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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , .JULY 5 , 1803. THE DAILY Ii KO. IJWA'iT.It. Editor. y MOUNINO. TF.HMS OF SUnSOlMl'TtON. pally nee ( without , Sttmlnjrl Ono Yoar. . I g 00 Jin II v nnd Fumliiy , Duo Yo.ir. . . . . . JJ ? S2 Hit Months . . . . . 100 Throe Mniitl-i . , . - 2 5n Sitnclny ! Ui > . Ono Year . . ? P2 Biltmf.ty Hoc , Ono Year . J 0 Weekly lice , Ono Year . * ° ° oi-Ticna . Fmith Om.tln , cnrnnr N nnd aotli Streets otini-ll lllttlN. 13 I'rnrl Plrccl. ChliMini Olllc'o , .117 Cliuinbcr of Cominpreo. Nm York , Hoonis ID , 14 arid 15. . Tribune Ritllillnc. Washington , 5in fourteenth Street. COimnsi'ONDKNCE. AH onmnmnlratloiis rchitlns In new * nnd rrlilnri.il mailer fthmtld bo addressed : To tlio Kdllor. WSINESS IrTTEU9. Alllintlnrsslrttori nml rpmlUancp * should Lcnddrwid toTho line I'libUsliln : : < 3o tnpiny , Unmlm. liufl , chocks nnd posUilllca orders to liti marlo payable lo llio order of the com- j.ntiy. Partlpslnsivlncllinrllv for thn fmmtnor ran Jmvo the Iti ) : : cent tholr iuldrosby leaving tin otdrr nt this olllco. THIS PBK 1'UnURHTNO COMPANY. : ; STATKMENV OK ClltCWL.VTION. Elate of Ni > l > rnski , I Oiiinlv nf Ptitiirlls. ( Hen , 11 Tzscliuck , Seciflary of Titn TIKE publish- Ini ; roniiiinr ilors nolPmnlv mviMMlint th" nolm ! pimni-iKnn nt Yin : IHttiY 1UU : for tlio neck cnulns July 1 , 18W ! , wns an follows : Sti'idiy. June - ' . " . . . . . . . 2 < 1 01. Momliy. Jiiiin'Jfl . , . 2IUM1 Tnp l.iv. . .TinioJ" . . . ' 'H.HCI7 . . Tliiir il.iv. .Tinm 2U . . . C.l.Tfifl riidiv. Jmtniin . . . . . a.i.miT Saltinlnr , July 1 . 1M.1HO ( iF.oimn n. T/.sritrrK. I J I SWOllN 19 bofnro tun and R\ilr \ M llwxl In { NKAI. > my picsenci ) tills iHtilav of Julv. l nj. 1 , ' II. I' . Fi.il. , Sol.iry 1'iibllo. .Tlio Tli-o In Ghlciiso. TUP. D.w.Y nml SUNDAY HKI : Is on sale In CMriijronl this following places : 1'nliiiprhouHp. ( I'll 11(1 I'lldfle llOlot. Aiiillloiliini liotul. U ronf Ndrtliurn hoteL l.clntnl licitol. Wells II. BI/cr. 1BO Htalo street. Vlli's of Tins HKI : can bo scon at tlio NP- lirnMtri building nnd tlio Admlnlsu.itltm bulld- IIIR , Imposition irrounds. A > rr ioClriiliiUoii tiir .luiir , 18 ! ) , 34,210 THK prosldont is tlimbtlcbs bait-hiR for pold fish duriii ! , ' bis Buzzard's Buy ex cursion. SKNATOrt SltnUM.VN conlompliUcs the rcpenl of the silver Inw bearing his naiuo with chcorful complacency. It ivua only a Foster child anyway. CON' < ; itESSMAN Si'HixGKU isn't Baying a word. Tlio Illinois statesman Is be lieved to bo incubating a tariff bill which ho expects to bo in full feather by the time congress convenes. NATUHH seems to bo doing her best to help Colorado out of her difllcultioa. With the closing of her silver mines comes the announcomnnt of the discov ery of another ton foot vein of fine coal. LiistiTENANT PEAKY is already well on his way toward the north polo. The results of his expedition will bo awaited with eager interest , for ttio American people are firmly convinced that if any man can find the hub of the earthy that M man is Peary. > H WHATEVER may bo said of'tho effect of the decision of the district court as to tlio legal standing tit the members of iho Board of Public Works , the court has certainly made it easy for the mayor to determine what course ho shall pursue' in the promises. PAUL VANDBUVOORT was last heard from at Elk Point , S. D. , whore ho spoke- on the subject of frco coinage , of the blue mid the gray , while the rich grow' richer and the poor poorer. The collec tion at the close of his address was , it is said , a bimetallic failure. AMONG the mishaps that occurcd in Omaha yesterday was the failure of in terested parties to como to tiny agree ment over the 5-eentbrldgo faro project. 1'ho mishap is not fatal , however , and tlio proposition will soon bo oil its feet again healthier than over. Tun usual ntlrabor of casualties were reported in Omaha as tlio result of the annual Fourth of July enthusiasm. The pout up patriotism of the American people manifesto itself altogether too much through exhibitions that would bo regarded as a return from civilization to barbarism. A MOUK buoyant tendency is already noticeable in eastern financial centers and it l freely predicted that investors will soon bo loosening their purse itrings. The west is bound to bo bono- Htod by the renewal of confidence , as the best investments are to bo found in this part of the United States. THK question of a successor to William Mutchlor , the democratic representa tive from the Eighth Pennsylvania con gressional district , already arouses dis cussion in that section of the state. Howard , Mutchlor , the dead congress , imm'u son , is about the most llkoly selection the democrats will make , and ho will probably bo duly nominated by Ids party convention. WHEN "Lincoln was a city of the second end class the council passed uu ordinance exempting certain lots from taxation for a term of years , and in 1875 this ordi nance , by a special not of the legisla ture , was declared to ho logal. The su preme court , however , hold the ordi nance to bo void , on the ground that a city council could not by ordinance exempt - empt property from taxation that was legally taxable , "Tho action of our coun cil In exempting the property of the Omaha Driving Park association muat therefore bo illegal and voiil. IT is reported that Senator Cookroll declines to nominate a cadet to Wosi Point because ho considers the Unltet ] States Military academy a dude factory. If Senator Cockroll does not possess broader vlows of other public affairs than ho entertains , if correctly reported , * uf the West Point Military academy ho Is In no Bonso qualified to bo the dls tlngulshod head of the sonata appro prlutions committee. The knowledge o the manly character of the graduates o West Point and their subsequent honor able career in the military sorvlco o their country Is too general to render 1 necessary to refute any such reflection oven If uttered by u Uultotf senator. * inn QtiKSTinx or ; MT/O. There nro many advocates of n chnngo n the ratio botwcon gold nnd silver nnd it Is qulto pouiiblu that this will bo lone. Saveat changes in the coinage ratio Imvo 1m 511 mndo In the past , a reference - oronco to which may bo interesting nt his ttmo. Tlio act of 1702 fixed the ra- lo between silver nnd gold nt 15 to Ij , hat Is to say H required fifteen pounds" " of sliver to equal In value ono pound of gold. A gold dollar nt that ratio would ontntn 2l { grains of gold , and that miltipliod by fifteen glvos 1)711 ) grains , rhioh is the quantity of fine silver pro- crlbed for the dollar. This ratio was not in accordance with that prevailing n Europe , which wns then , as now , 15 } o 1. Gold being slightly undervalued n Europe , the gold coins of the United States were generally exported , so that rom 1701 to J8.l ) the metallic money of his country consisted mostly of silver olns and the bulk of those were foreign. during that period the number of silver ollari coined was only 1,4:10,417 : , the Vmorlcan silver coins in .circulation onsisting very largely of fractional > leccs , mostly half dollars , and of these , down to 1834 , thcro had boon coined only about 850,000,000. , Coinage of both notnls was imulo frco to Individuals , n barge of one-half of 1 per contjbolng nado by the mint as indemnification for , ho time expended in coining the bullion. ? ho coinage of both metals was made ull legal tender and this included the factional silver coins. From 1702 to 1834 n number of acts voro passed relating to coinage , but no natorial changes were made in thoorlg- nal low. By the act of Juno 28 , 1834 , .ho . pure gold in the eagle was ro- dilced from 247 * grains to 232 grains , and a corresponding roduc- ion was made in the half caglos and quarter eagles. The alloy was changed from 22 } to 20 , making the eagle contain 258 grains of standard gold nstoad of 270 grains. The act made no change in the silver coins. This change n the gold coinage made the ratio icarly 10 to 1 , the exact ratio being 0.002 to 1. Why this chungo waa made t is dlllloult to explain , in view of the act that the ratio in Europe was'15 } to . The act of January 18,1837 , was a complete revision of the mint law. It changed the standard of both gold and liver coins and the ratio between ho metals. The standard for gold and silver coins was fixed nt 000 fine , that is000 parts of pure metal to 100 parts of alloy. This ncrcasod the pure gold in the dollar rom 23.20 to 23.22 grains , and fixed .the atio between the two metals at 15.98 , o 1. The silver dollar was changed rom 410 grains of standard silver to 412 } jrains , and the fractional coins were nado to correspond in exact proportion. Co make the alloy equal to ono-tonth of .ho . weight of the coin it was necessary to add the small fraction of two-tenths of ono grain of gold to the oaglo. No change was made in the quantity of pure silver contained in the dollar , that remaining at 371 } grains , and t continues at that figure. The change in the ratio made in L834 , 1C to 1 , caused nearly all iho full weight silver coins , and ihoso included the fractional coins , lo bo exported to Europe. The ratio in Europe being 15 } to 1 , our silver coins were worth for export over 3 per cent more than our gold coins. This resulted in almost depleting the country of small change , to remedy which con gress , in February , 1853 , passed an act reducing the weight of the half dollar from 2001 grains standard silver to 102 grains , and the smaller coins in proportion. At the samb time the : ull legal tender quality was re moved from fractional silver nnd limited to sums of 85 , at which it has since continued. It was also provided in this act that bullion for the coinage of fractional silver should bo purchased ay the director of the mint on govern ment account , the gain arising from the coinage to bo credited to the mint. By the act of February 12 , 1873 , commonly called the demonetization act , the trade dollar was substituted for the standard dollar and given a limited legal tender power. The former contained 420 grains standard and 378 grains pure silver , a slight change in the ratio to gold being thus nnde. With a fluctuating market for sil ver , as at present , it will not be an easy mutter to settle upon a now ratio that would bo likely for any length of time to truly represent the relative value of the two metals , while another dilllculty is in the fact that to establish such a ratio as the present commercial prlco of silver would pro scribe must result in a heavy loss to the government in its stock of coined and bullion silver. Good financiers , however - over , favor n change in the ratio , and it will undoubtedly bo proposed in con gress , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Aft IXDlSUttRKT AL , < II13U3T. If the people of Colorado are panic stricken over the unwonted depression in the silver the responsibility rests as much with men of their own Ptuto as with the situation brought about by cir cumstances which the financial wisdom of the country could neither foresee nor control. When the apprehension over the news from India was at its height in the oa t man naturally looked to the west to read the otToet upon the great silver producing states. In response to an Inquiry , the manager of the largo.st smelting and refining works in Den ver uiuworod ; "Insldo of sixty days 150,000 men will bo out of employment. Five hundred thousand people will bo entering the verge of st. r atlon. Wo will repudiate all out bonds and obligations duo in the oust , us wo have no money to oven pay the inter est. It will bring about a now declara tion of independence and the ostabllsh- inunt of a western empire.1 The man wl o can write so foolish a statement in the face of'a situation ii which su much depends upon coolness and judgment lb an indiscreet ullmnist whofo uontlmontd will bo utterly dis owned , not only by the people of his own state , but of the entire west. In the first place the people of neither Colorado rado nor of any of the wustori states will for a moment consider the possibility of repudiation of hones debts , Repudiation has no place in the busiuoss economy of the west. It has no advocates , no friends. In so much , therefore , the statement of the Denver alarmist Is based upon pure imagination. Ills "now declaration of independence" nnd "western empire" nro figments of n disordered intellect nnd nro tin worthy of oven n passing consideration , That Colorado will suffer by reason of the marked decline in the prlco of silver is not to bo doubted. A great many nion will doubtless bo thrown temporarily arily out of employment. Mines nnd smelters will bo closed until the equilibrium is restored. But the blow to Colorado intorosis cannot bo n fatal ono. Neither will its effects bo permanent. The iron and coal in dustries of the state are greater than her silver interests. Ilor agricultural resources nro enormous. Uor pcoplo are energetic. Now conditions may bo imposed upon some industries , but with in a short time Colorado will smllo at- the hasty predictions of the inon who Imvo thrown her people into a panic. The people of the west are as cour ageous in the face of financial dlftlculty as any in the country. They can adjust themselves as readily to circumstances. They know that while they have accom plished much in the development of the west , there are vast resources yet un touched. They will not bo frightened at the ill-advisod utterances of men like the Denver alarmists who take counsel of their fears rather than of their judgment. TllK I'A r/AO TKST VASE. Owing to n stipulation between the legal representative of this city and the attorney for a paving contractor , the test cuso involving this year's paving contracts goes over to the September term of the supreme court. This was done in fnco of the fact that the court was about to adjourn for two months , and in defiance of n strong public demand - mand that this year's paving bo com menced at the earliest possible day. There are hundreds of workiugmon out of employment upon whom the postpone ment of this case will fall as u positive hardship. There arc many property owners clamoring for this work to pro- ced , who will bo incansod at the action of the city attorney. Back as far as last fall , nnd through out the legislative session when the barter amendments were being consid ered , the plea was made by loading man of this city that no obstruction to public works would bo tolerated , and a general ontimont was expressed in favor of commencing the work of nnprovemonts early in the season. Powerful factors have boon at work rom within and without lo the end that .his year's paving bo suspended. There are contractors in this city who are not content to secure work by competitive ) ids and abide by the specifications upon vhich their bids are mado. They im agine they must control the appoint- nont of public officials , who will recip- ocato by acts of favoritism in total dis regard of public interest. The fight that has boon waged upon ono class of paving material by the chairman of the Board of Public Works is not entirely devoid of good , but the motivu that has all along actuated it is most damnable. Jndor cover of the smoke of this fight the stone contractor has been given free and easy license and has not boon hold strictly to a perfect performance of con tract obligations. While potty tyranny ias been exorcised ever the asphalt , poo- ) le. the stone contractor has boon fa vored time and again. A recent case in loint was the action of the chairman of iho board in reference to the Douglas street paving contract. It is a fair assumption , supported as wo bolloyo by the facts in the case , to say ihat the obstructions placed in the way of paving contracts this year are duo to , he manipulations of ono contractor and , ho railroad corporation that hauls his stone. It will bo a flay memorable in the ilstory of this city when a chairman of , ho Board of Public Works who will deal fairly with all comers is placed in control of public improvements. THE ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESS. The question of the organization of the next house of representatives is being discussed. It possesses interest in the bearing it has upon the possible ac- Lion of the house on the silver issue. The impression has boon that Judge rlsp would have no trouble in securing a ro-olcction to the speakorship , it being generally understood that ho would have the intluonco of the administra tion. The interview which ho hud Mon day with the secretary of the treasury , said to have boon upon the invitation of the latter , and what Mr. Crisp said afterwards , indicate that his relations with the administration uro harmonious , whether or not it is the intention of the president to assist him in securing ro- olectlon. Doubtless Judge Crisp's chances of being again ohoson to the spcukortihip are excellent , but report has It that ho will not got the plane without something of a struggle. There uro aspirants for that high olllco in Mr. By n um of Indiana and Mr. Wilson of West Virginia , and while the former probably has not the least chance of hav ing his aspirations gratified , Wilson might/ prove a formidable candidate if ho were to go into the fight earnestly. Ho is a man whoso ability anil character command the respect of all who know him , irrespective of party. Much will undoubtedly depend , however - over , upon the intluonco of the adminis tration , and there appears 'to be good reason for believing that this will go to Crisp. Ho is probably willing to carry out the wishes of Mr. Cleveland in all respects and it is probable has agreed already to such a reorganization of the principal committees of the house as the president desires. The administration , it is to bo presumed , is especially solici tous regarding the composition of the ways and moans committee , the com mittee on coinage , weights and measures and the banking and currency com * mittoo. It is easy to understand that the president will wont thosocommittees made up of men who uro in hearty sym pathy with the views of the adminis tration regarding the tariff and the cur rency and can bo depended upon to , un- qu'cstloningly adopt any suggestions Unit may proceed from the adminis tration In bhort , will bo practically controlled from the white house and the Treasury department. This moans the turning down of sovoiuil gentlemen who were given proifiiifauco before the country In the last congress and it nlso moans mo $ | /rfotlonnl division nnd discord in the doinocrntle party nnd porhnps the strengthening of the oppo sition to the ndmlntetrdtlon. From the prt onMHi > oot of the sitiln- tlon it does not nfipo'nr probable that the work of organizing' the Fifty-third congress will take u'ti much time and It ought to bo posslblij tqr * it to nettle down to business within tgn dajvi after conven ing. - i Tun practical impossibility of en forcing prohibition ) -has mndo n most notable convert to too system of a li cense or tax law as the only feasible way of dealing with the problem. James A. Bradley , the founder of As- bury park , has just declared his con viction that a high license law is "just what wo want everywhere , and I do not except Asbury park. " At the same time evidence comes from Kansas com pletely demolishing the airy theory sot forth in the Chicago Ailvana that thnro were scores of to\vn.s in Kansas "whore the saloons have boon banished nnd drunkenness is nlinost unknown , " nnd mnny "villages and country places that are entirely free without an effort. " A correspondent of the same paper says 1 that "it cannot bo successfully donlod thot joints nro a convenient , annoying and dangerous substitute , and drug stores are far more numerous than the legitimate needs of our people require , " while as for towns and villages entirely frco without effort , "thoro may bo some , but they nro excep tional and rare. " Everywhere the number of places where liquor is sold seems on the increase , and in the place from which ho writes , a town of 3,000 , souls , there are thirteen , if not fifteen , "joints" and p.soudo drug stores whore "wot goods" are kept for illicit sale , besides - sides the peddlers or bootloggcrs. But there is n sober and significant lesson to bo gleaned from the failure of prohibi tion at Asbury park which republicans everywhere will do well to hood. If prohibition will not prohibit in that "tight little kingdom , " as the Now York Commercial Advrlmr puts it , it will not in Iowa or anywhere else. If the repub licans in our neighboring state across the river will recognize this truth they will no longer jeopardize their party by adhering to impracticable theories. THE report of the commission ap pointed by the last Iowa legislature to oviso the present tax laws of that state ocommond radical.ulttirations in nearly all the revenue law on its statute books. The report is based on the purpose to : iavo all property ' assessed at its real value , and this is to apply to railroad property as well as'lo all other m-oporty. The cornuiii-sionors'Jiavp recognized the soundness of the proppsition that the inequalities existing initho collection of taxes will best bo dorto away with by fixing a standard of levy , and that the easiest standard is 'the ' merchantable or real estate standard. .All property sub ject' to taxation at' all , 'is ' , by the bill which they report , tobe taxed on that basis , and real value' Is nominated to mean just \yhat it dbos , exchange vn.luo. . Hates are provided for tho.govorninont of the State Board of Equalization , and- the assessors. The former is enlarged on the years that real estate Is assessed , which will bo once in five years and not biennially as now. If the report of the commission bo adopted it will place Iowa far ahead of most of the western states in its methods of taxation , and the plan recommended may bo com- uonded for consideration to other states ivhoro the revenue laws are glaringly in need of revision. THE Bimetallic league has issued a call for a convention to moot at Chicago July 25. The call denounces the "con spiracy" against silver and proposes that the convention shall devise moans to in fluence congress in favor of free coinage of the white inotal. In connection with this so termed conspiracy it is pertinent to ask why it is that the banks of the clamorous silver producing states hol'd only $1 in silver to S10 in gold , or loss than one-half the silver held by a smaller number of southern states ? An authority states that thirteen silver states and territories hold in their banks only $1,100,000 , of silver as against $11.000,000 , gold. On the other hand ton southern states hold in their banks $2- , 400,000 of silver , against 85,000.000 of gold. The question propounded may bean an embarrassing ono for the advocates of free and unlimited coinage. COMPAKINO Colorado with Nebraska , a Denver paper remarks : "Thoro is no coal in Nebraska. Thcro is also no iron , load , copper , silver or gold , and no oil. Yet the people of Nebraska think that life is worth living nnd they bohovo that their state has a great future before it. " The remark is a timely ono and servos to emphasize the fact that , after ull , agricultural industry is the most prosperous - porous , the most certain and the most important in the country. Majority Utvnlii. The principal fontura at tlio full elections will bo the frlciu'ly Mdfo between Ohio and Iowa for ttiu honor uf wi yjntj tlio largest re publican majority ofjVo yoar. llulin fur tliturning. / . New Yo'rH Mm , Colorado is ono of thVfMrost states In the union. Moautiful at'o ' : ho * snow-clad moun tains , fertile lior lovely valleys , and boundless - loss the resources of-her plains , i - rr , - The people nil aloqg ; Jjio branch lines ol railroads In tliU statq.4vP "lu ln ? u vigorous kick because the pasiomur trains have boon tukou off. Lft tlio iMtopio nlong the brancli lines Imvo patleiiuo'nnd-'tho trains will ha put buck again , It hJ'simply a bluff that the railroads are umklnx ln-lho hope of nmklnt the now freight lavr unpopular. A. lilt of Wul HUlorjr. A correspondent of TUB OMAHA. BBC sayi that South Carolina Is the II rat atato In tin unlou thut has resolvad to regulate the al < of liquors by establishing stittu dispensaries The eUtomeut U glaringly erroneous. Out of the iniiln features In the Iowa prohibitory law of ItiU , was u clause providing for tin purchase and sale of intoxtuatihg beverage : by uu agent appointed iu every county iti tin state , Huch utent was permitted to sel only for medicinal , mechanical , sacraments and culinary purposes. This restrictIve Ivo feature caujetl almost over ) class of disease to which botf man niul bonst 1 subject , to nssumo nn opt * ilomlo tvpo. while Iho culinary department or a.irr.imontnl nlo * did not Miffor from lank of spiritual cmcnoo to Rlvo iho proper flavor. nnd both fovntlnn nnd darotUm onjoytxl a rod letter so.ison until the st-Uo n Rents loU tholr soft .snap by Iho enactment of the \yltio nnd boor amendment to the old prohibitory law. _ _ \VhtrnM the Pool Klllor ? Mr. Holdcn of Denver telegraphed that the stntes In hi * neighborhood would re- pud Into tholr debts nnd form a western em pire. Whisky must bo almost as cheap as silver in Colorado. Tlin Court S .v Ho. N CM > / tYiifer ftatctte , Gorham Dotts , ono of the coal tlcnlora in Lincoln who obtained money from the state tor coal that was not furnished , has boon convicted and sentenced to hard labor in the nenltcnllnry for two yo.irs. The Hoard of Public Lands anil Hulhllngs approroil the voucher which enabled BotU to jot this monoy. The inctnbnrs of Iho board go frco while poor Holts goes to the pan. Is It rlghtf rKii'LK .IAJ > Tiuxas. The alumi ) In the white metal tlooi not nf- feet the dignity and charm of silver looks. Postmaster Blssvll has decreed that Prlntota' line may pass through the mails us second class matter. A Minneapolis bank has instituted pro ceedings to punish the authors of malicious retxjrts affecting Us standing. American ha.vmahors nro Invading Franco with tholr crop. There appours to bo a scarcity of hay in politics ever there. DJonat KITondt , may his trlba decrease , smote Hassan All In the Midway plalsanco and now languishes In an unholy jug. Senator Hill favors free coinage. It Is fenrod , however , that his views like the metal are not ns valuable as in former times. Thcro is no prospect for Kansas City ro- stablishlng Itself in public conlldonco until ho chromatic dauber of the Journal Is sup- rosscd. Throe wives appeared nt a Chicago court econtly to claim ono husband. Evidently 10 married not wisely but too rapidly for ivenvoi-ked divorce courts. Late pictures of Governor Tllltnan ropro- nnt him as having acquired that chronic Lvlnk of oho eye , so essential in the business f dispensing state liquors. When the kindly lingers of ago , or the ncllowlng Influence of oarl.v piety lenOs to ho locks n silvery tinge , It does not follow hat the owner is a convert to free coinage. A prolonged roar may bo hoard bumping long the rails from ono end of Kansas to ho other. The assessed valuation of rail road property in the state has been raised early SU.OOJ.OlU A Kansas woman In San Francisco claims to have boon hypnotized In Hiawatha and rongines herself surrounded with reptiles ] Kansas "drugs" nro noted for the lasting mprcssions they make. Frederick Homington , the artist , undor- oic to sketch Kussian life on the spot and us suppressed together with his cauoo. t\s a salvo for his wounds the Russian gov ernment has awarded him the munllicont .um . of $21.71. The late Anthony J. Droxcl was the son of A Tyrolean portrait painter who , by his in dustry with his brush In this country nnd south America , amassed a little money with kvhich he wont into the banking business. The son inherited from the father pro nounced musical and artistic tastes and also the faculty of acquiring wealth. The late Senator Stanford did not leave his widow in straitened circumstances by any means , although ho gave away mil lions in charity during his lifetime. Mrs. Stanford , in addition to several millions In cash , it is said possesses $2,000,000 worth of precious stones of ono kind or another. Ono feature of the collection is a diamond neck ace worth $000,000. The Jewels are kept in a burglar-proof steel safe with a time lock and are always under guard. The oldest man and woman In Pennsyl vania , and probably in the United States , according to their own figures , nro Mary Mc Donald , aged 123 , and John Gibson , aged 121 , both inmates of the Homo for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons in Philadelphia. Mary McDonald declares that she remem bers George Washington perfectly , who pat ted her on the heiid ono day for her atten tion to the comfort of the Continental sol diers quartered at Valley Foree , near the homo of Reese Howcll , her master , whore General Washington was a frequent visitor. XSE KX.TUA SKsbtOS. Chicago Record : At any rate , congress muat repeal the Sherman law to save the nation from widespread financial disaster. Chicago Post : If thocall of duty were too weak the call of expediency is too strong. Thn country Is In that state of mind which admits of no dilly-dallying. Detroit Free Press : The Sherman law is doomed , and In calling congress together to register the popular sentence of condemna tion President Cleveland has earned the thanks of the people. Philadelphia Inquirer : It was rapidly becoming - coming a question whether the administra tion would down silver or silver would down the administration. The call for u special session indicates that the administration is beginning to discover "whero it is at. " Chicago Inter Ocean : The business inter ests of the country must breathe somewhat freer In tin * prospect of doilnlto action in the place of suspense. Once congress as sembles the responsibility will bo shifted from the executive department of the gov ernment to the legislative. Indianapolis News : The wealth of the Country was never so great. Business con ditions , except for the silver folly , are sound. There Is every reason to believe that the sil ver folly will bo stopped. Lot all the friends of sound money act together , irrespective of party , and the victory will soon bo won. St. Louis Republic : Convened with such Improsslvoaess nnd with every occupation In the country looking anxiously for relief , con gress will not disappoint the pooplo. It will meet in the sober , thoughtful spirit of the American character when before an urgent duty. Patriotism will rlsouboTo party , fac tion and fanaticism. The grave situation will have the grave thought of every mem ber. The Sherman act will go. Kansas City Journal : The people should look this matter straight in the face. This Is no time to talk about the ' 'politics ' In It , " but every man should see that it is a matter where a few moneyed men , in collusion with England , our hereditary ouomy , have forced the president to call congress together In order that they may have an opportunity to wring fortunes out or those who were caught In the squeeze. Chicago Herald : Repeal 1 Repeal 1 should bo the watchword as the democratic senators and roprusonUtlves Journey toward tlio national capltol. All of the odious , oppres sive , unjust and dangerous legislation which constitutes in great measure the disgraceful heritage loft by a long line of republican ad ministrations , most of them devoted to the upbuilding of a class , must bo stricken from the statute books. Now York Tribune : The repeal of the act with which Senator Sherman's name is unfortunately associated Is Imperatively de manded. It should bo repealed uncondi tionally. The near prospect that It will ho will In itself have an immediate and decided effect for good upon the money markets of the country. Tlio financial ittrcss has boon ttovoro , intense and prolonged. But the end , wo hope , Is now In sight. Philadelphia Times ; Thocall for an ex tra session early next month will be gener ally accepted as an assurance that the re lief demanded will bo obtaintd , and with this prospect before it the business world can go on through Iho coining month hope fully , Instead of faltering In doubt und despair. If thd loading men of all parties will but agree meanwhile to sink their parti san differences and unite In a common effort for a sound financial policy the present evil will but open the way to greater future prosperity , Chicago Tribune : Neither the president nor congress is to bo envied under the cir cumstances in which they find themselves placed within four months of a change of ad ministration. It would ba ungracious , per haps , to say that if the administration hud not changed the emergency would not have arisen. Still , there can bo no question that It would not havu como so quickly , nor would It have boon so severely felt had It not been for the violent chunee of the fl ci\l policy of thb government which was promised Iu con sequence of the democratic victory of last November , * Aliout It. t nnl Worry . ( Vntrol HI.VonpnrOt. ) . Thn anxious need lese no slorp ever the republicans not ronominallnit .Imlija Max- veil for his own successor. Ho will no ttoubt ho ronomlnatoii nnd ro-cloetod , An Apprnl lor n sirii nt Oriiuinrnt. If the i onplo of "Nebraska go In for n nonpartisan - partisan jiulco on the supromu btiu'h , It may safely Ira s.tld that iho ropum'U'niis will got the judge aim the other parties iho "non- partisan.1' _ No ActUlintne > 'cniloit > Alltttnrrtulcpimlent. / . Tlio Omatm World'Hrr.tlil sonms vorv anxious that llio Indopcn lonU should nomi- iMto.lolm M. Uoni.m ; for supreme Judge. Mr. Knagiiu already tins n position on the supreme rourl commission. The World- Hcr.ilil should attend to Its own affairs. The Independent convention can select a tnau for supreme judge without Us resistance. No Urcoy lluukt fur I'opulUti. J'ltltc rmmli.ircnu. . Tin few populists who are talking of Judge Ko.igan , at present The so-called rep resentative of the populist party on Iho supreme premo court commission , as the probable candidate of that party for supreme court Judge , must bo very short-sighted , Mr. Roa- K-in's many years of H. & M. service ami the Kooa fellowship In which ho is still hold by professional railway manipulators U enough to make any man question the wisdom of putting such n in.iu forward ns a representa tive populist for any position of honor and trust. _ _ _ _ _ _ A HallroiuUr'H NutiKut of WUcloni. Ilnldre eXtiotct. A great many people are inclined to the opinion that the honor of being a supreme Judge is something that ought to bo passed around occasionally. Thcro are probably a hundred treed lawyers scattered over the state of Ncbr.iska that would appreciate the distinction and are thoroughly competent to fill the position. Judge Maxwell Is all right though , a fill if ho is strong enough to secure a rcnomlnatlon ho- will on unanimously sup ported by his party. But If some other clean , deserving republican Is given the place ho will bo Just n& unanimously , and u jjood deal more ottlhusi.ist1f.aUy , supported. No Itoom for Yi'llow Due Caudlilntei. Alltanct LcHlct' . The Alliance Loader was the first paper In the .stato that suggested that. Judge Maxwell well mlaht bo thu Independent candidate for supreme Judge. This suggestion ils meeting with almost universal approval. We see nu cooil reason why the people's party conven tion should not nominate him. The judges ought to bo nonpartisan. The fact that they are not accounts for the low position which the supreme court of this state occupies. . . & M. Thorepubllcau-r.iilroad-B. -Journal-ring has long dictated the nominations of the re publican party for this high office. It is safe to say that that party will not ngalti nomi nate Judge Maxwell. The plea that ho is too old will bo effectually used acr.tinst him , while the real rea son that it docs not want him Is that ho is not sufllclcnily subservient to the railroad bosses. Of cour.se it is reasonably certain that ho will servo only ono term more. It would certainly bo a high honor if on his last term ho should bp nominated by the people's party , and elected , as ho would be , by an ovcrwliclmiuE majority of all parties. Wo Intend to support the nominees of the people's party , if they are worthy of support. But wo shall never do the yaller dog act. It is part of our political creed that a nomina tion that is unfit to ba made is unlit to be supported. The securing of a majority of the votes of a political convention by hooker or by crook , does not wipe out a rotten record , correct vicious principles or estab lish a moral character. These essentials must be looked after before the voting be gins. Becomlncr a Nutlonal Question. New 1 orJi .Sun. Accidents at grade crossings are preventa ble only in one way , and that is by abolish ing the grade crossings. It is easy enough to sav that grade crossings must bo abolished ished in thickly settled regions. That is only a question of engineering and money expenditure j but when will engineers take , up the tusk , and how shall the companies DC compelled to face the Immense expenditure involved in any radical reform of tliclr ' " ' suburban linear The Throe-.mio Limit. * * ' A'ein Ynrlf Tribune. In his argument before the Boring Sea tri bunal on Thursday , Mr. Phelps made a statement whiult will probably bo received w'th some surprise by the ovorloarned per sons who have been arguing the British case In democratic and mugwump newspapers. Ho said that the so-callod three-mile limit was the minimum and not the maximum line of national self-defense. Ho said that juris diction might extend much further than the three-mile limit when it was necessary to protect special national Intozcats. Those Americans who nro so fond of thinking that their country is always wrong and their statesmen always inferior will do well to pause awhile in consideration of this state ment of law. Kc i > Cool mill i.tiuu rlciiinnt. Denver ItcjttiMtcan. The nation and the state have passed through ninny more serious crises than the present ono without permanent injury to any class or community , and if people will only bo cnol , courageous and hopeful nnd en deavor , each according to his ability , to help ono another , there is every reason to expect an immediate recovery of values nnd n restoration of confidence and prosperity both locally and throughout the entire country. Tl-oro Is nothintr to ho cnlnod by despondency or by riwh nntl foolish aoti nnd utluinmvs , which can only Imvo the bud ef fect of liliuU-rltiR a return of that conddonoe which Is necessary to the complete ro-ostnb- llshmont of mulnesj credits , nnd wo , there fore , earnestly urge the pcoplo of Colorado to face the existing emergency calmly and bravely , because thnt 1 * the Tory best thlnff j , they can do under the circumstances. * .IIIOVT Tim The board of Indy managers luw been asked to comptomlso nnd bo satlsllen with sixty Judges tnsload of the 1UO women U desired to appoint. There U call for more guahls In the Woman's building to protect exhibits from vaudnls who break nnd cut furniture m , order to cot souvenirs nnd steal valuable * * articles whenever they can got tholr hands on thorn. -y The exposition Is a great loveler. Tlio V man of six feet In his stockhiRS realizes that ho Is so inslunlncant In sl/.o after ho has en tered the grounds , that ho Is too meek to think of enforcing any wish or demand upon oven the smallest nr.rt weakest m.in hu mects , The entire first floor of the Brazil building Is devoted to cofloo. Kvcry kind of the berry , from the cheapest to the HRhcst In price , will ho on exhibition. In the roar portion Is n largo buffet , where CUPS of roffoo tire served free to all visitors who Indulge in the bevorapo. It Is no uncommon thing to hoar visitors asserting that the great Krupp gun will throw n projectile tvotity , or oven thirty , miles. It Is always safe to say that these people have Just boon thorn to see 11. Ills calculated to Inspire a beholder to almost any sort of exaggeration. An Immense ilowor bed is being proparcd on the cast side of Agricultural hall. It will bo sot with ( -.innus , about 20,000 in number , lly the latter part of July , If everything goes well , the vast plat will bo a blaze of color such ns wns never scon before. In color the ( lowers will run nil through the shades of yellow and rei1 , for which the enormous green loaves of the plant make an. olTcctlvo background. A very popular place or a summer night trip is "Old Vienna. " There on iho plal- sauce , hemmed in between the fifteenth cen tury buildings , without a glimpse of what is on the outside , they listen to the music In the ccnlur pavilion and forget that they are iu bustling Chicago. In fact It is difficult to realize that ono i In America. Everything Is foreign from thu quaint architecture to the pretty girls. Nothing Is loft undone to make illusion perfect. In fact It is the only place about the fair where one does not catch crUmpscs of something outside that makes ono fool that no matter vrhcro ho appears to bo , he Is still right hero in America. Yonkers Statesman : " \Vliy did they name that tin per The l.adlm' Krli-ntl ? " " 1 suppose because It maUos such good curl papers. " Troy I'ress : The lllomlo Of rimrso ho thinks her un nneel , wings and all. The llrtinottn-- ] guess ho docs. She told inoho wuntud her to lly with him. . Dallas News : About the best pointer ono can ( 'lvo to a swift young man Is a period. Philadelphia Times : Money talks , but the silver dollar moans little more tliun half what It s.iys. Washington Star : "Tho short story seems to bo quite the ( ad nowadays , " said ono club man lo another. "I should say so. Itscoms to mo that nearly every man I moot stoas to toll mo how short . ho Is. " Philadelphia Ledger : The time appears to bo at hand \vhnn a man who Is referred to ns sllvor-hulred will regard It , as uu attempt to depreciate him. Chicago Tribune : "You think you dropped your pockolbook In Yullorhy's store ? -Tnon you run right back there , you careless boy , and Inquire for it. " "There's no hurry , mamma. It'll bo right whuro It foil. Yallorby doesn't udvortlso. " Waif : "What tools shall I nsn ? " nskod the subway laborer to his foreman. "Oh , talto your pick , " was the easy reply. The Olub : Miss Utodostoo Sir , my fnco Is my 'fortune. ' The Chicago Drummer Same hero ! A DISAPI'OIKTMRXT. irasMnotnn Star. l ] i . About the soasldo of t IIQ road And saw thoplctiiros fair That urtlsts toll us represent , i The damsels bathing there. - Jin hurried to the bounding son Tollnd Ifltbotruo That loveliness like that Is there 1'rcbontod to the view. A day ho staid , and tlion ho fled As hard us ho could scud. Ho found the real article A night to chill the blood. X11K 1'IOXIV AZ.MSO.V. Samervlllti Journal. The picnic season has begun , Tlio festive custard pie Is roudy to bo sot upon You'd bolter mlucl your eye. The man who never rowed a boat In all his mortal life Gives all the pretty girls a row- Hut overlooks his wlfo. Within the grove the croaking swlnfc With merry music sounds I''H fun to push a girl when she Weighs near 2UO pounds. The young men and the maidens Imvo A lovely chnnco to lllrt , , The children got loitln tlio wood ) , And roll 'round In the dirt. At last at night a tlrod crowd , All dusty , buriibd nnd hot , Comets homo And will I go tigalnT Well , 1 should just buy not ! A GO. Largest Munufnoturjri nnJ Retailers olUlotbluglutuo World. He Got One. One of those $9.00 suits that we placed on sale Saturday. R0in interfered with the sale. This is the best offer in men's suits that we have made this season. Sale continues - x tinues till they're all gone. Our flne tailor made stylish men's suits , sold all season foi $12.50 and $15. Factory prices * those are , but for this sale they'll be in one lot at only $9.00. They are all sizes , light and medium weights , all colors , Cheviots , worsteds , homespuns , and oassimeres , sizes , 33 to 46 , sacks and cutaways , Our Owr Make and every ono of 'en worth in most stores $15 or $18 High class goods nicely trimmed made to wear well and look well. See 'em in the window , BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
