Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 1, 1893, Page 4

e THE DAILY BEE. % PURL © TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Tiee fovitho Sumdny) Onc Year Datiy and Su ar Omaha, T South Om Commerce. Tribune building Fourteenth atroet. CORRESPONDENCE. Attons Feliting to news and edi lowtd e addressed: To the Bditor nUS] ttors and remit « Piblishing wers 1o bo made v Washingion AT comm i1 torsal math Al bustnens 10 gAar Drafis, checks wummeor ean have Jeaving an order MENT OF CIRCULATIO! | Tns. X, secretary of Tin B - swear that the ¥, for the week was 15 follows o 1. T80 sy, does solemnly £ DAILY B . T7ZECHUCK. \bseribed in my tober, 1803, otary Publie. vo nearing another era of cranks? ACCORDING to the seante calendar one Tuesday begins where the last Tucsday left off. Ir YOU want 1o convert the county Jnil into an assignation house, you will, of course, vote for Gen: Bonnett. MR. JEFPERSON BEDFORD is a gentle- man, but that does not prevent him from being the hoad of the Omaha coal deal- ers’ combin MosHER has debauched legislatures, tampered with grand juries, scandalized @ county jail and thrown a cloud of suspicion upon federal court officials. Every place he occupics must soon bo disinfected Ir EVERY honest n in Omaha does his duty as a citizen regardless of poli- tics and political parties next Tuesday, Mayor Bemis will carry every one of the cighty-eight voting precincts by & safe majority. He is the houest voter's preferred candidate. IF A FEW more of the great trusts go into the hands of receivers tha public may learn something of their inside workings. The report of the receiver of the Cordage trust givesa great'deal of such information. Receivers' reports often supply very interesting reading matter. COLONEL SHOEMAKER is managing Jeff Bedford’s campaign in his own inimitable style. Shoemaker is staking all his time, talents, bets and epithets on Bedford. Ho has nothing to lose by it and everything to gamn, for it Bedford becomes mayor, Shoemuker becomes city attorney. SALARIES are to be restorea upon the Milwaukee road to the figures at which they were before the recent 10 per cent cut. But this one road is as yet an ex- ception to the general rule. Employes of western railroads need not oxpect an increase of salavy until the management is torced to take such THE peovle of Omaha want men in the council who will refuse special favors from corporations whose interests may be affected by action of the coun We want men in the council who will de- cline to accept passes from the rail- roads, free water from the weter com- pany, free gas or free clectric light. Now THAT Judge Maxwell has pub- licly declared in favor of the election of Judge Holcomb the railroad organs and shyster lawyers have discovered that Maxwell is an old imbecile and has no more knowledge of law than a pig has of the Chinese language. It is a real wonder that Maxwell has not been ad- vertised as having become insane. THE city has no right to appropriate any part of the waterworks plant with- out taking all that belongs to it as a necessary part of a gbing concern. Dr. Miller knows this as well as the next person. To talk about purchasing the present system of pipes and mains with- out the works at Florence is the veriest bosh. Vote down the bond proposition. TAXPAXERS must not forget for one moment between now and olection that Mayor Bemis has been safe, honest and efficient. He has stood with the people who pay the taxes from the first, and has interposed his veto a score of times in the last two years to shut off raids upon the treasury. A thoroughly safe man is a power for good in the mayor’s chair, — SIx justices of the peace are to be elected next Tuesday. An array of talent is offered by the three parties und by petitions, which ought to enable voters to pick out a half-dozen first-class men for this ofice. Discard party and select only honest men. Be cn your guard for cost-sharks. Vote only for men who havedemonstrated their fitness for the people's court ecting American citi- sen place his vote at the disposal of any vailroad, express, telegraph or streel rail- way company or any other corporation that carries him on its pay voll? Does a man barter away his soul when he hives out to one of these corporations? Are they not get- ting all they are entitled to when employes effi- ciently and faithfully pevform the task im- posed upon them in the shops, on the train or at headquarters? DiFaTHERIA Is supplanting cholera as & scare in London, and is proving just a8 dissstrous to human life as would eholers, sliould it have gained & foot- Lold there. Medical seience has proved that epidemics of this kind can be gusrded against If proper action is taken #t the right time, In fortifying our- selvos agalost one Impending ovil, other posslble menaces 0 the health of the wommunity wust sot be overlooked. THE_OMAHA DAILY BEE A SPECIOUS ARGUMENT. Tooking at the matter from a purely busi- noss standoint the state of Nebraska can- not affora to elect Judge Holcomb to the supreme bench. —Lincoln Daily News. With the above for a text the Lincoln paper argues, in sseming good faith, that nothing but the eloction of the re- publican nominee will restore confidence in Nebraska and bring back the pros- perity which, as it claims, was once en- joyed in the state. Supporting its propo- sition the Lincoln edivor argues in the following strain: “Nebraska is just emorving from a period of peculiarly tryingdinancial stringency Public im- provements in every city in the state have heen paralyzed by the refusal of enstern capitalists to invest in municipal bonds. Railroad development has ceased. The election of a populist to the supreme bench would boyond qnes- tion delay the reappearance of confi- dence in Nebraska investments.” Throwing aside all other aspocts of the political sitvation in Nobraska, and without any discussion @f the relative merits of the several candidates for the supreme bonch, & very fow briof sen- tences will suffice to show the utter speciousness of the arguments advanced with so much evidence of candor and sincerity by the Lincoln editor. In the first place the financial string- in Nebraska has been greatly over- mated. It is true that business has unusually quiet, that real estate investments have been less eagerly sought for, and that railroad develop- mont has practically ceased. But it is equally true that these conditions have prevailed since 1888, after the close of the unprecedented and unaccountable craze for speculation which swept over the entire country in 1887. Railroad development will necessarily be slow for many years, not becanse the capitalists of the country are alarmed at the vros- pects of adverse legislation, but because development has been in advance of nece: When the demand for in- cronsed railway facilities prosents itself railroad building will be resumed, even if evory office in the state from chiof justice of the supreme court down to the road supervisor in the most sparsely settled precinet is filled with a populist. The laws which protect the investor in Nebraska municipal securities have boen on the statute books for years. Their ¢constitutionality has been thor- oughly established. They make invest- ments in municipal securitiss thoroughly secure. The state practically guaran- toes the payment of the principal and interest. With confidence restored in money circles of the east, the municipal bonds of Omaha, Lincoln, and in fact every city in the state will command ready sale at & premium. The possi- bility of hostile legislation, even from the populists, is too remote to be taken into serious consideration. If the business interests of Nebraska are looking to the suprems court for protection against danger, they will do well to consider the issue involved in the present campaign in its true light. The question at issue is not whether the interests of possible eastern investors shall be protected from purely imagin- ary daagers, but whether the rights and interests of the people ot Nebraska shall be sacrificed to the demands of corporate pawer. The issue does not involve danger abroad, but at home. The danger does not alons threaten the business interests, but it menaces the interests of the workingman and the farmer. In another week the men of Nebraska will be called upon to say by their bal- lots whether the supreme court shall be delivered into the hands of the corpora- tions, or whether at least one safeguard shall be thrown around the rights of the people. Specious arguments over imag- inary dangers should not be permitted to obscure the real issue. A CHANCE FOR THE MONROE DOCTRINE. ‘Washington dispatches indicate that the government is preparing to take action looking to a pract: enforce- ment of the Monroe doctrine in connec- tion with the Brazilian situation. Last, Saturdaythe commander of the cruiser New York was ordered by the secretary of the navy to hold his vessel in readi- ness to sail for Rio within twenty-four hours. This order is said to have caused some surprise in naval circles, owing to the fact that it was not generally supposed that the condition of affairs in Brazil had reached a crisis where unusual activity on the part of this government was either necessary or advisable. Inquiry at the Navy dopart- ment disclosed the fact that the admin- istration felt called upon to give atten- tion to the rumors as to the purpose of certain foreign countries to take a hand in the settlement of the Braziliun diffi- culties, and that if emergencies required it, it would be necessary to a successful demonstration of the government's wishes with respect to nonintervention that the country be represented by an additional number of ships at Rio. A prominent official at Washington is quoted as saying that it could sufely be assumed that the president would not tolerate any foreign intervention or in- terferenceo in Brazil at this time, With- out undertaking to say how far the president would go in the watter, | ventuwred the opinion that if emergencios required the president would not hesi- tate to vigorously declare that the United States will not sanction an arbi- tration by European powers of South American difficultios. 1t is thought that the adwministration has received advices from Brazil that reports of pro- posed intervention were well founded and it is said that there have recently been & number of conferences betweeu the secretary of state and the secretary of the navy on Brazilian affairs. It is also understood that the information re- ceived the situation at Rio is more serious than has been supposed, and hence that there 1s an urgent demand for more vigors ous poliey on the part of this gov; ment. The report that European interven- tion in the affairs of Brazil is con- templated cannot be regarded as in- credible. England and Germany have very extensivo interests in that coun try and their influence is - proportion- ately great there. It would be only natural for those European countries to wake some effort to bring the difficul- by the government shows that | rne ties in Brazil to a settlement so that their intereste should be relieved from the peril that now confronts them, and it ie quite possible also that they may | have been solicited to take some action looking to this resuit. So long as any intervention they might propose was not strietly political in its nature and did not involve a change in the character of the government it is ques- tionable whother the United States would have any right to object. The Monroe doctrine applies only to inter- feronce by European powers with the po- litical affairs of theindependent countries 1 of this hemisphere with a view to insti- tuting Buropean political systems here. Thus any attempt on the part of Eng- land, Germany or other European power to restore the empire in Brazil would antagonize the dooctrine and jus- tify a vigorous resistance on the part of the United States, but an intervention that simply proposed to put a stop to the revolution without interfering with the republican system of government would hardly call upon this government to do more than see that the interests and rights of tho United States wore prop- orly protected. It is quite probable that this is all the administrstion contem- plates doing. END OF SILVE ¢ PURCHASES AT HAND, The senate bill repealing the silver purchase clause of the act of 1890 has gone to the house. As was to have been expected, the silver men in the latter body interpbsed objections to its imme- @iate consideration, but it will eome up ay and there undoubtodly will be a vigorous effort made by the friends of the measure to get a vote on it with the least possible delay. The silver men will probably be allowed to do some talking against the measure, but it is safe to say that no merely obstructive or dilatory tactics will be tolerated. If this course is pursued, and it is manifestly the proper one, since there is really nothing more of any consequence to be said on the subject, the housg ought to reach a vote during the present week and the bill become a law within the next ten days. The silver men in the senate met de- feat gamely, going down protesting as vigorously and as vehemently as at any time that the discontinuance of silver purchases would result in widespread disaster to the people. Some of them were very bitter and there was a good deal of severe personal ‘‘roasting” in- dulged in by the silver advocates. It is noteworthy that while most of them professed to regard repeal as the doom of silver, others took a less gloomy view of the matter, Senator Jones of Nevada, for instance, declaring that it was only the commencement of the fight and that the friends of silver would go to the Ameri- can people “‘and ses to it that every man, woman and child in the country understands fully the meaning of what we intend to do next.” The contest thus brought to an end in the senate is certain to be long memorable as one of the most remarkable in legislative his- | tory. However much one may condemn $he course and tactics of the minority— and no fair-minded man who under- stands the importance of maintain- ing the underlying principle of repre- sentative government can do otherwise —there will be some admiration for the sturdy fighting qualities and the abundant resources of the silver men. Unquestionably the cause of silver was never more ably defended than by the leaders of that cause in the senate—and they exhausted the subject from their point of view. It is interesting to note in regard to the vote in the senate, in order to fix the responsibility of the two parties in connection with this legislation. that of the forty-three votes given for repeal twenty-three were cast by republicans; while of the thirty-two votes against repesl the democrats and populists cast twenty-two. A majority of the democrats in the senate were on theside of repeal, but they could not have carried the measure through without republican assistance. Ttis only fair to say that the policy of the adwinistration, so far as silver is concerned, could not have eded without the republicans, and admitied by democratic organs which are not much in the habit of con- ceding anything to republicans, One of these organs recently said: *The atti- tude of the republicans in congress dur- ing this long controversy has been such as to merit the warmest praise, They sustained the democratic leader in the senate in his ‘test of endurance,’ they supported the democratic president against the opposition of fully half of ~his own party, and, though in a minority of that body, they will furnish the majority of the votes that will carry repeal. In short, the record of the republican party throughout this controversy is one that it mav well be proud of.” The republicans in congress, with a few exceptions, have been faith- ful to the sound money principles of their party and that fact will not be lost. sight of by the intelligent people of the country, If there isany partisan ad- vantage to be gained from the latest sil- ver legislation it is the republican H party that ought to have it. DR. MILLER'S Dr. Miller's plea for the $1,500,000 bond propoesition is misleading. The deetor talks about canal when he knows that not one dollar of the proceeds of the bonds can be legally used for build- ing a canal. He talks of the high char- acter of the water commission and tells us the next council can be de- pended upon not to change the commis- sion. What are ihey going to do about Mr. Herman Kountze, whose name is being used as a decoy for gullible busi- ness men? Mr. Kountze positively de- clines to serve on the com- mission and s outspoken against trusting the ©oond scheme as it is now submitted. The doctor says we cannot buy out the waterworks plant for $1,600,000, and taliks of substituting a waterworks plant as part of tho canal. Nobady pre ends that the waterworks could be bought for $1,500,000 unless the four million dollar mortgage by which the works are now encumbered is assumed by the city, That would bea great scheme wouldn't it? But supp-se we do at- PLEA tompt to get a wager supply through the Platte canal, whore is the money to come from? THg #hnal and the plant to- gether are compmted to cost between five and six millions, If we vote the million and a ball bonds we cannot use adollar for acamal even if we had a Moses to smite ! the rocks and had a guaranty of a petpetual flow of Platte water. A 11718, AROUT TIME. Attorney General Olney has issued peremptory orderd for the removal of Bankwrecker Mosher to the Sioux Falls penitentiary, where he will be placed on a footing with other criminals con- victed of felony. This order should have been promulgated long ago. The Mosher trial and farcical commitment have been a stench in the nostrils of the people of this com- munity. The action of tne United States judge permitting this forger, robber and embezzler to defeat the ends of justice by sentencing him for the most trivial of the thirty counts ‘of the indictments hanging over him has caused profound indignation and resentment. Everybody conversant with this trav- esty on justice believes that thore is something wrong somewhere, and that belief has been confirmed by the jail scandals in which Shoriff Bennett is implicated. Attorney General Olney very correctly takes in the situation when he declares in his letter to tho district attorney that the recent ex- posure of Mosher's performances in and outof jail reflect very seriously upon the Department of Justic District Attorney Baker now proposes to investigate whether the reports about Mosher's excursions to road houses and illicit intercourse with women since the scntence was imposed are true. Of course Mosher will deny that anything improper has been done, and so will Sheriff Bennett. Mosher and Bennett have had the audacity to give it out that THE BEE has ruined the reputation of a respectable girl, and thatshe issick unto death becanse her name has been linked with that of a rambuncticds convict. Do respectable women live in assigna- tion houses? Do they associate with keepers and inmates of such resorts? This is the repatation of this much in- jured verson, whose name was only pub- lished to nail the falsehoods and brazen denials that have emanated from the sheriff's office and county jail. Let Mr. Baker proceed with his investigation by all means. He will find a pretty rot- ten state of affairs that cannot be con- doned or explained away. OVER 22,000,000 people paid admission to the World’s fairduring its period of legal existence. At the same time the revenue derived by the Columbian Ex- position company “amounted to upwards of $30,000,000, This means that besides the 50 .cents paid at the gate, each of “the 22,000,000 people who pai@ to gét in contributed on the average another 50 cents to the profits of the fair’ fhe additional con- tribution, however, filtered through the pockets of the numerous concessionaires, who did notv do business for pleasure. A rough estimate of the amount of money spent by visitors in the White City will be an interesting computation. THE banéful effe graphic reports of news items conld not be better illustrated than in connection with the recent Rudiger shooting affray at South Omaha. That event has been chronicled throughout the east by coi spondents who look more to their remuneration than to accuracy in their work, as ‘‘a scandal in high life” and as involving parties “well known in soci ety. ‘We must confess that scandals in high life ave frequent enough without baving more created to order to feed the cravings for sensationalism. Omaha society cunnot feel flattered at this latest attempt to advertise its attrac- tions throughout the count erting tele- THae death of the Canadian premier and the resignations of the membérs of the Austrian eabinet upsets the minis- terial avrangements in two great coun- tries atonce. There is, however, this difference, that the change in the com- position of the Canadian ministry will not! affect its political complexion, while the Austrian cabinet goes out be- cause it has been beaten in its proposals for suffrage reform. In filling these places with men who are in accord with popular sentiment upon the various leading questions of the day we shall have renewed evidence of the ever-in- ereasing triumph of democratic forms of government, THAT special telegram from Washing- ton purporting to announce the order of the attorney general to have Mosher de- ported to the penitentiary was another stroke of enterprise for which our con- tewporary excels. While the facts pur- porting to be wired from Washington are substantially correct, the dispatch was fabricated in Omaha from the letter which District Attorney Baker received exclusively from the department. CANDIDATE BED) money out of his ORD muakes more 1 contracts with the city than he would draw from the city tronsury as mayof; The question is, would he continug as a city contractor if elected? The temptation would be diffi- cult 1o overcome! * Keep him in private life, where the tepter cannot scan- dalize the city government. —m—— THERE are richeoal mines east, west, north and south u.f pmuhu, The cost of mining soft coal has steadily declined the past year. Railroad rates in Iowa and Kansas have been reduced by law, yet the price of coal in Omaha is as high, if not higher, than ever. This is due to the combine among local dealers, of which Jeff Bedford is a leading spirit. High priced col is a sorious burden to | the great mass of mechunies and 1aho ers. The combine must be broken. The populists in their city platform propose a means to that end, which is wortiiy of consideration. It cannot be accome plished, however, if Bedford is elected mayor. Tre State Board of Transportation<ds said to have taken testimor applications for transfor switehos under the provisions of the new transfer switch law. Nothing in the law intimates that all the complaints and petitions shall bo heard and examined before a decision is given upon one of them. We are wait- ing for the first decision under the trans- fer switch law. That will inform the poople whether or not the spirit of the law is to be carried into execution, WHEN & man aspires to public office and asks the suffrages of his fellow townsmen, every voter has a right to inquire into his personal fitness. The record of Poter Schwenck in the Nor- folk land office disqualifies him for any public position. We print the opening chapter in this issue. There are thou- sands of voters in this city who know nothing of Schwenck. They will know more about him before election day. lvor, silence is golden— never botter illustrated than in the recent senate silver discussion. A Perror to Doad Mon. Chicago Trivuns. Colonel Bob Ingersol! is still conducting a vigorous campaign against Moses. i il The « o Ihiladelphia Ingu'rer. oping avound for the real cause of Admiral Stanton's Brazilian salute the country should not overlook the graceful demijohn, An Important Discovery. Chicago Tribune. Tho human tongue is a powerful weapon, but the history of the last two months seems toshow conclusively that it is 1mpossible to commit suicide with it. e Ripo for # Change. Indéanapolis Jowrnal, In the present temper of the American people, if the question of choosing senators tion were submitied to them rried by an overwhelming majority. o ‘The Difleronce. Philadelploa Press. It matters a great deal whose ox is gored. ival is called home because he saluted rgent’s flag, while an agent of this tic administration is lauded by his kind for hauling down the Awerican flag. Extromes Touching Eibows. Cincinnati Commercial. Extremes are touching in Europe. The head of an autocracy passing the time of day with the president of a republic is a_specta- cle which emphasizes the contrasts that may still be found in the governments of the world. e Premature Cou; = Denver New: Senator Allen 1s correct. The next senator elected in Nevraska will be a populist to succeed the goldbug Manderson, ly Mr. Bryan desires to go_to the senate he should lose no time in getting on the populist vesti- bule train, Chickens. —— The Ohio dituation, Globe-Democrat. There is some talk of apathy in Ohio, but the apathy is not on the republican side, as it was in the country-at-large last year. McKinlev's meetings are all well attended and the crowds at them appear to bein earnest. His lead is likely to be 15.000 or 20,000, or around the average republican margin. The Rev PhiladsIph mes. No need to look for a “*boom.” A sudden inflation of the currency would have led to a speculative movement, but itmust have been followed by another and worse depression, The recovs now begun will be slow and quiet, but it is likely to bo steady and strong, and it will gradually extend through the various branches of busin activity, el ity The Troublesome Deficit. Philadelphia Record. With a deficit of £50,000,000 for the cu fiscal year to contend with, could an be more desperately unwise than to ru debt for £40,000,000 or 30,000,000 worth of vullion silver that we have no use for? man would be called a fool who, seeing his barn burning, should set fire to his house n order to make the conflagration complete; but he would be no bigger fool than Uncle Sam if the latter should go on with his silver purchases while outgo every day exceeds income. e Etection Probabilitics. Indianapolis Journal. There 18 not so much interest in the pend- jon in New York as republicans ved. Ixcept in Brooklyn the reg- n most of the cities is light, par- ticularly in the interior. It scems probable now that Muynard, democratic candidate for the court of appeals, will be beaten, even if the remainder of the democratic state ticket should be elected. In Ohio the outlook for the republicans was never more promising. In Massachusetts the election of Greenhalge for governor and the rest of the republican ticket by a large plurality is ex- pected. In Iowa tne republicans are hope- ful, despite the unusual effort of Lhird party prohibitionists to kelp the democrats. Income Tux n War Measure. New York Sun. Onceonly in the history of the United States has the federal government found 1t nece sary to )mpose and attempt to collect au in- come tax % That was under the stress of civil war. The tax was forced by the enormous expen- ditures of & government engaged in military and naval operations on & gigentic scale. The income tax was a war measure, a last resort, # revenue expedient obnoxious in itself, but justiied by uthe necessity that kuows no choice. A democratic administration has now been in power for a little more than s1x mouths; six months of profound peuce. Haus democratic rule for six months brought the country to a condition equivalent to that resulting from the stress of war, with half the country W arms 10 conquer the other half? Has democratic rule proved such a Imisfortune that resort is necessary for the second time in our national experience to the calamity tux, the extreme expodient und last effort of the taxing power? Will the democratic administration, or any democrat in congress, confess that such is the case? 1f yea, would it not be better to resort first to 8 revenue tariff as provided by the Chi- cago platform? Or in case that would nou suffice, why not impose a direct tax upon the several states in accordance with article i, section 2 and clause 8 of the constitution? Anything is belter thun & war tax ina time of profound peace. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U, S. Gov’t Report, I §ezczcz0) Baking Powder | them { strength and voi S CARTER HENRY HARRINOY. Minneapotis Tribune: Chieago b nat an idenl mayor, but A most popu and thousands will sincerely mourn his 1 takiug of. Philadelphia Inquiver: Carter Harrison was not tho best nor the worst of men, but personally he was wenial, upright and popu- 1ar to an unusual degree. Cursed be the as sassin whe struck him down, Chicago Inter Ocean Fow mon have h marked individuality as Carter H. 11 rison had. He had his own ideas on every thing with which he bad to do and followed He was u born leader, His grasp of the municipal helm was strong and mas- terful. . . Rocky Mouatain News: illy deserved such a tragic of generous ir groat_ability and © administry acity. Ho possessed qualitics that made him exceedingly popular masses and ranked him among the that Chicago ever had Chicago "I'ribune Whatever thought of hiim s a parti san methods, ho was frank dial and agreeable in his this made him a favorite v whom ho eamo in contact, peculiarly adaptod him to 1.eet people from all parts of the world attending the fair. St. Paul Pioneer T A much botter man than Carvter Harrison could have been better sparea from the roster of tho public life of Chicago. He formed a sort of nocessary link between its dangerous and ils conservative classes and will be vemombered for many masterful force in the manage unruly s Chicago Record: Physically strong, with all his 68 years, having a robust manner and flashing eyes, feoding on opposition and re- freshed by toil, ho was mighty in a political canvass or in any trying task of a similar nature. Throughout the exvosition period the importany social and civie auties which fell to ham invariably found him ready to discharge them, apparently enjoyiug them to the 11 Philadelphin with all his chaj rtor Harrison wte. He was a Renerou personali th thoso Those qualities Times: Carter itanry, was a man of real onsiderable attainments, with a certain picturesque daring that attractive to the multitude, His worst fault as a public man was the encouragement he gave to those who chufed under the re- straints of lnw, and it is a tragic sequel to ce AL he should himself fall by a murderer's buliet. Chicago Post: it is not an oasy task at this time (o estimate the probable duration son’s fame o briefly to ana- cter as complex as his. But \ll make a blend of his life he vill be remembered, no doubt, chiefly for h. extraordinary popularity in tho community of which he was a member, and for the loy- alty to Chicago that found expression in publi nee of his, no matver the oce Harrison, Mr. Harrison than a local Jouenalist and however, much mo: statesman, politician, lawye business man. e was a loverof his home and of all the ties of home. His domestic life, lmppy and ideally peaceful, was in sharp contrasy ‘with his perturbed public career. The contrast emphasized his virt father and lover, and the shocking ending of his life will bring grief to all admirers of a r such as was his—a character in ay typical of the tru today, n man of power in whatever position of life circumstances may thrust him, civic or commercial. In the passing of Carter H. Harrison, Chicago has cause for grief. New York Tribune: His had been a long career, crowded with activities and energ He had made himself, both as a public of cial and as an individual personality, one oi the foremost men of the eager, resolute, aspiring west. He was imbued with the as- sertive. determined, conquering spirit of Chicago in_every emotion, in every impuise. He cannot be considered prematurely a vic- tim of misfortune, since he had been the most conspicuous figure of Chicago through all the period of her superb and memorable festival. The man_who had been mayor of so famous a city When the mnations of the worla were her guests, had occupied a large place in the vision of the peovles of the earth, a place in which he rejoiced and ex- ulted. Cleveland will be forgiven if he exults in his Thaniksgiving proclamati The oldest postmaster is dead, but the old est inhabitaut refuses to get off the earth. The mavked cheerfulness of funeral diree- tors is due to the approach of the thin ico season. Thesupreme court of Michigan pronounced unconstitutional the law passed by the last legislature granting municipal and school suffrage to women. The Werld's Columbian exposition is at an end, but the memory of its wondrous variety, beauty and proportions will brighten with the passing years. General Bragg once loved Cleveland for the enem:es he had made. Since he fell out- side the breastworks his love has undergone a radical change for the worse. Miss Dora Miller, us teacher, has patented i or, for the right of which she has boen offeved $5.000, Shie's gowg to wipe out # wortgage with it, 3 ) of Charleston ate whisky monopoly is n “Wines and whisky,” he " says, ng smuggled into the state in Jary tties. Liquors come by during the night and are s cities and towns along tho state line, 1 0 2 do not see how it is possible for the state au- thorities to break up the smuggling, for it would be necessacy to distribute marshals along all the highiways leading from Georgla and North Carolina.’ An Ohio man attenaod 2 campalgn meoting At Akron, went to slecp during tho n}mech and a couple of weoks [ater awoke and founa himself in Tacoma. 1is jag was lost by the wayside, The railroad unsylvani ators in western fod nob to insist wages of miners, ‘onts on the sonsumer prosent neods, e Vieglnia murderer who as given o logal shuffle with s and rope trimmings, promised himsolf last Sunday. At last accounts no medical college had given him alift John Barstow, tho only living printer who ever worked at i case with Hornce G is 5, but stili picks up type at night in & Jonn., oMce. Thoueh he dossn't look 60, he talks like it, wnd is one of the jolliest old fellows 1n town A Mrs. Beerman of New achieved fame, For forty woary years she looked under hor bod at night o make sure no vile iatruder was sheltered thero, Hor long vigil was finally rewarded. A fow uights ago the form of a horrid man was od. The family rolling pin was swung aloft and descendod on the intruder with a loud thud. Agnn and again she lad it on, accompanied with wicrd yells, Ab last Mrs. Beerman fanted, the sneak broke and a policeman did the rest. lonel Prank Burt 1l Known news- paper d a romarkabie o n b © was stolen by ned with them war broke oub He onlisted and canio out of service wearing h raps. Ho then studied civil en- ginoering and Imd out Deer Park, tho fame. ous summer resort on the Alleghenies. Be- coming a newspaper correspondent ho soon becamo one of the most famous of the guild The London Amusing Journal intimates at a gratuitons 1 ould fill its cup of pleasure. T ¥ in dispensing hapy y Slapping an is suficient Doe Taylo Iast wa white York has for several he was as a pri shoulder re skill and dis- scissors artist and he palms off on his wads of American criminating v the manner i which blooming readers great humor without n suggestion of credit, ring a few feeble attempts at original humor, the Amusing Journal 1s hignly amus. ing. - e CAMPATGNIN JOKERS, Detroit Free Pross: “Why do they call the new sleoves musical, Miss Modiste? “Because, madam, they are accordions fluted. Buffalo Courier: “That friend of yours seems to Lo an exceedingly jolly feflow.” “Humph! He ought to be. I've’ put about $2 worth of good spirits into him in the lnst hour.” Hunery Higgins— 0od a home as any- Mrs. Potts— « ho trouble? HAERY in-law lost his job. e: I wonder how Euro- 150 in that idea that bands uent New York,” asked the € man, 1 splicd Dis sister, “because somo of the visi o heard o foot bull 1 Puck: Smythe—Is your son James a gold- Tompkins ~Ho self entomologi Smythe— W trlod to be, but mistook him- ly. t do you mean? Toipkins—Well, after several drops In Wall stroet he concluded that he was more of a tumblebug. Texus Si £ us those who do not hear wsked to tako adrink. n colored woman 1s o washer- her of music. She is probably Is money, they say. And it has been noticed that it tikes a good deal of money to haye a good time. Says an exchange: written and songs unsun what reconciles us to life, one of the first Irishu 1 position in this count “There poems un- and that is boon Dt nrominent wember of tho always i g vl van- tage, over lnwyers, for they guess last.” us’ pool e TH MAN YOU C 1N HELP, Somervitle Journal. There are plenty of men who will grasp your Land, With u pleasant, cordial smile: There are plenty of men who will puss you by Tu the mast indiTerent style. You miy be ™ sometinies by those Whom'1n b ; But a man will alway When he wants a fa ok 50 well; n do? th, he trusts, n n will tre: ants 4 favor from you. When the favor's done—alas! alus! Your help to By ) will alw A When he wants a favor of you. BROWNING, KING ™ Largest Manutaoturars anl R3tailyzs of Vlothing ln ths Worl L. It strikes me That it's coming-—it always does, and it will this year, whether Corbett and Mitchell 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 go now before the service 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 eity for $10. Then there is one for $15 that but make a profit at all from $15 up to $35. few can sell for $20 and The prices gradually rise But when you pay $20 or more for an overcoat you get something that tailors can't beat either for fit, finish, fabric or fashion. The boys are also provided for. BROWNING, npen every evening till 6.4d BLore pen B o Ul 10 KING & CO,, |8, W, Cor. 16th anl Douglas Ss.