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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : .MONDAY , JANUARY 7 , 1889 OK BCnsnilPTlON1. . . . . . . Kdltion ) including SUNOAV "j'or } < 'iVMonth' ! . . . . r. tM S'orThrccMonths , BW U'HKOMAHA HI'NIIAY HKK , mailed to nny address. Ono \ car 2 OT VKKRIA HKK.Ono Vcnr . . . . - ' ( M tAll A OKflCr..N09. l \NIPI8r.\llNAMSTIinET 'CiiHAno Oirwr. Mi7 KonKKiir llrii.mso. Nl WYOIlKOl'FICK , ItlXIMN 14 ANI > IflllllllUNR 111 II.HIM ) . WAKIIIN01ON OtflCE , NO. 6" : STHEBT. f rOHUKSPONMiHNn ? . , j All communications rolntlmr tonowsnml < 11- torlnl mutter ihouldljc addressed to the I.IIITOII 1 . All business letters and remittance * Simula bo nililrcfied lo Tin ; llii : : Pi IIM-MIIKO < ' < > I'\NY. OMAHA. Irnfti.clieclc' ) ( nnd jKntollIco ordori tel l > e mndo pnyablo to the order of the coniiiany. Proprietors , K. KOSEWATKU. Editor. Tin ; i\u < v IIKK. jSworn Statement ol Clroul.itloii. fitntflofNebr.iikn. I. County of Ii ) 8l' ' " . I OcorRO II. TMclmck. secretary of The Mao Pub- llfthlni : Company , iloen solemnly swear that tliu Rctuarclrculatlcm ot Tin : DAII.V linn for tun Vcok eiidlDK January 6. 1883 , was as follows ! Eundny. Dec. m . ? ' . "yl Monday , Dec. ill . 1K.O-.I . Tuendny. .Inn. 1 . Jfv" ' \Ve < ine.viny. .Inn. 2 . ? ' ClmrMlnv. .Inn. : i . Js- > \ jTicliiy. .Inn. ( . J8. Jy ( Saturday , Jnn. I . .i .u..i Aterauo . . or.on'ir. it.TxsciiuL'i\ . Bworn to before raa and subscribed In my jjrchcnco tlila Gth day of .Inniinry , A. It& I ) \ . ' \ Kca < > ? N. 1' . I-'UIU Notary rubllc. BtatoofNcbraH 'a. i-- Countyor Dotiula * . [ " ' lieorRc II. Tzucimck , boliiR rtuly sworn , de- POSCH and * nyn that ho is ftccretary of the lluo I'nbllnliliiK company , that thu actual avorasa daily circulation ot TIIK DAII.V HKK for thu montliof January. INS. ir.Xf ! ) copies : for Fub- mary , 1KW. i.i.w conies : ror .March , IWff , 1P.GS9 copies : for April , IB1 * " . If.lH copies : ror.MnY.lIM8 , IX IKI copiuit : for Juue.lKSH.lii.XM copies : for .Inly. jm IH.mtl copies ; for Annual , 1S S , 1H.11CI copies ; for September. IW8 , IS.lfil coplos ; for October , JffH. was 1SW1 roploi : for November , 183S , J8.P80 copies ; for December. IfSM. 1H.2JI coplos. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence thlsUrd day ot .limitary IKS'.l. ' N.I' . FBI li Jfotary Public. THU council should not lot the projector /or the building of : i Korbage crematory } } c too long delayed. TIIK manner la which property own- , era of this city have boon imposed upon iby dof.ceti.vo plumbing inukoa it evident jtlmt the ] ) rcscut regulations might bo improved for tliolr protection. Till ! Winona fs Southwoslcrn , which la being built toward our city , is acting on the principle that as all roads once led to Home , so all railroads in this sec tion must now hea.d for Omaha. IT took 121 olllcors and employes to run. the Htato senate in 18S7 , at an ex pense of twenty-four thousand , nine hundred and sixty-five dollars and sixty which did not include perqui sites. This is surprising , but true. n last legislature appropriated two million seven hundred and twenty-two thousand eight hundred and ninoty-six dollars and eighty-six'conla. Thcso staggering figures ought to bo kept in yiewof every member of the legislature. E lower house of the last legisla ture furnished positions for ninety-six .Officers and employes at an outlay of .twenty-two thousand four hundred and .fifty-throe dollars. No vouchers for "value received" for this onormoun .outlay can bo made that will satisfy the .taxpayers. .Mil. CnKVKtiANu has boon provided for with a position after the 4th of March by Congressman Tim Campbell , pf Now York , if ho will accept. Ho has Loon tendered the junior partnership of the legal firm of Campbell and Cleve land , which at least has the merit of al- Jitorutiou to commend H. GOVIIIINOR AM'A , of Colorado , in his jnossago to the legislature , has urged .that body to pass a high license law as , amen # the first of its duties. In the light of the action of her neighbors , Nebraska had bettor hold fast to the ftdinh-cxblo Slocum high license law now in force Mian to allow herself to go rain - JJOMT chasing after impractical prohi bition. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ J'N 18S5 the grand total of legislative Appropriations was ono million six him- flrod and seventy-eight thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars and ninety cents. In 1SS7 the logisla- Juro increased this already burdensome tax to two million seven hundred and twenty-two thousand eight hundred and ninoty-six dollars and eighty-six cents over a million dollars increase jhi two years for Identically the same government. THK West Virginia election compli cation seems to bo ns far from solu tion as it did two months ago. The ro- ults of the canvass are by 119 U191VU9 feflpltoly * * ; . Although it is prob bblo that Goff , the republican candi- tlato , has been olootod governor , it is iv question whether ho can fully establish his claim. The oholco in two congros- Bional districts is still in doubt , and the prediction as to which party will cheese the United States senator for the term beginning March 4 Is a matter of con jecture. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TIIK Chicago telephone company has In ado its peace with the city council of | hat city , and got off with the best of the bargain. An attempt was made to regulate telephone charges by putting the maximum price nt oighty-flvo dol- iars instead of the present rates , ono .hundred and twouty-fivo dollars. But the company llankod this movement and compromised by agreeing to give the City departments free telephone sorvieo nd turn ever three per cent of its gross jrocolpts. It is not stated , however , wliul'coinponsation the counoilinon received - coivod for this franchise. PAUt , VANDKltiiUM'3 recent visit to Indianapolis to boom Thumon for the Cabinet does not eoom to have mot with encouragement from General Ilar- tison which was oxpootod. In fact a ; peed deal of cold \vator was thrown on Thuratoa'a aspirations , and Ills rush light , so to speak , was completely ' * nu fodout. But the bombastic veteran , Vho upvor came within thirty miles of & battle , now expects Thurston to turn Ju and help with all his might and main to boost aim into the commisslonorahlp it ! poastons. There is nothing sin all Hbout Paul Vunderbum , you know. TIIK KLKCTOHAL VOTE. Ono week fromto-day the presidential electors in tlie several stales will moot at the stale capitals and cast their vote for president and vice president of the United Stale. " . Formerly the day of mooting of the electors was the first Wednesday of December , the law chang ing the time of meeting to the second Monday of January following their elec tion having been passed in February , 1887. The change was made in order to give the slates nmplo time for determin ing any disputes that might arise concerning the legality of the choice of the electors , sn that when the electors moot there may be no tloubt of their right lo cast tha vote of the state for candidates for provident and vice president , As soon as possible after the electors have voted the ccrlillcalo * and list of voles cast must bo forwarded to the president of the senate , and that o'llclal ' IH empowered , in case the cortllicato from any stale fails to turn up by the fourth Monday of January , lo send a special messenger lo Iho district judge , in whoso custody a cortill- cato is required to bo loft , for his copy. This is to insure certillcales from every stale by the time Iho Iwo houses of congress moot to count and declare the voto. The law provides that con gress shall bo in session on the second Wednesday in February succeeding every meeting of the electors. The sonatd and house of representatives are required to moot in the Jiall of the house at the hour ot 1 o'clock in the afternoon on that dayand the president of the seualo shall bo their presiding olllcor. Two tellers are to bo previously appointed on the part ot the senate and two on the part of the house of renrosonialivcs , to whom shall be handed , as they are opened by the pres ident of the senate , all the cerlillcates and papers purporting lo bo cortillcnlcs of Iho doctoral voles , which ccrlllicales and papers shall be spread , presented and acted upon in the alphabetical order of the slates. The tellers having read the certificates in the presence and hearing of the two houses , are re quired to make a list of the votes as they shall appear from the certificates , and' the votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner and accord ing to Ihe rules provided , the re sult shall bo delivered to the president of thu senate , who must thereupon an nounce the state of Iho vole , and the names ot the persons , if any , elected , which announcement shall bo doomed a fiiiHlciont declaration of the persons , if any , elected president and vice presi dent of the United States. These pro ceedings are to bo recorded in the jour nals of the two houses. A method ot procedure is provided for in case ot objections or disputes re garding any certificate , but in the first count of the electoral vote under the now law no dilllculty or complica tion is likely to arise , the majority for Iho republican candidates being so pro nounced as to leave no ground or excuse fora coatcsl. The first proceedings under the new law , which is certainly an improvement ever the old , will there fore bo free from any disturbing con ditions and without friction. The sys tem as a whole , however , might bo simplified without disadvantage , and it is not improbable that before many years it will bo , to the extent of abolish ing the electoral college , which is very widely regarded ns a quite unnecessary and useless part of the election ma chinery. CONTESTS IA THE NEXT HO USE. Already there are in course of pre paration for the consideration ot the next house of representatives thirteen conteslod election cases. The busiest committee , in that body will be the ono on elections , and Us enlargement iscon- tcmplatcd. In view of the extraordi nary number of conlcsls that will como before the next house , attention is called lo the methods usual in those issues and the abuses that are tolerated. The popular impression that the house decides all election cases is in a measure erroneous. The issue is in deed' determined by a formal vote of the house , but as a tnaUer of fact iho commitlo on elections de termine in advance what that decision shall bo. Members ot the house not on this committee do not have the lime lo examine and analyze Iho' great mass of testimony presented by contestants , and must necessarily depend upon the investigations and conclusions of the committee. Partisan feolinjr as a rule enters largely into those contests ana inlluoncos the action of a majority of the committee and of the house. II has rarely happened that a majority of the house did not vole in favor of tlio siUhur member il 2iowa = tholr party , and against him if ho belonged on the other side. Discreditable us this unquestionably is , it is ono of those faults which are perhaps inseparable from our political methods. A more flagrant and inde fensible injustice , however , is the delay In calling UP and disposing of contested election cases. Not ono such case was voted on at the last session , although it was the loligest ever hold. This is an injustice both to the Individuals con cerned and to the government. If a contestant is entitled lo the seat ho should bo given possession with the least possible delay. The imposi tion on the public treasury is in the fact that in cases where the contestant is given the seat ho draws the pay and al lowances from the beginning of the congress , notwithstanding the sitting member 1ms already drawn them. Cou- tcstanls have boon scaled on the night prior to the day fixed for the termina tion of a congress , thus enabling the sit ting member to draw full pay and al lowances for two years to which another was entitled and which the treasury was Q obliged lo again pay to the rightful claimant. Kaoh succeeding congress ropoala this abuse , and the present one will doubtless not prove an exception. It is believed the several contested election cases now pending will bo decided in time to give all the principals and their attorneys n grab at the surplus , It is almost In credible that thin wrong to the . people lias been permitted to go on from con gress to congress without any effort to correct it. It U to bo hoped tho. next house wilt not ooutinuo the unjust and Indefensible practice of the past re garding contested election cases , which in all respects is a discredit to that body. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THK United Stales senate is expected to vote to-day on the resolution relating to the connection of European govcrn- monls with any intor-oceanio canal on this continent , and it will doubtless bo adopted. The resolution is intended ns a nolico lo Franco that this country will not regard favorably any action on the parlof Iho government o ( thatcoun- l.-y having for its purpose a govern mental control of the Panama canal. There does not appear to bo any seri ous danger that. Franco will assume - sumo the task of completing Do Lossops' enterprise , although there 'is ti great pressure to in duce the government to do so , bul in nny event the proposed expression on the part of congress may properly bo made. It is in line with the policy of this coun try from the beginning , or nl least since the enunciation of the Monroe doctrine , and it is duo to Franco that she should bo given tiim.'ly notice that as a govern ment this country could not tolerate her interference with the Panama canal. As Senator Sherman saidIn advocating the resolution , there is no objection to the people of Europe co-operating for the completion of the canal , but governmental interference is a very different alTair. If wo permitted it in the case of Franco wo could not deny to nny European government the right to acquire possessions on this continent Iho control ot which would bo a menace to our interests. A nucisiON' has just been rendered by the supreme court of Nebraska in volving the right lo lax railroad bridges across the Missouri river by the county in which they are localcd. The case was ono brought by the authori ties of Cass county to tax the Burling ton's bridge at Plallsmoulti. For years the Burlington resisted the right of Iho county to tux its bridge. It classified the bridge as road-bod , and as such paid merely a nominal county tax. The supreme court , however , holds to the contrary. II decided that such a bridge was not within Iho definition of road bed or right of way , and for thai reason could not claim exemption. Such part of the bridge therefore which is within the limits of Cass county is liable to as sessment and taxation L > y the local au- Ihorilios. The ruling is of vital im portance. It alTects not only the Bur lington's bridge at Plutlsmouth but every railroad bridge across Iho Mis souri in Nebraska. The decision con firms the right of the various counties of the state to tax this class of property within their jurisdiction. It is expected that the county commissioners will avail themselves of these rights imme diately. The railroad tax-shirkers have too long escaped from contributing their proportionate share of county and city taxes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THK report that Iho Burlington will push its now extension , which is now heading toward the Black Hills , into the Yellowstone National Park , is not at all improbable. II may possibly lake some time before such a line is completed , butevery mile of road'that is being laid west of the one-hundredth meridian is opening up a promising terri tory. In Nebraska the now line is bringing a rich agricultural districl hitherto untraverscd by railroads into easy communication with the corn and cattle markets. In Wyoming this branch of the Burlington will tap the extensive coal bcdsand mineral deposits in the heart of the Rocky mountains. To our city the now road cannot but beef of great benefit eventually. The now territory will ship usitscaltlo and corn , its coal , load and petroleum , while our jobbers and merchants will supply that region with increased quantities of merchandise as the country becomes Iho more thickly populated. THK actioa of Mr. Jay Gould in noti fying-General Manager Clark , of the Missouri Pacific , to promptly discharge any agent or employe of that road found guilty of reducing rates in violation of the agreement which wont into eflccl Iho firsl of Ihe year , merits hearty ap proval. When the Rock Lslanu cut was discovered , and the president of that road sought to juslify it on Iho ground that the Missouri Pacific had made a cut , the firrit disposition was to nccepl the excuse , as Ihe theory that nothing boiler was lo havobeon expoclodof men' who had gel their ideas and principles of business from Mr , Gould. It is now seen that an injustice 7ttB jono him. lie evidently 'llltonds to fftlthfully re- iect } ttie agreement , and the fact will Do exceedingly Ratifying to all investors in western railroad securities. THKUE can bo little doubt but that the Northern Pacific railroad opposes the oponiilg of the Sioux reservation for various reasons. But it was generally accepted that the Northwestern and other Chicago roads wore anxious to HCO the reservation opened in order to bo able In push their lines through it to the Black Hills. The committee on" Indian affairs in its report to congress implies , however , that the Northwest ern is not in favor of the Sioux bill for the reason that it is interested in an other railroad project to tap the Black Ilills. Can It ba that the Fremont & Elkhorn railroad which has boon pushed along the northern boundary of Ne braska to the extreme corner of Iho slate Is Iho road referred to which is to bo Iho North western's main line to the Black Hills ? OTIIKll LANDS TlFAff QUItS. Things are looking bad for Peru. Chill has again notified the Peruvian government ofhordUsont from certain clauses of the Donoub'lnnoro contract , and the Peruvian minister of finance at once resigned. All the other ministers followed his example , anil President Cacorcs Is loft stranded. It will be remembered by reader * of TUB DEB that the Peruvian minister oCllimnuo did not pro- cecd with the measure uftor the iUst hint from Clilll without recotvlutr un assurance from Unhand that Chill's ' interference would not bo tolunucd. It would therefore bo rou- souuulo to expect that Kngland would hava intimated as much to Chill , and prevented the full of the Peruvian ministry , and thu humiliation ot Cacorea. nut England said nothluK after ogKlug the Peruvians on to defy Clilli. England Inglorlously ran away after the llrst growl from the Chilian throat , The DououghuiQi-6 contract is therefore oil , finally , nnd Peru mint jitnipRlo on ns f ho can without thoniil ujntT.nRlnnd oftcroil. If a who system of frlehMly rocoRMitloa bo- twcon the United Statet. and .ill the Spanish- Amorlcnn republics luul Doon the stonily pol icy of this country for generations , our In tervention nt this mnnicnt would bo of ser vice. As It K ClilH would trcnt It ns an Im pertinence , nnd our minister would bo sent homo with a lloa In hh oir. : U'o can only look OH and uo sorry for Peru. * j Porflrlo Diaz is cortnlnly wise nnd bon Illccnt ruler of Mexico , nnd nil things seem to prosper under his inaAugouicnt. Ho 1ms the art of doing thing * nt the right time , nnd In the right way. Tho. Ultyof Moxleo , as Is well known , is built upon the lake of tha same name , and this Is subject to overflows whenever the snows are unusually heavy upon the mountains which surround tluit re gion. This summer the overflow was un precedented , and : is the waters subsided thcro was nn epidemic of typhoid fever Porflrlo Uiaz immediately sei/cd the oppor tunity to recommend a plan often urgwi he- foro.often ncoodud to. bul never accomplished for want of funds. This schema Is to drain otT the surplus wntei * by nn mlit tunnel , nnd the estimated cost will bo fJ.OUO.ooo , a baga telle for rich American cities , but much for Mexico , which used to bo debt ridden , but which , owing to the excellent administration of the present president , fs now completely out of debt. The loan was offered in Uomlon nnd wns snapped tip on terms that wore somewhat unjust to Mexico , the bonds being nmrkeU'd at S'J. This was in consequence of the distrust felt by English capitalists nt Mraiuau securities , ns that country was fern n long time the prey of anarchists. H would have been offered to American capitalists , for whom Porllrlo LIiu ) has a personal pref erence , us ho knows many of them , but In the face of 'tho rejection of the Mc.\icnu treaty it could not bo done. * There Is great anli manifest injustice in the attacks upjii Secretary Hayurd for his policy of non-intervention in the affairs of Samoa. Leading men In Washington conlldo to indiscreet reporter. * , for of course that is the only way In which their secret thoughts could come to light , their dissatisfaction with his disregard of American rights in Samoa.Vo have no rights. When the islands were governed by irresponsible chiefs America was urged to accept the protectorate over the main island which possesses an ex cellent harbor. An American naval ofllcer. acting for the government , did BO acceptand congress ratiliod his action. Hut pending this ratification the uluofs of the whole group got tocother and decided that they would liavo a king , and they elected a gentle man named Maliclott. The minority \vcro dissatisfied , nnd receiving mornl support from German ofllululs , naval and civil , tonic the Held , deposed Mulictoa , and put In his place a monarch named Tamasisi , whom the Germans recognized as the legitimate sove reign of all the Siimoas. Hut Malic-ton's friends were defeatednotcowiuered.and they have made it exceedingly warm for the usurper Tumaslbl , who is compelled to light not only for his crown , but for his very existence. The more neutral America Is in this Juncture , the more certainly will the American pro tectorate be desired when this cruel war is over. The Germans have grossly erred in taking sides openly with either party , and unless they mean to wantonly insult this country by seizing the group , they Imvo made a fatal mistake. 4r A correspondent of the fs'ow York World at Panama points out a very grave danger arising from tlio apparently inevitable col lapse of the canal enterprise. He does not scam to be deeply impressed by the hopeful tone assumed in Paris , because the patriotic renunciation of interest on stocks and bonds will not put money In the imrso of the com pany , mid there are thirty'thousand men on the isthmus who cither directly or Indirectly arc in its employ , and'loolcto ' it for mainten ance , These have in their train an army of cooks , restaurant keepers sutlers , gamblers washerwomen , storekeepers , etc. , who have been attracted to Panama tmd Colon by the enterprise of the Jo Lessons company. These are of every recognized race Chinese , Kanaka , Caribs , Indians from the Mosquito coast , negroes from Jamaica and Cuba , mulattoes - attoes from the Spanlsh-Americui republics , English , Americans , French , Germans , Jews , Portuguese , Greeks , oven Malays and Hindoos. What will happen when the source of supply for this multitude suddenly runs dry ? The local authority is powerless to deal with the frenzy and despair of such numbers , and both Franco. and America ought to senu transports for their removal , and ships of war to prevent them from re sorting to criminal violence. If thos > o precautions - cautions are not taken thcro may be inaugur ated in a little while a perfect reign of terror which will appal the world. Pope Leo is an ecclesiastical lion , and ho has done some terrible roaring of late. On the day before Christmas ho addressed the cardinals according to custom , and in his speech ho nobly vindicated his patriotism and his love of Italy against the aspersions of the military press. ; llo likewise came out boldly , aud urged Catholics everywhere to agitate for the restoration of papal supremacy , not in Homo nione , but in Italy , not in Italy alone , but in Europe , not In Europe alone , but everywhere , in every land where Christ and the Virgin were adored. Tlio conso- Qiienco will bo that un active propoganda will 1)0 established over the whole world for the return of the pope to tlio Vatican. Tlio sympathies of the liberals are no longur with the Plcdmonteso dynasty , which ims boon purely military. Enormous sums have been wasted on tremendous vessels , and on a great standing army , and nothing has been done by the government to prollt by the ad vantage which the Suez canal gives to Italy. Individuals and Individual cities liavo opened their eyes and have reaped great profits , but this has simply given tlio government more revenue by taxation. The hunger for Tunis , and the fiasco of Massownh have damaged Italy seriously in the eyes of the world , and the French in particular Imvo not been slow to state their contempt for Italian ar maments. If tllC WpUmlOun loileratlon of Italian states , of which Mnzzlni dreamed could have been Inaugurated , then indeed Italy would have boon redeemed. And it may bo that this will bo accomplished with tuo pope for perpetual president. The most recent news from Simklm is that some of the English troops that participated in the great victory Imvo gene home. The government of Lord Salisbury has done this on the plea thai the Egyptians are able to oopo with the Berbers and the dervishes. The real reason , undoubtedly , Is that Suaklm , like Aden , has no water , nnd has to bo Hiippllcd from the ships in the harbor Thcso can only bo of light draught , because Iho anchorage is rockyand , exceedingly bad for heavy ships , and indeed Is better suited to the Arab dhows and buggalowa than to England's ' monsters. Wo have now received sufllcicnt information to bq'able ' to rate the victory at Its lust value. The wily Osinan Digna , itsfioms , had ilo notion of exposing his men to the itholls of the British vessels , nnd ho quietly withdrew almost his entire force , leaving la his redoubts no ono except these fanatic dorvlshea.thot , wanted to die and ( rain paradise ' right away. Of the UO.OOO not moro than 3,000 , remained In front of Simklm , The moral ef fect of the victory , thdroforo , Is praclleally nothing , and it becomes clear that If the Eng lish wish to conquer for Towllk Pasha what they lost for Ismali. they must lay down a railroad from Suaklm to Khartoum nnd hold that place. I3ut thistlloi' do not want to defer for two reasons , llrst , thai tha expanse would bo very great , and secondly , Hint Is what the Germans wish them to do simultaneously with their own advance- from Zanzibar , which 1ms now boon determined upon. The English have many colonies , and Germany nothing worth snenkinir of. The gain of Khartoum would bo a drop in the bucket to England , whereas the gala of Zanzibar would bo a material benefit to the Gorman empiro. Thus the Jealousies nnd cllsun- slona of European powers aid the Arabs In building up a great Arab omplro in central Africa. Do Lirazza , the famous explorer , says that after nine years experience ho has como to the conclusion that all the efforts made In western Africa have boon wasted , and that the Congo region must bo left to the Arabs aud the Afar. * Penis Kearney of § uu * Francisco builaod better than ho know when ho started on the sand lots of the city hall park his famous slogan about thu Chinese. The people of Honolulu are actually chanting in their cocoanut groves that the Chlno.io must ( jo , nnd that Denis Kearney s.iysso. There is , - \ constant Immigration of Chinese into the islands of Hawaii , and the English-speaking population steadily diminishes. At present there are 'JO.IXH ) Chinese in the main Island of the Sandwich group , nnd only 8,000 Americans and English. Thcro are about , forty thousand Hawmlnns. some tea thou sand Portuguese nnd some live thousand .Japanese. The English nmt Americans can count upon the Japanese as upon each other , and , as a general proposition , they are pretty surd of the Portuguese , Hut they are losing their hold upon the natives , who nro con stantly Intriguing with the Chinese. The pigtallod ours came to Honolulu to work in the sugar-cane Holds , but gradually they wormed themselves into other occupations , and they hold n position in the islands which makes the islander ! : ! look up to them. There is no doubt Unit under the Instigation of the Chinese the Hawaiians'aro drifting from Christianity into some abominable compound of their old serpent and tree worship with the mysteries of iiiiduliNin. It Is a qucor coincidence that the Tartars of Caslnnoro in the lirst century before Christ had some stu'h compound , and worshipped the Nngn Haja or lioynl Serpent and Hudillm as oqunl powers , as is shown by the topes of Snnehl nnd Amravntl. The American Hoard of Foreign Missions is seriously alarmed at the situation , and it is probable Unit appeals will bo made for largo accessions of contributions. Tills is n state of things which Interests other than re ligious associations , for it has its commercial and political aspects. No one can servo these so well as a missionary , and therefore their hands should bo made strong by all elements of American society without respect to creeds. Time's lli'Vt'UKi * . Ctilcnun AYit'i. Congress Is killing time , but time will bo revenged. Even the most expert filibuster on the roll of the house cannot postpone the 4th of March. An Opeiilnu l-'or liayar.t. Kinpr Milan is looking about for a premier. After the -Itb of March this country will bo able to send him n big assortment of would- be premiers to select from. His liiitc-rit Grout Scheme. Senator Blair , of Now Hampshire , has turned his gigantic mind to the annexation of Camilla. H is suspected that ho will bring In n bill to move the equator to the north end of Hudson's bay. Very NatliOictory. Omaha J/riviin ; . President Michael Leo will make a very satisfactory presiding officer of the city coun cil. There are u great many men in Omaha who have had early advantage * which were denied Mr , Lee , who could not fill the puico ho now holds half so creditably. I'ISO.MIXKXT IMiKSONS. Sir James Ilanncn , the presiding Justice of the Parncll commission , is a most kind and generous man. Two coachmen died in Ills service , and he w mainUiininif their widows in comfort. Senator Kcag.iu is said to consider that chewing paper concentrates his thoughts , and when in his neat in the senate ho may be seen almost constantly tearing up pieces of paper into bits and putting them into his mouth. Ward McAllister , colonel of New York's society brigade yclept "The Four Hundred , " is tall , erect and litty years old. He has a black mustache and n goatco and Is a lawyer without practice. Ho lives entirely in so ciety. 1 lo has several cousins of his name in Philadelphia. Mrs. Jay-Gould's condition has so far im proved that hho was able Sunday , for the llrst time since her illness , to leave her bed. With the assistance of her nurses she walked about her room a little distance at a time and then rested in her chair. For the past few di\ys she nan been steadily improving. General Honlangcr's one idol in life is said to be his mother. Slio was with him in 1S3'.I ' , during the ten months in which he was in danger from a wound received at Solfcrjno , and which was never entirely Iiealcd. He spends every Sunday afternoon and evening with her , and if away , always sends her a telegram. Kobert Louis Stevenson , the novelist , had his yacht headed for the Sandwich Islands the last time ho was heard from. He is likely to remain on one of those islands sev eral months , in order to combine his two pursuits of health getting and novel writing to the best advantage. His stay in the Adirondacks - rondacks bcnefitied him greatly , and his yachting trip has done still moro for him. liut ho has got to fight against sickness as long as ho lives. Somebody has taken the trouble to inform the world that Queen Victoria is a very hard worker. Siic breakfasts at D and then spends the morning dictating letters to her secre tary. At 2 p , in. she takes luncheon , then holds a court ceremony , and afterward in dulges in a short drive. Slio does not dine until 0 p. m. As her mail is enormous , she really gets through a vast deal of work in a day. Once in a while questions of state of some importance require her attention. The fuel is that she has no sinecure. SI'HCIAIj THA1N 1'UPFS. The I'rcKH of Ilio Htuto Commend tlio llt-o'H Knlcrprisc. Northwest News : Tin : OMAII t Una has chartered a special train to Plattsmouth to nmko connection with tlio H. & M. flyer to Denver , at $1,000 per month. Tin ; Bui ; is still busy. Wallace Mall ; Last Tuesday THE OJHIU Hiu : put on a fast mail train between Omaha and Lincoln. Tills will emiblo Tin ; Hii-to bo delivered to itn patrons nt 4 ; ! W p. m. the day of publication. Tin : JJuc is un enter prising journal and deserves euvwss , idls City pourno'rrho Bcci.i ; irftln r'.ei'Ca oy Tin ; OMAHA Uni : to deliver Its papers to subscribers along the line of iho U. & M. shows great enterprise , on the part of Tun 13ii ; ; management. It Is the lirst west ern paper to attempt such an undertaking. Kimball Observer : Tin ; OMAHA Uii : will run u train from Omaha to Denver over tlio U , & M. for its own exclusive uso. commenc ing wltb January 1 , ISS'J. Tin ; HUB is turn ing ever a new leaf with the beginning of the new year , and proposes to become ono of the largest circulated papers in the United States. TccuniHeh Republican : Tin ; OMAHA Hue commences the now year with a cpccml train of their own , which will supply tliolr readers outside of Omaha with Tun Hm ; at an early hour. The train loaves Omaha at 4:30 : a. in. , ranching Lincoln at 7 o'clock. This gives Tuu Hii : the inside track on other Omnlm papers. ColerldgoSontlncl : THK OMAHA Hun 1ms headed off its contemporaries by securing it special mall service of its own , and now de livers its papers to all the South Platlo coun try from ono to twenty-four hours ahead of any other Omaha paper. This is the first ) n- stunco of u HMelal | : mall train In the Interest of ono publisher west of Chicago , Uiuo Hill Times-Winners Tun OMUIA DAHV HII : has commenciMl the gigantic on- torprlso of running n special train on the 1) ) . .tM.tliat Its renders may got the news n few hours earlier. On this branch It will give us n pnpur the sumo dny It Is published instead of the day following us at present. THE HEK will fly now sure enough. Yorlc Democrat : Tin : OMAIH Hni : Is nothing if not ontcrprlslng. The Intost ttcoop on Its rivals IB the chartering of n special train to carry its morning edition from Omaha to Plattsmouth to catch the liurlington west. Tuu linn hires a train every morning at nil enormous expense , for the purpose of getting n few Hours ahead of its competitors. Seward Kuporlcr : Commeucir.g with Jatw nary 1 , a special OMAHA ) Jit : : train le.u-e * Omaha on the Ji , & M , nt4:150 : in. , gottlng Tin ; UCK to Lincoln nt 7 o'clock , mid toother points on the H , & M. line ? at proportion ately early hours. This la u great stroke of enterprise on the part of THK HuK , nil shows u determination to get to the frouUnnd lead in the Journalistic race. 3 L' . Lincoln Call : Tin : HKK yotnremains in front of the procession in Nobnwha jouruul- Um. It prints moru news : hav boltur edi torials ; moro carefully selected au > l bettor arranged miscellany in short it M the ono and only great paper In the great west. The fact that Tiia UKC gets Into'Lincoln ' at 7 o'clock each morning has already Increased Us list In this city. In fact , Tun BBE Is a bimer. Hallway Xows-Heportcrj The manacement of TiinOMViu H ; n hnvo Just made arrange ments whereby their thousands of readers in southern Nebraska will bo reached in from six to twelve hours ahead of other Omnlm dallies. Tim Hii : ; is a progressive and wide- awake metropolitan Journal , nnd its new de parture would bo hailed with delight by young and old , if its special newspaper train did not run ever the great American scab route. Wayne Gnretto : Tint HRR , which Is In every essential , a great newspaper , has taken ono moro stop forward , nnd now sends Its morning edition west by special train , at an expense of ever fl.XX ( ) a month. TUB Si NIIAY lie : contained this week n very ex haustive review of facts connected with the growth of Omiilm during the past year ; and Is an odd Ion of which every citizen of the mi'tropnlfs nucht to bo proud. Wlntover ono may think of Uoscwater personally , his paper is the paper of tlio state , and is so rec ognized abroad ns well as nt home , ami has done more for the state of Nebraska than all of his personal detractors taken together. UNVAUMSIIKI ) KACT3. Mrs , Clarlsa Co\ , of"Wnki'lleld , MHRS. , who celebrated her one. hundred and llrst birthday the tlth of last October , has for nearly three weeks past lived entirely and solely upon water , sometimes taking the con tents of two glasses at u single drinking. During thin time she has been quite ill , and everything else has boon distasteful to her. Case Arnold , a laborer , nto sixty-two raw egg * nn n wager nt the People's theater at Crawfordsville , hid. His backers offered to bet that he couid cat live dn/.un more , but then ) were no takers , several hundred dollars lars having already changed imiuls on the re sult. After the exhibition Arnold adjourned to a restaurant and indulged in n hearty meal , Miss Catharine Snovcrs , of Kast Hrooklyn , went to a ball In Turner hall the other night. She tlanced in nearly every dunce- and retired to the ladies' room about U o'clock to rest. While resting on a sofa In the room she yawned , and dislocating her Jaw , wns unable to shut her mouth. An ambulance surgeon removed her to St. Catharine's hospital , where her allliction was attended to. The most remarkable case over known to the physicians of Monticollo , III. , Is that of .1. Meredith , who is suffering from abdominal dropsy. Dr. W. H. Caldwell has tapped him llfty-four times durlne the past twelve months , removing one and a half to two gallons lens of water at each operation. On one oc casion four gallons of water wcro removed. An operation is now performed on him every week. Dr. Caldwell estimates that during the year hu has removed two barrels of water from the patient. Mr. Meredith is able to go about the streets in a short time after the operation Is performed. Ho is seventy-live years old. Joe Diet ! ! , a Louisville man , Is lying in the city hospital suffering from n broken collar bone and u mashed head , caused by Jumping down a flight of stairs. DicU has a mania for Jumpine from high places. Ho has boon in the hospital three times in twelve montliH , each time from Injuries received in Jumping from windows , and physicians say ho has not a sound bono in liis body. His bigirest Jump was from tin- third story of the city hospital eight months ago. Krom the llrst floor there protuded a veranda , and DieU alighted on the iron railing of this. The heavy banister was broken In two and the long fall of his heavy body came near tearingdown the whole concern. Krom this objective point Dictz was precipitated to the pavement below after whirling around once In the air. The fall would have killed an ordinary mmi , but ho seemed to possess a charmed life. He sur vived , although his hip bono. log , three lin gers and nose wore broken and smashed , be sides a number ol other bruises aud fractures. Tin : Inaugural Hall. Louisville Courier-Journal : Captain .lonks , who "taught young ladles how to dawnce , " would bo a good deal astonished at the noise made about the inauguration ball. Cincinnati Enquirer : "No ono in liis senses dances , " snith the Latin stoic ; but Uenjnmin Harrison led a quadrille at Indian apolis a few weeks ago , aud proposes to have first-class ball the of. his u - on day Inaugura tion. tion.San San Francisco Examiner : Senator Mc Carthy is the only one who seems to have any scruples. Ho lavors balls but objects to round dances. The sensuous waltz excites his experienced suspicions , and he insists upon confining the festivities to decorous quadrilles , as in these moral diversions the "Ally man left ! " and "Sashay all ! " of the "caller off" strike in upon sentiment before it has time to become dangerous. Wo should like to see an inaugural ball with Senator McCarthy as lloor manager. It would rec oncile us to political defeat. Atlanta Constitution : At about 11 o'clock the music of the ilrst dance will strike up. It will bo a quadrille. General Harrison and his party will form a set and walk through the figures * . Mrs. Cleveland will bo General Harrison's partner ; Mr. Cleveland will dance with Mrs , Harrison. It will , however , be a tauio affair , about as lively a shaking of the rehearsal of old-fashioned miu- feet as a an - - Uet , When the quadrille is over , Mr. Harri son and his party will go to the white houso. It will thus bo seen that the next president will not indulge to any great extent in the gavottes of the evening. He Is not much on the dunce any way , J'rosidiMil Ilnrrison'H Cabinet. OMUIA , .Ian.5. To the Edltorof Tin : Bni : : The latest gossip is to the effect that General Low Wallace will be selected as the member from Indiana of the now president's cabinet. He is assigned to the postoflico , John C. Now and Chairman Huston have had their day , and have been sot down ns cabinet injjiosM- bilitlcs § 0 fur us tun Vordlct of iho publio goes. The bcllnf Wns growing that Indiana Would have no representative in the cab inet. inet.The The talk about General Wallace recalls the btory which floated over the country after the Chicago convention. Tlio story ran that , leading up to Gcnoral Harrison's nom ination for the presidency , a state ticket had been prepared for the republicans of Indiana to uupport nt the November elec tion. Ex-Govornor Porter wns to head the ticket , as candidate for governor , and Gen eral Wallace was to run for lieutenant gover nor. This combination inudo ut Chi'ago would , It is said , bo Invincible at the polls , and thus General Harrison was certain to receive the vote of his own state. The story went on that In IS'JO the republicans would olcct tlio legislature In Indiana , and that body would nt once proceed lo clovuto Porter to tlio United States scnato as the successor of Dan Voorhccs. Thus , General Wnllneo , by the avenue of the lieutenant governorship , would roach the position of chief executive of the Hooslcr state. Thcro was the odor of the ocean about this story , but when n few weeks uftor the Chicago convention , the county primaries in Indiana began to declare enthusiastically and unanimously that Porter was their cholch ns a gubernatorial candidate , that which had before boon deemed exclusively marine II to rut urn canio to bo regarded us truth. Wholhur the Btory was , In fact ; true will , perhaps , never bo known. Thcro Is no doubt thut Porter could Imvo easily been nominated , ' His nomination would havp helped the ticket , and the republican major- itjvih the atnto would , In all llkollhood , have doubled of trublcd thUt given to Harrison and Hovcy. Porter' has ahvnys held lumsnlf out an the spcoftl champion of tlio workiiiHiucn. Just when the tiUo for the govornorHhip wa running strongest in his favor thc-ro wu a rapetipg'of the Knights of Labor In Indian- opolia. They asked I'brtor not lo stand ns a candidate for governor. Ho received their delegates cordially , and , Inviting tliom Into his garden , gave each of them a Imttonhnln bouquot. .Of course nobody knows what ef fect till * visit Jiart on the ex-governor's nmplo mlnd.'but everybody knows that ho peremp torily declined n practically unanimous nomi nation before it was In fuel offered. Thut smashed the Chicago slute , if there was such a slate. In spite of this gossip about General Wallace , it may bo BOt down as nearly certain thut the prcMdtiiit-ulect wilt not Imvo an Indiana man lit his olllcial household. Hut If ho should honor Indiana with u portfolio , John C. Now will bo the favored individual. It may bo said nnd it Is true that Co man ever had , anl assuredly General Harrison novcr lind amore moro loyal , zealous nnd devoted political friend than John C. New. In victory and defeat , amid gloom nnd sunshine , the editor of the Indianniwlls ttourunl has boon con stant and true to the interests of General Harrison. It must bo remembered that the , president-elect .has had no enthusiastic sup porters , except Now , among the republican lenders of His own stnto. Ho quarreled with Grcsnam years ago ; ho has always looked upon Porter with lofty scorn , ami , as to Huston , ho has only como into promlnoiico within two or three years. During Indicated nnd prolonged senatorial contest before Uio Indiana legislature two years ago there were four ruprosontntivos who really hold the balance- power. These men had strong affiliations with the ICnights of Labor. Indeed , at leait two of thorn wcro members of the ordor. They wore voting , day after dny , for a drueglst who lived at lerro Haute , but they secretly hoped to elect Porter at some stage of the game. General Harrison was the nominee of the republican caucus ntid David Tnrpio was the democratic candidate. The democrats had nn actual majority of two on Joint ballot , but ono of their num ber voted for nearly n month with the labor contingent. Ho finally cnmo round to Turpio and the Harrison flag fell In the face of the foe. foe.At At ono time in that contest , when the bal loting had progressed until all things grew wrong and the dead-lock threatened to hang on forever , 1 had been told that the four members of the labor party hold a caucus , to which they invited John C. Now. They proposed - posed to him that If " 10 republicans would withdraw General HarrKm nnd put up ox Governor Porter as a candidate , the latter could bo elected. It had become evident , they urged , that General Harrison couid not win. win.New New , according to the generally accepted report of the meeting , became furi ously indignant Ho delivered the proposi tion of the labor caucus and alluded to Porter ter in the most scornful manner. "General Harrison is the republican nominee , " said New , "and If nny republican Is elected to the United States senate by this legislature , ho and ho only will bo chosen. " It may not bo out of place to remark that it was univurmiHy believed , even in demo cratic circles , at that time , that the substitu tion of Albert G. Porter for General llarri son , as a senatorial candidate , would biivu been dangerous to democratic hopes. In this Instance the loyalty of Now to his chief may have been u blessing to the common enemy. These democrats who understood tlio situation perfectly , got no small amount of encouragement in that crisis from their confidence in Now'g ' fidelity to General Har rison. * * * i The political career of tha president elect may bo said to have bouun In ISni. It Is trua that ho wns elected reporter of the supreiuu court of Indiana for ono or two terms before the war. After his return from the war hu devoted himself almost exclusively to the practice of law In the city of Indianapolis for moro than ten years. In 1STO , in tlio very fiercest of the greatest political cam paign of postbcllum times , It became neces sary for tlio republicans to remove Godlovo S. Ortli from their ticket ns a candidate for governor. General Harrison was nominated to the vacancy and ho accepted , although ho knew the contest was well-nigh hopeless for the republicans. In spilo of the tidal wave of reform , in spite of the strong personality of Tildcn and the overwhelming popularity of Hcmlricks , General Harrison , it must bo said , valiantly and courageously led a forlorn hope , and held thodemocrutiernajority down to a little moro than 5,0 ; > 0. In 1SSO , when the rapullcaus capture ; ! the legislature of Indiana , General Harrison was easily elected to the United States senate to succeed Mr. McDonald. The campaign wns a short one and ho was nominated almost without a contest. His next campaign resulted in his defeat by Turpio in 1SS7 , and that was followed by his nomination and election to the presidency. It-will , therefore , bo seen that of four politi cal campaigns , General Harrison has won two and lost two. In the language of the turf , ho has started in four races , in two of which ho ran lirst , and in tlio other two ho finished u strong Hccond. It is u little strange that those shrewd gentry , the bookmakers , did not inspect his record more closely-whcii they wcro laying odds against him last fall. In all those contests no other man did such faithful and effective service as did John ( J Isew. * * * These who are intimately acquainted with the character of the prcsidcnt-eloet assert that ho will as president pursue his own course , carefully define his own policy , and run the executive ofllce according to his own inclinations. He is not llnding any dtlllcnlty in tlio responsibilities' he in about to assume , and is losing no sleep over the situation in New York. Ho will select his own cabinet. The suggestion is made that Genera ! Harrison risen would permit Mr. Morton to cheese the Now Vork member of the cabinet and thus escape a dilemma. Tlio suggestion is puerile. General Harrison was never in a dilemma. No matter how thick the gloom , Ills Imagination stimulated by his supreme confidence in his own powers lias always been ublo to show him the clear light of day. The cabinetmakers who arc leaving John U. Now out of their calculations are figuring in the dark. So long ns Indiana is considered as being likely to have representation in the cabinet , there Is but ono man to bo thought of , and hln name Is Now. QUITO. All danger of drinking impure water is avoided by adding lit ) drops of .ho Kom'iuo ' Antfohtura Bitter * , inuuu- 'acturod by Dr. Sicf'erl ft Sons , I'rol'csijor Kivurl on IClcclrlo KtalicH. Professor Co-ssar Kwart delivered a .eclurc on "The Electric Organs of L''islies ' , " before the Natural Hiatory HO- ciety , Glasgow , recently. One of tlio iiost noteworthy facts about electric or- was Ihal tliuy wore only found fishes , and Unit aiU' ' " wor" ' "Ururca of different Tcinda of fishes , there wore practically only three kinds Unit wore known to have oloutriu batteries sulliuieiilly powerful to hoof any evident uso. The three familiar cleclric fishes provided with an electric animralim were the Malaptoruns of Uio Nile and other African rivers ; thu Gyinnotus of South America ; and Iho Torpedo , found at times in our own waters , and in considerable numbers in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic ! . Of tlio others in which olectrlo organs were known lo o.xist , ho need only men tion the once sacred Oxyrliynchusof the Nile , and the skates and rays which abounded around the coast of Scotland. The batteries of the pymnotus wcro so powerful thai a shock from a lur o aol- ivo fish was slrong onougli.to strike down a man , and numb away Ills consciousness for several hours. Sneezing Catarrh. TheUUtre slngmee7.i5snefcr.esii ( ( > 07.t'tlioacril ( wntc-ry discharges from the eyes and none , thu pnlnful Infliunmatlon oxlemllny to thu throat the swelling of thu mucous llnliiB.eauslut'cliok- lug sensations , conifli , ringing noises Inlhulicad mid splitting hcaditcliH * , how fumllnr tliedo symptoms uroto UioinmmlH wlmmitfor periodi cally from head rolils or Inllnenzu , nnd who llva In Ignot-nii'-a ' of tlio fa'-i ' that n single application Ot.SAM'Oltl/B lUlllOAl , CUIIK fOH CA'IAHIUI Will nttm-illnflnnl'inrmiitrlitf. Hut Oils treatment in cases of Klmplo Patnrrji elves Wit n faint ffloa of what tlilM remedy will do In ll fl rliroiilc forum , \vlinro tlio brtwtlilm ? In obulructoil by choking , nutria mucous uccnnni- latlon ? tlio henrliw ollectud. dwell and tastu cnno , tbrout ul.-nrAiPil niKl ImckliiKeoiiKh urml- uiilly frthlpaingltholf iilion Iho cleblllUiltsd ni-tf- loin. TliL-ali I-that tht > iiwrvulloUH ciiratlvo power of BINKIIIIII'H JUtiKMi. Cirui ! munlfoMa Itself In liiitnnlRiioiii ) ) and Knttofulrellul. c'uru bet-Inn from the llr t nplillrution. It Is rapid , radical , licrii.iini'Ui.cc'oiiomlfUl.Buf * . HANM/nn'n lumi'Al , drill ! roimlitsot onebot- tl Of till ) IIAIUI'.U , Cilli.llll : boXOf CATAIIIIIIAIi Soi.vrNTan Bii.l ( vii'itovun J.NIMI.KK , prlca II. l'UTT ll DllUO i. UllKUICAIi CO. IIOSIOX. IT STOPS THE PAIN , AelnK > Iuwo.saclp ani8i. S-KMney nnd Utorlno 1'ulus. nU ufl i'nlii , liiilammntlon. and \ve kui'na . , - , iii.iivni : ) IN ( INK MiNimi iiv TUB CUTICIIIIA ANTI-I'AIK I'I.ASTUII. Thu first ana only puln-KUlxinliia plaster. Now , original. Ju sliintaneons , n v - iVllim. Vastly superior tcj all other plaster * nnd rcmixUm for the ntllef ot pain. At all tlrucKUU. iFiwint * ; live for II.W ; or. poitatfe frw.of roiTtii Unuu ANI > CHKMICAZ < CO. , lloatun , Mass ,