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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.
