THE OMAHA DAILY ifllUKt 8 r 7 ? DAY * JANUARY 5 , 1800 ,
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prespnre this 3d Ony nf Jnnu.iry. 1S9C ,
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Wo Htipiioio Hint Ion ] ) year In Colonitlt
oiuhl to mi-mi Hint In tlmt year 111
wonii'ii not only n.sk for litt roreivt
nil ( lie nominations to statu and loca
OlIlCt'H.
Tf tin ; Ch'vohmil iiitniiniKtrnllon oulj
lusts IOIIK liiioiiKh Mr. Condon will liavt
rocolvcil npimltilmi'iits at Its lininls t <
nlino.st every branch of the pulill
fiervli'G.
Just Itocntiso Germany Is hiking t
hniul In thu Transvaal eonlrovcrsy 1
no reason why we should assume tliu
the "lloors" have any Intimate relation
ship with "boors. "
And still the wonder fti'ows that Hit
same man could have been resjionslhlt
for the rebel IhiK order and for tin
Voiipx.nelan message so boldly upholding
the .Monroe doetrlne.
The United States Is at present en
ganed In the- laudable enterprise of
demonstrating to Croat Hrltnln Ilia
Englishmen are not the only ones win
can .survey a national boundary line.
Ht. Louis Is apparently of the oplnloi
that the republican national conven
tlon , which It has already secured
ou ht to serve as a nest-ejrj ; to attract
to It the conventions of all the othei
parties In addition.
Announcement of Intentions fron
statesmen reputed to be ambitious t (
fill- the governor's chairIn Nebraska
ne t year seem to be In order. SpenK
rl ht out ; gentlemen , without rejrard 1 (
the fact that this Is leap year.
To tfot even with the people who re
fused to attend his lectures Scnatoi
11111 Is injecting himself Into the senati
proceedings In a way that cannot lui
Impress the people who make It a habit
to read the Congressional Keeord.
The chief amusement out at Cripple
Creek Just now consists In .lumping
clalmu. Bolero very long ( ho ehlel
amusement of the luckless portion of
the Inhabitants will consist in Jumping
laundry bills and boarding hous ?
claims.
President Cleveland lost the oppor
tunity of a lifetime when he failed to call
upon the recent Nebraska-South Da
kota boundary commissioners to give
the country the benefit of their experi
ence by accepting places on the Venezu
elan boundary commission.
No justice of the supreme court has
over been taken from the bench and
placed In the president's chair. The
friends of "Justice Urewer , however ,
think this Is a good time to put an end
to the rule by promoting the Kansas ;
Jurist to the post of chief executive.
Hoth teachers and pupils of the public
schools return to their work .tomoriow
nfler a two weeks' vacation. The
teacher that has not made use of till *
Intermission of school session to better
prepare herself for the work befoie h-.T
IIIIH wasted the opportunity just as
much as the pupil who has failed to nlll-
Izu It for rest and recreation.
Iteports to the effect that C'hlnninen
are being smuggled into the t'nltcil
Status In violation of the exclusion laws
must be taken as an Indication that
immigration to tills country Is pit-king
up. The Chinamen would not want
to come here unless there were attrac
tions that wore equally powerful In
drawing Immigrants of other nationali
ties.
The Nebraska pedagogues have for
mally endorsed the position taken by
the president on the Vene/.uelan ques
tion. Though most of those voting for the
resolution were women and excluded
from service on sea or land , Its adop
tion IH an evidence of good faith and
an Indication tlmt the teachers of the
west can display as much entlnihlastle
patriotism as the next.
Tax tltlo sharks are not as a general
thing entitled to very much considera
tion. Some of them bought up titles
to certain property abutting llanscom
park which wi re sold to pay the special
assessments levied against them. The
recent decision of the supreme court
held thu city must pay for paving the
street surrounding the park , and abut
ting property owners p.re thus absolved
from paying the pavlngttax. . Such
epeclal assi'ssmeuts being Illegal , of
course the tax titles are rendered worth
ies : ) . The tax tltlo broker got his
flngerd burned. Few will weep with
lilut
Ml t'M'IM HMMIOAI )
Ten years ngo congi-os * fiidpnvori'd to
KoHi ( he 1'ncinc1 railroad debt problem
by n xpoolal i-ominlxston , To thin end
Ihe president was empowered ( o ap
point three commissioners who were
dlreetod ( o mal < e it seairhlng Inquiry
Into the capitalization of the Piu'ltie
railroads , cost of coiiHlrtielloii , manage
ment , charges on freight and passenger
Iratllc. The commission was further
more required to formulate n plan of
debt settlement nnd submit the same
thioitgh ( he president to congress with
such other recommendations as to
needed legislation as might suggest
themselves. President Cleveland tip-
pointed ns commissioners ( lovernor 1'at-
llson of Pennsylvania , 10. Kllery Ander
son of New York and David Littler of
Illinois. After months of Investigation
Ihe commission submitted two reports
with six Volumes of testimony. Uov
einor Pattlson , the chairman of ( ho
commission , took' a decisive stand In
favor of coiiipe'lllug the Credit MoWllor
construction rings In Boston , New York
and San Francisco to disgorge all Il
legal profits and appropriations and of
such proceedings as would wring ( he
water out of the Union Paclllo and
Central Paclllc railroad systems.
Messrs. Anderson and Littler submitted
u reorganization scheme which was to
substitute for existing mortgages one
blanket mortgage covering the entire
roads and branches , thus perpetuating
the Inflated stock Issues and the colossal
bonded debt under which the rondx
were groaning. President Cleveland In
transmitting these repot-In to congress
praised CJovonior Patllson's findings ,
but endorsed the Anderson-Littler
scheme of debt-extension. The work of
the commission was embalmed among
the archives of congress , bill nothing
came of It except that Mr. Littler re
ceived his reward within a few mouths
by lucrative employment as lobbyist for
the blanket mortgage proposition.
And now , nine years after the last
commission has folded Its tent , an at
tempt Is made to repeat the costly and
useless experiment. This time the cre
ation of a new Paclllc railroad com
mission Is championed by Secretary
Iloke Smith , with the tacit approval , If
not the express endorsement , of I'rehl-
dent Cleveland. Secretary Smith's prop
osition Is that eongrohs should refer the
whole subject of Pacific railroad debt
settlement to n specially appointed com
mission and defer final action until It
has digested and formulated a plan for
congress to ratify.
The question which Secretary Smith's
recommendation raises is. Can the Pa
clllc railroad "debt settlement be effected
by congress any better after Investiga
tion by a commission than it can bo at
the present time ? Is there anything to
be gained by creating such a commis
sion ? Could the commission obtain any
Information that Is not now at the dis
posal of congress ? Would the members
of a specially appointed investigating
body be less likely to be Influenced by
the railway magnates and their repre
sentatives than the members of the Pa-
cille railroad committees of the two
houses ? Would the appointment of n
commission stay the pending foreclosure
proceedings under the first mortgage
and would It improve or Injure the posi
tion of the. government with respect to
Its second mortgage claims ?
Whatever a Paclllo railroad commit
slou might accomplish in the way of
eliciting new information or of devising
a new plan of debt settlement , its re
sults would still have to bj referred
back to congress and await congres
'ilonal ratification before becoming law
Should the commission's reeonim < 'nda-
tions fall to secure the approval of eon-
.jress in their entirety , the commission
ill would be subjected to mutilation
mil amendment and Iho whole matter
would have to be once more gone over
n the committees of the two houses
mil perhaps again on the floors of the
louse and senate when It came up for
consideration and passage. The fight
letweon the Interests of the people and
) f the railroad syndicates must take
) lace In congress. Were there a com-
nisslon the railroads would try to con
trol the commission , and if they failed
n that they would exert themselves to
till the commission's bill by adverse ac-
Ion of congress. To refer the subject
o a special Pacific railroad commission
vonld merely give the railroad crowd
wo chances of working their schemes
vhere now they have only one. Why
hen a commission at all ? Congress
mist meet the Issue sooner or later.
Why not at once ?
; jfjr.Y/xun *
The comprehensive scope recently
given to the Monroe doctrine , which
mikes It the duty of this country lo
ako notice of every boundary dispute
n the western hemisphere In which a
European power Is concerned , gives In
ures t for our people to'the controversy
letween 1'Yaneo and Itimll , of long
( milling , over a largo territory In the
lorthorn portion of the hitter country.
\mapa , the region In dispute , and which
as noon declared neutrm territory until
here Is a settlement , Is estimated to
ontaln some ir > . " > ,0)0 ( ) square miles , or
bout the area of all Now Kngland.
'he inhabitants of the region are llra-
Illans and the affairs of the district
ave been managed by them , but the
Iscovery of gold there n short time
go attracted a large number of linnil-
rants from French Culana , which Is
ontlgnons , and the olllclals of that
on n try made a military Invasion of the
eglon , claiming for France tlmt por-
lon of It In which gold had been ills-
overod , thus making a case resembling
ery closely that between Venei'.uela
ml Great Hrltaln. The Invaders met
lib a stubborn resistance and were nut
bio ( o mnke any progress , and now It
s said that Franco Is contemplating a
aval demonstration at Itlo , with a
lew to forcing the Itrazlllnn govern-
lent to take measures to secure the
rotectlon of French subjects In Aninpa.
The French government has signified
s desire to have this dispute nettled
y arbitration , but this the lira/.lllan
overnment seems unwilling to accede
o , claiming , of course , ( hat the ton-l
ory belongs to Itrnzll and tlmt France
ms no claim to It. If lira/11 persists
i this attitude aud France resorts to
force what position iniixt the Tutted
Hlnlcs nsstimc Inwnrtt the tnnltcr In
older to be consistent with Secretary
Olnoy'rt view of ( he moaning mill scope
of Iho Monroe doctrine ? Should wo
not bo compelled lo support Hra7.ll In
resisting any show of force on the part
of France , even though ( ho former ab
solutely refused to submit ( be contro
versy ( o arbitration ? And If we did
do this would It not bo tantamount to
declaring that In any dispute of this
nature between a European power and
an American state It Is 'the policy of
this country to side with the hitter ,
right or wrong ? It Is not probable
that anything serious will come out of
this controversy ns ( o the territory of
Amapa. It is to bo presumed that
France Is not anxious to become In
volved In a conflict In this hemisphere ,
and If she Insists upon arbitration the
Inlluence of the I'nlled States will
probably Induce Himll to accept ( hat
method of settlement. Hut the matter
Is very suggestive of the possibilities
of oudh-ss complications for the United
States from too greatly broadening the
scope and application of ( he Monroe
doctrine.
Tin : I'
Utah Is now a state , so declared by
( he proclamation of the president. The
terms of the state olllcers will begin
tomorrow , and It Is announced that
everything Is In readiness for Institut
ing the government of the forty-fifth
state of the union. This will add ( wo
mi'inb"rs to the United States senate ,
bringing the total membership of that
body to ninety , and the addition of
one member ( o the house of representa
tives. Increasing the total of ( he lower
branch to ; t. > 7. Utah enters the union
ns a republican state , so that her sena
tors will be republican and will give
that party a majority In the senate as
soon as they are seated. The total of
the electoral college will bo correspond
ingly Increased nnd for 189(5 ( will num
ber 417 , so that J2I votes will be re
quired to elect our next president.
There are some novel features In the
constitution under which Utah assumes
the responsllilllllos of statehood. Kx-
cept in' capital cases , the trial jury In
courts of general Jurisdiction consist. *
of eight Jurors. In criminal cases the
verdict must be unanimous , but in
civil cases three-fourths of the Jury
may find a verdict. The grand jury
consists of seven persons , live of whom
must concur to find an indictment , but
no grand jury shall be drawn unless
In the opinion of the judge of the dis
trict public. Interest demands It. ICx-
eept In elections , levying a special tax
or creating Indebtedness , no property
qualification shall be required for any
person lo vote or hold olllce. The legis
lature is not allowed to authorize the
state or any county or any subdivision
of the state lo lend Its credit or sub
scribe to the stock or bonds of any
railway or telegraph line , or to any in
dividual corporate enterprise. The
legislature and the State Hoard of Edu
cation are prohibited from prescribing
text books for the public schools. Kvcry
one Is to be permitted to obtain em
ployment whenever possible , and any
person maliciously interfering with an
other In obtaining employment shall be
deemed guilty of a prime. The state
cannot contract an Indebtedness In ex
cess of the moderate sum of $200,000.
unless it in necessary to contract mire
than this to suppress nn Insurrection or
defend the state In case of war.
Utah has a population of about L1.- )
000 and the assessed valuation of property
orty for the year 1S ! > 5 was nearly # 100-
000,000. The total territorial tax I'isl
year amounted to ! > 1)7,000. ! ) The state
has 800,000 acres of improved land , of
which 407,000 acres are under cultiva
tion , nearly ! K ) per cent being Irrigated.
It Is estimated that . ' { . "OO.OOO acres can
bo reclaimed by irrigation. The metal
mineral output of last year was valued
at over ? ! 1,000,000. Utah has ample
resources to meet the requirements of
statehood , and it is to be expected tlmt
under the new conditions these will be
rapidly developed.
DUIVI : OUT TUK Loiinr.
It in to bo hoped Senator Allen will
carry out his reported Intention to press
Ills resolution against the lobby , and
there ought to be no doubt about ito
adoption , for certainly every valid argu
ment is in favor of oxuludlntr from the
halls of congress the attorneys and
agents of corporations and monopolies
who Infest ( hem at every session for
the purpose of Influencing legislation.
There have been so many scandals con
nected with the operations of the lobby
and the belief Is M > general tlmt these
operations are corrupting and demoral
izing that ono would suppose every
honest man In congress would bo ready
to go on record In support of any meas
ure , however drastic , necessary to rid
the national legislature of this baleful
Inlluence. Unfortunately , however , ex
perience does not warrant the expecta
tion that anything will be ( lone , for
while probably no member of either
branch of congress would have thu
temerity to defend the lobby , few have
over shown a disposition to get rid of It.
It Is ono of those evils which men deplore -
ploro anil yet tolerate.
Senator Allen's Idea Is tlmt soliciting
votes for or against measures under
consideration by congress should be
made a misdemeanor , and he would ex
clude not only from the halls of con
gress , but from the cnpltol , persons
whoso known Intention was to do this.
Perhaps It would not bo practicable to
go to the full length of his suggestion ,
but It certainly Is to exclude lobbyists
from the congressional hulls. There
should bo such a stigma placed upon
this business tlmt no holf-respcctlng
member of congress , who had regard
for his reputation as a man of Integ
rity , would allow himself to bo seen In
the company of a known lobbyist , nnd
If this were done very few would en
gage In the business ,111 whoso company
a self-respecting man would care to bo
seen. As it Is , Iho corporations em
ploy lit this service persons who have
some reputation and character as law
yers and men of nffalra , even ex-mem
bers of congress finding In It profitable
employment , uud thus It la glvou a
llniin of tvp T'tlibllltyltliotit reducing
Its power roiviul. < vhlef.
The lobby < R iin old evil In oonnec-
I'on ' with legi. tUlon , ft ml how great an
amount of liniPirlt has done to the pub
lic InterestsTvhflt nn enormous meas
ure of corruup5 ) | It lias wrought , nnd
whnt immborH ( if men have sacrlllced
their integrity and ( heir honor at Its
behest , It Is Jiiipftsslblc to say. Hut It
Is an admitted evil , nnd as such should
be exterililnaU'd'Jf ' It be po lble to < 1o
so. At niiycnile ( hero ouu'ht to be an
honest and earnest effort made to drive
the lobby oul of 'congress.
A vriir
An event of more than ordinary In
terest to the Roman Catholic church
will take place In llaltlmore today , In
the elevation of Archbishop Satolll to
the rank of a cardinal. It Is remarked
In regard to this manifestation of ( he
favor of the supreme pontiff tlmt the
American papal nblegnto Is pot-Imp * ( ho
favorlle splrltunl and Intellectual sou
of Leo XIII. In 1J ( ( . when but IK
years of ago , .Satolll took priests' orders
In 1'erugla , where Cardinal I'eccl , the
present pope , was bishop , anil from
that time on ( he bishop was his deeply
Interested mentor , guide and friend , lie
founded ( he Academy of St. Thomas In
his diocese and put Ids young priest at
( he head of It. The year after attain
ing the pontlllcate he Issued his famous
encyclical on theological training and
.shortly afterward he placed his still
youthful dlMdple In the professorship of
dogmatic- theology In Home , also devolv
ing uiion Satolll diplomatic duties. Ills
connection with the United States be
gun with his visit as papal roprosema-
tlve at the opening of the Catholic mil-
verMty at Washington , and In 185KJ he
was given extraordinary powers as
apostolic delegate In this country , lie
having since been a commanding lignro
In the administration of affairs of the
church as to which he had jurisdiction.
The elevation of Satolll to the college
of cardinals will make him eligible to
the papacy , and In view of the fact that
all his training has been just In the line
to continue the policy of the present
pope , he Is regarded as a possible suc
cessor of Leo XI11. , perhaps the only
obstaeJe to his election being his com
parative youth. Cardinal Satolll will
be the thirty-fifth on whom the present
si'preme pontiff has conferred the red
hat and will make the total member
ship of the Sacred College of Cardinal. *
sixty-live. '
A
RepresentativecDlngley , chairman of
the house ways ftud means committee ,
has Introduced a bill which proposes
that either a joint agreement .shall be
effected betwee i this country , Great
Hrltaln , HusVla'and Japan for the pro
tection of the seal herds In the North
I'aclflc andf , Hewing sea , or that the
United States shall take and kill every
fur seal found 'on the I'rlb'yloff islands
and dispose .of ( lie skins to the best ad
vantage. Tins radical remedy for the
destructive j yptoui of pelagic sealing
Which has been . .carried on and which
promises In a few years" to'extorminate
the seal holds' was suggested by Mr.
Dingley in the last congress , but did not
command very serious consideration ,
for the reason that It was conlldently
expected that Croat Hrltniii would agree
to some fair arrangement with the
United States for the protection of the
seal. That country , however , manifested
little disposition to do anything to pie-
vent the wholesale slaughter of the seal
by poachers and as a result the pirati
cal marauders , according to the report
of the governor of Alaska , last season
caught : ! SMM ) seals , while the company
to which the United States sold Un
sealing privilege was limited to a catch
of in.OOO.
Whatever may bo thought of the ex
pediency of the United States disposing
of the right to catch seals to a monopoly
ely , the fact remains that it has an in
terest In this business which * it may
rightfully protect and if the IJrltlsli gov
ernment persists In refusing to do whnt
is manifestly fair in the matter this
government would be perfectly justified
in killing every fur seal within Its jur
isdiction , as prescribed by the Parly
court of arbitration , and realizing -what
It could from the sale of ( he skins. The
very satisfactory experience "with the
Hritlsh government In this matter war
rants some such decisive action as the
bill of Mr. Dingley contemplates.
The regularly recurring rumor to the
effect that the Brewers' National asso
ciation Is preparing lo put money Into
a resubmlsslon campaign In Kansas I , *
hero on time and will be used by the
Kansas prohibitionists for all It Is
worth. It may be true and It may not
be true-In all likelihood the latter. To
the prohibitionists , however , t 10 triilh
or falsity of the rumor Is Immaterial ,
so long as they can mnke It ri pretext
for appeals to their followers In the
east for. mojo JlUjernl contributions to
'
the funds t jfe'iised In lighting the
'
dread nun p'tlvvpi ln Kansas It Is on
the proceeds of Mich subscriptions ( lint
tliu professional jiroiiinitlou u tnt.irs
manage to m'atJo"1lielr living. Were It
not for the annual threat of a brower.V
Invasion ItvouUl. . bo a matter for won
der how they lleop a Kansas foothold.
United States-Commissioner of Labor
Wright IH li'rvittng suggestions as to
the best wayj'\ , njrevent ) enforced Idle
ness on the pui'tcof the laborer. This
Is a ( juostloifr''Wth ' which every workingman -
ingman and , | fi tjijvt , everybody Is vitally
concerned. U'hi > unswcrs will no doubt
embrace every" Viid and Ism that has
devotees within wilting distance of the
national capital. , For the socialist It will
be socialism , for the anarchist anarchy ,
for the prohibitionist prohibition , for
tlie female suffrage agitators woman
suffrage , and so on down the list. The
report of the commissioner compiled
from the replies to his circular of In
quiry will bo n patchwork collection
unique in its way.
Nobody thought for a moment thai
Dave Mercer could secure an appropria
tion In the lower house for a postolllco at
South Omaha. But ho did It. Now
our people are looking to him nnd other
members or t'.i < Nebraska delegation to
Hccuro nn appropriation for Iho Trnns-
mlsslsslppl exposition of 1893. .Sena
tor Allen's resolution Is ( ho opening
wodgo. Kvory Nebraska congressman
Is committed to the stupendous under
taking.
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Under the newly revised constitution
of New York ( he year 1SSH1 has ushered
In a comprehensive consolidation of the
governments of ( he city of Brooklyn
and ( ho county of Kings , In which It Is
located. The consolidations affect ( ho
criminal courts , the treasurers' olllces ,
( he auditor * ' olllces nnd a number of
other analogous depnrtmeiis. ( There
Is pending for ( lie ratification of the
voters of Nebraska an amendment to
the constitution of the state that alms
to bring about similar consolidation and
economy In the government of ( he city
of Omaha nnd the county of Doiiglns.
The consolidation of city and county
governments wherever effected has
proved so satisfactory tlmt Nebraska
will be only marching In the line of
progress by adopting the proposed con
stitutional amendment.
The exposition company hns been or
ganized and Incorporated with a capi
tal stock limited to $1,000,000. The
sale of shares at $10 each will soon be
gin nnd will , of course , bo pushed to
( he utmost. Kvery Nebraskan who
can afford the outlay should Invest In
the exposition an enterprise which will
be of Incalculable benefit to this state
and to the city of Omaha.
One of the speakers at the
State Historical society meeting
Is billed to discuss "The Un
derground Hallroad In Nebraska. "
No paper on ( hat subject would be com
plete without reference to ( ho hole In
the ground that 1ms been foisted on
Omaha for lo these many years as a
grand union depot.
cH of ( lu > Now Woman.
Somervllle Journal.
The first woman lawyer It ) New Jersey
has been permitted to practice In court with-
cut takhiR oft her hat. This Is a privllene
that no man lawyer hao over yet been able
to obtain.
'Tr > - a TflfMfopo.
Doiton Globe.
The Hell Telephone company 1ms C76,53ti
Instruments In operation now , the Increase
UutliiR 1S95 having been 91,030 nearly three
tlmei ns many no In any previous year.
How much lias decrease oC rites liad to di
with this unusual growth ?
.Another Wur Cry.
Chicago Tribune.
Of all the English colonists on American
soil the English sparrow Is easily the most
Impudent , overbearing nnd disagreeable. It
has few. If any , red cmlng traits. It drives
away better birds , It has no moral charac
ter , and It can't sing. It is the Husslan
thistle of the feathered tribe. Drive it out.
Sfow n Shuttered Dronni.
I lilkulelphlii 1'icss.
As the Transvaal Is directly In the way of
Arglo-Saxon development In South Africa ,
nny friction between the English and the
Dutch rulers Is likely to develop Into a
serious disturbance with the ultimate ab
sorption of the republic Into the great Eng
lish-African federation , which Is doubtless
the dream of Rhodes and all his associates.
A Meiiuee to I'enee.
ClilcnKo Inter Ocean ,
Patriots who arp shouting that "the United
States ha > j ne'ither the ships , the fortifica
tions , or the standing army to meet Eng
land , " should stuff their mouths with cot
ton. The United States haa not yet found
It necessary to hava a great standing army
or immense fortlflcjllons , which nine times
In ten area delusion , nut when the time
comes to defend her rights , she usually at
tends to ths work before her , and lOie will
now. Great standing armies , great ships and
fortifications are a menace to peace , and
peace is what the people of ths United States
desire , not war.
llrllllaittMilitary Aolilcvc-iiicnt.
I'lillatlolpliln Heconl.
The march of Maximo Gomez from end
to end of Cuba , through a country occuplpd
by his enemies In overwhelming number ? ,
was ono of the most audacious and brlllhnt
feats recorded In military history. He landed
at Daracoa on April 11 last , the same day
upon which General Campos arrived In
Havana with Instructions to crush thf In
cipient r bellion. With only 300 followers
the Cuban leader broke through the llney
of Spanish soldiers which had been thrown
across the Uland from north to south with
the Intention of confining the rebellion to the
provlnc * of Santiago , and began a harassing
campaign tn Puerto Prlnclp' . Today the
tracking caneflelds from Capo Maysl to the
confines of Havana testify to the
fact tlmt nearly the whole of Cuba is In the
hands of the Insurgents , while the 100,000
trcops pent from Spain to crush the rebellion
have bEen driv n into their Intrenchments at
a score of fortified cities along the Cuban
coast.
rniiso.-VAi , ANII OTIIKIMVISE.
Two American missionaries guard the king
of Corca. No fiUs are permitted to roos't
on him
It Is evident from the reports that the
Transvaal raiders now regard the natives as
pretty smooth Hoers.
Pangraphers nre needlessly agitated con
cerning the warship Kentucky. Take water ?
Sure. Like the great commonwealth wlioas
name It bears. It will take water externally.
Owing to pressing engagements In other
quaiters of the globe , Mr. J. Hull will not
fight It out oa the Schomburgk line at pres
ent.
ent.Joy
Joy reigns In Kansas once mora. Judge
Brewer's acceptance of a place on the Vene
zuelan commission convinces patriotic na
tives that ho has not ceased to be > a Kansas
man.
man.Poet
Poet Laureate Austin refrained from leap
ing Into the Momoe breach with the artillery
of the muse , and was promptly rewarded
with royal favor. Poetic .silence haa Its
golden side.
Cincinnati makes a mistake In asserting ,
In support of Its claims as a convention city ,
that It has ns many breweries as St. Louis.
What the Queen City should do lo to "point
with pride" to Us advantageo as a market
for Kentucky's product. That will fetch 'em.
Although a considerable amount of lubri
cant greased the passage of a telephone
franchise In the Kansas City council , thcr *
uatn't enough to go around the dorvleh
dispensers of favors and spoils. I''our dls-
tlrgulshed members of the ho llng contin
gent hav > boon suspended pending an In
quiry Into the whereabouts of dervish funds
In their keeping.
Jewels valued at $70,000 were utolfn In
Now York recently. Great efforts have been
made to capture the thleven. but they have
eluded the ulcuths. The failure Is not re
garded as conclusive evidence- police In
capacity. It Is pointed out UK proof of catchIng -
Ing skill that ono of the finest captured a
peddler In the act of selling ( lowers on Sun
day and yanked him red-handed to jail.
Last Sunday a Memphis minister took oc
casion to declare that war , In the abstract ,
Is ' 'a crltno against civilization , " mid war
with 0-eat Drltaln "a moral Impossibility , "
while a Chattanooga clergyman urged that
It U the duty of the United States to declare
war against England because of her failure
to protect the Armenians. When ministers
dluagree , who shall decide on the plan of
salvation ?
Engineer WllH-im Tunkey , who made the
r.markably fast run from Ilrlo to Buffalo ,
pulling the record-breaking special on the
Lake Shore road last October , was presented
with a handucme fouvenlr of the event , on
Christmas day , with the compliments of W.
1C. Vandeibllt and Dr. Seward W bb. The
memento is a huge sliver medal weighing
nearly two pounds , and U o real work of
art. U appropriately Inscribed and has a
faa simile of the onglno which uavtil the
day.
UTAH A PART OF THE I'XION '
Proclamation of the President ? uiu1o Public
at 10 O'clock ,
GREAT REJOICING IN THE NEW STATE
All ArriuiKcmrntN Mmlr tit Suit I.nUc
City fitr ( lit * Trmitfpr of Uio
( int rriinu'tit to HIP > MV
Slnlc OIHri-ri.
WASHINGTON' , Jan. J. The president , nt
10 o'clock this morning , signed the proclama
tion admitting Utah to statehood. The proc-
lamatloirreada as follows :
lly the 1'ieslilent of the United States of
Amei-lcn : A Proclamation : Whereas , The
congress or the Untied States iWRseil nn net
which \\ns niproved | on the IGth uny of
July , 1SH ! , oniltletl , "An net to ennblc the
people of I'ttih to form a constitution nnd
stnte government , nnd to lie nilmlttcd Into
the union on nn equal footing with the orlg-
Innl states , " which net ptovlded for the
election of ilcli'Kftle * to n oonstltullotml
convention to meet nt the sent of gov
ernment of thu territory of Utnh on the
first Monday In Mnrch , l&M , for the pin pose
of itoclnrlni ; tint ndoptlon of the constitution
of the Unltoil Slntoa by the people of the
proposed stnte , nnd forming n constlliitlor
nnd stnte government tor such stnte ! nnd ,
Whereas , Dslugotes wcro nccordlngly
elected who met , organized nnd declared ,
on bclinlf of the peoplu of said proposed
slnte , their ndoptlon of the constitution
of tlio United States , nlU ns proposed In
mid net ; nnd ,
Whereas , Snld convention so organized
did , by ordinance , Irrevocable without the
consent of the United Stntos , nnd the people
ple of snld Etntc , ns ivqulrod by sold net ,
provide Hint perfect toleration of religious
sentiment shall be secured , nml tlmt no
Inhabitant of said slate shall ever bo mo
lested In person or property on account of
hlM or her mode of religious woulilp , but
that polygnmu * or pluinl marriages nro
forever piohlblled , nnd did nlso , by snld
ordinance , make the other various Httpula
lions recited In section 3 of snld net ; nnd ,
Whereas , Said convention thereupon
fm med n constitution nnd state govern
ment for said proposed state , which con-
slllullon. InclndJInh- said ordlnnnce , wns
duly submitted to the people thereof ut
nn election held on the dny next nfter the
first Monday of November , 1STO , ns di
rected by said net ; nnd ,
Wherea" , The return of said election hna
been made nnd canvassed nnd the result
Ihcreof certllled to me , together with m
statement of the votes cast nnd n copy
of said constitution nnd ordlnnnce , nil ns
provided In snld net , showing tlmt n ma
jority of the votes lawfully cast nt such
election wns for the rntlllcntlon and ndop
tlon of said constitution nnd ordinance ;
nnd ,
Whcrens , The constitution nnd govern
ment of said propoed stnte nrc republican
In form , snld constitution Is not icputomnt
to the constitution of the United Stntes
nnd the JJsclnratlon of Independence ; nnd
all the provisions of said net Imvo been
compiled with In the formation of said
constitution nnd government.
Now , therefore , I , Orover Cleveland ,
president of the United Stntes of America ,
in nccordnnco with the net of congress
aforesaid , and by authority thereof , an
nounce the result of said election to be
as certified , and do hcraby declare and
proclaim that the terms and condition
prescribed by the congie.ss of the United
Slntrs to entitle the state of Utnh lo nd-
misslon Into llio union have been duly
complied with , nnd that the creation of
said stain and Us admission Into the union
on nn equal footing with the original states
Is now accomplished.
In testimony whereof , I have bcreunto
set my hand and caused the senl of the
United Stntes to be alllxed.
Done nt the City of Wnshlngton , this 4th
day of January , In the year or our Lord ,
one thousand , eight hundred and nlnctv-slx ,
nnd of the Independence of Ihe United Stntes
of America the one hundred nnd twentieth.
GIlOVKIt CLEVELAND.
lly the President :
RICHARD OLNEV , Secretary of State.
SALT LAKE , Utah , Jan. 4. Manager
Brown of the Western Union Telegraph com
pany fired two guns In front of his office
nt 9:13 : a. m. , as an agreed signal that the
president had signed the proclamation ad
mitting Utah as a state.
At noon n salute of twenty-one guns wns
fired by the artillery on Capitol hill. Many
flags were dls-played on the public buildings ,
but no unusual demonstrations were noticed
on the streets. The enthusiasm Is being held
In check until Monday , when the Inaugural
ceremonies will talce place.
All the public business of the territory has
been clpeed up , ready for the new order of
things to bo Inaugurated Monday. Gov
ernor Wells has besn busy most of the fore
noon receiving congratulations.
IMJM.IOI ) IJOWX THU AMnillCA.V FI.ACi
Cliai-KO' AKiiliiNt nil Olllcor on
tinSt. . I.oulN.
NEW YORK , Jan. 1. Cadets of the steam
ship St. Lculs of the American line' accuse
Chief Officer Todd , It la Eald , of tearing down
the American flag from the cadets' room of
the ship while the vessel was hound from
Southampton for New York nnd then tram
pling It underfoot , remarking at the same
tlnu : "It was n nice thing to have In sight. "
The patriotic youngsters protested against the
Indignity offered to their country by the chief
officer , who , according to the report. Is a
BrltU'h t'UbJect , holding a commission In the
royal navy reserve. They wer ? tcld to mind
their own bu ! nc3s. Despite the warning ths
cadets had many conferences as to whether
they ought lo make a complaint. While the
St. Louis lay at the American line pier
awaiting the hour cf departure the cadets
were still talking of the affair. The matter
leaked out , though It was decided not to
make a formal report to the company until
the St. Louis reached here January 18.
Al.lt TIIIM3I3 MAY 11A VIS
M > -NterloiiH llHiiii | > eiiriincM of n Man ,
AVomiiii ami Clillil.
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 4. Lcavenworth ,
rawford county , Is In a state1 of considerable
excitement over the dlsappearanca of a man ,
woman nnd child near Blue river Island ,
which occurred late Thursday evening.
Early In the day the Loulsvlllo packet passed
a skiff occupied by n man , woman nnd child ,
and ueveral of the passengers recognized the
apparel worn by the child , Late In the day
the boat was found near Blue river Island
without occupants , but containing the child's
hood and some articles of woman's apparel ,
About twenty-five yards below the skiff some
articles of clothing were also found , but no
evidence could bo discovered of the psruons
who had occupied the skiff a short tlmo be
fore. As the boat and the articles of apparel
were found on the Island ( hero was no pos
sible means for the occupants to have reached
the shors , and It IB believed that all wore
drowned. An Investigation Is In progress.
ii : filMimtT TAICIC.S A HAM ) .
Will Try to Iliilimirli * tliortlirrn
I'lK'lllf Mlllllllf.
PORTLAND , Ore. , Jan. 4 , In the matter
or tno Northern memo reeemrsnip ,
Gilbert of the United States circuit court hai <
leaned a rule nisi , calling ii ) > on the Farmers
Loan nnd Trust company , th Nortliern Pa
cific Hallroad company and Receivers Bur-
lelgli , Donne-r and Mills to uhow cause bforo
him In the United States circuit court at Hel
ena on the Oth of January why the present
diversified receiverships In the different dlu-
trlcts should not 1 > 3 made uniform and har
monious by the appointment of ono or more
receivers to manage the property , who should
work together an a unit , The rule was ob
tained on motion of J. Mauim , counsel for
the receivers. The fact that Judge Gilbert
made this order returnable before hlnuelf at
Helena Is taken as concluflve oxldenco that
ho has concluded to put an end to the present
conditions and to do all In his power for the
purpotij cf solving the existing differenced.
JoliiM tlic Ii
NEW YORK , Jan. 4. A special from
Tampa , Fla , , to a local paper mya ; Catrlno
Oarza , the famous Mexican revolutionist , haa
Joined the Cuban patriots. Owing to his dar
ing and experience ho may have command of
the rebel department of the Ranchuela dis
trict. Catrlno Garza Is a b'lld and uncompro
mising lighter and ulll cause much trouble.
Mill mid \Vliltii < - > Am Not
POUOHKEBI'SIi : , N , Y. , Jan. 4. Chairman
J. W. Hlntkley of the Btato democratic
cTirmUtco states that Senator Hill hag not
thought of permitting his nume to ha uied
In th presidential candidacy und that Mr.
Whitney will soon effectively remove hlin-
t\t \ from consideration OK a candidate.
snrri.Aii SHOTS AT Tim n MMT.
New York Prow Various Clilwgo pn tt > rs
arc coinpmlnlng that there Is too much wills *
pTlnR In Iho churches during service. Per-
hdv | the congregations nhlpper to keep thorn-
cMves nunkr !
Ploncr Prew : Two clergymen liavo re
cently abandoned their profession nnd gone
Into business. This to well. They may not
mnke good buslnrex men , but no ( nun cnn be
n good preacher who docs not prefer that
vocation to any other.
Washington Star : Individual clerpymrn
have denounced bicycle tiding , the theater ,
dancing , and now a Richmond , Vn , minister
declares tlmt kissing must be Mopped. It
nil thpse learned men have their \\AJ-S , the
outlook for 1SDO ulll bo rather n mournful
ono.
Rapldn Republican ; Bishop Perry's
contention that England contributed all tucro
l to our civilisation \ > tlie dogmatic utter
ance of an English enthusiast. This coun
try owes n debt to England , no doubt about
that ; but that we nre Indebted to her nlono
for discovery , colonization and civilization Is
prcpoiiteroiiM. It any one nation Is to take
precedence wo should bo Inclined to give the
palm tn Holland , and not n little to the
French Huguenot.
Brooklyn Eagle : Wor. e thnn all these
terms , lioucvcr , Is the English brogue that
callow joung rectors try to adopt when they
read the i < orvlce. There nre foohlonablo
churches In New York , and mnybo ono or
two In this city , where It Is Impossible for
ono unprovldo.t with the text to form nny
notion of what the preacher Is miylng. Ho
ilr.iwls und mouths nnd mispronounces ami
mnkcu .1 desperate effort to talk ns some
people do In London , forgetting that his con
gregation Is not educated to that kind ot
thing. It Is rather significant that not a
lnglo preacher of nny note 1111:0 these cint
terms or trlc-s to make the speech of his
fathers grotesque. Keep lo American Eng
lish In addressing Ammlc.in audience , ; , do
not mistake vnguenesy and archaism for
either learning or dignity , and you will hnvc
more eager listeners nnd more appreciative
nniV'sympathetlc ones.
III.KSSIM ) WITH VnAU.S.
Chief Justice Beasley of New Jersey , t
the ngo of SO , Is deemed ono of the brightest
minds on the American bench.
Rev. Dr. Ellas Rlggs , a missionary of the
American board In Constantinople , though 85
years old , Is still In nctlvo work.
James M , Hall , aged 101 years , gave a
centenary birthday party at his homo In
Harrison county , near Cynthlana , Ky. , n few
days ngo. The combined ngcs of himself nnd
four brothers nnd slitcrs wns 1G3 years. Mr.
Hall Is n pioneer of Scott county , and his
outlived four wives ,
Admiral Lord Clarence Pagot , undo of
Lieutenant Colonel P.get , who married Mrs.
Paran Stevens' daughter , nnd Almcrlc Paget ,
wlic recently married Miss Pauline Whitney ,
Is now 84 years old , anj has written his
nit inn I re , which will bo published soon.
II ? served In the Crimean war. nnd wns
secretary to the admiralty under Lord IM1-
mert'ton.
Mrs. Maria Fost r , a California wnmnn ,
who was 104 yoirs old on Now Year's day ,
hns smoked and drunk and dissipated gen-
einlly , according to her own testimony , for
a great part of her long life. She's been In
the Monterey County hospital for ssveral
ytnrs , but even the somber surroundings
of the nlmshouse have not always curbed
her hilarious habits.
There Is now living In Hartland , Me. , at
the ripe ago of 75 years , ono of .Maine's
notable widows. This is Mrs. Ellen Phil
lips , relict of George , a brother of Wendell
Phillips. Her husband was a graduate
from Harvard college , a member of the
famous class of ' 28 , among -his classmates
and Intimate friends being Dr. O. W. Holmes
nnd James Freeman Clarke.
California boasts ot five centenarians , all
women. Auntie Maria Glvcns of Stockton Is
115 , Mrs. Prlscllla Nelson of Marysvllle owns
up to 126 , Mrs. Sarah Davis ot Colusa Is 105 ,
Anntlo Arthur of Stockton , colored , was
born In 17S8 , and Scnora Isabella Villa of
Merced was born Just 100 years ngo. The
latter Is healthy and happy , although she has
smoked "coffin nails" for ninety years.
UIVI3 HIM 111)DM.
New York Sun , '
Where'er I go by etrand or sja , whero'or
the earth or waters be , one fierce deep tremor
shattcTcth me :
I'm crowded !
Though rlvera run and great rains fall , the
ocean a 1 way,5 Is too small ; I can't move round
on It at all :
I'm crowded !
When o'er the paltry main I sail , the big ,
enchoachlne , vulgar whale flouts at me wlttt
sarcastic tall :
I'm crowded !
Though , wafted on some wild , bnllocn , I
heard Iho spheres' celestial tune , I'd be run
down by some d d moon :
I'm crowded !
Though , driven by .well-meaning fate , I on
the throne of Saturn tutc , I know I couldn't
navigate :
I'm crowded !
With streaming cyo and waving chin , I
wall the woo that I am In ; mankind , inako
way for Wyndham Quln :
HO'H crowded !
III.ASTS FHOM HAM'S IIOItTi.
Society Is human nature nt Its best.
In a ccld prayer meeting the back seats
are the warmest ,
To have no aim In life Is to sooner or later
fall Into the ditch.
A fool learns from no one , A wlaj man
learns from everybody.
Keep out of the crowd where vulgarity
passes for wit and humor.
It costs a great deal more to bo proud
than It does to be generous.
It Is the same man who sows the wild-oats
who hao to reap the crop.
A uord to the wlso Is enough , when It
happens to be the right word.
The man who minds his own business will
always have something to do.
Contentment Is an angel who teaches us
how to bo rich without money.
DO.IIIJ.STIU mvi.s.
Chicago Tribune : "Miss nirdle , " faltered
vonng Moore , "Is tbcro any hopo-for me ?
Do you think yon could ever learn to "
Then Ulidlo snIU , mockingly : "Never ,
Moore ! "
And the youth went awny ravin' mad.
Ilnrper's Dazar : Mother Augusta , the
doctor tells mo those candlesticks you HUW
nt the dinner 'have married off ulx young
Indies.
AiiRiiRtn. ( with Interest ) Do you suppose
ho could bo Induced to lend them , MummaV
Somervllle Journal : Mr. Wyndham Do
you like the young man who In paying at
tention to your daughter Mary ?
Mr. Warrl gton What difference does tlmt
muko ? Mury docs ,
Transcript : Flgg It'H n mighty
good thing to have n lulenllve memoiy.
KoKK Tlmt dcpemlH. If tlie memory Ji
yours. It Is u mighty good thing , ns you
uay ; but If It happens lo bo thu property
of your wife , thut'H another matter.
Cincinnati Enquirer : "There ! " said the
eneigcllc lady. "U tnke a woman to wivo
money. I wont and gave tlmt plumber mich
n talklm ; to that he reduced lit * bill } ! " . "
" 1 know yon did , " nlghed the hiixlmnd.
"He sent n bill for ? 12 lo the olllco today
for the time you took In arguing with him.
Detroit Tribune ; The pilnclpn ! ot the
female seminary was kind but /Inn / ,
"Hereafter , " HIO announced , addressing
her Htudentu , "foot ball Is foi bidden by th
faculty. Yesterday two young Indies had
their sleeves crushed , "
A murmur of horror nroso from the as
semblage ,
_
Truth : Not Literal Teacher If n bov
Hiiiltes von on the right cheek , whnt should
you do ?
Dick Illcka-Olvo It to him with me left.
K.VdI.A.M ) AM ) AUM13MA.
William Walton \Venlmlimtcr
Never , O craven England , nevermore
Prate thou of generous efforts , righteous
aim I
Betrayer of a People , know thy nhninol
Bummer liuth passed , und autumn's thresh
ing1 Iloor
Been winnowed ; winter at Arjnonlu'H door
Bnnrls like u wolf ; und rllll the sword und
lluinu
Bletp not ; thou only sleepest ; nnd the sumo
Cry unto Heuvcn ascends na hDietoforo ;
And the red stream thou inlght'nt have
munched yet runs ;
And o'er the earth there sounds no trum
pet's tone
To uhuke thu Ignoble torpor of thy sons ;
But with Indifferent eyes they wulch and
BCU
Hell's rent-lit ulttlng yonder , propped by
thee
Abdul the Damned , on his Infernal throne.
