TJTB OMAHA DAILY fJEljJ : THURSDAY , MAY 13 , 1807.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
u. Tt , naitor.
MOTtNINQ.
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D/illy U e and Sunday , One Year. . . . . 80C
Hit Month . J
Tlirce Month ! . J
Hundnr Ilf * , One Tear . . . J
Bntunlay Ilee , Ono Yenr .
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OFFICES !
Omaha : The Iloo Ilulldlnc. . . . . . . . .
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ChlcnRU Olllco : 317 Chamber of Commerce.
New York : Hoomii 13 , 14 and 15 , Tribune Blilg.
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Addicted tr The lleo 1'ulillMilnn Company ,
Omahft. Drafts , check * . exprc i nnd tx > tofllce
money or\ler to be made imyablo to the order
of the comtmnr.
TI1K 11KB I'lniMBHINO COMPANY.
8TATKMKNT OP CIIICUI.ATION .
Btate of Xebrntka , Douglas County , tsl
cjcorRO II , TiichurK , Secretary- The Hc I'ub-
tithing company , being duly swoni , any * that tha
actual number of full nnd complete copies of The
Dally Mornlns. nvonlnu nnd Sunday Ilee printed
during the month of April , 1857 , was ns follows :
Lous deductions for unfold nnd re
turned copies 10,22 *
Total net sale's 93.738
Net dally average 19 891
ononan n. TZSCIIUCK.
Eworn to beforn me , nnd subscribed In my
prpronce , this 3d day of May , ISO" .
( Seal. ) N. P. Fnil
Notary Public ,
THK HUB 0.THAINS. .
All riillronil iiewNlioyn nrc
Io norotiiinniliito every IHIK-
HiMiirrr trim ivnntH to rend n ,
lUMi.Himprr. IiiNlM upon Imv-
IIIK The lice. If you cannot
pot ; n Hi . 11 n ( ruin from Iliu
IH-UH iiKi'iit , iilMiHi * report
tlu > fne , HtutliiK tilttrnlii mill
riillronil , to the Clrctilntlou
DepartiuiMit of The Ilee. The
Hots In for mile on nil truliiH.
INSIST 0\ HAVING TIII3 HUE.
It looks now ns If the war In Greece
Is about to ilL't'onuralo Into a mere finan
cial deal.
Impudence , as defined by Chicago
ncwsnnpers , la claiming .stantlliiK room
on tliu .same iilanet which Is occupied In
part by Chicago.
Senator Koraker Is dltwppolnllnK his
enemies sadly by rcfiislnj ; to fnllill lliclr
in'edlctlons of an early exhibition by
him of hostility to President MeKinley
und his administration.
Hroalch's stipulation that he obeyed
the writ of mandamus Involuntarily was
quite snperlluous. 'Nobody ever sus
pected him of Intentionally giving up an
oflice except under compulsion.
It Is hard ou the World-Herald to sec
Mayor Moores not only elected , but also
seated In splto of its desperate efforts to
prevent. We know that. That Is why
wo refrain from rubbing It in.
New York and Illinois are two of the
greatest slates in the union , but their
representatives In congress cannot make
it seem right to keep all the Indian sup
ply depots east of the Mississippi river.
The permission given by the courts to
an esteemed and very much dependent
contemporary to avail Itself temporarily
of The Hee's news ne.-ms to have been
stretched without due authority to in-
cliulu The lice's editorials.
The trolley has once more suffered Its
death blow In the success of the third-
rail electric railroad. In the meantime ,
however , the trolley glides merrily along
without realizing Unit Its career of use
fulness is to be so soon terminated.
Greece assents to , all conditions very
much n.s the belated pedestrian consents
1o hold up Ids hands at the polite re
quest of the gentlemanly highwayman
who reinforces his prayer with the dis
play of well-loaded shooting Irons.
When President MuKlnlcy goes west
to participate In the Utah seml-ccnten-
iilal celebration it will not be his llrst
cxpcdltloiii west of his own state and he
will be. In position to rely on ills own
Judgment a to where lie wants to stop.
The inaugural message of Mayor.
Monies is of a nature to Inspire conll-
deuce In ( lie Intentions of the Incoming
administration to give the city clean ,
honest and economical government.
There Is nothing In It to encourage law
lessness in any form.
Employes and appointees In state In
stitutions will hereafter have to study
up the book of etiquette every time a
superior olllcer Is expected to put in an
appearance. It will not do by such an
omission to run the risk of ejectment on
charges of disrespectful conduct.
The appointment of Judge Albion W.
Tonrgee to be consul at Bordeaux Is
merited recognition of a well known
newspaper writer and literary man.
Wo may expect Ills residence abroad
to glvu him the stimulus for some wel
come additions to his popular writings
nnd works.
The folly -of neglecting to stop In
Omaha when occasion otters Is shown
by the predicament of the San I'Yauelsco '
girl who married an alleged German
baron nud only teamed her mistake on
arriving at Now York , although full In.
formation of her husband's fraud wus
awaiting her hero.
Tlie tight which the Commercial club
Is putting up for better mall service
from the fast will probably bi > characterIzed -
Ized Chicago another " "
by as "hnputbnt"
proceeding , but It has tight 0,1 its side
and'ought to win. Omaha business men
can bott.'afford TO wait a fe\v \ hours for
their Chicago papers than to lese prac
tically n whole day in receiving letter
mull from eastern poluUi.
TIIK QVKXTlUtr or IIKVKKVK.
There Is difference of opinion nn t
whether Uio tariff bill as It passed th
house or the reconstructed mramire re
ported to the senate would yield th
greater amount of revenue. The lattc
is regarded by the republicans of th
senate finance committee as more favor
able to the production of revenue thai
the house bill ami this view has bcci
pretty generally expressed In the com
nient on the measures. The house bill
It has been commonly remarked , Is the
bettor one for protection , while the bll
reported to the senate Is the better one
for revenue. It Is urged that the latter
would produce ? -10,000,000 more than tht
former from sugar , white the duties 01
hides and tea nnd the Increased tax 01
beer would more than offset the lugs o :
revenue from reduced rates and fron
placing on the free list certain articled
In the dutiable list of. the IIOIISR bill. Tin.
assistant secretary of the treasury has
expressed thu opinion that the. senate
measure would yield snlllclent rcvcnut
for the needs of the government ,
Chairman Dlngley , on the other hand ,
docs not regard the bill reported to the
senate as a better revenue measure than
the house bill. He points out that a
large proportion of the amendments
made by the senate committee would
operate to produce less revenue than
would be yielded by the house bill and
he does not think the duty on tea would
Yield the revenue estimated , though the
increased tax on beer probably would.
Ho also believes that , setting aside- the
question of subjecting Hawaiian sugar
to a duty , the senate sugar schedule
would not yield any more revenue than
that of the house bill. In fihort , It Is
the judgment of the chairman of the
ways and meant * committee that outside
of a few features of the bill reported to
the senate It Is Inferior to the house
ueasure for the purpose of revenue. Mr.
Dlngloy lays stress upon the fact that
the estimate of the ways and means
committee was made upon the possibility
of the new tariff bill going Into effect
ipon tlie 1st of May and everybody will
realize the significance of this. It will
le apparent to all familiar with tlie ques
tion of revenue that It woffld make a
very great difference whether the new
tariff went into effect on May 1 , as pro
vided In the house bill , or two or thrcu
nonths later. As everybody knows who
las paid any attention to the matter
there has already been an enormous Ini ;
portatlon of goods , the effect of which
will be to nullify the benefits of the new
tariff during the first year of Its opera
tion. This Is distinctly pointed out by
Air. DIugley and will attract the atten
tion of the country.
The experts of the Treasury depart-
nent are at work on the estimates as
to what the two tariff bills would prob-
ibly yield and the result of their delib
erations will probably be given to the
public within a short time. In the
ncanwhlle there can be little profit in
liscusslug tlie relative merits of the two
bills. There Is no more dlllicult and un
certain task than that of estimating
evenues from a tariff bill and this being
the fact it is not surprising that there
should be a difference of opinion be
tween the house and senate republicans
on tills question.
Till ; HAWAIIAN QVKSTIOX.
The discussion of the Hawaiian ques
tion in tlie house of representatives de
veloped the fact , not generally expected ,
that there Is a large element In favor of
innexatlon. The argument made by
Mr. llitr , who may be regarded as a
eader on the'republioan side of the
louse so far as diplomatic Issues are
concerned , was distinctly In favor of
-innexatlon and It seemed to have tlie
concurrence of the republican side of
he house. The argument presented by
Mr. Hltt was of the most aggressive
cliul. He urged that unless the United
States luado Itself solid in Its control of
he harbor In the Sandwich islands
which it has possession of by virtue of
xlstlng treaty this country would be
tlnced at a disadvantage and that there
vould be danger of that harbor being
aken iHJSsesslon of by some other conn-
ry porlmiw Great 15rltahor Japan ,
fhe Idea presented by Mr. Ilitt was that
If the United States failed to take ad
vantage of its opportunities , as furnished
by existing treaty , other countries would
take the opportunity to make terms with
the Hawaiian government which would
give them benefits that our government
ought to enjoy.
On the other hand Mr. Cannon took
the position that there was nothing to
1)0 ) apprehended ) from the failure of this
government to take tlie attitude ad
vised by Mr. IHtt. He did not believe
there Ls any danger of this government
losing I'earl harbor and he did not
think there was any likelihood of the
United States getUng Into any trouble
with any foreign power regarding our
relations with the Hawaiian Islands. Mr.
Cannon xpressed the opinion that this
country would never have any dillicnlty
In securing a coaling station In the
Sandwich Islands , regardless of other
nut Ions ,
So far as the discussion developed
sentiment on the rcpubllesin side of the
IIOIISL It was distinctly In favor of lib
eral consideration for Hawaii. While
the question of annexation was not dis
tinctly presented , the Inference to be
drawn fiom the expression of repub
licans Is that a majority of tlr.nn are In
fnvor of making the Island * a part of
the United States , either by actually an
nexing them or by extending over them
tha protectorate of this county ) ,
There has luvnno Intimation , as yet ,
as to what thu position of thu adminis
tration Is on this question. Thu advo
cates of Hawaiian annexation profess ( >
believe that the administration will In
found favorable to them and romc o *
thrm have been bold enough to assort
that they Imvo assurances to this effect
Wo do not bt-llcvo that 1'resldent lie-
Klnley has ary Idea of absorbing th'- '
remote tenltory , or that he has anvv
other purpose In regard to Hawaii thai *
to HIH > that It does not fall under th.
control of nny other nation a contin
gency so remote and Improbable that tip
United States need not give Itself an ; ,
iiurlou.s concern about It , notwithstand
ing thu talk about Javanese uud Drltibh
designs , moro particularly the former , It
the Sandwich Islands.
MAVOn MOOHRV IfiAUUUllAl , .
As a plain , businesslike statement o
the proposed policy of the now admlnls
tratlon , coupled with a strong appeal fo
harmony and no-operation among It ?
members In n united effort to raise the
city In the estimation of | > eoplc at home
and abroad by making It attractive , en
couraglng population and Investmon
and promoting the general welfare
through a careful and economical man
agcmcnt of the city's affairs , Mnyoi
Moores' inaugural message should re
celvo the cordial endorsement of everj ,
person who has a civic pride In Omah.i
The various subjects touched upon arc
treated in n manner tending to Inspire
coutldenci' In the confirmed purpose ol
the new mayor to perform the duties of
the olllce with n sole view to the Im
provement of the city ami the complete
restoration of already reawakening pros
perity.
Rspeclally In his altitude toward the
new charter , many features of which
are untried and experimental , does
Mayor Moores assort n claim upon the
support of all the people. Accepting the
law as It Is , although Imposed by a 'legis
lature of different partisan majority , ho
promises to glvo It a fair and honest
trial and to carry It out In the best
spirit that its own framcrs might have
exhibited.
Mayor Moores' recommendations to the
council are also deserving of the early
and adequate consideration which they
liave been assured. With reference to
the exposition and the necessity of co
operating with the exposition managers
n every reasonable effort to put the city
In shape to receive exposition visitors
and entertain them properly when tlu-y
shall have come , there Is no doubt as to
tlie hearty sympathy of every member
of the city govornTnont. While the ex
position itself has been undertaken by
an association of private citizens It is
[ lacked by the whole community and Is
to all Intents and purixises a public en
terprise. AVhatevcr the city may do to
lielp along the exposition is sure to re
ceive the practically unanimous endorse-
nent of all taxpayers nnd residents.
The same applies to tlie urgent demand
.hat the most rigid economy bo practiced
in every department of the city govern
ment. While the new charter has
ilmlishod various unnecessary otllces
the admonition againsf supernumeraries
will be timely when the council comes to
> ass ordinances for reorganization under
the charter. Only by holding the mini-
lor of employes down to the lowest point
of elliclenl service and checking extrava
gant and wasteful expenditures in other
directions can the burdens of the tax
payers be reduced according to the
iledges made by both mayor and coun
cil.
Mayor Moores' reference to the water
works situation Is in accord with pub
ic sentiment , on that subject. While
there is a" Unquestionable , demand for
ultimate municipal ownership of tlie
water works It is si demand that calls
for the respecting of all existing'rights
and just nitd fair treatment of all par
ties concerned. It will devolve upon the
nayor and council to take this matter
ip some time before the present co i
tract of the water works company ex
pires ami devise a rational and satls-
'actory arrangement for tlie acquisition
of the plant by the city.
As a whole , the reassuring and hope
ful tone ( if the message ami Its distinct
irnmlses of business methods , the observance -
servanco of law and the maintenance of
irdor should serve to stimulate one and
ill to contribute actively to the work of
mmlclpal regeneration and reorganlxa-
lon that Is before us.
We have it ou what is considered re-
lablo authority'that the grant of the
franchise to Colorado women and their
ulmlsslon into active politics has not
ipernted to prevent them from accepting
jeats In titrcct cars from men or to da-
irlve them of any of the courtesies which
\\oiren expect to receive at the hands
of the sterner sex. This ought to prove
i wonderful strength to the woman suf
frage cause , which has up to this time
suffeiod chiefly from the indifference of
he women themselves. If a woman can
> ; > assured that she can Insist on a seat
Uion riding In a street car without ref-
Toneo to her political belief , half the
errors of voting must be taken away.
Under tlie constitution of New York
lie governor of that state has thirty
lays after the adjournment of the
cgislaturo- make up his mind as to
vlmt action he will take on bills left in
ils hands. Ordinarily a man ought to
io able to make up Ids mind In a shorter
hue than thirty days , bat It Is only fair
hat a governor should be enabled to Us-
en to protests against or arguments for
mrlicular pleasures submitted for his
ipproval. To avoid this pressure It
mist be expected that thu governor will
ry to get the bills olT his hands as early
s possible.
If the reference In the mayor's limn-
ural to the qualifications that should
m demanded of applicants for munlcl-
> ; il olilcu Is a foreshadowing of the tests
ho mayor has determined to apply to
ils own nominees citizens ami taxpayers
vlll have no reason to be disappointed
n bin appointments. With "honesty ,
ompetency and fidelity" as the pas- : ;
inrts to favor we. should have a mimic- !
ml ndm'.nlstratlon that Is "business"
'rom ritart to finish.
Kmpcror William's donation to ( lie
'aris charity bazaar Is a hopeful Indica-
ion In tht > Huropi'fui' situation. A few
ears ago no Kronch organization would
mvo deigned to accept an offering of
his kind from German sources. The
liter feeling that formerly prevailed be-
ween the Krt-nch and the Germans I
ilalnly disappearing and it Is lttlo ! acts
( courtesy and charity that are doln ; :
nest to obliterate It. *
Iowa so-called silver republicans aiv
i a quandary over a new law which' precuts
cuts the printing of a candidate' : * nanu
a the olllelal ballot moro than once
ml thus deprives them af all thu hun < >
t they might get from fusion and dupll-
.lU nominations. Thcuretk-ally th- !
may bo a grmt hardship , but , In fact , ( If
effect can mete o material In view ol
Iowa's safe ? r < ? p"iit > tlcnn plurality nt tht
last cloctloiM
i o
OovcrnorllMnjtrco of Michigan object ?
that It Is irn the duty of the state tc
usurp parental iniithorlty over children
That Ls the Kt-ound on which ho Justifies
his rcfusaKp.,4iprovo { ) the curfew law
and the niillfelffnrettp law passed by tin
legislature of that state. Sending chll
dren to prbjoijjiror playing out-of-doors
after dark an Mr being caught smoking
cigarettes wVkdy certainly be n serious
matter. , -
Adjournment linn Itn UNO * .
dlobc-De'mocrnt. '
The continuous adjournment of the liousc
Is a lucky thlBgfor the democratic members ,
It defeats their strong dcslro to quarrel with
each other la public. , _
A I'llwrlni Ilium.
SprlnKlldJ ( MnM. ) Republican.
Sir Walter llesant latlmatca that the living
descendants of the PIlRrlm Fathers In the
United States number about 15,000 , although
not 10,000 ho thinks , know the relationship.
Ten thousand arc enough to llvo with ,
ICllllHIIN OVITlooUcil.
Kanjna City Btnr.
A Nebraska man has gone to Argentina
to make an effort to destroy the locusts
which swarm In that far oft country , and
annually ruin millions of dollars' worth of
crops. The Argentina people do not seem to
bo aware that Kansas la the center of In
formation on the subject of destroying crop-
gating imjccts.
IHlTcrciiorN ItcurarilliiKIIcfiiuIturN. .
Milwaukee Sentinel ,
The warm , Impulsive character of the
southern people Is now being Illustrated In
Florida , where a legislative Investigating
committee had discovered that State Trcaa-
urer Collins ts short In lib carh to the
amount of $50,000 , and the dispatches say
the committee lips demanded immediate Im
peachment and retirement from offlce. In the
cold , dispassionate north they wouldn't do
anything to Mr. ColllM under such circum
stances except to arrest him nnd auo his
bondsmen for the deficiency.
A CiirloiiM Coiiiiillontlon.
Philadelphia Ledger ,
There Is a curious complication with re-
speel to the arbitration treaty , owing to the
failure of the senate to remove the Injunction
of secrecy from Ita action with , regard to It.
Unofllclally , everybody known that the treaty
failed of confirmation by the senate , and Is
now virtually dead ; but olllcially It la sup
posed to be still pending , and our govern
ment Is unable to make any representation
tn that of Great Britain , In defense or even
explanation of the senate's conduct. An
diplomatic matters always progress slowly ,
the legal fiction will do no harm for awhile ,
but , unless the senate takes occasion pres
ently to announce Its decision on the treaty ,
tbero may be some unpleasant questions
asked about It , which Ambassador Hay will
need all his diplomacy to answer satisfac
torily , r
A DIiiIiiK iltoom Ii
\VoElilnKton Correspondence Clilcago Tribune.
Delegates to.thef World's Postal congress
lave proven a. bonanza for a young gdntlc-
man of this city \vhoje relatives took care
of him by educating him abroad. He was
llllgent In Hi ituUleii , , and became a good
Ingulst , cspeg'lallj ] Ire French , Italian , and
Spanish , and .4x0 I ; now able to put these
accmnpllshmciifs Ip eomo practical use.
Mnay of the delegates to the postal congress
now In scallop.Fre are quartered at hotels
conducted on the American plan , and the
'orolgners ' , not , knowlnsc anything about the
Sngllsh lan u'.t p , ( would have a hard time
to get a sitls-fn-ctory meal. In this omer-
; ency 'the prgprjetor of the hotel remem-
jured the youjng Waslilngtonlan , and sent
'or ' him to act as Interpreter for his guests.
! t was reprcubiitedio be easy work and good
lay , and so Itna3proved. All tljat.Is necea-
sary.,13 tor-tliCoAniqrjlcan to bo on hand about
me > times aud.seo , to If. tmtuie' foreign
contingent gets what \t \ wants from the hotel
kitchen , and everybody seems aaitsfled up to
date !
WEALTH \VOIUvI.\G 1'KOI'I.n.
V < : curnt < ! I vlilfinuof Thrift AIIIOIIK
Ii - Tollcrx.
I'hllnilelplila Itccoril ,
An advantage attends an outcry about the
Hstrcssed condition of the worklng'peoplo In
hat such claims are seldom verified , and
eldom can bs. When authentically examined
most statement ? of general poverty disappear.
Tticso statements Increase In extravagance
and vehemence as elections draw near , for
when his vote is needed It Is the easiest thing
u the world to persuade the average man
hat ho has "hard lines" and has not come
0 his rights.
It will astonish many to know the eomll-
lon of the tellers in ths United States who
oat their bread in the sweat of their faces.
They are probably the most prosperous body
of tollera In the world. Take , first of all , the
armcrs whoso terrible grievances excited so
uuch pity during presidential election of
ast year. From computations made In the
\grlcultural department last year the farms
of this country are valued at over $13,000-
(09,000 ( and the average equity of each owner
n them Is over $1,901) ) . This class of property
s mortgaged for only a third of Its value at
a rate of Interest a small fraction over 7
> er cent. In other words , the farmers own
n realty , clear of all Incumbrance , nearly
; a,000,000,000. Half of this immense wealth
us biou created slnco the civil war and that
cry largely by men who went onto new
anils with hardly enough money to reach
bchdestination / , It has been made out of
he public domain by pre-emptor , home-
tcadera and men who purchased under long
eases from railroads disposing of their land
; rants.
Tbo condition of mechanics , operatives and
other wagccarncm cannot EO easily bo ascer-
alced , because thi-re nro no known records
of real estate proprietorship In towns and
itlro by clasrcs. " The 'number iof such per-
OIH who own their own homes la very large ,
fi the operation of building associations has
> een working this result. The chief recourse
or wagccarncm who lay up money fiom
I'dr Incomes Is to savings banks , building
s.Delations and fraternal or mutual provl-
or.t societies. Let It bo remembered that
ho icporta of sue ! ) organizations ehow avall-
Me cacti saved out of Income. Wo shall
landlo thrao reports so as to exhibit what
ms been done by t lit so peoplu In a single
car. In 1835 there were :
Depositors In savings bank * In this
country , B,0:5 : l
fombcrs of fraternal bencllt socle-
ties t 5,071,411
31nroholdi : > rs la i building- associa
tions (1SS1) ( ) . / . ; . . 1.S53.3C5
Now It is tcWom that deposltotu In sav-
nga ban ) a arJJinl | J shareholders In bulld-
ng uoclctlen ; but probably mrut of the mem-
icrshlp of fraternal associations la drawn
rom tJuoe tv o ceases of Investors. We
lay estimate , cbmtUhat there arc 0,414SCO
vagc-earneiu In thn country who Invrat a
xirt of tliclr Incomers every year. In 1806 the
ncroasa of a yfcMIO the savings ilepoallii of
tie country was"36,1.59,251. The authentic
c turns of tnitliHus .osioclatlons come front
Ir. Carroll U. ft'Frght of Washington1 , and
lie latent of tWfcU for 1S3J. In that yt-ir
u 3 orgar.lziilojja had $430CG7D94 In assets.
The average duration of a sharu to eleven
cara , and hcnco one-eleventh of the total
main may bojtmu/lly taken m the anvlngs
ly thlj agency' fi.i , a alnglo year. The renult
i $10,963,751.Aurtp4rt embracing forty-four
luturnal tocleOWaVid thcoe the moro popu.
Rr nd best kftHn In the country , shows
1 at they dtabuVattl la benefits of various
; ! mis In their IUt l year ended In IS'jQ the
argo sum of P9.18S.227 , and thin had. oa a
ulo , Io hp obtalneij from inconip. Throe arc
. .otall the wsyu | n which towa wagesirners
avc , but they may be the chief ones. Here ,
hen , is a total annual saving of J178.717.262 ,
r $2S for each depositor and shareholder.
Mm i'C-r capita caving may not FCHIU large ,
mt thcua returns are for years proclaimed to
io especially diiaztrous years when the un-
mployed were rated by inllllon.i , and when
ho working cUrae * were eating up tholr
avlntu and runnl. s Into debt. Tha show-
ng would bo much bettor If It conlil Include
lie inontjd Invested In life Iniurance and
ontrlbuUd to trad is iiulunu and labor fed-
rations. Hut it embraced moro than half
f all the perrons In tha land who cam
nythlag whatever la any way , No country
an be con ! dared hnprojpproui In which
toro than half of Ita breadwinners are
lirltty , Intelligent , and paid enough to lay
y Boinctbliic ovcry yuer.
ic AXD runic.
Globe-Democrat ! The sultin'o demand
that the Qrcoki hand over their Ironclads a
ono of. the conditions of peace Is cool prop
osltlon. U Is not likely Hint Greece undo
any circumstances will ngrco to present Tur
key with a ready-mndo navy.
St. Louis Itcpubltc : It seems a pity tha
the Greek troops should Imvo behaved >
bAdty with the eyes of two American fcmal
war correspondents fixed upon them. Even
for the purposes ot bonnet decoration th
whlto feather Is not popular with women.
Milwaukee Wisconsin : Uphold the Turkish
torrent How ! Kins Gcorfio of Grcero I
plunged In woe. Was over monarch so un
done ? His soldiers all are on the run ; he
hears his people hopeless groan ; he fears tlm
ho may lese his throne ; he's lost his hold on
llttlo Crete , and dropped his margins In the
street.
Indianapolis Journal : The Impression pre
vails abroad that the Injection of thn energy
of war Into the veins of the "sick man o
Europe" has given Turkey new life. Evci
when bankrupt , a government which can pu
200,000 men Into the field , as good fighters as
Europe can produce , may bo counted as one
of Ilio contracting parties when the powers
meet to make arrangements.
New York , Tribune : It was on hU way to
the battlefield ot 1'haranlln. that Caesar Ut
tcrcd the famous saying to the fishermen
Ho had come down to llrlndlsl to crota to
Dyrrachlum , and , finding no galley , com
manded the owner ot a small sailing boa
to put him across the Adriatic. On the voyage
ago a violent storm occurred , and even th
experienced mariners were terrified ; but the
great captain said : "Hrtvo no fear ! Yoi
carry Caesar and his fortunes ! "
Tim TKU
Chicago Post : So the Dell company ha
the monopoly of the Hcrllner patent , assum
ing It to bo valid. Uut Is It valid7 Thl
main nnd practical Issue will now have to
be fought out In the federal courts.
Chicago Tribune : While the decision of the
supreme court puts all end to the contro
versy , nearly all will bellcvo that the com
pany had a great deal to do with delays
which benefited It so much. It It had ically
wanted the patent Usucd nearly twenty yearn
ago the patent could have been obtained
Doubtless It saw the advantages of having
somothlng In reserve to use when the orig
inal patent ran out.
Chicago Uccord : The policy of the Del
company In evading a decision upon all the
grounds of Invalidity that had been raised
and thus throwing away an opportunity to
gain a clear title to the Invention It It had a
right to It , seems to lend color to tlu { claln
of thu Independent telephone companies tha
the Bell company has really little faith In
this patent , and that , Instead of securing a
Judicial decision upon'tho merits of Uie case
It proposes to use the Berliner patent am
the decision of the United States supreme
court as a club over weaker corporations
In spite of all the claims that may be made
by the American Hell Telephone company am
Its agents and advocates , the decision of the
supreme court of the United States Is appar
ently of no practical value In continuing am
sustaining the monopoly of the telephone In
dustry.
Minneapolis Journal : The question arises
Why did the patent office officials delay the
Issue of the patent fourteen years after It
was applied for ? This delay , they knew per
fectly well , operated favorably to the pro
longation of the Bell monopoly. Not a scin
tilla of evidence has been produced to show
that thn long delay In Issuing that patent
was unavoidable or Justifiable. The court's
decision , hi substance. Is that collusion and
fraud were not proven ; but on the public.
It is probable that the Bell company are not
cleared of a very well founded suspicion that
they were In collusion to perpetrate an out
rageous fraud on the public. It Is probable
that the Bell company will be attacked fur
ther on the ground that the patent of 1880
covered the battery transmitter Inventions
Included under the patent Issued In 1SD1
which. It Is alleged , Is an Infringement on the
former patent.
l I3II.SO\AIi AMJ OTHKHWISK.
The failure of a sausage manufacturing
company In Chicago follows closely the de
cision of the federal supreme court against
property In dogs.
Tcsla says there Is no danger In X rays if
you do not get too near them. The same
thing applies to unloaded guns and other In
nocent facilities for shunting off.
A brass mural tablet has been placed In
Houston hall , University of Pennsylvania , In
memory of "Win" Osgood , the university
foot ball player who was killed in Cuba.
The extraordinary sympathy for the mis
fortunes of Greece expressed by the sultan of
Turkey may bo likened to the sorrows of the
man who rakes in a fat pot In a poker game.
Dr. Nansen has received from the iBrltlsh
government a complete set of the reports of
the Challenger expedition , In fifty large
quarto volumes. It Is asserted that ho Is the
llrst private Individual to whom a set has
been presented.
There appears to be some difficulty in get
ting the right man to count the 53,000,000
silver dollars In the New York subtreasury.
There Is but ono man fitted for the Job. Ho
discovered the crime of ' 73 some years after
assisting at its commlstlon.
The- name of Roy Prather of Excelsior
Springs , Mo. , Is a new ono on the scroll of
fame , but that Itis' entitled to a place there
cannot be questioned In view ot the fact , that
Its owner won out over more than 100 com
petitors In a pie-eating contest under the
auspices of one of the churches there.
When Senator Plait was elected to suc
ceed David B. Hill ho was Hooded with con
gratulatory letters and telegrams. Ho has
had all of them bound In red morocco. The
cover of the book Is handsomely embossed
In black and gilt decorations , with the in
scription , "Letters of Congratulation to
Thomas C. Platt. "
The migration of the French-speaking pco-
plo of Canada to the New England states has
assumed enormous proportions In recent
years , and shows no signs of diminution.
The French population of the province of
Quebec Is 1,200,000 , while , according to the
census of 3890 , the number of French Ca
nadians and persons of Canadian extraction in
the United States was 840,000.
Prof. Falb of 'Vienna predicts that on No
vember 13 , 1899 , the earth will collide with
a comet. According to the professor , the
collision Is to be followed by an era ofreo
gas In sulficlcnt quantity to suffocate man
kind. All ot which Is mighty Interesting , if
true. The Austrian prophet Is about one
year ahead of the political prophets of the
United States. _
WORTH fJOOI ) MOJVISY.
IiiHtriictlvo KMtlniiitf of tlif Vnlur of
Street Itnlliviiy KriuirhlnfM.
lllnnt'npolls Tlineu ,
Indianapolis hen discovered what valuable
property street railway franchises are. Ilo-
ccntly the city authorities there opened bids
for the now franchise In that city , expecting
bids of about 2V4 per cent of the gross earn
ings as rental. Instead of that petty figure
a company of local capitalists offered 10 per
cent for the drat five years , 12'/4 ' per cent
for the second , 13 % for the third , and 14V&
for the remainder of the period Included In
the contract. The sum. of $25,000 was de
posited as surety on the bid. Tills offer wan
made In the face of the fact that thu com
pany now operating under the franchise
claims to hold rights for seven years to come ,
and the new company Is certain to ba en
tangled la expensive and troublesome litiga
tion.
tion.The
The actual Income ot Indianapolis under
this offer would be at least $90,000 a year
for the first five-year term and $125,000 an
nually for the second , with Increasing
amounts up to probably $300,000 by the end
of thu twenty-fivo yean. This la a magnifi
cent otter for a city of only 105,000 popula
tion In 1S90 , where the volume , of street car
travel U probably not moro than one-half
that In Minneapolis. It U rather better than
the terms In Toronto , where a mlleago tax
Tor paving and repairing of $ $00 per mile of
clnglo ( rack U paid , ant ) a eliding scale of
percentages on crcus earnings Is arranged ,
varying from 8 per cent on all revenues
below $1.000.004 annually to 10 per cent be
tween $1.000.000 and $1.600.000 , 12 per cent
between Jl.WO.CM ) and $2.000,000 , 15 per cent
bt'tncrn $2,009,000 and $3,000,000 , and 20 per
cent of all abovetlie latter figure. And In
Toiunlu , It muit bo remembered , the street
railways ara not permitted to run on Hun-
da ju. The Indlanapolli proportion applied
to Mlnnt'tipolLt would net the public $175,000
the llmt year at the start , and by the. end
of the decade would tiring la a revenue of
| 2S9(000 annually.
.n in nnAnv ron TIU.M ,
OmmlilrrriT Ono nt the Mont Ivoo-
nomlrnl Hunt * In < li < * NIIV ? .
WASHINGTON , May 12. The gunboat
Nashville , wtlch will go out on Its maiden
trial trip today If the vreathcr permit * , ovm
the Ix > ng Inland Sound course , Is an exceed
ingly pretty vessel. Yet with a handwrnc
appearance that the pollor loves BO well , the
gunboat combines BO many other qualities
that It Is the particular prldo ot Chief Con
structor Hlchborn , under whoso plans It was
built. The boat t.i unllko nnythlng ctao Ir
our navy and is designed to supply a neetl
that has been very much felt ot late years Ir
that It will make a most effective naval
police boat that can bo maintained In active
sorvlco for a smalt portion ot the cost ol
operating ono of the largo cruisers which
h vo been the recourse of the Navy depart
ment for all norts of smalt hut Important
coiiiiiilfialon ? , such as maintaining a patrol
Against filibusters , looking after pelagic scat-
ere , running up shallow rivers In the Orient
and Rcnerally carrying the American flan
Into ports whcro it Is necessary to make a
ehow for the advancement of our commercial
interests and the safety of our citizens llvlnfi
abroad. The Nashville waa built by the Newport -
port News Shipbuilding company nt a ceo I
of $280,000 , which makes It ono ot the chcrtii-
cat ships ever constructed for the navy , con-
fildcrlng Its qualities and uses. U is tht
only ono of the three gunboats just built by
that company for the government to carry
sail , being rigged as a fore and aft schooner.
The mcnt novel feature of construction la
found la the arrangement ot its engines anil
boilers. These are so designed that the shlii
will bo equally economical at high or low
speed , whether running at eight or fifteen
knots nn hour. This Is accomplished by
quadruplet expansion engines on Its twin
serous. At low speed the low pressure- cylin
ders are cut out and steam Is used from the
bolleri only In the triple expansion engine.
At high speed the engines are quadrupled
and steam Is supplied directly to the high
pressure cylinders from four boilers while
the other two turn their steam at lower pres
sure Into the Intermediate cylinders.
The Nashville Is a vessel of 1,371 tons dis
placement , 220 feet long by thirty-eight feet
three Inches beam nnd drawing only eleven
feet of water. The contract calls for a speed
of fourteen knots per hour , but It Is ex
pected to make at least a knot more than
this and provision Is made for the payment
of a bonus of $20,000 per knot In exccrs. It
carries on unusually powerful battery for a
vessel of IU class and being designed with a
view to servlco in tropical waters , Is fitted
with all the accessories that make life com
fortable aboard ship there.
The trial trip of the now gunboat Nash
ville , scheduled for today , has been post
poned on account of the weather.
WOIllC I.Til 13 MISSIO.YIAHY KIHI.DS.
Itt'ixirt of ( Inillonril , , f tinUnllctl
Ilri'tlin-ii Cluircli.
TOLUDO , la. , May 12. The missionary
board of the United Brethren church met
here today , with Bishop Weaver presiding.
Uov. III. Barkmeyer , delegate from Germany ,
Introduced J. H. Caulker , a native Afrlcin
convert , who said It would bring no greater
joy to Nanacn to find the north polo than for
him to bo present. The speaker said the
gospel alone will save his people. Messrs.
Castle and Barkmeyer were appointed to pre
pare an answer to the Woman's board now
In session at ( Lisbon , la. Dr. McKcc , treas
urer , reported the total receipts for the year
were $56.609. The total receipts for the
quadrennlum were $311,608. Of the amount
expended in four years , $71,073 went to
Africa , $10,080 to Germany. $4,835 to Japan
and $2,449 to China ; paid by the board for
liome missions , $47,639.
Uev. IL , O. Burtner and wife , returned mis
sionaries from Africa , were Introduced. They
are under appointment to return this fall.
Dr. Carter reported concerning the Chlcka-
mauga coufereiiCB of colored preachers. Dr
Bell read an Interesting report as correspond
Ing secretary , showing the growth of the
fields under the care of the board. Twelve
native missionaries are at work In Japan.
NICK QUKSTIOX I.V IU3VKXUK LAW
Malilllt.v for ' 1'a x on Liquor DcH < r yviI
In TrniiMlt.
SAN FRANCISCO , May 12. The Internal
revenue officials have had a nlco question of
ntcnul revenue law put to them on account
of the burning of the ship Francis , oft the
coast of New Jersey , last Saturday. On the
ship were 200,000 gallons of California wine ,
and 29,000 gallojis of California brandy. On
ho brandy there Is a tax of $1.10 a gallon.
The brandy was being transferred from a
bonded warehouse In this city to ono In the
east , and Lachmaa & Co. and others In the
city who owned the brandy gave bonds that
hey would deliver It to a bonded warehouse
n the cast. Having failed to do so they are
cchnlcally liable for $32,000 tax. It Is a
question for the commltsloncr to determine ,
and as It la not known here whether any ot
ho brandy was saved from the fire , Lach-
man & Co. will bo compelled to file a com
plaint.
_
WITH IIICYCM3S.
.Soldier * to Miikc 11 Trip from
tanii to St. I.oulx.
ST. LOUIS , .May 12. Lieutenant J. A. Moss
of the Twenty-fifth Infantry , U. S. A. , Is at
ho Planters hotel. Ho Is enrouto to Fort
illssoula , Mont. , under Instructions from
3encral Miles to organize a corps of twenty
roopcrs to ride by bicycle from Mlssoula to
St. Louis , The expedition Is the result of
ho feeling which prevails among military
men that the. bicycle can bo an effective ad-
lltion to the equipment of an army In the
field , and that Its utility will be fully demon
strated by the trip which Lieutenant MOSH
nd his twenty negro soldiers will begin on
Juno 1. The route to bo traversed Is over
ho moat mountainous and diversified part
of the United States , crossing the backbone
of the continent at the Itocky mountains and
ylng across great stretches of rocky and
andy plains.
ticuuiTi.\r : ; A.AHMY POH OUIIA.
< 'onrti i > ii IluiKlrviI Men from Are mill
KIIIINIIH Oily Illnilto Flf M.
KANSAS CITY , May 12. Colonel D. S.
larrlman , wiio has been recognized hero for
ovoral months as 'a wwtern representative
f the Cuban Junta In this country , la au-
horlty for the statement that 1,450 men have
> ccn recruited for the Cuban army In Kansas
Jlty and vicinity and are now awaiting to bo
ransportcd to Cuban soil. Many of these
ecrults Imvo already made their way to tha
; ulf coast , ho says , and arrangements have
been made to send them all to Cuba between
aw and fall , when the yellow fever season la
Cuba will have been passed. Colonel Har-
Inian also states that an American voluu-
oer legion of 25,000 men Is now being ro-
rulted in various parts of this country for
ervlco with the Cuban patriots.
Indict Coiiiiiinniler Hootli-TiioUor.
NEW YOHK , Hay 12. Booth Tucker ,
ommander of the Salvation army , was in-
Ictcd by the grand Jury todny for miiln-
nlnlng' a nulsunro nnd disturbing the pcnco
t the barracks of the nrmy In West Kour-
centh Htreut. The complainant at-ilNnt
'ucker Is J'hlneim Bmltli , wlio resides In the
ear of the burruclts. The offense IH a mls-
emeunor punishable with line or ImprUon-
icnt or both.
Tlie Jloyal Whlto anil Pure
ua the Vrlveu Saow.
Absolutely Pure
. .hr TOH .
i.inur A'.vn ' iiuiniiT.
Now York Trcus : Mr * , tlencon So you
think your youngest will rnnlto a great
financier ?
Mm. Lakeside Tos. Why , the other flay
I bought him a toy lunk , nnd , would you
tiellovo It , lie crlctl for nn hour for his
pupa to get him a typewriter !
Chronicle : fViultdlff T thought
tlint bnso ball was not plnyeil In England.
.McSnllllRcn It Isn't.
SqulldlR Then \\lmt Is this diamond
Jiibflro they nro making such extensive
preparations for In LoudnnT
Washington Stnr ? "Did thnt lawyer get
a clear vlow of the cnsc ? " Inquired the
lltlunnt'ii friend.
"No ; I'm nfrnld ho didn't. I toW him thnt
my trouble wns about money ami lie seoincd
to be proceeding < " > the theory thnt by re
lieving mo of my money ho would cauno the
trouble to disappear. "
New York World : "Doctor , I am a poet ,
and " began thu marble-browed young
thyme-smith , Importantly ,
"Ah ! And you wish treatment ? " in
quired the eminent physician promptly.
Cleveland I'lnln Dealer : "Nobln
Inquired the brlgado commander , "cnn the
followers of tlio prophet sing the bnltla
prayer from the korim ns they chnso ths
Grecian unbeliever from the gory Held ? "
"They Mny-hum 11. " replied the nobl \
pashn na ho galloped down the lino.
Chips : LlRhtlove At last , dear Sophln.
wo nro alone nnd I cnn toll you thnt I lo-
Sophla Oh , please , no Mr. Llghtlovr ,
don't toll mo here.
LlRhtlove Why not There nre no wit
nesses * .
Sophia That's Just It !
Urooklyn Life : May-O , I hate' thcso
Kthcl Why ?
Mny You can never tell how a story
cmltt until It la llnlshcd.
Indianapolis Journal : "I , " the witness tes
tified , " would not bi-llevo him under onth. "
"Kit , said the Judge , In surprise nt hear
ing u leading citizen vo Mounted.
"Oh , fur as thnt gees I wouldn't bellcvo
anybody. I'm an noscMsor. "
Cleveland Lender : "Why Imvn Dr. Saw-
bonm nnd Burkctl , the undertaker , fallen
out1'
"Tho doctor says llnrkott cot to following
him around no closely that he almost ruined
bin practice. "
Cleveland I'lalmh'alcr : "The shall of Per
sia lniq cut down his harem to sixty-two
wives , "
"If he'd drop twenty more ho might endure -
duro It with forty-tudo. "
Philadelphia North American : "You
promised me , " snld the young wife , "that
you would st > llt some wood nftor I gave you
a moal. "
"Madam , " replied the tr.imp , "I broke my
promise In thu frultle.su effort to split the
crust of the piece of plo you gave mo. "
Indianapolis Journal : Fipohy Professor ,
ls It over possible to take the greater from
the less ? "
Prof. Potterby Thorn Is a pretty close
approach to It when the conceit Is tuken
out of n. freshman.
TillJI3ICI2STI5H. .
Detroit Journal ,
You remember thnt person named Leicester ?
Well , nobody over yet gelccator
Ace ; 'twas her way
Nineteen hours each day
To sit down In quiet ami rolcoslcr.
HIS CAHDK.Y.
Soincrvllle Journal.
Ho spaded It with diligence
( And also 'with a cp.ulc ) ,
And oh , lie had the backache
By the time he got It nr.ule ! :
Ho raked It off quite- smoothly , ;
And made some protly beds , I
And at night ho dreamed of turnips
And gre.it prize cabbage heads. ,
Well , when ho got It reiidy , |
Ho Planted seeds cnloro i
Of uvery kind provided '
At the agricultural store. '
With fcttlcus und celery ,
And radishes , and beans ,
And pepper grass , and onions ,
And various kinds of greens.
And cabbag-es , and melons.
And cucumbers , and peas.
And artichokes , and parsley.
Anil a few lettuce treos. .
At lust the whole was loaded , J
And. having1 done his best , t ' \
And being somewhat tired ,
Ho sat down to rest.
Alas ! that fatal error >
Made all his labors vain.
The man who makes a Burden
Should never rest , that's plain.
Attention every moment
A planted garden needs.
But be , ho stopped to rest him
And his only crop was weeds.
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The Great
in clothing is , or ought
to be , as to where the
fittest and best may be
had. Too many per
sons are looking for
the cheapest without
regard to quality.
That's not worth while
Our Summer suits
are as near perfection
as anything iri the line
of human manufac
ture can hope to be ;
and what is not right
we make right or re
turn your money , as
you may choose ,
Our Bicycle Suit De
partment is the delight
of every wheelman
who wants a Rood out
fit.
The Children's De
partment is attractive
just now with fanciful
Summer novelties ,
KING & GO ,
8. W. Cor.
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