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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1893)
r THE OMAHA DAILY HEE : SATURDAY , 30 , 180 ! . . TflKOMAlU DAILY i : HOKKWATKH , Kdltor * " KVn V TKHM9 ( IK M l > ni < T < f ( without Stiiiilnv ) Our Year . . $ S OJ > 7 i iirt nw1ir ( , OnrYenr * \'ntr. . . ; Vj ! ' * ' l III.I ! i- | Utltll ; Y wr . . . Wnklj IKUt > " \ On ill ( nl. . I.- n .1 . mmTK , It ! 1'rorl < ( * . \ > n-i. ( "filr * . U ' \ 1 i inu < on , CORHIl'OXIlKXl'F. . inmsind-mlon * n-lntln * " " 'V11 ! Kdtlor. ! ' tr i di.iilrr Mnmht ! rnlilK' MMTo the A i II ) IH > M letters _ ninl tvmtllntirot ho M b liiti' ihX nml iHiHtotnii' " < < m lo iMinntlo ) ujiitrlotln-PiilTof llmeimii i- THiilKKPOtlI.lStIlv : ' WOltN STATKMKNT 01' CIUCfr.ATION. Ell nf NVbrniRti. I i o inly of Iott l.i f f. -in II Tzv.'liwk.iwK'rpl.irvof Tuv nirt'nli- 1M me rnmimny. iliwt nolmnnlv oir : llrittlio n < i i. rlriMilnilon of Tnr IMll v llrr. for the wcn-k M. < llitrf Dift'inlH-r ttJ. 1HIUai us follow . Fimd.n fiOTinlior 17 . - ' * V'.f ' ? MoiMliO IfaiTiiibor 1 * . S5'r2 ' B3. 4. Tin-mini Dcri'inlxT 111 . Wnhirwliy ; , IVopmtx'r''O . V2.li.JJ Tlinrulnt IH-ciMiibvr ' . ' 1 . 2.I.OIK Ftltl.iv lrpiiit T ail . ' - " - ' U'i- Salimlaf. December ' . ' 3 . 83,08 1 OrmidKll T/VWCK _ _ Rwom to iK'foro mo nml siiliHcHI'iil Iti I ! > KU { my IIMHCIICO till * -M < 1 tlnv of Pcwiilirr. ' . ' isiia. N. I' . I'UI. . Niitnrj 1'ubllc. Clrciiliitlmi lor November , ' ! 4IO , premier at SI , constitutes ono of tlio most sinnilluunt , figures pro- icntcd by modern history. A FiXANTiAT. battlement between Uio treasuries of the state and of Douglas comity would remove the cause of intor- oihmblo controvorsv iti the near future. Tin : school board must bcjiin to re trench before it pots to the end of its resources. Anil the olllue of superin tendent of buildings is n good ono with 'which ' to commence. ' A FK\V more convictions of dofuultinpr public oulcinls should put n decided damper upon the eagerness of stnto and county oflicors to appropriate public moneys committed to their care. are being made at DCS Aloinos for the advent of the oil room workers , boodlemon and pass dis tributors , who are expected in full force when the lejjislativo session opens. WAV.N'C MACVEAGH is trying to pet Inured to the mildness of the Italian climate by spending n short vacation in fiordia. The now ambassador to Italy will bo in a fair way of being a Roman before ho gets to Uomo. MEMBERS of the Reform club in Now York have been countingup the political patronage which they have succeeded in securing from President Cleveland and find that it foots up nearly 8200,000 per year. Let us all apply for membership in the Reform club without delay. Tun Illinois World's fair commission lias closed its accounts and finds n bal- nnco of 885,000 still unexpended , which it intends to turn back into the treasury of the state. How much the Nebraska cgmmieskm will turn into our state treasury has not yet been given out. IT is the duty of all bodies acting in n judicial capacity to protect law abid ing citizens against frivolous and ma licious prosecution. The board of police commissioners should not allow itself to bo made a fence for an impostor nnd blackmailer oven if his father-in-law ia governor of Nebraska. MUCH sound aclvico and many timely suggestions nro being brought out at the several state educational conventions now in session. Tcnchora who attend these meetings with a firm intention of deriving all the profit that is offered cannot fail to reap some benefit. By putting into practice some of the re forms outlined by moro experienced in structors the people may bo made to feel the influence of these associations. The demand for practical work of this kind is far beyond the ciipply. GKNEHAL MASTER WOKICMAX Sov- KKUIG.V , who doubtless imagines that ho is a sovereign in fact tin well as in name , 1ms given it out cold that ho proposes to issue a manifesto from Independence hull at Philadelphia , right from under the Liberty boll which hangs In a glass case , that nn'mnro bond issues will bo permitted by him. In this respect Mr. Sovereign reminds us forcibly of John Gilpen , territorial governor of Colorado , who sent a $210 cable mostmgo to Emperor Louis Nnpoloon Itonuparto that no tntorfaronoa would bo toluriitod by him with Hohnmin. DUMOCKATIO eyes are looking wist fully at the Important and lucrative ofllces still hold by republicans. Whnt brings the most tears to tlio muoh- struincd organs of vision Is tlio fact that among the places not yet within reach are tlio registry of deeds in the District of Columbia , yloldlng foes estimated at fci'i.OOO to $ IO,0 < X ) per year , nnd the posi tion of public printer , with a patronage for flovoral hundred employes at its dlb- powil. So long as these olllcoi remain in republican hands the sloop of the righteous democrat is apt to ho dis- turhod by insomnia , ATTKNTIO.V has been called to the fact that co'igross is ono of the few bodies that can lay aside Us lulnrs for nearly tliroo week * nt n time when everybody else requires every moment for strict attention to business. There Is no more reason why congressmen ihould tuko advantage of their nositlons lo spread tholr Christmas holidays over 10 lotitf H period , especially when they have been in regular session less than three weeks , than for the other officials of the federal , state nnd olty governments in this country. ' - All such vacations tend to pro long the congressional so-wion , and thereby to Increase the expenses incurred - curred for clerk hire , stenographers nnd 0 nil the Incidentals ixjrtnlnlng to u bos- fiion of congress. A f.ilnt protest Is hoard niw nnd then ugalnit thli reck less uxtaiyupncN with the pViplu's money , but lt is quickly overridden. Lot economy begin right Inside the aulls of congress , The petition filed in Iho fedurnl cir cuit c < urt nt Milwaukee asking for the removal of the receivers appointed by Ihfl court to administer the business of Iho Northern PAclfic railroad nnd the substitution of other ? In the true Inter est of the lircdllors makes certain alle gations which , If proven , will show that the wreck of Unit great railroad system has been nrcompllshed by a series of gigantic swindles scarcely paralleled In the railway history ot the world. It will contribute , together with the many other revelations of reckless railway manage ment that have lately come to the sur face , to involve nil investments In Amer ican fcecurltios in disrepute , and to make foreigners moro cautions than over about entrusting their capital to others for the purpose of dove-loping the re sources of this country. 1'conic are more willing to rcpnrd the accusations of fraud as based at least upon u foundation of fact , in that their plausibility is sup ported by a specifics nnd detailed ar raignment. The acts complained of Include nil these refined devices for bleeding stockholders that have been re sorted to by the most accomplished railway wreckers. Rings within rings , purchases of tributary Hues at exor bitant prices , stock watering ad libitum , minims contracts for supplies none nro omitted from the list. In each case the coterie that had managed to secure con trol of the board of directors are said to have made themselves the bene ficiaries to the pecuniary detriment of the well-intentlonod stockholders niuOotul- holdcrs. So successful have been tholr plans that in less than a year n railroad that was well equipped and doing a good business has boon brought beyond the verge of bankruptcy , while the wreckers have turned millions into their own pockets and finally by a col lusive action have had themselves ap pointed as receivers to gather up the remnants of their own wreckage. Tills is indeed a serious arraignment and no doubt would not bo made of public record were not the affairs of the railway company threatened with still further injury nt the hands of these whom the court has perfunctorily placed in charge. It is reasonable to expect the persons accused to deny the allegations and the court will have to decide whether , upon the showing adduced , the control of the road should bo given over to parties other than those now in posses sion. TAXING STUCK * I A' ILlXD. The secretary of the treasury , in his annual report , suggested that the in creased tax on distilled spirits , cigars , etc. , as recommended by him and under consideration by the ways and moans committee , , should bo imposed on all such articles in existence and upon which the revenue has not been col lected at the time the net takes elTcct. If this wore done the treasury would bo put in possession of a considerable revenue , probably Riilncient to provide against the estimated deficit for the current fiscal year , within a very short time after the passage of the act , but it is very questionable whether the sug gestion of Secretary Carlisle will be adopted. tV very decided opposition to it is being manifested. Washington dis patches say that the distillers and others directly interested in this prop erty do not object to an increase of 10 cents per gallon on spirits manufactured after the passage of the bill , but they will resist placincr an increase on spirits manufactured under existing law , and if the increase should bo made by congress they will test the legality of the act in the courts. It is claimed by these interested in the ownership of the spirits hold in bond that it was made under a law which fixes the tax at 90 cents. The producer gives bond in double the amount of the tax to bo paid , and has three years in which to pay the tax and take the spirits out of bond. Tli is is u contract , it is con tended , which should ba as binding upon the government as upon the citizen. It is further hold that this whisky might not have boon manufactured had there been reason to anticipate an increase of tax. Moreover the ownership is to a very great extent not With thci producers , but with tlio wholesale merchants who have purchased and bankers who have advanced money on the whisky and hold it as collateral. For those reasons it is contended that it would ba an injiibtlco to the holders of this property to pass a law that would cover it with an extra tax running back for n period of three years. The question is raised whether a law taxing stocks on hand could be enforced - forced , and legal opinion is cited that It could not , for the reason that such a luw would bo ex post fucto and therefore in violation ot u provision of the constitution. Ono legal authority is quoted as saying that there is a con tract between the producer nnd the gov ernment , for the performance- which the former has executed bonds that dis tilled spiriN ahull pay a tax of DO cents per gallon. Th'o spirits hold in bond are the result of that contract and now conditions cannot bo imppsod by the government without working great in justice to the other parties to the con tract. According to tha report of the com missioner of internal revenue the amount of distilled spirits in bmul on October 1 last was a little over 131,000.000 gallons. Doubtless the amount at this time is Bomowhnt greater than this , mosi of the dlfitlllorios controlled by the trust having boon active for some ttmo past. U Is estimated that during the next six months the amount that will bo with drawn to meet normal commercial do- miinda will bo between . ' 15,000,00 ! ) and 10,000,000 gallons. Tlio Wilson bill probably cannot bo mudo operative be- 'fore ' July 1 next , so that , leaving out of the calculation the production In the meantime , the bonded whisky that would bo liable to the increased tax junior the proposition of Roc-rotary Carlisle would bo at least 100,000,000 gallons , whloh would bo Increased to fully 12-j,000,000 by the addition of the production of the six jr.Jiiths. Thus the proposal to tax btook on bund contemplates giving the treas ury immediately after thn law should go into effect certainly $10,000,000 , und probably l - ably more ou whisky alone , with an equal or greater sum from the other articles which It Is proposed to su-bjcot Lo increased taxation , On the other | innd , not to tax stocks on hand would bo substantially to make the producers or owners a gift of the amount of the additional tax , for , of course , this would bo added to the price of the articles just as if the tax wore paid to the gov ernment. Contention over tlio question of stock on hand will bo very llkoly to increase tlw strength of the opposition ton liighor rate of taxation on whisky. \rnicn i'i\'Jl The simple proposition now ts : "Shall the law bo enforced by the closing of the gambling houses { " The tt'nrM-7/rrii/if says "yes. " TUB UKEsays "no. " Under which Hag Mill the people of Omaha prefer togathcrt Under the banner repre senting the sovereignty of Iho law , or under the rag rottrosentlng "Ur.K , " < lllemls" nnd "Huncor UurM-//rmM. Who has tlio right to speak for Tin : Uit : : on this or any oilier question ? Surely not the Impostor and monumental fraud that has wrecked the great dally founded by Dr. George L. Miller.Mien did TIIK BKH ever say that the law against gambling1 shall not bo enforced or that gambling shall not bo sup pressed , If it can be suppressed ? Was not the anti-gambling law put upon the statutes after a big light by Tin ; Bun ? And what attitude did the defunct . .AVniiiifU'orM and its representatives at Lincoln tuko at Hint tlmo , when the editor of Tin ; HKK , on the lloor of the house , presented charges against the judiciary committee for conniving with the gamblers who had raised a pot of 50,000 to sldotraolc the bill ? Did not the arrant hypocrite at that time act In concert with the infamous combine that supported and worked with boodlor.s and legislative crooks who mutilated the charter and made a raid upon every interest that was liable to attack and blackmail ? Under which Hag has this impostor been sailing for tlio last two years when raids wore made upon our taxpayers by contractors and corporations ? lias ho over raised his voice against the exces sive bills of the electric lighting com pany or against the attempt to take $300 out of the treasury to pay for an expert who would certify that 800 or 1,200 candle power lamps are 2,000 can dle power lamps ? Of course not. Tlio W.-IL gets Its motor power from the electric lighting company at nominal prices , which means virtually for noth ing.When When the fifty-year gas franchise was railroaded through the council the WorldIfcmld was as dumb as an ovster. It refused to publish a call for a public meeting to discuss the enormous conces sions nnd defects of the ordinance , and finally consented to insert the call at full local rates. Under which flag will thp people of Omaha prefer to gather- that of Mayor Botnls , who always stands up for their rights against encroach ments of contractors and corporations , or under the flag of the bunco organ that is steered in the corrupt channels of boodlerism ? While the Daily Impostor clamors for the enforcement of laws relating to gambling , why does it not also call upon Mayor Bemis to enforce the law that makes it a misdemeanor for any paper to publish lottery drawings and lottery advertisements ? Has the World-lforuM obtained a special dispensation to act as bunco steeror and capper for the Louisi ana lottery ? Is the mayor of Omaha to stand by and see the sovereignty of the law trampled under foot in order to keen alive a concern that has been wrecked by the imbecility and tortuous course of its proprietor ? THK Bine is not a defender of gam bling or gamblers , but it has a great deal moro respect for t'no keeper of the vilest gambling den than for the man who would hold up gamblers for hush money or the paper that would play into the hands of a brace of scoundrels who are trying to blackmail gamblers. When tlio people of Omaha come to choose a flag and a Hag bearer wo ven ture to say that they will not select the Wbrld-IIeruId or the man at its helm. A I1AD I'llKCKDBHT. Tlio office of superintendent of build ings of the Board of Education is ono of great responsibility in the conduct of our sch'ool affairs. Under his super vision largo sums of money are expended for repairs of &chool buildings. ITo is intrusted with the purchase of building material amounting annually to thou sands of dollars. lie employs a force of mechanics and laborers in his depart ment whoso pay roll is a largo item in tlio expense account of tlio public schools. An employe of the boanl intrusted with such largo rosponsibilitios.through whoso lianas pass from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars annually , should bo efficient , careful and honest in the con duct of his department. Ho should bcrupulously obey the rules and instruc tions laid down for his guidance. Tlio btatuto's provide that no expenditure in excess of $200 shal 1 bo made except In accordance with the provisions of a written contract ; that no school pro perty shall bo sold except by a vote of at least ten members of tlio board. The rules of the board Imvo directed that the superintendent of buildings falmll bo under the direction of the committee on buildings and property , and that no work shall bo done by him , except in cases of emergency , unless so author- i'/ed by a majority of the board. The testimony brought out at the in vestigation of Maolood allowed that , as superintendent of buildings , ho persist ently ignored b.Hli the law and Iho in structions of tlio board in the expendi ture of money and the wtlo of school property ; that ho ordered work on his own responsibility when unnouoshary.and incurred indebtedness in excess of the amounts appropriated by the board when authorised at all. Ilo has played fast and loose in his department , und since tlio 1st of January , 18K1 ! , has apont nearly 815,000 , of the school fund in repairs , fully one-third of which was unauthorized. Would any reputable business man retain an o in ploy u with such a record ol oxtravaganod and recklessness ? What excuse has the Board of Kducatlon to offer for his retention ? With a largo deficit to moot in the near future , the school board Instead of reducing Its ex penditures has iij > ecmHtod Maclond to run riot with tliA publlo funds. The condition of thoi'oohool board's finances ! ms assumed a iivottBorlous , aspect. At Hie rate of depiction Inaugurated by Maeleod thcro wilfnotbo enough money In the treasury Yft'pay the teauhors and other necessary .enijSloyes at the end of the fiscal yentWhnt guaranty is there that Mncloiid Will bo loss wasteful now that ho has'boon practically exon erated by the board l By clearing Mnclpod the board has tacitly filven liconsu for any employe to break laws and i\il'o ? \ with impunity and has placed n premium on recklessness in its business affairs. .1 inanrEuvs VKHDWT. There will bo practically universal approval of the verdict of the jury con demning Premicrjjast , the assassin of Carter II. Harrison , to doath. There are some who will find fault with It on the ground that the murderer was men tally irresponsible and should bo sent to an asylum for the insane instead of to the gallows ; the people who do not believe - liovo In capital punishment may gen erally regret that the jury did not say that Prendorgast might live on at the expense of the state ; but the great majority of thoughtful , intelligent and law-respecting people everywhere will approve tlio ver dict as the only one compatible with justice and ns an example necessary to the conservation of law and the protection of si-cloty against the re vengeful passions and tlio bloodthirsty mania of such creatures as Prcndorgnst. There was not a single o ircumstanco in the case of this man in mitigation of Ills crime. The assassination of Mayor Harrison was premeditated , dcllboratc , cold-blooded , relentless and cruel. The assassin had sulTercd no injury or wrong at the hands of his victim. The fancied grievance which ho alleged as a justifi cation of his crime was of a piece with other hallucinations of a misdirected mind dominated by envy and hatred of everybody whoso position in life was superior to that of its possessor. The nature and character of Prendorgast , as they have been disclosed , show him a natural enemy of the pcaco and order of society. The plea of insanity was worthless in view of the conduct of 1'rcndcrgast after ho had emptied his revolver Into the body of his victim. Ilo hurried away from the scone of his murderous deed nnd sought the protection of tho. authorities. Ilo was bnno enough at that terrible moment to know that there was danger of an outraged people inlllctiug summary punishment if ho fell into their hands and ho lost no time it\gettlng into a place of safety. lie know , where it was best to go in order to escape the consoq ucnccs of the popular w'ratli and sped away to tno nearest police station. Can there bo a reasonable doubt.that , ho had carefully planned this course ) and , having done so , can there boa question regarding his sanity when lib committed the crime ? Some so-called exports declared tholr opinion that the man was and is insane , but thcro .is a woll-fpumled distrust of the theories of .insanity exports which their judgment in this case will not tend to lessena , It may bo admitted that thcro was something abnormal' in Prendorgast's mental condition , but if such a condi tion is to bo considered insanity there will bo few criminals punished. It is sufficient in this case to know that tlio criminal was fully aware of his respon sibility in order to fully approve the verdict. No murderer cvor deserved the punishment of death more clearly than the assassin of Carter H. Harrison and to have prescribed any less penalty would have outraged justice. AN IMMEDIATE result of the rccdnt agitation for irrigation of the arid area is coming to light in tlio incorporation of several stock companies for the pur pose of entering the field at the earliest favorable opportunity. A few extensive experiments illustrating the practica bility Of irrigation will do more to help the movement along than any number of papers or resolutions on tlio subject. IjOoUIni ; Ml linr. c/ifrnoo Tribune. If the Income of iiuffalo IJlll Is JSOO.OOO n year it is not surprising that lie refused to bo a candidate tor the Nebraska governor ship. Some of these days ho may take a notion to go to the United States senate. Tllllt Alllvil U ( i I'll I ) . l\anM3 Cltu Journal. The mllcago which congress voted Itself Just before adjournment mauo quite n neat r.ikc-off for holiday expenses. Of course , everybody under * tit nils that congressmen do not really p\y ; \ mlluago in these Uavs of free passes. _ A lritlit Sinl In the doom. The recent increase In Iron production makes a bright spot in the industrial gloom , A few Iron nnd steel mills in different parts of the country nro closing , hut a larger num ber of thmn nro opening and the output is creator than It was In the f.ill mouths. J'liit Cuiitriullntlon. Ifunum Cltu Sin- . The noard of Trade of Portland , Ore , , has passed resolutions denouncing Governor 1'on- imycr'a rabid Chrlstnus letter as an almost absolute perversion of facts. Tlio Oregon chluf magistrate is fast digging for hlmsulf a political grave of unpar.Ululcd dopth. | il lluvt Culture. A"ii a tlltu Tim : * . The possibilities- boot culture In the west , especially in * Kunsas and Nebraska , arostiown by thoiliiolulon of a Polish byndi- rate , headed by Count Lublenskl , to bring 200 families of i'olltih emigrants to this coun try to engugo In thugTOAvIng ofJsiiRur beets In Nebraska , The Contract rails for the erection of two factories in the sluto for the manufacture or suifmVln addition to these already at Grand UlhnU and Norfolk , which have produced tlnV.Vour 0.000,01)0 ) pounds of sugar. The ncgotlUtlons fur the new enter prise were conducted * by the Commercial club of Omaha , n liortV ommtorp.m of the famous Kansas City Commercial club , and furnish u good example of tlio results to bo obtained by the right kind of work. OTIIKIl l..t.\l > S T/I.I.Y Ul'JIS , Thirty years ngo , In the scare whloh suc ceeded the launch of ttio Cllolro , the first European Ironclad , Lord Pnlmcrston de clared it necessary for Knglaml to overmas ter any two combined Hoots. Mr. Ulndslone admitted that n superiorly over any thrco flcols , united , was Indispensable to British safety. Ily a battleship or two this Is to tiny true of the Hrltlsh licet over Franco , . Itiml.i and nny other power , if now hlps are considered nnd old craft as well as torpedo boats loft out of account , Kven this is only secured because under the navnl defense act of 188U Great Urltaln has spent $10ofKK,000 ) on seventy \csaols , big nnd little , the last nine of which will bo ready next March. In nil ten battleships , forty-two crulsurs nnd eighteen torpedo boats have been built. Hv the tlmo Franco and Kussla have built the vcssoU on whoso construction they have en tered on account of tlio naval defense act , the balance will incline toward them unless Kugliuid expends $100,000,000 moro , ns Is now strongly urged. In any case , Prance ts already nearly twice as strong In the Mediterranean ns Great Urltaln , anil has at Toulon , Algiers and Risorta far bol ter nnvnl yards. Add Kussla and drc.U Urltaln could not hold the Mediterranean al the opening of n war any moro than the llrltlsh lleol was able to nt the opening of the wars with Franco a century ngo. Hut It is not mcro commercial superiority , meas ured by the naval register of each newer , which starts Hrltlsh fears. All lands are leveling up lo the Hrltlsh level , and under modern conditions n nation's mercantile marine Is no longer the source of naval strength which It was. The tiomlon Tunes recently pointed out that Kussla spent $ -.V ! 'JUO.SiVi iitmuilly on her Hoot to protect a merchant tonnage of 4S1TU'.I nnd a value of $15,009.000 ; Franco , f.Vi,4TI500 ! , lo protect 1,037,703 tons under her mercantile Hag , worth $30.500,000 , and Great Britain iS'J.-lOo- 800 to guard U-irM,037 ! Ions under her mer chant ensign , worth ? (310.000,000. ( * * Russia proposes , it Is said , to unite her Black sea licet with her Mediterranean Heel by sending the former through the Dar danelles In violation of Iho treaties. When she last uttered lids threat England moved an army corps to Cynrus and a licet to Tonedos , while the Turks bestirred them selves to defend Constantluopln. Now Eng land Is in no condition to go to war in the Medlterranoin. Franco has ten Hr.st-class battleships at Toulon and Carthage ; if tnoy should join the eleven battleships which the combined Russian lleot would contain the squadron oulu bo far stronger than any naval force which Great Britain could assemble in the Mediterranean. Constan tinople itself is defenseless. The forts would not survive n bombardment of half an hour with modern guns , and the Turkish Hoot's lying within the inner horn without coal or modern weapons of war. There may bo no purpose on the part of Russia to throw this firebrand among the combustibles of Europe. Uut if she did , everything is ready for war. There is a chance thai Mr. Gladstone would try to keen England out of it nnd le.ive Turkey to her fate. But Germany would understand that a junction of the Russian and French flouts in the Mediterranean meant a re newal of the Franco-German war , and young William would act accordingly. It is signillcant that at such a crisis Sig. Crispi , Bismarck's bosom friend , should have been invited by King Humbert lo form Iho minis try which /Cauardelll was unable lo consti tute. * It Is very lllcely true that General von Ca- prlvi Is disgusted wilh his chancellorship and willing to retire from it. A professional soldier who Is detailed at a mature ago to take charge of his superior's mlerosts In a deliberative body would not in any case have an easy lime ol It , But when his mas ter is the present emperor of Germany , and the deliberative body with which he deals the Reichstag , it is not to bo wondered nt that ho should prefer some quiet employment , such as stone breaking. In fact , such a place in our time requires such n personal force as Bismarck's was. and nobody will compare the present chancellor with his predecessor. At the same lnno , ho has ful filled his anomalous function with a surpris ing measure of success. The passage of Iho army billwhich Bismarck would haveoffecicd by bullying , or not at all , was a great tri umph for von C.iprivi , the greater because it was accomplished by more parliamentary methods. If ho should insist , upon resign ing , U is not likely that his successor would last anything like so long. * * The duke of Edinburg's pension will make more trouble lor Gladstone before Parlia ment adjourns , If signs can bo trusted. 1'ho djkc , although ho is the queen's son , lias ceased to bo a British subject by accepting the German dukccinm of Suxo-Coburg. Ilo is now u subject of William III , and in case of war between Germany and England would bo obliged to fight against his mother's coun try. Ho was an admiral in the British navy , but has resigned , and nnw holds the same rank in Iho German navy. His seat in tlio British lords has been forfeited , nnd ho is no longer a member of the queen's privy council , nnd has cut himself off absolutely from his British connections by assuming n German principality and the German na tionality. Ho is as German in his now rela tions as his nephew , Emperor William , him self. With nil this ho is a very rich man by reason of his wife's dower she was u Rus sian princess und because of the largo In heritance whlen came to him when ho was Inducted into his now dukedom. Not be cause ho over rendered any service of consequence quence to the British people , but because ho Is the queen's .son , ho has been paid two an nuities out of the public treasury ; ono of $7"i,000granlod byPurlinmcnl whetiiho came of ago , and ono of 130,000 , granted when ho married. The right lo rovolto bolh these urants when the prince became duleo of Saxc-Coburg was reserved. Now thai the event has happened ho surrenders the $73- 000 annuity , but hangs on to thu 150,000 one , on the ground that ho Intends lo live part of the year in England. It ts a good sign nt Mexico's credit In the markets of the world thai Finance Minister Lima n lour lias complolod negotiations with a Berlin house for u loan of $ lfiKUl ( ) > ( ) ( ) upon favorable terms. On account of the extraor dinary stringency of the times In Mexico and the heavy expenses Incurred by the government for the maintenance of order nnd for the construction of public- works , Including the Interoceanlo railroad , U has been necessary for thu finance minister to obtain this foreign loan , The treasury is not In bad order , nnd il Is ublo without in curring any now debt to meet all ordinary expenditures. The policy of economy and Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking Powder ABSOU/TELY PURE retrenchment. , which .vn Adopted at Iho opening of thu jc-\r , tmhcuiniMnleit toovory dop.trtmont of Iho ndmlnl trallouinilor the direct tupArviilon of 1'roslilcnt Dlnr , niul with the rondy ncquluiconco of ttin func- ttunnrlc.i olTccicd by it. Ono of the chief ob- Htnrlc In the wny of tha doalrad rciluctlon of Rovcrntncnt expenditure * Is the nrmy. which Is Inrgor tlmn the rcpulnr nrmy of the United States , 'vml It U n very costly branch of ttio publlco scrrtco There nro two thills that prevent COIISI-CHS from Inter fering with It , ono of which t thcrotistnnt dnnRcr of popular Insurrections , and ttio other of which h the npprchonslon thnt the army Itself would tovolt against any do- crcaso of the appropriation for military pur poses. H Is to bo hoped that I'reslilont Diaz may yet fool strong onoiiRh to roliuvo Mexico from n portion of her military burdens , nnd to keep Uio nrmy In tlinl Btatu of RUbordlna- tlon which is proper for n republican coun try. Mexico has no cttorniil oncinlos , and ounhtuot to neoil a MR ilBhtlnf , ' estaWish- moat for the inalntonnnco of domosilu ucnco. * * If Spain cannot from Morocco an Indem nity of Sl'J.OOO.OOi ) the royal treasury will bo replenished nt A tlmo when Its replenish ment Is iiiuoh noodud , and tlio povorninont will possess n Rood round sum moro than the amount expended In prcpar.itlonilfl'llchtlho lllfs. IJtuloubtedly Sultan Muloy Hassan will Do able to raise the money for the In- domnlty. H is pretty well known th.U he Keeps a heavy coin reserve In the holy city of IJVjz , nnd that the linporlnl treasure which ho Inherited twenty years ngo from his father has boon kept thi-onj-h Ills rolgn as It had been kept through pi-eeeding rolns. ( Then , besides , Iho sultan's revenues amount lo nearly & ) , ( > W.iHW a year , and ho c.ui In- crenso tliein nt his plcnsuro by raising the taxes and mulcting the rich. Then , mjain , ho can , If it bo necessary , borrow the amount of thu Indemnity from the .lows livlni ? under nh protection , who have enjoyed many favors at his hands , and who regard him as ono of tnolr very best friends. , s ua ( i it > Tin. Tin n. / . HulTiiln Courier : Thu follow who starts out for u sta\liiK Kmutlmo \ ofwn lias si barrel of fun lioforn urrlvliiK ul his liumu Inn badly bniigeil-up condition. Lowell Courier : A burglar who was snl/od us hoxs : cnlnilnj ; a spooml-story window ti led to iol olT on thu plua thai ho belonged to n hook nnd liuldor company. YonKers Statesman : "There are n peed many Idle roomers iilumt , " said the hoarding house inNtK'ss , inlle | a iiUmlior of whoso victims woio out of work. InillniinuolU Jmunali "I * Tunipklns lion- j > prkril' | . " "Is ho ? " exclaimed I'otts. " 1 should hay ho Is. Mo doesn't i > von dare ( o claim a full proprietary Intoiest In lib own rheumatism. Truth : Tanner llnyjwnd Caught you suck ing t'KRs , have 1 ? You're ' the rascal I've been nyliiK for ! Wllllu Itni ncs ( city boy ) 1'leajo , t\r \ , 1 the hens laid 'urn. Dotiolt Kioo l'r"ss : "Isn't It queer thiit our landlord doesn't nut. In thu lljsht-s as lin prom ised ho would when wo routed the HutV" " 1 siipposo ho thinks now hn's pot thu liver in , hu won't bother about thu lights. " Kate Picld's Waslilnston : Joss Did you Know there was an anto-iiupttul asreomeut betwuen Mr. und Mrs. Silvers ) ? Host , No , but I'm not .surprised. If they over agreed ubout nnytlilnjj. It must have been before they wore married. ' IT DARK. l HtiMcad. And still the dicky bird slnss on You can hoar him If you hark ; Anil the buidun of his sonx Is this : " .lust keep II In the dark. " Yon can cover all yon don't know With thu veil of mystoioo , Havs the dicky bird while hinging In Uiodamafuhl treo. Ilio Cost ol ilu > ( 'liiin o. Denver Kciubltein. ) Already the throat of democratic tr.rifT re vision 1ms cost the peonlo of the United Stiites moro in the shrlnltngo of values In property and the enforced idleness of mil lions of workingmen than the suppression of tiie rebellion. In other words , "tho change" decreed nt the polls in 1803 hns imposed preatur loss on the nation than four years of civil war. YE KX1I1HT A.Mt I'M.llDKX. . How yo maldoiidld si'Uo to test her Invyoio's dovothninn by Imposing a tiiskc , yo which no din ari-upto and how yo maiden was so moved by liys alTi-ctlonno as to demaudu no fuilliero proofs of hy.s courage. Quoth ye knight : "Ilo myne , oil , maiden , snole and fayio , And valonrons ( lodes for than I'll dare ; Choose out yo tasko which likes thcu bosto I sal not 'jliilnko to mote yo tnsto. " Quoth yo maiden : "Oil gallant youth , for wol I know II ben but justu lo name Ihue so , 1 asuu that then , wythc mu , nlll dare To sekn yo bargain In liys lalre. " A pallonrnn liys chokes founilo place ; Yet when liys glannres sought that face Ho crli'd : "For lo\oIyiu'Ssii ho r.iro , I'll beko ye bargain In liys hilrc , " Thenorleilhho : "Nay : thy wlllyngnosso Contents tnu < inlli' . " And now , 1 KISSSO Thuio rostosyc mlnstrole but totay They ly ved In happynesso for aye. TO BELIEVE TIIE TRPASUIW Prcsi'lftit Olevalftiirt Will Eciul a Special Mwapo to Oongr s nt Onoo. MAY NOT nr ABLE TO AWAIT ACTION C'otiilltliui nt I'lilillci I'undt In Snrh Hut nmnl Jlny llnvo to Ilo .vihl Unilor the UlnniD nT Iho Sprrlnl l Act , \V\inixo7cv llr OF Tur. HHK , 51'J K KWASIIISOTOS , Ueo U9. ) His believed that the piesldonl will send a mcssago to congress Immediately after II assembles asking nulhorltv for the scerotarj of the tioasnryto rellnvo the llnanclal em. unrrnsstiifiits of the treasury by Issuing t short-tlmo ret UHoalo or bond hearing 'J' . , 01 aporccntinlurust.asrocomnieniledb.sO.ullsIa In his recent icnort. As stntud In these dis patches ye.stenlaj the condition of the pub- Ilo funds admit of no dclav , and It Is n seri ous question whether It la safe- for the treas ury to await the action of congress unit the long time ih.it will bo lequlred to print the securities nnd place them upon the markot. It may bo that the president will doeldo that the emergency has arrived which Mr. Carlisle in his report said would bo the only Justification for the exercise of the author ity vested In him by the resumption act to Issue bonds. The imrcney of the ease Is becoming moro Imperative dally , A few years ngo , when the treasury was strong and Its not balance many millions bcyomi the SIOO.UOO.OOO nt gold reserve , U was the practice not lo In clude this reserve in ntatlng the balance of public money available. When the surplus had dwindled to a few millions the gold reserve was nlwnys included to rrento the impression that tlio treasury is stronger than it really is. Hut now not only has the entire surplus been exhausted , but the reserve - servo fund has been impaired to the extent of $ lb,000UOO , ami in making the balance they oven Include fractional slher , which wa's never ilono until recently. In other words , the solvency of the United States treasury is today maintained by the use ol funds tl nt properly do not belong to it , and which , under ordinary circumstances , would not bo touched. - May Krciiiimull llui Hill , It Is understood that a schoino Is on foot to recommit the \Vilbon tariff bill to tin ways and means committee. Those demo , era la who are dissatisfied nnd have been en. deavoring to get strength enough to amend It In the house Hint that their efforts art liable to bo unavailing , for the reason that republicans will not vote with them for amendments In special cases. The donio- ciatic objectors have , Iheroforo , been trying to devise some other moans of accomplishing - ing what they want , nnd their plan now is to"rcconnnit tlio bill. The republicans , It is believed , would vote solidly for this propo sition , and a serious effort for recommit ment is being made. H does not seem prob able , however , that the cflort will succeed. XYlmt tlio Pop * Aliiy Ou. The populists are to hold a canslis tonight nt the rooms of Senator I'cffor to determine upon the course they will pursue with rela tion to the tariff light. The populists of the house favor the Wilson bill or any other measure which makes n reduction of duties. The senators , it is alleged , advocate a dlffor- ent policy , holding that it would bo mucli bettor to permit the present tariff law to stand than to have In Us ptaco a measure which would bo regarded probably as Initia tive of free trade , but bo essentially unsatis factory to the free traders themselves. The senators propose , therefore , that all the populists should join in an effort to obstruct the passage of the Wilson bill. The ques tion will bo gene over thoroughly at the caucus with a view of securing harnlonlous action. If. Is not improbable that they will acreo to offer a substitute for the Wilson "bill. Now 1'ontmiifftorH. Postmasters appointed todav : Iowa Ute.Winona county , .lohn J. UUldlo , vice A. .1. Patrick , removed. South Dakota Hudson , Lincoln county , "William A. Pierce , vine .lames U. Br.idlov , removed ; White iLako , Aurora county , J. M. Moires , vice James C. Head , removed. Utah Bear Uivcr City , Uox Elder county , ! Mrs. Alma Nelson , vice Christ Pctcr.son , re moved , PKUIIY S. Hiivni. ISonUtnncn to Drstmotion. Kew } 'irlc Trtlnme. Congress is beginning to hear from tin country niieui the larin" bill ; and only beginning - ginning , It is fair.to nrcsumo. About 20 < petitions against the bill or some features ol it have been received , and of these fifty-two pray for thu defeat of the entire moasuro. Eighteen of the fifty-two have GUl)0 ) signa tures , and if the average Is kept up tlio total number of signers would bo about 18,000. The sponsors for the bill arc showing alarm , nnd talk of allowing only two weeks in the house for debate , both on the bill itself and on such amendments us may bo proposed. Whether they can hold tholr own party in line for such a policy is a question calculated to give them pause. The InrsrHt milker * .mil H ' 11.T ) ot lluuclullius nu llartli Your money's worth or your money hack. Before Taking. It's been an off year so they say that's the reason wo have sold off so many jroods and probably the reason jr wo hold our two half r elf sales so as to soil f1 ! off as many broken f1y y lots as possible Now - next Monday , wo take stockand before taking will place on sale for the balance of the week everything hi the store at reduced prices with special inducements on broken lots no matter if they are pants suits- overcoats ulsters hats furnishings all at re duced prices before taking stock sale ends Satur day night. BROWNING , KING & CO. , I S. W. Cor.b'th and Douglas Sts.