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THE OMAHA DAILY BEG : SATURDAY , DECEMBEll 2 , 1893 , THE OMAN A DAILY KEE. vr.iiv MOUING. TERMS OJStilSllt'TU.V. ; ! ; . T'iihy ' lw ! ( without Pmiilit- ) One Yunr . $ M lisllvmil Sunday. One Year . . 1 JJJJ . MntitiiM . . . * f'J ' unrtnr IHH- One V < ar . ? in Hxtuniny lhi > . OIHI Yonr . * sv Wc * ly Hi P. Ono V nr . ° 3 Dinnlift The iK-o Ilnllillnc. , flomlilmiahB.coniorXnnil Twentyfotit in Mreew. rnmicll HI nffH. 12 IViiH Mrot't. rtilcnirn OfflM' . 317 riininlx-f of Oommi-rrp. Nr-tv York. roomx lit. llaml Ifl.TrllJmiuliiiHilliiff Wn'-ltliifft'iu , M3 Foiirtfpntli slrwt. All oMiitnttnli'-iiloim rrl.itlnf to nmvM anil r < l tl.alliUti-- ( : limil'lli-a'Ulf ' lTo Iho Kiltto Iirm.N'iS : LKTTKHR. All 1 > iiHlii"ui Idler * ami rrmlllniirwi Mioiilil 1 fiiMirMM il to Tin' lii-i'I'iibllHliliiBroiiiiiaiiy.Oiimlia. JlraflH rln-rkN nml jmMoniM1 onliTM to uomailu imtiihlc to tin' onlrrof tincompany. . 1'nrlloft trnvlnit Hit- oily for the mimimv ran have TIIK liir. : writ to their iiimrrhs l y livivliuf nn onli-r COMPANY. OF CIIICOLATION. hlidfOl Xfl a ln , I Comity of Uonclas. C rifo. II. Txioliitck , itwivlniy of Tnr. ttr.r. 1'iib- HMiliiK company. ikx-H Holi-mnlr Bvrr.ir thai Hin ncttial circulation of Tin ; DAII.V Ilr.K for Hm week miUiiir November . ' . ' . . 1WI3vnH IIH foUowu : Piimlny. Xovmibor 11 > . 2'lil ! ! Moiiilay. Niivi-iiiU-r I'll . ' * ? } J Twfrtay.Noveinlier 21 . , , . , Noviinl ' ' ' . * ' ! . Vt ilnrwlay , T - ; : Tlinml.'iy. November 2:1 : . - ' I ? : ' Friday. Novpinber a . 2 ; 'U',1 ' Eaumiuy , Niwinbui1 2. . 2:1,11 : 1i (1KCI. II. TV l-HTIC. | . . Sworn to before me : iml mibHcrtheil In in.v i MAI , MHiMM'tivoHils liMli il.iy of Novwnber.lHUil. I , 1 1' . N. HUI. . Notary Public. AvrrnKn Circulation for Octulinr , itM.ilKi. TIIK foot ball enthusiast may nmv per mit the barber to out his hair. CITY olltclnls will probably learn by blttof u.x ] > (5ricnco ( Unit they were not oloctotl to conduct brokerage business in city warrants. No ONP. killed on tbo Tlmnksglvlng foot bull field ! Let tbo president pro claim another day for fasting and prayer. No AMEUtCAX president over bad so much trouble in securing followers to nccoDt cabinet positions us Is being undergone by President L'urnot of France. " \VK CAM. attention to TIIK BKK'S full nnd ( icuurutu reports of ull tbo great sporting events of Thanksgiving-tiny. As usual TIIK DKU'S report * were mi- rivaled in its territory. CAKUIUATKS for the United States senate arc becoming thicker in Iowa as the temperature grows colder. By the time winter arrives there will bo more candidates than members of the legisla ture. AN ISCUKASKD tax on cigarettes is proposed as n tax to repress u nuisance. This may ba u very proper tux to bo im posed for a very laudable purpose , but isn't it getting quite a distance from the "for revenue only" idea ? TIIK adherents of the Nebraska and Iowa football teams certainly deserve credit for gentlemanly behavior during their short slsiy in Omaha. They arc doing much to redeem the student fra ternity from-the disrepute into which it has been dragged. WATCH for seine lively sorimnm < * es in the coming mayoralty elections in two of the larger cities which elected demo cratic mayord last lime Chicago and Boston. The republicans are keeping up their winning gait and will not bo surprised if they shut their opponents entirely out. FOR orderly behavior the western collegian can give his ouster n brethren several points and bent them out. With equal cause for jubilation or regrets the students of tlio western colleges know whore to draw the line on their Hilarity , and this is whore they are far ahead of their friends hi the oust. IP LOCAL public and private charity too often miscarries within the view of those who are interested in wutehinjj it roach its destination , how much more ol ten would u federal appropriation bo expended In supporting a horde of useless - loss ollicials without affording the in tended beneficiaries any real aid ? Federal - oral grants for public charity have sel dom proven u success. ITIS insinuated that Secretary Carlisle is opposed to the whisky tux because ho is a Kontueklaii. As morn Kentucky whisky is consumed outside of Kentucky than within its borders this insinuation will not hold water. The Kentucky dis tillers are just us willing as any others to pocket the profits that would accrue to existing stocks of liquor through a higher tax on spirits. TllANKSCliVlNCi demonstrated the pos sibilities of Oniuha for properly enter taining and amusing Us citizens and guests. The football game drew a full- crowd inspltoof the bitter coltl weather. The theaters played to crowded houses at all performances. The numerous balls and minor ontortaimnonts were all well atttmdml. No one could eamplaln of a laok of suitable amusements. TIIK Now York llerM prints a pie- turo of the ways ami moans c-jminlttou discussing the schedule. } of the now democratic ta"HT bill , in which Hon. William .1. Bryan is visible only us re gards the back of his boml ami shoul ders. Wo trust that the Herald does not Intend to convey the impression that ho back of B.-yan's head is the most in spiring part of him. Bryan's distin guished bearing ought toontitlo him to u full fueo view in the ways and means group. THK nntt-snappord down in Now York aro'trylng to perfect a now democratic state organization whereby they may bo able to freeze the Hill machine demo crats out of state otlleoi us well iu tod- em ! olllcos , Tlio maohlno politicians huvo been fooling BOVO f jr some tune over their failure togjtanyof the plumi which they 'expected as compensation for carrying New York for Cleveland In 1892. Tlioy view the no-.v unvotinnt a * an unwarranted intrusion on the part of the president ind hU f jlovoi-3. | Tno prospects are fjr war to tlin kulfa. In the meanwhile the republican ? will make uuro of restoring Now York to its { ortuor allegiance. M M'TIRS. A feature of the now tariff bill which its frnmer } nnd aupnortors profess to regard as of very great Importance Is the general change from specific to ad valorem duties which it provides for. As heretofore stated , it has long boon u controverted question as to which is tlio better system , but the weight of intelli gent opinion and of practical experience 1ms boon largely on the side of specific duties , nnd not the least valuable of this opinion bas come from democrats. Quo tations from a report sent to con gress on this subject by Daniel Manning , the llrst secretary of the treasury under Mr. Cleveland's former administration , furnish most convincing arguments in favor of specific duties. Speaking of the contrivances then in operation to ovndo the revenue by false invoices or by undervaluation , or by any other means under an ml va lorem system , ho said that they wcro. in- contestubly and notoriously Inherent in the system. "Ono advantage , " said Manning , "and perhaps the chief advan tage of a specific over an ad valorem system , is in the fact that under the former duties are levied by a positive test which can bo applied by our olllcors whllo the merchandise is in possession of the government. But under nn ad "valorem system the facts to which the ad valorem rate is to bo up- plied must bo gathered in places many thousand miles away and under circumstances most unfavorable to the administration of justice. " The same authority said that the records of the Treasury department proved that un dervaluation did not disappear by reason of low ad valorem duties. This testimony is fortified by the opinion of Manning's successor as secre tary of the treasury , Mr. Falrchild , who said in a report to congress that in revising and reducing rates of duty they should bo made specific instead of ad valorem , for the reason , that "tho latter are the too easy source of decentlon nnd inequality at tlio custom house. " Ex-Congross'inan Abram S. Hewitt ot New York , a democrat whoso judgment in matters of this kind , tit least , is entitled to very high consideration , said of the now tar iff bill , after pointing out some of its in consistencies , that the ad valorem fea ture is radically wrong. Nearly every secretary of tno treasury wlio has up to this time discussed this subject has favored specific duties uniformly for the reason that undervaluation and fraud are inherent in the ad valorem system. The present tariff law re spected this consensus of opinion and as a result frauds on the revenue have almost ceased under it. The proposal to return to ad valorem rates , on the alleged ground that it will stop fraud , must bo at tributed to cither dishonesty or ignor ance. The specific duties of the m-osont tariff are a great protection in themselves to most of our manufacturers-and what is no less important they are a protection to the national treasury. Under this system the temptation to fraud is re duced to the minimum and discrimina tion between Importers rendered almost impossible. The house may aprco to the general change to ad valorem duties , but t is not likely that this departure win bo accepted by the senate. A PlAN I'Ol : Nl'.lVK CUltltKXOr. Among tbo questions that will press ipon tbo attention of congress early in the regular session that regarding the currency is certain to bo prominent. I'ho abandonment of silver purchases jrought to an end regular additions to the currency supply , and while the effect of this is not yet felt and the advocates of more money are for the time being silenced by the fact thot theroJw a much greater supply of currency at the finan cial centers than there is demand for , still the expediency of making pro vision for the future , when the require ments of full business resumption will call for more currency , will bo strongly urged and congress will bo forced to give it attention. The policy of restoring to state banks the privilege of issuing currency by re pealing the 10 per cent tax , which de prives them of that privilege , is still discussed by these who favor it , and there is every assurance that bills for this purpose will bo introduced in con gress. It is highly probable also that a measure will bo reported from the house committee on banking and currency to carry out this policy. Tlio advocates of it are principally from the south , the demand for the repeal of the tax having been incorporated in 'the demo cratic national platform at the instigation of that section , but it also bas the support of a few northern democrats , among whom la Representative Ilartor of Ohio. In the last congress Mr. Ilartor introduced a 1)111 to repeal the 10 per cent tax which did not receive much attention. Ho lias a revised plan which ho will doubtless formulate In u bill and introduce in the present congress. Ills proposition is to repeal the 10 per cent tax on state bank is sues and to impose n tax of 1 nor cent on such Issues , to bo cuarantoed us redeem able at par In tbo lawful money of the United States by the state granting the charter. The novelty of this scheme is in the proposition to create a state our- roncy the redemption of which in par funds the state is to bo responsible for. The act of creation would really bo that of congress , hut beyond this 'congress would have no responsibility. The first objection to this plan is that it is very questionable whether congrcbs can compel a state to guaranty the redemption of a currency created by its act. But let it bo admitted , for the taku of argument , that It can , there is then probonled the objection that con gress would have to incrcaso the Issues of lawful money to keep paeo wllh the incrouso of tlio currency guaranteed by the htates. Thus if all the state's should issue in the aggregate two or three hundred milllcns cf currency It would bo noecssu-y for the national government , in order .o provide for Us redemption , to ouitlnuo to Ibsuo lawful currency In u constantly Increasing amount. There would be created a pro- cuss of currency Inflation to which it would bu dillloult if not impossible to fix uuy limit , and a considerable proportl'n of this currency would not possess the legal tender quality , though the state , by reason of Its guaranty , would prob ably bo bound to receive It for taxes nnd all dues from Its citizens. Under such a plan the financial business of a state would bo done very largely or alto gether with Its own currency. It would receive lhat currency for taxes and pay It out again , and undoV such circum stances the question is , how would the state secure the lawful money necessary to redeem its currency ? The efforts to find some plan by which a state currency can bo made as safe and desirable as the currency wo now have will fall. There are but two ways to treat this question. One is to lot the tax stand , tho.ol.lier to repeal it uncon ditionally. The constitutional author ity of congress to impose the tux bus been atllrmed by the supreme court and is unquestioned , except by a few of the advocates of re peal wlo | bold extreme views regarding the rights of the states. The power of congress to proscribe any conditions under which the states may authorize state banks to issue currency is ques tionable. At any rate the exorcise of such a power , granting that it exists , could not insure the country a currency equally as good as that It now has. The intelligent judgment of tlio country Is against the restoration of a state bank currency under any conditions. A PRIIVKIISIUN Ol' ' THK SCHOOLS. Wo wonder whether the people of this city who have children attending the public schools semi them there to be taught the art of professional bogging and whether they approve any course of action on the part of their teachers that practically results in such instruction. Tlio children ot the public schools have a perfect right to organize a public en tertainment for the amusement of thorn- solves or their friends. But there is no color of law which authorizes them to use tlio public school buildings for en tertainments to which an admission price is cbartrod , no matter what may lie the object for which the proceeds are to be expended. Every orderly citizen ha ) a right to admittance to the public school buildings of this city , and no teacher or official has authority to de mand payment for the exorcise of such privilege. The people of this community have provided liberally for the public schools nnd they have never hesitated to ap prove the expenditure of public money for anything that is really necessary to the progress of our school system. It is wrong to ask them to make additional contributions for particular 'schools when others are not accorded the same treatment. Even overlooking this fact , sending school children around among their acquaintances to sell tickets of.ad- mission to a school entertainment savors altogether too much of an imposition on the public. The butcher nnd the baker are almost compelled to buv of their customers' children , although they have already , by their taxes , given their due quota to the support of the public schools. It is time that this practice of teaching children how to bog bo perma nently abolished. ItvOUS OIL IXSI'RUTIQX. THE BEU publishes the initial article in a series , by which it will attempt to show that the provisions of the oil in spection law arc not properly observed. The statute is not what ifshould be and does not insure that degree of protection to oil consumers that the laws of Iowa and Ohio amply provide. It is known that oil rejected by the olllcial inspec tors of those states is" clumped into No- jrnska , where the test is not so critical nnd where it is likely to pass muster re gardless of the legal test fixed by out law. law.THE THE BEE bus bought samples of oil of retail dealers at various points through out the state , and at some expense has bad each sample tested by an expert of unquestioned integrity and largo ex perience. The result fully confirms the belief that the oil companies doing busi ness In Mils state are soiling dangerous compounds to local dealers , who , in turn innocc.ntly sell to private consumers. This flagrant disregard of a wise and benificcnt law must stop. While the law is imperfect it is infinitely better than no law at all. Tlio olllcial inspec tors are sworn to enforce it. THE BEE will make it manifest that they are not doing so. It also expects to prove that the oil companies have laid themselves liable to the sovcro penalties proscribed for a violation of the law. THE president of the Now York Academy of Mpdioine bus taken up in his recent annual address the cudgel against the free dispensing of medical services to these wlio are fully able to employ a reputable practitioner at his regular rales of compensation. The work of public boards of health in vaccinating , at the expense of the community , chil dren of wealthy parents who happen to bo attending the public schools and em ploye * of rich corporations running larire retail stores comes in for a particularly hard rap as lower ing the standard of medical foou and depriving worthy physicians of iv practice which properly belongs to them. Free dispensaries and free vac- oinjition are only possible , however , by reason of the encouragement of medical men , and tin * president's address culls upon thuBo to draw the line sharply be tween patients who might pay and those who cannot pay. This is the old , old controversy and resolves simply into the question how far society shall go to pro tect its own health when the individuals comprising that society neglect to take necosriury precautions. Society must protect itself oven at the risk of giving free medical sorvjuo to a few who are In a fair position to look out for them- solves. ANTAUOXIKINQ Tammany in Now York and the Harrison element In Chicago cage puts Prasldont Cleveland in the attitude of killing the goose that laid the golden egg. A Morto'ilim . n'lithtnglun Atiet , It is something of u shook to find that Secretary Morton in his annual roi > ort con- lines his consideration of the poll evil to the timo-worii augccstiou that voters should properly mark their balluU before deposit ing them iu tno box. OTIIKH LAKHS Tll.t.V Ot'/M. Tlio acceptance OlR. ? ZanaiilolH of King Humbert's suWflojis to form a now cabinet relieves A slum Clou that was more serious than n mcro uarllamontary crisis. There is probably uo.ltiijlan who his a bet ter chance of copiHg ffith tlio difficulties that besot Italy ttfvtli.tho . new premier , whoso personal ami professional and political standing is of the highest. The task Is none the loss herculean , aWtl recalls not only the labors of Hercules in general , but the Augean labor In particular. Italy has been spending nn onormoiu nnd disproportionate. amount upon her armaments ami has been brought near to bnnkruntcy thereby. It is possinlo that with strict" frugality in other directions , and with strict honesty in this , she may bo nblo to. maintain the military establishment. Whether the now prom lor can on force frugality nnd nonosty depends not only upon his own qualities , but upon the good faith of tholtallun politicians. It isn question how widespread is the corruption that has been rather Indicated than dlselo'od by the scandals of the Italian bafiks , The papal question , also , is ono that will not down. It must , until It is finally settled ouo way1 or the other , remain a perennial source of po tential disturbance. But it Is at least possi ble by discreet diplomacy to keep it in abey ance and to postpone the inevitable conflict until some tlmo acomod to bo more oppor tune and propitious than the present , l.ho reigning pope is said to be failing visibly. It Is thought that he cannot possibly llvo more than a few months longer , no longer , it is predicted , than next March , nnd there is a chance that the next woarorof the tiara may bo more tractable and couclllatorv than Leo XIII. So IClng Humbert is naturally desirous - sirous to avoid complicating the situation at the existing Juncture. The Indications , therefore , point to the formation of ono of those stop-gap ministries , headed by a re- spectnbto and inoffensive mediocrity , which are such a constantly recurrent and signifi cant feature ol the politics of France. * * The average reader of English newspapers mus't bo in a very confused state of mind consldcrlne the condition of the British float as cpmpared with that of the navies of Franco and Russia. A table that was pub lished the other day In the London Times gives the impression that during the last four nnd a half years Great Britain has added only twenty-four battle ships to her fleet , while Franco and Uussla between them have added thirty-three to theirs. A corre spondent of the Umdou Daily News , how ever , points out that this impression would bo all wrong. A careful examination of the table , he says , shows that "since 18SU Great Britain has sot afloat nineteen new first- class battle ships , with a .gross tonnage of 201,750 tons ; whllo in the same period Franco and Russia together have launched only fourteen such ships , with a gross ton nage of 121,075 tons. It is true that when the eighteen ships now on paper in the naval ofllccs at Paris and St. Petersburg have been completed and launched , the pro portionate Increase o-f eir fleets over ours will bo as stated in yVsiir contemporary , pro vided the English admiralty docs not make any attempt to extend lis building program. But then it is matto'f of Common knowledge , derived from the speeches of Lord Spencer and Mr. Morley , as-well us from more recon dite sources , that our admiralty has not the slightest intention of sitting still , and that at this moment it is cousidoring a new pro gram of shipbuilding. If that program should , as I hope it' ' Iwill , increase the strength of our navy in proportion to that of Franco and Russia at the rate winch has been maintained from 18sO down to the hour nt which I write , the veriest panlcmongor among us ought to ba reassured. " What ever the exact truth of the case may be , it is plain that the wliolo question has been raised for party purposes. * * # The increasing friction between the Egyptian - ' tian government and the English chiefs of departments is said to bo obvious cniugn in Cairo to excite a good deal of public com ment. The present premier , who is cred ited with honesty of puroose , is a statesman trained in the old Oriental school , a believer in centralization and personal government. Ho is mistrustful ot proposals made by sub ordinates , and is firm in opposing and astute - tuto in preventing all extension of European influence in government departments , be lieving that the Egyptians are ready for self-government. As a result of his influ ence nnd example it is said that the work of the English administrators is much ham pered and that the natives complain of the revival of old abuses and wonder why Eng land permits them. The condition of af fairs is attributed In no small degree to the Russian and French intrigues. All the na tives , however , are not blind to their own interests , and a number of signed letters in the chief Arabic Journal are quoted to show that Egyptians owning property are anxious for larger measures of English control. What discontent there Is is believed to ex ist chiefly among ofilco seekers and such of- iico holders us arc unable to grow rich by the former methods of extortion. * * # Although as yet the word revolution Is but whispered in Italy , it Is plain enough that the champions of the monarchy fear it , for their newspaper organs already discuss the expediency of making Sig. Crisp ! u virtual dictator ; that Is to say , of allowing him , us prime minister , to do In Italy what BIs- marclc did in Prussia Trom 1803 to 1880 , namely , to govern without regard to parlia ments. But Italy is very far front being what Prussia was at the opocli named , n highly centralized country , containing u population fervently loyal to its sovereign , Moreover , it is ouo thlag to violate a consti tution for the purpose of maintaining an army , indispensable , as events wcro to rrovo , to a nation's security and aggrandize ment , and quite another thing to violate it for the purpose of shielding members of a royal family from proof of complicity in shameful frauds. Under the latter circum stances it would nee sa stronger man than Bismarck to govern . autocratically the du verso elements of a'population so hetero geneous nnd Intrnu'tablo us Is that of the Italian peninsula. " ' B.ll The party of thq , , , , iwmcr Czechs in Bo hemia is become thedistinctively ! nation alistic party. It stands practically for the absolute independence of Bohemia as opposed to the growing German Inlluenco , as well as 'tho domluritlon of Austria , Not only Bohemian autonomy in the sense that Hungary has autonomy is aimed at , but Bo hemian Independeifcitfromnllextornal Interference - feronco from any Pp'vjcr. There is a strong pro-Russian fooliuganjng ) the young Czech leaders , but no disposition to trust their til W country In the hands of the cj r. They lean toward Russia In antagonism to the Tnplo Alliance , anil not because tlioy would Jump from the frying pan of Austrian oppression into the much hotter flro of Rus sian tyranny. The traditional program of the Czechs Includes the absorption of Moravia and Silesia Into Bo hemia , ami the formation out of this union of n state which should bo nn integral part of the Austrian empire. Tills Is the program of the old' Czech parly today. The old Czechs protcss loyalty to the Austrian crown , and deny that they have any deslro for the disintegration of the empire. Tlioy are soparatlsts in the souse that they want autonomy for Bohemia , but federalists in that they want Bohemia to re main a part of the Austrian empire. They urjo especially that the emperor of AiMtria bo crowned king ot Bohemia as he 1 * king of Hungary. The Germans oppose the federal movement because if Moravia and Silesia are Joined to Bohemia they would bo swampo'J by the overwhelming majority of Czechs , nnd also because their sympathies ami deslro point to a German rather than nn Austrian connection for Bohemia. Of tlio two the Germans are suspected of favoring the program of the young Czechs rather than thu federalist ! ! . If Bohemia should bo cut loose from Austria it would bo a much easier prey for Germany. rnpiilmt ( lion , Ilnrliu .Wminliifii Tlio western people laugh to see the squirming of the eastern protected barons over the coming tariff reductions. Tim Crurliil ToU , ir < Mh ( > iun | Stui : There will undoubtedly bo some moral courage demanded from congressmen when it comes to bo a sacrifice of principles or a sacrifice of constituents. ol tlir Itocclvor. Nobody should bo surprised at the action of the receivers of the Union Pacific railway in demanding n salary of ? 1.W(1 ) ( per month for each. That is only $18,000 a year for each , which Isn't so very much after all when you consider that 'tho receivers have to work a part of the tlmo each year signing their report. Indued , it Is too little , as the receivers themselves realize , for they have reserved tno right to demand an increase if they find they cannot possibly make both ends meet. A SIIIIK Silver Don ) . I'Mtitttelptitu Unit * . The report of the treasurer of the United States contains ono particularly interesting item. It shows that lot f 108,000,000 in gold withdrawn from the treasury during the past year , $10:3,000,000 : was paid out in re demption of the notes issued in payment of the silver purchased under the Sherman la\v. Evidently this substitution of silver for cold was not stopped any to . soon. Hav ing been stopped at last , there need bo no further question of the stability of the cur rency , provided congress can make the rev enues meet the expenditures. Tlio llnckliono ofSllvor. I'liltatlcliitita 1'rcss. The price of silver Itceps up pretty well in spite ot the fact that the government has stopped coddling it. The surplus goes abroad nnd linds. a ready market at 70 cents or thereabouts an ounce. The people of Colorado rado already discover that they need not go into bankruptcy or bo plunged in despair oo- cause of the repeal of the silver purchase under the Sherman law. Their silver finds n demand elsewhere , and instead of being loaded in thu treasury vaults , where it is useless and causing an inflation of the cur rency by the issue of treasury notes upon it , it goes abroad and has to bo paid for in gold or in its equivalent in products needed in this country. The exportation of the S30- 000,000 or HO,000,000 worth of silver bullion which used to bo absorbed by the treasury must needs have a very substantial and happy influence tOT-.ird establishing and maintaining a balance of trade favorable to this country. JI.IXK OFFlCKltS AUU.IUIXED. Matllaon Sqiniro Olllohils Hi-ought Into Court ( or Triul. NEW YOIIK , Dec. 1. The Madison Square bank directors who have been indicted were formally arraigned this morning before - fore Recorder Smytho in the court of general sessions to plead and have a day llxcd for their trial. Joseph F. Blaut was arranged on two charges of perjury , cicht misdemeanors and ono charge of fraud ulent insolvency committed Jointly with the other directors , Adolph D. Kalisper , Ronald I1. McDonald , Simon Olenbcrg , Andrew S. Leonard , Charles A. Selover , Frederick A. ICurshecdt and Emil Frankel. McDonald and Soulard were arraigned on eight indictments charging misdemeanors. President Blaut entered a plea of not guilty to all eleven of the indictments and obtained the privilege of a week's delay in which to determine either to withdraw the plea , demur to the indictment , make a motion concerning it , or let the plea stand. The nthor directors asked and obtained a week for deliberation , a privilege similar to that granted to the others excepting Solover , who did not appear. His counsel was in structed to produce him at once. UUKK7.Y nilEVITlKS. YonUers Statesman : Thoinun who Is "driven to drink" usually bus to walk buck. Philadelphia Kccord : No. Muuil daar , all meetings ot liiinborinon uro tint board moot- Ings. Lowell Courier : A railroad pass lins no vuluo when two trains violently meet on a single track. Galroston Nuws : Some people succeed In taking tlmo by the forclocic , but they cannot hold him. Indhinnpolhi Journal : Watts I don't bo- llovu Jonah was swallowed by a wlmlo. A whalo's throat is too narrow for any bucli per- foriiiiuiL'n. Potts Hut think how small thA man must Imvo ( clt when ho realized that hu was thu original .Jonuu. Puck : Lady This U Iho second tlmo you have reculVIM ! food from mo. Isn't It ? Tramp It Is , imtdtini ; and you nro nt llborly to inantlon tlio fact to your frloiuU If you wish , Detroit Tribune : Ijiidy of tlio Homo ( lust roturnud from a visit ) 1'oor Polly ! All iilonu HO loin ; ! Parrot ( feverishly ) Olvo mo a stack of whites. Truth : "Tho oiiKUBumont was broken off. " "Wlmt wns tlio cuusuV" "Oh , n lever ' quarrel , " "Wlmt was tlio nutnrn of It ? " "A dispute botwuen tlioiu us to which loved thoothur bust. " I'hllnilolphla Record : Hoax I was playing pokur with u blind iiiiin last night , and lie saw my hot , Joax That's nothing. I phiyed with a ilouf milt' ) unco , uiid wliun I raided hu culled mo. Washington Star ; "This llfo , " said tlio man who slood on the collar stair with n coal buckotln his hand , "would ho ono succosslon of Hwuot Hiirprisos If coal only cuma up as cuslly as thu nrlcu doos. " mm I.AOK- . JwlfawijxiXn Journal. Though womitn may learn to debate , Though shu may yut ncqulru a votu , Vut never wlllsho An orncloho At thu little country groeoron. Until HIII U uhlu to riilso u sot of 1'oarl gray ohln whlsUors iwtturnud uftor the style of thu board ot tlm William ( lout. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ABSQUl/TECf PURE WORK FOR THE LEGISLATORS Some of tbo Questions to Consume the Time of Congress. * % REVENUE MEASURES TO BF DISCUSSED Tin nnVlil l < jr Mkely to Ho Inorrnnrd Without Mnpli OpiioMtloii TiirllT Hill Wilt Ho lllttrrl.v Con- trMctl by Itppiilillp.liK. WASHINGTON' tli'niurrtF TllR Ur.K , ) x" ! > r.l FOUIITBF.XTII i KTIIF.KT , V WASHINGTON . Hoc. I. ) Kvcry member ot ttic Kobrasltn In coiiRrasa .oxcoptlni ; Kcprcsontativcs Me- ICciKhan ami Kom of Nebraska arc now ! tt Washington. All are oapcr for tlio fray. Iho proi'ccdlngs In the house , uftcr * the fo- colpt of the iirosulDtit's mcssiKcv'lilolt : bo road Monday , will boRln iulto | early with the tariff. 'Tho senate will soon bo wrestling with the vacant scats bolotiBinir to Montutin , Kansas ami Washington and tlicn tnko hold of the bill repealing Iho federal election luwa ami the bankruptcy measure , pendlni ; Ute receipt of the tariff bill , willed is to bo passed by tno house before the Christmas holidays. AH Interest In WashItiRtoa Just now cen ters upon two questions , aside from the 'president's message , which Is , of course , eagerly anticipated , These two questions are the Income tax and the proposed increase of the whisky tax. The first is to bo a parly liicstion , opposed almost , if not solidly , by the republicans , and tlio latter appears just low to bo a necessity in order to ralso sufll- eient revenue to meet the requirements of -ho government. Then , too , the whisky tax s being watched by speculators. If the tax .8 increased mid the whisky in bond does not uiy the incrcaso whisky trusts stock : will boom upward , l.cgul Aspect * uf tlio CUSP. It Is hold by many peed lawyers that the government has no right tormikotho whisky .11 . bond pay the incre.iso , as when it was put in bond the government and owners entered ute an agreement by which the whisky tax was named nt 00 cents a gallon , no more , no loss. It was to be taken out of bond uiul the tax paid inshlo of throe .years. Koprosontativo Holnian of Indiana today declared himself in favor of the increase of tno whisky and the Income taxes. Ho be lieves both will provuil. Ho wants the in come tax to apply to all incomes of $3,500 or $1,000 and over and the tax to increase In [ iroportions as the Income is increased. This is the position assumed by Hepresentatlvo Bryan , Ono of the most telling arguments which will bo made against tlio lucoino tax is that to reduce the protective duties upon manu factures JO per cent , as is done by the Wilson bill , and levy an income tax upon manufac tories and mills would bo almost a deadly blow to the industries of the country ; that if an income tax is to bo levied upon corpora tion shares , tno prosnnt protection to Ameri can industries should bo maintained. Lincoln' * Next I'ostmuiter 111 Doubt. When Ksprosoutativo Bryan stated in an interview with Tins BEIS correspondent tlio other day that there were but iwo candi dates for the Lincoln postmastershlp ho meant that in his opinion but two aspirants were in the race or nad a chance of success. From what Tun HEI : man hoard today It would appear thai Mr. Bryan might bo mis taken in his estimate. There are a number of aspirants whoso names have been pre sented to the postmiistor general and 1'rcsi- dcnt Cleveland. Among them tlio name of II. .1. Whitmoro , a prominent attorney of Lincoln , came forward today and he maybe bo a winner. Mr. Whitmoro has lived In Lincoln twelve years , has been police judge , practiced law for a decade , and was a candi date on the democratic tiekot for various ofllces at times whsn there was no hope"of success. Ho served as secretary of the demo cratic state central committee in the cam paign of 1884 , and as secretary of the demo cratic congressional committee in 18so. Ho has been a prominent democratic workcn over since ho went to Lincoln , and it is hinted tnat Secretary Morton looks upon him so favorably Unit ho may yet irivo him his endorsement , which would , of course , secure the cilice. Whiunoro , who is a cousi'i of Ueprescntativo George W. Houclc of Ohio , u prominent democrat , is an old-tiiuo friend of the secretary of agriculture. 1'erHonul Mention. Representative Mercer ban returned from Omaha. Ho called at the Department ol State and procured a passport for Nicholas Yager of Omaha. Postmasters appointed today : Iowa Alta Vista. Chiekasaw county , Henry Kielcr , vice II. Hadtke , removed ; Carlisle , Warren county , I. P. Webster , vice W. II. Handlo- imui. resigned ; Palmyra , Warren county , C. W. Farley , vlcj .1. Harthohuuow , removed. Idaho Market Lane , Fremont county Charles Hanvood , vice Ktta Webb , resigned. PKUIIY S. HEATH. A ItnnlnoHi Iliirniiioter. Glolit-ncmocrat. Railroad earnings , -which constltuto a tolerably accurate business barometer , are increasinp. They are smaller than they wcro a year ago. but tbo shrinkage is not as great as it was in the past summer or unrl > in the fall. This is an encouraging feature of the trudo situation. BEE ] _ entliij Features. Apart from it * unrlvnldl rnltlp , prrlnt olcgrnplilc , ! > mill local ntiw * nervier. Tim Miiiilny Urn will contain I no ( nlltiulni ; ttlrnctlTn itrilrlcni Tour of the Southern Soaboirdi tn Tin : Sf.MiAV mii : nml mieceoillna IMIIOI Mr. Kuipwntrr will pnblltlt loltera on ( ill ivcoul trip to the Koulli. under the followlnu lii-ailliiirii Tin- Southern Kxpoilllon Xovv In I'lMirresH ft ! AiiRiisIn , O.1. A Confederate.SohllerV Hpunlon Drcst l > arniln of ( ieorgln anil Simtti Carolina ex- Confederate Veter.un , wllh Uetvol fUllle Flasn , Sherman's March to ih si. Columbia.-Uvuii- nail mill Charleston. Sullivan's Nl.tnrt and fort Monllrlc. A Visit to Kort Suiiiptrr-llMuHor anil Inti'rlur of tin' Port. Kato Ticltl on Fhuikiesi Headers of Tin : Sr.MiAV Ilii : : are familiar wuti tlm prlsp. foivefnl Mtylii KaliKlclil employ * in n al' tuff n Mubjcct. HIT trtlrr tomorruw nilmln- IMPrnn po lllro rplinhp-to tlu < plain of nbicn.ul OUR Ainirlcansvlniworshipb'lforiM'Vovv in ol fonMpni'r " . " vlKltlnir "Hip Slate1 * Lrtmljco on the lliilroa'lsi Kjc-Onvt-rnur Wtlllim ; 1/it-r.iboo illwimai-H tlm Hplipiiip-s of ralliniail inanaKrr.4 to rnlo the male , It-Hiibxldlml pivxt anil iisnbslilltiit bat r.iftlly dliRtilHivtrty Ip'tntiiRd until tlin poll Is nniunnipinl. An liiHinwtlvo p.iiicr. Sottlintr Nebraska Lands ! Kstlinatc of tin- Immigration Into Xi-brailta Hin pant joap--A poor showing. I'rOHpoi-ts for next Their Ijivoi Wow Blighted- SliofklnB nilHprlrt of AmcrlPanumrn wlio \M.Hlili-d tllk-d taken -Tho record b.'k'lly HlCl'R'lllll. The Kid and His Orimes : KM'lolts ' of an Apnphu rciifuaih' . for \v hose h'pail I if 10,000 reward li orti i\il. A mninmir ) of hl mniilerouh ilvcils. An October Outing : The HpoitliiK I'MHor conlrlbnlet the conc'liullng chapter , rwonntlin ; lln > ] aiidtrlalH ! of n rcccnl Hiiliio limit. Troubles of Santa Olnns : The dlnlonlt Pi-olilem of hulivllnir Hiillable ChrHt- man pn > m < nli for ulil ami younir illsi-umoil on practlualllnoM li Oin.iha laillui. Mark Twiin All Right I The story of his lic.ivy llnanolal IOHJWH not wpl ! fonniled Ppkli | > fnmuof lltiirary pi'ople dosslv nf literary clroloH. _ _ _ _ Norw.iy'3 ' Eagle No3t Farm ? : Wakenmn'o letter tells of the primitive lives o content of Norwegian peas nits. Local Features : The wcek'H noploty IIPWH Hportlnir news anil KOS- Hip - Holnps of Hecret HoelelleH A oompleli- ir Itetpace , anil cnrrcnl Un-al IU-WH will all limit THE SUNDAY BEE KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement nn ( ends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many , who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more , with less expenditure , by more promptly , -ui.il.ti : ! the world's host products to the needs of physical bciug , will attest the value to health of the pure liquid kxativo principles embraced iu the remedy , Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste , the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative ; effectually cleansing the system , dispelling colds , headaches Mid fevers ana permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession , because it acts on the Kid neys , Liver and Bowels without weak , ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in 50c amll bottles , but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only , whose name is printed on every package , also the name , Syrup of Figs , and being well informed , you will not accept any substitute if ollered. m eo. Thu larseHt niakerH and s llcr. ? of line olothun on Kurlli , BACK On Pagfc 2 , I ! You'll find our announcement and it'll tell you all about that drop. BROWNING , KING & CO. , f Bend the inoney wo'U pay | S. W. Cor.l5tll Uttd DOUgla ? FtS. < HHM > < H > fl& * * < M'ftOM& ' ilV& e * t