Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, November 03, 1897, Page 4, Image 4
TH35 OHATTA DAILY BJSlDt 8. 3807. OMAHA DAILY BEE. i : . noar.WATiii. KVUHY "MOIININO IHIIMH or Dully llf ( Without ttumlty ) , On * Yrnr . tC < M Unity lice unit BtimUr , One Ye r . KOI Hit Month * . . . 1(4 Tiirc * Months . t 9j Kunday life , line Ycnr. , . , . . . 1 to Huturdiy lice , One Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 So Weekly Dee , Ono Year . Omnhai The lle llullillne , fi.nitli Umnliiii Sinter Illk , Cor. N and 84tli Sli. Council lilurrm lo I'cnrl Htrrct. ( 'hlcuKO Olllcc : JI7 Chamber of Commerc * . New York ! Houuis IS. 14 anil IS Tribune I11J . Arlington I MI Krnulecntli Street. COIIltK81'ON iNCU. : All communication ! ! iclntlnR to news nnd edito rial matter should bo a < 1 < 1rctied : To the IMIltr. 1IUMIM..13 JlriKllH. All liuulncim loiter * nnd mnlll'inces ithmilil be nildrcimd to The Dee ruLII lilns Company , Omaha. Dm flu , chccl. * , exnresa und tioiuoftlco money ordeia to be made ( mynblo to the order of the company. TUB HER 1'UIlMKIIIXrj COMPANY. 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All riillronil nfMrxlinrn nrc nupitllril Mllli iMiniiKli Hoc * to iiociiimiKiilnli' rvcry IIIIN- M-ncrcr tilio YrniilN lo ronil u IICnNIIIIIM-r. IllNlHt 1IX > II llHV- Injj Tim HOP. If you enmiot Kr ( it lire nil u trnlii from tlio mmt nielli , iiltMtni * report tinfnt11 , Nlntliiir ( lie trnln ami riilli-onil , to ( In- Circulation If | irmciit of The Ili'iThe Ili-i > IN for MMIc oil nil trnliiN. IXSIST O.V 1IAVIM ! TIIK 111313. Now you will liuvo no illilleulty In finding the man who tolil you so. Now for n united I'iToit lo 'take every possible advantage of titlvnnolii ? pros- perlly. Slunild llio sale of the Union I'acllic ln lironintlj- record ? ! ! hero , this week maybe bo put < lo\vn as hljjh water mark for Omaha's real cKtnto transfers. AVe violate no confidence In announc ing , without wallliiK for the returns , the election of William I' . Kuowden as con stable for the city of Omaha. Mr. Snow- den Is on all tlckol.s. Another controversy over those Union I'acillc bridge contracts is in order. The Chicago roads may be depended on to hniiK on to a peed tiling just as lonp as they possibly can. Colorado' election returns are not so unanimous this year. It is impossible for any state to fro Ions without at least two contesting political parties no mat ter how they may aree ; on one single issue. ' The easy berths occupied ly u IOUK succession of government directors of thu Union 1'aeille have disappeared along with 1he government mortgage on the roadbed , equipment and franchise of thu road. ' kfe Senator AVolcott is on his way homo , nnd while the. price of wheat Is way up alongside of what it was wiling for when he wont abroad , the quotations on silver are , If anything , lower than at that time. Proaidont McKlnloy is one of those who believes that his duty ns a cltl/.en to exercise the suffrage In the interest of good government Is not absolved by his elevation to tlui highest public otilco In the iand. The season for out-pf-door paving work may be drawing lo a clo'se , but there Is no time like the present for getting petitions ready for starting new contracts Just as soon as the advent of spring is in .sight. The llremen got 'their pay and so long as they continue to render good BL'rvIce nnd adequate protection to piopcrty the taxpayers will not com plain of tlie roundabout way in which they draw on the city treasury. The most likely material for the next big bargain counter sale consists of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad properly , which is In tJii > hands of receivers await ing developments that will insure iv- organl/.ation on u basis of financial sol vency. The passing of another election will liavo nothing to do with the continuance of Mr. Itryuu as , candidate-in-waltlng for the democratic nomination for the presidency. Ono year of waiting has served only to accustom the waiter to the practice. Tim threatened Indian troubles In Colorado and Wyoming arc said to have been entirely allayed. The annual bill for suppressing an Indian uprising may In expected , however , to be presented promptly to congress for appropriation for MM payment. If any one really wants to take the Union Tactile elf thu hands of the re organisation committee th.'y can doubt less arrange the matter by putting up a price Unit will Insure a neat little profit on the turn for the present owners of thu bunds and blocks. For tlm sake of humanity something should 1m done to have the city Jail heated In onu way or another. To ex. pose helpless prisoners to the damp ness and cold of the Jail qnarta-s with out protection is positive cruelty for which there can bo Mttlo excuse. Kven otTouders against the laws and onll nances have claims to humane treat ment at tl)2 ) hands op thu public officers enjoined with the duty of enforcing upon them -the pcnulticd of the law. nnr.tfcs ir nrx ff on UAKNA , Brynn'n rirtilcnt wnrfnro upon Senator Ilamm linn boon the most contemptible part of the campaign of 1807. An chair * mnn of the republican i.atlonal committee - too Mr. Ilnnnn wnft entity of no offense ' tlt.it could not lx > Inld at the door of Mr. liryan's chairmen , Senators Jones nnd ' Butler. liaising campaign funds Is ono of the regular duties of campaign man agers. If certain corporations nnd bank er * responded to Mr. Ilanna's call , other bankers and silver bulllonalrcs Inter ested In booming silver contributed lib erally to Bryan's campaign expenses. To make Mark Qlanna appear ns a monster of Iniquity and an example of plutocratic greed has been Bryan's aim over since he was turned down by the American people. Mr. Ilnnnn may be a very rich man , but he Is n self-made man who began his career ns a wage worker and has done more to create opportuni ties for labor to earn living wages than Bryan nnd nil his mining speculators linvo ever done. As n candidate for United States sen ator Mr. llanna was a legitimate target "in Ohio for Bryan's demagogic ire , but there is no valid reason why Mr. llanna should bo vilified and hold up to popu lar scorn nnd hatred In thu campaign In Nebraska. Such tactics may for the time being serve a purpose by feeding the prejudice of the .Ignorant , but they cannot raise Mr. Bryan In the esteem of intelligent nnd thinking men. A cause that can be sustained only by personal nbusi ) and appeals to passion must be weak Indeed. A SKltVlVK TO UK SCltUTtXlZED. President McKlnley has a high esti mate of the importance of a good con sular service 'to ' the { commercial Interests of the country. lie said 1m a recent speecli that "the consular service of the government should be closely .scruti nized and carefully olllcered and we should have at every commercial port of tlie world a sensible and practical Amer ican , who , while discharging all his other duties with honor to the govern ment , will not omit in every proper way to promote American exchanges and encourage - courage reciprocal trade. " Tills view lias unquestionably governed the presi dent In making appointments to the consular service , for while a few of those appointments have baen criticised , as a whole they are creditable. It must happen so long as existing conditions continue that the appointing power will sometimes be deceived as to the charac ter and qualifications of applicants for consulships. Such a case , It appears , Is the recent appointment of a man fvnm Pennsylvania to an Important consular position. He had the endoisement of the senators from that state and the president quite naturally accepted this as sulliclent. According to newspaper statements he was deceived. Perhaps there arc other instances of the kind. It may be said that , thu president is not bound to accept the endorsements of senators , but on the other hand he can not reasonably be expected to disregard them. i Close scrutiny of the consular service Is to be desired and undoubtedly It will be maintained during the present ad ministration with Iwnelicial results , but In order to place the service on a proper basis and promote its ctlicluicy and use fulness it must be absolutely divorced from politics. This has been done to a limited extent , but the reform must be extended so as to embrace the entire service. Whenever this shall be done our consular service will contain only sansible and practical men , because none other will seek to get Into it. Then there will be a service that can be de pended upon to promote American exchanges - changes nnd encourage reciprocal trade. siAh There seems to be no reason to doubt that an agreement has been reached be tween this government and the govern ments of Uussia and Japan looking to the suspension of pelagie or open-sea sealing , but what this will amount to in the event of the British government re fusing to join In It Is a question. The expectation evidently is that such an agreement will exert an inlluoncc upon the British government , but this is Jiot to be counted on too confidently , because there is arrayed against it tlie inllucnce of Canadian interest ; In the matter , which as already shown Is very strong. A few days agoi the conservative leader in the Canadian Parliament said in a public address that Canada was workIng - Ing urgently to pivvent the United States from stopping la-lagic sealing , "which would give Americans a mo nopoly of the seal business , " nnd he de clared that 'the liberal government would have tlie support of the opposi tion as long ns it maintained n firm stand In this matter. It thus appears that .all parties In Canada are firmly united upon the proposition that pelagic scaling shall continue and It would seem to bo a very safe prediction that thu British government will take no step antagonistic to the wishes of 'all parties In Canada. So far as Itussla and Japan arc con cerned they are really interested only In the seal fisheries of tits western coast of the North Pacific , the American fish- orles which It Js the desire of our gov ernment to protect being on the eastern coast. For this reason and also because Hussla and Japan were not parties to the Paris arbitration , the British govern ment declined to enter a conference par ticipated In by those countries. Of course Russia and Japan have an equal right with any other country to carry on pelagic sealing In Bering sea , but they have not done so and arc not likely to , because of the risk and ex pense Involved. Therefore the attitude of those governments can hardly bo ex pected to have much weight with the British government. They have no di rect Interest In tin matter In controversy , as Canada has. It Is a friendly act on thu part of Hussla and Japan to enter Into an agreement with the United States with n view to putting a Htop to open-sea sealing and it is an acknowl edgment on thu part of those govern ments that this course. Is necessary to prevent the extermination of the seals , which is of some importance , but the absence of a dlivct Interest in the issue between the United States and Great Britain renders this action less valuable than It otliCTwJno would be. The conference between the Vnltcil States , Great Britain nnd Canada will undoubtedly show that the British gov ernment entirely ignores the position of llussla and Japan. It is possible- that some agreement will bo effected In re gard to pelagic sealing , but the chances nro very strongly against any change In the position of the British government. Canadian Interest will dominate and the only thing likely to weigh In the least against that Influence Is fear that Jn the event of failure to agree upon a policy oC seal protection the United States will proceed to exterminate the herds , which Mr. Llcbcr of the North American Commercial company says could be accomplished ln < less than a week. i A FAKIH'S FOKKOAST , It la understood that The Heo this morn ing will publish a number of "startling dis coveries" about different candidates on the fusion ticket. The discoveries liavo been very carefully prepared during the last two weeks nnd could liavo been published some tlmo ago , but being of the class the absolute * falseness of which could bo shown in twenty- four hours , It was preferred to hold them back until It IB too late to contradict them. It Is stated that the "startling discoveries" to bo published by The Ileo today are made up of some of the most artistically con structed campaign Ileo over published by It. Tuesday Morning's World-Herald. It Is a common custom with Impostors nnd professional confidence sharps to accuse other people of the crooked prac tices of which they know themselves to bo guilty. This is why the Brynnite Pakory tries to distract attention from Its own disreputable campaigning meth ods by crying "stop thief. " Tborc was not a scintilla of truth In the iiMOKlon that The Bee has for two weeks been withholding startling dlsco > e-li.s : about the candidates on the mongrel ticket , and the fact that no eleventh-hour charges whatever have been made by The Bee conclusively disproves the Fakir's forecast. In these parts concocting campaign fakes Is the exclusive field of tlie World- Herald. Brazen Imposture has been stock-in-trade of that sheet not the - - , only In politics , but In all its business. Its claims of circulation and of advertising patronage have been as spurious as have been Its political fabrications. For that reason few people believe anything It says cither concerning its own affairs or those of any one else. NOT I'ltAGTICAHIjK. Mr. H. II. Ilnnna , conspicuously iden tified with 'the currency reform move ment , has written a letter in which he expresses the belief that Immtdiato re tirement of the greenbacks Is not prac ticable or possible. It appears unit S > retary Gage holds the same view , though he favors gradual redemption but not cancellation , his proposition be ing that such notes going into the treas ury shall be reissued only in exchange for gold. Mr. llanna thinks that the monetary commission will not recom mend anything other than a gradual re tirement of the greenbacks after a sub stltute of something else In the way of currency. The only conceivable substi tute would be bank paper and the plan said < to have boon formulated by the secretary of the treasury contemplates giving the banks more extended opp .r- tunity for issuing notes. These financiers , who have hitherto been among the most radical advocates of eliminating the greenbacks from the curreiu\v , have been enlightened by their inquiries In regard to public sen timent on tills question. They have learned that a very great many finan ciers and business men of all classes are not favorable to tlie proposal to retire the greenbacks , while the masses of the people are prai-i y unanimous against it Under such circumstances no party will assume the responsibility of seri ously proposing to get rid of the govern ment paper currency and therefore the agitation of the matter may as well be dropped. As .to encouraging th ? increase of banknote circulation there can be no sound objection lo doing tills under conditions which would not give any undue advantage to the banks. The plan of some of the currency reformers , however , of giving the banks a monopoly ely of the paper money , will not be ac cepted by tlie country. The action of the Illinois State Miners' association In disciplining the officers found guilty upon Investigation of having accepted money for the pur pose of settling a strike ought to strengthen that organization Immeasur ably iin the public estimation. .Wh'en . a trades union evinces a disposition to deal severely with its own members who prove tliemselvesi recreant to their trust and to Insist on the most rigid honesty and fidelity In 111211 chosen to repiesent Its interests in important matters of this kind , it does much to convince the public- that it Is true to Its profcs.xod principles and not a mere club to plun der employers for tlie benefit of Its so- called leaders. If trades unions every where were equally energetic In rooting out corruption organized labor would gain much In standing and Influence and unscrupulous employers , Instead of trying to buy up their committefs , would bo forced to iiKM't the question In con troversy In a spirit of Justice and fair ness. The street railway company must bn given credit for doing its best to com ply with the now law requiring the equipment of Its cars with \vstlbules for the protection of Its motormen. In con trast with the course of other corpora tions on similar occasions it has not gone Into thu courts denying thu con stitutionality of the act and asking that the law bo hung up Indeflnlk'ly while Its legality Is being argued before the judges. While It made its fight against the enactment of the vc.stibulo law admittedly from selfish motives , it has accepted the situation as gracefully as possible and set an example for other corporations which , alas , wo fear they will bo slow to follow. Now that the Union Pacific has about passed out of the control of the courts and into the hands of men who are able to resume the progressive policy that once characterized Uie road , a little vigorous work for that long talked of union depot might give promise of early results. j _ ' , . . .w . , , r _ The sultan's cordiality for President Angell , the iii > .lAnierlcaii minister to Turkey , must"M , due to the fact that the United States does not belong to the Kuropean'ji'miccrt. The sultan has ' ' had so much 'cb'ucert music tills year that a change , must be an agreeable relief. f Any Oiajlllll Will " . Ntw' Tprk Journal. A new greenback , party has been formed. They will accept -Mils of all denominations , I.n > - 41 nt St. Louis Republic. A sowcr-plpo trust Is the latest monopoly organization to bo proposed. It would bo a good thing If the whole trust system could bo driven underground. All KiithnrriiMxInK CnnillUitn. WnfhltiBton SUr. It Is very embarrassing to n railway to have an accident the responsibility for which cannot by any feasibility bo shitted to a switch-tender or gatcman. An 1'nsy ThltiK. Cleveland Lender. Ono of the London papers eays that If the United Stolen government la golpg to stickle lo the .Monroe doctrlno It will have to double Its standing army. That can bo done In a day. A llnxliii-Kn Straw. Globe-Democrat. A favorable business pointer Is the $5,000 - 000 gain In the loans of the Now York City banks , which was made In the week Just ended. In several recent preceding weeks thcro was a decline In the loan Item , which was duo to the largo and steady Increase for several months previously. The resumption of the gain Is an encouraging Indication. It shows that thcro Is no Interruption In the business lmpro\crnent , Reactions occur from time to time ou the stock exchange , but there Is a constant growth In general trade. Aiiii-rli-nii C ml for Mexico. New York Mull nnd nxpresn. The sale of 100,000 tons of Alabama coal for use In the locomotives of the railways In Mexico Is remarkable chiefly because It dis closes the fact that the Mexican railway companies have hitherto been receiving their fuel supplies from England. It is almost Incredible that this should have been so , but now that the rich coal deposits of Alabama have been opened. It will be a reproach to American enterprise If nny more English coil Is permitted to enter the Mexican mar ket. Alabama coal mines are so extensive and so easily worked that they should bo able to supplant European competition not merely In Mexioo , but la all the Centr.il and South American countries. H probably needs only a fair amount of effort on the part of the Alabama' mine owners to glvo them complete control of that largo and growing trade. AllllfXIlllOIl tlUMUINlstt Philadelphia Hccoril. These jingoes who advocate the annexation of Hawaii and yet oppose Senator Morgan's proposition that Hawaii be Immediately endowed dewed with statehood are rather Inconsistent. In ono breath they assert that Hawaii Is a republic , clothed with all the attributes of a sovereign state ; In the next , breath they tell us that this sorerelgn republic should , upon Itqanncxotlcn , be reduced to a territor ial condition and required to remain for an Indefinite period in such condition before ad mission as n sta'.o Into the union , nut how long Is Hawaii to wait ? Until the native lepers shall be cleansed and the Asiatic In habitants shall become fitted for American citizenship ? Senator Morgan , thitigh wrong , has at least tho' merit ot consistency ; the Jingoes who demand the nnnnexatlon of the "Republic of Hawaii" and yt oppose Im mediate admission of the republic as estate state , are both wrong and Inconsistent. CXI2W I/VMIMI CUItK. Inlorent In ; ili- lR.Mii > rIiiu > iinI Tcit * of a Cure 'fnr CiuiNiiini < loii. St.'JxmlS Itepubllc. Millions of people throughout the civilized world will watch with eager Interest the California experiments with lymph for the cure" of consumption. Dr. Hlrschfclder. the discoverer , has Increased the respect In which the world holds the medical profession by giving to the public freely and ungrudgingly the formula of the lymph ami the process of Its manufacture. Oxytubercxillne Is the name given to the alleged specific. The name suggests the source and the properties oT the lymph. In Us essential nullities It Is the formula of Koch , which a few years ago caused hope to blaze In the minds of thou- oands of unfortunates stricken with the most dreaded and destructive of maladies. But the allllcted must not too readily con clude that at last relief Is to be brought to all of thorn because of the testimony of ono consumptive tlut ho has been perfectly cured by the HIrschfeUler treatment after competent physicians had told him that his case \vas hopeless and that he would not live fix months. Similar testimony reached the United States from Kuropa after Koch an nounced his d'scovery. ' The Koch method of baffling the frightful disease has not ful filled Its promls ° s. Nor have scores of other treatments based upjn scientific discoveries. However , the Hlrschfelder method Is set forth with aa elaboration of detail that ap- prals strongly to the unscientific mind. It will unquestionably kindle fresli hope In the breasts of those pitiable humans whoio lives have been eaten away by a disease whose nature is perfectly known to scientists , but which for years has defied scientific skill. 1C it serves no other purpose thin this H Is to bo welcomed as a means of driving lor a reason from the minds of the victims of consumption a dread that robs them of tlie joys of hope and that causes them to suffer a thousand deaths before the peace of the grave is reached. TUB TWO I3M3MIKS. Th Ir vex mill I ' ! re ItnvnKliiK ( li < * IMiIdlu PorcstM. Philadelphia Times. The necessity for the passage of a law providing for some efficient supervision oi the public forest domain Is made very plain In the report of the commissioner of tht general land office at Washington. Ho Bays. "At the prroer.it lumber dealers yearly sweep vast quantities of lumber from th % public lands in the Interest of speculators without paying a dollar io the government , nnd conflagrations continually rage through the public forests without government effort to check destruction. The timber losfea from these sources yearly ccr earvatlvely run up Into the millions of dollars. It is im practicable to protect and ndmln later the forests upon the public domain without pro vision for the maintenance of a full local force to supervUn thp timbered lands and ex ccute the laws. " In other wontA'thlevM steal the govern ment timber and firro destroy It without lot or hindrance for'tneigood and sulllclout rea son that the federal laws provide nobody , to protect the forests' ' against either thieves or fire. The thieves' ' ore fully aware of this dofenfeU'aa condition of the public forests , and steal openly and brazenly , and worse than all ECSIH to bo able to Influence ECII- atora and rcpreatntatlves In congress to op pose the pusage of .any sensible legislation upon this ubsjoct. AVIth nobody to protect thu forests against the timber tliluvw fires are allowed to ef.troy without limit s a matter of course , , i\nd between the timber thieves and th'p , fires there will soon bo very little tlmboi * left upon the public lands worth preserving. The report of Commissioner Hermann should reuse CCCICTCSS to some scnBlblo ac tion In this important matter before It la too late. Presidents HarrUan and Cleveland tried to preserve a portion of the public for est domain by withdrawing It from settle ment under the reservation laws , a sensible proceeding that met with virulent denuncia tion In both branches of congress , and In coiiBcquence the stealing and burning go on unchecked. At iho present rate there will soon bo very little timber left to be either burned or stolen , "with consequences to the country that arc not pleasant to contemplate. It li time that congress called a halt on the depredations of both thieves and flro , and the coming session should not bo allowed to ran without some eenilblo legislation upon this Important subject. u. ctmnnxoY Philadelphia Time * : Secretary 0 ( te' planet ot currency reform U very careful , Tory conservative and entirely sound. The only drawback to Its adoption Is the criminal Indifference - difference ot congress. All that ho says of the Inconvenience , expense and danger Of our existing system , or luck of system , has been urged repeatedly by his predecessors , but congress has been content to let things drift , when It has abstained from making them worse , and thcro Is very little proba bility that the coming ncuslon wilt bo any raoro fruitful In wlso legislation than those that have preceded It New York Sun : Secretary dago can hardly expect that the president will undertake to press his scheme upon congress at the com ing fiwslon. This proposition to IPRUO now bonds cxpiessly payable In gold could not get through the sonata , as that body Is now con stituted , and the bouse of representatives will not consent to Increasing the Interest- bearing national debt by 1200,000.000 for the sake of turning over the issue ot that amount of the national currency to the banks. Nor will any senate or any house over vote to innko the nation responsible for obligation ! ) Issued by the banks upon no other security than their own assets. The provision for re deeming the notes at the sub-treasuries will also bo opposed by the advocates of local bank currency , because tills provision , coupled with that for the guarantee of the notes by the government , would make them virtually government notes , and they would accordingly gravitate to the flnmiclnl cen ters , as the present currency docs. Mean while , the country Is going on very well with the currency as It le , and the only question of Importance Is that of revenue sufficient for the govurmncnffl expenditures. Philadelphia Record : The plan of currency reform \\hlch Secretary Gage has formulated for the consideration of the president and cabinet Is frank In Its ( bowing of the respon sibility assumed by the government In keep ing all the currency at per , and It Is farsighted - sighted in Its recognition of the fact th'U the present easy condition of the treasury cannot bo expected to continue Indefinitely. As to the demand obligations of the government , tl'icro are , of course , the two alternatives of Increasing the gold reserve or diminishing the obligations , and. the secretary favors the latter course. At the same tlmo ho wisely opporcd a contraction of the circulation , and proposes to fill the void with the national bank note as "the readiest and most practical agent to accomplish that object. " Hut while the secretary's detailed Ideas arc only sub- mlttod tentatively , there are two subjects on which ho speaks with the voice of convic tion ho Is uncompromisingly In favor of the nvilnleninco of the gold standard , and ho Is clear that the need of legislation to reform the currency system Is Imperative. These are salient features of his paper , and may bo expected to command the united support of the president and cabinet , however they may regard the details which ho submits. A STItlKI.VC COXTHAST. \ otllliliAiliultilxtriitloit Trliimiili In Drilling v > llh tinfiilon I'lu-lllo. Indianapolis Journal. Tl'e ' outcome of the Union Pacific affair Illustrated the difference between the meth ods of two administrations. The sale of the government's claim to a syndicate of which Mr. Morgan was the head was the proposi tion of the Cleveland administration. If It had been conclucd the United States would have lost at least $20,000.000. It Is safe to say that If Mr. Cleveland had con tinued as president the sale would have been made. He recommended It , and his attorney general and other advisers deemed the offer of the syndicate a fortunate one. Who would have got the $20,000,00 Is not known , but the reorganization committee representing the stockholders came to the conclusion , that It could not afford to let the Morgan ayndlcato take the place of the United States at any s-uch figure , and finally began to make bids for the govern ment's claim. Its last bid was equal to the .government's Investment In the Union Pa cific. It was made because the parties in Interest Knew that the administration was determined to get the full value of the In vestment. Long since the Cleveland ad ministration would have sold the property to the Morgan syndicate. It looked for no other offer. It was persuaded that the gov ernment's claim was of little value , ami It was bound to regard the offer of the Mor gan syndicate as a bit of rare fortune. No falr-mlnJcd man will accuse President Cleveland and his cabinet of any unworthy motive In the proposed transaction ; It was s'inply a caao of what may be called busi ness incapacity. The 'McKtnley adminis tration was persuaded that more money might ue got for the government's claim upon the Union Pacific , sot about getting It and succeeded. The iMcKlnloy method has iaved the government $20,000,000. It may be said that the Improved times enabled the McKlnloy administration to tnakis the bettor sale. Suppose the better limes did cause higher bids to bo made--whence came the better times ? The i > vll times came with the election of Mr. Cleveland. When he came to the White lieu o In 18 ! > 3 , 873.COS employes were paid by the railrond corporations ; a year later the rallioad em ployes numbered 781,0.14 a falling elf of S9.530. Railroad earnings shrank fearfu'Iy and values In railroad properties thrit'e'.cd. When the country was satisfied that the ie- punllcans would carry out their pledges in regard to the tariff , business began to re vive and values In all rallrrad proportlos to Improve. If , therefore , the better bargain of the McKlnley administration Is duo to the Improved times , the republican party ran claim a double triumph In the bo'trr t'.mcs and the more advantageous sale of Its rail road property. CULTUH13 IX ItUHAIj IWMHS. rroporf loiiuti-Iv Cr < 'nl < T In Country IlN < rl < 'tH Tim n In I.iirnc Cltlux. Chicago Chronicle. An eastern magazine recently published statistics to prove that the proportion of Illiteracy was greater In largo cities than In smaller towns and villages or In rural districts. This was an easy task , and If the wrltor had irnnn * m tn nrnvi * Mint ihn anm of general culture in rural American homes is proportionately greater than In a like num ber of homes In any of the largo cities he might nt least have found theoretical argu ments to bear out the assertion. It has been often claimed that the cltlcn are the centers of culture , and In a general sense this Is truo. They ought to bo euch confers , for In the cities are the great schools and universities , the public libraries , the lecture courses and the printing presses that pour out their dally and weekly Hood of In formation and comment. And yet on analy sis It has been found that the cities run toward extremes ns to culture and that while a irroportlon of the cltlzc-ns may bo classed as readers and thinkers tlere Is also n vast proportion that cca lay claim to neither title. In the rural districts the conditions are wholly dissimilar. In the first place thcro arc not the facilities for general culture that exists In the cities , except through the medium of books and nonsprricrs , tint It Is doubtless true that this deprivation act as a tonic and stimulant tn thrflo In rural households who are studiously Inclined Tie ! absence of an excess of facilities only makes those that are to hand more appre ciated and the result Is scon In a breadth and depth nf general culture which Is the mcTO crodltablo because obtained with difficulty. There is tlm addltlor.il fact that farmers and the members of their house holds are usually the best readers of general literature because they have more lime and IMS distraction than average city icsldenls. Farmers are Immensely busy during certain periods nf the year , but diiTlng Ihn lain fall and winter season they have better oppor tunities for mind culture than falls to the lot of the average city worker. In urban communities there are a hundred distractions to Interfere with systematic reading , while tlm winter evening lamp In rural households may burn ( is steadily as the tastes or wishes of Individuals dictate. It docs not follow that all members of ruml familU'B innko full 110 of their mag- nlflcent opportunities , but thcro Is hope for the nation in the meru fact that gen eral cutturo in country districts Is far In advance of any previous jierlod in the na tion's life. It will doubtless continue to grow and expand as the wealth and ma terial prosperity of rural communities supplants - plants pioneer struggling conditions. In the permeation of rural life with the best thoughts of the age , an well as modern culture In Us multifarious forms , thcro Is sterling promise of that stability In true democratic faith that the sophistries of mere politicians cannot undermine. a. a , .in. Kalnnuroo Telegraph ! The lutcvit U ue In Now Jersey U a boy. Droton Hemld : Married life In the Cleve land family continues to be ono sweet song with minor accompaniments. Baltimore Herald : Let ire hope that this proud event will not bo made the basis ot a claim to a third term In the White Houxo. Kansas City Journal : Mr. Cleveland Is ft man of great perseverance. He owes many of his successes In life to this commendable trait. trait.Dstrolt Dstrolt News : Kvcn If Air. Cleveland should prove lo bo mortal , an object of wor ship for tlio future mugwumps Is now pro vided. Washington Star : The Cleveland family Is now equipped to give the T'rlnccton students fomo suggestions for variations ou their col lege cry. Chicago Tribune : And Grovcr knows now what the waves , the wild waves at Hur.r.ard's Hay , that ceaselessly broke on the beach , were always trying to say. Chicago Record : 1'robnbly Orovcr would enjoy being president Just now long enough to throw hla whole soul Into a Thanksgiving proclamation. New York Herald : Here's to the worthy Princeton pair The father and the mother I'or Graver's got a son nnd heir. The girls a little brother ! St. Paul Dispatch : Orovcr the First Is a little pondcrout ) , a llttlo self-opinionated , nnd a llttlo no , not a llttlo tiresome , but Orover the Second , wo may feel arsured , will carefully avoid the fearful example that has been set him , and grow up to bo a great and good man. The youngster has mother who l/i loved by a whole nation as few other wo men have been loved , who Is respected as few other women are rrapccted , and It Is oho who , of the Cleveland family , stands closest to the hearts of the people. rniisoaAi. AXD OTIIIII\VIHI : . Charles A. Dana's deat/i makes Dr. Henry W. Field of ( ho Bvangcllst'tho oldest Now York editor. The London Chronicle says that the bakol banana la the Ideal food for nervous nnd anaemia brain workers. M. Casslmlr-Perlcr , It Is fcald , line had enough of retirement. Ho Is preparing to contest iigaln his old scat for the dlvlhlon of Nogcnt-sur-Sclno , which became vacant on his election to the presidency of t'.io ' French republic. Edward Handall Knowles of Worcester , 'Mass ' , recently received from President Creepo of Venezuela the brevet of commander of the Order of the IJust of the Liberator , which was founded In memory of General lioUvar in 1S25. niamarck'n name has been the subject of on elaborate Investigation by u Dr. Langc. who concludes that it Is a contraction of Hlschofsiuark , und rejects the derivation from lllrao , the llttlo river that flows near the Hiandcnburg town , Uisiniirk. It is said In Virginia that the people of Kanaas believe that the confederate notci ought still to lie good money and are willing to make them good by accepting them , and It is told that at least one Kansan has written the Richmond chief of police asking for all of them that ho can get. For his now boak. entitled. "Following the Equator , " It Us sild that Maik Tnuln will receive $10,000 , the whole of which he will turn over to his creditors , to whom ho owes about $20,000 more. Ho has been Invited by an English publishing house to write his autobiography , and Is said to be consider ing the offer. Prince Krapotklnc , known all over the world as an advanced anarchist , has proved : i suinrlso to New Yorkers , who hud expected to find him of the loud-mouthed Johann Most brand. Instead they see u small , benevolent looking old man of rethlng manner and kindly eye , preaching brotherly love and dcyrccntlng violence. Thomas L. Henry of Pine Station , Pa. , died the other day , and his friends made prepura- tlons to give falm a iflno funeral. Hut the sad event haa been 'Indefinitely postponed , owing to the fact that when they were about to put the old gentleman on leo ho raised himself up , winked at the prettiest girl In the room and asked what tlmo It was. A man lu Paris finds a profitable business in collecting bad debts by stopping at thr debtor's with a wagon , around .the top of which ore tlieso words : "This buggy onlj stops 'In front of the houses of people who will not pay tnclr debts. " Everybody , and particularly business people , dread this man's buggy so much that they pay promptly. Gentle shepherds of the olden sort are not likely to Inspire future poets of Montana At White Sulphur Springs n big ranchman has been experimenting with a blcvclo for use In sheep herding and he pronounces It such a success that ho believes the wheel will soon bo In demand lor that kind of work. Hard by Coin Paul's presidential mansion at Pretoria. South Afrlch , is the church wherti Mr. Kruger Is wont to pray on Sun days. No member of the congregation 1 more regular than he , and at times he loads the service himself , and will even preach when in the mood. Ho himself draws large audiences , , but when not actively engaged In the conduct of the services lie usually situ beneath the pulpit , being , It is said , some what deaf at times. The Chantllly estate bequeathed to France by the late Duo d'Aumalo is to bo put In charge of the French Institute , which Is to keep the buildings , parks and gardens In good repair ; to Increase the ait and book collections when advisable , to piovldo pen sions or annuities for Indigent literary and scientific men and artist * , and to found prizes for the encouragement of persons de voting themselves to letters and kindred sub jects. The parks and gardens nro to be open to the -public twlcs a. week. Among medal objects left by the testator to the Institute or academy In trust are a diamond ornament worn by the great Conde ; the Jewelled dagger given tn Abd-el-Kader by the Duo d'Orlcans in 1S38 , with the sword s"iit to the Kime chief by King Louis Philippe ; the dirk with diamond hilt pre sented to the Due d'Aumalo by the bey of Tunis In 181C ; fifteen animal figures In silver by narye , and the sword used by the testator during his campaigns. I.AIIOII A.VI1 IXI1USTHY. England has GO.OOO cotton operatives. Electricity oirploys 2,500,000 Americans. City of Mexico U to have a tlnplato mill. Tiio Athrrton Cotton mills , Charlotte , N. C. , will refiumo night wcrk on November 8 , It Is anticipated that the New London ( Conn. ) 'Slitim ' Woolen mill will resume op erations by November in , The new mill to bo built at Ullzabcthton. Tcnn. , to make cottcn yarns , Is expected to bo In operation In about two months. At PltUflcId. MCIFS. , the silk mills of A. H. Hlco & Co. are being run nights In some departments nnd all departments ore run ning on full time. It Is reported that the Elm wood Manufac turing company. Columbia , S. C. , has plae d ordrra for machinery to equip a new mill of 10,000 spindles. Nesrncfl will ho employed. The cotton seed Industry of the uouth amounts to1,000,000 tons annually , valued at $ M3.000,000. In 180,7 there were only four mills In cperatlon ; In 1897 there ore ov r SCO , with more than $50,000,000 Invested. Mending as an occupation Is looking up. The latest rcralr shop In Monica , which prom ises to omanrlpito women from the thraldom of putting braids on gown skirts , etc. , also announced In connection : "Unions sewed en properly , 1 cent each. " Graphic Illustration of the power of an ocean flyer Is given by a Misiwchusetls nvnu- facturer , who days that the horse power of the Kaiser Wllhclm dor firosse , 30.000 , la double the total liorse power otwloyod In the busy manufacturing city of Holoke. whlth ranges generally from 12,000 to 15,000. From ono dirt bank at an abandoned Schuylldll colliery f.0,000 tons of good coal were reclaimed during the r t season and the value of the wasted cral alone Is oati- mnted at $50,000. These dirt banks of enor mous extent will ovlduitly defer the ex- haiiBtlon of the anthracite region for Homo tlmo beyond the remote riaty set for the ocouircnce. Another proof of the retwn of prosperity IB lurnUhcd by the American Window Glaus | company of Muncle , Ind , The company has ! submitted to the workmen a scale of wages higher than that puld under the McKlnley' ' law. It provides for an increase of 12 puri cent over the previous scale. The men are' ' Mill to regard Uila ofTcv. OB an advantageous ono to them and they will probably accept I it cud permit resumption ofwork In .bo factories throughout the country , 1 DHAM.ITIO D15ATH9 IX POLITICS. Trnirlo Inolilcntn In ( ho HUlorjot Kxollliitr Cnniitnlirni. St. I < nuli OlobDemc rt. Henry George's sudden taking off tn tha cloning day * of n exciting canvnm In which hn won the most striking and picturesque figure will servo to recall some ot the other dramatic death * of publlclits and statesmen , In Goorgo'd own state Alexander Smith , n prominent carpet manufacturer , who was candidate for congress on the republican ticket In ft Now York district In 187S , died 'on the election night , five minutes after re ceiving the Announcement of his victory , and In the special election the democrats recov ered the district. Uut on critical occasions death has often In this country struck a Tar more nhlnlng mark than It did here William Henry Harrison's demise In 1SI1. a month after hU Iiiauguratlon , right flt the outlet of the whig party's career ot power , ssnt Tyler to the presidency precipitated the conflict between him dnd congress on the bank quis- tion , split his patty , nnd was ono of tha cauoi's of Its defeat In 1S4I , Drain's second Invasion of the whlto house took off Taylor In 1S50 , who wan nn opponent of Clay's com- promtao mr.istiro of that year , and put Fillmore - more , who favored this legislation , and who elgncd tlie compromise bills without hralta- tlon , at the head of the government. Lin coln's death nt the crowning moment ot his career ga\e. under Johnson , a tuoro virulent 'character to the conflict between president and congrofH tlinn It would other Uo have as- eumed , and delayed the work of reconstruc tion. Garficld's assassination marked tha climax f the factional feud tn the republican party , defeated lllalno and the republicans In 1SS4 , and started Cleveland on his long caiccr of success. "I live In an Inverted order , " said Iturfco on the death of his son , who had Jus ; been elected to Parliament. "They who ought to liavo succeeded me have gone before me. They who should have been to mo in the place of posterity nro In the place of an cestors. " ThU death led Hurko to refuse the title of Lord Hinconsfield , which George III had offered him , Indirectly caused savage at tacks on Ilurko by his political cncinlra , caused n crisis In Parll.nueiit and called out from him ono of the prnfoundcst of his con stitutional expeditious , his "Letter lo n Noble Lord. " The carl of Chitham was seized with an apoplectic fit and died lu 177S when riding to epenk In the House of Lords against the motion for the recog nition of the Independence of Eng anil n American colonies. Ho had been , un able and consistent friend of tlio Americans but ho opposed peace- with them at that time heeause this would be a triumph for Eng land's "natural enemy , " France * . Premier Spencer Perceval was &hot dead In the lobby of the Parliament house In 1812. but hU taking off produced no Important political consequences. The death of Castlereagh. the lirltlsh foreign minister , by t-nilcldr , In 1822 , rtartled Euiope , put Canning In the foreign olllec , turnej England's lukewarm friendship toward the holy alllnnco tate open hostility , and , through Canning's friendship for the United States at the time Monroe Issued h,3 historic declaration of 1S23 , "called the HOW world Into existence to redress the bilnnro of tbct ol(3. ( " The fall from a horse \\hnh killed Pci-1 lu ISoO came at n tlmolnn the troubles of the Uuosell ministry prom. f < \ lo open up to the veteran opportunist chieftain a new career of glory. Tht > theological student , Sand , who as- rasslnated Kot/ebuo In Manhelm in 1M1 for his powerful o ; position to Get man frpwlniu , alarmed S cln and IMrdenbcrg.u \ > wro older nnd wiser friends of liberty than Sand , rnd they saw that the assassin's \\nrk had destrojed their hopco. "Now thi > con-1 lu- tlon Is Impossible , " said William Von Hum- boldt , In words that weie pnphetir THUD and circumstance made Kotzrbue's death a triumph for absolutism Instead of democ racy. . . Marshal Prim's cssasslnatlon In IS'Ost irt'od the world even , at a time when theFran'O - Gorman war was furnishing a new seo'-ation almost every week , deprived Spain , of in alert and resourceful mind at a dociJoHy critical period of her history , nnd tuok from King Amadeus , whom he had Just e'evat.-d to the Spanish throne , an adviser whoso guh'anco might have changed the current of future eventu' . The assassination of Alex ander II In 1SS1 came nt an moppoitune time for the nssiEs'ms , for U cliorltPil tha reforms then hi progress In Russia rcmuved the liberator of 21,000,000 serfs , and put upon the throne the rucst reactionary of the Russian monarehs of the century except Nicholas I. Cnuoras' recent death took place at the meet critical stage In Spain's career slnco the revolutionary days of ISfiS-75 , put a new party In tower , made a swift and sweeping change In the manage ment of affairs In Cuba , and may be the precursor of further and still more startling consequences. SAI.Vi : F4)Il A KIIOST. Chicago Ilecord : "Jackson la In love -Alth the landlady. " "Has liu admitted It ? " "No ; but ho eats the cold buckwheat Indianapolis Journal : "How did your bowlliiK tournament come out ? " "Well , the in-liiM not bowled over , the los ers irot liowled down and everybody got bowled up. " Washington Star : "You are the head of the otlleo ferro , are you nolV" "No , " said the third a.sslstunt bookkeeper ; "I am only the bialns. " Now there la another lndl ° pcnsuble mail out of a lob. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "A wealthy woman nt Newport owns * n herd of welt groomed Jersey oo'AB and has them milked by rnalils in Watte.iu costumes. " "WaKcau big silly ! " Hrooklyn Life : Penelope Their engage ment created qull'o a sensation , but I l > o- llovo that Homo cruel misunderstanding parted them. iMarle YOH ; he understood that her father was wealthy. Detroit Frcn Pre.sH : "Aren't you afraid , " nuked tlio rallor of the fond mother , "that your son will permanently Impair his ho.illli .studying HO chlkfntly an lie doi-s ? " " 1 wan Inclined to ! m uneasy , lint hit ) papa. Hayn the dear boy will have notlilnir to do after he Is admitted to the liar nnd will have ample time to recuperate. " Puck : "Doli.son ( catering the Hobsonn' la' unannounced ) Ah ! er heavens ! What Is the fn.itter ? Holi'on Oh , como right In , Dobson It la all right. I am ju.st givingmy iwlfu a llttlo liractlco at cateh-as-c.Uch wrodtllnir. It' bargain day tomorrow , you know ! AN UNWELCOME GAd. ricvrlnnil Plain Ponler. Ho poised 'his ' bivalve on bin fork , And Dion oxplulmd thu rcaHun : "Thin is , " ho H.id , with airy grace , "My fust un of the season. " JIo Hinllod and gulped the bivalve down- Oil , wasn't ho u mud tin ? Ho prnnceJ , he choltecl , ho kicked , nt swore HlH fu.'U un wa n lirul unl I.NMI.A.V .SIMMIICIt. Allro 1C I'ollciw * 111 the Independent. Afttr the Hirlmrllrno sowing , The ICHtllHKlU'KH Of KIOWllIK , The tfirnrrlnK nl" ' " ' " reaping , Tlmo pauses am ! a liiiHh HI Ilk-til the Miirgu and lush Of feveied life , for then Di-ur Summer comotli crctplni ; Over her earth again. On rlover meadows stark nnd brown , On llcldH to Btulililu leveled down , Her waving bri-ath In Bwoctcr Than the fniirranuo after ruin , llor touch , like mother IhigerH After ocMtafly of pain. Hut her n.iHulrir nli ! 'tlw Heeler Than n mnilo In KOITOW'H vyoH , Ono mellow liour nhe llngum. One tender Juno nolo tjicH , Then leiivcH a druam lo winter , And softly Hloeplni , ' , illcH. MIND WORKS 1 CLEAR WITH POSTUM | Cereal Food Coffee ?