THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , JUNE 28 , 1893 ,
V
BEE.
I v
EVEHY MOKNINO.
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Monday , June 111 * 2J. | 7n
TupRday , JnnnSO Z'lsl
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Thursday , Jumi Z'l ' iHisS
Friday. Juno an an.nn ?
Saturday , Jun 21 -.U. " B1-710
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The Den In ChlniRO.
THE DAU.Y nnd SUNDAY UKB Is on sale In
Clilrapo at thn following places !
I'nlmor lioutc.
Grand Pacific hotel.
Audllorluni hotel.
Great Northern hotel
Gore hotel.
I.nlnnil hotel.
Wclln II. Plzer , 189 StntoHtroot.
Flics of TIIK Hi'.fi can bo scon at the No-
braakabulldlnji and the Administration buildIng -
Ing , Exposition erounds.
AvornRO Clrrillulloii for Alnr , IHD.1 , S4.417
IT IS to bo hoped Unit Omaha will bo
correctly rated In the next weekly clear
ing house record. The lust report was
ton points shy.
IT TOOK the "financial crisis" just four
weeks to travel from Now York to San
Francisco. If it had no round trip ticket
the country may begin to breath easier.
THEUK is something in the nature of
coincidence in the fact that train rob
I bers show go great a partiality for the
Gould system ot roads as the base of
their operations.
TIIK sinking of the battleship Victoria
has taught naval warriors ut least one
significant lesson. In the future they
will keep conveniently out of reach of
the ram , in times of peace as well as in
war.
IT IS true that the state saline lands
are to bo sold upon competitive bids. It
Is also true that state officials may re
ject any or all bids and continue to re
ject them until a fair price for the lands
is secured.
'
FfiOM reports that percolate back to
Omaha from time to time it begins to
dawn on the average mind that the suc
cess of the World's fair does not depend
r upon the Nebraska exhibit. A fortunate
thing for the fair.
CONQKKSSMAN BRYAN'S visit to
Georgia is already bearing fruit. The
Atlanta papers which are not repres
ented in the cabinet are prodding the
administration with a vigor which is
somewhat remarkable.
TtiEUE Is really no reason to become
oxcltcd over the rumor that Blount has
resigned the Hawaiian mission. There
are still one or two patriots south of
Mason and Dixon's line who may bo in
duced to accept the place.
IT SEEMS that at least one member of
the State Board of Public Lands and
Buildings has not thoroughly learned
the lesson of the recent impeachment
trial. Tno apparent jugglery of the
state printing bids requires further in
vestigation.
THE BEE'S telegraphic news service ,
oa has been generally conceded , con
tinues to throw all would-be competitors
into the shade. Take for instance the
loading feature of yesterday's Issue re-
epootlng the action of India concorni ng
the coinage of silver.
THE Now York bankers continue tholr
policy of contracting credits and calling
in loans , while ut the same time they
advise posplo to evince more confidence
in the banks. Now that the situation is
so rapidly improving there Is no reason
why the banks should not bogln to show
B little more confidence in the people.
THE Kansas City , St. Joseph & Counci
Bluffs fireman who shot Charles Me
Chiro , train robber , two weeks ago , in
llictlng a Bovoro wound in the forearm
deserves a liberal reward. McClure has
admitted that the fireman's bullet !
touched him. With a few more sucl
firemen , train robbing as afino art woult
become unpopular.
THE County Board of Equalizatior
has made n ruling that will bo of incal
oulablo benefit to this community. The. )
have assessed locally the lots and landi
of the Bolt line railroad in Dougloi
county regardless of the fact that tht
property had been returned for assess
Iiiont in the name of the Missouri Paoilli
by the stuta board.
A CHICAGO paper ridicules the posl
lion of THE BIB as to reduced rates t <
the World's fair. The owners of weston
pleasure resorts , however , are In ful
sympathy with the idea that roducoi
railroad rates to Chicago are detrimental
mental to western interests. Th
World's fair Id ruining the business o
Colorado and South Dakota heultl
promoters ,
TUB moat u-jtablo thing about the re
lease of the thrco Chicago anarchists i
their usse tlon that they have hai
enough c f anarchy , There is no doul
that ana chy has boon offectuall
throttled in the Dnitcd States. The II [
linols authorities resorted to drasti
remedies , In which expediency was cor
aultad at the OXJXMIBO of justice , but the
performed uu ofTootual euro.
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Hallroad managers will tin well to
peruse and digest the editorial wo ru-
print on this page from the ( Tinted Stutcx
Investor published at Boston , It Is n
clear , forcible and logical presentation
of the history of the maximum rate law
nnd the policy the railroads have pursued
toward their patrons. If the railway
managers are wise they will hood thu
warning nnd repress all retaliatory
measures that tend to oxaspcrato the
people. The maximum rnto law would
never hnvo been on the statute hooka of
Nebraska today had the railroad man
agers allowed the people to govern
themselves Instead of attempting to
dominate over them through an abject
sot of mercenaries.
It now remains to bo seen whether
the men who hnvo boon entrusted with
the management of'tho railways propose
to heed the lesson taught by experience
or whether they will be guilty of the
criminal folly of trying to coerce the
people into subjection by depriving
them of facilities for travel and
withholding from them accommo
dations to which they have boon
accustomed , and to which they are on-
titled. If the law is to bo made odious
by intolerable barriers to local tralllc
and travel and by arbitrary exactions
for transporting products beyond the
state , the people of Nebraska will resist
the tyranny and right their grievances
by making common cause against rail
way corporations. In such a contest
parly lines _ will bo swept away. There
will bo no republicans , no democrats , no
populists. The contending forces would
bo the railroads on one side and the
people on the other , and the outcome
will bo the subjection of the railways to
popular sovereignty.
e o.v Tin ; MIXfMI ivrKHKsrs.
There was a further decline in the
market price of eilvor yesterday and no
one can foresee where the depreciation
will stop. The decline already is un
precedented , but n still lower price will
probably bo reached before there Is a
reaction. The future policy of this
country and the extent of the produc
tion arc the condition ? which will de
termine the course of silver. The de
cision of the question as to the future ol
the white inotal is practically devolved
upon the United States alone. The
whole of Europe has declared war
against It and the position of the dis
tinctively silver countries , like Mexico
and the South American states ,
is of no consequenea. It is not
at all probable that our government will
undertake the impossible task of - upholding
holding silver against the opposition of
all tlio other great financial and com
mercial nations of the world. It must
continue to recognize that metal in a
monetary capacity , but nothing short of
its free and unlimited coinage would
check its further fall in prico.so far us
that can bo affected by legislation , and
a return to this policy is now more hope
less than ever. Everybody Intelligently
informed regarding financial affairs
must know that to adopt this policy now
would place the country at once on a
silver basis. No political party could
survive the adoption of this policy , which
would bo the beginning of a pro
longed period of disaster to the fin-
financial , industrial and commercial in
terests of the nation. The repeal of the
silver purchase law without making any
other provision for the use of silver in
the currency except in a subsidiary
capacity would dotlbtlcs precipitate its
decline , nnd the possibility of this action
is likely to bo to some extent anticipated.
The obvious and certain way to check
the decline of silver is to reduce produc
tion , and this is undoubtedly what will
bo done at once. Such a course is in
dicated in the advices from Colorado ,
the loading state in the production of
silver , and It is safe to predict that the
other silver states will iollow the ox-
amplo. Silver is mined In Colorado ut
less coat than porlwps in any of the other
states and there Is a good profit in it for
the mine owners at the present price ,
but as a practical business matter It is
reasonable to expect that they will
adopt the course which alone promises
to prevent a much greater fall In silver
than 1ms yet taken place. It would
manifestly not bo a sound business pol
icy to maintain the production of ailvor
hi the face of a diminishing demand , and
the mine owners can bo depended upon
to govern themselves by what they BOO
to bo their own interests. The outlook
In unquestionably a gloomy ono for the
silver mining interests and they will
not suffer alone. Other Interests to
the prosperity of which they contribute
will also bo hurt more or loss
seriously and it is to bo apprehended
that In all the silver states un experi
ence of hardship for a very largo num
ber of people lu ut hand. The whole
western country , und indeed ull sections ,
must ultimately feel the depressing
effects of a material decline in the
mining industry , but in the end it will
doubtless bo better for the west and the
country generally to secure a settlement
of the slver question on a safe and por-
1 : inanont hauls , which is reasonably to bo
expected to result from the existing con
ditions. The trial may for a tlmo bo a
Bomowhat severe ono to , the communi
ties which depend wholly or largely
upon the production of silver , but It will
bo a great gain to the general Interests
to have the relations of that metal to
our monetary system wiboly and firmly
established ,
7//K V , 1 > . IIIIIUUU 1\X \ AQ.MN ,
The statement submitted by the aud
- itor of the Union Pacific to the o unity
ito o mmissionors concerning the earnings
ton and expenses of the Union Pacific rail
way bridge and Its terminal facilities at
Council Bluffs and Omaha is misleading.
l- The total earnings of the terminals and
lto bridge for the year 181)2 ) are represented
of at $485,047 , This Is said to include the
rentals from roads that are using those
terminals. The expenses are represented
as $11)5,208 ) , of which amount $143,825 is
oIs put down for "conducting transports
Is tlon. "
id Now , in the first place , the commis -
bt sioners of Douglas county in considering
iy the value of the bridge are not in the
1io least concerned about the terminals in
io Council Bluffs , or for that matter the
n- terminals In Omaha. All they can
nuy properly take Into account is the value
of the bridge and its approaches and the
earnings of the brMgo , deluding there
from tha cost of maintenance.
There Is evidently some discrepancy
rc-jjardlng the rentals received from the
Milwaukee and Hock Island roads. Offi
cials of the Milwaukee road claim that
their road pays 32.0,000 . a year for the
use of the bridge and terminals. If half
this amount Is credited to the terminals
and trackage between Omaha and South
Onmbn there would still remain $12.iUOO
for the use of the bridge. It Is but nat
ural to presume that the Hxk Tiland
pays fully as much bridge toll as
the Milwaukee. On the other
hand , the charges for terminal
handling of freight and passenger trans
fer are no part of the bridge oxixmso.
The Union Pacific muat have a terminus
somewhere. It would have the same ex-
IHJIISO for loading and unloading freight
to and from connecting roads whether
there waq a bridge at the end of Its main
line or not. The auditor doubtless does
not mean to falsify the record and the
system of charging transfer expanses
against the bridge earnings has been in
vogue for years in order to cover up the
enormous earnings of the bridge. But
this system is inequitable nnd in any
event cannot bo considered'In computing
bridge earnings as it basis for assess-
in out.
The -vholo question nnd the only ques
tion is , whether the Union Pacific bridge
is assessed out of proportion to other
property of equal vultio and earning i
paolty. Assuming that the not earnings
are just us represented by the auditor ,
$2.-)0,219 , which would give 8128,000 in
round numbers for one half of the bridge ,
after deducting the taxes , which of course
is all wrong , this nnd of the bridge
would still represent a 10 per cent in
vestment of $1,280,000 , or a 5 per cent in
vestment of $2,5(10,000. ( Assume that the
assessed valuation is on one-tenth actual
value , the proper assessment would bo
$250,000 instead of $105,000.
The average real estate in Omaha
earns loss than u per cent on Its real
valuation , after deducting cost of re
pairs and maintenance. The complaint
of the Union Pacific tax commissioner
that the bridge is assessed too high is
manifestly groundless , and the auditor's '
figures cited in support of his petition
prove that it is groundless.
P.tKOO.V OF TJIK .IXAKCniSTS.
The action of the governor of Illinois
in pardoning the anarchists convicted of
complicity in the Haymarket riot in
Chicago seven years ago and sentenced
to the penitentiary two of them for life
and one for fiftoan years will undoubt
edly receive a great deal of adverse
criticism , partly from partisan prompt
ing and partly from prejudice. Governor
Altgold , however , has made a very
strong statement of reasons in justifica
tion of his action , which undoubtedly
nobody know bettor than ho would create -
ate great surprise and widespread
discussion , and wo venture to say
that no candid man who will care
fully consider these reasons can
doubt their sufficiency. The plain
truth is , as everybody knows who is
familiar with the history of the trial and
conviction of the anarchists , that preju
dice played the largest part in sending
thorn to the gallows and to prison , and
that while the forms of law were ob
served to some extent , very little regard
was paid to its spirit. There was a pop
ular outcry for the condign punishment
of those men against which the api eal for
jiibtico was worthless. The consciences
of judge and jury , if not willingly in
sympathy with the public preju
dice , readily yielded to it. The
men charged with the Haymarkjt crime
wore doomed from the hour they were
taken into custody , rogar dloss of proof
or the just requirements of the law.
Victims wore v.'unted to atone for that
bloody episode , and it was enough that
the men arrested wore known to enter
tain anarchistic sentiments and to bo
prominent in anarchist councils. Be
yond this no proof was needed and very
Httlo was presented. Could the trial
have taken place anywhere else than in
Chicago there can be no doubt that most
of-tho men charged with the Iluymur-
kot killing would not have been con
victed on the evidence adduced , and
among thorn are the thrco who have
been sot free by Governor Altgold.
There is no defense for anarchism in
tills country or for those who preach it ,
but because it is a country of law and
justice such people are entitled to the
same consideration under the law and to
the same rule in the administration of
justice that uro accorded to others.
The men arrested in connection with the
, Ilaymarkot affair did not receive this ,
and therefore these of them who have
been sot free , after having been
confined in prison seven years ' ,
are justly entitled to their lib
erty. Governor Altgold did not
act in this matter without the warrant
of n lurgo public sentiment. Ho was
petitioned by thousands of reputable
citizens of Chicago to release the pris J-
oners for the reason that they had re
ceived punishment * enough. The gov 1I -
ernor has done what ho conscientiously
believed to bo right , and ho need not
trouble himself , as. ho doubtless will
not , about the criticism that Is the
prompting of prejudice. Tlio condemna
tion of a hundred people who cannot
riio ubovo their prejudices will not
stand in the ( hull judgment of history
against the approval of one fair-minded
and justice-loving citizen.
THE War department is evincing a
more earnest interest in the supervision
of the training of the militia of the
states than over heretofore. Not only
has it made known Its disposition to dc
the utmost possible for the summer en
campments , but the methods adopted
are sum to add to the efficiency of the
drill and discipline of the national
ilr
guard. Nor is there any offensive exercise
ciso of the ample authority with which
the department is vested for this pur
pose , The plan pursued is that of co
operation with the Htate military author
ities , which while adding to the useful 1-
ness , at the same tlmo increases the at
tractiveness of the state camp. A num
ber of the states have asked for the presence '
once of bodies of regulars at their camps
and wherever practicable this has boun
conceded. Other Btutos merely ask inr
army officers as inspectors of tholr camps
In every instance snoh requests hav <
been liberally granted. Those two form
) f the participating of regulars In mllllla
camps iifford tu HJjpra't.leal advantages.
With cormnn ° tai > rlc'l of the profes
sional soldier ) | b'foro thorn the state
troops must necessarily approach n com
mon standard ln'filrlU , discipline , sol-
illorly duty and ay1 , the mlnutlio of mili
tary service. This co-operative plan
also enables the W ny officers detailed to
the national giiurjV.oamps to famlllnrl/.o
themselves wltH1 the character nnd ef
ficiency of tho'/mllltla , on whom they
must rely as nu.xfllarlos of the" army In
case of a suddon'briiorgoncy. It Is a sim
ple , economical and practical plan and
must bo productive of mutual benefit to
the soldiery of thu nation.
AN AMUASSADOR of the Chinese gov
ernment has arrived In this country
whoso mission , it is stated , is to ascer
tain the drift of popular opinion relative
to OhincM ) residents hero and what the
intentions of the government are as to
the enforcement of the Geary exclusion
net. Doubtless ho will bo ai-cordcd
every facility nnd courtesy by the gov
ernment and the people with whoso sen
timent ho desires to become acquainted.
IIo will find the government confronted
with a law which it is practically unable -
able to enforce , and discover that congress -
gross in its enactment did not reflect
the general popular feeling. Moreover
ho will ascertain that in all probability
the next congress will undo this unwise
act of legislation. Tlio people will not
encourage the unjust and Inhumane
policy toward the Orientals that the
sand-lot politicians and Chinamen
baiters on the Pacific coast would adopt.
THE Union Pacific railroad certainly
has no good ground for complaint about
excessive taxation in Omaha nnd Doug
las county. Tlio Union Pacific has a
fraction over thirty-two miles of main
track , eleven and one-halt miles of
branch lines and over 150 miles of side
track in Douglas county. All this
trackage , right-of-way and the stations
ana rolling stock are assessed by the
state board this year for $ -137,058. The
Union Pacific owns about four miles of
railroad and possibly ton miles of side
track In Iowa. This trackage , etc. , is
assessed by the Iowa state board at
3317,775. In other words , for less than
one-tenth of the trackage in Iowa the
road is assessed three-fourths of the
amount at which it is valued in this
county.
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THE State Board of Transportation has
thrown the railway editors into a state
of intense mental perturbation by an
nouncing that the now maximum rate
bill makes a cut of 29.7 per cent , in
stead of 20 per cent , as has boon popu
larly supposed. This fact will worry
neither the people nor the railroads. If
the rates fixed by fcho law are unreason
ably low the remedy lies in the supreme
court. If , on the other hand , the rail
roads decide to put the now rates into
effect without appealing to the supreme
court , the people will try and stand it.
MAN hesitates , and is lost. When the
committee of the Council Bluffs town
council m6t with a'llko'o'ommillce of the
Omaha municipal legislature an ordi-
mnco might have boon framed then and
there providing for a 5-cont bridge
motor fare between the two cities. But
the motor people asked for tlmo to con
sider and report as to whether the com
pany could afford to reduce the faro.
The respective councifmanio commit
tees are still holding the sack.
MR. MOSIIEU is still waiting for the
verdict and so are the people.
G oil Monity vs. Uul 'Money.
alolieDemocrat. .
Ono of the greatest blessings of nnv coun-
; ry is good money ; and bail tnouey is always
a curse aud a paril.
An Kvliluuc Noco.i-dty.
iraihlntiton I'oat.
It is about tlmo that the administration
was boincr furnished a marked copy of the
Chicago platform.
1,11111 ; 1'limnnlcrH.
CiticlniHtti Commercial.
The haymow financiers of Kansas continue
to clamor for moro silver. When conpress
meets it will immediately administer a sound
spanldniT to tliuso maniacs. It cannot do it
too soon , either.
Tim Kldel Ala Clu.irlnc.
l'htlaiMi > ltta Times.
Every slctn now points to a steady revival
of business trust , and that means n steady
npprucl itlon of values. The reaction will not
bo rapid , hut each day should now make the
senoral huslness outlook brighter. Let us
have faith in our country und in ourselves ,
and all will he well.
Wlinrn the l.iiuvli Comus In.
Kiinnu Cl'tl Slur.
It looks very much as thoush the young
"war lord" of Germany will bo able to lauch
an autooratio lauch July 4 when ho sees the
now Iluluhstag assembled ready to do his
bidding. It may not have boon intended ,
but it looka very much as though the kaiser
means to rub it in on tlio foes of absolutism
by calling the Itcichstag together on tlio day
sacred to liberty ,
A ComlorUnir lH aoverf ,
Jiul/mnpold / Journal.
After n hunt of moro than three months 'i
the men who are assailing the pension rolls
liavo lound a caio in which , upon the nUto
- rncnt made by Micni , a pension should not
have boon granted\Vien ) all the evidence
is in , however , it may uiipoar that tboro was
other cause than Joss of hair by typhoid
fever. Still , this odb , , case will alford tht
pension-hating pajwrs no end of comfort.
Jti.ini1illu.iii Fl y.
\VatMnutun \ ( ' * ( .
It may bo that thp Connecticut repuhllcaiif
are playms a very shrewd political game
anil will reap enormous prollts from theli
opposition to a moJornUoU election system
but the senor.il opinion will bo that thej
Ihivomadoa serious ! mistake. The politlcu
party that jilacoa ifserr in the path of popu
lar government rauat sooner or later oxnerl
once bail result3. The present inoJo ol
, electing oDIcew In He state of Conunotlcui
is uuaiiierlcan anil .cannot bo justillod , nt
matter how much sophistry may uo Indulgoi
in while such un atttuupt U in progress.
VundalltiAItAiircluiiff On.
1'ictit.
Nothing very effective has been done It
the w. y of halting the trolley vandals on tin
battloneldof Oottysburg. The United Htatei
government has not been able to determine
whether it < ui interfere or not , and seem ;
to bu deliberating with n great deal of deliberation
liberation while the trolley work Is going oin
all the tlmo. The meetings and reunion !
owhich are to bo held on the field next month
m commemoration of the anniversary of tin
Bi-e. t battle , will be very llkoly heard from
The soldiers wll reallzo better when n.Is
see it the extent of the desecration which Is 1 :
destroying the battle marks.
An r.url ) ' Kxlra Sc jlon.
f.'eu > Vork Evening ltt. .
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So long as doubt remains business wll
continue In an uncertain and unstable con
dltloii , and the whole country will suffer lain
consequence. If congress does not meet ill
September action Is not likely to ba takei
till at too lutu u tlmo to benefit the fal
trado. This U an Important matter to bi
considered Ifootiprcss were to bo culled
together nt once , or n * soon as Is tirnotlcablo ,
the repeal of tha Sherman la\7 n.ight bo
I'nrrlcA before the end of summer , and In
that ease the fall trade of thn country
could bo undertaken under conditions ot
stability which would make It a veritable
business ' 'boom , " the effects Of which would
bo of tlio greatest value to all the people.
What all business Is waiting for , and must
continue to wait for till congress acts , Is the
removal of the clement of doubt.
Tim I'liRcl nnmiil Sonnilnl ,
That must bo a dlsuraccful condition of af
fairs In thostatoof Washington , when Presi
dent Cleveland Is impelled to summarily re-
mo vo the United Stato.s attorney , marshal ,
special agent of the treasury , six special inspectors
specters and the collector of customs at Port
Townscnd. Investigation sut on foot by
Secretary Carlisle is said to hnvo unveiled a
conspiracy In which the officials In question
wcro Involved , by reason of which the
wholesale smuggling of Chinese and opium
was accomplished in the ViiROt Sound dls-
trlct. Ilnd reports us to the management of
federal offices In that section have been Iti
existence for lit least ten yeirs , nnd the ras
cality has smirched politicians of both par
ties. If the removed officers are guilty of
the charges preferred , they should bo vig
orously punished. Dismissal from ofllco is
no moot penalty. Corruption among those
clothed with the administration of pnlillc
business Is oo ; of the moat dangerous cvlla
that can befall a nation. Secretary Carlisle
cannot , bo too prompt In dealing with the
offcndo rs.
Tlio U < ole Clll7iMi > Vlio Itorimci to Vote.
JifffM I/OH. Jcimw llryct tn Jtilu Foiiim.
Indifference to labile affairs shows Itself
not merely in a neglect to study them and
tit one's ' self to glvo a Judicious vote , but in
the apathy which does not care to glvo a
vote when : the tlmo arrives , it is a serious
evil already in some countries , si'.rious In
Ijomloti , very serious In Italy , serious enough
in thu United States , not indeed at presiden
tial , but at city nnd other local elections , for
some ro former to have proposed to punish
with a line the citizen who neglects to vote.
as in somoolil Greek city the law proclaimed
penalties against the citizen who in a sedi
tion stood aloof , taking neither ouo sldo nor
the other. For , unhappily , It is the re
spectable , well meaning , easy going citizen ,
as well as the merely Ignorant citizen , who
Is apt to bo listless. Those who have their
private ends to serve , their axes to grind
ami logs to roll , are not Indolent. Private
interest spurs them on ; and if the so-called
"good citizen , " who has no destro or aim ex
cept that good government \vnieh benefits
him no moro than every ouo else , does not
bestir himself , the public funds may become
the plunder and the public interests the
sport of unscrupulous adventurers.
o
01' HKTTKK TIMK.1.
Globe-Democrat : Hero and there wo hear
of the resumption of a wrecked bank , this
latest instance of the sort being in Los
Angeles. When banks reopen their doors a
week or two after closing them , us suvoral
have done recently , the financial situation
must bo pretty encouraging.
Philadelphia Press : California marks the
outer limit of the wave of collapse , distrust
and panic which really be an nearly thrco
years ago hi the fuiluros and shrinkage in
Argentine , China and India. Failures have
multiplied along the track of the tidal wave
started in thcso lands. liaring'a toppling
came first and from this collapse , spread
over Kurope , has this spring penetrated this
country anil now reaclfes California. If con
gress will give the country half a chance , re
action will begin next fall or spring and
18'J-t ' will bo a big booui year.
Philadelphia Times : Wo have now passed
the worst stage of the present financial re
vulsion unless all signs are at fault , and ,
beginning with the diffusion of over $100,000-
000 among business channels within the next
fortnight , there is every promise of steady
Improvement in the money s'tuatlon. Just
as it improves , contldimco and credit will im
prove with it , and then all must soon see
that our troubles have been greatly inten
sified by our own distrust of the boundless
resources and energies of the richest and
greatest country of tlio world.
Now York Times : Thu statement of foreign
trade for the mouth of May , issued by the
bureau of statistics , is distinctly encoura
ging in Itsbcaringon thocouraoof gold. The
excess of imports , which for March was
over jr,000,000 and for April over $2-1,000-
000 , has been reduced below $10,000.000
( S'J/JO.j.Ol ' ; ) ) for last month. As compared
with April , exports have increased about
$0.000.000 und imports have fallen off $ .j,000-
000. These figures do not include the pur
chases of Juno and July wheat lor export
which produced the fall in foreign exchange ,
stopped the export of gold and made a mo
mentary counter-movement possible.
Philadelphia Lodger : Some of the news
papers have been holding u special session
of congress on their own account , and have
taken , a vote on the repeal of the Sherman
silver act , which seems to show that it can
bo repealed without much trouble as soon as
congress shall assemble in September. If
that should bo the case , the way will ho
opened for an improvement of the financial
situation. It is already plain that the pros
pects of a repent are much better than they
wcro in March , and it is well that a special
session of congress was not called until the
people of the west anil south had been given
a demonstration of the gravity of the finan
cial situation. It will make them moro
ready to listen to the warnings of cxperi-
cuco as well as theory.
KKltR.iaKA. AM ) XU
Congressman Kcm will talk to the cole-
bra tors at St. Paul on the Fourth.
Thirty Osccola people have started for the
World's fair and will ho gone two weeks.
Grant Bothwoll , a Grant county ranch
man , was shot and probably fatally wounded
by a gun in the hands of Tom Held , which
was accidentally discharged.
Mrs , Myers of Fremont went Into court to
got a hunch of keys from her daughter ,
Daisy , but when the case came up for trial
the police judge dismissed it.
While drawing water from a well Herman
Budkii , aged (11 ( years , u wealthy farmer liv
ing nine mlles southeast of Hubbell , fell in
and drowned. His body was discovered two
hours later.
While Walter Yates , n Kansas bicyclist ,
was wheeling hla way through Hubbell , ho
was thrown from his wheel and besides hav
ing his shoulder dislocated , ho was other
wise painfully injured.
Miss Vena Johnson , ngod 18 , an employe of
the shirt factory nt Gothenburg , while wad
ing in the lake with some companions , ven
tured out too far anil was drowned before
assistance could reach her ,
, The corner stouo of ; the new Presbyterian
hurch at Beatrice will bo laid July 0 with
appropriate exercises. Hev Dr. George li.
Hays of Kansas City , one of the noted
divines of the denomination , will deliver the
dedicatory adircss ,
Michael Mohor of Adalr , la. , while on his
way homo from Colorado , ilioii aboard a
KOCH : Island train nnd his body was taken
from thu cars nt Lincoln to bo prepared for
burial. Ho had been in Colorado for the
bonulltof hU health.
A recent trip through the central portion
of Gage county , s iys the Beatrice Express ,
develops the pleasant fact that the corn out
look Is the boat for years. An Immense acro-
nKo has been planted and it is generally well
. advanced for the season. Oats will make
about half a crop. In some sections visited
however , the oats outlook is excellent.
Wheat , of course , will bo very no.ir a failure.
Potatoes glvo promise- a big yield , nnd In
brief the crop projects for the current year
are all that could be desired excepting as re
gards wheat and oats.
o
n.Hi i ! ii.it.r
Fomcnttle Journal.
Huso liall unto n woman U
A tiling of my tury ,
\Vliat uluasuru inon can got from It
She really cannot co.
- To her a "lusu hit" and u "foul"
buem very much tlio HIIIIIU ;
Sim imver could gut any fun
, From such a utujild guino.
Hut when a maldun full * In love
. With a IKISO hall yimni ; man ,
y Noothurpiinia could Interest
That girl as IMMS hull cnn.
She watelim ruptlr every pluy ,
And iicr tliiiHluH
At every llttlu tlilni ; would throw
A "cranW" Into u spasm.
Anil does she understand It all ?
Why , houvi'ii Mom you , nol
Kliu 1 coinnlutaly mit
If
Of tiiuIiiKu koun InUirout
In tills mysturlouigaoio
And lie MUM through her subterfuge ,
And lovci hur Jiut tlio sumo.
nu.wi.v/si : i.vo HAIUIOA msar.
Untttil Stnttt Inwtnr , June M.
Tolographlo dispatch * from Omaha , Nob. ,
announce the fact that the railroad compa
nion nro retaliating , as they threatened to
do when the maximum rate bill wat up for
consideration. The repott adds that Presi
dent Perkins of the Burlington Inspected nil
lines In Nebraska and Immediately upon his
return ordered n now tlmo card j that several
passenger trains on branch lines will bo dis
continued ; that the discontinuance of these
trains Is In pursuance of nn agreement inado
with the Union Pacific , which also has a
number of branch lines In the Aurora dis
trict ; nnd that nil passenger trains on the
latter road will also bo discontinued.
U Is moro than likely that this report U
Inaccurate ami exaggerated , but there evi
dently must bo some foundation to It , and
whatever action the railroads take In the
direction of retaliatory measures must bo
condemned as unwise. As a matter of
principle It nmy not bo right for legisla
tures to control or coerce the management of
any railroad corporation , but It matters not
In this Instance , so far as concerns a pollt'y
of retaliation. It Is now a question of con
ditions nnd expediency and not of principle ,
The railroads for years have , In the estim
ation of the people of the west , taken advan
tage of the producers , shippers and. passen
gers lu Nebraska. Becoming desperate nt
what they considered the continued oppres
sion , the populist legislature of ISOO-Ot passed
n most radlcal.'maximum freight rate bill , but
Governor Boyd , a conservative business man
ami a democrat , vetoed the hill and It was
never a law. In the legislature of IS'.tMM
the populists nnd democrats Joined hands
nnd passed another , buta very much modified ,
maximum freight rate bill , and Governor
Crounso , a consorvatlvo business man and a
republican , approved the bill , anil It Is now n
law. If tlio provisions of this nut nro unjust
nnd Inequitable in their effect unon the earn
ings of railroad companies , the attorneys of
the roads can easily seek redress In the
courts , nnd will bo very likely to obtain re
lief. Such a course will bo inexpensive , and
ought to satisfy both sides. Western rail
roads make n grievous mlstako in thus bit
terly antagonizing the proletariat at every
turn. It Is this pugnacious course which
railroad managers pursue that has fostered
the unfriendly feeling now existing in these
western states.
Touching lightly upon thcso things nnd
passing on , it can bo said that if the pruning
knlfo Is applied to western roads , and they
are relieved of the burden of supporting and
transporting deadheads , lawyers , ward
heelers , corrupt politicians , lobbyists and
the countless army of camp followers and
other barnacles , tlio business of carrying
paying ft eight and passengers will ho
revolutionized. By such a readjust
ment the farmer will ho called upon
to pay a reasonable rate for the service
rendered to him alone , instead of his
being charged enough moro to make up
for the deadheads , etc. This position works
two ways. Retaliation means loss to the
stockholders as well as inconvenience to the
public. Careful railroading means profit for
the stockholders as well as convenience to
the public. Careless , deadhead railroading
means profit for the salaried management
and the recipients of the deadhead favors ,
but It means reduced profits for the stock
holder and hardship for the farmer. If man
agers of western roads will treat the west
with consideration in thcso matters they
will bo best serving the interests of the men
who employ them. The fact that the stock
holders' rights are paramount is too seldom
remembered in these wars between mana
gers and patrons , and lately they have been
lost sight of altogether.
UXJSQIT.IL AUSEbSJTEXTS.
OVAHA , Juno 27. To the Editor of Tun
BEE : Thanks for your editorial on the
assessments as legal robberies , for they are
nothing less. I hope you will continue your
exposures of our miserable mode of assess
ment , for there Is no subject that so deeply
interests the willing taxpayer of Omaha
today.
The facts are , that the small homo owners
and the man who Improves the city by put-
tins : his money Into brick ami mortar are
paying the city expenses , while the rich
men who own the land , as well as the
assessors , are shirking their Just share of
taxation.
What a burning shame it Is to Omaha
that the only real good measure in our new
charter was defeated at Lincoln last winter
( the assessment clause ) and that too by the
very men who are today and always have
escaped their just share of taxation. Have
your reporters look up the assessments of all
the largo land owners who never put any
money into buildings and you will find that
they nro not paying on one-twentieth valua
tion on tlioir lands , while wo of the center
jf the city , who have borrowed money and
Improved the city ns well ns the value of
their property and are paying them from 8
to 10 ror cent Interest , on which they pay no
taxes.
Wo nro paying taxes on our property on n
valuation of from ono-fourth to one-tenth.
As you say U Is tlmo to call n halt. And
there Is no subject so Interesting to the hon
est taxpayer at the present time. 1 hope
you will keep It tip nnd toll us Just what pro
portion of the taxes the tax shlrKors are
paying and who they nro and why thov had
the assessment clause m the now clutter
stricken out.
TAXFAYKtt Wito 13 PATISQ ox Osn-Fountn
VAI.UATIOH.
UltKAT VAlt.8.
A Montana Tcmn Lot Hclirmo Hint SniacM
of IinpOKtitrc.
GIIHAT FAT.U , Mont. , Juno 34. To the FA\ \ *
tor of THR BKK : I consider it my duty to di
rect the attention of the citizens ot Omaha
and adjacent | x > lnts to what appears to bo a
llagrnnt Imposture and to apprise thorn In a
general way In relation thereto.
Situated several miles from town uro two
additions to the city of Great Falls , ono
known as llossack'.s addition , the other ns
F. ] j. Hes.sack's addition. This property Is
being sold In lots ( I bcllovo 20x100 foot In
area ) to persons residing \ \ \ anil around
Oniahn nt prices , 1 think , varying from 10
to 4'200 per lot , 1 nm Informed that the
county clerk , recorder and county assessor
are daily In receipt of a greater iiumhor of
communications , from pcoplo who have been
Induced to buy property m that neighbor
hood , than they can jxjsslbly answer. There
fore this letter may bo of some service.
An acquainlance of mlno who recently
came to town , who Just previously had been
snemtitiK n few weeks In Omaha , was re
quested to look up this property by a certain
party who had Invested considerable money
In It. Ho went on horseback In the direc
tion in hlch ho was Informed It was sit
uated. After traveling a couple of hours
and seeing nothing on all sides but n broad
exi.inso of prairie , ho returned homo nnd
communicated to his friend the condition of
the soil and the climate in that locality.
I question whether there Is n single- house
In Hossack's additions ; certainly I can find
no ono who knows of one. This land , par
celed off In the way It Is , Is being sold at
from $100 to $500 per acre. Two and two aud
one-half miles nearer to town is plenty ot
land that rain bo purchased for $ iporacro.
If I wished 1" could send you let
ters from people residing in Omaha
asking about the box factory , mill and ele
vator , the street car service lu that vicinity ,
etc. , etc. Such a thing as a box factory
doesn't exist , the mill nnd elevatornro within
twenty minutes ndu on the electric street
car line from the business center and not
five miles out on the pralrlo : street cars , I
think 1 can safely predict , will not run to
Hossnck's additions for twenty years to
come , and in all probability never. Young
men will grow old and old men vMll die before -
fore the property at Ilossack's additions will
bo worth $100 per acre.
Now , 1 have friends and relatives residing
in your vicinity , and I should regret exceed
ingly that they should ho duped by any misrepresentation -
representation of facts ; and so long as I
have iho sense of distinguishing between
right anil wrong I feel it my duty to expose
that which is wrong.
Great Falls is a thriving young city-a city
that has had a more- rapid growth than per
haps any other In the west , n city that has
greater water power than tlio combined
water power of all other cities in the states ,
and a city that promises to bo ono of the
largest between St. Paul and the coast a
city that offers hotter opportunities for in
vestment , probably , than any other , and it
seems a shame that people who are Irving
to take advantage of these opportunities
should bo so grossly misdirected.
DUDMSY CllOWTHP.il.
TIIK JOI.I.Y citoirn.
Inter Ocean : "lias Jones now quarters re
cently ? "
"Oil , yes ; ho borrowed several from
last
Somorvllo Journal : Ice from ono to two
Inches thick will hold up : i man. The iiioinau
does the same thing , practically , > > lth his bill.
Washington Star : "Don't you think you
could take down that stovoplpu wlthoutcall-
liiKlu : i man to helo you ? " slio usKod.
"No , I ilu not. A stovoplpo Is constitution
ally a Joint allalr. " _
Huffalo Courier : While the spoon Is an Iii-
slirnlliciinl article to look nt. It has probably
caused more stir In the world than any other
ono thing. _
Chicago Trlhuno : Footpad Hold up yer
linml.s , . _ .
Traveler ( just in from the far west ) Stit-
t'nly , piird , hut 'twon't do yo no good. Tlio
railroads btiuck mo fust.
Philadelphia Ilecord : Ilugglfls What did
you do when you found that you had no
inonov. after in-doling a Inrgo bottlu ?
Muggins Oh , I was teirlhly uut out about It.
Llfo : She ( the nearest to him ) I hope you
ilun't think my Ualhlngdiess lu bad foiui , do
yTlo ( criticallyxliouliln't ) put , It that way.
Hut 1 think thoro's uo bad form In your bath
ing dress.
Texas Sittings : She I have lCon awake for
four hours wiiltlns ! for you to como homo from
Ho I 'havo hi'on watting for four hours at
the club for you to RO to sloop.
I'I'.IIVIMIRITY.
A now umbrella ho niocuroil ,
Ho carried It with prldo.
Anil not a. slnglo cloud uppoarea
The mulling I'y 1 ° hldo.
Ono day 'tis man's unhanpy lot
In this way to 1m pained
Thlssamo uinbri-llii ho foiROt ,
Anil , gracious , how ( trained !
& CO.
Largest Munnfnctiirora nnil Itotallurj
ol UJotlilux lutho World.
Such a Fuss
As some men make over their toilet when the
weather is a little warm
would make you weary ,
They claw at their collars
clutch at their cuffs , and rip
out rough remarks in front
of the looking glass , and got
so steamed up generally that
it's a wonder the mercury
stays on the glass. It doosn'
cost one individual , solitary ,
lonesome cent more to dress
cool and comfortable , if you know whore to get
your summer wear. Cool coats , cool shirts , cool
vests , cool collars , cool underwear , cool hosiery ,
cool neckwear , cool hats ; all at the lowest prices for
high class stylish goods.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,