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WATBU scorns to be a good conductor
of criminals.
K has figured out that Americans
spend $75,000,000 abroad every year.
What are the returns t
ALL the famous actresses are now said to
bo in vesting In wosteru real estate. These
real estate agents are perfectly irresisti
ble.
THE hot wonthcr has its compensa
tions. It seems to have been entirely
successful in dispersing the Salvation
nrmy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A IJACKMAN has boon robbed in Omnha.
This Is a very remarkable incident prob
ably the lirst of the kind on record.
Usually the hackman does the robbing.
A PLUMiiEn shot himself dead in Chicago
cage last week. It must have been the
hot weather that caused this rash act.
No ono ever hoard of a plumber com
mitting suicide m cold weather.
NEW YOUK speculators have now
started a corner in tobacco. The crop
this year , it is anticipated , will bo short ,
and the price of leaf tobacco has already
boon forced up 50 to 100 per cent.
THE plank sidewalks laid by city con
tractors should bo models of good work
manship. Generally they are not so. im
provement in this matter is called for ,
oven though the contractors1 profits
- should bo somewhat reduced.
AT the session of the council a week
ago last Tuesday resolutions were aoopted
instructing the board of city improve
ments to have several streets put in a
passable condition that were not so at
that time. Has this requirement been at
tended to ?
REV. Dit. EmvAiw MGGLYNK has an
article onlitled "Tho New
l Know-Nothing-
ism and the Old" in the August number
j , of Iho Korth American liivicw. Ho gives
| , . n strong representation of the evils that
P , In his opinion threaten \meriean nation
ality nnd American Institutions.
s , THE Germans are dropping dvnamito
i ' from baleens at Metz , so that they may
bo ready to light the Frenchmen in Jhis
way if u war between thorn should break
oul. From experiments it has been de
termined that a baleen may bo brought
down by 9. howitzer at an altitude or 3,000
yards. So baloonisls can't have things
altogether their own way.
THE re-survey of the boundary between
the United States and Mexico has boon
pending for three or four years , but the
work has not yet boon begun because
congress has neglected to appropriate
the small outlay necessary. The line of
the boundary as originally surveyed is
marked by wooden posts which were
placed more than thirty years ago and
many of these have disappeared. The
Mexican government claims to bo ready
to begin the work any time.
CAUTEK ilAiinibON , ox-mayor of Chicago
cage , is a curious man in some rospccts ,
nnd he bids a curious farewell to his fol
low citizens before starting on his globe-
encircling trot. Ilo says : "McGariglo is
a good-natured fellow , and not the
scheming rogue that ho has been painted ,
nnd I don't know but 1 am glad ho got
off. Nine out of every ten men in Chicago
cage are glad that ho cot away. And
why is it ? Just because they know that
the meanest scoundrels in the city are
the men who are trying to send him up , "
The "scoundrels , " uo doubt , helped to
snow him under at the ballot-box.
A' FonMF.n low an , writing to the Iowa
Messenger from Florence , Arizona , says
the country along the Gila river m that
territory is the country that coiuos as
near being what man wants hero below ,
ns any land under tlio.sun. All known
tropical fruits ilourish there , the cliruato
is dry aud wholesome for affected throats
and lungs and the soil costs but twenty-
live cents P r aero. There is no damp
ness , no chilliness , scarcely any ice in
w/'ntor , and probably no sin aud sorrow ,
though it is but fa\r \ to the writer to say
thut this la&i assertion is an inturpola-
tion. But ono tit'utg is evident , that ho
wns once , no doubt , a real estate agent.
It looki as though he'might bo one
till. '
Fornkcr on the Party.
The interest attracted to Governor
Fornkcr , of Ohio , by his unanimous rc-
nominatlon , which gives htm an In
creased claim to the regard of the poli
ticians will doubtless induce a great
ninny more people to read his paper in
the current number of The Forum , on
"The Return of the Republican Party , "
than under ordinary circumstances would
bo attracted to U. It is probable that the
practical mnnagors of the magazine had
this m mind in publishing the contribu
tion at this tinio. nnd that its appear
ance coincident with the unanimous en
dorsement of its author by the repub
licans of Ohio was not an accident. At
all events it is a timely presentation ot a
topic that \3 \ of growing interest , and
which Is treated In a way that will not
diminish the claims of Governor Forakcr
to the respect of the republican party in
his own state and in the country.
Governor Forakcr begins by saying
that the reasons why the republican party
should bo restored to power are not
wholly m what it has done , though it is
justly proud of this , but in what repub
licans propose to do as to matters about
which differences nxist , "and because oi
what , In the second place , they are bettor
qualified to do than their opponents , as
to matters about which there Is a com
mon opinion. " Briefly stated , the rea
sons why the republican party should bo
restored to full power in the government
arc , in the opinion of Governor Forakcr ,
first , that the right of suffrage shall bo
maintained inviolate. This question , ho
says , outranks all others , "bocauso it
affects directly the very existence of our
government. " While all partioa agree
upon the principle , the democratic
party has not and docs not respect
it , nnd by reason of ignoring
it in the south now holds control of the
executive branch of the government ,
The second reason refers to the main
tenance of a protective tariff. It Is ad
mitted that the tariff may need revision ,
but "when all mcro phrases are swept
away the result is , m dcclar.atiou as well
ns in practice , that the republican partj
favors protection , and the. democratic
party is opposed. " In order- therefore ,
"that there may bo no further progress
toward free trade , and that the nocessar.y
revisions of the tariff , and the control ol
our revenue system , may * bo in the hand :
of the friends of American industry and
national development , " it is noceasarj
that the republican party bo restored tc
power. Other reasons why the republi
can party should bo restored to power
are found in the states' right ;
tendency of the democrats in theii
incapacity when dealing with the
foreign interests of the country ,
in their lack of "comprehensive business
judgment , " and finally "to check the re
vival of the Southern Confederacy. "
These several reasons Governor Fora
kor discusses with the earnestness ol
strong conviction , and it is not doubted
that to most republicans they will bo entirely
tiroly satisfactory as showing that the
mission of their party is not yet ended ,
but on the contrary that thcro are still
issues enough to make a demand for its
most serious and zealous labors. Re
garded simply as a political argument ,
Governor Foraker presents his side with
vigor and ability.
Pnwderly on Immigration.
The attitude of Mr. Powdorlv on the
immigration question , so far as it can bo
said to have boon dotined by that gentle
man , is perhaps receiving rather more
attention than it is entitled to. It is ap
parent that the subject is ono regarding
which Mr. Powderly has to a largo ox -
tent "jumped to conclusions , " and hav
ing already amended or denied some
statements made respecting bis views , it
may bo well to wait until ho can care
fully and fully formulate his opinions before -
fore giving them attention , lest too
much space bo consumed m recantations
and explanations. However , Mr. Pow-
dorly himself evidently needs enlighten'
meat on this question , and good may be
done in this direction by discussing his
opinions in order to show how ill
digested and Impracticable some of
them aro. Wo referred briolly some
days ngo to Mr. Powdorly's letter ,
in which , among other things , ho said IK
"did not want the immigrant until hi
can bo sure of employment without rob'
bing another of it , " a requirement obvl
ously absurd , but not more so than some
of the other conditions suggested in the
same letter. Referring to the Powdorlj
scheme for restricting immigration , the
Philadolubia Record says :
It the conditions of this countiy were sucl
as to invite European Immigration twenty
live or fifty years ago , these conditions re
main but little changed to-day. But for thu
Immigration wealthy and populous statei
that now greatly contribute to the world' :
supply ot Dread would still bo hunting
grounds for savages ! If by encouraging im
migration prosperous commonwealths , tin
homes of multitudes of hapuy people
have arisen In the wilderness as if bi
magic , the arrest of this policy by unwise In
tertcrence of the government would bo i
great national calamity. Bat Ctfr. I'owderlj
seems to think that tliero Is danger of crowd'
Ing unless the government shall establish
commissions to toll thu intending immigrant
when ho may and when he may not make
this free country his home. A brief com par
ison of populatlous/n this country aud hi
Europe to tlio square mile ought to tend
greatly to dissipate any alarm on this score
The population of the United States In 1SSQ
was a llttlo less than It to the square inilo.
Massachusetts has 214 Inhabitants to tlu
square mile , and there Is not yet any great
complaint of overcrowding in that bus )
Industrial state. Pennsylvania ha !
M Inhabitants to the square mile , but thi
population ot Minnesota under the last census -
sus was less than 10 to the square mile : that
of California less than 6 , and that of Oregon
less than 2. In most of the states there is
still room for a great Increase In population ,
Belgium , the most populous country ot Eu >
rope , has 431 inhabitants to the square mile.
Great Urltaln and Ireland sustain a poputa
tlon of 2S9 to the square mile , aud Austria-
Hungary , whose contribution to the popula
tlon of the United States inspire Mr. Pow-
derly NTitlrso much solicitude , has YA tnhab
Hants to the square mile. These figures iu
dlcato that thcro U little danger ot over
crowding In this country for a long time U
come.
This view ia exactly in line with wha <
the BEB has said in connection with
this question , and it is unquestionably
thn proper and rational view , sustamuc
by experience and every prrctlcal consid
eration. The existing laws for excluding
objectionable immigrants , if properlj
and justly enforced , are well enough , bu
there is no necessity and would bo nc
wisdom in extending the policy of re
striction HB Mr. Powderly and sonic
others would have it done. "The new
know-nothlnglsm , " Justly remarks the
Record , "Ii none the lesi obnoxious be
cause many naturalized citizens have
joined In the clamor for a Chinese wall
against immigration to the United States.
While thu spirit of natlvism is narrow
nnd bigoted , there Is something revolting
in the selfishness of those naturalized
citizens , who would push back into the
Atlantic ocean the late comers who seek
to share with them In the blessings and
opportunities afforded by the free institu
tions nnd great natural advantages of
this country. " The Intelligent and prac
tical sentiment of this country can doubt
less bo trusted not to permit this spirit to
obtain ascendancy.
How to Foretell Tornmloen.
Lloutonnnt John Finloy , of the United
Stntes signal service corps , who has for a
number of years studied the subject oi
tornadoes , nnd is therefore an authority
on the subject , gives the following signs
by which the approach of ono may be
foretold , and intimates how an escape
may bo effected : The air becomes
strangely hot and oppressive ; in the
afternoon masses of clouds form In the
southwest and northwest and rush to
gether in great confusion and with n
roaring noise. Generally , following
closely upon the existence of this condi
tion , the funnel-shaped tornado cloud ap
pears against the western sky , moving
boldly to the front from without this con
fused mass of flying clouds. The tornado
invariably moves to the northeast , and
no building can withstand it. Its track
is narrow , and those persons on whom II
is advancing may escape it by runnlnc
north or south. To run to the east or to
the northeast is to invite death. If there
is not time to run away from it , retiring
to n cellar and standing against its wosi
wall or lying Hat on the ground in the
open air are the bust means of escaping
its fury. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
*
A i\Ttan number of Russians are now
living in Now York nnd Brooklyn and it
is proposed to form a Russian society
nnd to edit a paper in that language to b (
called Kolokolo ( The Boll. ) A few oi
these Slavs are spies in tlio pay of the
government , whoso duty it is to rcporl
the doings of escaped convicts , for r
large number of these Russians are refu
gees from Siberia aud Russian prisons ,
principally political offenders. Should
any of these return to their native coun
try and fall into the clutches of their gov
ernment , their chance of escaping with
their lives would bo small. In former
times postal communication bctwoor
that country and this was very difficult
The Russian officials would open all the
letters and retain or destroy the contents
as they saw fit. Now , however , the refu
gees have hit upon the plan of establish
ing postofiiccs just within the boundary
lines of the countries adjoining Russia
from which letters are secretly dispatchct
.to their destinations. Sunday evening
receptions have been established for Rus
sians in Now York by Princess Anna
Palowna Tarakanowa. In whoso veins
flows the bluest of Slavonic blood.
THE Bankers' club , of Chlcaco , sug
gests that nn effort bo made to have all
checks and drafts used throughout the
country uniform in certain particulars in
order to secure greater rapidity and cer
tainty in their handling. They recom
mend uniformity as to the position ol
the number and the amount expressed ir
figures ; that all line or lathe work , whore
used as a background for the amount , bo
discarded ; that the use of all perforators
which pit , raise or roughen that part ol
the check or draft upon which the amount
is to bo placed bo discontinued. It if
recommended that the number bo always
placed in the upper right hand corner
and that the amount expressed in figures
bo written ijndor the number at the end
of the line ou which the name of the
payee is placed , and the amount ex
pressed in words on the line following
Thn committee of the club having this
matter in charge , will send a circulai
and sample forms to every banker in the
country on the 1st of August , togothci
with a blank form of agreement for sig'
nature nnd return. All the national
banks nnd bankers of Chicago have
already agreed to use this form of check
and draft.
THEUE is a negro named James James
at Santa Rosa , Mexico , who claims to be
135 years old and therefore the "ohlcsl
inhabitant" of this planet. Ho was bori
near Dorchester , South Carolina , in 1753
nnd is therefore as old as , the lightning
rod , for it was about that time tlm
Frauklin tapped the thunder clouds. 11 *
took part in many of the battles in tin
south during the revolution in company
with his master. He was forty years o
ngo when Washington was inauguratee
president for the first time , and distinctly
remembers the general rojoioiug pro
duced by that event. Mr. James at UK
present time does not cut the amount o
cord-wood the public might have a righ
to expect from n man of Ins ago , noithei
does he wnlk the regulation number ol
miles before breakfast , because rhouma
tisra has now got the better of his legs
Nevertheless ho docs enough to bo tin
original oldest inhabitant now living
and wo cau forgive his lying iu bed al
the time.
Two wonderful air voyages are ad
vertised to take place in the future. Om
is from Chicago to the north polo and tlu
other from St. Maznire , Franco , to Now
York. The date assigned for the formci
is next Juno , while the trans-Atlantic
voyage may take place this fall. There
is , consequently , no hurry about prnpar
ing the head lines for describing tlu
catastrophes naturally expected to D (
part of such undertakings. Wo car
understand why the man from Chlcage
would risk an aerial escape to the nortl :
polo from that city during the summer ,
but why the other man wants to take r
header into the Atlantic from the clouds
has not been disclosed. The Chlcage
aeronaut proposes to use a thin stcc
cylinder from which the air has partlj
been exhausted , instead of n gas balloon
aud for propulsion , screws driven bj
electric batteries. Can It be possible thai
McGarigle appropriated this machine
nnd Is at this moment coolly perched
upon a peak of theeircumpolar icebergs !
Ouit fisheries troubles with Canada arc
opening up again with renewed vigor
It seems as though it is abont time foi
Uncle Sam to take John Bull's bolllgcr
cnt western step-child across the knee am
teach it some manners. Not only doe :
the Canadian government seize upon oui
.fishing vessels , but refuses to allow cap
tured fishermen to bo returned homo in
American fishing vessels. Canada is nOI
o Very big looked at from the standpoint
of population , but oh , how she Is spoilIng -
Ing tor n light.
THE work now being done In the
streets of the cUy'by ' the waterworks
company Is necessary , bat it may not bo
amiss to suggest that in completing it
the streets should bo loft in at least as
good condition its before the work was
begun. This is not , always done , with
the result of sooner 'or later involving an
expense to the city which it should not
bo called upon to boar. The duty of see
ing to this matter rests with the board of
city improvements.
THE prospect for a fine exhibit ( it the
fair in September is reported to bo most
favorable. Merchants who are hesitat
ing about securing space should reflect
that there is every assurance of a larger
number of visitors to Omaha during the
period of the fair than has over come to
the city at any ono time , so that the most
attractive exhibit they can make will cer
tainly pay.
IT is interesting to note the oxhilorat-
ing effect that is produced upon all street
car patrons by every announcement that
promises an early addition to the facili
ties for this kind of travel. It can bo
fully appreciated only by those who have
had their forbearance .taxed ( to Its utter
most by having to travel In close and
packed cars running on a ton minutes'
schedule.
SENATOR STANFORD has boon trying lo
make the Pacific railroad investigating
committee believe that the government
owes the Central Pacific $03,000,000.
Stanford is a daisy. Wo now shall ex
pect Charles Francis Adams to attempt
to show that the government owes the
Union Pacific about a hundred millions.
MAJOR A. MACKENZIE , United States
engineer upon the improvements of the
Mississippi , wants an appropriation oi
$1,500,000 to bo expended upon the rivet
between St. Paul and Des Moines during
the fiscal year ending June 30,1889. The
engineer's wants seem to bo constructed
on a largo scale.
FKKSII eggs cannot bo obtained at anj
price in eastern markets on account ol
the hot weather , but thcro is no doartli
of omlets in the 10-cont restaurants ,
Chickens hatched by the heat are said
to bo escaping from the egg crates in all
directions.
NINETEEN new policemen will bo as
signed to duty on the 1st of August. This
is making progress , though slowly , ns
with this additio'hatho city will still
have less than half J the police force il
should have , and a largo area of territory
will still remain uqjirotectod.
Other Liands Than Ours.
There was groai 'significance In the
warning given by : Lord Salisbury OB
Thursday at Norlwich to the consent
tives In tolling them to prepare for a
possible dissolution of parliament. The
situation has boon growing steadily more
serious for the conservatives , as shown
by the late elections , and by other mdi
cations of the growllf of hostile popular
fooling , and it is not surprising that Sal
isbury should boginjto s > eo that it may bo
expedient to dissolve parliament in order
to bring the whole conservative influence
directly to boar upon the people. We
hayo no doubt , however , that nothing
the torics could do would better please
the opposition , It would bo of the nature
of a retreat which Mr. Gladstone and the
liberal loaders would make available te
the fullest extent , and which the
could not fail to make of toll
inc effect before the people. The
discussion of the land bill is still on , and
has been characterized during the week
by a number of senatorial incidents
One of these resulted on Thursday in the
suppression of Mr. Healy.jho Irish cause
thereby losing from the floor of the house
of commons nn able nnd aggressive ,
though at times somewhat indiscreet
champion. The concessions , or surrciul
crs , made by the lories on the land bill
arc the best evidence of the reactionary
tendency , and it is naturally wonde/ed
what the effect must bo when the meas
ure goes to the house of lords. It is said
n largo number of peers have already/ /
announced their resolve to refrain from
voting fifty it is claimed , and there is
oven talk of an open revolt. If the
upper house surrenders as Salisbury has ,
then there will be no longer a tory
party , and politically all things will
become new. The Churchill school oi
politics will come to the surface , and n
reconstruction of the cabinet must follow.
If , however , the bill is rejected , the com
bat will thicken. The situation , in anj
event , is simply astounding , when the
speeches of the torics , not a month old ,
are remembered. These torles are ac
cepting from Parnell amendments which
wore denounced as robbery and open
disunion n few weeks ago. This apostle
of treason of yesterday is the accepted
statesman of to-day on Irish affairs , and
they who ridiculed and denounced Mr.
Gladstone for consorting with murderers ,
now accept the ideas of these so-called
murderers , and give thanks that the daj
of another eleotion has not yet
como. The whole fof Ireland , except
the county of Antrim , has been pro
claimed under the qtlnios law. When
the chief secretary fcir Ircland was asked
in the house of commons why this had
been done when tho'iwvernmont had as
sured the house that tlio law wns us well
obeyed in some partfof Ireland us in any
part of Great Britain , Balfour replied
that ho had no reason to change lug
opinion that parts f ( Ireland were as
quiet as parts of EngTUnd , and that what
the government ImHfJlono was not to
apply the whole crimes net to Ireland
generally , but only Ihoso sub-sections
dealing with rioting.ifjilawful assemblies
and obstruction , TO police. Such
offenses against pwlio order , ac
cording to the gentleman's own
statement , do not exist in cer
tain districts ; yet those districts have
been placed under the ban of proclama
tion. According 'o this sauiout reason
ing the riot act ought to bo read daily in
London , Manchester , and other peacea
bly disposed cities , whore rioting , unlaw
ful assemblies nnd obstruction of police
might occur at any time. The chief sec
retary's logic is as false as the method of
Its application is misohlovousand brutal.
The specially proclaimed counties num
ber twenty-four. Taken , in connection
with other proposed measures of the gov
ernment , it is not difficult to see In It a
Dolicy of exasperation designed to incite
resistance , which the government may
make the excuse for the extremes of
tyranny.
%
A blow has boon struck in the British
house of lords at primogeniture , the law
of Inheritance under which tlio older son
of a landed proprietor Is enabled to np-
propnnto the real estate of his father ,
while his brothers are loft to grnpplo
with the atom realities of life and starve
or prosper ns luck or their abilities may
dictate. The peers have voted by a ma
jority of eleven that where a man dies
without taking the trouble to make a will
the succession to his real property shall
bo governed by the rules which now
apply to personalty , or , in other words ,
that the law of primogeniture shall not
apply , and the elder son shall not be
given the whole loaf. Of course ,
if the house of commons approve
this bill nnd U become the law ot the
realm it will not prevent the owners of
largo estates from bequeathing them to
the older son , nnd thus keeping the land
together , which is the great ambition of
the ordinary Englishman of moans , but
In cases of Intestacy it will give the
younger boys a chance. It is ono barrier
swept from the path of the younger son
and an earnest of the final disappear
ance of the whole system under which
the tremendous landlord power of Great
Britain has flourished and grown , and in
this souse the action of the peers will bo
hailed with approbation by the common
people of the country.
. *
The achievements of explorers in the
independent Congo state are eloquently
told m a map just published , after great
labor of preparation , at Brussels. The
Congo basin , so recently a great , white
blank on our maps , is now two-thirds ex
plored. The tracing of its wonderful network -
work of waterway and the study of its
teeming life ore now far advanced. The
map shows the names of scores of tribes ,
numbering millions of people , of whoso
existence the world was ignorant live
years ago. It snows that the height
above thu sea of hundreds of places has
boon ascertained , Though the Congo
basin has no towering Alpine region , its
moan elevation is more than double that
of Europe. Lake Superior , the source of
the greatest water system emptying
in the northwestern Atlantic , is only 001
feet above the ocean. The altitude
of the Congo , only 800 miles from its
mouth , is more than one and a half times
that of Lake Superior , nnd Us various
head waters , from 2,000 to 5,500 feet
above the Atlantic , pour over many a
cataract and hiss through many a rapid
before they roach the sea. It is the lofty
plateaus of the Congo basin that have
fitted it to be the homo of millions of
people , while the low-lying Amazon val
ley , in the same latitude , only about 000
feet above the sen at the foothills of tlio
Cordilleras is very sparsely settled. A
new world has been opened to view by
the researches of these bravo explorers.
They hnvo already laid down a part ol
the Congo's long course as accurately , It
is believed , ns our own coast line is
mapped. They have given us the most
remarkable geographieal surprises ol
this ago , nnd the world will study with
great interest the future researches of
these men , whoso past labors have been
so rich in results.
*
The Anglo-Russian agreement as to
the Afghan frontier will , of course , bo
subject to "misunderstandings" like preceding -
coding compacts , but in general seems lo
consist in the concession of Russian
claims to territory along the Murghab
and the abandonment of claims to terri
tory on the Oxus. The practical effect
will bo to bring Russia closer to Herat.
This point , which of late has boon recog
nized on all hands as the ono whose pos
session would bo aimed at by Russia ,
ought to be capable of successful de
fense nt the only two practicable approaches
preaches ngainst n Russian advance , but
the recent ngreentcnl , sa far as il has
any effect , makes such an advance
easier. If la perhaps for this reason that
the Ameer , whoso cause the British com
missioners have represented , is thought
to bo dissatisfied with the result of the
long conference. Now by seizure and
now by agreement Russia pushes her way
steadily southward , and Ihe Ameer may
well dread a progress that is so persistent
nnd so menacing ,
*
A good deal of interest is being shown
by the governments of Great Britain and
Germany , which is shared in also by the
UnJtod States , in the affairs of the Samoan -
moan islands , the subject in which they
have n common interest being the title to
the lands. The land area of the Samnau
group contains over ono million acres.
Nearly all of this is susceptible of culti
vation in some form. Largo tracts have
been sold by the natives to foreigners
(75,000 ( acres having been sold in ono
body to Germans ) at very low prices. In
some instances for not more than $1 an
acre. The consideration has often been
ammunition and articles of barter , but
the title to the lands , owing to
the communistic system iu which
families frequently live , are not
clear. Thcro has boon a disposition to
postpone the evil day , and as foreign
countries , rivals lo each other , are con-
constanlly acquiring larger possessions
iu the islands , it is deemed of importance
thai there should bo some adjustment of
the ( litliculties. So great have been the
complications that the natives have been
forbidden by the Samoan government to
sell their lands , but they have not strictly
obeyed Ihis order. Gustnvus Goward.
United States commercial agent , who , in
1878 , carried the treaty between the
United Stales and Samoan lo the islands ,
nnd look possession of the coaling sta
tion there in the name 'of the United
States , in his report to the state depart
ment , suggested that the difficulties as to
the land titles which were oven then very
great , might bo removed by the appoint-
mnnt of a board of commissioners up-
pointed by thu roprosentutites
of the nationalities of the par
ties in interest who should
act upon an agreed basis of settlement.
It was suggested that "the decisions of
this board could bo strengthened by the
Issue to the various parties of land
grants , or quit-claims , by the Samoan
government , lo whom previously the
contestants should conditionally quit
claim. " The complications within the
last tun years liayo increased , and , it is
understood , thut the three great powers
named have deemed the present the fil
ling time to. consider whether some
International arrangement , which will beef
of mutual advantage to.all . cannot bo
made , ,
\
The future financial schemes of Bis
marck , now supposed to bo under onsid-
oration nnd taking slnpo , nro n
matter of Interest not confined to Ger
many. For years the chancellor has
striven for now spirit 'and sugar taxes ,
nnd for n tobacco monopoly such as is
enjoyed with so much prolit to thorn-
solves by some of the neighboring na
tions. He has obtained a part of his Ob
jects , though not in the form which bo
proposed ; and a tobacco monopoly , cer
tainly n fiscal expedient of no
small Importance , is yet open to
agitation , however great has boon
the opposition it has encoun
tered in the past. The belief largely
obtains that Bismarck now contemplates
nn excise duty. The tariff policy of the
empire , though regarded by many as the
principal cause of Germany's Industrial
expansion , is not capable of being re
sorted to ngam and again for revenue
purposes. Special duties , like those upon
grain , catllo , or the proposed duty on
wool , may bo urged , but their purpose is
not revenue , but protection ; aud it is an
old maxim that where protootion begins ,
revenue ends. As it is , the most produc
tive duties from n rcvcnao point of view
to protect homo industry , and more than
3 per cent of Ihe total customs revenue
in 1881 was collected from the four
commodities , coffee , tobacco , petroleum ,
and wines. The grain duties supplied
nearly ono-oighlh of the total. A proof
that foreign supplies of grain are essen
tial to the support of the Gorman popula
tion. True the average rate of taxation
under the German tariff is not very high
when measured by numbers of popula
tion ; it is about the same as the per
capita tax lov'od through the customs in
Italy , and less than that collected in
Franco. At the same tinio the rate in
Germany has almost doubled since 1879 ,
and there Is n strong opposition loturlhor
incrcaso.
*
The tariff conflicl in Europe , which has
been growing for ton ycara , does not
show any signs of abatement though
it is hardly possible that it can be main
tained many years longer on present
lines , and a zollvorcin , or commercial
union , is a possibility of the not remote
future. Italy in 1878 raised her tariff ,
and thus began the change before the
passage of the Gorman law in 1870 ; but
she bos recently again modified it in the
direction of higher duties. In 1881 Franco
increased import duties by charging the
rates from ad valorem to specific form.
Austria-Hungary followed thete exam
ples in 1882 , Switzerland in 1885 , and Rou-
mauia in 1680. Each nation is engaged
in raising barrier after barrier against
the competition of other nations. In
1885 Germany deliberately excluded Bel
gian linen from her markets , inviting
reprisals , which have not yet been de
termined by the injured country , but in
raising the duties on grain she was
promplly imitated by Austria-Hungary ,
whoso export of cereals was seriously
impaired by the increased charges. And
Switzerland , after two years' experience
of her now tariff , is overrun by German
goods and is socking new means
for removing the pressure of
that competition. The duties upon
wool which a party in Germany
is'advocating , are roallv levelled against
France. The result of such a conflict of
tanfls must bo the same as followed a
like policy so freely applied under the
old mercantile system. Restriction and
prohibition generally enforced must react
so injuriously upon the manufacturs and
trade of each nation lhat moans must besought
sought to remove them and make Irado
more tree , eilher by Iho reduction of
duties , a concession applying equally to
nil nations , or by the formation of com
mercial treaties in which trade privileges
are exchanged reciprocally.
PltOailNJBNT PERSONS.
Ex-Senator Mahone , of Ylnclnla , Is a ner
vous , forcible talker.
W. W.UorcoranIsrapldllygalnlnicslrength
at Ucer Park and is now able to take short
walks. *
Judge lillton keeps twenty-six horses at
Saratoga and yet he walks a greatdeal In line
weather.
John Koch , once ono of New Yoik's mil
lionaires , now keeps n little beer shop In the
metropolis.
Pattl's refusal to slnpr at a recent state con
cert In London indicates that the queen of
sons considers herself a greater monarch
than the queen of England. Shu nt least has
liioio jubilees.
Mrs. Grant Is at Long Branch. She is ex
pecting a visit fiom her daughter , Mrs. Bar-
loris , In August. Mrs. Sartorls is now at
Southampton , Kuulaud , at the homo of her
husband's father.
The reports fiom the white house no longer
speak of Colonel "Dan" Lamont. but invari
ably of Colonel O. S. Lament , whUh Is taken
as an Indication that the gallant private secretary -
rotary of the president begins to feel that ho
Is too big ; lo wear a nickname.
Albert Stevens Is No. 5 In the 'varsity crew
of Columbia colleco and Is also captain of
the foot ball team and short stop of the base
ball nine. In view of all these attractions
the fact that ho Is worth 87.000,000 is con
sidered of minor Importance.
A Klvnl Western Industry.
lloehatcr Posl-Erpim
Up 111 Washington tuirltory there Is a
ranch where thov shear 2,300 sheep In ono
day. This threatens to rival the bun in ess
done In Wall street
ilolsi With Ills Own 1'otnrd.
Kew Yotlc Herald ,
It Is whispered In Washington that Presi
dent Cleveland regrets having Issued his
famous civil seivice order , as It now tends
to handicap him in his race tor a roiiomiua-
tion. 1'joliably ho had thmi no expectation
of a second term. It would not bo strange If
ho should allow It to sink Into Innocuous
desuetude.
Could Not Keep tlio Secret.
"Yes , my lips to-night have spoken
\Yords 1 bald they should not speak ;
And 1 would 1 could recall them
Wniihl I had not beun so wealc.
Oil I thnt onfl unguarded moment I
Were It mint ) to live again ,
All the strength of Its temptation
Would appu.il to me Iu vain.
"True , mv lips have only uttered
What is over In my Imai t ,
I nm happy when dosldo him ,
Wretehed when .wo are apart
Thoiieh 1 listen to his praises
Always longer than 1 should ,
Yet my heart can neve.r hear them
Half bo often us It would.
"Aim 1 would not , could not pain htm ,
Would not for tlio world oirund ;
1 would have him Icuow 1 Ilko him
As a brother ns a trlund ;
But J meant to kunp one ( secret
In my tMjSom always hid ,
for I nuver meant to tull him
That 1 loved hlm-but J did. "
Jlowltt'N Hostility Toward Glovftlnml.
Kt\t \ 1'iirA 'CiUiWit.
Several friends of Abram S. llowltt , who
have conversed with htm mi tliO subject ie-
cttntly , rex | > rt that hi * expressions of hos
tility toward President Cleveland ore not
only extremely bitter , but that ho makes no
scrret of his determination to oppose his
rcnomlnattou mid not to support him It ho
should bo n caiidhtato fet a second term ,
General Black's Variable Doomtot ,
iVcitf Yoih THfiwie.
General Black's "boomlct" for the vice
presidency , which shrunk somewhat on the
receipt of the Intelligence that First Assist *
nut Postmaster Uencral Stevenson had de
clared In favor of Vllas , has suddenly as
sumed more portontlous dimensions tlian
ever on account of the declaration of cx-dov
ernor Click , of Kansas , In taror of "Clove-
land , Dlnck nnd Jtoform. " By the wav ,
( Hick Is the man whom HI tick had appointed
United States pension agent at Topekn ,
Kan. , with a salary of 81,000 a > ear. lie can
afford to be for Cleveland and Black.
WORKS.
Facts Regarding Improvement * Now
In Progress.
CONTHACTS IN TAUT.
Recently there was a mooting of con
tractors and ono of the most important
resolutions adopted was ono favoring
the letting of the contracts for the now
city hall to the lowest bidder for each
kind of work which enters into its con
struction. In the event , however , of
thcro being a bid from ono individual
for nil the work , lower in the aggregate
than the combined lowest bids of indi
vidual contractors , tlion they favor the
letting ot the contract to. such an in
dividual ,
This resolution Is known to voice the
feelings of a number of contractors ,
several oi whom claim that injustice is
being done them in the matter of letting
contracts. Ono of these is Gus Andreon.
the t > ufo man who doslrcd to bid
on the iron work of the city. Ho , of
course , expected competition from
abroad , nnd wild that ho might , notwith
standing ho being thu lowest bidder for
the iron work and yet not got the con
tract , if the general bidder who incor
porated his ( Aiulrocn's ) iron bid should
not be as low as sonio other contractor.
Ho did not know whv , when the city ap
pointed nn inspector , that officer could
not watch the manner in which the dif
ferent kinds of work was bolng done by
several contractors as well as by one.
COUNTV HOSI'ITAL.
Contractor Ryan yesterday said that ho
was ready to commence the work on the
new county hospital Just as soon as the
commissioners surveyed the site. This
would bo done BO that ho would surely
bo able to commence on Monday next.
A PUBLIC MAHKET.
How Money Might bo Bayed ; If One
Extated Hero.
Commissioner Corliss was in town
yesterday , for the first time in many dnys.
Uo was looking sun-browned ns if from
exposure to the sun on bis Waterloo
heaths. The customary civilities hail
hardly been exchanged uoforo ho asked :
"Why does not the DEE continue to
agitate the question of a market house ?
I want to tell you that you don't know
what the people of this city lese yearly
by its absence , and at the saino time pur-
haps vou might underrate the conveni
ence it would afford as a place in which
to dispose of much of our country pro
duct. Your people arc crying for fresh
vegetables , and but few grocers can keep
them as fresh as is desired , unless they
are sola early in the day. If they are not
bought long before noon , the
best are gone , and the lato-comcr
is compelled to take articles which
have lost their native freshness and
\vliolcsoincness. Take tomatoes for in
stance. What do they sell for pur Dushel
in this city ? "
"About $1.86 , " answered the reporter.
"That is about it , " said Corliss. "Now
how much prolit , or rather , how much
does the consumer have to pay before ho
can satisfy the dealer as well as the
raiser. Just the cost of production and V , :
the profit of the dealer , which I can toll
you is enormous. 1 can deliver at the
cars the hamo tomatoes you now oat , for
twenty cents a bushel. The expressage
on them to Omaha would bo eight cents
per bushel. The cost to the jobber there
fore is Jess than thirty cents per bushel.
Ho sells for $ 1.25 and makes a prolit of
ninety-live cunts per bushel.
"Tho saino is true of a number of
other articles of consumption , and the
best way to remedy it is that of a public
market , proposed sonio time ago by the
DEE. "
New Members of the Flnrst.
The newly appointed police oillcorB , as
may bo learned from another page of the
Bin : , per nn order from Chief Soavoy ,
will all report at the police station
this morning at 0 o'clock and bo
sworn in and receive their stai-a and In
structions for service. Notwithstanding
the edict promulgated , or alleged to
have been promulgated , by the ovoreitru
of the municipal government , W. F.
Bechol , the now members of the police
force will stop risht in to harness and
begin service , just as if the decree above
mentioned came from the supposed
specimen of the genus homo that in
habits the moon , and not from such an
august source as tlio head and front of
the common council of the
great city of Omaha. The newly
appointed will don their badges
seize their locusts , and join right In with
echelon of the brigade under Chief Sca-
voy , nnd Deputies Cormiek and ( ircon ,
just as if the city council were off recuper
ating their tired brains within sound of
the moaning of the cad sen waves , and in
duo course of time they will stop up to
City Clerk Southard and receive war
rants for their pay just like the rest of the
city oflicinls. _
Very Fair Joj * Inyn.
About noon yesterday the mercury wns
threatening to run out of the top of the
tube , and it wns the unanimous declara
tion on all hands that the day was the
hottest of the season.This , however , is
a mistake , for while the thnrmoinotor
only registered ninety-seven degrees in
the slmtlo us the caloric maximum ,
it went this and saw it thrcn
degrees bettor , just ono week
ago. However , two or threes degrees
in a hltli ) meteorological matter like this ,
don't maku any material dilFurenco one
way or the other , a nun will perspire
just as lavishly , fan just ns vigorously
and pwcnr just nsiobustly , bo it 07 or
102. Ono supernal feature of our No-
brasknn weather in , that a cool , revivify
ing brco/o llowh perennially , and
makes hfo fairly endurable. For
four long weeks now thu atmos
pheric condition has been .sim
ply incinerating , but throughout
this prolonged period of intense and ox-
costive heat , the refreshing windH have
uomo In without cessation from tlio
tior'webt , netiiiK us a febrifuge lo nufe.r- )
Ing humanity , and keeping the parched
foliage of tliu trees in gentle motion.
However these must bo dog day * , and
the dpgu aru woluomn to them.
Taken to Lincoln.
.Joint Uiismussmi , thu unfortunate
i'oung man who became insane last Sal *
urday and was adjudged a lit mibjucl for
the tnto insiine Ifospitiil , was lakuii U >
that institution by Deputy Hherirnirubu.
k-ostorduy morning. Ills. Insanity is mud to
Isavo been caused by eye troubles , for
ivhicli ho had been tiouteil for tiomo tjmu
jy Dr. ( irnilrty. Young Hasmussoii'H co- '
Centric actions on the car drew a largo
: iowd of curious people. The parting
H'itli his father wns very affecting. It 11
thought hU cuso is not incurnblo.