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THE OMAHA DAILYyyiSPyESPAY , MAY 19. 1807 Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE. K. IlOSEWATEIl. Editor. 1'Uiiu.siiED nvhnv Tf.llMS OF StIHSCnUTlON. Dally H < * ( Without Bandar ) . One Y ir..K 00 Dallr Hco and BundHy , One Year S 00 Blx Month * , . .400 Three Month i 00 Kundar tl , One Tear * - * 0 Bitimlsy lire. One Year < 1 W \Vttkly life. One Yfnr * > omens : Omntm : The Jlce IlulldlnR. youth Omnlmi HliiK r Illk , Cor. N and J4th Sis. Council Illurrn : 10 1'cnil Street. I'lili-niio Ultlcc : 311 Clwml'cr of Commerce , New York : Room * 13. II nnil IS , Tribune IllJg. Wainlnglcn ! Ml l-'ourteenlli Street. COIIHKSI'ONDKNCK All commiiiilcntlorH rclitlnz to new * nnd Pdl- torlnl matter FhouM bo mlilrenfel : To the I Jttor. I1USINKS3 M-riTr.HS. All ImslnoM letlcrii rind rcmlltanrc * thciilJ bo nililrcracil ( f The llco 1'uljllitilnB Company. Onmhn. Draft * , cliecka. cxprws unit postofflce money oMen to be nindo pay.-tble to tna order of the company. TIIK HUB 1'UnUBHtNO COMPANY. BTATK.MHNT 0V CIUCt.'UATlON. Slnte of NeljT > isla. DouKltis County. w : tleorfic 11. TzscliUck , Secretary uf Tlio Be * I11"- llnliltiB conipuny , Iji-lriK duly nwotn. euy tlinl tjio nctunl number of full nnd complete coiilc-i" oc The Dnlly Morning , nvralng end Sunday Dee printed Ourlns the month of April , 1S07 , was at follows : Ix-ns linlu'ctloh * for unfold nnil re turned copies 10,321 Totnl tn't Fnle.i Nnt dnlly ftvornB. . ' . t-'AV.Vtr. aKoiusrc n. I/.SCHUCK. Sworn to ticfor > me. and subscribed In my presence , this Sd day of M y , 1SS7. ( Scnl. ) N. P. FKIU Notary 1'ubllc. nin TUAISS : > . All riillroiul n Mvs1m > H nrc Mipplli-il with ciiou rli 1 1 res to itccoiiiiiiiMlate every IIIIM- NFIIKI'I * WllO WIIHtN tO ri'llll Jl iior. IimlHt upon Imv- TinUcc. . If .von t'll mint KC ! n oo on it Irulti from ( In- iiiMVH niXfiit , i lrnno report the fact , ritallns ? tin ? trnlii mul rnllroint , to tinClroiilnllon DciiiirliniMit of TinHue. . The Itue IN for xalo on nit trnlns. INSIST OX IIAVIXTS TJIK MMR. The Gillian Junta in Uit United Stsites Js aiipnrontly nioiv active tlisin Hie Oiiluin linnlos : vt homo. Tlu > nnibassatlor buslnoss is nioasura- Wy plckliiK up , at least in thu vicinity of Greece anil Turkey. Push the petitions for reiiavliiK along. The sooner our worn out streets are put In Kooil condition ( he butler. Spain hn.s not yet tliratteneil to call Jn the liuropcnn concert in the Cuban affair , tliaf much being to its credit. The tree planting season is gone , but the season for taking care of trees and lawns will stay with us several months yet. If Turkey is too arbitrary in resistance to thtjr demands oC .the powers. General Miles may yet see a l\M. \ worth look IIIR at. Omaha has only nine coiiiieilmen. bul It alsolias several ex-eouncllmen Ktill ready anil anxious to serve the public for a salary. People must not mistake the- proposed abolition of the capitulations demanded by this sultan with the abolition of tin decapitations. Perhaps It inlglit not be a bad idea tc call in those state recount commissioners to take charge of those pending council manic contests. Mr. Lanptry distinctly states that IK Is not divorced , whatever his wife ma > be. This Is generally regarded as im portant , If true. It must bo remembered that when there are ten applicants for one ap polntive office nine of them are bound tt be disappointed. From the remarks dropped by Inlln entlal senators'In the investigating com mlttee , It is plain that there Is tronbh ahead for the civil service commission. There is a chance for some Ingcnlm financier to turn a few million dollars bj getting up a syndicate to pay the Turk Isli war indemnity with -17-cent sllvei dollars. There are said to be people In tin south who hnvo not yet realized Hint tin war Is over. The World-Herald ap parcntly has not yet discovered that tin city election is past. * GIU/.OH Train will not take decisive Bteps In pushing his claim to Omaha 1191 give out details Cor publication tintl Juno 1. _ Property owners huve a fort night to prepare for the worst. The senate apparently appreciates tin difference between voting money for tin relief of distressed American cillv-cii ; in Cuba as recommended by the presl dent and recognizing the belligerency o thu Cuban Insurgents. Kansas will do well to wait for tin Rtipreme court decision In the Xehrnski maximum freight rate case before t > m barking oiv the tuni of railroad rate leg Islutlon. And it ought not to have t < jwult very long , either. Senator Allen says 11m populists an united to u man on the ( jupHtlon o Cuban liberty. Then Unit Is the onlj llvo question on which the populists hav been tiLIu to come to a thorough agree ment for some tlmo past. Iowa has adopted the rose as Its stat Ilower , Judging , however , from the ra plility with which the landscape of tlia commoiiu't'iiltli l.s blossoming out witi new breweries , the hop vine would hav been equally appropriate. The sober second thought of the Vouiii Women's Christian association , as showi lu u positive refusal to restrict thu men bershlp in any unchristian manner , wil go far to keep this useful organization ii Ha high place in public cstceui. Tin : I'otTKitst.vn TUHRKI' . When the ambassadors of the powers at Constantinople Rent .1 note to the sul- an offering to mediate between Turkey and Greece Abdul Hnnittl , conscious of tclng master of the situation , replied that ho would be ready to discuss the natter after the "greater nalram" festl- nl. That event was concluded Sunday light and on. Monday the Turkish army attacked the Greeks In their stronghold nt Domokos and defeated them. Thus n effect the sultan Informed the powers that he did not deslru thi-lr mediation nnd that he Intended to proceed in ills own way , regardless of their wishes. J'he victory nt Domokos gave the Turks full possession of Thessaly and still the sultan showed no disposition to discuss uetllntlon. Manifestly It was his pur- > esc to continue the Invasion and not to mil his victorious armies until they had entered Athens. Af tills juncture .Iltissla asserted her self nnd the result shows Unit she might at any tltne have brought the poulllct to an end. As it Is the Turkish invasion ms been halted and tt Is said that peace icgotlutlotis will now be undertaken lu tiniest , the powers being apparently In complete concert as to the expediency ) f bringing the war to nn end. Hut here are still possibilities of grave com- illcatlons. Turkey wants Thessaly and vlll probably Insist upon retaining ( hat oiiquered territory. There seems to be inanlmity among the powers In opposl- lon to this demand , but who of them vlll assume the responsibility of coin- idling Turkey to relinquish Tliessaly ? 1'hey may be able to agree upon joint ictlon for this purpose , but It Is ques- lonablc. Then tin ? matter of Indemnity nay bi > a source of dllllculty to the con cert and there are still other questions hat will arise to cause trouble and pcr- ilextty. The fact would seem to bo that the lowers have made a serious mistake in illowing Greece to be crushed , the chief cfiponslhility for which rests with Una- sla and Germany. It has glyo1 | Turkey i new military prestige which that tower will take the ftdlest advantage of , knowing , as she well does , the h.inces of differences and disagreements tctwi'en the powers. The time to have ended the conflict was immediately after the fall f Lsirlssa. when a settlement joitld have been effected with little dllll culty. Now the task will probably be i hard one mid then ; are evidences that some of thf powers apprehend that It nay have serious consequences. It is loteworthy that Great Urltaiu appears o bo playing a minor role in the impor- ; ant drama. UK I'AYS TIIK I'KAAl.TT. Sugar Hroker Chapman has gone to ( all to servo out his sentence for having refused to answer questions propounded to him by a senate committee which in vestigated charges of senatorial specula tion in sugar stocks some three years [ tgo. A very earnest effort was made to si'curo Ids .pardon , a number of senators having signed n'petltion to the president , but Mr. McKinley vbry ijroperly declined to Tnierfer'e' . ' ' TlieVa'se against Chapman was a loisf citse a'liit as there are several other parties who refused to answer the committee's questions , including the piesJdent and treasurer of the sugar trust , it is probable that the United States district attorney for the District of Columbia will institute proceedings against the other contumacious wit nesses. The sentence of Chapman was con tinued by the supreme court and thin gives tin ; matter peculiar imiMirtance a.s aflirmlng the power of the senate to get at such facts as the investigating com mittee sought to bring out. In a case involving tlie Integrity of senators in their legislative capacity , where an in vestigation is ordered , witnesses who re fuse to answer questions can be sent tn Jail. This is the decision of tlie highest judicial tribunal an'd It is important , It lias been charged by responsible par ties that senators have recently been speculating in sugar slocks and madu considerable sums on the announcement of the sugar schedule reported to the seiiate. There may have been nothing corrupt about this , but the senate can not afford to allow the allegations tc stand without an investigation. There may bo other brokers who would prefei telling what they know of senatorial speculation in sugar stocks to going tc Jail. TIMIWY OF CAVt'fM , . There is a vsitst amount of Idle capital in the country. More than a hundred millions of dollars are plli'd up' in New York earning mithlng and serving nobody. Helatlvcly largt amounts are accumulated at othet llnanclal centers. What Is the cause ol it ? A financial writer In an eastern paper nHcrlbiw it to legislation adverse to capital and to vested interests. Hi i. vs Uiat legislatures this year , both ii v.io east and the west , have made m markable records In tills respect and at certain as any factor in the natlona ! business situation today Is the resultant timidity'of capital , " \Ve have eurreiil bank exchanges all over the country steadily shrinking , " observes this writer "we huve each week otiiclal reports showing by millions the piling up of Idh funds ; we have u market rate for mmie.j down to a minimum , which In a natloi situated like this is dcprcsslngly sug gcstivc. Capital Is scared , not so mud by what is as by what may b ? . " lit declares that the reason for the hourdlnj. of idle capital Is that prudent men liavt boon coerced Into realizing that It Is bet ter to waive Interest for the time rathi'i than recklessly to risk not interest only but principal as well. Unquestionably there Is much trull in this. Thu very general tendency u assail capital and to Impose extra ordinary restrictions upon it , the dwiitt goglc. ' attacks upon the so-called moncj power , which embraces every InstUu tlon and corporation that has money foi loaning or for investment , and tlie wide spread hostility to all moneyed lutere.sti which has ht'cn exhibited during the las few years a hostility that Is not found at least In like degree , In any other conn try could have no other tendency thai to render capital timid and to Induce it ; owuum to withhold it from when1 there is not the best possible as surance that it is not In danger of adverse - verso legislation. At present there Is hardly any poltlon of the country in which such danger dow not exist. Tlie trouble Is that there Is not proper dis crimination between combinations of capital for the creation of monopolies and capital employed In legitimate en terprises. In their blind and unreason ing prejudice a class of legislators are ready to strike at capital under nny cir cumstances , treating It its' If It were a common enemy to be kept under con stant surveillance and restraint. It Is needless to say that such a con dition Ls Inimical to national prosperity. No country can be progressive and pros perous whose capital Is under a constant apprehension of unfriendly legislation nml this IH especially true of the United States , with Its forty-five sovereign com monwealths , each possessing the power to legislate ns it pleases regarding capi tal. So far as monopolies are concerned t Is hardly possible to make laws against them too stringent , but capital should have largo liberty when Invested In le gitimate enterprises and employed In lovoloplng the resources of the coun try. It can hardly bo nn exaggerated estimate that tlie Idle money lu the United States at present amounts to fully ? r > CO,000,000. Kvery dollar of this great capital ought to 'be profitably In vested , but much of It. probably will not 10 so long as It Is fearful of unfriendly eglslatlou and that will continue until he political demagogues whose stock in trade Is warring upon capital no longer uive u popular following that makes them dangerous. T/B Jivir TO IIKAP. The republican party In Nebraska has its own self to blame In large measure for the misconduct of some of Its ofllclnls In high ) laccs. H Is indeed high time that chronic ofllcescckera and professional politicians ( or what there Is In It take and keep a rear seat. The rank and file oC the party , which is sound to the core , can be trusted to see to It that only good men are put on guard. The remedy for dry rot U attendance at caucus and convention. A delegate to a convention should GO In person to that convention with an eye single to business from start to finish , rho republican party In Nibraska has reaped ust what It has planted no more , no less. AVakefield Republican. The republican party in Nebraska may have reaped what it lias sown In state [ lollties , but If so It has been because the sowing has been done not by tlie rank and file of the party , but by a self- constituted and bad leadership. It is a good sign that the republican state press uul republicans throughout the state are realizing that the situation is hopeful for tlie recovery of the state to the re- [ mbllcau party If only the played-out leaders of the years gone by are per manently relegated to the rear and the advice of men- who gave timely warn ing of the mistakes is heard and heeded. With the political capital furnished by the late fusion legislature at its command the republican party can and must place itself. in the aggressive position Uy repudiating tlie state house embezzlers , mtd laying the blame1 for d'eiayccl pr6secti- tiou and continued fre'edom of the thieves where it belongs. The way for the republican' party to reap is for tlie rank and file to do the sowing for itself. The committee appointed by the Omaha Heal Kstate exchange to secure representation from this city and state at n deep harbor convention to be held at Houston , Tex. , commencing June 21 , lias promptly entered upon its duties by sending out a large number of letters to prominent people in tills city and county , and also through the state , asking for their co-operation in tills 'direction. The fact that the people of Texas fully ap preciate Unit help can be given by Ne braska to their enterprise by asking a largo delegation from this suction Is es pecially important , , bearing , as it will , uion Transmlssissippl Exposition affairs. Nebraska is Interested in all deep har bors on the gulf as a natural outlet to the markets of tlie world for our corn crop and the transportation advantages that are to be developed in the future , added to those that now exist , are sure to draw a greater proportion of the corn crop of this section in that direction. Such being the ease , those who can at tend tlds convention and who will take 11 lively interest in its proceedings .should send their names to W. II. Green , chairman of the committee , so that de pendence can be , given to the delegate * who will go. Tlio announcement of the liberal sub scription of ? 'JUGX ( ) of the Hock Island railroad system to the Trausmisslssippl l-Jxpo.-iltlon , making the total contribu tions of thu railroads centering In Omaha mount well up "to the ijvlOO.UOU mark , "id pleasing evidence that these great cor porations are doing tlie right tiling by Omaha and Its gigantic enterprise , I'rL'Mdont Cable of the Hock Island road and his associates on the directory will deserve In return for their good will tin thanks of tlie community mid their road a continuance of , ( he patronage ami tralllu It lias built up in ( lib part of tlie country. As nnothei example for tlfe' railroads anil other corporate interests that an not yet represented on the exposition stock books this new addition should prove a valuable help. With ample funds behl.nd It the exposition will sur pass the most sanguine expectations tit to Its success , and tlie growing stock sub scription list Is the best proof of ib llnancial soundness ami stability. The Hee always stands ready to prlnl respectful and. pertinent coinmunlcntloii ! taking Issue with its position on public matters or correcting errors which maj have found their way into Its columnn Thu man who thinks lie must go to an other newspaper to seek correction ol some statement that has appealed hi Tin leu not only pursues the wrong tack but also wholly falls to accomplish lil ; purpose. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The report has found Its way Into tin press dispatches that Mr. ISryan lias ex pressed n desire to have David Over myer of Kansas as his running matt on thu next democratic piTsidcntla ticket. If Mr. llryan has done this he has not < | jufted ! ; ) the iwlltlcal astuteness with which he Is credited by bis follow ers. KnuhajHs pretty close to Nebraska , and It I * not to be expected that nny pai ty woujdjdck Its candidates from adJoining - Joining sHiVes. Apolitical party that did Unit wotltn invite thi" charge of section alism. Jt ) 1 The sugiTfTtPot seed distributed by the Agricultural department Is for experi mental ( MlMtlv nnd not to supply sugar for the cHflstYmptlon of the farmer. The farmer who " 'takes up sugar beet grow ing successfully will not have nny trouble itbinit keeping the family sup plied with sugar. The news , exclusively printed In n New York exponent of modern journal ism , that George Francis Train Is about to prosecute his claim to an amount of Omaha property equal to the entire as sessed valuation of the city , Is a sign that psycho Is working once more. If the appropriation out of the national treasury were available to pay for trans porting Inhabitants of Cuba to this coun try without reference to citizenship in tlie United States we might acquire the entire population of Cuba without re sorting to annexation. The name of the Hock Island railroad now lllls its appropriate place on the ex position subscription list. There are still a few vacancies , however , which ought to be closed without unnecessary delay. Grecian DrenniN Dlstui-lioil. St , Louis Hcpubllc. The Turkish dream so rudely Interrupted by Marco Dozzarls some years aso seems to have received its realization at the present time. SwnlliMVH. New York Tribune. Ono swallow doesn't make a summer , and ono railroad train run by electricity doesn't abolish steam locomotives. Vet It has been observed that summer usually does come with or soon alter the first swallow. IlftiirnliiK' 1'roxporltj- . United States Investor. There has been considerable talk the last few days regarding the encouraging advices which come from the southwest , where busi ness Is said to be picking up somewhat. There Is no doubt that conditions are Im proving throughout the west generally , but the change for the better Is so gradual that it escapes the- notice of almost every one. MnturiHl toVorU OH. Indlnnnpolls Journal. The federal authorities have formally con cluded to takq'actlon against the Wall street swindlers who have been using the malls to Invelgla and 'rob' ' email Investors throughout the countryi i The United States grand jury In New York1 haa commenced an Investiga tion which will probably result in a number o ( Indictments. ! including uome that will startle Wall strict. Operation ; f n I.i-Klxliitlve Curb. 1,1'liIJnileliilita. , Uecunl. Tha framers of the latest constitution adopted by theupeople of Now TTork state Indented a , new curb upon Inconsiderate or unnecessary'legislation whicfi seemo to work charmingly. This innovation consists in giv ing to 'the nfaydra of cities a right to veto measures specially affecting such municipali ties. Such 'vetoes may be1 overruled by the legislature ; but the'excellent working of the ccn.3tltutional provision la Illustrated by the fact that fifty bllla passed at the late session ofMthe.-New , York , assembly were killed as dead aa Julius Ca'esar by"ths | form of nega tion. _ Good Ititails nn'il llroiul TlreH. Iloston TrAnscrlpt. There can be no doubt about It. Good roads are a continual blessing , or as long as they last. The more we have of them thu better for the state , for the stale's people ple and for the state's horsfcs , But while 'wo are about It , why nof. Insist upon broad tires for heavy vehicles ? -Several attempts have been made to eecuro the passage of a law to this effect ! but it has always failed , In a. great measure , because of tKo opposi tion from the agricultural communities. Let the good work of good roads go on , but let the comonwealth adopt therewith the broad policy of broad tires. ? tinTrn.tt Kansas City Star. An Illinois court has decided that the American Tobacco company violates the anti trust laws wbin.It sells its product in the state of Illinois. There have been so many similar decisions cf late respecting various trusts and combinations that the big monopoly corporations of the country probably will find it necessary very soon to reorganize so as to come within the pale of the law. They will not disband. There IB no likelihood of that. IJut they will ba recon structed EO ap , to make them In all respecta similar , except In clze , to an ordinary legally constituted stock company. Sonio of them have done that already. Clinrlty nml IlmiiliiiHt. Chicago Chronicle. A carload oC cara arrived In Chicago Thura. day from Nebraska designed for the fanilm sufferers of India. At least that Is the desti nation of the cereal , t > ut from the placards on the car ono might suppose that the gralr was donated for the purpose of affronting the world. These signs bore boastful and InsultIng - Ing words from the populists of Mr. Bryan' ! state , words which never accompany a rea gift of charity. They"wcro not Intended tt humiliate the starving natives of India o course , but were meant for the eyes of tbi "plutocratic cast , " Fortunately the un gracious spirit In which It Is bestowed wil not affect the lifegivingproperty of the corn , NKW tYHOR STATISTICS. Worlc mul AVaKVM of MUII , Woniun nuil Ht. 1'aul 1'loncer I'reea. The department of labor at Washington has Just issued. ' , a report on the "Work anil Wages of Men' , Women and Children , " pre pared under a'Jolnt resolution of congrctu passed In 1894 , " I or the purposes of making comparisons Hfc/i'iago and sex as to the amount and qctlifoiof work done In this coun try , Investigation has been inado In thirty different states and In 1,067 establishments , The , results-Bhqvr.tunt the Increase among women omplofcj yaVbecn greater In proportion tion than that or men , and that while the number of chJJilrpn employed Incretoed be tween 1870 oftdMBSO , It decreased between 1880 and 1S90 , Indicating that factory Inspec tion and chPfl'TWJor laws have had eomc effect already. A table made up from fig ures obtaliieifr ; ti ) 931 establishment ! ) show ! that from aljs > u.t085 ! to ten' years later the Increase of mato"employes over 18 years o | age was C3.k > urr cent , whllo thut niuciit women e-mplojea was G6.3 per cent. The rel ative increase among male and female em ployes under o l il yeaia of ago was 80.C to 89.1 pijflvrcgnt , Aa to the classre of - occupations n wo find that tm percentage of Icjmales engaged In domestli tic and personal service dropped from -12.0 ! per cent In 1870 to 33.24 per cent in 1890 whllo there was'a corresponding gain anioui tha number of males go employed within thi Eaino period. The women show tbo greater gain over the men In trade and transporla tlon , meaning clerkships lu the trade am transportation departments of business. Then has been a ve y largo gain , too , for womet In manufacturing and mechanical lhir < > o business. The conjugal condition of workln ; women has been BO much dlscuisetl thut I will bo Interesting to the public to knov that the number of married women 'n ' bust new has commonly been underestimated , Ii agriculture , fisheries and mining the per ce-iitago of married -women to the whole num jer of women employed U 22.51 to 43.11 slngl and 33.19 widowed. In professional servlc they constitute but about 7 per cent. Tli married women ccnctltuto 13.1C per cent o all women engaged lu galuful occupations Ii the country. ir.Mo.x. . . . One Direction In AVIitrli the World \Vnrlcn TowMlior. St. Louis Cllnbo-Domocrnt. Ono of the very few directions In which the world ha.s practically agreed to work to gether in nmlty U that of the development of International postal facilities. It Is greatly to the credit of the United States that the Idea ot the union originated with one of our citizens and that Ita establishment U duo to the persevering support of this country. Montgomery Hlalr , postmaster general tinder Prr-pltlent Lincoln , was the first to sec the Importance of n general flystcm In the hand ) . Ing of foreign mallo. and at the helRlit of our civil war a preliminary International postal congress was held at 1'arls , most ot the countries of Kurope sending representatives , Uniform rates were agreed upon , and within ten years the maximum foreign letter rate from the United States was reduced from $ l-l > 2 to 34 cents. The universal postal treaty dates from the congrws held In llerne In 1ST-I , nnd subsequent congresses met In 1'arli , Lisbon nnd Vienna , nil the participants agreeing to constitute "a single postal territory for the reciprocal exchange of cor respondence between their pcstonlccs. " Kvery civilized nation on the globe , except two or three In Asia and Africa , are taking part In the International postal congrcra as sembled in Washington. Now that the statistics cf the postal de partments of the -world nro carefully gathered at the central headquarters of the Universal Postal union , at Berne , the United Stairs ! s nblo to sec nt a glance Its national con- splcuUy In postal nffnlrn. It Is easily first In the number of pcatofllces , 70,991 ; the number of employes , 181,607 , and the length of nil routes , 454.690 miles. Ocnnany Is second In number of postofllccs and em ployes. The number ot pieces of mall mat ter handled for each Inhabitant of Now South Wales Is 82.6 , whllo In the United States , star-ding second In this respect , the number Is 79.9. In proportion of postotllccs to area , Switzerland heads the list , with one olllco to every -t.G square miles , the United States ranking sixteenth , with ono onlce to E6.3 square miles. This country la Im mensely ahead In the total length of railroad poalal routes , 169,773 mllca , Germany , which Is second , having1 27,243 miles. Congo Is at the foot of thu list , with a total of ten olllces , or ono to every 104,220 square miics , and 4,000,000 Inhabitants , but , ot course , not much Is yet expected of Africa. The poet's thought of "tho parliament of man , the federation ot the world , " has been substantially realized In the Universal Postal union , and Its Increasing benellts will doubt less lead to international combinations along other lines In which political questions do not enter. Among the duties Intrusted to the general bureau of the union In Switzerland arc to act as a clearing house of balances , collate International statistics , conduct coriv- spondcnce relating to the congress , distribute postal Information and documents , revise the list of tlio world's ixxstolHces and publish a monthly sheet of postal news lu three languages. 'Much remains to bo done before all International postal details can bo re duced to uniformity , and several Important changes are now under consideration In Washington. But the overshadowing fact Is that a Universal Postal union Is now firmly founded , and that Its operations have been marked by an Intelligent sense of fairness to all nations , largo and small. rKUSOXAI. AND O'PHEIIAVISTC. Moungthayah Glldden of Kenduskeag Is resting with his name In a. Maine Jail. Speaking about the recognition ot Cuba , it la doubtful If a native could recognize It now. now.The The chief manager of the European- con cert needs something stronger than a stuffed club. If the Turks did any sleeping In their tents during this campaign the Greeka are not aware of It. King Oscar of Sweden has a show of his own , but he is not disposed to loan It tem porarily to King George. The real melancholy Dane Is the present ruler of Greece. Apparently ho hasn't a ghost of a show , either. Carl Schurz has the last pair ot sleeve buttons worn by John Qulncy Adams. They Jv , r5. given to. him by , . the late Charles bumner. Greater New York will start In business with a debt of $200,000,000 , a sum sufficient to keep taxpayers In a state of perspiration for a few moons. Ex-Secretary Herbert has gone- into ths business of pressing claims against the Navy department. He says'In a circular letter to claimants that he Is "in a position to prosecute claims and get prompt action. " A Delaware wlfo murderer under sentence of death Invited the chief witness against him to act as ono of his pall bearers. The witness cheerfully accepted the Invitation and urged the doomed man to hasten hla shufllo. An appeal , signed by the lord mayor of Dublin , John Uedmond , M. P. , and other In fluential friends of the late Charles .Stewart Paruell , has been issued In behalf ot dona tions to a fund to assist Mrs. Delia Parneli , mother of the great Irish leader , ' and other neeily members of the family , by freeing the- Parneli mtatcs at Avondale from debt an'd other obligators. The blind goddess ia having1 n hard tussle with a millionaire In San Francisco. Pos sessing an equal quantity ofbullion , and boorlt-hness , he Insisted on fracturing the law by expectorating when and where he pleased , and WES promptly run In. Then the law yers flocked to him , motions and counter- motions am being argued , ami there's no telling whether the court -and the cops will escape aaplaxlatlon. The revelations In connection with tha workings of the dlspensiry law In South Carolina read like the hlatory of the con stables enforcing prohibition in Iowa a few years ago. Tlie South Carolina olliclala seized contraband goods and turned them to their own profit. Although the state made a profit out of the business , It wasn't n marker to the profit of the officials. The whole system is said to bo permeated with corruption. Kdward Schlcffelln , the famous discoverer and founder of Tombstone , Ariz. , was found dead in his lonely cabin , twenty miles from Canyonvlllo , last Saturday. Schleffelln's luc ! < and nerva twenty years ago led him , to dis cover the rich silver mines of Tombstone , southern Arlzcna. The couutry had not been prospected because the Apaches killed every miner who entered the territory. Schleffelln located the mines , which netted him $500,000 , and named the place Tombstone because of a frlendlx. warning when he left for Huachuca that ho would find only his tombstone In the Indian"country" Ono of his partners In the mines was -Richard Gird , who bought the Chluo ranch In southern California , and is now a millionaire. IOWA PHI3SS C Sac City Sun : The republicans of Iowa have no reason to fear rebuke from the people becauco of the extra pension of the legislature. The mistaken of the scmlon an ; mightily overbalanced by the Important re- formi enacted. Sioux City Times : The Iowa fuslonlsls xvlll fune Jimt the same , but they will not bo permitted to cover the olllclal ballots with tha i-amca ot their candidate duplicated. That wto all that was dealrcd In the now luw anil It Is enough , Marcngo Itr.-publlcan : All this talk about new nanriliiatcs for governor might propsrly bo Jttermlwith more credit to the parties in engaged than Ita further Indulgence will bu. Governor Drake will bo renomlnatcd by acclamation , ut Cedar Rapid ) , aa ho should bo. Sioux Olty Journal : Scott county , Iowa , Is to actually build good roads thU year ur.'l work has been commenced. A gravel pit lies been opened near Davenport and twenty miles or more of good roads will bo made leading to Davenport , The moro U ono that might well 'he Imitated , Dubuque Telegraph : If Iowa -has any Indigenous perennial plant It would be a better symbol of the atato than tlio wild rose , which displays Its beauty and dllfusca Its fragrance for but a day ami then vanishes forever. The oak leaf would bo bettor than the wild rrso , because It typified rugged strength and durability and protection. Cedar Rapids Republican : \Vu feel oure that even the opponents ot the manufacturing law will commend Govo-nor Drake for hav ing slgnej tin ; bill boldly Instead of permit ting It to become a law without his signa ture. The people of this country admire courage. To let a bill become a law by keep ing It In the executive ( Irak until It becomes a law through neglect U a , weak thing , to say the least. Case $ f Cove gt first $ igW The men all fall in 1 love -with them , and like all men in love , they're never satis-i fied until they possess them a pair or our $4 shoes two entirely new styles ono , the "Jewel" too a small remove from the razor the. other , the "padet" toe , meant for men who have reached a time of life when , they're not exactly ashamed to toll their age but who want something not quite tso. ex treme as the "Jewel' which is much sought after by the younger men. \ f. /7 * I6tli ant ] 9 K/ " f Dun dins. TWUM'Y'l'IIOHSAXn 1II3UUY 1MC1C12IIS Ailvcrtlxciiiciit of a MlNNiittrl Firm llrliiKH Out it Criitnl. SAUCOX1K , Mo. , May 18. The strawberry Benson has opened up hero with the greatest nnd In many respects the most picturesque gathering of people over assembled In any community. The Sarcoxlo Horticultural as sociation , controlling a farm of 1,400 acres In strawberries , advertised for 10,000 pickers. Their circulars \vcro responded to by fully 20,000 people , who arc now besieging the hotels and lodging houses of Sarcoxle : The overflow has been BO great that thousands wcro forced to sleep upon the ground nnd prepare their meals In hastily Improvised dugouts or shan ties composed of branches and leaves. The line of campers extends for ten miles'up and down on cither sldo of Spring river , the long string of tents and brightly burning campflrcs reminding one of army Ufa during the exciting days of the war. Men repre senting almost every known avocation are hero. Some of them have seen better days , but poverty having forced them to leave the ranks of thousands of employed In the largo cities , they have sought the field as a means of keeping soul and body together. The weather is favorable now nnd the crop la being gathered very fast. The shipments are going In car load lots to St. Paul and other northern points. Tralnload ship ments will commence. In a few days. A1IOUT UI2AUV KOIl 1IAIIV13ST. I'niNIieet of nil RiiiirinoiiH Wlii'nt Crop In OUIiilionui. PERRY , Old. , May IS. Next week wheat harvesting will begin In Oklahoma. Reports from every county In the territory show that the crop will simply be enormous. In this county , Noble , Pawnco and K counties , three of the most easterly ones of the Chero kee strip , the wheat acreage Is very large and old wheat farmers say they will get from forty to sixty bushels per acre. In this county alone there are about 25.0.00 acres In wheat , and the straw is nearly as high as a man's head. Good authorities p\ace \ the crop In the territory at 0,000,000 to 7,000,000 bushels , and It the price will remaiij at SO cents to $1 per bushel the farmers will be happy. Copious rains have * fallen up to this time since Christmas. All kinds of Wops aiocry promising. \ GoliiK Iliioli to Hire O1 < 1 Home. \ SAN FRANCISCO , May 18.T. . W. Hcak- bane , a well-to-do fruit grower of Lower Lake , has Just been identified as the sou of a wealthy English family. He disappeared from the knowledge of his people some twenty-three years ago and has long been given up for dead. He Is now on the way to the land of his birth , and It ) was Walter II. Cllnc. local ticket agent for the Canadian Pacific railway , who located him as the miss ing man. Twenty-three years ago , as the result of trouble with his family , Bcakbane left his home nnd came to the United States. Ho drifted west and Is now one of the wealthiest of the Lake county ranchers. He Is married and with his wife and four chil dren is on his way to JJuropc to attend the diamond Jubilee and to see his people ut their homo on the isle of Jersey In the Eng lish channel. Antor the AnuiiyiiioiiM Honor. NEW.YORK , May IS. A special to the Journal from London says : It Is reported that the anonymous philanthropic who con tributed 25,000 to the fund proposed by the prlncoiu of Wales to feed the starving on the occasion of the queen's Jubilee la William Waldorf Actor. That report cannot be absolutely confirmed. The probability of Its truth Is based upon Mr. Aster's enormous wealth and upon the fact that his generosity has been unbounded in all directions where royalty has shown thq charitable way. St. IjiinlH School KU-c-tloii. ST. LOUIS , May 18. The first election for a Hoard of Education under the law enacted at the recent session of the legislature Is being held today. There are four tickets in the 'lleld , non-partisan , citizens , democratic , peoples and liberal , with twelve candidates on each. Mlsa Belle Norman l the only woman candidate. Her name Is on the citi zens' democratic ticket , but the Indications are that the others will be ecratchcd ex- 'snslvely In her favor and that she stands u good show of being elected. 1'ohtimiif .Sc'oU-l CHATTANOOGA , May 18. The Scotch- Irish congress , which was to have been held In Detroit June , 10 to 1C , has been postponed because of unnvoldabln delay In making cer tain necessary arrangements. It Is not prob able , nowcays the secretary , that the congress - gross will ba held until fall. Kiililirr Trim ! l''Ic < ! tlnn. NFJW YOIIK , Mny IS.-At the annual mooting of the United States Hubber com' pany ut Now Hrunswlck , Ni J , , today the old directors In the main wcro re-elected and J. D. Vermule find George 1C. AVecd \vnro elected new directors. William H. Hill retired as director. PUN * Uniform Tt-\t Hook I.I'MV. AUSTIN , Tex. , Mny IS. The JIOUBO today nt noon , after a very bitter light lasting over ii week , pinned the Bcnuto text book bill , which requires state uniformity of text bookHfor nil the free rchoola of Texas. Tlie law ( iocs fnto elfect In 1SU3. Nflfut a HiilviTMlly I'r.-Hlil.-iU. CINCINNATI , Mny 18. At a recent meetIng - Ing of the Muthodl.it Hoard of Krecdmcn'a Aid society Itcv. Dr. O. Melden of MIs- HlsHnpI WIJH elected president of Clark uni versity ut Atlanta. . _ iiUKiiir AM > imriyv. Chicago Ilecord : "Our landlady Is getting ting- the hlcych rever. " "Why do you think HO ? " "Shu U putting rubber tires on the rhu barb plea. Truth : "How doew your wife Bleep ? " uskccl the doctor of the man whuso better bulf win under his care. "Orally , " said the man , ' Washington Btar : "Some folks. " said Undo ISben , "Is wo trluky flat when dey coiner aciost i-r mini dat'u tUio' 'null hon- CHt , dey gltu Hkyaht un' bays he tiius' be playln' u pow'ful deep Washington Btar : "I'd hynrt men tell dnt a woman hub a heap o' curiosity , " said Undo IClien , "but I iloesn' l/lleve ilut nho could be templed ter gib up all da money ; io had ti > r line nut ef Homebody tiad er full bun' or waa only blullln' . " Life : Dyer How soft the muscles of your arms are. Duell Yea , I hqven't called on u fc'lrl In two months , Brooklyn Life ; Mrs. O'Hoollflian Here , Pinny , tiiko the can. go down to the corner , and gut mu tin tints' worth of the beat , and when yo get bark , It your father Is hero ami axes yo what ye's got , toll Him It's lamp ilo for your mother's nervousness -ami If 1 won't take It , make mo lake It. " Detroit Free Press : Mrs. Hnply My hus band Is ono man In ten thntis.ind. Miss Simply Dlil anybody ever nceuso him of being more than one ? Puck : The Wlfe-I think fto'ought to have daughter's voice cultivated , John , If It doesn't cost too much. The Husband It can't cost too much , my dear , If It will Improve It any. Chi en go Tribune : "And now , " mused the unspeakable Turk , "we will pioceed to fry a little fat out of Greece. " Twinkles : Grocer Kor what do you put up the sign "IJoston Pent-lies ? " Assistant Can't you see dey has nil got specs ? Cleveland Plnln Dealer : "May I ask what Is going on In the village. ? " Inquired the observant stranger. "We're celcbratln' the tilrthilay of the o'.dest Inhabitant , sir , " rc-pllod the native. "Sho.'s a hundred an' one today , ulr , " "And tell inc. pray-who Is that little man with the dreadfully sad countenance who walks by the old lady's side ? " " ' . lie's been "That's her son-in-law , sir. koepln' up her life Insurance 'or th' last thirty years. " SUMMKIt VISITORS. Clilcnpo Record. The time for the hammock Is coming' , When the nights will lift sultry and hot ; When mosquitoes will come by the thousands To settle their bills on the spot. I3o pleasant and give them a welcome. Invite them to have a wee "mnnck1' ; But do not forget you should greet them With a good , hearty slap on the back. i SIA.SO.\AIII.K AIJVIOK. Somcrvlllo Journal , The summer days are coming , when the mercury will slzz. The breeze will scorch your whiskers , nnd the soda fountains llzz. ] 3ut remember this Injunction , bowover hot It Is , Keep away from the thermometer ! It doesn't do a bit of good to count up the degrees. You'll nnd It's ninety-six , perhaps , but that won't bring a breeze. Work. If you must ; loaf If you can ; but this remember , please , . Keep away from thu thermometer ! Oh , why did Mr. Fahrenheit Invent the cursed thing- ? The knowledge just how hot It Is can -never comfort bring. So when the ulr grows sultry , and th9 stinging locusts sing , Keep uway from the thermometer ! It's well to get accustomed In this world to sizzling bent. It'a liard to tell sometimes , you know , what In the next you'll meet. But there or here , remember this ndvlco with sense replete , Keep away from the thermometer ! \ For those who could not be accommodated today at our SKl T SRLE. . . . we are pleased to say that there are some sizes left and we can probably suit you and will continue to sell them for for55c As long as they last. BROWNING , KING & GO , 8. W. Cor. IBtb and Dougfu 6t