4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEIr SATURDAY , DECEMBER 7. 1889. m the daitjY bee : Hi C EC ROSBWATBR , Editor ; HI = - - j TUBLISHED EVERY MORNING H TH1IMS DC HUIISCUIITION H Jinlly and Sundny , Ono Vcnr , . 110 00 H Mi Month * < r. 00 | | M 'Jhrw Monlh * • m IH flnnday lice , On Vcnr . , • . . . . ; M B Weekly Ucc , Ona Year with Premium , . . . 2 00 H OKIICCS | H Omaha , Hon Ilu' ldlng . . . . . 1 niii' roomcnr : < i7Hookerr , nuiiiiinc | H Now York , Kootns 14 nml ItTrlbuno nulla- H Washington No Ml Fourteenth Street , t CouncllMlufTR , No 12 Pearl Street | | K ltnroln KttJlStieet , , . . Bj South Omnlin , Corner N nnd 20th Streets H conunspoNOHNri : . i H All communications rolatlnirto news and rdl- | | H torlnl muttershould beaddressed to the hdltor | H la.1 llrpnrtmcnt nusiNr.33 itrrrtiHS H All limlnm lctter > i nml remittance * should | | H r > addressed tn'l he lleo 1'ubllMilng Company HH [ Omnlin Drntt * , checks andpo-dollicoorunrH to V • J" made paj able to the order ot thecompany , The Bcc PoMisMm Company , Proprietors jIbk Ilulldtng l'arnam and Hevcnteonth Streets | H 'J ho I' .ri' on the TrnltK j aiicro Is no exnisoforn failure to got Tnn tier iHH en the trains All newsdealers hv < > boon notl- | | Hl lied to tarry a full supply , rinvelers who want H { ' 1111 ; Her and cant gut It on train * where other ) Omahaonperg are rarrlod are requested to no- HM UfyTiii ; IIbb . . . . | HH l'lcnss lie particular to plvo In all cases full W Information as to date , railway nr.d number ot D H trnln , , , | | | B Hive in your name , not for publication or tin M ccca ary use , hut ns u gnarant v of good faltli H THE MAIM MSli | H fiworn Statement nf Clroulntlon BW Ftntoof Nobrasfcn , L , HH County of Doufjlas I PUB ( Irorco 11. 'J7scliuclc , secretary of The lleo | | | B nildh-hliig Company , doessolemnly swear that HIM tlio actunlciiriilatlonof'l lit : Daily IIek fortho V vicee tudlnir November 30.1SSW. was us follow * : Sunday Nov 17 21,010 Monday Nov 18 , lMK | | | B" 'nioiilny.Nov.il U'.IST Wednesday , Nov 20 IU.110 HiH Thursday , Nov ill 10,2117 Friday Nov.K ! 1IM2.I fcalurday , Nov.sa WHM | H Average ll > , 150 GEOnUKH.TZS011UCK. M flntoof Nohraska , I M County of Douglas , f " H Sworn to beforu mo and mibscrlbed to luiuy M presence this JJtli day of November , A. nlsaj ' meal ] N. P. FKII * B Notary Public B | State of Nebraska , I . . B County or Oouglns , I B l Gcoiiio II Tzschuck bolnir duly sworn , de- H pones and ea ) s tlint he Is secretary of The lleo H i'uhllslilne Company , that the actual averairs H daily circulation of Tin : liiii.v Her for the 1 mouth of December , itftH , l . ' l copies ; for H January , 1 > * \ U.B71 copies ; for february , 1SM > , B JH.Wl conies : for March , ISM ) . 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B .TiTDniNO by the number of bills intvo- H dui'eil ; the western mambora wont to B Wnshington with tlioir rips loaded H Tin ; llrst duty ot Mr Gushing is to H corao homo and parcel out the spoils H nmotiR the horde of him cry patriots H- who are laying plpo lines to the city Hr Enot.isii papers will horcafter leave H , Mrs liliiukey's antecedents severely H nlono It la dangerous to tritlo with H * the queen of American tmobbery , even H. . on foreign shores HC BltOATCH and Vandcrbum are a pro Ht" cions pair to prate about law and order B * The forinor a doublo-dculor ana pro H ton dor , the latter an oil room jobber H * and railroad procurer H Tin : silver men threaten to assault H' Secretary Windom with cartwheel H' ' dollars The white metal advocates H Bhould remember that the treasury is H loaded with ammunition of the same H , Tin : western congressmen who rallied H to Reeds sunport in the suoakorship H contest are not likely to receive their H ro ward in chairmanships The demand B exceeds the supply , and several ambl- H tlous young statcsmou are doomed to H disappointment H Tin : Kansas oxnort who has discov- H orod a method to mulco arid lands pro H , ductivo without irrigation , should pool H * • issues with the Connecticut genius who Hl is turning nut ' gold bricks from buso H metals and chomcah ' The comblua- H tinn would bo a world-beater. | A rOfit of the members of congress on 1 the q uestioti of the location of the worlds 1 fair elicited one hundred and seventy | answers , a majority in favor of Chicago | Though u straw vote it shows that two hundred nnd thirty members are on the ' fence , awaiting a proper time to jump B * oil the porch H , ' Camiiku Sii.cott , the thief of the 1 house , was a reminiscence of bourbon B rule Though an active partisan , ho ' proved an otlonsivo mugwump in donl- ' - ing with congressmen Political ulllli- ( ' jitiuns did not alToct the liberality > of 1 his hand when ho reached for the cash B box , and friend and fee wo to flcocod - twltli equal facility His peculations B „ w"l Kivo him high social standing ,111 { the American colony in Canada H , Tin : hirelings who did the bidding of ' Broatch tit the polls 011 election day 1 " openly boast ns they jingle domocrntio 1 . . dollars in their pockets , that they saved 1 the republican majority in the council H According to their purchased testimony | ' they saw defeat staring the party in the 1 . face and they considerately jumped into i | . the breach with stilettos in their hands B to rescue u few counoilmon by knifing , tbo romalndor of the ticket Tholnspir- H atlon for this scoundrelly work can bo j i B' readily traced to the treachery ot the H Hjftior and the potent luflueuco of dotn- H ocrutio boodle ( H Tluuctlou ; , of Senator Mundorsoti in B . . bringing to the attontiou of congress . the disputes regarding the boundary K llnq between Iowa and Xobraska , is BV timely While it Is nccu3s.iry that the H ownership of land transferred from H „ state to.fetato by the changes of the rlvor J' , channel should be settled , it is of fur HHBa mora importance to both states that the 1 jurisdiction ot the courts , especially in H criminal mutters , should be fixed on a H' a natural geographical line Justice H > , . , nnd Bccurity demand that the middle of b the Missouri rlvor should bo the per H- muneut boundary , without regard to the H- ' shifting of the channel That is the only H , safe means of settling the authority of H 51 the respective states und prevontlng the H coiitubiou which has hcrotoloro resulted H lu bulking justice nnd iu the escape of a criminals * bhhhVi1 JUVt'tiUSOX VAV1S VKAV The death of Jefferson Davis has removed - moved from this worlds stngo h flguro that i must always bo conspicuous In Amorlcan history The nnmo of the lender . of the greatest rebellion In all history cannot bo blotted from the record which preserves nliko the heroic struggles of patriots and the malignant deeds ( of traitors The chnraclor of the mnn who was most largely responsible for a i civil con llict that drenched his conn try Inblood j and filled It with widows and or phans , is protontod for the serious and just nnnlyBls and judgment of mankind It will peccivo a measure of nttontion and discussion that would bo given to few other men ot this tlmo porhapsto none , other in any part ot the world There is nn injunction thnt wo shall speak only good of the dead It can not bo respected in the cuso of Jefferson Davis Justice to the he roic dead and the loyal living , whoso blood nnd sacrifices preserved the union , demands thnt the foremost traitor of modern times shall bo so characterized and romombarcd , and that the great crlmo against the nation so largely duo to his troa3on shall not bo extenuated or palliated Sympathy for thorfo of the family of the lender of fobolllon who survive him may properly bo felt , but it must not bo pormltted to stultify the patriotism of the past and the loyal scntlmont of the present by condemning truasou Truth re garding JotTorson Davis Is all that his most ardent admirers can fairly ask Loyal men will lind It enough , but they will be satisfied with nothing less than the truth . JolTcrbOn Davis might have boon il lustrious in his country's history Ho had ability of a high order , force of character , and cupaeity for leadership qualities which gave him while t > tlll a young man oxaltcd position , and which hud they boon di rected by a true patriotism might have carried him to higher dis tinction than ho attained under the government Ho chose a dllTeront course Yielding to a falsa political sentiment and for the maintenance of tbo institution of slavery ho became a traitor and n rebel Ho turned his sword ngainst the government which had educated him , which ho had sol emnly sworn , ns a soldier , a member of congress , and a cabinet otlleor , to faithfully servo , and as the or ganizer of rcbolllon sought the dismombcrment and overthrow of the union This is the plain , un varnished truth or history , nnd this great crime , with all Its bitter aud terrible consequences , Jou cr on Davis never repented of Without regret or romcrsc for what ho had wrought , but rnthor proudly cherishing his treason , ho chose to live aud die a man without n country Aud so ho closed his eyes on this world unpurgod of a crlmo which in all civilized binds , since governments were instituted , has been deemed the highest of which the citizen can bo guilty The pride and devotion which Jeffer son Davis manifested for his record of treason had a very great influence in perpetuating in the south a fooling of regret fortho ' lost cnuso"nnd nspirit of hostility toward the government A largo number of people iu the south rc- gardod the obstinate refusal ot Mr Davis to seek a return to citizenship as a lofty example of solf-abncga- tion made in tho.cause of a great prin ciple , and as an evidence of his love for that section , whereas it was unquestion ably prompted muinlyby the Inordinate and unbending pride of tlio man But it served to keep alive the fires of soc ttonal animosity , and thus Jefferson Daviswno by a single act which all just men would have approved , could have done more than any hundred men in the south to cool the passlous left from the war and bring about a speedy pacification of the sections , wnB a potent influence In retarding the growth of good feeling and chocking the work of national readjustment That the removal of this unfortunate influence will bo beneficial to the south is at least to bo hoped for For such service as Jefferson Davis did his country before his treason lot him receive full credit Ho was a bravo and useful soldier against the Indians aud in the war with Mexico As a member of both houses of congress and a euuinot official his rec ord was not without credit when the character-of his political education Is fairly considered Dut with this all is said that justly can bo favorable to the public career and character of .TofTor- son Davis Undoubtedly his memory will bo widely honored among the people ple of the south This can bo pardoned But the people who opposed the rebel lion aud preserved the union must think and speak of him with the candor which the facts of history demand ' a monumextat Fit aud Mr W. J. Broatch has seen fit to 1 enter the arena as a defender of the 1 conspiracy hatched under his personal inspiration against George W. Llnlnger and the republican ticket Llko the cut tlefish , ho tries to cover his crooked [ trucks by shedding in his wako a great quantity of Ink Instead of olotu'inghis 1 skirts from proofs of deceit , treachery und double-dealing , he devotes himself almost entirely to a personal tirade 1 against myself The ouly point worthy of note iu ull his vindictive bluster about mo is the charge that I'm no bct- tor than ho und his infamous coparcen ers , an J his barefuccd lying as rogarda 1 my course toward liiin und his election 1 as mayor two years ago It is true that I have on several occasions op posed candidates nominated in repub lican conventions But I have always opposed them openly nnd glvon reasons why the public interest demanded their defeat I navor have pledged support to any man and sold lilm out I never have taken part Iu any convention as a delegate and knifed the men I helped to nomlnuto It is a matter of history that iu onu instance , when a county convention fraudulently unseated a rightfully elooted delegation 11 publicly denounced the net and withdraw from the convention after duo notice that I would not consider myself bound to suport | cauaidatcs fraudulently nom inated , In the recent county cam paign Mr . Couurti was notlllod by mo weeks before the convontlou that ho could ( not count on the support of t Tin : Bii : : , nnd after his nomt inntiou I 'I personally npponlod to him to 1 withdraw And unllko Broatch , Cob I urn is manly enough to admit that my 1 course toward him was honorable But Broatch lacks every instinct of nn 1 honorable man JIo has the uudac1 ity 1 to state that ho was elected mayor in I splto of my opposition In the face of the 1 fact that ho owed his nomination to ray : personal efforts with delegates who were disposed to distrust his pledges , and i in the face of the fact that I con1 tributcd ever six hundred dollars toward dofraylng the expenses of his mayornlly campaign This is , however , ot 1 minor Importance This man Broatch hns boon posing as n model of integrity and n loyal upholder of good government and the strict onforcomentot law and order By cunning nnd duplicity ho has man aged to create the impression among the best people of this city that ho has boon n sincere and uncompromising op- pouontof everything that Is dlsroputa- bio , disorderly and lawless Broatch has proved hlmsolf a monumental mental fraud His career ns mayor has been ono of constant dccoptlon and self ish scheming for personal ends and am- bltioua designs During the memorable struggle between the council and the police commission , when ho had en listed the active support of good citi zens against the combine that sought to starve the police , ho was constantly negotiating comnro- mises Whllo myf.olf and other citlzons had raised a fund to pay the police , and I had personally sacrificed thousands of dollars by upholding the poltco com mission in the face of threats that the city hall would bo relocated , Mr Broatch stood ready to make terms for furthering his own ends In the very heat of this exciting struggle , while the title ot Chief Soavoy was being tested in the courts , ho signed the ordl- nanco nnd the warrant to pay Tom Cummings his salary ns city marshal This was practically giving away the case Soavoy and Cummings could not legally hold the office of chief of police at the same tlmo My earnest romonstranoo ngainst pay ing Cummings was mot by Broatch with the response that Cummings was hard up and needed the motioy to start a saloon I Why dent you pay Cummings out of your own pocket ? " I asked But Mr Btoatoh proforrcd that the city pay two salaries because Cummings needed money with which to start a sa loon loon.A A few days later , when Seavey , who had bocotno tired of the fight , tendered his resignation , Broatch promptly voted to accept it nnd moved us a substitute for Seavey ono of his Solid Twenty eight , who had for years kept a saloon on the northeast corner of Douglas and Fourteenth streets This would have boon a complete surrender to the auti-polico sombine , but Broatch cared nothing about the law and order part , so long as the now chief was a man who would be a polit ical tool Mr Broatch however , was Toiled by my personal appeal to the members of the police commission to reconsider their action and uphold the status in which their case stood in the courts at that period But the most disgusting imposture which Broatch has been playing upon credulous people who regard him as the law nnd order champion has been since he eoiflmeneed to sot his pins for ro- " election The spy system which ho in augurated has been a sham and a fraud , gotten up chiefly for the purpose of holding clubs ever the heads ot sa loonkeepers , dive owners and gamblers Mr Broatch and his detectives soon became accessories to the most scandal ous violutions of the law Lust summer , after Dull Green was forced to resign from the police force , I called Mr Broatch's attention to the fact that there was collusion between his detectives - tives and certain gambling hells Ono of these resorts , the Diamond saloon , was theu runulng and still continues to run faro tables and other games , by and with the tacit consent of Broatch This saloon has ulwnys been the tryfeting place of the bogus detectives I asked Mr Broatch why ho tolerated these lawless places , especially during the fair when strangers and visitors wore liable to bo swindled or confldenced out of their money Mr Broatch contended that ho was unable to suppress these crimi nal resorts But they never were dis turbed , although Mr Broatch's dotoc- ttvos have achieved ronowu by climb ing transoms and broaklng open doors in private houses to ferret out raon or women who were consorting without marriage licenses While Broatch was pulling the wool ever the eyes of the goody-goody people in suppressing niggins' saloon ho was enlisting the support of the dlvo keep ers who were ton times as bad as flig- gins In place of Higglnn nnd in the same building , wo have McGucken and his upper story chambers Ed Rothory , whoso resort is headquarters for thugs , bruisers aud toughs , was taken to tno bo era of Broatch nnd on last Tuesday Broatch put fully two thousand dollars Into the poclc- ots of Rothory by locating the voting pltico of the Second precinct of the Third ward in Rothery'a high-toned dcti Aud while all the worst rum holes were being favored by Broatch , other liquor dealers were blacklisted aud uor- secuted because they refused to lend Broatch their political Inlluonco Broatch prates about the enforcement of the Sunday law the old fruud ! He did enforce the Sunday law rigidly for the llrst nluo months this year , but for the last tno mouths every Broatch saloon has hod a handy back door open , with the assurance that the police would not molest thorn With these fuetn before them , our law abiding citizens can no longer bemoan the merited dofcatof Broatch , Huhusnot only imposed 011 good and pious people , but morlts their everlasting contempt Broatch is not only nn impostor , but a dangerous political desperado His ut- tempt to carry the prlmurles by an army of htrellngs and repeaters , while sailing undnr law aud order colors , and his manlpulr.tion of the Third wurd primary election judges und clerks , 1 . , * j - _ . who were instigated to felonious In terference with the poll list and to sign fraudulent returns , surpasses In 1 infamy anylHlng that has ever boon perpetrated Vp McGarlglo and the Chicago cage ballot-box stuffers A chlof exec utlvo who wfll resort to such moans must bo indoe.dilospcrato , if not abso lutely 1 crazy , to hold his olllco The faint attempt Broatch makes to exonerate his1 Into confodorutcs who treacherously ( s&ld out Llntngor nnd the ticket t for bolidlo Is scarcely worthy of notice 1 ThcsS men will all go down Into | politlcul history as a most uncon scionable 1 sot of knaves 12. RosmVATiut MS ADMIXISTHATlnX Mayor Broatch never tires of point ing I to his administration as u model of integrity ' nnd economy As a mnttor of fact ' Broatch nnd his administration were clean o'lly in spots In a number of < instances Broatch has made a good record ' by rofuslng to sanction measures thnt ' were unclean or questionable But these spasms of Intogrlty were offset frequently by his winking at fraud and palpable ' jobbery In every thing Broatch was always a calculating politician , ready ' to overlook crookedness whenever - over ' It was fathered by counoilmon who were his supporters , or outsiders who pretended to bo his backers The Wo , Us & Co paving nnd grad ing frauds were condoned because non est ! Jim pretended to bo an ardent : Broatch man But Fred Grays paving blocks were all rotten after Gray had shown ' himself adverse to Broatch's ad ' ministration The city hall fight was begun out of splto ' by the council combine atrainst the police commission But Broatch played into the bands of the combine at ! the bock of _ Jim Croighton nnd Joe Redman , because ho expected political favors from tiicm This collusion on the part of Broatch with the city hall wreckers has lost the city not loss than fifty thousand dollars Broatch cancelled the Meyers plans nnd relensod the contractors and bondsmen for the city hall basement That entailed - tailed a dtroct loss of twonty-fivo thousand dollars at least After the courts had onjolued the re location soliotno Broatch joined Has call , Counsmau nnd company , nnd ap proved the ordinance ordering the re submission of the location That entailed - tailed further delay and moro expense When Whooor ] ' , Chalice and Couns- man hatched out , the now city hull jug glery by which the cutiro walls of the basement were destroyed , nnd the plans were requlrod to leave no option for unythmg bi 'it ' , Dodliu granite , nnd a curtailing of'J the building on the alloy line , Mr JJroateh closed his eyes to this manifest jobbery and robbery of the taxpayers atd | approved it This act cost thorf city fully Ctwonty-fivo thousand dolldrs besides botching up a public buildinc that will cost three hun dred and fifty thousand dollars When Wheeler and Chaffeo pulled through the , appropriation ordinance to pay the architects ever twelve thousand dollars bbforo a stone had boon laid on the foundation that model of intogrlty , Mayor Broatch , aporovod the ordinance , and the job was only chocked through the exposure made by This Bevj Other instances ot the peculiar meth ods of the administration of Broatch could be cited , such as the employment of supernumeraries in the city offices for political ends , and the reckless waste of the public funds in byways and highways , Nobody of course con tends that any man will bo immaculate , but when Mr Broatch poses as the only clean und vigilant mayor Omaha has over had , ho presumes too much on the ignorance and credulity of our citizens We nAvE boon treated to confirma - tions and contradictions of the reports of distress nnd suffering in the Dakotas At first the appeal for aid mot with a ready response from generous people in adjoining states , but the boomers and speculators , fearing that the appeal to the chnritablo would effect their busi ness , denounced the accounts as false hoods and Insulted their bonofaotors by declaring that they were nblo to take 1 care of their own poor After all these assortlons nnd donlals comes a confes sion by Governor Mellette of South Dakota , that the reports of distress were not oxnggoratod Personal Investiga tion convinces him that outside aid is necessary His unfortunate that the mercenary spirit of the boomers was permitted to chill the wellsprlngs of 1 generosity The help tendered by neighbors was the offering of prosperity to unavoidable misfortune , and should have been accepted It Is doubtful if nn appeal for aid will now moet with a 1 hearty response Vandkkuum compliments Broatch asa "a pure nnd faithful administrator of a , public trust " .No ono outside of the , mayors cotorlo of traitors over discov ered his purity That cortlflcato of 1 charnctar cosftho city just four thousand dollars when Broatch ap proved the Dodliu granlto job for Vandcrbum > < ie BltOATCH assttros us that ho and his 1 coachman vote 'd for Llnlnger This 1 was characteristic of the man While 1 ho' was publicly proclaiming his 1 fealty , the un 'dorstrappora were work ing at every poll with mallco In their hearts to accomplish the defeat of the republican candidates OTinmLA ifBs tua k o uns In bis recant address at Muneuostor , Mr Gladstone , outlined the programma of tbo 1 liberal party la broad and general terms , yet as fully as could bo expected before a liberal 1 return to power , aud doubtless quite fully cnouub to sutisfy the demands ot those who 1 have desired such a statement Mr Glad - stone said tno loc.il government bill did not ' moot tbo legitimate demands of tbo country > Ho advocated granting the county councils 1 powers of taxation , the control of tbo police and tbo liquor tratllc , the care of the poor , 1 power to deal with the question of ground I rents und to form district councils , and bo would possibly go further aud establish tbo parish principle of eovcrnmeut , an ! thus 1 convoy to the rural population tbo first ' elements ot their publto olucatton and create a sense of public duty , which 1 la tbo highest aim ot a atatosman , These summations are all in tbo line of f liberal | iolicy , which Is to thoroughly adopt I the prlnclpto of home rule and give it a wide 1 nnd almost universal application This will bo an education to the voters and a chock upon the lnrgor action ot parliament Mr Gladstone also referred to tbo growth of public sentiment in favor of legislation to provldo hotter homoa for tbo poor , to mill pnto the woes of the crofters , to disestablish the church In Scotland and Wales Ho oven gave cautious monttou to the growing fool ing against the bouso of lords Ho spoke of his Increasing weight of years and doubted whether ha would personally have a share In many future reforms , nnd closed by pre dicting a liberal victory at the next gouoral fection , Mr , Gladstone's speech has cs > pcclat Interest because of the nlniost cer tain tv ot such n liberal victory It will not bo long now before the party of England's future will have another opportunity to im press Its ideas nnd convictions upon legis lation , Evidently when that tlmo comes Uritalu will sco startling changes Nothing could show moro elenrly tbo little liopo Lord Salisbury has of chocking the liberal tide of succcs thou tbo revival of tbo old and threadbare throat that tbc peers will throw out tbo homo rule bill even If It docs go through the commons It is clear from his recent Bpnccbcs that tbo tory loader bcus ar enough Into the future to roahzo that his party rule Is doomed Hut so ridiculous n threat isof no-eirtbly use in the campaign , as It will not only fall to attract a alnglo vote , but It Is not backed by any authority except Salisbury's own , which Is not llkoly to preVail - Vail In the matter That tbo house of lords would take great pleasure la killing a homo rule bill con bo talten for granted , but this august body has frequently voted for meas ures ngainst Its will The house of commons represents tbo popular will and tbo peers nro becoming more and moro chary of opposing this Given tbo oltcrnativo ot Its own aboli tion the bouso of lords would no doubt gladly vote for borne rule or anything else Salis bury's ' throat will not worry the homo rulers With Gladstone again in command of the government they will ho perfectly willing to talec their chances lot homo rule Ono result of the Gorman Kaisers visit to Constantinople has been a dlsclosnro of tbo real state of things In tbo Ottoman empire Every effort , indeed , compatlblo with national bankruptcy was made to throw dust In the eyes of tbo Sultans guests Tbo old-fashioned ironclads were patched up , the troops Bolccted for review were freshly uniformed , tbo front walls ot bouses were whitewashed , the streets were cleaned , and some of them were carpeted Nevertheless , tbo truth could not bo hidden that Turkey has never been mora helpless against foreign ' ac/g / rcsslon or moro exposed to Internal revo lution than she is today , liut few worus need be wasted on the notorious Ineniclency of tbo Turkish fleet The ships are con structed on an old and now discarded system , and they proved almost useless In tbo last war ngainst Russia The army , which still exhibited traces of its old energy at Plevna , Is now disorganized and disaffected la the provinces the pay of both oftlcora and soldiers has been in arrears for some two years Even tbo pay of the privileged garrison of the capital Is six months overdue Tbo whole body of civil officials has a similar grievance , and is fur ther exasperated because tbo machinery of government Is incessantly thrown out of gear by the sultans capricious interference , duo partly to the clandestine inlluonco of palace favorites and partly to unmistahablo symptoms of inherited Insanity The out rages perpetrated on Christians in Crcto and Armenia uro indisputable , but , what is loss genornlly known , the Turks themselves have qulto as much to suffer at tbo bands of their despot Thousands of upright and zealous Moslems have been condemned to exllo Hundreds have sbarod the fate of Mldhat Pasha , the ono resolute and almost tri umphant Turkish reformer of our tlmo m The stake which Portugal is playing for In Africa is unquestionably a great ono , and she is putting forth supreme oTort3 ! to win it It includes , in the first place , the practical con trol of the catiro valley of the Zambesi , ono of tbo great rivers of tbo continent , the very greatest that empties on the east coast , and a valuable highway for a commerce yet to bo developed Next , Portugal's aim is to con nect her colonics around Benguela on tbo west coast and Qullimano nnd Sofnla on the east coast by a broaa transcontinental zone , through which in future years sbo may run railroads , and thus find a double outlet for tbo products nf the interior In this attempt sbo hopes to ohtain the support of Franco and also that of Germany , Doth of which countries have looked upon her claim not unfavorably , whllo a judicious withdrawal from terri torial conflicts with the latter on the west coast will help her It is obvious that the cuso has now como to a direct issue Oust ing Portugal from her claims over the basin of the Congo has not disposed Great Brituin to nllow her to indemnify herself by any ox- cluslvo jurisdiction on the Zambesi , This was clearly shown by her decided refusal to submit to Portugal's practically prohibitive customs duties on that river and bcr efforts to contlno tbo trade to steamers flying her flag It is also very likely tbat tbo Nyassa expedition , under Serpa Pinto , will bo ac cused of encroaching on British rights But tbu immediate question rnlsed is as to the right to Mashonaland ; aud Portugal will bo fortunate if she is able to Bccuro out of tno resulting disnuto a conceded right to ovou a narrow territorial strip connecting Mozam bique and Angola * • An event of no small interest In the Euro psau situation was the weakening of Austria in Its relation to tbo ugrcoment made with Germany last month concerning Bulgaria When Count Kalnoky visited Bismarck at Frlodrlchsruhc ho agreed , as the czar had done , to glvo tbo Gorman chancellor a frco hand in the settlement of the Bulgarian dim culty liut the count , It seems , has not been ublo to keep his word His great dual em pire is , diplomatically considered , an Intri cate if not a rickety machine , Kalnoky is minister of foreign affairs for the whole em pire Taafo is minister of the intorlor for Austria proper , while Premier Tis a Is prcsl- dent of the Hungarian council The Fried rlcbsruho compact was indignantly resented in Hungary , and threatened to overthrow tboTisza ministry , Kalnoky was thus forced to break his word with Iilsuurck In order to avert a crisis Quotations of the Bulgurian loan were again allowed in the regular stock reports , and Prince Ferdinand was again given assuraucos of Austria's friendship fur Bulgaria , It is Bismarck's ' next move , and Europois wondering what it will be Astntuo commemorating a touching little episode In the hfa of the Into German cm peror , Frederick , Is about to bo erected at Kalsurlautcn When Frederick was crown tirinco ho visited ono of tbo orphan asylums of that town Among the children was a sickly and sad-faced little boy , Frodorlck noticed him , took him In bis arms , and thereupon ogrcod to becorao bis godfather The child , to whom a caress was a stranger , appeared somewhat f rightonod at first , but soon got over bin dlftlculty , and began to play with tbo princes medals and docora- lions , The statue In question will represent tbe prince with a baby in his arms , and tbo youngster tugging at nls cordons and crosses Will Ilrnr llm tin trillion lit I Market Xioubpilte Courier-Journal , Tbe British bill to Prevent Improvident marriages is a bowling piece , of tyranny , Under the American caglo every man , and some boys , may go Into domestlo llfo nnd trust tn luck for proTlslonlng nn cver-lo- croaking rnraily What would bocotno ot charltablo Institutions under a despotic system tom requiring every man to know bow to honestly support his offspring ! Pcrlinpq Stanley Cnn Phul Ttirtn St JVoiils fJlobc-JJ-micnit , Stanley has arrived ot the coast nil safe nnd sound , but some of ths men who started In lo rcscuo him nro stilt lost V.vcn llemocrntq Aoknowledco It Kanvu City Timt * ( lem ) Slnco the appointment of .ludgo Brewer wo hereby retract nil that wo have said about the president and that 83,000 majority Wlir-to Sr-utlonnlfsm Irovntls C/iicbmnttC / < > mmcrcl < it.fJ'U ' tlf The sectionalism in the country Is nearly nil In the south All of It that Is vicious and threatening Is there Tbo plan ot campaign tbat the soutborn whites who bapnon to bo democrats shall vote twlco whllo the north ern whites , whether democrats or republi cans , shall vote but one , is the fountain of mischtof Wo are all glad to have tno south ern states and statesmen In tliclr fathers house , but It docs not follow that they shall bo bosses or have grievances Why do they not go on with their business hko the rest of tbo country ! A lluiiilllntitur UiMiiliilsconne C/itcjioo / Trllmuc The American * engross nearly all the whaling trade of tbo Pacific ocean " For ono English ship wo met with ten American " Those startling assertions , gcntlo rcador , are neither the wild imaginings or Jules Vcrno nor tbo hallucinations of n lunatic They are words of truth and soburncss , taken from the onicial Narrative of tbo Voyage of Her Majesty's ' Ship Heraht ' " ' • Printed thirty-six years ago , CriEVUU WOMAN . Mrs Sarah J. Halo , of Godcy'a Lady's Book fame , was tbo first woman to support herself by journalistic work Mrs Ollphant , the authoress , is sixty-ono years of age Tbo poet and novelist , known ns E Nesbit , Is Mrs Bland , who is described as a pretty , • lehcato woman , with soft brown eyes Mrs George Bancroft , a remarkably close observer , said sbo never know nn English man , however omtnont iu nrt or science , who , if bo bad dined with a duke , could help uioutioning the fact to . ull his acquaintances The dowapcr empress of China takes a great Interest la the development of the Ce lestial empire , and spends a great deal of time ia consultation with railroad projectors Margaret Dolaud p'lt tbo finishing touches to her now novel at IConnebunkporc , Me tbo same place where she completed tbe last chapters of John Ward , Preacher " Charlotte M. Yongo , the historical writer , has written and published exactly one hun dred books She is now engaged upon her lOlst work , to bo published shortly Queen Olga , of Greece , is particularly fond of American literature She is a con stant reader of the principal Amoricau mag azines and newspupors Her favorite of all authors is Natbanie Hawthorne Mrs Augusta-Evans Wilson , the southern novelist Is short and stout , with n good natured , intelligent face , having an expres sion of happy contentment , showing tbat she is on good terms with her husband aud the rest of the world Mrs Todd , the wlfo of the American astronomer - tronomor who has gene to Africa to observe the eclipse , helped her husband greatly in is preparations She road every book con cerning the coast to which the oxpoditiou was going and read him selected passages daily She also worked up lormulas and details ot geography for him The recent nppointtnont of Miss Joanna Baker tn tno chair of Oriole at Simpson college - lego , Indianola , la , is a significant fact as showing the progress of women since It was first permitted to her to acquire tlio al phabet Miss Baker succeeds to the position filled by her father , Prof O. II Baker , sov- ontcen years ago , in tbo aamn institution Queen Marghcrita of Italy , has a fancy for pearls , perhaps on account of the mean ing of her name Every year the king , her husband , gives her a now string of tbo finest that bo can get , and tbo necklace now falls in n solid mass from below the throat to her waist Ono string on this necklace was given her by her young son , who could not afford to pay for it all at a titno , so he ar ranged with the Jeweler to pay for it on tlio installment plan There is no other row valued more highly by her majesty Miss Helen Chalmers , daughter of Dr Chalmers , the eminent Scotch divine , lives in ono of tbo lowest parts of Edinburgh Her homo consists of a few rooms in an alley , surrounded by drunkenness , poverty and suffering Every night she goes out into the lanes of the city with bcr lantern , and sbo never returns to her quarters without ono or moro girls or women she has taken from the street The people love her , and she is never molested or Insulted SATURDAY MOltTILiliATIOXS Texas SIftings ; lions are kept busy find ing the moanB for moving their crops Philadelphia Inquirer : A record Is about the only thing that is Improved by bnmg broken , Now York News : Fruit aud vegetable dealers are always la favor of moderate measures Washington Capital ; The headdress of theatergoing young ladies reminds ono ot a castle in the hair , Munsoy's Wooklvi Constant reader is in formed that an air line Is not necessarily run altogether on wind Boston Herald : If Mr Stanley's collec tion of ivory isn't an elephant on bis hands , it is at least a part of one TboSpellbindor : "No , " said the boodle nldorman , " 1 shall not lend my vote to such 11 thieving BChemo " And ho dida' t lend it Ho sold it Burlington Free Press : What is the dif ference between a pugilist and a ball ) Gnu pools before ho is struck , und tbo other Is struck before It peals Bingbamton Republican : Talk about gen oralslupl If Napoleoo bad over soon a girl climb a barbed-vvlro fenc-u ho would have held tbo honors of Austorlitz us nothing Llfo : Howls it that you call Gore'col onel' ' nowl" asked a northern visitor to Ar kansas "Ho was a plain mister when I was here six months ago " "O , bo's klllej a nigger since then " Epoch : Duun VVhon can you settle this account , Mr Short I Short O , como around next week Will you pay mo thou ! " "I cant proinlso thut exactly , butt can toll you then when to como ugaiu ' * Now York Commercial : Tbo craze for sliding over Niagara Falls has reached sucn proportions that it bas been found necessary to plant signs along the banks of the river requesting visitors to Please keep oft the cataract " Texas Sittingst Robinson Crusoo ( to his servant ) What makes you so rto-v" 1 t Children Cry for Pitchers ' Castoria (7hen Baby iu stckVa { rave her CasiorU When the was a Child , aha cried for Castoria , When she beoamo AUm , she clour ; to CattorU , WJ.rnFhehK ? Children , aha caTaUiemCastorU mouth , Friday ! Friday Just dUcovorod a ( fc tnolo on my shoulder That Is very Unlucky Why Is it unlucky 1" Because U was bora on Friday " There was a young dude from Olilor Put bis hand on nn electric light wire , They burled n boot , And a swallow-tall suit But tbo rest was consumed m the fire Electto-Methatiic. - . Bow tf > Atnitl Siilkcn ' thlfiiuo AVirit , ' The London gas light compiny of England 4 has given TOO ot Its omployos a share of tbo I company's ' profits through the medium of a , ' co-opcrativa system , the condition imposed i ui > on the mon so benefited being that they I' ' shall ngreo In writing In consideration ot < f i tbclr participation in tbo profit * , that thny I shall have nothing to do with strlltos or fi labor organizations \l This nt first sight scorn * a radical blow at V all organizations of labor In roihty it Is ji merely an evidence of the trend orcipltn ] nnd labor to come together on n friendly | basis of mutual good feeling and co-opera tion It is Unhncd tbat tbo employe * of the London gas light company heartily approve , ot the scheme nnd hat o willingly sk-nud the condition * which ubsolvu them from further fealty to labor nripiulz itions j The labor statistics or America show some ) startling fntts ns to tlio outcome of strike * . f An insigiilllcimt proportion of thc o labor J struggles by force nro successful oveu in a modcrato degree The majority nro ' failures , bringinc disaster alike upon em- , ploier * nnd employed The lending labor • uriMnlzntlous have declared against strikes A few still adhere to the strike remedy as a. lat resort In extraordinary cases , but the leaders thumclvp * admit that peaceable couipronuso should bo tbo universal rule Ten Million * I'npi-ri-il to rty-l'lve. . OifaitfO lXfimir With all that ha * boon said about the frauds and abuses ot stock-wutering the ' practice goes on unchecked anil a fresh transaction of the sort or largo proportions is Just reported from Kansas The munici palities lu tbat state which subscribed to the stock ot the Chicago , Kansas cc Nebraska , railroad are now resisting the foreclosure of 1 • bo mortgage on the company For every ' dollar Justly piid by sbljijor * four must bo extorted from them for returns on bogus capital Thnro seems to bo no remedy for . Buoli robbery or the public Senator Dawes , of Massachusetts , in discussing this general subject in Chicago a few dav * ago , said ho could not see any way out of thu trouble , " and that Micro was no other way but for tlio people to continue paving transportation charges based on the present capitahzmon and not on what tbe ro id * could bo dupli cated for " In other words , rate * cannot bo reduced because the hnldors of lletitioua stocks und bond * want intorestnnd dividends on pretended capital never actually linestod , and must have such prollts Senator lawo3 seems to think the people will continilo with out complaint to pay hundreds of million * annually to supply undue and illegitimate prollts on pretended Investments Mlonx Chiefs Going lo Washington Ciiamiichmiv , S. D. , Doc 0. [ Special relccrum to Tub Bei : . | The Indian agent at Crow Creek nnd Lower Hrulo ugoncics has been ordered to start for Washington a * soon as possible und take a numbcrof Sioux chiefs from his agencies along with him The vUlt is In regard to matters relating to oponlng tn ' settlcmoit of the Sioux reservation und the removal of tbo Lower Brule ngency to a ' point further uorth , us It now situated lu the portion to be opened to wblto settlers Aupolnlnil n Keeelvcr \ Ati.ixti , Ga , , Dec 0. 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