Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 24, 1894, Page 4

1 i THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, ROSEWATER, Editor, | PURLISHED BVERY MORNING . T OTERME OF KUBSCRIPTION, Dally Des (without fay) One Yenr Tafly_and Sunday, One Year Hix Months Runday e, One’ Your E One yent OFFICES Omaha, The Fufiding RBauth Omahn, comer N and_ Twenty-fouth 8ts Council DM, 12 Pearl street New York, roome 13, 14 and 16, Tribune building Wiihington, 513 Fourteenth street CORRERPONDENCE, torial matior should be addressed: To the Editor BUSINESS LETTERS, ATl busin W romittances should be nddroseed 1 fice 1ablishi any. O, Dr K nd_ pastoftiee " 1o be madoe payable to the order of the company TIE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY 2 CIRCULATION. etary of The Bee STATEMENT George B, Tzschuck Publishing company, being duly sworn, 8aya that the actual number of full and complete coples of The Daily Morning, Evening and | Bunday Bes printed during the month of January, 1594, was as folows 1 BV s an S 1T 2 3 3098 18 L2604 617 19.. 0 31 the month Less reductions for unsoid’ 7 turned copies L 10474 Total sold....... 02,850 Daily averags net alroniation i mem un GREORGE B, TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this 5th day of February, 181, (BEAL) P. FEIL, Notary T Ic [t S e e AN APOLOGY TO THE PUBLIC. We deem it proper to apologize to tho patrons of The Bee for being compelled to ve publicity to the revelting testimony in the preliminary trinl of the editor of this vaper on the charge of criminal libe hrought by ex-Sheriff Bennett. During lag fall's campaign, whon The Bee asserted that o condition of affairs existed in the Douglas county Jall that was too vile to be made public 1n all its disgusting detalls, there was a disposition on the part of many law-abid- ing people to discredit the reports then pub. lished. Many of Mr. Hennell's supporters want g0 far as to donounce these revorts malicious campaign fabrications. Emboldened by the whitewash of Mosher scandal through the United S grand jury, Mr. Bennett has called the editor of The Bee into court and thus forced upon him the production of the proofs. While deprecating the necessity of rehearsing the horrible mess, we feel impelled to do o as a matter of self-justification and to show that we have underrated rather than exage ated the true state of affairs. Under no other circuinstances Would The Beo have defiled its columns with such a recital of beastlines the Congressman Dan Sickles managed to get in his Washington's birthday oration not- withstanding the fact that he was under ar- Royal junkets are becoming quite the fash- fon in Europe. Not to be outdone by his German majesty, the Russian czar is plan- ning a trip into southern France, Emperor Willlam may yet be spurred on to make his much-talked-of voyage to America. Members of the house of representatives evidently think that they are too good to listen to the reading of Washington's fare- well addre: ‘Washington should have at- tended their sessions and have listened to them. The majority for the republican candidate in the Pennsylvania congressional election surpasses the most sanguine expectations of enthusiasts. President Cleveland and his friends in congress are learning more of the extent of their unpopularity every day. Ring the bells! Get out the town crier! Ofter rewards for information leading to the recovery of the seven congressmen, who, according to the report of the sergeant-at- arms of the house, are not £o be found! The country cannot rest so long as a single mem- ber of that rare tribe of congressmen ge- mains undiscovered. Senator Martin s trying to strike a new tack by having the senate adopt a resolution instructing the finance committee to prepare and report a bill for free coinage at the old ratio of 16 to 1. This thing was settled at the extra session of congress last fall. It is idle to ask the senate to order something done which it has refused to do itself. to the museum cheap side shows do not offer exactly the hest Uncle Sam has come that the circus, dime conclusion and other means of educating the dusky Indian, The white people who view the aborigines in such exhibitions may possibly learn something to thelr advantage, but the red man only be- comes more demoralized. The usefulness of the Indian will be promoted by keeping him at home. There is no difficulty in devising numer- ous plans by which the water service of the city might be materially improved. Unfor- tunately they all require the Investment of a large amount of capital. The city is in no position to build a waterworks plant for itselt, at the present time, and it is ques- tionable whether such a course would be expedient were It possible. Much less I8 the city able to compel the waterworks company to enlarge its work unless Judge Dundy orders the receiver to divert the necessary funds from its income for that purpose The people’s party leaders have a notable penchant for holding their meotings upon holidays significant in the history of the country. The Omaha convention was ex- pected to derive a certain amount of eclat from the fact that it met on July 4 and launched a new party out into the sea of politics on the anniversary of the birth of the republic. The meeting of the national committee at St. Louls was doubtless called for February 22 from similar but the connection between orge Washington and the people’s party is a little re- mote for the naked eye to see. lotive too Lieutenant Westmark, who terms himselt an “African traveler” and claims assisted Stanley in opening up the Cong: has come all the way to America to make a viclous assault upon Stauley's character and incldentally to gather good United States coln as the admission fees to his The chief proof of Stanley’s alleged brutality which he Is to display Is a sketch to have some of the great explorer flogging & negro tled to a tree with his head downward, said to bo “taken On the spot.” Westmark may succeed In securing an audience at the reg ular price per person, but his tirades against Stanley will not go far unsupported. WHERE IS THE MONEY? The doclsion handed down by the supreme court In the “current funds’ case, in which it is held that the permanent school and trust funds are not to be Included within the provisions of the state depository law, | wturally suggests the question, where Is the money which the state treasurer 1s supposed to hold In those funds? According to the | decision just referred to, the constitution itself inhibits the loaning or Investing of that money except upon United States or state securities or reglstered bonds of the rent counties of the state. 3 We know that it is yet to be decided whether the Interest-bearing state warrants alling for money from the current funds are state securities within the meaning of the constitution and whether the law re quiring the Investment of Idle school moneys In outstanding state warrants is valid and legal. We know, too, that this is a very Important question and that upon it depends the determination whether the state I8 to derive any Income whatever from the present uninvested school moneys, But constitute They ly Interest-bearing state warrants the floating debt of the state. merely have no definite term and must necessa be called in and paid so soon as the respec- tive funds upon which they are drawn are replenished from each successive tax levy. No matter which W the supreme court shall decide in the controversy over the in- | vestment of school moneys in state warrants Ivest- the larger problem of the permanent ment of those moneys must remain un- solve That decision will have compara- tively little bearing upon the funds supposed to be now In the treasurer's hands. The people have a right to demand of the | state treasurer that he inform them exactly where all the state mone They have a right to know not only where the moneys of the several current funds are distributed the different depository banks, but what the state with school in also asurer has done the the Those tr to permanent funds amounted to have moneys belonging and trust funds nearly $500,000 in probably been, augmented since that time. The treasurer tells us that some of that money hi been invested in a block of Lancaster county bonds and that he is present negotiating for the purchase of $2 000 worth of Douglas county bonds. Making deducti for these investments it is clear that th still ly than $500,000 whose whereabouts is unaccounted for. This is a smail fortune in itself. It is bad enough that it be unproductive to the worse that the people should be Kept Ignorant of where it s, But worst of all, the state treasurer is violating the constitution every moment that he keeps any of the money on deposit with any bank. has just decided, placing these funds at t with any of the depository banks constitutes a loan un- constitutional and iMegal, farming them on the outside is equally loaning them out and equally ille Have these moneys been called in? Where are they now? AN IMPOTENT MAJORITY. Although the attendance of members at the jons of the house of representa- tives ranges from 200 to 260, for more than a week the democratic majority has been lelpless. Business has been at a stand- still because it has been found impossible to muster a quorum. This consists of 179 members, and there has been no time when | more than that number of democrats were not in attendance. The action of the demo- cratic caucus last Monday had no effect upon the democratic opponents of the bill to coin the silyer seigniorage, this being the measure that has caused the deadlock. They have continued to refuse to vote, de- December last and sinee at re is consid more mu state and yet Ii, as the supreme court intere: sos claring that the caucus had no right to bind their action in regard to a matter which is not a party question. Under the practice in the Fifty-first congress of count- Ing members present and not voting, in order to make a quorum, no such state of affairs as has prevailed in the house for a week past could happen, but the manifestly wise and proper course adopted by Speaker Reed the democrats rejected, and as a con- sequence they are unable to do business if a minority hostile to any proposed legisla- tion is strong enough to create a deadlock by refusing to vote. The loaders are perplexed over the ques- tlon what to do, since the mandate of the caucus Is impotent and the arrest of mem- bers ineffective. Propositions to impose fines upon all members who, being present, refuse to vote have been discussed, but it is not probable that any one of them will be adopted, or if so that it will produce the de- sired result. It would probably be found im- practicable to enforce such a rule, and if fines were imposed they would undoubtedly s00n b remitted. It was shown in the demo- cratic caucus that there are at least fifty members who are in favor of clothing the speaker with authority to count the mem- bers present and not voting if necessary in order to make a quorum, but a proposition to do this was defeated. To adopt this plan would be so complete a surrender of the democratic position in the Fifty-first con- gress and so plain a confession that the re- publicans were right and the democrats wrong then that it is not likely to be done. At any rate every other device that can be thought of will be tried first. In the present case the democrats hostile to the measure for colning the seignlorage who refuse to vote doubtless justify them- selves on the ground that they are acting in the public Interest and everybody who de- sires the defeat of this scheme for Injecting $55,000,000 more of paper into the currency will acquiesce in this view. The proposition to coln the so-called selgniorage and to Issue certificates on it before it Ix coined is wholly viclous and indefensible, and opposition to it in almost any form Is pardonable. The course of the democratic opponents of this measure, if persisted in, may lead to its withdrawal, but it is a question whether it would not be better to let it go to a vote and thus test the strength of the silver men in the house. If it should be defeated that would probably end, for this congress offorts of this kind, while as long as it re- mains unacted on it will operate as a menace to the financial interests and retard the re- covery of confidence. The point to be im pressed upon the public, however, Is the con trast which the situation at Washington presents to the working of the house of representatives of the Fifty-first congress, which lost very little time by reason of the absenco of & quorum b ause a republican speaker refused to countenance the absurd dea that members present and not voting were in effect not In the house. The government, which has for decade: been printing its own public documents and engraving its own bonds and notes, will now furnish the postofice department with the stamps which are required for its business. There Is nothing very significant in this, It means only that the government intends to make use of the facilities for doing such work with which it has long been supplled and which enable It to do the work cheaper THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1804 than it can be procured from private parties The of soclalism will be raised in many quarters, and {t will be claimed that the next step will be for the ry government o manufac ture clothes for the soldiers enlisted in the army, or to ralse the cattle that are distrib uted to the Indians, and so on until ¢ - ernment has absorbed all Industry ot course such talk Is all twaddle. There is no present danger that the fleld of legitimate private enterprise Is to ba narrowed by leg Islation, 1t the potofiice can be more nomically conducted by having age stamps printed by the bureau of engraving and printing, there are many reasons why It should be done and few why it should not be done, THE CANAL PROJECT ONCE MO There s a great deal of wild talk about building the Platte river canal. Grant that the scheme Is feasible, the question is who shall build the canal and who fs to own and ontrol the ? It the city the canal and supply power at cost to mills, factories, the clity to get the money with which to build it, and where s the authority for the city to engage in any If the city and county are il jointly Omaha powe is to own ete., how Is such enterprise? to bulld, own and opetate tho c for tho benefit of South and their suburbs where is the authority for such a joint enterprise, and how this Joint control to be effected? There certainly is law at the present that con- templates such a venture on the part of the county and city jointly. It the canal is to be built for profit by a private corporation, what can the city do at this time to ald the project by It we have no right to vote a bonded subsidy to the Union Depot ¥ ause have reached 10 per cent limit, how can we legally vote any Assume that the these bonds Omaha, a no time and operated way of a bonus? com| hec we the ald to a canal company? has the right to vote how much do the canal projectors the county to donate to their enterpr t do they propose to do for the county county expect e and wl in return? 1t is from dimed that the canal will give us 000 to 20,000 horse power. as we are already using as much Omaha and South Omaha for various . the question is who will be preferred atron of the power company and who £? Suppose the bulk of its and_ elec- be left Inasmuch in pur- power pose: as will be left to shift for himse gives up the to operate street raflroads lighting companies, what wi ie factories and mills? So far as the s concerned, no benefit can be derived cheapening the for operating railrou since will alway remain cents per nger, and unless the city owned its lighting plant and waterworks no material beneflit would bo a supply of cheap power for concerns. power company pow trie for cit from street power the pa electric derived from the The most serious obstacle to the canal project is the want of authority for the city to own, build and operate it, and the want of the necessary capital to undertake it for the city and by the eity. Private owner- ship would always be a menace to good gov- Our experfence with compa- nies, water companies, street railway com- panies and electric lighting companies af- fords ample proof that they become powerful agencies of corruption angl subversion of city government. To supplement them with a corporation that would be allied to all these corporations as a factor would create an anaconda that would twist itself around every limb and branch of the city govern- ment and crush out whatever there is left of Independence and integrity among our city officials, To vitalize the canal we must have a grant of authority for the city to build it in conjunction with the county, and to raise the funds for its construction and the purchase of the power plant. It will be impossible to get this authority this year unless a special ernment. session of the legislature is called. Until we have such authority nothing tangible can be done. Nebraska boasts of a political anomaly that must not be allowed to go down un- chronicled in history. It must be known that there is a postofiice at Blue Valley and that it was until recently presided over by a worthy official of good republican faith. The postmaster at Blue Valley was in fact 80 good a republican that he was unwilling to continue in office under a democratic ad- ministration to the exclusion of the numer- ous hungry democrats, and to relieve his con- science he promptly sent in his resignation to the authorities at Washington. The latter appeared to be in no hurry whatever to ap- point his successor or to give effect to his resignation, In valn the good republican awalted his official decapitation, until finally, after three long, weary months of disappoint- ment, he determined to force the issue and rose up and died. This was a most success. ful move so far as vacating the office was concerned, but it has not yet resulted in the installation of a democratic successor. Either the democrats in the vicinity of Blue Valley are unusually ignorant of the wiles and ways of seeking office or the appointing authorities at Washington are singularly neglectful of the duties which the last presidential elec- tion imposed upon them. How long will this disgraceful state of affairs be permitte to continue? Will the republican postmaster who gave up the ghost to accommodate his democratic rivals have died in vain? Major Paddock imagines himself to be a very much abused man, and he tries very hard to pose as a reformer, martyr and public benefactor. All this because the four other county commissioners had gone into the tanning business on in resenting the slur which he sought to cast upon them. The major insisted that they should all join him in donating 20 per cent of the salary to which they are entitled by law. Now, what is hindering the major from giving 20 per cent of his own salary to the county, or for that matter, his whole salary? His time is not worth much of anything, and since the other commissioners are dofng about_all the work and he enjoy the glory and perquisites of a government director of the Unlon Pacific road he ought by rights to turn his $150 a month back their own account into the treasury. Refusing to draw a part of his salary s by no means a donation, It stmply leaves the amount to his credit to be drawn at pleasure when he gets through posing as a refo mer There was another disord ly scene in the house of representatives yesterday, brought on by Mr. Bland's intemperate denunclation of the democrats who oppose his measure for coining the so-called silver selgniorage and In the meantime injecting millions more f paper into the currency. The Missouri ongressman characterized the mén who be. lieve that his proposition would, If adopted. disastrous effects as anarchists and revolutionists; but it Mr. Bland from a majority of the intelligent people of the country would learn that of the men he denounces s approved of the s have could hear he the course The free polnt of peratively necessary that It scheme allver view fanatical champion trom of mischievous and it is im every bo defeated. It | measure for which there Is no excuse fonso and fts ennct ment could not fail§o b groat harm. The | democrats i con who belleve In a sound currency are thelr duty in fig | ing this viclous medbur§ and it they believe | the tactics they 9 sing are the most | | effective they are Wghflin employing them | | Anything to accomplish the defeat of Bland's bill will be approved by the financial and business interests of the country, which are unitedly opposed to any silver leglslation at this time. The worthy unemployed deserve every ald | that can be extended them in thelr hour of need. The lawless trdmp, however, who threatens helpless weiien when they re- { fuse to accede to his demands for charity, merits no sympathy whatever. When he | goes further than this and ventures upon the use of violence to secure his ends he be comes au ordinary criminal and must be treated as such. A little severity in the punishment of one or two of these offenders would prove a healthful object lesson for the rest Senator Peffer sees that the discontinu- ance of the beet sugar bounty will affect the farmer primarily, and that in discouraging | tho investment of additional capital and the opening of new factorles It must prevent the diversification of farm products. The future of the country lies in the diversifica- tion not only of manufactu but also of iculture. In opposing the repeal of the © bounties Senator Peffer will be repre- senting the true interests of his constituents. It is gratifying to hear from Washington that prospects for securing an Indian supply depot at Omaha are quite favorable and encouraging. Our representatives in congress are doing what they can to call attention of the department to the advanta- ges which the government would reap from such a move. The advantages Omaha marked and desirable. A little energetic effort on this end of the wire might improve the situation the to a to would also be erially Jerry Simpson is manipulating the pop- ulist vote in congress in order to show the country that the party Is in- democratic capable of conducting the government. The it knows that much already. But las nothing to assure it that the popul could do any better were they in the saddle. The country will take the of pe to heart and come b to republican fold at the earliest country lesson ex- ck to the opportunity. ience nt Suggestiol St.Paul Pioneer Press, It would save a large amount of expense and much personal humiliation, without perceptibly changin ocratic party should any_candidates this »f Mason and Dixon the result, if the dem- refuse nominate fo E north Clarkson Agitutes His Tile. . Minneapilis Tribune., S. Clarks hat Sen- n's jatatement meron is regarfiéd with great favor In the west ns a nresjdential possibility iy one of the most humojous th that have ched the public ithrough the medium of Mr. Clarkson cady for a long time, well w Effoct o Change, Indiandpolis Jowrnal. The deposits in the shfings banks of New York increased durdhg‘every year of Harri- s wdministration, §8d during the vear increased: $10.432,853. On Januar fter nine months of the Cleveland n, the-deposits had decreased No doubt many of the depositors § in 182 for m Prhange,” and they got it. 3 i Bufflc Hipress. What s there hefolq dn being sealded by a defective steam-plpe, when one could not erolcs. onive. get out of the wayZ Yet, Willlam of Ger- many treats the aectd had been a great maval engagement in which the German arms were victorious, Instead of building a mortuary chapel to the “dead victims, he would better investi- gate the living steamfitters. Wenry of New York Factions. Louisville Courier-Journal. The town elections In the state York last week were in most cases small revolutions in favor of the republicans. It a presidentlal —election were held today Cleveland’s big New York majority in 18 would be reversed. The New York democ- by its factional wrangles Is placing state beyortl the plane of democratic caleulations. "It {s not a hazardous predic- tion to say that it will be a long time be- fore another democratic presidential candi- date shall be taken from New York. Sy The Business Pro Boston Advertiser. Whatever improvément comes, however, is likely'to come gradually, and the new business that appears wiil' be taken by those who work most sensibly and earn- tly for it. In the near future there is no reason to anticipate a sudden and astonish- ing “boom” in any direction, and whatever improvement may come abot in the situa- tion 15 likely to make itself felt among those who, by favorable offers or by legit- at Kiel as if it of New te imate business effort, such as advertising, extension of credits, seek to induce pulsory Reform a ¥ Kansas City Star. Compulsory temperance reform has sus- tained a backset in the decision of the su- preme *court of Michigan, which has de- 0 unconstitutional the law authorizing justices of the peace to sentence disorder- ilure, to take the cure for the liquor habit there is still much doubt about the power of legislation to prevent drunken- ness, it is fair to question curing it. The instinct 80 strong in the aver its efficacy in f personal liberty ge American cit- izen that it is exceedingly questionable whether the time will ever come when what he eats or what drinks or the medicine he takes will b trolled by enactment of law. e The Arrest of Wiman, Chicago Post. The country will be slow to believe that Erastus Wiman 15 guilty of the crime with which he harged by R. G. Dun & Co. The presumption of innocence is very strong in his case. For many years he has lived in the United States, and during all of that time he has deservedly enjoved the respect and esteem of the public, His pub- lic acts have been full of public spirit, and no man has contributed more strength’ than he to the movement for a continental n: tion. He has been a credit to his adopted as well as to his native country. On the other hand, it does not appear likely that a man of Mr. Dun's standing would trump up essfully con- charges against Mr. Wiman. The case i3 remarkable, and it will be followed with great Interést everywhere, onstructi iladelphia Lelger. The superintendent of the New York State Insura depurtment, in his annual rt for 183, just submitfed, emphasiz more the importance of further legls- lation reguldting the construction of bulld- ings In American cities; extinguishing fire perior constructic Our appliances for e, abundant. The su- of uropean citles ex- plaing thelr greatér fmmunity from de- structlve conflagrations Six of the largest e of Furope, with a total population of sustained in 1881 and 1892 a fire loss 47 cents per capita, while the fire | vew York cliy, with'a population of was T 'capita. The National Board ‘of ters estimate that ou clties have four times as many fires as ropean cities and the:loss is more than f timeg greater. /5 Rl OTHER LANDS TH 0¥ OURS. Who fs Ikely to profit by the reanimated yearnlng of the French middle class for a strong government? Manifostly the bour geolsie would rather have a man of the Na poleonic type than the Napoleonic system but, It they cannot get the man y may accept the system. Should a war break out, a successful general would, no doubt, be in the most favorablo position for undertaking the role of Bonaparte. But, in the absence of a war, the French people might look with hope and confidence upon a member of the Napoleonic family, provided there were no flagrant and fatal objections to his eandi- dac there such a member? There fs, of course, no chance for the notorious gam bler and debaucl Prince Victor, the elder of the two sons of the late Prince Na poleon, who was himself the son of Jerome Bonaparte, king of Westphalia, and youngest of the great emperor's brothers. Dut M Masseras directs attentfon to the fact that Prince Victor's younger brother, Prince Louls, Is a man of a very different mould, a soldier of profession, who some years ago entered the Russlan service as a subaltern officer, and has risen to the rank of colonel r more of this Prince before long. It may be, of course coincidence that he has ntly applied for an unlimited leave of absence. But in the existing condition of the French public mind, it is probable that not only the army, but a large part of the people would look with favor on a representative of Napoleonic dynasty who is by education experfence a soldier, and who has earne Perh; Louis a mere ps we shall he grades in the of the one i power which shown Itself a friend to France. There is no doubt that the return of Bis marck to public lfe would cause a sensation of relief and reassurance in Germany, and would be regarded by all Europe as a guar- antee of peace. It Is difficult to sce, how- ever, what office other than that of chan- cellor could be accepted by Bismarck with- out some loss of dignity. He might be placed at the head of the Prussian delega- tion to the Bundesrath, and thus under the German constitution be enabled to spe when he chose, in the Relchstag as well as in the Federal Council. But the post would be a subordinate one, for he would be ex- pected to carry out a program which he might have had no share in framing. An attempt to arrange for consultations be tween him and the chancellor would be likely to fail, owing to his lifelong habits of ascendency and ingrained impatience of contradiction. Where Bismarck sat would be the head of the table, or else his seat would be unoccupied. If Kaiser Willlam wishes to regain the assistance of Bismarck in public affairs, and he must see that un less an effort to regain it is made the Ger. man people will regard the reconcilation as a farce, the sole feasible method seemingly would be to :n, after a decent interval, neral von Caprivi to a high military com mand and to reinstate his predecessor in the post of chancellor. e The bankrupt nation promises to offer the most international problem of the next twenty-five years. When, like Egypt, the nation which cannot pay its debts is an Oriental land, it becomes a simple matter to it and administer its revenues for its bondholders. This is bad for the national spirit. It has proved a most admirable thing for bondholders, taxpayers, trade, commerce and industry. serious seize Portugal and Greece, however, the two bankrupt nations which are lable at any moment to disturb the peace of Europe, are , and this ready way of disposing of them cannot be tri No bank- ruptey court exists for such defaulters, but their failure to pay their debts raises qu tions which other powers attempt to settle by recalling their ministers and putting on “Qiplomatic’ pressure,” as France has jus done—suddenly ra cal and delicate questions all Europe. Two years ago Portugal defaulted. That country, with about 5,000,000 population and both Christian power ng one of the most criti- in a territory a little larger than South Carolina, has a debt of $615,000,000 and no resources. Its eastern trade long since van- ished; lis colonies are costly luxuries, it has no mineral wealth, and its population, save a-few hundred families in government posi- tions, are peasants and laborers, living a peaceful, mediaeval life, happy, contented and nonprogressive. In forty years, since 1855, Portugal has added $515,000,000 to its debt, so that it has been running behind for over a generation at the rate of about $12,- 000,000 a year. A year ago it became im- possible to borrow any more. The rotten administration of Portugese finance culmi- nated in the discovery that cabinet ministers were involved in the theft and issue of $5,000,000 guaranteed bonds on the Royal line to Spain. The ministry was changed, and in March, 1892, the interest on the debt held abroad, $308,000,000, was scaled one-half, a 20 per cent income tax laid on, government salaries cut down about one-third and the customs revenue turned over to the payment of interest. "o The German-Russian commercial alllance is practically an accomplished fact. The Bundesrath, the supreme council of the em- pire, has approved it, a majority in the Relchstag is practically assured for it, and nobody save the agrarians seem to oppose it. It is said to be an advantageous treaty for Germany in all respects. Under it German manufacturers get into the Russian market upon very much more advantageous tcrms than at present, and German workmen get breadstuffs from Russia at much lower prices n home growers will sell at. ~ As a busi- ness arrangement the treaty is papular in Germany, and in Russia also, regardless of its politicl bearings. It is no longer denied that it has very important political beari and that it is the beginning of a closer man-Russian understanding, which has im- portant relations to the future peace of Bu- rope. Austria is also makiug advances to Russia on her own account, and the end may be a new alllance of the three emperors. es It becomes daily more evident that thrift can no longer be claimed as the distinguish- Ing characteristic of Hohenzollern rule. That good old virtue seems to be on the wane in Germany as well as in Prussia. The em- pire Is finding it hard to make both ends meet, and the Reichstag shows no disposi- tion to enact the taxation needed to provide the additional revenue for military expendi- | incurred. In e of the tre: anxiety, The the Kingdom of ary 1s likewise budget for the just closed, like that of the shows a deficit of nearly timates for the coming it. These difficulti ture already Prussia the s a source of financial year previous year, $10,000,000, and the es year also show a def 3 according to the empel can only be re moved by a thorough reorganization of the financlal system, alike of the empire and of the kingdom, and by what he Is pleased to describe a: ‘an appropriate augmentation of r ues,” which, in plain words, means additional taxes, to which, however, the Diet, like the Reichstag, shows itself firmly opposed. - Gresham's War Record. Pittsbury Dispa'eh While Judge Gresham's officlal acts as secretary of state are proper subjects for discussion and eriticism, the assault of an \ agent upon his war record | gree of partisan rabidness which Structive s 4 warning than im- to history portunt -as a_ contribution war The fact that Gresham held commands through the Vicksburg campaign and through the campalgn from Chattanooga to Atlanta, earning the esteem of such gen- erals as Grant and wan, f8 an entirely wclusive answer. and Sherman did not win their vietories by advaneing b ade and division commanders who shir action, 18- ed Highest of all in Leavening Poweg.=Latest U. S. Gov't Report, Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE e g B —— et N A LONDON COURT. Wou e formerly Vi trustoes ¢ ard I th bench Mrs nrts Mres. Martin Sult Ag LONDON, I Biddulph Martin, hll, against the mu Vietorin of Mrs ria John Wool British the hig) lvision b Martin dir museum eutm, wa of the queen Polock today order the o trusteos British the names of the donors to the two books relating to the Beecher-Tilton trial. Mrs. Martin in her petition declared the first of thes imputed that she Mrs. Vietoria Woodhull, had published libel ous and obscene literature. The nd book, according to Mrs. Martin's complaint, purported to contain stat during the BDeecher-Tilton litigation clalmed, reflected upon her. The application was granted, trustees appealed, and on January the high court of juslice the appe heard. The claimed the books withdrawn as as their attention called to Mrs. Martin's complaints, appeal, however, was dismissod In court today Sir Richard merly attorney general under 1 reprosented the plaintiff, Sir Richard said the books contained Imaginary interviews with Victoria Woodhull, in which she was repredented as stating that Mr. Tilton had been her lover; that she had lived with him for three months, and that he called her the Queen of Prostitute Victoria Woodhull Baron oting the to divulge museum of from the of book as ments made which, sho but 23 last in 1 was wore, Webster, for- rd Salisbury, Sir Richard alko claimed, was charged in these Interviews with blackmailing Rev Henry Ward Beechier, and counsel asserted that the interviews made a similar charge against Victoria Woodhull's sister. Sir Rich~ ard Webster then read extracts from the books of Vietoria Woodhull, advocating pu: ity between the sexes. Unluckily, counsel continued, the man whom Victoria Woodhull left in control of her newspaper in New York inserted in it, unknown to her, some dis graceful things. Sir Richard, during the ria Wood d a life of course of his argument, said Vic hull, until she met Mr. Martin, struggle and suffering. Mrs. Martin then took the stand and gave the story of her life. During the course ot her statements Mrs. Martin said the int view published in a Chicago paper in 1872 and copied into the books donated to the British museum, and which was one of thos he complained against, had never occurred The statements made in this interview, said Mrs. Martin, were fals When asked whether she had ever been guilty of immorality, Mrs. Martin said that from 1870 to 1887 she was daily before the American public, and that no charge had been made against her character. r Charles Russel, the attorney general appeared for the trustees of the museum, severely cross-examined Mrs. Mar- tin in regard to her life as a stock broke and actress in San Francisco. ever who Replying to the questions put to her, Mrs Martin said the prosecution against her in the United States on the charge of sending obscene matter through the mails had resuited in her acquittal, the govei ment being. forced to abandon the prose tion as a result of public opposition When questioned in regard to Rev. Henr Ward Beecher, Mrs. Martin said that if the Beecher-Tilton case was to be tried again she must have time to prepare her case. After considerable testimony had been taken the case was adjourned. CAPTAIN O'SHEA'S BANKRUPTCY. 1 A Falf Per He Offers Thi o LONDON, Feb. 1s of the bank- ruptey of Captain O'Shea, formally the husband of the lady who married the late Parnell, after having ob- from the captain, have appears that until 1892 an income of £2,000, Charles Stewart tained a divorce issued. It 0'Shea had been Captain and that in 1893 his income was only £700. to During the last four years, according the statements made, Captain O'Shea been involved in constant litigation, and he attributes his insolvency to .this cause. Captain O'Shea’s liabilities are £18,000 and he offers 7s 6d on the pound. The ry ceiver advises the creditors to accept this offer. RECOGNIZED BY R Great Britain Apparently Has C Regard Dole as a Fixture. VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 23.—A. M. Beat- tie, the Hawaiian consul appointed by Presi- dent Dole, has at last received his exequator. In a letter accompanying it the statement is made that the reason it was held back so long was because the department had been awaiting the settlement of affairs in Hawali. This apparently shows that Lord Rosebery has concluded to look upon the provisional government as a fixture Lord Salisbury Weakening. LONDON, Feb. 23.—The Times says that Lord Salisbury is advising the House of Lords not to insist upon the critical amend- ments to the parish councils bill, with the exception of those which relate. to charities. ——— Thirty-Nino New Postmasters. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, — Thirty-nine fourth class postmasters were appointed today. Of these twenty-four were to fill vacancies caused by resignation, thirteen by removals and two by death. ERY uded t the ohtatnod | ROWNING, KIN The largest makers an fine clothes on ¢ RUFFALO BRILL'S BIFF, Chicago Times: Hon. Willlam F. Cody should change his pseudonym to Diffl-alo Bill St. PPaul Globe: If Buffalo Bill and Fred May fight a duel the latter will meet no further trouble in this disagreeable world of ours. Colonel Cody doesn't shut his cyes when he pulls the (FgR Minneapolis Tribune: If Fred May meets Buffalo Bl on the field of honor there will bo an excellent display of revolver marks- manship, and howevor deadly their aim, nefther selence, commerce, industry nor phil anthropy will be the loser. Philadelphia Inquirer lonel Cody's little bout with Fred May ought not ta affect his plan to send a Quaker colony from Philadelphia to his western ranch On e western ranch the qualitios which Colonel Cody displayed at Washington might be very necessary to the full enjoyment of civil liberty Chicago Post: The situation Is entirely consistent with the colonel’s character. 1t ought to be put on the stage. But we must deprecate this talk of a duel. We want the colonel to remain with us, to stand in loce lictoris for the protection of good American girls when we are busy. If he must shoot something let him continue to assault the unresisting glass ball, which can’t shoot back > — CURRENT COMICS, Plain Dealer: Teacher—Willle _Jones, what {s the capital of Kansas? Willle= Politics. alo Courler: A restaurant keeper to hieve any Kind of success must be poss { of considerable inside nformation Detrolt Tribune: Lady (tearfully) Wil you help me In my extremity? Lawyer (hrusquely)—There's a chiropodist on the mext block 1hmira Gazette: Time, tide and an heir- ess wait for no man w Orleans Pleayune: Texas has tic healer. He ought to be great o tion day Siftings: Any man who ever owned a balky horse will tell you that he found the rimal exceedingly hard to get along with. \veston News: No young man has ever rned how fo put on a young lady's skates rapialy. Roston Gazette: A young man in tc wishing to procure a copy of one of late popular songs sent to the publishers for “A bicycle mald for two." Harper's Bazar: “T don’t know whether to be complimented or not,” said Barlow, the poet. “Last year miy hest pirl gave me apencil to write poems with, but this year she gave me a silver-mountéd eraser. Washington § “Doan’ pay no ‘tention ter a wihm wave,” remarked Unele 13ben, Yol kain't put no trus’ in de weddah teel aftah it gits pas’ April Fool's day.” Philadelphia ord: Magistrate—You Admit that you stabbed this man. \Why dia you do {Soner—Oh, he snubbed me oue day k, and the next time I saw him T cut hi SUPKERIOIN WISDOM. Washington Sar There was o pretty parrot once Who, in contrition, sald alk too much; the habit brings cat sorrow on my head."” The gentle cuckoo, is, you'll find, A different sort of birc He speaks but seldom, a Te hasn't said a word. Shheo q, of late, SIGNS O SPRING. New Yoric Sun. It's comin’ earlier this year; Already o'er me stealin’ There comes that old, but ever queer, An’ sort o tired feelin® That makes a ledger weizh a ton; An’ when I try to fizger I make two units out o" one, An’ every column’s bigger. An' when I try to write a bill, I catch my head a-bobbin', An’ seem to hear the whippoorwill Or chirpin’ o' the robin. An' dream o' how the old farm looks, An’ if the leaves are sproutin’, Or if the ice is out the brooks To make 'em_fit for troutin’. Ah, me! the but one thing I'm in a bad condition; My boy, the medicine for you Is fourteen days o' fishin't Pimples, blotches and eruptions com- pletely vanish before a steady use of Beecham’s (Tasteless) to do, and health again glows in the pure skin and clear complexion. 25 cents a box. sellors of rih, Py ourvmjnroy's worth or your money bac'c, Itls & question Whet her the difference in price and the proud feeling that you're wearing a five dollar hat justifies you for wearing a “Thumps” or “Didlaps” make or not-—especially | when for $3 or $3.560 you can get just 1 the same style exactly and look as well wiser. A anw ...,00 for them. 75¢ and $1. $1 or $1.50 on a hat. BROWNING, KING & CO. | S. W. 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