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( I * THE OMAHA DAILY BEjB ; TUESDAY , JULY 30 , 1889. r THE DAILY BEE. B. K03EWATBK. Ktlltor. EVERY MOHNINO. THUMB OF BUIISCTIPTJON. D Mly ( MomlnR Edition ) Including Sunday llee , Una Y r. . . , . 110 M Forfilx Months . . 500 FotTliree Jlonth . , . . . Z SO The Otnnlm Sunday ll o , mailed to any address , One Year . "On Weekly Jiee. One Ye r. . . 200 Oranna onice , nee liulldlnfr , N. W , Cornet BtTonteenlh nd Fnrnam Streets. Cnlcnjjo Office , M7 Itoorcry Ilulldlnff. New York Office , Hooms II and 15 Trlbuns . Wuhtngton Offlco. No. M3 Fourteenth Street. COnnEBl'ONDRNCB. All communications relattnR to newi and edi torial matter should be addressed to the Editor of the lice. _ BUSINESS LBTTKllS. All buMneiig letters and remittance ! ) should be aclrtroMod to The Ilcu I'tibltnnlnfC Compnnr. Omahn Draflu , eheclcs and postoQlco orders to be madopayable to the order of the company. The Bee FnlilisliInfSiiany , Proprietors , DEB KulldlnK Farnam and Seventeenth Sta. THE UA.ILY JUEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btftlo of Nebraska , I . County of Douglas. f B5 < GtorR"1 B. Tzschurk. secrotnryof The nee I'litillshliiK Company , docs solemnly swear tlvtt the actual circulation of TIIK Jun/r IEK ! for the week ending July 87th , 1SSD , was as follows : Sunday. July 21 . 1R.KK Monday. July 23 . 18,583 Tuesday. July 33 . 1M71 Wednesday. July 81 . 1H.G08 Thursday , July U5 . 1H.VM Friday. July ai . H.MK Baturtlay , July B7 . 18.6S3 Average . . . . .18,012 OI50UOR II. TZSCHUOK. Bworn to before me and subscribed to In my pre-icnco thls27tn day of July , A. I ) . 188'J. [ Seal. ] N. 1' . FElL , Notary 1'ubllc. 8tnto of Nebraska. I County of Douglas , f * Qeorpo II. 1 Tzschuck , bolnc duly sworn , de poses and says that he in secretary of The llee Publishing company , that the actual average dally circulation ofTnn DAILY DKR for the month of Juno , 183fl , IPBIS copies ; for July , 1888 , IP.OOcopIes ; for Ancuat.lBSS. 18.18.1 copies ; f or September. 1888. W.1M copies ; for October. 1888 , 18.0M copies ; for November. 188S. 18 030 copies ; for Dece-nbcr , 1888 , 18,22) copies ; for January , 1RH > . 18r.7tcoplns ; for February. 1889. 18WKlcopies ; for March , 1881 , 18.H5 * copies ; for April , 1869,18,549 copies ; for Slay. I'M ) , 18.009 coplei. UEOKQB H.T/.8CHJCK. 8 ornto before me and subscribed In my LBcal.1 presence this 3rd day of June , A. ' N. P. FKIU Notary Public. IN THE programme for the merchants' ' carnival the "drummer" boys must not bo forgotten. WEH , lighted streets and illumi nated buildings should bo a feature ol Merchants' week. OMAHA is looking northward with the Canadian Pacific and the Delaware and Lncluuviinna heading this way. THE mad dog is still allowed to ter rorize women and children while the council wastes time over ttio selection of a dog1 catcher. K other cities Omaha has not demanded a bonus from street railway companies for the valuable franchises which they now enjoy. They should an- pfqcluto this , fact. Mississippi editors Is now on iv trip through Iowa , and the country1 editors are fearful lest the chivalrous southerners have brought their guns with them. TiIK despair and wretchedness of the Illinois coal mining districts can bo de picted in no more appalling colors than in the fact that one hundred and fifty women led a mob of striking minors into deeds of violence. IOWA does not propose to take a back Boat for anybody with her magnificent crop showing. Iowa never had finer prospects for a great harvest , and it is not likely that she will lot go her grip as one of the banner corn states of the union. WITH the early advent of railroads in the heart of the Wyoming oil fields there is' & promise that the petroleum industry will bo vigorously pushed for ward. The Pennsylvania of the west will then demonstrate the value oi its rich mineral resources. AND now it is contradicted that Kate Maxwell the ' 'cattle " , queen , was lynched in company with Postmaster Averlll , and furthermore it is vouched for that Kate Maxwell is a myth. This revelation certainly takes the edge off the Wyoming sensation. OiiAiUMAN JONES , of the national greenback party , will have no prohi bitionists , female suffragists or other political isms attached to the tail of his kite. Cut short of these appendages , it is hard to see how Chairman Jones will bo nblo to fly his bob-tail chestnut over the political race track. OMAHA takes the place next to Now Orleans in the bank clearings record for the week ending July 27. She ranks thirteenth in the list of thirty-seven American and Canadian cities and stands fourth as the most important financial center between the Mississippi river and the Pacific oooun , Omaha is fast claiming recognition as one of the great banking cities of the country. Tire ocean grey hounds hare found a powerful rival in the new Hamburg- American steamer Columbia , which has just beaten the famons records of all the fast BtoumshipB. And now there will bo a straining and a striving to lower the record still more , oven though a boiler bursts aud sends one of these monster vessels to the bottom of the sea. The titles west of Omaha , notably Denver , Salt Lake City and San Fran cisco , are finding fault because the gov ernment has not extended the excursion of the delegates to the three Americas convention as far as the Pacific coast. The argument advanced is that the rep resentatives from the western coast of South America are quito as anxious to visit San Francisco OB they are to BOO Now York , Philadelphia or Boston. Many of the South American republics liavo larger commercial dealings with San Francisco than with any other American city , and a personal visit ol the delegates would tro far In cementing the friendship , There is apparently no Rood reason why the excursion should not include the cities and country west of Omaha. In all probability , if an ef fort bo made by the cltloa interested , the government would consent to extend the trip clear across the continent , us it certainly should do , REACTION lit KANSAS. There are evidences ot a widespread reaction in popular sentiment In Kan sas regarding prohibition. Within a year there has been a steadily growing demand for the rcsubmleslon of the prohibitory law , nnd the agitation has increased in volume nnd vigor since the defeat of prohibition in Massachusetts nnd Pennsylvania. At this time It is receiving more of the popular attention than any other question affecting the social and material interests and wol- laro of Kansas , and there is every rea son to bollovo that the agitation will bo maintained until the people are again given an 'opportunity to vote on the question. When prohibition was adopted , nine yearn ago , it was by a1 minority of all the votes cast at the election at which it was voted upon. Since that time tharo has boon an addi tion to the voters of the state of over ono hundred nnd fifty thousand , and it ia maintained that if those voters were allowed to give expression to their sen timents prohibition would bo revoked. The discussion of the subject has disclosed a condition of affairs In the state very similar in character - actor to that experienced in other states having prohibition laws. This Is , that while the law is enforced in the moral districts and the smaller communities , in the cities and larger towns oTorts ( to enforce it have signally failed. In Kansas City , Kansas , Loavonworth , Atchison and Wichita there is a con tinual conflict between the authorities and the liquor joints. In the first-men tioned of these cities there was recently raided , in a single day , forty of those places , and the newspapers of the other cities frankly admit that in all of them the law is openly and flagrantly violated. Ex- Governor Robinson ia quoted as saying that prohibition in Kansas is n mis nomer "there is no such thing except in the state constitution , " There are unlicensed drug stores whore liquor , with some other ingredient added , can be freely purchased ; there are cider joints who&e revenue ia by no moans wholly derived from the sale of elder , and "bootlogprors"'aro numerous. It is said there were twenty-nino hundred permits to sell liquor In Kan sas granted last year. With these incontestable facts before them , and the knowledge that taxation is much higher since prohibition than before , while the social and material welfare of the popu lation as a whole has not been advanced , the practical people of Kansas are demanding mandingtnat this question shall bo re- submittea to the popular vote , in order that it may bo finally determined whether prohibition is in accord with the sentiment of u majority of the pee ple. This demand is now being urged in a way that must sooner or later com pel the supporters of prohibition to ac cede to it. The prohibitionists , not alone of Kansas , but of the entire country , are likely to derive some present comfort from the views of prohibition nnd license contributed by Senator In- galls to the August Forum , but it would not bo difficult to show that the distin guished senator knows far loss about this subject , oven with respect to his own state , than ho docs about some others. It would scorn obvious that in preparing his article Mr. Ingalls was content to rely , so far as the situation in Kansas is concerned , upon such obser vation as ho has boon enabled to give it during an average residence in the state of two or three . months a year , and that he was not at all care ful about taking facts easy to bo found which would completely over throw his statements and assumptions. He might have learned from the police commissioner of his own town , Atchl- son , that a majority of its inhabitants are against prohibition , and that consequently quently the enforcement of the law there is far from complete , and Gover nor Humphrey might have told him , as ho is reported ttuhavo recently said , that a strict enforcement of prohibition can only bo accomplished by the slow process of educating the people to it. In view of results since prohibition was enacted in Kansas-how many times nine years will be required for educat ing the pcoplo to accept a strict enforce ment of the law ? The rosubralssion movement in Kansas ia very earnest , and it will be watched with general interest. OltAJN RATES AND EXPORTS. Thn west Is deeply interested iu the late decision of the inter-state commerce commission on the question of trans portation rates to the seaboard and to foreign ports. About a year ago the New York produce exchange com plained to the commission that various railroads transporting traffic between Chicago and other western points and Now York billed freight from the west to European ports at less proportionate rates than was charged on shipments to New York , This was regarded as an unjust discrimination , and in viola tion of the inter-state commerce law , since the cutting of rates was made on the Inland and not the ocean traffic. For example : On shipments made from Chicago through Now Vork to Liver pool the ocean rate would not bo affected , any reduction of rates being taken from the inland traffic. The issue involved was whether the railroad a should bo al lowed to charge a greater inland rate on grain or merchandise when destined for Now York than when destined for a foreign port , passing over the same line and to the same export point. After a year in collecting evidence and considering this issue , the inter-state commerce commission decided that the rate from agiven western point to the seaboard must bo the same on traffic billed to foreign ports as on that billed tx > seaboard ports. In other words , that there must bo no discrim ination against inland transportation , and that the shipper to the seaboard must have the same advantage aa the shipper to a foreign port. The justice of this decision under the law will doubtless not ba seriously questioned. A policy of allowing the railroads to discriminate in favor of a foreign as against the home markets would obviously bo unfair and unwise. Its effect could not fail to be very dam aging to the seaboard cities doing an exporting business , and it would ulbo t > o unjust to homo consumers supplied from eastern markets. It would clearly bo nn imposition to tax the Atlantic coast consumer ot wheat in order to give the foreigner clioapor broad. But a very important question is , what ofTcct Is this decision likely to have upon our export trade and upon the prosperity of , ho west , which furnishes by far the .argor part of our exports ? The character - actor of the answer to this will depend a great deal upon whether the ocean rates shall bo maintained or reduced , If the former , the disadvantage our products now have to contend with in the markets of the world will bo increased and iho very small margin of profit to the producers will bocoma smaller. It is perhaps rea sonable to expect , hbwovor > that the ocean carriers , in order to prevent any serious decline in their transportation business , will lower their charges nt least to the extent of sharing a portion of the loss of profit to producers , result ing from the advance of inland rates. , An inevitable effect of the decision must bo to materially reduce the expert business from western points. QAS AND ELEVTHICTTY. Omaha wants cheaper gas and a bet tor quality of gas. On that score there can bo no dispute. But nil the talk about anybody supplying electric lights cheaper than gas comes from people who do not know what they are talking about. The thing has boon tried in the east , whore fuel and labor are much cheaper than in Oinnlin. But nowhere have electric lights yet crowded gas out of business houses or oven private residences , by reason of being cheaper. In Now York , Philadelphia , Baltimore , Chicago , and in every com mercial centre , gas still is used because It is the cheapest illuminator , not be cause it is the best. In all these cities , olcctrio lights arc used loss to-day than in Omaha , comparatively speaking. There is scarcely a store illuminated by electricity in Now York. The street lighting is all gas , and electric lights are confined to theatres , public squares , nnd resorts whore a special display of light is desirable. Wo say this much , not to disparage the otTort to introduce electric lighting for public use in Omaha , but to warn the authorities against the delusion and snare that Omaha can bo lighted cheaper by electricity than by gas , pro viding that the gas company will make fair rates and improve the quality of its light. THE United States senate committee on Indian affairs , consisting of Senators Dawos , Mandcrson , Jones , Stockbriago , with their ladies , secretaries and at tendants , have just visited Sitka and Juneau , Alaska , in order to investigate the habits , the customs and morals of the aborigines in our far-away north west possessions. It was from all ac counts a most friendly and most informal visit , and the investigation was con ducted on a higbly novel and intorest- iner plan. On the very night of the ar rival of the senate committee at Sitka at a late hour , the members , or at least the older members , witnessed with all its freedom and dash the giddy waltz of the dance houses. They saw the Indian belles of 'Sitka tripping the light fantastic too on the arm of their white partners. They saw them stop ping up to the refreshment bar , whore the honest miner dashed off his glass of whisky as though it were water , while his dusky partner regaled herself with nothing stronger than a succulent orange pool. Such Arcadian simplicity touched the breasts of these guile less senators as they viewed this scone from behind convenient pil lars some distance away from the innocent soiree. They saw no rowdy ism , no six-shooters and no drunk enness. At Juneau , where public meetings - ings were called , both Indian and white man testified that they lived on the most cordial terms and the few com plaints there are kickers in every com munity wore trivial and of little mo ment. Sunday morning the senators , their wives , their secretaries and their attendants went to church , and in the afternoon the senators higgled and haggled over the bargain counters of Juneau's leading emporiums in the pur chase of seal skin furs. In this way the investigation proceeded. The weather was cool and invigorating ; the trip was charming ; the sights were peculiarly Alaskan , and the bargains were tempt ing. If Alaska docs not receive a clean bill of health under these circumstances from this senate committee charged with the investigation of Indian affairs in that territory we have simply missed our guess. THE proposal of the commissioner of Indian affairs to gradually substitute schools managed directly by the Indian office for those now conducted by * ro- liploua organizations , under contract with the government , will bo approved by all who believe that the government can not properly bo a party in sustain ing sectarian schools. It is not under stood to be the purpose to in any way interfere with the mission schools , ex cept so far as that must necessarily re sult from the withdrawal of govern ment assistance , but simply to establish educational institutions which shall bo fully controlled by the' government and observe in practice the principle upon which the public school system of the country is based. The sectarian schools will still have a perfect right to continue their work , only they must dose so independent of the government. The proposed change cannot bo effected nt once , and since a considerable appro priation would be required to dispense with the contract schools , and a great deal of opposition to dispensing with thorn will have to be overcome , it IB likely to be a long time before the change can bo consummated. Now wo are waiting to h'ear from Mr. Bon Folsom and Mrs. Grover Cleveland before wo can got oven the right tq pur chase the Planters' house square for a postolfice. This is just what was pre dicted , Had the location boon made on upper Furnain or the Lowo-IIoagland block the doqd could have been pro cured in ten days , and the square would now bo graded ready for the founda tions. The hue and cry which was made by parties who wore in the pool wTVh the Folsom holrs about the damaging dolny nnd the stoppage of great blocks of buildings projected nnd ready to bo begun , is now proven to have been the clatter of doiiingoguca and arrant humbugs. But the whlrllglgjBf time has at lastoponod the eyes of th'S pcoplo ot Omaha to the fact that the ? have boon imposed on nnd the city hjis boon crippled by the very parties who were yelling "traitor" and "stop thief" at the top of their voices. IT will bo nitjtoor for general regret if the effort Ur induce Judge Cooley , chairman of the intor-stato commerce commission , to become chairman of the Trunk-lino association shall succeed. The position pays twonty-llvo thousand dollars a year , whllo that hold by the judge pays only seventy-five hundred , and Is doubtless more arduous , so that the Inducement is a tempting ono. But it is to bo hoped Judge Cooley will value the public confidence ho onjoya in his present station above the emolu ments of a position that could not bring liim such confidence in nn cqunldogroo. It is said that the president has re cently boon seriously considering the judge In connection with the appoint ment to the vacancy on the supreme bench , and If ho has decided to go out side of the list of the federal judiciary to solcct nn associate justice of the supreme premo court , ho could cheese no ono whoso appointment would bo received with mono general satisfaction than that of Judge Cooloy. PJJOIUA has just dispatched a train load of thirteen cars of starch bound for San Francisco. This is the first shipment of the kind made from that city to the Pacific coast , and illustrates what a great field for investment the starch industry offers to capital. And yet Omaha with the corn of all Ne braska nt its backhas ( failed to take ad vantage of. the opportunity to build starch factories which should equal its packing house industries. SAN FKANCISCO looks with alarm upon the growth of Victoria , British Columbia , and fears that this city , backed by English capital , is likely to cut into her trade. There is little to fear , however , that the supremacy of the Pacific will bo wrested from San Francisco without a .struggle. Victoria may become a competitor to Portland or Seattle , but not to San Francisco. WHY can't tnojcounty commissioners " * join with tho"cfty in opening Eigh teenth street between the court house nna Dodge strpot 1 Hasn't the blockade lasted long GjIalrghV The county has expended thousands of dollars iu grad ing Lcavenworth and other streets , why not improve tap-approaches of the court house , which sjrpuld bo made accessible from every direction. pf.'Incorporation of the Omaha , Lincoln & Gulf railroad have been filed to build a road one thousand miles long from Omaha through Ne braska , Kansas , Indian Territory and Texas to a point on the Gulf of Mexico. It is quite evident that the day fur am bitious projects is not yet over. AVImt Prnriiliitlnnists Hate. naltlmnre American. Prohibitionists hate to have cold water thrown on tholr efforts for the suppression of the liquor trafilc. A Gum Chpwer Hlmsnlf. Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette. The report goinjj about among our contem poraries that the mayor of Cincinnati is about to issue an order forbidding the chew ing of gum in this city on Sunday Is not truo. Mayor Mosby is a gumchewor himself. lasnoa Sqnnroly Joined. St. Louts tlepulilic. The saloonkeepers of Cincinnati nro in open rebellion and declare their purpose of overthrowing a law of the state in spite of the state. This makes a square issue on the question , of who is running this country. A Proteeo of Cleveland. Kansas Citu Journal. Referring to the acquittal of Boodle Alder man McQuado , the Now York Herald re marks that nothing under heaven helps a prisoner so much as a strong lawyer to defend - fond his case and a wishy-washy , ilap-doodlo district attorney us prosecuting ofllcor. And Grover Cleveland and Abram S. Hewitt , who heartily Indorsed John R. Fellows , will note that "tho bearings of the observation lavs in the application on It. " But It Won't. Clntlnnati Enquirer. A consumer's trust. A trust for tbo laboring man. A trust for the hard working womnn. A trust for these who do not show on the tax dupliccto , but who , none the less , pay all the taxes , A trust for the people of these United States who nro growing tired of raying two prlcoi for salt , sugar , flour , provisions , but ter , medicine , clothing A shoos. Tbo democratic party ought to furnish a trust llko this. The Troublesome Problem of tbo Time. New Turk World. The tendency is1 to'Vrocluco society to two classes the employe } ' class , consisting of a few enormously rjcli wen , and the employed class , including aU tb. frost of tbo peoplo. In such a condition of 'things tbo employing class will necessarily' rule. Tholr number will bo so small that .united action will bo easy , and they willpjd ( ' | every man's fate in the hollow of their hands. Domocr.itlo forms of government ! will serve their pur pose as well as any other , for the control of those forms in st/di'jClrcumatances will bo easy. Thus the tppdpnoy of tbo tlmo Is to the institution of'an arbitrary , despotic , plutocratic class rtflo. governing by the ma chinery of a repub'Kcan nystom. The prob lem of the tlmo Is V > discover moans of checking this tendency and keeping demo cratic liberty nllvo. " ' ' CLEVEH WOMEN , Paris has a female wrestler. Her name U Seanno du Rosay. Mrs. Alexander Sullivan 1s homeward bound on tbe City of Berlin. Mrs. Bonanza Mackay is soon coming over from London to place her two boys in Yale college. Lady Colin Campbell 1 * writing a novel , which Is to appear shortly , entitled , "Darell make.1 Dr. Mary Walker is not only willing but anxious to accept tbo consulate at Valparaiso so haughtily spurned by Roswell Q. Horr. Miss Lottlo Flsber , a Philadelphia girl who has boon employed Iu an insurance oDlco in London for tbe lust .year aa a stenographer nnd type-writer , bus received nn offer from Botno of the noble English fmnlllos , bonded by Lord and Lady Churchill , to Instruct a class of young Rirls In her "specialties. " Twenty thousand copies of Frances E. Wlllurd'B "Glimpses of Fifty Years" were sold during the lint four weeks after publi cation. Mrs. Mary Huntley Russol died Saturday nt Waterbury , Mass. She was n daughter of Lydla H. Slgournoy , the noted poet nnd au thor , sometimes called "the American Ilo- mans. " Mrs. Oliver , of Athens , Ga , , U oighty- seven years of ago nnd she does not romom- bcr to have ever taken n drink of water. She was probably born und rowed in Ken tucky. Spooking of the late Laura Urldgman , n writer In the Epoch says : "Sho was fond of reading tlio bible and also the dictionary. The latter she would peruse by'the hour. With orthography she had no diniculty and would correct any ono who misspelled a word. Fairy stories she did not care for she said that they were not truo. She was fond of fun and never outgrow her love of innocent frolic , " The roll of years Is beginning to toll on Mrs. lamina O. E. N. Southwnrtb , the famous story writer. She is now seventy- two years of ngo nnd although still bright and active requires constant attention , owing to defective eyesight. The authoress lives at Yonkora , at the homo of her son , who has a lucrative medical practice. Her regular yearly Income is $10,000 and with this and the royalties on her many books she is nblo to hvo comfortably , Mrs. Hngc , wife of Captian Herbert Hago , is regarded by the eleven survivors of her husband's lost baric Cuplca as a heroine , and the preserver of their lives. Her courage , they say , never . .flagged ; "and they were on the wreck twenty days before they were rescued by the bark Belt. Mrs. Hugo kept the courage of the men up by her example , working nt the pumps wltb them to Keep the vessel afloat. Besides she prepared nnd brought their food to them at the pumps , which they dared not leave. Tncso sur vivors nro now In Now York. 8TATI3 JOTTINGS. Nobrnnkn. Union now supports two hardware stores , Wayne boasts of ten passenger trains dally. Sheridan county will send a fine exhibit to the state fair. Kearney hopes to bavo free mail delivery wilhin sixty days. A bank has boon established at Ledge Polo by R. O. Heaton. A ledge of ICnlghts of Pythias has been or ganized at Lexington. Kenosaw is to have a "balod-hay palace , " straw and grain to bo used to give variety. There uro 7,009 members of the Grand Army in the state , a gala of GOO In three months. An anti-horse thief association ha * been organized ut Ponder with twenty-six charter members. Farmers say that the pram laid flat by the recent rains is very slightly damaged and will como out all right. Clint Ponnington , a former resident of Children , has boon sentenced to hang in Oregon gen August 3 for murder. Friends of Charley Patterson , who was killed at Nehawka recently , have raised a purse and presented it to the widow. The Stcolo county bank has discontinued business , as the now banking law was not considered favorably by the directors. A eood many cows and horses are lariated across the public highways at Wymoro nnd the people demand that tbo law be on- forced. Bellwood hoped to have a now school house this year , but tbe project has been abandoned , much to the disgust of the enter prising residents of that town. While chnslnc n calf the other day , a farmer named Shultz , living near Stockvillo , was pitched headlong from bis horse and died of concussion of the brain. Kid Hawkins , the gambler who killed Pansier at Hastings , dropped into Wymoro the other day , but the marshal immediately called on him and gave him twenty minutes in which to leave town. He left. A change of postmaster ai Clarcmont , Cedar county , caused a little diniculty be tween Jnmet Roach nnd Peter O'Hara , the former shooting at the latter and Inflicting a slight scalp wound. A warrant has boon is sued for Roaca. Georee Peterson , a Plnttsmouth boy who ran nwny from homo fire years ape , has re turned to his father's houso. Ho was only cloven years old at tbo time of his flight and In tbo intervening years has traveled over the country from New York to Mexico. Iowa Items. Keokuk is trying to secure a plow factory. The Iowa Glucose works nro paying 27 cents for corn. A band tournament is to bo hold at Belle Plalno August 8. Some Cnss county farmers bavo pooled and bought a line English sbiro stallion. Carroll's big flouring mill , which has been closed for three years , Is to bo reopened. A number of Muscatino saloonkeepers hnvo been flnod J50 and costs for whisky soiling. The State Veterinary association wllll hold its second annual meeting at Dos Molncs September 3 and 4. Ofllcors at DCS Molnes are constantly searching the saloons nud" " taking in the in toxicants discovered. Tbo Odd Fnllows of Iowa , Kansas , Ne braska and Missouri will hold their second annual reunion at Malvorn August IU. John Shorter , a seventy-flvo-yoar-old col ored resident of Flint Hill , was recently married to a buxom young white woman. During a recent storm a stone weighing eleven pounds dropped from the clouds into tbo dooryard of a farmer living near Essex. Jacob Becky , a Muscatino saloonkeeper , is serving out a $500 flue in jixll for contempt of court in violating an Injunction obtained against him. Stormy Jordan , the famous keeper of tbo "Road to Hell" saloon tit Ottumwu , ia in trouble at Kansas City , bis license having been tjkon away bocnuso bo violated tbo Sunday law. A man was found on the streets of Du- bufjuo so drunk that bo bud mistaken tbo curb sUmo for a bed , bad removed his shoes and vest and was trying to dlarobo , when the oOIccr gathered him in. Hon. John Y. Stone furnished half the raspberries sold In the Red Oak market this yonr. They averaged him 12 % cents a quart. , Mr. Stone has n very line fruit farm , and bo is also a line and capable law yer. yer.Tho board of supervisors of Lucas county bavo appointed young Ramsay sheriff of that county. It will bo lutnombercd that bis fattier was killed by an Insane man while at tempting to arrest him. Young Ramsay is only twonty-two years old , and is the young est sheriff in Iowa. A man m tbo western part of the state ad vertised for a wife the other day and In about twenty-four hours ho began to receive Innumerable letters from tniirncd men , say ing ho could have thulra. The fellow has bad bis advertisement taken out and has also changed his mind , having como to the conclusion that marrluga is a failure , Itomuvitm tui ) Foundation , On August 5 the board of public works will open bids for removing the stone und other material on lots five and six , block 110 , tbo now city hall site , according to tbo order of the council , approved by the mayor on Friday. Children Cry for Pitcher's ' Castoria. When Hftbjwo eiei , we g e her CutorU. When nlic wu a Cblld , > iio crind for CutorUi , When bo become iliw , bo cluoc ( o OutorU , W J > 7n sliB tutf Children , she g vo ( hum OutorU. IDE BEER KEGS OF KANSAS , Ex-Qovornor Robinson's Vlows on the Prohibitory Law. VIOLATIONS ARE WINKED AT. Moro Klquor Bold Tlmu Kvcr nnd No Revenue Obtained Thotmnnrta or Dollnrn Assrssod na Fines Uut Never Prohibition In Knnsni. Cx-Govornor Charles Robinson , of Law rence , being asked his opinion of prohibition in Kansas nnd the agitation for rcsubmlsslon of that question to the voters , said to n cor respondent of the Kansas City Times : "My opinion of general prohibition is the satno ns it has been for forty yoars. I witnessed its attempted enforcement In Massachusetts .and assisted what I could , but the fnlluro wns most disastrous. Since then I bavo como to believe that any attempt to deprive tbo citizens of sound mind and mature ago of frco agency in matters purely personal will fall and ought to fall , as it Is an attempt to change God's method of dealing wltb man kind. "Prohibition in Kansas ia n miinomor. There is no such thing except In the state constitution. Our present law prohibits tbo collection of a tax , but not the > alo. Kvory man In the state can got all the liquor no de sires according to law. Wo have two kinds of drug stores , ono licensed aud tbo other not. In the licensed a statement must bo made that the liquor is wanted forsouio kind of sicxncss of somebody , either man , woman , child , horse , cow , hog .or seine other animal , and it u sufficient. In the unlicensed no statement is required , but some other ingredient must ba added , no matter what"whether simple syrup , simple tonic or any other simple that will make of it a 'compound. ' This is the most fashion- nblo method as well as the most convenient. Then wo bavo the cider Joints nnd bootleg saloons everywhere. Tbo cider Joints In Lawrence nro authorized by nclty ordinance , although without legal sanction , and there nro some eighteen or twenty of them. A jointist Informed mo that there is not n drink ing man or boy in tno country who docs not know where to find a 'bootlegger' at once if ho don't want to deal directly with the druggist. THE I.JkW MRUKI.T A FATtCE. "When tbe liquor is obtained it can betaken taken to the various billiard rooms , cider joints or lunch counters and used in connec tion with soda pop or ether temperance drinks. But some men use neither tbo drug store. Joint or bottle , but deal with express companies. By telephoning to Kansas City at 9 o'clock a keg ot whisky or case of Wul- rufTs best will bo delivered at your bouse or olUco before noon. From indications every where visible I bavo no doubt that three times as many pcoplo arc engaged in the liquor trafUc us there were before so-called prohibition. "As is Lawrence , so is the state. Before the adoption of the amendment the chief clerk of the collector's ofllco informed me that about 1,100 permits bad been granted to sell intoxicating liquors In Kansas , including druggists. Now the Chicago Tribune is au thority for saying there nro 2,000. And thcso do not include cider joints , as they got no permits , although one of our loading attor neys told mo two glasses of their cider made him so drunk bo had to go to bed. "While such is the situation it is not at tributable altogether to real prohibitionists. The truth is the republican party have Jumped astride the prohibition nag and have full sway. They have passed laws that uro entirely satisfactory to the liquor dealers und consumers and this is no fiction. It is true that fur the sake of appearances they hnvo ills of foam nnd bluster ngalnst liquor sellers , but it is well understood. As n rule if n dealer is loyal to tbo g. o. p. nnd con tributes to Its campaign funds bo is safe from serious harm. Rarely is a fine paid if ns- scsscd , and but few if any days lire spent in jail. Some years since I as lied the clerk of tbo court how mutters stood nnd ho said some $10,000 or $11,000 In lines had been charged up und but $900 paid In , and no con victed dealer in jail. FinUBBS FOB TAXPAYERS. ' In short , the whole thing is a farce and so intended to be by the oQlcials. The only interest the citizens have in the play is foot ing tbo bills. As the sale of liquor is unre stricted and untaxcd , it Is immaterial whether it is furnished by Sam Jones or John Smith bv a licensed or unlicensed druggist , bootleg saloon or express ofllce. But some day they will find their interest us taxpayers. "In looking over tbo assessment rate ia the city of Lawrence , before and after pretended tended prohibition , I find tbe rate for general revenue purposes , 1870 ana 1877 , to bo 4 mills. From that time till prohibition , 1831 , it was. 5 mills , but from 1882 till the present time , under prohibition , it b'as 10 mills on the dollar , or 1 per cent. The tax in Lawrence is twice as much for general purposes under prohibition ns bafore. nnd no possible reason can ba found for it but prohibition. "Also the county rate for general funds for 1870 und 1877 was 5 mills , while in 1834 nnd 1885 it wus 10 mills , but this difference is us uniform us in the city. The levy in the county for nil purposes is usually about 3 per cout , nnd 5 mills would bo oiw-nixth which has boon added In seine years by this roaring farco. "AU taxpayers in Douglas county by divid ing the amounts paid by alx can toll what prohibition costs thorn or did cost thorn when any serious effort wns mndo to enforce it. "You nsk about rosubmiMlon , There will bo rcsubmisslon just as noon ns the pcopU got tholr oyca open to tbo Imposition that It practiced upon them nnd it will succeed , but it will hnvo the republican mnohlno , nearly nil the liquor dealers nnd a few prohibition' Ists to light. At flrst the Times will hava nil the prencbors ngnlnst it. but n nearly nil these men hnvo vnnos on tholr steeples they will dlscovor the direction of the wind ni soon ns they Und the tnxpnyora refuse to pay for pronchlng which adds ono-slxth to tholr burdens. The Times has undertaken n grcnl work nnd deserves great credit for its bold and fearless ndrocar.y of the best Interests ol Kansas ngMnst blttor opposition , which it will necessarily encounter1 THAT AIjMCGKl ) UOTTKN CKDA.R. Krod Orny KnyH It OrlRlimtod In Unl combo's Allml. "If I had my way about this kind of pavement - mont , not a yard ot it would bo laid in Omahn. " "Tho reason you nro opposed to this kind of pavement is because there Is not $1.23 of a margin to divide. This pavement Is put down nearly at cost , nnd there Is no margin to divide. " The flrst speaker was Chairman Hal- come , of the board of public works. The second was Fred Gray , the lumber man , who is furnishing the cedar blocks rejected by the former for the paving of Clnrk street. Both mot Sunday'by appointment nt the scone of the pnvlng , Mr. Gray wnntod to see the 03 per cent of rotten blocks which Ualcombo claimed had been furnished ana the latter promised to show them to him. "Hero is n pile , " cold Mr. Gray , "lot us go through this. " Accordingly ho dropped on his knocs , a devotional attltudo for the day , nnd while a crowd gathered round drew to gether from all directions perhaps ISO blocks. "You say , " ho remarked addressing Unl- combo , "that there is OS per cent , of these blocks rotten , prove it in this pile. " Mr. Hnlcombe declined to accept the chal lenge aud ran along the line of blocks , in his Imsto stumbling nnd falling over nn ob stacle , which aroused the risibility of the spectators. "I'll ' show you what I want , " ho sold ns bo nroso and again bustled after some hid den piece ot cedar. At length ho found n block which suited him and rushlnc up to Gray und tliu crowd asked : "Do you consider that a sound block ! " "No , I do not , " snld Mr. Gray. "Uut that block doesn't show that 93 per cent ot thcto blacks nro rotten. Pick out,03 par cent along hero , will you 1" "Wuy don't Mr. ' you accept Gray's propo sition } " asked n heavy sot man who had wit nessed the ulTui'- . "Because , " said Mr. Qalcombo , "he's boon out hero ahead of mo and has had tlmo enough to flx up and select blocks to suit himself. " "It's a lie , " replied Mr. Gray , and turn ing to the crowd nnd ttio fat man , said : "You know how long I'vo ' been hero. How long was it before Mr. Ualcombo arrived ) " "Oh , It couldn't have been more than a couple of mluutes. " This answer seemed to disconcert Mr. Ual combo , but did not dolor him from rummag ing through the piles picking out defective blocks , and running with thorn to Mr. Gray and showing thorn to the citizens. "Those blocks are rotten , und they will have to bo removed , every one of them , " ho said. said."No "No , they will not , " snld Mr. Gray , "and you can't compel them to bo moved , cither. It ain't the chairman who runs thttigs now , it's the board , and these blocks will not bo removed before tbo board says that they are all rottou. " "If I had my way they would ' bo re moved. " , "Yos , over since the chairman was knock ed out and the board was substituted. You're a nice man to boat the head of tho'bonrd with a prejudice against a pavement which the pcoplo ask for. Your projudica won't cause these blocks to ba removed , especially whan tuoro nro not 2 per cent of tboin rot ten. " A running , flro of convarsatloa , followoJ and flnully both parties separated. Mr. Gray said that Ualcombo bad been doing his best to Injure him in various way * for some tunu past. LSetoro Ualcombo had gona on the board ho had boon an agent for the Barber Asphnlt company and after he become n member ho announced his opposition to cedar block. But ho had become , it seems , violently opposed to it when Mr. Gray succeeded in knocking out the clause which gave control of the erection of the city hall to the board of pub lic works , and taking the same out of tbo hands of tbo chairman. 'Tho fact of the matter is , " said Mr. Gray , "I have given iron-clad orders at the mill not to allow a bad block to leave the yard. Uut you can't prevent It. Hut there Is not two percentage of tbo blocks bad. Wo oan't afford to send bad blocks awav nnd cart them buck again. It is to our interest to lot them remain in the yard. " No Ranks Without Capital. The state banic inspectors , who bavo juit concluded their examination of tbo local state banks , bavo decided that the branch of the Bank of Commerce , on North Sixteenth street , mutt either capitalize under tbo state law at $50OOU or discontinue business. The bank was found in a llrst-class condition , being backed bv the larger Institution at Far nam and Fifteenth streets. The state law insists that every bank must bavo u capital and cannot bo a branch of another with ouo capital for both. A similar ultimatum was crlven In the case of the branch of tbo Nebraska Savings bank in South Omaha , whora the capital under . bo about thousand the law mus. > twenty-flvo dollars. TECAUSE it is so unusually liandsome nnd attractive in appcar- J J ance , many persons think the Ivouv SOAP is intended for toilet use only. While it may be used for the toilet with pleasant and satisfactory results , it is a laundry soap in all that the name implies. Prof. Silliman , of Yale College , says : "Aa a laundry sean the IVORY has no superior. " A WORD OF WARNING. There are many white soapseach represented to be "just as good as the 'Ivory' ) " they ARC NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of the genuine , Ask for "Ivory" Soap and Insist upon getting it , Copyright 1686 , by Procter < fc OaraMe.