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TJI35 OMAHA DAILY HEKi S.VIUI1DAY , NOVEMBER 20 , 135)5. Tire OMAJIA DAILY BEE. Tltn ( Wi'hnut Sunday ) . Onf Ymr . S IJullr lifi anJ SupfiajOna tear . 14 W fill Mr.tr.l . . . > Months . . . . . . . . . 2 n One Y.ir. . . J' ' y IJc * . One Ytnr . . . . . Weekly Dee , One Yenr . 6 OITICKS. Omnlia , Thf Jlf * llulldlng. . . . . . . Boulli Om.ilin , Hlnijtr Illk. , Corner N and ! Uh SI Council Uliirft. 13 rrorl Htreft. ChlciKO Oltlro , 317 Ctinmlifr of CVimmcre * . New York , Iloomn 13. 14 and 15. Trlutne Iliillcllnr WiuliltiKtin , 1O7 K Ktr et. N.V. . All commtinlcnllons relntlns to nw nil fa torlal matter jliculd b aiUrcsjcd : To the LJIlor HUSINRH3 I.KTTKllS. AH li < itietii | | If tiers nml rtmlttcnros lien1J b dilUMKl to The lln > iMbllihlng Company Onidhii , Drafts , cli l < s nnd poMnlllre onlera t b mnile payable lo lli ord r of ' Tin : iiBH Oorse 11. TMdiuck , Mctetnry of Tin lu-e run Ilshlns wmpany , being duly twoin , cays Hint tn cltul nuinWr of full Biiil complclo conle * uf tn Dally Mntnlnc. KvenltiR nnd Sunday Dee prlntr during Ilio month of October , 1S33 , was a fi.l . 1JMM 17 . 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19. 2 IS . > * X . . . 19.301 15 . " ' . ; ' 4 . 10.M1 M . ? ' * t . 19.400 SI . IJ-Jl 6 . 2',153 ' S3 . W.J * 7 . 1J.2M 21 . NUJ 8 . 19.292 21 . ? ' .JJ 9 . 10,2. 2.- . . 1J.3J 10 . 19.135 16 . 19.2J 11 . : . : . . : . . . 19:157 : ? 7 . . 12 . 19.211 2S . 1J.1J 13 . 2D.170 20 . 19.2i' 14 . IH.717 30 . 9. = 5 15 . 19.255 11 . . 16 . 1.1.176 Total Lei's deductions for unroM and relumed copies . . . PI'- ' Xct nlc.i . " ' ; $ avc""w . Sworn to Wore mo nnd imb rlliPd In prpence tills W ( lav of November. 105 , ( Seal. ) N. P. TKII. . Notary Public. SI'KCIAli TIIANKSmVING NUMHKH. THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BUR TIIANKSOIV1NO DAY : I Tow tlio luilliliiy Is observed In town nnd country Whore the tut key comes from nml how It Is Kottcn ready for tlio mniUtit on ( hi- Brent turkey limns of the c'onntiy ThunhKRlvlMK dinners econotnlrally prepaivil t home with results Unit rival the bumiiicls of pro- cutci'un ? . THANKSGIVING FICTION- : A Hj-mpoMltim of nttrncttvc llin Blvlntr stories told liy nnlhors of Ions established populnrlty MRht roadlnu' for the TlwnksBlvltiR holldny that will brlRhten things up nnd entertain and amuse. UKKXCKUM3D SI'KCtAT , FRATITUKS In nddltlnn to tlie.sc inla dn > ' attrac tions , nil The JJce's regular Hpeclal fea tures will appear Another ehntjler In the current pcrlul Interviews nnd de scriptions from the pens of famous 'au thors NPWHV dcpartmcntH for sport , vn- cletv , fashions , youth Incomparable , 'cable , telegraphic nnd locnl news ferv- Icc. THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BUEL SPECIAL THANKSGIVING NUMUKR. Tlio controversy botweou .Tolin Slior- innu nnd Uiisscll A. Aljror Is to bcconio wplcy 1C not Lord Pmmiveii otislit to be tsuiKlit to know when he haw had enoiijli nnd to maintain silence when that time ar rives. There is room for improvement in Omaha's street railway accommoda tions. The rolling stock Is running down and hob-tail trailers are tin eye sore as well as a nuisance. Two-years In the penitentiary for a Missouri judge of. election convicted of fraud in connection wltli the election returns. A few examples of tills klml In different parts of the country would Lave a salutary effect. Latest London advices .say that Sultnu Abdul Ilamid may visit Kag- land. Anything to get away from Turkey under the present trying cir cumstances would no doubt be a pleasurable relief for his Turkish majesty. J _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ San Kranclsco must bo given credit Cor at least one thing in Its campaign for the republican national convention. It IK going about the matter in a strictly business manner aud if It doesn't get the prl/.e It will not bc because it did not exert itself for It. It Is said that some of the pupils over school age In the High school are paying tuition for their instruction. What of It ? Under what authority does the Hoard of Kducatlon undertake to maintain ti private pay school for people not of school ageV Different American cities continue to express sympathy for the Cuban revo lutionists and to encourage filibustering expeditions from llie I'nlled Slates. Tlio sympathy is all right , but the filibustered threaten to get both them selves and others Into trouble. Sentiment concerning the proposed union depot has readied the point of enthublasm. It Is something to which our people can point as evidence that the town Is alive and determined to forge ahead In spite of alleged adverse conditions. All sudi evidences are uecded al this time. The Klkhorn road shows a disposi tion to go It alone In fixing grain rates from Nebraska points to the ea'st and stand by Omaha In her fight with Kan- .sas City. In that event the shippers of Omaha and Nebraska would certainly reciprocate nnd throw their business to the KlUliom and connecting lines. And they ought. There Is such a tiling as protesting too much. One of tlio Louisiana dele gates to tlio national republican con vention of ' 88 has taken It upon him self to certify that he voted for Gen eral Alger as second choice to .John Sherman and to deny that negro dele gates are In the habit of selling their votes. One would Infer that the habit of selling votes Is one reserved exclu sively for white men. That assump tion is scarcely berne out by the In side history uf national conventions. Business men should remember that The Morning lice lu par excellence the business man's newspaper. Its commer cial page Is not even approached by alleged competitors. Its telegraphic and news columns are n iwrfect reflex of the happenings of the previous day , while its editorial page contains clear niul sensible discussion of current events of Immediate Importance , The business man who falls to take The Morning lice runs the risk of being churgcd with being behind the times. TIIK I'.HtAUOL'XT ( j Men of nil parlies ndmlt thnt the paramount question at Ihl.s time Is ( hat of providing the government with sufll- dent revenue to meet expenditure-si. Since * the present adinlnlstralloii cnme into power there Im.s been n steadily accumulating deficit and Ihc liitoropl- bearing national debt has been In creased lo the extent of ? 102,01 (0,000. ( .Such a condition of affairs in a time of peace Is most extraordinary ami If permitted to continue must seriously Impair the iintlonal crodlt. ruder the operation of tin : existing tnrlft law there has been n large liu'icast * In the value of imports wlthov.t a correspond' Ing Increase in customs revenue , while at the same time the receipts from Infernal - fornal taxes have fallen off , according to the report of the commissioner of Internal revenue , nearly $1.000,000 for the last llscnl year. All the estimates of treasury receipts made by olllcials of the department up to this time have been considerably In excess of results , and while It Is pusplhlc that receipts will Improve during tlio remaining months of the current fiscal year the probability Is that the monthly dellclt will continue unless provision be made for more revenue. How this shall be done Is a perplexing iltiestlon. It Is the general understand ing and Is undoubtedly well founded that Mr. Cleveland AVlll not. assent to any proposal for Increasing tariff duties. lie did not approve the pres ent tarllf net , which does not go as fat- in the direction of so-called tariff re form as hu desired , but none the less he is disposed to let It Miami as It Is and in this respect It Is not doubled that IIP will have the support of the senate democrats. On the. oilier hand It Is assumed that whatever measure for raising more revenue shall be passed by the republicans of the house of representatives will be In accord with the tariff policy of the party. It Is not expected that a general re vision of the tariff will lie underlakei : . though there are republican members of congress who are in favor of doiuj , this , but that it will be proposed to ad vance certain duties , transfer wool aud perhaps some other articles from the free to the dutiable list , and make some changes from ad valorem to specific du ties. There are some republicans who think It would be best not to touch the iarllT and others counsel letting the whole question of more revenue rest , but it Is not probable , the advice of either will prevail. The majority of the republicans in congress , there Is reason to believe , will regard it s a duty to adopt legislation for raising more revenue and to frame it on pro tection Hues , believing Hint , this Is what , the people want. Such being the situation there Is small 'reason to ex pect that anything will be done for giving the government more revenue during tile term of the present admin istration. Still it Is possible that some sort of compromise may be readied. The ad ministration is expected to propose Increasing - creasing the beer tax from $1 to .fli per barrel , which it is estimated would yield .fltO.OOO.OOO additional revenue. 1'ossibly the republicans will be willing to increase the tax HO cents per barrel. Mnklng tile duty on sugar specific in stead of ad valorem would add several million dollars to the revenue and it may be possible to bring the adminis tration and congress together on such a proposition. Other changes from ad valorem to specific duties , as to which there ought to be no conflict , would add materially to the Income of the government. It lias been sug gested Hint a moderate duty on tea , which would not be felt by the con sumer , would yield a generous sum , and also probably have the effect to im prove the quality of the tea that comes into the country. Obviously there are ways enough of meeting Hie exigency without appreciably increasing Hie bur den of taxation upon the people , but the dlfliculty is to compose the conflicting partisan consideration ! ! and whether ibis dllllculty can be overcome Is prob lematical. TIIK HOVXK UWICKS. The contest of the candidates for the olllces in the new house of representa tives Is becoming very ardent am ) of course will grow more spirited as the time of Hie meeting of congress ap- n-onches. All the candidates have icadquarters established In Washing ton and they and their friends are re- mrted to be Industriously button-holing irrlvlng members. The greatest Inter est centers in the olllce of clerk , which s a very responsible and honorable ) osllion. At present Hie prominent can. lldates are Mr. McDowell of Pennsyl vania and Mr. Henderson of Illinois , ) oth ex-representatives , and while It Is n-olmblo that one of these will be chosen , it is quite possible Hurt another mm will carry off the prl/.e. Other de sirable positions are those of door- < eeper , postmaster , and sergeaiit-at- inns , for each of which there tire BOY- ral candidates. It is not commonly known that the mtronngo of these elective ollices of lie house of representatives Is very arge , while the emoluments are also onslderable ; The aggregate salaries mid subordinate olllcers of the house , lot Including clerks of committees and ndlvldual clerks to members , Is $ i"- ( X ) per annum , distributed as follows : Clerk of the house , $80,000 ! doorkeeper , l-iOtOO : ; postmaster , ? ± . ' , -IOO ; sergeant- it-arms , Ifi.OOO. These ollidals receive oed salaries. The salaries of commit- ee clerks , personal clerks to mem- ) urs and other beneficiaries will well the figures to about ? 600- KX ) n year , which Is the amount aid for the clerical and mechanical ervlces employed by the house of rep- esentatlvea. It will thus be seen that lie house ollidals have the dispensing f n considerable sum of money and f In addition there be taken Into nc- ount the'salarles of 35U representatives t fr > , ' 000 per annum each it will bo ound that the popular branch of con- ress Is a quite expensive body. The est of running the senate , however , Is roportlouately greater than for run- Ing the house. The Washington cor espondent of the riilludclphtn Ledger ays It Is within bounds to place tlio unual cost of the two houses for cleri cal nnd other labor nt Sl.TOO.OOO , nnd persons who are familiar with the methods and business of congress are confident that these figures could be re duced nt least one-third without Inter fering with the progress of business. There Is no likelihood , however , of such n. reduction being made , the tendency being rather In the direction of greater outlay. rnB MIMMI'S ( fOlXd Ol'T. Today's steamers for Europe will take out nearly .f..CXiO.OOO In gold , mak ing for the week $7,500,000. This re duces the treasury gold reserve to a little over $ S,000,000 : ! , with n prospect of a further demand upon It next week and the certainty of a heavy drain at the beginning of the new year , only about live weeks hence. It is a fact es tablished by experience that If the re serve cannot be increased in October and November , months usually marked by large gold Imports , there Is little hope of Increasing It during any other part of the year , so that Instead of looking for an Improvement in the re serve there is every reason to expect a steady and perhaps rapid decline. There is a plausible explanation by a treasury olliclal of this week's export movement , but It omits one very Impor tant consideration. That is the fact that wo are rapidly Increasing Hie vol ume of our indebtedness to Kit rope through excessive Importations. Of course this Is the effect of the demo cratic tariff and therefore would not be taken Into account by a democratic olliclal , although obviously the chief cause of the outward flow of gold. It is stated from Washington that no prepa rations are making for a bond Issue and ' > f course the administration will want to see , what congress may pro pose , but another issue of bonds within the next ninety days Is highly probable. If not inevitable. It is not apparent Hint congress can do anything to avert it. ItKSClXU THAT ItVS The charter provision concerning the bond of the city tieasurer may not be as specific JIM It should be , but it can not possibly be construed into authority for the council to fix the amount of tin- bond below twice the sum that is likely to come Into the custody of the trean- urer at any one time. On August HI the balance In the city treasury was $ : ; r > 1,000 , and in all like lihood the balances in the treasurv on August 1 , lSi ! ) ( , and on August 1 , 1S)7 ! ) , will not fall below that amount. The taxes collected during 1S ! ) ( ! and ISilT may fall below the average of recent years , but the amount of money likely to be in the treasury Is almost certain to be greater , for the very reason thai property owners default on their tax payments. There are now $1,000,000 of .short-time city bonds outstanding which are payable from the proceeds of special tax levies. A large portion of these bonds falls due every year. If the grading and paving taxes remain unpaid new bonds must be sold to take up those fliat have matured. The pro ceeds of these refunding bonds usually remain in the treasury from thirty-Mo- ninety days. During this period the balances in the treasury arc swelled by whatever amounts have been realized from bond sales. This condition of affairs must necessarily be taken Into consideration In estimating Hie amount of money likely to come into the hands of the new city treasurer , it is cer tain that tlio treasurer will oftener have in Ills custody from Jf0p,000 : ! to ' flOO.OOO of public funds than 'he will less than if OO.OOO. The law does not contemplate a strik ing of averages. On that basis the treasurer who had half a million In his custody one month in Hie year , $50,000 during two months in the year , $20,000 during four months in tlio year aud $10,000 during the remaining two mouths would be allowed to give a bond for oiiiy $12',000. Would that meet the requirements of the law ? Would a bond for $1 L',000 afford ade quate security against embe///.lement during the month when there was a half million dollars In tlio custody of the treasurer ? This is not an Improb able estimate. It is precisely the con dition of the school fund balances. At the beginning of the year $1200,000 comes Into the school treasury , while during half the year the ledger shows a deficit. Assume that the 'treasurer handles t ! 100,000 during the year , that half Hint sum is in Ids possession one month and the other $200,000 is scattered over the period of eleven months with average - ago monthly balances of $25,000 , his bond on the basis of computed average : ) would be only $78,000 , when under Hie law it should be not less than $ -100,000. And oven if lie had only $150,000 at the beginning of Hie year it should be not Jess than $ : ! 00,000. In overriding the law the council has set a Dornlciuus cxamnlo. The resolu tion to reduce the treasurer's bond to $ -100,000 should be rescinded. Tlio bond of the present incumbent is bulow the requirements of the law and n further reductlonof ? 150,000 is carrying It to the danger point. The Young Men's Christian associa tion has gone before the board of equal ization to protest against any assess ment of the property of the association for taxation. The assessor returned tills property under the law which ex empts property used solely for religious purposes and from which no revenues tire derived. Church property held for speculation mid property which earns rentals for the society owning It Is clearly liable to taxation , us . has many times been set forth at length by The Hoe , Our revenue laws have for years been uvnded In this Important regard. It Is pretty near time to make an attempt to enforce them. It remained for Hie park board to give the taxpayers of Omaha tlio first example of genuine retrenchment in tL'o year of our Lord 181)5. ) It passed u resolution asking for but 1 mill levy for park purposes for. 18Mi. ! Tlio connell - ell , of course , will take the board at Its word , but the chances are the city fathers will avail themselves of tills easy opportunity of adding tlio extra half mill which might have been de manded for the park fund to BOIIIO oilier deplritnieiit which has no Inten tion of cA1fiji | down expanses. It Is to bt < liopea"f.Hivi'vi't1 , that the example of the pad ; board will not be lost. The m'xV decision of the supreme court chalking the previously accepted Inlciprctullun of the constitutional pro vision bj'wldch statutes go Into effect three iiilctidnr months after the ad- journmont-tif the legislative session at which HID.VI itire enacted Is likely to cause sotuei'tlttlc confusion with re spect to tegal1 proceedings had during the perlofl'lh'Niuesitloii. It means that numerous-laws went Into effect nearly a month before they were observed. It. will probably require no little litiga tion to get matters straightened out. After a desperate struggle the Flour- noy Land company has been subdued by the federal courts , as have all par ties who sought lo profit by leasing In dlan lands on the Wlnnebago reserva * lion and In turn sub-letting them to farmers. Out of 1,5(00 ( cases only less than a doxen mun have failed to corn- lily with the orders of the Interior de partment , nearly all having leased the lands legally , which means that the Indians will receive the rentals paid. The pestiferous middleman has been routed. According to Judge Hlner the stale of Wyoming has no right to enforce game laws against the Itunnock Indians in contravention of their treaty with the United States. In other words , the Haunocks were only exercising their lawful rights when they were out hunt- lug last summer "and ran up against Hie white man , who wanted to do all the hunting himself. Had the whites re spected the treaty obligations of the I'lilted Slates there would have been no occasion for an expensive Indian war scare. The Sunday Nee will be a special Thanksgiving number. The Thanksgiv ing features , however , will be In addi tion to Its. regular Sunday attractions aud will make it one of the best news papers that has been issued In this part of the west. It Is needless to .say thnt every one who reads The Sunday llee always gets the full worth of his money and thnt the coming Sunday will rein force this fact most emphatically. Don't fall to buy The Sunday Hoe. It was only to be expected that so soon as ( lilcagp took active steps toward securju tlio location of Hie re publican mttio'njjl convention New York would slavi .after it too. New York would likeltbHiave It only to prevent Chicago frojiii' gluing it. O > mliur Our Wiiy. 4nll:3oll3 ] : Journnl. PollowliiR jfok $ after the- announcement that Americans "Jfave got the lion's share of the contraets-for lurnlshlng armor plates for two new Russian war ships conies a { hte- ment that a Japanese naval expert , after thorough Invcs Igatlon of the battle ship In diana , has made a report to his government so highly favorable that It is cxpcctcJ to sc- cure new contracty , for American ship hulld- ers. Things scemto _ ho coming our way. Minneapolis Times. , . The remark of Mr. Bryan of Nebraska that If the democracy should declare for gold standard he would leave the party , suggests JJiat Mr. Bryan would better get back Into the party , which he left for the populist party mere than a year ago , hffore trying to scare anybody by talking about leaving It. But ft h ; imagines himself still In the party , the result of tils recent elections ought to be sufficient hint UtV. It Is time for him to move out. iitf ( InTurk. . Chicago Tlmcs-IIerald. Crediting the 'sultan with honest Inten tions , which It requires an extraordinary historical Imagination to do , there remains tli3 unfortunate circumstance that the furious forces within the Ottoman empire are almost beyond lily control. Turkish government Is merely organized robbery and cruelty , changing from time to time only in degree of baseness and Infamy. As soon as It Is known that the sultan has pros trated himself , as It were , before a Christian power , his control over tlio fanatics of the movque and the barracks will wholly ceass , and hla death , not the Inauguration of re form , will be Us certain consequence. Dunriivi'ii'M Conduct. Ne\v York Sun. Wo need not consider Lord Dunraven'a ability to prove his charge , or the evidence which he- will adduce In support of It when he comes before the Investigating committee , ft Is conceivable though that af er this lapse of two months it might be Impossible for the New York Yn'cht club to prove the falsontss sf the charge so absolutely that prejudice and Ill-will could not find a shadow under which to shelter criticism ; and on that ac count alone the conduct of Lord Dunraven must be pronounced dastardly and contempti ble. "Ill advIsEd , " or "rather hasty , " as some of our more reasonable British contem poraries have It , doesn't fit the case at all. o After tin * rirrciil > in-U , Wlintf Clilrn o Itecoitl. The fact cannot bo emphasized too strongly that maksihlft currency legislation Is bane ful , The greenback , first issued as a tem porary expedient , made necessary by the exi gencies of war , luiu been retained In our cur rency nystem largely as a concession to po litical expediency. But before retiring grsen- baclta the government must bo prepared to fill their place. A plentiful , elastic nnd safe currency is necessary. The greenback has served a good purpose in the financial nystcm of the nation. If Its period of usefulness In at an end It shcuM now bo retired only In favor of a better1 medium of exchange. As yet no satisfactory or even safe plan of sub stituting other notes has been brought for ward by th9 BflV'o'fnmcnt. Tlio I to toii > I > nulll ] ) < > li ( . Clilcaua Chronicle , Some people ( ? U < Thave learned that Secre tary Hoke Smltn t/elleves In a continuous railroad line fro n Omaha to the Pacific , and who knouu thatho has lately held up all patents of laiidfcwtliebondaided roads , are looking fore Eonja. Yaillcal recommendation In hla forthcomln rtgprt. They ar ? looking for thla In comitcUot ? with a plan for settling the lndebtedne ! # . Cthe roads to the govern ment. But tl > * 3dc not explain how the government , with Jti inferior lien , can rnn- solldate the Union jjid Central Pacific roads Into one , nor do tfieyicxptaln what connection there Is between the land patents and a settlement of tlifindebtedness of the com panies to the Hojoi4mert. The government bus a lien , Huchin,4t is , but that does not touch the land fljrafUed to the roads until after foreclosure girw 'the government posses sion of all the property covered by the lien Secretary Smith will undoubtedly make his recommendBtloni , put they are- not likely to have much to do nflth the land grants or with a continuous read. niiiTisit As A Sliul.v of IIIuli Ornilc Nrrvr Din- lilnj ' l In tlir IlrrltiK Sen Claim * . Cincinnati Itaqtilrcr , There could not be a finer study on the subject of British assurance than Is to be found In the IlcrliiK sen claims , now under consideration between the United States and the British government , represented re spectively by Secretary of Stnto Olncy nml the British amn.iMador , Sir Julian I'mincc- tote. Sir Julian will be coached by two member * of the Canadian cabinet who are thoroughly familiar with the desires of Canadian walcrf , whose vessels were seized by the Vnltctl States revenue cutters. It will be remwiibcred that the seizures were made by the United States upon the claim that they were conimUUnK depre dations In American water * , or upon Ameri can rights of ownership In the seals. The Paris tribunal decided against the t'nltcd States' claim to Mich ownership , nnd that therefore the Canadian sealers were en titled lo damages for the cclzure.s. The question now to be determined is what damages were sustained by the seal- CM. The se.ileM claim over ? 1,000,000. Our compliant administration WAS pemiaded by Sir Julian Paunccfote to propose to the last congress the payment of $472,000 In- full settlement of these clnlnu' . S.nator Morgan , who was n member of tin. ' Paris tribunal , stoutly resisted In the allowance nt this ex travagant MUD. In the debate In the hou.ic ittprcsentntlvo HIM. who has made himself entirely familiar with all the testimony , de clared that $50,000 would bo cnouali to nay ill \\ell founded claim ? In this belief. He ttatcil that the British claimants themselves placed the nmcunt of thPlr real loises at $1G5,000 up to that tlmu. But they want to bo paid for the value of the seals whVh they might have caught If they hnd not been seized. This "estimated catch" was nl that time $377,000. making the total of their cl.ilniD $042,000. This amount has grown until , as above stated , It IB uuderjtood to reach over $1,000,030. Great Britain ap pears to have made herself the agent of American owners , who. In violation of the laws of their own country , were engaged In catching seals In the Bering sen , Thesi- domestic law breakers transferred their vcs- wls to Canadians , who thereby bccnmo British claimants. All such claims will , of course , ba repudiated by this government , as will also the so-called "estimate catch. " The attempt to grab over $1,000,000 where $50,000 would he a fair settlement , prop-1 erly represents the British Idea of the ease with which Uncle Sam can be plucked. The I'arlM tribunal heard no evidence am ) expressed no opinion as to the damages sus tained by these British sealers. The liber ality of our State department In asking csugress to pay $425,000 was at once t-clzcil upon by the British nuthurltles an a fixed obligation , notwithstanding the refusal by : ongress to tolerate any such folly. They liavc gone HO far ns to accuse this govern ment of bad faith In refusing to pay thlt Imaginary amount , which seems to have been arrived nt by a combination of good nature and guess work. Ths rebuke adminis tered to the administration liy the last ( -oil- press on ttily subject w'.ll teach the British unbassador that It will be a waste of time 'or his friends of the Canadian cabinet to enter into any estimate ns to what seals night have ben caught , but what were not caught , ae for them to. make any attempt to transform American poachers Into Brltlsl claimants , In older that they may drav noney from our treasury as a reward for violating the laws of thslr own country. Iitti-lllxi'iitM * liilinli-itl lii HlKofry. Itaston Glol- . President Capen of Tufts Is as violently opposed to secret political organizations as are nearly all the other college president.1 ! of the country. The A. P. A. , althougl ostensibly organized for the protection o education , lias not succeeded In gaining tin support of the prominent educators of the country. THANKSGIVING NUMBER. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. A WOMAN 1NTEUVRNBS : Another Installment of liobsrt Bnrr's fascinating story of American experi- fcnce' In London , told in attractive lan- uuage anil-Illustrated with well drawji pictures. OUU GUKAT DAY OF THANKS : Thanksgiving day celebrations for dif ferent people In different parts of the country ThanksRlvlnir as observed In the good old-fashioned way Thanksgiv ing decorations Thanksgiving turltcy ; whore It comes from nnrt how It Is pre pared for the festal day A modest Thanksgiving dinner menu Thanksgiv ing poems from the pens of popular American authors. THREE THANKSGIVING STORIES. A page of Thanksgiving day Motion that will make the reader revel In de light A story written especially for women readers by Vina Fitch , hand somely Illustrated A story of ship wreck on the ircat lakrs , with a rescue by a party of young cilli-ulans , written by George I. . . Kilmer A story of adven ture with wolves In the Maine forests by George E. Ganfncr Fiction to please everybody. AUTHOR OF TIUIU1' INTERVIEWED A bright fresh Interview with George Du Maurier at his homo In the suburbs of London He teKs of his early tru2Blcs and later activities In art and literature and explains the origin of his wonderful story ami the Ideals that the different characters represent More about the Whistler Incident. CAI'TL'RE OF CHIEF JOSEPH : Another Interesting article on Indian warfare In this Inturcstlim FerleH of ox- trnctH from the book soon to be pub lished by General Nelson A. Miles , now commanding the United States army Incidents that culminated In the capture of the famous Chief Joseph. HAI'STEAD ON GARFIELD. All Interview with Mural Halntead on the charges brought against Gnrlleld's integrity by John Sherman The veteran Journalist holds that Mr. Sherman's charges arc not justified ; that Gnncral Garlleld's conduct at the convention of 1SSO was honest and straightforward , ' SOCIAL SEASON AT ITS HEIGHT : The launching of thu buds contlnuos Brllllam-y of the much-bruited Dickin son reception nnd clanelni ; party nt Ilio Mlllard More weddings anil cngnKe- inonta Many put-of-tov.'n visitors In formal ontortalninentB Increasing In number Movement of the society folk. IN WOMAN'S DOMAIN : French fashions for ball nnd dinner cciBtumeii direct from thj be t Parisian designers of women's wear Outdoor sports In which prominent American women Indulge Coming wcddlnj ; of Miss Rockefeller and Mr. McCormlck , representatives of two of America's richest famlllfs Progress * of women waKo-earners Fashion notes ami gossip about well known women. . THE WOULD OF SPOUT : Review of sporting events in amateur nnd professional circles Foot bull now the center of sporting enthusiasm Pros pects of the BO me on local gridirons With , the gun and rod News of every branch of the sportsman's world. FOR OUU YOU.NG READERS : Walter Camp's Interesting story of foot ball experience , "Thu Substitute" Con- tlnued migrations In the animal king dom Prattle of the youngsters ami other bright bits for young readers , boys and girls. ROUND ABOUT ON WHEELS : Famous Ohio politicians who are , seek ing recreation astrldo the wheel Spec ulation us to next year's wheel crop and next yenr'n wheel prices Popular ity of thu bicycle among men and women of every occupation , anil of all classes Nnws notco about bicycles nml bicyclers Renewed activity among local wheel clubs and Omaha dovoteea of the wheel. THE OMAHA SUNDAY UNEXCELLED ! HEAD IT ! Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report Bakin Powder ABSOLUTELY PKJKE I > AVP .Miuciifs : : mi.i , . Milwaukee Senllnclt Wo haven't mueh of nn nriny , yet Congressman Mercer of Nebraska thinks wo ohoulJ provide more facilities for the manufacture of nrmy ofllcer ? . He there fore will Introduce a hill for the establish ment of another mllltnry academy like Writ Point , to bo located In the neighborhood of Omaha , les Molncs Leader : HepresenUtlve Mer cer of Nebraska has a bill. He Intends In troducing it into the next congress. It pro vides that n second Vnltctl States military academy shall lie established , with Its locus Onuha. Mr. Meiccr will probably net 111 * military academy for Omaha about the time Representative Hull sets Ihc military post for Des Molnct. Buffalo Express : Representative Mercer of Nebranka thinks the country needs another military ncademy In addition tn West Point und wilt undertake next winter to get connre 9 lo have one located Jn Nebraska. West Point seems to \ > 3 ample to meet the needs of our present army. It would b-j wise , however , to establish West Point pre paratory schools , the students to be regular enlisted men , and to receive nn education corresponding to the ordinary high school training , as compensation for thiee years' service as soldier. " . Thus our standing army would heeonio thoroughly American nnd re publican. Men wishing to adopt the military profession permanently and showing the requisite proficiency could be sent to West Point from the training schools and be educated for ofllcers. AIMHIT Al Minneapolis Times : Senator Allison Is the kind uf a candidate for president who does not propopa to join the procession until It Is ready to start. Chicago Times-Herald : Senator Allison will not engage In n rcramblc for the presi dency. At the same time If the scramble happens lo take place In the lownn'a Imme diate vicinity ho will not deem It his duty to gather up the skirts of Ills toga and run' away. Seattle Times : Senator Allison Is not one of those who believe that tlio olllce should be allotted to seek the man entirely without ap- S"tnncn ! on the part of the man , and t > o he has come out of the wilds of Iowa and started what he admits Is an aggressive canvass for the presidential nomination. Chicago Chronicle : Senator Allison's platform - form as a candidate for the republican presi dential nomination Is very simple nnd has the great merit of candor and dignity. He says : "I want It , but I shall not scramble for It. " Compared with the perfect frankness nnd decency of this statement the candidates cut a poor UKure who admit that they nro "In the hands of their friends" or "would accept the nomination If tendered to them. " I3vcry- bojy knows that each of them wants It as badly as Allison docs , but has not the honesty to say so. And most cf them will be In a scramble for It before three months. UMOX 1'AUIKIO TISLHRIIAIMI. Davenport Republican : The supreme court of. the United States has declared void the contract between the Union Pacific railway and the Western Union Telegraph company , by which the railroad company binds Itself to allow no telegraphic competition along Its line. The offset of this will open the way for other telegraph lines between Omaha and Ogdcn , nnd is certainly In the Interest of the people's business. Springfield Republican : According to the unanimous decision of the United Slates supreme premo court the Western Union company must get off the line of the Union Pacific Railroad company and the latter must It self operate the wires on its right-of-way. Western Union stock fell about two points yesterday , wh'cl" reflects the first opinion of Wall street as to the damage done to the company by the decision. Denver Republican : This decision may result In greatly reducing telegraph toll ? between points along the line of the Union Pacific system. The charter of the company requires It to maintain a telegraph system , but this obligation was avoided for years by a lease to the Western Union under which the latter acquired the exclusive right tr use the Union Pacific wires. It Is hopsc that In a short tlmo the 'railroad company , whetlier It wants to or not , will begin opr- ating Its lines , and that thus the Western Union will be compelled to make better rates to people living In the far west. Philadelphia Times : The ground of the opinion Is , first , that any telegraph com pany accepting the terms of the act of 1SGG has the right to place Its poles on any postal route of the United States , providing they do not Interfere with the operation of the rnllniy I'.xMf ' , nnrt r-ecend , thnt the Union k Pacific railway In bound ( o manage nd I opetnte Ha r > wn telegraph line. The chief I Importance of tiiU ilcchlon In that It li f 'Inmcil ' upon n broad ami comprehensive ! Interpretation of law , \\hlch Is likely In the j eml to put an end to neveral monopolies L that v.ete supposed to bo beyond Miccersful f attack upon legal grounds. Phllidclphln Press : The supreme court if the United States his rendered n rlghtcaks decision In declaring null and void the con tracts between ( lie Union Pacific ) Railroad , company nnd the Western Union Telegraph company , liyhlch the latter was given the dole rlRht to maintain telegraph illicit nlons the rallio.id. The decision goes farther anil declares that any ti-lt graph company which accept ? the terms of the net of 1SC6 has the right to place Its poles on any postal roil to of ( lie. United States , provided It does not Interfere with the operation of the railroad , f This will put nn end to the Injustice under which railroad companies , granted special powers by Ihc government , force a monopoly In another line of business. The course , of the t'nlon Pacific , n road virtually paid for by the people , was particularly unjust , It will now have to operate its own telegraph line and afford the wmw facilities to aU other companies , .tllltTH 1llltV.MK. . York Itciiilil , "Don't glvo me gas , " the patient said , "I fontthnt If you tlo , And use the kind 1 get nt homo , You cannot sou me through , " \Vn-hlntte.ii Star. The gaudy bis chrysanthemum Is chosen by the few , But cabbages li larger , an * They make n better stew. Yenow lno' Nowa. The glorious charge of the Mght brigade , Uy Tennyson famously .sung , Is nothing to that which my doctor mndfl Kor taking a look at my tonguu. Dcttolt Tilliunr. I love the ground beneath her feet , Kor HO mo day 'twill bo hers. And 1 inn ready her to take , Kor better or for worse. Inillnnaiiolln Journal. She wears the bloomer for her health. The corset which all laws Of health dclles she still Includes In her wardrobe , "just because. " Wn.shltiKtcm Star. Valkyrie Is an nblo ark Kor trophies rare to prowl ; Indeed , their gallant little baric Is better than their howl. j llnston Cornier. vf Ho asked her If she'd have Ice cream , In accents soft and low. The wind was high , the night was cod ! He thought that rho'd say no. llut ho was wrong ; she said "I will , " With face supremely glad ; And what she ate that night , lias ! Took every cent ho had. II1S WIVIXITV. 1'ctrolt I.'rep Press. I sit within the cushioned pew. Hut must confers my thought ! : ! pursue A rather worldly course , In lieu Of penitential llrp. Ynt none within the edifice In worshlplng'nrr- remiss My thoughts nre tinged with heavenly bllsf , Kor Ncllle'H In the choir. A witching' figure , straight and trim , She .stands and caroln forth the hymn , She blushes 'ncath her broad hut rim , To PUC how I admire. I watch her lovely , pulsing throat. Her dlmplcH and her curls I note Celestial miihlc seems to float , Kor Nellie's In the choir. In through the chnncci window slips A rosy sunbeam , and It sips The sweetnesH oC her laughing lips , And never BCCHIS to tire. . , And whllo the pastor does expound , And lull Ills Hock to slumber sound , 'TIs love that makes my world go round , For Nclllc'8 In the choir. A SICNTIMISNT. \Vashlngtcn Stnr. "No place like home ! " That hallowed spof Where sorrows fade awny. Where gentle 'deeds arc nnforgot And cherished hopes no'cr stray. Where shadows , drifting fitfully. Sport with the firullplifK gleam , 'TIs there wo find reality ; The day was but a dream. And when applause that pealed of yore And echoed to the dome Is hushed , we turn to peace once more And say , "No place llko home. " "No place like home. " And yet , 'mongst mei } It ever will be EO. They only realize It when There's nowhere else to go. WE GIVE AWAY With every purchase of $0 or over Saturday In child ren's clpp't , an onli'r on ' Hlnuhnrl fur > iloznn cabi Children's Day net photos of thu piircliuaur. For Saturday we've arranged a special spread in the Boys' and Children's department. Values unequalled by any store in the west. Boys'2-PieceSuits A delayed shipment of boys' suits arrived from the factory this week and we put them on sale at two prices Lot 1 , $3 These are splendid , closely woven , all wool cheviots silk sewed strong Italian lining lat est cut double breasted style. They're in two patterns only , one a medium sheep's gray the other a dark gray , or 2 thread by 2 picks , pepper and salt effect These ought to not last more than a few hours , Sizes 7 to H only. Lot 2 , $5 In this lot we've placed several lines of genuine Scotch cheviots , in brown and gray mixtures , blues , etc also a line of fancy worsteds. Many of these are worth and usually sold for $7.50 to $8.50 Choice Saturday $5. All sizes in this lot. Children's Novelty Suits At $3.50 For Saturday we show a very extensive line of children's novelties in reefer suits , Juniors , etc. All colors , and all styles of trimming. 1'rices $3.50 , $4 and $5 , Boys' Ulsters. At $5.OO Splendid , heavy storm ulsters in chin chilla and cheviots thoroughly well tailored. Sizes 8 to H only. At $7.50 Irish friezes , cheviots , slietlanls , etc. No better sold in Am jrica for the money , anl nnst deal ers would go into extacies over 'em , and say they were regular $10 and $12 garments.Ve \ warrant them and will "trade back" if you'd rather have the money ( sizes Hto 10. ) Reefers. At $5.OO We offer in this sale Satuiday 150 reefers sizes 6 to H , handsome blue , gray or tan chinchilla cloth. Real nobby , dressy and durable girments , choice Saturday for $5. jSTEvery purchaser has a chance at getting a turkey free 1'f 1 for Thanksgiving. Our free guessing contest begins 'f Saturday. Three Prizes A pig , a turkey and a goose ; particulars at the store. Browning , King & Co. Southwest Coruer Fifteenth anil Douj-laH , OMAHA.
