Nebraska Newspapers

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STATEMENT OP C1UOUL.ATION.
Btntn of Ni-brnuku , DouKlna County , nn. :
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HthliiR Company , being duly sworn , nu ) Hint the
actual number of full and complete copln of The
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duilni ; ( hu inutilh of October , 1897 , wnu OB fol-
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coplcn 0,217
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Net dnlly nvernRo , 19,907
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to iiuciimnioilnir every IIIIN-
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Di-pnrtnUMlt of The Hue. The
lice IN for mile oil till train * .
I.V.SIST O.V HA VIVO THIS IICI3.
Mayor Mooivs lias been vindicated for
a SL'coml time.
here In DnuKl.iH county It Is
the csiRlo lli.it Is L'litillcd to scroain.
These Fiikery roosters should bo
turned so that their < tees point tip.
Douglas county has no nst > for rene-
gatlo.s and apostates sailing uiulor false
colors.
Thu chief dearth of money in
parts was the dearth of money for elec
tion wafers.
ix IB a inneli more im
portant holiday for thu turkey tribe than
election day.
The Board of Education will be iv-
or anlxed with the commencement of
the new year.
The defeated candidate can still earn
public fjratltndc by refraining from
writing a book.
The argument for the general intro
duction of the voting machine becomes
stronger every year.
Thu big four got a lot of advertising
out of that Greater New York campaign
even If only one of them got the prize.
Coroner-elect Swanson does not as
sume ollice till January , or he might
hold Inquests over a number of political
fusion corpses.
The new ballot law may be fast , an
our amiable popocratlc contemporary as
serts , but thu counting under it is
slower than ever.
Thu republic-alls of South Omaha are
to bu congratulated. The next time
they will plant the republican eagle on
top of their city hall.
Sheriff John McDonald deserves con
gratulations. Ills phenomenal run for
re-election surprised his friends , his
enemies and himself.
Frank Kaspar seems to have brought
his pigs to the wrong market. The
popocrats refused to endorse eleventh-
hour converts for revenue only.
The worst fooled people In these partH
are the popoeratlu legislators who
pasniMl thu new ballot law under the
delusion that It meanti a sure popo-
crattc majority in Douglas county.
The people of Douglas county evi
dently agreu with The Bee that Tom
Iloctor Is lee valuably a county com
missioner to be transferred to tin
shurllt's ollice before his term Is ex
pired.
Omaha's laboring men have rcdiM > med
their pledge to support thu exposition
bonds to show their appreciation of tin
satisfactory settlement of the wage controversy
troversyanil the retirement of Autocrat
Geraldlne.
The election. Is over , but as part of
that ? 10,000 appropriation still remains
lu the treasury the legislative snlflllng
committee will keep right on snlllling
until It gets to the bottom of the money
lu thu cash drawer.
The frosts In thu southern states ought
to tell ( 'lilt-lily in thu fever-stricken ills
trlcta , " While the fever has not reaehei
thu alarming stage anywhere , It Is plain
that nothing but cold weather will ef
fectually stamp It out.
Thu government mint will conimencu
work on the Transmlsslsslppi Kxposltloi
medal as soon as the olllclal design Is
approved. The TnuiHinississlppi Kxposl
tlon mj'ilal should afford a subject foi
the llnest product of the medal maker's
art. i
The Fakery makes its bantam crow
over the success of the exposition bonds
If the Geraldluu organ had had Its waj
aud Gerahlutti retained in control ( la
bonds would have bow * snowed undei
worse than Its bogus ( reform candidate
for county clerk.
TtfBfl/Ml'V *
There Is nothing In the results of
Tiicsdny's elections to discourage re
publicans or to dishearten the friends
of sound money. The verdict In thu
stales of greatest political Inlluencc ,
whore national Issues' wore p.iraniojmt
} lu the campaigns' , nrp favorable to re
publican policy and principles. There
lias been the usual experience In an
elf year of a consl'lerablo falling off In I
the vote , from which the republican | |
party was the greater sufferer , but there | I
has been no reaction such as has been ' 1
experienced In the past In the year fol
lowing a presidential election. The year ;
after thn Harrison administration came
In witnessed general democratic suc
cesses , Just as four years ago there was
a reaction In favor of the republicans.
In Ohio. \ \ lu < ro the free sllvur issue
was paramount , the republicans have
elected their stale ticket ; and will probably - j j
ably have a majority In thu legislature.
That republican control of the legisla
ture Is not assured does not evidence
any decrease uf honest money senti
ment , buf Is explained by thu fact that
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Senator Ilanna had a good deal of oppo-
sltlon In his own party. It Is not to bo | I
doubted that a great many republicans
who voted for the slate ticket did not
vote for legislative candidates who were
known to be favorable to Mr. Ilanna.
While , therefore , the republican victory
In Ohio Is not so decisive as could be de
sired , It Is sulllcient to show that thu
sentiment oC that state Is still for sound
noney and republican principles.
The republican victory In Iowa Is
lardly less Important than that In Ohio ,
> elng also a popular verdict against
free silver. The republicans of the
llawkeyu state did relatively much bot-
er than those of thu Buckeye state and
for thu manifestation of their devotion
o thu cause of sound money will re
ceive the hearty commendation of repnb-
leans everywhere. In Massachusetts
the democratic candidate for governor Is
a prominent free silver leader and he
suffered an overwhelming defeat. lu
Kentucky the silver question was the is-
ne in the campaign and it appears that
he state has been carried by the can-
lidiitu of the free silver party for clerk
> f the court of appeals , but there Is no
ery great encouragement In this for the
friends of free sliver. The results in
Maryland. Pennsylvania and New York
can hardly IM > regarded as having any
great significance from a national point
of view , since they were not largely in-
luenced by national questions. The
election of a democrat as Judge of thu
court of appeals In New York by a largo
ilurality and the results of a number of
nunlelpal campaigns show , however , a
eaetion In that state that is quite sur-
n-Ising. if not Inexplicable. Doubtless
hey will be balled by the Bryanltes as
ictories for tli-Mr doctrines , but no such
claim can fairly be made.
The triumph of Tammany In Greater
New York is a sore disappointment to
he friends of good government and the
ncmles of machine rule. The restora-
lon of that political organization to
lower , with greatly enlarged oppor-
tmities for 'the ' exercise of its unscrnpu-
ons political methods and its corrupt
iraetices , is a matter of serious con
cern to llw whole American people. It
ilaces In control of the worst political
nachlne this or any other country has
mown the second city In the world and
lint machine Is virtually controlled by
one man whose political record is as
mil as it well could be. The govern-
nent of Greater New York will be
eally administered by Ail-hard Croker ,
is bold and unscrupulous a bo s as
Tammany has ever produced. It is nso-
; e.ss now to point out how this misfor
tune might have been averted. That a
grave political mistake has been made
is obvious , but its consequences must
bo endured by the people of the great
metropolis for at least four years.
HhANMI IN lUWKFlUt.
The new captain general of Cuba ,
Marshal Blanco , is said to regard the sit
uation hopefully , but he has hardly been
long enough In the island to team the
conditions there. It is very likely that
most of those with whom Jie has come
In contact-are autonomists , who would
of course encourage him to believe that
the plan of so-called self-government
which he has been charged to put into
effect will lead to speedy pacification ,
but the autonomists do not constitute the
largest element of ths people of Cuba.
On thu contrary they are a small minor
ity and their influence , it appears , is
proportioned to their numbers. The
Spanish element does not want auton
omy , because It does not regard the
Cubans as being capable of self-govern
ment. The Insurgents AVill not accept
It. If their representatives in the United
States are qualllled to speak for them ,
because they are struggling for Inde
pendence.
The probability ifl that Blnnco's re
ported optimistic view Is largely for ef
fect In the Vnlted States. There Is man
ifestly great anxiety on the part of the
Spanish government to make as favor
able an Impression as possible on tlie-
American public ns to the prospects for
success of Its policy. The people of the
country would be exceedingly gltul to
flnd that there Is substantial reanon for
Marshal Blanco's reporteu hopefulness ,
but they will want to see some practi
cal results before placing conlldenco in
the new captain general's statements re
garding the prosK ] > cts for the policy he
represents. Meanwhile they are very
generally of the opinion that no obsta
cle , so far ns this government Is con
cerned should bo placed In tins way of
his efforts to carry out that policy.
The new German ambassador to the
United State will como here with In
structions to renew the protests of his
government against the differential duty
In the American tariff on sugar. It Is to
be Inferred from what ho said in a re
cent Interview that It is thu purpose of
thu German government to make these
protests in somewhat more vigorous
terms than has already been done
though why this should be deemed nec
essary Is no * quite apparent , since that
government has already set forth In per
fectly plain nnd unmistakable language
its claim that the differential duty is a
breach of the treaty with the Unltct
States. This was presented to our gov
ernment and the attention of congress
directed to It before the pnssago of Iho
tariff law and as It produced iw effect
then It Is Improbable that a renewal of
It will have any , even though this be
made in more vigorous language than
heretofore employed.
Thu fact Is that while the German
government may feel It has a real
grievance In this matter ami while It Is
compelled to give attention to the do-
1 mand of the sugar Interest of that conn-
try , It Is not probable that It seriously
expects this country to abandon the dlf-
feivntlal duty. That duty Is Imposed as
an offset to the export bounty paid by
Germany and other countries and Is es- '
sentlal to the protection ofmercan !
sugar producers. As to the claim that
It Is In violation of treaty , the action of
congress regardless of German's pro
test must be accepted ns meaning that
In the view of congress the claim Is not
well founded. At nil events It Is very
certain tlmtTTie differential duty will be
retained. In that case will Germany at
tempt some sort of retaliation ? Un
doubtedly there Is a strong disposition
to do this , but the conditions arc not
now favorable to such a course. What
the German government should do Is to
seek concessions through reciprocity.
.1 IllttllTKUUS VKUDWT
The signal defeat which has overtaken
the mongrel county ticket Is not merely
i triumph of the republican candidates ,
mt a repudiation of the shameless bar
gain aifd sale by which fusion was
nought about In Douglas county at the
dictation of the state house machine.
Twelve months ago Governor Holcomb
carried Douglas county by nearly W)0 )
mil a majority of the fusion legislative
Ickut was elected at the same time.
This year fusion Is burled under an adverse -
verso majority ranging from 1,000 to
It.OOO and not a vestige Is left of the
popocratic machine.
That tills is a righteous verdict will
lie acknowledged by all who believe
that political parties are founded to
give vitality to principles and not
merely to distribute the spoils of ollice.
The verdict rendered by the people of
Douglas county ompliasl7.es more than
ill elsu the popular aversion to spurious
eform that seeks to sail into power by
false pretenses.
No more despicable example of
political depravity was over pre
sented than thu hatching out of pope
cratic ducklings from republican bad
eggs in the fusion incubator. The idea
that politicians who have fed themselves -
solves for years from the republican
crib should turn a summersault and
tumble Into the popocratlc trough is
so repugnant to the sense of decency
of the rank and tile of all parties that
they naturally turned down the turn
coats aud smashed the machine which
had prostituted itself to such base ends.
Another impressive lesson of the re
sult In Douglas county Is the proclama
tion issued through the ballot box that
no man can ride Into ollice by making
false issues. The people have no
respect for self-tortured martyrs and
distrust men who proclaim their su
perior honesty from the housetops. In
rendering their verdict they have de
creed that every candidate for ollice
must stand'or fall on his own record
mil not on the alleged shortcomings of
others , nor upon the clamor raised by
lemngogucs against parties who arc not
involved in the contest.
The Indications are that John J. Sul
livan has been elected supreme judge
over Alfred M. Post by a majority re
duced from that given fusion candidates
last year. The returns am yet Incom
plete. Estimates as to the majority of
the successful ticket must therefore be
deferred until additional returns arc at
hand.
Another stop In 'the controversy over
the limitations on the power of govern
ment antlioiltles to regulate the charges
of corporations doing a quasi-public
business has been taken in DCS Moines ,
where the local electric lighting com
pany has appealed to the courts to pro
tect it from regulation of its tariff by
ordinance enacted by the city council.
The principle involved Is practically the
same as that of the maximum freight
rate cases , the stock yards cases and
others in which the point has been
raised that all such regulation Is the
appropriation of private property with
out compensation. In each there arc of
course differences arising from different
statutory 'provisions , so that the decision
one way or the other in one case would
not necessarily determine all the others.
As a great many municipal charters In
this country empower the council to
regulate the charges of water , gas and
electric lighting companies , the outcome
of the contest in DCS Moines has more
than mere local importance.
Patrons 06 the Kansas City stock
yards arc to have rebate cheeks during
the time the Kansas stock yards law Is
hung up In the court that will entitle
them to a refund' of overcharges should
the flnal decision be in favor of the
validity of > the law. AVhat If rebate
checks' had been- ordered for shippers
over- Nebraska railroads at the time til ?
maximum freight rate cases were first
tried ? How much would they have
amounted to In thu four years that the
maximum rate law has been hung up ?
One of the items In the treasurer's re
port of tile Women's Christian Temper
ance union Is that of some ? U,000 lost by
bank failure. It appears that public
treasurers of states , counties nnd cities
are not the only ones who are caught
by broken banks. It Is quite possible
that the losses sustained by treasurers
who happoiv to deposit 'trust funds In
weak banks may bo Incurred through
no negligence of theirs.
It looks as If Miss Frances 13. Wlllard
might have a life tenure on the presi
dency of the Women's Christian Tem
perance union if siio only signified an
Inclination to accept It if it wore tendered -
dored to her by the members of that
organization. i
Great Britain Is getting after the
Cuban filibusters who have been making
headquarters In 'the Bahamas , which arc
Included In the British dominion. That
Is moro ihun Great Britain did for the
United States when privateers were
j tilling out In Ilrltlali possi'sslotis durlns
the civil wnf 'to hcln the confederate
stnlcs. ? „ ' ' ,
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If every county had done proportion
ately ns wel ! " a Douglas , Nebraska
would be tlu > Vanncr republican state
In the
Tin- Cut y , , 1'avlnjr Trier.
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fs'oux' City Journal.
Omaha lias been , making .more discoveries
In regard lo tyokcost of pivlns streets ,
lllilscto opened a few days ago for pavlnR
a nunvser of fc repts , nnd ono nf the most
lirumlnrat contractors In the country offered
I to pave or repava streets with asphalt for
| $1.19 a yard. If It can. ho done In Omaha for
that prlco It can bo done anywhere for the
same.
A iloyiiitn m-iiiiin.itrntlon.
Chicago Chronicle.
, The apprehensions of our Canadian cousins
over the move-men's of the Yantlo wcro well
, founded. That sallant craft .lias begun her
campaign by running down and sinking a
Canuck lumber scow near Quebec.Vo may
regret the Incident , but It Is Impossible to
ro-rcss n feeling of joy at the fact that a
united States naval vessel fcas at length
demonstrated an ability to sink anything but
Itself.
Di-pnrtim-Mt of Conum-rcc.
Knnrns City Star.
The National Ilnnhicfs Men's League has
formally requested President McKlnley to call
the attention of cttigress to the necessity
of a department of commerce and Industry.
Thcro appears lo bo a orospcct for the crea
tion of thU new department this winter.
Piesldent McKlnley has , on several occasions ,
expressed approval of this project , and It
Is likely that his forthcoming annual mea-
MRO will recommend that congress provldo
'or the appointment of a new cabinet min
ster.
Sfo Xi-ril or u l.nrKcr Army.
Cluelnmt Trailer.
General Miles thlnlw that the regular army
of the United States ought to be Increased
by at least 8,000 or 10,000 enlisted men and
jfflccrs to match. As the need qf the mili
tary forcc of the federal government grows
less and lets every year , ns far as the In
dians arc concerned , It Is pafo to predict that
the general's views will not have much
weight In congress until the balance between
the revmuen of the nation and Us expense }
shall have changed very decidedly In the
right direction.
Ailvorllslimr n Coiiiiiirrclnl Art.
Italtlmorc American.
The action of the federal court
at Chicago In deciding there are no
iroperty rights In an orloglnal advcr-
Isement shows a queer tense of equity In
ho matter. Advertising now has advanced
o the dignity ot a commercial art. Trained
Horary ability does not disdain to engage
n Its service , and plenty of bright young
nru take a colleglato literary ccurao wlt'i '
the avowed object of making a HCe business
of writing advertisements. It has proved
tself remunerative business , and a new Idea
u advortlslng Is distinctly a valuable pro-
icrty to Its originator or owner. To tmt
actual property and brain labor at the dls-
losal of anyone who pleases to appropriate
t la scarcely Justice.
Drift tn UKftolil Stniuliiril.
Chicago Tribune.
Japan announces that It \\-lll aban-
lon the froo' ' cblnago of silver at
: ho God-given"'ratio and substitute the
hateful Rothschild policy known as the gold
standard on April 1 , 1898. Meanwhile sliver
yen , or dollars will bo exchanged for gold
yen ono for one. About the same time an
other silver country to which the
Dryanltes arc continually pointing with
pride , Peru , J will join the ranks ot
civilized nations j < nd substitute the gold
for the slvpr. .standard. . Almost uni
versal experiencetqstlfles to the fact that
frco silver is j-a dangerous and disastrous
policy. As tlmo passes the Uryanltes vill
find it harder -and harden to convince any
body that It w uldjbo a good thing for the
Unltc-d Slates.
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Rovoriintfiit ] iy Syndicate.
Jioston Globe.
According to * report' from the American
consul at Port an Prince , a syndicate of
British capitalists has taken charge of the
revenues and customs of the so-called "re
public" of Santo Domingo. In consideration
of a Iran of $7,500,000 , the rulkig powers of
this region have vested in these enterprising
foreigners piactical , though not nominal ,
control of the country for 100 years.
This association ot British governors
agrees to assume all outstanding obligations
of the government. The theoretical rulers
will "rest easy" in moro senses than one ,
for a while at least
, whllo the real power
will build railways nnd engage In Internal
Improvements , In order that Santo Domingo
may .be made as profitable an Investment for
their millions as possible.
This exploitation of debt-owing countries
by syndicate. Is certainly an Interesting de
velopment In latter-day civilization. How
far will it go ?
IMOHHO.VAI. AND OT1II3II\VI.SI3.
Since ( ho Yantlc rammed the Canadlenne
our northern neighbors nro moro than over
convinced that she Is a war vessel.
Everybody In Chicago who contributes $1
for the erection of a monument to the late
Carter H. Harrison will receive a bronze
medal.
Kaiser Wlllielm Is eald to have taken a
great liking to Lieutenant Nlbiack , the naval
attache of the United States embassy In
Berlin , nnd frequently Invites him to the
palace , where they discuss naval matters with
the greatest Informality.
President Alfred Coolldgo of the Second
National bank of Colfax , Wash. , has raised
an Immense quantity of wheat this season
and sold It at a rate equaling $34.20 an acre
while the land Iteelf could not have been sold
at any tlmo these last three years at $10 an
acre.
Edward J. Phelps , ex-minister of the United
States to England , delivered an address at
the Boston university law school recently
In whltfli ho nald : "The first and foremost
duty of the lawyer must bo the necessity of
his realizing that ho should alwn > s be a
gentleman. "
There are but eight survivors of the war
ot 1812. and but three of them are pn the
pension roll. They nro Hosea Brown of
Grant's Pass , Ore. , who Is 105 years old ;
Elijah Glenn of Newark N , J. , and Eleazer
Smith ot Oanbury , Conn , , each of whom Is
101 years old.
It. P. Tyler and his wife rode In a piano
box In a freight car from Exeter , N , H. , to
Seattle , Wash. , last " year , but a few days ago
when they tried "to return In the same way
were captured with their supplies of canned
goods and water cans. Although taken out
they are still In/a box.
Edwin 8. limit has found near Saybrook
Point , Conn. , a cannon ball that was flred
from a British war ship In 1812 , The hole
In the ground 1 $ bUll there to show v/here the
ball went Into. Tlib vessel that carried the
cannon and th'lvah / who pulled the lanyard
are not In ovldtifee ! But If anybody doubts
Mr. Hunt's Btoi7-"t'liero ' is the hole.
Pelham , In th6 state of New York , Is the
smallest village. . In the country , and on
Wednesday last a miniature election wab
held. All of Iffllhnm's nine voters went to
the polls and cf t their ballots for or against
nn appropriation ' for $15,000 for road Improve.
ments. It took 'ten mlnutea to get the vote
In , and the result .was six ballota to three
favoring the appropriation.
A New York woman -who hao no faith In
banks wrapped hi < r savings , amounting to
$146 , In anottt skirt , jammed It under her
mattress and went out chopping , When
she arrived at the store she caused a com
motion by shouting that she had been robbed.
She' ran to a newspaper ollice and Inserted
an advertisement of the heart-breaking
quality and went , home. Then she remem
bered where she had hidden her roll and
that's all.
Robert Fltzslmmons , actor , blacksmith and
champion plug-ugly of the world , was ad
mitted to membership In the Marlon lodge
of Elks at Marlon , Ind. , the other day , and
now Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Armstrong
has ordered that be bo expelled , the alternative
native- being the forfeiture of the charter
of the lodge , It U said that Fltzolmmons
will bo dropped from the membership rolls ,
but Mr. Armstrong will probably deem It
wipe to wear a fUtproof shield over tils solar
plexus. ,
OrrilBSSIOJf i OF LAI1OU. I
Tlio Iniv InvnUnl 1 - Tlinnc Who I'or-
lntiitlr Vlnlntc It.
Philadelphia Tlmi.
Oura Is a government of Uw , and the
safety of person and property and the suc
cess of buslncsfl enterprise depend upon
obedience to law by all Classen and Condi
tions of our people , nnd this obedience to
law must not bo enforced with varied rigor
upon varied clarecn. The humble and power-
Ires nre made to obey the laws or nro pun
ished for lawlessness .and the opulent raid
powerful , who have jrfopcrly to protect and
business Interests dependent upon social
order , should give high example of faithful
obedience to all the mandates ot the law.
There has been much unrest In labor cir
cles In our mining regions for some tlmo
pant and It recently culminated In the fear
ful tragedy nt Lattlmcr , where a number
of striking miners paid the penalty of their
lives for disobedience to the law , and the
llvco thus sacrificed were taken by the
sheriff and his deputies , uho were sum
moned by the law tn protect the property
! of cmploH'rs i d the rights ot worklngmen
, to make their own contracts , When cm-
ployprs summon the law to suppress law-
ICESUCSS among their employes and proceed
, to the extremity of taking life In the nnmo
of the law such employers must bo clean
handed In their obedience to law It they
would bo justified , or even excused , before
the law nud Iho world.
The laws of this state require employers
sucli as these 'In the anthracite coal regions
to pay thu wages of their employes twice
a month and to pay In money. They also
I forbid emfiloycrn to own what arc known as
company stores , or to be In any way di
rectly or IhJlrectly Interested In them , or to
j rxcrclso any control over the cxpcntllturra of
their employes In procuring the necessaries
1 of life.
These laws are plain , free from nil am
biguity nnd are well understood by every em
ployer lu the stale and are also well under
stood by even the most Ignorant alien who
works In the mines In that region. They
know when their employers disregard the
law aud when they have such high example
ot lawlessness It to only natural th.it they
should be Inspired to lawlessness themselves.
Desiring to present the facts fully and
fairly as to the respect exhibited by Iho
employers In the anthracite region for the
lawa regulating the rights of their employes
lo wagcu ard expenditures , an Intelligent cor
respondent , thoroughly familiar with all the
relations of labor to capital In this state , Vas
aligned the duty of giving thu true conJI-
( Ions which exist In that section as to the
rights of employes to expend their money
as they shall choose without endangering
their situations. Hugh Hoe O'Uonncll IMS
performed this duty and while his rume la
well known as Identified with the Interests
of labor It will be admitted that hlj report
Is singularly free from passion or prejudice
and Is confined to a careful presentation of
facts and llgures ns he has found them.
Heretofore there have been many state
ments published and some In very exagger
ated form , charging that the employers of
the anthracite region deliberately and sys
tematically violated the law Intended to pro
tect employes In the payment and expendi
ture of their wages , but as a rule thcso pub
lications have been confined to generalities.
Mr. O'Donnell gives time , plnce and circum
stance , and presents copies of bills rendered
at different collieries with the fatal X mark
that conveys to the worklngman the notice
that ho has failed to expend as much of his
wages at the company's store and for other
purposes in which the employer Is Inter
ested as is necessary to assure him permanent
employment.
That there are honorable exceptions to this
lawless oppression of labor we are glad testate
state , but U Is the truth that a very large
number of the employers of miners in the
anthracite region are guilty of Intentional
and studied lawlessness to oppress thc-lr em
ployes and literally defraud them out of a
largo percentage of their earnings. Consid
ering thu different conditions of Intelligent
ind generally financially Independent em
ployers and the often Ignorant and genrrally
dependent miners this lawlessness on the
part of employers is tenfold more criminal
than any of the common eruptions of violence
lence resulting from misguided labor strikes.
The law that is violated by the employers
of miners Is difllcult to execute , as they are
guilty ot lawlessness as a rule by Indirection ,
although actually guilty of violating both
the letter and the spirit of the law Hsolf.
The method of procedure against them
them lacks In effectiveness , and the minors
who suffer this lawless oppression feel that
the lav Is strong caough to restrain or punish
them , but not strong enough to restrain or
punish their employers.
H Is unpardonable and equally unwise
from a mere business standpoint , for the
employers of the anthracite coal region to
refuse to pay their employes properly or to
attempt to regulate their expenditures for
the necessities of life. The miner Is human ;
however intelligent or however Ignorant , lie
knows when ho is imposed upon or when
he is cheated , and ho Is fretted and
gradually misled to wrongs against himself
and Into lawlessness by what he knows to
bo the lawlessness of his employers.
The safety of person an3 prcperty and the
success of mining operations In the anthracite
region , ns elsewhere , must depend upon
absolute obedience to the law by both em
ployer and employed , and until employers
sot the example of reverence for law they
must not complain If their less Intelligent
and less responsible employes Imitate their
lawlessness In violence. Lot employer and
employed of all classes and conditions under
stand that there is safety , to cither and all ,
only in scrupulous obedience to law.
CJOSSII' AIIOUT MITI3I1 1M3O1 M3.
When Elizabeth Barrett married Robert
Drowning the bride's father expressed himself
on the subject with that cruel frankness
which Is too often hoard In the family circle.
"What ho objected to , " he said , "was net her
union with a silly young poet , but her mar-
ilago at all at an age when persons of her
years 10 should have tihelr minds fixed ex
clusively on the next world. "
Major Drury , who lives at n historical old
scat on the James river , a few miles below
Richmond , wns a schoolfellow and personal
friend of Edgar Allan Poe. During the poet's
short and sad life Major Drury was his
staunch friend , and , although poor himself
at that time , he often helped him financially.
Ho says that Poe was not a drunkard , as Ems
often been charged , but , on the contrary , sel
dom drank spirituous liquors.
Dr. Baumgartc-n and Father Hello are en
gaged In a sharp struggle to determine which
shall bo the successor of 'the late Father
Kncipp In the management of the water cure
establishment at Woerlshofen. The news
papers , Inhabitants and patients are taking
Hides In the quarrel and a manifesto signed
by 200 patients has just been published
against Fat'ncr ' Rello and 'In support of Baum-
garten.
When qultoo little girl Mme. Adollna Pattl
once saved a companion's life. She was living
In Now York at the tlmo and when out on
a country excursion with some young friends
ono of the party , slipping on the edge of a
river , fell Into a deep pool. The future queen
'of song nl once sprang In after her , suc
ceeded In reaching the drowning girl anj
clung with her to a floating log , Uuoyed up
In this way the two girls floated down stream
and ultimately got iishore.
Princess Elvira of Bourbon , Infanta of
Spain , and runaway daughter of the pre
tended , Don Carlos , Is dying at St. Morltz ,
Switzerland , according to Information re
ceived by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat ,
She has Instituted legal proceedings against
her father for the surrender to her of that
portion of the vast fortune of her dead
mother , to which she Is entitled either on
her marriage or on her majority. Don
Carlos only has a life Interest In this for
tune , but ho absolutely refuses to give It up
to his daughter on the ground that since
ho disowned her she Is virtually dead , and
no longer a member ot his family , and con
sequently he Is absolved from all financial
obligations to her.
"Justin Wlnsor , " says the Boston Tran
script , " 'Was ' a ripe and good scholar , and no
pedant. Ho realized fully that the end and
qlm of scholarship should bo to dlffuso
knowledge , and In all his deep delving Into
the dusty regions of American annals ho
kept this In view. As a librarian , ho had no
morbid fear of popularizing the library. Ho
believed In giving people what they wanted
to road so long as they wanted to read that
which was not morally 'unwholesome. ' Read
ing for Amusement seemed to him , scholar
as ho was , a good employment for a man's
time. At Harvard he was , perhapi , more
peculiarly In his own favorite atmosphere ,
but In both places ho was . librarian who
knew not only books , but men. "
If there over was A scapegrace It wai the
orator , Patrick Henry. Before ho v.n.i 23
yosr.t old ho had failed twice as n merchant
and once as n farmer. Iln married at 18
Anil his and his wife's parents had to sup
port them nnd a numerous brood of chil
dren. At 31 Henry again failed ns n mer
chant , anj after .1 six weeks' windy of law
Appeared before nn examining committee for
license to practice. John Randolph , Iho
chairman , was shocked at his gross Igno-
raneo ot Iho subject , but the three
other judges recommended him on the
strength of his good crmmon sense. Four
years later ho astounded the world by his
great and learned speech on the tobacco
tax.
Snr h Boruhardt , doslrlng on her approaching
preaching tour to play In Strnsburg , art-
diessed the German government for permis
sion to appear In Alsace-Lorraine. She re
ceived the following ttiiKiitar reply : "Mine ,
Sarah Hernhardt having several times de
clared that she would ne\er play In Germany ,
wo do not dcsllf to cause her to break liar
word , But , as Strnsburg Is In n somewhat
peculiar case , -we willingly give her the per
mission she arks , on condition thnt she pl.iys
previously In some other German theater
that she may bo flensed to designate. " Mme.
Bcrnhardl answered that she declined to ac
cept the condition , and would consequently
give up her purpose to play at Strasburg
before her compatriots.
f
When Benjamin Franklin arrived In Phlla-
dp'pMu from his fli-at voyage to England bo
became violently 111 and no ono could per-
suacln him thil he was not going to din. H
was then that ho wrote the famous epitaph
for his tombstone * "The Body of Benjamin
Franklin. Like the- Cover of an Old Book ,
Its Contents Torn Out and Strlpt ot Its Glid
ing , Lies Here , Food for Worms. Yet the
Work Itself Shall Not Bo Lost , for H Will
Appear Once More In a New and More Beau
tiful Edition , Corrected and Amended by the
Author. " His biographer states that he was
greatly disappointed at his own recovery , as
he would again have to bear the suffering
when ho did die.
f.VIO.V VAOIKIO SAM2.
Indianapolis Journal : The sale of the
government's claim in the Union Pacific
railroad yesterday at par Is a source of grief
to the ealamltyltcs.
Minneapolis Journal : T.ho "Union Pacific
steal" Is what the free silver organs call the
sale of the road so as to give the govern
ment 100 cents on the dollar of Its claims.
The sale la n "steal , " according to thesa
organs , because the government does not
take a inIIroad without the terminals and
operate it Itself nt a dead loss !
Globe-Democrat : In the sale of the
Union Pacific railroad yesterday the adminis
tration did nn excellent day's work for the
people. Thcro Is a chance that in the dis
posal of the Kansas Pacific on December 15
the government may also do something to
win the popular plaudits. All this U very
good for the country as a whole.
Chicago Inter Ocean : Even had the rouda
made total default at this sum the govern
ment still would have been a gainer by their
construction , for the Increase ol trade and
commerce resulting from enlarged facilities
of travel nnd freightage was Immense. But
by the sale the government Is recouped of
all advances made to the Union Pacific , and
still Is left In possession ot the Incalculnbla
benefits of quick and cheap transportation be
tween the two oceans.
Kansas City Star : For many years con-
gicss has beun trying to agree on some sort
of settlement of the question , but every
bill Introduced for that purpcso has failed to
pass for ono reason or another. The final
solution of the problem , without the aid of
congress and without lees to the government ,
must be gratifying to all unprejudiced
citizens , whatever may bo thought of the
past course of the government and of the
officials of the railroad.
Chicago News : This successful termination
ot the Union 'Pacific railway business Is dis
tinctly creditable to President McKlnley and
the administration , as the government has
at last succeeded in obtaining Its principal
and practically all the defaulted interest ,
whllo for some time it has seemed tthe gov
ernment would stand to lose $20,000,000 or
$25,000,000. The administration deserves
credit for Its careful handling of the case
and the way in which It brought the re
organization committee to book.
Chicago Times-Herald : For moro than
thirty years congress has been alternately
cursed and scandalized' ' by the legislation
concerning the Union Pacific. A gicat lobby
las : fattened upon It ; congressmen have had
their names tarnished. If not dishonored , be
cause of their connection or association with
It , and it has beeni the fruitful source of
many evils. We are now out of It , and hence
forth the Union Pacific will be no more to
the government than any other of the rail
ways of the United States. If we can get
as well out of our connection with the
Central Pacific we will Indeed bo fortunate.
Chicago Chronilcle : The sale very nearly
icpays the government for all Its Investments
In the Union Pacific property. It coveia the
line from Omaha to Ogden , where the con
nection fpr transcontinental traffic is made
with the Central Pacific company. A further
settlement must be made for t'he Central
Pacific property and for other lines. Tills
deal is exceedingly fortunate for the govern
ment. All that was contributed In bonds for
the construction of the road , with the
accumulations of Interest which the govern
ment has discharged' ' , is recovered In the
transaction. It Is to bo hoped that the gov
ernment will do as well In settling the in
debtedness of the other Pacific railroad com
panies.
MlnncapolU Tribune : The $33 000 000 wh'ch
the government will get from the Union
Pacific sale .will como In handy , as along In
January the treasury will bo obliged to re
deem -about $30.000,000 In maturing Pacific
railroad bonds , and without this reinforce
ment there might be danger of the cash
balance running somewhat low. T'he '
syndicate payo $8,000 000 down and has
several weeks In which to pay the balance ,
but It will como In ample time to meet
the $30,000,000 bond payment. The syndi
cate will have deducted from ltd $58-
000,000 payment some $1,537,21(1 ( In the sink
ing fund and Avill receive $13,045,250 In bonds
as good as rash , which are also held In the
sinking fund account , thus reducing Its
actual cost for the governmcnt'8 lien to less
than $40.000,000. It Is a splemJId bargain for
the syndicate , although not an good as It
expected to secure when It started out.
Bishop Taylor of the Methodist Episcopal
church estimated the number of converts In
South Africa as about 2,000.
General Booth , who has gone to Berlin to
open n vigorous campaign in behalf of the
Salvation Army , expects to enlist as many
mon ns the German emperor has in the Im
perial army ,
V. D. David , a converted Hindoo who has
preached In India , Australia , England and
Scotland , is soon to open a campaign In Chicago
cage , Ho has been known to preach eighteen
hours at n strrtch ,
Bishop McKIn the Episcopal prelate of
Toklo , gays that of a total of 150,000 converts
In Japan the Catholics number about 50,000 ,
the Greek CatholUs about 23,000 and the
Episcopalians about 10,000.
The International board of the Young
Women's Christian association at its recent
meeting In Montreal reported n membership
of 21,000. It has $3,340,000 Invested In build
ings and $1G9,000 in furnishings ,
The Episcopal church congress which ban
been appointed to meet In New Orleans In
November has been postponed on account of
the yellow fever epidemic until just before
Lent or Immediately after Easter.
H has been recommended that the fiftieth
anniversary of the massacre ot Marcus Whit-
more , D. D. , the pioneer missionary physi
cian of Oregon , bo observed In all Congrega
tional churches Sunday , November 28.
The Ilusslan holy synod has sent four
young priests to England In order to follow
the movement of English ecclesiastical
literature and promote an exchange of
ecclesiastical Information between England
and Hussla.
The Episcopalian denomination Is sixth In
point of numbers in the United States , At
the recent diocesan council In Milwaukee U
voted to discard the title of Protestant Epis
copal church and to be known hereafter sim
ply an "Tho Church. "
In Hawaii there are 23,273 Protestants ,
20,603 Catholics , 4,868 ilormana ( polygamy Is
forbidden ) , 44,806 of eastern creeds ami 20-
1P2 who declined to state their faith or pog-
eetisod none. This Is according to the
religious statistics of the last census.
WOMKff I10I.NO MRX'S WOUICi
Thp InviiKlon ot Mnn' Iloninln : Nol
SrrliMiN n * SniMirmtMl.
Ohlcmro Tlmcs-IIernld.
HcforrlnR to the figures of labor bulletin
Xo. 99 , ohowlng th marked Incrossa oj
women In men's occupations , Mr. Carroll n
Wright Is of the opinion thnt this Invasion U
not likely to encroach upon the employment
of men , nor hurl their chances.
In the first place , women arc In many case *
taking the place of children , not of men ; In
the second place , Invention and discovery ,
like the railroad , the telegraph , the telephone
and the use ot electricity , nro opening many
new occupations to men.
The reasons given by employers for their
employment ot women nro that they are
more adaptable to work ; are more reliable ,
moro easily controlled , neater , faster , more
Industrious , careful , pollto nnd docile.
Ono superiority Is likely for many years yol
to glvo women , where other things are equal ,
nn advantage over men that Is sobriety.
This virtue is becoming more and mon > cs-
scntlnl lo success , nnd employ rrs nro making
It more nud more nn Absolute condition of
employment. Women have nlso the ml-
vantage of wllllngncea lo accept lower piy.
But this will not always Inst. Wages , Ilka
water , will seek their level. But In n competition -
petition between sobriety and drunkenness
woman will for n long time surpass her male
rival. It Is to bo considered , too , that It women
arc supplanting men In some occup.ulons
men "began It. " The spinning , the knll-
tlns. even the weaving , the mnklng of gar
ments , nil of the cooking nnd preserving , the
products of the dairy , worn not many years
ngo household duties performed almost en
tirely by women. Thcso occupations now
glvo employment to largo numbers of men us
well ni ot women , So that If ho reproached
her with encroaching upon his Industrial do
main she can truthfully accuse him ot first
being an Intruder and trespasser upon hers ,
niiiciiT AMI iiitii/.v.
Chicago Post : "Hr-'s a man of consider
able tlepth. Isn't IIP ? "
"Depth ! Say , you ought to see how much
ho c.in pour Into himself without gutting
full. "
Brooklyn Life : It's 'be fellow who puts
on ills now winter Hnnncta that Isn't hniull-
cni > jK-d hc'fl n scratch man
Soniorvlllo Journal : If It N ever rlpM for
a > \\lfe to do anything- exasperate her
litHband the best Ume Is just before Ho Is
going .to beat the parlor carpet.
llnrper's Bazar : "That's young Dr. Pills-
bury. He tithes life very e.islly. "
"I know it. He's killed three friends of
mine "
Boston Transcript : "How fashions
change ! " rcnmrknii the llucnt barber.
"Time was when the hairdresser was also a
. "
blood-letter.
"But , " replied the occupnnt of the chair of
torture as he raised his liurnl to check the
eilm.son title , "I don't .we that fashion has
greatly changed. "
Chicago News. Llvtle Robert Papa , do
camel-s oomo from Kentucky ?
Papa No. What makes you ask that7
Little Robert Our toucher told us today
thnt camels CMII go for ' .seeks at a tlmo
without water.
Indianapolis Journal : "I always llko to
have ut least one boarder who Is a I'-tlo
slow about paying , " Mrs. lla heroft ad
mitted to her ile > irrst friend. "A man of
that kiml especially u young man Is al
ways so handy to use up all the elilcken
necks , the. cold biscuits , nnd so on. "
Washington Star : "Remember , my boy"
salil the middle-aged gentleman , "th.it con-
iVentment is better than riches"
"Yes , " rcipllcd the young man , w-1io Is
something of a philosopher himself ; "that
Is to say. It would be if there were any
such thing. "
Cleveland Lender : "Say , llowley , you
ought to IH > more particular about the com
pany you keep. "
"Why , I never RO with bad people In
fact , 1 spend most of my time lu solitary
meditation. "
"That's why. I think you ought to re
form. "
TIIH DI5SPERATI3 MAN.
Denver Journal.
The cruel maiden showed him to the door ,
Told him she never would become bl3
wife ;
Then .started he tow-aril the river shore ,
Determined to plungo.ln nnd end Ills life ,
Hut clouds obscured the night's alar-
spangled face ,
And raindrops pelted ilown upon Hie fel
low.
And ut a wonderful Star Pointer pnco
He hastened home to pet his umbrella.
II' ' WIB ICXHW.
Bessie W. Smith In Chicago Tribune.
Could wo but < lrnw the curtains
Thnt surround each other's lives.
See the naked heart anil spirit ,
Know what spur the. action s've.s. '
Often we should llnd it boiler.
Purer than we Judge wo should.
We should love each other better
If wo only understood.
Could we Judge nil deeds by motives.
See the peed anil bail within ,
Often we should love the sinner ,
All the whllo we loathe the sin ;
Could we know the powers working-
To overthrow Integrity ,
Wo should judso each other's errors
With more patient charity.
If we knew the cares and trials ,
Knew the efforts all In vain ,
Anil the bitter disappointment ,
Undcrhtood Ihe loss and gain
"Would the grim , external toughness
Seem , I wonder. Just the same ?
Should wo help where now wo hinder ?
Should wo pity where wo blame ?
Ah , we Judge each , oilier harshly ,
Knowing not life's hidden force ;
Knowing not the fount of nctlon
IH less turbid ut Its source.
Seeing not amid the evil
All the golden grains of good
O. we'd love each other boiler
If wo only understood ,
THIS STOIIV OF I.IFK.
John G , Snxo.
Say , what Is life ? 'TIs to be born ;
A hapless babe , to Meet th light
With a sharp wall , us If the morn
Korelold u cloudy noon and night ;
To weep , to sleep and weep aquin ,
With sunny smiles between , and then ?
And then npaco the Infant grows
To bo a laughing , sprightly boy ,
Happy desplto his llltlc woes ,
Were he but conscious of his joys ;
To be , in , short , from two to ten ,
A merry moody child , and then ?
And then , In coat nnil trouser.s clad.
To learn to say the Decalogue ,
And break It , nn unlhlnklng lad ,
With mirth and mischief all ngogj
A truant oft ! > y field mid fen
To capture butterflies , and then ?
And then , Increased ! n strength nnd
To be , anon , a youth full grown ;
A hero In Ills mother's eyes ,
A younjr Ai > ollo In hla own ;
To Imitate thn ways of men
In fashionable lns , and then ?
And then , at last , to bo n man ;
To fall In love , to woo and wed ;
With seuthlntr brain to schcnui and plan ,
To Ki'ther Kold , or toll for bread ;
To BUD for fame with tongud or pen
And gain or lone the prize , nnd tlu-i ?
And then In pray and wrinkled old
To mourn the speed of life's decline ;
To pralsu thu scenes his youth beheld.
And dwell In inemoiy of lung syne ;
To dream a while with darkened ken ,
Then drop Into his grave , und then ?
Royal makes the food pure ,
w * iolcsonio and delicious.
WDEEt
Absolutely Pur *
SOVAI. OAKINO HWDCft CO. , HIM VOM.