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, - - . _ . \ . THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY. JULY 21. 1887.1 p THE DAILY. BEE. AT PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. k. or Bunscitirrios i DftDr ( Mocnl.iir Edition ) IncludingHitmlnjr Bc , Ono Your , . 110 00 ForBltMunthi . 6 W For Tliroo Month . 8M Ilia Omnlm Hn < lny DEC , malloit to any addresi , Ono Voar. . , . . 200 OMAHA OTTICB , No. I'll AND ois FiRf AX flTiwrr. jJKtr VOUK omen , HOOM rf , . Tin nut * nnn.niNO. WASBIMBTOM OmCI , Mo. 61 } Fof UTIC.VT11 BIHEKT. All communications rotating to now * nnd edl- ferial ranttor should Uo addressed to the Js.ui * YOU Or THE 11BB. All burlnesi latter * and romlttancas should bo mddroMed to THE ! ) rum.isiUNO CoupAxr , OMAUA. Drafts , chocks and poilnfflco orders to bo madopayable to the ordtr of thu company , THE BEE puiiTcirm , mopm. E. ROSKWATEU , Enrron. TI1E DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btato of-Ncnraska , I. , . | s < fc County of Douulas. Oco. 11. Tzschucr , secretary of The Bee Publishing compnny , does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Dally lice for the week ending July 15 , 1887 , wai as Baturdnv.Jnly 9 . 14.200 Siindav. July 10 . 14.800 Mondnv. JulyU . U. Tucsdav. July IB . 1S,9 : > 0 Wednesday , July la. . 13,025 Thursday. July 14 . W.WO Friday , July 15 . . . . .13,833 Average . 14.078 GKO. u. T/SCHUCK. 8\vorn to and subscribed In my presence this 10th day of July , A. D. 1637.N. . N. P. FF.IT- fSEAL.1 Notary Public. Btato of Nebraska , I Douglas County. | B3 Oco. U. Tzschuck , being first duly sworn , deposes nnd Bays that bo is secretary of The Bee Publishing company , that the actual average dally circulation of the Dally Bee for the month of July , 1880 , 12,314 copies ; for August , ISA 12,464 conies ; for Septem ber , 18so , 13,030 copies ; for October , 183(5 ( , 12 , 0 coplw ; for November. 1880 , 13 , : 3 copies ; f or Dccem ber , 18bO. 13,1237 copies ; for January 1887 , 10,860 conies ; for February. 1887 , 14W copies ; for March. 1887 , 14,400 copies ; for April , 1887 , 14,8lOcoples ; for May , 1887 , 14.2S7 copies ; for June 1887 , 14,147 copies. OKO. B. TzscirucK. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st dayot July A. D. , 1887. ISEAL.I N. P. FKFL , Notary Public. Tire "faithful fathers" is what they are now styled by the jobbers who lately retired from the government printing oflice. THE Rov. Dr. Savldgo should not forgot to deliver ouo or more of his Tory excel lent sermons for the benefit of insulting and impudent street car drivers. Hero is & chance for genuine reform. YOUNG Manville , who is acting deputy city clc.rk , is n chip of the old block. The way ho shuffled Mr. Kiorstead's resolution elution out of its plnco to give prece dence to the "whereas" of bis father last night shows that ho is capable of most any kind of trickery. Tnit general baggage agents of the United States arc in convention at Den ver. Just what ia done at those conven tions has never boon known , but they nro hold year after year and baggage la lost and never found with as much regu larity and system as it was before the days of conventions. PEOPLE who wore afraid the bottom would drop out of the boom in Omaha , will be pleased to learn that during the year ending June 1,1887 , us shown by the report of liradstront's Mercantile agency , there was an increase of 20 pei B cent over the year before in the total number of firms and individuals doing business hero. THE people of Erie , Pa. , openly pretest - test against Henry George's eulogy ol Dr. McGlynn In his address to the Knights of Labor in that city , on the ground that the doctor permitted an old and supornnuatcd uncle to die there in abject poverty in St. Vincent's hospital , Whether this charge against the doctor is true or not , it is to bo said in his bohall that it was some time before the founda tion of the anti-poverty society. TUB intor-stato commission hns dis missed the uctloni brought by Wcstcrr roads which had boon boycotted by ttu Pennsylvania nnd Now York Contra growing out of the refusal to pay com missions to ticket agents. Thorc is IK more reason why n ticket agent shouli bo bribed by paying him n coinmissioi than that his salary should bo dnll : raised , because at times ho thinks hi 'owns the road. The ticket commissioi must go. TUB importance of the election in Nov York this year will bo in the revolatioi the result will give of the rolntiv strength of the two great parties in tha state almost on the eve of the prosldon tin ! campaign. Great interest is nov being taken by the politicians of botl parties in the united labor party , whlcl will hold n state convention next niontli The republican managers nro said to b doing their utmost to encourage nn stimulate the movement of the labo party , which , however , does not appoa to bo in need of suoh help , while th scheme of the democrats is to work som of their own men into the' labor rank and thereby , if possible , introduce an cli mont of discord. Among the delegate of the labor party already chosen to tli state convention nro Dr. McGlyur Henry ( icorgo and John McMaokit There will undoubtedly bo n labor tlcki in the Hold , and it will draw most large ! from the democracy. . A nuiEK telegram from Richmond , V& on the 10th , announced the death of ! M. T. Hunter , and mentioned that near ! fifty years ago ho was a speaker of tli national house of representatives , subsi quontly a son n tor of the United State ; nnd during the existence of the coi f ederaoy its secretary of state and a sei ator. Forty years ago the man of what this brief mention was mndo was ono < the most conspicuous among the publi men of the country at that time and recognized loader of southern oplnioi Ho stood iu the Tory front rank of tl southern statesmen of that day , and i ono period no other ono of them exe clsod n larger Influence. Ho was aggrc slvo in politics , an nblo lawyer , and good deal of an orator. The institutic of slavery and the doctrine of stat . > rights from the southern standpoint lit < ? no bolder or moro uncompromising d fender than U. M , T. Hunter , and ho wi among the foremost iu support of scco tlon. Ho was filling some small oflico i v * Uio Unit ) of bis death nd died poor. & tfc'-u The Monotnrjr Situation , Notwithstanding the fact that the July disbursements of the government nnd of the railway nnd other corporations are estimated to have been fully $75,000,000 , and thnt this largo amount tins nearly all gone Into the channels of trade , together with the fact that there Is no apparent cause for apprehending a serious mono * tnry disturbance nt least during the cur rent year , but on the contrary all the conditions to a prosperous business scorn favorable. There Is a disposition shown in the money centers to discriminate against long loans by hardening the in terest rates. It is noted that while the tendency in short loans has boon to greater ease , the opposite disposition is being shown with rospoot to long com mercial and collateral paper. In low of the plain conditions , the uly explanation of this appears o bo that the money lenders have con cluded that the fall demand for money Is certain to bo so great , with the proba- illlty of n diminished supply , that it will > ay them to await that demand. Ono of ho wealthiest of the Insurance compa nies of the east is reported to have ro- jcntly declined mortgage loans at 4 } to 5 cr cent because of A belief that a little ator on G per cent loans can bo obtained with caso. Such n circumstance docs ot indicate any present lack ot money , ho fact being that the general supply is mplo. It is to bo regarded simply ns ilgmfylng a conviction that money is pretty sure to bccotuo closer with an as- cured demand that will make it dearer , f this situation is realized , the business of the country for the next six months will bo done on a nionoy value from 1 to 2 per cent higher than at present. The idvantagcs of this would bo chielly witn ho money lenders. It may bo interesting to note in this connection the actual circulation of the ouutry , as derived from official state ments. These show that on the iirst of the current month the amount of coin in clr- n circulation was $483,173,180 , and the mount of paper , consisting of gold and silver oertilicatcs , legal tenders and bank notes , $830,011,813 , making the total cir culation $1,818,784,031. This was au in crease over the total circulation on July , 1888 , of $05,729,290. This Is ft largo noreaso in the circulation in a single year , and the fact that it has been fully occupied in the operations of business is evidence of an extensive expansion , while he additional fact of financiers now ro using long loans from a belief that higher rates for nionoy must prevail shows that hey anticipate a itill further expansion of business. The couditlons nro certainly favorable o this view , but there are some shrewd men in the financial world who have ex pressed a doubt whether the prevailing late of affairs , so far as it partakes o , ho character of a general boom , can bo1 maintained much beyond the current , -ear. They argue that the rapid pace at which nearly everything has boon mov- ng is exhausting , and that n halt , when t shall come , may bo very sudden and iovoro. Some dcforonco to such opinion may bo wise and prudent , but with abundant crops assured , all departments of industry in active operation , and population steadily growing , there surely appears to bo very little ground for pes simistic forobodiugs. And this evidently "s the view of the financiers who are folding their money for higher rates of nterest. A False Alarm. A great deal of the noise that has re cently been made in certain newspapers regarding immigration , had its origin or nccntivo in the assumption that the British government had instituted a sys- ematio policy of deporting paupers from Ireland to this country. The arrival of ess than a hundred pcoplo who had re ceived government assistance was seized upon ns a text for many elaborate and fervid editorial dissertations , which bo- inning with the defensible proposition that paupers should bo excluded , by n quite natural process speedily expanded nto a demand that not only should ex isting lows relating to immigration bo rigidly enforced , but that the time had come when the national policy regarding immigration needed to bo enforced in the direction of curtailing the increase to our population from this source. A num ber of reputable and inlluontinl newspapers - papers and a few men m public life and positions of authority have freely pro- clamed their belief that the Interests ol the pcoplo of this country require that i strong check shall be put upon immlgra tion , with little regard to the condition of those who como hero from foreigr lands to make their homos among us The DEE has heretofore quito fully expressed pressed its dissent from this view so tha its readers can have no doubt ns to when it will bo found should the question be come ono of serious consideration at anj time in the future. What wo desire to call attention to a this time is the fact that the assuraptioi from which the anti-immigration or : received its inspiration was ground less. The United States consuls ii Great Britain nnd Ireland concu in reporting that there is n < systematic deportation of paupers , am that in fnot this class of persona Boldon cross the seas. The Inrgor portion o those who como from Ireland are da ; laborers , while thn Knglish and Scotcl emigrants include a considerable mi in bor of mechanics , engineers and iron workers. With regard lo factory opera live. , the consuls find that the majorll ; of them nro not inclined to emigrate. Investigation vostigation shows that the workers litho the manufacturing districts quite gcnor ally are fairly contented. A few of then nt tuned develop uneasiness , particularly when the news of a boom iu this countr readies them , but the exodus of tlii class is novcr very largo , nnd it lias bee ; found that when the booms have ru their course many of these operatives return turn to whore they are euro of stead employment , oven if the average earn ings are a little less. In the last thirty-five yeni this country has received botwoe tour and five millions of people froi Great Britain and Ireland. It is hardl likely that so large a number will com from those countries during the no.i thirty-five years , for the two reasons the Ireland cannot contribute so largely t she baa done , unless that country is to I depopulated , while the Inducements t the people of England , Scotland an Wales to come bore are growing les. Land is getting higher la price , all th public domain ht for toltlemont wi probably bo taken up within the next tw decades , and while the opportunities c obtaining a livelihood in tbli country ai still unquestionably much better than In any country of Europe , our fiscal policy as at present makes the cost of living considerably higher than in any Euro pean country. While , therefore , wo shall continue to have immigration if not shut oft' by legislation , nnd doubtless on a liberal scale during the re curring boom periods , there is vety little doubt that natural causes must In the not remote future operate to restrict the growth of population from this sourco. The total number of immigrants that have como into the United States since 1820 , less aliens not intending to remain , is n little moro than 13,000,000. It is by no moans , certain , ovnn if immigration bo left unrestricted except ns provided for by existing laws , that this number will be greatly exceeded in the next sixty-seven years. There la certainly no warrant for alarm in such n prospect. TconmNeh'fl Prophesy. William Tccuinsnh Sherman , it is Bald , recently expressed hlmsolf to the effect hat "somo ot the most terrible wars the world has over known" will take place 'n this country in the near future. General Sherman's expressions of opln- on nro often wise and sometimes other- sp. His prophesy that men now living will see "terrible wars right hero , " may safely bo classed in the latter category , "lo argues that history shows the going nnd coming of warlike eras and that after the present time of peace will como ono of bloody conflicts. The general does not seem to under stand the full significance of the new actors that have entered into civilization during the last quarter of a century. Mankind now sco the relation of nations n it now light. Disputes are settled by diplomatists rather than by warriors. Kings are no longer ot divine ordination nnd need not bo blindly followed to death. The sentimentalists urge the bar barity of war ; the commercial spirit of the time opposes it ; the philosopher de clares its usolcssnoss. Time was when war spread civilization and intelligence. That time is past. The press , the rail road , the telegraph have revolutionized intercourse between nations. During the past decade there has been evidently an influence opposing declara tion of war in Europe , that scene of countless conflicts , strained relations be tween nations have been passed over without rupture. Diplomatists have boon enabled to bring home "peace with honor , " without the shedding of blood. If the tendency in Europe is to preserve the peace , it is still moro the tendency in this country , and General Sherman's assertion to the contrary notwithstand ing , there are no issues that would seem to call for the arbitrament of the sword. It is pretty safe to predict that General Sherman's prophecy will not bo fulfil led. Governor lltll'a Bootntet. The Now York democrats have pre sented Governor Hill with another presi dential boom. As soon as ono bursts , or collapses , a new toy of this kind is manu factured for him. Each ono amuses the recipient , no doubt , as it tloats away like a Fourth of July balloon , in the murky democratic atmosphere with which ho is surrounded , ana is lost to sight. The rebel flag episode is snid to bo the hydrogen in Governor Hill's present boom , and his friends want him to go into active training so that hn may float to the white bouse in 1833 like an athlete on a "skyoy" trapeze , in the sight of a gaping multitude. But what is the moaning of this taking up or dropping of a presidential candi date with the fluctuations in Cleveland's popularity ? Don't wo all know that the president will not bo a candidate for an other term ! Wo have his own word for it , and ho is Jan obsti nate man ; ho will stick tohis point. When his constituents cometo him and inform him that they have selected him as their candidate once more , how ho will elevate his brows in surprise and say , "Why , gentlemen , don'tyou rcmom- bor what i said about ono term f Well , I nm n man of my word. My wife would like to stay hero another four years , how ever , but what do you think I ought to don" and the candidoto who hesitates is lost. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A llarnlaoeil Julj. Eleven members of the council voted to over-rido the injunction of Judge Graft" against the fraudulent printing contract by a resolution directing nil city ofllcors to have the city advertising done in the Omaha Jlcpnlilican until n contract is let legally. Three or four of the councilmen were misled into a support of this job by mis representation. They did not rcalito that they were violating the injunction or the plain provisions of the charter , which expressly requires that the offlclal advertising shall bo done by a daily paper which makes the lowest bid in an open competition. Six or seven of the councilmen who voted for this job did so with their 'eyes open. They voted for the job to reward their bosom friend and boon companion in the bar-rooms , who has the freedom of the police patrol wagon when ho gets unsteady on his feet early in the morning. Chief among this convivial clique is W. F. Bechcl , who is in n fair way of becoming a wreck mor ally and physically by dissipations with the rowdy editors nnd Moynlhan nighl watch. Mr. Beohel's conduct during the last tow months has been a source ol serious regret among men who have formerly esteemed him , As president ol the council ho should at least set an ex ample of common decency , out of ro spcct for the position. There might bo some excuse for award ing the official advertising to a papoi known to have a largo circulation in the city at a lower price than is now paid bj the city. But what justification is there in voting to take the advertising froir the BKK which has over six thonsaut regular subscribers in the city am awarding it even at tha same price to i paper which cannot stow ono thousanc actual paying subscribers in Omaha. Ai a business proposition nobody can jus tify it , and if the council had the intoros of the city at heart instead of trying t < reward boodlors and bummers they woulc novcr countenance suoh a echomo. A Signal Failure. Mr. J. L. Wobitor has been city attor ney for two months. In that brief tim < he has shown himself to bo utterly until for the place. The city pays him $3,00 ! a year , and pays $1,500 a year for his as' slstant. This entitles the cltr , not only ti efficient and faithful service , but diligen care in the transaction of its legal bust ness. Mr. Webster has been n signal fail- ire in ovcry essential requisite of his office , fjnllko his prede cessor , Mr. Council , who always vas ready nnd on hand to try the suits lending against tlijj city , Mr. Webster las nt the very outset shamefully ncg- uctcd the business ot the city In the courts , nnd staved off ncnrly every suit lint was called up for trial. This will result in loss of thousands of dollars to ho city. Mr. Webster did.howovor , find line enough to look nftcr tlio interests of private corporations that retained him is their attorney. As a legal adviser , Mr.v obstor has boon equally derelict of duty. The city comptroller and otlior officials have time and again vainly tried rO got nny legal advice or opinion from the city attorney on matters thnt are of vital importance , Mr. Webster has , loweyor , sought to make himself solid with the bummer and boodle gang that infest the council , and for them he has tind opinions to suit the emergency. It would naturally bo expected that a city attorney would acquaint himself fully with every law relating to the business of the municipal corporation , but Mr. Webster up to this time exhibits the most lamentable ignorance. Ho allowed the mayor and council to call and conduct a special election for railroad franchises under the old law when ho ought to know enough to know that the failure to com ply with the now election law , which took effect on the 1st of July , renders the election invalid. Ho stood pup in the council when this franchise , illcgrlly voted and Illegally canvassed , was de clared carried , nnd novcr opened his mouth to set tlio council right. Mr , Webster holds a commission for two years , but it strikes ns that the city can better pay him n round bonus to re tire. THE remarkable chanpo which is said to have como over Secretary Bayard dur ing the past two years is ascribed in part to the failure of his expectation to domi nate the administration. It is said that when ho accepted the position in the cab inet he believed that his power * and im portance would be increased , and that ho would become a much larger figure In the eye of the country than when he was in the senate. But instead of this ho lias become moro obscure and of less cense quence. His disappointment is due to the fact that the president docs not toler ate any domination save his own The habit of Mr. Cleveland is to treat his cab inet secretaries as so many clerks , whoso advice ho seeks rather as a matter of form and courtesy than with any idea of being guided by it. To the members of the cabinet who are new in publio life ( his probably causes no feeling , but it is easy to understand that to a trained political leader like Bayard it must bo extremely humiliating. WHEIIEAS , said contract with the BEE Publishing company was nnd is illegal , for that the same was not approved by an aye and nay vet , of the city council. " licsohttion by Manvillc. The old toper from the Sixth ward evidently is losing his memory. The contract with the BKE Publishing com pany last year was and is law ful. It was voted for on a call of the council by ayes nnd nays , and the following is the vote : Yes Goodman. Lowry , Casper , Schroeder , Bechcl , Good rich , Cheney , Bailey nnd Manvillc. No- Ford and Daily. If the clerk made no record of this vote , the fact that the con tract was legally awarded cannot be gainsaid. But what aocs a man care about lawful contracts who is laying around the saloons night and day , and makes himself the willing tool of jobbers f IT is bad taste to commend a man for an honest act , as a rule , especially where ho has previously bound himself by con tract. Wo often sco an insurance com pany patting its own back by reason of promptness in the fulfillment of a con tract to a beneficiary , while in fact it is entitled to no moro credit thereby than is a man who pays his grocery bill. When such au announcement appears it carries the suggestion that such promptness of payment under a contract is an excep tion with the company and not the rule. In these days of mushroom insurance companies , it is a matter of regret that "commendable promptness1' is at a pre mium , and also that many of the com- pnnies delay their settlements an unrca- honable time. In the fulfillment of their contracts they should display the same avidity that they do in writing policies. ANOTIIEU corner has collapsed and several moro men who oxpcctod to be come millionaires find themselves poor er should so find themselves. This time the attempted corner was in the cotton market. Julius Rungo , an extensive Galvcston cotton operator , at tha head of a wealthy syndicate , tried 6 put the screws on the Liverpool and Now York markets with the effect of becoming his own victim. The curse of this country is the spirit which is always seeking to got something for nothing , much for little. THE statement of President R. R. Cable , of the Rock Island road , that people - plo who tall , about wild western real estate booms usually go upon premises that are faulty , is more than corroborated by the report of the local Bradstrcct Mercantile agency nsjto the present busi ness situation in this section of the country. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ KINGS AND QUEENS. Queen Henrietta , of Belgium , is passion ately fond ot horses. King Humbert of Italy. Is very Industrious and says bo works harder than any hotel clerk. , Kaiser Wllhelm has placed all his Jubilee gifts In the llohenzollern family museum In Berlin. " ( The czar has not expressed himself as favoring anv particular candidate for the Hawaiian throne. Queen Victoria has just been presented with a cream colored parasol by a London firm , and Is very mucn pleased with It. The king of Sweden has a great paaalon for fanning and fine cattle. Ho should como over hero and BO Into the ranching business. Count dl Marlflorl , son ot Kins Victor EinanueL Is one of the greatest wlnemakcrs of Italy. His vineyards at Lucca cover nearly 7,000 acres. Queen Victor recently slept In camp at AI- dershot , which was her first camping expert- nc * slnco the return of the English troopi from the- Crimean war. Queen Victoria baa sent a cabinet which bcloncod to Mary queen of Scots , ttia lock of her halt , for tb * rvcriborosh r In connection with the tercentenary of the Scottish queen , The sultau ot J oh ore has n wonderful palace near SlnRaporo. Its wealth and beauty rival the "Arabian Nights" Into * ot splendor , nnd ho Is always willing to show his marvels to the many strangers touching nt his shore. Ho entertains his guests at meals with food served in golden vessels , which service cost 8700,000. The regnlln ho wears Is valued at 8500,000 , a sword ( Juron Victoria presented cost the neat sum ot $ ; 0,000 , nnd ho delights to dazzle tlio eyes ot his enchanted spectators with those wondrous visions of wealth. Next Fall's Programme All Arranged. Vorla Tmntcilpt , President Cleveland Is a little undecided as to what ho will do this fall , but his fait for next year has boon arranged. Ono Moro P H . Kew York ITorld. After the coercion bill passes parliament and becomes a law , It may still have come trouble in passing the land league. What They Lack. Allanta Comtitulton , The greatest deficiency of southern colleges Is their lack ot facilities for physical develop ment. They turn out too many dyspeptic geniuses. A Faoo In the Btreot. Oeorge Itutull Ltwit. As hurriedly along the crowded street 1 pushed my way , n woman's awful face Confronted mo and darkened all the plnco Wherein wo walked : then faithful memory ilcct Rushed back Into tSo dusky past to mret Great Dante's creatures-all that direful race Of piteous souls that traversed hell's wldo space And vainly battled with the WOOR that beat Against the nakutl spirit. And I thought : This woman's taco to some lost soul belongs - longs , Escaped from Its dark prison nnd distraught ; And now It glides among tlie eager thronvrs To clutch tliolr souls with teriot and restrain Their feet from luring ways that lead to pain. STATE AND TEHIUTOUY. Nebraska Juttlnca. The crop prospect in Brown county is one of the finest. Fairbnry has voted $11,000 to the Rock Island extension. A gang of forty tramps are pasturing in the suburbs of Oakland. The Hastings street car companies are again warring for right of way. Chadron bored Into the earth nnd dropped $ 'J,000 in the hole without the least provocation. She has the hoe. A farmer's daughter in Nance county was hurried to the shining shore , a few days ago , by the festive kerosene can. A quarry of rock salt has boon dis covered in the Republican valley , but the lucky Under declines to toll the location. Out in FranKlm county the girl baby of Enck Erickson fell backward from a high chair , broke her neck and instantly expired. The South Siotn City Shouter is laying up a stock of caloric for the opening whoop early in August. The initial number will bo a Jay-dandy. Hycr's Coon howlers ran against a snng at Long Pino. The Bugle says when they tnkc the pcoplo there for n set of chumps they are on the wrong track. Elmer E. Thompson , n Nanco county ranchman , pulled : ' - Winchester out of a wngon , inux/.lo foremost. A largo bullet penetrated his stomach , and his chances of remaining on top of the earth arc mighty slim. Hodman's halter nnd derrick in Ne braska City are being greased for the eternal spring , to-morrow. The thought of the coming event keeps him awnko nights. The local militia company is being drilled to give a military aspect to the background. An organization of liars and tall tale tellers has been perfected in Hastings. The membership is limited to the stair of ficers of the newspapers and a retired preacher , the latter to give it a sancti monious coloring. Under the patronage of Duke Thompson the club will issue a monograph on "Tho Nude in the Art of Lying. " The Fremont Tribune rises to ask "where the 11 KK gets its information on the bloomers ? " By standing in with the darling dozen and taking their measure with a pocket camera. The band , to be n success , must bo nblo to paralyze "Hail Columbia nnd hustle over a gutter with both hands to windward. Tlio suits will be "just too sweet for anything" short symphonies in seersucker and sonatas in striped stockings. Iowa Items. Clinton bad nine deaths from sun stroke. The twine famine in most portions of the state has subsided. The competitive examination for the appointment of a West Point cadet for the Tenth district will be held at Webster City , August 4. The sheriff nt Clinton has in jail n man who gave his name ns C. II. Mnrtin , but proves to bo C. II. Mallory. He refuses to talk , but letters from two Dakota points describe tiio young man and charge him with forgery and theft. A bunch of five prominent farmers near Sloan have been arrested for bor rowing and selling cattle belonging to other people. Their names are Matt Johnson , Mike Hcarn , Pete Fouts , G. Vancevjrs and John Losov. The Iowa teachers in attendance at the national conventional ! Chicago presented Mr. James A. Edwards , of the Normal Monthly , with a beautiful gold watch as a token of their appreciation of his kind ness in providing for their entertainment while in attendance upon the convention. School ma'ams are very appreciative. Frame Ives , aged twenty , while sitting with a party of youngfnendsntn window in the third story of the Tenchout build ing , at DCS Moincs Sunday , playfully threatened to fall out backwards to scare the uirls present , Finally ho snid , "Now I am going , sure , " lost his balance , fell through an awnlug to the pavement and broke his neck. Ho died instantly. UaKota. The fair of the Dendwood Fair nssocia- tion will begin September 20. The rails on the Manitoba are now laid within fifteen miles of Watcrtown. Judge Palmer is drafting n bill to bo introduced by Delegate Gidbrd nt the next session of congress , providing for two more judicial districts in the terri tory. tory.The The contrnct for the completion of the grading of the Doland extension of the Chicago & Northwestern to Groton hns been lot. Whether it will bo built from the latter place to Ordwny , Columbia or farther to the west and strike Tower City , on the Northern Pacific , is a matter of speculation. The Cheyenne Sjoux took out from Pierre last week fifty now w ago as and 100 sets of harness. The Free Press says they had the same number furnished them last fall. The highways of the re servation are not conducive to the pre servation of wagons , it would ROCIII. The Indian bureau should send a gang of whlto laborers m to make roads for these favored rcdmen. PreaalnK i' c Camera. The pressmen who distinguished thorn- solves in their march in the fourth of July parade , wisely concluded to perpetuate the appearance they then made , by get ting themselves photographed , The men appear iu tlio linen ulster and the white tile hat which they were and niado amoit satisfactory appearance , A NURSE'S ' VIEWS OF SPIRITS , Mrs , Whlttakor Says She is a Spiritualist , but Not a Medium. COMMON RUMOR SET AT REST. Hlio Denies That She Kuoctvod nny Knowledge of tlio Wtttor Case from ttio Spirit hnnd Mm. Wltlor'a I.lfo. Donvcr Republican : Some of tlio friends of Mrs. John A , Witter Imvo claimed Hint Mrs. Whittakor , the woman who nursad Witter for three days and n half prior to his death , is u spiritualist , nnd that , In their opinion , she had soon visions or something of thnt kind instead of the actual powder in the cup of milk which Mrs. Witter bad prepared for her husband. In order to learn what particular views the nurse might Imvo on spiritualism , a Republican reporter was yesterday 'directed to call upon her , nnd niter going over the entire story which she has heretofore - toforo related , try to draw out her par ticular belief in the hereafter. As nourly as possible instruction.1) were followed to the letter. Mrs. Whittnkor told the same story and in practically as many words as thnt related to the coroner's jury , with the single exception that she spoke of the gluss of milk in the refrigerator. She was reminded thnt this was something who had failed to toll the writer on pre vious occasions , nnd thnt she had not said anything about it at the time of the inquest. I1EK EXPLANATION OF IT. "I know I didn't tell the jury , " was the reply , "but they did not nsk mo. You will remember that all 1 said was prac tically in response to questions. The doctors iirst , and after that tlio lawyers told mo to talk , and 1 have tried to obey them , but you reporters seem determined to learn everything , and that is how I possibly said more than should before the trial. " "But doesn't it scorn unreasonable that Mrs. Witter should let the inilk remain in the refrigerator where her children could get nt it any time if it was really poisoned ? " "Of course it docs ; but I cannot help that. What I see with inv own oyea I know to be true no difference how un reasonable it may bo to otlior people. " "How do you fool toward Mrs. Witter ? " "More kindly than I can tell. I know her Hufl'erings were terrible , and sbo was goaded to desperation. I know that Mrs. Witter did not like it that I came to her house as a nurse , but she treated mn with the utmost consideration. When I made that discovery in the class it was too Into to save her husband's life , and 1 have often wished that it had escaped my observation. But when I saw the powder it was my duty as a nurse to speak of it to the physicians. " IICH VIKWS ON SI'IKITUALISU. "How was it. " suddenly asked the re porter , "thnt this premonition cnmo to you from the spirits thnt Mr. Witter hnd been poisoned. "Premonition ? Spirits ? " said the nurso. "Why , what do you mean ? " "I mean that you are a Spiritualist and and that through that mean ? you know your patient wns poisoned. " "No , no. Thnt is all a mistake. I novcr had a premonition , ns you call it , in my IlIC * "Hutyou arc n Spiritualist ? " "Yes ; but not in the sense I think you mean. 1 Uoliovo thnt each person hns a soul which lives forever : that when they die this soul goes to the hereafter exactly as it loaves this ono , nnd thnt there it cnn improve or remain in its normal condi tion exactly ns it chooses. " "But you believe in spirits returning to tl < o world , communicating with friends , and thttt kind of thing ? " "I am not so sure about that. I have never soon any of these mediums per form wonderful fonts. They have never happened when I was about. But friends have told mo of wonderful things nnd on any other subject I should not think of questioning their word. " "But you have hoard how the spirits claim that John Witter came to his death ? " "No , nothing of the kind , and now I understand you. I am not a medium , uor have I had any premonitions. " It wns very cvicfent to the reporter's mind that Mrs. Whitakor meant what she said. SlltS. VITTEIl AT HOME. Mrs. Emily O. Witter passed yesterday quietly nt her homo in the society of her father I. A. Marble , ( who will remain until his dnughter's great trouble Jms reached a climax ) her two children nnd the two lady friends who have remained loyally nt her side. There wore but n few callers , ns Mrs. Witter has thus fnr religiously obeyed the advice of her nt- tornoys , and excluded herself from nil callers. From the first many friends who hnvo failed to see her personally hnvo sent let ters , encouraging and sympathetic , and many and elaborate floral offerings have been sent to the house. Among the latest letters received by the widow wns ono dated at Corona , Cnl. , and signed , "A Church Member , " in which the writer urged her to stand firm , Keep up n bravo heart , and , throwing all her burden upon God , trust iu divine incroy and aid. MKS. WITTKIt'S UARKIKD LIFE. A Republican representative has ob tained from Mrs. Witter herself and from some of those who have been near to her during her married life , something of a sketch of her marital career. As has been heretofore stntcd , John A. Witter married Emily O. Marble , when ho had just completed his school days nnd the young ladv was but eighteen yenrs old. She is the daughter of a gen tleman who is highly respected nt the plaecof their residence , South Bund , Ind. "After we were married. " snid Mrs. Witter , "wo lived for several years upon a farm belonging to Mr. Witter's father , about throe miles from South Bend. John said ho novcr cared to live any where else but on the farm , and wo got along comfortably nnd quietly and hap pily for some time. "About two years Inter wo cnmo to Donvcr nnd made a visit , and then re turned to our home. From that time John was discontented nnd was continually longing to como west. Finnlly wo came to Denver nnd went to live in a house on Arnpnhoo street. That was thirteen years ago. About night years ago wo moved into our present homo. The house in which 1 now live and the ono next to it were given to mo by my father. Both of my children were born back cact. Pearl , the little girl , is now thirteen years of age and Johnnie is nearly nine. " Speaking of the man ) * rumors which hnvo been set afloat , since her husband's death , some of which tried to rolled upon her character. Mrs , Witter said : "Well , 1 may say that I never , almost , wont out from my house without Inking my chil dren along with mo. I have always thought that there wns no bettor protec tion to a wife nnd mother than her chil dren when her husband Is not with her. " Spunking to tin intimate friend t > ome tune since of LIT mnrriod troubles , Mrs. Witter remarked. " 1 worried nnd fretted ar.d got thin and nearly lost my health , nnd then 1 cnmo to tlie conclusion thnt I cpulil not mend mutters thnt Wny and 1 lot affairs take their course. " "Whet ) Mrs. liirnm Witter was sick nt ono time , " snid Mn . Witter yesterday , "I went to her home and nun cd her , conked for her and looked after her care- fully. 1 went in my curt at a Into hour ouo night to got a nurse fur Uor uudc.mio homo hero iu the darkness alono. Attoi she got bettor John nnd llnttio llatton called there ono afternoon nnd Airs , Witter told them how good I had boon to her and what nice care she had had , But they greeted her remarks with a sneering Intigh. " \ \ lion John .was first tnkcn slclc Mrs. Hiram Witter snid thnt she would think thnt John would hire n girl to attend to the kitchen work nnd lot his wifu devote herself to attending to him , because she was such a good nurso. " I.KTTUI THOU "HATTin. " Anpropos of the claim thnt hns been mndo that Jonn A. Wlttor's affection for Mrs. llatton was only the natural regard of an undo to n fnvorlto niece , Its \ stated iinon the very best authority that during Mr. Wittcr's fatal illness there were ro- celvcd three letters from Mrs. llatton. The loiters were taken by the daughter 1'oarl and delivered to her father. After the man's removal from his homo and subsequent death the letters were found In his room. They hnd boon opened by the recipient nnd when found n glance rovcak'd that they were addressed to "My dearest John , " nnd were signed by "Tluuoown. " SHAKSPEAREAN CRANKS. A New Key to the Autnor' Slinks- pcnro. Texas Sittings : Ignatius Donnelly with his Shnkspcuronn cypher has set a lot of other cranks going in the snmo di rection , nnd ono Is liable to encounter them in unexpected places. "Do you see that man with a note-book and a pencil in his hand ? " said a con ductor on the Sixth Avenue "L" railroad the otlior day , ns wo were coming down from Harlem , "Yes ; what about him ? " "Somo of you newspaper fellers ought to write him up. " "About how far up should we wrlto him ? " "He's a Slmkspoaronn ornnk , nnd the queerest chap thnt travels on the line. Ho rides up nnd down every dny , nnd is always studying the advertising cards that you see m the cnr. " " -flint is what they arc for isn't It ? " "Yes , but ho says they contain the key. " "Key to what ? " "Key to the author of Shakspoaro. " "Ho isn't Ignatius Donnelly , is ho ? " "Don't know anything about Ignatiui Donnelly , but that's what ho says. Take a seat alongside of him. Ho likes to talk. " Curiosity Impelled us to do as the con ductor suggested. "Docs it got any plainer ? " wo asked the man in quest of the cipher. "Ah , " said ho , cvidcntlypleasod to talk about his pot theory , "you know some thing of my long and patient Boarch. " We nodded. "Donnelly is wrong , " ho said vehe mently ; "bo's on the wrong scent. The clew to the authorship of Shakespeare's plays is not to bo found in the plays thorn- selves. " "Whcrois it , tncn ? " "It's right before our eyes dally. In these advertisements , for instance , sus pended by an apparently careless hand , yet fraught with so much moaning , lies the whole truth , could wo but unravel it. " "Thnt's tdo trouble Donnelly finds , to unrnvol it , " wo snid. "But I'll do it yet. See hero. What does thnt cnrd say overhead there ? " Wo rend : "Old Crow Whisky. " "Yos , Old Crow Whisky. Does thnt got you at all ? " "Well , it used to occasionally , but wo don't give it any chancn now. " "Read the card opposite. " "Mumm's E.\trn Dry" "Thorn now Is something to commence on. " "And wind " added. up on , too. wo "Don't you know whnt I niu driving at ? " "I think I do , " wo replied , cnsting an eye in the direction of tlio Bloomingdnlo lunatic asylum. "I thought you would , " ho said , rub bing his hands. "Drop the w off Crow and you have C r o. Take u double m ofi'Mumm and m remains , which being attached to C r o give us C r o m. Now don't you catch on ? " "Hardly. " "Suppose I find an additional combina tion of w-o-1-1 , what would I have then ? " "Cromwoll , of course. " "Exactly , " ho cried , briskly. "And there is the rest of the name right before you Crosse & Blnckwoll. ' " ' .That's English , I know , but I don't see where Cromwell comes iu. " "Wo hnvo found Crom ? " "Yes. " "Cross off Crosse & Blnck. nnd we hnvo the well. " "Well , that is so. Yon have put the lord protector of England together sure enough. Ho wrote Shakespeare , did ho ? " "That's what I say , "ho exclaimed. "Cromwell wioto Shakespeare. 1 hit on it the other dny reading 'Old Crow. ' It enmo over mo like a flash that Old Crow WI H the key " "Whis-keyl" "Tho cipher , I should soy , that led up to old Cromwell. " "But Cromwell wasn't born until 1(599 ( , and ho was only 17 years old when Shakespeare died. " "Don't make any difference about that. Ho wrote Shakespeare. 1 tell you , and hero's the kov to it. Read thnt feign over there. " Wo rend : "Iron Bitters. " "There it is acain. Iron. Didn't they call Cromwell's men 'Old Ironsides ? ' Another thing. Ain't these signs all over ? " "Pretty much nil over. " "If thnt doesn't menu All-over Crom well I would like to know what docs , " ho exclaimed triumphantly. Wo were compelled to admit thnt the weight of evidence from his standpoint seemed to be in favor of Oliver Cromwell hnving written Shnkesponro , nnd on ris ing to got off the cnr wo told him wo thought his theory wns fully ns sensible ns Donnelly's Baconinn cipher , which Kocmed to please him greatly , nnd ho re sumed his figuring. IlllHlllOBS. Arkanuiw 'Imvillcr. A Chicago man , in nttumptmg to jump on n closing bridge , had both legs broken. When ho had been taken to n hospital and relieved , ns much ns possible , of bin buttering , n physician askcd _ him why l.i > jumped upon the bridge , "Was your tune M > valuable that you felt it to bo your duty to risk your life * " "yes , sir. " "That's the way with our Chicago people ple , " said the physician , addressing some one who stood near. "Everything is sacrificed upon the altar of time ; but it is this rushing spirit that has given Chicago cage nn advanced position among the great cities of the world. My friend , " again fiiioakmir lo the wounded man , "you dla not stop to consider the danger of ycur unfortunnto hury , did you ? " "No. sir. " "Your nim wns to get over on the North hide ns soon as possible ? " "Yes , sir. " "Your mind was wholly taken up with the business awaiting youV" "Yes. sir. " ' 'Wonderful people , sir , " said the phy sician , again addressing the bystander. "Ami , " turning to the wounded man , "you would hnvo rushed in front of n railroad train ? " " 1 frueds i would , sir. " " \ \ hat business wns it thnt could not allow you to wait n few minutes until the bridge could bo closed ? " "Well , you'Huo n fellow named Jim had just opened n saloon , un1 tupped n kftr of free t > ccr , an' put out n lunch , nn' I knpwcd that if 1 didn't hustle the fullers would got nwny with It all , nn' L didn't have time to wait for the bridge to close but I almost wish now that I hud , for I've lost my chance anyway. "