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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1893)
TJ M ' " * r'PfP THE OMAHA DAILY BBK : MONDAY , JUNE 20 , 1893 , DAILY BJBB. 'J'MHMS OK SUnsullU'TltlN. Pally IeoiwWioulSuitnyOno ! ! ) Year. . I B 00 finllv and Suiitlny , Cmo Y ur . 10 00 euMontln . 92 .ThreaMonUij. . . . . . . . - -J CO Bundnyec \ \ , Ono Voar . ? OO BuniranY HcisOnA Y ar . } 52 \VoeltlyV. uOno Y nr . -100 OFFICES. OinMin. The llfco DulIilliiK. Houtli Onvihn.coinor N nml 2Cth Streets Council HIitfN , 12 I'Ptirl StrcuU Cliloti'D DRK'K , 817 ( JliAmbnr of Camtnorco. New Yorl , , Know * 13 , 14 and 15. Tribune Washington , 513 Fourteenth Struct AH cmniiumlc.xtlnn * ro'ntliu to now * ixnrt rrtllnrlal manor should bo : tiUlras 4il : To the KUItor. III'HI.N'KSS LKTTEnS. Alltiii Im" < * ! rttor' mul rpmUt.anftM should IwiuMrawil toTlio lleo I'ulillalilns Co tin ) ? " ? . Omulin. Draft * , cliccic.i nmt postndlco orders tel > omi'.lMiiyitla ! ! ! : to tlin onlor of the com- jmny. lc-iivlne tlio rll.y for the summer cnn llRKsont tliolr H'lilrosi by Icavlnjj un order ut III N oRlco. THE UGH vimusiiiyQ COMPANY. BWOIIN STATCMI-JXT OF CIRCULATION. Btatn of Nnlinslt.i , I C.'oulilvnf llooirl.vi. f ( lea. II. Tzdeluiok. Si-crettry of Tnr. PER publish- Jne company rtoti noloinnly swnar thai Uio ncliial circulation of TUB IIAII.V IUn : for Urn woett ending Jimn 24 , IH'.I : : , \va * as followa : HmiiUr. JIIIMI 14 . Zrt.ORn Monday. Jimolll . = X2IS TiiMtlay , Junu'-MI. . . , . - ' ' ' ' 7 TtitliwInr.Jimfill ! ! . , Saltml.iy , Juno J4 . 24.710 ( iKimnr. II. T7SCIIIICK. ' - SWOUN to bcfoni mn nnd subscribed In < SKAI. ! my proneiicu Hilt iMth ilny of June. 1H03. I , f N. l . Full. , tfotary I'tibllc. Thn lien In GlilriiRo. Tnn DAILY nml SUNDAY HKK U on snlo In Chicago nl tht ) following uluooj ! J'nlmor homo. Qrnnil Pnrlltalintal. Auilltorliiinhotul. Grout Norlliornliotol Oorolintul. T.nlntul hntol. Wells II. f I/.IT , 180 Httxto street. Kilos of TIIK UKR can bo scon at the No- 1)ra"lululllliis ) ) ( nml lliu Administration bullil- inft , Exposition croumls. Average Clrriil.itlnn tor Mny , 181(3 , 24.417 . . - M Tin : now bids on state printing show a paving of about one-half. So much for exposure of the trickery of the Boodlor's Own at .Lincoln. IKSOMIJ respects A. D. .lonos is ono of tlio jnost distinguished citizens of Omah'a. IIo can remember the tirao when the paving contractors hold no mortgage on the city. "WHILE the auditor of public accounts Is showing so much zeal in scrutinizing vouchers he should not forgot to keep a Jookout for traveling cxponso bills of etato officers who rifle on annual passes. AT-Chicago Saturday afternoon $800- 000 changed hands ever the result of a horse race. Hereafter the general pub lic will look with suspicion upon com plaints of a monetary stringency coming from the Windy city. JUDGING from the angry comments of the administration organs , Congress man Bryan seems to have stirred up a hornet's nest ou his recent trip through Georgia. The young Nebraska congress man did not hcsltato to toll the Googians just how ho stood with reference to the powers that bo , and the applause with which his remarks were received con voys the impression that Jloko Smith iloos not carry Georgia in his vest pocket. THE late Leland Stanford was the rocogni'/ed chief of the representatives of the railroad corporations in the United States senate. Governor Markham him self is closely allied with these inter ests , and there is no doubt ho will.Bolcct n republican of the same antccodonts to succeed Mr. Stanford until the legisla ture olccts a successor. Of course the railroad companies expect to elect their man when the tirao comes. California 1 tlio worst monopoly-ridden state iu America. THEUK are 11,121 acres of state saline lands in Lancaster county and the present - ont occupants may exchange their leases tor dooils after August 1. The lands arc extremely valuable nnd the state ought to roallzo from S50Q to 81,090 per acre for a largo portion of thorn. The people of tlio stivto will keep a good eye upon the State Board of Public Lands and Tiltildings when the time comes to sell the lands. If the appraisement is not equal to something like tbo true value of tlio lands , the state officials should fofuso to sign the doods. TiiE'lJurllngton and tlio Union Pacific tire discontinuing trains on their branch linos. The oxouso they make for so doing is that in view of tlio results of the maximum rate law they are obliged tc Vrithdraw these trains .on the sooro 01 economy. The true reason is thatpas- eongor truftlo on the main lines is in creasing so enormously that the mana gers of thcso companies are put to tholi vita' end to find cars enough to handle this Immonsa travel. So they are depleting ing tholr branch lines of rolling stock tx increase the facilities of the main lines The oxouso they offer Is aalso protonsc nnd the attompt-to thus hoodwink the public is arrogant insolence. By nnd bj thcso haughty corporations will dlscovoi that the puopla have rights which nuis bo rjspoctcd. PIIOIIAIIIA- no Btalo has there bo'oi us vigorous u otrifo for the control of tin fodorol patronage as that which hai boon curried on between the two fac tious of the democratic party in Sautl Carolina. Tlio straight-outs have booi marshaled by Congressman William II Brawloy of the Charleston district , will the countenance of Soimtor llutlor , am the opposing faction by Senator Irb ; nnd KoprosontatlvoTUlinnn of the Second end district. President Cleveland ha very definitely bottled the claim in hi first appointment for that slnto by glv Ing the district nttornoy liiji to the mos ; bitter and uncompromising anti-Till munito in South Carolina. Senator Irb ; oven went to Washington und made ai elaborate argument to provo that h was the head of the party in the stut nnd should bo recognized us tlio patron ngo boss. Hut tlio president ovidontl ; was not unmindful of the fact that dur ing the lust campaign Mr. Brawlo , openly and repeatedly repudiated th froa coinage notion and won his olootioi in a free coinage district by the ublllt nnd courugo with which ho rcaintalnoi lila economic conviction * . I , \t'riCAtt \ CM USES or msiattn.iNCK. The common Uicory Is thai tlio finan cial dlsttirlmnoo through which the coun try Is now passing la mainly duo to the silver purchase law , uiul that If that law shall bo repealed uonlldottco will speedily roturii , gold will atop going out of the country ami the monetary trouble will come to nil ond. Thuro arc otlior cnusoa for the existing situation , however , and sonio of those are pointed out by Major 13rock , tlio rotlrlnj. ' ehlof of the bureau of Htatistics , who regards the sllvor law as rciilly having little or nothing to do with tlio exports of gold. Wo nro com pelled to Bend gold to Kuropo because wo are a debtor nation nnd Euro pean countries du mt want any thing else in which wo might pay our indobtedno.s-i. They are not calling for our grain in uifiioiont nuiouiit to euttlo tlio balance against us , nor do they want our securities except to n limited extent. They hnvo been throwing largo amounts cf their goods tm the American market and have not taken our com- inntlUlc.4 in return , so that within the piifltypnr there haibctm a Hloadily grow ing balance against us. Then there hn * leon ) a return of socurltie * to which ap prehension regarding the future sllvor policy of the gorormuont may have in cidentally contributed. Gold being de sired by the creditor nations ) of Kuropo it wont there , nnd so long as thcso condition ! ) continue it will continue to go thera , whether the silver purchase law bo repealed or al lowed to stand. Obviously so far as the outflow of gold is concerned it is duo chiclly to the commercial conditions , the fact thai the government Is purchasing silver playing a very small part in the matter. That the steady ofllitx of gold has had more or loss inlluoncu in unsettling con fidence is not to bo doubted , but there nro much more potent reasons for the distrust tliat has manifested itself in a general and great contraction of credits. Unquestionably the greatest of these has boon the enormously Inflated capital i/ution of the numerous com binations which have sprung.up in the last six or eight years. It has boon well said that nothing that the great perion of inflation and .speculation from the close of the war to the failure of Jay Cooke in 18711 can show in the way of multiplying cnturprlnca uud Heating shnro"capitnl overtops the vast combina tions of speculative capital that have made the last half dozen years unique in industrial history. An enormous volume of inllatud paper has been floated by the trusts , and the specula tive manipulation of those combi nations has boon carried on with the most reckless disregard of sound business principles. So exten sive had become their ramifications that when distrust regarding them sot in it was difficult to put any limit to it. Legitimate enterprise was made to ex perience the lack of confidence equally with the speculative undertakings. There has been an undue expansion of credit and the effort now making is to return to a safe basis. This involves a contraction of credit , nnd those who understand how large a part is played in the business of tlio country by credits will readily comprehend what such a contradiction means. Of the enormous exchanges of the country from 92 to 03 per cent is carried on with credit paper and only from fi to 8 per cent with cur rency. A loss of one-twentieth of the supply of money , by gold exports or otherwise , is insignificant in comparison with n like percentage in the contraction - tion of credits- and this is what the busi ness interests of the country are now suffering from rather than the exports of gold. It is evident that all the weak and rotten timber in the financial nnd commercial edifices has not yet boon thrown out , but there appears to bo a growing fueling that the worst has been experienced in the regenerative process. "When tlio end is reached those who come safely out will bo stronger in the public confidence and have a bettor op portunity for future prosperity. TIIK 1''IN.IKCI.II * ULTLOOR. Whatever encouragement tlio fact that half a million in gold was shipped from Southampton to this country on Saturday may give to the belief that it is the change of the tide to the United States tlio general situation does not warrant any such conclusion. This is the opinion of Messrs. Daring , Mugouu & Co. , in whoso interest the importation is made. They say that the transaction is purely a private affair on which they had a chance to make n profit ; that II has no bearing on the general situation and they do not look for continued im ports unless it bo on special order ; Hitch as this. That is alsc the view of other Now Yorli houses engaged In the same line of busl ness. They do think , however , that in perhaps another month tlio tide wil ! turn , but there is a largo supply of bill ; of exchange hero now , nnd the present conditions do not warrant importations , Nevertheless upon the nnnuuncomcn ! Wall street found at least temporary re' Hcf that oven on a special order the cur rent which had set so heavily and stead' ' lly against us had baon reversed. It re' gardod the shipment us highly import ant and significant. The last notable importations of golt wore in 1801. In 18S ! ) e")0.iti3,400 : hat been sout out and only 812,001,0:12 , : ro turned. In 18l ! ) ) 824,003,074 were ex ported uml $20,230,0 ! ) imported. Tht totals for 18)1 ! ) wore $70,08U.fl81 exporter and $41,070,110 imported. In the fall o that year there was an important move ment this way. During the last foui months of the year a grand total of $20 , 002J24 ; gold came in. With the begin ning of 1802 the imports fell off. During the eleven months of the fiscal year bu ginning .Inly 1 , 1802 and ending May 111 ISO ! ) , the amount of gold shipped fron the United States to Huropa , according to flgui-03 furnished by the treasury bureau of statistics , amounted to $105- OOo.OjO. During the same period gold was imported from Kuropo intc tlio United States to the amount of $20,1UGOO ( , leaving a balance against this country fn that period 01 S OOO.OOO. The total'exports of thai year , bediming with January 1 , wort $70,532,050 , while the imports were onlj 817,450,010 , a total export surplus ol 859,031,110. During tlio five months ol the present cn'.ondnr ' year , ending with May HI , the amount of gold exported was 371,003,044 , the Imports during the same period being 910,740,301 , , or n balance against us of 501,000,000. Up to date the total exports oxooocl that of the imports by about $00,000,000. , But there are encouraging features to bo found In the general situation. For the last thrco weeks no gold lias been exported from Now York to Ku rope , and an n consequence the Treasury department at Washington hns been gaining gold during that period. The demand on the castfrom' the west for currency has perceptibly diminished. The returns from the United States treasury show that there- has been for warded to national banks since Juno 1 $1,290,270 , , nnd there has boon ordered for issuance on national bank bonds since the latter date 52,020,000. Secretary Carlisle has also given notice that ho will anticipate the payment of the July interest on government bonds. This will release $7,500,000 now In the treasury and put a like amount into active circu lation In the business centers of the country. This announcement has al ready reduced the current rates for money in the cast , and the issue of clear ing house cortilieatos In Now York must relieve the stringency of the market to some extent. Although the commer cial agencies report thnt trade Is cer tainly reduced by thia monetary strin gency , the statement is made by those In a position to know that the retail trade generally is more than usually active for this season of the year. All in all , though the outlook may not be resplendently - dontly roseate , there is no just ground for the pessimistic line with which It Is regarded by panicky alarmists. MUST IttDH THKin TIMK. Now that the managers of our Ynnkton & Norfolk railway have thrown up the spotigo for want of money to push the road \vtiy don't the OMAHA Ilr.n ami the Omaha cap italists como to the rescuot They have been talking what a gro.it thing It would bo for Omaha to have a through connection to th o north ; noV hero's your chance. Plorco Cull. Omaha is as anxious as over to have a direct road into South Dakota , or even an indirect road like the Yankton & Norfolk line for want of something1 bet tor. But just now money for building railroads is not very abundant nnd Omaha capitalists are not in condition to embark in any enterprise that would drain their resources. The people of northern Nebraska and South Dakota must therefore patiently bide their time until the country is relieved from finan cial umbarrnssment. When that time comes TIIK UKK will very cheerfully do what it can to induce our monlod men to complete the Yankton road. TIIK XllDn'Kllll.lXKAX DlSASFKIt. Details of the Mediterranean horror are not yet at hand. It is known that the British battleship Camperdown ran her ram into the colossal battleship Vic toria during u naval evolution , tearing a great hole in her side from which she sunk so quickly that it was impossible for most of those on board to escape , and that more than 400 of the oflloers and crow ou board went down with her in ninety fathoms of water. The Alctoria was a twin-screw battleship of 10,470 tons , 14,000-horsu , power , mounted fifteen guns and carried 718 officers and men. She had a longitudinal bulkhead run ning through her. besides n number run ning across ship. She was thus divided into coinoartmonts on each side of the longitudinal bulkhead , without commu nication between them. The ram struck her on the starboard side forward of tlio turret. In the absence of particulars the most probable theory of the collision is that likely the two ships met when steering in exactly opposite courses , and the ram of the CamporUown would then have caught the unarmored part of the Vic toria's hull and torn It through for n considerable distance , ripping a wide gash below tlio watertight compart ments. The rush of waters through such a hole would drown those in the forward part of the ship on the star board side and the weight of the fiord would have turned her over before many of the remaining number could get out. Or the Campordown may have struck the vessel u ripping blow , glancing alongside and opening out the plates above several of the compartments. The huge volume of water thus admitted intc a number of the compartments on one side of the ship would cause 3 her to capsize by its own weight , If this theory is correct it if seen that the possession of those com' partments proved a source of weakliest 3 rather than strength. She was roullj capsized by her watertight compart monts. Another explanation is that the ram struck the Victoria on the athwart ship bulkhead which separated the largo forward compartment from the next one after , thus filling both com' partmonts. Forward were a turret am barbette , bearing cigjhteon-lnch armoi and two Ill-ton guns , with many tons o ammunition , while there was no weigh aft. The forward compartments fillet instantly , and the ship went down bi the bows until the stern was raisei liigh. The weight of tlio water right hand bide gave the ship n heavy list t < starboard and caused her to careen cloui over , ' going down bottom up. lather o these explanations seems plausible , bu us Captain Tryon , brother of UK drowned admiral ways the great doptl at which the sunken vessel los ? wll probably i > ro\ont the exact nature of tin damage sustained by her over becoming known , The calamity has already directed dis 53 ctisslou to the monster naval construe tion of the present day and to the utilit ; of watertight compartments to keep i wounded vessel ail cut. If the water wa : admitted into the compartmouta of tin Victoria by the rent made by the ram ii such vultimo us to turn her turtle bad the suggestion arises that those compartments l- partmonts might bu so subdivided b ; constructing ono within another as ti render such .an accident impossible Had the compartments of the Vlctorli boon HO constructed it is not likely tlm the volume of water capublo of bein ( thus admitted would have boon suttieiun to capsize the ship. The severe lessor taught by the catastrophe is that then yet remains much to bo done in the improvement i0 provement of naval architecture. While wo nro bulldlngjldir now warships U will bo the part o Wisdom for our nnvnl englnocors and jvcjjhllocts to Inquire closely into this matter. No loss Im portant is it "Uhat the Bnmo at tention , to InAiiro safety , should bo given in .the- construction of our great merchant ships. The catastrophe nls6' ' ' lllrccts inquiry re specting the wisdom of constructing such monster warships as those recently built or now underway. Wo have no war vessel ns largo as the Victorln , but the Indiana , Oregon 'nnH Massachusetts are enormous ships. Whether there is any advantage to bo gained by the concen tration of so much power in n single vessel sol in preference to its distribution among more thnn ono of astnnllor size Is n question to bo determined. Moreover , it is shown that no matter how formid ably a battleship may bo constructed she Is vulnerable to the assault of such ter rible engines of nnvnl offense ns thnt which unintentionally sunk the Ill-fated Victoria , provided the ram can suc ceed in attacking her during an engage ment. Such stupendous masses ns our modern warships , must necessarily bo less wleldy thnn swift sailing cruisers which may bo made into rams. A suffi cient number of the latter it would seem might prove equally as oillcnclous in opposing an ngtrrossivo naval power. At any rate , whatever disaster might result to them , the calamity of the Med iterranean would not bo repeated. If the Campordown toro off the plates of the Victoria It is evident also that the armor of the pretentious modern men- of-war by no means affords the protec tion thnt has been assumed. The dis cussion that Is sure to ensue will doubtless - loss suggest now and moro olllclont methods of naval construction than yet attained , grand ns recent achievements hnvo boon. TIIK socialistic propaganda Is rapidly coming to the front in Germany. Em peror William calls it a delusive move ment , notwithstanding the fact that it has gained moro than a million votes in six years. Socialism may yet bo moro of a menace to imperial Germany than republican Franco. THE people of Omaha will never con sent to the repudiation of an honest debt ; but there will bo general satisfaction over the news that Mayor Bemis has vetoed the Barber company's claim of $1(5,015.71 ( for alleged'repairs on the as phalt streets. . And for once , the council sustained the veto. Let U < Hope So. JVeit' Yorl ; "Recorder. With army ofllccrs as Indian agents the number of Itullaii wars will be cut idown and poor T..O will have a chahuo to got his full ra tions. Dlvlnu HlRlit * mill Political Dickers. With at least a dozen parties represented in ULs new Hciehstne it , would seem that tlio Uaisor is in mi excellent condition for tr.id- inp if ho can abandon his notions of divine right long enough to strike a bargain. Might llu i\tcmiocl. 7jf ncolii Jleralil. The state board of public lands and build ings have cut down the wages of all the em ployes of the reform school to the amount of 12J4 per qent. The cut might bo extended to uvory institution of the state and do moro good than harm. Footling ; tin Uiitnlilo J'oclilcr. The state board of agriculture honors the editors of the state with complimentary tiuUots to the fair printed at Denver. When public ofllcials get too good to use stationery printed at homo it is time to remind the gentlemen who feeds them. 1'opillUt Tux Notion * . Surino/Idd / , MUSH. , Ilcimliltcan. Tholioutonautgovcrnorof Kansas Is extra- officially engaged in organizlna clubs over Urn state to educate tlio people on his great suliomo of a graduated tax on millionaire estates. His plan is to squeeze so much money out of the millionaires that nobody else need pay any taxes. Its great popularity is thus already assured. Wumnn u Monaco to linrfflnry. Few Tor/e Tribune. The number of women possessing enough courage and presence of mind to bring burglars to terms and hand them over to the police seems to bo increasing rapidly. Wo dare say that boforolongotioof them will tlls- close her quality at the right moment and save a coach load of passengers from being robbed by a solitary rufllan with a brace of revolvers and u cheek of brass , The .Spnlknrslitp Involved. /Josfon Jieralil. Hon. Charles F. Crisp liasdccllned to state whether ho is In favor of the repeal of the Sherman act , and there is sotno curiosity to know whether ho will tucklo the subject in Ills speech in Tammany hall on the Fourth of July. It Is highly important that his position on this Important question should bo definitely known before ho is again chosen to the speakcrshlp of the houso. A Hull 111 tliti llutc Bliop. st. I'niii aioic. OMAHA Bun says : "James J. Hill ap pears to bo exceedingly popular everywhere , nnd yet forsomo reason western railroad magnates do not seem anxious to extend to him the hand of fellowship. " Very good reason why. Mr. Hill Us in position to knock the thrones from under n good many ol thorn. They must dance to his music when , over ho sees lit to make tlinin. I/ni > kln : Hurlcwnril. Denver IttpuMlcan , Ono year ago Grover Cleveland was ro nominated for president by the imtlona Pemocratlo convention1' ' In Chicago. Tlici : the country was more' pjiosporous than ovoi before In its entire history. Now it Is suf ferlng the most sovcro and general business depression since 1873. It would 1m wortli millions to the American'people ' if they coult turn tlio hands of tho'tlodi ' backward am undo tbo great nilstako'bf last November. Tlio Uncle re roil nil \Vlrui. SJViur Clt , . . , The telegraph and ' 'fplophono oampinle1 ! in JJus Molucs are very , ppro because the clu council has pissed : an'qraluunco ordering ill thulr wires within th'i flro limits placet under ground , uud thqv nro making tlin threats nhout Uilcjn Cjo | innttur into tin uourlH , and , if suctcsSfuj there , to rnlso tin rates to customers , PuM' the city of Do : Molncs wiinls to enforce the ordinance , I1 5- can do so , as the mato'r ( has been fully do cldod by tlio courts , \vM6h hnvo , ju slmliui 3- circumstances , ruled tuiu the city has u righ 3y to malco suoh an onler , Thu coinpanio ; a would bettor comply with the ordinance tun sivo : time nnd vexation , to ssy nothing- s uxponso. 0 Let Ilia Hot nd Hungry lloirl. Ktw Ynr ( k Senator Duller of South Carolina has writ - , ten u letter which will bj approved by al ly the mouthers of his party except dyod-in-the y wool partisans , ana which must bo highlj o appreciated by President Cleveland , lit . nays that senators and representatives hav < no right to dictate appointments or to con a aider their recommendations aa ilnal atu itg conclusive ; that the president's coustitut g tiouul duties should not bo Invaded , and thai ho is not bound to con suit any ono rcgardlu. itn appointments. The "hot nnd hungry" can' ' ito not bo expected to regard these sound prlii o ciplcs us of binding force , but Mr. Uutlcr U approaching the cud of his third term in the i- suiiato , and cannot bo accussd of iucxpori 0 oiioo or hasty judgment. Tim Wnyno Democrat ; The railroads nro ro- llatliiK on the public for the passage of the Nowborry freight bill , by withdrawing pas senger trams from branch road . Another instance of biting oil the nose to aplto the face. Sioux County Journal : The new rote on whc.it , which wont into effect on Juno 10. raises the ruto winch the farmers will have to pay on what they have to sell Just f > cents n hundred. The local buyers have to figure on the Chicago rate , nnd that hat been in creased from 27 to 33 cents a hundred. Oreeloy Herald : All passenger trains on the branch lines hnvo boon taken otT , nnd hereafter passengers will bo compelled to go ou the same train with hogs , cattle nnd farm produce. ( Irocloy has one train dally , and gets nor mall whenever it comes. The dully papers from Omaha nnd Lincoln nro received when they nro two days old , so our pcoplo may horoaJtor consider themselves from tliroo duys to a week behind In the rush of human progress and in a knowledge of cur rent events. Sctmylar Herald : The railroads of this staloaro pulling the passenger trains off their branch lines , nnd gtvo for their reason that the now frloght rate law , which goes Into effect on August 1. will necessitate out- ting down their expenses to the lowest pos sible flguro. The law in no way effects their passenger trafllc , nnd the real object which they Intvo in taking off tholr trains is to make the laws an obnoxious as possible. Wo think that It will not take the uooplo very long to sou through their very thin scheme. Alliance Independent : Whllo the freight rate law , which ROCS into ofTcct next month , will force down local rates in Nebraska , the roads have threatened to make It up by rais ing through rains on wheat , corn , otc. But It now appears that the eastern interstate lines lire going to break up nny such an at tempt. The Great Northern has already begun to cut the through rates and other roads will take It up. The only thing for the D. & M. and Union Paclllo to tlo Is to get down of ! their high horses and quit blurt- iiiR. iiiR.York York Democrat : Several trains have been taken off on branch lines to punish the peel - l > lo for passing the bill. This is boys' play. The railroads of this state need a little gov ernment ownership and control about as bad as any plooo of property wo have soon lately. The people will stand about so mil oh nnd then a halt will bo called. If the railroads - roads had wise managers they would grace fully conform to the now order of things. A little further aggravation and future legis latures will make things decidedly worso. The railroad people had better prepare to obey the law the sauio as the citizens of the state have to do. I'lattsmouth Journal : The railways of Nebraska are about to inaugurate u system of opposition to the enforcement of the now freight rate law the most foolish and un wise thing they could think of doine. A submission to the law , under protest if need be. would oring them friouds. To make u light against It is to awaken the enmity of every good citizen , and to insure their ulti mate defeat and humiliation. The r.illwnys nro unquestionably a great power in the state , but they nro not yet strong enough to dominate over the laws adopted by the pee ple's representative's. When they do it will be time enough for honest and solf-respoot- ing people to emigrate. Lincoln News : The Nebraska railroads are evidently in a quandary whether , after nil , they will obey the Nowborry law or place rates at whatever figures they may uloaso. When an ordinary citizen breaks thola\vs , of his st'.ito ho is roundly denounced by the press and the public , and is often imprisoned. When a railroad company refuses to obey a law it can always rely on finding mouthy de fenders of the stripe of the State Journal to misrepresent matters. If the state had n board of transportation with either the in clination or the backbone , or both , to enforce rates that are as favorable to the people ns to tno railroads , wo would not be treated to this spectacle of railway managers sitting in consultation doeidlng whether or not they shall comply with the law. Schuyler Ouill : As the maximum law only affected local rates in Nebraska , the through charges are to bo raised sufficiently outside the state to mnlco up nnd tr.oro , so thnt it will appear as though the rates were really raised instead of lowered. This was the first step toward the unpopularity of the law among the people which would lead to its re peal. The next move was to remove the passenger trains from all branch roads and reduce the number of trains on the main lines. The reason assigned for this was thnt the roads could not afford to keep up their former service under the now rate. Even the Schuyler and Ashland branch of the D. & M. road was to have only n freight train per day. Kight there comes the inconsistent part of their work. First the people arc told that the bill raises the rates instead of low ering them and was a bad ono for the masses ; then they next claim that the bill cut flown the rates so much that they could not afford to run passenger trains , ex cept in a few instances on the main lines. But that is not the only inconsistency in this passenger train scheme. The now law does not change the passenger or express rates. . It being a purely freight rate bill. Hence , if it does not pay to run the passen ger trains now on the branch lines it did not before , nnd if it did before ic does now no change being made in these rates. That the roads made enough out of freight rntcs to balance a los ? in the passenger rates is not probable and oven if true was not justice to the shippers. The sum and substance of it is another plan to make the law unpopular and secure its repeal by the next legislature. Lot the people fully understand thcso schemes uud instead of repealing this law change it so as to secure the reduction whore the Juggllnir in schedule figures has appar ently raised the rates. Lot no man bo un informed I xiiixas. If Lizzlo llorden nccnpts the invitation to lecture , bellof in her innocence will undergo a r.idiual change. Kansas populists announce that they will carry nino-tenths ot the county ofllces. The wholesale pardoning of convicts by the gov ernor Is not necessarily n part of the plan. Under the now law of Illinois n polling booth is to bo provided for every seventy five voters. This will relieve the strain on the mentality of the average election clerk To place iv foaming collar on Colonel Ains- worth's beaker of sorrow , seine ghoul has unearthed the supposed record of his elopement mont with an actress some thirteen years ago. ago.Senator Senator Cockroll of Missouri refuses to ns slst any young man In 'Us congressional dlst rlct on his way to West Point because ho doesn't believe ill n "dudo factory , " us no calls the military school. Justice Blatehford , who is critically ill holds lilirh rank for attainments ns n member ber of the United States supreme court. Ho was born in tho-city of Now York and was appointed to hla present olllco in Kx-Minlstor Pholpa , who Is now making the concluding address before the Dorlm BCO arnltration court , promises to outwlnt all preceding speakers , Ho has taken loni , walks and bundled dumb bolls for weeks past , and put UU calorie machinery In primt order for the race. The report of the grand Jury of Mlnno npolls gives un interesting view of the prac tical workings of the lire department In that city. The extinguishment of flrca Is not the exclusive aim of the leaders , for , while the rank and fllo nro working the pipes , the met who boss the Job take Inventories of the im periled stock. Should any of H prove usefu or ornamental , or bo readily salable , it is promptly rosouod from the "maw of the demon. " The Industry of the leaders was not confined to this lino. They rontributoc to their financial health by farming out the department horses and charging gnu ? sums for boarding the stock , the eliy contributing moit of the board. The grand Jury con eluded by returning four indictments ugulns the Industrious flro fightors. The latoLelnnd Stanford earned his first capital by pidtlng a load of horseradish washing ouch root separately and uolllng the horseradish In Sehcnoctndy. On this linun uial venture , undertaken at the ago of 0 , he reaped n profit of S York alillllncrs. Two years later , when H years of ago. ho di played his instinctlvo knowledge of the lawn of trailo. A sharp frost came uud all t'.io chcitnuts fell to the ground. Ho picked many quarts. Kvory boy In the neighbor hood hud done the same and the chestnuts were going begging. Young Stanford thought the mutter over. Ho got a number of friends to Join him nnd they stored their chestnuts away. They waited patiently for the market logo up , which it did , and they then sold for 25 chestnuts which would have been sacrificed for f3 or $3 at the moat if pat on the market prematurely , Norfolk News : Tlio most expensive PS- . , ' "IJ"10 " Nell ' < - ' building at the World's air Is Mr. Joseph Clnrno.iu. Nebraska City 1're.vi : No ono is nt all sur- nlsfid thnt Commissioner Uurncuu is very xngry over Aunltor Moore's open letter. inrnoau has acted nil along what ho wrote n his reply , that the appropriation was narte for his solo benefit , ami ho hail n right o use It ns ho pleased. Falrlnir.v Oazetto : ftnrnnati , of Nebraska Norld's fair fnmo , li very Indignant bo. cause the auditor of the state has accused lira of "needless oxtr.\va anco. " Hut the auditor has put It very mild , in faot the ma- orlty of the people of the state who hnvo eon that miserable structure which ropro- onia Nebraska , will hardly bo so charitable n their criticism. Hcil1 Cloud Argus : Gnrncau , the Nebraska World's fair commissioner , has struck n big snag In the shape of n refusal on the part of Uulltor Moore to audit some of the commis sioner's bills which thn auditor deems ex- trnvlgnnt nnd unwarranted. For once the state hns nil auditor who will not hosltato to set down promptly and hard on wlwthoilocs not consider right. Items must bo plugged 0 size and bo within scope ot the npproprla- .Ion. ISdgarPost : No ono will have the trmpr- ty to nccuso Mr. Garnoau of clvlng No- iraska anything Hko n decent show nt the aria's fair , oven with thn limited appro- irlatlon at Ills command , but there arc many who do not hesitate to accuse him of making avlsh expenditures of money where there is very little to show for it. Auditor Moore 10'vcomo forward nnd refuses to approve a lumber of the bills. This will no doubt bring in a needed Investigation of the manner of expending the state's money , and some In teresting disclosures may bo looked for. Dawcs County Journal : If auditor Moore stands by his resolution nnd refuses to allow many of the Dills presented by Commissioner . .urneau , the whole st to of Nebraska will > o under great obligations to him. It w -line , for instance , that men doing business or the state nnd traveling on railroad passes should coiiso to bo paid for railroad expenses. 1 he State building on the World's fair grounds docs not represent the money which was appropriated fcr It. The people who I'ay the taxes have n right for their money's worth when public funds nro voted for any enterprise. Hastings Nobrnskan : State Auditor Moore has brought Commissioner Garncnu up with a peed round turn nnd refuses to audit bills that ho considered extravagant , among them being a Dill of Mr. Gamcau at n Chicago hotel charged at ? 0 pur day. But Garncau says ho didn't charge full price. His bill was ? 10 per day and ho paid four of it out of his own pocket. There nro plenty of places in Chicago where Mr. Garnea'u could have secured good board at ? U per day and no objection would bo made to thu't amount , but Auditor Moore has n perfect right to object to paying $3 for stylo. o 0 ULt' JtOAlt C'O.V I7C.VT/O.V. Wednesday , Juno 28. the North and South railroad convention will moot In Lincoln. ' The legislature last winter passed the fol lowing Joint resolutions , setting forth the objects of the convention : Wlicrciis , Thoconcrustof Iho United States lias iipproprltitiut # 0.000,000 to nmko u deep water linrboron the Uultot Moxlco : and At herons , The construction of such deep water harbor would bo of llttlu vnltio to the croat Interior basin of tlio conllnont. without , a north and south nillroail to .said harbor ; and Whorcns , A road costing $27,001) per mlle could ho constructed from the norh ; linn ot Dakota to tlio gulf for thu sum of J27.000.UOO ; nnilWhereas Whereas , Atnxof 5 cents per aero on tlio lands of tlio ton gruatstntn * lylnj ? In the great Interior basin would construct said road and leave n surplus of over $2,000,000 ; and Whnrc.is , The exports of wheat , cutttn beef products , meat products nnd broad-stair of nil kinds amount In round mitiihur.-i to $37r > , OUO,000 annually , on which there will bu a Ulroct sav ing in transportation pqunl to 2O per cent , uniountlns to 894,000,000 annually , or suf- llutunt to pay the cost of said road three and ono-linlf Unit's ; and Whereas , The furnishing of sala Interior north mid south transportation would attract the great manufacturing ImlnUrfo.s to thu Brcut Interior valluy.s and make them thu most populous as well as tbo wealthiest portion of thu country NO that Nebraska In ton yours would have 5)00OOU ( ) uooplo with many prosperous - porous cities like Lincoln and Omaha ; mid Whereas , Hy said transportation facilities the viilno of tlio arable lands of said Interior states would soon Ira unhuncud In value ) at least US per cent , and the vuluo of othur prop erty pro | > ortlonuttly Incroasud amounting in alltuasuni lOO'llruu * grantor than thocostof said road ; nnw therefore bu It Unsolved , lly tlio sunato of the state and tlio house cont'urrliiK , that. It Is tlio scnso of this loRlsluturo thai the said tun stales should Im mediately taku measures for u co-operntlvp iilTort In build said raul , with Its necessary brunches nnil foedurs , and that , when tlio same Is built It should bu owned by tlio pooulo ot tlio said .stales and ojior.Uod us a Hlnxlo line nt co t for tlio bcnulit of Its owners , viz. , all tbo puoplu. Husnlvod , that the governor of tliUstntobo requested to communicate with the governors of tlio states North mid .South Dakota , Minnesota seta , Iowa , Missouri , Arkansas , .Texas and the turrltory of Oklahoma and proposes that u. convention of delegates from ouch ot > ad ! slates , U > bo appointed by the ruspocllvo gov ernors ihorcof , bo hold In tlio near future at sonio point to discuss and nuturo ways uml means for the construction of said north and south road. Approving Smiles. Denver Kcivs. Western bankers smile nt the impudent as sertion made daily by dispatches from Now York that Wall street Is benevolently vo- lloving the necessities of the western banks , The money now coming west nnd south is the cash reserve of southern and western banks , UDOII which Now York bankers have specu lated and dictated the financial policy of the government. MAXI1KI.L JltS Alliance Independent : Chlof .Tiutico Maxwell - well Is rooognlzoil as ono of the llnost Jurists In the nation. Ills opinions nro everywhere quoted ns authority. His treatises on law Are standard , This is the man that the state house gang U trying to down. Wayne Herald ( rep. ) : It Is probable thnt a few republicans will object to nomi nating .Hultto Maxwell to the supreme bench this fall , but the Hcrnld will wager dollars to doughnuts that ho receives the republi can nomination If ho iloslrcs it , and that Isn't All. Sllvor Crook Times ( rop. ) : Whllo the Times has no particular kick against Crounsc , except In the matter of his signing the strcot railway bill , If n governor were to bo nominated next fall Chief Justice Max * well would bo our candidate. With Max well In the executive chair thieves nnil bood- loi-s could not nourish , Schuyler Hornltl ( dom. ) : It is a fact cvl- tlcut to nnvono who has taken the pains to look Into the matter , that a united effort Is being made by the ring leaders ot the repub lican party to retire to private life the ablest Judge on our supreme bunch. The light Is not made against him because ho has not made n good record , out because ho has not allowed party projudlco to dlotata his opinions. Central City Nonpareil ( rop. ) : It looks much ns though the light in this state this fall will bo Maxwell unit nntl-StaxwclL The rank tuid illo of the republican party no doubt iloslra to seothoola man rouomlnatetl , whllo there are some who would tear tholr shirts to prevent it. The Judge may bo a little aged , but ho certainly Is not In his dotage , judging from some of the opinions which ho hands down , York Unmoorat : The republican workers appear to boon the hustle to llnd some ono to place on the ticket this full to succeed Juugo Maxwell. A lartfo body of republi cans want Judge Maxwell uomlnatod , but are receiving very little encouragement from the loader * . Wo do not want to see a iudgu punished for daring to do what ho believes to bo his duty on the bench , and If the ganir attempts to turn Judge Maxwell down there will bo thousands who will vote for him , no matter whether he Is ou any ticket or not. DAWOS County Journal : The comments of thostiUo pro elo.u-ly indicate that the people - plo sustain the dissenting opinion of Chief Justice Maxwell , whoso merit as a man nnd jurist is highly pralsod. Discredited politi cians Hko ox-Governor Thayer may ngo and foam with vengeance , but a Judge wlio has withstood the .wrath of huckster poli ticians for twenty years has nothing to fear before the b.ir of public opinion , Some of the p.ipcrs of thu slalo plead the "advanced ago" of Mr. Maxwell as u sulllclciit reason for his retirement from the bunuh , but they .fall to state that list year ho wrote nearly 'twice as many opinions as both of the other judges. Many a man at the ago of 05 has had his first elect ion to thu bonch. ICrup Conl ! Hell , Keep cool I Kei'peooll The banks that have boon doing business on wind and loan ing their deposits to officers arcl stockholders are about weeded out. Washington Star : If you really want u man to keep cool don't toll him to. New York lloruld : CSurilnor What Is I'm sof test kind ot puar ? W.-irdnor A bridal pair , 1 should Bay. lluirnto Courlorf Tlio best winded race horse is the onu that wins In the lon run. Mllvrnnkeo Journal ; Thu reputation of bolni ; a good follow never liulpud u man at a bunk. Lowell Courier : A man Is of ton drawn us a juror and quartered ut the court house. Yonkor's HtaU'smun : The bank cashier uots tired of helping othurs , und sonio times fool ishly helps himself , I'lillndolplila Keeord : Wlillu the olovalor man gives many a fellow a lift , ho doosn't lioa- Itato to run a chap down. Troy Press : Wlion tlio men borso owner doesn't want to pay cash hu simply opens n running account , with thu merchants lie uat- Tummuny Times : "I thlim you mint liavu inlsumlir.stooil , " said u hungry mull In u llnr- lom rcstuurmit to u waiter , "llowho , sir/ "I ordered frlod liver iintl you hnvo brought me fried leather. " Chicago Inlor-Ocnan : "What miulo durslo look sr > Kobur whim li loft tlio theater lust nlRlit ? " Mrs. JIIK-OII I can ttsll you ; It wut because there were only tliruo nets. " WITH A DUTIMIENCE. Syracuse llmiM. "Pair imilil , " quoth ho , " 1 bos of thee To lly , to lly , lo fly with mo. " "Youns follow. " quoth she , "Now don't you bo Too lly , too lly , too fly with mo. " TIIK II E.lTUKlt. AlLinta. Constitution. Don't srowl about tlio weutlior. but Jos' take It naltcumoi. When tlio sky Is bcaiiiln brightly , or the tliiiu- dor boats Its drums ! . . . . . . , Stoji comiilulnln' 'cat It's ralnln . but bo thank ful for the drops As they sprinkle , "tinkle , tlnklo , " ou the dry unit thirsty crops. Don't Rrowl about the weather , when the birds IssliKjIn'KWeol , An' 1 h dulslos like u white cloud are a-foamm' lit yimrfcut ! , Don't. ovii-rowl ! ( nt notliln , on the earth or uu It'it tlio llRlit that makes tlio shudders , nil * the llglitlsswoot with level Largest Manufacturers anil IlotulloM ol CJothlnx In thu World. Sueh a JFuss As some men make over their toilet when the weather is a little warm would make you weary. They olaw at their collars clutch at their cufTs , and rip out rough remarks in front of the looking1 glass , and got so steamed up generally that it's ' a wonder the mercury stays on the glass. Itdoesn' cost one individual , solitary , lonesome cent more to dress cool and comfortable , if you know where to get your summer wear. Cool coats , cool s hirts , cool vests , cool collars , cool underwear , cool hosiery , cool neokwear , cool hats ; all at the lowest prices for high class stylish goods. BROWNING , KING & CO. , arjr ]