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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1895)
THE OMAHA DAILY H.KB.T'PMVKHnA.Y , NOVEMBER 2S , lvSD5. Tim OMAHA DAILY n. llOfinWATKU. IMltnr. I'UllLlKIIKI ) KVCKT MOIIN1NO , ' TKftMB OK Bt-'HSCniPTION. ( Without Kun-lrir ) . On * 1'rar . t I 40 Dally Ure ant ] Hundny , One Vr r . 1900 Kli Moniln . , . S 01 Thrift Mnnthx . . . < > W Knnddjf Jin- . One Y ir . , , . J 00 H.ittmlay lire On Ymr . . . 1 M Weekly \let \ , OnYtnr . OPI'ICKS. Om.ili * . The Hro nulldlnc. Hnuth Orniihn. 8lngrr Itlk. . Corner N n < l I4tn all ( 'oiinrtl Illurf * . I I'fRtl fltrwl. Chleaeu Omw , SIT Chamber f Commcrc * . York , li.joms n , 1 | nnd 12. Trltun IlullJIne. \\tfl \ \ V BtifM. K W. . All cnmmniilratfnn * rclnttnc to n w nnd Ml- torl l mutter should tit mMroiwil ! To the BJltor. Afl bu lri ktttm and rfmllmnc < t nlintiM b * dcly-HK * ! lo Tlie lsr PuUlihlng Company. Ornnrm. Dinfln. rli ck iinil piixtntllse nrd r tube bo rna-le imy < ihi ! > lo ihe ordrr of Jlic company. Tin : linn rcnusiiiNo COMPANY. 8TATi.MKNT OF C1IICUL.ATION. fleorss It. 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Now for llii ! work nccossiii'.v to In- Riin > the of the Trnnsnilsslsslpiil cxposltloii. Scnntor IVffer Is lee inndi-sl. lit- nil lit JiiHl MM W ( > ll liuvc Hiild that Ills first choli'i1 for pri'sldi'iit Is Suimtur I'ef- fer of Knnsns. It will Inkiinon ; snow Ilinn we hnve so far hiul to dnmpon the ardor of the foot ball enthusiasts. Foot bnll will be rampant all the country over today. When It comes lo iireshlentlal .anil vice presidential timber for the consid eration of all three of the Kt'eat national conventions Nebraska will not take n back seat for any state. Watch the city council from now until January 1. The closing weeks of the council's term are. the weeks when the jobs nii < l steals are put through. Kter- nul vigilance Is the price of liberty. Senator Thnrston Is tint for McKlnley. In the meanwhile It may not be out of place to recall the fact that delegations to the national republican convention will not be chosen for six months yet. It Is worthy of note that the railroad side of the transportation question waS not unrepresented in the Transmlssisj Hlppl congress and that n plei : for tlul > endorsement of the pooling bill wan listened to patiently , if not with ap proval. And now It Is Senator Pcttterew who Is cuiiueltliiK with the silver men of all parties. LkhtniiiK mlfzlil possibly strike in South Dakota , but It Is highly un likely that It will in ISOii. The men who cnn'l do anything but shout for free sliver coinage will be without an occupation for some time to come. Councilman Ilowell now says lie Is willing to stand by the llnance commit tee. The llnance committee Is composed of Taylor , .lacobseii .and Kennard. When did the majority of the llnance committee do anything that would en title them to the support of the belter class of conncllmenV The Klkhoni has come out Hat-fooled anil decla'red that it will not be n parly to grain rate schedules which make Nebraska pay tribute to Kansas ( ! ily. Tills action has caused it reopening of the case. If Kansas City Is to b'e per mitted to dictate rales on Nebraska roads Omaha might as well bang up her lltldle. Ulclmrd O. Outfall Is now standing 'trial In the federal court under Indict ments wh'eh allege false entries , em- be//.lement and abstracting funds from the defunct .Mosber bank at Lincoln. Among the jurors In the case Is one Thomas II. Heiiton , who was auditor of state when .Mosher wjis In the heyday of prosperity. yesterday broke the record of the number of hogs handled on I lie South Omaha market during tht > year , the sales going up over the ll-.IKK ) mark. Prices art ! still low , but there Is a rapid strengthening of conlhlenee whlcb Is making the market more active than It lias for months. It Is to be hoped that South Omaha will keep up Its present 'gait. The receipt of an order by nn Ameri can manufacturer for the supply of nearly 112,1)00 ) tons of armor plate to tlui Itusslan government Is an acknowl edgment of Ihe superiority of ( lie Amer ican product , which ought to go far In sllmul.itlng the activity of American Iron works. When Itussla sees It to Its advantage to come all the way to the United States for armor plate there Is fair prospect that other Knropean governments may be leu" to do likewise. Tin ; example Is one that American man- tifnclnrers should do their best lo en courage. In this busy western world perhaps too Hutu attention Is paid lo the mem ory of departed heroes. The union vet erans of this county propose lo erect a monument In a public place In this city commemorating the valor of Nebraska veterans of the war. A more laudable undeiMaklng could not well be devised , however tardy It may bi > . Nebraska's quota of soldiers who enlisted in do- feline of the nation was not great only bOcatiKo the population of tliu territory was amall , but ( hu annals of war record their heroism , which u grateful nation cuu uuvcr fuvyet. I fijii , \ Tin I The suggestion of The Hcc for n Traii < uulKsl.sslpil | exposition to be held In Oinnhii has received the umiti.illlltM approval of thn TrnnaniiM ! lKi < lppl 0011- gress. My unanimous vote It has adopted a memorial to congress asking thnt It lake such steps n may In1 ner- o.isary for holding the exposition In Omaha during the months of August , .September and October. l.Mis , and call ing upon the representatives of the west ern states to favor nn appropriation usual In Hitch case to assist In carrying out the great enterprise. The endorsement of the plan for a Trausinlsdsslppiexposition by the TransmlsrilsMlppI congress must go far toward Inducing the national congress to look with favor upon HIP project. Vet It must be remembered that the recommendation of a body of men , no matter how representative , will not build tinexposition. . The business men of Omaha must take up the work and push It actively In every direct Ion. Not only must the plan be presented prop erly lo congress , but Interest must be awakened among the people of till Ihe western stales. The year 1KS ! ) may seem remote , but It will be found that the time intervening is none lee long to permit of complete and exhaustive propa rations. In unanimously ilxlng 11110:1 : Omaha as the location of the proposed exposition , tlie Trnnsml.sslsslppl congress has paid the highest compliment to tills city. It bus virtually conceded that the ener getlc and public-spirited business men of Omaha are capable of carrying any task through to a successful completion. In this conlldence the congress must not bo disappointed. It rests with Omaha and Nebraska to erect a Traim- mlsslsslppl exposition that will do credit to the Jotxxi.OOO of people who Inhabit the twenty-four states and territories west of Ihe .Mississippi river and that will accurately portray the unexampled development and incomparable re sources of the western half of the American continent. rtn : MAJititirr in/ , ; , iti-r.i : . It Is already staled upon trustworthy authority that the incoming house of representatives will have no rules that can retard business anil that it will al ways be within tbe power of a majority of the house to transact business. It Is believed that the quorum-counting rule of tlie Klfly-llrst congress , a brave and wise parliamentary stroke of Thomas 1 ! . Heed , since vindicated by democratic adoption In a modified form , wlll'be revived , nnd while It may not be frequently necessary to apply It the fact of Its existence will deter the mi nority from attempts to filibuster , which otherwise they would probably resort teat at every opportunity. Of course the minority will be allowed all reasonable latitude for the discussion of every question brought before tlie house. There will bo Imposed upon them , It I'M entirely safe to say , no unfair restraint or restriction. Rut they will not be al lowed to delay .business by filibustering and other dilatory proceedings , or by unnecessarily prolonging debate. There can be no question as to the soundness of a rule of this kind and it would be well if it were introduced in the senate , though there Is hardly a possibility that lids will be done , so tenacious are sena tors of the ancient privileges of mem bers of that body. Perhaps when the time shall come that senators are elected by the direct vote of tlie people such a change In the rules of the senate will be made , but it is hardly to be expected sooner. The quorum-counting rule simply involves the principle , vital In our political system , that tin ; will of Ihe majority shall prevail , and it ought to be adopted In every legislative body. TIIK F/H.sr .sv//.s. The council combine is preparing for an undisputed reign after January 1. But In order that the members of the present combine whose terms are about to expire may havea linger In the pie , it has already commenced operations without waiting for the advent of the councllmen-elecf. In reducing tlie bond required of the city lieasnrer from SSOO.OOO to .flOO.IHM ) In defiance of the provision of Hie char ter , which makes the minimum twice tlie amount of money likely to be in tlie custody of the treasurer at any one lime nnd in Ihe face of a timely veto by .Mayor Iteiuls , the public funds are recklessly endangered In order , lo enable the president of the council to qualify for the olllce to which ho has been elected. lOven accepting the com- pntatloji of monthly averages as Ihe basis of the treasurer's bond a reading into which it is Impossible to distort tlie statutory provision a bond In .Hie. sum of fW,0)0 | ( ( ) Is still lee small to cover twice the aggregate average of the past year. It Is not a question of as to what was done In Ihe case of the present treasurer. As The Iee ! has shown from the figures furnished by Mr. Diunont , his bond was not up lo Ihe requirements of the law. Ifecause a mistake was made In the case of the present treasurer Is no reason why it should bo Intentionally repealed In the case of .Mr. Kdwards simply because he Is president of tlie city council and one of the leaders of Ihe combine. It Is true that when the treasury balances mount above the OO.oiM ) mark another council will be In the saddle , but II Is no more to bo expected that that council will insist upon further security for the public than that the present one will rescind Its Illegal resolution , The ordinance Introduced by Council man Maunders providing for the tilling of vacancies In the council by vole of the council alone Is another'device to strengthen the combine and Intrench It against possible dlslodgment by an up rising of indignant taxpayers. The ob ject of the council schemers Is very thinly disguised. Sir. (3ordon ( will soon bi > compelled to resign from the council to outer upon the duties of police Judge and leayo a vacancy In the representa tion of the First ward. I'Yarful of the present mayor and unwilling to trust his successor , unwilling oven to trust the Incoming council , the combine pro poses to precipitate the vacancy before January 1 , antf. to 111 ! It Itself. The whole spirit of the charter Is that up- polufniiMits to vacancies In elective be made by the mayor subject to confirmation by the council. Kvery previous ordinance upon tills subject lias contemplated appointment by the mayor. The vacancy In the city clerk ship n year ago was tilled In that way. The charter says thnt "tho mayor ami council" shall provide for the tilling of vacancies , but here we have the council combine conspiring to ride rough over the charter anil to deprive the mayor of his part of the responsibility. If the combine Is so bold in Its disre gard of law at this stajje of the game. what nre the cltlr.ens to expect when It Is In absolute control and free from the vetoes of n fearless and Incorrupt ible mayor ? What will It do when It finds Itself In unrestrained possession of ihe city hall ? Nothing but constant ex posure In aji ever-watchful and untrammeled - meled press and a public opinion alert to protest against shameless abuses will prevent the gang from running riot with the substance of the tax payers. _ _ _ _ _ _ n.r. \ The American people have always something lo bi thankful for. The fact that they are eilb.ens of this great re public. enjoying the privileges of civil freedom : that they h-tvo the right to worship ( Jed according to the dictates of their conscience : that all are equal before - fore the law , regardless of sect , creed or nationality those blessings of our free institutions should Inspire thank fulness , for they are of Inestimable value. II Is a great boon lo be an American citizen and he who is not proud and grateful that bo is one Is unworthy lo be a free man. The recurrence of this peculiarly American holiday , which has become llrmly established , llnds the nation much Improved in material conditions as coin- pared with a year ago. Then the revival of Industrial and business activity was Just beginning and while It has not yet become general there has been a notable Increase of prosperity and the outlook for the country at large is brighter. There Is cause for national thanksgiving in this and In the abundant crops , while the prevalence of ponce within our borders and the Intellectual and moral progress attained demand grate ful acknowledgment. We can glvo thanks as a nation because wo are stronger and better than over before , because the patriotism of the people was never more hearty , and because our free Institutions are as firmly rooted as at any lime In our history. Thanksgiving day is the occasion of home festivities and it is In the homes of the people where It is most truly ob served and where its genial , boiioli- cent and wholesome influence is best exerted. In every portion of our laud there will beotr.iy delightful home gatherings and whether ( lie feast that is spread be sumptuous or humble , of many courses or of but one course , It will bo enjoyed witli a relish which no oilier feast of the year can beget. I'n- Imppily there are homos where oven the commonest necessities will bo want ing today ; Whoever shall know of such will Increase their own enjoyment o thanksgiving by providing thbse loss favored something to bo thankful for. Veracious advices from Washingtoi boar the alarming information that tin Nebraska delegation in congress is as yet undecided as to whom it shall sup port for clerk of the house. Congress man Mercer is said lo have Hod up las spring for the election of Major Mellow ell of Pennsylvania and to have beei working openly for the eastern candl date. Congressman Ilainer. on the olhei hand , Is quoted as saying that he be lieves the west ought to have some rec ognition In congress and that he wouh join no combination to elect an eastern man , with the prize of a messongership or an assistant doorkeeper thrown in as bait. The Inference necessarily drawn from Mr. Ilalner's remark is that his colleague lias boon Induced to worship false gods by the promise of patronage. Tills Is certainly a gratuitous criticism which cannot be conducive of harmony within the Nebraska delegation. Ne braska cannot expect anything out of this congress unless Its represenlallves work together. The exploded idea that , governmental regulation of railways interferes with them In their legitimate sphere and is bad political economy had to force Itself forward once more at the Transmlssls- sippl congress. Tills Is the position the railway managers took twenty years ago when they Insisted that the govern ment had no more right to proscribe conditions for the conduct of their busi ness than it had to fix Hie prices of boots and shoes. A succession of deci sions by Hie United Stales supreme court upholding and alllrming laws 'made ' botli by congress and the stale legislatures regulating rates and requlr lug the introduction of Improved ap pliances soon taught them differently. The question Is no longer. Has the gov ernment the constitutional power to en force regulations ? but , What constitutes reasonable regulationV The southern republicans In congress think they can gain recognition byact- * Ing In unison nnd Imagine a caucus from which representatives from other states are excluded .will enable them to have their demands for places on Hie committees and In the house organiza tion satisfied. The republican congress men from Hie south might as well act as republicans and with the oilier re publicans. Ity so doing they will prob ably p rol It In the end. A plurality of two votes In an entire Judicial district Is an extremely slim rope to hang a title to olllce on. Vet It Is enough If the vote has been fairly cattl and the count honestly conducted. Cndcr our form of republican govern ment the candidate that receives out ! vote more than his opponent Is entitled to the place which they have been con testing. The Introduction , of an ordinance Into the council to penult the bond of the city treasurer to be given In part by private Individuals and In part by surety companies Indicates Hint the reckless ness of the city authorities Is bearng Its fruit In the reluctance of responsible citizens to go cm the bond of any Irre- like tin- city treasurer- elect w-oul iM pay for sinvlles unless they were compelled to do so. ! In Toifrto Hr ConumliilnIril f I wKiin'n * I'll ) Stnr. 1 It " 111 brMmiRtity llttlt comfort for llen- Janiln Hnrrtftin Cr ( lovrrmr McKlnlry to hMr thnt Tuiil "Kent narrowly pcaptt I- entiling n clorKynian when he wns n young , man. Tli fact remains that h * did escape. i llrnr I'rlnlx In Cnrrn , Mlnnnp < > ll Trlbutin Itn.'j'a s ? ms to hive liypnotlx'd Japan a IK' now hm her nniler full control. Jaittti evacuate. ! ' the l.lao Timp pjnlnsula at Iliir- : n's bliliCnK. and It Is now nnnouncoil that sh ? will withdraw entirely from her con tinental policy , nnd give Utiioli full swing In Corea. llu&Hla Is rather "playing roots" on Kngland In the Iir cast. Hrliillntloii I'lillndctplilii I'tff. The course of the Dermia government In forcing American life Insurance companies to withdraw from Germany IIBS brought forcibly to the mind of the American companies the Importance of looking more thoroughly after the homo business. There arc a ntimbir of ( lerinun companleR doing huelncas In the United States. They chould be given similar privileges her * and no moro than American Companies nre allowed In Oermnny. That Is th" only fair way to ilcnl with this question. A Mfxlriiu S | oHiii < * n. llrmiKlyn KHR | < V Mexico Is b comlhg civilized nt a rapltl rate. One of her citizens ho did not Illtc to work stole u citizen who worked and tnok him to the woodr , where he forced him to sign an order for $3,000. Ao soon as the assistants of the first citizen had departed to get the money , th ; citizen who works shot him In the face and told the pollcr about him. The police finished the good work and shot him seven times more. Probably therp arc weepers for th ! man who was rhot. Hut It Is coiibotlng to know- there were alee rifles. I'loniMrclirn N | < M N M | > II Wt t I'nlnt IlciMiltllriin. The Xcmaha Advertiser takes the lead In age among Nebraska newspapers , having been founded In 1830 , Next comes the Tecumieh Chieftain in IMS ; Falls City Journal ttarted In ISSfi ; Mncoln Journal aid | Ncbras-ka City StaaU-ZeltmiK established 1SG7 ; Fremont Tribune and I'uwnes Republican In 1868 ; O rand Irfand . Independent , ISflU. The Ne braska papers * which were established In 1S70 ITS : West Point .Republican , Ile.i trice Kxprcfs , Ulalr RnpublltMn. Columbus Journal , Riltbury Gazette , Seward Reporter. These few paper ? have weathered the storms of nearly a genera tion , and are pleoncors of Nebraska's journal. of Torpedo JliinlN. Philadelphia Hrciml. The fable of .the elephant nnd the gnat bis : been emphatically Illustrated In the easy victory of the little torpedo boat CusliliiR over ths mon&er battleship Maine. How like a great helpless DrobdliiKnnglan baby that hu e man-of-war must linve ssenieil , lying upon the waves at the mercy of n nimble wasp of the K ° a that could have stung her to dath any number of times nnd sunk her carcass beneath the waters of Narragnnsctt bay ! In spileof four yaarch lights phyliiR constantly upon th0 surrounding darkness. on ? cf which Is the largest light In' the navy , the .Maine cculd not prevent the tiny de stroyer from creeping stealthily- within the largsr llns. After all. It Is not always the blggett foo3 thnt arc tbe most to b : feared , and Uncle Sam will do well to raise n fleet of torpedo Davldy to meet and slay whatever hostile naval Gollaths may come to bulldoze our ccasts In the future. roiuiiirniliitloiiVin ICnmcd. rtorky Mountain Xe\\s. Th ? Union 1'aclflc Is to be congratulated on Lho great success of Its new fast train serv ice. WhlU-XtJitf News has .persistently criticised tho7flndhclal conduct 'o'f. the Union Pacific , as well aa its attitude "toward the federal government , the fact should bs ad- nilt'ed that the physical condition or' the load has clri'ays'been maintained-at a high standard of xpejlence. Its main lln ? Is t'ur- .pjssed by ua'foaa In the1 .w fJo , this re gard U'prcseatuia , marfet cb'nirast to the Central Pacific under Itn Southern Pacific- management. It will be observed that the fast time of this phenomenal train la made on the Northwestern bitwcen Chicago and Omaha , and on the Uulon Pacific between Omaha and Oeden. When the train strikes the Central Pacific rails west of Octlen there Is n ma'erlal reduction in Its speed , and for the Ml- reason that the same time cannot be iiad-j : en that pcrtlon of the rotito as on the Union Pacific. The Central Pacific hay been allowed to run down. It has boon plundered fcr the benefit of the Southern Pacific the personal properly of ill ? Huntlngton com- bli'e. bli'e.Out Out of this fact has grown the suggestion that In the settlement wl'li the government the two roads should bo made one. for the business of the Union Pacific lo evidently hampered by the Southern Pacific manage ment. This new fui't ' train servlcer success ful as It Is , Is au Illustration of that fact. l'ICHSO.\\I , AMI OTIIISHVISI2. . Give thanks. A slice of the substantial would be more agreeable to the less favored. In oveiy well regulated family It Is projer : to honor the three graces before meat. If the salt trust KUCCOC ! In pickling the meat truyt the charge of being fresh most fall. Steps should be taken to measure Dunra- vou's mouth bifore another eruption talcs placu. The New York Herald exclaims In agony , "After Cleveland whom ? " Why , J. Sterling Mo : ton. According to the best known rules , dis cussion may precedeas well as follow dis memberment. Ullzabo'h Cady Stanton l taking lessons on the piano. She has just celebrated her SOth birthday anniversary and ought to knrm bate1. If Editor McCullagh persists In putting nsld : > the Missouri stnatorHhlp It Is probable the eminent Abe Slupsky can bo Induced lo sacrifice himself. Jabbering Jim nnd Windy Deb threaten tn take the stage- and tour the country together. No sooner Is the country rid of ono utlllctlon than another comes upon Its trail. The klnc of Ai'Uantce Is said to have 3..13 : : wives , Hut this statement COCH not dovetail with the cssErtlon that his crown a plug hat Is IIUVLT brushed agalnt-t the grain , The newly appointed minln'or to Switzer land , Mr. John L. 1'eak , was born In Ken tucky and promoted from Kansas. Small fiivorx of thlu kind tend to soothe the gaping wounds of old "Kalntuk. William MorrlK. whom the world usually thinks of as nlV'nrtiat ' and poet. Is n practical printer mid tflb'InVcntor of a printing prera which has luru * J < nut thu most beautiful woil > , technically , "of the day. Some blooming amateur attemp's to repro duce the Irish biogno In ono of Harper's pub lications , and labels it "humor. " In labeling It the editor displayed discretion. Ths humor could not bo Aluoovered otberwlso. Attention IB ) being called to the fact that IS'Jii will bo tjjOfJai't leap year that we shall have fcr lwl ? , 'lliY usual time , as 1900 will not bo a Irajijsfc'ir ) Not that It means any particular illffmneB to anybody but the almanac men Tuil-ftho joUemnlUm. The old ChiSifco Journal , with nfty-two years to Itn aryt t , being unalilo to keep up with the hot fataijiof journalism In that lo cality , has beo/fi mturbed by the I'roaa. The great coneolldoUclAnow appears with three heads , Thin tact should Intorei't museum The horseless carriage which has been all thu week on Its way from Now York to Chicago got stock In the mow at Schenectady - tady , mid hud * to' finish the journey by rail , which Is a reminder that the horseless ulclgli hau not yet made Its appearance , ex cept on the toboggan slide. 1 ill AY PASS THE DARDANELLES Sultan Reluctantly Permits the War Ships to Enter. LESSENS THE LIABILITY OF TROUBLE fni-thrr DrtnlN nf thr ItlotlnK nl Kliiirniil Itcrrlt cd Mliilnlrr Ter rell .llnkm Sniur l > fimmcln mi Hie I'ortc. ( Copj-rlclitnl. 1SJ3. by ttiffsociat ! Press. ) CONSTANTIXOPMJ. Nov. 2C. ( via Sofia. Ilulgarla , Nov. 27. ) The Turkish minister far foreign affairs. Tewflk Pasha , cilled upon Sir Philip Currle , the Drllls-li ambassador , today and announced that the porto had decided to Issue the firmans providing for the passage through the Dardanelles' of the extra guard- ships demanded by Great llrltaln , Hu.-ula , Italy and Austria , as additional protection needed for the safety of the foreign popula tion hero In view of the recant rlo'lng In th Krccts nf Constantinople. This puts an end to a very dangerous situation , for tlierc Is no iloub * that the powers would have Insisted upon having the extra gunboVs here. More ample details have Just been received here of the burning of the American mission buildings at Khurptit. They ghow that the Turkish government ofllclals , tn rpltf of the abundance of promises of protection for the American missionaries aud their property , made by the porteto the fulled States min ister , Mr , Alexander W. Terrell , and to th < - Americans themselves by the authorities of Kharput , utterly failed to guard the Ameri cans , There war no protection offered or given them until after the massacre had actu ally occurred and after the American mission buildings had been burned. U la estimated thnt the value of the American property de stroyed Is about $100,000. It consisted of the girls' college , the theological seminary , the chapel and that of the residences. All the Imrncd buildings were looted by the mob be fore being set on tire and all the personal effects of the Americans , mlmlonarles , the libraries , ( scientific Instruments , etc. , wore stolen. So far only a hinall proportion of the properly has been recovered. FINALLY RECKIVI5I ) PltOTKCTION. Tho' lady missionaries > verc naturally in n great terror while the rioting was going on and Mrs. Gates , the wife of one of the mis sionaries , was so prostrated with alarm that she gave premature birth to a child , which did not ll\e. The authorities of Kharput. lowevor , protected the missionaries after the alter fled from their residences to the oITl- clal quarters. From that time on the Ain.Tl- caiu were kept under guard and those who so desired were furnished with escorts to the ilai-k sea coast. The failure of the Turkish authorities to afford the pronihd protection to the Ameri can missionaries Is considered all the more remarkable because It was not upon one or two occasions that Mr. Terrell applied to the lorto In thslr behalf. The government's iromlses w re reiterated upon quite a num- ) or of occasions when the United States mln- ! icr thought It advisable to make represen tations In belmlf of bis compatriots. Some of the American missionaries , In cluding Or. and Mrs. Crosby and Wheeler. Mr. Kills and Mry. II. Uoyadjan. have ar- Ived lure. The other members of the east ern Turkey mission at Kharput elected to re- naln there for the presant. AU reports agree In c tabllshlng the fact hut the rioting was of a most horrible de scription ; that several hundreds of Arme- ilantf , men , women and children , were butch ered ; that the massacre seemed to be pre- nedlated ; that the Turkish ofilcials , If they did not take part In the slaughter , as the Armenians claim , cTtalnly made no effort to put a stop to It. Mr. Terrell , when Informed of the dcstruc- lon of the mlpslou buildings at Kharput. nnde a strong formal protest to the porte and as soon as the work of collecting all the lata Is completed , he will make a demander or the Immediate payment , of an Indemnity. In fact Mr. Terrell when be intimated that his would be done was assured that the Turkish government would pay the Indemnity ns soon as all the facts In ilm PIS vere established and the blame placed where t belonged. Itut It IB believed Mr. Terrell vill have some difficulty In obtaining the Im- nedlate payment of any considerable sum rom th > porte If only from the wretched ondltlon. of ths Turkish finances. TERRELL MAKES DEMANDS. Mr. Terrell , In addition , has demanded of the porte that there 1)3 no Interference with his letters to and from American mission aries In Asiatic Turkey and has Insisted upon the prompt transmission and delivery of his telegrams. The porle has promised that there will be no Interference with the United States minister's mall or telegraphic m-.ssages. The representatives of the powers have hod their attention drawn to the sad condition of the homeUss Inhabitants of certain parts of Asiatic Turkey and stops are to be taken to do everything possible In the matter. They nre now dls-cusslng a project for the distri bution of relief In Anatolia , rendered Im mediately necessary by the recent events In that district. Unconfirmed rumors reached hero today that fre ! > : i troubles' ' of a most serious nature have broken out at Maiva'i , where th ? muster ing of Turkish troops for the advance on Xeitoim baa been In progress for some time past. Ono report has It that part of the town at Marnsh had been burned by the rioters. There Is no news from Zeltoun and this , with the absence of direct news from Marash , h > rallying more anxiety every day. Thanks to the llrmnosij of the powers , the complete accord existing and the fear of European Intervention In Turkey , a belter disposition to execute the reforms Insisted upon by the powers Is now , apparent at the palace. The pahco olllc-lals are making con stant efforts to convince the representatives of the powers and the powers tlienu'olves through the Turkish amba atarH at the dif ferent capitals that the situation Is not so alurmltiK n represented. From tiib porte cp.ch day a report of the situation as vlcfivii by the Turks Is sent to the Turkish ambasnidors and ministers for the Information of the govcrnmcntu to which they are accredited , The mini and substance of the "nous" furnished by the Porto is that , with the exception of the Armenian ! ) , all the Chrltitlans are contented with the paternal regime of the miltan. WASHINGTON , Nov. 27. The Turkish le gation hero received the following telegram from the tmbllmo porte , under today'H data : "The Turkish government , which has always looked scrupulously after the protection of all foreigner * ) In thu empire , has also on the occasion of the late disorders glvon to the valis the necessary Instructions to that ef fect before any application had been made by any foreign mUuloii Ht Constantinople. " Itiiplilljironlilt ; AVnrxt- . NU\V YORK. Nov. 27. A special to the Herald from St. Petersburg says : Tlie con dition of the c/arowltz bus become moro pcrlous In consetjurnre of complications that have arisen. Phythlsls , from which he is iniffcring , has now itttaclu-d Ills throat. Prof. Inmaiiowskl , a Ihroat specialist , and Dr. Cherchevreky and well known specialists have lieen tinnmoniM to Abastouman , where the czaiowlu Is residing In the Caucasus. Ar- rangementH have been made HO that after celebrating the baptism of the grand duchess , Olga , on her own birthday , the empress , Marie Feodorovna , traveling Incognito , will start for Abastouman , 1-cr object being to try to pre vail UIKMI thezaroultx : to go to the Riviera , fills he lias perelstently r fused to do , bulng alive to the gravity of his malady , which { nowledge heightens his determination not a leave his futheiland. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking PKJE3E WHO HAS Till' MII.MOMH. TlitirMnn'N IMnn for AnllnnfrrltiK Hi ( Invcrnnirnl'fl Itnllrnnil C.'lnlinx. Chlc.-ira C'hrpnlclf. Senotor Thuroton of Nebraska tins n pl of his own for illnpoRiiig of the claim * of th United StnttR ftffilnit the band-aided I'/iclfl railroad * . Ho Is not satisfied with any plan of refunding which would continue the rtln tlons between the government and the rail roadp on the old harts or on any other basis He would completely sever the connection between the government and the roads othe than sueh contract relation ) * as may exist be twecn the government and any railroad. His phn la , In short , for the Rovernmen to Bfll out Its clalnn to the htRhc.it bidder Ho proposes to make a statement of the claims all the way through from Omaha to the Pacllle a they will stand on the 1st o July next , and put the whole thing tip a auction , stating a minimum price and sfll It to one purchaser. To that purchaser he would give all the rights of the government Including Us right of entry , possession am1 foreclosure. Klnally , ho would give one United States court Jurls'llctlon over ti Mill to foreclose the entire property mid hell It as a whole. HI ? Idea Is that after such sale the whole would be' operated , is one line. Senator Thurston would place the mini mum price at 40 or 50 per cent of the amount of the government claim. Hut he staled It as his b'llef that the bidding would be "spirited" and that the government would realize more than 60i'p \ cent of Its claim. That might bo a good scheme If It would In fact mike an end of the business and put the government In posws lon of the pur chase money , oven If It ehould not exceed tine-halt of the claim. The whole amount of the claim would bs about $120.000,000. de ducting the sinking fund from the gross amount of th ? claim. Half of that Is $60- 000,000. Not ninny single purchasers are pre- pired to bid that sum and pay cash or Its equivalent. There would be very few bidders and they would not ofler much more than the mini mum. The successful bidder would not pay much cai'li down. He would have to glvo the government some port of security In nlnprt nf llio KnoiiHtv It nnu * ttr > Mn nnil tvtilch It would surrender to the purchaser under the Thurston plan. Would this new security be any better than the old ? Might not the government In process of time have to sell out the new claim at CO cents on the dollar , and go on In diminishing series to the end ? It looks not so very unlikely. TOM IlKP.n'S TO.XOIJK. Some Pronto Think It AVIII Korit Him Out < > f tinAVhltu Hntinr. Tom Heed's tongue has lost none of Its sharpness , writes Walter Wcllman In the Times-Herald. He tries his best to blunt Its keen edge , but now and then nature will have its way. Not long ago Mr. Uecd was tempted by some of his congressional friends to talk about the presidents he had known , and the result was a bit of enjoyable satire In Mr. Heed's characteristic vein. "I think I understand Mr. Cleveland , " Heed began. "He U a man who does the best he can within the limits of Ma understanding. It Is only just to him to put In this qualification. Cleveland Is courageous , especially when h ? has reason to believe the guns are not loaded. Though ho has never been to war , Mr. Clevt- land thoroughly understands the difference between bullets and blank cartridges. I have met Cleveland and ho pleased mo by his directness. There is no nonsense about him. He Is not thinking about himself at all. You know the man In the white house has to steel himself against flattery. Every fellow wants to tell him what a thing of beauty he Is , how sweet his voice , how nice his hair , and they are all after cheese. I once heard a ffllow Mattering Hayes. I thought Hayes would gorge , but he actually swallowed it and appeared to like It. Harrison was not built that way. No one could flatter Ijlm. He came to Washington with such a good opinion of himself no one could add anything that would please him. " Some people think Mr. Reed's tongue will keep him out of the- white house. I met a man the other day , a well known republican , who said : "Tom Heed will never bj presl- denl. He has abused too many big men. If there Is any one ne hasn't railed at I'd like to know who It Is. He sneered at Hayes , In dulged In witticisms at Garfleld's expense , growled at Arthur , damned Harrison. Do you suppose tfu friends of the dead presidents and th ? living presidents are going to penult Heed to get the nomination ? Not much. " Itut Tom Heed's wlttlc'snis and sneers should not be taken too seriously. It's Just a way ho has and he doesn't mean anything by It. With all his sharpness of tongue Resd is a just man. He loves to swish the rapier of his rhetoric , but he Is a fair fighter. Be sides , even the victims of sarcasm can come very near to forgiving It when it lo as clever at Tom Heed's Is. . \Hlmiitro nnil Turkey. New York World. There will be no war between Great Brit ain and Ashantes. The brutal , cowardly and treacherous savage who disgraces even Afri can barbarism by his rule at Coomassle has Just Intelligence enough to know that Great Britain would go to war not with hts subjects but with him , and that he would certainly pay with his throne , and perhaps with his life , for persistence In his violation of treaties and in his Indulgence In murder and outrage. It Is to be regretted that the same conditions do not apply to the Turkish savage In Constantinople , and that the com plications of European politics prevent the enforcement of Justice against that sultan whom Gladstone correctly described ns "a curse sent by God for the punishment of mankind. " PHUT IHT PIIA A.\T. Ctcvhr-.d 1'Uln Dealer : . "Vow-wow ! " veiled the KnnsnK colonel , ' 'our firnii < l otil lepubll.'nn potty's where ye llml ycr trtio men , honest , solid , inirrmngcnble" "How do you know thnt , Colonel ? " "Hln In 'cm nlir New York Wcrkiy : Ml * * .Hulllnn 1'nr * snys we onn'l be niarrletl until yon arc nbla to support me. Aitoror Orcnt Scott I DOM he wnnt his only daughter to die nn old mnld7 t'uck : Ulngo-We hnve tlie most good- nnttirnl minister you ever wiw. Wltherby What has he done to mnko you think so ? Hlngo 1 met him nftor church the other Uny , nnd ho wnntcil to know If I had rcstcu well. Washington Star : "Some ob ile worl'a RniHht ! t men. " stnld fnrlo Hbcn , jjocnis ter ilevoto < lah Ititlnh Intcllcck ter flndln * new kinds ob liijublo ter git Into. " Detroit Kreo Pre. s : "I nndprstrtinl thnt Deb > oii , the millionaire1 , was once employed In n livery stable1. " ' "So7 That rmin hnvo been where he got bla horse UOIIHO. " Yonkew Stntr.iman : "Stick to mo and you'll get yourself In n box , was what the ctiveloH3 | remarked to the iwstago stump. Chicago llcenrd : "I thought h showed n good dciil of concern wbun I told him you were 111. " . , , "No doubt ; I owe him M. Truth : The balance of imluro 1ms mircly been somchuw tl ! . tuibed. It takns ffO ex pensive roses to iniike n teattiMJonful of per fume , while a pennyworth of cooked onions will scent n whole neighborhood. Chicago Tribune : "Sjicnklng of the pe culiarities of KMlncrVllhilin. . " obrervi-il lllver , "rsmlints me that Uermuny biu contributed rnther more than nil the rest of the world put together to the Uocthir nf the nations. " IN KXTIIK.MKS. JllllKG. Her countenance WHS ret nnil drawn As If In fern-fill , rucking iviln ; Tears slowly trlokli-tl fitim her eyes To evidence her menlul Blriiln ; Her brciith came gnHptng from her llpi Her ngonv wouiu 1101 DP She struggled clutched the empty air And then she rnccxed. SONUS or TliAMCS ! IVI.\C ! . Slio MorlN Mr nl tlio Door. Bt. I uls aiobe-Dctnocrat. I'm thankful for n thousand things , Thanksgiving. ' ! 3 ; Thankful forrirh : and plenteous storf Thankful thnt I'm nllve. lint In my thanks one small refrain does singing o'er nnd o'er : "Thankful becaure when day Is done. She meets me at the door ! " I'm thankful for a thousand things , Yes. nnd for one thins more ; Deenuvo she comi-H with mulling face To moot me at the door. A CoiitrnNt. Somervllle Journal. I. How bare nnd leaflets are the trees ! How penetrating the chill breezel November's here. The air Is raw. nnd full of snow. Around the streets the dead leaves blow. The world looks drear. II. nut what of that ? The kitchen flro Is blazing bright , and ever higher Hle spirits gay ; For pies , nnd cakes , and sweets galore. And viands rare are cooking for Thanksgiving day ! If all those who live and are strong by Scott's Emul sion should give thanks to = day , what a great shout would arise ! Both Amer icas , Europe , Asia , Africa and all the islands of the seas would be sinking in the grand thanksgiving anthem ! The English of it would be : "How good it is to have the strength and beauty of health ! How good is Scott's Emulsion 1M SCOTT'S EMULSION has t n endorsfd by th. irif Jicalprofession for twenty yttn. ( stsk your Joc lor. ) This is twcauie It U i\wiyi \ fjljtjtte ilwjyt uniform always roaljinl Ikt furfll Noru'tfun Cod * livtr Oil a . I'ut up In So cent and $1.00 sizes. Tile snnlt slzo ntay be enough to cure your cough or help your baby. "Just as good" is never as g-ood as We intended to print the picture of the man who guessed nearest the weight of the pig This is the nearest we could gut to it , and if Mr. Hulett will ac cept our apology , along with the pig and our good wishes , we'll call it even. The pitf wolphcil 121S pounds. Mr. W. G , Ilulott of the Merchant : * liotol won it , guessing 1pounds. . Second I'ri/.o A Turkey , Mrs. A. G. Gruhain of Km-jr.-iOii , Iu. , fjnoat of Pax Ion hotel. Third Prize A Goose , J. T. WortU18 , North Nineteenth. The ncxl thing is the foot ball game this after- noon--Wc'vc got a line of college caps in the Ne braska colors , white and maroon , that we offer at a very low price today , Store o ( c till noon. These guessing contests are given by us once a year because it's the only guessing that need be done at our store -We guarantee our qualities and will give the money back if you're not satisfied , Browning , King & Co. Southwest Corner FJftosuth and Douglas , OMAHA.
