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THE OJMAHA DAILY BEE : SAIVKQAY , AUGUST 15 , 1S01-TWELVE PAGES. \ THE DAILY BEE. K. IIOSBWATBK KIIITOR. PUBLISHED EVEKY MOHNINO. TI Dally Ilm ( without HunilnylOno Vonr. . . . I ft CO Inlly ) mid Sunday. One Year . 10 no Hlx months . 5 W Thrrnmnntl . ? { tinndny Her. unr rr v . . 200 "nturrtnv Her. Ono Vrtir . 1 WJ Weekly ttuv. Quo Your. . . . . . . . 1 00 01TIOT.S : Omnlin , Tlir tire lliilldltur. Pnulli Oninhn. Corner N nnil Oltli Street * Cntmoll HlnlTs'i \ 1'enrl Street. Cliloncro Oftlci' , 'M ? rimnbrr of Commerce. . . rmw York. ItoomnRMiiml ir > .TrlbunolluIldlnsr Washington , 613 fourteenth dtrcuU All rommnnlp nitons relating to nevt.i nrt rdltorlnl mntti'r iholtld bo addressed tc tbo I dltnrlnl llcpiirtliii'iit. Allt > nslnr slolti'rs nnil roinlttanrosshmila' tic nrtdrrs rd to Tim Hi-o I'liblMilnjf romwiny , Omnlin. DrufK r-hcoUs nnd uostnfllro orderi to 1m madu ptiyuljlo to tlio order n ( tlio coin pnny. The BCD Publishing Company , Proorlctors TUB mi : : mm.niNn. SWORN STATI.MHNT OV CIHCULATION. Hntoof .Npbriiskn , I , , Count v of DmiBlas. ( Ocorco fl. 'rVsrhnck , tocrolary of Tim Ilco 1'iibllMiliiK company , ( lees solemnly swear Ihnt tlio tietnril elreiilntion of TIIK DAIIA * HKK for tlio wrok ending August X , 1601. was in follows : Simdny. AUK. 2 SO.lUO Alnmlny. Autr. .1 sfM , Tuesday , Aim. I C .fi' ' > Wednesday. An ? , f. WIH Tlmrsdny.'Aiii ? . 0 26.M1) ) rrlclay , AIIS. T M.W bat\irdny , AUK. 8 xii.'JtH Average 37.OO2 or.oitm : it. TX.SCIIUCK. Fwnrn to r-pftiro me ntid iirserlbwl In my pri'Bt'iice till * 8th diiy of August. A.I ) . . IMIL N I' . I'Kit , Notary 1'iibllo. ftnteof Npbrnnkn. I. , County of Poiijtlni. ( " ( rorpp II. T7selniolhiMns duly sworn.de- rosi's iitul sn.vs tlint linlssccrptnry of TIIK IIBK riibllsliliiKcompiinv. that tliu actual tivcni o dally cln ulat on of Tun DAILY Hi K for tlio month of August. ] ( ) . 'JO.'M copies ; for Scptrrnl or. I'OO , J.ib"0 ) copies ; for October. 1H ' , ! i"fi" copies : for No- Vfii 1 or. lHi . ' . ! MFOf ( > | > lPs : for IM ) ' , DocMiibpr , IMO , 2',4"l copies : for Innunry , IS'il ' _ > 8.44fl : nplps ; for I'd ruary. IMII. 2.VII" copies ; for March , ISO' . Sl.rKiropUs : for April , IMII. 23.923 copies : for Miiy , lull. .0.840 copies ; for.Tune , 16111. 20,017 copies. July , IP1l.S7.Oil copies. GFOIUiF. It. 'I 7SCIIUCK. Sworn to Lofnro tno and subscribed In mo , prcBcnco tlilb.'ldny of August. A. I ) . IMll. N 1' . I'Kir. Notary I'n'jllc. CONNECTICUT Is sutTurlnp from n long drouth , which lends the cute pn.rn- gr.iphor to rohtibllitnto his old joke ubout si .short crop of wooden nutmofrs. JOHN M. TIIUUSTON in national politics ia in much spoll-bindor us a republican. This accounts for his en thusiasm for Bluino and his preference for the plumed knight. A DKJioc'KATic negro is n frotik Btrango enough to attract attention anywhere - where , and that is why Hon. C. II. J. Taylor , ex-minister to Liberia , is able to make a living on the lecture plat form. MlNNKAi'OMs newspapers say the two things necessary to secure the national republican convention are n guarantee fund of $50,000 and proof that the city can tuko euro of the crowd. The hint is a good one for Ornahn. PADDOCK will talk about presidential possibilities , but ho shuts up like a clam when the subject of the Nebraska alliance and senatorial suc cession is broached by a reporter. A longhead that of Senator Paddock. C. G. DAWKS , the Lincoln attorney , may bo young and inexperienced , but ho kept all the animals in the railway mnnagorlo at Lincoln in an uproar dur ing tno conference Jwith the board of transportation over the matter of freight rates. HON. RODNKY P. CKO\VI.KY of Maine Is inspector of the sugar district of Nebraska. Some Nebraska farmer should lie appointed ilsh commissioner in Maine. This would bo political reciprocity and would make the Nebraska senators fool more kindly toward the imported in spector. SUNATOU INOAU.S' last lecture has boon reported so many times that It has become a chestnut. The irridoscont statesman should take a half day otT after ho digs his potatoes to rearrange and rehabilitate the ideas which have boon thrown together under the head of "Problems of Our Second Century , " or "Etc. and Dennis. " Tin : Nebraska advertising train should bo kept on the railways in Ohio until election time. It will bo useful in attracting attention to this state and also disprove home of the assertions of the western calamity orators who , hav ing lost their occupation here , are now under the pay of the democratic central committee ) of that stato. "EACH county shall be fairly ex ploited , otc. , " is a line in the throe reso lutions adopted by the Nebraska world's fair commission. Tin : Ur.i ; correspond- out credits the resolutions to J. Sterling Morton , but this was hardly necessary among old settlers for tholr language Ikivoulcd the identity of their author. 'I'hoy need not be tagged with his name. OMAHA is generous enough to say that Minneapolis is abundantly able to accommodate the national republican convention , thouirh her hotel facilities are no better than these of Omaha and auditorium can hold no more people than our coliseum. Wo should think more of Minneapolis it she would aban don her policy of misrepresenting Omaha. HON. JOHN R. GAMIIU : of Yankton , Boiwtor-oloct from South Dakota as the successor of Judge Gilford , is dead. Mr. Gamble has been a prominent llguro in Dakota politics for many years and his term in congress was looked forward to with no IJittle interest by the South Da kota republicans who elected him in the face of the alliance cyclone which made Senator Moody'a defeat possible. IT is time to retire that old lie about one million men tramping the streets of the city and lanes of the country hunt ing for work which cannot bo found. It has boon very serviceable but is worn out. Give it a rest and miy truthfully that a few hundred thousand men in our eastern cities are out of work because they lack the disposition to go where labor is in demand and many of them Decline employment outside their trades whou it is offered. ,1 Fl'KCTKD COXt'lOKXCK. The professed confidence of the chair man and secretary of the Iowa demo cratic state committee , that the democ racy of that state will win everything this year , Is in line with tlio general democratic habit. The idea with that party is that it is good politics to claim everything. There used to bo in Ohio , a number of years ago , a democratic loader who was most careful to im press this upon tlio party managers at the beginning of every cam paign , holding that If it did no good it could do no harm. Perhaps it does not operate as a stimulus l j some people who are apt to become listless if their conlldenco is not kept up , and it may bo elTectivo in attracting voters who have no bottled party aMlllalion. In this view the early profession ol con- ! Idonco by the Iowa democratic commit- tcetnon may bo good politics. But everybody familiar with the situa tion will understand that they can have no substantial ground for their claim. The Iowa campaign has not opened , and the largo majority of the voters are busily engaged in looking after the splendid crops which will add tons of millions to the wealth of Iowa this year. It Is not improbable that there are localities in tlio state whore the democratic cause appears to bo so uncommonly prosperous as almost to warrant the conildonco of'tho chairman and secretary of the state committee , but those tire places which do not fur nish a fair index to the feeling through out the state , and it is quite possible that oven in such places the tide will change after the campaign is in full progress and the questions at Issue have received intelligent discussion. But for tlio prohibition question the demo cratic cause in Iowa would bo entirely hopeless , and it may happen that it will not derive as much advantage from this issue as it now expects to. It is highly probable that there are anti-prohibition republicans who will vote with their party this year from a conviction that it would bo a great misfortune to allow Iowa to become a democratic state the year preceding the presi dential election , thoteby giving the democracy an opportunity to gerry mander the congressional districts and to emulate the example of tbo party in Michigan by providing for the choice of presidential electors by districts. There are national questions of com manding importance that the voters of Iowa will bo called upon to consider and render judgment on at the ballot box , and between allowing that state to give its approval to the free coinage of silver , which would bo the meaning of demo cratic success , and tolerating prohibition for a time longer , it is-not to be doubted that there are many anti-prohibition republicans who will prefer the latter , It may also fairly bo supposed that there are democrats in Iowa who be lieve so llrmly in honest money and a sound and stable currency that they will not support the party in the position it has taken regarding silver. The democracy of Iowa will not bo al lowed to dodge or evade the national issues , and it is not easy to believe that a majority of the intelligent voters of the state will endorse the position that party occupies on these questions. The farmers of Iowa know they have suffered no hardship from the present tariff law , and they want to exchange their products for good money. They should , and it is reasonable to think will , present a solid front in opposition to the party which is willing to demol ish the whole structure of American protection , would abandon reciprocity , and demands a policy regarding silver which would debase the currency and impair the credit of the government. A MOliK JfO/WUC , FRKLlKfl. Advices from Now York and other business centers of the cast represent that there Is a very decided revival of conildonco in manufacturing , mercantile and railroad circles. Business men who do not rely wholly upon public state ments regarding the crops have boon securing private information that has astonished thoih , and of course thoolToct in all such cases has been to create a most hopeful fooling. A Now York dis patch says that Jay Gould has sent instructions that every available car on the Union Pacific system bo got in readi ness at once , and that arrangements bo made , if possible , either to build , to hire or to borrow as many other cars as pos sible. Railroad men are looking for ward to an active revival of railroad construction within the nextyear ; , which would bring activity to the iron and stool mills. All the eastern railway managers agree in the opinion that there will bean an enormous export of grain to Europe , and they seem to have had in formation from the other side which confirms the report of a great shortage In the grain crop there. The question of how Europe will pay for the L'rnin it must have , to which reference was made a few days ago , is being seriously con sidered by financiers. The opinion seems to bo pretty general that Europe cannot spare much cash , and therefore will send back in payment of the debt great quantities of our securities ; What the elTect of this would bo on our market-Is of course a matter of conjecture. Some of tlio financiers think that it will tend to neutralize , to some extent , the beneficial results that the maikoting of a great crop would produce. Others are of the opinion that the prosperity which everyone believes is sure to nome , will be bulllcient to sus tain the prices of those securities , oven if they are sent over hero to pay for the exports of grain. It is quite unnecessary , however , to borrow trouble about how wo shall bo paid for our grain. In any event , whether the payment is made in casher or the sound securities wo have sold to Europe are returned to us , the country will be richer to the full extent of the European demand. It would perhaps bo desirable to get back the generous sum in gold which Europe has drawn from us during the past six months , but if that does not return to us this year it will certainly do bo in the not remote future. Tlio loss has very nearly been made up by additions to the currency from purchases of silver , and will bo more than mot before the pres ent year ends , so that the circulation will bo restored to the highest point It has over reached. Every aspect of the situation is favorable , and the outlook for a prolonged era of prosperity , In which all Interests will share , is altogether bright. At such a time nothing could Do moro inauspicious than political movements which threaten a radical change from established financial meth ods , or attempts to inaugurate a policy which would produce demoralization in the currency of the country. XKIlllASK.l AM ) Tilt" FAIll. . The commissioners for the world's fair on the part of Nebraska have boon appointed. The appropriation of $ " > 0,000 by the legislature is a good nucleus around which to gather Nebraska's share of the great exposition. Already ground has been chosen nt Chicago by the Nebraska monibora of the nntional organization. The neccscary details for proper executive work are practically completed and our people may now properly begin upon the details essen tial to a successful exhibit on the part of Nebraska. The first fact with which wo are mot is the Insunicioncy of the appropriation. The sum granted out of the public treasury is not a third enough. Private subscriptions of at least $100,000 must bo made , and it is never too early to begin a subscription list. The county agri cultural societies and local business men's organizations should at once or ganize a campaign in behalf of moro funds for the world's fair. The general commissioner of the state should make it his business from this time forward to work up local interest , enthusiasm and contributions. Ho should hot his slakes for at least $100,000 moro than is now available and work to that end. A general plan for the Nebraska ex hibit , something unique , characteristic and nmplo should bo outlined , and it will take a genius to devise anything striking and original. A competitive prize of $2" > 0 or moro for plans would probably stimulate citizens with ability in that direction to proposojust what is needed. There is a great deal of work to bo rtono to prepare for May , 18915 , and a year and a half is none too long a period for preparation. If the commis sioners do their duty they will bo very busy men from this time until their terms of oflico expire. IT AITKAKS that the banks having 41 per cent bonds are not responding as freely as was expected to the oiler of the secretary of the treasury to extend them at 2 per cent interest , and as the date of the maturity of these bonds is but little moro than two weeks oil , it is appre hended that the treasury will bo com pelled to redeem the larger part of them or extend them at the present rate of interest , and it will un doubtedly decide to do the former if it shall bo necessary to chooso. In view of the assurances made to the secretary by the banks , their course appears very strange nnd not easy to bo accounted for. It would seem obvious that they are making a mistake which they may have cause to regret hereafter. It is understood that the treasury will bo abundantly able to redeem whatever bonds are not ex tended. Tim railways can allord to meet the State Business Men's association half way in its proposition to send an adver tising train throughout the oast. It is a plan for interesting eastern people in Nebraska which will prove advanta geous all around. A representative to look after the especial interests of his own county will accomplish more di rectly and indirectly than a half dozen men who work for the state at largo. The railways should not withhold their assistance. Transportation for products and people from the county they repre sent to Omaha will bo a very light con tribution for the return which the ad vertising will bring if the thirty day trip through the eastern states bo under taken upon the scale comprehended. GOYKiiNOii TIIAYKU owes it to himself - self and the people , as well as the board of public lands and buildings , to give the Hastings asylum report his early at tention. This thing has dragged along already for months , and the convicted olllcials continue to draw their salaries. Further delay only tends to further de moralization at Hastings , The case is all made up and the governor partici pated in person in the investigation. It ought not to take him very long to make up his mind to perform his duty. Tun vice president of one corporation engaged in making building material is a member of the board of education and the general mamigcr is a council man. Another corporation making another class of material , is so for tunate as to have Its president in the board and Its secretary in the council. It goes without saying that city contractors have not lost sight of the strategic positions occuuicd by these gentlemen in tholr relations to public work. A I'KUMANKNT adjustment of the labor troubles cannot bj reached until the courts have p-issed upon the con stitutionality of the eight hour law. At torney Webster's opinion that it is un constitutional does not settle the ques tion. Other attorneys acting In behalf of the other side of the controversy can doubtless cite decisions leaning their way. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CllUKLTY to children Is neither a mis demeanor nor a felony in Nebraska. Cruelty to animals , however , 19 a nor- * Ions ollonso. The Humana society should blush to know that In its zeal for the unreasoning brute it has overlooked the rights of helpless human beings to protection from cruel parents and guar dians. * OMAHA has already buttered greatly by reason of the cessation of work on the union depot. Somebody must de vote a great deal of personal attention to this mutt or it the Important work is to be resumed. There ought to bo a feasi ble way out of the controversy now. . TIIK meeting to organise for an active campaign from this time on until the November meeting of the republican national central committee , huj sot the ball rolling and nothing can stop it. Omaha will leave nothing undone to so- euro the national convention. AN advertising train filled with Ne braska products moving through the east will not only Invite attention to this state and encourage immigration , but it will wipe olT the boards solno of the wickedest fulsJTiWl.s over circulated to the Injury of the best agricultural state in the union. WITHIN a briuf period the smoke will bo curlliiL' from the smelling slao ! < u if the mouths of outside agitators are properly muz/.led by the real workingmen - men interested in , \ wotlloment of the controversy between the smelting works people and their late employes. AMOVO the independent delegates ap pears the well known name of Frank Crawford , ex-justice of the peace and general rusj.ler from the Seventh ward. AuniToit Br.NTON will kindly hold his tamper while TIIK BUM suggests to him that he is hired to represent the state on the board of transportation. OMAHA and Council BlulTs are per fectly competent to nntortain any con vention which the nation or the world may care to hold hero. A SKTTLKJIINT : is In sight. It is to bo hoped the barking of the professional agitators will not chase it out of roach. PHOIIIIHTIONIST STIUCKLKU looms up in the coming independent convention as a delegate from the Fourth ward. Cleveland lor Governor. i\Vio I'mr / \ < M. Tn tlio party's Interest , therefore , nnd equally In his own , Mr. Clovolnnd should stand nRiiin , in this important Junction , for the great ofllco of governor of New York. JnwsmfUis to tlic Front. Afio Ytuli Trltnine. It looks now as though the farmers' nlllnnco movement will soon roach a stngo where it won't bo an alllnnco , nnd won't bo composed of farmers. Even now the jawstnlth and the demagogue arc hoard in its deliberations. Sonic I'dccrl'iil Clilenan Ttmei. The managers of ttio domocratlc campaign in Iowa nro prcdlcllnp a landslide , and will not bo sntislled with anything loss tlmu a majority of 20.000 for Doles and a clean sweep on the legislative tlckot. The only thing dis couraging about the political situation in Iowa is that there Is no senator to bo elected this year. Two ' 'liln rt Necessary. JllmfeaftilH Trilinnr. Bob Evans and W. H. Eustis have been sounding the pnoule-of the east an 1 they find that Minneapolis has the call in the matter of the republican national convention. The twothlncs necoss\ryaro ! [ a guarantee fund of ? . > 0,000 and proof tnnt wo can ta < o care of the crowd. The first will require hustling ; the second a mere statement of facts. West I'olut Vacancies. Xrifyifiik Ti Untile. Sixty vacancies' West Point. Now is the bright boy's rhanco foraeadotsbip. Such a state of things has not existed since the military academy got golnc , say for seventy years , and a curion CQmincntary it is upon tha belief , popular in sonio quarters , that the young men of the rising generation are to Und ovcry avouuo closed to them. On to Clilnn. I'litlntlclulilii Jleriml. , In spite of the childlike and bland disclaim ers by Chinese diplomats in Washington , China is cvldo-itly on the verge of n serious revolt. With the complications which might arise In that event , and with the varied in terests which under ono pretext or another would seek to interfere , this county has , for- tunatcily , no connection. But the Americans in China must bo protected ; nnd , therefore , the cruiser Charleston has boon ordered to proceed to Shanghai. She represents a dif ferent typo of Atnrlcitn men-of-war from tboso whioh have been soon In Chinese waters , and may bo trusted , if occasion should arise , to give a good account of herself. The KfToot of Strikes. Denver II imliUc 111. Every man is under au obligation to the community in which ho lives , and this obli gation should bo considered by workingmen before determining to strike. In all cases a .striko , however meritorious it nmy bo In itself , hurts the community In which it occurs. In some cases the ultimata clTcct upon the community Is good. But the temporary effect is always bad , A workman is affected by the general condition of busi ness. Ho feels the effect of dull times oven though ho may not own a dollar's ' worth of real estate. He feels it all the moro If ho is the owner of property , A strike which in jures the whole community injures him. It would boom that the mon who struck in the smelter at Omaha , did not consider care fully what the olToctof their action might bo upon the city , Omuha is menaced now by n genuine strike , from which , If it occurs , it may not recover for years. This is a serious matter for the people of that town to look squarely in the faco. If a severe blow should bo given to the Industrial and business Inter ests of Omaha , every workingtnun in that town would suffer aud his faintly would suf fer with him. There are times when mon ought to strike , but they should never tulto .such n step without considering all the consequencss. Pcoplo seem , sometimes , to think that only business men and capitalists are under an obligation to worlc for the jjoneral welfare of the community In \vl'oti | | they Itvo. But this is an erroneous view. Tlio men who nro clnssod as worklngihcn are under an obliga tion to do tholr part:1' ' Sometimes this obliga tion extends no furj.l'r ) ( ) ' than to avoid doing an injury to the pluco in which they llvo. Fortunately , the vast majority of workingmen - men nro loyal to tholr homoi. roits.ii\li\ Against the woodi'Jiliilb it stands. Cihon ol n doadiomo ; | , stnrlng through Its liroucn lights on wasted lands Where old-time Inn-vests grow. Unploughed , unsowod , by ay tlio imshorn , The poor forsaken farm-llelds lie , Once rich nnd rifu with golden corn And jmlo groeifl/iciidtlis of rye , Of healthful herb and flower boruft , Tlio garden plot no lumsowlfo koepa ; Through weeds and tangle only loft The snake , Its tounnt , creeps , A Ulna spray , once blossom ulad , Sways bare before tha empty rooms , Bcsldo the loallessporcli a dad , I'atuetla red rose blooms. His track in moid and dust of drouth , On lloor and lie.irtH the squirrel leaves , And In the tireless chimney's mouth Ilia web the spider weaves , The loaning barn about to fall Resounds no moro on husking ovcs ; No cattle low In yard or stull. No thresher boats his snenvcj. So sad , so drear 1 It seems almost Some haunting prvsonco maUca Its slen ; That down yon shadowy lunu gomo gbost Mlijbt drive lib gpixtrul kluol OTHKIt K.I.VD.V TIM.V OVHS. The charge made by Mr. Morley that the proposed mcnxuro of local government for Ireland Is "a smnlt homo rule bill , " was resented by Mr. Hal four , but ho did not succeed In showing the error of the descrip tion. When the bill for local self-govern ment In Ungland nnd Scotland was under consideration the London Times explained , as ono having authority , that the mcnsuro was not extended to Ireland boeaitso Irish men were not worthy of It ; and pretty much tlio Rama ground wns taken by somq of the tory speakers In parliament. Mr , llnlfour Will scarcely contend that the Irish huvo boon regenerated since. Although his local government bill comes very far short of the Irish demands , nnd Is Indeed in the main Irrelevant and irresponsive to them , It Is plainly enough Intended as n concilia tory measure , and Is a tolerable distinct ml- mission that the Irish liavn grievances that ought to bo redressed. This is nn opin ion that has been growing in Ungland over since the rejection of Mr. Gladstone's homo rule bill , and It Is to conciliate Kngllsh rather than Irish opinion , that the now meas ure Is intended. That Is to say , It is meant not to give the Irish what they want , but to give them what tha majority of Kngllsh voters ers think they ought to want. All measures of this kind have tailed hitherto to satisfy or pacify Ireland , and it remains for a general election to show whether this ono will satisfy England. * * The labor congress nt Brussels will meet next Sunday nnd its proceedings will bo watched throughout ICuropo with lively In terest. English trades unionism us n whole will not bo represented , partly because the title of the concrcss has been changed from "international ' " " workmen's" to "interna tional socialist workmen's , " where n word implies n great deal ; partly because It meets on n Sunday , which not only offends ro- llglous prejudice , but Involves the loss of an extra day's ' worlc by English delegates , and partly because the continental associations have not exhibited any very great anxiety to secure the good will of the British associa tions. For the first tlmo in the history of such congresses every province of Poland will bo represented by a delegate. All the Scandinavian countries nnd Hol land will send delegate' . There will bo a number of Frenchmen , but not so many Germans as nt Paris In 1SS' ) . The Austnans , Swiss and Hungarians will bo in full force. The Spaniards nnd Italians also send delegates. Some representatives from America are expected , and in fact , of the moro important countries Great Britain is likely to have the feeblest representation unless the trade unions should become alarmed at the last moment nnd send dele gates to look after their Interests. Among the subjects to bo considered arc laws affect ing labor , the richt , of coalition , militarism , the Hebrew question , suffrage and parlia mentary representation , piece work , organiza tion , otc. This country is interested particu larly in the proposal to hold the next interna tional congress in 1893 in Chicago , aud to make an international demonstration ou the occasion. # * * Corca has a long coast line , with many ex cellent harbors open all the year ; and as Uus- sla must have an outlet for her fleets on the coast of Siberia , she is naturally anxious to possess the little kingdom. Japan has re fused to grant Russia the island of Tsuchima as a naval port , and it is well known that emissaries of the czar have for some time been actively at work in Goroa preparing thn people for his rulo. All this has naturally aroused the Jealousy and fears of England , China and Japan. The annexation of Corca by Hussia would not only millet n blow upon British commerce in that part of the world , but would bo n now menace to India. Japan looks upon Corca as a barrier between herself nnd her two trrcat enemies , China and Russia ; and the possession of the peninsula by cither of these powers would bo inimical to Japanese interests. China is unwilling to surrender her claim on Corca ; but it is doubtful if she would bo prepared to resist au advance on the part of Iussin. Meanwhile the Musco vite Is moving along slowly but steadily. Ho is building railroads in Central Asia and winning the wandering tribes over to his rule ; and ivhilo sowing the seed for future Influence in Afghanistan , bo is securing a foothold in Persia , and year by year drawing nearer to the fulfillment of the dream of every czar since the days of Peter the Great the conquest of India. Some day a greater battle than any over recorded In history will bo fought In Asia , # * The report upon public Instruction in Franco contains some Interesting figures. Confining our attention to intermediate school , it appears that the practical mononoly of education by the government has nearly extinguished the private schools not sup ported by religious denominations. They have decreased in number since 1870 from 49t , withUO.OOO pupils , to 250 in ISO ] , with only 15,000 pupils. On the other hand , the religious schools , In splto of most oppressive legislation , show a considerable in crease. In 18711 they numbered 30 ! ) , with -10bOO , pupils , nnd in 1801 they had increased to II52 with 51,200 pupils" , nnd the 190 potits scmitmircs had In addition moro than twenty thousand pupils. Com paring tbeso'iiuniborj with these of the gov ernment schools , it seems that about one-half of the youth of the middle class are still edu cated outside of the government institutions. In both classes of schools a marked decrease In the number of pupils boarded In the insti tutions bos taken place. The cry Is already hoard that the fnos now charged for school ing should bo remitted , but it cannot bo said that any movement in this direction has yet manifested lUelf , * Russian diplomacy Is always active , and rarely misses a chance of furthering an and , It lias neon very busy of late In undcrmlnlin ; Turkish influence , not only in Servla , but In Macedonia. The Saivian skupshtina for several years has voted 300,000 francs for the foundation and maintenance of schools In Macedonia , mid It is scarcely necessary to add that tbo cliluf aim of these Institutions is political and anti-Turkish. For a long time the Servian minister at Constantinople has been trying to get permission to establish a school at Monaster , but the Turk ish minister of public instruction reso lutely refused until the Uussian ambassador brought such pressure to bear upon him that ho was induced to grant a HCCIIM' , This , however , has now been withdrawn owing to the vigorous jirotoitations of Fan ; Pasha , the governoi-genoral of Macedonia , who thoroughly understands the game. It ap pears that Monastur has bgon made a center of political Intilcuo and that thorn are now at the Servian consulate in that pluco no lo.ss than fifteen no-called schoolmasters , who go from vlllugo to village In the alleged interest of education. Drilling On tlio HoIts. ( . KVlH'na t If n Time * . I'ollllCiU'ninbltlun has begun to surge and dash ngalnst the rotorm sumlmtnt of early ulllaneo inunavamont. The loaders are dividing. The uiisclllsh who Joined tha order in the hope of Undlug tliuro a moans of build ing a bulwark against advancing monopolies are alarmed by the radical HOclalUm of push- ng agitators. Th extreme Hoclniuts are claiming tliu solo guardianship of the real alliance lianco tcnoU. 'Phono mon are determined to drive out iho moderate- * and to oriranlzo u now p'irty In order that tlioro may be unices to distribute ) and chance * to bu absorbed for spending money. PERHAPS IT'S ' ONLY A JOKE , Bottle Picked Up In L.\ko Michigan Saying Nebraska Mon Word Drownoil. WENT DOWN WITH THE THOMAS HUME. Western Tanners Bo Tickled Over Crops That They Can't Complain iVnyililnu ItusHlaVnnta n 1'nulcliij ; Ilousu. CHICAGO Bi'iiRVU or TIIK Br.r , | Cinruio , Atlir. It. f On May 10 last tlio schooner Thomas Hume of Muakrgon was lost In Unlto Michi gan , between Chicago nnd MusUe-ron. . AU hands went down with the vessel. Yester day a bottle was picked up on the bonuh noir Bciilon llnrbor , Mlcli , II contained n pleco of brown impor on which was written : \Vo , thn iindiTslntH'd , are pas ( MiKt'rs on the Thonms llumu. Tin * schooner's hold is tapldly lilllnt ; with water and linvu no hope or ctuapu. \\e iiro on tliu M. .lostMih cnurto anil liuvc been drifting for hours.Vo have friends In Mo- Cook. Nub. , nnil Klkluirt , Ind. 1'ioaso notify Ihoin of our fait' . The letter was signed by Frank Ma\nnrd and Wilbur ( 'rover. Vessolmen look upon the letter as the work of a bottle llon-i. It is Improbable that the lliimo had passengers nbonrd when she foundered , and U Is still moro improlmblo that passengers hailing from Indiana and Nebraska could determine that tbo sinking vessel was on the "St. Joseph course , " whatever that itmv moan , after she had been drifting for hours. ' XOT COMI'MINIMI WI\Tlir.ll. ! D. O. Ashley , president of tbo Wabash railroad , has Just returned from n trip through Kansas , Nebraska , Iowa and other western stntes.and Is mnst enthusiastic about the Indications of prosperity hu observed. "Thero will bo no complaint * Irom the alli ance against iho railroads this , \ ear. " said President Ashley when at the auditorium yesterday. "Thero will bo so much prosper ity among the farmers that thov will have no cause for complaint. Everywhere I went in Kansas , Nebraska and the adjoining states the crops were in excellent condition. The wheat has Just boon harvested and the farmers say the crop is tno largest thov have had in years. As n natural result prosperity will follow in all directions and there will lib a great Increase in railroad shipments. " "Will there also bo an increase in freight rales 1" ho was asked. "No , sir , " was the prompt reply. "TJio railroads nro satisfied if the rates remain firm , and good crops will Insure that. We haVe no desire to raise the rates nnd will not do so. " PVCKIXO HOUSR roll iit'ssu. A movement Is said to bo on foot among Chicago capitalists for the establishment of nn immense packing house nt t.lelj.ui , Rus sia. It is said the Kussian government Is very willing to subsidize and guaran tee the enterprise In diiTorent ways. It offers a subsidy of 20,000 roubles per year to the firm engaging In the business , nnd is nt the same time pre pared to guarantee 5 par cent on n capital of 40i,000 ) rubles for the first llvo years. Liebati has been selected because it is tlio only sea port in northern Uussia that is not Icebound during four or llvo months of the year. Uus sian nnd French 'armies are good customers , and the support from the government will bo very liberal. The price of cattle in Russia is extremely low and it is likelv to remain so for a lone time on account of the restrictions laid on the Importation of live animals to Prussia and Austria. ICAII.KOAn James Wallace , nt ono time a well known railroad man , committed suicide last evening at his home in this city. He went home and asked a servant If his wife was in. Being told that she was not , ho went to his room , whore , two hours later , his body was found banging by a strap for a portiere pole. Ho left , an incoherent letter to his wife in which ho referred to his "troubles , " but did not state what the troubles were. The deceased was for some tlmo chief ticket agent of the Northwestern railroad company In this city. Ho had boon a member of a prominent club and was possessed of considerable wealth. Despondency because of ill-health was prob ably the cause ot the suicido. IN Tiiounu : . Residents of Chicago's "Chinatown" are In a troubled stuto of mind over the futo of eight ; of their number who nro detained on the North Dakota border , mill who are likely to remain there for some time. Eight nro Chinese merchants ivho have bean in bus iness in Chlcano for years , and they went to China some lime aqo lo visit , taking vvi'h them documents from United States Comml - siouer Hoyno , identifying them so that they could get back into this country without any trouble. About three weeks ago these Chicago cage celestials presented themselves at the borders , but on orders from Chief Treasury Agent Scanlan they wore detained there. Mr , Scanlan had papers sent to Chicago for examination , and ho decided that they were not regular and that they could bo used to smugcclo Chinamen into the country. Ho reported all the facts to Washington for a decision. They cannot bo admitted now until the "Washlngtoa authorities has boon hoard from , and as the chief of the treasury depart ment. who decides such matters , Is talcing n vacation tbo celestials will camp on the border for so.nu tlmo. WKSTEUX rcOl'I.B IX CIIICAOO. The following western people are in the city : At the Grand Pacific J. E. ( lull , Cedar Hapids. In. ; J. C. Savory , Dos Molnes. la. ; Mr. and Mrs. A. Stone , Cheyenne , Wyo. ; John A. O'Koefe. ' Omaha. At tbo Wellington Mrs Champion , Coun cil Bluffs. At the KIcholiou Mrs. J , A. Johnson , No- bras ka. At the Auditorium J. II. Kern , Dos Moines , la. ; Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Pooro , Cedar Hapids , la. ; George B. Thomas , Moor- cruft , Wyo. At the Palmer Mr. and MM , W. B. McConnell - Connell , Fargo , N , D.J. ; F. Heckler , Brit- ton , S. D. ; D. A. Farrell , Council Bluffs. F. P. Kirkeudnll Is In the city with his family who are on tholr way cast for a two months visit. Mr. Klrkcndnll returns to Omaha this evening. K A. Striking lor Union Ki NF.W Yonic , Aug. II. Over ono thousand cloakmakers , cutlers , tailors nnd pressers went on a stiiko yoslordny In thrco shops. Tbo strike was ordered by the consolidated board of the Joint unions , and all work was entirely suspended. According to the ofllccn of the cloakmakers' union , Mr. Stein of Julius Sloln & Co. , 07 Broadwiy , has noon trying for some limo to persuade his em ployes to leave iho union and ho wanted to employ non-union mon. It was to force him onioinlly to rocoBtiUo the union that union mon and women wont on a strike In the shops of this linn yesterday. AVorld'w Fair CoiiiiiiishlonorH. VIKN-.XA , August II , Kx-CongnHsman Buttorworth and Moses P. Handy , two mem bers of tha foreign committed of the Chlcntro Columbian exhibition , having completed Iholr labors huro , star ted today for eastern Europe. This trip will occupy Iho tlmo of the commltleii until the end of tha month , at which tlmo they expect to arrlvo In London. ! ' ! TO SritiMii'iKU ) , Mass. , Aug. 11. Tno Na tional association of Iiro ongluoers In ses sion bora has eloctud for urosidont A , P , Lesnulo of this city. Among the vlcupiosl- dents are James O. Hill of Illinois , U. M. Kellogg ol Iowa , F. M. French \Viscoimln , John Jackson of Minnesota and J. J. ( jalllgan of Nebraska , l.ll'K'tt LAltOlt O'lilt. * Detroit 1-Yoo Press ; In the death < . Oeorgo W. Jones , the Venerable editor of the Now Yorlt Times , American Journalism hoi lost ono of Its early landmarks. Kansas C'lty Journal : In thn tlo.ilh of ( leorgo Jones of the Times , Now York loses Iho oldest of Us newspaper mon. Ho assisted In KM In founding Iho newspaper on which his life has since been spent. Ho has directed tlio course of the paper during most of the lime , and its business .success has been duo to his energy and business snu'iioitv. Chicago News : Now York owes n debt ol grnttlndo to Iho late Oeorgo Jones for th ( ! part played by his newspaper in unearthing and breaking up the Iniamons Tweed ring. The veteran publisher nnd editor has done his hfo'.s work well , ami the ranks of Jo\ir- \ millsm suffer it lu.lnlilo . loss by his removal. Tlm Now York Times Is monument ol which any man mlgnt bo proud. Chicago Intnr-Ooo.ni : To him was brought the evidence of i Ing frauds , nnd when Tweed and his pals found that ho had the figures Iho olTor was madn to him to buy ins paper at whatever figures ho might name. This fall ing , bo was offeruil a clear f-.OOO.OOO in cash to relrnln from publication. That Is believed to bo the largest bribe ever offered an 1 re II fused. For his course in that matter Mr. Jones deserves the very highest praise. ( tloba-Democrat : ( Joorgo Jones of tha ' 1 Times , whoso death has Just occurred , was the last of iho great itiartutto | of New York editors who had n national reputation before the civil war- James Cordon Bennett of the old Herald , Horace ( Ireoley of the Tribune nnd Hcnr.v J Raymond , who. with Jones , conducted the TIIIKM. No ono of Ills con temporaries thotiL'M evinced a grenlor per sonal Inlcrest In political and social move ments or displayed greater vliror , persistency or conrngo In exposing corruption , extrava gance nnd Inonirlcncy In nubile llfo and cre ating tlm sentiment whlcli would bring the culprits to Justice. Chicago Times : Mr. .tones was an op ponent of prohibition as well as of protection In his last Illness the absurd luw of Maine operated to rob him of relief whleh ho might have had In nn enlightened nnd tolerant com munity. Ho Had gone to Poland Springs to d'e ' , hoping , ns all invalids hope , to llvo Ills physician said Just before the end "Wo have found It very hard to gut nnv brandy for this easeIn fact , wo were obliged to send to New York city to iret It. To mo It seems llko an outrage when for sickness I cannot get n drop of brandy in the i-lty of Kewiston , while cheap drunkards are allowed to shunio through the slroots after drinking the miser- nblo Mnluo whisky. " Detroit Kroo I'ross : Marinret Will yon co to the theater with us tomorrow evnnlnir. * Mnudi ) ? Maiido Thank you vorv much , Maggie , but I'm very niuoli pressed for tlmo this wooli. Mar-'aret And I know the - ovnct tlmo. too. Mamie Tinuxaol tlmo of what ? Mnrganit.limi you nro prossrd. It's every OMUilne when UhAlloy Slosson calls , Maude Von moan thing. Who told you ? Mti'isny's Weekly : Olarn Clmrllo Jaokson urnfors blond girls. I.iiurn In'Ioedt I am quite a Iiriinnttn , you knrtw , and ho Is always very attentive lo mo. Ulara 1'robly beeniiio your Income Is fair. .I Truth : 1'ond Parent I fnnr. youiiK man , . . that you seek my daughter's hand solely for her nuallh. Young .Man- Well , look at nor candidly and kindly mention uliat oilier ( jiiiillllcutlons Hhu possesses will you ? Washington I'ost : Illp Wall Is thn name of the Chinmum who was uli r od In tliu polteu court with riiiiiilni ; n game of fin-tan. The court promptly decided that Hip Wall In It. CfjGVKR Drake's Mnuazlne. "James Iliown , I am nslminocl of yon , It KIIR tlireao'ulouk last nliiiit , When you oiiniu linmo. Haying "twits nuar- lor of twelve. ' Upon your honor brljjlit ! " "Jus * so , my dear. Indeed I did , Anil my statement wasiiultu truo. 1 or If tlncu Is not a quarter of twelve. Toll mo what Is ? Can you ? " Washington Star : Mr. Illlbrlno Wnat.only going lobe Mere ono day ? Why , you ought to Htay IOIIK uuoiiKh to take at least two IjlltllH. Mls Slc'ilollold llcavnn knows I need tlu'in 'j.iclly ' umiiiKli , but It Isn't pollto for yon to toll me Ki ) . York Telegram : llrldiil couple ( elf for tin1 honeymoon ) Is this n tluoii''h train'/ Hrakeman ( survey Ing thn pair , brutally ) - Hurry , mum. lint wo got orders to koun the lamps lit through 'em all. llrldiil coiiplo TlnoiiRli what all ? IliaUenian Tlio t Illinois. Arkansas Truvulor : She Are you not well this morning , l.dwln ? llo Never better In my llfo. She Is Is your lovu for mo growing cold ? You scorn HO Indlireicnt , so umlonionstratlvo. Has anything llu why , no ; you foolish little Rlrl. To- nioriow. an you know. 1 take uirt In HID foot ball mutch jiiimu and 1 am pu//ln < l to duuliln whether to make a will or run ehanees on my accident policy. Till ! ONK IIAIIIC IH.OT. llmtnn Cititrtrr. I love to wander by the brooks , That murmur to the babbling son , And watch llio qnalnt , melodious kino Dance up and down the lowly leu. I love to sen tlio farmer's lasi. With round led cliooks and hands and feet Rxtriieltho rare , rich litittorinllk , And Hinllu tlio while stupausing sweet. To feed the iintlnuc , dappled mure , Gives me a thrill of joy Intmiso ; I lovu to help Ihu hired man Sit on tlio cool and shady funco. Hut love I not ( hi ) farmer man , \Vho lulls mi ) when I eomo to par , That \\hun ho H.ild tliu hoard was four. Ho meant , of course , 'twas , four n day/ / Illnshamton llepnhlleaii : "This Is a ro nilar skin name , " remarked tliu banana puol to tliu NprawiliiK pudi'strlan. Puck : "A tomb firud al a policeman yes- teiday with a heavy eallbru revolvur. " "And what did the pollreman do ? Did hu niioitthu tough ? " "No , llu arrestvil tliu bullet. " Ilaltlmorn Amerlo in : A niidtilshl flru wult deserves the lionor of bolng tliu latest tiling out. lllnl nt a IMunlo InVlilcli T\\o Hun- lrcd WITH Injured. WII.MIXOTO.V , lul. , Aug. II. In-n free light for several nour.s at Pennsvlllo , N. J. , one man was nearly killed , twenty seriously injured and -00 received ruts and bruises. The south Jersey farmers wore having their annual reunion and 10,000 farmers , friends and relatives woru present Beer was plen tiful and caused trouble. All went well un til 1 o'clock , when a youth from Salem fiad a quarrel with a youth from I'ennsvlltu ami the crowd look up the light , which rugod un til I o clock. Tliu fanners armed thumsulvos with hipami wove out the hulls on each other's heads. A PunnsVlllbiii began a tight ion ilnlsh for a stake consisting of a gold watch and $ .r > 0. This btartnu another riot. A Newcastle man was chased two miles up tha Delaware river xhuiu and it Is feared hu met with foul play. Two hundred iiooplu watched the lighting from hoiMciopv No nr. resiM are roporled. huvoral hundred 1'hlla dalphlans ami u hundred persona from Nuw- custlu wore among tlio spectators of the Hot. HU.VH ft WiiHii't Olllolitl. WAHitivnox , Aug. It. Acting Secretary Notlloton ilWires ( to have It stiilod Unit tlm dispatch sent out lust night relating to the 1 per cent bond * was not authorised by tlm department or by any ofllclal or person hav ing authority lo spunk fur Iho doparti nnd thai its conclusions nnd Implication- not niproiont any olllclal opinion affecting the status of tlioVt \ per cent uonils , Highest of all in L-cavemng Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report