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* TfW. S * iS * ? ' * > MAIIA DAILY jnsKj t'iUSOAY , TANXTAHY 7 , isnc. Tim OMAHA JAHBER K. ItOSnWATKU. IMllitr. i KvimY iibnNiJ j , Of StlllSCIUITIO.VS He * ( Without ftunrtnr ) , On Ymr I S M Use and Sunday. One Year 1J M Rlx Month * Tliri-o Mnnltm * * ! Bunilfiy Ilf . On Ycnr. . . . . J frl Bati > nl.-ljr H e , One Year 1 < ' V/ecMr Hf . One Year OiTJcns : Omftha , Tlio TIM IltilMlnp. Bouth Omiilm. filnicer I)1K. . Cnrnrr N anJ J h 8m. Council HlufTd , IViil Ktrevt. Clilcnun omcf , 317 flininljT of Commerce. New York. noom 13 , 14 nd 15. Trlhu/ic HulMlne. Wmhlnftton , H07 V Htrcet. N. W. coiuttsi'ONniNcn : : All rmnmunlrntlorn relating to news and edi torial matter ulimild be u'Mrwil : To the Hdltor. UtslNidS ; MJTTKI18 : All bunlntas Mtera ami rf-mlltnnret nhotiM l > R < ldrraeil tit Tlir Hoc Piiblliililnic Company , Omnhn. Drafts , cheeks nml inntoince onlT * tel l > a mnde imvnlii | > In HIP order f the rominnr- TUB nin : rrin.isniNO COMPANY. STATi\IIlNT OF ClIlCtM.ATION. OfOTRf 11 , Ymrhurk. nocrctnry of Th IKc I'ul - II htnR company , liflnc duly nwjrn , snya that 'lie net in I number of full nnd cnnuilotp coplM of the UalljMornlnrr. . Evening nml Humlny llp < < iirlnlpil durUig the month of December. IMi wn na fol lawn : 1. . : O.M' ' ) 17 19.050 2 iD.not IS 1S.OCI 3 , 13.0SI 13 \ . 21.411 4B 13,080 20 2MJS 4fi 51 21,025 fi 19,071 St 20.020 7 10.I2S 23 51.613 8 20.135 21 SIits 9 1.1.111 K 17 SV ) 10 13.17 2 21.441 II. . , . , 11,113 27 21.41 ! 12 13.113 25 21 fl4 13 III.OJO 2.1 JJ.SM 14 is.r.is sn ; . . , . 21 nil 15 20,010 si 20,9:0 16 19,035 Total C1S.IS5 Ix-si ileducttons for tiiifold nnd reHimod pnpeiH , . . 7,713 Net Mlei 1U.8I3 Dally nvcrnee 1J.7II3 GKOnon 11. THSCIIUCJC. Sworn to I rfore me nn < \ nubjcrllieil In my niCM-nci * thin 3d day of Jnnunry , IS9S. ( Kenl. ) N. 1' . ruili , NDtnry 1'ubllc. Thu Wilson tnrirc law has liy tills time uarncil lliu title appllod to It while immlliiK lit fore coiitfro.ss of "a tariff for tit-licit only. " Mr. Cluvolaml'H popular loan In do- cldeilly unpopular. Tlie American people want no bond * Issued In ( lines of peace to pay operating expenses of the gov ernment. January 1MU ) Is here and suliool war- rnnls are still at a dlsi-onnt. The school board will do well to drop Its go-ns-yoti- please policy at once and settle down to n plan of systematic economy and retrenchment. Who says the colliw-bred man labors under a disadvantage In public life ? Tenet not at least four out of five , if not all five , of the Venezuelan boundary com mission hold Hliet'psfclns conferred by American colleges ? An eastern newspaper has been col lecting reports of the sentiment of dif ferent localities as to the character of the new bond Issue. If the people In this vicinity were consulted It would not be a syndicate loan. Wo are patiently waiting for the con tinuation of the epistolary warfare that emanated from the direction of the at torney general's and land commis sioner's otllccs the last time the state appointing board mot to select police commissioners for Omaha. Fire Insurance agents have read the report of the lire chief for 1S ! > 5 , showing a very low per cent of losses in this city , but it does not phase them. They have not , however , read the report of the special committee of the Commercial club on the subject of reduced insur ance rates for ISiKi. William , T. Itnmtch Is now mayor of Onnha. Will he also persist in acting ns Fire and Police commissioner , In the face of the fact that his appointment expired on December 'M , 1805 , and the express provision that excludes any man who holds a municipal otllco from appointment on the commission ? It is fortunate that Iowa and Ne braska legislatures sit in alternate years. If they were in session at one and the same time the railroads , In surance companies and other corpora tions In both states would be put to the trouble and expense of maintaining two sets of lobbyists simultaneously. Now Is the time that American manu facturers and exporters ought to exert themselves to strengthen their foothold nnd extend their trade in South Ameri can countries. Never before have the people south of us felt more friendly to the United States or more disposed to cement the ties , Industrial and commer cial , that hind them to this country. The opportunities offered by the pass- lug mood should not be disregarded. According to State Treasurer Hartley the state treasury Is now some 9SOO- 000 better off than 11 was when he took charge three years ago , and yet there tire outstanding Interest-hearing war- runts to the extent of nearly $700,000 drawn' on funds which have no money to their credit in the cash IIQX. Tim taxpayers of Nebraska may be better on' financially now than in IS ! ) , ' ! , but they would like to have the exact hitu- atton explained with the aid of a diagram. That < nilet , easy-going city , Lincoln , has disclosed a case of Jury fixing that Is a bit sensational. It Is not , however , the first case on record , If common report - port be entitled to credence. Men of high station have said that the courts of Nebraska are none too free from the Influence of the professional jury fixer , lie Is at largo in Omaha , and the result of his labors Is frequently displayed. It Is the hope of all good citizens that Jury bribery may be forever - over stamped out. The World-IU'rald now talks about th failure of the sureties on liolln'n bond to caiiM * his arrest. Wasn't It the W.-II. that said several days after the treasury embezzlement was un earthed 'hat Holla was an honest man ? And wtint have the Miretlcs to do with his arrest , anyway ? Did the ex-troas- urer steal any money from them'/ Did not all the money misappropriated lii1- long to the taxpayers of Omaha ? And did not the council combine not only shield ( ho embezzlers but attempt to keep them lu control of the city treas ury ? TtlKt r/M / If the report Is true Hint the Insur gents have capture * ! HavnnSu or have made an entry Info that city , the end of KpanHi domination In Culm Is at hand nnd that Island will foon cease to be n Spanish colony. Thn capture of the capital of the Hand by the Insurgents wonld give them a claim to recognition as belligerents which the govern ment of the fulled Slates wonld probably be prompt to acknowi edge and If they were able to hold Havana for a brlof time wonld be very likely to have their Independ ence recognized by this and other Amer ican countries. That once done Cuba would be hopelessly lost to Spain , to be speedily followed by Puerto Hlco , leaving her \\llliout a possession in the western hemisphere. The steady advance which the Insur gents have made , against what was thought ; to be. according to Spanish re ports , tremendous odds , has surprised the world and made their leaders fa mous IIH strategists and them selves eiiually famous as In- lerpld fighters. That , they have committed some excesses Is true , but war Is a desperate and relentless game and much will be pardoned to such who ar ) lighting to free them selves from a despotic and oppressive government. The loss of Cuba to Spain wonld not simply bankrupt that coun try hopelessly , but wonld probably lead to a revolution for the overthrow of th monarchy and such a movement would hi ; very likely to succeed. run ivK With the gold reserve depleted to the danger point and the treasury situation growing dally more serious , the admin istration determined not to wait longer for congressional action , which is not likely to be had , regarding a bond issue and the secretary of the treasury lias in vited proposals for the purchase of i-il00,000,000 of bonds bearing Interest at 4 per cent per an num. In anounciug another issue of bonds tiie secretary lias yielded to pub- lie opinion in giving it the character of a popular loan. Anybody who has JjoO in gold or gold certificates and whoso bid is satisfactory to the treasury can Invest In these boiuK They will be on sale to all the people and will not be controlled in any way by any syndicate or combination of capitalists and bankers. A period of thirty days is allowed during which proposals will be received by the treasury , that being , probably , as long a time as It was deemed expedient to delay marketing the bonds and sudlcient in which to fairly test the question whether the American people will respond to the call of the government In such an emer gency as now exists. The abandonment of the secret agree ment plan of selling bonds will un doubtedly receive general popular ap proval , but Its vindication will depend , of course , upon the prompt success of the popular plan. Strong confidence has been expressed in congress and by financiers whqse opinion Is entitled to high consideration that the result will fully Justify an appeal to the American public and such ought to be the case. According to the last report of the sec retary of the treasury the gold coin outside of the treasury November 1 , 1S05 , amounted to ? 17"i,000,000 and the gold certificates to $50.000,000 , a total of $5ir ,000,000 , or more than five times the amount of the proposed loan. Witli such an amount of gold in the country It would certainly seem that the gov ernment ought to have no difficulty in disposing of ? 100,000,000 of bonds at a rate that would make the Interest not to exceed : ! % per cent , and tli'Is without any call upon the treasury for gold. It must be admitted , however , that there Is some chance that faitli in the readi ness of our people to take so large a loan as this on terms satisfactory to the treasury may be disappointed nnd the government bo again compelled to negotiate with a syndicate on the best terms it can make. Such an outcome would be exceedingly unfortunate. The response to Secretary Carlisle's circular will be awaited with great Interest , both at homo and abroad. If it Is such a response as is hoped for It will have a most reassuring and salutary effect. Till ! WIIOL IXDUSTHY. Nearly every state west of the Mis sissippi is Interested In the preservation of the sheep and wool Industry and to most of them it Is a matter of vital im portance. The representatives of these states in congress are consequently unanimous In demanding that wool be transferred from the free to the du tiable list , where it was before the pres ent tariff law was enacted , and the revenue bill now In the hands of the senate finance committee proposes to do this. A favorable report from that com mittee on tlm measure , with some modi fications and amendments , Is expected , but it will be antagonized by the demo crats of the senate as It was by those of the house , so that the chances of its passing the former body cannot be regarded as good. It is possible , however , that a few democratic senators may be in duced to vote for It and that others will consent to allow It to pass if it should be shown that it has sufficient support to pass It. In that event wnac action would the president take ? He would probably vejo II , notwithstand ing the assurance ho gave In his an nual message of his readiness to co operate with congress In perfecting any measure promising practical relief. Witli Mr. Cleveland free woo ) Is an es sential factor In the scheme of tariff reform , to which he is undoubtedly as firmly devoted now as he has ever been , In spite of the experience of the past two years. That the wool Industry of the United States has suffered great damage since the present tailff law went Into effect does not admit of question. It Is esti mated that the loss to thu wool growers of the United States on wool and sheep has amounted to fully JftiO.OOO.OOO ; be- Hides which many millions of dollars have been sent abroad to pay for foreign wool , this constituting no Insignificant - significant Item In the gold drain , Ac cording to trustworthy estimates the number of sheep In this country linn decreased during the last two yenni over ii.OOO.OOO head , nnd while thp pro duct has been reduced theprlco linn alrt ) declined. The value of Hocks In twelve western states and territories on January 1 , 1S05 , ns shown by olllclal reports of the Department of AgrI culture , was more than ? MXKiooo ( less than at the beginning of 18 ! ) . ' ) , while the loss from the decline In the price of wool during the two years was quite ns great , the fall In the price of Ameri can wools in the last two years having been an avcraue of 'I' ) per cent. Ad mitting that this decline has not been whollly due to legislation placing woolen on the free list , the Increase In the pro duction of foreign wools having an In fluence , still there can be no doubt that with a. moderate degree of protection domestic wools would not have fallen as they have done nnd that Industry would not have deteriorated to the ex tent It has. It Is Incumbent upon those who In sist upon free wool to show In what way It has benefited the consumers or the manufacturers. It was promised that it would enable American manu facturers to expand their foreign mar kets , but as yet It has had no such re sult , while by reason of the reduced dijtios on woolens they have lost some thing of the home market. If con sumers have been at all benefited , I has IHMMI at an enormous cost to one o the country's most Important Industrie , and to thu labor employed In woolei manufacture. ISut the wool growers o Mm I'nllcil Stnlos need not tiniin fo any relief from legislation during tin. term of the present administration Mr. Olevefand believes In fiee wool am he lias the power to prevent a change When the present police board caniL into power It announced with a grea flourish of trumpets that It proposed ti enforce law and order , and partleu lurry the law governing the sale o liquor , without fear or favor. The board has been In undisputed powei nearly four months and has had ampli time and abundant means to carry on Its alleged program of reform. It is a matter of general notoriety that these professions of the board have been si sham and a fraud. From the outset the high sounding proclamatioi of good intentions was solely for politi cal effect. Gamblers and dive keepers wore given assurance of protection pro vided they would roll up their sleeves and help to elect Hroatch mayor , am brewers and liquor dealers generally were given to understand that those who did not support Broatch would In cur the displeasure of the board. Since the election the mask of reform has been dropped and the most llagrant violations of the law have been not only tolerated but openly countenanced by the police wherever the names of the parties are found on the protected list. It was to expose tids rank discrimina tion and unblushing disregard of official duty that complaints were filed agalusf several applicants for liquor licenses. * Among these was the case of Jack Dowiing. Tlie hearing of this case showed the board up In its true light. When ( lie'case was called the attorney for Dowiing interposed the objection that the saloon complained of hud been running under a transferred lieens ? , originally granted for smother place , and therefore , although Dowiing was Its owner anil manager , ' he was not to be held re sponsible. This objection was over ruled by the police board and the cane sent to a hearing on the evidence. The evidence was conclusive that Dowling's saloon had been doing a large and lucrative Sunday business in connection with a Sunday theater. Dowiing did not oven deny this fact when he was on the stand In his own behalf. 15nt the board sought to in ject Into this case an excuse for its own failure to suppress gambling , re strain the social evil and close dives and disorderly resorts by shifting the responsibility upon Mayor Hemis and the city prosecutor. When its unsuccessful attempt at self-exoneration had been concluded the board , without any con ference , reversed itself and declared the first objection raised by Dowling's attorney to have been well taken , and thereupon overruled the protest and granted the license. The comment of the official organ of the police board on the Dowiing case is in keeping with the course of Its patron saints. It tells its readers that "Mr. Hosewater presented a sorry spectacle before the Hoard of Fire and Police Commissioners. He appeared to com plain against a man running a decent place and charged that ho should have no license because a llee reporter had succeeded in procuring a glass of beer there on Sunday. " If there has been any sorry spectacle In connection with the Dowiing cnsn It has been the spectacle of a police board crawling through a knot-hole and pull ing the hole through after itself. The complaint was not that Dowiing does not keep a decent place , but that the board has shown an indecent partiality In allowing him to sell liquor to crowds of people every Sunday afternoon and nlglife while other places equally decent have been compelled to close. The sorry spectacle was presented by the fact that policemen were in I ho build ing while this illegal traffic was car ried on and could not see It because they were not expected to see it. The sorry spectacle was .to have the police board act as attorneys for the dtifonso and browbeat witnesses In order to dis credit the complainant. Kver since mileage books wore put on sale by railroads the custom has been for business houses to buy and put them In the hands of their traveling salesmen. A recent order of the Wont- em Passenger association made it nec essary for the man who must travel on the book to buy and sign his name upon It Omaha and other Jobbers protested against the order , for It Is often neces sary to send a book some distance tea a salesman. So the order has been modi fied to meet necessities that have ex isted for years. Thus thu passenger association has done at the cud Vint any office Im ulKhl have told them to do at the hejififnliit ? . Hut why should there be nnyr * , ' ! j | aliit or red tape about the sale of nrtlenge nt a standard rate ? Why should 'Hpt every man willing to pay for a r ( H/ / , ' r.4n 1,000-mile book have Hint prlvllego'it'cgai-dles ' * ns to whether he Is a travej'i/ili ' / salesman , wholesale dealer , cnttlu ishlpper , farmer or day laborer ? Tlft n umptlon that a travelIng - Ing salesiuiin Vli lncrease tratllc has no basis In thei-cconomlcs of n railroad. The quantity 'oTg'i ods shipped Is limited to the quantity , consumed. If one salesman sells more the next one will sell less. The people can spend no more money than they have. The de mand must regulate the supply. This law Is universal ahd applies to railroad - road trallle the same as It docs to finance , The health board Is somewhat agi tated over the fact that Impure Ice Is being harvested from ponds and erst while stagnant pools In and around the city. The statement Is made by an ollicer of the board that , nothing can be done to prevent the practice lest the Ice dealers may be Injured and bring damage suits against the board. The Hoard of Health need have no fears of damage suits If It Is In possession of indisputable evidence that any one Is storing Ice for public consumption cut from ponds In the city or from any proscribed locality. It Is the duty of the board to protect the public from the sale of such Ice , and If it has an lota , of backbone It will do so. A meeting of member * of the local passenger association has Just been called. The object of the call is to In vestigate charges of attempted rate cutting on a parly of wheelmen who will go to the Chicago bicycle show. Less than n month ago the Iowa roads formed a new compact to maintain rates In this territory , and yet at the first op portunity one of the parties to the agreement is alleged to be preparing to cut the rate. It is the same old story. Time was when an agreement to maintain regular rates was religiously observed , but in these degenerate days the test of an agent Is his * ability to shade the rates and evade detection. A democratic paper published in Chicago - cage is endeavoring to call the repub lican national committee together again for the purpose pf taking the location of Hie national convention away from St. Louis on the1 , 'ground that the hotel keepers in the ) latter city are preparing to exact exorWlan't prices from guests during the convention time. This Is very thoughtful on : the part of the dem ocrats , who ordinarily sire quite willing to see their' political opponents lleeced. It is to be feared that the voluntary advice - vice thus tenderer ! the republican usi- tional commiUee } 's not altogether un selfish , coming- It does from Chicago. Latest Wasljingtpii advices arn to the effect that President Cleveland 1ms practically made. Preparations to travel alpad with jli.s 'tumily for two years ifter the expiration of his term of office. If he wants si welcome reception he ought fo lay his Journey in South Amer- ic.i. The people there would certainly appreciate his presence among them more than would the people of Great Britain. .Unless conditions shall have changed wonderfully by that time n visit to England would be substantially the same for Mr. Cleveland as a visit to the icebergs of Greenland. AVlNilom nml AKI- , liuffala 12.\picss. I.ovl P. Morton Is old enough to know bet ter. _ Tile Jo ] , Overdone. . Mr. Chamberlain bepan hlf. career at tuo : olcnlal office with a resolution to "stimulate lomo Interest in cotouial matters. " Ho has contrlve-d to do It. Doiiiiuiil i\ri-otlN Hie Supjily. lIurlliiRtun llnttkeje. By this time General Drake 1ms a pretty ; oed Idea as to how hoas elected govarnor of Iowa. From tlie number of thops who are now seeklnK once ( % oil of whom were quite nstrument.il In securing his elsctlon , the only wonder Is that his majority was less than 100,000. _ A. AVIdo AVOIIIIV for Fi-ninl. St. I'aul I'lonc-cr-I'ifs ? , The United States supreme court recently ied ! that when the plea of ini\inlty Is made n a murder cite , ths prosecution must prove- sa'nty ' , for "If the whole evidence , Including hat suppled by the legal presumption of sanity , does not exclude beyond reasonable doubt the hypothesis of Insanity , the pris oner Is entitle , ! to an acquittal of the ensclflc ITenso charged. " The rendering of such a lec.'slon seems to open tlio way for a vast amount of fraud and chicanery on the part f the defense. It certainly strengthens the eco : of the demand for olllclal experts em ployed by the ztato for the Investigation of uch cases. of the ( Irnli. lu Iteronl. Mr , John Dach McMaster , tlio historian , n an exposition of the Monroe doctrine , ontrlbuted to the Now York Times of yes- crday , pointed out the fact tint Great Jrltaln was trying to exercise "gijuattsr tuverolgnty" In Venezuela , not over 30,000 square mlles , as has been stated , but ] 09- 100 square miles an nrea which , as ho Bays , 'exceeded by no states In tlio union gave Texas , California' < jnd Montana ; an area \lnety times asjlajgB as Rhode Island , fifty- our times na lar'so as Delaware , thirteen Imes as largo as'Massachusetts , and 40,000 quaro miles larger than His six Now Si.ul nd states. " 'Yet Mr. Tlnn < w moio.i nto print , aeey or mere ago , with tlie tntement that 'hphad ' ; been offered the hole tract for 'j$2RdpO. ' $ ; AlnxUu'M I'rult 'iifiil FliMvcr .tllnNloii. N < > w"vVl.rk Sun. The Hon. Johji:1'M : Thurston , one of the orators In cong'rosp , from the state of Xe- ) raBlca , wants to ijklahllsli n fruit and flower ilsslon In the pnorganlzed territory , or rtranlzed civil and , , judicial district , which as formerly ciuuij jHusslan America , and d now known as Ma.-jlca. Senator Thurst d os not name his en- eiprlwj a frult andj flower mission. lie alls It an agrlcijj pt experiment station , he chief mlsslo.nary-pr experimenter Is tea a the Hon. J. Sterling Morton , secretary f agriculture , and the end In view ID the Iffuslon among the people of Alaska and 10 United States of usful Information on grlculturo and kindred subjects. Accordingly , the turn of $15.000 a year IB o lie. expended by tlio national government , i-der Mr. Morton's direction , to ascertain , morijj other things , what fruits and ( lowers re best adapted to Alaska and how best o develop the n-Ulvo and other fruits. For thesa purposes ons or more exped ient stations will bo established , If con- ; rcsa passes thu bill which Mr. Thuraton my Introduced In the senate on the sub- ect. ect.In In which event congress will sanction a oollsli and wasteful expenditure. All the iifcnnatlon worth having about the agrl- ulturul resources of Alaska can readily be sained from the narratives of exploration in -at country , and the government reports bc-ady published , Iletter spend J 15,000 a year toward the ortlficatlon of Sltka , the Alaskan capital. THIS IIOl'MMllV COMMISSION. New York Tribune The country will con fidently expect a commlMlon no constituted to trmnlfprt nt every ittngo of Its undertaking n ilc p SOURO of the rcuponnlhlllty which It haft assumed. For the present thin In all thflt It Is cither pt > Jbli or needful to predict con cerning Us momentous proceedings. Chicago Ilocord : The Vcn r.uclan commis sion will be a puzzler to the learned Hrltlsli critics. It contains two republicans , two democrats nnd one- man of Independent views. What the Drltlah critics must discover Is how the verdict of this commission can be alleged to be dictated by partisan RcntlmentP. Duffnlo Express : The London Times says that , with the exception of Andrew D. White , the members of the Venezuelan commission are unknown to Kngland. There-ore a great many persons and things American which the ttngllMi do not know. International relations nonld be less apt to claiOi If they would keep themselves belter Informed , Kansas City Star : In selecting the com- mlnslon the president has gone to our court of highest report and to another high Judi cial tribunal ; lie has looked over the rnnk of the scholars and teichern of the country , and has reviewed the list of the great law yers who make International questions a special study. The high Individual character of each and every member of the tribunal , the learning and fairness which marks the commission as a whole , should render Its de cision a final one , Chicago Tlmes-Hcrald : No matter which claimant lo adjudged the- rightful sovereign of the illspntc.1 territory , the United States will have won an unprecedented triumph In international history. It will have shown that It can bo n neutral as between sovereign powers In conflict over a claim fraught with P3nslblllty of war nnd by Judicial elucidation of tlio essential Issue can place upon one or the other so momentous a responsibility of wrong that It will not dare turn aside from a tribunal of arbitration to aunime the enor mous reproach of engaging In war without a just cntmc. Courier-Journal : Should this commission find that the claims of England tire well made that will end our Intervention In the affair altogether. On the other hand , should It llnd Vmirrncln la rl lil. Ilinii u iulii re for congreso to gay whether It will back the president In his desire to resist Kngland'a attempt to appropriate territory that belongs to Venezuela. Upon the report of this commission , therefore , It being as sumed that England will persist fai Its re fusal to arbitrate the controversy and that this country will stand by the president's In tel prctatlon of the Monroe doctrine , depends ar or peaca between Great Ilrltaln and tbe United States. New York Sun : The principles which should govern the commission are few and simple. The first Is to Investigate the case without favor. The second Is to assume nothing. England has put upon Iicrwlf the burden of proof when she alleys that her ownership over bud once debated by her Is now absolute. Upon our commission , there fore , lies the duty of drawing resolutely a line where Enslrnd's certain title stops. If the commission Is unable to ascertain beyond a reasonable doubt that the disputed terri tory Is England's. ! , then wo must say to her that we have no alternative but to regard her advance Into that territory as an In vasion of South American territory and an extension of the British system In violation of the American principle first formulated by James Monroe. Upon England be the icrponsiblllty of going to war upon that. Is sue. Glcbc-D'mocrat : There Is nothing In the appointment of the commission which can bo held to favor or prejudlc ? either aide of the matter ns be- tv.een Great Hrltnln and Venezuela. The In vestigation Is to cover the whole subject In an Independent and Impartial way , for the purpose of ascertaining the exact facts. It Is inot to be assumed that the decision will be against the claims of Great Britain. That remains to ha seen and will depend upon the Information to be obtained by the commis sion. In the event uf such a decision the appeal for arbitration will be repeated In a fKendly spirit , and then , If It bhnll be again denied , a new situation will be presented in volving a new kind of obligation. Our gov ernment cap. never conssnt to the theory that a European nation has the right to curtail the territory jjf a weaker nation on the western hemisphere without arbitration and by reason of superior military power. jou.v j. I.\AII.S ; iiAHitKn OUT. Xot Allowed to .loin fluItollN of < hi- Iioyiil l.i'iildii. LCAVENWORTH , Kan. , Jan. C. The Evening Standard prints the following : Ex- United States Senator John J. Insalls of Atchlsan has been dropped from the roll of membership of the military order of the Uoyal legion of Kansas at Its monthly meet ing held in this city last Thursday. Efforts were made to keep the matter secret , but it leaked out today through a member who attended the meeting. Mr. Inpalls was ad- mtted ! more than fifteen years ago as a member of the third class. Only commis sioned officers who were In volunteer service during the rebellion are entitled to first- class membership , to which Mr. IiiRalls was Ineligible. Mr. Ingalls , It is recently said , wrote the secretary of the Loyal 'legion ' that ho deslied to be elevated to membership of the first-class. Colonel J. . Glllpatrlck , com mander , wrote to the ox-senator explaining that It would be Impobslble for the order to change ths class of his membership. .Mr. Ingalls replied , It Is alleged , that ho desired membership of the firot-cljss or none. The correspondence was laid before the meeting Thursday night and discussed. The vote as to whether ex-Senator Ingalls should JJB dropped was carried unanimously. About fifty members were present. \VIII. EXCIIAXfilJ ROM ) KOR SIIVI5H. Mlu-r.-il I'roitoMilloii Mmlc liy < i Company ( o ( lie IJtiKi'il sin ( < > < . NEW YORK , Jan. C. The World today says : SUphen II. Enimons , who i $ ' presl- d nt ot a gold mining company at 1 Hrnad- \vay , has sent an open letter to President Cleveland offering a unique plan for main taining the gold reserve. Ho eay In part : "If the s cretary of the treasury will put himself In Communication with the owners of gold mines throughout the country lie can cause tro entire gold production of the United Status to bo placed at tin disposal of the government In exchange for silver coin. So far , at any rate , as the mines which I personally possess or direct , ur concerned , I nm willing to undertake Biieh a plan , though the output of gold Is a very cot slderable amount and there' cannot lJ ? any doubt of every oth r American gold mining corporation being ready to do the same. Tlio assistance thus obtainable by -governine-nt will not Involve any bond Issue , and will not saddle the nation with any Int rest charge or syndicate remunera tion , It will add to the volume of homo currency and at the samu time It will equally Increase thi > amount of International cur rency In the treasury , " AHNI-HNlMKT Illl Illtt-I-Hlllto l CHICAGO , Jan. C. In the United States circuit court today the assessment of the Hoard of Equalization of the county of Klcyd , Indiana , of $200,000 on the Kentucky and Indiana brldgo connecting New Albany \vllli Louluvlllo , was afllrmed. The bridge com pany contended tbat the acpcssment included 1,800 feet of structure on tlie Kentucky side of ttio river , and the Indiana/ / assessment should not ba ovpr $1E,000. Judge- Jenkins , In lilii opinion , held that the Ilc-rml of Equal ization havlni ; properly sat and notified Hi ? brldgo company and fixed the assessment without any complaint at the time , it could not now be attacked collaterally In a EUlt against Secretary Ilecovour of Floyd county. Tnilciu-llili'lH'c ailnrot Solil , DENVBIt , Jan. C. A rumor gained cur rency In Denver today that W. S. Stratton's celebrated Indpendonco mine at Victor , Colo. , was about to be sold to Marshal Field of Chicago for V.OOO.OOO , In aniwer to n tele gram of Inquiry Mr , Stratton wired as fol lows : The rumor In Denver of the sale of the Independence mine U without any foundation whatever. The mine la not for tale to anybody at any price. " Pri-inliini on Gel < ! llHHiic | | r . NEW YOIIK , Jan. C. The Evening Post says ; The call for the government loan caused ( he premium on cold to disappear this morning and It lu said that tlione per * tons who bought gold last week , especially those who ordered gold I rum the other side , would lose considerable. TIIU ClltSlS IX Cl IM. St , Paul Olobe. Th6 time Is ripe for src-at developments In Oubr H seftns evident thnt the power nnd spirit of the revolutionism have berti underestimated , nnd that their hopes and chances of success are far frjni des perate. Mny the fortune of battle smile upon them , nnd Cuba at last be free from th yoke of the oppressor thnt she has borne no long , l the fervent prayer thnt rises from every American heart , lluffalo Express : This march of the Cubans Is one of the most remarkable In military hlstTjr. The Spanish hove been clenrly out- Keneraled nnd they seem Incapable ot learn ing the Indies which would be necessary to overcome their foes. The only Important effects of the Cuban advanc ? , however , will bo the- extension of the Insurrection and the destruction of Spanish supplies nnd sources ot revenue. The Cubans must fight In thi open before they can win the liberty of their Island , but the superior generalship nnd greater activity they are shewing give promise that when the time comes they wll nstcnNi the world again. Kansas City Star : The Insurgents have made n historic fight. If , after nil , they ar3 beaten , they have won the nd miration , < is they have merited the sympathy ot the world. In spite of the greatest general ot Spain ; In pplto of the best soldiers of Spain ; In ppltc cf the lavish treasure of Spain In eplte of nl these , the Insurgents have displayed nn In vincible bravery and a masterly military skill The world will hall the final success ot the Insurgent ! ) with gratification. The Spanlsl yoke Is already breaking.Perhaps before many hourn havepaosed it will He brokei upon the sMl of "Cuba Libra , " and a new republla will have taken Its place among the pople-governed nations of the earth. Courier-Journal : The rebel forces appear to go where they please , except to Havana Itself , and to retire without serious loss They are hying waste the fields of cane which probably belong mostly to adherents of" the Spanish * cause. If General Campos Is going to strike any decisive blow. It Is time for him to deliver It. The war will snnn hnvr > Instril n vonr. Sn fur n 4 thn known facts Indicate , the rebels have the best of It. Another rainy season will ba liero after a while , and If something bo not done b'fore It arrives there Is likely to bo another period of comparative Inaction till next winter. Ilcllttllng ths resources of the rebels amounts to nothing so long as Spain can protect rclther life nor property In two- thirds of the Island. New York Sun : Up to this time It would have bson follly for the Cuban patriots to rtake the fortunes of their country upon the It uo of a single great battle with the Spanish troops. H has been the policy of General Maximo Gomez to harass the adver sary , cross his lines , destroy his resources , break up his camps , capture hla guns , men- cco his strongholds , and reduce him by cx- hnrstlon. Hence , when we hear that the patriots have retreated from n place to whlcn tlify had advanced , or have left a province which they lind Invaded , It Is not to be taken ns n sign of discomfiture. They did not expect to capture Matan/as , for c.vimple. wren P few thousand of them made n dash In the- direction of it some days ago ; their object was of another kind , and , when they had accomplished'It , they struck off else where. We have had news of their retreat ninny a time , but oftir each retreat we htvo heard of their appearance In a locality more advantageous for them. IMSUSOXAI. AM ) OTIIISHAVISE. It h suspected that the bonds which at tract England toward America draw 3 to G per cent. First It was Jamleson , then Jamison ; now It Is Jameson. It Is evident that the Boers knccked the doctor's " 1" out. The Boers seem to bo made of the fighting ing- stuff that General Pakenham ran ogalnst in New Orleans several years ago. With the laurel on his brow , the poet lauic-ite defends England against Watson's assault In a very Austlntatlous manner. Congressman William A. Smith of Michi gan began his career as a newsboy and sliest popcorn seller. He Is still in good voice. Pictorial representations of the knocks nnd .twists received by the British lion In recent erccunters serve to Illustrate the meaning of "a lame ana Impotent conclusion. " Whatever loss ot adiposity Speaker Rcec may have achieved during his summer on a wheel Is likely to be restored by the fun ho Is Kettlni ? out of the political turmoil. The Itusslans at St. Petersburg have takei a great fancy to Chess Champion Pillsbury of Brooklyn. They are as much amazed at his modesty as at his skill as a chess player. The hurried npolopy s'lit by England to Berlin disavowing the Transvaal raid sug Bests a wholesome regard for the pugna clous temper of the administration's grand son. It Is feared the condoscfnslon will pro voke anoth-r outburst of royal poetry. John Jacob Astor Is amusing himself on Fifth nvenuo with a hcrselesj carriage. Ills vehicle Is a small victoria , without a box This Is the first fashionable move In th ? dl rectlon cf abolishing the horse altogether , am It will surely spread , since an Aotor leads The prince of Naples declares that hewll never marry , for fear that ho might give Italy a hunchback king. Tills prince is him SP" physically perfect , but his uncle. Prince Oddone , brother of King Humbert , was a humhbaclc , and the prince Is morbid on the subject. Amcng Americans who have made a dls tlngulshed success In Europs lately Is the artist Edwin A. Abbey. He has been exhibit Ing a collection of paintings at tlio rooms o the Pine Arts association In London , and society flocks to pee and admlro them. Mr Abbey himself is much bought after socially The students of William nnd Mary college t Virginia , who Invited tlie odorous Dreok- InridEO to deliver the oration at the Juno commencement , have been called down by the faculty JIM ! given the option of expulsion or recalling the Invitation. They grabbed the latter liorn of the dilemma , and Willie's flirtatious voles will not bs hoard there , Letters of administration upon the estate of Hug-Hie FIoUl wore grantel on Thursday. Tro. cs ate Is valued at $17.000 , of which $0,000 Is scheduled as personal prcperty. The realty , however , Is subject to a larfio mort- K.IPP. which leaves a snull equity to the estateIt hi announced that tlio estate wl.l bo kept Intact for Hie benefit of the children. The copyrights of the books of the poet will aUo revert to the widow. Marlon Butler , who was 32 yojrs old on bio lust blithday , Is the youngest man in the United States yiiiiato , ard i ever since- the tUne of Henry Clay has there l en a sena tor of such' tentkr ngw. Ho was born In Sampson county. North Carolina , AH a boy his principal education wafl received from lliu mother. Ho went to the State university , wlicrj ho was graduated In ISSS , and when ho first Bettlod himself for the study of law the death of hln father brought him back to the old farm anct to the dllllcult task-of set ting a llvlnjf for a large family or younger bletor and brothers. Murrain Bill and George Bllateln of the Buffalo Courier are Interested In a big schuiio for the development and settlement of the Big Horn basin , and Cody Is digging a dltch ICO mlUs long , which , when com pleted , will supply water to 300,000 acres of hnd. He has "M men and about 100 teams at work , and expects to have ubuut 25,0(10 ( acres of Irritated land open for settlement next Mny. The Hurplus population of east ern cities and farmers who want to try their luck farther west are to bo tempted with land at DO cents an aoru and $10 a year for peipetual water rights , The manager of this enterprise Is George T , Beck , a son of the late Senator Beck of Kentucky , Ilii > nril'H Iloniu Ai-roNM ( lit ; Miiln , aiubtf-Dctnftcr.it , The report that Ambassador Bayard will become a permanent resident of England on the expiration of lilu term of office Is not at all surprising. He practically renounced his allegiance to the United States when ho made those anti-American tpcochcs. run in STUD Kii.mt STKIIS. PourlT-Journal A lr , Jameson hai been dcf'nled by the Boers Mr Chamberlain's dis- nvnwnl rf his Invasion goes. Chlc Ko Tribune : A curious result of Dr. Jameson's foolhardy conduct l the * fact th t for the first time In many yeirs France nd O-rmany are united orv a matter ot political Interest. Kansas City Star ; Dr. Jameson was nil right until he got whipped by the Boers. His offense , In the sight of England , wns not In Invading a peaceable republic , but In being overthrown by the sturdy defenders of the Transvaal. Nothing falls- like failure. Chicago Chronicle : Wo talk nbout the tics of kindred and sentimental devotion to the so-called motherland , but there Is not In the whole United States today ono tithe , not a suggestion cwn. In our regard for Oreat Britain of the warmth which Is felt for the sturdy Dutchmen of the Transvanl , who are no relatives of ours. Chicago Hecord : In his conRratulntory message to President Krueger U Is noticeable that Emperor William makes n mention of Great Britain , but refers simply to "armed bands which Inwidcd your country as dis turbers of the peace. " Oreat Britain , having disavowed the net of Jameson , hardly can relent this congratulatory message on the suppression of disorder nnd revolution , Indianapolis Journal : On the whole the defeat - feat of the British Scuth African company's trsops under Dr. Jameson In their campaign against tlie Boers will turn to the advan tage of that governttmit. Now the doctor will disowned by the British and court- martialed by the Boers. If the doctor had been victorious Ore it Britain might have been forced to adjust the matter with Germany. Chicago Post : Jameson la the right arm of Cecil Illiodes. Rhodes Is too powerful a p.Tionage to bo treated Inconsiderately In London. The entire Influence nf the char tered company will be used to protect his agent. Meanwhile John Bull will push steadily along In South Africa protesting honesty nml stealing territory ; "ono hand linked In th ? white palm ot virtue nnd the other nlcklntr n Docket. " Washington Post : England Is doing today what ohi > lias been dslng since the dawn of her national history robbing and looting nnd derpslllng everybody who Is too feeble to resist and cssliewlng piracy the moment she hears "stop thief ! " or feels a ctrong hand upon her rulllan collar. How could such a nation have a frlsnd ? There Is still left In the world swrno little reverence for honor , loyalty , Justice , and good faith. Minneapolis Tribune- : Chamberlain started out to give a "vigorous" administration of colonial -affairs , but It has proven altogether too vigorous to suit the pockets and the con- yjrvatlve Instincts of the majority of the British people. Chamberlain's Idea c-eems to be that vigor Is synonymous with robb.ery. To seize upon something that bclotiKS to n neighboring nation and hold It by bluff Is manifestly In his eyes the acme of exalted statesmanship. Ho would make Great Brit ain the rufllan among nations , and Salisbury Is weak enough to let him have his own way. Washington Star : What If Jameson had cut his way through the Boers , captured the capital of their republic , and established the British Influence in the land that , la 1SS1 , was defended by the enterprising Dutch colo- nlstu from their selfish neighbor * ? Would ho now have been disgraced , denounced as an adventuier , condemned as foolhardy and a miserabls failure ? The voice of history answers In the negative. Succera and suc cess alone Is the British criterion of rlghteous- ies , and it Is the traditional policy of the nation to Inaugurate moi't ' of Its Important movements by unofllclal expeditions on the 1 success or failure of which depends the utura courseof the government. Had Dr. lames-on wfilppsd the Boers and Germany contented herself with growling. It la prob able that a year hence the South African icro would have been elevated to the knlght- lood or maybe the peerage for his "great public services , " Instead of being disowned and condemned as an adventurer. POINTS. Chicago Tribune : "This breaks me all up ! " aid thu Ice pond when the thaw struck it. I'bllndelphla. Ilecoril : "A good resolution s like a bad cgjr , " says the Mnnnyunk 'hllnsophcr. "you don't realize Its Impor- mice until you break it. " Washington Stir : "Clmh'ty , " said Uncle El > 2n , "will klbber or multitude ob sins , nil' ylt most ob us ilonn' seem ter lint ) much mo' diin'll go roun' fob our own puu'nul uses. " Detroit Free Press : "What did you buy this piece of inusle for ? " nsked Mr. 13ar- ley , crossly , ns he took up a sheet from lliu nliino. "IfiotiRht It for a sons' , replied Mrs. D.arley , sweetly. New York World : Mr. Trottter ( renewing nn old acquaintance ) And la that little bnck ! eyed KlldufT girl ns dear to you now ns who was nt-vcrnl years ago. Mr. Spatts O , much dearer. I have to pay her 1100 a month alimony now. Pltlsburff Chronicle : Manchester What Is the use of chewing cloves to hide the smell of whUky ? The otlor of cloves remains. Birmingham True , but you can cat n raw onion and remove the clove odor. Chicago Hecord : "Tlio detectives arc with out a ( ilnglo clew In that great diamond robbery. " "Yoti not ft sou ! In tlie family old enough or young enough to go on the New York Weekly : Editor's Child What'fl the matter with papn today ? llc'n in nn awful bad humor. Udltot'H Wife Yen , my duir. The regular runny man of the paper Is sick and your father Is tiylng to keep the department going. Life : Senator Gorman I understand that lectiinof Senator Hill's , which the p ° opc ! wouldn't go to hear , he Is golntf to work off on the senate In a Hpeech one of these days. Senator Urico Great fcolt ! HUB tlio man no Idea of what senatorial courtesy moans ? Chicago Post : "Yo.i , " said the artist , "I fhould like to have her \ma \ for me , but I hnvo never ilaied suggest It. I Imagine that Flio would have some dullcncy about 3'ch a matter , and - " "Oh , not ai fill , not nt all , " Interrupted the society man. "She IIIIH been In society two HLMsnns and Is qultu accustomed to decollete. " ' Wlu-re In ( InFIIIK - nf London Tiutli. And the winds of the world mndo answer , North , south , and cast , ami west ; "Wlicifver there's wealth to covet , Or land that can be poscss'd ; Wherever 111-9 Hiivnge inces To cozen , coerce and HCIUC , Yo shall find the vaunted cnHlgn : For the English HUK Is there ! "Ayo , It waves o'er the blazing hovels Whence African vlctlnm liy , To b Miot by exploslvu bullets , Or to wretchedly utarvo nnd die ! Ami wheru thu beach-comber harries Tlio Isli.-H of the houthern ea , At the peak of hla liclllijli vcnacl , , 'Tla the English flair Illos free. "Tln > Mnorl full oft hath cursed It With hlH hint-rent 'lylnif breath ; And the Aiab him ) IHS | < -C | his hatred AH lie hpltH at HH folds In death , The ImpluiiH fellah ban feared It ( in Tel-cl-Kc-blr'H parched plain , And tlio Xnlu'a blooil lias .ilulncd It With a deep , Indcllblu ntulii , "It IIIIB iloitod o't-r Rcunes of pillage , II has ll.iunted o'er dcudu of Hliame , It waved o'er tlio fell marauder , AH no ravished with hlH swonl and flnma It has looked upon nitliU- daughter , And iniiH/-icrcH dire and Kilm ; It ban he ml tlm Hhrlukn of tlm victims Drown oven tbo Jingo hymn. "Where Is the Flag of England ? Seek the lundH wlic-ro Ilio unlives rot ; Whuru decay and amircil extinction Must H')0ii bo the | > L-oil' | ' lot. Go March for ( lie one-Kind IMiinds , Where il Incases anil death are rife , And the Kit-oil of a cnlioim commerce Now butteiiH en human life ! "Whero Is tlio Flag of Kntftind ? Go ! Hall \vliL-ro ilch K'lllf-oim ' come AVI Hi Khoddy and 'loaded' cottonu , And bt-ur , and lill/lea , and mm ; Go , too , where biiitc forcu lias triumphed And hypocrisy makes | | n lair ; And your riuostlon will llnd Itw answer , For the I-'Jajj of England Is there ! " Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report