOMI'ltO.MISK. V.'ill ItcliiNiIVnllcr UIMIII ( Vrlniii lllllHI | > ll Clllllll I llMII. WASHINGTON , Nov. 1 ! ) . It la not true ail has been s'atod In dispatches tent from Washington that the United Slates govern- nent lias Indicated a purpose of asking the eKaso as an act of grace of ex-Consul Wal- er. On the contrary the State department las refrained thus far from acting on an in timation from Franc ? that the prisoner's re- ease may be obtained as an act of comity , irovlded Waller surrender all claim for in- lemnlty for false Imprisonment. This propo sition lias been submitted by thu State dc- iirtment to the family and attorneys of Mr. Waller , and they nro considering the ndvlsa- illlty of submitting It to Waller lilms"elf. togardlng the matter as one entirely per sonal to U'allcr , and taking thu precarious condition of hlu health Into consideration , the attorneys agree that ho should liavo an op- ) ortunlty to decide whether to accept u ro- ease upon those conditions. Airs. Waller has jdvlscil against the course. It Is understood hat the terms suggested bear no relation to Waller's Madagascar land cUlm. It Is also understood that Franco persists In withhold- ng the mall-rial part of the record In tlio Waller court martial , which has been de manded by the government. Tlio French government taken Die position Ihal the United States tiau no right to make demand for the locnment , but has intimated that neverthe- ess it would be furnished upon a friendly equest for It. DiinlHli .MIIIiTNViint I'roffi'tlon. WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. The Danish nlllcrs liavo petitioned the government to mposo an Imperial duty on Imported Hour , and a commission which was charged by tlio tlgsdag wlili a revision of the tariff has thn epueut under consideration. 'United Stales 'onsnl Newklrk at Copenhagen , who reports hu fact to the State department , says ho annot forecast the result. Thu movement Is ostensibly directed against German compctl- Ion , but as much of the Hour entering Oen- nark ls from the United States Imported hrough Ungland or Germany , the American ealers will be directly interested. No TV .Mliilxtur ( o H H/.orhiml. WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. The president las appointed John L. Peak of Kanius City United States minister to Switzerland , to suc- eed Minister Ilroadhead. resigned , and Otto lunchmeyer an United State consul at San alvador. Will Accept Mil * liiillnnii , WASHINGTON , Nov. 18. The Indiana ar- Ived at League Island this morning and will 10 formally accepted by the government today nd commissioned tomorrow. She. will then o Dent to Newport tu receive her torpedo utflt. < siv cou.vntVi 'TIS or Tiir.ui" Chicago Tribune : Dr. Smith' * frail trnmo ROU.I back to the bosom of Mother Kirtli , but lit : ) in m < ry will nitvivo the storm nnd ulrefs of ycnis wlill * clilldrea In the. United States ' hymn tlio liotn * of their ancestors nnd strong men In the fluid of patriotic feeling renew alh'Rlance to the liiid wlier < > thulr fathers died and wh re thy. 'on ' , will die , If n. cd bo. Cnlcngo 1'ost : Let tlioso who kre\v lir. Smith , whose vlitucs the "Auiocr.il" loved nnd conuneinoratrd , remember him for his personal rharm niitl the Individual good ho < tccompllsht > d. It Is enough for ilia country whoso lofty sentiment he chronicled Hut ho 1ms given ! o It n national hymn worthy the man nud worthy tlio people. Thn writer has go'ie , but the song he sant ; will llvo on for the Inspiration of peneratlous to come. Kansas City Star : Dr. Smith was n scholar , n Christian minister anil a patriotic Amer ican , and he lived to see nil the "causes" dear to his heart nud soul wax mightily with the progress of the country which was his own. and. having reached the great ago of S7 yars without diminution or abatement of his mental powers , passed painlessly away , lie. lived and died supported by the faith embodied In his hymn "The Morning Light Is Breaking" fore\er breaking. Huffnlo b\pres : To llov. Dr. Samuel F. Smith America owes Its nearest appioarh to n satisfactory national hymn. A perfect na tional hymn would be American In tune , In words and In spirit. "My Country , Ml * of Time , " fails in the first requisite. In that Dr. Smith wrote the words merely to IU a tune which he found In a German hymn book , and which has bejn appropriated by Ungland ns well as the United States. Hut by their simplicity , dignity and vigor Dr. Smith's lines have held th lf own for over sixty years , as against ptich rath ° r literary produc tions as Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's "Hattlo Hymn of the Hepubllc , " or Key's "Star Spangled Hnnner , " nnd It Is probable that a good many years will pass before a national song will elbow out "America. " Chicago llcrord : It Is no mean honor to have written one's country song when the unug is one that comes to bo sung on nil patriotic occasions , and In ovcry village and town , many times during the year. The hlgh-mlndiMl nnd kindly man who made these verses over sixty years ago has had the unusual honor ot seeing his nn ? distinguished success placed In every hymnal , become known to every man , woman nnd child In the country , nnd ming whenever the spirit of patriotic feeling and the love ot liberty de mand expression. It Is exceedingly doubtful If "My Country. 'Tls of Thee , " will ever bo entirely displaced from Its position as the national hymn. Just as ? "Tho Star Spangled Banner" will remain the national war song and "Yankee Doodle" the national Jig. Even If It Is displaced It Is not likely ever to bo forgotten or to permit the name of Its au thor to pass out of memory. IMU.SO.\AI. AND oTi Niagara Is said to be lower than over. This docs not affect the attitude of the omnivorous hackman. All the trouble In Asia Minor Is charged to the Kurd ; ) . Isn't It about time the powers knocked the whey out of them. Kx-Speaker Crisp and ex-Congressman Bryan do not know when they have wiough. Both are trying to galvanize the silver Issue. The Lexowlng In progress in Philadelphia Indicates that tlio Quaker city municipal combine can give Tammany a few points on shearing lambs. The selling of flswcrs Is now prohibited In New York City. This move comes per ilously near preventing thu working of the contribution box on Sunday. T-.at Ok'ahoii.a ' ; lrl win bs-cime a horse thief out of love for adventure finds that the romance1ms all vanished L. . w tint her In- career-ill. . ! ] In a reformatory is an uccoin- I.llshcd fac.i. I'hlladelphlans are like a great many other people. They kick Ilko Kentucky mules against a few extra cents la car fare , but rarely say a word when hundreds of thou sands arc blown on municipal contracts. , The late IJhen D. Jordan , merchant prince and philanthropist of Boston , was a farmer's boy nnd learned on the fields the value of persistent labor , which later enabled him to achieve fame and fortune. In the vortex of trade. If proof , was needed of the Intense Ameri canism which blooms on the highways and nouges ot umcago , it i * turnisiieil ny the statement that 50,000 pics are disposed of [ here dally. I'le and love of country go hand in hand. Chicago wouldn't glvo a continental for tie ! republican national convention ns such , but as a matter of courtesy to llio national committee It will gladly put up the $51,000 guarantee. Oh , generosity , thy other name Is 1 Will. " The dervish combine of Kansas recently fll upon a councllmanlc "friend" who voted against a certain franchise nnd gave him to imlcr.-jtaiid that hly opinion of the deal K < of no consequence when a snap la in sight. He .umblcd nnd the snap went. In the prohibition state of Maine resides Samuels Staples , a strong temperance advo cate. Yet he saw more snakes In ono day , recently , than many a drunkard In states where liquors may legally be had for money or credit. Ho dug up 250 green , striped and brown reptiles of various sizes , out of one lostholei alone. That nature generally knows what she Is ibout better than some scientific experl- ucntors Prof. Kljanlzia of 1C lew has found nit to his sorrow. He thought people would 10 bolter off If the air was sterilized. There upon he destroyed nil the microbes in a certain quantity of air and fed It to a niim- ler of small animals. But the pure air did tot agree with the little beasts , 'it soemeil , for they all died. YIKW.1 A1IUO.M ) , ICnniai City Slnr : Sennlor Yluiriton's Idea It t iflt the rfiuibllcnns In the next confer * * * ousht to P M n tariff act In har mony with thtlr general Idea of Ann rlcan protection. n < i on which it y would bo nllllnR lo go before the country In thepresi dential ctmpalpn. There Is probably not a thick nnd thin demoer.it In the rmmtry who dos not hope Unit thp republicans w.n in > tempted to commit that blunder. oii ot the few ways out for the democracy in isniS would be n r vlval of MclClnleylsm i > y tlic republican * . Indianapolis News : Senator William V. . \llon , iy.i the populist party will be m the Hold ne.xt year with a presidential candidate. No doubt this Is true. It Is also true , a ? lie sn.vs , that the populist party will "tip tlio only one of the old parties that will 1m on'- spoken for the free coinage of silver nt Ifi lo 1. " A national campaign without sonn * third party representing MJIUC craxy thorny would lack one of those elements of itn. > rii which are so dear to a humor-lo\lnR ponpv. Therefore it Is devoutly to be wished fiat Hie populists may have n candidate of t'i. ir own , pledged to the principle that value ha' nothing to do with money , Although IMP value of gold Is Just sixteen times as great as the value of silver. Springfield ( Mass. . ) Hepubllcnn : Kx-Snna- tor Mnmlerson of Nebraska sees the slum- lion practically as docs ex-Scnntor Hdtnunds. and la , as positive In his opinion that the rc- publlc.in majority In the coming congress canot afford to meddle with the tariff. A * Maudenon puts It In nn Interview In ih Wnshlugton Star , "lh republicans cuiumt afford to open up the tariff question. It any attempt Is made to make up the deficiency of revenue by a duty on wool or any other arti cle , every Industry will rush In nnd drnuind nn adjustment of the duties so as to ntTonl It bett-r protection. We are not In n poult Ion now to satisfy these demands , nnd we would beter : not touch the matter at all. " Miindor- son's plan for raising more revenue Is by , m Increase In the. beer tax , or Intertill revenue taxes ot some kind. Congressman Cannon of Illinois U quoted as shaving these opinions In regard lo the unwisdom ot tariff legl > ! a- Hun , but ho would raise revenue by borrow ing on short-lime treasury warrants. wniTTi.i < : n TO A roivr. Chicago Uocor < l : "Say , Jlmmle , 'd ycr m. Hole yer ? " "Naw , you bet she didn't. " " i-ui you got oft oasy. " , , , . , , Yep ; you neo she wan frald Id holler BO loud 1 il wnkc thu bnbyl" Dctroll Free Press : Statesman I hardly know bow to deal with my pcoplo on IhH money question. His Secretary That's cnny ; when they tnckle you. don't Uenl. but continue to shulllo. Imllniinpiills Journal : "I wonder ! l that diamond Mudgo lias N of tlio llrstvntor ? " " 1 doubt It. It IIIIH been soaked so many t lines that It imi < * t be of the tenth or eleventh water by tblH time. " Detroit Tillinno : In her Impotent rage her gracf could only scowl nl the duke , bur hus band. "Thls > , " she Idttorly exclaimed , "Is what a woman get * by buying what she doesn't want Just because It's cheap. " Yonkcrs Statesman : Unco prejudice ! all right 1C It lends a man to refrain from putting his money on the wrong horse. Philadelphia Record : Muggins Miss Pert lovi-H me devotedly , madly. iiKBns How ilo you know ? Muggins-- ! mussed up her sleeves terribly last night nnd she didn't Hay u word. Indianapolis Journal : "I'd Ilko to get oft tonight , " raid the second reporter. "I am so bilious I can hardly see. " "We are rather crowded , " Bald the man- nBlngeditor. . "I don't fcee how we call spare any one. However , I will give you n. Job that will Just suit you. Suppose you write up Hie theaters. " T11K EDUCATIONAL OlItL. San Krnnclsco Kxninlncr. The girl had been to college , Had learned to run and Jump : Of fencing she hail IciowlodKC , With boxing Klo\e.s could thump Could throw a ball with any , Or pull n uood ftotit oar ; In furl , Imd fonts full many Not known lo girls of yore. .Ami when on her vacation They asked her lo make bread She scorned the invitation , Hut chopped thu wood Instead. run iMficpiicicisT. Alice W. liolllns 111 thn Klltc. "Dear , " she sobbed , timidly ( she was a bride ) , "My pocket has been picked ! " Without : i word ( She was a bride. ) , ho never once de murred ; Hut from his pocket took , nor even sighed , A crisp new bill , und asked : "What was It , dear ? A ten or twenty ? See , I have It hero ! " ( She was a bride. ) "It was but ten ! " with a sofl blush slio cried ; lint looked so sweet thai joyfully bo laid The Iwonty In her hand , and thoughl ho paid Small price for her quick kiss ; she was a bride ; Then turned , but a low whisper met hla oar : "Perhaps , perhaps , I ought to loll you , dear " ( She was a bride. ) Her volco sank lower still ; fho faintly sighed , And sought for words she could not seem lo find ; At last : " 'Twaa I who picked It , do you mind ? " Ol' course he didn't mind ( oho was a bride ) . Hut thought It such a pretty little trick , lie laid down twenty more for her to pick , ( She was a bride. ) Taken in a new suit , They arc piling in on us with their or ders. That of fer of a half dozen R i n e- h a r t cabinet ph o t o s holds good this week for every purchase of $6 or over in Boys' and Children's Depart ments. We've had to put in additional stock to keep up with the demand on our long and short pant suits. Prices range all over the different de grees of goodness Our factory prices ac always down below where the "other fellows" get after they chop chunks off their prices in order to keep up with the selling of the old reliable. Browning , King & Co. Southwest Corner Fifteenth uud Doiiulus , OMAHA.