Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 9, 1895, Page 4

4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE:; SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1895 SRY MORNING. TERMS O Daily Bee (Without Su Dally Hee and Sunday Bix Montha B Thres Months. ... Bunday e, One Yot aturday Bée, One Yea eekly Dee, One Year. OFF Buildin fike, Corner N and 2ith Sta, SUBSCRIPTION. day), Oze Year One Year. Omaha, The 1 Bouth Omaha Counell Bluffs 1 Rireet Jfice, 317 Chamber of Commerce. . Rooms 13, 14 and 15, Tribune Bidg. Gureet, N. W CORRESPONDENCE. Al communications relating to news and_edi- torlal matter shoul : o the Hditor, nUst All business letters and remitiances shou addressel to The ' Bee Publishin Omaha. Drafts, checks and b be mado y A George 1. Taschuck, seoretary of The Bee Pub- fishing company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and comple of the D sring, Evening and Suf printed during the month of January, o follows: 1 1 il Total sale. Dally average. *Sunday. GEORGE M. TZSCHUCK Sworn to hefore mo find subsoribed in my pres- ence this 20 day of Febru 1895, N. P F Notary Public. It Is Lieutenant now on. ieneral Schofield from Nothing seems to be left of the Springer bill but the springs. There is now no longer any excuse for withlolding the inevitable bond issue. This is the kind of weather that re- stores the oldest inhabitant to all his pristine glory. Aren’t the federal troops to be called out to prevent the weather from ob- strueting the United State People in this vicinity are beginning since the last few days to lose faith in the proverbinl whiteness of the snow. Some more of the famous Cook gang have been wiped out. The work exterminating the Cook gang promises to prove an everlasting and eternal job. The recess of the legislature will en- able a number of prominent Omaha gentlemen to come home and get ac- quainted once more with their Omaha friends. The junketing legislative committee -is abroad in the land and woe to the state institution that does not entertain the visitors as well as the chronicled prodigal son. The Junketing legislator who doesn’t save the greater part of that $3 a day will be ostracized from the soclety of his associates in the legislature when he returns to Lincoln. The Lancaster county legislative dele- gation has this advantage over that from Douglas county. Its members get together at least on every measure affecting the local Interests of thelr constitucnts. In several departments of the muniel- pal government the city is making that experiment in economy of paying 7 per cent interest on outstanding warrants while drawing 2 per cent interest on the money to her credit in the banks. The deputy marshal who was so per- sistent in his endeavors to serve the subpoena to appear as a witness at the Debs trinl on Mr. Pullman must have been one_.of the few court officers who was overlooked in the last annual dis- tribution of Pullman passes. Up in South Dakota the lower lLouse of the legislature killed without com- passion. a bill defining Intoxicating liquors. The members of that body cvi- dently believe that the man who doesn't recognize intoxieating liauor without a définition is not deserving of legal pro- tection against deceptive liquids. Ninety democrats voted for the bond bill proposed and supported in the house by the democratic administration, while ninety-seven democrats voted against ‘it. If the wmatter had been left to the democratic congressmen to settle nmong themselves the outcome would not have been different from what it was. The econowy resolution adopted by the house previous to adjournment for the recess begins: “Whereas, All the state institutions ask for large appro- priations.” Of course they do. If there is a single wember who bad to wait for this resolution to inform him of the fact lie has been sadly neglected by the agents of these Institutions, Senator Palmer of Illinois warns the people of the United States to look out for Japan as the coming great power of the Pucific. China, he Insists, has disappeared and Great Britain is no longer in o position to cause fear. Japan, as the ascending star, may be expected 10 attempt to exert her strength in new fields. This is de- cldedly iuteresting, but it is not quite serious enough yet to warrant a jealousy of Japan on the part of the United States. —_— “The bill passed by the house to make ~the discharge of any ewmploye for the sole reason that he belongs to n labor organization a punishable offense is all right so far us it goes, but is it not rather one-sided legislation? If it is wrong to discharge an employe shnply because he belongs to a labor organiza- tlon, why is it not equally wrong to disclirge him or cause his discharge slmply because he refuses to join such an orginization? The latter oceurs ubout us often as the former. Nonunion men are discharged every little while at the justance of their uuion fellow laborers. While leglslating on the sub- Ject, why not make the law compre- Lensive euough to cover the whole cuse? MISLEADING AND UNSATISFACTORY: The State Rellef commission has sub- mitted what it calls a report to the legislature of all its operations since its cival lnst fall. The report is in reality a statement from Secretary Lud- den embodying a conglomerate review of lis own transactions as general fac- totum of the board. There is an ex- hibit purporting to give the cash con- tributions received, disbursements made and money on hand up to the S1st day of January, There is also a tabulated statement of the shipments of supplies by counties from Jann to February 1. In many respects this exhibit is unsatisfactos and misleading. The comnmission consists of nine members, with a president, sccretary and treas- urer as its officer: The report shows that the whole commission has abdi- cated its individual functions and sponsibilities into the hands of its secre- tary. While the president and treas- urer are co-operating with the secretary in some of the work the other members of the commission are passive and to all intents and purposes they have no part in the work for which the commis- sion was created. Secre Ludden's report covers eighty-five typewritten pages, but the material given to the press for public tion sheds very little light upon the operations of the commission. It 1s given out that the cash donations from all sources up to the end of last month aggregate $10, 20, and the disburse- ments up to that time a leaving a balance on this month of $0,7 not the treasurer h mission, tailed ex on the 1st of Why should ve given the com- as well as the public, a de- hibit of cash contributions up to date, and also an exhibit of Dbills payable. Mr. Ludden, speaking on be- balf of the commission, sa Up to the 25th of January the commission conducted its work practically as a voluntary work and started its work without a cent in the treasury and paid the expenses from our pockets. We were appointed and entered upon the discharge of our work under the di- rection and at the request of his excellency, Governor Crounse. Only those intimately assoclated with the work can form any con- ception of its vastness or the many annoying features. Much of the delay charged upon the commission bas been due directly to causes utterly beyond our. control and for which we wera not in any way responsible. Much of the criticism. today is based upon the fact that the commission does not forward supplies as demanded by the county central relief committees into thelr several counties. This is not only misleading, but ab: lutely deceptive. Mr. Ludden and his as- sociates were engaged in the relief busi- ness three years ago. They were pre- sumed to have ample experience with the organization of local relief associations nd distribution of supplies. They ap- peared anxious to resume this work and Mr. Ludden would have been very disappointed had Governor Crounse des- ignated anybody else to officlate in his place. The members of the commis- sion are not known to be capitalists or philanthropists who could afford to take the money out of their own pockets to carry on the work develving upon the state. Nobody expected them to do so. ‘What the people had a right to demand and expect is that each officer of the commission would perform his own part and that every contribution of money or supplies would go through the proper channels promptly, and that checks and counter-balances would be instituted to prevent loss or waste. Tt was de- manded and expected that every con- tribution In money and supplies would be acknowledged through the press and that purchases of supplies, whether fuel or provisions, would be made public from time to time, and that the dis- tribution of supplies would be impartial and the shipments thereof published. The acknowledgment of money re- ceipts in lump and the publication of shipments in bulk at the end of a month or week is also unsatisfactory. It should be made from day to day. It is not true that up to the 25th of Janunary the commission was obliged to draw upon its own pocket for paying its clerical force or to meet any other ex- pense. . The commission had received several thousand dollars in money con- tributions long before the 25th of Janu- ary, and was therefore in position to employ whatever force was necessary for vigorous conduct of the relief work. The Bee certainly has no disposition to embarrass the commission or to dis- credit its work, but when an emer- gency arises that involves the safety of men, women and children we feel in duty bound to demand action, action, action! 2 ANOTHER ISSUE OF BONDS, The president has informed congress of the completion of negotiations for a sale of bonds which will supply the treasury with a little more than $65,- 000,000 In gold, restoring the reserve and leaving an excess of a few millions. These bonds are to be made payable in coin, instead of specifically In gold, and on this account the government will be required to pay three-fourths of a cent more interest, but it is conditioned that if within ten days congress shall author- ize the issue of gold bonds bearing 3 per cent interest these may be substityted for the coin bonds. The president points out that the saving of interest to the government on an issue of gold bonds, for the thirty years which they ure to run, would amount to over $16,000,000. The president suggests that “the dis- crimination in the judgment of investors between our bond obligations payable in coin and those specifically made pay- uble in gold is very signitiant,” but whether it will make any impression upon the silve wen in congress is questionable. It will now rest with them, since they have a ma- Jority In the senate, to say whether the government shall pay $14,000,000 during the next thirty years rather than stipu- late for the payment of its bonds in gold and they should be compelled to declaye themselves on this matter. It is evident that the administration has done the very best it could in the nego- tiations for a new loan and it now re- mains for congress to betier the condi- tions, so far as the rate of interest Is conceried, if it is willlng 1o da so. There is an excellent opportunity to show whether the silver men ave prepared, in the furtherauce of their policy, to allow the takers of the new bonds, most of thew foreign capitalists, to exact wove than half a million dollars annually from our people for interest, If they shall be found ready to do this the coun- try will have been furnished with an- other useful lesson as to the reckless nature of the silver fanaticism, The president regards the fact that at least one-half of the gold to come from the sale of bonds will be supplied from abroad as “a very important and favorable feature of the transaction.” Probably it is from the treasury point of view, because it is to be presumed that the foreign bankers will not be in 80 great a hurry to get back the gold they supply as were the domestic bank- ers who took the last issue of bonds. Hardly had the treasury received the gold for the bonds sold last November before the bankers who supplied it be- gun drawing it out of the treasury and returning a considerable proportion of it to their vaults. It is not to be ex- pected that the foreign bankers will do anything of this kind, and therefore it v gold reserve Is again replen- ished it will not disappear so rapidly as after the last replenishment. Yet as to this there can be no definite assur- ance. But apart from any advantage in selling bonds abroad it is rather humil- iating that in its extremity the govern- ment finds itself compelled to look for needed relief to foreign capitalists, for it is well understood that American bankers could not be induced to take the entire loan. With more than $500,- 000,000 of gold in the country there ought to be no difficulty in disposing of $62,000,000 in bonds to our own peo- ple, and it is not creditable to the pres- ent administration of the national finances that this could not be done. THE ADMINISTRATION DEFEAT. An examination of the action of the house of representatives on the adminis- tration financial bill, the amendments and substitutes present some interest- ing facts. In the first place it is to be noted that ninety-seven democrats voted against the measure, while but ninety voted for it, while on the other hand it received the support of fifty-six re- publicans, forty-four voting dgaingt it. Thus a majority of the president’s par in the house went on record in opposi- tion to his carefully prepared plan for relieving the treasury, and there is rea- son to believe that not all of the demo- crats who voted for it really approved it. It is said that Mr. Springer, who, as' chairman of the banking and cur- rency committee, was in charge of the bill, blames the republicans for its de- feat, but if he could have induced his own party to have done relatively as well as the republicans the bill would have passed. There was no obligation upon the republicans to support the bill. They had a measure of their own de- signed to meet the emergency, and this having been rejected by an almost strietly party vote the - republicans would have been justified in easting their solid vote against the administra- tion bill. But, as stated by Mr. Reed, the republicans who gave their support to the measure were actuated Ly a de- sire to hélp-the party by, power: do gom(\- thing, even though they did not approve all the features of the Dbill. It is es- sentially unjust to blame those repub- licans who from a sense of duty voted against the measure. The rejection of this bill is a distinet declaration against the policy of issu- ing bonds for the purpose”of retiring and canceling the United States legal tender notes. It also showed that there is a strong democratic majority in the house opposed to issuing bonds payable specifically in gold. It was clearly demonstrated that a majority of the democrats are still in favor of free sil- ver and that nothing will induce them to make any surrender or compromise of this position. §till another fact brought out was that there is a very general and hearty antipathy on the part of the democrats toward the na- tional banks, Mr. Holman having un- doubtedly reflected the sentiment of a large majority of his party when he characterized the bill as one to per- petuate the national banks. 1t seems to be the consensus of opinion amoug the democrats that the rejection of the administration bill is the end of efforts for financial legislation, but it would not be surprising to find Mr. Springer formulating another measure as soon as he recovers from his present dis- appointment. It is hardly possible that that gentleman’s versatile resources in the matter of preparing financial bills have been exhausted, So far as the administration is concerned, however, it has undoubtedly done with efforts in this direction for the present congress, but in any event it Is perfectly obvious that nothing will be done, from what- ever source propositions may come, The fact is incontrovertible that the salaries paid to employes in the city hall are from 25 to 50 per cent higher than salaries paid for the same grade of service in private establishments transacting a volume of business as great if not greater. For every place there would be twenty competent ap- plicants at the salaries that prevail in business circles. The salaries of public employes have been constantly raised, while the cost of living has been going down. The finance committee of the city council has promised to take up the question of retrenchment jn the salary list. It should be encouraged to carry out that promise promptly, It is only because the purchasers of the poor farm lots made a bad specu- lation that their sale has been declared illegal and the property thiown back on the county. If the purchasers had realized the profits from the transa tion which they had anticipated no one would have raised any objection against the regularity of the proceed- ings. But the chance to shift the loss upon the general public was not under the elrcumstances to be neglected. The proposition to license commission merchants by statute is not in our judg- ment o sound one. The motive for It is to check alleged dishonesty upon the part of wmerchants who receive con- signments from country shippers, sell the goods and then make false returns to consignors. To what extent this practice pertains to the trade is not known. 1t Is fair to assuwe, however, ) that no firm ¢an long sustain itself by such mothods!” | filit it 1s a matter which legislation capnot reach. A business man, or any othét man, cannot be made nonest by statfftit] 1f conntry merchants are being fleppgd they must find a remedy alongrother line A means of detection shodld"not be very difficult to devise. 4 It scems tligt'the’ Douglas delegation is quite willitflf {3 join in the campalign of detraction ' and misrepresentation concerning Onjahi internal affairs. Our representatives sit complacently in their seats while this city is falsely adver- tised to country members and to the state at large as a community steeped in wickedn: and social vice. Thus the flame of anti-Omaha sentiment which burns in the state of Lancaster is being fanned to intensity. It is pass- ing strange that there is not a single member from Omaha possessed of moral conrage enough to stand up and hurl these slanders back into the teeth of Omaha’s accusers. What n Skeleton it Will Be. Chicago Terald, When all the cheap money and monopoly- tariff men shall have taken their leaye—¢f they will only go and “stay gone"—the democratic ‘party” will not be as large as it once was, but it will be more respectable and more worthy of public consideration and support, —— Abdicn s Things. Chicago Times. formal abdication of Queen Lilluo- implifies the Hawalian problem to a_point where {t 18 just possible that the United States government may discover, that Honolulu is alrcady, by 70 per cent, s American city, and that its one anxiety is to come up to p The kalani S the Marshal's Memory. Washington Post, Fleld Marshal Halstead has written an argument showing that the democratic party s dend and beyond resurrection. The ogic employed by Ar. Halstead is very similar to that h he utilized in 18 when he was engaged in writing _obitua notices for the republican party. As a decorator of political tombstones Halstead is more picturesque than reliable, — the St. Louts Republic. Senatorial tradition has o tled up prog ress that there are but two Kinds of meas ures t brought up easily—t which nobod res enough about to opj and those represent aggregation: private al interests. A log-rolling claim for an appropriation goes through as if greased; n bankrupt treasury gets no attention. A of personal buncombe wins only bows and smiles; a party demand is received with weary indiffcrence or is shunted off with practiced cunnin priviite ity Shooting in the Wrong Direction. Courier-Journal. One J. B. Weaver, who has been beaten with great regularity for a great many offices,”including that of president, 15 out egain ‘with a declaration that the president, on the money question, '‘baldly adwvises the American republic to fall into the proces- slon behind the despotism of the old world in the march of ‘civilization.” Naturally an adviser of General Weaver's stripe would prefer that it should fall into the procession behind Mexico-and- China in the march of civilization, o Jarring nte. nnexation Fever. eapolis ‘Tribune. The idea of anrexation to the United States is saidlto be wonderfully popular in New Foundland. — Advices from St. John's says that public meetings are being held and”that-many of the principal citi- zens are enthusstécally working for an- nexation, They feei that England has not treated them fajrly. The matter has at: tracted little attention in this tountry; and yet, it we could get New. Foundland,’ with Enigland’s consent and the free consent of her own people, the' acquisition would be a valuable one. ‘New Foundland, under the stimulus of Amevican enterprise and free institutions, would develop Into one of the righest states 1 the unio: 5 The Lobby In \Washington. ‘Washington Correspondente St."Louls Republic. The corridors of the capitol are crowded with lobbyists. They swarm in every nook and corner. They, throng Statuary hall; they invade the committee .ypoms; they waylay the members as soon as ‘they ven- ture out of the sacred precincts of the legislative chamber. t Is hardly necessury to say that fHey all have designs on Uncle Sam's treasury. Some of them are backing musty old claims, others are pushing new ventures. The last session of @ congress is always assailed by lobbylsts, particularly if the party in control of the house has been defeated. The lobbyists belleve that a defeated party is reckless of public expenditure, and that by the exercise of adroit pressure they can win what they would not hope for it the party In the 'majority had returned from the people victorious. I mever saw such a raid belng made on congress as the one now in course of op- eration. All the old lobbyists are on hand and many now ones. They come from Cal- ifornin, Texas, the Indian_country, New York, 'and New Fngland. Faces long fa- miliar to everybody in Washington peer through the doors of the house of repre- sentatives, As soon as a member emerges he is captured. He is argued with, remon- strated with, pleaded with—sometimes threatened. The women, of course, are’ doing duty. The young ones coax, the old ones cry. They make the most ‘successful lobbyists, The average man finds it difficult to resist the female lobbyist, especially if the claim is @ small one, and 'only neutrality 1s asked of the member, The two watch dogs of the treasury In_this emerge are Sayers of Texas and Dockery of Missourl. They turn their faces relenilessly against all raids on the - treasury.. With a complals- ant committee ©on appripriations there would be no difficulty in tapping the tax- payers for a billion dollars between now and the 4th of March. ——— The Varnacles of Fire Insurance. Louls Windmuller in the February Forum. All fire insurance companies in Germany employ o number of “general agents,” one in every important commercial center, who alone I8 empowercd to fssue policies. These agents consist elther of their sdlaried clerks, who have long been in service and are thus rewarded, or, they are choscn amonsg the rep- utable merchants or bankers of the lo- cality. These consider the appointment & distinction; they are pald by a commission of 16 per cent on premium receipts; they return 10 per cent to subagents for procuring the business; what is not absorbed from the rest by’ clerk hire represents thelr per- quisite. Subagents are chosen among. small tradesmen and subaltern civil officers; they must have a good reputation and occupy a social position, and one agent can repre- sent only a single company. In thls way an efficient and honest management of agencies is secured, Our large companles employ at least one agent in every important town, involving a staff of thousands of persons, each of whom recelves &’ coffimission of 15 per cent on his receipts, irfespective of losses, and has authority 'to dssue policies. Aé the profits of these anep.depend exclusively on their receipts, they' have every interest to losses occur they may increase them. \'& regret them, but’ i,| cannot interfere with thelr incomé; they’ will be slow voluntarily to cancel risk, gfterthey have accepted ii, even when It 'Bedomes doubtful, because doing 50 would djmfifih thelr earnings. It is true that the compaies also employ special salaried agents who {ravel about to inspect and control the 'risKs taken by local agents, but it s difficult e form a correct opinion of the hazards surfounding each venture in the short time theé special agent can devote to each Pluce. Alnvost every resident .agent represents from . five to twenty different companies, and gixides his favors among them according e his personal interest; often he loses maney for every one. If a merohant were fi gy 4 clerk, working not for himself alane, ;but for competitors as well, a commlission larger than his profits, such action would igenerally be considered a slgn of impendiye fallure. Insurcrs will follow this policy without regard to the ulti- mate consequence. 1 know that companies continue it In states where they have not earned a dollar in twenty vears. When some method is devised which {dentifies the interests of the agent with those of hix employers the former will be more careful OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. Lord Rosebery himsolt has nover been looked upon as rabld or reckless. But he has allowed himself to be led instead of lead- ing, and in obeying the behests of his party he is riding so many horses at once that he 1s likely now to find himself In worse diffi- culties than any ho has yet encountered. It is scarcely probable that the agitation against the upper house will obtain any real support from the body of the English peo- ple. Reform and abolition are two different things, and it fs the latter that the radi- cals are calling for, besides declaring that it must have precedence of all else. Then, too, the Redmond section of the home rule rarty declare that they will vote with the unionists i Treland does not take precedence of everything, and this attitude may com- pel the McCarthyites to change their posi- tion. The government can, it is true, if de- feated, appeal to the country, but the recent crushing blows given to the liberal party in England and Scotland indicate anything but success in the next general election. Composed exclusively of the members of that tiberal party, which alone commands a ma- jority in the lower house of the legislature at Pesth, the new Hungarian administra- tion just formed by Baron Banfy is com- mitted to identically the same program of clvil and eccleslastic reform as that of his predecessor in office. The new premier however, is freo from the embarrassing alli- ances and obligations which hampered Dr. Wekerlo in his work, to the extent of ren- dering it impossible for him 1o compiy with the demands of his anti-dynastic supporters and at the same time to satisfy the em peror-king. As stated in the Tribune at the time, the fall of the late cabinet was due, not to any antagonism of the emperor to the reform bills now before the house, but merely to his dissatisfaction with the atti- tuds of Dr. Wekerle and of two of his col- leagues in connection with the debate in the house on the address of condolence to the widowed czarina, and_likewlse for their toleration _of the Kossuth movement against the crown. That the Diet resents this course on the part of the mon- arch is shown by its election of one of the dismissed Ministers—just the one most ob- noxious in the eyes of Francis Joseph—to the office of speaker. P The members of the Russian expedition to Abyssinia arrived recently at Odessa on their way to Alexandria. The party is under the command of Captaln Leontieff, lately an officer of the guards, Who was sent by the government three years ago in charge of an exploring party to Central Asia, es- pecially the Pamirs. The excellent service which he then rendered was the cause of his appointment to the present command, al- though he is only about 30 years of age. The second in command is an officer of ar- tillery named Captain Zoyagin, and Dr. Blisaieff, who has traveled considerably in Central Africa, is the medical attendant. The route to be taken Is as follows: From Alexandria by road to Suez, thence by steamer to Aden, and from there to Obok. From Obok, where the French government has promised every assistance, the party goes on to Abyssinia, visiting the petty chiefs in that country. This expedition is sent out and equipped by the government and has been provided with many beautiful presents to be distributed in Abyssinia, those for the Negus being especially magnificent. The last Russian expedition to Abyssinia five years ago was under the notorious Captain Atchinoff and the Archimandrite Paisi, and was shelled by the French at Sagallo, but this one is of a very different character, and, as it is well known that Russia does not give costly presents without expecting something in return, its progress and re- sults will be watched with a good deal of interest by the powers engaged in the gen- eral African scramble. e The London county council has recently issued a volume of statistics which are of more than ordinary interest as throwing light upon the population of the metropolis of the world. The total population registration of London: ‘was' setdown at 4,211,743 by the last census, it being estimated that 338,634 persons are 1tving in outer London. Only 65 per cent of the population were born in London, and the total foreign percentage is only 2.26. The London Scots-have remained stationary, the Irish have decreased, and the foreigners, mostly Poles and Russians, have increased, The total number of births for 1892 was 132,328; rate of {llegitimacy, 3.75 per cent; total number of deaths, 86,833 of which 40 per cent represents infant mor- tality under 5 years of age; total number of persons married, 74,382, ' There are 44 per cent of the population either under 20 or over 70 years of age who aro nonsupport- ing. Of the remainder, 190,000 are described as professional workers, 391,000 as domestics, 340,000 s commercial, and 1,000,000 as in- dustrial. Of the industrial ‘miflion there are 116,000 bullders and carpenters, 116,000 mechanics and laborers, and 200,000 engaged on clothes and dresses. oo Victor Henri, count de Rochefort-Lucay, btter known as plain Henrl Rochefort, has made his triumphal entry into Paris after six years of exile, having accepted the benefit of the amnesty bill just passed by the French Senate and Chamber, This experi- ence will not be a novel one for this po- litical irreconcilable, who seems to be pos- sessed of a genius for getting into hot water, A carcer such as that of Henri Rochefort would have been impossible in any other country than France. His fame as a jour- nalist rests upon his scurrilous attacks upon anything and everything. The only worthy thing he ever did was the publication of his little weekly, La Lanterne, In which he lashed the rotten regime of ‘the second em- plre until he made Napoleon III wince. He was sentenced to transportation for life for his defense of the commune and his villifica- tion of the republic. The act of amnesty of 1880 enabled him to return to Paris, but not for very long. His support of the Boulanger movement compelled him to flee again in order to escape from a long term of im- prisonment, decreed against him by the Sen- ate. Ho is a moral and political nihilist. To destroy character or undermine a govern- ment s his delight. The ships of the Majestic and Magnificent class, England's best battleships, are to b2 armed with a new type of weapon in thelr main batteries. A new gun mounting has also been designed, and both plece and car- riage are now undergoing ssvere tests. The gun is,a twelve-inch brecch-loading rifie. A service journal says that in it a compromise has been effected between the ten-inch gun of the Centurion and the 13.5-Inch gun of the Royal Sovereign class. It can be fired quicker than the lighter weapon, and inflict greater damag> than the heavier. In the Royal Soverelgns and Admirals the guns have to be brought to a fixed loading sta- tion, and the barbette locked before load- ing can be commenced, but here an alter- native central loading system s provided, in addilion to the fixed loading station, so that the guns can be loaded at any position of training, and one can be kept poied at the cnemy while the other is being loaded. Every operation, such as training, elevating, loading, etc., can be performed by hand as well as hy hydraulic power. The gun is loaded In tue run-out position which it takes up after firing, due to the action of power- ful springs, which are compressed during recoll, and as the gun rurs out after tnc recoil, the breech s automatically opened, being agaln instantly closed after loading by moving a lever. The lading arrange- ments are also very novel, and are designed with a view to saving time, for, while in the Royal Sovereign it takes about two and a half minutes to fire a round, in the new gun a minute and a balf is suficient, Made of steel and wire, the gun weighs about forty- seven tons, and, with the mounting, will in the inspection of risks and Which are doubttul. 4 Fees Abopt be protected by a powerful shield, mounted on the turntable, as in the Centurion. of the charge being about 150 pounds. ascertained, but it survive by many ‘Weapon. I8 80 constructed as rounds the e The west of Ireland with its periodical famine, which It sesms out of the power of legisl tion or administration, or change of crops, or redistribution of land, or any government or economie device to avert. s0_often, grip, and has to be reckoned with as a pe) sistent factor in the concerns of that much- suffering country. pect, but awaken It the ontlook anxiety and _ apprehenst is as yet only prot n. fying at least to the beneficiaries that have made so much money politics that they can afford to contribul generously in such a crisis. —_—— THE JOLLY CREW. Boston Courler: frosty mornings fs the Ronaparte of today. Philadelphia Record in the proceedings. Post: Humorous Tditor. have carried this joke a little too far. Humorlst—Yes, sif; that is why leave it with you. Boston Detroit Free Pre: smile_£0 swectly said HOggins, “No," replicd the star boarder. the presumption to off: clipping telling how Mrs, Small doesn’ “He h r her a new ook an old her Chicago Tribune: “Two children fi exclaimed the man with the newspaper, ning his eye ove dlines. “On a street eral North Siders who were Wi anding abouf hington Star: “Do you think that improves a story to have a moral?” said the young literary man. ‘Not commerclally,” replicd his friend “It's the story with an immoral that pay nowadays.” Boston Transcript: my son, is always the Son—Well, maybe it is you've dohe pretty W best policy. father, but stil Philadelphia Record: agitation opher the vi " exclaimed the ) hy some men by thought of work.” Toston Transcript: It is almost as easy t believe one when he Cincinnati Enquirer: Judge—Were ever up before this court? Everett Wrest—Can't say, time do your honor git up? yo! Judge, Syracuse Post: Ing to say, and €0 are the rest of yc wish some man would come and say: is it hot enough for you?" On Chicago Inter Ocen greater the falling off. Chicago Recos ‘I'd be a musician,” sal the hore, calmly time. “That's just what I thought.” said the girl, languidly, as the clock struck 11, “‘about an hour ago." Philadelphia Recor: reminds me of What's that? Hoax—A cut-lass. Detrolt Tribune “Who killed cock robin?" “Well, who hypno- “1" said the Sparrow. tized you?'" Somerville Journal: want to look at some biacl Telephone kid glove: Girl (surprised)—Why, that 1 worked there? Chicago_ Record sermon, Wendell?" asked his mother. 1 was sorry to observe, Boston boy, with a sigh, ence between a reference and an allusfon.” UNCLE SBAM'S BONDS. Washington_Star. TUpon our flag, a patriot band, We write these mottoes two: “Hall Columbla, happy land, And also, 0: U THE INEFFECTUAL KICKER. ‘Washington Star, Oh, the man who always worrles, How he frets and fumes and flurries, Unresigned, To a world whose share of trouble Grows, until it's fully double, In his mind. He collects the nation’s taxes, Keeps the politician’s axes On the grind; Pergonally supervising Bach defeat and each uprising, In his mind. Ways to give all people money And to have the whole world sunny He will find; Regulating sages, preachers, Rulers and their various creatures, In his mind, On the ills of party faction He'll discourse (but without action) "Till you're blind, If you put him on his mettle Every problem he will settle, In his mind. He has kicked with such persistence That he'll go from this existence nrepined; But posterity will thank him; ‘With_the great men it will rank him, In his mind, Cor- dite ammunition Is to be ured, the welght The probable “lifa” bf the gun has not yet been 13.5-Inch is again threatened A recurrence It comes about 1ike the cholera or the Siberian is serious enough to Should it come, the right thing will be done about it on this eide of the water, as it has often been done before, and it is, meantime, grati- 50 many of the sons of that unfortunate island fn American The man who can fling himeelf suddenly out of a warm bed these When it comes to harnessing a horse there Is usuaily a hitch 1 wish to on Hunker as she did," aper en!" run- queried sev- Millionalre—Honesty, Hig “Talk about labor nayunk Philos- ome agitated at ks in derogation of others as when he speaks In praise of ours What And now, alas! I'm \\~|||l- " In the bicyele busi- ness the greater the number of sales the only I have no sense of Hoax—A {lited girl a certain weapon. Joax— Girl—T Saleslady—What number, please? Telephone how did you know ‘How did you like the replied the little “that the clergy- man did not seem to be aware of the differ- THE RUSTRED TRUST. St. Louls Republie: Mr. Greenhut did not wear a green hat as president of the Whisky trust. He drew four salaries without con- sulting anybody about it. Chicago Tribune: 1t it bo true, as finti- mated, that the erstwhile boss of the Whisky trust has disposed of some of its assets note withstanding the restraining order of the court, the sald boss may find himselt in still ‘worse tiouble in Spite of his endorse- ment by the Whisky trust directors. It will bo well if they as well as he are made the subjects of & thorough investigation. Chicago Record: The Whisky trust, aside from its mere illegality, is a disgrace and a shame to the nation. In general there is honor—of a sort—among thieves, but some of the trust members seem willing to enact piracy upon their own fellows 8o long as there is a profit to be gained. The fact that in this latest exhibition the United States courts have been dragged into use to further the game serves to add to the shamefulness of tho spectacle. Courler-Journal: Mr. Greenhut is @ vets eran of the late war, and is said to have been a gallant soldier. Ho received several wounds and was awarded a pension years ago, which he has steadily refused to accept, giving a a_reason that he fought to save the union and that his patriotism was not a subject for money reward, When he gets through with the trust investigation it is probable taht he will have received worse wounds, and he will not even have the chance to decline a pension. Philadelphia Press: Judge Grosscup has provented a qmost serious miscarciage of justice by turning Greenhut out of the Whisky trust receivership, to which he had been appointel by what the judge calls an “imposition on the court.” Such an imposi- tion fs a clear caso of contempt. If Judgo Grosscup would employ the power to punish contempt which ho and other federal judges have freely employed of late to enforce the orders of the court in the case of railroad strikes against this speculative “strike,” he would receive a popular approval which ould amaze him. Springfleld Republican: A nice little sample of trust management is this which the whisky combination gives to the public. President Greenhut admitted flatly to Judge Grosscup that he was “‘short” 15,000 shares a. | before the recetvership was created, and had s | beon sinco engaged in covering his con- tracts at a profit. He went short of the market, then secretly petitioned for a re- ceivership, was himself appointed as one ot the recelvers, and on the decline in the stock following the announcement of this, he has been able to profit largely from the specula- tion. Judge Grosscup' summary removal of Greenhut was mild treatment compared with what ho deserved Kansas City Time: case in which rec to r- te a t. it i This is not the only verShips have been the result of conspiracy to impair the value of corporate property. In_the case of the Whisky trust thera is no doubt of a tottering tion for the reason that reaent legisla- tion s Inimical to trusts of all kinds. But even under such conditions the proceedings ought to have been taken with the view of protecting the innocent holders rather than for the purpose of aiding the wreckers. But it not infrequently happens that solvent cor porations are crippled and sometimes de- stroyed by conspiracies of this kind in which the " courts carelessly acquiesce, and the remedy is not discovered until too late. It is to be hoped that the developments in this case will work a_correction. o u h, a ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts ently yet promptly on the Kidneys, iver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly benefi‘cial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeabiesubstances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug- gists. 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