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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1897)
OAT ATT A HATT.V Illi'li' . 11 > m A "V .TTTT.V ilrt 1 QftT TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE E. UOSKWATEn , KJltof. KVKUt MOItNlNO. TKHMS OK SUHSCnit-riON. Dull ? lt e ( Without StimlHx ) , One Year. . . .16 00 IMIly lire mid .Sunday , One Venr . 8 04 RU Monllu . . , . , . 4 l Three Monllu . ZW Bun l jr I lee. On Ye r. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to Hut u relay Ike , One Year . 1 M Weekly Dee , Ono YCHT . OFKKJKSI , Omnii.-i ! The ! ! < lliUMIn * . Rinitn Otnnlmi 8ln tr lllk. , Cor. N ami 24th St . Council muir * ! 10 ivtirl Street. Cliln < ? o Olllces JI7 Chnm1x > r of Commerce. New York ! Hooim 13 , 11 and 15. Tribune ntJif. WnB.ilngton ) Ml Fourteenth Street. cx > iiu-sroNDi.vcn. [ : /ill comnninlc.itlonn relating to ncwn nnd fdllo- tlnl mntler should ! nd < lr * . sf < l ! To the Ivlltor. mt.SINESS J.KTTBHS. All business letters nnd romltlAticoii should be ndilirfwed to The II'-o 1'uMIMdriK Company , Cin.nlia. Drnfls , checks , cxire | i and I'ostolllc * inoni-y orrtcm to l > e mndc pnynhlc to the nrdcr or the company. Tin ; 111:1 : ; I'um.iKiiiNo COMPANY. STATKMKNT OK n nle of Ni'hrHflin , Uouslas County , tst OcorKo II. THcliurk , Secretary of The Ilec l'nl ) . IIMilne company , l > lnn duly sworn , mys that the nctiial numher of full nnd complete copies of The I'nlly JlornltiR. KvenliiK nnd Sundiiy llec printed tlnrlni ? the month nf June. lf.)7 ! , was as follows : 1. , 20.S3 ! 16 . I9.M5 2 . M.I37 17 . 10.641 10,813 18 . 13.574 19 . 19.770 f. . 18.931 20 . 20.M2 ! . . . . > . 20.100 21 . m.r,93 V . 20.02.- , 22 . 20.121 R . l ! > .Tt ! ) 21 . . . 19S7 9 . M.T.'S 21 . 10.SH JO . llt.flU S3 . l ! .r,71 11 . 10.P6.1 32 . l ! > .si 19 . 20,211 JS : , I2 14 . , . 19.7IN 21 15 . ID.Sr.O 21SO 19.574 Total BM.112 I.c. . i ilnlurtlnn for unsnjii and re turned copies ! > 217 Tolal net Mies CM.1M Net dally nvor.iKi > I9r,40 nuonon ii. T/.scnucic. Rn-orn to before me nnd fiilwrlljH In my pre - * nca this 3d day of July. 1W7. N. I * , mil. . Notary I'uhllc. TIIK III2I3 OS TIIAIXH. All rnllr'iitil iiiTNliojH nrr Ati | > l > llei1 ivllli i-no n prh HeeM fo ncroniiiHxtiili- every IIIIH- Kriiucrlio iviiiili ( i > rrnil n itiirHiiiM | < r. InsNI upon linv- IHJV Tlio HIM * If yeti eitmiot Kt-i it DIMmi a I I'll I n from tlio m-\VN imrnl , pliiiNireport ( In- fuel , NtnOiiKT tinriln ( anil rnllriiMil , to ( lie Cli-eilln lion Drimi-liiicjit of 'I'lii- HIMThe lire IH for null * on nil Irnlii * . IXSIST O1IAVIVO TIIH III5K. 1'AIITIliS M-MVI.VK VHIl TIIH SUMM12II j 1'nrdoH lonvliijj- flu * oUy for fluHiiiiiinir < -iui linve The HIM * xeiit lo Ilieni reniilitrly liy nolir.vliiKThe lleil > u l- iiens iillliie In iierson or Iiy iiuill. Tlio iiililresn vlll bo clinntveil IIH often IIM iloNlreil. isliii will lie at UK ; cxiiosliion bi ns life nml In all lt fiiory. Tlio same follows who atlvlsud Bollu not lo ruslKii arts now atlvlslni ; to rofusu to vos Doujjlas county fa-Is 100 dolojjatos In llio nnxt roiniblloan state convuntion. WIIo wants to lu > a About -10 to. 1 would bo a . real deal closer to the present ninrkot ratio of sil- v.er , aml tfold , .than JU to 1 , or OVIMI ; > 2 tol. No one bt'KrutlfTW PivsldiMit .MeKinli-.v Ills siniinicr vacation. Kvor.v ont > wlslii's only tliat lie niisht cinulati ! the president In the matter of an ontini : . The chief of polleo ( picstlon , so far as the polk'o board in oonei'nii'd , seeins to have resolved Itself into the question. Does the tail was tlie do r or the dot ; vn\E \ the tall ? No wood reason whatever can he ml I- vaneed why Omaha should be dls criminated apilnst in the matter of mat train facilities in favor of Chicago , St Louis , Kansas City and Denver. If the European powers want to con trol the Hnances of Greece It is probably for the purpose of creating a llnanclal Inducement that will inaku them reluc tant to jjlvo up their membersiilp lu the concert. The latest market reports say boiler tubes are stronger and steel pipe higher. We presume that from this we may ex- peel fewer boiler explosions and less dlf- llculty in building tire stands on tall skyscrapers. Despite the utmost vigilance some of the effusions of ( lie calamity editor of our esteemed popocratle contemporary .will . escape the scrutiny of the prosperity editor and llnd their way Into its col umns every no\v and then. In the llcht of the continued rise of wheat and fall of silver during the past year some of the speeches made by the free coinage agitators in the last cam paign read as If they were Intended to compete with Huron Munchauscn's yarns. According to reliable reports , the corn outlook Is better In Nebraska Hutu In niiy other state , and Nebraska promises to have n yield of corn nearer to a full crop than any other state In the corn belt. This ought to be pVetty good news for Nebraska farmers. Senator Mason of Illinois has moved the time for the freedom of flubii up lo October 1. About six weeks ago he set ( the limit at thirty days from that time. Senator Mason mlnht perhaps adopt a rilldlng scale of Cuban liberty to advan tage to his reputation as a history fore caster. The price of steamer passage to Alaskr\ Is only ? ) for the round trip , and Inlamf travel Is not overly expensive. It Is do easy enough to get to the gold llehis If one has money to start with , but the chances of bringing money bat' ) ; on the return trip are on a par with tickets In our a lottery. Douglas county's delegation in the be republican state convention will consti tute almost one-ninth of the whole num. lier of accredited votes. The reiire- sen la t Ion is apportioned according to votes cast for ( lie republican ticket at the last general election. Douglas county IN plainly the chief standby of the re publican party In Nebraska. VS1FOHM1TY" I't.AX. Although th < adoption by the confer- diets of coal of * " operators tlip"lviit ? mil- fortuity" plan Is said to have i.o bearing ; on the strike of coal miners , It sins ! probable that It will operate favorably upon the proposed arbitration for th settlement of the contest , ft Is certain ! an Important concession to the miner ; In proposing to do away with companj stores and to pay In cash every tw weeks. The abolition of the "pluck-m stores" will of Itself be n very ik'cltlci gain for the mlnern , since these store have done more than anything else t keep the miners who are compelled ti deal with them In destitution and vlr tually In a condition of slavery. Thos who are paid In orders on these stores as thousands of them are , are of cours mulcted and any complaint of over charges has biought certain dlsmlssa from work. Thus the victims of till unscrupulous robbery are placed In : position to which African slavery wouh be preferable. If the strike shall resul In the abandonment of this system o plunder and in securing cash paymen lo tins mine workers a very Importan reform will have been accomplished. lr providing for full weight 2HK ) pound to a ton there Is virtual acknowledge ment of past dishonesty In this partial lar and this feature of the plan consr iiuently met with some opposition. It skeins probable that the "true mil fortuity" plan will be accepted by a stir licieiit nitmlu-r of operators to make I effective and this Ireltig the case ai earnest effort should now be made U bring about an arbitration of tin ; trouble , l , OA/r I'Ult President McKlnley Is so strongly committed to the policy of civil servic reform , not only by his utterances li congress , but by what he said lu ills letter of acceptance and his Inaugural address , that no one who has faith lu life Integrity of the man will be sur prised al ills promulgation of the ruK . that "no removal shall be made from | any position subject lo competitive ex amliiation except , for just cause ami upon written charges filed with the bead of ( he department or other appolntin olllcer , ami of which the accused shall j have full notice and opportunity to make defense. " This rule gives assurano that under the present administratioi no employe of the government In the classified service is in danger "f losing his place for political reasons. The fac thai a man In the government service who has entered it through a competitive examination holds political opinions ad verse to those of the administration wll not be regarded as a just cause of re moval. Competent , faithful and etlieleni men will retain their positions , regardless of Iheir politics. Nor will th-ro be au.v olio I'L'inovL'd fiom tinflnsilU'd sorvici1 , without belli ; : jjlvuii a full and fiili1 op- | portuntty to be heard. There is to In1 no repetition under this administratioi of the course purstt.'d ' under Its prod * ' LTSSOP of making removals without oven J iwriiilttlng tinvk'iiin of the lumtlsuiiiv to know onwliut cluii'.tu1 In1 wns b. lii'iiiliMl. No 111:111 : in tin ; cliissillvil sei-v ice , liDU'evor liuinhli' , but will lit ? nllowc't to know : uul to nnswi'r wlmluvur uccn stitlini may lit- brought apiinst liiin ; n- ollk'liil so lilu'li tliit : ln > can iiioi'i ; ! tills ri 'lit of liis subortliiiiites. This is in eomi > luti > accord wllli tbr essential principle and spirit of clvi service reform. It panoplies rvery com- petltlve position in the public service with an impregnable safeguard against the spoilsman. It says to every man in such position , Do your duty and you art secure. Tims 1'resldent McKlnley ha.- , , again attested his devotion to and h'i : | faith In the reform and given renewe ' assurance that th'ere will ! ) > no back ward step In regard to it while ho has ' the duty of administering the law. RRTAMATIUA H UUMJ SIKAK , The enactment of the new tariff law has iiQt been followed by any fresh threats of retaliation from Kuroiican governments. Whether or not they will put Into effect those vhlch have been made remains to lu > seen , but so far as some of them are concerned they have gone about as far as they can , umli-r present circumstance-i , In their discrimi nations against American products. They cannot , for example , further dis criminate against our breadstuff's , wltli liiu necessity facing thorn of imving to look to the Toiled States for supplies. Kurope will be more dependent upon this country for the next year than it lias been for several years ami such being the case there is not likely to be much done In the way of tariff retalia tion. tion.Kilt Kilt suppose the European govern ments should adopt a retaliatory policy , what would It mean ? A lO'-s of only about 7 per cent of the total prod uct of our industry , taking the census returns of 1SM ! as a basis. Of course Ihls would be a somewhat serious mat ter. A loss of exports valued at hun dreds of m'.lllons of dollars annually Is would bo felt by nearly every Interest and by some with peculiar hardship. Hut while It would"bu hurtful It would not bi > absolutely destructive. The country would survive It and it la a so question whether we would suffer more than the countries excluding our prod ucts. A well known writer on tlnain'Ial and economic topics says In regard t < > his : -'Two-thirds of our exports , worth , say. ! ? r > < X ) , < ) < HMiM ! ) . consist of cotton , tobacco - " bacco , petroleum , wheat , beef , pork , lard , butter , cheese ami other articles of prime necessity. Deprivation of them would mean to most of th. > countries which now procure them from us Idle ness and starvation for millions of their 000 population. The most that they could would be to exclude our manufac Is tured goods , but as the export of these of goods never has exceeded In valu. > . JiO.- this ooo/MX ) a year , or about per cent of productive capacity , their cessation , whllo U would bo a severe blow to In ing dividuals , would , to the nation , al large , a mi're trllle. " and What Is the situation at present ? < ! < > r- many , France and one or two other sas European governments sharply dis criminate against certain American products. The governments of thee countries have gone about'as lar as they dare go in this direction without arousing the determined opposition of I the i gre.it body of consumers a whose cost < th discriminations are maintained. i nmpipstloiiabiy th re Is an clemnt In j ' all ; those countries wlfeh would Ii very j i glad j to Imvo the mo. t radical policy of retaliation adopted , but there Is another element whose Interests and demands must be considered. This Is composed of the people who do not wan to pay more for their necessities am who could not be persuaded to compla rioiitly acquiesce In a policy tint would compel them to do so. The new tariff law offers an njipor tunlty to nearly every country will which we trade to enter Into cniniiit < r < clal arrangements ( Jiat may be mutually advantageous. II holds out an Induce incut lu this respect that very few conn tries cannot avail themselves of. Th , provisions In the new law relating t < commercial agreements and reciprocity treaties are comprehensive In their scope. With such broad opportunity to negotiate no country can lln'd a reason able excuse for adopting a policy oi retaliation , at least until efforts at ne gollatlon shall fall. There Is undoiibt edlj a strong sentiment abroad favor able to such a policy , but It is not prob able that It will accomplish much more In this direction than It has already done. The Hoard of Kdiicatlon lias btn-i Inveigled Into the coiisltler.'itlon of : scheme to change the text books In the public schools. This scheme , If carrlei' out , would Involve nu oullay of several thousand dtillai-s. With u ill-licit of J,8'V ? 00(1 ( staring It In the face , the board has absolutely no exeuso for encouraging or countenancing any such proposition at Hie present time. There Is no more pressing need of . changing the text books in the public schools than there Is of changing thi' ' pattern of all the school room furniture The text books now in use might possi bly be Improved , but no serious injury lo , our ( educational system will be suffered by j retaining them In use a few yeam longer. Changing text books has been emu of the prolific sources of Jobbery In all school boards. The manufacturers of school books and book dealers are con stantly scheming to replace ono sel of text t books with another set. Text books- are being changed almost as often as th- > fashions , and book sellers do not scruple to t push their wares by methods that art1 not always commendable. In view of the existing condition of the school treasury , the board will have difliculiy In justifying any deal for anew now sot of text books. TO mriY rubie The mistake the reform Board of Fin and 1'olice Commissioners Is making is in trying to make terms with ofllcers notoriously Incompetent and whose conduct , duct has disgraced the city and de moralized the police force. A chief who winks at lawlessness and vice , closes his eyes and ears to nightly orgies In the vilest dens and lacks the 1I 1 energy and ability to keej the I town clear of , , thugs , thieve * and : i burglars Is not'lH to hold any posl I ion whatever in the police department. Tiie duty of Hie board Is to reorganlx- the police force on the lines of disciplbii and eflicieney. A man who associates with tlie vicious classes is no more lit to t bs a captain or a sergeant than he is | to bo chief. A chief who will allow all sorts of crime's to be coin- mitltl under his very nose lias no claim to any position on the force. To . . ask such a man to resign Instead of Kits- pundlng him at once pending investiga tion ( of charges of negligence , Incom- petency and disreputable conduct lowers the board In the public esteem and tends to incite Insubordination. The board should always bear in mind that the Sd discipline of the police depends upon its own firmness and decision. If a dis reputable police chief can defy the po lice board ami holt ! it at bay until he exacts terms , every subordinate will make faces at the chief and at the board. When the police force Is given to understand that the board has a policy from which it will not deviate and that UIP commissioners are determined to weeil out Incompetents , insiibordinates iiud crooks , the first victory for police a reform will be won. sfc sfcbi Comptroller Kekels , in I fa discussing the | be advance of returning prosperity and a 'numerating ' the- conditions that will make prosperity permanent , lays special stress upon the need for carrying on niishiess in a business way , and particu larly In our dealings with those from iibroad willing to place money in Amer d ican enterprises. As Mr. Kckcls truly wi snys , while one sharp trick upon a for ha eign investor gains a profit In tlnit In nn stance for the man who engineers It , It Jim anJi [ burls twenty legitimate enterprises and m gives llio country a general bad rojinia I ce " tlon. It may bu dlllicult to repress or suppress the sharpers who practice what tantamount to swindling operations A upon trusting people In far-away coun tries , but if some efforts had been put forth In this direction in the past , this of country could certainly not have suffered ia great a withdrawal of coiimlene'o dur iain ing the recent financial depression. hon , 'C Wildcat couccriin ami fraudulent stock : oi and bond jobbing have been of fncalcuhi- ial ble injury to hom-st enterprise and no must be held In check If-wo are lo re til gain completely the prestige formerly 1)0 enjoyed by the United States. can The Price Current'review of the hog market Jlguns the hogs-handled since March 1 at the leadlngpolnts as 7fiKV ! , as compared with ( lr > 2.iHX ( ) for thi corresponding period of last year. What significant about this showing Is that Uiu the gain L' < ! Sooo.was at.Omaha. whllo the leaders , Chicago and Kansas city , gained only ftd/AX ) aiid liD.'i.OOO , re spectively. The advance Omaha is mak on Chicago apd Kansas City as a of hog market Is measured In the tables with thu opening of the new Armour can frco plant Omaha will be sure to piish Kan City soon for second place. ' Importers who have anticipated the in- cmised tin Iff duties by stocking up in , . | liam first | fore the new law went into effect will doubtless reap u profit upon their ven tures. Thu same thing , however , has the happened 1 cveey-tlme n new tariff law has 1 b'-eu runutiMl , the prospective ' chamres of duir flji.'lnpjdlscounted In ad- A by spec illative traders. Hut when I jl large slocks of grrods' are on hand prices adjust them-tfiyjfl but gradually to tin- new i schcduleg.j.tjud the measure of the | pioilt \ on articles thus Imported Is con siderably short "of the advance of the duty. T33 Attention ta called to the fact th.it The Hee Is the jirtlV1 paper published lu Omaha or Jfrebrnska that prints th' . ; full ( ; : < i of the league basi ! ball games. Drvotees of the national game e-annot fall to recog nize the enterprise that gives tlpm this detailed Information for which they for merly hail to look to Chicago and St. Louis papers. For the best sporting news consult the columns of The Hoe. The railroads are reporting better busi ness In all parts of the country and In- emislng the employment In their car factories and repair shops. Hallway business Is dependent upon business In all other branches of Industry and rail roads cannot prosper e-xeepl upon the foundation of general prosperity. The intentions of the World-Herald reporter who undertook to assist Hart ley In buying a bail bond at $10 a thou sand were dotthtlc.ts good , lie did nof imagine bis employers would go back on him after they bad stood by Hartley through embezzlement , conviction and Imprisonment. Chief Slgwart says that the demand for his ] resignation Is a Hosewater move ment. \ \ Whenever an imbecile or a crook In 1 public ofliee Is asked to vacate lie always Is sure that the effort to get rid of hint Is a Uosewater movement. l'r < > MH' < 'H vc Cur I'll in Inc. Indlnnnpnlts Journal. The demand for cars for hauling grain from tlio west is growing so rapidly that the t railroads are beginning to fear a car famine. : IJctter a car famine than a crop famine. Doi'Hli't Think So Now. St. I.oul' ' < Hlohc-Dcmoiirnt. Slnco Hryan'a defeat the NcbrasUaus have paid alt inik'btcdno.ss to the extent of $28- 003,000. There Is nothing the matter with Nebraska , except that the populists Jo'P- notizeil It into thinking Itself ragged , penni less and crooked. Of Fltlll-.HM. Chicago HecOrtt. Secretary Sherman should bo prnud of Ujcse rumors that he Is about to resign. No man caci feel Ilia , ; lie 'Is holding the job of secretary of stale. Oown In a thoroughly pro- fctslcnal mannar until these rumors bcglt , to bu circulated about him. , Jo.tlllllll IH tin It. I Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. 1 Joaquln Mlllnf haS'jo'ned ' the gener.il rush to Klondykc. If there Is any general rush In which Joaquln ' 'lias ' 'not flgureJ , poetically anil picturesquely , Within the memory of the oldest 'Inhabitant , Jt.'may b ? put down as an unintentional oiplssion on the part of the silver-haired singer , , of the snow-crostod Sierras. , ' . . t Some Stiirlllnti FlK'iil'C * . dilcaBii Tribune. Agitation against lynching has begun again In tiio southern stales. It Is high time jtpr H. ; Tliei'e have1 'been eighty-one.eased , of lynching reported sfflco January 'i' ' , 1C07 , and of thcefe , Spvcniy'-'eftfat have taken"iilnce In tuV'soiilh , aSvfoll6w ? : ' Geofi-Va. . ; South Caro'lltia , 5 ; Mississippi' ' , ' 'J ; Louisiana , 7 ; Florida , 5 ; Texas , 15 ; " Alabama" 11 ; Ken- tu.okjH ; Tennessee , 7 ; Virginia , ' 1 ; Arizona , I : Arkansas , 3 ; Missouri , 3 , and Maryland , 1. There have been but three lynchlngs In the north during this period , om > each In Cali fornia , Ohio and Nevada. O < TIMOII for Hejolvliipr. N'ew York Uvenlns Journal. A very remarkable condition was presented by the country Sunday. Notwithstanding the Kiondyke fever and the crops , a sudden sense of peace and security pervaded the whole union , Men and women assembled In the'lr churches and gave thanks , or they took their children and went for an outing with a new Joy In their hearts. All nature seemed to respond to man's fresh sense or gratitude and restfulntss. It was a day unique among Sundays , for the nation seemed tc settle down to a serenity and experience a deep-rooted though sudden optimism. It Is , perhaps , needless to say that congress had adjourned sine die. AVIII Not litI.OIIK nulnyvtl. 1 Jos ton J'ost. The good times , which began at the west last year in the extraordinary paymint of farm mortgages and the laying by of money in bank by the farmers , are hastening along this year under the Impulse of promising agricultural conditions. The south answers ' jack to the west , predicting a great cotUn crop ; the Florida orangs growers are recov ering from the blight of the great freeze ; the price of wheat stands nearly 20 ccnis bushel higher than a year ago. If the aun- shine of the coming prosperity has not yet broken In full brilliancy over the manu facturing sections of the country , U cannot long In coming. Congress has adjourned , d one source of anxiety Is removed. And the American people are arousing to the work of compelling fortune to smile again upon thU land of great resources. llll'lls Mi New York Hun. A now crime of the Money Power has been discovered ! by a Chicago silver poet. He wepps over the "good ol' times we used to of havo" when "wheat was worth a dollar and orn was thirty cents , and the prairie hen and meadow lark sang sweetly on the fence. ' no lint the melodious prairie hen and the meadow lark h vo long ceased to glvo con its certs on the fence. "CJod bless the little creatures , their songs stick In their throats , They know we are embarrassed and cannot pay our notrx ; bird will nit for hours nnd droop Ills head and tall , And wonder wliwi tthe old fnrm'll be sold nt shtrlff's fitle.'li ' Somebody oughtnto ) toll the Chicago poet the rise of Uil'Tlfo of wheat and of the paying of the mortgage on thu oU farm ; and then the pool oug'nt tel go and tell thu pralrio and inradow lark and induce them to resume ! business/ * The shutting up of the concerts of the pfslrTt * lien and meadow lark one of the mtifct awful of the many woes our ascUbed to the crime of 1873 , but there Is let reason why tiHom-3 ] | ehonld stick In their threats ! auy loiiRrri'J'ho ! : old farm will not sold , and the tllctit Keraloas on the fence I bo ailJounieiLaj'illiout day. MKMOU.UIM : IJ.VTKS. IlrjHililli'iiii Tr iijiinliH uni 811 mi'iitx l.'hlii'r lii'.ViVlln ' iiiil l'roNirrlt | > - . WortlMerTTelfKram. | gj A republican nrc cUUut , a republican vlco prcKident , a republican speaker and a re un publican congress have kept the. pledge of Pic republican platform and have put upon eir statute books a republican tariff bill. tin From this day al ) ( he people , us well as manufacturers and merchants , know where nu they stand. They are onno more under 0,4 protection , of A day cannot suIDce to undo the mischief > eors. The country cannot at one step 20 stand ; where It was when llio triumph of cei trade at the polls struck down AmerlI I age Industries. ' eld Three dates will be memorable In the re The viving. the resurrection of these Industries : pa November 3 , 1S8G when 7,113,103 votera an rt'glKtered their will I Dial republican laws the should ho msilcj Mdrch 4 , 1807 , when Wil In McKlnley entered the White Hou.ie , the cot of another long succecslon of re git publican presidents ; July 2i , 1897 , when a ono republican tariff bill Is once more put upon tion statute books , to be the law for genera alt tions to come1. 1'V ' JA1'\.VS SKCOM ) PHOTUST , Washington Star : I ! KngUnil In turn-tab.- Inq the > music for the diplomatic str | < * In | which Japan la Indulging the latter country ( will probably open Iffl eyes In astonishment when the piper presents his bill. Dstrolt Pro ? l'rt s : It's a new experience for this Kovrrnmc-nt to he rebuked for over riding the rights of any o'hcr power , greater or small , , but If we have set out on a policy of territorial ngKrcs lan we v > \ \ \ soon bt'coiuo hardened to It. Philadelphia Inquirer : U Is sald In Wash ington that the McKlnley Administration wilt Ignore the Japanese Iirotist. This Is exactly what should be done , for the protest Is an Inault at best. We very much mistake the sentiment of I ho senate it IhU attempted Interference does not bring to the support of annexation meet uf thoap who arc opposing it or nro lul'ewarm upon the subject. Chlcflgo Journal : Japan a protest ap.llust the annexation of Hawaii lo u courluous piece of rending , but It la weak in occidental logic. Its iirgumcnt ; luck force , Its ro-'nons arc not cogent ; they are , In fact , hmllyl' relevant. K we arc not to annex ll.iwall It must be for other reasons than the protests - tests of Japan. If WP arc to annex. Japan should be kindly but firmly warned to korp out and save herself useless trouble. Detroit Journ.il : Japan In reullty want : 'l ' the Hawaiian government to retain Its pres ent status or In default of retaining U tlul thu government had the Islands over to Japan , and that Is all there l-s to the protest of the clever llttlo territorial extunslonlsts ( of the Island empire. Jn the meantime we shall be able to have a deal of diplomatic fun with tiie resident minister until the December 1 meeting of congress. Evening WIsrc isln : The Japanese note objecting to the annexation nf tlu < Hawaiian Islands by the United States is Interesting chiefly . " a veiled intimation that Japan wants the 'Islands ' for horsdf. The Island. ? are U.fiOO mllea from San Francisco , It Is true , but they arc three times as far ns that from Japan. If the AmcrlR.ui ptoplo want the Islands , which have been formally offered to us by their government , theio Is no reason for caring whether Japan wants lu to take them or not. Now York Journal : We trust that See- rotary Sherman will send the Japanese minister a uoto as long and as polite us hla own , showing him why Hawaii must bo an nexed to tlm United States and why Japan has no reason to object. We have learned of latu on the side of Kurope that mntte < r counts for nothing In diplomacy lu comparison with manner. Japan Is entitled to the very best manners we can offer hor. Let us annex Hawaii wit' ' ! such a gracious diplomatic courtesy t -t the Mikado will take our action as a i rsonal favor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat : Japan's loud talk In the Hawaiian matter Impresses &omo of the editors In Franco England and ( lermany , but It Is entirely Bafo to say that h docs not deceive any of the diplomats , statesmen or eoldlri'B in those countries. No reasonable being anywhere believes Japan will light lo prevent annexa tion. However , the United States govern ment's duty to have a strong fleet within easy distance of Hawaii is so Imperative that It will not be neglected. Hawaii will be United States territory next winter. Chicago Record : The text of Japan's protest to Secretary Sherman against the an nexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States does credit to the statesman ship of the Yankees of the east. The protest Is virtually a plea for the maintenance of the traditional policy of the United States , and Is thus a tribute , to the statesmen who have outlined our policy In the past , lu seeking to annex the Hawaiian Islands , the Japanese protest Intimates the United States Is HficK entering upon that land-grabbing policy which It always has been disposed to criticise In others , and especially In Great Hritain. Philadelphia Press : The general tenor of the letter , and still more its subtle sugges tion , } , bring the question back to the decisive proposition that Hawaii must fall under the control of one of the strong Pacific powers. The United States cannot permit any other power to take possession , and so we must take It ourselves. We suppose there are very few Americans , however conservative , who would acquiesce in linglish , French , German or Japanese acquisition of Hawaii. To pre- yent such n contingency we must either establish a protectorate or provide for an nexation , and on every consideration the latter policy la the better. Chicago Inter Ocean : Some of the London Journals pretend to believe that this formal protest of Japan Is In elfect a threat to resist annexation , and they are very much concerned because the Americans do not re gard the protest as a threat of war. No people in the world recognize a threat when they see It quicker than Americans. And when it pleases Japan or any other power Asiatic or European to make a threat the American government will resent it , nnd the people as ono man will be behind the gov ernment. Great llrltaln has tried the ex " periment and ktious and Japan Is too well Informed to make a mistake. MOIUC CUIMI2S , U.U.\.ST SI I , A'UK. ICIomlykc IN nil liifniiioiix Miiulilniitloii of I lie 31oi't'.v I'otrcr. Chicago Times-Herald. J Again , does Sliver , with a capital S , suffer | martyrdom ; once more Is elm the victim of in crime. Talk about the "crime of 1S73 , " first ta discovered and exposed by the t-eiTlor senator .it . from Nevada the "dark act , " which the lie luminous Intellect of Senator Morgan has In pictured In such fomber hues ! That was ac nothing in comparison with the monstrous crimes of today. Well may It be said that horror on horror's head accumulates when we look around and see how the money by power , that deadly enemy of silver , Is re porting to the most Infamous means to dls- ; race and bring obloquy upon the pure white netal. Not fatlfifled with constantly Increasing the output of gold from the already well known region. ? of Its production , what docs llil.i fiendish persecutor of silver , this mullclouo conspirator agilnst the human race , do ? It ha"i actually had the effrontery to find an ho other gold region of such marvelous pro ductive power that the price of silver has declined to almost the lowest point It has and over known. Fifty-nine cents an ounce , and the no bottom ! A 4t5-cent dollar , and no h pe ! the Appalling as thla crime Is , It brings no blush shame to the hardened brow of the money power. That relentless being , like the mon ster of Frankenstein , has no conrclenco and moral principle. Unsatiuted In its desires and unmoved by the dliitrest , and misery of In victim , the money power haj committed Inno another crime. Jt lias torn away and ab ducted wheat , the pretended twin filster of rllver , from lla loved embrace. Could any ml thing be more monstrous ? Wheat , ou long associated In the Imagination of the mvect plil singers of silver , with their beloved Idol , haii been ruthlessly eiutched away , and goes J.lln soaring in the markets. The farmers may Hue 'mnllo and pay their debts in got-d money , in but the wind is let out of the sliver orator's host argument ! Could anything bo more far lit Plenty of gold , and advancing prices for mn bountiful crops ! What are wo coming to out when such crlmcM can he committed under a very eyea ? Will the money power never up ? of in COMIMII.SOKV IXSIJUAXCK. IIK the in .Vo v In .Surri-HNfiil O | Kiv KivJ Aiming ( iiTiiiunVorUliiKnxn. . J Olilrano Newa. eon Germany i lias a system of compulsory In C01 surance for worklngmen that Is somewhat re EBf markable in Its results. The report for 1S9G more liu shows that 18,389,000 persons were insured He under the law. of whom 3,409,000 were em was ployes In shops and factories , 12,290,000 were waC employed in agriculture and 690,000 were in his employ of the state. In that year the off be number of , flccftlcnto was 74,897 , of which am 0,418 terminated fatally. The total expense with the system for thu year was $ 13,400,000. , let Under I the Herman system a workman of 2ould years of age paya un equivalent of 40 couC cents a week ' for Ibree years , and at the the of 05 h'e receives the sum of $77. be erans sides having an Insurance against accidents. fatl annual premium is divided into three dm parts , ono of which la paid by the assured , ant another by hU employer and the other by Lirasa state. The number of accidental deaths ilon. Germany is larger than In any other 7 country In Europe , but why this la so Is not vol given In the report. This ban no doubt been we ; of llio causes that lias led to thu adop I'opa of compulsory Insurance in Germany , It \ although a similar system la lu vogue In Seji Franco , | : ated STIUKMH COAST .Vctv Con I Tnrlrr Stint * Out Tlii-lr SAN FUANOISCO , Jill29. . A change of importance to the manufacturing Intrrpjls of lhl coast has been made by the now tariff. If the understanding now entertained is the correct one. Its Importance Is mig- Rested in n note of Instruction given by Col lector Jackson to the deputy collectors In the following communication : lu Mew of the Htaiulurtl llxt'd by the new tnrllT of 91 per cent of llxed cm bun in the line of domurkiUlou ln-tut'en nntlivnclte and bituminous cosl. you will exact n de posit on all ' 'nrgoe-s heretofore ; pass-Hl as mull rne-lto. ! Under the old tariff co.il that exreeded | SS per cent of fixed carbon was rated as i anthracite co.il nnd was admitted free of ) duty. ] Most vt the coal imported hero from Swansea ranged from S3 to 90 per ct-nt and I" came In free. Under the now tariff it will nearly all bo rated as bltumlnotm and j | , will : bp charged u duty of l > 7cuts a ton. The iiuftructlons given were for the purpose of Kprurlnt ; n deposit eqtul to the duty be ' fore relecning such coal. Immense quantities of SwatiKn coal are . annually imported at this port for con- ' BUiuptloii on tills coast , mostly for manu facturing purposes. The kind of coal with whlrh It comrs uuistly In competition , ia thu Pcnlmylvanla anthracite' . Whether the duty Is Milllclunt to cover the difference- the cost of transportation from Pennsylvania or not remains to bo neon. H It docn not , the result. It Is said , will bo Hlmply lo Increase - crease llio cost of this kind of coal to the manufacturers who use It. MVl.VK Ui\S ; A.1llClv ) IX TIIH IIAltllOlt. Collides ivllh nil i\ < . 'llf < loll llonl , n I'lor null TrnnifoiHunt. . NIJVV YO11K , .luly 29. Theu.cuna I on bout Chancellor , with thu T. J. Kelly Association of Jersey City on board , was run Into mid badly damaged by the United States steatii- shli ( Mo tin in tlif Kast river today. The Cluneellnr was Biu.ishud on Its port bow , and for a long distance back , above the water lino. It continued up thu ISaat river. The Maluu passed the lutteiy about 1n'clock bound for the anchorage oft TomiiMn.u-lllo. Tlio paint was scraped oft its bow. No otic on board the Chancellor was 'Injured. In seeking to uvnld the colllslrii the Maine cama lu contact witli a pier. On board the Maine no otic eould be found who would lalk about the collision. Drawing back from tlio pier , the Malm ; ran Into a lloat belong ing to the New York , New Haven ft Hart ford Hallway company and upc i which were ten freight cars , part of them loaded. A Itolo was stove in the lln.U and It sunk with Un cargo afler the crow had been taken off by a tug. I'Mv \ ovtllen.llt llntoN. CHICAGO , July 2:1. : The special conven tion of the Polish Uoman Cnthollo Union of America today adopted the new conytUu- tion. The amount payable to u womnu on the dciitb of her huslmud was llxed at $250 to Jl.OW ; that to u man on bis wife's death , J2JO. ( iOI.I ) IX AI.ASIC.V. , Plttsburg News : The Arctic circle Is cvl- ' dcutly a ring of gold. * PUU'burg Tclegraidi : Perhaps the north polo will bo reached by way ot Kiondyke. Detroit Free Press : Thu other side of the Alaskan gold story is too far away to be told. Memphis Appeal : It Is just possible that there are some gold brick Holds in the uew Kldorndo. Chicago Tribune : Don't go to Kiondyke on the llrot offer of grubstake. There Is too much grub at stake. Cleveland Leader : It Is about 5,000 mile ? from here to the Alaskan gold fields , nnd several times as far back. Detroit News : Some of the talcs from the Klondyku suggest the presence there of an escaped Cuban correspondent. Chicago Chronicle : A fellow with not enough money to got to Kiondyke may be in great luck and not know It. Ohio State Journal : AVe are just waiting for the announcement that some Ohio man discovered .that gold In Alaska. . Chicago 'Times-Herald : There are no | courts In the Kiondyke region , but perhaps , , they at'o not necessary where every one oh- | serves the golden rule. ( SACK'S 1HISTOX A11DHK5S. Chicago Times-Herald : In his address the secretary assures the country that In the movement toward reform there will be no haste and no delay. There need be no alarm on c e hand that there will bo sweeping and unnecessary changes , nor misgivings on thIn oth = r that all reform will be forgotten. "The administration will not alcep nor nst Inactive. Its influence has been and will be for prompt atid Judicious action. " With th assurance the people may well real satisfied. saWl Chicago Evening Post : These are the words of a man prominently 'Identified with the reform sentiment , who has long and ably ' : advocated a change In the direction of scientific banking , not those of a politician anxious to stave off a dlllicult tank. The most ardent and convinced friend of mone tary reform cannot gainsay the secretary'b statements ; of fact. The administration will not rest Inactive , but will use Its ItiOuence favor of reasonably prompt and judicious action , ho awures us , and with thU assur ance the business community will rest satis- fled. Kansas City Star : The appointment of Mr. Gage to the post he now holds was accepted the public as a guarantee of currency re form. Hla views on the subject were well known acid cordially approved. Hut his talk now is disappointing. He seems to be learn ing the art of using words to conceal thoughts , and that Is not an admirable faculty. The people who have long admiral him as a frank , just and honest man woul 1 prefer to see him continue in that char is acter. If ho had been asked before thc > election what issues were to be determined wpnld have answered promptly and em phatically that It wa a question of finance exclusively. Now that the election is over his party has failed to fulfill its pledges , excuse that the matter Is not urgent , Hubterfugo that there Is no need for haste , comes with poor grace from Mr. Gage. f'e I'HHSOX.YI. AM ) OTIIKHWISH. ti tid Dcnman Thompson is living on his farm d New Hampshire , and he says he has no notion ! of acting any more , rr George Eliot wrote for eight yearn with the same pen , and when site lo.it It bewailed her misfortune as almost too hard to bear. Though steamship companies have com plained for many years of Hinall earnings , P' J. Illbby of Liverpool , head of the Illbby P'W , who died recently , aged 83 , left $9,090,000 P personal property. W A plausible young man accented a Georgia farmer one day last week , and in u very rc little ! while induced him to pay $50 for a machine which ha as.mred him would turn Ic brand-new $20 bills by simply turning crank. i te After the three. Cornell victories u professor tl- that Institution noticed a tlp y freshman tla a horse car. "Ileen on a drunk ? " ho tlg Inquired. A gleam of fellowship sparkled in eye of the freshman as he replied , after g giving the college yell : "So have I. " James Utirko of Lennl and William Antler- sc ! of Maple recently met in Delaware county to aeo who could eat the most raw In the shell. Ilurko swallowed throe after his and now opponent gave up , ' ai litirlte claims to be tho' champion eater of Delaware : county. The total number eaten si fifty-one. Governor Bradley of Kentucky , who , on al recent outing trip In the woods , ahaved alw lila beard , was called hark homo before w had tlmu to change his old camp clothe * , Ills office hey , who had always RCCII him fo neat clothes and long beard , refuted to him lu. it was .several mlnuU-fl before bu it- gain admission to his own office , General Q , Vf , Custla Lee has presented to Lee-Jackaon camp of confederate vet of Lexington a. lantern used by his e Father , General Kobert ] S. Lee , in lila tent luring the civil war. The lantern is large substantial , the metal work being of , and it Is in a good state of preaervH- . A candle was used to furnlali light. The highest price ever paid for a single rolumo wa.s tendered by a number of wealthy Hebrew merchants of Venice to Julius II for an ancient Hebrew bible. was believed to be an original copy of the Septuagcnt version of the ucrlpturc * , trana- from the Hebrew Into Greek in 277 n. C. The sum mentioned to Jtitlun wa $600,000. but the- pope declined the offer. At Shelbyvllln. Ind. , a constable who t- tempted to rjcct woman In default for mit M chanod from the premlsta by the Irate female , who threw boiling water at him. The constable wns badly crippled wllh rheu matism , and hla rhrumatlcm ban left him. " Miss Agnes Wcston , known in Kngland us "tho mother of Ilrltlsh bluejackets. " has done more for the uplifting of the Kngllsh ti.illor than any other woman. She hits established tunny "rtKtc , " and during the thirty ji'.nrs of lior labor has done- much for the cawo of ti'iuperaneo among the tars. Her temperance magnxliio , Ashore and AHoat , bus met with such flattering success that tlio United Statin authorities have especially rc- ( | iuwted her to mall the nmg.tzlnos to Ameri can war ships. WOIIK OK Till : WH.lltYV1TS. . Washington TlnuMr. : . Andree is n llvlnjj lllustfotloti of the fact that you cannot u good mrtn down. IJITJ Puck : Twynn ChlriiRO rlnlins a much UKIT population tlnii slio really liiix. Triplet understand that when thr cen sus Is taken every man who leads double a II fo la counted tvtlco. Thin Ohlcnqn Tribune : He ( as ( hey i > .i. sed Id- In an enormously extensive department ! > ! orc. Isn't It ? flic--8o everybody snys. I have never bei'B beyond the Ice ironm smla department. Louisville Ooutler-Jounml : MIH. Noodle- Is ' vnur son's wife ix .unoil m Mis. Olilliam Yes. She William lumiMurs to inot.l Jump every time slie speaks tc him. aiul ' that's moie than 1 was ever aMj to do. \Vnshliicton Star "You : fny that y < t : I want money to buy food for n hungry man whoso j time j ? " face you never saw up to Hill "VcH , sir , " replied Meandering Mike. " "When * Is hi' ' . ' " "llu' . * Htniulln' tlijlil here , " was the hesi tating reply "I'm him. " Imtlnmtrtolls Joutnal : " > MI s Kldiot , " snll the Miiumci' young man , "llio lime b ; i come when t can ut > Inusen unneenl my rf * Kurd. I love you as 1 never loved bt fore. " a girl ' " \Vhy , " > alil the summer girl , blithely , 'jou ridiculous ' creature ! Don't you remem ber ? Yon lovetl a Klrl In this verv v. ay last year , . And I was llio girl ! " saina Philadelphia North American : Farmer Hake Drat thet new hired mnu. Mrs. Unite ' What's llio matter of him ? Farmer ' Hake lie's ROIIO and had Ilia chill while he was ilrlvlu' the city fo U * over lo our health farm. Deficit Journal : Layman KeallTn , ebl Xow ' , you ilon't mean tell to mo the teallv . - BUU .s-ets like thai ? Artist ' I In , 1m ! My dear fellow , you don't grasp the significance of the new art nt all , Thut , sir ti set. , Is the way the > sun ouchl Chleagn Journal : "Hoi-den Is spending hlJ . \ac.illnti In Chicago. " "In Chicago ? " "Ye : he says It rests him again. " so to get awnj Indianapolis " Jnurnnl : "I see , " said tin BM-sy , "a daik woman who will ' cause > ot' tioublu " In money matters. " that "Uweat heavens ! " murmured Phollle , "Is washerwoman Koltip ; to hold me lauu- ilwy for wansom again ? " sAiii.\e ; IIICVO.M ) SKA.S. Jcnn IriEelow. Methoiicbt the slaw were blinking bright Ami the oM brig's sails unfurled , I mid : "f ; will sail to my love this nlghl At the other side of the world. " I stepped aboard We sailed so fast Tim sun shot tip from the bourn ; Hut n dove that perched upon the mast Did niutini , anil mourn , and mourn. 0 fair dove ! O fond dove ! And dove with the white breast , Liit me alone , the dream Is my own , And my heart Is full of rest. My true love fares on this great hill , Feeding bis sheep for aye ; I looked In lila but , but all was still , My love was gene away , f. went to gaze lu tlio forest creek , Ami the dove mourned on apace ; No flame did Hash , nor fair blue reek Hoae up to show me Ills place. U last love ! O first love ! My love with the true heart , To think I have como to this , your home , And yet wo are iiparti Mv love ! lie"stood at my right hand , IHfi . eyes wore Krnva and sweet. Mellionght ho saitl , "In this fair land , Oh , Is It thus wo meet ? Oh , maid most dear , 1 am not hero ; 1 have no place no part No dwelling more by sea or shore , Hut only In thy heart. " O fair dove ! O fond ilovcl Till night rose over the bourn , Tlio dove on the mast , as we sailed fast , Did mourn , uml mourn , and mourn. A real opportunity not to be lostinthese days when so much shoddyis being'slaugh tered' and such stacks of "stuff" are being of fered for half the ac. tual cost , to the bewil derment and befool- ment of the public. Here is a real op portunity ' It is approaching preaching that time when it is desirable to reduce our stock to the lowest point it is bet ter to sacrifice some thing in profits than to carry over too many goods to another sea son And thatis why we are offering a lot of suits for men and boys prices away below what we ought to get for goods of this qual ity. Our guarantee with svery garment , BROWNING , KING & GO , B. W. Cor. IJBth nnd 8t