Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 29, 1890, Page 4

e — THE DAILY BFE E M‘WATER bnl'rou B 'l i PUBLISHED | EVERY MORNING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTTON, und Sunday, One Year.. OFFI Omaha, The Bee Bullding. Kouth Omaha, ller ‘\ and Mth Streets Councell Bluffs, Chicaro Office, (\l-\v York,Rooma 13,14 and Vashington, 613 Fourteent of Commerce. Tribune Building Street. CORRESPONDENCE All communieations relating to news and editorinl matter should be addressed to the Editorial Depnrtment. HUSINESS LETTERS. A1l business letters and remittances should Ve addressed to The Bee Publishing Company, Omahn. Drafts, cheeks and postofice orders 10 be made payable to the order of the cow pany. T!le Bee I’uhllshlng Company. Proprle(ors. Bee T FWORN STAT Etateot Nnhru T Dometns. | 99 e T Fonchucie: secretary of The Nee . does solemnly swear hat the sctuad circulation of T'ne DAILY Bes for the weex endiug 5 as fol- ® Nov. 22, 1800, was 2,085 bunday, Mo Thursday Friduv. Nov. 21, Katurday, Nov. Average........ ) 20 GronaGE B, Tisomuek. £worn to before me and subscribed fn my presonce tnis 22d dav of November, A, D, 1600 1€EAL | . P.FETL, Notary Publio Etuteof Nobraska, | County of Douglas, { %% George B, Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- 008 nnd s1ys that ne is sccretary of The Bee that the nctual averaee Tie DAILY BER for mber, 1880, was 10,3 HO coples: for Januuty, e tonth of 1 18555 coples;’ for Februr coples; for March, =3, 2045 m&‘qw or April, 150, 20,8 coplows for May, 1 caples; for June, 180, piesi g July, I 20,0 coples; obles for A ug s, 1800, 2 r, 1800, 20570 coples: for October, h-n. Gromar B. TZSCHUCK. re me. and subscribed fn my s 1staay of November, A. D 800, EIL, P, Notary Public. ¢ Fvorn to yresence, thi ston of the legislature Wil be of vital concern to the people of this ptate. It Is of the utmost importance that members of the legislature shall understand the wants of thelr constituents and be pre- Jared to grapple Intelllgently und ad visedly with the Issues that must come before them. ik Ber therefore invites suggestions from hose who are familiar with any particular bubjeet that Is likely to engage the attention pf the legislature, Partles favoring us, how- ever, are requested to make their communi- gatlons as brief as possible and to the point. 4 1 10 be understood that Tie Bex will not he responsible for the published views of con- fributors, and 1t reserves the privilege of dis- cussing them in Its own way and from the fFlandpoint which it deems test for the inter- ©sts of the people, L Tug Indian situation and the Union Pacific situntion equally divide public snterest. MR. GOULD'S alliance Is bound to be- come an active political factor in the country’s affairs, Now that Dave Butler comes out kquarely for an honest count, the polit- dcal future of Nebraska is secure, | AMONG the varied products of Okla- foma, broken banks and flying cashiers now tuke a prominent if not a profitable place, OMAHTA business men and working men owe it to themselves and the city to Yepudiate the couacilmen who conspire to deprive them of public work and give it to foreign houses. fl THE gigantic syndicate of western cor- yorations, which promisesto soon become a thing of life, suggests the necessity of the people getting together to devise measures of self-defense. E—— ‘Way should Mr. Wylie go out of his way to mollify a business man whom Davis deprived of work? Does the fat electric light contract depend on the re-election of boodlers to the council? —_— Two hundred dollars was offered as a Yribe to Plumber Rowe to withdraw his bid on_city hall work so that the favor- {:’cfl of the combine could get the job ithout rousing public indignation. \Where does the money come from? Are ‘Wheeler and Davis managing the city hall job for their health and blowing in Yheir salaries to secure work for friendly firms? — Tre decision of the Denver conven- tion to transform the Knights of Labor {nto a political party will expedite the (lismemberment of thisonce powerful organization. The glass workers’ as- sembly of Pittsburg, one of the strong- est and richest in the order, proposes to sever its connection with the Knights and afilinte with labor organizations which rigidly exclude politics and poli- ticians, THE notorious mail sack agitator re- terates his high and holy regard for the locumb law. Rather than see an atom of its provisions infringed upon he would gacrifico all his relations, The thirty- five sections of chapter fifty contain his creed, his aspirations and his hope of alvation, Such zeal and devotion for he law cannot be measured by words. Yet there are moments when the spirit [ evil overwhelms the Messiah of the 'wenty-eighters, and his services can be had regardlese of crced, in exchange for fat order for Dodlin granite, ¢ e—— I1 18 an interesting fact that the sala- ries of United States district judges have never been changed since the orig- Junal organization of the federal courts, pearly one hundred- years ago. The #cope of the jurisdiction of the district gourts has been extended, and in many istricts tho labor imposed upon them is enfold greater than when the courts were originally organized, but the com- pensation of the judges has remained he same. It has frequently been pro- sed to increase the salaries of these udges, and a bill fixing a uniform com- pensation of five thousand dollars per annum has passed the senate three dif- ferent times, but has always failed in the house, chiefly for the reason that the measure has never been fairly brought before that body for a vote, A bill to increase the salaries of the dis- trict judges i before the judiciary com- mittee of the house, having passed the sonate, and it is quite probable that it will become a law. . It is a just measure and unquestionably its enactment would meet with general public approval, THE REAPPORTIONMENT QUESTION. It has been given out with sufizient distinctness to lenve no doubt of the in- tent, that the democrats will vigorously and persistently oppose any reapportion: ment bill proposed in the present con- gress, No matter how fair and just o measure for this purpose may he, tho democrats will antagonize it, It is well understood that not only with respect to this but most other measures that will come Up It is the purpose of the demo- crats to frustrate the republicans in all efforts except those directed to the pas- sage of appropriation bills and measures which cannot be alleged to have a parti- san charvacter, and at the same time they will be guided by a purpose to make an extra session necessary, provided this purpose can be marked and successfully carried out by fixing the responsibility for such an emergency on the repub- licans. Emboldened by the result of the late clections, notwithstanding the fact that generaliy they show no actual in- crease in the democratic vote, but sim- ply that several hundred thousand republicans did not vote, the democrats in congress are detormined {o prevent, as far as they can,all legislation that can be held to have a partisan taint. So far as the house is concerned this opposition may be overcome. If the re- publicans will maintain the presence of a quorum, and this they ought to be able o do for the brief time of the session, the democratic opposition and obstrue- tion may retard, but cannot defeat the passage of measures desired by the ma- jority. But the case will be different in the senate, where the unchecked free- domof debate nffords the minority an opportunity to talk to death a measure they do not want. A plan for the limit- ing ef debate in the senate will very likely' be proposed, but the chance is small of effecting a change in the rules for this purpose. The republicans are not unanimously infavor of it, and of course the democrats will employ to the fullest extent all the privileges they have under the existing rules for delay- ing action. And if they should becomo tired of using parlinmentary tactics for delay they could talk. The fact is that unless the majority is prepared o act arbitravily achange in the rules restrict- ing debate cannot. be made so long as there is u considerable minority opposed to it. It is important that the new appor- tioumentbe made by the present con- gress. It is a duty that properly be- longs to it and there isno valid reason why it should not perform itand thus avoid any necessity for calling an extra session of the Fifty-second congress, which the democrats appear to desire. There is no doubt that a bill will be passed by the house, and it is under- stood that it will increase the number of representatives and not the ratio of rep- resentation, but the difficutty will be to get it through the senate. Witha ses- sion of only about ten weeks the pros- pect of getting througha new appor- tionment measure is not bright notwith- standing the confilence expressed by Speaker Reed, Farmers’ The Alliance in the west will fall far short of its opportunity for usefulness if it limits its activities to the field of politics. Inother sectionsof the country, notably in the south, it is stvik- ing out into other fields whero results may be more immediate and profitable, There have been and still are a great many trade organizations in the Umted States which have conferred large bene- fits upon their membership. They have done it by studying the best methods of economizing time, money and labor in the prosccution of their business, by suit- ing their products to the market, and by generally bringing their combined intel- ligences to bear upon the problems in- volved in their field of work. They have realized to the highest degroe the ad- vantages of co-operation and, though it- has not been necessary for them to go ac- tiyely into politics, they have found their organization a practicable means of securing such legislation as they needed. In the south the leading newspapers are submnitting to the alliance every question that arises inregard to new methods of cultivation and the demands of the market, This is asideof the al- linnce which interests every class of business men. Nothing that contributes to malke southern agriculture prosperous can fail to benefit the commercial, rail- road and real estate interests of that section. Apparently this wide and hopeful field for usefulness is pretty much neglected in western states, wherethe alliance has tens of thousands of members, RAILWAY EMPLOYES. The fifth annual report of the United States commissioner of labor devotes a volume to the subject of railroad labor, From this it appears thatnot all the rail- road corporations are goulless. It is not generally the case that the corporations maintain or assist beneficial associations formed among their employes, but many of them do interest themselves in this way in the welfare of those whom they employ. Some of them have established or give assistance to reading rooms at prominent points on their lines, and a considerable aumber of roads in some form or another provide hospital accom: modations for their employes when ill or injured. This is done in somo cases by contributing to the maintenance of one or more free beds in hospitals at prom- inent points, and in others by creating a hospital fund which is aided from the treasury of the road and to which the employes contribute small monthly as- sessments. Some roads provide a regu- lar system of medical attendance for em- ployes. There are a few companie: hav- ing the generosity to make provision for those who have become superannuated in their service, and yery generally the companies retain in their pay employes who have been permanently disabled in their service. A large number of roads provide some system of technical educa- tion for men in their shovs and somo maintain schools for the children of em- ployes. All this is gratifying ovidence that the railroad corporations are notuniversally without generosity and a reasonable re- gard for the wetfare of the people in their service, and it is proper that they have full eredit for it. But what is quite as important as any of the pro- THL OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29 1890 visions noted, and perhaps a great deal more so, for the welfare of employes is to provide the most approved appliances for their protection against injurys Many of the roads do this, but there is a very large number that do not, and such companies should reform their poliey in this respect before adopting any other plans for the benefit of employes, This suggestion can be given a loeal applica- tion, and it will be one of the duties of the next Nebraska legislature toprovide that railway companies operating lines within this state shall be required to make the amplest possible provision for protecting their employes against injury in their service., — NOT ALL GOLD THAT GLITTERS, In & letter, which appears elsewhere, Mr. Francis I. McKenna endeavors to contradict the comment made by THE BEE some days ago concerning the col= lapsed boom of the country on the other side of the Rockies. T BEE has no disposition to misrep- resent any section of the country and it cheerfully gives place to the counter- statement. But Mr, McKenna over- shoots the mark in his highly-colored eulogy of the Eldorado on the coast. He starts out with the assertion that four thousand men could getemploy- ment at two dollars a day at Portland, Ore., withina week after landing there. In view of the fact that large numbers of workingmen who have migrated to the Oregonian land of promise have very recently been compelled to turn their backs on the golden shove for want of work, Mr. McKenna's assertions must be taken with a grain of allowance. At any rate, Tone BrE would not advise four thousand, or even four hundred, men toleave Nebraska for Portland un- less they had abundant means to spend a few months of leisure, like Micawber, waiting for something to turn up. —_— THE HIGH SCHOOL DECISION. The decision of the state supreme court regarding the high school grounds demolishes the pretensionsof both sides to the controversy, The question raised by the council was not inspired by an honest desire to aid the cause of educa- tion. It was sprung to coerce the school board and dictate what manner of a building should be erected on the grounds to relieve the overcrowded con- dition of thep school, Those who egged on the council soughtto force the erec- tion of a permanent anwex to the building, regardless of the financial condition of the school treas- ury, and in direct opposition to the re— peatedly expressed will of the taxpaye ‘When the board sought to erect a tem- porary structure for the accommodation of the children, the patrons of the pri- mary grades denounced it as ascheme todespoil the grounds. They did not want, the primary grades Yemoved from the main building, butsought to main- tain the erowded condition of the school as a means of securing from the taxpay- ers, sooner or later, authority to erect a mammoth annex, The ruling of the supreme court set- tles two important points, namely: That capitol square cannot be used for other than high school purposes, and that jurisdiction over the premises is vested in the boardof education. The primary grades must therefore seek other a ters and the supporters of that exclusive set must swallow a bitter pill in return for their opposition to the plans of the school board, POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS. Postmaster General Wanamaker ap- pears to be sincerely ambitious to make his term in office memorable by giving the people new and permaneat benefits. Among the various. progressive reforms he has suggested, perhaps none is more capable of doing great good than the es- tablishmentof postal savings banks. Mr. Wanamaker’s plan is to have savings banks instituted in connection with postoffices wherever they ave called for by popular petitions. He states that he will take care not to bring them into competition with savings banks that al- ready exist, or with building loan asso- cintions. He believesa sum that would aggregate a vast total is secreted inall sorts of out-of-the-way places by a class of people who are afraid of banking in- stitutions, and that his proposition would be the meansof bringing it into circulation, with advantage to the busi- ness public, The great benefit which may be ex- pected from the successful establishment of postal savings banks, however, will beits effects on the habits of the peo- vle. Ifthese institutions can be made popular we shall see the beginning of a new era of thrift among the classes which stand most in need of it. When asavings bank can be found at every little postofiice, people who have not formerly been in the habitof systemati- cally acenmulating money will begin to doso. There will be a revival of the good old-fashioned custom of savingin- stead of spending the surplus income, and the fact that tho surplus is small will not deter people from laying it by where it will grow. It is the preva- lence and popularity of savings banks which has made the wage-workers of New England the thriftiest class of working people in the world, It is the lack of such facilities, almostas much as the lack of proper teachings, which has led the people in other sections of the countryaway from habits of frugality and thrift. It is not necessary to enlarge on the inestimable advantage of general thrift among the people to demonstrate the great possibilitiesof good which may follow the establishment of postal sav- ings banks and the consequent revival of the soundest household maxims among the young men and women of the country, If, inaddition to the introduction of business methods in the service and the inauguration of a system of postal teleg- raphy, John Wanamaker gives the peo- ple popular savings banks, he will have done his part to make President Har- rison’s administeation “great in the ar- duous greatness of things done,” THE jugglery and jobbery in award- ing the contract for the plumbing and steam heating of the city hall is one of the most scandalous acts of the combine. Not only was the lowest responsible bldder deprived of the work, but accord- ing to Mr. John Rowe Contractor Coots [ class blizzard. was bulldozed by Davis and had the work givento the notorious jobber of the city jail. Al ngs being equal Omaha firms wero enfltled to the work, tothe | cost of which. ; contribute a share in taxcs, But the Omaha plumbers, with one exception] have not ncquired the faculty of soothing an itching palm, con- sequently the work was divided, and the better hmlf of it awarded to a Chicago firm. The treachery digplayed in this instamee is an lnuull to every business and forkingman in the city, h | is an infamous betrayal of home in- dustry, anoutrage on honest competition and a delibevate robbery of Omaha workingmen for the benefit of Chicago. DENVER offers a roward of one thou- sand dollars for the capture ofa public official who was “‘faithful, painstaking and honest.” This grade of officials is so searce in Denver that thecity can well afford to pay a liboral reward for the recovery of the missing chairman of the board of public wor that the fact plumber to whom Davis awarded that seven hundred-dollar jail job and the plumber for the city hall by the grace of It is a significant Davis and Wheeler are identical. Doubtless the city hall job and the jail job will bear a similar striking re- semblance, St. Lows Globe-Democrat, The need for the alert blue poncil of the late Daniel Manning fn editing Mr. Ciove- Jand's correspondence is apparently as urgent Aas ever. - (S 91 From an Unscientific Standpoint. Chicago News. The question which the unscientific mind wants to ask Dr, Koch is this: Which was first, the bacillus or the consumption? Which is cause and which effect? B A Ration-al Solution. Kansas City Times. The fish commissioners evidently see that the next congress is going to need ‘‘brain food.” They have just turned loose in the Potomae river *amillion young shad.” - St. John Disowns It. Kansas City 2'imes. Ex-Governor St. John objects to the pro- hibition party in Kansas being called the “St. Jobn party.” If its father renounces it there are but two things to be done; send it to an orphan asylum or let it die on the door step. < il s The Penalty of Straddling. Chicago News After all, the really pitible objects after the election are uot_the defeated candidates but the newspapers which bestrode the fence up till the day of battle and are now softly climbing down on thesafe sile without an unseemly loss of dignity. Eehay epar An Effective Remedy. Indianapolis Sentinet. The army officers, post traders and con- tractors have no doubt exaggerated tho re- ported Sioux Indian uprising in order to in- duce congress tomake the usual big appro- priations for themaintenance of useless mili- tary posts in the west. The state militia of Colorado a few years ago demonstrated the fact that the states and territories are able to take care of their Indians when * they become uely, What the pebple of Dakota need just now to make their Tndiaps behaveis a first- And No ey Al o OurNew Railroad and Telegraph King Kansas City Time. Not many years ago the proposition to con- fegupon the government the right and au thority to purchase and coutrol all the rail roads and telegraphs of the country was in- dignantly and vehemently repelled by both the press and thoe people as anact threatening centralization, despotic in tendency, of evil import and dangerous to liberty. In that light the wisdom and inteiligence of the na- tioz was ready in coneclusion and quick iu its action of condemning and rojecting it. At that time there seoms to have been one man in America who, divining the future, grasp- ing an idea born of the times and seizing the nourof inevitable fortune, silently but pow- erfully turned to personal advantage and suc- cess 4 proposivion which was the creature of public thought, the subject of animated pub- lic discussion, and ending in the adverse find- ing of pubiic judgment. Such is the man to whom the eyes of the world are turned today, and from whose lips its ears are eager tocatcha word, whilo in perplexity of mind and uneasiness of soul it wonders what he will say or do next as the product of the times, the marvel of theage and the prodigy of the century. Jay Gould, ourrailroad and telegraph king, has arrayed around him marshals strong in counsel and of most intrepid dariug, headed by Russel Sage, it seems, in all of his finan- cial plans and gigantie money achievements, No man is so much talked about and so much discussed throughout Europe and America. In reason why not, when he is wiclding with- in himself and the power behind his throne a scepter gaining strength enough to sway the nations and control the world, As far back as the peginning of the presont decade we see him -calming public fear and dissipating public doubt, suspicious of his executive ability and financial soundness, ex- hibiting from his private drawer §53,000,000 in American secuvities and offering to pro- duce §20,000,000 more, then controlling 10,000 miles op railroads in America, and increasing it 013,000 in 1880, Itis now said thavthe far sighted Gould and the sagacious Sage seizing another oppor- tunity on the other side of the Atlantic and getting possession of all American securities which English hajds in the financial trouble of London were cotnpelled o surrender, and at the samo time throwing out of gearthe machinery of Wall stweet and disturbing the business affairs angyfinancial relations of the wholo country, gotitpgetherthe means and perfected their plaua Yor seizing all the princi- pal railrosd conuggtions in America, and combining in one'wnder thelr management and control all thé“fmportant systoms. This influence is mow, claimed by some to be stronger than the, government itself, con- trolling at will and pleasure the railroads of the country, Wally street and the banks of New York City, said to be in the aggregate ' stronger than the bank of Englind, which s really wealth of the English empire. These devel- opements, curiously, coaceived aud marvel - ously wrought, are but objects of enjoyable surprise and pleasing amazement, separated from the thought of . evil results, us tney fll the mind of the world with wonder, but, add 10 this that feeling of fear which lies in con- templation, and the heart of man is struck at once with terror and dismay, What disposi- tion now awaits the telegraphic interests of the country! Whence come “these strange | things and what their cause in this great ro- | publict Has a nation gone wroug so long | without knowing whither its eourse tended that private hands tore away the anchor of her hope, the chart of her protection aund the compass of her safety and cast them into the bitter depths of aauger and dispair? Witl the hour ever come when the condition of America must depend upon the will and her destiny haog in the hands of one mant the English lmn‘{y and holds the principal | and O'Brien, who are in this OTHER LANDS THAN OUR Mr. Parnell as fssued his manifesto appeal- | Ing to the peoploof Ircland to sustain him. He will not voluntarily retire from the lead- ership of the Trish party, and the indications are that the presure to drive him into retirement will not e strong enough to acoomplish that purpose. Dillon country, will probably bo heard from at the nationalist meeting tobe held in Dublin Monday, and their decision will have great Infiuence, There is some bad temper being shown which will not tend to render a solution of the difi- culty more easy. Onething is certain, Mr. Gladstone cannot now act in coneert with Mer. Parnell, and if the latter retains his leadership it would seom that the ruin of the Anglo-Irish alliance is inevitable, Circum- stances thue far have shown that Parnell enjoys the complete confidence of the Irish party, and but for the unfortunate affair that has brought about this trouble no man could have challenged his supremacy and absolute authority. The programme of the govern- ment, as outlined in the queen's speech, covers a wide range of matters, with Irish legislation In the foreground, but the prob- ability 1s there will be a speedy dissolution and appeal to the country. Lord Salisbury is said to be of the opinion that the time is most auspicious for this course. » W' The fivst effect of the succession to the throne of Holland will be the separation of the Duchy of Luxemburg from the erown of Holland. This comprises an area of 1,228 square miles and a population of 200,000, It has been practically a German province at- tached to the kingdom by personal union, the sovereign being also tho grand duke. Prin- cess Wilhelmina, while she can ascend the throne at the expiration of the regency, can- not under the Salic law take the Luxemburg title, The Dukeof Nassau has alrcady been proclaimed grand duke, and the nominal con- nection of the province with the Netherlands ceases, This succession, which has been the subject of alarming forecasts for many years, offers no immediate menace to the peace of Furope. The proposed purchase of Luxem- burg by France was a firebrand thrown into the European courts, but the time has passed when serious disturbance can be caused by the fate of the border province. German in- fluences prevail in Luxemburg,and its absorp- tion by the empire is only & question of time, Of greater importance than the sepa- ration of the duchy from the crown of the Netherlands is the strengthening of Ger- many's position in the maritime kingdom. There is only one life—that of achild, the little Princess Willielmina—between the dead king and a German succession to the exhausted royal house. If the princess fol- lows to an untimely grave the aged king’s two sickly boys, Germany’s power and influ- ence over the maritime kingdom will be im- measurably increased. In forecasts of the Europe of the future the succession to the throne of Holland looms up as an ominous uncertainty, The cable recently reported from the Egyptian Soudan that hundreds of the sol- diers of Khalifa Abdullah, the Mahdi's suc- cessor, have deserted him, Allnews from the upper Nile scoms to confirm the bolief that the power of the Khalifa is falling to pieces. A recent letter from Omdurman, the chief town of the Khalifa, says that anarchy reigns. Abdullah is in constant fear, both of treachery at home and of anattack from the Sheik Senoussi, his bitterest enemy, the great religious leader from the Sahara, who threatens to make a summary end of his pre- tensions. Meanwhile famine has been rag- ing in the Soudan. Dog meat is seling in Omdurman at an enormous price. The demoralized Soudanese ave neither tilling the soil nor engagingin commerce. Some of the principal lieutenants of Abdullah, foreseeing the disintegration of his ephemeral empire, are doing all they can to save themseclves fromruin, Theyare cstablishing petty sov- ereiguties and the khalifa is powerless to prevent them. The Emir Abdullah Ouad Saad has seized upon Berber as his own do- minion and is governing it without accepting orders from his former master at Omdurman. Another emir has made himself absolute master of Dongola and has about fifteen hun- dred soldiers under his command, and Abou Hamet, an important chief, bas deserted the khalifa and is occupying himself with the slave trade, . ' With the death of the kingof Holland thero Idpsed the name of and style of princo of Orange, one of the great titles of European history. First made illustrious by the great men whom the logic alike of character and circumstances led from the potty family flef in southern F'rance, from which he drew his name, to the leadership of the Netherlands in their struggle for freedom with Spain, from which he drew his deathless renown, the title has for 300 years been associated with the ad- vance of freedom and the protection of lib- erty. From this line England obtained the king in whose reign were laid the foundations of constitutional hberty, and througn whose genius the advance of absolution and the tri- umpns of Louis XIV. wero first chocked. Before and after the days of William III, of Orange and England, the great line through the scventeenth and cighteenth centuries made Holland the asylum of learn- ing, the home of genius, and the refuge of the oppressed. There the Huguenot found refuge and there tho exiled Jewa home; under the yellow and black of the house of Nassau the English Puritan found protec- tion, and the German Lutheran sought there the toleration which the German empire denied. Whatever Stuart or Bourbon sup- pressed 1n England or France, or the mingled bloodof Aragon and Hapsburg crushed in southern Europe, found light, libertyand speech under the courageous toleration of the ancestors of the old king who has just died. There Milton could find afree press and there Spinoza free thought, there the experiments of philosophiers and the speoula- tions of metaphysicians were possible; and, there and there alone, was a land whose ralers were wisecnough tolove freedom and brave enough to protect it. “ w'n The land purchase bilt which the British government expects to pass offers u sum of from §150,000,000 to $165,000,000, to be created by aspecial land stock and guaranteca by imiperial credit, which is to be expended in thesale and transfer of land from landlord to tenant, the process o bo voluntary in name and scomingly dopendent upon mutual con- tract, The landlord who shall sell is to re- ceive the price of biis land from the state im land stock, bearing interest at 23 per cont, and the tenant who shall buy is to obtain a graut of his holding with a perfect title, and with the prospect of acquiring the fee simple within @ period of less than fifty years. It has been calculated, however, that the sum available for the transfer of land .would hardly buy asixth part of the soil; and it would take a ecentury and a half o make a complete transfer of all the es- tates in Ireland, The tensuts who should acquire holdings under the bill would, of course, become owners on terms unusually easy and light ; but this class would be small in number compared with the fmmense mass who would be left out in the cold. Within a period of from ten to twelve years the trans- fer of land would bave taken place on so large a scale that all the funds available for the purpose would have been absorbed; and the great majority of tenants remaining under the control of the landlords would be likely to start a very serious agitation. The Britlsh East Africa company is very desirous that the government guarantes the bulilding of the railroad which has already been started from the Indian ocean to Vie toria Nyanza. In a speech delivered two weeks ago by Mr. Mackenzie, he says the sum required to complote the road clear to the lake is fosignificant compared with the advantages it' would confer wupon the merchants of Great Britain. He believes the road will be the moans of developing trade with several millions of native popula- tion, and that in a few years it willbe ona good paying basis, Since the recent treaty between Germany and England this company has lost no time in taking charge of Uganda, on the north shore of the lake, which famous and fertile country it now fully controls. Mr. Gedge, tho company's representative, took charge of affairs in Uganda in May last, and two other agents of the country, with a force of Soudanese, it is supposed, have beforo this timo reached Uganda to support his authority, . e The timo has almost passed when the death of asovercign of Europe, even of ancient lincage, will create a profound political dis- turbance, The czar of Russia, Victor Eman- uel, Alphonso of Spain, William and Freder- ick of Germany all have been called to an- other world and yet Europe has soarcely felt theshock. There is no sovereign today, save ‘William II. of Germany, whose sudden tak- ing off would produce @ convulgion, 1t fs therefore a matter of comparatively little moment, save to those immodiately inter- ested, that the king of Holland has joined the silent majority. Itis of interest, however, that, like Spain and China, ‘[ollnnd is left with a child in the succession to the throne, The operation of modern civilization and of modern ideas of gove dnced the state of feeling this circumstance of trifiing moment, time was, in the history even of the countries of Europe, the most advanced in civilization, thata minor awaiting his majority to ascend tho throne, required the most jealous guard- ing to preserve him from assassination, The towerof London echoes with these tales, and its chambers and corridors swarm witn the @hosts of murdered princes. But the little kingof Spain rides hishobby-horse unharmed, and the Princess Wilholmina of the Netner- lands, unattended, gathers flowers for her father’s bier. e L Gould and the Railroads. Chicago News. Ahistory of the railtosd enterprises of this decade would be a biography of Jay Gould. it dulding Might Interfere With Jay, Chieago T'ribune. 1f the world should come to an end now it would put Jay Gould toserious inconvenience by deranging his plans. He expects to make several changesin the planet as soon as he cau establish his title to the wholo of it. A Dudes Don't Go in Kansas, Kunsas City Tims. “The cut of his clothes would have beaten him,” was the remark made by Jore Simpson when he had been introduced to the man who came mear getling the nomination against him. And yet some people continue to de- clare that Jere is not smaxt. [oE e, Will be Needed. Chicago Inter-Ocean. The ghost dancing Sioux have felt willing to fight the United States army, but hunger is an antagonist they cared not to encounter, It looks very much as if the question of ra- tions would prove decisive in peaceful settle- ment of the threatened troubles in the north, e A Some Pretty Outspoken Figures. Chicago Inter-Ocean. The friends of Cleveland flout the idea that “Governor Hill is more popular in New York than Cleveland.” They do not, howevor, pre- tend to explain why Governor Hill was elected by 14,000 majority, ana Cleveland de- feated at the same time in New York by 17,000. — The Two Styles. Chicago Herald. Evening Journal: The honest “Injun” who has made a tour of Europe now parts Lis hair in the middie, wears dude collars and smokes cigarettes, "There is not much to fear from him, The Injun to steer clear of isthe one who insists on parting other people’s hairin the middle. e A Problem of the Future. 8t. Louis Globe-Demneral, Tlio congressional session which begins a few days henco will expire by legal limita- tion in about three months. Whether a longer session would ielp the republicans is a question which can be answered with more definiteness arouts2 the latter part of Febru- ary when we learn what use the party makes of tho timo it has. il Ly ADelicate Parliamentary Position. Kansas Gity Journal. The question of closing the world’s fair on Sundey was discussed at the meoting of the lady managers in Chicago the other day, but whén twelve ladies arose tospeak first to the resolution and none would yield the floor, the presiding officer, with great presence of mind, declared that the resolution would not be in oxaer for several weeks. e e Pres ed to the President, ‘Wasminaroy, Nov, 25.—The formal presen- tation to the president of the officers of the Brazlian squadron took place at the white house this afternoon. The visitors numbered twenty-five persons, among them the cabinet officers, Speaker Reed, General Schofield, Colonel Vincent, Admiral Walker and tho Brazlian minister and suite. Admiral Da Silvira made a specch and presented the resilent with a tetter and medal from tho razilian government. The president re. sponded, thanking him. Al L L List of the Drowned. New OuLeans, Nov, 23, ~Those known to have been drowned when escaping from tho steamer T. P, Leathers which burned yester- day, are Ike McNorris, steward: a cook named Walker; a Texas tender named Ham- ilton Jomes; a roustabout named ‘Wright, all colored, and an unknown white passenger. i o dihil e Opposed By the Star. Loxpox, Noy. 28.—(Special Cablegram to Tur Ber,|—The Star (home rule) opposes the Irish land bill introduced in the house of commons last night. The measute, the Star says, is based upon fraud and is sure to end in'disaster, T A Newspaper's Bookkeeper Absconds, Sr. Louts, Nov. 28.—Henry H. Spieker, late bookkeeper for the Tribune, a German paper of this city, has left for parts unknown, His books show a deficiency the exact amount of which is not yet ascertained. Al bl Killea by.the Traln. HACKENSACK, N. 1., Nov. 25.—John Geb- bard, his wife and thoir two children were instantly killed by a train on the Northern railroad at Closter las night. ——— Absconder Ranand's Haul, Panis, Nov. 28, —Absconder Ranund, man- aging director of the Banque d'Etat, carried away with him a million frunes. | e —— Sir Morrell L.aokenzie, the eminent Throat Spe-talist, says: “The Soden Mineral Pastilles, (Troches) which are produced from the Soden Mineral Springs by evaporation, wre particalarly sorviceable i Catarrhal In- mmations, Sore Throat, Coughs, Bronchitly Troubles.” The Soden Mineral 1'as- wre for salo by all druggists for 8 cents. Obtain the genuine only, which must bave the siguature und testimonial of Sir Morroll Muo: kenzlo with each box. A telai box will by malled for 25 cents to any addross. Soden Min: eral Springs Co,, P. 0. Box W19 New York, THE AFTERNOON TEA. Ago for age, girlsare tallest in Sweden, arnd hoaviest as well. An {-favored woman Is usually well favored by the women of her acquaintance He-—Darling. 1 just want one kiss, BSho—(indignantly) —If that's all you want you shan't have it. Boclety is dull iu Leavenworth because of a lack of young men, and dull in Topeka becauso of a scarcity of young ladies, Ethel—At lovers' perjiries, they say, Jove ' laughs, Maude—I wonder how he finds timo toattend tohis other business, Miss Frostigue—I nover try to break men's hearts, Miss Caustique—No, You are old enough to know better, I presume. “That is o wise proverb,” said Mr. Hicks “What is it1" queried Mrs, H. “The girl who goes to too many hops is aptto tind an carly bier.” Whalk!”® oxclaimed Ponsonby, “she can't say & word. Why, 1 talked to her half an hour last might and she mever opened hor mouth-except to yawn ! And what is your business, m; I am a waiting gir), sir, she sal Take mo and no longer wait, miss, he said, Thanking you kindly, no sir, she sald. Sanso—Mrs, Cumso always uses the right word in the right place. Rodd—She could hardly help doing so, sceing that she uses every word in the language in every place I'm glad gentle Eve ate the apple Hud she vor, O, what awful despair Would all womankind have to grapp! Like McFlimsey, with nothing to wes She—How beautiful the autumn leaves ave, George. He (secing a chance for a compli ment)—You are like the autumn led Clara, She—You never pressed auy autumn leaves, did you, George! “But I can't marry you, Charlie, she said, sadly. “Don't say that, darling! Oh don't say that! Why can’t you?" - “Because, Charlie, I'm neither a minister nor a magistrate, ana have no authority." Then the soul of Charlie was quicted, and & great light shown around about him, s e THE CONSUMPITVE LYMPH, Composition Still Remains a Se- cret with Prof. Ko Benuy, Nov. 28 —[Special Ci uhh\gm!l\ to Tik Bre. [-Dr. Berguann, in a lecture last night, declared that thesecret of the compo. sition of Prof. Koch’s curative lymph was the exclusive property of Prof. Koch, Dr Bergmann illustrated the degrees of fover after each injection, and explained the uan- tity of lymp required in the various cuscs The number of physicians comingto Berlin tostudy the Koch method hus not lessened There were 132 arrivals yesterday. The government of Prussia wiil shortly in troducea bill in the diet providing for the establishment of an instituto of bacteriology atwhich Prof. Koch may pursue his studios protty maid! Its Connected with the institute will be five in firmaries containing 150 beds. Afger allotting to Prof. Koch an adequate grant™or his dis covery the government will undertake tho work of producing the lymph. 70 CANCEL THE LEASES. Important Suit Begun in the Federal Court at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov, 28.—The Call states that a complaint has been filed in the United States circuit court by the government of the United States against the Southern Pa citic and Central Pacific raiiroad companic: and the Western Union telograph company. The object of the complaint is to secure the cancellation of tho_ lease of the Central Pucific to the Southern Pacific and also to secure the cancellation of tho lease of the Central Pacifictelegraph company to the Western Union telegraph company. In addition to the cancellation of the lease tho complamt demands that the lines re- ferred to be operated aud maintained sepa- rate and independent, in accordance with tho original agrecment, between the corporations and the government, SET e oy Thanksgiving Day in Berlin. Beruiy, Nov. 25.—[Spocial Cablogram to Tne Bre.|—Thanksgiving day was cele- brated here yesterday by 400 Americans who attended the banquet given at Kaiser- hof. Mr. Chapman Coleman, sceretary of the American legation and charge d'affairs during tho visit of M- istor Phelps to the United States gave a toast to Emperor William, who, he sald, had adhered to the avowal made at the time of his accession to the throne that he re garded himself as tho fivst servant of the state. Mr. Coloman wlso gave & toast to President, Harrison, which was_responded to by Rev. Mr. Sherwood of New Yor el by i Opposed to Balfour's Bill. Loxnoy, Nov. 28.—[Special Cablegram to Tur_Bee. | —Messts. Tanner, W. A. McDon- ald, Blane and Sheehan were the only nation- alists who voted in the negative on the mo tion to advance Balfour's Irish land purchase bill to its first reading in the house of com- mons last night. 2 S e ey Three Thought to be Drowned. OsweGo, N. Y., Nov. 28.—William Blithe and Harry Benet of Walcott, James Fergu- son and Calvin and ¥'. Campbell of Oswego, who went to Sodus bay_yesterday on a duck hunt, are tnought to be drowned. - Their boat was found on the beach this morning with a hole in it. ——— Lord Churchill Hurrying Home. Loxnox, Nov. %, —[Speeial Cablogram to Tne Bree.|—Lord Randolph Churchill is hurrying to London from Ital elieving that the ‘present crisis in_political aftairs will hasten the dissolution of parliament. it 5 ail Ay An Earthquake in the Danube. Pisssune, Nov. 28.—A violent shock of carthquake wis felt today throughout tho Danube vatiey. The inbabitants wero terror- stricken and fled from their houses. Noseri- ous damage is reported. tJacobs0jl Gcures e S, Backac hlxe' eadache ‘Ta’o and all AGHES PROMPTLY = OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, Subsoribed and Guarantoed Capital, Pald tu Capital. . 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