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Do not condemn the railroads too se
verely for their foolishness. Probably
they didn't know the G. A. B. was
loaded.
WITH the nssuranco of a bountiful
harvest this fall , business can not fail
to improve undur the buoyant in
fluence.
THE Republican's resentment nt Clark
Woodman because ho avows himself to
ho n monopolist reminds us of Satan
robulcinp ain. '
Now that they hnvo almost talked
each other to death , the delegates to
the constitutional convention of Mon
tana are about to finish their work nnd
go homo.
WITH such a magnificent showing of
grass and corn , Nebraska should load
the world in butter production , instead
. of hugping a rung near the bottom of
the ladder.
IN the coming sot-to between Gov
ernor Lowry , of Mississippi , and John
L. Sullivan , champion of the world ,
public sympathy will all be on the side
of the under dog. T
OMAHA and Council Bluffs will appre
ciate the promised five-cent faro on the
early morning and evening bridge
motor trains if it bo put into olloct
before the snow ilios.
Tin : consolidation of the elevator
companies has boon elToctott. We shall
presently see whether the mammoth
consolidated will devise ways and means
to make Omaha a grain markot.
TAMPKUIKO with the mails is not an
undommon offense , but when a letter
written by President Harrison .to the
lord mayor of Dublin is surreptitiously
opened it is well to institute un official
inquiry into the matter.
Tine Alton is said to bo dickering
with the Union Pacific for the purchase
of its Kansas City branch to Denver.
Hero is a ohanco for the Union. Pacific
to unload some of its side track invest
ments nnd to devote all of its attention
to the parent road in Nebraska.
Tun southern olllco-sooker has the
roputatlon of a born lobbyist and the
administration is worrying moro ever
the .distribution of a penny postofllco in
the land of Dixie duo to race and polit
ical blttornoss than in the selection of a
minister to an Important post abroad.
THK confidence game that has boon
brought BO prominently before tlio pub-
lie under the guise of industrial trusts
is about played out. The trump cards
were played when the sugar and load
trusts were floated on the markot. Now
f
that the faith of investors in this form
of BocurltioB has boon shaken and their
pockets drained , fancy industrial stocks
can find but few takers.
THK perennial announcement of a
grand negro exodus numbering tons of
thoueuntlB from North Carolina into the
southwest is again revived. But it is
safe to wager that Sambo nnd Dinah are
too closely bound to the soil of their
birth by close ties to bo willing to emi
grate into Arkansaw , oven if she wns a
land overflowing with milk and honey
Hko unto the promised land of Canaan.
* " * * Tins Bohemian people in Omaha huve
f reason to bo proud of their progress.
A dozen years ago they wcro few nnd
poor. To-day they number over live
hundred families , own twenty thousand
dollars' ' worth of church and school
property , and have many men in their
ranks who are independently wealthy.
It is probable that in no ether city in
America are industry nnd enterprise
BO surely and swiftly rewarded with
success.
THK salt trust has rocolvod a very
black eye in its endeavor to float its
stock on a credulous pooplo. Even the
moat venturesome plunger wna staggered -
gored when the speculation involving
eleven millions was sprung upon him.
Happily , while yet time the small nnd
big Investors discovered that there is a
limit to speculative enterprises which
even they could not stomach. The re
sult is that the project has fallen into
disrepute and the price of salt still re
main ti unchanged.
wnr IJIEV ao
\Vo referred recently to the report of
disaffection among republican repre
sentatives In congress from the south ,
several of whom , it was said , had com
bined for the purpose ot electing an In
dependent republican speaker ot the
next house. The loader ot the move
ment was stated to bo Representative
Brewer , of North Carolina , nnd the in
citing cause glvon wns dissatisfaction
with the administration's distribution
of patronage in the south , The matter
appears to have boon very seriously re
garded In political circles at Washing
ton , nnd there has been a quite general
interviewing of southern republican
congressmen.
The result is that notono of these rep
resentatives is found to have for a mo
ment contemplated anything like a re
volt against the party. The friends ot
Mr. Brewer Insist that ho has boon mis
represented by the statements intimat
ing a purpose on his part to leave or
betray tits party. Ho has felt , they confess
foss , somewhat nggrlovod at not receiv
ing recognition irom the administra
tion in the matter of appointments in
his state , but ho nevertheless proposes
to stand by the party iu congress.
Representative Choatham , of the
same stnto , says ho 'shall not
allow any frivolous or per
sonal feeling to govern his notions
in the discharge of his duty as a mom-
her of congress , and having boon olooto d
by the republican party upon republican
principles ho will cheerfully support
the party in the organization of the
house and In every ether particular
for the good of tlio country. Others
hnvo exprcssod themselves to the same
ofToct. There is no republican congress
man from the south who threatens a re
volt against the party.
It appears , however , that most of those
representatives are united as to ono de
mand they will make upon the
party. That is , that no man
shall receive the nomination for
speaker who is not in favor 'of
an early repeal of the internal reve
nue laws. Of the sixteen southern re
publicans in the house three are from
North Carolina , two from Virginia ,
three from Tennessee , two from Ken
tucky , nnd one each from West Virginia
And Louisiana , which makes twelve , or
throe-fourths of the total number. The
five members from Tennessee and Vir
ginia are ns much interested , for local
reasons , in the repeal of the internal
taxes , as these from North Carolina ,
and may bo expected to co-operate with
the latter in nn olTort to force the re
publican caucus to declare for the abolition
lition of these taxes. Whether the
others will Unite with thorn in
dictating to the caucus is un
certain , but there is no doubt ot the
earnestness of n majority of these sou th
orn republicans against internal taxes.
In support of this position it is claimed
that portions of the south are drained
of money through the internal revenue
laws , the farmers impoverished , and
the system is felt to be an obnoxious
and oppressive pall.
On this question , therefore , the south
ern republicans in congress will proba
bly bo found standing firmly together.
Can they accomplish their object ? The
chances are doubtless in their favor.
Two at least among these
prominently named us possi
ble republican candidates for the
spcakorship are understood to bo in
favor of repealing the internal revenue
laws , and. they are the men who nro ex
pected to have the strongest following.
It would not seem to bo a diflicult mat
ter for the southern republicans to ob
tain from the supporters of these men
a declaration in favor of abolishing the
internal taxes , and thereby commuting
the caucus to a policy which would bind
the majority io the house. Having an
nounced their desire , and possessing the
power to dictate tormb or deprive the
republicans in the house of the ability
to organize , these southern members
are likely to bo objects of especial
interest to all aspirants for the speaker-
ship , and it would not bo surprising- a
majority of republicans in congress are
found in full sympathy with their pro
gramme when congress assembles. It
is not for 'tho purpose ol revolt , but of
control that the southern republicans
are together , and they "appear to bo in
a very favorable position to accomplish
their object.
A WONDERFUL LAND.
The graphic story told by the Alaska
correspondent of THE BEIS of his ex
periences in watching for the mirage
of the "Silent City , " whoso appearance
other explorers have reported , will
arouse fresh Interest and curiosity re
garding a region which there is every
reason to believe is rich in wonders.
The intrepid correspondent , who for
two days -groped about among the
glaciers , experiencing sensations and
emotions which ho little moro than
suggests , and which perhaps no pen
could adequately portray , promised
to renew and extend his investiga
tions , the result of which TIIK BKU will
in due time chronicle , but in what ho
had already soon ho found warrant
for the opinion that the region vis
ited will become a mecca for scientists
and for these who arc attracted by the
strange und curious features of na
ture.
Prom what has boon revealed by
Alaskan exploration it 'is onsy to bo-
llovo that there is on exceedingly rich
field there for scientific investigation ,
but wliothor with practical results that
would repay the coat and labor , to say
.nothing of the dangers to ba encoun
tered and the probable sacrifices to bo
made , can only" bo a matter of conjecture.
That such investigation would contrib
ute valuable knowledge to some depart
ments of scientific research is , however -
over , not to bo doubted , and the stu
dents ot nature's work will unquestion
ably find there much to profoundly
interest them.
As to practical results , there have
already boon sufliciont to fully vindi
cate the wisdom of the purchase of
Alaska by the United States. The seal
fisheries nlono , if not permitted to bo
destroyed by indiscriminate slaughter
by hordes of hunters , will nlono , in
tlmo , repay the sum received by Russia
for the territory , nnd there are other
sources of revenue to the government
which will steadily expand. Develop-
mont is Hholy to bo Blow , but tt is no
longer a question that tlio purohaso of
Alaska was n Rood investment.
HAS NOT SUCCEEDED.
Douglas county's ' commissioners have done
a good many unwlso acts nnd nome that
were absolutely bad , but the criticism on the
drug dispensary established about eighteen
months ngo appears to bo wholly unwar
ranted. The effort made by Tnn 11 nn to
show that the dispensary has bcon mismnn >
ngcd or Is nn extravagance has not succeeded.
World-Herald.
Who expected that it would succeed ?
Has the exposure of any nbuso or ox-
travnganco had any chance of success
with the present board ? THE DKK'S
exposure of the cruelty and mtsmunngo-
mont at the county poor farm was very
thorough. The facts cltod in support
of the ohnvgo wore conclusive , but the
board ignored the complaints and made
a. porfcct farce of its investigation ,
which from the Very outsat had no
chance of success.
The crookedness in awarding the
contract for. vault fixtures was shown
up , and proof was furnished that re
sponsible parties would have done the
work for about half the price. But that
exposure has not succeeded and had not
a ghost of a chance of success.
The scandalous procedure in the con
struction of the county hospital has
boon shown up time and again , but the
complaints Imvo mot with no success.
The enormous outlay for drugs and
medicines may bo legitimate , but
in common with the public
TUB BEIS labors nndor the im
pression Unit this proscription business
has boon a cover for supplying free
liquor to ofllclals and thirsty hangors-
on. It is also doubtful whether the
largo drUg bills paid by the county have
boon delivered to the right parties.
Wo do not cxpoct , however , that any
thing Tins BKE may say on this score
will succeed.
THE TWO-MILE NUISANCE.
The law prohibits the sale of liquor
within two miles of the corporate limits
of the city. This two-mllo bolt has for
years been froo-whisky territory , where
more crime is bred and committed than
in the whole city , and yet the authori
ties pretend to bo entirely helpless.
Sheriff Cobura claims that ho has no
authority to meddle with thorn ; and
the chief of police claims that ho has
no right to interfere. There is no
doubt whatever that both the sheriff
and the chief have authority
to repress this lawlessness. The
sheriff's authority to arrest lawbreak
ers extends ever the whole county.
The only question is whether ho is
obliged to act in the absence of specific
complaints. If this version is correct ,
citizens in the suburbs who are annoyed
by these unlawful resorts should enter
complaint. The charter gives the
mayor and police authority to exorcise
police functions within five miles of the
city limits. That would imply that the
police can close unlawful resorts and
make arrests outside of the city limits
without specific complaint.
THE president of the Holly Manufac
turing company lias been very profuse
in his congratulations ever the superb
plant which the American Waterworks
company have just completed for
Omaha. These congratulations are
within themselves not out of place , but
the impression which is sought to bo
ramie therefrom is that the Holly people -
plo have finally triumphed. To vindi
cate the truth of history Tills BUE is
compelled to recall the fact that the
present waterworks plant differs ns
much from that which the Holly people
wanted to foist upon Omaha eight years
ngo as a cable road differs from a horse
railroad. If the Holly people had suc
ceeded in 1881 , Omaha would have had
a penny-whistle line of four-inoh mains
to carry the supply , unless indeed the
city could have bought out the concern
and replaced its cheap-John works with
a plant that would meet its require
ments. Moreover , the hydrant rental
of the city would have been about
twonty-fivo per cent Jiighor than it is
now , nnd the boodle methods o ( Dr.
Gushing would have oaten into the
vitals of thd'city. The more fact that
the Holly works have supplied the Gas-
koll pumps for Omaha does not neces
sarily moan that the Holly methods
which our citizens resented so vigor
ously in the courts and through the bal
lot box. have been adopted and given
popular endorsement.
As TO the possible effect upon the ox-
port' trade of the late decision of the
intor-8tato commerce commission , that
no railroad company will bo permitted
to charge lower rates of freight for
merchandise dostinoU for export than if
the final destination should bo some
Atlantic seaboard , the Philadelphia
Jtccord thinks it will not bo serious.
The decision will not necessarily have
the effect , it remarks , of increasing the
rates of freight upon exports , oven
though the steamship companies should
not regulate their charges in accord
ance with it. The trunk lines can af
ford to haul produce for consumers on
the eastern seaboard at as low rates
as they haul it the same dis
tance for consumers in Europe. As
there is a very close connection between
the railroads and the steamship compa
nies , says the Jtccord , it is easy to make
an equitable adjustment of freight rates
without endangering export trade. It
will bo gratifying if tins shall bo done ,
so that the producers of the west will
still get Bomo prolit on their products
exported , but there is some reason to
apprehend that the small murgin will
bo wiped away by the necessity of in
creasing the inland rates. The pro
ducers of the west will very boon know
whether this ia to bo the case or not.
THK people of Massachusetts are hav
ing no end of trouble with their ballot
reform law , which is to have its first
practical test in the fall. Politicians ,
reformers nnd Btato odlclalsaro scratch
ing their heads in an endeavor to inter
pret its provisions , und to loosen the
cogs of its complicated machinery. The
secretary of state , the auditor nnd the
attorney general make up a board to
decide the knotty points in the law. In
conjunction with a commlttoo of the
Ballot Act Leaguers , formed last year ,
to impart intelligence about the measure -
uro , and to curry out its rulinga , those-
state ofllcora ave boon trying to unravel -
ravel the Chinese pimlo. But the re
sult has boon ftt } from satisfactory to
the roformcr,8j.l JTho law has bcon found
to countonrtnco these very feat
ures of polUijk which the friends
of reform ,6xjpoetod it would kill.
The party machine which makes
nil the bad ndlfijnatlons nourishes with
its old-time vigor. Instead of the ballot
reform smashing the machine , it looks
very much nj ' jl the no\v tangled law
will bo made aoconvcnlont vehicle for
the election ttf'tho party machine's can
didates. This Js all very discouraging ,
but once more Illustrates the folly of
trying to strike at the roots of nn evil
which can not bo reached by a cumber
some and unintelligible ballot reform
law.
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THIS importance of securing n largo
tanning plant in Omaha can not bo
overestimated ! It will in a measure bo
to our city what the establishment of
the beef nnd pork packing industries
were five years ago. A tanning ostnb-
llshmont with sullloiont financial back
ing to glvo it stability and with a
capacity to handle a thous
and or moro hides n day from
our slaughtering houses paves the way
for a long line of industries 'in which
leather forms the basis. It will bo nn
impetus to the growtli nnd extension
not alone of the manufacturing enter
prises but of the mercantile interests of
this city. The good results can only bo
conjectured , but It is safe to say that
every avenue of' trade would bo stimu
lated into activity. The prospects for securing -
curing such an Industry are uncommonly
promising. Capitalists have recognized
the great natural advantages which
Omaha possesses. The mammoth pro
portions of her hoof packing establish
ments assure nn unfailing supply of raw
hides. . With the now processes of con
verting hides into leather Omaha has
therefore a great advantage ever Bos
ton , Philadelphia , or other cities to
which all the raw materials must bo
shipped. This insures n cheapening in
the manufacturing process of leather ,
and would permit Omaha to stop in at
once as a powerful competitor in the
leather trade.
IF the Sioux commission bo success
ful in winning ever the Indians to sign
ing the bill , it will have to thank the
Catholic missionaries for their labors
in its behalf. There are a number of
Catholic societies at the various agen
cies composed almost wholly of young
Indians. It is n > secret that the priests
are desirous of < having the Indians ac
cept the treaty fend their influence has
bcon so far otto'jjj.ivo as to induce several
hundred to swing Into lino. Among
the older chiefs however , who hold out
from the first fh'9ro * 8 little change of
sentiment anditho good counsel of the
commissioners' ' fallen like seed on a
barren soil , i ojthpr can the mission
aries hope to wlmthom over. Conserv
atism is too deeply rooted in their
breasts to bo swayed by the priests , on
whom they lotjk with suspicion , or'by
the promises ofntho government which
have been too'often'broken.
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.
The European event of greatest interest
during the past week was tno result of the
elections throughout France , which has left
the self-exiled demagogue , Boulangcr , al
most without a following. The very nearly
complete collapse of 13oulangism for al
though the pretentious and windy general
has issued another manifesto it is not llkoly
to receive any serious attention is very gen
erally welcomed as a good tiling for the
French people and for Europe , for Boulan-
gor was not only an Impertinence , a bore
and a nuisance , but , because of the sensi
tive and eruptive nature of political and
military affairs in continental Europe at this
time , ho was a perpetual menace. Ho was a ,
convenience for the royalists , whether of the
legitimist , Orloanlst or Bonapartist cliques ,
who give their countenance to anything
llkoly to overthrow the existing form of gov
ernment m Franco ; but ho was a
pretext and excuse for increasing
the military forces of all the conti
nental countries who regard with
jealous eyes the political movements in
Franco. Without other importance than his
ambition and restless demagoguery , ho was
a constant causa of irritation and a factor of
danger and risk to the peace of Europe.
These evil influences were nil the moro Im
portant , so long as the precise extant of the
hold ho had on the populace was unknown ,
for people always stand in dread of what
seems to bo formidable , because ot its very
uncertainty , obscurity and mystery. Now ,
that Uoulangism is demonstrated by the test
of u public election to bo nothing but an
omuty pretence and sham , it must couso to
bo a matter of much consequence to France.
The unstable ministries In authority iu that
country will doubtless continuo to como apd
go at frequent Intervals , for the future , as
well as in the past but the ropublio itself
will live through it all in some form , until
the occasion und opportunity shall arrive
when it must bo established on a basis as
firm as our own.
. %
In his address at the ministerial banquet ,
Lord Salisbury said , concerning the Immedi
ate danger ot a European conflict , that he re
garded the vast preparations that had boon
made as a great security for peace. So tre
mendous would bo , jtho issues involved in a
war among the grbnt European powers that
no ono Is willing to take the responsibility of
hastening a conIIIpt"which all seem to regard
ns inevitable. Prjn o Bismarck's recent ob
servation that ho , cgijld not toll whether the
German parliament would have any tlmo
next year to attend I to legislation In tbo In
terest of labor repeals what the great states
man dpprohends ppncrning the near future.
For the present t\p ] \ j'arls exposition serves
as a truce. Thocreproijentatlvcs of science
and art , Industry'Kml labor are pouring into
the French capital''ftom ' all portions of the
civilized world , fln'jl In witnessing V > > o
mighty uRhiovomg/iis / of peace the minds of
man.v are turncduaway temporarily from
thoughts ot war.'As the exposition will
continuo till near tl 'bloso of the year there
Is little danger of a conflict sooner than the
pprlng of IbOO. fn the meantime England ,
Franco and Russia are increasing tholr
armaments , and poverty-smitten but ambi
tious Italy is struggling to keep up with the
warlike procession.
,
The plucky stand taken by Switzerland
against the attempted dictation of Germany
has directed attention to the probable attl-
tudoof the little ropublio la the event , of a
renewal of hostilities between Franco and
Germany. Tliu Invasion ot Franco by a
German army marching through Switzerland
across the Jura mountains would bo attended
with considerable danger. Indeed , Germany
would nebo likely to enter Switzerland at
all except to repel a French invasion ; whereas
the mill tar/ conditions are all favorable fern
n French occupation of Swiss territory , there
being live liusj of railway lead to c through
the Jura mountain ! Into the Swiss plain.
Moreover , the German garrisons within
striking distance of the Khlno are not bolnR
maintained m any great strength , and the
railway communication with the river Is
.vory defective. On a pence footing there
are now within two hours march of the
great frontier railroad 100,000 French troops ,
which at a glvon hour might bo poured Into
Switzerland as fast M trains could bo made
available ; and within twelve hours after the
start had been nwdo every bridge ever the
Uhlno from Bale to Constance could bo
solzod. If the Integrity of Franco as a nation
should bo threatened It Is not llkoly that she
would Upsttato on grounds of conventional
political morality to take a stop which would
plvo her such nn " enormous advan
tage in the struggle" ; nnd the ques
tion Is : What opposition could Switz
erland present to her ! Every Swiss sub
ject Is liable to military service from the ngo
of twenty to forty-four , so that the military
force of Switzerland Is purely n militia force.
Its totol strength Is 210,000 men , and an the
organization is entirely local , so far as the
inon nro concerned , mobilization Is easy ; but
in every other respect the Swiss nrmy Is un-
ttblo to take the field , ns transport and horses
ore entirely wanting , and not a smglo bat
tery of artillery is horsed during poaco.
Neither have the Swiss any nrtlllclal de
fenses , nor money with which to construct
thotn ; so that any attempt atarmed , resist
ance would bo hopeless from the beginning.
But , oven If her territory should bo temporarily
arily violated , the great powers of Europe
would scarcely sanction the absorption of
Switzerland Into another nation.
4
In the British house of commons the other
day the attention of the government was
asked to a report that In the gold Holds of
West Australia gangs of native convicts nro
fastened to wheelbarrows with bullock
chains making roads , and that chains arc
rolled around the necks and naked bodies of
others , inflicting great suffering upon thorn In
a climate where the stones get too hot to
handle. It may bo that this story is exag
gerated , but evidence is plentiful that thcro
Is room for improvement in the treatment of
savages under white control.
Mr , Lumholtz , who traveled among the
cannibals of Queensland awhllo ago , says the
government black pollco have shot them
down , innocent and guilty alike , for offenses
that were almost trivial. It will soon bo
forgotten that It was the cruelty of white
miners that hastened the extinction of the
Tasmanians , not a few of whom were vic
tims of foul crimes like the following : Ono
day a miner told his comrades ho was going
to make a little fun for them. Stepping out
where the natives could sea him , ho pointed
an empty revolver at his own head nnd
snapped it several times. Then ho called a
native to him , gave him a loaded revolver ,
ana asked him to repeat the performance.
The , poor wretch complied , and ot course
blow his own brains out , to the great enter
tainment of tbo crowd. Not half the story
of the wrongs of thoTosmautans was known
to the world until the larger part of them
had perished.
The phantom of war in Eurono is to bo
once moro conjured away by the meeting of
the emperors of Russia and Germany in Ber
lin in the latter part of August. In order to
increase the assurance of peace it is possi
ble that the emperor of Austria-Hungary
will also bo thcro , though the latest- reports
from Europe are to the effect that the Aus
trian army in Galicia has received strong
reinforcements. This military movement in
dicates that the Emperor Francis Joseph
cherishes little illusion in rocrard to the Ber
lin conference , and that ho is in no way dis
posed to submit to the lofty airs of the czar.
But it is fortunate that there are much
stronger guarantees for the peace of Europe
than in the whims of the men who rule ever
its three military monarchies or in the ex
change of imperial courtesies in Berlin.
Though the continent is an armed camp , and
though the pretexts for war are numerous
enough or can bo readily invented , the con
sequences of a conflict are so tremendous
that tbo most reckless monarch in Europe
must shrinic from precipitating it.
A 4r
Japan has Just boon visited by a destruc
tive earthquake. Such earthquakes in that
country have averaged ton in a century for
1,500 yearn , and they appear to have been
growing moro frequent during the last cen
tury , but that appearance may bo due to the
greater facilities provided for the collection
of news. In ISM , Yoddo , now Tokio , was al
most destroyed by an earthquake , ever 1,500
bouses having been overturned. The loss of
life was very great , but the estimate usually
given of 200,01)0 is probably an exaggeration.
The difficulty of getting anything like the
truth about such matters may be Judged from
tbo published descriptions of Kumanoto , the
city that Is said to have been destroyed , and
which is reported to have "from 50,000 to
300,000 Inhabitants. " There Is no doubt , how
ever , that tt is ( or was ) a largo and Im
portant Inland city , and it could hardly have
been destroyed by anything coining so sud
denly as an earthquake without great loss of
life. Cultivated Japanese study earthquakes
with great assiduity and care , and with the
aid of the most delicate Instruments that
science can supply , In the hope that they may
discover some means of foretelling great dis
turbances , but thus far without any satisfac
tory results. The common people have , how
ever , a curious tradition about the existence
of an earthquake fish. On the sea coast it is
supposed to bo a sea monster , who causes
earthquakes by striking on the bottom and
gives rise to tidal waves by arching his back.
Inland people think that the earthquake fish
lives in the bowels of the earth , stretched
uloiig under Japan. When a gentle tremor
cotnos ho is only bristling hb spines , but a
great shock is caused by tbo lashing of his
tall. The earthquake fish Is,0110 of the nu
merous monsters with which Japan fancy
decorates the artistic ware which It Is the
fashion to admire , however little It may bo
understood.
*
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The disturbances In the Island of Crete
are engaging the attention of the Italian
government , which has advised Turkey to
resort to the mediation of a European power.
Crete will bo a factor in the eastern ques
tion until the porto shall agree to withdraw
Its hold upjn It. Any attempt at putting
down the revolution by force would bo mot
by an anti-Moslem cry , nnd the surrender of
the island to a Christian power would stir up
political complications of a very serious char
acter. No doubt , the sultan would gladly get
ridof his bargain ; but ho is doubtless afruia
that ho might then find himself instill deeper
water ,
Tlio HhOR Kits.
KanfOi City Journal.
"Mayor Grant should see to It , " says the
Ntftv York Herald , "that no cranks nro ap
pointed on tlio world's fair committee. " One
MoAlIUtor and ono Fish will take the sug
gestions personal.
Tliuy Hnvo Thnlr Hnnils Pull.
St. Lout * aiolie-Deiiwcrut.
A Mississippi paper says that the demo
crats of that Btato "havo no leisure for the
discussion of the tariff or any other economic
question. " It keeps them busy , we presume ,
to prevent the negroes from acting upon the
foolish notion that the constitution guaran
tees equal political rights to ull classes of
citizens.
TriiHlH I oail to Socialism.
Sim I'runckcolliiUqtln.
The rapid growth of these trusts have
stimulated greater soulalistlo activity In this
country than bos ever boon known before.
It has furnished , In the opinion of socialists ,
Additional confirmation of Bellamy's theory
that the capital organized In trusts will
finally control nil the business of the coun
try , extending to every Article of domestic
consumption. When the result is brought
ubout these theorists assume that It will bo
the duty of the government to Intervene nud
consolidate all these trusts , regulating prices
and production no that there shall bo no
such thing ns extortion or oppression through
excessively high prices on tbo part ot out
side combinations.
Sylvnn Hcones.
CTilctigo Ntwt. ,
President Harrison Is said to bo woavmg
his first message to congress , while listen
Ing to the songs of the birds nnd the
screeches of the katy-dlds In the mountain
fastnesses of Maryland. It It should turn
out to ban pootlo document the fault will
naturally rest on the president's present ro
mnntio surroundings.
Sir. Pfttin llns n Clinngo.
Chlcnqn Times.
Mr. Dana , of the Now York Sun , while
recognizing all the good qualities of the flannel
nol shirt , does not ngroo with the Chicago
editor who bohovcs that Its universal use
would break up the laundries. The flanno
shirt , ho Bays , has como to stay , but 1
should never bo allowed to stay too long at
onetime. Wo Judge from this that Mr
Dana is provided with a change.
TllK INIHIBTlUAIj
The dock laborers nt Marseilles , Franco
have struck for an advance in wages ,
Uussta has declined to participate In the
International labor congress at Borno.
At Dublin , Ireland , 8,000 stonemasons have
mnda n demand for ulna hours per day.
The head roller In a IMtUburg iron mil
makes $50 n day. His family rldo behind i
spanking team.
In Norway they build all winter , using un
slacked lime nud the work is superior to sum
rner construction.
Tobacco gives employment to 30,000 persons
In Now York. Germans , liphominns am
English predominate.
Four thousand weavers at Jaogornsdorf ,
in Austria , have struck worlc. They want
better pay and shorter hours.
Prisoners In the penitentiary nt .Toilet , 111.
have sent 1,500 , pounds of broad to the
starving miners nt Braidwood , 111.
The wages now prevailing among seamen
of the co.ist arc T 0 per month on steam
schooners , $45 for outside and $40 for Inside
porta.
The San Francisco tailors have won n
strike against non-union men , and com pel let
the boss to sign a bond of ti50 to stick to the
agreement.
Forty-six firms have signed the iron scale ,
and several of the western steel firms have
signed the steel scale of the Amalgamated
association. Others nro likely to follow suit.
Hon. Henry Dorn , secretary-treasurer ol
the National Association of Factory Inspec
tors of North America , has issued a call for
the third annual convention , which will con
vene in Trenton , N. J. , on Wednesday , Au
gust 7.
At Naples the government has begun to
tear down over 17,000 houses In n thickly-
settled part of the city , and will lay new
streets nnd put up now houses at it cost ol
$20,000,000. At present 12.000 men are em
ployed ,
There mo twenty cotton factories now in
operation in Japan , with § 2,000 spindles and
employing about fivuisand workingmon.
Their wages are about * 6 per week , which is
ton times the amount craftsmen of [ any kind
received In Japan ton years ago.
The employes on the Pokin Gazette , In
China , hnvo hnd tholr wages advanced from
20 to 22 cents per day. The Gazette has been
published continuously for 800 years , and
people in Pekin have now arrived at the con
clusion that it has "como to stay. "
The dressmakers In Mcrritt , a town in
Missouri , have organized themselves into a
society for the regulation of wages nnd pro
tection against the avarice of unscrupulous
employers. They say the most unjust em
ployers are those among their own sex.
In Russia there are sixty-seven immense
spinning mills , employing an aggregate of
115,000,000 spin dlos. The priciplo centers of
this industry are the provinces of Moscow
and Vladimir. Russia has 488 cotton-weav
ing establishments , which give employment
to 80,500 pooplo.
WONDEIlPUIj DISCOVERIES.
Ruins of Cities Built by Prehistoric
1'unplo Pound In Mexico.
CITV OP MEXICO , August 3. [ Special Tel
egram to TUB BEE. ] Recently returned ex
plorers from the state of Chiapas confirm
and add to the remarkable report concern
ing important archiuological discoveries. A
fine , broad paved road , built by prehistoric
inhabitants , has bcon traced from Tonala
down into Guatemala , and thence in a curve
up again into Mexico , terminating at Pa-
lenquo. All along this road are still to bo scon
the remains of ruined cities , and a careful es
timate of the population of these places is
about 80,000,000. On that part of the road
near Palenquo the ruina are of great magnis
tudo. Houses four und often five storio-
hlgh Imvo been found in the depth of the
forest. Many of these houses are pyra
midal in form , and so covered are some of
them with vegetable mould that large trees
are growing irom the roofs. In some of the
houses employment has been made of stone
beams of tremendous weight , and the nrchf-
tocturo indicates a high degree of ecientiflo
attainment. In porno of the houses visited
largo bronze lamps bavo been discov
ered , and the interior and exterior
mural decorations of the most important
houses consist of paneling filled with elabor
ately curved figures , almost lifo size , two
types of men and woman being represented ,
some plalnlv Egyptian and others genuine
Africans. In front of ono of the houses the
explorers found fourteen sculptures of gods
with folded arms ,
Tha work of exploration was ono of ex
treme dlfllculty , owing to the density of the
forest and the unwillingness of the Indians
to enter the ancient edifices , they averring
that the buildings were inhabited by spirits.
Another discovery was that on enormous
paved road extends from Pulcnquo across
Yucatan to the island of Cozumol , and Is con
tinued on the island. The I'alonquo ex
plorer * assert that they have discovered in
the edifices before mentioned examples of a
perfect arch. Ono explorer is a scientifically
trained man , who has recently arrived from
India , and by his account the region from
Chiapas to Yucatan must luivo been the seat
of a densely populous nation.
A AVoultliy holly Suicides ,
Siiucusu.N , Y. , August 2. ( Special Tele
gram to Tin : BKE. ] Miss Lillian Dumoiit , a
member of the wealthy Uuuiont family , com
mitted suicide Tuesday night by hanging
herself with her corset lacus in the toilet
room of the hotel at Ulonlmvcn , a summer
resort on tlio Sknncatolos lulo , Slio had at
tended n ball at the glen that night and
seemed In the best of Bjiirlta , No causa Is
assigned for tlio deed , but it is hinted she
had DOOII disappointed in lovo. MISS Du-
montwas well known and a general favorite.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla.
fTbon Baby was rici , wo gave her Castcrta.
Whoa Bho was n CUIld , ulio crlnl for Cutorio ,
When she became MI , elio duct to Castorla ,
\VJijn \ aha batf Children , alie ( are them CMtoi 1 *
FEMALE FENCES CAPTURED.
Two Women OnUght Disposing of
Stolen HnrnooQ.
PART OF AN ORGANIZED QANQ ,
Two Mnro Wotmin And Bomo Men 1m-
pliontod Oonornl Vnti AVjolc In
Iilnooln Stnto House ll-jo-
ordH Notes.
L1KCOT.N HUllBAU OT TITO OkURi Hat 1
1W9 P STIllSBT , }
LINCOLN , August a , )
For sovornl ilnya past the police Imvo bcon
shadowing the Uilof or thieves who hnvo boon
In.UlnR harness In this city. Sovcrnl suspects
wcro under surveillance , but no proofs could
bo found against thotn. To-day ubout noon
Ofllcora I'ound and Qrcon observed two
women In n double rifr stop In front of Finn-
ngnn's second hnnd Btoro on Tenth street ,
mid later nt.Miller's ' store nbovo , on the snino
street , wlicro tliuy wore trying to dlsposo of
some harness mid collars. Ofllcor Qrcon roo-
ognl/cd the goods AS ImvliiR been stolen and
followed the couplu when they loft the place ,
nnd at the corner of KlovonUi nnd O streets
ho took them into custody , It Is snld tlmt on
their arrival at the police station ono of the
women gave the whole thins away and vol
unteered to llnd the men who hnd done the
stealing. The wnRon wan sent to Cottnco
park to Una Urn parties , but at 4 o'clock ' this
afternoon they hnd not been cnplurod. Li
Graves nnd Oil Sims are the nnmoA of the
two women In custody. Two other women
have been taken In , but their names are not
yet known.
The llnrbnr Iomurrnie Onso ,
The Barber demurrage complaint was
called for hearing before the state board of
transportation to-day. The gist of the con
troversy lies In the statement ot the com
plainants that they wcro compelled to pay
excessive demurrage charges In addition to
freight , under protest , while the respondent
states , In answer , that the complainants
foiled to remove freight consigned to them
when notlUecl , and loft it on their hands for
storage , to tholr damage. A compromise
brows , and a continuance was taken until
Wednesday. August 7 , when , If the matter is
not adjusted to the sntlifuotion of all parties
Interested , the light , will bo on to a ilnish.
Hcooril * nt tlin Capital.
The records In the supreme court show
that the cuso of M. E. Smith vs Frank
Shafer et al. , on appeal from the district
court of Hnrlan county , is on for trial nt the
next term.
The banking department is well up with
iU work. It is learned that the report rec
ords of the various banking Institutions of
the state Imvo all been made , nnd with a foxv
exceptions the showing is beyond public
expectation.
During the past two vcars there has been
illed in the olllco of the secretary of state
78" articles of incorporation ana 2,221 nota
rial commissions sent out : also thirty com
missions to commissioners of deeds. The
various records of the oltlco show an income
in fees , for the tiiuo stated , of $3,857.10.
General Van AVj'cb In Iilnooln.
General Van Wyck was in Lincoln be
tween trans this morning. Ho stopped on
route homo from the Grand Army reunion
at Wymoro , where ho addressed his old com
rades of soldier days yesterday. It is learned
that the general created great enthusiasm
among- the boys in blue by his vigorous de
fense of the course that Corporal Tanner is
pursuing. Ho took occasion to say that ho
expected to remain a citizen of Nebraska for
years to come. While hero the general was
cordially received hy a number of Lincoln's
citizens.
City News and Notes.
Secretary Laws , Commissioner Steen and
Treasurer Hill returned to-dny from a visit
of inspection at the Hastings insane asylum.
The gentlemen report the Institution in
"applo pie order" and in the main well ready
for the reception of guests.
P. S. Stevenson , of this city , has lost nine
cows , five head of horses and thirty-seven
head of hogs by hydrophobia during the past
year , the last of which , a coxv , was shot yes
terday evening. Ho has been particularly
unfortunate in this regard. The last oow
killed was bitten over a year ago.
The executive committee of the State
Poultry association closed an interesting ses
sion to-day. Owing to the absence of Steve
Jones , J. A. MoNabb presided. The date of
the winter show was fixed for February 4 to
8,1839 , Inclusive , and the now standard of
perfection will govern examinations in all
classes. J. It. Megahan , secretary of the as
sociation , was chosen to superintend the
state fair exhibit.
H. U. McEvnny , sheriff of Holt county ,
took Essie Ward , nn olcven-year-old girl , to
the reform school ut Kearney to
day and ho tarried an hour or
two at Lincoln on route. The girl
was sent to the school for general cussed-
ness.
Warrants were Issued to-day by Judge
Stewart for the arrest of Joseph and Luiu
Maggnrd and A. Allen. Charles H. Albrlirht
charges them with wilfully and unlawfully
dostroyme the personal property of another ,
valued at $30. The case will probably bo
heard in the county court to-morrow.
Mayor Hall , of Holdrcgo , was in the city
yesterday on legal business.
Hon. Charles K. Case ) ' , of Puwneo City ,
was a visitor at Lincoln yesterday.
H. A. Houghton , uri old-time Lincoln trav
eling man , was in tbn city today rcnowifj
old acquaintances. Hurry now resides m
Denver und represents ono of the largest
wholesale paper houses in the world.
SORE FROM KNEE TO ANKLE.
Skin entirely eono. Flesh n IIIOHH ( it
( Maputo. Ijotr dtmlnlHhcU ono-third
In aizo. ConiJIilon hopeless. Cured
1)7 the Cutioura Kniuodlo * In ii\o
months. Not a sign of disease now
to 1)0 ancn.
For three years I WAI almost crippled with an
nwf ul sore log from my knee down to my ankloi
tl.d HKlu was entirely gene , and the il * h wu3
ono miws of dlsuiiue , gome pliyMcluiis pro
nounced It Incurable. It had tlUniulihed ubout
one-third tbo ! zo ol tne otnor , und 1 wna In a
liopcleHu condition. After trying all kliuli ot
remedloH and spundtui ; liundronn of ilollnrH.
from which 1 KOI nu rullef whiitovt'r , I WUH por-
mmdud to try your Uimtiim * HJMKIIIIH : , und
the result wus as followu : Atter tliroo duy I
noticed a decided change for the hotter , anil at
the end of two montliH 1ai 1 to/uiilotoly / cured.
My liiirtti was jmrltloJ , anil the bonu ( which had
been exposed for over n year ) gos sound. Th
Hash betan to Knnv , aiid\o-duy , and for nenrlr
two yeftia pus ) , my lug in ua well as ovorltwun ,
sound In uvtry ru.spucl , uni ! not aslunot the
disease to bo HHOII.
H. 11. Alll'.UN , 1)111)018 , Dodge Co. , On.
Torrl ) ( Htiirorltii ; from HUln DIHODHOA
I Imve boon a terrible nulferer tor yours from
Koi or the skin unit blood , and nave In-ou
obliged to Hhun public placet by roimoii of my
mors , lluva had tlio best of physi
cians and unont 'Inmdredi of dollars , but ( tot
norelluf until luneil the Ci/Tictm.UtKSiKiiiM.
which have cm ed mo , and luf t myvlclu an char
and iny blood nspuro UH u child's.
IDA MAY JIASB , Olive Ilrunch P.O. , MUa.
The CUTIOUIIA , ClITICUUA JlKMHA'KNT , OtITI
CUIIA HoAl1 have brought ubout a murvullou *
cure in the rime of 11 HKln dlacasuon my little
( ton clKht yean old. 1 hate tried almost nil
remedies nnd also the moat eminent doctors.
nil ullku railing , except the wonderful Cim-
CUltA UKUKDIBH. HI ) . N. llllOWN.
7.-0 N. Jtith Ut. , Onmha , Nob.
Giitloiirn llciiicdlui.
CUTICUIM. tlieirnmtBkln Curr. and C'UTlomiA
IOAI * . un uxiilslte | nkiii beautlller , externally ,
and UIITICUIIA llKsoi.VKM' . tbo now hlooil purl-
lur , Internally , are u positive ciirafor uvory
JlllIO AM ) ClIUUKIAI. COIirOIIATION. IlOStOn.
yWenrt for "How to C'uro Skin Disease * ) , " Ot
S , M lllUMlratloiui , and 11XJ testimonials.
D ATV)0 ) Pkin nnd Scalp preserved and bouutl-
DuDI Ullud byUutlcuruboap , Abrolutelypuru
HOW MY BACK ACHES.
1 llaclc Ache , Kidney Pains , and \Veak-
IJOSM. KoionoHU , l.ttinoncHa. titrutnt. und
l IIKMKVKD IN ( ) NK tllNUTE by Hltf
_ tllTICUUA .nNTI'I'AIN J'ljAHT8H. Tll
flratuiid only luitanuuuout palu-klllluj ; plu-
or.