Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 23, 1894, Page 12

THE OMAWA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 238, 1894 +HE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE B. ROSEWATER, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Bee (Without Daily Tiee and Sunday, Bix Months Three Months Bunday Tee, Baturday _Bee, One Y Weekly Bee, One Year OFFICE Omaha, The Tes Bullding Bouth Omaha, Corner N and Twenty-fourth Sts Council Blufts, 12 1" reet Chicago Ofce, 31 ot Commerce, New York, Rooms 13, ribune Bldg. Washington, 140 ORRESPONDENCE. infeations relating t v whould be addre BUSI L All business lotters and rel mddressed to The Ttee Publishing Omaha. Drafts, checks and_postoffice orders 1o payable to the order of the com 11 DEE PUDLISHING COMPANY. ne A edi- ditor. Al com torial n Ittances should be company, STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION 1, Taschuck, secretary of The Dee Pul company, belhg duly sworn, savs that the actual number of full and complete copies of the Daily Morning, Evening and Sunday Dee printed during the month of November, 158, was s foliows . 800 . 251 EREBenanamus i, 5.0 Total .. A Less dedictions coples . Total sold Dally average Bworn to before me ence this 3d day of D hor, 15, (Seal.) Notary Public. One of the reforms the next legisla- ture should inaugurate is one office for one man at one tim subscribed in my pres- s taken a vacation for If it had passed the nec bills before ad- would have heen vacation for Congress ha twelve d essary appropriation Journing the country pleased if it had taken a twelye months. Members of the Board of Park Com- missioners have decided that they do not want the donation of the Murray tract under conditions nominated in the bond. They looked the gift horse in the mouth and found the beast was tooth- Tess. The question whether or not the legis lature will be justified in meeting the demands of the regents of the State university has resolved itself simply to this: Is it r the whole s for the education of pupils in prepara- tory branches which have no place in a state univer Another case arose in the district court, terday where attorneys were compelled, for the sake of law and de- cency and to proteet the interests of elients, to go before one of Judge Scott's colleagues and pray for an order to re- quire Scott to keep hands off. How much longer will the people of this dis- trict be compelled to submit to judicial usurpation and travesty on justice? The fire department of Chicago is re- puted to be the best drilled and most efficient body of its kind in the world. Every member of the fire force in Omaha and all persons interested in the efficiency of the fire department will find the sketch of the Chicago fire fight- Ing force and the rules and regulations under which it is governed, which we reprint elsewhere, instructive and in- teresting. The example of America is spreading all over the world. When George Francis Train got out of The Tombs he took to lecturing, Herr Most, the noted an- archist, recently released from Sing Sing, will begin a dramatic engngement at Chicago within a few days. And now it is eabled from Germany that Rector Ahlwardt, who has just been re- Teased from a three months’ prison term for incendiary talk in the German Par- liament, has taken to lecturing through Germany. Plans and schemes for an elastic cur- rency lave been formulated and sug- gested by bank associations and cur- rency reformers. But no banker has yet suggested the establishment of pos- tal savings banks as a measure of re- lef to the national treasury, and yet the postal savings banks in France and Germany have contributed move toward sustaining the credit of the governments of those countries by distributing their debts among the common people than have the bankers and bond issues. The Union Pacific receivers and the representatives of the foreign stock syndicate that owns large blocks of stock in the main line and branches have expressed them- selves as well satisfied with the house funding bill, except in so far as it relates to the rate of interest which the blanket mortgage is to bear. The question which comes for solution be- fore congress is not so much whether the bill satisties the stockholders of the road as it is whether it satisfies the debtpayers, or, in other words, the pat- rons of the road. The refunding scheme would not be objectionable if the men who exploited the road and loaded it down with a mountain of fi titious liabilities were obliged to liquid- ate the debt out of their own pockets, The semi-annual entrance examing- tlons of the National Conservatory of Musle, New York, will take place from January 7 to 10, Our readers have been informed from time to time regarding the character of this great school of musle, which, under the direction of the distinguished eomposer, Dr. Antonin Dvorak, has attained the highest rank among such institutions. The conserva- tory has performed a great work In Ppromoting musical culture in the United States and merits the most generous support of our people. It offers to all elasses who have talent the opportunity 10 acquire a thorough musical education at small cost, giving to such as possess extraordinary abilities free Instruction. It is an essential part of the plan of the management to gather from all parts of the United States pupils whose after- Iabors will advance the cause of music o their native land T0 PENSION TEACHER The pensioning of public school teach- been a subject of discussion in educational cireles for many years, but no tangible effort in that direction has ever been made in this country. The toard of Edueation of Chicago is about to take the initial steps to establish a tem of pensions for te who ve served for twenty years and up- d in all cities of [llinois of 100,000 population. This new departure will be watched with great interest by the friends of education, and more espec- ially by those engaged in the profession. The plan contemy the cre of & compulsory pension fund to be pended for the benefit of teachers and school employes under certain condi tions. The proposed pension fund is to be raised, first, by a monthly deduc- tion from the pay of teachers not ex- ceeding 1 per cent per annum of their respective salaries; second, contribu- tions to this fund by legacies, gifts, be quests or otherwise, and, third, from such other sources as might be im- provised for increasing the fund. The pension fund is to be held in trust by the Board of Education, with the superintendent @ ad two trustees to be elected by the teachers and em- Dple of the board. Retirement of teachers at the term specitied is to be brought about by a majority vote of the trustees, The pensions are to be limited to half pay, and in no case to exceed $1,000 a year. The Chicago teachers seem to favor s plan, oud that fact will doubtless go far toward carvying the Lill author- izing compulsory contributions from the teachers' salaries for this purpose. The idea is by no means novel In foreign countries civil service pensions have been in vogue for many years, and the compulsor tem of wage saving vecently introduced in Germany has given an impulse to all schemes look- ing to the establishment of funds for the maintenance of public servants in various capacities who are either de- pendent on account of disability or by red need age. There is, of course, an adverse view to tlis compulsory pension scheme which may be urged by those who ob- ject to paying a compulsory tax for the Dbenefit of teachers who intend to remain in the service for life, while they only expect to engage in it until they get married or find a more con- genial occupation. This would be the selfish and narrow minded view. The vast majority of teachers would no doubt cheerfully contribute their mite toward assuring to the comfort and well being of teachers who had spent a lifetime in their calling and were liable to become a charge upon the public. There is also this to be said in favor of the plan: The involuntary retire- ment of the old teachers will make va- cancies for younger teachers and af- ford greater opportunities for promotion from among the rank and file. In this respect the law would operate in very much the same way as does the law that compels the retirement of army officers after they have reached an ad- vanced age. The experiment is cer- tainly worth trying. If it proves a success the example of Chicago will be followed by all the principal cities employ a large number of teach- ers. If it proves a failure it can be readily abandoned. 08 THE WHEAT SITUATION. Notwithstanding the low price of wheat and the obvious fact that produe- tion of that grain has far outrun the world’s demand the acreage sown to winter wheat this year is larger than in 1893. We have in this another evi- dence of the conservatism of the agri- cultural class. For years the farmers of the country have been advised by those whose judgment should have weight with them and have been warned by ‘the increasing competition of wheat growing countries and the de- clining price to reduce the production of wheat, but this admonition has had no effect upon them as a body. The increased acreage this year over last assures, under ordinary condition larger yield, and this, in the face of the rapid extension of the wheat arca in the Argentine republic and of the con- tinued pressure of accumulated stocks upon the markets of the world, does not make a pleasing prospect for the American wheat producers. The latest advices from Argentine state that this year'’s crop will probably Dbe fully double that of last year, and as cheap wheat is chiefly due to the competition of that country there is manifestly danger of the price going still lower unless the crops elsewhere should be very much below the average. But the indications are that they ill not be, for it seems that what has been done by the American farmers has also been done very generally by those of other countries, that is, they have increased the acreage. What the increase elsewhere is there is no data at hand to show, but it has un- doubtedly DGeen very considerable, In this country it is estimated that the acreage is actually about 6,000,000 larger than last year. In view of the conditions it is impossible to reach any other conclusion than that American farmers have made a serious mistake in enlarging instead of reducing the wheat area, and it is to be apprehended that they will have reason to regret it. It may be said that their loss will be the gain of the millions of consum- ers of wheat, but as the prosperity of the agricultural producers Is most es- sential to the general prosperity they cannot suffer loss without detriment to the common welfare, A writer in the current number of the Bankers Magazine suggests that there are other causes than excess of production to account for the low price of wheat. One of these, and he thinks the most important, is the de- crease in the cost of transportation, Another is the cheapeued cost of pro- duction, The wachines which enor- mous establishments are turning out many thousands each year are not only more effective than the mgghines used in the past, but very mavh cheaper. T'hus millions Are euabled to use them who formerly counld not. says: “Farming s the most conserya- tive of all occupations and the slowest to feel the w L of hamwan progress. [ But the change which bas been going Thls writer | on so long in all manufactures has reached agriculture at last. Al over the world, and in all departments of industry, capital, skill and invention have been reducing the cost of things produced, and it would be folly for a farmer who pays $80 for a harvester | which used to cost $200 to suppose that the world's progress will never {reach the price of wheat.” He holds | out the promise, however, that recovery | from such an exceptional state of af- fairs as has prevailed for some time | past is eertain to come, and with it | some advance in price. It is not neces- |sary to underrate any of the causes | contributing to the low price of wheat | while still Dbelieving in the wisdom |and sotundness of the advice given American farmers by the late Secretary Rusk, who said that the time had ar- rvived when the American farner must his efforts to neutralize the low price of his wheat by producing a | larger quantity, and t his hope of | remunerative prices depends upon his gauging his acres in cultivation more closely to the normal demand and not g in competition with the peasant and serf labor of the entire world. cons LAXD OFFICE REFORM. There apps to be urgent necessity for reform of the methods of determin- ing contests and litignted eases grow- ing out of efforts to obtain government land. The president in his annual mes- sage called the attention of congress to this matter, and th seems to be a prospect of legislation at the present session relating to it. The complaint is that the proces now followed are cumbersome, tedious, pengive and un- satisfactory in results. Among the means suggested for simplifying the present processes is the abrogation of all vight of appeal from the land commis- sioner to the secretary, and another p! contemplates the institution of ho: of review in the department, made up of ity law clerks, whose decision shall be final unless the secretary sees fit to take a ease out of their hands and de- cide it himself. Still another plan is to create a court of land appeals, inde- pendent of departmental control, and from which final appeals, if the litigants insisted upon going further, might be taken to the civcuit court of appenls of the District of Columbia, or to the su- preme court direct. There are other proposed solutions of the difficulty, and the best of them will, it is expected, soon be formulated into a bill and intro- duced in either the house or the sen A correspondent of the New Lvening Post says, in referring to this matter, that if a land commissioner does his full duty, keeps the contest docket of his bureau well cleared up to date, and passes the appealed cases on, he simply adds a new burden to the many under which an overladen secretary is stag goring. The secretary must either for- sake all other interests to examine land appeals before signing, or he must ir vest a clerk or group of clerks with large discretion in selecting special ca for him to consider and let the rest go, or must be content to turn over the work of consideration to his subor- dinates altogether and settle down to the mere perfunctory duty of signing his name to decisions which he has not oven glanced through. The first of these alternatives, says the correspond- ent, implies superhuman mental and bodily powers in the secretary; the others prove his personal interference practically useless. The primary defect in the present system is pointed out to be the inadequacy of the mondescript tribunal before which all proceedings are begun. The registers and receivers of the local land offices sprinkled all over the public-land states and terri- tories have no power to eompel the at- tendance of witnesses, and the result is that the contests brought before them are half the time decided on insuflicient evidence, so that, as certified to the commissioner of the general land office, their statements of fact are liable to be wholly worthless. Of course all this works hardship to the settlel It is a strain upon his re- sources and consumes his time, The cases are to be counted by thousands in which settlers have found their little capital eaten up by court fees, attor- ney's foes and the expense of bringing witnesses. There must be a practicable remedy for this state of things, and it ought to be applied without unneces- sary delay. 08 TIV0 MORE MILITARY PARKS. Congress having passed, with little op- position, the bill creating a national mil- itary park out of the battleficld of Shi- loh, the president will undoubtedly give it his approval, and another of the mem- orable fields of conflict during the war of the rebellion will be dedicated as a memorial of the courage and heroism of American soldiers. The grounds over which the battle was fought cover 3,000 acres, and it will be possible to make it in time one of the finest parks in the country, attracting thousands of sight- seers curious to view the spot where Grant and Sherman, Albert Sydney Johnson and Beauregard exercised thelr strategy in one of the most hotly-fought battles of the clvil war. All the land- 1 s of the fierce struggle will be carefully preser and when com- pleted as required by the bill Shiloh park will be one of the most interesting spots in the country. Another bill is pending in the house to establish a national military park at Gettysburg, This measure authorizes the secretary of war to tuke from the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial assoei- ation its 800 acres of the battlefield, paying what is necessary to discharge the debts of the association. The gov- ernment is authorized to add to this land, and the whole, including the cem- etery, Is to be known as the Gettysburg National park. The bill carries an ap- proprintion of $100,000, and the secre- tary of war is to have general super- vision over the park, which is to be in charge of the commission alrcady ap- pointed for the purpose of locating and | acquiring lands under a resolution passed last session. The lands to be acquived, which were occupied in the { principal operations of the infantry, ar- tillery and eavalry on the first, second }:llul third days' fight, contain 3,874 res. A special appropriation of $5,000 is made for a bronze tablet to be set up on the battlefield, which shall contain a medallion Mkeness of Abraham Lincoln and the text of his immortal Get- tysburg address. Men of all parties and of all sections of the coutitiy concur as to the wisdom of thus preserving the most memorable battlefields of the war for the union. They are the scenes of the grandest ex libitions @it made of American valor and patrietiem, and they could serve no more usefni or glorious purpese than that of conveying to future generations the immortal story of what there took place in the conflict for national exist ence, Mme. Adelina Patti has within the past month appeared in concerts in Lon- don, Brighton, Cardiff and other places in England and Wales, and the highly laudatory press notices show that the great diva retains all the splendid qual- itles of voice for which she is distin- guished, and it need hardly be said the fullest measure, also, of her popularity. London’s most brilliant and eritical so- ¥ greeted the marvelous artiste with bated enthusiasm and the crities had nothing but praise for her efforts, while in the provinces it was demon- strated that her hold upon the hearts and the appreciation of the people is as strong as it ever was. One critic, r ferring to her singing at Cardiff, said: “Mme. Patti's wealth and purity of tone, flexible intonation, manner of in- terpretation, phrasing the graces of vocal art, which are the fruit of a life- long experience, were manifested throughont her singing, and in attempt- ing to comment upon the singing of this wonderful vocalist one feels as if he were trying to paint the lily. Mme. Patti's voice seems as fresh as ever. The critic of the London News wrote: Che charm of Mme. Patti in great measure consists in her being in all re- pects a perfect artiste. Not alone the purity of her voice, its richness of tone, its depth of tenderness or expression, appeal to her audience—her dramatic instinets, her sympathetic perceptive power, her graciousness of style, her in- tensity of devotion to her art, place her in a position of almost solitary pre-cmi- nence.” It is interesting to note tha Mme. Patti has added some Wagner music to her repertoire, and it is un- necessary to y that her rendering of it bas been accorded the highest praise. The Bee tomorrow will publish short biographical ketches of legislative members-eleet, which will serve to in- troduce the newly-clected lawmakers of the state to the people at large. A Dangerous Ex i 3 The proposition of some romantic writers to put their romances to the test by act ally living through the experiences described should be discouraged. Any one trying to live the experiences of a romance of the modern sensational school would come into conflict with the' police before he had lived past the first chapter. S The Means Gilds the Odium, Clncinnati Commercial. Senator Morrill, the venerable United States senator from Vermont, defines a_mil- lionaire as “a much-envied ' epithet of op- probrium.” Few men are so constructed as to not regret that they are not cnrolled in the ranks of the)dlstinguished and eminent opprobrious. Not every man can be a United States senator. AR The Sentimental Colonel. Kansas City Star. Old Casshig Clay on “lové” Is a thousand times better 'than Schopenlinuer or Saltus or'any of the pessimistic school, “Love,” says Kentucky's grand old man, ‘is fmmor- tal. My experience in life shows me that a youni girl may love an old man intensely, for love is of the soul, passion of the body.’ Right you are, Cassiis! Long live love! ————— Progres ot t De Philadelphia Press. Coast defense is steadily progressing in spite of the small appropriations made b congress, and in flve years this country will have its chief seaports in a candition to re- sist a sudden attack by a fleet; for It is con- stantly forgotten that in the 'greater num- ber of instances in necent times such an at- tack has preceded any declaration of war. e Preserving an Honored Name. Philadelphia Record. The misguided attempt to rechristen famous Appomattox Court House In Vir- ginia wiil end in an unconditional “surren- der on the part of Postmaster General Bissell. While the north values the old name the Virginians and the south would never consent to adopt a new name which would always be an unhealed scar in re- membrance, iy Notable National Parks, Globe-Democrat. This country will possess some notable natlonal parks in the course of a few years, Provision will probably be made at this session of congress for gaining government control of the flelds of Gettysburg and Shi- loh. The New Yorker who has bought the farm near Elizabethtown, Ky., where Abra- ham Lincoln was born, ‘inténds to have it preserved as a public park. —— The FPort Arthar Massacre, Philadelphia Press. Japanese troops at Port Arthur, like civil- ized troops under similar provocation, were stirred to massacre and reprisal by the discovery that thelr comrades while pris- oners had been tortured. No one who knows what troops are will be surprised at this, and the suspension of judgment which the Japanese government asks in the tem- perate and well considered utterances of its minister at London will receive uni- versal approval. —— Comprehensive Reform Schome. Springfield Republican. Having adopted resolutions favoring the public ownership of land, railroad: tele- graphs, gas and electric plants, not a matter of much significan American Federation of Labor stopped short of the declaration in favor of general goy- ernment ownership of the means of pro- duction and distribution. All the socialism this country will be able {o digest for se eral years to come is specified in the suc- cessful resolutions. T Japanese Foresight. Chicago Herald, The forethought and cunning of the Jap- anese statesmen dre equal to those of the statesmen in the “most favored nation,” to use the language of treatics, They have directed their naval commanders not to in- Jure materially the gr This is the reason why the naval campaign is not active, Japan expects to get all the best Chinese warships In addition to cash and territory as a part of the peace indem- nity when the war closes. Germany pur- sucd a similar policy in regard to rance and the great fortresses on the frontier, Metz was captured by starving the garrison into gurrender without injury to the walls, and, like Btrasbudg, was practically unin: jured when ceded by France to Germany, It is a fine economy to save the cost of re- pairs on an enemy’s property which is sure to fall into one's own hands. e Chinese Sunday Schools. Brooklyn Bagle. A young woman cannot successfully teach a maw and a young man s not a good pupil when a young woman is his teacher. The reasons for this condition are 80 evi- dent that it s not necessary to state them. If the Sunday schools which a attended only by Caucasians were conducted on the Chinese Sunday school plan the managers of them would find it difficult to get teach- ers. Parents would not allow their daugh- ters to come Into the close relations of teacher to a single young man, especially when they knew too much or too little about the character of the pupil. The Chinese can be taught in classes as ef- fectively as In any other way and the teachers should be men or mature women, We are sometimes told that Chinamen will not attend Sunday school uniess each one has @ teacher and unless the teacher I8 atlractive in appearance. It should not be necessary to say that if this is the case it would be much better to abandon Chinese Sunday schools altogether, and t reason for it can be seen If & momen thought is given to the subject. r SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT. Kansas City Times: The friends of Rev. Conrad Haney of Chicago, who ran off with another man’s wife a few weeks ago, gave the tobacco habit and that so unsettled his nerves that he had no control of himself. This is a terrible warning to clergymen not to break off too suddenly from the tobacco habit. Chicago Times: A Baptist clergyman of St. Louls has had courage cnough to express a doubt whether a university supported by the ill-gotten gains of the Standard Oil com- pany can possibly represent the foundation principles of the Baptist or any other re ligions sect., Rev. W W. Boyd is to be applaud:d for his pluck. The University of Chicago is a noble educational edifice upon a rotten foundation, New York Sun: The Lawrence Gazette tells of a plous youth of that Kansas town, who, after studying for the ministry, was led to belfeve that he could make more as an undertaker than as a preacher, and so has thrown up the pulpit to enter the more profitable business. We should think this Kansas theologlan might make yet more money by working at both his industries, contracting to preach a sermon at every funeral at which he is employed as under- taker. The ‘“‘department stores” of New York are already a success. New York Sun: There does not seem to us any impropriety in chovsing a woman minister as assistant to & man minister in the South Congregational church of Bridge- port, Conn. The Bridgeport reporters say \hat the woman minister is a better theolo- gian and a more eloquent preacher than the man minister, and more successful with the wicked, ~ There is perhaps danger that jeal ousy may thus be aroused between the two ministers of the church, and that the man's salary may be cut down to a lower notch than the woman's; but we should think that these obstacles to harmony might be removed If the clergyman Is a bachelor and the clergy- woman unmarried. A long time ago we heard of another church with two ministers, one of them a man, the other a woman. If we_remember rightly, they got along pretty well together for a good while. KOBERT ' OUIS STEVENSON. Chicago Inter Ocean: Mr. Stevenson's place may not be on the plane of Scott or Defoe, or even of Dumas, but it is of the healthy and robust school of these great masters of art. Globe-Democrat: The late Robert Louis Stevenson was one of the most popular and successful of contemporary novelists—not a great writer, but a very pleasing one, whose best work was done in the short stories which first brought him to the attention of the reading public, Chicago Ierald: Mr. Stevenson was more than a merely literary man. His individu- ality was noblo, his conscience clear, his vision broad and true. His story of Samoa and his valiant appeals for justice to the islanders are part of political history which will yet demand investigation and adjust- ment, Chicago Tribune: Quantity in his case was not a fault, for it did not impair quality. He had the genuino literary touch of the scholar, and it was apparent at the very beginning of his career, showing that he was born into literature, and that the gift of style, as illustrated by graceful, elegant, lucid” English, was an inspiration. In this laiter regard he had no peer among contem- porary novelists. Chicago Times: The pathos of the old Greek myth in dooming Achilles to early death is repeated in the career of this poet of youth. His life is spent under the shadow of * impending dissolution and the light of his lamp goes out when the sun of his fame had just scaled the zenith. In tropical climates there is no twilight transition from day to night. The noon hour tolled for this poet the vespers and the requiem. He can- not be forgotten. Louisville Courier~Journal: A consumptive and walking almost in the shadow of the valley of death since his 30th year, he has won fame such as falls to the lot of few men to whom a strong body has been given , with a strong mind. He had planned to pay another visit to Burope and America, but he spoke pro- phetically when, three years ago, writing of his arrival at Apia, he said that when the anchor plunged to the bottom of the beautiful bay his soul went down with it never to leave the land where he found nature most inviting and man most interesting. PEOPLE AND THINGS. Mr. Cleveland is camping on Pee Dee river. Seems to have lost his Q. When a man finds his wife swinging the clubs and vaulting over the gymnasium bars it is convincing proot she Is training for a Christmas shopping tour. There appears to be some grounds for the assertion of John Burns that “Chicago is a pocket edition of hell” Dr. Parkhurst is about to start a reform branch there. Daniel Mickley of Wayneboro, Pa., who is 99 years old, is a veteran of the war of 1812, and served at the battle of Baltimore Sep- tember 13, 1814, fn which General Ross was Killed, During the eleven years that the late Will- iam 'T. Walters of Baltimore gave annual ex- hibltions of his gallery of pictures for char- ity over $30,000 was taken in and handed over to the poor of Baltimore. Palmer Cox produced the first of his quaint “brownie” pictures about fifteen years ago, when Arthur Gilman, dean of the Harvard annex, now Radeliffe college, asked him for drawings to Ulustrate a humorous manuscript about the alphabet. The New York rascals whose revenues have been somewhat diminished by prevailing re- form are driving a lucrative business in- timidating and blackmailing, with bogus sub- poenas, people who dread being called to the stand by the Lexow committee, Robert Louls Stevenson was a slave to the cigarette habit and undoubtedly died from its effects, From 100 to 150 cigarettes a day was his requirement. When he started on a slow salling vessel from England for Sa- moa he carried 200 boxes of cigarettes with him, and then, fearing that he might run short, he had a large reserve supply of tobacco and paper. The Christmas number of the Duluth Her- ald 18 a pictorial, historical and statistical mirror of the Zenith City. Every feature of the city's life, its growih, development and present commercial importance are recounted wilh instructive detail. Not the least inter- esting in these parts 1s the statement that the Duluth, Red Wing & Southern railroad, projected through southern Minnesota and northern Towa, will be built to Omaha “just as so0on as theroe is any building done in the northwest. Tho holiday number of the Buffalo Express has few superiors in point of illustrations and variety of contents. The Sunday Ex- press equals in beauty of illustration and letter press the distinctively illustrated week- lies, and it was a difficult task to surpass it with a special number. The equipment of the Express, however, is so perfect that failure has been ex-punged from its vocabu- lary. The special charm of the holiday num- ber, and a most appropriate one, is the pro- fusion of child pictures, transferring to paper many tender scenes from everyday life, — AT THE "PHONE Cincinnat! Tribune, There are sounds that seem to soothe us, There are sounds that scem to move us, As the cradle song in opera or the rooster's early crow. There are times when nothing pleases And tormenting thought will tease us. Then it does me good to listen to her mu- sical “Hello. "Tis s0 sweetly regulated And 80 sweetly modulated That I oft would linger longer it I did not jealous grow. For some fellow’s sure to break In With & sound that I must take in While I'm patiently awaiting to hear one more “Hello,” “Walt a moment,” says she sweetly, And she switches him off neatly The uninterrupted tells me what she knows I want to know Yet there are no honeyed phrases, or the “chief'’ 15 “Keeping cases,” But she manages to tell me something more than mere “Hello,” Although I've never seen Curiosity's no keener Than when first 1 heard her voice repeat a call, distinet and slow, ¥or in'my mind I've photoed her, And in my mind I've voted her The loveliest and the brightest girl that ever sald “Hello,” her, as an excuse for his actions that he gava up | mercial Travelers nes COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS ASSOCIATION Suspended Members Wil e Relnstated by n Small Paymoant. 8T. LOUIS, Doc. 2 -The Western Com- oclation held ite sev- | enteenth annual meeting and election of money | officers today. President R. W. Shapleigh officiated as chairman, Secretary and Treas- urer H. C. Tatum's annual report showed the total resources of the assoclation now on hand to amount to $16,283.47. The amount pald out for denth losses since the organiza- tion aggregatc 851, of paid out duri past operating expenses of the s t yenr amounted to $1,571 The amend- onstitution offered by €. H Wickland in regard to the reinstatement of members who have been suspended from the assoclation for nonpayment of dues was carrfed, and the 170 members who have been suspended during the past year fc cause will be reinstated unon the pa of a small fee. The following officers elected for the ensuing year: George S Crew, president J. Chew Charies 1. Weller, John J. Knight, Swaine, William 8 Bell and Frank 8.1 per, vice presidents. The following men Dbers were electad to serve as a board of di- tors for the next two years: William N. McConkin, John C. Meekg, Geore P. Heckel, George A, Roth, J. W. McDonald and Chauncey Ladd, jr. fon for the Jewish Historleal focioty. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—The American Jewish Historical siciety will hold its third annual meeting at the Arlington hotel on Wednesday and Thursday of next week and an elaborate program has been outlined to follow the business session of the organizi- tion. It will be participated in by re sentative Hebrews from all sections of the union. e opening address will be deliv. ered by Congressman Oscar Strauss Among those who will read papers are Dr. Cyrus” Adler, Dr. B. Felesenthal Friedenwald,” Dr, J. H. Hollande [Cohler, “Simon Wolf and Dr. M. ng. Juror S as Approached. CLEVELAND, 2.~The jurors in the case of the state of Ohio against Horace Steele, the Painesville banker, who was in- dicted for forgery in connsction with the savings bank failire, came into court today and reported that th were unable to agr and were dismis The jury has been out nce Thursday. Eleven men voted for con- viction, and_one—David Skyr—held out for acquittal. W. B. Hopking, the foreman of the jury, says that he was approached dur- ing the pi of the trial id offered a sum of money If he would “hang" the jury in the Steele cas il o Bribery Jury o to Agree. NEW ORLEANS, Dee. 22.-The case against Kane and Thrifflley, counctimen fn- dicted for bribery, was given to the jury at e hour last night. This forenoon the Jury cams into court and reported that they could not agree, but they w nt vick to their room by Judg: BU or further consideration. At 1 o'clock this afternoon the court adjourned until Monday, but the judge will receive a verdict at any time. It is said that the jur T con- viction and three for with but lit- tle prospect for an 3 Reopel BOULDER Colo., Dec. A. G. Gorham of New York has leased for a long term of years 3,000 acres of the Marshall coal field at M 1, a few miles from this city. Mr. Gorham has placed the workings in £00d shape, laving new tracks through the mine and making many surface improve- ments, New impetus has already been given the now almost deserted town, and it promises to become once more a lively coal camp. The Marshall mines are the old- est in Colorado, having been opened thirty- two or thirty-three years ago. — Squatters st Pay or Move Off. CRIPPLE CREEK, Dec. 22.—-Over 3,00 persons In this city are affected by the de- cision of the secretary of the Interior con- firming_the Freeman placer claim. This claim comprises 128 acres in this city, on which are over 700 buildings, including some of the largest in the city. The land is worth over 00,000, The owners of the claim are J. H. Freeman, jr., George Carr, Willlam Baton, J. O. Hirschberger, J. K. Vanatta and Thurlow & Hutton. Thé squat- ters will have to buy the land which they have occupied or move off. Springer Feels Conflden: WASHINGTON, Dec. Springer of the house committce on banking and currency said today that he believed that the Carlisle currency bill would have a safo majority in the house, although no canvass had been made, Mr. Bland of Mis- sourl sald he would urge his substitute, not- withstanding the amendments to the’ Car- lisle bill. The latter, he says, still contains the objectionable feature of putting the cur- rency issues of the country in the hands of national banks. —_— Clew to Mrs. Matson's Murderer. TOPEKA, Dec. 22.—The most important developments today in the Matson murder case is the identification of the slung shot with which Mrs, Matson was struck and which was found wrapped in the carpet about her head. This weapon, it is declared, belonged to Belson Bailey, a colored man who was a_tenant of Mrs. Matson’s. Bailey disappeared from Topeka last Monday, and it is learned has gone to Chattancoga, Tenn. The coroner’s inquest adjourned over till Monday. Caught by a Docoy Letter. CINCINNATI, Dec. 22.—iugene T. Casey, a clerk in the Covington, Ky., postoffice, was arrested today and marked money taken from a decoy letter found on him. He confessed. It is estimated he has taken between $2,00 and 33,000 from the malls within a year. Body Katen by Hogs. TOULON, TlL, Dec. 22—Willlam H. Dow- ty, a wealthy young farmer liying six miles west of here, was found dead, and partly eaten by hogs, on his farm last night. BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN, A good habit is a true friend. -t A hypocrite never fools anybody but bime | selt. | We punish ourselves when we hate othet people. | No man 1y pure | 1ove of purity. A civil tongue will protect us where a res voiver wouldn't The faultfinder works at least ten hours & day for the devil for nothing. It means something when a cheerful giver puts his hand in his pocket, The man who is satisfied with himself Is much disappointed with other folks. Preaching that is aimed altogether at the “* head is pretty sure to miss the heart. We need more preaching that will keep | sinners from golug to sleep In church. You can't tell anything about a man's re: ligion by the way he behaves when he know! ho js watched The devil probably felt that he could site down and rest a little while on the day the cigarctte was invented The world is full of people who are anxious to die happy, who are not trying very hard to help anybody to live happy. et oo BLESSED ARE THE GIVERS, who is not filled with o~ \ Kansas City Journal: It fs better to send Joy into a destitute household than to build a steeple on a church. Contribute to the mayor's Christmas fund. Kansas City Times: The plan of the local Salvation Army to give 1,000 poor people & good dinner Christmas day deserves the cos operation and a_contribution from every good citizen. To feed the poor is pure religion. Philadelphia Record: The Lord loveth a cheerful giver, but a giver who is both cheer= ful and sensible must take precedence of all others. A barrel of flour or a ton of coal, for example, 1s calculated to carry more glad- ness into the hearts of widows and orphans than costly gimeracks. Better glmeracks, however, than nothing; but something to :1;\'1!! away hunger or cold has more heart —_—— STOCKIN 1RNS. Times: most Philadelphia makes the stockings. Santa Claus varn indestructible Christmas And now she vaselines the reason you would know? nady now to pose beneath Syracuse Post: her ruby lips She's getting the mistletoe, Life: Willle Slimson—You'd better mot _come around to see my sister tonight. She's out shopping today. - Ringway—What has that to do with {t? Willie—I guess she has been squeezed enough. Brooklyn hl‘lrl.‘“ Free Pres To conjugate the verb “‘to buy,” at Christmas is not pleas- ant, although the conjugation shows no other tense but present Chicago Record: Hobbles—My wife's got me a box of cigars for a Christmas present, But I'll get even with her. Pomas—What will you do? - Hobbles—I'm golng to select her next hat '~ myself. Washington It's Detter to give than to receive,” remarked the man \\'hD‘;’I\: full of Christmas enthusiasm. ‘s very often true replied his thoughtful friend, “especially with most clgars.” Harper's Bazar: First Bootblack (Christmas eve)—Say, Jimmy, does yer bes lieve in Santa Claus? otblack—Naw. ' Bootblacl Je lend me dat stock= ing yer got on yer le’ leg and I'll hand ig back in de morning. Chicago Tribune: Uppen A. Cumming— The fact Is, sir, women need_more _exercise, I'm going to give my wife a Christmas present of a football, Tellus Y. Knott—I'm not. My wife does enough kicking already. New York Herald: “I see she broken off her engagement with him'." “What was the trouble?” “He tried to make the engagement ring do for a Christmas present.” has Chicago Inter Ocean: Friend—Whatever made you think of giving your little sister a hammer for a Christmas present. Do you think she will be pleased? Little Brother—I don't know, but after she uses it once she can’t have but one hand to eat with, TOO MU FOR HIM, Washington Star. He could lift 300 pounds, Box for ten or twenty rounds; He could sprint a wondrous distance withe out stopping; But his triumphs’ found a _check, He came out a_total wreck When he finishe® up a tour of Christmas - shopping. Judge: Physician—How did_the vaccina- tion work on ‘the boy? Labor Leader's Wie —It took splendidly; but my husband says it is the last time he'll engage you for any- thing like that. Physician—Wasn't he sats isfled? Labor Leader's Wite_Mercy, nof It worked more than eight hours a day. Indianapolis Journ: ‘Running a society paper, are you, Bliggins? Well, that ought to pay. There are lots of people who want to, see their names in print. “I don't mind telling you, old man, that I make the most of my money off Deopls who don't want (o sce thelr names o print."” Chicago Recor American wine went to smash, grapes give out? 0 llIAthblcuANo: we lost our supply of French abels. r Hobbers—I hear that company you organized What was the matter— Your Money's Worth or Your Moncy Back, Only a Day— Get a good gift—one that'’s useful and yet hand- some—one that’s high in style and yet low in price— SUSPENDERS —Fine silk and satin embroidered in all colors and several styles. WEAR, CHILDREN'S such fancy walsts, ties, hose and novelty UMBRELLAS — Elegant silk, paragon frames, natural wood handles; all prices, as caps, HANDKERCHIEFS. —A beautiful line of Linen Handkerchiefs, hemstitehed and plain, In fancy colors and plain white, A very fine and extra quality Jap Silk Ini- tial handkerchief. Our regular 75c. We are going to make a special price of this one at G0e. TIES—Thousands of ‘em. All the late styles and new colors. BOYS' LEGGINGS —The boy doesn't live that would not like a pair of leather leg- Eings. KERCHIEF the new effects SMOKING JACK- ETS of English Jacket Cloths, quilted satin trimmed, from $5.50 to §15.00. novelties shawl mufllers. kerchlefs neat effects, GLOVES — Driving, gloves in English buck, fine Mocha, dog skin and cheverette, Dress gloves, light welghts, in undressed kid, English buck, dog skin, colt skin and French kid, Full line of Dent's driving and street glove Fur gloves and lined gloves of all descrip- tions. BATH ROBES of Terry Cloth and Elders down, from $3.00 to $16.00, DRESSING AND STUDENTS' GOWNS, MUFFLERS — Ex- tra fine line of pure Cashmere and Pals- ley v Mers for eld nen. - All and loug and Bxtremely in e-0Open Christmas Eve till 10 BROWNING, Reliable Clothig KING & CO., s, 8. W, Corner Fifteenth and Douglas Sts. N