4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEJft SATURDAY , AUGUST 29 , 1891.
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NICDKASKA is n. rophblicnn stuto nnd n
good ticket , n sound platform and earn
est campaign will prove It next Novem
ber.
TBI.EPHOXK cables and wires will cro
underground within u year. Sooner or
later telegraph stud electric light wires
will follow suit.
SENATOR PLUJIII is n peed guesser ,
and it is therefore fairly safe to con
clude that ox-Governor Cheney of Now
Hampshire will bo the next secretary of
war , *
CHICAGO'S receipts less operating ex
penses from her water works system last
year reached the handsome total of
$1,780,000 and Also produced a very
Btronp argument for municipal owner-
all ip of water works.
MAUYLAND republicans have just
hold a harmonious state convention and
nominated a strong state ticket Re
publicans uro holding no other kind of
conventions nnd nominating no other
sort of tickets this yonr.
AT the end of the "closed" season it is
discovered 37.000 seals wore caught by
sixty-one sealing vessels in Behrlng son ,
nnd the catch of half as many more has
not boon ascertained. The chances for
the seal to become extinct are as bright
ua over.
WK "WILT. , not forgot amidst the con
tention over tlio South Thirteenth street
difliculty that Commissioner Dick Ber
lin secured $85,000 for river front im
provement at this point the present year
and the money is now going into the
river nnd the pockets of workingmon.
THE Georgia house of representatives
hns refused to accept the Grndy homo
for confederate veterans by the decisive
vote of 04 to 02. It is needless to add
tlioro nro ninety-four statesmen in
Georgia who will bo out of a job for nil
time to come when their present terms
ixplr * .
UEKMX and Ransom nro at liberty to
lottlp the personal fcnturos of the South
Thirteenth street grade matter in their
Dwn fashion , but tlio facts which nro
onclc of the whole question cannot bo
: rowdod out of sight by individual mimm-
lerstnndiiigs between * these two gontlo-
aon.
GKAKD ISLAND is now ready for the
reunion. When Grand Island gets
ready for anything slio gets u good
ready. It will therefore bo entirely
info for visitors to count upon the best
iccommndlitions practicable nt rcnson-
nblo rates nnd n grand good time.
Everybody in Nobrnskn who goes iiny-
vhoro this yonr will bo nt the reunion.
TIIK Douglas county fair which opens
loxt Monday should be largely attended.
Wo must patronize homo Industry and
jncourage homo enterprises. This ex
hibition should rival tlio state fair horo-
iftor , nnd proper encouragement this
ponr will help to organize it upon n
bettor basis than over before nnd oven-
.unlly bring it up to an exposition of
rvhlch the state- and city will bo proud.
SOME pcoplu in Europe are wondering
rrhy the United States government does
not sand n squadron of its host cruisers
over the ocean on n jamboree to the
various nations of the old world. The
principal reason aught to bo , if it is not ,
( hut the American navy has too much
business in connection with American
commerce and the rights of American
titizcns in foreign countries to take a
vacation and European junkot.
ENEMIES of Governor Thayer are cir
culating a rumor that ho will sustain
Test nnd Llveringhousu of the Hastings
isylum in the face of the tlmlingt ) of the
Board of Publlo Lands nnd Buildings.
They nlso Btnto with some degree of ns-
iurnnco that thu governor has private
ronuona for pormittln ? those gentlemen
to hold their positions. The people of
the state will bo loth to glvo credence to
either of thcso insinuations , though It
must bo admitted that if they are re
tained In the public service In the face
D ( the damaging testimony against them
reason for their retention must bo
lought outside of the public good.
NKHllAHKA IS HfA'WtT.WAlt ,
Nobrnskn is a republican stale , The
sudden storm of 18')0 will not drive her
into either the democratic or Independ
ent camp. When the next presidential
campaign isondod nnd the votes for pres
idential oloctoM nro counted Nebraska's
vote will bo found for the republican
candidate. Persons who take a gloomy
view of the outlook hnvo not analyzed
the figures in the lust throe elections
nor considered carefully the conditions
under which the last campaign was con
ducted. In the contest of the present
year and that of 1802 wo shall hnvo no
prohibition or other outside question to
detract from the issuer for which tbo
several parties stand. The real senti
ments of the people as between the par
ties will bo registered by the votes in
November.
President Harrison received ] 08-2o !
votes In 18SS and Grover Cleveland 80-
552. Tlio prohibition vote was IV12 ! ) and
tlio union labor candidate received
1,220 votes. Il'irrlson'fl ' plurality was
27,87. ! ; his majority M.I 18.
In the campaign of 18SO the total vote
fell olT very materially and C. II. Merrill -
rill candidate for regent polled 03117
votes. E.V. . IIoss the democratic
candidate received 08,1)61 ) votes ;
the prohibitionist , 5-lK , ) votes. The
candidate for associate justice of
the supreme court that year
was R. S. Norval who fell behind his
ticket ubnul 2,000 vote . It will bo ob
served that the republican vote was
15,000 and the democratic vote 12.000
less than the year preceding and that
Hogont Morrill'H plurality was 21,013.
There was no encouragement in this
election for the democrats.
In 1800 when the Independent oyolono
struck Nebraska the vote on lieutenant
governor was ns follows : Majors , re
publican , 7-180 ; Bear , democratic ,
03-HiS : Dech , independent , 71,127 ;
\Voodby , prohibitionist , ' 1,515. Although
the democrats elected the governor and
the Indopcndontcandidato pollednlargor
vote than the republican , the above
figures are a fair statement of the rela
tive strength of the several parties in
1800. The republicans lost heavily by
the independent disaffection , but the
democrats also fell behind their vote of
the preceding year , showing that the
now movement draws its strength from
both the old parties. Tlio prohibition
issue increased the democratic vote by
several thousand and doubtless added to
that of the Independents at the expense
of the republicans. All the isms nnd
outside questions of the campaign
militated to the disadvantage of the
republicans.
THE BEE undertakes to say that the
republican party Is stronger with the
people today than n year ago. The for
eigners and others who deserted the
republicans on account of prohibition
arc coming back to their old allegiance.
These who went into the independ
ent ranks with the excitement
of a year ago have lived to
sco to their satisfaction that the inde
pendent party is impotent and they nro
naturally returning to the old party.
The conditions are immeasurably im-
provcd-from what they were a year ago.
A good organization , a strong ticket and
nn honest/ platform will not only hold
the regular party strength , which is
shown to bo not less than 75,000 votes ,
but will invite back the wanderers and
win over some of the clearer headed
democrats who perceive that they are
hopelessly in the minority.
SIIKllMAN SIL\'KK. \ .
Senator Sherman has entered upon
his campaign work in Ohio , and ho will
devote himself mainly to a discussion of
the free coinage of silver issue made by
the democrats of that state. It is the
intention of the republicans , as clearly
indicated in the speech of Major Me-
Kinloy opening the campaign , to make
this issue ns prominent in the con
test ns the tnri.il question , though
the democracy would bo very
plad tn have it drooped out of contro-
.vorsy. They have determined wisely in
this , for the silver question is at least of
equal importance with any other before
the country , the opinion of Senator
Carlisle and other democratic loaders ,
that the tariff is the great issue , to the
contrary ndtwithstanding. The tariff is
not at present oppressing any class of
people , unless it bo the Importers whoso
business has fallen away slnco the new
law wont into olToct. The evils that
were prophesied to result from it have
boon experienced. The formers of the
northern border are getting the benefits
of relief from Canadian competition.
Except as to a few articles all the neces
saries are ns cheap ns-whon the present
tariff law went into effect , and some
things cost loss. The tin plate industry
is gradually developing , despite demo
cratic assertion to the contrary. Some
modifications of the tariff are to bo
desired , but those will never bo
judiciously made by the democratic
party. The material interests of the
country are not imperiled by the tariff ,
with its provision for reciprocity that
has already broadened the markets for
our surplus products. These interests
would be imperiled by the free nnd un
limited coinage of silver.
No man In the country is bettor quali
fied than Senator Shormau to dis
cuss the silver question , and his
speech at Pnuldlng , O. , on Thurs
day , was a plain , straightfor
ward exposition which ought to bo
carefully road by every man in the
country interested In this question.
Replying to the charge of the free coinage -
ago advocates , made and repeated in the
face of Indisputable facts of record , that
the act of 1873 was the result of n con
spiracy of the party in power to de
monetize silver , Senator Sherman stated
that that act was voted for by republi
cans and democrats alike , after full con
sideration for Uiroj years in congress.
It was voted for by every representa
tive from the silver states. It substi
tuted the trade dollar for the old silver
dollar which hud not been coined for
thirty years. The silver dollar was
then worth moro than the gold dollar ,
for the production of gold was then
greater than the production of silver.
The silver dollar had boon effectually
demonetized by the act of 1853 , passed
by a democratic congress , which sub
stituted for the silver dollar the frac
tional silver coins. Neither gold
nor silver was In clr uln-
tion in 1873 , but only green
backs and fractional notes , free coinage -
ago , ald Senator Sherman , monm that
wo shall purchase , not merely -1,600,000
ounces a month , but all the silver that In
offered , como from where It may. If
presented in quantities of 100 ounces at
a time. Wo are to give to the holder
either coin or treasury notes , at his op
tion , at the rate of SI for oveiy ! 171
grains , now worth in tlio market 77
cents. "Who can estimate , " said
Mr. Sherman , "the untold hoards
of silver that will cotno into
the treasury if this policy Is adopted ?
It is a nubile bid of 21) ) cents
an ounce moro than the market prlco
for all the silver all oat and alt that can
bo hereafter produced. It woild Inun
date us with the vast hoards of silver In
countries whore sliver alone Is current
money , and draw to us all the rapidly-
Increasing production of silver mines of
the world. "
The damaging consequences certain to
result from such nn inllation of silver
ought to bo apparent to every Intelli
gent man. It would expel gold from
the circulation and establish the silver
standard alone by which all the labor
and productions of the people would bo
measured. It would reduce the United
States from its high financial position
among the great commercial nations of
the world to a place with China , India
and tlio undeveloped stales of South
America. No patriotic American citi
zen will support a policy which would
have such a result.
1K7M7' Ol < ' MASKAC1IUSKTTS.
The pooplojs party is not likely to make
much headway in Massachusetts. It now
has a state central committee and pro
poses to put a ticket in the field , but its
full strength will very likely bo shown
in the convention that will nominate the
ticket. There will bo a very small sup
port in the old Bay Slate for Hat cur
rency and the sub-treasury scheme , for
although there are many farmers there
who nro not prosperous and for
whom the immediate outlook is
not as bright as could bo desired , very
few of them can bo induced to renounce
their faith in honest money and led to
bcliovo that their condition would bo
improved by a policy which would
depreciate the currency of the country
and impair the credit of the govern
ment. The people's party is therefore
not likely to bo a factor of any impor
tance this year in the politics of Massa
chusetts. That state will elect
this year a governor and
other state officers and members of the
legislature , so that the contest will pos
sess an interest and importance hardly
less than these of New York , Ohio and
Iowa. Last year Massachusetts elected
a democratic governor , the third in a
generation , by a plurality of a little over
9,000 votes in n total vote of nearly
280,000. Governor Russell has been a
very satisfactory executive to bis party
and will undoubtedly bo ronominatcd.
Ho is a man of ability , with a clean
political record , and is popular with
the younger element of voters. IIo is to
bo regarded as a formidable candidate ,
and the republicans realize thatinordor
to defeat him they must put forward
their most available man. There are
several men who ought to make a
splendid light , but so fur it docs not ap
pear that any ono of these is disposed to
go into the contest. In this respect the
Massachusetts republicans nro in about
the same situation as these of Now York.
Available men for candidates are not
wanting , but they do not show n will
ingness to make the race. The effect of
this is to increase the prestige of the
democratic lender and strengthen the
confidence of the party. The republican
state convention is but little more tlinn
two weeks away , a short period in which
to crystallize the sentiment of the party
on a candidate.
Massachusetts is a republican state ,
but the party organization has been
weakening for several years , and the
yoto of lust year showed that there
were fully 50,000 republican voters who
did not go to the polls. The influence
that kept them away , and which was re
sponsible for the tidal wave that gave
the democratic party widespread victory ,
will hardly bo operative this year , and it
is reasonably to bo expected that the
full party vote will bo cast , In which
case the republicans will recover full
control of the state government. It is
going to bo a stubborn light , however ,
and there is no warrant for unquestion
ing confluence in republican success.
LINCOLN1 is as enthusiastic for the re
publican national convention as Omaha
herself and she tenders her service nnd
support with a royal good will. The
old time senseless jealousies which have
kept the largest two cities in the state
apart are rapidly disappearing.
The cordial co-operation of Omaha ,
with the capital city in her of-
ort to secure the national on-
campmunt of the Grand Army and the
reciprocal Interest manifested by the
latter city in Omaha's ambition for the
national convention are wiping out this
nonsensical antagonism which circum
stances have hitherto kept alive. And
this is right. A generous commercial
rivalry is excusable and proper , but
malice and jealousy should have no place
in the relations of the two cities.
THE park commissioners are entitled
to credit for the intelligent attention
they are giving to park mutters , but
they mast not forgot that breathing
places within the city nro far moro im
portant to the people at largo than acres
of beautiful.grounds five and six miles
away. In other words , parks In tno
heart of Omaha are a necessity ; parks
live miles away are luxuries.
SLUGGING matches approach brutal
prize fights near enough to bo included
us prize fights , and it Is to bo hoped
Judge Holsloy will Interpret the law
liberally enough to include saloon exhi
bitions by professional bruisers.
THE board of education will do well to
keep in mind the probability that a
largo number of saloons will go out of
business December ill and the license
fund next year will bo correspondingly
reduced.
OMAHA people must not depend en
tirely upon the crops of the state for
Improved business conditions. Crops
will help our jobbers and brnco up many
lines of trade , but the cash receipts
thorcfrom will not employ idle men or
Increase the number of wage-earners
outside the railway shops and yards.
Wo must take hold of our own factories
and by increasing tholr local trade
enlarge thofl1 capacity and add to tholr
number of employes. In other words
wo must hold ourselves by helping each
other. Wu ifnvo ranched a point In our
career as a city , when advertising , real
estate transactions , conventions , and all
inannor of txiraordinary movements ,
promise only ( temporary relief to the
business Interests. If wo are to grow
aim prosper hereafter , It will bo by de
veloping our own resources and utilizing
nnporlunltlo.i controlled by ourselves.
Wo must make ourselves commercially
Independent so far as possible of the outside -
side world , and nllond moro striclly lo
our own business , building up our own
industries , nnd by interchanging pro
ducts of our own munufacturostlmulnto
every business interest of the city.
FOHTY saloons at $500 per annum
would glvo t.ho county school fund $20-
000 in cash. There are not less than
forty saloons running just outside the
city limits without license and contrary
to law.
JOHN WANAMAKEU , postmaster gen
eral , has not approved tlio Omaha build
ing as yet. There is still hope that
some man with architectural taste may
send the ugly thing back for reconsider
ation.
POSSIHLY if the election were post
poned a few months the board of county
commissioners would take slops to en
force the license law against tlio two-
mile limit saloonkeepers.
PHIL AKJIOUR is a keen business man ,
nnd as such cxnnot fall to recognize the
importance of erecting hero a mammoth
olovalor if his attention is called to the
subject. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
EVERY man and woman in Omaha
owes it to himself and this city to make
a practical application of the good busl-
nessdoclrino : Patronize Omaha industry.
NOIIODY will go into cosmcios over
the now post olllco building if the pro
posed plan is adopted.
OMAHA election booths ought to bo
good enough for Omaha elections.
OMAHA proposes to bo heard in the
Wyoming mining convention.
SOUTH THIRTEENTH street is sure to
be nn issue in politics this fall.
Why In-jallH Jumped the Kcnco.
Knii ns C'ltj ; Tinifjt.
No wonder liigalls has joined the rosub-
misslonlsts in Kansas.Vhon tbo pnpors of
the principal cities boom n cure for inebriety
there Is something radically wrong.
liquor's Howard.
Pi'ew i'orfc llfcnnlcr.
' Mr. Hogcr Q. Mills has padlocked his
mouth , so fur 03 politics is concerned. Tno
republicans ewe him tlio assurance of their
most distinguished' ' consideration for services -
vices thus far"rohiierod >
and Ooatli.
Kcw n rfc Mtirnlno Ailverltttr.
Four young athletes , expsri swimmers ,
liavo bcon dro\vnCTthls ( _ season. The average
athlete is prone toc'ntortaln an exaggerated
estimate of Ids powers as well as bis prowess.
Ho undertakes too much physically.
A Pow Culd Facts.
If tbo Pennsylvania bosses anil tholr co
horts who are now booming Blalno so loudly
had , either in 1870 or 18SO , shown half tbo
affection for him that they now display , ho
would bnvo * been nominated. With these
inon on his side Blaine could have been
elected , too , in eithpr of these years.
A Square
ICaiiMi Cttu Juurnal.
Mr. McKinley is making a square light in
Ohio. IIo stands for the American tariff
system and for sound money. His position is
American to the core nnil should appeal
with winning effect to the people of Ohio.
By reason of the American tariff systora
Ohio is ono of tbo great manufacturing
states of the union , and her people have ever
stood for sound currency.
Fratilt Leslie' * ( Itm ) .
The republicans of the state of Now York
sorely need n loader ouo to lead them out of
trouble and not Into divisions and dissen
sions.
There are many indications ' .hat tbo democ
racy Is far from united , nnd there is n
steadily growing under-current of feeling
that a strong republican ticket , headed by
such a man as J nines \V. Wndsworth or
Andrew D. White , would carry the state thU
fall.
fall.But
But It will not carry it if factional divis
ions , extending from Now York to Buffalo ,
are permitted to ripen , develop , and invite
disaster.
The best loa'.lcribip is that which cements
tbo party's forces , either by persuasive or
despotic methods , Into a coherent , oppres
sive , ulort , and nctlvo body. That sort of
leadership , unfortunately , the republican
party in New York does not possess. It has
not bad it slnco the retirement of the late
Senator Conkllng.
AVerse than all , every man who attempts
to load 11 uds hls.n'atbway blouKod by rival
ries , animosities untl feuds in his own ranUs.
Tbo task of leadership under snob circum
stances is not Inviting.
But a loader in f } ' . ° w York seems indlspon-
siblo to party success.
IT SHOUT HA t'K JlUlUf.
H'alcnrmM.
The sun wont down in a blood-red cloud ,
The wind broUtliod a low , harsh sigh ,
And a sirpngo , " weird veil , Ilka a sombro
shroud , < ' it
Hunt : down from the murky sky ;
The Uoii30 dogs l HJbd nt tbo uugry moon
That shod a dlirirMad licht ,
And the crickets chirped a doleful tuna
To tbo ghosts nlxlvo that night.
loii
It was sucb a night as bravo men halo ,
When the darkueis sootns to hide
But dimly shai > cs that congregate ,
Or through tbo shadows glide ,
No star to point the traveler homo ,
No light on land or sen
A night when Knost and witch aud gnome
Hold fiendish mvolry.
Through Dead Man's Uuleh , by tbo haunted
roll !
That stands line a spcctro white ,
With Its broken arms so gaunt and still ,
A footman passed that night ,
Ho trudged along till from without
The shadows stood a man ;
But the footman did not faint nor shout ,
Ho neither turned tier ran.
IIo stood bis ground , bravo to defend
HI * every act and deed ,
Till the shadow spoke and Bald , "My friend ,
Can you glvo mo a obow of I' wood 1"
The chow was clvoneach went lib way
There was neither death nor din ,
But I'vo often thought , aluoKaday I
How sad it might have boon.
OTIIKIt T. . I.Mt.H Tit AN OltltS.
When the British parliament moots njrnln
there will probably bo A line exhibition of
political discipline nnd a strlklntr difference
between the liberal nnd conservative parties
will bo oxompllflnd At that session ministers -
tors will bring forward an Important ptoco of
legislation known R * the Irish local govern
ment bill. Its proposed outlines have ill-
ready been sketched In these columns , and It
Is sufllclcnt to repeat Unit It contemplates nx-
touJltig to Ireland tlio system of local sell-
government by menus of county councils
that England now enjoys ; or a correspond
ing system , differing In some respects to suit
the different circumstances that exist on the
westnrn sldo of St. George's channel. It Is
not bomu rule , as the Irish lead era interpret
that term , nor as Mr. Gladstone Interprets It.
But it Is , nt any rate , n very con
siderable stop In that direction. It
will bo so rovnluttounry in its of-
fcctns Mr. Bnlfour himself admits ,
ns prautlcally to oxnol the ontlro landlord
class from Ireland , and will probably make
moro important political and' social changes
In thu island than any legislation in tlio last
half century. This net may not satisfy the
homo rule party. It certainly will not moot
thodomnnds innda uy the Irish leaders In
parliament , nor will it in some radical par
ticulars come up to the Lomo rule scheme
[ iroposcd nnd so gallantly urged by Mr.
Gladstone. But it will go far enough to dts-
ptcaso n largo proportion of tbo government's
own party. These purblind lories whoso solo
idcnof dealing with Ireland is to get all the
rents tbnt can bo exacted from the tenants ,
nnd to suppress discontent by means of coer
cion laws , will look with horror upon it.
Already their volco is board in nrotost and
denunciation. Wberovor two or three of
them nro mot together the proposed law nnd
its author are olttcrlr criticized. It is re
versing the traditional conservative policy ,
they any ; it Is carrying out the programme
of the liberals ; it is surrendering to the
enemy. And they growl out great taths of
mutiny nnd revolt against their leaders.
#
* v
Among the reports currront in Europe Is
ono that the czar has boon Influenced by the
cznrlnn In publicly testifying bis friendliness
for Prance. It sots forth , nlso , that the Rus
sian ambassador at Puns has received an ns-
surauco that , in the event of tlio defeat of
Germany by Franco und Russia , Schloswlg-
HoUtem shall bo returned to Denmark ,
There is certainly no reason for disbelieving
that the political inllnencn of the cznrin is
very great. Nothing Is commoner in the his
tory of despotisms than to 11 ml that the nomi
nal Q despot Is himself the instru
ment of a favorite. The history
of Russia in particular abounds
in such instances. Even if the czur were
not especially uxorious It would cost him
nothing to promisobis wlfo that , if bo could
bring It about , his cnomy should bo de
spoiled of a possession , for which ho himself
had no use , for the benefit of his wife's
countrymen in general nnd of his wife's fam
ily in particular. Greater events hnvo effaced -
faced from tno popular mind the history of
the war between Germany and Denmark ,
now almost thirty years old. But the seiz
ure of Sc'uleswis-Holstoln nnd its conversion
into n Prussian province wore resisted
by the Danes until resistance was
no longer feasible , and have boon
as fiercely resented by the Dane over slnco
as the sclzuro and conversion to German
provinces of Alsace nnd Lorraine , oipbt
years Inter , have boon resented by Froneh-
mon. The humiliation of King Christian ,
then newly como to the throne , was especially
groat. In the long interval that has slnco
elapsed , bo hns beoouio "tho most successful
father-in-lnw in Europo. " Nothing Is moro
natural than that his daughter should dostro
the restoration to him of a possession that
she consider.- luwn boon wrongfully taken
from him , nor than that her husband Uiould
do his best , to gratify n desire of hers , of
which the uratlflcation will cost him nothing.
*
* *
A striking statement was recently nub-
llsbod of what would bo saved to Europe by
a reduction of ono-half In the military force
nnd expenditure of the chief powers. For
the past nitio yonrs alone , it would hnvo
amounted to 5-i,400,001),000 , while nearly
3,000,000 men in the prime of youth would
have been restored to labor and production.
Counting the value of their labor , not tholr
wages merely , at tlo low rate of $1 each per
day , this would have amounted to $900,000-
030 a year , or $3,100,0011,000 for the nine
year ? , making a total not loss to the people
of thcso six countries in that period
pf $10r > 00,000,000. This is equal to the
total value , at $1 per bushel of tbo
wheat crop of tbo United State * for from
twenty to twenty-five years. Meanwhile , it
it is to bo noted ns a slight sign of tbn effect
produced by such facts as these that a mem
ber of the upper bouse of the Prussian par
liament has recently advocated In publio the
recession of Alsace and Lorraine to Franco
on condition that that country would Join
Germany , Italy and Austria in n league for
the preservation of peace , making Russia
practically powerless and permitting a gen
eral reduction of armaments amounting to
disarming. That such a plea should oven bo
discussed by n person In political Hfo in
Prussin would have been Impossible flvo
years ago.
* *
Stepnlak draws n terrible ptcturo of Im
pending famine in Russia In the August
number of Free Russia , llo declares that it
will bo the most tarriblo on record , moro
terrible even than that of 1840. "Tho crops
bnvoboon destroyed , " ho says , "or almost
dostroyed.in twenty-six provlnccsof Europaun
Russia. In six provinces moro than one-half
of the districts nro nfllicted with tbo sumo
calamity , in thirteen provinces the harvest
promises to bo middling sufllcicnt lor
tbo needs of tno population , leaving no
surplus. Only in the northern Caucasus
in the few northern provinces , and in three
districts of tbo southeast the harvest is ex
pected to bo above the average. " Signs of
ucuto famine , ho adds , nro already visible ,
nnd ho speaks of "thousands of peasants
starving upon grass boiled in water , " of people
plo dying of hunger in tbo streets , nnd of
parents advertising their children for sale In
order not to see them dlo before tholr oycs.
Tncro remains , of course , the bopo
that ha may have boon misinformed or
that ho may bo exaggerating n little with the
view of stirring publio sympathy.
Salvnllou Tor CoIcHtln'H.
Kan t'nincli'n Chronicle.
Chinatown is the now world which tlio Sal
vation army yearns to conquer. Experience
has shown that the Chinese have a very ma
terial view of religion and that the emotions
of thu coolie nro not easily touched. It Is a
problem whether tba denizens of Chinatown
may bo reached by a street band in which
the ono stringed tlddlo and tna cymbals were
prominent , and the solution of this will bo
attempted by the Salvation leaders.
JtlOTOUti ItUHSr.l.f JVJ.I.S.I.VIW.
Almost Starved to Donth , Tlioy Attaok
tlio OlllulalH.
ST. PBTKiisnuittJ , Aug. US. Serious riots
bavo occurred among tbo people to prevent
the exportation of rlco at ViUbsk , Dunnborg
nnd other places , At the first named
pluco the peasants attacked the railroad
oQIcInls and the Jewish grain buyers. They
wrecked und plllugod the houses of tlio
latter and the authorities were finally com-
pelted to cull on thu military for help to sup-
proas the rioters. The soldiers flrcii a volley
upon the peasants , Kllllng'two and wounding
a uumbor of others. Others have disap
peared.
"MRVIRW Milt TIIK.vp \
Increased Harvests Add to the Qonoral Pros
perity of the Country.
BUSINESS IN THE WEST IMPROVING.
Good Crops the ItAnls of All the
Improvement Tlio Stoolc Mnr-
ketH nnd General Trade
NotcH.
Nnw YOIIK , Aug. 33. W. O. Dun ft Co.'s '
Weekly Rovlmv of Trndo will say :
The speculation In breadstuffs hns broken
down. 'Iho fnlluro to export nt moro than
tvbout $1.10 for wheat hns administered the
corrective which this trndo greatly needed ,
The threatened withdrawal of the crop by
the farmers' alliance amounts to so little that
receipts were 11,400,000 bushals for tba hut
week reported , against 4.100,000 , for tbo cor
responding wcelc last year , while receipts
of other grain slightly decroaso. Money Is
moving rapidly to the interior , but the treas
ury hns been strengthening Itself , adding
$ . ' ,800,001' ' to its gold for the week , nnd nlso
taking In $ ' . ' 00,000 moro treasury notes than It
1ms put out. By requiring deposits of
gold nt Now York against shipments of
currency to the country banks , the treasury
has somewhat Increased Us gold reserve , but
the main fact Is that Its receipts for the past
week have exceeded its payments of nil Kinds
by about Jl00,000. The ofllclal nnnounca-
mcnt that nil tha ) * per cent bonds not of
fered for extension September I will bo paid
on demand , promises n largo uddltlon to tbo
nvnllatlo currency after the llrst of next
month. Crop prospects nro In all ro.tpecUs
exceedingly bright nnd the reports of Injury
by frost do not appear to affect any consider-
nblo proportion of tbo crop. There is every
reason to suppose that the yield of whout
would bo larger than the 544,000,000
bushels estimated by the agricultural
department , thouirh a yield no greater would
Icuvo 000,000,000 bushels for oxnnrt. Hog
products are somewhat stronger in sympathy
with corn , but oil Is lower and also colTeu.
Cotton has advanced II-lOc. It would no a
good thing for producers , in all probability ,
if n considerable part of the forthcoming
crop should bo but off by unfavorable
weather.
The market for Iron shows somewhat
larger sales and n bettor demand , though
now brands of Virginia iron are still offered
at lower prices ; n little Improvement Is soon
in bar iron and phitcs uro more nctivo ,
though prices nro very low. Structural Iron
is in fair demand , but not stronger in prlcos.
Tbo demand for rails is stagnant , the combi
nation having succeeded in .so far maintain
ing tbo price that buyers nro disposed to wait
as long as possible. In tbo minor mo tab no
clmneo is seen in prices.
Coal is weak but there is a bettor fooling in
the market.
Sales of wool continue larco nnd tbo man
ufacturer is fairly well employed.
A slight Improvement is scon In leather at
Philadelphia , though buyers are cautious-
but lumber Is quiet , the building trade belli ?
stagnant , nnd orders for woolen goods nro
backward. Tracto at Cleveland shows some
gains over last year and nt Cincinnati n fair
improvement in groceries , while nt Chicago
receipts of wheat nro increased fourfold nnd
wool twofold , compared with last year , and
increase is seen in Hour , choose nnd in sales
of dry goods , clothing and shoes , but a
decrease of one-quartor cent in cured
moats , and ono-third of n cent in lard
and some docronso in butter , hides
nnd oats. A heavy Increase is scon in trade
at St. Louis , country merchant * buying lib
erally , and trnda is improved nt Kansas City
and at Minneapolis nnd St. Paul , harvest
prospects being of the brightest. At Nash
ville the grocery trade is bettor , but other
business only fair , and very little improve
ment is seen at Memphis , while trndo in cot
ton is slightly improved nt Now Orleans and
at Galveston tbo prospects are favorable.
As much depends upon the -balance of
foreign trade , it it highly important that the
Imports for July exceed tno exports by oniv
$3,800,000 , instead of $ i3OUOi)0 ) ( ) as last year ,
nnd for August thus far the Increase in experts -
ports at Now York is l.'Ul per cent , while In
imports there Is n docreoso of 18 per cont.
Prices of nil commodities have declined 1.3
pec cent for the past week.
The stock mnrkot nt Now York has boon
comparatively free from speculative excite
ment nnd fairly strong , with some foreign
buying nnd not much realizing thus far by
foreign holders.
Tbo business failures occurring the last
seven da.vs number 220 , as compared with n
total of 2111 last week. For tbo correspond
ing week of last year the figures wore IbU.
Helplessly at Sea.
ATLANTIC Citr , N. J. , AUK , 23. The old
Dominion steamship company's steamer. Old
Dominion , Is drifting in a helpless condition
sixteen miles south of Absocom light. About
00 : ! ! a. in. yesterday bur port shaft broko.dis-
ablir.g her engine and leaving her at the
mercy of wind nnd tldo. She has gone drifting -
ing northeast since the accident at tbo rate
of a mile an hour , but Is in no immediate
danger of stroudine , There nro about forty
people all told aboard tiio crippled steamer ,
including passengers and crow , Shortly
after the accident , the first olllcor of the Old
Dominion nnd four seamen put to son in u
lifeboat , which was provisioned for a four
days' cruise , but by 8 o'clock they rowed into
the inlet. Tbo onlcers wont to the telegraph
olllco nnd wired tbo particulars of the acoi-
dent to the ownorsVif the steamer nt Now
York. There nro provisions enough aboard
the Old Dominion to last for twenty-four
hours. It ls expected that n tug boat will bo
sent to her assistance from Now York. In
the meantime. Captain Bowen of the A Use-
como life saving station and his men \\lll
keep n sharp lookout for any signals of dis
tress which might bo sent up from the
steamer. If a casualty should overtake her ,
there nro three leisure steamer. * nt the inlet
which could bo promptly sent out to her us-
siatanco. There is , therefore , no real cause
for nlarm ns to tbo safety of the passengers
nnd crow.
Western I'ciisions.
WASHINGTON , D. C. . Aug. 23. fSpoclal
Telegram to Tun BIH. : ] The following list
of pensions granted Is reported by TIIK Dm :
nnd Examiner Bureau of Claims :
Nebraska : Original Jacob Ifnorr , Henry
C. Hoirlng , Archibald Mullonlx , Robert B.
Irwln , Charles Hopt , Edwin J. Huntlngton ,
John MoDanlol , William C. Haynes. Ad
ditional -Oliver P. Straight , Elijah Skarnes ,
David Potter , Thomas O. Russell , William
Evorhard. Increase Alvln II. Gagor , Wal
lace R. Barton , Uriah IJ. Voorhoos.
lown : Original llnrrison W. Gray , Wil
liam II , Hnrlow , Emanuel Kloppor , Sylves
ter Hammer. William Holmes , William T.
Head , Voltnlro W. Johnson , James Hughes ,
Augustus Loecinif , Patrick ICeutlng , Charhm
Horrlman , John II. Montgomery , Charles W.
Lamphead , Jnmu.s MoICeiwo. Additional-
Cyrus B. Qulntor , Wesley Dern , Charles W.
Cramer , John It. Hess. Incroiuo- Martin B.
Jones , Phllllu G. Hass , William IlenUrlx ,
Daniel Conkllu , Nathan T , Thorn , Benjamin
Pltohor. Reissue Louis P. Vance.
Produce DiMilorn Knit.
Nnw YCVIK. Aug. 28-Wotor , Cnrr & Co. ,
produce dealers , assigned today. Their lia
bilities are ostlmntod at butwoon t'5,000 and
M00,000 , , with assets about the unnio.
1'Al'KU roil TIII1 SOMHKUS.
Ornnd Army Mmi Will Kind Toninr *
row's HRO .Specially IntcroAtlttf ; .
TUB HUB tomorrow will contain . great
v.inoty ot reading matter which will bo of
Interest to oltl soldlora nnd especially tbo
members of the Grand Army of the Republic.
In addition to the regular deportment of that
great organization , which appears In this / J
paper every Sunday , there will bo n number X
of articles specially prepared on the occa-
slon of the great Soldiers' reunion , which
commences nt Grand Island Monday.
Amonp the iirtlcloi will ho the following :
"Tho History of the Grand Army of tha
Republic ; " "Tho Grmui Army ot the Repub
lic In Nobrnsua , " comprising sketches of n
number of the present departmental nnu post
ofllcers , the roster of n unmoor of the posts
nnd the name , unmoor , location nnil principal
ofllcor > i of every post in the department j "Tho
History of the Women's Rollof Corps ; " "Tho
History of the Sons of Veterans ; " "Tho His-
lory of the Union Veterans' Union ; " "A
Review of the Grand Army Reunions of thu
State. "
Also sketches of the stnto organization !
which exist among Mm soldiers of Nebraska
In connection with their ofllcors ; the ob-
Joels , membership , rules , members , past mid
present , olllcer * and history of the Loyal Le
gion ; the history of the HoldlorV homo lit
Grand Inland , showing how Nobrnsun cares
for her Indigent heroes , together with tha
roster of the snmo from the establishment o
the homo ; the quota of each stuto In the War
of tha Rebellion ; the several organizations
formed throughout the country for the
relief of veterans nnd tholr families ;
a sketch of the soldltrs's hoinp of South Da-
kola , together with n list of the inmates ; the
departmental ofiirers of the slntos of lown ,
South I hi l < ota n.m ! Kansas ; n description ol
Camp Shwman nnd the programme for tha
entertainment of veterans the coming weak.
Newsdealers ilo lring oxtrn coplos of this
great reunion paper should forward their
orders today.
MUST I AV CAslI.
Will No honker Ho Delivered
on Credit.
The Local Freight Agents' association ,
comprising tlin agents of nil the lines enter
ing Omaha , have issued a circular to all pat
rons of the railways , reading ns follows :
Owe : ( ) > LOCAL KiiKimir AOK.NTS' ASSO
CIATION , OMAHA. AUK. lu. To Our Patrons !
Tills Is to notify all concerned that from the
above ( Into credit In no casts will lie given for
friMuht clmruo.s. All o.xpeiHo bills must liu
paid on presentation.Vhcro uxpunso bills
urij not paid on prosuntallon dullvory of cnrs
will bustopped nt onou : suld stoppage l > v nnv
ono nnunt will bo considered u stoppage by nil
admits. Tor the Information of our patrons
we would say that thu companies wu repre
sent In no way ruoo.'iilzo or pormlt the ilollv-
vrv of fn-lilit until frulKlit rlnrsus have buim
in Id. anil iniilur tlieso olruiiinstiinccs wo fool
that , no business linn will bin mo this nssoylu-
tloiiforiiot assuming a risk our employers
will not recosnlzf
This circular Is signed by the agonta' * 1
every railroad entering Omaha nnd all hav- > ,
agreed to stand together in this innttur. *
Inquiry nmong the freight ngonts reveals
the fact that many llrnis in tbo city hnvo
made it n practice during thu past six months
to uslc for credit on freight charges. ThU
course is directly contrary to the rules of nil
of the roads and an agent giving oredit does
so nt his own risk , ns ho Is hold dlrootly re
sponsible by his company for nlUchnrgos.
Several of the agpnts have boon loft In the
lurch in this matter by linns who have been
given credit , und as n matter of self protoc ;
tion they have baiuled together to put a stop V
to the practice. \ ,
Grnsnnn Too Orooii.
AnicAxsAH CITV , Knu. . Aug. 23. Tha
boomers moved on the strip In largo numbers
yesterday and maUo several attempts to
start largo llros and destroy pasturage , but
the grass was too green nnd the Jlrcs made
little headway. Homo cattlemen nro becom
ing alarmed and nro attempting to got their
cattle out.
7M.S.S/.VO .J/MT.V. " "
"Why do mno lle'r" asks tlio New York Sun.
Probably liocauso they iiro wcitry of standing.
Philadelphia Press : "Aro you going lu
bnthlne today ? "
"I don't know whether to risk It , or not. "
"Why not ? Haven't you a nlcu llnnnul until-
nilf suit ? "
"Yes. "
" ( Joverlns yon completely from chin to
milder
"Yi-s. "
"Well , why do you hesitate ? "
jWliv | , thusnlt Is llnnnul , you know. "
"It might shrink while I nm In the witter ,
and then I would got arrested oncoiiilnx
out. "
Philadelphia Itecord : Mr.Jngirs I tollydii
wblsUuy Is a h.inily tiling to bavo arounil whim
you hnvo the cramps. '
Mrs. JatsKi ( who knows n thing or two ) Vcs.
and uramps nro a handy tblni ; to liitvo around
when you bavu whlsl o/fn the l.ouso.
A TIP FOIl VOUMI MEN ,
Kcw Yuri : / ' ; .
Ha wns courting a. maiden with cheeks lilco
the rose.
Ana uyus ns bright as stars and n Heart warm
and kind , -
Hut ho kept shillyshallying und didn't pro
pose ,
Supposing'slui'd wait till ho made up nil
mind.
Hut another made lijvo In a vigorous wnyj
Proposed , was acuuptod , and'madu her hit
wlfo. . *
And her old ITnelo Jim died the very nn.xl duy
And left her two thousand per annum for
life.
In Hnlto , Mont. , they hnvo tlio Davis will
caiu. Colonel Itohort Ingersoll , Km null
Murphy nnd "ThuTwolvo Titniptatlons" this
week. It l Mich ll ht , wlioloioinii nttrnutluni
as IbcMu that turn tlio eyes of the world on
Unite as a summer resort.
W.islilnsloii Star : "What do you think of
thu prohibition orator ? "
"lie Is qulto it riMimrlcahlo speaker : has
snub a dry way of milting tilings , yon know. "
Judce ; Hotel ClurU Thiiiideratlonl What's
this tromcmioiis ringlm : ?
Tanner Hiiiasliby | ( at tlin nlootrlu bell )
Uosli ! I diiiino. 1 Jos'lost my collar-button ,
nn' wutryln * to dig thlM llltfu wlilto onu out
o' tbo waif with my jaoK-kulfo.
"What sort of n newspaper plimt have you ? "
nskfd thu oasturn mini of tlio wild western
till it or. " 1 hnvo beun iislni ; a Colt's 14 , " ro-
pllod thn editor modestly , "but t'onslderlng
Ibo dllUunltltis of thu lust onmpaixn. 1 liuvu
about concluded to got : i Winchester. "
A (1HNKIUI , 1'UI.I. .
JVcii > I'nrls Uernlil.
I'm pulled In most contrary wny.-i by different
maids I know :
Some urge nut to Increase my puce , HOIIO : warn
to go slow ;
Hume , salnt-llkn , dra ; ; ma to thu uliuruh. .Mima
ilrnc mo to thu races.
I yield at oncu lo winning ways , ( bun bow to
charinliiK cr.-icus.
Hut. let their wuy bo what II will , this faut testate
state I li'R. , , , . . ,
Them's not a malil aniotig them nil who fnlli
ID pull my le , ' .
Yimkro Illiido : Krlund Vou say you don't
fenl llui ) writing- 1'urliapi you lack Inspirit-
\Vrltor-Yos. I think I do. I haven't reoulved
n rliuuk for over it month ,
Detroit I'reo I'ross : llo had mnrrlad her for
her money , and their doimutlu llfu wus not tlio
most liarmoiiioiiH.
I wasKold wban I married yon , " ha said
U > bur onu day In it tone of disappointment.
"Possibly. " nlio rupllul very quietly , "pos-
sll'ly. 1 wouldn't iindcrliike to say , but If
you were , dear , you haven't roalUcd any eunh
on tliti salu yet , luivo you'/ "
llu plukuil up Ills bat for iiiiswur. and went
out whuro he could tntcu u long breath.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
AESOUL'TELY PURE
