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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1897)
r * THE ( TMAHA THE OMAHA DAILY BEE E. nuSIiWATEll , Kdltor. PUDLI8HKU UVEttT MOHNINO. TKUMS OF SUUSCIUI'TIOMl Dee Without Sun.Uy ) , On * Year $ j M Dully llt iml Sunday , One Year * JJ BIX Montfu JS2 T.ire * Montln J J * Sunday Utt , One Y nr J g > Hutunlny lief , One Vear * w \Vtckly lite. One Yea"H OKKtCnSl Omnlm. The Dee tlulldlng. Boul.i Omaha : Singer lllk. . Cor. N and Jlth SU. Council itiurr.i : 10 1'carl Btreet. Cliicano Olllcd an Chamter of Commerce. New York ! Ilooms 13 , 14 nnd 15 Tribune Hide. Waililngton : Wl rmittcenth Street. Al ! communlciillons relating tu news and eJllo- tlul mutter ( liould be addressed ! To the Ldltor. IJUSINliriS M21THHH. Alt 1'uMnra * letters and itmlttances shoutil bo ndJtessett to ilia Dee rubllslilng Campnny , Omalm. Uiaflu , checks , iixpress unJ postofllce money ardent to In made payuble lo the order ot lUo company. Tim iiKB I'uuusiusa COMPANY. OTATHMISNT OV CIUCULAT1ON. Btnip tit Nplmifkn. UmiRliu County , " . : aetirgn II. Tzschuck , ecrctary ot The ttec I'n'i- llshlnK Company , being duly inotn. . > that m\ actual number of full nnJ complete coplis of The Daily , Jloininu , Krcnlnit nr.il HunJay 11 % o prune. ! iluiiiie me iiinnth ot November. 1SJ7 , wus na fcl- luwni z' ! ! ! ! ! ' , ; ' . ; ' . ! ' . ; . ! si'.ius IT ! ! ! " ! ! ' . ' . * . ! ' . " . ' . ' , nty 'J : ; ! ! : : : ! : ; ; ; : : ; : iam * " . ' . ' * . ' . ' . ' . ' . " . ' . ' . ' . ' ! . " n.w 6 21.177 20 2 , nCO 6 SI.333 ! 1 2 .J2j 7 20C2J ! 2 2I.JI3 1 21,411 23 .22 9. . . . . . . ! ! ! ! ! ! . ! . zi.n-a 21 21.203 JO , . . . . 41,207 21 21,532 12 ! ! ! : : ! ' ; ; ; : : ; ; : ; 2U3i 27. ' ! . ' . ' ! ! ! ! " ! ! ! ! ! ! iu'w U 21.421 2 ? 21.018 14 20.R10 21 21.W 15 2U52 CO 21.318 Total CI3.02J I sn uniolit nml returned copies 10,411 Net tntnl fairs . Net dnlly n\ernffp 21li.l ono. D. T5oriiurK flworn to bofori mo nnd subscribed In my pre nr thin 1st day of Dccpmlicr , 1WT. ( Seal. ) N. P. Fr.IT. . Nolarv rubllr. KI3KI' IT TIIH I'UIH.IC. The iiK ir < "ffiil ' 'in > rlt r tlollvory cir culation ( if The KvonlilK lice ll iliiulilr the HKKrc-Kii' * " currier ili-Ilvery clrcillnthni of ( InUvcnliiK Worlil- llcralil uuil niori- ( him Mix ( lines Rrenlcr tliiin tin * iiKKrt'Kiitc currier ilrllvcry clruiitiilloii of the .tliiriilnpr ° \V rlil-IlumIi1 In < > MI nil a unit Soudi Omnlm. The carrier delivery clrciilnlloii ot The Ktriilni ; lieu rencheH 7t'CI ) In ) nil flilc BiibBcrllxTM Unit are not rvncheil 1 > Jthe UvenliiK Worlil-tlet-nlil anil 7lll ( MiiliMcrllu-r.s that are not reaeheil by the > ! ( , riling \Vorlil-IIiTiiliI. Jlorc Ilinii 11H ( ) ( ) ourrler tlellvery nulmerlhrrN to The Oinahii KvonlnK Ilee anil Tlin Omaha Morning Ilee are not ruacheil cither hy the 'Mornliiu Woi-M-lli-rnlil or the Hveitliiiv Worlil- Ilcralil. It ROCMMlioul NiiyliiK that the iium- licr of coiilen of Tli" MvonliiKT Ilee or The Mornliipr Ilee Hol l hy ilealern ami iieirnlioyM e.xeceilH hy n very eoiidlrter- nhlc the intniher of Worlil-IIerald flallleii , moriiliiK ami evening , Hold hy ilenlqrM nml nctVHhovx. Now the Chinese probably wish they liiul kept thut famous wall in good re pair. The Kusslnu thistle Is no loiiRcr a pest ; n Noh.rn.skn fanner is feeding it for hay Vlth > * eel ( results. Within lesa , than another week the divorce pf i the Union Pneillc and the United States will be accomplished and made perpetual. Many ot the fanners' Institutes held this winter are su ar beet experience meetings. The fanners are beKlnniiiK to realize the value of the beet sugar industry. There Is distress nnd danger of starva tion in Cuba and In Alaska , but the propriety of government relief expedi tions maywell , be doubted. The United States does not guarantee protection to dll Americans from dangers foieseeu. It Is to be hoped that the llrst order of the new president of the Union Pa cific will be to direct the master me chanic of the road to place the men In the shops on full time. The slow starvation policy Is becoming almost unendurable. The English government wanls 700,000 pounds of canned beef for the use of the Urltlsh army in India , and American meat packers have been In vited to make lenders. When the Bug- llsh people want good meat In large quantities they know where to come for it. According to the hold-tip organ , Tom Dennlson Is receiving special protection from this paper In running a gambling shop. That Is a serious rellectlon upon the police commission and the chief of police. Why don't they suppress Den- nlson ? Are they also under the influ ence of The IJeeV Sixty conventions of greater or less degree have llxert upon Omaha for their annual meetings In 1S)8. ! ) Those bodies will number delegates up Into the hun dreds , and many of them will attract people who demand the -very best hotel accommodations. Omaha's hotels , are nil right , but there Is a limit to their combined capacity. The report that Omaha cannot handle largo numbers of visitors should not be permitted to go abroad. northwestern congressmen who favor the passage of the free homesteads - steads bill are In earnest In their \voik awl are backed by their constituents. The bill means a saving of millions to the settlers on the government lands of Bomu of the western states and Its passage would ntart a rush to the un < occupied land. Thl-ro are no really "freo homos" to bo had In this country now , and much of the hind must re main for many years unused unless It Is Bocurcd practically free. The people of KnnsiiN are rejoicing over the record of their state in the matter of production from the farms , The total value of products marketed this year approximates $130,000,1)00 ) , and tlio farmers still have on hand 30,000- 000 worth of live stock. In- ems respect KUIIBUH haft an advantage over many other western states , because of the va riety of products , the list Including not outy com und wheat , but cotton nnd 1 4 tobacco anil kindred crops. The Item of , J30JOQO,000 of canceled indebtedness Is fiiwtlwr tiling tliu Kansas people point t * wltli U7//J COAT/JVDr ; Iff OFF/CK. / A Washington dispatch states Hint It Is regarded its certain tli.it Secretary ( Jngo will continue in ofllre. Tills Is In reference to a report that the secretary of the treasury had said to the president that ho would tender Ills resignation If his Iliuuiclnl views were embarrassing the nilinlnl.stiatlon , There has bi-cn an olTorl made to create n breach between Mr. MeKlnley and Mr. ( Sage because of the views of the latter as stated to the house banking and currency committee. Certain silver republicans have olijoeted to the position of the secretary or the treasury In favor of more thoroughly committing the country to tlio gold standard and have threatened to break with the administration nnd wllh- draw from the party If the presldt-nt did not disclaim the attitude of Mr. Gage as representing that of the administra tion. It is understood that Mr. Melvlnloy has Informed the secretary of the treas ury that their views an : In accord nnd so far as the gold standard Is concerned there should never have been any doubt as to their being In accord. The presi dent Is In favor of maintaining and strengthening the gold standard nnd In this ho Is In complete accord with tlio party and with a majority of the In telligent voters of the country. . The republican * publican national platform speaks plainly for the maintenance of the gold standard. Mr. MeKlnley umiuallliedly endorsed that declaration known to him before It was presented to the con vention during the campaign and It was approved by the people. The re sult of the election of 180(5 ( distinctly committed the republican party and the country to the gold standard nml that is today as much the policy of the party as protection Is. Wo do not regard the plan of currency reform presented by Secretary Gage as being In all respects desirable , but his position regarding the gold standard Is sound. We conlldently believe that President MeKlnley will not permit him self to be Influenced. In this matter by the silver men , or so-called blmetalllsts , whatever threats they may make. The worst these gentlemen are likely to do is to oppose tiny legislation favorable 'to the gold standard. AMKJttCAJf LOCOMOTIVES ATUtOAD. American machinists and engineers are stout defenders of American-made locomotives , but the highest compliment that has been paid to the builders of American locomotives Is by the foreign ers who have placed with American manufacturers orders for hundreds of locomotives in the past decade. When Iron and steel could bo had in England cheaper than In the United States , Eng lish manufacturers were able to fill or ders in almost evijry part of the world at.prices that defled competition. It is different now. The editor of a leading engineering journal in New York re cently wrote to a London newspaper that In the past six months 200 orders have been placed with American loco motive makers for machinery for export. Tills indicates the present status of the business. Statistics showing 'the export ot , American locomotives the past live years and the first quarter of the cur rent liscal year show the following : Year. No. Value. 1893 195 $ l,79i,700 1894 142 1,028,330 1895 252 2,379,519 189G 2GL 2,512,270 1897 333 3,225,831 Three months ot 1898 80 582,979 Totals . .1 1,203 ? 11,523C44 Tlie.sc locomotives go to all parts of the world. In four years closing with 180(5 , American manufacturers sent XKi loco motives to Ura/.ll , fll to Chili , 129 to Cuba , (51 ( to Japan , 02 to Mexico and 7 ( ! to Hussia. The demand in CHibn has disappeared , but Itnssla. Mexico and Japan are good buyers. The foreign de mand now takes 10 per cent of the product of American locomotive fac tories. Aside from the reduction in the cost of Iron and steel In the United States , the chief factor in enlarging the export business of the American builders Is that of increased use of machinery and better machinery. In a Scotch shop 2,500 men built 200 locomotives In a year , while in an American shop 1-lOft men built I00 ! locomotives in the same time. Tlio American laborers get higher wages than the men In foreign shops , but their efllclency is greater. The success of American locomotive builders In making markets for their products In all parts of the world , against competition that Is often espe cially favored , while still maintaining good wages for American workingmen , Illustrates the possibilities of American mechanical genius and business sagacity under tlio encouragement to which it is properly entitled. Wherever American locomotives go other American products can go. TllK AU.MY. Military circles will be pleased at the report that the senate and house lead ers have come to an agreement in favor of Senator llawley's bill providing for Increasing the army by the addition of two artillery regiments. The state ment I.s that all opposition by the lenders to the artillery bill has been withdrawn and that the measure will bo pushed to a vote soon after Hie hol iday recess , This legislation Is recom mended by the secretary of war and by the general commanding the army , both of whom have urged strong reasons In support of such an Increase of the army. The chief of these reasons Is that with out two more regiments of artlller.v the new seacoast fortlllcatlonh will be en tirely usel is and thus the large ex- pendlture of money on these defenses will be thrown awny. There Is no . question that for the proper manning of these fortlllcntlons a larger artillery force Is necessary and this force will have to be Increased , sooner or later , beyond thu addition of the two regiments proposed. These may answer for the present , but even with them the defenses will secure the barest necessities In the way of care- taking and practice. The fact Is gen erally recognized that In view of the condition of the revenue it Is an un fortunate time for Increasing the army nnd opposition to the artillery bill has come largely from this consideration. Ittit having cotn-utuctcd mid ntulpped fortification * they must bmatnu'd. . Tlu government hH spent many liiionn ; ! ! tf dollars on scar-oast defense * and It must now provide a twlHeleul fore. ? to | make them defensive. To do this w'.ll' ' necessarily lnciea ii' the cost of the mil-1 llury establishment , but congress should l i > able to cut down In some other direction. run toA.s'//ri/r/o.v / / FOK The full text of the constitution for Cuba , which has just been published , does not glvo any additional Informa tion In iTgartl to the plan of autonomy plopo ed by the Spanish government , all essential points having been con tained In the abstract some time ago matle public. While this plan of re form Is the most liberal eVer proposed , It still fulls short of giving the Cubans that measure of autonomy which the llrltlsh colonies enjoy and which gets pretty close to Independence. The governor general of Cuba will continue to exorcise supreme authority , which Is hardly consistent with a genuine plan of autonomy. The Insular parliament Is given largo powers with respect to gen- eial legislation In local affairs , but the grant thus made Is balanced by the largo authority reposed in the governor general. This olllcliil , the representa tive of the Imperial government , exer cises absolute control over the admin istration , the army and navy , appoints the Judiciary and has a .suspensory veto on legislation. lie also appoints seventeen of the thirty-live members of the upper house of the Insular parlia ment and with all the patronage In his bunds would have no dllllcully In al ways having at his command a majority of that body. The Cuban Insurgents , however , have very plainly expressed their opinion of this plan of autonomy. They utterly reject It and there does not appear to bo any reason to expect that any con siderable number of them will change their minds. At present they under stand that this offer of autonomy , pro mulgated by royal decree , has to pass the ordeal of the Spanish Cortes. What that body will do In regard to it no one can foresee. If the Cubans were to accept autonomy now the Cortes might nullify it or require material modifica tions of the plan. Hence they will wait. But there is really very little cliunco , If there be any at all , of the proposed policy being accepted. The Unban patriots are. lighting for Inde pendence and tlie hope oC freeing them selves absolutely from Spanish control is so strong that they will listen to nu proposition , no plan or policy , that does not look to this. AMERICA * ' PHOl'OSAIj DECLINED. There will be no surprise , at the declination of tlio llrltlsh government , Instigated by Canada , to enter Into an agreement to stop pelagic sealing. No one at all conversant with Canadian .sentiment on this question can have seriously expected that the proposal of our government would bo accepted. Premier Lnuricr was- - reported to have said when in tlio United States that Canada did not regard , tlio sealing mat ter as being very important , but subse quent developments showed that It is deemed by the Canadian government to have possible value as a means of co ercing our government to make conces sions as to other matters. Doubtless that government expects that as a result of the refusal to enter Into an agreement to stop pelagic sealing it will be enabled to secure reciprocity and other conces sions from the United States. Perhaps this Is good diplomatic play , but It Is quite possible that it may prove otherwise. The Lnurier government may flnd that In- thus treating an en tirely fair proposal of the United States It lias obstructed the way to an amicable settlement of other matters In contro versy between the two governments and that It has raised a new ditilculty to the attainment of Its leading desire a rec iprocity treaty. The self-respecting course of our government will be to drop all proposed or contemplated negotia tions until Canada .shall show a dispo sition to treat with the United States on an equitable basis and in a neighborly spirit. i The stockholders of the Union Depot company have once more been Invited to attoijd an annual meeting of that corporation. The last time the stock holders went through the formality of a meeting there were still visible traces of a proposed union depot to bi found near Tenth and Mason , but now there Is not even a shadow of a union depot to bo found anywhere on UIOSL historic cowshed grounds. A 'llat bus iness the stockholders of the Union Depot company will transact at the next meeting cannot be surmised. To UIL uninitiated it would seem that the enl > thing left for the stockholders to do Is to extend a vote of thanks to the oill- cers who have for years so fnlthfullj held on to their unremunorntlvo am unproductive p'osltfons , pull down tin. blinds of the sky parlor and disband , Tlio republicans of Ipwn have put In public positions some of thp very bes men of the state , and In no department of the state service has this been mon marked than In the department of pub He Instruction. Prof , llarrett , the new suporlntendent of public lustinotion will retain the deputy who served undei Prof. Sabln , and he will also "serve tin state , " as the Davenport Democrat puts It , "by continuing In use the methods o thoroughness and care which have made Superintendent Rabin's long record out of honor and elllclenoy. The truth Is the now ollicer of education Is embar nissed by the excellent work done fo the Iowa school system. " Commenda tlon like this from democratic SOIUTCM I a high compliment , but fully deserved Comparisons aru sometimes odious The attempt to draw a parallel betweei the attitude- the World-Uernld In It role of desperado nnd hold-up , re strnlned by Ihe courts and held for con tempt by reason of a personal challeng to the court Issued by Its publisher , am that of The Ueo when it arraigned i court for not upholding the crlmlim code and assuming the pardoning powc which by the constitution is vested ex elusvt ; > ly wWr tlin governor. Is nbotit | on n inirvllh all tlu other vwiiHi'ls' ' \vliJcli tin h'flktljj coiuvrn has for yenra siii' 'lit to innHivl v.'PtMi Ui * two iwp > r. * . It Is very innd * > lla oomiurlnj ; llu oltl lool.'tM-y Intilildi tlint hni > t Is pub- llslit'd with Tfic iHoo InilltlliiK ami ns- sfi-tlit Unit hV'iliMr erection tlu > lonndor of the one lilul tJoiiL1 ns intu-ii to bulltl up Utnnliii ns'lluj'otlior. A commltteP'61' ilie Temperance league of England Is , , leaking n study of the woiklngs of tlio Hconsu law In operation In southern { 'aflVornlii , and It Is an nounced thai the same committee will visit Iowa nnd Kan-sas and Investigate the prohibition laws that have been In force In those slates and the present status of liquor legislation generally. All kinds of laws for the regulation or suppression of the trallle In liquors may lo found in the several states , and the Kngllsh committee ought to be able to gather Information sutllclent to make It lear to tlto Temperance league that tore Is no absolutely right method of onllug with the subject. Every com- lunlty must work out the problem for tself , In accordance with circumstances ml conditions. Nebraska teachers arc holding n con dition In Lincoln this week and a good H'ogram of papers and discussions Is ) olng carried out. This will bo the last nportant meeting of teachers in the tate until the great Transmlssisslppl Congress of Educators next summer , vhen there will bo thousands In Omaha rom the state and from all parts of the vest. The exhibit made by Nebraska cachet's and students at the exposition vlll be seen by the many visitors to the Ity during the season and will undergo rltical examination by the thousands f teachers who will come. Nebraska hould therefore make an exceptionally 'ood exhibit and one that fully repro- ents the schools of the state. Nearly every day agents of eastern oan and trust companies and of cap- tallsts visit this city and state to learn he true conditions relating to business > rospeets and to actual property values , 'heir reports are sent broadcast and mist have great weight in controlling he volume of money sent west for in- estment. There can be no doubt that ho advertising the exposition has given Omaha Is lifting the city in the cold blooded estimation of eastern Investors , vlille the better business conditions duo o enormous crops" , ' must give stability o land values ! The Unban Motto. dlobft-Ipciiiocrat. General Gomez Tup cats that the cause of he insurgents is Just , and their only motto , 'Independence or death. " There can be no urther reason tor doubt ou tnls point among ho Scaniards. ' * , ' r Iluiuuiviira. JjMlKlit of Inityjiriapolls Journal. TSio withdrawal from the Dank ot England of $1,045,000 icT.Atnarlcan eagles for trans mission to the United States shows that tlio lational emblem ,1s ; comlng home to rccst. May 'It arrive safely , with financial healing on Its wings. V St-ilxraU Itepubllc. ' ' I Simultaneously with the announcement that fto Kentucky whisky distillers have deter- nlned to seriously 'curtail their output comes ho startling statement by a distinguished sclcatlst that annually more than 50,000 hunan - nan beings die of snake bites. An li-rri-oni-lliil > lc Coiilllct. Sioux City Journal. There is an Irreconcilable conflict hi the offlce of the Omaha World-Herald. The con- fllct Is between the World-Herald's politics and Its business. "Btislneas thlo.ycar In Omaha , " It says , "has been far ahead of any year since 1892. " The republican party was n power In 1892 and it Is In power now. The World-Herald refuses to recognize the coincidence , but It may be assumed that the fact will not ontlre-ly escape Its readers. Laborer * In Hawaii. riilluileliihla Record. Some Idea of the composition ot the labor- ng class of the "key to the Pacific" may je obtained from the offlciat figures sent n by United Statas Consul General Hay- wood. The sugar planters of Hawaii have jad much trouble on account of desertions ot Japanese and Chinese laborers. OP the 22,000 laborers on the plantations 0,109 wore contiact Japanese , C.2S5 free Japanese , 4,93 ( contract Chinese and 1,911 free Chinese. 0 ; such Is the island whcse ( people are to be : aken .Into political equality with the Intel- Igent American farmer and mechanic ! The llIlKKiiril Moves Now York Times. Once upon a tlmo a "blizzard" was a dreadful outbreak of the elements , and was supposed to be a native of the wild prairies of the west. People out there probably BO regard It still. But newspapers In this part of the world had an opportunity once to "write up" a genuine blizzard and ever since that 'memorable occasion they have cm- ployed the term to designate whit the ir reverent would call "any old snowstorm. " Perhaps the ranchers as they tight their way through real blizzards smile grimly al the fervid imaginations of easterners. Hevelulloii n ( a Sivap. Springfield ( Mara. ) Republican. The revelation by Senator Wolcott that Canada 'would ' like to swap some northweal wilderness for the state of Malno and a slice of Now Hampshire and Vermont is quite the Joke of the day. If Canada would glvo us all of her Pacific coast and the gold-bearing regions of the Klondike , the entire stretch of virgin and tilled wheat Holds In Mani toba clear up to Hudson's bay , besldo the lower part of the province of Ontario , we might bo induced to consider the proposi tion toglvo her p. . small slice of upper Arocstook on ccn/JIUon that the Inhabitants of tlio region to lw cqded voted unanimously Iti favor of the frade. Wlirrr 'Ht-Vona ' In XeiM-HHiiry. IJUtttlp { Express. Through the activity of a pension attornoj a widow In Norwfty Ins Juat received $5,000 back pay pension' ' from the United States government. When 30 years old she mar ried a youth of 20 , who within a few years dcv.Mrted her end/oaml to this country. Ho enlisted during the v > ftr and was killed. A pension attorney jJYiCoi-c'reil the caeo and the astonished widow' now receives a small for luce , though If her liuaiand had lived it Is probable she woTITu" " tlever have been sup ported by him. , , SbQ is past 75 , and tin money which the United states gives her will probably go 'ttfiinulrcct ' heirs , who have tie claim wuatoYr'u the bounty ot this government. AijjJ > ft it seems hard ta convince people tllat'lawe under which sucl things are poralblo need amendment , SIIIIMIIIH of 'Ill-form , Chicago Chronicle. According to Macaulay there Is nothlni so ludicrous ea the spectacle of the Drills ! public In ono of Its periodical fits ot moral Ity. Perhaps so , but the sporadic volleys o Indictments that are nrcd at the bucke shops in this town furnish a close paralle to the exhibition. When a grand Jury findu tlmo hanging heavily on Its hands some ro- tiourceful grand juror suggests , "I.et'n take a crack at the bucket shops , " and It la so ordered. There la the usual hullabaloo In the newspapers , the Hoard ot Trade peopl shako hands with themselves , the civic fed eratlou shouts "Hcaanna , " tbo bucket shoj keepers furnish bonds and that is the end o It until another grand Jury suffers fron unnul , when the performance Is repeated How wo free end enlightened Americana d enjoy being humbugged ! THIS DKVI ) 01' 181)7 , Setup of MIP \ itnl > l 'n Who Hare Tl e pass'tis ot fovcrcil noMblo mon nml women within the lust few wcchs has roada' ' the death roll of 1S97 seem heavy. Yet , If the recard be examined , It will bo seen that1 but few oorsans of world-Mme , such as l > ut- ' dot. whom we picture toJay , have gone within j the year. The twelvemonth has been moder ate in moat thlnps among others , In tlio har vest of dc.tth. The greatest men , even these r > ' mlv.inppil ncc , Hko < H < l trn < \ Hlsm.irU ( and Pope Leo XIII , lave Ktncrally beto K.arcd. Uut me ruler of a country of any Importance has parsed awny 'resident llorda of Uruguay. Ho fell by the hand of the assassin. no U Premier Canovas of Spain. Among thcr statesmen who died during the yrar voro Count Mutmi of Jaraa cod Ir. von Sic ilian of Germany , the latter of whom oundcd the International Postal union. Among mon who won oromtnenco In Amcr- can political life were cx-Sccrctary Hobeson tid several present or former members of the Jnlted States senate , tncludlni ; Dolp'.i of Ore- ton , Voorheca of Indiana , Cimcron and Uoc- ittlo of Wisconsin , Coke ot Texas , CllnRinan t North Carolina , Ulxon of Hhodo Island , IcMlllnn of Minnesota , McPherson of Now orscy , Hobertacn of South Carolina , Jones t ' 'lorlda , and Paddock of Nebraska , E-irlo of South Carolina , George of Mississippi and Inrrla of Tennessee. The lower house lost lepresontatlves Mllllkcn nnd Holmin. Sev eral ox-ministers to foreign countries died , mcmK them Willis , Lothrop , Porter ouil 'mnclo. General Krancls A. Walker , soldier , Uthor , census superintendent nnd c-ollcRo nresldent , should bo numbered among public len , as should Elbrldgo G , Spauldlng , the father of the greenback. Several' former governors nod lieutenant jovcrnors of states passed away. Among hem were two cx-lloutenant governors of N'ew York , General John C. Robinson and 'Old Salt" Alvord ; and ex-Governors Davis of Maine , Porter oC Indiana , Pcoder of Delaware and Evans of Colorado. Among business men and men of action vero Barney Baruato , the circus rider who lecamo a multl-mllllonalro : Sir Henry Doul- on , Sir Isaac Holden and Erastus Corning. V great number of railroad men of proml- icnce massed away during the year. Ono of ho first was Sir Joseph Hlckson , who was or many years coneral manacer of the Grand Trunk , and to whom In largo part was duo Ho construction of the St. Clalr tunnel , the ongest submarine work of 'Its kind In the vorld. President George B. Roberts ot the 'cnnsylvania , President D. W. Caldwell cf ho Lake Shore and John King , formerly of ho Erie , followed ; also Mr. Pullman , the In ventor of the sleeping car. The roll of professional mon Includes Sit Travers Twlss and Charles Coudsrt , lawyers and. sDvcml great teachers like Prof , Syl vester , the mathematician , nnd Prof. Drlsler , the Greek scholar. A world famous scientist was lost in Prof. Cope. Among Inventors , In different departments , were Pitman , whose system of shorthand Is celebrated ; Mart'ial and Haskell , who devised weapons , and Alvan G. Clark the lensmakcr. The soldiers and sailors included Generals J. O. Shelby , Pleaisanton. Duane , Ordway , Do Tro-briand , Swalm and Bourbakl , Surgeon jcneral' ' Bates and Rear Admirals Wordein Meade , niilml Lee , Slterrot and Green ; Cap. tan ! Phil McGlnin of Yalu fame and Ras Alula , the great Ai'ayaslnlan chief. Among the clergymen of note were Dr. G. S. Mallory , Dr. C. F. Hoffman , Dr. 0. R Crooks , Dr. W. S. Langford , Bishop Ftullson , Archbishop Grace and Archb'shop ' Janssens. In literature the greatest name on the death roll Is that of Alphonse Baudot. His tory lost Justin Wlnsor , Jamea Hammond Trumbull , Joel T. Hpaley the duke of Au- male end Prof. Riehl. Other names oni the roll Include Mrs. Ollphant , "Tho Duchess , " and "Oliver Optic , " writers of fiction ; Pror. Palgravo and Jean Ingelow , poets ; Henry George , the writer on political economy , und Hcmrl Mcilhac the dramatist. Charles A , Dana , although a man ot varied Interests , la best classified as a literary man. Prof. Henry Drummond , the widely read writer ou religious subjects , also died during the year. Music lost Brahms , Best and Maretzck Pictorial art lost Millals , Sir John Gilbert and 'Sartain. The stage lost Mrs. Drew , Ter- rlsk , Neleon Whoatcroft , Amy Scdgwlck. Allco Llngard and Marie Seebach. Another public ontertataer who died was Blondin , the : lght rope walker. Many celebrated women died. Besides LhOEe already mentioned were President Mc- Klnloy's mother , Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher , the duchess of Teck , the durfiess of Alen- con , Slsnoro Verdi , Miss Juliet Corson and Lady Millals. Distinguished men not already classified In clude General Neal Dow , the prohibition leader ; Henry W. Sage , the philanthropist , in-1 Cagtaln Boycott and Father Knelpp , who , alone perhcps of all the dead of 1897 , gave new words to the language. AMI3IUCAX THAIJIiVIJHOAD. . Wlilviiliifc Mnrkvt f r 1'roiliictH of Oiir Factorle.s. St. Louts Republic. In the current number of American Trade there Is an articleon "The English Market for American Goods" which gives some facts and figures of peculiar value and sig nificance to merchants and manufacturers In this country. One of the features of this article , a news letter from London , Is a table in which la given a list of exports of fourteen leadlna articles of American manufacture- 1S9U , as contrasted with the same exports foi 1890. . It Is a remarkable fact that In not one" instance Is there- & decrease , and in some the exports have Increased from 10 to 15 per cent In six years. Moat noticeable end significant , perhaps and of oypeclal Im portance. to St. Louis , are the figures re lating to tmlldors1 hardware , tools , toibacc& and wood manufactures. Of these , the ex.- ports of the first have Increased from $594- 590 In 1890 to $1,319,423 In 189C ; of the sec ond. from , $1071,005 In 1890 to $1,534,862 In 1890 ; of the third , from $1,528,338 in 1890 to $2,435,393 , In 1890. "This in Itself , " the let ter comments , "establishes the fact that the United Kingdom Is n solid and growing mar ket for American manufactures. " The letter also tells of a steadily Increas ing demand for farming Implements and tools from the United States , for street cars , bicycles , American buggies and other light vehicles , all sorts of hardware , type writers , general machinery and American boots and shoea. In this last trade , indeed , which \a \ also possessed of direct significance to St. Louis , there Is shown under the head of leather and manufactures of leather as Increased export of vast dimensions , the figures for 1890 being $8,742,497 , as against $12,718,513 for 1890 , The letter calls atten tion to the fact that In London alone there- Is a market of C 000,000 buyers of good * of American manufacture , open to purchase without prejudice if prlco and quality are satisfactory. Judging from these evidently authorita tive ( statistics , the tlmo has gone by when American manufacturers are unable to com pete with the world in establishing a mar ket for their goods. _ _ IIKTUBX01IMKVI' NECI3SSA II V. KiiiiriuoiiH IiicrtMiMK 111 tlir of tinfJoviriiiafiil. . Indianapolis Journal ( rep. ) In urging economy and retrenchment of expenditures the Journal Is by no means certain that It has the ear of congress , but It is confident that It represents the interests and sentiments of the people. To make a new application of a much overworked phrase , II would remind congressmen that govern ment of the people , by the pecrile and for the perplo should mcaii , first of all , econom ical government. The mans of the American people bollove In economy , A large majority of them practice it In their own affaire , and would Hko to see It applied In public affairs. They have a right to expect that It will be. Under the best possible management the cost of the various kinds of government In tills country Is very great. The aggregate ex- nrases of national , state , county , township and municipal government are simply tppal- llng , and no matter what term of taxation is adopted It ull has to come out of the pee ple. Something may bo gained by a wise adjustment of the burden to the backs of the people so as to cause a minimum of friction , .but no matter how It la adjusted the burden Ivis to bo borne. It la , therefore , the mani fest and Imperative duty of all public officials , from Hie highest to the lowest , and especially of those who arproprlato public moneys , to exercise the strictest economy , This li true at all times , but particularly when , as now , the pocple are Just emerging from A long period of hard times and whtn the receipts of the national government have fallen behlod Its expenditures every month for three yearn. A member or congress wlio does not rccoRnlto the necessity for retrenchment and economy utidor such circumstances Is not fit to bo called a representative of Iho people. Kxnmlnstlon of the appropriation bills of recent years ahows nn lucrcapo in nearly all the Important Items ot expenditure out of proportion to tlio Increase of population or the growth of government business. This statement holds true for more llvin twenty years past , but , going back tnly ten years , wo find trial lo 18S7 thetolal expenditures of tto Kovcmmont , exclusive of Interest on the public debt , were $2CS,093S50 , npllnet $327.983,049 'In ' 1S.17. An Inr-rcn/m In llm or dinary expenditures of the government of $59,8S9,199 In ten years Is altogether too much. This exceeds the total expenditures ot the government In any year from Its formatted to 1S55. It Is startling to compare- the enormous cxpcmlltmcs of the govern ment at pressuit with , those during any year ot the first halt of the century. In 1SOO tlio total expenditures were $7,411,369 ! In 1810 < ney were $5.311,082 ; in 1S20 tlicy were $13- 134,530in ; 1S30 they were $13,229,533 ; In 1810 they wcro $24,139,020 ; lo 1S50 they were $37- 105,990 ; In 1SOO they were $ CO,05i > ,751. These expenditures < 5ccm Insignificant compared with these ot reasnt yc-ars , $327,9S3,049 last year , und estimated at $469,227.076 for 1S9S. It Is Impossible to explain this steady In- crcaao In the ordinary expenditures of the government ; In other worda , In the cost of Ksveromont Itself , on any other theory except n growing spirit of extravagance and reck- Irssnetu In npproprlatlog public mcocy. The cvidenco ot this Is seen In the fact t'.at the appropriations Increase from year to year. They Increased from $352,179.146 In 1S9G to $3C5,774,1G9 , 'In 1S97 , und the estimated ex penditures for 1893 are $409,227,976. There can bo no doubt that this steady Increase covers many extravagancies nnd some abus > c . The river and harbor hill U full of these and the bills to appropriate money for now pub lic buildings cover iiMliy more. In the pres ent condition of public nuances it is doubtful It congress ought to appropriate a dollar for cither of these purposes except to carry cm or protect \\orks already begun. Dut U Islet lot necewiry to specify. There arc abundant opportunities to retrench and economize If congress wcuta to do It. II is not fie way that is lacking ; it la the will and the nerve. The field Is ripe and the harvest -Is ripe. It la ally necessary for the appropriations com- mlttco to enter 11 with n big pruning hook and cut right and lelt. I RUSSIA'S 1'MltST CHXSUS. home IiliMi of tliv ViiNt r | vtila < lon of thu t'/.nr'N Domain. Iloston Qlobix The first census ot the Ilusslan empire ever taken has been completed , though all the details have not yet been published. Tlio main data , however , ns furnished bj those In possession of It , are extremely Inter esting , as showing the possible future ot the vast domain of the czar , ns yet In tin comparative infancy of its power. The entire population of Ilussla numbers , 129,211,111 souls , ot whom 94,188,750 Inliaibll Europctm. Hussia. The density of the popu lation varies In different provinces , hut on the average is not much over half that ol the 'United States , and- the density ot th ! & country Is hardly one-twentieth of that ol the moro thickly populated countries of Europe. Some idea , then , may be had of the vaet population that Till yet 'inhabit Russia. Slit his already nineteen cities containing ovei 100,000 souls each , and thirty-five which have between 50,000 and 100,000. On the. average the number of iralcs Just about equals that of the females. But for Russia's remarkable death rate she would naturally be upto the Malthu- slan standard of Increase of population which- makes It double once In twenty-five years. But she Is making rapid progress In medicine and hospital service , and hoi sanitary condition will yet be up to the or dinary European level. Even at the present rate of Increase , however - over , Russia's population will reach over 175,000 000 within the next twenty years , and with her rapid railway , commercial anil agricultural progress she to yet bound to become , next to the United States , the most notable inatlonal figure on the planet. IPKHSO.VAI , AM ) OT1IKIIAVISI3. Senator Gorman says that ho has no con cern for his future , although he Is grateful to the newspapers that are taking- the trouble to arrange It for him. Justice Harlan , one of the most dignified men on the supreme bench , Is said to romp and play with his grandchildren as though ho were as young as they. Ho Is very fond of golf and walking. Two young girls , Elsie and Mary Shroeder , beat off two burly burglars In a Boston suburb the other night. They did not use a dictionary as their weapon cither , but , strange to say , only their fiats. A. D. Campbell and Gomei Davles , Kan sas editors , are each minus a leg , Campbell the right and Davies the left. When ono buys a pair of shoes ho sends the odd shoo to the other , as both wear tlie eamo size The emperor of China , who was carefully educated by nn American missionary , can speak and read the English language fluently. Ho has a positive horror of European doc tors , and his diet Is regulated by a board ot natlvo mcdlcluo men. In order to test the loyalty of ants to each other , Sir John Lubbock once made fifty of them drunk and incapable , and then drew the attention of twenty-five sober ones to their condition. The twenty-five buckled to It and carried the fifty homo to bed. An American negro recently died In an Australian mining settlement. Ho was a man much esteemed by his mates , who re corded their feelings In these few words , burned on a sheet of bark : "In memory of Black Sam , name unknown , a whlto man all over. " A watch given by Napoleon to Marshal Ney has been acquired by the lAnny Museum In Paris. On the morning of Austcrlltz , so says the tradition , Napoleon asked Ney the time. "By your watch , " replied the mar shal , taking It out of Ills pocket , "It Is the hour of victory. " W. W. Thomas ot ( Maine , who has been appointed inlninter to Norway and Sweden , will sail January 5 , 'He filloj. the same posi tion under the administrations or Presidents Arthur and Harrison , and there Is probably no man In America so veil Informed on Scandinavian affairs. Miss Ilotger of St. Louis had a young man arrested on a charge of robbery. Under close ) questioning by tbo olficcrs the fact came out that the young man was kissing her when discovered hy her mother. She made him run off , and when pressed by the old lady for an explanation said the fellow was a robber and she was struggling with him , Colonel J. W. Slattor , who wcs connected with Henry Watterson In the publication of the famous southern paper , the Rebel , dur ing the war , recently told how , on a day when Watterson had written a blazing artl- clo telling the soldiers to stand Hko Spartans In the rain of bullets , ho had ( led in terror from a building which had been struck by a shell. Edward Marsden , a student at Lane Theo logical seminary , has the distinction of being the first native Alaskan to receive a legal , theological and business education In Amer ica , Ho has also acquired mechanical engi neering , and the trades of carpenter , brick- iayer , house painter , tinsmith , piano tuner , clock repairing , bookkeeping and typewrit ing. Mr , Marsden 1s about 30 years old , The proposed new uniform for tlie police of Greater Now York Is to lie a gorgeous af fair. The cloth Is the familiar blue , but the cut of the coat Is of the frock pattern , with n double row of gilt buttons down the breast. This row closea upon a black , stand-up velvet collar , upon which appears two gold Inc fctars. The cuffs of the aletve are blask velvet , about the top of whltli u re worked strlpea of gold lace , vaiic'n represents the years of service. Abova tiio ilrlpatf are gold lace stara. Similar ornament * appear on the blouse , except that the breast his only four gold buttons In > ia.i ! : row , Thrri.VonpiirllNiiiiH Klil < -il. SAN FRANCISCO , Dec , 2S , The counting of the votes cast yesterday for a board of fifteen freoholdera to frame a new charter for this city progressed very slowly lust night. At un curly hour this mornlnn it wns evident that at least twelve of the nomlno H placed In the llt-ld by the charier committee of 1,000. which was iiamol by Mayor 1'helan , hnd been elected. Of the nonpurtlimn candidates , only three. Reuben II Lloyd , Joseph L > . Grant and Joe K , Dow are thought to have been successful , They are leading K. U. Taylor , A. W. Thompson and J. C , Nobrnan , Tim tsiiiiss STOMACH. nnltlmoro American ! Thechnlntogs wheel s hero. The horseless carriage lias Arrived. Now , lot us nil hall to the Rtomnchlcss nun I Chicago Chronicle : That ( lonnan physician who has succeeded In demonstrating thnt leoplo can llvo without stomachs could mitke his cvcrlnstliiB forluno In U.iwson City Just now , Chicago Tribune ! Nevertheless , pcoplo who nro In the habit of abusing their stomachs by drinking or eating too much - especially the lixttcr should not Jump at tin conclusion that these stomachs when ilia , enseil or worn out can bo removed with safety. The operation which has succeeded so wonderfully In one case will fall In most. Hut succeed even In this solitary Instance shows \\hat the surgeon of today can do when handling , the human body. Detroit Free 1'rcss : This wonderful opera tion not only explodes an Idea as old as man himself , but It suggests poeslblo future triumphs of science that mny usher In the Ideal nso that poo.s and phlloauphera have drcnmod of when the grosser thlims of sense which weigh down weak mortals and prevent their lofty night Into the world of spirituality nml ethereal essence , so to speak , shrtll be overcome. When that Ideal age shall come , all \\o shall have to do to rid ourselves of the Importunities of the appetite will bo to submit to tin operation In laparolomy and lo , the thing Is done ! Indlaimpolls Journal : In removing that stomach and letting the owner live on the Indiscreet surgeon has dealt n blow to the so-called science of medlclno from which It will not soon recover , The doctors can got together and denounce him na a fraud , but while that woman walks the earth with her stomach on thu mantelpiece In a glass bottle publlu confidence In them cnnuot bo what It was before. The outlook Is dark for the medical men , but with fear of the gaatrle tyrant removed , what a joyful prospect opens up before the people. Chicago News : The operation may not b * of Immediate practical value. It scema to bo doubtful \\hethcr It will ever bu tried five In rare eases where the llto of the patient Is dependent upon relief from some sort of stomach trouble. The fact remain- ? that the performance Is of gcnt Importance as an Indication that the dlseMlve uml assimilative power of the stomach has been overestimated and that much work of the kind is performed by Intestinal organs which hvive bei I tutu regarded. Heretofore It ha * been taken for Granted that the stomach wns an Indls- ponrablo part of ihp vital ayi'tom ; thai , wr h- put It no one could tnku food or assimllato It. The recent sensational operation has opened up a whole new sphere of physiolog ical science by disclosing thnl it is actually pciulblo to get alosig without t'ho organ alto- gother. Philadelphia Hccord : Tint the stomach tenet not the solo alimentary i nd digestive organ or function of the body ROCS without the say- i'Jg. but It would certainly appear to bo a vital oigan. The Inte.stlncs could , ki any event , scarcely perform 'die ' olllces which nornvjlly devolve on Kio human stomach , and In the case of an agel patient It would not seem to be possible under E-.iy circumstances for any inidi'eu evolutionary or fuietlonal change of process to operate. PorlKpa In this rartlcular case of Icog-dandlng disease , In which decay and disuse had slowly occurred the ciitlrc fojd I'sslmllatlng properties of the human body , outside of the stomach Itself , may have been forced gradually to originate a tiow mode of action and reaction. Never theless , until 'the-most ' definite data shall have open furult'lied concerning the surgical oper ation in this Instance and the peculiar his tory of the oiso made public It will bo Im possible for a laymen to deliver any valid opinion. Th.'s particular case is In all prob ability an abnormal product of local causes and from It no general surgical tru'th can bo predicated. WHAT HAMSKS SMII.KI ) AT. Detroit Free Press : " \Vs. Javelins- had a high fever. " "What makes you think so ? " 'lie p.ilOj the doctor four dollars a visit. " New York Weekly : Coat Operator ( des pondently- ) ! wish a way could 'jo round to relieve the pint In the coal market. Consumer ( confidentially ) Tell the dealers to give hotter welgUt. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "That old fel low with the knife bores mo dieadfully " les. He's an augur. " Chicago News : Her Father How do you know you love my daughter ? You've only been acquainted a few weeks " The Suitor That is true : but I Reo that you've Juvt negotiated a loan of * 1OCOOCO A man who can do that i.s tjio kind of a. person I want for " a father-in-law. Indianapolis Journal"Alderman Grnbbo i n T.i-Mtv u , , ( ) . , article. lie. never gives himself away. " Odd , iau t It , when one- considers how lie Is always paying1 thnt he belongs to the common people. In fact , ho It ) about U.ic ? only thing belonging to the people that ne hasn't given away. Chicago Record : "When my wife Beta a cold 1 can cure It In a day. " "What do you give her ? " "Nothing- ; simply say that ir she Is well by night I will take her to itlio theater. Detroit Journal : The prsmlor corypheo slcihed wearily. "I find it well 'Mcli ' Impossible , " she ex claimed , "lo kei-p body and soul together In my business , " The Houliri'Hi1 , who was nevertheless not old enough to be uncnvlous , laughed. "Thero certainly Isn't much soul In your business , " she rejoined , and for tlio1 nonce she seemed actually to feel' better. Washington Star : "You will excuse me , " * n.M the actor , "If I don't seem In my usual good spirits. Thn truth In , that I am Hiiffprlng from a blllotm nttnelc. " "Hut von iu < penr to be remarkably well. " "Oh , I am. " "Hut you speak of a bilious attack. " "Yes ; a nviu who wants to elevate thn stnura .lust told me what ho thinks of my actlntr. " THIS CUISI.Vfi YHAIl. With mlstlotoe and hoiy : Upon your bier < Miiko room for youth and folly , Thou s-id , old year. You'vo felt the pains and sorroi/va / That mortals know ; Wo lone 'for ' new tomorro'At ' * , So , bid you go , Wo'll give the Joys you've Ill-ought ui A la.st g-oodbvc. ; And failures that you've taught us A p.isHlng1 sigh. WhPii Fiinohlno gib's ' your coilln With 1iopc and cheer , The world's hard heart wKl soften An < l shed a tear. Hut , a new year d'srornln ' ? Heyonil vour tomb ; ' All mortals will bo turning' From grief and Bloom , They'll place a wreath of holly Umnn your pravo ; And haste to greet the folly That , once , you gave. liKLL.13 WII.LBY OUR , WInsldo , Neb , GRATIFYING RESULTS. r.s WITH THU MV STO.tl.lOII IIIS3IISI > Y > Viil ii I'ali-iil 'Mi'illi'lin * , Hut ii Safe for all KiirniM of linllurrxlIon , The results1 of recent Investigation hnvo established beyond question thu Kre.it vnltio of tlie now prrpirntlon for IndlgoMlon and ptoiruch troubles : It IH compo.scd of the digestive nclds , prpxln , bismuth , Golden , Seal und similar stomachic * . jirepnrvJ ! n tha form of 20-Bmln lozenges , iileiiKint to the tahto , convenient to carry when traveling , hurinleftt to the most delicate stomsich , und probably the Barest , mont clTi-atu.il cure yet discovered for Indigestion , sour Htc-nwch , ' ICBH of uppotlto and lleJh , paimoa , alcic headaches , palpitation of heart , und tha many symptom * ) arlblng from Imperfect ill- Kuetlun of food. They cure because they causa the food to l e promptly nnd thor oughly dlgcxtcd before It him tlmo to four , ferment und i > ol on the Wood and ncrvoiM system , Over ulx thousand people In the st.'itu of Michigan alone In IS91 were cured of stomach ach troubles l y Stuart's Dygpcnsla Tablet * . Pull Him ! puckagea may \ > o found , at all dnKKl U at Wo , OP sent by mall on receipt of price from Stuart Co , , 'Marshall , Mich. Send for free book on stomach