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    THE OMAHA DAILY 33EE ; TUESDAY ; 18f)7. )
Tint OMAHA DAILY BEE
E. nOSEWATEn , Editor.
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STATKMKNT OV CIUCI3LAT1ON.
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Hulling Company , being duly sworn , rny < Hint the
actual manlier of full and complete copies of The
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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 :
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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 ,