TJBJfi OMAHA JJAlljY TuKSDAT , AUGUST 18 , 1801.
THE DAILY BEE.
MOUNINO.
TfUMH OK SUllSOItfl'TION.
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Dnllr nnd Htlmlny.Ono Vnar . 10
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Weekly Hut' . Onu Ycnr . . 1 w
Ol'VICESi
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Hnnlh Oniiilin , f 'ornrr N nnd Mill Streets.
Council IllufTH. 12 IVnrl Street.
Chlcnco ( niro.IllTUinmlHTnf Commerce.
New York. Ilnnum 13,14 mill iM'rlbuno Itulldlng
Washington , f > ia I'oiirtfcntli street.
Allronuniinlo atlons rolntlnjf to news n < 1
rilltorlnl nintti'r nhoulU bo uddrciicd tc the
l.dltorlnl Department.
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A IIInmlneM letters nnd rcmlttanrosfihould
ne Mldrraied to Tim lloo I'libllililtiff Company ,
Onniha. Drufti , check * nnd postofflre onion
to lie tnnile payable to tlio onlur of the com
jinny.
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tlmt the net mil circulation of 'I'm : DAII.V UKR
for thn vrek milling August IS , 1MI , was us
follows :
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presence this 1.1th duy of August. A. D. . IM > L
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Peorpo ll. 'JV.irhuel. . bclnc duly sworn. fle-
ro es nnd sn.vs thnt hols secretary of TUB HKK
riihllohlrif ! cniiipiinv. Hint the nutual nvcrngo
ilnllv elriMilntlon of THE lun.v lliiK for the
month of A ( must. IMIO. H > , ? M ) copies ;
for September. 1100. VO.S70 copies ; for
October. IMX' , L'o.Tfi1 topics : for Not -
t rn 1 pr. IfW. .3.1NI coplrs : for IMP , December ,
IMO , 2',47I copies ! for Iniinarv. ISul 28.44fi
'oplos ! for I'i'liriinry. 1RUI , ' . : i12 copies : for
Mnrcli , 1891. l4nfiS ! copies : for April. Ifi'JI. SUCH
coplei : for Mny , 1MH. ; < 1.MO copies ; for Juno ,
1MU. 28,017 copies. .July , 18111. .7.021 copies.
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Fworn to hnforo mo nnd subscribed In mo ,
presence llilaaday o | Ausust. A. D. 1MI1.
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, Notary 1'ii'illc.
GIIAND ISLAND'S reunion Is certain to
1)0 ! i success unless the wontlior should
bo exceptionally unfnvorubln.
CHICAGO wants the workingman's in
ternational congress in 189'J and Omixha
hopes she will crot it. There is nothing
email about Omaha.
Discoun in alliance circles is slowly
eating toward the vital parts of the or
ganization and the discord is occasioned
by the tremendous crop of ambitions for
county ofllcos.
EvBUYWiiHiiKOmnlm's onorcotic can
vass for the republican national conven
tion iscalling out compliments and words
of oncoiirngomont except in Chicago
and Minneapolis.
A GisoitaiA alliance ofllcor 1ms em-
bczlocl $20,000 of alliance funds. The
man was sound enough on the sub-treas
ury Issue but not a safe man to trust
with other people's money.
MAJOK JIcKiNLHY will bo the next
governor of Ohio and the Now York im
porters who are sending out $500,000 to
encompass his defeat might just as well
save their money for fireworks.
.TAJIKS Russian Low KM , was n
scholar , but this did not destroy his
interest In politics and ho never thought
it beneath his dignity to nmlco a stump
spoecli for the republican party or to go
to the polls and vote on election day.
IT remained for a French newspaper
to discover that the Gorman emperor
was insane and attempting to throw the
captain of the royal yacht overboard
when lie broke his knee-cap. The
French are a vivacious people , and
enjoy sensations.
Too cowardly to express an opinion
upon the merits of the late labor dilll-
culty so long as the results wore in
doubt , the newspaper under the shadow
of Karnam street , hill will now take to
itself some tinsel and put on little bolls
and call it glory. Bahl
Sioux FAM.S gives promise of wrest
ing from Chicago her time tried reputa
tion as the MOOCH of divorce hunters.
There are 10,1 eastern people now in
Sioux Fulls Hiiintr under the lax South
Dakota divorce laws for a severance of
the bonds of matrimony.
WIIKN the independent convention
adjourns tonight J.y. . Edgorton of
South Omaha will in all probability bo
again n candidate for olllco. Just what
figure ho will cut as a nominee for asso
ciate justice of the supreme court had
bettor bo imagined than described.
A LONDON nuwspapor remarks that
the farmers of America are masters of
the situation. It is not necessary to
take n voyage across the ocean to arrive -
rive at that fact. The two sentences
above are to bo considered independent
of politics and apply solely to crops.
ANAIJOIIISTS have no place in the
ranks of honest laboring men , and thnt
is why the international labor congress
at UrustioU refused Boats to Hobil , Ltob-
knloht and Singer , the well-known
Gorimm socialists , by an almost unani
mous voto. Anarchists and workingmen -
men have nothing but breath nnd life
in common.
TUB Unltlmoro civil service episode
would be highly ontortnining except for
the fact that A Worth Spates , formerly
secretary of Wyoming and always n
citizen of Maryland may use Commis
sioner lloosofolt's report as n ladder upon
which to climb out of the Chosaponko
buy of obscurity where ho has boon hid
den for iv few lonesome years.
AJIOKO the exiled Jews landing at
Montreal the other day was n blind
man of advanced year * with ton daugh
ters and only one son-in-law. The altu-
utlon of the poor t < on-in-law would bo
pitiful indeed except for the further in
formation that Ills blstors-in-law are all
good looking and all immediately found
work as dressmakers at which business
each Is an expert. The ohuncos are that
the married man and the father'will
have comparatively easy sailing in their
now homo.
T11K FlttKS U
When the nvorngo citizen started fo
liis place of business yesterday morn in |
his eye instinctively turned to the largo
stacks of the Onnlm & Grant smelting
nnd refining company's works. Ho
quickened his step and his eye
brightened as ho observed tlio smoke
slowly curling up from one nnd nnotho
of those , announcing to Omaha that the
works are reopnned nnd the men are
back at the furnaces. Tie had read in
TUB BBH the fact that the clear
clearings for last week showed it do
cronso of 28,0 per cent from the cor
responding week of 1800 as n dlrec
arithmetical result of the labor trouble
and it was therefore particularly en
couraging , almost oxhiliraling to ( Us
cover that so far ns this important in
dustry is concerned work Is resumed.
Just what concessions liavo boon made
by tlio two sides to the costly controversy
vorsy are not fully known. In fart the
public Interest is not concerned with the
conditions of the sattlempnt of the difll
culty. It is clear , however , thn
amicable relations exist. The men are
glad to bo employed and the owners o
the great plant are pleased beyond ex
pression to have their dilToronccs ad
justed and their works running. The
self-constituted leaders who attcmptei
the role of Moses and Joshua and Gid
eon have failed utterly. They incitci :
the men to strike and kept them out o
employment for two weeks. ' They
wearied thorn with harangued and dis
appointed them with unfulfilled prom
ises. They wore finally cast ovot board
and between the employers nnd the em
ployes the trouble was brought to an
end.
Notwithstanding the incendiary
speeches made and the dangers which
the situation presented for a time , no
evil has come upon the city other than
that incident to the discontinuance of
work. The temper of employers and
strikers from the beginning has boon
admirable. The men have boon orderly ,
calm and In no instance have they resorted -
sorted to violence. They were misled
into the strike and misinformed as to
their rights under the now law. The
strike was not for higher wages or easier
hours originally but was a protest against
signing a contract which the men did
not comprehend and which they wore
led to thimc was likely to load
to their injury. They have , how
ever , conducted themselves dec
orously and nt the first fair opportun
ity showed themselves to bo reasonable
and willing to do their part toward a
proper readjustment of differences. On
the other hand Messrs. Barton and Nash
have shown themselves not only men of
heart as well as of means , but loyal citi
zens of Omaha. They have mot
their striking employes in n
spirit of fairness and concession.
They have regarded the public
interest and the necessities of their em
ployes as well as their own advantage.
They deserve commendation for the
charitnulo treatment accorded the strik
ers under very aggravating circum
stances.
When President Barton reached the
smelting works in the morning ho found
they had been captured by his former
employes. Ho was surprised and anxious"
until they advised him that they were
ready to go to work again upon his own
conditions. It must have been'a grati
fying thought to Mr. Barton that the
men wore willing to re-enter the \\orks
and resume their duties without a
formal agreement as to wages , hours
and other matters in controversy. They
were willing to take him at his
word which was that the contract
should bo waived , the furnace men should
work in eight hour shifts and after they
had actually taken up their former
places the company would make fair
concessions upon all controverted points.
The men have not unconditionally sur
rendered nor thrown themselves at the
f3ot of the company. They have mani
fested their confidence in Messrs. Bar
ton & Nash by returning to work upon
the distinct understanding that just
grievances shall be removed and fair
treatment shall bo accorded them with
out regard to the unfortunate events of
the last two weeks.
run niiAi
There is nothing surprising in the
active spirit of speculation that bus
taken possession of the grain markets
and promises to continue indefinitely ,
with such changes and reactions as are
common to speculation of this character.
All the conditions favor it , and the
somewhat exceptional circumstances of
the last few days the rapid lluctuations
in prices , particularly of wheat , the
audacity of both bulls and bears , and the
general temnor of the market are very
likely to bo frequently repeated
during the next few months. Tlio crop
situation in Europe , as it is now under
stood , furnishes strong reason for bo-
liovlng that prices .must rule higher ,
and those who take tills view and are
willing to hot heavily upon it find addi
tional support in the movement to with
draw grain , The indications are , if re
ports are to be believed , that there Is u
more general purpose among farmers to
keep back their wheat than it was at
first expected would bo manifested , but
what price they hope to roach by
this course is not within pub
lic knowledge. Certainly those who
adopt the policy will not bo satisfied un
til the figures go much higher than
they are at present , and If the movement -
ment becomes at all general , or is even
extensive enough to withhold for sixty
days one-third of the crop , it is possible
thnt the prlco of wheat may be run up
to figures that would make the crop
enormously profitable , if they could bo
maintained.
It IB Impossible to gay what prlco for
wheat could bo maintained under ex
isting conditions , but it is easy to un-
do'-stniul that it mny bo carried
so high ns to diminish consump
tion nnd reduce dcmnnd. In snch case
there would ensue n reaction that might
not stop its course until wheat had gone
back almost to the starting point. There
would bo a wild rush to sell , and ns the
grain was crowded forward the prlco
would tumble down as rapidly ns It had
climbed upward. This la n possibility
which ought not to bo lost bight of by
those , farmers who are proposing to
withhold their wheat , and It renders
such n policy ono of very question-
ixblo wisdom. It muy bo sound nd-
vlco to counsel these who nro
not compelled to realize nt once on
their grain to bo in no hurry to got It
to market , but doubtless nil will be wise
to nccopt n prlco thnt will glvo n gen
erous profit , nnd such a prlco can un
doubtedly bo maintained. It Is well to
consider that the estimates now inndo
of the amount of brcadstutTs Europe will
require to import mny bo exaggerated ,
nnd oyon if It bo granted that the crop
failure there is ns golicrnl nnd extensive
ns reported economy may mater
ially reduce the amount which the defi
ciency suggests. It may bo
possible to diminish the consumption of
wheat during the next year , without
Horious suffering to these compelled to
practice economy , to the extent of half
the surplus this country will have to
sell.
sell.But
But certainly the conditions ns they
now nppoar , and they are doubtless In
the main correctly represented , assure
higher prices , though how much higlior
it would not bo safe to say. They are
also most favorable to speculation , and
it is to bo oxpectoa that the grain mar
kets will bo more or loss under specula
tive inlluonco for months to come.
7/OIC TO IXCHKASK MAXUF.tCTOlllKS.
Omaha people have it in their own
hands to largely nnd Immediately in
crease the number and products of local
factories and the population of the city.
Tlio best of it is , too , thnt this can bo
done without a dollar of bonuses or
extra expense. The means by which
this can bo accomplished was treated
nt length in Tins SUNDAY HUB
under the caption of "Patronize Homo
Industry. " Tlio heading of that article
Is the secret of tlio increase of popula
tion , business and wealth referred to
heroin. If every family in this city will
insist upon buying Omaha manufactured
goods every retail dealer in the city will
immediately increase his orders for
thqiu and every Omaha factory of house
hold goods can double its output and
capacity within the present year.
In a neighboring city which has a rep
utation for enterprise and which has secured -
cured several important manufacturing
concerns , n committee of ono of its bus
iness organizations makes a business of
pushing local manufacturers in the local
markets. When a dealer for any reason ,
sends to Chicago for Boap for instance
and abandons the local soap factory , the
committee calls upon him to see why ho
is passing by the homo industry. It ad
justs any dilToronccs ho may cite and
urges him to stand by the home institu
tion.
tion.Tho
The Omaha board of trade will bo very
busy no doubt building up a grain mar
ket after Thursday's banquet , but ono
of Its committees or a special committee
ought to devote itself to this idea of on
couruging homo industry by persuading
homo people to give the preference to
homo manufactories. A little attention
to this matter among retail dealers nnd
jobbers on behalf of our factories , coupled
with the education of the citizenship
generally through the newspapers , would
have within three months a most
surprising olTcct upon the business of
Omaha.
A IlKASSUltlAO SI\lTEMKfT.
The secretary of the treasury thinks
it probable that the greater part of the
bonds which mature in September will
bo extended at the reduced rate of in
terest , and ho repeats the statement
that it will bo no hardship to the treas
ury to bo called upon to redeem what
ever amount shall not bo extended. It
also appears that the proposition to ex
tend the -H per cent bonds has already
resulted in increasing the national
bank currency to the extent'of
$5,000,000 and n further ' en
largement of this form of currency is ex
pected and will undoubtedly bo secured.
What was hoped for from the plan was
that the banks would not only accept an
extension at the lower interest rate of
the bonds owned by them and deposited
to secure circulation , which they have
not shown such willingness to do as was
in-omised , but that they would take the
aonds of private owners ana use them as
security for additional issues of
notes. By this means a considj
orablo addition would have been made
Lo the circulation at a time when it will
ao most needed , and the treasury would
not bo compelled to part with funds
which it might bo very convenient to
keep on hand.
But the ollect on the circulation will
bo practically the same whether all the
xmds are extended or not , and if the
treasury can without hardship redeem n
portion of them the result will bo quite
is satisfactory to the people as if such
> ortion was continued as debt and
intional bank currency issued on it.
Pho principal motive for extending the
jomls undoubtedly was to protect the
reasury , and it appears that with what
HIH already boon done in this way the
H'otection will bo ample. The latest
iUoraneos"of the secretary of the troas-
iry are entirely reassuring. There will
jo more money in the hands of the poo-
lie within the next two months than
3vor before , and while there will not bo
ullluicnt to transact the business of the
jountry on a cash basis , the revival of
jonlldunco now in progress will load tea
a largely increased employment of in
dividual credits , with which fully 02 per
jont of the business of the country is done.
t is announced that this growing con-
idunco in an assured increase of prospor-
ty is allaying anxiety about money ,
. 'hero is an improved demand for com-
nercial paper , and the loan markets are
bowing a much bettor spirit. There is
jvory reason to expect a continuance of
his unless speculation shall force prlcos
on point that will check exports , and
his is n possible contingency note
o bo lost sight ot. It Is un-
loubtedly the fact that Europe will need
ill tho. breadstuff * this country will have
o spare , and Its people must expect to
my higher prices than have prevailed
or n number of years , but it is concolv-
iblo that these may bo carried so high
is to compel n degree of economy thnt
vould materially diminish consumption ,
'huro nre sometimes surprising results
) f this kind. But In any event there
ppcars to bo every reason to expect
hat the financial conditions in this
ountry , now manifestly improving , will
onttnuo to grow bettor.
Wuir.K it may bo technically true thnt
ho board of fire nnd pollco commission-
I - .
j ors have no jurisdiction over the notions
of | ; ollco nnd/fi-o department olllcors
j whim they are olT duty , It is also true-
that the public..has n right to expect
them to bo goodoltlzons olT duly ns well
ns good olllcoiy on duty. A charge of
of Immoral , bruPal , ungontloinanly con
duct on the partof any dty olllolnl in his
private rolntio is n proper subject for
Investigation , if the charge be sus
tained by t'ho facts the people have n
rlpht to expacH the officer's ttlachnrgo
or resignation * i
TUBODOKK , JUOSKVKIT is nn able
civil service reformer. Ho Is not easily
discouraged. When ho Is crushed out
of shape by some officer of the govern
ment ho brands the olllcor n spoilsman ,
returns to his place and gradually swells
up again into his former importance.
Ho is in dead earnest , which exasper
ates the people who hnvo no confidence
in his specialty and makes him a valu
able civil service commissioner. Ho
has now taken up both his Now York
brogans and sot thorn down again
squarely upon the Baltimore United
States marshal's olllce. The marshal
who Is a practical politician used his
office force nnd his fist nt the primaries
to assist in crushing the ambitions of
nnothor faction of republicans. The
marshal himself is outside the jurisdic
tion of the civil service edmmission and
therefore ho escapes with n coating of
Roo.wolt ink , but the employes are to
bo dealt with very harshly if the com
missioners' recommendation Is to bo
heeded , and twenty-five government
salaries will stop short against the
names of partisan government employes
in Baltimore.
THE KIOIIT hour law wns made
the excuse for precipitating un
necessary trouble at a time when
the business interests of Omaha
could least afford it. Tlio law should bo
tested. Its terms should bo interpreted
by the courts. Time should bo allowed
the business interests of the co mmunity
to adjust themselves to the now condi
tions. Meanwhile both sides
should bo considoratD and thought
ful , forcing no violent conclusions
and causing no unnecessary disturbances
ot the existing business situation. A
fair discussion between employers and
employes and a mutual agreement to bo
patient until the actual status of the
two sides to this economic question can
bo established will prevent disorder nnd
save money to all concerned. Happily
the difficulties are now in a fair way to
bo overcome and.stops have boon taken
to permanently suttlo the points at issue.
Until the couHs' ' have passed upon the
law , lot ovory. jjood citizen , whether
capitalist or laborer , control his temper
and adjust hlm'sfclf as best ho may to
the existing uncertainties of the situa
tion. ' 3
THE official corruption that has boot ,
brought to light in Canada suggests the
possibility that i the influence of the
American colony there has been demoralizing -
moralizing to nio'h of till parties. The
developments ' 6f' the investigation nt
Ottawa , which caused the resignation of
one of tlio conservative ministers , is fol
lowed by disclosures'which involve the
provincial cabinet of Quebec , which is
composed of liberals. Thus both the
political parties are under reproach ,
and on this score neither can bo
said to bo worse than the other. Tlio
exposures , however , are very certain to
have decisive political effects , but just
what these will bo cannot now bo clearly
discerned. It is interesting to note that
the railroad corporations liguro promi
nently as the instruments of corruption.
The loading paper of Toronto says that
"but ono thing can save us from disas
ter , and that is a determination on the
part of the bonost men in both parties
to Insist that the guilty , without respect
to rank or station , shall bo punished to
the full extremity of the law. "
advices regarding the fooling
abroad toward the Columbian exposi
tion continue to bo of the most gratify
ing character. The commissioners have
been received with great cordiality by
the official representatives of all the
governments vihitod , and have received
every assurance of friendliness ana of a
hearty desire for the success of the fair.
Such evidences of interest and good
feeling ought to stimulate the managers
of the exposition to extraordinary ef
forts , but there appears to bo some
reason to apprehend that they are not
as fully alive to their responsibility as
could bo desired. With only a little
more than a year and a half before the
opening of the fair , it will bo wonderful
if everything is in readiness when the
time arrives.
ANAHCUIST or tramp , it matters not
which , no man with two strong arms
and in his right mind needs to live like
a dog In Omaha or any where else. The
farms nro crying for men who want
work , and help is short in all the har
vest and hay fields. The healthy man
without a family who suffers for the
common comforts of existence cannot
blame corporations , society , labor or
ganizations , citizenship or anybody ex
cept , himself. Nf > jirlest or preacher
can paint him .white when his black
color is the consoq'iioneo of his own mis
conduct and hitsIdleness is from choice.
GENKUAL VA& WYCIC is in the saddle
uid his uniform , /it this distance looks
i-ory much like the general of ttio army ,
flo will probablyj'court-martial the late
commanding officer and take off his
iturs. The Otoo < ahiof has borne a good
leal with more gnico than was expected ,
> ut his day is cojpjng and lie will make
it decidedly intorastlng for his arch
jnoiny , Mr. Jay Arrows.
Dit. CONKMNO said the worst thing
10 far uttered about the Independent
mrty whim ho publicly declared it was
'simply the old greenback party In now
slothes. "
PATHOS front a pcncomakor will not
elnstatu a professional trouble brooder
n the good graces of men who have fol-
owed him to their pecuniary aisadvun-
SiCKNKS.s anywhere Is u misfortune ,
md especially bo for n penniless person
n Omaha.
THHIIK Is no oxcuuo for any able-
willed man in Omaha sleeping nn a bed
of newspapers or In a dingy office or
otherwise lending the life of nn outcast.
OMAHA'S footpad ? are enterprising ,
considering the state of the weather. A
round-up by the police authorities la
ngnln suggested.
Itcftma to Worp.
( ilntr'Itmnemt.
Sotmtor Sticrmnn says thnt the Ohio farm
ers hnvo loaned moro money thnn they hixvo
borrowed. Therefore , tlioy smile when they
nro nsked to weep over the alleged misery of
their situation ,
.Sqiicf/.lntr tlio Piilillo.
Jftie Yoilt AthtrllHcr ,
The anthracite coal barons , operating in
concert , have ordered an advance of 15 cents
per ton on coal , to Ulu > effect nn Sopt. t.
The helpless public iiccopts the condition , It
can't ' help lUelf.
Colorado Tor Omaha ,
.
Omaha continues to make n Rood flRht for
the next national republican convention , and
ha * Denver's best wishes for success. The
vote of Colorado In the national committee
should bo thrown for N'obraska's ctilof com
mercial city.
Getting Alonu Nicely , ' ! liniilf You.
rfiicOimiff Commercial.
In the kindness of Its heart the London
Times expresses the opinion thnt the clitof
sufferer by the McICInluy law will bo the
United States. Hut the Times need not. bo
distressed. Up to date the United States
nation has boon doing very well under the
law to protect its own Industries , with every
Indication of future prosperity.
Cleveland' * Only Hope.
AUnnta Constttutinn ( deinl.
-Of ono thing Mr. Cleveland nnd his friends
mny rest assured he cannot got the demo
cratic nomination unless ho goes to the na
tional convention with n solid Now York
delegation in his favor. Ho may not bo uhlo
to got it oven then ; but without tbo solid
nnd substantial support of the New York
delegation his nnmo will scarcely bo heard In
the convention. Ho can scltlo nil doubts by
becoming n candidate for governor of Now
York. If ho cnn secure the nomination for
governor nnd carry tlio state this year it is
certain that ho can secure the solid support
of the Now York dclccation next year.
Tlio neniilnuton Celebration.
Kate FiflW's H'tmlilnatnn.
The dedication of the Bcnnington monument
ment will ho performed with nil proper
dignity , of course , nnd wo ought all to fool
pleased that ono of the loveliest Villages In
the world is to have so largo a number of
distinguished Americans brought within her
borders. Hut any ono who has visited I3on-
nlngton for the purpose of viewing the placu
where our Ynn'kon forefathers put their foe
to flight and ate their dinner for them , must
bavo been impressed with the way history
sometimes pravnrieatos In the naming of an
event. The tight , although planned to occur
in Bennlngton , aid not take place
there or oven in the Green mountain
stnto ; and the sober truth was
never moro daintly expressed tlvm In thn
toast pronosed nt the meeting where too
monument project was first broached : "Tho
Battle of Dcnnington ! Now Hampshire fur
nished the general , Alassacliusotts the men ,
New York the battle field , and Vermont the
celebration. "
Tlio N ! lr ; > Hki ! 3ijlit. Hour I aw. -
Sjirlniiflclil ( Mais. ) IlepiiMtcan.
The eight hour law passed by the Ne
braska legislature last winter is as bad n
specimen of labor legislation as could bo
well devised. . It is unjust in that It excludes
from its bcnoIUs farm laborers and domestic
servants , and oppressive in that it forbids all
other classes of mechanics and labors from
woruiug over eight hours if they chuoic , and
puts a line of from tlOU to $1,1)00 ) upon any
employer who snail require his employes to
work over the prescribed olglit hours in a
day. The intent of the hill seems to bo to
carry out the labor agitator's Ideal of n
short day for the town workingman ,
letting his country brother take
care of himself. The bill permits over
work , but under prcpoiternus con
ditions , for it requires any employer who
shall keep his employes at work beyond too
local eight hours to pay for this overwork nt
"double the amount per hour which was paid
for the previous hour. " This leads to some
astonishing results , as a little figuring will
show. The requirement Is not that the
pay for extra work shall ho at the rate of
double that paid for oacn hour of the regular
day's work , hut for each hour double the
amount paid for the previous hour. This
would result under ordinary circumstances
in some extraordinary daily earnings. A man
paid 20 cents for the eighth hour of his day's
work would got -10 cents fnrhis ninth hour , SO
cents for the tenth , $1.00 for the eleventh nnd
J3.20 for the twelfth , while if ho worked n full
ctny over-time his wages for the extra eight
hours would amount to $102. If the plain
meaning of the language of thn law Is to bo
followed in Its enforcement there will not bo
much extra time made by Nebraska mechan
ics. Probably the courts will tear this law
to pieces.
1113IMA" TIIK XWIIT ISXI'ltKSS ,
Frank IT. Stmiffer.
I mot n little girl , one day ,
Beyond the railroad bridge ,
With pall of berries she had picked
Along the bank's high ridgo.
"Whoro do you live , my child } " I said ,
"And what may bo yournamoi"
Sbo looked nt mo with o.ves nsknnco ,
And then her answer cumo :
"Tho house upon the bluff Is ours ;
They call mo llonnlo liosa ;
My father is nn unglneor ,
And runs the night express. "
A sparlclo came Into her face ,
A dlmplo to her chin
The father loved his little girl ,
And she was proud of him.
"Ten-forty-iiino on schedule tlmo
( Mcarco o'er a mlnuto lain ) .
Around the curve his angina como %
At qulto a tearful rato.
" \Vo wntch the headlight thro' the gloom ,
lireulc lilfo the dawn of day
A roar , n Hash , and then the train
Is miles upon its way.
"A lamp i mamma's window burns ,
IMacc'd then ) alone for him ,
Ills face lights up , for thun ho know *
That nil is well within ,
"Soitotimos a fog o'crhangs the gorgt
The light ho cannot sou ,
Then twleo ho whistles for mamma ,
And clangs the hull for mo. "
"And are you not afraid , " I nikal ,
That ho may wreck thn train I
That thorn muv bo u sail niUhap ,
And ho no wUo to blamol "
A pallor crept Into tier ohooks ,
tier rod lips curlad in | > aln ;
T.KI.V parted , then serenely smiled
Her hwurt WH ; bravu again.
" ( Jed watches over us , " she snul ,
"And llti known what U bjst ;
So wn hnvo t > ut to pr.iy and trust ,
And leave to Him the root , "
How great that childish faith of
It ninilo my own scorn won It ;
I bent my head with throbbing heart ,
And itmoil her on thu chuulc.
I said to her , In cheery tone ,
"Uod hloss you , lloimio I SOT
Qoil liters your mother nnd the man
\Vtio runs the night oxpross. "
ARRANGING FOR THE FAIR ,
Nebraska's ' Eoprocntatlvoi of the World's '
Exposition Perfecting Their Plans ,
ALL QUESTIONS BEING CONSIDEnED ,
Members of the Itonnl of Imdy Mtuia-
fjers 1'repni'iii } * for the Approach-
liiK ScBHlon of That Ko-
Hody.
LINCOLN , Nob. , Aug. 17. [ Special to The
Bur. ) McssrsOrcoriind Strnng , respectively
commissioner general nnd chairman of the
Nebraska Columbian commission , will attend
the meeting of the tiAtionnl Columbian com
mission September 'J. The four lady mem
bers of the national commission , Mrs. Lang-
worthy of Sownrd , Mrs. Brings of Omaha ,
Mrs. Bates of Aurora , and Mrs. Martin of
Broken Bo\v , will also attend the moot
ing of the national > > oard of lady
manager * of the Columbian commission
in Chicago on the sumo dato.
The gontlumcn nnd lady managers will
post themselves n ? thoroughly as possible
on ail matters comiL-ctod with the world's
fnir and bo prepared to report at the next
meeting of the state commission Septem
ber 7.
All arrangements will bo coin plot oil ns
soon as possible for Nebraska's oxhlult.
nr.ci.AiuHIM : A imrric.
Mrs. Louise Oouck tolls the district court
that she Is wedded to n brute named Fritz
Uouck nnd asKs for a divorce from him. She
says that she wns married to him In Ger
many ten years ago and that over slnco hu
has treated her In a cruel manner. In the
( load of winter ho drove bur out of the house
with a hatchet mid only u short tlii'O since ,
just three days after she had given birth tea
a child , ho Kicked her out of the house.
These things nro presented as samples of the
Indignities that she has suffered.
ItflSKIl HIS OAIIIIAGi : I'ATCIt.
Christian II. Adams hai sued the Lincoln
slreot railway company for $ 'J , " > Ui ) . Adonis
has three lots In South Park addition and
thereon was raising cabbages and egg plants.
The street car company put In a couple of
tracks that throw the lots below the grade
and the rain that has been pouring down
from time to time converted the irardon Into
n swamp and ruined the vegetables , Mr.
Adams claimed , $ SOO worth. Ho also ulleircs
thnt the members of the larnlly were dam
aged in health to the value $1,700.
HOCK ISLAM ) IS1TML Tlltl' .
Shortly after 8 o'clock this afternoon the
flr.it Uock Island train from Chicago tin o.igh to
Denver stopped in Lincoln anil added to its
precious load of newspaper men aboard. The
Lincoln newspaper contingent consisted of
W. Owen Jones of the Journal , P. W. Hamp
ton of the Uall , Colonel T.V. . Hyde of the
News , EUar Wcssul of the Capital City
Courier , ami H. W. Hardy of tno ow Hupuli-
lli' . At Beatrice nnd Falrbury representa
tives of locnl papers were taken abonrd.
onns AND ixi > .
Warren Hagey , engineer at the state house ,
is employing his tlmo now in painting nnd
gilding the radiators of that'bulldlng.
Chancellor Canlicld has returned from Ver
mont , bringing His family with him. There
will bo a meeting of the roeonts tomorrow.
In April Miss Minnie Landauer secured
$ .r,000 judgment against the Chicago , Bur
lington & Quinoy railroad company for a
broken leg , tno injury being sustained wnilo
nliirhting from the car. Today the railroad
company appealed the case to the supreme
court.
Simoon Oatloy wa arrested and arraigned
before Justice Brown today on the charge of
breaking into the homo of his divorced wife
and carrying awny some household goods.
Oatloy admitted this , but said that thcro hod
not yet been any division of the property and
lie sold the goods to pay a grocery bill.
The Cortlamt creamery company has filed
articles of incorporation with the secretary
of state. The capital stock is ? 2K)0 , ( ) and
Cortland the place of doint ; business. *
Thn Firth bank has filed articles of incor- ;
porntlon with an nuthori/od capital stock of
10,000.
piioLKi ) nun .iiir.iT.ntr v.irnnt.
Koiiiun tic AYcddiii In Which ICiiK-
liuid and Canada Are Interested.
KINGSTON' , Out. , Aug. 17. Quito a romance
attaches to the marriage of Cliristino Hamil
ton Gray , of Abbey Wood , Kent , Kngland ,
and Miss Sophie 1'uppar Cameron , daughter
of Major Cameron , commnnaor of the royal
military college and granddaughter of Sir
Charles Tuppor , which occurred on Friday
last in St. Paul's church. A lawyer , clergy
man nnd two cabmen were the only wit
nesses. Miss Cameron some tlmo ago met
Mr. Gray in England , where ho wes a civil
engineer. Ho wns young and wealthy , but
the major general objected to his becoming
the husbund of his daughter , and Miss Cam
eron was forthwith brought homo to Canada.
But the ocean that divided the continents
could not separate their love. Mr. Gray
soon took ship tor Canada nnd began arrange
ments for the marriage. Last Friday Miss
Cameron quietly loft her home and came
down to where a cabman met her. A block
away Mr. Gray was picked up and the two
drove to church , where Knv.V. . Johnson
united them in marriage. Mr. Gray settled
a largo annuity upon ills bride. Mr. and
Mrs. Gray nro at the Hotel Fontcmlc. Major
Cameron has boon notified of their marriage ,
but whether the stern parent lias relented or
not cannot bo learned.
Western Pensions.
WASHINGTON , Aug. 17. ( Special Telegram
to Tin : Bnc.1 Tlio following list of pen
sions granted Is reported by TIIK Bin : and
Examiner Bureau of Claims :
Nebraska : Original Edward .1. O'Noil ' ,
Iwlng W. Cramor , John Schrndur Jerome
Vance , John V , Armstrong , William A.
1'orlor , Samuel Cyzhort , Lucius A. Xoyes ,
Albert L. Morris , George C.impbull , George
B. Cargill. Albert L. Webster. James A.
Curno , Hiram Clio.iloy , David Allobaugh ,
Conrad 15. Crow , .Inmys C. Foster , Jamon A.
Komino , John \\ubb , Jacob Hnllnr , George
Ulnger , George Khlnehard , Juines B. Hen
derson. Increase Benjamin P. Goddnrd.
Original widow Catherine Eanor.
Iowa : Original Thomas Cahlll , David
K. Graham , Fritz Volloboho , Thomas I
M. Fosdick , Frederick Tcoman , Wil
liam G. Clt.ypool , Ernest Gonslow ,
Egbert Firkins , James M. Utzlor ,
William S. Andrews , Georgov. .
Davis , John F , Cobb , George F. Broukwav ,
Wlllott A. Wllii.s , .lames S. Poor , Albert E.
Crosby , David I'lonilng , Honrv Waggoner ,
Kt/.aninn ! | Horton , William M. liobert.son ,
( loorj'o II. Austin , Edward Snvdur , Thomas
II , Todd , Edward CoUor , John I ) . ( 'artor ,
Henry Grift ) , Elihu B. Corns toe If. Anson It.
Vutlor , iN'alhnn , Updoprnff , Henry Frenchs ,
lou'phVhlto , William P. Bowman , I'roitau
1C. Hill , IluehT. Andrew , Stonhon Pnlnnan ,
Orvlllu M. Whoslor , George W. Nohlo , John
Hankhead Morton. William L. HiirUoll ,
Frudurlck M , Collins , Daniel liobortion ,
August C. Buuhwntd , Jolin Bianehard ,
Francis M. llloh , William , Cuilison. Charles
llustud. George Goodman. Additional
Iiicoh Xentz. Itoissuo Fletcher J , Walker ,
William J. darn.
Troulilo KoiirtMl in Samoa.
SAN FiaNrisro , Cat. , Aug. 17. A private
otter from Samoa , under date of July 10 ,
, nys there Is great danger of n runoival of
.ho war among the natives. A stonuous up.
xml has boon made for a United States war
ihlp. The only man-of-war thuro at thu tlmo
, vat atlarnmn vessel.
iM.s.ir.v JKSTH ;
,
Nmv York Humid l llo c < The outlook
sonnn to ho for n hoodie campaign.
I'mtKN llow not
lo ! -Ono slue Is yelling for silver and Iho
other for tin ,
hr. Wnrknni ( wrath ) Where Is the bloonilnR
ehuiiip who tint up tlint last iirucriitlim ] for {
Mr Shaker ? - l
DrncKlst ( humility ) The. head clerk , lr ) ho Jf
linn eniio to dinner. I trust there Is nothing
rons ?
Or. Workum ( morn wr.itlit Nothing wrong ?
m'll. I LMIOSS. Why , the asi put up quinine In
thixocaiHiiles by in Intake for siuurof milk ,
and Shaker lias got rid of that
Now Vork Mercury : l'ipv ( to sjilnsU'r aunt )
I e thoy'vohiitofied ti baby In tin Inviilmtor
on lllnekwnllN Uliind.
l.litloVllilnNow Aunt Strati will bo nhlo
to Imvu a baby of hnr own , won't she , uapu ?
NATI'HK'S IMI'tmitH'S 1IKMAMI * .
/VilliNMiififii 7'fmr.t.
'Twnsilown by the sen nnd the men were
si'nivu
So careo the glrU thought It n boon
On moonlight nUhts to sit on thu iioruli
And Illrl with the man In thu moon.
Iiidliiiinpolls Journal ! \Vntls-I don't up-
provoof thlsldoaof bnrylii uvory eminent
cltlrmi with a hr.iss blind.
I'otts-lt would not bo so had. though. If'
they'll bury n brim band with uach onilm-nt
cltl/on.
Hoinprvllli ) Journal : first Ktlltor-What's
your dcllnltlon of no\vs ?
Second Kdltor Ni < wi U the mirl of thing our
rival neross the way habitually doesn't print.
A St'HVtVAt.
Sny , how didst thoii 'scape from thy Simian
cage ,
Thou anthropoid rolle of dubious nee ?
What mean OiO ! > c strange untlcx , contortions ,
nml grins ,
And whlnmlcnl IwlstMof ntteinmlo limbs ?
Art eolocky , pray , that thoii pnokeiust the
hldo
Which a mummy from Dondoroh sure would
deride ?
Wlmt chatter Is thlno that n ( Junior niliht ;
scan
To tnicu thy resemblnm-ii rtimotoly to iniiu ?
So wlroned , sovluril , so lively , tn hold ,
i-'o youthful , so giddy , so slinky , so old , . '
Thou art only .thy-ielf , with thy dyus nnd thy1
eurls ,
The foolish Old lloau making fun for the glrK
Detroit Kreo I'rust : Daughter I'npn , I want
to get married. All the other girls of my sot
nru Koltlni ; married.
I'npn ( fondly ) And what the mischief doyen
yon want to unt married for ?
Daughter-Pur better or worse , papiu I'm
sliru Hint's tmotiKh , Isn't It ?
Washington Star : " ) yon think things are
vury cheap nl uiiutlonsV"
"Uh. yes ; I foltso mysolf. vestcrdny , when t
I got excited and KIIVU doublu vnluo for somu fl
books. " M
Munsuy's Weekly : Olarmico rnnterlng )
\ \ hat , Charlie , loiilhiir ami rending ? Von suld
yon hnd MIIIIU Important Imiltiusson hand.
Chiirllo So I have , ilnnr her , so I Imvu. I'm
Jnst Kolng to wrlto a lutt.'ito n girl I mot nt " . -
Urn plur. Shun worth n million. mid I'm read- ,
Intf Kdgur Saltus as a preparation for writing .
to hur.
THANSKOKMATION.
uetivrr MIII.
A month of revelry for her. *
Kour weeks of stoiulv whirl ,
And she will be transformed Into
Tha sedate iiiitnmn girl.
Texas Sifting : What nt the be lnnlnmav
Imvo boon rognrilod merely us n sldo Issiiox _ _ _
ircmiontly turns out to ho the mo > tlmportniit "
subject. It wns so In thu ease of Kvu.
Onlveston Nuws : Ono should always , fool
sure , before bozlnnlne to Illrt with tlio muses ,
that ho bus poutry in his soul ami not In his
stomnuh.
Baltimore American : "Whont Is nervous. "
siiy the market reports. No wonder , when It I
has Just been thrashed nil around.
I'lillnilolphln Times : The story of the Per
sian shah boiling thitdnlliiiiuoiittnxnllcctor :
to death Is rulteinti'd. In Iho immo of alvlll/n-
tlon , howovor. It Is to no hoped thnt ho didn't \ "
add thn crown of enmity to his sun'urlnea by < _
asking him If llwas hot enough for him. V
A1IOUT .111X1STKK HC.l.V.
The San Diego Union of the 7th inst. pub
llshes nn interview with Comtnnnder Knut/ ,
of the United States steamship Ponsacoln ,
which had anchored in the harbor on its re
turn from the seaports of Chili. Hegarding
.Minister Egan , ngnlnst. whom serious charges
hn've recently boon made , Commnndor Ivautx
speak * as follows :
"There is another thing thnt I would like to
see corrected , nnd thnt is the wrong impres
sion about Patrick Egnn , our minister to
Chili. I see by the papers that he has been
rather severely criticised. That is wrong.
Ho is doing all nny man could do down
there for the protection of American inter-
oita. He Is a gentleman , suave , nnd polite
and n thorough diplomat. Ho lias been
charged with favoring Bnlmnceda. Why , I
Imvo known thnt man to allow Insur
gents nnd political refugees the protec
tion of the legation , though this
is is contraryto the policy of
our government. I strongly advised 'atniiiBt
it. but ho did it and through the respect aud
friendly feeling entertained for him byUnr-
maccda , neither refugees or the legation
were interfered with. Just before Mr.
Bean's arrival the English minister , Mr.
Kennedy , called on Balmnccda aim urged
him not to receive Egan. Bnlmnceda ro-
plicu , 'Do you undoratnml , Mr IConnody ,
that Mr. Egan Is coming to Chill as n ropro-
sontntivo of the English governmentl' 'Not
at nil sir ; 'not nt nil , ' replied Kennedy. 'Tlicn ,
sir , ' said Biilmacodn , 'what business Is it of
yours I Mr. Egan comes hero ns the duly
accredited roprcsontativo of. the United
States of North America , and as such ho
shall bo received. ' And ho was , "
Worlil's \\ir < ICiioimticni < Mil.
VinxjfA , Aug. 17. The members of the
traveling foreign Chicago Columbian fair
commission at present in this country are
meeting with success. Evorvwhoro they are
received with sympathy and with imurnnco
[ if solid support. Assurance ! have been re
ceived from all sides of a line display of
Austrian wonts of science , mechanical works
nnd works of art. August 20 , the moiiibor.s
3f the committee will moot In Amsterdam.
J'lio.v will spend a short lima In Holland and
Bolguiin buforn roturnlug to London onrouto
Lo the United States.
Blown Out nlMIiH Hnllomi.
BOSTONAug. . 17. Ills reported from Mao-
srnta that an aeronaut who made an ascen-
lion there yesterday was drowned by being
jlown Into the sea from his balloo'i.
Australian Hunk l alluro.
MKi.nofiiNi : , Aug. 17. The suspension of
.hoBrUish Bank of Australia Is announced ,
labilities , 8SDO.OOO , half of which nro owod.
, o crtiultors In England.
, r.i.ins Hiram/ . ! . unrKi.r
Hunter ' * Od-w. I. "I.
joil gave thco newer to make such music as
should seethe
Our \oiniiluil hearts , Molpomono ;
ilng to us now , for , O ! uo inuiirn , without
regret or shame.
Ono most bolovod.
Hoi-mil sleep clasps our Qulnctlllus , whoso
like r.or honor , truth ,
JiiHtlco nor loyalty shall sue again I
Jy good men wept , bodied ; Virgil , our friend
is conu !
Yet all thy tears nro vain
'lion canst not "call him back : nay , had thy
InteL
L subtler magic thnn the Thraclan's horn
t could not Mimmoii from that yonder shore
. 'ho ' phantom that has crossed thereto.
Hard hard Is this I
Hid yet sweet faith lightens tlio burthen of
the crow
Wo clsowl.se could not hear.
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