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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; WEDNESDAY , JULY 25 , 189I. THE OH AHA DAILY REE. nor\VATun , naitor. TIIIIMH OP f Dnllr H * e ( without flnndny ) One Year I Dntl/ lice nnd Hun.lny , One Year 10 W Hlx Montlm . * M Three Months. . . . M Humlnr K < * . One Vent J 00 Hntimlnjr Ik * , On" Ymr. . . > 1 < * } Weekly Her , Ono Ymr H omCHH. Oirmtin , Th * UPC Hull.linn. . . : . _ u. 8ti. Houth Omnlm. ( Vinor N nml Twenty-fourth Council lllnrrii , 1J IVnrl Hlrfct. Chlcnicn Ofttc-e , SIT Clmmlier r > f Commerce. , New York , llnnmx 13. H nmt 13 , Tribune lililB. Washington , 1107 K Htreol , N. W. All communications rclntlng to now * ami edi torial matter BlimiM be niMrofsed : To thcLJItor , WHINKHS WTTTKHS. All liUilntM ) Uttcm nnd remlltnncei should Ixl ftitilrcMnl in The llc ruWlHlilim company , Omnlm. Draflii cli.-ch nml iiontolllco rrilrrn to be inmle pai-ulili > t the order of . llio - - - * * * ' * ufftK.n tv Till IIP ! BTATKsllINT Of C'MlCUI.ATtON. of The < I'ub- > II. 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There is no place at the head of the ticket for a man who bllkH the state central com mittee. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Party perfidy" and "democratic duplicity" make a very timely pair or alliterative phrases. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ If It keeps on hot , keep cool. If it don't rain , keep dry and you won't need any doc tor's prescription. When It conies to covert Insinuations the recalcitrant democratic senators can glvo as well as they can take. In spite of all the depression Omaha will make a very respectable showing of new buildings by the end of the year. What have the people of South Carolina boon doing during the long , weary months that the state dispensaries were compelled to remain closed ? Senator Gorman Insists that he is not in debt to Mr. Cleveland. Neither is Mr. Bryan In debt to Mr. Cleveland. But It Isn't Bryan's fault. The man who was fined ? 25 for laughing at a Chicago woman who had donned a suit of bloomers In order to go bicycle riding must admit that the laugh is on him. Wo are anxiously and patiently waiting for Secretary Morton to Jump Into the breach and heal all the wounds 'by ' effecting a compromise on free trade , pure and simple. Omaha wouldn't bo a metropolitan city if she did not c'vo ' her Inhabitants a taste of the warm weather upon which the residents of her competitors are regularly regaled. Only four weeks till the republican state convention. Don't lose sight of the fact that Douglas county Is In honor bound to select i 3 delegates men who represent the best ele ments of the party. Have you noticed The Bee's unexcelled re ports of the congressional proceedings on the tariff disagreement ? No other accounts published In these parts will for a moment compare with them. Sponges are a raw material , whether In the natural state or politically , and yet they are taxed 10 per cent ad valorem under the Wil son bill. As a matter of principle sponges ought to bo free. They never pay anything if they can help It. Even the receipts of the dead letter oulce have dropped off since the democrats re gained control of the fedor.il government. The outlook has been so'gloomy that the letters refuse to die for fear they will be stranded before they make their escape from Washington. Now that the German Government has concluded that Herr Dowe's bullet proof coat would bo an expensive and useless luxury for the army , the sphcro of that great Inventor's activity has suddenly boon narrowed down to the dime museum stage and the circus ring. It Is really too bad that the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners finds itself com pelled to adjourn over two weeks because It has no Important buslness'to attend to. The reorganization of the polloa force Is yet for from completion. The board might pos sibly find ( something to do If it put forth the necessary exertion. The actlvo contingent of the commercial club should co-operate with the Manufactur ers and Consumers association to secure the establishment of cereal mills , canning fac , lories , starch factories , and other Industrial concerns that will utilize thu raw products of our soil. This Is the shortest and surest road to growth and prosperity. Councilman llruncr objects strenuously to the rule enacted by the Hoard of Health requiring Its employes to devote themselves exclusively to publlo business during workIng - Ing hours and tot schew politics except dur ing their leisure hours. Councilman Bru- nor Is Bald to bo angling for a republican nomination as state senator. There Is no reason why the sanitary police , usuilly termed health Inspectors , ihould not bo under the sumo strict rules of discipline as the ordinary police. The Rorvlco would probably bo Improved If the different forces were all made one , passing the same examination and receiving the ap pointment from the same source. The chief of pollco could then detail the requlslts number of men to do sanitary duty under the direction of the health commissioner nnd when not employed for that purpose they could bo restored to their regular positions on the police force. Subjecting the health Inspectors specters to rigid rules of conduct Is th < first Btftp anil a stop In the rl&ht direction. AKOT1IK11 HMD.innASStXa SITVATIOX. While the tariff struggle goes on the treasury continues to lose gold. Thus by It * courM the party In control ot con gress Jeopardizes the credit of the govern ment and nt the pnmo time maintains busi ness depression , with most damaging effect ! to alt Interests. The treasury gold reserve ha * declined to about $00,000,000 , with the certainty of falling still lower unless the banks pliall again go to the re Icl of the government. There Is no Indleatlon that they will do this. On the contrary thcro Is reason lo apprehend that Iho tanks will permit the depletion of the treasury gold to go on , because. It Is conceivable that they may regard it as In their Interest to do so. One of two things must soon happen If thu exports of gold continue to draw upon the treasury reserve. Thcro will have to bo another Issue ot bonds or gold will com mand n premium. An Issue of bonds would furnish Investment for probably not less than $50,000,000 , or about two-thirds of the surplus reserve of the New York banks. It Is probable that Secretary Carlisle will dccldo to Issue bonds rather than allow gold to go to a premium , but It Is not ap parent why the banks , viewing the matter from a practical standpoint only , should tnko any action to prevent cither possi bility. The deadlock on the tariff that now seems assured threatens an indefinite prolongation of financial and business un certainty. It l conceivable that the con trolling financial Interests of the country may Judge It to be expedient to force the hand of the party in power , cither for de- clslvo action on the tariff or the abandon ment of that subject by letting the national treasury shift for Itself. Meanwhile the matter of the gold reserve Is not the only one which is perplexing treasury odlclals. They are necessarily en tirely at sea as to the revenue which the government Is likely to collect during Iho current fiscal year. The estimates of Sec retary Carlisle In his last annual report were , of course , made on the basis of exist ing law , but thcso estimates are of no value on account of the Interference with the 'natural operation of existing law by the proposed tariff legislation. There was a heavy decline In Imports for the fiscal year ended June 30 and they are still being held back In expectation of reduced duties. The bonded warehouses are full ot foreign merchandise , which if released would Increase the money in the treasury many millions , but so long as there Is un certainty regarding tariff legislation this merchandise , or the greater part of It , will remain In bond , depriving the govern ment of the revenue to be derived from It. It is certain to contribute to the treas ury In tlmo , but how much It Is Impossible now to estimate with any degree of ac curacy. It was fortunate for the Immediate needs of the treasury that so largo an amount of whisky was recently taken out of bond In anticipation of an Increased tax , but this benefit will be only tem porary , since It Is simply an advance col lection of funds/ / which would otherwise have been received later In the year. When the new low goes into effect , assuming that a bill will be agreed upon , the treasury must rely mainly for revenue upon In- crooscd importations , and whether these will bo sufficient to meet Its obligations no one pretends to predict. It Is hardly possible that they would bo under such a bill as passed the house. In , the event of final agreement on the senate bill , if the sugar duty does not yield Immediate returns , because of the Importation of this season's sugar/ crop under the existing law , the treasury Is not likely to realize much of a surplus. It Is reported that the ques tion has been discussed at the department of asking authority of congress to borrow money in anticipation of the receipts under the Income tax , but nobody can say what they are likely to be , the divergence in estimates , being very wide. The situation of the Ireasury ought to Impress congress with the necessity of prompt action looking to relief , for It ought not to be oven possible that the treasury could bo placed at the mercy of a com bination of capitalists or speculators who might undertake to deplete gold In order to put that metal at a premium. The simplest way to glvo the needed relief Is to drop the tariff question , which It Is perfectly plain cannot now be settled to the satisfaction of anybody. WILL AniHTHATJON AltmTItATEt The consensus of opinion among men who have given the subject thought Is that labor strikes and differences between worklngmon and their employers can only be settled satis factorily through arbitration. The question Is what method of arbitration , voluntary or compulsory ? Shall arbitration be made a judicial function or shall It be by appointive arbitration boards ? In either case will arbitration arbitrate unless both sides are convinced that they have had fair play and that the award made Is Impartial ? In England legal arbitration ot labor troubles is already an accomplished fact. When the great colliery strike of eighteen mouths ago was ended publlo sentiment had been awak ened and crystallized into a positive demand for some parliamentary action which should , In so far as possible , do away with n possi bility of a recurrence of the struggle be tween mine owners and mlna workers which had caused universal discomfort nnd virtual paralysis of Industry. In response to this demand and on lines suggested by a number of earnest students of sociology and Indus trial conditions a tribunal was constituted for arbitration of all questions affecting the re lations of mine operators and miners which might arlso In the future. This tribunal , a so-called conciliation board composed of delegates , masters and men , after a thorough discussion of grievances , wages nnd profits , reached an nmicablo agreement by which n scale of wages was adopted satisfactory to both masters and men and a compact was made that will avert any mining trouble for Iho next two years. There Is no doubt that such satisfactory adjustments can more readily ba reached In England than In this country. The British Parliament dsals with the labor problem and nil questions affecting the welfare of worklngmen with the solo view to ameliorat ing their condition and preventing abuses In factories , mills and mines. In this country all legislation affecting labor Is spasmodic and for the most part fathered In congress by political dema gogues and mountebanks who want to make political capital for them selves with worklngmon. Many of the labor bills Introduced In congress and In leg islatures are mere buncombe and never seriously designed for the statutes. Most of the arbitration bills recently In troduced on the heels of the great railroad strike are ot this character. They are 111- dlKdsted and would oven If made Into law prove Inadequate as a remedy for or pre ventive ot labor troubles. What IB essential to make arbitration otfactlva Is some scheme that will Insure to both parties In a dispute equal representation on the board and no ad vantage over eanh other. Arbitration by ap pointive or Avon elective judgr * or boards must In their very nature prove a failure. The juxt complaint of the worklngmen now Is Hint our courts lean altogether too much to wn nl the corporations and the moneyed etas * . This IB the natural tendency by the laws of political gravitation and social environment. Many of our Judges owe their positions to corporate Inlluence over the appointing power , while others have enjoyed favors at the hands ot the Pullmans and their claw tlmt mutt create nn Involuntary leaning In their direction. Few of our Judges come In con tact with the wage worker , cltlfer In a fac tory or on the railroads. Tha trend of their sympathies Is therefore adverse to one ot the parties whose claims they are expected to arbitrate. What Is true of Judges would bo equally If not more applicable to arbitrators appointed by a political executive who Is constantly surrounded by the representatives of wealth and corporate power , and more over , may bo Indebted for his election to con tributions from the vaults of millionaire monopolists. It follows , therefore , that no arbitration can be depended upon to do justice between worklncmen end employers , unless they are chosen for the time being In equal numbers by both sides under rules established by law that will prevent tampering with the board and bind all parties to comply with Its find ings. Such arbitration or conciliation boards supplemented by supervision of the operative ? of public carriers by federal officers would doubtless go far toward abolishing the strike and the sympathetic boycott. x DV sn.n Under ordinary circumstances the recent order of the secretary of the treasury for resuming the coinage ot standard silver dollars would have- attracted greater atten tion than has been given it. The order has not , however , wholly escaped consideration , and some members of congress are said to have been somewhat puzzled over the ques tion why the administration should at this time , after all the long delay , direct the mints to resume the coinage of sliver del lars. The only object In coining the bul lion Is to get the benefit of the so-called seigniorage. Every dollar's worth of bul lion now In the treasury Is represented by an outstanding treasury note , so that coin ing the bullion will not add a dollar to the receipts of the treasury or the money of the country , excepting what comes from the alleged seigniorage. As the treasury notes outstanding had behind them a dollar's worth of bullion nt the time they were Issued the coinage of the bullion now really weakens the treasury by lessening the secur ity behind the notes. According to what appears to bo good au thority the purpose of the coinage of standard silver dollars at this time Is essentially political. It Is Intended to have an Influ ence In the congressional elections In the south and west. It is said that the order was Issued In response to a strong pressure from southern democrats , and this is by no means Incredible. In many of the con gressional districts of the south democrats are hostile to the administration on Iho ground that It Is opposed to silver , and can didates for re-election In such districts who are friendly toward the administration are finding this belief In the opposition of the administration to silver an obstacle not easy to overcome. They cannot disabuse the minds of their constituents by reference to the past record of Mr. Cleveland regarding silver , for that shows him to bo uncom promisingly hostile to the free coinage of the white metal. In this situation they felt that something had to bo done to check the headway made by tntnr opponents on the free coinage of silver' Issue , and the Idea of starting the mints coining silver dollars easily suggested itself as the best available plan for showing that the adminis tration is not utterly opposed to silver. If this Is not the purpose of the order It Is impossible to conceive of a satisfactory explanation. There Is certainly no demand for more silver dollars and there is no diffi culty In getting them from the treasury If any ono wants them. The reserve avail able for redemption purposes Is about $367- 000,000 and the volume of silver dollars in actual circulation has been steadily diminishing for a year past , having fallen off fully $10,000,000 since last August. This demonstrates that the people are not callIng - Ing for more sliver dollars. A small ad dition to the circulation would come from the certificates Issued against the seignior age on its deposit In tho" treasury , but this would not bo Important , nor Is It necessary In view of the already largo ac cumulation of idle money. Senator Sher man characterizes the coinage of sliver bul lion under existing circumstances na prac tically a dishonest act on the part of the government , and this view of it will be pretty generally concurred In. Manifestly thorn la no demand and no financial or business necessity for doing It , and If in tended for political effect it is likely to do the democratic party , outside , perhaps , of a few congressional districts in the south , more harm than good. Senator Allen is now accused of having committed an almost unpardonable offense by giving to the public , through the news papers , his supplemental report as member of the senate sugar Investigating commit tee before submitting It for the inspection of his colleagues on the committee or com municating It to the senate. And wo are further told that If It wore not that the attention of everybody In Washington Is absorbed with more Important matters he would bo culled to account for his breach ot etiquette and propriety. This Is simply awful ! The tender-skinned senatorial sugar speculators would view with Indifference the terrific castlgatlon which Senator Allen' gives them In his report. They are In the wrong and they know It , but In a matter of such Insignificance , to their minds , they can afford to Ignore the Indictment. When It comes to the mutilated ctlquetto of the senate , however , their bosoms swell with Indignation and they cannot persuade them selves to let the offender go unrebukcd. The dignity ot the senate must be de fended. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A business man makes the suggestion to the New York Sun that the time Is at hand when manufacturers ot all kinds should bo told that the passage of a tariff bill cannot bn hoped for this year , and this bolng BO they should go ahead and start up factories and Industries under the ex isting tariff. It Is not an unwise sugges tion. The Indications strongly point to the failure ot tariff legislation by this congress , or at any rate at this session , and It Is not to bo doubted tlmt manufacturers of all classes of goods would ba entirely safe In resuming operations to Iho extent ot what they may regard as likely to bo the demand under prevailing conditions. H may bo several years before consumption reaches the proportions of two years ago , so that In any event manufacturers will for BO mo tlmo proceed carefully , but It doca seem that there Is no longer any good reason for allowing uncertainty to entirely hmtc the nTiluifrlal situation. Moreover , a tciumptlotfi. oft Industrie- under the ex isting tariff 2oIfll ( ba a most potential ar gument ngam t , i'any change , and In this respect would 'ilrcxtucp- exceedingly bene ficial effect. " TftfjJli hn object lesson could hardly fall Influence- with the most rad ical and obtmlc ) \ of tariff reformers and would greatly 'stiffen the backbone ot those who are mak1ffr ? the fight for some measure of protection-to-American Industries. The danger has fllt'tittlrely / passed , but It Is so remote thai 'manufacturers can make no mistake In 'IncKusIng their operations to moat the proYlqtflo demand Judiciously esti mated on thbaxs , | ( ot gorjil crops and the larger employment' of labor. The republicans of Iowa have very re cently rcnomlnatc-d two of , the men who are now serving as representatives In the lower house of congress Congressman Lacey In the Sixth district and Congressman Hagcr In the Ninth , Mr. Laccy was elected the last time by nearly 1,200 plurality over his demo cratic opponent and ought to be returned with handsome gains upon that. Mr. Hager's plurality two years ago was nearly 2,500 , bolng about 500 short ot a majority of all the votes cast for the four congressional candidates. Both of these congressmen have earned the right to a renomlnatlon , ns also to a re-election. Notwithstanding the hilarity \\ltli which the president's tariff letter was received In the house , the democrats In congress are beginning to understand that It Is to be taken In a serious vein. If the democratic representatives have to stand for re-election after having receded from their position and having agreed to the senate bill , or having enacted no tariff legislation what ever , It would be no laughing matter. A Itrroril I rriiltcr. fllobo-nemocrnt. The biggest boycott of all I.M thnt which the people are going to Btnit ugnlnst the democracy. _ Thin' * llnvo Indlnnauolls Journal. It Is Interesting to note that several Cleveland papers stigmatize ten democratic senators as more shameless traitors than Benedict Arnold a thing they never did any of Jefferson Dnvls. l"u turn AVnrft n Ilnlldiiy Pnrnde. St. Lmtls Republic. In these days of bullet-proof eclats nnd glycerine Kims , a forolirn war will be full of sclontlllc Interest. To the noncombatant - ant It would seem Impossible for anybody to bo killed now In battle unless by fnll- inif out of n third-story window rv by be ing operated upon for appendicitis. White HoiiHf Duplicity. New York Sun. Sir. Cleveland , moru than nny other per son , is responsible for the Incorporation of the Income tax feature , lie Is Its principal promoter. WluH.clpcs he mean by calling upon Mr. Wilson at this stage of the pro ceedings to testify to his hostility to the Income tax ? What does he understand by "deprecation ? " ' e llratli Intervene * Couiler-Journal. It Is too late. The iron has entered Into the soul of the people. The fruit of a cam paign of education extending over nearly two decades h , a Veen deliberately thrown away. The work will all have to be done over nR'iln. But with changed leaders. The democratic party will never again trust the false leaders who nnve lured it to Its pres ent discomfiture and disgrace. A Coninirnilnhln Itrform. New York Tribune. One amendment' to the constitution which the commltteq one preamble has resolved to report favorably will commend Itself In stantly to the common sense of the people. It provides thrat no limit shall be placed on the nmountf'of 'damages recoverable In an action for loss of human liftAt pres ent the law prescribes tlmt the sum obtain able for such loss shall not exceed $ " > ,000 , and we have the absurdity of damages re covered In cases of accident several times In some cases noirly ten times as large as If the person hurt had been killed out right. The question of the amount In all cases of the kind referred to can safely be left to courts nml juries. * Tlio Soniilorliil . St. Paul Globe. There are some contrasts In rongress which mark the "wide differences between the statesman nnd the politician. On the one side Is Mills , voting- for free wool , with a large constituency of wool growers , nnd Wilson with his coal and iron ore constitu ents voting for the exemption of both from tax , types of ninnv such men : nnd on the other , Caft'ery nnd HInnclmrd threatening to defeat the bill unless protection is given sucar , nnd Me-Too Murphy sulking until collars nnd cuffs are protected , and Gorman shielding the Suirar trust and Palmer weak ly yielding to a few makers of barbed wire , all croaking " the preftrnnt h'nses ' of the knee Where thrift ipay follow fawning. " A Simp for tin.Inlilicrs. . ClilcnKO HT.\1J. Congressman Ucllly's report from the Pa cific railroads committee upon the matter of the Southern and Central Pacific roads' lndehtedne H to tlu government only ac centuates some well known facts. The In terest on the -first mortffnse bonds , which are owned by the wreckers , has been paid right nlontr. The Interest on the govern ment bonds has never been paid at nil. The "job" that Is now belnc put up con templates the purchase of the first mort gage. bonds by the government nnd consequent quent federal control of the roads. Thnt is , hnvliiK robbed the nation and the stock holders , tlu Huntlnston crowd now hopes to sell Its bonds at nur to the United States and get out with the profits of tlnee dis tinct stenls the. land grant , the stock and the bonds. Tt will be InterestliiB to see whether this delectable scheme goes through. Iluro'fl n Minn of KlchncHi. Chicago Post. Stockholders of the Atchlson , Topekn & Santa Vo Railroad company are horrified to learn thnt $7,000.000 of their money lias been wrongfully diverted during the last two or thiee years In the payment of rebates to shippers us the price for the business secured. The disclosure reveals the fact thnt the olllclals of the company named have been Rullty of llagrnnt violation of the most Important provisions of the Inter state commerce law , viz. . those designed to protect the small shippers and the general nubile In competition with theK \ \ fish. The federal aitthoiltlc.t tried linrd for three or four years to fret at the facts relating to the payment of lelmtes by this very company , but the aulltv pirtles took refuge behind their constitutional right to refuse to glvo evldenci1 that mlnht incriminate themselves , nml 'they ' pscnped punishment. Now the otllci'rs' bf the court Imve In their control nnd' custody the proof they were ki > pt out of t v lorifr. nnd the public Is wonderlmr why they do not make use of It to smoke nMtofK \ > \ people out who have been eettlile at naught the lawa of the hind. . Will they use the weapons good luck has put In their handtf/or will they let the op portunity Blip ? M.lltl > 3tlfrlt-tl' TO D.ITK. C. n. Wllllomibla Washington Post. Maud Muller , onin summer day , Calmly fanned the Illes away. The judge came riding1 down the road And checked his hpf/jp / near Maud'H abode. "How Is It , Mnull.1 ' 'lib ' slowly spake. "That you are not out with your rnke ? 'Ill ) "Why don't yon do.iut In the lay. And 'rako the meadow sweet with hay ? ' " "The meadow , linyand even the rake , " She sighed , "are but a poet's fake. "We On do sleele maids. I wot. Rake nothing hut our 'Psycho knot. " The Judge with Idol smashed In twain Proceeded up the road again. run HVM3IKH iro.i/j.v. 4 i WonUwurth , I saw her upon nearer view , A spirit , yet a woman , tool Her household motion * light and free , And steps of vlrKln liberty : A countenance Inwhich did meet Sweut records , promises ns sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's dally food : For transient sorrows , simple wiles. 1'ralse , blame , love- kisses , team and smiles. ftKSl'.tlll. St Puiil Pioneer Press ( rep. ) ! An adjourn ment without notion on the bill Is now n greater probability than ever. Cleveland Plain Dealer ( item. ) : It ( the original Wilson bill ) Is a crazy quilt of free trade , protection and special privileges. No democrat need measure his democracy b > the Wilson bill or free raw materials. Philadelphia Ledger ( rep. ) : At all events It appears that there IH little likelihood 01 agreement between the houses In the near future. The country would rejoice If rongro s would agree to dlimgrcc and leave the Me- Klnlcy act In force. Indianapolis Jcurnal ( rep. ) : If the dem ocracy In Washington was simply punishing Itself people could look on with delight , but It Is paralyzing Industry , stopping factories and turning labor lo Idleness , and that makes the spectacle scrloua. Courier Journal ( dcm. ) : There Is even higher authority than the president's letter for repudiating1 the senate abomination. It In to be found In the national democratic platform , which , we very much fear , Is a document too little known or read at Wash ington. The came high authority , It might bo added , Is not much more kindly dl posed toward the house bill. St. Paul Globe ( dem. ) : President Cleveland - land can afford to let the senators rage. Ho has the support of the entire people ot the United States outside of a few tariff-created monopolists , whose only Interest In the In- du 'tries of the country Is to bleed them ns freely an they will bear. Hut the senators will find their rage futile. They must take back water or a back scat , Cincinnati Enquirer ( dem. ) : Those who argue the house should have greater con sideration in the adoption ot n tariff meas ure because the constitution says revenue bills must originate In It should turn their attention to the premature appearance of the president la the contention. Under the con tltutlon ho has nothing to do till a bill has passed liutli the house and senate and Is presented to him for his signature. Washington News ( dcm. ) : Unless the cn- nte gives way , thcro will bo no tar , ft legisla tion this session. There U no prospect that It will yield. It would be Idle for the house to pass the senate bill , for the president would veto It. Consequently , the tariff Issue Is the great Issue before the country and will. so remain until settled.Under all the circumstances , this Is fortunate for the dem ocratic party as well in the country. Mr. Cleveland has proved himself not only n true friend to the people , but also a very able party leader. New York Tribune ( rep. ) : The confession of the democratic members of the tariff conference of their Inability to agree upon the C'sential features of a compromise meas ure Is a characteristic exhibition of the shoddy statesmanship which regards protec tion as an expedient rather than ns n prin ciple. It Is an Impeachment of the whole democratic manner and method of dealing with the question. The episode Is merely another demonstration that the democracy Is structurally unequal to the task of organiz ing an economic policy which shall he na tional In character and equitable In Its ap plication. The next farmers' institute of York county will bo held at McCool August 14. The Cedar county teachers' Institute will be open for business at Hartlngton August 20. Tire at Hampton destroyed the livery barn of Johnson Bros , and two valuable horses were consumed. The Methodists of Ellis have dedicated their new church edifice arter wiping out the debt caused by constructing the build ing. ing.N. N. II. Parks has sold the Orecley Herald to H. C. Waldrlp of York. Parks will now devote his whole tlmo to editing the Colum bus Telegram. Henderson Holllngsworth of Wallace had his hand caught In the gearing of a wind mill , and all his fingers were badly mutilated before the machine could be stopped. The Grand Island sugar factory has com pleted the run of syrup , and during the week made 582,000 pounds of sugar. A great many hands will continue at work for a month cleaning the machinery and getting the factory In shape for the fall campaign. D. J. Frymlre of Uloomflcld washed his hands In gasoline to take off the gum that stuck to them after he had been soldering some tinware. The gasoline caught fire from the furnace , and not only the gum came off , but the skin wltn It. He was badly burned before the flames were ex tinguished. The son and daughter ot Mr. n. Schulke , who lives about four miles south of Ash land , while crossing a bridge between their home and town , were thrown from the bridge , and both fell about eighteen feet. The team became filghtened and Jerked the buggy over , but fortunately neither one of the occupants was fatally Injured , Miss Schulke only spraining her ankle , Ilobert Shanahan of Nebraska City came near losing his house the other day In a peculiar manner. He had several boxes of parlor matches In the pantry and his wife heard a mouse nibbling , and going In to see about It , was startled to see the matches bla.se up as the mouse ran away. The paper on the shelving was Ignited by the flames , and It was only after the wood work was badly scorched that the flames were extinguished. Had not Mrs. Shanahan been there the house would have been burned and no one would have ever been able to account for the origin of the fire. IMJ.V.SI I'M New York Press : Count IJalghreuni ( re placing pin In Miss Vnndergllfa hair- ) Here ! Znt ces all right ! Next ! Tnith : Matllde Do you have reindeer In Canada ? Underbill ( quickly ) Yes , love , but It sometimes snows. L.lfe : "They say Its a sign of Hrlght's disease for a man to see specks , " said Hicks. "Heaven help the man who marries a IJoston woman , then , " said Dnwt > on. Cleveland Plnln Dealer : "And this. " said the Inland Itcuben , as he eyed the figures on the beach , "la the see of which I'.ve heard so mucli. " Philadelphia Times : Language H not al ways precise. The fly doesn't necessnillv love the fly paper for all It may be stuck on It. New York Press : He They say that microbes which cause disease are cnnvevcd from one person to another by kissing. She Indeed ? He Yes. She ( after a pause ) Microbes don't scare me very much. Judge : nrlggs Gander seems to be very happy In his. newly married IIfe , Grlggs-He ought to be , All of his wed ding presents were given him by people already married. Somervlllc Journal : Broadly speaking , this world of ours may be divided into two clnbses : People who have trouble with their servants , nnd people who can't afford to have any servants to have trouble with , Indianapolis Journal : Mrs , Striker Don't you bellevo In the union of labor ? Mr. Striker Of course I do. Why , my dear. If there were no union labor thi ? greed of capital with Its Iron heel would Mrs. Striker ( Interrupting ) That's all right ; suppose you get up and build the ( Ire nnd I'll cook breakfast. Puck : Hostile swords glanced Innocuously from his shirt of mall. "A charmed life , " the enemy cried , nnd lied In terror. The knight smiled sadly. "AhI" he muttered , "never again shall I kick upon my lady uslpg so much starch. " Washington Star : ' 'What's nil dls klckln' bout arbitration ? " asked ono man of nri- other on the train which was headed for the race track. "Well , yo see It B a kick for decisions , see ? IVy t'lnk ilat If dr gov'ment goes In nn1 umpires do game dey won't be so many striken called. " Buffalo Kxpress : Did you notice Mr. Chauncey Mitchell Dcpew'H Ilttlo Joke Just before ho sailed on Wednesday ? It was perfectly lovely. It was about the new royal baby , too. In telling of his plans In London nnd thereabouts Mr. Denow added : "I think I'll run down nnd see York's new baby. I am naturally Interested In any thing pertaining to n , New Yorker. " And to think that several hundred mlle.s of ocean now lie between Chauncey and the American supply of brickbatnl POLITICAL IRRIGATION. KnnuJia City Journal , "Let us next turn our attention , " Said the KnmiaH candidate , "To the all Important question , ' Hud wo better Irrigate ? " "Hotelier life ! " then came In chorus , An each voter winked hit * eye , Arid the crowd nil struck a bee line l''or the drug utoro nearest by , i 1'KOl'T.K , I.VI > TllTXtlH. Truly these nre "trying" times In Wash ington. Oiuc on the senate frying the sur plus fat In the wlilta house. Senator Gorman's appetite for federal pie has not been diminished by recent evenlfl , hut the prospects ot satisfying It are de cidedly remo'.t ; . , The revised vcr.iion ot the cuckoo song perpetrated by Senttor Gorman was doubtless suggested by weird vls.ons of "chirps thnt pass In the night. " The condition which now confronts repub lican shcll'hlnders Is to satisfactorily con dense the mass of ammunition supplied grat- ultonsjy by the democrats. There Is a loud plaintive call for Ulchard Watson Gilder In Washington. A few of his popnin rend by himself would prove more durations than oil on troubled waters. At leatt they would create n strong demand for adjournment. The harmonloui relations nnd mutual re gard which distinguished Chicago's demo cratic organs , the Herald nnd the Times , recall thu historic love match of the Kil kenny cats , or the affectionate serenade of Cleveland by the .Maryland warbler. The countess of Aberdeen , wifu of the governor general cf Canada , wears at state functions a coronet , the distinguishing fea tures of which are five emeralds , said to bo the largest In the world. These precious stones were pre-ented to her eXcllency by the people of Ireland ns an expression ot love and gratitude for her Interest In their welfare during Lord Aberdeen's lord lieu tenancy. The yearly salary of Id.i Lewis , the famoui keeper of the I.lino Hock lighthouse , at the south end of Newport harbor , Is $750 and two tons ot coal. She Is past fiO now , her hair slightly streaked with gray and her face somewhat rugged and weathcrbeaten , but she Is still alert and strong. She began her wonderful record of llfe > avlng with the re cue of four small boys , whose boat cap sized In the harbor before her. A Pennsylvania tramp believes It Is bet ter to be born lucky than handsome. He appeared at n mansion In Gennantown , hag gard nnd hungry , had not tasted n square since the war. anil with raiment rent nnd threadbare. His Ule of woe touched a tender chord nnd he was taken In and fed. An assortment of old clothes sent him on his way rejoicing. One of the boots Included In the Job lot had done duty ni a depository for family jewels costly diamond rings , brooches , and other heirlooms , representing at least $200 cash. The generosity of the lady of the house doubtless paralysed the tramp. At last accounts he had not made a return call. Commissioner Ilagan of the Nebraska su preme court did not climb the ladder of legal eminence by leaps nnd bounds more than a fair share of the hardships common to the young lawyer fell to his lot. Perse verance and an eye single to the main chance were eventually crowned with success. Judge Hagan's start up the legal ladder be gan with a trial In one of the Interior courts. Two German farmers , posscsscil of a Jag contracted Ir. town , were returning home together In a wagon. A dispute niosc , blows wore exchanged , and one was knocked out of the wagon with a club. The as allant was nrrrested nnd Judge Hagan was retained to prosecute. Ills examination of the com plaining witness was unusually clever , and the artful manner in which he wove the web ot evidence without Inculpating his client gave every assurance of convlct.on. Happy In the consclousnesi of victory , Judge Hagan turned his client over to the opposing coun sel. "You and Henry were good friends ? " begun the cross-examiner. "Yaas. " "Came to town together ? " "Yaas. " "Rede In Henry's wagon ? " "Yaas. " "What did you do in town ? " "Veil , ve take visky some- , times. " "Then what ? " "Veil , ve go home together and talk nboud somedlngs. Henry , he gets mad uml hits me mlth glub. I fall oud de vagon. " "Did the blow render you unconscious ? " "Veil , I lost mine sens > es. " "Then what did you do ? " "I gohlro Mr. Hagan. " The court rapped for order and dismissed the case. 1'KAItS roil 3IIHSIXQ Ullll'S. Same SirHarln Supposed to Ilnvo llucn Lost Mlth All lliiniU In thu r.tclllf. SAN FRANCISCO , July 24. The rate of Insurance on the British ship Cambrian Chieftain has gone up to 85 cent , which Is equivalent to giving her up us lost. From the news re ceived here of the vessel wrecked while bound for Coqulmbo , It was thought that Captain Thomas had remained by her and attempted to make port. This theory Is being at last dissipated as the days go by and no news Is brought of her. It Is now- feared that the ship and the brave crew have gone to the bottom. The story as first re ceived hero was to the effect that the shlj had almost foundered In a gale and that some of her crew had been picked off the rigging by the sailors of the British ship Dec. Among those who were saved were the captain's wife and child. The gallant crew of the Dee went back for the rest. The last seen of the boat was that she had capsized and had been righted and was being carried toward the Cambrian Chieftain by the tide. The men on the lost ship were still clinging to the rigging looking In vain for help from the Dee. The rescuing boat had been rowed but a short distance from the Dee when the heavy seas and the violent winds capsized her. Every man got n grip on the keel and the boat was righted , but she was halt filled with water. Tlie oars were gone , though , and the brave fellows wera at the mercy of the elements and soon they were lost to view In the darkness of the night. The next day both the boat and the Cambrian Chieftain had 'disappeared from view. The boats belonging to the partly wrecked vessel had been washed over board or smashed and neither party of cast aways could help the other. Only a miracle could save any of the sailors and It Is feared that miracle never occurred. There Is no news of the British ship Colln- travo nnd the general impression Is that her name will have to be added to the long list of missing vessels. She was bound from Newcabtle , N. S. W. , for San Fran cisco and was never sighted after she left port. The rate of reinsurance on her is 85 per cent. Some little apprehension Is bolng ex pressed for the British ship Shamlnn , which Is now 133 days out from Calcutta. While this Is not a very long voyage , still It IH longer than the average. When the Laomone was out 130 days the wildest kind of rumors were afloat about her and reinsur ance was up to 40 per cent. The Laomone got In fifteen days later , by which time the rate on her had advanced to CO pur cent. KHlllT WKItR KlI.r.KI ) . Collision of Cannon Itill 1 ruins on tlinTrxiia 1'iiclllu Itoitil. TEXAHKANA , Aik. , July 24. The col- llslpn ot the north and south bound Texas & Pacific cannon ball trains yesterday after noon near Queen City was caused by a mis understanding , or Improper service In train orders. Ono englno was completely wrecked and : ho other badly disabled. The baggage , express , mall and smoking cars of both rains were shattered Into splinters. The 1st of dead numbers eight , as fallows : CHARLES HOLLAND , postal clerk. MUCH VOLT/ , postal clerk. ED BEE , postal clerk. ED GKIMM , engineer. ALLEN , firemnn. FHANK CAKPENTEK. express messenger. JAMES JONIJS , porter. UNKNOWN MAN. George Mann , postal clerk , was badly In ured. The dead engineer was taken to Texar- tana and the bodies of the fireman and un- uiown man were removed lo Marshall. The wounded were also taken to Marshall , JIUIttKll KltlllTKKN l'KiT tMWtf. flireo Mon and u Hey Crushed Under Tull- Illff WllllH. WINONA , Minn. , July 24. By the caving n of the walls of a cistern today at the Young Ladles Catholic uemlmiry hero three jrlckluyers and a boy 9 years old were burled eighteen feet under earth and brick , A force of men was at once started to digging , but all were dead when found. Following are the names ot the dead : JOSEPH SCHNEIDER. MIKE KULASA. HENKY GltlEBACHf JOHN NELSON. WELtHAN EXPEDITION LOST Belief tlmt Auother Has Boon Added to the Arctic's ' List of VioUuis. ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO THIS VIEW Prof. O.TOII Loft Ali.no ullli III * l oB enl l ) nr luliimt In II ) Ing Condition lliully I'riitUlonril rounil by Mr. ridden. LONDON , July 21. Carl Slewwcrs writes to the Standard tlmt ho Is In receipt of ad vices from Norway that leave Ilttlo doubt tlmt the Wcllman expedition Is lost. Evpertccnced skippers Just returned from the Spltzbergon seas express the same opinion and Colonel Kidding , who accompanied Cap tain Nare's expedition In 1875 , shares this belief. The Pall Mall Gazette Is In receipt of similar advices from Tromso , all confirming the general belief in the fate of the expedi tion. tion.Arctic Arctic skippers report that the flow of pack-Ice and Its density this summer would prove Irresistible to any vessel , however strong. They believe that the Uagnvald-Jarl has been crushed In the Ice and express the belief that there Is a remote chance that the members of the Wcllman expedition have been savd by managing to get upon an Ice floe. In which case they bcllovo that the ex plorers arc In a most dangerous position. Should the forebodings of thu Arctic skip pers prove true , and If the UiiKiivald-Jarl was crushed \\lthout earning It Is probable that the members ot iho expedition were unable to take any large quantity of supplies with them upon the leu floe , even supposing they succeeded In escaping thereto. When questioned as to the effectiveness of III aluminium boats In such an emergency an Arctic captain expressed the belief that they would bo of no use In such pnck-lce. Mr. Fleldon , the owner of the yacht Salde , has received news of Prof. Owen's distress from Captain Joahnnson of thu sloop Anna. Mr. Kteldcn Instantly ordered the Salde to Danes Island and she reached that spot the next day ; but only to be welcomed by the professor's dog. Owen was found In his bed In an almost dying condition. Ho had given up all hops of ever Feeing the face of n human being again. Upon a table In the professor's quar ters were found a letter containing bitter reproaches preaches agnlnat Wcllman whom ho accused of having left him In the lurch. Wcllman , according to Parof.Owcn , promised that a man should stay with him and share his frightful solitude. Iut ! It appears at the last moment , Wellman decided that a man could not bit spared , nnd so the professor had to bo con tent with the company of his faithful dog. The Saldo also reported that 1'rof. Oycn was so badly provisioned when he was found that his early death appeared Inevitable. But In spltu of his sufferings and the thought that death was hovering over him thn professor refused to be tnlcsn off Danoa Island , Insisting upon remaining there , faith ful to his trust , even though death \\as the result of his continuing at his post of Arctic solitude. The Salde , however , left a quantity of provisions and also presented the professor with some medicine of which ho stood In great need . And Prof. Oyen was left with his brute friend , probably to die , on Danes Island , another of the long list ot victims who havu given their lives In the cause of Arctic exploration. SAYS TIIKKK'.S NO DANUKK YKT. ,1. W. Scott ThlnkB It IH Not Tlmn to Feel AlitriiKKl Aliniit Welhimn. CHICAGO , July 21. The following reply to an Inquiry has been received : "To tha General Manager of the Associated Press : The fact that there was so much lloatlng Ice this year led Mr. Wellman to believe be fore ho left Norway that his vessel , the lUhnavald-Jnrl , could get further' nbrth than any ship had ever reached before. This Information was corroborated by a great many navigators whom ho saw Just before ho left. Reports that , come about the loss of the xpedltlon arise from the fact that fishing nnd other vessels have not seen the Rahnavald-Jarl , which they would have done In ordinary seasons. Private cablegrams to the Herald from Tromsoo say that oven If the vessel Is lost thcio Is no reason for anxiety nnd that the crew was undoubtedly upon the Ice somewhere making Its way toward the pole. When Mr. Wellman left Trcimsoo It was with the understanding that the vessel should come back and bring reports of the expedi tion up to the time that he could bend mes sengers back to It from some distance in the Interior nnd undoubtedly the vessel Is waitIng - Ing at some point for such communications. He arranged that the vessel should return some time between July 15 and August 1 , but possibly the vessel might bo still later. It was to return to Norway to coal up and to prepare for the return trip to bring Mr. Wcllman back , which would require to leave about August 15. Consequently thcro is no occasion for alarm until after that date. JAMES W. SCOTT. "Publisher of tli3 Chicago Herald. " AKCTIC liXI'HHITlOy JtKTUItK.H. Dr. Cook'M Sliiiiiiinr .tllriindii Diini.igcil ) > y Collision ultliiin IrrlHtrg. ST. JOHNS , N. P. , July 21. Dr. Cook's Arctic expedition returned to this port to day , the ( .learner Miranda having been dam aged In a collision with an Iceberg. The ac cident occurred nt 8.20 a. in. , July 17 , during a dense fog about fifty-seven miles north west of Belle Islo. The vessel was running at a good rate of speed nnd the Ice was not sighted until close at hand. The engines wcru promptly reversed , but the momentum carried the ship head on , striking squarely on the stem. Two how plates were cracked and the forward rail was smashed. The hawse pipe on the starboard side was broken , rendering that anchor uselcbs. There was nn damngo below the water lino. The vessel put In at Capo Charles harbor , Labrador , where temporary repairs were effected , and the University of Pennsylvania Labrador ex ploring party landed. The Mlunda will be thoroughly overhauled hero and will prob- atily proceed to Greenland in u few days. All on board are well. Cniiglit by ii I.lvoVlro. . LANCASTEIl , Pa , , July 24. Orvlllo John son , the 8-year-old son of Kirk Johnson , a. prominent buslncsH man of this city , Is lying at the point of death as the result of picking up this morning the end of a live electric ) wire charged with 2,200 volts. Whim ho caught h6ld of It ho was drawn from his ( cut , and swung hack and forth like a pendulum for fully live minutes , flames Hashing from Ids hand nil the while. Ills screams at tracted a number of perbons , who secured clubs and knocked Iho wlro out of his hand , .liiHtlni rinlilVIII Krmiilii. SAN FRANCISCO. July 21. A letter from Supreme Juxtfco Stephen J. Field has been received by the judiciary of the Ninth United States court and the Judiciary and bar of thu California bupremo court In which Justice Field , In response to previous requo3ts of his correspondents , alatos that ho will dccllna the offer of a transfer to the Now York cir cuit and remain In the Pacific coast circuit. Mill on Ilonril tin ) llvmiliigloii , NHW YORK , July 21. Among the p" - sengera on the Columbia , which arrived today from Colon were Modesto Holonnn/ , ciinsul general of Ecuador to thin city. He wild ( H'tiernl Ezuta was Htlll aboard thn Dennlngton when ho Hailed , and that they expected to stay there until thu gun boat reached American waters. Tnkrii from Jitll uud I. } nrliiul. NEW OIILEANS , July 21. Vance Ma- Clure , a negro , aged 23 yearn , was takan from the p irlsh jail at New Liberia at noon yei t l day and hanged by a mob. Me- Clure hi Ko Into the house of a white man named rascal on Sunday and attempted to assault u young woman. AVIII Not Ansnur llnrtiir , NEW YORK , July 21 , President Havc- meycr of the Hugar tnmt said to u reporter today that he did not Intend to answer thu open letter of Congressman Hurter , ru- questing u statement of the earnings unj actual capital of the trust and other In formation relating to It.