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    THE OMAHA DAILY SATURDAY AUGUST 31 , 1889.
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LiAiiuu day promises to bo nn over
long to bo roraomburod. This is iv
Burod 'by the extensive preparation
innelo by worlchiRinon.
THE county auditor is trying to Rn
out whnt the now county hosirital ht
cost. From present upponrnncos til
task is a hopeless ono.
IN THIS sale of the utensils used i
the high school cooking class , the boar
of education should not overlook th
crust of that famous live hundred dolln
pio.
SOUTH OstAHA will furnish substat
tlal entertainment to exposition visitoi
next week. The Magic City stands i
the front rank as n. hospitable cotnrm
nity.
, TiiniH3 is nothing novel in the announcement
nouncoment that Mrs. Chanlor hr
abandonee ! lltoraturo. Amolio's litorn
turo has always boon moro or less abat :
doncd.
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Mil. HKiiFKNSTisix is apparently wil
P- ing to 'settle his claims on cortai
I * Omaha property at ton cents on th
dollar. But it would bo high , oven r
that price- .
OMAHA , will bo in a blaze of glor
I next week , nnd the visitor who wan I
to scottit , Gate City under the , mo :
favorable conditions should pack hi
IB grip at once.
B * THE governor and supreme judges <
Kansas have declared themselves i
favor of woman suffrage. But thos
gentlemen do not constitute the whol
people of Kansas.
EDITOR DANA and his colleagues ar
still making desperate efforts to rais
money for the world's fair. Now Yor
is in many respects the smallest tow
in .tho United States.
A CIIKKOKKE strip colony has bee
organized at Wichita , and the chance
.are ton to ono that it is made up e
ninety-nine per cent of land spoculatoi
to ono per cent of actual settlors.
AN alleged educational institution i
Chicago is altering collegiate degree
at from ten dollars to forty dollars oacl :
At this ralo every pork sticker in tha
city will BOOH bo writing LL. D. aftc
' , " > ! & name.
WHEN an ox-confederate colonel hr
the courage to say openly at a meotin
, of ex-confederate soldiers that ho had n
admiration for Jefferson Davis it begin
to look na if free speech was no longo
under the ban in the south.
THE bridge motor line should by a
moans reduce its faro to five cents dut
ing Merchants' wjole. The compan
'has had a mobt profitable season am
can well afford to contribute its shur
toward making the fair n success.
CANADA has boon getting the wars
of it in the Bohring boa business. Th
deliberation of Great Britain is vor
oxasnoruting to the Canadians , as th
fishing season will bo ever before an ,
retaliatory measures can be resorted tc
Heretofore Canada rather had the boa
of those lluhing controversies , but sine
Mr. Blalno's advent the United State
appears able to hold its own.
TUB great Londqu dock strike ha
attracted considerable notice on thl
side of the Atlantic. It is the lira
tune tliat a strike of bovorul trade
or crafts in aid of one has boon a I
jtomptotVin England. Within tha pas
few years the people of this countr ,
have become familiar with this mothoi
of industrial warfiu-o , whoso object is t
'produce ' such widespread public inconvenience
vonionco aa to bring the pressure o
public opinion against the employers
The working classes ot England eouli
not hava chuRon a more opportune timi
to demand an increase of wages , BUB !
ness of all klnda has boon uncommonl *
native in Ixmdon , nnd , in fact , througl
all England this season , and the commercial
morcial element can ill afford to have i
profitublo trade dorangoU by labo
troubles. The ohancos are all In favoi
'of the success of the strikers , ana thi
putcoino of the struggle has therefore t
significance not to ba underestimated.
DAKOTA
The work of the first republican coi
vonlion ot Iho now stnto ot South T ) ,
kota will in the main commend itself'
th6 republicans'of ' Iho country as wii
and judicious. The state and coi
grosHlonnl tickets are composed of abl
and popular men who are understood '
bo satisfactory to alt elements in tl
party , nnd will therefore command I
full support. The honor unanimous !
conferred on Governor Mollotto , i
nominating him to bo the first govorac
of the now state , was a morlte
recognition of the ability ho hi
shown its territorial governor , and c
his zeal in promoting statehood for tl
Dakotas. Most ot the other cnnd
dates also have strong claims'by ronsoi
of tholr active devotion to Dakota hi
loroats. With the assured olootfon c
all of them , the now atitlo will have
government and u. representation i
congress which will carefully and lion
catly guard the interests and welfare o
its people.
The declaration of principles i
sound in demanding the enactment <
stringent laws , national and stati
against trusts and combinations fc
controlling or enhancing the price c
the necessaries of life ; in declaring i
to bo the duty ot these in pul
lie olllco to oppose any in
just encroachment of corporations upo
the rights of the people ; in favoring th
enactment of laws to protect the oitize
in the free exorcise of his right of sul
frago , and to Insure fair and hones
elections ; In olToring a welcome to thos
people from other lands who como her
to establish homos , and intending ti
respect the laws ; in favoring the in
provomont of the waterways of th
northwest , and in demanding that i
the interest of public education th
school lands shall bo jealously guardoc
Regarding tlio policy of protection tli
convention wont further than wnstohav
boon expected , and its declaration o
this subject will bo accepted as n vor
distinct and unqualified approval of thu
policy as now in practice. The ropul
lican platforms of Pennsylvania nn
Ohio are not moro pronounced in favo
of the ' 'American system ot nrotcution'
than is that of South Dakota. On th <
subject of prohibition there is no am
bigulty hi the language of the platform
It declares in favor of national am
state prohibition , the adoption of th
article of the constitution rolatini
thereto , and the onaetmontaud enforce
niont of. such laws 03 will make th
same effective. There was a ji
diciously framed substitute for thi
plank presented by a minority of th
committee on resolutions , pledging thi
party to the onforcomontof laws for th
promotion of morality and tompar
unee , but it was rejected by a majority
which showed that the convention wa
overwhelmingly in favor of prohibitiot
The prohibitory clause of the constitu
tion will not , however , receive the ful
republican support , and wtnlo it may b
adopted its defeat is among the possi
bilities. The most vigorous and oarnos
lighting of the campaign will bo upo
this issue , and it is not double
that the opposition to prohibition wi !
summon todts aid oycry inlluouco an
agency it'can command.
The _ republican jmajprfty in Soutl
Dakota last year was a little less tha
fifteen thousand , so that the election c
the republican candidates in Octoba
next is fully assured.
THE INDOnSEMKNV OF
The action of the Grand Army encampment
campment , in adopting a rcsolutioi
thanking the president for upuointuij
Corporal Tanner commissioner of pen
slons and expressing conlldonco in hi
integrity , will elicit criticism. Th
resolution adopted is more judioiousl ;
worded than the ono originally prc
posed , but the question is whether th <
Grand Army was called upon , under th
circumstances , to make any formal am
public expression regarding the com
missioner of pensions. Why thanl
the president for having appointci
Corporal Tanner and not common
the appointmontof other union sohlion
who are members of the cabinet and oc
cupy other important positions in tin
government ? And in view of the fao
that the ofllcial action of Commlsslonoi
Tanner is being investigated , would i
not have been moro discreet for the
Grand Army to have said nothing abou
him ? These questions naturally suggest
gost themselves , and there can bo IK
doubt that the action of the organiza
tion will bo construed by its ouomios a
intended to inlluouco the investigation
of the commissioner , however unjusi
such a view may bo. It wouli
have been prudent and honorable 01
the part of Commissioner Tanner t (
have prevented the -Grand Army frou
putting itself in A position that may b
used to its disadvantage.
Pending the result of the investigation
tion , which the country has boon assured
surod la to bo thorough and honest , it li
manifestly proper to hold in.nboyanci
opinions regarding the course of tin
commissioner ot pensions , and it is es
pooinlly incumbent unon hlsfriondsti
do this. It should bo gratifying to moi
of all parties if it shall bo showr
that ho has not gene outside o
the law or beyond his duty , but in ordoi
that such a result may have unques
tlonod acceptance it is obviously dosir
ublo that it shall bo known to have boot
reached honestly and with complot <
freedom from any and all inllnonco
This is duo to the administration , whiol
must lose or gain in the public conll
donco according to the view that shal
obtain as to its sincerity and integrity
in investigating the pension olllco
From these considerations the action o
the Grand Army , giving it the fullos
credit for the host of motives , must hi
regarded as unwise nnd impolitic , Ii
will do Commissioner Tanner no good
and may do the Grand Army some in
jury.
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AND AMERICAS' POJtK
It is stated that Minister Phelps wil
bo instructed by the state dopartmon
to ask tha German govprnmont to remove
move the rosfrlotions on the importn
tion of American pork into thu market
of that country. Thoi-e have boon twi
decrees shutting out of Germany porli
products fronvthls country , one issuoi
in 1680 and the other in 1883 , and wha
had grown to bo a very coimidorubli
market for those produuts was almos
wholly lost. Efforts to sucuro rt re
moval ot this prohlbltidn * have > thti
far had no olfooty Alio4 hog
raising interest -Gornjfuiy bo I in
strong enough with --tha' govern
mant to induce it to adhere to thti do
crocs. The pretext In' the patter wn
of course to guard ngalnsi tluHntroduc
tion ot products Unfit for" consumption
but careful investigation showoll thn
there was no ground for tliia' 'hud ostal
llshed'tho fact that Iho lull nonce wlilcl
brought about the prohibition wn
wholly that of the hog raisers.
There has boon n change , oftjpopulni
sentiment in Germany , howovrir , as t (
the wisdom nnd justice of shutting ou
American pork products , and tntolligon
people thcro now acknowledge , so om
of our commercial ngohts reports to tin
state department , thnt the prohlbitioi
has in reality boon injurious to Gor
many. Ho shows by statisllcs'that tlu
pop capita consumption of hogs In thai
country must have greatly diminishes
or thnt the supply musHiavo deorensed
The probability is thnt both of thosi
conditions have happened , the "first b ;
reason of the fact that the higher price
which have obtained for pork products
since the decrees wont into olToot have
compelled n largo body ot consumers t <
forego the regular use of these products
which nro the only incuts the pooroi
clnsios can afford to use , boot boinj
n luxury beyond tholr means. Th
effect of prohibiting the importa
tion of American pork products ha
therefore been to deprive thousands o
the poorer class of 'GoVmnnspnrtlcu
Iwly the rural population , of moat as ;
part of tholr dally meals , and the sta
tistics scorn to show that many of them
do not have meat of tenor than once in t\v
weeks. Hence the ohangoof sontimon' '
in Germany in regard to American
pork.
If Minister Pholns shall bo succnss
ful in inducing the Gorman govornmonl
to remove the restrictions on the impor
tntion of American pork ho will confoi
a substantial benefit on thousands ol
the Gorman people , and restore ti
American hog raisers a valuable market ,
but it can hardly bo regarded as proba >
bio thnt the Gorman government will
recede from the position it has so lonr >
maintained until the , demand that i
shall do so from its own pcbplo become
moro general and urgent than it is a
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present.
1UE Cm * HALL ntDS.
And now wo are approaching another
important staco in the construction ol
the city hall. After interminable dolaj
the bids for the superstructure nrc
about to bo opened , and the contract i :
to bo finally awarded.
Wo are crcdnbly informed that sev
eral of the bidders are pooling thoii
political influence in the council tohnv <
all the bids rejected in case the bids o
certain other contractors are bolon
theirs. It is to be hoped that the coun
cil will give no countenance to such t
scheme.
The interest of the taxpayers oi
Omaha is to expedite the construction o
the city hall and have it coraplotot
as rapidlv as it is possible with men and
money. - ,
Ample chance has bocujgiven foi
competition and wo can sep no valid
excuse for throwing out all bids unless
it becomes manifest that there is collu
sion to prevent the city frorn getting a
contract from a responsible builder.
Right hero lot us state that nobody
should bo awarded the contract thai
cannot point to sorao good , substantial
building in Omaha or clsowhcro ol
which ho has boon the buifdor. The
county hospital job should be a sufll-
ciont warning acninst letting contracts
to irresponsible builders , uo mat
ter who offers to go on the
bond of such parties. Reagan
ft Brennan had good bondsmen , but
they wriggled out from under their con
tract and left a wreck bphind them ,
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The release ot Reagan & Bronnan was
brought about through -Ihl'luence ol
their bondsmen. With that "example
before it the council cannot fail to real
ize the risk the city would run in con
tracting with parties who are are not
known to bo responsible without a bond
to baclc thorn. -
WHILE Now England states have suf
fered n reduction of about-40 per cent
in tholr iron industry since-1830 there
has been a gain of 57 per cent in the
whole country. The business > is gradu
ally drifting to the localities whore the
raw materials for making iron may
moro easily and cheaply be procured.
Eastern manufacturers must have raw
material or quit.
ENGLAND has given up buying Amer
ican trust stocks. She probably will
turn her attention hereafter to legiti
mate investments in this country.
OTHER LANDS I'
Tha great strike in London > la > tlietmost ex
tensive , in tlio number of men involved , ever
Icuown in Great Britain. The condition ot
the dock laborers who , orijjlnptqd It Is un
doubtedly bad , as Is the 'condition ' of nil laborers -
borers whoso omploymout is Irregular. Thu
contention of the dock companies that they
nan not pay uioru than they no\v pay to the
'longshoremen ' , whom they occasionally JUro ,
is doubtless true. U.uslug the douk charges
would make London n costlier porj to dls-
clmrco cargoes In , mid London Unato compote
pete as a port with Liverpool , Urlstol , South
ampton , nnd oven Glasgow. A very slight
dlrteronco In rates would send a vast amount
ot tnido away from the Thaimts in these
days when every port Is. so well supplied
with inland railroad communication. Hut
whether the dock companies have right on
tholr sldo or not , the trouble with tha
laborers Is the old Mnltlmsluh ono , which
lies everywhere ut the bottom of the labor
problem there nro In London too many
of them. If there wore half tin } number ,
they would have the dock companies at their
inoroy. Worse still , not ono of the schemes
on foot In London for ameliorating the con
dition of the poor has in vlovv th.a.pormnnout
diminution of the labor supply. 611 the con
trary , most of them such as the provision
of bettor lodging houses , moro parks , moro
music , mom cheap amusements of all sort-
keep up the steady drain ou the unskilled
nait shiftless population of the country dis
tricts , which eyory year recruits and en
larges the vast army of city poor who have
uo regular employment. Thuru is probably
no city In the world totluy In which the
labor problem u haing dealt with In a moro
improvident , hand-to-mouth way. What the
philanthropists are doing with the best In
tentions rnalio * London uioro and moro at
tractive to the adventurous and unsteady ,
uuil whan { they got to London they rapidly
onltat under t p-spclnllst banner nnil ninln
tnln that aotnouody owes thorn ami Uici
families on j * wtork at high wases , with
vropor nmouneut bvonlnu entertainment.
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Tlio nnniel6lfi Russia , Germany , Prnnci
Austrln-Hunpilry'and Italy ntnount to noarl
3,000,000 on W War footing. Uussla nlon
tins 1,000,000 soldiers In camp and RarrUo
ready to rnajM on n day's notice. Pee
Italy Is straljiuig , every financial nerve , ir
creating ncr debtAnd her taxes , to mnlntnl
n position nmcmV tlio great military power
of EtiroDo , wlmo'hor working vooplo nr
starving by thjjjijinds , Industrial nml domi
crntlo Franco -obliged to support a stand
Ing army of n hnlf million of man for fear o
her nolghburs. The philosophic Gorman !
who halo war , would llko to disband tticl
nrmles , but they nro prevented from tloin
so by tholr dread of the great military powc
m the nortn nnd of their nnclont enemy bi
yond the Hhlno. The masses of Enrop
have no Interest In the questions that divld
the continent Into hostile camps , 1
thorn tlio "balance of power" Is u moi
fiction of diplomacy. They do not car
a ilg whether the Russians or Austrian
gain political supremacy In the Ualkn
Peninsula. Hut the European mnssc
would bo Immensely the gainers by disband
Ing the vast armies thnt nro supported ii
Idleness in camp nnd garrison out of tli
earnings of their labor. There Is not
peasant's ' cottage on tlio Hhlno or tlio Dar
ube In wliluh would not bo foil the benoC
cent Influence of this change of policj
Whatever may DO the dexroo of truth cot
corning Chancellor Bismarck's present put
poses , it Is certain that bis statesmanship I
rapidly bringing about a condition of thing
In Europe that will uiaico disarmament tea ;
iblo In the near future. With the triple alii
anco of Germany , Austria-Hungary nnd Hal
it is evident from recent movements tha
Great Urltalnhas a perfect understanding
In this situation the military power of Rus
sin nlono would remain as a monnco to th
peace of Europe and as an obstacle * to n general
oral disarmament. But should the Russia
boar obstinately rofusa assent to so wise nm
humane a policy It would ba necessary fo
the .European powers to conllno him In hi :
northern fastnesses nnd extract his claws.
*
HColossal earthworks have been constructci
for the defense of Paris slnco 1373. Tlics
now works hnvo involved an outlay o
$775,000,000 , nnd they will need a garrison ol
at least 180,000 soldiers. They Inclose , more
over , three intrenched camps which wouli
collectively accommodate nearly half a mil
lion comMtantv Stupendous as is tha sue
expended on thcio now fortifications , the ;
are far from perfect , there being two dan
gerously wide gaps in the ouvor circle. Wha
Is the theory on which the French parliament
mont have proceeded In lavishing on the do
fouso of the French capital a sum not mucl
smaller than the war Indemnity exacted ii
1S7L ? The theory that Paris is as vitally es
sential to Franco t > ns the heart is to the hu
man body , nnd that the capture of the capl
tal would Inevitably Involve the conquosl
of the country , SueU is not the cast
with nnyother" European capital , as luster :
has demonstrated ; not \vith Berlin , or VIenna
onna , or Moscow , or Madrid. It was not si
with Paris itself"'m former centuries. Th
English held Parl's m the fifteenth centurj
for some time a'rlet1 It was obvious that theii
cause was lost ih'ljrancc. In" the next cen
tury the loagucJTiControlled Paris agains
Henri III. andiiHanrl IV. , and novortlioles :
the longuowas'vilnauished. The Frondours
wore masters of Paris at ono period durln ;
tlio minority of.ltouls XIV. , but , for all thnt
the Brondo was runsuccessful. Neither is i
certain that tho'capltulation of Paris in 131-i
would have untniiqd the abdication of Napoleon
leon , bad not tno lut'tor exhausted the re
sources and the patience of tho- French pee
ple.
* #
The most conspicuous feature of the fron
tier between Franco and Germany are thi
parallel lines of railway. The French es
pecially have been constructing railroads on
their sldo of the line , and qulto close to it al
times , from the territory of Luxembourg tc
thu neighborhood of Bclfour. Tboso roads
are Intended to transport troops and military
stores. It may bo said of the Gorman rail
ways that they are all strategic. Their mill
tary capacities are carefully studied and
known , and each freight car bas painted on
it the number of men or horses that make
up its complement. So thoroughly Is the
frontier between tbo German empire anO
the French republic fortified on both sides ,
and so costly it would bo to the aggressor tc
force his way , It is the presumption ol
military men that in case of an outbreak
of hostilities , no attempt would bo made on
cither sldo to pass the lines where the
hostile territories nro contiguous , but that
the stroke delivered by the ono first in the
Hold in force would bo through either Switz
erland or Belgium. Germany is least pro
tected on tno Swiss frontier , nnd if the
weight of Russia wore thrown upon her so
time she could not take the offensive against
Franco , the prevailing theory Is the French
would Invade Southern Germany through
Switzerland , nnd perhaps at tlio same time
make n diversion by wayof Belgium. How-
ovor. It might occur to some general that the
most direct inotnod would bo the bettor ono ,
nnd that ho could , with the rush of army
corps directed to plorco the center , force the
fighting on tbo line between Motz nnd Stras-
burg , with the probability of decisive com
bats north of the Vosges , in the vnlloy ol
tboMosollo.
*
Whatever the decree of nrogress made
toward Germanizing Alsarc-Lorruino , it is
fortunate for the conquered provinces that
Kniporor William is aatlstlod with the ovi-
Jonco of loyalty ho has found thoro. In this
respect his tour to Strasburg , Motz and their
surroundings is fortunate also for the peace
if Europe. The contrast drawn , however ,
uotvvcen the political condition of Alsace-
Lorraine now and two years ace is perhaps
Dxnggcrutod , Th/m there were military
uluns at btalco , UHt'nbw there Is no supton-
: iato army bill before tlio rolctstaj , ' , and the
military establishment Is provided for until
1891. Russia , $ , ! furnished a variation
Tor German military attention , while the ce-
iiionting of the ulnle alllaneo has , In general ,
tranqullizud Bu pi/l / Franco , on her part ,
iins had Houlnngyij.Mior centennial exposi
tion , and her Eiffel lower to take tlio place
) f the talk of la rovancho. Possibly au-
nhor Schnaobolljslilffnir might stir up the
frontier oscltomonf ; possibly the republic
nay be following. Gambuttu's advlco never
to talk of war , but always to think of It.
Hut the actual fnjbtAs that tlioro Is loss fric
tion now than formerly In the relations of
; ho two neighbor , 'hnd the condition of Al
sace-Lorraine naturally appears Improved In
Herman oyos.
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Two questions urn pertinent regarding
Russia at tills crisis : First , does she want
to go to war now i Secondly , is she ready
aowi To tlio first question a qualified nf-
ilrnmtivo answer must bo glvon. Russia
wishes to fight , unless she can got what she
Host urgently wants without lighting. What
iho most wants of all things , ana has
w utod for centuries , Is Constantinople.
LJut , for that supreme prize , tho' Muscovite
Miiplro can yet wait , having already waited
m lonif . TUo urgent wants nro , first , the
jrouklug up of the triple or Is it the quad
ruple ? nlllaneo ; next , the attainment of
such prcstlgo In European diplomacy as may
iufUco both to enhance Rustlan power and
it the same time turn away ilia world's ati
-cutlon from these barbarities on which tha
-ens of KtopnlnV , Tolstoi and Goorga
Kcnnon liaro drnwn humanity's ' Indlgnani
gazo.
V
4
The lusuo In Crete is In kind llko tbo Issu
in many of the congested parts of the Turk
ish empire. The people of Crotoaro Greeks
nnd tho' government onlcials nro Turku I
largo measure. At the Berlin congress th
BUltnn pledged himself to institute sundr
reforms on the Island , but ho has notcarrlc
thorn out Grooio was n province of th
Turkish omplro from the early part of th
sixteenth century until the Insurroctloi
which broke out In 1831. Nine years late
Greece was declared a kingdom under tn
protection of Great Britain , Russia nn
Frnnco. Prlnco Leopold of Saxo-Cobur
declined the crown because Crete wnnc
nlso Included In the now kingdom , nnd thor
has been no tlmo slnco then whan the Greek
hnvo given up tlio hope of regaining the ti
mous Island so sacred to thotn. The ethnological
logical argument is certainly In tholr fnvoi
nnd Russia and Frnuco nt least would rooic
to BOO Crete cut oft from Constantinople
King George nnd his ministers have take
advantage of the insurrections In Crete t
adopt n hostile policy toward Turkey , nn
thoj would stand n fmr chance to captut
the prlzo If the powers were sure thnt thl
would nol bo followed by a demand of fin
thor annexation of Turkish territory upo
the proco'dont of Eplrus nnd Tlicssaly , nn
thus precipitate a goncruldlsmomborniunt e
the empire if not n general war.
>
The recovery of the King of Holland froi
what was believed to bo n fatnl sickness , ton
poraliy prided speculation as to the change
thnt might take place upon bis death , but tli
talk Is now likely to bo revived by reason c
the betrothal of Princess Margaret , sister o
Emperor William of Germany , and Prino
William Alexander , only son nnd heir c
DukoAdolph , of Nassau. On the death c
William HI. , of Holland , the grand Uuchy o
Luxembourg will pass to Duke Adolph , whc
it is said , tins agreed to transfer his rights t
Prlnco William , and this betrothal will rank
it all the castor for Prmco Bismarck to carr ,
out his cherished hope of absorbing tbi
grand ducliy in the German Imperial sys
torn. The military value of Luxembourg ba
long boon recognized , and It would bo a grea
addition to the defensive frontier atrongtl
already obtained by Germany in slczln
Motz.
A Warning for Gilded Yon tli.
i CMeaon limti.
Another man who married n bad wo mm
has roapeii the whirlwind. But the AtlnnU
City tragedy will bo lost upon easily Infnt
uatcd mon who hnvo moro money thai
brains.
George AV. lilts the null's Eye.
JSnstun Jlrralit.
Mr. George William Curtis never makes i
speech in which he is not eloquent and ad
mlrablo. Ho was unusually spirited nni
aggressive in bis speecti at Ashfiold oi
Wednesday. Ho hit out right and loft , nni
inadon tnnrkln the bull's eye moro than
once before ho had finished. Hero Is nn in
stunco of it : "The member of the leglsla
turo who shrinks from his duty because he
fears labor on the ono side or capital on the
other is as bad as the man who sells his vote
forl.
. .THE SKCOND
Xho Ijnnd-Grnbhers' Pot ,
In speaking of Hon. G. L. Laws as a con-
diaato for congress , tbo McCook Tilbuno ,
which is thoiorgan of the land-grabbers
and town lot gang , says : "It lias boon
stated that character is above talent , but
when the two are united they form a com
bination which tbo people nro quick to recog
nize ami willing to reward. This condition
happily exists In the case of Secretary Laws ,
His ability is acknowledged by all ; his In
tegrity is unlmpeachanle ; his fitness to dis.
charge witli credit and honor the duties ol
congressman is beyond cavil , while his honor
able course throughout bis cntlro political
( as well as private ) life has won him the
confidence ana applause of the party , which
in times past has honored him , and which
now seems anxious to reward Ills wisdom
and faithfulness by elevating him to a seat
in the lower nouso in tbo American con
gress. "
Perfectly Natural.
The Grand Island Independent says : "That
-imbecile and a treacherous servant of the
railroad , who as a member of the board of
transportation. . baa betrayed the people , will
bo nominated by the railroad crowd as a
congressman from the Second district , in
Laird's place , is perfectly natural , and that
Secretary of State Laws lias been se
lected for this job of representing the B. &
M. in congress is exactly what inlcht have
been expected. Wo hope that every man of
independence , who wants the people's rights
protected , will use all his inlluouco against
Laws and against the control of that district
by'tho ' railroads. "
BcntHtho I'ostnfllcQ Ku < * h.
The Sohuyler Quill remarks : "Tlio
scramble for Congressman Jim Laird's shoes
in the Second district was only equalled by
the rush for postnfflcos after Harrison's
election. It looks now as though the plnco
was the prouorty of N. V. Harlan , ex-
speaker of tbo house of representatives , or
the present secretary of Btato , Gilbert L.
Laws. The latter is a railroad tool aud will
have tbo B. & M. support. "
* No Person nl Wnrf.iro.
The Crete Vidotto , whoso editor expects
toslgiX''P' Mnftorhls , name , makes tbo
followmgnppoal for harmony and the loaves :
"TjiEDsrAM ! BKB severely criticizes Secre
tary-Laws In bis candidacy for congressional
honors , nnd accuses him of being a protege
of tbo railroad company which is now repay
ing hlm-for his valuable assistance as railroad
Coninijsstonor. While the VIdctto espouses
the cause of Hon. G. H. Hastings , and will
use all honorable means to assist in procur
ing his nomination , wo dislike to sco any un-
warranttd attacks made upon tlio personal
character of any of the gentlemen whoso
names are being urged for the position. Wo
know that iTjiu BKB Is wrong in its charges
ugainstMr. Laws. If ho were the to'olTniliEi : :
would liavo us bollovo , the company would
not bo so desirous of having him relieved
from the position of railroad commissioner. "
Th Picht Coming On.
Says the Lincoln Call : "Thero are lowcr-
intTclouds In the Second congressional dis
trict. "They causa our special wonder. The
soul of Jim Laird Is beyond this world but
the body does not yet moulder In the ground ,
riio candidates for his shoos continue to de
velop , and Mr. Lawn says that ho docs not
; onslcler opposition against him us amount-
In to anything. The fight will bo triangu
lar. Harlan of York , Laws of McCook nnd
Hastings of Saline will bo the only fellows
left to fight when the war Is at last on.
Laws Is the candidate of the Burling
ton. Iho Burlington tried to use Hastings
is.ii cat's-paw and ho spurned tholr offer.
It was when they conspired to defeat Loose.
llurlan two years ago as speaker of the
tiouso showed u record of an anti-monopolist
ind an honest man. If Hastings and Harlan
tvill plainly understand cunh other and lot
, bu ouo having tha greatest strength take the
) crBlinnion , thcro Is no doubt us to what the
result will bo. The people of the Second
Jlstrict want relief from tbo aggressions of
iho Hurlugton , and they will rally. If their
forces are not divided , down pees the applo-
; art of Mr. Laws , Mr. Laws lias always
leld an ontco the people have supported
liui. Then why ho should go into collusion
, vltU tbo railroad crowd and attempt to do
feat the people's will Is a question nnswon
only thnt ho believes the railroads nro tl
strongest and ho Is willing to bcconio the
pliant tool. The cloud gets darker the stor.
will soon bo on , "
I'olnts In LiiWA1 Knvor.
"Tho foot thnt the homo of Secretary (
State Laws Is In the wcstorn part of tl
Second district will operate In his favor I
the congressional Bolocilon , " says the Koni
noy Hub. "All opposing candidates llv
cast of the line that will bo drnwn when th
re-districting takes plnco nftor tlio ooiisus o
1890 , nnd candidates will very naturally prc
for to llvo in n district thnt is without n llv
congressman already Installed. Anotlu
point nlso m his favor l > the fact that his s
lection will crcnto a comfortable vacancy fc
the governor to 1111 , and Mr. Laws will prnt
nblylmvotho quiet assistance of savor
ambitious candidates. "
POll 8A.'IUniY. .
Toxns Slftlngsj Visitor ' 'My ' nnmo
Scribbler. I sent you several contribution
Is there anything among them you can inol
Editor "Yes , the postage stamps. "
Jowolor's Weekly : Cominlttoemcn ( ordo
ing badges for the graduating class of Ci
lumbla college ) "Tho design Is to Include
graduate In uniform nnd n representation i
the world In relief. " Jeweler "How Inrf
would you llko the figures ! " Commlttomn
"Oh , make the graduate about two Inchi
high nnd Iho world nbout hnlf nn Inch I
dlamoter. "
Texas Sittings : A "How Is It thnt yn
dmo with Goldbug , but you never Invll
Goldbug to dlno with youl" B "You se
if I elltio with Guldbug , when ho begins I
weary mo with his talk I can got up and gi
but If I Invite Goldbug to ( line with mo nn
ho wearies tno , I can't got up and go nwa ;
nnd I can't kick him out , so I prefer to 1
his guest. "
Jeweler's Weekly : Several prize flghtoi
nro making money band ever fist. Many o
well stockholders are barely paying for Iho
bored. Nearly all of the Jewelers hnvo boo
letting their stock run down more or loss.
Mary had n little lamb ,
She lias him now no longer ,
For they made him up into c-Hx-lr ,
To make her grandpa stronger.
Terra Haute Express.
Texas Sittings : Cohen "Vy was yo
standing up by dot letter box solongJacobt
Lowenstoln "I vas got a claim ngnlnst th
government , Abraham. My clerk put tw
stamps on n letter by mistake , and I wait fo
dot carrier to fix It. "
Merchant Traveler : A lawyer depends oi
words ; real estate mon on deeds.
Texas Sittings : Goes without saying , tin
young man too bashful to pop the question.
Terra Haute Express : While the gin put ;
is ruroly seen nowadays , the beer mug sueni
to bo as popular as ovor.
Martha's Vineyard Herald- : There wore
no base ball nines before the flood , but No.il
was tha bass pitcher ; ho pitched the arlc.
Merchant Traveler : "Is there nnythlni
that I can do for youl" asked the note
clerk of a seedy looking man. "Yos , sir
you can loan mo IS. "But I'm not going tide
do it. " "No , I didn't think you would ,
merely wanted to answer your question. "
Hnrpors' Bazar : No , colonel , you canno
lay a ruilroad with hen tracks any moro thai
you can get a mosquito bill through congress
Epoch : Cliarlio "How was it you aldn'l
allow Miss Yollowleaf to join your female
base ball clubi" Jennie "Because , belnj
an old maid , she wasn't , a good catch. "
Harpers' Bazar : "I'm ' going to food tha !
ben of mine on sugar of load. " "What nn
Ideal" "I want to see if I can make a type
Bettor of her. "
Chieagj ) Tribune : A window glass trust
"
has Just"been organized in Now York. This
is paneful news.
bTOhlH HIS imiDlO.
A Young Alan Burglarizes a Uoariling
School to Secure u Win- .
DuniiAM , N. C. , August 80. [ Special Tclo
gram to Tnn BBB. ] A romantic oloponvent
took place at Greensboro , N. C. , Tuesday.
Ed Hcllig , of Mount Pleasant , N. C. , was a
suitor for the hand of Miss Mattlo Klndlcy ,
Df the satno place , and objections seem to
hnvo been interposed by the young woman's
parents , who dispatched their daughter a
boarding school , hoping to break tbo attach
ment. Young Hollig wont to Greensboro ,
procured a ladder , mounted to the clrl's win-
low , and In tbo darkness of the night carried
tier off nnd took her to Salisbury , where they
were married. ' The last legislature of the
itato granted this Institution special police
! > ewers for the prevention of such disturb-
inccs , making it a misdemeanor to enter the
grounds for the purpose of interfering with
} r inducing nny students to violate the rules
) f tlio institution. As this is the first viola
tion since this enactment , action will bo in-
Uitutod against young Ilolllg.
WEIMM.NG TOUIl IN A KAIjliOON.
Vovnl Mnrrlngo of a Couple nt ji.Now
IIumpHliii-Q Pair.
MAXCHUSTEII , N , H. , August 80. [ Special
relcgram to THE Biiii.J Standing in the
relvot lined cur of Prof. Allen's big balloon
yesterday afternoon , pretty Addio Brooks
mu sturdy Joaoph Boyd were made one.
Speaker TIpton of tno Now Hampshire
cgislnturo performed the ceremony. Twenty
Jiousiind people wore ou the grounds to vltnv
.ho . novel spectacle of a bridal trip In u
Balloon , It was the largest number of people
ple over gathered within an enclosed place
in thu state. The balloon hung directly ever
i platform built In tbo center of the race
.ruck. Preceded by a platoon of police , a
andau containing the pair had boon driven
, hrough the crowd to the platform. Speaker
I'lDton concluded the marriugo ceremony
ivith some excellent advice to the husband
ind wife. Then Prof. Alien and a reporter
; ntorod tlio car , tlio roues werocutnnUup
: hey wont. The fair brldo leaned ever , wav
ing bor handkerchief and thousands waving
tnsworod her. The great balloon moved
ileadlly to the west and in twenty minutes
, vas out of sight. The management of tbo
'air guvo tlio couple f-JK ( ) , and loading busl-
ICHS men huvo given thorn a splendid house-
looping outfit. The balloon 'Icaconcled ut
JalTstown at ! > o'clock In the afternoon and
.ho nnwly married couple returned to thulr
ionic in a carriage ,
Colored Mimloror Ijyuclicd ,
CiiAiti.i'.bTON , W. Va. , August RO. John
Tumor , Iho negro who shot and killed
Jlinrlcs Walker ut Rush Run In July lust ,
vas taken from tlio jail last nlgut and
ynchud by a mob of tlireo hundred.
Bought My IJau Ijiiinuni.
NKW YOIIIC , August 80. At noon to-doy
ho franchise , tracks , etc. , of the Broadway
Surface railway wcro sold nt auction to
Jolonel Dan Lainont for Ji3OUO. There was
10 other offor.
Gnrlltz Died Gnino.
Md. , August 80. Garlltr ,
vho murdered tils wife , was hung at 0:43 :
his morning. Death was Instantaneous ,
loinado no statement , and dlod game.
acolg
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AT Phticmrr * AXD
tUE CHARLES A. VOCELER CO. , Biltlmotl.MI.
\YJ1E1U3 LIB CUSTKH'y MKN.
How aprtRml llniulr Would Protoot
tlio Itlvounolc or the Dcnd.
Gonornl George B. Dandy , who U nbw on
n tour of Inspection of the national como-
tcrles , was Interviewed by a reporter for
TIIK BUR yesterday.
Tlio general seemed disposed to tnlk nbout
CtiAtor cemetery moro than nny thing also , '
and , on his return to Washington , will prepare -
pare , ho nays , n report showing its condition.
The report ho will lav before congress next
winter , together with n recommendation thnt
nn appropriation of f 1BXX ( ) ba made to encloses
nnd Ituprovo the memorable ( . .potylioro tlio
yellow > halrod wnrrlor nnd Ills llttlo band of
bravo men laid dowif tholr HVM.
" 1 have boon out ( sixteen days , " si\y the
general , "nnd fooling somewhat wonr.v from
travel propose to rest here until Sunday
evening before ngnla proceeding on my
Journuy. I stopped first nt Chicago nnil
inspected the now fort now being-
built there , Fort Sheridan. U Is
twonty-Bovon miles from the city , nnd , when
completed , will bo n very beautiful plnco.
Largo forces of men nro at work on the *
buildings ami havn most of them well alone.
"ITroin there I went direct to Fort CustoV
nnd visited tl.o Cnster battle ground. You
understand I have chnrgo of nil the national
comotoric * nnd monuments. I found the
place In very bail condition. Many of the
bodies of the Ill-fated command were burled
In shallow craves. They hnvo bocn ex
humed and nro strewn promiscu
ously over. , the ground. The battle wn >
fought on n blgh , narrow ndco , conso-
qudntly tlio slopes on cither Bldo nro wuMiod
full of gullies , the grave * nro overrun by
tourists , nnd something must bo done to pro
tect the Hold or It will bo destroyed entirely.
I found the Cnstcr tmonumont In fairly good
condition , though chipped on tlio cdgos , I
presume , by vandals who carried the iiloces
nivivy with them us mementoes. Tuorn are
between three nml four hundred of Undo
Sam's dead burled thoro. Entlity-tbroo sol
diers , killed In the Fottorman immacro ,
wcro taken to thnt grave yard anil Interred.
"My report will recommend the erection of
on iron fence unclosing a plat ono-qunrlor of
n mile lone by 400 feet in width , also the em
ployment of n resldont superintendent. If
this 11 grunted , It will bo necessary to build
a lodge for him. The spdts whore Ousters'
oflicors foil nro nil nmrkod. "
After his vlilt to this cemetery , the gen
eral canio across to Fort Konrnoy. Ho
went thence to Fort Mead. In Dakota , and
then came to Omntin. Ho visited Fort Snoll-
Ing on his way out. The general has In
charge now the erection of several
monuments at Gettysburg. Also the con
struction of turnplko roads from ono to the
other. If the appropriation to bo asked for
Is allowed , Custor coniotory will bo improved
next your. The reservation tlioro is ono
mlle square , but it is necessary , says the
general , to enclose only that portion covered
by the graves. .
The gonnrnl was questioned on matters re
lating to thu removal of Fort Omnlia to u
now location.
"Everything pertaining to that matter , "
sum ho , "Is kept very secret In the secre
tary's ' ofllco. "
The general Is looking well , and is in good
health , as Is also Mrs. iandv. Ho sees con
siderable Improvement in Omaha slnco ho
loft bore , us above mentioned.
4 -
liKSOliUTlONS OP 8OR11UW.
Action ot Phil Konrnoy Post ( in the
Dnnthof Alojur Dnvta.
At a meeting of Phil Kearney post , No. 2'
of the department of Nebraska , G. A. R. , the
following resolutions , bearing nf the recent
death of J. B. lavis , thu department com-
mnndor , were unanimously adopted :
Whereas , It hath pleased our Heavenly
Father , In ills nil wise providunco' , to remove -
move from our midst Comrade J. B. Davis ,
our worthy , oniciont nnd highly esteemed
department commander , wno during his life ,
by Ills daily walk and actions , adored the
principles wo profess. Therefore bo It
Resolved , That wo have not only mot with
the loss of a comrade respected , loved and
honored in the G. A. R. , but u man of moro
than ordinary ability , u gallant soldier , un
ardent lover of bis country , n bravo loader
among her fearless defenders in her hour of
noea. nn enterprising.nonost , and public
spirited citizen , a genial companion , n Itiud
hearted and an exemplary commander.
Resolved , That the post does sincerely
sympathize with the boronvod family of our
comrade in this their sad nflllction. Wo can
only commend them to Him whoso goodness
bindoth up the broken heart , with the assur
ance that there Is a world where the good
and virtuous will meet again , and into which
sorrow , pain and death can never como.
Resolved , That a copy of these resolutions
bo furnished the city papers of Omaha and
Syracuse , N. Y. , for publication , nnd n copy
bo sent to the family of our late comrade ,
and that tlieso resolutions bo entered upon
the journal of this post.
FrlcndH of Working Children.
Colonel ttogclnnd , the newsboys' friend ,
and other persons Interested in boys and
girls who make tholr own living , will hold a
meeting ut Y. M. C. A. iiall Saturday evenIng
Ing to perfect the organization Of the Boys'
and Girls' ' National Homo nnd Employment
association. On Sunday ovonlng Colonel
Homeland will deliver a lecture on the sub
ject at ono of the churches.
Wnnt to lie Deputies.
About this ttmo Sheriff Coburn's lot Is not
3. happy ono. Several hundred men have
learned that ho has been authorized to np-
[ lolnt fifteen doimtins for the fair next week ,
[ ind they are besieging him with applica
tions. His answer to all requests is that the
list will bo announced this afternoon.
i man , Itlnlclics , S nns , Scales , Crusts ,
anil J. < HS of Jin r Cured. t
rorrililo illooil 1'olnon. hufl'iirod all a
mini niiuld Hiill'oinnd livo. d'aoo
and liodv cov-fi-ed wlili awl'ul Horen.
Uni'd ilio Cutluiira KumudliM ton
wuelcn nnd la | irnuiiu.illy enroll. A
rnmnrknhlo < mnr.
I contracted a turrlbla blood-poisoning n y.iar
LKO. 1 doctored with t.vo good phyalciuns ,
iiiltherot whom did mo any good , 1 millerod
ill a man can t > uir r ami llvn. Iluu-lni ; ot your
'UTIUUIIA ItBuiiDii'.s I concluded to try them ,
mowing if they did mo no good tlieyconlil
nuto mo no vrorne. 1 have buun using them
iboutton vrefku , und nm moit Imppy to say
hat 1 urn almost rid of the awful uore.s tliut
ovored my face and body. My face was an
mil , If notwor.se , than that of Miss llnyntnn ,
ipukunot In your book , mid I would nay to any
neln tilt Huni ) uiiudltlon. ton \ UnriuuilA ,
unl tliey will Huruly bn cured. Vnn inny UHU
ht > letter In thn Intcn-Ht.i of siiirerln liuniuu-
ty. i : . W. UHVNOII.S. ) AbhlnnU , Ohio.
Uovornd wlili Hun n I nt ; Horcc I7yp rn
I have boon troubled w tli u tkin nnd MC | | )
llseutu for Hevuntoon yo.iiri , My head ut tunes
viiHonuriinilliiKHOic , nnd my Doily win covered
tlioin ai r o 11.1 n huff dollar. 1 tried u
treat ninny remedies without ulfcct until I UHed
ho CiiTictniA HKMKDIK-I. uiui am thnnktiilto
itnlu Hint uflor two montliHof their 11:0 I am
L-iitlroly cured. 1 feel U my duly to you and
lie nubile to nUtu thcinliovo c&tiu.
U It MoUOWKI.I , , Jumufibuig , N , J , i
Dnji nnd Harulolioil IfH VOMI-H.
I HO Mr. Dennla Downing tun yearn hotter. I
mvu HIIK und t-cratcnoU tor tlilrtv-vluht youra.
hail what IH lenned jinn ItlH , mitt huvvNUtfurud
ierythln , nnd tilrcl aiininher of doctors Ijlit
: ot no relief. Anvbody could have KO 11WU hud
hey cured mu. 'j'huL'iiTiuiiii v ltl : > iiiiK.sf ured
ne. God lnesn ilia man who Invented I'UTIOUHA.
CHI'.NUr Oltl'.UN. ( .unihrldge , MIIBB.
Ciitiuiirn Uiiiuoiliiiri
Vro Bold evurywhero. I'rlcn. ( ! IITM''IMMIC | ;
iuAl' . jot UIHOIVINT : , tl. I'rmmred by tlia
'oni-.u Dunn AMI CiiKAiiuu , COIII'OIIATION ,
losujn.
rj"Seiid for "Howto Cure Pkm Dlncasou , " 01
, OT lllustrutlons. and r
] 11 | l'II8 ! , blacK-hcHifg , cliupnod and oily nklu
. llfl prevented by UIITIUUIIA MBDIUATKI ) KOAI- .
CACHING SIDES AND BACK ,
' Hip , kidney , und uterine palnu and
' IttmkmMlOU IlKI.IKVK.ll INONKMIMITII
bytliu C'lTIUUlU ANTI-1M1N I'l.AH-
TKK. Din tlrbt and only liiatniitaucons
'iiln-kltlliib' ' . utrongtlienlns pluntur ,