THE OMAHA DAILY EEE , , SATURDAY , DECEMBER 0 , 1890. SPJ X. 22- ' EruoSEWATKH Lnunn. PU11LISIIED EVERY MORNING Tl'.IlMS OK SUIISCKII'TION , tnlly mid Hundny , Olio Your . . . . .110 DO Klx moutlii. . . . r. 00 Tl. no months . 2 GO Huwlny Hoi1 , OnoVcar . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Weekly lice , Ono Yenr. . 100 OFl'IOES : Omnlin. Tim lire Hultdlnp. Honlli Oinnlm. Corner N mid Mtli Streets. Council HIiifTs. 12 I'l-nrl Street. riilcir.ro Oincu , III ? Olintnliorof Commerce. Now Yotk.ltonrni 13.11 ami IS.Trlliuno HulIdlnR , Gil ) Ton rU'L'iith comtKspoxnr.Non All rominmilcnttonq rrltitltiz tn now % nnd rdllnrlul innttnr nlioiild bo addressed to tlio Kdltorlnl Department , mJiJlNKSfl LKTTr.US. , , All business Irttcru nnil rcniltlnncos should Vo ndtlreisul Hi Thu Ilru Publishing Company , Onrilm. Drafts , ohocks nnd jmstolllro orilora tnbummlopnvablo to tlio order of tlio oem Jinny. Tlic Bcc Publishing Company , Proprietors , Tilt Hue ll'ld'c. 1'iirtmm mid hovcntcuntli Sla h WOICTTTATKMENF Ol > ' OlllfUI LA Tl ON btaloof Nebraska I _ . County of Dnucl.is. ( " ' Ontrei' II , 'JVfcdiuck , srcrolnry of Tlio tire J'nlllslilnz comlmtiv. floes noleinnly swear ttmt Hie iictuul circulation of TUB DAII.T IIKB for the ncoic endluR hoi' , 2 > , IbW , was us fol- Humliiv. Nov. 23 IMomlnv Nov.il 81.40 Tmix'liy.Nov ' : r > 22.140 Wwim-Minv. Juai S2.n ( i TlmiMliiV. Nov. 87 I'rldnv. Nov. 28 . . " . so"1,1 b'aturrtuv , Nov. 50 . , ai > n > Avcrajro . 22.0OO UKOiinn n. TZSCIIUCK. Fvnrn tntrfpro mo iinil subscribed In my prcfrni' * tlilsOHli duvof Novi'iniier , A. I ) . , 1890 IFKAI..I M. I1. 1'inu fcotary I'ubllo. b'tiilrof Ncbrnskn , I _ . I'onnty of DoiiRlns , I ( ipnrcn II , T/idmck. liolnz duly sworn , do- rovH nnd Fiiys Hint lie Is necrctaryof Tlio Heo I'lilillsliliiR Companv. Unit thn nctual avcriino 'inlly circulation of Tun DAILY IIEE for HID month of November , I'M" " , was lO.niOcoiilost for DPI mil cr , IW ) , 20,018 conies ; for Jnnunry , IflKi , H'/iKi copies ; for Konruarv , 1KQ , II- 'Cl rep rt ! for Mnrrh , 1KO , IUM5 rnplos ; for Ai ) II , IfPO , SD.6M roplcfi ; for Mny , ISfO , SO.IS.1 copies ; fnr.Tnnr. IMO , W.i.01 inples ! for July , IHO.cn.roirnplcs ; forAniMist , lMm.9ti,7SOcnple : for f-pptrml IT , lf > CO , 3 > .fiTO conlrs ! for October , iMfl , ai.7ra copies , Grourm 11. T/SCIIUCK. ( worn to licforo inc. nnil Kiih urlhcd In my jucsciice , tins Istduy of Nou-mber. A. I ) . , 1801 N I1. Kmr. Notary Public. Tlio Impending Hi'sslim of tlio legislature ) will bo of vital concern to tlio pcnplo of this Htnlo. It Is of tlio utmost liiiportanco that members of tlio legislature shall undorsttitid the wants of tla'Ir constituents and bo pro- liaml to jjiapplo IntelllKimtly nnil advisedly with tlip Issues tlint must como before them. TUB HIT therefore Invites suggestions from ilioso vrlin < ire f.imlllnr with nny particular Mibjeot that Is likely to cintngu tlio attention of tlio legislature. Parties fa voting us , however - over , arorequusled to nml.e tliolr coniiiiunl- c'.itlons us bilef na po-.slbl nnd to tlio point. .It Is to bo understood that Tun JlKB will not lo responsible for tlio published views of eon- trlliiitois , nnd Itrosoivui the iirlvlleso of dls- c'ttsMni ; them In Its own way nnd from tlio htandpobit which It ( looms lust for the Inter ests of the people. IT ih going to bo a cold , hard winter for homo rule in Ireland. SurroiiT of Pnrnoll in the present rrisis fulls to the level of emotional in- bnnity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T/S mnrvelousflkillns n loader Btuiuls him well in his now role as n po litical wrecker. Mil. LODGE is just now occupying the uluco of Mr. McKlnloy as the target of democratic guns. THE western railroads should lose no time in forming u comblno to keep their olllooi-s out of jail. Tim Indian win-and the Lincoln in vestigation rival each other in promis ing "btartling developments. " Tins Issue of 1,000 aland of arms to frontier settlers insures a hirgo crop of victims who "didn't " know it was loaded. BALFOtm's coercion courts appear the nemo of justice and fair dealing beside the rulings of the Irish parliamentary leader. SHOULD tbo stampede of colored voters to the alliance standard continue in the south , there will bo nothing loft for the force bill to operate on. EvEltYUODY is willing that the Me- Kinloy law shall have a fair trial , as the president asks , but the fear is that it will bo convicted and sentenced to death. THU calm in Illlnoisi politics would Bocm to mean that General Palmer is to bo chosen senator. Tlioro never ia any calm there when that question is open to dispute. IT JS to bo hoped that General Brooke will do nothing further until ho hns re ceived the full text of the remarks of Senators Dawcs and Blair on the subject of the Indian war. Tin : military authorities ilo not pro pose to walk into a trap like that which wrought disaster in the late political campaign. They do not underestimate the number and lighting qualities of the foe. IT is reported that the Indians about Rosebud ngoncy are "disintegrating- . " ! l is small wonder , In view of the fnct that the rations they receive arc ( scarcely sulllclont to hold them to gether. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ As long as the bloated Kalakaua can find people to clioor him in the streets of an American city the spirit of royalty may bo paid to retain Ills grip on the popular Imagination. No man over had Hlondoror political or personal reasons for receiving such homage. SALT LAKU CITY and Denver outer a vigorous protest against the reemployment - mont of E. P. Vlnlng as tralllc manager of the Union Pacific. The only basis for the report of Vinlng's return to the com pany was the belief that the transfer of ownership meant the resurrection of the old force and a revival of the methods which made the compmy : more onomioH than friends in the past Vinlng's ability as n tralllo manager was not what it was cracked up to bo. It consisted chiefly of u mania to divide and sub-divide freight grades nnd multiply classlllcatlons to an extent nuvor before nttomptod by nny railroad corporation. By this moans he succeeded in swelling'tho receipts with out a direct advance of rates and gained credit fpr shrewdness at the expense of the productive Industry of the west. But the llnnncial gain to the company was overbalanced by the number of onemlos multiplied by Vlnlng's tottil lack of courtesy and domineering disposition. OAD OFFICIALS INUICTUD. The federal grand jury at Chicago , whloh IB Investigating the alleged man ipulation of freight rates by western roads and ahlppors in violation of the Interstate commerce law , has presented Indlctmoiils against three railroad olll- elate. Those olllclals are the president and general manager of the Chicago , St. Paul & KnnBas City road , the getwral freight ngont of the Chicago , Burling ton ft Quiucy , and the general freight agent of the Chicago , Rock Island < fe Pa- cillc. Tlio nature of the ovidcnco upon which thcso indictments were found is not stated , and probably will not bo known to the public until the cases go Into court , but it is doubtless ample. The at torneys of the Interstate commerce commission appear to hiiva proceeded with great core and the jury has un doubtedly been equally circumspect in examining tlio evidence. It is therefore to be presumed that in returning the in- dictmotitfl there IH full confidence that they can bo sustained. Others , it is ex pected , will follow. Tlili action can hardly fall to produce something of n sensation in railroad cir cles , particularly of the west. Thocom- inon belief is that ofllcinls of every west ern road have violated the interstate commerce law by manipulating rates , and now that tlio commission has shown Its first earnest purpose to enforce the law , it is to bo expected that it wilt go to tlio very bottom with Its Investiga tion , in which case It Is reasonably cer tain that It will have an extoudod list of Indictments. U Is under stood that after tlio investiga tion of freight-rate manipulation is com pleted attention will bo given to the pnsBcngor departments of the roads , with a view to placing the responsibil ity for the cut-rate tickets that have recently been disturbing the market. While it is probable that the violations of the law in manipulating passenger rates have not been BO common or seri ous as in the freight business , , they should suller the penalties provided for each violation of the law. Thcso tire u heavy fine or imprisonment , or a fine and imprisonment. The judicial proceedings thua in stituted will load to decisions re garding the constitutionality of cer tain features of the interstate com merce law , if not of the law as a whole. Already the constitutional issue has boon raised by the refusal of two persons , ono a railroad oillcial nnd the other a bhlppor , to answer questions propounded in tlio Investigation by the grand jury on the ground that to do BO would ho to criminate themselves , and if the decision of the circuit court goes against them the cases will go to the supreme court. Doubtless other consti tutional issues will arise in the progress of the trials under the indictments. Meantime the public will regard with unmixed satisfaction tlio evident deter mination of the commission to enforce the law , the violation of which with ab solute impunity has been too long per mitted. AK 03IA1LI I'OSr.lL DECISIOX. Congressman Connell Is doing' energetic - gotic work for Omaha nnd the west. The Washington dispatches state that ho has prepared an argument In favor of n now postal divibjon , with headquarters at Omaha , and that ho will made nn olTort to have a bill passed to this oucct before tlio end of the present session. This change in tlio postal department would bo very beneficial to the service in general and Omaha in particular , and can bo fairly said to bo demanded by the enormous growth of this section and the business it gives the government. Ne braska Is now a part of the Chicago di vision , which includes also the states of Illinois , Iowa , Idaho and parts of Oregon - gen , Kansas , Colorado and South Da- kola. Mr. Con n oil's plan is to establish an Omaha division to cover Nebraska , Wyoming , Idaho and , possibly , some other territory. The plan is not a now ono , but it would scorn that there is no longer any good reason for delay ing it. Such a division must be made sooner or later , and the revelations of the census , as well as the largo and growing railroad facilities at this point , ought to bo sulllciont to name Omaha as the proper hoidnuartors. It ia stated that tbo business already transacted by the chief clerk in the Omaha ollko is larger than that done at somn of the di visions la the west and southwest. The present is also a good time to ask that the headquarters of the postal inspectors specters bo re-established at Omaha , from which it was first removed to Den ver nnd afterward to St. Louis. If Con gressman Council can got thcso benefi cial changes through congress be fore ho retires ho will do most excellent work for his city and state and for the postal service in gen eral. If the chnngos nro not made at this time , when all branches of the gov ernment are In harmony , it will bo diffi cult to predictwhen they can bo accom plished hereafter. A DEFECT IX TltK MONET.lllY SYSTK31. The secretary of the treasury in his annual report states It to bo his judg ment that the gravest defect bi our present llnnneial system is its lack of elasticity , but ho does not suggest a remedy. Ho remarks that the national bank system supplied this defect to some extent by the authority which the banks have to increase their circulation In times of stringency , and to reduce when money becomes abundant , but by roa&on of the high price of bonds this authority IIIIH ceased to bo of much practical value. There Is reason to bellovo that the secretary had contemplated presenting a plan intended to provide that when there was a surplus of money in circula tion It could bo Invested hi government bonds I bearing alow rate of Interest , and when inonoy should become scarce these bonds could bo imtnediiitoly con verted into currency at the treasury. Such an intor-convortlhio bond plan has boon proposed several times In the past without meeting with rnuon favor , and It Is quite probable the secretary was per- Biuulod that It would not bo judicious to olfor It now , at least as nn administration measure. A bond of this kind running indefinitely , although It carried no more than two per cent Interest , might prove to be an attractive investment and would possibly effect the purpose of giving Creator elasticity to the currency , but \ the objection to creating a permanent national debt is so strong Hint the Inter convertible bond plan would hardly moot general public approval. Tlio secretary of the treasury con curs in the recommendations of the comptroller of the currency that the ob ligatory deposit of bonds by national batiks bo reduced and that circulation bo issued equal in amount to the par value of the bonds pledged , and It issnfo to infer that ho bollovos such a changa In the national banking law would re sult In at least partially remedying the defect of a lack of elasticity in the monetary system. But In any event it Is apparent that this is a matter of such vital importance as to deserve the care ful and early attention of congress. As the secretary says , the demand for- inonoy in this country is so irregular that an amount of circulation which will bo ample during ton months of the year will fre quently provo BO deficient during the other two months as to cause strin gency and commercial disaster. This may happen without speculation and simply as the result of the immense de mand for money during the nctlvo period of moving the crops to market. But stringency may occur tit any time and whatever the causes Its severity will bo felt according to the degree of inelasticity In the financial system. Un usual importance attaches to this mit- lor now for the reason that for several years at least the national treasury is not likely to bo able to glvo such assist ance to the money market as It did dur ing the wore pressure In September and more recently , without which assist ance the country would undoubtedly have experienced u disastrous financial crisis. Tlio nocojslty for an elastic cur rency in a commercial country like the United States is well understood by all practical business men , and if wo would avoid disastrous monetary disturbances from time to tltno provision must bo made for a financial system that will ad just itfaolf readily to the irregular de mands upon it. A DCPLKTKD TriHASURT. The extravagant recklessness of the combine is already apparent in the de pleted condition of the city treasury. Despite the vaunted financial abilities of the defunct > 'watch " dog" of tlio com bine , tUo council Is brought face to face with an exhausted general fund. Comptroller Goodrich reports the funds for the following branches ex hausted : Mayor's olllco , superintendent of plumbing , feeding prisoners , watch men , appraiser ? , hopitals , el cottons , compiling tax lists and city lighting. Several other funds will bo exhausted with tbo payment of the November lia bilities. Tills is a charming specimen of "busi ness methods In city alTaira. " THIS BEU warned the council at the beginning of the year that retrenchment was necessary not only to prevent a deficit but , to protect the taxpayers from the raids of useless oflieo holders. The re duced amount of public work , the crea tion of now departments , the division of work formerly performed by n few men , and the depression which pervaded building operations , justified a radical reduction of the city forces. But the combine not only refused to curtail expense but actually multiplied ofllces , sanctioned inflated salaries to in competents in the city clerk's olllco , maintained the throe tools of the Twon- ty-oightors in the plumbing inspector's ofllco where ono competent man could have done the work and paid thorn wages for weeks dovbtod exclusively to furthering the political fortunes of tlio boodlors. The same spirit of extrava gance was permitted in other depart ments , with the result of depleting the funds before the close of the year. The condition of the city treasury calls for an immediate routing of the tax-eat ers. For weeks they have performed no actual labor for the city. On the con trary , they have conspired to override the will of the voters at the primaries and at the polls , preventing an expres sion of honest sentiment at the former and endeavoring to thwart the will of the people at the latter. IT T& exceedingly doub'tful whether any public building bill will pass congress - gross this session. Under ordinary con ditions it requires considerable pressure to secure action on such measures during a short session. This year they are over shadowed by increased regular appro priations , which will not leave enough of a-surplusto warrant any largo ox- pondlturo in now public buildings. Tlio determination to pass the elections bill is likely to seriously antagonize not only the forty public building bills on the calendars , but to prevent consideration of all the regular appropriation bills ; Under these circumstances , aspirinjr cities will spare themselves the pailgs of defeat by placing little trust in congress. THK editor of the national organ of the Farmers' Alliance , In an Interview , hints that the opposition of that organ ization to the financial system of the country is soon to take a pointed turn. Ho pays that for five months they have had lawyers at work preparing a case for the courts , in which they will at tempt to show that the payment of all premiums on bonds is illegal and un necessary , nnd that the 870,000,000 used for that purpose has boon wastod. It will bo claimed that all bonds are now duo and payable at par. This is ono of the points of a campaign against the financial system that bids fair to bo very aggressive. Tim significant fact should bo well understood at the outset , that the elec tion contest was conceived by prohibi tionists , Is supported by prohibitionists and all tlio lawyers belong to the p'irty of frayed and frizzed colonels. A glnncu at the list of names reveals the animus of the "investigation. " THK attack on Tom Majors' right to an executive ofllco is nil inscrutable mystery , The fact that'tho statesman fromNemahalan professional farmer and sports a hickory shirt should have pro tected him from assault , TIIUUK is one thing about Pnrnoll that nil men must admlro , and that Is the bull dog pluck with which ho boars hla troubles and faces his onoiulos. Ho Is not to bo commended for judgment , or a WHO ! sense of"rlat | Is duo to his country's catiDO , lint jju Wands his ground like a thoroughbred SKCiurrAiit1 'TitACT ' truly assorts ttmt tlio Indians are making "steady progro.ss in poncofill ways and Industrial pursuits. " T-htycultivation of n crop of Messiahs nrnymot bo classed among the arts of poacov In this respect , however , they compare with aconsldcrablo num ber of wlilto dobm-scalors. Surely the energy nnd oudurnnco displayed in the ghost dances IH a tribute to thnir indus try. Nor is It as profitless as some people - plo imagine. Tlio notion of congress , authorizing increased rations , proves Unit they are not dancing for dory. THE intercontinental railway commis sion Bottled down to business wlthouttho formality of a prayer from Jay Gould. The omission will provo disastrous. Gould has declared Unit no more rail roads shall bo built , and what Jay etiya generally goes in this country at least. Tin : startling discovery has been made that somebody was touched on election day with a premature chicken. Does this not prove that "birds of a feather will Hock together ? " CHADHON claims to have a vein of coal. If no , she has a dcop , broad vein of good luck in which the whole state will share. OTMlKll ItAXMIS T7/.IA' OVltS. M. Crisp ! , the brilliant Italian prcmirr , ier- linpi today the nblcst man charged with the conduct of national affairs In Kitrope , lias won n brilliant and overwhelming victory in tlio Italinn election. For years , Imvinjj pnlnod power by n coalition , ho has carried on Ills government by playing ono party against another nnd seeking support as un hesitatingly from conservatives as from the liberals. The constituents of his majority have been perpetually clumping , and It Is only by unexampled sldll n a politician and nnmilng force of chnractor us a man that ho has kept at his back a score or more votes than a b.u-J majority In a chamber of up wards of llvo hundred members. The elec tions which have boon hold , however , glvo Crispi's government a solid support of 400 members , or nearly four-tilths ol the cham ber. The radicals , from whom the principal assaults onM. Crlspl have como , have dropped to a bare twenty-seven , and the great con servative strength , which it has always been felt inltrht divide tlio ministerial party , has cast its tot lu with the youthful follower of Ma lnl who lu his old ago has bscomo the steadfast support of crown , law nnil settled onler. Such a result Is llttlo short of a po litical revolution. It iflvos M. Crlspl an as- surcJ position such as no Italian premier has had In twenty yenrd. It greatly strengthens the Dositlon of tlio triple alliance , of which M. Crispi Is the uncompromising supporter. It ends the droatn of the Irredentist party , that its members rnljhtby | } agitation , intrigue aud a network of secfot oclotlos , foment trouble between Austria , , and Italy over the frag ments of Italian territory the former still holds about Trieste. It stamps with perma nency the policy of Italian expansion in tbo lied Sea nnd Abyssinia. Unfortuuatolyalso , it continues in Italy the wasteful and extrav agant uitnnmcnts which have brought its treasury to the cd'go'of bankruptcy , vastly added to taxation , and postponed , tbo devel opment of material woaltu. * The future of Holland may bo said to de pend upon tbo llfo of a frail mid delicate girl of ten. Llttlo I'rlncoss Wllbolmlna U fur from being a strong child ; nnd In tlio event of her death the crown will puss to her father's only aUtor , the wlfo of the reigning grand iluko of Saxo-Wolmar , nnd subse quently to the lattor's sons , who , like their father , are Gorman princes and ofllcors to tbo very coro. Although the Dutch constitution of October 14 , 1848 , provides that the crown shall not bo hold concurrently wltn tbo actual rulershlp of any foreign country , yet there is nothing In this clnuso to prevent tbo grand ducncss of Saxo-Welmar from exorcis ing the sovolgnty of the Netherlands whllo her husband continues to exercise that of his grand duchy. Itvlll bo seen , therefore , that in the ovoat of llttlo Queen "SVllbelmlna's death , Holland , with all its vast colonial possessions nnd enormous trade , will bccomo , if not do Jure , nt nny rate do facto , port and pare 1 of the Gcrmnn empire. This is a result which , although awaited with ill- disguised Impatience at Berlin , Is regarded in the Heht of a terrible nightmare by the Hollanders , who nro fonder of success in commerce than of military glory ; who prefer hiring mercenaries to light Instead of doing their lighting themselves , nnd who nro con vinced that nny union with Germany will involve - volvo the disappearance of their ancient lib erties , of their trade , and of the peaceful nnd easy-going existence to which they have been so long accustomed. Indeed , there are many who assert that sooner than submit to Gorman mnstery they will rlso nnd proclaim the abolition of monarchy and the restoration of tlio ancient Dutch republic under a stadt- bolder , or president , elected by the statos- general. It will bo seen , therefore , thnt not jn Sorvla and Spain , but also in the Nether lands , do vnst interests , both dynastic and national , domestic and foreign , depend upon the precarious lives of Infant sovereigns. * The cordial relations which have hitherto boon maintained between England nnd Italy seem likely to bo Impaired by the rupture of the negotiations regarding the boundaries of Abysalnla. The Italians Insisted that for the defense of their Abyssinian protectorate nn occupation of Kussnla either by an Anglo- Egyptian or an Italian force was indispens able. The attitude of tbo British foreign ofllco , on the other ] iind $ , Is precisely that of the dog In the manger , It will neither take Knssuln Itself nor pprjnlt Italy to do so. That ndds to the uneasiness of the Italians at finding their bands tied in the mutturof ICas- sain la the reflection that , nt best , tlielr policy of nnnoxatlon'Ih ' Abyssinia Is of ques tionable expediency. 'jTbo ' acquisition of Mas- sowali , the occupattoUjOf the high tableland of Keren and Asmara , and tbo assumption of a protectorate over j bysslnlu are moves an alogous to tlio French adventures In Tonquln nnd Annm , which ruined tbo ministry of M. Jules Ferry. Italy It rnr less nblo than was Franco to afford suclfnmhlMous and expen sive domoustrutiouH ; ! , Isor were they , in deed , over deliberately auctioned by the Italian people ) or Its legislature , Onlv , when tbby wcro presented as nccouipllsnod facts xvna the reluctant ac quiescence of the chamber of doputlos ob tained. The cost of maintaining n standing urmy In readiness for European contingen cies is out of all proportion to Italy's finan cial resources , nnd the country cannot boar the additional burden that would bo im posed by a war tor the defense of Abygslnta. Where Lord Wolsoloy failed it Is improbable thnt the Italians would succeed without an exhausting outpour of men nnd inonoy. Speaking on this subject some months ago , tin influential Italian statesman , Marquis Altlori , said that the uncertainties of the African programme were Inllnito , while Its advantages , compared with its risks , must al ways bo small. In nny case , whut Africa had cost would not cost the taxpayers might moro profitably have been spout at homo. NOT ENTIRELY HARMONIOUS , Tbo Appointment Quoition Liallo to Oauso a Democratic Split in Oongros ; , THE PLAN OF REPRESENTATIVE HOLMAN , Some Speculation ni to U'lint tlio Committee on Rules Will Wo With Nebraska 1'tibllo llullillnc Hills. WASHINGTON DUUBAU Tun OMUIA BEB , ) ftlJ ! FotmTr.KVTii STURM , V WASHINGTON , D. 0. , Ueo. 5. ) The democrat * are not entirely harmonious upon the appointment question and arc likely to split Into two or probably three factions over tbo number of representatives thnt shall bo provided for in the now apportionment bill. By the plan which has been suggested by Mr. Holtnnu , the leading democrat upon the census committee , there would bo av3 ! members in the houso. On this basis Indlnnn , Maryland , Kentucky , Tennessee nnd South Carolina will each lose n member each , whllo the republicans will gain several In the north western states. The proposition of Mr. Springer will bo of no greater bcnont to them. The republicans' plnn of llxlug tbo membership at54 ! ! gives those states their present quota nnd the only stutos that suffer will bo Virginia nnd South Carolina. Thnt suggestion is moro popular with the demo crats than nnj' that comes from their own party , which leads the republi cans to bollovo that the reapportioiunont bill upon this basis will bo received with favor and passed by the house regardless of tbo throats that the democrets inivo made to defeat It. It has been suggested thnt the adoption of n now plan in tin ! npnortlontnatit process will prevent gerrymandering and give nil parties nn uqunl and just representation In congress. This is byhavlngtho congressional districts of the several ntatcs designated by congress Instead of by thi legislatures of tbo several states. Tbo republicans will see In this a means of overturning the present demo cratic ( jerrymander in Ohio and will thereUy gain several members of congress. NKUKVBKl I'UIIUO 1IUII.DINO llll.t.S. Senator Paddock nnd other members of the Nebraska delegation wcro hustling around the house today for the purpose of ascertain ing what Is likely to bo done tomorrow by the committee on rules with tl o Nebraska imollo building bills , Mr. MuICtnloy of the committee - too said It was likely that the bills providing for public bulldlncs In cities where there nro no United iptatos courts would receive favorable action. Sen- utor"Paddock thinks tbo Beatrice bill nnd that for Hastings ami possibly another Ne braska city or two will bo favorably con sidered. Sr.XATOIl PADDOCK OX TIIF ! INDIANS. Senator Paddock said today that bo did not believe there has been at nny time any real danger of nn Indian outbreak in Nebras ka or South Dakota and that it tbo military authorities had not agitated the question there would not have been near so much nn- noyanco to the settlers. "Tho Indians have sim ply been enjoying a religious revival similar to the Protestants hi clvlhVod sections , " said tlio senator. "Wo church people have reviv als nnd under the Influence of the all wise nowcr wo shout and give evidence of our joy. The Indians have the same experience and they gave orl lonco of thulr condition by dancing. I really do not believe there was anything of a serious nature among tuo In dians , but they have been impressed that tbo whites intend to molest thorn and they have prepared to defend themselves. There is such a thing ns too much interference with the Indians. " Congressman Evans of Chattanooga lias a plnn for avoiding Indian outbreaks in the future turo which ho thinks will provo very ofllc.v cious. It is likely that ho will cubmit bis Ideas in the form of a bill. Ho proposes that the Indians who uro possessed of property in terests shall bo responsible for the damages done by them or their families to the prop erty of others nnd that tbo government shall deduct from tbo allotments of lauds which may bo made in tbo future or tux tbo lands already given for the damages Indlaus may porpotruto. Ho thinks If the Indians Instead of the government would have to pay the losses suffered by these periodical outbreaks there would bo soon a cessation. Mr. Evans is Inclined to regard the redskins as being as easily influ enced when you touch their pockets as the white man , ana says he can sec no reason why the Indian should not bear tbo expenses of a frolic the same as a vvblto man. jiiscni.iANr.ous. With the approval of the secretary of war Llcntcnant Colonel George B. Sanford.Ninth cavalry , Is relieved from further duty ns n 'member of the tactical board nt Leaven worth and will proceed to Join the Fort Leaven- worth cavalry battalion In tbo fluid. Hospital Stewart ! Alfred Bauer will bo re- lleved'froni duty nt Fort Logan , Colo. , and will report in person without delay to tuo medical director , headquarters department of the Platte , Omaha , for duty. Senator Moody loft tonight for Now York to meet Senator Pcttlgrew , who bas been there for several days on business. Both gentlemen will return to Washington on Monday daySenator Senator Mnndorson has written a letter to J. M. Thatcher , post trader at Fort NIobrnra , in which ho says that the gederal govern ment has no authority to issue arms direct to settlers for use In Indian campaigns or nny other purpose , but that they limy bo Issued to the states and that the latter can issue them to the citizens. llcprcsontntivo lorsoy today recommended tbo appointment of John Galey to bo post master nt Creason , 1'lutto county , Nebraska. Senator Mundcrson today Intioduced n bill to pension Mary Ilnskell at the rate of ? Sa a month. Mr. Stanley lectured hero tonight. During his stay In the city ho and his wife are the guests of Sir Julian and Ladv Pauucefoto. Mrs. Tennant , tlio mother of Mrs. Stanley , is also a guest there. Sir Julian nnd Mrs. Temmntnro friends of long and intimate standing , having lived on adjoining estates jn England. The Belgian minister will give a dinner In honor of Mr. Stanley on Satur day night nt the Belgian legation , nnd there will bo many other dinners given In his honor. 1'miitv S. HCATII. Nebraska , Iowa nnil Dakota Pensions. WASHINGTON , Dec , 5. jSpecial Telegram to THE Ilnr.1 Pensions were granted todar to the followingNobrusknns : Original Abraham O. Leonard , Dorchester ; Nathan Benne.tt , Byron ; Franklin Jacob ! , Crawford ; Gcorgo Krltos , Albion. Increase Fred F. Foster , Hooa ; Samuel G. Dooley , Beatrice ; Jesse Lemper , Omaha ; Oliver Fenner , South Omaha ; Hobort Gardiner , Petersburg ; Latt Flllinore , Calamus ; Daniel Collins , Lowollcn ; David T. Dudley , Weeping Water ; Cnrbaly ( iood , Falls City ; Jacob Kggort , Mead ; John B. Kridonbaugh , Dakota City ; Joseph Amy , Friend ; Francis M. Jacks , Cnllawny ; Urlali Kcolor , West Unlonr Dcnnlson C. Depuo , Mead ; Alfred N. Moslor , Dorchester ; Joseph Palmntyr , Tokamah , Henry Boolman , Lin coln ; Isaac C. Tobias. Leone. Iowa : Original Frederick Oropner , Fort Dodge ; Truman ( .irhfgs , Sioux City ; William Hosier , Des Moines ; Ahhcr Barnard , Spring- villa ; Hiram S. Allen , Gtm ; Matthew Craw ford. MInburn ; Lewis E. Tolle , Llttlo Sioux ; William H. ( iilbort. Prairie City ; Charles H. Tull , Qrutidy Center ; George Wilson , Floris ; William S. I omloy , Waterloo ; William Hartsock , Wapello ; S. O. Critton- dcn , Choslcn ; Simon Barker , Odcbolt ; Charles W. Wnrff , Osccola ; John Lewis , Des Moiues ; Milton I. Woddoll , Pralrlo City ; Henry Ostorf , Spriugbrook ; Melvin Davis , Mononu ; William H. SUicoy , Mcdorn ; James L. Wilson , Kookuk ; John A. McClure , Ulch- laud ; John F. Denser , Bedford ; James M. Jones , Drapervillo : John Pylo , Lnncsvllle ; John B. h\vain , Humbolt ; Oeorgo Mver , Clio ; William McCullogU , Hampton ; Wash- ItiBton Carl. Holidays. South Dakota : Original-Charles W , Nicholson , Madison. Original widows , etc. Minors of John L. Jones , Kdgerton ; Martha . / . Carpenter , former widow ol John L. Jones , Kdgcrtou , Kniln I'.tHlm'H I'Upmlltlnn , Dec. 5. Kmln Pashn , at the head of the German expedition , has arrived at Lnko Victoria. The expedition had a num ber of fights with Amb slave trader * , but It was successful in all the cngagouiouu , ji run ( vii'r.tjrr. . Husband nnd "NVIfo Granted n Divorce Within nn Hour. LINCOLN , Nob. , Doc , 8. fSpoclnl to Tun BEE. ] Lancaster county's ' district court Is noted for Its quick divorce coses , but the record was challenged this morning. Jacob II , Bowers tiled Ills petition nbout 10 o'clock , asking for a illv&trco from his wlfo Snrti on the ground that nhe was too free In the use ot n razor and n loaded revolver , whllo ho win nround the house , nnd nho wns Inclined to draw on him for rash as though ho was a national bank. The wlfo lllcd nn answer forthwith denying the allegations , and an hour nftorwnrds the xwrt made them two. Dowers Is a prominent nurseryman , IIOX'T I.1KIJ 1113 HABITS. Minerva Young thinks that she ought to have a divorce , and tells the district court why. She saves that Juntos , her husband , Is very Irregular In his habits Inasmuch as ho goes away from homo for n week at n time , but Is very regular In thnt every time ho gets drunk ho comes homo to sleep It off. On one occasion ho attempted to climb the stairs with n lighted lamp , nnd us a result there wns n call for the lire department. On other occa sions she and her daughter have found him dead drunk In the barn , nnd ns they could not move him had to rover aim over with beauti ful hay. She would also lllto u llttlo sllco of alimony. r.otinnDmen. . Andrew Dooley , who has boon spending the summer working for Fitzgerald on rail roads , treasured up considerable of n roll. Andrew has not soon tbo elephant very much of lute , ami Wednesday night concluded that ho would start out and KIIZO upon It In Ita Inlr. Ho proceeded to tlio bottoms , mid rounded up at the Grlttcr mansion , where Annie Taylor nnd Ularn Thomas , Histqrs , and notorious cyprians , hold forth , Andruw was pirtial to Annie , but when ho came nwny bo discovered thnt $10 ho supposed bo had unit wcro missing. Ho said nothing nbout it , however , hut later made another visit , hav ing previously taken $ i ( ) from his hoard , which ho placed In a pocketbook. In ono compartnic.it ho bad six ? 10 bills , nnd the balance wns In another portion of the book. When ho c.uno nway ho discovered the J < iO ' were gone. Warrant's were sworn out for the two women , nnd they nro now In custody. The charge of grand larouny wns placed nunmst thorn , nnd they will hnvo a trial Monday. ODDS AND r.NDS. J. J. Kelsey nnd a man named Arnold were arrested this morning on a warrant sworn out by the county attorney charging thoin with the Inrcony of ? 40 worth of lumber from the county. Tlio lumber piles of the accused and those of the company adjoined ono an other , nnd the men say the lumber got mixed up. They waived examination and gave S.'OO bonds to appear In district court. John Melntosh lltud suit in the county court today npalnst the city , claiming f J.VJ for Hooding bis ofllco In the Montgomery block , duo to the torn-up condition of the street in front thereof. IHItIH\H FOll SMALL HID Stnukyardo Question Tangible Slinpe. CHICAGO , Doc. B. ISpecIal Telosrram to Tun 13nn. ] The great stockyards question is now assuming a tangible shape. AS a result of yesterday's mooting of the packers , other than tbo great four , hold nt the ofllco of S. W. Allertou , n committee of fifteen was ap pointed to confer with the great four. Tbo Tolleston packers nnd railroad representa tives convened in session last evening and remained so until qulto n late hour. The meeting convened again this morning but it is not expected that any decision will bo reached before tomorrow. The coimnltteffof llfteen wns appointed to entertain nny propo sition mndo by the Tnlloston packers , and this , tnkon in conjunction with the meeting of the latter gentlemen named , seems to indi cate that a proposition would bo made. Tlicro is no question now but that both parties nro bidding for the smaller packers ! . A decision will probably bo reached by Saturuay oven- Ing. Special WASIHXOTOV , Dec. 5. Supervising Special Agent Tingle in his annual report says : "While In attendance on the conference of consuls general of the United States in Europe , called to consider the practical work- lags of the customs law , I was strongly Im pressed with the wisdom and necessity for a stringent enforcement of that act. Had further proof boon needed it would have been found In publications in tbo European press admitting that Invoices wcro systematically and Intontlontlonnlly un dervalued nnd deploring the fnct that under the uo\v \ provisions of the law thcso evasions could no longer bo safely continued. It has also been brought prominently to my notice that while citizens ot those countries wove enjoying largo prollts on their deceptive nnd illicit Importations into the United States , American products were unreasonably nnd invidiously pro scribed nnd made to feel the rigor of their commercial laws. " Tingle expresses the opinion that more than half the prepared onium consumed in this country during the past -six years has been smuggled. It is be lieved , he says , thnt nn internal revenue tax of not more thun K > per pound on prepared article ( crude opium to bo admitted free ) and n corresponding duty upon smoking opium Imported would practically put an end to smuggling. _ rnivits TIH : iutA ixi : nvniii.E. Amos Towiisond Suys Ilo Will Not Kea a I'rcHlihMitlnl CmididiiK ; . Nr.w Yonic , Deo. 5. [ Special Telegram toTiiK BKB. | Ex-Congressman Amos Townsend - send of Ohio , who is at the Fifth Avenue hotel , docs not think Mr. Blaiiio is in the presiden tial race. lie said In conversation today : "I wish to prick the Blalno bubble rlgnt hero. Blaine is a friend of1111110 and I ndmlro him very much. Ho Is not a candidate for the presidency. Ho told mo so himself. I had a long conversation with him ono dny and ho said that ho had been n candidate .several limes and failed of nomination. When ho did got it ho was defeated , nnil ho thought that was enough. Ills ambition , ho milled , was to fullll the duties of secretary of ntato In a way that would reflect credit upon the country and himself. Ho was tired of the political excitement Involved in n presiden tial IT.CO. I believe Mr. Blulno. and whllo ho Is popular and his reclpioelty ideas have been balled with expressions of approval every where , I do not think the siren voice ot the political maiden will change him from his icsolution not to become a candidate. " Pnrnoll Rndnrhcd nt KantmH City. KANSAS CITV , Mo. , Dec. S , At a mooting last night of Irish-Americans resolutions wcro adopted denouncing nny attempts to depose - pose Parnoll from the leadership of his party ; endowing his policy and expressing confi dence In him. Tlio substance of the resolu tions was immediately cabled to Parncll. To Mnnufiiotnro Projoetlles. Nnw VOIIK. Doe. 5. [ Special Telegram to Tun BF.E.J-F. W. Whs of K. W. Bliss & Co. has taken a contract to manufacture armor piercing projectiles for the govern ment and a factory will bo built for the pur pose of competing with British manufac turers. The government has appropriated f lOO.OiX ) to establish the plant. TWO IMPERIAL DOCTORS. HlrMorell Mackenzie und Professor Koeli , the liluliest tuithoiltlos In lUiropo or Iho world , iinhcttltatlngly recommend hod en Min eral Pastilles ( Troches ) for all Tliroit , Imng and CtUurilml diseases. Dr. Koch s.-ild : "A cough for whloh I tried many otliur niedlclrioH which hud not tlio rtllglitcst olTrct , soon be came bettor und has now entirely disappear ed. " If you are sullerlns from a Cough , a Cold , Amlitmu Ilronclil.il Caturrli , or nny Throat trouble , tlio Soilun Mineral Troches will positively relieve where nil else falls. Ilo mire to obtain the ttunulne Imported in- Hole , which iiiiiNl have thu hUnaturo anil ro- coiiiiiiciiilutloii of Sir Murull Mackenzie with cuch box , Noue other a ru genuine. DUN'S ' REVIEW OF THE WEEK. Stringency of Commercial loans the Only Oaujo of Disturbance. A SURPRISING VOLUME OF TRADE , Chcnp Cotton nnil Kino Wcntlu1 An'uut CollcciloiiH"-Iliuikfl Taking Cnro orCiiHloincrs No Pcnrs Tor the Future. NKW YoHir,1 Doe. 5. [ Special Telegram to Tin : UKE.J H. O. Dun fc Co 's ' weekly review - view of trade says : The stringency In eom- morclnl loans , noticed lust \veelc ns the chief causoof present illsturb.inco.s , U now almost the only remaining cause. In domestic nftiilrs there lias boon n dis tinct Improvement lu thodlspoillion of banks nnd money lenders to glvo ticcmsary support to legitimate business , curtailing speculative advances us far 113 possible , but tlio volmuo of trade Is still surprisingly heavy. With time nnd spirit of inutuul hvlpfuluoss tlm legitimate business of the country should soon recover Its normil atato of health. Very numerous nnil full reports from other cities this week show that the cheapness of cotton at the south anil the delay of winter woatlior nt the north Imvo somewhat reduced the transactions nud cattso 1 moro tardiness In collection- * than horctoforo. IJut colder woathoi' nnd the approach of tlio holidiy season already begin to htivo a fuvorablo effect nt many points. Thus nt St. Louis trade Is improved in all seasonable lines , excellent nt Ualtimori. ' nml batter at Detroit nnd Uoston. Almost southern points the slower movoino nt of cot ton on account of low prices Is named us the principal cause of delay In collections , thus at , Dallas , whllo money is tight , banks made ad van cos , are urging shipments , ami , within n radius of ono hundred miles are said t" bo from M , KUOOi ) , ) to $10,003,000 , wotth of cotton to bo forwarded. The banks nro generally tnltlng care of thcii- custoniors as far us they are able , and the movement of sugar nt New Orleans is largo nt good prices. In the northwest , whllo u conservative feeling appears , nnd money Is generally in sharp itoinand , there is noti'ii greater ease. At Cincinnati and ono or two other points , mill at Chicago necessary ad vances for legitimate business nro maito to the exclusion of long drawn out or specula tive demand. The country trade Is healthy , nnd no fears for the future are expressed. At Uoston there is a better feeling. I'rovlilcnco notes quiet trado. At Hartford the banks tnko euro of their customers whoso ncodi are largo , manufacturing having greatly increased. At Now Haven inonoy is comparatively easy , though some houses Unit collections harder than for ten years past. Philadelphia reports some activ ity In holiday trade * though the grocery trade is only fair. Wool is extremely dull and ton and cofloo Hat. About SD.OOO.OOO in clearing house cer- tlllcatcs nro outand the banks are dlscounU ing custom house paper liberally. The move ment of produce nt Chicago shows an In crease over last year of one-half In oats , dressed bcof and barley , some Increase in lard , cheese and hides and n decrease in wheat , Hour , corn , cured moats nnd wool. In general the volume of trade throughout the country la so heavy thnt with thu ad vance of 7 per cent in prices since a year ago larger supplies of money are absorbed. \ The speculative markets for prouucts are rel atively high nlroadv. wheat having advanced a shade for the week nnd corn no less than 2 } cents , oil 1 cen t nnd porlc 23 cents per bar rel , though lartt and hogs nro n shade lower and cotton and copper unchanged. There Is no especial cliango noted In the great industries though pig-Iron Is rather weaker In tono. Demands for lln- Ished products of Iron anil steel are still largo though distinctly loss than n month ago , nnd rails are weak with scanty sales , The woolen manufacture Is moro hopeful and conlldont V than at this time a year ago but manufac Vs turers nro moving without caution. s Labor troubles nro very few nud the indus try of the country Is renmikably wotl em ployed at fair wages. The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days num ber Dili , as compared with a total of 249 List week. For the corresponding week of last year tlio figures were : UO. The 'Wool market. BOSTON- , Dee , 5. [ Special Tologr an vrfn/ TiiiiHiSR. ] Tlicro has been n fair demand for wool during the past week and the sales amount to 2,12S,0 < )0 ) pounds of nil Iclnds. The general tone of the market , however , was quiet nnd prices have been in the buyers' favor. Ohio X 1ms been sold at 31$3 ( : > o ; XX at 33 > @ : i : > o ; and No. t at 87@9c. : ! Michigan X fleeces have been dull lit 2J@30c ; nnd Nc. 1 at ! ! C@3 c , Combing aud dolalnu have been in moderato loquost , with sales of No. I combing -10@l'Joj Ohio line delalno nt 80 ® 37c , and Michigan flno dolalno at 5l@r-c. ! ; In unwashed combing there have been small sales of one-quarter blood at 2Gr23c. ( and throe-eighths blood nt S'J ( > g'IOc. Territory wool hns been lu steady demand with sales of 400,000 pounds nt ( JOe clean for flno ; 5So for line medium , and 53@5o for medium. Oro- pen wool has been slow at ! lo ( ) for the bost. In California wool there have been sales ot spring at n&Mo nnd fall at H@20o. Pull Texas wnols have boon in good demand nt 20 @ ' , ' 'Jc. I'ulled wools have been In fair ilo- mand , Hunoriselling at iiu@,1o ) and extras at 22@3'c. Foreign wools have boon ilrni. Keith County Asks Ontslilo Aid. ST. Louis , Mo. , Doc. 5. Secretary Morgan of the Merchants' exchange has received an appeal from the Ladles' aid society of Paxton - ton , ICclth county , Neb. The appeal states that as a result of the failure of cropi In that county the people urn destitute of cloth ing and inonoy is needed to assist scttloivt through the winter. , llowell & CO.'H AHHOH. New Yoitif , Dec. 5 , The schedules In the assignment of Decker , llowell &Co. , hankers , show llnbllltlcs of ? ! ) , itOOT : : ; nominal nssoU , $3jl8I'J32 ; actual assets , $3,700,1)57. ) , _ ( % SPRAINS. BRUISES. Ohio &MU.Kall way. Office President and 710 Dolphin ( Street , General Manager , Baltimore , Md. , Cincinnati , Ohio "My foot suddenly "I u as bruUcd bad turned nnd ( 'ivu mo ly In lilp nnd tide by n very Hovoroly a full and bunVrciHc- sprnlnul nnklc , 'Ilio application of HI. vcrcly. St. Jacolra Oil Jncobi Oil i-e.Miltcd at completely cured imcM " lu a i cliff from we. " W .C.IUiiiE , pain. W.W. PrAnoDY , Member of Sliito I'rc&t. & d'eii'l Mn n'ur. Leu Mature. THE CHARLES A. VOGElc CO. . Daltlmore. Mi OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed and Qimrantcuil Oniiltiil.W3OCO 1'ald In Capital KA.WM lluys and sells Htockn and bonds ; upgotluto * ootiimorolal paper ; rocolvcn and oxouulei trust * ; nets nil trnnstur usimt und triutooof corporations , takuu cliiirtjo ot property , col lects luxe * . Omaha Loan&Trust Co SAVINGS BANK. S , E. Cor. 10th and Douglas Sts. I'lild In Capital t 5)C04 ) HtiliKcrlboil anil Ounrantcril Capital , . . . 100,00) Llublllly of Stockholders I'OO.OCO & I'or Cent Interest 1'uld on Deposits. WANK J. KANOU , UHBlilor. Officers : A. IJ. Wyinim , president. J , J , Drown , vlou-proalflcnt , T. Wymnn treasurer. Director ! ; A , U. Wyinun , J. II , Millard , J , J. Drown , Guy 0. Iliulon , E. W. Nusb , / , . Illuiuall , Ooorgu II. Lako.