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OMAHA DAO/f Etf : SATURDAY , MAY 7 , 1892-TWELVE PAGES , THE DATLY BEE K. IIGPKWATEK. ) KVKIIY MORNING. nfflCIAL PAPER OF THE CITY. TtiiMs or sniM'u tin lit life 'without bund ay ) Ono Yonr..f fO Unily mid Sunday , Otio Vi-nr . 1000 Ms Month * . 6 > TliMi-.Mi.ntlK . 2M hiiniliiy lice , Onn Vr-nr. . SfO fititnranv HOP , Onu Yonr . I"1 ite. UNO Venr. . . . . . . . . itic 01 I'lCF.S Oinnlin.Tlin llro lliiHiHm. PonlhOiitnhn , corner N iind Cfitli Htrccti Council ItlnlK 12 1'nirl ftroot. Uilcncodfllrt- 7 i Iminl'ornf Cointnoron. NRW YntU.lloniml ' , Mnnil ir > .Trlliuno llulldlng Wushlnglon , Ma rourtccnth Mroot , rOHUKH'ONl > KNPi : . All communications relating In now and editorial tunttcr should bo addressed tc Iho l.dllorl-il I > i'pirlinpnt. : l.KTTKlia Alt 1'imtiiPMli'llprii ntnl rnmlttnnres MiouM * i > fuldreved toTliollon I'MbllMiInc Company. On all ( i IlriifU , checks anil postufllcn orders to bo iniido pHynbiu lo tlio orilorof tlio cow- Jinny. 11 D Etc Punishing Company , Proprietor HWOUN STATEMENT OF CIUCUI.ATION. btntnof Nrlirnskn. ) . - County of Donglni. I . _ , OrorKO It. Tischuck. secretary of The Ilco I'nlillsiilii' ' coiiumny. does Bolutnnlv swear thnt Iho netiial clrcnlntlon of TUB DAII.V HUB for the wcok ending April M. ItU. , wus as follows - lows- Siiiidny.Aprll.2l . -M % > Momlnr , Aprils. " ! . . . . 'InesiUy. April .11 . HI'S-IL Weilnesilny. April S7 . 21. - ' Tliiirxilny , April 2.4 . 2.l.0n. | 1'rliliiy. April HI . W/ SI.S.S. i-aturduy , April : . - Avora o . B 1,5 10 ( uoitnR : ii. Txpoinicic. Sworn In before tno nnd nhsurlbod In my prcscni'o thtslUth day of April , A. ! > . . 18'f- . bK/i N. I' . I'KIU Notary Public. Clrciilulliiii lor 'Murch , B I , null. A KATnutt who would turn his 8-ycur- old child out of the house Into Uio storm for losing u rj-uont plcco deserves to bo drummed out of tlio community. A Hi'KFKUiNU public hopes tbo next mnn that lights n duel with oilbor Hor- rowe or Mllbunk will do him moro dum- than to put a bullet hole tlirough couttallH. Tin : domocratH are hedging already in their opposition to reciprocity. A inovo is being inaiio in the house for the appointment of a commission to treat with Mexico for closer tratio relations. TIIHIU : is no tariff on anthracite coal , but tbo anthracite eoul trust is the most conscienceless and exacting of all tbo combines in existence. The anti-trust law should bo rigidly enforced against the coal barons. THK people's party convention will bo in soHSion only a few days , but It will at tract a tremendous crowd of visitors. It i highly important that ample arrange ments [ or their entertainment shall be made by our cltl/.cne ) . DUIUNQ this entire month of May Omaha is ontortaininc the gentlemen who proaeh. Next wool : for three days , when the State Medical society meets , wo shall extend our hospitality to tbo gentlemen who practice. Kiciirr firms are willing to comuoto [ or tbo contract for cleaning the paved strcots of the city , which is tolerably convincing proof that tbero is money in It , notwithstanding the fact that Con tractor Squires throw up the job as un profitable. SINATOH : CAUUSLK will go into the C'hicago convention with the support of the Kentucky delegation and a brilliant record in congress. Nevertheless , Sena tor Carlisle stands no show of nomina tion and if nominated it would bo a bar becue and political picnic combined to defeat him. THIS mayor should not fill tbo position of city electrician until after the or dinance id passed defining the powers nnd duties of that ofllcial. Without passing an ordinance regulating the in spection of wires and empowering the olllcor In charge of this work to enforce the regulations , the olllco of city olnc- Iridan would bo ornamental but not useful. lis : MOINKS has just secured a starch factory that will consume twenty cat- loads of grain a day and glvo perma nent employment to a largo number of working pooplo. Omaha is as favorably BiUiv.tod in the great corn bell as Dos Muinos and she had advantages over Don Moines as a distributing center. Hero is an opportunity for enterprising capitalists to Invest tholr money profit ably. THK escape of tlio two oyo-wltnossoa to the kilting of Champion and Hay by the cattlemen of Wyoming now in cus tody at Fort D. A. Hussoll has an ugly look. The people are likely to suspect that they were permitted , if not us- HlsUul , to leave tlio country in the inter est of the acou.sed cattlemen , Governor Harbor and the local authorities should pare no olfort or expense to roeapturo llioso wltnoHsuH if they would rid thorn * Bolvos of the mistrust tholr somnwhat equivocal escape Inw naturally aroused. Tiii'.uulsa renewal of the talk about Chief Justice Fuller as a possible candidate for the presidency , and as before it is undoubtedly without his authority or approval. The latest state ment is that Fuller is the alternative of Cleveland , and with Cleveland's con cent. When a man accepts a place on the supreme bench it is presumed that ho puts away , as far as possible , all partisan fooling and aswoll all political Ambition. It is true thnt there have boon ono or two members of that tribunal who did not do this , but the rule has been that the men who at tained to the highest judicial position in the nation ceased to bo politicians in any sense. There ia no reason to bo- Hove that tills is not tbo case with Chief Justice Fuller , who did not show any marked partiality for politics before " ho" wont on the bench and whoso ox- porlonco at Washington can hardly have induced him to regard politics with greater favor. Wo bollovo no political party has ever taken u presi dential candidate from the aupromo bench , and there are obvious reasons ivhy it would bo n great uilstako for iny party to do so. TO B.VfOtf/Mf/B AMnillCAN SHIWIMI. The bill granting American registry to certain foreign built ships will un doubtedly become n law. There was no opposition to It in the houso. It received the unanimous endorsement of Iho senate committee on rommorco , and the secre tary of the navy regards It as second in importance only to the naval appropria tion bill. It is a departure which holds out the promise of a gradual restoration of American shipping under the most favorable conditions. The bill directs the secretary of the treasury to grant registers , ns vessels of the United Sfitcs , to such foreign built steamships engaged in freight and pas senger business and sailing In an estab lished line from n port of the United States as are of a tonnage of not less than 8.000 tons nnd capable of a speed of not loss than twenty knots per hour , of which not less than 00 per cent of the shares of the capital of tlio foreign nssociation owning them was owned January 1 , 18)0 ! ) , and has continued to bo owned until tbo passage of the act , by cltlxons o ( tbo United Hlalos , provided that such American owners shall , subse quent to the date of the law , have built or have contracted to build. In American shipyards , steamships of nn aggregate tonnage of not less in amount than that of Iho steamships so admitted to registry. At present only two steamships , the City of Purl * and the City of Now York of the Inmnn line , would bo entitled to registry , but tbo Inman company , which is controlled by American capital , pro poses to build oilier steamships equal or superior lothcso in American shipyards , and it desires to have nil these ships have an American registry and sail under the American Hag. As explained by the author of the measure , its object is to permit an experiment which tlio Inman line is willing to undertake , and which if successful will h.ivo a decisive effect upon tjio ability of our ship builders to face foreign competition. The Inman company believes It is possi ble for American ingenuity and Amcrl- ca" ! ! skill to outstrip any competition in the world , and it is willing to risk its capital upon the experiment. Any practical step toward restoring the merchant marine of the country IB to bo welcomed , and this measure at least contains tbo promise of such a ro- suit. It is a humiliating fact that the United fatatcs lias less than 15 per cent of the carrying trade of the world , nnd the amount paid annually to foreign ships for transatlantic freight and passage it from SloO.000,000 to § 200,000.- 000 , nearly the whole of which goes to the enrichment of foreign ship owners and ship builders. It is certainly time that an olTort was made to change this and to recover tlio place in the world's carrying trade which the United States lost as ono of the consequences of tbo civil war. Tlio propoae'd law is a com mendable stop in this direction. Till : Tlio duty of the city comptroller as defined - fined by law is "to examine in detail all claims , bills and accounts against tbo city and if found correct to audit tbo same , subject to the approval of the mayor and city council ; and upon an- proving any such claim , bill or account , and lite same liciny approval by ( lie uj ] > ro- prinlc cumiiiiltce of the council , the comp troller shall include such claim , bill or account in tbo next appropriation , " etc. It will bo observed that tlio direct responsibility for the insertion of the Squires claim in the appropriation ordinance is by law placed upon Comp troller Olson. His explanation that Councilman .lacobson , chairman of the committee on finance , approved the bill is not satisfactory , especially as that councilman assorts that ho never author- i/.od or requested the comptroller to in sert the item in tlio appropriation ordi nance. The very fact that the Squires claim has bcon before the council for eighteen months and has repeatedly boon vetoed and hold to bo exorbitant should have made tlio comptroller follow its course carefully. Mr. Olson was a member of the council which wrestled with this claim for a year. Ho know oxacUy what controversy had occurred ever it last year and cannot plead Ignorance. In fact , until Mr. Olson shows the con trary to bo true , the council , the mayor and the public have a right to hold him responsible for the error , whether it ho ono of omission or of commission. T/7B JVBU * CUIKKSK KXUhVSlON LAW , There being a question as to the date of expiration of former legislation ex cluding Chlncso from the United States , the president ho promptly approved the now act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons intothiscountry. This law is not BO severe as the bill which passed the house , but it is aufllclontly drastic , it is to bo presumed , to satisfy all but the most radical and unreasonable - able oxcluslonists. The former legisla tion Is continued for ton years with several Important additions. One of tlioso requires all Chinese laborers in tlio United Stales , who are entitled to remain here , to take out cortiteuton ( of residence within ono year after tlio pas- sairo of tlio act. Tlioso they can procure by application to the collector of Inter nal revenue of their respective districts , and any Chinese laborer who fails to comply with the provision is to bo de ported to China unless ho can show by the testimony of ono credible wnilo wit ness that ho was not a resident of the United States at the time of the passage of the act , or from unavoidable cause was unable to procure a certificate. Gorging a certificate or falsely person ating an owner of a certificate is punish able by severe penalties. The law takes away the right of any Chlncso person to bo admitted to ball under writ of habeas corpus when such person Is seeking to land in the United States. Certificates of residence are to bo issued without charge to the applicant It is to no purpose now to discuss this legislation , but it is still In order to con sider what may bo Its possible olToct up on our commercial and other relations with China. Whllo this quo&tlon waa being discussed in the liouso the Chlnoso minister at Washington plainly intimated that whllo his government had tolerated what it regarded as a violation of treaty obligations in the purl of the United States in the policy adopted towards the Chlnoso , any enlargement - largomont of that policy which would Increase Its soTcrlty might bo resented. The now law has done this , and It re mains to bo seen whether the Chlnoso govormont will continue tolerant or adopt a course of retaliation which might bo disastrous lo American in terests In China and compel Americans to got out of that empire. It is not to bo doubted that Europeans who are anxious to secure the trade of this coun try with China will spare no effort to induce Iho Chinese government to adopt a policy of retaliation , and If It should take siicha course it would undoubtedly ( bo carried to Iho extreme limit. There Is another matter that may bo unfavorably affected by this Irglslation. In his last annual message 1'rcsldont Harrison said ho regarded it as desira ble that the Chinese exhibit at the Col umbian exposition bo facilitated in every proper way. Can it reasonably bo ex pected that the government of that country or Its merchants will bo dis posed to mnko an exhibit after wo have declared by law that the people of China are not entitled to the same considera tion which wo accord to people of every other n.ition ? What interest can they have in helping to make attractive the enterprise of a country whoso legislation is hostile to them and visits upon their countrymen exceptional indignity and hardship ? The Chlnoso are proverbially forbearing. They are not a rash or 1m- pulsivo pcoplo. But they nro not de void of a sense of self-respect , and It is quite possible they may uiuko this man ifest in response to tlio now exclusion law. IN POINTING out the unbusinesslike manner in which promiscuous appro priations are voted under prevailing methods , THK HICK oitod the recent ap propriation of $7,000 out of the general fund as part payment for the lot pur chased by the library board adjacent to the Heed site. Wo find , however , that Iho amount actually paid was $0,000 and that the warrunt was drawn on the library fund to pay an equal amount ad vanced by members of the board toward the purchase of the lot. The excess over S0,000 roprobonted expenditures for books and incidental expenses. From n strictly legal standpoint the borrowing of $0,000 by the board was unauthorized. That body had no authority to incur any liability for the city in excess of the funds actually in the treasury at its disposal. It is even doubtful whether a strict construction of the law would warrant the board or the council in expending any part of the proceeds from taxes levied for tbo main tenance of the public library for the purchase of lots. In justice to the board and council wo cheerfully correct the statement made in our lust issue concerning - corning the appropriation for the library board. OUK esteemed temporary contempor ary , the Daily Clirixtiun Advocate , finds it very Difficult to got out on timo. The F < tke Factory job ofllco is so limited in facilities us greatly to embarrass the good Dr. Stowo , whose weight of trou bles with printers , pressmen and pro prietors is sorely trying his temper and patience. Ho appealed yesterday to the conference to relieve the pressure. That body was obdurate , however , and suggested that if ho had contracted with a metropolitan establishment in stead of a provincial concern there would bo no dilllculty. To the doctor's remark that it was almost impossible to got paper for a full edition , some brother who had scon several ca > - loads of news print in the basement of Tun BKK ollico retorted tartly that" Omaha , had facili ties sufllciont to publish 100,000 copies ot the .AZi'Oc te dally if necessary. Tlio doctor was instructed to keep right on at his newspaper knitting. Mil. CATCIIINQS of Mississippi is a democrat , of course , but his estimate of Bill Ilolmati was quito exact when ho remarked that the gentleman from In diana opposed every measure which is a stop toward the advancement of the country. Tiimmiiny Itiuiiemliiirit the Faithful. St. I'ttiil Ulolie. Paul Dana , the son of the erratic editor of the Now York Sun , has boon prnsontoii by Tammany with a nark commlsslonorshin worth ? T,000 n yoar. As Keillor Dana is neither a republican nor a doinocrat , Ibis may bo considered a concession lo ttio mug wump element by Iho Tammany bravos. Tlio Ciiiisn of O The Denver Republican says thnt the op position of the Colorado senators tn Harrison Is duo to the fact that ho "refused lo ninno certain objectionable appointments whioh were utroiiRly urgeil by thorn. " A similar explanation applies , Dy the way , to all of the anti-Harrison sentiment In the republican party. _ _ Ami Save l''iiuor l J xpenxoii. Keie Yurli Tribune. 'Colonel Wntturaon soys it would bo folly for the democrats lo nominate Cleveland. It would , colonel , It would , and the sumo rn- marlc applies to any horse , ilarlt or light , that may comn before the tlomocratlu national con vention. Why not , ition , abandon the Uoa of holding u convention unu move lo muUo Iho republican nominations unanimous ? Thu J'nni Kooil Hill. ft'cw Unuhiiiil lliiiiieslenil. The Padducic nuro food bill nuns at not'j- Inp In the world except Ibo requirement lhat , so far as the national government may have Jurisdiction ever the distribution of food and drug products , they must bo branded ana sold for oxaotly what they aro. No one Is oppoiliiR It who Joes not doslro lo cheat the consuming public by soiling an Inferior artlolo of some Ulnd branded as a hotter article , and eottluic the price for the poorer article charged and paid for tlio bat ter article. An unholy alllanoo of tlioso who oppose the bill on this ground U waning most unscrupulous warfare against It. Two Views of Now York's I.e-lnli ( > turu. Kew Yuilt Sun ( D. II , II , ) . The itulo legislature of 189-J-tho flfet dem ocratic one In both branches In many years- has adjourned of tor a regular session of busi nesslike brevity and great practical utility , and after a special session wharoln that long- deferred act ot Justice and enfranchisement , a fair apportionment , was secured for the voters. ( Mai'fcjwMMii ) ( (0. ( 0. ) . The democratic managers In Now York state lose no chunco to challenge every hon est and aviif-respeullng voter In tbo state to vote ugalust them. Tammany has an nounced , by the aid of Governor Flower , who shows himself the tiger's most , obedient servant , tb t It intends to count the vote in Now York City to suit Itself next faiL This Is what the Farqu- bar election lnspo lbr& bill , which the gov ernor signed the othorliay , moans , and this is n warning to tflo jjtato outsUto of Now York City to pllo up as lorpo a vote agalmt Tammany as possiblo. s The overturn in the Troy public schools..another ! object lesson which will mnito republican votoi. Old nnd competent toaclicrHjhaJo boon turned out by the wholesale to bnttka room for nilhoronts and relatives of ailrJorwits of Hess Murphy. So far ai they p&s'sijbly can the loaders in ' power In Iho dotnoUTAti'b party in New York nro making domderntlo rule synomymous with bail governniAiii Mid polltlnnl demorali zation. This Is n lia the whole party must carry. It Is llkelyniokbo a Jcrushlng ono In Now York and mavltJtJinoro than Iho party as a'wholo canstajjjorijinder. Ioe IlryiinT lijeet to Ilia Illch ? Xew'orl < Sun. Hon. William Jennings Uryan , who repre sents the First Nobraslta district In the Fifty-second congress , In u speech delivered bcforo a montltip of democrats and farmers alliance men at Uraftoiii W. Vft. , the other day , brought forward that undent nnd In effectual 5chomo of taxation , the Income tax , For some reason an Income tax seems lo have n prcat attraction for n ijront many democratic congressmen. Mr. Bryan's schema is for "a graded Income tax bearing heaviest on Iho rich. " Most of the Income tax men seem to long to punish the rich. But what have the rich done ? What has lion. William .Tannings Uryan got against the rich , anyway } In a country of equality why should not taxation bo equal I U wealth to bo discouraged ns If It were arson or liousabroaklng ) We porsutno , that Hon. \VilllamJennlngs Bryan has no objection to wealth If It bo his own , or any conscientious scruples URnlnata large income. Why will ho not glvo the wealthy a chuncui Why shouldn't a rich man have the same rlgtils us a poor man as lorg as ho bohnvos himself I OTIIKK l..t.\lt > Z7/.I.V OUItS. English and Scotch liberals accept homo rule to u considerable extent ns a party shib boleth without any especial enthusiasm for It. It Is something lo which Mr. Gladstone U committed , and they follow him. A care fully considered measure , not lee radical or lee wide-reaching tn its scope , which re ceived ibo united support of the Irish loaders , would bo accepted by Ihom , but It is doubtful If a bill which the Irishman should quarrel ever would got enough of their votes to pass it. It Is by no means a wild prophecy , therefore , which the union ists muko , that Irish homo rule will bn pivon the go by In the noxl Parliament even If Mr. Gladstone does have n majority. II does not require much foresight to predict that Mr. Gladstone will not risk defeat on such n moasuro. and will not be likely to press it to passago. if introduced , unless he Is sure of his majority. Homo rule is by no moans Iho only liberal issuo. Tboro uro other questions of almost equal Importance , some of which , like Iho "ono man ono volo" reform , lulorosl nil the kingdom , white others moro Intimately concern England , Thcro is ample opportu nity for several busy unU highly useful ses sions of Parllumcn undar Mr. Gladstone as prlmo minister without 'touching the ques tion of Irish home rule nt all. Mr. Gladstone is pledged to homo rule , believes in It and looks upon Its accomplishment as the lilting oadlo his long caruor. Bui If Irishmen and loaders put obslaclos In his way , and by their quatrottng and manoeuvoring for personal advantage disgust his English followers and malto thorn quojtionlits expediency , he is not to bo blamed if ho abandons It , tempo rarily at least. * The application of universal suffrage to Belgium will bo watched with intense Ininr- est on the continent , of Europe , for two reasons : First , because -tho Belgian oper atives and miners nro moro largely leavened with socialism than is the proletariat in anv other European country ; and secondly , bo- causa iho government would bounabio in the last resort to employ forcible moans of re pression , owing to the extreme mcagarncss and weakness of the regular army. It Is a recognition of the peculiar conditions under which Uio experiment will bo made thnt mia oausod the conservative ministers lo insist upon coupling with the concession of man hood suffrage iho adoption of the Swiss in stitution known as the referendum. Un willing to expose the sovereign to odium by attempting to check radical legislation through thn arbitrary Interposition of a vote , they have resolved to glvo him the right of referring suspected or obnoxious laws to the Judgment of the pooplo. That is to say , the whola body of electors will bo Invited to decide by ballots inscribed "Yes" or ' 'No" whether a particular mcas- uro shall bo vetoed. This right , like all tbo ether functions of royalty In Belgium , Mill of course bo oxorclsod on the iidvlco of the re sponsible minister. ? . It is by tno referendum that the Belgium conservatives none to safe guard Iho slate against the assaults of social ism. But there Is no doubt that the ministers - tors will forthwith press through the cham ber the adoption of the Swiss method of re- forrlng laws to the vote of Iho whole pooplo. * w Tlio famine stricken region of Russia Is situated In the heart of the Russian empire , includes twenty provinces , nnd covers nn area moro than ton times the size of Penn sylvania. It has In tlio past boon ono of the most fertile and productive agricultural re gions In Russia. Of tbo 30,000,000 people In habiting ibis district nearly half have boon made destitute by the failure of Iho crops. As Is usual In. such widespread calamities , the famine aid not roiult from the failure of ono harvest only. Tboro have boon for sev eral years gradually Increasing evidences of a diminishing- yield , The season of 1SSO pro duced the last full barvcst. The famlno re gion yielded in that year about 64)OOUOUO buslicU of trraln. From that year the yield grow smaller , until In 1891 the product was only half the yield of 18SD. Six years ago the region affected Dy too famlno produced 51.87 per cent of the total agricultural products of iho llfty governments of Russia , whllo last year it produced only li'J. ' 17 per cont. The primary causa of tno famlno was a severe drought. The fall of snow during the winter of 1800-91 was unusually light'and ' afforded but little moisture lo Iho soil , and loft the rivers with out their annual spr\pp"overllow. \ Then for tlvo months not a drop of rain foil , while a burning sun scorctioj and withered what little vegetation survived. One calamity followed another. Millions of Siberian rats iiivadod the stricken region and clouds of in sects hovered ever It , ' 'devouring every green thing , The primitive mqthods of agriculture contributed , also , tOatu uravato the natural causes. Tbo frail-wooden plows , still largely In use -'HilsSIa , and which pene trate only a few inclio } below the surface , offered no protection ! ' ) the planted seed. * Tbo Egyptian army of today Is nine yours old , and Its lighting strength is lu'.OUJ the largest portion being engaged In guarding the southern frontier. Tnat It U effective has been proven oa several occasions ; but It has also been admitted that when the Egyp tian soldier has won In tl bt it has bouu be cause hU British ofllcora would not lot him lose. All competent authorities are agreed In saying thai Iho Egyptian army Is a pyra mid rusting on its apex , that apex being Its British otiloors. They have created U , they alone can liooo U ; anil if their authority or personality should bo removed , or oven woaUonod , the army would become practi cally worthiest wltnlu lx mouths. Thcro It only ono quarter from which Egypt Is at present threatened , and nealnst which the British-backed army alone stands guard ; nnd that Is the Soudan. Thrco fifths of the Inhabitants of the Soudnn have been destroyed since 1SS ) by disease , famlno and war , anil the tribes are torn by Internal dissensions. The roconquost of that country now woulJ bo comparatively oaiy ; nnd It would ultimately be of great value ami assist ance to all the other European interests In Africa. There Is sllll n sum of 81,500,000 In Iho Egyptian Irofisury , awaiting the consent of the French government to ba spaat In In. creasing the Egyntlaa army. The French at prorent obstruct this movement ami everything clso , for obstruction's sake. If they should withdraw tholr factions opposi tion n stop could bo tnkon toward securing the national Integrity of Egypt , nnd soon no uioro expenditure would bo needed for antislavery - slavery work on the Hod son. * A Berlin correspondent gives what ho cie- claros to ba the Inside history of the recent muddle and crisis ever the education bill. Ho says : "In Prussia the aollon of the crown Is much more direct than In England. The ministers bringing n bill Into a parliament obtain the preliminary sanction of Iho sovereign eign , ami this wns done in the case of Ibo education bill. The emperor gave a prelimi nary sanction because ho agreed wllli Iho fundamental principle , but had no Intention of committing himself to the details , whlcly ho wished to bo so modified ns to ob tain a considerable majority In the Chambers. Count von Zedlltz , whoso sympathies were with the extreme party , disregarded iho omporor's wishes am1 sought to push the bill thiongh In Its mostunaccopt- able form. Count Caprlvl , probably from a sentiment of loyalty toward hi colleague , but without any instructions from iho em peror , committed hlmsulf up lo lha hilt and gave it lo bo understood that the government would insist upon having the bill passed. This declaration Induced the emperor to examine amino the whole matter very carefully , ana ns soon ns ho learned that the nuasuro was opposed from so many quarters ho told his ministers frankly that ho cuuld not glvo it his assent. " This version absolves the em peror ol nearly all responsibility , and doubtless - loss will have the seal of court approval. , r.t KS or rTiK JUKKIIS. Hnohcstor Post : Many n fierce mustache guts n combing down. Untvostnn Nans : Man Is first in high spirits nnd then In the gutter. Chicago Times : The moro trials there are In a lawyer's llfo tlio fewer Ins tilhnlullims , Dundee Courier : "This now soap. " said the harbor , "Is vuiy nlcn. It is iiiudo largely of ( . ream , with just : i ( lush of alcohol In It. " "Well , remember I'm u lemuorancu 111:111 : , " re- tuinud Dobbuis , "anil don't put any mure of It in inv mouth than you canliulu. Smith , tjray & Co..s Monthly : .lack How much slmnlorn woman's costume Is than n in an's I Kate I don't ULTOO with you. .luck Vut It's true that to Do dressed to kill n inuii puts on clothe- , and a woman puts Ilium off. Which Is the cantor ? OM : Acco.Mvi.isiiMr.NT. Aeitf Yoili Iltnihl , She doesn't know a bit of lo le Just a silly girl Is she , lint In ull our disputations She Is far too much for tno. She oan't maUn a plu or biscuit , Cannot muUu a cup of tea , Cannot luaKo n thliu that's useful , lUit she makes a fool of mo ! Now York Tribune : An Irishman who had lately arrived In this country found a round bit of tin Htamucd with tho. name of n big browory. A policeman , whom ho consulted about it , told him for a JoUo that It WHS a live cent piece. So 1'nt wont Into a saloon nnd milled for : i beer. Ilodrank It and shoved Iho ploco of tin across the bar. Tlio barkeeper pushed It hack and said : "Why , man , that's tin ! " And 1'ut replied : "Kulth and is It tin ? I thought it wor live : have n glass yourself thin. " _ Detroit Krco Press : MoWntty There Is somethln : very bo.iutlfnl .about American paper monoy. Mineial Vos : the bounty Increases In pro portion to till ] h.imlsumonussoC Uiu Iliuire. Modern Society : Husband What sort of n. dress was that Mr * . .Snooper woio tonight ? Wife Dumitruln. Husband Thut'Hprnulsuly wb.it Twonilow said when ho trod on It. How on earth did ho know Its naiuo ? Oil City Derrick : A petrlllod ham hns boon found In an Indiana Hold. This Is thn Hist sup ply of material for World's fair s imlwluhes. Klmlrn CJu/ettc : The understudy doesn't noecsvirlly love the prlnm donna because she Is always ready to tulie her part. Philadelphia Times : Itotwoon politics and the national game tills uromlscs to bo u great year for parties and balls. XTKXI I'O HOllUDY. Courier. Whin Ol , In love wld Norn , aakln' The bashful way of flndln' out Ef In her heart there did awaken A love that smothered all mo doubt. Axed her of she loved tlila or that ono Pat , Toddy , Jam If. Molko or Joe , The two O'Shancs the thin or fat ono And Ivory tolmo she answered "No ! " It made mo Jlst a llttlo bowlder. An' hope rovolvln" bu thu same , Ol ink hurl It Ho hand and towld her Heisllf c'u'dshpako bur sh will ohuart's name. Wld glance at mo most tantalol/ln1 "It's just nobody. Con , " hlio said , An' Hhtarllud bov her sp.iuho snrprolsin' A shtart unto the deere Ol made. ' Whist , Con. " says she , a heck'nln' to mo , "Don't ho in such a Jiffy , mini ; To wud nobo'ly wouldn't dn me , An' so Ol'vo lilt upon this plan OI'll take the man that's nearest to It" IIoroyosHlirlin wld wllchory "An' thai , us Norah's heiirt BIOS thro it , Is jlst yorsllt , } e glipnliuun , yol" KASHAS CHOI' UOXUtTIOSa. Fnvornlilo Ilujiort from the Hoard of AR- rleulturo. Toi'Ria , Kan. , May 0. In his monthly crop report , Secretary Mohler of the Stale Board of Agriculture says that the conditions nro encouraging , notwithstanding the fact thai tbo weather has boon unfavorable tn the prosecution of farm work. The soil , says the report , is in excellent condition for rapid growth , when warm weather comes. The cold , rainy went her has greatly delayed planting and will causa Into crops. Tno condition 'of winter wheat hns Im proved from 8.1 to SS per cont. The acrougo sown to spring wheat wns incruusod . ' 10 per cent , with u total ucieago of 1117-ltH ) ncios , The condition of the crop Is 'JJ per cont. The acreage hewn to oats is Iho same ns lust year with comllllons good. Corn planting has boon delayed HO thnt only about ! ' > pur cent of the crop has been put in. _ Mob ( ! li HliiK Two MimlerorH. Minw.KTo.v , Ky. , May 0. Jim Ford , a prominent farmer , was murdered in the rend by two negroes with whom ho bad a dim- culty. A posse Is scouring the country for the hocroos , nnd If they are caught they will bo lynched. After dinner , it you have dis comfort nut ! Buf fering. Uiko Dr. 1'icrces Pleasant 1'ellutfl , or Anil- Bilious Granules. They're made to assUt Natuio In her own way quietly ' but thor- ouglily , What thn -fashioned pill did forcibly , UJCM ) do mildly nnd gently. They do moro , too , Their olfeota uro lasting j they reyulutc the HVbtoin , Q.S well as dc'unso nnd renovate it One lltilo J'ollet's n ccntla laxative ; throe to four n''t ' us ( i cathartic. Tlmy'ru clicawtt , the easiest to take. Unwiuiilal OR a Liver 1'ill. Sick Iluudacho , Ililious Head ache , Constipation , Indigestion , Dillons At tacks , and till dcrnngemanU of thu stomach nnd Ixmulu , are promptly rollovixl and per manently cnrtd. I'nt up in Ecnled vials n pcrfact v < * t- | x > i'kvt roinody , always fresh and reliable. They're tlio cheupti > t pill you can l uy , Lo- cause they're guaranteed to y i > e Latisf action , or your money U returned. You only pay for the yood you get. Can you auk uioro I I\V\T i AftTP I\T Tttn nt i iti'n DiNAMITIi IN THE RAMIiS It Onuses nn Explosion nt Trenton , Out. , and Does Much Damage. BIG NEW YORK SLAUGHTER HOUSE BURNED Tl o Hundred Cnttln Turnril l.onso In tlio .Strcots nnil Mnny People Xnrro ly l > n po liciiic Trampled to Dentil \Vli.irN Destroyed , Tims-To.v , Ont. , May 0. A lire broke out In King Maydeo's clovator and dock. Tlio HAIUOS Bprcnd rapidly. Among the stores In Uio burned block were those of K. M. Mownt , hardware , and trio ( . .root Northwestern tele graph onioc. In Uio mld t of the lira n terrl- blo explosion , supposed to have boon caused by dynamite , occurred In Mowal's hardwai-o shed. TUo shock was so great that most of tlio pinto glass windows in iho town and all the window * near the llro were broUun. The loss is estimated nt between ? MIK)0 ) ntul f II- ) IXW. Nearly nil of the burned property was In sured. A number of persons \vcro Injured by Hying dourls. Illi ; SliuiRliter Iliumn Uiirncil. NKW Yonis , May 0. Early this morning n llro started in tlio Immense slaughter hoiiso of Swartz , Child & Sulzburgor , wholosnlo butchers , Forty-fifth street ntid East river. The building contained largo quantities of inlliiininablo matter uiul was soon a mass of llamos. From there the llamos spread to the pier nt the foot of i-'orty-fltth street ana ttionca along thovhnrf to Forty-seventh street. Vessels nn- ctiorcii nonr the docks were hurriedly towed out into the stronm. During tno llro fiOO head of cattle in adjoining sliods were tutnod loose nnd went tearing through the streets. In the panic there were many nar row escapes from bolus trnmplod to death by Iho lufurlntod miltnnls. The loss to the building , contouts nnd wharf is estimated at T1IK Two London Oli-lt Mori , Ill-nth lit nn Un known Man'M IliiniU. LONIIOX , May 0. On April 11 ! a report was circulated in South London that two young girls had boon potsotiod nt n house tn Stam ford street , Waterloo road , Lambeth. The pollco were communicated with , nnd n police constable wont to the homo where ho found n girl , Allco Marsh , aged 21 years , lying In the PUSMIUO In her night dross. She vuis ap parently in n dying state , ssUlTcrlng from the effects of poison. In another part of the house the pollco discovered another young girl , fullv dressed , Kmnia Schrivell. She nlso appeared to hnvo been poisoned. The girls were taken to St. Tliomai' hospital but the Marsh girl died on the way In n cab. The other girl died in great agony a short time after being ndii ittod to the liospitnl. At the coroner's imiucst held the next day the Doll co constable , who had found the glrh , lostiflod that Kmmu tichrivolt had told him on the way to the hospital that she and Allco Marsh had met n man Known to thorn ns "Fred1' nnd that ho had given them some globules which they had sxvullowod. An annlvsis was mtulo of Uio girls' stomachs nnd at tlio coroner's imiuost today evidence was submitted showing thai strychnine In largo quantities had been administered , but by whom or for what motive is a mystor3' . The police uro using their utmost endeavors to llnd the man "Fred.11 As yet they huve found no truce of him. i > xuiniin nr TOM OVIUI.TUEJ : . The Texas StutcHinun lionises to Spit III Ilorrowo'g Mice. LoxnoN , May G. Too general public is be coming thoroughly disgusted with the actions of Horrowc , Fox , Mllbiitilc nnd others who have gained notoriety by the course they have followed sin co the revolutions of the Drayton-Borrowo scnnd.it were madn public. Considerable oxcltomont prevailed today nmong the friends of tno duelists nnd it I : predicted that fresh encounters will shortly tuko place. Uorrowe , in company with n friend , called nt the lodgings of Colonel "Toin" Ochiltroe nnd asked to see that gentleman. The .ser vant who answered the boll said that Colonel Ochiltroo was ut homo but ho declined to sue Uorrowe. The lattt'r than sent u message to the colonel stating Hint ho had heard thai ho ( Colonel Uchiltreo ) had threatened to spit in his face nnd ho had 1:01110 : to his lodgings to have him carry out that throat. The ser vant declined to carry the message and JJor- rowe lef c. It is reported that Borrowo is eager for an other encounter with Fox , who will salt for the United States in n fortnight. French Defeated in Dahomey. LOSDOX , May 0. A dispatch from Sierra Leone says a messenger reports that King Samaaou , as a plena of strategy , allowed the French to capture thrco natlvo towns and afterwards recaptured them , the French suf fering heavily. The messenger says eighty- ono French prisoners mid tbo beads of four French ofllcers are in Sanmdou's camp. Itorlln Political Cosslp. fCo/-/3/ifcil ! ) / lS.Vl j .lames (7nnu ( > i llni'l',1'- I BKUI.I.V , May 0. [ Now York Herald Cable Snecial to THIS BKI : . ] According to the latest political gossip the speedy appointment of Count Herbert Hismarck to an Important olllcial post is probable. Baron Marscalso's withdrawal from tlio ministry of foreign affairs Is nlso frcolv discussed. ItUsaltl that the member of the Russian Imporlnl fnmlty to whom Is proposed the betrothal of Princess Margaret M none other than the C7arawitch. The Idea U not now , The innlch was talked of In Iho tlino of the Into emperor , but was prevented hv the strenu ous opposition of Ktnperor Froilcrlck. Cor- tnlnly that betrothal would oxclto inibllo opinion In Franco nnd may ngnin cnuso Us abandonment. Hi'.s.sjn.tititititt.v i\ri..ti.\s. lln TrlU it Itrportrr \ \ li.it . UP KniiUji Alionl DIP Yellouxtoiid Turk stocli. Nr.w YoitK , May 0. The Mnll end Kxpron prints Iho following : Mr. Ktmoll Hnrrisor was today nbked If ho had anything losaj concerning the alleged Uiuo of stock to hi it by the Yellowstone Piirlc nssoclntlcn. Ill very promptly replied : " 1 hnvo never mhod for and was novel promised nnd hnvo nnvor received , nlthoi myself or through any friend , in nny way , shnpo or manner , nny stock in the Yellow stone Park association nnd think I hnvo rendered dorod no sorvlcoto tluinssocintlon tlmt would cntltlo mo to nny stock. The attempt of Mr. ( libdon to mnko it npponr that stock nnd bcon issued for mo In his nsjocmtion Is a nmllcloiis tilTort to lnuru ) my olmraolor and drug tun into n matter with whlcn 1 have no conneo lion. lion."Mr. "Mr. Ulbson , nctlng for the Yellowstone association , has prefurrcd charges nguinst every sccretnrv of the Interior Mnco his nsso- elation drove Huftis Hatch out of the pnrk. They hnvo always made n dotermlnod otlort to have a monopoly on ovorvthmg In the pnrli and run things as they pleased , tlioy have reRouted - Routed oniclul ( troccodhiRs by Secretary Noble and Villa * to compel them to run thc-ii business In n nmnner satlstuctory to tlip trnvollne ptiblio nnd trout every ono cour- toously. By their own witnesses II is shown that the Mock wat never issued and Mr. Kerens , In whnso nniiio the stock was written , novel hoard of iho tr.iiiKiictlon. Kvory fair minded man will ndmlt It Is unjust to hold mo re sponslblo for wlmt others arc doing , wholly without my knowledge nnd consent. Then was no favoritism sliown the Ycllowstom PnrK nssociation. The leases they socuroc for the erection of some now hotels for tin accommodation of the traveling public were the most favorable to the government of nnj over mado. Secretary Noble , In his usual methodical manner , gavn to the Yollowstom association leases Unit contained no favors , but nro very ndvnntagooun to the traveling public. " "How do you account for the use of Mr , Kerens' nnmol" "They admit that no stock wns issued to nny ono. A cortlllcnto wns tilled in his lining for the amount. Tno suggestion was probably made bv Mr. Cilbson who lives in St. Louis , nnd either knows Mr. Korens personally ot by reputation. My wife and Mrs. Kerens are great friends , nnd I hnvo frequently visited nt their liouso In St. Louis whllo they were nt it. They could with equal propriety hnvo Illled In n certllicato lor Secretary Noble or anyone else , ns long us iho consent of the party was not obtained. " iiR lor Droiiriitlon D.iy. dm Uc ! > , 111. , May ( ! . Department Com mander llnrlan will Issue nn address tomor row to nil Gr.ind Army posts In Illinois , urg ing tnom to take unrt in Decoration day services on May 111) ) . They will bu urged not to allow ihu grave of one soldier to remain undccorntcu , nnd to enlist the clergy , \ \ Oman's ' Kellcf corps , Sous of Veterans nnd other similar organisations In the work. Commander llarlau will go to LJixon to take part In the sorviccH there. Met a Horrihlu Ilciilli. GrriiKiK , Ok ! . , May 0. Mrs. S. II. Urad- ley , wife of n prominent attorney of tun ploco , met a horrible death at the railway station. She was bidding goodbye to a friend nnd attempted lo get off tlio car whllo it was In motion. She fell under the wheels In such n manner that her head was severed from the body as cloinly ns if tbo decapita tion had boon made by nn executioner's ux. < ! olorrd Muriti > rnr.4 Kvm-iiloil. LiTii.i : Uocif , Ark. , May 0. L. I ) . Slaughter and Thonir.s Halley , negro mur- cieriirs , were executed in the county Jail nt noon. Slaughter killed his mistroos , Jcnnlo Love ; Bailey murdered .1. F. Ilacknuui , peddler , nnu threw his body into a swamp. Both hud ttiuir necks broKon. HiinilMirt I'ndiM'ldiKl , UoMi ! , May 0. King Humbert bus not yet accepted the resignation of the ministry , and is undecided what course lo pursue. STOP THIEF. Dripcpsia is Mealing the roses from many ladict * cheeks , and making many men's > ( aces blanch. \vlllnrre ttbcrnicnl , and reitnro henllu , lgor end color ; thi-1" will euro SIcU ilendncbo , acting like > a chttnn on the fttomnch , J.lver uncl ' KldnrrIMco KS c nt < a lioi , I Coiercd nlth n Test tics * n < l Sohilile Coating. New York Depot , 36 $ Canal St. fc.V. . Curuur lutii an I Djiijl.u Me and Ma Wear out my pants pretty fast , and | when we have a chance to buy a pair of them and get > ] a coat thrown in , we're go ing to doit. B.K. & Co of fer , Saturday , boys' $6 knee pant suits for $3 , just this once. Dark blue plaids , all wool , corded back , plain front , ages 4 to 14. Got up to sell at 1 Saturday ouly , $3. As there are but 75 Si of them they'll most likely be about all ' s / * sold by noon. Those men's suits at $7,50 , $8.50 , $10 and $12.50 are great drawing cards. They're worth lots more money , Saturday and Saturday only , boys' $6 knee pant suits $3 , Browning , King & Co /V * To jrlvo our . employes , their ovenlnxs. . wo . cloao . 1C 0. \ V'nr . WH Kill , ( nnildhc Mb < ! | tUiJ ; : p. in excepiHmurilarii.nl 10 | i.iu. | H VQUgldS "fit