Nebraska Newspapers

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D.illy Morning , Kicnlng ixr.d Sunday ll'c prlulcU
ilurlne tlio month or July , liI7. wax as follows :
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14 IO.f.07 SO 19.303
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jffin deduct lonn for unsold and returned
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turned copies
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Totnl n t snips 501,310
Net dally average 10,139
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ence thl ! ' 2d day of August ( , 1SJ7.
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INSIST OX IIAVIXC THE URB.
PAHTI13S I.U.YVIM ! TIIR S1JMM13H
IcnvliiRT tinflty for
tinNiiinincr i-iui linvi * The
Ili-i * ht-iit to tin-in ri'Kiilnrlr
liy notifying Tin ; Hue linsl-
m-.iH ollloo In iK'i'Noii or Iiy
mull. The iiililir.isvlll lie
vlinui ol n N of li-n us i
Tlic Ii'nkc Mill liiis pretty nearly cx-
haustotl itsL-lt' lu Its tli'spornto effort to
besmirch Martin While.
SomG of those popooratlc farinor.s
seem to have been u little1 prciuntiird in
airing their opinions that farming docs
not pay.
The rains of the last week have boon
"worth more to the Nebraska farmer
than all the leKlslative reforms enacted
by the late fusion legislature.
The unprecedented rush for registered
city warrants ought to ho a good enough
Indication that there Is no noticeable
scarcity of money in those parts.
Unless all signs of the times fall It
will hardly pay the farmer to burn corn
for fuel next winter , even though the
price of coal is comparatively high.
Maryland wont republican last year
for the lirst lime in a presidential elec
tion and it ought to take pride In keep
ing ui > the good record with another re
publican victory this fall.
Governor llolcomb's TraiismisslssippI
Exposition proclamation Is out and
cvory inhabitant , of Nebraska may con-
Rider himself or herself personally In-
yltctl to parlielpate and attend.
The unexplred term of the vacancy in
the Hoard of Education is for less than
live mouths , but if the right man for the
place Is soloeted he may count on being
kept there for at least three years more.
The World-Herald should know by this
time that making up fake dispatches
from Chicago In Its own olllco is a peril
ous proceeding. The danger of getting
the dale line wrong Is almost unavolda
bio.
It is to be hoped thai 1'ugillst Corbelt
. will make a hotter base ball player than
lie does an nutor and that he may
achieve enough of a success on the diamond
mend to keep him from returning to the
Btagc. . -
Wo may never have a repetition of the
boom time railroad building of the lat
ter 80s , but wo may look for a steady
mill substantial growth and extension of
our railroad Hystoin during the. next
two or throe years.
Kntrles to Omaha's li.st of 1808 con-
voullons have not yet been closed. At
least a half tlo7.cn well known and
largely attended great national meetings
are expected to bo added before the
booking1 season ends.
King Rein-go of Greece , having ac
knowledged receipt of tlio invitation to
tuko part In the great Transmisslssippl
Exposition , the sultan of Turkey ought
to turn aside long enough to promise n
Turkish exhibit out of that war in
demnity.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
A Chicago miser who tiled of starva
tion Is said to have lived his last four
weeks on beer. How many old soaks
would bo content to die n premature
death If they could only 1m sure of
spending their llniil ilaya in similar en
joyment.
Citizens of Omaha expect to have their
streets cleaned periodically and kept In
decent repair and they expect the. council
In Home manner to provide the means for
the work. Tito fact that the defunct
Hoard of JMibllc Works In Its reckless
extravagance dissipated the bulk of the
street fund In three weeks' tiuio is do-
ploinble , but It will not Justify the city
authorities In bitting back and doing
nothing to reutedy the. uuforluuute fitato
if aCfuiro.
.V UNFAtH CO.Ur.4R/SOA' .
Tlio fnct that the receipts from cus
toms thus far under the new tariff law
nro less than they were for the same
time under Hie Wllsou-Gormau Inw is
referred to by some of the opponents
of the former by way of discrediting It.
Any such comparison Is so distinctly un
fair that It must'bo presumed no Intelli
gent person will be misled by It. Every
body nt all familiar with the matter
Knows that Importations were held back
be-fore the passage of the Wilson bill , In
Order to get the benefit of the lower
duties , and that Immediately after the
passage of the bill and Its going Into
effect Imports begun to pour In. The
conditions were reversed In respect to
the present law , a Hood of importations
coming In before the passage of the
Dlngley bill to escape the higher duties ,
the delay of action In the senate thus
costing the government many millions
of dollars. Had the Dlngley bill been
passed in time to take Effect May 1 , as
the republicans desired , undoubtedly U
would have yielded a larger revenue
from customs at once than was ob
tained from the Wilson-Gorman law
and Instead of a deficit of over ? 11,000-
000 In July there would have boon a sur
plus , or at all events the receipts would
have equalled the expenditures , unusu
ally heavy as those wore.
Nobody expooted largo returns under
the now law at the beginning and every
body who knows anything about the
matter understands that deficits are to
be expected for some time to come , per
haps in every month of the current fiscal
year. It can hardly be otherwise witli
large stocks of wool , sugar and other
merchandise on baud. The attempt ,
therefore , to discredit the new law by
comparing the returns under it for the
first week of its operation with those of
the Wilson-Gorman law for a corresponding
spending period , Is utterly unfair and in
defensible.
A j'nuncTJ < iK UKMOCHAT.
Thu course of Senator McKnery of
Louisiana lu supporting the present
tariff law and his strong defense of his
action has made him the recogni/.ed
leader of that element of the democracy
in the south which has renounced Iho
tarll'f-for-revenue-oiily Idea and stands
for protection to the Industrie * ; of that
section. .Mr. McKnory entered political
life essentially a free trader. Ho could
hardly have been anything else with his
early environment. Itut the experience
of the last few years had an awakening
effect upon him and he came lo realise
that if the south Is to have that material
development and progress which its
abundant resources should give that sec
tion there must bo protection for Us in
dustries. "The south is undergoing an
industrial revolution. " says Senator Mc-
Knery , "and the manufacturing and
agricultural and mining interests spring
ing up need protection. " And his con
stituents approve the utterance , as they
had already approved his course in- the
tsenate.
Some public man has expressed the
opinion that In time the south , or a large
part of that section , would bo as strong
for protection as New England. There
is a very decided tendency in that direc
tion and if the present tariff law oper
ates as beneficially to the south as it Is
expected to do u rapid growth in pro
tection sentiment there may be confi
dently looked for.
.s AXU Tin : c
It is a misrepresentation to assort , as
has been freely done , that the republican
party was committed in the last na
tional campaign lo a revision of the cur
rency fsyslom. There Is not a word In
the national platform referring to this
subject and it was not discussed by re
publican speakers during the cam
paign. The financial plank of the
platform declared the party to be
unreservedly for sound money and
unalterably opposed lo every meas-
uru calculated to debase the currency or
impair Iho credit of the country. That
there are many republicans who think
there ought to bo a revision of the cur
rency system is true , but it is not true
that the party is pledged to'any action
In ( his direction and the views of cer
tain of Its members , however eminent ,
cannot fairly 'bo regarded as commlt-
Ing the party to any cliangn In the sys
tem of currency under which Iho finan
cial affairs of the government and Iho
people wore securely and prosperously
conducted until the advent to power of
the democratic party. What the repub
lican party may hereafter determine to
do In regard to the currency we will not
presume to say , but at present it Is not
committed to any departure from exist
ing conditions.
This question of currency revision , or
so-called reform , is still prominent In the
attention of eastern financial circles and
may be expected lo grow in interest as
tlie regular session of congress ap
proaches. Secretary Gage is still obtain
ing the views of loading financiers and
although he Is said not to expect any
currency legislation by tills congress In-
will have a plan to submit for Its con
sideration. The currency message of the
president has poixuadod the reformers
that the administration Is uol indifferent
to the subject , although some of the
moro Impatient and extreme among
them complain because ho did not send
it In earlier. The very general senti
ment undoubtedly agrees with the opin
ion recently expressed by the s. cro-
tary of the treasury to the business men
of ] { o.ston , that there need bo no haste or
anxiety about this matter of currency
revision. It Is said that business In
terests In the east , outside of banking
circles , are decidedly in favor of wait
ing until this question can bo approached
without any danger of involving busi
ness In doubt , or of creating any such
agitation as might glvo the five silver
party an opportunity to Increase its
strength. There Is a very strong feel
ing , also , that tlu currency Is all right
If the administration is faithful to Its
pledge to maintain the gold standard , of
which there can hu 110 reasonable doubt.
The monetary standard is In no danger
and will not bo while the present admin
istration Is In power.
Prosperity la coming back to the coun
try without any change In our currency
system. Itenowed proof is being fur
nished that the presence of the green
backs In the currency , against which
the warfare of the reformers Is directed ,
Is uo obstacle to the return of furorublc
business conditions , -which It 1ms been
nwtertcd was Impossible while this form
of currency remained in circulation.
Confident of the stability of the mone
tary standard nnd that every dollar of
our currency will be kept at n parity ,
there h no demand for the redemption
of legal tender notes that threatens n
serious depletion of the treasury gold
reserveIn short , there Is nothing In
the situation to cause any distrust of the
currency or to justify a doubt that we
can again have under the system as high
a degree of prosperity ns we have ever
enjoyed In the past.
KKHl' TO rilK QUKSTH1X.
For the ninth time The lice repeats
the still unanswered questions :
First. How did It come that the
World-Herald proclaimed llinry llolln
to be au honest man the day after lu >
had surrendered himself to the police
and admitted himself to bo an embez
zler of public funds ? Did this have any
connection with the fact that a memo
randum slip was at that very moment
In the city cash drawer representing
stolen money advanced by llolln to thu
proprietor of the World-Herald ?
Second. Why has the World-Herald
sought to shield ami aid Kinboz7.1r. ( ; Hart
ley both before and since his conviction ?
Is It because he deposited a large sum
of slate money In a defunct Omaha
bank with the understanding that the
bank would reciprocate by making a
loan to the proprietor of that paper ?
Third. What string has Hartley to
the proprietor and editor of the World-
Herald which enables him to summon
thrm at pleasure for conference to the
Douglas county jail and make use of
reporters of that paper as solicitor ! ) of
signers to his ball bond ?
The World-Herald should not beg tlio
question. No amount of ciiltlcllshiig
will obscure Its shameless record an a
political fence.
Omaha has for years boon afillctod
with mossbacks and obstructionists.
Every effort to Inaugurate necessary
public Improvements has encountered
opposition from the class of property
owners who have grown rich by the
growth of Omaha and the sacrifices
made by public-spirited clttoons. At uo
time In its history has the need of con
certed action and civic pride boon
greater than today , when Omaha Is in-
vlling the people of the- whole world to
participate In the forthcoming Trans
misslssippl Exposition. At no time could
its citizens better afford to yield to tho.
Imperative demand for clean , well-
paved thoroughfares. It would be au
everlasting disgrace to Omaha to com
pel visitors during next year lo travel
over streets leading to the exposition
grounds thlit are scarcely passable.
It Is out of the- question to expect the
ropaving of streets adjacent to the
grounds to be paid for out of the ex
position association's treasury. The as
sociation haw all it can possibly do to
finance Iho exposition .successfully with
out expending money for paving that
should be paid for by the owners of
property that' has been vastly benefited
through the re-location of the exposition
.silo and the establishment of a public
park.
It is almost incredible that anybody
alive to his own interests should stand
In the way of the proposed ropavomcut
of streets loading lo the exposition
grounds. It is also discreditable to the
city of Omaha that any owner of prop
erty on Capitol avenue between Six
teenth and Twentieth streets should wait
to bo asked to sign the requisite petition
to have that street ropaved this year , in
view of its wretched condition and Un
certainty that thousands of strangers
will want to use it to go to and from
the High school square.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Is
about to start upon a tour of the -west
with a view to promoting sugar beet
culture. It is announced that the secre
tary proposes to visit the states where
sugar beet culture experiments are being
made and by personal Inspection to as
certain where beet culture can bo suc
cessfully carried on. If the secretary
will pay a visit to Nebraska we feel sure
he will be able In his forthcoming report
to 'commend this Ktatc as the most
promising field for Investors who have
money to put into boot sugar factories
aitrt do not wish to take the risk of un
certain experiments.
Tuesday morning the World-Herald an
nounced that Tom Donnlson attended
the session of the police commission the
previous night. There was nothing In
that announcement of public Interest ex
cept the Insinuation that Tom Donnlson
was present to supervise the election of
a chief of police. Hut as a matter of
fact Tom Dennisou was not In the city
at the time the police board was holdIng -
Ing its session Monday night , and that
fake is only a fair sample of the dozen
other fakes about the relations of Don-
nlwm and " \Vhlte that have boon printed
In the same paper during the last two
weeks.
The Nebraska State university pro
poses 10 make a representative exhibit at
the Transmisslssippl Exposition , The
university will not have such an oppor
tunity to bring Its work to the attention
of the people of this state and section lu
a long time , and It Is acting wisely in
seizing the opportunity to reap all the
advantages that are thus offered.
The school board of Arapahoe , Neb. ,
that advertised In The Hoe for a now
principal for Its high school has boon so
inundated with responses that it has
lu'iin compelled to got out a circular letter -
tor announcing that It has made a selec
tion and filled the position. Comment
as to the ofl'octlvem-.ss of The Hoe as an
advertising medium Is superfious ,
Tlu > now comptroller of the treasury
lost several days' salary by waiting for
olllelal notice of hUs appointment Instead
of presenting himself without ceremony
to lie Inducted Into oillce. Thu only logical
Inference Is that the new comptroller of
the treasury Is one of tho.su unfortunates
Who has had otllce thrust upon him.
The tearful appeal made by the mouth
piece of the gang Imploring the police
commission to turn down Martin White
Is truly pathetic. "The contest , " says
this organ , "had been heated and much
bitterness has resulted between old
friends , nil onJ.pSijiunt of a man who
'
ought not to bo 'jlio-cntiso of the destruc
tion of one sATgfe friendship. " Does
this refer to tliejjlVo.ublc-l'jiidcr's staunch
A. T. A. frlomlH or Its Indignant Irish
Catholic friemWV 1
A \nvill L'rrllli-lllnolll.
Imllrfnittlolls News ,
The battleship Imllnna may bo docked nt
Halifax by firnclo'ds Jicnnlsslon of the British
government. W'6't'a'ft't aff&rd to Set Into any
trouble with England , Wo might have to
build our own dock * .
Aliovc I'll ft Inn null I p.
W ? lilnRton Slur.
The ROTernmetit should command the best
service In every branch nnd the best service
cannot 'bo secured where ability nnd faithful
performance of duly count for less llmni
partisanship In matters of promotion or re
tention In oillce.
Wlmt Arc Stiitf Courts ( Joint Korl
DPI Molnes IxMuler.
The Union Pacific road. In defending n
case In Nebraska for violation of that stateVt
railroad Inw , sets up Hint It Is-a corporation
under federal lawn , In no way nnionnble to
statutes of n ( Unto. This la In line with the
Walto decision In lown. What nro state
courts good for , anyhow ?
I'rtiltlrKH Spec u I it tin u.
SprlnKllolil Republican.
Statistician Konl of the Treasury depart
ment finds that If the new duties had been
applied to tlm anticipatory Importations of
tlio four months to July 1 the government
would be $38,280.000 better off. This Is ahout
lllo dlscuraltiK the color of the dri-ss which
was to have been boiiRht with the basket of
eggs that fell to smash.
iUMllnlf tinUntile. .
1'lillntlolplila Hoconl.
"Get the people to feel they arc pros
perous , " snya 1'remdent Fish of the Illinois
Central railway , "and they will prosper. '
Mr. Fish thinks that this fcclliiK has now
begun to animate the business multitude for
three reasons (1) ( ) trade conditions are Rood ,
( - ' ) crops arc Rood , (3) ( ) uncertainty has been
largely relieved. Mr. Fish Is In n pcaltlon to
know whereof he speaks , and his conclusions
agree lu substance with those of other dis
tinguished railroad presidents who have ex
pressed their confidence In the speedy return
of good tlmrs.
AiiliiiutiilVnllli \Vyonilnu- .
New Yorlt Commercial.
The number of cattle assessed for taxation
In Wyoming has Increased from leas than
ROO.OOO In 1SOC to GOO.OOJ In 1S37 , and the
average market price of cattle per head
from $12.50 to ? 17. Last year there were
assessed In that state about 1,000,000 sheep ,
valued nt $1.77 per head , and It Is said that
they will number about L',000.000 this year
and command an average of 25 cents moro
per head. What bualncta have cattle and
sheep to Increase In number and value , with
the silver In a silver dollar worth only about
15 centa , the lowest figure on record ?
KooIUIIliM- ii Vnoitlon.
Sun 1'ranclsco Chronicle.
One thing that makes one weary In these
days Is the talk of thin-necked and flat-
chested dudes in regard to setting out for the
Klondyke country. These fellows , who never
did a day's hard worlc In thtlr lives , and who
could not endure a twenty-mile tramp In the
sun , calmly discuss'a Journey over rough
trails and dottii 'rapids ' of mountain streams
which trlra Iho c'nduranco of hardy frontiers
men. It Is almost as tiresome as the dis
cussion by the same fellows of the Corbett
Fltzslmmons match for the fortnight before
the Carson fight. , With no foolklller around
the public will probably have to endure this
Inlllctlcn until Iho Klondyko craze has run
'
Its course. ( . _
I'liieliltiK ItHnrnlnn' Totirlntn.
Utlia ( N.J Y. ) Press.
Somp of the passengers on Incoming
steamers' arc miking * wry faces' Aver the
exactions of the Diugley tariff bill. They
might as v > * ll gtln ami bear It , because the
provisions ot tha tjtatuto wJU.not ba changed
to meet thu exigencies of Individual casicfl.
The low Is there nnd It 1 the business or
the custom bouse Inspectors to enforce It
and they seem to be doing that pretty thor
oughly. The passengers have the consolation
of knowing that the mcney they pay goes to
support the government which protects them
and It Is possible to arouse sulllclent pa
triotism to be pleased to make contributions
of tint chiractcr. It Is fair to say , how
ever , that this Is a degree of patriotism
ujldoni entertained even In this Innd of tne
free and home of the brave.
I2iiroir | .Must Have Our Provlnlonn.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Even ( hough Europe should cut down 'Its '
purchases of our manufactures , wo should
be prosperous If our factories were busy and
our worklrgn'en In receipt of high wages , as
they were In 1SUO-S2. Hut the prediction
that our products , whether raw or manu
factured , nro likely to be shut out from
European markets has no substantial founda
tion. Europe must have our provisions ergo
go hungry. She buys our manufactured
goods In certain llnea such as bicycles , for
Instance because they ore of superior excel
lence. Moreover , If It cameto a quejtlon
of retaliation , we could harm European
countries far moro by refusing to take their
products than they could harm us by re
fusing to piirchaso ours. The United States
Is , and will continue to be , a highly profitable
customer of foreign manufactures. Any gen
eral commercial combination agaUist us la
extremely Improbable.
THIS WI112AT CHOP.
yc In tlic I-iirii | < 'iui Supply und
Illnlii-r lrltM-N.
I'lilrago Trlljunc.
Evidence continue. ? to accumulate of n very
conulderablo shoring ? in the European wheat
crop for the present year. Although It Is
now tco early to obtain specific details , con
jectures based upon thu reports of the condi
tion ot the crops up to July place the de
ficiency , as compared with 1E95 and 1890 , at
nhout 200,000,000 buhclsr. The agsrega'o of
the prciient year's crop , it la estimated hy
well-informed authorities. Is tha sinalle.U
ainco 1891 , which wns memorible aa a short
crop year In most European countries.
The following tahlo presents ! estimate. } , In
quarters ( of eight bushels ) , of the crojw of
Euiopoan countries for 1895 , 1S9G and 1S97 ,
prepared by expert statisticians :
1W7. KM. 1S93.
Qrn. Qr . Qrs.
Austria 4 2'iO.coo 4,7ofOi ) riO'oooo
Hungary 13.6uD.COJ 17MO.Ot,0 I'J.OM.OIO
liclKliini 2,01,000 i'.r. ( > o.o s.scoiMo
lllilBUrtU , 4OlM.OT G.JSOUOO 5,7'000)
Drnmnrk iOl.iOQ SOO.O'O ' BHi.fO )
Krnnee 3 < i.OOiiOW - n.lOl.KXC3'ju,0)j ) '
( lei-many 12.Mi > ) , ( CO 13.OW.rOQ 13SUIOIO
( Jrt'PCe i THHrV ) 7..0. < 00 730.00) )
llullund 70'WIO ' 7..0OOU C'U.CO )
Itnly IS.tUO , * ; ) 10,01)0,000 HODO , ( < )
1'urtllKUl ( U.OJO ) f.0110.1 7IKI.CO. )
Iliiuinunlu. . . . . fi.oWi'nW S.ra ooo s.s.M.mo
ItUJBIl SKO OJO 41.000 COO 41.70)0) ) )
HU-VI.I . . . . " ! ! ! ! rAiM/oj ijwio-w i.s o.uoi
.Spain K'.ilj'.l ' * ti 11,10)UO < 1 1300001
Hwoiini , / . ' ) > ' , Diw : , ijcoo t.vjui'j
.Switzerland . . . WO 000 00 O'O C0)00 <
Turkey ( iu ) . . 3,7r.OfO ) K.i.flO.Oi'O ' 4 &W.OOO
U. Kingdom. . . 7.UlOW 7IM,000 4.710,000
Tntul ( Uu. ) 101fiDiW 183,73,0,0 ! ! (
Kqual . . . , ) , } l.tn.SiW.OiO 1 4JI
Inrlu'illne I'oluiul-iiiili Hlbrila.
It will bo HeerMii trWlth the exception of
Ilclgluin , Qreecerund Holland , tliu abovu fig
ures Indicate deficiencies for 1S97 , as agalnut
the product of ono or both uf the preceding
yearn , amounting In the case of Italy , Tur-
kuy and Hounianla to between 25 and 30
per cent , while.ln , | IJlingary the decline , a
compared with 1W5 , Is over 20 per cent.
The result aa t'6 HUBsla Is all the moro
uotlceahlu In view of the fact that the call-
in a tea for that country Include Siberia , a
vast wheat growing region , where the prod
uct hat ) bpen rapidly increasing In recent
years. The deficiency fur Uusaia , as com
pared with the crop of 1S96 , umounto to 15
per cent , while that of France , next to Rus
sia thu largest wheat producing country of
Kuropo , Is still more. Unless thu American
crop should turn out better than Is now
anticipated , It Is estimated that the European
deficiency will exceed thu exceed In this
country a fact which will have a marked
effect upon prices both hero and abroad ,
No estimate has been pi rented In the
above table for the Argwtino confederation ,
which has been rapidly coming to the front
ag a wheat producing country , but which Is
oufferlng from a shortage this year as
marked as that reported from noino of the
European countries. There are poor crops
in Australia also , nnd that region U drawing
heavily ou California.
rnosrisiirrr
Kansas City Star ! Tha tidal wave ot pros
perity Is sweeping on. There la no doubt
about that. The volume of buslncoo Iff In
creasing. The profits of.trade and Industry
are growing. It would be folly to pretend
that there Is , or l.i likely to be. anything
like a boom In btislncsn , but there Is , beyond
question , and baa been for months , a stead
ily Improving condition prevailing In this
part of the buslm-os world , nnd It Is rapidly
extending to other parts ot Iho country.
Philadelphia Times : The btMlncsa outlook
Is not only meet encouraging , but It gives
every promiseof a steady advance * to n
reasonably high measure of prosperity that
may bo made enduring. It Is no sudden
boom precipitated by speculative Interests.
It Is the logical outcome of conditions and
necessities which have Inspired the con
fidence of capital to afsumc Its diffusion
throughout Industrial channels , and the con
fidence of producers and merchants that
largely Increased consumption ! close at
hand.
Louisville Courier-Journal : Any tariff Is
better than perpetual uncertainty. The coun
try , weary of agitation and of hard times
which It nBsoclates with agitation , accepts
the now tariff , mainly because It affords It a
rc U. Concuront with this tariff come great
croiia of wheat and corn nnd cotton , with
the prospect of advancing prices. The
Alaskan gold fields may make n spoon or
ppoll a horn before the story U told. Hut
they fall In with the prevailing humor and
throw In a few nuggets to the general sum
ot the popular hope and cheer.
Kansas City Journal : Never before In the
history of the county lias there been such a
combination of circumstances favoring the
American farmer us nxlsts at the present i
time. There have been years In the past ;
when the crops wrre enormous , but on ncI I
count of thi' plentltiulo of grain and grain !
products , both at homo and abroad , prices
have been dlscouraglngly low. While the
farmer has tlsuilly benefited moro by largo
crops and low prices than by small crops and
high prices , there has generally been some
thing to compromise his happiness in big
yields.
Springfield ( Ma < w. ) Republican : The con
fidence of our own people In the Immediate
commercial future grows stronger with each
pausing day. and Is strikingly testified to In
the course of the railway and miscellaneous
bond market. Sales of mich bonds at New-
York last week aggregated nlmoat $19,000-
000 , which breaks all records of recent years
nnd contrasts with sales ot only about $4-
OOU 000 In the name week a year ago. Hero Is
where the Investment tendency Is mote par
ticularly reflected , and transactions no ex
tensive , distributed among a great number
ot securities and on rising prices , tell a
fitrong story of reviving ronlldcncc.
\VHUAT I'-OlTrTTi ' : WOULD.
Minneapolis Journal : All the world is after
our wheat. Wheat moves and business
moves with It on a settled tariff basis. With
no congrees for four months and the dawn
of returning prosperity deepening , tlio
United States of America is generally lu a
pretty hnjipy mood.
Hoston Post : The chartering ot forty
steamers In one day to carry American
wheat to Europe breaks the record , at least
for this time of year. Within two weeks
steamship transportation for 20,090,000
bushles of cereals to Europe from 'Atlantic
ports has been arranged. The great harvests
ot this fortunate country are already flow
ing abroad to give bread to the world.
Kansas City Star : Good crops , selling at
remunerative prices , are at the bottom of the
Improvement , but they are not tlio only
cause of it. A dozen factors enter Into the
recovery just as a number of factors were
the collective cause of the depressed state of
busluees through which the country has been
passing , nut that era of discouragement Is
ended now , as nearly everyone recognizes ,
and a new period of expanding business and
hioro profitable Industry and speculation has
commenced.
Kansas City Journal : This year , however ,
with the crops reaching an enormous vol
ume , there is a shortage In other grain pro
ducing countries , and prices have been
steadily advancing even as the evidences of
a largo crop have bepn increasing. Add to
this the happy fact that , of last year's -wheat
yield , the farmers still have on hand 70,000-
000 bushels , which will be sold at the pres
ent market prices , Instead of the very low-
rates of a year ago. It Is estimated that the
wheat crop alone will sell for $100,000,000
moro than was brought by last year's crop ,
and of this Increase about $25,000,000 will
fall to the state of Kansas.
Minneapolis Tribune : The misfortunes of
foreign countries In other directions besides
a diminished wheat crop are helping the
American farmer out this year. Australian
sheep are said to bo dying by the thousand ,
on account of short pasturage , and othera
are being slaughtered for their pelts , In thc-
bollef that there will not be food enough
to carry them through thu season. The fact
that Australia contributed last year 043,000-
000 pounds to the world's wool supply Indi
cates that any marked falling off there
must have a stimulating effect upon prices.
Wo do not rejoice In the misfortunes of our
neighbors at the antipodes , but our farmers
will make good the deficit In the wool and
sheep supply If prices are such , as to Induce
exports of our product.
1M-3USOXAL AM ) OT1I1SIIWISI3.
The press of San Francisco and Seattle
Is suffering from an acute attack of Klon-
dycltls.
Very llttlo war news comes from Havana
nowadays. The proximity of the Insurgents
tends to Impair the efficiency of the type
writers.
Ex-Champion Corbrtt Is now telling read
ers of an eastern newspaper what to do In
a fight. Details of the Fltzsimmons swipe
are omitted from the text.
A great deal of mystery wrrounds the
case of a Kansas City girl whoso celluloid
comb caught fire while combing her hair.
The color of her hair might eolvo the mys
tery.
Topeka Is now officially classed as a dry
'town ' , the corking ultimatum of the governor -
ornor extending to drug stores as well as
saloons. In case of necessity , however , the
usual prescription for the stomach's ache
will bo filled without serious trouble.
1'rlnco Louis Napoleon , colonel of the Lan
cers regiment ot the Imperial Russian guard ,
at St. Petersburg , has asked the czar for
leave of absence at the end of August , In or
der that he may not have to wltnws Presi
dent Pauio'ft vlalt to the Russian capital.
The request has been granted.
A large juicy mortgage for $1-13,000 , with
a bcautlfuliy embossed gold clause , has been
slapped on Tammany Hall , New York. The
receipts.of the hall have been mighty slim
since the tiger's grip on the otficcs was re
laxed three years ago , and the chances of
another feast are not as bright as the sachems
dciilrc ,
Admiral Nelson's old flagship , which was
driven ashore by a storm at Illackpool , Eng
land , tutartled the townspeople by tl'cplay-
Ing on Its side the Inscription , "England cx-
pectd every man to do his duty. That duty
is to use Illank's pills. " The enterprising
medicine man was taken in and dosed heav
ily by the local courts ,
When Anthony Hope was asked the other
day If he would write * a book giving hh 1m-
prcsslon of the United States after his com
ing visit , ho said : "I shall bo there too long
to write my impressions. I understand that
no traveler over writes a book who alaja In
n country more than a week , and I shall be
In America three months at least. "
A Chicago chemist Is preparing food tab
lets for Arctic explorcru , Alaska gold hun
ters and that tort ot people. One tablet Is
a square meal and a man can carry a year's
provisions In hla hip pocket. Fortunately for
the chemist the trial will be made at so
great a distance from the factory that the
victims cannot do justice to their feelings.
A Leadvllle judge Instructed the grand
jury In the strongest terms to Indict every
body responsible in the slightest degree for
the violations of the. laws against gambling
and kindred offenses ; and , lo and behold ,
when the Indictments were returned , ono
against the judge himself , for failure to nee
that the law wua enforced , headed the list.
King Oscar of Sweden and Norway , who
will teen celebrate the twenty-fifth anniver
sary of his reign , has received the honorary
degree of doctor In all the faculties of the
University of Vienna. This'Is the first time
that ouch a distinction , which IIEM to be sanc
tioned by an Imperial decree , has ever been
confenrol. A delegation of eavauto from ( ho
university will visit the jubilee at Stockholm
to present the diploma to King Oscar In per
son. The document Itielt li a fine work of
art , on which several of the incwt prominent
Vltcncjo artUts have collaborated. J
OKIIMAS IIHIIIH Ann OISSATISKIKII.
Think They Wcro .Not Trcntnl Fit I fly
In IllvlHlnn of 1'rnprrtr.
SAN FRANCISCO , AUR. 6. The German
heirs of the late George Lux ot tlir- firm cf
Hermann & Lux , dissatisfied with tlic share
allowed them of the vast i-slnte In which
they are Interested , have begun suit In the
United States court to have the settlement
ect aside and ask for nn accounting.
When Mr. Lux dlid several years ago his
widow , Mrs. Miranda V > . Lux , desired that
the firm ot Miller & Lux bo wound up. but
was opposed by Henry Miller , the surviving
partner. Af'er several unavailing attempts
to settle the matter Amicably , null for nn
accounting was begun , nnd long , complicated
litigation ensued. The rase was brought to
n temporary halt by the formation ot one * of
the largest corporations In thin connlry.
The bails of organization wax tlio Issuance
of $12.000.000 worth of lock representing
the Immense landed properlles and the varied
Interests of the firm. This was divided In
proportion to the Amounts thnt the different
heirs were to receive by the will of Charles
Lux , and the troubles of the > concern were
apparently nt an end. It now transpires lh.il
several of the heirs , resldenl In Germany ,
do not think they have bren fairly trcatid
In the distribution of the shares of the
corporation , and that they have determined
to fight for what they deem their rights.
llolnts tinllmvallnn 1'lntr.
SAN FHANPISCO. Aug. fi.-Tne Pacific
Mnll Steamship company's steamship flilnn
wll ! .tall out of the port erf Kan Frnnclfco
tnilny llylitK the Hnwnllnu tint ? . It was
derl'led yc-stcrday by the ollk'ers of tlif >
company to place the IUK vi' fcl. which Is
th- ' crack ship of tht > i'npinc Mull Heel ,
under the Hawaiian tlag without loss of
time , nnd 11 Is wild In innrltlnie circles
that till1 notion on the part of tht- com
pany Indicates n belief among the ollli-ern
of tlu > company that the iiiini-xntlon of tln >
Islands Is likely to bo accomplished In the
very noatfuture. .
IOWA IMtliSS COM.MI.1XT.
Sioux City Tlmrs : "The entire Iowa dele
gation In congress will get out and litistlp
for any ticket put up at Cedar llaplds , " says
the- Davenport Democrat. And In all human
probability that Is true. It will be the liv't !
ticket in the lown field thin year , and the
ticket , therefore , preferred by a majority of
the people of the state.
Ottumwa Democrat : Parrott , Funk. Ilyprs.
these are the leading candidates for the re
publican nomination. Parrotl h-is a strong
pull , but Funk's candidacy Injures Parrott
moro than any other aspirant. < Uycrs , the
c/x-flpc-aker of the house , Is gaining ; Harluu
cannot bo nominated. Hull came home ,
looked over the field and declines to have
his name mod.
Davenport Kepubllcan : Among the many
candidates that have been mentioned lor gov
ernor of Iowa none- that has been mentioned
would make a better oxrcutlvu or lead a more
brilliant campaign than Speaker Bye-re of
Harlnn. Speaker Dyers 1 ? a young man of
great force of character , Integrity of pm-pcsc-
and special executive ability that fits him
for Hie oillce of governor. He is also ono of
the best campaigners In the yatcHe would
bo very eallstylng to the friends of good
money and good government , and very dis
heartening to the followers of the amalga
mated party leader , White.
'Burlington Hawkcye : A DCS Molncs au-
Ihorlly on Iowa agricultural statistics nays
that "there arc 141,079 owners of Iowa farms
engaged In managing them , 3,419 managers
of Iowa farms exclusive of those upon which
owners are resident , 33,937 cash renters of
farms there , exclusive of the foregoing , and
25,050 share renters , the wlioh > Including 201-
3S5 Iowa farms. 'Notwithstanding the loss of
fully $22,000,000 on the Iowa hog crop , the
agricultural Interests there have received
moro than $23,000,000 within a twelve-month
by the sale of butter , eggs and chickens. "
Tiicre Is great significance In tlio figures
about the dairy and poultry industiles. The
hog cholera lias been looked upon as thf ono
great drawback to making money on Iowa
farms , and yet after losing $22,000.000 In
nogs from this cause In one year the farm
ers more lhan make up Iho loss by selling
butter , eggs and poultry. It Is worth think
ing about ,
THR nil BAT AV13ST.
Xo Parallel for KM nrinvtli In the
HlMtory of .Mimkliiil.
Kansas City Stnr.
Continuing his Interesting review of the
progress of the United States , Mr. Michael
G. Mulhall , the famous English statistician ,
discusses the pralrlo states in the current
number of the North American lUvIew. in
this group ho Includes Ohio , Illinois , inau
ana , Missouri , Michigan , Wisconsin. Iowa ,
Minnesota , Kansas , Nebraska and the two
Hakotas. According to the last census the
population of these elates was 22,302,000 In
1890 , of which nearly one-fifth is composed
of foreign settlers. The increase In popula
tion since 1850 ! s 314 per cent , ns compared
with 165 In the whole union. In forty years ,
-Mr. Mulhall states the
- , Improved area oc
cupied by farms showed an advance of 157-
000,000 acres , equal to 13,000 acres dally , and
he adds : "There has been nothing like this
In the history of mankind , nor Is there any
part of the world -whore farming IB on so gl-
Kantlc. a scale , the census of 1S90 showing' a
grain crop equal to three tons per Inhabitant ,
or ten times the European average. " The foremost -
most In this group In the ma'ttcr of food
production Is Iowa , with nn average of five
tons of grain and 500 pounds of meat per
Inhabitant , while the value of farm products
of the enllre group Is $1,757,000,000 and the
valun of farms Is equal to the agricul
tural wealth of the Austrian empire , having
increased In forty years to the vast extent
of $7,59.000,000 ( ! , an average of $190,000,000 a
year. These states stand for CO pe" cent of
the flour , 55 per cent of the meat and 50
per cent of the lumber produced In the union ,
besides one-third of the mining output and
one-fourth of the railroads.
OX 'rilH I'OMTIfAI. SITIfATIOX.
One Vli'Mof ( lie SIntiiH of tinItciilili -
Ilcnn Party In \ < -lii-islili.
Lincoln NCWH ( rep. )
Nothing moro utrongly corroborallvo of
what the Nt-ws has heretofore stated n the
political situation of Nebraska , so fnr as the |
re-publican party is concerned , was needed i
than the lack of Interest displayed by uomo
portions of the state In the recent meeting
of the etato central committee. While nome
of tlio more utaunch newspapers arc Insist
ing that the big croira Insure republican
success , that sliver is a dead IESUO and that
there nro dl i-nsloim of grave Import among
the allied antl-rcpublloan forces , the fact Is
Ignored that outside of such countlrd ns
Lancaster , where the preponderance of re
publican votifi , glvca that easy confidence-
which alts HO well on politicians , there Is
lifelesrfiici-ii displayed that Id somewhat clis-
licartonlni ; .
The Issue In November will depend upon
the result of the election In Douglan county.
The strategical importance ) uf that county
has long been recognized by the fuslanista ,
who have cleverly uped olllelal patronage
for the purpose uf building up tlio party
there. That they have succeeded in Induc
ing u lethargy In the ranks of the oppcoltlon
In Douglas county was shown 'by ' the fact
that at the committee meeting the other
day that county was unrepresented by any
accredited commltte-einen , nuns of the regu
larly elected men even taking the trouhlo
to furnish a proxy. Au a rraull thu commit
tee was compelled to call In for consultation
the editor of The Bee , a man whom the
Htalwarts have been reading out of the party
for the past three yoars.
What does this portend ? If the repub
licans of Douglas county are lo take no In
terest In the fate of the party this campaign
we are very nearly a beaten host before the
order to march to place U given. > A prom
inent republican of Omaha , In conversation
with the editor of tlio News the other day ,
admitted that there was a lack of enthu
siasm among the party members there , and
gave as his opinion that It was largely due
to the fact that the party leaders were alwayii
asking aid from Omaha , and never recipro
cated by giving that county any nominations.
Ho uald them waa a feeling among the re
publicans lucre that Douglas county ought
to have tha nomination for supreme judge ,
and that If it wan Riven them Ihey would
bo able to go Into the light with an enthu
siasm that would go far toward winning.
Omaha has several distinguished jurists who
could ably 1111 the position , and that If the
party wanted the help of Douglas county this
year those were terms upon which they
could get all the enthusiastic assistance lhal
was wauled ,
I.ita political maneuvering and oomo good
common fccnso leadership Is whal Id wanted
just now , and the ooaer wo get U the bct-
' V for the party.
KIOMYKKS XHAIl AMI l-'Alt.
Globe-Democrat ! Montana iiiontlon.t A
mine that wnn bought for 95 cents anfl M > ld
for Jl.SOO.OOO. Klondyko should understand
that It Is not the only pebble on the grind
train.
Minneapolis Tribune ! Klondyko Isn't the
only pebble on the beach. A strike lins been
made In the Halny lake region ot Mlnnr-fxita
of ore that will assay from J300 to $1.000
per ton.
Indianapolis Journal : A grout m , inn f amir-
Ing town will eurcly uprlivs up on the ehorr *
of that petroleum lake In Alaska. For hla
fuel supply the manufacturer will simply
run a wick Into tlio pond.
Davenport Kepubllcan : Those KlondyK *
boots aiUortlsi'd s > o freely have their f.oral.
If a man feels like"kicking himself" whrn
ho gets Into the dlgglngn the rub'-cr boots
won't hurt like Iho ordinary kind.
Des Molnes Capital : A now dr.vvback to
life In the Klondykp gold mini * Is ri-porti'd.
An American In thefirId writes : "The-rc Is
no language strong enough to ihwrlbo the
fir-rccni'ss of the mrwqultocH. They would
soon kill n person If glovc and veiling \\cro
not constantly worn. ' The- gold liuntors
will be * able lolake their choice bctwi-i'ii
freezing lo dcnth In the winter nr b < "HK
rnten by the carnivorous imuiiultoos In lh ?
summer.
_
I'A.ISIMS PI.I'JASAM'IIIKS.
Truth : Toronik' ( In n lanuuld wiln-
Mn ! Mai W'y can't 1 go out 'n' piny with
thorn boys ?
Mil llpcnu.ip , my dour , they're naiiRlity
boys ; 1 enu la-nr them swearing.
Tonnule ( suddenly nlt-rl ) You cnn ? Oh ,
me ! what 're they uiiym' ?
WiiRhliiqtoii Star : "Money , " pnld Vnlr
Ulien , "itin\ l < e ' 'ponslbli- foil er hrup o'
badness. lint Ont nln' no 'seuni' fob four-
ryln' It , slid o' wuckln' fob wages. "
Ni-w Yoik Wct-Uly : HeU : HMnto Ajx < > nt
ii'iit \ \ < sti-"Oooit morning fir. What c-\n
1 do for you ? William , bring the gi'iitlo-
iiitin n eipur. Do you want to buy a lot ?
fuller No. i wiint to fell one.
Agent William , never mind the cigar.
Dublin Wurld : "Mnty , go Into tlio sit
ting room und tell me how the tlimnomru-r
Btnnds. "
"It stands dti the mantelpiece- Just
the wall , sir ! "
Hrooklyn Life : The Cnptnln ( boMrr
aiMy ) I'oinc , uld until , liruue up ! Wlint'
got Into you ?
I'assrmrcT-- you don't put me nshoio
you'll very soon ste ,
Detroit Journal : She threw herself upon
his bosom.
" 'My own ! " IIP orled , with Bllatpulns ovi-a.
Of cuur.ii > she was not by nniiv.irt
nrglectftil of hi iullninnd cuffs , but It
was upon his bos&m that xhe pattU-ulariy
throw herself.
New York Tribune : LlRhlMlmlPdon"i ;
Thing In u Hiillilng Suit Surely , Aunt Mn-
Kiii-pt , you ure not going to wear your 'j < -
tncles in thu wnlur ,
Aunt Margaret Indeed I nm. Nothing
shall Induce me to' mice oft another lliuv
Hnrper'H Ilazar : "I suppo.ie you tn'Ifd '
about other women nt the sowing > . ! iy
thin afternoon , " Raid Mr. C'nwlu-r to his
wife.
"Ve.'i , " replied i.Mrs. Ctiwker. "Women nro
not co conceited ns men , who talk ahout
themselves. "
Washington Stnr : "I suppose , " rnnnrki-J
thesincastle housewife"that In the i-ouisa
of time Ice will bo worth ns much IIH diamond
mend ? . " "Well , " repllpil the Iceninn , re-
llectlvcly , "dlnmondM are pretty good In
their way , but you can't rely on their melt
ing down so as to keep up n sternly de
mand. " _
, NOT nr.Kii.mi.
Ah , boy In blue , does your blood mount
high ,
And Into your check the color 11 y ,
1 localise , ns soim'tlilng defiled , for nye ,
( My lady lins broken nnd cast away
The crystal goblet your lips had pressed ?
Why thus of old did they liicnk nnd lllnB
Afar the cup thnt hml served n king
( At Icnst , so I'm told , the records iittcsl ) ,
And n prlncc.s over thosn fragment * fought
And deoined them with life scnrce too dourly
bought ,
So yet Hluill my lady's * descendants ) way ,
"This bit of glnss was honored one dny
15y n loyal soldier who stopped here to
rest. "
For , though you've no chevron or epaulette ,
No true American cnn forget
Thnt the union we love , the freedom wo
boast ,
Were won nnd saved from the cncmy'n
host
From Lexington down to Clover 11111
lly the common foldler of the line ,
Who , in "simplicity Kubllmc- , "
Stands forth , the nation's Imhvnrk still.
IMOGEN UO13V.
We have some sailor
suits here that ought to
fit your boy. There are
not very many of them ,
but still more than we
want at this time in the
season. There are ree
fer suits too , and Ju
nior suits. If your boy
can fit one of them the
prices are now very
low ,
The assortment of
patterns and sizes is
not quite complete , but
at these prices we
don't expect to have to
mention the goods
again. They are bar
gains , not because they
are cheap but because
they are good ,
Our guarantee with
every garment ,
KING a co.
8. W. Cor.
18th and
6t