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UN ofli-ii UN
'J'liu siillnn Is advised not to u
just bocnuse lit ; Iinuslncs somebody his :
insiillaii htm. .
' Monkeying with a jury in Doimlas
! county Is Tar more tlniwrous thnn mon-
I I lieylnjj Avith a buzz sitw.
And no one has yet trk'tl to explain
the earthquakes In Mexico by the con
traction of the Mexican silver dollars.
The Cretans jirercr 'theirs without
that Is , they arc willing now to accent
autonomy , hut they want It without an
nrmy of Turkish sentinels to wsitch
over It.
There is no question Hint Dr. Hub is
tleiul and that his family 1ms a valid
claim against Spain , the satisfaction of
which will be enforced by the'United
States government.
' Don't sulk. Cut up and show that
you exert some force in the community
by Joining In some of the numerous on-
tornrlnes that are being pushed along
liy public-spirited eiti/.ens.
The appointment , machine cannot be
: \vouiul up again until the president re
turns to Washington from his Nashville
trip. In the Interval the olliceseekers
can study the mechanism.
Kx-Treasurer Hartley's atlorneys say
'ihey are going to prove that the state is
iiot out a single dollar by reason of his
shortage of over if.'OO.OOO. lias Hartley
hired lawyers or prestidigitators to de
fend him before the court ? r
1 The gross earnings of the railroads In
the mountain states are also showing
"Plireelable increases over the llgures
for a year ago. Kven the states that
vjotoil for ISryan are sharing In the busi
ness revival made possible by his de
feat.
God helps those who help themselves.
Nothing Is to be gained by laying back
nnd wailing for something to turn up.
Ceaseless energy and active co-operation
on the part of our business men and
citizens generally Is what will push
Omaha to the front.
'
In the latest French duel one. of the
combatants was "severely wounded In
ihe back of the hand. " If these en
counter * keep on Increasing In terrible
possibilities , fiomo noble ( Jaul Is sure to
get a scratch across the fare sooner or
lutor which will mar his beauty.
Another national convention has Just
been landed for Omaha In 1S)8 ! ) , this
time the Nurserymen and Klorists' As-
Boelatlon of America. Such n gathering
ought to do much toward stimulating the
eysteinatle cultivation of trees and ( low
ers In the traiisinlsslfe'slppi country.
No name Is so obscure anil no amount
BO Insignificant as to bo withheld foi
tlioso reasons 'fromthe. subscription
bookH of the Transmlsslrtslppl Kxnosl-
tlon. little drops of water and lltthi
firnlns of sand make a mighty ocean ,
nnd little contributions will swell I lit
exposition funds to the mark originally
feet In the anticipations of Its promoters ,
While the races being held In Omahn
this week are attracting fair patronage ,
there seom.s to be about as many vlsl
tors from out of town in attendance at
people from the city. Omaha ought tr
Oo better than that. There Is no 1:001' '
reason why the city should not send llvi
people through the gates to every one
who has to travel n considerable ills
tancu in the tlrst iustaacu lu order to set
these
UUll MKATS IN PnllHIUN MAttKKTS ,
The statement that the ndmlnlstra
tlon will make nn earnest eflort to In
tluce European governments to revolii
the discriminative regulations regard
ing the Importation of American ca'ttk
and meats will bi highly gratifying tc
all cngapid in the great moat-producing
Industry. To the cattle rnl.ser.i of the
west It will bo especially welcome , since
It Is these who have been mo.it Injured
by the unfriendly action of foreign gov
ernments. According to Washington
advices It Is proposed that our diplomatic
lepreseiitatlveH at London. Paris , Mer
lin nnd 1 missels shall unite In n protest
against the regulations discriminating
against American cattle and beef nlid If
such protest should not prove effective
recourse may be bad to measures of re
taliation.
That our government ought to take
vigorous action In this matter , on the
ground of the Injustice of the discrimi
nation , there can be no < iuestion. The
exclusion of our cattle and dressed Iwof
by Uermnny , Krance anil Belgium IH
done on the pretext that they are un
healthy , but none of these governments
has ever responded to the request of our
government to furnish n substantial
ground for this charge. Perhaps they
were under no obligation to do so , but
there can be no doubt that if they had
liny substantial reason for assorting that
our cattle and meals are unhealthy
and unwholesome they would have
promptly given It upon the request of
tills government. P.efore we had a fed
eral inspection law we could not gainsay
a. charge of this kind and so for years
wo patiently wibiultted to discrimina
tion against our cattle nnd meats , be
cause we could not be c'ertaln that they
were exported In proper condition. Hut
with stieli a law , rigidly enforced as It
Is , we are in a position to say to the
governments that practice discrimina
tion that wo do not n'ecept their pretext
for such action and that we feel justllled
itv protesting against what we believe to
be an Injustice. The right of any conn *
try to exclude an American product
from Its markets Is unquestionable , but
It should be done fairly and not on a
pretext that might operate to exclude
such product from oilier markets. Tills
Is the effect of the course pursued by
f'ermany and France toward our cattle
nnd meats. The action of these coun
tries has discredited these American
products elsewhere , so that In practi
cally all of continental Europe Ameri
can meats are under suspicion.
Our government Is fully justllled in
dgoroiifly protesting against such treat
ment of one of our most important prod
ucts and it would be wanting in a proper
regard for American interests if It failed
to protest. Perhaps there is little to be
L'xpi-eted from such action under pres-
L'lH conditions. ( jernmny and France
nrc feeling less friendly to the United
States , commercially , than ever before.
They do not like the new tariff bill and
In both countries there have been mani
festations of hostility and threats of re
taliation. Undoubtedly ngr.irmnlsm in
loth would array Itself solidly in opposi
tion to a proposal to make any commer
cial concession to this country. Hut
ivhile this is to be expected It should not
leter our government from pursuing the
. ourse which is said to have beeii' do-
-lded upon by the administration. We
jannot with solf-iospeet and with duo
regard for our Interests complacently
loleraloa continuance of a distinctly nn-
lust , discrimination. We should exhaust
livery effort of diplomacy to have this
Injustice ; remedied and If this means
shall prove unsuccessful our govern
ment will be warranted in resorting to
retaliatory measures.
AN uN.ii'i'itRuiATr.n m.nssixa.
The New York Journal of Commerce
pointedly observes that nothing is so
unaccountable , as the inability of coun
tries that have the bles.sing of cheap
money to appreciate It. While men here
ire proclaiming that wo are being ruined
by the high value of our money every
community in the world that has cheap
money is trying to get the more expen
sive kind. Our contemporary notes the
fact that the president of the Argentine
ICepnbllc has recently congratulated the
L'nngress of that country on the fact that
paper money was becoming more val
uable , getting nearer to the value of
gold , and urged legislation looking to
placing the currency oiv the gold basis.
The fact is also noted that the merchants
of the principal city of Kcmidor have
petitioned tin ; government to adopt the
gold standard. "Nowhere outside of the
United States , " pays the Journal of Com
merce , "does any considerable number
of persons regard a cheapening of the
currency as a hcncllt and until the lust
quarter of a century there Is no record of
any people that looked upon a debase
ment of the currency as anything other
than a great evil. " The way In which
the South American countries are striv
ing to rid themst'lves of cheap money
of a debased currency and place their
financial systems on a sound and stable
basis , Is perhaps the nio.st significant In
dication of the growing inllueiice of
.sound llnanelal principles , for In no other
quarter of the world has experiment
with cheap money bi-en carried farther
than In the .South American' countries
that an * now advancing toward the gold
standard.
.IS TO KXI'OHT niH
By an overwhelming majority the
vote was f > ! ) to 10 the senate rejec.te'.l
the amendment to the tariff bill pro
posed by .Senator Cannon , providing for
an export bounty on agricultural prod-
ucl.s. The author of Dm amendment
made an elaborate spfcch In advocacy
of.It , urging , as he had done oh a pre
vious occasion when he gave notice of
the amendment , that thu purpose was to
give protection to agricultural staples
to give the producers of these staple. ;
something by way of "restitution fur the
higher prices they are compelled to pay
In protected markets. " It may safely
liu assumed that the Utah senator mud'-
as able nnd eloquent an argument as the
subject would admit of , but In view of
tho. fact that It would require ueaily
$ riOXKHX ( ) ( ) annually to pay the uauut'cd ,
according to thu estimate of Mr. Can
non , the small support given the amend
ment can be easily umlm-stood , to $ ay
of uuy other cuusldcruUtm.
Tim subject of export bounties on ngrl
cultiir.il products 1ms been soinewlm
Industriously agitated by a few person
during the past two or three years
chlelly by Mr. Liihln of California , win
has been successful In securing for tin
Idea the .support of a considerable mini
her of farmers and of some people win
are not farmers. This serves to shov
that there Is some plausibility to tin
arguments In favor of export bounties
Hut there Is no reason to bellevo tlm
the farmers of the country generally , 01
the more Intelligent and diserlmlnatlni
of them , are favorable to n plan whlcl
would make so largo nn annual dcmam
upon the national treasury , In order t <
meet which the farmers would have t <
pay their share of additional taxes. Un
doubtedly there are farmers who can lu
persuaded that If the government pah'
bounties on their products they would
receive the bounties , but the Intelllgeiil
farmer will see that these would go tc
the exporters and he would get no hene
lit unless production were kept at a polnl
which would enable him to add to tin
price of his products the amount of tht
bounty. The certain effect of bounties
however , would be to stimulate the pro
diictlon of commodities on which they
were paid and this would operate t (
lower the pi Ice of such commodities in
the foreign markets. The operation ol
tlie German beet sugar bounty Is an In-
striiellve example.
It is not to be expected that even aftei
the decisive defeat of the export buuut.y
plan In tlie Senate Its advocates will
cease agitating It , though It ought to hi
obvious to thiMii that there Is no present
hope of accomplishing anything.
PUNISH run HUM. cu
While no sympathy will be lost on the
jury llxer who has just been sentenced
to a term of two years'-Imprisonment
for trying to Inilueiiee members of the
Hartley jury panel with offers of money ,
tlie public will not hisatislied unless
serious ell'orts are made to run down
the real culprits and mete out punish
ment to them.
The story told by the man Wright ,
who pleaded guilty to attempted bribery ,
will not wash. Men engaged in ob
structing justice by tampering with
juries do not do business with strangers
whom they meet casually on the streets.
Plainly Wright is simply a tool of the
iirch-consplrators. who hope to escape
the penalty of their offense by making a
scapegoat of the middleman. Practl-
willy the same tactics were pursued in
Ihe case of tlie P.olln jury bribery , where
the poor wretches who carried out tin-
> rders of superiors were given their just
'
deserts. while th instigators of Hie foul
plot , equally besmirched , managed to
work themselves free with a more repri
mand of the court.
If we are ever to put an effectual
iiulelus on tlie business of'jury llxlng It
must be by convicting some of the men
who set Hie machinery of corruption at
work. It Is they who are the dangerous
lenient in the community. In their
imserupulousness they hesitate at noth
ing , proceeding on the theory that any
L-riminal can buy an acquittal inthe
nourt.s If only he has money or friends
who will advance the money for him.
Tustice under such circumstances be-
'omes a mockery and popular respect fo"
law Is throttled at its birth. The au
thorities have the opportunity presented
> f going to tlie bottom of an unques
tioned case of jury bribery , and they
should omit nothing to achieve that re
mit.
Out-of-town visitors in Omaha are
jvery day taking In the signs of business
revival that obtrude on their viuw. A
representative of the West Point Ad-
rortiser , for example , who was re
cently In the city , has gone home
ind told in his paper all about
the evidences of returning pros
perity seen on every hand. He enu
merates the various large buildings In
process of construction , notes the men
ill work on tlie exposition grounds and
DII the streets , reports the activity In
tlie jobbing district and describes the
Ljeueral brushing up of private houses
imd buildings. "Tlie business men of
Omaha , " lie KII.VS , "are reaping the first
fruits of tli exposition and are greatly
[ ncoi'raged by the .signs of the times. "
impressions like these spread broadcast
by disinterested parties cannot fall to
have good results by drawing attention
to the strides Onmha is making and
strengthening confidence in the enter
prise of Omaha's business houses and
Institutions.
We are glad to see the Ijincoln .Tonnml
taking up the protest of The Bee against
keeping the schools In politics by an
nual re-election of principals , teachers
nnd janitors. The conditions that de
mand reform In this respect in Omaha
llnd a counterpart In many other cities
when ? ( lie schools are made to serve the
purposes of ambitious politicians. While
thu Journal does not reinforce the argu
ments made in The Bee with any new
reasons for n change In the present
vleloiui system , it emphasizes them by
application to the local situation in Liu-
coin , There Is no reason whatever why
rtchool employes who render good and
honest service should have to depend
upon personal favoritism or political
pull for their retention on the school
list from year to year.
are the closing days of the pub
lic schools In Omaha , and tlm children ,
big and little , who have by conscien
tious work during the school year earned
promotion or graduation are deserving
of congratulations. The advantage
offered by our free public school sys'tefn
nr. too llltle realized and too little np
predated , The public schools fouri our
of the bulwarks of the nation , for with
out them we should quickly lap.su Into
the despotism that thrives on ignorance
and Illiteracy. The hope of thu lepnblh
lies in the educated intvlllgeneu of thu
coming generations.
Kansas City's Home Pioduct
about whose success the people of oin
neighboring city are in.iklug so mucli
ado , Is nothing more nor less than a
copy of thu Home Industry exhibition. !
given In Omaha for a number of year *
under the au.spicM of the Mannfnctur-
erti' uud Consumers' usioduUuu for tht
purpose of iTnulntlng the patronage ol
home IndiisJry if the Kansas CIIJ
show is innWrff such a hit It might noi
be out of pih'eei'or'tlie Nebraska organ !
znthm of nmnuftielurers to revive its fen
lure.
The ncwJR &j > nlIcd silver republican
party nppeir.'JHo ] ' bo dominated largelj
by men w 10 Have the ex before theh
names as thcfldlstlngulshlng mark ol
failure to be re-elected to ollice , anil
there is fa r prospect that the numbei
of ox-odle s among tliein will be in-
creased aftW-itlie next election.
"
ir
Forty thousand dollars was paid by
spectators eager to learn whether Shnr-
key or Maher was the best man. And
the question , ( ho vast and overshadow
ing Importance of which cannot be cal
culated. Is still undecided. Perhaps the
expenditure of another .f-10,000 will be
necessary to settle It.
The conference of tlie rcpresentativcH
of the powers over the terms of the
Turko-Greelaii peace apparently needs
an experienced presiding olllcer to ex
pedite business by shutting oil all ob
structive tactics. With Speaker Heed
In the chair that treaty would have been
passed long ago ,
In view of the remarkable Interest
shown by the Chinese In tlie Transmls-
slsslppl Exposition representatives of
that race are certain to receive a warm
welcome at the exposition grounds ,
whatever may be the attitude toward
them of the United States In general.
Why should ex-State Auditor Eugene
Moore be so reluctant to testify In the
case against ex-State Treasurer Hartley V
Is the state house ring perennial , and
does its Inllueiice cling to inmates of
the state house after they have made
their llnal exits from ollice ?
It Is time to call a halt on police In-
competency and police Inellleieiicy. On
this question the whole citizenship of
Omaha is re-echoing the sentiments ex
pressed by The Hoe.
Sonic of ( litItllml Ieft.
Providence Journal.
The departure of Ilic aenato's blind chap
lain for a trip to Europe unfortunately
doesn't take the mil- ' blind man out of that
body.
Uncle llitrm'c Ailrlfl ,
Glolje-Uemocint.
An Idea lias da\yned upon Uncle Horace
Holes that the silver question should be
shifted from thu old ratio to the bullion
value. A gold IHIR plated with silver at
the market rate la not very much below
par.
CoiiMiilofioi'ii ? by Tlit'lr Hni-Hy.
MlnnrnixillH Times.
It Is not a pleasiaiit fact for the people to
consider ttiathhere was not a state legisla
ture last winter into which It'would have
been poralblc for aa honest man to stray
without hU ( jecullarlty being at once no
ticeable.
ISxcrllriit , TIiounli L U > .
Cincinnati Commercial.
'Martinez ' Cajiipoa said to the queen resent
of Spain thebother day that "butchery In
Cuba must stop ir.Spaln wishes to hold the
IsJand.'I. .Tliattis uicst excellent adVlco. The
one solitary defect in' It IS "th'at"'it'conies' '
about 400 years too late.
Mlr.nenpallg Tribune. "
The employes In the Durllngton railway
machine shops at Lincoln , Neb. , are working
overtime because of the increase of busi
ness on that system ; and Senator Pcttlgrew ,
who to In Chicago attending the silver con
ference , says that the tariff bill will be
come a law by July 10. Who will say , than ,
that the signs of the times are not aua
piclous.
Municipal ( Hviu-r.slilp lit DOM .lIoliieH.
Ilaltlmore Sun.
The people of Des 'Moines , la. , by a vote
of three to one , have authorized the town
council to enter Into a new contract for street
lighting. The terms of the contract which
has bctn authorized are peculiar. A private
corporation will erect a plant of specified
r.-apaclty at the opproxlraato cost of $103,000.
The company Is to opeiate the plant and
furnish 600 arc lights and 1.500 incandescent
Unlitto the city for jns.OOO per annum. At
the end of six and a third yeats the plant is
to levert to the city for the nominal con
sideration of $1. Thenceforward the city will
own and , operate the plant. The present , price
charged by the electric light companies for
street lighting In flies Molnes la | ll'0 per an
num for eacli arc light. Tlie Idea of munici
pal ownership Is becoming more and moie
f.cpular in American cities. The main ques
tion is whether municipal factories ran bo
hcnestly anil ( ' . - onomlnally operated. The
theory is exceedingly attractive , but who
liartlej and spoilsmen continually changing
thu personnel of such' works there would be
small hope for their honest admlnlniatlon.
When genuine civil service reform is applied
to oil public works then we may talk to some
purpose about municipal ownership.
IIKTTHR TIJ1I-3S J.V TII13 WHST.
IllVCMllKllflllllN Illlll Cdlll-lllSloilH Of II
SI. 1'aiil 31iiii.
MlniH-upolla Tribune.
Mr. B. V. Snialley of St. Paul writes to the
Now York Evening- Post the icsulta of his
observations on a recent trip of a month
from Chicago to Portland , Ore. Ho stopped
at various points on the way , thus gaining
opportunities to gather reliable Information
concerning thu husineftj conditions , and his
conclusion Is that trade Is everywhere Im
proving not mucii , but to an appreciable
extent. The railroads , ho says , report a net
gain In rocelpln from freight , but none worth
mentioning ad yet from passenger earnliiss.
Dank deposlta are Increasing and collections
are ccoler. 1'eopjq are paying a little on their
old debts carried1 along from boom times , and
there han been a , great deal of liquidation
fiom foreclosJre. ' 'All the solid Industries
are doing falrlj' ' well , Prices are low and
profits small , butvUie close economlca prac
ticed enable projectors to como out a little
ahead. Spokanojla showing new life , owing
to the opening ft ? ) io new mining region for
which It la the point of supply. In thu graz
ing regions ahecp Lava about doubled In
price alnco last year , and wool has gene up CO
per cent. Cattle -arc fetching better prices ,
mainly owing to the fact that thousands
of them art" shipped to Iowa , Kan-
333 and Nebraska fatir.H to be fat.
lened on clibap corn. U Is estimated
that the cornv.vtilch fetches only about 7
cnt3 a bushel on many farms nets -10 cents
put Into beet , Silver mining U active and
profitable In all gcod mlnra. In spite of the
low price of the white metal. The cost of
production liaatbjanipropiutlonately reduced ,
Mr. Smalley heirajlt : elated on KOOJ author
ity that the averageopst of producing sliver
in the leading mlues of the Coeur d'Aleno
district and In HrJtUk Columbia U not over
25 cents an ounce. "
In summing tip. Mr , iSmalley says that the
general feeling among thu people of the west
I ] that they are ( lowly climbing out of the
deep rut of deprcsalon by their own efforts
and that times will soon bo much better.
"Tho freo'silver movement Is still active , but
It la not so aggressive and Intolerant as it
uicd to be. In the mining statei Ilia sound
money men have como out from under cover
and tiny find that they are much inoro nu
merous than they themselves imagined dur
ing the cyclone of last ypar. "
This i highly encouraging. If the free
sliver movement Is subsiding In the very
hot-bed of the free silver propagandise )
owing to Improved business conditions , v/e
may reasonably expect that a good fall trade
throughout thu country will reduce It to
uaroiHiis proportion. * .
( COM.MKUCl.Vli ACKMUKU
Mctlioiln itf'CnllrrtltiK nml IILilrlliul
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KANSAS CITY , June 10. An open par
llftinent following the reading o ( sevcr.i
1'npprs was the tire-gram ( U the forenoon MB
slon today of the sncoml annual eonvenliot
of the Nnllon.il Credit 'Men. ' The first pape
was by A. L. Ilcddan of Now Orleans 01
"Mercantile Agencies mid Report of Com
inlttco Thereon. " Q. II. Hovcy of Chlcagi
look for his topic "HushipfiS Mlcraturc , '
and S. S. Conovor of Now York "Credit Do
paitment Methods. " In the numerous ilk
missions that followed ttio reading of thwi
papers the mercantile agency rcprcacnta
lives wcro Riven an opportunity to iiddrcs :
the convention and discuss the mcrcantlli
agency service.
Owing to Mr. Hcddan's absence his papci
was read by H. t . Clllck of Cincinnati. Ii
dwelt nt leugth on the methods used by tin
mercantile agencies , and suggested Improve'
inputs In the present system of reporting
H was answered on the part of U. Q. Dm
& Co. , byV. . T. Ilolph of Louisville , wh (
declared that the mercantile agencies hai
Improved as much In the last thirty years ai
had electricity. The agents were ever reads
to assist the credit men In every way pog'
atblc , but he thought some of the BURROS
lions made by Mr. Heddan wcro not praa
tlcahle. J. L. Swalu of Kansas City nnnworct
for llradatreel St. Co. , taking a similar stain
with Ilolph. Mr. O'Neill of Omaha talkcc' '
about tradireporting. . "Eighty per cent o !
the reports you merchants receive In regard
to the tlnanclat standing of other mer
chants. " he said , "come from lawyers , and S
p r cent of that Is given without pay. " Ill ;
remarks were applauded.
A lengthy discussion resulted In the adop
tlon of a motion offered by Mr. Stnmlnrt o
Denver , to the effect that It was the sense
of Iho convention that mercantile agencies
should use a hieroglyphic In their reports
Indicating whether the rating of firms Is
founded upon signed statements from tin
firms or not.
On motion of Mr. Olllcan of New Orleans
the Torrey and Nelson bankruptcy bills , nn\\
pending In congress , were referred to tin
committee on resolutions , which was re
quested to make a report on the two meas
ures.
Telegrams and letters from n number ol
cities offering Inducements for the next con
vention were rend. The vote will bo taken
tomorrow and It seems likely that Saratoga
Will win.
The program this afternoon Includes ad
dresses by W. C. Wlnsbrough. New York ;
John Field , Philadelphia ; J. 0. Cannon , New
York , and Judge Torrey of St. Louis , and
the election of a national president anil
vlco president.
MRS. YAiini-.miii-ii ) noiNc ; AVKST ,
Kvliliinco ( AilnlKtcil 111
Will Do ll < > ri > lvil In Ciillfoi-nln.
CHICAGO , June 10. Hon. Mrs. Yanle-
nuller , principal In a divorce case
which has for a year attracted interna
tional attention nnd resulted'In a noted strug
gle before the English courts , la registered
at the Wellington hotel. Accompanied by her
two sons , this American woman , who ten
years ago married the brother of Lord
ChurlUon of the English peerage , Is en
rouro to San Francisco , where Iho final
struggle for absolute divorce from her titled
husband will .shortly be carried Into the
courts of CaMfornla. Mrs. Yarde-lUiller was
once a resident of San Francisco and the
lei'ldence clause of the 'aw being thus ful
filled the suit for divorce will be Instituted
at once.
"Mr. YRide-Duller's suit for divorce was
begun In the English courts last June , the
charge of ill treatment being advanced by
him , " said Mrs. Yardu-Uuller. "His case was
nonsuited , but I filed a cross-complaint ,
which was heard by Justice Harm's , a long
array of legal talent representing both par
ties , lly the verdict 1 waa granted a ju
dicial separation , Justice Barnes stating that
Hie fact of our being compelled to call as
witnesses people from a certain class who
nnd associated with 'Mr. Yarde-Huller , but
whoso evidence U not admissible under I3ng-
Hsh law , alone prevented him frun granting
absolute divorce. The evidence of these people
ple of the town ! s accepted under Iho
P'atules jnfuthe United States and Ihe Eng
lish "courts vi-ill at ones confirm the judg
ment received here. That Is all. Wo expect
to proceed direct to Sati. Francisco. "
IIUYV'AUD KOR 1.OVA1 , 1HIVAXITES.
or llimi.r to lie I'M-I ! us
lirrumliii-mlii l IOIIN luiOlllrf. .
MINNEAPOLIS. Juno 10. The National
Volunteers of Democracy is the name of a
new organization whcse plan Is exceedingly
novel. The headquarters is at St. Louis ,
! ) Ut local politlc'ana ' are receiving dieularo
trom Secretary Hoffman , who explains that
: crtlflcates of honor are to be granted to all
loyal workers. The pcniulalle for obtaining
i certificate Is six month * earniat strvice
Jtilll 19U1. "When Bryan io Inaugurated as
, iroldcnt , " a coupon Is to bo Usued and
? ascd ! on to the- original ccrii.icate. Upon
: hls latter Is a picture of Mr. Ilryan , pre
senting to a headless body a certificate of
lionor. The recipient Is suppoud to have hlu
iwn photograph pasted on xvhcro the head
should be.
Mr. Hoffman declares that In 1901 one of
these certificates will be of inoro value In
securing an office than the endorsement of
ten senator. ! and 100 representatives. lie
motes a letter from Mr. Hiyan giving u
luasl endorsement to the Idea.
OA.XXOT COM PHI , THU CO VICIl.VOH.
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MINNEAPOLIS , Juno 10. Judge Simpson
of the district bench tlili afternoon handed
down an opinion that while it was the duty
nf the governor to rr-spond to the grand
lury's subpoenas and to produce such papers
as It required , ho could not be compelled to
do so by the Judiciary branch of the state
government , which Is only co-ordinate with
and not superior to the executive. The gov
ernor Is exempt from judicial proccaj wlillo
In the discharge of his duties , and ha alone Is
judge of when such proceus would interfere
with such duties. He Is amenable to thu
legislature alone , which may Impeach him for
violation of duty.
WAVIOS OK SOUND ,
Hrooklyii Ilnpllnt Mlnlxlrr MnUt'H u
WoiMliTfnl IJlHiovcr > - .
NEW YORK , Juno 10. Tlie process of
photographing Kound waves and from the
plates reproducing the original sounds has
been. It Is announced , successfully carried
out by Hev. A. C. Ferguson , a Baptist , min
ister now living In Brooklyn. The astonish
ing part of his discovery , ho says , Is the sim
plicity of the process by which this result
has been achieved , There Is no ponderous
or complicated machinery , only two discs ,
each about seven Inches In diameter , revolved
by ordinary cranks. One of these , the
recorder , Is horizontal ; the second , the re
producer. Is revolved perpendicularly. Mr ,
Ferguson has christened his Invention the
llgutophonc.
11VXIJM MOVKS TO IIIIOOICI.Y.V.
Uliiilrinnn of Hulil Sluiulnnl Dc-iuoorntN
( IICN Knul Io l.lvc ,
NEW YORK , Juno 10. William I ) . Bynum ,
chairman of the national committee of thu
democratic party , has become a New Yorker.
Mr. Ilymnn , with hU family , has moved from
Indianapolis to Brooklyn , uherc ho will make
his home. Mr. Bynum lisa been a leading
spirit In thu gold standard democratic move
ment since thu formation of the separate
party , and tlu other gold leaders are do-
perilling largely on him to carry on the
work to success In 1900. Mr. Bynum found
that ho could not manage the campaign
work to his entiresatUfactlon In Indiana ,
kenco his change of residence.
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CHICAGO , Juno 10. A man supposed to be
Ci , O. Wttlmsluy , chief train dispatcher of
the Texas & New Orleans railway , la In
L'harse of Ihe police , who found him tit
Ftftl-seventh street unil I aku avenue , help-
leta and apparently dernejiteU. At tbo Btu-
ilon l > aiiers were found In hlx possession In-
illcatlntr that ho la E , T. Walmslcy or New
Orleans' on lilw way to visit hU brother In
I3au Claire , WIs. Among Hie papers was a
ilocument gruntlnir a. C ! . Walrnmey , chief
train ilUpaK her of the New Orleans rull-
wuy. Indefinite leave of absence from JIuy
10 , on ucount of ill health , nnd signed by W ,
U , Mulvt-y , general superintendent.
iUNBAY IS
It's every day Children's Day here with prices
and qualities especially to suit the children folks
All the latest styles in all sizes and widths
besides many styles exclusive with us ,
Children's Chocolate Shoes $ t. 00
Children's Chocolate and Wine Colors$1.25-$1.50
Misses' Fine Wine and Tan Jpl.OO
Other specially choice Htyles $2.00
16th and Douglas Streets.
run
TinDiKllu.v of Culm SpnnlMli CoiUro
< ! on > Korrvrr.
U'njIilnRtnn Corr. St. Louis Cllobc-lVtnorrnt.
When Senator John II. Henderson cium
back to Washington from n careful cxamlna
tlon of the conditions on the Island of Cuba
President Grant asked him what he though
of It.
"Wo don't want Cuba , " Iho senator re
piled.
"Hut , " argued the president , for that wa ;
thu time when the San Domingo muicxatlor
Kchomo waft under consideration. "It sconii
as If wo ought to have an abiding place Ii
the cutf. "
"Mr. President , " the senator continued ,
"If you could tie a string to it and submerge
that Island for seventy-two hunts U would
take seventy-two hours to drown all of the
Bcoumhela down there and then haul
It up , we might nnd Cuba a valuable acqul-
filtlnu. But wo don't want Cuba as it Is. "
Since that time , nearly thirty years ngo ,
when an American president thought seri
ously of ni rexatlon , ex-Senator Henderson
has made other visits to Cuba. Ho was on
the Island when the present revolution
started In February , 1SW. Kor the delight
ful winter cllmato and for the marvelous
productiveness of the " 1'carl" ho 1ms the
appreciation which goes with thorough ac
quaintance. Hut upon the uiuleslrnblltty ol
Cuba as a part of the United States lite
opinion hao grown stronger with every visit.
Ho views annexation as an extremely un.-
wise proposition ,
"Wo could never assimilate the population
of Cuba , " he said. "The Cubans have Un'lt
manners , their customs , their characteris
tics entirely different from ours. We coultl
not m.iko Americans out of them. There
fore , I say that wo do not want Cuba. The
destiny of that Island lies apart from us. ,1
hcllrvo that Cuba Is to become the New
York , the Rmplro state , of the gulf repub
lic. I have no doubt that there Is Io bo a
g\Uf republic , with Cuba , I'orln
Hlco , San Domingo , Jamaica and the
other Islands as the states of It. That Is
corning in Iho near future. Wo can-en
courage it. Spain's hold on Cuba Is broken.
She can never regain her supremacy. We
ought Io send to Madrid a man who will
say : 'The United States does not want
Cuba. You cannot keep It. Why not , then ,
recognize what Is Inevitable , allow these
Cubans their Independence , accept n fair
nnd equitable settlement of the Cuban debt ?
The United States will undertake to ar
range details , to become responsible for the
execution of the terms of settlement. This
can be done without sacrifice of your honor.
We have great commercial interests at
stake.Vd . have- , done our best to maintain
"
a strict neutrality. Our government hat
restrained Its people. It will be Impossible
to hold them back much longer. Cuba Is
bound to be free. The continuance of tills
war mca'is only Increased distress to the
population and additional destruction of
property. You can never aenln make the
island a source of revenue. The Cubans arc
cons of Spaniards. They are not our kind
of people. Wo cannot make Americans of
Ihern ; we do not Intend to try. We do want
to pee this useless war ended. Now , join
with us In arranging a termination of the
struggle which otters nothing to warrant
the continuance of it. '
"If wo send the right man to Madrid , "
the oy-senntor concluded , "nnd sustain him
In such a position as that , I bellevo Spain
will listen nnd act upon the suggestion. All
of the world sees that Cuba is lost to Spain.
The Spanish people realize that the war has
failed , although they do not admit it. They
are amenable to reason , notwithstanding
their strange Ideas of honor. I haven't
any doubt it is within tlm power of this
country to bring about , through friendly of
fices , the independence of Cuba. But the day
after Gomez is named president of the new
republic there will be nt least four revolu
tions started on the island. "
< ; AIIIOIAXO ; UUIIA.
Chicago Post : It Is just possible , you
know , that Mr. Calhoun should have recol
lected that lie was not sent to Cuba as a
ncwEnapsr correspondent.
Chicago Times-Herald : The principal point
in Commissioner Calhoun's renort seems to
bo that It confirms a prevalent Impression
that the late Dr. Uulz is dead.
Chicago News : Mr. Calhoun has not only
r-'labllsiicd the fact that Dr. Uulz is dead , but
that he will stay dead a long time. As Dr.
nulii was a resident of Cuba , 'Mr. Calhoun's
mission was not altogether fruitless.
Globe-Deivocrat : Tlie published Interviews
with Special Cornmlpsloner Calhoun , who has
Just retnrrcd from Cuba , reveal very little
of his opinion regarding the relative utrcnglh
of the Spci lards and the InsurgentH. On
one point , however , lie has told what ho
thinks. Ho believes the * war will not end
until ono or the other combatant Is thor
oughly her ton. It la clear , therefore , that
ho doeH not suppo.se any of the purchase
schemes hav > the slightest chance of mic-
CCHS. It Is equally clear that liu has no faith
In the ofllca'cy of any of the promised or
projected reforms by the Spaniards. The
conflict will go on until cither the last of
the Cuban bands are crushed or the
Spaniard ; ! are driven out of the Island ,
Philadelphia Record : Special Commissioner
William J. Calhoun , who has Just returned
from Cuba , where ho look part in the In
vestigation of the Uulz case , uxpressofl re-
giot at the Inability of the Investigators to
ohUIn the Important testimony of Colonel
Konsdeviela , who commanded the Spanish In
Guan.tbacon at the tlmu of Dr. Uulz'H death.
Kondsdavlela , said Mr. Calhoun , had disap
peared , and could not bo found. The em
ployes of the Cuban news factory at Key
West , uovcrtheU i , appear to linvo no diffi
culty In locating the missing witness , and , ac
cording to yesterday's budget of Key West
"fakes , " the colonel Is In the Immediate vi
cinity of Guanabncoa engaged In hirt con
genial occupation of butchering paclflcoa.
Thus the wrltem of fiction have demonstrated
the superiority of their methods over those
of the Investigators of facts.
i'iiiso.v.\i , A.M ) OTIIICHWISI : .
John D. nockefeller',3 cycling costume con-
pis Is of plaid knickerbockers , brown leather
leggings , sack coat , black Alpine hat and
brown glovrtt , No wonder a Baptist
preacher oxpres od omo doubt of the
genuineness of John's piety.
The literature of Kansas hao reached the
cackling stage , An olllcUl brochuru on
"Tho Helpful Jlen" relate * how the bird of
the bleeding commonwealth contributed $3-
333,333 to the prosperity of the state last
year. Surely that lay-out calls for three
tlmea turco cliecru.
The plans for the mEoslvo eight-track
brlilfo which Li to epin the lluil/ion at Now
York City have been modified by the boc-
rctary of war so aa to rtiluco the length of
the acntcr fjiau from 3,110 , to 2,710 feet ,
thereby reducing the ctwt of construction
from $25,000,000 to 117,000,000.
A quaint record of a boy's Fourth of
July experience Is published In "Tho Life
and Work of Thomas Greenhalgo. Governor
of Massachusetts , " jusl Issued. In a diary
written at the ago of 13 the following en-
trlia wtro mailo : "Thursday , July 3 , wetit.
to school all day. Marshall , who wan ab
sent , brought me halt a pound of powder
which 1 had ordered. " The record of the
Kourtli of July l ml.'Hlng. "Saturday , 5 ,
did not Rpt up till 11 o'clock. Wont over to
lllncklo.v's , and we went to the doctor's , nnd
ho had the powder In his face picked out. "
The subtle humor of the record will bo ap
preciated by the "old boys , " many of whonr
"have been there. "
IT.XXUD I'Oll KUX.
Snmcrvlllo Journal : There nre llleH on the
man who doesn't lit IIR ! house oul with win
dow screens In UIOF-O modern days.
Yonkers Statesman : She And you say
there wcro thirteen tit the table ?
Ho Oust.
"Ono of tlfo party Is sure to dlo before the
' . "
yonr'H oul.
"Oh , I guess not ! You see , we nro nil
olilcelioldcrM. "
ImllnnnpollH Journal : Weary Wntklns
DIs hero ncwt-naper suys that half Iho CIIUNO
of ill1 hiinl times Is ilo overcrowdln' of do
professions.
Hungry Digging It's glttln' Hint wny In
our profession , to a dead certainly.
Cincinnati Knqitlrer : The Butlr-r llstml
iiovery night ut the hour of mldnlvihl the
ghopt happcar.s nnd groans and ivnngs HH
anils.
American Tout tat Ah ! Must linve died In
the cucumber season.
Washington Star : "Mrs. Wellup says nbo
Is going tb spend n largo jmrt of tlu > Fummt'F
nt homo in the clly , " said Mr. Cumrox , re
proachfully.
"Yei , " roplloO his wife. "She can nffonl
It. tiho's so rich nobody can insinuate that
she's obliged to. "
Ynlo Ilecord : Primus * Didn't Mr. Good
man say that Colonel HlueKrns.s had become
11 prohlbiilonlsl ? Secundus Yes , nnd now !
the colonel is suing him for libel ,
Washington Star : "Did that lawyer
churgo you n very heavy fee ? " nsked the
trust magnate's friend.
"No. 1 offered him 11 largo sum of money ,
but lie refused It and sulil buM nithor hnvo
u tip on which way we're going Io send Iho
market next. "
Somorvlllo Journal : H takes a great dnal
of philosophy to keep up a philosopher's rei > -
utatlon , when the philosopher Is unfortmmto
enough to have a carbuncle on llio back oil
hia neck.
Ol'TIC.VI , ILLUSIONS.
Atlnula Constitution.
I've HlIiiH nollssed , fellers ,
Hit's a risky thing to ilo
To kiilkttlale nceordln
To how things looks to you.
Thh mfiif'tit talks the nicest
Don't be'p you up the hill ,
The ono 'at pruys Um loudest
Don't allus pay his bill.
Sometimes the biggest fishes
Biles Hie smallest kinds u' balt. %
And mighty imly wlmmln
Can make llio best o' mates.
Tin ; smartest lookln' feller
May be a rep'Iep fool ,
You're nllus kicked the highest
15y the meekest lookln' mule.
Tall or short , slim or stout ,
rich or poor , our range of size. *
and shapes in fine clothing
ready-to-wear contains jus
your size.
Any trifling alteration in
length of sleeves or trousers
that may be necessary to in
sure a perfect fit we make
promptly and without charge.
There is no such thing as a
misfit either in theg.rments
or Ihe price.
We use finer materials than
the cheap tailor uses and
make all our goods in our own
factory and under the most
careful supervision ,
No better clothing than we
offer can be made for less than
we charge. We don't know
where you will get any aa
good for as little money.
GO ,
8. W , Cor.
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