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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATUHDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1900.
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STATEMENT OF CIItClMiATION.
Btatn of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
(leorgo It. Tzsehuek, secretary of The Ilco
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
pays that tint ncttial number of full and
complete copies of Tho Dally, .Mernlng,
KvenliiR and Sunday lire printed during tho
month of November; 1500, was us follows:
1 :iO,H70 16 'JH.ttmi
2 :t4,ltlt.T K itH.UOO
3 ai.oio is im.umi
4 iiS.IMO 19 l!S,:t.N)
r. :i,nuo 20 aM.aro
6 2,W10 21 US.-llll
7 IH,.2! 22
8 41,tt(l0 23 S7.att
8 :ti,:uo 21 as.aan
10 30,7(10 23 UM.IIll
U SIS.IOO 26 U7.IMIO
12 i!I,li(0 27 Vt7.Wt
13 2H,ttlO 2S U7.7-IO
14 U8.0NO 29 U7.770
15 us.or.o 30 U7,rinr,
Total !Ki5,4MI
Lss unsold nnd roturncd copies.... ix.uut
Net total sales llil,4SSl
Net daily average,
30,447
OEO. Tl. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presenco and sworn to
before mo this 1st day of December. A. D.,
1900. M. II. H UNGATE.
Notary Public.
Tim burning rticstlon What to select
for Christians gifts.
Tho Christians number of Tho lice
will bo out Sundny. It will be worth
waiting for.
Mississippi Is to hnvo n new cnpltol
building, tho contract luivlng Just been
let. What a ohiinee for (mother Albany
stuto houso Job.
Tho cards lu the senatorial Rome are
only being shutlled as yet. There are
usually moro people anxious to play
than there are scats around tho table.
The only recreation left to "The
Prize Fighters' Own" with the "rIovo
contests" barred Is to stir moro vig
orously at the coutonts of the garbage
barrel.
News from South Africa Is to the
elToet that General Hotha has been
located. Tho general does not allow
himself to get lost Trotn tho British
commands very Ions at a time.
Grand opera managers are likely to
realize the fact after this that tho only
place In Nebraska where an entertain
ment of such magnitude can be made
to pay even Is lu the metropolis.
Tho burning of two cars of mall In
that wreck on the Ilurlington will
probably bo heard from several times
In response to Inquiries about the
Christians present that never came,
With the republicans lu tho Impend
ing legislature It Is not tho dllllculty of
finding speakership timber that besets
theiu, but tho dllllculty of choosing be
tween eligible and available good men,
llrynn's alligator has been loaned to
tho Stnto university museum. From
tho unusual size of tho animal it Is
hinted that possibly ho might have
swnllowed the popocratlc vote In this
state.
Railroads look forward to a holiday
travel this year that will beat all rec
ords. People never before were enjoy
Ing prosperity so plentiful as to make
them want to spend Christmas at homo
without regard to tho expense.
King Ak-Sar-llen Is serene notwlth
standing tho throat of the royal laud
lord to dispossess hlui of bis royal
domicile which has served as tho scene
of all his various court functions. Ak-Bar-Iicn
has only to command to have
his wants satisfied.
It Is nnuounccd that Prince Tunn
has escaped, and as ho took his head
ulong with him tho problem of en
forcing tho demand of somo of tins
powers will bo extremely dlfllcult. If
lio will only stay "escaped" tho Chi
nese authorities will be relieved of con
Blderablo einbiirrassuieut.
Tho British press docs not toko
kindly to tho sennto amendmcnt'j to
tho canal treaty. If tho canal Is dug
by means of American money Kngland
can rest assured that treaty or no
treaty neither Kngland or any other
couutry will bo allowed to gobble It up
as Kugtand has done with tho Suez
ditch.
Tho prevalence of contagious diseases
calls for tho exercise of moro than tho
ordinary precaution to prevent unneces
sary spreading. This Is true particu
larly of tho children, who aro moro
likely to bo heedlessly exposed and who
usually furnish tho most of tho vic
tims. Common sense lu tho enforce
ment of paroutal watchfulness nets as
tho stitch In time.
Tho freo high school (aw, which has
twice passed tho legislature only to lie
Bouffed out by tho supremo court, will
have another trial at tho coming ses
sion of tho legislature, The supremo
court membership might be enlarged
ami part of It set to work grinding out
laws. It) this manner statutes could
bo enacted faster than tho remainder
of the court could knock them out
Tin: tueaty aukxpeii
ly a vote of ir t-i 1" the t'nltod
.States senate adopted the amendment
to the Ilay-Pauncefote treaty offered
by the committee on foreign relations,
which provides that the fulled States
may take such measures as It may llnd
necessary for securing, by Its own
forces, the defense of the fnlted
States and the maintenance of public
order. The language of the amend
ment Is disingenuously vague. When
It was under consideration a few days
ago, In executive session, Senator
Lodge, who Is In charge of the treaty,
expressed the opinion that It gave no
authority to fortify the proposed canal
permanently, but 1 he lx'lleved that
under the treaty, If amended as desired
by the foreign relations committee.
there would bo ample provision for tho
defense of the canal by the American
people. Doubtless tho real object of
the amendment Is to reserve to the
fnlted Stntes the right to close the
canal to the worships of Its enemies.
Several other amendments were of-
t'erretl, Intended to enlarge the privil
eges of the fnlted States, some of which
will probably lie adopted.
As the volt by which the commit
tee's amendment was adopted ex
ceeded the two-thirds majority neces
sary to ratify tho treaty, ratification
seems to be assured. What, In that
event, will bo the action of tho Hrltlsh
government? Will It decline to accept
tho amended treaty, or will It, In the
Interest of International friendship,
yield? The tone of the London press
Indicates thnt tho government will not
accept the changed treaty, and II must
bo presumed that the unqualltlcd dec
larations of the leading newspapers
were not made without a pretty ac
curate knowledge of tin; sentiment In
oillclal quarters. Tho rejection of the
llay-fauueefote treaty by tlreat
llrltaln would leave the Clayton-Hul-
wer convention In full force, since It
has been admitted by tho administra
tion to bo binding on this country.
Moreover, this admission commits tho
administration against taking any step,
In the way of canal building, In con
travention of the old treaty, so that If
the senate, after ratifying tho pending
treaty, should pass tho Nicaragua canal
bill, tho president would very likely
deem It to bo his duty to veto that
measure. This would mean tho post
ponement for 11 year or two, and pos
sibly longer, tho beginning of work on
an isthmian canal.
it Is possible that tho Hrltlsh gov
ernment will deem It expedient to do
nothing and await events, rather than
enter Into a controversy that might
menace tho good relations of the two
countries. Ono of tho London papers
suggests that If tho United States
should determine to have a military
canal and Nicaragua should consent,
then It will bo open to Great Britain
alone or lu conjunction with other
maritime states to consider whether
another canal, not under the control
of tho United States, may not bo
worth making. It Is by no means Im
probable that if this country should
go ahead and build a canal under mili
tary control, nnd it should bo found
to give us a decided military advan
tage, that the world would open tho
Panama route as checkmate. And to'
this we could make no valid objec
tion. Further action on this very Important
matter Is awaited with great Interest,
but In any event we do not think there
Is likely to bo any serious disturbance
of friendly relations.
HEADY FOR AE(10TIAT10X8.
A disposition lias boon shown by some
of the powers to question whether LI
Hung Chnug and Prince Chlng, tho
Chinese pcaco plenipotentiaries, had
proper authority to carry on negothi'
tlous. Doubt on this score has been re
moved by the reception of tho docu
meuts authorizing thorn to act aud
they have notified tho foreign minis
tors that they aro rendy to proceed as
soon ns tho latter desire.
It appears that tho British govern
nient is the only ouo now obstructing
negotiations, tho latest advices being
that Its minister lias not yet been In
structed to sign tho Joint ngreement.
It seems that tho government desires
somo amendment to tho terms, under
stood to bo merely as to form ami
not of material Importance, but Its
halting course suggests that thcro Is
more than this, that there is an
ulterior purposo which It hesitates to
disclose.
Meanwhile the advices from tho
American minister, Mr. Couger, aro
reassuring. Ho is reported as being
of tho opinion that China will
promptly accept tho terms Imposed by
tho powers nnd that It Is able to com
ply with most of them before spring.
This gives an Improved aspect to tho
situation aud promises a much earlier
settlement than had been generally ex
pected. Undoubtedly our minister Is
as well Informed lu regard to condl
tlous as any of tho foreign reprosenta
tlves and perhaps his opportunities for
learnlug the feeling of the Chlneso
plenipotentiaries aro better than those
of some of tho ministers.
UKVEllSES TO lIltlTISU AHMS.
Lord Kitchener Is having somo dlsn
greeablo experience at tho outset of his
campaign In South Africa and there Is
danger that tho prestige ho won as a
commander lu tho Soudan will be
Impaired. Tho recent successes of tho
Boers aud especially the ono last re
ported, In which tho British suffered n
considerable loss, Including four ofll
cers, not only show unexpected activity
on the part of tho burghers, but up
pear to Indicate a lack of generalthlp
on tho British side. With an tirmy
moro than twenty times as numerous
as tho estimated forces of tho Boers,
it Is most remarkable that the British
should have experienced tho recent re
verses, which certainly rollect unfnvor
ably upon Kitchener's management of
the campaign.
Tho fact that all tho available
mounted ln;autry at tho military ecu
ters has been ordered to South Africa
shows that the government realizes
that there Is still mib h work to be
(loin1 before the Beers are subjugated,
while at the same time demonstrating
Its determination to go on In pursuit
of thnt end. The temerity of the Boers,
their extraordinary mobility and the
generalship they display, all under the
most adverse conditions, are Indeed
wonderful, but however much those
pialltles may be admired the cer
tainty that they are engaged lu a
hopeless struggle,, without the least
irospect of assistance from any source,
compels the thought that It would b.
he part of wisdom for them to lay
lown their nrms and stop the work
of bloodshed and devastation.
Tilt: riiuisTMAS nr.K.
The Bee next Sunday will be a special
Christmas number, In every way up to
the high standard already set for holi
day Issues of this paper.
Tho Illustrated Bee In particular,
which goes to every subscriber and
patron. Is a veritable Yulctlde magazine,
eplete with appropriate features for
'Very member of the household.
The beautiful colored cover presents a
leslgn In three characteristic panels Il
lustrative of the occasion, made by the
test artists and reproduced by tho best
workmanship. In addition Is nn In
ner frontispiece grouping photographic
views of the Christinas carols with
which tho day will be celebrated right
icrc In Omaha churches.
The special Illustrated Christmas
articles cover a wide range, but most
of them with direct local application.
'Ringing In tho Christmas Morn" has
been tho song of the Trinity chimes
ver since the belfry was completed--
how It is done Is told by pen nnd
Minora.
"Cooking the Christmas Dinner" Is
another theme of savory Interest, es
pecially when, as lu this Instance, It Is
Illustrated by snapshots at the chefs In
Omaha's principal hostelrtes.
Moro general Is a group of striking
churches In progressive Nebraska
towns lu which Christmas services will
be held, and an Interesting story ex
plaining how Christians toys arc made,
with pictures of the process.
The Bee's staff photographer de
scribes tho work of news photography,
with apt references to the pictures
made for Tho Bco that have made hits
all over the country.
Carpenter's letter, as usual, Is full of
Instructive material, sprend out in tho
most attractive form, while Christmas
stories, Christmas poems and the Christ
mas aroma pervade tho entire number.
Watch for tho forthcoming Christmas
Bee, Sunday.
Insist on having It from newsdealer
and newsboy.
KU MOHt: VM7.K FiailTS.
Tho edict of Mnyor Moores that no
moro prize lights will bo tolerated In
Omahn masquerading under tho name
of glove contests or boxing exhibitions
will meet with tho hearty approval of
every one, with tho possible exception
of a few so-called sports who take de
light In pugilistic brutality.
Whenever tho prize lighting fraternity
In any manner gets a foothold lu any
largo city they always find certain sup
port which endeavors to bring every
possible Influence to bear on tho author
ities to allow them to hold on. This
has been tho experience of Omaha
periodically when pugilism has been
Introduced under various disguises, only
to llnd public sentiment decidedly ad
verse lu splto of the attempts of yellow
Journals to defend it nnd popularize It
Tho sober-minded public, especially
In Omahn, wants no puritanical city
government, but it draws tho line at
prize lights.
Rural freo delivery brings the ques
tlon of good roads homo to tho farm
Ing communities In a manner which Is
likely to produce results. Tho Postal
department announces that where roads
are not kept up so carriers can make
trips on schedule tlnio tho routes will
bo ubnudoUed. Kurul communities
lose every yenr many times the cost
of good roads lu time and Inability to
roach tho market with produce than
It would cost to provldo good roads,
but they have become so accustomed
to it that they do not realize what a
waste It Is. When deprived of tho
privileges of freo delivery, which they
have begun to appreciate, they may
wako up aud adopt measures to remedy
tho evil.
Tho county commissioners' assocla
tlou of Nebraska will advocate tho ex
change of tho precinct assessor for a
single responsible assessor for tho
whole county. Tho precinct assessor
system Is doubtless accountable for a
great deal of unjust and unequal tnxa
tlon and tho county assessor may afford
the best remedy, but tho problem of
revenue law revision Is broader than
all that. Tho question of taxation must
be studied carefully with particular
reference to conditions existing In this
stnto aud whatever legislation Is en
acted must bo framed upon Hues look
ing to tho future as well as tho present
The statisticians havo boon busy ever
since election figuring out Just how it
idl happened. They have filled many
columns of figured, and when It is all
dono arrive at tho same result that tho
less Inquisitive mortal reached long
ago thero are not enough people In
this country who prefer calamity to
prosperity to elect Bryan.
Tho tolal cost of tho American com
mission at tho Paris exposition v
as
only a little short of ? 1,00(1,000. Thoi
is considerable complaint at tho size
of the expense account, but as tho
money was appropriated and has been
expended thoao who kick can gain
no
other advantage now than to rellev
their feelings.
Dill 11 11 l.rmlt!!-.
Konsas City Star.
Of nil the grotcsiiuo propositions that
were over sprung tn tho history of Amcrl
can politics, the reorganization of tho
democracy, with 11111 at tho head of tho
party, would euslly take tho lead. With
such a layout tho republicans would have
an easier walkaway than tbey had this
yr.tr, and tho certainty of uucb a result
taken In connection with tho Renins of the
lemocratli' party for doing tho wrong1
thlnK. ! tho only reason for believing In
tho possibility of such n thing as the
nomination of Hill for president In 1904.
The One 'III I MB to Do.
Chicago Times-Herald.
T)inn la tint ntin lliliii. tn r im tn tin u-lfh
tho (!ln vtnn.Iltilu'af- trentv. nml thnt In
to nbrogato It so that there may be 110
more confusion on this scoro which shall
operate to defeat or postpone tho building
of an American canal.
A Ilmle .MviiUciilnu.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Tho sum voted by Parliament for fur
ther outlays lu connection with the South
African war, after fourteen months of
costly operations, Is alone several times
greater than England nt tho commence
ment dreamed It would cost to conquer
tho Doers. Ono's appreciation of an enemy
sometimes Improves on acquaintance.
Illrrnrn (In; Viitlmin' (Iroivdi.
Chicago Itecord.
Tho growth of Washington reflects In a
way tho greater growth of the entire na-
Ion. There Is probably no Importnnt capital
n the world which has had so extra
ordinary 11 history, Just as thero Is no other
nation which, nrlslng as a group of strug
gling colonics, hns within a century taken
Its fctnud among the foremost world powers.
r.xiuiiiNlnti In SIiIiiIiiiIIiIIiiu.
Philadelphia Itecord.
Tho growth of tho American shipbuild
ing Industry In recent years Is Indicated
nuow by tho number of bidders for the
building of tho latest proposed nddlttons
to tho now navy. Instead of threo bid-
lers, ns had boon tho case on previous
similar occasions, thero arc now eight
and all well equipped to perform the
designated work.
A .Viiliililo Inclilf'iit.
Now York Times.
It Is a clrcumstnnco worthy of noto that
within six months of tho time when our
minister was besieged In Pekln, lighting
for his life nnd tho lives of his family
against Imperial troops, Minister Wtl, tho
representative nt W'ashlncton of tho Im
porlal government, should appear beforo
n lecturo nudlenco In New York to de
liver an nddrcHs upon tho religion of tho
Chlneso nnd be received not with mere
curiosity, but with warm and friendly in
terest. It Is an uvldeaco of tho broad nnd
cnllghtoned spirit of tho Americans. It
speaks eloquently of tho Interesting quali
ties of tho Chlneso minister, who has dis
charged with coneplctous nblllty and high-
mlndodncss duties of a most dlfllcult nnd
complicated naturo during tho troubles
In his country.
lllltAI, FltKD DDI. I VICKY.
CnrrjIiiK (lie I'oMoUIcp to tin- Iltiiucn
if (lie I'nrinerx.
Portland Orcgonlnn.
Tho annual report of the postmnBter gen
eral Is always nn Interesting document.
Tho report submitted a few days ago U
no excoptlon to tho general rule. Indeed, It
will "bo studied with additional Interest,
slrco It Indicates a still closer relation be
tween tho people nnd this most democratic
of nil tho departments of governmental
service.
It I3 snfo to assumo that a very largo
number of "tho 21,000,000 peonlo scattered
over 100,000,000 square miles of territory
to whose doors It Is tho task of tho govern
ment to nrrnngo for freo rural mall deliv
ery," will mnko this causo their own to tho
extent of wishing ardently for Its early
realization. Wo nro assured that one-sixth
of this vast number of people will bo
served by tho government's currlors by tho
close of tho present fiscal year, six month!
hence. Tho task-Us u stupendous one, but
tho forces that -have 'addressed themselves
to Its completion nro stupendous nlso. A
llttlo study of tho matter In detail, na pre
sented in this report, will cnablo tho pcoplo
to Indorso tho statement that rural freo
mall -delivery Is tho most salient, significant
nnd far-reaching featuro of tho postal de
velopment. Tho postmaster general proposes to work
out n schemo that a few years ogo was ro-
garded ns tho dream of tho Idealist and ho
lias figured tho cxpenso down to a point
thnt makes It practicable. Upon tho sim
ple basis that It will put tho farmer In
closer communication with tho outside
world, enabling him to keep abreast tho
times, freo rural mnll delivery may well
rest for Indorsement, being assured of pop
ularity. Tho net annual cost of "carrying
tho postofflce to tho homo" Is estimated
at $13,782,221. This relotlvely small cost,
In tho vlow of tho man best calculated from
closo study of the facts and conditions that
govern tho proposition, Justifies tho at
tempt as well worth undertaking and ns
ultimately certain to bo renllzed.
SEED TIME IV COVHIIKSS4.
I'reiinrnttonn for tlir Animal Dltrlliu-
tlon ."Now On.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tho isual bill Is beforo congress to ap
propriate a sum of money with which to
purchaso garden and flower reeds for free
distribution to somo of tho constituents
of tho senators and representatives. Tho
government annually gives away 24,000,000
packets of garden seeds and tens of thou
sands of dollars' worth of flower and field
seeds. The specifications cnlWor 241,000
pounds of lettuce, onion, cucumncr, nccr,
rndlsh nnd melon seeds nnd 15,000 bushels
of sugar corn, peas and beans, besides many
thousand pounds and bushels of othor
products, somo of which have a claim to
valuo for food or ornumental purposes, and
much of which can only bo rightfully dc
nominated as trash.
The money expended annually In seeds
for distribution Is thrown away as far us
agricultural Interests aro concerned. This
has been acknowledged by tho Department
of Agrlculturo and tho heads thereof have
regularly for several years back rocom
mended thnt tho distribution bo dlscontln
ucd. Congress has ns regularly Ignored
tho recommendntlons, for tho seeds, paid
for out of public funds, constltuto tn
mnny Instances a cheap but effective form
of brlbo which soma of tho members are
loath to part with.
Burnet Lnndroth, secretary of tho Wholo-
salo Seedsmen's league, has Issued
circular letter urging tho members to work
up public sentiment against tho contlnuanco
of tho practlco by tho government of mak
Ing freo distribution of seeds. Ho says:
"If tho government established a seed
shop and sold its seeds It would certainly
bo a mast active competitor In the seed
business, but It does worse It gives them
away. U has established a seed shop,
larger, with two or three exceptions, than
any of tho fifty or sixty largo oecd cstnb
HshmentB in this country. It runs against
them a most uctlvo competition.
"For years tho seed trado has beon tho
or.ly business thus crushed down by tho
government, and tho competition is an
ntinlly getting worse, nnd ran only havo
tho ono effect of driving some reputablo
dealers out of tho business, nnd yet tho
government Is now prepared to foster
specially selected business by dividing up
among various firms tho sum of ten mil
lion of government dollars annually (ship
subsidy bill). Tho government takes
enro not to nntngonizo nny othor interest
except tho seed business, yet It might
Just ns well present to tho fnrmnrs' wlvoi
baking soda or soap or to tho coal miner
powder or dynamite."
Mr. I.andrcth's conclusions nro logical
nnd clearly show tho absurdity and even
viciousncss of tho practlco of government
freo distribution of seeds, nnd It is, as Mr
I.andreth adds, timo thnt every self-respect
Ing member of tho senato nnd houso of rep
rcscntatlvcs put tin cud to It
HTIir.lt l,..M)S TIIW ((I HS.
Tho Russian naval authorities nro build
ing what seems to be Intended for a de
stroyer of tho craft known as torpedo boat
lestroyers At all events, 3he Is to be a
destroyer of quite abnormal proportljus.
She Is In courso of construction nt Ktblng,
Is called tho Kovlc and Is to have a dis
placement of about 3,000 tons nnd n speed
of twenty-five knots. In n senwny nho will
bo able to overhaul a flotilla of destroyers,
each n tenth her slzo and much moro fragile.
She will have a turtle-back deck of two
Inches of Krnpp nrmor rising from below
her water lino and completely protecting
her vitals from Injury by nny light gun
fire. Whereas nn ordinary destroyer carries
only a few twelve nnd three-pounders, this
Husflnn ship has six 4.7 wenpons, besldis
eight three-pounders nnd a couplo of Maxims
nnd sho Is fitted with no less than six tcr
pedu tubes, nil of them, however, nhovo
water. She will bo ablo to dlschnrgo tor
pedoes nhend or astern nnd can uso four
tubes 011 a broadside. Kven tho Klswlck
constructors hnvo never given n man-of-
war, twice or threo times her size, more
than five tubes. Tho Novle, therefore, will
bo Incomparably the most powerful of nny
vessels of her clnss If she fulfills expecta
tions and there does not appear to bo nny
reason why sho should not. Particular care
lies been taken to glvo her good seagoing
qualities. Several other vessels upon sim
ilar lines nro to bo built nt St. Peters
burg. Owing to tho complaints thnt havo been
ddressed by the porto to the Hungarlun
government coiircrnlug tho nllcgcd perse
cution of tho Mohammedan population of
Ilosnln. tho Hungailan t.rlmo minister was
Interpellated In tho Itclchsrath tho other
day. Tho minister, M. Szcll. tlcrenticu tno
Ilosnlnn authorities and denied tho charges
mado by the leading Mohammedans in tho
province.
Ho snld that whatever causo for complaint
thero might havo been In tho past, owing
to tho unequal treatment of tho different
creeds, thnt hud been put nn end to by tho
present administration. for instance,
Ktrnncers nro not allowed to enter .Mo
hammedan dwellings nnd nntlro must be
given of domiciliary visits in order to en-
nblo tho fema cs to retire, Whllo women
enn only ho unveiled In presenco of tho cadi.
Tho customnry prayers and ablutions are
tmrniittPil both In tho nrmy and tho
schools. Tho Mohammedan civil code and
law of lnhcritanco aro in forco nnd are ad
ministered by Mohammedan Judges, tiio
minarets nro illuminated on Mohammedan
festivals when tho usual festivals aro ob
served. Tho inhabitants wero also allowed
to celobrato tho sultan's Jubllco.
IN 1SS2 n Mohammedan consistory was
crcntcd, which Is maintained not by tho
population, but nt tho cost of tho govern
ment. Of tho sixty-two municipalities In
Ilosnln no fewer than sixty havo Mohammo-
dnn burgomasters. As to tho nllegou nin-
ollc proHclytlsm tho prime minister ou
served that only two cases had been re
ported and they had occurred in Dairaaua.
Durlnc tho nnst twenty years thlrty-threo
Mohammedans in all hnd changed their re
ligion. On tho other hand, thero had been
within tho same period twenty converts to
tho Mohnmmcdan faith.
Ijist Hummer the illustrated postnl enrd
crazo extended to Constantinople, and tho
cords containing photographic and pen
drawn reproductions of government build
ings, mosques, street scenes, and types ot
Mussulman life becamo very popular among
tourists in the Levant. Recently, by vlrtuo
of nn Imperial Irndo, tho sublime porto
has forbidden the Introduction Into tho ot
toman empire or the manufacture thorln
of picture postnl enrds hennne or elgnlfy-
lnc tho names of God nna itis propnoi
Mohammed, reproductions of tho Knnbi, nnd
nil other Mussulman rollglous uuwuings,
as well a3 portraits of Mohammedan women.
This decision ot the Council of Ministers
has been transmitted to tho foreign Icga-
lions in Constantinople, with tho request
that It bo communicated to all whom it
may concern.
Soon after tho publication ot tho iraoo
tho police seized all such cards found in
tho possession of salesmen of Turkish na
tionality In Constnntlnoplo nnd bought up
nt cost price all they could find in tho pos
session of citizens of other states.
It is Bald that this Interdiction Is founded
upon tho prohibition in tho Koran forbld
dlcg tho use among the faithful of the
representation of all animal nnd even
vegotablo life in any plcturo or decoration.
It is estimated by foreign merchants In
Constantinople that tho lrado will provo
a savoro blow to n perfectly legitimate,
nrtistlo Industry, nnd It Is pointed- out by
tho manufneturers of these cards la Paris
and Brussels, ns well ns In Constnntlnoplo,
that tho tourists would be obliged to give
up a vory pleasant amusement, as the llttlo
pictures of mosques, open-air religious
ceremonies, pilgrimages, as well as pictures
of Turkish women in costume presented a
truthful and Interesting panorama of life
lu tho Levant.
Tho annual day of humiliation and prayer
was recently observed, according to tho
long-established custom, In Prussia, and a
good many of tho ncrlln nowspapers took
occasion to print nrtlcles upon tho rocont
deterioration in public morality. They as
serted that tho rapid Industrial develop
ment of tho country nnd tho corresponding
Improvement In tho financial condition of
tho community havo resulted In nn nlnrm
ing growth of social evils and abuses.
Statistics, they said, prove that vice Is In
creasing steadily and rapidly not only In
tho great cities, but in suburban and
country districts. Tho growing luxury of
the wealthier class has brought about looso
habits of living, whllo vlco and dissipa
tion aro only too ovldently upon tho In-
crenso among tho masses, An ovldcnco of
this Is to be found In tho enormous num
ber of low music nnd dancing halls, which
havo been established lately in all direc
tions. Among tho signs of tho times nre
quoted tho recent trlnl of a millionaire
charged with tho most disgraceful prom
gacy, nnd tho no less significant case of tho
young men, Bons or connections of dis
tinguished families, who nro charged with
making n living by means of systematic
cheating In tho gambling practised In tho
faahtonnblo clubs, of which they wero mem
bers. In all this, doubtless, thero is suf
ficient causo for humiliation, but tho duy
scorns to havo been kept, ns usual, as a
general holiday, with much moro merry
making than of prayer or mcdltutlon.
Tho statistics of population In France
for 1809 havo but Just been tabulated; that
they oxclto but Blight ottentlon nbroad
may bo duo to tho fact that thoy rovcal tho
samo tendency to national ahrinkago in
pcoplo which has been characteristic of
French census rpports for ton years. Tho
figures for 1S90 report births ns 847,627
which is 10,000 less than tho nverngo for
tho past decade. The exress of births over
deaths was but 31,304. M. Bertlllon, In nn
essay on theso figures, says grimly that
Franco Is in tho position of a man dying
under tho Influence of chloroform. Oer
many now Ins 55,000,000 Inhabitants and
Franco but 38,000,000.
.MurtliiK 11 ItoilKli H 011 nc
Chicago Cluonlcle.
Tho action of (lencral Wood In abolishing
tho Havana liar association because It de
fended Judges whom ho hud dismissed from
ofllco Is typical of the blundering, bulldozing
policy which lias mado tho United States
more detoited by tto Cutann than ever Spain
was. It is surprising thut (ienornl Wood,
who has usually been conslderato of Cuban
susceptibilities, should havo mado such n
blunder. Tho nlr of Cuba Focmu fatal to In
telllgenco and sound sense.
POLITIC. I. 111! I FT.
Kugeno Debs has reached the solemn con-
c'uslon thnt ho was counted out.
Buffalo. N Y.. Is so well satisfied with
voting ninehlnes thnt It will uso them In atl
polls In the future.
HeptesontntlVH Onloa Is rolling to the
front ns one of tho strong men of the
Illinois legislature.
Indiana's klndlv feellnc toward voting
machines encountered a frost when tho
price was found to bo $S00 each.
For tho third time in a yenr Governor
Plngrre of Michigan has a legislature on
his hands. And yet ho Is not nn nrdent
ndmlrer of strenuous life.
Thero are eighteen organized movements
In New York nrrayed against Tnmmnny.
As each body thinks It is tho rightful heir
to the lonves and fishes, Tnmmnny has no
causo for alarm.
Senator Piatt of Now York has nban-
doncd his state police scheme, out of re
spect to aroused public sentiment. Munici
pal homo rule Is still a firmly-rooted Amer
ican Institution.
David Bennett Hill is circulating around
Washington conferring with somo fnigmcnts
of his party. Mr. Hill frowns upon tho
proposition to reorganize Immediately.
Hnsty Jumping on tho corpse ho fears would
hurt tho feelings of tho mourners.
Tho esteemed Hlchard Croker realizes nt
his winter residence lu Kngland tho hard-
rlilp of not having u pull with tho govern
ment. Ho Is obliged to pay nn Income tnx
on $2.",000 a year. This will necessitate
nnother Tenderloin "como-down," which
will mnko tho red lights blink.
Tho republicans of Wnshlngton elected
twenty-six of tho thirty-four members of
their stnto senate nnd sixty of tho eighty
members of tho houBe of representatives.
Thus they will hnvo a two-thirds voto In
each house, and will bo ablo to pass any bill
over tho veto of tho opposition governor.
Senator Vest, who has long been n
lender on tho democratic sldo of tho
chamber, returns to Washington greatly
improved In health. Ho wub barely able
to got about nt the last session nnd ac
cordingly an nctlvo contest wns quietly do-'
voloplng In Missouri over tho Inheritance
of his political rstnte.
Without qualification or reservation, tho
Philadelphia Press admits that tho Quaker
city rivals New York In "depravity ami
foulness" of government. It urges a union
of all decent people at tho nprlng campaign
to "put their condemnation upon oillclal
blackmail, pollco terrorism nnd tho foulest
municipal administration Philadelphia has
ever been afflicted with,"
TIII2 VANDHIUIILT KSTATI3.
Schedule of (lie Properly Filed In n
Ver York Courl.
Sprlngflold (Mass.) Ilcpubllcan.
Tho schedules of tho personal cstato of
the lato Cornelius Vandcrbllt woro filed
with tho surrogato at Now York yesterday.
It appcurs from theso that ho left personal
property of nn appraised vnluo nt tho tlmo
of his denth, in September of Inst yenr, of
152,999,868. Tho present vnluo Is about
$53,690,000. This vast property is mado
up of all sorts of stocks and bonds rail
road, to n largo extent, naturally, but with
a lnrgo mixture of bnnk, coal company,
Btrcct traction, hotel, club nnd other Bhnros,
It Is noted thnt whllo ho was for years
tho controlling power la tho New York Cen
tral Railroad company ho held at tho tlmo
of his death only 20,000 shares of Central
stock, out of n present totnl of 1,150,000
shares. His holdings of Now York nnd
Harlem stock wero 40,463 shares, of a pres
ent market valuo of $S,49S,2S0. Based
upon current markot values his othor im
portant holdings wero: New York Central
Lako Shoro collateral trust bonds, '$4,825,-
000; similar Michigan Central bonds,
$4,825,000; Beech Creek rnllway stock, $2,-
000,000; West Shoro railway 4s, $1,150,000;
Beech Creek railway 4s, $1,090,000; Chicago
& Northwestern railway stock, 16,236
shares, $3,363,750; Wagner Palaco Car com
pany shares, 20,000, $3,400,000; 7,207 shares
of the New York, Now Haven & Hart
ford company, $1,513,470; 33,500 shares ot
tho Clovolnnd, Cincinnati, Chicago & St.
Lculs company, $2,227,750; 83,060 BbareB of
tho Chosapcako & Ohio railroad, $1,235,613,
and 1,372 shares of tho Union Trust com
pany, $1,920,000, Theso nro all tho spe
cific holdings, aggregating over $20,000,000 in
value, itnlilo from a cash 'tern of $1,213,571.
Other Items amounting to over $100,000
nnd less thnn $1,000,000 nro qulto too nu
merous to mention. It Is calculated that
tho Incomo from his personal property av
eraged less than 4 per cent, or less than
$2,000,000 annually. Ho carried only $25,000
Insurance on his llfo and tor a man in his
circumstances oven this was a surprising
amount.
Mr. Vnnderbllt's real cstato Is roughly
estimated ns worth $20,000,000, bringing tho
total estate up to nbout $73,000,000. Henry
Clews wroto In 1i!b book, "Twenty-eight
Years in Wall Street," that CornelluB Vnn
derbllt's share tn tho cstato of his father,
William H. Vanderbllt, amounted to nbout
$62,000,000, tho shnro of William K. Vander
bllt being tho samo. That wns In 1S85,
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CHILDREN.
The best dressed children in this city sire
walking advertisements of our Juvenile Depart
ment. If .you hnvo boys to clothe, you ought
to know the advantages it oilers in beautiful
garments, in a wide range of fancy styles and
trimmings nt moderate prices.
VESTEK and SAT LOU SUITS 2-piece
and -piece Suits and short and long trousers.
DAINTY LITTLE SUITS as low as ??.50.
THHEE-IMECE SUITS as low as .?(i.00.
You may pv us much as $lfi.00 if you
want, the neatest ni.A prettiest things a child
can wear.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Omaha's Only Exclusive Clothier tor Men and Uoyih
tho year of William It 's death. Hardly
inn years later Clown,- the lending gossip
of tho "street,", said that Cornelius, wns un
derstood to bo worlh JiO.000,000. That was
evidently an exaggeration, though tho
scheduled list of his personalty now shows
; ttint his investments had been of quite a
Miscellaneous character nnd not always
giu-ciigeii. it is pruuanie mm ino great
residue of the older Vnnderbllt's estate,
which was divided between Cornelius nnd
William K was overestimated In valuo
at tho time nnd that Cornelius Increased
materially tho value of his lnhcritanco dur
ing his lifetime. But his father moro than
doubled tho vnluo of tho Inhcrltnnce which
enmo to him from old Commodore Vander-
Lilt. It Is a noteworthy fact that tho es-
tnto under consideration contains no gov
ernment or other public securities. Wil
liam H. Vanderbllt held at tho tlmo of
his denth somo $35,000,000 In United States
bonds.
CHAFF THAT CIIIHlll).
Washington Htnr! "I slippo? there is a
great dull of suspense In n political ca
reer." "Yes." answered Senator Snrghmn. "But
tho suspense Isn't nH bad as tho expense."
Detroit Jounml: Hero the king gavo
command for tho Instant decapitation of
thirty conspirators.
"And et,' observed his majesty, sadly,
"there arc those who Insist that kingcraft
Involves llttlo or no hctutwoikl"
liidlnnnpolls Press; "Hut, man, you must
admit that war is 11 necessity lu tho ele
vation of the race."
"Oil, If It comes to tho nutation of tho
elevation of humanity the hangman Is as
good us any of them lu thnt line."
Cleveland Plalndealer: "Oh, well, you
prude, 1 don't enro for your kisses."
"Hour grapes."
"You needn't tend mo any over tho tele
phone, cither."
"Sour currents."
Detroit Freo Press: "t shall order a
model luncheon," mild Ten.pot, as ho
scanned tho bill of fnro.
"What is your Idea of a modest lunch
eon?" nuked Hunting.
"Well, for example, I shall havo dressed
tomutocB."
Brooklyn Life: Punter I tell you. doc
tor, old Cnshurn Is business clear through."
Rev. 1 lowland Yale On the contrary I
know him to bo a most charitable man.
Punter May be, but ho would pxamlnn
the balanco tiheet If all the directors wero
bishops and 1'rovldonco in tho chnlr.
Indianapolis Journal: "Wo had a pro
fessional parlor oraclo nt our party."
"Did sho entertain the guests?"
"Thoy entertained her. film snys nlno
out of ten nsked her what wo ivero going
to glvo them to cat."
Philadelphia Press: "My daughter." re
marked Mrs. Nexdore. "has developed n
perfect passion for music."
"Ycb?" returned Mrs. Peppery'. "I H
warrant It Isn't as strong ns tho passion
your daughter's music arouses In my hus
band." Tim NEWsnov.
Madollno B. "Bridges.
God's graco bo with you, fearless elf!
Tho city's streets nro Etranga and wild,
Arid yet, qulto by your dauntless snlf,
You trend tho maze, llttlo child I
Tho sea's blue dream Is In your ovej,
Your brown cheek shows health's ruddy
roso
And where tho deepest crimson lies
A baby dtmplo comes and goes.
I watch you ns you dlvo nnd dart
Over tho roadway's crowded tipace.
Hanging on car nnd dodging enrt
A gnmln. with a cherub's face,
A gnmln, with a choruh's soul!
"Twos Buo.h a llttlo tlmo ngo
You idlpped tho iingol's sweet control,
Karth's fitful, wearying life to know.
What is thcro In tho years for you?
Tho placo of master or of slavoT
Good to attain, or III to run?
Ferchnnce. a tiny waysldo crave.
Oh. small strong boul, yet life scorns ray
Where your feet pass nnd greed and pelf.
PuuKO, ns I pause, to smite und say,
"God's graco bo with you, fearless clfl"
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