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OMAHA JJAJUUi : HAl1 UKDAY , AUGUST 9 , 1890 , DATIAr BEE. . RGSrWATER , Editor. MOUNTING. TKIIM ? 01' SUlli-Cltll'TION , Pally imd Pimitiijr. ODD Your . Jin on nix nioiiiiiH , . r. to TiitptiiuniliH . . . , a fu Huiiilny llwo , One Vonr . . . 2 00 M'cckly Iti-i' , One Your. ' . J 13) OKl'ICTA Om-ilin , Tlio Hoc IlulMlns. South ( minim. Corner N iiml Mth Streets. Council IIJulTH , 12 I'onrl Htii'ot- i lilc.ignOillcp , HIT Clininlicr of Commerce. IS'rw Vgrk.ltitiiUi.l4iiMiinTrllMinoiiullllng. ( ) : ( Wellington , &IU ruuiteonth Sliuct. COimKSl'ONDKNCE. All rriniiiilnlcntloni rolntln ? to nnw and rilltorHil iiitittur should Ijil addressed to tlio Ldltoilul Di'iitirtincut. HUi-INKK" UTTEU ; : . All hti-.lni'f'H 1cttcr < Cnti < 1 iPuilltiinco.VslioiiM liCJiddir.1 fd I o Tin ) I If u I'lllil ' fclilniM'oinpaiiy ' , Oniiiha Drnflndmuki mill jiostolllco onlorj to lii' Hindu payable to tlioordcr of IhoConi- jmtiy. 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Will r.15 storms rage and destroy ina- torinl thiiiprs roundabout , thid fuvorod Bcotion o ( tljo footHtool enjoys the good will of tlio weather cleric. Co.vmtis.MAN : BI.AXD of Missouri Bcctirod I'Oiiomiiiiition b.y accliiniation. Tlio result places the t/ok-/Jf iocwC in a position to appreciate condolences. IN tun .yoai'3 the lloatiii } , ' tlobt of Mis souri liiorouscd from fitly thousand to ovorthreo millions. Dotuocraoy comes high , but the Alissourlnns will have it at any cost. Tin : chronic assailants of the wc3t are Blgiiincantly sllont , now thivt tlio statis tics are at hand to provo the falsity of tlioir assertions regarding public and liriviito debts. MESS ns. LEKSK and Cowtlroy of the state board of transportation , who wore shaltou up in a railway collision yester day , are doubtless in favor of reducing the local rate of speed. JAY Go IT Mi has bought a Mexican palace for a winter home , paying the trilling sum of live million dollars for it. If there is anything else in Mexico that Mr. Gould desires , he will please name it. TllK discovery of a bunch of land swindlers in Miimoapolin is made the text for a sensation , doubtless to convoy the impression that rascality is an un known quantity in that inflated burg. H , is no longer any doubt that the growing crops of Kansas have been seriously injured by drought , intense heat and hot winds. The state board of agriculture reports that the corn crop will not exceed seventy-five million bushels , loss than half tlio amount pro duced in 1S88. Tlio crop of wheat and oats exceeds expectations. TllK olllcial report of the financial condition of the Panama canal shows that the enormous sum of two hundred 1iid sixty-two million six hundred thou sand dollars has boon squandered on thufworlf , the bulk of which was drawn from the toilers of Franco. A more hcaiidalous conllilonco game was novoi played on a confiding people. TllK authorities in Spain are doing nil within their power , reliable reports claim , to suppress information concern ing the cholera epidemic in that coun try , The disease is unquestionably spreading rapidly , and Ufa thought thu' ' a largo era of Europe will bo Infected before fore frost. It muy vihit this country and precautionary measures against the disease ami Us ravages will bo timely. Tan wholesale desertions of sailors from tlio famous white squadron , am thodillleulty of toourlng a 'Jail comnlo ment of men for the now cruisers re contly'puthi commission , seriously im pairs the ofilcieiiey of the now navy. I present conditions continue , the govern ment will soon find itself ovorburdbnct with vessels and olUcoro , but without privates to do the htird work. F-OI < LCnvjxo the example of the fedora commission , the railroad commissioners of Kansas have ordered a swooping reduction - duction of local rates , bringing thorn to the level of the Iowa schedule. The Nebraska board continues to slumber It the cooling bowers of tlio corporations No harsh Bounds are permitted to dls turb or distract it , and it is questionable whether a tout from Gabriel's trumpet will roach the members six months hence. Tins farmers of Georgia , who have wrestled with the jute trust for years and finally won , have discarded the use bf jute , stud this year's crop of cottoi will bo entirely covered with cotton bag ging. Thlii IB the most effective way to light a trust find some substitute foi its waru.s. But it is seldom that i Hubstltuto can bo found. Jute Ischeapoi than tlio bagging , but by the use of the latter thu farmers sue a now use foi their cotton , and a * home demand has ' .on ; ; been desirable , CANADIAN IIAILHOADJIWiBOBS. ' . Last month the senate adopted a reso- nllon calling upon the secretary of the treasury for Information regarding cer tain privileges accorded to Canadian allroads In the matter of transporting ncrchnmllso in bond to points In tlio United Slates , tind whether tlio revenue was thereby endangered. The answer of the secretary has just been sent to the senate , and it will not bo satisfactory to the Canadian roads. Without stating Bpcclflcnlly what is intended to bo done , tlio obvious inference is that it Is the lurposo of the treasury department : o change the existing method of Inspecting and sealing cars at Vancouver and not to permit tlto United States custom agent there to hereafter bond merchandise Imported from China or Japan for transportation to the United Slates In the cars of the Cana dian Pacific under treasury seal. It Is evidently the intention of the secretary of the treasury to forbid the use of the United Stales consular seal for any mer chandise Imported into Urltish Colum- liin from China or Japan , or from any other country except such as can ho termed a contiguous country to the United States. In the opinion of the secretary It was the intent of the law to confine the priV- llogoof the consular seal to cars con taining merchandise of the con tiguous country , and that such privilege doeH not extend to cars containing mer chandise landed in the contiguous coun try for trans-shipment through It to the Unitdd States. In other words , says the answer of the secretary , the Canadian Pacific company will no longer be per mitted to receive freight from China and Japan tor direct importation into the United States in bond. This will bo a heavy blow at the Canadian road , and it is to bo presumed that whatever loss it shall su ITer will bu the gain of the Amer ican i-otuls , which now complain of Itsi competition. The privilege of which it is proposed to deprive the foreign corporations lias unquestionably boon of greal value to it. Tlif-Canadian Pacific has transported annually a vast amount of lea , silk and other commodities from China rnd Japan landed at Vancouver for direct importation into the United States , and the loss ot this part of its business will bo a serious matter to the road. The proposed change will of course lie welcomed by the American trans continental lines , whoso business lias been materially affected - by the competition of the Canadian Pa- el ( to since it has enjoyed the privilege of transporting merchan dise from foreign countries into the United States , but whether the change would provo to the interest of the public la at least a debatable question. It is claimed that this competition has re sulted to the benefit of consumers from the lower rates of transportation it has brought about , and if such is the fact the withdrawal of the privilege will doubt less soon show it. So far as the revenue in concerned , it does not appear that the secretary of the treasury regards it as being endangered. It would clearly seem to bo the purpose of the administration to show ns little fivvor as possible to the Canadian railroads. . WIT AT T//K.1 * THINK DF IT. Extended extracts are published from the comments of the leading London journals on the Bohring sea correspon dence , of which the abstracts furnished by telegraph were very meagre. For the most part these English papers ex press their views cautiously and con servatively , and all of them voice a de sire to have thedispute amioablysottled , though none of them manifest any con- Moneo that this is likely to be speedily accomplished. The Times remarks that the last word in the contro versy is far from reassuring , yet it thirties things have gone bolter then could bo predicted from stiflly worded dispatches and proclamation , and it suggests that circumstances nevermore moro favored a huttlomont if only ex traneous inllucuces could be excluded and lobbyists and party leaders could bo com pelled to stand aside. The Globe says Lord Salisbury is perfectly jiibtlfled in taking a firm and decided tone , anil while it will bo matter for regret if an early understanding cannot bo como to , the fault will not rest with the British government. The Chronicle regrets thai the dispute has ended In a deadlock , but says it canno' ' bo denied that - the British government is somewhat to blame foi the course which events have taken "The provoking thing for us , " says thai journal , "Is thai Mr. Blalno in an en counlcr with Lord Salisbury happens to bo the abler man of the two ; in fact though ho has the worse case , yet ir diplomatic controversy the reproscnta lives of Ihis country scorn to bo llko mere babies in his hands. " It thinks it obvious that Lord Salisbury early in the discussion became sensible of his own in ferlority in dialectic skill to his opponent nont , because he very soon lost his torn per , and falling into a furious passion in suited Mr. Ulalno by declaring that the American secretary of state sub ponded negotiations not in the interests of his country , but of his political party Tlio 7Hcj/nij/t / ) / regards the position o Mr. Blaine as very cleverly taken , bu thinks the dispute should bo referred te arbitration , thereby indicating a convic tlon that it is likely never to bo peace fully eotlled otherwise. Nona of thcso London papers show a very thorough acquaintance with the question , and for tills rcnuon or from a want-of candor one or two of them do not fairly state the position o the American government , tliougl iu any event they may bo pardonci for Ihis in view of the fact that thoj may find warrant In tlio way iu which certain American newspapers have misrepresented the attitude niu contention of tills government. Forelgi journals may reasonably bo expected to adopt opinions expressed lioro favorable to their side of the controversy , \ \ hethoi upon a careful investigation they find such opinions to bo justified or not , and the quotations made in the English papers from American journals un- frluadly to the administration show whence came the inllueneo that in part , and perhaps very largely directed their judgment. The prominent fuel , how ever , iu thu coiuiucuta of the jondon press is tlio generally friendly pirlt In whlfh the subject Is considered , and the evident deslro that nothing inoro serious than a diplomatic controversy shall grow out of the quo * Ion. "Anything is batter , " observes ono of thorn , "than n fratricidal war about sealskins. " anil this appears to re flect the sentiment of all. Slnco the de sire on the part of the people of the Jnltcd States for an amicable settlement s equally earnest , the danger of a rup ture ot the friendly relations between the two governments from this causa would oeom to bo very remote. HOO.1/S. The real estate boom which swept over .ho west in 1SSO , in many cases loft in is trail financial desolation and proved .ho fallacy of wildcat speculation. It iroved also that fictitious values .must lunlly surrender , and yield to the law of lemand. Wichita , Kansas , furnished an .llustratlonof Inflated values , and spocu- ators who bought blindly , expecting to unload at a handsome advance , wore left Holding the suck. "Stmnyslde , " orsomo other addition , which was about to bo developed by the "Australian Improve ment and investment company1 with its "admirably located" corner lots still lies in tlio lone and unfrequented suburbs , i few mile's from the nearest house , and the gentlemen who made the first payment have long ago willingly sur rendered their claim and interest. In Atchison , Kitnsas , just now the sheriff is selling aero properly lying round about , which in 1SS7 was staked off and ptvoti seductive names in the guise ot an addi tion , to the highest bidder for cash. Ono [ ) iccc of property , embracing some fif teen acres , was sold in 1837 for eleven thousand dollars , Iwo thousand five hun dred dollars down and the balance oa Lime. Tlio balance long since came duo , and to satisfy a judgment was sold the other day for ono thousand seven hundred ' dred and five dollars , some nine thou sand dollars less than the original pur- chnso price. This iu no way argues , as the world might think , that real estate values in Atchison have depreciated so greatly , but simply proves that there must bo homo legitimate value behind nronortv before it is worth what the imagination of a greedy real estate dealer might sug gest. Property reached a high pitch In Omaha during tlio boom because back of it there were commercial and industrial interests , and a demand for homes to.ac commodate thousands coming in to dwell among us. The boom price became the commercial value , and instead of the bottom dropping out , a steady increase has been the result. Water will seek its level , and ficti- lious values go for naught when the cx- citoincnt of speculation passes away. The fact that the real estate transfers of Thur-sday in this city reached close to the two hundred thousand dollar line , shows that investments in Omaha realty are safe , secure and desirable. Tin : interest of Congrcssnvm Butter- worth in the cause of Canadian reci procity does not diminish , despite the fact that so few others of the statesman of the country can bo Induced to take a very deep concern in it. Without dis paraging the policy of reciprocal trade with other American countries , ! Mr. Buttonvorlh boliovcs it to bo moro im portant to effect reciprocity with Can ada than with any country or p'jrhaps all the countries of South America. Mr , McKinley recently Btatod in the house of representatives that under the reciprocity treaty between the United States and Canada. the advan tage was all with Canada that wo bought of them twice as much as wo sold to them. Mr. Buttorworth takes issue with liis statement and assorts thut the balance of trade was on our side durintr the existence of the treaty , the common impression to the contrary being duo to the fact that account is ordinarily taken of the trade of only two provinces , those of Ontario and Quebec. Mr. Buttor- wortli further sajs that during the last forty years , the balanco'of trade between Canada and Iho United States has been in favor of this country to an amount over ono hundred and fifty 'million dollars. In short , the balance of trade has , with tlio exception of a very few years , always boon in our favor , while in our trade with the nations south of the Rio Grande the balance has boon against us to the extent of over two thousand million dollars during the last forty years ) . In this statement , does not Sir. lluttorworth make out a stronger case in favor of seeking reciprocity with the southern countries than with Can ada ? His fuels may bn conclusive against any policy that would seriously disturber or disarrange our trade relations with our northern neighbors , but they are equally useful as evidence that some thing should bo done to reduce the great annual balance against us in our trade with the nations south of the Ilio Grande. Ixan elaborate defense of the railways and their charges the Now York Tribune lays down this startling proposition : "Before the era of railroads it used tocos' ' $100 to transport by wagon a ton o freight from Now York to Buffalo , or about -Q cents per ton per mile. At tha rate the transportation actually ollcctct hint year would have cost $13,000,000,000 or as much as all the farms in the coun try are worth. " This is doubtless Iruo but the question now Is entirely different If thcro wore no railways there would bo but little transportation compared wltl the vast volume of today. Before the telegraph , messenger service cost a largo sum of money , and were it not for the telegraph the news of todny would bo limited to about whatit was before Iho invention of telegraphy , Labor saviiif machinery and man's inventions htivi reduced the costj of mojt every article What the railroads of the country must do is to demand but a reasonable charge for their services. Comparisons of tlio manner of doing business before the Hood should not outer into the thrift am enterprise of the nineteenth century. IT is so seldom Unit prohibitionists KO cure a lonesome fuet to sustain their cause , that they may bo pardoned for the hilarity Indulged in over the deb statement of Kansas In 1880 the stuto debt of Kansas amounted to ono and : half millions. Advance census table pluco the present debt of ulue hundred thousand. These- figures are paraded as iroof that prohibition Is a success ns n lebt deslroyciCl It would puzzle an 1m- ) ortod colrtioiTJor n reformed major to llscovor thcfa connection. Uut if heir comyuilon is true , how comes it ] that county indebted ness Bwelfod from seven and a quarter million's In 1SSO to thirteen and a quarter millions In 183S ? Township debts IncroiiiKjcKfrom two to POVCU mil lions in the-Bahio tlmo and city debts from two to'llrS ' and n quarter millions. Tlio cost of the1 machinery of prohibition docs not conlo out of the state treasury. It is taxed up to counties and towns. This burden , coupled with the deprecia tion of values and the paralysis ol busi ness following prohibition , explains why county mid municipal indebtedness , rep resented in bonds and warrants , in creased from fourteen millions in 18SO to thirty-one millions in 1SS8. TJIKHK is no room for argument on the necessity of additional elevators in Omaha. Tlio vast grain traffic of the territory tributary to this city otters profitable inducements to capitalists. No industry could be established with greater certainty of success. The suc cess of\.ho \ Omaha elevator company demonstrates this fact. The capacity of both the Omaha anil Council BlulTs ele vators is totally iiHiifllciout to meet the demand. The opportunity is therefore a most inviting one , especially since the change of ownership of the existing elevators. Tlio ono great ob stacle to independent elevators that of railroad control of shipments is removed by the interstate commerce act , nor can the elevator combine much longer withstand the demand of the producers for relief and legal regulation. \Vith the freedom of shipments practi cally established , and discrimination re moved , independent elevators have equal rights with tlio favored concerns. Tlio Importance of elevators as a factor in the commercial prosperity of Omaha calls for a prompt and active effort on the part of buslnoHs men to treble the pres ent elevator capacity , and establish in the city a reliable homo market for the producers of the state. THE democratic elate central commit tee of Colorado recently got together , and finding the p.irty in a deplorably hungry condition , issued a pathetic ap peal for succor. The act that republi cans are nourishing In ofllco inspired tlio patriots outside Ihe breastworks with uncommon looseness of tongue , and several large fragments of mutilated Unlled Slates wore fired at the volorn as punishment for failing to give Iho democracy a turn at the ollleial trough. In the interest of political competition it is lo bo hoped some distinguished bour bon leader will bo singled out for pro motion to the olllco of constable , for in stance. DOUGLAS county republicans propose lo set the paeo for the campaign. The attendance , as well as the enthusiasm shown tit the organization of a county club furnish the best evidence of llieir determination to unite and poll the full party strength In , November. Organiza tion is half the battle. A central or ganization with auxilavics in every precinct , insures a concert of action which cannot fail to nv.ike itself felt at the ballot box. "With an early and ef fective union , oflleorcd by reputable , energetic men , the republicans of Doug las county propose to give "our friends , the enemy , " the most vigorous thresh ing they have yet experienced. KX it is romombarod that it costs but forty-nine cents per ono hundred pounds to ship packing house products from Omaha to Liverpool , England , and seventy-five cents per ono hundred pounds to ship the same goods to Den ver , Colo. , from Omaha , it is time that a readjustment of rates were demanded. The Denver rale is plainly exorbitant. THE democratic state convention which meets in Omaha the Mth inst , has already caused more Richmonds to got in the field than over be/ore. Demo cratic lightning rods are almost as num erous as were these of the dominant party. And what is refreshing about it is , the Omaha democrats are growing ambitious. TllK squatter war on Cut-Off island emphasizes the growlntr value of prop erty thereabouts. As values increase the struggle for a slice will grow la bitter ness. Tlio contest suggests tlio neces sity , as a measure of peace , that stops be taken to &ecuro police jurisdiction on the island. OMAHA'S ' junketing councilmen have been heard from. They were nt Chey enne Thursday , and from the fact that they "closelyexamined the underground system of waterworks , " there Is a grave suspicion that their several cases of beer have been exhausted. L hchemos of great magni tude are rapidly developing on the i&land , The managers of Omaha's In dustrial annex are incubating several important surprises for thu public. r-'s report of the popula tion of Omnha , as shown by Iho sched ules in the census oillce , provoked a so- rles of painful spasms in Kansas City and Denver. Youltavo tlio Majority , Sir. Smith. Prof. Goodwin Sniitli , the eminent sociolo gist , does not thlnk.that Bellamy 1ms solved problem of the tdolljfcovcrnincnt. Dr. Smith may assure himscllfthat ho Is entitled to say , with the ulshop : qt.Southwell ; "I fool u feelluff wulcu I feclyou all feel. " An linjirobaMn Yarn. Isnitivtllt Ctirter-Jiiurnal. Nobody really bellovcil thostory that Undo Jerry Husk was wearing a gush. IIo inlgul for a few days wear a silken wrapping of some sort , Just to encourage the cocoon busi ness among our depressed farmers , but ho would never Uo It to merely ornament his already graceful figure. ; Tlio 1'us-ilnj ; ol'tlio Iluyontt. Clitcaoi Trtttunt. Down went tlio boycott to the bottom of the soup , And U must bo very WQt , For it's ' stuyiiiR dowa there yet ; That self-same boycott that was blurted with u rlioop. with a dull sickening thud. OTlllill l-iANDSTUANT OU11S. j The belief prevails among well-In formed l > crsons la Eurouo that Ihilgnrln will form tlio chief subject of discussion at tlio coming meeting of the war nml ICulscr William. If the German emperor will ucqulesra in the su persession of 1'rlnco FordluniKt by n protege of Umsln , Iho niiilutonnnoo of peace in Kit- rope may bo assured for some years longer. If , on the other hand , this concession Is re- fuietl , the cinr may ba forced by Ittmlan public opinion to take active measures on behalf of his partisans in Bulgaria , who , since the execution ot Major I'.mitzn , feel tliat they Imve everything to dread from the vindictive SUunbulolT. The Inttcr is the real master of Sophia , I'rluca I'cnlinniul being a moro figurehead , ns was shown by hi pusil lanimous behavior in tlio Pnnltzu affair. It Is Stambulolt who lim brought thliiR.1 to a bc.id by n peremptory ilem.iiul . that the sul tan shall rccoitnt/o 1'rlnco Ferdinand M ruler , not only of Dulgarlu proper , but nlso of Eastern nounielto , which was annexed la violation of the treaty of tlerlln. IIo has also informed the portc that In case hh demand Is rejected , llul arlu will CKMD to pay tlio Htltm- luted tribute to the portc , and \vlll formally ( leclnro Itself Independent. It U plain that the sultan can have no wlslito impale himself on either horn of this alternative. Ho might bring himself , ItulceJ , to recognize accom plished facts in tlio matter of liastcrn Uoutno- iln , but for tlio fear that bis tment to the rup ture of the Berlin treaty In one particular would load to frcsli exactions la other quar ters. Tlio Athens government has already notified thoporto that If It ofllcinlly sanctions the annexation ot Eastern lloumullii to Dill- earln , Greece will expect additional territory on its northern frontier , and Scrvlu lias de clared that she also would rctmiro a consider able extension of licr southern boundaries. Under such circumstances the sultan would not bo likely to return a favorable answer to btuniuuloir , oven if the Kussiiui nnib.i5s.idor had not warned him Hint the rarostitUou of I'riuce Ferdinand would bo followed by a firm demand for the payment of tlio arroaw of thu Indemnity which Turkey owes to Kussiu , or un equivalent cession of territory In Armenia. Klioulil Turkey , however , reject tbo rorjuest now pressed by StnmlmlolT , qml , the latter curry out his throat of dgclnriu BulKJrln Independent , the sultnu woulil liavo to assert his rights of suzerainty by war , or abandon tlio bopa of retaining any of his Ku- roponu possessions. It would bo thenceforth umlcHtood Ih Macedonia , Albania ahd the Turkish remnants of Thossaly ntid Old Sur- vla that revolt would binmini'iishoil ' , and that nothing was needed to secure independence but to boldly follow tie example sot by ICust- cni Ilouniella. That such would ho the re sult of yielding to StatnbuloU is perfectly un derstood by th Ulcmns nml Softas hi Con stantinople , and if Abdul Humid should per mit the loss of JIosle.ni territory without striking a blow it would probably cost him his throne , and oven his life. Such being the ( Uleinina in which the porto has been placed by Stnmbuloft's ultimatum , It has hail ro- crmrs ( > to Its habitual policy of pvocr.istina- tlon , In the hope that something favorable may turn up before it is forced to commit itself to either of two equally unwelcome de cisions. Hat the time allowed it for deliber ation in thi3 Instance will bo short. If the German emperor , controlled by the Interests and wishes of his Austrian ally , declines , in his interview with _ the cznr , to support a Russian candidate for Bulgaria , the sultan will have to take sides nt once cither with the Hapsburgs or the RomnnolTs. In the former event ho will lee Eastern Houinclia forthwith , and the rest of his European pos sessions piecemeal : iu the Inlter ho will sink rapidly into complete dependence on tlio czar. In either case he will have , llko Abdul .Aziz , to reckon with the wratli of Moslem fanatics. * * * AH that Franco has so far really got as her share in the African partition is the pro tectorate over Madagascar , and some conces sions in the Niger country. What she wants In addition is the conUrnmtion of hortlllo to Tunis. Hut if England and Germany would consent lo Ihis , Italy would not. Crispl lias notified Germany anil Austria that their con sent to the annexation of .Tunis by Franco would disturb the harmony of the trlplo alliance. Italy would bo apt to resist such annexation , because there h a largo Italian population In Tunis , who have never subnilt- ted to tlio French rule , ami It is only a couple of years since the two nations became In volved in a hot dispute over tbo attempt to substitute the French language for Italian in the schools at Tunis. The Italians resisted the change , and Franco yielded. It will not bo easy lo dislodge cither nation from Tunis , certainly not Franco. She lias her army there and controls the government , her min ister resident being practically supreme , sub ject only to the foreign ofllco nt Paris. The pourts uvo presided over by ITrotieh Judges , anil the boy and the minor native onlcora are subsidized with French money. Moreover Tunis is too near the French province of Algiers to have it the possession of a rival na tion. At the same limo tbo French hold upon Tunis is so far precarious Unit its stability depends upon the consent of England ami Italy. Jly treaty obligations with the boy , to which these other nations are parties , Franco must cease her occupation when ] "thu French nml Tunlsaii authorities shall agree that the local government Is capable of maintaining order. " It is not at all likely that this agree ment will bo reached so long as the local gov ernment ei-ists only n name as at present , la the meantime Franco is trying to get Rug-- land to induce Italy to release lior claims on Tunis and take Tripoli or some other territory instead ; England Is clinging to Egypt in spite of French protests , and half ISuropo Is bothered to know how It will all cud. * * * The general election which toolt place In Japan last month was the ilrst attempt by an oriental nation to establish representative government. The Japanese parliament will open on November 1. The emperor In 18S1 promised the people tliat nt the end of clghl years ho would glvo thorn a constitution. The promise had been before inado in Ibi8 ( and again in 1874 and 1873. But this time H wus fulfilled , and in February of la t year a constitution was promulgated , to take cTct ! In 1S90. The election took pluco on July 7. All the inombora of tlio house of representa tives were voted for , nml a certain number of members of the house of nobles. In the upper house the emiicror retains tlio riuht of making a ccrlnin number of nomination ; ! . The Japanese have gene into the business of making a constitution with character istic enthusiasm , Already many parties have risen uud vanished , but something llko a score now remain. The history of thcso parties 1ms apparently been , that u few per sons gat together about a leader who has es poused some opinion. The party grows ami increases with the rapidity of a mushroom , but la the course of a fu\v mouths thu leader or his adherents tire of their occupation and the party disappears as quickly us it hm arisen. But thcso many shades of opinion have now apparently crystallized Into three or four divisions of public"sentiment. . The new parliament will have especially to consider thrco great questions. Two of thc.se are the reduction of taxation , which is very high , and social reform , particularly as lo the Judiciary. But tlio question of most interest to thu world without Is that of treaty revision. Sovontoeii powers have extra-tor- ritormiJurisdictions In Jupan. Shots denied by the favored nation clause the right to iiuikn a special treaty with any foreign power by which fclio cnu secure privileges for her- uolf hi consideration of special grants. Treaty revision Li Instated upou by the uodcrulcj , but It Is not a part of the programme ot the radicals. Whatever tbo truth of the rumor that England and Italy are considering a plan for a joint campaign to reconquer the Soudan during the coming autumn , there can b < ) no doubt that the time Is moro favorable for such a schema now than la the pnat. Italy baa settled her troubles In Abyssinia , and has a firm ally in the present Negus , who would probably furnish n largo contingent for such un enterprise. The Abysslulans and Arabs nro frequently ntvnr with cucli other , aiul It WAS in such hostilities that King John perished , Ilcllglous mid mco nnlmoslty could also bo relied on to sccuro tbo partici pation of the Aliysslulnns In the proposed campaign. Another favoring element Is the Seimssl movement In tbo western and central Soudan , which has not only set bounds upon the extension of Mulidisni , but has almost threatened it with destruction. It Is hardly probable that the followers of Shellt Kl Sctiiml would untor Into any arrangement With the English and the Italians ; yctthoy would bo none tbo less fighting the battles of the latter. Still , In view of the memories both of Hicks Pasha's Konlofnn campaign and Lord Wolseloy's Gordon relief rainiutgn , the British war oRlcons well M Iho British taxpayer , will probably pause lone before taking up tbo cry again , "Oa to Khartoum. " Tlio latest mall advices from Panama con tain n sensational account of the List hours of President Monemlez. It Is ullegoa that ho was poisoned nt the publlo b.imniot which preceded the revolution In Salvador. IIo was present at tlio ball , but roinatucd only a short time , complaining of feeling very ill. Leav ing the ballroom suddenly ho encountered In a narrow covered way the insurgents , who hud already killed several soldiers of the guard of honor and imprisoned the minister.- ; , Crazed by suspicion that bis illness was caused by pohonlng , ho bared his breast , ex claiming : "Dispatch me , traitors , assassins 1" lie then foil to the lloor and Immediately ex pired ; but whether ho was poisoned or assas sinated , or whether bis death was caused by excitement , has not been authoritatively de termined. There cau bo no doubt , however , that he was n generous and enlightened ruler , who fell n victim to Ihe treachery and Ingrati tude of a soldier of fortune , Oenur.il l ota , whom ho had aided and befriended in every possible way. The circumstances of the death of President Alcnciido/ will probably always remain un inexplicable mystery , fraught with lamentable consequences to Iho welfare of Ccnlrul America. * There has been n failure of tlio rice crop in Japan and at lastnccountsfromToViostarv.i- tldii had become the cnuso of many daily deaths. Why un enlightened and progressive people llko tlio Japanese nro content to de pend so largely on a single staple for their sustenance that when that fails them they nro reduced to starvation , can only bo ex plained by bearing iu mind tbo intense con servatism c'Uarnctcristic of all Asiatic people. The men of education advance , but the masses of the population romulii in the old roads which their forefathers time out of mind have traveled before them. Yet there is al ways enough food produced each year for tbo world's needs , and in tea years to como when the means of transporting the surplus of ono country so that it may innko good the deficit of another have boon secured there will bo no famines iu Japan because the rico crop has failed or in India because the yield of wheat Is short , The problem of feeding the nations is n problem of distribution , niul Americans have done moro toward solving it than any other people. Ttogor IH St.TMUlt Gtobc-DcmiKfot. Roger Q. Mills , In assuming thai Missouri will bo a very doubtful state this yc.ir , is "sizing up" the situation pretty conectly. Mlsa ICclscy'H Meteor Kiylit.s. Ifcw I'm I : U'or&I , They nro having a hard time out in 'Wash ington , Kan , , over u meteor. It fell on Miss Kclsey's ' farm , and a hired man named Jan uary , who saw it fall , dug it out. lie thought meteors a profitable crop , bought it from Miss Kelsoy's ' njjent for $23 and sold it to the state university for &ilX ) . Miss Kclsoy was away from homo when the thing was sold , and now conies back and claims that her agent had 110 right to dispose of it. She pro poses if necessary to bring suit for it oa the ground that In Kansas meteors como properly under the general head of farm products , claiming it as her Just and duo meteor right , so to spcuk. Wild iicmnml ! ) . Clitcno" Tribune. The Farmers' ' Alliance of Nebraska de mands that our financial system nhould bo re formed by the restoration of silver to Us old- time place in the currency uud its free mid unlimited , coinage oil an oqualltv with gold , and by the increase of the money circulation until it reaches WO per capita , and that all pnpcr issues necessary to secure that amount should bo made by the government nlono and bo full legal tender for alt debts , public and private. This moans simply an overwhelming flood of paper money. The prosoiU circulation is about 31,420,000,009 , , and its proper Increase Is provided for by existing laws , Tlio circula tion aslccd for by the fanners would bo 3,0 . " , 000,000 , or nearly three times the present quantity. If the entire silver product ot the world were bought and coined by tlto United States it would take thirteen years to malm up the fTi ( ) per capita on the basis of the popu lation of today. But lhat is not what the farmers are driving at. They think that if ttiero were moro currency in the country , whether "Jlnl" or not , they would have moro ; thai If there were more there would be n bet ter demand for their crops , and thut men who ave not purchasers now would become so merely because of nu expansion of the cur rency. Such would not bo the cnsc , however , ami the farmers' condition would not bo bet tered. If Iho currency were iu excess of the legitimate demands of trade it would drop out of circulation as the silver of Franco has done. If the contomplutcu Inflation wore in Inconvertible paper , which is probably what the farmers want , silver and gokl would dis appear , The prices of tlioir products would go up , hut \Vhat they bought would bo pro portionately dearer. There would bo a seem- ng prosperity , followed ny wild speculation , and then a disastrous smash. /Vriny Oi'ilorH. Leave of absence for ono month has been granted Captain John Simpson , assistant qunrtcrmnstcr , Unltotl States army , Omaha , Neb. , with permission to iipply tnrough headquarters division of thu Missouri for an extension of ono month. Oa coinplotlon of their duties nt the Uelle- vuo rlllo range , in connection with the cavalry and department rifla competitions , the following named olllcors will proceed to Join their rospnctlvo slallons : First Lieu tenant John I'ltchcr , First cavalry , Fort Custcr , Mont. ' , First Lioulennnt Charles I ! . Tyler , Sixteenth lufimtry , Fort Iu ) Chosno , UUih ; Klrat Lieutenant Hubert W. Dowdy. Koveiitooath infantry , Fort D. A. Itussdl , AV'yo.j First Lieutenant John S. tint Philip A. HottciiH , Jr. , Ninth cavalry , Fort Kotilusoii , Nob. ; Second Lloutunnnt Jo ojh ) C. Hyron , lOluhth cavalry , l-'urt iloudo , S. I ) . ; Hocoiul LluuU'imnt Kilwurd 0. llrooks , Kluhlh ouvulry , Fort Vato * , N. 1) . ; Second Liuutuntmt JumosV , McAnclmv , Twenty-tat lufautry , t'ort Sidney , Neb. LOUSTUll Omaha's clalnii as a summer resort lese no strciiRtb in the fnco of the fact that Omulin ixjllcomeii b.ittcr down doors to arrcat wlfo , ag beat crs. Corpulency has Its uses after all. In nihll- tlon to swelling tailor bllli , a well-rounded front nets ns a species of life preserver In certain emergencies. I'lioqfcperiencQ of an inflated New Yorker alloat on the Atlantic proves him to bo one of the buoys. A hnclriiiiiii nt Council JHtiffsliiis been fliul PW. Xo matter what for , or how it ranw about. The law Is finally avenged. Kov/that wavbas been declared at Cut Off laVe , Ilio Omaha Guards should got tin.Ir ( Jailing gun , Thcro Is tallt of trouble ut Uncolii booauso one of the candidates for the logWutimi on tlio republican ticket refuses to cough up the required amount to ilefr.iy tbo oxpowo of his campaign. U Is sniil that CapUlu Hill- ingsloy ami Colonel Charley Crow sco a pip that should bo filled , niul tboy thlnlc that If tlio aspiring young man doci not como totniv , tlicn must follow ii revolution horrible and ghastly. , ( jcnernl'un Wyclt gave n parly to the young people of Nebraska Oily Thuwiiiiy evening , nml it may bo tuUon from this U.ai the ox-senator has llrcd the llrst gun of t'to campaign. DnriiiR the two days bcforo tbo nomtiinti vi for governor win ninito MacCoU's frlcndaluiil countless hundreds of silk baileesvblcli tin , v .distributed , hoaHiip the legend : " \Voiu-oall "For .lack M.icColl. " Thcso were worn bymnny of the misguided patriot-1) , and the sentiment was echoed by many newspaper * over the state. But the sentiment appears to bo clumped now , and ilio general verdict Is that they nro nil for lith - ards , but thcro h nothing of the Runic rhuio iu the proposition. People who want to pay for mid smoUa Havana cipir.svill bo delighted to hear that the Cuban manufacturers of these rare man ufactured goods huvo mloptod n label which _ will attest their genuineness and wlilcli to' counterfeit will ho rather a risky business , It is a reproduction of Iho gi-e.it seal o ( Spain , and It is predicted Unit the cabbngo market will ho glutted from this on , Hampshire has gained JtO.OOO people ia leu years according to the census report , ii'al the natives are trembling lest a new count is ordered ami the mistake discovered , ( icrononio'a squaw and papoose have Just been baptkod at Mount \ > rnon , Alabama. Gcronoino witnessed the affair painted in the highest color.s , and the parson escaped with out being sculped. Judge McKelpban cuntliu.cs iu his wild and wanton pleasantry of maKIng speeches in the Second district and Ciin nllluuco men who thought Uio war was over , are wondering if Ilurlun , whoso record us an anti-monopolist is unquestioned , would not make n much boiler congressman than Iho Hat money preacher who captured the convention by Iho uid of U.ivo IJullcr. The advice of Thomas C. I'latt of Now York to all young men to go lute politli-.s , should be carefully studied by Orlando Toft COUXTY HOSI'ITAIi FUUNMIUXGH. CommlH8loncrA Consider Bills in Coin- inittco of tie AVIiolo. At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon tlio county commissioners met and at ouca resolved themselves into a committee of the whole with Mr. O'lvceffo in the chair. The committee nieetingwos for tlio purposa of considering the bids that had boon pro- seated for furnishing thecounty hospital. The bid of N. B. Falconer fot1 furnishing window shades was read. They agreed to furnish the shades fi > r 17 cents oacli. Mr. Cbrrhnin .IKought tlio bid was low enough , and moved it ? acceptance. Mr. Berlin thought that as thcro was only ono bidder , the bid was not under Ilio head of competitive bias and should not bo accepted , and to add force to his point that ho was mak ing , remarked , "If any fool put in a bid for carpets , you would not accept it. " This captured the committee , awl the bid was rejected , but it did not stay rclcctcil , ai the motion was reconsidered. The other bids were opened , and when the committee reports it will show the following named linns n rce to furnish material to thu uconty nttho following prices : IDcwoy & Stone , iron bedsteads. 87 to &J each ; cotton felt mutrcsses , $5 each ; feather pillows , 50 cents per pound ; wooden chairs , 40 cents each. Falconer , unbleached towel ing , 7 cents per yard ; table linen , 30 cents to ? 1 per yard ; mipkins , 75 ( Mints per dozon. The majority of the members of the coin- mitteo will report to thu board and ask Hint these bids ho accepted , reserving the right to name the quality and quimtity. Mr. Berlin will turn ia a minority report , pivini ; as his reason for BO doing lhat tin * board hay no rilit ; to award a contract where but one bid has been received. J > enl li ol" 11 FiiHtcr. PAIIIS , August 8. [ Special Cablegram to Tins JJii : : . | Mine. Itourrlon , the fiisUii ; ; woman of Uourdenillos , has died from Inabil ity to digest food. She had abstained for llilvty-thmj days. Tlio Fronoh I'rois Approves. PARIS , August S. [ Special Cablegram to Tin : Uin : , ] The French press is almost unanimous in approving the agreement with Kuglaud. Tlio Slriku at LONDON , August 8. [ Special Cablegram to Tun linn. ] A dispatch from Cardllt dated midnight says the strike will probably end today , Death ol'a L'oc'u Loxi > or : , August 8 , [ Special Cnhlctnntn to TUB HUE. ] Kdwurd Dollaucrnfold , the jxjct , Is deaa. Ho was Jiorn in Vienna In 1WJ , Positively ciin-d by these V-ittli ! I > IIIs. They filflo relieve Dls- trctt from Dyspepsia , In- dljrstlunandToo llcartj Kntlng. A perfect rein- cdyfor Dlzzlncsx , Knuscu , Diwhliicsi. Had TusU la tha Moulli , Gated Tomroo , I'aln In ihoKUlo , TOHi'in l.iVKlt. They regulate tlia Uowtls. J'urely Vegetable. SMALL PILL SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE ; OMAHA LOAN- AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed and Gimantcod Capital..J.VW.010 Paid In Capital * . 3SO.W ) Buys nml HulU stocks null bonds ; noxotlntu cmmnurclul pupor ; nTclvt-.s nml uuifuu'-t triihts ; nutii U'l Irunsfor ; i tiit anil triutuo of corpor.itl'ina , taUus chur o of propi-ily , col- loU Omahaloan , &TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S E Corner 10th andDouglna Sts I'nlilln Capital J W.ioo Hiiljhorllicu unit Cliinratilrud Uupltull'V ' " _ . Uubllllyof DtoohliolilcM aw.iaO X 5 I'oi Gout Interest I'uld on Pnpmltx. K1IANKJ. JiANCJi ; C'BkliliT Onicnm ; A , II , Wymiin , iirosldunt ) J. J. llrunn , vko-iiroMliloiit. W. \Vyiiiini \ , trousuror. Directors : A. U. Wyman.J. II. Mlllunl. J. J , llrown.OuyO. liariou , B. W. NusU. 'lliomrf J , IllutuU. Uooru U. L-ku. "