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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1897)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATUKDA.T , MAKOII 27 , 1807. THE OMAHA DAILY K. ItOSEWATKR , K < llor. ! nvnnv MORNING. TKIUIS OF SUIlSCntlTlO.V. TtMy Flee ( Without gunda ) ) , One Ynir. JC I > ally llee und Sunday , One Year 8 W Illic Months ' . 1 < * > Three Month ! ! W Sunday Ileo , One Year J W flnlurdny llee , One Yonr 1 SO .Weekly Dee , One Year K > ovricBS : Omahai The Hce IHilMltiR. . . , . . Kouth Omolin ! Sinner IIIW. , Cor. N nrJ 2Uh SI * . Council Ilurr ) : 10 I'earl Street. ClilCRKo OHlc * : 317 Clinmlrfr of Cuinmeice. New York : Itomnn 13 , nna IS , Tribune llliU. Washington : DOl 11th Slic-et. coniiiai > oNi > nN'CB. All eomimmlcnllotu relntlnn to news timl oil- torlnl matter iliuuld be mMrcriwtl ! To the I.illtor. IIUHINKSS inrriit3. : All biHlneos letter * nnd remlUnncea should lie nililrcftieil to The lice 1'iil.llMilin , " Company , Omaha. Drafti" , check. " . espresi nn.l jiostolllco money ordcis to lie made pajnblo to the orJcr of the ' TiiH'nKB PUHMBIIINO COMPANY BTATnMKNT OF CIUCUl YTION. Btnte of Ntl/rnpkn / , I DouMlan.County. | tienrRc 11. Tzicliuck. ffcrclnry of The llee Tub- IIMilnic company , bclns duly eworn , enyg thnt tjie nctual numlier of full ntnl complete copies of TUP Dally MnriilnR. i\enlnK : nnrt fiundiiy llctf lirlnted during the month of Fcldiiary. ! > 7. wa ns fo1' 1 . iii.TSG S 2 . . 19,103 19.T01 ? ; ! ! ' ! ! " ! ! " ' 4 . 19.CT.T u io.su C C . . 1US7 19.K93 ! . ' , ' ! ! ! ! ! ! . ' ! ! . ' . ' ! ! 7 . ZO.JIO " 1 20,320 , ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " " ' 19,871 Ij. . . . . . . . . . ! . . . " ] ; 10 . , . 24 19.SI1 11 . 1H.77S 2.1 15.7M 12 . I1.S23 JO 15,916 1) . 11 . 20,300 W.KIO ' . ' , ' . ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! : ! ; , _ Total . . . . 657,913 Ix 9s deductions for unsold and returned copies . 8,113 i | - Totnl not rnlos . CID.S03 Net dally nxerncf . IJ.G23 anonai : 11. TR/CIUJCK. Rworn lo licforc me nnd nub ctll > ed In my presence this let dny of March. 1S : < 7. N. I' . I'-KIU ( Seal. ) | Notary Public. Tim IIEI : u. % TUAIXS. All milronil iKMvnlioyn nrc IIIMilloil Tilth enough lief * to nccoiitnioilate every \inn- NeiiKer lm ivniiln tit rrnil 11 no Nini > 'T. IiiNlHt npon linv- IiiK Tlie Hoc. If yon iMiimnt Ret it Her on u train from the ii I'M N itticiit , iilciiut ; report tli furl , ntutiiiK the train anil rnllrnnil , to tlie Circulation Deiinrtnieiit of Tlie llee. The llee IH for Hiile on till trnliiH. INSIST OX HAVING THE HHE. This Is not u year to vindicate anybody. The eyes of the civilized world are resting upon Greece with approval nnd sympathy. Tlie state senate deserves credit for killing all those useless Jiormal school Bclieines If for nothing else. As Cardinal Wolscy might have said , "How wretched is that poor man who hangs on Broatch's favors ! " The treasmy shortage Is bound to be thoroughly Investigated , whether the leglslaturo does its , plain duty or not. Tlie withdrawn ! of Great Britain from tlie Cretan blockade' la likely to cause a horrible discord hi the concert of Eu rope. The more the Hartley embezzlement Is Investigated the less Is the ground loft for Hartley to make his plea for sympathy on. This spring's city campaign promises to bo so short and sharp that the politi cal sharpers will not have time to cut their way into tlie public crib. It was doubtless a blessing in disguise for tlie republicans of Nebraska that their late candidate for state treasurer , Charles 13. Casey , wns not elected. "Route the Moslems" is the keynote of the first coluiinn of a local publica tion which Is shouting itself hoarse ovci' the superiority of western culture. Which route ? The legislature Is spending a great deal of time on the question of de ficiency judgments , but It is fighting shy of the equally Important question of deficiency revenue In the .state trai.s- nry. AVhlle the Omaha ministerial peti tioners were lighting police board wind mills , the gamblers and their boodle Beem to have gotten In a great deal of flno work on receptive members of tlie legislature. Governor llolcninb would have been glad to have afllxed his signature to the exposition bill six weeks ago If ( lie leglslaturo had only followed ) his advice by passing the bill promptly early in tlie session. Thu value of coroner's jury verdicts is strikingly shown by a recent' case in Chlo.igo , where a headless corpse dis covered In u sewer catch basin was found to have got1 Into that predicament by drowning. What to do with a retired champion pugilist of tlie world is what Is bother ing the sports nowadays. According to the best rules of etiquette of the prize ring nothing will comport with tbei dig nity of tlie king bruiser's position ex cept employment as the chluf Instructor In . > < oiiie high-toned athletic club sup ported by wealthy would-be sports. Olllcers of Ilio different railway traflle und passenger associations niiiy have to look for now Jobs owing to tlu > supreme court decision declaring such combines to lii ) within tin ) proscription of the null-trust law , but they may be de pended on to remain within hearing for recall in case circumstances should fihapo themselves HO that the - associations tions could bo legally reorganized and maintained. Why has not the World-IIcrald de nounced the boodle operations of the gamblers' combine that was exposed by The Hoe ? Has any one seen anything In thnt great reform sheet taking ex- coptlon to tlie bill to legalize gambling pushed through the senate by tins use of boodle ? Can It 1 > ? that the ellonco of the World-Herald Is to bo explained on the same theory as the support of the gambling bill by Sen ator Ilowell ? IHM , IT S//JEAD TUR OOODLKI1S1 The Hoc has publicly charged thnt the Ilowell gambling bill wns put through tlie senate by the Inlliionce of boodle. Tim senate , however , scorns Inclined to gloss over the gambling bill scandal. Although several days hnvc elapsed since the exposure of the corrupt scheme , It lias not as yet taken n single step lo uncover the boodlers or1 to clear the skirts of senators who voted for the bill of the Imputation Unit they wore bribed. Tlie Bee repeats the charge thnt Sen ate I'llo KH. n bill designed to legalize gambling nnd the keeping of gambling resorts In the state of Nebraska , was parsed by the senate by thn Iiillneiico of boodle. The JJeo has positive In formation that n large sum of money , Maid to be S.1,000 , was subscribed by certain Omaha , nnd .South Omaha , gam blers to secure the enactment of legls- Intlon favorable to their Interests and that n part , at lenst , of the money sub scribed was paid by them. The editor of The Bee further stands ready to sub stantiate these statements before any competent legislative committee ap pointed with full powers to Investigate these charges. Inasmuch as the gambling bill known as 801111(0 ( Kile Itlll passed the senate with but three votes recorded against it and lias since boon publicly cham pioned on the lloor of the senate by senators actively enlisted in its support , The Bi-e asks In all.candor , Can the state senate afford longer by Its in action to strengthen , the well-grounded suspicion of wholesale bribery and cor ruption ? , CAX.IDA II'MHKT.ILIATK. . The Canadian Parltanient is now In session and It will be known In a few days what the government will propose to do regarding the tarilV. According to advices from Ottawa , a few days jigo the policy will probably be one of re taliation as to the United Suites. It was stated that a considerable reduction will be mntlo In those classes of goods imported which can be readily obtained from Great Britain and a corresponding Increase on goods forming the bulk of imports from the United States. II was also stated that the Canadian govern ment's attitude hns changed from one of desire for reciprocity with the United States to one which foreshadows a policy of nonliitercoursG. This was to have been expected , but it does not present a situation that would bo as disadvantageous to the United .States as to Canada that is to say , this country can much better afford a policy oC nonintcreourse , though cer tainly It Is not one to be desired. But It may be doubted whether the Cana dian government will be disposed to go to any such length , by way of making answer to tlie Dingley bill. Canadian railroads are enjoying a privilege from our government which gives .them a large and necessary revenue. Any such policy as Canada Is said to contem plate would certainly result In the withdrawal of this valuable privilege and the powerful railroad interest there can safely be counted upon to oppose any extreme measures against the United States. As to reciprocity , it Ls manifestly out of the question , but wo th'ink there will continue * to be com mercial intercourse , though It Is pretty sure to be on a more restricted scale. KVFECTS. The decision of the supreme couirt of the United States making the anti trust act of 1S1K ) applicable to tralllc agreements between railroads Is ex pected to have far-reaching effects not confined to tlie uiilroads. Kinlnent law yers In the east are quoted as saying that the view taken by the supreme court renders tlie statute snlllcieiit to make void any contract whatever over which there is federal jurisdiction which in any way limits competition. It is urged that , logically , it strikes down such combinations as those which have imide tlie Sugar trust and all of the givat industrial combinations Unit are beyond exclusive state jurisdiction , The lawyers say ( hat this must be the effect 'Unless congress amends the law and limits Its now wide-sweeping uni versal operation within federal juris diction. Tlie New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Press says that no dis senting view is heard there ns to the oll'oet upon the railways of the deci sion. It compels the broadest , most absolute competition , for tinder It ac tions may bo brought against every rail way corporation that enters Into any agreement with another to act witli common purpo.so in reducing competi tion. Already there are expressions of apprehension that there will bu a re turn to rate cutting nnd with this is heard a renewal of the demand for legislation to permit pooling under proper regulations. That rate cutting Is very likely to CIIHW , sooner or Inter , Is not to be doubted and such an outlook , it is believed , will h'.ivo ' a serious effect upon tlie value of railway property. It Is urged that unrestrained competition means war sooner or later. Of course such a slate of affairs is not to ho de.slred. It 1,4 for the genernl good that the railroads shall g > t reasonable rates. But Js it quite certain that oven with the agree ments they have made there hns bei'ii no rate cutting no discrimination in favor of largo shippers ? And If not , can anybody say how much more serious to the railroads would br an open ( 'titling of rates ? The fact Is that tlii-xe corporations do not deal honestly between' themselves and It may be doubted whether they would do go If pooling wore logulliUMl. The people will be glad to learn that It Is the opinion of able lawyers that the supreme court decision lias given a scope and force to the anti-trust law which renders It applicable to all com binations In restraint of trade. If that Is the case there can bo no excuse on the part of the federal authorities for delay lu proceeding against the trurits and combinations which nre violating ( he Inw. The president Is known to bo hostile to those organizutions. He hns spoken plainly to this effect. It Is fnlrlj to be presumed thnt Attorney Genera McICc'ima Is In complete accord In thlrf particular with the president. Having had the nntl-trust Inw sustained am vitalized by the highest judicial tri bunal , when nearly everybody believed It was practically dead , the people wll ! expect the authorities at Washington to speedily Invoke It against the trusts and not follow the example of the preceding ceding administration of finding nil sorts of dllllcultles in the way of Its enforcement. The means to put down combinations In restraint of trade Is at hand nnd It should be promptly ami vigorously applied. TJII ; coxnsT ron run ccm.vc1/// . The now rule adopted by the repub llcan city cnn'mlltoo for the government of the party primaries will operate to enable the republicans of each ward to nominate candidates for the council who will have to be elected by the votes of ' the whole city. The object of this rule is to eliminate the contest of council- manic places from the city convention and throw it exclusively to the ward primaries. Tlds rule , however , will not relieve the republicans of the different wards from the duty of putting up clean , repu table candidates who will appeal strongly for the support of all good citi zens throughout the city. II Is one thing for a candidate to carry the primaries lu Ids own ward and quite another tiling for lilm to carry a majority of tlie votes at the general election. The republicans this year want to nominate nine men for the council who will command the confidence of the people and who will be elected. Under the provisions of the new charter the councilmniile candidate who has a notoriously bad record or who is unquestionably far Inferior to his opponent will labor under n dis advantage such as lie never labored under before. On the other hand , the man with a good record and of un blemished reputation nud business standing will have nn advantage that will be worth hundreds upon hundreds of votes. As the ward primaries are expected to decide nominations of councllmen , It behooves republicans throughout the city to see to it that the result of the primaries reflects the real choice of Uio party. A FlMltD OF FUHEIOA' GOODS. The Information from London that British manufacturers are very active making goods for tlie American market ami that shipowners ure linclinr ) difli- culty In handling the business offered , ought to impress the senate with tlie duty. In the interest of revenue If for no other consideration , of not nnneces sarily delaying tlie passage of the tariff bill. It will go lo that body at the end of next week , but It will probably be sevor-.il weeks later before It Is re ported from the finance committee- and undoubtedly there will be at least a month of discussion. In the me.inwhlle the Hood of imports will go on and by the tlmo the new bill is enacted the American market will be heavily stocked with foreign goods that will pay the duties of the existing law. It in snid that there Is now in the country snfliciojit wool to supply the demand for a year nnd it is quite possible that the importations of forolgn manufactures during the next ninety days. If the new turiff does not go Into effect sooner , will bo sufficient for a year's consumption. In that case the new tariff , In the Hist year of its operation , would not yield the revenue it is Intended to sup ply , nor would it have the stimulating effect upon home industries which is hoped for. Kvery day of delay In put ting it Into effect , therefore , means future loss to the treasury and post ponement of industrial revival. This Is the price that ) must be paid in order that the opponents of protection In the Hei'Ute may put themselves on record nud enjoy the privilege of unrestricted debate. Of course no one desires to de prive those semi'lors of tlie right to ex press their views , but there-Is nothing unreasonable In the suggcMIon that they should not abuse the right , to tlie detriment of tlie government and the injury of the industries nnd labor of the country. It is not to bo . expected , however , that tlie opponents of protection will bo in fluenced by the fact that British manu facturers are rushing their goods to the American market , In order to take ad vantage of the low duties , nor do they care anything about ( lie future condi tions certain to result from this. The I'ac't thnl In England Industries are being pushed In making goods for the United Slates , while our kindred In dustries' nrc doing little , does not in the least worry the eiumies of protection. Dead letter laws nre worse than no laws. Voting ? : iriOO)00 ( ) of proposed water bonds which are never intended to bo Issued means n menace to the safety of the treasury , to say nothing of the needless expense entailed upon tlie tax payers , There is no call for any ? : > , .r > 00- ) ( ) ( ) water bond proposition at tills time , [ f ( here Is any possible clmnco of buy ing the wnior works at voluntary sale L > y the owners , why have not the mayor uul council ascertained the agreed price first before attempting to submit tholr fake proposition to ( ho voters ? The Im a pending election Is not the last election wo are to have. There will bo another election hi November next , when any rational plan to ncquiro the wnter woiks may bo submitted to the voters. In the Interval It Is senseless to submit n propo sition for going It blind with $ : ir , > onooo of bonds when It Is known the schema Is n sham and a fraud and designed nlmply ( o manufacture campaign tUun- del for a lawless mayor. If congress really wanted ( o block the proposed kinetoscopic prize lights It could easily do KO by forbidding common carriers of all description engaged In Interstate commerce from transporting the photographs nnd exhibition nppnv * itus from state to state. Compelling the klnotoscope people to resort to con. veyances other than the rnllroads when ever they want to cross bta'to lines would. put them tit n costly disadvantage. But congress jloos not care to interfere ( o ( his extent If the kinetoscopic light should bdrtfohghtforono night to Wash Ingtou oltfnuywherc nenr Washington while congress Is in session It mny be put dowii-afj.next to ccrtnluty thnt the clerk could Mil the roll of members and find a quorum present In the audience , The news of the downfall of Clmrles K. Casey f Pawnee City , late ropub llcan candidate for state treasurer , Is certainly deplorable Information for the people ) who bad previously looked upon him as ii'jnttll ' In whom they could place Implicit reliance nud new evidence of the blighting Influence of the lawless methods employed by tlie Hartley re gime in the state treasury. The Boo , along with others , seems to hnve boon deceived in the ability of Mr. Casey to withstand tlie blandishments of the Hartley gang. But Tlie Boo Is above nil a newspaper , and fearlessly per- forum Its duty to give tlie public the news to which It Is entitled. Why vote $ l.r > QO , ( > on of water bonds at the coming election ? If municipal ownership Is the open sesame on which the outlaw mayor and his associates are to ride Into power again , why not vote n half million to buy the electric lighting plant ? Why not vote another million to buy the gas works ? AVliy not a couple of millions more to buy the street ml I way system ? Why not a million or so tu acquire the telephone system ? Why start with the most costly franchlsod corporation , when cheaper experiments may be tried ? Why should tlie council lend Itself to any Broateh bunco game anyway ? If ( he solo object of the recount Is to obtain an accurate canvass of the votes cast on the constitutional amendments at the election last fall , what objection can there bo to allowing the republicans in house and senate to select the repub lican representatives on the recount com- mlltoo ? Anon-partisan recount commit tee means a committee composed of men who will look out for the interest of all political "parties. The only way to as sure the entire citizenship of the state that no jugglery in the recount Is to be tolerated Is to give all parties an op portunity to verify the count as It progresses. It is to bo hoped that an end has boon put at least for a time to political bank ing In the state treasury in Nebraska. The time has passed for one treasurer to pay tlio'campalgn expenses of his suc cessor for tti'e purpose of insuring ac ceptance by ilic latter of all tlie cats and dogs accumulated in his hands during hl.s term rff ofllce. Treasury settlements in the ftilurf must bo in cash or the equivalent of cash. , In viovj ojf the millions of treasure which WeyUfl- has spent in Introducing the whltiwlngetl dove of peace to the island o G-nl/i , It Is suggested that less costly experiments with other breeds of poultry \v6ufd have insured larger re turns. , , , ! t ( ' ,0 _ < Ue Oilier 1'cllovr. ijyt Wnshlngton Star. It is to be siwpected tttit nearly every senator would Indorse a measure of closure which wSuld keep somebody else from talk- Ing. ) ' Hi Scope. Philadelphia Times. That proposed law prohibiting klnetoscopo and other reproductions of the late fight might be amendel to prohibit people drawing on their Imaginations , The Ir | it r COIII-NI- . I'hllnilvlphla Record. The decision , of the administration to take no action respecting the blockade of Crete la perfectly prcyer , as neither American In terests nor .merlcan honor would appear as yet to be Involved. AIiiitlus.7 II I'licntiMulMHiice. . St. 1'oul Pioneer Press. The chap who goes out between tlio acts to quench his thirst la fully as great a nuisance to theater-goers as the woman with a high hat. Now thnt tlio high hat has subsided to a certain extent , the at tention of reformers Is directed to the ohap In nutation. It Is suggested that If the theater management will keep a sup ply of bottles on hand , filled with milk and Furnished with rubber nipples , which can bo passed to the poor fellow when Ills thirst cornea on , the nuisance will be quickly abated. Ctlailntone mill I IKKiiNtrrn New York Tribune. Mr. Gladstone cries "pcccavl" ns well as Lord Salisbury. For lie is by no means free from blame In the eastern question. Ho was one of those * ministers who , at the hlalorlc "parting of tliq ways , " guided England Into thp wrong path and fought the Crimean war rather than join with Russia In settling tlie eastern question then and fettling It right. At that time he rcalyned olllco under Ire rather than face the responsibility or hla acts. Uut ho lias manfully atoned for hla faults since , and Is entitled to the fullest nbi.'nlutlrm ' In return for his latest and quite matchlcK. ? appeal for a righting of the cen tury-long evil. IlMVIl'H llrlllllUlt lyiiiiKri-Nitiuuii. Philadelphia Press. Mr , J. P. Dolllver of Iowa has con firmed a growing and brilliant reputation by a speech upon the Dingley tariff which , llko all speeches of tlie Ural tank , says what all .ho country has been thinking and waiting 'or aomo ono to say. Mr. Dolllver'a speech sparkles with epigram ami la sprinkled with mppy phranes which will bo quoted from one end of tlio country to the other ; but it has uoro solid and substantial merits In lit ) a cogent argument and convincing logic. I'roa- > erlty Is netfpf enacted by law ; but laws open he path lit prosperity when tuoy create mar kets , stimulate manufacture and set men to work out Jhejr own salvation. This tlio low tariff Is expected to do , ami this It will 0 do , as MJ-J , Dolllver shows. 0t 0X .Sample of Glilni'Nc - "rOillndcIplila A common pentlment of humanity so far as proud Caucasians are willing fo admit common Immunity with Mongolians In spires a feeling of disgust at the alleged rapacity , nf tlio Chinese minister In this country , whq Is said to have demanded a large sum' of money ns the price of liU c services lo liilmlf of his countrymen hero who arct untlijr sentence of death In China , and of resentment at tne barbarity of his 'whleli ' will execute the governnieirt , sen- ences ofitboso mon on tholr relatives In China If IL cannot lay hands on the men themselves , nut It la difficult to sco how our government can be asked to Interfere on behalf of those of the condemned vho claim to bo American citizens. The laws of ho United States do not admit Chinese to citizenship , and hence the claim cannot he sustained , It may bo argued that this ex a clusion puts the United States on a par with China In the matter of barbarism and makes our government to some extent a partner n what we are pleased to consider an out- ageous form of punishment , but perhaps It s Just as well not to go Into that phase of bo case. Trt'iimiijSliitiMiiiMit - * WASHINGTON , March 2C. Today's state ment of the condition of the treasury shows ; Available cash balance , 21SC27,8C2 ; gold rc- cervc , J151,603,151. ILLINOIS AM ) TII13 K.M'OSM ION. AVhjhe ( irrnt Stiilc Slinnlil Ctvc It Stiltnliuitlnl Support. Chicago Inter Ofonn , tJtli , A committee of gentlemen representing the Transmlsslwlppl Kxpo'ltlon of 1893ent down to Springfield yesterday to urge upon the legislature action In favor of Illinois' taking part In said exposition. U Is hoped that these gentlemen will bo welcomed to the capital , nntl given a candid hearing by the proper committees. The Transmlsslwlppt Exposition la one that appeals to Illinois , and ) csycctally to Chicago , with great force. It Is to be repre sentative of oil the great country west nnd northwest on the other slds of the Missis sippi river. Nearly all tlio stotes of that great region have made appropriations In Us aid , and In many cases this has boon sup plemented by subscriptions of citizens of thc-30 slat's. The exposition Is not only 'going to have the warm sympalhy of the people , but also will have their money nnd their active assistance. A member of the committee saU yesterday that the exposition company now had In sight $ lf > 00,000.b'ch * Is a larger amount than any other exposition except our World's fair has had to expend. Hut the manage nro not satisfied with that sum , nud If their plans prosper , as It now looks they will , double lhat amount will bo raised. U Is timely for such nn exhibition of the wealth and resources of the west. The whole world should be notified that the hard times have not been destructive of the country , but have only stopped development nnd checked growth , nnd that now when pros perlty bcgfns to show Itself the undeveloped country west ; Is still the place to make for tunes ; lhat It still stands Inviting the slrug Kllng Ihousamls lo come nnd find plenty If they have Ihe energy lo work. No city Is more Interested In this revival of business In that portion of the country limn Chlcnno. It Is directly trlbniary lo her In all rcspccls. Kvery Clilcagoan should realize Ihls and glvo all encouragement to the proposed exposition. I'OMTIl'.M. DHIKT. The first state election this year will be held In Ilhodc leland , April 7. The total debt ot Ihe consolidated greater New York will amount lo $200,000,000. The democratic candidates for mayor of Chicago and St. Louis are named Harrison. Tlio senate of Colorado rejected n bill limiting labor In niluoa lo eight hours a day. According lo n law just passed in Wiscon sin no foreign corporation which Is a member of a trust can enforce a conlract In that slat ? . A new pool law Just adopled In Missouri , permits pool .selling on the day when a race is to be run and limits licenses to. . the time between April Ifi and November 1. That llltlo affair at Carson wasn't a marker kor to the knock down nnd drag-out which crimsoned the democratic city convention of St. Louis. So promiscuous were the fre fights that the referee declared all bets off. Ttie legislators ot Arkansas do not sub scribe to the sentiment that the country has too much Icgislallon. At tha regular session they failed to pass necessary appro priatton bills. Consequently an oxlra HCG sloti Is lo bo held tu May. The legislature of North Dakota has re. fcrred to a vote of Ihe people a proposition authorizing the leglslaturo to enact laws requiring of voters an educational qualifica tion and proscribing penalties for falling , neglecting or refusing to vote at any general election. Han ! times and lack of political provender have forced two loading democratic clubs of Now York , City to economize slrarply. One proposea fo increase Ihe membership so as to make both ends meet , and the other Is looking for less aristocratic quarters than Fifth avenue. A candidate for mayor of Kansas Glly , Kan. , has accumulated a surplus ot trouble. Long before ho thought of seeking office a maiden fair sought a place In Ma affections. and was rewarded with a largo marble heart. Tlio maiden Is now of voting1 ago , and there are others of 'her sex who sympathize with her. The followers of the Jllled one ara Increasing dally , and the hopes of the would- " 13 mayor are vanishing In proportion. There was a political convention In Den ver recently in which the women delegates gave the males several new points in parlia mentary procedure. Several patriarchal poli ticians , with flowing whiskers , who thought Ihclr slate had a cinch , were attacked by the women and shorn of their dlgnily. Largo wads of 'whiskers llllered Ihe floor , freely drawn out by Iho nimble fingers of the political amazons. The refining Influence of the women , however , prevented the police from taking a hand in the melee. CIVIL simmou ATTACKUD. Chicago Chronicle : Senator Allen has suc ceeded in having adopted by the scnale a resolullon directing tlie civil service com mittee to examine inlo the gcneial arllon and effect of Ihe civil service law , and to report whether It needs amendment or should ho repealed or continued on Us pres ent lines. There Is no doubt lhat this . is a dnllheralo scheme to undermine the merit system or to abolish It altogether. In this plot are the republicans , with ono or f 'o exceptions , and the silver forces of both senate and house. It Is In line with the action already taken by Grosvenor , and the friends of the syslem may well fear for Us fate. Not even the president can stay The ofilce-hungry demands of the party. Kansas City Star- Senator Allen of Ne braska has Iho courage of Ills convictions , anyway : , and even if Ihoy are discredited by most Intelligent people , it is better that they should bo candidly expressed lhan surrepti tiously practiced. lie lias introduced a bill In the senate to repeal the civil service laws and do awny with educational tests as a preliminary lo ciilcrlng Iho public service , , which , of course , marks him ns Iho u champion ! of Iho spoils syslom and the tiiip- porlor of Ignorance. His bill will never net beyond the committee pigeon hole , prob ably , and ought not to have gene that far , but at tlio same time it Is to bo rcgrclted that i the other senators who feel that way hut don't dare to acknowledge It , can't bo [ forced to the scratch on the subject. I'KHSO.VAI * A.M > OTlllOltWISi : . It will not be the fault of the Missouri river If communities along- Its banks do not move forward vigorously this year. Us sup ply of "grit" Is abundant for all demaiKls , IJiigllsh pipcra announce the death , after long lllnesD , of Ilarthold Tours , the well known musician and composer. Mr. Toum waa a Dutchman , by birth , having benn born In Rotterdam In 1838. Governor I.ovsndes of Maryland admits 'that ' he is more successful as an officeholder than as a farmer. As a cultivator of Iho wll ho was u failure , but is generous enough not to lay the blame on the soil , fc'omo years ago Mr , lOvarts , then an ex- senator , WHS about to outer a room with Senator Hoar , when 1m remarked : "I be- liuvu that no lulcs In regard to precedence have been oatabllslie/1 to cover caeca like ours. " "Ol > yes , " replied Senator Hoar , "tho Xa always precede the Ys. " Tie eccetUrlditlos with which thn German emperor Is charged are mild compared with tliofco of some other klngn of Prussia. Kor Instance , the father of Frederick the Great had a habit of using his cane freely over tlio shouldciH Ixnli of the female members of bis family and of the nobles of his court. The conmon council of Philadelphia la convinced that corporations are without souls , The municipal salons reached that conclusion when served with notices of sullo instituted by the Pennsylvania Kftllroad company charg ing them with Belling their * passes , If ouch trifle as that offends a corporation , councilmen - men may Justly Inquire , "Whither are we drifting ? " One Van Clravo , who holds down the job of city clerk In Chicago , appears to be thor oughly posted on hla rights and perquisites. Van is rem&rkably proficient In scooping in various fees and cleaving onto them. When the city comptroller demanded an account ing Van never said a word simply placed hla dlgltn to hla air valve and whistled mer- rllyr Then the law department decided that u Van's touch could not bo touched. Finally lo the city cbUL'dl. took s hand and abolished ( iOOi ! Not how cheap but how good can a shoe be made after It's made we can fix the price low enough , w * Our ladies' ' 20th Cen tury shoe is the most desirable shoe made in browner or red Russia calf or tanned kid fashionable toes $4,00. < , . . Iho fees. A s Van Cleave has gathoicd In something like $20,000 a year ho can afford to work for glory during the remaining month of his term. Oils Smith of Atlanta , ( in. , wlm waa ar rested 'the ' oilier day for embezzlement , de clares that ho committed the crime through his desire lo shine In soclcly. "I have been asked.he says , "why I did not go along nnd do Iho bos-t I could on my kgllimalo Income , which was about ? 1,200 a year. Hut It lakes money to hold ni placei Ini uocloly in Atlanta , If you do not put up the stuff you nro not appreciated. So long as you pay ( for the fun you are n king bee , but Uio moment you do not get In the push with the cash you are nobody. I was lu Ihe push , and 1 had lo gel money to hold my own. It took money lo pay for theater parties , gcrmans , suppers , flowers and olhcr ptesents , and I wns like the fellow who had hold ot a galvanic battery I could not let go. After I once started I had to keep It up or I was lost. " tinssii * Aiiour NOTisn PKOPLK. The following story on the speaker of the house was told In the cloak room the other day. Mr , Htcd was making u speech on his native heath last summer , and to show tlie ulfcet of the Wilson bill on sheep fanning , eald : "You have " ,000 sheep , and you get but 12 rents a pound for your wool. " "You're wrong there , Biddy , " called a voice in the crowd , with charncterlstli1 Yankee familiarity , "we only get 10 ccnls. " "Well , " responded Mr. llccd quickly , "you see you can always retail what I tell you nt a profit. " In speaking of John Thomas , who died the other day at Hokcndauqua , Pa , , the Phila delphia Press sayn : "With his death there passed away the leading pig-Iron master of the United States. His father , the Ints David Thomas , established the Thomas Iron company at Ilokcndauqila , but It was while .Ichn Thomas was Huperlnlcndent that these \\oikR developed to such an extent ns to control the pig iron trade ot the Unite , ! Slalcs. He had un cxlraordluary business onpacily. While American Iron masters pre pared lo compete with the world and m.der- Bcll the cheap Iron of Europe , Mr. Thomas was in the van. " The lalo Ras Alula , the Abyssinian general oral , had had n most romantic career. He was of the humblest parentage nnd * 5n his youth a stable boy in the service of lias Arka , whoso daughter he eventually mar ried. Ho was a man of flno physique and of a high order of coutige , handsome and lalenled , lliough wholly devoid of education. At the head of his chosen warriors , lu his black silken robe , bordered with purple , hla leopard-skin mantle with blue ribbon , gold cross und the silver chain lhat told of a lion slain ; 'in single combat. Has Alula was as Ulcturesquo a figure as could bo found outside - side of a mediaeval romance. The death of Prof. Sylvcslcr recalls an In cident In his career at Johns Hopkins In which ono of his personal characlerlslics was made the occasion of a brilliant and graceful tribute to the scholar. At a dinner where ho WES to speak for Iho university , rolales Iho Now York Times , h& confessed lhat , In- slcad of preparing his response , ho had yielded lo the temptation and passed the previous evening at the opera , of which he was passionately fond , and with that excuse ho gave up and sat down. Whereupon the chairman , Mr. Donaparto of Baltimore , promptly covered the professor's confusion by the remark : "This , gentlemen , Is but an other instance of the fidelity of our distin guished guest to the motlo of his life : 'Opera , sion verba. ' " i Robert P. Porler , In a letter to the Phil adelphia. Ledger , lells a ftory which goes to provelhat Micro are kings and kings , and that they are not all HVo the Gorman war lord , "Walking Iho strcels of Copenhagen some years ago with Ihe American minister , " wrl'el Mr , Porter , "I saw an elderly gentle man In a modest uniform , accompanied by a magnificent bloodhound , walking toward us. The pavement wan narrow and wowere on the Inside. Without Riving us a chance this kindly man , erect as an anew , stepped from the sidewalk Into the street and saluted our minister military fashion. Wo both relumed Iho salute and passed on. " It was , of course , the king of Denmark , who loves lo ramble unattended about his capital , and who maybe bo seen nearly every afternoon , walking along the wharfs and quays of Copenhagen and in the public thoroughfares. Secretary of the Navy Long , It seems , Is poet of Konio pretentious , Inheriting this lalent from his father , Kadoc Long of IJuck- field , Mo , , In his day a prominent politician and a supporter ot the elder Harrison. A man from the Pine Tree hlate , who bclonga to the army of office seekers , has been In dustriously making n collection of thcso > ocins , and carries about with him a num ber of clippings written by the necrolary of the navy , of which Iho following verses are a oamplo : TO IIELRN. Helen IH nged two ; Look at the tender blue Her eyes have tempted from tfio henvcn- llest patches In the pkles. T ook nt her ro o-tliit fnco , Thn Ineffable flun grace , < Thnl In Its smiles and dimples everywhere upon It lien. Und Imly's hnnd e'er surh ' An Inborn grnco of touch ? Could nrstllnB hnnd more Knnlly iwoo , for- glvlne or forKlvfti ? Hid rvor mouth put un , Or bud HO fresh n onj > ? Or lllllo feet mnkn doorway ncnm so like the pate of heaven ? Absolutely Pure Celebrated for Its jfrcat leavening' strength und hcalthfulncss. Aeaurc-a the food ugulnst Hi in and all forma of adulteration common the cheap brands. MAKING i-owunn co. . NEW TOIUL OTlllOlt LAMKS TII.VX Ol US. It Is Itusflh nlono which Is to gel nnj thing out of the shnnie of IJuropo. It Is she which has not only instigated Uio sullun lo with stand the will of Europe , but whleh hna actually Induced tha govcrnmenu ot Kuiopo lo join her In withstanding Hint will. In place of a partial she has now a compleio concert of Kurope to join her In bullying Greece as she formerly bullied Japan. It U true lhat there are signs of refractoriness on the p.itt of those governments which cannel answer for their people as absolutely as the czar can answer for bin ; but tip lo date the concert Is unbroken , and nil Eu rope Is made lo nppenr as the cat's-paw of Russia. Turkey Is encouraged In wicked ness , Orceco is discouraged In rlghleous- ness , Ihe right of Ihe Cretan * to lite , liberty nud the pursuit of happiness IH set at naught by nil the poucra. And all In order that Russia , may collect from the miltan for her own exclusive benefit the payment for the dirty work lhat all I'-uropu has helped her do. Undoubtedly Ihls Is n triumph of Rus sian diplomacy , but how do the dupes of lhat diplomacy appear ? In ordinary times the Spanish government gets no money from tha purchase by con- ticrlpU of immunity from army service. There Is a provision In Ihe laws of Spain which makes It pawlblo tu buy such relict from military duties. In 1S91 the rccotpta of the national treasury from that source. were not worth mentioning. In tin last six months of 1S9C the revenue from this tvtmo source waa no less than ? 8,000,000. That sum Is sulllclut to procure the release or a. great number of conscripts. It liiiplleu ruinous sacrifices by poor men crazy to escape service in Cuba. The figures show a general tenor of Cuban duty which Is nlono enough to make the prosecution of the war that Island very difficult and perilous for the Spanish government. Indeed , It Is staled by Eugllbh pripcw lhat conscripts sacrifice all their possessions and virtually mortgage their future to buy escape from Cuban serv ? . Ice , and the reason Is the lerrlblo liavoo wrought among the Spanish troops by disease. There may bo no such thing as publlo opinion In Russia ; but popular superstition may exert quite as potent an Influence upon the policy of that empire In the pending eastern crisis aa will public criticism and discussion upon the policies of Iho wcslcrn Buropcan governments. 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