THE OMAITA DAILY BEEyfflrUUSDAY , AUGUST 10. 1893.
THE DAILY
Ii UOSKWATKU , Killlor
rUN..t HKl. KVKUY MOUSING.
TKHM8 oI'HUIISimtPTION.
Dally lleoufllbout Sunday ) Ono Ynar. . IB 00
Dully nml fuiidny , Onu Your . 1000
KlJtSiontln . * 00
Three. Months . 2 60
Furnlny lice , Onn YrAr . ? 00
But nnmy Hen , Onn Year . > 1 60
Weekly lice , Ono Your . 1 00
OITIOK.3.
Oliinlin.Tlin Hot ) Illllldltig.
Hfiulii OniMlm , corner N anil 26th Street * .
I'omiiMl llliirr.s , 12 1'rnrl Htroot.
riili > iii ( unii'u , 317 Ulmn.ber of Commerce.
N \v York , Itooms 13 , 14 and ID , Trlbuno
Ilulldliiit.
Washington , 51.1 l-'ourtpenth Street.
COKKKHl'ONDKNOR
All rnmtiiunlcatloiis relating to news and
rdltfirlul matter liotild bo addressed : To tlio
Kdltor.
IUTSINEP3 l.KTTKUS.
All husliK'Ks letters nml remtttancns slinuld
1 ! Addressed to The llp I'ubllslilnR romu ny ,
Oninlm. Drafts , chocks mid iiostollleo orders
to lie mnde payable to the ordur of tlio com
pany.
Turtles leaving the rlly for the siimmor ran
1m vo Till ! HKR SI-HI tn lliulr address bjr leaving
an order nl this olllc.'o.
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lIMiliiit company. ( lo-'H Roleim.lynwnArlh.il the
nctiml elirnliillon of Tilt : IMll.v HKK for the week
ndliiir Auunst n , IBliU , was an follows !
Hnmlay. July : io . so.osr.
Monday. July ! U . V3.SIM
Tiionday , AiiiruAl 1 . -3-iS' ?
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Friday. Atlinint I . , . 23,780
Saturday , Ancuat 5 . S4.561
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i . SWOHN to before me nnd mibtcrltxM In
I SKAl , liny IIIX-HCIICD thin nth day of Anirust , 1BU3.
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TUB DAILY and KUNttAV HKP. Is on sale In
Chicago nt tlio following places :
I'nlmer house.
Hraml I'nrlllo hotel.
Auditorium hotel.
IJrpiit Northern liotul.
( lore holol.
I.elitnd hnlel.
I'llos of TIIK Hr.K ran bo sonn at tlio No-
bni.skii building nnd the Administration build
Ing , Imposition ground * .
rii-riilatlon lur .lul.r , 1HICI , 4IC8 !
TUB prospect of equalized brltlgo tolls
'i luivo
DAVIU H. HIM. nnd his llttlo bill nro
to bo found topothor in the coiiffroa-
Blonitl buhl lieatl row.
THE plentiful multiplicity of bills pro-
Bontod to congress must remind its
inombcra of the roenrrinj , ' advent of the
llrst of the month. .
Kuitoi'i- : has inoro to fear from cholera
UHH your than from war. All the armed
hosts of tlio Triple Alliance cannot oppose -
pose the jiiTfjrossof tlio Aftiatic sconrgo.
Tun iirogram of the Nebraska
Breeders muot , now boing- hold in this
city , io one that cannot but bo attractive
to those who are interested in turf
ovonts.
PITIIUC opinion in general inclines to
commend the straightforwardness and
simplicity of the president's ' message.
What now intercuts the country is how
soon congress will acquiesce in his
recommendations.
A S/'ECiAFj / agent of the Agricultural
department Is going to Europe to try to
induce the brewers there to make HBO of
corn in brewing their boors : Better go
all the way at a loan nnd push the con
sumption of the corn jttico pure and un-
doflled.
THE friends of the old-fashioned wild
cat currency lost no time in offering a
bill for tlio repeal of the law imposing a
tax on state bank issues. The frantic
Bilonco which followed the introduction
of the bill is a pretty sure earnest of its
reception by the conservative thinking
people of the country.
THE action of the Lohigh Valley di
rectors in canceling the lea-so of that
road to the Heading is just as much a
surprise as was the original leasing.
That those momentous changes are con
tinually occurring in the railway world
betokens the unstable condition of the
existing railway situation.
THE republican members of congress
lave by all odds the host end of the
lilvor fight. They are in a position tc
practically dictate the terms of the final
settlement of the money question anil
this fact is a Htilllciont guarantee thai
the interests of the country will not be
endangered by unwise legislation.
THE railroad managers feomplain ii
their injunction petitions that at .1 conti
per mile their passenger trnlllc does no' '
pay expenses. They neglect to inforn
their court just how much their pajson
gor receipts nro cut down by reason o
the pass books hold by the blue-shir
brigade along about .convention time.
WE HAVE a stalk of Nebraska con
bearing four undeveloped ears. It wa
cut from n growing iiold in Wnshingtoi
county which it is estimated will yioli
eighty bushels to the aero. Corn is no\
worth US conts. This explains why th
farmer Is so much better otT than an.v
body else in those days of business do
pression. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
DETROIT receives per cent intores
for the city money on deposit in a ]
proved local banks. The deposits nr
placed with thu highest responsible bit'
dors and are secured by adequate bond *
Furthermore there is real compotltlo
among Detroit banks to secure th
money. Omaha might learn a IOBBO
from Detroit.
TiiEltE are evidences in sight to load
fair-minded man to the conclusion the
the State Hoard of Transportation incur
to support the attorney general in h
olTorts to defend the right of the state I
regulate freight rate tolls. It is hope
that the b : > urd will make Its full inlet
and purpose manifest and that it wi
lend the attorney general all uossib
aid in the impending contest.
rtlU'KKSEN'TATIYB MliHCKK was quot (
In THE HUB'S Washington dispatcht
yesterday as being much displeased wi
the president's message. Incidental
he said : "Tho president closes his me
page with a bound by suggesting a r
peal of the purchasing clause of the t
called Sherman law , without giving ai
.doilnlto reason therefor. " Wo suggc
that Mr. Mercer road the message. '
our mind , about nine-tenths of the doc
inont covered definite reasons for ropoi
The question whether the uncondi
tional repeal ot the silver purchasing
provisions of the Sherman act will fully
restore financial confidence is one which
it may bo palely assumed is receiving
very general consideration. There are
certain obvious effects whloluropoal will
produce. It will establish" confidence at
homo and abroad in thecontlnucdsound
ness and stability of our currency. With
the stoppage of silver purchases
by the government there will bo
removed all reason for doubting
the ability of the covornmont to main
tain the currency parity , of gold and
silver. Unquestionably tills would bo an
important aid to the restoration of con
fidence. It would probably put an end
to so much of the depletion of gold as Is
represented by the return of American
securities and it would also doubtless
induce a return of foreign capital to this
country for investment. Largo amounts
of European capital have been with
drawn from the United Slates within the
past year or twonnd the olTor of high
rates of Intoreat failed to call
it back. There can bo no reasonable
doubt as to the explanation of this. It
was duo to the fear of foreigners that
the country was drifting to a silver
basis , and that their investments would
thereby bo imperiled. With the aban
donment of silver purchases by the gov
ernment this fear will vanish and for
eign capital will again bo attracted
horo.
Those wholesome conditions are cer
tain to follow the ropaal of the silver
purchasing provisions of the Sherman
act , but something more is needed.
Will repeal begot , on the ono
hand , that popular confidence in
the banking institutions of the
country which will lead the people to
restore to the banks the millions of
money that huvo been withdrawn and
are now in hiding , and on the other
hand induce the banks to adopt a more
liberal policy toward the business com
munity in the matter of extending
credits ? Everybody who can take an
intelligent and practical view of the sit
uation understands that it is not a
scarcity of currency , but rather a re
striction of credit , that is the prime
cause of the financial distress. Mak
ing the most liberal allowance for the
amount of currency held out of circula
tion by hoarding , there is still money
enough to transact the business of the
country for which money is ordinarily
used , but there is an enormous contrac
tion of credit nnd this it is that is doing
the mischief. e
Will the stoppage of silver purchases
by the government give relief in this
direction ; ' This is a pertinent question
which no ono can answer with any cer
tainty , though tlio probabilities are in
favor of the assumption that the pro
posed change of policy regarding silver
will tend to a general restoration of con
fidence.
IJIK TiiANSPKit Mi'rrc/f IAW.
The transfer switch law wont nomi
nally into olToot on August 1. But tin
one as yet has'heard of the erection o !
any such switches by the railroads as
are enjoined by the statute or even ol
any move on the part of the railroads
of this state indicating that they in
tend to obey the law. The results con
templated by the legislature are at the
present moment no nearer attainment
than before that body convened. The
c.iso then which Mr. , T. S. Dart bring ;
before the State Board of Transporta
tion to secure the benefits of the now
law will very shortly bring the mattot
to the front and show the public wlmi
attitude the railways propose to assume
in relation to the duties thus imposed
upon them.
The purpose of the Paokwood bill ii
briotly this : It reqniues all railroads ii
the state touching at common points 01
at some near point , where freight is received
coived and delivered , to build and main
tain switches lor their common use it
transferring freight in carload lot :
from ono line to the other. It aim ;
furthermore to compel thorn to forwan
such freight by the shortest line between
tweon the points of consignment. Am
this is to bo olTccted by giving a throng !
\\aybilltothoplaoo of destination , foi
which no greater amount is to b
charged than the sum of the local rates
which charges are to bo apportionoi
pro rata according to the mileage c
the dilToront railways over whoso line
the freight is transported. The ad
vantages accru'ng to the shipper ar
that his freight goes by the shortest utn
quickest route nnd that the charges ar
based on the lessor mileage.
Another feature of the law is the prc
vision by which any railroad may secnr
practical immunity from its burdens b
showing to the satisfaction of the Slat
Board of Transportation that the coi
Btructlon of the contemplated transta
switch is unusually burdensome and coi :
seqnently unjust and unreasonable. Th
penalties do not attach until the ox pin
tion of sixty days from the time the la1
goes Into force , so that private- rights c
action cannot accrue for some months t
come. Before the end of the sixty day
is in sight wo may expect to BOO over
road , which is crossed by any other rai
way in this state , apply to the railrou
commissioners for exemption from tli
provisions of the law. It amounts the
simply to this , that the rosponsibllil
for the enforcement of this law res1
i with the State Board of Transportatlo
How it will consider tlio cases brougl
before It will arouse no llttlo public ii
torcst when the time comes for it to at
BUSINESS is dull. Everybody kno\
that. But trade conditions * in Omni
have not fallen to that depth of weukno
reported in other cities west , north ai
south. Surrounding Omaha is a va
territory producing abundant , divert
iled crops , the product of which is weal
dug out of the earth. Heroin lies tl
hope of this metropolis. No other ci
in the west is BO adequately fortllli
against commercial disaster or collap
of values. In Colorado the mines ha
supported the trade of Denver ; in Ml
nosota , wheat Is the crop upon whh
the trade of that state depends ; in N
braskii , corn is the staple. The mini )
industry of Colorado is all but mine
the wheat crop of Minnesota is , eompi
ntivolyspeakinga failure. The corn or
of Nebraska is unprucedonteclly lur
In other words , conditions are such
this state that trade may bo expected to
rapidly revive titular favorable financial
legislation.
KQVA t.lZt.I ) UltltMK TUl.LS
It Is now announced that all consid
eration of the application of Omaha
manufacturers and jobbers for equalized
tolls over the Missouri river bridge at
this point has been indefinitely post
poned. The local shippers have for
years been agitating the abolition of the
discriminating differential by which
Iowa merchants are enabled to compote
with thorn on favorable terms In their
territory while- they have been almost
shut out of the Iowa field by reason of
the unjust railway charges. When the
Commercial club took the matter up a
few weeks ago and pushed it so ener
getically it seemed for a short tlmo that
the railways wore inclined to listen to
Its demands and to yield to thorn so far
as they are well grounded. The failure
of the Western Freight association at
Chicago to take any action In the matter
leaves Omaha jobbers to plod along as
best they can , handicapped now as they
have always been.
The reason assigned for maintaining
the bridge toll is unsatisfactory in every
particular. There was no proposal to
lower rates on transmlssouri shipments ,
but simply to equalize thorn. The bridge
toll and the local rates under the maxi
mum freight rate law have no connec
tion whatever. The former should not
bo alTootcd by the complications that
have arisen ever freight rates within
the state , especially since those compli
cations are solOly of the railways' own
making. The Omaha merchants should
not lot the matter drop. Persistent
action and unceasing olTorts must even
tually secure an equalization of the bridge
tolls.
TAKIFV AS A DlSTVIUllSa CAUSE.
President Cleveland plainly implied
in his message that ho recognized the
fact that silver is not the only cause of
the prevailing financial distrust and
business depression. This language
from the message is significant : "It maybe
bo true that the embarrassments from
which the business of the country is suf
fering arise as much from ovlls appre
hended as from those actually existing.
We may hope , too , that calm counsels
will prevail , and that neither the capi
talist nor the wage earner will give way
to unreasoning panic and sacrifice their
property or their interests under the
inlluenco of exaggerated fears. " Fur
ther on in the message the president
refers to turitT reform as having lost
nothing of its immediate and permanent
importance , but it seems a fair inference
from the above quotation that ho in
tended to convoy the assurance to the
country that there is no reason to up-
prohond , so fat" us the administration is
concerned , any dangerous departure
from the fiscal policy of the nation.
There is warrant for this view in the
fact that Mr. Cleveland has not at anj
time since his nomination indicated the
least sympathy with the declaration ol
the democratic national platform ugainsl
the policy of protection. In his Madi
son Garden speech , when ho was in
formally notified of his nomination , IK
said that the democratic party .was no
a party of destruction , thereby imply
ing that the industries of the countn
wore in no danger of being destroyed it
the event of the success of that party
There was not a word in his inaugura
address to show that ho meant to carr ;
out the demand of the platform for tlu
abandonment of the policy of pro
tection. In that address ho rooognize (
the obligation to reform the tarilT , bu
not on the lines laid down by the ox
tromists. "Whijo there should bo in
surrender of principle , " said the pros !
dent , "our task must bo undertaker
wisely and without heedless vindictive
ness. Our mission is not punishment
but the rectification of wrongs. " It i
highly pn.bablo that Mr. Cleveland ha
become more strongly convinced sine
his advent to oflicb than before that th
democratic policy proposed at Chicag
cannot bo carried out without the mos
disastrous cDnsoquoncos to the businos
interests of the country. If ho Isacarofn
student of current events ho must real
r/.o that the apprehension with regard t
the possible course of his party in rohi
tion to the tarilT has no small inlluonc
in producing the state of affairs whit :
everybody deplores , and for tho-correi
tion of which the stoppage of sllvc
purchases by the government will nt
bo all-sulllciont. The munufacturot
of the country uro practically unanimoi
in saying that the closing of mills an
factories and the curtailment of prodin
tion are mainly duo to fear regardin
what tlio party In power may do in tli
name of tarilT reform.
It would have been well if the proa
dent had with moro directness assure
the industrial interests of the cotinti
that they need not fear a dostrncth
change in the tarilT , but what ho did K :
ought to have a beneficial oll'cct , at
very likely will have , though It will 1
v impossible to remove all uncertain
nnd apprehension until a measure
0 tarilT revision Is reported which wi
unmistakably show how far the party
power is disposed to go in a dopartu
from the policy of protection.
THE apparent anxiety of the dom
cratlc members of congress to avoid n
partisan coloring in the discussion of tl
silver question is ono of the most r
froshln' , ' features of the extra sosalo
And yet it is not certain but that mat
democratic members will thomsolvi
force the partisan issue. Bland is po :
tivo that the democratic party is tl
, 'fl friend and solo advocate of free silvc
in Mr , Bryan Is equally positive that h
id party is the especially ordained chat
ida
a plon of the free silver policy. Both go
tlemen are men who do not hesitate
ih express their convictions in no iincu
h tain phrases , and they are perfect
10 willing to fasten free and unlimited s
10y ver coinage upon the financial policy
id _ the United States and claim a partis ;
credit for so doing.
; o
i- A MEMIIEU of the House of Comma
ih assorts that the necessity for the rope
o- of the Sherman sllvor purchase law m
oJ bo traced to the recent action of t
J , British government in India upon t
r- silver question. The stoppage of Indi ;
ro. silver coinage no doubt had a depress !
o. effect upon the bullion market , but t
in domuuil for the ropoul of our silver pi
clifiso law is of much longer standing.
The evil effects ] ( > ! tliat law have been
becoming dally moro visible for many
months and its repeal was only a matter
of tlmo , whatever the course of Euro
pean govornmoiUjnnlght have been so
long as they continued in their refusal
to join in the movement for international
.bimetallism. -
IF TUB governors of the different
states rolleot thcr Opinions of their con
stituents , the canvass made by the Now
York Jlcruld of the attitude of thirty-
six state executives' toward the Sherman
sllvor purchase law Is very significant.
The results secured are : For uncondi
tional repeal , 11) ; for conditional repeal ,
11 ; against repeal , 2 ; noncommittal , 4.
This Is probably an approximate repre
sentation of the relative standing of the
whole country.
THE proposal to have the World's
fair continue for another year does not
moot a very hearty reception at the
hands of those most closely interested in
it. The directors have evidently had
enough of their thankless task , while
the stockholders have given up their
hopes of financial profit and are now
willing to lot well enough alono.
THE World's fair directors have finally
decided to ask for a dissolution of the
injunction which forbids them to close
the gates on Sundays. Why did they
not do this before they disobeyed the
order of the court ? Those who wore
fined for contempt are probably wishing
that they had acted more prudently.
NiiiiltASKA democrats who are appli
cants for fcdival appointments would do
a profitable turn by clubbing together
and hiring Tobo Castor to stay right in
Washington until the last republican
has made his exit.
The .Sltmitinu Aptly Clmnicturliod.
//iII < t < Icf ] > Mu Itrcnrtl
Inventor 1-Mlxon hus partially shut down
his phonograph works at OraiiRO , N. .T. , for
the ronson , as bo has quaintly snld , Uml
"tho proprietor thereof , sueitiK the country
hiis rusolvod Ksulf into a national lunatiu
asylum , decided to wait till tlio wave sub
sided somewhat. " Tlioso words aptly
characterize the situation , so far us con
cerns tlio ravings of silvur Ilatists in the
west or the equally irrational behavior ol
timid investors in the c.ist.
Domner-itin Dodging In Iowa *
Clttcaan lnti Ocfiin.
Governor Uoius of Iowa shrewdly pro
poses to cschov/ national politics , knowing
full well that tin ) democratic party lias no
show of sue-cess this year except upon puroli
local or slue issues. 15ut the governor will
find that business interests hnvo more claln :
upon public attention than Uiu minor qucs
lions , "to beer or not to bcur , " which lit
scoks to place at tlio front. Very natur
ally , in view of the threatened collapse ol
industries resulting- from their success , tlu
democrats are Just now anxious to change
the subject , but tlio policy of evasion and
avoidance will not work. Governor Boies
will bo confronted b.v a condition resulting
from democratic theories , and oven that olc
bottle of Dutch sugar , which ho carried in
the campaign of 1SUJ , will not save his part )
in this year's campaign. No artful dodging
will avail.
I'lvo .Months of Dninacrncy.
' ZJenrcr 7tr.nblfraii. ;
Just five months- ago the republican partj
turnoil the government "t the United States
over to the democratic party , and thechangi
in the business affairs of the country whiol
has occumjii in that' "Miuf poriqd cannot t > <
cuunlcd in tht > entire previous history of tin
nation. Then all our business interests wen
prosperous and the outlook for good limes ii
the future was bright. Now all classes fron
capitalists to coal heavers nro complaining
of hard times , falling markets , closin ;
factories and mills , failing banks'lo3sunini
railway truffle and starving labor. Wo di
not claim that all theao grout changes an
duo to the stibstltulion of democrats for re
publicans in the control of our government
but it cannot bo doubted Unit the pulitica
revolution which the majority of volorj du
creed lasl November has had a great dea
lo do wllh tlio business revolution which ha
30 closely accompanied it.
Tlio L'oni.ii . ! ; ItiLiiii.
Hero we liavo a nation of 07.000,000 of poc
pie , the richest , the bosl fed , Iho lies
clothed , tlio best housed and the best pro
viiled tno world has ever seen. Our con
sumption per capita of tlio good things o
this world is greater than that of any othe
people. Wo buy moro and tiso moro thu :
anybody else on the face of the earth , anil
what is moro , wo are abundantly able to d
si. Now , wo are going to live well this fall
Just as wo have heretofore dono. There ma ;
bj some enforced economies fora time in thi
or that locality , but what will that amoun
to in the average of domestic exchanges np
grcguting during the season of active deal
ings moro than $100,01X1,001) ) . elnilv ? Tim
average will not bo much below that ligur
after September 1 , no matter what congrcs
may do. Wo shall want about $100,000,00
worth of ono thing or another every day i
tlio wco'.c ' except Sunday , and it is to b
hoped that the manufacturers , merchant
and forwarders will bo all ready and \vo
prepared to aupply our demands.
g G.imi ) to I'l iy.
JViir/ol/i / Ji > .ini'il.
The railroads are evidently attempting I
play a very liirp : game in regard to tli
maximum freight rule law , but it is one tlu
is fraught with great danger to tliomsolve
After a pretense at being willing to give tli
new law a trial on its merits , at the lai
moment suits wt-ru broucrlit in the naino <
stockholders to enjoin the railway managoi
from putting the now rates in force , thus I
olfect abrogating the law until tlio pundii :
suits snail bo adjudicated and the co
stitntionality of the la'w settled. Tl
plan is a very shrewd ono , and wl
have tlio cll'ect of saving the paymoi
of the lines imposed by tlio new la
for failure to comply with it , while It a
roinpllshen the same object as if the ra
ways had set the law at defiance. It may !
two years before the litigation ends , fi
suits liavo been brought before Judge Ound
whose decisions all show an Inclination to
belief that tlm railways are private co
corns not amenable to Htato control. Tl
railroads will llnd , however , that delay
all they can hope to gain by the new mov
and that while they may chock for a tin
the onward march of the sentiment In fav
of state control of froiKlil rates , they cnnii
thwart its ultimate triumph. The people
Nebnijlca uro not in the light for a day
lor u year , but for nil time to como , and t
day of Judgment for tliu misuse of power '
piB-headud railway-managers is us cortn
to dawn as that the stars will hold tin
coursu in the heavens.
Mlnneajfiltt Times ,
From Indiana cnHsro/uU / nnd from Texas' lo
uxnuniu ,
They itru KathurliiK , nro gathering , thoto (
purU of Ilimncii. ' " '
From l.uultliina'H low bayous and from L'i
furnla's hlioroi
They urn plklnx to the stations ,
by ,
Tluiy tumhlu froir the Rockies , they drip fri
out thu Hoods ,
They K'lthur from thu prairies , they hus
from the woods ;
They coino In tijuuds and companies , gatln
lug brlKadua
From northern plnu wood * como they , a
from uvorgladus ,
All sorts and kinds of stntotmon are In t
motluy thronir ,
is All aorta anil kinds of whUkeri thuy llliow
brlii ) ! along ,
il All bortn anil kinds of notions through tli
middle * MI. j i , , * ,
For every kind of statesmanship are all t
10 peoplu paying.
Thuy gather from the cast and they gatl
10 from tlio son tli
,11 And thuy gutliur from thu west whore tl
gather mostly mouth ,
They are plunging on lo Washington to at
10 tliU blesiod land ;
10r If thuy don't , tliun noit oloctlon we'll bust t
r- blviiaoU baud.
I'liUl'Ml . \ Tltl.tUS.
No poUIfoffRlng. No p.trty domination I
The Maryland ponch crop Is harvested and
Is nn abundant ono. Hring on your confl *
donco. The country Is safo.
Dosplto Its mnlarlM condition in n busi-
IIPS.I sense , public conlldonco in the summer
girl grows warmer as the season wanes.
Ae-cordlng to domocr.itle testimony Cleve
land did not wnlt for tlio ronptil of the dem
ocratic platform. Ho repudiates the wig
wam utterances.
Though tlio event-is not down In Iho bills ,
the feat of Henry Wattoraon spiking the
democratic plat form to Cleveland's bedpost
will draw like a house aIIto.
What tlio country needs , and that quickly ,
Is legislation to maintain the painty of tlio
hammock. That would restore ns well as
facilitate the exchange of conlldonco.
Wood cuts of the "wild man of
Borneo , " which Harnum scattered among
newspaper ofllcos a generation ago. are now
doing duty outlining the physiognomy of the
Samoan rebel loader.
Uo was a patriotic compositor who sot up
"waving cornllolds" for "waning confidence"
In the president's message. Suoti loyalty to
the west is peculiarly refreshing while
doubt stalks abroad and financial euro-alls
afllict the land.
The moral regulators of Indiana received
au effective backset with load. Four of the
clan whUoeap wont forth at night to punish
certain offenders. Their Joint funeral thirty-
six hours later lllustr.Uod tlio folly of stick
ing olfactories Into other people's ' affairs ,
Hd ward F. yoarlos , who some ttmo ago gave
the Hopklns-Searlos mansion at San Fran
cisco to tlio Art association of that city as
its permanent homo and agreed to give
$3,000 n yo.tr toward Its maintenance , is
about to present the association with a mini-
bor of valuable paintings as the nucleus of a
collection.
Huron William von Faber , the only son of
naron Toolbar von Faber nnd part owner of
tlio world-renowned load pencil factory in
Nuremberg : , died In Gorinany a few days
ago. Few men hnvo made a greater or moro
universal mark In the world's affairs. Ho
was consldorato to a degree , leaving an
abundance of material wllh which to edit
his obituary *
Father Vinoz , the eminent Cuban meteorologist
elegist whodie'dnt Havana'July 2i ! , was a
practical optician and mechanic. Ho man
aged and repaired his own machinery , ob
served , made his notes and wrote Ins report
to the societies with which he was in corre
spondence , till by himself. Ills published
work on hurricanes contains observations
extending over many years. Its scientific
value Is recognized by tlio highest author
ities.
ities.A
A pantry groaning with federal plo lends
a silent but impressive force to Cleveland's
message. It is an emphatic iteration of the
Kentucky sentiment :
"llu who dallies U a dastard ,
lit ) who dodges Is damned , "
Lot tlio haymakers of the Uocklos brace
up and look pleasant , Free coinage is ap
proaching. A current Item announces that
eastern farmers are coining money out ol
hay. They bale it nnd ship it abroad.
A handsome granite sarcophagus , crcctctl
to the memory of IJarney Hughes , was un
veiled at Klmwood cemetery , Memphis , re
cently. Hughes began life as a printer , but
llnding this an uncongenial pursuit ho en
tered and achieved elistlnstion in the Hold ol
telegraphy. Ho is the llrst who by touchlnp
His tongue to the broken wire could "talio1
tlio interrupted message. For a time bo was
chief telegrapher in General Hragg's army ,
Ho identilied himself with the fortunes ol
the south in her struggle , vand on ouo 01
moro Holds was complimented for distin
guished services. After the war he as
sistea in establishing the overland toleprapl
line to Salt Lake City , and was tlio llrsl
man to operate a telegraph line from thai
western city.
AM5II.M.I.V I.V XBH' XUKK ,
The Noted Onmln. Dlvlno Tells of Hll Souti
Amnrlcnu Trip.
NEW YORK , Aug. 0. [ Special Telegram ti
Tim BEE. ] Bishop John P. Newman o
Omaha is in tlio city , having just returnee
from his official visit to South America
where he made the annual examination inti
the condition , of the missions carried oi
there by the Motbodtst Episcopal church
Ho says :
"I found our church has property wortt
about STOO.OOO , and from fifty ti
175 men and women engaged ii
teaching or preaching. There are 4,00i ,
communicants , and 15,003 adherents of tin
Methodist church. In Duonos Aycros 01
Sunday i saw 2,000 Spanish children nt i
Methodist Sunday school taking part in th
exorcises of Children's day. The eonstitu
lions of the republics , or most of them a
least , favor the Catholic church , but th
liberal party in most of thorn is opposed to ;
union of church and state. Because of th
growth of their liberal sentiment , there ar
evasions of the constitutional re
quirements that tlio Catholic churo !
shall bo the recognized church
Two or three illustrations of this occurro
during my visit. At Lima I wanted t
preach , and on consulting the authorities
found that I would not bo allotted to proael
In Spanish , but might preach in English. Ii
Uruguay I was again confronted by the con
stitution , but it was interpreted accordlni
to the old maxim that 'What's not forbiddc :
is permitted. ' As , the constitution did no
specify against the Methodist forms of wet
ship , I was allowed to preach. "
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SVl't'l.lKl > tt'JTJl 1H'XA311TO.
Kuntticky Convicts Oiiuciilvi ) u Il.irlntf Plu
to Gain Tlinir Klliurty.
FitANKroiiT , Ky. , Aug. U. Another darin
attempt among the convicts to blow up th
penitoniiary walls and osuapa was discovoro
by Warden Norman last night , but detail
were made public this time.
The principals in the conspiracy were th
' two Hooves brothers and a fellow by th
name of Millard , all desperate men , who at
serving terms of thirty-one years each ft >
blowing up a bank and attempting to but
tlio town of Tompkinsville a few ynars agi
They had acted suspiciously for son
days , and upon investigation the wardc
found in their possession two pistols , a hup
quantity of dynamite , nltro-glycorlno an
other combustibles , and they evidently ii
tended to make a death struggle for liber ! -
after blowing up the prison walls. Tliu.y iv
fused to talk , hut. some of the other priso :
ers who claim to have not been in the on :
spiracy revealed the plan of attomptc
( . scape. Strict surveillance will bo ke |
upon the prisoners , who are sullen and dl
appointed over the failure of their sohom
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Blue orepon is the material of which tl
oy effective visiting costume is fashioned ,
TO gothur with a volant of bolgo mousselinn
ho solo. The pleated collot U of the aauiu i ;
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F.4VT.1 AIIOtlT Nll.l'KIt ,
Trrntmont of thn Whltn Me till liy ttio Nn-
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Kdvr nrd 0 , Twitch , recently director of the
United States mint , sketches the history of
the dothronltig of sllvor during the lust
inartor of a century ami Iho reasons thoro-
'or. He says the "clvllUod countries have
leclnrpil that , by reason of Its cumbrous *
icss , the enormous cniantlty produced nnd
-ho violent lluetnatloiis In Its vnluo , sllvor
s not III to servo us n mo.isuro of the values
of otlior things ; that hereafter ROld shall ho
such aiiilanl of value , ami that the busi
ness of the world shall ho done with cold
money nnd an cnlargod use of Instrument *
of credit which nlnotuontti e-cntury civiliza
tion hns providotl as substitutes for actual
monoy. "
This modern oroforonco of gold for silver ,
says the Chicago Trlbuno. manifested Itself
llrst nnd most , strongly among people of the
highest civilization ami of the- largest com
mercial pursuits. Ono great reason for It
was n need for the use of the metal contain
ing the greatest valueIn the least bulk , thna
making gold the money of comuiere'o. Uro\l :
Britain adopted the gold standard In 1S10
for the express reason , as stated In the not
of Parliament , that "great Ine'onvonlotico
had arisen from both those proelous motnls
being concurrently the standard measiiro of
value and equivalent for property. " Hxoopt
Knglnnd all Kuropo had the silver standard
forty years ago nml sliver coins constituted
the proat bulit of the money of actual
transactions. Today not n mint In Kuropo
Is open to the coinage of full debt-paying
sllvor coins and the gateways of the Orient
1mvo been closed itguinst.it.
Hero Is a brief statement of the successive
nets of sllvor coinage suspension :
In 187KS , ' ) the Gorman omplro Ind In the
modern movement to adopt the gold stand
ard , It called hi S257.45I.UOO worth of silver
thalers. nnd , in order to procure ) the neces
sary gold for coinage purposes , sold S .GKi,7-3 ! !
line ounces of the molted silver at a loss of
f t.000,000 , or nearly 10 per cent on Its enor
mous stock of silver coins , nil of which had
boon in circulation as monoy. It incurred
this loss voluntarily ns the cost of placing
itself on a sound monetary basis.
In ISM I'Yuuco , Italy , Belgium , Switzer
land and Greece , the states composing the
Untiii union , doulded to stop the coinage of
5-frano silver pieces , these being the only
sllvor coins -of full etnbt-pnying power , ami
they closed their mints to tho'coinapoof full
legal tender silver coins , which has not
since been resumed. Thus they practically
adopted the gold standard.
The Scandinavian countries of Norway ,
Sweden and Denmark entered Into u mone
tary treaty with onoh other In December ,
1ST2 , adopting gold ns the solo legal tender
standard and making silver subsidiary , to bo
coined only for small chr.ngo purpose's.
In 1S75 Holland , which was full of silver ,
closed its mint to the coinngo of silver , thus
adopting the gohl standard ; and in April ,
1881 , authorized the sale of 25.000,000 silver
llorins whenever the state of thu currency
demanded it.
In September , 1870 , Hussla prohibited the
coinage of silver , except such as was neces
sary lor the Chinese trado.
Three years later the Austria-Hungary
empire closed its mints to the coinage of sil
ver for individuals , and more recently has
adopted the single gold standard.
In IS'.H ) Koumania adopted the gold stand
ard ami withdrew about 55,000,000 worth of
silver coins from ciivulation , which were
afterwards sold as bullion at a heavy loss.
In the United States silver was practically
demonetized nftor 18:14 : ami legally in 187B.
In 1S78 , without any silver dollars , with all
our currency based on gold , and our stock
of golel increasing rapidly and enormously ,
wo took the ilrst backward stop in the move
ment of civilized countries from a sllvor to a
gold standard. At the latter date India alone
was the grert t absorber o f sll ver.-whero all the
surplus silver discarded by Europe gravi
tated as naturally as water Hews toward the
sea. Its people , mostly very poor and very
Ignorant , exchanged the products of their
toil for silver bullion , the coina from which
answered the barbaric demand for orna
ments as well as serving for a medium of
exchange. In the lust thirty years the im
ports of silver by Indiiv amounted to about
f 1,100,000,000 ; and the enormous power of
that country to absorb silver undoubtedly
has saved the motul from a very much
greater depreciation than has taken place in
recent years. But India has grown tired ot
the absorbing process of a depreciating
metal. Two royal commissions were ap
pointed , to consider the grave evils and in
conveniences resulting to British India
from the depreciation of the gold price in
silver. Following their recommendations ,
the free coinage of silver in India 1ms boon
stopped.
Contrary to the general impression that
silver has boon the money of India from re
mote generations , it is notmnny years since
it adopted the silver standard. The ancient
money of the Hindoos was gold. In 1S1M
this was supplemented by silver , but cold
coins remained legal tender till 1835 , when
silver was made the solo standard and gold
was demonetized. Yet largo quantities ol
gold have been imported there since that
time for foreign exchange purposes , the im
portation" for the eight ilscal years ending
with 1S70 amounting to nearly $ 50,000,000 ,
though gold is not n legal tender nnd gold
coins do not circulate.
It may bo added that Holland was on n sil
ver basis from 1S47 to 1875 and Austria-
Hungary from 1S57 to 1S7U.
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The following recapitulation shows the
number of nations and pcoplo who have
changed their money standard , deciding Ir
favor of gold and dropping out silver and
moro or loss adopting ROM a the ttnmlnrd
of values ;
Oerinikiiy , dcmonntlfort ullvor In
1H71-3. contains , people 43.000,000
1'rnncn , Htonpod sllvrr cnliiRRa In
1H74 nnd 1ms filled up wllh gold , , .
pcoplo 89,000,000
Itnly , stopped liver coltmRo In
IH74 and htis fllle'd up with K"l < l ,
people 80,000,000
i'lKhini , adopted sold standard
ton yoaM HBO. pooplo. 0,000,000
Swllrorland nnd iirovrn , adopted
gold standard ton years ago ,
ptoulo 4,000,000
Scamllnnvlii , deimmetlM'il sllvor
In 1872 , pcoplo 10,000,000
Holland , doinoiictljcd silver In
1H70 , ponpln -t.OOO.OOO
Austria-Hungary , dotnnnu tired
sliver In 1R7U. tilling up wllh
sold , people B9.000.000
Koilinanlii , adopted gold standard
In 18UO , reoplo B.OOO.OOO
Kussiii , stopped sllvor culimiii : In
187(1 ( and IjllllliiK'up with gold ,
people 100,000,000
llrltlsh 1 ndla , stopped silver coin-
nKOln 1HU3 , people U80.00U.UOO
Great , llrltlan , ilenumeillr.ml silver
In 1810 runl all Its colonies have
followed the ( -tample , pcoplo . . . r > 0,000,000
Total , iUXl.OUO.OOJ of people , besides these
In Iho United States. The late action by
llrlilsh India leaves the United.States ami
Moxtcn as the only e-otintrlo.s In the world
which continue to p'lrchaso silver and eoiti
It Into legal tender money , and Mexican silver
vor coinage really cuts no ilgtiro , because )
those e'olns are largely melted down by per
sons who use thorn at their bullion value * .
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The sllvor dollar , wiifch Is attain n disturb
ing clement in the llnanclal prosperity of the
country , seems to have had a lot of trouble
In Its day and generation , and It is now get
ting hack at the United State's treasury
with alarming persistency. Some of the
facts concerning U are of immediateinter -
cst and wilt hear summing up. Here is tlio
chronological history of the silver dollar :
Authorized to bo coined , act of April 'J ,
17DJ ; weight , 41(5 ( grains ; fineness , 81)2.1. )
Weight changed , act of. January IS , 181)7 ) , to
t It ! V grains.
Fineness changed , act of January 18 , 18117 ,
to 1)00. )
Coinage discontinued , act ot February IS ,
187H.
187H.Total amount coined to February 13 , 18117 ,
$ soisa8. ; !
Coinage reauthorize. ! , act of February 'JS ,
1878.
Amount coined from March t , 1878 , to DJ-
cemuer III , 1887 , $2-iallS7 ) , ( including $1-
8U7 rocoincd ) .
Total amount coined to Ueco.nbor 31 , ISS'.l ,
* : C,7UiJ'.lS10. , '
The llrst sllvor dollar was put In circula
tion in 17'.M. '
"It was a crude design , " says a historian.
"On thu obverse or fnco of the coin was im
printed the beau of a young lady facing to
the right. Her hair was ( lowing to such nu
extent that she looked us If taken in a galu
of wind. "
In 17H ! ) congress stepped in to the aid of.
the typical damsel and tied her hair up with
a bit of ribbon. '
The fifteen stars were after this reduced
to the original thirteen in recognition of thn
number of states.
In 1S30 the design was again changed , ami
the silver dollar bore thu full llguro of ; v
neatly-dressed woman in a ( lowing garment.
The designer forgot , however , to put in tlm
thirteen stars and the coin was soon calle-d' '
In. Any person now in possession of one ot
thnso dollars has a valuable souvenir.
The now design had thu lady surrounded
by tno stars. It was an improvement on Its
predecessor , but the air of the female figure
was dcllaut anil stiff.
The dollar of 183S was the first artlstio
piece of silver coined by the United States
mint.
On April'J2 , 1864 , the llrst dollar having
the legend , "In God Wo Trust , " was coined.
In 1S7J ! the era of the tradu dollar of ' .100
fineness began. That troublesome dollar
ran its erratic course in just live years.
In 1878 the liberty dollar made ils appear
ance. Miss Anna W. Williams , n teacher in' '
the Girl's Normal school at Philadelphia ,
sat for the portrait , her prolllo being.then
considered the most perfcot obtainable. Her
classic features still uecorato the silver
dollar.
r.i i.v iMiM < fic.ii"/r.s.
Texas Rirtliifrs : The physician of "Iwonty
years htiinilliig" should huvo u chance to sio
down anil mat awhile.
IlulTalo Courier : "That play of I.iinkley'ii
have any kind of a may" " 1 Bhntild runiui-k !
Uompany boat , thu nudlenco to the town limits
by Just ton fe'Ot the llrst place thuy tried It. "
Now York Herald : Elmoro Did yon ever
sen a company of women perfectly .snout ?
Decker Once. Some onu had asked which
was the oldest.
Philadelphia llecord : "Did I understand yo
to say ho was a linguist ? " "No ; I said ho wii
familiar with many tongues hu'.s a doctor.
Indianapolis Journal : WUiblo II. houms so
queer to inn that tliuro should bu auch a thing
us fashion In funerals.
Wabblo Tliuro Isn't necessarily A funeral
Is bound to bo dead right , no mutter how It Ii
conducted ,
Chicago Inter Ocuiin : "That was a very
novel oxnorloncH Jaggs had lust night when ho
renehuil lioinii. "
"Couldn't liml thu keyhole for aiilioni-or
more , elf/ "
"No , bo was perfectly sober , and had no
trouble at all. " ,
THAT OTIIKIt YOIINO MAN.
Sointrelllc Jnurwil.
The girl with tlm sailor hat
IH nutty and trim and nuat :
In nor Mtilof blue
She Is fair lo view
the st rent.
As > ho trips ii-down
Sim knows she buwllches mo ,
lint what does slio earn for that ?
Theru's iiiiotlnir young man
Involved In thu plan
Of the girl with the sailor hat.
o LurxostManiifucturors anil Rotation
Is d olUlotliluxlu thu World. I
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IIid wo "showing1
lit ono of the finest lines
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ever brought" , oto.
you know the song.
But we'll talk about
that later. Wo are
now showing some
great bargains in boy's
and men's light weight suits at such low
prices that wo are busy dealing them out. In
these times a man wants to make his dollar
go as far as possible and for that reason buys
his suit of us because it will wear longer and keep
its shape better than -any other and ho won't have
to bo spending some more silvers before the times
get better. Long headed people buy the best cloth
ing to be had. Our prices many broken sizes are
about half what they used to be.
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