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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1898)
THE OMAHA DAILY J3EE : TUESDAY. JAXTJATIT 25. 181)8. ) Tim OMAILV DAILY PER M. ItOSnWATEU , Editor. EVERY JIORNINO. TEHMS of suusciunioN : Dally Den ( Without Sumlny ) , Ono Yenr i 00 D.illy UPC ami Sunday , One Venr. 30 Hit Months 4 0 > Thrwj Months 2 i > Hlltxlar lite. One Yrar. 2 0 HiUurelay lloe , Una Vour IV Wooklr Dec , On Yfflr < < " 01-TICCSi Omaha : The lice rtullillng. Smith Omnlm : SlnRtr IJIk. , Cor , X and 2Hli Sis Council IJlmrn : lu I'enrl Street. utilvnicn oillce ! tin Chnrnbcr of Commerce , New Vorh ; Temple Court. Washington : Wl Fourteenth Street. COHUKSrONOENCB. All communlaillons rdalltiR to ne-ts ntiil "illto- rial matter nhould fie uOdi-o.iseil : To the lull'ur. J1U8INE83 1.CTTEU3. AllLtulnosB loiters nnd romlllnnces fhould he mMrrated to The lice rulillnlilni ; Compiny , Omaha. Ptnfts , clii'ckn , expiem and | > osuiiflc money onli-rs to be tnada pa > jbln tu thu otucr ol thu coiimnny. TUB 1JER PUUUSI11NO COMl'ANV. BTATKMKNT Or CIRCULATION. Btalo of Nebraska , DoiiKlan County. " ' Ucorca n. Tzschuck. ta.Telnry ot The lice Tub llfthlni ; Compnny , being duly tworn. * ny Ihnt the nctual number of full nnJ cotnplfto copies of The Dally , Murnlnif , Evening nnJ autulny lli-o ptlnleil ilurlng tlio month of December , U9J. wu follows - lows : 1 ZI.SI7 Z1.15J Z 21,373 3. . . 21.HU 13. 4 21 , : ; ? 21 MO t > 24.C.12 si.sv C 21.3SD 22. 2'- ' 7 21COS 8 21,319 21 S1.511 9 , : i.ru-)3 ) 2.1 ( m'rn'g only ) lO.Soi 10 2i , : < ,3 28 SI MO 11 Hl 2- , 21.WI is 2i.oa JS 21,330 13 22217 w zi.oss 14 21,343 SO 21.010 1 ! 21,577 31 21,333 1C 21,2CI , Tolnl KC.S72 rclurneil nnd unsold copies i:2 Not tntnl sales C1I..V , ' Net dally averaso 21133 nnonnn n. TXHCHUCIC. Fwnm to before me and culfcrlboil In my runMico thin 1st day of January. 1S3S. ( Seal. ) N. I' . KIZIU Notary 1'ubllc. Now for a protest from thu nvaliMt tlio coli'liriitlou by Ctillfornlu of u xoldpti jubllrn. The nntl-soalsklii Inv ; CIUISPS no lioart- unions those who tiiii'iul tliL-lr rtuTu.'itlon inonoy at lionu . It Is too btiil : i real president docs not pass through Omaha every week. If he ditl there might lit ! a Creator rush to sut places In tilt- city eounell. Italy now wants a treaty of commer cial union with the IJnlted Status. Italy Jiot only known a piotl tiling when It Hues it hut It wants to have a share In It If possible. The dnitf store jzln mill must KO. If a ( IriiKKlsl Insists on ( loin , : a saloon busi ness , he should be cnaipolliul to take out a § 1,000 license Just the sat.io as other liquor dealers. A view of the exposition buildings and grounds is the best advertisement of the magnitude of that great enterprise. Let no stranger within our gates escape without seeing them. What Justice Is ii.-iv ! in conipull'iiij a liquor dealer to pay $1,000 for his license anil permitting drug stores to sell liquor wholesale and retail on payment for a ? 10 druggist's permit ? That 10,000 legislative sniniing com mittee may have turned out a big grist of campaign thunder , but up to date it has not recovered- for the treasury enough money to pay half its own ex penses. The president of the city council for got to remind the president of the Sand- wkii Islands Unit hu has more white constiliHMits In the Second ward than Ills fellow president has In his whole Hawaiian republic. t Not satisfied with publishing the news as it arises a number of populist editors of South Dakota arc planning to start a news factory of their own to supply themselves with news colotvd to milt their partisan purposes. The appearance of a licet of Ameri can battleships at Key West ! does not Indicate preparations for war , hut It does Indicate that the rights of Ameri cans will be protected in Cuba as well as In all other countries in the world. The same old arguments are being urged by the opponents of an exposi tion appropriation by the Iowa legisla ture that were employed last year against the exposition appropriation In the Nebraska legislature. The mossbacks - backs should be turned dowu again. There is an iiudellneil rumor abroad that the redoubtable .Tim Dalilnmn Is contemplating resigning his $ li,000-a- year sinecure as donothlng state rail road commissioner. Dahlman resign a political soft snap ? We would prefer to eeo his resignation before believing It. The leading candidate for the presl- diMiiy In lira/I ! promises to celebrate his election with a visit to the United States. We doubt , however , whether he will sell his "observations" to the 'mnvspapt'r that offers the highest price. The new director of the mint Is the author of one of the most effective an swers to Coin Harvey's imir-bralned literary production. It Is safe to say that the mint reports will In the future as in the past stick to facts rather than to llctlon. One of Missouri's promised contribu tions to the exposition curiosity depart ment will be an animal that faces both Avnys. This will not fairly represent Missouri , for the Mlssourlans are all headed straight for the exposition and u good state exhibit. When Governor lloleomb appointed his bogus reform pollc con.mission Hubert I'J. r < eo Ilerdnun wn.s supposed to bo the worst of the Job lot Hut now It would be dllllcult to < nv which of the trinity , IK > rdman , Oregory and 1'eabody , lias earned the most unsavory notoriety. The only war cloud visible In the west appears to be due solely to thu deter mination of the Colorado gam > warden to prevent the stockmen from violating the game laws by servlnj , ' buffalo , ante lope , elk and mountain sheep meat at their Denver itarbei-ue , and the assertion of UK ; stockmen that thesa delicacies will be served despite the guuie laws. A n'Aii snir AT ; i.ir.uvA. It Is said that there Is no significance In ordering the battleship Mnlno to IJavnnn. The explanntlon of the ac tion Is that it Is simply the rcsnmptloi of an old custom , which the ndmlnlstrn tlon thinks was unwisely abandoned when the Cuban Insurrection broke nut nnd which Is In accord with the practice of other nations. The dispatches state In umiiiallllcd terms that It Implies no change of policy In respect to Culmi affairs nnd Secretary of the Navy Long gives assurance that the visit of the Maine to llavnna will bo simply a friendly call. The explanation is undoubtedly cor rect , but It remains to bo seen whether It will be accepted as satisfactory by the .Spanish government , which so fai as appears was not Informed of the proposed move. It Is Hot at all Improb able that that government will regard the action with some distrust , uspeclnlly In view of the fact that there la a formidable American lleot concentrated off ills Florida coast But If the Span- Isli government should ho satlslled with the assurance of the Washington au thorities that no menace Is Intended It will be most surprising if the Spanish press and people do not find In tlio cir cumstance a threat of Intervention by the United States and urge the govern ment to got ready for war with this country. It Is likely also to arouse the Indignation of the Spaniards in Havana , whose Jingoism is more pronounced , if possible , than that of their brethren In Spain. The American people , however , will very generally approve the action of the administration. There Is no good rea son why our naval vessels should not make friendly calls at Havana and there Is a quite general feeling that one or more should be kept there , though per haps this Is unnecessary. Spanish opin ion In tile matter will be received with considerable Interest. T7JJUDIl.KK OF TlIK AHGONAVTS. On January 21 , ISIS , the llrst gold nugget was uncovered In California. The jubilee of the greatest gold discov ery of the century Is now being lltly celebrated in San Francisco by a mining fair Illustrating a half century's progress In mining. At this fair , which Is to be kept open a month after the spectacular part of the jubilee this week ban buvn ended , there will be shown samples of ores and mineral bearing rocks , tools and ma chinery used in prospecting and mining , all the old and new processes of ex tracting th. ? iireelous metals from the rock's and placers and everything that interests miners or those who contem plate engaging In the industry. There Is .so much about mining and prospectIng - Ing that does not appear to the unini tiated that thousands on their way to the new Alaska gold felds and others who have looked longingly at the gold lined mountains of the west will visit the fair-and be prolited thereby. While the fair Is not for the purpose of seeiir- ng recruits for the army of prospectors , t is expected to disseminate knowledge that will make success in mining more certahu In this way , Indirectly , the fair should produce results of great value to the whole mining region of the United States. The suggestion that after the close of th ? jubilee celebration the mining fair exhibits be moved entire to Omaha from San Francisco as a part of the Trans- nississlppl Exposition is one the Call- foriiians would do well to act upon. Here It would be to thousands of vislt- irs the revelation of a great industry It would give them their llrst adequate conception of the importance of the min- ng Interests of the west and they wouh carry back new Ideas of the vast un developed resources of the transmissls- sippl region. Where hundreds will learn lessons at the mining fair In Snn Francisco , it would be a school for thou sands in Omaha. FOlt 11KTTKR UANKINO MCIUTIES. The urgent demand from ( lie south for better banking facilities ought to re ceive tlie early and earnest attention of congress. While there Is no proba bility that any general currency legisla tion will be enacted by the present con gress , It is possible that a bill can be passed amending the national banking act so as to permit the establishment of hanks with le.s.s capital than the law now requires. It would seem that such a measure must receive the support of all southern representatives and senators Who understand the situation in that section and who are disposed , regard less of their views respecting the cur rency In general , to afford needed relief to the commercial and agricultural in terests of the south. The secretary of the treasury , In ids annual report , clearly pointed out the expediency of the proposed amendment to the national banking law , saying that the complaint against the act as It now stands Is directed toward the o restric tions it embodies , which result in Its failure to accomplish the full benefit it ought to carry. A bank cannot now be organized with a capital of less than $ . " 0,000 and consequently many com munities In which a national bank would be located , If allowed to organize with a smaller capital , are deprived of the aid of banks of Issue and burdened with onerous rates of exchange and In terest charges. This condition is not peculiar to the south , but also exists in portions of ( he west , though perhaps most seriously felt In the former section. At present th > circulation of Vho na tional banks In the south amounts to only about $ ltOCO00 ) ! , a wholly Inade quate Mipply of currency. Of course the banks of that Kot'tlon borrow from hanks In the east , but they cannot do this to the extent of the commercial necessities. The eastern banks require collaterals and these are limited in the south. Mr. John W. Fries , memlwr of the monetary commission from North Carolina lina , said In an addresj before the Massachusetts Ueform club a few daya ago : "I am sorry to say It , but I believe it Is the truth , that unless the republicans uml con servative democrats of the south can bo smircly united on a platform of sound money and currency reform , our section , will go not for free allvur merely , but for lint money pure and simple. " Thnt there Is a tendency In this direction In a considerable portion o tlio south Is not to be doubted. Tito easy nnd prac ticable wny to check the tendency Is by legislation thnt will enable thnt sec tion to secure more currency nnd thereby afford relief from tlio onerous rates of exchange and Interest charges It Is now compelled to pay. Hotter banking facili ties would be the most efllcnclous of nil menus for strengthening the sound money sentiment In the south. It Is probable that n measure to give the south the currency relief asked for will be passed by the house , but whether such a measure- could pass the senate Is of course uncertain. The fact that such legislation would probably have the effect to reduce the free silver senti ment In that section would doubtless lead most of the silverltes In the senate to antagonize it. At all events the re publicans In congress should do their duty In the matter. TUK COVXCIL SHOULD STAND rm.u The pressure brought by the frail- cliised corporations upon the city council for a reduction of their assessments should ba resisted because it is unrea sonable and unfair to the great majority of taxpayers. There Is no disposition on tlie part of any citizen , so far as we know , to Impose unjust burdens upon these corporations. All that Is de manded and expected Is that they shall share equally with other taxpayers In the expenses of our cjty government. For years there has been a most glar ing disparity between the taxes levied upon real estate and those levied upon corporate property that derives Its value chlelly from the use of the public high ways and privileges that give a sub stantial monopoly of public necessities. It is because they have been so long specially favored that the franchlsed corporations now resist the effort to place them on an equal footing with the owners of other classes of taxable property. As a matter of fact , the valuations fixed by the tax commissioner upon most of the franchlsed corporations is still far below the proportion of the true value as compared with the assess ments of business blocks , factories and dwellings. The true value of these cor porate holdings can scarcely be less than the mortgage bonds tloated upon them. On that basis their assessments exhibit partiality In their favor rather than discrimination against them. The truth is , that if they had not for years been exempted from a large portion of their just dues to the city they would consider the new assessment as ex tremely advantageous. How the council , acting as a board of equalization , can , In the face of these well known facts , yield to the unreason- ible demands of the corporation mana gers Is incomprehensible. The threat that they will refuse to pay their taxes ind light the assessment in the courts should have no weight with the council. There is no danger whatever that such i policy will bo pursued If thu mayor ind council stand firm. Tlie city has > een very generous to the privileged corporations , but there must be a limit : o its generosity when it conies at tlie \\pense of the whole body of taxpayers. OF MAAWACTUKHH8. The third annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers will meet in New York City today and t Is expected that Its proceedings will ba of unusual interest to tlie industries represented. The membership of the association has trebled during tlie past year and it is said that in capital in vested and In value of products the as sociation probably represents larger ag gregates than any other business organ ization In tlie world. This statement gives an Idea of the Importance and In fluence of this body of business men. AVlillo the association discusses vari ous matters relating to the business In terests of the country , Its chief purpose Is to extend our foreign trade in manu factures and in tills respect it has done valuable work. It has been notably zealous in efforts to promote trade with South and Central America , having nl ready established In the capital of Vene znola a warehouse for the permanent display of American goods. It is In contemplation to establish similar ware houses in all tlie trad- ? centers of the southern countries and perhaps in timi' ' this -will be done In all th important markets of the world. It has a bureau of Information through which any mem ber may receive special trade informa tion In any line. It will thus be wen that this association of manufacturers Is not merely for the purpose of con sidering economic questions , but has a distinctly practical aim , In p'ursuance of which'it lias already made a largo ex pendlture of money , a notable result of its efforts iK'ing the creation of the com mercial museum In Philadelphia , opened last year by President MeKinley. An association whose object is to pro mote the commercial growth of the na tion and which Is pin suing this object in the most practical way , must com mend itself to general favor and cer tainly merits the substantial support of all who are engaged in manufacturing industries. Nobody expected Itobert M. Lee Herd- man to live up to the oath he took ui : police commissioner. The former stand ing of Dr. 1'eubody In the community , however , led his friends to believe that an honest sense of duty would guide all his ulllcial action. To find him acting simply as a puppet for Ilerdmaii and tlu gang naturally not only disappoints them , but makes thorn feel they had l > con buncoed Into believing In tlie doc tor's honesty In the llrst place. If Dr. i'eabody only continues to play pig-tall to llerdman long enough h ? will suc ceed In alienating the few friends that still recognize him as an honorable gen tleman. The vaslness of the Nicaragua canal [ iroject and the Interest taken by Amer icana Is shown by the fact that four teen American engineers are now In Nicaragua making Pstlnwtes on the cost of construction and thu preliminary es timates range all the wny from $2. ,000- CXX ) to $100,000,0flp. If , after Inspection of tlio survey ; tlio American engineers are satisfied jhey cnn do the work , a company will bo organized to propose tlm construction , of the canal. The out lay will be enormous , but In these times of great enterprises this fact is not an Insuriiiouutnblii obstacle. There is prc ril prospect of seven tickets In theflejd In Oregon for the June state flection , although an effort Is being made ' ( h combine nil the dlssnt- Islletl and discordant political elements ngnlnst the republican party to ac complish Its ilkfc'iit. But 'there ' seem to bo two kinds of populists lu Oregon and several brands of democracy , all warranted to be slnion pure and relia ble , while the republicans are standing firmly on the national platform. Of nil the western states Oregon has least to gain by popocratic rainbow-chasing. Bryan appears to be trying to repay tlio favors shown him by the Mexican railroads that placed private cars at his disposal by advising' his friends to visit Mexico and contribute to their revenues. Mr. Bryan , however , falls to state whether or not the Mexican rail roads recognize nn order from the news paper In which ho holds stock for a free pass for "our Mr. W. J. Bryan" with the same alacrity as have the American railroads which ho has worked for free rides. The coincidence of a Hnsslnn demand for the payment of the balance due from Turkey on the Indemnity debt of the old Husso-Turklsh war nnd another hint about Until settlement of the Cretan question , is a reminder that the United States Is not alone in falling to get a settlement out of the. sublime per to. The bankrupt Turkish government will settle nothing that can be put off In definitely. Southern planters are again rending advice from cotton brokers about over production of cotton and the breaking down of the markets. A great many of the planters realize now that the only way to reduce the cotton acreage is to show how better returns may be had from a diversity of crops. The production of grindstones last year showed an increase of 'J5 per cent and nearly the entire product came from Ohio. Ohio people not only keep their knives sharp all the time , but are pre pared to supply sharpeners for all the other people. .V Itrvl'si'd . .Motto. ChluaKo Post. " first oUr ' afterward ! " "Silver ; country' ap pears to be tlio cry'ot ' all the white metal men except J3ryan. ' His cry la : "Bryan final , silver nojct an(1 our country after that ! " ' , _ VarliitiiijiiN In 5nulal Life. Philadelphia North American. Eight killed attthq latest Kentucky daaco party. How social customs dlfter. . Among the " 400" of New York objectionable per sona are cut. If. appears that they are shot In Kentucky. ' _ Fanning1 ( fcuccii 1'olarlN. GlobeDomocral. . At Omaha's ice carnival. Queen Polaris .had to bo fanned constantly dtirlnpr her cor onation , and many of the old settlers emerged from the shade Ions enough to in- nulro of each other , "Is this hot enough , for you ? " DoIiKC < lulti i\Vfll , Thank Yon. Chlcnpn llecoril. Friends from Lincoln , Neb. , report that \Vimam Jennings Uryan has -made a largo sum -of money by Ills lectures , and Is laying It up for a rainy day. IHIs largest receipts wore realized at Wichita , Idin. , where ho got $2,400 for a single lecture. At a llttlo town lu Missouri he made $ S75. Ills regular charges are $500 for every appearance and one-half the net receipts over and above that sum. _ The Ciiiintry In Safe. Now York Sun. Another attack upon tlie rights of Ken tucky freemen has beta repulsed. A bill to tax dogs a dollar a piece has been killed In the legislature of that state. The Kentucky dogs can bay the silver inoon appreciatively without having to pay for the privilege , and every Kcntucklan who Is "forehanded enough to keep a dog" can continue to lift toward the skies a brow unruflleJ by any thought of dog taxes. "Tux the plutocrats , not the poor dogs , " says Colonel Jack Chlnn , whoso present sack consists of sixteen dogs of high birth and 'breeding ' , and ono yellow cur. The AVorlil'H Machine Nhon. C'hlcnRo Trlliutis. The American builders of locomotives , both steam and electric , are having a boom In foreign orders. In addition to heavy orders for engines for China and Japan and from several localities In Europe and South America , .the General Electric company of Schenectady. N. Y. , has lust received an order for thirty-two electric locomotives for the Central London Underground railroad , which , It was understood , would be built In England. The same- company Ins orders for the largest direct current railway genera tor over mada In the world , 'having 4,000 horse-power , and for thirty-six 17C horse power motors for the Metropolitan Elevated of this city. coyruv I.MH.V.V w.vims. Tin.Viniiliir IloereiiHliiK anil the A ] > - nriiiirlntloiiM IncrtMiNliiK' . 1'hllnilclphla I'rcsa , The appropriations for the Indian service , juat reported to the house , do not reach tlio figures of recent years. , but they nre largo cciough to raise a serious question as to llielr future. The Indian population grows smaller all the time , but the cost of oaring for It tends steadily to Increase. In 1SSO thcro wore 249-273 Indians. Twenty years before there wora 00,000 more. Today there are not over 230,000. Nearly .twenty years ago , In 1881 , the Indian appropriations were $4,535.038. Ten years ago , liilSSS. they were $5-101,330. Fir 1S99 they arc to bo $7,527,201. The Indians nro leas numerous , and , as they are Micro highly clvllzn1 ( , they ought to bo able to do more for tlipni elves , but , Instead , tlioy are costing ? 3,000,00 , < l more. Thla year's rgprtprlatlona are , however , small by some of these of recent years , swollen by special 1aymenta. In 1S92 I'M Indian appropriation bill was $10,278,492 , or twlco the cost of the government n century ago. i-rid in IS95 It was $10.751.733. The average of ItftotyeaTg la , however , about $7.000,000. Halt i\\lla. \ \ or $3.250.399 , ROM for treaty sttgulatlon , and this Is as much a debt as any betid Isaiioil by the treasury. On this nothing Is 1m ! > < > Bald. One-third Is for cduratlon , or $2r.7U&40. ( In 1899. Public opinion approves liberality at this point. Liberal the government certainly Is. The expenditure Is about $ SO a head for thu school population 0:1 : the largest estimate. Ten years ago , in 1889 , only $2i > o.uuo was ap propriated for Indian sohcols. In ten years the approprlat'ons ' liavo grown nine-fold. Some aj.propriatlons , lllco these for Indiana at Hampton , do great good. Some nre of doubtful use. The policy of liberal appro priations Is Hound for a season. It cannot , go on Indefinitely. The federal treasury Is now spending on these Indiana more Tlbor- ally than any city of the ame population as the Indians is on Its schools. Year by year these appropriations tend to increase , A 'halt trust bo called , The limit U reached. ' ! ) y ton years , or Itss , u reduction ought to begin. The Indian cannot forever bo treated as n pauper , -tad national philanthropy has its limits. TAUC AUDIT TUB AIIMY. \Vnahhigton Post ; Wo think that undue alarm bus been caused la certain quarters by Assistant Secretary KooscYclt'a remarks concerning the navy nnd by young Mr. Me- Clellnn's criticisms of the army. We see In o.tilto a number of our esteemed contem poraries doleful and lugubrious utterances , bewailing the nation's helplessness In ease of war and imploring everybody to bo care ful about giving offense lest wo bo thrnsheil out of human recognition by so mo raging European power. Of course , this is all non sense without the shadow of Justlllcatlon in fact or reason. 'Minneapolis ' Tribune : The son of General Oeorgo 11. McClellan , who Is n member of congress , denounces the organization of the United States regular army ns obsolete. This Is singular , in view of the fact that the gov- ormncnt maintains A military ncadrmy at West Point tor the education of olllccrs. nnd It has bciu pronounced by many military men to bo the best military school In the world. The great majority of the tinny of ficers of tlio present day are graduates of that school , and if they cannot maintain an up-to-date organization what Is the use of educating them for their positions ? 1'lilladelphla Record : Perhaps our army stafi , ( U General Miles Intimates , has plans "up its slccvo" to meet almost nny possible emergency , but It will not bo denied that the first requisite of nn army Is arms nnd the second ammunition. Dut , 'according to Mr. McClellan , the Springfield armory has nt present n capacity for the production of only ISO magazine rifles nml cnrblnes n. day , or 54,000 n year , BO that If hostilities should bo declared tomorrow wo could place 230- 000 men In the field nrmed with modern long-rango weapons In nbout flvo years nftcr the outbreak of war ! Wo now liavo on hand enough reserve ammunition for the new Krag-Jorgensen rlllo to keep our regular In fantry at its present strength supplied for about six hours In n hot action , and with its present output the Frankfort arsenal could in flvo years supply cartridges enough to sco the same small force through two or thrco battles. If wo should bo so foolish as to scviil hastily raised levies Into the Held equipped with the 215,000 old Spring- Held rifles now on hand to flght enemies armed with guna shooting four times as far " and ten times"as fast wo could supply them from our reserve of 4,000,000 cartridges with n sufficient number of rounds of ammunition to last about n quarter of a hour. AVAIIIIUUI'S OP Till ! \V1XDV. Globe-Democrat : When Congressmen Do- Annond and Clark of M > aourl succeed la forcing hostilities with Spain they must bo sure to avoid the example of their party in 1864 , which declared the war a failure and discouraged enlistments. The mission of the democratic party in the last war was to keep up a flro In Uncle Sam's rear. Springfield Hepubllcau : The dally activity of the state of Missouri In the debates of both houses of congress Is extraordinary. In the senate thcro is Vest , who Is a per fect conflagration before the first alarm Is rung In , while In Uio lower branch 'Messrs. UoArmond nnd Chump Clark , not to men tion Illaud and Uockery , are running con stantly on full time , making business for the paper-makers who supply the raw ma terial for the 'Congressional ' Uc-cord. Indianapolis Journal : Representative Wil liams of .Mississippi , who has made an at tempt In the houseto be indignant over the wrongs of Cuba , belongs to the party which amended the. constitution of the state which ho represents without submitting the question to Uho voters , so that more than 100,000 colored voters were robbed of the Tight of suffrage. The Independence of Cuba Involves giving fuiTl citizenship and the ballot to a people the majority of whom are of African descent. Now York 'Mai ' ! and ( Express : "I don't fear war , " shouts the valiant stateman , Berry , of Kentucky , causing the rafters of the house to smoke with the sizzling heat of his martial ardor , "and I think a llttlo blood letting would bo good for us. Let Spain fire on the American flag Just once and the flame win ba kindled that will free Cuba. " Let the haughty dons of old Castile put that In their pipes and smoke it ! Meanwhile , if there Is to bo any sanguinary goings-on. It Is moved and seconded that Statesman Berry be permitted to go first. Philadelphia Record : Not a ripple of ex citement has been caused In Spain by the fulmlnations against her which have beoa reverberating through the halls of the capltol at Washlngtca during the greater part of the current week. This Is really too bad ! What do the base Spaniards mean by main taining a freezing silence under euch a bcmbardincat of American "patriotic" elo quence ? Ikfl the hollowncss of the clamors of our Jingoes been discovered , and are our valiant swashbucklers contemned and held In ridicule even by the melancholy Span- lards ? lj 'AMI OTHERWISE. George- Washington is the name of a clergyman In France. Oregon is a fortunate state. Its legislature Is still unable to organize. Mayor Van Wyck of New York objects to being addressed as "your honor , " holding tdat for a Joffersonlan dernociat. " .Mr. Mayor Is the correct phrase. A bill to abolish book agents has been introduced in the Pennsylvania legislature. Tha average Pennsylvania legislator < cri- sidem It the height of folly to spend money for books. Gcorgo Gould showed his usual shrewd ness 'When ho consented to serve on the Trenton grand jury. That act demonstrated that for all taxable puitfoses ho Is a citizen of Now Jersey. afanagcra of theaters In Illinois are com plaining that the competition of the churches Is injuring their business. They say tlm competition la uujusl , because the managers have to t > ay a , license and the iireachcrs don't. The loosening of white doves at the launching of the Japanese cruiser orompts the Philadelphia Press to suggest the ap propriateness of setting free n young englo when a Uulted States war vessel first meets Wio water. Not long ago a distinguished European scholar 'waa lecturing In a western city , and In the courseof bin Iwturo ho remarked that Goethe was , perhaps , the greatest man intellectually who hau appeared since the days of the apostles. Ho was at once inter rupted by a woman in the audience , who de clared tbat Dr. Talnmgo was as great a man as Goethe over was. Edward B. 'Curtis , an old minor , became Interested in spiritualists some tlmo ORO. Ho consulted ono , who mapped out a course for him to follow. He did so , and In Gun- nlson county , Colorado , struck a deposit of gold which assays 6,000 to the ton. As a result the "Clairvoyant Gold Mining com pany" was formed , with a capital stock of $1,000,000 , for the purpose of developing the claim , It Is said that ex-Governor James B. Campbell of Ohio , who was In the naval service during the war and was for u tlmo disabled through the explosion of a shell , applied for a pension , which for some rt-ason was delayed , and w'hcn it was flnaly allowed ho 'had ' so far recovered that bo declined to receive it , although the sum accumulated was large , on the ground that ho had recovered his heultb and was not entitled to U. Colonel "Foghorn" Kunston of Lawrence , K.n. , burning with noble enthusiasm to obliterate the Spanish , has been fighting for "Cuba Libre" with somewhat unsatisfac tory results If the following letter from him expresses his sentiments : "I nm more than glad to bo out of that hell-holo. I wish to arlso In my neat and say with an earnestness bordering on profanity , that It Is good la again bo In the United States. What a frightful prlco I have paid for my boyish folly of mixing up In that war ! I am a battle-scarred and malaria-laden wreck of my old self and I am out of pain only when asleep. " Within the past week or two several people remarkable for longevity , all being centenari ans , have died In the vicinity of Clarksvllle , Tenn. 'Ibe oldest woman known , and one of the most remarkable , Is Prlscllla Coleraan , colored , living near Ulckson , She la 120 years old , the mother of twenty-nine living children. Uler health 1s geoJ , 'having never remained In bed a day In her life on account of sickness , and nbo attends to her household duties , and , up to tills year , has always as sisted In cultivating a garden. Hose Perry , a negrcai of Clarksrllle , died on the 9th , aged a llttlo over 100 years. She bid been a widow for three-quarters of a century and for years had been an old-time town charac ter. THU IUSI2 IX IMUCKS. Present llnnuo Comtmrril rrlllt ( hut of l-'nrtiipr V nrn. Gt. Louis OlobDemoor < U. The general rise In prices which has tnken place recently la a business pointer which everybody will see Is significant. Bradstrecfs makes a comparison of the prices of ninety-eight staple commodities for each quarter of n year since October , 1S90 , and for each month since January , 1SOS. which given MI Interesting revelation of the rise nnd ( all In values. From this exhibit It appears that the Index num ber representing the general average stood nt 114.171 nt the beginning of October. ISiW. That mark represented the highest mean touched In the past seven years. A fall in prices began iiftorward , and , with consider able fluctuations , a very low level was reached In the latter part of 1894. the Index number on October 1 of that year standing at 77,501. Then a rnlly began , nnd the SO.700 mark was touched on January 1 , 1S95. A drop took place soon afterward , nnd the index number was down to 72,052 nt the opening of April , 1S93 , which wns the low- nu for that year , and It was nt C7.1S2 on July 1 , 1S96. This was the lowest mark touched In the period covered by IJrad- strcet's tables. An advance in prices has been made re cently , the Index number on January 1 , 1898 , standing nt 80,110. Here is the highest polut reached since the beginning of Jnnuary , 1S95 , when the 80,700 mark was touched. As shown by the table , an advance In prices began around the middle of 1S97 , the Index flguro on July 1 of that yenr being 72,999. With some fluctuations this has been un der way ever since. At the present time the general level of prices , ns before men tioned , is close to that of the beginning of the year 1893 nnd Is still nenrer to thnt of the opening of the yenr 1S94. The gain which la under wny Is slow , but It Is likely , on that account , to be continuous. A period1 of rising prices of commodities has usually been a tlmo of general business improve ment , nnd vice versa. The mean level of prices Is still far below thnt of the period before the beginning of the convulsion of 1S93. Probably , owing to the tendency to ward cheapening of production , which In constantly under wny , the price level of half a dozen years ago will never bo touched again. It Is cusy to tmco the chief causes of the fluctuations In prices. Tlie Barings' failure In the latter part of 1S90 , followed soon after ward by the crash lei the Argentine Republic dealt a blow to business confidence throughout - out the world and was the forerunner of the patties In Australia , the United States a mcflt of the countries In Etircve In 1S9.1 and 1S94. Then thd sliver menace In the United States cnpoireil , which still furl'jcr height ened the financial alarm. The porlo.l between the meeting of the Chicago convention of 189C nnd the election of that year , which severed the Bryanlto reign of monetary terror , la marked by the greatest stagnation of the four years of business depression and the lowest drop in prices of staple com modities. After , the Bryanlte menace w.1 ? removed a gradual Irr.rrovDment Ui comlt- tlona took place. The Improvement was slow , for the pelII which was averted was serious , and the s'.iock to business confidence wiis profound. Confidence , however , has now been almcst completely restored , as shown by the most trustworthy Indications of trade. The advance lu the general level of prices of staple articles reinforces the Incrcasa In bank clearings nnd railway earnings as evi dences of the diversion of the financial clouds and the rising of the sun of Industrial prosperity. IIOMH.VC VI' 1MIOSIHUITV. CiilnmUy Scun'InrH ' OrtdiiK In Their Dcncllj'Work. . I'hllndelphla Press. Tlio New York batiks and the capitalists connected with them nre loaning $10,000,000 today in London which under ordinary cir cumstances would bo loaned in New York and this country. The reason , and the only reason , why this sum Ls loaned abroad Instead of at homo Is because the men who loan It know that the English Parliament will not change the value oi a pouad s.tcrllng and no one \vantn to In JCnglMul in or out of Parliament. In this country these bankers know that a large number of congressmen and 0,000,000 voters wnnt to change the value of a dollar. The senate now is considering a resolu tion reported from the senate flnnnco com mittee proposing to reduce the value of United States brads one-half by paying them In silver. This repudiation of half the righteous obligation of a government bond has votes In the senate west and nouth. This halts prosperity. No man will In vest or ought to Invest In regions where the value of his Investment will bo halved if the voters In that region have their wny. The revival of trade is stopped point blank by proof and evidence of this view , and until this Issue is settled nothing Is safe or ciui bo safe. If the curiency standard Is settled beynnd the possibility of a change , our banking bused on wealth and not credit and our money values established permanently on gold and not on promises to pay silver or gold presidents can pass and congressional majorities niter und the prosperity of the country will bo unchanged. But uatll this Is done everything will bo nt loose ends. Reorganization and refunding In railroads nnd other uitcrprises go on well enough with a dubious currency. They affect people ple whoso money Is In already. New enter prises will not start until the value of a dollar la raised above the chances of n nrosldnntlnl When congress once makes the gold value ot our currency permanent our Industry , prosperity and credit will bo safe. As long as congress does nothing and leaves the cur rency in doubt nothing is safe. K.VfJl.ISIL SPOKKX AMI W1UTT13.V. Ttvii-'riilriln of the Corri'MiioiiiK'iiui * . of ( lie World Done In thnf I.IIIIKIIIIUC. At the 'recent postal congress , reports the New York Sun , attention was called to the fact that two-thirds of all the letters which pass through tlio postotllccs ot 'the world are written by and sent to people 'who speak Hngllsh. There are substantially 600,000,000 persons speaking colloquially ono or another of the ten or twelve chief modern languages , and of these about 25 per cent , or 125,000,000 persons , speak Kngllsh. About 90,000,000 apeak Russian. 75.000.000 Gorman , fi5.000.000 French , 45,000,000 Spanish , 35,000,000 Italian and 12,000,000 Portuguese , and the balance Hungarian. Dutch , Polish , Flemish , Bohe mian , Gaelic , Roumanian , Swedish , Finnish , Danish and Norwegian , Thus , while only oiva-quartcr of these who employ the facili ties of the prst.il departments of civilized governments speak 'as their native tongue Ungllsh , two-thirds of these who correspond do so in the English language. This situa tion arises from the fact that so largo a sbaro of the commercial business of the world is done in Bfigllsh , oven among tl'ioso who do not speak English as their iratlve language. There are , for Instance , more than 20,000 postofllccs In India , the business of which In letters and papers aggregates more than 300.000.000 parcels a year , and the business of these cilices Is done chiefly In Kngllsh , though of India's total population , which Is nearly 300,000.000 , fewer than 300- 000 persons cither speak or understand Hng llsh. Though 90,000,000 speak or understand Russian , the business of the Russian post department Is relatively mnall , the numbers of letters sunt throughout tbo czar's cmplro amounting to less than one-tenth the num ber mailed In Great Britain alone , though the population of Great Britain Is consider ably less than ono-h&lf of the population of Russia In ICitropo. The Southern and Central American countries la which cither Spanish or Portuguese Is spoken do comparatively llttlo postofDco butilneas , the total number of letters mailed and collected ! n a vear In nil the countries of South and Central America and the West Indies being less than In Aus tralia. Chill and Argentina are. In fact , the only two South American countries In which any Important postal bualnees Is done. and most of the letters received from or sent to foreign countries are not In SpanUh , but la 'EnglUh ' , French , German or Italian. l In llrlmlr of U'oi-ili-n , CHICWao. Jan. 21-Kupeno V. Dtbs has Issued a plea to the public In behalf of Bailer T. Worden , who la unllcr sentence of death for traltuvrecklntr near Sacramento , Cal. , ilurliiK the rallrouil strike of UM. .Mr , Debd assertH that Wordon In th ; victim of a eon- vplrucy of railroad detectives , and Unit It Is liulUivt'd the condemned mun waa but u tool In the detectives ) ' hand * . THIITlt AHODT THH KLO.VI11KE. \Vhnt n Ciiitmllnu Piilillrnllon Snyn AlllMlt It. ItllwAukro Wlftcondn , The most authentic reports In regard to the Klondike gold region nro undoubtedly these from British Columbian sources. The Canadian governmental system In that region simply required extension , while- that of t'.io United Stater had comparatively no exist ence In eastern Alaska bordering on the Klondike gold fields and consequently official ! retwts from the scene of the rush tor gold i claim. * and In ros rd to the character of the gold deposits oiiuo flrst from Canadian sources. The latest Information from Canadian officials IB lei the "Year Hook of llrltlslt Columbia for 1897 , " edited by R. K. ( Jos- neil of the Provincial Library and Statistic * department , which shows thu area of tha gold country nnd frankly explains the dim- cultlcs of placer mining In frozen e.trth. T.ia figures in rcgird to the area of the new gold regions are startling. The "Year Hook" says on the subject : "Tho Yukon district comprises cti area of approximately 192.000 square miles , within Canadian territory , over 150,000 square miles ot which Is In cluded In tin ) watershed of the Yukon river. In other words , Its area Is nlmcwt equal to that of France and greater thnn that of the United Kingdom by over 70,000 square miles. " Rich protocols are said to have been found within an area ot from P50 to WO tulles long , and from ten to ICO miles wide- , embracing about 100,000 square miles. These fto nro Imagining from the glowIng - Ing rciwrls which have been received from the Klondike region that gold Is found there mcTo easily than In nny of the old gold dig gings , will bo somewhat surprised by ( ho remark In the "Year Book" tint the as set tlon thnt every dollar of gold lifted by the ordinary nrocess of mining costs n dolhr to ( iroduco it is "particularly true of the wealth of the Yukon. " The editor's opinion In thLi particular Is based upon -t'lo follow ing computation : "Of the 10,000 people who started this year , $ EOO each by way of ox- pondlturo would he ft meliorate estimate In deed. Tint represents In Itself ? C,000,000 , OB against $3,300,000 mined , and In reality ? 10.- 000,000 would bo neart-r thn total of tlio ex penditures In reaching the Yukon alone. Ago.ln , If wo accept the eatlmnto that < it least 100,000 persons will start ror the mines In 1S9S , nt an average of ifoCO , the amount u.HondtM will bo $50,000,000 for ono year. " Agaltiat this exppnillturo In one year Is placed the intimate that the output of the Yukon gold fields iltlr.'ng tlu next ten years will bo from $05,000,000 to $7 ; > , oooooo. Information of tSIs kind is calculated to put a dnmper on somu of the wild Klondike schemes exploited In various parts of the world , but unfortunately the Klondike boom ers have grounded among their victims a belief that rrportii such as that quoted from the "Year Book of British Columbia" are made i'jr the pmtwso of discouraging gold Beckers In the- Interest of those who are now on the grounds. l'IISllii ( ; ) TO A l-OIXT. Chicago Itcponl : "Why do you speak of the girl In this book us a. distillery heroIne - Ine ? " "Well , t'.ie novel -writer says she had eyes oC a rich , liquid , warm , amber " brown. Hi-ooklyn Life : "Why. Jim. what did you shoot that man for ? " "To avoid trouble. I knew we'd ! > o a quarrcllii' If wo kop' on , and I hatu ti row. " Chicago Tribune : "For once In my life- , " exulting- ! cried the reporter making his ilr-'t balloon ascension , au lie looked at thu rapidly receding earth and then lit the boundless sky towar.l which ho nus mount- Ills' , "for once lu my life I have all Hies space there Is ! " Judge : "Did your husbnml die happy ? " Widow Drown. Oh , yes ; Just before ho dleil ho crlod out ecstatically. " 1 see a great light , " and then added " ' softly , "I think I'm Kolns whore they give better gas , " and passed smilingly away. Dotrolt Frco Press : "Wh.it did the telephone - ophono girl say , Chumplov when you asked her for nor hand ? " " ' ' " 'itusy now. Washing-ton Star : " \Vhat position do you think the senate will assume on thnt sub ject ? " Inquired the man who worries over Ills country's future. "I can't say exactly , " replied Senator Sorghum. "Hut In all probability it will be the usual altitude of rcpcae. " Chicago Tribune : "Pardon the old ques- llon. " snld the tourln on the oaHtboiind Atlantlu liner , "but how did the Amerlc.iiiH Impress you ? " "I hunlly met enough of thorn to form nn Idea. " replied the English traveler , In a manner somewhat oolil and distant. "You went through the country hastily , perhaps. Journeying for pleasure , may I ask ? " "No , sir , I was lecturing , sir. " Chicago Post : "In New York , " she said , "they give afternoon teas and receptions for their pet dogs. " "Is that so ? " ho aplml In astonishment. "Well , ilo.you know ) that' ' up to the present time I have always boon Incllnpil to dis pute thci assertion that Now York could do moro fool things thaiv ny other city on tha American continent ! " II Y THIS ll.VIt.S. I'hllnilolphla Dullclln. The following lines may be read either up ol- dawn without alteringtbo SOIIHQ : The stars were all alight , The moon was overhead : I named iher queen of night , As she my footsteps led. So wondrous fair was she , I as 'ed ' her to lie mine ; As she Blanccd up at me , I thrilled with love divine. < 7 Bosldo the meadow bars , As wo stood llnKcrliii ? there , Her eyes were Ilko the stars , In radiance wondrous fair , "You're all thu world to me , " She murmured sweet nnd ahy. A thrill of ecstasy I fell t her reply. Love led us all the way , As wo turned ihomo again Our hearts \vero light and Kay , Thii world was blissful then , Though shadows crossed the Hlty , ' Naifloom our hearts could know , True bliss Is ever nigh When hearts are blended so. NOT A FATALITY. A C'urloiiN I/mv That Si-mix ( n Fol io v Some I'rl'HOilM , llollrvt'll to 'lie ' IIvfrliillc. . It has frequently been observed that when a married couple arrive nt the point where they have furnished a nice homo and after aoino ycurs of work and economy are Juat ready to enjoy life , ono or perharw both find that cllacano of some sort has made Its nppearanco cad eadly marrc-4' the happy picture. A llttlo ciro in the selection of food , dur ing the tlmo ono l well aad trong will prevent the encroachment of disease , whereas - as a continuance In the use of Improper food and drlak Is euro to build In disease sooner or later , and by some curious law the demon shows lilmealf Just when wo nro on the point of accomplishing some Jong chcr- tjhcd plan. But poor lodgement for disease can ho found In the properly fed and nourished man or woman. Coffee la an Insidious foe to some systems while U doea not seem to hurt others. In casf-a where palpitation or unpleasant symptoms of heart appear or stomach , hrad , liver or bowel disturbances , It In almc/it always traceable to coffee and can bo made plain to the user by abandoning coffee 10 days to a month and adopting Pcstum Food Ccffeo which will furalsh the elements need ed by the body and much the same element ! ) as are destroyed In the nerve crntcra by the use of Coffee. People can bo happy and ceu realize their wishes If they will mo good reason ! ci their dally habits of toot and drink. Wo take pains with our animals to see that the food la carefully delectedjot , \j-ot wo are likely to eorioualy maltreat that marvelous bit of machinery raid to bo raada In the' likeness aud Imago of Him who plan * nod It all. Juat thlak a little , that's all , ,
