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Dave MiTccr lias calleil on McICIn
luy. That inaltL-s tlio nuw
solid for tlio
Wlit'ii will tlio school children of No
braskii Ki't Unit -SJ-.ixio ( if stale schoo
iiionuy .swallowed up In Cadet Taylor's
bank ? When will the millennium be
here ?
Tlio collapse of .Mr. llrynu'H lecture
tour , foreshadowed by recent events , Is
not likely to surprise anybody. Cirontui
men than Itryan have failed to cot a
remunerative hearing.
Southern senators favor Cuban inde
pendence , but are opposed In annexation
They draw the line al greaser or mulatto
senators from Cuba and at Kanaka
senators from Hawaii.
There Is not likely to be any serious
commercial war with ( lerniauy. Neither
nation can afford to persist In a policy
which is equivalent to cutting oft' theli
nose to spite their face.
' -"id roads are one of the necessities
for thu tVi vlopnient of the great west
That Is why ii- . . . 00i , r0ads movement
and the Tia sinlsHlBsii.Pi ! j. , ,0sltlon , lit
Jn so well with one another.
The ancient body of Andrew Jackson
IH likely to give one more emphatic turn
In Its grave next month , when William
.T. liryan , posing as a Jacksouian demo
crat , launches that 11)00 ) boom for thu
'tUconth time.
City Engineer Ilowell need not wait
till January 1 to make his good resolu
tion not to Importune another frail-
chlsed corporation for a "mutual
friend , " until ho knows the holdup Is"
nro to work.
The tariff hearings before the com
mittee on ways and means are now In
progress at Washington. The people
were heard last November In an over
whelming demand for a" now tarill'
along protective lines.
Tlio new Hoard of Education will
bavo the opportunity to make a thor
ough Investigation of lite cost and re
sults of our expensive kindergarten
system , a subject which the old board
does not seem big enough to tackle.
If the next legislature shall succeed In
enacting a revenue law which will compel -
> pel every man and corporation , without
favor or discrimination , to pay an equit
able assessment on property actually
owned It will have done much to bring
prosperity to the state.
Resolutions passed simultaneously and
without collusion by commercial bodies
In Baltimore , St. I.ouls , Vicksburg , .Miss. ,
anil lioslnii condemnatory of the atti
tude of the senate on the Cuban qui-sllon
show that anll-JIngolsni Is not conlbied
to any one ejection of the countiy.
Auditor Moore declines to see any
thing good In the rained policy law.
Tlio law , liowi-ver , Is based simply on
the principle of requiring lire Insurance
companies to do what they contract to
do and what they are paid to do. If
*
there Is anything wrong with this
principle It Is strange the people have
not long ago found it out.
The attention of our legislators Is
called to the fact that the constitution of
Nebraska Is most explicit In disqualify
ing members of the legislature for ap
pointment to civil olllce under the state
during the term for which they may
Iiuvw been elected. Legislative place-
luinterrt may as well , therefore , spare
themselves tlio trouble of preparing bills
Intended to create ollldul bluecurcs for
their own buucflt
.VO KrJOl'J.IA'.VVfcH'KttK.VCW. / .
The London C'hronlck' I * undoubted ! )
correct In the opinion that anything like
concerted Jii-Uun by the Kuiopran powers
regarding Cuba Is out of tln question
The vasue statements mid conjectures
that are being Kent out fiom Paris havt
been shown to be largely the Inventions
of tlio fertile correspondent of the T/m
don Times. Not only has It been author
Itatlvely stated that our o\vi
government has received no lull
inatlon from any Kuroppan gov
eminent In regard to Cuban af
fairs , but trustworthy advices from
abioad cay that no government of Kit
rope has hnd any Ihoiight of Intervening
or of making any suggestion or recom
mendation either to the United States ot
.Spain. Tlio statement that Austria Is
In-hind Spain gets u color of plauslbllltj
from the fact that I lie Spanish queen
riTi-nt Is of ( he house of Austria , but in
what si'b-tnnllal way could that country
bo of any help to Spain ? It has no
money to lend. IHng Itself a borrower ,
and tlu-ro is not the slightest reason tt
IHInve that It would lend to the Spanish
.wise soldiers or ships of war , since It
needs nil It has nf these for Its own se
curity. It Is not improbable that Austria
sympathises with Spain , but It Is not
likely that this sympathy Is so strong
as to Induce her to lake any step dis
tinctly hostile to the I'nlted States.
It would be simply Impossible to ef
fect a concert of the European powers
against this country , whatever the policy
the United Slates should adopt toward
Cuba. In the flrst place England could
never be Induced to take such a position
and her refusal would prevent a union of
the continental powers , assuming that a
concert of those powers would ba possi
ble under any circumstances. lint is it
conceivable that Ocnnany and France
would unite against this country in the
Interest of Spain , or that Russia and
Italy could be brought together for such
a purpose ? No one at all familiar with
European conditions will have any up-
prehension of Intervention from that
qparlor In connection with Cuban af
fairs.
T1IK CHMtTKlt AMixn.MKA'TS. :
Assurances are given by members of
the Douglas delegation that the charter
amendments which are being prepared
by them are solely in the Interest of the
taxpayers and will In no way be
perverted to promote- partisan advantage
or personal ends. It Is furthermore
given out that the delegation con
templates the introduction of an entirely
new charter , simple In form and clearly
defining the powers , duties and limita
tions of each ollicer and department of
the city government. Inasmuch as the
legislature will convene within a week
It would seem proper and timely to
have the chief features of the new
charter made public to enable all who
are concerned to give expression to any
objections they may have to any material
change in our nmnlclpnl government.
While It Is not to be expected that any
law can be framed that will satisfy
everybody , the representatives of this
city and county owe It to their con
stituents to take them Into their con
fidence. If the proposed changes are
In the Interest of the ell I/ens and tax
payers they will have the backing of
public opinion , however obnoxious the
reforms may be to parties interested in
perp-'tualing existing abuses. It stands
to reason , however , that some sugges
tions may be elicited by public discus
sion worthy of consideration and mis
takes or defects should be pointed out
In time to have them corrected before
the charter Is introduced Intu the legis
lature.
Tin : cumiKAcr itKi'uitM
The conf'-"ci' Hint is to jneot In In-
"dlanapoiin m.U Mr 10 coiislirrmit
question of currency reform promises to
be largely attended. A number of com
mercial bodies have already appointed
delegates and there Is being manifestc'd
a very general Interest in the conference
among business men , particularly In the
eastern and middle stales. This Is well ,
for whether the deliberations of the con
ference shall exert any Influence upon
congress or not , it is desirable that an
expression of views on the highly im
portant subject of the currency t-huuld
be made at this time by representative
business men of the country.
It is not proposed that this conference
shall formulate a measure- detailed
plan of currency reform. Its object , as
explained by those prominently idcnUiioJ
with the movement. Is not to press any
special views , but to draw together in
fluential business men of all sections to
study the present condition of the mone
tary Interests of the country and to talk
over the possibility of such a reoiganl'/a-
tlon as shall be for the good of the whole
country. Hays one of the organizers of
tlio movement : "The idr : v Is to do for
the general business of the country what
wise and experienced business men
would do In considering ( lie conditions
of any great corporation which was In
volved in perplexing dllllcultles and to
[ ircseut a simple and uncomplicated
scheme for 1(5 ( reorganization from a
inslness standpoint. " As to formulalln' :
i plan , it Is Intended to leave that to a
commission of experts , who nhall give
is much time as is needed to ase-Ttaln
facis ami lo present to the country a
well digested and carefully considered
dan for an entire reorganization of pres
ent ni'thud.s. )
Criticism of our currency system Is
lu'ch easier than to devlsa
> racllcablo plan for remedying tht >
illcgod faults ami defects , as I he
consideration o ? the subject In and out
of congress for years atlesis. It would
lie an almost hopeless tasl ; to attempt
to give In detail all of the plans of cur
rency reform that- have been proposed
luring the past eight or ten years
They have come from organisations of
ankers , from treasury olilelals. from
niKlness men , and in almost endless
lumber from members of emigres * .
J'ho house banking and currency com-
nlttee lias at every session of the la.sl
four or lire congresses been literally
looded with measures for reforming
the currency , most of which were so
crude and Impracticable as to receive
10 attention and none of which proved
o be acceptable. y0t not n few of
Jii'so plans represented the careful
btudy and com > IduraUou of the subject
by practical financiers and business ;
men. Such an experience might well
persuade one that the alleged faitlH of
our currency system are either largely
Imaginary or are Irremediable.
It Is possible that the coming con
ference may be able to point out a so-
lutMii of the vexing problem , but. there
Is not much reason to expect such a
result. One thing Is certain , If the con
ference shall have nothing better to
propose than the retirement of tlio
government legal tender notes and the
substitution for them of bank notes ,
which Is the essential part of the
scheme of most currency reformers , It
would as well not meet , for the people
will not accept any plan of that char
acter. However , the conference should
not be discredited in advance. Hather
1st It to be hoped that such a meeting of
representative business men as Is
promised will have practical ami bene
ficial results.
The p < > ople of California are hoping for
a liberal degree of protection from the
new tariff. That slate was carried by
the republicans chiefly on the protection
Issue and It now reasonably expects
that Its Interests will receive Just con
sideration from a republican congress
and administration. California has a va-
ilety of products that are affected favor
ably or unfavorably by the tarllf. The
San Francisco Chronicle says that ! ln >
northern portion of the state Is a region
of lumber and dairy products and must
bi safeguarded against Canada. Central
and .southern Callfouda raise sheep , tim
ber , ft nils , sugar beets and other prod
ucts , besides manufacturing a variety of
articles. These sections arc threatened
directly by Canada , Mexico , Hawaii
and Japan , while their eastern market Is
competed for by Kurope and the West
Indies. "California must have protec
tion , " says the Chronicle , "have plenty of
It and get It soon , " and It urges the gath
ering of a tariff convention to present
the demands of the state to congress.
Other far western states want piotec-
tlon as earnestly as California. Idaho.
Oregon. Montana. Ulaii and Washington
are all deeply interested In what the next
congress shall do for their various In
terests In the new tariff and undoubt
edly they will make their wishes known
at the pioper time. Although some of
these states did not give their electoral
vote to the republican party , but mis
takenly cast It for the cause of free sil
ver , the special Interests of none of them
will be Ignored by the republican con
gress. The tariff bill which It will frame
will In the broad"Rt sense be a national
measure , intended lo encourage the in
dustrial devclopemcnt of all parts of the
country. The far western states have
suffered even more relatively than olhet
sections from the operation of the exist
ing tin Iff. Nearly all their inort- Impor
tant Interests have been severely lujtiteil
by it. They have learned better than
they ever knew before the value of the
principle of protection and it Is satV to
say that nowhere will that principle be
n the future more firmly adhered to than
there.
i-\o ir/fmir.is// .
Ohai'Kes affeetlii ; : llu > integrity of City
KiiKineor Ilowell ImvD lu'on tiiiilt'r In-
vc.stlsation Iiy a special council commit
tee. These charges wore so wave that
Manager Yost of tin1 Teli'iihone com
pany publicly declared in ln ! > council
cluiinlior wlii'ii tlii'.v wore inadt * tlint if
trni * tin1 onpinri't * shotilil bo tlisinls-jutl.
and If false lit should In1 vludk-ateil.
Tin1 testimony l > tfon > tln > rouncll eori-
inlttiM' liis : fully osttibllslii'd tlio fnct
that Kn hUH * ! * Ilowell had soliclti'd a
subsidy of not less than $100 u innntli
for thu inanaj.'Oi' of tin * Hlc-ctrlc Ll htln- . '
Loiiiiany | as " ' ' luiluwinont to hi-curc nif
.iniiiii'iiK _ * /inl supiiort for tin * coiu'p.s.ilon
asked from the city by tin1 water \vorli : <
t'oinpany. These I'oni'u.sslon.s .Mr. IIo\vi-ll
has since duiiounL'ed In nninca.sured
terms.
While the conclusions which the In
vestigating committee has reached have
not been divulged It Is currenlly re-
fiorted tlmt an oll'ort will be made In the
open conncil to whitewash the cnlni ? > e : ' .
Siiclt acllon wouhl sst a iiernlelous ex-
amiile , besides reflecting niion the coun
cil. The assumption that Kiigliu'cr
Ilowell has renderi'd servieo to thy city
by suddpnly cliun/lii / : front on flu *
water winks ( | iiestlon do.s not excuse
condni't that diprives him of imbllc con-
fldenci * as an oillcer and must destroy the
resiiect In which lie iihotild bu held by
Ills subordinates.
The latest argument advanced In favor
of a crrfow law Ii : that the practice was
originated in the reign of William the
Conqueror and that the present epoch , in
view of the recent election , is another
reign of William the Conqueror. This
is not worthy of serious consideration.
The prc.sent Is ( he era of William the
Conquered as well and neither of these
nodein Williams would lie likely to have
inythlng to do with a Curfew Bill.
Treasurer Hartley Is more convinced
than ever that the doix > sltory law is a
vicious piece of legislation based on
wiong linanchil principles that in prac-
Ice woik nothing but loss to the .state.
\nd he seems to have neglected nothing
o make the law a failure and to throw
ipon It responsibility for loss which ,
had.the treasury otllelals been vigilant
ind conscientious , the state would never
lave sustained.
CJ. M. Hitchcock is certainly an ap-
) roprlate toast master for a free silver
traveling men's banquet. Didn't Hitch
cock travel all over the silver slates
to see Huyionaire Marcus Daly , Hanker
Mortal and the other disinterested sil
ver mlnu owners last fall for the pur
pose of raising wind for the Ilryan cam
paign barrel ? If that does not make a
free silver traveling man , what will ?
Nearly all the defeated republican
candidate.- ! for re-election to the house
of representatives are said to have
strings out for some appointive odlce
at the hands of Ihe Incoming republican
administration. It Is Indeed hard to be
an ordinary , plain ox-congressman.
Wo would like very much to have i
proclamation from President Cleveland
aiuioiinclnt ; thu Trauunilsdlbulppl Exposi
to thci < wmlil and Inviting foreign
nations lo ilvfUpatc. | but If Mr. Cleve
land does not want to issue It a procla
mation signed by President MeKlnley
may serve
The proiwMitraveling libraries would
without question be a useful Innovation.
It Is morel.'i'f question whether the
state should ' 'by ' expected to furnish
reading nmUor.to different communities
within Its borders or whether the local
authorities shoulti'not supply this service
at the local'expi'iise. . So far Nebraska
has regarded.piddle libraries as purely
local institution' ) .
The * American * 'Economic awsoclallou
In session at Ilthltlinoiv Includes within
Its membership nearly all the real
students of economic theory In the
United States , yet It Is safe to say that
among the whole number there are not
a dox.cn who were not during the recent
campaign staunch advocates of MeKlnley
and opponents of free sliver and a de
based currency.
Our bounty-repeal contemporary
waxes enthusiastic over the possibili
ties of chicory growing at the present
factory price of $ ! ) per ton. If falls to
Intimate , however , that the present fac
tory price Is ? ! ) per ton because of the
bounty law. The way ( o encourage
new Industries Is to encourage them.
ItVllM lilllllll'll.
Ololic-Dcmocrnt.
The democratic senators who liato Cleve
land have attacked lit in In many different
ways , but they always retire with an ex
pression lll < o that of a man who lias kicked
a hat with a chunk of granlto under It.
Mj.stery of C rMiriiloiiN | ,
Hnrtfonl Courant.
The corporctlon imwt filvo up Us mystery.
Its uuslnssa must bo be tier undcrs'.ood. Its
olllcers must cease to bleed It. Its stock-
luldcra iiuiat bp protected from the tricks
of these who innnaKC only nominally for
them. The fanvlllar spt-ctaclo of olllcers Ket-
tliiR rich and corpor.itlons going Into bank
ruptcy must pass away. Corporations must
bo as free to go before the legislatures as
are Individuals and must have the same
treatment.
"Tolll'llltlK" Solll'ltlt < l < - Of SlIIIK-Ill-I.IMV
riilluiMplil.i Heeoril.
Thu falluio of the Illinois National bank
seems to have been a case of too much son-
in-law. The president of the bank. It np-
) > < \ns , had one son-ln-l.v.v In the banking
and another In the brewliiK I > nslr. < os , and lie
loaned each of them SriOO.OO1) out of the
bank's turn ! * . Another loan of S2.175,009 was
made on Calumet Electric bonds , which
arc , perhaps , worth Imlf the amount loaned.
This Illegal loan was concealed from the
bank examiners by false bookkeeping. Thla
swindling business may be called magni
ficent. , , |
TlliliMi'N. 1'iir.xllitK Will.
Oc'pvcr News.
There Is an old saying that the physi
cian who prescribes for himself Ima a fool
for n doctor. Something similar might be
said regarding men who draw their own
wills. The c-aao < if the late Samuel J. Tll-
den Is one hit nolnt. Mr. Tilden wen onp of
the most ncvte and able lawyers of his day.
but ho ban formulated a will which lus been
a conutan-t puzzle to executors anil attorneys
and rourlE ever M'.nce ' his death , and now
the supreme 'court of New York has pro-
nomifed certain provisions of It Invalid am *
Inoperative. Mr. Tilden would never have
Ir.iwn such a document for any of his
clients. '
I'll till In IliiI'll t lire.
Knnsnm City St.ir.
The officials of the Carnegie Ste l om-
pany show their faith In the dawn of
brighter times In the business world by
announcing to th Ir employes that u 10 per
cer.t con.-tnRcnt bonus , which they have
been receiving , will bo continued. The an
nouncement savs : "Tho present condition
ci business does not warrant iho payment
of this bonus , but wei hope tlia' early In
1S97 there wl'l came such improvement as
to do BO. " The judgment of men who con
trol such vast lii'crcsts as the Carnegie
sttcl works Is worth more , on the subject
cf business prospects , than lh& opinions of
nir' of the confirmed pessimists who see
noti-.ins aluail but u prcapcct of dull times.
t'KH in Civil Si > rvlt' - Iti-foriii.
llurK | > r's Wftklv. _ _ - ±
Mr. Carl Sqhupt , InSV aTTTug of the
progress at elvilr service reform , declared
that the ctnae won Its Gettysburg under
President Cleveland , and would win Its Appomattox -
pomattox urider President McICInley. ho not
only expressed opinions and hopes In whlcli
mo.-t good citizens concur , hut ho set an ex
cellent example In the ut > e of metaphorical
language. The popular synonym for defeat
Is Waterloo. Mr. Schurz might have tialii
that the enemies of civil service reform
would meet their Waterloo under Mc-Klnlcy ,
Instead of which ho rung In a contcniporani-
ous , homemade Ai".erleani word ( two of them ,
I'ldeeil ) . which Is even moro conclusive. In
sound and suggestion than 1(3 ( Delglan rival ,
and carries Its Idea vividly Into every Ar.i-r-
Ican car. We have excellent battles In our
hltjtory , with resounding names. It Is well
that we should be1 taught to use them moro
freely in our daily bualiuas of conveying our
Ideas.
< ' < > rn In Inilln.
lluMun Olobi * .
The fliat cargo of corn ever sent from th'e
country to India U about to bo shipped from
I'iilladclphla.
To meet the Impending famine In Hin
dustan the llrltlsh government hafl pur
chased 1-50,000 bujheU of corn In thLi coun
try , and It will bo loaded for one of the
ports of. India.
This experiment , backcsl by a Government
llko Great Hrltaln'n. Una much promise In It.
The corn will be distributed by agent * , and
not only will much of It bo utilized Im
mediately as food , but much will bo planted
In the hope of producing a crop to alleviate
Prospective want.
If this country can over market Its corn
abroad Ita revenue. ? will receive an enor
mous lift. Great efforts have been made to
overcome content prejudices against one of
tlio most vvholoioinn and valuable of foods.
These prejudices ivmored , u new career will
begin for the western { armor.
10\V.\- 1'HKS.S ROM.t
Sioux City Tribune : It Is now Senator
Allison who could consistently cry "Save
me from my friends. " The intensedeslro
upon their part to have him honored by a
cabinet position Is approaching the hyHturi-
cal.
Sioux City Journal : Two young farmers
living In Central Iowa have Imported a
largo numberjif hogs from Texas and will
put them oa K hf r form. The genuine
southern "razJr > lw.ck" hog Is guaranteed
to he link'srllrtMe ! , and these farmer : )
hope that they vlU get a breed of hogs that
will eat up low.i corn In unlimited quan
tities and not diujfof Iho fever Juat before
being marketed. /
lcsMolnc'S ] , ( fnler : If the property that
escapes taxational" Iowa nould bu roaehed
end taxed an Uj imild be , Iowa would have
plenty of moneyjimh which lo carry on her
tate government. The trouble 1s that th ?
I'tscsiora do not' do their dutk-s. Many
thousands of men who have moneys ami
credits do not report the same , excusing
themselves on the grounds that others do
not do to. I'oaslbly If wo had county as-
bosauro appointed , and not elected , with au-
Ihorlty to appoint their subordinates , bet
ter ; work might be done.
Davenport Democrat : A republican was
elected recorder of Adams county , this state ,
tiy n majority of Juat one voto. It required
thrco days to make the recount. In future
campaigns hi Adams county thu Importance
cf ono vote will play a prominent part. In
the history of this country a governor has
' < cca chosen by no larger majority ; as for
United States senators thU has been the
: ano many times , It U also claimed , we
bi'llovo , that a alnglo vote has settled the
residency of thu United States. More
than once It has coutrollud tlio United
States senate.
MAV KOIl 111 NIMI.M.S.
Hi-ill riinrnclor of tin- Work ( if 'I'll r I IT
un Stnr ( Ind. top. )
There la n disposition In certain niurtorn
to misrepresent aiid give partlwn color to
the hearings on the tariff question np
pointed by the ways anil moans committee1
Sonif old mieers are revived , and mndr to
do duty again. About the Hocking toViwh
Ington of Interested parties and agents n
tniots bent upon realizing nn rampalgn con
trlbutlona and all that. One. might suppose
Indeed , that congress must bo utterly with
out scruple , end the American people glvei
to pillage by law.
Talk of this description Is utterly wllhou
excuse. It Is a slander both oa congre s
and the country. The tariff Is purely a
buslncM question. When HIP people decide
at the polls , as they have Just done , for ;
revision of the schedules on protection line *
their will must be carried out. And then
Is but one way by which this may be done
and that U by a close study of tlu problem
from a business standpoint. Tlu > Informa
tion desired luusl come from these mos
familiar with the bnslnrc.n situation ; It
oilier words , { rom business men them
selves.
The ways and means committee does nn
man's bidding In ( ho premises. It hears
representatives of all the different bidtm
tries , and so collects a great ilonl of valu
able Information bearing on the work It
has In , hand. This then Is carefully sifted
and the now bill grows out of the win
nowed data. There Is no other way by
which a ncxv tariff bill could bo so Intel
ligently or so satisfactorily prepared.
Much Is always allowed for partisan ex
aggeration during a hotly contested light
Stump speakers on either aide are apt to
draw on the superlative.- their voeabular >
In nharacteri/.litg the policy of the opposi
tion. Hut all of that should cense when the
campaign closes. The inn.it ab.surd ( hint ,
! ij to go on employing the language of tin.
stump after the excitement Is over. When
the people have rendered their decision , am
the work they have * " ordered begins , choai
denunciation and cheaper misrepresentation
are wholly out of place.
It Is not at all likely , however , that any
body will bo deterred from presenting him
self here because of these tactics. Ae al
legitimate business Interests are moro 01
les-8 Involved , all should bo represented
The dcalro Is lo make this revision ot the
tariff so complete that the work will stani
for a long time ; and In order th-.it this end
may be attained the ways ami means com
mittee should bo favored with the fullest
Information on all matter. ! directly or even
remotely In Interest.
.Moxrjns.vr KOU Tim im.vvn.
Trllmlr ( o ( In * Mi-mory < , f UKVori
I'hll Krnriicy Vlctliu.s ,
Denver News. 27tli.
Congressman Mondell of Wyoming hnu
Introduced a bill providing for the erection
of a monument to the memory of the vic
tims of the fort I'hll Kearney massacre ,
and appropriating $3,000 for that purpose.
The bill Is a meritorious one , and should
receive the support of all western members
of congress.
It was just thirty years ago yesterdaj
that terrible mar-sacrc occurred. Colonel
Kettcrman and eighty-six soldiers were led
Into an ambuscade near the fort , and all
were ruthlessly slaughtered by the Sioux
under Hod Cloud. It was ono of the most
shocking massacres that ever marked the
history of the frontier , and sent a thrill of
horror along the entire bonier. As the
News recalls the fact. It has never been
surpassed by any similar occurrence except
the CtMtcr massacre on the Little Dig Horn
In 1S7G. The men fought to the bitter end.
Surrounded by hundreds of Sioux they sold
their lives as dearly as nosslble. but valor
was hopeless against the desperate odds
with which they contended , and not a man
was left to tell the story of the fight. The
nillcers and men wcro burled at the post.
It WES a sad holiday week for the remnant
of the little garrison at I'"ort I'hll Kearney.
Thirty years have passed , but the memory
of that bloody conflict Is fresh In the minds
cf all old residents of the frontier. The
ground where It occurred Is historic , and
It Is fit that a monument should mark the
eiint , and tell to future generations the
names of thcso who fell lu defense of the
frontier. Ily all means let this bill pass
and a monument be erected to the men who
foil at Kort I'hll Kearney on that fatal
December day In 3SG6.
< : ioit < : iA SIJT.S TIIK PACK.
Chicago Tribune : Georgia Is Sollghted
jecauoo at last It has an anti-trust law on
: he .statute hooka. Georgia should temper
tn Joy with the reflection that other static
have anti-trust laws and that no self-
respecting truat pays any attention , to
them.
Chicago Times-Herald : The enforcement
of the Georgia law -1 ! ! be.otched with
much Interest Itv all the empire states , and
U Is to bohoped that the empire state of
ilia south will bo more successful On thU
regard than the empire state of the north.
Illinois has an anti-trust law alao , such as
It Is , but Its enforcement lias been sadly
to seek. Perhaps there are no trusts In
IllinoH !
Iluffalo Express : The governor of Georgia
has signed the anti-trust bill passed by the
legislature. This bill , which now becomes a
law. Is as specific and sweeping as Its
franurs could make It , and one of Its pro
visions 13 that a person or corporation In
jured by a trust is permitted to bring suit
for domaGs. Curiously enough , when the
principle Involved Is considered , agricul
tural products and livestock In the hands
of producers or rultrra arc exempted from
thi operation of the law.
Indianapolis Sentinel : There Is not a but-
ress m.in In the country who docs not know
the Su-rar trust and Us methods of deal-
Ing. And yet the Sugar trust Is pursuing a
buplaess course that 1ms for many years
boon considered unTalr and unjustifiable. It
escaped conviction on technical grounds
once. If ha.3 betn driven out of OUR stntn.
Nevertheliss , it can go Into almost any state
In the union and transact business. If the
states had proper laws against trusts it
rould easily be broken up , but until they
do the trusts will continue to flourish and
flaunt themselves in the public view.
PKHSOXAI. AM ) OTHKIt\VISI < : .
_ Iord Salisbury turns the scale at 252
pounds. Mr. Gladstone weighs Ics.i than 117
pounds.
It Is suggested In Alabama that Mlas Mary
Page Jones , the ( laughter of the late com
mander Catcdby H. Jonca of the confeder
ate navy , be requested to name the new
battleship Alabama.
Joel Chandler Harris says that his "Uncle
Ilemua" Is a composite of three or four old
negroes whom he know as a boy and that
h'jj "Brer Habblt" etorlcs are for the moat
part plantation tales.
When Mr. Gladstone cotifeeses that lit *
has bought 3 ! > ,000 books even his greatest
admirers will want to know how much his
Intellect was affected by the strain of at
tempting td read them.
Dollar ens , which , under municipal con
trol , paid Philadelphia a net profit of moro
than $150,000 laet year , besides furnishing
moro than $600.000 worth of free gas for
street lamps , la likely to yield s'lll better
results next year en account of a ro'liic'lon '
of 34 cents a ton In the price of coal cn-
JTasod.
The supreme court of Michigan , HKo
Homer , has been found guilty of nodding.
1C h&s just discovered that a Judgo'M charge ,
which -It sharplv criticised as too fully ex
pressing his opinion of the merits of the
e.iss. proves to bu an exact repetition of a
former cliargu by the eamo court which It &t
that tlmo found fault with for not going far
enough.
Mine. Nordlea pojiiteusen several tlarzfl ,
but thu last one. which wen recently pre
sented to her , contain. ! " 33 diamonds , which
rcngo In slzu from ono and a half to one-
rlghth of a karat. There nro about a dozen
of the larger stones , and the total weight
of the diamonds In the tiara l.i about -03
l < araU. Its coat la In the neighborhood of
? 5,000.
Kiltdjof N'anscn. the artlc explorer. Is a
man of extraordinary physical strength. At
Trojjso. the other day , when at the feast of
welcome , ha wen proposing the health of
Captain Sverdrup , Iio suddenly lifted his
dlilr-'nuti ) up and held him aloft with ono
rm so that everybody > ln tlio crowded hall
could get a sight of lili comrado. Ho will
not wear hU great cross of flio Order of St.
Olaf be < ; : iui > o his crew received only a paltry
nllvcr modal apiece. "It wight at least
tiavo boou told , " ho nays.
RISE ASD FAIL OF TABOR
How ColorauVs Thirty-Day Senator Found
rvntl Lost n
ONE OF TIIE ROMANCES OF THE WEST
A DiiNhliiK , MiMiMtrh * Cnri-or n < n Mln-
Mllllonalfo CIUIU-H lo a" Hml
_ ThrVMIIIIIII Who SiuM-ei'iU
tn Illi I'rniirr ! ! < ! .
No.1,507 , Mrs. Laura IX Smith . 1'ctcr
McCourt and K. K. Kdbrook. ' Petition for
Plnlnllff is granted. "
Tlio entering of this order In tlio records
of the district court of Arapalioccounts' a
fov da > ago. writes the Denver cornx-porn
cut of this New York llurald , w nn Inc
dent passed unnoticed by the c.isual fro
quentcr of this hall of Justice , but to tnose
who have kept track of the forlunca am
misfortunes of the early pioneer It mean
the l.int and moat painful act of n dram
which wiped out of oxUtenro the last iloll.i
of the once magnificent fortune of forme
Senator H. A. W. Tabor and the flrat HP
pp.irnnco lu business circled of n womai
whoso wealth was made by a lucky turn o
fortune.
The petition of Mrs. Smith was ono praj
Ing for tin order from the court giving lie
possefslon of tlio Tabor block , n seven-fitor ;
brownstone structure covering a block c
ground on the corner of Sixteenth and Lar
mor streets , and the Tabor Gr.ind Oper
house , thu handsomest theater In the west
under a foreclosure aggregating JSOO.OOO.
On the day this properly passed from hi
hands Mr. Tabor was allowed to remo >
from the boolllco ot tlio playhouse enlarge
large Iron tin Co and a beautiful llfeslze o
painting of Hlolielleu and Julie , reprcsentln
thorn In the scene where the great eh.incollo
of Kraiico I'eflcs the king's brother , whit-
was presented him by tlio citizens of Den
vcr on the opening of the house by Kinin
Abbott , September 5 , 1SS1. Tluse two'attl
clc.i are all that IIP retained out of propcrt
and cash which fifteen ycara ago amouutc
to moro than $0.000,000.
HO\V UK CON'QUEKICD KOKTUNE.
When n young man of 25 years Tabor was
lighting grasshoppers and starvation 01
n small claim in eastern Kansas. . llecom
Ing disgusted with that kind of life , am
learning from returning trappers of tin
rich gold discoveries made along Chcrr >
creek lu 1S3S , ho packed his wife and few
belongings Into a prairie schooner and , lu
ISlil , started for the new HI Dorado. For
many jears ho followed with ludlfferen
success the llcklo goddess through the exciting
citing days of Golden , Central City , lllack
Hawk , Drcckenrldgc and lluckskln Joe.
This discouraging and monotonous exist
ence was followed until 1877 , when he agali
found himself stranded In Ore City , i
placer camp , near the head of Callfornli
gulch. Humors of the rich carbonate dls
covcrlcs on Kryer , Iron and Carbonate hills
wcro beginning to bo heard. So he sold his
last yoke of oxen , and with the proceeds
opened a little store on the site where Lead
vllle now stands.
This wao early In the spring of 1S7S , am
In April of that year August Klche am
George K. Hook , two shoemakers who had
been prosppoctlriR for a long tlmo with poor
results , applied to Tabor for a "grub stake , '
agreeing to divide , share and share alike
In anything they might find. Tabor sunnllei :
them with the necessary articles , and the
cobblers went directly to the top of Kryer
hill and began digging. Hvery one laughed
at them for wasting their tlmo and stake
In so unpromising a place. They persisted
in their work , having to make frequent
requisitions upon tlio stoto for supplies ,
which wcro always granted.
About May 1 , after reaching a depth oi
twenty-six feet , they encountered a vein of
rich carbonnto ore , and In that hour the
famoun Little Plttsbunj mine became a real
Ity. The llrst wagon load of ere taken nut
; old for $215 , and the yield during the lasl
alf of the following July was at the rate ol
? 8.0ii ) a week.
KNOHMOUS PROFITS.
When the ore body had been thoroughly de
veloped Its rlcl.tic i.s was a revelation to ever }
one. In September Tabor and Itlcho bought
look'a Interest for $ DS.OOO. The mine paid
$100.000 n month tn dividends for many
uontlis , and then Tabor sold Ills half Interest
to Se-iator J. H. Chaffeo and U. H. Moffatt
for $1,000,000.
He Immediately entered Into partnership
> vlth Marshall Field of Chicago , and bought
up the Chri'sollto and adjoining claims. Th
ast llvo dividends paid'out of thla property
imounted to $1.000,000 , ami Its proJurtlon
hiring the cloven months prior to April 1 ,
ISsO , at which tlmo he sold his interest for
? 1(100,000. ( was $3.100,000.
In the ircantlmo ho had become Interceded
n the famous Itobcrt K. Lee mine , which
ms produced more rich ore than any mlnu
on the continent outside of the Comstock of
Nevada. Iho average dally output of the
Lee during Its best days was $15,000 , or the
startling total of $3-l75.000 a year. On the
3th day of January , 1880 , this mine gave Ita
owners In the twenty-four hours $ I2SUO ( ) , n
mm never equaled by any mine In the- world
Much of this ere ran as hlBh as 11.000 ounces
n sllvor to the ton. and as the white metal
vaa then worth In the neighborhood of J1.25
in ounce , the enormous profits can readily
/e Imagined.
Decides these fortunes , which came In
apld succession. Tabor made from $2,009.-
(00 to $3,000.000 out of the Morning Star.
Matchless , and other Leadvllle mines , and
at one tlmo It was raid his dally Income
vas greater than that of any other man
etweon New York City and Nevada.
In 1SSO the city of Denver was a prosper
ous town of 50,000 Inhabitants. Tabor's con
fidence In its future Induced him to como
lero In that year and begin the erection
of La Vetu place * , a turraco , "out on the
tralrle , " an the town folks declared , which
est him In the neighborhood of ? 1,000.000 ,
and at that time was the handsomest resi-
lence wrot of Chicago. This ho Immediately
ollowe < l with the Tdbor block and the
Tabor Grand Opera house , at a cost of
learly $2,000,000.
TURN OP THE TIDE.
Fortune came quickly , as did his flnon-
lal troubles , and live years ago ho was
'ompclled to seek assistance from a New
York Insurance company. They advanced
ilm $100.000. The panic of 1893 increased
its distress , and a second mortgage for
375,000 In favor of Mr . Smith was olaccd
n his property , and In the end she came
nto possession by settling the flrst and fore-
losing her own.
Mrs. Smith not many years ago was Mrs.
Laura Swlchhelmnr. She and her husband
David lived at Itlco , a mining camp In the
southern part of the state , and , llko Tabor ,
ho was a prospector , and was working a
claim ho had named the Kntorprko. For
two years ho had worked his way Into the
sldo of the mountain , hoping with every
blast to open up thu vein.
Kach day brought only disappointment
and a steady decrease of supplies and funds ,
until at last not a cent nor u loaf of bread
lomalncd In the cabin. With heavy hearts
the couple nailed up the entrance ! to the
Knterprlbo and began preparations to tramp
out of the camp In search of other work.
The old Concord coach which < -amo in
from rn'j-ango ithat night 'brought Mm
Swlckheliner a letter. On opening It she
was almost paralyzed to find n notice from
a lottery company Informing her that a
ticket Eho had n month before purchased
for 4had \ drawn a prize of $5 , 00. After
a reasonable ( May the money came , and
then the question arose as to 'Whether work
fchould bo continued In the old tunnel or a
new location aought for.
It was llnully decided to put In ono or
two moro shots of dynamite. When tlio
umoko cleared away after the flrst explosion
Swlckholmer could hardly bellevo his own
eyes , for thcro before him was n wall of
rock , so full of mineral that there could l > o
no mUtako as to Its value. Thu mine was
cu.slly developed Into a producer , and after
taking out over $500,000 In- profits It was
sold to u foreign nyndlcato for $2,000,000 ,
Nil ft MlTtll fillII Jlllll-llllllMl.
ALI1ANY , N. V. , Dec. 29. Governor Mor
ton has appointed Colonel Ashley W. Cola ,
his private not-rotary and a former Now York
City nswNpapor man , aa a mumber of the
Qtato Railroad commlfAlon. Thu salary U
$8,000 per year and ono ol tlio best berths in
the stati * vervice.
IMS.ilXH OP WI I.I.I i : .
Chicago Ilcctiril : Wrll , It can't bo helped.
Thl licnlRhtod nntlon will have to worry
nloiiR without William Waldorf Astor.
rhlrtifio Tout : Xow ami Ilion 1'aiher
Knickerbocker does have ft piece of lurk
Wlllli ) Wnlllo Astor no longer claims re-
latlonshlp to him.
Chicago Tribune : Mr. Astor has liororoo
mi KiiKllsuman nml the quoeii la to bo
coiiRrntulAtcd on obtalnliiK o IhoroiiKlily
nppruprlati- subject. Xow It is liayard's
turn.
Chlcapn Chronicle. : Astor In cxpatrl.it m
himself la cald to bo only follonhiK die
cxnmplo of his urrnt ntKosior. Hut iho
orl.k'liml John Jneob did not mnUo bin money
In ICnulnnd nml como over hero to upend it
Ho did not even spend It over here nfu-r ho
mndo It.
Kansas City Slnr : This Is minor nn un
usual tlilni ; for nh American lo do , and
p.u'lleulnrly one who has hoen im lurliy , i
Mr. Astor. Hut , looUltiK at the matter fi. in
all sides , It would npni'.tr tlmt Mr.AT.t . lo
ratlier an object of eompasslnn thnu oon. < uri .
It IJ doubtful whether ho will nehloxo Ins
ambition to become A full-cd ed KHRII. , * ) .
man without many humiliations which *
man of real spirit would not cave to siilnn.t
to. It Is mfieli e.islor lo rovoive the prum. * ,
anil that Is probably the reasnn why
thousHixl KiiKllshmon wcar nlluKlaiuT
Undo Pant whore one American eonsonti to
be adopted by John Hull.
Cl.'ltllti.Vr ' t'OMICAI.ITIKS.
Detroit Vrco Press : Artle liurlliiir. you
have no Idea how anxious I was \\hil , ' ju
\\oro coming down the rope l.iiMcr. i
\v n so afraid you hnd not fasten.'d It - , -
cui'olv above.
SjiiMe--You needn't have been alarmnl ,
drfhr. 1'uua tied the knot for me.
Cleveland Leader : "Why do-you thir.it
tlmt Itllllnn.s Is aiiia ! < * lng wealth ? "
"Ho has begun lo bo ecocntrlo lu ti.o
matti-l * of rlolhliip. A man must In- uu > u
pretty nuro ground before ho can alTonl tj
do tlmt. "
Indianapolis Journal : "I have to lu 'p '
Johnny with his mental nrlthmcllr i-vi-iv
I'venlng. " said the young woman , "and it
la n nuisance. "
"Do you or find that celebrated pruii-
lein about ono plim ono equals one ? " asiii
the young1 man.
"I said mental arithmetic , not sontlm. . t\- \
tal , " said the young woman , .with great
dignity.
Cincinnati Knqtilrcr : "I want lo 1.1 ]
you that 1 grivn tlmt stooping car p.m-r
a tallilng to that ho will not soon forget. "
"Ah ! Another Davy Crockett. "
"Kh ? "
"Another Davy Crockett. I snld. W.i n't
It Davy on whom the story u.is told alioat
calling down n coon ? "
NOCTtJHNAL : WAP.
New York Journal.
When night lots down her curtain * grny
And shrouds the onrtb In sweol ivposi- ;
When balmy evening zephyrs Htr.iy.
All sceiltoil with the fragrant rose ;
When nature lies In voiceless rest.
Close foldtd 'nentli night's ebon wing ;
When to each weary , troubled hrimm
Sweet dreams their connotation In Ing -
A'h ' ! then how llerce. how .wild tin * wrath
That emanates from every pore
AH tbiougli the mortar , brick and l.itli
You hear some follow boardersniuvl
TIIK out VIAH.
I.HI Inn France * Montnr lu New Yuri ; IIonM.
lllcss Iho. old year ! HC'H almost gone ;
1 hoar him utter a dismal moan :
"I'm weary I'm lonely Pin wasting , "
said he ;
"Will no ono breathe n blcsMng on me1
"Thou poor old man , with the snow whlto
hair ,
I'll lilms theo , " jiahl a lady fair ;
"For Ihou In thy youth didst bring to mo
My beautiful babe In Its purity ! "
"Illoss the old year ! " tlio young iiinii cried ;
"In merry nprltic : he brought mo my bride
The richest gift to mortal given
Drought her from the unto of heaven ! "
"HIrss the old year ! " the sick one said ,
And gently raised his drooping In ad ;
"Its hours are past , and I shall In-
From pain , from grief , from nngiilHli free ! "
The mourner breathed In tones of sailno-u ,
"Hloss It. tlio' It brought no gailm"M ! ;
I learned on oart'i no homo to main- ;
Illi'HH It for Its lesson's sake ! "
"llless the old year ! " cried the < -lilld with
Kli'oj
"In UN merry hours I was happy and five ;
It IIIIH brought me frolic for t very day ;
Uless the old year ere It passes away ! "
Hlos.-i the old year I Come one and all :
Answer to ills JoniOy call ;
' "t It MO bo the hiHt noiind ho shall bear
Shall echo n blosHlni ; ! uicas the old yearl
It's a good time tea
a good suit a suite
o make New Year's
calls in. The man who
dresses in a Browninof- -
King suit can wear it
anywhere , at any time ,
and be as well dressed
as any of them , and
Dettcr dressed than
nest of them. Just pre
vious to inventory we
ire anxious to close
out a number of lots ,
imong which we arc
sure you will findsome-
ft _
hing to your liking.
You can make no mis- -i
akc here we won't
illow it if we know it ,
S. W. Cor.
15th anil
Duu lus Stv