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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1891)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEJfc THUJAS DAY , AUGUST 0 , 1801. THE DAILY BEE. K. MOUNINCT TFUMPOt'HlJIItiOltll'TlON. Dally Tlco ( without PiimlnylOno Vcar. . . . I d CO Dnllymnd Pitmlny , Ono Year . 1JJ JJJ HI * months . gJO Throe month" . 2 \ $ Kiindnr lire ; , Unn rrnr. . * J ° "nttmlnT HIT , OIIH Yonr . J iS Weekly IlCr.Ono Voar. . . . . . ' ° ° nfl-'IUKHi Omnlm. Thi > lire Hulltllng. Foiltn ( Jninlin. Corner N nnd SAtli Htrccti , Council IHtilTd. 18 I'enrl Street , Chlcntto ( iflln'.Iirrciismbrrof ' Commerce. N w York , IlooiiiillU4 ntnll.VI rlhtinoltulldlnft Washington , 6il ! Fourteenth utroot All communications rolutlnr ( to news nrt edltorlnl matter nlumld bo addressed tc the Kdltorlnl Department. tll'SIM-isd l.KTTKK' A II lii ) ln < " , t letters nnil rrmlttarirrsMiould tir nildri-iwd In Tim lire Publishing Comtmny. Onmliii. Ilraflu , i-hc-okK nnil Diwloniro onlcri lo io nindo jmyiible to tlio order ( if tlio com pnny. TlieBcBFolilIsliInECoinpy , ProDnctors TIIF 1IKK BWOKN STATI.MI.NT OF .CIRCULATION. ttlltPOf Nl'linnUll. I . County of liouirltis. f" Ororco II. T/M > hiicl < . ipTotnrv of Tlio Ilco 1'nl llfihlng rotnimtiy , does solemnly swear thnt tlieiii'liinl clrculiition of TIIK DAII.V HF.K for tlm wrol < ending August 1 , liltl. was us Hominy. .TnlV'-'H 2J.C89 | Momlny. July 87 M.4-0 Tuesdiiy. .lulv LN M..V-0 Wrdnpsdnv. JulyS ! ) -"Ml" Thiirsdnv.Miily : Sfi.W-'l l'"rhlny .lulv * li butiiriiuy , AoKiisi i , .B.SOS Average 27.OII ) OEOUOK II. T/.HCIIUCK. Fwnrn to lieforo me mid miliscrlheil In my jiroscncc this Ift day of August , A. I ) . . 1MI. ) N oil ri I uullc. ftntrof Nnlirnpkn , l _ . County of I'onglns. fr Grorj ! ! ' II. Tj.irluii'lbiliiK duly sworn , do- roscHnnil S.M.VS tlmt he Is secretary of TiinllRi : rohllshliiR ci'inp.iiiv. ' that the actual iiverniro dully clrctilat 'on ' of TUB DAII.V Hi K for tlio month of August. ifflO. SO. ffl eoplrs ; for Hi'titi'inirr. 1"JO , .U87n copies ; for Oclohrr. IH * ' . V..CU copies : for No- veinl or. if H' . :5.tsn : copies ! for 'MM , Dec'inber. IWO , ! I'.47I ' copies ; for .lanniiry. IH'.H 'J8.-l4ft rnnlcn ; fnr IVhriiary. 1SH. ! 2"il2 : eoplcs ; for Jliircli , ISO' , LM.Cf/.coph'S : for April. 1MII. 2.l.ttJ ! roplon ; for 'Mny. IMU. ; n.Rlt ) cnjiles ; for June , IHil.Sn.OI7 copies , July , I&OI , 7 , ( < UI copies. dif : mm II. T/sniocK. Fworn to before me nnd suhscrlhed In mo , lircacJK'o this.'I day ot Aumist. A. II. IMil. > N. P. I'nir. Notary I'u'illc. IF A man's balance in bun It subject to chock does not rnproscnt bin resources In cash , wlnit duos it represent ? Ai.r.KN W. THUIIJIAN of Oliio thinks the dam no ruts will defeat McKinloy. It must not bo forpolton thnt young Allen's opinion upon baseball and horse rueinp ia worth far more than upon politics. TUB balance of trade is In America's favor for tlio fiscal year ending Juno 30 , 181)1 ) , by 8112,0iO,808 : , as against $80,000- 735 for 1S)0. ! ) This ought to bo a satis factory answer to n great many criti cisms of the American protective policy. SPICKCKLKS has actually made war upon the Ilavemoycr sugar trust. Sprockles is not doing this for the bene fit of the consumer of course , but it will please tlio public to know that the Cali fornia sugar king has nerve enough to fight the Philadelphia monopolist. A SPKCIAL agent is at Rosebud Agency , S. D. , inquiring as to the ownership of ponies taken from the Indians in 187U by the war department , preparatory to paying for them. The government is very slow' in this matter nnd before payments are made two- thirds of the former pony-owners will bo riding celestial ponies after ethereal buffaloes In the happy hunting grounds. KANSAS confidently counts on not pro ceeds from her farms this year aggre gating S0.,000,000. This will largely go to paying tin indebtedness incurred dur ing the past 'ow years of bad crops and low pricos.'Kunsus , like Nebraska , is all right Ilor farmers can pay their debts and what in bolter they will pay them nnd before two years many of the farm ers of the state who are now paying in terest will bo loaning money. HASTINGS claims a population of 15,000nnd if this bo true is unquestion ably the third city in Nebraska. Prom the appearance of her streets and the vim nnd vigor displayed by her public spirited citizens ono would think the little city had oven more pooplo. Hast ings is metropolitan in many particulars and the various aspirants for the honor of third place in the census of 1805 will do well to keep both eyes directed toward Hastings. SKNATOH UKAOAN was very recently appointed chairman of tlio Texas board of railway commissioners. The appoint ment was commended very generally because Senator Roagnn is a recognized authority upon rate legislation and rail way rates. lie has sot the slow going board of transportation an example by announcing a schedule of commodity rules. The railways are very much agi tated , of course , but they know Hougan undorfltandH his business and cannot bo ewayod by any sort of influence from the performance of what ho believes to bo bis duty. Ho is a democrat , but the average Nobrasknn wishes some of Rea gan's energy and determination could bo instilled into the weak decoction of state olllcors and salaried oeorotarles compris ing the state board of transportation in Nebraska. IlAititiKON KKUMSV was the hair-trig- gor-tonguud member of an otherwise able delegation from Kansas In the Fifty-first congress. Ho it was who shook the bloody shirt hardest in the fight over the election bill nnd ho it was who critlsod Senator Plumb for dissent ing with the republicans of the Donate on several party questions. Mr. Kelley was a rampant partisan in everything. Ills garrulty and fondness of radical harangues against democrats was pro verbial. The Kansas oyulono which lifted Polioinnd Simpson Into the upper nlr spread the remains of Kelley nil over the prairies ot the Topeka district after a brief and tnglorloim career In Washington. When ho had gathered hliiibolf together ho found himself re built on tlio nlllanco plan nnd ho has just renounced his allegiance to the republican party. Hereafter republi cans will not bo obliged to upollglzo for Ills indiscretions or explain how so un wieldy a mouthpiece happened 'into congress from Kansas. Good bye , Mr. Kelley , may the independents make the host of you. COH.V Wll.t , UK KINO. Making every reasonable allowance for an under estimate of the world's supply of wheat and rye from this year's crops , and for possible errors of com putation regarding requirements which would reduce the amounts estimated for tlio world's wants , it will still appear thnt a deficit of several hundred million bushels is certain. If it shall amount to no more than one- half of the most conservative ostlmatos that have been made the loss will mean great privation to many millions of people In Europe unless they are willIng - Ing to accept the only substitute for wheat and rye bread that Is , corn. The situation seems to promise the greatest opportunity for a world-wide distribution of American corn that has over been known. Europeans have never taken kindly to this cereal for human food. The efforts that have been made to Introduce it. Into the domestic econ omy of Europe have niot with so little success as to have ulmostdlscourngcd the hope that It could over bo brought Into general use oven among the common people. An earnest effort was made at the Paris oxj ositton lo attract popular attention to the pulnt- able and nutrilious character of corn for table use , but the result was very fat- short of whit was hoped for. Subse quently like efforts wore made at fairs in England and Scotland , with somewhat bettor success. Yet while the people acknowledged that the bread and cakes made of corn meal were not impalatable and did not question their wholusomencss , the idea of adopting corn broad as a common diet mot with but very little favor. The most Indigent people of continental Europe will pay twice as much for black and sour and unwholesome rye bread as sweet , nutrilious corn bread would cost , not wholly because the latter is distasteful to them , but partly by reason of a prejudice , the vulgar notion being that corn Is only suit able as food for animals. Hut when they are unable to got rye broad of any kind , and this is the outlook for millions of them , they will accept corn. When famine confronts them , as is now Iho ease with the people with a number of Russian provinces and is likely to bo the experience in other countries , distaslo and prejudice will give way , and cornbread broad will become Iho common food of people who have now hardly an idea of what it Is. And once having found a place on the tables of the poor , it will remain , for unless the views of intelligent statisticians are greatly at fault Europe will never again produce enough wheat and rye to moot the de mands of her people. Her available area for the production of those grains is now practically exhausted , but the growth of population goes on. It would seem inevitable that there must bo a very greatly In creased demand from Europe within the next year for American corn. Hundreds of millions of bushels ol that grain will bo required to make up the deficiency in wheat and rye. Wo shall undoubtedly have it to spare , and such a demand will moan that the profit able price which has prevailed for several months will bo maintained at least. The farmers of Nebraska and Iowa can look out upon their fields of ripening corn with a feeling of con fidence that there will bo a market for every bushel of it at a price that will amply repay their labor. As far as outward appearances go the labor situation is unchanged. No concessions have boon proposed and none appear to bo contemplated. The print ers' strike excites comparatively little public attention. It Is gradually adjust ing itsolf. Some of the firms are at work with now men and others are con ceding the demands of the strikers. Tills phase of the difficulty occasions no uneasiness. It is the lookout at the smolting.works which attracts most in terest. The six hundred or six hundred and fifty men who are out wore nuid oil' this morning. The statements made by the managers lo Iho of- focl that the works are closed indefinite ly have boon taken with some degree of incredulity. The loaders are whistling to keep up the courage of the men who are manifestly alarmed at the prospect of neither employment nor wages before tlio autumn. There have boon no incendiary speeches nnd Iho working men huvo made no rash throats. The bo havlor of the men has been very commendable , especially In the face of the Imsly proclamation of the mnyor. The advice of TUB HBK to refrain from intoxication , violence of speech and action and ihrouloning behavior - havior of all kinds has boon heeded , and wo are now approaching the end of the fifth day of the controversy with no serious complications imminent. This Is to the credit of the army of men who have participated in the demonstrations and are interested in the result of tlio agitation. Tan HUB regrets to say that it sees no present probability of an o'irly adjustment of differences. The law which it Is sought to enforce Is so Inher ently weak that the worklngmon natur ally hesitate to nnko a test of it-j con- Htltulionality or to soouro its interpre tation. On the other hand employers prefer to evade its spirit while not violating lating its letter , lest an intornrolatlon of its terms shall render It more distasteful to them limn it ap pears to bo on Us faco. The relations between employers and employes so long as doubts exist and different views are hold as to the full intent of the law must unavoidably con tinue delicate. Extremists on both sides are llkoly to foment trouble and keep the labor situation unsullied. In con sequence of those facts It Is bout for all parties lo curb their toolings , to ba care ful not to invite further difficulties and act with a considerate regard for honosl differences of opinion. A legal in terpretation of the law and a test of its constitutionality should bo arranged for by mutual consent upon an agreed state ment of facts. This would remove the uncertainty existing In the minds of both sides and promptly clear the atmosphere - mosphoro for a satisfactory adjii.ntmnt of all interests lo the changed conditions under the now law provided It be con stitutional as It may be and probably Is. I No great social revolution ha i boon accomplished in a single iluy wlthou t long and patient preparation. The eight-hour day Is a revolution in the re lations between capital and labor. Eight hours work Instead ot ton Involves an Incrcuso ot one-fourth thu number of persons employed , and decrease * the productive capacity of the individual laborer ono-llfth. At the same pay for eight as ton hours , the employer must sacrifice a largo part If not all of his profits. The loss should not all bo upon the employer. On Iho other hand , with sharp competition among laborers and low wages prevailing , tlio eight-hour day If on forced Involves a loss of one-fifth his earnings to the workingman - man , should the piy : bo correspondingly reduced. This Is a hardship which em ployers must not overlook. The em ployer and employe should moot on a common ground , and after a frank inter change of views , strike a common bal ance which shall bo fair alike to both , and shall notmoan bankruptcy or penury to either. lint such a dcgrco of mutual good will Is not practicable so long as doubt and uncertainty prevail as to the exact construction which the courts will place upon the law. and therefore the first step lo a final , amicable and just settlement of the difficulty is an appeal to the courts. Meanwhile each side should bo neutral and seek no advantage over Iho other , agreeing to abide by the result of the decision of the district or supreme court. This is prac ticable now. It was the proper course at the outset. It is not now too late , so far as labor in general in Omaha is con cerned , to institute the necessary pro ceedings. No other feasible way offers itself for an early and permanent sotllo- mont of the Issues involved. Tin : L'tiicitij.\rHA' \ . According to the treasury statement just issued the highest per capita of cir culation over reached in this country was on .lanuary 1 last , when it was $121.10 , the amount of circulation at that time being a little over 81f > 00,000,00 ( ) . Since that time gold lo the amount of about S70,000,00J ( has boon dru.vn to Europe , partly in payment for merchandise , of which the importations wore unusually heavy last fall , and partly for olhcr settlements made necessary liy the condition of the European money markets. This of course reduced the circulation and consequently the per capita , but still the former on August 1 , was $1,500,000,000 and the per capita $ i2.'i.37l , larger than ever before in the history of the oountr.v. except at the be- gining of the present , year. Nearly half the sum lost to the country in gold was replaced with silver certificates and other now currency was issued which brought the amount up to with in $29,000,000 of Iho gold shipments. But for the latter the per capita of circulation would now bo over $2-3. The monthly addition lo Iho currency from silver purchases by the treasury goes on , tlio national banks will swell the volume by an additional issue on the -H per cent bonds extended at a reduced rale of interest , and there ia every reason to expect that within the next two months there will bo a return How of gold from Europe. The Indica tions are , therefore , that by the end of the current year the cir culation will bo much larger than at the beginning , giving this coun try a higher per capita than any other great commercial nation , with a single exception. This may not satisfy the ad vocates of fiat currency inflation , but it will everybody who desires that the money of the country shall remain on n sound and stable basis. The treasury figures utterly refute the assertion of the moro money champions that the cir culation is loss per capita than over bo- fore. A PKIIMANKXT ItUllKAU. The success of THE BBB'S bureau of claims has been so entirely satisfactory , its business is growing with such rapid ity , and its popularity is already so well attested that it is proper to announce that it has passed the experimental stage and became a fixed and permanent business. This bureau , it should bo un- dorslood , is not a private enter prise , but is under the aus pices of THB BKB Publishing com pany , which assumes all responsibility for claims committed to the euro of the bureau. Its distinctive aim , as has re peatedly been stated , is to protect claimants from the abuses and oxtor- lioiiH practiced by unprincipled agents and attorneys , while at the same time giving prompt and olllciont service in the prosoculion of their claims , when they are ascertained to bo legitimate and just. Tlio bureau is not limited In its scope , but Is prepared to deal with every form of claim against the government for which provision has been made by law , and the facilities at its commund for doing this are most complete. TUB BUB bureau is in receipt of cor respondence which shows that an erroneous impression prevails regard- lug the conditions under which claims may bo made through the bureau. When first organized il was required Unit in order to secure its .ser vices it was nocossa'-y for persons to bo- come members of iho bureau by subscribing for TUB HUB. This require ment has been abandoned , and now anyone ono having a pension , Indian depreda tion.1' , or other claim against the govern ment , can have it prosecuted through TUB UBB bureau without reference to whether or not the claimant Is a sub scriber for tlio paper. The bureau is open to all , and every person doing busi ness with It will stand upon an oxaot equality. Compliance with Iho condi tions of the law respecting the form of presenting claims is all thai is necessary to secure for them prompt , careful and thorough attention from Tun HUB bu reau , The bureau is a permanence. It has boon of service to a largo number of claimants , and there Is abundant ovl- donee that the object of its establish ment is appreciated by the people'Whoso interests It is intended to pubsorvo. Pur- sons submitting their claims to the bu reau can rest absurud thai they will re ceive prompt attention and the boot ser vice that capable and experienced at torneys can give. Mit IlAJiii.TO.v has been sustained as superintendent of the Keltom building , and the dlicc'tMs ' are declared to bo oIllclotiH intortni < 6ddlors. The only ill 111- cully about this notion of the board is found In the fct lhat the secretary's records nnd IJjft .coiilract with Iho con tractor are not1 In harmony. The scribe who drafted the' ? contract , the attorney who Inspected it and the committee of the board whic i'reported ' it corroot.aml the board llsol are all to blame for doing business in an unbusinesslike manner. ' " ' " Mil. MAUTIN of the board of educa tion nnd Mr. Wohror his co-committee- man investigated the Kollom school con troversy and unanimously sustained Iho architects in face of the resolutions of the board directing Superintendent Hamilton to superintend the construc tion of that building. Mr. Martin , how ever , changed his mind in executive session. The gentleman's mind veers a good deal but finally struck the proper equilibrium in this instance. SIMOON wall plaster made Its pres ence known to the board of education \yceks ago. It has now shown up in the council. An examination of the articles of incorporation and list of stockholders of the company interested in this ma terial will probably explain why other forms of wall planter stand so poor a show in school buildingsnnd the city hall. TUB only proper course to pursue in the present exigency is to appeal to the courts uion ) an agreed stale of facls and ask an immodialo hearing upon the con stitutionality of the eight-hour law with a legal construcllon of Us lertns if constitutional. Men cannot agree when they have no common ground of agree ment. ANTB-BLKUTFON silence continues in regard to Iho licenses for saloons in iho three mile limit. The bourd of county commissioners must do Its duty and save to the county the $10,000 or moro to which the treasury is entitled from the road houses and saloons just oulsido Iho cily limits. Ax AUTOMATrc timekeeper is the next extra which the council will consid er in connection with the cily hall. If there nro any other patent schemes for dissipating the city hall surplus they should bo on hand very soon or Ihoy will bo lee lalo for Iho surplus. CALAMITY Biin DBCH wisely confined his remarks lo , generalities in his ad dress to the working men of Omaha. In Iho mellow mouth of the statesman from the classic banks of the Wahoo general ities nrc especially glittering because they are so brassy. TUB man who can road the lolegraphic account of the parade of the Grand Army boys at the national encampment at Detroit on Tuesday without experiencing emotions of patriotism , must house a soul which is too small to bo considered by lhat name. - JunaB MASON'S ' administration of the labor bureau thus far , has not boon disappointing. ' Nobpdy * ox'pected any thing from his administration , and therefore no onods disappointed. THE Kollom school will still bo in the courts when it should bo completed and occupied , in all probability , and simply because the board of education does not do business like business men. THB fumes of Iho smelling works are sometimes noxious , but Omaha likes the noxious fumes of an industry worth $22.5,000 a year to her retail trade and invaluable in other particulars. ALT. , Is quiet on the Missouri ominous ly quiet so far as from $ ; ii,000 ( to $50,000 per month in wages for smelting works employes Is concerned. WHAT can a sanitary commissioner debut but draw pay so long as the board of health has no rules for the conduct of its business ? AIIOUT all the smelting works em ployes have saved from the wreck is their Bacon , and ho is not worth saving. MA YOU CirsiiiNG'ij proclamation was useless and ridiculous. Fortunately it did no harm. PaiLif ANUKBS as sanitary commis sioner is a vast improvement upon his predecessor. Canada's Itoo.llo Itoom. Chleitio ffeia. According to recent Investigations "booillors" huvo llcocod Vlio Canadian ROV- crnraout out of about $1,031)ODD ) of public funUs. It ia evident that tUnadit has noth ing to learn by annexation. Another Competitor. 7'rtr uiirl ItCiluer , Omaha H llr.it In tlio Hold this your with n bid for tLo next rjpublinnii imtlomtl conven tion. It has sent a imm to Washington to nt- louit thu mooting of the national executive coinmittao , nUhouiilrftiiil body has no power . to fix the place of Woffling that grand politi cal gathering. " There Is no roaso'h Why 'IMcoma should not put in a claim for tlltf'eonvonUun. nil Top an Unuil. ; Omaha Hun : Nisiiraskii Is tuo most fertile .stuto In ttio union nnd'the ' most prosperous. Chicago Trloun < t'/L'"rytioiraplilcal ' errors happen in the mosljiiftf printing olllcus. Ob viously the Iiitcntlmi'oT Tin : Iiii : : was to say that "Illinois Is thujnost fortilo. " etc. Sioux City .lournuipi'J'hero Ills ngnln. The Tribune ami Tin : UKCI obviously want to say ' Iowa Is tlio most fnrtflk > , " otc. Duluth News : Ot' ' Surso what the Journal , tlio Tribune amll Hm : really meant to say was that "Mi jic ' ota Is thu most fertile tile , " oto. u Htiindiml Mo. Ke\o \ Ywli Trltiitne , Tlio Flfly-Jlrslcongrois UIil uot npnropn- ale "over n billion of dollars , " bul Just ox- aolly J'JSS.-HlSltiU , or J170.-1 ID.iitl'J moro lhan the Mrttoth congress. Or this oxcws ? , ' , V : i'lHJT ! was for n pension dotlclonuy whlcn the democrats of that rongrcss dishonestly loft unpaid ; $ ! l ( < i < > 7lil.,5S : ! ) was for postolllcu bills , three-fourths of which will ho returned to the treasury , ? * , IIO" , 110.70 for thu pur chase of Indian lands that will sell for three times their cost , fll.dl'.ilil.iw was to moot contracts for naval vessels theretofore au thorized , aiiJ fO'.Vllb.ajtl.U'J ' to pay now pen sions under Iho new act authorized by the people in ISSS. The billimco went la census expenses , harbor ilu foinc.su ml linurovoinunts , and worlil'd ' fair appropriations. As to the revenue * , they \vuro reduced , nml unjust tax- ntlon was not continued , Asvo htxvo already demonstrated In tlioso columns , tlio people nro enjoying iinilnr the MoKuilny bill a grcntor voliimo of trmlo than cvor before , while they nro paying loss taxes. Journal Is in. CYm.'JHufion. nny newspaper the right , wlinn a man Is sick and In Mich a nervous Mate that any discouraging talk would huvo n bad oftect upon him , to por.slstcntly print reports anil prediction.- ! his early death ) Has nny newspaper the right to coltoot and publish opinions colngto show lhat the In valid lias an Incurable disease , nnd must surely dlol Has any newspaper the right to do nil these things , especially when its Information and opinions nro gathered from persons wuohnva no actual knowledge of the sluk nnn's ' condi tion ! This is what some newspapers are doing In regard to Mr. lllalno , ami It affords ground for Iho cliargo that they are Just as guilty of an attempt to kill him as they would bo If they used violence or put poison m tils food , , 'H Colored Troiilmdoiir. AV-ic I'orlt Attrcrtkcr. "Indiana negroes are said to bo hostile to the president , " says Ihu Springfield Republi can. It Is not hard to account for It. Mr. Vntighnn paftod through Indiana on his way cast from Iowa , and may have stopped off ostensibly to gather pawpaws , but renly ! to drop n hint to thu negroes thnt the president did not think ho had tlmo to contribute to thu literature of his $ lXOiKOU ( ) ) ) pension outer- prise. Philanthropist Vaughau says ho can swing the colored vote , nud it looks as If ho vtor doing it quite gayly. A I Rochester , wliero the Now York republi cans are to hold their state convention flvo weeks hence , Is Iho place where Iho same party mot In that hi itorical gathering four teen years ape In which Koscoo Colliding civstigated Uoorgo William Curlls. This was ono of tlio most memorable incidents which over occurred at an ajsoinblago of this sort In that stato. No man anywhere was over moro adroitly anil affectively lashed by sarcasm than was the distinguished "man- milliner" by Hie eminent stalwart republican chieftain. A Hl'i- MlUinnli ( S. D , } Itcctcw. THE OMAHA BEK has o1cned ] a "bureau of claims" for the prosecution of pension , In dian depredations , land , mining , patent and postal claims at the least possible expense. TUB Hun and the San Francisco Kxaminer have procured the services of un able and ex perienced corps of legal assistants at Wash ington , and will attend to the collection of claims at a much loss liguro than the profos- sionrl claim agents have boon heretofore. IILMSK'K UKKAT TKIUMI'II. Brooklyn Kagle ( dom. ) : The Blaine doctrine trine of American trade for the Americans Is the natural outgrowth and consoqiiotico of the Monroe doitrino of America for Ameri cans. And , in snito of thu bitter light that has boon made against It by the ephemera of politics , this Blaine doctrine will bo hold by all Americans in future yean as a funda mental maxim of American policy , concern ing which thcro Is no room Tor partisan do- Date or difference of opinion. Now York bun ( dom ) : Wo published yos- lorday the president's proclamation embody ing both the provisional and the dellnito agreements made with Spain regarding our commercial Intercourse with her possessions in the West Indies. As an analysis will show , the reciprocal concessions are of great actual , and still greater prospective vnluo to both parties to the contract. For Cuba hi particular wo may predict with confidence that a new era of productive activity Is about to dawn. Now York Hccordcr ( rep. ) : The country will rejoice to find in the treaty with Spam , published In detail this morning , realization of an important part of Secretary Blaino's grand project for facilitating exchange of leading products of American countries to the mutual advantage of the treaty powors. Under the arrangement effected our produc ers will Ibid In the Spanish-American de pendencies markets for grain and provisions Jrco of import taxes or at greatly reduced rates , while in return wo will receive pro ducts of tlioso colonies thnt do not compute witb our own , tint which are desired by our manufacturers and consumers. Now York Commercial Advertiser ( dem. ) : Decidedly the most important of the ro- oiproci'y agreements thus far entered into by the administration under the terms of Ibo McKinley bill Is lhat announced this morn ing. By its terms the United States makes a valuable gain in the area of its marknt for both manuf.ictnred and agricultural ioods , and Cuba anil Porlo Hico , whoso ports are opened to us , must also benefit bv the now arrangement. The now treaty is decidedly n triumph for the administration , and especially for Mr. Blalne , to whoso nonius the recip rocity Idea is attributed. It will not only bane-tit this country , it will bonoilt the world. It breaks through the principal remaining wall erected by the colonial pollny of the last two centuries. Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican ( ind. ) : Mr. Blaino's greatest triumph in tlio way of securing - curing trade concessions from neighboring countries is proclaimed by the president In another column. Cuba and Porto Ulco boar bear no comparison in area with Brazil nnd their population is only about a sixth of that of the now Soutli American republic , but their foreign trade is moro than one-half as great as that of Brazil and not much below that of the Argentina Kepublic ; nml their trade with the United States has been larger than the commerce of cither of these two nations with this country. Hence satisfac tory reciprocal trade arrangements with no South or Central American nation , aside perhaps from Brazil , could olTor larger pos sibilities In the wuv of trade expansion than with the Spanish Wosl Indies. I'ASS INC , IKSTS. Smith , Gray > t Oo's monthly : nngloy How aru llronson'x twins coming on ? llrar'o Hadly ; tlio oiui tluit was HO cutn died ; lint the DUO that had tlio Ills Is coming on nlculy. llaglov Urn : looks like the survival of tlio fittest , doesn't It ? Kato I'li'ld's Washington : Klr.st Voter- Van arc bound to admit ono thing about .Snnalnr llnnuoinbo lie diisn't ) put himself up at uiu'tlon for tlio hluhost bidder. St'cowl Voliir That's trno , ho has to bo bought privately. Now Orleans I'loavuni ) : Tlio Unmans must have understood HliiKKlm : as well as wrestling. The Human punch Is often called for. Ilaltlmoro American : It Is no wonder that Iho spring olilukun can boast of a larito crop when It takes everything In by thu puu ! > . Smith. Gray k Co.'s Monthly : "I wnmlnr why all tlieso timid follows uro marrying liruni'ttwV" "I'rolmlilv because 'faint heart ne'er won fair luily.1 " Washington Post : An Ohio man bus caiiitlit with a Rloli'ii ollluii concealed about his puraon. lie very generously offered to resign. _ A VALID K.XCUSH. ( 'Mown lleriiM. " 'TIs scnndiilous ! " tlin father said , who had his dniuhttT found Within tlio parlor with her bnaii In .shadows ijullu profound ; " Vos , It Is I'lindli'lusH , " said Oin his words did notnfrlKlit liur "Hut. pi. wo make It durk , you see , so gas bills will ho lighter. " A VAIIIATION. Ciiidmmfi Cuinnicicliil. ' Wliero are you colng , my dnar old maid'/ " "I'm looking fora man , " hu Kiilil. "Will you taltu mo. mv dnar old maids" "Ve'Sj anybody , l.onl ! " nlu > said. llnrpoiMla/ar : I'liyslolan-ril clvo him Noiiiutiilnt that'll gut him on IU | fjitU.iinrt Hum wo'il Inuruasu his apputltu. ami hull bo all neoiiomloal Wlfo Got him on his tout , doo- tor , bul - ornovnr mind tliu other. Atlanta Journal : As the moroury ollmbi u | i the puriulrutlou rolls down. OPIUMpr > IIP itti\tMiP\ti\nTTn SCIiyiliS 1)1' ) ' INDtPMDbNIS , Unsuccessful Efforts to Use Sountor Poynter of Boonoi WOULD ARRANGE LABOR TROUBLES. I'limi by wliluli a Deputy Tmlmr Com- nilNslnnor Coulil llnvo llocn At- | Through Oilier Hunt Channels. LINCOLN , Nob. , Aug. n. [ Special to TUB Bun. ] Today's occurrences , In Lincoln af ford a nrllllauron'poHu'nl'ty for a fal < o sonsa- tlon. Senator W. A. 1'oyntor of Hoe-no county loft the city yostor.lay afternoon , nftor having transacted the private liinlnoss which called him hither , ar.il started toward homo by way of the Union Puclllc , Ho got as far as Columbus , ami this morning re turned to Lincoln. TliU afternoon confer- - cnco of prominent independents was held at thu Llmlcll hotel. Among tho-ui proicnt wcru W. II. Dech of Ithaca , Jay Burrows , .1. M. Thompson and S. K. Thornton of Lincoln , V. O. Strlcklor of Omaha , John MefTord of Scliuylor ami C. H. 1'lrtloof Wahoo. Mr. Doch arrived In Iho city this morning with the resolutions adopted at n labor meet ing in Omaha last night , which called on Senator Poynter , as acting governor , to ap point u deputy labor commissioner to arbi trate the labor troubles In that city. Tlioso resolutions were considered in the coufor- ouce , and it was agreed as a matter of party policy that the independents should , lif DOS- slblo , force some action lookinir to n settle ment. The hot hands urged Senator Poynter to act as governor ami inako the tloslrca move. The advocates ot the schoiii'j ii.-tsutni'il then Hint Governor Tlmvcr ami Lloutoiiaiit Governor Majors wens bolli out of tlio stnto , or at least ono was and the wliora- abouls of the other was not known , and they Insisted thnt it was Senator Poyntor's right nml duty as presi dent of tlio sonnto to exercise the governor's prerogatives at least long enough to give the laboring men relief. Senator Poyntor objected to making him self the laughing stock of the st-uo. Ho linn no knowledge , official or otherwise , that Lieutenant Governor Majors was out of the state , nor would ho maku a nublic spoctaolo by deposing. I udgoO. P. Mason as "deputy labor commissioner to appoint another man in his place , oven if It was i\Ir. .Doch who expected - pectod the job. After long and serious discussion Senator Poyntor was almost porsinuled. Ho agreed to visit the excculivoolllco at thu state house , and if ho did not get a satisfactory assurance thai Lieutenant Governor Majors was in the state ho would consent lo act. Ho would go to Omaha personally and in bis ofllcial capacity as acting governor and acting labor uuuiiuissiunur , mere tenner ins asisianco m arbitrating or otuorwlso settling the labor troubles. Ho based his decision on the ground that a grave emergency had orison , and that prompt action might prevent bloodshed and ilostruclion of property. Senator Poynter wont to the state house about 5 o'clock , followed by n small crowd of the independents. Lieutenant Governor Majors had arrived an hour before , aim at that moment was attending a mooting of the board of educational lands in the commission er's oftlco. The prosldontof the senate called at the governor's ofllco , inquired if Mr. Ma jors was in and was directed to the board meeting. The senator tbon pulled from his pocket the Omaha resolutions nnd said : "Those nro for you and I will leave thorn with you. " After n short consultation Senator Poyntor departed mid returned to his hotel. Th'o.sen ator inserts most emphatically that ho came to Lincoln Monday on private- - business , that ho know nothing of the alleged absence of Mr. Majors from the state and that hu had no thought or intimation of any scheme to seize the governorship. The first tlmo ho hoard of such n proposition was after ho reached his hole ! . When asked what bo would do in cuso both the governor and lieutenant governor were absent from the state ho naturally said ho would assume the duty imposed upon him by the constitution , wbich was to act as gov ernor. The fake , however , seems to have sot the independents to thinking , and it probably put thorn uo to calling Mr. Poynter back alter having cone as far towards homo as Colum bus. But thoj nil ridicule the proposition to call an extra session as an undreamed of ab surdity. Senator Poyntor says ho will leave for homo in the morning. Lieutenant Gov" ernor Majors expected to bo in Lincoln yes tcriJay , but was detained by Illnnss. It Is hardly necessary to say that ho has not , boon out of the state sluco last Friday. Ml'.UTINO Ol' TltH HOARD. The state board of transportation mot this afternoon to take uocossnry stops to give the warehouse act effect. Too yearly license fee for warehouses was tlxed at ? . " > 0 for class A , $10 for class B , $ . " > for class C. The fco for inspecting gram will bo 75 cents per car. The charge for storage Is limited by the following rato. The maximum charzn forstorago and hand ling grain , Including the cost , of rucolvlng nnd ( lollvorlng , shall bo for the llrnt ton days or part thereof ono omit pur bushel and for uaeli ton days Or part thereof aflur Iho first Ion days tliroo-rk'htlis of ono cent pur bushel ; provided , however , that grain damn or liable tooarly ilumnKi * . us Imllcatuil by its Inspec tion wlion received , may lie subject to 2 cents pur bushel .sior.v.'u for thu fir-it tun days and for each additional IIvu days or part thereof not exceeding one-half of 1 cent per bushel. A sot of rules was adopted , of which the following is a synopsis : Applications lor licenses must bo made In writing to the state board , setting forth tlio I class , location and numo of the warehouse and the name of each person interested as owner , or the names of the oflicors , If owned by a corporation. A bond for $10,001) must bo Hied before the license will bo Insured. Any person may complain against n ware house nnd the stnto board will fix n tlmo for a hearing. The board may revoke n license after such hearing , and no now license shall Issue for a year thereafter. Complaint against inspectors or other persons employed under thu warehouse act may bo nuulo to the board , which will order a hearing. Applications were rorolvod from .1. II. Blug of Lincoln and J. L. Watrous of Clnrks for appointment as assistant grain Inspectors , and they were referred to thochief Inspector. No appointments were made to the positions contemplated by the act , nnd the board adjourned - journod to moot next Wednesday for that purpose. In response to n request from the governor for his Interpretation of section Kia , Attornny General Hastings has returned nn opinion , of which Iho following is thu essence ; "Subdivision l.soi'tlon fOaoflho w\i-ehoiiso : \ act would SL-UIII to Infer lhat , thiiro wato bo uHilof Inspector of grain In every city or county In this state , in which Ihoro Is located a warehouse of class A or II , limited , however , by the provisions cities or I'ouiitlns In which are loeateil ware houses of cl.i.vs II , shall l > u appointed , iiveupt upon the application and petition of two or moro warehouse mini of class II. doing | IIIH- | ni-sHln Mich city or county , wlillo .subdivisions II , III. IV , V and VII of tlio Hiirnu srcllou uliuirly prmiiplHHO there N to bo a ohluf Inspector specter and that as many assistants us maybe bo requited. To my inlmf It Is clear Unit II was the Intontlon of tliulo lsliitnro to have but ono chief Insnuutor , however unfortunate they wuro In cliooilmi words to nxprcns that Intention. In construing n Htatiito , that con- Htriictlon "hoiilil bo adopted which will carry Into olToot the Intmit of Iho loirlslnturu mintIng - Ing II , If suuh intent can bu gathered from the whole nut. AN I'.IIITOII OliTS A 1'I.tI.M. Attorney General Hastings has finally pot- ton his Minro of the plo out of the sUto bankIng - Ing board. W K Thorpe having roMgnod M bank oxnmlnur , H. M , WtilU , editor of the Crete Vldollo , was today appointed to hU tihieo. Mr. Thorpe was Attorney General Loose's appointee , nml under nn old agree ment , which permitted each member Of thu board to immo ono examiner , the nomination of his successor fell to Iho present attorney general. AS nxrnssivi : co.xcinx. : Auditor Benton has refused Iho application of the supreme lodge of the Bay Stnto League for n certificate to do an Insurance business In Nebraska. The nt'tuml statement shows that Iho concern received nboul f.VJ.000 last year and naid otilonlv ? SO for losses. Dlvl- ilemls to the amount 'of $ U I ft were returned to the mom hers. The commissions to ngents figured npf. > rtw > , and oilier Items brought the expenses of tuo coucoru up to Ut,74l. Ai'Hti. HKi.iur. The Mate relief commlssloii"Uas llnlshod Its roporr for April , and the financial statement Is as follows : . Italancit on hand J 57,71(1 ( 7.1 From \V. c. 'I' , i ; . Talmage w OJ Friiin A. ,1. Sawyer 7 CO ' I'lomsulo of bonds IO.V.W 00 Total ms. ; ; i ; ,1 Tlie dlsliiirocnii'iilii ' weret Tor grain ami potatoes $ 7tV.l ) 71 I or provisions , ole , is.701 41 For freight ,5U Ul ) For I'Xpri'imiKo , ; U''vi ! For I'u.il a , > VO For ollleo expenses ( VJj l.i Totnl f IN.I..IIM 7U llalatiee , May I J.VMW9 IM During April 1,2" > families received pro visions nml 7'r > S families received grain. Duo Item of receipt Is not Included In the abate statement. Senator It. 10. Moore of Lincoln donated $18 worth of postage stamps which were duo him as a member ol' the Into legts Inturo. The commission Is unable to tell thu exact amount loft in its fund , as Clerk Cnlla- linn loft thu accounts In n mixed condition whun ho disappeared , nnd they huvo nut been quite .straightened. It is estimated lhat about 3IOUO remains in tlio relief mud. sT.VTii noiisi : N'onjs. During the absence of the secretaries of the state board of health physicians' diplo mas received nt the cnpitol nro stored In Ihu vault of the executive department. The secretary of state compliments CJ. W. Marsh , clerk of KiohnrdMin county , for hav ing sent the neatest and bust arranged list of old soldiers for the biennial roster. Only tlireo teachers out of eighteen candi dates won state certificates us n result of tin ) examinations nt Lincoln. Norfolk and .North i'latie. Tnuy are .1. VV. Jones of rnlmngo , W. II. ( .aribior and C. liUwniigorof .No- brnslm City. The school district comprising ttio town of Tobias at its annual meeting voted to change to a high school district and elected six trus tees by acclamation. Superintendent Gouilv has boon called upon for nn opinion of thu legality of the now board's actions. Ho holds thai the election of tlio board was invalid he- cause il should have been by ballot , but Unit its members are defaoto ollleors of thu dis trict nnd tliutrncts are binding. Benjamin Blrdsall got n Judgment for f'J.ill'J In Buffalo county against John S. Har rington mid Daniel A. Dorsoy on account of n land deal. Thu defendants have appealed to the supreme court on error. A Voting Woniiin Terribly AlMisuil ly Her .Stop-Mother. MOUNT CAIIMKI. , 1'n. , Aug. u. Mrj. Hose Shoshinsklo was urrestod hero today , and there developed a most horrible story. There has been living with her Amelia , a step daughter , a young woman of twenty-live. Amelia's father died when sbo was three years old , leaving her n largo strip of land worth many thousands of dollars. Since then Mrs. Shoshinsklo and her two brothers have boon working to sccuro the property. Tnoy made the girl go out mid pick up coal nnd beat her every night. She niado several fruitless attemuts to escape. Per many months she had uot boon seen till today , when the citizens of the town started out. lo search for her. In an old house in tlio Polish part of the town they found the girl , She was locked in the houso.a raving maniac , bogging of everyone not to kill her. The only cloth ing shu had was niado of an old salt , bag , and on her noelt was found sovcr.il largo rod scars niado by thu stop-mother who burned the girl In many places with n red hot poker. Kvldonco has boon secured to prove thnt thn woman and her brothers have tried to poison the girl , whoso property is now said to bo worth $ . " > U , < KH ) . Mrs. Slioshlnshio was held in $1,000 bail. Illinois KlrcuiPii'H Tournament. LINCOLN , III. , Aug. 5. At the second day of tbo Illinois llromon's tournament the weather was favorable and 5,000 visitor ! were prosent. In the trials Tuesday the 100 yard foot race was n tie between Mcmlotn j nnd Polo. The hitching contest , was won by Oonosoo. The ladder climbers' contest was , won by Savannah. The novelty hojo race was won bv Mount Pulaska. In tbo bioyclo races today O. N. Snyder of Chicago won the ' froo-for-ali. - - _ Third I'.irty Not Kiitliiisinstlo. Si'iiiKnpiKi.i ) , 6. , Aug. ! > . The too ) party delegates are not arriving as rapidly as many sangn'no leaders anticipated. There are about two hundred hero now and the conservative ones say they will bo satisfied if a delegation comes from each of the forty- seven counties with tickets In thu field. Meetings of nil districts was hold nt 11 o'clock. They wore well attended. Dr. lOniiii'-tt on tlio Irish Question Nuw YOIIK , Aug. 5. Among the passeii , gors who arrived on the Majestic this morn ing was ICmmott , president of the Irish national federation in America. Dr. Kmniotl has boon in London studying the Irish ques tion. Ho said ho was never moro hopeful that Ireland would soon gain her legislative. indpondencu. Crops , the doctor said , Wera never hotter in Ireland. lll'SIXKNS AXI > I'l.KASiritK. Harm II. .Sm ( It. Sav , Jim , why don't yor go an' seeDer Dor t'oatur play doy got down dorei U It a daisy ) Hotelier life ! I'm glvln' yor dor proper steer. 1 sat up In dor peanut loft Last nicht. an' say , I wouldn't missel Dor lun I had. You oughtor hoard How mo an' Bill dor vlllun hissed. Dor hero was a nifty cove , Dor kind dill mashes all dor gnls ; But ho got snagged because of nlnns Faked by dor vlllun and his pals. Doy made out dat dor hero bloke Wu/ always up tor crackln' cribs , An' finally doy irot him pinched For Kiilllu' some old party's ribs. Well , say , I Jcs' sat dero an' cried To sou dat good chump ilonii up so , An' Bill lie hnohoood out so loud Doy hoard him on dorstago below. Dor Icndln' vlllun were Uld gloves An' smohod cigars , an oily cuss , An' ho'd two tnrriurs fur pals nn' acted 'bout like Dut looked us. So when dcm two tough lads come on To fix I'lngs wld his nibs high-toned , You couldn't hoar n'word doy said , 'Causa ' mo an' Bill wo hissed nn' gronnoa , Doy cracked a nrlb nn' stole some swag , Dat worked us up Inter u rngu ; I wuso mud 1 hlamo near t'row ' Mo bran now jimmy on dur stage. Wo stayed it t'rou h , an' when doy pinched Dom vlllmis wo set up n shout ; An' hero's a pocketbook I swiped As wo wuz crowdln' our way out. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
