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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE UOSEWATEIl , Editor. THUMB OF BUB-3C1UPTION , Dally Bee ( without Sunday ) , Oile * trtr. . S.OO Daily lies and Sunday , Ono Year. . . . . . . .W DaJly , bunday and Illustrated , One Year 8.2o tjuntuy and Jlluatruted , Une Jtetr. . . . . . . jj. " Illustrated Bee , one Year. . . , * < Sunday Uee , One Year. , fj Saturday Bee , One Year ' { Weekly Bee , Ono Year. , OFFICES. Omaha : The Bee Bullolnp. . South Omaha ; City Hall Building , Twenty- fifth and N Streets. Council BlutTs : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago : 397 Oxford Building. New York : Temjilo Court. Washington : Wl Fourteenth Street. C011HESPONDKNC13. Communications relating to news nd Kdtlorlal Department , The Omaha Bee , BUSINESS L.ETTEHS. Buslnesi Utters and remittances should b addressed to The Bco Publishing Com pany , Omaha. Omaha.REMITTANCES. . namlt by draft , express or postal order payable to The Bee- Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment 01 mail accounts. Personal chccKS , except on Omaha , or Eastern exchange , not accented. THIS BE13 PUBL1SH1NO COMPANi. STATKMI3. > T OK CIHCU1 > ATION. Btato of Nebraska , Douglas County , SB. : Oocrgo B. Tzschuck , sccretnry of The Be * Publishing company , being duly sworn , sAys that the actual number of full and cpmpleto copies of The Daily , Mornlne , livening ana Sunday Bee , printed during the month ol July , 1S93 , was ns follows : 1 2(1,000 17 25,020 B 27,000 IS .S-,7UO 1 25,110 19 2I.TOO 4 25,400 20 114,070 6 20,050 21 24,580 6 25,500 22 24,720 7 25-MO 23 20,255 8 25..I40 H 21 , 00 9 27,35 ! ! 25. : 24nt ) 10 25,200 26 24,700 11 25,480 S7 24,770 1J 24,020 25 2lt > : tO 13 25,232 20 24,81O 14 25,400 80 20,150 1C 25,000 31 25,010 W ,20,040 Total 7fl5,882 Less unsold and returned copies. . . . 10,47 Net total sales 775,403 Not dally Subscribed nnd sworn before me this Slst day of July. 1839. L. B. BOYLE. ( Bool. ) Notary Public Parties Ijenvlntt for tlio Snmmcr. Parties leaving the city for the summer may have The Bee sent to them regularly by notifying The Bee business offlco , in person or by mall. The , address win bo changed as often ns desired. Welcome the First Nebraska , L/et / the flags flutter and the streamers stream. Nebraska Is proud to greet Its return ing warriors. Omaha Is ready to Incubate the big- goat crop of hoarse voices yet produced. If the soldier boys want anything they don't see all they have to do Is to ask for It If the town whistles and bells do not get enough practice this week It will not be Mayor Moores' fault. The democratic club of Salt Lake proposes - , poses tovgivo a theatrical performance. It will bo farce comedy , of course. If the soldier boys only clear the atmosphere of the soldier bugs they will bo voted another set of medals. Oem Paul seems to have taken an other look at his hand and raised Colonial nial Secretary Chamberlain a stack of red chips. The weather bureau has lost a hurri cane somewhere In the West Indies. If It will only stay lost the people of that section will appreciate it Did you notice the superiority of The Sunday Bee as compared with other papers printed hereabouts ? It Is the same thing every Sunday. Kvents In Ohio Indicate the following as an appropriate Inscription for the Ohio democratic convention hall : "Johnny McLean ; his party. " Vendors of remedies for disordered stomachs can do a good business among Nebraska democratic editors. The dose of Holcomb crow has seriously impaired the digestive apparatus and the case Is one requiring skillful treatment A new form of money order Is to be put Into use by the Postofflce depart ment to accommodate better tlio de mands of patrons. With republican prosperity the pressure of money order business must bo overtaxing money order facilities. If .Tollu Bull wants any bridges built for his prospective campaign In South Africa ho can ascertain from the com mander in the Soudan that the United States is the only place where ho can got a good Job done In a hurry and com pleted on time. Nobody has us yet explained the ne cessity of sending Adjutant General Barry and Congressman stark west a second time to meet the returning First regiment If the state Is to pay the freight it may yet be necessary to ex plain the matter. The Davenport ( la. ) Democrat reply ing to tlio statement that tlio demo cratic party never leads , says that Q rover Cleveland headed the procession for eight years. True , but ho got so far ahead of hla party that it will require nt h'ast a generation for it to catch up. Itccoptlon committees propose and the Southern I'ucUlc Railway company dis pose * . No soldier train time card appears to bo low enough to enable that com pany to keep up with it , But it was on tlmu to the miuuto when it came to the question of pay In advance for trans portation. All the railroads want is to got the Sixteenth Btreot viaduct tied up in court lver/ ! ) mouth of delay In the work of construction means BO much money In their coffers saved us Intercut on the investment , while the public must content itself with nil sorta of incon- yculeuces. According to a dispatch from Cape town the Transvaal government has In formed the British secretary of sUitc for the colonies , Mr. Chamberlain , that it adheres to Its latest proposals and will offer no further concessions. These proposals , It is understood , embrace the rollmiulslinient of British suzerainty in the Transvaal , which England will cer tainly not accept under existing condi tions , If Indeed there are any circum stances that could Induce her to do so. A rcllnqulshmcnt of suzerainty In the Transvaal under existing , condltloris would curry with it a loss of British prestige In South Africa , while the aim of Great Britain Is rather to Increase its prestige there. Tf the rejwrt from Capetown Is correct It would seem safe to ijuy that war Is Inevitable , since the British government had already announced that It would not reccdo from Its position or modify Its terms. It has been seen for HOUIO time that It war was to bo averted It would bo through concessions by the Transvaal government of the British demands. If It bo a fact that that gov ernment has decided to make Its last proposals an ultimatum there will un doubtedly be war and If hostilities arc entered upon the conflict will bo pro tracted , sanguinary and disastrous. TUK ST.lKDARlt. The Pennsylvania republican plat form declares that tlio party In that state stands unequivocally nnd unre servedly for sound money nnd favors a currency with which to pay the wages of labor and the earnings of capital , the soldier nnd the pensioner , as good ns gold the world over. To further these ends , it says , "We believe In main taining the existing gold standard and nro unalterably opposed to the free coinage of sliver nt the ratio of 10 to 1. " This Is plain nnd explicit and undoubt edly It reflects the sentiment of the large majority of the republicans throughout the country. In a recent interview Representative Babcock of Wisconsin , a member of the house caucus currency committee , made a statement to tlio effect that the cur rency bill prepared by that committee embodies an outspoken declaration for the gold standard , that the measure will bo introduced at the earliest possible time after the assembling of congress and that there is ample reason to be lieve that it will pass both houses. Such legislation is demanded by the situation and as wo have repeatedly said the next congress will commit a grave mistake if It is not enacted. Wo are well aware that there are repub licans , some of them prominent in the councils of the party , who contend that no declaration of the gold standard is necessary because wo already have that standard. Some even assert that it is now legally established. It is true that we have the gold standard , but it is a mistake to say that it Is Used In law and that is what should be done. To assure the .maintenance of the gold standard there is needed legislation that will deprive , the executive of the power he now possesses of .placing the country on a silver basis. With that accom plished there would be little danger from the free silver agitation. TO VROIS ANNEXATION. It Is announced that a-committee rep resenting the Cuban anncxatloulsts is on the way to Washington to urge either annexation or a protectorate for Cuba. It is said in connection with this an nouncement from Havana that the senti ment In favor of annexation to the United States , or at least the establish ment of a protectorate , which has been growing slowly as the result of the work of the Americans there , Is daily becom ing more apparent The dispatch further says : "Tho autonomists have some organization here still and a ma jority of them favor American control of the Island. Their organ , like the rest of the press hero , was demanding Independence three months ago , but It Is now quite outspoken In favor of an nexation. This change is part of the general drift toward America and things American , which is so noticeable on all sides , as much by what is not Bald as by what is said. The criticism by the newspapers during the first few mouths 'of American control has almost entirely disappeared. " It is undoubtedly a fact that there is a considerable annexation sentiment In Cuba , but that .It Is growing may bo doubted , though it Is highly probable that American commercial influence in the island Is being exerted to promote it It is perfectly easy to understand why the land owners and the sugar and tobacco growers of Cuba should desire annexation. That would glvo their products free access to the American market and thus contribute greatly to the development nnd prosperity of the island. These practical men under stand that as an Independent state while Cuba might bo able to make a favor- ublo commercial arrangement with tlio United States Its Industrial interests would not bo BO well promoted or BO rapidly developed as if it find free com mercial intercourse with this country. But this element constitutes ti minority of the pcoplo and there Is reason to be lieve that if the question of annexation could bo submitted to popular vote a ma jority of Cubans would bo found op posed to it and in favor of absolute In dependence. Wo referred a short time ago to the utterances of a prominent and represent ative Cuban , Dr. Antonio Perez , in which ho Bald that the Cubans , who have been opposing for nearly half a century the formidable power of Spain , and success fully resisting all kinds of bribes ana promises , cannot BO easily bo deprived of the right to direct their own destiny ua were the people of Hawaii. Ho said that the present state of affairs in the island is looked upon as an interregnum pending the formation of a Oubun re public and that in splto of assertions to the contrary , the native Cubans nro almost unanimously In favor of u re public. "Tho liberty they won on the field of battle , " he declared , "must bo li-nt on the Held of bnttle , If such should be their fate. Whether or not Cuba Hlinll occupy the Inferior position of n stale of the American union Is exclusively a mat ter for the Cubans themselves to dediU- . The will of the majority , freely , hon estly and loyally expressed , will ever be the law , by nil accepted , by all acknowl edged. " He further declared that the Independence of Cuba Is n necessity and the only solution of the Cubnn problem. Our government cannot properly countenance any movement for Cuban annexation , It Is solemnly pledged to give the Cubnn people Independence and It Is not to bo doubted that a ma jority of the American people nro In sympathy with the desire of the native Cubans for self-government fi UIL IXSI'KCriUA' FAItUE. The people of Nebraska who nro com pelled to use petroleum for Illuminating purposes are presumed to be protected from dangerous explosive oils by state Inspection under the laws governing the oil trafllc. As a matter of fact stale Inspection of oil In Nebraska Is now , ns It has always been , an outrageous farce. The only purpose the law serves Is to provide soft berths for political ImugurH-on who care precious little about the exposure to which the pee ple's lives and property nro subjected. It was thus under Frank Hilton and his gang of roustabout Inspectors ; it was so under Kdmlsten and the popo- cratlc deputy plc-blters ; It Is so now under the redoubtable Charley Fanning nnd the precious crew which trains un der him. In this respect however , Nebraska Is not much worse off than other states where oil inspectors mix politics with petroleum. The recent investigations of the fatal explosions that have occurred in Detroit have developed the fact that the state oil Inspectors had Inspected every car of oil received In that city and certified that they found It up to the required test It appears also that the oils Inspected were not the oils sold to the retail dealers. It was shown conclusively that the explosive oils were n mixture df two different qualities of oil and that the mixing was done In the storehouses of the Importers. This only goes to show that the Inspection , so called , which begins and ends at the tanks and barrels as they are unloaded at the warehouse , affords no protection whatever to the consumer because he docs not get the oil that has been certi fied as being up to the standard. The only way to make oil inspection effective Is by tests of the oil at the retail vendor's shop. That , of course , would be impracticable In small villages , but if dealers in explosive oils were placed under heavy penalty nnd held responsible for accidents directly trace able to the explosive illuminant they would exercise due diligence in the pur chase of oils and see to it that they were up to standard before they ven tured to sell them. In the larger towns , and especially In cities like Omaha , rigid municipal inspection should be provided for and every retail shop placed under surveillance Just the same as any powder house or other place where explosives are stored. This safe guard is becoming more Imperative In view of the well-known fact that state Inspection has degenerated Into a farce. In view of the advent of street fakirs nnd 'nostrum vendors who are now in festing this city It may not be inappro priate to recall an exciting Incident that recently convulsed n New England town. According to the Boston Globe an itinerant corn doctor took possession of the public square In Charleston , N. II. , a few evenings since and proceeded to transact a business which assumed land ofllco dimensions while it lasted , but the corn-cutter came down from his roosting place rather early. Hen fruit was projected at him from all directions and he was a sorry looking sight when he reached the friendly shelter of the hotel. This demonstration is said to have been merely a way the unsophisti cated Yankees who had been taken In by the Impostor have of expressing their righteous Indignation. It seems that the corn cure which ho guaranteed did not operate on the case-hardened toes of the credulous Chnrlestonltes. Hence the bombardment. The statement of Cuban revenues and expenditures for the first six months "of tlio current year certainly affords the people of the Island an object lesson in governmental economy which they will do well to study. Even under the dis turbed financial conditions of tlio island there is a surplus of over $1,000,000. , Of the total revenues more than one- sixth has boon devoted to putting the Island In bettex * sanitary condition and fully half expended where it will bo a permanent investment With the in come assured when normal conditions are restored the 'Cubans should bo in a position to maintain a creditable gov ernment , providing for all necessary public works and expenditures with a rate of taxation never approached under Spanish ) rule in that Island. Coin Harvey is still repeating the sophistries of his touching lecture on "Law nnd Civilization" to audiences of Nebraska popocrats and passing the hat around for donations to the relief of himself and tlio democratic campaign fund. The success of the lecture Is measured by the returns of the touchIng - Ing committee. James Creelman makes a pretty picture of William J. Bryan astride his black charger which he rode In the war with Spain. When tlio colonel strikes the trail this famous war horse Is per mitted to browse peacefully upon the farm near Lincoln which tlio colonel recently purchased. A was to have been expected , tlio local jealousy of Omaha fanned by nur- row-visioncd demagogues IIUH been in jected Into the First Nebraska's home coming. What Omaha must do to offset the bnckcapplng Is to treat Its soldier guests PO royally that when they go home they will themselves testify to Omaha's' patriotism , liberality nnd public spirit. > < < On Your I.U * . Philadelphia Times. Of eourso 'those Parisian anarchists wrecked a criurch. Catch them wrecktnc a saloon. ( lie I.imt ttltvh. Indianapolis News. A polRlc.il party Is In i bid way when It practically admits that all Its eggs nro In ono basket and that only ono man can 'cad It to success. Tlclclcn Pop rolHIelntm. Washington Slnr. Mr. . Bryan's friends ore finding a llttlo consolation. In the fact that the orlco ff wheat Is somewhat off , Anything that lilts the farmer Is encouraging .to the pop poli ticians. Urowth of I > Globe-Democrat. Exports of American manufactures In the flFcal year cnJlnc June 30 last were 28 per cent larger than In the preceding year. This development Is colng on under the Dlngloy law which the democrats arcuod would kill our foreign trade. Ilnril Time * for Cronkcr * . Indianapolis Journal. The advance agents of disaster may talk ns they will , but whoa a jieoplo have the nblllty to purchase ns many of the good things of this life as the farmers nnJ worklngmcn of the United States have had In the Inft yenr and a half they nro not going back on the party they believe to bo responsible for bringing about so pleasant a elate of affairs. WHY nKKV IS Stem ! ) * DccrpjiNc In the \uiulicr of Ciittlc In the Country. Chicago Tlmes-'Herald. There Is not nn ounce of sense In the out cry against the ndvnnco In the price of beef and other meata. This follows a natural law , just as smoke rises and water flows down hill. hill.Thero There are more people demanding meat food today with money in their pockets to pay for It than there were six months or a year ago. The whole country Is a vast hive of workers , who demand meat not only once but twice nnd three tlmca a day , and what Is more , they need the energy the meat supplies In their business. The need of meat without getting It has been a long-felt want among American worklngmcn. And now that they have work at good living wages , they think they must have meat to live up to the tax put upon their energies. Coincident to the Increased demand for meat , and especially for beef , there has been a natural decrease In the supply and an equally natural advance In the price of cat tle. The table furnished by Mr. Findtey to the Times-Herald yesterday contained the meat of the bcof situation In a nutshell. From the federal returns It gave the num ber of cattle other than milch cows In this country as follows : Per 1,000 Total of popu- cattle. latlon. 18)0 36.849,024 83 IStt 3G.875.C48 675 1W2 37,601,219 673 1W3 35,90-1,190 K4 1S9 < 3fiC03.1C3 & 11 1 93 31,364,210 4SS 1894 32.OSo.409 446 " 97 30,503,40S 414 1S5S 23,2(14,000 ( 3bD IS" 27,934,225 3C5 It does not require a second glance at thcso figures to comprehend why beef has gone up. The number of available beef cattle has fallen almost 10,000,000. or one- quarter , during ; tjioi last seven years. In that tlmo the population has Increased at least 10,000,000. So the supply of cattle per capita today Is more than one-third ICES than It was In 1S92. But the ability to buy beef for domestic consumption Is double per capita what It was two or three yeara ago. And herein lies the chief reason for the advance In the prlco of beef. So long os the demand for beef grows "bywhat It feeds on" there Is no power on earth can keep the prlco of beef down until the stock raisers can Increase the slzo and weight of their herds. It the American people will deny them selves beef once a 'day there might bo a chance for the meat supply to catch up. But there Is llttlo likelihood of that so long as wages hold good. The American farmer Is reaping the benefit of the good wages paid to Ameri can labor , and that's what makes meat dear. Mt'UDI.IS IX T1II3 SIXTH D1STUICT. North Platte TrJbuna ( rep. ) : Judge Nevlllo has a big eontract on hla hands when ho attempts to gain the esteem and votes ol the recalcitrant democrats and populists In this congressional district. In fact there are n great many pcopto who think the contract Is too great for the judge and that after November he will bo In the consomme. North Platte Tribune ( rep. ) : To be , or not to be , that's the question. Whether It la better to prove myself a democrat , re main In the race and thereby enjoy the con fidence of the men who gave me a unani mous nomination , or to withdraw and thus I > rove mysell a victim of populist cajolery and a vaclllator of the greatest magnitude. Which ? Which ? By the great horned spoon , It shall be the former. From Har rington's Saturday morning soliloquy. St. Paul Phonograph ( pop , ) : Some of the people hero might have liked Barry or Stewart better , but In southwest Nebraska they like Judge Neville a great deal hotter than anybody else. And now , It makes no difference , we are all for Neville. We need not bo ashamed of him either there are no spots upon that man , As an expounder nnd exenrpllfler of populism ho ranks with any of thten. Ho will make a campaign hot nnd strong and wo will all turn In and help. Central City Nonpareil ( rep. ) ; There Is n pretty mess In fusion politics out In the Sixth district. M. C. Harrington , who Is a democrat , was named by the democratic convention for congress , while Judge Neville , who Is any eld thing for office , was put up by the populists. Instead of fusing the two conventions got mad nnd called each other names. Bryan , Allen and other peace makers are said to bo endeavoring to talk Harrington Into withdrawing , but the Sixth district democrats won't hear to it. They are making a big fueg over the empty honor of being defeated by Judge Ktncald. York Times ( rep , ) : It has been fifteen yeara to a day since William Neville of .North I'latto bos been fairly entered In the race for congress. Fifteen long and dreary years have Intervened between his two nom inations for that high oftlce. Hut the monotony has not been unbroken. Kach and every year has found him a candidate for something and on two or three occasions ho has actually succeeded In wrestling a nomination from his unappreclatlvo parti sans. But all this was a mere Interlude by the orchestra. Tho. second great act Is now on the boards and tbo etar performer ls seen m&dly driving a pair of bronchos across the etage toward the large painted canvas house on the right fly , labeled "Congress. " Now watch the scene closely. Soon you will see Mcses P. Klnkald rids steadily in on a mammoth elephant and the race will be a hot ono , notwithstanding the handi cap , Neville will yell and puff and lay the gad to the bronchos , but the old elephant will attend steadily to business and bring Moses in a Bafo distance ahead of his noisy competitor. Then the curtain will drop and the public will have a few weeks' rest from iNeville , tba man in whose interests tb ballot frauds were attempted. ITflO.V \Kllll.\31CA , ( JoJ Urtnnorntx Sutililinl. Brooklyn Kntde ( Ind. dcm. ) Mr. Bryan "fused nil three conventions" In Omaha on Tuesday the democratic , the populist and the silver republican , He was chairman of the platform committee him self nnd reported the resolutions. They reIterate - Iterate 1C to 1 with dire particularity. On that platform no democrat can carry New UIK State. On It no gold drcnocrat can support Mr. Bryan or anyone else. But It the nomination Is to 'bo made not worth having , Mr , Bryan should recclvo It by acclamation I MiimTiiinpx KloktMl Out. Philadelphia Press ( rep. ) This ( .silver plnnk ) Is definite and to thn point. Taken In connection with the utter ances of Mr. Bryan In nil Interview In O mil ha n few days ago no doubt can remain as to the purpose of the Bryanltes to make free silver the leading Issue In the cam paign of 1SOO. There need never have been any doubt of this purpose. It has bccu re iterated ngaln and again. But n few mug- , wump newspapers that are anxious to return to the domocratto party and begin anew their campaign for free trade seized upon the low a platform ns a sign that their wUhes were to bo gratified. It was a llttlo cruel of Mr. Bryan to take the opportunity granted by the democratic convention In his own state to write a platform giving a stingIng - Ing a humiliating rebuke to thcJo mug wumps. IIoiirboiiN 111 Knot. Indlnnupolls Journal ( rep. ) The wonderful Increase In the volume of gold has made most republicans and many democrats bellove In a single standard gold. They see no need for silver , even If It could be eo coined as to para on an equality with gold. In other words , such men have made progress , marched on beyond the belief that silver is useful ns money e.vccpt ns it Is tied to gold. On the other hand , the Bryan- lies have been marking time , blindfolded. They see no change slnco 1S96. Republicans do. The fact that more than three times ns much gold will be mined this year as In 189G convinces most Intelligent men that there Is enough gold for the standard money of the world at the present time , and that three or four years hence there may be too much. The republicans bavo kept progress with the years ; the Bryanltes have marked time with their faces toward the past. TOUCH of Two Voices. New York Tribune ( rep. ) As the prlco of this flat return to popu- llstlc principles fusion was carried through successfully nnd Colonel Bryan was enabled to retain his political prestige In n state In which the populist wing of his following still outnumbers tbo democratic. It la curious , however , that the Nebraska orator should have been forced to disclose so promptly the conflicting quality of his two voices. Of the twin notes It would bo hard to decide offhand which Is the most char acteristic and genuine. The Omaha ono doubtless rcflcata the democratic standard- bearer's freer Impulses and more Intimate political convictions. The DCS Molnes voice , on the contrary , reveals the studied calcula tion of the political opportunist maneuverIng - Ing de-llberntly for advantage and support. There may bo a minimum of genuine pur pose and meaning behind It , but In the main It Is merely the "barking" of the political showman who obligingly varies his public program , not so much to gratify his own Judgment ns to tempt spectators of varying tastes and fancies within his easily expanded tent. Uon't lip Too Sure. Washington Post ( Ind. rep. ) The Nebraska platform , dictated by Mr. Bryan , differs In words , but not In sub stance , from Us Iowa contemporary. In addition to the general , It has a specific Indorsement of free coinage. Why this change ? Simply because the conditions were different. There were three conven tions assembled at Omaha , to comblno or coalesce for the campaign , the number of delegates to each being as follows : Popu list , 1,289 ; democratic , 800 ; silver repub licans , leas than a hundred. How could democrats dictate to populists under such conditions ? The Chicago Times-Herald , looking nt the two platforms and the cir cumstances under which they were con structed , saya : "Mr. Bryan Is thus accom modating himself to the exigencies ns they exist In the several states , but such tricks will not work when ho comes to flx up the policy for a national campaign. " Don't be too sure of that. The chances of democratic success were Infinitesimal a few months ago , but they are worthy of serious consideration at this time. It Is evident that some of the gold democrats have lume back and that others are en route for their old political home. j AXB OTHI3UWI9HJ. The latest predictions In Kentucky are that Brown and Coebel will kill each other before the duel cornea off. The Beef trust declares that there Is no Beet trust and that all the trouble about high prices Is caused by Its wicked partners , the farmers. "I had rather bo right than be president , " quoted someone to ex-Speaker Iteed the other day. "Well , you'll never bo either , " replied Mr. Reed , The fact that Colonel Ingersoll left only $10,000 worth of property does not moan that the family is short of fuiad . One of the daughters owns property worth $50,000. John Brown Is running for governor In Kentucky and John Smith for a like job In Maryland. The Jones family still leads , having possession of the executive mansion In Arkansavr. John Elbert , the first engineer to take n "motive wrt rut rf Chicago , died Sunday night. Ho went to Chicago in 1S42 , taking with him the first engine to leave the cast. It was named the Pioneer nnd Is now on ex hibition In the Field Columbian museum. Mayor Jcslali Qulncy of Boston announces that after January 1 ho will devote himself to bualnees Interests rather than politics. Ho will start on a European trip as soon ns his term of office as mayor of Boston ex pires , having a particular doslro to attend the Paris exposition. He says there la no truth In the report that he Intends to move to New York. Ono of the men In the rnnKs of the Tenth Pennsylvania Is a millionaire. His name Is Morrison Barclay. Ho had u college educa tion and Is worth $2,000,000 , being ono of the proprietors of the principal bank at Qreensburg , Pa , , nnd owner of many of. the principal Industries of the town , Ho was wounded at Mnlnto on July 28 and Is now in a hospital In San Francisco. The green goods men operating In Cuba are conducting their business on such an extensive scale as to send genuine $1 bills with their circulars as samples of the coun terfeit money they have for tale. The Cubans appear to know enough not to bo caught by the circulars , but in many cases they have failed to recognize the character of the en closed bills and have turned them over to the authorities , thux In each case relinquish ing a good American dollar. ur.iaiiMCA.v IIOI.COMII. . . SHOTS AT . . York Time1 It behooves the fuslonlsts to begin right awny to defend Slippery SI , I nnd explain his eccentricities In office. While tho-y ro In the buslnrss they mlghl . explain why ho vetoed the mutual insurance - ' anco bill In 1S95 nn > ) signed the same kind of n bill In 1S97 , when ho becnmo president t of n mutual company on a salary of $50 n 1 month. Geneva Slgnnl ; Should Silas A , Holcomb bo elected supreme Judge , and should ho look Into every case ns closely as ho did Into Hartley's famous cigar box , whereby the state lost from $200,000 to $300,000 , there would bo some golden opinions written. Bartley and Ho-lcomb were both to blame for this lc s. Hartley got twenty years In the pen. Ho deserved It. Holcomb wants six yeara on the bench. Dow he deserve it ? Callaway Courier : In nil the history of politics In this state there hns never been another such ridiculous exhibition ns the nomination of Silas Holcomb for supreme judge by ,1 lot of delegates sent to the state convention Instructed to turn down nil can didates who nccept nnd use free pnsscs. It shows that the pop party of Nebraska Is either too corrupt or too Ignorant to bo entitled to the right of suffrage. Papllllon Herald : Ex-Governor Silas A. Holcomb was nominated by the democrats nnd populists for the. olllco of supreme Judge nt the convention held In , Omaha last Tues day. Thus the people who are howling corruption at every man that ever held olllce longer than two months have placed In nomination for the ofllco of supreme judge n mnn who Is accredited with thirty-two nnnu.il railroad passes nnd who has prom ised to "swear oft" riding that way. Friend Telegraph : When a political party declare against railroad passes , when nt the same tlmo Its leaders nnd candidates nro loaded down with thorn , what are the people to think of them , Silas Holcomb , who Is a candidate for supreme Judge , took several junkets at the expense of the railroads , not only transported , but was fed and lodged nt the same rate. Ono would think that Silos would stand rather uneasy on an anti-pass platform , but It may bo that Silas has re formed. Weeping Walor Republican : Holcomb ro- cclvod the nomination for supreme judge nt the three fusion conventions In Omaha Tuesday. If anybody can enthuse over the nomination of "Slippery SI , " as Howard of the Papllllon Times calls him , wo should llko to see the color of his hair. Holcomb in our judgment Is the weakest candidate the fuslonlsts could put up and a good houest republican ought to be able to defeat him out of sight. Now the fuu will begin , mid Holcomb will have many a sleepless night over that "houso rent rake off. " Kearney Hub : SI Holcomb will run for supreme judge on a promise not to use rail road passes. That Is very much unlike the Slippery SI 'that ' wo have known so long , who repents him of bis wickedness after four years of railroad junketing nnd pass-dlstrlb- u'tlnc ' ns covornor of Nebraska , but no one will blame him for subscribing now to the anti-pass pledge. It Is all right. Being right on tbo eve of permanent retirement from service as a. servant of the public , he is not losing anything by the seeming sacrifice and the act may serve as & solace and unotlon to his wounded and bleeding heart. Poor Silas 1 North Platte Tribune : Silas Holcomb , the ballot box rapist , the house rent "sailer" and the railroad pass taker , has been nomi nated "by " the "reform" forces of Nebraska for supreme Judge. There were delegates In both the populist and democratic conven tions who demanded a clean and honest man for supreme Judge , but the majority of the delegates who , claiming to be "reformers , " cared nothing for honesty or purity of character , and Holcomb was de clared the nominee. Thousands of salt-re specting democrats and populists in the state will rcfUBo to cast their ballots for him. 'Blair ' Pilot ; Si Holcomb professes to bo a "reformer. " We have to take his word for it , in the meaning that is intcndod. For a slippery Si ho Is a cnvckerjack. Dur ing his continuance in the etate offlco of governor his sldo pockets bulged out with railroad passes , and a portion of the state money appropriated for house rent. 81 Is a reformer , no doubt , and if elected to the supreme bench wo might look for some ex traordinary reform not In line with good law. To our notion under the inspiration of good government the proper thing to do with 1 Is to send him to the rear long enough to at least 'wash ' up. Tllden Citizen : The nomination of ex- Governor Holcomb Is another evidence that sincerity of purpose has no place in the creed of the amalgamated party opposed to Nebraska republicans. After bitter condem nation of the latter for unlawfully appropri ating etato money and accepting railroad passes the fuslonlsts deliberately selected as their favorite for justice of the supreme court of the staio a man who has become notorious for practicing these abuses -which he as jovoruor was pledged to reform. It looks as if. nccordlns 'to ' fuslonlst Ideas , "knocking down" state funds and accepting bribes , though crimes In the case of a re publican , boccmo virtues when committed by a pon. Wakcfleld Republican : The fusion state convention at Omaha , actlne under political necessity , did not ronoralnato Hon. Thomas Rawllngs for regent , wherein they made a mistake. Mr , Rawllngs was one of the very best men that party ever nominated in this state. In broad-mindedness , in intelligent grasp of the real needs of our great Institu tion , die State university. In fairness nnd entire freedom from any and nil taint , Mr. Hawllngs stands vary high In the estimation of all parties. Wo had thought a "reform party" could not have done less than to ro- nomlnato him. That everything In that con vention had to ibend to the ambition of pro fessional politicians llko SI Holccmb , despite the protests of the democrats , shows that place and not principle was the ruling Idea. Grand Island Independent : Ex-Governor Holcomb has bcon nominated ns the fusion candidate for supreme Judge , ever the pro tests of many democrats and populists and through the dictatorship of Bryan nnd the state house leaders of the fusion forces. It was found nccetaary by those leaders that they must bo "defended , " and they would have looked upon the nomination of anyone ono outside the circle ns nn expression of disapproval of some things which have been notoriously wrong at the state house , The nomination will unquestionably place the fusion forces more on the defensive than they haive ever been , nnd If the republicans put up good , clean tlinber there will bo no doubt ns to the result. It remains to bo seen If tbo republican party la strong enough and free enough from the old crowd to take advantage of the opportunity. Stanton Picket : Silas A , Holcomb Is again before the people on platforms declar ing against receiving passes and himself pledged to refuse and not to m > o them. This reminds us that Mr. Holcomb was on two previous occasions up before the people under just euch a promise and on a similar platform , yet history tells us that after ho was elected ho carried about with him more annual pasteboards than anybody , having had in his possession something over thirty at one time. The question ls , wilt history 1 Mokes the food more delicious and wholesome . . . 011 C1VII.Q POWDER CO. , HC VCR * - rcpcat ItselfT Wns he jitnl fooling Trh n he mode those previous pledges ? If so , li It not probable that he Is agnln just fooling' * It looks that way , nnd the people hav como to view thcjo nntl-puss promlirs ns m do simply to catch suckers on flection dsj. They mndo good bait In the post. Will they be swallowed ngaln ? Well , hardly 1 Wnhoo Wflsp : The fusion state conven tion , held In Omaha Tuesday , nominate. ! Hon. Silas A. Holcomb of Lincoln ns their cnndldato for supreme judge. In the nom ination of Mr. Holcomb the fuslonlsts have shown to the people of the nlnto thnt they endorse his past record. During his four years cs governor he not only took pnsscs on nil the rallronita of the ntnto for himself. family and frlonds , but mndo no npoloRlcs for co doing. It hns nlso been proved thnt ho took from the state during his term ns governor over $700 thnt ho wns not cntltUd to. There arc many olhor things thnt ex- Governor Holcomb will hnvo to nnswor for before this campaign Is over. Hon. W. J. Brynn Is given the credit for the nomina tion of Holcomb , and ho promised the con vention that ho would devote much tlmo to ( * ecuro Holcomb's election. Wo doubt If Mr. Bryan hns tlmo enough left to elect Mr. Holcomb. I'OIXTlll ) U1JMAKKS. Cleveland .Plain Dealer : "What would U the technical term for the premises of this baker ? " Dough-mnln , I guess. " Chicago Post : "Economy Is n , good be mild to his only daughter , "but did It never occur to you that the young mnn who called last evening could pave Quito ns much K.IB by leaving earlier ns by turning It down. Indlannpolls Journnl : "NoTv. why should n , lot of Inlanders like ourselves take BO much Interest In a yacht race ? " "My boy , yncht raclnjf H the most ex pensive sport in the world. " Ohio State Journal : Ho entered the cheap re-staiiraJit and took n scat at one of the tnbles. , "Will you hnve a 15-cent dinner or it K- cent one ? " Inquired a wnlter. "Is there any real difference ? " "Certainly. " "What Is it ? " "Ten cents. " Washington Stnr : "You were not nearly no good a witness ns the colonel , " said one iintl-Dreyfuslte , "Well. " was the answer , In tones of deep reproach , "what do you expect. Ho studied elocution longer than I did. " Chicago necord : "Did the Iwit show have n. good rim ? " inquired Ihe advance agent. " 1 should think so , stranger , " responded Amber Pete , "thirty miles with dogs n' gun behind you is a pretty good run , ain't It ? " Chlcngo Times-Herald : "Bay. you nr tbo man who wr\s around hero yesterday lookln ? for a. Job , aren't you ? " Yen. " 'Well , do you etlll want work ? 'Why , have you found a plnco for me ? " 'Yos , just the " Then I don't want It , " he yelled iui hi ran uwny like a frightened doer. Philadelphia. Record : Dedbroke I hear vou called on the lady's father last night. Slow'd he like your suit ? Harduppe Very much , I think. Ho kept half the coat collar when I left. Detroit Journal : "MToney talks , " they ob- Thcr'o came into the eyes of tha trlllion- nlre the wild , hunted look peculiar to his kind. , "Buj. Jiflocsn't give Itaelf awny ! " ho cried , agonlzedly. For the fear that ho would die rich was haunting him In day and night shifts. THIS FIGHTING FIRST. At last we're home , we've left the scenes Of battle for behind us , It seema so good , n-o tool the need Of some one to remind us That VMs Is not one of the dreams Wo dreamt In far Manila , When sleeping on the nice soft grouna , With moro ground for n pillow. We'd like to toll you what wo feel On homo soil to bo walking ; But there's a something In our throat * That sort of hinders talking Which feeling : , by the way , we noticed First , out in the tropics When , round the camp , wo talked of hom4 And other Icindrcd topics. Wo'vo followed , far , the star-trenuned flag , But , lately , we've been noting It looks beat , nllod with good home air And o'er Nebraska floating. We shot the enemy on eight. And think wo did our mission ; But now , we'd rather shoot the chute * And do the Exposition. They say we've done our duty well , And won our moed of clory ; But at what price , wo beat can t U , Who fully know the Btory. And when they speak of what we gained. Our thoughts can't heVp but wander , And think It Isn't worth the graves The dews WBS , 'way off yonder. But we'll lay by our ewords nnd guns , Though plots nnd Intrigues thicken , And carve our way to ulory clear , On "yellow Icg'-gcd chicken ; " And good homo foods of all designs. With p'.o and cake a-top 'em. The First Nebraska's cot Us show , And all of hell can't stop 'cm , We learned a lot of things out there , Which , in Importance , vary , v - About the gentlemen of Spain The Filipinos , wary ; But one thlngr wo will take to mind , And on our heartu Impress It There's no place on this big ; wide world. LJko Home , Sweet Homcv Qed Dies * 111 Omaha , August 2S , 1SJ9. J. D. L. "None bet the brave Deserve the tain" And our boys are entitled to all good things that comes their way and plenty of it and of " , speaking "good things" reminds us of our own good clothing. New fall styles are arriving daily there are all kinds of nice clothes for one to choose from , at from $8,00 to 825,00. What is left of our spring and summer assortment , goes at half price. In these lots are suits at $3.75 , $5.00 , ? 6,25 § 57.50 * JO , , . , , etc.