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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1897)
THE OMAHA PATLY TIIUKHDAV , APHIL. iiii , 1807. THE OMAHA DAILY DEE. 14. noSBWATBIlTlMlfor I'UUUgllliU KVI3IIY MOHNINO initMrt OF Dally Hee ( VVItliout Sunday ) , One Year . I * ( * Dully He nnil Sunday. one lear . 8 ( X Fix Month * . 4 in Jlil * " Month * . 2 ( X Buml y ll < e , One Yenr . . . ! EnlbnUy lieOna Year . 1 f Di-c , Ono Year . OnnlinTli Hoe lIulMlm ; tioiilh Omnhn. Singer Itlk . for N anil 24th Sta , < ounrll Illurfd ! 10 I' ( irl Ktrrpt ChlrnKo Olllc < < : 317 Chamber of fommerce N'tt- \ otknnonw 13 , H mil 11. Tribune UUir , vVn Islington : Ml 14th Sticct. All communleitloni irlntlriR la nw nnil edl- torlil rnnttrr houM b" oiMn MoilTo the Editor. mmiNUfus i.ivrrims All business letter * nnil remittance * nhoulcl 1 > fl n < Mre fdl to The llf < > I'lilillnlUnK Compnny , Ojimlm Dniftp , chrckM ejtirpfn nnil ponolllca money unlTs to l > c inndo pn > ablc to the order of the c'jmp-iti > _ Tin : itii3t'ini.ismxo ; _ COMPANY. * STATBM BNT OP CIHOULATION. Kt-\if of NiliriMkft , Douplfli County. s ( ! pr > rtc II T/Kliurk Secrctars of The Ilec Pub lishing compin ) , belnR duly nworn. unyn thnt the nctual nutnlHr of full nnJ coniplrtn copies of The Dili } Morning. livening nnil sumliy lice printed during the month or March. 1837 , wns n fol low * : 2 20.00J 17H . 21811 3 ID 010 4 21)133 SO 20479 f , 21,971 51 20,523 6 20 053 zt 20211 7 203IS 23 20.272 8 20001 21 SO 318 9 15.WM - S00 10 20111 ! ( I :0217 11 20007 17 20212 12 20,112 2S 20711 13 20 106 Z9 20210 14 20,307 31 20 2M is roi5 31 20.117 15 20,237 Total C37209 Jx-m deduction * for unsold nnd returned copies ' T12 Total net fnlen T27.19I Net dtlly average 20.211 ar.ouon n Tzsciircic Ruliicrlli'M In my presence nnd sworn to before me this Cth iHy of April 1W7 WH.UAM SIMBIIAU ( Seal ) Notary Public. TIM : 111:12 : oTiiAi > ii. All riillronil tiiMtrilii N lire Mllplllll-ll Wllll fllOIIKll IICVH < ll IIIVIlMIIIimllltC ' \ < T3 1KIH- Konixi-r who itniilH in riMiil II IK'Tl WIIII < T. IllMlHt IIIOII lll - liiK TileHIT. . If 3 oil 'niiiiot pri-l n lire oil ii train from ( lie iiiMtH uncut , iilviiHi ; miort the fuel. NtntliiK tin- train mill riillronili to ( lie Clrriiln ( Ion I > i'iirm < > ii t of Tit illco. . The llt'u IN for Niilu on nil trnliiN. i \SIST OA IIAVIM : Tim linn. Tlit' fuse was not IOIIK enough to icicli ; the mii Populists will now In- asking them- aelv where they ( snne In. South Oiiialui republicans sot the pace nnd Oninliu lopulillenns followed. It Is ono tiling to fahtiiMte u new city Charter. H It another tiling to get elected to tliu ollli't'S iniuli' to order. Now then for u welcome lellef from politics and n pull all touether for the exposition and municipal impioveinents. Wheat lu-eps on rising , imt the white metal Hliows tin. invetei.ite tendency , dis- couniKin to ILs admlieis , to o a the fjraln. The airship still has a lew hours of Ri.U'o to prove the u-alily ot its existence by appeal injr In Omaha in time for the Arbor day patade. / \ Lt'l ' _ With the added ble-sins of a piac'tl- csilly solid repiiblli-an city fKovernment , tlio people can celebrate . \ihor d.iylth a xest otherwise Impossible. Senator Him ell ha < s succeeded in one thins he 1ms extended the teims of all the elective lepnbliean city otiicoi.s ex cept llio.itcli for thiee yeats longer. The se.nchllKht was evidently turned on the lily hall after all. Those who tinned it on aie teipiested not to ciowd In coining up to claim their rew.itd. The new tariff will be known as the Dlngley bill , although by the time It emerges fiom the henate its author may not bt * able to rocosnUe it Avithout a new introduction. Omaha Is to be eoiitfintul.ited on the li > clHlve vote In favor of the Intersection IKivliiK bonds. The main obstacle to o.vteiiHlvo and necessary public iinpiove- inents Is now lemoved. C'audldales who can beat a fuMon ticket and a hostile weather bureau combined certainly possess elements of .strengthvhieh atiKiir well for the suc cessful adminlsti.ition of their lesprctive olllces. Cipher tele raphic meswi es have been pro > ei Ibed In Tin Key. 1'eople who want to .send cipher nie ( < saKe.s should have them written In 'Pinkish ch.uaetei.s and they will resemble cipher cloaely enough. Th.it lenlHlatlvo tommlllee to Investi- Kiito the > .tato olllces may be depended on to dl.scover ttt leaht one tiling , and that Is a plod place to stow away the $10,000 voted to defiay the expenses of tint Investigation , The legislatures of thtee or four of the soHtlu'in states have been summoned In extra Mission to take action on meas ures for the relief of the Mississippi Hood Milfereis. Two sessions of a legis lature in a Hood year is Kolnj ; it pietty Ifeavy. The man who Meals a few dollais is usually Kepi In Jail awaiting tilal , but tlin man who succeeds In ( 'mbe//.llujT a half million dollars out of the state treasury enjoys his llbeity on a nominal bond lu the bum of one-tenth of Ids shortage. Ill \low of the teapot tempest i.ilsed by an Ohio eonKre.ssinan'rt evident de termination to api > ofht a ne 'io to An napolls , this would MVIII to be as good n time as any to tlnd out whether the naval school Is really a national or only a sectional Institution. Defaulting ex-Treasurer ltuth : > y ho haw p.ild over to thu state all the piibllo money In his possession that Is available , liutdesiilto his alleged poverty ho Huems to eni'ounter no dlillculty In retaining KOIIIU of the must hl h-priccd attorney.H In Nebraska to keep him out of the pt'iilti'iitlarjr. A SJOXAI , MCTOItY. Thn cltlrtMs of Onmlm , nnd ropubllcnn' * , have icason to feel RratJllrd over the outcome of the mtinlclp.il elec tion. The signal victory over the com bined forces of nil the political elements hostile to the lepiibllcnn party Is the nioro significant In view of the fact that the opiMjsltloii had control of the ma chinery of cltjr tfovornmrnt through the treachery of Its mayor and Hoard of Public Works and the active co-oper- ntlon of the police department , lu con junction with these foices the lepnb- llcan candidate for mayor Ind also to meet the hostility of iiinllginiiit personal pnemles , political ieiie ade3ind a solid phalanx of the ptinblers and other law less clashes. The oveithiow of thin combination was achieved by the en- thu-slasile support of the republican lank and tile , supplemented by the mass of Independent voters who revolted asnlnst the piospoot held out by the fusion can didate for mayor and resented his course In the late legislature. Theio was also another element of strength for the 10- publlcans which should not be under estimated in the llbeial-mlnded demo crats and i > opullss | who were disgusted with the double-dealing methods of 1 lowell - ell and thu..spoils machine that was hacking him. The effect of the lopubllcan vletoiy upon the political future of Nebraska and the substantial ptogioss of Omaha Is not to be lightly passed over. The election of Colonel Krnnk K. MOOIO.S and practiially the whole republican city tloKot will go out to the world as a stilk- Ing ptoof that the metropolis of Ne braska Is lu political accoul with the na tion. It effectually refutes asseitlons that populism : UKI ail Umt It implies is gaining In Nebr.iska and that Nebraska republicanism H hopelessly on the wane. Itall'ords an assurance that the manage ment of our city affairs will be on sound business pilnelples fur the next tin OP yeais , and that Investors and capitalist- , will have no giound for apprehension. As an Important , If not the chief fac tor In this victory. The. lleo takes credit for helping save Omaha to the republican party and piotectlng its cltl/.ens against a thro.itonod iclgn of lawlessness. jv < vji.iA'D Ann run T/MAVST.IAJ- , Theie is promise of some Interesting developments In South Afiiea In the near lutiire , involving Knglaml and the I'l.nisvaal icpiiblic. The teturn of Cecil llhodeswas maiKcd 1)y an enthusiastic leceptlon and e\piessions whlcti M-rj- cleaily showed that tne Hrltlsli In South Africa still look with a longing eye upon the Transvaal , with its wealth of gold , mil eageily hope that the time will soon come when they will be in contiol theie. Them Is icason to believe that there Is very sttong .sjmpathy with this asplt.i- tion lu England and the fact that a Uiltlsh squadron has arrived off the coast of Natal , at a point having rail road communications with the Tians- vatil , Is Intel pretod as meaning that the Iliitlsh goveinment pioposes to insist tli.it the Boer goveinment shall stiictlj obseive tieaty conditions , wlilcli give ( Jreat ISiit.iiu authoilty over all the ex ternal nnaiis of the Transvaal lepulilic. [ t Is the deslte of the Ioer ? goveinmeni to usc.ipt ; from this1 contiol and to obtain ibsolute lndeieiidence ) , but Oieat IJrll- tiln has no idea of permitting this Herein is the possibility ot a crisis , hut Lhe Hoeis uio cool-headed and calculat ing and will hanlly do anything to pie voko a contllct , in which they would iio at a hopeless disadvantage unless backed by some poworlul nation. The Transvaal presents a gioat temptation to Itiltlsli cujidity and it is ptohahly a fact that J ngland wants only a plansi- lle ) excuse tor annexing that territory. T1IK IIMH AND Sl'ii'UlATlOf\ , The rapid advance In the pi Ice of wheat on the announcement ( hat wai had been deehued between Tuikey and Greece was a speculative advance predi cated uiHin the possibility of the con- llet spieading. War between those two countiles alone would give no warrant lor advancing the pi lee of anj commod ity and could not have any effect upon [ he wheat .supply and demand to Inlln- eiice the pi Ice to the slightest extent Only in the event of some ol the l.ngei [ > owo.s ! hc < oming Involved would there lie substantial giound for a consideiabk ; advance In the pi lees of food pioduct.s. Should lEussiu and 1'ngland be drawn Into the conllicl undoubtedly breadstuffs - stuffs , nnd pioxislons would bound np- vvatd i.ipldly , b.-canse that vvould > allect the demand and supply to an extent justifying higher pi lees. At the moment It docs not appear probable that these or any of the other great powers will become Involved in the host Hi Hiss and hence ( lie advance in wheat a few day.s ago has not been maintained , though a good demand from abioad and unfavoi- able weather conditions have prevented a reaction to the llgines before the ad vance. The speculative spirit aroused by the commencement of hostilities In south eastern Knropi ; vas but a iop > tltlon of past experiences , though II did not go so far as in snmi > pievlous instance - It Is Interesting as suggesting what might reasonably be expected In the event of a goneial Kuropcan war. lie ferriug to lids possibility the Spilug- Hold Ui'puhllcan SIJN It would establish the coinmeu'ial and llnanclal supremacy of the United States for all tlmo to come.Vo should sell our grain anil piovislons at gieatly cnlmncvd pi Ices ami bnj back our nniopeun-hold debt at panic pilcoH. The gold movement would at last M > t tremendously this way and we should become master of thu exchanges changes t's never before. The dealing house of the woild would in the end bo nioved from I/ondoii to Novv YoiK and the gicut banks of the motiopnlls would hereafter dictate ilmiiiclal teims to the lound eaith in place of the In stitution in Thie.ulneedlo stieet. " Hut as our contempor.ii.\ adds , "this Is build ing castles In the very thin air of an awful but highly Imptoh.ihlo poislbll lly. " It Is noteworthy that the war has not produced any very maiked effect upon the splilt of Hpecnlatlon alnoad. The Indoii > market lias not bri'ii gieally stirred , nor have any of the other tlnaii- clul centers. The obvious Inference Is that the money power of Hurope , the banKers and the Ilnanciors who contiol the atock exchaiifc'ce. and tne money mar kets , arc assured that'tlicro Is little dan ger of a general Kuropoan wnr. Tliosr men nro In n imsltlon to know the sentl- mont and the purimsos of govcrnmontH and they o.xert a gieat Influence In de termining policies. The managers of great ilnnnclnl institutions In London nnd Paris and Herlln are enabled to ob tain aooutate Information of the Inten tions of the several governments In cir cumstances such as the present and their movements aie a very safe Index of the fooling In olliolal elides. The Immediate indication is that this feeling Is one of confidence that the war will bo confined to the piesent coinhatunfs. In view of this people who aio not pro fessional .spcx'iilators will see the wis dom of not yielding to the temptation to gamble upon the possibility of a gen eral Kuiopoiin war. mi : cint , snnvici : L.tir. Representative Giosvenor of Ohio l.s undoubtedly entirely sicern | | In the opin ion (1ml ( the civil service law has been unwarrantably extended , lie says he lias examined the drbatos on the bill and consulted with men who were mom- hois of cougiess when the law was passed , "and from these souices of In formation It is oiitlioly nppniont that the civil service law IIIIH been deflected wholly and completely fiom Its original puiimso. " Mr. ( Jrosveuor complains that the law has been made to Include classes of government employes which It was not intended to apply to and says that In plain violation of the statute aggression after nggiesslon has been poipotiatcd , until the laboiois and all dasses of employes have been seized upon. The Ohio congressman says he is not aiitagoni/.ing the meiit system , but simply demands that those who aie sheltered under the civil service law without having been requited to pass any examination shall now bo called upon to show that they art * qualified to be In the classified service. Mr. ( Jiosveiior usscits that theio is a stiong sentiment in the country behind him anil that If the fi lends of the civil soivlc" law do not accept In good faith Ids bill lolating to the civil service they may have cause to icgiet it. That ine.isuio pioposes to exclude fiom the opetation of the civil seivlce act a eon- sldeiablo propoillon of those who aie now In the clns.slllod seivice and pio- vldes for the examination before the Civil Seivice commission of ail poisons who have been employed or apiwinted In the chissUled seivice since March I , IS1) ) , ' ! , or during the last udmlulstiatlon. It is doubtless tine that a gic.it many people aie witli the Ohio congie. sm.in in this matter. Kvoiy man who wants ofllce may safely be counted on Ids side. Hut the number who are willing to support this a.ssault upon the civil service law constitute a small minoiity of the people and are not geneially actu ated by the single desire to ptomoto the public service. We do not believe thai the repieseiitativos of thu lepublican piuty in congiess will fake the icspon- 'ibllity for such legislation as Mr. CJros veiior pioposes. lly It.s platfoun and bj the unqualified dt-claratlou of its leader , the lepublican paity Is committed against any backward step In civil serv ice leform and thep.uty would be stultified by the adoption of such legisla tion as Mr. Ciiosvonoi's bill piovidos for. Ij\en that gentleman's zeal will be llkelj to cool when he shall have lieaul public sentiment on his ine.isure. CALLS I'tnt filTMMAHl' ACTlUf. One of the scandals of the city cam p.ilgn just dosed has boon the iccKlvs waste of public money on political slieol flcsinci.s. Within less than ilnee weeks over ! f',0i ) ( ) h.us been u.xpondod in the street commissioner's dopaitnunt , fiom which the city received vor.v little or no benefit. About one-half ol this siiiii was squandeied by Mayor Hioatch in his attempt to renomlnato IdmsolC and the other Irtlf In his attempt to elect Howell as Ills succts.ssor. I''or ' tills Mayor Hioatch is not alone respoiiniblo. The mayor could not have eniolled this in my of political swenpois had ho not been seconded in his eftoits by Stieet Commissioner Kaspar and Sewer Commissioner Winspear. The conduct of these olllcers lias not onl.v fully justified the iwpiilar demand for Hie abolition of the Hoaid of Public Woilcs , but oills for humni.iry action by tin1 council. If it Is line that men bavti been drawing pay without lendei- Insr any service to the dt.v and the pay lolls have been padded with lictiiiou. , names , the coiindl should fix the respon sibility vvlicie it belongs and older pie ceedlngs instituted against Ihe offend ers. It should furlheimoie take stojtH to pievent a rwunence of such abuses by any city olllchil , Omaha Is not to bccmo that Tndlan supply < lepot without a si niggle. Chicago cage and New York aio > ild to have joined hands 10 block the- efforts of Ne braska's repicsontatlves In congiess when the matter conies up bufoio the house. Kvoryono In Omaha and No- bi.iska who has any Influence with Members of congirss from other state- , dmitld biIng II to li'.ir without delay. The proposed Indian supply deivot moans nuuh to Omaha ami the siinounding territory and no elloits should hu spared to fetch it. Cuba Is about to liy the experiment of manufactiiilng r > ( > cents worth of sil ver into a coin called a dollar. The Cuban o\peiiment , however , will icsult just as have all thi < otheis. The onl.\ way to Keep such a sliver coinage up to par with gold at Its face value is to limit the amiitint tinned out of the mints to h-i-s than the demand. 1'n- limited slhor coinage would soon ie- dtico the now ( Julian silver dollar to a lovcl with thu Mexican silver dollar. The local gnmblois are the men who me most dls.ippulnted In llui election of Colonel Moores to the mayoralty. They not only contilbutcd Ihe greater j > art of tljLcami > algn funds of the defeated ticket , but also lo-t the money which Hit1 } placed on alleged sure-thing buta. Kx-1'iesldent HanUon has Just had thu good luitmie to have two cases which lie aigtud befoio thu Fulled States supiemo cotnt decided in his tavor. It is to be hopo.il that ex-1'rcsl- dontlal Candidate Uryun will be equally fortnnato fti the Nebraska mnxlmnin frclglit rat c | > Q In which ho rcpro rented the nooiilu of Nebmika before the supromiitcotnt not long ago. Thn mann p of the Tcunosscc Ceil' tonnhil exposition promlso that they will have every'frklllblt ' In place before the tlmo the gac | lfopen next month. If they suoceetMn redeeming their pledge * In this rospeH Jo tlie letter the Nash ville oxiHwIUon vIll start out with ono big feather n trendy In Its cap. The alaciluv with which citl/ens of Omaha and the Vicinity are Hocking to thn standard of Ak-Sar-Hon spoak.s volumes for popuhulty of that wise and bonolicont momuch , whose mlc omlMidlos all that Is best and most puhllc-spiiltcd In local affairs. With a prospective BUI plus In the Inter section paving fund , piopoily ownois should losi > no tlmo In getting up their petitions for paving and lopavlng. The petition that gets lu caily i.s the- petition that will got the best attention. Tiio participation by the grand lodge of Masons in the cotnorstono laying of Arbor day is symbolic of the fraternity and community of intciost which should charactctizo the entile exposition move ment. Major Hroatch said gleefully on the morning of election day that It looked like 1 low ell weather. What' then would have been the lepublican majoilty bad we been favored with Moores weather ? I ni ( > of Sentiment. I'.ill ulel | > hli ; luiiulrrr The aniiounccmciit that McKlnloyants Culia to bo free invana. ninonc ; other things , tluit McKlnlpjnnil thu pcoiilo again agree. A Mini ilr t-il timiniiH In U. tiliibr-Dcinorint The culture ot the sugar licet Is attracl- IIIK Incrcnseil attention .imong American farmers tills dprlag. There Is over $100,000 , . 000 a year in It. The l'retni < iof Trliiiiinli. Washington Star. Iho iciiort that Spain Is to wHlnlrav. a portion of Its aimy from Ouba docs not suggest any obstacle to General Wcjler's proceeding as usual ami celebtatlng a vie- toiy nou and then A ( 'hiiiimof Tiinr. I'hllaJelpIilu Picss An old vailoty sbo\\ joke used to run In this waj"Just look at our navy' ' We've got plenty of .vatct ; all we v\ant Is u few ships" Hut If many more United States battfpslilps go aground ft will have to lie changed so as to read as follows "Just look at oiu flaVy1 We've got plenty of shlpa , all v\u wanl IH a little moie water. " tilc | l'rllul < ' ( o Grant. Atlnnta Journal. Many an cx-\onfuderaio soldier will par ticipate In the ceiemonles at Uio dedica tion of the Giant monument on , tbo 27th of Apt 11. This tributd to the memoij ot the foiemost of union generals will come most appropilately fiom men \\lio vvero aijayed against him In the ftlvll v\ar They icinem- ber the magn.ihlmlty of Grant In the hour of bis triumph and liow ho endeavored after the viir was over ( a heal the vvoumfs that strife had madO ! A Poliill-r nnil n I'lvcoileiit. . Kansas City Star. An attempt by , tITopo\\er * # of Kuropo tense nso force to chil t\T ! > ' "nar between Turkey and Greece mlfeht' ftive an ImpBrtant bear ing on the relations' tif the United States government to Cuba. ' It would set a [ > rPcedent fbr thK country to take similar vtlou relative to the Cuban war. If the nations ol Europe , In the name of human ity , should Inolst that the Turks and the Greeks , shall sittle their differences with out a piolcigcd war , the European rulers could not icatoiably protest against an at tempt by the United Statco government to end the terrible suturing and locs of liff mil property v\hlch are resulting fiom the maintenance of a great Spanish army In : ho Island of Cuba , and , moreover , Spiln would bo leas liltely , under thoae tlrcum- stances , to rcienL the action of the United States. All llMM'll.Mll < I'll'fl. ll.iltlinorc sun Our naval intelllijcuco buicau at Wash- inston IndlcjtCb the extreme expensivoni-is of a mat-class navj The amount ot money [ jiigland will spend this jear In supportliiK and adding to her naval establishment | j stated to be over $ Un.OOOOOO In tlio next 'ow months work will be begun on fotn Irst-cass battleships , each of 1-I.SOO tons , three cruisers , two sloops , four sunboats and two torpedo-bont destroyers During : he year 108 vessels will be under construc tion , Including fourteen Hint-class battle ships , eight lir.st-class crulsern , ninehec - onil class cruisers , ten third-class crulscis , : vvo sloojs of war , four gunboats and flft- , wo torpedo-bont destrojers , aggiegatlng a tonnage of .ISO.OOO Sixty-ilx of these vessels will bo completed during thu pres ent lineal jcar. All the fleets kept In 'orcign waters are 1 olnij strengthened by substituting Jiew vessels for old ones of nfcrior slzu. The new ships call for nu o lien , and next > eai there will bo over 100- 000 men In the British naval service. I.AIIOK AUIIITltTIOV. . llnliliic Sj Nd'iii SiHiM'Msifiill"orU -il III > t- \urU ( Jll > . New York VVorM A year ago Colontl V/arlng , chief of the strict cleaning department , made up iilu nlnd tliat the men under him were rcasnn- ablu and that they wanted simple JuUicu more than anything else. Accordingly ho ilovlued a > clit > moliich should bring the nen's own stns3 of justice to MA alii In settling disputes and at tlio atimo time glvo him tlio benefit of their practical biiggrs- llot's ' ( or the ImprovemBUt of the aorvlto Hrlefly , tl It is the plan The drlvern and PMveepcru select fo-ly ere men from their own body to Liiwillliite a gunoral committee. Tli'n committos meeU with cot ! > ed drors to tons - s dtr every cimyljint. evprj alleged Inju.i- tlce and uvny aiigei.tlOT | ; for tlio better ment or the senjw l . It utlccU five u IU own members to servo svlth five rt'prci4eiitatlvc ! > of the commissioner , vlthe general oup rlnt < ndonl , the chief drrk. ono dii'ltiiyrviinenn-cmlrnt , one sec tion foreman ai > l ( > fii < stiblr foroinan , as a btrd of Lonferonce. All dijputua and com plaints that thijx.jrt.oral connnltteo of for ty-one can BctllrYiW there All other are re- fotied to ths board of conference Af er a year's experience these are the results There liavo btMHfi strikes ami no complaint - i plaint of lnJustltG.tajnade. The connnltteo of fortj-ono has settled 221 cases and re ferred only J245COffe board of ennfcrenco Thu commlsbioner has remitted many fines and reinstated many men ( llaniljaed on rotommendiilloa/off tlio boaid. while In at leant ono cast. IjmliHl volunUilly remlttfld n penally fu | | > ajmr.ovpcl by the two bodies , his ground Ijtlns'tlfa't' the man at fault had been suniclcntly punished After a full > inr' tilal the coinmliSHloncr and the men are equally pleased with tlio plan It secures Justlco , promotes efficiency , avoids diniculty and establishes an equit able hauls of reason In the relations of em ployer and cmplocil After all It IB very wimple Its keynote Is nothliiK more than a recognition of the fact that the average man. eraplojcr or om- liloyei ] , Is just nnd reasonable ) , and that so long as both seek justice ami reason them h no ponsiblu reason why they thould not ngrcu 1hl3 Is tlio essence and substance of thu principle of arbitral lop , mil Colonel Wui- lng' > i exinilment olfera to all lurgo om- ployerg who are dlsioced to Justlco a way out of danger , Its results are alao n tribute to the men , a testimony to the win- ilom of ilcmocinUa confidence lu tbo rlght- of men In general. \IM1\U Till ! IIM ) . Sprlngflpld Tlcpublloan Thorp arc lian times In JohnnnoMiurK Just now1. Ilic golc In thn Ilnml Is still tlicro. but the pollllrn dl turlinncoi have "li-pretieil ( Hide , nnd tin streets arc full of outcasts , v ho aleop If caves In the hills find descend Into the cltj to pick up garUige In the marlsot for foal PhlUdolphh Prcse- The true Hrlton then dfijs Is making n drppnrato talk about th ( beauties ot arbitration on one hand nnd nt equally despernto tflort to prepare pluvtslbU oxplanatlons when Hie flml grub nt tin Transvaal , which nil ilecm Iniinlnont , I' madn As n bundle of Inconsistencies Johr Hull Is a bright and shining oxnmple. I'lilladolphlu Ledger : I'nuland In nppir- cntly bent upon forcing n nir with Presi dent Krugrr , doing now dlrettly wlmt Dr. JnniPion was oxpcLtoil to iccompllsh with out Involving tin1 lltltlsh government In an net of troacheiy to n friendly power. lr Jnmeion ndmltlcd thnt H IIP had succeeded he expected Ills ui-ts to be approved by the lliltl.sli goveriunont. It In a counrdly busi ness , thh cocirlon of the llttln South Afri can republic by nTO'u-tful nntlon llko Qront llrltnln. Buffalo Kxpi-rsA A London publlrnttou snjs bluntly. "Uv .ill incnns let us fight and win the Transvaal , i\cry : nnllon IIHR tn play pirate at titnej and let us play boldly when wo do nnd trust to Mr. Cli'iinbcrlr.ln to see Hags of trui-u kept cut of the soldiers' baggage. Thrlco the Ilocu have icon the flag of England hnlstcd on i clink nnd rl- v\njs white. U Is tlmo to provo we have n colored flag " Not u thought glvon to the consideration Hint thn Docis uvn the coun- tiy to be grabbed nnd have n lUlit to unjny their own kind of civilisation' Ami this Is Clnlstlnn Hnglnndl vi , AM ) oTiinitAMsn. The present king of Orcece , Ooornc I. , came to the throne In 1863 , at the .IRP of 17. Tbo principal damage to the battleship Oregon gen appears to be In her tteasury depait- ment. The new mayor of Detroit his begun Ills olllclnl career by lopping $ I,500 ! from the expenses of his own olllce. bill has been Introduced by an Io a felon to eompel all men over 21 jears of ago to filnve at least twice every seven days Uarbeious There Is a glut of skysciaping buildings In New York City and n con-seipu-nt wm-lty of tenants Konts are going down ns rapldlj as buildings are going' up Hifjldeiits of New York City flats who have been pcstetcd b > having their mall boxes stuffed with advertising matter hove been relieved of tlio nuisance by a state livv. Milwaukee became o wcnry of the In capacity of Its elective school board that It si-Lilted the parsage ot a stale liw abolishing the bond and vesting the appointment of members In the nnjor The St Louis Republic gravely nEseits lint the so-callel airships aie papier-macho balloons sent nloft to advert he u certain brand of cigarettes The Idea Is very ap propriate , Inasmuch as cigarette consumers frequently vanish from the burfato of the eiith During this month sixteen vessels have lUdmged sugar at Philadelphia from foieign ports , chiefly fiom German j , and most all the -tS.OOO tons brought by these vessels Is beet sugar , \hlrh we can pioduce In this countr > just as readily aa it can bo produced in Germanj. The antl-cnrtonn bill which recently passed the New York state senate lias been radically imendod by the assembly bj excepting from Itr piovUlons "public olllc'eis , persons nom inated for public olllce nnd fugitives from lustlce " 1 hcbe changes take from the bill thu stings inserted by thu politician Priceless relics of President.Andrew Jack- sou wete partiallj derLioe'il by lire In Cincinnati Among them was General Jack- hon s carriage , the wheels of which Acre undo of timber taken from the old wai frigate Constitution This carriage v.as stored in the garret anil v-as nearly de- strojed , along with some other relics in the sliapo of furniture. The late Hra tus Baldwin of NaiiKattick , Cpnn , after allowing the NaugatucK. railroad to use part of his property , applied to the iresldent for a life pass. Ills request was refused. Mr. Baldwin thereupon made It hla solo business to board every trnln that came along , and the train hands had to be at the rouble of putting him olf. He followed those actics until the company tired of It and gave ilm a life pars for himself "and one , " and ils neighbors rode on it until Ills recent death Six and n quarter cents damages was the verdict of the jury in tht > cass of Anna Dick , Inson for her allege 1 wrongful Incarceration In an Intano as > turn , tried in the federal court it Scranton , Pa . la.it week. She sued for $50.000 damages Vllrs IJlcUiihon was atone ono time the most popular woman on the l ° c- turo platform , and we.ii distinction by her ability anil courage. But reveists came , and In their train a weakening of the o mental qualities foi which slut wax respected nnd ailmlrad Tha damage easa vvab a pitiful anti climax to such a larecr. A soothing specimen of nerve breal.t , the monotony of war rumors nnd tariff talk Of couno It thrived In Chicago Thu owner ab stracted a few thousand from Uncle Som'b pockets by means of forged postal orders , and $1,303 of tbo proceeds was found In his pockets and confisi ited Though be sub mitted to thu Indignity at the time , he promptly brought suit to recover and found a jury of twelve "good men and true" to sldo with him The nnpeal court reversed the verdict. Meanwhile the foiger Is not cast down. He occupies a trellised arbor on the top row. TIIH IMVITAIII.I : HKACI'IOA. VitnlfVntnfIOMM of tiniionnil Sm-11 III Ill-IIlT TllllC-H. Olilc IKO C'lironlclc Wheat the baiometir of certain phases of the business situation , had begun Foailng skyward ogiii. During the last few days the bulls have como out of tin1 wilderness , where for several months they ha.edone penance with a heavy heart , nnd mndo n buoyant attack on their ancient uiemlea , the boars. Within n week the price of .May . and Juno wheat shows a nut advance of fiom 12 to 14 cents per bushel , representing a vast Incmibo In thu value of the vlnlblit supply. It is ono of the anomalies of the com- meiclal world that the blacker thn war cloud In Kuropo the- brighter tho.market prospects for to'oals. In thn present Instance- the up ward turn In wheat Bc-ems to be largely brought nbmit by a moro or lens hazy belief that the whole of Curope is to bo Involved In warfute and an artificial prlio creates ! for the surplus wheat of the United StaUs That this belief Is premature * , in splto of thu portentous roar of actual wai on the Turkish-Grecian frontier , la evident The beat Informed publlclxts agico tlut tlio prospects are for a confinement of actuil lighting to Tuikey anil ( Jrec-co and a gradual pacification even of these belligerents by the concerted pov > era In the Intoiost of u general European peace Hut war or no war , a wave of optlm'sm ' IH about duo , : ; o far an the United States are concerned. Neither the tariff , the cur- lency nor any other of tbo vexed problems confronting tlio country can withhold the inevitable reaction from a period of pro found illsijultt Thh reaction will be re tarded rather than helped by a return of the hpoculatlvo fewer w 1100 ttmptoms are [ \lreaily manifest In certain quarters Be hind these speculative ) ebullitions , however , there. Is a n tinning ground dwell of confl- Jenco , which U , after all , thu only real baeU of genuine optimism. This ( onfldoneo U becoming manifest In a hundred cbannoh and rdmlficat'oiis ' of the business world. It Involves a belief , for which na reaiiou ever BxUlotl for Its being clouded , In the rraourcus aril lecupeiutlvu pownr of the producing clardL's it Involves also let ua hope , a iliitirmlnutlun thnt the fe/ero lu sons of a ptrljil of dliqulet and deprmslou will not bo thrown asijo at the first dymptoms of re- turnliin' jiroapurlty. The pendulum of biulnt'ej conilltioim Is not alwati an Index of tlio real state of the country It joints unerriiiKly , hovvover , to Ihe confidence or otherwise of tlio bu-ilnesa. inanufaeturlng and financial worlds. In the era of e'.iforced ccoi omy anil debt paying , under which the whole fountj : haj been ItaruinK now Ic xione there are. valuable r > olnt r for every student of economies Tlio boiteflts of an enlarged optimism will How In the future In proportion us thu Bin era it ml salutary rm'rlctloiu of the | > ast have taught Lliu value of Uonewt and v.lioli-somu uelf-re- llancu Optlmlaiu U the eternal foe. of pa- icrnali ni . DROP RETROACTIVE CLAUSE Important Ohnngo iu Dineloy Bill t < Occur in the Smmto. FINANCE : COMMITTEE : MAKES DECISION It Olnti > n I * .Nut lr < | | " Ulll IU Aiiicnili'il NI > n In 1'iinlilifor Ili-lnu Strll < fii Onl In I onfiTcnrr. WASHINorO.V , April 21Tho republican members uf the flnanco noininlttcc nt thu R"iiato have t cached an agreement rlthcr to strike out thn ruttunctlvo iirovlilun of the Dlnglo ) tirlfT bill or to unuinl It HO ns to pave the wny for Its being stricken out In ronfciPiicL' , and have so imtlflcd the demo cratic member * ot tlio committee. Tlio dem ocrats htvn agiocd , In view of tills promise , not to pron the Vest i evolution on the sub ject of Si-crclat ) Gage's recent circular. Tills w\s ono of the .T-cuiuillshmcntr of the visits ot tne > republican bou = o menibtrs to the sen- nto yesterday. Th sentiment among tlio rcpublluin mcmbeis Is suld to have been against the provision from the first , but the ) felt ttinl to take decisive adverse action upon It In the face o ( democratic opposition would place them In the light ot acting under 11 ro and taking a position because of the ciltlclsms of tbo opposition They thiTeloio nskiul tint the democrats keep their hands off until the republicans should hive had an opportunity to nnkc their Intentions Known The democrats considered this proposition ns reasonable nnd agiecd to refrain from pressing coimldeiatlon of the Vest resolution until the result of the labors of tin- republican membeia could be known While not nlwoluU'l > devidi-d between the material modification uf the provision nnd its complete- cancellation , the balance of opinion In the comnnttoo Is understood to bo qiilto on the side of destroying It LMitlrclv. ' 1 hp demo ; r.itle senators generally bellovo this will be the result of connnltteo deliberations and It Is ixpected that when thn bill I * handed to them thu clause will have disappeared. iis SDMI : m.sritr/riox. litilior for i\poMlllun Cannot Como In I iilluilli-il Nmnlx'iM. WASHINGTON. April 21 The attorney general has rendered an opinion to the sec retary of the trcasuij In which hu holds that under the joint resolution of congress suspending the operation of certain parts of the Immigration Inws so ns to admit for eigners to be employed Invarious capacities In connection with the Nashville exposition , the secretarj has a right to limit the num ber to bo so admitted. ! \ < MI M for llir Army. WASHINGTON , April 21. ( Special Tele gram ) An army retiring boaid , with Lieu tenant Colonel Harry S. Kgbert , SKth In fantry , as president , has been detailed to meet nt Toil Thomas Klrst Lieutenant Thomas SI do Kiees , Plfth Infantry , has been ordered before the board for examina tion. Captain Charles M Heyle , Twenty-third Infantrj , has been icllcvcd from duty In this city and ordered to join his company. The following transfeis are made In the Twentieth Infantry. Klrst Lieutenant John F Monlson , from company C to company H ; Klrst Lieutenant Frank D. Wobbler , from company H to company C. Klrst Lieutenant William C Hafferty , First nillllciy , has been detailed as pro- fessot of military science and tactics at Solon Hall college , South Orange , N. J. , on August 29 , relieving Flrht Lieutenant Mi chael J. Leulhan , Second Infantry , who is or dered to join Ills company Lcav < s of absence First Lieutenant Wil liam J. Pardee. adjutant Twenty-llfth In fantry , three months. Captain Ogden Haff- erty , assistant surgeon , tbiee months , with permission to apply for nn extension of ono month. Fiist Lieutenant William A. Phil lips , Second Infantry , four months , with pel mission to go abroad. Arri'Mlt'il In Nf Vorlc. WASHINGTON , April 21. Chief Hazen ot the secret service has received a telegram htatlng that James Folcy , who escaped from jnll at Jollot. Ill , March 22 last , where he was awaiting tilal on a charge of counter- feltlnK. had been ai rested in New York on another cbargo of counterfeiting , giving bis name as John O Keefe. ) : Trtiisiir > Sin ti-nicn t. WASHINGTON. April 21 Todaj'fl state ment of the condition of the treasury shows : Available caih balance , ? J21,4ClOiO ; gold reserve , $155,008.10 ! ) iowv i iti : > > s Des Molnes Leader Evidence that the end of the leglhlativo session Is at band is found in the speedy manner In which both hoiisiM are willing to agree to amendments which a month ago would have been productive of prolonged debate Hampton Globe Somehow , nil our legisla tion Is dhected toward raising moro revenue , rather than toward econonil/ing If a part of the Ingenuity of our legislators that Is expended In trjlng to hqueeze the maximum tax out of the minimum number of clti/ens was iifieil In piartlcliiK simple economy , the roaull would bo surprising Davenport Republican The olHee of state 'ill Inspector has beten abolished , and nobody como to object The positions which have Hei toforo b"en filled by deputies will con tinue to bo the bnmp , except that the deputlei will bo culled Inspectors The work of the sccietiiy will be done by thebecietary of Iho State- Board of Health , and un addition : if $25 a month Ins boon added to his salary I'hls will bo a consldciablo Hem of saving Lo tbo btate DOS Moines Register : Han Iowa a state lower ? Not that wo know of. But wo are [ old th it thu sllvermakcrs for the battle ship Iowa'took the wild re so c the em blem of tlio state That Is good ouougli Let us abide by thn wild ro o. What Is moro bi'iutlful than tlio wild roso' It la i lleotlng flower. It l true. It blooms In the morning and It fades nt night. Hut luring the few boms that It Aora bloom It is a rose. The wild rose Is native In thbi itato. It was hero long before the white man came with Ills cultivated flowcro. It ? rev all over these vast prairies. Thern ire dirfurcnt colon , of thu rnso , but the common is the delicate pink with flvo e'ali ) and no more The wild rofco hud Ls i thing of beauty. Thone who have worked In thu fields of Iowa , In thu days before the lelf-blndcr was Invented , when men fol lowed the reapers and bound the wheat ind oats from the KIOUIH ] , have another remembrance of the. wild rosp. To thorn It wim a nasty , pricking thing found In thu loouo wheat Hut even the remem brance of thOFo pricking sensations brings with It pliuusant memories of dayn when jvc-rytlihiK wa young and fresh and full if hope. Absolutely Pure Celebrated for Hu great leavening mil hculthfulness Assures the food iluin and nil forms ot adulteration commoi to the cheap brands [ iOVAI < liAIUNO I'OWUUB CO. , NEW TOUIC. Tium Philadelphia P.rconl. "llpwnro eli il borrower. ' ny i Hrother Wnlklm "D longnh yo' know him ile oliortub yo' Kit " Cblcngo llcpord "Whnt Is Ills reputa tion for verncltj ' " "Very frooil ; Iio hnsn'l seen a single flying macblno this spring ! " Lonilrr : OKI MlltvunsYoitnir mnn , tnv ilniigbtcr tells me Unit > ent klsipd her ln t nlulit. I'orclval Tootles Well , If < he wants tope po bnigKlnK nbotit It , tli.tt'H her privilege Journnl : "Wbixt's the innttrr belworn you nnd your neighbor ? " nsknl tl o Judgp " 1 ( iilllvntp n gnrilpn nnd IIP UeopM lirni " "Sftilclie-o pyponilcd. 1 live In the subiirbj myself. " lioflton Tianscrlpt. llrrdln Is Hint boy of jours any way ambitious ? " ' - " " " n Ambitious ? Why , thnt boy fs rpndy to tnkp the most responsible ! nnil best pnlil situation In the establishment I Somrrvlllc Journal' Dobson I cnn toll a school tcnclier ns fnr ns I onn see her. Hobson-Wcll. joti can't tell her much Philadelphia North Amerlcnti : "Tlmt vvhpel , Judge , " s id HIP \lctlm of the bicycle thief , was the llne-st on. the mivrktl " ' ' "top' ' " cried the " ' . Judge "I'll line you $10 for contempt. Thli court rides the Hurst wheel on the mnrket " Town TopicsOIllc'CspfkiT ( on bolnc picsontPil to President Mclvlnleyam nfrald jon do not rtfinember nip , Mr Presi dent I nm an Oblonn nnil met jon nt- " The Pipsldent Oh , jrs , I lernembcr jou ; but I am afraid I can't place yon. Imllnnnpolls Journal " 'Tla bettor , " flaiil tbo Hpntlmcnliil young1 man. "to Invvi lou'd and lost thnti not to liavo loved nt all , or something of the1 sort. " "Also. " twltl the mure I'ldeily mnnvlth tbo string nrounil his forefinger , "It la ohi'nper " rhlcago Trlbunp ! "How iloes It Impypn you give only nbont b.xlf as big a plnss of bi-pr for 5 oenlM as they do at thu .saloon lounil the cornpr' " "Wo eater only to the better rlnsH of customers We don't want HIP fellows com- Intr hero who maku beer tubs of them selves " "That's a uoinl Idea. Thrrp Is Homcthlnc In that. Give me nnother glass of beet. " AN KA.STICIl TiliilV. . Ilnzit" . It vvns awful , as they tell It In tbo town of ( il'lll'il'C , Of Ihe fate M poor Miss Wiggles and linr bran-new l > istnr hat ; It Is very , very seldom that wo llnd a tragedy That contains so inurh of horror as was brought about by that. Miss Wiggles was a lady with a millinery taste Thnt vvns trulv qulto remarkable ; I never knew Its Ilkp , She eonld mnko a splendid bonnet from the iniM-est bit of vvnslp , A bonnet that e'en Vlrot at her best would baldly strike. But It latterly did hnppon oh , how sail a tale to toll ! Mlfls Wiggles gave- lip ribbons and laid In v a Block of vvIiiKs , Llttlo wings of lltllo birdies , and tbo larger ones as well She didn't even pparo tliu little yellow bird that sings. And then on H-u'er Sunday , with her hat upon hei 1 end , With twe-nu-seven pinions struggling all about tbo rim , Miss Wiggles went to service , and , as usual , Phi- led In the saving of responses nnd the sing ing of tlio hymn. Novv how It was It happened I confess I do not know , A miracle I doubt not must have been tbo cause of It ; Hut as hlu > s.it demurely In thp very fore most row Those wings bngnn to flutter nnd to wobble ble and to Hit. And before the poor , dear lady could tnko out her bonr.ul pins And free herself , the bonnet hauled her upward by the hair , And with sundry pitoiieltlnpa ana with several dizzy spins She doited ii ] > thu sleeplo'ilnd out In the open air So let this bo a warning1 to jou limldcns of today - ( , Who kill the little birdies with- their babies and their mates , It may bo you'll be treated In this very" self-same way Jly tlio wings thnt you have chosen just to decorate your pates. Our store will close today at 12:30 : p , ra. to \ join in malting the Transmissis- . | inauguration - tion ceremonies grand success , QROWWNQ , S. W. Cor , IBth utiti 6U