THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , MAY 25 , 1892 TWELVE PAGES ,
GEN , VAN WYCK AT DENVER
' Address on the Silver QnosUon Before the
Knlghla of Labor.
FREE COINAGE EARNESTLY UPHELD
Money In the Fnst niul 1'roicnt Dliouiioil
Vlotri cit tlio Hpcnkor on the
Situation In I'nvor of
Store Currency.
DRNVEK , Colo. , May 21. [ Special to Tns
BBK. ] The anniversary celebration by the
Knlcbts of Labor bos brought together a
Itrco concourse of working people who nv
flomblod tonight at the Collsoum hall In tbls
cltr to boar the address which Oonoral
Charles II. Van Wyck of Nebraska had been
Invitoil to dollvor. The subject of Van
Wyck's speech was ' 'Tho Kolntlon of Proo
Sliver Colnago to Labor.1' The speaker oo-
' cuploa ono hour In Its delivery ana was fro.
quoutly Interrupted by applause. Tbo fol
lowing Is n synopsis :
At your blddlm ? Icotno to discuss a sub *
Ject , which , not far distant from the Croatian
of man , UiroiiRn nil nations , clvlllzod and
savaKO , Christian and infidel , bond and free ,
for over 4,000 yours In continuous line , has
boon not so much dlscussod as approved
without question , and from nccossltv ever
recognized as a standard or measure of value.
Silver has been the favorite throughout his
tory as n money metal , moro Ronorallv than
oven gold , and la so with nearly all the na
tions of the world today.
From the earliest records of history Its
uaol wore well known , and the theory of
_ money Illustrated as clearly as raodorn
financial writers have explained It through
all the apes. When Abraham made the pur
chase of the cave for the burial of his wlfa
lie Would not accept It as a gift , but Insisted
upon paying the full measure of good money ,
nnd ho weighed out 400 shekels of silver ,
clcaHv showing that notnawhorn and some
how the flat brand had thus early boon
utampcd upon It , and It was recorded as
equal or superior to the exact woluht. "cur
rent money with the merchant. " So down to
the tl mo of Christ , nearly 1.000 years after ,
, .v > hon the boavons were shrouded and deep
gloom came upon the earth and the
blackest betrayal over committed by man
which only the host money could obtain
wo find that 80 pieces , not of gold but , of
silver purchased tbo life and blood of the
Savior.
Dominated I'limnclully by
Wo are now about the same number of
years after Christ as Abraham was before ,
yet during all those centuries has silver been
the money of the world. And now the uni
versal custom of mankind from the time of
Christ , from the lima of creation , must bo
reversed.Vby1 Has It boon round bad In
practice ) Has It worked an injury to the
great multitude on either continent ! A few
money lonncrs in England and Germany
must amass moro rapidly than
honest galni could allow and their
payments must bo made in gold.
The world's addition to tbo cold mutal will
not bo suniciont to make payments to the two
empires of England and Germany. Then
the plutocrats of England control the
plutocrats of America , for they now own n
majority of our covornmont bonds , railroad
securities , and have a heavy Interest. In all
our syndicates nnd trusts. Lombard street
has dominated the financial policy of this
republic since the war by dominating Wall
stroot. These arc the mou who are growing
richer as our producers nnd laborers are
growing poorer at all events growing no
richer.
Why tbis persistent attempt to depreciate ,
and finally destroy , silver ! Before demoneti
zation In 1873 wo wore prosperous. Scheming
was required , and under the Innocent pretext
of reorganising tbo mint thodirecllon to coin
the standard dollar was purposely omitted.
'Iho conspirators knew why.The infamy was
completed ana the dollar demonetized. Yet
we are told there is a conflict between capi
tal nnd labor. Who was the gulltv party to
the conspiracy ! What the object ! Dusl-
no33 1 The people wore not suffering tor
nny remedy , particularly ono so herolo as
amputation of the most vigorous branch of
the monetary system. That act struck dOwn
prosparlty. Immediately our tioublos In
creased , activity disappeared and all tbo
inovltiiblo results of monetary contraction
cursed our fair country.
Those who plottoa well Know the results.
It was the first bold attempt to usurp the
Vlaco ana prerogatives of tbo "lost cause , "
the lost slavudrivor. It was stealing from
the white man moro than an honest share of
his hard earned dollars. As ever , it was
only the masses who wore injured by the dry
ing up of the sources of producing monoy.
Those who toll for oread demand a cur
rency both good and abundant , a currency.
neither depreciated nor scarce. Through
4,000 years of experience wo have reached
that time when a nation , assuming more
than tbo virtues of the ancients and all tbo
religion of tbo moderns , for tbo sane of gain
performs a deed equal in cruelty and in
genious plundering to slavery.
Money n Croatian of Man.
We are told now that money is abundant.
A paralysis of business , stagnation In trade ,
a-doatullko coldness now and then will create ,
congestion In all branches , and In that torpid
condition the money leaner laments
that business Is unwilling to take
the chances of trade ; but when health
returns and buoyant bone sends the
currents of renewed activity through
tbo body politic with no returning ebb to the
tide , then money is in demand beyond the
supply , nnd Iho few whoso wealth is tenfold
increased through a money famine prepare to
tichton the market and demand Increase ot
' interest ns money becomes scarce and high.
A money famine is often more deadly than a
grain fnmlno. A power beyond tbo govern
ment withholds the rain. Human foresight
cannot guard against drouth. But how can
. an honest government bo oxcusou a scarcity
1 > In money ! Man , through government , creates ,
makes abundant , or withholds , to the injury
of the millions.
There Is no HUCU thing as money abso
lutely , and it is found nowhere in nature ,
Diamonds , gold and silver uro valuable
and will produce largo sums for ox-
change. Diamonds , Iho most valu
able , bavo never boon vested with
the attributes of money , having no place
to put the Hat brand as tbo government can
' ' on gold and silver. Nations as wise as , and
i : cosslhly moro humane than , ourselves never
; worried about Its depreciation or had
spasms about cheap money when made of
tin. Lycurgus taught a great lesson when
ho ordered coins of iron , tberobv aiding
trade nnd striking a blow at two classes not
far apart the hoarder und the thief. There
. w Is no such figure of speech ns "depreciated"
* * -arv In the elegant dlaloot of the plutocrat ,
" # S "cueup nnd nasty. " The stamp or brand of
jMi a great government , backed by a great
1 people , ought to rescue it from such
11 aspersions. Which Is the .depreciated I
] | Ciovoinmont monetary issues are of three
II lands sold , silver nnd paper. If measured
by vuluo of the paper , the greenback 1s least
valuable , yet It U tbo moil appreciated in
use , next to tbo "cheap and nasty. " Do
not Iho llnnnclal prophets and political
Blolght-bf-liand rlngstcrs know thut the
government brand makes each equally good !
( Kach will purchase as much of the corn-
. ( .noddies and mil estate as the other. Is It
not pandering to tbo plutocrats to say
that tbo poor teller will alwavs
ix'colvo the cheap money 1 What autocrat
nbovo the constitution will draw this
distinction I Thank Heaven I the eagle
itampud on gold and silver and tbo autograph
of sixty millions on a bit of paper matte all
equal lo the money of royalty. They all
nestle In tbo pockets of free labor with the
riches and sparulo of the English crown.
Which ot Iho three will not buy a dollar's
worth of the vuluo of ono huudrod cents I
lloiullioUlur Auiilmt ( liuiliulilnr.
Wo are told the production of gold Is H m-
Ito'l , U really decreasing , so that moro silver
Is absolutely necessary to moro prosperity
Rial to loss contraction and depression.
These pbtlrasalcal partisans are now overt -
t flowing wtth pious regard for thu toilers ,
They are afraid tlio unprotected poor man
will bo imposed upon by having palmed ou
him the "cheap and nasty , " wuon the mil
lions of producers and lixoorcra , with icurco
v Van exception , are bogging for moro dollars ,
TV j they care not ot what material made so long
amf"iu they hour the imprint of the oatrlo and
r enough of flat to make each the equal of the
best. Don't bo erlovlng on his account , The
+ ' dollar ! ho receives won't ' stay In bis pocket
long enough to go into bankruptcy , however
"cheap and .msly" they may be.
There was a time , Iu tbo f urnaoo hett ot
war , when this same class ot pious patriots
know that ono dollar , by the extortions of
the money leaner to which wo worn
compelled to submit , was ot moro
value than another. Tlion the poor man , the
soldier , bis wlfo and little ones- wars paid
in the poorest , not oven "cheap and nasty * '
silver ; gold to the bondholder but greenbacks
to the gunholdor.
ThU is not the first time , however , that n
wonderful display of sympathy for labor has
been manifested , The manufacturers of Now
England , the coal and iron manipulators of
Pennsylvania , the owners of plno forests in
the northwest have spent much money to
control concross and protect by an American
tariff American labor , the duties on which
have only been limited by the greed and
nvarlco of beDOtlclarlo * , who hava been raado
millionaires , while during all thcso yean but
row of the American laborer. * , who have
formed the bulwark behind which the pluto
crats bullded and sugarcoated enormous
profits , have secured enough to llvo without
toll.
Tlio Veteran Used ns n Decoy.
And lastly , the pensioned loldler Is used ns
a decoy fromnvblcU to shoot arrows pointed
with falsehood and sophistry amidst the
tolling multitude , and tboy cunningly dovlso
figures to show how much each soldier will
lese If ho receives his money in silver , or
moro silver dollars are mado. Out upon such
wicked hypocrisy 1 Is there ono soldier who
can bo deceived by such mocucryl
Some Idiot or Uimvo In congress sends out a
circular declaring that "If the free stlvor
bill pnssos.tho soldier who nominally gets $72
per month , the rate In extreme cases , would
really got but WU.40 , with a strong probabil
ity that In the early future this * 72 of
monthly pension would bo worth not over
M3.20. " What do vou think of the bonoity
and Intelligence of such n man ! Wo only
asK the restoration of a law , watch by its
ago and bonetlconco had become part of the
govoinmont. Wo prospered under the frco
coinage of both motuls. In all sections , east
as west , depression followed the attempted
destruction of silver. In tbo south , cotton ,
which once toasted It wns king , in the north ,
grain and ino&t scarcely return cost of pro
duction. The English autocrat , aldod by
British gold , demanded the demolition of
ono ot Iho mllarj of our greatness , and wo
did his bidding with the same agility wo
obeyed thu behests of the slaveholder the
slavcholdnr had the ndvantaqo ; ho wus not
a foreigner , The man who wrote the circu
lar to the pensioned soldier ; , no doubt , is of
the crowd who has much to say about
calamity howlon ; himself the most
rcckloss of howler * . Ho avldeutlv
has ir.tolllgonco enough not to pub
lish such brazen statements. The
soldlor or laborer or millionaire is not paid in
bullion , and ho cares not about the vuluo rel
atively of the bullion nnd coin ; ho oaly stops
to count the figures and mark Iho brand the
government lias placed upon tbo coin.
The plutocrats are not only calamity
bowlers , but genuine calamity doors. They
have for years bean boslo ing congress to
blot out silver and have gold alouo as the
basis of circulation. Not succeeding , they
accepted the demonetization act of 1373. Wo
romomoor how Indignant was tun nation
when that Iniquity was discovered. The
guilty participants wore retired as soon as
the people could roach them through the bal
lot box. Cunningly disguised In a bill with
Innocent title , the standard silver dollar was
stricken down. Even Urant signed the bill
without intimation of the crime against the
people it contained !
We ore tauntingly told that England has
demonetized silver. How does that concern
usVo ) know it. And England demonetized
silver hero in 1373. Today , as then , England
controls our llnanclal pollny.
Now will sonio other congressman issue
another circular showlntr when since re
sumption ono American dollar from ocean to
ocean , wherever tbo starry banner Heats , has
not had the same money value and purchas
ing power as any ot nor American dollar ) Wo
had frco and unlimited coinage from 1703 to
1873. Did wo have any of the calamities and
horrors those prophets of evil suggest ! All
the objections now urged and the wanton
calamities prophoslod are abundaatly an
swered by the history of the world for thou
sands of years and tbo experience ot our own
nation for a coniury.
Done on Foreign Dictation.
VVho insisted upon demonetization ! And
why I Tbo nation did not demand it. Tboy
know there was an act to reform the mint ,
but not to destroy tbo standard dollar. Was
it to Increase the prosperity of the people
and did it have that olToct ? The little joker
is plaia now. It was sought in the Interest
of tbo few , commencing : with the English
nobility who hold a majority of our govern
ment bonds and railroad securities , the in
terest of which is paid In gold. Then the
American nobility , who necessarily ape for
eign customs , the Wall street brokers , who
invest foreign money , securing bountiful
returns to the owners , at tno same time en
riching themselves ; our railroad managers
do the same , and this double enrichment
makes a double burden upon the people. Our
masters here have foreign masters , whoso
policy they have established.
Wo stand whore Jackson stoou when ho
demanded gold and silver alone as tbo money
of the constitution. No paper for him. Wo
stand far msldo the line where Genera ! Harrison
risen , grandfather of the illustrious presi
dent , stood when in his first inaugural iu
glowing language ho pictured the dangers of
a purely metallic currency and insisted upon
paper. Aod now democrats no longer follow
Jackson and a Harrison administration no
longer lollows the grandfather , and both vie
with oacb other In submission to the demand
of England. Our money must all bo destroyed -
stroyed , except gold , because England will
receive no payments except in gold , and as
thut adds to tbo riches ot tbo Sbylocks and
syndicates they urge acquiescence.
Contraction liroucht Hard Times.
Then the people must bo deceived by the
assumption that silver will drive out gold.
Whore is tno proof ) Did free coinage drive
out gold during a century ) Then , that "all
the silver of Europe will bo dumped on our
shores. " They can only speak of silver In
contempt , so in the elegant language ot the
plutocrat they say "dumped. " Was such
the case during a century of free coinage )
Other nations bavo no surplus to dump hero.
This crowd are onjoving a great deal of un
necessary misery. The confederacy " sought
through many years to destroy this "great re
public : they came nearer to it than the
English and American nobility will to tbo
depreciation of tbo "cheap and nasty" Amor-
lean money , to tbo extent of a farthing.
Combined , tboy cannot burn falsa lights
enough on the shore to produce wreck , over
whoso ruins they would gloat , hoping thereby
to increase their fortunes.
Another congressman should Issue a cir
cular saying when after resumption the people -
plo enjoyed the greatest prosperity , Lot him
trace ity ear byjoar and tell it it was not before
contraction , oven the most limited , and while
tbo despised inflation lingered. Tno nation
knows bard times commenced with contrac
tion. Then demonetization , the most deadly
contractionfollowed a depression from wbluh
wo have not yet recovered. No ono has
shown when and how the people will be ben *
clltod by curtailing the currency. Prosperity
follows abundance , whether It bo of grain or
coin. Whan money is scarce interest rules
high and labor suitors for money and bread.
Dlsgulso it as they may , the question' of In
trinsic vuluo l only a protonso. Whether it
oo 1(1 ( to 1 or IWi to 1 , whether tbo prloo of sil
ver be Jt.U'J per ounce , as it was in 1873 , or
! X ) cents , as la IS'J'J. is not tbo point with tbo
nobility I Tbov din In our ears that money
la DOW overabundant. Slucosvhon ! Even
In golden California and silver Colorado at
times you bavo complaints of scarcity of
monoy. Oh , they say , that must bo occa
sionally. No , thut should never bo In a well
regulated government seeking tbo happiness
of the pooplo. It should not bo a possibility
in a government of the people by the people
and for tbo pooplo. Did wo have money
abundant when Gould and the money llngs
deliberately conspired to corner the mouov
market and wreak ouslnuss , n scheme moro
Infamous than uny which icuttled u ship In
mldocoan. Had thu attempt not been made ,
and It nearly Biicoooloil , tbo same class of
conspirators woullsiy It never could hap
pen ; but it did happ-ii nnd only by the nerve
of Grant was the cju , tr , ' saved ; ho unlocked
tno treasury and pourcl uunoy through tbo
country. The domui > ou/uiou net was of tbo
same character , und fur tiiu sumo purpose
to Injure many while itonrlchud a few and
iu history It will bo worthy to bo placed in the
same dark record as UUck Friday.
Labor only prosper * In the sunlight of uni
versal freedom , when trade and enterprise
are free In all their channels , when money ,
thu life and spring and source of all Indus
tries , Is pulling warm ana uroug in all the
arteries of business. A contracted currency
dries up the avenues of human activities ,
with no encouragement and hope of galu or
oven bread to those who toil. Tboso who
iimlto gam by Investment , and whoso harvest
is from depronlon , want neither freedom in
trade nor freedom la coinage. Those who
beoomo rich by development ot brain and
.muscle cau ouly pbtalu tUo tuoin * and soouro
the reward when government will furnish an
abundance of money tor the necessities of
the people.
CnpUnl nnd f.nbnr's Xcxnroiidliig Conflict.
Wo are reproached at times because of n
conflict or struggle between capital nnd labor.
This conflict has always waged nnd nlwny
will , while thora Is a necessity for broad nnd
existence on ono sldo nnd n greed for gold on
the other. The struggle Is generally nn , un
equal ono. Napoleon spoke with much truth
when ho claimed that Providence was on the
side of the henvv artillery. It Is as true to
day ns when written years ago by neither u
crank nor a domacozuc ,
1'lato sin In gold , the Iiuicoot justice harm
less breaks :
Clothe It In rags , n pl my straw doth pierce
It *
Wo well romambor the conflict to retain ,
first at the ballot box nnd then by arms , the
monster , Slavery. Although hern In Its most
revolting form , all the civilized , rollncd , edu
cated , judicial and theological influences for
years , oven the stars und stnpos , ttro soldiers
nnd guns of u republic , were employed to
suppress all nsplr.itions for freedom. The
world has abundantly lonrucd that a just
ted ! will not always wlnit at iniquity , and
that sometimes ho makes a fearful reckoning.
Strange what uro called conservative force * ,
society , government , the courts and church ,
should alwavs favor hoary , woll-ostabllshcd
wrongs on the ground that wrongs , no mat
ter how revolting , If onlyconsoura'ed bynge ,
are bettor borne tbnn an attempt bo made to
right them , however poacoablo. Dccauso the
tyranny of the conservative forces holds the
remainder of the nation Iu Its grasp , and ,
while they nro comfortably llxod , are ready to
cry peace and say ! "Now , soul , take thine
ease. "
Jackson and the older Harrison were in
favor of free coinage ; why are not Cleveland
and the grandson I Don't you clearly see au
effort to chnngo the policy of tbo govern
ment ) No party lines on this question. Cor
porations , syndicates , trusts , money lonnors ,
have no politics , und no party must have
any politics to Interfere with such of their
schemes of building up and tearing down ns
may bo necessary to ndd to their millions ;
tbo only Issue now is between tbo wealth-
gatherers nnd the wealth-producers.
I tnlto it you nro in earnest und mean what
you say , nnd that you still hope that free
coinage will be restored. Did you over thin it
how ) By moral suasion nud entreaty ) It
wore much easier to have convinced the
slaveholder by argument. I suppose , as
usual , you nro bade back from pnlltic.il dis
cussion or consideration , and I , as your guest ,
would rcfrntu from wnndorlng In that do
main. This question is far beyond politics ;
It is governmental.
" .ftuntlutli ( inil Within thoSU itlo-.v , "
America is the greatest silver producing
nation In the world , and congress strike ? it
down from the position whore the laws nnd
the constitution and the prosperity nf tbo na
tion placed it whou the foundations oC the
republic were laid. What consistentv IVo I
tax tnls nation so that the coal nnd metals of
Pennsylvania may return millions every
year to a few , and the probabilities nro that
the representatives of silver will be loyal to
"tho party" by voting the privilege to enter
tbo pockets of Ibe people ad libitum ; In En
glish that moans until they got tired , or , by
n more literal translation , until death.
Still there Is hope that the Lord docs not
always sleep. The Methodist church , for
years enjoying the distinction of the pioneer
church , has always seemed nearer to the
hearts of the pcople.and we trust nearer to the
heart ot Christnndwhile not nlways coming
promptly to ino help of the Lord against the
mighty , has In the end generally responded
to tbo sufferings of the oppressed. She first ,
saw a ray from tno throne of God coming
through a rift In the clouds and the rift xvld-
cnod and tbo ray enlarged and brightened
till it brought an inspiration , and the church
had religion enough to know that it meant anew
now gospel of freedom and sbo boldly
preached it and drew the nation nearer to
Christ. After peace and freedom , other aos-
potlsms took the place of slavery and the
church drifted back into tbo position of par
tial acquiescence or diluted antagonism to
glided wrongs , Today these have
ripened and wo have oppronsino
and a struggle such as tthat which Invoked
the assistance nf the Almighty a third of a
century and moro ago. And now this same
Methodist church with over .100 moiiin , learn
ing and piety as grand a body as over
assembled , uro in session la a great confer
ence at Omaha. As years ago , through
auothor rift In tbo cloud comas another ray
of hope in a resolution offered in that body
by Rev. Dr. Thomas Hanlon of Ponnlngton
seminary , declaring that "tno Motbodm
Episcopal church should come out squarely
upon the great struggle between capital and
labor now being waged in this country. " Ho
said the church had not shown sufllclcnt
sympathy for the tolling millions , that the
laboring classes were drifting away , that the
church was to a largo extant made up of
women , and that the church had been too
much Inclined to loan toward the Interests of
the capitalists. The journal added : "Dr.
Hanlon was vigorously applauded from the
gallery. " The resolution was referred to a
committee. Lot us watch nud pray that tbo
bishops do not plav the role of nursing moth
ers and put it to slcsp. The only way to
preserve the women members will bo to
keep them from the Dallot box , for tbelr
eyes will then be opened also , and they will
I be eating from tbo tree of knowledge ; they
will then see the want of consistency in a
government tolerating injustice and op-
nraislon nnd n church so chanuorl since thn
rebellion as to furnish no resistance to
wickedness and crimes akin to slavery.
Yet all churches ore horrified at the great
and growing number of Infidels. It was the
church , and not Tom Paine , that maao ind-
dels when tbo church preached the divlno
right of kings. It was the church , not Bob
Ingcrsoll , that made intidols when tbo church
preached that slavery was a divine institu
tion. And it is the church today that is in
creasing the army of infidels by not daring
to raise its voice for the cause of the poor and
oppressed , and to relieve the teller from a
portion of his burden. You don't want to
contentment to the white man under
Ereach
urdens any moro than you did contentment
to the slave under stripes.
The silver wrong is only ono of manv ; ono
in a great series , a link in the chain which is
binding free labor to the chariot wheels of
capital. The people are almou powerless.
All largo business interests are each protect
ing the other , nil built upon fictitious capi
tal , watered stock , railroads with 5-lUiXOUJ- )
OOJ capital not costing a farthing ovori of the
"cheap and nasty" and divided between the
nobility of England and America , Then Stand
ard oil , sugar trust , moro than four times
watered and divided in the same manner.
Then flouring mills , brawerlos , and a few
months ago the Vandorbllts reorganized the
Chicago stock yards , adding $15,000,000 by
tbo stroke of a pen , and lot in Johnny Bull
as a partner. And while all this fraudulent
inflation was going on , filling the bunlc
vaults of millionaires , for the rest of the na
tion contract ! on.
Dr. Birnoy's Catarrh Powder for cold ( u
head. For sale by all druggists. 50 cents.
THE CITY'S CASH.
Comptroller Olscii'H Statement of tlio Money
on Iliinil In Various Fuiiila ,
The provisions of the charter require the
comptroller to make a statement to the coun
cil every throe months , showing the condi
tion ot the various city funds.
Besides complying with this provision. Mr.
Olson goes further and makes a statement
each mouth. His last statement shows
tbo balancfls on hand and in tbo different
funds on May 1(1 ( : General fund , 155,001.14 ;
fire fund , $71,850.03 ; police fund , (07U3i 83 ;
curbing1 , guttering and cleaning fund ,
$10,503.33 ; sewer maintaining Jund , { 0,838.27 ;
library fund , $ I8,7S5.JO ; park fund ,
Wl.85J.17 ; Judgment. W.UU.ia : plumbing
maintaining fund , $ l,3Sl.fi'j ; water rent fund ,
$ S3U5U.33 ; police pension fund , { 5,093.48 ;
paving bond fund , fo,14l.i'i ; Omaha sewer
fund , SIU'O.GO ; tire engine bond fund , SID.nS ;
city ball fund , 14'J,7iW.2i ' ; special damage ,
fUVH.iU ) ; Tenth street viaduct damages ,
rw.050 ; dog fund , $1,033.00 ; viaduct , ;
Board of Health , 5J.U93.57 : lighting ,
15,071.45 : sinking lund , * r. 5,131.87.
In the vlnduot fund there Is an overdraft of
{ 307,80 , which has boon carried on tbo bonds
for years.
Hub-funds of tbo general fund : Mayor's
ofllco , { JIKI.03 ) ; city council. $10,010.-IS ;
comptroller , { 0,800 ; treasurer , $13,037.85 ; lo-
galdepartment , 10,470.70 ; cltyulerk , { 4r > 01,00 ;
engineer and sewer department , 91873.83 ! ;
street commissioner , { 10,187.31 ; Board of
Public Works uud sidewalk department ,
{ 5,801.85 ; crosswalks , $1,003.44 ; Miuenn-
tondent of building and plumbing , J'.IbO.S :
boiler Inspector , $ V-Oo.f > 0 ; Board of Health ,
J,030.14 ; police court , { 3.011.13 ; gas in > poc-
tor. IUI8.55 ; Janitors , $1,300 ; vetorlnarv ,
$340 ; license Inspector. $1,004.51 ; engineer ! .
{ 1,400 ; elevators , { 7JO ; watcbmun. { 1.450 ;
ergeanttarms , { 000 ; advertising , { 0.853.03 ;
rentals$3,733.33 ; election oxpouios , $3,013.03 ;
THE MORSE DRY GOODS CO
i' . i i lie TriJtti of an M
/ /
Is in to the Store and Find-
ing it so. I
At'
Cents
6.OOO yards genuine
French
usual price , 7Sc , 68c ,
BOc ,
25 25 25 a Yard
OKNTS , GENTS.
Second floor.
At
Cents
3.OOO yards French
Figured
Satines
new sty 163,38 * $ quality
only i" >
15 15 . ? „ , 15
OKNTS , OENT-S. , ' OENT3 ,
At
Cents
4OOO , yards fine
Scotch Ginghams
32 inches wide.checks
plaids , stripes.
18 18 18
CENTS. CENTS. CENTS.
At
1.4OO yds light ground
colored figure
CHALLIS
na
/a
OENTSr OKNTS. CENTS.
Mail orders for al
these goods filled
promptly. Write for
anything yon'wantwe : :
rf C3f'
will get it foivyou.
MORSE DRY _ GOODS CO. I H
'
compiling tax Hst$2,23lb.qspltals1 ; $1,270.07 ;
feeding prisoners , 8IKJ.45 ( ) ; city taxes ,
$325.51) ) ; appraisers , $ * itirooording ) deeds
$31.40 ; miscellaneous , $ iiUC.OO. ! : ,
Inn slclo remark thq comptroller says :
"As remarked in my lav t statement , tbo gen
eral fund will bo showa.to'bo in bettor shape
in July , when money win po In tbo sewer
maintaining fund and Hull lighting fund ,
and when money now expended out of the
general fund for those two funds named can
bo refunded , "
Now Is the time to take a good tonlo modi-
cine. Hood's Sarsapartltu possesses this
greatest merit , and U a popular favorite.
AbnllKliliijf Stop-Over 1'rivllegef.
Tbo Northwestern has posted ite notice
that stop-over privileges will bo abolished
after June ItO. Hereafter n ticket will bo
grod only for a continuous passage , and tbo
journey must be begun within one day from
the d ta of tbo purchase of tbo ticket. It a
ticket buyer discovers-on tbo day of bis pur
chase that ho cannot begin bis Journey
within tbo limit be can get bis money back
of the agent who eold him the paste-
ONLY
Cents.
Worth 2oc , Second floor.
Half Wool
CHALLIS
Cents.
How the truth shines out here.
Black Lace
Organdies
Such as you have been paying
25 cents for- fast color ,
Gents.
NEXW
laceCurtains
Nottingham Lace , 3 yards
long , taped edge ,
Nottingham Lace , 3 yards
long , 50 inches wide , taped
edge ,
"
m tZ V KBI B
$ 1.75 Pair
Nottingham Lace , 3 1-2 yards
long , 50 inches wide ,
$2.85 Pair
Irish Point Curtains , 3 1-2
yards long , 50 inches wide ,
Very Beautiful
Irish Point Curtains , 3 1-2
yards long , 50 inches wide
These are the best for the
money we know of within 500
miles.
Window Shades , Opaque ,
mounted on spring rollers ,
3 feet wide 6 feet long ,
43c.
Gilray's Lace Curtain Stretch
ers S3.25
board. "For redemption after that date , "
aavs the notice , 'application should bo
made to the general passenger agent at
Chicago. " There IB no assurance that the
ticket will bu redeemed , and there is every
prospect of considerable rod tape. A general
passenger agent of ono of tbo Chicago lines
Is quoted iu an interview at saying ; that all
tickets will be redeemed If the railroad men
nro satisfied that the buyer was prevented
from making the journey by uomo unavold-
abli circumstance.
This time limit and continuous passage
condition was inaugurated recently by the
Alton and has been adopted by several other
lines , it is Intended primarily to circumvent
the scalper , and ono railroad man says it will
prevent dishonest conductors from holding
out uncaucolod tickets and aolllug then * to
the brokers.
-
Dr.Blrnoy's Catarrh Powder cures catarrh.
For sale by all druggists. &U cants ,
Addreued the Hcholurx.
On Monday morning , at the High school ,
Colonel Hoaitland , "the newsboys1 friend , "
addressed tbo pupil * of the school The
colonel potto for sorao twenty miuutos ,
These elegant
suits as describ
ed below arc
well worth all
that we ask ,
which is less
than o t h ers'
prices.
Boys' three-
piece long pants
suits. Cheviots ,
serges , worsteds
homespun and
cassimeres.
Sizes 14 to 18
years. Prices
$5. $6 , 57 , s.5o ,
$8. $9 , $10 , $11 ,
$12.
A Base Bull and a Bat given
with every suit purchased of
us.
Boys' two-piece junior suit.
These suits are made of blue
albatross cloth , soft and fine ,
also in black velvet , handsome
ly trimmed with silk braid , sou
tache braid embroidery on
sleeves , knees and front of
jacket. Sizes 3 to 7 years ;
price $5 , $6 , $7 , $7.5o , $8 , $9
and $10. The blouse waist
comes extra ; price $1.76 , $2.5o
and $2. ; 5 each.
PURE LINENS
For the pnco you linvo booon paying for
cotton-und-linpii linons.
1000yards 18 inch crush 8c yard" .
04 inch bleached damask oOc , such us
you pay 75c for olsawhoro.
04 Inch very heavy bloaohod dtunask
75o , worth nt least OUc.
GO inch cream diuuuslc 50c yard ; you'd
expect to pay ( > 5c for it.
1000 unbloachou bath towels 12Jc.
Look nt others' ! JOe towels , then coinu
and see those.
Beautiful brown linen lap robes in
plain und momio WOHVOS Vflc to $3,50
nil.
UU
touching upon hit work and the variety of I
good which might bo done for the poor people
plo , in whom ho is so much interested. Ho
also spoke In highly commendatory terms of
Omaha's public school system , particularly
the splendid condition of the High school , it's
courses of study and its most excellent
faculty.
The colonel then led In a short prayor.
whllo 700 heads bowed In acknowledgment of
the divlno spirit.
After tbo prayer Mr. J. A. Keller , man
ager of the Hoys and Girls homo , upoko
n few minutes on tbo tlino when ho
had been n poor boy living on the ninth story
of a Now York tonomeut house. Ho made
mention of his early life and urgently ad
vised tbo young paonlo to Improve oacn mo
ment in gaining such un education ns would
fit them to ntrugglo with the world and win.
Although Mr. ICellnr said that he "was
lacking up here. " and tapped his forehead
with bis hand , ho made a very touching ad
dress , which Improsiod bis hearer * deeply.
All the young folk * then united in repeat
ing the Lord' * prayer and the short but In.
tcrosling service was over.
Itepulillcau City Cuntrul Committee ,
There will bo a mooting at the republican
AGGREGATION
of Bargains
in Ladies' Hosiery
and Underwear ,
A. few of which are given hero
Ladies'
Fine
"ersey
fibbed
Vests ,
10 Bents
Ladies' pure whlto Jersey Lisle Vests ,
' ,
worth & 3o' lc ! ) <
Ladies' Pure Silk Vests , white
and colors , worth $1.50 ,
98 Cents.
Ladies'
Fast
Black
Hose ,
Especially
o-ood fore
o
35c , only
Ladies' Fast
worth 5oc pair , 3 pairs for
double heels , knees and soles ,
only
' > J KQIP
ut d Idll ,
league headquarters ( opposite Mlllnrd hotel )
Wednesday evening , May S3 , at 8 o'clock , of
the city republican central committee. Kvory
member is requested to attend , ni important
business will bo transacted.
HifiiAiii ) Humr , Chairman ,
WM. A. KKI.I.KV , Secretary.
Driiu'ceuiiBtt ,
A illsouao , trcntod as such nnd porinu-
nontly cured. No publicity. Nolnllriu-
ury. Homo troalmont. Hurmlosd and
offootual. Rufor by permission to Hur-
linj'toti Iluwkoyo. Solid 2o Htamp for
pnmphlot. ShoUoquon Chomlual Co. ,
jJurllngtoii , la.
Knvuil frnin tliu Ntrout.
Johnny Hyan , wboio arm had been dee
tared by acid by tramps In order to furnish
him a stock in trade as a beggar , hni been
sent to the Hongland homo recently opened
In this city. Two Fifteenth street clothing
boutos biwo fitted him out with unw clothes.
Hu Is 13 years old and came from Dushuoll
JUl
Do Will's Sars p rllU 1 * reliable.