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< t Till ? OMAHA DAILY /WKDNKSDAY : , SEPTKMimil 28 , 1802. THE DAILY F. I108KWATKK , Enitoiu PUBLIBHKD BVKIIV MOHNINO. OFFICIAL PAPER OF TUB CITY. TKHM9 ( iFBUHSUIUITION. Dally Hep ( without Snnilar ) Ono Y ar 11 no Dally and Honda' Ono Year. . . . . ll > Ul Rlx Month W Ihrro > lonth S * 0 rXnnday Hen. Ono Tear . . . . J 00 Hnlnrdnr lice , Ono \ > r JW \Vtckly He , One Vcnr > 100 OFP1CK&2 Omaha , The ttee Ilullillnc. Ponth Omaha , corner N nnrt Win Street * . Council Illiitt * , 121'carl Hlreet. Chlrneo Office. Sit Chambur of Tomraercn. New Vork. Ilooni 1.1,14 nnd IA , Trlbuno llulldlni. \VaihlnRton. M3 Fourteenth Hlrrot , COltltUSrONIIKNUB. All commnnlrallona rolntlnB to nnwa and dltorlal matterHhoultl bo addroiiod to the 1.0- llorlal lcinrlmnnt | , 1IUS1NK93 l.KTTKIl Allhnnlnem Ipltora nml remittances should bo ddrcntrd lo The Ilco riihllihlnc Company , Omaha , liratta. chcrkiiaiid pontnnico ordorn to bo made parablotu the order of the company , TUE BKIC PUBLISHING COMPANY BWOIliJ STATKMKNT OV ClUCtJI.ATlON. FlBtent Nrtirn liH , I I'ounty of DoiiKlns , f ( Icoriol ) . Tr cliiiuk , npcrctnrr of TftR nr.E I'nb- llnhlna comp.injr , CIIP tolcmnlr wc r that tlio nctnsl clrculallon of 'I HE IUH.V Itr.K for the week endingKeploml > ari. 18'J. , wnj ns follows ! Fnndar. Kcptrnilirr IN 21.0.U Mntulnr , HtMitPinticr III. . . .B'1 Tnodilnr , Brplcnibor ! U 2,1,73) Wcilnn'dB > , HcitiMiibor | 21 23.G83 1'hiirmtnr. HeptPiiilii'rSi " ' "Ml1 Frldar , Hoptonihur 31 2.1.J7& Haturdar , tiuptcinbcr 21 , ttfltl Avntnco SI.3IO ( ir.O. H. T7.3CHUCK. Sworn to bnfnromo nnd siih crlbod In ray pros- tnco thli2 < th dny of FoptomlH.T. W.'l. M. I' , mm .Notary 1'ubllc. Clruiiliitlon for August at,4110 N 8UOC088 is no loss cortuln In lown thnn In Nobrnskn. L WOIXVOP'S companion bo nblo to renew hot * Lease on Kansns ? SUHOKON OnXKKAIj HAMILTON OUght to catch Dr. Jenkins and opank him , SOUTH OMAHA uldormon have de clared war on gumbllng. The question Is , do they moan it ? TAMMANY claims Clovoland's olootlon In Now Yorlc by 15,000 , but the reporter did not notice the tiger wink the other oyo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ JUDOK CKOUNSK is making votes rap idly among old-time republicans whoso null-monopoly syinpathiou had curried ttietn into the alliance party. Tllic Now York Sunday World pub lished "Tho Scarlet Lottor" entire , but rvnxious democrats failed to find in it Grovor'a position on the tariff. EVEKY day or so some obscure popu list gets an interview printed to the effect that Nebraska will bo carried by the people's party. It is funny. Mus. CLKVKLAND lost her Omaha eviction suit bocauo her touant had se cured an extension of time , and "hubby" will lese his Washington eviction suit for the same reason. "NEBRASKA on wheels No. 2' ' is now in Illinois showing the denizens of that atato the great glory of agricultural Ne braska. N. B. Loolc for a heavy immi gration from Illinois to Nebraska next spring. TUB annual report of the governor of Now Mexico shows a gratifying increase in the settlement and prosperity of that territory. The fact that during the past year 408,932 acres of public land have been disposed of points to a re markable movement toward permanent Bottlomont there. Still , the character of the population at present does not warrant its Immediate admission as a Btato. HKLUN GOUOAII is just now running up and down tbo stale of Iowa traducing President Harrison and denouncing every republican in that state who lias had the manhood to publicly admit that prohibition ia a howling farco. This woman is said to bo under pay of the democratic state committee. It is the same old story. There is comfort in the thought , however , that this class of mercenary patriots will not infest Ne braska again for a long time to come. TIIIIKK is a difference of opinion ns to the sanitary condition of the Walnut Hill eohool which has boon under dis cussion for several days past. The health authorities are sure that it is very bad , but the principal is positive that no ground for apprehension exists nnd saya there have boon only two oases of diphtheria in families represented at that school , and those are not believed to have boon duo to the cause alleged. Ono thing is certain , the investigation has somewhat demoralized the school. The attendance has boon greatly re duced and exaggerated reports have boon circulated by whloh it has boon made to appear that scores of the pupils wore sick with diphtheria. This is un fortunate , and measures should bo taker ntoncoto reassure the patrons of thlt school and of all other suhoola in the city by promptly applying the propoi remedy. A diphtheria scare does not Boom to bo at all justiiiod by the facts , however , and it is to ba hoped thnt such reckless exaggeration as wo have referred to will cease. IN 81'lTK of the delay in makln ( financial provision for the Dougin county exhibit of the Neb.-aska udvur Using train it is one of the llnost of tin whole collection and rollouts credit upoi this rich and populous county. Tin train Is now on its wuy east and will b vialtod by many thousands of people between twoen hero mid the Atlantic oooati. I is well known that many of these wh kayo come from the east with the hnrv oat excursions this your were led to d BO by eooing the advertising exhibit sen out from Nebraska last fall. This year' exhibit is larger and better than thu of last year nnd the great variety an excellence of the products roprosonto will open the eyes of all visitors to th wonderful resources of Nobrnoku. N doubt iv marked incrousain immigratio of homo seekers will result from till plan of attracting attention to our thrh in ? atato. The people who are Bcokln information as to the agricultural ad vantages oft.orod by Nebraska will visl the exhibition train , and these ur the ones whom It It moat doslrubla t roach. t , BTT/JM. Ai an expounder ol the principles un- dorlylnn our republican form of govern ment and of the functions , dutio3 % and purposes of the ROVO iiment , Grover Cleveland will never bo osloomod n standard Authority. Ills long-delayed letter of acceptance starts out with an atlompt , In the oracular manner po- cullnr to Mr. Cleveland's carefully prepared - pared utterances , todoflno the objoc's nnd limitations of the federal govern ment In Its relations to the paoplo , with p.irllcular reference to the taxing power , and the result Is a dollvornnco whlph it is not easy to trent with uorl- ous consideration. His commonplace propositions regarding the character nnd purpose of the government will make no impression upon thoughtful people and they will bo wholly wasted upon the average democratic voter. Mr. Cleveland says ho adheres to tlio opinions heretofore declared touching the questions Involved In the cunvns * , and then proceeds lo declare that the tariff is u tax , the burden ot which Is too palpably felt by the people lo permit them to bo persuaded that it does not oxlst. In view of tlio fact thnt nearly all commodities affected by the tariff have d''clinud in price within the past two years the consumers of the country will hardly agree with Mr. Clovohuid that the alleged ttix Is proving to bo a burden , or that the policy which pro duces such a result without reducing the wugorf of labor , works "a diminu tion of the property rights of the poo- ulo. " They will see , rather , in such manifestly absurd theories an entire dis regard of the real facts In the economic situation. A * was oxpoclod , Mr. Cleveland does not stand squarely on the turllT plank of the Ghicngo platform. That enuncia tion declares all protection to bo a fraud , ti robbery , and a violation oi the consti tution. It boldly pronosod to demolish the protective policy. Mr. Clovuluml says : lk\Vo watro no oxlerinlmitlng war ngainst any American interest , \Vu believe a readjustment can bs accom plished , in accordance with the piln- ciplos wo profess , without disaster or demolition. " If this is not in ulToct ti renunciation of the platform it conies very near to being. Every c.indid duui- ooral ndmitsi that the turilT plank is distinctly a declaration for frco trade if not absolute , at any rate of the British pattern but Mr. Cleveland says thut "wo contemplate a fair and careful dis tribution of necessary tariff burdens , rather than the precipitation of free trade1 and lie concludes his reference to this subject by remarking that free trade is impossible. Will the intelli gent voters , pf the country accept the deliberate declaration of the national democratic convention as to the position and purpose of the party regarding the policy of protection or the assurances of the candidate , who is influenced in his utterances by an overweening anx iety to bo elected ? Mr. Cleveland disnosos of the currency question , second in importance to no other issue , with a few general proposi tions that will satisfy nobody. Ho suys nothing specifically regarding the free coinage of silver or the proposed restora tion of state bank issues , and this eva sion materially lessens the value of his declaration that "tho people are entitled to sound and honest money. " Mr. Cleveland - land endeavors to square himself with the union soldiers by professions of a generous interest in their welfare , but ho cannot wipe out the fact that some 300 pension bills failed by reason of ex ecutive disapproval during His adminis tration. Mr. Clovoland's reference to the question of regulating federal oloc- lions is obviously poriunctory. Ho evi dently docs not regard it as an issue- , and in this he shows moro discrimina tion thnn most ether democratic loaders. Remembering the almost utter disre gard of civil service reform during the lust year of the Cleveland administra tion , under the oxicroncios of an approaching preaching national election , the reference once to this subject in the letter of ac ceptance must bo regarded as at least of questionable sincerity , Mr. Cleveland's letter Is in most respects - spocts characteristic , though it it plain that ho realizes the serious nature of the blunders inndo by the national con vention in regard t8 the tariff and the currency , and hence there is an absence of the aggressive and confident tone which marked his previous utterances. Ills letter will not increase democratic interest or enthusiasm in the campaign , nor will it tend to harmoni/.o the divers ity of vlows in the party regarding the principal issues. A , GOOD COUNTRY 1O LIVK IN. Ono aspect of the tariff question thai has uorhaps received loss utlention thar it deserves is thus referred to by t writer who appears to bo honestly soolc ing information : Granted that protection Increases labor am wages. By so doing it makes this country : very deslrablo plnco to llvo In , and , tboro fore , people from all countries come here ti live and labor. In time , should this condl tlon of tbliiRs continue , the country mus necessarily be overstocked with worldni people from ether countries , and this wll lower wages and matte this country no botto than any othor. As un argument ngainst protoctioi this ha ? no force , The development o tlio resources of this country has fo many years depended in great inonsun upon the industrious and frugal pcopl who hnvo come here from foreign lunde The fact that America is "a vary dosirn bio place to llvo in" explains why mil lions of foreigners have come to thl country to eook homos. A very larg majority of the immigrants are nun bored among the prosperous farmers c the west. 13y their industry a vast o > tent of rich agricultural country hit boon developed and miido fruitful , an thus the aggregate of the country1 wealth has boon immensely Increascc The products of the soil , upon which til prosperity of the United States must a ! wnys bo dependent , have been ntnii ; iugly increased by tie | labors ot thos who have come to this country bocau : It Is "a desirable place to live in , " Ml lions upon millions of foreigners hnv sott'.od ' in the virgin territory of tb west and have assimilated with tli older population. All ot those poop ! are Americans now and thoroughly in buod with American ideaa. They ai good , loyal citizens , and tbo land i tholr adoption Is ns tloar to thorn no ll In to Ihoso who can tntco tholr ancestry to thu Ultlo Imncl that landed at Plymouth Hook. The Idon that n oontlnu.-xnoo of for eign Immigration will in tlnio result in a sorlous doprosiion of our Inbor market is not supported by post oxpnrionoo. The ttamntid for labor is constantly and rapidly ineromintr in this country. The trouble lloschioAy in thu Inckot ft proper distribution of the tolling forces , and It Is safe to say that In spile of the fnct that n steady stronm of foreigners Is flowing Into this country there la today In many localities a < 1onmnd for labor thnt exceeds the supply. It should bo constantly berne in mind thnt the Europeans who join our force ot common laborers do not , as a rule , per manently remain in that employment. They snvo their earnings and very soon take their places in the producing class. As common laborers they con- trlbuto to the country's wealth , for all wealth is the fruit of laUor , but when they apply themselves to the develop ment of the nijrlcultural and mineral resource.of ) the land , as millions of them have done , the bonellls accruing lo this country from tholr toll are almost incal culable. A very largo n.ajority ot these who have settled in the vast and fruitful west have come hither from Europe because they believed thnt this was "a good country to 11 vo in.1' Among the western f armors who are contributing to the world's sun- ply of breadstuffs are thousands who wore the poorest of common laborers when they came to America. It is no argument against the protective- policy lo say that it invites Immigration. For many yours to come this country will have ubuiuluil : room for sill comers who are Industrious and huv abiding. , t yir/.sr/o.v at' The efforts which the democratic- - tlnnal committee is now making to con vict , Labor Commissioner Peck of a mis demeanor in destroying the originals upon wtiich his tariff report was based hnvo created a great deal of fooling in the democratic party. Mr. Pock claims that ho has d right to withhold from the public the sources of information upon which his report is founded. The law that created his of- lice especially provided that the com- mtssionor'ssourcosof information should bo regarded as confidential. This ought lobe sufficient , but. there is a precedent Hint should not bo overlooked. When Mr. Cleveland suspended Goorjro M. Doskin , district ntlornoy for the south ern district of Alabama , and appointed John D. Burn.ctt in his place , the presi dent was asked by the senate to trans mit all papers thut had boon filed in the cn.se , but ho refused to comply with the request. The president claimed that the documents were not of a public nn- turo , nnd that ho could not honorably rnnko public the private communications upon which his information was founded. The case of Mr. Peck is similar. Gon- oxprcssed the opinion that Mr. Pock could not honorably publish the details of the business of nny firm from which ho lecoived information. It was spocifl- oral Porter and other statisticians have cally stated in the blanks which ho sent out that the information asked for would bo regarded as confidential. No man of business cares to make his affairs known to the world. Those who answered Commissioner Peck's questions did so under the special pledge that the information mation would bo regarded as confiden tial. The politicians who are trying to discredit Mr. Peck's report should re member that public sympathy is always on the side of the man who trios to be honorable , and who is faithful to his pledges. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CROPS AND l > mCBX. Ono of the moat Interesting subjects of investigation and speculation nt present , and ono to which a great many people all over the world are giving uttonlion , is the probable supply of wheat available to moot the demands of the coming year and. the prices that are likely to prevail , the latter being a necessary corallory of the former. The statisticians are moot ing with borne difficulty in collecting in formation as to the amount of wheat hold in stock in this country by reason of the fact that the elevator men , acting in behalf - half of their customers , the farmers , re fuse to disclose the quantity which they nro storing , They aver that It is an un wise and unbusinesslike policy for these who are holding a marketable commod ity to toll the world how mtioh they have of it This idea is ridiculed by some of tbo statistical journals , but the fact remains - mains that the actual quantity of wheat now in stock in this country does not up pear to bo very definitely known. Information from the best European sources shows that so far as that country is concerned the crop will bo consider ably better than it was lust year , but il will still bo below the average. In tin Caucasus nnd in Russian Poland botl wheat and rye ore up to theuvorugobu everywhere else there is a deficiency In Bosdiu-.iuia wheat will bo only a quarter tor of an average crop nn l in contra southwestern Russia only two-thirds while in other sections there will bi threo-fourths of a crop of wiioat , two thirds of u crop of rye , and about 00 p'o cent of a crop of barley. The Londoi Statist expresses the belief that Russii will have very little surplus with whlol l > supply the rest of the world. Owing to exaggerated reports ot i general shortugo in Europe last yea wheat wont up to $1.2' ! per bushel ii London in August , but during the fol lowing month it began to decline , und i f August this year it had fallen by dc grooa to about 88 cents , a decline of 2 per cant. It is not anticipated tha this extraordinary and unnatural iluo tuntlon will bu repoutod during the yea to come , no matter if the European sup ply tb much shorter than it is DOW sail to bo. Nobody boliovoa , however , thu the prioo of wheat will long remain a the present low figures. The bos authorities bollovo that India , Austraho South America and other countrle drew heavily upon old stocks lust yoai owing to the high prices that provnlloi und that they marketed all they could It is argund from this thai In spite c the stocks now hold in this country froi lust year's harvest , the extent of whlc it is difficult to ascertain , there will m bo a largo flurpUirln the markets of the world. It ifl nnUotpnt il that the corn nwkot will bo irrontlyi , 't.tronglhonod ' by the stito nnd govpVnmont reports of the projont month and that corn nfl well ns whoitt will soon1 show a mnrkoJ Im provement , Prodiotlons bed ; tipon the * ToWft cornreport , which liullcatos n decided - cidod falling oft\ are parlrips iv llttlo oxtravngant , but'a bo Her market is to bo confidently oA'prfbtcd. The republican oonvonttnn next Satur day will nominate a man for county at torney. It is the most important nomi nation that the county tlcltot will pro- sent. The duties ot the office are exud ing and call for a higher grndo ot ability thnn that possessed by most ot the can didates now in the Hold. Few first class lawyers can afford to take an olllco domauding the closest application und a capacity which finds much better ro- numeration In prnctico at the bar. If the nominee bo an inuxporiuncad sprig of the law who has never pirtlci- paiod in the trial ot an Important orlml- mil c.vso , ho will not strengthen the ticket. The people have resolved that nil classes ot criminals shall bo prose cuted before the courts of this county. There has boon lee much Indifference displayed heretofore , to say the least. It gees without saying that the next man elected lo the olllco of county attor ney must bo a lawyer of courage , ability and integrity. If the republican con vention does not moot this domaml it may as well not nominate a man for the plnco. The county attorney is ttio legal ad visor of the Board of County Commis sioners. In the line of duty ho is called upon lodocldo questions of great import ance to the taxpayers of this county. Ho must know the law. it should not bo necessary for the commissioners to employ outsltlo counsel in critical cases , ns has too often boon the case. In short , the people of Douglas county want a prosecuting attorney who is a lawyer , a man who cannot bo tamporcd with and whoso legal opinions are worth something. THAT old chestnut about "frco raw materials" is raked up by the Stuffed Prophet's letter of acceptance. And yet the McKinley law und every other tariff law lias contained a free raw ma terial clause for years. The Mills bill did not differ from the present law in that respect. Dit. MILLER'S co'mplaint of miscon duct on the part of policemen at Hans- corn Park is , timely.i Complaints might also bo liled against other attendants there , whoso otticlousnoss has disgusted many people. SINCE the eouncil.and , police commis sion have so dismally failed to settle the gambling question , it was not expected that the Current Topics club could do it. TAT.IC about hedging und straddling ! Undo Grover's position.on the tariff in his letter of accoplanco. js but what did ho inoatrby what ho said anyway ? Figures Tlmt Curry Conviction. Glitbt-Demicral. That SO,003.00U a yoar'xvhloh the workingmen - men of New Yorlc Have galnoc ) since tbo Me- Klliloy tariff wont into operation is uu nrftu- mont in favor of republican poliovwnich will bo fatal to democratic chaucas in that stulo. Sorrows nr thu Cuhxins , St. I'aul I'wntcr-L'rcss. Nebraska calamity bowlers have reason to vlow with alarm tbo unkind behavior of Jack frost In keeping away fron. the corn tlelds. Kvury day bas boon adding to tbo promise of au enormous crop of this corenl and decreas ing the campaign thunder of thoutilams. Auto-.tlortam Jubilation. x New 1'mfc commercial. One must make allowances for the demo cratic organs whoa they Rive up tholr space to rejoicings over tha Maine elections mid promises of carrying' four or flvo western Btatfls. They mus' . have something to say. nnd the tariff , reciprocity , honest money and a stable national bnaic currency are all tabooc'J subjects. Let them rave , then , about whatever suits them. The I'lutlorm Dufluocl. Kew I'm It Sun. Thpre Is no question that the tariff plank adopted at Chicago was meant to bo the scjuaresl possible declaration against pro tection ana in favor of free traclu. It says llatly that oil protection is unconstitutional ; and , U that Is no , every intelligent man must bo against protection uutll the time , whloh Is very fur oiT , when the constitution can be uttered. Uovornor Hill gave It a vorv Ingenious pro. tcctlonlstoxplauutlon in his Brooklyn speech ot Monday ovonuifj ; and the UomocratU stute convention of Connecticut bus repudi ated it outright by adopting declaration : squarely in favor of protection. Tlio Ontlouk In Now York. Jii/iu / A. CiicltcrtU in New York Herald. The attempt of the , democratic campaliji managers to obliterate the evidences of in dustriul prosperity m this state by puitinc Labor .Commissioner Puck in ] all demon strates once moro tbo fatuity whloh attend : alt efforts of thnt organization o ( incongru ous and demoralizing olemeuU to life Itaol from the mire of public distrust. And thi harmony in tills atato is not Improvec thereby. Mr. Cleveland's apparent surrender ti Crolcer and Murphy bas incensed Mr Uruco's veterans of the Hvracuso campaign and the ohlof Hurts himself between Ulaooli and thu deep , UooimnHiaeo. It will requin statesmanship for 'Mm to kocp in with boll hungry and oxactinf 'hbrilos. _ > ; UKSUlt.lfJllUlUf I'Ul'K. Chicago Inter Ocoafi : General Popa wa of sturdy character > md wu animated b ; loft/ patriotism and n most earnest purpose St. LnuU Globs-Democrat : The dead hen was a line type of the American uoldtor , II was unswervingly faithful to his country loyal tohis military euporiora nnd kind an considerate to his subordinates , b Chicago Herald ! ' Major General Joh Pope was a vntoran In every sense of tb word. Though ho' Was not yet 70 years n ago , all hU life , from lih entrance as a mor lad at West Point to his retirement , from th army s.lx years agoy"ubd boon sprnt in arm ; 1 Washington Post',1 ' ! , General Pope was i command cf the Oppa ; mont of the Nortt west and tlio u.ilitary division of the Ml : Bourl for the remainder of tbo war , HI bravery was never questioned , lit fact , hi valor at times outran his discretion. Yet b had tbo lucky foriuno to obtain his promt motions in good season. Chicago Tlmoi : Pope was but ono c several generals who failed in VlrginU Like him Hooker and llurusido wont by th board after having demonstrated incapacit lor the great commands Intrusted to tbou It was not until tbo experimental stage wa passed and unlimited resource * In men an money were placed at the disposal of Ucncrt Urant that lluully liichmpnd fell. Pdlladolpaia Hecord ; Amid tbo la ; fading memories of the civil war the wort of such a masterful life , passed away in tt higher path * of duty , will stand out clear ! before the search-light of history ; and tt country wblcb bo served so long and so wo not always wlta tbo highest , eclat , bt always with the spirit ot the bora soldier- will learn to prize more and moro highly tt work bo dlil , M It mint over oliotlsli the fnrno which ho lorxvos It n n precious hori > Hour ) ' \VittlnMniii The letlor of oeeoptnnco of Mr. Cleveland 1 % n calm , conservative document. As fore shadowed In Ihoso columns , ho taxes no stop backward upon the great Is.stio of tntlff re form. bta argues the question , in n tnor- onjjlilv ( itatosmnnlllto way , In the line laid down by the CUIcnso platform. In this ro- itard ho leaves nothing to bo misunderstood or inlsconstruotl , HU treatment of the raonov quostlon , the federal election question nnd the pension question U equally moderate nnd flny ° ftl * both to Ihrj good KOIISO nnd good fooling of the people , Cluifln * A. irniin. These who looic to Mr. Clovoland's ' letter of acceptance for nny raveiint or modifica tion of tlm Issue of this canvass as already dollnod by tbo lojlo of avcnU will bo dls- nptiolnlcd. Thu candidate of the Chicago convention devotes moro words to the tariff thnn 10 the force bill In llio ratio of six to one , but what ho has to say about the force bill moans nt lonu G'JO ' tlmns us much us what ho says nbaut the tariff. Ho labored hard over the rm.iptcr.s tiovotod to the sub Joels thnt nro obscurest In the light of 'ho present situation , Till : Hftl.V/MAM G'O.ITJtVST , Novv Yorn Herald ! The coal combine's dolonso is that to sell conl cheaper would bo to roe tlio stockholders. The coat combine dc.sorvos sympathv. No matter which way It turns It lluils Itself under t no painful necessity of robbing somebody. Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican : On the busts of the year's coal output , the nntliracllo combination will cost thu public an extra WiUO,000 ( ) , according to the Knirluoortiig and Mining Journal. Should not the bo.vutios of this exaction hnvo boon so manifest to the American Social Sclenco association that it could not need , us * ut Its recant convention , to hnvo a monopolist come from Pennsyl vania nnd tnlto up an hour's time In explain- I ti i ? them ! Hut wo notice tuat the price of bituminous coal , In tbo west at least. Is mov ing UD In unison with the ring-manipulated prices of anthracite. Soft coal competition , wo are told , was to bring the hard conl ling to torrns. Chicago I'ost ! The announcement that there Is to ho another advance in the prlco of anthr.icita coal of course surprises no one who Is familiar wllb the methods of thu coal combine. McLood of the ( tending combine franltly admitted.only the ether day before a cmnmlttoo of tno Now Yorlc state senate that ho and his pals we-o doing business nt a loss out of their great love tor the pooplo. That they bnvo made iMs sacrifice hitherto is no good reason why they should continue -at it. Indeed , Air , MuLqod Intimated pretty clearly that ho should rniso prices presently nnd later on raise thorn again If ho saw'lit and there was no reason to doubt his word. Of course tboro nro some people who do not tnko much stock in McLcod's theory of philanthropy and say that ho and all his gang are no batter thn'n robbora. Granted , if you like ; but what are you golnc to do about ill TAIUFF ON BUTTONS. Tlio Avarngo Duty on rc. rl Ituttnns Hn Not Itcon IncrciiHuil by tlio Ne\v I.uw. NOHFOI.K. Nob. , Sept. 20. To the Editor of Tun BIG : : Will you kindlv anbwor the fol lowing question : A bets D that the tariff on pearl buttons Is 100 per cent. Who wins the wager i The McKinley bill provides that tbo tariff on pearl buttons shall bo 'J5 per ccr.t advalorom and 2 ] cents per line per gross additional. The trouble is to deter mine what the 2 > cents per line per gross amounts to In addition to the 25 per cent aa- valorcm. Please ausw'er this very fullv. " 13. M. The above question was submitted to Mr. W. H. Alexander , surveyor of customs , who replies as follows : The question "whether duty on pearl bu t tons is 100 nor cent or moro or not , " canno bo answered by yes orno. On a few grades and siics it Is moro , but on u multitude of other styles and sizes the duty Is very much less. I cannot answer your question satis factorily without going somewhat into de tails. Ordinary shirt buttons are 1C line , that is , 1G-40 ot au inch in diameter. They are worth from 2T cents to 00 cents per gross in the old country. Duty on them would bo us follows : Prlco 40c , at 2. ) per cent art valorem lOo 1 lines ut-iio per line , succlUo 4'Jo Total duty per gross 50o Percent I4 ' . ' ) On this particular stylo. thoroTore , the duty i * ir.oro than 100 per cent , because price l.s a minor factor. Again , the same sized but ton of K fine , or cheapest grade , would bo : Prlco 20o , nt 25 percent uU valorem fie 10 lines at'JJSo per line , specific ) 40c Total dutyperuross 43c I'eroent tr.'o Or again , the same sized button of extra super would bo : 1'ricoOOc. 25 per cent ad valorem 5o 10linosatiio per line , spcclllo 40c Total duty per gross 45o Percent. L-J5 Or again , the same sized button of extra super would be : I'rlcolMc. 'ilpor cent ad valorem I5o 10 tinea at " ! 5c per line , specific 4iu Total duty sr,0 1'orcont 00 There are about a dozen grades of the same size , rate of duty fluctuating according to prlco. Ttio fore-going figures nro on the smallest nnd cheapest buttons. Lot us take up the others. I have before mo a pearl button of twenty-six lines , the prlco of which , as given mo by a manufacturer in the old country. Is $1,04 per gross. Here would bo the duty : $1.01 at 25 pnrcont ad valorem _ ' 0e Millies afJHoperllne too 'Tola ! duty , nio I'orocnt ,8755 I-have another style of fifty-six lines , iworth in the old country $10 per gross , Hence : J16at2."i per cent ud vuloiom $1 00 60 line * ut-/io ' pur line I 40 Totnldnty f.1 40 Per cunt 31 It will bo soon from tbo foregoing state ments that an average rutootduty , llgured upoa an ad valorem basts , would bo much below 100 per cont. Looked at from this point of view tbo wager might bo ducided In favor of "B , " But inasmuch as there are certain styles of buttons upon which moro than 100 per cent Is assessed , "A" would have grounds for dissent , and If my Judg ment were asliod I should declare the Usuc a draw. Uospaotfullv.W. W. H. AI.KXANDKR , Surveyor of Customs. ImlluinOI.il thorn us , POUT WATNB , Ind. , Sept. 27. The Luth eran synod of northern Indiana has 1u i closed Us sobslon at Cuuulon , Ind , Ii reports thirty-throe ministers , sevonly-llvo churches , 4,713 communicants. It pave this yoaj1 to homo missions $331 ; church extension. $478 ; education , $141 ; woman's society , $0,731 ; other objects of charity , $40,781) ) . Value nl church property , $140,700. Now organiza tions fanned daring tbo year at Fort Wuyno and Gcslicn. Tboro are now 000,001 mouibors of this communion In Nortt America and over 5,000,000 In the world It is the largest of the protnstant denomlna lions and stands third in slzo in tbo United States. COOK BOOK FREE "For the Ladies , " SOMETHING NEW JUST OUT. i i i i COOK BOOK Mailed Free , tf to ta Bond name and address to f 0 PRICE FUYORINB EXTRftCT CO. ,1 , ,1t CHICAGO. THINK HIS LETTER WEAK How it Was RccoivuJ at the Nfttior.nl Capital , HAS HUMBLED HIMSELF TO HILL HcpuhllcniiA Are IMcnsrdVltlt tlm Instru ment , Hut Itomoornti Are Dlanp * pointed In the Ki-rronldcnl Otlmr XViiililnctnii Nuuo. \VASlllNflTOX notlBAU OP THE IlnB , ) 513 foUUTKBNrit STHRRT , > WASIUSOTO.V , IX C. , Sept. 27. ) Mr. Cleveland's letter of acceptance Is a proat disappointment to Washington pnoplo , Cabinet ofllcors nnd republican politicians say it is a bold attempt to amplify the free trade and wild cat bank platform of the party and a studied otTort to becloud nnd ovailo the real Issues. The demagogic , in consistent and hypocritical reference ) to pensions Is taken as an Insult to the votur- ans romainliiK ovnr from the Orand Army of the Uopubllo ono.impmont. The ex-prosi- dent has humbled1 himself to the dictates of David I ) . Hill on the tariff und silver Issues nnd by nttomptlnij to bo adroit In his indirect allusion to state banlcs bo has impressed pcoplo hero that bo really endorses bis party platform on that Issue. While the republicans are pleased with tbo laok of originality nnd its plodding plati tudes , the democrats are sorely disap pointed nt llndintf nothing from which to create a shibboleth or coin an epigram or paraphrase a single illustration of Indi vidual cnaraotor. The letter altogether c routes no Interest In Washington and llttlo bas been said o ! It. .illsupllnticmis. A petition has boun received nt the Post- ofllco department In favor of the restoration of the poslolUco at Colfax , Nob. II. A. Krvln was today appointed postmas ter nt Ulubland , Union counlv , a. D. ; T. J. Djuthit , at Volln , Yanktou county , S. D. Today Assistant Secretary Cbundlor afllrmcd tbo decision of the commissioner in the timber culture ease of LovvU R ICInculd i against John S. Morris irom Otioyonno ! ( Sundance ) U'yo. , canceling Morris' entry. Senator ana Mrs. Mmiderson leave for Omiibii tomorrow afternoon , and will arrive in Nohrasku on Saturday , Tbo f.cnator Is suiTorlng from a severe cold , but will bo subject lo immediate- service as u speaKer nt the command of the republican Haw central committee. SorROsnt-at-Arms Vnlontiuo loaves for NobrasUa early next week. Mrs. Uunn and Miss Helen Dunn of Omaha are guests of Mr. aim MM. William B. Gibus , Symptoms have recently developed which load the presidential family to bellovu that Mrs. Harrison has neither pulmonnrv dls- oasonor cancer and that she ruuy recover Today's Washington Post says ; "Mr. John F. Uromcliim of Omaha , Neb. , is vUlt- Intr his mother nnd family , who llvo at 1812 Fifth street northwest. Mr. Oromcllon for merly resided In this city. Ho was for n number of years connected with the Second National bank and latterly as a clunt in tbo pension ofllco. Graduating In the study of law , ho resinned bis position and re moved to Omaha a few years ago where ho at once onlerod into active prac tice. Ho says ho is well pleased with his ven ture , his now homo and his prospects for the luture , all of which his many friends In this city will bo glad to learn. Mr. Cromollon Is a brother of Paul H. Cromellon , the recolv- ng teller of the Lincoln National oanfc , and Howland C. Uromolion , the Columbia Phonograph graph company's energetic secretary. " P. S. H. _ Mews rou THIS AKSLV. Unmploto 1.1st of ClmnKcs In the Ilecular Scrvlpc. WASHINGTON" , D. C. , Sept. 2r. [ Special Telegram to Tun HBP : ] The following army orders were Issued yesterday : First Lioutonaut John F. McUlaln , Ninth cavalry , is relieved from duty as Judge advocate - vocato of tho'iconor.il court martial convened it the military prison 'at Fort Loavouwortb , Can. , May 1C. First Lieutenant Charles J. T , Clarke , Tenth infantry , Is detailed in his aco. The board on magszlno arms con- venua at the army building , New York city November 24 , IS'JO , Is dissolved. Lieutenant Colonel Kobert H. Hall , Sixth infantry ; will remain on special duty in Now York city under Instructions from the adjutant general uutll further orders. Leave of absence for three months , to take offcet on or about December 1. is granted Second Lieutenant Ltinsford Daniel , Sixth cavalry. The following trans fers in tbo second infantry are made : Cap tain James Mlllor , from company D to com pany I ; Captain William J. Turner , from company I to company D. The leave of absence - senco granted First Lieutenant William N. Hughes , Thirteenth Infantry , August 27 , Do- partmcnt of the Missouri , Is extended ono month. Leave of absence for fourteen davs , to talto effect October 13 , Is granted First Lieutenant Daniel E. McCarthy , Twelfth. infantry , recruiting ofllcor. Leave of ab sence for ono month , upon being rollevea from duty at the recrult- ir.g dopot. Davids Island , N , Y. , is cr.micd First Lloutonanf Harry A. Loon- hncuser , Twenty-tilth infantrv. First Lieu tenant Alfred M. Palmer. Twnnty-fourth infantry , is relieved from further duty at the Department of Arizona and will proceed to Cbicaao und report In person for instructions to Major Georpo M. Kundall , Fourth In fantry and by letter to Major -Ulif ton Comly , ordnance department , member of the board of control nnd mnnnpamont of the crorern * ment exhibit , to represent lUo War depart ment exhibit nl the World' ' * ColurabUn expo sition. The lollowlnc oftlcori will report at the cm-Host practicable date to Uis comnndlnit onicor nt JofTcrson barracks , Missouri , for duty at that depot with vlow to tours of duty for two yenrtt First Llcutonnnt FrnncU Q. Irwln , Jr. , Second cavalry Vint I.loutotmnt Franklin O. Johnson , Third cav alry. Dppiutmont of tlm t'luttc. Cnptftln B. .T. Dnvls , UoorRO M. Wright , IX F , Drlscoll , F. W. Avcrlll nnd F. P. Thornton , delegates to llio nnnunl reunion of the llORUlnr Army nnd Nixvjr Union hold nt Detroit last 70ok , hnvo roturnoJ. They report - port n very enjoyable tlnio In the City ot the Straits. General Drooko I * oxnoctort homo from Washington , U. O. , on Momlny. Dr. LJnclio Is absent on ntourof Inspection. CAUSTIC.t.vii vLtsrKii. Washington 1'oU : Out of roipoet to Chiongn inoiU'sty iHnnn mUht bo Induced towoxr n pair of susnondors. Tenders' Olrculnr ! Iiuolo Ned wurto n rhitfliiK sppotsh lust nlelit , Mominor. Moiiitner Uin u in ? Luelo Yea. lie nnkinl mo to bo hi * wife. Tnrtlannpolls.lourntU : Tommy What onn I brlux you to iirovo my love ? Tabby Kutsl Now Vork Bun : Klckntts Voting Muggins bus boon cured of hi * Infatuation for Mlsi Nomlm anskott-llow ? "Ho foil In with a very wealthy widow. " "I see. Anotlior case of gold cure. " Atchlson Olobo : If a man's pockets nro empty , ami there U u nrotty plrl with him , somu one Is sure to puss around tin ) 'ml. ' Washington Star : "Don't you tliluk Mlsi tlosittn Is railiIT plain ? " she said. "llnrfaco may bo. " roullcd Hilly llllvon "but her conversation un't. " Slttlnvi : 1'rourlntor of Store So you want n position us uortet. Do you think you nru strong enotiuh ? Porter Don't worry about that. 1 unvud In tbrcn rlbsof the last boss I bail , and he was tliruo vrouks In the hospital. Judeui Ills Honor I will have to fine yon $10 Tills olllcur says you wore driving iirlntisly. Karmer Suburb JudRoJust Rive mo a ro- olptfor thnt $10. 1 want to show It to the old horse ; It will hulp toohourhls declining yours. Now York Herald : She 1'apa says I must glvu you up , dear. Ho Farewell , I lion. Slit- Nay , don't RO until I luivo shod nil of UIPSO bitter toarsovor von. Mis ( tiiiinUiiitly ) O.in't you restrain thorn until I put on my bathing suit ? THE senses. ; Dmmattc illrnir. ' i When nil thu world was youtur , lad , J Ami you worn very Krcon. < Yon Bans ; of nmltliiK eyes , lad , | And locks of sutln sbuon ; Von a\v thum In the theater And you thought the world so guy : IIin now yon'rn on the stuito yourself You do not foul tliut way. : ' - \ Till ! TOUGH'S bOI.ir.UQUY. % New York Sun. "All dor world's a prUo rlnu , An * nil dor tuoii nnd wuinun only sIilRgors. Doy has dolr counters ami dolrupporuut < j : An ono nibs In his tlmu knocks many out. An'cits dor belt , dor champion. 1'ust tiling , j dor hubby. I Hawlln' un' sornpuln' In dor nurse's arms : S Dun dor klckln' school kid , Ilko u dr.iv tnulo. Uat don't know wbero'a bis feed ; an don dor lovor. SlnKln' show sonis. slob as "Sbo's my Annie. I'm bur Juu , " 'bout his best girl. Don n sluzgcr , ) Full o' stale beer an' smellln' llko ilor kos , > Sullln' for scraps , ready to clo anybody : What's not dor unit torsUml afore lilm ; > Kor bo' : ) u ornck-a-jaek. an' when he pits In Ills right doro's somet'ln's got tor tumble , Wicl bulldog mug an' Jawbone of dor Jaolr , Ho tights bis last battle. Dor last bull rings , An' lie's a Icnockotl-ont , sore ox-champion , Wld bruises on dur nose an' pains Inside ; Dor right-linn' jtlovo bo unua , a Blzo too small Kcr his swelled duke , an'his hoarse slugnor voice Ohan ln * to what kin no moro skoor dor old A ku'ook-down blow Itsulf. Rx-chnmplon ! So ends his brulsliiB. bloody history. A busted crack-a-Jiick , u ronilnlsuonoo , , Sana youth , nans blulf , sans sand , suns all but boo/o. " KofuKocs IH'Kliiuliii ; to Itctnrn. /joxnox. Sent. 2 * . The oholora returns of Hamburg and St. Potorsbur show that the cholera is decreasing- . The refugees are be ginning to return. Worth Jive dol- 1 lars a bottle , but sold for only ono ) dollar , nnd guar anteed to benefit or euro , or money refunded the genuine Doctor Pierce's Golden 'Medical ' Discov ery. Fraudulent imi tations of this tnodicmo are sometimes offered uyd sold at CO and 70 centa. To protect the public from such imposi tion , tbo Qenuina is now sold only through ' ' - - drupgiats.r at tlio unu $1.00 per bottln , But each bottle of the pejitn Icnl Discovery carries with It something that makes it the cheapest blood-puriller and livcr-invigorator that you can buy. It's the printed guarantee of its makers that , if it fails to benefit or euro you , they'll return the moiipy. Ton pan only for the peed you get , with this nnd with nil of Dr. Piercors medi cines. You pay the ono fixed price but if there's no help , there's no pay. It's " value received , or your money buck. " & CD. I-jr est Manufacturers and Dealers ofOlolhluz In the World. 'Twas ever thus Since Columbus discovered America , at least. The young manse likes it and so docs the young lady provided he is a nice looking y. m.and he don't have to be handsome to be a nice looking y. m. either. One of our fall suits will do the business , We have some suits so loud she can't hear the clock strike and others so moJest that you are liableto bem arricd in one of them before you know it The little urchin brother , under the sofa , can be made a man of too , with his choice of one of the nobbiest lines of boys' suits ever made up. We make them and \ve make them gpoJ. They look like tailor-made , they wear like tailor-made , in fact they are tailor-made. BrowningKing&Co Our swro closes at8:30 : p. m. . except SaturI I CV . . fnr , Kfli A st days , whoa wo cloio at 10p.m. | 0. II. VUl UlU a ,
