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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1897)
Tajmcnta Through Banks Surpass These of the Banner Yoara. EXPORTS tCL'PSE ' ALL PAST RECORDS Vnllnrrn for HIP Vnt Two Ililvc llrcn. ( lie Siiinllput for in I'lvc Ycnrv. NEW YOIIK , Dec. 17. It. 0. Dun & Co.'a Weekly Review ot Trade will say In Ita Issue ot tomorrow : Cloio to lt annual holiday and halt , the buslntits of the year Is surprisingly large , I'uyiuentH through banks arc 2.5 per conl l.trgor than In lb'J2 , heretofore the year ot ientest prosperity. The production of Iron nnd woolen- ) und boots nnd shoos l larger than over before ; exports eclipse all past records nnd failures * for two -wcelm have been the smallest for corresponding weeks In llvo years. The treasury receipts shclAi n steady In- < : r , MO for the first half of December over ( previous months , both In customs nnd In ternal rcVPiiUL1 , and heavy payments to the fiovornment on Union Pitclllo account caused but slight strlnKcncy In money markets , with preparations for largo cancellation of MUIUJS. The . most r\eighty news of the week Is the rise of merchandise exports In November to $ rClcno,2X ( ) , the excess ot exports In four < inonlhs being $220,212,101 , whllo the first hiilf of December nxports are not nearly as largo mill Imports J2WOOCQ smaller than last year , when the excess of exports was KiSSOd,26 < l. 1'rob.ibly nil record * arc Burpnesed by ex ports'for thin ycnr , xvhlch have been 5'J7IGOO- 00) In eleven months , nnd the excess over Imports In live months hns ( probably ex celled 2,3,000,000 , The output of pig Iron December 1was the Ktciitost ever known , 2M.02I tons , against 213.U9 November 1 , IbSG , and217.306 tons In November , 1S95 , the highest .point hereto fore. Unsold slocks also decreased In No vember 29,052 ton ? , Indicating consumption of about 230,000 tons weekly during the month. Hessemcr declined In the face of such production , 10 per font and grey forgo 2 > cents nt Plltsburg. The demand was on the M'holc giv tier and unusual structural contracts for the season were placed , with fales of 10.0W tons of steel rails at Now York and the largest orlers over booked by the Illlnol' ' ) Steel company , It Is wild , anil unexpectedly heavy bu-Mness In platus. Jluch buying also rosiiltcd from expectation of the lalrn consolldiillon , Including 2.CCO tons bcH-iemor nnd W.OOO tons billets at 1'lttsburg. No reaction comes In copper nnd ooorta for the month nro estimated at lii.W ) tons and tin plates slightly stronger. iCcUo production was ir l,9iTi tons , with con- tractH making for the coming year at Jl.M und anthracite coal was weaker at J3.73 here. Wheat Is just now the backbone of fnr- clpn relations nnd Atlantic exports In two \\oeks have been , Hour Included , 7SSO,9I2 Inishcln , nRiilnst ) 5,413,677 bushels last year , \vhllo rcoelpts rose to 12,006,122 bushels' , ngulnrt GC2 ,3S2 bushels last year. The price gained n. friction In npltc ot the speculative < lccllno In Chicago. Corn exports continue to exceed liu t year's , In li.vo weeksv 0,320Wl bUHhi'ls , agaluHt 5,071,828 bushels last year , v.'hlch Is a particularly significant feature. The prlco rose but a 'fraction and receipts in two w < ? eks wore 8,023,001 bushels , against D,4'.9,1S1 bushels last year. The cotton manufacture l < In dllllculty , < luc to production ln < rt year far In exec : * ! ) of demand and In partial tran fcr of the de mand to southern mills. Whllo domestic and export u.iles have been large , they are behln 1 a production exceeding that of the beat previous year , northern and southern Included , and the effort to straighten things by n reduction of wages presumably In- vo'ves ' 11 Etrlkc and destruction of output. Dry goods arc generally wea'-t nnd the range of prices the lowest over known. The demand for woolen goods Is Increas ing and some mills arc In the market pro viding for a greater proluctlon end the wool market Is unmistakably dull , the sales at the three chief -points being KviOO.lOO pounds , mnlnst 1S.1C0.1CO pounds last year , 17,17S,110 pounds In K'i'i uud 1G.M4.100 pounds In 1S92. Whlo- ! prices are siald to be held without chiniiyi' , manufacturer ! ! are hunting for bar- juUiJ - nijd , f < jrobjU'h 'wool In considerable quantity IB qomlntr this | , vay. FallurcsTor the wwk have been 229 for the Vnlted Slates , aa-alnst 337 last year , and twenty-eight In Canada , against forty-one last year. 'UUVI.UW ttV K STOtJIC 3I.UtlCIST. .Moru I'iil > ! lt' Inlcro'l and OulHlilc Ituy- Ini ; In Shown. NHVV YORK , Dec. 17. Uradstreofs finan cial review tomorrow will say : Strength , accompanied by considerable iirosulurlty , was shown In this -week's bpei1- ulatlvo movement. There lius been to nil sinponrunceo .more public interest und out- iildp buyltiff In the m.irket , but It lias been In the main under the control of the bull leaders and bull cliques , Lcndon boug.it to n. limited extent , but the Increased favor In which Ameilcnns are said to bo held there , I largely beciiuso of the northern Paclllc divi- dbml , Is iippiirontly conllned to professional interests mid doss not extend to the public. lloiidH have been strong , but somewhat less ac'llvo nnd thu movement In thorn , as well us In slocks , received n check from the hardening of rates for money , which began or.r'.y In the woelt nnd became jomovtmt de- olded on 'U'edrio.-Hlny , when call loans wore quoted at 3Sf4 per cent. This was the re- tiu" of tha 'fact ' that the banks do not con- Hltlor it needful to go to the trouble and ex- l > nso of depositing United States bonds l -lth the treasury to secure a drjioalt of Iho 1'nlon I'ucllli ! money as It Is paid In and then flml it nlinost ) Imposzlbla to lend It on call nt 1V4 per cent. The fact that the $8,100,000 paid this week was allowed to go Into the treasury and tlmt the same course will bo" taken with the two succeeding In stallments of a similar amount , will haidly result In any stringency In the money mar ket. The government has arranged to an ticipate payment by about n week of the J' . ' , OOO.tOO of currency Cs , which mature In January. The advance of Interest rates , small as It li , caused a declln In foreign exchange and tiny further hardening would doubtless brlnw tl at market to Iho gold Import point. Still tlii' street had one of ItH characteristic chills nt tlio mere mention of higher rates for money and professional manipulators In the latter part1 of the wcclc worked1 1 if some in stant-en for a reaction , with varying suc cess , UIlAll.STIIKKT'S 1IHVI15W OF T In AVt'xt mill XortliTvi'Ht Uii- lniiiilri | > il In UK Stri-iiKtli. NEW VOHK , Uc-c. 17. Brailslrcefs tomor row will say : A ssnslblo quieting of demand In whole- ruin linen Is reported as line holiday ncaaon mill tha annual stocktalcingperiod approach preach , Chief among thu favorable features of the week has been onlargcd Inquiry nt 'lilshcr ' prlcra for Htcel In various forms. ai'companled by ndvnuco In the prices of norts most afffcted , A correspondingly heavy buslnefa hnti developed In pig lion , and prices show but a nllglit Blinding- fiu.i ) of the current Immense production. Tin wheat market 1ms lioen loss feverish , mid prices are practically unchanged from it week UKO , while corn , oats and Eiiiriir are additions to the list of products showing Advances. TJio unsatisfactory outlook for cotton goods Is reflected In reductions/In b'.enehed goods to the lowest point ever i cached , while some cotton yarns nliow ciiHin-'BH. . Anthracite coal Is weak , the production is em tailed nnd talk of further vetitrlctlons Is heard. With these exceptions tlio prlco situation ID olio of quite nxctp- tlonal HtCiullncss. At the east , trade In wholesale lines Is ijulot , but retail trade ! m bct-n utltnulutcd sultloleutly to allow of n fair record of bust. ness In some lines. Manufacturers of woolen uloiha aio runnlntr on small niuretns , nnd look to u clmngO In heavyweight geode to Delicious Infusion pure , strong and delicately flavored. A cup of Japan Tea "invigorates in tbi morning and rtfrtsLts at nigbl. " Every pound of Japan Tea is critically inspected by the Japanese - ese officials before it is shipped. Soil by all eroccn. Improve the ( situation. The trndo ultuatlon west and northwest Is ono of unimpaired ntrength , nlthouett milder weather checks distribution of winter wear goods. Notable among favorable features Is the Improved Inquiry at IIIher prices for several kinds of ntccl , especially billets and wlro und nallii , The approion of the holiday season has Induced freer realizing on cotton by plant- era and others nt the south , nnd Increased activity Is noticeable In retail lines nnd among Jobbers In seasonable good * . Col lections are slightly better In consequence , nltlioufji the low prlco of the staple Is a illscournglnn feature. Aside from price de pression In Its chief products , the southern buMncst situation presents many encour aging feature.1 * , notable among those being the active demand at firm or higher prices for Louisiana sugar and rlco nnd leaf to bacco , Kxport trtido on the Pacific Is very heavy nnd shipments of wheat , cotton nnd lumber are of largo volume. Preparations for an Immense Alaskan outfitting demand arc Jnlng actively pushed , whllo seasonable trade .holds Its own. Wheat exports show a heavy fa'.llng oft from recently preceding weeks , aggregating an they do , Hour ns wheat. 4,004,3'J9 bushels , from both coasts of llio United Htntcs nnd St. John , N , H. , against 0,260,159 bushels last week , 4,222,714 bushels In this week a year ngo , 2.&I3.331 bushels In 1S95 , 2u3J,2b2 bushels In 1S91 nnd 3.217.0M bushels In 1 ! > 'J3. Corn exports are over 1CH ) , < MO bushels larger than last week. aggregating 4,129.- M8 bushels , against Z.Sll.lSO bu .icls In this wrtito u year ago , 2,037,780 bushels In U93 , GRi.COO buahcls In 1S94 , and KO.CwO bushels In 1S93uilslnes * failures nhow a rather Bmaller than usual nntc-hollday total , aggregating 283 , nsalnRt 292 last week , 3T > 9 In the week a year ngo , 3 j In 1S95 , 309 In 1S9I , and 353 in 1893. . . . . Canadian failures this week numbered forty-three , against twenty-Cluce last week , tihlrty-nlne In the week a year ago , und forty-two In the year 1833. \V1SI2KI.Y CM3AIHXO IIOUS13 TOTAIiS. ( if IIimlncNi TrniiMiiclloiin of lliu ANNiieliitcil IlitnUn. NEW YOHIC , Dec. 17. The following table , compiled by Uradstrcct , uhowu the bank clearings at eighty-seven cltlcu for the weot ending December 16 , with the porcuntagQ uf lucreutie und decrease nu compared with the cut responding week last yeur : emus. Clearing. Inc. Dec. XOTISS KUOM T11K COtfRTS. The Crelghton-Shelby case on trial "before Judge Scott has gone over until next Friday. In the case of Nick Yager against Louisa Yager Judge Scott has entered an order al lowing the defendant ? 500 alimony , pending tlio grBtitlng of the decree asked by the plaintiff. Attorney General Smyth has filed an affi davit for an attachment against tho. property of Ed J. Fitzgerald , ono of tho'Dnrtley .bonds- . men. It Is alleged that Fitzgerald is a non resident. In the case of W. W. Cox against the members of the Flro andi Police commis sion , decided in favor of Cox by Judge Scott , the court lias overruled the motion for a miporsedcas. The last of the jurors for the September term of court were dlsslmrgd today. Most of the Judges lmvo considerable work on hand yet and it Is not thought the term will bo adjourned until next Friday. L. F. Crofoot , Tecolvcr of the Omaha Flro Insurance ) company , has filed a report In the olllce ot thu cleric of tbo district court. Ho shoivs that the receipts up to date aggre gate f28,301,11 ; on hand , $12,794.17. Charles Volz has asked the courts to dlvorco him from his wife , Annie Volz. lie alleges that ho was married to the defend ant at Louisville , Ky , , on October 6 , 1874 , and that since that tlmo he has been abused lu a inofit shocking manner. Rachel M. SprlggH ask the court for a divorce and her maiden name , Rachel M , Ilesom. The plaintiff alleges that she was married to Sprlggs lu August , 1893 , and that during the following October ho deserted her and lisa never returned. Tht > popularity of Salavatlop Oil In not as tonishing wlied wo hear ot } te many cures. TUB HHAI.TV IMAIHCRT. INSTRUJinNTS piacedTon file Friday , De cember 17. U97 : WARRANTY DEEDS. M. N. Wulf to J. N. Frenzer , lot 2. lock 32 , Florence J COO J. N. Frenzer and wife to aietz Brothers' Hrewlng company , Kvme , . WO 'M. ' U LlttlelleJd to C. S. MrKenzl * . lot 25 In subdivision outlet 1 , block 3 , Smlthlleld DO Union Block Yarda company to 11. Dlbolka. lots 17 nnd IS , block 13 , First addition to South Omaha 1,000 A. C , Ranney and'f 1fo to J , II , Sego , lot 21. Hickory 1'laco 3,800 A. II , JJufrcno and wife to Q , I. Hume , lot 4. bjook "A , " Uedford ( Place..i 5 II. J. SIcyer to Jog Scblltz IJrcwlnc company , c xt 22 feet lot C , block C. Armstrong's First addition , - , 2,200 OHvo Bohecr to < M. T. and A. S. Pat rick. IO'.H 1 , 33and 34 , and west half lot 2 , block 2. Hlmebaush addition. , 6,000 QUIT CLAIM DEEDS. C. W , 'Metzger and wife to M , F. Har ris , lot a ) , W , A. Iledlck'a addition. . 1 O. W. Locmla , administrator , to W. C. Uron-n ct al. trustees , low 9 and 10. btook 3 , subdivision of part lot 6 , Cap addition. 2 C. U. Ford and -wife to Union National bank , lota lit to 17 , block 12 , Briers Place . . , , , , , . , , . . . . , . . , DEEDS. Bturlff to U V. I fnney , executor , lot 3. block 16 , Park Forest addition . . . . SCO 6Mnii1Ji't.9oaMuoJc' eMt blllt of north half lot 18. block 4 , CwupUH'a addition , . . ,7T. , SOS Total amount ot transfer * . , , , . , . , . . $14,1 $ DENOUNCE SPOILS SYSTEM Resolutions Adoctcd bj the Civil Boivo3 ! Reform League , TO TURN BACKWARD IS DISHONORABLE All PnrtlrN .IModRC ti Contliitic ( hf Hefiirni Curl .Scliurt UniinlnioiiHly omccm CINCINNATI , Dec. 17 , The National Civil Service Reform league today ro-clcetcd Carl Scluirz jircsldcnt by acclamation , The rc- rr.QlnlrfK onicers selected are as follows : Vlca presidents , Charles Francis Adams , Boston ; Henry Hitchcock , St. Louis ; Henry C. Has- Iw , Philadelphia ; Augustus II. McDonotigb , New York ; Kronklln MaoVeagh , Chicago ; J. Hall I'lcaBants. Ilaltlmorc ; Ut. Ilov. P. C. Potter , Now York ; William Potter , New York ; IU. Hev. P. J. Ilyan , Philadelphia ; secretary. Qeorgo XIcArny , Now York ; treas urer , Qoorgo Frlcsscl , Now York ; cxecutlvo committee , Carl Schurz , Now York , chair man ; Mowflcld Storey ami Hlcliard Henry Dana , notion ; Sherman S. Kogora , Quffalo ; William A. Alkcn , Norwich ; Kdward M. Shepard and W. Q. Lowe , Urooltlyn ; C , d. Uoncparte , Ualtlmore : E. P. Wheeler , S. W. Durt , Kdward Cary , Charles Collins , Ulchard Watson Glider , William Potts and Norman D. Raten , Ne-w York ; Merrill Wyman , Jr. , Cambridge ; William Dudley roulko , Ulch- mend , InJ. ; Lucius I ] , Swltt , inaUnapolla ; Herbert Walsh and Charles Hlchardiou , Phil- adc'uhla ; John W. Ela , Chicago. Tuo report ot the treasurer , A. S. Frlesscl of New York , allowed receipts of $4,254,29 ; disbursements , $3,478.82 ; balance on hand , 1376.13. The report of the 'committee on resolutions , which reported through Us chairman , Charlea O. Uonaparto of Baltimore , was adopted as follows : NO BACKWARD STEP. , 1. The National Civil Strvlco Heform loafiue in Its seventh annual meeting re minds the country of the upeclllc nnd em phatic pledges of the last republican na tional convention thoroughly and honestly to endorse the present fedeinl civil services mw and to extend Its operation wlncrever practicable. The league confidently expects from the president and demands from every republican senator n faithful fulfillment of this distinct nnd solemn pledge. 2. The Itugue denounces any attempt on : ho part of republican membirs ot either "louse of congress to repeal the law to ein- mrrass the administration or any modifica tion of Its provisions except to the end that the merit system for public otllccs and em ployes may bo extended nnd personal or partisan favoritism In their choice more thoroughly eradicated , and declares It not only unpatriotic and unwise , but n gross , nhnmeful abuse of the party of which no man of honor would be guilty. 3. The league recognlzeH in the order of President McKlnley forbidding removals In the classified service unless for good cause and iifter due notice to the p.rson accused a wlso and just measure fully endorsed by a heightened public opinion , nnd It demands for the order a fair construction and a practical enforcement with adequate pun ishment for any otilclals who may disobey or cek to evade Its provisions. TUo league respectfully urges upon the president und upon those members of his cabinet and of. cither house of congress who also desire to preserve and extend the morlt system of appointment In. the federal service thu Im portance of unlllnchlng resistance to the demands of men who wish Its destruction. This least concession to demands Inspired by such motives will greatly encourage ICiese men and Increase their greedy clamor , while making resistance to such pressure more dlfllcult In the future. 4 T.IO league calls attention to the fact that In those states where the < party now dominant in federal government has fought Intercessions of Its state conventions to qualify or evade the unequivocal utterance ot Its national platform as to civil service reform the results or the late election have clearly indicated the disapproval ot honest and patriotic citizens. The league further recosrnlzes with pleasure the steady and rapid growth of sympathy with Its principles of conscientious Americans of all classes. SYSTEM MISREPRESENTED. 5. The league indignantly stigmatizes the mendacity with which the enemies of good government and better politics , both in nnd out of congress , have inlEi'ripresented the practical working of the merit sysUm , and their persistent repetition of gro < < und ridiculous falsehoods , clearly and frequently exposed , as Insults at once to the Intelli gence and conscience of ther American people. 7. The league demands that the employes of the census bureau bo selected for merit and fitness , to bo detei mined by fair , practical and thorough competitive ex aminations under the direction of the Civil Service commission. With the warning ex- nmpio of the last census before. Its eyes , It protests against any enactment which may iprevont or Impede such selection ns Involv ing a scandalous iwasto ot money and sacrifice of the country's Interests. It iwculd bo better to have no census at all In 19M than one talton by Incompetent or un trustworthy political proteges selected according to the .well known ( methods of so- called practical politics. S. The league renews Its ( previous declara tions In favor of the repeal of the larw prescribing four-year terms for many federal offices , the extension of the merit system to the consular service and the municipal civil service of the District of Columbia , and thu consolidation of outlying with central post- olllces. It expressly disclaims any advocacy of civil service pensions as a part of the merit system which contemplates such pensions no more than did the pystem of appointment and removal by favor , prevail ing before tiie merit system was Introduced ; on the contrary , the protection which an assured tenure during efllclency affords to public servants should enable them by the exercise of the frugality nnd forethought displayed by all prudent persons to provide ut of their current earnings for the ordl- mry contingencies of old ago and in firmity. PAPER BY HITCHCOCK , lion. Henry Hitchcock of St. Louis read a > aper on "Tho Republican Party and Civil Service Reform. " The purpose of this paper YDS to demonstrate the relation of the rc- lubllcan party to civil servlco reform by ettlng forth the principles and .policy to vhlch th'o republican party stands publicly ) lcdgcd by Its history and by the declared ofllcial repreeentativfe of the party In their platform of Its national convention. The entire paper was quotations from the record as shown , in I to platformo , In tbo Inaugural address of Its presldenta , In their messages o congress and in the speeches and votes ot leading republicans In congress. BeglmiB w b the history of the govern ment under the constitution the paper set orth that fUnew or merit was practically thu est of qualification for entering office and continuation la it. It remained for Jackaon o Introduce the "epolls" syetem , which had > ecn in vogue over dlnce , until arrested In a measure by the civil service act passed by congress fifteen years ago by a vote of 155 t'eas to 47 naye , the affirmative vote toeing 100 republican Lacludlng William McKVil y fifty-one democrats and four Independent and the negative vote thirty-nine democrats , seven republicans end one independent. In view of this , the writer aaya : "It would seem Incredible alike on grounds of party sagacity , of fidelity to party pledges and to the honored leader who urges the fulfillment and I don't hesitate to add , of personal honor , that any republican member of ccra- srees should take part la repudiating the principled and the policy of the civil service let. " SITUATION IN OHIO , At the afternoon session there was a largo a'ttoodauco ' , as the program -was - adapted to the public. "Tho Municipal Situation < n Ohio" was presented by Judge Rufua 13. Smith of the superior court of Cincinnati , Ho wIJi "Tho large cities ot Ohio constitute no exception In bad municipal government. They ore no better and they are no worse. U Is believed by those who are to sympathy with the pur poses of tbia UBiocIatlon that the great under , lying radical cause ot the wlsgovcrninent ot American cities is their falluro to recognize and apply the principles for which this asso ciation contends , and that it the people of the largo cities will recognize this fact they wilt find In It a solution of tbo vexed end unsettled problem of municipal government. " Illustrating ( he effects of the spoils eye- torn upon tiio political sentiment of Cincin nati , Judge Smith salJr "In the presidential election of 1E96 Hamllttci county gave Mc Klnley over 18,000 majority , Six months after , at the municipal election In Cincinnati , without say reason SOT a change of view upon the political questions which had been the Umiea at the presidential election , the re- publlcio candidate lor ta ywvis defeated by 7,000 , nft < it iho election ot thin fall Iho cntlro republican ticket. Including the legislative lative- ticket , whoo flection might OK-ldo the fnto ot a United Stntca senator , was again defeated. " The paper on tho-"Democratic Party ted Civil Service Reform , " by Hon.Moorflold Storey of Beaten , Ani read by Charles War ren of the .Massachusetts Reform club , In the absence of Mr. Storey. "It may properly bo said that the democratic parly i under a peculiar obligation ttjjpronvoto the reform of the civil service , thdTbbllKatlan felt by every honorable man to repair -wrong which ho has done. U wan Uieuemocratle party under the leod ot Amlrowil-J'ickson which first treated the public fpices ) as plunder , oad which , under him und his successors , cher ished the spoils system ao lovingly as to make It a cardinal principle < ot our govern ment , but then offlco aoekera demand all any time. I am Ilko a ir.-in so busy letting rooms at one cud of my homo that I have not tlmo to put out the fire which Is burn- Iiig In 1hc oUer , but ho could ciot cscapo from the degrading boniigo to the bartarous maxim , 'To the victors belong the spoils. ' DEMOCRATS LEAD THE CONTEST. Mr. Storey's paper reviews the hlatory ot the agitation of civil service reform down to the passing of the Pendletcn bill end de clares : "It was a democrat who led the con- teat ; ho was supported by the loiders of his p rly and it was a democratic victory which persuaded ccngrcffl to paso the bill. " Of the administration of the law durlcR President Cleveland's term the piper says : "Within , the classified service the rules were applied with reasonable fidelity , but other omces wore filled with little regard to Iho principles of reform. Wo cannot doubt I hat the president wta entirely sincere In his promise of reform. That he failed BO com pletely to realize his promise shows how great wi the pressure rnd how Blight the assistance which he got from thepublic. . The education of the people was not com plete. Yet the prtnldont , while falling far short of our lioptfl , advanced the reform ma terially whllo In office. He found some 14- 000 offices covered by the rules when ho was Inaugurated , and he extended the rules eo ns to add a'bout ' 13,000 place-j more. " Of Prwldent Cleveland's ceccad' term , Mr. Storey's p'per sajo : "Tho loot of the con sulships which Immodlaloly followed his re- accession to power was a b'.ttcr disappoint ment. This , with the icmovils of fourth- C'KVJ pMtmtdtcrs and other departures from sound principle excited Indignant comment at the time , and nothlsg 1-is occurred since to make us retract anything that was then said In coiiderrmtlon of the removals. We must nor forgot , however , that In his own tlmo nnd In his owa way President Cleve land showed ha ! earnest purpose to advar-se the reform by extending the claojslfied serv ice about to the possible llm'.t. "To the democratic pirty , " lie said , "we may commend , the study ot Its own history. It will find that Its principles. Its constituted declaration * for twenty-five year * , and the teachings cf Its great leaders all support our cause and that the spoils system Is urdemo- cratlc. The party must return to democratic principles If It Is ever again to bo trustoi with power , and It must abandciu a cau.se which drlvo ? from Its ranks the men who have led It to victory. " After the usual votes of thanks -and some general dlscu&slon , the league adjourned to meet next Decembar.aln Iloston. The banquet at the St. Nicholas tonight continued until nwr H , o'clock. The principal speeches In rci > o5Borto the toasts were made by Hon. Carl Schurz.J. R. Garfleld , Herman R. Rogers of Buffalo. J. W. Ela of Chicago , Lewis H. Gunkle qf. Qayton. Charles J , Bcna- parto ot BaltlmareJan'd Lawrence Maxwell of Cincinnati. Judge ; W. , H. Taf t cf the United States court pieslded. , There were 130 guests Including all the tumllton county memberr ct the legislature , who were Invited en the condition that their piesence should have no significance. All the ( apeechea were se vere In criticism o'ji , Representative ( Grosvenor of Ohio and Senator Ijeboe of Kentucky. AnliCHKer-lliijto'li1 Ilrf' lii > T Anx'n. recommends the jise ot the greatest of al tonics , "Malt-Nutrlnc : ' " and guarantees thr merits claimed fbit 11. " . For sale by all drug- on'tlip"Ourrl- Wreck * ALBANY , N. Y. , DC. 17. The Board of Railroad Commissioners today handed down a report of Its Investigations into the causes of the accident on the New York Centra railroad at Garrison on October 21 last The commissioners- arrive at the conclusion that the train was wrecked elthtr by de rallment which destroyed the embankmen 01 * that the structure gave way and threw the train Into the river. The board rec ommends that the force of track walkers on the Hudson River division of tiho ron < be increased so as to provide a constan and sufficient system of watching nnd warning along the line at all times. Montana > O\VM Notes. Within Montana , during ths last flsca year , C70.-191 acres of land have been pat cntcd to the Northern Pacific Railroad com piuy. The gold dredges , In operation near Ean nack proved a big suorcss the paat season Next year a new and much 1-irger beat wl be used. Charles E. Duor and D. G. iBrowne o Fort llcnton have purchased the Interest o Jainen McDevItt In the Bar Eleven Cattl company for ? 25,000 , The Celebration lode , adjoining the May flower in the Mayflower district , has boo bonded .for . $75,000 by thu Sunrise Mlnlu Syndicate ot London. An Austrian employed at the Dutto i Boston smelter , who had been saving hi earnings to send for his wife , was "rolled last pay day by a Butte cyprlan and as result was committed to the 'asylum. Another rich strike Is reported irom th now camp at Garnet City. This U in th International mine , and the gold ore Is sal < to - bocry rich. This adjoins the McDer mott mine , In which a strike was made I November. The Inter Mountain Publishing compau has been made defendant in another llbc suit. In wnlcn ? iuuuu is uomandeu for dam-1 agt-s. The plaintiff Is Ludwlg iRoy. an East Park street butcher , and 'the suit Is the re sult of the publication of a harrowing liorse- ineat story , ' From Colorado Gulch comes the news that the Afton iSmeltliig and Mining compaii } has struck the lead after fourteen months of work , The lead was struclc G25 feet from the opening of the tunnel and about 00 feet under the surface. The ors in the lead Is rich In copper. The mine Is about ten miles west of Helena. There Is another claimant for the distinc tion of having taken out the largest nugget Montana has ever produced. Edward M , Ris ing of Hopa Gulch asserts that on October 19 , 1865 , ho found a nugget at the head of Snowshoe gulch which was worth $3,224.80 , with gold at $10 an ounce , being more valu able by $1,000 than jwy other nugget found In the state. It'ft ) ? sent to the Paris ex position and attracted , much attention there , but it Is not known Where It la now. On the Blacktoot reservation , near tbo In ternatlonal boundary , flJoho Wallace returned from a hunt and laid his rifle on the table. A child of 9 yea/sBraised the weapon , the trigger became entangled and an explosion followed. The ball .struck a scantling run ning along the side ot tbo wall , and , glancing , hit the youngest , child , lying asleep on a cot In the corner of'ttio room. The ball en tered Just below tho'-arwoU ' , and , ranging up ward , tore and shattered the Infant's shoul der , passing on into the back ot the neck. requirements are perfectly met in Wool Soap. There may be more expensive soaps , but none better. / / is a\ \ > . iittiffinrt. For the bath It Is pleasant , soothIng - Ing and delight ful. ful.There's only one soap that won't shrink \voolens. You must choose be- and COLONISTS CO TO COLORADO Ton Thousand CroaUnns Will Settle oath- western Counties , HEY ARE BENT ON HOME MAKING Htli ; Alrpnilj" on HIP flrnniul nnd Other * lo l.'nllntrA KSrcnt Move ment Into Hip "Went TnklnK of Good ! Lnnil. DENVER , Colo. , Dec. 17. ( Special. ) Two iarloads of agricultural Implements which eft Denver in charge of nlno settlers bounder or the southwestern part of the state ono ay this week marked the beginning of a lovomcnt for the settlement ot tlio counties f San Miguel and Montrose and the Shcnan- oah valley that means much for Colorado nil the western states. The settlers nro Iroatlnns. a sturdy race ot European people f whom there are 200,000 In the United tales. Their point of destination Is the alley of the l.cnandcah , n region seventy u Ik's south of Grand Junction. This region s described T > y those- who have visited It us ho Ideal agricultural district ot Colorado , unsurpassed in soil , cllmato ani Irrigation losslbllltlca 'and destined to make Itself cnown throughout the land as population In- rcases and the iiaturaljulvantagcs ot various mrtlons of the continent are more fully ecognlzed. The nlno settlers now on route to South western Colorado nro a small contingent of ho great army which Is expected to follow , Already 125 settlers arc upon the ground and heir repcrts have stimulated hundreds of heir brethren , 'Who look with longing eyes oward a legion which they expect to make heir future home. The movement Is the argcst Immigration enterprise Colorado has ever known. ENTIRE PROVIN-CD COMING. It contemplates the settlement In south western Colorado of at kast 1,000 families , comprising 10.000 Individuals , within the icxt twelve months. This aggregation of energy and muiclo proposes to found In one of the most bcautliui valleys of the world , aa Ideal community In which each member will retain the rewards ot his own exertions and In which all will labor for the general advancement of Uio community. It is pro posed to build homes , schools , churches , fac- lories , Inlgatlon canals and catchment jnslr.a , establish a newspaper and to cirry 'orwanl all tb.3 operations of providing for : lie wants ol the whole community , Inde pendently , If necessary , of the busy world beyond the mountains. It Is proposed to take advantage of ths federal lawn as relat ing to entry upon government land and every icad of a family will file upon a homestead. No man Is received Into the colony who Is not a cltlzsn of the United States or at least lias not taken out the first papers necessary for citizenship. The management of the "Denver & Rio Grnndo railroad la In hearty sympathy with the inovjment and for months past has been In communication with the parent society which Inc selected southwestern Colorado ns the location of the great colony. The rail road company has mido rates and granted terms which are perfectly satisfactory to the special committee In charge of the move ment and the society has the pledge ot the Denver & Rte Grande that It settlers are located 11 the valley as promiaed , a branch road will bo built to the valley from a point on HID Rio Grande Southern , tweuty miles away. LARGEST COLONY EVER UNDERTAKEN. Charles Kuiiarlch , secretary of the society and ono of the leading Croatlans of the I'tited States , is li : the city. Mr. Kuharlch ' .res seen at the ofllce of the Gurley Invest ment company , whcro he was engaged in looking through a volumnlous mall which had been forwarded to him from dlffercnx parts of the country. ThD letters were from prrppectivo settlers , railway land agents , railway passenger representatives and Indl' vlduals who have axes to grind , whenever a new enterprise Is fairly launched. "Yea , " slid the secretary In answer to In quiries , "what you say is true. We- are lo cating tbo laigeot colony ever undertaken by the Croatian colonization society and we ara locating the colony In thU state. I vlaltr-i all parts of tht country north , south nnd west , but when my eye fell on the beautiful valley which we have chosjn as our home , I immediately felt that th& end ot my long journey had been reached. 'Banat , ' ex claimed ono ot our party , and Banat Is the name which wo have given the valley. It Is named after tlio most beautiful valley of the country In which we were born. While wo never again expect to see our native land , for wo have become American citizens , wo will constantly bo reminded of the scenes of our chllhcod.1 The secretary of the- colonization society Is a man of marked personality. Ho speaks half a do-en languagco and the Colorado ao- ctcty is the third attempt ho has made in establishing his countrymen In agricultural pursuits. A colony of 800 In Livingston county , Georgia , waa located a few years ago by Secretary Kuharlch and later he es tablished a colony ot 1,400 In Russell county , Kansas. The Georgia colonists ore engaged In raising grapes and making wine and the Kansas colony employ themselves la farming and fruit raising. Both attempts have been highly succe-ssful from a financial stand point and the colonists are satisfied and prosperous. Newspapers of Kansas have re cently be-en telling of the peculiar methods of banking employed by the Croatlans of Russell county. The falluro of several banks in thU portion of the state warned the BCttlero and they now bury their cash In the ground Instead ot entrusting It to the banks. banks.NO PAUPERS OR POORHOUSES. Mr. Kuharlch has visited Denver a number of times , but he never met a newspaper rep resentative In the city until yesterday. "Ono ot the first enterprises wo expect to put upon Ita feet , " said he , "Is a newspaper. The plact Is now In San Francisco , and will bo moved to the Shenandcah valley In a short time. We expect to establish a cannery and to gal Into the cultivation of the sugar beet on a large scale. Our people nro not afraid of getting down on their hands and kaeea In the fields and our women and children are as active * In outdoor work as the men. In fact tho. viomen are often more energetic than the opposite sex. Wo arc a working people. Wo EESumo no airs to which wo are not entitled and wo have no paupers and no almshouacn In our communities. We are proud of our history and the history of our natlca. It Is the boast of my countryman that the Turk never entered our country , al though at times In centuries past the Turk I/as occupied Vienna ami other largo cities of Austria. Wo are a nation of fighters and no people are more Independent and eolf sus taining. A Croatian despises the Polo who line been the slave ot the czar. "In America , " continued the founder of the colony , "we are recognized In all the regions where our people are found as a d&slrablo class of citizens. We are law aMdlng , peace able and we readily adopt the Ideis ot this country , for hero we enjoy the freedom to which we were accustomed In' our old home , Wo 'never accept a Croatian as a member of a colony unleea he shows that ho Is satis fied to renrnto In thin land' ' of our adoption. The lead where wo make our living Is the land that is good enough for us. That 1s my sentiment and It la a aentlmeot which finds a ready responoo In all of our colonies , Colorado will have no more patriotic and In dustrious citizens than the people who are coming to occupy tbo fertile valley of the Bouthwestr" South DnUolu NiMVnoU' . Captain V ; M. Hopkins , register of the United States land office at Aberdeen , baa resigned , Three line bells on the Catholic church at Brldguwater wore blessed by Father Law- ler of Alexandria last Wednesday , An attempt Is being undo to Interest a woman of Rotnona lu an catnto ot $5,000,000 In which she Is tmld to have a share , Gettysburg boasts of eight secret societies , with a total membership of 450 , while 4he votluz strength of the town is only 125 , The Bleepy-Eyo elevator at St. J > iwrence burned to the ground on last Friday night. It contained 2,500 bushels of wheat. There was no insurance , At the Reddy mine , adjoining the city ot Lead , a large strike was made a few daya ago. A face ol ore tea feat wldo and two feel thick tali tetti entered , averaging $350 to the ton , The Parker New Era expresses the opinion that It Major Plckler Is ntter ft nomination for congress ho U pretty sure to get It. Commander Ludlow of the Union Veteran's union of South Dakota , organized n union at 1'Inndrcati. T. R. Carter Is colonel and C , M. Tobln adjutant. Exnmtaatlonft of the now cou > er develop ments at Hazcnvlllo show good results. Tha width of the vela In the camp Is .from forty ( o ICO ftul olid U lias bcou Irnuod fur -1,009 foot In length , whllo the depth la un known , but from nil Indications In ot the usual deep character common to copper for mations. Ore In a ten-foot cross-jut , taken at a depth ot fifty-eight feet , Is filled and cemented together with flake copper metal , Prof. Hanson of tht > Hrooklug.t Agricul tural college , who waa scut to Asia by tha Department of Agriculture for the purpose- ot collecting plants nnd aceda , wrltej ti-om Bokhara that ho has secured n good collec tion ami that bo belloves his trip will bo of great benefit to agriculture In the dry portions tions ot the United States. His special mis sion Is to gather torago plants and reeds suitable lo the arid and semi-arid regions ot the country. VOTtXH KOIt UUK13X I'D IA151 * . Tolul ItotiiriiK In ( IIP Voi > ulnr Content lip Till KrldnjMKlil. . Follow Ing Is the result of the vote In the contest for Queen Polarla up till Friday night : Anna McNnmaru.6.f. < W Clara Clarltnon . . . 2C9 Anna lloywochl . . . D.saa iuc - 1'nnlih 191 Mildred Meplitnfon n.zos Delia Jones 1S6 CAIlNIVAIj AND LAGOON NOTES. There will bo a large gathering of tobog- gan'.jts at the lagoon tonight , as the worJ has been pieitea nrouml that the new toboggs are on hand and th& slides have been straightened out. Three seconds from the platform to the Hurfaco of the lagoon Is the actual time It takes a toboggan to ftiako the drop. If there is any ono who doubts it , let 'cm tlmo it. Chasing a llvo razor-back hog on the Ice ought to bo great sport. At any rate , Mr. Hog will see \vhat ho can do for himself Sunday .afternoon , when ho will bs given three runs for his money. The person catching him on the last heat will bo win ner one ho . Miss Annette Smiley polled the high vote yesterday , which placed her number fourth on the list of candidates for queen of tha Car nival ; her vote was GGO , which makes hsr total to date 7,77-1. Miss Hoywood nnd Mlsn Stephcrson polled 352 and 319 , making their totals 9.29C and 9,208 , whllo illss Foley dropped back to fifth place with 7,491. And now comes the finish just fourteen days In which to pile up votes for the favorite lady for the queen of the Ice Carnival. There la a young woman out In Grand Island who has polled over one-half of all the ballots cast and It looko very much as if she had a cinch on thu candidacy of maid of honor from that city. Th3 numerous friends of Mies Nellie Downing of Kearney have flocked to her banner with largo blocks of votes and up to the present tlmo have kept her in the lead with 1 000 votes to spare. Kearney will send in a largo delegation aa an escort to its representative. All of the maids of honor from the country with their chaperonea will bo taken care of nrd entertaired at the Hotel Millard. Commutation tickets for entrance to the exposition grounds , USD of Ice and rides osi that slippery toboggan are now on sale at Charles A. Tracy's , corner Douglas and Six teenth streets ; at Frank Huddlcoon's , Twenty-seventh and N streets , South Omaha , and at both entrances to the exposition grounds. The skating on the lagocn is drat class and the toboggan slldo is ready for all who wish to try It. COLUMBUS , Neb. , Dec. 17. ( Special. ) Mr. William Craig and Miss Ida M. Smyero , both ot Monroe , this county , were raarrloJ last evening at the FlrerMcthodlst church In this city , Hev. U. 73. L. Hayes , pastor , officiating. The brldo Is the daughter of Mr. und -Mrs. Jacob Smyorr of Monroe and the groom Is a young business man of that little village. A healthy woman experi ences the great est happiness of all ber life when licr firstborn - born nestles in her neck. Motherhood Is a woman's duty and should be her joy , There are thousands of women to whom motherhood is a tor ture because of weak * ness nnd disease of the organs that make it possible. This ia wrong and need not be. Ifn woman will but study the physiology of the organs dis tinctly feminine , and Icam to take the prop er care of her health lo take the proper remedy for weakness and diceasc peculiar to her sex , motherhood will become an un alloyed pleasure , where now it is dreaded and avoided for its pains and dangers. The best medicine for a woman to take during the period preceding motherhood is Dr. Pierce'a Favorite Prescription. It is the only medicine for this purpose invented by a regularly graduated , skilled and expert specialist in the treatment of the peculiar diseases of women. It cures all weakness and disease of the organs that perpetuate the race. It makes them strong and vigor ous. It ridt.tlie expectant period of its usual discomforts , It insures baby's health and makes Ha coming easy and almost pain less. It is the discovery of Dr. K. V. Pierce , chief consulting physician of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute , at Iluflalo , N. Y , Women who wish to know more of the " Favorite Prescription " should write him. Frederick Frederick , of No. 1114 8. Secoud St. , Cimden , N. J. . writes : "My wife i * n customer of your * . She hag used' Favorite Prescription' la prevent miscarriage , she had a sickness last July , and Buffered untold misery from u severe pain. I repeatedly told her to use your medi cines , but she persisted iu going to n to called spe cialist , whose treatment only made tier more ict and miserable , Thea she used the 'Favorite rmcrlptlou' and wan cured. " Pleasure. It is a matter of health alone. Nothing else , A healthy tnau can't be un happy if bo wants to , Much sickness ia caused by constipation. Dr. Pierce' * Fleas- nt Pellets cure constipation. . AHBAIfflHYWIEB la a Husband's Inspiration , A sickly , Imlf-dend-nml-allfo womatv especially when she In the mfcthcr of family , IB a damper to nil joyousncs > In the homo , 1 sometimes inurvol nt Uiopattcnco JJ * ofsomohus * bands. Ifn , woman finds tlmt her energies nro ling-gins' and Unit everything tires her , her sleep disturbed by horrible dreams , nnd tlmt she often wakes sud denly in tlio night with a feeling of sufTocntlon and nlann , must ut once regain her strength. It matters not where shu lives , she can write n letter. Mrs. I'lnkhtun , bf Lynn , Mass. , will reply promptly ami without charge. Tho. following ; shows the power of Lydin E , 1'lnk- Imin'a Vegetable Compound , accom panied with n letter of nilvloc : "Dear Mrs. Pluhhnm : I have suf fered for over two ycnrs with falling , enlargement anil ulccration of the womb , and this spring , being in sucha weakened condition , caused mo to How for nearly hix months. Some tlmo ngo , urged by friends , I wrote to you for advice. After using the treatment which you ad vised for a short time , that tei- rlblo flow J stopped. 1 am now gaining strength nnd flush and have better health I lmvo had for the , , , . - - I wish to.say If to nil distressed buffering women , do not suffer longer , when there is ono so kind and willing tonid you. " Mits. F. S. UEN.NKTT.\Vest- nl'iilin. Kims. Searles & Searles. SPECIALISTS IN PRIVAIIJIMS. WEAK fflUi BKXUALI/V. All I'rivato Diseases te Disorder ! ) of Mou. Treatment by Moll. Consultation Free , SYPHILIS Curort for lite ana lhopol9on ( tboroushly cleansed frbpermlitorrneii. Seminal WeaUnesn , Lost Man hood. Nlirht EinlflRloiiB. Dccajpd l'.icultloa. Fn- male WonkncBb , anil all rtclloalo illeonlora peculiar , nosltlvolv cun-il. rtr-ha liar lo either 6 < "c FISTULA nnd REOTXT. ULCnUS. HYDKOOKr.n AND V..lllCOOKrjK p crinnnrntly and succuasfully ciircil , Method now nu cl unf.ililnc. Curou at home by new method without pain or cutting Call on or addieaa with etimp : 14tU St. . 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Tlicio IB not a remedial acent Hi the world that will euro fever and ncue nml all other inolnrl < : uE , l.lllou.i nml other fevers , nlJeJ by nADWAY'S PILLa. so iiili-I > ly ns JCAD- WAY'S ItrjADY ItUUnK , &OC n hottlo sold by drusglsK. Itaiiway & Co. . New York City. C3 Elm St Look Out ! It's Almost Upon You. Which tlio wire would ilo well to examine , It they are eeeklnij comothlnjr u rtul and plemlnx at an offering , will be found In our liandiomu ' lock of operu Klasi.cs , Held Klaifcs or ROM rimmed cyeglaoes and epeciucles , reading / ' Klaa r , inlcroHCOis | , tef ! cci > tB , They are Elfti tlmt aio to bo upiirccmtut. TheAloe&PenfoldCo UADINO BCIBNTIFIC OI'TICIANS. Opp. rniliiii llntt-l. l-IOS nil-mini St , _ IH TIIK ONI.T spec i ALIST \7I1O TUCATU AUi Prh .to Diseases EN OF05V 0 YmrREsirlenco , 10 YuaralaOinalia. ! ! 'k Kioo. Cin"iltA , < jt. * ' * * f C ; " . .TU tiiml'reo. Uoz 700,0 | T - * : * Hta Had Taretta BU , ' < , ' - ) iy OVA II A. TC r. 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