Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 29, 1893, Page 12

THE DAILY BEE. SAMS OF ¢ afly Bee (withont Stmday) One Year jnily and Sunday, Ono Yeas. (.. .. ix Motha v hree Monthis i unday Bee, One Y turday 1 eakiy e Omala Bouth ¢ C natte - mrone T'o the Editor itera fd_remittances showd be o Baolian 1y Omaha. 10 e made Al business prable to the orde P anion leaving AT BEE sent 10 th AU business offico. THE mor ean havo ing an order = = The Wee in Chleago, Tup DALY and SuspAy Bee fs on saloin Chieago at the following places: Paluier house. ) ern 1ol hotel, jotel A : Bee canhe seen at the Ne- Bh e Athoinistration build- Is. e Pub- ¢ that the the week ending Oc fmday. —~s— Sworn to bafore me and subserided ity 1. | prese i 25thy day of Qetobor, 1NN, L 18 P. FEIL, Notary Publie. ge Circulation for Sept., 1803, 2 POSTMASTERSHIPS ave coming slowly just now. But wait till the repeal bill is passed and the wells of federal patron- age will once more begin to flow with the accustomed rapidity. THE substitution of- John L. Pierson for Frank Thompson as candidate for the Bpard of Education is a very grati- fying improvement. Mr. Pierson has been an excellent member of the board. VOTING upon the repeal bill has al- ready become in two days much more popular with the public than talking on the repeal bill did in the many long weoks that that measure has hung fire in the senate. THE police judge of New York City re- ceives an annual salury of 88,000, while a justico of tho supreme court of Ne- braska receives $2,500 a year. Justice must necessarily come too high in New York or it is too cheap in Nebraska. PHILADELPHIA is taking steps to raise a subseription fund of 10,000 to be ex- pended in purchasing articlesof interest at the World’s fair to be exhibited in its free public museum, The hint might be taken to heart by public-spirited citi- oZons everywhere. Tie only definite assurance we have that the American collegeshave entered upon the season’s task of a higher edu- cation for young men is the announce- ment that the first intercollegiate game of foot ball is to be played in a few days. The average American college boy, like the Chicago girl, takes great pride in the size of his shoes. 0D won his place on the school board pay roll through his rustling qual- Ities as a ward worker, and is likely to retain his position for that reason. He is a political necessity to certain mem- bers of the board, who ave under obliga- tions to him, and who foisted him upon the city pay roll as the easiest means of paying off such obligations. As usual, the taxpayer gets the worst of it. FEW people have contended that the pilver senators were insincere in their fight against the repeal bill, They have simply peen blinded by false notions in respect to monetary doctrines and the overwhelming pecuniary interests of many of their consuituents in mining properties. They will soon see that un- conditional repeal is by no means the ealamity which they have been predict- ing. CONGRESSMAN BLAIR promises to spare his associates in the house from further personal endeavors to push the educational bill which bears his name and upon which previous congresses have been forced to waste so much time. Blair practically talked his own bill to death on move than one occasion. With- out his active eforts in its bohalf its shancos of becoming law may be consid- sred somewhat improved. Will any self-vespecting American citi- een place his vote at the disposal of any vailroad, express, telegraph or street vail- way company or any other corporation that carvies him on its pay roll? Does a man barter away his sou! when he hives ot to one of these corporations? — Ave they not get- ting all they are entitled to when employes efi- ciently and faith fully perform the tusk in- posed upon them in the shops, on the train or at headquarters? I¥ He llinois Central decides to avail itsell of the interstate bridge to make its entrance into Omaha the Fast Omaha Bridge and Terminal company will be entitled to credit for having done a good turn for Omaha, The Illi- nois Central would make a valuable addition to our railway facilities and give us a direct outlet into a section of eountry that Omaha has only been able o reach in a roundabout way. THE Philadelphia Public Ledger rouds & timely lesson to councilmen who habitually neglect to attend the meet- ings of the body to which they have sought and gained an election, It says that ‘‘as long as & man is a member he make it a rule to arange for his Ppresence as regularly as he would for sny business engugement, und whoa he finds he canuot do this he ought to re- " sign, for ho has no further m ral right 8 soat in the municipal legislature,” 3 hen Mr. Bedford was a member of the © Omaha eity council he was absent from - meetings almost as often as he was pres- ~ent. And he didu't resigu or refuse his salary, cithor, RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF RAILWAY EMPLOYES. There are nearly one million men.on the pay rolls of the railroads of the United States. This vast industrial army is officered by the brainiest men that can be found in America, who are especially trained to make the service of thelr eompanies efficient and remuner- ative. The great ecienca of modern railroading is to decrense expenses and increase earnings. To this end every railway manager constantly endeavors to operate the road so that he can get the largest amount of service with the smallest force for the least money. In almost every other country but our own the railway service affords steady employment at fixed wages, with promo- tion according to merit and length of time each individval has heen in the service. Men are only discharged for cause Men who receive injuries in the service of the company and those who have been in the eervice to an advanced age are retired on sufficient pay to keep them comfortable. In this country the oldest and most faithful employe is liable to dismissal on a day’s notice, with no other explana- tion than that hisservices have been dispensed with. Men who have devoted half a lifetime to becoming experts in any branch of railroading are thrown out arbitrarily to make way for some favorite of the general {4 manager or some relative of an influen- tial politiciun. This uncertainty of tenure oxtends through the entire ser- vice from the manager’s office down to the section hand. -For any grievance, just or unjust, there is no redress unless the complaint is backed, by numbers or potential friends. The only efficient counter forco has been association and mutual resistance to enforce fair treat- ment. What has been accomplished in the way of securing redress and check- ing the downward pressure of wages has been through the brotherhoods and federations of locomotive engineers, | firemen, conductors, brakemen, switch- men, train dispatchers, operators and other employes in the train service. The workmen in the shops and on the roadway and the olerks are,?for the most part still at the mercy of arbitrary bosses and heads of departments. The most flagrant misuse of association is the so-called hospital service and simi- lav velief associations, which ostensibly have for their object mutual protection of employes, but in reality ave chiefly maintained for the benefit of the rail- way companies. When the surgeon gen- eral of the Union Pacific inaugurated the employes’ hospital tax about twelve years ago there was a general revolt against this imposition all along the line. Protests and remonstrances were |showered upon the managers from every shop and office, and the feeling of oppo- sition was so intense that for a time Dr. Mercer's pet scheme had to Le aban- doned. But after two or three years of resistance the men were finally whipped in. Wiliing or unwilling, 50 cents a month is taken out of the wages of every man or woman on the pay roll and set spartas a hospital fund to pay for sur- geons, doctors and drugs. Now, al- though this fun¢ is a forced contribu- tion from theemployes, they have not a word to say about its disposal. The man- agers engage tho surgeon general and his assistants and ‘to these managers alone do the railroad doctors look for any divections. If a trainman or shop- man meats with an accident the com- pany’s dootor, paid for with his own money, waits on him and treats him until he recovers or dies. 1f heremains a cripple for life the, company’s doctor first tries to persuade him that his in- juries are temporary and advises him to settle for a mere pittance. If he de- clines to settle and brings suit for dam- ages the company’s docwor, paid, for out of the fund contributed by the toilers, will, nine times out of ten, join the com- pany’s attorney in an effort to cut down his claim or beat him altogether. Against such systematic oppression nobody at railroad headquarters or on the road dares to raise his voice ‘Where, O where, is Railroad Organizer Knodell and his assoeiation of enlisted political serfs? Why have they never struck a blow for freedom by demanding that the men who pay the hospital tax shall have a voice in its expenditure? The Burlington road has also organ- ized a benevolent association for its own rvelief. It is known as the Burlington Voluntary Reliel Department. Osten- sibly this society was formed for the protection and reliet of employes injured in the service of the company. A case now pending before the supreme court of Nebraska unmasks the veal object, which 18 nothing more nor less than o device to relieve the com- pany from responsibility for accidentaily maiming or killing men in its enploy. The case we cite is that of Joseph Beil, who was jammed in coupling an engine and had three ribs broken. Bell brought suit for damages and was awarded 3700 by the jury that tried the case. From this verdict an appeal is now pending in the supreme court. The company demands that the verdict be set aside because Bell is a member of the Bu lington Voluntary Relief asso- clation and thevefore is hound by its rules. Under the provisions of this association the Burlington Raiiroad company guarantees the fulfillment of its obligations to members. The com- pany takos charge of all the moneys be- longing to the fund, is responsible for their safe keeping and pays 4 per cent per annum for monthly balances in its hands, Another article provides thatin consideration of the amounts paid and to be paid by said company, the Burling- ton road, for the maintenanca of the re- lief department the acceptance of bene- fits from the said velief fund for lnjury or death shall opecate as a release and satisfaction of all claims for damages against the said company. This is & vesy esnning trap by which a poor railroad man aud his family can be c.iseled out of a claim for losses of life or limb. Joseph Bell is shown to baye drawn 202 out of the benefit relief fund, and that, it is argued, bas him out of any further claim against the Burlington road. Do railway employes comprehend the encrmity of this provosed judicial jug- glery? Do they comprehend now why the railroad wunagers waal to own the | tions vastly beyond what was expected l supreme ocourt? Will they sacrifice their manhood and cut their own throats by voting as ordered for a railroad com- pany candidate to succeed Judge Max- well? KEEP IT BEFORE i HE TAXPAYERS. Thousands of our most intelligent citizens still labor under the delusion that the $1,500,000 bond proposition con- templates the building of a canal. Some of our brightest business men have been made to believe that any attempt to divert the money from the canal would bo enjoined by the courts. The reverse is true. The proposition as submitted to the voters of Omaha reads as follows: Shall bonds of the ity of Omaha ln the sam of one million five hundred thousand dollars (81,500,000) be issued for the appiro- priation and purchase of waterworks and an electrio light plant for sald clty and the ap- propriation and purchase of the land re- quired tor such waterworks and electrio Iight plant, the sald bonds to run not more than twenty (20) yenrs and to bear lnterost, payable semi.annually At & rate not to ex- oeed five (5) per cent per annum, with cou- pons attached, the sald bonds to bo called “Waterworks and Kleotrlo Light Ilant Bonds," and not to bo sold for less than par; the proceeds of sald bonds to be used for no other purpose than payiug the- cost of tho appropriation or pdrchase of waterworks and an eloctric Hght plant and land thero- tor, and the said bonds to be issuod from time to th may be required during the years 1894, 1893 and 1896, There is not one word about a canal in this proposition. If the honds carry the proceeds can only legally be used for the purchase of the waterworks or electric lighting plant. The proposition places no restrictions upon the council as re- gards the purchase. The council can have the works appraised or it can agree with Wiley upon the price to be paid without even going through the formality of an appraisement. The council can override the mayor's veto if ‘Wiley can control twelve members, and the courts cannot interfere unless abso- lute proofs can be furnished by unim- peachable witnesses that tho bargain was consummated by bribery or fraud. Any man who asserts that the bonds to be voted under the proposition sub- mitted can be legally used for a canal is an imposter. They cannot be so used even if the legislatfire should amend the charter s0 as to authorize the city to con- struct the canal or acquire its ownership by purchase. No law can operate back- ward. All who really fayor the canal project should vote no on the proposition. Those who do not want to mortgage the city for $1,500,000 without restrictions and safeguards will certainly vote no. THE END OF THE GREAT FAIR. But two days remain of the official life ot tue Columbian exposition. Within forty-eight hours the greatest enterprise of the kind ever undertaken and carried to a triumphant success will have become a thing of the past—a memory, and to the millions whose priv- ilege it has been to visit it and to give it intelligent and discriminating inspec- tion, a memory that will afford peren- nial gratification. What man or woman with an appreciation of the imposing, the grand and the beautiful, will ever forget the picture that was presented by a view from the ‘feourt of honor” * or" from the promenade of the Manufactures building? The impressive vastness and the sumptuous | splendor of the architectural achieve- ment alone was sufficient to leave an in- effaceable effect upon the mind, and when one considers in addition the mar- velous works of art and science and mechanical skill collected in these white palaces, wonder at the magnitude and the magnificence of this greatest of all world’s fairs grows as thought and im- agination dwell upon it. No pen has yot done justico to its glory and its grandeur, no orator has spoken the words that convey an adequate idea of its splendors and its beauties, the pencil or the brush of the artist Las given but an imperfect impression of its vastness and its imposing character, The mayor of New York City, in his address on *“Manhattan day,” said there was one sad reflection connected with the White City, and that was that all the magnificent specimens of architec- tural art, togethor with all that they contain of human greatness and civiliza- tion, will soon have passed away. “I cannot help but think that any out- lay, however great,” said the mayor of the national wetronolis, ‘‘that would tend to preserve these magnifi- cent buildings in monumental marble would be an expenditure for which the country would receive a hun- dred-fold in the liberal education which our population would re- ceive in visiting them and in the expansion of mind and elevation of thought which they would evoke.” In this Mayor Gilvroy voiced the sentiment of hundreds of thousands who have visited the fair, Few wmen or women of intelligence who have looked with pro- found interest and enthusiastic admira- tion upon those structures have not felt that their preservation would be a great thing for the country. But this is im- practicable s to most of them, though there is promise thaf ono or more will bo preserved to become the home of ex- hibits which will attract and instruct the coming generations of Americans, Another New Yorker spoke elo- quent words, on the occasion already referred to, which may be appro- priately auoted in this connection. Con: eressman Fellows said: “These build- ings will soon disappesr. The limita- tion is almost reached. All this phys- ical grandeur will have faded away and disappear, but the lessons which have been taught, not only to this republic, but to all of earth, will survive the flight of all the yeurs, This, afterall, is the mightiest lesson which the fair has taught. It has boen an edueation o ali of us. Tt has been the gratification of overy seuse. No cultivated taste but thut has been gratified even beyond its capacity to receive in lool upon this scene,” This great achieve- ment, this triumph of the genius and energy of the Awmerican people has not only justly stimulated national pride and patriotism, but it has made tho American vame more respected and honored than ever before throughout the world, It is no insignificant boast that in this exposition we Bave swr- passed all like coterprises of other ua- at the inception of the undertaking, and have given the worldan object lesson in what the United Stites can do which no other country s Jikgly to attempt to equal in this generation. Indeed, if, there is ever another such exvosition it will probably be held in this country. Tt was a costly Entérprise, but there will be few to contend: that it has not been worth all that has been expended on it, if not in méterial benefit to the country, then in its.educational influ- ence and what it ik8 ghown to the world of American capabilitjes, It is an event of the closing years of the nineteenth century which is certain to be long memorable as by far the greatest of its kind. It is safe to say that while other nations may -attempt to imitate none will surpass it. CAUSES FOR ING IMMIGRA- A very marked decrease in the num- ber of immigrants has been noted at the port of New York. The vecord for the third week of the present month gives the number of arrivals at 2,647 only. The number for the first twenty- one days in October was 10,766. Immi- gration was suspended during October, 1892, on account of the prevailing chol- era, but during the corresponding period of 1891 the number of arrivals was 23,206, In other words, if we regard the immigration of 1891 as normal— and there were not extraordinary in- centives to immigration at that time— the immigration at present has been reduced to less than one-half what might ordinarily have been antici- pated. The statistics of immigration show that the influx of foreigners into this country has been greatest in times of greatest prosperity-and least in times im- mediately following business depression. The decrease in the arrivals at the port of New York, while probably the result of numerous co-operating circumstances, maust be ascribed in the main to the in- fluence of our recent run of hard times. A odecrease in immigration into the United States signifies, as a rule, eithor that the attractions which this counfry has to offor in the way of more favorable openings for laborers as compared with those attainablo abroad are operating less strongly or that the laborer abroad has been reduced to such extremities that he cannot scrape together the small sum required for the expenses of re- moval. The lattér we know to be un- true, for the cost of migrating from Eu- rope to America has been reduced so low that any one who is likely to “pass muster as a desirable citizen can now raise the necessary funds. The causes of the decrease must beresolved into the simple fact that tiie average European laborer fears at thé présent moment that he will suffer a defriment rather than a benefit to his material-welfare should he venture to cross the ocean. This stoppage of immigration is at once a result and a cause. It is the re sult of reports of hard times in this country and of rumors of starving un- | employed which discourage the hopes of the ambitious poor: But it also reacts as a cause. Immigration is heaviest when times are best and helps to make times better. The-newly arrived immi- grant invests his savings, creates a de- mand for goods and adds to the wealth producing force of the country, The absence of immigration subtracts these elements from us. Many people emi- grate if they are able and take with them the products of their industry in this countr; Times are dull and they languish from the very want of a flow of incoming population. The return to prosperity must be necessarily slow, but one of its most reliable signs will be the inauguration of another tide of increased European immigration. COAST DEFENSES, Major General Q. O. Howard, com- manding the Military Department of the East, makes an urgent plea in his anunual report for further appropriations for the construction of coast defenses. The appropriations made by the Fifty- first congress for this purpose were suf- ficient to make a beginning in the proper protection of our harbors, but General Howard urges that the work should not be allowed to stop. Ho says that the best economy in the long run for the government is to continue these works when once commenced, without other periodical interrup- tions than those occasioned by the severity of the winter months., The most important ports, like those of New York, Boston and New Orleans, need the first'attention, but the defense will be far from what it should be until such cities as Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, those near Hampton Roads, Charleston, Savannah and Mo- bile shall be properly coyered by defen- sible works well manned with modern ordnance. General Howard points out that the navy cannot be wholly de- pended upon for defense, since the navy's work in case of war is rather in the of- fenive than the defensive establishment, s0 that for the defensive purposes of per- manent works the sea coast batteries, including morfar shells and other pro- jectiles, and all the.modern torpedo preparations, must be kept ih mind. { The soundness of General Howard's views will not be generally questioned. Very nearly everybody will concede that our exposed seapovts:should have ade- quate defenses and thas the government having commenced 110 provide these it should go on with the work until it is completed, for unléss/this is done there will be a very comsiderable waste of public money. A '#00¢ many millions huve been expended .in coast defenses and still our prineipal seaports are far from being as well protected as they should be, The govermment ought not 1o throw away all this money by dis- continuing the work of providing proper defenses. But this is very likely what will be done. The party in power has never shown any interest in this mat- ter, Some eight years ago, shortly after the first administration of Mr, Cleveland came into power, the late Samuel J. Tilden addressed a letter to the president in which he urged upon his attention the great importance of a proper system of coast defenses. He pictured in vigorous terms the terrible disaster that could be wrought by ships of war in attacking New York, Boston and other exposed ports, and argued ' seaports. PA morely on busi- would be wise WENTY strongly that ness principles 1t poliey for the government to make adequate provision for the protection of these ports. That letter of Mr. Tilden's arrested the attention of the country and strengthened the public sentiment in favor of proper coast defonses, but it had no effect upon the administration or the party generally away from the exposed and unprotected Mr. Cleveland had then come from Buffalo, which does not need de- fenses, He has since lived in New York, 80 that he may have changed his views on this subject, but however this may be, it is not probable that the present congress will vote any money for coast defenses. It will find a valid rea- son for not doing so in the condigion of the trecasury and the revenues of tha goverment. With the prospect of a heavy de- ficit at the close of tha fiseal year no money should be voted for anything that can wait, and probably no ono will ques- tion that further work on coast defenses may bo put off two or three years with- out danger. Having no troublesome or threatening international controversies we may feel entirely complacent regard- ing the security of our seaports, ‘WHILE missionary societies and other organizations of a religious or charitable character continue to declaim against what they like to call the barbarities of the Chinese exclusion law, the senate committee, to which the house amend- ments to that bill have bLeen referred, proposes to take its time in considering the measure before it and to give all parties who may be affected by 1t ample opportunity to present arguments or protests. It is scarcely to bo expected, however, that denunciations of the Geary law as inhuman, - brutal or iuconsistent with the inalienable rights of man, such as were resolved upon the other day by the American Missionary association, will have, much effect after the supreme court has passed upon the measureand hasdeclared it to be in complete accordance with the provisions of the constitution. Itiseven rumored that some of the delay in act- ing upon the proposed amendment ex- tending the time for registration is brought about intentionally in order that the vicious highbinders and gam- blers on the Pacitic coast may be gotten out of the country now while they are in default under the exclusion law now in force. It issafe to say, however, that the amendments now pending in the senate will ultimately become law sub- stantially as they now are, with a view to saving the government the expense of deporting the Chinese residents of the United States, if for no other reason. THE enthusiastic reception of Presi- dent Carnot on board the Russian fleet at Toulon was intended to reciprocate the favors attendant upon the lavish welcome of the Russian naval officers nto Pavis, Whether or not the pres- ent demonstrations have been carefully prepured for the effect they may have upon the French people and upon the people of the surrounding countries, they must be received as definite con- firmation of the intimate friendly re- lations now existing between France and Russia. These nations have witnessed many changes in their attitudes toward one another in the past, aud® will no doubt witness many more in the near future. But in the living preseut any nation which picks a quarrel with F'rance must know that it will have to reckon with Russia also. . A Republican Triumph, New York Tribune. Republicans have won, and owe their vie- tory to President Cleveland. Chicago Times. The officers of the Madison Square Na- tional bank of New York, which went under during the late financial depression, have all been arrested on charges of fraud, forgery and embezzlement. In all justice the officers of the rest of tho New York banks ought to bo arrested for flagrant violations of tho banking law during the same period. AR S The o Quickening. Springfleld (Mass.) Republican. Wo shall now undoubtedly see o great quickening in the proccsses of recovery from panic and depression. It cannot be offected in a day; thero hus been great ex- haustion of the ' comunercial organism and the staps upward to a full revival of average activity must bo slow. But the removal of one great burien of uncertainty whion has rested on the back of business will givo new life to the upward movement. The Indian as a Soldier. Philadelphia Inguirer, Brigaaier General John R. Brooke of the rogular army, in command of the Depart- ment of the Platte, says that the principal difculty in the handling of Indian troops is their inability to speak English, and he adds that from his knowledge of the race he thinks this inability spripgs from the racial dread of ridicule, the Indian trooper being afraid to try to speak Euglish lest the white soldiers laugh at him, In this respect the Indian is very much like the white man, and the difculty is, therefore, perhaps not in- surmountable. gkdat Lt The Topmost Frice for Coal, Chicago Post. The transfor of Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railway stock to the Vanderbilts is believed by some Wall streol prophets Lo foreshadow another inorease in the price of conl. It is not cheering news on the first shrewd day of the early winter, and we may take the liberty of doubting it. Tho prico of coal is about as high now as it can be without cracking the endurance of the peoplo. The Reading and other com- binations have blown up tho bubble as far asit will go safely. Auother blast and it will be sobpsuds i the pipe. We have no foar of the Vanderbilts. Thoy are not golug to put coal, Lackuwanna or other, in tho socialistic firo which burned for goy- ernmout seizure of the coal winter, fields last —————— Prosecution of Houd Promoters, Minneapolis Tribune, 1t is & pleasure to note the fact that the government hus entored earnestly into the work of putting & quietus upon certain lot- lery enterprises masquerading as “luvest mens,” “miniog,” “loan,” “guaranty” and “bond companics. They are lovteries pure ana simple, fllflurln; from the New Orloans wuml.flmeuwmy n nomenclature. 1heir tickets are “‘bonds” and ‘‘stocks,” thew prizes “loans.” The governmoent will pro- cend against them in exactly the same man- ner as it attacks the great lottery at New Orleans, by prosecubing thom for using the mails for illegal purposes und by excluding their correspondence and printed matter from the maxls, Cases have been made up againsy & number of the leading companies and will be brought to trial very sbortly. As botween the outspoken lottery and such gawes as these the lottery is 1o be pre- fer The latter calls itsell by its truo nawe, states its chauces, pays larger prizos, has fewer opportunities Lo defraud and does not masquerade under the style and titles of reputable concerns. The bogus ‘“‘boud investment company does iufinitely more harm thao the avowed lottery avd should bo even more strictly deall witbh by the courts. SRCULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT. Chicago Mail: Aan Omaha preachoer has told his parishioners how to vote. Pretty 800n some of them will be telling him how to pray. Kansas City Journal: The Towa ministers who are supporting the third party prohibi- tion ticket in the belief that they are help- ing the cause of temperance may,bs con- sciantious, but they show o lamentable lack of common sens St. Paul Globe: One preachoer, at least, has silenced tho criticism of the local pross upon his conduct. He lives ina small town in Illinois, and hias just married the editor of the paper there, who happened to be a young Tady of considorable beauty and fine mental endowments. It Is to bo hoped that in this caso, at loast, the press and the pulpit will work together in harmony, Washington Star: The Now York and Now England synod has decided that Dr. Briggs shall not have any further hearing 0 farsas it is concerned. The doctor can console himself with tho reflection that he has already succeodod in getting his Views pretty thoroughly before the publio. He will doubtless realize that it may be for the best, asa protracted Briggs discussion on the heels of the silver debate would inevit- ably prove a tax on popular patience, Kansas City Star: In one cespoct at least yosterday (23d) was gquite notableSabbath, Jolonel Ingersoll andlohn L. Sullivan held services that packed the buildings. If some of the clergy are a little sore over their own small congregations let them remember that the colonel and John are novelties and there vs & charm in_ novely, If they were article of diot every Sunday morn- ing, not to speak of two or three times dur- ing the week, they would soon find them- selves discoursing to a faithful few. The crowds that greoted them yesterday argue nothing disheartening to the religious teachers. Philadelphia Times: The Baptist min- isters who attended the anniversar ings 10 the city during the past weok were confronted by two vital questions now cal ing for disposition in thai great denomina- tion. The scarcity of Baptist ministers and their education are the direct issues in voint, ‘I'he annual report shows 36,793 churches and only 24,708 orduined ministers, Next to an inadequate ministry, as far as numbers go, the delegates discussed the lack of prepara- tion, with no special way marked outas a solution. This is an interesting situation, as itindicates Baptist growth to a remarkable degree, [———— PEUPLE AND THINGS. 'he Ferris wheel 1s to remain in Chicago. Nothing smaller would fit the municipal head. The wonder is that the entire peniten- tiary did not go. It has been under fire for years. Baron Talkenhoel has arrived in the country. His presence in Washington is not necessary now. What a varied assortment >f trouble would have been avoided it Adam had had a gun when he was tempted. Cousin Ben Folsom completea his educa- tion recently by graduating from the Keeley institute in Orange, N. J Mr. Cleveland's *‘daily prayers" reached the spot, a distribution of the I and fishes is now in order. . The Fries family—mother, son and son-in- law—of Williamburg, N. Y., invested $133,000 in bogus gold dust. The mother died on dis- covering that she was defrauded. Senator Plumb's estate will probably pan out about $1,000,000 for his heirs. Kaunsas speculations are not as profitless as the shrieking brethren would have the country believe. In a dayor two the World’s fair will be transformed into a mammoth bargain sale. If the record of Chicagoday is not then cclipsed it will be evidence of the decline of woman's greatest fad. A congress of railway surgeons was to be held m St. Louis lust Thursday, butewing to pressing engagements along the tracks the meeting was not sufficiently attended to attract attention. F. K. Smith of Oakland, Cal, who ex- tracted a fortune from the borax beds of Death valley, is to build a castle of borax brick. The cockroach 4,000 affects indiffer- ence, but it is insincere. William Waldort Astor has ascended another round in the ladder that loads to immortality. He has bought the black pug dog Man Friday. Mr. Astor believes he is the only American who owns a black pug, A wildcat banker fleeced Kansas out of unknown thousands of dollars and was ac: quitted. Another resident sold a few flasks of liquor, was cony and sentenced to 1,00 days in jail and to pay a fine of $3,500. The business men of Denver aréfurged to boycott Chicago. The proposition will startlo Chicago—about as much as a fly-speck on the dome of heaven. It is probable the sug- gestion is prompted by an affection for Chey- enne as a supply point. Mrs. Flower, wifo of Governor Roswoll P. Flower of New York, is a regular contributor to_many charitable ‘institutions, which she aids-to an aggregate extent of $250 a week. Mrs. Flower is as shy as a schoolgirl, and her modesty has prevented her from having herself photographed. Her pottrait is now being painted by an Albany artist. Vordi, the veteran_composer, passed his 80th birthday recentiy. He lives in absolute seclusion in his beautiful villa of Sant, Agata, near his birthplace at Busseto, and 1s sull, in spite of his age, an early viser, 5 o'clock being no unusual hour toseo him about the gardens, which he loves with scarcely less affection than his horses. RLASTS FROM RAN'S HORN. When fafth goes to market it always take: baskot. The devil feols sure of the man who lives an aimless life. A child’s first question is the first round fa the ladder of knowledge. A chronic grumbler can bo set down a8 & person who loafs too much, Some men Join church from the same mo- tive that others rob n bank Too many people have an idea that re- ligion can be measured by tho length of the 1co. You can't toll how many friends God has mI A community by counting tho church spires, Tho less a preacher belleves (lod's prom- ises the more particular he is about the size of his salar, Bofore some men are willing to cast thele broad upon the water thoy want to be sure that it is going to bo mentioned in tho news- papers, NOT BEFOR Owmama, Neb, Oct. 28.—~To the Hditor of T'ur Bee: In tho morning edition of Tum Bee for October 24 was published a commu- nication from me concerning the Platte canal. From this I quote as follows: “On the information that we now have we would not be justified in spending one dollar on construction. We aro only in a proliminary stage of investigation. 10 vote the sum of $1,600,000 in bonds would at this time be premature.” «1 also challenged the promoters of the bogus Platte canal enterprise to produce o piece of evidence to controvert these state- ments of mine. They have not done so. They cannot do so. There i3 no canal proposition before the people. There h en talk about a oanal ‘This talk has materialized in nothing but a proposition to buy—mind you—buy, not to construet o waterworks ‘or electric lighs plant. Will the voters oe hoodwinked by such trash? 1f we are to huve a canal, then why not investigate the canai project? Why should we buy something else? 1f the canal power plant is to cost $2,500,- 000, then why should we issue $1,500,0 of bonds for the pbrehase of waterworks and electric light plantst Can our ‘‘canal” friends throw ony clear, sober light on this subject? Very respoctfully, Cunriss C. TURNER. — Taking It Nerlously, Washington Star, There are a few finicky folks who think that there is a vast danger to health in the antiquated greenbacks thut are kept in oir- culation until they ure fit subjects for the South Capitol strect establisnment. They will doubtless protest against the idea of sqeezing o bushel of wheat into a neake, 1lighing it with the buzza setting it afloat through the unwashed chan- nelsof tradg, Ior, says Mr. Kdison, this wheat dollar is never to lose its quality as food, and when banks fail and checks are disbonored and hard timesset in, the anciens and honorable stocking toe will be aban- doned for the boiling pot, and the dollars of our posterity will be soaked—in a culinary sense—until the sign of the buzzard disap- pears and the germ-laden disk is ready to be turned into bread and batter cakes. With specimens of the wretched issue of ‘‘Han- cock twos" still in circulation, the proposi- tion of Mr. Edison is a triflo nauseating. AUGHING here is Java situated?" A8, Chicago Tribune: asked the tenche VA littlo ways ast o' the Forrls wheel," an- swored sov il of the puplls at once. Philudelphia Times: Palmistry is said to be a growing soclety amusement. 1f your han shows four wces you're in luck. Dotroit Pre Jack—That tollow 1s so strong he can bend o silver dollar over his thumb. Tom—That's nothing; 1 can break one over any bat in town and not half try. Philndelphia Record: A yellow dog with a tincan tied to hls tail t howling down Chestnutstreet, “Why Is that can like death?" d Blobbs. t up. Why s it?" Joined Slobbs, “Because it's bound tou. car, pensively replied BIo Chicagi out one, nt Inter Ocea Tseo thoy carrled n from your car. Was thero an ac- I never suw anything liko it in—'" A collision, or——"" + he porter forgot tousk a tip for brush- ing his hat."” hington Star: Do you take the daily " usked the newly installed janitor of partment house. Teplied the ludy to whom he was talk- wo subseribe for {t, but the people in the flat take 1" Puck: “Promlses, like pie crust, were made to be broken,” suid the summer girl, when she L 0 cngagement. Y Said i, Kloomily; “but In this case T had hoped the promise woula be like some of the pastry at our bourding house.” Indianapolls Journal: Watts—What do you think of this idea of holding religious services by telophone? Potts—L am rather in favor of It. It might bo a good offset for the damuge & man's re- ligion suffers in trying to work the blamed thing during the wei UNDAUNTED. Washington Star. When seasons bring their dalntles now, With donbt the mind s seared What will the fce-cream maiden do, Since oysters huve uppeared? Buch querles which occur to men, o'or vex her mind alert. She takes the oyster stow, and then The ice-crentn for dessert. BROWNING,KING Largest Manutaoturers anl Ritallacs d of Olothing ta the Worll. It strikes me That it's coming-—it always does, and it will 4 this year, whether Corbett and Mitehell fight or not. If you don't believe it look in the almanac. Winter—that's what we're talking about, and now we're going to talk about winter overcoats. If there is anybody in the house who wants to get out they'd better g0 no;k before the servibe begins, so as not to dis- turb the rest of the congregation. Firstly, we will call your attention to the fact that we're selling the best overcoat in the city for $10. Then there is one for $15 that but few can sell for $20 and make a profit at all from $15 up to $35. The prices gradually rise But when you pay $20 or more for an overeoat you get something that tailors can’t beat either for fit, finish, fabric or fashion. The boys are also provided for. BROWNING, KING & CO., every evenlag Uil 6.3} Blore opon S rduy el |8, W, Cor. 16th and Douglas Sts.