Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, July 13, 1893, Page 4, Image 4

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THE DAILY BEE.
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P.llurcfny lion , Ono Year . - J 2
weekly lice , OnoYonr . - * 00
omens.
Omulm , Thft Ilcn llulldlns.
South Onmlm. corner N nml 2 < Hh Street *
Council Iiliiir * , 12 Pearl Street.
Clilcnvo Ollli-o. 317 Chamber of Commerce.
New York , Hoorns 13 , 14 and IB. Tribune
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Washington , 613 fourteenth Street
All communication * rolatlim to norn ntul
editorial matter should bo addressed ! To the
Editor.
nusiNnss wrrTKRa
AllbmlnPiilotlori and roinllliHiPM Mionlrt
faaridrrwd to The Ileo PnhtlihlnK Oo mpnny ,
Otnnlin. DrnfU , checks mid poitofjlco orilors
to bo made payable to the order of the com
pnny.
I'nMlesloarlnc the city for the summer can
Jmvo tlio Jlr.r. until their address by leaving fxn
order at thin office.
TUB nKK JWnMSIHNG COMPANY
8WOIIN STATEMr.NT OF CIHOULATION.
BtnU-of Nel > r.T < ltn. I
County of Donirl.is. f
Ore , II. 'rMolitiek. Socrrtnry ot THIS UK * publish-
Ina coniiKiny docs noli'innlv nwpar Hint tno neliiai
Hrenlation of Tnr. IMii.v Ilr.B for the wock ending
'July H , lhllt ! , was an followHi
Rnml.iy. July 2 . 2M4&
Monday. July n .
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'nirwlay. July 4 . ul1,2 :
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Wr.lnrw.lay. July B . 23-H25
TlnihMl.-iv. July ( J . 23nnn
Krld.iv. July 7 . 2"'n7,5
Batunlar , July 8 . 2.1.1)85
OKOIUIK II. T7HC11HCK.
I , SWOHN to before ) mo find BnbflcrllxHl In
iRKAt , V my iiroBciico this Rtli dav of July , 1R93.
I v t _ N. v. Fun. Notary Public.
Tim lien III Clllriino.
THK DAILY and SUNDAY HUB U on sale In
Clilc.Tpont thr following ] > lico.-i : :
Pnlinprlinutu.
Onuiil P.iclllcliolol.
Auditorium hotel.
( Ircnt Northern hot : } ) .
Oon * hotel.
T.olaml hotol.
Wells II. Sl7ur. 180 Stnlo stront.
Vllps of TUB Itin : can bu .soon nt the No-
lirimkn building nnd thu Administration bulld-
JIIR , i\posltlon : uroumls.
AvcrnRo Clmiliitlon lor .luiir , 1HU3 , 84,810
THK managers of the Lake Manawa
pleasure resort nro not opposed to a re
duction of bridge motor tolls. Neither
are the Omaha patrons of the lake.
SECRETARY Hoici : SMITH has reached'
the latitude of North Dakota on his ex
pedition to the Indians of the northwest.
\Vo may now expect an early and com
plete settlement of the Indian question.
WORK bus been resumed after an in-
lormisslon of boveral weeks in one of
the extensive hog packing ostablish-
picnts at the Magic City. This move
will bo appreciated by the labarors of
Ihls vicinity.
FOR yours THK BEB bus contended
that the Douglas county hospital should
hot bo used as an asylum for the inuur-
nblo insunc. It is gratifying to note that
the authorities have come to view the
matter in the sumo light.
THE general freight agent of the
Elkhorn road has not yet explained
why the lubricating oil rate from "Wyo
ming to Chicago is $233 per car , while
the rate on a car load of cuttlo is but
8110. Nor is'ho likely to do so.
ONE by one the obstreperous whisky
trust secedors swing gracefully back
into the fold. With them it is sink or
pwim , survive or perish , and BO far the
little fellows have been unable to navi
gate outside of the protection which the
trust afl'ords.
TUB season of the annual county fnir
is close at hand. It is to bo hoped that
they will not bo permitted to degenerate
into moro horse racing hippodromes.
Every fair ought to exhibit the varied
products and give an Idea of the ro-
Bourcca of the county.
THE sacngorfost of the North Aroori-
'Can Saongorbund , now being hold at
Cleveland , is one of the few national
events which Chicago failed to gather
in this year. An effort ought to bo
made to have the next assemblage of
singing societies in this region of the
west.
west.WE
WE SUGGEST to the advertising com-
Jnlttoo of the Commercial club that daily
newspapers are the best mediums by
Which to toll the world of the wonderful
ndvantagos and resources of a city. THE
DEIS has boon engaged in that pursuit
for over twenty years with flattering
tiuccess.
THE now crop bulletin issued by
Director Hunt of the Omulm weather
Tmroau will bo of great value to the
people of this section. It shows that the
Omaha station has boon elevated to the
rank ol stations of the larger cities of the
country , This distinction was a long
lime coming , und will bo appreciated
accordingly.
A CORRESPONDENT suggests that an
effort should bu made to secure the na
tional encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic at Lincoln in 1894. Wo
endorse the idea. It would advertise
the atnto nnd would bo in the nature of
n recognition of the claims of the west ,
where the larger portion of union vet
erans reside.
TWO MICHIGAN young ladies are so
unxlous to see the World's fair that they
Ore willing to forego the luxuries of
modern railway transportation and to
rely upon the privileges of a tie pass in
order to reuoh their destination. Per
haps a dorfiro to gain notoriety forms one
of the inducements that have led them
to take thin thorny path.
THE supreme court moots this morn
ing in special session to hear the Omaha
paving cu o. A decision may bo looked
for within a fuw days which will doubt
less brculc the deadlock that obstructs
the much-needed work qf publlo'
provements. Tills city is under special
obligations to the court for its dis
tinguished consideration in the matter ,
r.ib
THE request of the Commercial olub
that the duto from which the city taxes
for the year 1803 become delinquent bo
postponed by the council was nocossnrlly
refused. If the council could ixwtpono
thu time for delinquency of the whole
levy , it might do BO in spociul cases and
might even abolish the ponultlo ? of de
linquency altogether. It would scarcely
l > o advisable , not to say sufo to vest uuch
4 power in u body of municipal oulcors.
FtlKK Sll.VKn MAUNKSS.
Moro than sixty years ago the cotton
planters of the south were arrayed In
opposition to the tariff legislation of
that period nnd Cnlhoun proclaimed the
tloctrlno of nullinoatlon , which was
swept away by the strong hand of
Andrew Jackson and the Invincible logic
of Daniel WobUor. History records
that from that date began a'eorlous
division : between the north und the
south. Something of the same spirit is
now being manifested by the free sllvor
men , who threaten resistance , oven to
the point of shedding blood , to any legis
lation adverse to the policy they advo
cate and sock to array the west against
the cast. The arrogance of the southern
cotton planters of 1830 is being emulated
today by the western silver mlno owners.
The spirit and the utterances of the
mass mooting at Denver will show to the
country tlio true character of the people
who nro championing a policy whoso
only possible result would bo the do-
slruotion of national credit and general
financial and commercial disaster. The
threats uttered at that meeting voice
tlio desperation of inordinate greed
and Bullishness in the presence of an
overwhelming popular demand for n
change of financial policy that will
deprive the millionaire sllvor mlno.
owners of further opportunity to incruaso
their wealth at the expense of the whole
people and nt the risk of national dis
aster. The men who IMIVO piled up
their millions through the patronage of
the government during the past fifteen
years , nnd who have constituted the
most ngprossivo and arrogant and graspIng -
Ing money power this or any other
country eVer had , now when the great
majority of the people of the country ,
fully awakened to the mistake that has
boon made , propose a change of financial
policy , boldly and defiantly proclaim
their readiness for ' 'war" ' in order to
defeat the popular domand. 'There is
no sorlous danger in these threats. The
millionaire silver mine owners will not
adopt the suggestion of one of the
speakers at the Denver meeting of "an
other revolution , another appeal to
arms. " But It is well to note and to
carefully remember the menace and
bluster of these people as Illustrative of
the character of the class whoso purpose
it is to pluco . the country on a single sil
vor basis. .
It is , of course , altogether useless to
argue with those peopled Greed and
selfishness nro not accessible to reason.
The free silver chumpiuns will go on
falsifying history and distorting fuels ,
as they have been doing for moro than
twenty years , but their influence Is
rupidly declining. The utterances of
the Denver meeting should help
greatly -to reduce it. If the caubo
of free silver had not been hopeless
before It would assuredly have boon
made sp by this gathering. The people
of the Unilod Slates will resent and re-
buko the dictatorial spirit of the
millionaire mine owners. Perhaps
nothing could have happened * jat
would have done so much to hasten the
desired chungo of policy regarding
silver as will this demonstration at
Denver of the real character and pur-
pose of the free silver advocates.
ir/ir OUT OF TJIK DlhEMMA.t
The failure of the city of Omaha lo
sell Iho paving and bower bands author-
ixod to defray the expenses of this sea-
son's public improvements is embarrass
ing alike to the publlu and to the contractors -
tractors for public work. The contrac
tors look upon themselves Ihe obligations
ol their agreements in honesty and good
faith. Contraolsof Ihis kind are binding
upon both parties and if the work wore
not carried out accJrdlng to the spacifi-
calions Iho cityjwould oxpocl lo hold Iho
conlractor down to the terms of his con
tract. The latter , on the ether hand ,
undertook the work with the understand
ing Ihat ho was lo receive his pay in
cash and as Iho construction of the im
provement progressed. To atlempl to
road into the contract , as some of our
city solons have attempted to do , any
proviso to the effect that the contract
was only to bo binding and the work to
proceed in the event of soiling the city's
bonds for the same , is absurd , inasmuch
as the contraoling parlios had no such
condition in mind at the time of making
and accepting the oilers.
The present financial condition of the
city treasury was allogolhor unforsoon
a few months ago. It is useless to bewail -
wail the fact that the bonds were not
promptly disposed of In Iho spring , and
lo transfer money from ono fund to
another is out of the question. The
charter is very plain on this point and
forbids in so many words both the diver
sion of ono fund'for the expenses charge
able upon anolhor and Iho application
of the proceeds of any bonds to purposes
olhor Ihnn those for which Ihoy were
voted. Either the
work of sewer uon-
slrucllon must oc.iso entirely or some
arrangement must ba made with Iho
contractors by which they can receive
part puymoul In bonds. There is also
unolhor sot of parties who might bo ox-
pocled to come to the assistance of the
city treasury. The local banks are" hold-
liigondoposlllargo amounlsof Iho public
funds. These funds are balng loaned lo
citizens on short time natoj. If the
banks would accommodate the olty by
reluming to It son.o of Its own money ,
with the bands as security , they would
still be making a neat little turn by
poekollng Iho dllYnroiico between Iho 11
per cent which they pay the city and the
5 per cent which the city Is willing to
pay thorn. A slight aeoDmtindutlon In
this direction if coupled with an auiicu-
blo arrangement with the contractors
might enable the oily to at least have
these sewers completed which are now
well under way.
ALTOGETHER Governor Tillmnn is hav
ing n pretty hot time with his scheme
for rnnnlnc the bur rooms of South Cure
Hun. Now It is General Wade Hump I
ton who indignantly denounced the ux
iwrimont. Ho says that it degrades u
comm'Jiiwoalth that has always occiipiei
a place In the front rank of the American
can tiliitorhood to the position of a bur
keeper. The money that will bu lew
when the scheme is exploded is the leas'
Borious feature of the matter , ho thinks
"It is the malodorous reputation of i
that will cling to us for years to como
that hurts most. " There is no doubt the
feeling agaiust thu law ia beoomlu
\
stronger every day , Nor Is Iho opposl-
.lon confined to the stnto ntono. In
North Carolina a largo brewing com-
innyis preparing to ship boor Into South
on n wholesale scale. In con-
loctlon with the railroad company
which will transport the boor this brow-
tig company proposes to carry the case
to the United States supreme court and
mvo it finally sotllcd. There scorns to
xi but little doubt thnt If a favorable do-
lslon.Is rendered the official saloon will
IK ) permanently closed.
OF VANK CinCUltATION.
The demand for money of late has had
the effect to Induce Iho national banks
lo add materially to their circulation.
A recently published statement shows
thai Iho Increase In nallonal bank circu-
latlon during Juno amounted to nearly
$2,000,000 , , and the increase for July will
[ > robably bo quite as largo. The circu-
ation sooured by bonds reached the lowest -
est point November 1 , 1890 , when It was
In round numbers $121,000,000. It has
since steadily Increased month by
month , having reached 3157,000,000
on July 1 of this year. It is
ostlmaled Hint the circulation of
national banks secured by bonds will
probably exceed $100,000,000 , by August
1 , nnd make the total circulation of
bank notes more than $180,000,000. A
Washington dispatch says that this in
crease of circulation , In spllo of the high
price of the bonds and the small profit
In circulation , is , regarded'by friends of
the national banking system as signifi
cant of a very considerable increase If
the volume of circulating notes were In
creased by law to 95 per cent of the par
value of the bonds doposllcd as security
instead of being loft at 00 per cent , under
Iho existing law.
It will bo proposed at the coming ses
sion of congress to allow Iho banks lo
issue notes to the par value of Iho bonds
doposllod as security , nnd it is also proba
ble thai it will bo proposed as a further
encouragement to the banks to issue
moro notes to take the tax oil of circu
lation. As to the first of these proposi
tions it is not apparent what valid
objection can bo made to it. When Iho
rmtioiml bank syslom was organized
Ihoro were good reasons for limiting
Iho amount of nolos Ihat a national
br.nk might issue to 90 per cent
of the face value of the bonds
deposited as securities , but Iho
same reasons will not apply now
when the bonds are at a premium and
there has been a change as to other con
ditions. If this proposition were to prevail -
vail it would result in adding within a
short : lime bolwoon $30,000,000 and S40-
000,000 to the circulation , n fact which
ought to insure it the support of every
body ( who thinks wo have not enough
currency to transact the business of the
country. But such a proposilion has
boon urged upon Iho attention of con
gress ] a number Of times and has never
received a very vigorous support. As
the democratic party is not friendly to
the banks , and the coming congress
jg in conlrol of Ihat party , it
is not to bo expected that any
sorl of proposal Ihat would help the
banks will receive serious considera
tion , although its effect would bo dis-
linclly ! in the interest of the public also.
Still a change in the direction noted is
urged by some democratic organs. The
free silver advocates would undoubtedly
oppose showing the banks any such consideration -
sidoration , thosa institutions very gen
erally being hostile to the free coinage
of silver. As to the proposition to relieve
lievo the national banks of the circula
tion tax there is not the least probabil
ity that it could obtain any considerable
support in the coming congress.
Meanwhile the growth in the bank
circulation is an interesting and reas
suring fact in the financial situation.
IT IS a rather arbitrary proceeding
'or the pension bureau to compel every
xsrson who is suspected of having hod
ils name placed upon the total disabil-
ty pension list without such proof of
, ho disability us will satisfy the present
nireau ofllclals to show cause why ho
should not bo dropped from the rolls.
When a man applies for a pension it is
10 more than right to require him to
furnish evidence that he is entitled to
payment which ho is asking. But when
.v petition has onoo boon favorably acted
upon and the "name has boon placed on
the list of pensioners the primu'fuaio
Inference is that it is there of right. In
order to have it removed from the rolls
the party challenging it on the ground
of fraud or negligence ought first to
make out his case. To put upon tlio
pensioner the burden of proving that ho
is legally drawing the sum allowed Is
simply heaping double costs upon him.
The present ruling assumes that in all
these cases the former pension ofllcors
openly violated the law. It practically
reverses the commonly accepted rules
of legal procedure.
TUB suggestion from the Agricultural
department that at the presort prices
for hay abroad shipments would
doubtless provo a profitable venture
comes a little lato. For several weeks
exports of baled hay have boon on an
unproccdentul scale. tnfa
When it brings
845 to $50 a ton in London , and oven
moro in Prance and Gornmny , it is easy
to understand how .profitable the ven '
tures have proven. In view of the utter
failure of the
European fodder
crops
this would appear the opportune tl mo
for the Agricultural department's agents
to enlighten the people of foreign coun
tries as to the great value of Indian
corn for foraee.
They might moro
readily bo induced to food it to their
cuttle than to cat it themselves.
THK Railway Employes association
seems to have boon organized solely for
political work. At uny rate it views
the wholesale dlsuhargo of railway em
ployes with philosophic complacency.
Its solo contention during the campaign
in this state lu.it
full was that the HI-
forcement of a reduced freight tariff
would throw hundreds If not thousands
of railway employes out of work , be
cause decrc-tibod earnings in consequence
of the law would cripple the roads.
The only solicitude beeniod to as.bo
for the welfare of employes. THE
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BEE'oombutcd this theory of the cuuo
und argued that if reductions in the
working forces were made the cause
would bo found in lrvpk business , consoli
dations of roads , short crops and the
purchase of rolling stock of eastern man
ufactories. In otlioY words , the opera
tions of the now HiHximum freight law
would have Httlo oTfbct In the promises.
In the light of rocoul events and in view
of the fact that the now tariff law has
not yet gene into effect wo sco n confirm
ation-of our original views on the sub
ject.
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NOW THE concessionaires on the Mid *
way Plalsanco aslc to have the 25 per
cent clause in thcjc contracts either
modified or suspended. They are far
behind in the payment of ho portion of
gross { receipts agreed upon , and nt the
same time complain of partiality shown
to . particular companies. It the great
fair itself is running short of nil calcu
lations , it cannot bo surprising that
the sideshows tire failing to'make out.
It . is to bo hoped that an amicable ad
justment J of the differences will bo made ,
so , that the fair may go through to its
close . without Impairing the number of
ts attractions.
Tun attorney general of Kansas vlows
the acceptance on the part of his assist
ant of foes for the collection of a judg
ment from an insurance company , whioh
ho threatened in default of payment
with a revocation of Its license to do
business In that state , as ample cause for
his removal , and has dismissed him ac
cordingly. There are several ofllclals in
n stnto not many miles from Kansas who
confessed to moro serious abuses and
misuses of public power. They were
elected , not appointed. Removal by im
peachment is u different remedy from re
moval by orders of a superior officer.
No SQONEtt was the duke of Voragua
said to bo bankrupt than a proposition
was mudo to ralso a purse in this coun
try for the relief of his highness. We
have not yet hoard of anybody rushing
up and donating any money , so that any
thing wo may say will not deprive the
duke of a dollar. But It is indeed dim-
cult to see why any American should bo
called upon to succor a royal bankrupt ,
who has nothing in common with the
people of this country and nothing to
recommend him to our notice save the
blue blood that courses through his
veins.
A RESOLUTION of the city council of
South Omaha calls upon the county com
missioners to redueo the assessed valua-
lion of Ihut precinct by one-half be
cause the assessors proceeded on a basis
of one-fifth the nctuaf'valuation , whorcna
it is claimed'that tlio other precinct
assessors took one-tenth the actual value
as their guide. Why not ask to have
the assessment for Hho entire county
raised to the plane of the South Omaha
assessment ?
,
IT IS doubtful whether the bone of
contention between Commissioner Gar-
neau and Auditor Jilboro can bo buried
until the supreme court has made a rul-
ing in the celebrated case. Each baa
declared his position and is contldent of
self-righteousness and unswerving rec
titude. Both cannot bo right. Further
pyrotechnics will bo to 'their discredit.
Lot a court of equity and good con
science put a quietus upon the whole
business.
THIS innocent-sounding phrase "im
pecunious and garrulous" is enough to
raise a fair-sized storm in the British
House of Commons when applied to
characterize the Irish as a race. The
little parliamentary tilt occasioned by
these remarks of Mr. Brodorick shows
that our English cousins are equally
ticklish with our American congressmen
upon points of professional etiquette , al
though perhaps not quite so pugnacious.
IT is understood thai both the city
and counly treasurers are candidates for
reelection. . Wo make no charge for
of the suggestion that a public statement
from each as lo Iho interest earnings on
public funds that have been covered Into
Iho Iroasury during their present terms
oillco would bo interesting , and if these
officials have done their duty the state-
monls will make slroncr campaign
Ihundor.
. CONGRESSMAN WILSON of West Vir
ginia wants congress to cont'no ' its sos-
slons into December in order to take up
Iho tariff problem at the earliest possi
ble dato. Just now the taritl has almost
dropped out of the puDlio mind. The
country is doing quite well under the
circumstances wilh the present schedule
of Import duties. The revision of the
turltl can await the convenience of con- ;
The J'roMilontlul CJIiini.
Kcw Ycrlt fun.
II Is a fact Ulustratinc Mr , Cleveland's
powers of sclf-rcstrqmt and secrecy that
after four months no more is really known of
his ideas nnd intentions on the subject of
Hawaiian annexation than wns known when
his term began
Unevnii Tenor of Justice.
St. raul OM > e
C. W. Moshor , who wrecked the Capital
National bank of Lincoln to the tune of
$1,400,000 , gets only live years at Sioux Falls.
Hud ho been poor and Stolen $1,000 , ho \vould
no doubt have been sentenced to ton years.
Such Is the uneven tenor of the American
criminal career. I '
A Unoitlun Awaiting Solution.
Bui what will tho. democratic party do ?
That is the dlsturbin < ; , oucstloii. If it aban
dons its policy of ripping up and extermi
nating protection , it ; n'ust cither adopt the
existing republican system or formulate
some dotlnlto policy which the country can
appreciate. The business Interests of the
country will not tolerate the present uncer
tainty.
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I'rotcotioiuln fiqutli Carolina ,
Charlatan Kevts.
Every mill and factorythat wo build nnd
operate successfully i .iu bit ? helper in the
causa of our indopundoqcc. Every shop that
gives employment to ono or more efficient
workmen is a smaller but important help.
Kvcry wheel that turns and ovary wheel
that cuts , m town or country , does Its part
In the great work. What wo need moro
than all else , ns n people , is to niako what
wo need , Instead of depending on the other
people to make it for us.
lioozerlei Won't Work.
I'htla < lcli > Ma Lc < lytr ,
South Carolina's dispensary law has boon
declared unconstitutional by u Judga of good
reputation , and this decision may put an end
to an experiment of very doubtful issue. The
trouble with nuy law of this kind Is that It
depends almost entirely upon the sentiment
of the communities to which U applies , It
cau easily bo enforced In temperance com
munities , where restrictions are scarcely
ncodiul , und falls Just wboro regulation of
tbo llijuor tradlo is most desirable. Auu
thus contradictory evidence Is furnished as
to Iho value of nil such legislation. M ( vino's
nrohlbltlon law lifts boon n subject of dispute
for scores of years , Its advocates pointing to
the strict enforcement of the laws In com
munities of tnmpcranco people and Its op
ponents to the exceptionally bad record of
Portland for drunkenness. So It may bo
with South Cnrollim If the Inw should bo
upheld , In splto of this decision as to its
unconfttttutlonnllty.
IOITA'I Ulnmler.
\ranMiijton \ Star.
Sympathy will gq out freely from nil parts
of the country to the people of Pomoroy , the
lown town thnt suffered so severely from
the tornado thnt whirled through Us streets
Thursday evening , that swept moro than
fifty men , women nnd children Into otornlty
nnd loft behind lo suffer , a little longer nt
least , twice ns many moro. It wns nn nwful
occurrence , destroying llfo nnd property
without more thnn n few moments1 warn
ing , nnd although money cnnnot restore the
dead nor stop the nchlngof bereaved hearts ,
It win glvo relief , nnd there should bo a great
deal of It contributed by these who hnvo
enough nml to spare.
The Vcnmtlllty of J. ritorllnjr.
Clndrwntt Timet.
Hon. J , Sterling Morton , secretary of agri
culture , seems to bo n gentleman
of unusual versatility. Ho is n mas
ter not only of the science of gov-
eminent , but of social economies In
general nnd in particular. The other day ho
settled the financial question In n latter
dashed off between winks. To him the study
of fiscal affairs 1 * n frolic. Moreover , In a
single inomunt of leisure recently ho
mnilo nnd nnnounccd Iho discovery that
cities nro Inrco nggrcgatlons of poopla nml
that political corruption Is most common
where there nro the most folks.
Itcturiilng Coiillilimco.
JVcio Vorfc Tlmci ,
Ono of the most reassuring features In the
financial reports of the ftwt week of July
Is the fant that throughout the country gen
erally the savings banks depositors have
shown no unreasonable apprehension. There
tins been , necessarily , n larger amount of
withdrawals from the savings banks th.m
In ordinary times , because the actual and
immediate needs of depositors hare been
somewhat greater , but tli010 withdrawals
Imvo not boon so great as had boon expected ,
Ou the ether hand , the now deposits , made
to take advantage of the Interest reckoned
from the llrst of the month , have been larger
than had been looked for.
The Sllvor Intluitry In Uolornilo.
fVifMdclji'iirt ' llteonl.
Even In Colorado the outcry of the silver
producers Is nltocothor out of proportion to
the importance of the silver Industry ns com
pared : with other established industries.
The total yearly vnluo of tlio metal output ,
according to census returns , is about $ M-
000,000. This is exceeded by the aggregate
value of manufactured products , $70,000,000 ;
olt coal , $75.000,1)00 ) ; agricultural products ,
olyi ( iO,000,000. The cattle and wool Industries
yield annually $30,000,000. Scarcely moro than
one-tenth ! of the nviilhiblonrablol.indiscultl-
vatcd. Besides cosl nnd Iron , the petroleum
product of Colorado last year exceeded 1,000-
000 barrels. The closing of the silver mines.
if it should bring capital und lalwr to boar
upon the other special resources of the state ,
might turn out to bo n blessing in disguUo.
There is n hazard in mining operations for
gold nnd silver that is attractive to tlio"
speculative instinct of men. Occasionally
great fortunes fall into the hands of lucky
gamesters ; but , comparing outlay nnd out
turn , there Is moro prollt in corn , cattle ands
coal oil.
JtUSISESS.
St. Paul Globe : Cheer up. Bolter times
are : copiiiiff. It may look like n long distance -
tanco ! aiioad , but give your note for ninety
days nnd go llshing. The rapidity wi'th
which the time will nrrivo to renew the note
will convince you that you nro liable to llvo
to sco the dawn of a moro prosperous orn.
Louisville Courier-Journal : But , when
congress moots , what ? After the Sherman
act , what ? As the Courier-Journal has often
said ; , tlie.ro are ninny things lu financial phil
osophy which are .vet hidden from the sight
ob the naked eye , and whatever Is done must
bo in the nature of an experiment. It is not
well that any of us should bo too conlldcut.
But all of us can nnd ought to keep cool.
Kansas City Journal : If there is in con
gress a desire to help the country , and to af
ford time to gauge the working of a policy of
suspension , why not pass a joint resolution
suspending for six months , n year , or during
the life of this congress , the purchase of sil
ver and hold the parity between the two
metals as now ? That would give nmplo time
lo deliberate nnd pass now legislation , and
stlllloavo the country at liberty to continue
the suspension by repeal , or resort to it again
should that bo soon the better policy.
Boston Advertiser : The past week has
witnessed n decided Improvement in the
general financial and business situation. This
Improvement has manifested
itself not so
much in uny increase in the volume of trade
transactions ns in n change of sentiment
among the business men. The prevalence o
a better tone to the money market , duo to the
successful completion of July settlements , is
larifoly responsible for tills fooling. Still the
difllculty of obtaining money is restricting
the volume of trade to a consldorablocxtent ,
nnd makes collections slow. With the grad
ual restoration confidence , the signs of
which were apparent last week , normalmon-
otary conditions are likely to rule ore long.
i
VKOl'l.K AM )
The country will wait in vain for proof
hat onicinl pie provokes indigestion.
When the culams of Colorado tnko the
floor the brethren of Kansas scoot for the
cyclone cellars.
Fresh discoveries of gold in Colorado como
In time to confuse and confound the silvery
shrieks nt'tho foothills.
Kcports from the sea shore agree that the
bar a possibilities of last season's bathing
suits are this year "lost to sight , to memory
dear. "
Ex-Socratary Foster , strange to say , Is n
pronounced opponent of sllvor , although his
creditors do not expect more than 50 cents
on the dollar ,
Ono of the members of the czar's cabinet
wears the name Poblodonoszofll.
the efforts of nihilists to blast off a Diablo
or two have boon fu tilo.
The housewife who scrutinizes the Ice
man's morning delivery can understand how
easily U premature skater may bocouio the
head of a funeral procession.
The man who enters n race for ofllco with
n promise of n majority and receives ono vote
should not be rebuked If ho hurls a few
sulphurous bombs.at the urt glass dome.
The explosion of two tons ol dynamitoncar
Denver wns n preparation for the explo
sion of sllvor lungs two days Inter. The
latter wns moro destructive at the broach
than at the muzzle.
Even in far-off Kussla the women nro be
ginning to get tlio rights so long reserved to
men. The government has ordered that
smoking compartments for ladles shall be
provided on all trains.
There nro far moro evictions In Now York
City than In the whole of Ireland , In
1800 the evictions in Now York numbered
S1,8U3 ! ; In Ireland , during the sumo period ,
tiiero were n llttlo over 5,000 ,
In the Burlington revenue district of Iowa
the government collected $ : ) GO,000 in spociul
taxes for the past fiscal year , nn increase of
$20,000 in n year , Thu bootleg industry Is not
affected by prevailing financial disturbances.
Gradually the problems which agitate nnd
perplex thu country are simmering down to
u few vital ones. The vexing question
whether the tomato was a fruit or a vege
table 1ms boon settled by the United States
supreme court In fnvor of the latter ,
A Missouri farmer , tiring of Iho search
for private treasure , exchanged $5,000 hi
good money for $25,000 of the queer , Ho
throw In his farm as n bargain clincher , but
the shovers graciously docliiiod to carry off
hU acres.
Colonel Datcholdor , the historian of Get
tysburg , is anxious that the uext reunion on
the battle field should bo a reunion of fed
eral and confederate soldiers , and ho In
tends to labor to that end. Ho is also desir
ous that the confederate position on the Hold
should bo marked with monuments , the sumo
as the federal lines aro.
Three British admirals besides Sir George
Tryon have lost their lives by shipwreck or
disaster unconnected with warfare since the
beginning of the lust century , lu 170T Sir
Cloudosley Shovel wenl down with the frigate -
ate Association ; In 1782 the lloyul George
carried Admiral Kempoufeldt to the bottom ,
and Admiral Hoyuolds and 2,000 tailors pcr-
. hod oft the const of Jutland In 1311 , when
the St. George , the Ucfonio ami Iho Hero
were wrecked.
The king of Greece complains that a sal
ary of fMo.OOO a year Is Insufficient to enable
him to keep up with the royal procession.
Ixil him resign. No obstacle in the way ,
Nobrnska has nn abundance of patriots who
would Jump nt the Joe with reduced salary.
And Nebraska would cheerfully spare them.
Lngrand Larow of Barton county , Mis
souri , who Is six foot In height , tms whiskers
lust seven foot In length. He was born In
Tompklns county , New York , nnd comes
from n family wiioso inon were noted for
their long beards. Some of his friends
think he ought to become a populist states
man , but ho refuses to leave his farm for
the uncertain prizes of political llfo.
TO ItrsUMK HVS1SKSS.
Omaha Men Kitrniitn to Wmlilnetnu to
Help the Amcrlcin National ,
.NOTos H m.vu : or Tun Hen , )
613 FounTKR < Tii STIIBKT , >
WASIIINOTOX , July 13. )
Comptroller Eckels today received a dls
patch from Cashier Wyman of the American
National bank informing htm that Mr.
Wyman would arrive In Washington tomor
row. Cnahtor Wyman is tlio advance gunnl
of a delegation representing tlio stockhold
ers of the American National who will
arrive early next wook. They will endeavor
to persuade the comptroller lo consent to
grant the bank until September 1 to gel
Us affairs straightened out so ns to bo able
to resume business on that dato.
The commissioner of pensions tod.iy ap
pointed Ur. T. T. Blalso of SlROitrnoy , In. ,
un uxnmlning surgeon of the pension bureau.
II. C. Evans of Ottumwn. In. , flon-ln-
law of Jamo.t II. Weaver , iato populist
candidate fur president , was appointed chief
of n division lu thu second auditor's odk'o at
nsnlary of $ d,000. Ho was recommended by
Congressman Hays und ether Iowa demo
crats. l . S. II.
SILYJHt PURCHASES.
Hut n Sm < tll J'nrt of tlio Required Amount
llouclit < > l' ' r This Month.
WASIIINQTON , July 12. U looks very much
ns if the treasury of the United States would
bo compelled to do some aclivo work In
ornor to carry out tlio provisions of the Slier-
mim law , which require the purchase of
4,500,000 , ounces of sllvor every month. July
It now nlmost half gene and still Mio treas
ury has p'urcliascd only a fraction muro than
10 per cent of the 4,600,000 ounces , the pur
chases amounting in ounces to 78.0X ! ! ( ) . The
Vrieo paid when the Juno purcha i were
completed was ? 0.8220 per ounce. July 7 ,
1.278,000 ounces were offered and onb100,000
ounces were taken nt $0.7J. The next day
CUS.OOO ounces ofTorod by telegraph at $0.7230
were accepted. The 100,000 ounces pur-
chnsod Monday at 0.72:10 : completes the pur
chases so far made this mouth. ti'Iio director
of tlio ' mint today made n counter proposi
tion'of 375,000 ounces , oiTorod at prices rang
ing from ? 0.72 tofO.TittO , in whlcn ho agreed
to take the silver nt $0.7150. This may bo
accepted before the end of the calendar
day , and , if so , will not flguro in tlio result
until tomorrow , oven should this otTcr be ac
cepted. The total purchases will amount to
n fraction less than 2o per cunt of the total
requirements for the month.
Inrrcnao lu tlio Ooltl llesorvn.
WASIHXOTOX. "Uuly 12. The gold reserve
today increased J.loa.SOS , the total amount
being § 97,880.755. The currency balance re
mains at about the same flguro $ " 7UU,3S1. !
SIXUATWX AT 1'UMKKOr.
Uctnllott Report or the ros to Property
The I > onth Itut.
FOIIT DODOU , la. , July 12. [ Special Telegram -
gram to THE BEK. ] Over ono hundred labor
ers and mechanics were at work tn the ruins
at Pomcroy today. About ono hundred In
jured are still in the hospital and , a dozen
surgeons oud fifty nurses nro kept busy. Mr.
Dahlgron and two children have boon re
moved to Fort Dodgo. Katlo Davoy , another
of the fatally wounded , died this
morning. Thuro are hopes of Mrs.
Davoy's recovery. Mrs. Nick Fccht ,
who died yesterday , was buried nt
Fort Ltodgo today. The total number of
deaths that cnn bo vonllcd Is forty-four.
Company C of Webster City has como to the
aid of Company G of Fort Dodgo. Both will
remain on duty for tlio present. A tour of
the rulnod district , with the am of well in
formed residents , has given a pretty ac
curate estimate of tuo property loss In Pom-
erov. The flguro are : D.imago in business
portion of town to buildings , $0,000 ; black
tile factory , ? 3,500 ; seven churches und
school houses , Si" > ,000 ; ever 100 houses , Jl''O-
IJOO : contents of houses , barns , stores , etc. ,
$50,000 ; total. 178,000.
OTTDMWA , In. . July 1'J. [ Spoc.h Telegram
to Tins BEE. ] The committee on the Pom-
oroy sufferers collected $300 nnd forwarded
It tonight.
Rilled for Ills L'nlltBcs.
FOKT GIBSON , I. T. , July 12. George Me-
Danlols , a half-brood Clicrokoo Indian , was
shot ami killed at Braggs Station this evening -
ing at 4 o'clock. McDanlols was prosecut
ing attorney of Illinois county nml was
highly respected , fits slayers , it is said ,
were George Sanders and John Fields , both
Chorokoos. Politics is the supposed cause
or the killing.
> * Knn.t5fvM
Atirorix h § voted to put In nn electric light
ing plnnt ,
The lllnlr Republican hrts entered upon its
twenty "fourth year.
The ninth annual Hoono county fair will ba . ,
hold September 20 , SI and 23 nt Albion. & /
Thomas U.MI , n Tnblo Hock yomttf man ,
wns pro tratea by the heat , but , ho has re
vlvcd nnrt will iccovor.
Kearney now thlnlcs she ought to hnvo n
Clmutniuiii.x She claims to have the llnost
groumli for the purpose In the state.
They nro holding "grnvoynrd picnics" at
MliuUuro , the proceeds to bo used lu pur
chasing ground for ccmotory purposes ,
W. P. liogors , the nbscondlng professor ot
the Weslo.van Business college nt University
Place , wns soon Inst week nt the World' * .
. fair , but no effort wns in nit o to nrresthlrn. $ -
WliUo bathing In the Bhio rlvor. nonr Cor.
dovn , Leonard Wlbloy , a yotuiR man , waa i ,
drowned. Ho wns aubjoct to ills ami it la
believed ho was attacked by ono while In tlio
wntcr. His body was recovered.
At the recent mooting of the American
Academy of Medicine nt Milwaukee , Dr.
George II. Uttlollold of Syracuse wns lion-
ored by un election to A fellowship in tlio
nc.ulomy. Tills is the llrst tlmo such nn
honor 1ms boon conferred ou n Nebraska
physician.
1'nll Hnucrof Lincoln wns credited with
being mixed up in n quarrel over a picnic
row which resulted In his being sinbbod byn
youth named Nowborry. llut It wasn't Phil
nt nil , but Leonard ll.iuor had thu dlfllculty
nnd wns wounded. Ho had rofusml fo dull
out boor to the 15-year-old oftoudur.
ri.AmiK.i 01r.i.vor.
Philadelphia Tlnies : Tlio right to bnro arms
U constitution with the imHiiulto. Also buru
ticcUt and otnor parts.
Atlanta Constitution : She How high the
ocoiui rolUt
Ho Yes ; JO a dny nnd bathing suits oxtra.
Clovolnml Plain Dcmlor : The rush ot Imnl-
nets is nhrnys on with tlio basket. nmUor.
Texan PlftlntM : A drat man cannot bo IfC-
ally convicted , It h unlawful lo convict a
man without a hearing.
"I > n I tnnku myself plain ? " n.ikcd
tlio angular lecturer on woman' * rlghltt , iitop-
plnit ' In the middle of her dlwourso. "lou
don7t Imvo to mum , " reulled a voice from tuo
roar , "the Loiil done It for you long ago. "
Ynnkors Slntosnmn : The hammock Is out
on lliu luwn again from evening to Uoivy morn ,
and thu girl who tried to got In It too iiulclc U
llkowlio out on thu lawn.
Tld-Ults : Swayback ( to Importunate hoc-
gnrj lAinvo the liouso , xlrl I HuRBar Ccr-
talnly. 1 would not think tof carrying It
oir with the heavy nmrU'ugo Itlmsonlt.
Kloidla Times : Hltmtit looked * Into tlio
crater , but the proit dlsuatclio-i don't mention
whuthor or not ho took n drop of it ,
Washington Star : "What's ItlllJoncs takln'
so much I linti thumping that ono truuu
around for ? " linked ono railway uuiployoof
another.
"S-S-ShI Don't bolhur him. lie's onjoyln'
himself. That's the ' '
llrst trunk marUud.'gluas'
that has comu his way In u month. "
Plttsunrg Chronlclo : "I hilpposo It Is qultq
cool In tlio .Scotch Highlands , uvuu In summer , "
wild a I'lttslmrgcr to a frlimd who hud boon In
Scotland. "Vus , " tlio latter roplluJ , "luo hills
inthoir furzu . "
we in- all the llmo.
HulTalo Courier : "Did Illlkom luavo any
thing vrhou ho dleO'r" "Yus ; his creditor ; ) .
They're the worst loft lot you ever saw. "
ANOTIIEIl CLAIMANT.
Jfcw Ymh I'ms.
There wns once a malil lit lloriloaux ,
Whoso heart was overwhelmed with wenux ,
And unsettled her iiilnil ,
I'or iliu novurcoulu llnd
The uutliorof "liuautlful fnouux. "
Thun a maid who belonged to the Sioux
Wrote : "I'll toll you , my ilour , what to dlour ,
Tor the fiiiuu , not the nolf ,
1 would claim It mysuif ;
I would , yes , Indeed , were 1 yloux. "
Thn niiildon from Hordeatix thought It rough
On the author to tilay such a hlotigh
Yes , a ln iinda kliuino
llut hhu put In her claim ,
And the claimants before her cried , "Slough ! "
Pronrhhif ; niut 1'rnotlcc ,
Ulolw-Democrat ,
If Secretary Morton was as good at eff ot-
Inir reforms ns ho is at proposing thoni U < J
would bo the greatest boon of tlio period.
A XKVM STUlir.
Somertltte Jotirna' ' . ' 4 *
Ho wns a bold and dashing youth ,
Sliu WIIK a dainty maid ;
llut she hail pluck , and little things
Would not make her ufralil.
It was the evening of the Fourth ,
And as thu nlKlit grew dark
Ho called for her to go to huar
The cmicort lit the park.
They hoard the music , saw the show
4)f ) llroworks , and then
Shu said she thought that It was time
Tli at she wa home ngulii.
And so they turned their steps thut way ,
And you'll bo shiKiked at this
AH they jinked through u almdowy street
He tried tohtcul u klas.
"And did ho In his bold atlompt
Sucw ( l ? " von usk. Not much I
For she had no Idea that lie
Her pouting lips should touch. ,
Sim seized him by the collar llrst ,
With several llvoly Jerks ,
Then ho lot out her rounded arm
Amlhosawlliuworks.
.1
He's used to it.
c He said as he fanned himself through the door , ho
never had seen such weather be
fore ' and to save his life he could
not tell , whether , it came from
heaven or not Still It's great
weather for corn , likewise for
shirts ; and wo are going to make t
still livelier for the shirts.
*
We have a lot of $1.25 , $1.50 , $1.75
and $2.00 negligee shirts in madras
and oxford cloths , all colors , stripes ,
plaids , oheoks , etc. We have put them all in ono
lot at $1.00 for your choice.
In all summer furnishings we have made reduc
tions to clean up odds and ends ,
'
' ' ' An inspection will convince you that we have the
finest line of men's summer furnishings west of
Chicago. Keep your eye on our windows.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
.