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INSIST OX IIAVIXO TUB
It will InUo the UnlU-d States supreme
court to .reconcile the two stock yards
law iloci.slons of Juilxu Mungor uiul
Foster.
ISlrils of tt feather Hock to othor.
Watch all the political crooks spewed
out by all parties gut her together under
the A. 15. C. banner of spurious reform.
Fusion Is it great thing for some pee
ple. Klght thousand democrats get three
I places on the county ticket , while 1,500
populists and U50 silver republicans get
six places. Great Is fusion.
Governor Pingreo's friends say he.
went to Venc/.uela for recreation and
observation only , but there Is a strong
suspicion that one of the objects was to
give his friends something to talk about.
Courts arc sometimes behind the limes.
Kollce Commissioner Itobort 13. Lee
Ilerdman lias only now been cited to
appear for contempt , whereas be lias
been lu public contempt for weeks and
months.
Two hundred slot machines raking In
average prollts of $10 ti day are robbing
the people of Omaha of not less than
$00,000 a month. Open gambling in Its
palmiest days never drove such a profit
able business.
Ilcdfleld's A. B. C. reformers have
started out In the Sixth ward by endorsing
ing Sheriff McDonald , la this a blind
to Itnp&so on republican voters who de-
Blro McDonald's re-election , or has lied-
fleld. begun to knife Iloctor already ?
If tiny member of the- reform police
board can tell what the taxpayers of
Omaha want of a special olllcer with
captain's pay when they have to dispense
with olllcers drawing ordinary police-
men's pay he houldl speak out at once.
way co get a nomination on the
fusion ticket , state or local , is to wait
till tlie eleventh hour and then offer to
become converted In consideration of
preferment ahead of the men who have
been original silver democrats or popu
lists.
Jomlon editors who are speculating on
the outcome- the Greater New York
municipal election should remember ttynt
while telescopic predictions may pass
current In astronomy , they arc not very
reliable In picking winners In a political
Held.
Judge Sullivan , the popocratic candi
date for supreme judge , has not yet ex
plained Why when ho was In the. Ne
braska legislature In 1887 his vote was
BO often recorded on vital issues just op
posite to Unit , of Constantine J. Smyth ,
MOW popocratic attorney general.
Ex-President Cleveland may re-enter
politics without violating precedent , but
ho will be. expected to aim higher than
n place on the slate judiciary of Now
Jersey. Nothing less than a position In
national politics will comport with a
man who lm cut so high a Uguro in
national politics.
If the present populist state adminis
tration prides Itself so on thu vigor with
which It attempts to recover money
.stolen out of the public treasury , why
docs It not make Chairman Hansom of
the silver republican state committee
cough up tlu > $500 received by him from
Kugeno Moore , which , according to the
populist hand book , was nothing but a
clean steal ?
And now Uroalch turns up as a per
former In the A. 1J. 0. reform troupe.
With HcdlleldV * moJodlons voice , Kas-
par's oar cleaving clarionet and
Drontch'a sewer-pipe Hull' , n trio of
handy political musicians Is presented
that can render the most dUllcnlt pop-
ocrntlc music and change from the re
publican to the populist and democratic
keys and vice versa at a moment's notice.
THRY AHH POPOCllATS ffO ' .
When Jay Gould was cited before ft
Ic-Rlslatlvo Investigating committee and
nsked to wlmt political party ho belonged
ho replied : "In republican states t am
n republican. In democratic states I
am a democrat. Hut always for Krlc. "
This tersely describes the politics and
policies of the railroad corporations.
When Iho republican party was lu
power In Nebraska the railroad man
agers wcrn with the republicans. They
dominated republican conventions , ma
nipulated and corrupted republican olll
cers and legislatures and distributed
their passes among republican politi
cians who wielded local Inlluence.
When Nebraska elected a democratic
governor the railroad managers edged up
to him and assured him that he owed
his election to them and that ho had
their warmest support. Since Nebraska
has passed under the control of the pop-
ocrats the railroads have been converted
to the popocratic party and turned their
backs upon the republicans , who are no
longer In position to serve them or to
hurl them.
11 Is an open secret that an offensive
and defensive alllaucn was entered Into
between the popocratic state house ma
chine and the railroad managers Im
mediately after tlie election last fall by
which the railroads were guaranteed
protection not only from hostile legisla
tion , but also from all unfriendly Inter
ference with their arbitrary exactions
by the State Hoard of Transportation.
That bargain was carried out to the let
ter by the fusion legislature , whicli was
steered by the gang now In possession
of the state house. It was understood
between the railroads and the machine
of which Kdmlsten and Dahlman are
tlie heads that the reform legislature ,
although free to forage on other corpora
tions , must leave tlie railroads severely
alone. The olllcial gang was at liberty
to hold up tile telephone and telegraph
companies , the express and Insurance
companies , the slock yards and the
street railways so long as they did not
invade the sacred precincts belonging to
the railroad syndicates.
To bind tlie bargain the party of the
llr.st part plastered the state house with
annual passes , provided special palace
cars for otllclal junkets for olllcers and
their sisters , cousins and aunts. Dur
ing the legislative session a free pass
distributor was stationed in the capitol
to supply the demands of the antimonopoly
nopoly legislature , and , while the old oil
rooms were suppressed , popocratic law
makers encountered no dilliculty In find
ing what they wanted In convenient
places by simply asking for it.
To reciprocate these friendly advances
the party of the second part allowed the
railroads to select from the popocratic
ranks the three ? li,000-a-year secretaries
of tlie State Hoard of Transportation.
Tlie choice of the Elkhorn fell upon ,71m
Dahlman , late from Chadron. The
Union Paciilc was satisfied with Joe
Edgerton , late from Grand Island , and
the Hurlington renominated its old time-
tried standby , Gilbert I/ . Laws , who
'had previously served it well on the
board by grace of the railroad repub
lican machine. With this .reform' ' State
Hoard of Transportation the railroads
fortified themselves against all com
plainants , and if anything strengthened
their grip on tlie only tribunal vested by
law with tiie power to prevent railroad
extortion and discrimination.
Fearing that the railroads might still
feel Inclined to distrust the popocratic
administration and interfere with Its
plans for the future , the popocratic
State Hoard of Knuall/.ation , headed by
the governor , gave further convincing
proof of their subserviency to the in
terests of the railroads by adopting ns
their own the assessment of railroad
property made by Hartley and Moore ,
who constituted the majority of the pre
ceding republican board.
Thus was cemented the fusion between
the railroads and tliu popocrats and the
foundation laid for the selection of a
tried and true railroad democrat in the
person of Judge J. .7. Sullivan as the
popocratic candidate for supreme Judge.
No wonder the railroads are supremely
satisfied with the existing state of af
fairs. What more could they ask ?
Could they have ever asked or secured
as much fiom the most pliant republican
corporation tool that ever occupied an
ollice in the state house ? The only
tiling that the railroad magnates now regret -
grot is that they were so stupid as not
to have saved time , trouble and money
by becoming popocrats years ago.
JIOItK TKHTIMOX1' .
We have heretofore referred to tlie re
ports of the labor bureaus of several
states showing that there has been a
very considerable Increase in the employ
ment of labor since the beginning of the
current year. More testimony to this
fact now comes from Pennsylvania.
Tito Philadelphia Press on last Sunday
printed reports from forty-six of the
slxty-seven counties of that state relative
to the condition of Industry. In re
sponse to Inquiries 10U reports from as
many different places were rei-eived by
thai paper and they show that all over
Pennsylvania , except where strikes have
delayed the revival of Industry , mills
are starting up and labor Is finding em
ployment. In Philadelphia alone a con-
servat'Ivo estimate of men employed now
over last year this time Is 2(1,000 ( , In the
Connellsvlllo coke regions nearly as
many and so on throughout the state.
Only one town reported fewer men now
employed than n year ago.
Commenting upon this showing the
Press says : "The present is assuring
and the promise Is much greater. In the
opinion of many competent judges this
state Is on the threshold of the greatest
prosperity In Its history. It In not only
mills and mines that show increased
activity , but this activity and prosperity
Is shared by all related Industries. The
merchant sells more goods , the farmer
finds a better market for his products ,
the railroads find their 'freight trtitllc
greatly Increasing and In their turn' are
led to expenditures which give now em
ployment to labor. " Pennsylvania Is a
great manufacturing state and the same
influence that has produced there a re
vival of Industrial activity has been
operative everywhere. It has muni-
fested Itself throughout New England ,
hi the middle states , In the south and
wherever there arc manufacturing In
dustries. Under the reassuring and In
vigorating policy of the republican party
not only have old mills and factories
been put In full operation , but new ones
arc being constructed , assuring an In
creased demand for labor. More em
ployment for the people menus better
wages nnd there Is every reason to ox-
peel thai this will come. There arc nl-
ready numerous Instances of an advance
hi wages anil the tendency Is distinctly
In that'direction.
These conditions fully vindicate the
position and the prophecy of the repub
lican party last year. It told the coun
try that defeat of Iho free silver craze
and Uie resloration of a sound tarllT
policy would start tip the mills and
create a demand for Idle labor. Mr. Me-
Klnley roiwatedly assured the country of
this. It Is being realized nnd the ad
vance already made will , then * -Is every
reason to believe , be maintained and ex
tended. As was recently said by Mr.
Dlngley , the great Increase in the pur
chasing power of the people gives as-
sutance of this. With the resumption of
Industrial activity , with the restoration
of financial confidence , with an abund
ant supply of money for all legitimate
demands and more promised from
abroad , with continued large exports and
with the gold reserve of the government
steadily growing , the situation presents
to every well-ordered mind the strongest
possibly reasons for taking a hopeful
view of the future.
TIIK llKCAhl , OF H-KYLKlt.
The new Spanish ministry Is pledged
to replace. General Weyler. It could not
command any confidence In Its promise
of reforms In Cuba unless it did this and
nothing which it may do will be more
commendable than the recall of the maiv
whose career of twenty months In Cuba
has been one of such cruelty and se
verity as to have made him Infamous.
As a military man Weyler has proved a
failure. He went to Cuba in February ,
1SH ! , boasting that he would crush the
insurrection in a few months. lie de
clared on ills departure from Spain- that
too much leniency had' ' been shown the
Insurgents an insolent reflection upon
tiie course of Ills predecessor and an
nounced that he would meet war with
war. He has at no time , however , since
ho entered upon command , observed the
rules of civilized warfare. Ills most ef
fective work has been done against de
fenseless men , women and children ,
whom lie has imprisoned and starved ,
Ills operations against the armed Insur
gents having brought him neither mili
tary gain nor glory. He has had at his
command an army five or six times as
largo ns the insurgent force , yet he will
leave Cuba without having accomplished
anything substantial toward the sup
pression of tlie revolt , If indeed It is not
more formidable than when Weyler ar
rived In the island , and Spain has spent
there since he took command about
! ? liOO,000.000 , while thousands of her sol
diers have died from disease.
Weylev was selpctcjj , for this service
, biy the Spanish government with a full
knowledge of his cruel nature and the
fact must ever be a reproach to the mem
ory of the late Senor Canovas. Weyler
lllld Served ill Ollbjl dnrlnir thn foil vivn-u1
rebellion and had shown qualities even
more despicable than marked the mili
tary career of his exemplar and patron.
Valmaseda , justly called the "butcher , "
a title which will also accompany the
name of Weyler in history. The civillzetl
methods of General Campos were unsat
isfactory to the government and it was
thought that to send to Cuba a com
mander known to be capable of tlie se
verest cruelty and Inhumanity would
.frighten the insurgents1 Into submission.
Undoubtedly Weyler himself believed
tills. How .utterly mistaken tills idea
was events have shown. Tlie men who
are struggling for Cuban independence
became only more determined and de
fiant , because tlie selection of Weyler
showed them the uncompromising and
relentless spirit of the Spanish govern
ment , and their purpose to maintain the
conflict lias never flagged. There was no
terror for the Cuban patriots in tiie name
of Weyler , albeit they knew that lie
would be meriless.
A more Inglorious career for a soldier
than that of General Weyler in Cuba it
would be dilllcnlt to find In all h"story " ,
lie may receive , on his return to .Spain ,
tlie plaudits of the extremists , , who like
himself regard the insurgents as mur
derers , for whom no punishment can be
too cruel , but it is hardly possible that
lie can find any satisfaction in the record
he has made and he must realize that he
will occupy a most unenviable place in
history. Who will succeed to tlie com
mand in Cuba Irt not yet determined , but
probably General Hlanco will ba selected.
He Is not so distinguished as some other
of Spain's military men , but would per
haps bo as serviceable. In Cuba ns any
of them and he is understood to lie in
full sympathy with the political policy
of the new ministry. Hut whoever shall
succeed Weyler must expect failure of
all efforts to stop the war short of grantIng -
Ing absolute Independence.
The Hoard of Education has Just voted
to .reduce Its repair force to twenty-five
by dropping sixty men who have been
employed under tliu superintendent of
buildings. The question that naturally
suggests Itself is , What possible excuse
has thu board had for employing a buildIng -
Ing and repair force of eighty-live men
when every cent of available money Is
needed for the prosecution of the work
of administration and Instruction of the
public schools ?
Subjected to X rays it develops that
of the tluee candidates on the fusion
county ticket conceded to the democrntti
only one Is a genuine democrat.
The candidate for county Judge , al
though credited to the democrats , Is a
prohibitionist , and the candidate for sur
veyor , although likewise labeled democrat -
crat , Is n republican who held down
a republican Job In the court house last
year.
Although this Is the time when great
sums of money are in nso for moving the
crops , no special evidence of any crying
need for mare money has recently come
to light. Iir point of fact , expanding
business and revived prosperity seem to
bo advancing steadily with the monetary
machinery at their disposal without com
plaining ofo6 llttlo money to do the
work. All 7 > nr currency , gold , sll-
vor and Ptipet ? Is passing freely nl
100 cents out thedollar ami farmers are
too busy selling products to speculate on
the per capiti\ \ money In the country.
Judge Fostar'does not seem to have
any stock yaijjhjVodor about him , If the
decisions he haVrccently rendered , Ilrsl
against the Kansas City Live Stock ex
change , and second , upholding the con-
slllutionallty of the Kansas stock yards
regulation law , are to be taken as the
groundwork for aiv Impartial judgment.
Protected slot-machine gambling Is the
most Insidious form of gambling that has
been devised. The longer It Is permitted
to go on unmolested the stronger II
grows. The people are demanding to
know why the laws against gambling
and the keeping of gambling resorts are
not enforced.
Governor llolcomb has appointed a
successor to Judge Donne on the govern
ing board of the Institute for the Deaf
and Dumb , but he has not and can not
justify hl.i action in appointing to tlie
head of that Institution a man who never
had a day's experience in deaf mute in-
slrucllon.
Anil Will Improve It.
aiobc-Dcmocrnt.
Nebraska will linve a clmnco ncxU month
to cliooso between rational politics ami a con
tinued wild chase after the Uryan vagaries.
Two for One la .Mexico.
Chicago I'ost.
The news comes from Mexico that the
employes of the Gugcnliclm syndicate will
hereafter lie paid In Mexican sliver , being
given two dollars In place of one gold dollar
lar as previously received. This Is eislly ex
plained on the theory thnt the management
wishes to encourage the men to cultivate
muscle.
A nenioii.Mtrnllon for IliiehelorN ,
St. I uls lU-imlillc.
It Is observable that nearly all the notable
addresses thus far delivered at the Mothers'
National congress In Chicago have come
from ladles before whose names the title
"Miss" la prefixed. This may bo accounted
for on the thcoryt that many of these excel
lent females desire to show marriageable
men what they can do If they had a chance.
AI n ii I el pill Oiviiornhlp.
St. Louis Poat-Ulspatcli.
The people recognlzo that there nre possi
bilities of evil la municipal ownership , but
In the light of'experlence with private fran
chise Jobbery , 'robbery and monopoly , they
are beginning to ' look upon It as the lesser
of the two evils. The way to check the
spread of municipal ownership Is not by
the packing of conventions and the purchase
of city officials buOby honest and fair dealIng -
Ing In franchises granting the use of public
'
privileges. ' '
The Hoe AIIIIHIHT < hp llest.
Claflnda ( Ia. ) Jounial.
A comparison of The Omaha Dally Dee
with the leading metropolitan papers will
show that The Bee Ms one of the best papers
in , the country. It Is a remarkably success
ful and valuable western publication , dis
playing practical , energetic and wise busi
ness and editorial management. That it Is
maintained at so excellent a standard reflects
great credit upon The Dee Publishing com-
pany.ltsproprietors ' ; juid Ev nbsowater , . its
editor. It is a.journaj .of which"Cl'malm and'
the people within' ' a radius of several hun
dred miles of that city have -a just right
to feel proud , for It meets all the legitimate
requirements of a great republican dally
newspaper.
A \Veleonie Ileeoril.
New York Worhl.
The statement of misluess failures In the
United Stoles during September nnd during
the third quarter of the current year , as fur
nished by Dun's Review , gives a gratifying
jissur.inco of 'the improvement In business
conditions. For the quarter the average of lia
bilities In reported failures is the lowest
known Ira twenty-three years. The
total of failures Is the lowes't since
1S92. One single large failure in
the brolterago business brings up the
average and total inthis class ot business ,
but In- the classes of manufacturing and tradIng -
Ing 'the failures were the smallest on record
since these classes wcro established.
There will be no dissent from the cordial
welcome with which this new record will be
received.
Com-crniiiK ( lie Army.
Kansas City Star.
Ills inspection of the great armies of
Europe does not seem to have disheartened
General Miles or lessened his esteem for the
American soldiery. As compared with any
army -which he reviewed while abroad that
at the United States Is absurdly small , but
General Miles has seen this country rise
to a great military emergency under condi
tions which were not as favorable for that
achievement as those whicli exist now. Under
strefs this country could place In the field
an array of 12.0QO.OOO men , with an average
01 ! Intelligence and physical vigor which
would make them available for service within
r. short perloj. Under these circumstances
theru Is no call for a vast armament In the
United States , but It Is the opinion of Gen
eral .Miles and of many other persons who
have given attention to the subject that our
regular army might be at least doubled
with profit to thu nation and in obcdienco
to thu Instincts of self-protectloon.
M.UUCIM ) JtKDiCTIO\ ; DKIITS.
SlKiiltli-niit Ki-iUnre of Hie September
Trnile Ileeoril ,
Chicago Tlnicg-IIeniM ,
The trade record for the closing days of
September is Invested with unusual slg-
nlllcanco for the reason that It closes the
third quarter of the year and enables the
Industrial statistics n to .make comparisons
and calculations that are much more valuable
as showing the a.ctual tendency lo trade
conditions than are those comparisons that
take slnglo wceksofftho year an a basis for
f > > u
figuring.
The feature thtycominerclal record for
this third quarter of 18B7 Is the showing lit
thu matter of diminishing liabilities In fail
ures. The avera'gij Jlabllltlea of manufactur
ing and tradlng'ralures | , in 'the United States
for this quarter wcro only $5,927 , which were
smaller than In artyjl > revlous year of which
theru was any classified record.
The most gratifying evidences of reviving
prosperity furnished , , by the reports of the
week are to bo found Im the steady Increase
in the volume dt legttlmato business , which
was larger than ( hiring the same month In
1S92. and In ti6 ! increasing activity In the
productive lndu lrlr < Nearly all manufac
turing plfflts , pgrjlc.ujarly In Iron , steel and
cotton , are Increasing their working forces ,
and there have poi'ii occasional Increases lu
the wage scalcs'J"IroiV manufacture has been
slow to feel tbert > UmulU3 of tbu general re
vival of Industry beVauso less affected by
replenishment of dealers' stocks than other
Industries , but It Is mow being pushed to
unusual expansion by the growing demand
for finished products ,
There was a decline of 5 cents In the price
of wheat , owing to an increase In the esti
mate of the total crop which Is now .thought
to bo about 200,000,000 bushels more than
will be required for food and seed and a
decrease lu foreign buying. The exports of
wheat , however , from both coasts and Mon
treal slightly exceed those of last wuIc. the
total aggregating 5,924,246 bushels , ngjlnst
4,215,291 for the same week last year.
Other unmistakable evidences of permanency -
nency ID the upward movement of trade and
Industry were furnished by the Increase of
3C.1 per cent In bank clearings of eighty-
seven cllles , the favorable reports of rail
way earnings , and tlie tendency In conservative
vative circles to check the extension of spec ,
ulatton lu stocks before danger points are
reached.
pownn.
.1 Tew Knctn Cnlcnlniort to Provoke
n Ciilnnilti' Horrl.
St. r ul Ilon r Prtm.
The popocratlo claim during the last cam
paign was that , as a result of "tho crime
of 1873" and of various other acts alleged
to favor "monopolists and plutocrats , " 5,000 , .
000 persona ware out of employment. Thl3
MMS , no doubt , nn exaggeration , Democratic
tariff legislation and the menace of free-
coinage , added to other causes , had de
pressed all business , and , particularly , our
manufacturing Industries , but still the num
ber of people absolutely out of work could
hardly have reached 6,000,000. Suppose ,
ton-over , we tcccpt the popocratic figure and
admit that at the .time . of McK-lnlcy's elec
tion there wcro 5,000,000 persons unemployed.
Where are they now ? Would any one ven
ture to assert that thcrq are al the present
moment even 1,000,000 willing workers "out
of a Job7" Dut admitting there may be so
many , then , according to the popocratic cstl.
mate , 4,000,000 people , unemployed last fall ,
and who had been unemployed during , say ,
three years cf depression , are now turning
cuatomary wages. Suppose those wages
amount to an average of $1.60 per day , then
the purchasing ability ot the workliiRincu
ot the country has been Increased , from tills
source alone , to the enormous amount of
$0,000,000 per day , $36,000,000 per week , $1-
STl',000,000 per year ! With such an addi
tional amount being poured out In our home
markets , what wonder that the country Is
ogaln prosperous ?
Hut our alwajs bright contemporary , the
Omaha Dee , while making a calculation some
what on the same lines as the above , docs
not figure the entire amount being earned
by the formerly unemployed four'mllll ns
ns an actual litcrcaso In their "purchasing
power , " because , as It suggests , they cer
tainly subsisted during the period they were
out ofwork and the amount spent for such
subsistence -should be deducted from the In
crease. This , eccms to be a fallacy. The
amount spent for the subsistence ot the un
employed generally came out of the pockets
of those who wcro at work , whose own pur
chasing capacity was correspondingly re
duced. And If account Is taken of the as
sumed savings or the unemployed used up
during the years of Idleness , the amount
thereof , as an offset to the Increased figure
above , Is more than balanced by the In
creased purchasing ability of some millions
of men now working full time Insfcad ol
half time , as prior to McKlnley's election ,
or who are getting larger wages. This
Horn will not only offset the savings spent ,
but also any overestimate arising Hum the
probable exaggeration by the popocrats of
the number unemployed In 1S9C.
The republican iwrty has struck the key
note , not only of present but of permanent
p.osperlty , In developing a volley which will
maintain and increase the purchasing powei
of the masses. It has no use for the das
of economists who preach of the advantage
of "cheap labor" or of a "surplus of labor. "
The conditions which make the employer
seek for labor -rulhcr - than the laborer hum
for a job which lead to the spending n-
comfortable incomes in American markets
for American products these are what It is
the mission of the republican party to estab
lish throughout "this whole broad continent
of ours. "
IIATT1.I- ? TIIK 110X12 SIIAIU'S.
Globe-Democrat : The dust of Alexander
stopping a beer barrel is bettor employed
than a hog bcmo In simulating the anatomy
of a delicately refined ne\v woman.
Sioux City Journal : The Luetgert Jury In
Chicago ought to organize a college or hos
pital or Inflrnuttory and make a. specialty of
bones , llecelpt for service on the jury would
bo sufficient proof of familiarity with the
subject.
Springfield Republican : The "experts" In
osteology , or the * clenco of bones , are hav
ing a high old time In the Luetgert murder
trial in Chicago. Their contradictions make
fat Luetgert himself roll In hilarity , while
the poor befuddled Jurors probably wish tha.
the judge might settle the case by means of
an all-embracing and all-powe.ful Injunction.
New York Herald : The Luetgert trial , In
Chicago , has demonstrated once more the
absurdity of hiring so-called experts In mur
der trials. One wise man has sworn a. bono
Is that of a woman , and the other ungal-
lartlly- says It is that of a hog. The former
has now taken revenge by having his rival
identify the bone of a gorilla as that of a
man. All this is very amusing , and the scien
tific gentlemen doubtless derive much com
fort and prolit from It. Dut wherein does
justice profit ?
Duffaio Express : These things have , how
ever , helped to befog the Jury , and tha
seems to be a large cart of the game. Thej
have also proved that the expert may no !
always be on exact man , that his knowledge
may lead to assumptions damaging to lib
reputation and dangerous to the person 01
Interests on trial. They would seem to
indicate also a professional jealousy , which
leads not to a dishonest difference of cpiuion ,
perhaps , but to a bias that will permit noth
ing right to come from t.ho other side. Ex
port testimony makes necessary a test of
the expert's knowledge , and then Is the time
when we fee to what wlcely different con
clusions experts come. And when the men
who know It all disagree , what Is the lay
man , the man who knows nothing about It ,
to do ? The wisest thing he can do Is to
dismiss the whole matter from his mlud.
I'KHSOXAL , AXI ) OTIIKIl\VIS1S.
Senator Dacon of Georgia has given lethe
the city of Macon a beautiful park ot seventy
acres , most of which Is thickly wooded.
Sir Wilfred Laurler. the Canadian premier ,
on being asked whom he considered the three
most illustrious persons in Europe , replied :
"Tho queen , Mr. Gladstone and the pope. "
A. J. Simpson , who has just been appointed
United States minister to Ecuador , lives In
Phoenix , Ariz. He Is a lawyer by profession
and was the first attorney general of Colorado
rado after that state was admitted Into the
union.
The Missouri Pacific railroad attempted to
swipe a slice of a Kansas City street during
Sunday when "Injunctions don't go , " but
the mayor and sixty muscular men appeared
on the scene Monday morning and pitched
the newly laid track Into tinditch. .
The design of the monument to the late
Senator Kehulon II. Vance at AEhovlllc , N. C ,
has been decided upon. It will bo a shaft
about Bovcnty-flve feet high , the core of
which will bo of brick and the surface of
granite. It will stand in the public square
In front of the court hourfc.
Hooker T , Washington , the colored orator ,
in a recent speech told a yarn of an old
negro who wanted a Christmas dinner and
prayo'J night after eight : "Lord , pleaue send
a turkey to this darkey. " Dut none came to
him , Finally he prayed : "O Lord , please
send this darkey to a turkey. " And he got
one that same night.
That the Canadian uncls may kisa the
Canadian nleco without being amenable to
heavy legal damages Is attested In the case
of a Coburg septuagenarian who has Just
been fined 20 cents for that performance ,
though the kinswoman who lud received the
avuncular osculation had eel her mind on
$2,000 as about the correct figure.
The society reporter of a Des Molnes pappr ,
In chronicling a miJc-d function , delivered
hlmrclf of this delicious tn-roratlpn : "Jt
was a delightful social gathering , which nill
linger through llfo aa a green and pleasant
oasis that will over fitand a * ono of the mile
stones along life's highway an a tender inein-
ory and a vibrant chord In the hcarrt of
each of the participants. "
Henry George's candidacy for mayor of
Now York U the most discouraging thing
that Tammany has run up agaln.U for yearn.
And there are others. In a proclamation ki
the New York Herald George tears a large
hole In the sliver sails , "I am not a sliver
and " ho . "I
man never was ono , declares.
Eupportpd the Chicago platform and the
ticket last year because It mote nearly rcpre-
tented the Ideas of democracy than the
other * * ' I shall stand on the platform
of 1S8G. I shall make the race and I shall
win. "
A Duluth lawyer saved his case by a
fhort draft on his wit. It was a cUlm for
damages for a cow killed on the railroad
"right of way. The defense alleged con
tributory negligence on the part of tbo cow ,
holding that a cor,1 aa Imbeollo as to graze
on a railroad track Is not worth salt enough
to pickle II. Then tbo plaintiff's lawyer
went to the bat. "A corporation , " ho ex
claimed , "with so little energy that Its
right of way resembles a pasture ami Its
rails a rowpath Insults the court lu seek
ing relief from the result * of1U Indolence.
When the company runs trains , inntead of
lawn mowers. It cannot escape thu penalty
of hay-zinc unsophisticated beef. " The jury
agreed with him { SO worth.
MEETS WITH A SMALL DOCKET
United States Supreme Court Convenes on
Montkji
LESS NUMBER OF CASES THAN LAST YEAR
NcltrnOin .Maximum lluto Cnae One ot
TliOHr In Which nil Klirly ! ) < -
IN Kvit-i-t | < Ml Mil-
COIIIR In a I-'LMV III > H.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 5.-The October Icrra
of the United States supreme court will
begin next Monday. There arc now 460
cases on the docket , AS against C1G In
October , 1S93 , of which 1S3 came over
from the last term and eighty-three have been
added during the court's vacation. Accord
ing to long usage the first duty of the term
will be an onicl.il call upon the president , It
he Is In the city on Moiulny , and no other
tuibllc business will bo transacted on that
day. Tuesday the argument of cases on
the regular docket will begin , mid this
course followed until the fccond Monday of
the term , the ISth Inst. , when the rourt
will take up thn hearing of cases iidv.tnccd
on the docket and assigned for that date ,
of which there nro nineteen. The first of
the assigned cases Is that of the man llrntii ,
charged with the murder of the -captain , thi %
captain's wife , and the Hist mate ot the
ba.kcntlne Herbert Kuller at sea , In July ,
1808. Then comes the eight-hour law cases
from Utah , the case ot tlio I'itJaburg. Cin
cinnati & Chicago KallrocuA company against
the state ot West Virginia , involving the
question of taxation ; the cases of Now
York and Indiana against the United States ,
Involving rights under treaty , a rehearing ;
the Oklahoma CASO of Thomas et al agulmit
Gay n al. , Involving thu right of t.uatlon
In an Indian reservation ; thu case of the
United Slates against the Joint Trade as
sociation , and others of lets general Im
portance. The first case on the regular
docket for argument Is that of the city of
New Orleans against the Texas & I'aclflc
Ilallroad company , whicli will probably bo
heard Tuesday next unless It goes over for
soma cause.
Of the cases coming over from the last
term twenty-five have lieon
argued or sub
mitted to the court. Many of them may bo
finally disposed ot on Monday afternoon and
the first week of the term. Some of thrso
rases arc of considerable Importance , among
them being the Nebraska maximum freight
rate case , Invjlvlng the right of a state
legislature to fix a freight rate beyond
itlilch railroads cannot go in their charges ;
the Southern 1'aclllc Hailroad company
against the slate of California , the dispo
sition of which will determine the tltlo to
several hundred thousand acres of liml ; the
Wustinghouse air brake care , involving the
validity of patents ot the WestliiKhouso
company for applying the nlr brake "to long
trains ; the case of the .Interstate Com
merce commission against the Alabama Mid
land Hallway company , Involving the Ions
and short haul clause of the Interstate com
merce law.
SALE OP Tin , ; uxiox IMCIKIC.
( oviTiinieiit HUH lti c > < > IviMl Xo Of for
from an KiiKllHh Syml li-iitc.
WASHINGTON , Oct. fi. Attorney General
McKennn had another extended conference
today with ex-Govornor Hoadley In regard to
the pending Union Pacific foreclosure sale.
With reference to the statement cabled from
London that an English syndicate had for
warded a bid for the Union Pacific property
In competition with that of the organization
committee , the attorney general said that al
though no foreign bids had been received , It
was a fact that the government had received
inquiries from foreign sources and he had no
doubt the capitalists of this country and
Europe would see to It that the property is
not sold at a price much below Its value.
The government , ho said , had entered Intone
no agreement or understanding with the re
organization , committee or anyone else by
which they wcro to have the road at $15,000-
000 or any other sum.
The property , he said , would be sold under
foicclosure proceedings to the highest bidder -
der , and the only connection the government
has with the reorganization commiUco Is that
the latter guaranteed that If the govern
ment would join In 'tho foreclosure proceed
ings the committee would guarantee that a
bid of at least $15,000,000 would be received
for 'the ' government's equities. Under this
pleigo , the good faith of which was hccured
by a deposit of $5,000,000 , the government
joined in the suit , which resulted m an or
der by the court for the public sale ot the
property on November 1.
TAICI2 XO ACTIOX HUnAItOIXCi CIJIIA.
Caliliiet HulilH it .Scx.slon and Considers
II Variety < > f Siil > J - - < N.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 5. The cabinet at Its
meeting today took no action ot Importance.
The Spanish-Cuban situation was considered
In a desultory way In connection with a
cablegram read from Minister Woodford an
nouncing the formation of the new Sagasta
cabinet. The cablegram , however , contained
no new Information and the discussion wan
largely In the nature of comment and an
exchange of views as to the effect of the
change of government in Spain on the Cuban
situation. Some oj the time of the meeting
was devoted to suggestions as to policies to
bo advocated fa the annual reports of the
several cabinet olllccrs. Among them was
a suggestion made by Secretary Long rela
tive to the advisability of recommending the
establishment of a government cartridge and
powder factory. Powder and cartridges for
the use of the navy a ! , present are supplied
to the government by priv.ste firms. In the
Navy department estimates this year the
appropriation for powder and cartridges Is
to be Increased. This , Secretary Long ex
plains , la duo to a change in the character
of the powder and the fact that the regular"
appropriation heretofore made is considered
too small.
nM n rtrni ii t HIMIFN frnin Wnnil font.
WASHINGTON , Oct. C. M nl ter Wooilfo d
has been heard from at last by the State
department. A cablegram has been received
from him dated Madrid , 7:30 : last evening ,
makltig the following urnaniiccment of the
ai polntment of such olllcers of aho now
Spanish cabinet s mixy have to do. with , the
policy of the new government :
"New ministry formed : SKa U , president ;
Morel , minister- colonies. "
*
HUllTS TIIM SWISfo WATCII TllAIIK.
Illll Cntn Dnvrit ( ho K.\iort
to United Stntcw.
WASHINGTON , Oct. E. Consul Ulrtgoloy
nt Geneva , Switzerland , In A report to the
Slate department , says that during the first
six months ot this year there was A con
siderable revival ot exportatlcns to tliu
United States , especially In watches. In
Juno. there wan great anxiety to got the
goods In before the tariff bill went Into
effect. At present , however , the manu
facturers are not satisfied with the outlook ,
exports to this country not only fulling off
but business 'In general Is dull. There have
ciot been an many American visitors as usual
and those who have been In Switzerland have
niudo comparatively small and Inslgnlllcant
purchases. There has been a very largo
increase In the number of bicycles Imported
from the I'nltrd States and some American
makes have taketi a strong hold there , An
Increase In the Importation ot United StatiM
canned meats 's ' also noted. One of the
Interesting features of the repot t Is that an
nouncing the Importation of 2,000 boxes ot
California dried fruits.
IMIICT A msiinisixc. op
Tvlili KtnlirrxlliiK ; .V limit I'lfty
TliiiiiMiml Dollars.
WASHINGTON , Oct. H. The grand Jury
ot the district has returned tlireo Indict
ments agaltiBt Francis J. Kleckhofcr , late
disbursing otllcer of the Slate department ,
charging him with embezzling over J35.000
of government funds In July and October ,
1SU5 , and with appropriating to his own nso
$15.000 worth ut government bonds Kleek-
liofer was arrosti-d In May. 1S90. and In
dicted. his embezzlements boliig .stated at
$3Tllii ! In the Indictment. After an inves
tigation of his ncounts he was discharged
from ofilce nnd It was announced that thi-ro
was an apparent Mhortngi' of more tlmn
$100,000 In his accounts. His trial was to
have taken place lust Mprlng , but was post
poned owning to prior cases on tbo docket.
Kleckhofer denies that ho hail been guilty
of criminal conduct mid asserts that the
alleged shortage is due lo careless book
keeping. .
Denies Iti'porl nf I'prNlnur.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 5. Senor Corcn ,
charge- affairs of the greater Republic of
Central America. drnliM thy report of an up
rising In Salvador and has cabled lo the Diet
for Information.
Dully Treasury Stall-incut.
WASHINGTON , Oct. fi. Today's stnto-nont
of the condition of the treasury shows ;
Available cash balance , $213.3C2OM ; gold
reserve. $1 IS , 168,631.
KI.ASIIKS OK I'l X.
Somervllle Journal : Kvon youns ; pools
know Mutt "niiirrliiso" rhymes with "b.iby
oiirrlace. "
Washington Star : "llns ho a good rom-
niiUid of the Kngllsh language ? " : nkecl ; i
young 'woman. '
"Hu seems to hnve , " vep led .MIts C ny tine.
"Ho bundles It 111 a fi'urle-.i way thai virjr
few people would diiro attempt. "
Indianapolis Journal : Tommy Paw , what
was tin"light of other .d.iy.j ? "
Mr. Klgg Daylight , act away.
Chicago Tribune : "Slinkespearo had a
smart way of putting things" contended tbo
Argumentative Person , "but there's mighty
little that's original In his writings. Take
that famous soliloquy , 'To bo of not to be.1
That's as old as the human race. It's a
dilemma that has about O'.WO wrinkles on
Its horns. "
Detroit Journal : "My dear , " remarltpil
tbo cannibal , "our table Is certainly costing
too much. "
In that connection bo read nloud to his
wlfo a f < w of the leading Items from tliu
report of the hoard of foreign missions ,
which had just comu to linnd.
Of course , they might retrench ; but what
would people say in that event ?
Chicago Post : "It's the man who persists
as'll rise In the world , " remarked .Mr. K.if-
ferty Hjntcntlously.
"Thrill- fur yen , " replied Mr. Dolan. "An"
fur the proof Ol kin point till the tombstone
iv a frl'iiil that persisted lu tliawln' ilyn.i-
mite be a shtovc. "
Cincinnati Enquirer : Casey I called wan
av thlm dooda a liar , and lie sa > st to rro.
Bays he. "Tu quoque. " Now , fwnt might
tli-u mean ?
Walnile It moans "You are another "
"Fw.it ! An" 1 let tun git away 'vMs t
hlttin' urn. Ah. that Is f.ivat a man gits for
Imvln * no education ! "
St. Louis Itepiiblic : Murphy Sure hev yo
heard about Father O'lirlon 11x011 for money
la buy coal to neat da church din winter ?
iMullaney Sure phut does hu pliant cpal
for plien the church Is hunted be steam ?
Somorvlllo Journal : Walker- fame , nosv ,
what Is your honest opinion of Miss Got-
rocks ?
Hlder Well , my honest opinion is that as
a museum specimen she would be a. verj'
Interesting curiosity.
ADVICE.
flevolunil 1'laln Ic nlor ,
It seems , sometimes , UK If the rr.an
"Who always gives advice to others
Would help to make things hotter thai ?
They arP If ho would list his brothers
Pursue their various ways In quest
Of fume or happiness or pc-lf
If ho would just pick out hh best
Advice nnd keep It for himself.
THU I'JtOriOSSOH'S COI/IITSIIIl' / .
Bomervlllo Journal.
She was 'a gay , flirtatious maid ,
lli < was a wise professor.
llo loved ; ier , but he was afraid
Just how bliould lie address her ?
Ills brain was full of classic lorp
lint now some kind suggestion
From some expert he nee led nure ,
On how to pup t.in question.
Ho studied Ovid's "Art of Love , "
Hut few Ideas Iti gave him.
IIu sued for help from thogo Is above ,
Hut nonu camir flown , to save him.
The malden meanwhile -A'n'chcil his plight ,
And dally glew more cliarmiiiK.
Until ho couldn't sleep at night ;
Ills case was most alarming ,
Then finally one dny said Hlic :
"Aren't you In dormllntros < i , sir * "
He blurted : "Will you marry me ? "
And sne nulil shyly ; "Ves , sir ! "
MEN CALL TVOJrAN A MYSTERY.
So She la to Thorn Not eo to a Woman.
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