Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEJfc THUJAS DAY , AUGUST 0 , 1801.
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edltorlnl matter nlumld bo addressed tc the
Kdltorlnl Department.
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lo io nindo jmyiible to tlio order ( if tlio com
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TIIF 1IKK
BWOKN STATI.MI.NT OF .CIRCULATION.
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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"
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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. )
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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.