Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 2, 1892, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE.| E. ROSEWATER, Eoiron. — PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. * OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Daily Bee (without Sunday) One Yeal Daily and Sunday, One Your. W BixM onths vereneee Three Months. Bunduy Bee, One V) Buturday Hee, Or Weekly Bee. Ono ¥ LR 10 00 500 250 OFFICES Omaha, The Tiee Bullding. Bouth O aha, corner N and 26th Stroets Council BIufls, 12 Pearl Streot Chicyeo Office, 37 ¢ hamber of Commerca, New York, Roonis17, 1and 15.Tribune Building Washington, 613 Fourteenth Streot. CORRESPONDENCT, All_communications relating to news and ftorial matter should be addressod tc the ditorial Depurtment. BUSINESS LETTERS A1l husiness letters and remittances should teaddressed to The Beo Publishing Company. Omaha. Drafts, checks and postoffice ordors to be mude payable to the order of the com- Uit Bee Fublihing Compan, Propricor SWORN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, Htate of Nobraski Caunty of Dongla N. P. Foil, busincss manager of The Boe Jublighine ‘Company, does solomnly swear hat the actual oireulation of THE DATLY Bk for the week ending March 2, 1802 was as follows: W foa Eunday. March 20, NMondny, Maroh 2 Tueadny, Mareh 22 Wednesday, Mare Thursday. March 24, Eriduy. March 25 X Buturday. March 3. 24,350 NTLUFEIL, ubscribed in my ). 1802 ROGGEN, Notary Public. Average...... Sworn ta 1 efore me and presenco this 26th day of M BeALL E L - Averago Circulation for February 24,510 CARROLL MoNTGOMERY i8 a vigor- ous open-lettor writer. THe thing of irst 1mporta moment is the public worlk. nce at this SUBsCrRIBERS to THE WELKLY BEE got a vast amount of good reading for $1 per year. REPUBLICA the controver: local democr have nothing to lose by y which is splitting tho cy. THE SUNDAY BEE will as usual be filled with the best things in the news and gencral reading markot. Ir DOANE collego is actually on wheels Omaha should endeavor to move the establishment hitherward. — GEORGE BREWSTER'S financial re- form club is as hard to get together as a free coinage majority in congross. Tuosk balloon stories cabled from abroad are just a bit airvy for people on this side the wator, especially coming as they do on and about April 1. AMUSEMENT-LOVING vepublicans have a ravo opportunity for enjoyment in listening to both sides of the contro- versy for loadership in the Nebraska democracy. BRADSTREET'S report of business fail- ures for tho quarter ending March 31, 1892, shows a gratifying reduction in both the number of failures and the ex- tent of liabilities PETER BIRKHAUSER 15 respectfully requested to pay less attention to the Samosets and Jacksovians and their family quasrels and moro to the paved streots and public comfort. COMMISSIONER RAUM stands demo- cratic fire with remarkable grace, good nature and fortitude. Thus far his partisan onemies have succeeded in se- curing very little political ammunition at his oxpeuse. ‘WHEN David Bennett Hill heard from Minnesota he merely smiled and re- marked that no democrat has received the electoral vote of Minnesota since the war. The states that give democratic majorities are the kind the New York senator looks afte THE people’s party is & small one in this congress, but Watson, the irrascible little Georgia representative, and Simp- son, the cecentricity from Kunsas, man- age to mukn it rush around the capitol with all the aoise and bluster of a ban- tam rooster in a poultry yard. INATOR MORGAN of Alubama hasno use for trimmers, and that is why he in- sists that overy democrutic senator shall be forced to go upon record on the freo conage question. The Alaubama states- man is an irrepressible, persistent indi- viduul, and he will make his colleagues take their medicine in some form. ——— Tur significant fact remains that Con- grossman Bryan has as yet named but ono article of common use in this coun- tey which is sold at a higher price since the enactment of the McKinley law than before. That one article is tinp'ate and within ashort time American tinplate made of Amevican tin will be on the market at pricos below those in vogue when the present tariff became a law, Tur Univorsity of Omaha has gradu- ated its fivst class of physicians. It gave degrees to eleven young gentiemen and ono lady, The Omaha medical college has been in existence for eleven years, but ouly within the last twelye months has it been attached to the University of Omuha. The class was the largest evor graduated by the college, and the attainments and high characier of its members afford conclusive proof of the excellent instruction afforded by this Omaha institution, mm———— S1oUx CIry may not see work begun on her postofice building this year. Her enterprising citizens agreed to raise 869,000 toward paying for a site. The government’s share of the expense is 821,000. The citizena failed w0 make good their promises and hence the delay. ' All of which leads us to remark that Unclo Sam is falling into the very bad habit of accepting gifts of money and land for public buildings all over the country. When the government neels a building site it should buy it and pay for it just the sawme as an indi- vidual. This thing of accepting gratui- ties 1s becoming an abuse. WALTER RALEIGH VAUGHA And now it is announced that Colonel Walter Raleigh Vaughan (ex-mayor of Council Bluffs), late of Omaha and at presont of Chicago, has decided to or- ganize a new party. Ho can ndvertlse himsell more ex- tensively und earry forward his gnme of catching suckers more successfully by organizing a political party to make a specialty of his iden of pensioning the ox-slaves, The dispatches announco that he has offered Frederick Douglass the romination for the presidency and that soveral nundrod negroes ave urging the organization of the new party without delay. M. Vaughan's deap scheme for roping in the credulous and transferring money to his own purse has been carvied far enough. It is time sclf-respecting journals exposed the fraud and the j of the country took him in hand. Congressman Connell, at the urgent re- quest of Vaughan, introduced the bill for *pensioning the in the lower house of congress. Ho did notex- peet to urge its enactment intoa law and had no thought that it would ever be passed, buthe introduced it vs a cour: tesy to the framer of the bill and in aceordance with the custom that pre- vails among members in the house. It will never be seriously discussed, and Vaughan knows this fully as well as anybody else. Ho is simoly making the bill, and a book advocating it, the basis of his peripatetic lecturing tours about the country where he has tho ussuranco to pose us & philanthro- pist of wealth and influence who is de- voting his ontire time gratuitously to furthering the cause of the poor ne- groes. People in Omaha and Council Blufls need not be told anythin hout this so called philanthrovist. They have known him in his various voles of adventurer, pot-houso politician and all-round schemer. Some of them have known him to their financial disadvantage. They understand that this enterprise in which he is now engaged is merely u clover scheme out of which its author hopes primarily to wring monay from the pockets of poor.credulous negroes und good people interested in their weifare. but tinally to organize, if possible,n mass of ignorant voters into a political combin- ation which can be sold out to oune or other of the political parties. Peopleofl the country at large are notso well in- formed, however, as his infinite assur- ance has actually procured for him the enthusiastic support of many of the most noted clergymen and philanthropists in America. With these endorsements and his own glib tongue, he goes before semblies of negroes und convinces them that he is their friend and will secure them large sums of money through his famnous pension biil. Walter Ruleigh Vaughan is a Vir ginin democrat. His antecadents were all pro-slavery men. He has no real sympathy with the blac He has said he expects to make & million out of this agitation and he has undoubtedly already pocketed a good round sum. He pretends to be worth $150,000, but the commercial agencies will not support his statement. Tho fact is that he is simply a worn-out ward: politician and unsuccessful speculator. The letters of recommendation he shows have been procured by tmportunity and misvepre- itation and should have no weight whatever against the record he has left behind him here where he is so well known. TFrederick Douglass is old and no doubt credulous, but he probably has too much hard sense and patriotism to bo mude the plinut tool of a plausible adventurer. We have faith to believe that tho clergymen and philanthropists who have swallowed Vaughan’s story whoie will soon discover that they have imply been duped and will cease to act as bait for hissucker-catching hook. ex-sinves se GOOD COUNSEL. Tn his timely letter withdrawing his name from the list of presidential candi- dates Senator Cullom republican party that it I beflore it a great and stubborn battle, and that thore must be harmony in the ranks if tho party is to be assured of success. There would Dbe no necessity for counseling harmony if it were not for the seifseok- ing politicians aud a few local leaders who, in order to maintain their porsonal authority, would imperil the interests of the party at large. These mischiovous politiciuns are found in nearly overy state active in creating discord and disaffection, Re- publican strength in New York is weak- ened by the bossism of Platt, in Ponn- sylvania by the machinations of Quay, and in other states by the unwise advice or the unscrupulous scheming of men whoare actuated wholly by a desiro for political vreferment. The masses of the republican party aro ontirely satisficd with the prevailing conditions. The know that President Harrison has given the country & wise, safe and thoroughly practical administration, which it benefitted the nation in every way, The matevial advantages it has brought are in the enlargement of our for- oign markets, effected under agroo- ments which give the United States the preference over all competitors, and which there is every reason to believe will contribute permanently and in steadily inereasing volume to our na- tional prosperity, The barriers which were maintained for years by tho two leading countries of continental BEurope against one of our most important pro- ducts have been thrown down, never to bo ereoted again, in all probability. Other valuable commercial concessions have been secured, tho importance of which will become moge apparent from year to year. Tho moral advantages gained are in the higherstanding which the United States hus been given in the respect of other nations und in the assurance to the world that the Ameri- can people will not permit their rights tobe nssailed with impunity by any power, great or small, ‘Ihe attainment of these results by a republican admiuistration, and the man- ifest importance to the welfare of the nation of continuing the policies which have been so fruitful of benefits, ought to insure republican hurmony every- where. he success of the republican party in the nation this year is to be de- sired, as Senutor Cullom says, for the ussurance it would give of the continu- admonishes the, THE OMAHA ance of our presont wise, strong and patriotic foreign policy; nsound fiscal policy with honest money as its founda- tion; a revenue policy that will foster American industriosand protect Amori- can labor; and in general a wise and just administration of affairs on the lines that huve beon so successfully and advantageously followed. The repub- icun who understands what has been accomplished by the republican admin- istration in the past three years and ap- preciates the importance of maintaining the policies by which these things wore achieved will do nothing to endanger the harmony of the party at this time; and whoevor shall do anything, profess ing to bo n republican, distrust of the sincerity of his profession. Theve must be harmony to assure success, nnd earnest republican will labor to secure it invites overy AN ANNEXATION PLAT A candidate for the Ontario legisla- ture is appoaling to the Toronto constit- uency ina platform which favors an- nexation to the United States. in an address to the electors ho declures that the present situation of Canada is des- perate, and that the only way out is political union with the United States. His plan for such a union proposes the assumption by the union of all public debts, Dominion, provineial and munic- ipnl; the decpening and widening of the St. Lawrence, Welland and other als 80 ns toadmit any or all ocoun vessels toall the priucipal lake ports, and the construction of the Lake Huron and Ontario ship canal with a liko ob ject; the admission and recognition of each province as a sovereign state of the | union, The eandidats who thus test the annexation sentiment of Toronto says that Canada has been restvicted and impoverished by a mistaken policy, by an attempt on the part of some to make Canada a part of Kurope when she was intended to form a part of America. Annexation, he declares, would mean o perpetual treaty of peace and free and unrestricted trade with 70,000,000 of people, in consequence of which mil- lions of dollars would flow into Canada and the investor would have no cause to fi nge of vrade relations thau would destroy or confiscato his means. One result would be a develonment of the mineral resources of the Dominion that would bring prosperity to the whole countr The reasoning of this champion of an- nexation is undoubtedly sound so far as it relates to the benefits which Canada would derive from the arrangement, but it is not cl that the advanuages to the United States would be equally valu- able, Canada is very likely wor'h the sum total of its general, provincial and municipal debts, and yet it is hard be doubted that simply as a business proposition the American people would hesitate to accept annexation at the price. Of course tho Canadian people would still have to bear their share of the burden, but that consideration hardly makos the proposition moro in- viting. Tha election is soon to take place, and it will bo interesting to learn how much annexation sentiment there is in Toronto. proposes to THERE promises to ba avery intorest. ing cont in the senate on Monday next, when Senator Stewart will offer a motion to take his free coinage bill from the calendar. Several prominent demo- cratic members of the senate will, it is believed, enaeavor to dodge, but the silver men are planning to compel thom to declare themselves. The several presidential aspirants, Hill, Gorman and Paimer, would undoubtedly like to avoid the issue, but the radical free sil- ver men propose that they shall not do 80 1f it can be prevented. They want to kuow where these gentlemen stand on this question. As to the probable out- come no safe prediction can be made. Under different circumstances the bill would undoubtedly be taken from the calendar and passed, but demccrats who would favor it if they were not facing national election, like Mr. Carlisle, for example, will now vote against its con- sideration. This being the case the chances wouid seem to be that the Stew- art bill will suffer the fate of its kindred mensure in tho house, and if 8o that will probably end all attempts to secure sil- ver legislation nt the prasent session of congross, the house free silver men hav- ing become pretty thorourhly discour- aged by tho refusal of Speaker Crisp to favor a cloture rulz unless it should ba demanded by o majority of the demo- crats of the house and by the increasing disposition among damocrats who are friendly to free coinage not to force the issue at this time. So that if the motion to take tho Stewart free coinago bill from the ecalendar is defeated next Monday it will in all probability bring tho silver agitation in congress to an end for the presont session, Punric convenience will not be aided by Judge Brower’s decision annulling the contract whereby the Waostern Union used the Union Pacific telegraph lines. On the contrary, the facilitie for the transmission of commereial dis patches will be reduced and delays are quite hikely to occur. We fail to seo wherein the public gains anything by the Brewer decision, while it adds ma- terially to the cost of maintaming tele- graph service along the lines of the Union Pacific. The law which the de- cision upholds was intended to insure competition and prevent a monopoly of the telegraph busicess. It will probably accomplizh this to a limited degree, hut the country in general will not realize any benefits and locally it is presumed tolographic rates will not be materially reduced. HisToRY fails to reveal a singlo in- stance in any Christian land whoeve a jury of his peers has been willing to con- demn to death a fellowman charged with killing the seducer of *his wile, sister or daughter, There is a principle im- planted in the human heart which out- laws the man who deliberately despoils the honor of a virtuous household. Laws may be made and unmade defining the killing of such villains as murder and preseribe the death penaity or life imprisonment. Juries will go on justi- fying the deeds of fathers, husbands and brothers who take the law into their own hands and rid the world of them so DAILY IBUE long ns the the virtue of t tection. Whero technically tho jury is forcod to bring in a verdict, the pardon- ing power of tha executive or tho ro- view of an appeliate court will intervene to save the defender of his home from the sentence of the law. proves. Kvety human being undor- stands when he-ventures to invade the sacred precincts-of home and innocence that he takes his life into his hands and the probable consequences to himself if his crime be discovered. THE remains of the late Meyer Heoll man have been laid away in their last resting place. Tho bereaved family is now in the depths of the desolation which death has wrought in their onco happy home. Their only comfort is the thought that the husband and father went to his last account with no stain upon the fair fame of a business reput tion acquired by industry, energy and honesty in a career of more than thirty vears. They can dry their sealding toars with the roflection that he strug gled most manfully ngainst ndversities which came thick and fast, but yielded nothing thet could tarnish the good name he so fondly cherished. To mor- tal sense of justice he should have con- tinued for many years a landmark in the progress of Omuha and a pillar of strength to her business community. But ho was stricken in his prime, and though he fought a wonderful battle ath he was overcome, and is no The great Judge of ail the enrth ed the inexorable sentence and no human advocate could secure n stay of procecdings. He went the way of all the curth, gricved to leave his loved ones, but glad to be at rest from physical pain and mental suffowing. Peaco to his ashes, honor to his memory and tendered sympathy of hosts of frienas and ne- quaintances for his sorvowing wife and children, ctity of the homo and SENATOR ALLISON has not withdrawn from the field of presidential possibilities in this camprign for the very conclusive reason that he knows there is no field for that kind of possibilities, and there- fore there is no occasion to withdraw. This is a Harrison y 3 MEBODY in the south part of the city ought to shame several of his wealthy neighbors, do credit to himself and benefit the city at large by donating u tract of land for park purposes. Globe-Domoerat. Cullom bas witharawn, and Alger bhas never boen in it. Chieago New Tho Blair boom will try to catch up with the procession again just as soou as it can pick the stubblo out of its toes. y That Way. Chiewo Times, The Towa legislature has adjourned and tho prohibitory law sfill .stands untouched upon the statute books. This vastly simph- flies tho task of thd democrats at the next state election, Minncapoiis Tribune. The Bering sea dispute 1s to bo settled by arbitration, the Chiliau muss is a thing of tho past and our strained relations with Italy are almost forgotten. “ere it not for the bak- ing powder and spring medicine wars the country would bo enjoyiug a period of pro- found peace. hic Truism. St. Pal Pioneer Press. Ferd Ward, who ruined General G financiully, is about to emergo from pri and resume operations. He denies he will open a cacho whero his stealings ure con- cealed and revel, denying that ho has any wealth, “If I had any money,” he says, *‘do you suppose I wouid have been convicted! Rich men cannot be pumished.” bl A Ratification Meeting. Chicago News. Senator Cullom has withdrawn from the fleld as a candiddte for the presidency. Un- der those interesting circumstances the vote of 1llinois in the Minneapolis convention will go to Bonjamin Harrison on the first roll call, if there should happen to be a call of the roll. The chances are, however, that a nom- ination by acclamation awaits the president. Though this'is not an exciting outlook, it should Lo quite satisfactory to repubiicans in goneral, e Demo®@atle Doctors Disagree. Chicago Herald, The sensible way out of existing difficul- ties is to drop both Cleveland and Hill and to nominite & man of whose election thero would be no sort of doubt. Such & maul s Jobn M. Palmer. Philadelphic Times, All tho signs of tho Limes now point to the probablo renomination of President Harrison and ox-President Cloveland to lead tke wrent national battie of 1802 A few mouths ago both secmed to bo possible, but hardly proba- ble caudidates; today Harrison's nomination appears to be as cortain as anything in tho future can be, and Cloveland’s nomination is obviously not only possivle but more thau probuble, ——— JOLLY JABS. n who is always in debt has oecasion to bemoan his loanly lot. York Herald wwyer-1luve you con selentions seruplps about sorying as ‘& Juror wheroa the penalty is death? Pilesmuti—1 b I ~Whatare your objections? Boston Talesman—I do not desire to die. Gkinago Tribue, Ratile its hones Q549 the stones, Y115 buly u silver bill Noliady owns. Boston Joster: Miss Luker (of Chieago) -0, dear! I've mad¢ hnother mistake. 1 neve open my moutiowithout putting my buot i it. Miss BleosersL gidn't know that you had such u lurge gt until you caded niy atten- tion to it ! APRIL FOOL. Browning, King & Co.'s Monthly. who strives with might Toenteh u swifs dop rting And who, returnin g broath! g Ariver of the hack s his poraco and tempor. too, wrathy follow's throuzh. Then drives hin back for double faroe And triplo discounts overy sweur. South Chestor News: If you suive & cent e .ich day fron. now antil tho Fourth of Juiy you ean buy twenty Leers and three pretzels. Kate Fleld's Washinzton: Aetress (behind the sconesi—Where Is the lenon [ inid hero on the table beforo L went on tho stage? Stugo Manager—In the supe Dotroit Freo Pross: At l0Ast. 80 peoplo say they nover fly our way? W.shingt AW, “Riches have wing andyet, why is iv ) n Star: “Most inhospituble man sald Jiwgl 8 rather S 1. should say so. Why 1 L0 entert dn w doubt” that man Is too Boston I “This w enee Iy rather in- vooved,” sald the convictet copi-reder. with usekly smile, us ho siool befare the jud wfter hoarl I prououn wd. Yo' walu tle Judge, it {0V0.ves Wl yuaka SATURDAY innocent demands pro- | Humanity ap- | { sold at auction for 422, APRIL 2, 1892 OTHER LANDS TIAN OURS. The Gladstonian members of Parliament from Scotland Lave recently framed and pub- lished a scheme of home rule for the country north of the Tweed, which is intoresting not only in itself, but considered as offering sug- gostions toward an ultimate solution for Ire land. We donot regard this project as a wholly acceptablo solution of the Irish home rule question, but 1t has the merit of facing squurely two of the difficulties, namely, the relation of the Trish members retainea at Waestminster to tho local business of the rest of the kingdom, and the designation of anem pire in cuso of conflict botween the imperial Parliament atd the Dublin legislature. The plan of the Scottish home rulers is that the members now sent from Scotland to the Par- linment at Westminster shali, during the re- cossos of that body, constitute a local logislaturs at Bdinburg for the trans- action of all businoss expressly dolegated to it by statute. Whiie legislation upon purely Ncottish affairs will be intrusted 1o this assembly, the corresponding adminis. tration will be conducted by the secretary of state for Scotland, assisted by such other officers as Scotchman themselves shall deem desirablo. It is taken for granted that the control over their own affairs, conceded to Scotchmen, will bo exercised in a similar glishmen and Welshmen as well by Irishmen. That is to say, all tho Linglish members of the imperial Parliament would, when that body 1s not in session, meot senarately as a local legislature for the trans- action of Inglish affairs, Like functions would bo performed by tho Welsh memoers for Wales and by the Irish memvers for Ireland, There would remain for the im- perial Parliament, in which the four parts of the United Kingdom would continue to be represented as they are now, only such powers as were not oxplicitly parcelled out among the four local legislatures. Tho czar's efforts to bring all his subjects within the pale of the Holy Greek church have borne hard upon the Jews, the IRoman Catholics, the Lutherans, the Old Believers, the Stundists, und the acherents of several other religions. There has not, however, been any revolt against his orders, which, it may be said, have not mado it imperative upon nonconformists to change their faith but have merely subjected them to certain disabilities, contined some of them within defined regions of country, and made it ad vantageous for all of them to join the ortho. dox church. The Roman Catholics, Old Be- lievers, and others havo offered werely passive resistance to bis policy, remained attached to their creeds, and endured peace- fully the disadvantages of doing so. The Jows, or perhaps as many as onc-third of them, have fled from Russia, and tho others are desirous of getting away. Had they at- tempted to resist the czar's power they would have been crushed The first account wo have had of any war- like vevolt against the czar’s religious policy comes from a paper printed in the Galician city of Lomberg, near tho Russian frontier. Curious to say, it is the Buddhists under the czar who have risen in arms, the Buddhists of southeastern Siboria. According to the Lemberg report, these pagans, who inhabit the region near Lake Baikul, have determined that they will not be forcibly converted to Greek Christianity, have driven away the orthodox missionaries, have attacked the czar's forces, have compelled his function- aries to take refugo in the fortress of Tiumen and have raised alarm as far cast as Tomsk and Tobolsk. It1s alively revolt. The bold Buddhists will, of course, be subjugated, for there aro less than 1,000,000 of them, includ- ing 5,000 priests, in lRussia; but it 1s proba- ble that, even after their subjugation, they will make rather poor specimens of the holy orthodox. as *x The revolution that has taken place in the international policy of Prussia is due pri- marily to the stand taken by all sections of the liberal party against the proposed scheme of education, but largely also to the fact that tLe Prussinn conservatives, who are themselves Protestants, sympathize au heart with the fecling of tho liberuls on this subject. There is no more inflexible con- servative, for instance, than Count lulen- burg—-he was too conservative to suit Bis- marck—and yet in this matter of the school bill he did not hesitate to teil his master that the liverals were right, and that there was no room for compromise or for anything short of absolute surrender to their demands, By this move he has probably saved tho Prussian conservatives from disastrous losses at the next clection for the Landtag, though he canvot wholly check the tide of popular confidenco now setling toward the reunited liberals, If the latter, inded, re- main united, it 1s possible that thoy may re- gain their former position of preponderance over conservatives and clericals combined. It is well hnown that many seats in the Reichstag, now occupied by Catholics, wero carried owing to the fact that the liberal vote was divided between progressist and na- tional-liveral candidates, ‘Phe spirit and tendency of tho ago been too strong for the young kaiser, His aim and effort to draw all threa of influ- euce into bis own hands ends by the pressuro of events into a division between the imper- ialand Prussian wministrias which cannot fail to weaken the autoeratic powers of the erown. All opposition in the Prussian Land- tag was overshadowed by the presenco, as tho head of the Prussian inistry, of the man who was also chancelior of the empire and guiding the doestinies of Europe, In the Reiohstag the chancellor bas spoken with the practical power which necessarily ot- taches to the administrativo head of the splondid and powerful civil organization which makes tho Prussian administration the best in the world, Tae kiisor in addi- tion, has gained by having a single ropro- sentative to execute his will and policy in botn bodies, The division of function now begun inevitably establishos conditions under which the kaiser witl approach more and more to the position of a constitutional sovereign. Thas will not be intentionul, but it will ba none the less inevitable, The reappointment of Admiral Serangor as ministor of marine in Spain is said to fore siadow a chango of policy in that depart mont, which bas been practically paralyzed by so-called protection of homo industry. The admiral anuounces his intention of building the new squadron which was agreed upon soven years ugo, but which still exists in 1magination only. constructed entirely by Spanish lavor. A Madrid correspondent says: *Undoubtedly 1018 quite right and proper that home indus- ry should bo protected and supported, more especially wnen. private enterpriso has been encouraged to expond very large sums of money in the country 10 putting up plant ana wachinory of tho wost modern aud expensive type, 50 long as it does not prejudice tho iv- terests of the servico. But it can hardly bo 10 the interest of a country 10 build ships in governmen, dockyards which tuke ten years 1o complete when they could be acquired abroad in little more than as wany months, and at certainly two-thirds of the cost. Such kas boen the case during the last few years, and large sums of money bave beeu fritterod has wway 10 other thiugs, 50 that, as a matter of ' fact, the government finds itself today with- out money aud without ships.” -~ Last of Natloual Opera, New Youk, April 1. ~The last romuants of the old National Opera compauy bave been Mrs. ‘Thurber ho'ds ut #40,000 6 the property, a mortguge of Tho ships were to bo | NO TIME FOR MINOR DETALLS Why Federal Officials Are Ocoasionally Oharged with Mismanagement. AT THE MERCY OF THEIR CLERKS In the Press of Business Meads of Depart- 8 Are Compelled to Sign Docus rents Mechanieally Withont Regard to Sulject Mattor, WasniNGrox Bunew or Tir Ber, | 518 Founteexti Stieet, - Wasnivatoy, D, C., April 1. ) The oftieial snarl *vhich has become publio between Assistant Secretary Nottloton snd Immigration Superintendont Owen and has disorganized the discipline of the Troasury departmont, so far as the immigration busi ness is concorned, at least, has again at tracted attention 1o tho unbusiness-like methods which have for many years pro vailed in all of tho executive departments respecting the expendituro of moneys. There 18 scavcely an officor in any of the eight executivo dopartments, where hundreds of millions are annuaily disbursed, but that has as much carve and routine and other du- ties as he can perform in the strict line of his work without having to take the responsi bility of making disbursemonts of monoy. Assistant seorotarios, superintendonts and others have such a complication of responsi- bilities that it is almost impossibla for them to give attention to tho details where ex- penditures are mado. Thus it is no wonder thut & voucher for a wrong itemization shiould invocently pass through the hands of Superintendent Owen or General Nettloton should be criticised for expenditures mado ou Iilis island. Neither ofiicer had the timo to give personal attention tothe oxpenditures or look closely at vouchers, although thay made an efiort to do so. ) No Time for Minor Details, It will be recailed that, in the great star route trial, it was shown repeatedly that of- ficers 1 the Postoftice department were 1n tho habit of signing a large pilo of letters every morning or evening without giving them more than a cursory glance. Thoy had neither the time nor whe” opportunity to look into tho character or details of the lotters, some of which pledeed contracts or ondorsod bills galoro. Thers aro under each officer who has muil to sign many chiefs of division, who have under them many clorks, and 1t 15 amuzing bow many letters, contracts and Dills this force will turn out in a day. When the resvonsible ofticer enters his of fice in the morning or is rondy to leave in tho afternoon—a moment when his md is swim mine with grave guestions of policy, muy-be —there is lid upon his desk for signature u pile of lettors and documents which would take all of his timo if ho attempted to look into them. They are usually of a routine nature, similar to thousands of otkers which havo been before him. He sigus quickly without looking into them, and in a perfunc- tory way. Ordinarily it is unnecessary for him to look at tho papers; but ozcnsionally one of unusual character, of importance. creeps 1, requiring attention, and it is <ignod pro forma, the same as others, Thus it is that scandals arise, and charges of fraud or incompetency are made against honest or apaole men. it is simply & mochanical lov of work, exercising the muscle, to sign offi- cial mail. Every confidence 15 reposed in the clerks who make up the documents for signature, and the official siguing takes all the responsibility. iie generally 1s engaged in other thought, often is talking about other things as he writes his name. How Errors Occur, It is but natural that the reador from this city who does not underst4nd tho surround- ings should ask why it is tnat thero oro financial or accounting oficors to properly audit and closely pass upon these matters There are ofticers of “this character, but they pass upon bills onfy, and they have so many of them that they, oo, aro compelled to go through tho samo’ perfunctory routing that tho directing or suporvising ofticers aro de- scribed as doing. ‘There uro for euch exccu- tive department. auditors whose only duty | 10 looks into the detzils of all bills and ac. cuunts of their respective departments. But they must necessariiy respect tho signatures of the responsible ofticers who pnss upon the accounts beforo they come to tho auditors, as the directing heads are supposod Lo know wora of the details of tho merits involved. So, it will bo_scen, ther oral line of faith in official scrutiny and intelligence not 1o mention offictal intogrity, and a sy tem of carelessness creeps into the rush of ofticial duties which, combined, makes tho ofticial signaturo only a mattor of courso. Without any intention of laxity it is a won- der that 80 few errors occur in the immense volume of routine business transacted by the various departments, where tons of thou- sands of men and women are emploved and s0 tauck mouey is expendod. It could not bo so free in private life from fraud or inuo- cent error. What Congress Has Accomplish It is now generally belioved that Spoakor Senator Hill and the other democraiic ses who are running tho houso of repre sentatives, will ciose this session by the end of July. Itwas tho boast of the speakor when he succeeded in announcing the stand- ing committees before tho holidays that the seesion would end early inJune. 1fhowinds it up six weeks later he will have accom- plished much. But what will be have ac- complished ! "W'ho defeut of silver logislation out shor the sesslon at least o month. No one now oexpects a slugle tariff bill to got throueh to tho president. Up to this timo not a solitary gonoral measure of auy consoquence has beon finnily passed, and nono are expooted to be passed. The appropriation bills will be passed and about 20 per cent the usual num- hor of private pension bills will be ndopted: then adjournment. At tho last session there nad bacn twice a8 many measures passod aftor this length of timo as will be adopted in all of this session. Any session can bo made short if nothing is to be dono. The customary Friday mght sessions of tho house for ponsion bills has becowo a farco already. A quorum is nover present, and Colonel Kilgore of Texas, late of the con federate army, raises the point of “no quo. present,’ and the house adjourns with passing any bills, At one Friday night session of the last republican congross more pension bills were passed than will ba passed at this entire sossion. But for the appropria tion bills this congress might just as well never have been, P, 8. H, e —— GERMANY'S W.AR BALLOONS. Ameriean Professor Clalms tne Aerial Ship as His Invention, Bavmivone, Md., April 1.—Prof. Willlam Hill of this city says he bolieves tho war bal loons from which the (iermans have boon observing the Russian fortifications and ar mies aro his own invention. Ho declares that tho descriptions of the balloons in the Associated press dispatches from Kurope co incide with tho plans which ho porfocted some timo aro and submittod to Chief von Lindenburg of thoneronautical department of the army, Conunuing Prof. Hill said: 1 first conceived the idea of inventing a balloon that could bo stoered in any way, at tho Mafia riots in New Orleans in March, 1801, There was somo taik at tho time, in view of possiblo hostilities betweon United States and Italy, of the coruing of an ironclad and bombardiag New Orleaas, ‘I'his suggested to me that such an ironciad could be destroyed by dropping torpedoos on it from o balloon, and Iat once bogan to make plans for a balloon which could be fit- ted out us an aerial torpodo ship,aud in June, 1891, my plans were comploted. 1 at'once determined to offer my plans to the United States, aud in July,a month aftor my invention was perfected,l went to Wash- ington and callod at the War department. 1 suw the assistant secrotary of war, and ho referred me to Captain Kuight of tho United States cogineer corps. Captain Kuight re ferred me to Mr. E. L. Chanute of Chicago, who, ho said, was the leadiug expert of tho country in aerial navigation. [ wroto to Mr, Chanute and inclosed my drawings and plans. A few weeks afterwards I reccived a long letter from him, in which ho said ho had approved of the mechanism which I had de vised, but doubted 1f the form of tho paddio with which I proposed to propel the balloon would be adequate to the purposo. 1 then changed the designs o as to both steor and propel the balloon, with a serew propellor on anew plan. *In November, 1501, I appliod to Herr voun Munn, German chavge d'affaires at Wash- ington, and asked him if the German goveru- ment conld not tako up wy plans. e told ma he was no judge of such a matter, but do cided that if my invention wouid accomplish what I claimed it was the very thing tho German government was looking for. [ mailed all wy plans, drawings and descrip- tions to Germany in Decomber. T hoard nothing until Kebruary, uithough I had par ticularly requested von Landenourg of tuo wronautical department to returr. my plans. if rejeoted as soon as possible, I then re ceived a big oficial package from Berlin con- taining my plans and a letter from Chief von Lindenburg, 1n which he stated in sub. stance that my iuvention was not adapted for use on the other side of the ocean, ‘I'he German balloons were used exactly for tho purpose 1 Lad outlined ia my com- munication to Chief von Lindenburg, and 1 had particularly suggested that the Germans could use the balloons for oxamining the for fications of neighboring powers. The bal- loon which I pianned was cigar-shaped. ‘I'ho caso was 150 long and about 30 fact wide, The bag of silk was to be filled with bydro- gen gas. The car was made of stecl rods and was attached to the bag with steel up paratus.’ An Another Alice Mitchell Case. Arr00NA, P, April 1.—In this city last nigbt Miss Emma 1"ox shot and kitled he) self with a revolver because Miss Birdie Boate, with whom ske had fallen in love, re- fused to return tho affection. ‘Tho young ladios aro both of good parentage and well: to-do, Miss Fox was a brunotto, 24 years of age, while Miss Boate, who is a perfoct blonde, is e TA-RA-RA BOOM-DE-AY. A smart and stylish girl you sce, Belle of zood soclety Not too strics, but raiher freo, Yot s right s Hght can ot Never for wover bold— Not too hot nnd not oo cold, B the very thing, 'm told, Thiat i your armis you'd liko to hold! Tu-ra-ra Boom-de-iy. ete. (eight times]. I'm not oxtravagantiy shy, Ana when a nico young man 1s nigh For his heart I have w try— And faint wng with tearful ery! When the zood young man in histe, Will 5upport mé 'rouna the wals Idon't ccme Lo, while thus embracoed, TULof my 11ps he stouls u taste. Tu-ra-ra, oLe. I'm a timid flower of innoconce— Pasays that T have nosenso— I'm ono eternal big oXpense; Bt men sy that L'm just immonsol Ere my verses | conelude. Liiko it known and undorstood, i I'm nover I'm pot tao bad, and not too g BROWNING,KING & co. 8o W. Corner 15t2 and Dozl sbi Boys’ School Suats--- Now when you want them you can get 155 157 50c¢, 75¢, %1 Boys Hats, Waists 40c, ties, all boys’ furnishi this Vacation week. purchases. Browning, Open Saturdays till D p. w Other ovenings will 680, 75¢, $1 and up, Hose with knee protectors, collars, neck- boys' spring overcoats at special prices for ladies’ and children to rest in or to make Many new and novel styles. them. TFor this Va-, cation week we make special prices on everything for theboys KILY SUITS, 10 h years up to #4 and 20 ()8, 34 $2.50,md 85 U #5, 86.50 "4 n?p m‘fl(]., Shirt Boys' $3.50 PANT 410 15 yeurs, LONG PANT SUIT 13 to 18 years, up to $6.50. ng goods and clegant Pleasant parlors for King & Co |S. W. 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