Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 8, 1891, Page 4

T e ————————————— THE BEE. n DATILY . ROSEWATER, Eorr ¥ PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. T M8 OF BUBSCRIPTION. Dally Ite hout Sun; Une Year Tinily and Sundiy, One Year Fix Month e Thiree Moo Eunduy Lie, One Year. Eaturday fee. One Your Weekly Bee, One Year, OF FICES, e B Fnor N Omulia. ( Commerce, wiribune Building Foririventh Stre 1o New Wiashington, 51 CORRESPONDENCE ating to news and 11 comr 0 wldressed te the editorinl 1 Editorin nleations r (ter should be Dipurtment BUSINESS LETTERS, etiers and remittances should be addressed 1o The Bee Publishing Company, Omahin. Drafts. checks and postofiice orders 10 be made niyable to the order of the com- Dany. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors THE BEE BUILDING, ALl husin STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, of Nebraska ) ity of Douglas. = Geo. I, Tzschuck, seeretury of Tie BEe Publighin: company s solennly swear that the netn 'l elrenlation of Tik DATLY Bek forthe week ending December s, 151, wus us follows Funda Mondn EWOR! Ftate o Friday, Baturdiy Average GO, BT fore me and subscribed In my sth day of December. A. D, 1801, 5 N. BOVELL, Notary Publie. weo duly clreulation # 18 shown in vhe fol- Sworn to prosence th s SEAIL I growth o the of Tuk Rer for Jowin: table 7 RET AE TR [ T ! 19,200 15,574 10, i 18,06 | 19,701 0,81 0 0,150 0i T Janunry February March..... April May . June' . 1 1) July Augtist Feptembor 20 o] A1) al7 embor 12247 15,080 18,221 20,008 21471 Mi. MirLs of Texas should have begged Grover Cloveland to koep his preferences strictly confidential, A PERMANENT census bureau may be neeessary, but why could it not be de- veloped out of the burcau of statistics? Is 11 not about time for Contractor Coots to remove that unsighitly and dan- gevous shed from the front of the new city hall? A NORTHIE democrat had no more ghow in the speakership contest than a vrohibitionist would have in a saloon- keepers’ meeting. RURAL free de is pronounced a success by Postmastor General Wana- maker and is one of the postal reforms that should soon be adopted. Tag Ber Bureau of Claims continues to grow in importance and in favor with the people, because it is honestly, efticiently and successfully conducted. THE solid south was split in the mid- dle in tho contest over the speakership, but when it comes to the presidential election no division will be tolerated. Tr 18 in accord with the eternal fitness of things that the speaker of the nation- al house of reprosentatives elocted by the democrats should be an Inglishman. MRg. CLEVELAND probably feels keen- 1y the fact that his expressed preference for Mills for speaker did not give the Texas firebrand a nomination by accla- mation. MR. MiLLS of Texas will not be speak- or but us chairman of the committee on ways and means Mr, Crisp will lond him down with the thankless job of revising the tariff. Tue Foster cup and a doctored ther- mometer in tho hands of a political rustler form a combination which is not likely to give the manufacturcrs and dealers in illuminating oil much trouble. ANOTHER trocution occurred at Sing Sing yesterday. This will prob- ably afford an opportunity for another enterprising newspaper to advertise itsolf by testing the law prohibiting publication of details of executions, RuUDINT would not care so much for Blaine if Crispi were only outof his way. It is notso bad to bo beaten ina game of intornational diplomacy as to be continually in danger of an able and erafty foo in the chamber of doputies, THE chief objection to a free trade treaty with the Hawalian [slands is the fact that tho labor of the islands is largely performed by Chinese coolies and free labor in California should not besubjected to that style of competition, ONE of the Wales boys in England has asked one of the Teck girls to be his wifo and the girl promptly sigmified hev | acceptance of the proposal. W hereupon all England, from the quoen to the bac- maid, s in a tremor of delight, and the papers devote whole pages Lo gossip and gush about the affianced, the afliancee and the approaching wedding Pave is making an energotic fight for the democratic national con- vention and THE Beb hopes she may win the distinetion. A democeatic con- vention in St. Paul would open the eyes of the people of the northwest tothestylo of politicians hurled into public posi- tions by the party which George Wil- liam Curtis said was an organizod appe- tite for oflice and unquenchable thirst for corn juice, CONGRESSMAN CLOVER of Kansas is vice president of the National abinnce Ho is thoroughly in sympathy with the visionary schemes of inflation and vicious schemes of repudiation which ure embod- fed in the Oecala platform. Last sum- mer Mr, Clover wrote to the Hartford Insurance company, that holds a mort- gugoon his farm: “I dou’t oxpect to ever have to pay that mortgage. The legislature will relieve mo of it.” Is it any wonder that hundeeds of honest farmers who intend to pay their honest debts decline to train any longer under the leadership of men of Congressman | Clover’s stripe. 'HE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THENEW SP Charles Feadorick Crisp, the apenkor of the house of roprosentatives, is native of England of American parentage, now fn his yonr. His public carear commenced in the confederate nrmy, in which sorved ns a lioutenant of a Virginia in- By profession a lawyer, in 1872 gen- eral of the southern district of Georgia: CAKER. new fantry v he was nppointed gimont, solicitor was reappointed for a term of four years, and in 18 me judge of the superior court of the ircait, which office he resigned \pt democratic nomination cor He has ed four terms in congress, and was re-e the fifth term in November, Judge Crisp i8 reported to bea min of mo ordinary ability and his sup- port came chiefly from that wing of the democratic party that favors a moderate rather thun a radical revision of the taviff, The only sign attached to Spenker Crisp's election is the fact that he had the support of Grover Cleveland’s most bitter antagonist, Sen- ator Hill, and his seloetion will, the fore, be rvegarded as inimical to the chances of Cleveland’s presidentinl as- snme in 1882, to acc for consecutive rross, 1800, @ than icance pirations THAL JOINT DEETE editor Farmers Al- absence from the stato has prevented a prompt answer to the open letter which vou address in re- sponse to my challenge to jointly debate bodied in the al- linnce platform. The personalities which you have fit to indulge in are not worthy of notice. Your at my work abroad in investigating the nostal telegraph and your assertion thut every essential fact T reported and many more are contained in congressional report on the Engiish by an investiganting committes are scarcely warranted in the face of the fact that T was invited to present them before the most eminent body of electri- cians and practical tel iphers of America at the New York Electric club. [t is equally ungenerous on your part to insinuate that my efforts in favor of the postal telegraph s i nar, when it is well known that I advocated this reform for over twenty-five years. The next thing you will charge that 1 was actunted by mercenary motives when [ voluntarily appeared before the Bur Lianee: Ny To J. 0OWS, to me the lending issues sn [ telegraph made have committoes of congress in support of the interstate commerce law, Now as to the proposed joint di: sion. You say in your letter: 1 shall cheorfully accept your proposition, with some modifications. I propose that the free and unlimited comage of silver be the first question discussed. 1 decline to discuss the subtreasury loans, as you call them, for the reason that as a financial measure I amn opposed to the scheme. I propose that we exchange corrected proofs of our articlos, and that you open the discussion by sending me the proof of your first articto on fres and unlimited coinage, and will return my reply as soon as possible. I will publish such parts of your articlo as I deem of value to my readers simultaneously with my own, and you can dothe samo with mine. I submit in all candor whether a fair and intelligent discussion can be had under such conditions. My proposition was that both sides of nny issue to he discussed shall be published in full in the same editions of Tine Bre and Farmers Alliance. You propose to sup- press what does not suit you and publish your o ¥n urguments in full, and yon concede to me the privilege of mutilat- ing and garbling your arguments s you propose to do with mine. This is simply an evasion of my chal- lenge. My proposition was made in good faith, I am willing to debate free silver or any other of the leading econ- omic problems, but I donot propose to let you turn the debate into a farce. ‘When I debated prohibition with Prof. Dickey and Governor Larrabeo lust year THE BEE published every word vttered on both sides. If you so desire we will begin with the di: sion of the silver question. By rights. as the advocate of free coinuge, the affirmative belongs to you, and while both argumonts will, of course, appear simultaneously, you should send your pres ion of the issue to me and let me meet the points you malke in my response. . ROSEWATER. Sous- 't A PERMANENT CENSUS BUI 1. The superintendent of the census has drawn up a bill providing for the estab- lishment of a permanent census bureau, and iv is announced that it will bo among the first measurcs introduced in the senate. The subject has received some public discussion, and the weight of in- telligent and unprejudiced opinion is favorablo to the proposition. Opposi- tion to it comes only or mainly from those who will see no mevit in the work of the census bureau as atv present constituted, and who for political or other reasons are hostile to Superintend- ent Porter. Possibly this opposition may have suflicient influence with the house of representatives to defeat the | proposition. The question should be considered en- tiroly from the practical point of view. It has nothing to do with -politics or the interests of parties. Would the creation of a permanent census bu- 5 reau, doing continuous and consecu- tive work in collecting statistics of the industeinl progress of the country, bo sufticiently valuuble in suggosting and | promoting intelligent legislation, and in other respects, to justify the additional |, expenditure it would involve? appears to bo the only inquiry it is to make. [t isn fact familiar to every one who has occasion to consult the census, that statistics collected but once in ten years soon lose their value, especially as a guide for legislation, usually becoming practically worthless for any purpose by the time they compiled and pub- lished. It is correctly said of the com- pilations of the last fouv of five decen- nial periods, especiully with regard to munufactures, and s, that their great fault is in being fixed and arbiteary, each perviod by itsell, ignor- ing the conditions that are constuntly ¢n in meth- ods of production and employ- ment of capital. The tabulations are | vonsequently misleading. They fail to | indieate the bearing of one period upon anothe the effect wrought in the l meantime by moditications of the tariff, nocessury ave prices wa changing going or forty-seventh | he | | statist the | ccted for | of the banking and currency systems and other cnusos. A permanent census bureau mean, not only information having the weight of contemporary authority, but r accuracy both o8 to facts and deductions, It would provide trained wns. who would avoid the and s8 deductions that bring distrust upon the statistics compiled under the prevailing system, and these trained employes would be in- valuable as instructors ateach decennial census. There can bo no question as to the desirability of having timely and teustworthy information regarding in- dustrial progress and the conditions af- fecting it, and a continuous bureau is tho only way by which this can cured. Its advantages would undoubt edly be worth the cost of maintaining such a bureau. HILL ON LHE ISSUES OF 18 of Now York, is still entitled to consideration the leader of an eloment in the democratic party that has manifested unexpocted strength in the speakership contest, and which promises to be a decided force in the next national convention of the dem- ocracy, delivered an address o fow dnys ago upon the issues of 1892 Mr. Hill not heretofore figured as an instructor in Iis busi ness as governor of New York and chief of the democratic machinein that, state has not requirad him to mike any ex- cursion into the financial field. But having boen olectod sonator of the United States, and boing still an aspi ant 1o the prosidency, Mr, il has seon of letting the country know that he has views on national quos- tions. He has come to appreciate the fact that in order to a na- tional leader somothing more is b quired than to keep on good terms with ‘Tammany, watch the movements of M. Cleveland, and boss the machine in the Bmpirve state. The democratic pvty is divided regarding one of the most im- portant questions, in its relations to the interests and welfare of the country, which the American people have cver had to pass upon. A lavge mu- of that party favor the and unlimited coinage of A very respectable minority among whom is Mr. Cleveland, are un- compromisingly opposed to that poticy [n this emorgeney Governor Hill comes forward to tell the pirty what it ought to do regarding this issue. And what is My, Hill's solution? bimetallic Ho declaves freo coinage given to both gold “will re-establisn their cient and unvarying equality, tested by the mnt, the market, and the crucible.” Of course gold coin- ago is now free, and what Mr. Hill ad- vises is that silver be put on the same basis. It would not be protitable to an- swer all the arguments presentod b Governor Hill in support of his v because it is hardly probable that they will have much weight anywhere, but one of the questions ha submits muy re- ceive passing attention. He asks: *Did over anything but free bimetallic coinuge, down to 1873, make our gold and silver doilavs equal by every tost?” Does the governor take no account of the relative production of the two metals during the period of which he spoaks? Is he not awaveof the fact that down to 1873 there were coined in the mints of the United States but little than = 8,000,000 siiver dollars? he know that in 1873, when the act of alloged silver demonetiza tion was passed, silver was at a premium and consequently nobody wanted it coined into dollar: he privilege of free coinage that had been accorded to silver for move than eighty years was not taken advantage of, as tho small amount coined, av ng less than $100,000 a year, attests, ana hence had nothing whatever to do with dete: mining the equality of the gold and sil- ver dollar. Most of the other arguments of Governor Hill in support of free bi- metallic coinuge ave no less valnerable than this one. It is not apparent that this contribu- tion to the solution of the silver i will help the democratic party out of its dilemma. It puts Governor Hill, how- ever, in distinct hostility to the position of Mr. Grover Cleveland regarding sil- vor, and its uttecanco at this time has the appearance of adeliberate challengo to Mr. Clevelund. [t is an attempt to straddle, but is really a concession to tho southern und western wings of the party. It is undoubtedly intended for eficet upon the democrats of tho house of rep- pesentatives and very likely will some influence there. But it is by no meuans certain to improve the chances of Mr. Hill for the presidential nomina- would gront errors ns Governor Hill who as has finance. the necessity ligure s Pree that and an- a coina silver PAWS, more Does o have WAY OUT OF IT. Omaha has just voted $775,000 in bonds for parks and public improvemonts and #385,000 for school buildings and sites, The present indebtedness, exclusive of school district bonds, is $1,036,100. The valuation of the eity in round numbers $21,000,000, and tho charter of honded indebtednoss is 12 cent or i 000, While it is truo that the charter limit does not inciude city hall or park bonds, the fact that they ave indebtod- ness vel ‘I'he eastern bond b asks for the totnl amount of indebt of the city when he upon the puvehase of her securit We are therefore met with u very serious difieulty at the threshotd of the municipnl year, for adding $775 000 to our present bonded indebtedness | increases the latter to $2,711,100, which | 1% 886,100 in the 124 per cent limit, leaving school district indebted- ness out of the question Easvern bankers, in the opinion of City Treasuver Rush, will not be willing to buy our bonds under these civcum- stances. In fact a strong in | New York distinctly states that under | the outlined it will be out of the question to float our municipal bonds. Probabiy thoy can be markcted in London by judi- cious ellc but even if so it will be ata | higher rate per cent per annum than the past good eredit of the city should enable us to demund The only way out of this dilemma is | to increase the assessed valuation of the oity four or five million dollars, which assessod is limit per ins. ker dness is iring excoss of concern conditions uhove - would raisa ft from twonty-one to twonty-five miltions. Our total bonded city indebtedness will then fall well within the TH por cent limit and wo can sell, 44 per cent instead of 5 por cont bonds, In other words with & valuation of $26,000,000, our limit of indebtedness will be $3, 000, whereas the total amount of indebt- edness after tha proposed park, library, city hall and jmprovement bonds are sold and will be but $2,711,100, The objection 'fvill probably be raised that this will.increase our proportion of the state tax, “Suppose it does. The state tax is but 7 mills and we shall add but $35.000 to our contribution to the ex- penses of the stute government, which is a more bagatello considered in con- nection with the importance of presery- ing our eredit and the snle of our bonds, Hesides the differ- ence of one-half per cent in the annual rate to say nothing of the premium or interest upon interest will aggregate a suving of $116,000 in tho twenty yoars for which the bonds, voted at the last election, are to run, We must abandon our ridiculously low assessmont or suffor materially in the money markets of the world If we raiso the total nssessment our credit. The dilemmn is upon us. There is no other way out of it. 250, - issued ensy we suve made an service Pruesipe HARRISON h important ro in the civil reform regulutions as applicable to pro- motions in The rulo requiring compulsory examination has been rescinded, and in doing this the president states that in his opinion the examination for promotion of those who present themselves shoula bo chiefly it not wholly upon their knowledge of tho work of the bureau or deparvment to which they belong, and the record of efficiency mado by them during their previous ser . This is an eminently practical and common sense change that will undoubtedly operate to the ad vantage of the serviee. It is obviousl; just that faithful and eflicient vice should have consideration in connection with promotions, uand such recognition is desirable as an in- centive to faithful and good work. It is equally manifest that examinations should » veforence mainly to the knowledge of the vice to be por- formed, and nothing would be lost if all extrancous questions were excluded. A man may be thoroughly competent to do the work to which he aspires ina de- partment or bureau and still be unable 1o correctly questions that would have no relaiion to tne duties he would be required todo. Civil service reform 15 malking progress, and none has show a better understanding of its character and necds than President Harrison. the classitied service, sor- COUNCILMAN SPECHT may be vulner- able in some things, but inthe exposure he made in the furniture deal, he sup- ported the charge that attempts were made to bribe him by se al eredible witnesses. These charges have not been refuted by the whitewashing re- port which was adopted by a majority of the council. My, Specht may not be an angel of purity and goodness, but he 18 at least entitled to credit for opening the eyes of the citizens of Omaha to the methods by which contractors are trying to work jobs through the eity council, MINNEAPOLIS and the benclit of the milling in transit rate. Theve Is 10 reason why Omaha should not be likewise favored. Minne- apolis has flouring mills, and this might be offered as a reason for favoring that city specially, but Kansas City has none 1o speak of. - The ratlways should not hesitate to treat Omaha with fair- ness in th ter Kansas City have WHERE there is so much smoke there always sure to bo some fire. The white- wash of the city hall furniture deal can- not smoulder the popular conviction that the methods pursued by the furniture companies were erooked. The contract, if there is such a thing, in view of the complications, should be revoked. TiE proportion of the « each property owner must pay wiil be the same whether we assess the city ut $20,000,000 or $50,000,000, It is nonsense to say that an increased valuation means a hugher rate of taxation. A MILLING in transit rate for Omaha means flouring mills, malt houses and great sto e elevators, GOVERNOR THAYER appointed chiefl inspectors, A Remar ircak. New York Wor d. The elcetion of a democratic mayor in Providence for the first time in nearly forty the e S e Winning Principles. Aew Yurk Recorder. Honest money, rotection aud reciorocity won i Ohio. they will carry the electoral votes of a prosperous country for the repub- lican nomineces next November, S aty o) Civitzation, Cabe- Uemo - ra*, Arizona has voted in favor of statehood by two-thivds majopriy, but her admission will be delayed until she can give definite assur ance that she will never elect a democratic governor or cougressuan, A% Cataciysm, Phitddelphin Ledger Purther datuits'of the great earthqualke in Japan intensify the story of distress. Ac- cording to the latest estimates 7,560 persons were kitlod nnd 0,120 injurod, Certiti ) whilo ovor 110,000 wero rendeped homeless and destituto by the total dusirugtion of SAG30 buildings and the partial domoiition of 25,625 A Point d Corundenm, New York World, Thero is a good deal of vory loose talk about the haraships of the private soldier tne United States wrmy, Yestorday a sc geant was discharged, having fnished his 1 years' term of service, and his savings, with th intorest pald vy the government, amounted to £710. Can an unsialled wago carner in any other employment save §710 in fiv ars Making Arbitration Effective, From Speechof R. G, Ingers U, “I want the biggest and best ships and the biggest guns. The olive branch of peace is a good thing (0 oxtend, but no weak, puny nation can extend olive branches tg well- araed nations. When the olive branch extonded in a mailed hand it is understood that there is no foolishness, 1f we are going to have o navy at all | want the best, bacuuse it wo hava & poor navy wo shall simply make & present of it to the enemy whon & war comes, ' - - Financial Bungling. Chicagn Mai It hias bean discoverod that the officials of the defunct Mavorick bank let £1,000,000 es- cape them. This evidence of bungling work puts Boston financiors In & very unfavorable 11ght as compared with those of New York and Philadelphin. SAGE REFLECTIONS, Chicago Times: It is to ba hoped that the experionce of Russell Sage will convinco other gentlomen of overy station that when 000 is demanded of them by a crank would better subdue their avarice and writo a oheck for the amount Chicazo Horald: The true lesscn to bo learned from the New York tragedy is not that the police should b turned loose upon anybody and overybody whose uttorances may be supposed to havo afected the work- ngs of the madman’s mind, but that bottor caro should be takon of the msane, and especially of such of them as dovelop homi- cidal tondencies. New York Recorder: The demand mado Mr, Sago wus so prepostorous that it was natural to treat it with absolute indifferenco, But perbaps disaster would have beon ave by ug with tho obviously erratic visitor and quietly summoning the police to tako him i cha In view of two occurronces of similar charactor within o week tho necessi of vigilanco against the outbreak of misguided minds of homicidal beat is clear, Now York Herald: Tndeed, tho yosterdny is full of lossons and of warnings. But who ever heads a lessoni We! Not if woknow 1t! We would not have any cakes and alo if we wero constantly conning tho lesson books, The of millions sscaped with a good fortune whicn ought to send them on their kncos. There is a lesson for them also—such alesson as ouo might find in a cortain big book which they do not handlo overmuch, New York Sun: The uorrible incident shows also that men will need to surround themselves with new and further safoguards unless socioty sets to work deliverately and with thoroughness to extirpate this murdue- ous breed, e very growtn and develop ment of civilization multiply their opportu- nitios, as tho increase of population multi- plies their numbers, Ono of them is dead alroady, hoist with his own petard, but the safoty of the public requires that they should 1be nunted of horror of men out and chained as boasts of proy. Now York Advertiser: It does not appear that the man is of the gang of cranks who datly antioy such men as Gould and Sage by demands for a division of their fortunes. Nouhing is known of his history. It will bo found, no doubt. that he has boen something of a Giuiteau in his carcer. His scheme of extortiou was undoubtedly the conception of abrain crazed by the longing for wealth which could not be houostly attained. Tho torrible tragody is a warning to those who constantly veceive communications from tho unfortunate creatures who are gencrously characterized as *‘crank: S S i DOM PEDIRO. *hicago Tribune:Let tho Brazlians lay aide their difforences and pay due respect to the memory of Dom Pedro. Thoy don't seem to have a surplus of men worthy to weur his mantle. Chicago Mail: He was tho gentlost, kind- est, most patriotic, and, in many respects, the ablest ruler that South America ever saw, nd Brazil has not yet justified his over- throw. History holds for Dom Pedro a loftier place than his successor has carved out for himself. Brazil will not see his equal in many a day. Democrat: ‘The death of Dom Pedro removes from the world's contentions a gon- tle and dutiful spirit. always anxious for tho public good. Driven from imperial power by thie natural dovelopment of free institutions, 1t is to be said of him that the last exomplar of monarchism in the new worla was one of tho most progressivo and least objoctionable, New Yori World: Dom Peiro is dead. Old and fecble as ho was, it seemed a littlo while ago iie might outlive the republic that had dethvoned him. During his reign he was tho most hiberal of monarchs and per- haps the best liked man in Brazil, It was not agamst him that tho peopte ravolted, but against the outworn system which his rule represented, St. Louis Republic: The greatest and tru- est patriot of Soutt America died with Dom Pedro. He was tho unly emperor who was ever agonuine democrat, For Brazil ho was what Alfred the Great was to England ana George Washington to the Unitod States. He held power only in trust for the people, and usod 1t only as their servant. If Bruzil were half as civilized and enlighteaed as he was it would soon become the leading nation of the Awmorican hemisphero, ovr York Tribuno: Dom Pedro’s death will have no cffoct upon the fortunes of the republic which arose aimost in a single night upon the ruins of his empire. Tho Brazilinus expelicd him, ot because thoy loved him less, but beeause they loved froo institutions more. If he had continued emveror until his death the republic would have spruug iuto being immediately thereafter, His veign was teriperate, peaceful and prosperous and Dom Pedro will long ba hetd 1 aftectionate remembrance as the emauncipator of the slaves in his dominions, —— SAVED FROM AN AWFUL FATE, A Cowboy Lives Nine Days in the Bot- tom of a Well. Wiciima, Kan,, Dec. Joo driver of the stage line botweon Englewood, IKan., and Beaver City, No-Man's Land, re. ports tho rascue yosterday of acowboy namoed Harding, who for uine days had boon a pris- oner in the bottom of au old well, which was fortunately ary. Harding, it socms, had been sont in search of stray cattlonua was cant ing along, whon bis pouy stopped suddenly on the edge of the hidden well and threw his ridor. Hofore he could recover himself Har ding was ovor the brink ard fell u distance of thirty feet, landing on a lot of beush and mud which had necumulated ab the bottom of the well. There was 1o way of escaping and starvation seemad only & question of time, Wor five days Harding had neither bite nor sup. but the sixth day wolves tounda him out, and watehing his opportunity no caught one strotehod sufliciently far over the edge of the wall and brought it down with @ builet through its head. Oo this carrion Harding subsisted for the succceding thre v, when his maniacol cries attracted the attin- tion of the stage driver who passed that wiy threo times & month. The rescued wian, while he has lucid moments, will probably sucnd the balanco of bis lifo in an insano asylum, Wigters, - MOZIAKT. Died Docen Huopor's We A singer paused upon n mountain pl On'either side there spread n fraitful' land, Tu this the harvest wooed the reaper's hand, In that the spring unveiled her virgin graco. Tho ripened zraln biossed once with his face, The spring d s It met his ke Then olosed and sanz w gr r 5, 1701 ve Wl the azure deep of space 1 put by their harps und bent holy breast; pake slow across the And far boy The sons of To LTt his spirit to th While one great Volce through the went his s he that hymned oternal rest 1 tho dead of all w world that dies. And stars Its echo came and “Lo! t LForal t 8 1801 -TWELVE PAGE! T 'I‘['Eh[)fl Y, DECEMBEl FREE COINAGE, Domocrats Will Be Unable to Pass Bill Over the Preaident's Veto, Naw Yok, Dec, 7.~ A moraing paper, re. publican, statos that on the assurance of the republican United States sonata it s ablo to annonnce that a bill, providing for the free and unlimited coinage of silver, cannot pass tho Fifty-socond congross ovor tho veto of President Harrison, Tho paper afirms that 1t has made a poll of the entire congress and the result announced | AbOVO is based on replies in writing from 250 members of the United Statos sonate and house of reprosentatives, The poll has oceu plod several weeks' timo, The result indi cates that since the last congross adjourned thoro has been no abatement of the froe sil- veor sontiment in the west and south, and domocrats and republicans 1 tho silver states aro stated to vith fow excoptions, bont to the doctrine, but that au overwhelm ing majority of the republican party in con- | gress 18 pledged to maintain the single gold | stardard at all hazards and limit tho output of silver. In tho iast congross 101 democrats in the house voted in favor of the Bland bill. The new congress, which will meet Monday, has in the house 233 democ publicans and eight farmors allia the 244 democrats and farmor m aro in favor of a free coinage bill. The ma jority is 50 great that the president’s voro | will beuno obstacls to any bill which the house desires veally tobecomo a luw, for the | democrats, without the farmors altiance,havo more than the two-thirds voto necessary to bill ovor the oxecative veto, The | sonato is republican by a majority of nino not largo enough to prevent the fivst passage of u froo coinuge or of a now tavitr vill, but larze enough to make certain the doteat of | any bill vetoed by the president 'he paper gives the result of its canvass | by individual members of the senate, because | the disposition of a free coinage bill must finally dopend upon that body alone. Of the house of ropresontativos n tabio by states is given, showing how the democrats and publicans are disposed to vots, A few of the interesting opinions of seuators and rep- resontatives are also given, Most of the ro- publicans woro either ' or ‘o, the result appoars in a tablo, A however, sets forth the result of the ¢ said to have been made. Summa Ropublican senators, 43; dom- ocratic senators, 3 nors alliance, 1 umber of republica or of unlimited coinage, 15; numbver of aemocrats in fuvor of unlimited coinage, #5; number of farmers alliance 1 favor of unlimited Total senatovs in favor of frea coinuge, Number of votes required in seanto to pass a eo silver bill over president’s veto, b9, umber of republicans opposed Lo free coin age, 30: numbor of democrats opposed to froo coinage, 3, Brice, democratic, doubtiul ro. ot ts, oighty-seven nvass IN BANDS OF LOVE. of Clarence and Princess Mo Loxnos, Dee. 7.—L’rince Albort Vietor duke of Claronce, tho oldestson of the priuce of Wales, on Iridiy proposed to and was uc. copted by Princoss Victoria Mary, the ouly daughter of the duke of Teck, at Luton hall, where both huve beer: staying lately with a large purt “The prince of Wales loft Luton a fow days ago and the young prince came to London yesterday to inform his parents, who thenco procoeded to Windsor in order to gain tho approval of her majosty, Quecn Victoria, All wero groatly pleased, Qacen Vietoria having especially desived tho mateh, which is said Bethrothal of England | of ex-Senator Lyman Trumbull | practice | pavenis CONGRESSIONAL RIOGRIPHIES, MoeKeighan a Their Life Stories. 2 The first Bryan, Kem Toli Deo. 7. Special to edition of the con the I'ifty second | Wiamvaroy, Tue Bue grossional divectory for congress will appear noxt woeek. Among other things it will boar tho autoblographies of the and ropresentatives. 1oro Are thoso of the new Nebraskans in congrass, I'irst disteiot-(Cass, Douglas, Gage, John son, Lancaster, Nemal Otoe, awnoe, | Richartison, Sarpy and Saunders.) - William | Jeunings Bryan of Lincoln, was born in alom, Mirion county, Illinois, M 1800 attended public sehool until 15 g~ spending his vacations on the farm; fn the fall of 1875 cutered Whipplo academy of | Jne . Iil.; entered Ilinois colle | Jacksonville, in 1877 comploted a olassienl courso and was graduatod with the aighost honors in 1881; atieaded Union Colloge of Law, Chicago, 1, for two vears, during which time he was connected with tie oMo bogn the s profession at Jacksonvillo; re moved to Lincoln, Nob,, October 1, 1847, and became a member of tho firm of Talbot & | Bryan; never held an electivo ofce prior to | his olection to congross; was slocted to tho | fifty-second congress ay a detocrat, receiv- ing #2816 votes, agalnst votes for William J. Connell, revublican: 13,080 votes for Allen Root, independent; 1,670 votes for 15 . Chapin, pronibiticnist, ‘and § votos seattoring Socoud distriet senators (Adams, Butler, Chase, Clay, Dundy, Pilimors, Fraaklin, i*rontior, Furnas, Gosper, Hamilton, Harlan, Hayes, Jofforson, K eu: Nuokolls, Polk, Iea Willow, Salifie, Seward, Webster and York) - William MeKeighan of Rea Cloud, was born of Irish parents in Cumverland county, Now Jersoy, January 19, 1542; romoved with his to Fulton county, Illinois, in 1818, where be lived on a farm id attended the common scbool; enlisted in the Kieventh regi ment Illnois ravaley, September, 18615 at the cioso of the war sottled on a farm near Poutiac, 111, took an active part in organiz- ing the furmors association; was elected vice prosident for the Eighth congressional dis trict; moved to Nevraska fn 1550, and sottled on a farm near Red Cloud; took un active in terust 1 oryanizing the Alliance; was elected county judgzo of Webster county in 1885; in 1556 was democratic eandidate” for congross agatnst Hon, James Laird and was dofeated ; was again nominated for congress by tho alli ance, or independent party, was indorsed by tho democratic convention, and clectod to the Lifty-socond congress as an indepondont, r ceiving 16,104 votes, ugainst 21,776 votes for N. V. Harlan, republican, and 1,220 votes f L. B. Palmer, prohibitionist, aud 16 votes scatieriug. Third Distriet—(Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Box Buite, Bur Cedar, Cheyenne, Cuming, Custer, Dakota, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dixon, Dodge, Garfield Grant, Greeley, Hall, ITolt, Hooker, Howard, Keys Pata, Keith, Kimbal., Knox, Lincoin, Log Louap, Madison, MePhorson, Merrick, Natco. Perkins, Picree, Platte, Rock, Scott’s Bluff, Sheriaan, Sherman, Sioux, Stanton, T'homas, Thurston, Valley, Washington, Wayne und Whceler.) Omer Madison Kem of Brokon Bow, was born in_Wuyne county, Indiana, November 13, 1835; was brought upon a farm and roesived 4 common school educa- tion; removed to Custer county, Nebraska, it: Mavch, 1552, where he entored lavd under the homestead law; vesided on this home stond until January, 1500, when he removed to Broken Bow to fill_n appolutment as deputy treasurer of Custer county; was elected 1o the ifty-second congress as an independent,receiving 31,831 votes against 440 for Georjee W. 1. Dorsey, republican votes for W. H. Thompson, domocrat, 961 votes for W. L. Pierce, prohibitionist, and 57 votes scattering. Arthur, Banner, 3rown, Bufulo, Cherry, Colfux, to be quite a love match. The vrince and princess of Wulos havo invited the family of tho Tecks, including the daughter, 0 a luncheon party at Mariborough house, St. James Pavk, for today (Monday). “The news of the ongagoment of the royal varty spread like wildfiro through tho fash- iouab.o circlos today. 'Phe greatest ploasure is manifestod. Princess Mary is a general favorite. Telograms of congratulation to the mewmbers of the royal family from abroad ave already being reccived. ‘The couple bave been much thrown to- | gother lately and as it was evident that there was affection on both sides the event creates 10 particular surprise, Queen Victoria has placed the former resi- dence of the duchess of Cambridge,St. James palaco, at the disposal of the couple, pending a more suitablo resideace. 1t is probable that the marriage will be celevrated at an carly date. Tho duke of Clarenco will meot tho princess at the railway station today and escort her to Marlborough house Etiis g ) ST PAUL 1N 1 UE FIELD. A Committee at Washin the Demecratic Conve Wasiizaroy, D, €., Dec. 7.--The city of St. Paul, Minn,, intends to mako a vigorous effort to secure the holding of the next demo cratic convention thero. A committes of prominent persous from Minnesota are in Washington for the purpose of prosenting to the executive committee of the national demoeratic committoe, which meets tomor row, reasons, political and otherwise, wiy tho conveution should be held in St. Paul. 'he executive committes does not select tho place of holdiuz the couvention, but tho Mianesota people think it advisable to be on hand and present thoir case to the members of the exceutive committes as a preliminary skirmish in their efforts to sccure the prize avoafter. Tho committoo is composod M. Doran of St. Paul, membor of the democratic national committeo from Minne: Mayor Smith of St luul, uston of Minneapolis, Judge andeau, Mr. Louis Baker of the St, I 3 son, and Mr. Ginniss of Dulu king to a reporter of tho poitic roason why the convention should be held tho locality he advocates, Mr. Baker saia: ho ropublican committee, in locatine tho national conve on of that party for 1592 in Minuesota, concedes that tho political battla of next year is to bo fought in the northwast. In other words tho leaders of the party acknowledge they must fight if they oxpect to bold tne supremacy in this sectivn, and that without this section solid in their favor they have o chance to wiu.” 1o Sec tion. et 17 PEORIA, Well Deflued Case Discovered Chinese Lnundry. Proria, 111, Doc. 7.—A sensation has been caused hero by tho fact that there has beon u Chinaman, Sun Haug, hers for some timo oporating a laundry who was afllicted with a well defined caso of loprosy. Ho kept un isolated laundry horo and was shunnod by all other Chinamen, No one notieaa this fact until a man who has seen leprosy in its worst, stages stepped into the laundry one duy about two weeks ago. He spoke of it to several people, but tho health officers did not learn of the case till yostorday. luvestigation showed that tho loprousMonzolian had been sent oug of ihe city over a week ago by his compauions, Al of them admit that he had leprosy, but nouc of them could romember where ne wont It is thought that he has gono to Chicag I'he ofiicers of the health department witl mako astrong effort o locato him Since the facts have como to light the peo plo who patronizod Sun Hang's laundry have b 10 very much alarmed aud wany f them have burned the linon washed thoro, ¢ building he occupi 15 desertea and will probubly bo torn down. LEPROSY in a — 1 FEW HAPPY HITS, Chicago Mall: T reunfon of drum- mers at Des Moinos, Ia. yesterday. This will effectually controvert the claim that Towa is stillu prohibition state. Philade’phin Record: A Oliestnut street tuilor says he hus a castomer so how-logged thit his trousers must be cut with a circular S, Journ 1 L of the ~Why do you distrust the ms to Do a very honest and Minnoapolls Blovdstone B ashier? He se moval man, Diroetor of the Bunk—Weli, T suw hin red- ing a biblo on & stroet car this morning. Atlanta Constitution: “I see the editor has Jo d the chureh.” Yes, and he ¢ e within un up the collection, hut Deacon the hat before he got it Life: Ia—They had parted. and sho marrie n for spito. What bocamo of her lover? Ho—0, he murried her sistor, and hired the couchmin. lover's quarrel, her father's conch SURE RECIPE, Junes Whiteom! Ri'ey. Ho was warned against the wonan— Sho was warned agalnst the man v won'tmake o weddin Wy, they's nothin® else that can, Pittsburz Bulloting Young Novergo—I baz wdon, Miss Polly, for leavinz 8o early, for el 5o muich at homo hoah. always. y—No npologles nre necossary; [ Talways wisn you to be at heme’ when you are here. Cnfeago Tribuno: *What & world of ch. this is!" sizhod Mr. Billus, looking over old newspaper. “and how little T got hold of " sighed Mrs, Bilius, looking over hor old gown. Washington Star: I’ sadd with weltation to the repor Lot to ruin my dramatic future 1ow do yoil mean?" Yo Just broushtan action for divo the papers refuse to publish the detulls." AFLOAT AND ASHORE, Alonz the border sir S whin, man goes h tho pride Of being “In the swin But ever Tus And O! sho thinks there fs no prank Like brinzing him to lund oro upon the bunk Ch o Tribun Yes, | was auroat dos- perado i my day.” suid tho reformed tealn rob ', shaki his hoad sudly and with much hamility, “1Lonce held up a whole train load of pussenzars single hande e was quite a fent o rotire anctionoer, with adreamy, fur away look in his eye, “but | once knocked down a wholo ridlroad. ald: Now Is of apple ¢ ln that stute Rochester 11 duca 10,000 ba What an oponi of zold hospital Jersey will pro- ack this year. ra bichioride Out in fown thoy aro wt Congrossman J. P Dolliver for sald fnon cimpilen speech ab Clneln- nathin 534 Lt “when lown goes domocrativ Look out for hell going Methodist.” WISE SAWS, Chicago Dim s, “Dg mun who owns a kerrldge dorg An'talln 0 spiang Do coon dat’s vkhl n' fur aseran Doan’ whip do hizgcst man; Do barbor who will sinve you bos' Woan' do u heap ob talk: De chile dat sturts out fur ter run Mus fust hab lewrned ter will A good wny pthers of t sckays, ando LCusLe Philadeiphin Times hook makers, bet It seoms, by th racos. Turt luek, IS AN closing Rochester Post; Somo contond th costors 'wiy bick W protiy fellows, but the fact remulns that them were up to st No matter how cloanly mivy o while on the ocenn, atipathy to boing washod Boston Transeriy e soataring ma B s i SLFOUE ashoro Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S, Gov't Report. Roal Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE