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'Tin : gold reserve is steadily Increas
ing In the treasury at "Washington.
This is a good sign.
SKNATOUPUTTIQRKU' and Ropresonta ]
tivo Plcklor have expressed thoimolvos
in favor of free coinage of sllv'or , and
now the leading republican papers of
South Dakota toll them very plainly
that they do not represent their party in
that state on the silver question.
A MAJOKITY of ten on the first vote on
the army bill is not so great that it will
afford the emperor much cause to feel
elated. The bill will probably pass , but
the moral effect mustbo to make the im
perial government moro cautious in at
tempting to enforce its policy upon the
Rolchstag. _ _
A HKi'OUT of the condition of the
national banks at the close of business
on July 12 will soon bo in the hands of
the comptroller of the currency. The na
fe tional banks are the backbone of our
financial institutions ; upon their sound
ness depends the industrial stability of
| 1m country. A report indicating pru
dent management will bo anxiously
awaited.
OUR dispatches convoy the startling
intelligence that there is serious dis
affection among Irislulomoorats over the
failure to recognize the services of Judge
Gannon of Nebraska by the Cleveland
administration. While this outburst of
partisan indignation occurred in Illinois
It is only what might have been ex
pected. This is another striking in-
fitanco of political ingratitude.
THK United States grand , jury at
Taooina 1ms indicted the president of
the Canadian Pacific railroad for secret
rate cutting1 on first-class tickets from
Taconia to Boston. This action may bo
technically right , but if the courts of
this country are to bo" universally in
voked to stop secret rate cutting they
will have little time for other and moro
li Important business. At any rate this
would bo the case in Nebraska.
THE striking coal minors in Kansas
refuse to abandon their protracted
Htriko and are making now efforts to
BOQiiro aid in those localities where the
inlnoH have not boon outlroly shutdown.
The minors in Missouri are also discuss
ing the advisability of a sympathetic
strike. While anxious to have the
laborer hnvo duo recognition of all his
rights , It may bo well to remark that
dull trade anil depressed business is
alike discouraging to labor aud capital.
JUDQK JAMUS J. JENKINS of the
United Status circuit court , indicted in
connection with the failed Planklnton
bank at Milwaukee , has offered to resign
his position on the bench in case the
president thinki ) such action advisable.
Judge Jenkins is evidently of the opinion
that a public trust and the distrust of
the public are incompatible elements.
There are a few otllcors right hero In
Iliu state of Nebraska who would bhow a
better appreciation of their relations to
the people if they would caino around to
the views hold by Judge .Tonkins.
BKI.OIUM has voted such a revision of
Its constitution as will authorise the
acquisition of colonies. The Congo I'Yeo '
State is the land upon which Bjlgulm
has for some tlmo bcon castinpr longing
gmncos. The Congo state has from Its
foundation been under the presidency of
the king of the Bolgluna and Belgian
capital has been employed in ltd develop
ment. A few foreign complications maybe
bo btlrrod up by this move , but Belgium
ought to have llUlo trouble in following
the o.xamplos sot by its neighbors in
carrying out tholrcoloiilal policies ,
Tun IIOWH that Congressman Bryan
will bo retired from the house ways and
means committee is not at all startling.
The trend of political events the past six
months has foronhudowud the proposed
humiliation of Bryan. In view of that
. gentleman's past atlHiations with populist -
list leaders in this atato aud the sena
torial liojio that springs eternal in his
manly breast it was not to have boon
expected that ho would abandon his pro-
jfoBod bontinicnts on the money question
in order that he wight bo kept on the
ways and means committee. Moreover ,
Ml1. Bryan lias for months enjoyed what
ever prestige the oommittooshlp can bo-
tttow. Ho lias squeezed that louioti and
la uo\y iu quest of persimmons.
JV/M7' Of' T//C TttUHTSil
The announcement U mndo that the
plrvUi ' glats mamifftoturors Imro nt Inst
fiuccoodod In establishing n complete
monopoly over the market for their pro
ducts. It ( Btrttod that they ) mvo or
ganized a trust with rv capital of 83,000-
000. All the manufacturers arc not In
cluded in the organization , but It Is of
course oxpcctcd to draw them all in. It
is stated that there arc now in opera
tton tnoro plato gla s factories than are
required for domestic consumption , or
than are likely to bo required in the near j
futtiri1 , at present prices. In order to
check production and to prevent n cut
ting in price ? , n combination has boon
formed among the glass manufacturers.
fcbi this end a general commissioner has
bc-un appointed who o business it will bo
tcCf see that the arrangement shall bo
carried out In # oed faith by all con
cerned.
This movement for the creation of an
other trust , In view of the joportod fact
that the government authorities wore
arranging to enforce the law
111a
against ) such combinations , looks
like either a deliberate defiance of the
lini
authorities or an understanding
on the part of the promoters of the combination
01bi
bination that the throat of proceedings
under : the .anti-trust law was meaning
less. It vvas reported a few weeks ago
that the government was getting ready
tttl make an aggressive movement against
the trusts , with a view to having a
thorough test made of the law prohibit
ing this form of monopoly , but nothing
irw J since developed to show that there
was any substantial foundation for the
roport. So far as appears the national
authorities have taken no stops what
ever ' looking to an enforcement of
O'tl
the law , and there is nothing
tlI' < indicate any * intention on their
part to proceed against the mo
nopolistic combinations that now
control nearly every important branch
of business.
The last administration was blame
worthy in this respect. It neglected ,
during two years In which the anti
trust ; law was in effect , to make any ade
quate effort to enforce the net. True , it
did make ono or two attempts to carry
out the law , but the failure was so com-
11 l > loto as to rather cast discredit on the
11b 11a . The present administration has
been in DOW or nearly five months , nnd
although pledged to the enforcement
of the anti-trust law , has done prac-
ticalfy nothing , so far as the public
knows , to that end. Mr. Cleveland said
in his inaugural address : ' 'Tho exist
ence of immense aggrcgatipns of kindred
enterprises and combinations of business
interests , formed for. the purpose of lim
iting production and fixing prices , is in
consistent with the fair field which
ought to bo open to every independent
activity. Legitimate strife in business
should not bo superseded by an enforced -
forced concession to the demands of
combinations that have' the power to de
stroy , nor should the people to
bo served lose the benefit of
cheapness which unusually results
from wholesome competition. Those
aggregations and combinations fre
quently constitute conspiracies against
the interests of the people , and in all
'thoir phases they are unnatural and
'bpposbd to out' American sense of-falr-
iness. To the extent that they can bo
reached and restrained by federal
power , thn general government should
relieve our citizens from their interfer
ence and exactions. " The people fully
approved this position of President
Cleveland and they accepted his utter
ance as an implied promise that the
power of the general government would
bo exerted , with as little delay as
possible , to relieve thorn from
the interference and exactions of
monopoly. Has there not bcon time
enough to enable the administration to
show that the utterance of the presi
dent was sincere ? The people are
patient and long-suffering , but their
forbearance is being sorely tried.
THE SUPRKMB COURT V
The president will probably not ap
point a successor to the late Justice
Blatohford on the bench of the supreme
court for several months , but the matter
is receiving attention from the eastern
press , which , of course , is unanimous in
the opinion that an eastern man ought
to bo appointed. The consensus of
opinion seems to bo that the appoint
ment will bo made from Now York.
The circuit over which Justice Blatch-
ford , presided Is composed of the
states of New York , Connecticut and
Vermont. In filling vacancies on
the supreme bench it has bcon
the rule for some years past to select a
man residing within the circuit in which
the vacancy exists , but this rule has not
extended to the promotion of ouo of the
circuit judges to the vacancy. Thus ,
while ono of the circuit judges is a dem
ocrat * and was appointed by Mr. Cleveland -
land during his first administration , the
impression Is that the president will
select for the vacancy a man not on the
bench , but within the circuit over which
the late justice presided.
The munu3 of several distinguished
lawyers are mentioned in this con
nection. Prominent among them
Is that of James C. . Carter ,
one of the American counsel
before the Boring sea court of arbitra
tion , who is a man of exceptional legal
ability. Another Is Frederick It.
Coudort , who also represented the gov
ernment bofero the arbitration tribunal
and Is a lawyer of eminence. Judge
Phelps of Vermont , ox-mlnistur to Eng
land and the leaulng counsel for the
United States before the Boring sea
court , is numbered among those who
may bo considered by the president.
There are still others , but tho&e are the >
most prominent now mentioned. It is
Isn
not to bo doubted that any ono of them :
would bo an acquisition to the supreme .
tribunal , but lit is considered doubtful
whether any of them would ticcopt the
position. A scat on the supreme bench
is a distinguished honor. Tlio ambitious 1-
1ii
tious lawyer can have no higher aspira
tion. Success in that tribunal means iin ,
immortality of honor unsurpassed by
anything which the republic 'can oiler ,
The names of the great jurists who have
boon on the supreme bench occupy 0a
place in our history second to none. But
it is not a profitable service , and for
that reason many eminent lawyers who
undoubtedly would hnvo nhown brll-
Unfitly upon the benoh hnvo declined
to nccopt n place In the tribunal where
Jay and Marshall nnd Chase nnd Miller
mndo Immortal fame. It U thus prob
able that none of the great lawyers not
now Jn judicial position , who are
named in connection with the vacancy on
the supreme bonoh , would accept an ap *
polntmont , simply for the reason that to
do so would necessitate a great financial
sacrifice. Roscoe Conkllng and others
have declined to go on the supreme
bench because they could not afford to
do BO , and the same reason might induce
thagroat Now York lawyers named to
prefer to continue in practice.
There seems tit bo no doubt that nn
eastern man will bo appointed to fill the
vacancy on the supreme bench and thatho
will probably bo selected from Now York.
As the court Is now constituted there
could bo no reasonable fault found with
this. The west has. really no valid reason
for asking the appointment , having in
Fuller , Field , Brewer , Brown and
Shlras all the representation In the supreme
premo court that It can fairly ask or
oxpoot. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
FI VK I'Kit CKXT
The city council has displayed a com
mendable spirit In promptly taking ac
tion looking toward the continuance of
the work of public Improvement In this
city. The failure to sell the 4J per cent
sewer bonds was a misfortune which the
most prudent could not have foreseen.
When the bonds Issued at 5 per cent in
terest last year sold for a good round
premium It was figured that the city
would In the long run bo paying a little
loss than 4i per cent upon the face value.
If the conditions of the money market
remained the same it would have boon
wise financiering to pay a smaller rate
of interest and soil the bands at a price
nearer par. But the supply of loan
money remained stationary. Municipal
bonds are a drug on the market at any
price. Yet the city treasurer has as
surances that 5 per cent bonds will re
ceive consideration In several quarters ,
and is confident that ho will bo able to
dispose ot them.
This being the case , the hue and cry
raised that such action is a direct attack
upon the city's credit is altogether out
of placo. The city is now paying 0 per
cent on some of its outstanding obliga
tions , 5 per cent on others and what
practically amounts to about 4 } per cent
on still others. Because it must now go
back to u per cent bands no moro signi
fies a loss of public credit than does the
fact that a merchant must now pay a
higher discount on his paper than for
merly indicates financial distress.
Not being certain that waiting until
next year will secure a sale of the bonds
at the figure previously anticipated , it
is certainly n wise thing to accept the
most advantageous offer that can now
bo obtained. To stillo public improve
ments at this time means stagnation. It
is fur bettor to pay the difference of
something over $750 per year than to
deprive the laborers of all employment
and to run the risk of suits against the
city for much larger sums on account of
the broken contracts. Five per cent
bonds sold will be bettor than 4 } per
cent bonds unsold.
LYNCHING boos.may after all turn , out
not to bo such innocent amusement as
they arc generally conceived. The case
of the negro recently executed by a law
less mob at Bardwoll , Ky. , Is to bo la-
vostigated by the National Citizens' '
Rights association and the wife of the
maltreated victim is to be assisted in
prosecuting a claim for damages against
the sheriffs who failed to protect him
and the individuals " "who assisted in de
priving him of his life. It can hardly
bo disputed that the negro , whether in
fact guilty or innocent , was illegally
deprived of rights guaranteed him by
both federal and state constitutions.
Whether the actions of the sheriffs ant
of the mob constitute a case in which
the injured wife may seek dam
ages for tort . will raise whal
the lawyers call "a nice legal point. '
The participants in the lynching are al
criminally liable , but time and time
again it 1ms been proven that proscou
tlon instituted against members of such
a mob are either withdrawn as the in
dignation of the law-abiding citizens
abates or lapses into farces which come
to nothing. If the courts can bo inducoc
to sot a precedent ' for civil liability , the
inconvenience' a lawsuit and the
almost certain expectation of a judgmon
for heavy damages would undoubtedly
act as a stimulant for the sheriffs to do
their duty in protecting prisoners in
custody and a deterrent to the ill-con
sldcrod actions of a reckless mob.
UNDOUHTEWA' the exaggerated re
poits respecting the president's health
which have so greatly annoyed both Mr
and Mrs. Cleveland , would not have
arisen had the attendant physician
frankly unbosomed himself to the re i
porters as to the character of the ill
ness , it is a grave mistake among
members of the medical profession to
attempt to suppress the exact facts re
garding the health of a public man ,
cither upon the plea that their code of
othlcs requires it , or for any other
reason. Tlio people have a right to know
the exact condition of such patients.
Fortunately , as the public was gratified
to learn , there was no need for any apprehension -
prehension in Mr. Cleveland's case , but
the mysterious manner of his physician
allowed room for the minor that ho wan
sulToring from a dangerous Illness. And
if ho had been , under the ethics of the
medical fnitornlty , the facts could not
hnvo bean stated by the phytilulun until
ho had boon specially authorized to do so.
work of assessing the taxable
property of Douglas county this year
cost nearly $10,000. , Last year the cost
was about $0,000. Kach year this item
grows apace. Just why this should bo
the case has not yet been explained )
The reason for it cannot bo found 'in the
returns made. The commissioners have
the power to adjust this matter on a fair
basis , and if GO disposed they can put an
effectual stop to the leak.
IT is not likely that the resolutions
adopted by the free silver convention at
Croodo , Colo. , the other day will over
take their place is history besldo the
Virginia and Kentucky resolutions toof
1703. Nor is the fact that the motion ta
ocodo , In case ot tlm repeal of the Sher
man law , wns aorloiy'Introduced ( ' in the
convention calculated : * to oxolto nny
larm. The greatest Klgulftcanoo thnt
attaches Is to dlroVl ttcntlon to the
aclllty and dlflpntclf with which n sot of
men can make themselves ridiculous
vhon they nllbw thoTr own selfish pref
erences to control { hoirj instead of the
llctatos of equity and. reason.
Tlir. sallno lands soon-to bo sold under
recent net of tlio jo'gjslatiiro will note
> o put up at auction , nj a Lincoln con-
omporary would hnvofcus bollovo. The
men holding the Icfaso alone have the
option to buy the lands. Their value
vlll bo fixed by' appraisement of
.ho . Lancaster county commissioners
as the law directs. The interests of
ho state In this Important matter
are in the keeping ot those county ofll-
clals. If the lease holders can inlluonco
hose men the price fixed for the land
vlll bo low very low. If the officials
are disposed to do their duty they will
: all in disinterested appraisers unknown
to the lease holders and hit upon a fair
and reasonable valuation of the land.
Their findings will bo watched with in-
orost by all seekers after straight
oods.
OP AIIJ the promising Industries of
Nebraska none is of greater importance
than the boat sugar industry.Vhilo
yet In its infancy , the possibilities of its
development can bo seen in the opera
tion of the Norfolk and Grand Island
factories and the increased acreage of
sugar boots cultivated from year to year.
While the press of this state has
sonstantly shown the benefits of exton-
ilvo boot culture , there are many locali
ties in the Btato where experiments
have not been made because of a lack of
general knowledge of the handspmo re
mits attending the culture of the sugar
boot In the vicinity of the factories. The
dissemination of reliable information of
the results of this season's plant might
[ lorhaps claim the attention of the state
labor commissioner.
OMAHA still offers tangible evidence
of the restriction on trade , resulting
Tram close money and active work in the
harvest field. JJrachtrcct's tabulation
of clearing house totals for the week
ending Thursday shows the decrease in
Omaha's total , compared with the cor
responding week in July , 1892 , to bo 17
per cent. Minneapolis shows n falling
off of 25.3 ; Milwaukee , 25.3 ; Denver ,
30.1 ; St. Paul , 10.4 ; Kansas City , 12.07 ,
and the entire country , including Now
York City-12.5 per cent. Thus it will
bo seen that Omaha'sbusiness is fully as
good as that of her chieflrivals.
OPCOunsE the 'fire'1 service at th
World's fair ground1 'is ' ! now to bo In
creased and supplied' with a bettor
equipment. That i xinly to bo expected
after the authoritiok hove been aroused
by the fatalities that attended the con
flagration of a feW ' days ago. The
unanimity with which -the commission
ers adopted the report- recommending
this measure may bo'taken as evidence
that they are not as comfortable in mind
as they would hqvo boenjhad they taken
all needful procautip iJ in the first place.
The lesson nearest hpmo is the only ono
that teaches.
THE Literary congress has drawn to
gether at Chicago some of the most in
teresting characters of the literary
world. Among the cluster of bright
lights , American authors will not bo
compelled to i iold the foremost places.
Another ISoiirbon Ittuudor.
Ficmunt Tribune.
Tlio Dlair Courier ( democratic ) says State
Auditor Moore has ' -certain well defined
democratic truits. " Not u bit ; Eugene
Moore never drinks a drop. _
An Antliloto far Hard Times.
Kcoliuk Hale Cttu.
There cannot bo what used to bo called
"bard tlmos" again in states Uko Iowa , 1111
nois and Missouri. Take the smglo Horn of
butter , Iowa's income from butter alone lust
year was $83OiaB80. It is larger this year
and the Income goes on without reference to
hard times , In 1837 tbo whole northwest
didn't have such an Income as that from all
sources together. '
Merriment In Politic ) .
Cincinnati kutrmaclal.
It is well for Congressman Burrows that
liis "aockioss" confrere , Congressman Simp
son , is not n "lira outer , " else the man from
Michigan mjglit bo hold personally account
able lor insinuating that the Kansas man is
u luuatio. There has been nothing fumiioi
in politics tills year than Jerry's ' "schomo"
to support a republican congressman tor
speaker of a democratic liouso.
Subitiintlnl Sympathy.
CdicfiuiflfJ Commercial.
Chlcago'ssympathy is quickly touched. Before -
fore tlio embers of tlio fatal flro were black-
otiod a relief fund , was started , ana the
money Is pouring in. It is well that the
heroism of the men who lost their live ;
should bo appreciated , and that these o :
their flesh and blood who llvo nftor them
will not suffer. Chicago cannot too highly
appreciate the work of its unsollish llremcu
The Kxtra ;
Gfobe-Democrat.
It tno extra session lasts six or eight
wocks , a many congressman think it will
the tariff question may como up for consld
oration. Tlio house It likely to vote to roper
the silver law by the end of August , while
the chances are that the senate will sueml a
longnr tlmo upon It. If the session bj
longthoucd out > by the somite's delay the
house may , in order toJill in the time , do u
little work toward framing a tariff bill.
tt \ "I
Ueierveii
'fjaml. '
If heroism joined to r.jnlffprtuno . ever do
sorvoil a memorial , auqli ntfibute is surely
duo to the memory of tfyoinivo { Jlrcinon whi
perlsliod by the birnina.qfjlno | ) cold atoragc
warohotiso on the oxpoaitluti grounds at Chi
cago. They did thoiru < luj.y in tliu face o
/earful danger ; they dujji ts heroes of ol (
died when conquering sinuilrons swept ever
them In tierce and lrrcsiHfblo ( array. The
mouument to the gulUuit Chicago llremoi
should bo roared whcrobttiey mot their fatu
perpetual memorial of ttiplr high courag
aud generous solf-sacrtyleci (
A Civil
PhtladtlpMa
Wo must ( tony that oUtutf * party Is for sucli
reform of the civil survico as nouldmak
the tenure of ofllco depend upon faithful am
olllciont performance of duty. In brief , tha
Is not the rule of any party under the aun ,
and perhaps uovor will be. The placemen
protected by the law hold over , but only bo
uauso of the luw. Even the law can bi
evaded , and has boon oyadod often by al
parties , The reform that will reform rausi
bo ou different lines tlm lines so often In
dlcatod in tuoso columns. Make the service
a business training school with four grades
every man to. servo ono year in each grade i
ho can maUo tha running , Whoa ho cunno
go up on merit let lilua go out and lot some
body else In. When a man has served a .voai
in the fourth gnido let him bo graduatui
with a diploma and stoo out. Ho may b
eligible to higher places , ana if eo ao can b
asked to go uu h IK her.
UTIIHIl I. A.\'l > ! t Til A If 017IM ,
. _ .
The tronty or eoimnerco uotmon Prance
nmt Kusslfi Is romarhablo not alone by
ronsoii of tlio fact that It occurred almost
simultaneously with what In practically n
declaration by the war of ft tariff war with
Germany , but nlso becausoi It constitutes ,
If wo are to bollovo tlio assurances of llio
Musoovlto government , the first definite
treaty binding Franco to Husslti. And notwithstanding -
withstanding the efforts of Alexander III ,
who has oven gone to the length of Issuing
an official circular warning all cilltori nnd
correspondents of newspapers against at-
tachlng nny political Importance to the
treaty an altogether unwccodctitoil course
It Is evident from the tone of the Parisian
anil Gorman press that the convention U
far moro significant than the Husslnn
autocrat would iinvo us , bcllovo. llio tariff
reductions conceded by Kussla to IVanco tire
of the most extensive nnd generous
character , nnd nro not confined merely to
French wlues , ns has boon stated but ex
tend to moro than ninety staple articles
ot Ftcnch Industry and commerce. While
commercial treaties in themselves nro
usually of a pacific character nnd Import ,
that which has Just boon concluded between
Kussla nnd Frattco partakes , by ren cn of
the circumstances under which It has boqn
'
contracted , far moro of the nature of a'n
olTonslvo nnd defensive nlllanco ng.Unst a
common enemy , whoso Identity U oloarly in-
( Heated by the tariff war now Inaugurated nt
St. Petersburg against Germany. In these
times there is no surer method ot allying the
political Interests of two nations than by a
commercial understanding , n fact which the
Berlin government understood nnd put into
practice when it created first of all Its
Xollvereln , and at n later period the com
mercial convention which unites Germany ,
Austria and Italy to each other. The czar's
notion , therefore , muit bo regarded In the
light of n response to tlio victory obtained at
the polls nt the recent general election by
Emperor William , nnd ns n notification that
ho , too , Is making the ilnal preparations for
the inevitable conflict between the Slav niul
the Teuton races.
The doubts which for so long hung about
the passage of tho' homo rule bill by the
Commons have boon swept asldo by Mr.
Gladstone's determination that the majority
shall rulo. By his resolute nnd courageous
conduct ho has reunited his wavering forces
and so greatly strengthened his linos. His
opponents still predict the dofcat of his
great measure of Justice to Ireland , but they
do it without Giving satisfactory reasons for
their belief In their own triumph. The
homoVulo bill is now moving forward with
out serious lot or hindrance and Its ultimate
success scorns assured. The public lifo of
Gladstone is ono of the most remarkable in
the long list of tfio distinguished political
loaders of England , and , if ho should crown
It with this Just measure of political freedom
for Ireland , itvlll bo ainicult to name an
other British statesman who achieved so
much under conditions so unf.ivor.iblo ! Eng
land for hundreds of years has had only a
single plan for the government of the Irish
people ; it was the old phm of the conquorofr
keeping his foot upon the nock of the con
quered. Tlmo has compelled It to bo modi
fied , but in its best state it could Justly boar
no other label than that of coorolon. The
fight that Mr. Gladstone has waged In sup
port of borne rule has boon prolonged and
sharply contested at every stop of the way.
The difllcultios ho has overcome , the enemies
ho has dofcatcd have boon legions , but with a
determination , persistency ana courage
which are extraordinary , ho has gone right
on with his great purpose until , after many
years , after an almost unparalleled struggle ,
Its realization , so far as It can ba roallzod by
I
the action ot the House of Commons , sooins j
near nt hand. Should the homo rule bill become - '
como law , no statesman could desire a moro
glorious ending to his career than a moral
and intellectual triumph so'groat as that
would bo.
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* *
The czar of Russia shows undoubted sa
gacity in adopting the best physical moans
to hold together his vast empire. Ho has
pushed the transcnspian military railway
southeastward until it has almost reached
the frontiers of British India and China , the
two powers most likely to dispute with him
the acquisition ot further dominion in cen
tral Asia. Having thus assured the safety
of the Husslan position In tko southeast , ho
has undertaken n moro stupendous work in
beginning the construction of an unbroken
line of railway to connect European Russia
with a port on the Pacific ocoan. This pro
ject does not present such serious onglucor-
iti difficulties us were surmounted in the
construction of the first American railway
across the Rooky mountains. The steppes of
Siberia for a great part of the distance afford
n level way , on which a roadbed may bo
cheaply built. The most costly Impedi
ment is found In the numerous rivers to bo
crossed , many of them largo , swift nnd par
ticularly subject to obstruction from 'ico.
The whole length of the Asiatic or main
Siberian line Is 4,800 milos. The estimated
cost is $200,000,000. The work , which Is now
progressing from both ends toward the
center , is to bo completed in about ton
'years. There will then bo a stretch of rail
way , all located upon Russian territory ,
about 0,000 miles In length , holding European
Russia aud Asiatic Russia firmly together
with a continuous band of stool. Until the
proposed railway running north and south
to connect the two Americas shall have
been built there will bo nothing on earth to
rival this great strotoh of ouatorn and west
ern railway across the Russian empire. Our
transcontinental railways , great though they
bo , suffer in the comparison.
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DU President Carnet were to take advant
age of the rioting and disorder which
Franco is likely to undergo during the nozt
few mouths and proclaim martial law in the *
cities of Paris , Lyons , Marseilles nnd o few
others , and then , with the country practi
cally in his possession as u dictator , were to
submit a proposition to elect lilniboU pros- !
dent for llfo. ho could almost cortalnly win
nnd the republic would become a thing of
the past. The mlddlo classes would bo glad
of peace at any price , and it would excuse
him In their eyes If ho gave thorn
a strong and stable government. This
has always boon the case In
Franco , and tboro Is little reason
for supposing that itiiv great change In the
nature of the people has been wrought In
the past twenty years that would prevent
the consummation at this tlmo of a aohomo
Uko that which placed the last Napoleon on
a Fronoh throne. The present disturbances
have some political algnlfioanco , how much
will not nppoar until the fall elections In
Franco have como off. Unless the ropubllo
can suppress them , they offer the oppor
tunity for a dictator such as Boulanger
hoped to ba , It U hardly likely matters will
como to such a pass , but that the mercurial
character of the French people and the
prevailing disturbances render it easily possible -
sible cannot bo doubted ,
*
The recent Russian demand upon Bulgaria
for the payment of an instalment of the In
demnity duo for the expenses of the Russian
occupation , will bo mot probably by a counter -
ter dnrnand on the part of the Bulgarian
government. Before the war of liberation
largo sums of Bulgarian money wcro de
posited la Russia , cither In banks or in the
foreign offlco at St. Petersburg. Largo
funds wcro also intrusted by iudlvldun
Bulgarians to the Husslan minister at
ttttchixrcst nnd to t' o ttusstnn consuls In
llulgartn nnd Itouinnnm , 1'nrt of tMi
money , It i stated , was expended on build
ing the now llUMlan legation nt IliiehnrcU.
A certain amount of Hiilgiirliin public
monov , dorlvotl from tmntlon and appro
priated to the war ministry , was nlso ro-
nilttoil to Kusiln during the tlimlnn occupa
tion nml In the earlier years of Prince Alex
ander's reign. HInco I ho dlplomitk rupture
with Bulgaria , the Intcroit on thcio deposits
has not bcon paid. The Bulgarian government -
mont h now furnhhod with n complete list of
the sums remitted by Bulgarians tn Rtusla
or Intrusted to the various Kustlnn consu
lates , nn.l consequently in , \ position to
nmko n claim for their ropiymont , together
with accumulations of Interest. In case of a
rofui.il on the part of Russia , the Uulgjxr'mn
government will retaliate by retaining the
Instalment of the Indemnity now demanded.
The amount claimed by Bulgaria is stihl to
bo considerably larger than the utim claimed
by Russia.
nKHK.isK.1 oituv ftona.
Alma Record : The alfalfa crop U very
good this year In Harinu county.
Hastings itobr.iskun : ChrK Hanson say >
that harvesting has fairly eniimoueed ami
that ho is doing the heaviest business In Iho
Implement Him which ho has ever done since
locatln * In Hastings.
PluUsmouth Journal : The condition of
the growing corn crop In Cats county is so
phenomenal at to cxcito the wonder nnd
astonishment of every one who visits the
country. Everybody remarks that lie never
saw anything to equal U at this season of
the year.
, Perkins County Woolly West : A good
deal of aprlyg wheat this year would bo of
more value to the farmer if cut for liny. It
Is now too late for it to make wheat anil U
should not bo allowed to go to waste. Hay
Is going to bo a very good price thU year nml
the farmer who has plenty of It to soil will
bo in luck.
Hastings Nobrasltan : The hay crop In
this section has not been a hoa-vy ono this
season , especially the tame article , but Micro
will bo mitllelciit for homo consumption nnd
leave a small margin for export. There Is
considerable of last year's crop loft ovor.
most of which is in good condition ami will
scrvo-to help out tlio.nou-
tlio.noucrop. .
Norfolk News ! Augustus Sattlur Uns on
exhibition nt his real estate ofllco a corn
atallc which stands eight fcothigh , measures
sovcn ami one-half inches In cin'umforonco
nt the base and weighs four pounds. The
stalkvU-as pulled from a Hold on Mr. Set
tlor's farm four miles west of town , and
shows the immense possibilities of upland
soil.
Bavard Transcript : Mr. Hawley Is confi
dent that most of these going west at the
present tlmo looking for employment will bo
disappointed , as the country has already
moro help than is needed. Ho reports the
country very dry and stock suffering from
the effect of tlio drouth. Range cattle in
largo herds are being held within forty
miles of the slate line anil are gradually
coming in this direction. They will bo
watched until after the crops nro harvested
and then allowed to range at will ,
TIIK SlRf'JUt-TUXtlVUU ItO.llt.
Kansas City Journal : Tlio governor of
Colorado has almost succeeded in making
the governor of Kansas respectable.
Chicago Inter Ocean : The wild and reck
less frothlngs so freely indulged at Denver
by the governor of Colorado and others bear
about the same relation to the noble race
which mndo a teapot of Boston harbor and a
shapeless ruin of the Bastilo ns a firecracker
does to a pistol , sheet lighting to chain
lightning.
Chicago Post : They are fine citizens ,
these silver maniacs of Colorado. Ever
since the conscience of the nation has de
manded the repeal of the Sherman law , and
especially since the president has summoned
congress in extraordinary session , the white
metal farmers of the Rockies have boon
howling fur goro. >
Now'York World : Resolutions of excited
mobs nro of little account in a business
transaction , and they will assuredly not find
a market for their product by armed rovbhi- '
tion. The manner In which rebellion is mdt
in the United States , as its history shows1 ,
is not by surrender to threats. Sensible sli
ver men should suppress the lunntlua.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat : Colorado Is not
dependent on silver mining in the degree
which some of its citizens pretend : and oven
if this branch of Industry should bo crippled
the state's progress and prosperity would
not bo seriously retarded. But nobody believes -
liovos that this activity will bo crushed out.
There will always bo a considerable demand
for the whi to metal.
Minneapolis Journal : Certainly the men
whoso , circumstances nro so desperate us are
these of tlio Colorado silver ailvocites , ns
shown by the Denver address , that they ap
pear to bo ready to sacrltlcannything for the
advancement of silver , oven principle itself ,
are not in a condition to give wise counsel as
to the financial affairs of the country. They
arc too vitally interested porsonilty.
Kansas City Times : The campaign of
bluff of these silver mine owners during' the
last few weeks has reached tlio very ucmo
of insolence , nnd yet the American people ,
suffering , as they are. from all manner of
hardships as the result of tolerating class
legislation in the interest of a few people ,
have administered but mild rebuke , nnd
have waited patiently for the convening of
congress , when thov hope to bo relieved.
Chicago Times : The cause of free silver ,
the maintenance of n bimetallic standard ,
will not bo promoted by such wild declara
tions ns Governor Waite of Colorado saw fit
to indulge at a meeting held in Denver under
the auspices of tlio ntnto silver
Though tiK'ii of tmtilurntlon who had dnllnlto
vlowrt mid could tmtaln thorn by Argument
npiUMlliii ? , to roasou , ftsltoit for moderation ,
the iiiultltiulo wnro with Governor Wntto la
what may uroporly bo described ns n morf
liaranguo.
Cl Icago Trlbmioi Foolish Governor Wnlto
tola his Uonvcrnudlonco "If war U forced
upon us wo will fiend ti Halifax ft fnrgroatftr
army of JMtish torles according to our pop
ulation than our forefathers sent there after
tno revolutionary wnr , " Then ho told thorn
"tho war has bastm. " Sol That li the way
certain people talked about n third of n cen
tury ngo , when they wnntod an o.xcuso for
striking the first blow in a struggle which
they fondly honed would result In dlsmoui-
bairn ? the union ,
Ht. f.o ls Republic : Wlillo ronronchos nml
didactics from other towns to Denver on bo-
h.ivior under excitement nro as valueless ns
would ba the a.uno remarks from Denver to
Now York If the latter Intl a cholera scare ,
yet the bimetallism , who must urgnnijo the
fight nml furnish the votes for sliver coinage
next month , nro In a position to suggest that
the leas Denver talks nbotif repudiation nml
in the meantime the setter will bo
the prospcot of forcing n ro.isjiublo double-
standard coinage. .
Chicago Record : If Itoro n fact , ns sotno
silver ad voe.Uos would Uko to have It appear ,
that the rossitlon of silver coinage was ilc-
signed to crc.itn n contraction ot the volume
of the curroitcy , or ovc.i If It were true thnt
such cessation has opor.Uotl to create u oon-
traction , there might bo ciuiso for complaint
by the debtor class. But such Is not' Ilia
case. Cessation ol coinage , or silver purchases -
chases , which amounts to the snma thing ,
will opor.Uo to nmlto money moro easily
obtainable. For the present stringency
Is duo to the lack of conlUonco , which IMS
withdrawn millions from circulation.
Corn nml Sllvur.
A'cm 1'nrf 0 > > mw rcl < tf. ,
Appraising the silver mined In the Untied
Stales in Ib'.U at Hi ) cents nil ounce , the rnlun
of thn product was loss than ono-olovonth of
the corn crop ( JOiw.OOO.OOO ) , nml coal , cotton ,
wheat , cgg.s and pig iron all outranked sil
ver very considerably. The silver minors
nro trying to d nro the people by the glitter
of the white metal.
The llomoily Approaclilnc-
CMeaaa lultr O/MII.
If the president can worry along with his
fatness until congress moots ho will be all
right. It will bo the biggest anti-fat occa
sion the president has ever onjoycd.
1'htladolpliU Tliuos : Statistics show ( hat In
courting tlio young mini U then nlost llholy to
Itmi his selfcontrolvhon he's Jim holding his
own.
Galveston Nuws : Tbu mosquito gives you
some music and then takes up u collection
for It.
Olovalnml IMnin lloalor : "I anticipated as
much , " salil tbo "tourist" as he started ahead
of the bulldog.
Now York Pun : Ilo What tlio mUcluuf Is
this ? L
Ills Wlfo You will hnvo to oat your oatmeal
In a Honor pot tills nunnlngr dear. I havun't
boon ablu to gut to u china shop since our girl
left.
Tovas Sittings : I'lilfiinblow I hate to 1m
mumbling all the tlmo about tno liot woathnr.
1'liomivboy I'll toll you ho > v to citioyotir *
sulfur the habit. "HowV" "rituit a suinmof
botul. "
1'hlladolplila llccnrd : A Catmlon minister
who was given u match sealed In : tu onvolotxr
for u wedding feu iiiiidu llgbtof the Imposi
tion.
IlufTnlo Courier : While II Is trim that tlio
poor man Is coinpullcU to huiiiu himself to oun
u bicycle , It isn't the prlro itlono that does It.
Hoston Transcript : At the Corner Uroiiory
Minll I cliurjzoyou with that whisky. Mr.
Totld ? Mr. Todd It Isn't necessary ; flinvo
charged myself wltli It.
Now York Times : Mr. Suddenly Good I
dropped $10 bill In tlio contribution box la
church Inst .Sunday ,
Ills Kilonil Oynlc Hid you , Indco Whatdl
was tbo mutter with It ?
QUAINT TIII.NOS AT SEA.
Kartn * Citu Jounuil.
The tossing , fiotblng , ragl > unoa ,
Together , hldo by sldo ,
, They Htood nnU gir.u < ) unoli with a\\o
"Uh , ain't It snout ! " * hu cried.
A story ho narrated of
A Hitllor bravo who died
. In-sHvlng others from tlio wnvos '
"How jolly nlcol" slio ttlghcd.
Ho pointed to the rod sunset
So gorgeously outspread ,
Anil uskod her If It wasn't line
"Oh , yes so cutol" slio bald.
Ilo then pioposcd they wrllo their names
With sticks upon tlio sand ;
She clapped her haml anil cried with U'lo < V
> "Ob , thnt will bo Just grand I"
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bHM H'.IN Y
Tlie Club.
"Oh , gl vo me time , " who trembling said ,
"A little tlmo to think It over. "
Ho snillod and klisod her drooping head ,
And yielded , lllio u louder lovor.
"Pho'rf but a child , " bo inuocd that night.
"Who shrinks from fatu , afraid to lust lt |
Sim really seemed qulto In n fright. "
Ho llitlo knew how near lio'd guessed It.
"How .shall , ! break with Jack , " slio moaned ,
"Hn'h got > ny luttom. Oh , uood Kraclousl
And Harry lias my ring , " ho gioanod ;
"He'll Keep It , too ; IIO'M O audacious.
' "Was ever girl In Biiob a fix ?
I must got rid of Will and Stephen ,
And ( ieorno and Archibald , Unit's six ,
And poor dear cousin Tom nmkes seven. "
As thus slio grlovcd In accents wild ,
Ilo bald , \\hllo.1oylils fuatuios bilgbtcnod :
"Vos , Mho Is nothing but n child ,
And that Is why she Huumod so frightened , "
r
Saturday morning wo begin to clear up our lines of summer wear ,
In men's suits we have made some very stiff reductions.
$20 suits for $15. Corresponding reductions in the several grades.
Some suits are marked down to ONLY $5.00.
These are our regular line of this season's summer suits , an cloths ,
colors and makes.
Wash suits that sold all season at $3.50 go now for only $2.00.
A good boy's suit worth $2.50 now on sale at $ 1.50.
All Summer Goods Must Be Closed Out
All our straw hats at just
HALF PRICE. \
$1OO hats are now SOe.
8Oc hats are now 2Bo.
Summer coats and vests at big reductions. A nice coat and vest
was $6.00 , now $2.50.
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