Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 9, 1893, Page 4

4 B o Rt THE DAILY BEE. B. ROSEWATER, Editor. — —— PUBLISHED VERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, ally Bee (without Sund: ily and Sy, One eur ix Months. . ree Monili unday Bee, One Year. turday Bee, One Year ‘eekly Beo, One Year.. e OFFICES. ha, T Bullding. 2«\"1‘\?!1 O and Twenty-sixth stwels Cotmoll Blufls, 12 o Hicago Ofce. 317 Chamber of Commeres Kere 0 oontn 14, 14 and 1, Tribune buling Washington, 513 Fourt 5= 2333333 ewa and edl Ll To the Bellor torial matter i SINFSS LETTERS. puniness letter ks oM pny, b a. ders 0 be made o the city fo wdd ny. mmer camhave s by leaving an orler | Sounty of Douglas, { Grorge I, Tzsehuck, seerotary of TR BEMPub- ishing compiny. docs solemily swear thil (he mctual eireulation of THE DAILY BEE for the week ending Noveniber 4, 1803, was as follows Mhursday, November Friday, Noveniber Baturday, Novemt Sworn t o AL 2 this 4th day of November, IS8, Average Clrcalation for October, 24, 1.C Stuht and Schwenk: will a0w go on the mourners' bench. OMAHA taxpay may congratulate themselves on the defeat of the wanal bond imposture, AFTER all it must be conceded fhat the people of Omaha come pretty mear knowing what they want. WHAT would have happened had con- gress continued its policy of inaction upon the repeal bill and monetry legis lation? UNIrT hoodoced the county ticket. The wonder is that any republican in the court houso pulled through wiile Unitt's mouth was at large. HASCALL was quite safe in his reckless distribution of promises. Unfortumately they were all conditioned by the same $“When I am mayor of Omaha.” THE BEE has some little influence left {n Omaha dfter all. Ttssupport may not slways elect, but its opposition is pretty Bure to knc out vulnerable candid ales. THE BEE will from now on, as hereto- fore, continue to preach the doctriine of true and undefiled republicanism a8 against railrcadism allied with boodler- ism. GOVERNOR Bor was not quitw con- vinced of the popular prejudice against $hird term executives three months ggo. His mind is perfectly clear on. that noint now. MEXICO was disturbed by earthquakes on Tuesday, while the United Sistes witnessed landslides in numerous sec- tions of the country. Honors are easy between the two republi d PRESIDENT CLEVELAND TYeceived the significant election returns by special wire at his conntry residence. Tlhede- «ails of thecold reception, however', have seen withheld from the public. THE authors of poiitical pamphllets in the office of the county judge have earned a much needed vacation. The newly elected county judge will seo that they get a permanent vacation as soon 28 he assumes his duties. THE distinguishing feature o' the local campaign was the utter incompe- tency of the democratic city commiites, for whose cumulative blunders rgwubli- cans return thanks. It was a great head that planned Bedford’s disastrowscam- paign, OUR suggestion that Governor Boies bo afforded an opportunity to recuper- ate his shattered health in the private walks of life has been promptly mcted upon. The governor should appreciate this popular expression of regard for his personal welfaro. JUDGE HARRISON has probablly been elected to the supreme court, but the fight to reseue the court from the: domi- nation of the corporations will b kept up until the people of Nebrasks are educated up to the standard that will make it impossible to rob them of the boon of self government, FULL returns from the Fourth judicial distriet insure the election of theirepub- lican candidates. Judge Walton's elec- tion was, of course, a foregoms con- clusion, as be had been endorsed by all parties. The election of Messrs, Blair and Ambrose was very warmly contosted by the advocates of a nonpartisan judiciary and their clection was re- garded as very uncertain. A COMPARISON of the telegraphic election returns published by T Ber with those published in other Nebraska dailies should convince the meading public that there is only one great paper wost of Chicago, this side of San Francisco. But when it comes Lolocal and etate returns there is simply no comparison to be made. THE BigE has not only superior facilities for mews gathering, but it outranks all rivals, be- cause it pays out thousands of dollars for special and general dispatchesw here other papers spend hundreds, AN ORDER of the South Carolina Presbyterian synod has been issued to restore to membership in the e¢hurch a girl whom the church authorilies at Columbia undertook to expel because she worked in the telephone exelange on Sundays. It would have been rather embarrassing to the church to wilempt 10 expel all the members who might have vccasion to use the teleplwae on Sunday, and so it wreaked its vengeance on the poor telephone operator, An appeal to the broader mindedness of the general synod was required to estore her to all her rights and privileges as a member of the church, THE MEANING OF IT. The meaning of the overwhelming re- publican victory in the states where na- tlonal questions exercised a predomi- nating influence on the minds of voters must be obvious to everybody. A year ago the general conditions affecting the commercial and industrial interests of the country were in the highest degree favorable. All the great manufactur- ing enterprises were in active operation and the labor employed in them was fully occupied at remunerative wages. The country as a whole was highly prosperous and for several years had been making marked material progress. During the two years following the adoption of the present taviff law between 300 and 400 new industrial plants were established and nearly half as many old ones were extended., The new capital thus in- vested exceeded $40,000,000 and gave work to more 37,000 additional employes, In the first six months of 1892 there was built new factories and mills. Re- ports of the labor commissioners of New York and Massachusetts for 1892 showed a great increase in the production of manufactured goods in those states over 1891, There never has been a time in our history when work was so abundant and when wages were as high as at the time when the American people by th votes transferred the control of the legislative and executive departments of the government to the democratic party. Results have abundantly demonstrated that in this the people made a very grave mistuke. What are the present conditions? Kor ten months the country has suffered from a severo business de- pression. Hundreds of factories and mills are 1dle and a larger number are running on short time. The unemployed are more numerous than ever before in our history, and for the hundreds of thousands of idle men and women in the leading manufacturing states the outlovk seems hopel A few new plants havo been estab- lished within the past year, but the number is insignificant in compari- son with those which are doing nothing or operating only to the extent of one- third or one-halt of their capacity. Necessarily, all other branches of busi- ness hi been similarly affected, and at this time nobody engaged in industrial and commercial business is as prosper- ous as a year ago. The only people who are prospering today are the usurers who thrive upon the misfortunes of others. In thousands of homes which one short year ago were frec from any pecuniary obligation the chattel mort- gage, with its merciless demand, is now an object of fearful solicitude. Can there be any doubt as to what has brought about this extraordinary reversal of conditions? It is unmistak- ably due to the apprehension that the democratic party may carry out its ex- treme reactionary views regarding the fiscal policy of the country under which during the last thirty years we have attained our enormous industrial de- velopment. The immense plurality for MecKinley in Ohio and the election of the republican candidate for governor in Massachusetts—the cause of protection having beerrmore distinetly an issue in those states than elsewhere—can fairly be regarded only as a most vigorous pro- test of the people, after the sober second thought, against the remark- able doctrine of the democratic party that the prineiple of protection is un- constitutional, and cousequently must bo abandoned. The republlean party will not make the mistake of assuming that the verdict of the people of those great manufacturing states means that they desire or would be willing to ac- cept a higher tariff than that we now have. It has no such significa Doubtless thousands who voted for the republican candidates in Ohio and Maseachusetts believe that there should be some modifications of the tariff, but they believe at the samo time that American industries should continue to be given such reasonable measure of protection as will operate as a sufe- guard against destructive foreign com po- tition. It would seem that this is also the view of a majority of the voters of Towa, and it probably had some influ- ence upon the result in New Yorl. " Will the party in control of the gov- ernment give heed to the plain meaning of Tuesday's elections? That remains to be seen. So far as the republicans in congress are concerned, they will un- doubtedly be stimulated by these results to & more aggressive fizht against gen- eral tariff changes tban it has been un- derstood they intended 1o make. Thoy will feel that there is an urgent demand upon them not to permit the enemies of protection to have their way unchal- lenged, IRANSPORTATIUN FACILITIES, Almost all the great railroads of the country that have shared inthe World's fair passenger traflic have given notico of a revision of their train schedules, by which the accommodations offer. the public are to be restricted. Some of the railroads have alveady diminished the number of their daily trains, while the others are rapidly preparing to fol- low their example at the earliest pos- sible day. This action of tho rail- road managers is undoubtedly to a_ certain extent justifiable. They had anticipated a lieavy passen- ger traffic during the continu- ance of the Chicago exposition and made their arrangements accordingly. Many of them put on extra trains, pressed extra rolling stock into the service, and ina few instances increased the mumber of their traifi crews. Re- luctantly and tardily thoy put reduced passenger rates into force and finally began to reap the harvest which they were awaiting. With a return to the ordinary conditions of travel, it is hardly reasonable to expect the railroads to continue a service in its entirety which was designed for an extraordinary oc- casion, But the railroads have no right to use the fact that the World's fair traffic is ceasing as a pretext for reducing their their transportation facilities below what they were before the W fair opened its gates. railvoads owe certain duties to the public in return for the many privileges and favors that have been accorded them at the hands of the government, both state and national. That they can- not stop operating the lines when they wish has been more than once decreed by the cour 1f they cannot withdraw their facilities altogether they should not be permitted to reduce them below what the needs and conveniences of their patrons demand. The passenger train service before the World's fair extras were introduced was in no way too elab- orate for the requirements of the peo- ple whom it was intended to serve. Nothing less efficient than that should now be imposed upon the public. Other retrenchments in the matter of transportion facilities on some of the western railroads have been even loss justifiable. Trains that had boen oper- ated for years have boen taken off branch roads and local service has been pared down to the very minimum. People are compelled to ride in mixed trains, to spend twice the time in reaching their destination than would be necessary upon ordinary passenger trains and to wasto precious hours while be- ing switched around to drop or take on freight and cattle cars: Residents of the larger cities have not been troubled much by this wretched system, oxeept when they wish to stop at some small station. But country people and townspeople are daily sub- jected to these inconveniences and in- dignitics, They are compelled to grin and bear it at the railrcad magnate's pleasure, nor do they see any near sourco of relief. The railroads have gotten all the favors out of the people that they could hope for. It no longer pays them to be meek and accommodating. They now run their roads solely for their own profit, without the slightest re- gard for their duties to the pub- lic. Some of them even talk of teaching the people a lesson. No one wants them to furnish anything more than reasonable facilities, but cattle trains for human freight are not reason- able except in the eyes of the railroad manager. Adequate train service will be restored on these western railroads only when the peoplo refuse to put up with the crumbs that have been thrown to them. THE COINAGE QUESTION. In an interview a fewsdays ago Secre- tary Carlisle stated that he had not issued an order to the mints to coin the silver bullion in the treasury. - Being of the opinion that the government could use more silver dollars now he had merely directed that the mints prepare to coin them assoonas it shall be deemed advisable to do so. In the same connec- tion the secrotary said he should be sorry tohave congress authorize the set- ting aside of the seigniorage to be coined, believing that if this were done the coin would flow back into the treas- ury in a way not to be desired. Obviously Secretary Carlisle does not think it would be wise to undertake to push into circulation, asrapidly as they could be coined, silver dollars to the amount of fifty million, though he is of the opinion that if the juatter of supply were left to the discretion of the secre- tary of the treasury a greater amount of silver than at present could be put into circulation. This view of the secretary seems to be sound. Forcing silver into circulation would not be good policy. It should be made available to the people only to the extent that there isa de- mand for it. It appears to be regarded by treasury officials as an open question whether the seigniorage can legally be used for the purpose of adding to the available cash in the treasury, or whether it can be utilized until so much of the bullion held has been coined as will redeem the treasury notes issued in payment there- for. The clause of the act of 1890, known as the Sherman law, bearing upon this question is differently con- strued. This provides that “*the secre- tary of the treasury shall coin of the silver bullion purchased under the pro- sions of this act as much as may be necessary to provido for the redemption of the treasury notes herein provided for, and any gain or seigniorage arising from such coinage shall be accounted for and paid into the troas- ury.” It will probably be necessary for congress to intevpret the meaning of this clause, and at the same time it may be called upon to give an interpretation to0 some other provisions of the law which ave said to be troubling the treasury of- ficials, The points in controversy ave stated to be: Must a sum equal to the amount of treasury notes issued bs coined before the seigniorage can be utilized? Can treasury notes be issued azainst tho soigniorage? Has the secretary author- ity to cancel treasury notes when redeemed under the provisions of the third section of the act? It would seem that the simplest way in which to dispose of the controversy would bo for congress to pass a new measure plainly defining the course to be pursued, and it would seem, also, that such a measure might very properly and wisely exclude from consideration the so-called seignior- age. While the treasury was buying silver it was doubtless well to take this gain into account, but now that 1t has stopped purchasing there is no apparent reason why the seigniorage should be made to bear a distinet relation in the government's silver holding: DEMOCRATIC office seckers are com- plaining that the department heads at Washington are paying too much atten- tion to their fortheoming annual reports, in view of the fact that the number of republican clerks and officials is still capable of exciting the envy of those who are waiting to supply their places. It is cruel to keep the spoils from the victors when the prospects of again be- coming vietors aveso dim. The office seckers think that they ought to make hay while the sun shines without taking chances on the intervention of clouds. A STEADY rise in the price of silver, instead of the much predicted fall in silver quotations since the passago of the repeal bill and the adjournment of congress, is not easily explained. There must be some expectation of u largely inereased demand, for as yet there have been no authentic reports of a further decrease inthie curvent production of the mines. Authoritics at Washington in- timate that Russia is tho field upon which the silver preduct is to be launched. Russia is certainly capable of absorbing a fiflze amount of the white metal, but up .to the present has shown little dispositishito doso. On the con- trary, Russia lijig been roported as piling up gold in its treasury. It may have be- come nassured of & gold basis for its cur- rency and be ready to supplement that with subsidiary silver, but all this is rather uncertain’speculation. The real cause of the firm price of silver is not yot apparent. Demogeatio Horse Sense. Atlanla Constatution. Let the republicans make the most of their victory. Tnno sense can it bo claimed as & democratic triumph, — - A Popuiar Beilel Overthrown. Chicago Tribune, 1f the extraordinary session of congress cost 800,000, the theory that talk is cheap has met with a most disastrous overthrow. s il A Waning Industry. Buffaln Fxpre These are hard times for train wreckers, A Rochester judge lLas sentenced a tramp to ten years at hard labor merely for putting obstructions on the track that he might pre- tend to discover them and work on tho s, pathy of the passengers. The bandits w held up a train in Arkansas on Saturday nearly all dead by this time -~ The Invitation Declin Minncapolis Tribune, The populists arc trying to make people believe that Senators Teller and Wolcoit are now tull fledged members of the people’s but the senatorsrefuse to have it that vay. ‘I'hey have reneatedly announced since the defeai of their pot hooby that they aro still republicans and will make whatever fights thoy have to make within the lines of tho republican party. 1t is a debatable ques- tion which party is entitled to congratula- tions, —_——— Mendaclous ¢ ™ Minneapolis 1imes. Instead of being misled by the claptrap of ignoramuses and visionary~ prophets of evil, an inspection of real facts and their truth- ful bearmng will soothe unnecessary fears aud even provide food for encouragement. mity howlers” are n mendacious “hey toil not, neither do thoy spin. should not be permitted to¥attack sreate distrust and produce mischief. The figures and the truth ave against them. Intelligent and sensible men will be unaf- fected by the ularmists. - Profitless Obstraction. Glohe-Democrat. The story that the free coiners are going to obstruct all sorts of lewislation in the reg- ular session if they be not placated by the passage of some silvec bill may safely be disregarded. The silverites are sensiblo enough to know that they could accom- plish nothing by such tactics. Their mter- est lies in playiog the waiting game. Within ayear or two circumstances may compel Burope to assume a friendlier attitude toward silver than it has shown in recent years. Let us see what 1894 and 1895 will bring forth before we talk of any more silver legislation. e Gronter than 1is Party, Cincinnati Commereial. President Cleveland evidently believes that he is a greater man than his party. Early on the morning following the adjourn- ment of the extraordinary session of con- gress, he went dnto the woods to shoot squirrels. Members of congress sought him in vain, and vhey coula not secure informa- tion as to the prabable date of his return to the executive mausion. | We cannot_recall the namo of a president of the United States who would | have dared to slap tho members of congress in the face in this way. President Cleveland undoubtedly is a bold man. Perhaps he may exhibit a specimen of this: bravery when he comes to deal with the tanff question after hearing from Ohio. -— PEOPLE AND 1HINGS. The country is safe. Carry the news to Sioux Falls, The restoratidn of confidence is now com- plete. " There was a_democtatic party. that party now? It is evident the New York shipped al cogs. Itis useiess to search for a siver lining in the democratic clouds. The shakeup and slaughter at Santander is thrown in the shade by the cataclysm of November The unabridged is painfully short of termns to fittingly express the situation. “A land- slide’ is no name forit. Call it a cyclonado, Tho poignaney of democratic grief is in- tensified by the reflection that Mr. Roose- velt-Roosvelt and Mr, Van-Vun Alen escaped the consomme by flight. The falling off in the democratic vote in Massachusetts is due to the large drafts made upon the voting population to ruu the federal government at Washington, Josiah Quincy resigned a federal offic conduct the democratic campaign in Ma: chusetts on a high wmoral plane. The re- turns indicate that Josiah sadly mistook his calling “The following pathetic builetin is self-c Where is machine to e, Nov. 8.—Henry Watterson, the only democrat remaining on earth, *+ Kill it Mr. Neal of Ohio will be remembered as the author of the free trado plank of tho Chicago platform and the leader of the largest political funeral ever held in tho Buckeye state Hallowe'en celobrators at Valentine kiled a lot of chickens belonging o a resident and turned forty hogs out into vhe r longmg to another citizen, The fun, Miss Reed of Cincinnati, a nurse amoug the lepers in India, has contracted the disease herself, but her list letter home, instead of repining over the fact, asks that 850 of her small salary be withheld and given to the flood sufferers in the south, Heury ‘Thomas Butterworth, the uncte of ex-Congressman Butterworth, died in_Cin- cinnatia few days ago at the age of 85, A peculiarity of his later years was his anx- ievy regarding his burial, He made his own coflinyears ago, bad it properly inscribed and_trimmed and stored away. He also marked the ground for bis grave and bar- gaied with a man to dig it. His wishes were complied with. Of the 6,335 women postmasters in tho United States—Pennsylvania having 463, Alaska one and other states scattered be- tween—the oldest 8- Miss Martha . Stone of North Oxfurd, Mass. She received her commission April 27, 1 from Horatio King, who was then first assistant postmas- ter general. There were then only 1wo mails 4 day ot Nogsh Oxford, but since thit time the I)usmm,'?u nearly quadrupled, Miss Stone has alwiss had the ofice in her sitting r The eilded 400 of Gotham hold frequent septions in the gourts. A few months ago presentative| gember wa penitentiary for beusally assaulting an old mun, Ounly a fe ago that fierce and sanguinary yev fAshionable person, Hallet All-Slop Borrow, got drunk, and after being kicked outef a restaurant wound up ina police station charged with beating a cabmiun out of his fare. " Now comes Berry Wall—Herry the n‘;‘;‘umcem -the glass of fashion and tne nfold of form, likewise drunk and disorderly, weeping before u po- lice justice. Al this, too, while Ward Macallister 1s publishing vapid homilies on saciety. sent to the l SIGNIFICANCE OF RESULTS Tuesday's Elootion Thonght to Indicate a Ropublican Landslide in 1896, M'KINLEY IN LINE FOR LEADERSHIP rdreds of Congratulatory Telegrams Showered on the Champion of Pro. tectlon—Washington's Foreoast of the Prosidential Contoest. 518 FOURTERNTH STREET, Wasmsaros, Nov, 8 Washington displayed its usual intense interest in the elections of yesteroay. The bulletin boards weresurrounded by immense throngs until a late hour last night, and, although it poured rain during ailof today, the crowds filled the stroets in front of the bulletns and cheered “*‘MeKinley, Protection and Victory." The st interest centered unon Ohio as it was generally conceded that if Governor McKinley scored the anticipated victory, which he did, he would be the presidential nomince in 1896, Hundreds of cong tory telograms were sent him this noon by public men in Washington and nearl all of them mentioned the contest of th years hence. The eastern newspapers and nearly all of the promincnt men in both parti s promotion in 18906, to now deciine an- other nomination for tho governorship on the grounds th three terms are enough for any man and_bécause ofice in 1806 would hamper his chance While the great victory in Ohio is re- garded as a direct triumph for the conditions under the last republican administration and a vindication of the republican tarff, the immense republican victory in Massachu- setts is recorded as also significant in a na- tional way. Thero the men and issues re- sembled thoso in_ Ohio, the only difference being that the tariff was moro of & practical factor than in Ohio. Democrats Disappointod. Democri in congress do not attempt to conceal their surpriso or disappointment. Mir. Tarsney of Kansas City, a democratic momber of the house committée on waysand means, says the result of the olections will “rattle” the democrats in congress and likely gain a revision of the figures already placed in the wariff bill. Others express the same opinion. Representative Bryan of Nebraska thinks the publican victories duo to the unpopular financial policy of President Cleveland. He believes that “the demo- cratic effort o steal republican thunder by repealing the silver law” was simply r buked by the people at the polls. He say “1 think it safe to assume that the repub- licans can beat usat their own game. Last fall we fought the republicans on the tanff and whipped them. This time we joined with them on linance and were badly routed It is a little ungeateful in the eastern de- mocracy o go back on the party after it has run it ils own way, even to the ex- tent of alienating many staunch domocrats in tho south and west." Must Reform the Tarift. Mr. Bryan then deciares the result of the elections must not be permitted to change the prospective tarift bill and adds: “We were elected to reform the tariff and we will do There m be somo hesitancy on the part of members from the manufactur- ing districts, but I am not willing yet to believe that we will be compelled to con- ciliate McKinley on protection just because our effort to harmonize with Mr. Sherman on finance proved disastrous.” The view of Bryan that it was finance and not vhe tariff that caused democratic defeat is laughed at by other men in congress. The fact that in the industrial states of Mas: chusetts, New York, New Jersey and Ohio, where the repeal of the silver law was de- manded the republicans made the greatest gains and in the northwest where silver is strongest the republicans gained least, is pointed out as conwadicting the Bryan theory. WasmixotoN Bureav or Tar Ber } Death of an Iowa Ploneer. Mr. Hawkins Taylor, who died at his resi- den B street horthwest, yesterday, and who will be buried tomorrow, was a pioneer citizen of lowa and prominently identified with its early Mistory. In 1836 ne pre- empted Jdand where thy city of Dubuque now stands, but was driven mway by the In- dians. He then pre-cmpted lind at West Pomt, but settled at Keokuk soon after- d, where he resided for many years As o member of the first territorial legis lature of Iowa he took a leading part in the edings of that body. He was elected vor of Keokuk in 1857, and also ved term as sherif of ' Lee county. In this position he was sent to Nauvoo 1 the disturbances with the Mormons and arrested Hiram, the brother of the mous Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith. He was a delegate to the convention which nominated Lincolo. He was appointed post- oftice inspector for Kansas by President Lin- 35 and hola the position until 18t residence in Washington Mr, been engaged chiefly inattending ess of his western friends beforo the deparvments and in newspaper corre- spondence, Miscellancous, Mvr. Patrick Kgan of Lincoln is in the city on a short visit, but the precise nature of his business here just at this time has not been divulged. Ho is stopping at the Normandie, Periy 5. Hearm, NEWS FOR THE ARMY, Small Military Posts to 15¢ Abolished in the Near Future, WasninGToN, Nov. 8.—[Special Telegram to ‘I'ne Bre.]—A member of the senate com- mittee on military affairs, who is familiar with the facts upon which that committee reported adversely the bill appropriating $100,000 to enlarge the military post of Fort Meade, S. D., says there is to be a constant but gradual abolition of the smaller military posts throughout the country and a cen- tralization of tho military forces at the regimental posts, Thero aro five of the latter, located in Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Minnesota and lllino.s. There are now ninety-six garrisoned posts in the country, thirty-threo of which are Jocated east of the Mississippi, and sixty-three west of that river. It is stated that the eastern posts are to be giminished in oumbers as rapidly as pos- sible, concentrating the great body of troops in New York, Columbus, 0., and one or two other points which are ly used a8 recruiting stations. While the co solidation of posts beyond the Mississippi will be less rapid, it will not be surprising in the mind of vhe senator who gives Tue Bee correspondent this information if one or two of the four posts in Nebraska and two or three of the five posts in each of the states of Wyoming, Washiogton and Mon- tana o dispensed with at an early day. General Schofield contends that the small and isolated posts should be abandoned im- mediately, aud that the economical interests of the governmeut and the aiscipline of the army may be promoted by larger and a less number of garrisous. Yesterduy's Changes in the Service, The ‘leave granted Second Lieutenant Hiram Powell, Sccond infantry, is extended fifteen days. : The following transfers in the Firsy artillery are made: Second Lieutenant James A. Skipton, from battery G to battery Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U, S, Gov't Report, Roval Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE D; Second Lieutenant Samuel C. Hazzard, from battery D to battory G The extension of leave granted Colonel Nathan. W. Osborne, Fifth infantry, is further oxterded ton days. Tho leave granted Captain Abram Wood, Fourth cavalry, is extended months Captain William T Marshall, corps of engineers, Chicago, will return to #heir proper stations tho enlisted men of the bat- tailon of engineers detailed to report to him for duty in connection with the World's Columbian exposition The leave on surgeon’s certificate of dis- ability granted Captain James M. Bell, Seventh infantry, is extonded ono month on surgeon's certificato of aisability. Teave for throo months, to take effect December 15, or when his services can be spared by his department commander, 18 granted First Lieutenant Alvarado M Fuller, Sec valry. The ' e ranted Second Lioutenant Robery W ns, Twentieth infantry, is ays in Chatles Richards, assistant sur- gcon, is detailed as o member of the cxam- ining board convened at_Fort Loavenworth, Kan., vico Major John Brooke, surgeon, re- lieved First Licutenant Palmer G. Wood, quarter- master, Twelfth infantry, will report in person’ to Lioutonant Colonel John N. Andrews, Fifteenth infantry, president of the examining board at Fort Lenvenworth ab such time as he may be required by this board for examination as to his fituoss for promotion. Captain George P. Seriven, signal corps, is detailed as & member of the examining d to moet in this , vico Captain Charles 1. Kilbourne, signal corps (now major and paymaster), relieved. . two FCONOMIZING VERYWHER Sad Outlook for Towns that Have pecting bile Buildings. WasuiNaro, Nov. 8.—There will be no ap- propriations for public buildings by the com- ing congress, 1f Chinirman Sayers of the ap- propriations committeo. succeeds in carry- ing out his plan, beyond that for a new gov- ernment printing oftice, the necessity for which is clearly recogmzed from the conai- tion of the present structure. 1t is proposed to provide an appropriation of $150,000 to re- construct and repair the present building so that it can be used as an office building. The construction of the new building will proba- bly be put in chargo of General C: chief of enginecrs, as such a method of construc- tion is considered more economical, both in the matter of material used and in'the time of building, than to let the work out by pri- vate contract. Kor the sume reason an effort will be made to trausfer to his charge the construction of the new city postofiice building here. e S TERSE TOOTS, een Lowell Courier: Tt can't be said of Lot's wife that she didn't earu her salt. Siftings: A man is very much 1ike a razor, because you ean't tell how sharp he can be until hels completely strappod. Elmira After tho Bawl—-He ch on, d (In WO en marry any- ools. Sho (sweetly)— Tough youth in even- oking girl with hangs y, what kept yez so long Girl (shar Didn’t_1 neon me handkeércher! €= lelphia Record ing attire 1o a jakey down to her e; a dressing, u have to skite Somerville Journal: Nearly every man thinks he would bo a first rate rifle’shot, if only he had time enough to practice in. Truth: Wifo (angrily)—James, you're full. Husband—Maria, to prove to you that 1 am not, I will go to the corner and tuke another. Puck: Professo: owe his reputation? Studont—Principally to the fact that his name commenced with an X and came in so handy for hendlinos in “alphubotical copy hooks. To what did Xenophon Dotroit Tribune: shouted the those en| Will any one tell me," prohibition orator, “who, save this accursed traflic, gets any audience replied: “Well, W 350 o night.” ago Record: ¢ about the physic physical exercise? Fweddy—-Incweased the size of the chwyfl santhemum I weah, He—What have you n's advice to take ABOUT THE WEATHER, ¢ Chicago Times. It predictions of prophets bo true, And the wintci's to be so sevore, The Storm King will have much to do In the very faz end of the year. nission he scems wont 16 shirk, or there ne'er was a fairer November., Let us hope that he won't go to work Till the very last duys of December. e NOVEMBER NIGHTS, Frank L. Stanton 'in Atlantie Constitution. Novembernights—~November nights! With all their rich and rare detights. azing fire whose sparkling flames un with a lovelior light than fame's! O heurtful cheer! O peaceful sights, Walled in by cool November nights! ember nizhts the stories told all gty fold; ring lig E ws <hod nes tucked 4! ights crown the sweet Novewhor nights! little tnor swings! olights pwn the cool Novembor nights! BROWNING, KING HOLDINGS IN THE SOUTH SEA United States Possessions in the Middle of the Pacifio Ocean. TWO VERY SMALL ISLANDS, BUT USEFUL Why They Came to BBe Annexed —Important Benring on th sent Sitnation In fawail-Rumors Dented by the State Department, Wasnisoron, Nov. 8- Somo sensational dispatehes, which wero published yosterday afternoon and this morning, to the effect that Lilioukalani was to be restored to het throne of Hawaii by the United States gov- ernment, brought a flood of inquiries upon the State department. Tho unusually im- passive officials of this department ridiculed the proposition, which is regarded by them a8 absurd, An interesting fact has developed bearing upon the Hawaban anuexation i the rec- ords of the Navy dopartment. A glance at agood chart of the Hawaiinn islands wil show a long string of very small island tonding northeast from tho inhabited islands, Nihau and Kauai, of the Hawaifan group. Most of theso belong to the Hawaiian government and are consid- ered a part of the Hawalan groun. Two of them, Brooks or Midway islands, wore, on August 28, 1867 forially of by Captain William iteyr ing the United States sted 3 on behait of the United S lands previously were d 1859, by Captam N. C. Brooks of the Ha' waifan baric Gambra, who formally took vossession of them in the name of the Hee wailan government, Why United States Annexed the Islands. The United St government wag actuated by a request mado of Secretary of tho Navy Gideon Welles by Allen MeLane, then president of the Pacitioc Mail compan who desired tho use of the islands as n co; ing station. Secretary Wellos, thereupon issuod orders to Rear Admirat Thackor, commanding the North Pacific_squadron, to take formal possession of the islands. Cap- tin Reyuolds, in_reporting the takingof possession to Admival Thacker, sa 1t is exceedingly gratifying to have been con- cerncd in the taking possession of tho first islands ever added to the dominion of the United State nd our own shores and L sincore v this instanco will bo by no means the lastofour insular possessions.” Brooks or Midway islands aro 1m_latitude 252 12 minutes north, longitudo 157222 min utes heir distanco from San Fran ciseo is 2.800 nautical miles, from the cost of Japan 2200 miles and from Honolulu 1,200 mil | o northernmost overed July b, Description of the Istands. ate committeo report slands is one and a_half miles long by three-quarters of a milo broad and fifty seven feet high, containing & harbor facing 1o the west and safe sheltered by a coral reef. ‘The harbor is said to be mier and deeper than thit of Honolulu. ‘L here is also a plentiful supply of fresh water on the island, In view of m itten, the | tion by th A se s the largest, ‘i which has been said and k of precedent for an nssump- Jnited States of dominion over detached nds, such as the Hawaliag group, this record of the Navy department bears on the question with interest. CURIOUS KELIO OF THE WAR. Louisiana Land Owners with No Natlonal Title to Thelr Estates. Wasnrxaron, Nov. 8.—Assistant Land Commisstoner Bowers is considering an in- teresting land case from Louisiana. - About the beginning of the war the United States granted patents to 'ns of Louisiuna to tho amount of 13,000 ncres. These patents were never recorded. The governor of Louisiana during the war granted to the sume parties the same lands by state pat- ents, assuming that as Louisiana had gono out of the union it had taken the public Jands within the borders with it. The pitents wre recorded and av present utle by which the lands The lands have been i and a re- quest is now made Lo t al land oftico for patents from the U nited States, in order that title ured to th parties now owning the re the oftice. WasmiNatoN, Nov. 8.—TI on headed by ex-Senator Dawes of Massachu- awmun of the senate Indiun will, in a short time, receive om the Interior department and go to the Indian territory 1o talk state- hood matters to the five civilized tribes. 18 is anticipated that the commission will nov be able at onco to convince tho Indians that they would be better off if they should adopt the right of statehood than they now are. The Indians, it is claimed, aro well satisfied with arenot sceking any change which might materislly interfere with their rights. Th will aiso be strongly opposed to being 1 a part of Oklahoma and being admitied with that ambitious Lerritory. commission, instructions Largest Manutacturers anl Ravallazs of Ulothing In tho Worll. Pay your bets. Didn’t bet much money on it, of course you didn't. But you did bet a hat — pay your bets with one of our hats—better hats for the same money than uflffiit’er in Omaha sells. Now that the struggle’s over You will have to pay your bets, And you're looking for a hatter That will soften your regrets. ‘We assure you that the winner ‘Will be proud to wear a tile From out our hat department, ‘Where we have the latest style. It is & common impression among the uninformed that a man can't buy a good hat outside a hat store, but you can. BROWNING, Store npen every evening till 6.5 PO turduy tiil 10 Now pay your bets. KING & CO., |8, W, Cor. 16th and Donglas Sts