Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 23, 1893, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. T B ROSEWATER, PURLISHED EVERY MORNING. bbbl e B TS SRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. aay) One Year Saturd: OFFICES, Omalia. The fee BN, 0 o irets Cownell iy ¢ * news and_edi- ronid be ated: To the Faitor BUSINESS LETTERS. ters and remittances shonld bo mpany. Omal rh 10 b ma mmer ean have an order PURLISHING COMPANY. in Chiengo. e DALY t ® is on saloin at the following plac ;hl]r(‘ ]| el \ afandl notel. Filex of T Bep canbo soen at the N braskabullding and the Administration l)u|| ing, Exposition grounds. Bir Pub- that the ompany. a¢ tior the week enlntion of ner 21, wils a8 follows Tuesday. October 17 Wednenday October 18 Friday, October Baturday, Octobe i W0k T TZSCHUOK, ~i— | Sworn to hoforo me and subseribed in my Rkl Nober, 180 {M\”" senee il e ., Notary Puble. o e e s Avernge Circulation for Sept., 1893, 24, THE outlook for compromise scems to be improving. NEW YORKERS may now go home from Chicago with the knowledge that a small portion of this country still exists outside of the limits of New York City. THE senate is still proceeding with the legislative day of Tuesday last. If it now commences to hasten 1ts delibera- tions it may catch up with the times be- fore it finally adjourns. CONDITIONAL repeal is certainly a partial surrender on the part of the advocates of sound money. But it is also a partial surrender on the part of the free silver advocates. ' BETWEEN fetes, jubilees and state funerals continental Europe is affording its people an entertainment well caleu- lated to encourage the continuance of a peaceful attitude among all nations, THE railroad politicians with a repub- lican brand are terribly alarmed over «the prospect that a populist will be elected to the supreme bench. Why didn't thoy think of that before they e helped to turn down Maxwell? JusT think of Stuht, the embezzler of republican committee funds, getting himself foisted on the populist city ticket! Every decent workingman will spew him out and repudiate the bargain by which he bought his nomination. Ir THE republican minority in the senate were inclined to go to the ex- treme in maintaining its rights under the rules as the free silver men have done, the prospects of the democratic majority putting through a party com- promise measure would not be worth considering. THE tax rate in Omaha is too high, as it has been for years. But it would have been much higher today had not Mayor Bemis interposed his veto of the annual lovy submitted by the council finance committee. By this one act Mayor Bemis saved the taxpayers of Omaha the lump sum of $125,410, ADJUTANT GE AL WILLIAMS adds the weight of his authority to the gen- eral opinion that the indian be retained as soldiers in the regular army. The experiment has not been carried out long enough as yet to justify its con- demnation because a few subordinate officers dislike the extra work which iv entails upon them, I cosT the people $3,187,717 over and whove the revenues of the Postoffice de- partment for the postal facilities af- forded them during the fiscal year 1892, * But as the people are generally satisfied that they received more than their money’s worth, there will be little cause for complaint. Itisa good investment from every point of view. SENATOR HARRIS of Tennessee takes pains to explain that the contests which take place on the floor of the senate are contests of reason, not of brute force. Pray whero does Senator Harris class the resort to “sitting it out” to which he and his friends of the minority forced the impotent majority which favors unconditional vrepeal? - THE populist city committee will have something 1o explain to the respectable members of its own party. Were the blanks on the council ticket left there purposely to give them a chance to fill them for boodle? If not, how did it come that decent men who are friendly with the working people were rejected and notorious tools of contractors and boodle men were endorsed IF I S, HASCALL has joined the A. P, A, as currently reported, he is a full-blown idiot. His strength in the First and Second wards in years pust has been in the support of the sworn enemies of that political order. He owes them whatever prominence he has enjoyed in city affaivs. He must know that to join the order upon the eve of election would be construed as an open bid for votes, and his action would be repudiated by atl thinking, decent men. e voport of his accession was heralded from the housetops, which is not the tice in A. TP, A, circles, It may been sprung by the frieads of Bed- whose votp Hascall is said to be gobbl up ot & tremendous rate. We wre mhfudy to believe it. N GIVE THE PEOPLE RELIEF, One of the employes in the office of the State Board of Transportation has un- bosomed himself to a Lincoln newspaper man to the effect that it will take fully ten months of hard work to get the transfer switch law in proper working order. We fear that at the rate at which the members of the bosrd have thus far set themselves to enforce the Taw it will require a great deal longer than ten months to induce the railroads to construct ail the switches that the statute contemplates. The solicitude of the board for the burdens borne by the people has in no way been commensurate with its solicitude for the burdens which they fear might be imposed upon, the raiiroads. There is one thing, however, which has evidently slipped the minds of the members of the State Board of Trans- portation and of which they cannot be too often remindéd. That is that the legislatire contemplated the enforce- ment of the Packwood biil at the time it enacted it into law. The provision permitting the railroads to petition the voard for relisf from the operation of the venalty clause in particular in- stances where its enforcement might prove unusually burdensome and con- sequently unjust was not intended to be a cover by which the railroads should seck to evade the law at cach and avery point in Nebraska where a transfer switch s required by its provisions. The railroad managers, according to their usual custom, are trying to make a farce of the railroad legislation of the last legislature and up to this time have not encountered any very strong opposition to their plans in the quarters of the State Board of Transportation. If the members of the hoard wish to redeem themselves in the oyes of the people and to make up for their past in- oxcusablo negligence in the matter, let them show that they are sincere in their efforts to secure the enforcement of the law. No one expects them to examine nearly a hundred different railroad crossings, and to decide in a minute whether it is unusually burden- some upon the railvoads to compel them to put in the required transfer switches. It will take days, perhaps months, to put the law into effect throughout the whole state. But that is no reason why the people should be afforded no'reliof whatever. A half a lpaf is better than no loaf, and a little relief is better than no vrelief at all. Let the State Board of Transportation take up one case at a time and decide it. They need not go far from Lincoln to do so, and may thus for a time avoid the bank- ruptey which they claim will follow the defrayal of their own traveling expenses. The decisions in the first few es will soon show what we are to expect from the operation of the law. They will also show the railroads whéther or not the board means business, and if they order a few switches constructed and collect the penalties that are accruing from the neglect of the railroads to maintain them, the railroad managers will not feel like running the risk of further penalties at other points unless they have a really strong case upon which to rest their contention. When the rail- roads are forced tocomply with the spirit of the law, those one hundred points in- stanced for personal examination by the board will quickly melt into reasonable proportions. The transfer switch law went into of- fect August 1. If the State Board of Transportation had done its duty from the start, we would by this time have had some vesults trom its enact- ment. If it really intends to carry out its provieions, it cannot bogin to do so any too soon. A ANOTHER MARESHIFT. It is announced that a majority of the domocratic senators have agreed upon a compromisé measure and that within two of a sufficient number to pass iv are pledged to its support. It is oxpected that the requisite forty-three will be sceured, in which event it is proposed to pass the bill as a strictly party measure, without asking any assistance from the republicans, who generally do not favor the Dbill, though it is said they will make no united opposition to it. The so-called compromise 18 simply an- other makeshift and is essenti- ally a surrender of the democratic repealers to the free silver eloment. It proposes to continue the Shermanwact for another year, providing that in the meanwhile the treasury shall coin the silver seigniorage, and in order to force this silver into circulation small notes shall be withdrawn. The plan of in- creasing the gold reserve of tho treas- ury by an issue of bonds, 50 as to insure the maintenance of the parity of gold and silver is not embraced inthe com- promise, the democvats fearing, for poliical reasons, to increase the public debt in this way. It is not apparent in what way the passage of a measure of this kind could remedy the existing condition of affairs and give the relief from financial dis- trustt, due to the silver policy, that is de- munded by the country. Postponing the repeal of the silver-purchase law for a year will not restore confidence, partic- ularly in view of the fact that no special provision 1is to be made for strengthen- ing the treasury gold resorve, which is now depleted to the extent of nearly 20,000,000 and is steadily declining, As to the other provisions of the bill they promise not a single advantago. The people who clamor for more money would not be benefited by them, and even the silver-mining interests would not be helped to any material extent. ‘We should add 54,000,000 ounces to the treasury supply of silver without accom- plishing substantial good in any di- rection. As to the point that the people will be given an opportunity to express themselves on the question in the next congressional elections it is unworthy of serious con- sideration. Therg can be no doubt that the intelligent, practical, conservative sentiment of the country is very largely in favor of the immediate discontinu- ance of the purchase of silyer by the government. It is thought that the proposed com- promise measure can be passed in the senate. No opiunion has been ventured as to what its fate might be in the house, But, assuming that it got through both branches of congress, what treatment would it probably receive at the hands of the presidert? Unless Mr. Cleve- land is prepared to stultify himself the only conclusion must be that sich & bill would meet with his prompt disapproval. He has, himself declared in the most unequivocal terms against any sort of compromise and his organs have repeatedly stated for him that he would accept nothing less than unconditional repeal. One of these re- contly declared that it the democratic senators should carry & compromise re- peal bill through the senate it would be more and worse than a blunder. ‘Tt would be a political crime—a crime against the nation, against the cause of tariff reform committed to their hands, against the consciences of those of their own number who believe, as . many of them do, that any concession to the sil- ver men, after their revolutionary con- duct, is a survender of the integrity of the senate.” Another organ only a short time ago, unquestionably with an accurdte knowledge of the attitude of the president, assured those who talked of compromise that they could hope for nothing from the president. The course | of Mr. Cleveland in the present juncture will be watched by the country with pe- culiar interest. LOOK 70 YOUR ANSESSORS. The owners of cottage homes, or the vast majority of property vwners whose holdings are limited to a city lot and possibly one or two small houses, are more vitally concerned in the selection of tax assessors than in the choice of a supreme judge. The men who are to place a valuation on all property in this city have been nominated by party con- ventions and are now bidding for votes. It s the duty of every taxpayer to make sure that only good men are selected for these important places. Our statutes are very explicitin their divections to assessors, and if observed to the letter will put at rest ail com- plaints as to unjust and unequal assess- ments of real and personal property in both city and state. It is provided that all moneys, credits, bonds, or stocks and other investments, the shares of stock of incorporated companies and associations and all other personal property, includ- ing property in transit to or from the state, used, held, owned or controlled by porsons residing in this state; the shares of capital stock of banks and banking companies, the capital stock of incorporated companies and all real estate shall be listed for taxation. All personal property must be valued by assessors at its fair cash value, and all veal property must be valued at its fair value, estimated at the price it would bring at voluntary sale. Chronic tax shirkers will plead the exemption clause of the law in justifi- cation of low assessments on their prop- erty. It is the duty of assessors to post themselves . thoroughly on this much abused provision of the tax law. Outside of the property of the state, county and city very few exemptions are made. They cover only ‘“‘such other property as may be used exclusively for agricultural and horticultural societies, for school, religious, cemetery and charitable purposes.” These: legal ex- emptions are not and never were in- tended to cover such property as that of the Omaha Driving Park association, which isnow owned byone man and upon which the annual horse race of the Douglas County Fair association is run. This property has been exempted from taxation by the city council, which has no authority for the act nor has there been in the annals of this city a greater injustice to the taxpayers of small hold- ings, who in consequence must. necesa sarily pay proportionately higher taxes. There is also no justification for the systematic evasion of taxes by franchised corporations, railways and sleeping car companies, having headquarters in Omaha. In many other cities such property owners are made to pay, not only a fair-tax, buta per cent of their profits toward maintenance of city gov- ernment. They have been especially favored in Omaha through vhe faithless- ness of incompetent or corrupt assessors. The law 18 specific as to assessments of sleeping car properties and cannot be misunderstood. The voters of Douglas county, and es- pecially those who own small holdings, will insist upon a better obssrvance of tax laws by assessors in the future, The nominees of party conventions will be compelled to declare themselves in favor of honest and just assessments before they can expect to receive the suffrages of our people. It is high time that wealthy corporations and individuals shall be required to observe the law and pay into the treasury their proper share of taxes. THE THREATENED DEFICIT. The netional treasury is threatened with a deficit at the end of the cucrent fiscal year that may amount to $30,000,- 000. The statement of Secretary Carlisle, in vesponse to a resolution of the senate, says that owing to the uncertainty re- | garding the future financial and com- mercial condition of the country no’ present satisfactory forecast can be made with sufficient definiteness to be the subject of an official opinion at this time as to the amount of any contem- plated deficiency either in the estimates or the actnal public revenues, but he says if there are no improvements in the receipts for the remaining three-fourths of the fiscal year and no legislative reduction of expenditures, there may be contemplated a deficit at the end of the year of 850,000,000 in the revenues and over $80,000,000 with refer- ence to the estimates. It appears that for the first quarter of the present fiscal year the receipts of the treasury fell off #21 ,000 from those of the correspond- mgfl’nud of the preceding year, while the expenditures have been maintained, if not materially increased. The secretary of the treasury seems hopeful of a change for the better in the financial and commereial situation from which the revenues of the government will be improved and this is probable, although the general indications are not 80 pucouraging to this view as could be desired. The fact recently referred to of an accumulating supply of money at the financial centers is evidence of a business stagnation which does not promise well either for the interests of the national treasury or the gen- oral prosperity, apd, thers is some rea- son to apprehend that this condition will continue for some time. If there was likely to be a resumption of business activity during the winter the indica- tions of it would have been strongly manifested before this time. The fact is, however, that the promise as to business conditions during the next four or five months is 1ot altogether bright and it will not be surprising if the rev- enues of the government show a still further decline during the next six months. After that ‘time an improve- ment {s reasonably to be expected, but this will not help materially in prevent- ing a deficit. Mr, Carlisle suggests a legislative re- duction of expenditures, but not much is likely to be done in this direction. The policy of congress will probably be to devise plans for raising more revenue rather than to try to equalize receipts and oxpenses by cutting down the latter The former is perhaps the easier task. Several expedients have been proposed, among them an increase of the taxes on spirits and tobacco to an amount which it is estimated would yield annually #50,000,000 or $60,000,000. An- other suggestion is an income tax, but while this plan has some advocates it is hardly likely to secure sufficient support to be adopted. There are so many valid objections to it that democratic leaders in congress will hardly be disposed to urge the plan, at least so long as there are other means of raising revenue. All citizens, irrespective of politics, will agree that a treasury deficit should be prevented. The government must not be allowed to default as to any of its financial obligations. It is to be pre- sumed that the party in power realizes its duty in this respec THE German-American Reform union of New York, through a committee, in- cluding among others, Carl Schurz and Oswald Ottendorfer, has issued an ap- peal to its German fellow citizens of the state to vote against the democratic candidate for the court of appeals, Isaac H. Maynard, and the effect of this ought to be worth many thousands of votes to the republicans. The charge against Maynard is that he stole an official cer- tificate of election for the purpose of bringing the state scnate under the power of his party, and this is not de- nied, though his friends attempt to jus- tify his criminal conduct by say- ing that in doing what he did he secured to his party the proper measure of power and is there- fore entitled to rewatd. There has never been anything more scandalous in American politics than the nomination of this man for the highest judicial posi- tion in the gift of 'thé people of New York, and it markedly illustrates the political methods of - David B. Hill and also his power over ‘the democratic ma- chine in that state. If the. republicans of New York cannot. defeat Maynard thero will be little hope of ever redeem- ing that state from democratic control, foisted upon it by the most reprehensi- ble of political rascal —_— MAYOR BEMIS haS' not been called upon to veto any..of the waterworks company’s bills because the waterworks company has technically Iived up to its ‘contract. Tt has supplied the test of pressure required by its agreement with the city. If that testis too low, or of a kind that signifies nothing in respect to the facilities for fighting fires, it 1s the fault of those who drew up the original contract, and not of Mayor Bemis. And if we remember correctly the populist candidate for mayor, Mr. Hascall, had something to do with that original con- tract. When the waterworks company fails to live up to its obligations Mayor Bemis will be on hand to exert his authority, as he always has, for what he believes to be the best interests of the taxpayors. THE administration at Washington is said to be displaying nothing but apathy in relation to the gubernatorial contest in Ohio notwithstanding the fact that the fight in that state is one clearly drawn between the principles of protes tion on the one side and those of a tariff for revenue only on the other. The ap- peals of the democratic candidate for assistance at the hands of the adminis- tration forces have been treated with in- difference. All this from the champion of tariff reform. And some people are cruel enough to infer that the cause of tariff reform is not nearly so dear to the heurt of Grover Cléveland now as it was before the last election, Ler the day of thanksgiving be ap- pointed. Senator Peffer has concluded his wonderful silver speech and the government at Washington still lives. History Kepeats Ltsolf, Globe-Demoerat, It is related that Queen Elizabeth once ked the speaker of the House of Commons, Now, Mr. Speaker, what hath passed in the Commons House?” To which Mr. Speaker loyally und candidly replied, “It it please your majosty, seven weeks!” Somay it be Said, alas! of the dilatory and exasperating senate at Washington. e ey fp— An Opening lora Van Alen, Washingtoy Post. * Any party or partigs with capital and a desire to invest in cajpalgn funds with a view of future rewards should hasten to cor- respond with the treaeprer of the Ohio dem- ocratic committee, 1t has been discovered that it will require something move conving- g than free trade sentiment to convince the Ohio voters that the tariff is fraudulent and unconstitutional. ) The Party rwnn (teelf, New York Evéning Post (dem.) The Union League elub might have spared the. country its anupal ‘“arcaignment” of tho democratic party, as the said party is at the present Lime arraigning itself with suf- ficient deadlluess. “What with Tammany tyranny in New Y,M City and machine tyranny in New York state, there was no need 3 democratic swml“ at Washington to complete the picture. Piling delay and obstruction at Washington upon Mn‘znnm at home is to heap anunnecessary Pelion upon a sufficient Ossa, These staring facts are worth more to the republican party hereabouts and through the country than the soporific two columus in fine print of the committee on political reform. Nobody will read these, but overybody can see those, Itis not worth anybody's while to £0 out of his way to arraign s party that so neatly performs that kindly office for itaelf, —_———— Suppress Bond Compantes, St. Lowts Republio. Between the state authorities and the fed- eral grand juries the business of the bond investment companies will soon go into liqudation. Asa matter of publio policy their charters should be nullitied in some way. They play upon the human weakness of taking chances, and if allowed to multiply would in & few years withdraw an immense volume of capital from productive uses. However honostly managed, a bond in- vestment company I8 not beneficial to a com- munity. It holds out the wrong inducement ~that of luck iustead of the useful one of labor. Secretary of State Lesueur and Attorney General Walker will be stimulated to still more vigorous efforts by the action of the Chicago grand jury. ot A . The Only Honost Way to Do, David City Press (dem.). Both the republican and democratio state conventions were a disgrace to modern oivil- ization. Men who ought to be above such meanness, sold themselves for a song. 1f the voters resent it at the polls, they will show themselves above and better than the rotten, corrupt hoodlumism which has bartered away their liberties and prosperity to corporate greed. If the voters sustain the wrongs which have been committed against their rights then they will demon- strate that they are satisfled with the shadows rather than the substance. The object lesson on the poliical horizon 13 not 10 bo ignored. Corporation bosses have attempted no concealmént.T'he treasury loot- ors attempted noconcealment of their hatred for an honest judge. The impeached state ofticials winked when robbers were stealing the stateblind, and yet they were endorsed, and the judge who declared them guilty was punishea by his party. It is hard for Mr. Rosewater to ao otherwise. Honest eaitors can’t very well eat their words, —_——— Mr, Clarkson's Health. Milwaukee Sentinel (Rep.). Mr. J. S, Clarkson of Iowa is tho latest golitician to”explott, his bounding “healeh. Ve do not know for what offica he is in training, but ho allows it to be announced that “the color of the rose is in the general's cheek, his eye is clear aud his step1s as light as that of an Iowa schoolboy." Further, “his republican enthusiasm is once more at & high pitch,” and he is very much in favor of having something dove for silver. About an Intornntional agreement as to silver, he exclaims: “The world has wone along for thousands of years without such an international agreement. First solve our own problom on silver and then it is tune to talk about an internationsl agroement.” Mr. Clarkson has boen troubled with rheu- matism for a long time and has spont six months on tho Pacific coast. He says he is well uow and threatens to projoct ~himself into the Towa campaign and, perhaps, lend his aid to Governor McKinlev in Ohio. We fear the consequences. We do not think the general (?) should encounter the risk of a return of his rheumatism by taking an active part in an autumn campaign. This is rheumatic weathor and even at the risk of losing Iowa and Ohio the republicans should insist that the general take no chances. Thero is no rhoumatic influence in tae Sandwich islands and the general ought to g0 out thero for a month or two in order to make his cure secure. But if he cannot be persunded to do this, then ho should not omit any precaution against a vetura of his rheumatism. Talkirg is the worst thing in the world for a_man recently recovered from this painful disease. Talking from the stump 18 almost sure to cause 4 relapse, and interviews with roporters are simply invitations to rheuma- tism. We sincerely hope that Mr. Clarkson will take care of his health even though his silence on the silver question should Tesult in disastrous legislation through tho ignor- ance of legislators. Botter, vastly better, 1o suffer the painful consequences of the repeal of the Sherman law unconditionally than to have Mr. Clar n down with rheu- matism again from much talking. — - DUSTRIAL NOTES. Europe makes yearly yards of looking glass. The American girl keeps 1,450 manufac- turers of confectionery. Chicago contractors will build a railroad from Hafla, Syria, to Damascus. Montreal has bougnt the great Worthmng- ton World’s fair pumping engine, with its capacity of 10,000,000 gallons. Types are not used in printing Persian newspapers. The ‘‘copy’ is given to an ex- pert penman, who writes 1t out neatly. Then the work is lithographed. ‘The Van Alen Cotlon mills at Stuyvesant Falls, near Hudson, N. Y., have started on full time, glving employment to 400 op- eratives, who have been idle since last Jul, The Baltimore & Ohlo Railway company wracks in the cunnel under the city of Bal- timore are to be operated with electric loc motives and the tunnel itself lizhted with 4,000 incandescent lamps, The Edgar Thompson Steel works at Braddock, Pa., resumed work last Monday in all departments, Some of the employes will receive an increase of wages, while others will suffer a slight reduction, he incandescent light plant at the World's fair is capable of keeping 180,000 sixteen-candle power lamps alight at once, if required, which would be equivalent to the consumption of over 100,000,000 cubie feet of gas an hour. More men were employed lastwoeek at the Carnegie Steel works at Homestead than at any time since trade became dull, and everything around the plant has as- sumed a lively apvearance. *Five mills are scheduled to go on double time and threo on singie, After two months of 1dleness mills 2 ana 8 of the Clark Thread company at Kearny, N. J., resumed work on short time. The mile- end thread work and the Hartshorn shade- roller factory also started and will run four days a week. These three Fast Newark con- cerns give employment to 2,600 men, women and girls. The puddling department of the Clinton Iron and Steel company at Pittsburg re- sumed work last week afteran idleness of several month The puddle mill of the Phoenix Iron company of Phwnixville, Pa., also resumed, giving cmployment to a large number of men. Itis beheved the entire plant will soon be in operation, A new principal has been suggested in the manufacture of bank notes. If a sheet of paper is plunged into a mixture of various coloring matters, each color will penetrate iuto every fibre with a different degree of speed, and the paper will present o streaked appearance, each brand having & distinet color, 1t would be impossible to imitate these effects without an exact kuowledge of how the mixture of colors was made. A great building of twelve stories in course of construction in Chicago, presents a sight that would dumfound an architect of the old school, The steel skeleton framework is finishea up to the twelfth story, and the stonework is doue from the foundation to the first story. Then there is a skip of two stories, and the exterior walls of erra cotta, an imitation of stone, have been started at the third story and are being run up from that point. Accordig to contract the build- ing must be ready for occupancy by uext May. 1,850,000 square Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report. | Jorelco) Re Baking wder ABSOLUTELY PURE THR DRATH OF QOUNUD, Boston Globe: Few men have been more sincerely devoted to their art than was Charles Gounod, and his fame will not be the loss secure bocause during his closing years he sought the loftiest ideals in shich that | art could find expression. ‘Washington News: Gounod wa brilliant genius, whose success was due mainly to hard work. He siruggled for twenty-five years without gaining recogni- tion, and he was 41 years old when '‘Faust" wu“mmm-m and brought him his long-do- layed reward. Philadelphia North American: Charles Gounod, the eminent composor, whose death atlast reports was hourly expected, will live in men's momories for all timo to come by virtue of the authorship of the one opera with which his name is universally as- sociated, the opera of “Faust.” New York Advertiser: The hypercritical who profess a cult that no ono understands neer at the beauties of “Faust.” And yet this perennial music poem did more than any other opera to freo the stage from the domination of puppet operas and ihe ca- pricious singers of the old time Italian school. New York World: 1In the severity of his holarly knowledge, in tech- y to handle orchestration and make vocalization an expression of an_emo- tion, Gounod had no equal in France, 1t will be a long time bofore the tunoful and earnest world will give its laurels to any other maestro of our time, Chieago Record : & man of He does not loave tho impress of a powerful personality upon his art as did Berlioz. He has not created a new medium of expression as did Wagner, But he wrote music that pleased, because it was pure and beautiful and exp: ive, and will continue to please for many years to come and for the same reasons. Now York Times: A religious idealist, a mystic, at times almost a fanatic, a man with the vaguest claims to the titlo of mor- alist, Gounod has left behind him this one work [“Faust”] as an inspived setting of certain parts of an inspired poem—a work which contains not only a revelation of the most beautiful art, but a moral lesson. Philadelphia Times: And Gounod's work survives, not bocause he wrote for those who came after, but because he wrote for his timoe, as all great artists do, in frank, un- consclous ncceptance of the artistic currents of his age, yet with reverent belief in the dignity of art, in the beauty and joy of lifo, and in the goodness and the glory of God. Chicago Hara Jounod, the musician, in many things resembled MaeMahon, the soldior, “Love, work and friendship” was his motto. He was conscientious to the last degree and though, like MacMalon, he was nota genius, he approached that plane so closeiy by dint of hard work and steady ap- plication that a spark ot the Promethean fire scemed now and then to touch him. He was an artist in the true seuse of the word, caring little for fame and less for money, de- voted 1o his art alone. pringfield (Mass.) Republican: Chatles Francis Gounod, the most eminent of French composors attack of cerebral hemorrhy came us & musician would have i attended mass Sunday morning, apparently in good health. In the afternoon the organ- ist Conturan and several singers went to his houso at St, Cloud near Paris, and per- formed his requiem mass, in which Gounod joined, singing with intense feeling and power. At almost the last note his _voico faltered and he fell to the floor. He did not rally, and death occurred at dawn Wednes- day. ————— PEOPLE AND THINGS, Democratic harmony has earned n war- ranty dced to Congressman Evorett's cav- ity.” John Haucock's grave in_ the old Granary burying ground in Boston is unmarked save Dy a small cracked and _moss.covered stone inscripéd: “No. 16. Tomb of Huncock.” Efforts are being made o raise funds for a suitable monument. M. Morrill of Vermont is the oldest sena- tor- Noxt comes Mr. Palmer of Ilinoi who'is 7. Mr. Harris of Tennessee is Mr. Pugh of Alaba 3, and Mr. She man of Ohio and Me. Hunton of Virginia are each 71 years old. There are now sev- eral frisky youngsters in the senate, and the average ageof tho members is about b8 years and 6 months, “Billy” Deutsche, who broke the bank at Monte Carlo and made great winnings at Paris, is dying at Denver. Despito his suc- cess at play he is mnot an advocate of gambling, and in answer to the question, “Do you think any benefit is derived from monéy won by gambling?” he answers: “Certainly nov. A man who wins mone cards simply fritters it away and ac nabits which unfit im for any legitimate occupation. Tattribute the majority of sui- cides to gambling.” Congressman DeForrest of Connecticut has a most remarkable memory. He mem- orizes all his specches and gives the manu- seript to the official stenographers so that they muy save the trouble of shorthanding them, The stenographers, who follow the speaker to insert any impromptu remarks, declare that Mr. DeForrest never omits or misplaces a word, no matter how long the spoech may be. Ex-Speaker Reed is c ited with a similar faculty, though iu a less degree. Hon. John L. Thomas of Baltimore, whose death is snnounced, was one of the most aggressive union men in Maryland during war times. One of the mnsLlul ll\nli‘u isodes of that stirring time was his speech e sl Fountain inn April 18, 1561, Governor Hicks was that night in consulta- tion with tho union men in the hotel, and the mob outside was supposed to portend danger to him. Colonel Thomas anpenred on the portico, and by A speech of remark- able vigor held the crowd in check while the governor aped from the hotel. Tt is a good thing that the Wor'd's fair is ¢ over. Austen Chamberlain baral unfonist membor of Parl es not approve of it. hotel tho other day blowiug cigarette when a reportor you like the World's fair!” asked the jour nalist. “Haw! roplied Mr, Ch n “Really, 1t was —haw - somewhat orasting, but not great--not great, I— 18aw quito a crowd, but not as large 10, nOt A8 1argo A8 1 806 daily in— haw— ondon—yes, in London, don’t yoa know!" hat sottlos it Therc two wonderful linguists nolding unimportant positions 1n Washington, One is Ivan Michel, a Russian, who i the senate committeo on foreign 1 familiar with twenty-six languages, has A stock of information almost eng, vedic upon European finances and diplo- ney. The other is George Joannici, & k at the Normandie hotel. He is but 23 ars old, vet ho is mastor of seventeon languages, including Chinese, Japaneso and Hindustani, He aks nino of theso idio- matically and almost witho nt, and the othors well enough to on ordinary conversation. Ho is a born ling acquires languagos without dift Charles Lewis Fair, ex-Senat Fair of speeding eastward port of his arrest on o of insanity was untrue, Young a ronnder from Rounderville, poss a marvelous capacity for deink and a mania for going into debt. After his son's departure from San Francisco last Monday the elder Ialr dug up his will and cut the young man's in- heritance from something like § $100. ‘T'he codicil amounting to was drawn up by the ex-senator's attornoy. The clause in the will by which half the enormous estate was to go to the son was stricken out and a substitute was added giving him §100. To emphasize this action a long explanation i ment, Th et forth in strong and full de- tail that much of ghe father! and severely tried, had been alienated by the son's prolonged debauches ana the re- mainder had been completely eradicated by the young man's mai woman, tackled him Ho rry — PEPPERY POINTS, Cloveland Plain Doalor: “Thero must nec- essarily be," said tho coal dealer, ‘'a little slack in the'weight." rdware: Son—\What Is a de 1n eivor? Father (who fs a littlo doaf): A man, my Doy, who Is ippolnted by the courts to hoid out promises to the creditors, Flmira Gazette: Yes, Minerva, therols a differenca borween gotting in option on apart= wonts and geiting o At rofusal Philadelphia Times: Toat new socloty for the suppression of London’s strest noises might do something with thoso Engiishmon Who dross so loudly, Somerville Glndys, will W\‘Ahfv husband? Gluays—Just & plonse. Washington n who Journa you ta orgyman—And you, o this man to be your moment, Mr. Goodman, 18 my veil on straight? “Have you," sald the bingg of 'bis_travels y conception of utter sald the poli clan; “every time I ide in o iive think of Senator Swollygosh's specehes, Chicago Tribune: “"Mandy, what bulldin's this?” - *Lectricity, pap. They burn lizhts in here an’ have muchines that shock you. Reckon we'd bettor g ! ewara)-"Yas, Can't shock us ' tho things did in that dog- Wa N A newspapor man, who was wate progress of_the ercetion of ho now organ in the Gunton-Temple Memortal chureh yosterday, stumbled over one of tho b.g sixteen-foot pedal base pipes and exelaimed: "I beg your pardon, Senator Stewart Detroft T'req Pres What surpr yoy most_at the World's fair?" asked Jenkins of “Tho peul of the liberty boll” was the riotic unswer, “it took me rignt oft my i TIME'S CIANGES. Idianavolis Journal. 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