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THE OMAHA DAILT HBEj SATURDAY , FISBKUATIY 20 , 180T. , TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE B. m. UJItor. I'UilUSHED BVtillY MOUNINO. TKHMS OF SUnSCHll'TlON. I ) llr tl * ( Without Sunday ) , Cno Tear . 6 0 Ballr U and Sunday , On * Tear. . > J Rlx Month ! . . . > . { Three Months . . . . > . j Hunday nee. One Yfnr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J J1 BMurdar lift. On Year . > J , TVfCkIy Ile , Ons Ytnr. . . . . . . . . . . . . * omens : . Omahfll The n * IlitlMlnff. V . . . Knuth Omnha : Hlnger Illk. . Cor. N nnd tub at. . ' Council IllufTs : ID l earl ttreet. ' JTtl.-aKO Olllces 317 Chamber of Commerce. ' New York : Hoom 13 , 14 and IS , Trlbuns BIJg Ml Utli itrcft. comu:8i : > oNni5NCE. , . All communication ! ) relating to newa ana efll lorlnl matter should be aildrenned : To the Editor iiueiNKsa LETTEna. . All biitlntM Utten and remlUnncea should b ddrcned to The lice PublUhlnn Company Omaha. Draft * , checks , ezprcM nnd postodlce noner ordera to b mad * pa > al > U to th * onle of the company. _ TUB I1KB runi.tniUNO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIIICUUATION. Clftte of Kebratka , I VouKliui County. | George a Ttuchuck , tocrctnry ot The Dee Pub- llihl.ii ; company , bclnp duly sworn , § nya Hint the nctunl number of full and complete copies of Tin Dally Morning , livening and Sunday lie * printed daring the month ot January , 1SK , TVBS a fo. lows : 17 a. zo.soo 20.273 : : : : : : : i ? : ? ? 4 t JOITS 19.M2 i : : : : : : 19.887 1 19.S83 ' " ' ' " ' R 2fl.H1 : . . . ! ! ! ! . ! 2"U.7H 9 19 , SO ! & . . . . U.7H 10 503JO 20. . . . . . . . SO.l'lD 11 Dfiotf ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' n 19,906 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . " " 'S'-0 13 1 ! > ,12I 29. . 13 SM . ,0 19.M4 14 . IS 19.671 19,77 ! , i- ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; " . . . IO.CM II 34,017 . ' ' , Totnl .632,400 lx * dpductlonii for unnold nnJ returned coplcs. . . Mr- Totnl net wilm. Net dnlly average. onoiion n. Snorn to before me nnd nubscrlhcd In my presence this 3d day ot Tcbruary. 1M7. . . Notnry I'utlle. Wlmt KolH or comfort Clitonjjo wll tnkc out of Calvo's roftisal to sing li St. Ixiils ) ! Tt will IIP ( IIIIlciiU to satisfy Omnlin's nppetltp for national conventions ( Turin the exposition year. Tt lias bpconio a. question now whether tlio scalpers vvlt'ltl more Influence Ir congress tlian ( lie railroads. Coiwossmnn-elect Greene need nol explain tliat lie illtl not name his owi : Biiccess-or on tlio district bench. Only n Tew weeks more until tlio walls of the disappointed olllceseekcr wll again begin to be heard In the land. Hill Oldhani. after seeing the vacant district jndfii' hlp given to his rival , niiv ; , take comfort by idilloMipliliiliig on tin frulflc.ssnoss of fusion. Amateur cabinet makers are to lose no time In lilting In thos pieces or the president-elect will tak ( the Job out of their hands. Omaha and Nebraska are being more widely advertised by the exposition project than any enterprise that has ovoi4 been set on foot by Us citizens. Wonder what type foundry is behind the proposed bill requiring all country newspapers to lay In a supply of non pareil typo for use In printing legal ad vertisements. About the time the Chicago roads gel ready to take up the question of a re dtieed corn rate the sprouts of ne.\t year's corn crop will be springing up from the ground. The republicans of South D.ilcota failed to carry the state for the republican can ticket at the last election , but they have succeeded In naming the senator from South D.ikota none-the-lcbs. At last the delegations who are touring the western states In the Interest of the exposition can point to some indication of eaily decisive action on the part of the Nebraska legislature in aid of the enterprise. There Is only one thing the council can do to accommodate Mayor Ilronten's penchant for writing yellowbacks. It ought to buy him a printing piess and let him Issue campaign manifestoes at Ills pleasure. A lawgiver fiom one of the back coun ties lefers to Nebraska's metropolis as "the state of Omaha. " Omaha never claimed statehood , but It takes a good many counties to pay an equal share ot the Mate expenses. It Is hoped the Knights of Ak-Sar-Hen , in Initiating the members of the legisla ture Into the mysteiles of their order , will be especially tender with Speaker Gallln. He is down on foot ball and may not stand inugh handling. Congressman-elect ( Jreene should send In n claim for a great big credit maik. lie might have delayed his res- fgnntlon Horn the district bench until Match I and have drawn his salary as district Judge for two weeks longer. It Is not so long ago that .South Dakota enjoyed an exciting , though costly , little episode with tin ex-stato treasurer named Taylor. Notwithstanding Its rivalry In other things , Nebraska would be pleased to pursue Its course without any similar incident. Upsides this consciousness of having made tin excellent record dining his bilef term of olllce , Judge McIIugh limy he measurably coiiholcd In hl.s ruthe- ini'iit by the rellectlon that he Is one of the very few living ox-judges of the fedeial dlstilct bench. Holli Corbptt and Pltzslnimons refuse to boiisl , but each claims full ability to Whip the oilier In a given and very Ninall number of loiinds. They are too busy to say anything , but they llnd time every day to talk yards and yards of ( jltiit with which the newspapers am 1111 ml ad nauseam. . Senator Allen sajs It Is an ontrago to dismiss federal employes because they displayed Uryan portraits in their windows dews during Uu campaign. Hi-nator Allen may be right about the dismissals for Inoffensive partisanship , but what iilwiit bis own partisanship with refer- unco to the nomination of Judge Me- Hugh ? Within the past five years Nebraska has suffered more from embezzlers , de faulters and public thieves than from any other cause or all other causes com bined. Crop failures and financial de pression may have set the state back , but they have not Injured Its reputation or lowered public morals one-half as much as the unpunished thievery of public ofilclals. The acquittal of Im peached state house rlngstcrs who had looted the treasury and connived with bankwrockcrd was the turning point In the era of official rascality and corrup tion that will not run Its course until the stern hand of justice shall place Its seal of condemnation without fear or favor upon every man who betrays n public trust In January , 1893. a $700,000 depository bond wa.s approved by state ofllcers for the Capital National bank , signed by Moshcr and Ids associates , who at that very moment were Insolvent. The $230- 000 of stiite money deposited under this straw bond still remains uncollectible. Hy the Jugglery of Juries and flue spun technicalities of law the bondsmen of the state treasurer who turned over this worthless claim were released nnd the bondsmen of bis successor , who should have required the money to bo paid In stead of certificates of deposit , have not even been solicited to make good any part of the deficit. On June 18 , ISO. , the city treasury of Omaha was found to have been robbed by Its trusted custodian of over ? 100,000. On February 18 , 1S07 , the embezzler Is still at large , while his bondsmen liavo been given ample time to place all their property beyond the reach of the law. These examples are now bearing their dead hea fruit. The constitution of Ne braska fixes the terms of all state olllcers and the statutes provide for their turnIng - Ing over to their successors all public property and funds In their custody. The failure to do so constitutes defalca tion under the criminal code and the law ofllceus are In , duty bound to bring the offenders to justice. The new Mate ollleers were sworn In on January 7 last , but up to this day no final settlements have been made with the outgoing state treasurer , auditor or commissioner of public lands. The state tieasurer Is a half million dollars short The auditor Is overdiawn by $2.,000 and nobody knows how the land commissioner's accounts sum up. The most llagiant of these defalca tions is that of ox-Treasurer Hartley. Kioin the outset of his oflleial career lie has been a defiant lawbreaker , using state moneys for private speculation , conniving with warrant nhavers and kiting public funds for the benefit of bubble banks. "When Governor Ilolcomb assumed of fice two yeais ago Treasurer Hartley declined to make a showing of the money In his possession and declared lie would resign If compelled to do so. Debarred by the constitution from a third term , he knew all the time precisely when he would finally be required to produce the state funds and had ample time to prepare pare for turning over. Krom the 7th day of January he has been subject to penalties imposed by the law on de faulters and embezzlers , but for some inscrutable * reason the law ofllcers have taken no steps to vindicate the law. IX-Treasuror Hartley asserts that the missing money Is on deposit with sol vent banks and will be forthcoming h duo time , liven if th.it were true his criminal liability ta not lessened nor are hl.s bondsmen relieved of their obliga tion. tion.How How can the cicd.lt of Nebraska be maintained when such lawlessness is countenancedV Will not such examples dlsciedlt the state abroad and drive away intending Investors and men who contemplate locating In Nebraska ? How can we expect to raise the standard of public and private Integrity so long as a premium Is placed upon dishonesty In public ofllce and assurance given to londsmen that they run no risk of lielng called on ( o make good the steal ings , no matter how extensive and In excusable ? IlK'J'TKIt CUHKKXCY It Is unquestionable that one of the most urgent demands of the time , both In the Interest of sound money and the restoration of prosperity , is a better dis tribution of the currency of the conn- Iry than now obtains. In a iccent ad- Iress before the Massachusetts Iteform lub Representative Fowler of New Jer sey , a member of ( he house bulking .uid currency committee , snld that the people living in the less developed sec tions of the United States seined upon the free silver heresy simply because nothing else was offered them as a source of relief. He quoted an opinion expiessed by the president of tlio llieli- mend , Vn. , Hoard of Trade , In a hear- ng iK'fore the banking and euirency 'ommlttee , that If the 10 per cent tax on state bank circulation wa.s removed or he national banks were given the power of Issuing ciedlt currency , under precau tions however stilct , thete would not > i > a coiporal's gun id of fiee silver ad vocates left In the MHith , and the same views have been expressed by others who have come before the committee. A statement of banking conditions in ill the states , made by Itepre.sentallve Hioslus In the house n few weeks ago , shows that the states which voted for McKlnley have li,7..ri ! national banks , with a note circulation of 9181,000,000 n round inml > prs , while the states that voted for Bryan have only 1XW banks , with a circulation of ? ' _ ' 1,000,000. It Is HUH seen that of bank note clrcula- .Ion the McKlnley states have 88 and he Biyan states 1'J percent of the total. This Is a very great disparity ami its mpresslvencss Is enhanced when It Is shown that there niv seven of the south' 'rn states which have only KI ! national laiikn , with a total note circulation of Hily a little over $1,000,000 , or less than louble the note cbdilation of the IK ! intloiial banks In Nebraska. It is not siiiprislng to learn that In portions of hese states money Is rarely seen nnd hat business Is almost wholly carried m by barter. Nor Is it astonishing that communities having so little money and snowing that tluwnro large aceumula- Ions elsewhere should fall easy victims o any financial heresy that promised hem more money. ( Of course this situation. Is to some ex tent duo to n Inck of material rc.sourccA and credit , for banks ; will not be estab lished where the conditions do not jus tify It , but there ar < i sections where better banking facilities would be pro vided nnd more money put Into circu lation If the law were made more lib eral. An effort In this direction has been made In congress , the proposition being to allow national banks' to be or ganized with a capital of $20,000 In towns of not more than 4,000 Inhabi tants , but the matter will go over to an other congress. There can be no doubt that legislation of this kind \\ould go far toward giving the desired relief and it Is perhaps safe to predict Hint'It will ultimately be had. ' The trouble Js not that ) the volume of currency In the country Ls inadequate , but It Is In the Inequality .of Its distri bution. It Ls unquestionably most im portant that this condition be. remedied , so far ns practicable , and It Is n matter which the next congress Will be called upon to seriously consider. STILL , O.Y Tllh' H1OI1T SlDll. The balance of foreign trade con tinues to run largely In favor of the United States and we now have a very generous sum due us from abroad. While the exports of last month were not quite up to the standard of the pre ceding six months they were on a lib eral scale and exceeded the Imports for that month by over $15,000,000. The imports for January show a decrease as compared with the corresponding month of last year of nearly $17,000,000 , which Is very satisfactory under exist ing conditions , a different showing for the opening month of the current year having been expected. At present , how ever , the Imports are Increasing and there Is reason to believe that during the next few months the volume will be considerably enlarged , while It Is quite possible that exports of merchandise will be reduced. Hut In any event the floating balance due this country must remain large for some time to come , rendering probable a movement of goh to the United States , or at any rate giving assurance that there will be no exports In the near future of the yellow metal. The situation so far as the for > lgn trade is concerned Is certainly re assuring and with domestic Industries reviving the outlook appears altogethei encouraging. A'O2' ORKIlTAUli : TO US. Senator AHNoiv .said In a recent inter view that he thought the spectacle which we present among the nations of the world in not having a good bank ruptcy law at till tlme.s upon our statuk books is rather to be deplored. lie le inaiked that the frameis of the const ! tution foresaw tlu\ necessity for such t : measure and provided for one as a con stitutional right of the people. And foi the past ten years the people have beer petitioning and urging congtess to se cure them this right , yet their represen tatives have so far failed to do so am it appears probable that the Fifty-fourtl congress will come to an end without any action , thereby postponing indefi nitely this very necessary legislation. The blame for this , so far as the pres ent congress is concerned , is with the senate. The house passed the Toney bill at the first session , after an able and thorough discussion. The finance com mlttco. of the senate icported a substitute stituto providing for only voluntary bankruptcy. Uoth measures are now before the senate and while It is thought there Is a majority favorable to the house bill , with fconie slight modifica tions , the opposition can easily pi event action on it. Thus the urgent appeals of the business Inteiosts of the country are likely to again go unheeded by con gress and the half a million or mow of debtors who can do nothing to Im prove their condition without , this legis lation must continue In their helpless situation' ' for an indefinite period. Senator Allison is quite right In re garding this as a deploiable .spectacle. The other great commercial nations have bankruptcy laws and their evpeii- ence has demonstrated them to bo nbso lutcly necessary to secure justice and equity In business relations. There are 1hj ( same reasons for a uniform bank ruptcy law here as there are in Knghind and Germany and while we cannot shape our legislation after theirs , we can safely acivpt their experience as to the value of such legislation. The Immigration restiictioiiists will nol rest siitl-slled with the new Immigration law. They do not so much wain the exclusion of the pauper , vicious , crim inal and Ignorant chases as the exclu sion of all Immigrants whatever. The real motive behind them Is the desire to prevent competition by restricting the number of laborers nnd aitisan.s American employment exclusively for Americans will ultimately be tlwlr rally ing cry. Tlio moic ( hey get the more they want. The voluntnilly oxpattluted Mr. Astor , In spite of his enormous subscriptions ( o Iirllli.li public enterprises , .scons to be little more popular In the land of his adoption than in his native country. Hunt of 1'iilUlciil i : ll. ( Kobe Demon at. Political bosiffl thrive in proportion to ( lie ncplcct of votera to attend the primaries. No neglect , no brws. 'I'll In UN ( In'I'riiHt PiirKi'lM , Wuelilni-ton Hlnr It tlio Sugir trust regards the Investiga tion us an Interference wltli its biulncss , It should remember that interfering \\lth \ other people's biulncM in the principal canto of tlio popular uufjilclou under which It ho.1 fallen. IVrfi'i'tinu of Kiiiliii'iu-c , HI I.JUls Republic. It 19 superfluous to designate as a "noted lnw > er" the Now Yorker whoso recent death ( le\eloped ( lie fact that hu had for jeaia liccn lUlug In entire tranquillity "ltd three uhea , each of whom Itneu ot tlio other : * ' cxUtencc. A man uho can do tills would attain eminence In any ualk of llfo , D The SinnHllliiK of Ti-liHlM , llurfali ) KipirtB Another trust to go to pieces Is that In machine bolts , which \.a * formed latt April for the purpose of keeping receipts at a remunerative point during the hard times. The red/son given fpr Its downfall la that there has been secret cutting ot prices by imMiyuers uho had become desperate through the small amount of trade received. Tills , hottiner , Is only half the explanation. It is Been on all hands that huelncis Is picking up , anil the strong members of meat of the trusta which \\cro formed utter the re.'eal of the McKlnley act want to bo hi a position to take ad\antagu ot the market , whluu is certain to oxMnl rnpldljr. The am usher of triHN nt present Is the return to power In Washington ot the republic * party. ' Ln'tior the ! ! . Americana cnn manufacture Iron mor cheaply than nngnshmcnhlle paying muc higher wagca tailabor. but It has been con chislvcly demonCTralcd that the boat pal labor la the cbeapcrt. Knglaml pa > s bette wages than are paid on the continent of l"i rope , but In epflfot that slio has ben nbl to maintain hilt mrpremac" ' , because she sot more service > fwp RlT'n amount of money The same UnifiM of labor In the United States. It la bettor paid than that of Kng land , but In return It renders better eortlc and Is moro efficient. IIXMSOTAsljA.fl } > TIIK j Inn < lii > ItoKOtirccn of ttio lin per I ill Wi'M. St. Paul Olobe. A delpR.itlon ot gcntleme-n from Omalu are visiting our state to present to the ICRlslatur the Ecopo and plan ot the Tr.tnsmlseUsIpp Exposition to bo held hi their city from Jun to November , 18D3 , and to Ihvlto the state t inako an exhibit of Its resources with th others. While it Is to be rcprwontatlv'o o the states Ijlng to the west of the srca river , It alms to be national and Internatlo-na In Its effects , supplementing the World's ex position by doing what that failed to do fo the Btates-Mlsplay the resources of this wcsl ern half of the country. The states at Chicago cage \\cro test In the International charade of thd display anJ their several state build Ings \vcro llttlo more than convenient clti houses , where their cltlrens might rostwhll viewing the world's exhibits. Should th legislature see- fit to accept the Invttatlo and provide for a display ot Minnesota' products and progress , action , If the appro prlatlon be a. modest one , we are free to sa should be taken , we suBficst that the Innova tlon begun at Chicago , of having a statu build liK ) bo abandoned ; and 'Whatever ' npproprla tlon Is mode be devoted wholly to gatlicrln the various products of our Imlusti ies an making ot them the fullest possible dlsnla In one of the large buildings Omaha Is t erect. It Is to these buildings the attendant will go , as they went to them at tlio World' fair , and It Is there that the Investnipnt wll get the largest return In the advertlBcmcn of our resources. The economy that th times demand will thus meet the real pur pose of our participation , the advertlaemeu of the state. IOWA Piinss ParkersburR Eclipse : The people wh think that the creameries do not ploy an Important part In helping the Iowa farme to bear the brunt of the hard times are Itf" vlted to ponder over the statement that h Delaware county last year It Is estlmatec that the creameries paid the farmers eve $500000. The creameries of Iowa ate th great wealth producers of the state. Huillngton Gazette. The rumors com from Dos Molnes that the building and loa , association marauders are becoming dlscour aged o\er the action of the legislature In not granting them licenses to continue the ! depredations , and It Is now said they wll appeal their cnse fiom the decision of th etecuthe council to the huprcmo coint. I U very doubtful whether the sup : cine conr ot Iowa will bo so blind to HID schemes o those men as to again permit them to carri on their trame In tills btiite. Burlington HaWko > oFarmers are ap preaching the' tlmfo when their labor will bi ii'oo remunerative than it has been fo some years. Not only Is wheat worth a good deal moro than it was a year ago , bu cattle , sheep ; , mules and horses are al bringing better pcJccs than they did at this time In 1S9G.Tim / ( whole tendency ot jgri cultural % alu 3 is upward , nnd the fanner as he surveys tlio Impiovlng situation modestly congratulates himself upon the courage which enabled him to Jab the pitch fork Into thudlnnkjS of the silver inonstrosltj last fall. , n Lies Motnos Leader : In his latest agri cultural letter Prof. Wilson lajs down this proposition : "The/ Iowa farmer must ford hitj corn , lie must fcd e > ery bushel of It ; no body outside. of the , state should get a pock ot It uu'lpss lie desires to eat it nt fooi prices. As | oBgas , it remains the food o animal * wo pioujd fcpd it and Iced all o it. " This is true enough , lint how are the fanners to know from year to jear wha amount of Block to provide. Two years ago when the grass crop failed and corn crop likewise , fanners found tl-.it they had too much stock , and were compelled to sacrifice It because of lack of teed Tnlo jear ant last the balance has been tlm other way No one will dispute the general proposition laid down by Prof. Wllnon , but it Is the np plication that gl\cs trouble. One practlca way for maintaining the balance IB to force the railroads to grant a feeding in transli privilege , _ _ POLITIC vi , murr. The city debt of Richmond , Va. , Is as large as the debt of Cleveland , O , The population of Richmond Is 85,000 and of Cleveland .105,000. In recommending the relocation of the state capltol nt Detroit , Governor 1'lngrce says the present building "should bo turned Into nn insane asylum. " Under the hat , the governor meant "has been. " Only fourteen votes were cast in county , Texas , nt the recent presidential election. Uubblt iar cieek Is the chief ttream of Sherman county , tlio area of vvlijcb la 900 square miles. iight of the fourteen voted were for McKlnley and alxcro for Uryan. Four years ago the county vote was twenty-two. The salary of the major of Now- York is ? 10,000 , the salary of the mayor of Brooklyn Is $10,000 nnd the palaiT of the mayor of Long Island City Is $2,500. Urookl.vn alder men and Now York aldermen receive the same salary , $2,000 each The majors secretary In Uro.oltl > n gets $3,000 and In New York ho gets 15,000. The Montana legislature Is wrestling with the Australian ballot law. An amendnicnr hao been passed by the senate providing that candidates shall bo grouped not with lefer- enco to pattbs , but with icferonro to the olllces they are running for. As amended tlio bill doca not permit the voting of a "straight ticket" by any one ni.irk. The voter muat check entirely throne ! ) tlio list The annual report of Ilia Civil Servka commission chows that thuro nre now 87,107 fi'dcial places on the lists of the cl.iwirinj ujivlce , while of tU > illCIO places as > ct unclassified 00,725 aio fourth cln.is poitolllcrx , nhlcli the eoinmiMlon is anxious to bring within tlio ucopo of Its opsrallons. Induct ing these , it would leave only about 25,000 places for the now administration to fill from political preference. A movement IB on foot In Kansas to Induce Iho legislature to order a mat bio hunt o | Ohailcs Koblnson. tlio first governor of U - Sunflower state , and pluco it In tbo clmpol of tlio State University In Lawrence. Only $1,000 is uifted for Oovornor Itoblnson went to Kunaati In'if 54. and did much In securing homes for tH free etato cmlgrantn who went from fycnf England , and has often icon called "the father of Knnaas. " Two of thrt JinTtlpe3 of the supreme court ot Iho Unlted tates are' ' moro than 05 yoam of age They are Jimtlco Gray of Massa chusetts , wljrf H ( ! 9 , and Justice Kleld of California , \iho Is SI. The present bench of the supiemo court , though representative of nil BcUlonit of thd country , has a laiger number of Justices hotn In Now Knsland : han in any other section. Chief Jmllco duller Is n native of Maine. Justice Kleld ot Connecticut , Juaflco Orav of Massachusetts Jiistlco Hromi/of Massachusetts and Justice Drewcr , tho'ugrO born out of the United States , la of Nc 1 England ancestry. The constitutional convention of Delaware , made up of alxtepn democrats and fourteen reiJibllrans a Miiall body to revise the or- ; anlo law of a sovereign American state , has adopted a radical anti-bribery zectlnn whereb ) the right of trial by Jury Is denied o brlbo takers and they are to bo tried in stead before a board of Judges The penalty 'or crime against the puilty of the ballot Is a Inu of from $100 to { 5,000 , or Imprisonment of from six months to ttvo years , or both A feature of the section Is a requirement hat no person , other than the accused , may withhold testimony on the ground that ho \ould be Incriminated or subjected to public nfamy. Such testimony cannot be used against a wltnitsa , save In proceedings for > orjury. The person convicted shall for a erm of ten years next following his sentence bo Incapable of voting at any general , special , municipal or primary election or convention or meeting In Delaware. Exposition Endorsements BY THE GERMAN PRESS. i i i i i Davenport ( In. ) Reform : With extraor dinary energy and not less ability the pro jected exposition In Omaha ot 1S9S Is being boomed , In Mr. Hosewnter the exposition has a "staff trumpeter" the like ot which Coilld not bo found In the whole country. It b eminently proper that Omaha should arrange for a great exposition to which the whole world Is to be Invited. Only by a visit to Nebraska's metropolis can people of other states learn that far out on the western batiks of the Missouri rhcr some- thlni ; clso may bo found than starving farm ers. It will be a great benefit to the whole lam ] , when the good people from other pans of this cbuntry visit the west to sco it as It really Is , and not as the mischief makers have painted It , ,01'lcago Illinois Staats-Zcltung : During tlio cmmmcr of next year an exposition will bo held In Omaha of alt the states and ter ritories west of the Mississippi river , which undoubtedly will turn out to bo a great thing. The main feature ot this exposition will bo a silver palace. Not a palace entirely built of silver , but one which will be cov ered fro.ii bottom up to the cupola with silver , the same ns the roof. The quantity of silver plato which will bo needed for the purpose elated is given as 320,000 Rtmaro feet , which would take 10,000 cubic feet , or 6,515,250 pounds ot .silver , valued at $65- 152,210. It Is said that the Omaha people do not Intend to buy this Immense lot of silver , but will borrow It from the silver mine owners ot the western states. After the closing of the exposition It Is said the coatly building will bo burned down and the ullvcr returned to Its owners. The building certainly would , In regard to Its expensiveness - ness , surpass e\ cry thing In the line of expe dition buildings seen heretofore and the pur pose would thus bo aceompllHhed. Hut will It bo posulblo to gather that much silver ? Uoatrlco ( Neb. ) Post : All newspapers pub lished In the state of Nebraska ought to agitate In favor of the Tranamlsslsslppl Exposition. "Why , Is It not too early to work for tills enterprise ? " we hear a reader sa > - . "No ; certainly not , " Is our answer In this case. The legislatures of nearly all the western states are In session and the appropriations for the exposition must be made now. Nebraska , being most Intcr- e ted , ought to head all the other states with a liberal appropriation. It this Is done her aistcr states will follow suit quickly and will go to work realously to be worthily represented at the exposition. It Is to be regretted , however , that our legislature does not seem to realize the Importance of the matter to Nebraska , and therefore , they ought to bo brought to undcistand by pe titions and otherwise from all parts of the state tba ! < the people of Nebraska want tills onteiprlso pushed with all possible vigor , and liberally assisted by this commonwealth In older to bring about a most brilliant success. We are satisfied that the exposition will be of gicat benefit to our beautiful state. Many will come to us , will be con vinced by what they see themselves that Ne braska Is all right and will bo induced either to settle in our midst or to invest Uiclr capital. Largo sums of money will bo set in circulation In Omaha by the visit ors of Iho exposition , nnd that money will to a great extent go over tbo state , thus benefiting the latter as well as her metro politan city In short : Let everybody work and talk in favor of the great exposition. New Yorlto Pfaclzer In Amerlka : At Omaha , Neb. , from Juno to November oftiext jcar , a Transmlhslsslppl and International Ex position will be held. The same is In the lirst instance designated to give the states west of the Mississippi river an opportunity to make a showing of their natural re sources , their agricultural and industrial pioductlon , as well as of their clvill/atlon In general. The tiansmlsslsslppl region compiiscb twenty states and four territories , lieliiB the granary of this country and cou- lalnlng the richest glass lands In the union. That region embraces further nearly the whole gold and slhcr boating territory and the richest llmberlands of North America. It Is to bo expected that the proposed ex- liosltlon , which also has been acknowledged by congiess , which has clad it with an In ternational chaiacter , will be of gicat bene fit to the whole country ; first , by bringing closer together east and west ; and , second , jy stimulating desirable immigration into this country nnd thus helping to bring more icoplo to the west , where they need a larger copulation. It is an Indisputable fact that .he development of the Immense western crritory has Just commenced , and there s no doubt that the exposition will aid \cry mateiially to bring about a full de velopment of the transmlsslsslppi country. Several state k-Klslaturcs have already ex pressed their willingness to have their re spective states paitlclpate In the proposed exposition and have made ample nppioprla- tlons for a worthy representation. Sheboygan ( Wis ) Volksblatt- While the opponents of humiliation in congress al Washington are /oalou ly worl.lng to furnish ovldem-e that the United States does not iced further Immigration. Omaha , the latural center of this country , is preparing an enlei prise to piovo the rontiaiy , show Ing hat the United States IK still aide to furnish uncounted million ) of people a home , and n faet , is needing further immigration. Wo peak of the Tranaml'slsslppl and Intcrna- lonnl Imposition , which Is to be held at ) maha between Juno and November , IS'JS. 'he twenty states and four terrltoiles wc.sl of tln > Mississippi will funiish evidence at ho proposed exposition which will convince all those who did not know , or did not want o know , that the gteat west of America till needs hundreds of thousands of ener getic , intelligent men , able ami willing to * orh , and th.it only the drawbacks , caused iy land speculation , the monopoly of uill- aaiH and the usurious interests which arc harmed by money lenders Irom the east and Europe , piovonted that development from aklng Its natutal course. Had It not been or that the Immlgiants would have helped greatly to fuither develop the west and > pen up even more new Kinds to cultlva- lon ; while for th" reasons stated above , hose ImmlrianUVTI * compelled to Increase ho great masses of the unemployed in the trcetb ot our big titled. Kowaimee ( Win ) lianner The arrangp- nrnts for the TrtinMiilf.'Isslppi nnd Inlerna lonal Kxp'Sltlonhlch will be held In Jmaha , Neb. , from Juno to November , 1898 , ro being rapidly consummated. Tlio project vhcn successfully cairled through , wilt doubt- ew not only benefit the wtates west of the 'leather of Walcio" by showing to the world ho abundant natural resources of those tntcf , , thpir agricultural and Induptrlal pro uctlon und the civilization of their papula Ion. but It will stimulate deolrablo Imml -ration Into tlilo country The exposition vlll further benefit not only the Transmit ! Isalppl region , but the whole union , for the ea-3.ii that It will bring the ca t and went u clracr connection. The project had itu rlgln with the TransmliMLsslppl Commer- lal coiigiefs , which wan held In Omaha In he year 1S'J3 , at which twenty-four states ml tonitoilLS wcxt of the Mlsriralppl were eprospntcd by delegates. One of the chlc-f ttraUlnirf of the projected exposition will ndoubtedly bo the mineral department , homing the precious metals , which in almost nllmlted quantities are deposited In the nountalns of the great wrat. Red Wing ( Minn ) Die Toutonla1 The ex- nsltion to bo held In Omaha In the ear 189S Is by no means a local or a state If air U Is going to bo a TranemlssUalppl 'xposition , that Is to say , an exposition in hlcli the great west beyond thu Mississippi Ivcr will participate. In the first Instance , 10 western states , and Nebraska foremost , will reap the benefit coming from the ex- ilbltlon of the enormous resources ot the ransmlsslHslppt region , but It is safe to ay that the whole country will to a certain xtcnt also profit from tbo great enterprise. Lansing Die Michigan Staats-Zcltung : AH , 11 known already there will be an expoal- on of all the u eat ern states held during the : ummcr of next year at Omaha , which prom- rs to become so grand that U will outdo 11 former state expositions. The crowning feature of the exposition will be ft Hirer palace ot great dimensions , which will bo entirely covered with plates made ot pure silver. Thu projected building will con tain the mineral exhibits of the western country. Wlnona ( Minn. ) Westllcher Herold : Kvcry man and every newspaper In the west must b In sympathy with the projected Trans- mlnalefllppl Exposition , to bo held In Omaha In tha ye.tr 1S9S. The Mates ot the grout west will derive much benefit from the expo sition because it will give them an oppor tunity to show to the world the great prog- root which the west has tnndo within the last twonty-nvo years , It * abundant resources nnd richness , The natural conscquenco will doubtless bo a clowr connection between cnst and wrat and a further development ot the latter by bringing moro people and capital Into the Transmlssleslppl region. We , for the present , will do all in our power to further the great enterprise. Carroll ( la. ) Dto ticrmanla : The managers of the proposed Transmlsslsslppl Exposition are at this early data hard at work to tiring about the greatest possible success for that grand enterprise. Some people think Ne braska only will reap the benefit from that exposition , but wo think they are mistaken , and wo feel sure that the whole transmlssls slppi country will to a great extent share In the bene-flt and our state of Iowa In the first Instance. The Transmlsslsslppl Ex position will bring , among others , more good , thrifty Gorman settlers Into the western states , and 'that's the stuff' wo are after. Work tor the exposition ! Celona ( O ) Her Mercer County Iloto : The pcoplo of Oiraha are working for the Trans mlsslsslppl Exposition with their character istic zeal , and moro than $500,000 ot the capi tal stock has been subscribed for in that city within a remarkably short space of lime. Thu board of directors of that enter prise are working with heart and soul nnd as they met with encouragement In most of the transmlsslsalppl states the success of the exposition seems to bo assured above all doubt. Wo are of opinion that what helps ono part of this great country will benefit the whole land , and therefore we nro heartily In favor of the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition. Columubs (0. ( ) Wnlsenfreund : The promoters meters of the Transmlsslssippl Exposition , which is to bo held at Omaha in 1SOS , are hard at work to make the proposed exposi tion a success. The enterprise , if properly j carried out , will bo of great value to the | transmlsslssippi region as well as to the country in geneinl. ( Chicago Lutherlsclier Klrchenbote : Wo need desirable Immigration for our great west ; wo need men able and willing to fur ther build up the transmlsslsslppi country and to Invest labor nnd capital there. The Transmlsslsslppi exposition moro than any thing else will help to accomplish these purposes. New Yorker Tagblatt. The preparations for the Transmlsslsslppi nnd International Exposition to bo held in Omaha from Juno to November , 1S9S , nre viogrcsslng rapidly , and from what we can Judge , wo must say that the exposition will not only boot great benefit to the transmlsslsslppi region , but to the whole country. New York ( N. Y. ) Staats-Zeltung : The Transmtsslsstppl Exposition , which Is to be held In Omaha , Neb. , between June and No vember , 1898 , seems to be an assured thing. As wo have said on a former occasion , we believe It a stop In the right direction , because - cause it will do a whole lot ot good to the great west and what Is good for the west Is also good for the east. Wllllamsport ( Pa. ) Tribucno : From Juno to November , 1S9S , the Transmisslsslppl and International Exposition will bo field nt Omaha , Nebraska's metropolis , which grew so rapldlyto bo a most important city. The exposition is not only of Interest to the transmlsslsslppi region , but to the whole United States , and even for the whole world. Its aim is to bring about a closer connec tion between cast and west and to secure for this country tlio right kind of Immigra tion At the exposition the western states will give to the visitors nn exhibition of theli natural resources , their agricultural and In dustrial products and their civilisation in general. The managers of the great enter- pi Iso are liaid ad woilc and wo are satisfied that the exposition will serve Its putposo to the fullest possible extent. AM ) OT1I12UWISC. The latest news from the Hologna trust indicates that It has gene to the bow wows. The gold mine which has been discovered on General Longstreet's property near Gaines ville , Ga , yields from $7 to $12 per ton of the precious metal. The vein varies from eight Inches in width to two feet and a half. Sylvester Scovll , ilic correspondent nr- icsted In Cuba , Is nn all-around man IIo Is an athlete , nn expert horseman and a good iiAordsnian , His father Is Dr. Scovll , presi dent of Woostcr , O. , university , and ho him self has preached In the Presbyterian church at Harrison , O. The brilliant word-painting which Wash ington correspondents nro now "describing In Gencial Jo Shelby's war reports was the work of his adjutant , the cclebiatcd Major Edv.ards , then a boy of 21 or 22. General Shelby hlniHclf could handle the bridle reins much better than the pen. Lieutenant Governor Woodruff of Now York 1ms originated "a new vvrlnklo" In the way of olllejdl or political dinners Ho is ' inviting tho'membera ot the legislature In batches of twenty to dlno with film , and is selecting them according to alphabetical ro tation from the list of senators and assem blymen. Some Idea of the fertility of Kansan soils may be gathered from the fact that the an cient Indian party who was planted In that state many years ago , preparatory to his journey to the happy hunting ground , and t was recently exhumed by troahiiro seekers , J weighed neatly 700 pounds , although in llfo ho only kicked the beam at 160 pounds with hli war paint on , The British Modlcal Journal announces that Iho subscriptions In Franco and other coun tries for n stntuo of Pasteur now amount to more than 10,000. Paul Dubols has been selected as the sculptor and the Bite for Iho e-tatue will pioolily bo the space between tlio Rue do Medic Is nnd the Luxembourg gardens Moro than 120,000 has already been spent in the erection of stature of Pasteur In varloi.1 parts of Franco. AH an Instance ot the high regard In which ho is held out side that country It may bo mentioned that the municipality of the City of Mexico has given the iramo of Pasteur to the gardens situated in front of the National School ot : Modlcino In that city : : Aboolutely Pure Celebrated for HH great leavening strength ind licalthfulncus , Asmm-a the. food against iltun and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brunda. i'o\vmn : co. , NU\V vonit J OTItim LANDS THAN OUUS , The term South Africa embraces all that part of the continent floiith ot the Zambtul river. In It nro Included 0 < rm n Wtwt Af rica , the 1'ortugucie territories , Rhodesia , tlio republics ot the Transvaal and Orange Free State , the Hrltlsh colonies of the Capo , Natal , Zululand nnd Ua-iutoland , and the Drltlsh protectorates ot Rcchuantland and Amatongatand , Its area somewhat exceed * one-third that ot the area ot the United States , excluding Alaska. It ha * coast line ot about 3,500 miles , and about 4.000 miles of railroads connect the coast with the Interior. U hai a mixed population of about 0,000,000 , of which over 650,000 are whites , English and Dutch preponderating. South Africa , which for the pnst year has been In a very dcprewod condition , on Ins to tlio disasters ot the rinderpest , the Kafir out break , the locust plagdo and the political troubles , Is bound to Jiavo future of mar velous prosperity , Ita enormous mineral re- eourcM , particularly the development of th gold and diamond Industries , will onvo It. There ought to bo no danger ot such n catastrophe as a Turkish Invasion of Thcs- saly , and there ought to bo no perpetuation ot Turkish abuses In Crete. It the powers are nlnccrc In their desire for both pcaco and Justice , they can make both secure The problem was solved In Samoa long ago , when that Island was made autonomous , under a prince of Its own , with only a shadow ot Turkish suzerainty ren.nlnlng. A similar ar rangement might bo effected In Crcle , ami would doubtless prove satisfactory to all parties concerned. It would , of course b recognized an merely tentative , annexation to Grceco being tbo ultimate destiny of the Island. Hut just at present there h need of some such tentative arrangement that will servo until the greater inicstlona of Turkish reform , which are now uiulor consideration at Constantinople , are settled. Crete ought to h.u-o good government , and the legitimate aspirations of the Gnek race ought to ho reallrcd , but not at the needless cost of a great European war. * The Transvaal republic Is , It Is. believed , destined to surprise the world with Its jleld ot gold. With an area of 119.000 snuaro miles , somewhat greater than that of the six New England states nnd the state of New York combined , the transvaal is un der the nominal suzerainty of Great Britain , that power having the reserved right to veto all foreign treaties which It proposes. It has no seaport , being completely hemmed In by the Urltlsh colonies and the Portuguese territory. Its white population Is about 160,000 , of whom over one-half are called ultlandcrs , which means that they nro un enfranchised whites. Its Knflr population exceeds 500,000. Its distinction as a gold- producing country dales from 1SS5 , when the deposits of the famous Wltwatcrsrand dis trict were found. The first reduction works of any size were erected In Johannesburg In 18S7. In December of that j-car exten sive coal areas were discovered near by. The total output of gold to the end of 1S95 fiom this one district was S.SSS.OOO ounces , of the value of $141.000,000. During this same period other districts In the Transvaal produced 909,000 ounces of gold , of the value of $14,700,000 , making the grand total of tbo Transvaal's output of tlio world's standard metal of the value of $158,750,000. * + It Is said that the Mohammedans of India are quite indifferent toward the fate of Tur- kej" . In 1877 the vlceioj- , Lord Lytton , was afraid to publish at Calcutta the British proclamation of neutrality between Russia and Turkej1 , lest It should reuse discontent and revolt among the Mohammedans. Hut his foreign secretary , who knew India far better than he , nssmed him It would have no such effect. Tlio latter view was pres ently proved to bo right , for the governor of liombay published the proclamation on bla own responsibility , and the Mohammedans paid no more attention to It than as though It had been the pope's bull against the comet. The fact Is , England's original idea In championing the Turk was to protect her own overland road to India nnd to chuck the pretensions of Russia. Those reasons no longer have the slightest force , and the Drltlsh government has now ofllclally con fessed them' ' nlwoj-s to have been mistaken. There Is , therefore , no reason why Great Ilrltuln should be guided , In dealing with the Turkish problem , by any other motives than those of Justice and humanity , a fact about our new Spring top coals they are arriving in abundance each day coats that can be worn with pride we've told you they are made as well as thirty years of ex perience can make them we've told you the fabrics are the very best we can find we've told vou the v prices are less than naif the tailors and he fit Just so when /xm / see a fellow in a smart looking , snappy op coat , make up your nind that you have ; een one result of care- ul study and our cnowledge of style and ashion Is there need o say more ? KING a GO. 8. 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