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TII'JBJ OMAJTA DATLT JH3T2 ; SA/IU'KDAY , PEOKMBIiJT ? . 20 ; 180(1. ( TIIKJOMAIIA DAILY IS. HO3KWATiil. IMIlor. I't'llUHItKD KVKUY MOItNINO. TKIIMS 01filTUKCIllITlON. . . lire ( Without Bunilny ) One Y * r I'M Dally llee nn > l Sunday , One Year. * M HI * Month * . . . . 4 W Thm ; Mnnthii 200 Rundny lice , One Ycnr ' M Katimlay Hr-o , One Year 1 M Wckly He * . One Yrnr " 5 Omnhn : Tlie Ilcf > lliillllng. f 'itli ' Omnhn : Olnmr l > lk. . Cor. N nnd Ilth St . Council lluT ! ( : ID North Mnln Htivct. f3ilPH o omen : 317 Chamber of Commerce. ? > w York : llnnm * U. H nnd 15 , Tribune Iltdff. NVanlilnctons H07 V Street. N. W. All romtntinlcnllonn relating to news nml HI- torlal matter hnuld > > e ntltlrtwvil : Tu the IMIlor. lltJHINnSS LKTTIillH. All liunlDMH letter * nml rptnlttnnces sliouM be nrt < 1rp d to The llec J'uhllfhlnit Company , Omnlu. Draft * , chocks nml pmtolllco nrtlcra to be mnile t > nvnhl to th order of the company. TMR Jinn rtJiiMsitiNn COMPANY. STATCMRNT OF CIHCUI.ATION. Btnto of NVhrnrkn , I * County. I II. Tzurhnrk. recretnry of The life Pub lishing cnmpnny , l HnR duly itwtirn , rnyii thnt the actual mimlx-r of full nnd complete copies of The I > nlly Muinltuf , Kvpnlnij nnd Humlny lire prlnteil tlurlne the monlh of November , ISM , win its fol- luwi : I . JI.COO 10 . IO.W ) J . 21 , HI 17 . SO.CIC 3 . 21.450 18 . 20.190 4 . 42,2 i 19 . 20.2M 5 . 3Z. 7 -tO . 20 , ! i n . 27n-,7 21 . 20.111 7 . 21.220 2S . 21. WO 1 . 21. KO 23 . 20.07 ! 9 . KI.KI5 21 . M.CVit 10 . 20. Mt 22 . 24.131 11 . 2I.C01 K . ia.WI 12 . 20.771 ! 27 . 201CI J . SO.JV ) 2' . 20.015 11 . 20.CC1 0 . SO.S- 15 . 21,010 30 . 20.023 Totnl . CC0.342 Ix > m ilcdurllons for unfold nnd returned coplc * . v . 12,782 To In I ni > t MI ! > . f. ; , C Not dally average . 2I.CS3 C.KOnCJfi 11. TOSCHUfK fiuli crll < d In my prejenro un I nworn to before rne thin 1st day of December , 1KMI. , . > * I'"HIT * ( Seal. ) Notary Public. The ( Jri'titr-r Kt'tHiltllc of Ontrnl AIIUT- k'rt sounds vcr.v well. lint tlu-iv u > 'lit to lie SOIIH > eoiivi'iilont wiiy of iiliiwliitliij ; It In writing. I Tliu miltnn will never lie convlneetl that the Hurnpean powers lire In earnest until they prove It to him beyond a ren- Bonnhlo doubt. lthough the present council's days are swiftly by. It has still tlnii ? for s enoiiKb to kill all jall-Jobblnc If so inlniled. The publisher of our amiable Ilrynii contemporary never contributes to a campaign fund. Ills only connection with such funds is In the role of the pltf. If President Cleveland Is not entirely IndllTcrent to public opinion , he can add to his popularity In the transnilsslsslpp ! re lon by making ollk-lal proclamation of the exposition. It would seem that ICiijliiiM > r Ilowell's recommendation to Mr. Hlerbower was made out of pure philanthropy , and for the best Interest of everybody concerned , except himself. The New York World's Cuban corro- spomlent has au.spielotialy accomplished what General \Veyler has not been able to compass , lie has effectually cleared the Insurgents out of I'lnar del UIo. The Omaha Ilryan organ absorbed $1,000 of the popoeratlc campaign funds at one fell swoop. It's a cold day when the World-Herald does not get Its graft in on all the cash within reach. Kxperlment.s with the interchangeable mileage books continue to multiply. He- fore very long Interchangable mileage will uniformly be adopted for the rail roads of every great division of the coun try. Sued , the famous Italian faster , has fasted himself Into Insanity somewhat faster than any one anticipated. It is certainly noteworthy that feasting and fasting .should so often lead to the same end. With a whole holiday at their com mand for consideration of the matter , members of the council ought pretty well to have made up their minds as to the lit of those Taylor-made jail Job gar ments. The calm Judgment of the great Ameri can people will know how to take at its Pennine value the wild and whirling talk of chronic colonels and professional warriors relative to an armed conflict with Spain. According to cable advices. Hervla is temporarily without a cabinet. This Information is repeated free of charge for the special benellr of the surplus cabinet material that has been tendered Major McKlnley beyond the possibility of his immediate use. Noiifesldent owners of Omaha realty nro the ones who above all should not fall to assist the exposition by subscrib ing for stock. I5y helping to make thin enterprise a KIICCCS.S they will Inevitably contribute to the general prosperity of tills city , one of the certain results of which will be an improved market for real estate. Mr. Hitchcock went all the way to Montana and Colorado merely to tell Hiilllonairo Marcus Daly and Hanker D. II. MolTat that he saw them , lie never even suggested that a contribu tion to relieve the pressure of the World- Herald creditors would bo acceptable. It was n purely social visit. And some people shriek about Mulling. Populist candidates for the senator- ship from Idaho are springing up on every side. If only enough of them project themselves Into the arena , Sena tor Dubols may succeed In having himself - self accepted as a compromise successor to himself and thus accomplish whaf he Bet out to do when he marched In the Itolter'H procession at St. I.ouls. Governor-elect Tanner of Illinois an nounces that lie does not intend to mix up In the senatorshlp contest In that Htate for the reason he dues not think It the governor's business to make or unmake senators. Whether or not the governor-elect IIVON strictly up to thenc professions , all will agree that on this point hu has struck the nail on the Lead. The December apportionment of the temporary delimit fund made by the state Niiprrlntcndcnt of public Instruction em bodies an uxhlhlt of the Income of that fund which suggests a pertinent Inquiry. After enumerating the various Items of revenue derived fiom taxation and from Interest-bearing securities there Is de ducted from the total ? iM.OlM. ' S , said to In- the amount held In suspended slate depositories. The question Is , I low did this school money get Into depositories that have suspended since the last apportionment ? Tin ; last biennial report of the slate treasurer shows that he had credited the temporary school fund with the Sii.OOo In the failed Huffalo County National bank. The exhibit submitted to Superintendent Corbett shows a ID per cent dividend on this deposit which would Indicate that the pilnclpal Is not counted in ( lie ? ai.00t ) In question. Manifestly the state treasurer has charged up to the temporary school fund practically all ( lie deposits In hanks that have failed within the last six months. How does it come that the treasurer llnds It convenient to make school fund deposits In the weakest banks when by the constitution he Is required to exer cise special care over trust funds held for the beiiellt of the public schools ? 1'or some reason the present treasurer lias made It his business to keep the pub lic myslllli'd about the disposition of the public funds so that nobody outside of ids ollice could possibly tell where the money belonging to any particular fund Is deposited. The whole system has been perverted for the promotion of speculative banking , under pretext that ( lie weak batiks had to be protected ami plopped by the state. Surely this Is not the intent of the de pository law which was enacted for the protection of the state , rather than of the depository banks. The school fund of all , public moneys should have been placed In the Strongest Instead of the shakiest Institutions. From external evidence It would seem as if the treas- liter had credited the temporary school fund with these deposits after , and not before , the banks had gone under. If that be true , some decisive action will have to be taken by the Incoming legis lature to stop such questionable prac tices. -t si'Knrii' IWIT ox nun A n. Those engaged1 In the sugar trade in Xew York will be represented before tin ways and means committee when tin sugar schedule is taken up at the em' of this month and will urge a pacific duty. At a meeting recently held it was stated that the tradi had experienced the same dlllicultic. ' with an ad valorem tariff some forty years ago that it now doe ; ' and it , was the unanimous opinion that this system should be abandoned. . In view of ( lie probability that the schedule of the new tariff bill will continue In force'for ten years or longer , It was felt to be of the highest Importance to tiie trade that the treat men t of sugar In the new tariff shall be Biicli as to re lieve the trade from the dlllicultlcs it encounters tinder the existing tariff. Of cour.se It Is altogether problemati cal as to what conclusion the ways and means committee will reach regarding the sugar duties. There has been no expression from any member of the commit too respecting this very Important schedule. The chairman of the com mittee , Mr. Dlngley , has said that In framing the new tariff the policy of pro tection will be observed , from which It may be Inferred that sugar will be in cluded In the application of the protec tive principle. In thatca > e it Is certain % that , the ad valorem will give way to the specillc system , as It will in the case of till the schedules , ns far as practic able , 'flie new tariff will retain no ad valorem duties ( hut It is not absolutely necessary to retain. There is no doubt that making the duty on sugar ad valorem has cost ( lie treasury a very large amount of money and this loss to the government \ \ : \ . < been the gain of the sugar trust. That rapacious combination lias been bene- llted in this way probably to the extent of not less than ? 10X)0.MM1 ( ) ( , and pos sibly to a greater amount , since the present tariff law went Into effect. The next house of representatives , it can conlldently be predicted , will not permit a continuance of Ibis state of things. The importations of sugar for the year 18l ! ) will be about I.WW.fMXMKX ) pounds. A specillc duty of 1 cent per pound would yield a revenue of ? 40.IOO ( , ( ) ( ) , or nearly the amount needed to stop the treasury dellcits. The present duly of 10 per cent ad valorem , though sup posed to be equivalent to I cent p ; > r pound , dees not yield the amount of icveuuo which would result from a spe cific 1 cent duty , thus showing that the government Is robbed under the ad valorem system. When it Is considered that the government can derive so large a revenue from sugar without materially if at all Increasing the cost of that neces sary to the consumer and that at the wane time some protection would be given to the American sugar Industry , It seems highly probable that the new tariff will provide for a specillc duty of at least 1 cent per pound. Tlds matter Is commanding the earliest attention of the sugar Interest and un doubtedly it will be very fully repre sented at the hearing to be given by the ways nml means committee on De cember 30. XHKD OF ItKVKNtW LKUISLATION. It Is expected that one of the most Important features of Oovernor Ilol- comb's message to the legislature will be tile part devoted to a review of the de fects of our present revenue laws and to recommendations of remedial legislation that will strengthen the state's resources ami equalize the burdens of taxation. 1'lmt the time has come when some legis lative action la absolutely Imperative to straiten the llnanclal dlllicultlcs of our stale , county and city governments Is admitted by ail. The chief evil with which the legislators will have to deal Is that of unequal assessments of real nml personal property , and It will tax the Ingenuity of the best Informed to devise a plan which can and will be en forced without fear or favor. Nebraska Is not alone , however , In uufforiui ; from a defective revenue yn- tern. A recent report of the commis sioner of labor statistics for Missouri details some examples of unequal as sessments which could doubtless be paralleled by similar Instances In this state. With n view to ascertaining1 the extent to which undervaluation Is car ried on In Missouri , the commissioner obtained from the recorder's books In every county a selected list of actual sales of real estate and the amounts at which the same properties were as sessed Immediately after their sale. The results are startling. Not only are assessments unequal In different towns ami In different counties , but in the same town ami In the same county next door neighbors are often obliged to pay a different amount of taxes on properly of precisely the same value. In two cases cited for St. l.ouls , for example , for every $100 of true value one was asscs-Jod $10l.itl ( , ami the other $10. In another case , one property owner was made to pay on three and one-third times his actual holdings , while a second jiald on only one-fiftieth of what he really owns. Comparing towns with towns and counties with counties similar absurdities In the assessments are appi'rent. On every $100 of true value of the properties examined , the assessment In St. I.ouls Is $ ; iO.IO , In Kauwiu city $ 'J.rt ! ) ; , in St. .losoph $ ii. : l ) . The impression Is abroad that the most flagrant Instances of undervalua tion for taxation purposes are always found In the cities. Hut this Idea U altogether erroneous. The same method of Investigation extended to the differ ent counties of Missouri shows that while in one county the assessment is $ SO.Sfi on the $ KM ) of true value , and in others ? " ; ! . ( ' . ) and $7 : > . ; ! S , In .still others it runs as low as $ t > l.sri , $ l2S..ll , $ iii,8' ' and $2..10. Sp.-elal Instances are cltei' where the inequality In taxes on farm property Is even more flagrant than any on city properly. The statistic * given in the report indicate on ( lit whole that In the race for tax shirking and tax evasion the owners of farm lands have a handicap over the owners of city lots. What Is true of Missouri In respect to 11 HIMtiil | : taxation is true to greater 01 lesser degree of Nebraska. The problem therefore Is not merely the adjustment of tax burdens within the cities or be tween city and county , but the equaliza tion of tax burdens between all tht taxpayers In the stale. The farmer Is Interested Just nn much , if not more , than the merchant and banker. The quest ion is of stale-wide importance and affects every one who contributes In any way to the support : of slate am' local governments ai\d cannot well lit longer avoided or neglected by the DHAiriXU VA1SK CtWC/.U.SHWX. The fact thnt the excess of exports over Imports for the current year Is ex ceptionally large Is referred to by the supporters of the present tariff law as evidence that the law lias not crippled the export trade of the United Slates and that It hits not caused the country to be Hooded with foreign Imports. The largo trade balance in our favor Is a gratifying condition , but It cannot fairly bi cited ns showing any merit in the democratic tariff. As 11 matter of fact , during the fltst .year of that tariff the American mar ket was Hooded with foreign goods. It gave a tremendous stimulus to the woolen industry of Kngland and It re vived other _ European Industries. If this were not so , why Is it that the manufacturers of Knglaud , ( .iermnny and France are so apprehensive of the t-nactmriU of n high tariff law by the next congress ? All advices from abroad report that the manufacturing Interests aie greatly comorneil about the new tariff and this is certainly not from any Interest In our welfare. What they fear Is a policy that will cut down their trade with this country. The great depression of the past ; year and the fact Hint the market had been overstocked , together with the feeling of uncertainty during lite presidential campaign , naturally re duced Imports , but heavy orders weiv placed abroad Immediately after the election. In anticipation of n revival of business , and these will In due time make themselves apparent In aug mented Imports. The suggestion that the present law has not encouraged the Importation of foreign merchandise Is known l > y every manufacturer with whoso products foreigners compete and by every merchant who handles foreign gootls to bo absurd. That wo have not had a greater Hood of such goods is not lu'c.ii'.so the tariff did not Invite It , but is due to conditions which would have kept down imports oven were there abso lute free trade. With regard to exports , It Is well known that there has been an extraordi nary demand for our wheat and cotton , witli which the tariff had nothing what ever to do , and it Is this demand which largely accounts for the' Increase ; ! c.\- porTs. It is true that there lias been nn Increase In the amount of our manufac- 11110(1" products sent abroad , but it can not be yet determined that this mean : ! a permanent growth In the foreign tie- maud for these products , nor Is there any assurance that this increase wan as n whole profitable to our manufac turers. There Is reason to believe that a considerable amount of the manufac tures sold abroad brought no more than the cost of production ami It Is quite possible that there was loss on some of them. There is no substantial ground for assuming that the present tariff has conduced to an Increase of exports or lias In tile least degree contributed to make the largo trade balance In favor of the Tutted States. The advocates of continuing' the demo cratic tariff , from President Cleveland down , will make no Impression upon thf country or upon congress by any such assumptions as noted. Neither will the theory of Secretary Carlisle , that pro tective duties are destructive of revenue , have any weight with those who are familiar with our economic history. The existing tariff lias favored foreign manu facturers and been correspondingly damaging to American mnmifncturcrfl. It has opurnted against the Interests and welfare of both the people and the government. Our greatest progress nnd highest prosperity have been attained unifer the protective policy. The coun try has domaiulfjl n return to Hint pollc > nml the ripujllltan pnrty will rospom to the demand. . It Is to bojln ( jed that the propose ! legal proeoodltuiH/ln Ongo county to tcs the vnlldlty of flit1 gunrnnty compniii bond law wlirTie'prosocuted nnd prcsset without dclajfljtirr n final nnd nuthorltn tlvo decision Ji > : ( lie supreme court. The opinions alreadygiven by the nttoruo.v genotnl nnd $ ionttornoy general-doc to the effect thal.yie law Is defective nix not binding ion r the Incnl authorities chnrged with npprovlng olllclnl bonds but they are sutlleleiit to raise a dottb thnt would malic every conscientious ollleer hesitate' before accepting i guatauty company bond from any public olllclnl. An appeal to the court wll alone settle the questions In controversj nud tin appeal of this kind must be hai winner or later therefore , the sooner tin. better. City hall employes who failed to bi Included In thnt salary-raising resolutloi are naturally Indignant at the dlscrliu Ination against them. There is no inori reason why the salaries of one or twt clerks should be raised than the salaries of every one ou the pay roll. In i word , there Is no reason why any salar.\ should be raised at this time. Tin shortage In thirtrvasufy Is greater thai over and the pressure of municipal obit nations unrelieved. There are , further mere , plenty of competent nnd reliable poi'Miu.x eng < > r to take the places of nnj city hall employes who think they art overworked or underpaid. The Denver Hornl : of Trade liar adopted resolution1 * urging the Colorado delegation in congress to exert them sehes for the passage of the Cameroi resolution. AH soon as the Denver pee pie learned that the author of the Cam eron resolution was the same Camoroi who had made such n splurge for fret silver coinage , they were one and nl enlisted in its support. Iut will a war whc.ni > from the national capitol. regard less of lite consent of any other natioi on earth , raise the price of silver ? The fact that a vacant residence , situ ated In the very heart of the city , can lie burglariously entered , complete ! ) stripped of Its plumbing and movnblr hardware from cellar to garret , am damaged wantonly to a considerable extent tent- , all wilfliiiit the slightest molesta tion. Is discreditable to say the least to the police of a metropolitan.city. > , Cor tin- All Is not Kloani beneath tlio skies of the sllvorltcs. Two or [ three banUs have fallcc In the Insl twoi oritlirco days , anil every time n bank falls ( ho sllvcrltc thrills will ecstasy. ' ! Sonic CJIUKO for TlittiiUfulnrsN. St. , l. < > utfj I'ost-Ulfpalcll. With tha tomato liparl. the hlcyclo cancer ntul the many othtr perils that are allcgei to crvlran the > "butnan being of today , wo should bo UiankdU that the mortuary re ports arc not fatter than they are. Ily-I'roilwlM if Porn. MlnlieaiiolU Trlliuno. The majority of men In the corn trade aio naturally very 1cptlcal. ; hut Mr. Cramp iccnis very cntlUiMlastic. We caD all re member the tln'.m when the -cotton aeeil , on southern plantations was n waste product. lint now It Is utilized In the product of oil and feed end Is. , the source of nn Im mense Income- the planters. Why may It not bo within the range of possibility that the waste product of the corn fields will he- come njually valuable1 ? ' Oh. l.llii'rty.V Minneapolis JoLrnnl. It li queer , hut It la a fact , that a man'a name It not his own to sell or swap for an other , ns 1'e may choose. This Is an Idlcsyn- crasy of the law that U , like so many other laws , past 11 iidl in ; out. Hut the law enya it ! s a crime to shift , one's coRnomoin , nnd two men In an eastern town who obtained em ployment under different titles from thcue which came to them from their parents weru fined $20 each In a city police court the other day. It Is possible that a man may he ar rested BOIIIO day for chaiiKlni ? his 1ml r or shaving off his mustache without an act of the legislature. The .MjNtt'ry of Savings. ItcsUm Transcript. It was Interesting to rend about the c rv tl ennui who at n Sunday-school meeting told the chlldrei that In the thlrty-threo ycaui ( liirlii ; ; wh eh ho. had abstained from to bacco he had saved by that means $3.SS2.61. It would bo also Interesting to know whether any bright hey In the room caked him If he had all that money In the bank. It Is one of tliv curious things about economics of this sort that they never aeera to make any difference with one's budget at the end of the year. Theoretically , arithmetically , they must , of course , but practically they 'Jon't. What lots of thrifty , saving , get- ahead fellows there are who smoke , and what lot.s of totcl alotalncrs from tobacco who can't lay up a cent to save their lives ! _ _ I'rlNim Itrfiirin nml IillrnexM. Detroit l-'reo 1'rcjs. The pcnologlBtB of New York otato are now realizing thnt the abolition of convict labor Is one thing and finding something for1 the convicts to do Is another. It Is well known what the effects of prison confine ment without employment for the minds and linnds of the prisoners arc liable to be , anil to provide against the danger of Insanity some form of noncompctlng labor will have lo ho provided. Warden Sago of the Sing Sing prison will put n large number of con victs nt work breaking stone for the con struction of now buildings for the prison , and ho will also Introduce dally drills In military tactics , with wooden guns , mada in the prison shops , us the equipment. The military training In expected to Improve the discipline of the convicts. Tinm ; < > ron Iti-imrl , Indianapolis Journal. The report of fhu senate forolga relations : oimnlttco on Senator Cameron's Cuban reso lution bears the earmarks of a preconcerted plan. It wun not prepared In the committee room nor by Seuator Cameron or any other member cf thj jrojnnltteo , but by outside inrtlcs Interested 'Jn working up Cuban feeling. Morcovcr.-llt was" prepared In nd- vance of the adoption of the resolution by the committee Jpd1 was therefore n cut-and- drlevl presentation of questions of great im portance which wore btipposed to undergo careful and thorough Investigation. It In a poor comincntari- the legislative methods of the senate that ono of Its highest com mittees should thus adopt , bodily , a report prepared In advance by outsldo parties nnd send It to the senate as embodying the do- llborato conclusions of the committee , That is charlatanry , not statesmanship. Peanut I'liUllct In I lit * Semite. 1'hllnJolphla MilKer. The senate of' ( lib United States Is the body In which. , theoretically , there Is less chance for partisan politics than anywhere elso'ln the country , but -which , practically. politics rises to the height nnd dignity of the peanut gallery In u theater. The reFusal - Fusal to confirm the nomination of Secre tary Francis Is the latest Instance of the extreme pettlshnees to which political anl- noslty can carry senatorial proceedings. That highly respectables body U willing to show go much discourtesy to the president of the United States In order to gratify the personal animosity of ono or two Individuals , oven to tnako It worse when the members are so much ashamed of their animosity , that they disguise It under a prctcnso of fishing to hear from some unnamed con stituents , "What a travesty on the national dignity -the senate la getting to bei riniTi\i rouci'.s. Tim Srli Povrrr of Siuilii mill ( tin L'tiltpil SlnlPK ( 'oiuiinrt'tl. CtilP Kllrconl. . The question of the ficn power of the United States has very much more ot prnc- llcnl than academic Interest In vlow of cor- tnln contlnRcnclm toward which the pres ent temper ot the people of thin country and of Spain cccms to bo Impelling the respective governments. Fortunately Secretary Her bert's recent report supplies full Informa tion nn the mibjcct. And , while It Is still Im possible to compare the American navy In number of vessels to thnt of any of the great powers of Europe , the progress that has been made In the last decndo Is great , prob ably as great In comparison to our possible needs na that of nny other nation of the world. Hctwcen January 1 , 1S7C , and Jnnunry " 0 , 1S86. Great Ilrltaln has launched thirty-Jive battleship * ; Franco , twenty-six ; Ilu.isla , fourteen , while Secretary Herbert reports tint the United States has now available for Immediate service a total of forty-one , or , Including the latest addition , thp I'url- tan. forty-two ships. Among these nre five battleships , seven coast defense ships , eighteen cruisers , nine gunboats and three torpedo boats. Bight of these have been nddwl In the present year and twenty-three during the present administration , making n rcrord In naval construction In the United States not surpassed since the civil war , but ntlll leaving this country sixth In naval rank nmnni ; the great nations of the world. It Is estimated , however , thnt by the year 1900 this country will have passed Ocrmany In navnl rank nnd will stand fifth among the nations of the world , this , of comae , sup posing that present programs of naval construction nro adhered to. Six hattlc- ahlps of the most formidable eharncter nre now In construction , and also eight tor pedo boats , nnd when these are added to our navy It will be far stronger relatively than the number of vesPls would seem to Indicate as compared with the navies of some other countries , as it will contain a much higher percentage of Improved war vcKsclp , modern In every respect ; whereas many of the vessels of Kuropcan navies , especially Spain , are more cv less antiquated , ami Fomo are unit for service In actual war. It Is true that FOIUO of the new ves sels of the United States navy the Texas for Instnncj must lie clascd In the tnmc category , unless present defects can be remedied. As regards the Texas , however , It 1 ? claimed by Admiral Drawn of the yard building the ship that she has been under fire at the navy department by those who disapproved the government's going abroad for plans tot the ship , and that the recent aecHcnt. when a ship costing over $3.000.00D calmly rank to the bottom nt the navy yard at New York , must have been due to negli gence on the part of some one. As to Spain's navy , many of her vessels are said to he obsolete , nnd most of them are rjunbcats , while the few armored ships would not be cblc , It Is believed , to make nny headway agalns t the cruisers and battle ships of the American navy. Spain's fight- Ins strength , n1 ? regards her navy. Is be lieved to be practically In half n dozen armored vvFscln , of which only the Pelayo Is considered up to date , and nbrmt twenty- three nnarinorcJ vessels. The Pclayo Is altogether outclassed by the Indiana. The three Spanish armored cruisers the Infanta Maria Teresa , the Almlrantc Oqunido nnd the Vlzeaj.i which , together with the I'c- layo , are practically all of Spain's modern war ships , would make hut n poor showing ngalnst the powerful modern battle chips and cruisers of the United States navy. In addition Spain's navy Is scattered , and It would require a long voyage on the part of many ships of the Spanish navy before It would bo In a position to assume the offensive ; for with a growing rebellion In the Philippines , an almost successful revo lution In Cuba iP-J a threatened outbreak In Puerto Ulco , Spain's navy has at present quite as much work cut out for It ns it cares to accomplish , MRISI.YTIO.ACAIXST TIIUSTS. IIuiv Tlu-y Jlny ll - llnii'hiMl ! > ' > AllKMliIfd 1-Vilrrnl I.niv. Chicago Post. The federal Judge whose decision ngnlnst the Wire Nail trust was one of the princi pal causes of the collapse of that combina tion. 'John H. Halter of Indiana , In the coursewf an Interview has expressed cer tain opinions as to legislation necceaary to supplement or strengthen the federal and state statutes already Inexistence. . HP thinks that t'ho ' ruling of the supreme court In the Knight ease , which held that If the primary purpose of a trust was not unla.v- tul any Incidental effect It might have In restraint of Interstate ! commerce was not within the scope of the Sherman nntl-trunt law , crippled and narrowed the federal po > vcr to deal with the trust evil. Hut this defect can bo remedied. Inasmuch ns congress has the power to regulate commerce. Judge linker sees no obstacle In the way of nn imemlmcnt to the Sherman law specifically ! > rovontlnK e\rn such combinations ns may , In the pursuit of a primarily lawful purpoao , have an Incidental or Indirect effect of In- Urniptlng the free How of commerce. With this amendment ruost of the powerful trnsti would become amenable to federal nuthorlty and the Impotence to which the government has been condemned would be i emovcd. Ho.vovcr , Jmlgo Baker ndmlts that the several alt.tescan deal with the abuse far nero effectively than the federal govern ment. Hot says : "Tho crying need of state legislation lies In tha fact that corporations , tha creatures of the state , are permitted to absorb or combine with other corporations of Ilko character , whllo the corporations of other otates nre permitted to come In and grasp property and corporate rights , crush out com- 'etltlon and Interfere with free commerce. The only ground a corporation of another state has to ask to do business In this state upon Is that of comity. The legislature las thp unquestionable right to dellnu Urn- tallons within which a corporation of an other state- ' may do business In this state , or to refuse It admission altogether. The Standard Oil trust has spread over nearly every state In the union , yet any state had tho' right to say that It should not come within Its territory. " Thn remedy appears to be as simple ns It la ractl able. Lot It be made a c1 Imlnal offense o organize any combination In restraint of rade and let prosecuting attorneys bo re- inlred to bring civil suit to break up trusts , 'ho right of such state representatives to > rlng suit ngaliMt foreign corporations has icon denied , hut legislation can settle the incatlon by explicitly conferring this power , 'urlhermore , It would not be too severe , ae- ordlng to Judge Dakcr , to require that the property ot trusts nhouM bo forfeited upor conviction nnd ncqucjlcrcsl to the ntntc , Throe are heroic remedies , hut the nltunllon U believed by many to demand them , i\uciiTivi : AM ) ecTxuitnss. Indianapolis Journal ; A largo part of the Cameron-Cuban report U devoted to citing precedent * of the action of KnropcMt gov ernments In recognizing the Independence of other nations. Kuropean governments have n right In tnako their precedents , and we ehouhl make ours. It Is the traditional policy of the United. Slates to have "honest friendship with all nations , entangling al liances with none. " To precipitate an un necessary war with a friendly power by the premature recognition of the Independ ence of n portion of Its warring subjects would ho a great departure from this time- honored policy. Washington Times ; The question , then , would seem to turn upon the point whether or not the action contemplated by the Cameron resolution Is an Invasion of the president's constitutional prerogative In deal ing with foreign nations. H Is contended that the recognition of a foreign govern ment by the 1'nltcil States , and the RIanting of belligerent rights Is n purely executive function , nml cannot be lniluoncc.1 by any action of congress. Tills , however. Is really of less Importance titan that n decision be reached whether congressional action of a legislative character can bi > disregarded by the president , and that Is the real IMUC raised by Secretary Olney's statement. Philadelphia Ledger ; As wo have said , the president is the president of the people , nnd hla conduct Is mihjcct to the scrutiny and review which constitution has given to the houuc of representatives nnd the senate. Ho Is thus under the highest responsibility , nnd ills means of fulfilling It are far better than congtcss can possibly possess. Let ua then preserve the clear and even distri bution nnd balance of powers nmong thr three departments of the govcrnmeint , which botlndillosophy and experience have- proved to bo the wljcst known among men. And let us preserve both our self-possession nnd our eelf-refpect , nnd take care of the Imme diate Intel cats of nil parts of our people , without exposing them to the unnumbered misfortunes thnt must attend the proposed crusade which has been propagateil nnd nur tured more , wo suspect , In view of the self- interests than for the sake of humanity. Philadelphia Hccord : Mr. Olney'e position Is Impregnable. Congress cannot override constltutlona' limitations upon Its powers oven by a two-thirds vote overrullni ; the prcsldont'a veto , nnd the executive has tin- same right ns the Judiciary to repel uncon stitutional usurpations of Its own proper functions by congress. Knch of the three ro-ordlnnted powers established by the con stitution Is supreme In Its own sphere of ac tion , and neither can Invade the province of the other. The president cannot reciler ; . decision In n case pending In court ; the HII- preme court cannot enact n statute ; neither can congress make n treaty with n foreign power , rece-lve Its ambassadors or acknowl edge the Independence of a state seeking rce-ognl.Iorj from this government. A reso lution In congress to that effect would have no force to change the attitude of thla govern ment townrd nn International controversy , and could be disregarded by the president as n legal nullity. 1M2HSOXAI. AXI ) OTHKIIW1SI3. If Blackburn would carry out his threat to detail hlnwelf for active- service In Cuba he would eolvo the Kentucky senatorial problem nicely. The Emperor William has twelve vulcts whose sole mity It Is to take care of his uniforms and costumes the value of which Is estimated nt ? 500,000. Judge C. G. Kcster of the United States District court In Kansas has announced that ho will endow n society for the pre vention of cruelty to animals , whose special mission It shall bo to protect horses. An Ingenious French statistician has cal culated thnt In reading n million letters of the ordinary newspaper typo the human eye- travels a mile , and that the average man in an average lifetime gets through 2GOO miles of reading matter. A writer In the Contemporary Hevlew con firms the old story that thesultan's cook seals all the dlshca prepared for his royal innalcr. The seals are broken when the dishes reach the table , and the food la tasted by nn oinclal , to guard against poi son , before the sultan touches It. The llrltlah .Medical Journal Is inveighing against the use of so-called rice powder for the face , on the ground of Its Injurious ef fects on the skin. Some of the rice poivdern nre alleged to ho no longer composed of rice but of chalk , white lead , starch and alabaster In varying proportions. It Is figured out that Hlchard Crokcr's ex periences on the turf have nlncndy cost him In the neighborhood of ? 500 000 His Pn s"inUnnenXPCVrin5rilssct : llowl1 a3 costl"B ' ' 'im $ . ' .10,000. All this was the result of the ad vice of a ihysleian to try outdoor llfo as a relief from insomnia and other Ills that were annoying him. Some of the orders for books sent to Lon don .publisheiB by country correspondents nre highly amusing. One bookseller wrote for a work of "Harry Stockles" when ho wanted something of Aristotle's ; another who wanted "Gandcamus , " by Fanner , asked for "God aim us , by a farmer , " nml n third scut n request for "Pharaoh's Life of Christ , " when ho wanted Dean Farrar's celebrated work. The closing of Robert BoalPs book store In Washington removes one of the capital's landmarks. The store dates hack to the early 'Efts , to the time when the present proprietor , then n young clerk , branched out for himself. An order for $1,000 worth of bookn , procured through John Sherman's favor , ect him on his feet. Webster. Sum- ner. Wlnthrop , Toombs , Alexander Stephens and other ante-bellum statesmen were fre quent customers of Deall. I.onir I < ! < \VimiM Xiit Vet KHItnl. 1'iilladcliihlu I'ICBS. There arc a great many fortunes standing around Just ready to fall Into the hands of Whoever shall fill the needful conditions. Ono fortune awaits the man who shall In vent a perfect fountain pen a pen which Ehnll deliver Just the amount of Ink re quired , never less , never more , never In the wrong place. Another fortune stands holdlnc Itself out for the man who shall enable us to forget at will. Still another Is ehrieklng aloud for the- opportunity to de liver itself Into the palm of him who shall make virtue pleasant , who shall reverse the law according towhich the wholesome foods are not nearly so good to eat as the InJI- gestiblcs. The absolutely pure ROYAL the most celebrated of all the baking powders in the world cel ebrated for its great . leavening strength and purity. It makes your cakes , biscuit , bread , etc. , healthful , it assures you against alum and all forms of adulteration that go with the cheap brands. OTIIKtt LANDS THAN OtlltM , It Is evident thnt what Is known ns tin Yoiing Turkish movement has received i fresh Impetus , The other day when thti am. Imssndors of the powers met In Constanti * * nople for their weekly conference they re ceived a circular containing n manifesto of the "Ottoman Liberal Committee. " This document declares that the program of the ooininlltee > Is to combat the spirit nnd Hn- tentlon of the present system of government. The tlrram of Abdul Damld , It says , is to retluco the country to n state of complete servitude ami hold It In fee. He has en deavored to attain this end by bloodshed 7 nnd cunning. The public Institutions have fallen to ruin , Jiist'lco Is sold , the provinces nro pillaged , nnd the laws dctlod ami dc- gradetl. Disturbance nnd riot nt homo and humiliation and affront nbrond have been the lot of Turkey. The- manifesto denies emphatically that the young Turks have nny understanding with the Armenians , but It reprobates the atrocities to which the latter have- been exposed. The parly Is Absolutely opposed lo nny concessions of Hbcrtles to the Armenians nlone. Tlicro Is no Arme nian question. U declares , but thcro Is nn Ottoman question , ami when that Is settled the Armenian troubles will endlikewise. Finally , the liberal committee demands the rc-e.stnbllshmcnt of the constitution of ISTti , revised nnd corrected , nnd personal ami political freedom for nil ; nnd the manifesto ends with the words : "Union Is strength. ng Hvo the constitution. Down with the tj-rant ! " * A gentleman who wns for many vears a teacher In the liniierl.il university nt Tokio. Japan , nnd who Is noon > a visit to thlo country , pre-ir-nts In n "very strong nnd In- tcrcatlng light the e-ffect which their great victory over China hna had upon the Japa nese. Their patriotism Is more Intense , nud there lias been u revival of nn- tlotnl nnd rnre feeling , which has shown Itself In many tinlooked for way * . They still retain foreign inn- chlnery and scientific processes In their Industries , but they nro discharging for eigners who held pcsltlons In Industrial cj- tablishmctas , In the military service nnd In schools. While they had adopted almost generally , at least so fnr ns the wealthy clcsars are > concerned , the drews nnd other fashions of Kurope , since the wnr they linvo returned to the national dress , nnd In this respect seen : to have risen above the Influ ence of western civilization. There nro evi dences thnt China , om the other hand , pro poses to move on the lines of western prog ress , but while using them ostensibly for the development of the country , has the fixed purptwo of dubordlnatlng nil things to the nmbltlo- being a great military pow er. Japan has shaken oft her swaddling e'lothe > s nnd will depend upon herself for her Intellectual nn > l Industrial development. J China is setting herself to the tnsk of ne- V qulrlng knowledge , and whether these two powers shall be pltted > agnlnst each other , or one or both ahull engage in n struggle with lite west , whether In peace or war , when thnt time comes there will bo new factors In the making of history. The Roynl Niger company , which admin isters r.00.000 square miles cf territory on the N'lger , Is sending nn expedition of some 700 or more -men , with two gunboats , to operate next spring against a cantankerous chief in the Interior. Halds for the capture of slaves constitute the amusement and business of the native potentates of this ro- glen of Africa , ns so many others , and such raids Interfe.ro with the company's trade. Early In the present century there wns a Mohammedan Invasion of the Niger country , nnd the Pagans .became subject to n Foulnli chief , or emperor , who resides nt Sokoto. Tiic emirs of the conquered states bold their position under tribute , direct or Indirect , to the great Foulnh , nnd all linvo armies , with homo cavalry. Some of the Pagan states have been nljlo to maintain their Independence. Among the number Is Houssa , on the right bank of the Middle Niger , which has a sort of rough mllltlu that uses In war the deadly poisoned ar row. This Elate has been engaged , It is said , In slave trading , and has Impeded the opening of trade with the Interior. Hut the objective point of the expedition is not yet really known to the public. Some ray It Is directed against llorln a Foulah state- while the French suspect it of designs on their sphere. The latest movement recorded on the part of Itussla la the seizure by her of a ta- tlon on the Red sea littoral , and \vjLhln ( ho limits of the ItaMan protectorate. A Rus sian cruiser landed a party of men at He- hlta , removed nil signs of tha protcclorata Who arc such from habit , but their fault-finding' rarely ac complishes much. However , we rather like to encounter them because the harder they find fault with our clothing the better friends and customers they become when they dis cover their mistake. The fact is that in , making our Suits and Overcoats we try to anticipate all the kick ers , and , if possible , to leave them without any ground for complaint , either as to goods or prices. Come in and see for yourself - _ / self how well wr. have done it , S.V. . Cor. 15th ana Dou lus Sts