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THE OMAHA DAILY 33EE ; TUESDAY ; 18f)7. ) Tint OMAHA DAILY BEE E. nOSEWATEn , Editor. PUIIUSIICD KVEltY JIOItNINO. TKHMS OP SUIlSCniMlONl Diillr ! > < { Without Sunday ) . One Y r . J M Dilljr lire and Sunday , One Year. . . . . * W Blx Month * . . . . . * M Thrift Month * . . . > W flundty Jiff. Ono Year . 1 M Kntur.lRy . llee , One Year . 1 JJ Weekly IJte. One Year . * OKF1C13S : Omnlm : Th lleo lIuliJInR. South Omnlmt 8lim r ll'lc. ' , Cor. N anil J4lh Sto. Council Illufrs : 10 I'enrl Street. CliIcsRO Office : 317 Chamlxr of Commerce. New Yorl : : Uoomi 1J. 14 and 1C Tribune JJMR. Wnthlncton : SOI Fourteenth Street. COIIUKSPONDKNOK. All communications relating lo news and edito rial matter ihoulil to addrcised : To the Editor. All l > u lntss letters nnd remittances should l > ftddrettcd to The Itee I'ubllnhlng Company , Onialia , Urartu , checks , rxprct * and iiontolllco money orders to lie made t > nvnl > le to the order of the ccimmiiy , T1II3 IIKK rUHMBHINQ COMPANY. _ STATKMKNT OV CIUCI3LAT1ON. Bute of Ncurunkn , Douglna County , ks. ! decree u. Tuchuck. secretary of The Hfe Pub- Hulling Company , being duly sworn , rny < Hint the actual manlier of full and complete copies of The Dally , Mnrnllitf. KvenlnK nnl Sunday Dec printed during the month of October , 1837 , was ns fol * Inns ; N > t tnlnl snips CI7.10C Net dally nvernKp 19.007 onounn n. TZRCHUCIC. Sworn to before mo nnd RUlcrllPd In my pros , enca this 1st day of Nnvemln-r 1S')7 ) ( Seal ) N. I' . FKIU Notary Public. Till ! IIKK ON THAIXS. All rnllronil iiowMlinyii nrc MtlllpllfMl ivltll CtlOIIKll Item in nooniiiiitniliito every IIIIM- Piiltrr who tviuil.i to rcnil IH'TI XIIHIIIT. IllnlMt II1IOI1 llllV- lliKT Tilt lire. If you oniinot prot n Hoc on n ( rain from ( lie nc > rvM iiKoiit , | il < MiMc report ( In- fact , MtadiiKT llio train mill rnllronil , lo the CIrciiliitloti I > < > | inriii < : iit of The llec. The llee IN for Hale oil all ( rnliiN. INSIST OX IIAVMG THIS IIEE. Omnlm. Is still In tlio noltl for any nml nil 1898 national convontlons that have not yet been ( U-lliiltoly located. PostinnsU'r General Gary makes n powerful plea for the ostiibllfllimcut of postal savings bunks and his report should have great woiglit with congress. Newspaper advertlslnj ; has been lik ened to the drive wheel of a locomotive. The merchant who wants to make a jro of Ills business wiil not nrglcut to sulv-jr- tlse Judiciously. The .Tacksonians are preparing to jellify lify once more on the anniversary of "Tackson day. "When the .Tacksonians have nothing to Jellify over , they always llml old Andruw convenient to fall back on. It appears that the uncertainty of the gold democrats as to the proper course for them to pursue sirises not so much from doubt as to their own position as from uncertainty us to the course of the other democrats. is the season when every minute available for ont-oC-.iloor work counts. It is to Ua noted that the paving contrac tors have been losing no opportunity to push their operations. The exposition contractors ought lo be no less alert. " Quo thing the Cox case is at last bringing - ing out , and Unit Is the shameful way In which the police were used last spring under ( he non-partisan reform police commission to promote the political for tunes of the popocralic candidate for mayor. When , it comes to listing franchises for taxation It must not be forgotten that the Council HluiTs motor line is occupy ing the streets of"Omaha and that if the privilege Is worth money to the com pany It ouit ! also to have a taxable valuation. A big snake kept In a Philadelphia museum gave a realistic exhibition of ( make .squeezing powers , with the result that the trick jmny Is dead and the snake keeper lias several broken ribs. This ought to end all doubt a.s to the charac teristics of the anaconda. The work of preparing to entertain ex position year visitors Is enough to keep every one who lives in Omaha busy until the gates open. Omaha is piv-emlnently n city of homes , and a largo part of its guests will come in response to invita tions from friends or relatives living here. The rnltoil States senators who visited Japan nnil China during the mmimer for the purposft of studying the coinage question in countries having had experi- oneo with free Hllver ought to be jiblo to report Intelligently on the reasons ad vanced In Japan for going to thf gold standard and the excuses offered In China for the agitation In favor of aban doning the silver standard. The public Is duly apprised whenever n call Is Issued for outstanding war rants drawn against the state treasury , but it is kept In the dark as lo the war rants which are not called for payment nnd the accumulation of funds In the treasury from which tlu > y shoiud be paid. A little more publicity about ihi , treas ury transactions of the stale would not hurt any one and might do much good. Intending to make a point In opposi tion to tht ) Transmlsslsslppl Kxposi- tlou , the Keokuk date City snys that "the coming legislature should be Just to lowu before It undertakes to UP generous to Ointiha. " If opposition lo the Iowa exhibit at the expo sition is hawed on no stronger argu ment than this it should be ended at once. The way to be Just to Iowa Is lo fieu that Iowa Is properly represented at the exposition. To leave the great agri cultural state of Iowa without rt rcticii- tatlon at the exposition would bu the rankest lujustlce to the FOR POSTAL SA.nf > aS HANKS. No portion of the report of Postmaster General Oary will bo read with more general Interest than that which relates to postal savings Hunks. The postmaster general , who Is a man of practical af fairs , has been giving this subject care ful Investigation and study nnd his con clusion is that a postal savings bank system can bo established In the United States with great advantage to a large number of our people and benefit to the government. The views presented by Mr. Oary are familiar to those who have taken an interest In this question. They have In the main been repeatedly ex pressed in these columns. He says that postal savings banks would draw out many millions of dollars now secreted and dead capital , the bulk of which would tlnd Its way Into the channels of trade and commerce ; that they would tend to cultivate thrift in a large class and that the system would also tend to better citizenship , "bring Into closer re lationship the government and Its citi zens and develop practical and endur ing patriotism. " The postmaster general is of the opinion that postal savings banks would uot conflict with other sav ings banks , but would encourage savings rather than accumulation. The fact that the government would pay a lower rate of Interest than the private savings banks would bo to some degree a pro tection to the latter. The people who would deposit In postal savings banks are chielly those who do not have con fidence iu the private banks , Tills subject will undoubtedly receive attention at the coming session of con gress and there are few other questions more Important. The discussion of postal savings banks during the last few years lias greatly Increased the sentiment In favor of their establishment and it has become too large nnd Influential to be longer disregarded by congress. ,1 AVtrr JlbVtAS PEACE. lion. Theodore Uoosevelt , assistant sec retary of the navy , is an ardent advo cate of the policy of building up the navy. Iiv an address delivered a few days ago , marked by his characteristic vigor of language , Mr. Roosevelt declared that we need a powerful lighting navy and that such a navy will not tend toward war , but toward peace. "Wo cannot avoid our responsibilities , " he said. "We have announced again and again our adherence to the Monroe doe- trine. Unless we are willing to be put In the contemptible attitude of those who bluster without being able to back up their words by deeds , we must prove that our attitude about the Monroe doc- trlno is not a sham. To prove this means that we must have a powerful navy , for it Is on tile sea that we would have to meet every possible foreign foe. " There is a suggestion of jingoism In this , bur it will have to be admitted that the reasoning is sound. Of course it maybe bo said that as to the Monroe doctrine it was announced three-quarters of a cen tury ago and In the meanwhile there lias been no urgent demand for a navy to enforce it. Whenever we have had oc casion to Invoke that doctrine other na tions have respected It , though perhaps reluctantly. The famous principle pro claimed by President Monroe was ap plied to the French invasion of Mexico and France lost no time in recognizing it , though It is perhaps true that tills would not have been done , at least so promptly , If wo had not had an army able to enforce the doctrine. It was again invoked in tha Venezuelan matter and the Hritlsh government acknowl edged it , although it had nothing to fear from our navy. Hut none the less it is sound policy to build up a strong navy , not for any aggressive purpose , but as a measure of security , for It Is undoubt edly true that a naval force adequate' for defense. In any emergency tends toward peace rather than toward war. There was a striking Illustration of this when Germany showed a disposition to meddle in Transvaal affairs against Eng land and the British government pre pared to send a fleet to protect its in terests In South Africa. That action promptly brought Germany to its senses and a threatened rupture was averted. AKOTllKH RKVOltMKIl'S VIEWS. Mr. Horace White , ono of the editors of thu New York Evening Post , is promi nent among currency reformers. He luis contributed largely to the discussion of the currency question and Is recog nized as an authority. Mr. White has presented his views to the monetary com mission nnd while they have been long familiar it will not be uninteresting to refer to them as showing what the radical currency reformers , of whom ho Is one , demand. Mr. White would get rid of the legal tender notes as expeditlously as possi- liUs without adding to the bonded debt. All notes received for taxes or re deemed ho would cancel. In this he differs from the plan of Secretary Gage , which contemplates the withdrawal of a portion of the legal tender notes through an Issue of bonds , these notes not to be cancelled , but only to be reissued In ex change for gold. Mr. While states as his ground for favoring thu withdrawal of greenbacks and treasury notes that "there is no certainty and can bo no certainty that the government will al ways redeem them In gold. " If this bi > so , what certainty would the.ro bu that the banknotes which Mr. White would substitute for tho'legal tenders would always bo redeemed In gold ? If the government mtiy at some time be com pelled to abandon gold redemption of Its paper obligations , why may not the banks also ? Mr. White undoubtedly had in mind Hie possibility of legislation that would plai'o the country on a silver basis , but If that should ever happen the country would be no heller off for hav ing all its paper currency In banknotes , as was the case In 1KJT and 1857. In deed It is highly probable that It would bu much worse off , for under the worst conceivable conditions popular faith in thu notes of the government would be stronger than In the notes of the banks. Iu regard lo maintaining an adcquat ? amount of currency , after the with drawal of the legal tender notes , for purposes of business , Mr. White sug gests three means : Retaining iho gold produced by our own mines. Importing trout abroad and the lasuo of iia- tlonal banknotes. We can- retain our own gold only by prohibiting Us export , which Is out of the question. Whenever there Is a demand for It abrond It will go out ot the country. Wo can import gold only when the International trade balance is In our favor and this Is not likely to always bo the case. These means , therefore , are an insecure de pendence for supplying currency needs. The Issue of national bank notes to the extent required by the demands of busi ness would also be uncertain , though probably this would be done. Hut Is It desirable to give the banks such a monopoly of the paper currency of the country ? Is it expedient to place In the hands of those Institutions the absolute power to expand or contract the cur rency at will , or as their Interests might dictate ? It Is true that there arc several thousand national banks , but a few score of them In the financial centers could control the note Issues. These are the Important features of Mr. White's plan of currency reform. They are In accord with what Is known as the Baltimore plan , Which had Its day In congress and met with lltlle favor there. There Is no better promise now for any scheme of currency reform on the lines proposed by Mr. White. A ClVlI , SRRVICK ISSUE. The question whether the heads of de partments can transfer olllcers or em ployes Iu the civil service from ono po sition to another and remove them with out cause has raised an Issue which ought to be settled by the highest judi cial tribunal as soon as practicable. Some time ago the supreme court of the District of Columbia , in the case of the transfer of a postal olllclal , which re duced him In rank and pay , decided that the postmaster general had full au thority to make whatever changes and transfers ho deemed best for the good of the service. Hut Judge .Tucksou of the United States circuit court In West Vir ginia takes a different view of HID mat ter. In a case before that court , relat ing to the transfer of officials In the in ternal revenue service , it was held that a transfer or reduction iu rank of an employe in the government classified ser vice , which creates a vacancy to which somebody else must be appointed , amounts in fact to a removal and that It cannot be made without a trial upon charges as provided by the civil service law. law.Tills Tills decision Is said to be regarded with disfavor by treasury olficlals and It is the intention of Secretary Gage to at once announce the policy of the depart ment regarding removals and transfers , so that the question of authority In the matter1 may ba judicially determined. This Is the proper course to tnke , for the entire public service may be thrown into confusion and disorder If the issue raised is not definitely settled. scnuur , STATISTICS. While Omaha people have always boasted a willingness to bear every burden _ _ necessary to maintain the public school system at the high est standard of excellence , they ought never to bo backward about learn ing from the experience of other cities how to effect either econo mics or improvement. We have fre quently had statistics compiled by inter ested parties purporting to show that the Omaha schools arc as economically man aged as those of any other similarly sit uated community. An opportunity is presented , however , to look at our schools through the eyes oC a third party in the statistical tables just compiled and published by the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The figures gathered by the Pioneer Press are taken from the an swers made to circulars of inquiry nd- dressed to olllcers of the various school boat > ! . ' . The table relating to population and cost per pupil enrolled Is : 2. : 8 St. Paul 55 160,000 45 $20 SO Minneapolis 63 200.COO C2 2085 Allegheny 8 123,000 25 * 45 SS Cincinnati 35 305,000 71 2002 Detroit 20 yOO.OOO G4 23 SS Milwaukee 22 270,000 50 20 Newark 12 220.COO 44 ' 2107 Omnhu 25 140,000 38 2070 Providence IB 150,000 S3 2124 Itocbester 18 100,00015 IS 61 St. Louis 01 CoO.OOO 130 1.789 Syracuse 20 133,000 32 2423 San Francisco 7fi 3' ' ) 55 Denver 19 20 15 * Tncse Allegheny figures Include not only cost of maintenance , but all other Items of expense. From this Inlilo it appears that while Omaha covers only a. moderate area and has ample school buildings , tliu cost per pupil IB by no moans as favorable to this city as it ou > ; ht to he. A second table complied by the Pioneer 1'ress covers the average number of pupils to each .school building and to each teacher as follows : > V V. > O 3 a- ° S-0 o S p tn 2 n * + WO n O l-Jp ) ' 0 * " * W a 2 tarn " . U ) o. M 2 * v " 'a St. Paul . 55 45 4GG 43 $20.80 Minneapolis , . 5:1 : 52 fill ) 43 20 S3 Allegheny . . . . S 25 C)3 : ) 43 4J.SS Cincinnati . . . . 35 71 570 37 10.02 Detroit . 29 01 nil 37 23. 69 Milwaukee . . . . 22 50. f.9G 48 2J.S7 Newark . 12 44 5SS 53 21.07 Omutm . 25 38 431 37 29.70 Provlilenro . . . 10 S3 M5 43 21.24 Hocliester . 18 45 1M 2J 18.04 St. LoulH . ( it KX ) DfiT. 48 17. ! Syracuse . 39 32 C19 37 21.73 Denver . 1'J IKX ) 59 M.15 San Francisco . , 76 408 40 SO. 56 According to this showing it appears that with one exception Omaha has fewer pupils to each school building and fewer pupils to each teacher tlmn any other city with which It is compared , each factor of course contributing to swell the expense of educating the school children. Without analyzing the figures oc pointing the remedies It Is pertinent to remark that they op > n up several problems with which the school board should grapple at a very early date , es pecially In view of the Increase In t-chool enrollment certain to come with the ex position year and Iho consequent addi tional tax upon our school facilities. The Arapahoe Indians In Wyoming are reported to have made such progress la mastering the English language'-that the traders and agency employes now seldom hnvofyspeak \ the Arapahoe lan guage , and A'ni.jfrfort Is being made to have the ImlJfinijJ all discard the use of the Indian vrqrjlA and leave the Inter preters with nothing to do. Slowly but surely the eduta'llonal policy of the gov ernment Indian -bureau Is bringing the Indians to thtTpofnt of self-support. The attention of readers of The Ik > c Is called to a iitfHe'i ible error of transcrib ing the Adanta county vote In the table of Nebraska election returns published yesterday. \\fjththls , error corrected tlie total vote of-Uioistate becomes 101,000 , the vote polled "by Post , republican can didate for supreme court , 80,021 , nnd Iho plurality of .ludgo Sullivan Is reduced to 12,810. Mrs. Marietta M. Hones of South Da kota , now living Iu Yankton county , is writing letters to the papers opposing extension of the suffrage to women , not withstanding that she was for nine years annually elected vice president of the National Woman Suffrage associa tion for South Dakota. In a letter to the Yankton Press and Dakotan she de clares that her opposition to woman suffrage comes from attending so many of the suffrage meetings. She says she is "perfectly familiar with tholr methods of inveigling good mothers ( for their agi tators are principally spinsters or child less women ) Into their ranks , " nnd she has been busy "watching the effect on such victims , and In a number of In stances learned that happiness In their homes was destroyed by that member ship. " She also declares boldly that the temperance cause will not be promoted by the enfranchisement of women' and says that many of the prominent suffragists are opposed to temperance. The fact that nearly twice as much sugar is manufactured from beets as from cane will be a surprise to. many persons , but of the 7,8117,000 Ions of sugar made in the world last year -lm- ! ) 000 Ions came from beets. The people of Iho Unilcd Stales consume moro sugar than the people of any other country and they ought to be very sweet tempered with the nearly 2,000,000 tons of sugar they consume annually. Governor Iloleomb professes ID believe that it is unlawful for the state treasurer to deposit school money In secured depository banks and that the treasurer is at liberty , to farm our unin vested school , funds to banks that are not secured by depository bonds. The question of interest In this connection is , Is the state tr , asirer , ] now acting upon this false assumption ? There are ; tliy number -well-fixed capitalists and heavy property owners in Omaha who are daily receiving valuable returns from'thc.pxpositlon , but whose names are remarkable for their absence from the exposition stock subscription list. If civic pride does not move them , they ought to..bc..Qpcu . to the arguments of even exchange. When Omal.a was a wide-open town the gambling 'dens had the decency at least to close up ove.r Sunday. The auto matic gambling machines are running every day and night In the week and In some resorts Sunday is their big day. How much longer will the police be in tentionally blind to this flagrant viola tion of the law ? General lilanco's hint that only insane persons have any thought of the inde pendence of Cuba may be taken as a sweeping indictment of the inoflicicncy of American insanity boards. A great many persons supposed to bo sane are certainly dreaming of Cuban independ ence. K Up the Louisville Courier-Journal. . Ohio whltecapB have taken to whipping and tarring eirls. The \vliltccap Is a sneak and a coward , and the Ohio species tieomg to have a pretty fair knowledge of himself. .1 llnrtley Jlj-Hlt-rj- . Minneapolis Journal , Nebraska breathes easier to discover that ex-Treasurer 'Hartley's ' ihortago was only $870,000. What a man who before going iiMo office never handled moro than $275 at u time can do with such a largo wad Is a mystery. IntiTNtnti * lloston Advertiser. Recent declslozn of the United States supreme premo court have tended to curtail quite largely the power which the Interstate Com- mcrco commission has attempted to arrogate to Itself during recent years. These de cisions are making It clear that the function of the Interstate Commerce comiivlBsIoii is chiefly executive and does not command that Judicial quality which the commission Itself lias attributed to Its olllcu. The supreme court appears to regard the federal courts as entirely competent to deal with ques tions of the violation of the Interstate com- mcrco act and It Is resisting stcudily the evi dent attempts of the Interstate Commerce commission to perform the Auctions of such courts. cm lloyuottlni ; . Chleaso Chronicle. 'So far as 'practical ' results go the Injunc tion grai.ted by a federal court at St. Ixmla QgalDit the boycotting of a manufacturing concern by a labor union amounts to noth ing. A boycott' Is sinply an agreement among a number' bf persons to have no deal ings with some othvl- person or persona. It Is Inaction rather than > action , and It Is obvious that a court cannot compel any ono man or any uumber.of mon to buy from or sell to a Bpecllled'pcrso.n. The only force of the St. Louts 'Injunction will bo In prevent ing the boycottera from soliciting others to join In the boycott. As there arc many ways bwhlrd open solicitation In which a boycott can bo extended , the order of court will accomplish llttloTjeyond demonstrating anew that the federal judiciary Is almost In variably bo found on the side -of capital whca It comes lit'colifllct with labor. Injunction ( 'nil lu'nrk Until Indianapolis Newi. A case that should be of great Interest to people everyw)9ro ) ) , disclosing , as tt does , new possibilities , , | ias Jiuit been decided In the district court .of Omaha. An attorney of Omaha John O. YeUer applied for a pundamus to compel the Nebraska Tele phone company to put Into his olllce a telephone - phone at a rental of $3 a month , The regu > tar rate In Omaha for telephones Is $5 a month. Mr , Yelser alleged in his complaint that $5 a month was an excessive rate and burdcnsotno. The court directed the defend ant to bring Its books Into court to disprove the allegation that $5 a month was excessive ; this < tbo company refused to do. Upon tills the court ordered the company to furnish the telephone at the rate asked J3 a month. The company has 'appealed the case to the supreme court. We have come , recently , to look upon Injunctions and mandamus pro. cecdlngs as the chosen weapons of corpora , tlona lighting against the people ; this case shows that this weapon U free also to the people's haude , If they care to use it. COMU18XT OX tfOUKIDN HVF.XTS. Philadelphia Ledger : Scoroiary Chamber lain will please remember that the last llmo Mngllshmcn fixed up n form ot government for America , they made n mess of It. OI'/uo-Democrat ' : In his spee&h at the lord mayor's banquet Lord Salisbury apok hope fully In rcgnrd to n. future era of peace throughout 'tho ' world , Jn connection with this sentiment. It lawell to remember that Croat Britain 1ms Cut war ships launched or building and n naval force ot 03,750 men. SprlnRfleM Republican : Lord Salisbury's remark about the concert ot Kuropo threat ens to become historic. It "Is HUc n stMin- rollcr , " ho said , "with Rroat power nnd little fipcoil. " Hut all the commentators < lwell also on the crushing power of the hURo machine , which Salisbury , with pros- tralo and macadamized Greece In his mind , delicately Ignored. Now York Mall and Express : Nothing but luck or a hrgor nharo of saving common KcriKo 'tlinii ' she seems to possess can save Auetrlo , from civil strife as an outgrowth of the present wrangle In her parliamentary affairs. The violent disorder which has characterized the proceedings Iu the Helcha- rath during the last week or teu days Is the forerunner of a crash. Chicago Tribune : Statistics show that since the Cuban famine began In September last IKO.OOO human beluga h.tvo < Ue < l of starvation nnd no other cause hi the distressed Island. Thla la a dreadful statement , but a true one. The Spanish oppressors of the pearl of the An tilles , upon whoflo shoulders must rest the responsibility for Cuban sufferings , are ap parently no more truly civilized tlun their ancestors wb > served under Plzzaro and Oortez 400 years ago. The policy of thd Spaniards seems to hnvo been accurately de scribed by General Weyler when ho said that the whole object of his operations wan to suppress the revolution by extermination. How much longer will American manhood endure this slaughter ot Imvxents at our very doors ? S\AII. I'.VCi : Oli' .IIISTICH. Kansas City Star : Mr. Durrani Is mis taken. U Is not God who hns preserved his life It Is Iho Inferior system of Justice In California. Globe-Democrat : After a delay of moro than two years nnd n half Theodore Durrant considers himself a victim of utiap judgment. Thn vnnltlcs of American murderers nnd criminal lawyers would bo a good subject for a treatise. Baltimore American : The respite granted In the Durrant case emphasizes the tortuous course of delays through which the law must proceed toward Its end over legal skill. It Is just such casM which exhaust the public patience nnd cause popular opinion lo lose confidence nnd respect In the law and the courts as upholders and executors of jus tice. Kansas City Journal : In the ordinary course of events precipitated by the latest trick of thi > attorneys of Mr. Durrant the sentence of death , which has been pronounced upon that popular murderer , cannot bo car ried out before February or March , nnd the chances are that ho will never be hanged at nil. It IB not quite clear to the public whether the lawyers In California are smarter than In other states or whether the courts arc worse. 1'KHSO.VAI. .VXU OTIIHIIWISU. A precinct In I'lttsuurg turns up with moro scratched tickets than any place in America. A cat was accidentally locked up ID the ballot-box. The younig heir of the house of Cleveland will struggle througU lifo with the simple cognomen Dick. He was 'baptized Richard Kolsom , Cleveland. When the Into Alexander Dumas was asked if he ever gave anything to the poor ho replied : "Oh , yes , when I come across a bad piece of money I always give It to a blind man. " A man In New Jersey hns offered' ' the world nt large cumulative testimony based on his own experience , that a hunt for a gas leak with a candle is Invariably suc cessful. He will live. A tramp entered the home of Danker A. L. Tracy In St. Joseph , Mo. , during ; the absence of the family Thursday night , took a hot water bath , donned a $ GO suit of clothes ami made a complete change of apparel. lie piled In the middle of the floor the dirty garments that he had worn. English sporting newspapers have devoted much attention to "Tod" Sloinc , the Amer ican Jockey , oince ho has begun , winning races on the English turf. Sloane's mag nificent style of living astonishes the Eng lish si.ortsman. Ho hns apartments at the Hotel Cecil with his valet. The New York World claims that while there has been eleven fatal accidents In foot ball s'oco 1S94 the number of fatal acci dents in other sports in the same time has ibeoD : Swimming. 1,350 ; boating. 9SC ; huntIng - Ing , CjJ ; bicycling , 2C1 ; horseback riding , 333 ; Iccboatlng , 22 ; base ball , G ; tennis , 4 ; golf , 2. A Buffalo man gave his three sons $1,500- 000 Just before he died and now the as sessors are nfter the Inheritance tax on each share. The law applies to gifts made In ex pectation of death , and the only thing to prove Is that the donor was In a physical condition to make him anxious. Where such a law obtains the only way to escape It Is for fathers to disburse their fortunes while In the prime of life. Sons nnd daughters will heartily approve of the plan. Mr. Gladstone expects to spend part of the coming winter In Cannes , where ho will bo the guest of Lord Remlel at Chateau Thorcn. It is noted of the aged statesman that whenever he Is likely to bo absent from home for any time hu likes to take his own books and writing material with him. He has n considerable collection of paper knives , Ink stands , etc. , gifts from admirers. The knives are nearly nil very large. Several have Ivory blades and are mounted In mas- slvo silver. 1'IIOOK Ol < " HI-VrTUIt TMIHS. StiitlxtlfN fnll ! < > i < ti'il ) > y ( InX > 1T York I.alioiCniiiinlMHlniuT. . IntfianaiMillH. Journal. The commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics In New York has Issued a prelim inary report for 1SU7 which contains convinc ing cvldrnco that the Union are Improving , The evidence relates to the number of work- Ingmcn employed and unemployed at the beginning of the year and now. This report Is based on returns from all the labor or ganizations in the state. They are com plete for the first quarter of the current year , nearly complete for the second quarter and about half complete'for the third quar ter. Keporta from 907 labor unions show that on March 31 , 1S97 , they had an aggre gate membership of 139.0SQ , of whom HG.CSO were at work nnd 42,500 were Idle. Three months later , on Juno 30. the name unions with nineteen additional , 92G In nil , reported n membership of llK,5fiO , of whom 122,818 were at work and " 3.712 were Idle. At the end of the drat quarter of the year GO per cent of all the members were at work and 31 per cent were Idle , while at the end of the second quarter si : per cent were at work mid. 17 per cent were Idle. Another table summarizes the reports from 445 unions for the first thrco quarters of the year. It shows that on March 31 , out of a toUl mem- borslp of 7G.4S2 pcreons , M.1GI were nt work , and 23,021 were Idle ; on Juno 30 , out of 80,811 mcmbem , G6.34G were at work and 14,405 were Idle ; mi September 30 , out of 90.7GG members , 77.G1G were at work and 13,120 were Idle. The proportion of members at work Increased from G7 per cent on March 31 , to 62 per cent on Juno 30 and 8G per cent on September 30 , while during thu same quarters the proportion ! of the unemployed members decreased from 33 per cent to 14 per cent. Estimating on the baEls of these 445 unions for the whole num ber of unions In the state , over 800 , there were only 8.3G5 union men unemployed dur ing the third quarter of the year , as agalnat 34,837 during the first quarter. Slating the fact In another form , during the entire first quarter of the year 25 per cent of all the union men In the state were unemployed , during the second quarter 11 1-3 per cent , and during the third quarter 52 C per cent. As these Htatlstlrs are based on olllclal re ports from the labor organizations them- elves they cannot bo disputed. They furnish convincing proof that the revival of confi dence and prosperity since the Inauguration of .McKlnley . has been Immensely beneficial to workingmen , for. while they relate to the ( tale of New York alone , the same condi tions exist throughout the country. CX10X PAC1PIO r.WMHXTS. ArrnnRriiirnt * toe Uir Trnnfcfrr.nf tlits I'nrolmm ? Trloc. Now York Tlmn. A qu rtw of n century ago the govern ment of Qr U llrltaln bxul occasion lo par to the government of the United Stairs a lit tle mailer of $16,600,000. The State depart ments ot the two governments In those days , with .the eminent financiers who were called In for aid and counsel , look great credit antl deserved It for the fuel that this sum wan duly transferred without serious dis turbance of thp money market In either of the countries Immediately concerned , In the two months bctwctn November 20 ntidJan- nary 20 the government ot the United States will collect from the purchaser of the Union l'acflc ; > rallroad nn omount nearly four times as largo ns the total Alabama award , and of this sum n portion about equal to that awnrd will have bc cn brought from abroad and the llnanrlcrs of the United States contempln'o HIP procedure without the slightest appru- hra lon and those of the world barely note the part In the trnnsncMon played by European capital , It Is a striking Instance of the marvelous development of the world's business and of the ingenuity , strength nnd courage with which It Is now conducted. The total amount nccru'dg to the govern ment under the foreclosure nsle Is $5S,000,000 , but of ihls there are credits lo be deducted , Ion-Ing the nctunl payment ? 53SS.85fi. ! ) The first payment will bo ot 16 per cent on Novem ber 20 ; the next three , of 25 per cent each , on December 20 and 30 and January 10 nnd the final ono of 10 per cent on January 20. To facilitate the payments several Now York banks have ) consented to become dcposllorlcs of government funds and the court author izes the receipt of certificates ot deposit In those .banks In lieu of ocual : currency. The ilcpofllts In. thcao tanks wll the-n be at the dls- poallUn of the government * as completely as If thn money wns In the vaults of the treasury nnd much more conveniently. COUHT OK K.MIM.OYKS. ComplnliitM IHsjiiKcil Of In \ < MV YorU'.i Stroi-t -iM-iliipr | l ) < ' | iiirliii Mit. CIllCDKO I'OBt. An orlglnnl and remarkable experiment In stituted by Colonel Waring , the independent and nonpolillcal street-cleaning commlsslcniT of New York , deserves the most sympathetic study on the part ot organized labor and Its friends. _ The colonel 1-as made a conspicu ous success ns a practical believer In arbitra tion nnd conciliation , nnd the plan Introduced by him contains come novel features sug gested by his fair-mindedness and sagacity. At llrst Colonel Waring wns regarded with suspicion and hostility by his workmen , but they are convinced that ho Is the most straightforward and -sincere champion that honest labor can hcr.o for In a high admin istrative position. Karly In his official career Colonel Waring found that the proper investigation of com plaints occupied too much time and inter fered with the regular business of the de partment. Wishing to bo Just and to hear all appeals from the men under him , he hit upon the scheme alluded to , which provides for nn ample hearing of all charges and com plaints before a competent and ro.iroscnta- tlvo committee of the men themselves. The employes at each section station and at each stable elect one of their number to represent them In n general committee ot forty-one. This committee holds secret meetings nm ! dlacusses all grievances of the men with per fect freedom. Such questions as the com mittee cannot dlFposo of are submitted to a board of conference , consisting of live spokes men of the employes elected from the forty- one and flvo representatives of the commis sioner. This beard hears all cnscs presented to it by the committee of forty-one and ren ders its decision. The recommendations ol this committee , together with a brief but clear statement of the facts and the evidence , are laid before the commissioner for ap proval or rejectico. If the board disagrees the respective sides o ! the question are urged before the commissioner by the chairman , \ylio represents the men , and the secretary , who represents the department. The results of this Ingenious plan are shown in the following significant figures cov ering a year's work : The committee of forty-one representing the men alone , bo It remembered considered 345 cases , of which It settled 221 , the remaining 124 being re ferred to the 'board ' of conference. The lat ter body secured reinstatement of dismissed men In eight cases , sustained unanimously seventeen dismissals , remitted or reduced fines In twenty-two cases , approved fines In thirteen cases , and secured satisfactory ex planations of misunderstandings In fifteen cases. In but one case did the board disa gree , < ind the commissioner finally decided in favor of the employe. Every charge or fancied grievance Is cer tain of a hearing. No case is rushed through or crowded out , nnd no partiality can. be shown. The committee of forty-one is en couraged to defend the rights and Interests of the men they represent , knowing that the commissioner Is governed not by politics , but by strict Justice. Colonel Waring is grati fied nt the success of his experiment and nt the Indorsement It has received from manu facturers and large employers. It is need- lefts to add that lie believes In giving the widest application to the arbitration princi ple. Dut the plan is not adapted to the pur poses of those who run public departments on the political or spoils principle Tam many , for example. 1MJIIITAX STOCK VA.MSHIXfi. Iti'iuiirknlilcCondition Shown ! > > VKnl SlallMtlcH. Itoston Globe. The twenty-eighth annual report of the Stnto Doard of Health contnlns elaborate tables of vital statistics bearing upon the possible extinction of the New England stock , because of the preponderance of fe males and the failure of births to compen sate for deaths. The excess ot females In Massachusetts is not a now thing. It has long ibeen , a matter of more or less serious comment , touching Its ultimate consequences In relation to the future composition of our population. The first census taken In 17G5 showed 10S- 747 females to 105,042 males , the settlement tl en being 145 years old. During the revo lutionary war , aswell as during the grcut civil war , the females gained fast , the greatest excess of females over males In the state being In 1865 , when the ratio 'was ' 1,105 to 1,000. Since then the proportion of the sexes has fluctuated , but the census of 1895 shows 1,000 males to 1,058 females , which puts the RCXCS nearer to an equality than they have 'been ' since 1850. The falling off , too , of the iuitlvo birth rate , which gora with It , is a most ncrlous matter. It is largely since the civil war that this feature In our vital statistics has de veloped , and It is steadily becoming moro marked. The other serious feature In the vital statistics of the Mtnto Is the falling off ot the excess of births over deaths. From 1851 to 18CO tliin excess ranged from 9.55 to 11.99 per cent. In 18G1 It was 9.17 , and in 18G2 It was 7.17. It was 2.05 In 18G3 and 1.35 In 18G4. In this last year the deaths and 'births approached preached nearer an equality than In nny nthcp vf.ir In the 277 vears of the existence of Massachusetts , filnco then the excess of blrlhs over de-atha has exceeded 8 'per cent In only ono year , 1874 , until 189) ) . With the exception of that ono year the excess ranged from 4.82 per cent In 1SR2 to 7.79 In 1S91. In 1891 U wa 8.24. In 1895 it again , declined , being only 8,01. The marriage rate meanwhile fluctuated. The marriage rate per 1,000 of population ranged from 17.36 to 22.14 In the U-n yi'nrs between 185G and 1SCG. From 18GO to 1S95 It ranged from 14.91 to 20.92. Hut the con stant fact lo bo noticed ! tlmt the birth rates of foreign and natives population show a steady excess of foreign over natlvo fe cundity. The report has much other varied vital Information , but the main facia are n steady propondcrenco of females over males , a de crease Iu the exccrei of births over deaths , and an Incrc&so of foreign over native pop ulation. The death rates of natlvo and for eign Inhabitants nhow that the foreigners not only have more children than the na tives , but outlive them , The average death rate of the natives In eight years have been 20.4 , and ot the foreigners 17.1 to the thousand. The summing up of all these facts makes It clear that the present birth rate Is Inade quate to repair the IOBSCH by death ; that foreigners are moro productive than natives and live longer. Will the old Puritan stock which so largely peopled the west dla out here In New Kng- land ? Unlffla conditions change nothing can prevent uucli a result. 1VISCOXSIV AT Tim EXPOSITION. Some Olijpatlonn to Stntc tlon Connlilrrcd. Mlltrnukte Sentinel. Th t two or three Wisconsin newnpapen should tnko It upon , themselves lo docldo that the people ot th ! slate Miouhl drop the project to rortlclpato In the Trnsmls- slssippl Kxpc-sltlan. next yc.tr may bo ac cepted as an evidence of A cheerful readiness on tholr part lo net on behalf ot the public without knowing what Its desires .ire In tha multer. Ilcyond this the expression of Iheso two or three editors hns absolutely no significance nificance- . The sum of nbout twenty or twenty-five thousand dollars will to needed to provide a suitable representation for the state nt the Omnbft exposition. This sum will have to bo raised by voluntary contri bution nnd Ihe commission appointed by the governor to take charge ot the state's In- tercsts at the exposition has recently sent out circulars 8ollcUlr. # uch contrlbtrletm. There are twenty-five commissioners. Includ ing some of the stnte's most rcrriMentaiivo citizens. Among the members of the com mission are Stnte Senator Stout nnd ox-Con gressman Stcphenson , each of whom , It will be remembered , subscribed $10.000 last winter - tor for the Mlhmnkeo exposition which was thra being plar.-neil. It Is highly probable that this commission Is not undertaking to urge Iho people of Wisconsin to do anything that Is not for tholr best Interests. Wo say that It Is probable because we judge that the editors opposing the raising of n fund tor usro nt Omaha do not place nny rclUneo upoi > the Judgment ot the commission. Their advice lo drop the Omaha project Is equiv alent to saying that the commission does not know wlmt It Is nbout or. nt leant that It Is proceeding In an Injudicious manner Wo nro confident that the majority ot thd business men of the state are favorably dis posed townrd HIP proposition to have Wis consin suitably represented at OmalM Not withstanding the fnct that ( hero arc to bo some soml-centcnnlnl celebrations tin Wis consin which will tax the generosity of the people this does not seem to he an adequate reason for ncglcctlrg the Omaha exposition. Yet this Is the only ' 'arson nOvanced against participation Im It. The Transmlss sslppl Exposition Is going to bu n big affair In which the general government I * Interested to the extent of a $200,000 appropriation to be put Into a building containing n suitable ex hibit. Nearly all the sMtes near Nebraska have either made public appropriations or have raised money by private subsrnptlrci to Insure their participation. The managers of the exposition estimate that the total attendance will not be tar from 2.600.000 , which does nol seem an , exlravagant esti mate as the exposition will be open flvo mc-ntha. Unless the advactago ot taking part In cny exposition ba absolutely denied wo fall to understand how there can ibc a reasonable objection , to making a cred.tablo Wisconsin exhibit at Omaha. The transmls- slfslppl region is certainly ono thai WIs- consta Is especially Interested In and her failure to take part In nn exposition In tended to bo representative of that coun try would make the state unpleasantly con spicuous. JUST KOH 1-MJX. Somervlllc Journal : When n woman runs It Is n , moan man who iwlll use his e.inunu Detroit Journal : "Clolhes , " remarked the observer of men and things , "often have the effect of leaving a person Inwardly moro naked than ever. " Washington star : "Do man dnt won' bo fuilerfy wlf nuflln' but a sof Biiap , " said Uncle ICbcn , "Is glnernlly do one dnt docs dc mos' talkln * 'bout hard times. " Indianapolis Journal : Tommy 1'nw , the paper says something nbout Mr. IJlore's brilliant speech and Jias a question mark In a bracket after "brilliant. " What does that mean. Jlr. FlggIt means "nit. " Puck : Little Elmer Pa. what does "requlcscnt in pace" mean ? Prof , Hroadhead "Please stay dead'1 is near enough. Detiolt Free Press ; "What made Grumpy ao mad when the phrenologist ! < ald he hud a sreat love for little children ? " "Uecause the lump the professor wns feel. ln was caused by atnao ball with which a small boy accidentally struck Grumpy. Ho'a bccn laying1 for the kid ever since. " Philadelphia Hecord : "Some people , " says Ilrothcr Walklns , "saydcy bab a lot ob .sympathy for yo when It ain't nullln' but cur'oslty. " Chlcag.o News : "It Is very foolish In woman to attempt to supplant man In thu Industrial domain. " "Why : ? " "She will have to support him. " Yonkcrs Statesman : "I wish you would get your wife to throw her Influence f r mo , " said the woman who was running for olllce In the Wonian'H club ; "I'm sure It would have some effect. " "Yes , " wns the thoughtful reply : "I know when she's ever thrown anything for mo It a been effective. " Chicago Post : "I wonder , " be said , thoughtfully , "If these novelists who de scribe a woman BH having tears In her voice mean to Intimate " lie paused , but they urged him to go on. " that she slobbers. " T1IK STRANDED COMPANY. i Detroit Xcws. They liad a iiatont rain machine , nnd thunder they could make ; A snow box also they possessed that really took the cake ; At their behest the breaking waves ths hearers' ears bedlnned , Hut still one elomcnt delled-they couldn I raise the wind. TIIH AXTK-KI.ISCTIO.V I'ltOMISIS. New Yoik T leiram. How sonn Is forgotten the bright , nwjr promise , The promise that's made in the heat of K'en now' when reminded bo baltH ns If startled , . , And siys : "Who- are you and what' * thai you sayV" "It's the Job" you reply ; "the Job which you offered ; The one that'H to pay mo ten bones every night. " Ho goes in a trance nnd reflects for an hour , Hut try as ho will bo's forgotten It quite. Ah ! ! Had nro the partings of friends ut tha gruvoHldc ; Sad Is a man when Ills wlfo runs away , Hut few of us know the pangs of real nor- TJ1I anked by n candldalc "Wlmt'B that you say ? " TIIH AIIM IKS OK TIIH COIltf. J. Krtmund Cnoltp In Now York Sun. Rank upon rank they stood and row on row ; Plumed , tacaeled , uniformed In groi-n , \Vllli nitloim In their liuupsitcked lumkn belwuen The myriad bladt'H they braiidUhcd at the foe. r.oim held Iho liravo irlgndca ami would not yield Till Fhiittircd by the de tlny of vvnr. Then ( gallant tr.bute from Iho coninorort ) They KtucUi'd tholr anna uiid tented on tliu field. Correct Grain Cells. VnrloiiH TJiero como times In OIIU'H life when It wr'll rtpaya to taku a pomonal Inventory 1 1 itu wh.it Is nccuKsary to make life muro if a BiifL'dTH. It Is frequently found that BJim > physical djcablllty stands In the way an-1 rob * us of thi ) uxcrclsu of our powera , Thu U particularly true of the brainh , . dillcate mechanism U easily affected l > certain habits of food or drink. Coffee fur Instance In a peculiar narcotic drug and directly affects heart , stomuch and brain m a detrimental manner , as any skllKd physician will atteet. The dellcato brain cells upon T.'h h wu drpcnd for flklllful Ihlnking and pinnule , " cannot proceed properly with their work " ' Intorfcricd with and Improperly nourhbcil I'oslum Kood Coffee furnishes ( ho foo'l cK ments needed to rebuild the grey ina'ipr i brain and nerve cells. If It In properly hi i' > ' 1 full IS minutes after boiling commences It a delicious , Persona who dcullno to leave off the use of coffee entirely will find much benefit arl&o from using half 1'oatum In thflr eoffce , and are generally won over to I'oatum entirely , when the result In bodily tii > J menial vigor U observed. The market la flooded with Imitations com posed of various things , and a percentage ot cheap coffee to glvu taste. Care vhoultl bt > observed In regard lo what tow Into Ui human stomach ,