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All < * nmmimirutl'inn rciHiliiK to rsw and cil tdllnl Inuiu-r MinuM li mlilicnrfli 'J.i tin' I'JIto ItUrflNKCS LF.TTiU : All bvitlnora Ie > Uni iilsd icmtlMnoM should I r.iWrmte.l to The lice I'ulillnlilnit Compnn ] Onmhn , Dintti. chccki" nrd pcttulTlrc order * t t mail * pic MI I ) lo to the ordrr of th , ' company. _ TliM nun I'niurimxu LUXICANV. " STA'rnMi'fn- fitnl * of NH-niKlM. I l > OUKl n tVuiuy. ( II. Tun-'nioV wrelnry of The fl c I'nl HutiltiK cutnp. ny , Iwlntt ilulr mvnrn. fr.yt tlmt 111 nctllul ttumUr nf full ami complete roiileii of Til Dally Munilnit , Kvenlnv and Humlny Iteo print ? tlurintr tlio munlh of Noxrinlxr , IMrt , was us ( ol lows i 1 21.COO K M.IH 5 51,1(1 K SO.CI S Sl.dC IK J'Mi ' 4 i ; CS 19 W. ! ! r. si.i.17 so w.i ! n sU'.it * ! l .n - , Sl.lii ! tl.ft-l H ! I.150 3 20.0- ! > SO.M'J 21 til.O.- 10 : , ! ! 25 ZO.li 11 51,001 S ) 1D.OB 12 S07 27 10.lt 13 TO,80 SJ 20.01 II 20.WSI 20.92 n 21,010 3D wo : Totals CC0.3I lc dfiliictlunii for unccilJ nnd retiirned voplcn , 12.7S Ti'lnl nnt xalcB , . Krt inlly ! avcmKV Sl.&S QKOI 10li IJ. TO8l'IIU < * K. Kulpvcrllioil In ni > pruHcnce nnd cwurn to bcfori me thlH Im day ot December , U..n. N. 1' . I-T.II. . ( Scnl. ) Nntnry 1'ulillc. TIIH MKN WHO MARK OfU IWS OMAHA DAILY BEE. TIIR OMAHA PAILY I1KE OK NHXT SATURDAY , JANUARY 2. WILL PRINT A fOMPLKTB 1-IRT Ol' THU MUMHUUS OK TillINVn.MINf.1 NHI1HASKA Ll-'niSLATL'KU WHICH IS TO M15KT AT LINCOLN NIOXT Wli5K. THU AKTICLH WILL TI-3LL ALL AI10UT THU MKN WHO ARI3 TO MAKI3 OUR LAWS AND OIVU OTIIMR IN FORMATION USKri'L TO ONK WHO WIP11KS TO FORM AN OPINION OF THE CHARACTER OF THU NUW LEGISLATIVE HODY. EXTRA COPIES MAY HE ORDERED I1Y ADURUSS- INO TII13 11USINESS OFFICE OF THE 11EE. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. OfK XHXT LKUISLATrilK. Duvo Mercer has calluil on Mi-Kin- luy. Tliat nnil'i'H the now prcslilont solid for the \insltlon. ] . \Vlinn will tlio school chlltlri'ii of Nu- lirnskn wet Hint 'Jl'.M'iWO of stnti > school money swnllmvcd lip In Ctnlol Tay.lor's Imnlc ? Wlii-n will the millennium be liore ? The . ollnpse eif Mr. llrynn'H luetttre lour , feii'eshadoweil by re'ccnt events , Is not likely to surprise anybody. Oreater men than Hryan have failed to get a rcmnnerallve liearln- ; . Sonlhern fii-nators favor ( Uiban Indc- ] ) oliik'ii'e , but are > oppnsi'd to annexation. They elraw tlie line at frreasi-r eir mulatto Hunntors from Cuba and at Kanaka senators from Hawaii. There Is not likely lo be any serious oommoivlal war with ( icrmaiiy. Xeither nation can alYord to persist In a policy which is equivalent to cutUtiK off their no.se to spite tlieir face. Good roads are one of the neeessilieH "for Umvf ? < 1loiiiiient eif the Kivat west. That Is whyMlU Kood roads movement and the TiaiisnilssRslllpMOx ositlon lit in .so well with one another. The ancient body of Andrew Jacksoi In likely to give one moro emplialle tun In Its j-rave next month , when AVillian J. Hryan , poslnas a .lacksonian demo crat , humches that 11)00 ) boom for tin 'steenth time. City KnglMeor Howell need not wal till .lannary 1 to make ids jiooil resoln tlon not to importtme anotlier fran cldsed ceiriioration for a "miitna friend , " until he knows the holdup is sure to work . The tariff hearings before the com mlttee on ways and nit-ans are now ii progress \Vasliinjton. . The people were liearel last Xovember In an over whelmin- , ' demand for anew tarlll alotif , ' Lii'dtective lines. Tlio new Hoard of Education will liavo tlie opportunity to make a thor ough InvestiKalion ef ) the cost and re sults of our expensive kindergarten system , a subject which the old board does not seem bl enough lo 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 ei-nlt able assessment on properly actually owned It will have done much to pt'osperlly lo the stale. Iti'solutlnns passed Nliaiilliineoiisly and wllliout collusion by commercial bodies In naltliuoiv. St. Louis. VIckslmrK , Miss. , and Hoshni cundemnatory of tlie alti tude of the senate on the Cuban question show that antl-JInjrolsm Is not confined to any one section eif the countiy. Auditor Moore declines lo see any- thin * , ' * rood In the valued policy law. Tlio law , howi'Ver , Is based simply on the principle of rciiilriii | lire Insurance companle- do what they contract to do nnd what they are paid to do. If * there Is anything wroiif ; with this principle It Is strange the people have not lout ; nKO found It out. The attention of our le lslMtor.s Is called to the fact that the constitution of Nebraska Is most explicit In disqualify- IiiK members of the legislature for ap pointment to civil olllee under the state during the term for which I hey may have boon elected. LoKlslailve place- hunters may as well , therefore , * pare tliemselves tlio trouble of prepatlni ; bills Intended to create olUclul ulueuures for their own buuetlt. . .YO K 7HlJ n I.V IXIhlll-KllKXCK. Tin * London C'hronlclo It tmdoublodl cen-ri'Ct In the opinion that tinythiUKll1 < ciincrrtod uellun by the Kuiopi-an -iirdliiK' Cuba Is out of the Tlie vnstio statements anil conjecture that are helm , " sent out fiom 1'arls hav been sliown to lie Inrjiely the Invention of tlio fertile corresimndont of the Ix > i dnii Times. Not only has It been autlio Itatlvely staled Hint our ow government has received no Int innllon from any Kuroppiut o\ oriimelit In regard to fUtban n ; fairs. Mir Iruslworlhy advices froi nbioad say Hint no Kovornmenl of I2t rope has had any lh < nifht of Intervenln or of iimkltiir nny sujjueslinn or recon melidallon either to the United States o Spain. The staleineiit that Austria I behind Spain jels u color of phuisibillt , from the fnrl that Hie .Spanish ( tuec : re'eiu Is of the house of Atistria. but ii wlmt stOisJnntlnl wny could Hint countr , bo of nny help to Spain ? It lias n money lo lend , belliIt.icir a borrowct nnd theiv Is not the slightest reason t llovc Hint It would lend to tlie Spanlsl cans" soldiers or ships of war. since I needs nil it his : of these for Its own si' ' curlly. It Is not improbable Hint Atistrli s.vniiallisns | ! with Spain , but it is no likely that lids xympathy Is so stroiii as to induce her to take any step dls tlnctly hostile to the Tinted Slates. It would be simply impossible te > ef feet a concert of the Kuiopoan power ; against this country , whatever the polle ; thi ! L'nlted States should adopt towan Cuba. In the flrst place Kn-land couh never be Induced to take such a posltloi and her refusal would prevent a union o tin. ' continental powers , assuming that t concert of those powers would Ins possl bio under any circumstances. Hut Is i conceivable that ( icrmnny and France would unite nualnst this e-ountry In tin Interest nf Spain , or that Ktissla am Italy could bo brought together for sucl a purpose ? Xo one at all familiar will Kill-open 11 conditions will have any ap prehension of intervention from thai iH'.arler in connection with Cuban af fairs. TI1K CILlllTKHMllXn.MKXT3. \ . Assurances are given by members ol the Douglas elelegatlon that tlie charlei amendments which are being prepared by them are solely In the Interest of tin taxpayers and will In no way be icrverled lo promote partisan advantage or personal ends. It is furthermore given out that the delegation con templates the introduction eif an entirely new charter , simple' in form and clearly Iclinlng the powers , duties and limita tions of each olllcer and department ol the city government. Inasmuch as the1 eglslaliiro will convene within a week t would seem proper and timely to lave tlie chief features of the now charier made public to enable all who ire concerned to give' expression to any ) bjeclions they may have to any material liange in our municipal government. Wldle It Is not to be expected that any aw cnn be framed that will satisfy 'verybody , the representatives of this city ami county eiwe It to their con stituents to take them into their con- lelenco. If the proposed changes are n tlie Interest of tlio citizens and tax- layers they will have the linckin ; : of mbllo opinion , however obnoxious the oforms may be to parlies Interested in lerp.'tualing existing abuses. It stands o reason , however , that some sugges- lens may be elicited by public di.'cns- shm worthy of consideration and mir- akes ordefects should be pointed out n time to have them corrected before hei charter Is Introduced lnto > the legls- aturo. ' //K rUllllKM'V HKFOltM COM'KHKXCK. The confe'"i'ce Hint is to meet In In- liiestlon of currency reform promises to lie largely attended. A number of com mercial bodies have already appointed lologatos and there is being manifested i very general Interest in the conference imong business men. particularly In the astern and middle state's. This is well , feir whether the elellberations of the con ference shall exert any influence upon ( ingress or not , it is desirable that an . 'xpresslon of views on the highly Im portant subject of HIP currency -huiild lie made at thla time by representative msluess men of the country. It Is not proposed that this conference hall formulate a measure or d-'lajlcd ilnn of curivncy reform. Its object , as 'Xplained ' by those prominently ideniiiioJ iVlth the movement , is not to press any special views , but to draw together in- Ineiitlal business men of all sections to ; tud.v the present condition of the mone- ary Interests of the country and to talk iverthe possibility of such a rooiganla- tern as shall be for the good of the whole Country. Says one of the organh'.en-1 of ho movement : "The Idea is to do for lie general business of the country what vise and experienced business men vould do In considering Iho conditions if any great corporation which was in- olved in perplexing dllllcullle.s and to iresent a simple and uncomplicateMl cheme for Its reorgniilatloa from a uslness stamlpnli.l. " As to fiirmulaUn ? ; L plan , ir Is intended to leave that to a oiuinlsslon of experts , who shall give , s much time as Is noi'ded lo ase-rt-ilii acts and to present to the country a veil digested and carefully considered Jan for an entire reorganization of pros- nt ni"l hucl.s. Criticism of our currency system Is lU'oh easier than to devls" a iractlciiblo plan for remedying the llegod faults and defects , as Die ( moderation of Hie subject In and out if congress for years attests. It would 10 an almost hopeless task" to atu nipt o give in dt lull all of the plans of cur- ency reform that- have been proposed luring the past eight or ten years 'hey have come from organizations of 'linkers ' , from treasury ollleials , from iiisiuess men , and In almost endless umber from members of congress. 'ho house banking and currency com- ilttee has at every session of the last Diner live congresses been literally ooded with measures for reforming lie currency , most of which wore K.O I'tido and Impracticable as to receive 0 attention and none of which proved 1 be acceptable. Yet nnt a few of lose plans represented tlio careful tudy ami coiitildurutlou of the subject by practical financiers and hiislmv men. Such an experience might wi persuade one that the alleged faults i our oiirronry system are either largol Imaginary or are Irremediable. It Is possible Hint the coming coi ference mny be able to point out a s < lutMn of Hie vexing problem , but. thei Is not much reason to expect such result. Ono thing Is certain , If the coi ference shall have nothing better 1 propose Hum the retirement of tl government hgnl tender notes nnd Hi substitution for them of bnnk note which Is the ossoiillnl part of Hi scheme of most currency reformers , would as well not meet , for Hie ponpl will not accept nny plan of Hint dim actor. However , the conference shoul not be discredited In advance. Hatlir Is It to bo hoped Hint such a mooting t : representative business men as I promised will have practical and bom llclnl results. wtiKin : riiuTiwinx is I The people of California are hoping fo a liberal degree of protection from Hi new larllV. That state was carried b ; the republicans ehiolly on the protectloi Issue and it now reasonably expect that its Interests will receive just con sldnratlon from a republican oongres nnd administration. California I.MS a va ilely of products that are affected favor ably or unfavorably by the tnrln" . Tin San Francisco Chronicle says that Hi- northern portion of the state is a rouloi of lumber and dairy products and inns be safeguarded against Canada. Centra and .southern Califoiula raise sheep , tlm ber , fmils , sugar beets and other prod nets , Ill-sides manufacturing a variety o articles. Those sections are throntonoi directly by Canada , Mexico , llawal and .lapan , while tlieir eastern market i : competed for by Kurope and the Wen Indies. "California must have protcc tlon , " says the Chronicle , "have plenty o It and get it soon. " and It urges the gath erlug of a tarllV convention to presen the demands of tlie state to congress. Other far western state's want protec tion as earnestly as California. Idaho Oregon , Montana , Ttaii and Washlngtoi are all deeply interested In what the next congress shall do for their various in terests in tlie new tariff and undoubt edly they will make their wishes known at the proper time. Although some ol these states did not give their electoral vote to the republican party , but mis takenly cast It for the cause of free sli 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"st sense bo a national measure , Intended to encourage the In dustrial dove-Iopomcnt of all parts of the country. The far western states have suffered even more relatively than othe sections from the operation of ( lie exhU Ing tariff. Nearly all their moro impor tanl Interests have been severely Injutoi by It. They have learned bettor thai they ever knew before the value of tlu principle of protection and it Is saf < > tt say that nowhere will that principle' In u the future more llrinly adhered lo tluii there. M ) 'lllTK\r.isit. \ Charges affecting the Integrity of Cltj ICngiiieor Howell have boon under in vt'stlgatlon by a special council commit tee. These charges were' so grave th-i Manager Yost of the Telephone com pnny publicly declared in the eounci chamber when they were made that If true the engineer should lie dismissed iinil If false he should be vindicated. The testimony before Ih" council con mlttee has fully established the fact that Engineer Howell had solicited a subsidy of not less than $10 < ) a montl for the manager of Hie Kleetrle Llglitln- . - ompany as inrTnilucom.-nt trrsfnTT Ulsr LuJliUliW-'iiid support for the coiiec > sioi isked from the city by the water work- : iiimpany. These concessions Mr. Howi-I lias since denounced In uumoa.'urci' terms. While the conclusions which the in vestigating committee has reached have , not been divulged it Is currently re ported that an effort will be made In tlu pen council to whitewash the onglnoc : * . Such action would st a pernicious ex- imple , besides rcllecting upon the conn- il. The assumption that Kngineei Howell has rendered service to tin- city liy suddenly clinnglng front on th. water works question do..s not excuse oneluct that di prlvcs him of public con- Idencoas an olllcer and must dc.stroy the espect In which he uhuuld be held by ils sulmrdlnatcs. The latest argument advanced in favoi if a ct'i-fow law In that the practice was irlglnated in the reign of William the 'onqucror and that the present epoch. In , 'Iew of the recent election , is another elgn of William the Conqueror. This s not worthy of serious consideration. 1'ho pre.sent Is the era of William the 'onquered as well and neil her of these nodetn Williams would ho likely to have inythlng to do with a Curfew Kill. Treasurer Hartley Is more convinced linn ever that the depository law Is a leluiis piece of legislation based on viong llnanclul principles that in prac- Ice woil ; nothing but loss to the state. Uid he sivms to have neglected nothing o make the law a failure and to throw ipon It responsibility for loss which , ind.lho treasury olliclals been vigilant ml conscientious , the state would never utve sustained. O. M. Hitchcock Is certainly an ap- iroprlalo toastmaster for a free silver raveling men's banquet. Didn't IHtch- ock travel all over the sliver staKs o see Hulllonalre Marcus Daly , Hanker iloffnt and the other disinterested sil- er mine owners last full for the pur- KISO of raising wind for tlio Hryan cam- inlgn barrel ? If that does not make a reo silver traveling mnn , what will ? Nearly all Hie defeated republican andldati'-t for re-election to Hie lioti.se f representatives are said to have trlngs out for some appointive odlee t HIM hnnds of ihe Incoming republican dmlnlstratlon. It Is indeed hard to bo n ordinary , plain ex-congrosHinnn. Wo would like very much to Imvo n roclamatlon from I'riMldont Cleveland inounclng the Tnuiumlsdlsslppl Exposi tion to lho' < w'iil-l nnd Invlllng forolu | nations lo ityrfji-Ipate. but If Mr. Clovi land does not wmil to Issue It a proch mntlon signed by President McKlnlo mny servo Tlio propM lMrflvellug libraries woul without ( lUeStliin be a useful liuiovalloi It Is merel 't'l ' qm-stloii wliethor til state sluiuUI' by expectofl to furiils reading matter .to different communltli within Its borders or whether the loci1 autlioriti.'sshoiilthiol supply this servlr nt Hie local expense. So far Nebrask has regarded.public libraries as purol local liistltuHoiii. Tlio Ainerlcani'Kconomle assoclatlo in session ar Hiritlmore includes wltlil Its membersliip nearly nil the roil students of economic theory In Hi ITnltod States , yet II Is snfo to sny Hut among the whole number there nro mi n doxou who wore not during tlio recon campaign stnunch ndvocates of McKlule , and opponenls of free silver and a tie based currency. Our bounty-repeal coulempornr ; waxes enthusiastic over the possiblll ties of chicory growing at Hie proseii factory price of . < ! ) per ton. If fails \ < Intimate- , however , that the present fat lory price Is ? ! ) per ton because of tin bounty law. The way to encouragi new Industries Is to encourage them. K \Vns Iiiiuiloil. The democratic senators who hate Clcvc land have attacked him In many dlfferen ways , but they always retire with an ex prcsslon Illso that of a man who has klckei a hat with n chunk of granite under It. .MjNlory of ( 'orioritlli | > iiN. Hnrtforil L'ouranl. The corporftlnu must glvo up Its mystery Its liusliuKt must bo hetier iiiulorstooil. It olllcers must co.iso to bleed It. Its stock lulder. ? must lip iirotected from the trlcki of those who manage only nominally fo ilioin. Thei fair.'lllar spi-otacle of olllcers get tliiK rich and rorior.itlons | goliiR Into bank rtiptcy must pass away. Corporations inus 1)0 as froc. . to go before the legislatures a : are Individuals and must hnvo the satin treatment. TlIIII-llllIK" Soltl > | tlllll > llf SlIIIN-lll-l.IM-l I'lillailelpiilii Itororil. The failure of the Illinois National haul icpms to have been a case of too much son n-law. The president of the bank , It np- hr.d son-ln-lav.- the irjiirf , one - - Ijanldnv mil another In the brewing buslme's. and lit oanctl each of them $300.000 out of the milk's fumU. Annther loan of $2iTC,009 was nado on Calumet Electric bonds , which ire , perh.i | , worth hnlf the amount loaned. This illegal loan wa.s concealed from the > iink examiners by false booUkcoplng. Thla wlrdllng bi-slacss may be called magni ficent. , i Tllili-n's ll7/.llii | ? Will. Uc'pxor Nc\\s. There Is an old saying that the physl- lan who prescribes for hlmsrlf haa a feeler or a doctor. Something similar might be aid regarding men who draw their own wills. The case eif the late Samuel J. Til- den is one III ! point. Mr. Tllden wca one of the most acrte and able lawyers of his day , but ho linn formulated a will which has been u constant puzzle to executors and attorneyn nnd courts ever since his death , and now the supreme 'court ' of New York has pro nounced certain provisions of It Invalid ant * Inoperative. Mr. Tlldon would never have 1 raw n such a document for any of his clients. ' I'll I 111 Iti fh < > I'lKnr. . . "KunstiHi city Star. The officials' fit the Carnegie Steal com pany shov.- their faith In the dawn of brighter times in the business world by announcing to th Ir employes that a 10 per cert contingent bonus , which they have been receiving , will be continued. The an nouncement savs : "The nrcsent condition cf business does not warrant Iho payment at this bonus , but \vn hope that early In ISO" there wl'l caiio such Improvement as U > do so. " The judgment of men who con trol such vast Interests as the Carnegie Btc-ol works U worlli more , on the subject c.-f business prospoctn , than the eilniona of air1 of the confirmed pessimists who see RotHlng ahead but a prcapcct of dull times. ProRrrNM In Civil Scrvli'i" llffuriii. JIuriicr's MVefel-r. , ' . _ \Vl n Mr. Carl Schur5iui ' . -alinTig'of the [ > rogres Ot WJiii-'servico reform , declared : hat the ci'Uao v.-oa it.s Oettysburg under [ 'resident Cleveland , and would win Its Ap- ) omnttox ur < ler I'naldeiit McKlnley , ho not anly e-xpreraed opinions and hopes In which most good i-ltlznu concur , but he set an ex cellent example in the u c of metaphorical anguagc. The popular ajnonym for defeat ! s Waterloo. Mr. Schurz might have aali : hat the enemies of civil service reform .voiihl meet their Waterloo under MeKlnley DbUail of which ho rung In a contemporaiu-- ) us. horaemade Aincrlcao word ( two of them idoeilvhleh ) U oven moro conclusive li lound and suggestion than Its Helglan rival uiJ cnrrlca Its Idea vividly into every A-s-r- can ear. We have excellent battlco In out ihtory. with resounding names. It Is well hat we should be1 taught to use them more. 'recly In our dally business of convoying our Shipping Ciirn (11 linllil. lluttun ellobe. The flral cargo of corn ever sent from thV otmtry to India Is about to bo ahlpped fron . 'hllnelclphla. To mcot the Impending famine In Illn- luotan the Urltlsh Government hail pur- haaed 1-50,000 hu-iheU of corn In into coun- fy , and II will ho loaded for one of the icrts of. India. This experiment , hacked by a Government llco Great Hrltaln' , han much promise In It. The corn will be distributed by agenta , am ! lot only will much of It bo utilized 1m- ncdlatcly an food , but much will bo planted n the hope ot producing a crop to alleviate respective want. If thla country can over market Its corn broail Ha revenues will receive ) an cnor- notis lift , Oreat efforts have been made to ivci'como cantorn prejudices against ono of ho most wholesmno and valuable of foods. 'hose prejudice's lemored , a new career will icgln foe the western farmer. 1 \ VAI'HUSS Ctl.M Sioux City Tribune : It is now Senator Ullson who could consistently cry "Savo no from my friends. " The Intense deairo ipoa their part to have him honored by a ablnot position Is approaching the hyKtorl- al. Sioux City Journal : Two young farmers Ivliu ; in Central Iowa have Imported n ano number jf hogs from Texas and will iiit them 0:1 i-thnr } farm. The genuine outhcrn "razJr > hack" hog Is guaranlocd o bo Imleutrm'tlVlo , and these farmers tope that Ihey vjll get a breed of hogs that fill eat up lowa e-om In unlimited ( inan ities and not diu of the fever just before ehiB marketed. / lcs MolneB I.iVider : If the property that scapes tnxiitlfUjfln Iowa could bo reaedicd ml taxed as It ojild be' , Iowa uunlil Imvo Icnty of moncy'MUi which to carry on her tate government. The trouble Is that th'j tacsbors do not' do their dutk-K. Many liousands of men who have moneys mid rcdlts do not report the game , e-xcuslng liemselvoi. on the grounds that others dent nt do eo , I'onalbly If wo had county ns- s 3ur appointed , and not elected , with an- liorlty to npiiolnt their subordinates , bct- . - ; work might bo done. Davenport Democrat : A republican was lectcd recorder of Ailnms county , this Htnte , y a majority of juat ono voto. It renulrod ireo days to make the recount. In future impnlKii.i In Adams county the Importance r ono vote will play a prominent part. In 10 lilBtory of tliU country a governor has pen chosen by no larger majority ; an for ill led States senators IhU haa been the tso many times. It Is nlso claimed , we ellovo. that a alnglo vote has aettleil the resiliency of thu United States. More laa once It haa coutrollvd tlio Uultcil latea scuate. MMV I'Mlll 1 He-ill ClmriiMi-r of tlioVorU of Ti-rl Ili-vlotoii , WnnMrijtun Slur ( linl. top. ) There la a disposition in certain i-narte to mlsroprrnotit and give partlnn color the hearings on the tariff question .11 pointed by the ways nnd means commute Sonif old mu'cr * are revived , and nindp I do duty again , about the ( locking toVal Ingtoii of Interested partlc * and agent- i tnwts bent upon realizing on campaign coi trlbiitloiiA and all that. One mislit auppos Indeed , that congress must bo utterly will out scruple , and the American people give to pillage by law. Talk of this description Is utterly wlthoi cxctwc. It Is a Blunder both on congrci and the country. The tariff Is purely InisliiMfl question. When the people doctil at the polls , as they have Just done , for revision of the schedules on protection lint their will must he carried out. And ther Is but ono way by which this may bo demand and that Is by a close study of the problet from n hii.ilncfs standpoint. The Inform ? tlon desired must come from these inoe familiar with the business slum Ion ; I other words , from business moil their selves. The ways and means committee does man's bidding In ftio premises' . U he.u representatives of nil the different Indus tries , and so collects a great deal of vain able Information bearing on the work | has In hand. This then Is rarvfully alftrt nnd the new bill grows out of the win nowcd data. There Is no other way b which a new tariff hill could bo so Intel llgontly or so satisfactorily prepared. Much Is always allowed for partisan ON agge'ratlon during a hotly contested llglil Stump speakers on either lde are npt t draw on the superlatives In their voeabular ; In characterizing the policy of the oppofll tlon. Hut all of that should cense when th campaign closes. The most absurd thin tj to go on employing the language of th stump after the excitement Is over.Vhc the people have rendered their decision , nn the work they have * " ordered begins , cheai denunciation and cheaper mlsreprosenUUioi are wholly out of place. H Is not at all llke-ly , however , that any body will ho deteived from presenting him self here becauao of these tactics. Ae al legitimate business Interests are moro ei lew Involved , all should bo represented The dralro Is to make this revision of th tariff KO complete that the work will Btam for a long time ; and In order that this om may be attained the ways nnd means com mlttee should bo favored with the fulles Information on all mattciw directly or cvci remotely In Interest. U.vr K-OII THIS IIH.VVK. Trlliutt * III tlu > Mr in o ry of MIC Vor IMlll Kl'III-IIC.V Vlt-tllllN. OonviT News , ITth. Congressman Mondell of Wyoming li.ii Introduced a bill providing for the eroctloi of n monument lo the memory of the vie tlms of the Fort I'hll Kearney massacre and appropriating ? ! > ,000 for that purpose The bill Is a meritorious one , and ahouli receive the support of all western member : of congress. It was Just thirty years ago yesterdaj that terrible marsncrc occurred. Colone Ketterman and elghty-alx soldiers were lei' Into an ambuscade near the fort , and ai ; were ruthlessly slaughtered by the SIou > under Hed Cloud. It was ono of the mosl shocking massacres that ever marked the history of the frontier , and sent a thrill ol horror along the entire border. As the News recalls the fact. It has never been surpassed by any similar occurrence except the CiMtcr massacre on the Little Hlg Horn In 1870. The men fought to the bitter end. Surrounded by hundreds of Sioux they sold their lives as dearly as possible , but valor was hopeless against the desperate odds with which they contended , and not a mun was left to tell the story of the fight. The nillcers and men were burled at the post. It wr.s a sad holiday week for the remnant ot the little garrison at Fort Phil 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 , nnd It Is fit that a monument should mark the' * -pr > t. and tell to future generations the names of those who fell In defense of the rrontler. My all means let this bill pass mil a monument be erected to the men who tell at Kort I'hll Kearney on that fatal December day In 3SBC. CIOI ; ; IA si-vrs THU PACK. Chicago Tribune : Georgia Is Sellghteil lecaooo at last It has an anti-trust law on he statute books. Georgia should temper t * joy with the reflection that other statM lave anti-trust laws and that no self- cspectlng trust pays any attention to hem. Chicago Times-Herald : The enforccwnsi- ) f the Georgia law .vlU-.liC- hatched 'with yuch liitcrestja.'ni , tno pmre | slXtes ! > nlll | IS-JM ll.rped l that the empire dlalo of ilio south wl.i ho more successful 'In thu regard than the empire stnto of the north. Illinois has an antl-lnwt law also , such as It is , but Its enforcement has been sadly .a seek. Perhaps , ( hero are no trusts In Illinois ! Buffalo Express : Vie ! governor of Georgia lias signed the anti-trust bill passed by the [ pglalaturo. This bill , which now becomes a law , is as speclllc and swooping ns Its trainers could make It , and one of Its pro- rlslc'iis Is that a person or corporation In- lured by a trust < s permitted to bring Biilt tor damaEs. Curiously enough , when the irlnclple Involved Is considered , agricul tural products and llvo stock In the hands ) f producers or raiders are exempted from : h.i opcrallon of the law. Indianapolis Sentinel : There Is not a but- 'ess ' man In the country who docs not know : ae Sunr ; trust and Its methods of deal- , : .g. And yet ( he Sugar trust Is purnulng u mnlness course that has for many years ipon considered unfair and unjustifiable , it reaped conviction on technical grounds jnco. It has been driven out of one state. k.Tevorthekss. It can no Into almost any stale n the union and transact biiflrvs.-i. If the i.'ates Kid proper laws against trusts it ould easily be broken up. but until they lo the trusts will continue to flourish and launt themselves la the public view. A.\l > OTIIKItU'lSK. Lord Salisbury turns the scale at 2.r > 2 lounds. Mr. Gladstone weighs Icsa than 117 lounds. It Is suggested In Alabama that Mlas Mary ' Jones the of the late 'agei , daughter com- n a iul er Catcaby It. Jones of ihu confeder- te navy , be requested to name the new i.ittleshlp Alabama. Joel Chandler Harris says that his "Uncle lomua" Is a composite of three or four old egrocs whom he knew as a boy and that , U "Ilrer Ilabblt" Btorlcs are for the moat art plantation tales. When Mr. Gladstone confeeaes that he as bought 35,000 hooks even his greatest dmlrers will want to Ijnow how much lil ulcllcct was affected by the strain of at- ? mpting to reiid them. Dollar cas , which , under municipal con- rol , paid Philadelphia a net profit of more lian $150,000 laet ye.ir , besides furnishing : ore > than ? C60,000 worth of free gas for tree ! lamps , la likely to yield HtHI better I'suJts next year en account of u reduction f 31 cents n ton In tha price of ccal en- aged. The supreme court of Michigan. lll > o loincr. has been found gullly of nodding , t IILS just discovered that a judge's charge , lilch 'It sliarplv crltlcUcel as too fully ox- ra-islng his opinion of the merits of the lisa , proves to be an exact repetition of a inner chargu by the same court which It M mt tlmo found fault with for not going far uough. Mine.Nordlca posneoses several tluipn , lit thi last ono , which WBH recently prc- -ntrd to her , contains "H : ; diamonds , which uito ; In slzo from ono and a half to onei- ighth of n karat. There nro about a dozen t the larger stones , and the totul weight t the diamonds In the tiara l.i about 203 iraU. Its cost la In the neighborhood of i.OOO. Fi ltd jot Nannpii. the artlc explorer , IH a ian of extraordinary physical strength. At riMian. the other clay , wh'ii at thn feast of olcoino , ho wen proposing the health of eiitaln Sverdrup , h suddenly lifted lib ilr-nato up and held him aloft wlih ono m so that everybody 'In ' the orowilid hall mid get a sight of his comrade. IIo will 3f. wear bin nreat croH of the Order of St. Inf hccauso his crow received only a paltry Ivor incilnl ojiluco , "It m It lit at least ivo been gold , " ho says. 'RISE ' AND FALL OF TAB01 ' Senator Fonni How Colorado's Thirty-Day and Lost a Fortune. ONE OF THE ROMANCES OF THE WES1 A Diixlilnu- > ( < - nrliCIIIMMT i n Mln Mllllitiinlri' Comi-N lo an 11 nil Tin'oiiinn Wltu biuM-oiMli (11 ( llli 1'ritiici'llri. N'o.1,507. . Mrs. Lruira U. Sniltli \ . McCourt and K. K. KJbrook. ' Petition to : plaintiff In granted. " Tlio ciitiTltiK of thin order In the record * of Uio district roui't of Arapalioo count } * i fo\v da > H ngo , writes tlio Denver oorrw-iiontl- - cut of Uio New York Ilcrnld , w an Inc dent pasted unnoticed by tlio casual fro rjuentcr of tills linll of Justice , but to Iho * who have kept track of Hit' fortunes an misfortunes of the early I'lonecr It mean tlio last and most painful act of n dram which wiped out of existence the last della of the once magnificent fortune of forme Senator II. A. W. Tabor nnd the Ilrot np priranco In business circled of n woma whoso wealth was made by a lucky turn o fortune. The petition ot Jlro. Smith was ono praj Ing for on order from the court Riving he possession of the Tabor block , n sevon-fitor brownstone structure covering a block o ground on the corner of Sixteenth and Karl mor streets , and the Tabor Grand Opor house , the iiaiiilinimctit theater In the west under a foreclosure aggregating SSOO.OOO. On thy < lay thU profcrly passed front hi hands Mr. Tabor was allowed lo remov from the box ollleo ot the playhoiwo enlarge largo Iron Mfo and a beautiful llfcfllzc ol painting of Ktehclleii and Julie , representing Ihi'in In the scone when' t lie great ch.mcollo of Franco I'ofles the king's brother , whlcl was presented him by the citizens nf Den ver on the opening of tlio house by Mmma Abbott , September G. 1SS1. Thcao t\\o-attl nle.s arc all that ho retained out of propert } and cash wh'ch ' flftcon years ago amountci to luoro than $0.000,000. linHK COXQUBUKD KOUTUNK. \\'lv i a young man of 25 years Tabor was flijlitl.iR Krasslioppors and starvation on a small claim In taMem Kansas. Itecom- JnR dlsmiatud with that kind of life , and learning from returning trappers of the rich gold discoveries made alomj Chcrrj creek in 1S5S , ho packed his wlfo and few boloiiRlnRs Into a prnirlo schooner nnd. In 1SI51 , iturted for the new Hi norado. For many jears he followed with Indlllerent iiieecss the llcklo goddess through the ex citing days of ( 'olden , Central City , lllack Hawk. Ilreckenrldge and liucksklu Joe. This dlivotiraglng and monotonous exist ence was followed until 1877 , when ho again found himself stranded In Ore City , a placer camp , near the head of California Biilch. Humors ot the rich carbonate dis coveries 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 Lrnd- vlllc now stands. This wa early In the spring of IS7S , and In April of that year August Illche and George V. Hook , two shoemakers who had been prosppectlng for a long tlmo with poor results , applied to Tabor for a "grub stake , " agreeing to divide , share and share alike , In ail ) thing they might find. Tabor supplied them with the necessary articles , and the cobblers went directly to the top of Kryer hill and began digging. Uvory 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 the store for supplies , which were always granted. About .May 1 , after reaching a depth of twenty-six feet , they encountered a vein of rich carbonnto ore , and In that hour the ramoira Little 1'Ittsburj ; mine became a real ity. The Mrst wagon load of ere takim nut sold for $215. and the yield during the last half of the following July was at the rate of ( S.OOO a week. KNOK.MOUS I'ROFITS. When the ere body had been thoroughly de- , -olopcd its rlcl.ncs.1 waa a revelation to cverj inc. In September Tabor and llleho bought look's Interest for $38.000. The mine paid 5100,000 a month In divldr-nds for many iionth.1. ami tten Tabor sold bis half Interest o Se-iator J. M. ChalTeo and D. II. Moffatt 'or $1,000,000. Ho Immediately entered into partnership with .Marshall Field of Chicago , and hough ! JWJJia.ChryBql.ltO-ailu'-aflJolnlilg clafma. Tile mat live dividends paid'out of thla property amounted to $1,000,000 , and Its production during the eleven months prior to April 1 , 1SSO , at which tlmo ho sold his Interest for $1,000.000 , was $3.100,000. In the ircantlmo ho had become Interrnteil In the famous Robert K. Lee mine , which has produced more rich ere than any mine on the continent outsiilc of the Comstock o ! Nevada. Iho average dally output of the Lee during Its best clays was $15,000 , or the startling total of $3.-l"5.000 a year. On tin ICth day of January , 1SKO , this inlno gave Its owners In the twenty-four hours $ I28.000 , n mint never equaled by any mine in the world Much of this ere ran as high as 11,000 ounces In sllvor to the ton. and a the white metal wa3 then worth In the neighborhood of jl "u an ounce , the enormous profits can readily bo Imagined. Ilesldes these fortunes , which came In rapid succession. Tabor made from $ " OOD - 000 to $ ,1,000.000 out of the Morning Star Matchless , nnd other Lrcdrlllo mines , and at one tlmo It was t-aid his dally Income was greater than that ot any other man between Now York City and Nnvad.i. In 1SSO the city of Uenvqr was a prosper ous town of no.OOO Inhabitants. Tabor's con fidence la Its future Induced him to coino hero In that year and begin the erection of La Vcta place , a terrace , "out on the prairie. " an the town folks declared , which cost him In the neighborhood of $1.000.000 , and at that tlmo was the handsomest resi dence went of Chicago. This ho Immediately followed with the Tabor block and the Tabor Grand 0-tora house , at a cost of nearly $2.000,000. TURN OF TI11J TIDE. Fortune canio quickly , as did hla finan cial troubles , and live years ago ho was compelled to seek assistance from a New York Insurance company. They advanced him $100,000. The panic of ISO ! ) Increased his distress , and a second mortgage for $375,000 In favor of Mr . Smith was placed on his property , and In the end she came Into possession by settling the first and fore closing her own. Mrs. Smith not many years ago was Mrs. Laura Swlckhelmer. She and her husband David lived at Itlco , a mining cam ) ) In the bouthern part of the state , and , like Tabor , ho was a prospector , nnd was working n ulalm ho had named the Knturpriee. For two years he had worked his way Into the nidi ) of the mountain , hoping with every blast to open up the vein. Kach day brought only disappointment and a steady decrease of supplies and funds , until at last not a cent nor a loaf of bread lomalned In the cabin. With heavy hearts Iho couple nailed up the cntranco lo the [ 'ntcrprlso and began preparations to tramp ant of Iho camp In search of other work. The old Concord coach which oamo In from Imj-ango that night brought Mn. . Swlckhcimcr a letter. On opening It Kho was almost paralyzed to find a notice from 1 lottery company Informing her that a ticket the had a month before purchased Tor $1 had drawn a prize of $ .riH9. ( After reasonable delay the money came , and [ hen the question arose as -whether work should be continued In the old tunnel or a lew location sought for. It wai Dually decided to put In ono or two more shots of dynamite. When the fflioko cleared away after the Orst explosion Swlckhelmer could hardly believe his own yes , for there before lilm was n wall of ock.so . full of mineral that there could bo 10 mUtake as to Its value. The mlno was a.slly developed Into a producer , and after taking out over $500,000 liv- profits It was sold to a foreign syndicate * for $2,000,000. $ Soft Hi-rill for a JiHirniilliit. ALIIANY , N. Y. , Dec. 29. Governor Merion ion Ima appolntod Colonel AshluyV. . Cole , ils private secretary and u former New York . .Ity iiBwspapor man , as a member ot thu jtato Itallroad commlmlon. The salary la [ 8.000 per year and onti of the best berths In .ho : utu service , or wi 1,1,11 : . . 0 > Chicago Hrciird : Well , It can't bo helped. . , This benighted nation will Imvo to worry nlons without William Waldorf Antor. rhli-sgo 1'onl : N'ow ami then Father Knickerbocker does have ft plcco of luck. Willie Wnlllo Anlor no longer claims re Intlonshlp to him. Chicago Tribune : Mr. Astor has heroine an Kngllshman nnd the queen Is to bo coiiRratulated on obtaining et > thoroughly . appropriate' n subject. Now It Is llayard's ' turn. Chicago Chronicle : Astor In expatriating himself la said to be only foil cm I in ; the example of his grrnt aivcostor. Hut the original John Jacob did not make- his money In Knglalid nnd come over here to spend It Ho did not even spend It over here after he made It. Kansas City Star : This Is rather an un usual thing for nlit American to do. nn.i particularly ono who has been an Im-hy us Mr. Astor. Hut , looking at the matter fr < n > nil sides , It would oppear that Mr. AslTir : o rather an object of compassion than eciu'iiro. U Is doubtful whether ho will nchlo\i- ins ambition to become- full-edged iiiKh..h- : man without many humlllntlon.i whuh n man of real spirit would not care to suluna to. It Is much easier to reverse the i < r < ntt. * , nnd that Is probably Iho rcaonn liy n thousand Kngllshmcn < * wcar nlloKlanrc t , > Uncle Sam where ono American consents to be adopted by John Dull. CIHIIIU.Vr COMICAI.1T1F.S. Detroit l-'rpo I'ross : Artlo liarlliiff. you have no Idea how anxious I was while > nu \\cro romliijr down the rope ladilo'I I wft no nfrnlel you h.ul not fasH-iu-il it .s , - euroly above. Slide You needn't Imvo been alarmed , ( Mar. 1'nua tied the Unot for inc. Olevplnnd Lender : "Why elo-you think thnt ItllllniTs Is nmnpfflng we-nlth ? " "Ho has be-Kiin lo bo eccentric1 In the mntlelof elolhlnp. A mnn must be iiuni pretty mire ground before ho cnn ulTonl u elo that. " Indlniinpolls Journal : "I Imvo to In lp Johnny with lil.i mental arithmetic cviy vonlnir , " MliI tbo young woman , "and it In : i iiiilsanco. " "Do you or llml Hint celebrated prob lem nlioitt ono | ihu < one CQimls one ? " askt-d the yoiini ; mnn. "I said menial nrUhinotlo , not se'iitlmrn- tnl , " .said the young woman , with gn-ut elignlty. Cincinnati 13nqulror : " 1 want lo l.-ll you timt 1 Knvo that sleeping cur pori-r a tnlUIng to dial hr < will not soon forget. " "Ah ! Another Uavy Crockett. " "I3h ? ' "Another Davy Crockett. 1 snld. Wasn't It n.u-y on wbnin the story was told about I 1 oallliifi : down a coon ? " ( , , " . . " ' NOC'TUlTxAlj WAIt. . T.nl-v | New York Journnl. ' s ' " ' -rldnd When night lots down her curtain ! ' gray And sluoml.s the earth In swoel ri-pose ; When balmy rvenliiK y.pphyrs HI ray. All sceiitocl with tbo fragrant rose ; When nature lies In voiceless rest , Close fuldi il 'nenth nlgbl's olion wing ; I When to e-ae-b weary , troubled bmast . . , , , , r , Swept divnm.s ibelr coiiHolntlon bring- n , , ' , iij A'h ' ! Iben how llcrro. how .wild the wrath h | Thnt cmannlos from every porn , ' > osi ] " i ' " A.H through Iho mortar , brick nnd lath * You hear sonio fellow boarder snorol i . Tin : 01,11 viiAii. Lillian France * Montnr In Nc\v York IIornM. IJleH the old year ! Ho' . almost gone ; I hear him niter a dismal moan : I'm weary I'm lonely I'm wasting , " Raid lie ; 'Will no 0110 breathe n blessing on me ? " 'Thou poor old man , with the snow whlto hulr , Ml bliss thcp , " mid a lady fnlr ; For Ihou In thy youth didst bring to mo My beautiful bnbo In Its purity ! " the old year ! " the young man cried ; In merry spring ho broughl me my bride : 'ho rlohesl gift to mortal given Iroughl her from the gale of heaven ! " 'Illess Ibe old year ! " the sick ono said , \lid gently raised Ills drooping head ; 'It's hours are past , and 1 shall be Voni pain , from Brief , from anguish free ! " 'ho mourner breathed In tones of sadnosa , Hlcss It. tlio' It brought no glailiifM-t ; learned on earth no homo to mnlu- ; Iles.s it for Its lesson's sake ! " 'Itless the old year ! " cried the child with gh'o ; In Its merry hours I was happy and free ; t has brought me frolic for very day ; Jlcss the old year ere It passes away' ! " the old yonr ! Come one nnd all : \nswi-r to bin loiifly call ; .i't It so be tinbiHt ii'iiind he shall hear hull echo a blessing ! Jlles.s the old year I i his is DeligfiJM WBallwr" , . fliii' ] ' Vided II-sh. U'lI.inuai'iujgJ It's a good time to buy a good suit a suit to make New Year's calls in. The man who dresses in a Browning- - King suit can wear it anywhere , at any time , and be as well dressed as any of them , and better dressed than most of them. Just pre vious to inventory we arc anxious to close out a number of lots , among which we arc sure you will find some thing to your liking. You can make no mis tUy. take here we won't allow it if we know it , . .nd S.V. . Cor. 15th nnil Dou lua St/