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IP'W. 1'iirllt's Coins' out of ( lie city for tlie Ruiiiincr may liave Tlic llco sent to tht-Ir mltliTHs l y k'avniK nn order at the business ollla : C tht' Bin'JVIoiihono U.58. Thuro Is no qncslioii about it now. That I'.olln Jury simply bribed Itself. No , President Cleveland won't rare to attend the democratic national conven tion this year. A strong state ticket Is what Nebraska republicans want. They are not dealing out vindications this year. Will the. democratic national conven tion cntlor.se Iho administration of. the democratic president ? Hardly. The Hold democrats at Chicago will have the consolation that they will not be quite KO lonely as were the few silver republicans at St. Louis. The question of the hour why Kliouldn't the Republican ] < 'roo Silver leafjiiLchiiiiKCi its name and adopt some designation which it has n right to use ? With the free sliver delnsionists in absolute control at Chicago there ought to be some chance for IVnnoyer of Oregon to make himself seen and heard , if not felt. We have often heard public speakers talk of Nebraska "blossoming as the rose. " If Nebraska ever came within that beautiful description It corner within It now. John Iloyd Timelier ought to Issue to himself u special World's fairjllploiiia for ills selfsacrillcingefforts in"W- ] Riding over the convention of Umpire state demoL-rats. Ono thing is already certain. The Chicago convention will not be able to equal the St. Louis convention in the matter of the expedition of business and early adjournment. In the meanwhile , wo must not for get that the Commercial Law league is the next national body Omaha is to en tertain. and that anything worth doing Is worth doing well , Major MeKinley was a soldier both in the ranks and later on the ollicer's staff. If there is any political lighting to be ( lone In the campaign of 18i ! ( McKInlev will be found In the thick of It. The delegate who doesn't want to carry out the instructions of the county convention that named him has still time to resign and let bis place be tilled with some one who will regard them. Some individual republicans may not always have been consistent on the money question , but the republican party has always stood llrmly for hon est money and iininipah-ed national credit. Ami now an actress wants to tight for points with big Urulser Corbett. It IK plain that the old divorce ami diamond robbery racket * * have been played to death as schemes for sponging free nuws- imper advertising. There are signs more expressive than words. Good big subscriptions to the Block of the exposition company will go a great deal further than any amount of free advice as to how It should be run after It Is under way. If the police would arrest and convict Homebody for breaking the penal stat utes Instead of trying to harass In offensive people who fall to live up to the letter of regulative city ordinances they would have a much butter case for themselves. The hope of the democrats for their congressional ticket , as well ns for their national and state ticket * , lies la get ting the republicans divided. And there are some alleged republicans in this district who are doing all they can to help the democrats realize their hopes. Wllllnin McKlnley Is not supposed to know as yet that he has been made the nominee of the republican party for tint presidency. TJo will not bo olllelally notllled of his choice as the party's standard-hearer until Monday next , when like the younw lady who has Just received a proposal he will bo expected to exclaim , "Why this is so sudden ! " Hut then the oillclul notlilcatlon Is n llttlo necessary formality that harms ao one. 77/K niKK su.rnn FAKIIIS , The mlvoratos of the free ami unlim ited coinage of silver by the United Htntos without regard to any other nation have no regard for historic truths or statistical facts. They per- slxtt'iilly make assertions that have no foundation In fact and Upon reiterating these falsehoods no iiinlter how often they are exposed and refuted. Take , for example , their fiction about India wheat bought with silver rupees coming Into competition with the product of American farms , which The lleo ban time and again disproved for both Apostle Hnrvy and Disciple llryan. Yet Fakir llryan recolns that India lletlon every few days and goes HO far as to assert that "England now buys r.0.x ( > 0,0 < > 0 bushels of wheat each year In India and pnys for It In silver which she buys In America. The American farmer iiniHt sell 70,000,000 bushels of wheat each year to Knglnud In competition with the wheat bought In India with silver. " This assertion Is the rankest impos ture. The total importation of wheat and wheat products Into ( ii'cat Britain does not exceed 1.0,000,000 bushels yearly. The largest quantity of wheat ever Imported from India In any one year within the last ten years was In 1891. when It aggregated 21,278.000 bushels. The average Importation of India wheat Into Urent I'.rltaln since 1S77 has not exceeded 2 per cent of the total of wheat importations Into the United Kingdom. It Is furthermore preposterous to talk about Knulnnd coming to the United States to buy silver with which It can double the Investment In India wheat. If the owner of silver could double his money by taking it to India and turning It Into wheat for sale on the Ilrltlsli marker , the American bullion owners would be smart enough to turn the trick themselves. That is not all. If silver takim to India could be doubled In ex change value the price of silver would have very nearly doubled all over the world long ago. Just us would the price of any other commodity that could bo exchanged for other marketable com modities at double the home selling lirlce. Tills would bo the condition whether there were free coinage in India or not. It would apply equally , to Mexican coffee , Chinese tea and Japanese silks. All of these commodi ties can be bought in sliver standard countries for silver , but the exchange values are regulated by Iho laws of commerce based upon the standard of the world's money. Another one of the fictions that the silver fakirs never tire of repeating is that silver i.s now demonetised in this country and that one-half of what they call our primary money has been destroyed. The truth is , and every free coinage agitator knows it , that , the standard silver dollar In circulation in tlie United States has all the functions of our gold coins. It Is legal tender for all debts , public and private , to any amount , and has been since speeiu pay ments were resrnnecl.Tot a single sliver dollar ba.s been deprived of any of Us functions as money , primary , secondary or tertiary. lOvery American dollar that Is now In circulation is as good as gold and no amount of lying and pettifogging can make intelligent people believe that stiver has been de stroyed as money in this country. While it is tine that the existing stand ard is gold and has been gold since 1SU , the $1.100,000,000 of our metallic money ha.s equal debt-paying and pur chasing power. The only sliver coin limited in its legal tender qualities Is the subsidiary .silver , and that is lim ited only in amount to debts of $10. In spite of these incontrovertible facts , the free and .unlimited coinage falsehoods concerning our currency will be continued by the free silver fakirs. TO The Springiield Kepubllcan remarks that two conditions may be mentioned either one of which Is indispensable to found a boom on. One is a large har vest with better prices for the crops marketed than now prevail. The other is a heavy influx of foreign money. "Tho latter will not come about , " says that paper , "until monetary stability is assured , and the former condition can not be made the basis of a great specu lative turn until the same stability is developed. " Unquestionably these con ditions are most Important for promot ing a return of prosperity , particularly the first one , but they are no more es sential than a policy which will revive industrial activity and give employment to the labor of the country. With regard to a large harvest tiie prospect is favorable , but whether then ; will be better prices for the crops no man can foresee. That will very largely depend upon the harvests of other conn- tries which compete with us In the mar kets of the world. Hut the full employ ment of American labor would be favor able to better prices for agricultural products by materially Increasing tlie consumption. Kverybody understands that the enforced economy of millions of the people during the last three years , due to Industrial depression , has boon.severely felt by the farming ela.w and hence it Is that the agricultural producers are as deeply Interested ay any other element of the population In the return to a policy that will provide employment for everybody at wages tint will give to all. a sulllclent subsistence and do away with tlu > necessity which one-half or more of the people are now under of pinching and curtailing in or der to "make ends meet. " The condi tion of first importance , therefore , Is to start up tln > great labor-employing in dustries and keep them In active opera tion and until this Is done neither a' largo harvest nor the Influx of foreign capital will Insure general and stable prosperity. As to the Influx of foreign capital , however desirable It may bo the pros perity of the country Is not. dependent upon It. It was shown only a few months ago , when the hist Issue of gov ernment bunds was made , that there Is a great volume of Idle capital In the United States and as eon as this shall go into productive enterprises an era of pronperlty will be entered upon , whether : v dollan of foreign capital comes In or not. Hut 'hero ' - , ! already signs which wurruut the expectation that Kuroneuu capital will be seeking In vestment In , the United Stntos In liberal amounts in mlvnnco of tlie November election. When the foreign capitalists J > CP , as soon they must , that the success of the re publican party Is assured , carrying with It probably the final overthrow of the free silver delusion , they will make haste to avail themselves of every op portunity presented for safe and profit able Investment. The St. Louis declara tion for the maintenance of the gold standard did much to dispel foreign dis trust of American Investments and be fore the campaign Is half passed It will have wholly dlsop | > eared. There are several conditions necessary to a restoration of prosperity , but the most essential of all Is a policy that will revive Industries and give full employ ment to American labor. tlXOii : ! 'J'lIK iVfK.SK.V7' LA It' . The tariff plank adopted by the New York democrats is n bundle of plati tudes , but It Is noteworthy that It has not ti word to say about the present tarllf law. Perhaps this should not be surprising In view of the fact that Sen ator Hill , who voted against the law , was chairman of the committee on reso lutions. He could not allow himself to be stultified by any expression favorable - able to the existing tariff and the only alternative was to ignore It , which was virtually a condemnation. The demo crats of New York well know how dis astrous the Wllsoti-Oorman law has been to the manufacturers , worklngmen and farmers of that state and they did not dare to say anything In Its behalf , but contented themselves witli an enun ciation regarding a tariff which is ut terly conimonphu.'e and has done serv ice In almost every democratic platform for the past thirty-live years. It Is need less to discuss it , though It may be well to remark that the declaration , "wo are opposed to government partnership with protected monopolies , " is decidedly refreshing In view of the fact that the sugar schedule of the present tariff was dictated by the Sugar trust , the most rapacious of all the existing mo nopolies. MH. ci.K\'ir.ANn's \ : KWOHTS. Mr. Cleveland is said to be working energetically to prevent the domination of the Chicago convention by the free silver element. Ills latest plan Is to convert a numbr of southern delegates and for this purpose lie lias addressed personal letters to prominent New York business men of southern birth and antecedents urging them to use their influence with the delegates from the south In behalf of sound money. The Washington correspondent of the New York Evening 1'ost says : "Mr. Cleve land's present endeavor is so to focus these Influences at Chicago that a num ber of southern delegates may swing over from the support of a policy which can clearly be shown to be so detri mental to the prosperity of their sec tion. Witli the free silver westerners the administration will not try to do anything. They are considered past re- iall. : The president is , however , by no means willing to acknowledge that the tight Is lost. " Tlie effort Mr. Cleveland Ls making , against tremendous odds , to save tlie democracy from being d - stroyed by the silver delusion , is wholly commendable , but is manifestly hope less. less.The The free silver delegates to the Chicago cage convention from the south are as llrmly and irrevocably committed to that policy as are the western dele gates and all efforts to convert any considerable number of them will be utterly futile. Neither will they be per suaded to accept any sort of compro mise. The convention will b-j under the leadership of such uncompromising free siiverll' s as Harris of Tennessee , Jones of Arkansas , Blackburn of Ken tucky , Daniel of Virginia , Mor gan of Alabama , Thurman of Ohio and Vest of Missouri , who will not yield a single point from their demand for an unequivocal free silver platform and a candidate to fit It. The Cincinnati Enquirer , whose proprietor is talked offer for the nomination at Chicago , inferring to the methods which have been sug gested for Inducing defection from the free nilver ranks , says : "After all such methods have been exhausted , the man hood , intelligence , patriotism and Integ rity of the democratic convention will have more than -00 majority which neither the blandishments of power nor base rewards can shake from their alle giance to th" .sovereign people. " This voices the feeling of the men who will control at Chicago and all Iho efforts of Mr. Cleveland , Mr. "Whitney. Mr. llussell and the other democratic friends of sound money will bo fruitless. They are doing their duly , but they aiv bat tling for the Impossible , In the death of Lyman Trumbull the country loses one of the few survivors of the war and reconstruction period who played a conspicuous part In the stirring events of.that time. Ho was in public life before the war , havJng en tered tlu United States senate. In 185. and served there until 1ST ! ! , gaining na tional distinction as one of the nbleit men In that body. Throughout the war he was prominent In republican coun cils , but he was not In harmony with HID party on Its rwonslruction policy and virtually severed connection with it when in 18(57 ( he vote 1 against the impeachment of Andrew Johnson , lie had the support of many liberal i-jiub- 1 leans In 1S7U for the presidential nom ination. Mr. Trumbull was a great lawyer and was identified during lil-i professional life with many notable cases. In recent years his political af filiation was with the populist party. There Is much talk In the city in favor of city and county appropriations In favor of the exposition. Men who dis- llko to subscribe money In aid of the enterprise are advocating a bond issue. They argue there arc many well-to-do men In Omaha who will not subscribe money , but are willing to let others do KO and thus secure the benellts that all property owners are certain to share by reason of the exposition. The only way to reach this class , they say , Is to sub mit a bond proposition to the people and vote a tax upon all property alike. This h > a subject which calls for most 1 ; careful JoTTSlderatlon. Men who nro disposed ? to look far into the future will not eonsoutllo a bond Issue except ns a measuni jfJlast resort , not until It has been shown that by popular subscrip tions In thta city and state ndoquato funds cnjinol possibly bo raised. More over , our * charter must be amended to admit of ? such bond Issues , and that will require time , and while such aniendmejits must be mndo to prepare for a pofeslHo emergency , no man who has the aiicccss of the exposition at heart will decline to subscribe money in antlclnjifijin of a bond subsidy. The wisuncro tells us that the Trans- mlsslsslppl exposition will do much to ward the upbuilding of Omaha and will unquestionably boom the city until the end of the year 1808 , but they fear a possible collapse at that time. Look at Chicago In 181KU The great fair was launched at the beginning of a sea son of widespread business depression , yet the Columbian exposition Increased the population of Chicago from 5100.000 to 500,000 and brought millions of dollars lars for permanent Investment there. Before the fair Chicago was a great western metropolis. Now It Is world- famed , and Its unexampled energy and progresslveness have made It the second city of the nation. When the fail- closed there was a decided depression in all lines of business as a matter of course , but the strides the city made before and during the fair were never equalled In any American city. The Utah bolters were received with noisy demonstrations on their return to Salt Lake City from the .St. Louis con vention , Wliy not ? Their spectacular exit from the convention ball was all pre-arranged for gallery effect and so was the alleged popular ovation they were to be accorded upon their home coming. The silverltes have engaged the services of a complete corps of po litical stage managers , scene shifters and lime light manipulators and their work may bo expected to be given to the audience as the campaign progresses. But the audience will know all the time that It is artificial from bottom up. The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben are ac tively at work upon elaborate prepara tions for the pageant of ISLHi. The membership lias been largely increased and ninny applicants now await ad mission. They propose to give tlie people ple of this city and state a show whose splendors wijl rival the pageants and magnificent court functions of ancient kings. Talk about your expositions that pertains to ISflS. The knights will appear in this year of grace ISflti and they are cntldod to the encouragement and active support of every citizen of Omaha. , Tlie attraction they are pre paring vflll d/aw thousands of people to the city during fair week. TIiinilijcNfl iiiul Chicago Post. We fear the , president will flm } It r. thankless task \ryit\K \ \ to convince the demo cratic party that it ought not to make B Tool of itself. _ | _ , MoiirjIIH 11 UliiHVr. ' ' San' Frnnclsco Call. Just about this time in every ejection year the world begins to deny a man the right to have an opinion unless ho has money enough to bet on It. I'lulCs CitiimlKTti SloKiui. Indlnnapolla Journal. Plait's toast , "MeKinley , Hobart and Har mony , " was characteristically republican. Where democrats sulk In their tents anil obstruct democratic campaigns , republican leaders sink their party differences , take off their coats and vsts ana do stalwart ! } ' to work for the party. Sound .Money In Cillifornln. Glnbo-Oemocrnt. The republican papers of California are not talking of a bolt. They support tin- ticket cordially and say that the tariff Is more Important than any other question. A Rolil standard has always prevailed In California and talk of free silver there Is purely theoretical. The safes of Its busi ness men are full of contracts payable In gold coin and no other kind goes. Ijoiitv on Theory , Short oil I'rnctIrr. ClilcnKO Trlbun . An Iowa physician has demonstrated to his own satisfaction that a man who has been struck by lightning can be revived by a second application of thu name agency. His patient was n man who had been tin conscious for twenty minutes from a stroke In a recent Htorm , and who revived at oner when he received a charge from a galvanic battery. The difficulty in many cases will bo that the victim of lightning will think lie lias been killed and therefore be unequal to thu effort required to reach a point where he can get struck again or even receive the recuperating current fro.-n a butery. II remains to bo proven also that the pitlent of the Iowa physician was not ready to re- vlvo In the ordinary way at the time the battery was applied. The theory Is fasci nating , oven If incredible , and some further experiments will be awaited with Intt-ri'st. UTAH'S l.\CO.\SISTK.\CV. tnr Sllvrr nml IxKiiIiiK Golil llonilN , Phllaik'lplila Lc.lscr. . On the 18th Inst. , at St. Louis , liventy- on so-railed free silver delegates , with dra matic ostentation , marched out of the re publican convention and took French leave of the republican party , assigning as their reason for so doing that they could not and would not continue in afilllation with a po litical party which upholds the gold btandard of monetary .VAluo. The severance of the free silver delegates from the T&I > u U1lcaii party , for 'ho reason that It ha l rvHolved to safeguard Iho inld ; standard njulllyreby maintain 'ho Qnaiu-ial power and credit of the country , was r.n- nounced "In ringing tones" by Seiulor Can non of t'tah. In his Impassioned fr.rcwi-ll to the party which had just mada Iho blnijlo gold Htandfird its campaign standard , Senator Cannon said : "With a slijfcp ) gold standard the Country will go on llri } torso destruction , to continued fulling pric/8. until our peoplu would become the bpv.erif cii-uod and the tlrawirs of waler for the consaiuij-s In creditor nations of the earth. , * "To Btich an'ljnholy end we will not lend ourselves. Wi { bold that this ronventfon hau secpdt $ frdm the truth ; that the til- umph of sm ) , fecesslon would IH the event ual destrucCHiBjbf our freedom .mil ii'ir ' iv- ! IllzaUoii. To tnat end the iieopio will net knowingly follow uny pollMcil party , ami we- choose to take our place In the ranka of tlie great mass of cltiztMis who veulUrt ihat the hour haa como for justice. I'M > vo Jt-cm tills issue less important to liumam'y wo would yield , since the nssochtloiia cf all our political lives have been Intcrfvlnitil Wth the men arid measures of this puny of past mighty achievements. Hut the people cry aloud for relief ; they are ben-ling liviu-alli a burden growing heavier with the pushing hems ; endeavor no longer : > rl.igs lie just reward ; Tearfulness takes the place , f ccur- apt > and despair usurps the throne of hope , and unlesa thu laws of the count.-y end I he pollcks of political parties p.hall l > o ( on- vcrtcd Into mediums of redroaa , ho effect of liuinun desperation may some time be wit nessed here an lu other lands and in olhtr ages. " Until It was so staled by the senator from Utah In the last sentence quoted. It was not commonly suxpecud that tucu direful and ruinous coiidltlo'u were attributable to the dotennlnod adherence of the people to sound , honest money. Indeed , by n nlrj'tlar now before - fore us , wo nro Induced to assume that i\o nro Justified In doubting that the fooi-lo of lltnh themselves , and especially the legisla ture of that stnte , which elected Mr. Cannon senator , really believes that the gold standard Is ns dreadfully dangerous nnd dnnserouily dreadful n thing ns the Utah Mr.tes- man declared It to be In his rnrt- Ihg address to the repabllcan intty. This circular announces the Usuo I y nml sale on account of the stnto of Utnli , of " $200.000 State of Utnli GOLD , 4 per cent. 20 Years Honds. Principal nnd Interest 1'nynblo In UNITBH STATUS OOL.U COIN . " This circular , compared with Senator Cannon's farewell address to the party Hint made him n senator , or the latter compared with the former , Is ns grotesque nn incon sistency , or a contradiction of practice by theory , ns the history of American politics possibly nftords. It demonstrates that n state boasting nn nren ns great ns that of Now York and nil the New England states , excepting only Maine , combined ; nn esti mated taxable property value of $ .100,000,000 , nnd n bonded debt , territorial , of only $700- 000 , cannot , nnd admits It cannot , borrow an additional $200,000 upon a silver basis ; then actually offers , so great has It Impaired the financial credit by Its free silver con tention , to pay 4 per cent Interest In gold upon a bond similarly redeemable In gold. It fs scarcely worth while to txpatlato on the Inconsistency , the Insincerity of such supporters of free silver ns Senator Gannon nnd his twenty associate bolters , in view of the nctunl facts discloot-d by this gold bond Issue by Utah. It speaks for llnelf , showing how the credit of that stnto suffers from the free sliver madness , nnd that when It wants to borrow even so Insignificant a sum as $200,000 It yields to the Inevitable demands of sound finance by offering to pay principal and Interest In gold. No com ment upon this offer could bo made which ivould bo half ns forcible ns the offer itself. TH12 IMMIOCKATIU HI3VOI.T. Philadelphia Times ( dem. ) : Mcltlnloy Is now presented to the American people ns a candidate for president on the distinct Issue of maintaining the gold standard of honest money , nnd unless some other hope ful party shall present n better candidate with better political environment , nnd on u platform as distinct for honest money us Is that of St. Louis , this journal will earn estly support McKlnley for president and sincerely -rejoice at his election. Now York World ( dem. ) : Shall It be suicide ? This Is the question that the democracy must decide at Chicago. Shall the Chicago convention make McKlnley's election certain nnd overwhelming by a declaration In favor of free silver or shall It seize the opportunity to de feat him on the question of ex cessive protection which lie himself de sires to mnko the Issue of the cnmpnlgn ? The democrats have their choice between the certainly losing and the probably win ning Issue , between hopeless defeat and amore moro than probable victory , Which shall it be ? Baltimore Sun ( dem. ) : The democratic party Is not without a fnlr chance of suc cess in the coming election If It remains true to Its own traditions and principles and stands fast by the splendid record on this all-Important money question which Its own administration has made for It. Ami in any case , whether It vlns or loses In the coming contest. It will stand Infinitely bet ter for the future It It leaves populism to the populists and free silver to the free silverltes and remains entrenched upon the Impregnable vantage ground 'of fidelity to the cause of honest mony , national solvency and honor and commercial com- /aon sense. I'lSIISOXAI * AMI OTIIKRWISia. J. AV. Bradbury , the oldest living ex-sena tor of the United States , celebrated the 94th anniversary of his birth on Wednesday at his home in Augusta , Mo. In giving some reminiscences of Alexander II. Stephens , a writer in the Augusta ( Gn. ) Chronicle says : "Once at Liberty hall I was present when General Toombs made a state ment that wns hero and thcro punctured with mild profanity. He concluded tlum : pon't you agree with mo , Mr. Stephens ? ' The old commoner piped out shrilly : 'All but the damn , general all but the damn. " Thomas E. IJreckinrldge , the solo sur vivor of Fremont's expeditions. Is one of the most interesting characters among the liv ing pioneers of Colorado. Said lie recently : "I will never leave Colorado again. I have made my last trip over the Santa Fe trail to scenes which were familiar to mo sixty years ago. I want to die In the mountains , where I have lived n largo part of my life. " Colonel lllcliaril W. Thompson of Terre Haute , Ind. , ex-secretary of the navy , was S7 years old on Tuesday. He Is In perfect health and was at the St. Louis convention at the head of the Indiana delegation. lie is the only survivor of the congress of 1841 , and there are no members of previous con gresses living. There are few living who served with him In 1817-48 , when he sat bosldo Lincoln In the old hall of the house of representatives. Hetty Green's husband , Edward Henry Green , is twenty years his wife's senior and is now nearly SO , though ho docs not look It. When they wore man led , ho was possessor of u million or so , made In the East India trade , but he lost It all in Wall street and found himself a bankrupt twelve years ago. Though ho and his wife had separated she made him a handsome allow ance , which is still continued , and he lives comfortably on It In a New York club. Tom Heed was once a sailor bold and In the capacity of acting paymaster In the United States navy served his country dur ing the closing months of the civil war. Hut in all his biographical sketches thus far pilntcd only the most meager reference has been made to the naval service of the speaker. The brief autobiography of Mr. Heed In the congressional dictionary con tains nothing but the following phrase- : "Was acting assistant paymaster , United States navy , from April 19 , 1SCI , to Novem ber 4 , 1SC3. " Ilodnoy Flsk , who was once n million aire and who lost his all In Wall street , died Sunday at a lodging house in South Boston. Two or thrro years ago his haul : account was good for $1,200,000. Young Flsk was a nephew of John Flood. Flood re- mombercd risk in his will. Hodney grad uated at the Sacramento ( Cat. ) High school. Later ho went to Denver , where ho in creased his fortune. Last year ho came east and tried his fortune In speculation. He leaves three brothers in southern Cali fornia , one of whom , James , Is a candidate for congiess. Now Yorkers are seriously considering the repaying of Fifth nvenuo with cork. The present cut stone pavement is to bo dis carded because of the noise of trailic on It Asphalt nnd wood have some advocate while others favor cork. A section of cork pavement has been tried In London with unexpected success. The wear was less than one-eighth of an Inch in a year. Among the numerous advantages set forth In Its be half nro cleanliness , nolsclessness , durabil ity , elasticity , freedom from allpperlness , whether wet or dry , and moderate cost. It Is non-absorbent nnd consequently In odorous. Frank Cordary had a license to marry Elizabeth Schumacker , a widow of Johnson County Kentucky. The couple called on Justice J. II. Taylor of Drown county to per form the ceremony. Ho said ho had no jurisdiction In his own county , as the license WCB procured In Johnson county. He said that as Cordary lived In Bartholomew county the only way ho could tie the nuptial knot would bo to go to the line of the county bordering on Barlhholomow and Johnson. According the bride took her stand In Johnson county , the groom stood In Bar tholomew , while the magistrate stood In Brown and pronounced the binding words. cli'rlillKolloiiH of .liiMtli-u. I'lilluilelplila Ix'dytr. The demand of the Boer government for the arrest and trial of Cecil Ilhodes and Alfred Belt shown that that government In tends not only to defend Itself , but to assert Its dignity. It has repelled the raiders , has ptinUhed the conspirators who fell Into Its hands , and It now asku Great Britain , whose subjects they are , to punish the men who In stigated the movement nnd werfc the chief conspirators. To do so would bo to act In accordance with Britain1 * favorite notion of justice and fair play , but the tone of derision In which the lory organs discuss the subject Indicates that. In their opinion , justice and fair play are due to Great Britain , not from It , if the other iiatlou happens to bo a weak one. WOU1C OK THK OKOI.nniCAT , SWUVBY. Outline of tlii I'rournni for llic Cnni- IIIK Stmitnrr Scnuon. WASHINGTON , Juno 25. The plan of field operations of the geological survey for the season of 1S9C-07 has been completed and approved by the nctlon of the noting sccrctnfy ot the Interior. Flvo geoloRlcal parties will work throughout the summer In Iho Now Knglnnd states nml e.ntfrn Now York , five In the Appalachian region , two In the coastal plnlu from fie noutii of the Hudson to the Gulf of Mexico , fho In the Inferior or Mississippi regbn , four In the llocky mountain region and ri nt In the 1'nclflc region. The usual paIooutoloBlc.il work will be continued. Special attention will bo given Is certain faunas nnd Horns In the coal regions of the Appalachian nnd Uoc-ky mo'.tmnlni. Hnlf the $50.000 appropriation for the hydrographic - graphic work will be devoted to th j gauglm ; of streams nnd determination of tits water supply of nil parts of the rulU" ! Stairs under direction of ICxpert Nowoll. The topographic work la materially oliansod. Lines of accurate levels will be run throughout the surveying areas so tlmi monuments may bo established nl points averaging not more thnn s'x mll.'j apait. This Is n now feature and -"iissl'uti'it n change In the methods of party work. The survey of the lands of the Cu-ek ad Cherokee nations In the Imllnti Territory will probably bo completed by September J and then thcro will remain only the area Eouth fo the Arkansas river. OK Tiir.m .M\V MAXIM < U-\H. llrltlnli ( ttilnnn Million n Kui'iiud of 1M llnrlior l ) < -f cn o. WASHINGTON. Juno 2i > . Advjccs received hero from British Gulnnn give details of the ceremony of the trial of the new qtilcls-flru guns mounted In the harbor ot George town , ns a part of the system of defense recommended by Mr. Chamberlain , her majesty's se.crotnry for the colonies. The sum of $32,000 wns appropriated for two Maxim guns , nml two 4.7-inch qulck-llro guns. The former were received some time ago , nnd uro In place , but the latter were not tried until the 4th lust , owing to the extensive emplacements prepared for them. They nro formidable weapons , having nn affective range of 8.000 yards , are sixteen feet long and carry a shell weighing foity- flvo pounds. The shells are of the bomb type , carrying a charge of powder and n fuse to explode them. The first trlnl of the big guns wns un Important event at George town , being attended by the governor gen eral. Sir Augustus Hemming , und the mili tary and civil officers of the colony. The targets wore placed In the sea , l.COO yards from shore , and the governor general touched the electric machinery which ex ploded the first shot. Following the trial , the governor general sanctioned the forma tion of an artillery branch of the colonial troops. U wns the original purpose to have the Maxim 'guns taken to the Venezuelan frontier , but they nro still at Georgetown. rirvoliinil ItcluiMiH from n .Intuit. WASHINGTON , June 23. President Cleve land and Secretary Carlisle returned to Washington at 8:40 : this morning from their trip down the Potomac. Commander Lam- bcrtnn of the navy , also n member of the lighthouse board , and Dr. O'Hellly wore the other members ot the party. They were gene three days and a half. Members of the party say they had a delightful outing nnd that both the president and Secretary Cnr- lisle were much Invigorated by the trip. They sailed down the Potomac and in Chesa peake bay as far as the mouth of the James river. The fishing was all done In the Ches.i- peakc and very fair sport was had , the party making n good catch of salt water fish. llnllrontl KxtoiMloii lit China. WASHINGTON , June 25. The United States consul at Ticn-Tsln reports to the State department under date of May 12 that Shens , late customs tnotal , has been appointed by the emperor to be director general of the Imperial railways of China. This otllclal Is alfco the head of the ChlncKO Merchant Steam Navigation company nnd the Imperial Chinese telegraphs and ! s largely Interested In cotton mills and otli < ? r enterprises conducted on western plans. The consul also reports that the money iirc- cssary for railroad extension will. It Is thought , be raised among the Chinese with out recourse to foreign capital. Conilltloii of tli - Tri-iisiiry. AVASHINGTON , June 25. Today's state ment of the condition of the treasury shows : Available cash balance , ? 205C23,107 ; gold re serve. $102,241,030. 10ml of ( InIloll CMNIIn WASHINGTON , June 25. Argument in the Holt will cnso was concluded today and it will be given to the jury late this afternoon. > KIIIIXII.S City Olrlirn Its XVw Pnrk. KANSAS CITY , June 2.1 Thousands of people spent today honoring- Thomas II. Swope , who recently gave the city 1,400 neres of park property. Business generally was sunpi-ndcd , Jlnyor Jones having Issued a proclamation makingIt a holiday. The day's exercises Included u panulo through the city , participated In by thousands of citizens , militia , lire laddies nnd bicyclers. At Iho park , which Is tlie second largest In aren. In the United States , fully 10,000 people took part In the exorcises. Sf. .Iiip IliitUt In Hurt Furor. KANSAS CITY , June 23. A special to the Star from Kxcolslor Springs , Mo. , says : The Missouri State Dental association to day expelled Dr. J. J. Newell of St. Joseph on the charge of unprofessional comliu-t. The Missouri association will mi-i-t nt I'mlf ( jprlngH iit'St July and tin ; Kansas bUitc association at Topeka In flluy. HOW f-AIIRS ILLINOISt _ OhlcaRn Test ; Tnkcu as n wliolo , Peorla platform suggests tlmt the llllnoU democracy has been nt a fensl of popullsta nnd stolen the scraps. Chicago Tribune ; Hon. John I' . AUcoliL wag called to order at Teorln In the pre / encc of n large audience from various pAf'1 ' * " of the slate , lie linUilsoil In ft ImrmonliATs SPKslon , which was listened to by a largo nu.ibor of men who culled themselves dclo Kates. Indlnnnpolls Journal : Senator 1'nlmrr of Illinois snj-K the tlemocrats cannot cnrry that state on a free silver platform , ' for them are moro thnn lOO.OrtO democrat In Illinois who will not submit to bo transferred llko chattels to the support of silver monometal lism. Knnj-ng City Star : Such a procedure t Chlc.igo certainly will mnke It Impossible for the administration democrats to sup port the ticket. II will give nil the fro ; tcr reason for sound money democrats nud for nil democrats who nro not nnnrrhliu to forsake the party whlcli Altgtld pretends to represent. Chicago Chronicle : The democratic party of Illinois Is not n rotten money party Jt deilved Its earliest Inspiration from fK" " democrats ns Jackson nnd Bontou Slepht A. Douglas wns nnd John M. Tnlmer Is t typical Illinois democrat , the greatest men\l of the party in this stnte. With nil the | force of their Intellect nud their conscience ) they hnvo ndvoc-ntcd an honest national financial system. Their dt-votlon to the cnuso of national financial Integrity wns as intense nnd ns sltn-crc ns their devotion to the cause of the union. The Ilunnolal plank of the platform adopted nt 1'curla Is n de parture from democratic principles which will not be endorsed by the democrats of the stnte. The democratic silver enthusiasts are egivglously In error. They have pre cipitated a disaster of unparalleled proportions tions on the party In Illinois. Tun .IOM.Y uitnw. \Vosf tTnlon Clnzptte : "It Is all overt" As the woman utleied these words she dropprtl to thp lloor. The bnby had Hjilllrd the Ink. Lowell Courier : A housefly whose buzz Is keyed In K vibrate. * hl whins .135 times iv Becond. When a vlptlni with a bald head happens to hit him IIP Hats awfully. OhlciiKo Uocord : "Tho deaconesses scorn to enjoy their church work , don't they ? " "Vps ; the congregation has lilted them out with wheclB. " Yonkers Statesman : Yenst Your land lady says you urn bnhlnd with your board Crlmsonbcak Well. Hlio's dead wrong- . I'm ahead. J owe her $ lj. Somorvlllo Journal : The similarity be tween I'opoc'iilnpctl nnd prohibition Malno consists in the fact that In either phu.It > Is easy to tlnd the crati-r. Cleveland Tlnln Dealer : The Now Pnntor I beg pardon , but In what walk of llfo are you engaged ? The Urnnd None , sir. I nm n sprltitorl Life : "You sav you want n position In my company. Why , man , you don't looU well eiiotiKh. " Actor Tlint'a Just it. My doctor says If I will walk thirty miles n day I'll be i-uri-d. Cleveland I'luln Dealer : Wragglc-s-Well , Adam was a lucky man. Hnrker In what particular way WragRlos Ho didn't have to prnneo around the garden like nn idiot holding Eve on a $100 bike. Cincinnati Knqulrer : "It Is simply nston Ishlng the way the bicycle Is displacing tha horse.- ? " "It is Indeed. Yrsterdny I found n. piece of rubber tire In my sausage. " Chicago Ilocord : Druggist ( awakened nt 2 a. m. ) What d'ye want ? < Customer If you'll let me look In yoiu r directory to see how to address this luttifT I'll buy a postage stamp from you. A SUMMKR rilKFISR \VnfllilnKton Stnr. H nco with ambition's potent draught , Distilled of dread and ( lory things , Which , when 'tis copiously quaffed , Livens anew the thirst that clings. We'll turn us from Olympian heights Toward Humt * setiuestcrod nonk of shad * . Nor envy nectar's strange delights , As Phyllis sips her lemonade. TI1K CAMl'Alfi.V SKASO.V. Winlilnutnn Ktnr. Now hasten forth and spread the nowi Thiil I shall presently l > e seen. Myself and romradeii to atiuiso In KameH upon the vIlliiKO BTPPII , Annouiu-e Unit all may conic and see The calloused plnei'8 on my hand , Ami that I entertain nt three liy going forth to plough the land. My hlekory shirt , that all may note , linns up somcxvheri1 In jiuhllc slate ; "J'ls thus thu wily rural vote We may In time proplllalc- . < ( This simple faet Is not beneath 1 i'he greatest statesman's patient euro ; lie that would raise u laurel wreath Must first jilaut hayseed In his liulr. S A few copies of this excellent edition of The Bee are still to be had at the business office of The Bee. Send a few copies of this souvenir number to your friends. 5 cents per copy. . . . . jummmm- You can fall Into worse hands than ours. We have a habit of using- people right also a habit of keeping the ri ht kind of 'furnishings the up-to-date kind , for this warm weather Shirts , Underwear , Socks. Ties , Suspenders , etc. The very latest styles at reason able prices. . . . . t 20 Per Gent Discount on Bicycle Suits. "Straw Hats in Profusion" all the staple and novelty shapes from SQC to $4. Sola ( munis for the YOUiUAN STRAW HATS. discount discount on all on all Light Weight Heavy Weight Clothing Clothing for Men and Boys. for Men and Boys. Reliable Clothiers , S. W. Cor. 15th and Douglas.