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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1895)
THIS ( XM.AIIA DAILY , DJCCMMBKH 111 , 1805 , Tim. OMAHA DAILY H. HOSKWATKH , IVlltor. IM'tlMSMKt ) 1Vi : Y MUHNINO. TT.nMR OP snWCIUITION. . . . . flee ( Without Htmrlny- ) . One Year t Dsliv lie * nnd Bund/iy / , On * Yonr 10 00 PU Month * B 00 Thrift MnntTif * . 2 M Hunday lt e. On" Year Kutur.lny lice , One Ye-nr I to Weekly Tttf. One Yenr C ! OKI'tCKS. Omnlm Th noItiilldlnK. . Bmilli Omnln. SlnRfr Hll < . . Corner JJ ana Sltn 81 i. 'ogncll fliilTf , 12 1'r.irl Street , rhlcnco Oilier 317 Chamber ot Commerce New Vnrh , Jloonn 1.1 , II and 15. Tribune " WatlilnRton. 1407 r Street. N.V. . All rnmmiinlfnllon * relAtlnK to new * nncl e < 1 | . torlnl mate.r ! iliouM be. nJilreiweil ! To the Editor. nufliNRSti t.irrrints. All i.ln . s lettern nnd remlttattce ? houM I" nddreoncd to The Iloe I'libllnliInK Company , Omalm. Draft * , cheek * nnd p.i itilllce orilern to bo m/iJ * paynble to th nrd'r of the ooiiipnny. TUB IinH PL-11I.13I1INO COM 'AN , . STATIIMKNT OF ClllCdl.ATIOS. Oeore ) 11. Tzchuclc , fecrclnty of Tbe Il'c riin- ( luring lonti 1 2D.SM 11 ! 19.1C7 i 19.M1 i ; 20.160 3 2 < 1.H ; 18 19 OTi 4 M.Wi 10 19fl'i7 6 15.407 2) ) MOM 6 21 , ( XX ) > i 190V ) 7 . 21.MS 2 10.0.W 1 > .Z42 2,1. 19.121 . 9 19.241 24 2..ir. ) 10 20,075 2- , 19.010 II 19,133 , ) 19.0M 12 19.140 J ; ' 19.0JO , < m 13 1 ,0 8 ' 19 14 It.OCS Jo' 19,111 IS 19,031 50 I9.03D Total CS7,23 I.esn dcduc'tlonii'for un old nnd rctuim-d coiilen _ _ _ " Net into * 5jJ-2J ! l .2Ct Dally 5 iivoinao OKOnoi : II. T7.HCII fK. Hn-orn In b"foro me nnd subjcrllicd In my rrejpnce till * 2d tiny of TVeomlier. 155. . ( Heal. ) N. 1' . I'HIL. Notary 1'ulitlo. T1IK IlKST XKWSI'Al'RIl. Konrnoy Now Krn. Thorp I * but one tlnllv ncwspnpcr prlnloil In the stnto llko The Hoc. For IIOWH It IIHH no competitor. Mr. Hnynnl dot-lines to talk. Ho should hnvo ( k'olliii'd to talk In the llrst place. Xo national convention of the repub lican iwrly ever met In New York City. And Denver has not yet applied for the location of any of the jjrout national conventions to lie held this year. Is Denver's modesty Kottltitf to the front ? All the political parties should take the present city treasurer's bond com plication as u lesson for them to nomi nate In the future only responsible men for responsible positions. Rdwards Is the man who was boastins that lie would have a bond for three times the required amount sinned by responsible cltiy.ens of Omaha within twenty-four hours after receiving his election certificate. Of course all the candidates for pres idential nominations are satisfied with the date and place of the national con vention. Particularly as it would do no need nnd inlfjlit do much harm to ex press a different view. With its new library building avail able for use the State university ought to be In possession of a plant sujlklent for iitlciiBt several years to come. But It won't be.In fact , It Is complaining of overcrowding already. Slate university authorities assert that the new unverslty library building is the 'best ' constructed state building In Nebraska. 1C so , well and good. The people of Nebraska have had too many building jobs to desire any more. Hostou has elected a democratic mayor , the A. P. A. issue having alienated from the republican ticket a large support upon which It could other wise have counted. Sectarian politics cannot maintain supremacy In a land of free Institutions. To say that the Society Circus Is an unqualified success Is but reiteration of the popular verdict. The grandest fea ture of It all will bo the cash receipts to bo handed over to the Associated Charities. The success of the undertak ing Is due largely to the novelty of the affair. ly ? the decision In the Hill bond case nearly a quarter of a million is added to the already overweighted tax burden of the people of Nebraska. As If It were not enough to pile on taxes for legitimate purposes but that the taxpayers must also make good what has been stolen under the eyes of neg ligent olllcials. Judge Dnndy In his remarks to the federal grand jury upon Its adjourn ment said that out of the ninety indict ments returned In nearly every case the defendant , either confessed his guilt or was convicted of the crime which the grand jury presumed him to bo guilty of. The Jury returned twenty-four "no bills , " making 1M eases In all. Two years ago the chairmen of the principal house committees wore named' ' In advance of the full committee ap pointments. There Is no particular rea- BOn why the same course could not bo pursued by Speaker Heed , unless lie thinks tint announcement of the com plete list at one time will take off some of tin ; Inevitable sting of disappoint ment from those congressmen who do uot get exactly what they want. Long and loud have the householders of the city cried for honest and com petent Inspection of meat and milk. When the ordinances have been Imper fect the Inspectors have been careless or corrupt , so that the money expended for the purpose of such Inspection lias been lost or squandered. No matter how sound the now ordinance may he , the benefits of Inspection will depend solely upon the character of Inspectors up- iwlutcd. 'L'ho success of the sultan In holding off the combined powers of ICurope this long will doubtless lend encouragement to the employment of similar tactics should the occasion offer again In the fntii\e. \ It It doubtful If any other monarch on earth would have been treated with the same consideration under llko conditions. This Is the ad vantage derived from the occupancy of the coiuH'cUutr ret'iou between Europe tud Asia. M.t.Ktm TNIMMV. ? , A prominent figure and commanding force In American political llfo during the greater part of the last fifty years Infs pas ed awr.y. Allen U. Thurman wns one of the most distinguished of democratic statesmen and few men have oxorled a grenler liillucin-o upon tin , party tli.iti ho did or have enjoyed In so large a measure Its confidence ami es teem. These he commanded by his In tegrity of purpose not less ( linn by Ids great ability , both of which were as fully recognized by his political op ponents as by hl political friends. In all his political career , while It was not free from errors nnd mistakes , none ever seriously questioned the honesty of his motives ami alms nnd hi * eminent ability was universally recognized. Kx- Senator Kdmnnds. who was contem porary with .Mr. Thnrninu In the sen ate and between whom there was a mosl cordial friendship , recently said that Thurinnn's most noticeable character istic was his command of pure , strong Kngllsh. "He was powerful In debate. " said Mr. ICdmunds , "never mincing mat ters , but calling things by what ho con sidered their right names. lie was brine In hli convictions , and was al ways working for what he thought to be the good of his country and not for hire. Although I did not agree with him upon polltcal matters I could not help liking him for hM earnestness. What lie did was done because he con sidered It right. " Tills trllmtf from an other of the country's most distin guished men was fully merited. It was such traits as .Mr. Kdmnnds describes that gave Mr. Thnrman the title of "The Old Itomaii , " which he regarded with no little pride. Mr. Thurman entered public llfo as a member of the Twenty-ninth congress. In 181. , lint be served only one term , declining a renomlnatlon. Subsequently elected to the supreme court of Ohio , of which lie became chief Justice , lie made n high reputation as a jurist , and un doubtedly the country has had few greater lawyers. Ho served two terms in the rnlted Slates senate , from 1Si ( ! ) to 1SS1 , and It was In that arena that he achieved national fame and recognition as one of the foremost and ablest of democratic leaders. He was president pro totn of the senate in ( lie Korty-slxth congress and was one of the senate members of the electoral commission of 1877. lie was heard on every Important question that came before that body , but the only act of legislation with which his name is Identified is that to compel the Pacific railroads to pay their obligations to the government. Mr. Thurman never declared himself nn as pirant for the presidency , but he re ceived votes for the nomination in the conventions of J87G , 18SO and 1884 , nnd In 1888 was nominated by acclamation for vice president. Perhaps the most serious mistake of his polltcal career , at any rate so regarded at the time , was his espousal of the greenback cause In 187a , but the political friends ho lost did not leave him because of any doubt In hfs sincerity. Kor the past seven years Mr. Thnrman hart4 been In political retirement much of the time In feeble health , but he al ways maintained "bis strong hold upon the affections of the democracy of Ohio , of which for a third of a century or longer ho was the most distinguished loader. Ills name will have a secure and an honorable place in I lie political history of his state and his country. fiDLKSS UUMI'LAfNT. The council finance committee In Its report of progress , or rather lack of progress , in its alleged investigation into the city treasury defalcation complains that It has been unfairly criticised. The committee certainly has been criticised. If it had set out to Invite adverse criti cism it could not have pursued a course more certain to secure that result , lint the criticism which the members of this committee have drawn upon themselves lias not been unfair criticism. On the contrary , it has boon both fair and just , ind to this very day Is unanswered and unanswerable. Glance for a moment at the action of the council under the guidance of this committee with , reference to the treas ury shortage since Juno 18 , when It became - came a matter of public notoriety and public scandal. When the late city treasurer admitted that he was .short In ds accounts , did the finance committee recommend his Immediate suspension ? Not at all. It joined with the rest of the combine to keep an embezzler In charge of the public funds and actually kept dm In charge for three weeks after solf-convlctlon. When it was learned that the defalca tion In the treasury could not have oc curred but for the Incompotency and legllgence In the comptroller's oflico and that the books of the different city otll- cers wlio collect revenue had never been iiroperly audited , did the members of the finance committee advise the re moval of the comptroller and his re- iilacement with an honest and compc- ; ont olllclal ? Not at all. A majority of ts members recorded themselves In favor of the whitewashing report of the specially packed committee of Investiga tion. In its own report the finance com mittee says that the comptroller's olllco lias never gone Into the Inside transac tions of the treasury "an should have boon done , " but it has not a word re- lleetlng directly upon the responsible head of that ollico. In fact , while show- ng distrust of the comptroller's force by employing outside experts at great ex- [ iimse , the members of tin- finance com mittee have lost no occasion to shield the derelicts from the merited penalties of their misconduct. When The Heo exposed the divorMon of the city funds and the misappropria tion of Interest on public money under the Uolln regime , did the finance com mittee make any effort to recover the lost money ? Not at all. Its chairman put the four experts to work preparing a set of tables to show that the Interest was not all pocketed from the city funds as Indicated by The Hoe , but came In part out of the school fund. With this wonderful achievement the misappropri ated Interest seems to have dropped completely out of sight and In Its ntuto- nent of the treasury shortage at "about" $35,000 , , not u ceut of the thousands of dollars of pocketed Interest IH Included. In only one Instance has the zeal of these able financiers to protect the pub lic manifested Itself In visible works. At their suggestion the late deputy treasurer , who had for two months after the discovery of the defalcation re mained unmolested In this city nnd hud then gone nwny In search of work , was brought back Just before election to serve as scapegoat for nil his associates In crime and kept friendless and with out ball In a felon's c jl. Of nil the men who had a finger Inthat treasury plo ( Ids great finance committee has deemed It Its dutyto prosecute only this 0110 poor wretch. Vet this Is the finance committee that complains that It has been unfairly criti cised. This Is the finance committee that says that six months Is not snillclont time to ascertain the extent of the city treasury shortage. This Is the finance committee that thinks U ought to bo commeiidiil for Its energetic work In shielding embezzlers , Incompetents anil public thieves and keeping the plun dered taxpayers groping In the dark. TUl'K S Senator Aldrlch of Uhodo Island , justly recognized as omj of the best In formed men In the country on financial and economic questions , does not believe that It Is necessary to retire the green backs In order It ) remedy the dltlleultles of the financial situation so far as the national treasury Is concerned. In a re cent talk on the subject Mr. Aldrlch' said , what everybody knows to bo the fact , that with sulllelont revenue and larger exports and smaller imports un der republican administration \here was no trouble with the gold reserve. "The greenbacks were never a menace , " said the senator , "were never used to the government's discomfiture , until our na tional policy was reversed. Put the treasury back on n solvent basis with the adoption of a proper commercial policy and most of the financial Ills wo are suffering from will disappear. The president has undoubtedly attributed evils to the greenbacks which must rea sonably bo charged to other causes. " Unquestionably this voices the views of a large majority if not of all the repub licans In congress and they have the most substantial foundation. In Ids message President Cleveland stated that during the cloven and a half voars following the resumption of specie payments the amount of greenbacks re deemed was only $ U8,000,000. Accord ing to the report of Treasurer Morgan , just completed , such gold exports as oc curred up to the summer of 18)2 ! ) pro duced little Impression upon the treas ury In the form of redemptions. The next two years , says the report , showed redemptions about equal to exports , and the fiscal year 180.1 showed redemptions in "excess of exports to the amount of jW 1,000,000 nnd In the proportion of iioarly two to one. Treasurer Morgan tabulates the total redemptions for each fiscal yojir from 187 ! ) to 1S0.1' and also for the first throe months of the current llsc.il year , from which It appears that down to and including 1802 the rodcmp- , tlons'bf legal tender notes anjountod to i little over ? -:5,000,000 ) : , while during the same period the net exports of gold were more than .f'iOO.OpO.OOO. In those four teen years the revenues of the govern nent were in excess of the expenditures , the customs duties were for nearly the whole period paid In gold , and there was never any question as to the safety > f the reserve or the ability of the treas- iry to meet all demands upon it without ntrenchlng on the reserve. Hence the reonbsw-ks , as Senator Aldrlch said , were never a menace and were never ised to the discomfiture of the government until our national policy was reversed and since that took place the redemptions of legal tender notes lave amounted to over JfJUtMlOO.OOO. It may bo granted that the Issue of lotes under the so-called Sherman law > f 1SOO had something to do with bring- ng about the disturbance , but no one who will intelligently consider all the facts can doubt that the prime and chief cause of the financial Ills of the last two uid a half years has been the fact that the revenues of the government have steadily fallen below expenditures , ne cessitating borrowing to maintain the gold reserve and constantly threatening encroachment upon It to moot current ibllgatlons. Under such conditions and vilh Incieaslng imports and declining > xports the redemption of legal tender lotes In largo volume became inevitable. Manifestly , therefore , the true solution of the difllcnlty is-to bo found In provld- ng the government with adequate rove- mo , rather than In increasing the Inter- st-bearing debt and contracting the cur- ency by retiring the legal tender notes , is urged by the president and secretary ) f the treasury. The one remedy would onduco to Improvement in the business f the country nnd-to general prosperity , vhllo the other .could not fall to produce he opposite result. There Is no-oxpedl- > nt that will do away with the necessity of supplying the government with nmplu evonue. Not content with one great honor In he location of the republican national convention , St. Louis Is already readi ng out In Its ambitions to secure In ad- lltion both the democratic and the pop- illst national conventions. This Is some- hlng more than It can expect to attain , ot It shows t ° ie character of the energy vltli which Its leading business men are mimed. It would bo an unprecedented hlng for three great national conven- Ions to bo held In the same city In one ear. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The recent presidents' agreement to nalntaln rates on the seaboard trunk lues Is said to be already a dead letter. This agreement was promulgated as isual as one which the railroads were lotornilnod to live up to and one whoso lolatlon was to bo punished with most severe penalties. Several roads are > ppnly violating It and Inviting the pen- iltles. If the new agreement Is any dlf- erent from Its predecessors the results to not show It. It is to bo noted that In selecting n ury to try the Ish murder case .Tudgo Ceysor has neglucted altogether to ask ho talesmen whether or not they have heir second naturalization papers. The Judge seems to have taken the fact tha jurors ntt. 'nlnnvti from the mimes o cleotoi-Voiy'ilio pollbooks to bo sulllclen evldencf of1 their qualifications to scrv If not dlji.fliijilined for eau e. This actloi of n jntlnpiof the district court Is , to pa. the least ; 'discourteous to the judge o the orlnllviAl division , who enforces i law of lil § own requiring full I'lillet States cfflz'nshlp for each Juror In Id court. The lloc.'vyill . not be accused of harbor Ing any over-fondness for the Llncob newspaiioV ninn who has been sum moiled hnfo/o. Judge Dandy's court to answer fur the publication of an article reflecting upon the conduct of the cour In the Ontcalt case. The partlcula article may have been uncalled for am even llbelous. If so , the Injured parties have the same remedies which everj citizen has who suffers n similar Injury In returning an Indictment against MIL author of the obnoxious article , charging him with Impeding Justice , the grant Jury Is , It seems to us , setting a verj dangerous precedent. The fact that tht Outcalt lurv tiromntlv returned a vor diet of acquittal Is conclusive tha Justice was not Impeded. Many people will oven doubt whether It Is possible ti Impede justice by discussing a pending case , however much they may questloi the expediency of such a course. Whei a person reflects with what ease this doctrine could be stretched to stifle free doni of speech and to terrorize the press ' he can uot but protest against so unn suul a proceeding. It Is said that the optimistic treasury ofliciuls now believe that the receipts for the current month will show an excess - cess over expenditures of about : ? 1,000- ( ) ( ) ( ) . It Is very much to be hoped that such will bo the case , but the country has learned by long experience not to put any coiilldcnee In treasury esti mates. It is to bo remembered , also , that in months past , when a surplus has boon figured the fact that the figures wore juggled has been clearly shown and It Is possible that the prediction now made may be preparatory to some thing moio of this sort. The country would most gladly welcome a change from the condition which lias prevailed since the advent of the present adminis tration. It is the one thing needed to strengthen confidence , the complete re covery of which will not bo possible so long as the- government is paying out more than' t takes in and the danger of having to0still further Increase the interest-bearing public debt is a con stant im'ii ScekliiK 1'ollxli. 11 .Washington Post. "What be6ka are ( he most popular with the new congressman ? " I ankcd a bookseller. "Books on etiquettehe answered. "The demand Is strgreat we cannot nil It , We sold twenty sucli l okt yesterday , and I have today esnti a > lifrge order to my publishers , for at this rate my stook will soon bo ex hausted. " 10 Jt.iiit , in the Slmllle. Ololjo-Ucinocrnt. The movement for a "short campaign" ended In npthlnB. This Is Just1 what was > ex- pct < ; d. The republican convention will mest arounrt , , Uielusii l time , and undoubtedly the democratic.\ylllj , also. Hi-the demdcfat 'fol ' low the general-nib In such cases their con vention will take plac- early In June. The party holding the presidency usually baa Its convention earlier than Its opponent. Slilpynril anil I'litrlotlMiu. Philadelphia Inquticr. Mr. Cramp's Idea that the Pacific railroads built by government help should be com pelled to us3 American ships In their trins- I'nclflc business Is a good onf. Inquiries made at Tacanm Indicate that these road ? are chartering foreign vessels. If American commerce Is protected by protecting Ameri can ships It will not be many years befor. there are larg ? shipyards on I'uget Sound. I > i'iiiocrao5--N DrlKTht Home. Minneapolis Times. The New York Mercury hue Introduced harles A. Dana , the veteran editor of the New York Sun , as a democratic presldentla' candidate , nnd a correspondent writes that ho Is the t'trongsst man the democrats could bring forward. "Some democrats do not llko him , but they cannot help respecting his Independence and fearlessness. They would vote for him gratefully and gladly. So would many republicans. " The sngg = s- tlon Is a sensible one. iiit the democratic organs go ahead and whcop It up for Dana. The Wolfcrliio SlatoNinuil. New York Sun. General Russell Alexander Alger of Michi gan neems to bs allvo and conversing. The voles | y still theo and the hat Is still there ; 3nd ft la time for tliaicropa of campaign biographers to reassemble. If wo remember the able productions cf tlieo ? Inventive souls , General Alger personally conducted the whole northern side cf .he civil war , fought all the battlss , and got all thi glory. And In civil Ufa ho was Just as Illuutrlcus. The quadren nial reappearance of this wolverine states-man and martlnllst Is one of the chief joys of a world not deficient In means of amusement. IXUIfJXATION O.V 1'AI'KH. Coiiiiiifiiilntloii fur \VIIVIT | > 'N .Yovcl \V > - of Illoivlixf OIF Wrath. Wiithlnston Post. The town of Waverly In the state of Ne braska has given the country a model plan for working off public Indignation against persons who outrage the moral sentiment of communities. It Is a decided Improvement on tar and feathers , rawhide , or moro vigor ous personal chastisement. H IB original , Inexpensive and safe , Not many days ago four citizens of Wavorly suddnly disappeared , Two of the four were male ! and two were female citi zens. They vanished from the gaze of their respective families , and when the Inhabitants of the town had-hcen rounded up not one of the four were discernible In the crowd. In short , two elojrVments had occurred simul taneously , two wives and two husbands had departed , ami"hvo wives and two husbands , likewise a numbsr of children , were left la menting. Had this occurred In almoU any of the older states , In New England , the middle , the old northwest , or the uouth , there would have been mounting In hot h'aste , -tierce pursuit and some other sort of punishment. Hut the Waverly folks were too angry to pursue , and tco much disgusted to wish for a return of ths fugitives. They were In tensely and awfully excited. Iluslness waa practically susiAffded for two days , while the people talked of the double clopment and of nothing else. Finally , the situation become so serious , the necessity for relief so urgent that thy clergy , the deacons , and a few discreet wpmon of mature age felt that something jnuut be done at once. These Rood people held a prayerful consulta tion , til ? result'.of which was the calling t > f a public meeting In the town hall. That edifice was packed almost to the suffocation point before tlio opening prayer began. Speeches followed the Invocation and then two committees , one of women , the other of men , were chosen to draw up two sets of resolution ! ) . The resolutions submitted by the women expressed their Indignation , while the product of the other committee glowed with righteous wrath. Doth sets were adopted , the meeting dissolved , the people went homo and retired to their dormitories. Silence fell on Waverly. The next morning bujlnesa wao returned ; all the people , knowIng - Ing that they had done their duty , quietly took up the burden of life again. Many Kood thtngi hav come out of the west , and this 1s one of the bett of them , Resolutions are tetter than riflcn In a. cate llko thli. it ii.VY.viii ) ' ! ) TWO < i > riciii : : ! < . MM ) ' ItrniiK In n Vote of Onnitrr 1 > r tlic llonnr , WASIIINOTON , Dec. 12. According to the opinion of two or three probable members of the house committee on foreign Affairs there Is a strong possibility that when the com mittee comts to consider the matter of AmbassAdor - bassAdor llayard's two speeches It may rec ommend the action proposed by Mr. McCnll's resolution. Thnt resolution proposes that the hcuso call upon the president to Inform ft what st'ps. If any , he bus taken to recall or cmsuro Mr. Ilayard. The question of Im peachment Is not before the house , or the committee In any way , notwithstanding pome- misapprehension on that point , for when Mr. Harrctt's resolution was disposed of the words "by Impeachment or otherwise" were stricken out , leaving n simple direction to the committee' ' to report to the house what action uhould b ? taken In the premises. It Is now conceJed by the republicans that the propo sition to Impeach was not Intended seriously , but merely a parliamentary move to secure debate on the ambassador's conduct. Mr. McCall luys that It would be unfair for tin- house to assume that President Cleve land has not suggested to the ambassador that his ppcochcs were ImpropEr , and unfair to Mr. llnyatd for the house to ctnsurc him If the president has done so already. This view Is taken by the prominent commltteemcn. In cas the president should reply that he has not communicated with tli ? ambn. sador there ts some sentiment that the hoiH'o should cen sure nun , ami u is suggested tnat tins nugni bo done cither by a separate resolution or In connection with appropriation for the am bassador's salary when the diplomatic appro priation bill comes before the houre. In case nothing Is done before , Mr. McCall thinks that a move to Incorporate a censuring clause In the appropriation bill will be made when that bill cornea before the house. While there are no conspicuous precedents for congres sional censure of a diplomatic representative It Is said to be In order for the house to cen sure such an ofllclal or ask the president to recall him. HAD TO FI.OOl ) THK 31Ai.\7.IM < : . Itnlti-il StnU-N War Ship HUM u Mttlu llrli-f Kvolli'iariit. WASHINGTON , Dec. 12. Captain Johnson , commanding the United States steamship Cin cinnati , which has ben lying off the Florida coast for some time watching filibustering parties , has telegraphed the Navy department that her coal bunkers caught ( Ire from : 'pon- tansous combustion day before ycs'crday. One of the magazines was Hooded , but the lire \\as extinguished without causing any damage. It Is said at the Navy department that snich Incidents are by no means unusual on warships where soft coal Is utowcd In small bunkers. As the powder Is now packed In seulsd metallic cases , each containing but one charge for H gun , or In the- form of fixed metallic ammunition for tlictsmaller calibers , It would ue in nowise injured uy the- flood ing of the magazine. The fact that the Cincinnati magazine was flooded does not In- llcnte that th ? ship was In any particular dnngsr , for under the naval regulations" the first duty of the commanding ofllccr In the case of flro In the neighborhood of the pow der Is to open the valves , which are ox- iressly provided for the admission of water .0 the magazines , and thus ensure the ship against an explosion. 1111,1 , IS XOW OUT OF A POSITION . Koinovcil UN CoiiiiulMHloiipr ( o IIIVON- I turn to Ovorllmc CliilniH. WASHINGTON , Dec. 12. W. W. Hill of Mississippi was removed today by Attorney General Harmon as thf commissioner ap- joluted by the United Statts court of claim ; o Investigate the overtime claims of letter carriers throughout the country. Hill Is the x-supsrlntendent of the frte delivery sys- * m of the Postofflcs- department whose per emptory dismissal for "conspiracy" by I'osl- nraster General Wilson created a s nsatlon cst week. Thd action of today Is the re- biilt of the postmaster general's letter call- ng attention to the alleged schema of Hill ind two other clerks to bring the depart- ncnt Into disrepute and probably force * a congressional Investigation , and suggesting ils connection with the Department of Jus- Icecnse. . Hill held both ohlces , drawing iJ.OOO salary as assistant superintendent anJ a per diem salary and expenses as commis sioner. No further official changes growing out of the affair are contemplated. CII3VNIAXI > KXOWS AM , AIJOUT IT. Hail Ioril Snlltilnn-jV Id-ply lli-fore HiI.cft WIIHIIIK | | ; < OII. WASHINGTON , Dec. 12. Lord Salis bury's answer to Secretary Olney on the Venezuelan question will not bo made public until the return of President Cleveland. It appears that Mr. Cleveland was aware of ho nature of the answer before he left and t Is believed he had the entire text by cable torn Ambassador Bayard. This , however , vas a private communication and was not ha formal submission of Great Britain's nswer. The latter formality occurred after Ir. Cleveland's departure so that It Is felt o be a courtesy duo the president to await its return and possibly his examination of tie original manuscript before giving It to ho public. There Is no disinclination In London , It la stated , to making the answer ublc ! as soon au the proprieties have been bsei ved. 'atloiiiil Civil Service ICcfoi-iii I , < > iiKiK * . WASHINGTON , Dec. 12. The National Civil Service Reform league will begin Its CESlon at the Cosmos club at noon with an i. usually large attendance of delegates. The morning sessions Thursday and Friday vlll be private , but tlin afternoon session acli day will ! > a open to these who dcslro to tear the papers and addresses on civil ervlco reform topics. President Carl churz fo the league will deliver the annual Odrcss tonight. At the cession this morn- UK at the Cosmos club President John Joy dson ot the local Civile Service Reform club 111 briefly welcome the league to Wushlng- on and so will one > of the district com- ilssloners on behalf of the city. And at the icetlng at Metzerctt hall tonight Mr. Kd- on will make a mere extended opeech In ntroduclnir President Schurz to the audl- I'ce. . I'ce.After After the morning session of the league oday the delegates will be entertained at uncheon by Hov. Dr. Mackay-Smlth , first Ice president of the local Civil Service : cform association , and tomorrow between : ie morning and afternoon sesuluns Colonel Vllllam G. Rice of the Civil Service com- ilsslon has Invited members of the league o meet the members of the Civil Service ommlsnlon at luncheon at his reeldence. On 'rlilay evening the local association will on- erta'.n the league and other Invited guests t a reception at the Arlington , Hxi'lti-iui-iit III Apac-lic Country , WASHINGTON , Dec. 12. The War de partment haa received a telegram from the oinmandlng officer at Fort Apache , Ariz. , aylng that the trouble at Clbucu occurred ut of an attempt by Sheriff Thompson of ilobe , Ariz. , with a posse to enter the mltan reservation to make an arrest of ndlans said to have attempted to take stores roni a ranch whose occupants were absent , 'ho Indians are said to have been caught In ho act , but had taken nothing , being dls- overed too soon , The- Inhabitants were nuch excited and are gathered at Newton's toro ranch at Canon creek. A man named lorls did the killing of the Indian whose icdy was found In the vicinity. Ho and wo others of the party gave themselves up o Lieutenant Kenton , and are now on their \ay to Glcbo , Ariz. ' IU > iiiioliiteil | die Old Mciiilicrx , WASHINGTON , Dec. 12. The prialdent las rcappolnted the- members of the court of rlvato land cUlms as follows ; Joseph It. toid of Iowa to bs chief Justice , and Henry hiss of Kansas , Wilbur K , Stone of Colorado , Vllllam Murray of Tenneisce und Thomas ' . Fuller of North Carolina , to bo asscclate uttlcss. Their terms had expired. Woulil OiicriiO UntilIn \rl > ra l < u. ST. PAUL , Dec. 12. The supreme court oday rendered a diclslon In the caio of the late- against Dollar Inspector Button , The aso was to determine the right of a meni- er of the legislature to resign and take a ubllc position during the t o years for hlch h * wag elected. It ls alleged that this as In contravention of tlis- state constltu- on. The supreme court holds thlu view nd the decision la against Sutton. It Is a ar-mchlng decision and ono which , will lave a bearing on many occupants of pub ic omc : . who ncr members of tb late eglslatur * . I . < > AM , HAIli ST. I.OI'IS. ChtcnRo Inter Ocean : Chlcm-n IIM met h r rival of long AUO And was knocked out In the fourth round , St. Louie , nn the ticweot recruit In thn column of republican rltle * will entertain the next republican natlona convention , St. 1'nnl Globe : Lcandcr swam the ltd leipont bccnuie his sweetheart uas on th other side. Has the republican party cros c the Mississippi for the sam ? reason ? Prob ably not. That party Is * eiitlmental mil when A campaign In on. St. Louis Globe-Democrat : The selectlci of St. Louis as the- meeting place of the con ventlon of 1SSS has n profound nnd lastlni ? significance. It Is a recognition of the fnc made plain by the recent elections that the geographical line eroded by Texas anticxn tlon nnd mndo hard and fast by thrt Kann.i conflict has * nt last dropped out of poll tics. tics.St. St. Louis It-public : St. Louts Is the sue cessful competitor In the convention contes because Its location nnd convenience * endow It with superior adaptability to the purposes of n gro.1t national gathering. To some ex tent this obvious reason may have been mip plementcd by the hope that Missouri am other states of the southern group may bo flattered Into doubtfulness. Kansas City Journal : St. Louis Is on the dividing line between the north and th south and the selection of that city as > the place for holding the convention eniplia sizes , If It docs not tynlfy , the fact that th north and the south arc one. The Purltai and the cavalier can meet us at a commoi gathering place nnd neither ran feel uncom fortablu regarding his environment. Chicago News : St. Louis will profit bj the convention. Tht > people will see the ac tlvlty which Is characteristic of pr sldent- makers ; they will bo In contact with the big world of which they know txj little , nm If they ever learned anything they should tl.cn. It would feem that no greater bcnetlt could have struck St. Louis than th ? con vention. Wo believe after It Is held St Louis will be heard of quite often. Chicago Times-Herald : In some respects the decision ot the committee was a good strategic move. The growth of the re publican party In the south and southwest lias been striking nnd must be taken into account by political leaders In all future campaigns. Missouri Is , to say the least , a doubtful state on the presidency , and the assembling of the convention In St. Louis will give new encouragement to the party within Ita borders. Chicago Chronicle : Chicago accepts this defeat without shame nnd without particular sorrow. The republicans will suffer and not this city. They will bo called to a town where the weather Is tropically hot and hospitality boreally cold. But no question of the qualification of the city chosen deter mined the Issue. Hotel accommodations , the necessary hall , telegraph facilities , prob able weather , were all Ignored. Boodle set tled the case. Chicago Record : St. Louis deserves con gratulations nnd good wishes for her success In the competition for the republican na tional convention. She went forth to get the convention with more earnestness and enterprise than her foremost rivals dis played , the lack of enthusiastic nnd con certed effort being especially noticeable In the case of Chicago , which has at no time felt that the convention was Indispensable to Its Interests. St. Louis exerted herself with creditable enterprise and the result of her efforts Is that she has won the prize fairly and squarely over all competitors. In the elegant parlance of ward political circles , Uie other cities were "not 4n It. " Chicago Tribune : If Chicago had really wanted the convention it would have taken the necessary steps long ago and raised the old dead-horse money In a Jiffy. Chicago was about as apathetic as New York , so there will bo no disappointment , as there was no Enthusiasm or general desire to make an arduous chase to eecuro it on the part of the people , the politicians or thepress. . Nor was Chicago sufficiently Interested In any one candidate as against others to put up patiently with the snub and Insolence of certain men on the executive committee who overdrew their accounts last time by fifty or sixty thousand dollars , and thus set a bad example for future profllgato committees. n-JKHOA'AI , AM ) OTIIKIIWISI- : . Senator Hill's throit continues to protest hoarsely against western frosta The chill ptruck deep. The blow which Chicago received must have been a stunning one. The Times-Herald speaks of St. Louis as the "big town on the Missouri. " In recent times Congressman Crisp looked on when the minority danced. Now he leads the dance , but not with sufficient grace to be attractive. The American Tobacco trust discovered It was shy on dividends after the managers had worked the stock market for a rake-off. The victims arc smoking hot. A verdict for J7.GOO rendered by a Brook lyn Jury Is the first of the kind given In New York state slnco the repeal of the law limiting to $5,000 the damages recoverable for Injuries resulting In death. CUveland's coroner's jury could not find any one on whom It could place the blame for the viaduct disaster. The remarkable fea ture of the Jury's work Is Its failure to censure the dead. Schlattcr , the queer Colorado healer , once lived at Jamcsport , L. I. , where he was a cobbler and fisherman , but held of little ac count by hla neighbors. He was at first a devout Roman Catholic , but afterward be- CAiii' A splrlttt.illst. Ho Ictt Jnmcsport In ISiit to go west to make- his fortune ) . Now York liasi ad.led by purchase 75,000 ncres to the great Adirondack State park , which lll eventually comprise 2,807,000 acres. The main purpose of the park U to protect the forests on the mountains nnd prevent the disastrous floods which result from forest denudation , The staid , solemn and solid publication , krown as the Congressional llectinl , his re sumed business at the old stand. There U n sob r carncrtncss nnd precision about the Record , a whotcioine lack of levity And an nlr of calnmcholy that unite In commending It as A specific for Insomnia , Judge Iltifus W , Pcckhnm , father cf the president's nominee for the supreme bench , n * lost , with his wife , on the Villc du Havra when that Ill-fated vessel was wrecked In mldocp.in In 1S7.1. One of the survivor * ( old the story of Judge Peckham's great fortltudi on that occasion , nnd pictured his standing serenely at the r.ill an thn ship went down i very flnp and noble figure. Colonel Ilasll N'orrla of th ? medical corpt of the army , who died recently In San Fran cisco , hail a long and busy professional life , HP wn3 related to the cclobratcd Dr. Gcorg Washington Norrls of the- University ol Pennsylvania , nnd his army servlo extended from 18f > 2 to 1S9. , when ho was retired. Uarly In his career he was rallol to attend General Grant , and by his skill In practice won the distinguished regard of the general , who was his pitlrnt throughout the war , and In Washington after he became president. Thos ? who Imagine- that age dulls the ten der Roinlhllltlofl which In youth respond to love's advances must have omitted Indiana from their calcul.itlons. A veteran Hooslcr of three score and t n recently led his fourth bride to thealtar. . After the knot was prop erly adjusted the bridegroom gaveHie brldo the customary t.ilutp , placed his arm where practice and cmtoni prompted htm , nnd , gaz- Inw tenderly Into her happy eyes , exclaimed : "Waal. Amelia , life Is worth living , hain't It ? " Ah , those old codgers nro simply Irre sistible. CUHHKXT TIIUIIS. : Detroit Frcn Press : " 1 hoard you word out sleigh riding with At Ism De lllclip. Spoonur ? I'lnyliifr for high stnkcH , nien't yeti ? " "Well. I held n full hniul on that occa sion , " ? ald Spooncr thoughtfully. Philadelphia Record : 5Iiigglns I nm illllptud with lung trouble. Huggln * Why , you look nil right. Muggins Oh. It Isn't me. We'vo got twins nt our house. Indianapolis Journal : Wntts Do you think a ninn can bo n Chrlstlnn on Jl a Uny ? Potts I don't see how ho can afford to bo anything else. Chicago Record : Uronco Hill You could n' knocked me down with u feather , yls- tlddy. Plzenwood Pete Y' don't s > ny ? "Fnc' ; met a lenn , put son-like feller nn' : sez ; 'D'yeever take nnythln'7" 'N' ho ooks nt me solemn-llku for a mln'lr 'n' HOZ : Pills' ! " Washington Star : "Who was It that inur- lered Hamlet ? " asked the young mail who H very misty on his Shakespeare. "Don't nsk me , " responded the old Icgltl- rmte star. "Some of the critics wete dls- igreeable enough to any I did It ! " Detroit Tribune : The realist trembled vltli passion. "Only J25 for my picture ? " be shrieked. 'Why ' , sir , nro you awn re that the land here portrayed never sold for less than J.'iO n front foot ? " Doubtless an oppressive silence would lave Intervened but for the roar of a term at sea depicted upon a near-by cnn- as. Chicago Tribune : Paleface Why don't on get a civilized name for yourself , now hat you hnvo become a rlvlllzed Indian ? Noble Red Man Ugh ! What your name ? Paleface My name Is Tiilehnrt. Noble lied Man ( with crushing sarcasm ) tell ! iKlehart ! Heap ijood ! Injun'a nntno Eagle Heart. Heap bad ! Philadelphia Record : Willie Pa , whnt fi le mennlng- the expression , "touch and Papa It's very simple , my son. It means extreme speed , and refers to the profes sional borrowers , who make a touch and go so fast you seldom see them ugnln. New York Recorder."Whnt do you mean , asked the editor , pausing In the act of blue-penciling the ' new reporter's copy , "by paying- that the orchestra at the Astor- bllt reception was nil broken up ? " "I counted eight pieces. " returned the new reporter , while the editor said : "Oh um yes , " and closed his eyes a mo ment to overcome the dizzy feeling. HKTR KNCHM KNT. Imllannpalls Journal. A young man who was burdened with debtSL M-'fi1 ' , "I } " think ' h1' I'll " exceeding reduce legicbts , Them by cuttinglueo From card-playing and cigarobts. " TIIH SIIll' OF STATK. AVnahlnRtnn Stnr. Hall to the hnnly mariners who man this niignly craft ; Hull to the men who hasten to their duty fore and aft ; ' From every land come travclers-the humble - blo and the great , 1"1 ° " lhto of wrecta thnt eenlus uml llu > 3 C Ca" lruHt trnvcl on thl9 Two Now Only two moro days In whluh to got n half dozen photographs Irco with each purclmso of $ (5 ( In childrcn'b department There's an active inquiry for Turkish bath robes lounging robes studying gowns house coats smoking jackets and such like appropriate and luxury-suggesting Christmas presents. A specially fine line just in. No other firm has their like in this Society Circus City , But Men's Suits in latest frock and sack styles , in a'l sorts of good fabrics , at factory prices $ 50 to $25 are what we specially desire to call attention to. Overcoats of finely woven , smoofs ; oths , and overcoats of rough weaves , chinchilla , lUuncaignac , Shet'and ' , etc. $10 to $30 , We're .clearing out several odd lots in fact all the odd lots of boys' and children's wear , Prices cut from a price that was low to a price that's a third less than gar ments are w jrth , Browning , King & Co. Southwest Corner Fifteenth and Douglas , OMAHA.
