THE OMAHA DAILY JBliE : THURSDAY , JULY 21 , 1892.
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rdltorlnlmnttor nliuuld bo nildrojicJ to Iho n l-
ItorUI Depnrtmpnl.
1IIIBINKHH I.KTTKrW.
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tddrtiiod to Thu llco 1'iilillihlnir Company , Olnnliit.
Draftn. cliockii unit ponlonico ordori to bo m d
pa > iililnto ttioonlcr of tlio company.
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HWOIl.V 8TATKMBNT OK ClllCULATION.
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til circulation uf 'IHI : IIAII.V HKK for the week
cndlnn July US. 1SW , wni nl follow :
nunday , July 10
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Tupmlajr , July 12
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Friday. July 15 .
Enturdny , July 10 Kai
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OKOHOB II. TXTHUCK.
Eworn to hcforo mo nncl nutscrlbcrt In my pros-
cnco till * ll/th dny of July , IS'JZ. N. P. mil. .
Notary Public.
A\rrnco Clrruliilliiii for Juno 3CHOa.
Or counai : Mr. Carter io an Ohio
man. Of course.
Il'Tiincity hnll olovntors delay tholr
comiiiff until the next city olootion , por-
hnjis the votes will help them In the
olovnllntr buiiness.
FltOM a conservative majority of 110
in 1880 lo a minority of forty-two in 18'J2 '
is nn indication that something has
dropped in England within six years.
THAT now olcctrio railroad in New
England wr.s probably agitated to secure
a little moro rapid delivery of mall be
tween Gray Gables and Bloomington , 111.
GiiNKiiAii WHAVKK says ho will carry
riB many stall's as the old parties. I3y
"tho old parties" wo understand that
ho refers to the prohibition party and
the woman sulTragists.
PAUT , DAN'A WHS ono of Iho reception
coinmitleo at tlio Cleveland notification
last niflit in Now York. Has tlio boy
dofiorted the old man or IB Brother Dana
Blmply plnying a game of blurry
university at Oxford , O. , which
pained quito a reputation by graduating
Ilarrlbon and Uoid , lias spoiled its record
in thoHo decaying days by conferring the
degree of LL.D. on Cal $ . Brice
Tun cv o greatest anti-ropublican edi
tors In Amork'a are Charles A. Dana of
the Fun and A. 1C. McClure of the Phil
adelphia Times. And it is noteworthy
that they both talco the situo sensible
vlow of the Homestead riot.
EVIKYHODY in tlio world Booms to
| have heard from the Engllbh 'elections
3 except Salisbury. His propensity to
j hanging on to an ofilco aflor ho lias boon
. ! told to go Ills him admirably for a career
* . in the democratic party of America.
ONIA two conservatives were elected
in Wales this year , but that poor follow
who was chased off the platform and
four miles further by the gentle , decor
ous Welsh voters Ima probably not yet
emerged from the woods to ascertain ills
futo.
TUB decision of Justice Simoom in
the United States court of appeals af-
( inning Justice Brewer's decision in tha
Omaha bridge matter was generally an
ticipated and will add one moro load to
the heavy burden of justice which the
Union Pacific is condemned at last to
boar.
CHICAGO bo enjoyed the cremation of
the poor Riilcido on the lake front Sat
urday night that the aldermen hastily
voted $75,000 Monday night to the oroc-
tlon of crematories all ever the city.
These crematories will bo used for gar
bage , but of course these aldermen
didn't know It.
\Vl5 noi'K that Wade Hamilton does
not essay any stumping for the democ
racy of South Carolina this year , lie
would probably Do chased oil the plat
form again by the alliance people as ho
was two yours ago , thus recalling some
of the thrilling Incidents of the recent
English elections.
Tun republicans of the Fifth Iowa
district have shown tlioir good judg-
inout by nominating Robert G. Cousins
of Tipton to redeem tlio district , and
also by pausing resolutions favoring a
postal telegraph controlled by the gov-
oriiinont. Tlioy ought to bo miooeaaful
on Htiuh sound principles.
WITH the thormouiotor registering
ever 100 in the shade and cases of pros
tration by heat frequently reported , it
IH the part of prudence to keep as cool
as possible. TlioBO northern democrats
who are exciting themselves iiunocos-
mirlly ever an imaginary force bill are
uimply Inviting sunstroke ,
CONCWICHS.MAN WALKKU of Massachu
setts has Investigated fully the labor
and wage otiustlon and ho limit * that real
prices to the farmer are lower now than
at any time In thirty yuars. That is to
Bay , a btidliel of wheat will today buy
moro for the farmer than over before ,
The figures are clear and the comparison
is correct.
MONDAY'S Now York World con
tained a voluhlo , six-column sketch
of Nebraska politics , sent out apparently
by some continued dyspeptic with jaun
diced ' political eyes. According to this
oml'nont authority Cleveland will curry
thu state by several thousand votes. It
is a modi grotesque alTair and was evi
dently compiled in the shade of a maple
tree with plenty of newspapers handy
and no recourse to enuh a vulgar thing
tm hustling for Information. Nebraska
Is a republican state and the repub
licans of this dtita are going to vote the
ticket this fall.
TllK I)0WS
The editor of the World'Herald has
broken out In n now spot. Ho has
taken upon himself the roloof ohnmplon
of 4ho worklngmiin by preaching the
most nbsurd doctrlrm regarding the
rights of labor and capital , and trying
to fortify his assertions under pretense
of law. Ho tolls in , in the llrst place ,
that the robber tnriff is responsible for
the labor troubles in Pennsylvania , in
the face of the fact that the workingmen -
men nt Homestead arc bitterly opposed
to free trudo or ti reduction of the tarllT.
and their testimony before the eongros-
sioiml commltteo ascribes to the reduc
tion in tnriJT on stool billets , which wns
miulo under the McKlnlcy bill , the
primary Incentive on the part of the mill-
ownorf ) to tnnko a reduction in the sonlo
of wages.
Hut the great Omaha Dogberry
doesn't mind such facts. Ho keeps
right on with his demagogy and sophis
try. Ho ventures to expound the law
and declares that "tho building of a
\voodon barricade around the Homestead
works before the workmen had shown
any disposition to bo turbulent was an
aggression , and the portholo-i in the
feiico , from which hot water , bullets or
any other destructive malarial might
bo launched certainly must bo called an
aggression , while the reduction of wages
under circumstances that did not seem
to justify n reduction was also an
aggression. "
Wo have never heard of aggression
us one of the offenses donned in any
criminal code. The preposterous as
sumption of the golf-appointed labor
champion would inspire contempt and
ridicule if it wore not for the fact that
some simplo-tnlndoJ people might take
stock In thorn. The most rabid socialist
will not contend that the building of a
board fence or a wall around a factory
Is a crime under any statute , human or
divine , or that the building of such a
fence could bo construed as an act of
defiance or hostility to labor. If the
rightH of property are recognized then
thoritrht of its owner to protect it from
destruction or trospis < ) must bo conceded.
A farmer has a right to fence his or
chard or his tnolonpatch and the la
borer his little vegetable garden and
Ills cotlngo.
The factory or mill owner has clearly
Iho right to use every reasonable precaution -
caution and safeguard to kuep out in
truders. This Is the common practice
in all countries and the most radical of
labor agitators has never demanded that
mills and fitctories should bo loft without
inclosuro and wide open for all who may
wish to enter. Portholes and loopholes
in an inclosuro are no more illegal
than a barb wire fence or a bulldog in
in the barn yard.
The only aggression of the Carnegie
mill managers was the hiring of armed
moreomuies. This act doubtless pro
voked the murderous riot and for this
act alone they mi at bo hold responsible.
It Is doubtful , however , whether the
workmen who made armed and violent
resistance to the landing of the Pinker-
tons wore within the bounds of law.
This point the courts and juries will
alone bo able to determine.
It is easy to light battles 1,200 , miles
away. It Is another thing to moot the
issue when the light is in front of your
own door. " When the Pinlcortons wore
stationed In Omaha during the "Q"
strike in 1887 , the would-be Itibor-oham-
pion , tariff-reformer , and law-oxpoumler
had nothing to say about the responsi
bility of the Mills free trade bill for the
strike of the engineers and wo did not
hear much from him about the Pinkerton -
ton cut-throats or the indictment of the
Burlington managorb for importing
them. lie did not even sutrgost that
the IJurlington road should pull down
the fences around its machine shops and
yards.
But wo are about to open a campaign
ana the Homestead strike affords an
opportunity for mountebanks to rant
about the robbing of the workingmun
for the bonollt of millionaires by the
tariff tax and the terrible conspiracies
by which labor is being enslaved by
tyrannical taskmasters. Nobody knows
bettor tliuri do these domatroguos that
the republicans are no moro responsible
for the Homestead strike than the dem
ocrats wore for the Burlington strike or
the periodic strikes in free ti-ado Eng
land , and unless the government la to
own and run all the mines , mills , factor
ies , railroads and workshops ) and every
wage worker is made an ofllce holder ,
wo shall have labor troubles from time
to time.
STATISTICS.
The annual report of the chief of the
bureau of statistics , regarding the
foreign commerce of the country , will
boar careful study , and it Is an exhibit
with which every. American citizen
ought to bo gratified. The principal
facts contained in tills report have been
published , but it will bo Interesting to
again call attention to the magnificent
showing of nearly $203,000,000 as the
balance of trade in favor of the United
States during the llscal year which
ended .Tune 30. Not only was the value
of our foreign commerce during that
year unprecedented in the history of
the country , but it has rarely happened
that thure has been such an excess of
exports over import * , and there is pre
sented in this fact a conclusive argu
ment ngaliHt the assumption of the on-
omlos of protection that In order to sell
the foreign countries wo must buy
of thorn in equal measure. The
truth is that our whole trade
experience rofutoa this idea , and
the present illustration of the ab
surdity of the assumption Is but one of
many , foreign countries will take from
us what they need under any circum
stances , and if they cannot repay in
their products they will settle the differ
ence in cash , as they have ilono many
times Perhaps in the long run the exchange -
change of products is very nearly equal ,
but the possibility of this balng so has
no inlluunco upon thu course of transactions -
actions from year to year.
The fact that our importations of
many articles from Ktiropo last year
wore less than the year before , as of tin
plates , manufactures of silk and wo.pl ,
for example , did not lesson by a single
bushel or pound our oxuorts of breadstuffs -
stuffs and moats. That was governed
solely by supply and demand and it nl.
ways will be. As to the reduced im-
perU of certain article * of foreign
manufacture , thodlfforoncoas compared
with the previous year must bo placed
to the account of the homo manufac
turers of like articles , and taking the
aggregate value of those , $109,000.000 ,
it shows a great gain for domestic hi-
dustrios. Another interesting and in
structive statement ot this report is the
increase of free imports , amounting to
nearly 592,000,000 , which Is a gain to the
consumers of the country , the larger
pnrt of 11 from free sugar. Thus under
the present tariff law a number of
American industries have boon enabled
to considerably Increase their business ,
assuming that the American people
consumed a ? much last year as the year
before , Ihoro has boon saved a largo
sum to the people from free Imports , the
foreign commerce Of the country has
grown beyond precedent , and there is
an enormous trade balance in favor of
this country. Those tire achievements
which the friends of protection certainly
need not fear to discuss.
mi : vim :
The fire loss In the United States dur
ing the first six months of 1892 was
about 31,000,000 loss than during the
same period last year , and consider
ably moro than 320,000,000 greater
than during the corresponding
period of 1800. The most important
( ires of the first half of this year wore
these of Titusville and Oil City , but
the actual financial losses occasioned
thereby were much smaller ttian might
bo supposed. The losses at Tltusvillo
aggregated 85o,000 ; { , and these at Oil
City 3753,000. Tbeso figures , of course ,
do not include the damage by the floods
which swept the cities named , and by
which serious injury to property was
inflicted.
Omaha hns boon peculiarly fortunate
in respect to fire losses during the first
half of the fiscal year. The only largo
fire during that period was that which
completely wiped out the Omaha Hard
ware company , causing a loss of $125-
000. Olhnr losses have boon small and
infrequent during the period under con
sideration , but as Iho Underwriters
association of Omaha does not keep a
record of losses , it is not easy to de
termine just what they have been.
The underwriters always count upon
largo fire losses in consequence of
Fourth of July celebrations , but this
year the patriotism of the people did
not cause any considerable conflagra
tion anywhere in the .United States.
Omaha had the greatest demonstration
in her history , and burned moro powder
than over before , and yet no fires of any
consequence resulted.
Upon the whole this appears to
bo a remarkably creed year for the fire
insurance mun , but as as an evidence
that they do not propose to bo pat oil
their guard on that account it may bo
mentioned that they are now taking a
precaution that is entirely now to tbo
insurance business. They are beginning
to look upon electric light plants as
"extra-hazardous1' in cases whore cities
have their power for electric light and
water in the same buildings. There
seems to bo a substantial reason for this
precaution , as a fire originating in the
electric light plant would naturally and
necessarily cripple the water power and
interfere with the work of extinguish
ing the ilamos. Kloctricity generally is
receiving a gro.it do il of attention from
underwriters , who have in recent years
suffered severely from fires caused by
defective electric lighting equipments
in largo mercantile establishments. The
Southeastern Tariff association has re
cently issued a revised system of rules
concerning wires for electric light and
power. These rules require an ad
ditional premium whore wires are not
t-nn f.lii'nmrli llrn-nrmif t.llltlmr. "Rllf. l.Tltn
rule has not been generally adopted and
probably will not bo until the proportion
of losses from such causes Is much larger
than it is now. The fire underwriters
of Omaha have not yet soon any neces
sity for such measures.
niSOIlGA N1KIXG H USIXKSS ,
For a quarter of a century the demo
cratic party has made war upon every
financial and economic policy on which
rested the security of the nusinoss of the
country. It has sought at every presi
dential election during that period , by
the enunciation of reactionary policies ,
to croalojllstrust and depression out of
which to extract a loason for giving it
power. Its position at this tlmo in in
harmony with its attitude in the past.
The democratic platform of 1808
sought to discredit the obligations of
the government by demanding their
payment in a depreciated curroncy.
The platform of 1870 denounced the re-
flumplion act and demanded its repeal.
It a'so ' denounced the tariff "us a
masterpiece of injustice , inequality and
false pretense. " Every platform of the
democracy since has attacked some form
of the currency and assailed the fiscal
policy of the nation , the last ono being
the most radical of any in the latter
respect. The democratic party per
sistently attacked the greenbacks when
that WIIH the only currency available for
the use of the govcrmont in p.iylng its
soldiers and supplying tlioir wants in the
field , but when the republican party
proposed to nmkoth.it currency as good
as gold the democracy made war upon
thu resumption act. It lias never
ceased to fight the national b'ltnc ' system ,
which lias given the country an entirely
safe currency , and It now proposes to
restore the system of the state bank
currency that prevailed before the
national Bystom and was a source of
infinite trouble and lmmoisur : < iblo loss
to the people.
But moro sorloua than nil this in its
volution to the financial and business in
terests of the country is the attitude-of
the democratic party regarding silver.
As shown by the course of a majority
of Its representatives in congress , the
democracy is In favor of thu free and
unlimited coinage of silver , the effect
ot which would bo to flood the Ameri
can market with the world's silver ,
compel the government to coin silver
dollars at the expense of the people for
the benefit of the bulllonulros , and bring
the currency of the nation to the slnylo
silver standard. Were the policy of
the democratic pirty as enunciated in
Its last national platform and proclaimed
by the action of its representatives in
congress carried out , the country would
hayo In a short tlmo a silver standard
and a promiscuous assortment of state
bank currency , tjqfev doll.tr of which
would to depreciated in purchasing
power and none o'f'\fhich would bo avail
able for curroncy.jl'jps beyond our own
borders , and much of it not outside of
the states in whiel/jjt wai Issued.
'
Taking this in 'connection with Iho
boldly declared llUlormlnatlon of the
democratic party { Wftvorthrow the sys
tem of protection" , , American indus
tries , soon by thn course of Us repre
sentatives In con rbjis not to bo a mean
ingless throat , nufljt is not surprising
that capital lack 'l confidence , that en
terprise hesitates'tf'nd ; that business is
loss active than it should uo. The whole
character of the demands and alms of
thn democracy tends to produce these
conditions. They uro essentially un
settling and demoralizing.
the bill for the protection
of the llvos of railroad trnlnmon which
hns been passed by the house and Is now
awaiting action by the senate , Hon. L.
S. Coflin , ox-railroad commissioner of
Iowa , says that six railro.ul men are
killed on the average every d-iy in the
year , and lh.it sixty-five moot with acci
dents every day by which they are crip
pled for life ; that not , loss than seventy
families in this country must have the
services of an undertaker or a surgeon
every day In the year , and that 25,090
faithful servants ot the railroad com
panies are killed or maimed annually.
Ho claims that at least oO per cent of
tills slaughter is preventable by the in
troduction of improved couplings , and
this is what the bill provides for. The
proposed law is undoubtedly needed and
ought to have boon enacted long ago ;
but if it will save human lifo at such a
rate as is claimed , why was the bill so
framed as to allow the railroad com
panies to defer its operation for sqyoral
years , or until they have worn out their
present appliances1 ; The cost of intro
ducing the now system of couplings and
brakes at once would , no doubt , bo con
siderable , hut would it bo sufficient to
offset such a saving of human lives and
limbs , such a diminution of distress and
poverty on the part of afillotod families ,
as is represented by the figures givonV
IN IVBUY largo city of the country
the smoke nuisance is a matter of moro
or loss public complaint. Omaha is not
exempt from it , and while we suffer
much less than many other cities the
question of abating this nuisance is still
ono of interest to tills community.
Experiments in methods of consuming
smoke have been going on for many
years , but no absolutely perfect arrange
ment for this purpose , wo believe , has
yet boon found. Great attention has
been given to this matter in Chicago ,
and it appears that the most successful
device yet employed is the Ilawloy plan
of down-draft combustion. This has
boon applied in some of the most exten
sive establishments'of that city , and ac
cording to the Tribune the results are
highly satisfactory. It cannot bo said
of Omaha as of Chicago , to quote from
the Ti-itntnc , that during six days of the
week "dense black clouds of smoke
hang like a pall ever the city , and the
stii'ky carbon specks and doliling smoky
air envelop everything in a smudge of
limmrity , " but there is enough smoke
emitted from the chimneys of Omaha to
create a nuisance , which In the interest
of cleanliness and comfort should bo
abated. The device which is being used
in Chicago successfully is commended to
*
the attention of the proprietors of
sinoko-inukiug establishments in Omaha.
MAYOR BIMIS : recommends that the
superintendent of the city hall ascertain
who is responsible for the delay in the
work of putting in the elevators ; but
further on in his communication to the
council ho states that the elevator com
pany claims that the plumber should do
certain work while the plumber con
tends that the work referred to is not
for him to do. It is said that the per
sons best acquainted witli the situation
dare not predict when the elevators
will bo put in. It appears that the cas
ings for the elevator shafts wore shipped
from the factory some weeks ago and
have been lost in transit. At the rate
the city hall work has been proceeding
it would Boom as if pretty much every
thing hud boon loat in transit. Perhaps
there will now ho a disagreement as to
who shall hunt up thu lost casings and
eventually they will probably have to
bo dug out of the enow. Meantime the
taxpayer is expected to calmly foot the
bills and wear a pleasant- expression of
countenance.
IT is unquestionably of importance to
Omaha to fiocuro the milling-in-translt
rate , and the effort to do so should
not bo abandoned. General Voa/.oy
of the interstate commerce com
mission Is reported to have said that all
the towns want that sort of an arrange
ment , but that fact does not in thu least
degree lessen the claim of Omaha to
such consideration , and it is question
able whether it outrht to have any regard
in considering1 the demand of tliln city.
y.'lio mllllng-In-trniuilt or ulovator rate
is necessary to omtbl'p ' this city lo become
a grain market , ujiil all other conditions
being favorable Iiwould bo manifestly
unjust to deny Omaha this ono essential
requirement. Thopigilntlon for the do-
Hired rate Bhoultfhb continued.
IT is a great pjoafiiro these days to
stroll through Itho shady walks and
drink from the cooling fountains In the
corridors of oul- magnificent union
dopot. A'fc '
Tin ? distance C/h&u / Gray Gables to
Tnmmiiny Hall wvj&tvory great , simply
from Bu//.urd to cwiw.
lint llio Victor U ( irrut.
( IMie-neimierat.
Gladstone's victory H > > ot as big M It
should bo , but U is lai'RO enough to Justify
the world lu atlll spo.iUlti ( , ' of him us tbo
croutest living stntcsuua.
I'ulltlcul Iliiiiiltn lu llrluiln.
CMc'iyo Jlerttld ,
The recent British olootlona have cost
? I'J.TOO,000. Every fitiitllne lias to bo no-
counted for In sworn atntoirionu. Corrup
tion oi voters hui boon rendered altnou Im
possible by tbu slrlntfonoy of tbo rofurincd
oluctlon * legislation ,
.
Tin ) ThlrH for the 1'ruslilmioy.
.V t J'oiK Sun ( /km ) . March ? JStti / ,
Thu Kin ( Ted 1'raptiot's tblrat for the prosl-
donoy , now und forever , Is unconilltlonud ,
As a candlduto ho Is a llxturo ; ho hut coinu
to stay. In the whlto house or out of the
wulto house , with tbo delegation oi his ntuto
for him or with the dolORiUton of hU slnto
against him , ho is n cmullduto , In atlnble ,
Irrepressible , schornlnp. contcmtituous of his
own orotost agninst rc-olootlon , rocnrdloss of
Iho Director tils comoloss self-soaking upon
the democratic party or of lt rolntlons to
national traditions. The crowd now shout-
Int : for Orovor OlovoUml for president wilt
shout for him In 1S93 , whether no bo then n
rc-dofeutcd ciindl'lnto ' or n ro-eleoled presi
dent. The same arguments will bo offered
for giving him a third term ; wo shall honr
thn same spccloui theory of Indlsponsnblo
need for his presence In the whlto houso. A
third lorra Is nn inseparable pnrt of the
Cleveland proitrnm.
A Vulutiblu
I'hllaiMiiMa Uilaer.
Another western trahi has been held UD ,
but not without resistance , which was Inof-
fectunh AlthoUKh the engineer and flroman
art ) always attaoUod , they uevor seem to bo
armoJ. Yol It would bo nn easy matter to
guard n loeomotlvo with steam and hot
water nlpos In such n way as lo cripple or
kill nnyona who mounted the footboard with
out permission. A stream of hot water
under pressure would bo moro affective
nealnsi train robbers than llrearms in the
hands of mon not ncctistomnd to their uso.
Stunning I'nllllcut
llocku Jfumitdln Keie .
Nnbraskn republicans and democrat- ? will
have to fuse this year acaiti if tlioy expect to
down the free silver party. Dr. Mercer , chair
man of the republican ntate committee , nnu
Dr. Uoorgo Miller of Omubn are spoken of
as republican and democratic candidates for
governor. With three tickets In the field
Iho Independents will sweep the state.
An Ovprdino of Alon
I'litladelpMa llccoul
Mr. Powdorly's letter to President Harri
son on the subject of the Invasion of the soil
of Pennsylvania by an armed force ascend
ing the Monongaiiuia river Is In his llnost
hysterical volu. Wo have known Moiioiigu-
holn to got the baiter of better mon who
have undertaken to wrestle witti U. A little
rest and soda will bring Mr. Powdorly
around all right.
A Itrlllliint Wlir Itrcord.
JlliincinwlLi Journal.
Mr. Cleveland hired a substitute and Mr.
Stevenson wont nround uruing other people
to go to war. Who said the eontlemon on
the democratic tlckot didn't huvo a war
record !
Nt-vor Wnulil liu MUspil.
.AVic I'oili Ailvaliter.
The present extravagant and whollv useless -
loss congress could limito every duv suspen
sion dev and suspend entirely without of-
fonJhig the country.
o
J''KU.M 'ItOVXIt slllUVT VS. .
Goring is to have n lumber yard , which
will Jill a long 'oit want.
M. L. Whltnkor has started the Indepen
dent at Hazard , Sherman county.
Fire at Sohuylor destroyed the storage
house of Luviston Hros. Spontaneous com
bustion.
Al UIco , a McCoolt youth who was con-
tlnoa in jail charged with burglarv , has
escaped from his cell and is still at liberty.
OuUldo parties helped him to escape.
S. Van Marten , an old and respected clti-
70n of Blue Crook , Douol county , whllo
cleaning an old well was burled by the walls
caving In. After completing his work and
when onout to ascend the quick sand com
menced running in , causing the whole well
to cave in. Neighbors proceeded lo dig him
out , but not In tlmo to save him.
The total amount o ! assessable property In
Scotts IJluff county , as found by the recent
assessment , roaches the total of $347,013 , as
against $160 , Mil last year , being a total in-
crcaso of $101,177. A largo portion of this
increase is duo to thn addition of n hundred
or two quarters of land which had been
deeded in tno meantime. A portion Is also
duo to the somewhat increased valuations
used by the assessors.
The CJosper County Citizen says : The
Nebraska Development company , acting
under the authority of the national"and state
commissioners of the Columbian World's
fair , are doing some good work for this stato.
Wo hope the company will succeed in get
ting mi exhibit of products from cvorv
county fn the stato. Ofllcors of county n ri-
cultural soiiiotios and others interested in
Iho dovelonmont and advancement of this
western countrv should t > oo that proper ef
forts , were out forth to collect and forward
In duo tlmo the best specimens of cereals
and vegetables ttiut can bo obtained.
jj//v/i.i or tn. . vi.v.s.
Dctiolt 1'reo I'ross : Tramp Madam , liavo
you got anything In the way of an old pair of
trousurs Unit your husband don't want ?
I.a ly of the llonsu You. There's u cord of
wood out there.
Is It h t o h for yon ? [ 1'uneral notlco
lierouftor. ]
Minneapolis Tlmos : Franco H aifaln in
volved lu H war with Dahomey , whoso armv Is
composed of Ama/onslod by n sort of Mrs.
Lease emd lu u delimit o.xprunslou and an
apron , \\opredlut Unit Franca will bo sorry
she did It.
Funny Folks : She ( to Cousin George , who
has Just rotiirnod from the tropics ) O Uoor.'p ,
dour , how kind of you to brlim mo this duar
little monkey ! How thoughtful you uro I
Hut but It Is jusillko you.
I'htladolphla Hocnnl : "If ono of the blind
orchostrii warn to olTor you his note 'payable
onulKht. ' " a local musicdoalcr was askud ro-
ucutly. "would you accept It ? " "Uortalnly , "
tvnti the reply : "ho nuvor foreots his notes ,
und always makes them good. "
Slftln's : "I'ut on Homo moro clothes ,
Mainly ! " shrloUod the oldi-rly aunt at the
waturlii ! ; place , "folks will sue you , " she
udilud , horror "truck.
"Aunt Julia , " replied Amanda , as she wont
out uniiiii'j the wavtM with all tint trutitful
lnm < cmico of u Tutas statesman , "what uro wo
hnrn for ? "
( iiiovi.it'H HIIIIAIMAT : : [ , .
"Now , Adlul , whun wi'ru notified of course
'twill ho uollto
To act surprised n little bit , and tickled out of
si-lit ;
llutwhuiilt coiiioi to real news neil , that
will ail ho kept
Until the upend ! lit which wo lot thorn know
that wo accept.
Winhlnzton'Htar : "Say. Kill , " said the
trump to his partner.
"What ? "
"Thoy's a 11 y on yor nose , "
"I Know It.1
"Why don't yor brush lloff ? "
"Cos I think the wlndM goln' to wava this
wood In a mluuli ; . Wot's tlui USD of oxortlu'
yorsolf useless ? "
KTOIIM counts.
If yon an artist wniu. " she said ,
"And wished to p.'ilnt a vluw
Oturiiml old oou.iii lu a Htnrin.
" 1'ray , what would bo the huu ? "
"I'd paint thu WHVIM a HHU ; the wind
I'd make It hluo for fun ;
Hut wait until the storm was u'or ,
And than I'd paint It dun. "
Iliiltlmoro Amur-Hun : Hdlson has imtonUid
I5DO liivuntloilH , but ho has Ionian ill thu HIIIII-
iiuir lly us vainly UN anybody also. Uuiilus
cannot ( lo oviiry tlitiiR.
Honiorvlllo Journal : Illhol Toll mo , Tom ,
what Is the dllloronco butwoun a politician
and a ht.itusmani'
Tom A Htatusnmii. mv ilunr , Is the oiindl-
diilu who 'UU tluiolt'ollou ; u politician U the
uamlldaluvhouou llckml ,
A 1HII' D.ll' .
Sniiieivlll' Journal ,
At dawn thu air Is tmft and Nttll ,
Without n rooting hnmth ;
Thu fiillitiu , ovou on Iho hill ,
in motlimiuHs as du.tth ,
Thu dun Vilnius up , a xluwlng hall ,
ThiouKh a ihh'k HCTOUII of mist ;
Aliundy Its llun'o r.iys appul ,
Hod us an amuthyit.
A dull whlto hii/Do'orsptnaiU the sky
And dluiH thu fadi'd hluii ;
A idiiKlu wavurln ? cloud on hl h
ItulluotH the HIIII'H llurco lino.
The day wuarson , atlll mom Intunsu
Tin ho.it uroivH with the liuurn ;
Thu mUtM burn nn , till ovury HUIIHU
Hot i ay Its llaKKluu pimmx.
At nuon thn HUH uimu Homily down ;
The pavumimts , whilu with hunt ,
liavo miulo a furiiaco of thu town ,
And burn thu piu'iir'n foot.
tie thron/h the iifturnoon the sun
lu fatuful power displays ,
Till plliid-up oloudH mount one by ono
Ami Ja'xud Utthtnliu play
AloiiK thulr uiiMlu and thuudurs roll
llufmu thu tmupunt biualiNi
Thu rain bouts down and woman a soul
In mortal turror ijimkcu.
Hut noon thu frosliuiilnx rain In done ,
TluiolumU uruHwupt away ,
And twlnkllnir Hlnrn mart into by ono
TodouK thu dying day.
Thou uiich man xltn butoru hU duor
And Hiiyn mil" hit wild :
"I uuvur full thu huat bufoiii
bo much lu all my llol" (
vrATTIK.
"Douglas county will nnmo the next re
publican uomlnoo for governor , and ho must
bo n man of stAte reputation , " said n well
known politician from the southern part of
the stato. "ThH It the sentiment of almost
the entire state as I find It , " ho continued.
" 1 inol a party of gentlemen the other day
who wore discussing the situation , and ono
of thorn remarked : 'If Douglas county comes
down to Lincoln August 4 without having
decided on a man to nut forward for the
governorship , I believe the state convontlop
will take a recess In order to allow the Doutr-
las delegation to withdraw and roach nn
agreement at to the most available candi
date. The situation In Omaha now Is such
that only mon will bo sent to the state con
vention who will take an interest In seeing
that the very best man is tmrnod.1 "
Charllo Hlgg , postmaster at Hoatrlco.spont
a portion of yesterday In Oniahn and re.
turned to Oago county last night. Mr. Hlgg
Is another man who sny Ihat Douglas
county should name the governor , and ho
Bays it with otnphasls ,
The Beatrice Times agrees with Tnc DHK
that "wo want n man whoso record will not
place us on the defensive , but on the con
trary bo of such a character that It will bo a
source of strength to the tlckot. The repub
lican party has no time to spend In offering
npologlos for Its candidate * this yonr. " The
Tlmos also endorses the candidacy of J. U.
Tate of Hastings for lieutenant governor ,
Walt Sooly , who Is "manipulating" In
northwestern Nebraska , still assorts that
Majors Is dead sure of the nomination and
denies that Tom conferred with MacColl In
regard to withdrawing. Regarding the Is
suance of tha call for the state convention
Socly said there was only ono legal call pub
lished and that was tbo ono ho h.id inserted
In the Lincoln Journal. Ho said that Dr.
Mercer had nothing to do with the matter
as the central committee took it entirely out
of the hands of the chairman , but that not
withstanding this the dootor had taken It
upon himself to iutorforo and change the
call to suit himself. The truth Is that Sooly
is an unmitigated fraud whoso statements
would scarcely bo tnicon in a court of Justice
under bath. Ills attempt to change the order
of nominations shows him to bo a trickster.
A llltlo moro such work would drive hun
dreds of decent mon out of the party.
The committee nt Ivoarnoy to arrange for
the independent state convention has secured
a tent in which to hold the pothering. Evi
dently the committed expects fair weather.
It might bo advinablo , however , for the
members to consult Jay Uurrows' weather
bureau before setting up their canvas. Ac
cording to the prognostications of the Lin
coln prophet , ono of the wildest tornadoes of
the season will strike in the neighborhood of-
Kearney August 3 and it will ho advisable
for the delegates to seek the shelter of tbo
strongest building In the town or else hold
their meeting In a cyclone collar.
tlow wo would enjoy a picture of the angelic -
golic , smilliip countenance of our Toboy Cas
tor as ho stood in Madison Square last night
and told Grover how much ho loved him and
how the eong would carry Nebraska like an
early frost this year.
"If Franks. Billings would inoculate Paul
Vandorvoort with souio of his Sure Death
hoe remedy everything would bo forgiven , "
says the Fremont 1 rlbuno.
The Hastlncs Nobrasknn believes that if
Peter Vouugors is nominated by the repub
licans for state treasurer his election is as
sured.
Kverybody who visited Lincoln two yoar.s
ago during the legislature romomoors
Surndor of Logan. He wanted to run for
congress in the Sixth district this ye.ir , but
ho has laid aside ttiat ambition and has
accoptea a ronomination for the legislature.
W. H. Thompson of Grand Island trans
acted Business nt the state house at Lincoln
yesterday. Ho stated that the democrat
most likely to bt > nominated for conirross in
his district was Moore of McCook. Mr.
Thompson stated emphatically that ho him
self would not accept the nomination. The
Hall county dolcgation , ho staled , would go
to the state convention with S. N. Wolbacb
as their candidate for governor. Ilo be
lieved that Mr. Wolbach would receive the
support of many of the northern and north
western counties of the state. Democrats in
Hall county , ho Raid , were in favor of nomi
nating a candlduto against MuIColghan and
ho also believed Iho sentiment lu his county
was strongly opposed to the idea of an en
dorsement of the electors on the people's
party ticket.
U'orlil'd I'.ilr .lion
CniCAfio , 111. , July 20. The news of the
defeat of the World's fair appropriation in
the lower branch of congress spread rapidly
through the ofllccs nt hoadijuurtors yester
day. The effect was to stairgor those who
had believed that when a final vote was taken
congrois would support the Iftlr It baa
made possible.
Director GcnorM Dnvln In roiponso to a
personal telegram from Lyman Uago , chair
man of the federal logndation cominttto , ask
) ne him to proceed Immediately to Washington -
ton to lake charge of the Interests of the exposition -
position , loft for the capital last evening.
In answer to questions concorulng the
course ho should pursue oflor arriving in
Washington the director general said : "Tho
conference commltteo will moot Thursday
and we hope to poriuado Its momburs that
the appropriation abould bo mado. Tbat is
our only houo , but I urn couilduat that it will
not fall u . " _
20 uvr XKir
I'ciriiintlon of u Uomimtiy to Mnlto Autu
mn tin Nuxrnpnpcr lilntrlhiitorK.
Cmcuio , III. , July 20. In a very short
tlmo tbo newsboy will bo out of a Job. Papers
have been tiled with the secretary of state
for the Incorporation of n company that will
undertake to distribute newspapers automat.
Ically and do away with the necessity foi
human uows purveyor * on street cats , subur
ban trains or In any locality , The Automntlu
Newspaper Distributing company of Chi-
cngo , with a capital stock of ? JK ( > ,000 , is tbo
outgrowth of a movement on foot for several
mouths past to purfaot tbo dovleo 8hto so"
euro patents , This has boon accomplished ,
and according lo the promoter * of tho" com
pany the financial backing Is ample and Its
.success assured , The next stop is to arrangiS
for the manufanturo of the machines.
The pouornl principles of the HUtomallo
machine to dtstrlbuto now.spapors Is similar
lo Iho "nicltol-ln-tho-slot" nmchluos , by
moans of which the public occasionally ro.
gales itself with perfume , cigars or chewing
gum. A penny or 2 cents , as the case maybe
bo , is dropped Into n convenient slot and a
tin IK ! I o pulled. Forthwith the purchaser Is
confronted with the pupc-r ho dcslrod , whioh
ho removes and gives way to the next pur
chaser. The newspaper distributors do not
stop nt moruly handing out to the customer
his favorite shoot. They will make cbango
when required , and it is claimed will never
make a mistake. If a customer drops 10
cents into a certain slot , or a quarter In an
other , the iiiiioiiliio will immoulatoly produce
the change. Other developments ore boiug
studied out , but for tbo present the Auto-
motto Newspaper Distributing company con
siders its Hold suQlcluutly largo.
I'lro lu n I.IIMJT Itrancli llotrl.
LONCI DitAxcn , N. . { . , July 20. Fire broke
out In the Atlantic hotel at this placo. There
wore about 150 guests in the hotel nt the
time and the small of llro and smoke caused
a pauli ) among the Inmates. They lied from
their rooms , partly dressed , carrying mucli -4
of their personal ofTocts in their arms , The
loss will roaoh 'i.000 , pirtly oavercd by In
surance. As far us known everybody os
capcd from the building and no ono was la
jurod.
I"atully Injured lu u ICiumwny ,
ST. Lfjfis , Alo. , July 20.VhIlo out
driving Charles PUnU and his flanuo , Julia
Wiloy , wore thrown from tholr buggv by n
runaway horso. Pkutz sustained 11 fracture
of the skulll , whllo Miss Wiley struck an
olcctrlc wire polo , fracturing her collar bono
and laying open her breast , exposing the
right lung. J3oth will die.
ItlSl'VltLlCAS ST.ITK
The republican electors of the state of Ne
braska uro requested to send delegates from
their several counties to moot lu convention
at thu city of Lincoln , August 4 , 1802 , at 10
o'clock a. in. , for the purpose of placing lu
nomination candidates for the following auuo
olllcos :
Governor :
I.lcutunaiit covornon
Secretary of state ;
Auditor of public accounts :
Treasurers
Supurlutondoiit of public Instruction :
Attorney general ;
Coinnilsslonorof liubllolands and buildings !
Rlcht presidential electors :
And tn transact such other business as may
come bqforo Iho con volition.
TIIU Al'I'OltTIONMKNT.
The sovor.il counties are entitled to rooro-
sout-itlou us follows , belli ; : based upon the
vote c.ist fur George II. IlastiuRs for attorney
general lu IS'H , irlvlu- ; ono dulogato-nt-lur-'o
to each county and ono for each 100 votes and
the major fraction thereof :
It Is rpcotuiuoiitlud that no jiroxii's bo uil-
iiilttrd to the convention und Hint Iho dole-
piles iiro'-unt ho iiuthorl/.ud tu cast the full
vote of tliuiluluKiitlon
S. I ) . MiiitCKlt. Clmlriuan.
WAI.T M. Siiw : : , I
U. H. IHi.Cd.MiiK , vSi'crotnrlos.
.1. 1C. SUTlliitr.ANI : > , 1
S GO.
Largest M inufuoturorj an 1 rntilloM
ofOhnlilii'lu Hit ) World.
Pants.
Non-rip-able .
Our inventory takes place soon now. Our new fall
goo ds will
co in e s o o n
now , and our
present stock
of children's
clothing must
be moved now
and hero -are
prices to do it. For 50c your choice of a fine lot of boys'
knee pants , ages 4 to H with extra patch thrown in. You
might tear 'em , but you can't rip 'emif ' you do , you get
another pair for nothing , for every pair having our war
rantee label on will be replaced if they rip. Another lot
at 75c with the same guarantee ; another at $1. $2.50 and
$3 2-piece double breasted plaid cheviot suits , ages 10 to
M , at $1.25. Long pant suits , M to 18 years. $ ' 1 ; were $5
and $6. $7,50 suits for $5 , All the $8.50 , $9 and $10
suits go at $0. Star shirtwaists 35c , regular 50c75c ones
at 50c ; $1 ones at 75c. These are not rejected remnants \
in waists , but the genuine Star Shirtwaist , everyone perfect.
owning , King & Co
Our gfiro uloim ut flJO : ; p. in , , oxoopt K.itur- .
, , . S.W.Cor. IStli&DoujkiSI
iluyv whi'u wo ulo > u at 10 ii in.
