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I TIPS OMAHA. DAILY KliftSt WEDKESDAT , NOVEMBER 17 , 1807. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ! ' . . IlOHHWATEtt , n < lllcr. i'Uiit.ismt : > KVKIIV MOUKINO. TBP.Msl OF SUIlHCnilTlON ! Dally Ilee ( Without Sunday ) , Ono Year 6 M Dally Uec nnd Humluy , Une Vcar l fix Men I In 4 M Three Month * * Humlny Hoc , unr Ytar. . . 2 CO H.itunloy Hep , Une Yeiir. . . . 1 M Weekly nee , One Ycnr & > Ot-TlCKS ! Omaha : The Ilee UulMlnR. . . , . . South Omnhn : Sinner IMc. , Cor. N and Mill St . Council lllurr ! 10 I'cnrl Street. Chicago Olllcoi JIT Chamber of Commerce. N w York ! Iloorrn 13 , 14 mid IS Tribune Uldff. \\uMilnElcm : 101 Fourteenth Street. COIlltKSl'ONUISNCB. All communication ! rclntlnff to nrvra nntl edito rial n-.illrr iiliouM be mldrcucd : To llio EJIUr. uusl.NKMM l.UTTKlia. All buMncm letters and remittance * ihuuld li aritlre cd to The lice I'ulillalilnff Company. Omaha. Drafts , chccka. express nnd pa tollc ! money onlfis to be made payable ! to the order of the company. Till ! IIHU PUIlMSHIN'a COMPANY. 8TATUMKNT OK CIIlCUbATlON. Btnte of N'fbMtltu , Dousing County , . : Ueorgc II. Tmcliuck , secretary of The Bee Pub- llthlnir Company , bvlnit Uuly sworn , inys that the actual number uf full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , KvetihiR urd SumUy Dee urlntecl during the in-Hitli of October. 1S37 , wn ns ful > Iowa : 1 19,679 17 w.ro 1 13Sit is .r,3 3 19,704 ] j 19.907 4 19,73 ; III 1SS 1 S 15,710 ' ' ' " " " Sun 0 19,79) li."i."i ! ! ! : ! 7 21.101 J ZD.W ) 8 22.9M 24 woo ! 9 20M 2" , 10 KM 10. . . , 19.MO , , , j ' ' " ' ' ' " ' ' 20fOl 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J9JS7J 27. . . . . . . . ZO.'f'M 12 1D.001 S1 ! > ,704 13 13.D33 ri It.S'M ' 14 iO.02 ! ) 90 21.7I8 15 so.nm 31 20,501 " ' " ' ' ' ' ' ' "To'tni".r. ; C25t51 Jrai dciluctlnn for rolurncil niultinRoUl copies 9,2-17 Net total .iiilos 617,10ft Net dally nverncn 11.007 OROnnK II. T7.SCIUJCK. Sworn tn lioforo mo ami siibsorllicJ In my preg. cnce tlila 1st day of November 1W ( Seal ) N. 1 * . l-'EIU Notary Pulille. TIIH IIKI3 OX TRAINS. All rnllrnnil noivsliny * nrc nni | i1lMl ivKli eiimiKh npra to iicuoiiimoiliito every ] inn- nrnpriT wlio vrniitN to rrml u IlPTVMIIIlllcr. IllNlHt 1ltIIII IlllV- Incr The lli-p. If you unnmit prut a Hoc < f n ( rain friini the HI-TV * nirciit , plrii report the fuel , nliitliiK the trnlii niul railroad , to tinClrciilntlon DcpiirdiieiiJ of TinHoc. . The JinIs for mile on nil tcnln.i. TXSIST OX II.VVIMi Tlin 1II3I3. Put your shoulder to tlio wheel. Oiualia Is on tlit < iip-grnilo. The coining of tinaiinunl foot bull sen- eon lias not alToch'd tliu minimi job of franchise shifting and contract In base ball circles. Last year Henry Walterson abnmloiHMl the free silver democracy ; this year ho abandons the gold democracy. Where does this leave him ? The share of the apportionment of state school money for the Omaha school dis trict can comehi none too bulky for our school board tlnanclers. It Is now recalled that Senator Gor man stated thp last time howas , elected that be would retire at 'the ' end of his present term lit the senate. The most remarkable thing about that North Dakota casts Is that the mob hanged the witnesses and failed to get the chief conspirators in the murder. The lax commissioner promises to sur prise the people of Omaha with the low est tax rate that tluw have had for ten years. The surprise cannot come too sudden or too hoa.'y. The merit system is not in favor in Maryland. A proiwsed amendment to the constitution providing for the in-i'rit sys tem In civil .service . failed to receive the approval of the voters. It Is Just beginning to dawn upon the dull Intellects of some of the European statesmen that the war between Turkey and ( Sivi'i'c settled nothing , but that the eastern question Is still acute. Tlio foreelosuiv sale of the bankrupt Lincoln street railway is llxed for next month , and any one with money to burn can acquire at bargain prices a set of street cars vestibtiled at both ends. Late General Master Workman Sov ereign of tlK > Knights of Labor Is a lit tle Into getting into the presidential race , but he will succeed Just as well as though he hail starti-d last year or 'the ' year be fore. President Dele of the Hawaiian re public Is reported expectantly anxious for the ratification of the annexation treaty by tin ; United States. Wonder If it Is a senatorial IK-O that Ls stinging him on ? The superintendent of schools Is still trying to make the taxpayers bi'liovo that the kindergartens do not cost thorn anything. When the taxpayers get some , thing for nothing they will hold a grand Jubilee. The most successful merchants are the most regular patrons of the advertising columns of tlio dully newspaper , llusl- ness success In these days without the aid of newspaper publicity Is next to Im possibility. The local ( Jcraldine organ keeps on prating about how much ( Jeraldliii saved the exposition. How much tioraldlno saved the con tractors at the expense of the exposition would bo a much more fruitful thunu1. School board financiering In Omaha seems ( o bo chiefly In the direction of increasing - creasing tlio deficit Inherited from pivde. cessors , In order that It may bj passed enlarger larger than- ever as a bc-quest to suc ceeding boards. If lions Croker's health continues to Improve there ought to bo no reason why Mayor-elect Vim Wyck should not bo able to bo installed at the head of the Greater Now York municipal govern ment on schedule time. An old colonial well has bean dls- covered near Independence square In Philadelphia and It Is reported thu water tastes good. A search may now be made for soiiw of the original atmosphere breathed by tlio founders of the republic. RAILWAY TltAIXMEN. The occurrence In quick succession of several railway wrecks on Nebraska roads , some of them resulting fatally and all entailing costly loss of property , demands serious attention of 'the rail way managers. According to the best authority these wrecks arc the direct out growth of the unprecedented Increase of railway business , to meet which the various roads have been compelled to put on additional trains nnd Increase the number of cars drawn by each locomotive until It Is with the utmost difficulty that the dispatchers can adjust the traffic to the trackage facilities. With so many trains passing dally back and forth over the same lines the danger of accidents nnd misconstruction of orders Is admittedly greatly multiplied. If this were all the problem might pos sibly solve Itself. But under pressure of this urgent business the railroads have also been doubling up the work of their trainmen and lengthening the hours of train crews and switchmen until the men are not Infrequently Incapacitated for duty by ranson of overwork. While the employes , owing to their eagerness to secnro overtime wages and thus make up for the loss of earnings by enforced Idleness during the preceding months , have not yet entered protest against this dangerous policy , It is none the less al most criminal carelessness for the rends to entrust the lives and property of pas sengers , shippers mid employes to men who should be asleep at their homes rather than holding the throttle or standIng - Ing at a brake or switch all night long. It may bo unfortunate for the railroads that they are short of extra emergency crews In the western part of the state , but that cannot justify them In risking trains to the hands of overworked en gineers , firemen , brakemcu and switch men. The railroads are In- duty bound not merely to employ only competent train men , but to pi-event them from placing themselves In a position where their competency Is Jeopardized. 1C nothing else can reach this kind of negligence it may become necessary to enact legisla tion limiting the number of hours weekly which trainmen may be worked and prohibiting consecutive employment without ample Intervals for rest and recuperation. XIUAIIAGUA LANAL , COMMISSION. The commission appointed by the president , under authority of congress , to make another investigation of the Nic aragua canal , will within a few days leave for thu scene of Its labors , the re sult of which will be reported to con gress some time during the winter. The commission is charged with ascertaining the present condition of the project and estimating the. . probable cost of complet ing it , with such other information as may be necessary to enlighten congress and the country on * the matter. The authorization of this commission was due to the fact that there was a. good deal of controversy over the report of the engineers who made an investigation : . couple of years ago , especially their es timate of 'the ' cost of constructing the canal. There will probably be no effort in congress to do anything regarding this project pending the report of the com mission. If that should be favorable to the enterprise the advocates of govern ment aid will undoubtedly make a vigor ous and persistent effort to gut a meas ure through congress providing for finan cial assistance by the government and there is reason to believe that in this they will have the help of admlnis'rative ' influence. The matter ought to be dell- nitely disposed of by the present con gress. nun ntADK irmr CMAM/M. In view of pending negotiations lookIng - Ing to a reciprocity treaty between Can ada and the Tniied States the condition of our trade with that country Is a mat ter of interest. The statistics for the past seven years show a steady increase in the exports from this country to the Dominion , while on the other hand the imports of Canadian products for the last fiscal year amounted to but little more than In 1S01 and during four of the seven years were less than for the first year of that period. In 1SH Imports and ex ports almost exactly balanced In value , each being a little over $ : ) , < XX,000 ) , whereas for the fiscal year of 1807 the value of Imports from Canada was in round numbers $10,000,000 and the value of our exports to that country $ tiOOQ- ( ! 000 , making the trade balance In our favor ? 1 ! < J,000,000. It Is thus seen that the trade of the United States with Urlt- Ish North America Is very large , when wo consider the population , and it Is Ix- llcvurt that under a fair and equitable reciprocity treaty It can be considerably enlarged. Perhaps this belief , which It would sooin Is entertained In administration quarters , is well-founded , but It Is alieady apparent that In the event of the negotiation of a treaty It will encounter vigorous opposition. There In no doubt that It would be antagonized by llu agri cultural producers on our northern bor ders , who suffered from Canadian com petition which was stimulated by the Wilson tariff law. It Is said that ( ho secretary of agriculture Is firmly opposed to nny reciprocity arrangement that would open the American market to the natural products of Canada and It Is safe to say that the republican senators and representatives of the northern bor der states will be solid against a treaty Involving this concession to Canadian agricultural producers. . Doubtless our manufacturers could enlarge their trade with the Domlnloiv If that government would make less unfavorable tariff rates , but would the gain In ihls respect com pensate for the loss to American agricul tural piodiieers from Increased Canadian competition ? Then there arises the question whether the Hrltlsh government would permit such concessions to IK > made to American manufactmvs as would bo satisfactory to this country. It may bo regarded as certain that It would not permit any discrimination In favor of Anwrlcan goods , for as It Is this conn- try largely outsells Kngland In the Ca nadian market. Canada's Imports from Kngland have been declining , while as already stated the Inqwrts from the United States have been ateadlly grow- \ Ing for the past seven years. It is evi dent that our northern neighbors prefer American goods to lUltlsh. That the Canadian market Is a highly valuable one and that It Is most desirable to cnlnrgn our trade there will not bo questioned , but there are obvious diffi culties In the way of a reciprocity treaty which will not be easily overcome , if in deed it be possible to overcome them. The opposition certain to be encountered hero from Interests that would be ad versely affected nnd the almost equal certainty that the British government would veto concessions that would bo ac ceptable to this government , render it highly Improbable that a reciprocity agreement can bo effected. BUSINESS 3tKN SHOULD ACT. One of the most Important subjects to the business interests of the country which will be considered at the coming session of congress Is that of a uniform bankruptcy law. It Is not unlikely that either Uie Nelson bill , which passed the senate , or the Torrey bill , will be passed before the session closes. The former measure Is believed not to be acceptable to the business Interests of the country that want just nnd equitable bank ruptcy legislation. It Is defective in sev eral essential and Important respects and It Is certain that If It should become law It would prove so unsatisfactory In operation that. It would remain on- the statute' books only a very brief time. The Torrey bill , on the. other band , Is n carefully drawn and comprehensive measure , which there' Is every reason to believe would be found entirely satisfac tory. It covers both voluntary and In voluntary bankruptcies and places the debtor and creditor on an equal footing In Initiating bankruptcy proceedings , features which have commended It to the favor of the Intelligent business judg ment of the country. That business judgment should again be expressed as to the preference of the two measures that will come before con gress. The national legislature should not be left In any doubt as to whethe- the business Interests of the country want , the Nelson bill or the Torivy bill. It is true that the latter has already re ceived the practically unanimous en dorsement of the commercial bodies of every section of the country , but that endorsement having been disregarded by the senate It seems necessary that there should be anothr expression. There is .110 question as to the need of a uniform law of bankruptcy. Experience with our present state laws , no two of which are alike , has been in the highest degree unsatisfactory and there Is no opposition worthy of consideration to a general law , uniform In Its operation nnd just and equitable both t ( < creditors and to debtors. There is no doubt that such a law would have a wholesome effect upon business , since under Its operation many could obtain credit who cannot get It under existing conditions. The exten sion of credit would stimulate trade. Moreover , It would enable many who wore reduced to insolvency during the period of depression to become active once more In- the business world. It Is a matter which ought to receive the early attention of every commercial body In the United States. One unfortunate result of the per fection of party organization.- conduct political campaigns has been a lessening of the self reliance of the individual voter. It Is true that through party or ganizations tlie average intelligence in regard to political matters has bet'ii raised and voters are given greater op portunities than ever before for obtain ing reliable information on current po litical topics , but it is also tnia that the custom of providing vehicles for convey ing voters to the polls and engaging elec tion day workers to urge voters to do their duty , and in many eases Insist upon taking them to the polls , has had the ef fect of causing many voters to rely on the party machinery and not on them selves for political results. This ac counts , In some measure , for the large stay-at-home vote In off years and the necessity for each year improving til.1 party organizations. It Is a matter of regret that individuals , with greater op portunities for becoming well informed on political principles , should seem so In different to the final and givater duty of casting their ballots intelligently on elec tion day. The ideal society would be one In which no parly machinery Is necessary save to attend to details of the nomina tions and elections. The $10,000 legislative investigating committee has figured out that , the total amount of money lost out of the state treasury during Hartley's two terms of olllce by embezzlement , bank failure and conversion of Interest earned on slate deposits aggregates a trifle over $870.000 , The questions which the committee doei : not illumine are how many of the deposi tories would have failed irrespective of the fact that Hartley happened to b treasurer and how much of Hartley's de falcation would have been headed oft had ( lovernor Holeomb come out boldly at the commencement of his term of olllce and enforced n cash settlement and full publicity of all treasury transactions. The democratic newspaper * of Iowa made a specialty during the late cam paign of trying to hiako It appear that Iowa Is a poor , debt-burdened state ruled by political jobbers , nnd some of thorn. nro continuing the same unworthy tac tics after the election In support of the contention that Iowa should do nothing to aid thu poplo of the state In making a creditable exhibit at thu Transmlssls- sippi K.\ix > sltlon. The good people of the state ought to see now that tint attack on the good name nnd credit of the stnte was merely for campaign purposes and not serious. The populists who have been jwlntlng to the fact that state warrants have been brought to par since the present Htiito ofllclals assumed olllce as evidence of their care and economy In the administra tion of state affairs now find that thu proof proves too much. State warrants have gone not only to par , but command a small premium. The. premium , of course , represents the eagerness of over- lihundnnt capital to secure Investment , aud the abundance of capital can bo nscrllicd only UriUm restorntlon of confl- ileiicc by the-rlwtlon of McKluley nnd the conseciuenl'/rjcj'lng / of money that had previously bcwivlockcd up. In the meanwhile tlio pnpullsts aud sllverltcs who have been- howling nbout a dearth of money havVl/oforo / them a tangible Illustration of fjic"falsity of their teach ings. " ' University extension lectures are be coming more Vwjnilnr every year. The people of Ottifn\Va ) have completed ar rangements for a course the coming win ter. "There Ma noli a city or town of 0,000 people In , .thv state , " says the Dav enport Democrat , ' "that ought to de prive Itself of this mcnns of study. It Is not possible for every county seat to have a college , but It Is easily within reach of every one of them to have an attractive course of high class study lectures. " That which Is true of the Iowa cities Is true of the cities of other states. According to the decision- one of the judges of the district court a bank direc tor Is presumed to know the actual con dition of the Institution In which ho is an oillcer. Hut like most other legal presumptions , this one is remarkable chiefly for the reason that It presumes something that cannot be proVed , be cause not true. While the law may estop a bank director from pleading Ignorance as n defense , to presume that , he knows or does not know the bank's condition Is simply a fiction of the law. The alleged savings of O.iraldlne for the exposition recall forcibly the woman who saved money by buying early straw berries. The strawberries were quoted at 10 cell Is a. quart , but since , by buying two quarts for l > f > cents , a saving of 5 cents could bo effected , the housewife purchased the whole stock and went homo to her husband , telling him how many dollars she had saved. It Is not a question so much what be is called officially , but the exposition cer tainly will not suffer by some one who will see that its contracts are strictly en forced and who may be relied on not to follow in iSeraldlne's tracks. The mem bers of the executive committee cannot possibly constitute themselves Insiwctors of construction. The Sixteenth street viaduct remains a menace to life and limb and will re main so as long as the council connives in the pennywise and pound foolish pol icy of the railroad managers who want to avoid expanse by patching and re- patching the wdrnout structure. 'ii to Out- . New Yorlc" Commercial Adveitlscr. Tlio Illinois farmer who sent Mr. Bryan sixteen small licadg of whltu cabbage as a token of admlr' tlou no doubt did so upon the principle ot'llio' ' ' eternal fitness cf things , but he failed to'.tilcp Into account the ruth less cynicism o | ' 'i ' A Tiiiiiiiimi- l roit. Inijlnnapolls Journal. Ex-Mayor Hush ! Grant , who was tbo Tammany organizer , in " the late campaign , has written a letter , In which lie says that Mr. Bryan is a , false , prophet when he claims that the democrats can carry New- York on the ChJWKO platform. Mr. 'CJninr ' says the trouble.with Mr. Brynn Is that ho cannot take -things as they arc. The situation has changed since 1S96 , and the Tammany democrats recognize the fact. Olllltll'll l.llf' ! ; I'.uvlcil. JHlff..iO Kv ; - ; - fl. Omaha is the luckiest city of the season. It seems the city has had an expert go over ito accounts with the astounding discovery tint funds stippcscd to bo exhuustoi arc found still to amount to nearly a quarter of ri mil lion dollars. This is gratifying but it isn't any more creditable to somebody's bookkeep ing than it the balauco had been on the other side of the ledger. Identity of Pi'iisinnrrs. Providence Journal. If congrci-s would only adot , the- sugges tion of the comml slon'sr ' of pensions ttat a complete list of pensioners bo published and furnished to the public , tliero is llttlo doubt that a good n : > iny outrageous frauds would bo brought to light. And why htiould not every citizen bo allowed to know thu names of the men in Ins. neighborhood whom he is helping to support. Ovrrratetl K loud I U > > . New Yorlc Tilbunc. The latest-estimate of Klondike wealth is that $15,000,000 In gold may be brought down on the first boat in the spring. 1'crhaps , und pernaps not. According to the positive state ments of a few months ago , ten times that amount ought to bivo been brought down b ) this time , yet there Is no tangible indication of one-tenth of it having come. Hut suppose .bo eat'lini-ted emu doe-a materialize. There are at least 10CO ( ) men up there. And even $15,000,000 divided among BO many does not slvc each a very targe reward fop a ycntl of toll , privation and Imminent dunger of di-atli. A few largo fortunes may bo realized , but it Is evident that for every millionaire there will have to bo hundreds of paupers. On the whole , tbo average Kloiidlkcr would have boon better off , In dollars and cents , If lie had rftaycd at home and aivept the streets of Now York. Sturdy Strength of U < - | > iil > JlrniiUin. IlKitfonl Courant ( rep. ) . Tliero wa nothing the matter with Oov- ernorVolcotfs plurality in MaEnachusotts. For nu off year It was a thumper much larger than the brilliant nud popular Green- halgo's two yearn before. There v.-es nothlnc the matter with nusbncU'a plurality In Ohio , There wan nothing the matter with Shaw's plurality In Iowa ; ho made h ! campaign man-fashion on the gold Htandard l.-miu against the combined ellvpr democrats. Bllver republicans , and Bryan populists , and laid them out bj 30,000 and bettor , polling n much larger vote than any over beforu ob tained by a cafidldato in an Iowa off-year stale election , ' 'fhoro to nothlnK the matter with the republican party , except the I'latts and Quajn. thi'Jr amall-fry Imitators , the teachers of cowardly politico , end the prac- tlcora of dirty politics. Once well rid of these , the party1 would renew Its youth like an eagle. ' Jot * ( liilnryIN u StriuldliT. JiSJY.YoiU Hun , A number of "persona who have scruples against minding their own buwlncss are get ting nervoi-fl over their Inability to find out whether Hon. Jculah Qulney , mayor of Bos ton. Is or Is not a tellvcr man and democrat in good nnd regular Mantling. The Boston municipal clccfii ( | ts near at hand , and the person with scrurfw maintain that If Joslah meats to bu a candidate for re-election , he must s.-eak out 'or be forever fallen. Mr. Qulncy's attltudo has been perfectly clear for a long time. Ho Is In laver of inla- cellanpoun municipal reform and plenty of It ; and he IIBH a lecture on the subject which ho delivers free of charge. In regard to the Chicago platform ho U remarkably straight forward. Ho considers It an Interesting document , and whllo he deems It. out of place for him to hake any detailed observations about It , ho baa not concealed and never will conceal hla views of weather. Three are eife and. conservative , Yesterday , for Instance , ho admitted that the rain was rather a wet rain , but , bo said , "I must not bo under stood as Insisting upon the point. There may bu persona to whom the rain deems dry. On the whole , I prefer to call It a wet-dry rain. When rain falls I think that I shall not transcend tbo bounds of accuracy If I eay that tbe weather la not absolutely brll- lUut. Unfair la tbo word I would uvo. " CANADIAN ni5tATIOXS. Globe-Democrftt : Our trndo wltb Canada baa Increased from JM,000,000 In 1891 to JCC.- 000,000 In 1S ! > 7 , anil tbc balnnco of tro In our favor hat year was $2(5.000.000. ( Canada Is a pretty good customer , but must not ex pect to shflpo our econom'ie policies. Now York Sun : There fa. fts we have pointed out rcpcutedly , Just one way In which Canadians can otrta-ln , the prrcloua privilege of free trade with the United States , nnJ flint Is by severing their connection with a European monarchy and by becoming clt- Izcns of the great American republic. Thttt way lie dignity and prosperity ! under any other political conditions the lot of Canada , will be a hopelcaa one , I'hllndelplila 'Press ' : There Is no reason why this country should mnke the position of Canada easier whllo It retains Ita Im perial connection. Our duty -la to make the colonial position first arduous ami then Im possible. For ua. ccticcflnlon lo Canada Is a blunder. The present regulations as to Canadian U\uiN lilmionlH | should bo re volted. No privileges should bo enjoyed by Canadian railroads on our lines Congress ought Itself to Impose again the differential duty on foreign Imports from Canada which the attorney general unwisely sophisticated out of exlsti-nce. If Canada were rut off from the prtvllegeR she- now enjoys Ita rail roads would become bankrupt. No more privileges should bo granted , be the conccn- slou what it may , unless exclusive. Nor should the seals bo made the basUs of bar gain or compromise. In their present plight they are worth nothing for revenue. If Canada Is not ready on general principles to protect tbc seal herd let It go. Complete thu slaughter which Canada 1ms begun and free ouiselves of n burden on which the United States , thanks to Canadian poach ing , has nlriMdy spent more than the herd Is worth. soviuiiiKITIIUI : : > . Indianapolis News : Sovereign pays be wanted n rest ; so did the country. Buffalo Kxprcss : General Master Workman Sovereign has been retired from olllco by the general assembly of tbo Knights of Labor. Mr. Sovereign sayn that he Is elad to have a icst. The general assembly must parlako of his Joy. Chicago I'rst : Sovereign wants to bo pres ident of the United States. So did Belvix Lockwood. and HO , wo are assured , does Mary Lease. Coxey also had a hankering In thnt line at one time , und so did B. Oral ? Brown , Joshua Levering , H. 11. Cowdry. n. K. Butler aud John I' . St. John. Some of them got as much as 1 per cent of the total vote cant. 8omo got less than n tenth of I per cunt , and eomo never oven got a nomination. Under the circumstances there eecms lo be no rea son why any one should wish to denrive Sovereign of the privilegeof wanting fo be president , especially so far lu advanru of the election. Indianapolis Journal : H is of little consequence quence whether Mr. Sovereign retains or gives up the incongruous title of general master workman of the KnlghtH of Labor , since the organization is tvo longer potential. He might have been a very mischievous per son it ho had been the leader of a large body of men , for thu reason that lie is hos tile to any co-operation between tlio twc elements of industry , employers and em ployes. He belongs to the fast-decreasing clasa of labor or alleged labor loaders who foment strikes when there Is trouble and sow the seeds of suspicion and prejudice In the minds of all who will listen when peace pro- vails. Kansas City Journal : In dropping J. n , Sovereign from the exalted position of gen eral master workman , the Knights of Labor have cotnmondi'd themselves to tbe public , Although the exact causes of the change ol olllclals may never be known , the assertions that it has been made with entire harmony end at the request of Mr. Sovereign will 'be ' taken with considerable allowance. The fact Is that the general master workman hae not been a true representative of labor , and the host ho represents cannot but have been convinced of that fact. Mr. Sovereign has for some time paat given bis time and ener gies to politics rather than to labor union ism , and ho bis bean led astray by strange vagaries and fallen Into un-American ways. The Knights are a large and powerful organ. Izitlon. though not nearly so largo or so powerful as they used to be. They should have a broad-gauged leader , a man with a clear head , good mental balance and few prejudice ? . If Mr. Hleka la such n man he will at cxnco give now strength and greater dlirnity to the organization that has honored him. l'Klt.MI. . AMI OT1IUH1VISI3. An Ohio girl , In her excitement over a parade , swallowed a campaign button. Now no one din tell what her polities are. The result of the- Now York campaign has Improved 'Mr. ' Croke-r's health so nuirh that ho no longer considers U necessary to return to Knglund this lull. A monument to Shabboua , chief of the Pot- Liwatomlcs nnd friend of the white pioneers of the Illinois Illvcr valley , is to be eructed in Evergreen cemetery , Morris , III. A M > iF&a < .husets : man laughed h'lmself ' to death lust week , and it.v.a ? only lust week thai tonit ? Eoclal philosopher printed a screed lamcntlnf ; that Mughtcr Is almost n lc t , art. A sugM'ntlou has been made In Seattle Wash. , that ono of thu iolanda near Alanka bo named after William Henry Seward , the gnvit secretary of state , whoso work it wan to annex Alaska. The latest Ininato of the Iowa Industrial School U a boy who is but 5 years old. ll i was sent there for stealing a horde and bUKgy , a bicycle and tricycle , and for setting flro to a dwi'lllnc house. T.JO transfer of the city gas works to ; i private company in I'hlladelphla waa a snap for tcio councilmen. The New Yark Herald bays votes In favor of the transfer netted from * U,000 to $10,000 each. It IB noted as a compliment to I-Mward Everett Halo tbit there was a longer line of people wilting for tickets to his Ixiwell Institute leuturi'ti in Boston 'than thuru was wailing for tlckt-ts to 4hc big fcot ball game last week , Ex-Seerot.ary of the Treasury John G. Car- Halo has leased hlfl residence In Washington to Congressman O'Doll nnd will remove his family to New York , which has been bis real- deuce sluL-u bin retirement from the Cleve land cabinet. A Now Hampshire murderer -pleaded guilty to ( In- charge on condition that his execution should be deferred until January 1C , IKtS , because ho claim * hU contract with the devil will expire on that date and "I will go t/tiulffnt to heaven. " A bus1 of Charlea Stewart I'arncll has Just br-en addi-d to the National Portrait gallery. London. It IB the vork of Mini Mitry Grant and was him ; , ' In the great British gallery of ( .elebrltlos on tlio aixtli unnlvcrBary of the death of tlio great Irlnli leader. An ciiU-rprisirig New York man sold Ills wife for a watch. The purchaser married the woman and Instituted proceedings agalnnt bis wlfo'H former husband for larceny In Ble-alliiK the watch. Thfa former husband then had his successor arrested on u charge of bigamy. Key. lr. Sivallow , who polled such a HUT- prlblngly big vote lu 1'eiiCBylvanla la.jt . week , had a can.ialgn : button which was a mystery tn nil save those who knew the family h'.u- ' lory of the pri.icher and bU > wife. lira. Swallow was a Robin before marriage und the button contained a picture of two birds llylns Mo by side. M.1. Oharlcs A. Dana , Jato editor of the New York Sun , le't uu unencumbered ontato valued at Jl.iOO.OOO. Facts revealed by the lilint ; of Mr. Daim'ri will show -that Ills In tent , t in the Sun ban tot been p ! ugev for a lo.ui. Since .his connection with -tho Sun , be- KinniiiK In 1808 , Air. Dana was paid $ -.000,000 In proilts and salary. John Magco , uged 29 years and president of the Fall Brcok railroad , Is the youngest American to hold such a position. Besides bulnu head of a railroad operating several hundred in Urn of truck , bo Is president of tbo Tall Brook Coal company of Antrim. Pa. succeeding his latu father , Geroral Mage ) of Watklns , N. Y. , In both capacities. Ho employs thousands of men and manipulates capital amounting to over J5.000.000. The German emperor ascribes bis good health and vigor < o 'the excellent advice given lu him by bis favorite doctor , and ho iiari karnt by heart the Jattcr'u "rule of life , " which is as follows : fat fruit for breakfaat. Hat fruit for .lunch , Avoid pastry and hot cakes. Only take potatoes onro u day , Don't take tea or coffee. Walk four miles every day , wet or fine , Take bath every day. Wash the face every night In warm water. Sleep eight hours every night. THU SUOAIt DUttT. Proirrmn of the Jicrr lmln rr TIirniiKtmnt' the Unltcil SJntcn. Indlanapoll * New * . For some years the attention , of American farmers baa been directed toward the culti vation of sugar beets , anil tbo subject Ja now attracting tnuch attention among the farmers of Indiana. An Interesting and use ful 'bulletin ' on the sugar beet has been pre pared by II. W. Wiley , "chief " of the division of chemistry In the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. Ho starts out by showing that many farmers bavo an er roneous opinion respecting the manufacture of ibcet sugar. > Ho shows that from the nature of the "process U Is Improbable that any simple methods of homo manufacture will prove commcrclnlly successful. The refining - fining of Hhc sugar la -process which re quires an expensive outlay for machinery und a high degree of skill. It cannot bo ac complished on the farm. The farmcru of this country , an Is the case with those of Kuropc. must ho satisfied with acquiring t' ' o requisite skill to produce bec-ts with A pay ing tontago and a high "content of sugar. Ono remarkable fact shown bythe statistical tables Issued by the fjovernJiicnt Is that the sugar beet has been able to supply the largo deficiency In tbo world's sugar crop duo to the Cuban war , In three years the supply of sugar furnished by Cuba bus fallen from 1,000.000 tons to about 100.000 tons , and yet there has been no appreciable deficit In the total sugar production of the world. Experlenco baa sho.vn that the sugar licet reaches Its highest development In , north temperate latitudes. iBcets can bo grown In the -south , but ithcso nro far loss rich Jn sugar than those grown farther north. Ex periments made -by the government show that the sugar < bcet attains its greatest per fection In a zone of varying width'through ' tbo center of which passes the Isothermal line of 70 degrees R for -the months of June , July and August. This Isothermal line reaches Us highest point near Lansing. Mich. ; then going In a southwesterly direc tion , It enters the Rtate of Indiana near South Bend , passes through Michigan City nndthon follows a northwesterly course. Thus , according to the opinion of experts , fully one-half of this stnto la peculiarly well adapted to sugar Hicet culture. As to the coat of growing bcdts for sugar Mr. Wiley says : "Tho cost of growing aero of beets de pends on so many varying factors as to render It Impossible to give an estimate which Is reliable for every locality. The dif ferences In rent of land , ccst of labor , methods of culture , etc. . require 'that ' any estimate which ( may be given should bo re vised for almost every series of conditions. The following estimate of maximum cost per aero Is basrd on the supposition that land is worth $75 and acre , labor U a day , the yield fifteen tons an acre , ami tnat uio distance to the factory Is not greater than three nilliv ) : Ilent of land W-00 PIo-A-Ing , subsolllng nnd preparing for planting * > > Fertilizers 10.00 Coat of seed 2 2.i Planting 1J Hoolnjr nnd thinning Jj.00 Cultivating with horse hocfive times. . ri.OO - S.M Harvesting- Topping ilJ ! Delivering to factory ' * Total $ " . > 9.SC Value of nft'oen tons , at $1.50 5G7.M The beet sugar Industry Is not a new thing , but It is otily of recent years thai the raising of beets for sugar has been madt commercially profitable , and public attention has been turned to the Industry. In 1S30 the total beet sugar production In the Unltcil States was a few hundred pounds ; It was the same up to 1SC3 , between which year am ! 1871 the output was 300 to 500 tons a year Between 1S74 and 1S77 It was under IOC tens a year ; It Jumped to 1,200 tons In 1S79 but was less than BOO tons a year for mosl of the years between 1S79 and 18S7. From that tlmo the Industry has grown steadily and rapidly , ns the following figures show 18SS , 1.010 tons ; 1SS9 , 2.GOO tons ; 1S90. 2.SOC tons ; 1891 , 5,359 tons ; 1892 , 12,091 tons , 1S9.1 20 453 tons ; 1S94. 20,443 tons ; 1880 , 30.00C tons , and 189G. 40,000 tons. Beet sugar fac tories are In operation at Watsonvllle , Cat. Chino Valley , Cal. ; Alvarado , Cal. ; Norfolk Neb. ; Granfl Island , Neb. ; Eddy. N. M. ; Lehl Utah. This year there have been built , 01 are at present building , factories at Home N. Y. ; Menomonee Falls , WIs. ; Alamltos , Cal. , and at Salinas City , Cal. It Is not al all improbable that In the near future all ol the sugar consumed by the people of the United States will bo raised and made In the United States. In Europe the consump tion of sugar per capita Is 25.B4 pounds ; In the United States it Is G2.CO sounds. There is thus a homo market for every pound of beet sugar that the American farmers can turn out , and Indiana Is fortunate that her temperature and her soil lit her fcr the new Industry. A I'M 1C 13 WITH XIM3 IilVKS. Tli ( > HOKIIH llrport < > f I'niilliiM Pilule- H < - < --n < l.v Itrvlvril. Indltinnpolls Journal. The Pontius Pilate fake , which has recently excited some Interest and more ridicule , has sjmo cuTlcus aspects , Its recent course be- ian with the publication In a sensational New York newspaper of what was rep- rescoted as Polntius Pilate's report 1C Tlbcrlu.s Caesar regarding the trial , convic tion and crucifixion pf Jesus Christ. It was represented as a recccit literary find among the archives of the Vatican of the greatest possible value , aud was fortified with pre tended dispatches from Home tending to corroborate it. In further verification of 1's &acrcdncss and value It was copyrighted by the vapor publishing it a plain violation of tbo copyright law , by tbo way. It wan ooarceiy published before It was denounced as a fako. First , the learned expects de clared that , Instead of being a newly "dl - t-ovorcd document , It was cue of several others of a llko character , published In this country several years ago , all of which wo regarded as forgeries. Next , the people xvho read the newspapers began to be heard from. The number of these Is very largo , and they are apt to know a gleat many things. Editors know a grod deal themselves , hut what they do not know some nuwspcpcr reader Is pretty sure to. If Rome editors would sto.j to thlnlc how much knowledge tliero Is In the world and how small a proportion of It can ho carried ! /i ono head they would bo more careful. This remark Is Intended , of course , for other paporo than the Jourinl. In tiio present case the llret denl-dl from tlici lunks of the people came from Ml&jourl , The New York paper hail MaU-,1 thu chc alleged Pilate's report hail been translated by "Rev. Dr. W. D. Jfahau , an KncMsh clergyman and paleog rapher. " Tiio Missouri account said th'U ' He * ' . Mah&n was once n Cumberland Presby terian preacher In liiat B'-atc , and was ex pelled fr m the church some thirteen yearn ugo for attempting to palm off -tho iPontlus Pll > 'lo fake as having been discovered In the arc-hives of the Vatican by a learned German friend.of his anil .verified by himself and oth- ort > js genii-ine. Ho Incorporated It In a book which was published In St. Loula In US ) . The Ma.ian fruuil was fully exposed. Next came a letter to the Journal from Bra/.ll , In ! , , In whIcCi thu writer tviM : "Whllo the flurry Is on regarding the al- letter of Pontius 1'lltplo la L'aosar , I to day -have I Identically the same doc ument in a llttlo bock cnt'ltled "Ges'-a I'llatl , " published by the late W. U. Clough , aud printed In Indlanaptlls In I8S3. " This uMr.C'k'Ugh was a highly educated jr.i.n , a Virginian by birth , one a mlnlMer of the ChrUllan uiurch anil a theological writer. Ho came to this city several ye.ir > i ago , but did not succeed In getting cstiiilltJied In any businccM , and die , ! In the city hospital about a year ago. It is not known where he cb- talnol the alleged- Pilate report which ho In corporated In hiu book with lri'.cret > tlnt ; cent inents. Next , a comspcndcnt of the Journal lo cate.tiio origin of thu fake In Bta-lliyvlllo , this state. He writes : "Tho correspondent from 'Missouri ' to the New York Woild says that Hev. W. I > Msl.-an. I ) . ' . , drat pubH-U-d it In bosk term , but this must bs Uhc same djciiinni : which ap-pearod 'n ' 1879 ° In book form un-ler the title , "Ada Pllati. " It waa published liy the M. ill. Hoblns Publishing company uf , Shelbyvlllo. Ind. , tbe uutbor hi-lns Hev. : Grorgo Sinter , AM. . , at ono time secretary of missions of the Presbyterian syn xl of | Missouri , at the tlmo the bosk was publUhcd , pastor of the First Proibytorlan church of I Shelbyvlllo , " | Thu journal < la In poesiujlun of a copy of , : Iiia book , loaned by a friend. Its full title Is : 'The Acta Pllati. Important testimony of Pontius Pilate , recently discovered , being His olllclal report to the emperor TiburJua concerning the crucifixion of Christ Kdiled by < Hov.George Sluter. A. iM. , late secretary missions , Presbyterian synod of Mlsnourt. Bhclbyvlllo , Ind. ; ii. O. atobbina , publisher Ami printer , 1879. " This w eighteen yearn ARO , and probably the fake wilt not b traced further back In , this country , nor. Sluter evidently thought gonulno. In hli preface ho ays : "U may perhaps > bo neceasry to guard the reader against supposing this to bo th spurious or forged Acta to which allusion Is made by many writers , They nro full of absurdities and almost utterly unworthy of respect. Hut the Vatican copy which I here present Is an entirely different paper. I have carefully ox.imlnrd thu Act * IVai-ailojI.i. Mors and Kplstol.io Pllati. both In Uio Latin and Greek , forma , and I osauro the reader there Is not n line or trace of similarity between them nnd this document , U w-lll speak for Iteclf. I think the Internal evidence la such as cannot fall to produce conviction upon careful examination , * * The discovery of this long lost testimony of Pilate , amid the vast mass of unedited parchments In the Vatican , Is cer tainly an event of extraordinary Importance In the history of the Christian evidences. " In an Introduction Itov. Sinter elates that he came Into possession of Uio precious manuscript through "a learned man of Ger many , not a theologian , " who discovered It In the library of the Vatican nnd finally succeeded In obtaining at certified copy of It fr > Mii "Kather FVcenllnhuson , a monk of great learning at Homo and custodian of the Vutt- pan. " The alleged document Is published. In full , accompanied by explanatory notes by the c-dltor , That those different versions of the "Acta Pllaitl" are practically one and the sanio production cannot bo doubted. Tholr appearance at BO many different times and places , always claiming to have been ubtalncd directly from the fountain head , the library of the Vatican , shows what re markable vitality n well constructed Ho has. WHY I.Y.NCIIIM ; is i > oi > ri < Aii. The Kill I u re of tlu > Cinirtx to r.\icillto .Itisllrc. Chlcauo Chronicle. Whllo studouls of sociology are casting about for an explanation of iho prevalence of the lynching spirit , let them glance at the case of young Urn-rant , < be San Fran cisco murderer. Hero Is a. man who has been convicted and sctrlcnrcil after a trial in which ho was ably defended nud In which ho availed himself of all Iho safeguards which the law places around the prisoner whodc guilt has not been prove. ] . A , Jury of twelve men found him guilty and ho was sentenced to bo hanged. In most countries this would bavo been the end of aho matter. Jn the United States It was on'ly ' the beginning , llho conviction of Durrani icu the San Kranclaco court wak merely the opening slcirmUh In the legal battle. The case has been fought through all the courts. One stay after another has bcoa granted , only to be dissolved after A full bearing , and at last the highest tribunal In the nation decided -that Durrant was prop erly convicted. It might reasonably-bo presumed that this , at least , settled his fate and that the sen tence of the law would bo executed. But such a. presumption would bo a mistaken one. Having carried the cabo from Uio lowest court to the highest and having been defeated In all of them. Durrani's at torneys merely changed their plea and be gan In the lower courts again. Another -stay of execution has been obtained , and an the process can apparently be repeated ad Inflnltum the murderer bids fair to die of old ago If he can find money to employ at torneys to light for him. Durrani's case Is , of course , au exceptional one. but 11 differs from ordinary murder casts only In degree. In all of Ihem thtr Is the same system of legal delay , of suc cessive appeals , of stays of execution. Any technicality , any legal quibble Is sufficient to ) save from Uio gallows for a time at least a. murderer who lias been fairly aud Impartially tried ojid convicted by a jury of his countrymen. Wo have been so care ful to protect the rights of the accused murderer that we find It Impossible to hang him after he has been convicted. In these facts can iba found the explana tion of the lynching spirit. Tbe failure of the law to do/Justice Incites men to take the law Into their own hands. And as the > i law continues to show more and more In dulgence to convicted murderers wo maybe bo sure that lynchlngs will Increase rather than dlnilnl.sh In number. Wo should either hang murderers within a reaeonable tlmo after conviction or do away altogether with the prote.nso of caph t-al punishment. Clll.Sr ItHlIAItlC.S. Harper's Dnznr : Flora ( who has aspira tions ) Don't you think women can do a grout deal to elevate the stage ? Ed It wouldn't be necessary if they'd lower their hats. Washington Star : "Thnt man does not seem to liuve gotten credit lor his public services. " "He doesn't need It , " replied Senator Sor- , : ? .lmm. "lie hius made enough to be able to pay cash. " Louisville Courier-Journal : Fosdlok IlemplillI has Joined the national gimrd. Keecilck He'll make n good nillltliimnn. "What makes you think HO ? 1 thought he wits too lazy. " . "That's what I menu. He's done a fereal deal of Holdierlnij. " Chicago Tribune : Proprietor How much ! did you tell the man the Job of SUM llttlntf would probably come to ? Workman I told him It wouldn't be over $10 or $11. Proprietor Very well , sir. The bill will be made out for J10 , and 1 shall charge the other dollar to you. Hen-nftcr never ninko the mistake of t'JvIng a customrr two figures to go on. Detroit Journal : "As you never work , Slowboy , I can't undurstaiid why you take such an Interest In trade reports. " "Well , when other men nrc propperoiiH I Unit it easier to borrow money from t-hem. " Soincrvl'.lc Journal ; Fllrllmr with a lrl lit thf other end of u telophoae Is a good deal like buying tlukrts In u lottery. In tint first place , II'H wrong , nnd In tin- second | ) ! a < ! c. a man l.s almost sure to draw a liiuuk. Indliinnpolls Journal : 'Mrs. ' Wlckwlre- Ocodnea me , Henry ; Is It uliaoluti'ly ncci'S- sary to use such lanBiliigiIn putting ono llttlo parlor heater -position ? Why. the limn who nut up the great big kitchen r.ings for tia didn't have to swear onco- .Mr Wk'kwlro (11-rnely ( ) He didn't have hi * 'nlfe ' with him , did heY WATTING. C'li.-vi > ! nnil l/-ailur. All things may romu to him who walla Hut waltluir doesn't pay. Unless you bravely lnmtlc forth To mi'ut things on thu way , Tbo chnncrs arc that whp.n at last They do t-omu Into view T- > irulil'ii tInn- will loni ? bo past When tbe-y'd have lii-nplltinl you ! I.V .NOVUUIIKII. FfiniorvlllcJnutnnl. . The winter days will HOOII bo bore , With IPO. and Hlci-t , and snow. The mercury will KO down tltnlrH , Tin- Icy winds Mill blow. To you , beside a cheery fin1 , The cold will ( m remote ; Uut don't for ft your fellow-man Without an ovurcoat. Tim rnmlinr of the winter monna Keen suffering" for him. A fc-i'blc lUht with numbing Cold- Anil Hunger , if nun t nnd grim , You may bt > clnd In cotly furs , , \ ' . - , 'round ynur throat ! Hut don't forgitt your fcllow-maii Without an overcoat. Your bins are hcanlnir full of coal , No- winter lias begun ; Hu buyi n bodftil at a. time , At twenty dollars a ton. Unlay your llfo. Your thought nnd care To lluini you love devote ; Hut don't forgot your fellow-man Without nn overcoat. Stag Man Erving says in a ! ate interview "Keep sway Coffee. " trainers twin . flihleiic ers universally snyfhe same- 3 weak heart and short breath teach the lesson. Tiia standard beverage in Athletic Oii'cioG is Postum Cereal Coffee.