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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FHIDAY , NOVEMBER < 1 , 1808. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. B. nOBBWATISK , Editor. PUBLISHED EVKUY MORNING. TERMS OF BUBSCniPTION : Dally Uv ( Without Sunday ) , One Ycar.t8.01 Dally Hco and Sunday , Ono Year 8.00 Bbt Months 4.W ' 1'Mfit Months 2.00 HUII < I > - Uco , Ono Your i 2.00 Saturday lie ? , Ono Year 1.50 Weekly Bee , One Year 65 OFFICES. Omaha : The Hoe Hulldlnff. South Omaha : Singer Ulock , Corner N and Twenty-fourth Streets. Council Ulurfa : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago Office : " 02 Chamber of Com merce. Now York : Temple Court. Washington : 501 Fourteenth Street. connnspoNDENcu. All communications relating to news and editorial matter should bo addressed : Tr the Editor. BUSINESS LETTERS. All business letters and remittances Miotild ho addressed to The Bee Publishing Company , Omaha. Drafts , checks , express nnd postortlco money orders to bo made payable to tlm order of the company. TIIC BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIHCULATIOrJ. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , st. : George B. Tzflchuck , secretary of The Bco Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the. actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Hvenlnsr and Sunday Bee , prfntcd during the month of October , 1S33 , was as fol lows : 1 20,020 17 . S.VKIN : 2.-ror 18 . 2 , ,00. 3 25.410 19 . 20.HHO 4 2B.810 20 . 25,27:1 : C 2.--I.11 21 . 2.il : 6 2.v > 74 7 li.vKir. 23 U.,8ir 8 27r 2 21 U.-l7t 0 2n,2l7 25 ! ! . - > , ii. : > JO 2.VI2S 11 17 , < W7 27 . 25..IOO 12 : i 1,011 : 2S . 2.r : < H in nt.ots 20 . 2r,7 0 14 U7.IMN no . 2.uoo 15 20,7-10 31 . 20,0.15 10 20,300 Total ' Hin.OllS Less unsold end returned papers. . Not total average 7i 7,27n Net dally average 25,718 GEOIIOE II. T2SCHUCK , Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my presence this 31st day of October , 1S9S. N. P. FEIL , Notary Public. Vote for prosperity. Saturday Is last registration day. ! i America Is now making armor plate by the Krupp process for Kussla. And It can furnish them to Germany , too , whenever required. Just read over again a few of the popocratlc campaign documents of two years ago and see whether you want 'o put faith In popocratlc predictions again. Several sections of territory arc this year Included In the American thanks giving proclamations which were here tofore barred out of Uncle Sum's turkey feast. The more one compares the republican school board candidates with their op ponents the stronger becomes the In centive to vote the republican school board ticket. No one should fall to register this year under the Idea that a previous registra tion quallflcs him to vote. No registra tion will count for the approaching elec tion except that made this year. Governor Ilolcomb ought to find plenty of things for which the people of Ne braska should bo thankful , chief among them , however , peace , prosperity and the most successful exposition ever wit nessed. The popocratlc organ assures us that AV. S. Kelker Is an experienced legislator. This Is no doubt true , but the experience the people have had with Mr. Felker Is the kind that has destroyed all their confidence In him. Not over half of the voters of Omaha have registered so far this year. Only one more day remains to complete the registration. Any one not registered who falls to register Saturday will prac tlcally disfranchise himself. If every time England or Franco places orders for a new coal supply for their naval vessels Is n sure Indication of war we are In danger of being per petualiy on the verge of armed conflict between all the great powers. Why Is the local popocratlc organ so silent about Walker and Koutsky , the two disreputables on the republican leg Islative ticket ? Is It because the editor of that paper hopes thereby to get the support of the vicious and criminal classes for the candidacy of G. M. Hitch cock for congress ? In view of the advanced age of Leo XIII the announcement of the sudden illness of the head of the Itonmu Cath ollc church Is not likely to cause a shock Ing surprise , nor would the demise ot the pope he followed by any serious complications which were Incidental to changes In the papacy so long as the popes were temporal as well as splrltua rulers. The purchase of n largo amount o American coal by the Hrltlsh naval an thorltles can by no means be taken as foreshadowing ; a war with Franco o any other nation , but It alTords strlklin , proof of the elllclcncy of the Hrltish ad mlralty In making prompt provision fo an abundant supply of fuel to meet an > emergency. England has always llvei np to the Idea that the best way to preserve servo peace Is always to bo prepared fo : war. The promotion to rank as coinmls stoned olllcers In the volunteer army o members of the colored regiments o regulars who distinguished themselve for gallantry Inthe lights nt El Cane } and San Juan is a merited reeojjnltloi by President McKlnley of their service which the colored people everywhere will appreciate. Tl'pre was no color lltii In the display of bravery at the fron in the war against Spain , and the presl dent recognizes no color line In the dls trlbutlon of honors , The colored troop fought nobly In Cuba and Porto Hlct and they will bo to the fore again when vcr they may be needed. .1 DCl'Y TO VOTE. Every citizen vested with the right of suffrage owes It to himself ilnd to his fellow-citizens to exorcise that right. The duty to vote Is hot only one of the most Important duties devolving upon tint cltb.ru but Includes the duty to < imillfy for voting by registration or otherwise whenever such conditions are required under the law. If people realized fully flip grave re sponsibility resting on the voter and un derstood the serious consequences that follow failure to meet It , they would hesitate long before willfully neglecting a duty fraught with such momentous consequences. In our system of gov ernment every man's vote lo supposed to count as much as every other man's vote and one vote may determine ques tions on which the whole course of the nation may turn. 1H > ' > tlng the possi bilities of a single vote , the following examples are cited In it recent news paper communication by Wilbur P. Bry ant of Ilartlugton , Neb. : At the council of war before tlio battle At Marathon , eleven generals were to decide , by n majority vote , whether or not the Athenians should give battle without waitIng - ' Ing for the arrival of the Spartans. Five voted to Hunt ; live voted not to fight. Cal- , llmachus had the casting vote and at the , earnest solicitation of Mlltladcs voted for battle. Every college-bred man will rccol- i lect how graphically the Greek historian I Herodotus describes that council of war. The character of modern civilization and destiny ot the world was decided by that vote. ; Aaron Burr , Benjamin F. Wade and Sam uel J. Tlldcn each lacked one vote of being president of the United States. One vote would have made Toombs president of the southern confederacy , Instead ot Jefferson Davis. At the general election In the state of Massachusetts for the year 1839 , held on the llth of November of that year , Edward Everett received for the office of governor , 50,725 votes ; Marcus Morton , 61,034 votes ; ill others , 307 votes. It then required a ma jority to elect and as the total vote was 102,006 the number necessary for a choice was 51,031 , which Morton received. And BO Marcus Morton was elected governor of Mas sachusetts by one vote. In 1801 Andrew Jackson was made major general of the militia of Tennessee by the casting vote of Governor Itoanc. That vote made Jackson. Ono ot the most prominent members of our last legislature was selected by a single voto. The most remarkable case I ever knew occurred In my own county. It was In 1891 , the first time wo elected our commissioners by districts. The vote was not as heavy In that district as It Is now and stood as fol- ows : Luclen n. Bruncr , 167 ; Charles F. Clark. 160 ; John Lorang , 163 ; total , 408. With a knowledge of the weight of very vote and the importance of voting , Ight , what excuse can the stay-at-home oter offer for deliberately shirking his oleum duty ? DELUSION m ? OPPORTUNISTS. At the outbreak of the rebellion of SOI William II. Seward prophesied th.-it he war would not last more than sixty i lays. The same prophecy was made by Jefferson Davis. But both of these eminent statesmen shot far from the nark. Instead of being concluded In sixty days the war lasted more than four years. The prophecy of Seward , made thirty vcars ago , that "tho Pacific ocean , ts shores , Us islands , . , , and , the vast region beyond will become the chief theater of events in the world's great hereafter , " will loubtlci * prove true. It Is not precise , nutl If the great events do not happen n the near future they are sure to happen In the world's great hereafter , which will Include not merely the twen tieth century but the thirtieth , fortieth uul fiftieth centuries , as well as all that ncalculable procession of years between our times and eternity. Just now Seward's prophecy about the great hereafter furnishes ample mate rial for wide and wild speculation. One' of the great New York commercial | dallies , whoso mission It Is to promote the extension of American export com merce , points to the fact that In the states of North , Central and South Amer ica bordering on the Pncillc there are 10,000,000 of people ; In Australasia and Oceanlca there are 51,500,000 ; in the Malay peninsula , Slam and French-Indo- China , there are : IO,500,000 ; In British India nnd Burmah there are 290,000,000 ; In eastern Siberia , ( i.000,000 ; In Japan nnd Corea , ( JO.000,000 , nnd In the Chi nese empire 400,000,000 a total popula tion of 878,000,000 out of a probable total of 1,500.000,000 representing the whole population of the earth. "Here , " ex claims the New York visionary , "Is to bo found the chief industrial outlet of the United States , for here there Is , or shouRl be , neutral ground , to which we possess nt least the advantage of near ness. " This Is an alluring picture for the ad venturer and the opportunist , who , like MIcawber , is waiting for something to turn up. The thoughtful and Intelligent student of political economy and com mercial law will want moro substan tial evidence than is yet In view to con vince him that we jire on the eve of n marvelous revolution in our commercial lelatlons to the billion people that In habit the lands that are watered by the Pacific ocean. If all these people have not bought the fabrics of the American mill and factory or the products of our soil It is not because Spain occupied the Philippine islands , but because most of them had nothing to pay with , or because they could supply their wants In other markets for less money or get more tilings In exchange for the prod ucts of their toll from the traders of England , Hussln , France and Germany. There are millions of people next door to us across the Canadian border. They Kpeak our language nnd arc American In their food , clothing and habits. Why have not they been persuaded to patron Ize American industry and do their trading In America ? Why have they preferred to deal with England , Ger many nnd France ? Is It because they Hvo under the British Hag or because they can buy cheaper In the European market than In the American market ? If the British flag is the real cause or discrimination by Canadians In favor of European commodities , why will not th' < same rile | obtain In British India and every other country covered by the flags of England , Franco , Germany or Bus- sla ? Must wo nnnex all these countries before wo can hope to get their trade ? Wo now have treaties with China equal in every respect to those of thu most favored nations. The heathen Chinee Irf credited with great business Bhrcwiluesj. When he buys BrltNh- made goods or German-made goods or itusslnn-mnde goods It Is not out of nyni' pathy for cither of these countries or the proximity of their colonies , but because - cause he can drive the best bargain with them. The advantage of competition with all other countries has for years been open to American merchants In Australasia , Japan nnd China and when > ever they have been able to underbid competitors or furnish a better quality of merchandise for the same price they have captured the business. This Is the law of trade and that law Is ns irrevoca ble as Is the law of gravitation. The only way we can absolutely se cure the trade of colonies in the Pacific Is by underselling all competitor or fencing them out with colonial export nnd Import duties. That course will only be u repetition of the policy which caused the good people of Boston to dump the British tea into Boston har bor. We venture to assert , ' however , that no well-informed person will con tend that the trade with 8,000,000 Malays will pay the cost of keeping an army and navy there to safeguard our commerce. TJIK IMTLWIVK TOWAUD I'ltOllWtTJUX. William A. Poynter , candidate for governor on four platforms , stands pledged to the democrats against pro hibition and Is supported by the pro hibitionists because they know him to be a radical prohibitionist and expect him to help pull prohibition through the back door itistead of through the front door. door.William William A. Poynter , G. M. Hitchcock and all the lesser lights of sham reform are pledged to favor the initiative nnd referendum. That means In plain Eng lish that they are pledged to favor the submission of prohibition , woman suf frage and every other Ism to the voters every time n petition is tiled demanding a popular expression for nnd against any such proposition. This pledge meets all the wants of the prohibition agitators. It will , if carried into effect , enable them to renew the crusade for constitutional or statutory prohibition and to keep it up year in and year out until Nebraska Is brought into line with Kansas. Like the fabled camel that first pro jected its nose Into the Arab's tent , then his head , then his hump and finally crowded the Arab out entirely , the pro hibition scheme contemplates taking the first step through the initiative which Is represented as simply a recognition of ' the right of the people to express their wishes directly through the ballot box on any measure which they may desire to enact into law. While William A. Poyn- tcr , G. M. Hitchcock and the other sham reformers understand as well as any body what the effect of the Initiative will be , they adroitly pretend that they are pledged to oppose prohibition and expect the support of the opponents of prohibition , while at the same time they are secretly obtaining all the aid and comfort that prohibitionists can give them. OMAHA AS A JIUO MAIIKET. According to the Cincinnati Price Cur rent , which is the recognized authority on statistics of the hog Industry , the number of hogs slaughtered In the United States during the eight months ending October 31 Is computed at 115,910- 000 , as against ll.GGO.OOO for the same period In 1897. This represents an aver age gain of 19 . per cent for the present year over last year in all the packing centers of the country. In the comparative exhibit Omaha not only maintains its position as the third largest packing center , but shows a marked ascendancy over competitors in its territory. While Omaha has In creased Its output by 190,000 hogs , Kansas City has Increased Its output only 50,000 , Sioux City 03,000 and St. Louis 153,000. Within the eight months Omaha has slaughtered three times as many hogs as Cincinnati , the former Porkopons of the country , more than five times as many us Sioux City , six times as many as St. Paul and 315,000 , more than St. Louis. Up to within twelve months the hog output of Kansas City packing houses was twice that of Omaha. Today Kan sas City overlaps Omaha only by slightly more than one-third , with Omaha steadily gaining. If the rate of pro gression which has been made during the last eight months is kept up for the next two or three years Omaha Is des lined to overtake Kansas City nnd start the twentieth century ns the second pork packing center In America. Wncn the voters of the Second com mlssloner district , comprising the Third , Eighth nnd Ninth wards , come to make their choice for commissioner next Tuesday at the ballot box they will have to decide for themselves whether they desire William I. Kierstead to continue to represent them for another term , or whether they prefer James J. Connelly. Klcrstcad has an honorable and suc cessful rms'iness record of nearly twenty years in Omaha , while Connelly has no record of success in any business. Kierstead has filled several Important positions In the public service creditably , Including that of councilman , member of the Board of Public Works and county commissioner. The only position Con nelly ever aspired to before was that of constable , but the voters did not sec lit to honor him even with that. Among the men nominated on the re publican legislative ticket none are more In touch with the labor clement than Miles D. Houck. From boyhood he has been In the workshop as a prac tical mechanic nnd has been actively as sociated with working men in every movement for the betterment of the con dition of labor. He Is thoroughly sober , intelligent and industrious , as well as familiar with the wants of this city and county In the matter of legislation. Omaha will have many important in terests fo protect and promote in the coming legislature. Quite apart from all political considerations , Its taxpayers are vitally concerned In electing com petent and trustworthy men to repre- ncnt them. Among the men nominated for the btnto bciiatc J , II , Van Uuseti Is as well equipped as any for legis lative work on the floor and In com mittees. He Is u forceful speaker and n good parliamentarian. He Is ambi tious to make n reputation and may bo depended on to exert himself on all oc casions In the Interest of his constitu ents. Senator Kyle of South Dakota says the management of the populist party In his state is too bad to have any claim upon his support and he repudiates It openly. The number of conscientious populists ready to emulate Senator Kyle and re pudiate the spoils grabbing machine that has seized control of the party in Ne braska Is also likely to cause several surprises at the coming election. The express companies are still dis criminating among patrons In different stales , In one throwing the war tax bur den on the shipper , nnd In another as suming it themselves. There Is In truth no good reason why these companies should not pay the stamp tax as con-1 templated in the law In Nebraska as well as in Texas , and In every state In the union. A dinner of Front. Indianapolis News. Spain Is thinking less of honor and moro of money now. I'lmt for ( he Printer. "Washington Star. England has Issued a blue book on the Fashoda question , and France has put out a yellow book. The only people who feel really sure'of their position In the cneo seem to bo the members of the typograph ical unions. IiiNonnraliU' Com "union * . Globe-Democrat. Of the forty-ono railroads reporting for the month of October thirty-nine show In creased earnings over the some month In 1S97. An Increase In earnings means an In crease In wages and number of employes. The railroad vote of the country ought to speak out very emphatically In favor of con tinued prosperity. Harvey Rlt-i'K fr"ii , n Deficit. New York Tribune. "Coin" Harvey , collector of campaign funds for the national democratic commit tee , has resigned , giving up his emblem of office , which was an empty purse with a hole In It. Contributions flowed as slowly as a molasses barrel In January ; It was useless to sit at the receipt of customs when none came In. Nobody can blame him for re tiring and making .room . for a successor to audit his deficit. Undo Sum nn a flvlllzcr. Minneapolis Tribune. The reports of various Indian agents show that the condition of the Indians under the tribal and reservation policy has not Im proved In twenty years. The aborigines 'have been coddled and taken care of by the government until they arc llko spoiled chll. dren and their morals have suffered as well as their physique. The only way to make men of the Indians Is to give them land In severally and set .them to work to earn their own living. The Outloole for Trade. New York Sun. Agriculturally and Industrially we have prospered In splto of the distractions of war. There Is Ices' to bo said that Is en couraging concerning domestic trade , but with the hands of the administration up held In Its efforts to1 gather the fruits of the war with Spain anil with sound money legislators atlho stitio Capitals and In Wash ington tlicro.'nro > 6 reasons for doubting that 1899 will be 'more'prosperous ' com mercially than any year since 1892 , or , per haps , than any year In our history. IteJeetlnK the Culiim Debt. Philadelphia Press. There Is no Cuban debt for Spain to weep and wall over before sympathetic European thrones. There la a "Spanish debt , " con ceived In corruption and perpetrated'in gov ernmental Iniquity. If Spain cannot bear this burden , so much the worse for the bondholders , who were willing to help he * olio up n debt when the Impossibility of her paying It was easily foreseen. Sympathy with Spain over this debt Is pure crocodilian hypocrisy. The United States Is no task master In repudiating it In behalf of Cuba , but acts for common sense and common honesty. XOIVTII CAIIOMNA'S IIACB WAIl. Serloun Htntc of AfTnlrn In Senator TUlmuii'M Ilnlllirlek. Washington Letter In Chicago Record. The news from North Carolina Is more and more alarming , and there seems to bo a general expectation that If the negroes offer to vote In the larger cities a great deal of blood will bo shed and many lives lost. It Is not merely a question of negro dotnlna- 'tlou , although that Is the ostensible Issue , but an attempt to enforce the right of tax payers to rule a protest against universal suffrage. In Wilmington , for example , where the greatest danger exists , the white people pay 06 per cent of 'tho ' taxes and own 97 per cent of the property , but out of a total popula tlon of 25,000 .the negroes cast 1,200 moro votes than the whites , fill 78 per cent of the offices and expend the money which the whlto taxpayers contribute to the treasury. For several years the tendency has been to ward negro domination , and the white * claim that It has already become Intolerable. Therefore they naort to bullets to over come ballots and openly proclaim tholr In tention to kill the negro voters who have the temerity to como to the poll's and ex- crclso the rights guaranteed 'them by the constitution. The city Is practically In a state of siege and the ban has been placed not only upon the colored race , but upon all white men who encourage or defend them tu asserting 'their ' rights. It Is no secret movement. There Is no Ku-Klux-Klan and no white-cap or ganization. The crusade for the su premacy of the taxpayer Is preached from the pulpit , proclaimed in the dally newspapers and asserted In every shop and upon every street corner. Not only must negro candidates for office be do- featod. tut negroes who now hold ofllco musl resign. Death la tha penalty In both cases. It ! s asserted that out of the fifty magis trates In tto city of Wilmington thirty-six arc negroes and most of them are extremely Ignorant , although they have power to try all casts of misdemeanor which do not go be fore the criminal court. They can flno and Imprison and they have Jurisdiction In prop erty cases to an amount not exceeding $200. There is a negro registrar of deeds , a negro coroner , who Is not a physician ; negro po licemen , appointed by the mayor and the aldermen ; negro deputies , who cannot read the warrants gyen | them to serve nor write their own names. The citizens are armed and make no secret of the fact. There Is a new Ratling gun In the local armory and 2,000 Winchester rifles are said on trustworthy authority to be dis tributed among private residences. In each block of the city Is a lieutenant , whllo every six blocks Is In charge of a captain. Each block has Its place of refuge already se- Ipcted , to which the women and children can flee for safety when the race war breaks out and where they will be protected by the men of their vicinity. The same conditions prevail In every city In the eastern part of the state. In the western countle * the whites are very larcely lii the majority. OMAHA AMI TIIIJ IJXI'OSITIOX , llotli Co in in mill the Conntry'H Ailinl- rntloti nnil t'oniiiK'Hilatlon , Chicago Tribune : The Transmlsslsulppl Exposition at Ouiaha has closed Its doors , nnd the Omahans nro rejoicing , and not without reason , that they Imvo closed with a record of total attendance over 2.C23.000. nnd a surplus ot nearly $100,000. That shows good management. It Is u record- breaker of which the officials have every reason to bo proud. Again , all the mcdnls ! and diplomas will bo given out before the exhibitors leave Omaha. That Is another thing ot which to be proud. Hut there Is n rift in this tuneful lute. The Wild West show Is going Into court to get $30,000 , the Oriental companies to get $50,000 moro , the Streets of Cairo company for another $50- 000 , nnd the slot machlno man and several other concessionaires want heavy damages for alleged violations ot contract. If they ' are all successful the surplus may be wiped out. Let us hope not , however. Omaha deserves to Imvo that surplus. Chicago TImes-Horald : Nothing but good words and compliments are to bo given to Omaha and "tho parts adjacent thereto" for the splendid triumph ot the Tranamls- Bisslppl Exposition. Rarely if ever has a local exposition been moro attractive or moro 'beautiful , and never has ono been more fortunate financially. In this last respect' ' It has excelled the World's Columbian Ex position , showing a surplus that will prob ably repay all of the stockholders. This was certainly a good investment for the people of Omaha , who entertained , In structed and amused over 2,500,000 guests and gave world-wide fame to their city. The Times-Herald takes equal pride with the ( actual promoters of the exposition In Its magnificent results , for they are a victory for American character , courage and In dustry. In these respects the exposition was national. Chicago sends greetings to Its younger sister on the sunset side of the I3lg Muddy ! Indianapolis News : The Omaha exposi tion , which closed Monday night , was In every way a brilliant success. It Is reputed to have been the greatest exposition the country has ever seen , with the single ex ception of the great Columbian fair five years ago at Chicago. In some respects , as In the electrical , the mining and the agri cultural display , Omaha surpassed even Chicago. Moreover , the fair was a financial success. We suppose this does not mean that the Income paid all the coat of Installa tion , for much of this was Ijorno by public appropriations. But the revenues were suf ficient to reimburse the men who ventured their money In the enterprise. The exposi tion speaks volumes for the energy and faith of the people of Omaha nn ( Nebraska , who , through the recent years of stress , went on with their preparations. This exposition affords , also , an Impressive Illustration of the vastness of our country. East of the Mississippipeoplehavo known and cared little about the exposition. Perhaps If the war had not absorbed so much attention they would have known moro of It , but as things have been , they have failed to realize how great the fair really was. It may bo , too , that the many expositions In recent years have taken the edge off the public appetite. But In the great new west , between the Mississippi and the mountains , the pcoplo have been vastly Interested , and from the opening to the close of the fair have poured Into Omaha by the tens of thousands. Wo congratulate the city and the managers of the fair on the great success they have achieved. Washington Dispatch to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat : The sale of the Trans- mlsslsslppl Exposition stamps has more than realized the expectations of the Postoffice department. Up to date about $2,000.000 worth of them have been sold. Prob ably about $350,000 of these have gone to collectors. The department will continue to Issue the cxpoBltlon stamps up to Decem ber 31. The estimate of the third assist ant postmaster general is that about 2,500.000 In all will bo issued. The stamps were a great advertisement to the expn.tl- tlon , attracting attention to it throughout the world. The "Omaha stamps , " as th y are called , are considered the handsomest ever Issued by the department , and are In great demand by stanp collectors every where. PERSONAL AMI OTHERWISE. Senator Tillman never writes a speech and rarely , if ever , depends on any notes. William Brown , deputy keeper of the records of Harvard. Is compiling a list of all persons connected with the university who served in the late war. The latest Blander on Richard Crokcr Is that ho consulted a fortune-teller who , however , does not seem to have disclosed how Mr. Croker'B fortune was mado. Prof. Edgar W. BOBS of the United States Mlfitary academy at West Point , who has Just been retired , has held the chair of mathematics In that Institution since 1878. A tablet to the memory of T. Buchanan Reid , the poet , has been put In the front ' of his former Cincinnati home , Just below ' the window of the room where he wrote I "Sheridan's Ride. " I "Old Man Hearst , " the veteran prospector , I who was Mark Twain's partner In the days when the material for "Roughing It" was gathered , Is still a miner and is working a claim near the Black range In New Mexico. Just 100 years ago Francis McKlnley , grcat-unclo of the president and master of the old homestead in County Antrim , Ire- laud , was one ot the prominent "United Men" under Henry Joy McCracken In the rebellion of ' 08. The New York Times announces that the successor to Harold Frederic as Its London correspondent will be Henry Norman , who , as correspondent of the London Chronicle , nnd from several visits to America , is well known on this side. It Is said that when Judge Day nnd Sen ator Gray were Introduced Into the court room at the Dreyfus hearing the otbor day they attracted more attention than cither the lawyers or the wife of the un fortunate Israelite. President Eliot of Harvard said the other day that the modern university sometimes "develops a very peculiar human being , the scientific specialist. Ho wants his name known , not to millions , but to Dvo or six students of the Latin dative case. He does not make money , because , llko Louis Agns- slz , ho hasn't time. " A man named William Smith robbed the railroad depot at Hunter's Creek , Mich. , ot sorno express packages recently. The agent's name Is Smith , as Is that of the express company's representatives at that place. The latter succeeded In running down the culprit , who was brought before Judge Smith ot the circuit courl and sen tenced to the penitentiary. Members of the Chicago Board of Trade who visited the Omaha exposition last month have commemorated their trip to the exposition city by Issuing a beautifully Illustrated pumphlet , which Is dedicated to the passenger department of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. It Is an ar tistically devised llttlo book , whoso pages are bound between tinted blue covers. It contains In addition to the official cor respondence between the travelers and the railroad officials n complete description of the trip > tu and from Omaha , with pictures Illustrating various phases of the Journey. On the last page appears this simple In scription ; "Our motto : As we Journey through life let us llvo by the way. " j MILLIONS FOR THE PIIIMIMMXHH. J Philadelphia Record : H will require very substantial proof * of advantage to Justify the United Stales In paying $10.000,000 $ for thd title to Islands which the Spaniards have never been able to completely posses * , Anxious ns some ot the European nations npear to be for n stronger foothold in the east , wo doubt If any of them would pay $10,000,000 for the privilege of stepping Into thu shoes ot Spain , New York Herald : Before discussing tlie worth ot such an Indemnity It would bo well to ascertain beyond cavil to whom the money would bo paid. If It ROCS Into the Spanish treasury there ts llttlo doubt that the senate will ratify such A treaty as a fair bargain ; If It should go Into the pockets of holders ot Phlllpplno bonds there will be loud protestation ! ) the country over , and speculation In those bonds , which Is already reported from Paris , would "become " n glar ing scandal , Chicago Chronicle : Even If wo proposed to Join the noble company ot robber nations wo would flnd the Philippines dear , as Sen ator Halo has suggested , If Spain should glvo us $10,000,000 with them. U will tnko an army of at least CO.OOO men to garrison the Islands , to say nothing of the coat of war ships or of civil administration , and this army alone will cost us at least $100- 000,000 a year , unless wo Imitate the example of the nations of continental Europe nnd re sort to n system of compulsory military service. Wo could not get halt this sum out of the people of the archipelago , even If wo should outdo Spain herself In merciless tax ation. It will cost us more than $50,000,000 a year over and nbovo all the taxes wo can squeeze out of the pcoplo whom we are going to uplift as wo have been uplifting the Indians 'for ' more than a century , nnd ns seine of us nro now engaged In uplifting the negroes In the southern states. TESII'KRAXCU IN AMERICA. StntlatlcH Show-Inn the Unlteil Stntcn the Mont Temperate 'of Nation * . Cincinnati Commcrclnl-Trlbuno. The theory that this Is a bibulous nation loses something In Its weight of odium by a comparison of estimates In the matter of liquor consumption with other countries. There la the authority of Great Britain that the United States Is the most temperate nn- 1 tlou in the world. The figures show a de crease In the consumption of wine In this country , whllo the malt liquors appear to bo gaining In popular favor. i The volatile and excitable French , ns I usual , lead in the consumption of wine. The 38,000,000 pcoplo of Franco drank In 1S9G ten times as much wine aa the pcoplo of the United States , Great Britain and Germany combined. The table of the Brit ish Board ot Trade Is as follows : CONSUMPTION OF WINE. 1S93. 1S9 ( ? . Per Per I Onl. Capita. Gal. Capita. Ot. Britain. 13,768,000 .33 15.770.000 .01 France SIS.StH.OOO 21.31 1,137,22-1,000 29.EO Germany * 550000'o i.oo U. States . . 18,213,000 .32 1C.57S.OW .22 1S33. I 1 I The fact that the maft liquors are grow ing In favor In nil countries , not even ex cepting France , Is shown In the following table : CONSUMPTION OF BEEIt. 1S93. 1S9S. Per Per Gal. Capita. Onl. Capita. Gt. I3ritaln..973W5,000 27.1 1,211,529 , 0 W.70 Franco 1&2,9 > 2.000 4.fi 199,122,000 522 Germany . . . .908,2.12,000 198 1,333,090,000 23.50 U. Stolen . . .470,578,000 S.S 800,101,000 12.70 The statistics of the British Board of Trade also show that the United States la the most temperate of all nations In the consumption of whisky. The per capita consumption of this beverage In this country has not kept pace with our population , but has shown a marked decrease. The statistics are Interesting , oa well ns comforting. They offer some slight ground for hope that In the cans to como the caimo of temperance may reach Its fruition of complete conquest by the uons and daughters of Columbia. RI1 > E FOR HOME RULE. Powerful Evidence of the American Spirit AIIIUIIK the Ciilmn * . Louisville Courier-Journal. It Is reported that General Wood on his visit to Manzanlllo discovered that 2,000 Insurgents , COO ot whom are officers , wcro asking , almost demanding , positions In the civil service. This Is an unusually small proportion of officers , but perhaps It em braces all there are there. The 1,500 others must 'be privates. It Is not the practice to glvo offices to private soldiers until the officers aru first served and It is not stated whether there are offices enough to supply each commissioned officer with a place In the civil service. The claim which these Insurgents put for ward Is ono that appeals powerfully to the professional office-seeker. If they do not get offices they will have to go to work. Of course the latter alternative Is not to bo I thought of by llio officers. Apparently sauu of the privates are willing to work , for It U stated that the rank and fllo are > anxloui to lay down their arm * , but the leaders will not let them. If the officers were furnlihcil with good positions In the civil service thry would , ( loubtlcsK. consent to the disbanding of the armed forces. The dnunuit of General Rlos that the mayor of Mnnznnlllo be removed bcrauta ho Is not n Rlos man , notwithstanding he M competent and faithful , shows that thu grn- ' oral Is not Imbued with the principles of civil service reform , which wrro so cordially endorsed by the republican party In thclf last national platform.Vo can hardly blame Rlos nnd his fellow-li.Biirgcnts for his atti tude , since the very republicans hero who were ro enthusiastic In their endorsement ol the reform Idea In 1S36 nro literally raving against It now as a tram ! , a humbug , an In- sultera'blc ' Injustice. They are Insisting thai It bo set aside anil nullified oven mori strenuously than they Insisted on Its exten sion two years ago. They are against U for the same reason that the Insurgents desire places. They cannot get along without the offices. They are out of meat. What are platform pledges , promises , veracity and similar abstractions to the promptings ot Insatiable hunger for place and perquisites ? Perish the thought that solemn promise * have any validity after the election. LINKS TO A I.AV01I. Cincinnati Enquirer : "I see , " raid tlm Cumnilnsvlllo c.-w. "that there nre Hires varieties of don that never bark , but I never had the luck to sleep next door to one of them ; never yet. " Somcrvlllo Journal : The old comparison , "poorer than Job's turkey , " does great In justice to the turkey , as you will admit If you will stop to think of It for n moment. If the turkey was poor , It was Job , und not the turkey , who was to bin me. Detroit Free Press : "I want a i"ilr of ohortt , " said thu rural school teach * . , ns he stepped Into one of the big department Btorcs. "What number ? " asked the pr'ltc clerk. ' "Two , of course , " wn the Indignant answer. "Doss my appearance justify the conclusion that I'm n centlpcdo ? " Puck : Friend Some men nrc remarkably unqratcful after you Imvo had thum elected. The Boss YCM ; the moment some men nro elected they begin to think they did It themselves. Detroit Journal : "Aha ! Then you de cline to bleed further for Cuba llbrs ? " "Caramon1 No ! It Is not I who decllno to bleed ! It Is others who decllno to bo bled ! " Boston Transcript : HlgKlns Whnt Is It you have nffulnsl Plnpcroe ? They say you KO on awfully about him. Wiggins Ho deceived me shamefully. Ho made mo think ho pot $50 n week and when I got his Job nwny from him I found the pay was only half that amount. Chicago Trlbuno : "You nre not capnblo of a generous Impulse , " said the pcoldliiK uncle. "Whnt have you ever done for humanity ? " "I've. Httendctl four oyster suppers given for chnrlty this fnll ! " exclaimed the way ward nephew , burning with righteous In dignation. Atlanta Constitution : "Well , " snld the oM inly , "tlio wars' ' over. John's got his pension , the mortgage ls > done paid oft the irnle nn' now , If we could Jest have an other war we could git the housn painted nn' put a new door on the burn ! " TIIUHU'LL COMU A TIMC. The wondrous show nt last In o'er We'll have some pence , porlmp" , once more , We II take ihe slcn down from the door , Which told of "Rooms for Kent , " And then our thanks will free ascend , That It , nt last , has had nn end , And we'll bo Rind that over } ' friend Took UD his trunk and went. Of nil thlncs to bo thankful for. Now thnt this greatest show Is o'er , Thoro's one wo did not know before , Who our relations nre. And though wo never had a chance To think how many uncles , nunts. - , And other kin tro'had , pcrHkrtce- ' We Itnow , though scattered far. ' ' First some old man wo never saw Showed up In our Kront Omaha , And then some nwoet nleco with her man , Ciimo on to swell the crowd ; And then they'd toll how they had planned To como and shnko our honored hand , And visit in our city Brand So "foro the storm wo. bowed. And then they'd stny perhnps n week , Ami e cr fnrewell they'd ceased to apeak , Out In the back yard we would sneak And breath n thankful sigh ; And then , e'er they were out of sight , Another hncklond would nllght , Relations , too. oh , what n fright , Wo wished thnt we could die. So they would como nnd they would go , The whole darn family back nnd fro , Whllo we would try to let them know That wo were Bind they camu : And nfter they had stayed their stny , They'd go rejoicing on their way , Whllo we would kick the livelong day , And cuss our ancient name. nut now , nt last , the show Is o'er. There's one thine we nre living1 for. To see our relations tralore. Say , thnt will be hot stuff. Next summer we will trnvel 'round , And sec reliitlons newly found. Oh , wo il be even , I'll be bound , If wo live lone MioiiRli. Omnhn. Neb. No J& * TiM [ IS MONEY In the final setllement of the interests of the Henry W. King estate , in the business of Browning , King & Co. , it becomes imperative that wo dispose of our wholesale part ot the business and the large etock manufactured for that branch of fho business , in the shortest time possible. Time is money to us in this transaction and our necessity is to your imme diate advantage. We have never sold finer winter clothing before at anything like the present prices and while the stock lasts a money saving opportunity is presented to all our customess. Men's Suits from $7.50. to - $20.00 Men's Overcoats from $10 to - $25 Boys' Suits from $2,50 to - - $6.00 These goods are marked way below their true \ value , and wo ask you in good faith not to neglect this chance. Browning , & Co S , W. Cor. 15th and Douglas.