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THE OMAHA DAILY T1EE : SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 12 , 1808. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE K. iiosnwATEti. iaitor. : runusnnn irvnur MOHNINO. TKTIMS Or 8UII3CKI1TIOX ! Daily Uea ( Without Bumliy ) . On Ycnr. . . . . . C Uallv llff unA Sundiy. One Year . 3 ( HI * Months. . . . . . . . . 4 f. Three Monthl . . . J J Hand * . ? lire , Ono Ycnr . J 5 H.-Unrdny ru-e , Ono Year . . . . . . . . . . 1 j .Weekly lite , Ono Ytnr . . . ' OFFICUS ! i Otmlia : The 71i > e ItullJInif. , . . . . . _ . Booth Omaha : Slnijir IJIk. . Cor. N nnd 21th Fti i Omnell HlufTs : 10 I'cnrl fltreot. ChlcBRo vmtf. 'ft Chamber of Commerce. , NfW York ! Tfmplo Court. ! Waalilnston : Wl Kourttentli Street. i coimnsi-oNnnxci : . All commtinlcntloni rclntlnc to n > * T nntj yiHo . ' . rial irmtttr should bo nddrcincid ! To thd I.dl'.ur itL'fliNras i.nrrims. 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Not totnl n-ip | < < . r'ii'Jc9 ! : ' Net dally nvcrngc . ' . ? ; 511 ' nnouon n. TZSCIIUCK. Sworn to before mo nnd sulncrlbod In * ny rrocpncp thli 1st day bf February. 1W ) . ( Heal. ) N. I' . rKTT * . Notary 1'ulillc III pxouso for tlio tlii'ft oftlio Do Lome It'tti-r 11 nilKlit he urscd Hint nil Is fair Inv.ir. . Wns < lie.larceny of the letter worse tliun the writing of It ? Thn f'tilmn mlrrolii ! nnd the Ilnwnllan Spriii take turn about stirring u things nt thu national capital. This week the former appears to bo most active. Now that the city tax levy has been made h't ovciy city ollk-ial and em ploye bend his tMiorulp.s toward giving Hie taxpayers the best possible returns for their money. Of eonr.se Colorado will be at the ex position In all Its glory- Participation In the exposition Is purely and solely a. business proposition and Is In no sense .whatever .1 political question. , . AVe suppose Gongiessmau I'lll Oreene * will refuse to return to Nebraska to participate In the opening of the exposi tion for fear he might run against some signs of prosperity without being able to get out of their way. The state of Oregon has only one TInlted States senator and the governor hesitates about calling tli-o legislature together to elect a second one. There seems to be doubt whether another son- si tor would be worth what It would cost the state to elect him. ' If Chairman ISdmlsten of the populist state committee and his confederates are uncontainlnatcd by the recount frauds , why are they so eager to avoid n grand Jury Investigation into the af fair ? Do not men unjustly accused usually court the fullest publicity of their acts ? The significance of the recent pur chase by Great Britain of all the coal In stock at Singapore and at Chinese and Japanese ports may easily be exag gerated. The British government may Hlmply have had a tip that some of the I'ennsylvanla coal barons are about to put up prices. The people of the south are on the night track In regard to manufacturing Industries. Alabama Is exempting new cotton mills from taxation for ten years and the result Is the establishment of three Hue mills In the state with others coming. The protective idea Is con stantly gaining ground. There Is an order on the records of the police board directing the chief of police to abate the automatic gambling machines. These machines , however , sire still running In full blast with the knowledge and consent of the police au thorities. The police evidently think they have tlie sainu privilege of dlregard- Ing the board's orders that the outlaw police commissionss exercise In disre garding the law and their oillclal oaths. While Germany Is under Imperial rule oud the will of the emperor dominates In all national affairs , It Is evident that tlie agrarian movement lu that country has attained proportions that make It foimldable. The recent order shutting out American fruit , like thu orders re lating to American meat , was clearly a concession to the agrarians , showing how shallow Is the pretense of the em peror and the court parly that the will of the people Is not considered In Ger many. If the Canadians are unwilling that 'American troops be hent to the mining camps along the Yukon river over tu ) > trull leading through British territory that Is all the givater reason for making liasto with the survey of an all-Amer ican route to the mining country. There are Indications that unless there Is a strons hand In control of affairs In the mining camps crime will run nun- pant this year. The United States gov ernment Is in duty bound to preserve order along the Yukon , The value of energetic urn ! Intelligent men In the consular service of the United States Is more apparent every year. The report of the United Stales consul nt Ohofoo , China , makes a line showing of the Increase In conaiunptloii of American goods passing through that port , ami gives conclusive proof that American trade at other ports of Asia might be Increased If the consuls would filvo the right assistance to American business men. This growth of American trade with the ports of Asia beard n close relation to the business done at the Pacific coast ports of the United Stales and there has been too much neglect of thu American con'sulnr service In Atia for thu good of tlie I'acitlo trade. Elghtr-nlno years flgo , February 1 ! ISO ! ) , Abraham Lincoln was born. Th anniversary of his birth will bo ol served in several states as a Icgnl hell day , while nt many banquet tables th memory of this Illustrious America : will bo duly honored. The career o Lincoln is familiar to nil IntcHlgcn Americans. Great Interest 1ms been dc volopod within the last few years li the study of his life and character am almost every school child In the Unltei States knows of the humble condition ; of Lincoln's boyhood , of his early strus gles , of his triumph over obstacles am dllllctiltlcs , of his great wisdom nnt patriotism In administering the govern inoiit and of the tragic ending of hi : life after rebellion had been conquerct nnd the union preserved. Appreclatlot of the great qualities of Abraham Lin coin , admiration of his character ant : gratitude for the work he accomplished grow with the passing years , and goner atlons to come will honor nnd revere nt less than wo of today the memory ol the emancipator of a race and the BU < vlor of his country. Interest In this great character , the most Imposing , nexi to Washington , lu American history will continue to grow , affording the highest possible Inspiration to patriot ism. There Is one respect In which the memory of Lincoln has been neglected , There Is no national monument to com memorate his deeds. There are ninny statutes of him , but none worthy of his fame. While most of his distinguished contemporaries of the war period have beeu handed down to future generations lu granite or bronze , Lincoln has been neglected. This Is something of a reproach preach to the nation. A bill has been introduced in congress appropriating $500,000 for a Lincoln monument in Washington and while It Is unlikely that with the present condition of the revenue the proposed appropilation will bu made , as soon as the Income of tlie government will warrant the expendi ture steps should be taken for the erec tion of a suitable monument to Abra ham Lincoln at the nauonal capital. TO I The secretary of the treasury lias rec ommended to congress u plan of reduc ing expenses which it' adopted will save to the treasury annually about ? 1-10,000 and In view of the fuel that die house republican leaders are anxious to retrench there is some chance of the plan being adopted. The saving which Secretary Gage proposes to effect is In the customs division of his department. He believes the cost of the work now done by the collectors of customs and surveyors of ports can lie reduced and at the same time the cfllcieiicy of the service elevated. Ills Idea Is to merge several collectorships into one and cut lowii' ' In many Instances the stipend now enjoyed by the collectors at ports intended to be continued. Secretary Gage Is a practical man and las undoubtedly carefully considered : hls matter , so that his rocotnmcnda- ilons must be regarded as practical. The sum to he saved Is not very large , yet under present conditions It is worth ivhlle to save it , particularly If by doing so the efllcieucy of the service affected > vould not be impaired. It is undoubt- Mlly a fact that there are collectorships tvhich are virtually sinecures , while it s doubtless also true that the compen- latlon of a considerable number of col- ectors Is dlsproportioned to the duties ) orformed. Whether or not the plan if economy proposed by Secretary Gage s adopted the public will approve his tffort to reduce expenses. THR STAXDAKD OF VALUES , Last year the world's production of told reached i a-fO.OOO.fOO , an increase tf nearly 20 per cent over the prcced- ng year. Making a liberal tstimatc of he use oC gold in the arts , the addi- lon made to the world's money stock if that metal last year must have been tilly $200,000,000. That means a rate if Increase in the money that Is the tandard of values In all the great com- norclal nations several times as great s the rate of growth Hi the population f the world. And the limit has not et beeu reached. According to the best stlmatcs the production of gold will each 100)00,000 ? : ! ( ) this year and there 5 every reason to believe that produe- lon will go on Increasing for years to ome. There Is no doubt that the yield f the South African inluos will continue > grow for several years to come , s will also the production of the Australian mines , a no gem wealth or Alaska ! s an unknown quantity , but It Is believed by those best qualified to Judge to bo very large. In a late speech In the United States senate Senator Elklns expressed the be lief that the silver question will be settled , not by legislation , but by caust-s and forces stronger and nioro powerful than legislation. Assuming , ho said , that the production of gold f jr thu next ten yeais will average $300,000,000 per annum , this would add l,000,000,000 ? : ! to the present stock of gold in the world. "If only half of this vast sum should bu coined Into money , " said Mr. Hiking , "silver will not bo longer wanted for money beyond subsidiary coins , for gold will then bo abundantly milllclcnt for all money purposes. It Is oven possible that gold will decline If this Increased production Is kept up and the question may arise what will bo done with gold , owing to Its abundance , as It Is now with silver. " The West Virginia senator urged that we should not unduly try to force by legislation what laws higher and stronger than legislation are bring ing about ; that gold Is surely making UH way by reason of Its Increased produc tion and value as a money metal to popular favor not only In the United States but throughout the world and he prophesied that within live years the gold standard will not be seriously questioned and the world will accept gold as the measure of value nnd the best money. This Is the condition now as to nil thu great commercial nations mid It Is Inevitable that the others must In tlmo fall into Hue. That tlmo may not come as soon as Mr. Klklns predicted , but It will certainly bo reached. Mexico and China and the silver or paper countries of South America must eventually adopt thu jjold standard , be the Inexorable taws of com in ere will compel them to do so. The assertion of tjjo free silver adve catcs tlmt the supply of gold Is bccoir lug relatively Mnnllcr nnd more nu more inadequate to Iho needs of th business world Is refuted by the facts while the steadily Increasing produt lion , nta rate four or five times ns gren as the rate of growth In thu pnpn'aUo : of the world , gives assurance that fo many years to come there will be ni abundant supply of gold and that n a standard of values that metal wll continue to be preferred by the grea commercial nntlons , ultimately bccom lug the universal standard. i > ittcmnixc > . Two weeks ago a Lincoln paper pub llshcd disclosures of a conspiracy al leged to have been formed at the stnti capital by certain state house olllclals to secure n fraudulent recount of tin vote on the constitutional amendments While these revolutions only repeutci current rumor nt Lincoln , they wen given force by the fact that they pur ported to be the confession of one ol the confederates In the plot. Under the criminal code of Nebraskn the perpetration of frauds In reeountliif : ballots Is not a penal offense nnd it If a question whether the charge made can be construed as constituting crim inal libel. It appears , however , that .T , II. Kdinlsten , state oil inspector and chairman of the populist state commit tee , whoso political aspirations have been damaged by this publication , has taken It Into his head that the only way for him to secure a vindication Is by prosecuting the suspected informer on a charge of criminal libel. Had this been done promptly nt Lin coln , whore the alleged libel was pub lished and where the offense.If any , wns committed , there would be nothing unusual In thu proceeding. Instead of Illlug complaint In Lancaster county Mr. Kdmlsten has gone to his own homo lu Dawson county , where he wields political influence , and sought to drag thu oU'ender more than HOO miles for trial. To carry out this piogrnm the prisoner was abducted from his home at night and taken to Cass county to prevent him fiom securing a judicial Investigation on a writ of habeas cor pus. pus.This This higli-hnndcd outrage calls for public condemnation. If the criminal libel laws are to bo made a cloak for dragging people for trial to re- motu corners of the state un- dur pretext that one or two copies of a paper printed In another place may happen to have beeu circu lated there , there can be no safety for any man. whether he bu a publisher era a contributor of Information made use of by a publisher. The principle in volved in such a proceeding is far- reaching In affecting the freedom of speech and of thu press. On the same theory , Mr. Edmlstun might , if ho could produce one paper that had found its way to Alaska , have dragged his man lo .Tuncau , Sltka or Skagway for trial , mid , failing to convict him , leave him penniless and without , redress thou- 3ands of miles away from home. And the same mode of persecution could be pursued as regards the publisher of thu fjincoln paper , the editor , the printers ind every one connected with Its cir culation from counter dork lo newsboy That this Irf the intent of the libel law . annot possibly bo assumed by any rational person. AVlth such construction : ho commission of murder or arson ivould be less hazardous than libel , since ) under- our constitution all crim- uals are entitled to trial In iiio c-mrt > f the district in which the olfeuse was onunittcd. On this point the language ) f the constitution Is explicit : In all criminal prosecutions the accused ihnll have the right to appear and defend ilmselt In person or by counsel ; to demand ho nature and cause of accusation , and to lave a copy thereof ; to meet witnesses igalnst him face to face ; to liavo process o compel the attendance of witnesses In ils behalf and a speedy public trial by an mpartlal jury of the county or district In vhlch the offense is alleged to liavo been ommltted. The constitution further provides that n all trials for Hbol thu truth , when lubllshcd for good motives and justllia- lu ends , shall be a sulllclcnt defense , low can a man establish a defense to . charge of this kind if he Is seized and lurried away from homo and friends .ml forced to trial hundreds of miles rom the place of the alleged ciime and he witnesses who might prove his In- ocence or justification ? The recount Jugglery may constitute a most heinous offense as sapping thu foundation ol our system of government , yet It pulet to insignificance beside this attempt tc subvert the civil liberty of Iho Individ' ual , which is the cornerstone of the republic. GAULISH : UN WIKSWEXT-VIIOOSIKO. Ex-Secretary Carlisle , in the current number of the Forum , presents a plan for a system of electing presidents and vice presidents which ho believes will euro present defects "without Impairing the right of any state or Interfering with the legitimate Interests of any cltl- iwn or political party. " Mr. Carlisle would do away with presidential elec tors , but give to each state electoral votes as now In proportion to reprp- Hcntutlon In congress , thcso votes to bo apportioned to tha presidential candi dates voted for in proportion to thu pop ular vote In each state. There are manifest advantages and disadvantages In this propo sition. The equality , or rather in equality , of the stales would bo broken up In fact while preserving the old form and the importance of the clo.su and so- called pivotal states would be decreased. It would then be equally Important In every state that every vote should bo cast and counted. The electoral vote of every state would bo divided and there would be votes for the candidates of the minor political parlies in proportion to the strength they showed before the people. In many respects thu system would approach the plan of election by direct popular vote. But there are difficulties in th-i way of proportional division of electoral votes in thu ratio of the votes cast illfllcultlcs UH hard to overcome nnd pos sibly us dangerous as the defects * hi the system lu vogue. Mr. Curllslu'u willing to face those now difficulties rathe than to turn , nt incfe to election by pop ular vote nrlsos _ apparently from hli prejudice ngalnst federal control of clcc tlons and national Interference with tin right of states tanrvs'ulntc suffrage. Tin Carlisle plan would plainly be IK simpler than the present plan and I might not come-any nearer to the idea of exact justice than the present .system If there is fo be n change in tin method electing presidents and vlci presidents wltlr a TOW to ending the fiction of oloctFdn by chosen elector * nothing will bo gained by slopping on n half way system. When the people art ready to abandon t ie present plan Jnej will bo ready forelection by direct voto. ; The few democrats who succeeded in getting seats In the Iowa legislature have been consulting together with a view fo agreeing on a bill to encourage the manufacture of liquors In Iowa , and miioh to the surprise of many of the older democrats of the slate the mem bers are not united lu their desiie for such a measure. The only purpose Mich a bill could serve would be to mak cheap capital for the democrats for cam paign purposes , but the members are unable to agree on this. The fact that last year the > Iowa democrats .iiipported a candidate for lieutenant governor who Is prominent as n prohibitionist shows how badly the party is divided under its new managers. South Dakota populist olllclals have got themselves Into a muddle through thu avaricious proclivities of some of thorn. The governor has removed the commissioner of lustiraiie-j for uphold ing subordinates In extortionate charges for examinations. If the Insurance com missioner is right then the populist charges against the republicans of ex travagance and Illegal fee collecting made during the last campaign were all buncombe , and if the governor Is right ho has simply proved that the populists are utter failures as reformers. Omaha may not have the national meet for 1SS ! ) , but It will bo the haven during the exposition of nioro wheel men altogether than ever attended any single gathering of rldeis. Local wheelmen .should wake up to the neces sities of the .situation , not only for en tertaining the visitors , but for provid ing safe and attractive means for them to prosecute their devotion to the wheel while here. The I'oorcst . Komervllle Journal. When a young man wants an Increase of salary , about the poorest argument that ho can use with his employer Is that ho really needs it. 1 1VIU 1'ny Jiml the Some. Indianapolis News. Rich gold fields have been discovered co- cently In Wyoming mid Now Mexico , but they are so clcso. at hand and so easy ot access that they cannot bo expected to at tract much attention. In Our SlimvilnoNN OvcrrnledT Kant.13 City Times. As ttio Americans are reputed to bo the shrewdest of all peoples , It is astonishing to flnd politicians attempting so crude a con fidence game as the " 'scheme ' to tax them $100,000,000 to build , an imperial navy rod defend a diseased , latopfl out In the Pacific while wo have no-money to fortify our own cities. s I'llliiK t'l ' > tinllencro. . GloberDemocrat. The $165,000.000 mark has now been crossed In the upward movement of the gold reserve. Almost every week a new score is made by this fund. The treasury people say , and have been saying for the last flvc or six \\eeks. that the gold stock In the gov ernment vaults Is so largo that It Is some thing of an embarrassment , but the busi ness Improvement nnd < the public confidence In the general financial outlook send the pile steadily upward. Thcso are some of the things which the people get by putting the republican p-irty in power. I'OMTlO.VIi Dill FT. "Tho one-eyed plowboy of Pigeon's Roost" Is what they call Colonel Chandler , candi date for governor of Georgia. It took four pages ot the Massachusetts senate Journal to hold a prayer offered In the chamber one day last week. Before the minister concluded the quorum had van ished. According to official announcement the Imperial state of Georgia will offer for sale to the highest bidder on April 1 2,300 convict laborers , all in middling repair , and In lots to suit purchasers. Your Uncle Paul Kruger has been reelected - elected president of the Transvaal republic by n practically unanimous vote. The se cret of KrtiKcr's grip would command top prlco In this country. The gold democrats of New York are talk- Ins ; of running an independent state ticket. Senator Gorman Is to give a dinner to the mem'bera of the Maryland legislature who stayed by lilm while his senatorial funeral was progressing. ( David IB. Will Is bobbing around quite numerously ot late and gives occasional evidence denceof having recovered the power ol speech. The ex-senator has pasted In his bat Sam Fessenden'a Injunction , "God Al mighty hates a quitter. " Now York's bachelor mayor has a few ad mirers outside of Tammany Hall. At a re cent function the descendant of the Knick erbockers was decorated with a garter , a Jeweled symphony In red , white and blue. The gift came from n young woman. Tommy Watson wants to bo governor of Georgia , and Is disbursing considerable tomrayrot In furtherance of hs ! ambition. The admirers of Alton n. Parker , chief Justice ; of the New York court ot appeals , think ho is the coming man for the demo cratic nomination in 1000- Observe , they make no claim for jopocratlc mipport. Ex-Governor Waller of Connecticut Is a Bold democrat and | perhaps his wish Is the parent of the followhig prophecy which lie makes for 1900 : "Tho world whirls around a great deal In two years and sentiment change * lapldly. I do not beovo ) | silver will bo the dominant Issue of tjm ( jemocratlo party In the next national election. That Is the only question dividing < ho democratic party and with that question ) eliminated of course the party would como tusoyicr. " Apropos of the action of the Kentucky leg islature In defining the duties of Senator Lindsay It Is reealiea that the legislature of the sanio state undertook to admonish Henry Clay fifty-ate yuars ago , When Sen ator Clay received Uiojresolutions of Instruc tion from the leglalafuro ho said ! "The leg islature of my uta'to assumes to command mo how I shall perform my duty ns a son- ntor In congress. ] / refuse to obey , and I will go back and Instruct them as to their duty at home- . " And ho did. Speaker Reed has received assurances of Missouri's respect and admiration. Colonel John T. Crisp of that state was Introduced to the speaker the other day , and the colonel delivered himself as follows : Mr , Speaker , sir , I am glad to meet you , sir. Allow mo to say , by gad , sir , that wo think you are a great man out In Missouri , sir , a h 1 of a great man , sir , and In Missouri wo know a great man from n pigmy , sir , I am a Jacksonlan democrat , but if wo must submit to republican rule I hope to see you president ; I do , by gad , sir. " The speaker appreciated the compliment , us might bo ex pected ; ho at once Invited Colonel Crisp Into his private room , and when Colonel Crisp emerged his oplulou of Mr. Heed's great * ucsa had enlarged at least three diameters. OTiinu tj.vxns THof n.i , Whllo the ether great powers of Kurop < are talking About the future ot the Chlnrsi empire several thousand llutslan troops have occupied Klrln and the ancient capital ol Manchuria , the homo of the race which fur nished the present reigning dynasty hi China , has passed Into the actual possession of the c ir. It Is beyond belief that It should ever too restored to the Tartars , although the llusslan occupation Is saU to be merely for the purpose of guarding the construction ol the branch ot the SIbcrlan'rallroad which Is being built to Port 'Arthur , the famous naval station which was formerly the pride of LI Hung Chang. So the -land of the Manchus , the warriors who often Mlded China ami finally conquered the country , has virtually become Russian territory and a long step has been taken toward the accomplishment of all of Russia's designs In Eastern Asia. In the face of such movements the German seizure of a little tract of land about Klao Clmti bay seems Insignificant. It establishes n small station on the const , .whereas the Russ'an occupation of the capital of Man churia lops off one ot the raost Important divisions of the Chinese empire , a province which has 0,000,000 or 8,000,000 Inhabitants , who are strong men of the race that has ruled China for nioro than two centuries. England and Japan inust bestir themselves It they hope to stop the conversion ot the northern part of the Chinese empire into Russian territory. * China has a great war Indemnity to pay. It Is In such political decrepitude that It hos no commercial credit and cannot borrow private money , llko a nation of Kuropo. No ono will lend money to China unless the loan Is guaranteed .by a civilized government , and no civilized government will do th s unless It can secure Itself by collecting the axes of China. IJoth Great < Hritaln nnd uussla are eager to lend to China on tht-sc terms , one English money and the other iToncn , but -China fears to close with cither for fear of offending the other. So the gov ernment turna In despair to an Internal loan. a thing never before heard of and not at all understood .China. Probably nothing will come of It , but It Is all In hands of the rnlncsc. who will do nothing to save the Tartar dyn-isty and perhaps would even pre fer European rule. The power to raise an internal loan In a crisis Is the supreme test of national vitality. Even Spain could do It In her worst estate. If China cannot , ns seems probable , it will bo the best evidence that there Is no national spirit In the pee ple. * The professed reasons of the German op position to the appointment of Prince George of Greece as governor of Crete are set forth In a vlgorouo protest published In the Cologne Gazette. Ono of the necusary consequences of the nomination , sa > s the Rlieniah organ , would bo that the Cretan Insurgents would renew with Increased vigor their nttompta to wrest the- Island from the suzerainty of Tur- Ioy and to bring about Its union with the Greek kingdom. Wore Prlaco George elected governor , Crete , Instead of receiving the blcB ilngs ot peace intended for It by the wisdom of the powers , would be the scene of frc.3h confusion and fresh insurrections. Such a step would , moreover , be fatal to the peace and tranquillity of the small Balkan states above all of Servla and Bulgaria. The re cent symptoms of most suspicious Panslavist movements In thcso parts are sufficient to substantiate ! such an. objection. It may therefore , continues the Gazette , bo consid ered ns altogether out of the question that the candidature of Prince George will receive the support of the great powers , to say cioth- irg of the sanction of thooultan , who "woulj. In nominating him , be thrusting a sword deep into his own flesh. " There is a disagreeable sequel to the bril liant recapture of the Dargal ridge by the Gordon Highlander and other British troops In the recent campaign against the Afridls. From the first there has been a good deal ot sharp criticism ot the abandonment of the pooitlcn after It had been taken once without any loss at all. Sir William Lockhart now reports officially that when ho ordered the withdrawal of the troops from the Dargal heights , ho directed General Yeatman Biggs to continue * work on the road over Chagru Kotal , believing that the presence of the troops there would have prevented the enemy from reoccupylng Dargal. General Biggs , however , answered by heliograph that his men had reached camp so late on the night before that ho thought It better not to adopt the plan suggested , for fear of exhausting them. It wna then too late for Sir William liocklmrt to make other arrangements and the second dangerous and costly attack upon Dargal followed. Sir William , moreover , complains that l.a . the actual assault his in structions were not fully carried out by Gen eral iBiggs. The latter ofllcer , unfortunately , died recently from djaentery , brought on by exposure and overexertlon and cannot defend - fend himself. ( But his friends are protesting iodlgnantly against the reflections cast upoa his military reputation. * The Trench republic has established a cert of governmental savings bank , called the Calsso Natlcnalo d'Kpargue. On January 1 , 1896 , a new law came iato > force , whoso principal clause limited the amount de- posltablo on each book to ? 300 annually. The object of this was to confine the use of this savings bank to the -classes for whom It woo oilglnally Instituted. Its effect resulted In decreasing the amount deposited in 1890 by 47,000,000 francs. The deposits , nevertheless , in that period exceeded the withdrawals by 13,000,000 francs , and the number of new accounts during the year amounted to 19G- 000 , the total at present opened being 2,082- 908. Of thcso 41 per cent figure with credlta below 20 francs , whilst the books whose balance exceeds COO francs represent 24 per cent of the whole. * * * It was not until the Russo-Turkisk war that women In Russia were allowed to bear the tltlo of doctor. Although they were taught In exactly the same- way as men , and the examinations wera exactly the same , they were denied the degree. They were only allowed to call themselves learned mld- wlvco , without right to sign prescriptions ! or to hold any responsible position In civil or hospital service. Notwithstanding these re strictions , they accepted the position , and when the war brolco out with Turkey the learned mldwlves rendered Incalculable servIce - Ice to the sick and wounded. After this not even the Jealous spirit of male monopoly could stand up against the recognition of the woman doctor , and slnco 1880 women In IlUfola can receive the medical degree and hold posts In public service. Cremation has grown rapidly hi Paris. Tbo great crematory In the historic Pcro la Chaise cemetery Is kept In operation prnc- 'tlcally ' all day long , with an average ot twelve cremations a day , For 'three ' or four years about ono-thlrteonth of the total num ber of the dead In Paris have been Inciner ated , In 189B , for instance , among 08,950 deaths there were C0.201 burials , 4,180 in cinerations and 4,539 bodies dissected In the hospitals nnd medical schools1 , The largo atcade , accommodating 3,000 uriis , which was built In 18S2 , would be , It was supposed , sufficient for many years to come , but Its capacity was exhausted In less than ten years and another similar building was erected. That , too , soon became inadequate for the needs of the city , and finally the present magnificent columbarium waa de cided upon. - VCMV Ia . Chicago News. Hen. William Jennings Bryan spent a few weeks In Mexico and now that country wants to refund Us debt In gold. This IMVC.I Patagonia as about the only place Mr. Bryan can go and feel at homo , oak@ agai ® Really ihaf Royal Bak ing Powder is a won derful ieavener. run IISSOIHI I\IIIIIIT , Mint llts n < M > rrnrntn < lvo of SdUc'n In- tlunlrlrn nmt 1l < > iirccft. Knnnni City WutW The soliciting committees ro at wort asking conlrlbut'ons ' to pay for a Missouri .building and exhibit at the Transmlsslsslpp Exposition at Omaha. That tholr efforts should meet with i generous response every ono will admit , The Importance , ot Mlsourl being flttlnplj represented at th s exposition gees without saylnt ; . The county court , appreciating the wisdom of this exhibit , has appropiinltxl $1,000 to help further the project. Private citizens should follow suit. The amount ot advertising that Missouri will receive by u proper showing forth ot Its resources can not bo calculated. The pcoplo ot the land should know of Missouri's greatness , Its fertility and Its rightful claims for the Investment ot foreign capital. This Information can not b bet ter ormore thoroughly given to the public than through the medium ot the Omaha ex position. The principal ami dominant Idea of the whole affilr is to advertise to the world the resources of the western states. Other states have not been slow to grasp the oppor tunity. Legislatures have -made liberal ap propriations and private citizens have added tholr efforts to the work ot their states. The ( Missouri legislature , through an over sight , failed to malic any > ; ijproprlatlon. It will not be In session until the exposition la over. Whatever is done lu the way of pre senting ( Missouri's attractions must bo the result of individual effort. The -imount asked for Is very small. In laying Us plans the committee has been most conservative. There ws $10,000 usked for a building aiul $10,000 for an exhibit The amount Is trifling and should bo mlscdMh very little effort. There should bo a gener ous response from Kansas City , as this city Is In a position to reap more benefit ! from the exposition than any other In Missouri. 1IH.VICWS IIUAAD OF I'llOSI'KIUTV. The Itrii.toiifur It r.Milnlix-il by n Washington Post. "I will not deny that there la n kind of prosperity In evidence In the republic of Mexico , " eald Mr. John A. McShane ot Omaha at the Arlington. Mr. McShano la nt the head of a largo mlnlrtg concern that has been engaged In silver production ! u the Mexican state of Chihuahua for the past ten years. "It is of this sort : The government Is largely back of It , and to the paternar > M- tcrlng of the Diaz administration It Is mainly duo. The government subsidizes breweries , railroads , Industrial plants and aids In every way to build up the material resources of the country. Money Is used with a liberal hand , and as a consequence there Is much activity and great apparent prosperity. The fact that Mexico lj oil a silver basis docs not figure ; It can't help being on that kind of a 1-ash , but I should bo sorry to see the United States resort to any such policy. "Ton years of experience In that country has forever sot me against the adoption of i monetary system which is not only In Jlsrepute among the leading nations of the world , but which Is about to be discarded by countries like Japan , Brazil and some ot the smaller Spanish-American governments that were formerly on a silver basis. The inaesos in Mexico arc in a worse condition tliau I trust1 will ever befall our laboring population. Th's ' I can explain by referring lo matters that have como under my per- jcinnl observation. "When the Sherman purchasing act was in force some seven years ago , ullver was worth $1.21 , and a UnlteJ States dollar was worth In Mexico 100 cents In Mexican money The dollars ot the two countries were on i parity. At this tlmo we employed abou SOO nun In our mines , their pay rangln ; from ? 1 to $2.50 per day. It took approxl raately $10,000 a month to meet the pay. roll , The money to cancel this expense WOA shipped from Omaha , and It was cxchangei for $10,000 of Mexican coin. Wo operated general merchandise stores along with oui mining concern , and at the time I speak of sold to our Mexican employes bacon for 2 ( cents a pound. "What are the conditions today ? Wo stll hire 300 men and give them exactly the same scale of wages that obtained prior to the slump In silver caused by the repeal ol the purchasing clause of the Sherman act , Our pay roll still aggregates $10,000 a month , To meet this wo have shipped us a llko sum of United Stateb money , and there Is where the point ot difference comes In. Instead of exchanging that amount at our bank for Its nominal equivalent wo get for it not $10,000 , but $22,000 of Mexican money. Wo have hero made a clear gala of $12,000. Our employes still render us 100 cents worth oj work for which they used to get 100 cents , and do yet as far as the name goes , but In reality they receive less than half of what should bo theirs , Boeing that the Mexican coin In which they are paid has shrunk to less than half of Its former value. " 'But ' there Is more still. When the Mexi can miner goes to buy bacon ho finds that in tendering payment he cannot buy It with depreciated money for 20 cents a. pound ; the prlco Is now 45 cents. It would still bo so if ho could tender a dollar as good as that given him for his labor at the time ot the repeal of the Sherman law. The $12,000 I spoke of simply comes out of the labor of the country , and when the tolling class of any nation Is forced to such a condition It Is stretching a point to call the people pros perous. If the fair and right thing were done by these hard-working miners their wagea would be doubled. The man that now gets $2 a day Is Justly entitled to $4 , but labor will bring only what prlco Is fixed in market , like any commodity , and employ- era are not yet far enough advanced In phil anthropy to voluntarily give more than the customary rate. "So the talk about the prosperity of Mexico In so far as It applies to the vast body of Its citizens the common people Is a myth. If there Is pro porlty at all Ita \ not duo to the silver standard , but in Bplt'o of It. " 'llllrKlllll. ' Minneapolis Journal , The proposal that the United States buy Cuba from Spain nt the merely nominal rrlco ot $100,000,000 Is not llkoly to bo enthusi astically received In this country , even If it is officially made by Spain. Wo have spent about all the peseta ? wo care to glvo up In the effort to convince Spain that wo are neutral and disinterested. Besides , when Spain geta ready to sell , that will bo pretty good evidence that "fiat she has to acll is worthless to her , ' TIII : -nI\CH .ifnicr.vii FAUCIX Indianapolis Mows ! ZoM IB getting point * on evidenco. Ho Is not permitted to ask any questions tha1 bear illvcctly on the subject. Mlntifipolls Tribune : Of all the hlileoui farces r-orpotratod In the name of Justice thot now In progress with Zola ns chief character has never liad an equal. The accused Is denied the rights which should ho accorded the meanest criminal and there Is an undU- Riilscil Intent upon the part of the presiding Judge to prevent a fair trhl of the cause. Cincinnati Tribune ; It Is an Axiom tltat none ono can ever tell what will happen In t'arl r.tid that truth applies to the present sltua lion. Perhaps It Is at least safe to say. however - over , th.it the agitation of the DreyMs case ) has reached such a point that n disclosure of the whole truth Is sooner or later inevitable , and when the truth Li made known , provided It { ( tows Dreyfus to bo Innocent , popular tago will bo directed against the army and tha military system , with momentous results. Detroit Kroo Presa : From this distance It look * AS though only ocio result must como from the humiliating position In which tlio Fror.ch wornmont Is placed , The trutti will ultimately come out In splto of the sUprcme.u efforts of the authorities lo prevent It. When It iloM , or possibly lisfcro that tlmo , the day of retribution will surely como for these who have betra > cd the causa ot Justice atul fair play. H would not bo surprising to RCC the present ministry overthrown as a result of this compromising attitude In which the Dreyfus affair mid Its present sequel have placed It. New York Tribune : The Dreyfus cnao must not bo considered , nays the govern ment , because It Is closed , It Is res adjmll- cata ; Iho Inquiry muol bo confined to the Kstorhazy case. Uut the latter Is , as a mat ter of fact , Just as truly closed , Jimt as much res adjtullcata as the former. If the ono can ho reopened or made the subject ot Investigation , why not the other ? The dc- slro of the Krench government to avoid the revelation and exploitation of a scandal that might smirch great reputations Is easily un derstood and appreciated. But far more to bo avoided ta oven the oppcnrnnco of injus tice or the slightest suspicion that the gov ernment Is privy to InjusticeIt Is not jet to bo believed that the government Is guilty of the hideous crlmo of which M. Zola ha.i . accused some ot Its foremost officers. But the only way to vindicate Its Innocence and to cotabl'sh full ccnfldcnco In Its Justice Is to let In full daylight upon the \ > hole Diey- fus case. Chicago Chronicle : Zola's trial Is such a palpable denial ot all justice that It Is Im possible to nee how ho Is to escape convic tion. The witnesses upon whom ho relied to ( sustain his chargoi against the WarJo- partmont refuse to testify and are susta.Tod In their refusal by their military superiors and by the court. General Bolsdeffro wont even further and claimed exemption upon the ground of "professional secrecy. " Ho , too. wns euatalned , though Xola's couneM protested against the assumption that mili tary officers formed a separate caste totally : xcmpt from the laws and the respect duo to Justice. In short , the w'lolo of the trhl Is toward conviction and It Is evident that : ho court Is as much at the orders of the IVar department n are the ofllcers composing .ho Droyfus court-martial. Zola will bo : onvlcted , but will that smother tlie Dreyfus icandal for scandal it undoubtedly has .be- : ome ? In this country there could bo but mo answer to the question Justice , would ) o done to both Dreyfus and Zola or theio i-otiH bo uncommonly li\oly times In prospect , n Prance well , iChateaubrland once said : lmt tlio French had much esprit , but wc-ro otally lacking In common scnso and as Chateaubriand was a Frenchman ho probably ; ncw what ho was talking about. IX Itecorcl. "Fate's a fiddler life's .1 dance , " Hut , oh the 'jitter pill ! AVe see sonic awkward persons prance Who should be sitting still. Detroit 1'ico Preii. Ho asked the girl to fly with him , Ills heart with love elate ; Her answer turned him cold nnd qrlm She suld : "Oh , no ; let's skate. " nroolilyn Life. ' She wished she stood within his shoes , IJueausQ he hud a sent ; But since that \vn Impossible- She stood upon his feet. Detroit Journal. T..ucy Ijockot lost her pocket , And to the clmnco was debtor Quoth she , "I guess my new spring dress Without It llts the better. " ChlcaRO News. Some Joffcrsonlan democrats I say It on the quiet Make good their claim because he's dead And therefore can't deny it. I'uck. "Nothing to wear , " the woman sighed Thoujrh she never should declare It , It's not so much that she's nothing to wear . She lacks the nerve to wear It. I Waolilnston Slar. i "All men nro free ! " His boast serene ! And ImuKhty , none denied. It would have nhicked them , had they Ills humble and obedient mien < Whene'er his baby cried. niirriiiurrjr.vi , A coin is XT. Denver Post. They walked 'neuth the moon together , tie whispering words or love. And telling 'her ' she was fairer than the nnsels and things above. Ho compared her cyoa to the starlets , her voices to the pleasing lute , Said her cheeks had the bloam of roses and her breath the flavor of fruit. The HOPR that ho sung was a sweet one , ho had warbled It oft before , And his plea was no well directed that It touched bur heart to the core , And Bho clung1 to lili side yet closer , uyo ! clung llko a llttlo leech , For a question she knew was coming na a close to his flowery speech. At last In a tender manner he asked her to be his wife , To share In the chromo picture he'd drawn of a future life , And she whispered her "yen" BO softly that the angels could never 'hear ' , Yet It hunutlfully succeeded In probing hla waiting ear. In rapturous Joy he seized her and squeezed her In iiPW-born bliss. And made n heroic effort to snatch the be trothal KlSH , But ho'U clear lost sight of the headgear she were with such nutty pose , And the rim of her cowboy dlccr broke the bridge of his bloomlii' nose ! And make a selection of one or more of those fine ties we have on sale now at 25c before they are all gone. Every 50c tie in the store ( ex cept black ) is on display in our cases and windows. Your choice of any of them as long as they last 25 CENTS. Did you get one of those $ JO.OO Suits we spoke about the other day ? Fancy cheviots and cassimeres. If not , we have a few more ot them left and would be pleased to show you the value , fit and style we put in our suits $10,00. Remember their true worth is $12.50 and $13.50 and every one warranted ,