JOUO * THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , E. llOSEWATEtt , EJItor. FUDMBIIBD MOHNINO. TEIU1B OF BUIlSCmrTIONt Dilljr Htu ( Without Bumlmy ) , One Year . t Daily He ? nnJ Sunday , Ono Y r. . . . . . . . * BIX Month * . 292 Three Monlhi . . . . . . . . Runilny lite. Ono Year . , . . < . J ? HatuMay lift. One Year . I * Weekly lice. One Year . OKFICKSl Omaha : The IJco IIulMlng. Boulh Om.ilmt Singer lllk. , Cor. N and tlth SU Council lllurra : 10 1'inil Slr t. Chicago Ollici-i 317 Chnmkor of Commerce. New Vorki Temple Court. Waihlnglon : Ml Kourttcnth Blreet. All communications relating to new * ana edito rial mailer choulil lie nddrrircil ! To tin Editor. JIUHINKSH M3TTEH3. All tiunlnm Idler * and romltlnncc.i should b uddreoed to The Dee I'ubllnhlnit Company. Omaha , Drnfli , checks , csprcrs and postomca money order * to bo madi > payable to the order of Ilia company. THE UBB PUUMBIIINCl COMPANY. 8TAT1JMKNT Of Blale tit Noljr.iffcn , Douglas Counly. s > . ! . , Ueorcc II. 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Tlic nKBTroTiifc enrrlrr delivery olr dilution of The HvenlliKT lire If iloulilc Hie iiKRTCKiitc < * nrrler dt-llvery ulruiiliidnn < if < liu livtMiliinr World- Ileruld n.ul more llinii NX llne KroiHer tlmu the iiKKreptale cnrrlcr delivery eli-eiiliillon of tliu Morning World-Herald In Oninhii mill South Oiniilin. Tim cnrrlpr delivery clrcnlntloii of Tin ; Kveiilnjy HIM ! rcndies 7 , : H linnii II lie Niilisorllier.H that arc not reached liy tin * Kvenliic Worlil-Ilemlil null 7,01(1 Hiihncrllicrn tlint are iiol ren'elieil ' > the Morning World-Herald. More tlmu OOOO oarrler delivery rtiiluerlherN to Tin : Oniiilia lOvenlnir lice anil Tliu Oinalnt Moritlnt ; llee are not renelieil either liy the Morning World-Herald or the Kveiiln World- lleralil. It Keen wltliont naylnc- that the iiiun- Iier of eoiile.s of Tli KvunliiK lice or The Morning lire Hold hy dealers anil iicwMlioyM exceed * hy a very coaxldcr- nhle the iiiiniher of World-Herald dallies , inornliipr and evening , nolil hy ilcaliTM and i Wlmt's the innltor with Ilnuim ? lie's all right. The republicans ot Ohio arc to bo congratulated. Ohio has also vindicated the right of popular The voice of the people Is still a potent force in every state of the union , Includ- liif ; Ohio. Mayor McKIsson of Cleveland prob ably now wishes he had not pledged himself to the Chicago platform. An organization of McVlcar colored republicans has been formed In DCJ Molne.s. Isn't this a new color of poll- tics ? Kobcrt K. Lee Ilerdman Is beginning lo see a large area of low barometer ahead , with the prospect that he will have to work for a living. As If in fear that Canada might be tipped up when the rush to the Klon dike placers begins , the story has been started In Toronto that Labrador abounds In gold. The annexation enthusiasts should not forget that it takes a two-thirds ma jority of the United States senate to ratify a treaty between this country ami : i foreign nation. Debate for the benefit of the pie counter brigade has at last been closed nnd the strain on the galleries of the national house of representatives will be temporarily relieved. Senator Ilanna made a reputation for political innovations as manager of tlics presidential campaign. Ills senatorial campaign , too , marks a few new de partures In political skirmishing. It Is to be hoped that every national bank director just elected will appreci ate the responsibilities devolving upon the position as emphasl/.ed by the Judi cial decisions of the past fow. ytnrs. The report of the adjutant general of Iowa shows that Iowa- has U)5,0U ! ; men Kiibjeet to military duty , while the or ganized mllltla numbers t--li > .S enlisted men and olllccrs. Iowa could put u iiuarter million soldiers Into the Held for defense of Jho nation and still have men and boys left to till ' .his farms and feed the live stock. Among other "big guns" to bo seen next summer at the exposition will bo one sent by the United States govern ment lo show the landsmen from the farms and llelds of the Interior what manner of Instrument the government provides for the marines who might Homo day be called upon to protect the American Hag and American commerce on the hlglr seas. The people of .Montana are proud of fhe record of their state In 1807 , whan more than $70,000,0 < iO worth of products , were sold from the ranches , ranges , farms and mines. When they ilgun-d up for the year they were pleased to learn that the loss by reason of the decline In the price of silver was more than made up by the value added to wool und lead through the operation of the new tariff law , and the natural mlvnncn lu value of the numerous other products of the state makes a good showing of prosperity In the llrst year of th ; Me- Kin Icy administration. Montana Is not merely u "uiluluj ; ca HKNATUH J1ANXA. lion. M. A. Ilanna will continue to represent Ohio In the United States ncnatc , having been elected for both the short nnd long terms. This outcome of one of the bitterest and most Indefensi ble senatorial contests ever known a contest waged on the part of the re publican opponents of Mr. Hnnna from personal motives will be exceedingly gratifying to republicans everywhere who respect political honor and party loyalt . Mr. Ilanna will remain In the senate a the choice of a very largo ma jority of Ohio republicans , who declared for him through their representatives In state convention and at the polls. The plurality of 30,000 by which the repub licans won the Jeglslaturo was given for Mr. Ilanna and was a mandate to every republican in that body to support him. Had all of them recognized their duty and at the outset manfully declared their purpose to discharge It the fac tional light on Mr. Ilanna would have been averted , greatly to the advantage of republicanism In Ohio. As It Is , the party Is to be congratulated upon the failure of the conspirators to defeat Its will. Senator Ilanna has boon the object of a vast amount of wholly unwarranted abuse and vlllllcatlon , but he has routed his enemies and ho will justify the con- lldonee of his friends * That he Is a political manager of extraordinary tact and skill everybody admits and that he will prove to be a useful man In the senate can be contldently predicted. A highly successful business man , his Judgment in regard to practical affairs will have great weight In that body , wliile his sterling republicanism assures his earnest support of all party policies. Ohio will bo worthily and creditably represented In the national senate by Hon. M. A. Iluuua. SPANISH 1A TULKKAACE. It appears that the Spaniards In Cuba , who If possible are more Intolerant than tlio.se lu Spain , are incensed at the llstrlbutlon of relief by American con suls , regarding It as u pretext for Inter ference lu Cuban affairs. Of course these people deny that there is any such suffering In the island as reported , but this is too well attested to admit of my doubt. Indeed it is probable Unit the newspaper correspondents , instead of exaggerating , have told very much ess than the facts would justify. The statement of Mr. Itussell of the depart- nent of justice at Washington , who has lust returned from Cuba , shows that there is a most deplorable condition of affairs there. Mr. Russell's Investiga tions in the island covered two weeks and his account of the distress and suf fering lie saw is pathetically impressive. Such testimony is not to be doubted and certainly no one will be disposed to ac cept Spanish statements In contradiction of it. So far as the Spaniards in Cuba are concerned it is not probable that any attention , will be paid to their In dignation by the Imperial government , which knows that if they could have their way Weyler would be returned to Cuba and his policy renewed , perhaps with added features of cruelty and bru tality. These Cuban Spaniards have not 'the slightest sympathy with the policy of the Sagasta government and would heartily welcome a restoration of Wey- lerlsm. A3fElllCAN CUM'RTITIUN WITH ENG LAND. British alarm at the growing competi tion of the United Slates with England in the world's markets , as voiced by I'rof. ISryco , Is well founded. This country has made notable progress lu the last two or three years in the exports - ports of manufactures , especially the products of Iron , American manufac turers having : even invaded the English market and undersold the domestic man ufacturers. Prof. Uryce spoke of large orders coming from England to the United States for electrical plants and for steel pipes and he might have told his audience also that American steel rails had been sold In England. As to American competition with Eng land in foreign markets It promises to become quite as serious for lirltlsh manufacturers as I'rof. Uryce fears. Tills Is particularly true of the Iron and steel Industry , In which the United States lias distinct advantages over England. An English newspaper n short time ago said that "everything points to the United States remaining the cheapest steel producing country in the -world and of this there can l > o no doubt. " It is not so much a question of wages here , nor of the superior en ergy and .skill of American workmen , as of the greater abundance of accessi ble coal and Iron ore. While British mining goes deeper and grows more ex pensive , In this country new surface mines are being constantly opened , like those at ! the head of Lnko Superior and In the southern mountains. Great Britain secured the control she long held of the Iron and steel market of tlie world because with an abundant and accessible supply of coal and Iron , cheap labor and superior transportation facilities she could produce and deliver goods more cheaply than any other coun try. These advantages she no longer possesses and her Iron and steel Indus try Is menaced on every side. It Is confronted with German as well as American coinpetltlon and this Is cer tain to grow. American manufacturers , recognl/.lng their opportunity , will con tinue to press forward and there can lie no question that lu time this country will outstrip England In the Iron ami steel trade of the world. The causen which are leading to this are Irresistible. In view of what is being accomplished In tills direction the observation of Prof. Bryce , who Is of course a five trader , that "America is seriously lmndcapp.l ! ( by a high protective tariff , " Is not par ticularly forceful , The development of the Iron and steel Industry In this coun try Is due to the policy of protection and whatever may be thought of the wisdom or necessity of continuing that policy so far as this Industry Is concerned - cerned , nobody , we presume , will seri ously contend that our great Iron and steel Industry could have been built up without It. Protection has placed us in a position to compete with England In foreign markets and It Is hardly logical , lu view of tlia ducllulug export trade of that country under free trade , to any that America Is handicapped by a high protective tariff. The practlca results certainly contradict this view and It Is by these that the merits o our economic policy must be J ml Red Protection created the Iron and steel In dustry as It has the tlnplate Industry now supplying three-fourths of the home demand nnd which In a few years wll compete In the foreign markets will the Welsh Industry. THK votiicK nuAitn The decision rendered by the equity division of the district court In declar ing unconstitutional the provision of the charter for cities of the metropolitan class which vests the appointment of the members of the Board of I'Ire nnd Police Commissioners In tin ; governor will attract attention not only In Omaha , but In nil parts of the country. While It affects primarily the control of two of the most Important depart ments of our municipal government , It enunciates principles that go to Hie bedrock of our entire system of self- government , i In reaching the conclusion that n com mission appointed by the governor con travenes the letter and spirit of the Declaration of Independence , the bill of rights nnd the constitution of Ne braska , Judge Scott reafllrms the doc trine of home rule In Us broadest sense. The position taken by the court Is that towns nnd cities were organic units of the state before It had a written con stitution , and their right to govern themselves under proper legislative limitations can not be abridged or de nied by any act that deprives tiiem of the choice of local otllcers or Imposes upon them taxes for the support of mu nicipal government through state-ap pointed olllcers. In n nutshell , Judge Scott holds that If the members of the Board of Kire and Police Commissioners are municipal olllcers , to be paid sala ries out of the city treasury , their titles must be derived from the people of the city through their duly elected olllcers. If they are not municipal olll cers , but state olllcers , their appoint ment by the governor Is void because it not only violates the principle of home rule , but Is also In conflict with the constitution Itself. The constitution of Nebraska prohibits the legislature from creating any new state olllces and the appointments of all olllccrs provided for by the constitution must bo subject to confirmation by the state senate. This would seem to be gooil law and sound reasoning. The voluminous cita tions in support of the. right of local self-government can not readily be brushed nslde. But even If the homo rule doctrine did not apply to the case , the constitutional prohibitions arc not only in point , but conclusive. From the political standpoint. Judge Scott's position Is In accord with .Teller- sonlan democracy , which opposes all centralizing tendencies and upholds lo cal self-government as the safeguard of popular sovereignty. In snulting out Governor llolcomb's reform pollce.com. mission Judge Scott may have smashed a political machine , but It is Joub'tful whether even Governor Holcqhib wpuld take issue with him on the question of constitutional law and the principle of home rule. President Angell , United States min ister to Turkey , finds that the job of collecting the claims of Americans on account of burned mission buildings In Asia Minor is not an easy one , and haii asked his government for instructions about applying greater pressure lo the Porte. The pretense of the Turkish government that the damage was done by rioters when the government way doing all lu its power to prevent such damage will hardly bear investigation , for the belief Is general that the riot ing was Instigated by the agents of the Turkish government , and that it might have been prevented easily had the gov ernment really desired to save life and property. But there are things easier said than proved , and Minister Angell will have to make his case on tlie rec ords. Congress is to be asked to enact addi tional legislation to regulate the prac tice of patent attorneys. The need of such legislation was emphasized by the recent disbarment of the firm of Weil- derburn & Co. for BWlndling operations after a searching Investigation , reveal ing systematic Imposture iiml extensive crooked work. , Credulous Inventors are entitled to protection from sharks who prey upon their Ignorance under pre tense of government sanction , and It should be made obligatory on the com missioner of patents to shut the door.- * against every attorney caught In ques tionable patent business. The Interstate Commerce commission lias once more found a southern railroad guilty of violating the long and short haul clause of the interstate law. So far so good. But when It comes to putting Its decree into force , the rail road will point to the last report of tliu commission In which it declare * Itself powerless to compel obedience to Its orders In any case In which thu railroad 11 refers to defy or ignore them. i A DflnyiMl "War. " ' N w York JInll ami Hxprass , As yet tfco terrible war between Secretary Gase nnil certain western senator * Is confined entirely to > tlio minds of Imaginative corre spondents. The hostilities 'haven't ' even reached the typewriter stage. M ld < n of Mt > rlt. Chicane Tlmea-Hcrald. The Buffalo Kxpresa says : "A Chicago court has just sent a'nxn to the peniten tiary for eighty years fcr bigamy. " Non sense ; the charge was burgliry. If a Chicago cage man were to commit eighty years' worth cf bigamy ho probably would bo sent io con- grcm. Oriental Coiuiit'lltlnii a Myth , Olohe-DBitucral , India's competition was a bugbear which frightened some tlmlJ Americans fifteen or twcuty years ago , but nobody thinks of It low , The Chinese menace will vanish In the saiuo war. What British enterprise and capi tal have failed to accomplish In India will not bo achieved by Germany , Franco and ItUEflla In China , The Chinese , like the na tives of England's big Asiatic province , be long to an Inferior race. In fact , the former ire lower In the scale of Intelligence than the latter.Vben a verson of an Inferior race geU ( lie education and the skill which' would make him a dangerous rival of the Caucasian oa a producer be begins to feel the 'needs ami acquire the habits which make him , like the white man , a latlett consumer. Kvcn It China Is opened up 'lu'btvlllxatlwi ' by Kuropo the United States WllVoot bo forced out of busi ness. ' . An AM to Surgery. The eart ilealh"bf n eminent clergyman In Now York ' feW months ago , caused a by the Mlppln ? : t > r a cork Into his larnyx and then Into bla Jung elves special Blgnlfl- crnce to the operation performed last week on a child In Obarlottc , N. C. , for a similar trouble. The foreign substance , n thlmblo , was readily locqiod by means of the Hocnt- Ken rays and removed by a surgical opera tion , It WAS aimAfkctl Instance of the value of I'rof. Kocutgdn's discovery to meillca science and to human , life , 1'n- 1 n HT for HIP Union I'nclllc. Springfield , l lnrx. ) Ucpubllcnn. The last payment In settlement of the Union Pacific debt to the government was concluded Krld-iy. Within leas than two months $58,000,000 has been passed over to the government on this account , and with little or no disturbing effect on the monej market. Uut this was made possible only through the employment of depository banks to receive- the money and thus keep II largely within the call of the market. Il the subtrcaaury system of the Rovcirimenl had been strictly adhered to , such a trans action could not have been effected without causing a disastrous squeeze In money. An lCyi-Oirnrr | for AtiK Kansas 'City Slnr , Bishop Potter of Now York Is not the only American nho or late has Indulged In public praise of tbo superiority of the British gov- Drnmcnt aver our awn , and has held up Groa Britain as politically considered a land o iniro delight. Yet In Dublin , It reccat re- rwrls may be licllovej , election frauds have been committed and by the govornmcnl party which wcro > as tad as any ever hescc' 3t In Now York or elsewhere lu this country. The particular style of fraud perpetrated was the stuffing of the registration lists \vllh iogus names find the amount of square pcr- [ ury Involved was something enormous. Here- iftcr Bishop Potter and the rest would better eave off singing "God Save the Queen" ami : IMIO their notes to "Hall Columbia. " STAT13 Illiirt' OP iSOLTH DAKOTA. How the IlondM Have Ilccii IMaovd nnd for What I'lirpoxi- . The total debt of the state of South Dakota consists of coupon and registered bonds In the sum of $1,011,600 oa follows : fi per cent Agricultural college bonds. ? 2 , ( ' 03 116 Agricultural COMORO bonds 01,500 Mi Agricultural college bonds r.0.0) ) i Hi'form School bonds IW.COJ "i Deaf Mute bonds 23,000 i School of mines bonds. , . . 2.1,000 V University bonds Jio.OOO University bonds 15,000 \/j \ 'Penitentiary ' bonds 11,300 : ' Penitentiary bonds HO.OO ) : Insane Asylum bonds 77,500 IV4 Insane Asylum bands ! KJ.f > 00 Vi JIadIon Normal bonds. . . Xi.EOJ Deficiency 100,000 Soldiers' Homo -lo.COO Territorial Debt bonds. . . Dj.COO 3V. Terrltorlnl Debt bonds U'l.OOO ' /i Taylor bonds lis.OOO Total $ l,011flOO Of thwc , says the Yunkton Gazette , It will be scc5i ? 99,000 draw 5 per cent , $322,100 draw 1 % per cent. $362MO draw 4 per ccot , cud ; 227,50 draw 3& per cent , the total annual of nterest charge being $49,375. Three hundred -and twecty-threc thousand Ix hundred dollars' of the same Is now paya- ile at the optional Hie state and there was Jrnuary 1 ( reported unofficially ) , $157,000 la ho state treasury applicable to the pay- nent of bonded IlfiJpDIedsess. The remainder alls due at Intervals until ( November 1 , 1912 , and there Is every rjcaaoa to hope tLat the entire state debc. wlrl bo wiped out at ma- urity. " " . The above discloses a condition of which every citizen ma'j-'Te-proud. ' ! The entire ma- hinery of the sbatohas been set up. A full Ine of state Institutions has been maln- alned , the state , debt Inherited from the crritory has beeii protected , ' all without r jurdcnsomo taxation'ami at the end or eight ears of statehood 'during which a neason f exceptionally "Hard times has been passed , , he state finds th"e'orlglpil debt reduced and 10 now obligations Incurred. South Dakota s nil'right ; In the management of hDr state nances as she fsHh iho.other conditions. 1MIOKITS I.V i.MKAT \CICI.VR. . Development of DresMeil .Heat mill ICi---.s Clly Star. The business of t'jo next to the latest acklng and dresssd meat concern In the world amounted to $121,000,000 last year , am1 a quarterly dividend of 1 % per ccat has jus been de3lared on the company's $15,000,001 capital stock. That Is at the rate of G pec cent a year , and Is equal to net returns ct $900,000 to the stockholders. The sum look- ! very largo , but it U leas than 1 per cent ol the company's gross business for the year , and therefore Is really a very small proportion tion of profits. The fact that 1 per cent of the company's aggregate sales Is sufficient to pay a reasonable dividend on lt big capital Illustrates the ( possibilities of small profits on an Immenr.o volume of business , and explains why the big concerns can drive the small ones out of business. A country butcher could not do business without many times that percentage of profits , and that Is why there are so few country butchers left , whereas , a few years ago , there was ono or more In nearly every country town. It explains , also , why cattle and hogs ore shipped to the cities for slaughter , and the meats from them sent back over the same road to the country towns from which the stock Is chipped. The enormous dovelcomcot of tfie dressed ireat and packing Industries in the control of a few men Is due almost wholly to the Im mense saving cf labor and material , resultIng - Ing from doing1 business on a large scale. The great packers make such a small net profit cti each animal slaughtered that they arc able to overcome the cost of transporta tion from country to city and hack to the country and yet do the business cheaper than the country butcher can do It , What Is true of tfoo business of preparing meats for the use of nrti is true also of every other great Industry that has been developed by a few master organizers in this ago of trusts and combinations. COi\-KIlI3.VCI- IIO.MK. < < f " ' ' 'I'lirchaxe of the Union I'm- lie. Nov.- York TiniCK. Wo pointed out on Friday that tiio money with w'lilch the Unlcn Pacific railroad wcs bought , with Iho exception of about $5,000,000 of European subscrlpUcns to the syndicate , wia American capital. It was subscribed and paid in by members of the reorganization committee and by bankers and individual capitalists , chiefly In New York , who tavo confldeaco In the future of the property. It was a big tranoictjon , hut It was not Impor. tent for Its blgneaj so much as for its ex ample. ' " What right ravu.wa to complain of Rng- llsh capitalists who are afraid to Invest their mcboy In American securities fie long us wo plainly show tfcaU.vvo.tavo not very muclh conlldcaco In thonijqurSelvea ? Wo tcok ocoi- Elon the other day" to demonstrate that the fact that we- are leaning millions of dollar * In Europe at from 8 to 4Vj per cent gives us no cccEslon for boasting. Wo ought to use all the mono/.wo.can raise at homo and abroad In American enterprises creative , constructive , and productive. The country Is still now and i'o'de < clopod. Wo ought to make 8 per cent ont-our own money and bor row largo fums In-Kunopo at 4 or D per coat and make 8 per cent ) QIIJ that , too. Hut Eurtpo will jiot lend us much money until wo make It perfectly clear that we In tend to pay It back : dollar for dollar , not In silver , but In gold. The best pmslblo evl- dcnco wo can give1 Her of our full Intention and ability to r/iy dollar for dollar Is the 'fee investment of American capital In Ameri can enterprises. Tfcat shows that wo have no lack of confidence , It will Inspire Europe with confidence. The lending out of Ameri can money at low rates In London coil Berlin Inspires Europe with a lack of confidence , The investment of more than $50,000,000 of fresh American capital In the Union Pacific reorganization Indicates confidence at home. It proves that confidence exists. Of course It proves also that-we have a good deal of ( pare capital , That Inspires sarao financiers with a deslro to call the United States a creditor nation that la , a money lending nation. We ought not to bo a uionoy leading nation that Is , not yet. Wo can use our money to better advantage at home If we have the confidence and ability to develop our.national resources. I SAI.H OP stxnniiTiusrosTroxun. . irnnpciirpil Creditor * of the 1'iilim I'a- clllo vMnlic Intervention , NHW YOIIK , Jan. 12. The Intervention of unsecured cralltorn of tlio Union Pacific at the last moment has prevented the sale ot $15,000,000 of accurltlcu set for today. The sale hos been postponed to January 25 , but there U a po.islblllty that on account ot tbo IntorverUIco made today In the United States court It will not bo taken then. The securities arc a part of the $5,000,000 Involved In the suit brought by J , P. Morgan & Co. and others to foroclnso under the col lateral trust deed Issued by the Union Pacific company In 1SS1 , and were to bo sold under Judge L > icombo's authorization to redeem } 3- 1 87,000 outstanding collateral notes. Some time ago the court signed a decree giving the Union Pacific Railroad company five ( My.i to redeem the notes in question. This was not done , and the trustees , of whom J. P. Morgan is the special master , were directed to dispose of the securities at auction or private silo , whichever they deemed best. The unsecured creditors filed a motion to rfiow caueo why the ealo of the securities should not bo stopped. Argument en the Ap plication took place yesterday and at Its close Judge Ij.icombo announced that ho would meat likely render a decision on the motlcti next Saturday , which It Is believed will amend the bill of sale In several Important particulars , Moriinu 'jiuunmis STUPU.VUHHTKU. Her to IiiNpiiNlhlllt } ' nnd Then Shoot * Her. ALGONQUIN , 111. , Jan. 12. Mrs. Chris- tophcr Wollertt last night confessed that slit1 had killed Louise Wollertt , her 13-year-old stepdaughter , who was at first thought to have been murdered by a tramp. Yesterday morning Mrs. Wollerttvtto lives on a farm near this place , reported to her neighbors that a tramp had killed her stepdaughter. Investigation by the Chicago police later In the day upset the tramp theory and the woman was arrested nnd confessed. She choked the child Into Insensibility with her apron strings and then fired several shots from a revolver Into Uio girl's body. The killing resulted from rt quarrel. The police feared a lynching and took the woman to Woodstock. J'UXSIOXS VOll AVUSTKIUN VKTI3HAXS. Survivors of I.alo War llemcinl > ereil liy ( lie ( ieiieral ( iiivrrniiii-at. WASHINGTON , Jan. 12.-Speclal.-Pen- ( ) slons have been Issued as follo.vs : Issue of December 21. 1S97 : Nebraska Increase : Isaac Xlon , Stnnton , $ G to $8. Town Original : Charley 13. Adams , Cnr- roll , $ ; John L. Olasener , Gutbrle Center , JS. Original widows , etc. , restoration nnd reissue : Minors of John Urbaln , Pekay , $1G.iMontnnn iMontnnn Original , special December 31 : Jnmes Wilson , Marlinsilalc , $ S. Colorado Original : David C. Trevett , Cheyenne , $ S. Issue of December 23 : Iowa-Original : Illelinnl II Warden , Ot- tuimvn , $ S. Hclssue : Milton H. Itoss , Hampton , $17. Endorse Fusion In .Mltim-Niita. MINNEAPOLIS , Jan. 12. Fusion of all silver elements In Minnesota Is officially en dorsed by the state central committee. Chairman Messing made the announcement emphatically at the Jackson banquet early this morning. William J. Bryan In his speech concluded nt 2 a. m. , devoted con siderable tlmu to endorsing the fusion Idea and Illustrating Its efficacy hy the results In Nebraska. This Is regarded as a decisive ! blow to the adoption of the Ohio plan In Minnesota. IMCHHS OF THIS WEST. ICcntitoUy Semis Creeling to 17 : e KnvorltcN of I'roNiierlty. * LoulRvllo ! Courier-Journal. The mcst casual newspaper readers have > bserved that the northwest has come most nto .prominence . In the agricultural revival , \'hich ' is turning the great panic Into pros- icrlty. Wall street was the first to take cognizance of the changed order of things vhcn two years ami more ago speculation jecame so active In the stocks of that group of rallroa-is known as "Grangers , " and which now supplant all others In the favor iboth of Investors and professional operators. The next to realize what was transpiring were the merchants and manufacturers , who saw that the'people of the northwest were be ginning to have a great deal to spend. However , they wore still tampered hy the debts which had Involved them since the bursting of the great real cstato speculation , and though there were very distant evidences of revival In 1S9C the real movement did not begin until In 1S97 , when it became certain that it was to be a good crop year. Then t'ho ' change for the better was marvelous. Speculation and Investment advanced the value of railway stocks 25 to 50 per cent In the "Grangers , " and the Increase In bank clearings became enormous. Deposits began to grow with marvelous rapidity , and with the wheat harvest and the high prices that followed farmers found themselves comparatively rich. Even despised Kanijas , the vagarlea < ci whose poli ticians bad made It the laughing stock of the nation and which was looked , upon as bankrupt , sprang Into a position of case and afllucnce which made It possible to discharge a great proportion of Its mortgages and heap up millions of money In its country .banks. . The value of the Kansas wheat crop wca over $50.000,000 , but the corn crop was worth vastly more , though there was no such re vival lu Its price. Hogs and cattle were In equal abuadaaco , and the supplies were so enormous that the whole state was soon In commercial activity. Tfio experience of Kan. saa was duplicated In Nebraska , and tlirao two crates , of whose future the unthinking remainder of the country had despaired , socn led every other In point of business revival. It was the same though In a less degree with the three states that now cocstltuto the heart of the new northwest the two Dakotas and Minnesota , According to care ful estimates , the market value of crops harvested on their ample pralrlos last year woj $105,000,000 for Minnesota , $00,000,000 for North Dakota and $40,000,000 for South Dakota. The grand total of $203.000,000 for their wheat , their corn and their potatoca alone means an average of $900 for each farmer In these states , to Bay nothing of their returns from hogs , cattle , ahoep , butter , milk , eggs , etc , The gold p'roductlon'of the niack Hills mines of South Dakota wail $7,000,000 last year. The mining slates , which. Senator Teller proclaimed , would bo hopelessly bankrupt ivhon the government qult'l'tylng thole silver , liave done as well. Colorado led with a total of $92,000,000 from her underground treasury In addition to the value of her wheat and other farm products. Montana surpassed Colorado on account of her immense copper output , besides which vast sums came from lier great heeds of cattle and sheep , Idaho , Oregon nnd Wat'.ilngton Increased their agri cultural products and also the yield of their mlnca When wo contoirplato such facts as thcso wo eeo how the west , which suffered the most end the longest from the panic , Is the first : o show complete revival. At present the tldo of prosperity Is beginning to run high , but there Is no Indication that It IB yet at the 101x1 in tnc great agricultural ami mining soc- .lon. Tiio northwest has richer agricultural ands than any other sectlcci of the union oven than Illinois or Iowa. The fertility of Dakota farms Is marvelous , but It can bo understood by any one who sees the Inky blackness of the freshly furrowed soil. Thcso lorthwostern states have another advantage n that singular natural law which makes cultivated placts reach the perfection of food tualltles only nearer the northernmost llmltn of their growth , This 1s why. the finest wheat s grown In the Dakotas and Minnesota ; the ) &U potatoes , melons , strawberries and other lelil c < nd garden products. The short seasons give them barely time to mature , but dm levfectlon of their ulzo and flavor Is astonlsh- ng. ng.The opening up of Jcian anil China Is lound to Increase the commercial In'portanco of the northwest by affording now markets for its grain and Us manufactures. U be came known only a few months ago that lapan was taking largely our wheat and lour , and an order has come for 500,000 bar rels of flour from Hong Kong. As tbo ncrth- wcst Is so much nearer Asia than any other ; rcat agricultural reglcn It would seem that ho substitution of wheat for rtce , which nust come with the development of China and Japan , solves the future of Its grain grower * . The west and northwest are now leading every other part of the United States In real irosperlty , end there Is no ono to erudite hem their good fortuce. JIIIYAMSMS AM ) ST. JAUKSOX. llrlllllliiK IIIn Own Country. ChlMEO TlmfK-llcralil ( rep. ) And yet In > the f co of unlmpp.ichAulo statistics Mr. Hryan has the effrontery to stand before nn American audience and de clare that times have grown worse Instead of better. What sort of n man Is It who can thtki bcllttlo the achievements of his own countrymen ? Has he gone Mind , deaf and Oaft ? A Iilidlcroiift Colrhrallon. rhllndclphU Times ( item. ) Dut even more ludicrous than the omlnslon to celebrate the 8th of January In Phila delphia was the celebration of It In Chicago , with William J. Dryan and men of his political stripe making speeches laudatory of Jackson , who would have hung n re- piHllatlonlst almost n.i quickly as he would have hung a secessionist -when South Carolina Attempted to nullify the laws of the nation. A Cheap llnltilozer. Knnsna Oily Joiirnnl ( rep. ) Ever slnco Mr. William J. Ilryan first became - came n conspicuous political figure lie has rhownA marked Incapacity for discussing , In a broad and logical way , great public questions. Through this Incapacity , or , what la worse , a deliberate purpose to deceive rather than Instruct , ho IMS chosen excep tional or Isolated phases of prevailing con ditions and dwelt upon them with his barbecue eloquence without analyzing their relations to the 'whole ntobtcms , or series of I.roblel.la. In this rcspeet ho has followcv.l the example ot the cheap ward bulldozer who presumes upon the Ignorance of his audience and relies upon his powers of misrepresenta tion to make Ills words convincing , Poiioerney nnd ( > ri > onhai < UN. ChlcflRn Tribune ( rep. ) % Dryan alleged In his Saturday night cpccch that the C.BOO.OOO men who voted for him In 1S9G voted against the retirement of the greenbacks. Not at All. This retirement was not ono of the ktsuos ot the campaign. Whit the Dryanltcs voted for Incidentally wna the redemption of the greenbacks If redeemed at all In cheap silver dollars. In stead of gold dollars. The $340,000,000 of greenbacks being redeemed In gold are worth $346.000.000. If redeemed In Dryanlte doll.ua they would bo worth only $138,500,000. Slnco the nryanltcs want to deprive the green backs of at least 'throe-fifths ot their value , it Is evident they cannot Ji.ivo much real love for that currency. The less Hryan haste to say about Ma affection for the greenbacks the better. Iteftileit. hy History. St. l.DUls Cllolin-DniTiocrat. "Secrcary Gage knows that the gold standard was adopted In the United States without any party ever asking for It. " This Is one of Uryan's assertions In his Chicago address. Let us show how history demolishes his statement. In a spocch In the senate In favor of the bill which became the gold re storation act of 1834 , a well-known states man declared that the object of that measure was "to enable the friends of gold to go to work at the right place to effect the recov ery of that precious metal which their fathers once possessed , which the subjects of European kings now possess , which .the . citizens of the young republics now possess , but 'which ' the yeomanry of this America have been deprived of for more than twenty years , and 'will bo deprived of forever un less they discover the cause of the evil , and apply the Temedy to Its root. " The author of these worJs was an abler and hotter demo crat than iDryan , and was the leader of Jackson's forces In the senate. His name was Thomas II. Bentoil. Mexican l.nlior and Silver. Minneapolis Tribune. Mr. Bryan docs not claim that the wages of common laborers are higher In Mexico than In the United States , but he says the working people are more prosperous because they can live cheaper. This hardly bears out the contention that the 'Ilryan ' silver plan would give us an era of 'rising prices. Mexico has had an 'exclusive silver and paper currency for many years , and yet cMr. Uryan tells us that clothing and food arc cheaper there than In the United States under the goll standard. How Is this ? Cheap clothIng - Ing and food Is of course good for the con sumer , 'but Is It good for the farmer and manufacturer ? The doctrine 'taught us by the .silver orators In the last campaign was that free silver would give us an era of rising prices , better wages fcr the work man , better prices for the farmer and manu facturer , and that thus all would bo able lo live more comfortably. 'lint ' now iMr. Ilryan cnmcs back from 'Mexico with .the . message that the 'Mexican ' laborer Is prosperous because prices are lower there with a silver currency and ho can live more cheaply. Is this consistent ? Calamity IN HIM IlllxlneHH. Minneapolis Journal ( rep. ) Mr. Bryan \a \ still gloating over the trouble In the Fall River mills and finding In that Isolated Incident the evidence that prosperity has not come rod la 'not coming. Ho evi dently doesn't want U to come. If It did his occupation as a calamity howler and his hopes of the White House would be gone. So he sticks to I'-ill Itlvcr business , where , as every ono knows , the trouble Is the re sult of local and not general coadltlcan , the New England mills being at a disadvantage In competition with southern mills becauoo of location he sticks to tbit comparatively Insignificant affair and refuses to admit that money Is cheap and ea y for any ono to get who has security to give ; that hundreds of thousands of men have been put at work by the 'opening of the mills slnco ho was do- fcatod , that business men are Jubilant over Increased trade and bright prcepecta for the futuro. Hut you mustn't blame Bryan. Bryan's business Is politics. The- fellow who Is to ibe blamed Is the ono who , with the facts of the sltiy.tlon bcforo him , will alkjw himself to be humbugged by the plausible gentleman from the Platte who Is making a desperate but losing struggle to keep him. self and the old Issue to which he L ) com mitted before the public. Ilryna'H ' .Sloek la Trade. | Chicago Journal ( rep. ) The colamltyj wall Is still part of Mr. Bryan's stock In trade. Ho points to the1 ilecllno of the cotton-Bpinnlng Industry In Now England and the consequent lowering of tbo wages of the operatives as evidence of his pet theory that the country Is going to the dogs , but ho carefully avoids mention of the rise ot the cotton-spinning Industry In the southern states , whcro $80,000,000 ol capital Is now Invested nnrt t-ousands of people arc beglnnlpg to produce wealth and earn 'wages at an employment formerly pe culiar to New England. Nor ot the distinct 'betterment ' of business and of Industrial conditions during Iho last year , of whloh 'there la ample evidence In trade reviews and clearing house 'reports , does Mr. 'Bryan ' make mention. For example , ho omits to state anywhcro In lil.i speech that the total number of failures In 1S97 was only 13,351 , against 15.0SS for 1S9G ; that the average liabilities of the falloj firms wax only $11,559 for 1897 , against $14,992 for 189G ; that the total liabilities of failed firms In 1897 amounted only to $154,332,071 , against $226,09i > .83 ! in 189G ; and that In 'total amount of liabilities the failures In 1S97 have been less than In any year slnco 1892. Mr , 'Bryan ' nays nothing of thcso things , Calamity Is the meat and drink on which ho must feed his followers , and these things are not calamitous , Independent Dem or rain. Kl. I'aul aiube ( ilem. ) It Is this class among democratn to whom Mr. Brjan referred when ho spoke of thcao who had made democratic victories In 1S97 possible. Thcso ho terms "political 'prodi gals , " grown iwcary of feeding on husks. Their reception has depended upon the spirit In which they came back. If milllclcntly contrite , "acknowledging the 'binding ' force of the Chicago platform and willing to work harmoniously eldo by sldo with the brethren who went not astray , " they have been fed with fatte'l calves. If not , If they have "swaggered" 'back ' unrepentant , neither fat calf nor banquet has been given them. It In ono of the Idiosyncrasies of the Independ ent voter that lie Is quite Indifferent to the reception accorded him , IIlo Is an unrepent ant fellow because hn has nothing of which to repent. Ho "belongs" to nu party , but regards all parties an belonging to him ; nicro Implements with which ho would ac complish or tlrfeat something , and ho uses them as ho would any other Implement for some other end. Ho has vury clear Ideas of what la and what Is not for the common goo < ] , and ho uses any party that ho thinks will best pramotu that. 'Ho ' never "comes 'back ' , " never Is "rouentant , " never wauti Nil nnr fatter calf or hannuot , li ncvor * flroJN KM. It will bo wtso If the party which a < S cept.i Mr. Hrynn as ltd leader recognize tlilf peculiarity of that very obstinate nnd opln lonatcd fellow , the Independent voter. j I'lOIlSO.VU. sAXM OTIUCIlWISi : . It U now thought that the late Washing ton IlrfiltiR ot Chicago left no will , oa nona has thus far been discovered. iAt Ilnrtlaiul , Vt. , n cat discovered n chim ney flro am ) uwakenod her nvistcr acid mil * tress by mewing at tholr bedside. > It cost u man $25 , plus the lepil cost ot prosecution , to throw a polecat through a neighbor's window nt Wutorbury , Vt. Kx-Unlted States uMlnlstcr llatmU Taylor ot ' .Mjbllo Ala. , hns received the honorary deprco of LL.U. from 1\ilano university , New Orleans , L\\ . N'oboily has made the claim yet that dollar lar whrat this yoir la duo to the flno quality of seed suit to their cuiutltucnta by wool- cm congressmen. The semi-annual dividends payable hy Hertford corporations this month aggrrgata $1,417,150 , the flro lostiranco companies payIng - Ing nearly one-halt the amount. An unsuspected number of Ohio legislators still obey their mo'iicrs. ' The band that rocks the cradle serins lo rule that portion ot the world rather longer than most others. Justice Horuco dray ot Hie United St'ilni supreme court will bo privileged lo rotlro next March , when ho will reach the age ot 70 , but us ho is vigorous In health ho will probably continue in actlco service. On > ittirday morning a burglar was caught In a store at Warsaw , I d. , ccid by 030 ; the same morning ho had been tried 'and am- tonccil to state'i * prison. Now , why cannot that sort of Justice bo had every time. A Crnadlan traveler who bis spent > i couple plo of years In the far northwest , part of tiio time along the Peace river , eiys there are In that country at least four he rib of wild buffalo , numbering altogether not less than 2.000. Ex-VIco President Stevenson has accepted the Invatlon to deliver the principal address upon the occasion of the unvcll'ag at Char lotte , N. C. , on the 20th of May next , of the monument to the nlgnors ot the Mecklen burg declaration of Independence. ' Mr , Hobert Harr , the well known novcltat , who was recently arrested cad Imprisoned by Turkish olllclals. Is now In London Buf fering from a severe attack of malar'-il fever which he contracted during his march as a prisoner across the Syrian swamps. In 1S2 cot on mills In North Carolhia there are 1,023,132 spindles and 23,331 looms. South Carolina In ubtuil , containing In eighty-one cotton mills 1,272,301 spindles end 3C.SH5 looms. These two states iead ki the number of cnlndlra and looms ot any of Ihe soutiiern statca. Senator Daniel will he the orator at the coming celebratlcn of General Lee's birth day In Atlanta on February 13. Senator Daniel accepted the Invitation on HID condi tion that an admlajlon fee would bo charged end the proceeds given to the Confederate Veterans' association. The design ot Mr. William A. Oault ot Baltimore has been accepted for the monument ment to the signers of the Mecklenburg dee. laratlon of Independence , and It will be set up at Charlotte , N. C. , ccid dedicated May 20 , 1S9S. The monument Is to bo of granite , "tall , stately , and symmetrical , " with a needle-pointed monolith mounted on an Inspiring - spiring base. The height of the whole Is to bo thlrty-niie feet ; the cost , $6,000. il'OM.SIIKD TltlKIiS. Indianapolis Journal : "Why Is II , " 'asked the cornfed philosopher , without the hope of an answer , "why Is It that the mrmll- bor > politician Is such a great bore othur- I wisoV" Chicago Hccord : "Somebody Is Irylngto prove that society is responsible for mur ders. " "Well , that's wrong ; society Is made up of people who want to kill ono another and never do. " Philadelphia North American : "Extraor dinary lire sale , " read the Advertisement. "Customers nre Invited to call nnd examlno goods , which will be found still warm. " Puck : She Ho does not sccni to be a brilliant conversationalist. ' ille No ; unfortunately , ho can't talk on any subject unless he knows something about It. Boston Transcript : "Thcro Is ono thins I like nbout volcanoes , " remarked the qulot man ; "when they smoke they don't tiso cigarettes. " Sotnervllls Journal : Hicks Did you ever live In a university town ? Wicks Yes. Hicks 'Then you realize what a dlfferenco there Is between a full professor nnd u full Htudont. Journal "He' sslf- Detroit : iv thoroughly - inndo man , and he ascribes his aucccss to having been taught modeling la cluy whuil lie went to school. " 'Ho ' must be a brick. " Philadelphia Hullotln : "They say 'ona swallow doesn't make a summer , ' " said Slppler , as lie drained his Klns.i nt a gulp. "That's rlRht , too , " replied Tippler , who spoke from experience , "but I can prove that It takes precious few of. them to maka a fall. " Chicago Post : They were catechising1 the somnambulist. "Why Is it that you walk In your sleep ? " they asked. "Hecauao I can't ride , " ho replied. They held ( hat the answer WUB ftiH ant } complete , and let It go at that. I THE LADY AND TUB HOUP.EU. Wnslilnston Blur. "Your money or your life ! " he cried , "My quest there is no stopping. You're richly clad , mid well I know That you uro golngi shopping. " She handed him her purse. Ho found - , Car tickets , but not nmiiy ; floino dry goods Bamples , chewing gum , A hulrpln and a penny. H.VU-OF-TIIK-CK.VriJHV il'K.YYIill. - - - . . . . 1'uclc. Protect mo , Lord , from these Thy ualntfl , the sanctimonious few ; Oh , suvo me from their clutches when my mortgaged come duo. Oh , put mu not into the hands of these , the men of woe , Who call this earth a "valo of tears" and Htrlvo lo make It HO. Oh , guard nie from the blue-nosed good who lend at ccnf l > er cent , And tiiko a thousand-dollar lien for ninety dollars rent. Make mo. Instead , the debtor of Homo man with human taints ; At any rate protect me. Lord , from these , Thy modern saints ! Their thoughts ure far from mortal life , they never , never eln ; They strive to brliiff to righteousness the very men they skin ; They never KO a Htep astray ; they never deign to Hinllo ; They sin not , and they only aim to castl- gate the vile , Dut , oh ! why should limy count It best with cold nnd lioly arts To rivet wheel-Iron Hhlolds around tholr hard and stony heartH ? Tholr oar.H are deaf enough , God wet , to pleadlngH nnd complaint * ) . And so I pray protect me , Lord , from these , Thy modern saints ! Oh , save mo from the sanctified , the too uncommon good , Who tell us what wo shouldn't do anil preach us what wo Hhotild ; These MilntH who squeeze a dollar twice and wear cheap aureoles Will take our children's broad and then attempt to save our souls ! Qlvo me , Instead , a worldly man , with Homo few liaullliy Htalns , That show ho has lliu common blood of mankind In hla veins. And heart that xwellx enough HDinetlmes to overthrow ( -onatralntB , Hut , In my need , protect me , Lord , from Hfir-uppoliUcd tmlnU ! The nSea ° ttaaf wfffff Rt&tfiaQ Sen ing power ami purity has yef to foe