i . . iii iiliiDiiiiii i
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , JUNE 29 , 1893.
THIS DAILY BEE.
K. UUSnWATEtt , IMIUir.
THUMB OK SIMISC'RII'TION.
pully lice ( without Hutiday ) Ono Year. . * 8 00
J > nllv and Sunday , Ono Year . . . . 1(100 (
Blx Months . g °
Three Months . . , . . . . . . . . . . 250
fitindnv UPC , Ono Vmr . ? OO
Paturifny lleo. Onn Yonr . J 52
Weekly lice , Ono Yonr . l ° °
OMVV'FA
Ontahft.Tlio Hen Building.
Pouth Ontnlin , corner N nnd 2 < ? th Streets.
Council IllilIT' , 12 IVnrl Street.
ClilcncnOfllrc , 317 Uliitinlxirot Commerce.
Now York , Itooms 13 , 14 mid 10 , Trlbuno
Biilldlnir ,
Washington , 513 Fourteenth Street.
COHHKSl'ONnnNCE.
All communications ictntltit to news mid
editorial matter should bo uddrossod : To the
Editor.
llltSlNrsS LKTTKHS.
AlllititlncvslottoM : itul romlttJincns should
bo nddrosied lo The IJco Publishing Co rnpany.
Oiniilm. Drafts , chocks and postortlco orders
tobomrulo pavnblo to the ordur of tlio com
pany ,
I'nrtlcttlnavlnjUlior.lty for tlio summer can
have tlio llr.K smit tliulr address by leaving on
order at tills onicc ,
THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY.
SWOIIN STATKMKNT Ol' CIUCULAT10N.
State of Nebraska , I
County of DouclaR. ( . . . ,
Oco. II. Tzwlinck , Six-rotary of Tim Ttr.f publish-
Inif company ilot-H HoU-mnW nwpar that ilia actual
circulation of TIIK IJAil.v IIKK for Iho woch ciidlrnr
Juno 2 1 , IBtlrt , an OB follows !
Humlny.JimolS . 22-25
Monday , Jiiiin II ) . a2-2.,2
TuoMlny. Juno 20 . a-A ; ! , , '
Tliumlnv , Junn aa
rrldar.Jiinn''U
Saturday , Juno 2J . 21.710
GKOIIOK II. Trscitucic.
, , SWOUN lo bcforo inn nnd nntmcrlbed In
1 BBAI , ! my prcBcnco tills 2 till ilav of Juno , 180:1. :
I , I N. 1' . l''KH. , Notary 1'ubllc.
Tim Itco 111 ClilntRo.
TIIR DAU.Y nnd SUNDAY HUB Is on sale In
Ohlcnpnut tlu > following places !
I'alinnr house.
Grand Piiclllo hotel.
Auditorium holol.
Great Northern hotel
Ooro hotel.
Icl nnil hotol.
Wells It. Sl/.f-r , 1 BO Htato street.
Flics of TIIR IlF.r. can bo Been at the No-
nranka building uud the Administration build
ing , Exposition urounds.
Avantgo Clrriilntlim lor .M it V , 1893 , 8-1,417
COLhKCTOK NOUTII has arrived with
his padlock.
THE silver mines may close down but
the woatorn farmer will conlinuo to raise
itninonso crops of wheat and corn.
if
attorney general may bo wlllinp
to send Moshor to the Lincoln peniten
tiary , but .Tiulgo Dumly is popularly be
lieved to have something to Bay about it.
SINCE the price of silver struck the
toboggan slide there has been a notice
able shrinkage in the value of the argu
ments in favor of free and unlimited
coinage.
IT WAS decidedly unfortunate for
David Bennett Hill that the council of
India should abandon frco silver coinage
just as ho foil from the fence into the
free silver camp.
TllEUE should bo little occasion for o
panic in a country like the United
States , whore the people have some
thing like $1,700,000,000 on deposit in
the savings banks.
THE head that wears the Gorman
crownis , resting easier over the favor
able prospect of the success of the armj
Hlj bill. The majority will bo a narrow
ono , but 'twill sorvo.
THE real financial problem of the elaj
is not how moro money shall bo issued
by the government , but how the money
already issued can bo induced to cntot
lute general circulation.
THE Texas land agents and town lol
boomers are just now in full sympathy
with tlio objects of the gulf railroat
convention at Lincoln. This is not
however , a good season for suckers.
A LAUGK majority of the ropublicar
and democratic newspapers of the coun
try unlto in favoring honest money. I
the populist editors will fall in line the
sentiment in favor of a 100-cent dollai
will bo practically unanimous.
As A political manager Emporoi
"William is in every wuy the poor o
Calvin S. Brlco or David Bennett Hill
His success in overturning a formidable
majority in the German Reichstag wai
mainly duo to the introduction ol Amor
lean methods.
JUST now the gold laced commodoroi
of the United States navy are boasting
of their ability to "muko hay out of th <
Chinese navy. " In view of the poacofu
relations now existing between thi
country and the llowory kingdom , tin
commodores are too painfully obtrusive
THE Chadron-Chicago cowboy
lias boon rim without much injury i
man or beast , Nebraska is grateful t
the humanitarians for the advortisini
they contributed to the state throng !
their frantic efforts to stop the race
The average Nebraska grown branch
docs not nuod their sympathy.
Now that the Hurgeon general of th
marines has announced that the Unitoi
States is in no danger from a cholera in
vaslon this year , thocountry will breath <
easier. But the hare aniiouncomont t
the marines should not deter the hoaltl
authorities on the seaboard from oxer
olsliig an unrolontlng vigilance.
PKOPM-J who have long sluco abai :
donod all hopes of living until the ml !
lonnlum puts in an appearance will d
well to emigrate to Ohio and await th
BUCCOSS of the prohibition party in thti
Btato. That party hua just enunciated
platform which demands woman su
frago , absolute prohibition of the llquc
tratllo , prohibition of speculation , pr <
lection of the day of rest , and nbou
everything elbe that appeals to the sent
roontu of people who expect to make th
world just right by statutory etmotmon
WE THINK wo voice the provallln
Bontlmout union ? democratic candidaU
for positions in Nebraska land ollloi
when wo eay that the proposed ubandoi
inont of some of these olllcoa is an eve
lasting shame upon the ndiulnUtratic
ut Washington. These candidates } \ & \
feel on hope glnco last November. Du
Ing the campaign they sawed wood , ca
rlod torches and Hod about Urn tariff n
for Grover Cleveland and an ofllci
They deserve bettor things at the hunt
of the Dedicated Quo ,
T//H / tt'KHTAXJt TIIK OUrtKBiVCV.
The eastern inon who write opinions
for eastern papers scorn to Jmvo fallen
Into n common error as to the trtio senti
ments of the west in regard to the
national currency. In everything they
wrlto they seem to ako it for granted
that the only people In the United States
who are sincerely in earnest in their de
mands for honest money iiro these who
live in the llttlo strip of country between
tlio Allughonios and the Atlantic. Act
ing upon this theory , they are persistent
In their iterations that the people of
"tho west" are attempting to force upon
the nation n policy that would , to say
the least , bo a aorlous menace to the
prosperity of the country. They are
continually asserting that It Is in "tho
west , " that the dangerous theories of
finance have their origin and their
strongest .support.
Thu people of the woit nro not alto
gether blameless for the ignorance of
the custom people as to their trno son-
tlments upon the currency question.
It is undeniably true that the loudest
exponents of the visionary and 1m-
practicable financial theories which
have HO unduly alarmed the moro
sensitive natures of the eastern people
live hero in the west ; but it is equally
trim that the men who advocate the
doctrine of debased currency have but
few followers. The growth of the pop
ulist narty in the west is by no means
an evidence of the growth of a senti
ment in favor of a cheap or a dishonest
dollar. That party exists today more as
a rebuke to the dishonest methods of the
older parties in the conduct of affairs
in western states than as a demand for a
radical departure in national llnancial
methods. The populist enunciation in
regard ti the financial problem is
merely an incident in its development ,
not the cause of it.
The west recognizes no geographical
lines when it comes to the question of
honest money. The men who have de
veloped the empire of territory lying
bntwoon the Mississippi river and the
Pacific coast are as firmly grounded in
the principles of honest llnanco ag their
brethren in the cast. In the west as in
the cast , dovolopmant lias como along
diversillod linos.Vhllo agriculture
has unquestionably taken the lead , man
ufacturing has followed closely behind ,
nnd today Industry in the west is as
ramified as in the oast. The people of
the west recognized as readily as
these of the cast the broad
underlying principle that prosperity is
only possible in a nation where
the dollar of OHO section is equally the
dollar of another. This principle is as
much the basis of financial controversy
west of the Mississippi river as east cf
it. Tlio people of the west recognize ,
too , the fact that the interests of the
bovornl geographical sections of the
country are interdependent. The cast
with its abnormally developed manu
facturing interests would find but little
demand for its wares if deprived of the
inexhaustible market always at hand in
the great agricultural west , while , upon
tlio other side , the enormous surplus of
the west would bo aS valueless as an ac
cumulation of rubbish if shut out from
the great nfarkots of the east. This
being true , how can the west bo accused
of favoring a dishonest currency/ and
repudiation of honest debts ? How can
the cast arrogate to itself all the finan
cial virtue of the country ? The assump
tion is as false as it is ridiculous.
Opinions may differ as to the volume of
currency necessary to transact the busi
ness of the nation ; but as to the charac
ter of the currency the great mass ol
western people is in acoora with the con
servative people of the oast.
A GllANOK TIIK ItULKH.-
The Fifty-first congress made a record
for business almost unprecedented in
the history of the government. The
reason for this was that it established
rules which enabled the majority to acl
and prevented the minority from ob
structing legislation. The method ol
doing this was a good deal criticised al
the time , but the intelligent judgment
of the country has since approved of it
The indisputable fact is that without
such rules as wore adopted by the coiv
gross of which Speaker llocd was the
loader a great deal of most important
legislation , which has boon of great
benefit to thocountry , would have failed
The democratic party was bitterly hos
tile to the course pursued in the Fifty'
first congress in order to secure logisla
lion which the majority believed to hi
necessary , but at this time the democ
racy is not so hostile to that form o
parliamentary rules.
A * recent interview with ono of tlu
members of the committee on rules o
the last congress , who will probably oc
oupy a similar position in the coming
congress , olictod the statement that i
radical ohnngo in the rules will bo nccos
sary in order to onublo the majority t
carry out its plans and wishes. In tin
Fifty-first congress there was no dtlll
oulty , because the rules permitted tin
speaker to count n quorum when a sufll
clent number of the members of tin
hoiibo was present to constitute ;
quorum , and having done this , tin
speaker had the right to declare tlio re
milt of a vote on the strength of the at
tendance. By this method , \vhcn then
Was a quorum of the house , th
vote on. any measure was decl.-i
Ivo. The last congress wont haul
to the old system , which in vioi
of the great democratic majority in til
house it was practicable ti do withau
any serious danger to legislation. Th
( lomccratiu majority in the next hous
Will not ba so great , and the leaders ar
debating the propriety of muking rule
that will enable the majority to rule.
This promises to furnish ono cause c
a blt'.or contest l > etwoon the democrat !
factions in the next congress. The a (
ministration forces , or moro proper !
that clement of the party which Is In syn
pathy with the financial views of tli
administration , will endeavor to sccut
u modification of the rules which wl
exclude filibustering , ami this will I
vigorously opposed by the silver moi
It is on th la that the flrdt grout fight I
the next house of loprosontatlvoa I
likely to ccour , and the rohiilt will jira
tlcally determine what will bo done wit
the silver question soar as the house i
roprooontativos Is concerned , The hoj
of the administration policy rogan
Lug tllvor is plainly dopendoi
upon the rules which the next
liouso of representatives shall adopt ,
and the Indications now are that the Influence -
fluonco of the administration will bo
given in favor of the practical restora
tion of the rules of the Fifty-first con-
gros , under which the majority was al
ways enabled to have Us will respected.
If this is done , and there Is every reason
to bellovo that It will bo , the financial
policy of the administration will stand n
very good chauco of success , whllo it
will furnish a complete endorsement of
the rules of the last republican congress
nnd the rulings of "Czar Rood. "
According to the latest advices the
now Gorman Reichstag , which will con
vene on July 4 , will have a bare major
ity for the goeminent. . The exact force
) f the several parties cannot yet bo accu-
atoly stated , bat the figures indicate
.lint the supporters of the army bill will
mvo just enough to carry that measure
when the organization Is completed , and
If this shall prove to be the case the
jovornmont will undoubtedly , If it
jo disposed , bo able to add to Its
strength sullicient to absolutely In
sure the success of Ha policy. It Is
in Interesting fact in connection \vlth
iho second balloting , if the statements
of tlio correspondents hro to bo accepted
as trustworthy , that the government
inudo no extraordinary effort to control
votes. The statement has been made
that not an ofllclal hand was stirred in
Berlin to direct the voting , and 111 tit not
oven ( the provincial olllcoholdors wore
required to exert any influence in induc
ing the people to support the candidates
favorable to the army bill. The govern
ment , so far as appeared on the surface ,
maintained a policy of absolute noninterference -
interference , and by reason of this
the result of the second ballots ia re
garded as a great moral victory for the
emperor and the chancellor. The fact
is that somebody has done admirable
political work that has resulted very
greatly to the advantage of the govern
ment.
Perhaps an explanation of the result ,
and it may bo the true ono , is to bo
found in a popular apprehension of the
growth of socialism. The rapid spread
of socialistic ideas , threatening to resolve -
solve the contest in the German empire
to u war between imperialism and
socialism in their extreme forms ,
may have alarmed the conservative
elements of the country nnd induced
them to como to the assistance of the
government , not because they believe it
is desirable to increase the military
burden , but for the reason that they
think it would bo wiser to do this than
to surrender the empire to the control
of the socialists. After all , the heart of
the Gorman people is with the emperor ,
and while they will- resent any move
ment in the direction of despotic rule
they will not withhold support which'is
clearly shown to bo essential to the
preservation uud the integrity of the
empire.
It would scotn that the imperial gov
ernment has been guided in connection
with the second balloting by the wisest
and most prudent considerations. The
emperor himself , too much given upon
extraordinary occasions to intemperate
utterances which havo. the effect to un
duly excite the people and furnish politi
cal capital for his opponents , has been
discreetly silent since the first elections ,
and his example has boon wisely fol
lowed by his prime minister. Thus
the government has dune nothing
to excite the passions of the
people or to furnish ammunition
to its opponents , shrewdly resting
ts case upon an appeal already made to
the popular patriotism and in behalf of
national security. The wibdom of this
course seems to be fully justified in the
esult. What seemed two weeks ago to
> o inevitable defeat for the government
ias been changed to victory , which , al
though not so complete as the emperor
desired and hoped for , is still far bettor
; han ho had reason to expect after the
first ballot. The difficulties in the way
of the government earring out its policy
liavo not been wholly removed , but they
are loss serious than before the last
elections.
TJ1K KKH' YUllK It
The sixth annual convention of the
State Republican league of Now York
lias just closed a notable session at Sara
toga and republicans over the country
generally will find much in their delib
erations to commend. While many of
the reputed leaders of the party wore
noticeably absent , the gathering was at
tended by delegates who undoubtedly
represented the conservative working
forces of the republican organization
in the Einplro ntato. In their delibera
tions the delegates addressed themselves
almost solely to financial questions , onlj
referring to the tariff and other Issues
incidentally. In their addresses and ir
the resolutions the democratic- part }
was freely charged with vaccillation am
timidity in dealing with the llnancla
crisis. The conservatism of the Empire
Btato republicans is shown In the pledge
to lend to President Cleveland theli
loyal and patriotic support in as far ui
ho proves himself bettor that his party
The keynote of the general sontitnon
was sounded In the resolution which declared
clarod their hollof "that every dollni
issued by the United States govern
ment should be maintained nnd noitho
the debtor nor the creditor class shouh
bo granted legislation to further tin
Hellish Interests of cither. Whatovo
legislation may bo onuctod on that sub
ject should have constantly in view thi
maintenance of the parity of gold am
silvor. Wo doubt the sincerity of th
democratic party in favor of an hones
dollar , believing that its record on tlia
question as uhowj } by its representative
in congress and It3 platform of 1892 ii
favor of repealing the 10 per cent taxo
state bank notes represent the true pc
sltion of that party on the eurrono
question. '
In thus confining itself to financial it
sues the New York republicans have ut
doubtedly given evidence of sound poli
cal judgment. A campaign this ful
waged on the tariff Issue would bo r :
dloulous. The tariff can hardly bo a
lst.no until the democratic majority i
congress raises it to that dignity by foi
mulating u measure which will untage
nlzo the policy loft by the republicans a
a legacy to the present administratloi
But , on the other liund , n continuation
of the existing financial situation , with
Its perplexing uncertainties , la sure to
force the money question Into promi
nence In the congressional campaign of
next year. ij |
Looking at tha Mntlor from this utnml-
point the action jilff the Now York Re
publican league \Vn3 \ both tlmoly and
commendable. It has laid a very sub
stantial basis for'/a campaign n year
hence and at thotfertuio time has created
n feeling of oonlldonco , which will stand
the party in goo.liatead in tlio state cam
paign this fall. i
THE man at the head of the projected
Ynnkton < fc Norfolk railroad telegraphs
from London that ho has completed ar
rangements for Ironing the road ai'.l '
that the entire line will bo finished by
fall from Norfolk to Sioux Falls. The
importance of this Intelligence toOmaha
cannot bo overestimated. The crops in
South Dakota nro reported bettor this
year than for the past five seasons , nnd
stock growers have enjoyed a most
prosperous year , Omaha has a market
for all the live stock that can bo shipped
from South Dakota , and our merchants
have the goods to exchange for the pro
ducts of that state. Wo have roads to
the south , the cast , the west and north
west , but no direct line to the north ,
without which the merchants and manu
facturers of Nebraska cannot compote
with eastern shippers as long as South
Dakota territory is in the hands of the
Chicago roads.
Tun direct effect of the World's ' fair
upon the growth of Chicago's popula
tion will bo watched with Interest by
the people of the west , who naturally
ti.ko pride in the only formidable rival
of Now York City. It is announced ,
with u great nourish of trumpts , that ,
upon the basis of the names printed in
the now city directory , Chicago has n
population of 2,100.000. , This makes
her the largest city in America. But
there is something a little suspicious
about a directory population under the
circumstances. The work of building
for the exposition nnd the prospects of
money-making during its life have un
doubtedly drawn a large floating popu
lation to Chicago , but the directory com
piled a year IK nco will be much moro
reliable as a basis for computing the
city's population than the ono just issued.
EoiTon DANA continues to bo the
thorn in the democratic side. Ho now
insists that if thdI < AHminlstrutlon is de
termined to ignore the Chicago plat
form another national convention shall
bo called and the platform utterances
formally rescinded. A great many
democrats in this country will breathe a
sigh of relief when the Sun editor goes
out of politics.
The Iini&irEunt I'olnt.
QlolxftD&nocrat.
It doesn't matter why the Sherman law
was passed or whtclipart.v had most to do
with It. The important point is that it has
turned out to bo a national misfortune , and
both parties ought tojvoto for its repeal.
o
IUoouraiuu1i > uiicrat8 ,
The democrats of tno west do not scorn to
bo in a very hopeful condition. In two
states , at least , they are busy hunting can
didates for governors. In Iowa and Ohio
there scorns to bo a sad dearth of nmbltlous
democrats , and the postponement of the
state oonvontlons there does not speak well
for party enthusiasm.
A Purtlunn .Mllltla.
Detroit Free I're > s.
It is said that the Kansas populists are
huaily rcorttanlzinp the militia of the state
with n viuw to holding possession of the capitol -
itol next winter , provided the enemy should
endeavor to oust them. If this bo true they
are wasting vnluaulo time and money , for
military rule in the time of profound peace
will not bo tolerated , oven In Kansas.
Sioux Soldiers n Failure.
Kaiitaa City Star.
The oxperlcnco of malclng soldiers out of
Sioux warriors is in danger of total failure.
The red men have found that the carrying
of knapsacks Is beneath their dignity nmJ
propose to retire to private llfo as soon as
over they can. If the government over ox-
peota to make a success of the project , II
will have to onllst squaws to do the hard
work.
o
I'avoniljln Sit'in.
/nrtfamipolta Journal.
There appears to bo a growing confidence
in tlio best posted circles that the decision Ii
the Bering sea affair will bo favorable to the
United States. Even the Anglomaniac nrcss
has t-oased to depreciate the claims of the
American sldo. The fact that the counsel o :
Great Britain has declared that the aoals
must bo protected by international agree
incut is a yielding.
Haymow Moneymimlrtcs.
I'MkidclphM Lc < lur.
Ono of the western speakers at the congress -
gross of bankers presented to that astonished
body the absurd theory usually confined tn
populist journals , that the present llnancial
situation hud been brought about by eastern
capitalists in nn effort to discredit silver. It
Is scai-cely possible to teach such people
financial truths. When their follies thrust
the truths upon them in the shape of banli
failures they find a bogey man in the east tc
whom to ascribe their troubles , Instead ol
attributing thorn to the real cause , unwise
legislation. _
Cuimdu ( Iocs NrbriuUu Ono Unttor.
rMlaiWphln Vrui.
There nro some clover contractors on pub
lie. works in Canada , where tlio art of hov\ \
not to do It as applied to government Jobi ha :
been pr-icticod with extraordinary success ol
lato. Some of these thrifty fellows whc
had a $175,000 contract for building tw <
bridges across the Lachlno canal at Montreal
troal have already drawn $000,000 , and tin
work is not yet comphnod , Ttioy Imuloi
stone by teams from amiarry ] twenty mile :
distant , although a Vnilroad ran illroetl ;
from the quarry to thljTbridgos. Stone tha
should have coat $5 iiqr cubio yar.l to cu
was paid for at the rjitq of $3' ) a yard , whlli
on ono contract iW.Oyij'was paid for luinbo
that should liiivo coat hut § I-1,000. Evhleiul ;
the Canadian rascaty.n'ro developing int
truly continental prop flons.
Tim Dalit Hupinlliitoil ,
Kew York Tribune.
And above nil. Mr..Cl&Vfilund owes n deb
of gratitude to AdlallQCcarryiug in his lofl
Hand trousers' pocUolj pra month before tli
election the lofl hiudufiot ) of u gravoyar
rabbit. Without this ft Is generally b <
llovod throughout the south , and In man
northern communities whluh have been uiud
prosperous In spite of Ufa tariff by seeing th
now moon over the rlght shoulder , thai th
ticket would have boon anownd under. Mi
Cleveland seems to have forgotten this lir
portant circumstance. While 1m was fist
ing with "ucU-grummeu" In Huzzard'
Hay or discussing finance with Ella
Cornelius Benedict in the cabin of th
Oneida and letting the campaign run Use )
Adlai 13. Sto'-enson was lugging tha lol
hind foot of a graveyard rabbit through th
southern states , clearing the way to th
great victory In November. For Mr , Cleveland
land to treat him In the way ho U doln
seems the height of ingratitude. It is vor
distressing. Duo cannot think of Adla
sitting in the aolitudo of hU Bloomingto
oltlco contemplating that loft hind foot of
graveyard rabbit , without being u good des
tumbled up with emotion. Ho makes i
think of the forlorn confederate soldlc
who sat on a stump after Leo's eurrondc
and said "lio'd bo darned if ho'd over \o\ \
another country. "
tUOIITH AT TIIK P.tllt.
Ecuador Is chiefly represented by prim-
tlvo pottery nnd quocr wood carvings ,
Unull exhibits n chair that belonged teem
) om Pedro , nlso his saddle , brldlo , spurs
ami other accoutrements.
The 23fiOO American exhibitors nf the
World's ' tnlr propose to rnlso $100,000 to bo
expended In tlio celebration of the Fourth
of July.
Pennsylvania will mnko Chicago n present
of the state building and its contents at the
close of the exposition ; the gift docs not In
clude the Liberty boll.
About 700 men of Now York's famous
Seventh regiment will go to Chicago to
assist In the celebration September 4 of
Now York day. The stnto will pay tlio ex-
louses to the amount of $33,000.
The government lias sent to the exposition
.ho Hlako , a vessel fully equipped for making
Icop sea soundings and measuring currents.
The Blnko has surveyed IW.OOO miles of the
shore line of the United States. U Is pro
vided with n system of anchorage which
> ormiu It being hold at anchor In water
1'J.OOO foot deep.
The caravels nro to bo received with elab
orate ceremony at Chicago. All the craft on
the lake will meet them. The nnchorago
will bo made near the convent of I.a Hiblda.
The crows nro to bo escorted to thu Admin
istration building and formally welcomed. A
luncheon at La Hiblda Will follow , with fire
works In the evening.
The product in which Brazil Is most proud
Is her furniture and other articles made of
lior native woods. A very plain parlor sot
made of Jaearunda wood , resembling ebony ,
Is valued at $1,000. nnd a single nrni chnlr ,
with legs , arms and back elaborately carved ,
is said to bo worth $1,000. Thu chair repre
sents the work of ono man for six months.
Tlio Alaska exhibit lu the Govorumunt
building contains gold , ores , garnet. * nnd
other crystals ; woods , cedar , spruce , alder
ami hemlock ; furs nnd fishes ; copper nnd
sliver ornaments , charms , toys , weapons ,
musical instruments , pipes and lamps hol
lowed out of stone ; baskets , mats , wood
carvings ; the outllt of u native doctor ; boats
and llsnlng tacklu ; tlio entire wardrobe of n
native ; everything , in fact , used In Alaskan
llfo is hero represented ,
In the Moorish palace visitors need to kcop
their wits about thorn. The place is filled
with Illusions which try the temper of the
unwary. On the ground floor Is tha Album-
bra palace. It does not occupy more than
forty square feet , yut by an arrangement of
mirrors it looks many times us largo , The
visitor who knows U all marches boldly into
the pnlaco nnd usually comes slap up against
n mirror before ho finds out that iio has a
few things yo't to loam.
A steam mocking bird whistle was put
upon the roof of Machinery hall some time
ago , but has boon taken down again In order
that it may bo replaced by n larger one. The
now ono is to have a cylinder two foot long
and eight inches In diameter. It is intended
ns n signal to call firemen who may bo oft
duty when n flro breaks out , and also to
notify the Columbian guards to shut the
doors of the buildings to prevent crowds
from rushing to the Hro and getting in the
way of the lire companies.
The Venezuelan building is to bo dedicated
July 5 , the anniversary of that country's in
dependence. The standard of Plznrro ,
which waved 350 years ago over the conj
quoror of Peru , the congratulatory medal
presented by George Washington to Peru
and General Bolivar's sword , with a golden
shontb and l.COO diamonds in Its hilt , are
included in the building's treasures. Vene
zuelan commerce is represented by sjsrar ,
tobacco , liquors , leather , gold ores , fertil
izers , building stones , coftco , cocoa and oils.
The Maxim Gun company of London has
erected n building on the exposition grounds
where is shown an automatic gun which
shoots 750 cartridges per minute. It is fed
from a bolt holding 834 cartridges , and the
cartridges nro taken from the belt , inserted
and fired bv merely pressing n button. The
gun can. be attached to a saddle or light
wagon In a few minutes and is easily ad
justed. In the building there Is a cylinder of
boiler iron , twenty feet long and ono foot In
diameter , closed with a solid block of stool
hollowed so as to dollcct the balls Into the
ground , and through this cylinder the tests
are made , the gun barrel being inserted into
the other end of it.
ffjiiKASKA AXI ) A'KUK.ISKAXS ,
The Otoo County Medical society meets at
Syracuse today.
Mrs. Pottott of Warnervillo died at the
ngo of 80 years of cancer of the stomach.
Tne Nebraska City fathers have indefi
nitely postponed the ordinance taxing tele
phone poles.
Judge S. A. Holcomb , who has been qnlto
ill nt his homo in Broken Bow , is now re
ported to bo improving and out of danger.
Spontaneous combustion sot Hro to the
Model mills at Wilber , but the flames were
extinguished beloro much damage was done.
Jim Bennett of Nemaba City , whllo trying
to separate a pair of lighting lawyers at Au
burn , had a finger bitten off by ono of the
angry attorneys.
The Nebraska City starch factory will
close down next week for tbo llrst time
slncn the machinery was started over eigh
teen months ago.
Hastings has two Juvenllo bands. The
members of ono range in ago from 8 to 14
i cars and the musicians of the other are
from 15 to 18 years old.
A farmer living near Filloy has three chil
dren who have from ono to four moro toes on
each foot nnd lingers on each hand than are
commonly given to mortals.
Charles Van Green of Galloway touched n
blind horse without speaking to the animal
and was kicked in the stomach so severely
that ho died two days later.
The barn of John F. Helm of Ilcd Willow
county , with two valuable horses and other
contents , was entirely destroyed by lire nnd
there wasn't a cent of insurance on tbo
property.
Two Indian punlls at the Genoa training
school wcro united in marrlngo the other
day with imposing ceremonies. Their
Anglicized names were Charles Kcalear , a
Sioux , and MinnioO'Ncll. u Shoshono. It
was the first wedding at the school.
A young woman named May Huston
walked into a PJuttsmouth store nnd started
off with a lot of dry goods concealed about
lor person for willed she had fulled to pav.
i'lio loss of the goods was quickly discovered
nnd the young woman was arrested with the
stolen goods In her possession.
The Lincoln pohco captured a youth the
other day who tin-nod out to bo n walking
nrsenal accumulated in the dime novel
fashion. His umso was Frank Maun and ho
had stolen n horse from his uncle , n preacher
at Thedford , and started out to bo a terror
of the plains. Ills ardor in this direction ,
however , will probably bo cooled by his in
carceration.
I'KOl'f.K .t.\I > T11ISUS.
The small boys' firecracker overture is an
invitation to como Fourth.
It is the lung sessions of municipal bodie ;
that cultivate the tlrod fooling among the
jieopl-j.
The supreme e'ourt of the state of Wash
Ingtnn wisely pronounces the nnll-ulgarott <
nut unconstitutional , Uosldonts of thuSoune
country are thus given a constitutional antl
dote for fog.
Higher education for womtm scored n now
triumph In Boston. A enltogo gh-l then
found u burglar In her room , paralyzed bin
with n few classic expletives and thci
dragged his trembling form to the pollci
station.
Sarah Luttroll of Astoria , III , , colebratoi
her 101st birthday anniversary on the 2T > th
She is a genuine F. F. V. , and bus a colon ;
of UOO descendants , Strange to sny , she dli
not see George Washington or dance a mln
uot with Lafayette.
Senator Stanford loaned money to semi
tors , congressmen and correspondents whenever
over they wanted U and never took an.
obligations of their indebtedness. The state
meat Is greatly discredited by the fact tha
ho had something left at his death.
1 The new postmaster of Uhapln , III. , Is nls
president of the village board , justice of th
peace , notary public , township treasure ]
school treasurer nnd village pharmacist. 1
there are any moroofilccsin the vicinity tha
ho hasn't bagged , ho probably has not licari
of them.
Judge Moborly of Greene county , Alabami
having bow appointed to sutblu' In Wast
ington , has hefted the place and given to hi
tndorser , Congressman Bankhead , the fo
lowing fetching nnd ns to the third ui
nnsworablo reasons ; " (1) ( ) I have lived to I
moro than 40 years old and have never bee
bossed by anybody , and can't begin the
now. (2) ( ) I am making moro tnun fci.CX
at homo and like to llvo there. (3) ( ) I lia\
hcon elected president of the ( Irocno County
I ; ishlng club , nnd U Is time to nssumo the
duties of my office. "
Mr. William D. McCoy , consul general of
the United States In Liberia , now.s of whoso
death was received recently , was the fotirtti
diplomatic ! representative of our govern
ment to die nt his post of duty In that coun.
try. This fntnllty Is easily traceable to cli
matic Influences.
Mrs. Hannah Stevenson of llrookllcld ,
Mass. , has Just colohr.Ued her 100th birth
day. She Is snld to bo mentally bright and
nctlvo. though she has smoked tobacco nnd
taken .snuff for the last olghty-ono J-oars , to
sny nothing of n moderate ) Indiilgonro In
opium. Her husband was a tnlnuteuinu lu
the war of 1813.
The big battleship Victoria was not only
ono of thn biggest nnd olio of the best of
Knglnnd's nnvnl lleot , but she nlso proved
the costllost vessel In the service from the
tiny that her konl was laid. Her hull nnd
masts and Interior fittings for ofllccrs ntid
crow cost MBOOUUO. nnd Her machinery and
hollers cost S3W ! 1,58.1 muro. Her armament
cost about n million dollars.
junta : 3tAXiruit ,
I'Riiu , Nob. , Juno 27. To the Editor DfTitn
Boo : Apropos of the agitation now going on
relative to the successor of Judge Maxwell ,
allow mo to remark tnnt It Is evident the
mass of the people nro heartily In favor of
the judge. And as It scorns to ma highly Im
portant that our courts .should bo removed
ns far ns possible from the taint of partisan
politics I would suggest that n movement bo
started among the people to place tils unir.o
upon the olllclal ballot by petition before
either of the existing parties have nu oppor
tunity to net in the matter.
Lot the friends of honest Judge Maxwell
In every voting precinct of the state start n
petition In circulation nt once , and I predict
that the sentiment thus manifested will bo
so overwhelmingly In his favor that the po
litical parties will either endorse or leave the
piano open for the option of the voter.
It would bo n crying shame nnd disgrace to
the state of Nebraska to allow n few inn-
ohlno politicians to thwart tbo will of the
people in this matter. There can bo no
surer method of undermining the founda
tions of popular government than by Ignor
ing honest , manly and tearless conduct in
public oftlelnls and per contra condoning
nnd rewarding the opposite line of action.
And this is especially true in reference to
our courts of justice. W. I ) . Aunorr.
SUVA VUIXXKH.
Yonkers Statesman : A theatrical produc
tion Is apt to pay In the long run If It over
gets thoro.
Somervlllo Journal : Even spectacled , ijra.v-
headed science can't always toll just what It
Is that makes a baby cry.
1'hllndolphln llocord : Oharllo Sappy No , I
don't.KO In foryacbtltiR much since the time 1
was knocked overboard and lost my House's.
Miss SnrlKht How sad , and you never re
covered them , elld you ?
Atchlson Glebe : When wo fool discouraged
we look at u coopod-up chlckun In front of u
grocery store and revive.
Lowell Courier : "How are you fooling now ? "
said Jones to Smith ns the latter loaned over
tbo side of thu boat. "Uutch-edly , " gaspud
Smith.
Atlanta Constitution : "What's younc Jones
doing now ? " "Studyln1 Greek. " "An' what's
the old mtMi doln' ? " "Plowln1 In dialect ! "
Chicago Record : "Why have you never
tried to earn your own living ? "
"My dear boy , I would nuvor think of Injur
ing the rest of mankind by entering Into com
petition with It. "
Elmlra Gazette : Our Johnny Isn't qulto
sure of the year of the battle ofGottj
but you caiit foazo him on the day and 1
tbo Sunday school picnic.
Philadelphia Lcdcor : Government dotcc-
tlves In some of the "moonshine" districts
curry kodaks with them to secure evidence.
They pick up many u llttlo bit of btlll llfo.
Puck : Bell Uoy IJoro's n young couplp on
do ptazzy as wants you to send 'em some
cluxlrs.
Clork-Is It bright moonlight ?
lloll Hey Nopu ; dark.
Clerk Take ilium this chair.
Harper's Ila.iar : "Tho Inventor of the
alphabet must have been a modest man , " said
Hawkins.
"Why so ? " asked Mawson.
"llecauso ho begun It with A. " said Hawkins.
"Moat men would liavubuKUn It with 1. "
A SUMMKU FANTASY.
CMcaijo liecnrd
Now In tha deepest shade
Loiters the cow horblferous.
And of the OKS now laid
Clamors thu lion vociferous.
Thus In Juno's sultry nlr.
Amid Its blooms and odors ,
The boast and bird prepare
To grout the summer hoarders.
TO TIIK VUlV.tdU 1-Or.lVE.
Bun him In tenderly ,
Handle with euro
The dark-bluu revolvers
Ills back pockets bear.
Don't jlnglu his rattles ,
Nor reuse up hta Ire
By making remarks on
llUsnakoy attire.
Currycomb gently
Ills junzloof hair ,
Food film on whisky ,
SnRo hen ami boar.
Although ho has sulfnrcd
Ignominious defu.il ,
We Btlll lovu our ( lulling
Old UuttlcMiako 1'eto.
-M. 3.
TAYLOR'S TALK ,
Auditor of thn ItnrllnRton T ll lionthftt
( ' ( inumiij- linn l.o t ItuRlnosn.
James Cl. Taylor , auditor of the 11. ft M. ,
spo.iklng of the reasons assigned by the
newspapers of Nebraska for the reduction of
passenger trains on thft branch lines , said to
n Bun reporter yesterday that the matter ol
curtailing expenses had been tnkon up more
than four months ngo. ' Tlio statement In
detail regarding the earnings of passenger
trains on br.uioh lines was made upon last
year's showing , the figures submitted to Mr.
Holdrcgo being prepared In this oflleo. To
tnko the uot earnings or not expenses would
not by any menus show the earnings ol
branch lines , ns these earnings are lumped
with through business.
"After laborious work extending over
many months I have ascertained that It
costs the B. & M , $ t.tUX Per mlle to run Its
passenger nnd freight trains. This Includes
everything except lived charges. Whllo
out on ono of our branch roads some time
ago 1 rod o IS ) miles and only four persona
occupied thn train in that timo. Now U Is
reasonable to suppose that n railroad cannot
opera to a tr.iIn on that amount of business ,
On another train , by actual llgurcs , Its earn
ings wora tU.fiO per day , whereas It costs $ U. >
to operate the train during the same length
of time.
'Thcro has been nothing done by the B. &
M. people to warrant the assertion made by
the public that wo nro discontinuing trains
to make moro odious Iho maximum rnto law.
The whole truth Is that there Is not busi
ness enough to warrant the oontlnunnco of
trains on branch lines when people will not
patronUo them.
"Months ngo Mr. Holdrecn was made no-
qunlntod with the true facts In the ease , but
until Immlirratlon wns ended for the season
ho decided to continue the service , though nt
n great loss. There Is no moro fruitful wuy
of attracting now settlers to n community
than the representation that said com
munity is provided with good train facilities.
Fearful that the discontinuance of
trains last spring would seriously
Interfere with the coming of eastern settlers
and Investors , the general malinger decided
to wait until now before puttlm : Into prac
tice what wns clearly n nee'csslty then.
"Tho bottom has completely fallen out of
the freight business , the local passenger
business bolnir no bettor. Through passen
ger business holds Us own. Under these
conditions the only thing loft the company
to do was to curtail trains , nnd that is what
has been done. Should the business war
rant they will undoubtedly bo put on ncain ,
because the railroad Is anxious to make a
dollar wherever possible. It Is not anxious
to pay out n dollar for every mlle of train
moved. That Is the situation in n nutshell.
"Tho business man , when ho llnds trade
against him , cuts down expenses ; surely the
railroad , which has many moro millions at
stake limn the business man , ought to bo
permitted to do the same.
"Ono thing Is sure , our passenger servlco
on branch lines Is greatly superior to tlio
service on branch lines of the Now York
Central , and 1 am certain our freight service
Is just ns good. "
o
JPAV1NQ OOUNIY KOAP3.
CominlSKloiicr.i Will Take No Further Stops
Tdwuril tlio Work thin Your.
It is practicably settled that none of the
country roads leading from the city will bo
paved this season , nnd that no nddltlonal
attempt will bo made to dispose of the
$150,000 of paving bonds voted last year
until tbo eastern money market is in better
condition.
The commissioners are nil of the opinion
that the roads should bo paved , but they
hold that to readvcrtiso for bids for the pur
chase of tbo bonds would not bo Instilled ,
owing to the fact that there might bo some
question about their mooting with n ready
salo. They will do nothing tins year , unless
Hayes & Sons of Cleveland , O. , should recon
sider their refusal and decide to take Iho
bonds in accordance with the terms of their
bid , which was made some time ago nnd ac
cepted by the county. i I
In making preparations for the laying of ' *
the pavement the county expended consider
able money In the way of ndvcrtlslng , pre
paring plans , surveying nnd eroding.
The $5,003 check which the Cleveland
people put up as n forfeit will moro than ,
cover the expenses that have been incurred
in getting the bond proposition Into shape
and in doing the preliminary work Incident
to the starting of the paving.
There is no chancu to bold the other bid
ders for the bonds , as when tbo commis
sioners found that the Ilayses wcro the
highest bidders for the bonds they accepted
their bid and returned the other checks to
tbo respective owners.
The commissioners are of the opinion that
they will have no trouble in collecting the
$5,000 from Iluyes & Sons , as the llrm wns
furnished with all of the data in connec
tion with tlio bonds , and after receiving this
they made a square-toed bid , totally devoid
of any reservations.
I'oatinUtrom Dudnon Vindicated.
A few days ago n complaint was lodged In
Justice Edgerton's court against Mrs. Dod-
son , postmistress nt Benson , a suburb of this
city. The lady was charged with being a
party to a disturbance and assault upon a
Miss Miller In conjunction with n Mrs.
Trapp. The testimony showed that the
parties to tlio quarrel had mot In the Benson
postofllco nnd happened to engage In a
squabble in the presence of Mrs , Dodson.
'Hint is all the connection she had with it.U
A ca
Largest Manufuoturora ami Retailers .
ol Olotlilns lu tlio World.
First of the season.
We make
the first cut
of the season
Saturday
on Men's high
class clothing.
Watch for announcement Friday night.
KING & CO.
BROWNING
I- Ii - , . ,
i0
n Store open ever ovcnlns tflltax | gg DOUglaS SU ,
it
> 0
0o
