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V THE OMAHA DAILY I > AY , JANUARY 3 , 1890. Till ! Mv TRIIM8 Of Dally Il * ( Wlthmit Bundnr ) , On * Year . I * M Dnlly lire nml Sunday , One Year . ,1000 nix Months . > . > . > SO ] Three Months. . . , . , , . 2 SO Hundny life. One Ycnr . . . 200 HMunlnr nt , On * Yrnr . . . 1 60 \ Vklr Dee , One Vt-nr . . . C3 OFFICES 1 OmnliA. The lied IlulMlnR. Bouth Omnlm. Blnccr lllk. , Corner N nnj 21th 81s. Council muffs , 12 rcarl Btiwt. CJilcdRn Olllrc , Z17 Chamber of Cntnm rr . New York. Itoom * 13 , It nml IS. Trlliunc llullillne. Wnnhlngton , 1107 r StrrH , N. W , All communlcntlftnn idntln < r to news nnd oil- torlnl matter Mioulil IKS n'Mminlt To the Editor. imstNHSs i.irrrnnsi All liiinln'fi Utter * nml rc-mlltanccii KlintiM IK ? mlilrrnncil to The lli > c I'lilillfhlnR Company , Omalm. Drnrlfl , chock * nml post ' "Ice orders lo bo mmlc pit a Me to HIP enl * > r n1 the cnmpnnv. THI : linn PUHMSIIINO COMPANY. STATKMnN'T OF CIUCUI.ATION. II. 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And ( lie lown k < KlHliuurn will soon be wJlli us. It will tnkn n in-ntrnciod SOKO ! of cold wc.itliLT to bring tlio avi'ttiRe tciniK'ra- turo I'or tlio winter down Roinuwbrrc In the vicinity of tlio normal point. It lookH as If Maryland and Xuw York were the only states on President Cleve land's map when lie cast about him for the mime * of men suitable for appoint ment on the Venezuela boundary coin- mission. Another Installment of I'aelllc rail road bonds becomes due this month and will have lo bo paid by the federal gov ernment If paid at all. In the mean while congress Is complacently lottlii } , ' the I'acillc railroad debt take care of Itself. When the Hoard of Kducatlon quits politics and tfots down to business It may possibly discover considerable money has been diverted from the school fund to the general fund of the city. Bilt when will the Board of Education quit politics ? In two recent cases wherein parties were mangled and killed by the cars coroners' Juries have returned verdicts M'lilch In different degrees Involved the railroad companies. This will never do. Somebody has been sleeping at his post nml will not receive the usual annual pass for 1800. The action of Attorney General Churchill and Laud Commissioner Itus- Bcll In keeping the applicants for the succession to Broatch on the police commission In trembling expectation one moment longer than necessary Is a species of cruelty which the olllce seeker ought to resent. There Is nothing to bo lost by giving publicity to the actual condition of the finances of state , county , city , school district and every governmental divi sion. The people of Nebraska are en titled to know exactly how the state stands lluanclally and what burdens they are likely to be called upon to meet In the way of taxation In order to make up recent losses sustained by the treas ury. Governor Bradley Is the latest to climb onto the band wagon bearing the rapidly Increasing company of presi dential aspirants. Only a few months ago Mr. Bradloy's admirers were satis- fled to connect his name with the vice presidential nomination. The new move Is doubtless prompted by the Idea that If they aim high they will have better chances of bitting at least ono of the marks. How will Bending Justice Brewer away on the Venezuelan boundary com mission afflict the hearing by the su preme court of the appeal In the Ne braska maximum freight rate cases ? Justlco Brewer has written the opinions of the court In most of the railway rate cases decided by It In recent years and would If present at the hearing no doubt liavo considerable InUuence In shaping the outcome of this one. Minnesota and states along tlio north ern bortk'r are making extraordinary ef forts to Induce Immigration. The samu Is true of states to the south of us. Ne braska and Wyoming seem In latu years to luive. abandoned the effort. The Ne braska club Just formed In this city .with u membership extending throughout - out the state has a herculean task ahead of It. The truth must bo told about Ne braska to counteract the false stories told by southern laud boomers. The railroads are vitally interested In this new movement. Their stereotyped methods of Inducing Immigration are no longer effective. Dr , Parkhurst told Chicago that cor ruption In Its city government was due to the rich men ami corporatlona who want thulr abject tools elected as ngulnst honest , Independent men. In Omaha hist fall the cltl- ecus' councllmanlc ticket named men of the latter class. The cor porations turned them down and elected their men Instead , Corporation managers have already organized the now council. Taxpayers , little and big , Jiavo become alarmed. They called a . town meeting , which Benjamin Harri son recently said Is the only effective means of compelling public olllclals to do tholr duty , and determined to pro tect their property rights. It Is the only thing left to bo done , but It Is a most striking vindication of Tie | Bee's course In the recent local campaign that to date been tuudo manifest. 1'iiK Mot'.vniir COMMISSION. The commission appointed by 1'rcsl dent Cleveland to Investigate and re port upon the true divisional line be tween tlio republic of A'euezncla and Irltlsli ! fiiilnnn , whllo several of Its member * are not of national repute , Is composed of men of such learning and character as must command respect for the concbiHlon which the commission shall reach. The appointment of men not actively engaged In politics was wise and It Is safe to say that not a single member of the commission will bo Influenced In the slightest degree by party alllllatlon , They are men who will duly appreciate the fact that what they report may have momentous con sequences and they will therefore ad dress themselves to the task with a high purpose to bo absolutely Just. Three nations are most profoundly In- rosled In the result of the commis sion's Investigation , not because It will nettle the dispute between Great Brit ain and Venezuela , but for the reason that It will supply our own government with the Information which will enable It to proceed on defensible grounds. It should be understood that the sim ple function of this commission Is to furnish this government information. It Is to Investigate the claims of Great Britain and the claims of Venezuela mil report to our government where lies the true divisional line between Ven ezuela and British Gulatia. It has no tutliorlty or power beyond this , but the conclusion it shall reach will undoubt edly shape the future course of our government. Should the commission llntl that , the claims of Great Britain are well founded the United States would bo bound to accept this finding and to withdraw Its support from Ven ezuela , but on the other hand If It should find that Great Britain is claim ing territory to which she has no just right there can be no doubt that our government would firmly support Ven ezuela , whatever the consequences. What action , If any , the British gov ernment will take In regard to the com mission remains to be 'si-en. When its creation was first suggested the im pression obtained that Lord Salisbury would protest against what appeared like a very arbitrary proceeding on the part of the United States , but it Is now said that the commission Is viewed with favor In British olllclal quarters and ( hat there may be some Indirect par ticipation in Its work on the part of the British foreign olllce. We think this Improbable , though If Lord Salisbury sincerely believes the British claims to bo just there Is no reason why he should not aid the commission in making its investigation. Such action would bean Indication of confidence in the British case nml It would have an excellent effect upon the public mind of both countries. AVhile recognition of the commission by the British government would perhaps facilitate Its work , It is not necessary to the Investigation. All the Information required Is easily ac cessible and It Is not absolutely neces sary that the commission shall leave the United States , though It may de cide to go to Venezuela. It Is presumed that it will send experts to The Hague and to Madrid to obtain copies of pa pers ami documents referred to by Sal isbury in Ills dispatches to our govern ment and on which the Kngllsh case apparently rests. Those papers will be necessary for the information of the commission and there will be no dllll- culty in getting them. The work of the commission is not limited as to time , but It will doubtless be able to submit a report within six months. The com mission has a delicate and most Im portant duty and there Is every reason to believe It will be performed with ab solute fairness and justice. HOLDh\'O Ul' The law creating the present police commission makes the short term orig inally held by W. , T. Broatch expire on the JlOlh day of December , 1S)5. ! ) No clause In that Jaw or any other law ex tends his term one hour because his successor has not been appointed. The law creating the commission further expressly directs the state appointing board to appoint one commissioner each year for the term of three years from the date of expiration of the form of the outgoing commissioner. The term of Mr. Broatch expired Monday at mid night and the appointing board should under the law have selected his suc cessor before that time. Not only this , but the new commissioner .should have had Ids commission in time to have pre sented his ofllclal bond for the approval of the council and to have qualified for his position In order to act on the first day of his term. It Is now announced by tlio Lincoln Journal , which IH presumed to be the state house organ , that no appointment will bo made to fill the Broatcli va cancy for another week. Tills Is de cidedly suggestive. It confirms the cur rent report that members of the ap pointing board are holding up the mayor-elect. It Indicates that a bargain has been struck by which Broatch Is to name his Miccessor n the police board providing he ladles out the mayor's pat ronage lu a manner satisfactory to the Churchlll-Itusscl ! combination. It fur thermore goes to show that the firm of Churchill , Hussell & Co. proposes to make the "Co. " cash their political drafts before they honor his. In other words , the members of this political trust do not tiust each other. The intention Is , Will Mayor-elect Broatch submit to such a brazen holdup ? VllK RMl'lllK ST.ITK l-'Ull MACK. The republican governor .and the re publican legislature of New York have spuken In favor of maintaining the peaceful relations between the United .States and Great Britain. Governor Morton cannot believe thtjt these re lations will be ruptured or seriously Impaired In consequence of the bound ary dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela , nor could he coneelvo that at this period of the world's history any great nation Is willing to take the responsibility of the needless Kacrlllce of , human life and the wanton de struction of property which would be the Inevitable result of an armed con flict. The resolution adopted by tlie legislature declares that every honor able means should be resorted to to avoid n rupture of the amicable rela tions between Great Britain and the Tufted States. Those expressions from the governor and legislature of the wealthiest and most populous state lu the union have a claim upon the serious attention of the country and undoubtedly will exert a wholesome and reassuring Influence , They voice the sentiment of the more than 0,000,000 people of the Umpire state , who are as Intelligent and as patriotic as the people of any other portion of the country and would be found as ready to maintain the rights , honor and dignity of the nation. These utterances are timely and will do much to quiet apprehension abroad , as we'll as to sober the spirit of Jingoism at home , though this has ceased to be ag gressive. It Is perfectly safe to say that at this time a great majority of the American people are lu hearty sym pathy with the people of New York In opposition to war. MUST w : The consensus of opinion among men who are fully alive to the critical situa tion which confronts Omaha and Omaha taxpayers Is that radical measures must be devised to prevent the city from defaulting on the Interest and principal of its municipal debt during the present year. There would have been such a default a 'month ago had not Treasurer Diunont succeeded In securing from the local banks an advance of over Jf.'iO.OOO to meet maturing obligations , for which there was no money In the sinking fund. The $20,000 a year which the present council promised to cut oft after 11 passed out of olllce will not meet the demand of the hour. In order to make ends meet during the coming year without throwing the city Into bank ruptcy and precipitating a general ex odus , a saving of at least ? 100,000 a year must be effected lu the city ex penditures , and an equal sum lu the expenditures of the school board and the Board of County Commissioners. How this is to bo done is a matter of detail. Those who declare It cannot be done do not realize what economies can be practiced If we arc simply obliged to practice them. It should not bo forgotten that the city pay roll in 1S05 was twice what it was in 1SS3 , when property values were fully as high as they tire today and property owners were In much better condition to meet tholr taxes. The time for organizing retrenchment all along the line can no longer be de ferred. Initial steps have already been taken by the heaviest taxpayers of Omaha , and the movement will be given proper direction during the com ing week by conferences with Incoming city , school board and county officials. It Is within their power and It will be come their duty to give the people of Omaha the relief that Is Imperatively demanded. There will doubtless be great pressure exerted from political quarters to prevent the consolidation of. ollices , " the abolition of sinecures and the reduction of salaries to a scale that will correspond.with those paid for sim ilar service by private employers. Wo are dealing with conditions that do not admit of half-way measures. Omaha must not allow Itself to be forced Into a position of debt repudia tion , or , what is equivalent to It , defaulting - faulting on the Interest on Its bonded indebtedness. We must cut our gar ment according to our cloth. Expendi tures must be brought within the limit of assured revenues , and the burdens of taxation adjusted to the ability of the taxpayers to bear them without going to the wall. 007,0 AT A PREMIUM. Gold sold in New York yesterday at 1 to l'/t per cent premium , large trans actions having taken place at the Inside rate. There Is nothing in this to c'reate apprehension , the explanation being found in the anticipated demand for ti large amount of gold to purchase an other issue of government bonds. The premium , therefore , is very much n mutter of speculation and Is not to bo regarded as Indicating that there Is no longer real parity between gold and our other forms of money. It Is to be observed , however , that while the gold premium is largely a matter of specu lation the movement has been helped by the attempt of Secretary Carlisle to depreciate the credit of the govern ment by his suggestion that coin bonds might not bo paid In gold , notwith standing the fact that they have been so paid for the past twenty-five years. It has always been the policy of the republican party to pay the bonds of the government In gold and It always will be. The effect of this policy on the public credit everybody knows and It Is dlllicult to understand what mo tive Secretary Carlisle can have In cast ing doubt upon this national policy , especially at n time when It Is most nec essary that everything bo done to main tain the national credit. Such talk an that given out by the secretary of the treasury last week cannot fall to 1m pair ( lie national credit abroad and to Increase the feeling of distrust which Is duo chiefly to the financial misman agement of this democratic administra tion. Surely there Is already enough doubt of our credit among European financiers , as the dispatches of the last few days have attested , and It Is most remarkable to find the head of the financial department of the government seeking to Intensify that doubt Sena tor Teller 'was none too severe In his denunciation of those men In public life who attempt to depreciate the na tion's credit. Gold will undoubtedly continue to sell at a premium until a new Issue of bonds IH disposed of and In the event of the treasury not being able to place bonds abroad the premium may go higher than It was yesterday. This would at tract gold from Kurope , but It Is to be apprehended tha't Its tendency would bo to retard the sale of bonds. The situation Is certainly embarrassing , but as we have already said the fact that gold is selling at a small premium need not faun. . * any alarm or apprehension. It emphasizes the necessity , ho\vever , for wise aucliiirompt action for main taining the * tiliVlouai credit. The announcement Is made by the I'nlon l'actflo'5)oudliolders' ( ) reorganiza tion commllJtfH that It 1ms secured the deposit of .a . .majority of all the out standing bonds of the I'nlon Paclllo lines and Is ifr a position to push the foreclosure nroe-cdlngs on the first ntn/t- gage to anii-atly hearing. This means that If the government does not act the first mortgage bondholders will attempt to do so. TTie'purpose of the committee Is no doubt-to-brlug pressure to bear at Washington In behalf of Its funding scheme , for whose passage we may soon expect to see the reorganization syndi cate moving heaven and earth. In the Interval the people residing In the states traversed by the Pacific roads and most vitally Interested lu the debt settlement should lose no time to make themselves heard on the subject. In a long , secret confab last evening Broateh endeavored to convince Churchill that their respective Interests are Identical In the matter of appoint ing a member of the police commission. Omaha has active candidates for gov ernor , treasurer and attorney general. The state convention will not give Douglas county three nominees. If Churchill Is to secure renomlnatlon II will be because of precedent. But Where will he be If the convention should nominate n Douglas county candidate for governor ? Of course there would still be the possibility of nomination for Congressman Mercer's shoes , but n. bird In hand is worth two in the bush. Another Installment of the city's per centage on the annual sales of gas by the Omaha Gas company under Its new franchise is almost due. The city treasury will receive In the neighbor hood of $ r > ,000 or ? G,000 In cash under Its agreement , to say nothing of the sums that have been saved to house * holders by the reduced prices Imposed In the gas franchise ordinance. The concessions forced from the gas com pany In the face of a council that had surrendered unconditionally the rights of the taxpayers constitute one of the crowning achievements for which Mayor Bemis' administration will forever claim credit. Treasurer Hartley lays great stress on a computation'of per capita state debt which apparently shows that there Is now less state Indebtedness for every person in the state than there was ten years ago. But as this computation Is based on altogether misleading as sumption of population , no ono else will rest very much'weight upon It. Au Irrt'NimiiHlliIc 11 oily. KitimuHj City Journal. No party is In 1 majority In the United States senate. ! ponssquently no party can be held wholly responsible- the actions of that body. Each party will bo responsible only for the conduct of Its own members. p. j IIi [ A i" II r. I ii K Itcncli. Chicago Tribune. , . WJien young * Mr. . Bryan of Nebraska ( lands : on his democratic free sllvei- leg arid describes a circle with his nonpartlsan frso silver leg he covers * a much wider expanse or territory than his voice will reach over. i Ileiliiooil to n Police Fnotlii ) ? . is'ew York Mn.lt nnd Express. Vice President Stevenson , who only n f3w days ago threatened to go out all by him self and wallop England for meddling with our Alaska boundary line , has reduced him self to a peace footing and Is now talking for harmony \\lth all the zeal he possesses. From a defiant American eagle Colonel Stevenson was degenerated Into a small and slender-throated cuckoo. The SpniilNli IHllNloil. Chicago Intel Ocean. The Insurgents In Cuba have marched with 12,000 men over three-fourths of the Island with 80,000 drilled troops all about them. They went out for a specific purpose , accom plished It in spite of the Spaniards , and with drew. And yet from Spanish sources the public Is Informed of a continued series of victories of tha Spanish troops. The paople of Havana are especially gushing over the fact that General Campos saved them. Doubtless ho did ! 1'nJ-IHClit IH Another Story. Philadelphia Ledger. As our government has shown no disposi tion to discriminate In favor of Turkey , ths report that It has made a demand for a large Indemnity for American missionary property deitroyed by the mc-bs In Asia Minor follow ing the present set In the affairs of China Is probably correct , but It Is significant that no demand for the punishment of the rioters Is reported. The Turkish government Is recognized as the real offender , and It alone la looked to for reparation. tin * ItuVL-niio. GIobe-Dcmocmt. It Is estimated that the Dlngloy bill would yield about $40,000,000 revenue a year. This Is slightly In excess of what the deficit will probably be If the bill falls to be enacted. As the bill Is not. .a republican measure , and as It Is designed to < be only temporary In IU < operation , It la Jiard to understand how the democratic senators or the democratic presi dent can , witb any sort of reason , oppose It. There Is still ground for the hope that If It passes the senate In Us present shape It will bo signed. Ah railed Colnx Arc Icnal Tender. Springfield JtepuMlcnn. The supreme court of the Unltd States has decided that silver coins are legal tender for their face value , no matter how much defaced or abraded , fa long as they cm b : recognized as coins. A man was put oft a Jersey City strsot' crfr because ho offered a badly abraded 10-ceiit piece to pay 1 Ll f ir ? , which the conductor _ refused. Ths passenger sud for damageVr'aim the state court ; gava him $315. The company took the case to the United States fupruue court on a writ of error , and that. , court has now alUrmed the verdict of theitste courts. AVIIKHi : TllliV SIIOIJl , ! ) GO. ( Singers to Alto , Makers to Cnkc Jewelers to Gem , , lnd. Smokers to Weod//Cal. / The Sleepy ta-OiV , lo , The Idle to IluM ; Minn. Deadheads to O/afys , O. Toots to Parnassus. Pa. I'rlntors to Ai/nte / , JColo. Cranks to I'-tulUn Mo. \ctors to Stac0lt | , Ark. Perfumers to 'imjy , III. Apiarists to Deevlllf Ind. fiimill men to lilgger , Ind. Hunkers to Deposit. N. Y. Widowers to Widows , Ala. Tramps to Qrubtcwn , I'a. Ilroltera to Stockvlllo , Nev. Hunters to Deer Trail , Colo. Toung ladles to Hangs , Vu. Hucksters to YellvllU , Ark. Old maids to Antiquity , O. Lovers to Spocuvlll ? , Mich. The "boys" to Midway , S. 0. Cobblers to Slice Heel , N. 0. Theosophlits to Myttlc , Conn. Politicians to nuncombe. N. U. Topers to Brandy Station , Va. 1'hyslclans to Doctortown , On. Puzzle fiends to HlddUvlllo , da. Drummers to Modest Town , Va. Prohibitionists to Drystown , Cal. Druggists to llalsam Lake , WIs. The gum brigade to Chewtgwii , Pa. Now married couples to Dllss. Mich. Political orators to StumptoVn , Pa. Three-card-inonto men to Trtckum , Ky. M8W YOntC AFIIAII ) OP A WAIt. Clinnilirr of ronunrreo lunncn nn Ail" Iron * to thp Conntrj- . NEW YORK , Jan. 2. At the meeting of the Chamber of Comment today the com mittee on foreign commerce and. the revenue laws , consisting of Francis II. Thurbcr , Gus lar H. Schwnb , Stephen W. Carey anil William II. Robertson , reported the following resolu tion : Hctolveil , Tim I the Chnmbir of Commerce or the stnte of New York , being profoundly Impressed with the gravity of the slttmtlon which threatens the pence , now nml happily existing between Clrcnt Hrltnln nml the United Slates , nppcnls to the common sense nnd the common IntercMs of tho. people of both countries to nvert the calamity of wnr liy n reiorl to arbitration or other friendly negotlnllon , which 1ms so often been found lo bo a sulllclenl nnd sntlnfactory mode of fettling International disputes , nml In which liolh governments slnnil commuted by pro fession , precedent nml Iho luimnnltarlan spirit of the nge. Accompanying the resolution was nn ad dress In the same tenor as the resolution , and' "which cited many of the Instances In which controversies between ths United States and foreign nations had been settled by arbitration , Carl Schurz spoke In favor of the resolu tion and submitted a proposition for the appointment of a board of Inijulry or advisory council , to bo composed of nun of Interna tional reno n , which was accepted as nn ad dition to the original resolution. Charles Stewart Smith read from the reports of Sec retary of War Lament and General Miles to show that we an < not. In a position to resist the opposition of n great navy llko that of Great Hrllnln. After several others liml spoken the reso lution and accompanying addresses were adopted with but six dissenting votes. TOM PIATT IS KOR MOUTOX iiyn New Yitrk'N Oovemor l n Cun- illilntc for PreNlilt'iit. NRW YORK , Jan. 2. The Commercial Advertiser today quotes cx-Unltcd Statw Senator Platt as saying : "Governor Morton lu a candidate for the presidency. I can state B3 on authority. The governor will liavo the unltc-d support of the delegation from this state. Objection to him has been made on account of his age , but ono who haa administered the affnlra of a great state llko New York so satisfactorily and thoroughly Is not an old man. Governor Morton Is full of vlg r and I feel confident lie can un dertake , If ctionon , the task of administering the affairs of the nation as well as he has ilono In the state. " "Who will manage Governor Morton's can vass 2" "That has not been decided. I suppose by a comm'.ttoo of the whole. " Mr. Platt would not go Into further details. He .was not authorized , he said , to speak for Senator Quay of Pennsylvania. He had not heard any ono mentioned for second , place with Morton. Ho did not believe Allison would take second place. As to second choice for president , ho had none. It was Morton first , la.st and always. ( JHCRNHAI.CH OCITIKHNSIIIP. . for tin * Improvement of ICxlMttiif ; Condition * . BOSTON , Jan. 2. Governor P. T. Green- halgo's address was laid before the houses of the Massachusetts legislature today : For the nwst part It treats of state matters , but toward Its close It contains the following on citizenship and suffrage : There are various suggestions as to the mode of Improving the quality of citizen ship , among them the following : 1. Greater care should be exercised In the administration of naturalization laws so far as our state courts are concerned. 2. A probationary period of residence after naturalization might be prescribed by rnnetltntlnnnl nmnmlment. 3. While there may be a division of opinion as to disfranchising for felony , ns Is done In some states , It seems clear that persons undergoing sentence In penal In stitutions should not be permitted to vote. The decisive vote op woman suffrage at the' recent state election would seem to show that public opinion will "not for some time be prepared to accept any radical change In the established system of suf frage. The public mind appears to bo .growing hiore 'and more In favor of biennial elec tions , nnd there Is no good reason why the question should not be submitted to the people. MAYOR 1MNGREI3 SHOWS HIS IIAXIJ. r to Scciiro More from Street IlnllivnyM. DETROIT , Jan. 2. Mayor Plngreo today showed his hand In a new plan to require the Citizens' Street Railway company to grant universal transfers on elglit-for-a-quarter tickets. The mayor had petitioned the cir cuit court a week ago to compel the com pany to resume sale of the slx-for-a-quarter tickets , with transfer privileges , which Ihe company voluntarily sold last summer , but which wore discontinued because the city gov ernment had refused to grant extensions of franchises and other favors to the company. Today this petition was amended so as to re quire the Citizens' company to furnish trans fers with the oght-for-a-quarter ! tickets , which latter are being sold by the company aa a test of a new ordinance. The mayor hopes , through the courts , to 'forw the com pany Into granting what would be uncertain of accomplishment by moans of an ordinance to the same effect. MONTANA'S WKALTII Of MINERAL. Production for the Year JiiNt Closed Amounts to MlllIoiiH. HELENA , Mont. , Jan. 2. Montana pro duced In metals about $17,115,000 during the year 1E95 just ended , taking the value of th ? sliver at the coinage rate and estimating the last two months of the year on a pro rata baslo. The olllclal report of the assayer fcr this office will not b : ready until some tlmo In March , but It Is believed that the figures given will not vary more than a few thousand frcm the r al amount. The production of gold will bo1,100,000 , of silver 4,500,000 ounces , of copper 212,000 pounds , and of lead 24,500,000 pounds. The output of copper Is estimated as being C5 per cent of the production of the United States. The receipts of bullion at th ? Helena assay olllco during 1895 were 10 per cent greater than last year and 41 % per cent greater than during 1893. Governor Morrlll Han Had TOPEKA , Jan , 2. The most Interesting pleco of political gossip today conies from a prominent Kansas republican , who makes the utatement to a reporter that Governor Morrtll will not bo a candidate for renomlnatlon and will make an olllclal announcement of this determination before the first state conven tion Is held , The rcat < on la said to be that the governor's health has never bcn so i > xir an sines ho went Into the cxecutlvo ollice , and that lie fcarn that ho would dlo In office if ho should hold a second term. Another r:33on Is mid to bo that many of the gov- ornor'o politic : ! friends are leaving him and that he would rather decline * than risk a de feat. _ PltlHldirK No\v Ileliuv "Lexoiveil. " PITTSI1URG , Jan. 2. The legislative com- mltUe appointed to Investigate municipal af fairs arrived In Plttsburg from Philadelphia this morning and will begin the "Lsxowlng" of this city at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The Invejtlgatlon will start with the Department of Public Woiks and will be followed by an examination of the affairs of the mayor's cilice , Dcpartnunt of Public Safety , Ilureau of Polios and other departments. Senator Grady , a member of the committee , nays It lu the Intention to vlalt Now York , Chicago and olher large cities to compare the management of municipal affalra In thoM places with Phlladtlphla , Another Story of a Wlfe'H Downfall. NEW YORK , Jan. 2. The Journal today says ; Edward Halcnbach'u motives for callIng - Ing at William T. Robinson's homo on Mon day morning before dawn , arousing him from sleep and trying to kill htm , have been dlBcovired. The Incidents that preceded the attack are a dark story of a wlfo's down fall , her confession to her husband , hlu pur pose to kill Robinson , to kill his wife and then himself , _ _ _ _ _ _ llrever Will Enter Knnunx I'olltlex. TOPEKA , Jan. 2. It Is political gossip In KonKis that the Drawers National associa tion which will meet In Chicago January 17 will arrange- for a resubinlveton campaign In KaratL It Is understood that plans have been made for the brewers to put money Into the coming staU campaign. In the In terest of renubmleslon. OOIill ATTIIR IIOTTOM. The Trnnnvnnl llnld nnd the Mineral Involved. The merry row kicked up In the Dutch republic of southeastern Africa by Iho In vaders from n neighboring llrltlih province ID not caused by a boundary dispute , but con- tulns the Inciting force conspicuous In Ilrltlsh boundary claims. The siippeclol Alaskan grab , It Is freely charged , hug Us basis In n desire to nba > rb the Yukon gold nil DM. In Venezuela the yellow metal Is the chief magnet. So with the Transvaal , The enor mously rich mines of tint country , though largely owned by KngllDlunen , are subject to "alien" legislation nnd the miners nr ? obliged to contribute to the support of a government ether than the Ilrltlsh. The Transvaal Is enormously rich In gold and other metals , nnd the lloers , who settled It , are determined to hold It against their traditional enemloj , the Ilrltlsh , who covet It. The Ilrltlsh nro numerous nnd Influential In the country , ntid claim that they are be ing discriminated against by the lloer gov- cinmcni. Th ? lloers contcnil that they have every Uwful title lo the land , whllo the Urltlsli prolest that they have contributed to much to Itu iproipcrlt ) thai they should share Its political privileges. An eminent ICnglloh writer asserted lately that "the land belonged to Great Ilrltaln until a radical government , \\lth sent'oleM hat'to and reckless pusillanimity , g.ive 11 over Into tha hands of Us rresont owners. " H Is the general view of forrlgncrs who have scltleU In that country , and of visitors who have written ct It , that Great Urltoln han no tennblo claim upon any part of the Transvaal. The Dutch were , unquestionably , Iho first whllo men lo pcnclrnto lo that part of Africa , and when they willed thcro Ihc land \vn.3 n bleak , nnallractlvo tract , that gave no promise of the limitless wealth beneath tha soil. lu behalf of the lloers , It Is urged that not only the 1'tanyvanl , but Cape colony b- longa to them , rather than to the Hrltlsh. The Iloers emigrated from Holland In the StVintscnth cnru y , and set led In Cnpo Town , whcro they engaged In peaceful agricultural pursuit ! ! , and remained for more than a hun dred years In undisturbed occupation. In the early part of the pressnt century , their first great troubVo presented Itself , in Ihc t'hapo ' of a large Engll.'h cmlgr.illon. Little by lltllo tlio Dutchmen were crowded out of Capo Town , and moving to the north , they left the Britons In possession of their former The evicted He-ers camped for a tlmo at the place where Klmberly , the great diamond center , now stands , and In Dechuaiialnnd , too , but the Hrltlsh moved gradually after them. Crossing the Vaal river , the lloers made their new home In the then unexplored region which later came to bo styled the Transvaal. There they resumed the life that had been Interrupted at Cape Town , and established tha " 55utd Afrikander Republlk" ( South African Republic ) . Beyond the confines of Transvaal ithere ii not spot left to the Boer to which he may fly on still another "trek , " or national migration. He Is hemmud In on the north by Mntabeleland and Mashonaland , which passed from King Lobengula Into tlio possey- olon of the British East African company. On the cast are Zululand and Natal , where ths British empire holds suzerainty. To tha southeast lies the Orange Free State , separate and Independent. To the south Is Cape Colony , the Great British possession , and on the west la Basutoland , whore Ihe native Kaffirs acknowledge allegiance to the British criw. ' . About two-thirds of the population are British subjects , and In using the term alien or "ultlahdcr , " Britisher Is usually meant. They Inhabit only the towns and mining centers. The great Industry of the country- gold mining Is entirely In their hands , as Indeed Is the trade of the whole republic. The revenue of the state Is almost wholly derived from the taxation Imposed upon them. In spite of their numbers , their wealth and their social Importance , these "ultlonders" are steadily debarred by the Boer minority from the exercise of political rights. Under the most recent legislation of the Volksraad no alien can become a citizen If he lives In the republic to the end of time. Ho Is , In deed , Invited to become naturalized , but If he does , he merely forswears his own coun try and Us protection ; nothing 'Is to bo had In return , and ho only makes himself an outlaw. Some English newspapers assert that Great Britain has no desire to molest the Boors , but that the question at Issue Is the desire of resident Englishmen to secure certain con cessions under President Krueger's republic. Such concessions have been granted now and then , but the Boers declared that English men are never contented until they secure a monopoly In all the different classes of In dustry and commerce. The quantity of gold mined In the Rand ( the local name for the Wltwatersrand gold reefs ) long since exceeded the best records of California , Australia or any other of .tlio great gold sections. During 1893 alone the shipment of gold amounted to $27,500,000 , and the Rand reefs are said to yield now over 25 per cent of the total gold supply of Iho country. From 1887 until the first of this year 10- 110,000 tons of ore have been extracted , yieldIng - Ing C,544,584 ounces of gold , worth about $17.50 an ounce , anil having a gross value of $110,000,000. The dividends paid during the same period amount In round figures to $23- 000,000 , or 20 per cent of the output. Last year thcro were milled 2,827,035 tons , yield ing 2.024.102 ounces of cold , worth $35.000.- 000. The dividends declared for the year amounted to $7,050,000 , or 20 per cent of the output. ' The value of the output of the fifty pro ducing mines on the 1st of last January was $100,000,000. The output per year In ounces slnco gold was discovered In the Transvaal Is as 'fol lows : 1887. 28.751 ; 1888 , 240.2CC ; 1889 , 3CO- 023 ; 1890. 479,302 ; 1891. 727,912 ; IS92. 1,150.- 519 ; 1893 , 1,381,128 ; 1891 , 1,837,773 ; 1893 , about 2,000,000. This means that the Increase In the world's output Is duo to the extent of 56 per cent to these mines. President Krueger , now serving his third term as chief magUtralo of Ihc republic , has Indomitable- force and rare Intelligence. His popularity amounts almost lo fanatical en thusiasm. Among the Boers ho Is known as "Oom Paul , " nnd Is styled their patron saint , which honor he shares with George Wash ington , for whom those South African repub licans manifest sentiments of reverence. They are as fervent admirers of the United States as they are bitter enemies of Eng land. 1'EUSO.VAIi AMI OTHERWISE. The scene shifts from Venezuela to Bosr- ( lorn. lorn.That That undiscovered tropical region said to bs pjvet ! with good Intentions Is about ready to harvest the annual crcp. Ono of the advertised advantages calculated to popularize a trcllcy route In St. Louis Is Hut "tho line passei a number of cemeto ie . " Should the location of the Cuban Insur gents liecomo a grava matter of doubt , the country will hear another speech from Gen eral Campos. A Knoxvllle , Tonn. , firm has- received an order for 00,000 pounds of dried apples for the German army. Kmperor William knows liow to make heroes. The Order of the Society of Cincinnati In Philadelphia has decided to place the long- delayed Washington monument at the Green t-treet entrance to Falrmoiint park. Tlio adoption of a $1,000 license law In Philadelphia In 1S88 reduced the number nf saloons In that city from 5,773 to 1,313. Till * year the licenses granted reach 1.C70 , yielding an Income to the city of $1,670,000 , Mayor Curtis of Boston made a senallilo observation when he declared1 at a recent dinner that "the failures In Amrlcan poli tics are due not EO much to the perverseness of the Ignorant as tb the sloth among tlio educated , " Dr. Paul Glbler , who Is at the head of the Pasteur Institute In New York , contemplates forming an Invalid's community near Tuxedo park , Philadelphia , which will embody slmo of hli ) advanced Ideas In sociology , as well as In experimental and preventive medicine. The memory of M. Pasteur will not dlo In France. A number of cities , Including his native place , Dole , have already decided to erect monument ) bearing his name , and now It Is announced that Paris will also honor the great sclentlit In the- same ; man ner. ner.Tho The belli and tbo tin horn were greeting Iho New Year with a Hot of sound , For ihci moment the inuslo of the merry dance was overwhelmed by the outer racket , A young man ruahed in to claim lift ) partner fur the mlnuoU "A. clorloiu beginning of ' 00 , " ho oxclnlmcJ. "Tho very lr Is p n gent with hnpplncin nnd good che-ef. " "I have no doubt of It , " she answered , quietly , "I got a hint of It In your breath. " A firm of publishers 1ms offered Snrnh nernlmrdt $200.000 lor her nutobtcgrnphy. This Irnls by $76.000 the cheek which Messrs. 1/otiKtnnns pild Mnrnulay "for ono edition ol A book , " ns Macaulny expressed It. the book being his history. A large fund Is being cMIcctcd In New York to secure- the democratic naltotml convention for that city. Of course , money Is useful In lln way , nnd talks plca-nntly at nil times , bul what Now York needs lo set off Its ad vanlagea In royal slylo Is a letter of com- niMiJntlon frcm the prince of Wales. A New Yorker , who wns obliged to pay alimony to his divorced wife , stopped payment on learning of her marriage. But his Joy was1 shortlived. A Iccal court threatened to flno him for contempt for failure to fork over promptly. The feelings of a man forced to contribute to the support of another man's \\lfo are too sacred for moralizing lessons , Mr. nnd Mrs. Gladstone hnvo reached Biarritz In good health and spirits. They will remain thcro for a tlmo nnd then go to ( Jannef. Mr. Gladstone's SCIh birthday has called forth kindly expressions from his former political and Journalistic opponents. Gladstone never had so many friends as ho has at preseut. Some Iwenty years ago Uncle Sam filed * claim for $16,000 with the Turkish govern ment , and received a low-broweJ' promise 11 to pay. The promUio remains unfulfilled. A _ few more claims h.i\p been sent fitter the first , but until nn armored bill collector Is tout along , thy will rest peacefully In eome , . Ylldlz pigeon hole. There Is n painful lack of harmony among prospective poet laureates of England. Mor- ils upbraids the United Stales for "staying the hand" which , In his poollc vlelon , was about to smite tliu murderous Turk. This bit of Imagery deserves a place In theIntor - nallonal code of humor. Now comes Watson with n. roast of "Craven EnglanJ , " exclaim ing : "Nevermore "prate " thou of generous efforts , rlshtcomi nltn , betrayer of the people , know thy shame ! " In 1S63 Truman Smith , who had repre sented Connecticut In Iho United Slates senate , and been the associate of Clay , Web ster , Sewnrd nnd Chase , bscaine the father of twin boys. The old man he wns nearly 70 named the babies Abraham Lincoln an Wll- IIin Sewnrd. The great secretary , on re ceiving a teller announcing these facts , took It to Lincoln , who Indorsed upon It : "Tho old man grows stronger as he grows older. Be It so with the nation. " SHOTS , .111:1,111) . New York Advertiser : Lord Dunraven'i precipitate return to England Is not strango. Ho was again "crowded" this tlmo to the wall. Chicago Tribune : Lord Dunravon will have plenty of time while on the ocean to formulate the npolcgy and retraction which as a gentleman he probably will not cable to America when ho reaches home. Philadelphia Press : Lord Dunraven Is left In a pitiable position by the co-llapso of hs | charges .against the owners nnd crew of De fender. His charge made the gravest asper sion that could bo brought against men ot honor , and any man making such a charge on * B insufficient evidence puts himself outside the companionship of honorable men , and In this position Lord Dunraven uecms , likely to bo loft. Indianapolis Journal : A London paper fears that Lord Dunraven's performance will cause a more bitter feeling between the people of the two countries than Iho president's Vene zuelan messago. As usual , the London paper Is mistaken ; as a matter of fact , millions of the best people In this country care nothing about the International yacht rnce , nnd many thousands would mistake a yacht for a now fancied windmill. Detroit Free Press : Lord Dunrnven has torn hlmsslf away from us already , without waiting for the round of social festivities In which ho would doubtless have been the guest of honor if ho had consented to stay. Whatever may have been lacking In our welcome to the coining , thcro Is no doubt of the national readiness to speed the parting guest. This Is u case In which wo can all agree that "parting Is such sweet sorrow. " Chicago Times-Herald : Dnnraven seems to have established beyond contravention the fact that his charges were the frothlngs of Jealousy and meanness. The trial may result In the extinction of International yacht racing , but the people of this country are practically unanimous In the opinion that If every contest Is to Involve suspicions of good faith of Ameri cans and a reawakening of 'the nastlncES of English sporting papers , It would bo bettor that the America's cup should be melted down than that the races should be con tinued. A MATTISK OF .TI2ST. Chicago Record : "Why do they call him a featherweight ? " "He uses a quill pen. " Harlem Life : Hev. Mr. Douwell My pool follow ! Why do you dilnk ? Walker It's the only way I can relieve mo thirst , boss. Atchlson Globe : When men are not re gretting that llfo Is go short they lire doing Eomothlng lo kill time. Somervlllo Journal : Before starting In tc elevale Iho stage , It Is not necessary foi nn actress to take off more than her out door wraps. Boston Trnnpcrlpt : Harry What girl wni that you hml In tow lust evening ? Willie ( Indignantly ) What you arc pleased to call tow Is usually hpokcn of by people of culture ns blonde trusses. Chicago Tribune : "I don't sco how I'm over ID get out of this t-crupe ! " sighed the barnacle , when they dry-docked the ship. Cincinnati Enquirer : "Well , poor od ! Myzer had to glvo up the ghost nt last. " "So I heard. I list It Is the lliHt thing he ever gave up without gelling paid. " Detroit Free I'rcra ; Skldmoro Yon cnn dlHtlngulHli good money from bad by Us COM versa tlomil inmlltlcH.- Snooper \Vhnl do you mcnn ? , Skldmoro Genuine money talks , but coun terfeit nolcH huvo to bo uttered. Judge : Chlmmy Who got do mo1 Chrls'- irms presents you or yor liruddcr ? Patsy ( doh'fully ) Mo lirudder. Chlmmy How hem dnt ? You're do oldcs * . I'atsy ( more dolefully ) I knows It ; but ho got up first. Chlcniro Trlbunn : "I may not be able to miiko my children bnhnvo nn they should , " s.'ilcl tbo horoly-lrlcd mother of the lurgo family , "but I am going to do my prottlest ! " And rlio laid the young dude of the house , hold ncrn.sH her knee and did him with a slipper , good nnd hard , Plttsburg Chronicle : "Thero IH nothing llko our House of Lords , " Umstcd Iho Eng lishman. "Still you cnn't tmy Unit It Is without o peer , " replied tlio American , - BE GENTLIJ WITH IT. Atlanta Convtllullon. r" ' The New Yeur resolution comes ; lint greet U not with fcong , Ami very softly beat the drums , For It won't otuy very long. 11 won't stay very long , ' It won't Htay very long ; Its llf Is brief- It comee to grief 'Twlxt morn und even song. Tin : nocTiiiNis OK MO.VJIOH. Olilragu I'Dsl. He was a very famous man ; His mime WUM JamcH Monroe ; Hn hud u finer doclrinn than We e'er n train xhall know , He wrote It out with greatest care So ho who'd run might rnud ; He told nil nalloiiH to Ixtwuro And give his wordu good heed. And we hnvo rrad and read It o'er , And read U o'er ugnln , And now we're told to read uotne moro By half a dozen men , It mcaiiH , wu'ru told , n dozen things : I''H wise and It'll It calls for praltu and bitter "flings ; " On cv'ry tunguo H'H heard , It' new nnd yet It's very old ; It HlnndH for witr nnd peace : It's good nnd bad , we're ua fold , Of woo will bring euroeuHe , It IH n part of natlonu * law , And likewise H lu not ; It's llawlera , but It hu n Daw ; It'H IOtlCEH With a spot. H'H evident , nt any rate , It ineann a bitter Unlit , With pen nnd Ink und words of weight Exchanged by men of mluht : And UB their crlex more loudly rlny , , Oh , grunt that wo may know Tliu meaning ot that puzzling thing ; The doctrine- ilonro * .
