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THE OMAHA DAILY HKE : TUESDAY , JULY IB , 1808.
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Tin : ruii.v anil SUNDAY IIF.H Is on sale In
Clilrnpont HIP followlns places :
I'nlnipf ' house.
Oranil 1'arlflc hotel.
Aiiilltorliini hiitol. ;
Oroat Nortliorn hotel
Oorultnlol.
l.chuxl hold.
Kllt-s of TIIK HBM can bo soon at the No-
hr.i'ksi liullilltiK anil the Administration bulltl-
Inp , Kxposltlon erounils.
Avrraco Circulation tor .liuip , 1803 , 24,310
ONLY three weeks more and the con
gressional grist will bo grinding.
LONG DISTANCK bicycle rides to the
XVorld's fair have become a fad. Bidders
for ehcap and flickering fame continue
to multiply.
AniKOXA rowdies have burned Presl
flont Cleveland in ofii-ry. This is about
us far as the bold-tongucd silver men
will venture to go in carrying out their
threats of bloody vengeance.
the governor of Colorado fully
realizes how thoroughly ho has been
sat down upon it is altogether likely he
will wait a good while before giving ut
terance to another silver-man yawp.
Pnopur/r PLUNKETT is in disgrace.
The total destruction of the World's
fair buildings which ho predicted for
Sunday did not occur , of course. Mr.
Plunkott will begin to roalb.o shortly
that the world existed long before ho
"cumbered , it.
ANOTHER noteworthy European li
brary is coming to the United States ,
this tlmo to become the property of the
University of the City of Now York. The
appreciation of culture has obtained a
strong foothold in this country. Only
time is nccflod for its general recogni
tion.
THE World's fair intercollegiate base
ball tournament has ended , l or a
money making scheme to which 'none of j
the larger universities gave rifflcial
countenance , the tournament hast been
,
making a great deal more noise than its
position in the college world would war
rant.
WHILE the Omaha police are not able
to foresee just whore u murderous out
break may occur among the lawless ele
ments , they are not failing to apprehend
the criminals before they have had time
to escape. The police are doing their
fluty. The rest remains for the prose-
outing attorneys and the courts.
THE program promulgated by the
committee for the Grand Army reunion
ut Grand Island thin summer is ono that
oilers many attractions for the veteran.
Columbian year has called forth < ? n.ra
efforts from those in charge of all hong
great annual assemblies and the coming
Nebraska encampment promises to sur
pass thobo of previous years.
THE Now York Sun chronicles the
exit of a piece of glass from a Staten
Island man's cheek whore it had boon
lodged thirty-two years. As if that
wore anything remarkable ! Just come
west and cxaniino the hard substances
found in the cheeks of most of our politicians
dici
ticians where they have boon lodged for
yours innuinerablo without succeeding
in working an escape.
THE path of Wandolkolk , the admiral
who decamped with a Brazilian war VCB-
Eel , has not proven so smooth as ho neigh
doubt had hoped. It is a serious thing
for a naval ollloor to disobey the com
mands of hid superiors for ho is everywhere -
where aubjoot to summary proceedings.
In those days it requires moro than ono
vobsol to support a naval war although
among the needy republics of South
America.
THE attorneys for the Jay Gould es
tate have scoured u writ of certlorari Ito
have the valuation of the property loft
by the millionaire railway magnate ru-
ducod from $10,000,000 , at which it was
fixed. The holrs evidently put no faith
in the compensatory theory of the in
heritance tax which proceeds on the
ground that it seeks merely to make i up
for the Inxus which the deceased evaded
during his Ufa timo. They prefer to
evade taxes both before and after death.
Now the Colorado Hilvorltos have dis
covered that what impelled India to dis
continue the free coinage of silver ' Haut
the time it did was the fear that the
' "United States would got ahead of It I. by
repealing the Sherman ttilvor purchase
nut first. Just what bearing this im
portant piece of information has upon
our present financial situation is too Inked -
llulteSylmal to bo seen with the naked
oyo. Congress must view the suspen :
sion of ttllvcr o'jlnago in India us an ac
complished fact , The motive that led
to thn uccompllahmont is altogether lui
jnaterluL
TIIK
Three of the Ravings batiks of Denver
closed tholr doors yesterday bccfiuso
they were unable to secure the currency
needed to meet urpcnt obligations.
They nro reported to bo in perfectly
sound condition so far as assets nro con
cerned , but they required currency to a
considerable amount , nnd when they
sought to obtain it In the cast they mot
with refusal.
Eastern bankers may not have been
especially alarmed at the incendiary
threats and frenzied utterances of advo
cates of f rco silver coinage at the Denver
meeting last week , but they most nat
urally concluded thnt it was the part of
wisdom not to send any moro of tholr
money lo that section for the present.
There is already n very largo amount of
eastern capital invested In Colorado.
The development of that state , as of
other western states , was made possible
by the investments there of eastern cap
ital. Doubtless these investors have
done well and in the end will lose noth
ing , but in view of the attitude of portion
tion of the people of Colorado toward
the capitalists of the east the latter can
not fairly be blamed if they decline
to go in any deeper in that
quarter. With conditions that
call for the utmost caution it
would manifestly bo unreasonable to ex
pect eastern bankers to look with favor
upon any sort of securities from a state
whore such bontimonts are entertained
as have been uttered by Governor Waite
and ether free silver advocates.
The talk of repudiation and revolution
that has como from Colorado , however
ridiculous it may appear to most people ,
is taken seriously In financial circles ,
and although an attempt has boon raado
to mitipato its effect by assorting that
it did not represent the general
sentiment of the people it is dem
onstrated that its inllucnco has been
detrimental. That it will take some
time to overcome the damaging inlluonco
of the intemperate utterances of the
free silver men is certain , nnd in the
meantime the experience of the people
of Colorado ia likely to bo such as to
lead thorn to rebuke most vigorously the
violent and unwarranted declarations of
the men who have assumed to speak for
them. They must roali so that the cause
of silver hoa boon injured rather than
helped by the reckless thrcata and wild
vnporings of the champions of free coinage -
ago , and in addition thereto there is a
loss of confidence in the integrity of the
people of Colorado , which is a far moro
serious matter to them than would bo
the absolute domonoti/ation of silvor.
Colorado is being taught a lesson that
ought to bo generally instructive , and
which wo hope will not need to bo re
peated.
COA-V7.YC1AG liY BXPEU131CNT.
The United States has from the very
beginning of its history boon ono vast
field for a succession of experiments in
all branches of human activity. The
federal constitution adopted in 1787 was
viewed largely as an experiment by its
most ardent supporters. The Missouri
compromise , the compromise of 1850 ,
the reconstruction acts , the interstate
commerce law all were instances of ex
perimental legislation , for the success of )
fd
which their promoters had unbounded
hopes joined with many misgivings.
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Our currency laws have almost univer
sally been in the nature of experiments
adapted in moro or less degree from the
acts passed by foreign or domestic legis
lative bodies. But the Sherman silver
purchase act is , wo believe , the first experiment
xb.
periment of so great a magnitude which
was inaugurated by the votes of men
who viewed the measure purely as a
moans of showing that it was inexpedi
ent nnd wrong.
Senator Sherman in his recent letter
addressed to Congressman Walker nays
distinctly that the act to which his name
10n
has unwittingly been attached was intended
nee
tended to convince advocates of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver that
their position is untenable. Ho preferred
on
ferred a compromise such as was en
acted to the vote of a free coinage bill L.
because ho did not believe that a vote
by the president would dispel the craze
that then existed for free coinage.
"Many people , " ho says , "wanted the j
experiment tried. Tlio result of the i
experiment of buying 4,500,000 , ounces
of silver a month at its market value
was the host antidote against tlio pur
chase of all the silver of the world at
ono-third moro than its market valuo. "
In ether words , the astute senator
means to say that ho was willing to give
the calf a llttlo rope in order to show
that , if it had raoro , it would ultimately
hang itself.
As to the results of tills measure enacted -
mm
acted into law for the purpose of convincing
mlo
vincing by experiment , few will be able >
to coincide in tholr views with Senator
Sherman. Ho assumes that the repub
lican senators and members who agreed
to the report of the conference commit- .
.itho
too in 1890 will in the main vote for the
repeal of the silver purchase clause and
hopes "that our political friends who
felt baund by the local interests of their
constituents to advocate that clause of
free coinage will bo convinced by that
experiment made Uiat the only position
we can occupy In the interests of our
country at largo ia ono of a fixed stand
ard of value and the ube of both mutuls
maintained at par with each ether !
on u ratio ui near as possible to their
inarkot value. " No doubt a few
of the republican senators have with
Senator Sherman honestly changed their
minds and are ready to vote for a dis
continuance of the experiment. Some
of the cunirrodsmen who mipportod the
conference report in deference to the
wishes of their constituents may have
become so bald as now to stand by their
original personal convictions. A few
mOro may bo brought over by a skillful
use of federal patronage. But to imuglno
that the disastrous workings of the
Sherman silver purchase act have really
altered the opinions of many of the real
free silver men is folly of the worst
- kind. Any ono who will look around
ut the vigorous campaign which the
free coinage men are at present making
against the repeal of the act in questioi
- will understand thpt Instead of being
- convinced that the law of 1800 wont toe
far , they feel that it did not go fat
- enough , and that uothlu short of the
f rue aud unlimited coinage of allvor will
restore the country to Its former pros
perity.
Exnorlmgntal legislation Is very good
In its placo. Every such law has Its
own function to perform in developing
the Institutions and customs ot the poo-
plo. An experiment for which wo may
reasonably expect success may bo defended -
fended although It falls. An exporl-
mont whoso solo objeo is to convince
people that It is Hsolf wrong , is indefen
sible.
MOKXSIS TAXKS IK StKlittAtiKA.
Judge Scott'must have boon Imagining
that ho was laying down the law in some
ideal commonwealth of his own fantastic
construction when ho gave his decision
declaring that the city of Omaha had no
authority to impose a license tax upon
the coal dealers doing business within
its territorial limits. If the judge , bo-
fore writing out his opinion , had taken
the trouble to cast his eye ever the
pages of the act governing cities of the
metropolitan class , ho might 'iposslbly
have discovered a paragraph reading
something like this :
Section (55. ( The mayor , nnd council shall
hnvo power to tax , license nnd regulate
pawnbrokers , auctioneers , employment ngen-
cics.-commlssion merchants , brokers , Insur
ance ofllccrs. insurance ngents , surveyors
engineers , architects , house movers , hnwk-
crs , peddlers , telegraph , telephone or ex
press Interest or business , coal dealers , nnd
also such kind of business or vocation as the
pilblic good niny require , etc.
If this is not express authority given
to the city to ralso revenue by taxing
certain designated , occupations wo
should Hko to know how the grant of
power could bo made moro express and
explicit. How can the city collect a tax
or a license without deriving n revenue ?
Does the word tax glvo any indication
of the purposes to which the re
ceipts are to bo applied so long
as they bo public purposes ? Or does
the word license Imply anything re
stricting the amount to the sum neces
sary "to defray the expenses of regulat
ing the particular business or occupa
tion ? The charter says "tax , license
and regulate , " not ' 'tax and license to
defray the expenses of regulating. "
Having misread the provisions of the
charter , the judge gees on to * say that
oven if there were an express grant of
such authority ho would none the loss
declare the coal dealers' license ordinance -
nanco void and of no ollcct. The reason
upon which the docisson is based is that
his financial theory contains no place
for a license tax. It is "wrong in prin
ciple" and when anything conilicts with
his personal idea of principle , it must bo
turned down , all constitutions , charters ,
ordinances to the contrary notwithstand
ing.In
In Judge Scott's ideal commonwealth
license taxes may bo "at war with the
genius aud spirit of the government. "
In the state of Nebraska , happily , they
have received support from that tribunal
to which wo all look for authoritative
interpretations of the law. In the case
of State vs. Bennett (19 ( Nob. 191) ) , a li
cense tax imposed upon liquor dealers
by the city council of Plattsmouth was
uphold although it amounted to $300 ,
and was an addition to the license ex
acted under the state law. After citing
numerous decisions in support of his po
sition , Chief Justice Maxwell said :
Many ether cases to the same effect could
bo cited , but In view of our constitution nnd
stntuto-lt scorns unnecessary ns the power
to Impose taxes upon certain occupations ,
Includlng liquor dealers , Is expressly con-
forred.
Another opinion of the chief justice in
Caldwell vs. Lincoln (10 ( Nebraska
509) ) has hold that the city council of
Lincoln had authority to levy license
taxes upon any occupation or business
within the limits of the city with the
solo proviso that they bo uniform within
the class. Finally in Magnoau vs.
Fremont (30 ( Nebraska 843) ) it was once
moro decided that cities of the second
class had been given authority by the
legislature to raise revenue by moans of
license taxes on particular occupations.
In this case Judge Norval wont very
carefully into the question of constitu
tionality and concluded that the only
limit upon the exercise of that power is
that such taxes bo uniform as to persons
and property.
Such being the decisions on the sub-
bsr
ject within this state , it seems altogether
unnecessary for any judge to attempt to
overrulewithout regard to themstatutes
duly enacted by the state legislature. It is
fortunate that wo have a suuromo court
wisely ordained by the framera of our
constitution for the express purpose of
correcting the errors committed by inferior -
forior tribunals.
A ACCUSATIONS.
Ex-Govornor Tlmyer cannot forgive
Superintendent Burnham of the World's
fair for discarding the plans of Arohi-
tiid
toot Wood for a Nebraska building and
substituting those of Ilonry Voss. In a
recent interview on the subject Gcnoral
Thayer is quoted as saying :
In thrusting aside Woods , nnd his plan 1
Superintendent Buruhnm of the World's
fair was guilty of low trickery nnd decep >
tion. His conduct was most discreditable pof
all officers of the fair. Ho was the willing
. Instrument In having Voss made the archi-
tilbo
tcct. For what purpose may hereafter bo
disclosed. Tno building is charged up to
Nebraska as costing $10,000. , Builders and
men who have built extensively say the
building ought never to have exceeded $3,000 )
by ouo dollar. But grant it justly cost
$10,000 , why is it made to cost $10,003 ?
A gentleman who knows whereof ho ! fits -
firms states that a great number of protests
have boon lilod against Burnham for ono
causa or another. Ho will probably sot over
hauled yet. Ho is said to have become very
wealthy. I know nothing as to that. Ne
braska has not done with him yot.
Tills is not the flrst time that General
Tliaycr has given voice publicly to these
grave accusations against Mr. Burnhum.
While the general Is guarded In his
language , ho might just as well huvo
mudo tlio positive statement that ho i aden
knowledge of corrupt transactions on
the part of Mr. Burnhum in commotion
with the construction of the Nebraska
building. The olloot of his inuondovs
will bo fully as damaging us would have
been u direct churgo against Mr. Burn-
ham.
Allegations of crookedness on the part
; of Mr. Burnham in this mutter cannot
bo made without challenging the integ
rity of Commissioner Gurneuu and the
contractor and architect oft ho Nebraska
building , No ono but ox-Govornor
Tliuycr has felt called upon to condemn
the work of tho.so men. It la triio that
the Nobnvslm bulfillk'U the fair has
been n dlinppollninunt to many ,
when the cost of It la. considered , there
Is llttlo ground for just complaint. Wo
boHovo Hint the c'llat'gcs ' should bo sup
ported by Bomo iRortf tangible ovldonco
to ontltlo thorn to anycredence. .
THOVlll.KS.
The Nicaragua canal outorprlso has
come to a halt. UMios nionoy of the con
struction company hrts been exhausted
and ] work on the ennnl lias stopped. It
is thought that tliostrippngo will bo only
temporary , but this will depend entirely
upon the ability of the company to nxlso
funds for carrying on the work. It has
n plan for issuing bonds to the amount
of $ Sr ,000,000 , , and fururlng the probable
costof the canal down to S : > G,000,000 , It is
proposed , to use the dllToronco between
the newly estimated cost and the amount
of the bonds for the payment of Interest
during construction. Ills also proposed.
to establish an aotivo propaganda all
over the country , preliminary to placing
the bonds upon the market.
In view of the fact that the canal com
pany lias not boon nblo to raise the
amount necessary for the completion of
the enterprise during the period when
there was an abundant supply of money
seeking investment there is obviously
Voi'y small chance of Its -bolng able to
market bonds under present llnanuia 1
conditions , and it may bo considerable
time before the money inarkot is in a
shape to take any largo ampant
of securities of this kind. It is
somewhat remarkable that after all that
has boon Paid and done to show the corn
morclal importance'and the probable ul
timate value as an Investment of this un
dertaking , the investing public- should
still manifest such a lack of confidence
in it. There has no.vor boon any oxton-
sivo demand fov canal securities , and of
course there is loss now than over. Had
the government assumed responsibility
for the beads of the canal company , as
was proposed in congress , doubtless the
work would now bo actively advancing ,
but public sentiment was clearly against
the government having any finan
cial identification with the pro
ject. Very likely , however , another
effort will bo made to secure national
aid. The canal will undoubtedly bo
completed at some time , but it will belong
long after the date named at the incep
tion of the enterprise.
FninNDS ot the impeached and ac
quitted state olllcials insinuate that the
application for a rehearing of the cele
brated case is inspired by a desire to re
duce the appropriation , of which there
remains unexpended about $5,000. This
story will not wash , bl course , but it
shows the spirit of , the Lincoln crowd
toward the impeachment managers.
These latter gentlemen have done their
duty to the state , ' whoso interests
they watched and1 protected with
ability and firmness. When the case
had been tciod andJa decision rendered ,
only two-thirds of Iho appropriation had
been used. This is a creditable showing
for the impeachment managers , who
have been painstaking and economical
in the conduct of the case. Instances
have been rare , in this state whore a
balance on the righ't.sido of the ledger
could bo shown in any appropriation
made for a specific purpose.
WHATEVER may bo the final outcome
of the issue between' the city and the
coal dealers in respect to the license or
occupation tax , the council should adopt
radical measures for the prevention of
short weight coal. The price of hard
and soft coal in Omaha is and has for
years boon excessive. Consumers are
forced to pay enough for full weights.
Existing ordinances designed to protect
,
private consumers from short weight
are practically inoperative.
ANOTHER Parisian correspondent has
gotten entangled by his dispatches , and
this time ho is threatened with the loss
of his French naturalization. Truly the
lot of the European news gatherer is not
an enviable one.
Smnnlcn of Gore.
VMlaMphta 'Hmu.
It is omntous in connection with the state's
present thirst for tfio country's blood that
Colorado is good Spanish for red.
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An Kn
Globe-Democrat.
The most encouraging feature of the busi
ness situation is the long trains of cars
loaded with grain that are now moving from
the west to the oast.
The I'oor Mmi's Vnnlo ,
J'/tlteildp'.fii I'rfss.
Mr. Chnuncoy M. Dopow Is right in think-
ine that the poor man's panlo is to como.
Meddling with the currency has brought on
n famine by which rich men nave suffered. :
Meddling with the tariff is bringing on i a
panlo by which poor men will suffer ,
let the TurllT Walt.
Qlitbc-Dctnncrat.
If congress pushes Its silver repeal bill vig
orously nnd takes lots of tlmo ever its tariff
bill all will bo well. Pour out ot every five
persons In the country want repeal Just as
soon as It ran bo had , while the same proportion
tion of persons are willing to wait for tariff
changes for a year or two yet or longer ,
Tlio Army of Itnllromi Kmpluyei.
St. Louts /irjmblfo ,
Tlio Increasing importance of railroading
in the United Statoi 'Is ' shown by the Increase
crease In the number'of ' railway employes ,
Ki.OOO . having boon nddod to the list during
the year covered by "the'last ' report of the
interstate commission.1 Ono person in about
every ninety of the country's inhabitants i Is
now'ongugc'iHn rallroiUliig.
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failure off'atflriuilUm ,
Kev >
Thcso attempts to/ojnbpdy vagaries nnd
vicious theories In li w , are qulto too prov-
dlcnt. The legltimato f unctions of republi
can government nii'l Him , righti of individ
ual * are allko overlooked by the fanatics and
the Ignoramuses wlio strlvo , to crystallize
their crankiness in ln\Vj ' ( ho failure of the
etato dispensary expo mejit la South Caro-
llua is excellent as a
Tllo
Grand
The impeachment committee unanimously
moved fur u rehearing of the case against
the state oftlcors , Allen , Humphrey nnd
Hastings. Hon. G , M. L > ambartson bus been
instructed to prepare and lllo the necessary
motion nnd argue the samo. Tha points
upon which this action is stated uro not
given out. The result of the previous trial
enwas not satisfactory to the people of this
state and it is to bo hoped thut the rehear
ing will not bo n fnrco.
No CuiuprumUe.
Kew York'IrUiUM.
President Cleveland cannot afford to glvo
the slightest countenance to any compro
mise. Ha has nothing to gain thereby and
everything to loso. The country has trav
eled ao far on the road of liquidation aid
contraction of credits thut H can iuliuitely
botlcr rniko nn end of monctnry nultfttion
without some now experiment. Oonfiilonoo
is already mi fur Impaired thnt it In not to bu
restored by hnlf mc.iMircs , The least ylolil *
Ing to ovll tendencies In the president's
party would now destroy his Inllmmeo. ' 1 hus
the president cannot now nfTord to consider
the stnto bank schemo. which would only
nrouso now npprohcnslon nt homo nnd now
distrust nbro.id. Ho cnnnot nfford to think
of coinage on some now r.ulo , for the world
has been rapidly educated of Into to the idea
that the rolatlon between silver nnd gold Is
not nnd cnnnot bo determined ,
Motion Money .Nroiled bj AIU
/Vidrtdc'pJila ' Time * .
There U no battle batwcen the masses of
the people nnd the so-called "cold hugs" on
the currency Issuo. H Is the Interest of all
classes nnd conditions , nnd especially the In
terest of nil Industrial people , that only hon
est money should ha known in this country ;
nnd no money can bo honest thnt Is not in
trinsically worth Its fncc , or thnt does not
represent It nnd is convertible at Uio will of
the holder Honest money thnt Is , dollars
which nro riollnrs In fact or representatively
Is essential to the safotvof nil. If gold or
silver , It must bo worth Its fncovnlue ; if
notes , It must bo redeemable In whnt is n
dollar nt home nnd nliro.nl. In short , honest
money 11 what Is needed by every clnss nnd
section of the union , nnd whenever wo got
honest money the country will prosper.
TnVotl Silver anil ( Jolil.
Mr. J. M , llomls of Boston , president of
\tho Bomls Umnha Bag comuany , bns nil-
dressed' the following letter to the editor Of
the Boston Traveller :
"Changes nro I ho inevitable result of time.
Progreos Is n result of chnngcs. Sailing1
ships nro superseded by stonmshlp ) ; horse
power by steam nnd electricity ; mulls by
telephone nnd telegraph. Products for pro
ducts do not now constitute the basts for the
world's commerce , but products for monoy.
"Ench nation has Us own standard for
what it calls mouoy , gold belli ? the ono
metal most in favor , but gold production
does not keep pace with civilization nnd pop
ulation , both of which demand more money.
"Now let the nations of the world In money
matters wnko up nnd take n progressive
stop ns they hnvodono In everything else to
promote civilization , namely , let the bache
lor silver be wedded to the maid gold , nnd
form n now union coin composed of twenty
parts silver and ono part gold. Lot the two
bo made ono. Then have free coinage the
world ovor. All moneys are transported for
nn ndvalorom charge. Therefore the weight
has 1l 1 nothing to do with the rate for trans
portation.
"Intornntionalblmotnllism Is the only solu
tion for the present money conditions in the
world , nml tno quicker this wedding between
silver nnd gold Is consummated , the butter it
will bo for nil concerned. Once consummated ,
the rejoicings over the marriage of the duke
of York and Princess Mary of Took will be
exceeded by 10,000 times. "
I'KOl'LK AXI ) TlllNaS.
Headsman Maxwell has taken n vacation ,
but the ax will continue business at the old
stand.
Only three members of the Berlin congress
of 1878 are now nllvc Bismnrck , Salisbury
nud Wnddmgton.
A Kansas rainmaker who smote the am
bient air and produced n cloudburst Is now
confronted with a largo bill of damages to
property. Even n rainmaker mny ovordow
the business.
The nawab of Uampur is viewing the
sacred white elephant in Chicago. Ho is
young , fair looking , well educated and
enormously rich. A score of wives nro
guarding the seal of state during his ab
sence.
Hear Admiral Thomas O. Solfrldco , re
tired , is said to bo tlio oldest living ofllcor in
the United States navy. Ho is now in his
91st year , and was appointed ns a midship
man from Massachusetts on New Year's
day. 1818.
In bidding farewell to Lieutenant Peary
at n dinner given to the latter nt Portland ,
Mo. , ex-Speaker Heed said ho ( Uoed ) was
going back to Washington soon , nnd wns
therefore entitled to as much sympathy as
was the adventurous Arctic explorer.
A temperance society in Now York sends
under otliclnl sanction , n lunch wagon to
every fire. As soon as an alarm is sounded 1
driver nnd cook spring upon the wagon , and
whllo it is being rushed within the Jiro lines
hot coffee r.nd n generous lunch nre pre
pared for the firemen.
IVo or three years ago , npalnst the ndvico
of all her friends , the wife of Senator Stew
art of Nevada bought a silver mine in Mex
ico. Then she wont for a trip around the
world , nnd recently returned to find herself
the owner of n bonanza that almost equals
anything Nevada ever know. She Is now
building a largo villn near Washington.
Champion Jim Corbott has boon ordered to
move himself nnd his mouth from the Mid
way plaisanco. The mission of the plal-
sanco is said to bo educational and moral ,
therefore the accidental champion is out of
his element. It would remove much perplexity
if the relations of grand nnd lofty tumbling
nnd high kicking to Midway educatioutand
morals wns accurately doflncd.
Kansas City liremon are back from the
international tournament held in London i ,
where they won now laurels and opened the
eyes of the old world fogies. In the contest
for speed In hitching and getting to a llro '
the Kansas City boys got out of their tem i-
porary engine house , with their machines
ready for duty , in eight nnd n half BUVU11U9 .
\vhilo the British necdea over a inlnuto , the
French took thrco minutes and the Germans <
nearly ton.
Judge Jenkins , who succeeded Judge
Grcsham on the United States circuit court
honch , has been arrested In Milwaukee
under an indictment charging him with
holng an accessory to the wrecking of the
PlrmUlnton bank In that city. Although
a director of the bank , neither ho nor his
associates wcro awnro of the wrecking
operations of the president of the Institu
tion , but under the law a director is
responsible for the criminal nets of the
manager.
James McMullcn , who dtod recently In
Bardwoll , ICy. , at the reported ago of 110
years , was thought to be the oldest man in
the United States , ilo was born in Virginia
only about three mouths after the Declara
tion of Independence ; , and was 23 years old
when Washington died. Ho said ho remem
bered Washington well. Ho moved to Tennessee -
nesseo about the year 180U ; while there hemet
mot Davy Crockett , and it was one ot his
tiroudcit memories that ho hunted with that
great backwoodsman ilvo yours ,
An apparatus has been constructed for
telephoning simultaneously over telegraph
wires. The system has been In operation for
some tlmo on the telephone line from IHiUa.
Pcsth to Szogedin , a distance of 121 miles.
The results were satisfactory. The appa
ratus can easily bo inserted in a telegraph
circuit and used at onco. It is said that
simultaneous telegraphy along the wire does
not in the least interfere with telephoning ,
and that the effects of induction and all dis
turbing noises are completely removed.
Many of tho'apparatus used for uiaintaln-
ng tolephoniocouimunicttion between dlvora
at the bottom of the sea or river ana the
boat overhead have been found unreliable
and unsatisfactory. An improved system
comprises a Hunnlngs transmitter , combined
with u receiver wound with a low rcslstunco
cell , suitable for a battery current. This
circuit leads to a receiver and transmitter
contained within the hood worn by the
diver. Tno operator nhovo the water can
control the conversation by means of the
break key. When the dlvor wishes to speak
ho pulls on the life line and notillcs the
operator overhead , who then presses the
boy and puts the circuit in condition for
communication , The whole outfit is com
pact and hamiy , '
' 11UVNH AllOVT TIIK
nuffalonlaus will tnako a descent on the
fair Autrust 'J3.
Fifty tons of paint and ilO.OOO panaa of
glass wcro used in the Manufactures build-
ing.
ing.Tho
The finest bulTalo robe now In existence ia
among the exhibits from the Canadian
Northwest territory. It is valued at fV)3. )
Miss Edna Kaglofcathcr , an Osage Indian ,
gives duilv exhibitions of her skill in short
hand and lyiHnvritlng in the Woman's build
ing.
ing.Kivo
Kivo hundred Philadelphia school teachers
are now doing ( ho fair. They came In u
body and ara doing their bout to make the
visit u season of pro lit.
Augustus Homouway of Canton , Mass , deserves -
serves a permanent place among publoo bene
factors. Ho 1ms invited all the sdioolma'arns
of the village , twenty-six in number , to visit
the World's fair at his exponso. They will
return with n vftUinblf store offer
for future tuo In the schools , m well ni with
bt iRhtor eyes anil ruddier checks ,
The cliancoi nro that the Viking ship will
ronmlu In Chicago. The Norwegians of the
northwest nro raising money with which to
purchase it for that purpose.
In thn Canadian exhibit from the Smllmry
mines of Ontario Is an Ingot of nickel that
weighs 4,800 pounds. There are also line
samples of asbestos aud mica from the prov
ince of Quebec.
A special commissioner from ( .hi.itonialn is
nl Sun Francisco on his way to the exposi
tion. Ho brlnirs with him four Indian boys
and two loiters written by Columbus , which
wcro found In thn old city of Autlgun. Tholr
genuineness has boon attested.
The cod tlshorlos of the P.iclllo nro intro
ducod to general notlco in the Conndlin
section of the Agricultural building. In the
same section nro shown salmon from both
the Atlantic and 1'acillc coasts.
.lohoro Is a far away country , but It has
opened an exhibit which stands up well with
the best. It Is larger than that of Mexico.
There Is not room for nil that Is to bo shown ,
but nrrangcmonls will In n day or two bo
made for putting everything In placo.
The empress of Japan has sent some speci
mens of raw silk from hoi- palace to the
Woman's building i\t the exposition. The
Empress Downgor , too , has sent homo fabrics
which \\oro woven In her palace. A poem
written by the empress Is .vet to bo put Into
placo. It is In Japanese nnd translated is :
"As the hnzo ascends from the crest of
Mount Yorhlno the plover's call Is hoard far
up the stream. "
The crowning feature of the exhibit from
Columbia bus nt last arrived. Itisnlnrgu
collection of articles of solid gold worn by
the inhabitants of South and Central Amor-
lea when llrat found by the Spanish con
querors. Nobody can toll how much thcso
relics are worth , but it Is casv to find out
how much gold is in them , for the precious
metal is unalloyed. And such huge pieces ;
a waist ring , for Instance , two Inches wldo
and very thick ; shields for warriors largo
enough to protect the bronst of n largo man ;
rings for the nose , arms and ankles , and birds
and animals fashioned entirely of the pro-
clous yellow stuff. The collection looks lllco a
Jewelry case from a giant fairy quocu's homo.
NKltll.iSttA. \HllltlbKAXS. .
An old settlers association has been organ
ized at Uloomrlold.
A baby lion was born nt Oakland Saturday
white the circus was m town.
The independents of Ouster county have
callud their convention for September 2.
Lightning killed several head of cattle be
longing to Opp brothers , ranchmen , near
Stuart.
The livery barn of W. H. Gordon at Colo-
rhlgo was entirely destroyed by llro , but all
the horses and carriages were saved.
The old settlers of Nuckolls county will
_ hold 1 their second annual reunion September
21 and ox-Governor Furnas has boon invited
to deliver an address.
Hon. Ooorgo F. Kcipcr , who once ran for
congress , has returned to his homo in J'ierco
after six months spent in touring over the
earth , accompanied by his wife.
Thomas Simpson is n bad boy , whoso homo
has been in Holdrr-go , hut ho will spend the
next few years trying to learn how to bo
good at the reform school at Kearney.
After being engaged for twenty-two years
in the clothing business nt Ashland , II. II.
Shcdd has concluded to quit and try to got
enough mouoy together to pay all his debts.
The Winnobaco Indian school has been
closed thirty days to repair the building.
The Homer Independent thinks it will take
the entire police force to corral the pupils
again.
Can tain O. Butt , a well Known river man
in early days , nnd for many years n resident
of Nebraska City. Is dead , ho is said to
have ferried over the flrst locomotiro ever
landed in Nebraska.
The wife and daughter ot Jacob Lohncs ,
formerly a policeman at Plattsmouth , were
burned to death at Pokin , 111. , by the "ox-
plosion of a can of koroscno with which Mrs.
Lohnes was starting the llro.
The Heaver City Tribune has printed n
fuc simile of the Furnas County Herald , the
Urst paper over published hi the county. It
was printed on n cigar box and was dated
October. 187-1. The paper died after Its first
Issuo. Its fate Isn't to be wondered at. If
the fao simile is a good ono , the Herald
wasn't ' very healthy.
The marshal of Randolph tried to land
eijht tramps in jail In a body , hut ho only
succeeded in locking up six , as two broke
away end lied to the woods. While themar-
shal slumbered and slept that night the two
tramps returned and with a trusty crowbar
they toro down the bars of the bustllo and
liberated their Imprisoned comrades in idle
ness and all disappeared.
A gun In the hands of an insane man
named Ozzazai resulted in a lively time near
Schuylor. The maniac drove his family and
the neighbors Into a cornllold , but ho was
finally captured by the sheriff nnd landed lu
Jail. Later n deputy sheriff took him out of
the cell for an airing and ho broke loose and
gave the ofllccr a lively chase through the
streets , but was finally captured.
Frank Shirley received a letter a few dnys
since from an old lady on her deathbed ,
with the request that It bo answered
"quick , " says the Crawford Gazette. The
burden of the latter was that thlrtyclght
iyears before her husband had borrowed
some money of Mr. Shirley and had never
been able to repay it. During the latter
part of his life the borrower became
moro prosperous , and nt his death , which
' occurred two or thrco years ago , ho charged
'his wife to cancel the debt. In the con-
fusion of adjusting the affairs of the estate it
hud until now Ix-on overlooked , The debt
ins lon since bc ti outlawed , but in morals II
icvcr loses the force of nn obligation.
7.017 JMr'.S TQ .IOH.1.
Ilo Cnn't tto Nation * ! Cc > mrnlinlonor nnd
fUh .InclRp ut HIM Snin * Time.
CmoAoo , July 07. The Nntlonixl World's
Fair commission this nf Icrnoon sent back ( .o
Lho committee of nwnrds the nnmo ofV , I *
May of Nebraska , named ns ono of th
ludgcs of awards In the Fisheries depart
ment ou the ground that ho is n member of
the national commission. Among tnn names
approved were : Uoorgo Martin , Hudson ,
WIs. . nnd Andrew Jensen , Kdecrton , Wls. ,
In the Department of agriculture ; II. Ii.
Joynor , Wyoming , Wis. , Department of
electricity. _
cw.lir.v nn : .
Strnuco Dlncovory Mnilo t y the A lrono.
morn nt Uio Mck Olurnnlory.
Gil. , July 17. Photographs o (
the now comet show nn ititero tin ( * fact.
Another comet is ovclopod in the tall of tha
first ono , Its tall is nlso merging In the
othor. H nppears to move In the snmo
orbit or ono exactly parallel nnd nt the same
rnto of speed. The astronomers nt the Lick
ohso.n-nU.ry nro much elated at the dls-
eovory. The second comet Is not vlslblo
through tlio toloscbpc.
O "
Think Thrjllnvn l.ynctinit Illln.
HIUVISOIIAM , Ala. , July 17. A posse hat
boon sp.Arcb.lng slnco S.Uurdny night near
Urlorfiold for n noirro , charged with the
assault , robbery nnd murder of two women.
Ho rotrontcd Into n swamp , which was sur
rounded lust ntuht and It U bollovcU ho was
captured nnd lynched.
Shut un Inti-iitlor Dpnil.
CHICAGO. July 17. Joseph Mtdoo of Dele
Hock , Ark. , was fumbling' about In I ntls
Dillon's room nt 4 o'clock this morning.
Dillon , wnUlng suddenly , draw n revolver
and shot Mldoo dead.
Vlco I'rxMtldiit StnvriKim'fl .ImmioyltiRii ,
SAN UIKOO , Gal. , July 1" . Vlco President
Stevenson nnd party have gen to Santa
Barbara.
OKltMS OfMlKTIT.
Washington Star : It Ms In times Hko tills
that wo can road without : i ahudiler of how it
feels to frecro to death.
1'hlladolphla Times : Comets servo a useful
purpose If only that fora tlmo they loud men
to higher vlows.
Clovplaiid 1'laln Dealer : The way out of It
for Austiallals to sot , her pugilists to killing
rabbits ,
Truth : Trod Thu vciy first thing she said
to ino vrhcn I called on her last night gave mo
bopo. Aitlnir : What was It ? "riiio tmld her
llttlo brother was asleep. "
I.lfo : "They say , " said SprlRRlns , "Hint It
takus thrco general ton-ttonmku a Kimtlnnmn. "
"That , " replied Wlgulns. "opuns up a plans *
ant prospect for your grandson. "
Now Orleans Picayune : It Is host to po slow
when betting on a fast liorso that hn his ups
nnd downs.
IlulTiilo Courier ! Times nro hard Indued
\\hcn the bouncer inx. saloon doesn't do a rushIng -
Ing business.
Troy Press : Almost , any employo can toll
you that some ono U liable to bo llred when
the boss gets hot.
Philadelphia Hecord : "What n sweet , birdlike -
like vole" Miss lludloy has , " observed Mrs.
Iloton. "Ves. " said Miss Iludloy's rival , " ho
has u blrdllko voice. It Is HKo u screech
owl's. "
Tammany Times : Mrs. I'otcrDy ( reading
ni'wspnpori No wonder stocks ani fuvnrlbh.
Mr , 1'titurby How do you e.xplaln ItV
Mrs. I'otorby They ought to bo fovorlsh
when they nbsorb so much water.
Cleveland 1'laln Dealer : Willie : "Uuclo
Nap , why do they always say the ofllcerB
sponk 'hoarsely' In battle'/ "
Nap ( who hnd been lieutenant ) : "Ilocauso
they have to Keep so cool they cutch cold. "
NEWS KIIOM Till ! SKASIIOHB.
Kcw York Sun.
The maids are lioro from the Inland towns ,
In tholr dainty lints nnd miminiir gowns ,
( /'oruk-an hosiery and sliot-s of tan ,
Twenty maids to u sln lo mail.
COMMENT FIIOSI THE CITY.
However greatly you must deplore
This sad condition iiloiiK thu shore ,
You still must , BOH that It Is butter than
Twenty uiakls to n married nmn.
Jii > I 'Kit A TWA' .
Watlilnolon Star.
The early morning fly now bores
An ample pasiago through the screen.
And pally snuks'tlio man who snores
With mind and inuclu all soreiw.
How wondrous peaceful Is thoscono ,
Wlinro Morjihous Ins kindness storca ,
Until tlio Insect , llerco and lean ,
Comes through tliu net's elastic porosl
How sadly broken Is that nap I
How mildly ulngs the llundlsli flyl
The startled sloonor nlms n slap
And lamls on his ( lefenstiloss eye ,
And when ho rises , by and by ,
To hootho the pain of this mishap ,
Ho llnUn his ruaturea lirulsed , awry ,
And parti-colored Illtu u map.
Is there a nolRhhnrhood nimr by
Where fiomo one bus a room to let ,
Where songsters thrill the midnight aky |
Where walls the moody clarlonut ?
"i'ls thuru a youth his lot would not
And wake all nlKlit without n KlKh ;
"J'ls thus alone that hi ) will got
A chance to douio ; the mornliig lly.
Largest Manufacturers ami llotallora
ol Ulothlux In the World.
Chopping Down-
We're knocking out the suits now. Just road
on and we'll save you money.
$20 Summer Suits $13.50.
All styles , colors and grades.
Some other suits marked down
as low as $5.00.
$3.50 Boys' ' Wash Suits $2.00.
We're getting out all boys'
summer goods with a rush.
Those $2.50 boys' suits go now
for $1.50.
$1.50.Men's
Men's and Boys' Straw Hats Half Price.
And summer coats and vests the prices arose
so low we're afraid to print them.
All the ladies' waists wo have left goat 50o and
$1.00. You will find they are bargains.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,