Nebraska Newspapers

    TIT73 OMAHA DAILY 1VEK : Tl'KSDAY , SEPTEMBER 21 , 18)7. ! )
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TO STATIO KAMI VISITORS.
THE OMAIIADAILY BEE.
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SPECIAL VISITORS' HOURS.
Visitors to the fair are Invited to
Inspect tlio unexcelled newspaper fa-
cilKle. ) of Thu Hoc. In order , how
ever that there mny ho no contusion
they will be asked to accommodate
tlionisulves to the following hours :
Tim press room on the ground lloor
of The Dee building and opening upon
the west side of the court will bo
open to the public between the hours
of 3:30 : and 4:30 : each afternoon. The
composing room on the sixth lloor ,
entered through room COO , will bo
open to the public each afternoon
from 4 o'clock to 5. No ono who
vlsdts the State fair should go away
without seeing the llnest now.'paper
plant In this part of the country.
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I.VHIST OX IIAVl.Vfi TIIH IIKIO.
Lincoln uxpccts to ovorllow with Irrl-
KutionLsIs nt'xl
Thi' concert of Kuropc will now have
.1 chance to practii'i1 up : t few new
for Its next musical program.
Yellow ft.-vor ( iiiaraiiUnc rofiulations
may ln > Incouvunii'iit. lint they an ; much
less inconvenient than yellow fever.
There Is a time for all things this
week for Ak-Sur-len ! festivities anil next
week for the openiu of the political
cancan.
Oscar of Sweden wants Queen
Victoria to iinilemtantl that she has no
copyright or patent upon holding royal
jubilees.
If this Is the llrst of a seven years of
plenty for Nebraska anil Its neighbors
there will be no complaint with the llrst
Kiimple of thi1 series.
Nebraska is tlolns Itself proiul. The
exhibits at the Nebraska State fair are
ns attractive as the exhibits at the
Nashville exposition.
Mnku 11 mark for progress nud pros
perity by putting your signature on
the county exposition bond petitions that
arc now In circulation.
It may be popular In Germany to ad
vocate u tariff war with the United
States , but the war would not bo KO
popular If It were once'lustltiited.
"Ilerdnmn , Ilowell and Harmony" Is
to be the watchword of the Douglas
county democracy. And harmony , like
sheol , will be spelled with a big II.
Visitors to Omaha during fair week do
not want to forget to avail themselves
of the unexampled opportunities ottered
by local merchants for their fall shop
ping.
Dr. Jekyll-l'eabody has not yet apolo-
Klzetl for trying to Impose upon the people
ple by uttering a spurious and falsllled
copy of the records of the Hoard of Kliv
uml 1'ollce Commissioners ,
The stock yards combination evidently
made a mistake when It selected
Judge Koster as the federal judge before
whom to take Its case to knock out
the Kansas stock yards law.
If the police commission has guaran
teed protection to the automatic gam
bling machines , the county attorney may
linve to be Invoked to see that the law
public gambling Is enforced.
The bracing September air should Infuse -
fuse life Into Omaha retail trade and
make our merchants focus the search
light of publicity upon the bargains they
have to offer to home patrons and visit
ors from" abroad.
What Is the council going to do about
the Sixteenth street viaduct ? Is It going
to wait till the horse Is stolen before
closing the door and Involve the city In
Bulls for huge damages from accident
before barring It to trulllc ?
I 1l7/'f ! 7 > U THKY II'.IAT TO 1'HIITKI Ti
I The lliuor | dealers of Nebraska hnvo
, been invited in meet In Omaha during
Ihe cominc week to organ/ ! ! state pro
tective iirfsru'latlnn. The pretext for this
proposed movement has not y < > t been
divulged , but It Is given out that the
slate- association In to be a branch of a
national org'inlxnlloii that will promote
the Inleiests of Its members throughout
thi ! country.
While llii right of liquor dealers to
organize for mutual beiieilts Is not to hi
called In itiestlou | , we doubt very much
whether the interests of Nebraska lliiior ]
dealers , either wholesale or retail , will
be promoted by the proposed association.
The ipiestloii that naturally presents
Itself Is. What do the liquor dealers of
Nebraska want to protect themselves
against ? Are they not enjoying all the
protection to which they are entitled un
der the law ?
Are not Nebraska liquor dealers en
joying greater freedom from fanatical
persecution than the liquor dealers In
any of the adjacent state.s ? Do they not
know that the existing license law Is ns
liberal as they can ever hope to have It
unless a radical change of public senti
ment should be effected ? Do they not
realize that their movement Is calculated
to provoke a counter-movement on the
part of th prohibition element which
would be again roused Into activity by
such a foolhardy attempt on the part of
the liquor dealers ? Do they not know
when they am well off , and are they
not content to be let alone ? Why should
the liquor dealers begin to agitate so
long as the prohibitionists are not en
gaged In agitation ?
What particular advantage Is to be
gained by Nebraska retailers of liquor
from organizing a branch oC a national
association Is not manifest. The na
tional association did not come to their
rescue when the battle for constitutional
prohibition was on in Nebraska in IS'.IO
and If Nebraska dealers depend on the
national association for protection from
crusades they will get little comfort if
the question Is again submitted. Way
down deep , however , the attempt to or
ganize for mutual protection is simply a
screen to cover a political scheme to gel
all the liquor dealers in the state Into
line with the forces of bogus reform ,
which have been swinging the police
club over the Omaha brewers and liquor
dealers through the Dahlmaii-IIerdnian-
Uansom gang. If the liquor dealers
would retlect upon the inevitable consequences
quences of such a political alliance , they
would hesitate long before they invite
reprisals.
TllH IXADKQUATK llhVf.lfUK.
The fact that the new tariff law has
not yielded as much revenue as the Wil
son law did nt corresponding periods
gladdens the hearts of the anli-
proteetioulsts. It is presumed that
no one having a claim to com
mon sense expected the Dingley
law to provide sulliclent revenue
from Hie outset or to immediately yield
its much as the law to promote importa
tions at the expense of American Indus
tries. Kverybody intelligently informed
in the matter knew that after the heavy
importations preceding the passage of
the present law there would bo a de
cline in Importations and in custom- :
revenue. This was clearly pointed out
by the supporters of the Dlngley bill
while it was under consideration and
they sought to hurry it through so as tc
head off as much as possible of the an
ticipatory importations. No republican
in either branch of congress expicss.'d a1
opinion that the law would at onue fui
nish Kiillicii'iit revenue and even Mr.
Dlngley thought it might be a year ,
under the circumstances , before revenues
were brought up to expenditures. Th'1 '
situation , therefore , is simply what prac
tical men looked for.
It is noteworthy that while criticising
the law because it Is not yet yielding siif-
liclent revenue to stop deficits its critics
say nothing about the good results from
it. The opening of mills and factories ,
the impetus given to productive enter
prises and the army of labor that hiih
been given employment .since the new
law went Into effect , are facts which the
anti-protectionists decline to consider.
They will see nothing in connection with
the rising title of. prosperity for which I
any credit is due to the new tariff law.
There still being delielts , the law , they
declare , Is a failure. The friends of pro
tection should not be disturbed at this
sort of criticism. Already the law is
vindicated so far as its effect upon the
industries of the country Is concerned. It
will be justified in due time as a revenue
measure.
.S/M/.V. /
Kilt Ire credence should not be given to
current reports as to what Minister
Woodford how been Instructed to say to
the Spanish government , but It Is quite
possible that It will be found these re
ports are not altogether guesswork. The
statement that comes by way of Paris ,
to the effect that the American minister
to Spain has already Informed the Span
ish minister of foreign affairs of the
views and wishes of this government In
respect to Cuba , seems conllrmatory of
the reports that had come from Wash
ington regarding our minister's Instruc
tions , but we are not conlldent as to
the authenticity of the Paris dispatch.
There is certainly good reason to doubt
the statement that General Woodford in
formed the Spanish minister that If the
war In Cuba Is not terminated by the eii-1
of October this country would ft-el Jus-
tilled in taking measures to secure the
Independence of the Island. It would bu
absolutely Impossible for Spain to coin-
ply with such a proposal and there can
be no doubt It would be regarded by that
government as tantamount to a declara
tion of war and would bo treated ac
cordingly. We are unprepared to think
that the president and secretary of state
would take a course almost certain to
plunge the country into war , especially
when congress Is not In session.
That Minister Woodford did not go to
Spain without some Instructions looking
to the paclllention of Culm with such as j
sistance from the United States as might
be acceptable to Spain It Is undoubtedly
safe to assume , but we do not believe
that he was authorized to present any
such ultimatum as that of terminating
tue Cuban war within the next forty
days. Such a propns.il ill' Spanish gov
eminent vtoitld bi > Tinupcllcd in r > i-nt
nnd our uoxi-rnment should piepare for
a conillct before submitting It. The re
ports mo somewhat disuniting , but we
still have faith In the wise conservatism
of President McKlnley and his known
desire to proniule American prosperity ,
, which would gain nothing from a war
with Spain.
A s
It appears that our State department
Is very well Mitislled with the result of
the IScrlng sea correspondence , since it
accomplished In part what this govern
ment has been seeking to attain for sev
eral years the participation of ( treat
Britain In n conference where expert
testimony can bp presented respecting
the numbers and condition of the seals.
This. Is not all that was desired by the
United States , the creation of a scientific
commission to ascertain whether or not
the seals are being exterminated having
been urged upon the P.ritlsh government ,
but this veiy proper suggestion was re
jected , the Itrltlsh government persisting
In the contention that there Is no ground
for the assertion of the American gov
ernment that the seals are on the road
to extermination. Claiming tin even
greater Interest In the fur-seallug Indus
try than the United States , Mr. Cham
berlain , the Ilrltlsh colonial secretary ,
says thai "it cannot , therefore , be for
the advantage of the British govern
ment or those whom it represents that
the seals should be exterminated. "
While this Is plausible It does not dis
pose of the facts presented by our gov
ernment , for which It has given testi
mony entitled to respectful considera
tion. This , however , the British gov
ernment disregards , though it would
seem thai. If it really feels the Interest
in perpetuating the fur-sealing Industry
which it professes , it would be most willIng -
Ing to have an Investigation- made by a
.scientific commission. Mr. Chamberlain
admits that before the now Imperfect
regulations for the protection of the seals
can be. scientillcally revised , accurate in
formation as to the Increase or decrease
of the herd must be made available.
And ihis Information Is to be obtained
"by accurate observations extending
over a period sulliclent to enable acci
dental circumstances to be eliminated. "
In the meantime- Canadian sealers are to
be permitted to carry on their business
without restraint. Nothing could be
plainer than the determination of the
British government to stand by the seal-
catchers of Canada and thereby counte
nance an industry which is not much re
moved from piracy.
Mr. Chamberlain in his reply to the
much-criticised dispatch of Secretary
Sherman a reply , by the way , which
cannot receive otliclal consideration from
( Ids government boldly atllrms that the
British government has fully observed
its obligations and has done even more
than the United State.s for securing the
-nforcement of the Paris regulations.
This Is quite characteristic of Mr. Cham
berlain and It will do no harm to his
popularity in Canada , whose influence
In tills matter is sulllclently obvious.
The colonial secretary , we may be sure ,
lias gained in the esteem of all Cumuli irs
who approve of pelagic sealing and have
10 friendship for the United States.
But after all our government has
u'alned something in inducing the British
government to participate in a confer
' . 'lice to be held in Washington next
month. It is true that the inquiry of
the conference will be circumscribed , but
it will be a step in the right direction
aid if our government is able to present
such a case as It claims to have it is
hardly possible that the conference can
fail to have good results. In- the mean
time the English press will perhaps gra
ciously forego further criticism of the
' undiplomatic" dispatch of Secretary
Sherman a paper which , however lack
ing in diplomatic courtesy , possessed a
spirit and force that proved very effect
ive.
It Is said the constitutionality of the
new law stopping the sale of stale school
lands is to bo questioned in the con its.
As the old provision for the sale of the
lauds was enacted by the legislature it
is tlillienlt to see what should prevent
the legislature from repealing an act
passed by one of Its predecessors. A
man who rents a house has no right to
insist on buying It against the owner's
will and a simple lease of state land
should gl.ve no right to force the state
to sell it at an undervaluation whether
it wishes to part with it or not.
There Is no excuse whatever for ex
posing the people compelled to travel
over the principal north and south thor
oughfare of Omaha to the danger of a
breakdown of the Sixteenth street
viaduct. The ramshackle bridge should
be closed at once and the work of pulling
It down proceed without further delay.
Bryan Is receiving $ . " 00 to ? 7.r > 0 a
speech from the proceeds of the gate re
ceipts of Kansas , Missouri and Iowa
county fairs and yet he continues to tell
the people who contribute these large
sums to the box otllce that the prosperity
they are enjoying Is only a delusion
and a snare.
Secretary Klklns has finally come for-
waul and solved the mysleiy of section
'J of the tariff law by admitting the
authorship to rest with himself. This
ought to relieve the minds of the men
who were sure section - - could be ex
plained only as another bold crime of
plutocratic conspirators.
Bryan Is objecting to the obliteration
of the silver question from the New York
democratic campaign. Like the man who
sees the handwriting on the wall , he
realizes that the demand for new Issues
Is only the forerunner of the di-nmnd for
new candidates.
The chief thing that Is bothering Kd
Ilowell about his candidacy for tim
democratic nomination for sheriff Is how
to square hlm.sclf afterward with all Ihu
men who were promised that job by the
gang at the county delegate convention.
One effect of the yellow fever scare Is
reflected In the clearing of the ( southern
cities to which the fever region is tribu
tary. Compared with the rest of the
country these cities appear to have ex
perienced A noticeable setback In their
a'dvaucliig litijilhess. Everything , how
ever , points to progress ami prosperity
and even yolMw fever cannot be mote
than n licetliig'cloud ' temporarily obscur
ing the bright fltin of restored conlldence
anil stability , , , . ,
The slot machine licensing ordinance
affords lhi"in > llee no excuse for protect
ing the aiitunuTlle gambling skin games.
Keeping gambling devices Is an offense
against the s'laYe law and the police otll-
cers are sworn , to enforce this law.
The oiily apparent reason for Great
Britain .sending more troops to India Is
to Increase the number of people there
who will have to subsist on the short
crops that have been harvested by the
Indian farmers.
The treaty of peace between Turkey
and Greece has been signed and It will
be some time before ( { recce tries to do
it 11 second time without being better
prepared to stand the consequences and
pay the tiddler. .
I'lllt form IllvisionrciliMl. .
Clilcnijo Times-Herald.
It Is tlmo that the low.i fuslotiists re
vised their platform. It contains a plank
which refers In mills closing down nnd work
men out of employment. The trouble Is that
they adopted a platform In June to do duty
In November.
Sfiislltlc VliMV ( if ii Corpse.
St. lyiuls Ololie-DcinocMt.
Governor O'Pcrrnll of Virginia Is a demo
crat , but he says In a rocenl letter : "Krec ,
unllmlteJ and Independent coinage Is doomed
and no tstrong political pirty of the presenter
or future will ever put Itself to death by
declaring for It In national convention. " The
activity ot the gold democrats shows that an
Increasing number of the party take Uie same
view.
Kvciil * Shutter n Platform.
rinclnnatl Tribune.
The Io a silver calamity platform has
ono or two holts in it where the planks
have dropped through. One ot the pbnks
reads : "Prosperity has not made Its appear
ance ; the mills and thops are closed down ;
the army of the unemployed U growing
larger , and the farmers In Iowa are market
ing Ihelr crops at lower prices than over
heforc. " This 'is one ot the planks which
took a big drop. H was written In Juuo.
A in er I en n lluller In llurnpe.
I'hllaiU'lpliln ItcC'inl. '
As a result of the third experimental ship
ment of .butter . to London by the Agricul
tural department western creamery butter
sold at a prollt of over I' cents a pound ,
while Now England creamery brought lower
prices than at Ironic. There was no differ
ence In the quality of the products ; the
difference was in the slo of the packages.
With closer study of English tastes Ameri
can butler.Vhlrli on the whole hna already
made n favorahlo Impression abroad , ought
to blliid lit ) .1 ulll-nilfwil tro.l. . l lr , n-111,1.
metropolis , and possibly beyond.
< Chicago Chronicle.
Dr. Archlnard of New Orleans Is the most
recent bacillus discoverer. Ho has segregated
the germ of yellow frver. This will no doubt
bo balled as a scientific triumph by medical
gentlemen wllo pnss their time ppering into
microscopes , but Its utility will not he ap
parent to the layman. Pasteur's discoveries
of the bacilli'of
various diseases have con
tributed llttlo or nothing toward the preven
tion or the c\iro of those diseases. What
is needed Is the discovery not of the cause ,
but of the cure Jor , bacterial Infections. The-
search for bacilli .resembles the. search for
the north polo Interesting , but valueless.
' ' ' The .ijlrlkc iiiul tinC'o.st. . I
Phllndi.r | > ) la Tlwiinl.
The greater number of the miners in the
I'lttsbui-E district , after nearly thr.-o months
idleness , went back to work ThurscUy on
the G5-cent compromise basis. This is a
partial victory for the strikers. They have
got a part of the advance they asked for , and
the promise of arbitration of their griev
ances. Hut they have paid dearly for their
triumph. The loss of wagej mounts up to
57,000.000. To the outside public , who have
sympathized with the strikers from the be
ginning of their struggle , the most satis
factory phase of the trouble has been the
admirable self-control of the thousands of
Idio mt-n , who have as u rule been orderly
and law-abiding.
1'i-nVi ( lie Purity.
Kuiisus City Journal.
Ex-Senator Pcifti-'s paper , the Advocate ,
is the cllicial paper of Kan/as and the rccr.g-
nizoJ organ of the populist party in fiat
state. Upon the editorial page of the Advo
cate In its issue of this week appears the
following :
"A correspondent , writing from Ho&svllle ,
asks a good many questions and requests
the Advocate to answer them. The answer
to all the rest depends on the answer to
the first question , which roads
11 'Is it possible for the United States to
maintain gold and silver at a r-arlty under
f eo coinage ? '
"To which we answer , no. "
All of which Is referred to the free silver
republicans and free silver democrats of
Kansas without comment.
A m < r I rli n Worlclii mcn.
I'hllnilclphlu 1'rcFs.
"In no other country on earth will you
nnd thu working people so neatly and com
fortably dressed as in the United Slates , "
was thu remark uttered by a gentleman who ,
with a friend , stood watching the crowds of
tellers setting forth ycsterduy to spend
labor's holiday at the various pleasure resorts -
sorts In and around the city. Continuing , ho
said : "The appearance of the American
worklngman on all occasions is a tribute to
the Industrial conditions under which ho
tolls and lives. He nnd his family are in
variably neatly attired and their faces are
intelligent. And when they hive a holiday
they almost always have the means to en
able thorn In enjoy it to the utmost. When a
man gets goods wages ho likes to wear good
clothes and to spend some of his money on
amusements. In Europe the tellers pass
thc-Mr holidays holding mass meetings , to
protest against the conditions surrounding | I
them. Hero they go anuipwhoro with their
families to have a good time. The differ- I |
otjcn between thp wage stsndard hero and '
In "the older countries Is responsible for our j ;
generally happy and contented working
people. "
I llli < > < > illlllK ) nml IIII > IIIIKNCIIt. | |
ImnunApolls News.
The San I''ran'clUb ' ! and other western pi
pers are worklrlti'ivp1 ' a fsonsatlon over -the dis
covery that MiU Uryan , while traveling In
California rectirtly/1 / used a pass over the
Southern Pacific ; ' Mr. Dryan's friends at
first denied lhi > charge , but Mr. Bryan came
forward and sihl that hu had obtained the
tran--p ° rtaHun uioygh the Omaha World-
Herald. Upon 'Inquiry at Omaha It developed
that Mr. Ilrran iiuft severed his connection
with the WorJd-Hprald a year provloitkly ,
and furthermore thft the World-Mould ha4
no ad\crtislnfi contract with the Southern
Pacific. Mr. ItryaTi'A reply to this was that
ho was Htlll a , slpckholdcr In the World-
Herah' . In an Interview Mr. Bryan said :
"Tho only IhltlKin the nature of free
tickets Dint liifnfri , on during my western
trip was transportation fitinl lied mo on ac
count of the Omaha World-Herald , of which
I was once editor and in which I am yet a
stockholder. TJio World-Herald telegraphed
for transportation for me , anl It was the
distinct understaiUing that It was Issued on
R strict advertising basto. I paid the World-
Herald for It tnsteid of paying the railroads
direct. U was simply a matter of buslnu s
slid I don't see how fair-minded people can
make anything ulso out of It. "
A dreadful state of things might have been
brought about If Mr. Ilryan had made free
use of pastes during the presidential cam
paign. The fact dcicti not matter so much
now , but Mr. Ilryan should bo very careful
about accepting favors from railroads. Ho
lias denounced them as oppressors In many
Instances and as allies of the forces of
monopoly and the gold standard. It is ,
therefore , quite unbecoming and 'inconsistent
I < J Mr. Bryan to uao any transportation that
savor * of railroad favors. Hu bhould pay
tils way. / .
I'oi.vrims rniiTixnvr TOPICS.
Springfield Monitor : Public spirited
clllr.cna of Omaha should MOO to It that the
man who tackfd up the llttlo sign. "Union
Depot. " nt the brad of the stairs on the
viaduct leading to the railway tracks below
Is suitably reworded for his valuable aid to
mankind In keeping sttxuiRrrs in the city
from going astray when In search of n train
to carry them away from the city. Nothing
lose than a inarhlu statue of this person ,
whoever ho may be. with his hand pointing
to the long-promised now depot , if It should
ever bo 'built ' , will satisfy n traveling public
whom tno niorcsald sign has benefited.
Hooper Sentinel : The Builders Brick
Manufacturing company of Hooper has been
running to Its fullest capacity every since
they started up In the spring. They cm-
ploy fifteen men , who , on account of the
pushing orders , have to put In extra time.
The company have already shipped 129 car
loads of brick this year , while last year
they only shipped fifty. As they ill,1 not
cut the wages of their men under Cleveland's
administration , they did not have to raise
them under McKlnloy's. The fact that this
company has already done more than twice
the business this year than they did last ,
seems to us Is an unmistakable evidence of
better times.
Fremont Tribune : At a recent meeting at
Saratoga of representatives of the great In
surance companies doing business In this
cavalry a closer compact was formed for
the purpose of dominating ni d controlling
the fire Insurance business. Ne.braska , In
common with other states , has long been In
the grip of thp Insurance trust and hso paid
much tribute to It. Last winter the legisla
ture passed Senator Mailer's anti-compact
bill for the purpose of prevent.'rg ' combina
tions ot companies to keep up rates by a pool.
Tb's law has not yet had any visible effect
on the regulation of the butlnois , nnd It Is
altogether probable the experienced coiu-
rnnl.-s of the trust will ( successfully evade U.
The Insurance companies have been mak'ni ;
enormous profits 'n Nebraska , yet they are
always making pitiful pleas of their poverty
A statement Issued by the state auditor In
February shows that the Joint slock com-
pinlcs of other states nnd countries re
ceived In premiums In Nebraska last year
$1..137nSC.-l3 and paid ! n losses $020,009 f.O.
leaving over $700,000 to pay commissions anil
expenses. The ti ly relief wo can see from
this extortion is .through the organization of
mutual companies and a , liberal patronage of
them by business men nnd residents of cities.
This plan Is solving the question of farm In
surance and it will .break the back of the
tiust If the business men organlzu for that
purpose.
SlfiXII'MOVXT OHIO MCIIJKNT.
Philadelphia Hccord : The national free
silver camp meeting t Springfield , 0. , was
a great big national fizzle , the audience on
Thursday night , by victual count , having num
bered but thirty-live persons or twenty-five
less than the number of speake's In attend
ance. Mi1. Bryan recently explained that tin
drop 'In ' the price of silver was due to the
suply ; being In excess of the demand. Ac
cording to the Kame principle an alarming
drop may IIP looked for in the price of silver
orators In the Buckeye state.
Now York Sun : The great "national silver
cannpnipeting" at SpMngliuld , O. , had been
advertised pertinaciously. It waste be an
Immense reunion of the Hryanltes. Tremendous
deus crowds were looked for. Some of the
Springfield democrat * were a llttlo afraid
that there would not bo provisions enough
to feed the multitude , \\edncsday was the
first day of the meeting. Seven hundred
persons were present. "Tho leade.'s charged
the railroads with trying to keep people
away. " It is curious that railroads should
bo anxious not to carry psssengcrs , hut cor-
pDratlrns are queer as well as malicious.
It is strange that people did not come on
foot. Who would not cheerfully walk 370
miles to hear General Adonlram Judsan Wnr-
r.cr and Hon. Allen W. Tbnrman thunder
against government by injunction ? Mr.
Thurinan told the seven hundred that "tho
tlmo will soon come when it will he- neces
sary to ameliorate the sufferings of the jieo
plo by unpeaceable means. " The emotions
of the seven hundred at this model ate lan
guage of this singularly sage OTator have
not been described.
rHKSO.VAlj AM ) OTIIKKWISH.
While opinions differ as to the benefits , no
ono doubts that Chicago's school of anatomy
causes considerable rattling of dry hones.
Much go-sip is indulged in over the re
ported ghost walk in London's tower. Per
haps the watchers think there Is too much
time between pay days.
It is said that , although King Oscar of
Sweden and Norway Is ono of the most un
affected of monarchs , he wears his crown
more frequently than any other European
sovereign.
As a political athlete Congressman Jerry
Simpson is a model tor his crowd. After
coming out of the small end of the silver-
wheat partnership horn , he calmly turned
around and blow It.
A Georgia negro who stole a Jug of whisky
ran into a lynching party red-handed. For
tunately for the darkey the jug had a mel
lowing effect on the sanguinary crowd and
his alibi was accepted.
General Hugh Cameron , a hermit who
lives near Lawrence , Kan. , In what ho calls
Camp Ben Harrison , has returned home after
p. trip to Wellington and eastern cities , dur
ing which hu walked more than 1,0K ! > miles.
The late Mr. Sedgwick , who was head of
an English firm of brewers , has by his will
loft $50.000 to employes at the brewery. Sev
enty men who have bseu there ten ypnrs re-
clved SHOO each and 100 who can show live
years' fcervice $150 each.
Johnnie Daly is the name of a O-yrnr-nld
boy jockey , who rldca at fifty pounds. } fp
is the youngest Jockey to ride on a reeog-
nled racecourse and has been iranaglng a
horse siufi ! ho w.-u 3 years old. When ho
was G he was tnibled alone on the rojd with
lior.es.
A case was recently trlc.l before a New
York court where a woman , Miss Lonv , wds
placed upon the jury. The coutt found it
dlflicult to got the last juryman , and one ot
the lawjers proposed Miss Loew , who la
also a lawyer. The opposing counsel agreed
and she served admirably.
D. N. Richardson of Davenport has made
a handsome present to the atate of Iowa.
Kor fifty-seven months lie has been secretary
of the Iowa Soldiers' Monument association ,
drawing $75 per month for his services.
Mr. Hlchurdson has given the total amount ,
$4,27i > , as his contribution to thu monument
fund.
Swindlers have boon victimizing Imnsehold-
ors of Kansas City , Kan. , by causing to be
distributed handbills announcing that the
legislature has ordered that all houses shall
have mall boxes , and then canvab lng from
hoitfio to house , taking orders for the boxen
mid collecting 2ii ccntti as a guarantee on
each order.
Governor Wolcott of Mas'achusMts said in
n recent speech on Prcsuott , the historian :
"From his mother he derived the unfailing
spirit which kept him cheerful and gave him
the power to overcome n great misfortune.
From his father came , In large degree , his
finely constituted mind. And from his sol
dier ancestry he Inherited the qualities iof
ronraRo and peislsienre that characterized
him throughout his life. "
Koyal makes ( he food pure.
u 'lolccomo und delicious.
_ - - SiJi 'X .1
Absolutely T--.O
OY l DAK1NO TOOEH CO. , NCW VOKK.
mnvTIII : .SII.VKU IM..UJ.
New York Conuncri iat Advertiser : "Jonra
of Arkansas" appears to have become a po
tent faclor In the councils of New York state
democracy. At the tneotiiiK of the demo
cratic st.ite committee thu chairman of Hie
'tyopocnitlc" national committee ntsed that
body to turn Its back upnn the ( . 'hle.ign plat
form , and thereupon his advice WAS followed.
This Is the democratic machine notion of
"homo rule. "
New York Mall and Express : The letter
of National Chairman Jones means the tem-
pouiry rehabilitation of Hill and others who
only last jear were declared to bo no longer
democrat * , but traitors nnd villains. But the
rehabilitation has cost nothing more th.in
a complete sacrifice of the party's principles
which , apparently and historically , Is a mere
detail , not justifying such , - > fuss s Is being
ma tie ever it.
Buffalo Express : Jnines K. Jones of Ar
kansas , rhalfinan of the de-mocratlc national
roimmtU'u , who now ndvlsoi * that Now York
democrats avoid national Issues , Is the same
JoiiL-s who last May wrote letters to Chair
man Elliot LMnforth of the democratic slae ;
i committee of New York and John 0. Sheehan -
han of Tammany Hall , beseeching them to
take no step backward from the Chicago
national : plalfortu of 1SSG In the slate and
municipal campaigns this fall. Chairman
J on iv > at thlJ tluiL' was very much concerned
lest the demociats should attempt to shunt
tin1 Chl.-ago platform.
Springfield ( Mass. ) llopubllran : The letter
of Senator Jones of Arkansas , chairman of
thu democratic national committee , to the
chairman of the domiKT.ttlc statu committee
of New York , advising against any speclnl
action by that committee regarding the
Chicago platform , la another proof that ho is
pursuing in his party management the policy
of simple opportunism. Interviewed not
long ago regarding the dodge of the silver
qtustlon In Oorman'8 Maryland platform , he
declared Unit the plank was entirely satis
factory to him and to all silver men. lie
could see no evasion therein ; Indeed , Senator
Uortumi was a tiuly great man. And In the
Now York case Mr. Jones l.s sure that the
state committee would exceed Its powers ,
is it had affected to believe. If It did mnro
than name a candidate for the Judgoshlp of
the court ot iippcals. This easy compliance
on Jones' part with the apparent demands
of the local situation Indicates that he has
no mind to force matters. And perhaps In
simple management he is doing quite well.
NVw York Tribune : More than local
olgnlllcancc attaches to thu refusal of the
democratic stale committee to revive the
free slhcr colnngo Issue for use In the approaching
preaching state campaign. Despite the air
of Ingenuousness given to the committee's
discovery that it was clearly without
authority to write a party platform , its
failure to express last Wednesday even the
smallest opinion on public questions bears
all the earmnrks of deliberate and studied
policy. Moreover , the plausible excuses for
dodging a reafllnnation of the Chicago plat-
fonn so obligingly furnished to Sinator
Murphy by Chairman Jones ot the demo
cratic national committee fall wholly to
obscuru thn main fact that the democratic '
organization In the foremost state of the
union practically hauled down the silver
Hag when , by a policy of Inaction and
slltnce , Ii committed itself to conducting a
state campaign on lines which virtually
lgn < ire the declarations accepted a year ago
ns ilemo.Titlo faith by the national conven
tion at Chicago.
POI'M.ATIOV OP \\VAII. .
AincricilliN CollNtlt ur liui Tlirvr IVr
Ci'lil uf IliiTotnl. .
Chicago Hccoiil.
The Koeord is In receipt ot a copy of the
last census of the republic of Hawaii , taken
in 1S9C. According to that document the
population of 'the islands is 10H.020 , divided
according to box and nationality as follows :
Natiuiinlltlfs. , Males. I'Ym.iles. Tolalw.
ll.lWilllalls 1B.3''J H.iWI 3I.U1SI
Part llnwnlluns 4.S-I' ! 4.2M . , lx.r.
Anic-riuiuiH l.DTS 1,111 3OS'i '
Ilrltlsh 1,40 ! Sll 2iY !
( iprmnns SGi DGC 1,4:3 :
Fn-iii-li r.O 4f. ml
Norweg-nn -10 182 IITS
ruttllguefcU S. 6.9 15,11)1 )
JuiuncM l'J-2 ! fi.l 3 21,407
Chinese 11MI" 2.110 2ln6
SOL.HI Ko.-i Islanders 321 131 4VS
Oilier natlomiltlesMS 1S2 ( M
Totals 72,17 , 3G.T.O.I 1W.02)
I
The American population of these islands i
Is but 3 per cent of the total. The natlvt1
Hawaiians constitute nearly one-third of the
entire population ; the Chinese and Japanese
together almost one-half. Unless the whole
theory and policy of our government are to
bo repudiated the inhabitants of thec.e . Is
lands , if annexed , must eventually bo ad
mitted to citizenship In the American unicii ,
and ultimately the islands will become a
state.
The situation in the Hawaiian Islands Is
satisfactory to the I'nited States as it is.
The influence of this country Is predominant
there. Annexation can bring no substantial
advantages not now enjoyed , while involving
now responsibilities and dangers.
TIIK A.vrilKACITi ; IlAltO.VS.
Thflr Grip IMI < ! < People Oriuluiilly
IjOIIHt'lllllsV *
Chicago 1'unt.
Ono line of business appears to be escaping
the Improvement which Is noticeable In all/
other branches. From the haul coal trust
como only expressions of disappointment and
chagrin. ' The coal men are not soiling
ccal as they hoped they would , Consumers
stoutly refuse to further tilth plans or do
anything which will crown their methods
with success. The trust has IM-PU trying to
work out a scheme of Its own contriving for
the last two years which It hoped would re
sult in Us own enrichment. So tar it has
proved a dismal failure , and the longer It Is
continued in operation the greater does that
failure appear to become.
Two months ago an advance of BO cents
a ton was ordered in the price litt of all
liard coal. At the same time suggestive
lilnls were thrown out that that was but a
ueg'nulng of the rise and th.it the first day
of cicli succeeding month would see 25 cents
a ton added to the price. U was expected
that the crasumcrs would get frightened rrd
rush In' and bnyi their winter supplies'I'd
the amazement of the ring managers the
public simply shrugged its uhoulilors and
went on Its way as it the- price of hard coal
wis a matter of the utmost Indlffeienco to
It. It could not bo frightened by any s > uch ,
: actlcs. The sales of hard coal for the last
.wo months have not amotv.tcd . to any more
' haoi they did when the depression was at Its
'lelght , and although winter is but two
months oft , people are still showing no
anxiety about their winter ( supply.
The fact Is the coil ring Is fast losing Us
terrors for the avcragrhcmcuholder Id
despot'sm ts bringing about Us tnVn dratruc-
tton IVoplp are ni lo'iger ' relying lip u
hard cnnl for their fuel supplies as they
one/did. The Introduction of fuel g s and
of stpsm for cooking mid hrMlng purposes
Is becoming so general that It has caused a
great shrinkage in the demand for the
smaller sles of anthracite coal The mul
tiplication of apartment buildings , all of
which are row supplied with steam heat att-1
gas stoves , has furthered the work of eman
cipation. Those who cannot afford the lux
uries are contenting themselves with soft
coal , and the hard coal ring finds thai u M
losing Us customers by the thmis.- : . < ' .s
What has boon going on In Chicago hiis
been proceod'ng at about the same rid' in
all the largo centers of population , unlit
the ring Is loudly bcmwiilug Its less of
trade and threatened disaster
AVVSTIMi TMIi : AMI MOMiY.
A Mi'itiliiT of lu Itrlllxli Piu-lliiiiUMit
on lhi > llhiK-lnlllc ( oiiiiiiltoliiii ,
WrtaJiliiKl.m IiS | | > atc1i to Hi. I-outs 1lpiuittp | |
Air. J. E. ( Ionian , mombiT ot thn Kngllsh
I'.irllamii't , hag boon In this city for n few
days and while hero called on President Mc
Klnley.
Mr. ( Ionian Is one of the youngest mem-
bora of Parliament , but Is exceedingly well
Informed In legislative matters.
The Republic correspondent a knl Mr. Oor-
don what ho thought of the rhnnros of the
bimetallic commission now in England to
secure some concession from that govern
ment to assist In ro-estiihllshltiK bimetallism.
"I think. " ho replied , ' 'your people are
wasting money. My noueonal Ititi-rosi would
cause me to fin or silver , r-erni'si' I have
certain silver certificates onbich I have
lost money. Hut the English povoninir 't
Is In a dual position In logard Io silver \ny
Idea that there Is n chance of oui limno gov
ernment becoming bimetallic In any way ; n
n pure myth. It Is abcoluiely Impo'-Hlble.
The belief that some of yeiir people seem
to entertain that It Is a possibility. Is merely
r. case In which the wish Is father to ilia
thought.
"The ono heresy of Halfour Is silver , nnd
1 am afraid that the fact that ho Indorses
bimetallism Is overestimated In Importance
by American binu'talllatH. lie has o\ldently
come In contact whh continental and per
haps AmorlcRii theorists on that subject ,
but when you listen to his argument It la
'If nnd 'If , ' and 'If certain " tilings happen
\vo can have bimetallism. "Tho local Itillu-
ences that control Mr. Halfour should tint
bo overlooked. lie has a hanr-nter con
stituency where the cotton Industries have
miffori'd from the dopi eclat Ion of silver in
India. Mr. Italfmir loads the House of Com-
moiic * , but nut on the flium ial quorum
"Just think of the ciridltion in England
and you wJl sec that bimetallism line no
hope there , Tin- English people are prosperous
porous today. Our working people are prus-
perotts. Our prosperity Is greater tluui it
h s over boon , In spllo of competition anil
to change our innneiary system under ihiso
conditions appears ridlrulous. Our < 'mnier- '
ilal supremacy has been attained under our
present system , and nil iirgiuni tits favor
maintaining it. Then , we have a lai-go
amount of money loaned In nil parts of the
world , ml It Is not likely that that imprest
would be attacked by liitroducliiK b'tnot.il-
llsm. No , your commissioners are wasting
tlmo In Oreat Britain.
"Hut there is some future for silver In
India. My understanding was that when
the mints of India were closed to the coin
age of the rupee It was the intention to
keep them closed until their value reached
a certain point , and that then the govern
ment would no longer be bound to kep
the mints closed. The population of ln > 'iu
ia Increasing , and with It there lu an In
creasing demand for currency. As I have
said , the point has now been reached when ,
according to the understanding when thu
mints were closed , they may be again opened
for coining Urn rupee "
llt'II.T ' POU FU.\ .
Chicago Itecord : "Tlmt beard hi utihe-
coinln ; ? to you , l.iown. "
"Yes , 1 know ; It's my wife's Idea. "
"Oh , 1 seel"
Detroit T'Yeo Tress : "Orocltott , the Scotch
( llak'ol writer , Is ( ' feet -1 inches high. "
" .My ! lint It must take a long tiiiK' to pet
n Joke through him ! "
Philadelphia Times : It lias been ill - < iv-
crt'd that the focret of poker's ] ) i > puluitty
Is it's socluldo olmraoler. It's > u c.i-y for
one player to cull and see another while It's
golnr on.
DptroH Journal : "You arc the first jjlrl
I over loved. "
"Kdwln ! "
"I cannot be mh tnU < n ! "
1'Vr there wii' the fateful strawlnTry
murk on her .shirt waist.
II was Indeed singular that they should
meet again after all tlie.se weeks.
Imllaunpolls Journal : Mrn. Flgg Tummy
"wore toilHy.
Mr. Flgtv Where in he ? I'll fix him.
There's time enough for him to bo ln swear
ing when ho is grown up and married.
Philadelphia North American : Frani e la
portmlieil as to juct how It should rfcelvo
king CliulaloiiKkoin. ills mnl > sty no doubt
will .lay : , "Tako mo just n.s Slam. "
Indianapolis Journal : "The keynote Io our
great American .system , " said the citizen ,
"Iw si'lf-govfrnmeiil. "
"I think I understand , " said the Intelligent
foreigner , "the Idou Is Hint when n. . Hi't oC
men gc-t hold of the government they aio
expected to run It for themselves. "
Til R UNATTA1NA BM3.
Jll'llJC. '
Ho twlPts nml tui'iis , IIP chokes and ga-p *
His "houldor-liliidoH hitrlfs to Hutch ;
Ills fnro grows purple as he grasps
At something IIP can never tourti.
Ill- ) writhing body barkn-anl bemlH ,
ills hands behind him grope In the air ;
And yet he cannot reach the emlH
Of thee s-ilfpendeis ImnglMR tlieio.
TKVOIt A.VI ) TKWItll.
Ton years a ; ! mian' May 8nugiH ; , _
Was Kin.In' i'i the choir ,
A lu'ldln' uf the .same hymnlmok
An1 Himvln' Higher an' Higher ; M
Ami folks turned ruuinl to look nml hear fl
Ther mnclc cwcot , an' when her
Sopranni.- ! ' struck up loud and clear
1 como In with my tenor.
Ijast nUrht .shf .SIHIK In our town
As Miss Marie S'Tilglnl ,
And I wi'iit to ( ho opery-hou.sp
Tor buy Heats , IlUc a greeny ,
"Two KeatH. live dollars each , " they Hiy.i ;
I liai-k * ' .II' qul It , an' then her
Soprnmirr Htrack up loud , and I
1 staid out with ; ny tenner.
Will find quite u holiday aspect
in our Hturo already -tho manon
of fubtlvo occasions Is upon tin
nnd inon who would be well
droiFod for a good deal loss than
the mot-chant tailor oharjjcH la
wbo if ho comes to us Wo ad-
vlbo you that otir Fall Overcoatu
and Suits for old mini young
men and children for stout
mon und slim men for boys In long trousers nnd shavorH in
short pants are all here and arc no line In texture and UH finely
inudo as it in powsiblo for them to bo at the prlcuti , and the
prh.'os are from the lowest to the highost. All aru woluomo at
our htoro , cKpcciully mothon , and hinall uhildrun our second
lloor has all convunlutmon ( or tholr comfort and you are Invit
ed to malco your.solf thoroughly at homo hero.
S. W. Cor. 15th and Douglun Sts.