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/ - VATATT A T A fT.-V 62 A rmT"l n A "V -wn-rc-\riiTvn irr SUGGESTIONS FOR GOVERNING COLONIES I'niirrn Itrud on Uronninlc .Subjects and Itcftoliitlon CrltluUltiK the Adui I n U ( rut In 11 Offered Schur the > cw I'rcMilcnt. BALTIMORE , Dec. 10. The National Civil Service He form association In convtn- tlou hero at Its second day's session , de voted almost the entire morning to a dis cussion ot the report of tbo committee on resolutions , which charged the present na tional administration with a violation o ! I the spirit If not the letter of the civil serv ice rules. The resolutions were as follows : First The National Civil Servlco Ucform " league congratulates the country upon the entire failure of the attack upon the merit Byptcm which was advocated at the last BctBlon , a result due to the advancing sentl- mcnt of the nation and to the flrm attltudo of tbo president In that crisis. I Arraign * the AiliiiliilNtrntlun. | Second The league , however , has heard with concern the report that It Is the Inten tion of the president to withdraw from under the civil service rules Important positions and classes of positions. Wo believe that such action , If taken , noutd.be contrary to the Interests of the public service , und wo can but repeat the convlctlca already re- spcctfully expressed to the president that such changes would be accepted aa not culy a "step backwards. " but as proof that the system Is not regarded by the present administration - ministration ns "hero and hero to stay , " nnd would Inevitably awaken doubts as to the sincerity of the repeated declarations of the past , that the law establishing It hn11 be thoroughly and honestly enforced and ex tended wherever practicable. , Third There arc nonu In the country who have wished more earnestly for the success of the present administration In carrying out Its declared principles with regard to the reform of the civil service and none will have been moro zealoiiHly anxious that < In thin particular Its record should bo conv slntent and unimpeachable. The league , however , In the discharge of the duties of watchful and Impartial criticism a duty ' more than ever Imperative nt this critical period In the development of our ailmlnlstra- tlvo system Is forced to recognize certain Kravo departures within the present year , from a strict observance of "the " civil service law and the principles underlying It. As to these It con bo shown by detailed evidence. That the order ot July 27 , 1807 , regulating the method of removal has been violated In both letter nnd spirit In various branches of the service and that In many localities the whole system of civil service has been dis credited In consequence. That Internal revenue services and In the offices of United States marshals appoint ments have been made altogether In viola tion of the law , and that such appointments have been made openly for political con- side-ration. Appointments have be i made | for the same- purpose In the land office , In the Forestry department and In other branches of the Interior department. That through appointments and removals for po litical reasons the efficiency of the Indian service has been seriously affected and that certain of such changes have been made ' against the protest of these engaged mast earnestly In the work for Indian Improve ment. Nullified In 1'cnnlon llurenn. That the operation of the rules In the pension examining force has been nullified by an Adroit system of evasion practiced by the commissioner of pensions , npnlnt't the protests 'of ' the civil service commission and of many prominent Individual surgeons In terested In the honesty and efficiency of this particularly Important nervlce. That in certain custom houses and In the departments at Washington many persona have been employed without examination an "laborers" and assigned \arlous kinds of classified work. That through these and other methods the proportionate number of persons appointed In the classified service under this adminis tration under full conformity with the civil errlco rules when compared with the num ber not so appointed has not BO materially docrvasod. i That hundreds of appointments to cjyll ' positions In the Washington office of the War department and certain bureaus of the treasury were made during the war without reference to civil service rules , although the lists of the commission contained several thousand persons eligible for appointment and within easy call ; and further , that the persons so appointed were In many cases illiterate- and otherwise Incompetent and un- At. Connnlnr Examination * Ineffective. That changes In the consular servlco bavo been nraro sweeping than at any previous time , exceeding In number these made under tbo preceding1 administration and amounting in tbo salaried grades to a total of 237 out of 272 , or nearly 90 per cent of the whole , and that the system of non-competitive ex aminations established for certain grades of the consular rervlco has been so modified as to be practically Ineffective. The Icaguo also calls attention to the fact that the pledge of the party now In power in the national government , "to extend the ystem wherever practicable , " Is yet to be redeemed with regard to the assistant post masters at frco delivery offlce . the fourth class postmasters , employes of the congres sional library , the municipal servlco In the District of Columbia ; and by registration , the laborers ; In all of which branches ox- tonslon la not only practical , but urgently required. It Is the profound conviction of 4be league that the rule of outlying depend encies by the United States would eventually result In disaster and disgrace to the nation it conducted on the plan of political spoils * nd that such an experiment would bo 1m- "i | j possible without strict application of both i the spirit and rnodo of the civil service . system. The following additional ofDccrs were lleeted : President , Carl Schurz ; vice presl- lenta , Charles Francis Adams ot Boston , | Henry Hitchcock of St. Louis , Augustus HacdonouEh of Now York , H. C. Lea ot I Philadelphia , Franklin MacVeagh ot Chl- Uio , Bishop H. C. Totter ot Now York , Bishop P. H. Ryan of 1'hlladelphla , Wil liam Potts , New York. Kcuiiumlu Problem * Canli1ereil. The afternoon cession was taken up with the reading of papers , the first of which was ' "Tho Need and Means of Providing a I ' Stab'lo and Competent Civil Service for- Our , I Now Dependencies , " by Dorman U. Katon , This wae followed by a paper on the "Mur rain ot Spoils In the Indian Service , " by Herbert Welsh of Philadelphia , secretary ot | the Indian Klghts association. Dorman Eaton said In part : The question whether the United States can govern tbo Sandwich Islands , Porto Rico , Cuba or the Philippines If the latter tnuot como under our control with honor < o Itself or advantage to such dependencies is but another form of tbo question whether we are capable of bringing and are re 1 solved to bring , worthy and competent men , Bt representatives of the best character j 1 and rapacity into the olllctal leadership of the people of those Islands. "Wo must establish governments so wise , to just and stable that they can be made WINTER CRUISE to th * scenes of the BATTLEFIELDS of the SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR by the American Line twin-screw United States mall 8. 8. NEW YORK ( V. S. Auxiliary Cralicr Harvard. ) alllnff from NSW York , March 4. 1S99. for HAVANA. SANTIAGO. S1BONBY , BAN \ oymi , auANTANA&io , SAN JUAN. fOKCE. TUB WINDWARD ISLANDS & JAMAICA ; duration , 31 days. IMirnatlonal Navigation Company T pb n * Mln H3. Chicago , 111. ; 1 < 3 La- I effective over different races , over diverse civilizations nnd eml-barbarUms dcsplto the effect of laA , habits And political and ecclesiastical Institutions which have pre vailed for centuries and which are unlike these we should seek to establish. Our suc cess will bo a marvel even If we shall use the very best means. Kxaniplu of Inilln. England has ono dependency llrltlsh India In no sense a colony , the problem of whoso government has presented on a vast ecalo all the dllllcultles of race , religion , laws and habits which the United States can encounter in Its new dependencies. The manner In which England has surmounted thcBo difficulties and escpcclally the means by which It rose above a selfish and partisan spirit In the selection and government of the civil Borvlco of India In not only espe cially worthy of our study at this time , but U stands as the noblest , the most successful and beneficent example of the government of a political dependency by a superior race and power to bo found In the history of ancient or modern times. I cannot think there can be a reasonable doubt as to whether the method rcsoitcd to la British India would be efficacious If adopted for the Sandwich Islands , Porto Hlco and Cuba , or the Philippines. The decisive , momentous question , however , Is whether the majority of our party leaders and con gressmen are sufficiently disinterested and patriotic , to resort to them to follow this noble , precedent of the mother country or whether . the better public opinion of the American people Is yet suinclcntly enlight ened to compel them to do so. I have an undoubtlng , faith In the final and early triumph of that oplnlou , which Is now greatly aroueecl. Welnli Dencrllie * Spoil * System. Mr. Welsh said that "there Is a disease In | American politics much to bo dreaded , lt Is the murrain of stiolls. " Ho went on to speak ( of what ho knew of Its ravages In the Indian , service under the five administra tions of which ho had personal knowledge. During _ ( that period ho knew of but a dingle appointment . . , to the Indian comuilsslouershlp , . that , of General T. J. Morgan by President Harrison , where the choice was made with an , eye single to the welfare of the Indians. President Harrison , he said , must also bo credited with a very Important step In the development of the Indian schools system and the extension of the civil service rules. . * \ serious error , however was the removal of nearly nil the Indian agents he found In olllco and tbo substitution of inexperienced men. men.No , reform In Indian affairs , said Mr , , . . Welsh. , ; In conclusion , could come unless there bo such a demand from the people that : v the government at Washington nn.ro not dis regard : It. When the man of average Intelli gence : , and average Influence forgets his In difference , and feels no longer bis Impor tance , but becomes charged with a strong scnso of responsibility for using these talents which now bo hides In a napkin and r buries In the earth : when the average man will . , do his duty by nubile affairs , the cause of civil service reform , whether in the In dian service or elsewhere , will bo victorious. , . B J. Kenworthy DeWltt , a manufacturer of roller skates In Springfield , Mass. , Is In tha city. Said ho : "Inside of three years you will see the roller skate craze hare as firm . waf hold of the people as It did fifteen years ' ago. There are now many towns In the cast that have their rinks , which are crowded nightly. The craze Is moving west crai and It will reach Omaha sooner or later. All of thcso crazes or fads are contagious , and when ono town Is afflicted other towns are liable to contract the disease and It spreads until It becomes epidemic. " D. Boynton of Canton , S. D. , was In Omaha last night. "Dakota will have a boom next year , " he said. "Last season we I raised good crops and land advanced In price. Many new settlers came In last sea- sou and many naord will como next spring. I figure that as a result of the exposition at Omaha our county ( Lincoln ) received at least fifty new settlers. &bey were men from the northwest who Slopped off , looked the county over and then purchased land. Wo favored the exposition last season and are In favor of It next summer. " ' Ezra D. Hartlngton , a grain dealer from Rochester , Minn. , Is In town. Ho says the farmers of Olmstead county , In which Rochester Is situated , are preparing to sow a largo acreage of small grain next spring. The heavy snow which fell last month and still remains on the ground , he declares , Insures a big crop ot email grain next sea son. Mr. Hartlngton says that In his Judgment . ment Minnesota will be represented In a most creditable manner at the exposition next summer. I'crionnl Paragraph * . J. G. Leser of Milwaukee is at the Her Grand. C. C. Wright of Chicago Is at the Her Grand. James Donahue of Kansas City is at'the Her Grand. "Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nye of Fremont are at the Her Grand. Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Middleton of New York ore at the Her Grand. F. F. Muller of Ohlca o , with Swift and Company , is at the Her Grand. Gratton B. Cromwell , one ofthe wealthy sheep raisers of Australia , passed through Omaha yesterday on his way to Ontario , to visit his 'old home , which he left thirty years ago. ago.Nobraskans Nebraskans at the hotels : H. R. Christy , Nebraska City ; Louis Smlthberger , Bob Ap- ploby , Stanton ; J. P. Webster , Fremont ; Forest Miller , Lincoln ; B , X. Harney , Nor folk ; Leo Arnett , Lincoln. Clement G. Homer , an attorney from Mason City , la. , Is In the city looking after Rome legal matters in United States court. Ho has resided la Iowa forty years , and Bays that ho never saw the people there so prosperous as now. At the Murray : A. B. Noble , Hamburg , la. ; Fred Plctscb , Milwaukee ; C. Keep , Bos ton ; B. R. Waggner , New York ; Clarence Cool , Warronsberg , N. Y. ; A. N. McLood. Oskalooaa ( , la. ; M. B. Grlnnell , Butte City ; Charles Tobias , Cincinnati. George II. Huston , grain dealer at Sodc Springs. Idaho , was In the city last night. Ho said that the pcoplo in the locality In which he resides are enthusiastic over the prospects of being able to como to the ex position in Omaha next summer. At the Mlllard : George Spangenberg , Denver : William Sturpis. Cheyenne , Wyo. ; J. K. Choate. Denver : K. B. Aber'cromblo , Boston ; P. C. Stohr St. Paul ; J. M. Evans , Johnstown. N. Y. : George W. Becker , lies- ton : M. W. Denyse , New York ; F. A. Rat- cllffe. Chicago ; J. 1C. MacGowan , Denver ; S. M. Spedon , New York ; Mrs. Emma B. Osborae , Red Oak , la. ; Mrs. B. H. Waring , Oukalooso , la. ; H. Morris. Chicago : C. J. Wlnnek , San Francisco ; Kuno von Welden , New York ; George Ames and wife , Boston ; W. R. Hall , St. Louis ; Sara F. Woolard , Wichita ; A. T. Redmon and wife , Morvlllo , la. ; G , A. Williams and wife , Lincoln. Ciirlluir Today. At the upper loko in Hanscom park today the Omaha Curling club will Indulge in a regularly ordained bout at the roarln' game. P. L. Forgan. vice president of the cJub , has challenged A. C. Troup , the president , and tbo latter has accented. The rinks will have the game for a supper to be paid for by the loser. Guy C. Barton , patron ot ( he club , will attend tbo match. Hum * Ilanonaa. A small blaze was discovered last night nboi't 11 o'clock In tbo commission store ot Dv/orak / & Palno. at 419 South Eleventh street. The fire was started in the room vhcro the fruit Is ripened by some wooden poles on which bananas were hung foiling against the red hot stove. Before any damage - ago was done the flames were extinguished , by the fire department , | . Pollcrinen Xttiucd. At a sDeclal meeting of the Board of Fire and 1'ollco Commissioners' yesterday after- noon Fred Mvers. J. D. Wilson and Joe Vanderfonl were appointed on the pollco I force and William Hudson was reinstated. SoclHl Postponed. Owing to the serious Illness ot Mrs. WhitI I ' ney the fleorge A. Custer Women's Uellef { corps 82 social has been postponed. BEECH CAMP'S ' JUBILATION Modern Woodmen of America Have a Big Celebration of Their Own. HALF A THOUSAND MEMBERS THE CAUSE Growth of the Cnmp flarh an < n Olre Oceanian for a. Demonstration of Satisfaction Which lieconie * n Enthusiastic Hloiront. Beech camp , No. 1454 , Modern Woodmen of America , engaged In a large degree ot festivity last evening at Its lodge rooms at Fourteenth and Dodge streets. Some 200 woodchoppcrs participated in the pleasures of the evening and the rooms were crowded to a degree unknown before. It was no an niversary or fete day In the order , but tbo occasion was the celebration over the fact that the actlvo membership roll of Beecha camp had reached 500 names. Half a thou sand axes can do a great deal of "knocking" it the Implements are used In that way and they can cut off Innumerable lumps ot sorrow - row and distress when used properly , and that Is the manner In which they are ma nipulated by the Beech boys , and there was considerable chopping last night. It is pos sibly not an Improper figure to apply to a man with an ax to say that the members cut loose from all formality and went in for a good time , which the shouts of laugh ter and bursts of applause last night Indi cated that everybody was having. After a abort secret session of the camp for the transaction ot regular routine busi ness the doors were thrown open for the en tertainment of all. That the tinge of "Hun " ger might not Interfere with the enjoyment of any of the laborers In the forest , supper was first served. While the table accom modations were large. It was necessary for tbo Woodmen and their friends to visit the dining room In shifts , and while ono sec tion engaged Itself with the bill of fare tne other regaled itself with cards and music. It was late before the other parts of tno program were taken up and It was found necessary to bint to the speakers to abbre viate their remarks as much as possible tnat the members might not be under the neces sity of walking home. Subject * of the ToaMU , The program of toasts was as follows : 0Di Team , " W. M. Thomas ; "Our Early Days of Camp Work , " William MacDlar- Diml mld ; "Walnut Camp , nnd What Wo In herited , " A. F. Johnson ; "Beech Camp In Society and Politics , " J. W. Houder of Co lumbus : ; "Our Newer Members , " C. H. Hollenbeck ( ; "Our Sick and Dead , " A. H. Vosburgh ; "Why We Moot In Weekly Ses sions , " John L. Pierce ; "The Local Physician , " Dr. W. O. Henry ; "The FIve Hundred , " Frank Whltmarsh ; "The Work Ahead r , " Charles L. Hopper ; "The 'Moral Effect ot Fraternal Societies on Civiliza tion , " T. F. Sturgess. The toastmaster of the evening was W. F. Chapln. In connection wltb the toast "Our Team" W. M. Thomas presented the camp with a picture of the team. It showed the boys In groups and Individually , and also contained the pictures of the officers of the camp. This was a complete surprise to the camp , but was none the less appreciated. The team is one of the features of the organi zation and Is the -pride - of every member. It captured the first prize at the exposition Itot ot Modern Woodman day from a field of eleven ' competitors. J. C. Page Is captain ot the team. During the evening and Interspersing the other numbers an orchestra livened the pro gram with music. An abundance of cigars wore pressed upon all those who had use for the weed , Really'nothing was omitted , whlch could contribute to" ine enjoyment of the occasion. Beech camp was organized with about 130 members on August 13 , 1890 , and has been steadily growing In membership. During the last year the camp decided to make a play for the banner which Is awarded the largest camp In the state and began to hustle for new members. The result was that a few days ago the membership roll .passed the 600 mark , and there are thlrty- flvo candidates waiting for Initiation , Whlla it may not bo able to secure the coveted banner ( Omaha camp , No. 120 , having nearly 650 members ) Beech camp will make tbo best showing on percentage ot Increase , Officers of the Cnmp. Tbo first eet of officers in the camp was as follows : John J. McOllntock , V. C. ; Dr. A. B. Bdmleton , W. A. ; M. Parr , B. ; C. O. Hayes , C. ; P. H. Cook. E. ; R. C. Hemphlll. W. ; Robert Ross , S. ; Dr. Robert MoDonald , P. ; Dr. R. M. Gllmore , A. P. ; T. J. Ma- boney , J. H. Hawkins and H. M. Morrow , managers. The present officers are : A. A. Smith , V. C. ; W. F. Ohapln , W. V. ; 0. L. Hopper , B. ; F. Whltmarsb , C. ; L. B. Mc- Cown , A. C. ; J. E. Hlmoe , B. ; Hana Beck- enson , W. ; 0. H. Long , 8. ; Dr. W. 0. Henry , P. ; Dr. B. C. Henry , A. P. ; Dr. F. F. Teal. A. P. ; A. H. Vosburgh , R. C. Hemphlll and J. L. Pierce , managers. Those in charge of the entertainment last ovenlng , and to whom the credit Is largely due for the success ot the celebration , were : H. P. Leavltt , C. L. Hopper , John S. King , R. C. Hemphin. W. F. Chapln , L. B. Mc- Cown. P. H. Cook , A. A. Smith , A. H. Vos burgh , C. H. Long , F. Whltmarsh , J , L. Fierce , J. C. Page , C. H. Hollenbeck , J. B. Hlmoe and J. W. Houder. Old. E. and Alice Johnson , osteopaths. Suite 615 , N. Y. Life Bldg. ON THE SMALLPOX SITUATION State Board of Health Claim * it Ha * the Epidemic Voder Control. Dr. B. F. Crummer has returned from Lin- corn , where be attended a very satisfactory meeting ot the State Board of Health Thurs day afternoon. At that meeting , he says , a careful canvass was made of the smallpox situation. Dr. Towne , who was sent to Ne braska City by the State Board of Health , has been at that point for three days. He has made a thorough Investigation and finds that there are at present In quarantine In that city thirty convalescents and twenty- six still suffering from the disease , two of this number being new cases reported within the last two days. All of the cases are of m mIM grade. It Is stated that the hospital is up and covered , one chimney is completed , and will bo ready for occupancy within two or three days. Dr. Towne received a mes- Me from Tecumseh that one case had been discovered there , which was strictly quaran tined and the family vaccinated. He bas or dered the vaccination of all school children and the citizens generally. The board received a teregram from a liable authority In Syracuse , stating that there la no smallpox in Syracuse or vicinity , nor bas there been this year. A report from the Omaha Board of Health at noon Thursday elated that one new case bad been reported within twenty-four hours , making eight In all. All these cases are strictly quarantined and extensive vaccina tion la being proceeded with In the city The cases are in the remote parts ot the residence district and none bas occurred near the center of tbo city. A family living four miles from Peru bas bad five coses , all tbe members of the family. All were mild cases and are con valescent. They have been strictly quaran tlned and tbe quarantine will be asaldu oualy kept up until they are entirely well There Is not a single case in the town o Peru. This Is tbe report of Dr. Neal. In view of these reports and the general mtidneis of tbo epidemic the board be llevcj that by general vaccination and I vigorous enforcement of the directions of the board ni given to Dr. Towne ( or use In ; Nebraska City they may expect the epidemic to bo of short duration and that the count ) of business In this and neighboring states need not be Intermixed , Dr. Grumm'or nays that the board Is formulating reports upon the smallpox situ ation In Nebraska to send out through the state nnd to neighboring states. Thcso will be strictly reliable and will bo sent as far east as Ohio and throughout the west , other CObe boards of health being the recipients. He thinks that It Is better for the people ot the state to know the truth aud that It will thgt gain the confidence of possible visitors If careful and reliable reports are made. He . knows of no good reason why this should not bo done , ns rumors are nioro dangerous I and gather In slzo It tbo truth Is not forth | coming. Only ono new case has been reported In Omaha within tbe last forty-eight hours | The : State Board of Health ! has the utmost confidence In the local board and the man ner In which the local authorities are pro ceeding , he thinks , shows that this confidence \a \ not misplaced. RAILWAY CROSSING ACCIDENT , ' Four People Iimtmid.v Killed mid Two llvlluvod to lie Vntnlly Hurt. NEW YORK , Dec. 1C. A wagon containIng - Ing eight persons was struck by a train on the Pennsylvania railroad at the Allenwood crossing a few miles from Manasqtian , N. J , , and four persons were killed , two fatally In- jurcd and two others gcrlouuly Injured. Dead : MRS. ELLEN ALL'EN. BESSIE ALLEN , her daughter. MHS. ALLIE ALOER. JENNIE CRAMMER. Fatally Injured : David S. Allen , husband of Mrs. Allen , who was kllfed. Kato Allen , their daughter. Those who may recover are : Alger , Infant child of Mrs. Alger , wbo was killed. AVlllle Alton , son of David S. Allen. Mrs. Allen was cut almost to pieces. Her daughter Beeslc was also badly mangled. Allen's BkuH Is believed to be fractured and his spine Is 'injured. Katlo Allen had her skull fractured. David S. Allen was one of the most prom inent men In that part of New Jersey. LOGGING ON CEDED LANDS Indian * on Chluiiewa Itoervntlou Are I'ald More Thau White * He co ui me nil un Inspector. WASHINGTON , Dec. If. Special Agents Parke and Schwartz of the general land of- . flee , 'who have been Investigating the logging of the dead and down timber on the ceded | lands of the Chlppowa reservation In Min nesota , have presented .their report to Com missioner Hermann. They say that the Charge that the logging Interests on the Leech lake reservation were the cauEo of the late war can bo denied. They say the loggers are Indians , who get $1 per day , while the whites only get | 18 a month. At tbe last settlement 91 per cent of 'their labor- bill was paid and more will be , and that the $25,000 and upwards earned by thcso Indian laborers last winter Is worth moro to them , the trtbo and the gov ernment than the value of all the logs cut. The foremen- complain that the Indian labor Is unsatisfactory. The agents report that In many coses the Indians receive re ward for use of their names to secure log ging permits , suggest that this leaves the door open to fraud and recommend placing a government Inspector to control the and supplyrcharges , and proper rules , REPORT ONibBAiNAGE CANAL' * ' - ( ' H Prof , riilllitii Sny * it Will Be a C . [ atant Menace to'Health Throucfc * J oat IHlnuMdlpiil Valley * / ST. LOUISDec. . 16. Prof. Hlr * fc. Philips , consulting engineer of tbe Mis souri State Board of Health , bas completed his Investigations of the proposed Chicago drainage canal and reports that It would be a constant menace to health of all persona living along Its borders. Dr. Paul Paqulii , secretary of the board , said today that he was convinced that the canal undoubtedly would poison the waters of the Mississippi river nnd endanger the health of residents of tbe entire Mississippi valloy. PENSIONS FOR WESTERN VETERAN ! . Survivor * of the Civil War Remem bered hy the Government. WASHINGTON , Dec. 16. ( Special , ) The following western pensions bavo been ! granted : Issue of December G : Nebraska : Increase Samuel Wise , Omaha , $12 to $14. Iowa : Restoration and supplemental David O. Roberts , Anderson , $6. Increase- Thomas Newell ( special December 6) ) , Oska- loosa , $24 to $30 ; David A. Sergent , Cory- don , $1 to $17 ; John E. Abarr. Redding , $8 to $8. Original , widows , etc. Mary A. Stan- nard , Traer , $8 ; Delia V. Flood , Shell Rock. $8. Colorado : Original James P. Brown , Soldiers' and Sailors' Homo , Rio Grande , $8. South Dakota : Original , widows , etc. Martha E. Fleming , Prairie Queen , $13. Wyoming : Original Platt A. HInraan. Encampment , $6. 'ncreasc Rces Cheyenne , $12 to $17. COLONIES AND THEIR PEOPLE England's ' Example and United States Policy Contrasted Together COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL CONQUEST How the nrltlnh Empire Ha * llecn Unlit t'p ' nnd Whr Thl * Nation Should Avoid the 1'ollor of Expunilon. With a good attendance present the Young Men's History club found the occasion of Its Bccond meeting at the Castellar Street Pres byterian church a very Instructive ono on governmental policy from two points of vlow , wldoly different though not neces sarily opposed. The topic for the evening was the "Eng lish Colonies. " This was discussed at length In an Interesting paper by Prof. John Gor don ot the Presbyterian theological semi nary and It natmally suggested the talk which followed from Edward Roaewa.ter , who had been invited to glvo his well known } views on the expansion craze which has como over this country since tbo war llh Spain. Mr. Rosewater exposed the fallacies ' of the Imperialistic proposition. The main Idea of Prof. Gordon's paper was to show the classification of the English colonies under the three heads of re- . sponslble , Irresponsible and crown colonies I and the diverse methods by which England governs her colonies , But there was an un- , derlytng thought that her colonial expansion . had been due to conquest , both commcr- ' clally and politically. Ho also reviewed the Spanish colonization of Mexico , Central and South America and her West Indian posses sions. In connection wltb this came a resume - umo of the French and English colonlza- tlon of North America and the expansion of this nation from the thirteen original At lantic colonies to the Mexican gulf and the Pacific ocean. In the growth of this country 'the ' expansion over contiguous territory bad been cither by conquest or by purchase. England's present colonies in Canada , the West Indies , Australasia , Africa and India had a .large share of attention. The taking ot Australia bad demonstrated a principle of taking possession of territory not owned by any other power , but In the cases of Canada and Africa , the former was ceded by France and the latter started with tbe seiz ure of the Capo of Good Hope whllo Hol land was at the mercy of Napoleon's army. India the Mi t Fascinating. I India Prof. Gordon considered the most fascinating study of all colonization move ments. It began in 1GOO with the Incorpora tlon of the East India company , a company of merchants with only $150,000 or 30,000 , yet it bad resulted In appropriating the ter ritory ot millions of people. India was thus annexed , first commercially and second politically. In the diverse methods by which England governs her colonies Prof. Gordon noted that French law obtains in Quebec , Dutch law in Guiana , the Koran is the law book of the Straits settlement and In some parts of India the Taws ot Manes are followed While the responsible colonies , as be called them , bavo practically self-government , the crown colonies are under a form ot absolute despotism , being governed absolutely by 11 officials sent from England. India , as an appanage of the English crown , comes most closely to the crown colony method. Mr. Rosewater said ho would simoly at tempt to give a rambling talk on tbo expan sion idea. Primarily , It was understood that the expansion policy had generally been that of conquest , afterward making the conquered people adapt themselves to the now order of things , as had been tbo policies of Rome , Assyria , Egyptand al | the ancient empires. More recently , he observed , the Idea bad come to be the- unloading of unDesirable - Desirable people , such as offenders against Jfjs laws and political disturbers , onto new i/-rrltory , just as England has done with Australia , as Russia Is still doing with Siberia and France with Devil's Island , br added wltb fine sarcasm. But the main purpose now Is to acquire a field for on overflow of thrifty people , secure the com merce ot the colonies and make them bear part of the burden of government. The responsible colonies of the English system he considered e , i..e\vhat analogous to our territories. England's chief purpose in planting j the thirteen original colonies on this continent was to create a source of Income - I come and help in time of war. Exploitation was the real object. Plan that Im Dlitastefal. "But when wo come to tbo Irresponsible or the crown colonies , " said Mr. Roiewater , "we find tbat class of colonies most dls- tasteful to us. Under our form of govern ment every citizen is a sovereign. We never can have subjects. There is where the broad line of distinction is to be drawn. " He argued that euch colonies are made to bear fiscal and military duties without en joying a representation In government. A strong point made by Mr. Rosewater was that tbe responsible colonies ot England are mostly In tbe temperate zones , while the other classed were In the tropics , where the people are slightly above slaves. Spain' * colonization of America bad been based upon tbo divine rights of popes and kings and built up on slavery. Its great object waste to plunder the people , though tboy carried the banner ot Christianity. The trouble There's Dollars In It If you were to sit down with Drex L. Shoomnn and figure out how much you spent for toys on that boy and then know how much more acceptable shoes would be to him wo don't think you would hesitate about coming here nnd Investing In a pair of our boys' ? l.r 0 shoes We know the price Is away down but we have no Intention of ask ing $2.00 or $2.50. which we could and then give you the usual shoo value- No , we only add enough to the cost of our boys' shoes to run that department that's why you always get such big values hure for the money expended. Boys' canvas leggius , COc. Drexel Shoe Co. , Omaha' * Up-to-dnl Shoe Boas * . 1410 FAKNAM STREET. If it Gets Warmer- Mali maw will go to Raymer's and see those Iron wagons , sleds and skates ho Is selling so cheap nowadays The Peek & Suyder ukates at 35c up to $ : { .50 there are more Peck & Suyder skates on the lagoon than any other- Just because they are the best We are open evenings now und wo Invite you to give us an Inspection call there may be something that will interest you in the more substantial and sensible gifts wo have to offer you An elegant lint ; of carving sets nt greatly reduced prices. prices.A. A. RAYMER , WE D2U\RK YOPIl I'tMOUASK. 1514 Furnum St , "I believe the sale of S , . Telling 1 Londonderry * to be larger than that of all other waters Testimony combined. " . REED WHIPPLE J. , for I'rop. " Young's , " " Patkfr'i , " and the "Touralne , " Doston. ws ssurajriOTuresnuroxaas I'nxton , GaUnitlivr A Co. , DUtrltintor * . Sold by aiicrumu A MuCouncll Or UK Co , , Omtitm. with the tropics Is that people will network work unless they are made to , aa the climate docs not necessitate the same expenditure of energy for the things which make for civilization as do temperate climates. They have no winter to provide for and clothes are not a necessity as with people who have six months ot cold weather to contend with. All the edicts of kings and projects ot greedy speculators would not bring out any profitable results from tropical countries such . as the Philippines and the Sandwich Islands. . Ironically , he remarked that India In spite of all England's "beneficent" means of governing through her army and navy Is going to pieces. The expansion of this nation In the past , except as to Alaska , bas been over territory contiguous , whereas the Philippines are thousands of miles across the Pacific. An the growth of this country extended beyond the Mississippi and the Pacific coast was populated In tbo rush for geM and the gap between was settled up partly duo to the civil war , no such problem wa presented as would be In the Philippines with Its 1,200 Islands and Its eighty different races of people ple , all speaking a different tongue and none of them In sympathy wltb American Institu tions. Participation in tli * Sntnonn Affair. Before ho concluded Mr. Rosewater rid iculed the participation of this government In the Eamoan trtpartlto arrangement of ten years ago , which had resulted In Lawyer Osborne of Blair being sent there as ono of the pro-consuls. Lauren Thurston of Ha waii had admitted to him once that with only 20,000 whites In the Sandwich Islands .and 70,000 Kanakas , Japs and Chinese It would not do to leave the matter of annexa tion to any majority rule there. Thus the fundamental Idea of equality was being un dermined. Tbo recommendation of the Hawaiian commission came In for some crit icism In this connection and , finally , a joke of Admiral Schlcy at the Gridiron club gath ering on < the Englishman who bragged about the , "min never setting on British dominions" served to clinch his argument. An Amer ican gave the Britisher a reason why the sun does ngt set on English soil. It was "bo- cause the Lord wllf not trust an Englishman In the dark. " Mr. Rosewater believed Great Britain a little too anxious to see America mixed up In Asiatic matters. Referring to some suggestions ot a Har per' * Weekly writer , he favored deferring the ( ratification of the treaty with Spain. A few remarks on the same subject were made by Isaac Adams and Rev. J. M. Wil son. Musical treat tonight ScbllU cafe. School Fund Apportioned. PIERRE ) , S. D. , Deo. 16. ( Special Tele gram. ) The state land department today apportioned to the schools of the state $37,000 1I 1 , this being the second apportionment for I the year , the total being | 1C6,000. The school population o'f the state has Increased 5,000 ! In the last year , being now 113,000 , and I the apportionment this year Is 3 cents per 1 capita greater than It was for last year. 1I Linemen began today to string wlro cast from I this city to meet the linemen coming In from Hlghmoro on the lone distance telephone - phone lino. It Is expected to have the line In j operation by Christmas. Iowa. Bnnk in Caught. CHICAGO , Deo. 16. Liabilities amounting to (164,000 are scheduled In a petition In voluntary bankruptcy filed today by Walter V. Goodrich , a shoe dealer having a lar o business in Ohio. The only aisets of the petitioner consist of some property at Troy , Ind. , the value of which Is unknown. Among the principal creditors , none of whoso claims are secured , Is the German National bank and O. A. Richardson of Lemari , la. ; notes for 15,000. Overdue Steamer Arrive * Safely. NEW YORK , Dec. 16. The Hogan line steamer Mattewon , which left Qalveston on December 1 for Boston , arrived here today. It was considerably overdue at Boston and some anxiety haa beeu felt for Its safety. The Mattewan bas some 8,100 bales of cot- tun on board , in which fire was discovered , but to all appearances extinguished previous to Us Bailing from Oalveston. EXPOSITION INCORPORATED Committee on Organization Meet ) and Draws Up. Articles , STOCK FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS Affair * of Concern ( u lie Conducted br u Hoard of Thirty-Five 111- rector * to lie 1'lioncti lle- ccniurr 117. Articles of Incorporation for the "Greater America Exposition" were adopted yesterday by the committee uppolntod for the purpose at the mass meeting held In the city hall Thursday evening. The committee met In the cafe at the Paxtou hotel with most ot the members present. Articles which bad been drafted after these of the Tranamls- slsslppt Exposition were read over and then token up by articles and adopted. The business of the corporation Is to hold an exposition In this city In 1899 of all the products , Industries and civilization of the United States , and particularly 'to ' Illustrate the products , resources and development of Cuba , Porto Rico , Hawaii and the Philip pine Islands , and the manners , habits and Industrial capacity of those people. Also to provide Euch other exhibits as may bo necessary for the success ot the exposition. The capital stock of the corporation Is fixed at $500,000 , In ahares of $10 each , and business shall be commenced when stock aggregating the sum ot $50,000 shall be sub scribed. The affairs ot the corporation shall be conducted by a board of thirty-five di rectors , twenty-five of whom shall bo elected at the first stockholders' meeting , which is to be held on December 27 , at tbo Board of Trade rooms at 7:30 : p. m. , and ten more are to bo elected at another meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose at a later period. The ofDccrs and directors of the corporation shall be stockholders in the same. This board ot directors win select officers of the corporation , as follows : President , two vice presidents , secretary and treas ure. , and an executive committee ot not ICES than thiee nor moro than seven mem bers , which shall bavo direct charge of the affairs of the corporation. A temporary board of ' ' directors ( shall have charge of the corporation's business until a permanent board shall be elected. This temporary directory will be composed of J. H. Dumont , P. E. Her , Frank Murpby , H. Cobn , Thomas Kllpatrlck , J. H. Mlllard and George P. Bemls. Tbe temporary secretary - rotary Is to bo Dudley Smith. After adopting the articles of Incorpora tion the committee adjourned , and It Is un derstood that the temporary board of di rectors will proceed at once to arrange for the ilrst meeting of stockholders mentioned In the articles , tit which 'tho permanent board ot directors will bo elected. It Is probable also that an assessment will b made upon tbo stock , 'the payment ot which will bo a prerequisite to voting at tbU meeting. * CAR FAMINEW ST. LOUIS _ Rittlrc Grain Trade of fit. Loall Crippled Ilecuuse of Incc of Car * to Make Slilnuicnta. ST. LOUIS , Dec. 1C. The Republic tomorrow - morrow will say : Tbe car famine has be come so serious that the entire grain trad * of St. Louis Is crippled and exporters find It almost Impossible to obtain cars to carry their grain to the seaboard. It would lake moro than 1,000 cars to fill tbo orders which have been received by the railroads. Every railroad running Into tbo city suf fers from the shortage of equipment. There are thousands of bushels of grain in St. Louis elevators which were sold ( for ship ment several months ago , but cannot b shipped because the railroads are not able to furnish cars. Hospe's Holiday Hummers Pianos that play the greatest success the Kniibo pianos as played by 1'rof. Edward Baxter Perry we have them In stock at factory prices cash or tlinu the celebrated Kimball planoo In all the fancy veneers for the ChrlstiunH trade easy payments the only Kra- nlch & liacb pianos In inaho'gany , wal nut und English butternut woods the Hospe piano the Instrument of the day $25.00 cash , $10.00 per month the Howard piano with Its beautiful man dolin attachment we have pianos from $40 up to $ lJiOO we can and do under sell any one in the state as wo retail at wholesale prices. A. HOSPE , MUSIC nod AH 1513 Douglas A Few Drug Prices $1.00 Palne's Celery Compound. . 7.r c Kodaks 25c Plso'a Consumption Cure . liOc , 25c Plerce'B Pleasant Purgative Pellets . 20c Cameras $1.00 Plcrce's Golden Medical Discovery , . 75c covery $1.00 Pierces Favorite Prescription T.'JC Gold 25c I'nstcurhio Dentifrice . iXc ) $1.00 Philip's Syrup Wheat Phos phate . BTic 50c Pond's Extract . -10c Spectacles $1.00 Pond's Extract . 80c 25c Ilublfoam , for teeth . Oc $1.00 PInaud'H Eau do Quinine. . . 73c and 60c Pozzonl's Powder ( flesh , white , brunette . 38c 50c Pyramid Pile Cure . 40c Eye Glasses $1.00 Pyramid Pile Cure . 80c The Aloe & Pen fold Co for Christmas Cat I'rlce Drair Home In Omaha. Dealer * In Camera lupiillei , aud optician * . Gifts. i < M > 8 FAHNAM STREET. .