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( R al. ) N. P. FHIU Notnrr Public.
'Clip linniinot Is gplthiK to oceuny UIL
plncc In natloniil pnlltleti tlmt thu plcnlt.
occtipic.s In poiitillKt stntu politico.
Tlio Htalo that Is without one ot * more
favorite sons will fool loncsoinu boforp
the niitc-coiivt'iitlon ciniiiKn ! ] ) : Is ciuloil
.TitHt bocnuso the new bond Issue 1ms
boon Honied Is no reason wliy the pint
for n postal savings bank should be1
If Salt Lake City can economize bj
cutting police salaries and rcduclni ; tin.
size of Its police force , wliy can'
Omaha do the same ?
It w s Lincoln tiny AVedncsdny
Naturally , theiofore , Lincoln won out
on the contest for the location of the
Grand Army of the Republic reunion.
Political valentines In the shape of
pledged delegates to the national con
ventions are the kind of valentines that
the aspirant to presidential honors pre
fers to receive this year.
The campaign orators will liave to
"wait , over a week for the arrival of
Washington's birthday as the next na-
.tlonnl holiday which gives an oppor
tunity to make the eagle scream cuce
moro. t
The law plainly prohibits any city
official from directly or Indirectly par
ticipating In contracts with the city.
But then the present olty administra
tion seems to hnve no Idea that It , Is
bound by the law.
If that boundary commission does not
hurry up Vene/.uela and Great Itrltnln
may get together and do awav with all
excuse for Its further existence. And
thus far the $100,000 appropriation at
Its command has been scarcely touched.
To call the fee system in vogue In
the United States courts robbery
n&il plunder on the lloor of the
senate may be a trllle out of the usual
'
course of senatorial courtesy , but It Is
none the less accurate on that account.
According to Mr. Hryan's paper abil
ity docs not count In the elevation of
members of congress to conspicuous
places. This Is the only consoling phil
osophy that remain's for Ihe brilliant
but unappreciated ex-congressman from
Nebraska.
Another downpour of moisture
throughout the state to start grain to
moving- and gladden the henrti of the
Jobber nnd retailer. Hut no zero ,
water-congealing temperature for the
benefit of Ice men. We shall all hnve
to pay dearly for this In the summer.
Rrltlsh pulille sentiment la expressive
of nil earnest' desire to maintain friendly
relations with the United rtt.ues. The
real sentiment of the masses of the
American people Is also st-onpiy In
favor of pence as far preferably to war ,
to friendship ns preferable to strained
relations.
The Bee hns repeatedly In times past
shown why n branch Indian supply
depot should be located In Omaha.
Two years ngo an effort was made by
the city to secure Ruch location nnd
now Congressmnn Mercer Is renewing
such efforts. The prize Is well worth
working for.
Our flre department was most highly
complimented on all sides for the way
In which It handled the recent Douglas
street tire. But Insurance rates arn
still ut the old point to which they were
raised two years ago on the pretext of
Insulllclent water supply and luetllclent
fire fighting force.
Lincoln pi-ople ought to feel better
now. They not only secured the loca
tion of the Grand Army i < t the Itcpubllc
reunion but clinched It by u resolution
declaring thu site fixed for live years to
come. With such an assurance we
feel certain that the people of the capi
tal city will muke propnratlons for a
scries of reunions unsurpassed in the
ulstory of the Nebraska department.
Unsuccessful bidders for the now
bond Issue still have the Cripple Creek
gold country beckoning them to Invent
iu hole-ln-thc-ground and mining stocks.
Speculators stand ready to stock mincti
to imlcr guaranteed to lit the slzo of
eacU ( iivostor'ji pile. If necessary cer
tificates of stock can be struck elY the
printing press at u moment's notice suf
ficient-to absorb thu whole $ 100.000,000
of bids rejected by Uio Trua'dury de
partment
HAftn SUTK
A eoiwtili'niblo Incrcnfio of the Imiik
unto clmllndnit IH expected nn n rcHtilt
of the now Ijwm of brtiMlH. Since Iho
lii-t'lii'iliiK "f the your tin1 orders re-
ct'ivoil liy the cr-inptrolhT of thr cur
rency for now circulation hnve exceeded
f IIUW.OOO , nnd It Is expected Unit tlio
amount will o to : it lenxt tV.KHt.OOO ,
H\vollln > , ' the liMiik note circulation ( o
nbottt jfS.'irj.OOO.OOO. It Is not prolmblo
Hint Oils Increase will he mnde nt onco.
IJtinks which fulled IP secure nny of Hie
new bonds us n basin for circulation , nre
expected to awnlt the condition of Iho
market before tnkliif , ' out mnv notcti
nnd a few may even abandon Iho pur
pose to Increase circulation for the pres
ent. Another elciui'iit of Increase Is
likely to bo found , however , In the de
posit of bonds by banks which have not
yet llled spoclllc orders for new nolcB.
According to reports from Washington
the Indications up lo the time of allot-
Ing the bonds last Saturday were favor
able to n still larger Increase In circula
tion than the gross amount of the or
ders , these Indications pointing to a
possible Increase up toward $30.000,000 ,
but It Is not believed Hint It will roach
that llgnro in the. near future unless
there Is an acute KtrliiKfucy In the
money market , which does not appear
probable. The business conditions do
not appear to invite any Inciease of
bank circulation and Its increase would
seem to imply confidence on the part
of bankers In au early Improvement.
TllK DKUDCltATW FIKIiD.
Thu democrats of Pennsylvania are
first In the presidential Ik-Id with n
favorite son , ex-Governor I'attlson hav
ing "received tlio unanlmoiuj endorsement
of the state committee for nomination
by Hie national convention at Chicago.
The resolution adopted by the com
mittee sets forth that "In character ,
in ability , in otllclal experience , in the
fearless discharge of public duties Mr.
Pattlyon Is well equipped for the high
olllce for which we recommend him , "
with moro that is highly complimentary
to the ex-governor. Thus one possible
democratic candidate for president has
been brought forward for the Inspection
of the country , for there can be no
doubt that Mr. I'attlson will not reject
the honor thus conferred upon him.
lie has been twice governor of Penn
sylvania and on the score of ability and
sound democracy is unquestionably the
peer of any man so 'far talked of for
( lie democratic presidential nomination.
With the solid and earnest support of
the Pennsylvania delegation In the na
tional convention Mr. Patllson ought to
have a very good chance of securing the
nomination.
There is likely to be a number of
"favorite sons" brought forward before
the meeting of the national convention.
Massachusetts has one In ex-Governor
lius'sell , Ohio In ex-Governor Campbell ,
Indiana In ex-Governor Matthews , Iowa
Iu GXGmcruor Uoie
; r lUiao.lsJn-Slcven-
son and Morrison , and there are otlu'r
slates where the democrats do'ubtless
think they-have presidential material.
The presentation of perhaps half a score
of .names . to the national convention Is ,
therefore , by no means Improbable , the
effect of which will be to Intensify in
terest in what promise ? ! to be one of
the liveliest and most Interesting politi
cal conventions In recent years.
There appears to bo still n pretty gen
eral belief that Mr. Cleveland will bo
nominated unless ho prevents that ac
tion. It Is thought that If ho remains
silent , if ho lets matters drift along , if
lie awaits the meeting of. the conven
tion , he is sure to bo named. It Is said
thai Mr. Cleveland manifested great
interest In General Harrison's letter of
withdrawal , speaking of it as evidently
sincere , but there Is no Intimation that
carries with it any authority that ho
B likely to emulate the example of his
predecessor.
Tlie democratic presidential field haslet
lot yet assumed a particularly intcrest-
ng aspect , but It cannot be long before
t will present features worthy of atton-
Ion. Meanwhile , the Pennsylvania
candidate , who is for sound money and
tariff reform , can be thoroughly dis
cussed by the democrats of other states.
TJIK NIC A It AQUA. OAK A I , .
It Is stated that the subcommittee of
ho house committee on commerce re
gards the estimate of the cost of con
structing the Nicaragua canal submitted
> y the board of englneerSt and which
vas transmitted to congress last week ,
IB too high. The report of this board ,
vhich is very comprehensive nnd deals
radically with the project , places tlie
cost at over $ m,000.000 , which is $ iU ,
000,000 in excess of the1 estimates of Ih6
oinpany which now holds a chailer
rom Nicaragua to build the waterway ,
'he board declares that the official ostl-
nate by the'company Is InsiiUlt'lcnt for
he work and the estimate made by the
toard Is provisional. "It should be un-
lorstood , " says the report , "thin the
existing data are inadequate as a basis
for estimating the cost of many of ilvs
structures ; some portions nf ; ie work
nny cost more , others lv ss , lint In the
udgment of the board the enlii'i project
can be executed for about Hie total
unoiint of Its estimate. " The fact np-
> cars to bo that so many and great are
ho natural dllllcultles to be overcome
hat It is next to Impossible to make
mythlng like nn accurate estimate of
lie cost , but there Is muiou to believe
hat the figures of the .board of en-
glueora are much nearer to what It
vould be than thoseof tlie c.inal com-
muy.
It appears to be the Intention of the
house committee on commerce to report
a bill similar to that of .Senator Morgan
In the last congress , which provided for
a government guarantee of canal bonds
to the amount of $103,000,0X1 and the
iractlcal control of the entenirlsi by
ho government. It Is absolutely cur-
nin that in no other way can the re-
uired capital be obtained In this
country nnd It' Is somewhat doubtful
vhother It can be secured abroad , al-
hough the promoters of the project us-
ert that there will be no * difficulty in
jetting all the European capital needed
f congress refuses to give the aid afked
'or. It would Bi'L'in , however , that be *
ere Investing In canal bonds foreign
upitullsts would desire HOIUO very Uoli
nllo guarantees as to the future re-
latlnnn of both the United Stales nnd
Mcarigua toward Iho canal , which
might prove n serious obstacle. In the
meanwhile the government of Nicaragua
might deem It expedient to revoke tlie
charter , of which there has already been
some talk , and take uponJtself Hie work-
of constructing the waterway with the
aid of foreign capital , or make Biicli
concessions to foreign capitalists as
would induce them to take hold of lit
Some such course has been under con
sideration and In Ihe event of the fail
ure of the present congress to do any
thing for promoting the construction of
the canal It Is more than prnhahlu that
Nicaragua will take steps to revoke the
charter.
It Is doubtful whether n bill guar
anteeing canal bonds can be passed in
this congress , at any rate at the present
session. Undoubtedly there Is a very
general feeling that this project
ought to be constructed with American
capital and be under exclusive Ameri
can control , but Hits sentiment lias not
served to enlist Ihe capital and Is not
likely to , wlilie there Is very strong ob
jection to the plan of Involving the
government financially In the enterprise ,
however ample the safeguards against
any loss by the government may be.
With thu problem of getting what is
due the government fiom the Pacific
railroads awaiting .solution Hie public Is
llltle. disposed to look with favor upon
any new s'cheme of governmental as
sistance to corporate enterprise.
The determination of , the Nicaragua
canal question cannot , however , be put
off much longer. It will have to be
settled within the next year or two or
the American projectors will probably
lose all the rights ( hey have secured , to
gether with all that lias been expended
on the enterprise , amounting to between
! ? li,000,000 and $7,000,000.
lOU'.l FIHST-UTAH KKXT.
According to an old French adage , it
is the first step that takes effort. For
this reason the Importance of the action
of the Iowa legislature In endorsing the
Trnnsmtsslsslppi exposition project is
not to be underestimated. Iowa lm
taken the lead iu olliclally committing
itself to the plan. The resolutions
unanimously adopted by both houses of
the legislature leave no room for mis
taking the attitude of the state. Not
only Is tlio Transmlsslsslppl exposition
to be held at Omaha In 1SS ! ) "heartily
approved , " but the people of Iowa nro
expressly urged to co-operate with Hie
people of the other states and terri'
torles of Hie transmlsslssippl region and
utilize the opportunity to make a tilting
display ot their resources. All' the
Iowa representatives' ' and senators in ,
congress have practically announced
themselves to be in ftdl accord with'ilio
proposed exposition , but if anything
more were needed to impress 'Upon '
them Its Importance to the entire riyi-Kf
Jhe 'request 'of jtlio- Iowa legislature-
tiiey promote as far ns possible the bill
giving congressional recognition lo the
enterprise : should , complete' theyork * of
winning tlfelr support.ai" * l'JliI
The endorsement of the TransmlsMs-
sippi exposition" the state of Iowa
inust be followed up with similar action
by the other states that are-equally
Interested in Its successful consumma
tion. It so happens that Utah is. the
only other western state Avlicro the
legislature is in session this winter.
Iowa first Utah i-ext ! Tlie second
step iu the program of the exposition
management must be to secure from the
legislature of Utah the adoption of reso
lutions favoring the exposition in terni- !
equally emphatic with those of Iowa.
Utah was 'fnlly represented in the
Transmlssissippi congress last fall ,
which gave the undertaking Its fiist
great impetus , and its delegation
pledged the hearty co-operation of their
state. With the example of Iowa be
fore It Utah should quickly claim the
honor of being the second state to take
formal action endorsing the exposition.
In the presence in Omaha of Dr. Kd-
ward Everett Hale Omaha people have
n rare opportunity to meet with n fa
mous minister , author , editor , philan
thropist. Dr. Halo has been prominent
before Hie country so long nnd is so
well known through his writings and
lectures that the mere announcement
that be has consented to talk hero to
night about "his latest plan for n high
court of nations as the means to the
pacification of the world will no doubt
attract au appreciative audience.
It must be lemembered that tha state
of Michigan will choose the pr'sidentlal
electors this year iiml'ik'-tlio-law tlmt
provides for district representation. ITf
other words , although the state go over
whelmingly republican , ( It would still be
possible tor the democrats to pull out
with one of the electors. Hut Ihero Is
little prospect of a divided electoral vote
from Michigan , and even if there were
It would have small effect upon the
general result.
The treasurer's icport shows the
finances of the Grand Army of the Ite-
pnhllc organization to bo In excellent
condition. In view of depressed biwl-
ness and the low price of grain in this
state , the showing made is a most
gratifying one. It is evidence that the
union veteran means Hint the encamp
ment Khali endure , no matter how many
sacrifices he must make.
Why , Sure ?
Sioux City Journal ,
The cJltors of ( lie Upper Des Molnes Kdl-
tor'al association endoruetl tlie TrauwnlMlB-
alppl oxpoiiltloti [ cr Omaha. Does Nebraska
believe Iti reciprocity and doing something for
Iowa ?
Woiulrnl to IlL-liulil.
Chicago Tribune.
The platform of tbo domocrut'c party this
year will be worth reading. It docs seem
as If nobody cc < uld nnd an excuse for the
present administration , but the platform
committee will Imvo to do U.
Cu-Oi > irullv Colony Fill I lire.
St. I'aul I'loneer I'lru ,
Another Induatr'al colony , tlis Cooperative
tive Town company rf Tennessee , his gonj
to piece ) . Itvau located at El'zabetliton
and was EtartoJ with a cipltal ot f 10,000-
000. Houses and lets nere sold on the In-
Aullment pUn and ull enterprises were co
operative. Just nuy It Jus fa'led ' notndy
seems to know , but the fact that It li only
the last of many failures In tbli direction
ought to suggest to tlie prjjortois of sucti
enterprise * that the world exacts a cjrti.n
Amount of rltk .and hird work of cvtry
.man , flnd th tMAh j h ttles Is evade It
by fraud or by ty.fiey ho lt i to i Af Ins
tahnco finally. . 6 "
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llflndvi * Vlitlii'M of ( 'onurcmiiuMi.
Inilt Ml | , i , | | , Jotirnnl.
Thcro ate tttA'kMls ' of congressmen the
speaking congrw'hiSh nnd the wcrklng con-
firoswnan , It occAsliiflally' ' happens that both
kinds are comllltuVP in ono man , but not
often. The wortthV ? cdngres-sinan la gener
ally worth a do/en of the other kind.
Torpor.
t.
A stcidy 1mrMe4nent In business from
this tlmo onwarfl U jtcasonably certain. The
bind sale removVd"an doubt of the govern-
nicnt'o ability tV'&t' ' nil the gold It need * ,
anil au this uncertainty wan the basis of much
of the trade torpor Its subsistence must start
the wheels of business In more active motion.
\VnlthiK for n I < r > tUr >
St. IxniU HepuMle.
If some democratic state central committee -
too or state convention should declaim In
favor ot rcnoinlimtlng-tlio president , a letter
declining to enter the contest \xonld not be
Inappropriate. Out until somebody a ks
the p > erident to bo a Candidate for reelection
tion , ho could with equal propriety write a
Utter declaring ho had no Intention of at
tempting to establish a monarchy at the
expiration of his term.
Kill OIT tlit > milnnncc.
Minneapolis Journal.
At the Hochester , l4. Y. , meeting of llio
A. P. A. It wns claimed that the order has
108 members of congress , the governors of
tour states and majorities In tie | legislatures
of several states and Is growing rapidly.
They claim a voting strength In the country
ot 3,500,000. Some of the principles of the
A. P. A. nre genuinely patriotic , but , as 90
psr cent of them , carried out , would bring on
a civil war , the genuine Americans In this
country should do their bfst lo kill off Ihe
nuisance and show Its pernicious character.
KntitlflrntloiiN of n
Phll.-ul-lpliln .
Tlio developments In the Inquiry Into
Jamcson'ti raid In the Transvaal , Incomplete
as they are , point to a very ii\ell defined
conspiracy on tlie part of the UrltlBh South
Africa company , The letter which InJuced
Jameson to move said an armed force was
needed at Johannesburg because -of the
riotous feeling manifested there , while the
evidence on the trial showed that the ac
cused had prepared a proclamation declaring
that a provisional government must be estab
lished to protect the 'place ' a train "I Jameson.
It was evidently a bald scheme to seize the
country and malic-It nominally Urltlsh , but
really the property ot the company. Th ?
conspiracy is likely to recoil on the heads
of Us author * , and nobody will pity them
If they suffer severely.
Windy TliriMitn nt Hnvrlcr.
SprlncnrM ( Macs. ) Ilcpubllcnn
Senator Haw'lfy of Connecticut has until
1899 to prepare himself to" meet the fate
uhlch the A. P. A. has In store for him ,
to punish him for voting to confirm the nom
ination of Colonel Copplngir to bo brigadier
general. All the bright ana shining lights
of that order have agrc'ed , so It Is said , that
Hawley's political 'fulure shall be blasted
with the scorchlnglbreatti of their displeas
ure , and that never again shall he sit with
Tjillmih , and 1'fffer , Hansbrough and
Chandler In tuc.'nifeher galaxy of our law
makers. This awful menace was held be
fore the senator * ! Irr'Beneral while the nomi
nation of Copplnger'was pending , and It had
the effect of making his confirmation certain ,
and It la probablolfbal It will work that way
In i elation to the're-election of Hawley.
The
Ilurllngtij Hawlicye. ,4
Omaha Is to haWta , TransmissJEslppl expo-
'sltlon ' In 1S98. rowa.'Npbraska. Dakota'and
Kansas will natUr'ally' be largely 'concerned
In tlili , exhibit , anil It 4s liftely aH tb"4 weitern
states wJU take ajHwb' Interestjln it. It will
bo a flno display fit the resources of the west
one of the best , probably , that the world
has ever seen. ' "Canada" and Manitoba are
also expected to ° 'm3kb contributions , and it
Is quite likely "tllbVofk " ' - will grow on the.
hamlsiiof Its'J'lifdjfelors and' bixTome , somo-i
thing-more thah"Anostar " "
affalr."ltvU > of In
terestto Iowa because It 'Is ' calculated to
stimulate emigration i to our'state , to make
wider known the fertility of our roll , the
mineral resaurce/j / of the state , the superiority
of Its climate , and the many advantages
which Iowa offers for residence and for busi
ness.
Cent of the , Ciibnn Wnr.
London Speaker.
The shipwreck of an American filibuster
ing expjdltlon to Cuba , which Is reported tills
weak , must bo welcome news to the Spanish
government. But the particulars of the cot-t
of the Cuban war , published this week , in
dicate how hcrious the financial drain It
causes has become. Nearly half the 50,000 -
000 pesetas ( say 2,000,000) ) already lent by
the Dank of Spain to the government Is
spent , and the latter Is borrowing $30.000,000
more on Cuban bonds the bank intimating
that this loan must be the last. The war
has hitherto cost 300,000,000 pesetas , and
will cost 400.000,000 this year. A special
surtax Is Epolten of on imports Into Cuba ,
and perhaps Into Spain , but the Imports
must bo diminished under the financial drain
and the Cuban home rulers are already Indi
cating their dissatisfaction with the change
to a sterner policy. |
A JSAI.AXV OK SOI.UIURS.
UiMiovMl Gllibon'H Pliicc Anioiuv tlie
lJHtliiuiil liil l of IV'miHylvaiilii.
I'hllvlelpMn. Intjulier.
It was the confederate generalD. H. Maury ,
who said not long ago hat Penny/lvaula and
Virginia had produced more great soldiers
than any other states of the union. No list
(
has ever been drawn together of all the
3olller ( j who by birth or residence might be
claimed as Pennsylvanlaas and who rose to
the lank of a general ofilcor during the civil
war. Tlio task of compiling such a list would
bo of slow performance , because Pennsyl
vania goneraly entereJ the service from
many states and served with distinction In
every army. In the public eye the Identity
ol many of thorn with this state has been
lost. The Pennsylvania soldier to whc-u
Sherman signaled the message "Hold tlie
fort , " was subsequently associated In the
public mind with .Iloston and Massachusetts.
Ar comparatively few Phlladelphlans know
that AiulrcR' 1.4 Humphreys was a great
soldier , "a master ot logistics" Francis A.
Walker calls him , while 'Still fewer think of
him as a PhlladHphlan , a nit General John
Oibbon , who died the other day In Ilaltlmoro ,
had been a soldier for so many years , ever
slnca 1847 , that While the Pennsylvanlans of
this later day knew vaguely lomethlng of
his career , It Is probable that few of thorn
knew him as a PemiFylvanlan.
And yet there are niany reasons why Penn-
aylvanla should Keoir Ireah the memory of
John Gibbon. ThA ! Xrmy of the Potomac
had few more faithful" capable soldiers.
When a youth of JJOlhe/was already a veteran
of the Mexican Hflr. . a A successful Indian
fighter In later years.ys greatest distinction
waj 'won in the Iclvllpwar , and the record
which he made In , tliat'lon0 ! series of bloody
battles , Second mill Hun , jSouth Mountain ,
Antletam , KrederlcksWirg and Chancellors-
vllle , would alon 'nf-uuinelent ' to keep his
ninio high upon tli'i rolls of heroes who were
patriots us well -ass iprofesslonal soldiers ,
Gettysburg made .Jils "record still brighter.
There , when HahcprU. way wounded , this
other Pennsylvania ioliJIer ouceeeded him In
the command of tltoiSecond corps , only to bo
wounded In his tur"f flid he had also com
manded the corps , , , ji jthe first day. After
the Wilderness eampjji < ( i General Gibbon was
placed In commailu bf the Twenty-fourth
corps , a high commpiM-of such responsibility
In tlmo of actual war that It counted for
moro than any rank obtained by General
Gibbon subsequently Jn the regular army.
The great BtruggJe .was nearly over. Thou-
Hindu of olHcers and men nad fallen by the
way through death or disease and some
through Incompctency , After the severest
sorting out process to which men could be
subjected , Meade , of Philadelphia , was still
commanding the army ; Hancock , of Mont
gomery county , his veteran corps ; Hum
phrey * , of Philadelphia , tbo Second corps ;
Parke. of Chester county , the Ninth corps ;
Gibbon , of Philadelphia , the Twenty-fourth
corps ; Gregg , his dtvi | > ! on of cavalry , and
Hartranft and Crawford their dlvltlona of
Infantry. Porter , of Delaware county , was
about to gather the largest fleet the world
bad ever seen , and Dahlgren , of Philadelphia ,
was commanding the South Atlantic block
ading squadron. High upon this roll of dis
tinguished defenders of their country , nmong
these survival of the fittest , stands tbo name
or General John Gibbon.
HAS FOUND Till ! NORTH POLE
Apparently Authentic News from tlio Ex
plorer Nanson ,
IS LOCATED ON A CHAIN OF ISLANDS
Sllicrlnn Audit of the
Clnltiin ( < i llnvc
Unit ( lie K\i > o-
illtlim In it MIICIM-MN.
ST. PDTRIlSnunO , Feb. 13. A telegram
received here today from Irkutsk. Siberia ,
KIJ-S that a Siberian trader named Kouch-
nnreffyho Is the agent ot Dr. Frltjcf Nan-
son , tlie Norwegian explorer who sailed In
the Ifrnm June 24 , 1893 , for the Arctic re
gions , lias received Information to th ' effect
that Dr. Nanson baa readied tlio north pole ,
has found land there , nnd IB now returning
toward civilization.
In April last the I'lgaro ot I'arls circulated
n rumor that Dr. Nanaen had found the north
polo , and that it U situated on u 6haln of
mountains. It was then added tluit he had
planted the Norweslan Hag there. The story
was generally regarded as being without
foundation. ,
On September 17 of last year advices
were received In London from the Danish
trading station of Anpmagsalll : . on the cast
coast of Greenland , that n ship , supposed
to be Dr. Nansen's Pram , had been sighted
at the end uf July , stuck fast In an Ire drift.
Finally , on December C , a dispatch from
Chrh'Uanla , Norway , stutnd thct Dr. Nansen's
wife received a letter by cailitr pigeon re
porting that the expedition was doing well.
As no carrier plgcans were taken north by
the Hainan party , this report was evidently
Incorrect , but It was published for uliat
It was worth.
Dr. Frltjef Nanson Is a distinguished
scientist of Norway and an enthusiastic
believer In the possibility of reaching the
north pole. Ho Is about 35 years ot age.
He entered the University of Chrlstlaula In
1SSO and two years later went on a scaling
trip to Denmark straits , on the nest coast
of Greenland , In the Vlklnff.
Later Nanson was appointed curator of
th : museum at Uergen , which position he
retained until 1888. when he led a small
expedition to Greenland , crossing the south
ern part of that portion of the globe. It
was probably during this trip that Nanscn
conceived the plan of making an effort to
reach the.north polo In a vessel constructed
specially for such an undertaking. In any
case , after his return to Norway , ' . 'fanaen
took the preliminary steps toward fitting out
his expedition and the Fram was planned
and constructed. She Is gene-ally classed
as a three-masted sailing bchooncr. but
she- had a 160-horse power steam engine In
addition to her sails. Her displacement was
SOO tons and her sides were so constructed
as to force all Ice meeting the vessel to
pass underneath her , thus preventing "pinch-
Ing" and "screwing. " The Norwegian
Parliament allowed Nansen about ? 52,000 to
fit out his craft and In addition he was
assisted In his work by many private sub
scriptions. Including one or J3.000 from King
Oscar.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SHIP.
The Fram was launched October 25 , 1S92 ,
at Laurwlk , near Chrlstlanla.
A Norwegian paper , describing the fitting
out of the Fram , said : "Bread Is the prin
cipal nourishment of Nansen and his people.
The bread Is a. kind ot biscuit , large and
round , white and very compact. The ration
of each man Is to consist of four biscuits a
day. This , at least , was given out when
the expedition left Norway. Silk Is used as
the most suitable material for tents , as It
shuts out the cold better than anything
else. The cabin of Nansen's ship , the
Prtm ( forward ) Is heated by means ofn
English petroleum stove , which consumes
three litres ot petroleum per day. As' the
explorer has taken along with him a suffi
cient supply of this fuel to last him eight
or ninoiyears , there will be no lack 'of
iheatlng-i 'material. - .Tho' llbinryof life ex-j
peJitlon consists of 1.000 boolfs. half1 of
which are scientific Works and tlio other
half novels , etc. The- crew numbers twelve
men and all occupy the cabin , which meas-
tnes thirteen feet square. There they eat
and sleep. The garments they wear can
not be penetrated by Svater. "
The expedition sailed from Chrlstlanla Juno
23 , 1893 , the doctor's plan being to make for
the new Slbsrlan islands and held north
until the Fram. by being Imbedded In the
Ice , would bs compelled to drift along the
west coast of any land which might be
found.
On August 23 , 1S95. Dr. Nansen sent a
dispatch from Vardo. reporting that on the
2d of that month he was about to sail Into
the Kara gea , and that the Fram had be
haved splendidly up to that stage of the
journey , especially In forcing her way
through the Ice.
A London dispatch dated March 4 of last
year announced that a letter , dated
Kjolleadord , February 24 , had reached Ham-
merfest , Norway , announcing that a telo-
giaph inspector at a station in the moun
tains between Lebesy and Langfjord had
r.esn a balloon moving In a southerly direc
tion and believed that It was possibly carryIng -
Ing dispatches from Dr. Nansen , but until
the foregoing dispatch no further news of
the balloon of Dr. Nansen had been ro-
cpwed.
Dr. Nansen's companions were Captain
Otto Sverdrup , shipmaster ; Sigurd Scott Hansen -
sen , nontenant in the Norwegian navy and di-
roqtor of the astronomical meteorology and
naval observations ; Honrlck Blessing , sur
geon and botanist : Theodore C. Jacobsen ,
mate ; Peder Hendrickscn , harpoonlst ; An
drew Munden , chief engineer ; Lars Petersen -
sen , eecond eng'noer ; HJalmar Johannscn ,
officer In the Norwelglan army ; Bernard
Nordahl , electrician ; Ivan Mogatad , carpen
ter , and Adolph Jucll , steward.
SEEN HY ESQUIMAUX.
The following letter nas received last year
by Mr. A. Haia of Sheffield , Rngland , an
Arctic lecturer :
"CHIUSTINIA. Sept. 1C. The steamship
Hertha , freighted by the Daniyli government
to bring victuals and furniture to the Din-
Isli colony ( Angmegsallk ) which was estab
lished last year on the coast of Greenland ,
arrived there on August 25. Peterson , the
manager of the colony , then reported that
different Esquimaux twice saw , at the end
of July , a three-masted vessel stuck fast
In the Ice , The- ship had a short foremast.
It wa'j first seen In the Scrmlllgak fjord
( G. ) - degrees20 minutes north latitude , 38
minutes longitude ) . They Ind seen no
smoke from the ship. The report Is quite
trustworthy. We can got no more until
tiext year. The Fram's foremaet was ex
traordinarily short , so that the description
agrees BO Tar. From the statements of the
Esquimaux , vie should , In that cai > 3 , not
hear from the Fram until next year , Mean-
whllo we must be patient and not feel quite
certain that we have to do with the Fram. "
LONDON , Feb. 13. If IB pointed out hero
In well informed circles that If the news
that Dr. Nansen la returning , from the north
polo turns out to bo correct , It Indicates that
the explorer has made- his nay back to New
Siberia from the Arctlo regions u'n-1 Is thro
awaiting favorable ' conditions before com
mencing hlti homeward journey ,
Kouchnarcff , the man mentioned In the
dispatch from Irkuttk , Siberia , via St. Peters
burg , ao the agent of Dr. Nanoen , who has
received Information that the explorer hut )
found the pole and Is returning , Is Dr. NanV
feu's dog supplier. He resides near Hit. '
mouth of the Lena river. The people of that
locality pay frequent visits to New Siberia
and may In this manner have brought the
news to Kouchnareff ,
DOUBTS THE HEPOIIT.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. Dr. Nansen , ac
cording to Lieutenant Davis ItUralnerd ,
U , 8. A. , who accompanied the Qrceloy ex
pedition as subsistence- officer , bases liln the
ory of the current -which ho relied on to
carry him through the Arctic regions on
the fact that the trend of the JcannUte
was generally in the direction of tbo pole
and that pieces of driftwood , etc. , have
been found on the east and west coast of
Greenland and alone the opposite coast of
Btlefniera and Grlnnel land , which , from
their appearance and character , seem to In
dicate that they had drifted from the Si
berian coafts. Other articles , such 03 a
largo stopper or plug for a powder horn ,
a coasting stick , a cane , etc. , evidently
the work of Alaskan Indiana , have alee
been found In the same place. Therefore
the implication was advanced that they did
pass the pole down the coast of Greenland ,
around Capo Farewell and up Into the bay
and Smith's sound.
U Has reportoJ by Lieutenant Bralnerd
that the rellr of the Jwnnfltc , loft at th
tlma she wan rniho < 1 , were cventtMll )
found on thft west const of Greenland , nen
Julian's ho.iil , went i > f where hn renche-
there. It , w estlmntoJ the rcllca num
Imve ttrlfled at the rale of About throe mile
day. lint , the lieutenant adiietl , Dr. Nan
son pffcms to Imve disregarded , or nt al
events t/ilicn / as of llttlo vnlno , one Impor
taut-factor , the bjlfllnk and uncertain n.i
lure of the current , of which nothing Is
definitely known ,
"I believe that not only will the Nanspn
expedition prove a failure , but that It wll
moet with dlAxter. I think It donbtfu
whether Dr , N'ntiscn wilt ewr bo heard from
I think tint ho lus had too little expert
cncc to cope with the difficulties he wMI
Inevitably encounter , nnd especially with the
Ice. "
ASl'tlMMi CA.Vntn.YTKS.
Washington Post ! According to Mr.
Robert P. Porter's biography Mr. McKlnlcv
Is very fond of homo cooking. Well , the
other candidates will be perfectly satisfied to
have him remain right At home and luvo his
cooUlns done there.
Detroit Free Press ! Any man who would
accurately predict the outcome of the te-
publlcan convention at St. Louis must first
discover what the southern delfgatcs are
going to do ; and that Is a matter past as
certaining until all the bids of the specula
tive managers nre In.
Chicago Tribune : The facts regarding the
terrific explosion which frightened the people
ot Madrid nearly to death on Monday mornIng -
Ing nro slowly coming to light. It IN now
bollcved , Instead of being an aerolite , as at
first supposed , It wns nothing leas than tlm
explosion of Dili MorrUon'n boom , which
escaped from Hen Cable several days ago ,
nnd has been wandering around In space ever
since.
Globe-Democrat : Senator Galllngcr of
New Hampshire , the only New England re
publican In either branch of congress whose-
devotion to Heed was doubted , donlea the
rtport that he- favors McKlnley. Undoubt
edly the Maine statesman will receive the
virtually oolld support of his party In his
locality , and probably he- will get the vote
of New York after the first or second ballot.
Pennsylvania , too. Is bolloved to be favorable
to him despite the report that that state's
delegation may support Quay at the outset.
There Is a good deal of uncertainty yet as to
who. Itecd or McKlnlcy. will lead on the
first ballot.
Now York Sun : While all the- winds are
melodious with the name of Hon. William
Uoyd Allison of Iowa , not a whiff of a breeze
flicks the dust from that of Hon. Horace
Holea of the samestate. . Only a little while
ago ana Air. Holes nail a Doom like the sound
ot many watera. He was the rescuer of
lown from the republican yoke. He was an
Irnn-knuckled smlter of the tariff. He was
coming. Father Horace , a hundred thousand
strong. And now the- republican yoke Is on
the neck of Iowa once more nnd limitless
silence overspreads Hon. Horace Doles ; and
bis boom Is numbered with' the things that
were , and were for a mighty little-Awhile.
THE COAL ,
Providence Journal : The members of the
new coal combination have no special reason
for "uneasiness" because of an apprehended
application of the Sherman anti-trust law to
their gigantic enterprise. That disappointing
act never yet seriously troubled anybody , and ,
It must bo thought , Is not likely to.
Boston Post : The now anthracite coal com
bination off em an admirable opportunity for
testing the anti-monopoly act of 1S90. Cer
tainly Its language , Interpreted by the rules ,
of common sense , seems to apply directly to
the situation created the
by Morgan-Vander-
bllt combination coal mining and coal carry
ing companies.
New York Journal : If the attorney general
were to direct that coal produced and trans
ported under an agreemeiit Illegal under the
Sherman act should bo seized whileIn transit
the Issue would bo brought to the test at
once. There would be no delay until the sum
mer season came to create apathy In the con
test. The crisis would bo as spontaneous as
when nations declare war. With tralnloads
of coal sidetracked and in the hands of the
United States marshals , the "combine , " not
the. public ; as has been the rule In contests
with trusts , would be the party to urge a
speedy decision , , ' , . . . , ,
St. Paul Globe : It has como-to the point ,
as it always does comp pooncr or later , that
the people themselves mii ° t act. Their rep
resentatives nre careless , self-seeking , Igno
rant , or so absorbed in political scheming that
they have no time to devote to the real In
terests of the great mass of our everyday
working population. It Is time to bring them
to their oensas. ' Tliey will not , because they
dare not , disregard an uprising of the people
for smashing the great coal combine that ha.s
the country at its mercy today moro com
pletely than ever before. Let a unanimous
demand bo made upon the authorities at
Washington , and they will refuse to act only
at their peril.
Springfield Republican : The firpt step taken
by the combination Is to advance prices about
35 ionta a ton. On a reduced output say
40.000.000 tons a year this would mean an
additional Income to the combined properties
of JH.000,000. But it Is said to be the Inten
tion of the ring to push prices in the end up
to about $1 a ton over the average price of
1895 , which would mean an additional reve
nue to the members thereof of some $40,000-
000 , which , of course , the people nnd manu
facturers will have to pay. At the same time
many collieries In the Pennsylvania coal re
gion are being shut down in pursuance of the
order to rcdnco the output , and thousands of
men will bo thrown out of employment.
n
OUT OI < " THE OIIDIVAHV.
An old trapper In Bethel , Me. , has In his
possession a bear trap that Is 150 years old.
U has captured a good many bears , Including
ono this year.
A distinct anomaly In American c'vlllzatlon
Is the little hamlet of Aliceton , In Wisconsin ,
which IB without a woman resident. It has
about 100 people , but they are all men.
Prof. Gleselor of Gottlngcn has twenty-four
children. Not long since he paw a child
crying In the street , and asked : "What Is
tlm matter , llttlo boy ? " "Don't you know
mo , papa ? " Bald the boy. He wao ono of
the twenty-four children.
An aged antiquarian In Lltchfield , Conn. ,
has sent. It is said , an ancient tennis suit
to Secretary Olne-y , thinking that ho will
take more pleasure In his favcrltc game
this spring If attired In a costume dating
back to 1798 or thereabouts.
On the steamer Scotsman of the Dominion
line , which sailed from Portland for Llver-
pcol the other day , went the largest load of
live stock that has ever been taken from this
country. Arrangements wore made to ex
port 1,500 head of cattle and 1,000 sheep.
Albany , Ga. , has n quaint advertiser , whose
specialty Is root fixing , and whose style Is
shown In this paragraph : "Lots of men
would be upstuckln' and blggety when every
body praised their work. Hut I am not
that way. I speak Just as politely to a
per man as I do to ono who owns a metal
roof. That's my way. "
rins : < i..uAMI
It I * e tlm tf < l thnt the owners of the St.
Paul will lott 35.000 by tlmt experiment In
navigating Jersey snnd laid.
NVIth the nislstnnce of the ItoentRen light ,
municipal rtform should ttko a fresh hold.
It Is now possible to reveal the operations
of "fine Italian hand * . "
While Canadian * publicly express undlmln-
IsheJ confidence In the mother country , the
wisest of them will , m heretofore , htistlo
for a living In the United State * .
If the cla'ma ' of the Annekc Jans heirs
ar * no sounder than their orthography their
cause Is a forlorn one. Their celebrated an
cestor spelled her name Anna Knjmu.
Interest In the development of cnthodo
rays , called X r y < for short. Is steadily In.
Fact Is , an x rulso Is calculated to
direr these pinching and piping tunes.
Hefonn Is about to take a fall out ot the
banana peel In New York City. Chief
Uoosevelt 1ms Iwued his edict that the peel
and the peelers mutt go. else somebody will
take nn Involuntary tumble.
The frcqunnt reference to the manner In
which "the people" will express themselves
In the Chicago pilmarlr-a Is pretty strong
Indication that the elnted ticket wilt go
thtongh without slipping a cog.
Public sentiment In South Carolina opposes
the re-oimclmcnt of the "Jim Crow" law ,
requiring colored people to ride In separate
cars. Tlio new south Is growing nt a rale
that promises to make up for Its thirty years'
lost time.
Several Interesting relics of Colonel Ells
worth , Including a. pompon from his cap , an
opnulct and a visor , have come Into the pos
session of a Grand Army of the Itcpubllc post
In Santa Itosn , Cal , Another Is a bunch ot
hair from the tall of the horse ho rode at
the time of tils tragic death at Alexandria.
Ho'slnl was born on February 29 and It
pleased him to havehis birthday celebrate I
only In leap years. In his old ago he used
to say that ho was 20. This year , as usual
every four years , the composer's native town ,
Pesaro , will celebrate tlio event , and as
MaKcagnl will pirparo the program It Is
likely to bo most Interesting.
The German emperor \ generally dressed
by 5 In the morning. The- queen regent of
Spain Is ready for the day's business at 7
sharp. King Humbert of Italy rises at 0 ,
as do also the king of Sweden nnd King
Charles ot Hotinmnla. The Empress Eliza
beth of Austria take her bath at 4 a. m.
and then starts out on long walks.
The Massachusetts commission bavins
charge of wayy and means for the ex-
.ennlnatlon of gypsy moths , has reached the
sngu coilulUHloil inui uiu imiu w tiiwi ?
suds through the state ire.iRitry. Heuco a
arger appropriation Is ncce * ary. A SUB-
Mrloti li abroad In the commonwealth that
ho commission Is as gieat a mcnaco to the
public as the gypsy moth ,
'
Prof. Gllbrchln , the sago of Saddle- creek ,
expresses the opinion , fringed with gobs of
ears , that hindsight Is several laps ahead of
oreslght. While ho 1ms an abundance of
he foimer on hand now , a fractional part of
t two weeks ago would have enabled him to
ake In a snug stake by bidding on the gov-
rnment bonds sufficiently high to get a
lice and selling his claims. If Saddle creek
hould overflow Its banks presently , 111 *
ause may be traced to the Incontrollablo
veopj'of the professor.
Genaral Volerlano Wcylcr of the Spanish
tmy , the new captain general of Cuba , In
aid to bo of Irish extraction , Is GO years
Id and extremely energetic. Ho dls-
Ingulshcd himself during tlio Carllst war
nd attracted attention during the Spanish
war against the Moors In Africa. General
Veyler was sent to Cuba In the early part
f the ten years' war undeserved under two
eplaln generals. Ho remained there moro
ban two years and was recalled to Spain on
ccount of charges of extreme cruelty mad
gainst him.
JOtI.YIXG JA11S. i
Chicago Trrbuno : "I hate to owe llttlo
Ills here nnd there. "
"Well , do OB I do ; always make them , na
) lg as possible. "
Puck : "Do you laugh when you writs
joke ? " inquired his friend.
"No , " replied the humorist , "but I smile
vhcn I sell one. " .
Washington B'tar : , " "Do trtjifoq ljout ! lie
man dat t'lnks he Itndws ft nil , " said Unblo
Sbon , "am dnt he wants tr stop ebrybody
10 meets nn' tell It. "
Chlrngo Record : "Gumply never treats
anybody , does he ? "
"Tient ? When he's thirsty himself ho
just sets out his telescope and looks at
the Big Dipper. "
Somcrville Journal : The man who Is
always wondering what the neighbors think
of him , would be BUI prised , sometimes to
know that they seldom think of him nt
all.
Detroit Free Press : Jones Black Is a
liberal fellow. . He never does things by
halves.
Smith That's a fact. Ho never borrowed
less than a dollar from mo yet.
Cincinnati Enquirer : "Man run over by
a trolley car awhile ngo. " said the pollco
repot tor. "What fhnll I Rive him ? "
"Badly hurt ? " asked the city editor.
"Lost both legs. "
"Give him two sticks. "
Detroit Tribune : Method Is my hat on
Mtraljrht ? demanded the h'.roliio of the prob
lem storv. "Yes , durllinj , " answered the
hero. "Why do you ask ? " "O , they 11-
luotrato literature so copiously those days , "
the lovely ( ; lrl explalnad , "thnt wo diame
ters can't bo too careful how wo look , "
Indianapolis Journal : "The legend
says/ / ' said the historical boarder , "that
Solomon controlled the world and con
quered hi. ) enemies by means of a rlntr of
j ciillar properties. "
"H'm , " the Cheerful Idiot hastened to
say. "Our .politicians work In n good deal
the same way. "
VATUI5TY.
Knnsn City Joumnl.
Thero'B beauty In the sunset's clew ,
And In the azure sky ;
Thera's grandeur In the vasty deep ,
And In the mountains high ;
There's terror In th ( tempest black ,
And In the lightning's Hash ;
There's wonder In the firmament ,
And mystery In the hash.
A I'OUTRAIT V
Chnrlrs Kelspy Gnlnes In the Times-Herald ,
liable fnycc In softt' to lyncH ;
Kyes from which the starlight uhynes ;
Shmldt'il sunlight on her heddu ;
Lyppus that sweetened allo Mieo eeddej
Plquanto nose and dympled chlnnc ,
Hcsolute to wllla and wltino ;
Dalntle cares tlmt , wcl I wy ,
Aske nee jewel but a leys ;
On her bosome roses gnye ,
Breathing , lyko her lyppes , of Mayo ;
HuminynKe-nlnles that check hi 11/ttt
Cannot flit with steppe more lytc.
Cupydes , ullc nround her winging ,
Kwp their golden bowers a-rlnglng ,
TwunklnK' each his leaping utrlnge ;
Hut vulnllo utyllu their urrcnvcH singe ,
Oh ! catche her. Payntere , with thyo artol
Thya lltci liusaJc bathe my harte.
GIVEN
Conolstlnff of one eboet of FARM BUILDINGS nnd ono shoot
of 78 Subjects , DOMESTIC ANIMALS , etc , Theseuro to
ploaeo tbo children. The Farm IIouso and Animals can'
bo cut out end made to stand , tbua making a complete
Miniature Farm Yard.
3 Ways to Get This Farm :
6 Oouponai or
1 Coupon and 0 Oenta > or
10 Oenta without any Coupon , to
e
o
OLACKWELL'S DURHAM TOBACCO CO. , DURHAM , N , C. . e
and the Farm will bo cent you POSTPAID. You wjll find
ono Coupon InalUo oaob Q ounce bag- , and two Coupons
Inffldo each 4 ounce bag of
BlBclwelfs GcDDioe Durfyoi Toteo.
Buy a bap of this Celebrated Smoking Tobacco , and read the
coupon , which gives a list of other premiums and how to get them.
V 2 CENT STAMPS ACCEPTED ,