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i are cuardino brook
.N STREET CAR LINES.
I0LDIERS much dissatisfied,
„h„r I'eopl. Al.o Very Mach Out
A Number of UHturbancee
|.[!lce_\ Corporal Is Badly
by Striker* Talk of
■ i-ucral Strike In N«w
■, „rk anil Brooklyn.
,1|>:VX, X. Y., Jan. 21.—About
n litiamen are under arms in
prepared to put down any
.. that may be nttelnpted by
siting street railway men or
nipathizers, Mayor Schieren
e ilocided that the police force
i,a,lei[uate.
privates do not enter upon the
i -u with anv decree of entliu
"l„ the strike of 1892 they had
, M„.;i of service at Buffalo, pro
- railway property, and they
t,, (par that if they should be
., ,iuty for more than thirty
,111- their employers will come
inclusion that membership in
I'pnial guard is not compatible
•a icnev in business. Many are
| ,,f resigning from their com
, aijing out of the troops seems
aggravated instead of allevi
I,.. Jit nation. It has caused in*
, ,,„i among the labor unions,
,„.re is a prospect that other
, ..vill he called upon to strike in
Master Workman Connel
i that a general strike might be
i ■ t,p(ore to-morrow morning.
- iir-t demonstration of violence
.; iiie soldiers took place at the
•, Street depot, where Corporal
f company I, Forty-seventh
at. was knocked down by a
i strikers and so severely
i, that he had to he taken to the
Two liaise}’ street motor
\V| re assaulted by a mob and so
part that they could not con
ti.o trip.
. a is of the Fulton street lino,
l.-'.ng a i'nited States mail flag,
ci Williams place and Fulton
at 1: It: o'clock. A crowd of
Uni) strikers surrounded the
ia! chased tlie four policemen
them. Passengers and a num
: mm-union men were also
i ntf. Police reinforcements
at once called for. The motor
1, -i rted their posts and the cars
s, m at the mercy of the mob.
wlley wires were cut at Man
. crossing and Stone avenue in
laces.
t the same time two more Ful
treet cars were held up at Wil
i.'lace and Fulton street and the
''.i-scrteil their posts. The Sum
i, line line was also blockaded,
r-'iiit liaving been burned out by
i-rii nced hands.
Policy wires were cut by the
i- at Pulton street and Nos
avonne. They were repaired
? company, but less than an hour
' rre again cut further down
feet.
T GOODWIN ON A TEAR.
Oted Actor Makes a Fine Display
of lliuiself In Texas,
us, Tex., Jan. 21.—Nat Good
ie iioted actor, lost $1,000 in
iMil throwing' dice and wlien
00 llore he began playing the
Means races heavily. " He lost
ly and began drinking hard.
n*»ht his spree was at its
1 and he refused to allow Ethel
,Ulp. leading lady, to appear,
esnay she was discharged from
impany and sent back to New
L Goodwin's company went
n't|th' but he refused to ac
•>> them and tried to induce
‘'‘lntel* to join hifn in a grand
Mautell refused, and Good
“iterea an engine to go to Fort
vd Jiiyed train’ however,
1 and he reached Fort Worth
‘g.ve a short performance.
;.“ Vlffht * performance Good
, t0 the depot, after dis
t f ,r'n m°.ro of his company,
- It is predicted
pany will soon break up.
>NS AT THE UNIVERSITY.
't HiVm ■'“.MO“rl I ''KI,latur® In*
fate s Highest School.
H ihe iia: fan- 21—The mem
Pc O e^ture arrived here
• ram of five sleepers thi*
ininTttWere met by the recep
y and the to'vn ai>d uni
'd to t‘,e ei“ i1? cai'r>ages and
vt |n(. '°tnls and homes bj
li after ,r ‘T;Viththeband. J
to ;issernW,f.aS^ tl,le legis’*atore
Uty ln knots on the
tUred inthi an? at 10 o
^ university «» • AIler a song
! l!«v- J. S Shnaadt? Praye'
^nt of the ;‘?USe-Dr- desse,
i*r. C. M university, intro
crrMident of th°°lWard of St
'■ «eleome;l tehc°ard CUra'
!li‘ral ass^mi ^ *le menibers o1
F. l'luoaUonbandnthPleaded f°
>'»n in tht» in* U 1 le lnea-ns t(
irih of the state!rest °f the boy‘
!!SE ACAjN BEATEN.
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A dispatch from
n- 'lilted t- Spatch from
-t:n,\vhlrrs',a-v' savs tha*
of v.V 1 occurred in ♦!,«
'Jf
Chinese °,n, ednesday
O’-'. The I , efeated by a
ihe Japanese loss
was
‘^sian cruiser t
“-r*d to procoa i Ivreyser has
":n sh,„P'‘'C(-'ed to Wei-Hai
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“ C fact that, a
land
... ls expected
uP"nTi'n^chJ* -v.®sterday
0,1 a a short h“'V l oa The
‘lone tl!ue, and no
HAWAII’S UPRISING.
Minister Willis’ Report to the State
Department.
Washington, Jan. 31.—This morn*
ing Minister Thurston received a
telegram from President S. V. Dole,
sent by way of San Francisco, and
reading as follows: “Rebellion broken.
Leaders and remaining followers
Fugitives in the mountains."
Another tolegram received by tbe
minister was from Hawaiian Consul
llenernl Wilder at San Francisco and
announced that the steamer Austra
lia, whose regular sailing day was to
day, would postpone her departure
until Monday and that Mr. Hatch, the
Hawaiian minister of foreign aifalrs,
would return to Hawaii aboasd her.
Secretary Gresham received formal
notice of the uprising, in the shape of
the following dispatch from Minister
Willis, telegraphed from San Fran
cisco:
"Honolulu, Jan. 11, 1695.—To the
Hon. \V. Q. Gresham, secretary of
state, Washington: At Waikiakai
Beach, five miles from executive
building, night of January 6, uprising
Df Hawaiian*. Reported several hun
dred well supplied with arms and
ammunition. Commanded by Captain
Nowloin and R. W. Wilcox. The Hon.
C. L. Carter, late commissioner, killed
first night. Desultory fighting every
day since without further loss of
life or property to government.
Three Royalists l<illed<and fifty taken
Drisoners. Over fifty non-combat
ants, mostly whites, arrested includ
ing1 three ex-attorney generals and
many prominent citizens. Martial
law declared January 7. No vessels
allowed to leave. All other islands
reported quiet. Crisis thought to be
over, but excitement still intense.
President Dole expressed to me his
gratification that no national ship has
been in port during this disturbance .
Arms reported to have been brought
from Vancouver by Norma.
Willis.”
Soon after he reached the state de
partment Mr. Uresham sent to the
navy department for Secretary Her
bert and the two cabinet officers en
gaged in a close consultation for half
an hour as to the advisability of send
ing a United States cruiser to the
islands.
After consulting for some time the
two secretaries came to- the con
clusion that nothing should bo done
toward sending a ship to Hawaii ex
cept by the direction of the president
and they went directly to the White
house to learn the president’s wishes
in the matter.
Later Secretary Gresham requested
Secretary Herbert to dispatch a ves
sel to Hawaii immediately. The ves
sel chosen is the Philadelphia and
she will have on board Admiral
Beardslee, the commander of the na
val station.
BROUGHT UT BEFORE CONGRESS.
Soon after the senate met to-day
Mr. Frye of the committee on foreign
affairs offered a resolution express
ing the “profound indignation”
with which the senate heard of
the efforts to restore the des
posed queen to the throne of
Hawaii, sending words of sympathy
to the youug republic and
expressing it as the sense of the sen
ate that the United States govern
ment should at once dispatch war
ships to 'the islands. Senators gave
the closest attention to the reading
of the resolution and the galleries
filled rapidly. Mr. Frye asked that
the resolution be given immediate
consideration. After a stirring de
bate the resolution went over on ob
jection by Mr. George of Mississippi.
Just before 2 o'clock Mr. lioutelle
of Maine got the floor in the house
with the purpose of presenting a res
olution relative to the rebellion in
Hawaii. He made a fiery speech.
Mr. McCreary vainly tried to inter
rupt Mr. Boutelle, whose words
gushed like a torrent. Mr. Boutelle
said nine-tenths of the people of the
United States and of congress, irre
spective of party, had no sympathy
with the Hawaiian policy', which he
charged was directly responsible for
the tragedy in the Hawaiian islands.
At this point the hour of 2 o'clock
arrived and the speaker announced
that under a special order the re
mainder of the day would be devoted
to eulogies on the life of the late Rep
resentative Lysle of Kentucky.
Mr. Boutelle vainly sought to have
the order set aside temporarily until
a resolution he desired to offer couid
be considered. When the speaker
rapped for order he continued
his appeal amid great confusion
and the speaker was obliged to order
him to be seated and to instruct the
sergeant-at-arms to enforce the order.
The resolution was similar to that
offered by Mr. Frye in the senate.
Consul Job Denounces Wilcox.
Chicago, Jan. 21.—Fred W. Job.
Hawaiian consul here, in an inter
view to-day, declared that the killing
of Carter in the fight at Honolulu was
the result of bitter personal enmity
of Wilcox, who is said to have been
the leader of the Royalists. Wilcox,
he said, hud long been an enemy of
Carter, and is a man without princi
ple. “This man Wilcox ought to be
shot as soon as taken,” he said. “The
Western law ought to apply in his
case—shoot him first and try him
afterward, to find out if he were
guilty or not.”
Mr. Turner Sick In the House.
Washington, Jan. 2 1.—Represen
tative Turner of Georgia was over
come by an attack of illness at the
capitol to-day and was taken to the
ways and means committee room. At
first it was thought that the attack
might be appoplexy, but afterward it
seemed to be something of a much
milder nature.
Weary of I lfo'a Burden*.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 2 1.—George
H. Lohtnan, proprietor of the leading
restaurant in this place, was found
dead iij a pond early this morning.
He was a man of apparently happy
disposition and carried a life insur
ance of 8100,000. There is no ques
tion that he committed suicide.
Gun Works for the South.
Middlesboro, Ky., Jan. 21.—Twen
ty thousand dollar's worth of new
machinery has arrived from lioston
for the South Boston iron works.
This plant will soon start up. It is
the only gun and ordnance plant in
the South and employs 500 skilled
workmen.
THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT,
Minority and Majority Viawi of the
Charges Against Judge Kicks,
Washington, JaD. 10.—Representa
tive Bailey submitted to ttao judiciary
committee of the bouso to-day the ro
port prepared by him in explanation
of the proposed impeachment of
Judge Ricks, It first recites the
charges against the judge and says
the evidence establishes the following
pertinent facts: A. J. Ricks bocame
clerk of the circuit court for the
Northern district of Ohio March 20,
1878, and served until July 21, 1880,
when he became the district judge.
During the time that he was
clerk there was pending in
the circuit court a large
number of cases bronght by John C.
Birdsall and the Birdsall Manufactur
ing company against various defend
ants, involving a question of patent
infringements. The moneys out of
which he is charged with having de
frauded the government arc the feeB
for making final records in fifty-five
of these cases, which were not finally
disposed of until after he bad be
come the judge of the district court,
llis defense for this conduct was
that as he was clerk when the decree
was entered in the cases he was en
titled to make the final record
and in his emolument reports for the
first half of 1888, the last half of 1888
and the first half of 1880, he charged
himself with a part of these fees. The
report says that under section 843 of
the revised statutes each year stands
by itself and the clerk has no better
right to anticipate fees which may be
earned in a subsequent year tlinn he
would have to recover a part of the
excess which had been earned in a
previous year. The purposo and the
only possible purpose in picking out
these cases and anticipating their
fees was to increase his personal com
peirsation and in doing1 that ho was
not only violating tlio law, but bo was
practicing a deliberate and wilful
fraud as will easily be soen by a sim
ple calculation.
Mr. liroderick of Kansas submitted
the minority report on the case.
It is not shown by the evidence, the
report declares, nor is there any pre
tense that Judge Hicks, while clerk,
over retained or attempted to retain
more than liis maximum compen
sation— S3,500 per annum.
“’In view of all the fact3 in this
case,” the reports concludes, *'it is
our conclusion that Judge Kicks is
not guilty of any offense, that there
was no intention of wrong doings and
that no moral turpitude; attaches.
We therefore recommend that tho
resolution reported to the house for
impeachment bo not adopted.”
MISS STEVENSON DEAD.
The Oldest Daughter of the Vioo Presi
dent Consumption’s Victim.
Asheville, N.C., Jan. 19.—Miss Mary
Stevenson, oldest daughter of Vice
President Stevenson, died at 1:15
o’clock this afternoon of consumption.
Being tho eldest daughter, Miss
Stevenson was her mother's close
companion. She was in her 23d year,
a slender, fragile young woman, lack
ing the robust health of her sisters,
Julia and Letitia. She was quiet in
disposition and domestic in her tastes.
All of the Stevenson girls have been
well grounded in domestic accomplish
ments. Miss Stevenson was fond of
languages, and it had been her inten
tion to complete a course in lan
guage and literature at one of the
colleges, but poor health intcrferred.
She had achieved considerable suc
cess in oil painting and was proficient
at embroidery or art fancy work.
Beyond her home life there is little to
be said about tier.
PENSION BILL PASSED.
Two Important Amendments Adopted
by the Senate.
Washington, Jan. 19.—In the sen
ato yesterday the pension bill
appropriating $141,000,000, was passed
with two important amendments, one
making 80 the lowest rate for pension
disability and another repealing the
present law cutting off the pensions
of non-residents. It was stated dur
ing the debate that the 80 amend
ment would increase pension expend
itures not exceeding 81,000,000. Ihe
bill served as a text for severe criti
cism against the administration of
the pension office. The army appro
priation bill was considered but not
completed, owing to spirited opposi
tion to the abandonment of army
posts in tho far Northwest.
Senatorial Elections.
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 19.—Little was.
done in the house beyond the passage
of Mr. Cubbison’s resolution praying
congress to adopt the constitutional
amendment providing fos the elec
tion of United States senators by
direct vote of the people, and the in
troduction of some bills of no great
importance,_
Zinc Smelters to Deduce Wajjes.
Nevada, Mo., Jan. 19.—It is relia
bly reported that all the zinc smelt
ers of Southwest Missouri and Kansas
will reduce the wages of their em
ployes in the next few days. Three
companies have made the reduction,
which is caused by the low prices and
weak demand.
Bound to Shut Out Our Cattla.
Washington, Jan. 19.—The state
department has been informed that
the Hamburg1 authorities have forbid
den the importation of cattle and
swine from England and Ireland.
Inasmuch os a large proportion of
the American cattle entering tier
many go through England, this will
be another severe blow at our cattle
interests and our trade with continen
tal Europe.
Blue ror Dee Moines River Settlers.
Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 19.— M. \V.
Wilson, clerk of the commission to
investigate the claims of the settlers
on the Des Moines river lands to in
demnity under the act of congress
passed for their relief, is at Fort
Dodge and the settlers are flocking
there. The commission has only $210,
000 and not one will receive more than
a small percentage of his demand.
The Missouri state university board
asks the legislature for $150,000 with
which to carry on the work of that in
stitution and improve its property.
PERIER'S RESIGNATION,
It I* Read to th* Trench Senate and
Chamber.
Paris, Jan. 17.—At 11 o'clock this
morning M. Caslmir-l’orler reoelred
Premier Dupuy and the cabinet min*
isters. After n short conference thoy
withdrew and an oflicer of the presi
dent's military household later con
veyed to M. Dupuy M. Casimir-Perler'a
letter resigning the presidency of the
French republic.
The Socialist members in the cham
ber of deputies issued a manifesto
saying that they did not believo that
Casimir-l’erler will present himself
for re-election. The manifesto adds:
“He is done forever—vanquished by
Socialism, lie failed in tlio combat
to obtain the victory expected
of him by the reactionaries,
on account of his weakness of charac
ter. It is a victory for the Socialistic
party. Wishing to struggle against
us, he found only rotten instruments.
He perished through the corruption of
the regime of which he was the chief.
He was defeatod by the intrigues of
his president and council."
The manifesto finds his flight
shameful, and says; “In the dishonor
of his flight the capitalistic class will
perish. The downfall of Cusimir
Perier is tho downfall of capitalism
and reaction. Let us remain united
as the supreme crisis approaches and
desert not our post of combat.”
In spite of the great interest taken
In thn noliticnl v lu 1 ho nWn
mains tranquil.
The ministers met at noon and it is
understood that the whole political
situation was thoroughly discussed
and weighed from all standpoints.
This meeting' took place at the minis
try of the interior, which was sur
rounded all the while by crowds of
anxious people, all eagerly discussing
the crisis.
T1IK 1’KKSIOEN'T’S RITTER I.KTTKIt.
Tho senate and chamber met at 3
o’clock and the following letter from
M. Cnsimir-Perlor was read to botli
bodies:
“I did not conceal from myself tho
diilicultics of tho task which tho
national nsscinbly imposed upon mo.
X hud foreseen them, but if one does
not refuse a post in a moment of
danger one can only preservo
one's dignity in the conviction that
the country is being served. A presi
dent of the republic without means
of action or without control cannot
derive from the confidence of the na
tional tone that moral force without
which he is nothing. I doubt neither
the good sense nor the justice of
France. Hut public opinion has been
led astra3-. More than twenty years
devoted to the same cause, more than
twenty years of attachment to tho
republic and devotion to democracy,
have sufficed neither to convince the
republic of the sincerity and ardor of
my political faith nor to disabuse
my adversaries who believe, or affect
to believe, that I will make myself
the instrument of their passions or
hopes. For the last six month a cam
paign of slander and insult has been
going on against the army, magis
tracy, parliament and the hierarehal
chief of the state, and this license to
disseminate social hatred continues
to be called liberty of thought,.’
“The respect and ambition which I
entertain for my country will not
allow me to acknowledge that the
servant of the country and those ho
represents in the presence of foreign
nations may be insulted every day. I
am not content to bear the weight of
the moral responsibility placed upon
me in the condition of powerlcssness
to which I am condemned. I’erhaps
I may bo understood when I affirm
that constitutional functions can
not silence tho exigencies of
political conscience. Perhaps in
laying down my functions, I shall
maked out the path of duty to those
who are solicitous for the dignity of
the power and good name of Franco
in the world. Invariably true to my
self 1 remain i>ersuaded that reforms
can only be carried out with the as
sistance of government deter-.nined to
insure respect for the laws, mako
itself obeyed by its subordinates and
group them all together in common
action for the common good. In spite
of the gloom of the present hour I
have faith in the future of social pro
gress and justice. X lay on the table
of the senate and chamber of depu
ties my resignation of the functions
of president of the republic.
Casimiis-Pebieh.’'
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations from Now York, Chicago,
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA
Butter—Creamery print.
butter—I* air to good country.
Kggs- Fresh.
lioney—. er lb.
Chickens—Dressed, per lb.
Turkeys—Per lb.
(ie.se—Per lb.
Ducks—Per lb.
Cheese—Neb. & la. full cream.
Lemons—Choice Messlnas.
Oranges—Messtnos,per box —
Potatoes..
S. potns, home grown, per bbl.
Beans—Navy, hand-picked, bu
Hay-Upland, per ton.
Hay-Midland and lowland...
Onions—Per bu .
< urrots—Per bbl.
Parsnips—Per bbl.
Beets—Per bbl.
Kilt abacas— er bbl.
Hides—No. 1 green .
Cranberrries—Capo Cod .
Appies - Per bbl.
Hogs—Mixed packing.
Hogs—Heavy weights .
Beeves—Prime steers.
Peeves Hookers and feeders.
Beef Steers.
Bulls.
strgs.
( atves .
steers—Fair to good.
Cows.
Heifers. .
Western Cattle.
sheen- Lambs.
Sheep—Fair to good natives...
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No.2, spring.
Corn—Per bu.
Oats—, er bu.
Pork.
Lard.
liogs—Packers and mixed.
Cattle—Com. steers to extra...
sheep—Lambs .
Sneep— Inferior to choice.
ST. LOUIS.
Wheat—No 2 red, cash.
C orn—Per bu.
Oats—Per bu .
Hogs—Mixed packing.
C attle—Native steers.
Sheep—Mixed natives.
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2 hard.
Corn—No. 2.
Oats—No. 2.
cattle—Stockers and feeders..
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THE EUROPEAN BOYCOTT OP
AMERICAN PRODUCTS.
" Am til* Market* of the World
rromlaed bjr Demorratlo Leaden?—
Wild ropnltatlo Meliemea—What the
Senator! Do—found Oullljr.
A CommnroUt War.
The new year Anil* Cirovor Cleve
land with something more than a con
gress on his hands. And the now
problem with which ho has to doal Is
one that cannot be solved by a simple
twist of the wrist, by parceling out
executive patronage, or bulldozing
small boro politicians. It Is a contest
in which a tost of statesmanship will
have to be made.
As a proposition to begin with, the
I'nited States cannot afford to have
the ports of the principal Kuropoun
consumers of American products
dosed against it. The question should
be as to how tho threatened boycott
may bo averted, and tho discrimina
ting duties already imposed be re
moved with tho least friction, llut
from the indications arising from tho
stops already taken by tho state de
partment all thoughts of an amicable
arrangement of tho existing dlffi
eultios, if any such thoughts over
existed, have been laid aside and It is
to be war from tho word go.
The difficulty In tho tlrst place was
wholly unnecessary. It never would
have oeourred with tho Republican
party In power, and wore it now pos
sible to restore tho government to Re
publican hands tho friction would
soon bo over. Hut with tho Cleve
land administration there Is but one
way of doing things, and that way Is
in no sense calculated to rosult In
good feeling on either side.
Tho Democratic leaders promised
to open the markets of the world to
tho American producer. There has
been no time in tho history of tho
country when an outlet to those mar
kets was more needed, says the Kan
sas City Journal, but instead of open
ing thorn up they have been closed,
and now it is proposed to go into a
war for tho purposo of forcing our
products upon thorn, whethor willing
or unwilling.
And it is a bad time to have such a
contest brought upon tho country.
With commerce and industries strug
gling to regain a moasuro of tho pros
perity wrecked by tho Democratic war
on tho currency and upon tho manu
facturing interests, fresh discourage
ments have been brought forward on
the heels of every sign of improve
ment., as if it were tho purposo of the
administration to utterly annihilate
hope itsolf.
Uy tho establishment of tho princi
ple of reciprocity tho Republican
party removed tho same discrimina
ting duties which are now compluinod
of, and our foreign commoreo grow at
a romarkablo pace. Tho treaties
mado under the McKinley law wore not
only highly satisfactory to tho nutions
affected by them, but wore productive
of the most bonoficial results to Amer
ican producors.' And thoy wore of
the naturo of contracts which Rhould
not have boon annulled without tho
consent of both parties thorcto in the
caso of each ono. Hut Mr. Cleveland
and his congress step in and with ono
sweep wipe every last one of thorn off
tho books and loavo no other course
for the party of tho second part to
pursue but to ro-establish tho duties
and restrictions upon American trade
which existed prior to tho reciprocal
agreements. That is tho only offense
of which tho stato department has to
complain, and it will be an up-hill
light to force tho foreign powers to
retrace tho stops they have taken in
•hoir own defense.
Stupid Democracy.
In all the talk about the alleged in
justice with which Americans are
treated by Spain in respect of the
duties on flour imported into Cuba, it
should be remembered that theso dis
criminations would not have been
made if tho reciprocity treaty with
Spain had remained in force. It was
the stupid Democracy which caused
that treaty to be abrogated, and now
the same stupid Democracy is growl
ing because Spain allows this country
to suffer tho consequences. — New
York Advertiser.
Just Give the People a Chance.
Tho report of Admiral Walker only
confirmed tho common impression that
Great Britain is hostile to tho United
States in Hawaii, and that British in
trigue and intluonce will be used to
the utmost to prevent annexation. It
is to bo hoped that matters may re
main in statu quo, at least, until the
people get a chance to substitute a
patriot for the anglomanlac in the
date department.—Detroit Tribune.
There Are Democrat* In Greece.
The parliament of Greece has voted
to destroy the currant crop of the
country in order to insure better
prices. This piece of statesmanship
is equal to that of the Democratic
party in throwing tho workingman
out of employment in order that he
may not bo taxed on his imported
goods.
( leveliinil Hint "Iteform.''
Administrations change and com
merce changes with them. A South
ern railroad, which in tho days of
Harrison and reciprocity, carried a
thousand barrels of flour a day for
shipment to Cuba, carries not a single
barrel under Cleveland and his for
eign trade regulations.
An An*war to Vany ••Why*.**
Senator Lodge has a resolution de
manding to know why no warship has
been sent to care for American inter
eats at Hawaii. Tho answer la oasy
enough. It la hooauso at tho critical
moment when Hawaii was asking an*
nexatlon to tho United States and was
on tho point of txdng admitted,
Grovor Cleveland auccooded General
Harrison as president. That explains
a good many other things as well as
tho loss of Hawaii, whun you come to
think of it.
A Koll of Honor.
When tho present administration,
began its work of hunting down thoi
pension frauds tho ••spocial examiners’'
division" of tho pension offleo was,
detailed to do the greater part
of the work. Tho sum of $400,000
had boon appropriated for tho work
of this division and about flfty-flvo
spocial examinors were instructed to
examlno every case thoroughly for the
purpose of discovering any suspicious
circumstance in connection with the
application for, tho proof of, or thol
allotment of a pension. Tho sorutiny
sooms to have boon reasonably closo
and rigid. At all events nearly A,000,
4,7(1 A to bo exact, wore plckud out as
justifying a suspicion of fraud of soma
jMvuti it itii ui Hinmi runtm iiuu nuuil
fraudulent, tho fact would have re
mained that out of moro than 1,260,
000 pomdon cases those llfty-flvo ex
aminers, with un appropriation of
#400,000 to aid thorn In tholr work,
discovered loss than 4-10 of 1 per oont
of pension easos to bo fraudulent.!
(!onsldorlng the sweeping character of
the charges made, the result wouldj
have boon to show that tho Indict
ment of tho pensioners, while In some
moasuro justifiable, was, at all events,
somowlint exaggerated and unduly
pessimistic.
However, as it proved, most of tho
4,7(i/i casos soloctod by tho examiners
as likely to prove fraudulent justillod
no such suspicion. It was easy enough
to churgo and to reeommond the sus
pension of ponslon payment In such
casos; but when a thorough investi
gation was made It was discovered
that in about every caso there was
little good reason to chargo tho pen
sioner or applicant with wrong-doing.
This appeal’s from tho roport of the
pension olllce for tho last fiscal year
und tho statistics thoro given are
worthy of tho liost attention of those
who havo denounced tho punsion sys
tem ns a gigantic fraud.
Out of tho 4,7(35 cases solocted <yj
fraudulent by tho pension examiners,
convictions resulted In less than 201),
and of tho persons convicted twenty
woro notaries and executing offleors,
thirty-two woro attorneys and sub-j
agents and thirty-seven wore wlt-|
nossoB and othor persons not pension
ers. Thoro wero also found olghtoonl
fraudulent impersonators of claimants'
and pensioners und eleven impostors.!
Hut of soldiers and widows, of pen
sioners or applicants for pensions,only!
thirty-nine woro discovered to be'
guilty of fraud upon tho government..
Out of moro than 1,250,000 pensioners,
or applicants for pensions, loss thani
forty woro convicted of fraud by this
force of fifty-live special examiners
aidod by a special appropriation.’
If, as President Cleveland assorted,!
thorc are thousands of fruudulont pen
sioners; if, as other Democratic loadors
insist, tho ponsion system wero a thing
of moro spoils and plunder, what will
it cost to find out tho remaining frauds,
at the present cost of #10,000 oach
frandulont pensioner discovered?
Wlmt the Nona tor# Du.
“What do tho senators do, papa?
Tho United State# senator# do?”
“They nro patriot* all my good little Paul.
They are patriot# tried and true ”
“Hut what do the senators do. papa’
Tho United States senator.# do?' ’ ,
“Oh, they talk and debate for tho goo l of tho
state,
They are statesmen leal and true “
“Hut what do. tho senators do, papa?
Tho Unitod Statos senators do?”
'•They oach talk In turn until they adjourn.
They are workers stern and true ’
“But what do the senator* do, papa?
Ihose United .State# senator# do?”
“Oh, tholr speeches are sound and very pro*
found,
They are orators wiso and true *'
“But what—but what do thoy do papa?
Oh, whiit do thoy do, I pray ?”
“Oh. thoy draw tholr piy In the rojular way.
In the old Immemorial way "
—New Orlean* Picayune
Nice For the Other Fellow.
Canada has secured from Spain con
cessions similar to those possessed by
the United States under the McKin
ley law, and is now gaining' control of
the Cuban maricet for Hour, which up
to the time of our now tariff law, was
a source of largo profit to our millers
and farmers.
Strike* the Mean All Right.
It is not a mere trifling coincidence,
it is an illustrative fact, that even in
so contemptible a matter as the inu
cilago on the back of a postage stamp
the present administration cannot
striko the golden mean between noth
ing and a pound of glue.
Will Be Sentenced In 1800.
Speaking of the Kopublican party,
ex-Senator Ingalls says that it is now
on trial in Kansas. Speaking of the
Democratic party, we may say that it
j was recently on trial all over the
I United States, and that it was unani
! mously found guilty.
I A Commercial Freak.
| The heavy loss sustained by the
i orange growers of Florida in tho re
j cent cold snap is chioily remarkable
| from tho fact that it wus not caused
| by Democratic efforts at statesman
j ship.
A l.sbor candidate.
, The announcement of President
I McBride that tho labor unions would
j probably place a presidential candi
date in the field caused General
I Weaver to pick up his ears.