THE OMAHA DAILY BF ] , SATURDAY , AUGUST 23 , 1890
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TillprMvulllni ; cold wave effectively
eblllcil tlio pecuniary plans of the ice
trust.
No FU'KoiAr. fuvoiy must bo shown to
nny public ofllclul. The tnxpnyors In
sist that every ollleor tnii.st obey the Invv
Of sulTor tlio consequence's.
N tlio Crockets of tlio intci'stato
ro cotnnilKsion drew n bead on
tlio iminml , the rnilrond coon pronitly ] )
yolk'd , "Don't Hhoot ; I'll ' coino down. "
r , OHOKOI : II , KOUKUTS has
liven nominated for the position of attorney -
tornoy ffononil ever In Idaho. The re-
publleajis of Idaho must ho very hard up
for sound timber when they luivo to tuko
Trojun Ilorso Itoborts as ono of their
standard bonrors.
Tnio chaniber of comniorco at Albany
domnnds the suppression of the Pinkor-
tons , and inalals that they bo disarmed
if found within the city limits. The
iO brulalitiod perpetrated by these hired
mercenaries are snllloiont to arouse the
ind ignnllon of every rcspoctablo citixun.
Now that domouratic stuniors ] parade
the advantages of domoaralie govorn-
inont , it niiyht bo well to explain the
significant fact shown by the eonstis ,
that with tlio exception of Minnesota ,
every stato" reporting increased indebt
edness is governed by democratic
oflldals.
SKOUr.TAUY NoiiM'3 favors Creator ac
tivity in rebuilding the navy. In view
of the dllllculty experienced in obtain
ing a full complement of men to operate
the vessels already in commission , nnd
the wholesale desertions from the wlilto
Bqundron , it is apparent that the reconstruction
struction- naval oflleors should go
hand in hand with the reconstruction of
the navy.
Tun now state of "Washington ex
hibits in the census returns notable evidence -
donco of growth and prosperity. In 1880
the population of the then territory \vns \
in round numbers seventy-live thousand.
In ton years the number swelled to three
hundred and forty-six thousand. Seattle
and Tanima , the loading cities of the
stnto , bhowof a population of forty-four
and thirty-six thousand respectively ,
whereas ton years ape they hud scarcely
a habitation or a name. Great as has
boon the growth in population since
188(1 ( , development of Ihostato's resources
has been equally marked , and with the
increased railroad faeilitio < insured by
the completion of projected lines , the
advance of the state in the next ton
years promises to surpass tlio splendid
record of the past decade.
TIIK investigation into tlio manage
ment of the pension oilleo under General
Ratlin will servo a good purpose. That
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the result will disappoint the "authors of
the partisan attack , there is little doubt ,
but it will show the country the splen
did work , of the bureau during the past
year. General Itnum has Introduced
business methods In the affairs of the
olllco , dispensed with sinecures and com
pelled every employe to render an equiv
alent for his salary. Under his systo-
liatio management the bulk of long
pending eases have boon examined and
disposed of , and In addition the bureau
has kept up with now busiijens. In u
little ever a year the number of cases
doL-kotod has been reduced one-half.
This remarkable record naturally in
spired the assaults of the onomlos of the
old soldiers , but they will fall short of
V the mark.
TllK treasury department appears to
bo preparing to come to the relief of the
money market. This Is the natural inference -
B ! foronco from the circular of the department
t <
tO ment providing for the immediate re
iilJ demption of four and one-half per cent
iilu ( J
u bonds to the amount of two million del
lars. It is true this sum would not go
Tl very far in relieving the monetary
tote stringency , but it is to bo expected that
to nil it will bo followed by other calls , so that
between now and the tlmo when the
uctlvu movement of the crops will bo in
progress the treasury may bo able to
place live or six million dollars in the
market. At the east money at present
is close , duo in part to the western de
III 11. . ! mand and , perhaps , In a nearly or quite
J'l equal degree to.speculation , and as the
J'lHi call for currency will continue largo for
Hi the next two months some help to the
I'It market from tlio treasury is very uocca-
MB AT INSt'KCTIOtf.
The west Is especially interested in
the bill which now awaits the signature
of the president providing for the Inspec
tion of meals Intended for exportation
by inspectors acting under the authority
of the department of agriculture. The
purpose of this measure is to increase our
foreign trade in meats by such a thor
ough system of national inspection as
will remove every cxouso now
sot up by foreign governments
for dlscrlml'mitiim against the meat
products of this country. It
Is believed that if this discrimination
were removed the effect would bo to in
crease our European trndo in 'meats to
the value of many million dollars an
nually , nnd It was found to bo usclesH to
ask for its removal in the absence of
legislation of thU kind. Our minister to
Franco , Mr. "Whtlolaw Hold , strongly
urged a national inspection law as abso
lutely necessary to the success of nego
tiation ! with the French government
for the repeal or modification of
the regulations prohibiting the Im
portation into Franco of American
pork products , and the measure passed
by congress had the hearty support of
the secretary of agriculture. Indeed , it
encountered little opposition except
from certain eastern cattle dealers and
packers who enjoy peculiar privileges
or advantages which it may to some ox-
tent interfere with.
The bill requires the inspection of
moats only when intended for exporta
tion to countries having similar in
spection laws , or whenever any
buyer , seller or exporter shall request
It. It therefore does not arbitrarily
require the inspection of all moats going
out of the country , though it is to bo ex
pected that there will bo f&w foreign
buyers who will not cull for its applica
tion , and It Is ) prob-iblo that moat sellers
and exporters will find it an advantage
to secure an inspection under national
authority. It is reasonable to suppose
that meats so inspected would bo pre
ferred by foreign consumers , so that it
is likely to bo only a question of
time when all of this product
of our pneklng industry sent
abroad , whether to countries requir
ing it to bo inspected or not , will carry
with it the Inspection brand of the gov
ernment. The measure is not confined
to this , but provides , also , that it shall
bo unlawful to import into the United
States any adulterated or unwholesome
food or liquors , and empowers the presi
dent to suspend the importation of such
articles. It also contains the important
provision that whenever the president
is satisfied that unjust discriminations
are made by any foreign slate against
the importation of American products ,
ho may direct that the products of such
foreign states b3 excluded from the
United States. Under this provision
the president nriy institute a policy of
commercial retaliation whenever ho
shall think the circumstances justify it ,
and it is reasonably expected that this
legislation will induce tlio European
countries that now discriminate against
American meat products to seriously
consider tlio expediency of a change of
policy. It is not doubted that the law
will have good results , and the benefits
will como most largely to the west.
TllKY WILL XOT FIUItT. ' '
If tbo report Is correct that the presi
dents of the western roads have decided
that they will not fight the order of tlio
interstate comniorco commission reduc
ing rates on grain after September 1 ,
their action ia wise and commendable. '
It is hardly possible Unit they could meet
anything but defeat in a contest with the
commission , as the attorneys of the
Union Pacific and llook Island wore able
to convince the managers of these
corporations , who from the first have
declined to bo parties to the
proposed fight , and It is easy to see that
defeat would put the roads in a position
whore they would bo far loss likely to got
attention to complaints than they will be
if they submit in g/x > d faith to the order
of the commission.
The soundness of the counsel of Chair
man Cooley to the representatives of the
roads who presented him the petition for
a rehearing ought to bo apparent to all
the railroad managers interested in this
mutter , Ho is reported to have said ;
"Put the reduced rates into effect
September 1 , iijj ordered by the
commission , nnd tnon com 3 to us with
any complaints and if they arc just wo
will see that they tire romovod. " Hav
ing had n full and fair opportunity to
present their case and done so , and the
commission after thorough and careful
deliberation having decided upon its
course , the railroad managers ought to
realize that they are prosuniing far too
much upon tlio consideration duo them
in asking the commission to now recede
from its order and thereby prac
tically acknowledge that its action
was n mistake. There has been
no change in the conditions
since the order for a reduction of rates
was made by which the abandonment .of
the order could bo justified , and so far
as can bo inferred from the telegraphic
statement of the points in the petition
for a rehearing , the railroads luivo no
now facts or arguments of so Important
or material a nature as to warrant the
commission in receding from its de
liberate judgment that tlio rates which
have been ordered reduced are excessive
and unreasonable. The only now point In
the petition worthy of consideration , and
whloli may hereafter betaken into ac
count by the commission , is the fact that
the reduced crops of this year will lesson
the revenue of the roads , but the crops
will probably not bo less than In other
years when the rates wore below
what they are at present , and
besides the relative reduction
in revenue from Jhls cause will
undoubtedly bo olTset by n reduction of
expenses , and this would take place if
the existing rates wore maintained to
the oxlont which the de
mand on the transportation fa
cilities of the roiuis should bo
reduced in consequence of short crops.
The dispatches Intimate that there
is a secret undor/otanding / between
all the roads except the Union
Pacific , Rock Island and Alton ,
that they will refuse to put tlio
order of the commission into effect , but
this is at least highly improbable. Such
a course would bo far more damaging to
tlio roads than un open declaration of
war against the authority oi the com-
nlisslon.Vo prefer to think that the
practical men at the head of the western
roads will act in accordance with the
eminently sound and really friendly nd-
vlco of Chntrmnn Cooloy. . ,
KX.PKDITK TltK II'OK/ " .
Ono of our citizens justly complains
about the "awful slowness" of Contractor
Coots in the construction of the city hall
building. There may have been reason
able excuse in the delay early in the
spring , because of the change in tluj
granite WDrk on the west front of the
building. But for the last two months
there 1ms been altogether too -11111011
method In dragging along. The build
ing should by nil means have been under
roof this year. There is no scarcity of
competent brick-layers and stonemasons.
In fact , there are hundreds of competent
mechanics anxious and willing to work ,
dny or night. Even now , with all
the inexcusable delay , the building
could bo got under roof before snow Illes
if Mr. Cools would sot all men at work
that can work on the building.
lint there seems to ben disposition to
drizzle along nnd Icavo the superstruc
ture unfinished another season. That
means that the city hall , which could
and should have been completed next
year , will not be ready for occupancy before -
fore the spring of 1S02 , if then. In other
words , the city will bo paying out
twenty-five thousand dollars more rent
than it need to have paid , and it will bo
out the interest on its investment. This
certainly docs not look like applying
business methods to tlio management of
our city.ilTalrd.
This Is by no means the only detriment
that our city will suffer by reason of the
delay. In the first place the unfinished
building will keep up the street blockade
on upper Farnam for two years longer ;
and last but nut least , property owners
who are disposed to construct business
blocks west of the city hall are holding
back contemplated improvements that
would employ hundreds of workingmen
and put hundreds of thousands of dollars
into circulation.
Tun action of the directors of thoChi-
cage board of trade , in adopting resolu
tions approving the reciprocity views of
Secretary lilaino , will have more or less
influence in encouraging the advocates
of that policy in congress , who are "ex
pected to make u vigorous struggle for
It ut the proper time. The resolutions
urge that reciprocity should not bo con
fined to our neighbors on the south , but
should include these to the north of us ,
and declare that careful consideration of
the needs of the country will lead our
lawmakers to extend the policy along
lines of latitude as well as of longitude.
This is ono indication of the growth of
the reciprocity idea , which has especi
ally commended itself to the producers
of the country and these whoso interests
or sympathies are most .largely witli
them.
IN' THE hands of active , energetic
men , an exposition can bo made a source
of instruction and entertainment for the
people , a profitable advertisement for
exhibitors , and a financial success for
the managers. Last year's exposition
demonstrated these facts. Results clearly
proved that the people of the city and
surrounding country wore ready to sup
port tin exposition In fact as well as in
name. The new managers of the Colisoimi
company fully realize the importance of
a first-class oxpjaition , and have taken
hold of the work in a manner which in
sures an exhibit complete in every do-
tail. The interest manifested by mer
chants and manufacturers furnishes
gratifying evidence of their desire not
only to make the coming exposition a
success , but to make it a permanent an
nual attraction.
Tins new union depot , wo are again
assured , will 1)3 a much- liner structure
than was originally intended. In mater
ial , workmanship and especially the in
terior finish , it will surpass everything
in the neighborhood. In the first flush
of enthusiasm , the city was promised a
struturo surpassing ovo'-ylhing in the
west. Now that the details are com
plete , It will not bo surprising to the
people of Omaha , in the light of past
experience , to learn that the building is
a very ordinary nlTair. Competent
judges declare that it is inadequate to
furnish aceomndations for all the rail
roads desiring its use. This fact serves
to explain the attitude of the control
ling corporations toward the Milwaukee
road in its olforts to outer this city.
SUNATOR Bl.Aiu recently threatened
to assault tho.Bonnlo with a four hour
speech , but a motion to adjourn staved
oil the affliction. If the gentleman from
Now Hampshire persists in his purpose ,
the country may confidently look for an
early adjournment of the "session.
MKXICO is to have an art exhibit cov
ering a period of throe years , The du
ration of the show is doubtless intended
to enable the designers to place several
life sb.o revolutions on exhibition.
Tin : budding statesmen of Now Mexico
are wrestling with a now constitution ,
as though the prospect of statehood we.ro
not enveloped in tlio fogs of the distant
future. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tun success of the world's ftilr depends
on the ability of Chicago to suppress the
mercenaries who have boon pushed to
the front. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Useful to tl > n Democrats.
.SI. Lout * lltft'iliK ' :
The Connetlcut prohibitionists have nsniln-
nted u state ticket In n choarful and hopeful
way. In Comiotlout prohibition stake tie-
Uota are far more useful than they uro la
Kansas or Missouri.
1'itrthinKvplamUlons Sought.
St..nil I'lmccr-l'ruH ( / { ) > . ) .
TboUnltoit States government has decided
that no more Indians shall accompany circuses
Hint "it is demoraliz
cuses , on thy ground
ing. " Whether It Is demoralizing to the In
dian or the circus Is not made satlfutorily
clear by this statement.
To Avoid the Ii.uuostlo Variety.
Cleretaml I > M < ter. *
An oxolumpo lias a long and elaborate or-
tlelo on ' 'the avoidance of hurricanes at son , "
Vow iioopU' , wo imagine , wilt euro to read It ,
Wuui the publlo would like to know or nt
least the inurrloil portion of the public- would
la how to avoid hurricanes at homo.
OTUKIfr KAKDS 'JL'UAX OUHS.
The utterances of the English press regard
ing the events oMho session of parliament
Just closed show * great dissatisfaction with
the government , The common opinion
soqms to bo thut the party la power was over
weighted from tlio llrst and made its prob
able defeat cortaln by Its own mismanage
ment. SovuMl times In the session the gov
ernment majority came dangerously near the
vanishing pointbscntno of unionist defec
tion. The truth Booms to bo that the govern
ment never WHS BO strontf us It nppa.ired to
boat the beginning of the session , The alli
ance between lories and dissentient liberals
has not been an enthusiastic one , nnd It has
never been safe to teat Its strength severely.
Very likely n knowledge of this fact , In p.irt
at least , accounts for the hosltatlug and un
certain puller of the government. II Its ma
jority bud been solidly tory it Is doubtful If
It would luivo withdrawn any , certainly
it would not have vvlthdrawiinll , of Its prin
cipal measures. The government has been
weakened alto by repeated evidences that It
wns not in touch with the drift oC public
opinion. Neither tbo tithes bill nor the com
pensations of publicans bill wns a popular
measure. The first had few warm friends
among the great body of dlwenteis and
Homan Catholics ; the second had against It
the whole body of tempjr.mca advocates in
tbo country. Nor has thcro been entire
agreement amnn unionist * as to whothortho
Bnlfour land bill was the best mcasnra for
tbo relief of Ireland nnd the settlement of
tbo Irish qui-Htion. There have not boon
lucking Indications that the support this
mcasuro has received from unionists Iris baen ,
touuito a considerable extent , perfunctory.
The bye elections have shown that the coun
try favors u broader and more statesmanlike
policy In dealing with this question , and un
doubtedly ninong nmtiy of tbo supporters of
the union in parliament the same has beea
true.
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The meeting of the emperors , William and
Alexunderls , the event of the greatest present
Interest to tbo stutesmon" ot Europe , and
though there is n notable absence of public
conjecture ai to what tlio result may be , we
may bo sure the ro Is an endless amount of it
privately Indulged. Oao thing appears cer
tain , iiiunoly , that both tbo French and Uus-
sian governments are on the alert In regard
to any proposals which dormnny nriy make
nt the present meeting. It Is a significant
fact that though the time for taking bis an
nual lo.ivo has arrived , Bjroa von iMohrca-
hclm , the llussiau ambassador at Paris , has
been ordered to remain at lib post that be
may bo In const mt communication with M.
Klbot , the Wench minister of foreign affairs ,
in regard to whatever passes between the
Emperor William and the czar. On the.
other hand , it may bo thoroughly rolled upon
that when any proposals are made iifTccUug
the general i > olicy of Europe Chancellor
Caprivl will llnd lu M. doGicrs his superior
in e.xpcrienea and his equal In knowledge
and auihtjSho'ilil ' no agreement looking
toward disarmament bo arrived at , the
general feeling is that the vast military
establishments of Europe cannot bo kept
much longer on : i war footing without bring
ing on a war , which will probably bo wide
spread in effect and surprising in Its ulti
mate consequences. When tbo possibility of
those consequence is seriously considered it
is Itttlo wonder that men stand appalled in
view of the fact that a rifle discharged any
of these days on the Danube or on the Hhino
may lead to a revolution in franco nnd to
the advance otaRussian army into the heart
of tbo Indian empire.
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What the foroistn policy of Spain will bo
under the neW'iv)3lma ) Is problematic and
excites sotno anxiety ialYauce. Will thcro
bo'a loaning toward Germany and the triple
nlliauco ) Will the cordiul relations that have
long existed between Franco nud Spain re
main uaaltt'red i O.ino vas hastens to declare
that bo will do nothing whatever to disturb
the existing relations between Spain and
other European powers. U'ho strict neutrality
of the last few years will bo maintained , en
tangling alliances -will bo avoided , and the
prejudices of nil cbuutrios respected. This
clous very well as n declavation of principles ,
but the queen ragont Is a ilupaburg , the
prime minister is an extreme royalist , nnd
popular apprehension is not quiotod. As to
the Carllsts , strong only in the Bo.sn.uo
provinces , they feel slightly encouraged by
tlio rccout changes , but as nil parties are
opposed to thpro there Is no pros'pcct
at present that they will over return
to power. Tlio republicans , who are
willing to establish their favorite sys
tem of government , 110 matturby what means ,
show a disposition to revolt. It Is just at
present impossible to sea very far into the
future of politics in Spain , whuro the ele
ments of uncertainty are oven inoro numerous
than In Franco. There aw the Carliats , tbo
ultra royalists , the constitutional royalists ,
who have the majority , but cannot ngrco
among themselves , the mo.ler.itu republicans ,
who have Cnstclur as their loader , the radical
republicans , who follow Xorilla , tlio socialists
of various sects , and the generals , who al
ways have to bo ucoountod with. Spain is
par excellence tbo country of pronunciu-
montoi and of precedents. From such n com
pound , where the ingredients mix hut refuse
to blend , what can bo expected i The retire-
wont of tno liberals from poij'er may prove
an advantage In the end by proving that the
ultra royulUts cannot command a majority In
the country. While waiting their restora
tion to power the moJcrato royajists seem In
clined to maintain ( inexpedientpower , simply
leaving their opponents face to faca with the
dlftlcultics of their position.
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It Is an Illustration of their faith in grand
schemes upon paper that the French people ,
undaunted by their Immense losses at
Panama , have seized with enthusiasm upon
the proportion to build a railroad across
Sahara utul are ready to Invest their earnings
In a tichcmo which Is chimerical , to say the
least. A dispatch from Paris states that no
loss than three companies already have been
formed , and as rtll those companies have their
partisans la .tho chambers and are seriously
embarrassing the cabinet the government It
self may undertake the hazardous scheme ,
which Is more likely to lead to bankruptcy
than success. }
It Is not surprising that France wants
n railroad ncruTi Sahara. On the north It
holds Algeria. On the south it has made
remnrkabla progress In absorbing tbo
provinces In the valley of the Niger. Four-
llfths of that great river are already con
trolled by France , the other fifth , near
1U mouth , boiii-if In the possession of
England. Virtually it controls 1U naviga
tion and one after the other has absorbed
the tier of small provinces stretching
from Scnogambin , north of the Kong mount
ains , well nigh to Lake Tchad. It Is n vast
region , fertile In Boll nnd rich In resources ,
nnd Its people are well disposed towards the
French. A railroad across the desert from
Algeria to the great upper bead of the Xlgcr
would bo of incalculable benefit to Franco la
the rapid transportation of its troops ami in
the development of the Industrial resources
of the country , but can It bo hulltl In these
days of scitmtlflo achievement It Is rash to
assume that anything la Impossible. o far
us water b concerned It probably could bo ob >
talnod at eases , but U human skill able to
eopo with the terrible sandstorms of the
do fort , which would bury the track almost as
fust as It iwuld bo Duiltl AH the Oitlmutoi
thus far imido Involve enormous expenditure ,
which must la Increasud Htlll further , how
much no one o.m toll , In keeping the tracks
In running order. It la a favorite project
with the Frcn ' .h , nnd It Is not improbnblo
they will undertnlto It , but It will cost a
colossal sum , nnd if built can It bo kept up
nnd made to pay I
*
* * ,
The painful certainty that f the poorc.it nnd
most crowded half of Ireland Is on the very
brink of n famine brought about the only nil
night sitting of tbo Into session of parliament.
There is now no doubt that In that whole sec
tion of the unhappy Island south of n line
drawn diagonally from Waterford across to
SHgo the potato crop Is the worst since 187VI ,
nud , as generally happens In peculiarly Im
poverished localities , It Is almost a total fail
ure. Literal starvation will have descended
upon the inoro helpless of thcso congested
mountain districts before parliament meets
again in thujiito November ; yet tbo govern
ment could think of no better provision for
i-cllef than nt the last moment to rush in
a bill appropriating between § . ' ,003,000 , ,
and Sl,000,000 for building n scries
of light railways la various parts of
Munster nud Cotinaught. A few of the
braver Irish members protested ngnlnst
this as n sham measure of relief which would
help nobody for fully n year to como oxeopt
the shareholders In the railway company ,
who got this money without interest. I/Jil
by Ilonly nnd Labouchero , the little minority
viilnly fought the Wll to secure amendments
which make the bill of Immediate service ,
nnd especially to defeat the clause which lay *
$10JOOJ taxation for thcso fantastic railway1. *
upon the poverty-stricken ratepnyor.s of
County Oalway. IJut they got only Insults
for their pains , and parliament adjourned
without any further pretense of averting tbo
famine which hangs ever Irclantl than this
wretched parody upon the memorable farce
of the labor rate act of IS 17. Then , too , money
was voted for railways Instead of for food ,
and this inonay wont to tlui landlords and
contractors , while the people died on the
roadsides with grass in their mouths.
* *
While England nnd ( lormany are disputing
over Xan zibar , Franco bus quietly extended
her protectorate over a number of populous
countries south of the north fork of the
Niger. The new territory wblcli is thus In a
fair way of coming under the French flag will
round oat tbo French domains in western Af
rica , nnd will , sooner or later , secure to
Franco a colony that will have a co ist Hue ,
probably unbroken , from Capo Bon , opposite
Sicily , to the Bight of Benin , which used to
bo the headquarters of the slave trade. It
will constitute an empire , for a parallel to
which we must turn to the British posses
sions in Illtulostin. How many people the
territory contains thew are no means of esti
mating ; tbo numbers lire probably far in ex
cess of any published , estimates , and when
the domestic slave trade is stopped nud the
wars between tribes are checked , population
can not but increase with rapid strides , as
It does in every tropical country where peace
reigns and lood abounds. It would not bo
surprising if , In tlio course of the twentieth
century , French Africa should como to bo ono
of the nations of the world , with a military
strength which would bo felt In any future
convulsion in Europe.K
* * t
It would be difllcult to arouse a religious
war in western Kuropo. It would bo easy to
do so in eastern Kuropo , whore civilization is
ata low ebb nud fanaticism is rampant , and
whuro for centuries all sorts of oppression for
conscience's salco have been perpetrated. The
Greek and other Christians of European
Turkey have suffered much because of thc.r
religion. Hitherto they have been almost
helpless. But now they form n majority of
the population and they have the sympathy
of other nations nt their back. Thoi'see ,
moreover , the Ottoman power weaker than
over before. Tbo patriarch of Constantinople
resigns , and thus arouses every Christina in
the peninsula. Prince Ferdinard prepares
to proclaim himself king of Bulgaria , and bo
110 moro a tributary vassal. Kussln Increases
her army on the frontier nnd demands $150-
000,000 Irom nu empty treasury. And the
ShcllculIslam , with the grip of blind fana
ticism , holds the helm ami Itocps the Otto
man snip of state headed straight for the
midst of tbo breakers.
THE AIiLTAXVK JVAKTV.
n. Farmer .Declares That the Alliance
Is > 'ot a Political Party.
Sii.vr.ii Ciinr.K , Neb. , August iil. To the
Editor of Tin : Bun : Mr. .J. Burrows In a
half column editorial in his "oftlcinl organ"
of the 10th attempts to prove that the now
party , of which ho Is godfather , prophet ,
priest nnd king , Is not a party. Ho is con
tinually insistiiiir on this ; bo seems to bo
very sensitive on this point ; parties are such
terrible bad things Unit bo soeim very much
distressed for fear somebody will think ho
has been trying to start a party. If the now
party is not a party , will Mr. 'Burrows some
time kindly toll us what is the essential difference
ference- between it and the real nc'iinirio
nrtl clei lie appears to think it is not a
party , chiefly on the ground that ns yet bo
has not seen lit to imino Ills bastard otf-
spring , Just ns though all of us had not
known babies to live and grow fat lor two
years or moro without a iraino. If 1m is now
so lirmly nerautuled it is not a party , I appro-
bend tlmt after November 1 next ho will have
no possible doutit of it.
Hut if this "It" is not a party , what Is It ?
It has all the ear marks of a party ; looks
like u party ; nets lilco a party ; anil It J maybe
bo pardoned for the siicnlng irreverence to
ward the rather of it , smells like a party. I
uomctimos ar uo to an alliance man , a la
Burrows , thut tills "It" Is not a pirty , ami
almost Invariably the lanoot-iit granger re
gards mo with nu Injured look as though I
wcro trying to guy him and answers : "Well ,
If It is not a party , what is HI" Kcho responds
spends , "what 1 * iti"
But why should our dictator so strenuously
insist that the now party in not a party I
Principally for two reasons :
1. Ills standing in the alliance , his con-
Hlstonc.y , Ills honor absolutely depends upon
his upholding that fiction , mid
3. If ho can make voters believe they can
vote the now party ticket without losing
custo la the old parties , tlion ho will greatly
increase the chances of the now party.
Now la both thcso particulars bo appears
as the arrant kiiuvo nnd dcmngoguo and in
previous letters I have shown him and
tils tgonvorkers to be traitors to the
alliance. 1-Vom his sublime standpoint ol
self-assumed virtue ho mny ignore the points
that I malco against him , but the funnel's will
not ignore them mid next fall their votes will
show thut they were able to penetrate the
Ilimsy veil with which ho attempts tohldo
bis own political trickery wlilki lie plouslj
points to the roimblK'im party and utters the
' " thief I"
culprit's cry , "btup ,
If. bo can make the nllianco believe that the
political war they nro now waging is not a
nartltran contest then ho in a measure clear ?
himself , Mr. I'owcrs , Mr. Thompson ant
others of the charges I have made agalnsi
tlimu.
I will not here offer any further considera
tions to show that tlio iilllnnco U engaged it
n partisan contcat ; the fact Is potent to all
to undertake to prove it would bo about like
trying to demonstrate our axiom.
As to the second point , what republican
after having voted the new party or alliance
th'ltot and done nil that ho could to defeu
Ills own party , would have tbo face to go into
n republican primary a year from this fal
and claim a rl bt to t-iko part In IU I do
not bollovo that Mr. Burrows , with
all his effrontery and chunk , wouli
undertake to say that such a man bad no
Justly forfeited idl bis old party rights am
privileges.
Ami yet , while Mr. Burrows Imlsts tlni
his nondescript Is not a party , ho evidently
has a longing anticipation thut It may souio
time become ono. His bowels yearn for the
duv to como when his "declaration of prlncl
ploh" sh.ill bccomo the platform of a greii
imlloiml party. It pains mo to say that
think thntduy will never como ; but , If I
does como , I pledge him on my bucrcil liouo
that , If my feet are yet permitted to troai
my luitlvo sod , I will rls In my place am
with uncovurod head move Unit the nation
wltli n big "N , " iToct u monument In cndur
Ing nnd emblematic bntHHto the memory o
the three founders of that great and KluHou
party , vU. , Bellamy , Burrows and Bum
Cooztem.
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL
A Standard Street Eitilmy Official Denies
Statements Made by a Driver.
EMPLOYES NOT FORCED TO BUY LOTS ,
V Dnnmgo Salt Air Vive Thousnml
Dollat-H Kited AKHlnst the City
of Lincoln TrvinR to Keep
Out of the I'on.
.v , Neb. , Augusts1) . [ Special toTni ;
Jin.1 : "That was rather a himl deal that
Irlvor gave us , " said Vice I'twlilont E. W.
Irown of the Standard street railway today.
'Some ' of the things he said , however , are
intruo.Vo don't ' force our drivers to buy
ou. OTcoursowo have a number for snlo
ind have offered them to our drivers to Invest
heir money , and inilto a number have done
o. The ronion so many men have quit Is not
) ccnuso they would not buy lots from us , but
) ccauso wo would not rnlso their wages from
TitoSlO per mouth. I'll give $100 to any
nan In our employ who will come to ns and
say tliujlilng * ho has said to you. That one-
egged follow wo let out was very saucy.
While we were making airangcmcnts to sell
a lot to another driver ho broKe In with the
remark that ho wouldn't buy a lot simply to
loldhlsjob. Wo hadn't asked him to buy.
I'ho reason wo discharged him wns because
le could not do the work properly. "
WAST * 5",000 , ritosi Tin ; CITV.
It will bo remembered that Ulnrk D , Oil-
espW , whoso six-year-old son was run over
ind killed by the ladder truck driven by
. 'eter Koykrndnll , sued the city last ITcbru-
iry for $5,000 , claiming that there was no oc
casion for Keykcndiill driving so fast , ns ho
WIM simply exercising tbo norses and was not
going to n Uro. Ho also declared that there
wns no brake or look or otlier contrivance
with which tne wagon could bo checked In its
incod. Despite these claims tlio action was
dismissed in the lower court. But Mr. Oil-
.osplo says ho does not propose to bo sat ilown
on in that manner nml today bo appealed tbo
case to the supreme court.
DON'T ' WANT TO DO TO TIIK 1'HX.
.Albert Gnmtzlngcr , who was sentouced to
servo four vcars In the stale p"nitcntiary for
liorso stealing last March In the session of
tbo district court of Kiclurdson county , Is
trying to save himself from this fate and to
day liloil a petition in tbo supreme court ask
ing for a reversal of tlio decree , Unit bo may
po free and ply his profession elsewhere.
Rrentxtnger's attorney made the plea that
UiojuUjfo who sentenced ( Ircntzlngur to tbo
pen nnulo the mistake of not doHnlng tlio
word larceny to the Jury nt the time of bis
instructions , and tbo fact of his failing to
mid the words "unlawfully , willfully and
feloniously" to his Instruction , that it was
only necessary to convict by proving Unit the
defendant , beyond a reasonable doubt , bad
stolen the property described In tlio indict
ment.
Aimr.sTnn ron KMiirzzw.Mr.ST.
Frank Sttdtz is the delivorymaii for Emil
Horbcrtz , the proprietor of the bottling
works on V , near Seventeenth street. Mr ,
llerbertz says that Stultz has not hcoii iloins
his work Just right of lute and when bo
called him to account for It last evening
Stultz called him all the vllo names ho could
think of. llerbertz stood it as long as bo
could and thnii kicked the follow out. Stultz
retaliated by causing Ilerbei't/'s arrest on
the charge of assault. Horbcrtz willingly
paid n line of § 1 and costs ns ho bad mean
while discovered something about Stult/'s
accounts , that lie bad been stisplcloniiig for
seine time. IIo merely caused the arrest of
Ktultz on the charge of using obscene lan
guage sluijily to bold liim. lie then com
menced an investigation and , satisfying him
self that his suspicions were correct , bo
walked Into the pollco station nt noon today
anil had tlio charge of embezzlement lodged
against Suiltz. He said that ho was unable
to lix the exact amount of tlio steals , but it
would uggrtignto n considerable sum nnd it
was his intention to land Stills in tbo poul-
teutlary.
TJIC ruBAcinais WON'T PAT.
The New Republic Is tlio name of a relig
ious journal with prohibition tendencies pub
lished in Lincoln. "Like other cold water or
gans it is expected that wind and not money
is nil that is nccessarv to conduct the paper.
The publisheis found out differently , however -
over , and frll back on Hov. UoorKO S. Davis
and Kov. Belbort TJ. Thomas , both of whom ,
it is claimed , offered to lend Unaneial aid to
the extent ot'Slfi" ) , and oven wont so far as to
give notes to that amount. The ministers did
not wish to pay this inonoVi however , nnd
suit was commenced ngninsi them. The
preachers employed a lawyer and mudo all
preparations to ngbt the payment of the notes
to the death. The attorney has found n loop-
bolo and tothy filed n demurrer In behalf of
tbo minister * , claiming that the paper could
not sue tbo clerical brothers , as tbo New Uo-
public had noverlllej articles of incorporation
in either tbo county or state.
TO1IIV9 IIOfMI TO IIAVr. TUB CIICHSIXO.
The villasjo board of Tobias and the general
superintendent of the B. & M. , have been in
controversv since .luno Id over tlio opening o (
Oak street In tbo village of Tobias over nnd
across depot grounds of llio railroad. From
a batch of correspondence received today at
the oftlco of the state hoard of transportation
it appears that the citl/.cna of Tobias are very
inut'li in earnest In their demands that the
.street shall bo opened. And it further ap
pears that Mr. Culvert , tlio general superin
tendent of the railroad company , Is Just ns
mulish In bis opposition to the opening of the
thoroughfare. The clerk of the village hoard
bus informally prcsontod the matter to the
board of trnusnortullon. Mr. Gerber , tbo
secretary , has written tlio village hoard that
it niioarin < , r from the correspondence sub-
inlttoit.tlint there are no chances for an iinilca-
bio adjustment of tlio matter hi its informal
state , lie a Ivlsc.s the llllug of n formal com
plaint setting forth tlio facts of their position ,
that tbo matter may bo proceeded with in ac
cordance with Inw.
TUB Tiir.Asrncii iuFi'8is TO r.vr vr ,
School district No. U of Dakota townsiiip
bus been having some trouble ever the pay
ment for work on its $3r , > 00 school house.
Allen & .Jenkins are the contractors for the
samo. July M the contractors presented n
bill for work done which , they cluim , was ap
proved by tlio moderator and a director and
an order for Hie.same issued on Nick Maher ,
the treasurer. Mnhcr refused to pay tbo
warrant , claiming that tbcro was no moneys
in the building fund. The contractors claimed
that there was $10.01)0 ) in the fund ami they
demanded that they have the privilege of
drawing upon It. The case was taken Into
the courts and the contractors won. Today
Muhur , tbo treasurer , appealed the case to
the district court.
GVKiimtnw ins SALAHTV
The people of West Lincoln nro after the
scalp of the Into treasurer , one ( lordon M.
Guile , who Is' clmrgud with overdrawing bis
salary to the oxtontof jl.llT. Today Unllo
was arraigned for the second tlmo bofoio
Judge Urown , but the fellowon seine pre
text secured a continuance to the court of
iludiio r'oxwortliy. Wion Guile was tried
before there was a mistake in the Indictment
( nncpriiiiighls name , It appearing James ? il ,
Guild Instead of Cinrdou M. Guile. Thocnso
was appealed to tbo district court , but lias
been sent hack on uecount of this error.
rOOI.ltd I'LOItA FVIMWAY.
Flora Fcdnway is a girl of liftoon who
seems determined to become mi abandoned
woman. Although slio Is a very pretty wbito
girl him falls tin wisy victim to the wilus of
colored men , nnd during tbo past thrco or
four weeks the police have bad to Interfere
with her in her waywardness In that direc
tion. Finally she was arrested today for
rooming with a dusky African named.I. J.
Stopnuy , who is old enough to bo her father.
Her colored cousoit , who is a barber , was
also arrested.
rim HTANmun nor TIIKIIK.
Two or three days ngo the 1) ) . it M. ( lied nn
Injunction against the Standard street rail
way to prevent It from crossing tlielr tracks
and to make It butld a vtuilnct. 1-V n day or
two there was llllng of rapow on bolli sides ,
and after considerable bluster tbo tlmo of
hearing tbo nmtu > r was hot for tliu morning.
Hut , lo and behold , when the case came up It
was diieoverod that In porno mysterious man
ner tlio Stimdnrd hud crossed the trucks wbllo
tlio railroad men wcro iihloop and worohoiicicd
for their destination the fairgrounds ,
onus AMI BSIH.
Tbo Kurmera bank of Itogcra tons Incor
porated with u capital htock of 81 ,000 , Tlio
lucorporutors are J. U , , 1' . U. , AI Wit S. and
Irving K. Spauldlng , G. A. Munroo , Helto
Hut-rows , F. G Keens and I ) . L. ] ) clUtip < r
Mrs. MnrlnCMJostfof 10J Q direct ro.
turned Una tnornlnc from n month's vl.lt
with her slater nt Klmwcod , Jll.
Possible Only Inn Oront llt. < | iiilil | ( > .
'
"
If the par.ideof tlio old nuldicrs In llosi
was an lusprlng nnd wonderful thing to KLV
It Is n still more inapiilng nnd wonderful
tiling to think about It. What other country
could mutdi or approach it I Tlioro nro n
good many emperors , king ; * , cte. , whocouw
mm much greater number of involunUir
soldiers In marching column , on oven shnr *
notice ; but that Is nvery different tiffnlr ,
Victory for the Slilppcrs.
A"illl < M f'ff u J'filifH.
The modifications inntlo by the united rn
iiion carriers in tlielr proposed "uniform b
of Inillrtp" nro n distinct surrender lo Un
shipping intercut ) } . Tbo new bill of la-ln.ir - .
which goes In to common use on the 1st pr. x
imo is desirable for n number of reasons , n > i
hnvlng won the main Issue of ncgotiabiiiti
the sldppors onn well afford to inalto iniii.ir .
concessions to the railroads. Should use . !
vclop the advisability of Inter altovutloui
tlicro Is little reason to fear that they cauiioW'j
be coinpusscd by ninlcnblo ngrccmcnt. (
Wliy Is tlio Work Delayed ?
To the Kdltorof 'J'ltu UKII : For year * f1
citizens of Omnlin nave been earnest ly utrn
ing to got n suitable domicile , for their < it
government. 1'lans ' wcro obtained from i
non-resident architect , and n great deal -f
money spent In putting in a foundation n. .
cordn ! to these plans , when it wns asr-t-r
tnlncd that no responslblo contractors would
undertake ( o erect the building for tlio sum
appropriated. Then the city bom ngaln
losing all that had been clone.
It was believed thut when the second effoit
was made then ) would bo no unncccssan
delay In erecting tbo building , but the work
lias progressed with inexcusable slowness
The contract WJH let nearly a year ngo , Tbo
contractor , Mr. Coots , is u thoroughly
competent builder and u man llnan-
dully , able to carry on any work
that bo undertakes. JUit tbo general opinion
is that ho h unreasonably slow. Ho built our
court house nnd was slow at that , IIo bu ill
the Mcivliants' National bank anil was slat - >
at that. Ills not clear to tbo ordinary oh
server why tlicro i.s lint more prollt to a c.n
tractor In llnlsblng a Job as spcodilv us pi.s , i
ble than in spiiinlirt' out the work , but It aji
pears to Mr. Coots that tlioiv Is not.
Hundreds of our citizens have nasxcd the
work daily sineo Mr , Coots ucgnn it. Mm y
of tlieso have had Important buildings n'f
their own creeled and are fniily compotfi.t t-
judge if the work wai belmr pushed ns last .1.
itcoulilbnvo been , nud they think It lias ni
There has boon no lack of money ; thonli i.
been no delay in getting any of thom.itcnai .
Indeed , the hitter have arrived much fis , . -r
than they could be used ntthcrato at ttlm litho
the building has propresacil.
Two serious blunders were committed '
the council in malting the contract. TV
llrst was that while stipulatiiiKthattlu'lmi' ' . I-
ing should bo enclosed by January I. IMH , ii
imposed no penalty for n failure. The sivmul
was in paying for material before itv i- .
placed in the building. So long us tlio cim
tractor can pot bis money for bis mati'n.iK
months before they are placed In thobuihlini. '
what Inducement is ttiero for him to hurrv
the world Tlicro is scarcely now tlio rt-m-it -
est possibility that the bnlldini ; can be enclosed -
closed by tbo contract's time , and this will
mean many more months' ' delay. From pros
out appearance It Is oxtivmely doubtful If
the building will be ready for occupancy by ; i
year from next January.
Meantime the city is pnyine heavy rents for
council rooms , city ofllccs , police court , city
library and tbo school board is doim ; tlig-
samo. A gentleman from Kansas City was
in Omaha recently , nml he said that n Inn Min -
in ? of almost exactly the same character .ind
dimensions as our city lull was contra- - 1 I
for in Ida city at about tlio same time us - < nv
city ball , and that it was now pnictn.ii'\ ' \
completed. If our city council lias now inn
control over tbh work it , should wako up utul
urge more celerity In this important pnMio ,
work. J.V. .
To the Kditorof TnnlJcu : 'Will you not
call tbo attention/ the board of health to
the milk dairies of the north part of tbo city I
Thcro are some six or eight dairies on tbo
north of Cut-off lake and around Florence-
lake , besides two or thrco hundred cows ,
which are sent out In tbo day herds by tlu
residents of the north part of the city.
There is but little feud nml no water except
in stagnant , llllhy pools. Florence lake is
almost dry and the watorls unlit for an ani
mal to drink. The summer having boon very
warm and dry tlio water Is much worse than
usual. Please investlgnto so that you can
inform tbo people of the north part ot ttio
city what they may expect from using milk
from that locality. Yours , NOKTII O.M.\IU.
FOIl
The IJonrd of lul > IIo "Works HHJ-H It
31 list Govern In ContrnutN.
On July 28 the board of public world
adopted a rule providing for the cancellatioa
of all contracts not completed within tlio proscribed - '
scribed time or by the close of the year in
which the contract was let.
Tub rule wns rendered necessary bcnui 'j
It had become evident that seine of the con
tractors WCTO preparing to cover two ye.ui
in performing some of their contracts witu
the city. It was also occasioned by the Mr-
Rent need that the public works contomplai. d
bo put through with as great rapidity ape - -
slblo.
City Attorney Popplctoii Informs Chair
man lUrkbauser that the board nndoulif-ilv
IMS the i-\uh \ * to cancel all contracts for puiil1"
work when the same has not ueencoiupli ! !
by fall.
Wbllo not disposed to Inflict any hardship
upon the ooatiiictorstlie chairman say tli if.
tlio board has reached the point wlwrc n
proposes to glvo them to understand tli.it
heroaflor they must net strictly on tin- old
ndago that business Is business. As IIUMI of
business the contractors should not t-i'u' - ' a
contract unless they know that they can i > t
itthrongbJiy the limit sin-cUlcd.
Sonio very sharp nnd almost bit tor correspondence
respondence- been passing lately between .
tlio board anil certain heavy contractors ni
relation to this matter , but ttio board pro-
jiososto pay no attention to any moro of the o
complaints.
Positively cured by
tin-so Uttlo I IIN.
Tlicy nlso rollovo Dis
tress from Dytpepslu , In
digestion nml Too Iltur'y
Gating. A perfect n in
odyfor Dtolucss. Niuwcrr ,
Urottslntss , Jiud TUM > '
In the Mouth , Co.it cd
Tongue , 1'aln In tlic-siili- ,
TOHWD I.IViil. : They
rfgulnte tlw Dowels. J'urcly VcirctaUo.
SMALL PILL , SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE.
OMA.HA
LOA.N AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed nnciaunrnuteccl C.ii > Itiil.l.y > 0,010
1'jilil ' In Ciipltal ilM.OJO
Hujrsund solli Blocks nnd bonds ; nuxotlii1i"t
cuniiiiorolid imnori rui'ulvct and oxocuti't
trusts ) nuts IIH trniufor UKout and trnstitu n (
torporiitl'jiH , lukoH cliur u ot propurty , col-
IcjU taxes.
OrnahaLoan&TrustCo
SA.VINGS BANK.
S ECorner 16th nnd Douglas Sta
I'lild ' In Capital , J 60.MO
Hubtfcrluud und Ciiimniilcoil Capital. . . . iw.ooo
Mubllllr of HtooUioldon LU.OW )
SPor Ctmtlntcrimt I'uld rm DonoslU.
1 KANKJ. lANUi : , Duller
Ofllcora : A.I ) . Wyinaii , MosUk'iitJJ. ; llrown ,
- vlce-proslilout , T. Wyiuan , truumuur.
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