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THE OMAHA. DAILY BEEJ SUNDAY , OCTOBER 14 , 1804. IB A MMLEY NEEDED The Overshadowing Want of the Liberal Pnrtj of Great Britain , TWO VITAL ISSUES IN THE BALANCE Homo Bulo and the Abolition of Hereditary Legislators , CAUSTIC REVIEW OF THE SITUATION Tlio Hamboynnt and Erratic Ohamberlain a Turn. GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF THE RAILROADS 1lurked Adrnntoco Over I'rlrata Ownership Low Itiitm mid liicrru c < l Trafllc Tlio Itatlrontls uf Amortc.i mill ICiicl.mil A. Paruily oil the Jllclily "I. " LONDON , Kngland , Oct. 3. ( Special Cor respondence. ) Before Inking up some of the problBma In Europe that bear directly upon our own questions at home I have decided to give a brief review o political conditions licro prior to the opening of the autumn campaign , which'will probably fairly begin by the time this letter Is printed. The In terest In this campaign will ba almost as keen In the United States as. In England , because upon it , In no email degree , depends the fate of home rule for Ireland. The fact th.it the Gladstone forces do not nppear to bowell In hand , that they are apparently Inclined to depend upon side Issues and show some hesitation as to the vital Issue has rightly caused anxiety In eomo quarters. To u-liat extent tills dIUurbaiice. not to say dlitru.it , iiiny be due io the fact that the other side , or BO much thereof as Is rep resented by Mr. Chamberlain , Is already actively In the field I am unable to say at thla incmeiit. There la time- enough yet for the llb ° rals to make a splendid campaign , provided Lord Hoscbery and his adviser * start right. The present anxiety Is cer- talnljIn part due to the fact that the home rule party1 * program his as yet not been unhesitatingly and authoritatively announced. When It Is a more hopeful spirit may pre vail. MR. DEI'EW'S INTERVIEW CIUTICISHI ) . The Interview given tlio press by Sir. * Chauncty M , Dcpow on his return home ha : i . been repiiliIUhed here M and commented upon Mn by tcvcrnl leading journals. Some of the $ Kngllsh newspapers arc amused at Mr. W Uepew describing Lord Hosebery as "a man of genius. " From their point of view , ! : * while he la a man of singular talent , he Just wants the greatest of mortal gifts. Excep tion m ght bo taken to the statement thnt Mr. Gladstone , on his retirement , "became history In a week. " Mr. Depew's observa tion evidently extended over the period when i the grand old statesman was undergoing n i painful operation of the eyes. "A "stick ful" of matter from Mr. Gladstone starts up comment In three kingdoms. Last week he wrote n letter to the biahop of Chester endorsing the Gothenburg system of liquor selling. This endorsement has had more influence in calling public attention to the Hchcmo than ten years of ordinary agita tion by lesser statesmen. On this point Mr. Chamberlain , who advocated this plan twenty years ' ago , said last night : "Mr Gladstone's latter has given the movement .such a great forward Impulse that Parlia ment might bo persuaded to pass a bill Rtv- iiiE the system a trial In some selected city. The money to buy out the publicans should bo raised out of the rates. A Gothenburg scheme bill would give the local authorities compulsory powers of purchase , " OLADSTONB NOT A BACK NUMBER , itr. Depew must not be too sure about Mr Gladstone having passed Into history. Mr Labouchere , In , a trenchant letter In thr London Times calling for an "Infusion of backbone" Into the liberal parts' , is much nearer the truth than Mr. Dcpew. He " say * "They ( the Ilosebory government ) are In the position of a man carrying on business on the reputation of the senior partner after hit withdrawal. With very rare exception , their individual opinions are entire- ! ! with out weight In that party , and they nro aware that any open difference amongst them would send the linn Into liquidation. " Gladstone Is a living , potent factor In English politics today , and If his health should sufficiently Improve It Li possible that toe may again take the helm rather than see the great radical the party drifting into sea of Indifference on the moat important ' issue- Immediately before It the abolition J' tha veto power ot the House of Lords. A M'KINLEY NEEDED. II haa been made perfectly clear that thr strong , manly , progressive , thoroughly lib eral element In England are In favor of Home Rule for Ireland. That question has been argued and settled by a. majority of the people. The true politics In the case ; as wo should say at home , would be to go straight ahead , and remove the Impediments in the way of carrying out the will of the people. Sucha , course would have been bold , aggressive and right In line with the common sense and democratic spirit of the * . age To succeed a really great leader Is needed. Ho should have been a commoner without any entanglements Iti the House of Peers , and above all others he should have been a courageous , persistent and experi enced fighter. Kngland needs such a man aa Governor William McKlnley , who would devote himself heart and soul to tha abolition of the veto power of the Houseof Lords as McKlnloy has done to- the protection of home Industry and American labor. To bo sure the present prime , minister , as Mr. Depew Bays , Is the owner of Napoleon's snuffbox and of a famous picture of the emperor , but It would bo vastly better for England at this critical period of her history IfLord - Rose- berry were possessed of some of the Indomi table , fighting ilch characteristics of the French emperor and of that wonderful power chef concentration on the- one subject in hand which enabled him to overcome difficulties Insurmountable to others. Tlio liberal party could easily afford tyof to dispense with some of the accomplishments of Ita premier , which make htm so charming In the literary , nrtls- tlo and sporting circles of the kingdom , If he would vigorously take up the policy or program already laid down by the party leaders when they met last Juno at Leeds for conference and advice , and earnestly begin the campaign which should end by wiping out the monstrous absurdity of hereditary legislators for a representative government. A DEMAND FOR THE HEAL ISSUE. So long as this condition ot affairs remains the liberal party In England , has In fact no existence. It can not carry out the Views of the people who elected a majority to represent them at "Westminster. It Is worse than Impotent , Far better make an aggressive flght now and lose than shilly shally longer. Other Issue * which I notice are put to the front by those- English radi ( cals , whom Mr. Uepew describes as standing "In awe of the throne and of the nobility , " are Insignificant when compared with the two living Issues homo rule for Ireland and the abolition ot hereditary legislators. To at tempt to pass any of this so-called "social legislation" with the consent of the House ot Lords is worse than folly. It simply | plays Into the enemy's hands. It enables auch adroit and bold anti-homo rule leader * aa Mr. Chamberlain to say : "The House i of Lords Is not as bad as some ot us used to think. Whllo I have said nothing In favor ot hereditary legislators. I am not In favor ot flinging great constitutional change * at the heads of tbo people before they have had time to understand whs.1 they mean , " It : U novortholcsa true that a , majority ot the lib erals , Including : Mr. Chamberlain , have long elnco made up their minds that the House ol I'eera with Us hereditary nonsense must coma day be swept away In the courao ustol progressive events. This conviction has boon deliberately reached. It la no new question thrown at the brads at the people. Xk only nccJs a man ot nerve and force and fighting qualities to cryaUllute tha real demo- crttlc radical sentiment Into practical legis lation and , II beaten tha first lime , follovr it up by a second appeal to the people. A rOLIOY OF NEGATION , Mr. Chamberlain would have been just ths man for the work. Ua was apparently built for the purpose. Moro Is the pity therefore that wo find him wasting his force , his courape , hla energy , lila eJociuenca and lighting qualities on a policy o * negation. \Ve have her a great creative and progrcs- elvo force spending Itselt In vain attempts to stem popular sentiment that la surely running In favor of homo rule for Ireland and the abolition of the House of Lords. In his present altitude Mr. Chamberlain mu't at tlniw be a matter ot wonderment to hlmcolf. Having vigorously advocated all his llfo the right ot the majority ot the people's representatives to glvo expression to the will of the nation he was compelled at L cda , In answer to a question from the audience , to declare such a. majority the crtatlon of a nou tjranny "with 836 tyrants to rule over us , and you nro asked to put the nncrcd llburtlM ot this country , your lives , your properly absolutely at their dis posal , " Tliuo the gnttt commoner of Kng land denounces the House of Commons , Hero we have hla strongest argument In favor ot retaining the House ot Lords , To destroy the higher house would , leave the Commons supreme. Corruption and proceed ings alien to the British spirit "by men who are subsidized by foreign gold" would follow. Pollow what ? The establishment ot an electoral government by a majority of 1'ngllsh people for the English people In Parliament assembled unimpeded by an hereditary house uf one-aided land owners and rich men who make It a business to hlndrr tlio action of one party ami defy the public sentiment of the nation. It la discouraging to find the man Ho shout 1 hnva been leading the hosts to new victories for popular and local government putting all his "lire" and "go" Into such Irrldesccnl flapdoodle as government by 336 tyrants backtil by foreign gold. The Inference here , I suppose , Is United States gold. It Is In deed uphill business for the great radical commoner to argue the necessity of the present Honsn ot Lords. HE DOES NOT CARE FOR DUPES. In the course ot his argument , of which tlif > above Is n fair specimen , Mr. Chamber lain said his opponents claimed "that this degeneracy on my part Is due to my pro- fcrenco for aristocratic society. I wonder sometimes what tliero la In our political controversies which produce this new and singular species of snob who Imputes to public men motives so Inadequate and so paltry. I suppose that the creature actually believes that , say , to shako hands with a duke would bo a temptation too great for hln own virtue , and accordingly he attributes - tributes to others the childish weakness which ts peculiar to himself. " Mr. Chamberlain frankly admits that an hereditary legislative In a representative constitution llko that of Great Britain Is an anomaly which cannot DO logically defended. He" , however , suggests no remedy eave a vnguo hint at .a second or upper chamber such as our senate , which shall be elective. Hut there must be no hurry about this change , because for the moment the House of Lords has vetoed , legislation which Mr. Chamberlain disapproves. Should the reverse - verso happen wo may assume that Mr. Chamberlain might then be willing to fling this great constitutional question at the people In much the same way that his fellow unionist , John Bright , did In the good old radical days , when the noble peers , were more chary \etolng popular measures de manded by the English people lest they should arouse the true sentiment of the people. "IMPATIENT IN DISGRACE. " I In his Leeds speech Mr. Chamberlain was ( rather bitter an name ot the Yorkshire news papers , notably the Leeds Mercury and U rail ford Observer. I was curious to see If they would answer back In true American fashion. I was not disappointed. In an ably written editorial the Leeds Mercury declared he was well gratified to be the modern representative of that false Achl- tojihel of whom Dryden wrote : For close ilealRns and crooked counsels fit , SiKurlous , bold , and turbulent of wit ; Kestless. unfixed In principles and place , In power unpteuseri , Impatient In disgrace. "He came , " says this same Journal , "not to sco old friends , but to denounce them ; tint to advocate his former principles , but to recant them ; not to preside over and to praise the National Federation , but to ridi cule and to vilify It ; not as the enemy of tnrylsm and all Its works , but as Its ardent admirer and willing tool ; not as the con temptuous erltlo of moderato liberalism and Its leaders , but as its ally ; not as the scourge ot those 'who toll not , neither do they spin , ' but as their devoted friend and champion ; not as the advocate of peace and good will to Ireland and the Irish , but as the apostle ot hatred between the two people. " The Bradford Observer , In n less able ar ticle , thus compares the ex-radical to a "frightful example , " used to Illustrate temperance - poranco and Salvation army lectures : "It Is a humiliating part , but Mr. Cham berlain's Inordinate egotism Is Impervious to the sense of humiliation. Ho does not ap pear to realize that he la being- put to much the same use that 'Burglar Dill' Is put to at a Salvation army meeting exposed as a trophy , and set to narrate his experiences after his own fashion to snatch other brands from the burning. " COCK-A-WHOOP RHETORIC. The Manchester Guardian , another able radical newspaper , says : "After ninety years of direct British government the condition of Ireland 1s unlveisally regarded as the chief scandal and the chief -weakness of the | empire. " Mr. Leeky Is at present a union- 1st , and he wrote that passage when ho was a unionist. Still It can hardly ba made by any process of explanation to agree with the views of Mr. Courtney , while as for the cock-a-whoop rhetoric of Mr , Chamberlain , It la only necessary to remind him that "after ninety years of direct British government the condition of Ireland Is universally re garded JIK the chief scandal and the chief weakness of the empire , " and to ask him what ho , whoIs so ready with his criticism | of others , proposes to do In order to bring about a better state of things. Mil. CHAMBERLAIN ON HIMSELF. John Allen of Mississippi has a very od story on the man who followed him once in a local political meeting , "And then , " said this clumsy orator , "you have heard Mr. Allen on 'lilssclf , ' and I am euro he has done that subject full Justice , and I can add nothing to II , " The Westminster Gazette thus refers tom the Leeds speech : "A ' man's Idea of him self Is always Interesting , but the world has long ago decided that It Is not neces sarily correct. It Is certainly not beyond criticism In this case , for not only Is Mr. Chamberlain's description of himself as Ir.an old liberal not a true , description ot him now , but It never was , and It Is curious that the name should be claimed by ono who ' came Into the field of politics , as , above everything , a new radical and a foe ot the : old liberals. Ho abuses the new radical that ha was , ho praises tli& old liberal that he not only Is not. but never was , and he feigns ; not to be the tory that he certainly very " nearly Is. NOT A THINKER. The London Dally News Is rather disap pointing in Its criticisms of Mr. Chamber lain , but the Chronicle dishes him up In this way : "The position Mr , Chamberlain took up at Leeds Is clear enough , little as It corresponds spends with the facts of the situation , The unionist party Is to be the party of moderate social reform , It will all the- oppose - politi cal schemes of the Gladstonlans , and all the revolutionary Ideas of the socialists , and the now unionists. All thla would Interesting enough It Mr. Chamberlain showed any knowledge of social questions or any iloslre to acquire It. But this he has never done. Ha Is not a thinker , and he has not a tlngu of scholarship In his nature. Ills mental output nearly always creates the Impression that he has. confined his reading to news papers and magazine articles , and that his Ideas , vivid as they are , are the mere scrappy suggestions of a clever , keen man , Ivboua I Intellectual training has been Im- measurably Inferior to his ability. " IRISHMEN DISTURBED AND ANXIOUS. In the midst of the political stir which Mr. Chamberlain's opening speeches have created ated conies a calm roylow of the situation In the October number of the New Review by Mr. Justin McCarthy. Llko all ( rue friends ot home rule for Ireland he recognizes , the cals In England are feeling disturbed , It fact that tha Irish people and the true radl- may be all right , as Mr. McCarthy says but the- fact that no strong , clear voice from tha present government bun given the wires ' try a program while the enemy is aggrett. slvely in the field U to say the least dls- couraglng. The disposition to pat forward minor matters for the mere- purpose rardof keeping the present government together U a weak policy and ono that can not luccewl The unionists and tory party will beat Lord Roseberr two to on on these. slJs Issue * . They hav cart toads ot them , suitable to all sorts anil conditions of men , and wind ing up with a grand scheme tor giving every one an old ago pension after 65. The disgust of English radicals and loss ol con fidence ot Irish homo rulers will bo Indeed a calamity to the liberal party , far worse than an appeal to the people and a defeat , Aa Mr. McCarthy says : "The nutunm cam paign has yet to como on , and wo may have authoritative declarations made during the next few weeks which shall relieve or even remove every anxiety. " May this hope bo realized. For the mo ment the outlook Is not propitious. But then the English move slower than most people. In the words ot their own great modern poctr "Step by step we gained a freedom , known to Europe , known to nil ; "Step by step \\e rose to greatness ; by the tonKiicstets we may fall. " But they get thcro just the same. Let us trust It nlll be so In this Instance. JINGOISM IIAMPANT. The Times , followed by the lesser Jingo papers , thunders out n demand for a stronger navy. Jap , the giant-killer , as Punch aptly calls Japan , ban shown how quickly oven a modern navy may disappear under tha In fluence of Etlll more modern torpedoes , and this has xtarted John Bull thinking. In a sensational article , It a ponderous statisti cal essay cin thus bo termed , the Times at tacks the British statistical department for not n presenting In full the Importance ot British commerce. Items of Immense Im portance , It Is alleged , are left out of the account altogether. Instead ot the figures wo are accustomed to use from the Blue books tha account should stand like this ; The total vnliu' of the Bea-borne commerce of the British Empire Is given nt Add for proportion estimated as nbovo of foreign maritime com merce carried In Hrltlsh ships nml owned In .England l,9 > 3COUiO Bullion , specie uml transship ment 859.320,000 Trade of India wltli United King452.GSI.SOO ilom 4D2.58I.EOO Ditto Canada I02lIXn Ditto Austrulntla 272,521.000 Ditto South Africa 111,929,000 Ditto other colonlea estimated as above 213,325,000 Total $ SOSn,45S,000 , This , we are Informed , ts approximately the figure which ought to appear In the admiralty , return. If the maritime Interests of the BritIsh - | Ish empire are to bo computed on the same basis as that on which the maritime Interests of other powers are computed In the same return. England exists by her maritime . power and cannot exist any other way. To destroy that destroys England. Not so with I other nations. They might have their for eign commerce cut off or crippled and not be seriously Injured. Hence no foreign power ever can or will defend Us maritime com merce at sea when at war with England. It will simply do Its best to destroy that of Great Britain. From this arises the Immedi ate necessity of vast expenditures on the navy , A MERCHANT MARINE OF LASCARS. This sound well , but there is another phase ot the question which you do not find In the columns of Jingo Journals. When at Norwich a few weeks ago I heard a good deal said by delegates to the trade congress there as sembled about foreign labor. One gentle man , a member of Parliament , by the way , and a. man thoroughly informed , told me that today there were 30,000 foreigners serving on British ships , besides 26,000 , Lascars , mak * ing a total of 56,000 , to the detriment ot British sailors and firemen. Thla was a na tional question of great Importance , he said ' , for the day would come when England would require her sailors to protect her commerce , and ho told mo that if an outbreak or war took place England would not be able to man the fleet by 20,000 men. England has the ships. She has the- money , but where are- the men coming- from ? This army of Lascars who have driven out the British tar would bo little belter than China men. They would not show the figbtng ( qual ities of olden times and would be a source of weakness rather than of strength. A fleet manned by Lascars and coolies and a con glomeration of crimps would hardly come up to the British Idea , ot first quality fighting material. ' ALL OVER BELGIUM FOR 5. It is a pretty well established fact this side- the Atlantic that cheap railroad fares bring In the largest proportion ot the earn ings. The railroad reports for 1893 have been ! published within the last week and the still j | further reduction of earnings has suggested the usual remedy , namely , that the state take the railroad. Earnings per rolls on the English railways have been shrinking from 4.32 per cent on all classes of stock in 1889 to 3.CO per cent last year. This Is tha low est it has ever touched. The capital In vested In English railways will probably amount to $5,000,000,000 by the end of this year. Expenses , so railroad people say , re Increasing and receipts have about ed the maximum. Meantime cheap as third class railway traveling Is In England the masses of the people In looking toward the continent find It still cheaper. Take for liex aniplo Belgium , where the government owns the railways. I see that for 1 ( $5) ) a person can obtain a. ticket available to travel over the whole railway system of the kingdom , al lowing a fortnight to do It In. A person can go from Ostend to the principal cities of Bel- glum. He could visit Brussels and take a trip to Waterloo , enjoy the art galleries and , relics of the Spanish Inquisition at Antwerp , reflect over tlw departed greatness of Ghent , climb the famous belfrey at. Bruges , study the industrial situation at Mallnes and Liege and enjoy the varied pleasures of Spa , Han Grotto and the famous valley of the Ardennes MIU ELAINE AND ENGLISH RAILWAY TRAVELING ) . This Is ahead of the British third class excursion trains which have become a sort of Institution In the summer time. The fact Is third class traveling Is becoming more popular than ever In this democratic ago and whllo third class carriages are crowded with passengers , coach after coach of empty "firsts" and "seconds" when not abolished are carried over the kingdom. Last year : out ot 873,000,000 passengers carried , on the : English railways 783,000,000 went third class. 753,000,000 person * uslnit third . claan cnrriagea. W.WW.OOO persons uslnif nr t and second class Whllo It may appear Impertinent to criti cise such solemn Institutions as British rail way companies , I would venture the sugges ; I lion that the reason for the above Is the great difference between third class and second class fares. I remember when In London In 1887 with Mr. Blulne , that he com plained very much ot what he Justly con sidered exorbitant first class charges , Ho waa going to Edinburgh. So was I , There weft * . I think , eight In his party , including several ladles. There were four In our party all gentlemen. The first class return tickets . cost 5 , 9a. Cd. ( (27) ) each ; the third class returns. { 2.10 ( J12.M ) each. Mr. Dlalne paid . 43.8. ( $217) $ ) , for his eight tickets. Wo paid 10 , ( $50) ) . for our four tickets. Precisely the same rates are charged today , Mr. Dlalne denounced this to mo as an outrageous dif ference. It Is eight hours' run , and the extra charge far a parlor chair In the United States would hare been $1.GO each , not H4.4C - each. For hla party Mr. Blaine paid nearly . , 3 on each fare In excess of the third class fare , an excess of nearly 24 , ( $120) ) , or , at ho said at the time , the cost of a first class - fare from New York to London. Kor whatl - Merely for a little higher cushion In the carriage and an arm to the seat. The thin ! clas passengers went on precisely the same train , the- carriage was comfortably js li ioned , reached the iU < " * t exactly the same lime , had a carriage to themselves and arrived at their Destination In Jtut nt coed condition. So Ion a. tia this difference exists the English railways will and ought to hav vacant first claid c'rirrlagei ' * . No wonder that the report Juat published ehows that more than a million sterling has been sunk for every million of passengers carried. The third class rtitp , , A penny a mile , was fixed by act of Parliament. The Increasing ( m * portanco of third class traffic has compelled companies to put third class carriages on all trains and Incrcaw the degree of comfort. The English railways areas a matter ot I fact ' , becoming -more and more thff subject ot state control ito. the minutest detail. By this I mean down to the quality and quantity ot the buns and drinks sold at railway res taurants. Nothing Is sacred from the Board ot Trade and Mrs , Slffen. Already I hear the question asked by eminent statesmen and financiers : "Would It not be wise , before - fore the stocks nro darkened still mere by the shadows ct coming events , to make a judicious proposal for the surrender of the lines In cxchanga for consuls ? ANINTEREST1NO COMPARISON. While en tl.o subject of railroads the follow- tug comparative summary for 1893 of the English and United. States railway systems will bo of Interest and perhaps of value. All the figures relate to 1893 : UnlteO Klnfirtom. United Rtntn. Length of all lines. a. 4 nillm ITT.'J miles capital . ? , ; : iot3.w ? ni:3 , < i ; , w.o ) Capital per mile nprn . 2S.9it.2 60,071. earnings. niIM,158.W 303,6 13 , ! 7.GO , , , , . Miscellaneous . IS.UI.M..OJ 93,417,7 .00 Totnl ' 233,300.7G1.50 1,183,1)06,313.00 ) 'vCorklns expendi tures 2S,3JI,717.50 8 ,115,7S.W \Vorklnn expendi ture , per cent . . . . C9.6 704 Net enrnlliKH 170,010,014.04 3JIS-V3 , ) W Net earnings per mile S.S34.11 : .01I71 t'crcontnue ot net enrnliiKH ft mile to capital per mile J.M 302 Speaking roundly and malting allowance for certain duplication In the figures for the United Stale the English capital Invested ts about $5,000,000,000 and the United States about double that amount , or $10,000,000,000. The net earnings per mlle to capital were 3.60 for the English and only 3,02 for the American , but this latter Includes watered stock , and as there It less of that here than at home I suppose the earnings are In fact ) greater at home. The Importance of our vast Internal . commerce may be studied In the lines show- ' Ins total freight earnings. Relatively , .the passenger tratllc la far more Important In I England { than with us. An examination of these comparative statements shows the folly ' of a more comparison ot railway mileage. It also points with tremendous emphasis to the wonderful development of this Island and Its concentration of Industrial forces. Think of the passenger traffic over this area ex ceeding $175,000,000 annually. To ono ac quainted with' the railway systems of both nations the above table Is Indeed a fascinat ing study. HIS PRESIDENTIAL "I" NESS. There Is a clever song published In Truth today as a "take-oft" of the German em peror's recent speeches. It fits so exactly to our own presidential "I" ness that I am prompted to quote a verse : I regulate the universe With flippant spontaneity , Mankind , prepared to blcsa or curse , Or patronize the Deity. No mortal man need me advise In my assumption flighty ; One flrm alone' I recognize Myself nnJ Uod Almighty ! And no rebuff that Fate can send To me Is a. fllshfrart'ner , For in that llrnt , you may depend That I'm thd senior partner ! I Ami thus goes "t " ho chorus : ForI'm _ _ the glorified capital I , Infallible ami emnhatlcal ; Heady myself tc- deify With n. comljlencp dogmatical. Eager , elate. To put things Btralght , With my preternatural "llyness , " A-toosting , bbuMlnir , round the worl Id . .posting"f , ] Iinperial-eria.1 "i" ness ! These 'who liavfe t-ead President Cleveland' ' speeches , letters ( arid messages will not den : that In his caao.Iikothat of. Emperor WI Ham's : "One1 Insp'lritlWs ' ever mine. SJ | only ; theiiie1' ' myself. ' is. ' ' A TIP FOIl EVENING NEWSPAPERS. Editors of evening newspapers In lie United States will be amused to know thai some of the London evening papers rescrv * a blank space which In the later cdltons. la I . used for late newa. This blank ts thu I labelled : LATE NEWS , The "lifting" of unimportant matter nd substitution of late news In the second nd third editions Is with us a simpler matter and quickly performed. It is difficult , there fore , to see wherein the advantage of roil blank spacelies. . Unless it may be justi fied on the ground of economy or because the editor haa run short of matter , or be t cause the source of the news , supply has ilgiven out. Queer , Isn't 117 OVERFED PAUPERS. What next ? Death of a British pauper In the Doncaster workhouse from overeating. Hero Is an opportunity for the Humbles and administrators ot the poor law to dilate upon the Joys and luxuries of "Indoor" pauperism. The direct occasion of this death , however , appears to have been an outdoor excursion. Every one has "a day out" In England , even the London "slavey. Thla Is a privilege as sacred as heredity Itself to the English mind , Of course , the pauper haa his day out. " In thla particu lar Instance the poor fellow seems to have eaten too much , returned to the "house" and died. Now comes the master of the work house and asks the guardians to abolish the paupers' "day out. " He declared that pau pers "often suffered from overeating and overdrinking. " The guardians , however , did not feel authorized to disregard the solemn tradition of a "day out , " even If In so doing additional safeguard would be placed around the pauper population ot the Island. Six days a week the British government will look after the digestion of the merrla pauper , but on the seventh day ho must take care of himself. Thus have the Doncaster poor law guardians laid down the doctrine ot Indi vidual responsibility In a manner quite re freshing In these- times ot state Interfer ence from the cradle to the grave. nOBBRT P. I'ORTER. Till ! TIlRATKnS , "Rash City , " by Gus Hcege , the author of "Yon Yonson , " will ba produced at Boyd's theater on this ( Sunday ) evening. The action of "Hush City" begins In the top story New York office'of John J. Rush , a speculator later , who Is prortloUng the new Oklahoma city , named afterhjruself , and described by htm in the most plowing terms. He Is aided by his typewriter girl In dodging his creditors. He sell * 'lots ' to various people who have reasons , for'emigrating to the now metropolis , a jay rainmaker , a tough gambler u swell pastor , a dude , a practical politician a Boston school rnnhn , a lively young Chicago cage woman , who ( sleeking a divorce. Be sieged by his creditors. Rush In desperation sets fire to his tlWn office and puts out the fire , while they , arn clambering pell mel down the fire eecajpe. The second act finds Rush and his emigrants on the barren shanty-dotted Oklahoma site ot the "city , xvhich on paper Jnqkpd like a second Chl cago. The. population of "Rush City" h augmented by tWa'rrival of a voclferoui cowboy and a theatrical manager , who hai been acting as mayor ot the ndjacenl metropolis of Cactusvllle. The citizen resent Hush's endeavors to control the dec tlpn , whereupon Hush plans to steal am , remove the county seat. In whlcl project he is aided by the tlmel arrival of a cyclone , which Is shown on th stage with great effect. The third act passei at Cactusvllle , whither fome ot the person ages have been borne by the cyclone , other/ by the limited express"drawn by a mule. - The cyclone and the- remove ! have producei very ludicrous complications. Opportunities for mechanical effects and scenic dlspla wlil bo Been to exist In the play and uultn ble accessories are noticeable features o Davis & Keogh'a productions. The lates songs and dances are given , ami a series o humorous animate art pictures. Thecompan ? Include euch well known artists as Matliew and Bulger , T , Edward Hall , Adelaide Ran dall , Merrl Osbourne , Gussle Hart , Josie Clal lln and Sadie Clallln. A splendid production Is to bo given , o THE MORSE DRY WE DO NOT GRAND SALE CHARGE OF- GOODS The largest Fall and Winter TO ANY. est sale of Blankets OUR NEW ever held Spot Cash in Omaha. PRICES A manufac AHE CONTINUING OUR turer's stoclt INTERESTING. on sale. Great New York Sale. OUR NE'W usual-tlle rusl1 wil1 S ° on alld thousands of bar- seekcrs wil1 .be del ltc during the coming week A BLANKET SALE. A STOCKING SALE. Yes , the largest stock of On Sale BOYS' heavy bicycle hose , double knee , heel blankets ever shown in Omaha and toe Al 10 A. M. now on sale at much less than CHILDREN'S wool Ono of line Drosi IMSO hose , with double knee 75c cost to make. Morse bought a APROX GINGHAMS. heel and toe L manufacturer's stock for 12 I'ARim TO A CUS LADIES' fine wool spot TOM KK. hose , spliced heel and 25c cash , toe Snlo commenced last Saturday and LADIES' will continue this week or as Jong1 as A Dress jtilk Sale Fast Black , Cotton PIosc this Htoctc lusts , Our prices cannot bo with white feet , duplicated so they say ( the buyers ) for . spliced 2.1 per cent more. Hotel after hotel Another delivery of silks. " heel , 350 or 3 for $1.00 , 350 This last lot of Now Silkh makes "our fitted out Saturday. slock ono of the finest and best selected A VEST AND PANT SALE , OUR PHICUS AUE : 10-4 White Blankets 27c in the west. On sale Monday. LADIES' AfuIlWhito Blanket 07c Natural wool color , vest , 24 in. blk. surah 75o Extra Gray Blanket 83c and pants , fleeced . . 350 24 in. Gros Grain $1.00 Extra Heavy White Blanket. . . . $1.23 11-4 Gray Blanket . ' . . 1.2S 24 in. Faille FraneaUo 1.25 LADIES' A 82.50 Blanket for 1.08 All Silk bile Armure 1.00 Combed Egyptian Vest , A $3.2.- ) Blanket for 2 33 All Silk blk Gros Grain 75c ribbed , with silk finishf 50o Extra nil Wool Blanket 2.98 Allsilkblk Surah SOc LADIES' Full California Blanket 4.17 All Silk blk Duchesso 1.00 Vary Pine Cashmere Blanket. . . 4.47 All Silk blk Faille Francnlso. . . 75c Natural wool vests , &c &o &c &c &o & .o &c The largest line of novelty silks In ribbed and plain , also Como and see for yourself. the city to solcct from at Too to & 1.UO | pants 50o i Cloal The largest and best upholstery and cur tain department In the city offers Carpets , tGENT Oil Linoleums Cloths , , New Lace Curtains AVED a Of All Kinds. Ou Every Garment Purchased in BBLOW COST. . Hare you seen our 56.00 Imported Brus Our Clonk Department. sels net curtains ? New chcnlllo portieres. ( Ask for those We are showing tha largest line In Omaha. . A few summer patterns ot matting go at wo are selling for J5.QO , Fur jackets and capes , cloth Jackets and half price. New table covers , all colors. ( We have capes , jackets In lengths from 3 ! to CO " Body Brussels , Tapestry UnusoU , Mo- ono at $2.50. ) Inches long. Splendid line of Golf capes , queues and "Wiltons lower than can be sold Wo will all ode your house 25 per cent less Large line of tourist capes , and. In fact , any by any other 1ious . than any one else. thing you may want In the garment line. " Try Department Mail Our Order The Morse Dry Goods Co. Boyd's theater Friday evening , "Diplomacy" Is neither a "gallery" nor a "pit" play , but ono which keeps the attention of both. The story of the drama Is hinged about the Ill- fated love of a , woman , strong , passionate , vindictive , who , when she nees her lover marry another , destroys their happiness by casting suspicion , through Intrigue , upon the honor ot both. The leading role , of course , Is enacted by Miss Kose Coghlan , whose physical and facial qualities suit her for the part of Countess Zlcka , a woman not exactly scorned , but nevertheless with proverbial "fury. " Miss Coghlan's support In this great play j Includes Frederic da Belleville , aa Henry j lieauclere ; John T. Sullivan , as Julian ; Cecil M. York , as Count Orloff ; J. W. Shannon , as Baron Stein ; Miss Maxlne- Elliott , as Dora ; Miss Hattlo Uusacll , as the Marquise , and Miss Blanch Burton , as Lady Henry. On Saturday afternoon a due presentation of Oscar Wlloe's latest play , "A Woman of No Importance , " Is promised by this , most excellent organization. The Interest aroused by this work of Wilde's Is somewhat sur prising. In London It attracted remarkable , audiences , and the same may b& Bald of Nbw York and Boston , where the papers com mented upon tlio Intellectual gatherings. The play 1s said to bo constructed on entirely original lines , being quite free from any furious exhibitions of rage , love scenes and dramatic climaxes , and yet. It la Bald , the Interest la sustained throughout , and Is often " Intense. There Is , of rourse , an abundance < or epigram. It seems this mode of expres sion has become natural to Oscar , but In this case many of them act as a boomerang to the man that utters them. Its central character , the- woman of no Importance , : which Is to be played here by Miss Cocghlan , la ono of the most unique In the drama. The part haa been compared to the woman In scarlet of Nathaniel Hawthorne , and yet she ; Is ofan , entirely different mould , Miss Cogh lan's ' Interpretation of the part U highly com mended , and , judged from a critical stand point , may be said to have been a triumph. / By request , Miss Coghlan will glvo "For- get-Me-Not" on Saturday night. Oregon Kidney Tea cures ntrvoui bf&d. ach i. Trial size , 25 cents. All druggist ) , of' An Unuiuiil Coincidence. Tha Vienna correspondent oC the ; London Standard nays that on ono of the estates of Count Potockl In Qallcla tlia very rare event of a mother , daughter and granddaughter each giving birth to a ion on the lame day has Just occurred. The mother Is IS , and the Infant son la her sixteenth child. The daughter , who has juat presented her hus band with hla eighth , Is 33 years old , and the granddaughter , who waa married last year. Is not yet quite 10. All the three new born sona are xlrong and healthy , and the same may be said of their mothers , who belong to the Polish ] veaeant class. Clinmberlnln'i Colic , Cholera nml IJIurrliuni It em oily. "I would rather trust that medicine than any doctor I know of. " says Mrs. Hattle Mason of Cblltun , Carter Co. , Mo. , In speak ing ot Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoea llrmsdy. For sale by druggists. JIK tin wirs. The Baptists In Sweden number 36,291. They have & 50 churches. It la announced that the national conven tion of Christian Gndeavorcrs In 1805 will be held at Boston , anil not at San Francisco , as has been anticipated. Miss Lucy M. Booth , a daughter of Gen eral Booth , has been appointed commander ot the Salvation army In India , with her headquarters at Bombay. The First Baptist church of Portland , Ore. , has recently dedicated a house of worship which cost $175,000. It will seat 2,200 per sona. The Congregatlonallsta are erecting In the same city a church which will coat over J1GO.OOO. The recent consecration of a Protestant bishop at Madrid , Spain , has led the Spanlst : archbishop of Toledo to Issue a protest on the ground that It Infringes the constitution. Spain U behind the age In the march ot ro- llgloualiberty. . The twenty-fifth anniversary ot the- consecration cration of Bishop Whlttakcr ( Episcopal ) of Philadelphia will be observed October It ts expected ( hat the cvnit w'.H bo one of the most notable In the history of the Episcopal church. Of recent years Methodist mission * In India have been meeting with a wonderful Ingathor- Ing. Bishop Thoburn Bums It up by saying that tor the lait three years the Indian con verts received by the Methodist missions have averaged fifty every day. Hon. Cecil Ilhodei , premier ot Cape Colony , haa given to tli * Baptist church of South Africa. & .000 acres of land In Maahonaland and Matabelelarul for missionary purposes , It U to be divided into three farms or 3.00C acrea each , with two iltet for churches and parsonages connected with each farm. Protestants , Iloman Cathollca , Hebrews and other men and women have banded togcthoi to face , study and meet the neoJs -working- - men's families In the crowded Kast Side tene ments , near Fourtenteh stccre , in New York. A benevolent committee haa undertaken to care for the temporal needs of every family wishing aid , and a sanitary committee : haa been appointed to enforce sanitary laws and tenement house reform. The new altar cross lately presented to Trinity church , New York City , Is on& of tin llnest specimens of this class of work , that haa been produced , and It has been given by a member of the congregation who desires not to bo known as the giver. The cross Ii fifty-four Inches high , of solid brass , gold- plated all over and studded with amethysts , garnets , topazes , crystals , etc. A Very Valuable Slrdlclno , There Is no medicine so often needed In every home and so admirably adapted to the purposes for which It Is Intended as Cham berlain's ' Pain Balm. Hardly a week passes but some member ot the family has need ol It. A toothache or headache may be cured by U. A touch of rheumatism or neuralgia quieted. The severe pain of a burn or scald promptly relieved and the eoro healed In much less time than when medicine has to be sent for. A sprain may be promptly treated before Inflammation sets In , which Insures a cure In about one-third of the time otherwise required. Cuts and bruises should receive Immediate treatment before the parts become swollen , which can only be done whoii Pain Balm Is kept at hand. A sore throat may be cured before It becomes serious , A lame back relieved and several days of valu able time saved or a pain In the wide or chest cured without paying a doctor's bill. Procure a CO-ccnt bottle at once and you will never regret It. For sale by drugglBta. . . hp.inlioil by Lightning : . J Htclianl Cole , the 7-year-old ion oC Albert Cole. 1C23 Walnut- street , Helena , Mont , , did not go to Sunday school the other afternoon , U was not his fault , for , with the assistance of Ills mother , he was getting ready to go as fast , as he could when Providence , or nomo- ' body or something else , interfiled , and all at ' once ( topped Hlclmrd and plans. Tlio lad wvas bending over a trunk , getting out a pair 1 of shoes , when a bolt ot lightning ( truck , tha H house , entered the room ami struck him in > the small of tlio back : and ran downward. Hlchard set up * . yell , and hla very much frightened mother rushed In and picked him up. The first thing the lad did was to ask who It was "that shot him. " The lid's trousers were a complete wreck , having been torn to pieces at the place which wi * to bava occupied the bench at Sunday school , but , strange to siy , bo himself wu not r/ . much hurt.
