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THE OMAHA DAILY B0tt FRIDAY , JUNE 30 , 1893f THE DAILY BER K. UOSKWATKIl , Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MOIIN1NO. TEUMS OF auitaiJiti r ' i it/.i. Jnlly llpn ( wlthnut Sunday ) Ono Year. . I R1 I 00 Jlnllynml Sunday , Ono Year 10 i no i filxMonthi < > i 00 " " " " " " " ThtTP Mnti thi V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 2 60 Piindny Hoc , Ono Yp-ir. . . . a 00 flftttirday lloo. Ono Year , . . . . . . . . . i < > o Weekly lice , Ono Your . . 100 OLTIOE3. Onmltn , Tlio Boo IlillldltiK. Poiith Onrihn , oornnr N mid 2Gl'i Streets. Council HltilK 12 1'p.itl htroc-l. f'lilrniro Onico , 317 Ulmnilxir of Commtrfo. Now York , \\oo\nt \ \ \ 13 , 14 uml 16 , Trlbuno . Washington , 013 rmirlconth Street All communications rotating to tiowi nml rrlllnrlitl matter should bo addressed ! To tlio Editor. IWSlNnsS M7TTKUS. Alll > i ! < dii ( .iptt ! < ) M nnil.rpinlllanciH Rtiould lionddrcHicd to The Ilco I'uhllihlnz Co tnpany , Onmlin. DruflH. chccKs and postodlco orders 1oi ! made piyablo to thu order of the com- jinny. Vartloslmvlnc tliorlty for the < mmmor cnn linio the lUKiont their address by leaving nn order nt IhN ofllce. arm : men PUHMSHINO COMPANY. HWOIIN STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. Btntnof Krlir.mk.i I County ( if Donirlis f * Ore II TiwInicli.Si rolnryof TintHni ! publish- Inr cominnv ilocn nolt'itmlv 'ar thnl tlio nctnnl rlrcnl ition nf DIK lul.lltK for tliovcuk ending June 1:1 : , Inn Mint fullowHi Fmiiiiy JiinxiH . . . , . snnsn ilnniHv. Jinmll ) . . . ! MR7n 'riiiwlnxJune ' ! > . . , . . . i. ' 1,7 .17 W liu > HiHv Jlinn''l . . . 23.071 TliurwIiiv.Jmio . U.I.IWI VrliMt Jiuiu''l . 2Snil7 Hilurd.iy , Jimu'-l. . 21.710 ( ilinmi : It. T/srmtcK. , | SWORN to bcfoni inn mill HtinwrUKMl In j Y\l , [ my prcm IICK thin .Mill d iv ot Jinin. 180J. ' , ( N. 1 * . Km. , Nol.iry rnbllc. The Ittn III Clili'itKii. Tin : D.MI.V nml SITMIVVv.v. \ \ Is on sale In Clilen out tin * follouln plaees : I'nliiH'rliousi' . Giiindl'nrllUMinlcl. Aiidllnrlilin hotel. Cieul Noithciii hotel ( Idrnlinlul. l.eliinil h itol. Wells II. Hirer. 180 Slatn street. I'llcs of THIS HKI : can bo KCISII at tlio No- tira l < a building ami tlio. Administration build- r in Kxpo-tltlon u-ronnUs. A\c'rnce Circulation for .Muy , IHD.'t , S4 , ! 17 Tun Texas method of dcalinfj with train robborfa is somewhat drastic , but it will have a most discouraging ollcct upon the gentry. INDIA has much to bo responsible for this year. Not content with slumping the silver market she announces an enormous surplus of wheat. Tun Chicago people are unduly elated over the dl&covory that the Columbian guards are oven more conceited than the lieutenants in the United States navy. THE north and south railroad conven tion struck a most formidable snag in the closeness of the money market and the Indisposition of railroad magnates to rasa the delegates. GOVKHNOK Bens steadfastly declines to accept a second ronomination. The Iowa governor evidently prefers a flrst- term chance for a United States scn- ntorship to a third-term possibility of defeat. Tnn most striking proof that all the Vorld is akin is furnished in the fact that the suspension of free coinage in India is liublo to bring about the sus pension of silver smelting in the works of this city. THERE was but little consolation for anarchy in Samuel Fioldon's first words after his reunion with his family : "I propose hereafter to live for my tamily end keep my mouth shut. " 'Jlioro is a volume of wisdom in the remark. THE complaint of the Omaha mechan- fca against the contractors at Fort Crook seems to bo based upon good reason and the federal authorities should Jit once interfere with a system which ( liscrimlnatos against tlio workmen of this city. IN VIEW of the disturbed condition of the silver market the news that Mexico Js seriously contemplating tlio abandon ment of her silver policy will have a most depressing olTect upon the silver knon. The news from Mexico , however , Is probably premature. IT is certainly not the lault of the cit izens of Omaha and Douglas county that the county roads leading into this city nro not already paved. Tlio people liavo voted the bonds but the same em barrassing complications which are in terfering with city improvements are ro- eponslblo for the dolay. " THE effete Now Yorkers who became entangled in the catalogue of names Brought by Voraugua and Eulalla are now fearful of stumbling over the Humorous appendages to tlio title of the UlRh and Mighty Gopal Kao Syajl Rae Maharajah Galkwar of Daroda , who has already sailed from London. THE Colorado people take a hopeful vlow of the situation notwithstanding the serious blow her silver industry has Sustained. The immense iron and coal Colds yet undeveloped are extensive tmough to make Colorado one of the greatest states in the union , even if her ellvor mines are closed down for nn in- uofinito period. AT LEAST ono of the asylum boodlors ' lit Lincoln will HO'I-VO a term in the peni tentiary. Gorhnm Hetts , who was con victed some weeks ago , has boon denied ti now trial. The case against him was clear , but no harder to establish than pgalnst tie ) other men uncle r Indictment. The state of Nebraska expects the Lan caster county court olllciuls to do their duty by the whole gang. THE railroad manager * still insist that they tire not reducing their train porvico in Nebraska in order to play even with the legislature for passing the maximum rate bill. General Super intendent Hughob of the Sioux City & Pacific , however , candidly lultnlU that the now rate law is responsible for the reduced train sorvico. lie also says that the reduced train service will re sult in a reduction of revenues , In vlow of the fact that the Klkhorn sys - tem will continue to run all its trains , , Mr , Hughes comes probably nearer toll ing the truth than the other rullyvuy t cutleDiou who uro protesting so much. STATISTICS. The most deceptive nntl misleading Btnttstlcnl exhibit thnt is given to the public periodically is the complin- tlon bf Nebraska fnnu inartRago rec ords ns reported to the commissioner of labor. The latest of those re ports , which has just boon made pub lic , is In no respect less mialcndinfr than those thnt have preceded it. The commissioner places the a gregato amount of farm mortgage * recorded In the twelve months ondini ; May 31 , 181M , at$2.,210,787. For the sumo period the mortgages released uggrcgato $10-l5j- ! , 338. On the face of those returns tlio farm indebtedness of the Htato has boon Increased during the year by $5,780,849. , As a matter of fact , tlio fnfm mort gage debt of Nebraska baa bomi re duced by fully $10,000,000 during the past year and , possibly , by a considerably larger amount. Thq figure furnlnhod to the hibor commissioner by the county clerks under the law of 1801 simply show the aggregate amounts of nurt- gauos Hied and released. The bulk of the mortgagor filed last ycur are not now mortgages , but renewals of old mortgages. It Is safe to Bay thrt of * tho"$2o,000,000 , , of moitgagcs filed , not moro than $8,000,000 were- for now debt. On the other hand the bulk of the mortgages released rcpresont debts paid oil. Only comparatively few of the releases were made for the pur pose of rnnownl or extension. Another thing that Is entirely omitted from the loports of the county ulorks to the labor commissioner are the par tial payments of mortgage notes. These tjaymcnts are Indorsed on each note , but are not reported until the last payment is made and the mortgage is cancelled. The amount of debt wiped but by the firmora of Nebraska from year to year without reporting to the county clerks cannot bo dclinitoly ascertained , but it must run into the millions. In fact , the bulk of the debt- paying by farmers is done gradually until the mortgage is lifted and the olllclal returns of mortgages Hied and cancelled are therefore worthless for the purpose of ascertaining the increase or decrease of the mortgage farm dobt. 1'itovvr rro.v. At a meeting of owner.of silver mines and hmoltors held at Dgnvor yesterday it was resolved to put a stop to silver production in Colorado and the mine * and binoltors will bo closed at once. Before - fore this action was taken the greatest silver producing mine in Colorado or In the country had boon oloaed , and the dispatches announce the suspension of work in the mines of other silver pro ducing states. The action taken by the Colorado mine owners will undoubt- cdly bo generally adopted and it is piobablo that within two weeks , unless there should ba a great and unexpected change in the silver situation , the production of the white metal in this country will have al together ceased. There does not appear to be any good reason for anticipating such a change as would warrant a gen eral resumption of production. The British government is not likely to re consider the policy adopted with regard to silver in India , and unless it does wo cannot see how the conditions produced by that action can bo expected to change. It is to bo presumed that what is now happening was anticipated by the Indian council when it decided to .stop the free coinage of silver for private account , so that it will not bo influenced by the course of the silver market. The stoppage of production is ob viously dictated by sound business prin ciples. It is the only courbo that can check the dcclino of silver , and it maybe bo expected to have this effect at once , or as soon as it is known that there will bo a general closing of the mines. It is to bo noted that there was a blight recovery from the heavy fall in the price of silver in the London market yesterday , indicating that possibly the market has about touched bottom tom , and if so the action of the mine owners will certainly have the effect to stiffen the price. The consequences quences to all western interests of a stoppage of silver production must bo icrlous , and it is to bo hoped that resort ; o this heroic remedy may not have to bo prolonged. SOUTHEltX DKSIOXS. The southern representatives will domlnata the next congress , and the us- Buranco already comes from that section that an attempt will bo made to remove from the federal statute books laws that have never boon acceptable to the polit ical element which controls the south. Congressman McMillan of Tennessee , who is one of the recognized southern lenders on the iloor of the house , was recently asked what would bo done with the federal election laws , and ho is re ported to have responded with consider able heat that while it was impos sible to predict all the legislation that the next congress will onaut , ono thing can bo sot down as having been already accomplished by the succe.ss of the democratic party , and that Is , the whole of the legislation passed during tlio reconstruction period will bo wlpod from the statute books , All of the ob noxious laws , said Mr. McMillan , with regard to the appointment and service of federal supervisors of elections will bo repealed and the states allowed to take care of their own elections. It is not to bo doubted that this will bo dono. The democracy being in control of the govern ment the southern clement of the party will demand that every obstacle to the perpetuation of its power in that section shall bo removed , and the de mand will bo complied with. The north ern democracy is very much interested in securing the perpetuation of the solid bouth and will , of course , aid the ropro- bcntatlvos of the south ta make such a thing possible , There will not bo a single democratic voice raised in con- grow in opposition to repealing the stat utes which afford tlio republicans of the south some llttlo chance 1o exercise the right of tulTrngu and no democratic vote in cither brunch will bo recorded ugulnst such repeal. WJtli that accom plished it will bo easy to make the ills- franchlbomont of southern republicans complete. This ia the pusposo , and nothing short of It will satisfy the southern democracy. As n matter of fact , the federal elec tion laws have not given the southern democrats any trouble. They have boon nblo to keep that section solid in dcsplto of those laws , which for years have been practically n dead letter. Their existence - enco , however , doubtless operates as something of a restraint upon the dom inant party in that section. It cannot go so far In the matter of disfranchising republicans as it might otherwise do from fear of nn appeal to the law * It constitutes a check that irri tates them , and now that they have boon given an opportunity to got rid of It they Intend to do so. It is perhaps just as well thnt the country bo given a convincing example of the true spirit of the southern democracy. It ought to have learned by this time what that spirit is that It Is essentially bjurbon , reactionary and Intolerant but the southern democrats have not for nearly a third of a century had the opportunity that has now oJino to thorn to fully dl&- oloso their real character and purposes. When the people of the count ry shall have become bettor acquainted with these and comprehend nnro fully what Is in volved in tlu maintenance of a solid .Bouth by the practical disfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of cltl/.ons , the ohani'os of the democratic pai'ty retain ing its hold upon the fadornl govern ment will bo greatly lessened. So far as the federal election law are concerned they have become practically inopera tive and thcii * disappearance from the statute books would not bo an especially deplorable matter , But the motive that prompts the southern domanl for their repeal Is not In the interest of an lion- o-Uor ballot and n freer exercise of the suffrage. MUST HHV.SK 11112 TAX I..I irVf. That the rovcnuo laws of Nebraska are dofcotivo goes without bayingbut the construction placed upon uoino of their provisions by the courts makes it almoat iniperatlvo to have our tax laws revised , oven if the expense of an extra session of thu legislature has to bo incurred , A striking oa.s.0 in point is furnished by the decision of the stipiomo court in the Bank of Commerce case. It is a matter of common notoriety that the returns made by banks to the assess v and county board seldom , if over , meet the icqulrompnts of the law. The managers of banks usually frame their statements of resources and lia bilities so ingeniously that the capital in their hands subject to taxation ox- hibito a terrible tendency to shrink out of sight. Thq disposition nmang boards of oquali/.ation has bDon to overlook the discrepancies ( bstwoan the statements made under p.vth by bank ollloors to the btnto ( and nail > nal oilluors charged with supervision ( of banking institutions and tlio returns made under oath by the same oillcers to the assessor except in cases that are too gl j-ing to bo passed by with impunity. This was evidently the case with the returns of the Bank of Commerce last year. The county cpmtnissionors , sit ting as a board of equalization , consid ered the assessment too low , and deemed it their duty to equalize it as compared with other banks. They laisod the as sessment to what they deemed a fair valuation of the assets reported by the b.iuk. From this action the bank took an appeal to the courts , and the supreme court has jutit rendered a decision de claring the action ot the commissioners illegal , on the ground that no formal complaint had been entered by any tax payer against the assessment of the bank. In other words , it is declared to bo the meaning of the revenue laws of Nebraska that a county or city board of oquali/ation has no authority to raise an assessment unless a formal complaint is filed with it by some tax payer. This practically makes the as sessor the autocrat , no matter how par tial or inequitable his returns may bo. Very few people are dispDsod to go before the board formally and cjmplaiti about their neighbors , no matter how outrageously partial the assessment maybe bo as compared with their own property , and it is if anything more difllcult to llnd anybody willing to make a formal complaint against a powerful f ranch isod corporation or a bank , no matter how rank tlio favoritism shown by the as- bcssor may be. The oiuy effective remedy is n radic.il change in the revenue laws. "Wo must make boards of oquali/.ation something more than more shams. These boards must bo made rosponslblo for discrimin ation and they should bo given power to raise or lower assessments on their own motion whenever it appears that asses sors have boon tampered with or returns have boon doctored to evade taxation. TDK 310XKTAH1' It appears to bo the opinion in admin istration circles at Washington that it will bo to no purpose to reconvene the international monetary conference , now that the government of India has abandoned the free coinage of silver. This view is hold very generally by financial men of prominence. The reason for It Is the ballot that the action at this juncture of the Indian council , of oourso with the sanction of the imperial irovornmont , was intended as a notice to the nations that Great Britain intends to stand uncom promisingly by the gold standard and that Instead of doing anything to enlarge the Ube of silver she proposes as far as possible to curtail and restrict its use. There are some who entertain a different view , holding that this action is designed to force the hand of the United States regarding silver with the ultimata object of establishing an inter national ratio. It is not apparent , how ever , that there is any valid reason for the latter opinion. Undoubtedly the stoppage of free silver coinage in India put an end to the international monetary conference , which It was expected would reassemble in November next , and It is to bo presumed that the president will not 1111 the vacancies in the Unitoi States delegation and in duo time will give notice t'i the nations of the abandonment of the conference. Manifestly an international monetary conforenoo regarding silver , with the British government unfriendly to the larger use of thnt raotal in the world's currency , could nccojmpUsh absolutely 01ni nothing and nolxAly can now doubt thnt this is the nttttmla of the British government. ; Indeed , It jng 8 f cloutly apparent6 TJoforo the notion relating to IndtaOUhat Great Britain red did ! not propose to-mnko or to permit anvsortof compromise inimical to iho gold ' standard. This was plainly im plied in the romarks'of Mr. Gladstone In the llouso of Coih'inbns some time ago when the govornMdVit was questioned vvn regarding the scrVrtUlg of delegates to the second mooting1 bf the Brussels con ference. It was stated that if the conference fcfc ference reassembled the British govern ment would as a matter of courtesy send representatives < , but they would go in structed to oppose any plan or proposal leaking to o radical change of policy regarding silver. That ahould PIh have boon enough to nut an end to the confqronco. But Great Britain does not stand alone In this mat- 11U 11h . The loading Kuronoau nations are in full accord with her , Germany , llus- HiI'1 and Austria particularly , and whllo Franco Is moro friendly toward silver Until perhaps any other country of Europe , she could not be Induced to take any risks by favoring a policy not ap proved or desired by the other nations. There appears to bo , therefore , abio- lutoly no prospect of an international ratio for silver being established , and yuch being the case , the suggestion that the United Stntosslmll not independently and assume the entire task of endeavor- ing to uphold silver \vlll \ not be approved by those who understand what the in evitable result of such ' an , undertaking would bu. It would'cstabllsh the single silver ! standard hero at once. The plain fact is that tlio United Sttttea has been put on the defensive ntid is not in a posi tion ! to dictate terms to other nations. Wore the balance of trtvlo as largely in our . favor as it is against us and were the j. hundreds of millions of our securi ties : held abroad in the hands of our own people VAO could afford to declare financial pc cial independence and might compel Europe ' to acuedo to our wishes , but as the situation .stands wo cannot Per haps Uio continued depreciation of sil ver may ultimately load the govern ments of Europe to a change of attitude regarding that metal and to seriously consider the expediency of establishing an international ratio that will permit of the moro extended use of silver , but such a possibility is remote , and in the meantime the Unlto.l State * must aJopt the policy that will insure the main tenance of its credit. Such a policy must of necessity cdiiforra to that of the leading financial and commercial na tions of the world. Tim Parnellitos'1 have sent another appeal for aid to tljoir friends in the United States , but the appeal will not , it i.s safe to say , moot witli a generous response. There [ a a growing fooling n this country that the. oxtronist3 in ho Irish party are exerting moro in- luencc agalttjt hump rule than for it. Conservative Irish-Americans have come to see that Glads'torjo's ' policy is the itirest , oven if it fails to concede overy- liing demanded bjfTtho , radical , hoina ulo party of Ireland. Tlio Aiitl-Slicrm.in I. iw Torces. llotton tlliibr. It the converts continue to como in at the ircscnt rntc the friends of the Sherman bill will be ns scjrco us lions' tcoth when con gress comes together in September. o 1C Up tu .ItilliM. If , iii the course of two years , the nork liroducts of the United States shall bo i excluded from European countiles , It maybe attributed to Secretary Morton's policy of stopping the inspection by the government. Wait Tor Iho Solution , Cdicfnna't Commercial. If the silver mines of the United States should decide , as they propose , to suspend operations it would servo to solve the silver problem There is moro of the metal than , under present circumstances , the countiy or the woi Id knows what to do with. Lotus wait fur a solution of the problem. Kulniimltliic Up to Ditto. Hiu7ifnut < m Jstnr. The ralnmaUIn ? oxpcilmcnts in Kansas have resulted la the ile.ith of a captain of the Katisjs National uu.ird and the serious Injuri of two men throujjn the bursting of the c.umon employed In the experiments. Up to this time the rnlnmaklng uxpeiiincnts were nt least given ciefllt for being harm less. Domnrr.itlo TinlfT Kpform. Clikit'jo Inter Ocean. The democratic statesmen luvo bf en hur riedly Oilvcn from their demand for a tax on tea , coffee anu susar. It is the llrst sqniiio knock-down for republicans. The New- Tone Times outlines the souicoof roveiiuo and never mentions either one. It proposes to collect from spirits $1)3,080,000 ) ; tobacco. S.J"- 003,000 ; beer. ? ,5" > , OOJ.OOJ ; and asks that this tax on bcur be doubled. Then , In addition , it wants $150OOJ,003 collected from imports , outside of spirits. That is tariff rufoun. Without i > rur.lllBl. Olnbc-Dcmi > crirt , The history of tlio world will bo searched in v.iin for a parallel to the pnisunt Jlnunclal condition us an illustration of the effect , of Imagination in precipitating calamity , r.init-s have occunod heretofore , but they have been traceable to clearly dellnod events which provoked and promoted them. The present "panic" so far ns It can be called such or to put it moroi'orrectly , the present strint-'onoy Is as oausolrss us any event can bo th.it U entirely without cause. Hoilgi- tinted In somonod.v'tf'biillof that there would bo a panic , or that lUivno time for a pjuiu. 'I ho whole thing nukes up a bad case of commercial and llnanclal hypochondria , A MIICVMIIII | > Muun , HoHliinlltiall. AYe said the ether dny that the president hold the Key of the altU.ltion. He btlll holds It , ami , unfoi innately , lie keeps it buttoned tip In his pocket. Nav/ho far as bin purpose U known to the public , ho Intends to keep the pocket buttoned I I.I I .September , Banks uio closing their doors every day , linns of good st.mding are succumbing to the strain , business dwindles uimaa and cicdit is widely Impaiicd. Surely. uiuUr these coml'tlons , Mr. Cleveland ought ta.sco , that theio Is ur gent need of action , yob ho appo.us disposed to remain inert lor per twelve weeks longer , T3V Milking the l.nw Odious. Era , The railroads fought the freight rate bill with all their pawor wlien It was hoforo thu legislature. The cry was that U was an In justice to the railroads. Now , thnt the law is about to take effect , thu railroads propose to ralso the rates , or rather , standing in with the parties who buy the produce , knock down thu market prico. The object is to make the law distasteful to the producers of Nebraska. There will ho a good many , who ought to know Hotter , hut who will not see through the corporation trick , and who will begin to condemn the law without a moment's thought or Investigation , and may go so fur as to agitate un extra session of the legislature- . The people should not ox- I oct too much of the law. At best it can only affect rates locally. Lot U bo under stood , over and beyond all of these attempts at regulating transportation on railroads , that government ownership U the only solu tion of the problem. THI7ZMa.Sr.YW OFH Minneapolis Journal i Obviously , Iho finan cial policy under which the country Is now doing business , or trying to do business , Ii forcing us gradually but surely to ft vtrovso condition than In India , which has Just com- { Milled the India council to suspend free silver coinage as the only moans of deliver- nnco. Cincinnati Commercial ! The United States Is now the only government in the market for silver , and unless measures are taken to quickly prevent , there will bs a silver cataclysm. The Immediate repeal of the Sherman not , and the lessoning of the dif- fcrenco between the silver and gold dollar , by the Increasing of the amount of silver In a dollar , will bo the only moans of doing It. St. Louis Olobo Democrat : It Is time for the United States to grasp the situation. Lot it bo called n double standard country , ns now , or a gold .standard country thq immolsof no importance but this sll\or folly must bo stopped. The crisis which India's chnngo of standard brings about ren ders It certain that this foils' will bo stopped just ns soon as congress moots. Kansas City Times : India has stopped the free coinage of silver , and silver bullion yesterday full to 7" cents. This romarnnblq dccllno in the prlcoof silvcrcanhavo but ono lesson for the people of the United States. Thu present pollev of operating the national treasury for the benefit of a few millionaire slUur-nilnoouners must bo changed or dis aster must como to every other Industry In the country , Now York Herald : The only mint now open to thu Irco legal tender colnago of sll- \er Is thit of Mexico. The axpeilcnuo through which our own country has been passing of late has created an overwhelming - ing sentiment In favor of repealing the Sherman - man law , but If any furlhor reason for Us spocdy repeal woio needed un imperative OMIJ uould bo found hi this action of India. Hopc.il the Shot man law stop buying sll\or. Indianapolis Journal ; No Uurpponn country - try is coining nn ounoo of stiver bullion Into legal tender money. With the loss of the India market and the limited demand for silver bullion for thu coinage of token nionuv and for the arts , the outlook for the futuio ol silver Is very gloomy , ns the announce ment of the closing of the Indian mints , fol low ed by a fall in the pi ice of bullion from 31 to 77 cents , and a further fall to < U yester day , clearly show. Chicago Herald : The stoppage of silver coinage in India had some such an oiloet on the prlcoof silver as the stoppigu of cotton spinning in England would have on th'j pi ice of cotton. It cuts off the main market for silver outside the United States. It knook'cd I or 5 cents per omico from the inntkut value of silver. ' 1 his decline occurs on the meio announcement that the bllvor coinage had boon stopped. It Is still to remain a legal tender , but not as the silver cant in this country s lys , "on a parity with irold. " Denver Republican ; The ctisis has become - como so ncute tint some solution must ho lound befoie long , and In that fact thoio Is a ray of hope for the slHer producers of thu \\est. It seems almost Impossible that tlio policy adopted bv the Indiin govcinmcnt of substituting gold for Hilvcras the st.tiutaul money of that vast country can be can led out successfully without bringing j-uiu upon many of the nations of Kutope and also upon India itself , .mil this fact will have meat eight in stimulating the glowing drmand throughout the civilized woild for bimetal lism as the best solution of the coinage ptoblem. Chicago Tribune : Silver must bo made a legal tender nt its cominciclal value , what ever that may be. Otherwise bimetallism becomes an impossibility. The llnanelil pftrll of the Amciiuan people consists in the danger that the gov eminent may fail to maintain gold redemption of the silver and the paper issued against that silver , which would cause a sudden slump to the silver standard , worth about f > 0 cents on the del lar. Thoie Is no middle course. The gap between the ical and the aitllkial values of silver hag widened so far that temporizing I'leasines will avail no longer. Wo must have a radical reduction to absolute value. Chicago Inter Ocean : The simple tiuth of the business Is that Gicat Biitain has taken ono more step , and a very impoi tint ono. toward cairylng out its settled policy of forcing the woi Id to a gold standard. Kiuly in the century , as soon , In fact , as Us com- rjjrci.il supiemicy had given it llnnticial supremacy , and it became the great ct editor nation of the globe , England sot about secur ing the gold standard. It has brought thu cnliro Gcrman-apoaking world JQto line , and for twenty years has boon fi-iing to bring tf. tlio United States down to it. Unless some great nation stands like a rock against monometallism I England will tilumph and gold will bo the unlvoisnl standard of mone tary me isurcmcnt , and silver will bo rele gated 10 the category of base metals and a mere commodity. I'EOl'LUAZIt 2VJ/.VOA. The Amci lean silver dollar has a bullion value of JiUjtf cents. The effect of hot weather on corporation cellars is an unsolved problem. lu the lexicon of the loyal democratic pi ess thcro is no such word as "gold bug. " Pioctor ICtiott declines thu Hawaiian mis sion , prefeiiing Kentucky still life to diplo matic inertia in the tropics. Chicago newspapers dtclaro the postofllco threatens to duplicate the Fold disaster. This Is the Chicago way of forcing a liberal appioj'riation. Ortlcoscckcrs Journeying to Washington for their health should post themselves on the Bunting system before putting on gloves uith Cleveland. Chicago profcicnco for Ignatius Donnelly instead of lirowiiing llnds an explanation in the fact that over 0,000,003 hogsvtoio slaughtered thcro last year. The Phihulolpln i Inquirer grunts , "No hogs shall ru this town , " which provokes solnnic.il laughter. The cry will never i each the root of tlio municipal evil. The Manhattan company demands an ex clusive franchise as the price of increased inpid transit in Now York City. For rea sons Inexplicable , the company neglected to ask for a llrst mortgagu on the atmosphere. Luku Smith of Acton , Mass. , who took a prominent part In the iccont Bunker Hill celebration in Boston , is said ro bo thu only man living whoso father fought at Hunker Hill. Mr. Smith , over 80 years old. wn also one of the first to volunteer In 1801. All the principal actors in the Panama scandal are conlinod to their beds. Hertz is dying nt Bonioinonth in Knglaml , Ferdinand do Lossops Is mentally and physically a wreck. Chailos do Losseps is in the hospital of St. Louis , M , Marius Is in the Inthinary of the Mclun prison and ox-Minister Dalliut is in the hospital of the prison of Etnmpos. Cailyln W. Hauls , the late clcctrocutod wife poisoner , dropped in at n soancn in Con necticut and Intimated that ho had not mot Miss Potts in thu Bpliltland. Ho volun teered thu information that each had power to keep the other at a distance , For which Carlyle should bo thankful , MUs Potts dauntless knows moro about Carlilo than his lloallng soul would relish. Replying to rerjuost of the state super intendent of nubile instruction of New York for his views concerning "Tho Plaeo of tlio Pi ess in Pubho Education , " Cnarloa A Dana says : "Tho newspaper press exists to collect and publish the news nml to comment on thu events and ideas of the day. Its piico In education Is like that of the pulpit , It is Incidental , not essential , " I'ho conquest of the frozen north has. begun once inoio. Dr. Nnnscn sailed on Sat urday from Christiana on his driftin { voy age , vUilch will occupy ssvcral years , and Lieutenant Peary sot out from Philadelphia , Tuesday , for Gicunland , thosconoof his pio- vious triumph. No news fiom thcso expedi tions can bo looked for under two or three yeai s. ' Attorney General Olnoy , who was at first supK ] > sod to bo fio/.en up in a ciust of Massa chusetts dignity six inches thick , tuius out to ho a very genial gentleman. Ho attends nil the base ball gimos at Washington and whoops and yells for the homo team as vig orously as the humblest occupant of the "bleachers. " Secretary Lamout used to bo a base bull crank , too , but hu Is kept very busy nowadays and cannot ilnd time to go ta the games. The rajan of Asbury Park , n great moral seaside tusort In Jersey , proposes to limit grounds for divorce in th'U suction. Ac cordingly the camera llend is to bu excluded. List year a shruwd onlooker secured a snap shot of a well known society man just us ho was toying with the chestnut locks of a dashing maiden. The society man nswcll as his wlfo bid liberal sums for the plcturu , anu it was ilnally knocked down to the ugltated husband. The decree of banish- inuiit will in future prevent domestic broils nmid the gay and giddy of Asbury * K.l AM ) X The MorsQ DlMffj TlmCS hd ? ccMfd A movement Is on fool to organize n build ing and loan association nt CJothonburg. l tr'G ' * Clerk Campbell of Nebraska . has had his -jo-yoar-old .laughter arrested City and bound over to keep the peace. Hov. T. M. Boll of Louln-HK Ky. , has accepted a call to become pastor of the United Brethren church at Heatrlco. The Episcopalian * of Norfolk nronrranR. np to build a new church on the site of the structure destroyed by a cyclone a year ago. John Novak , n Sanndors county farmer near Prague , has become so Impregnated with whisky that ho sees tluvilscha Ing him and ho has been declared Insane. C. S. Biuch of Holdrcgo attempted to board n moving freight train ut Divlil City and fell under the wheels. Ills loft arm wnsoiushod between the wrist and elbow , but ho will recover. Tinner FY.vmlra of Bloomflold , whllo putting a roof on n house slipped and slid down the Incline from the gable in such a manner that wlion ho landed in the eaves His pantaloons had parted company with his [ icison. A borrowed pair of overalls saved lilm from disgrace. Soys the Boatrloo Tlmos : A Hoatrlco ? ont oman was suon jestorday nltcinoon assing along Court street putting to cnoh man ho mut thu query : " ' \ \ ho Is the secre tary of state of Nebraskat" When last soon lie had received no positive answer. Some ono tolls us the ortlelal's name Is Allen. Whllo Miss MInnie Cllno of Uradshaw v-as curling her hair with n hot Iron she tliiow a lighted nutch on the Iloor and her dross caught lire. She started for a tub of vrater to extinguish the llnmos and was dls- coveted bv neighbors Just In time to save nor life , though she Is very badly burned. Tiitll ! .I.V7J TUUUIIIXH. IlronklynMfo : H.ippIetDh ( Ynlo 'Oa-Vrosh- ) lulKhlmsulnpeil vtltliUKttl vlmso father Is a KIIIII bier. , II ipplnlKh ( dUto-K.iio'x ) daughter , oh ? lion did tfiey huppL'U ti > ineut' nulolgli | ) \\liy , Mho saw him In the freshman runhcs. Chicago Jicoord : "Jones must have made Buinn odd hulH on the races. " "How Is that ? " "havsltvUII lalyi him three months to get oven . Now Yoik Herald : Jasper People who swing In hammocks am usually vuiy bright. Jmnpuppo Aio they brighter tlmn other people ? J.ispur They innit he. They are always so quick to take a tumble. Washington Star : An ongnRomont or two and a ficcKluor so , and volloysot ihymu with out icahun , now comu Into \finv that the pub lic may Know that thU Is the suminur girl's .season. Dot roll ] 'rcn I'rrss : Miss Tailor Oh , papa , Mr. Do Sweolo lias been pijlng men gieat deal ot attention slneo I've boon away. Tailor I wish he'd bo as polltu to tlio bills I send him. Chleimo Inter Occin : Hoard on a Biibnrban train I hiv\o suchuplenb.ini home thnt I neer go nut uv enlims. ' V\ hat do you do In puss Ihn lime ? "Oh , plaj v > lth thnhililountll the ypoto led and then ijuairul with inv wife thu rust of thu evening. " Poinei v Illo Journal : Mint-Julep straws show which way the met em y goes. Imll inapolls Journal : "Deso hpah Dollytt- cliins , " ays Uncle Jlose , "la jlst like do bunds on a clo > ; l > . lu peonlo Is do iniielilneiy bchlno 'at does all du work , but do hands Is do ones dat sits do credit fei glbln' de time o' day. " Now York Weekly : Young woman ( In open stnul cat ) I don't wo why home men are bound to.sinoku ovciy moment they uro on a c.u. Old Wdiniiii ( loudly ) Oh , lot'cm smoke , poor follows ! 1 H'POSO their vUvos won't lot cm smoku at home. Soinnrv Illo Jonnril ; Tim nrin vhn said that iKnoiancu was bliss evidently never was a .schoolboy and hud the teacher ask him how to j I spoil word , holding a rattan all the whllo bo hind his back. A 11 u > sriu.i. . 7Josim ( Coulter. A dude UnoiiKh u theater a Ulo Tripped along with a s.UMlud miaislo , And a confident mien Th.it reflected , 1 wlon. A conceit of Ids raIhlilni ; tit.rTVc. And ho tilppcdon a Itiiklngcliapoau , fahot forth a ftiilon or snau. And thu gathered debits Of the same houinod tcfbls Like a tollc of long , Ion ; ; ageau. It. C. It. In Quips. When T was young and my h ilr was thick And piir&o was thin , I used to smoku CIpiiM. that now would mnko me sick , Vet from their fume.- uould evoke Such visions us I nuvui see , Now 1 am old. Within onch rank cheroot rolled tlsbt. A woi Id of dreams there used to bo i 1 conquoied now woi Ids every night ; Ono Mich cheroot would coniiuor mo . Now 1 am old. Some of those dreams I c-an't forgot ; And somocanm true I've wealth and name , And ono was but a dream nml yet I'msmoklnc still , and much the same. t\ow I am old. I recollect that these cigars That brought that faithless dioam to mo Turned bltturost ashes well let bol Lot ash ) s rover up old ( .cars , Now I am old , I'm fifty odd my hair Is thin , .My purse Is stout , and bo am I ; I tiiko not half tbo comfort In The best perfecto ono can buy And visions I no longer sou. And smoke Is only hinoku t3 me , I\ow 1 am old. T JTO ADASDON BOSK'S SYSTEM Secretary Merion froclftrcs the Moat Inspec tion Scrvico a rnHuro , RESULTS DO NOT WARRANT HIE EXPENSE Qiiontlon of An Kurlr Kxlrn SfMlon of Con. to llu DliciiMoil nt Today1 * Cnulnot MmnliiK l > nto Will lie l > oil. WASUIMITOX lUiueu ) OP Tnn nr.n , ) M3 FouirrnKMit STIIKKT , > WASIIINIITO.V , JUNK UU. ) Secretary Morton Is watting fornii oplnloc from Attorney ( lcnur.il Olnoy In rcs ) > onso to an Inquiry addressed to the latter ofllclal a day or so ago ns to the legality of abandonIng - Ing the meat Inspection service. If Secretary Morton lliuls that ho has authoilty under the lot of congress to discontinue the meat inspection sot on foot by Scerntnry Husk , hla , predecessor , hu vv 111 do so. If the law innkc * It incumbent upon the secretary of ngrleul- turo to carry en the Inspection the service and expense vv 111 be leducca to the lowest possible point to conform to the laws. Secretary Morton , as stated in dispatches toTiutllur. before , believes thnt thu so calle\ \ meat Inspection Is too expensive for the re sults which It gives , and If ho has authority will discontinue It. Ditto of thu llxtrn NoMlon. It Is stated tonight on the very highest authority that at the cabinet meeting to morrow the old question of the date of the extra session of congress wilt be discussed and the advisability of calling n session earlier than September will be carefnilvcon sidered. The picsldent will nt unco then ' issue his proclamation tlxing the date of Iho extra session to lelleve the suspense giow ing out of the doubt as to the date when con gress vv ill be convened. Although there Is a strong pressure for nn cxti.i session at euro , the picsldont and his cabinet advises do not at this time see how anything c.ui be gained by calling a session o.iillcr than September , Nn\vn for tlio Ami ) . The following army orders wore issued * odnv. Leave of absence for four months from September II , 1MM , is granted Second Lieu tenant G001 go 1) . iMooio , Eighteenth In fantry. Leave of absence from August 1 to Sep tember 1 , 1MM , Is granted the following named oillcers Second Lieutenant Muni-oo McFarl.iwl , T\\ont\-llrat infantry j Second Lloulen.ua Kdwurd A. Shuttlcuorth , ICIovcntn infantry A general court martial is appointed to meet at U'illott's Point , Now York harbor , .at 11 o'clock a in , on Monday , .Inly ! t , Ibtl. ' , or ns soon theicafter as practicable , for tl o trial of Huch piisoneisas may be biotigl t befoic it. Delill for the couit Captain .William lll.ick , corps of engineers ; C.ij- "tain Walter F. risk , coips of en Kluoci i > ; Second Lieutenant Sidney , 1 Jot dim , Fifth artillery ; Second Lieutenant Ed ward F. Mciil.ichlln. Jr , Tilth nrJIlorv ; boeond Lieutenant AVillis Linlii c , Twelfth iiifaiitrvfc > econd Lieutenant W.ilterM Whit man , rhst cavalry , additionalSecond Lieu tenant John S Sow ell , corps of onglnetrsj additional , Second Lieutenant Chuiles P. ISeholson. corps of engineers ; additional , Second Lieutenant .lames V Alclndoo , corps pf cngincois ; additional , Second Lieutenant Jny J. Mot row , corps of engineers ; uddj- tional , Second Lieutenant James 1) . Ciu'im * augh , corps of engineers ; additional. Second Lieutenant J.mcs P. Jcrvoy , corps of en gineers ; additional , Second Lieutenant Spen cer Corby , coips of engineers , judge advo cate. Second Lieutenant Golden L. II. Haggles , Third artillery , vv 111 bo relieved from further duty pertaining to the World's Columbliu exposition on July 1 , 18' ) . ) , and will then re turn to bis station , Fort Monroe. Va. First Lieutenant Metzar U. Ulchards. y. S. A-rrotircd , Is detailed us supsrliitcndciit of the Mexico Military academy , Mexico , N. Y. Captain Algernon S. M. Morgan , ordnance storekeeper , will report in poison to Colonel Melville A Coehrnn , Sixth Infantry , presi dent of the auny retiring board ut Columbus Barracks , O. Notes nml 1'ornoiml ? . Colonel ICston of Huron , S. D. , Is hero looking a'terhis chances lor appointment to the poatmastersliip of that city. A. L. Keller of De Sinot. formerly candi date for marshal of South Dakota , has about hecided to become n candidate for the receivership of tro Watcrtovvn land ollloo. Major Liober has bco.ii nppointod an In dian trader at Foiost City , S. D. Thcro was a rumor that North and South Dakota would bo separated from Nebraska ns a revenue district. Inteinal Kevenuo Commissioner Miller says that no such sepa ration would be made this year , as the ap pointment of monov for the next Ilscal year tins already boon made. Commissioner Miller remarked that they may bo made lute separata districts a year hem-o. Land Commissioner Lamorr has recom mended to Secretary Hoko Smith that the land onices of the country bo reduced la number from about 130 to 110. After this has boon considered by Secretary Smith , the mutter will go to the president. At llrst It was ligurod that about one-fourth of the onices would bo wiped out , but tlio reduction in expense lias been partially accomplished by a reduction in the silnrloi paid clerks in these ofllccs. Twelve hundred dollar clerks are i educed to $1,000 and these receiving Largest Munufucturora nml Retailer . ) ol Ulutliliin' In thu World. I \ First of the season. We. make the first cut of the season , Saturday on Men's high class clothing. Watch for announcement Friday ni ght BROWNING , KING & CO , BlorooponoTo cvonlnjtm&aa. | g § ft , ( JOF , IGtb Efld DOUglES StS ,
