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B ' THE OMAHA DAILY BK& FRIDAY. JULY 2L I89 . THE DAILY BEE. K. KUSRWATRIt , Krtllor. KVKHY MORNING. JT.ltMS OK 5UnSCUllTION. neolwlthfmtPuniliylOna Yuar. . I 8 00 nnil SumUjr , One Vn.ir . . . . . 10 OO HlxMonlliB . t > 00 Thrro Motilln , . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 2 60 PnndfiT cc. Onft Var. . . . - 2 Of ) HHlnrcfiir lloo. Ono Yrar . 1 BO weekly lleo , Ono Yc.ir . 100 Oitialin , Tbn Hc UnlMlng. Poiith Dftmlin , corner N and 2Atti Streets Council llluir , 12 IVnrt StrnoU fMchirftOnirn , HIT Ulmtnbnrnt Cmnnicrco. Now York. Kootns 13 , 14 and 10 , Trllittna llulldl Washington , 513 Fourteenth Street rOHHKPI'ONDKNOE. AH rnrninunlcntlnns relating So nons nnd rdltnrlul mutter nhould Ira addressed : To tlio Editor. JU"itNr.SS MTTTKUS. AJI nu lnr .s Intlors nnd remittances "should 1e , nddrcsspil to The lleo I'ubllsliInK Co mpany , Oinulm. lriiln ) , clircU.4 nnd poitoftlco orders to bo made payable to tliu order of the corn- Tuny ; 1'nrtlenlenvlniMlin city for the siimmnr cnn Imvo Ilin llKK smit tliolr address by Icavlnfj an nrdcr ut tills ofllcu. THE BISK PUnMSHlNO COMPANY 8\VOHJ STATISMKNT OV ClROUIjATIOK. Elnlnof Nrfjmxfc.V I Cuiintjr of DooetuN. i . . . . Rf-o. II. Trocliiirt. { Vorrtnry of Tnr. Hr.r. puhllMi- Ins company t\ncn \ ooli-imilv mvpar lliiil inn nctn.ti rlrrnlntinn of Tlir I > Alt. III for llio week onilltiK July IB.IHIU. WIH ns follows : Sunday. Jnlyn . 2(1,070 ( Monitor. July HI . 23,070 y.jiiH11 iwlay. July 12 . 23 , . ' .R TlilirH.ltv.tnlvl3 . 23.0111 rlilay , July 1 1 . i3Hil7 ! aturday , July Ifi . 24.370 II. . > , SWOKN to bpforn tm .1111 ! sulinprllxvl In J HKAI. } my iirrwnco tlds Ifiih ilnv of July , IHO.'I. I , I N. 1' . rin : Notary I'ubllc. The IJpn In ClilrMjo. THK DAILY nuil SUNDAY HKK U on wile In Chicago ill tliu following plncc-i : I'almor linosp. tlj mid 1'mHfliMioliil. Auditorium hold. Great Northern hoteL Unrolmti'I. Lnluiul lint < l. I'lles of Tun HKK can 1)n .scon ntthoNo- lirnokit hiilldlns nnil tlm Administration build- \i\K \ \ , Exposition croumls. A - ' Circulation nr .luno , 1HIKI , ! ! l,31 A TOM of il.umniito mul no rain. Holt nniinty iniii-iniilcors tire imloeil in hiu-d lines. ONK ni'ii-p doinocTntio poslnmstcr in Nobrnskii. Ono inoro democrat rejoicing , but ninny more democrats hopelessly disappointed. Tin ; emperor of Gei-iimny is taking a pummoi * outlii . So is President Cleve land. Tliu United Status must keep up with the proc-euslon. Tin ; Australian ballot Inn traveled ni far south as Florida. That the election ivont ntroii } ly doinocrntic docs not nec- Dssarily woiyh against it. NKHUASIC.V'S building1 may not bo the handsomest on the World's fairgrounds , but it will remain opun as long an any of Ihom , all foolish talk to the contrary notwithstanding. THIIEI ; years ago the finances of Doug las county were in wretched condition. Today the records show them to be in batter condition than over before. This means something1. IT IS worthy of note that Comptroller Eckels , in naming states most affected by financial uti-ess , omitted .Nebraska from the list. Nebraska is strong enough to weather any storm. "WHII..K the banka are assuring the people that everything is lovely it might bo a good idea for State Treasurer Hartley to toll the people just where ho lias deposited their monoy. LATEST export estimates indicate a shortage of 1 HO,000,000 , bushels in this year's American wheat crop. If those figures are to bo rolled upon , the wheat grower will do well to hesitate before polling his wheat at present prices. KANSAS CITY and Denver have re cently indulged in a spirited bout with the financial cyclone and both are con siderably disfigured. IIowovr , both are true western cities and will aoon recover - cover from the disasters of the panic. IT is hardly possible that the extra losslon will bo able to avoid a scrimmage over the pension question. Prominent tnomburK have challenged the legality of Iho recent rulings of the pension de partment and a conflict Booms unavoid able. THK laboring men of Kansas have eschewed strikes and gone into politics. The ballot i.s a more potent weapon than Iho boycott and the now movement will bo far bettor for the laboring man if ho will not stop work to talk politics. TirE Close observer of European affairs will uotico that the diplomatic relations between England and Franco are becom ing decidedly distant. Stranger things have happened than that Europe should bo plunged into war by the troubles be tween Gaul and Briton , THK park commissioners have ultorod the courno of a proposed boulevard out of consideration for the Driving Park as- lociation. The owners of the driving park might reciprocate the favor by paying a few taxes out of consideration for the remaining property owners. WAM. street shivers with appro- bonsion every time the Treasury depart ment discharges its obligations to the jlearing house with gold coin. The evident unconoern with which Secre tary Carlislu disburses gold iflono of the few intorohtiig ) features of the financial lituatlon. RAILWAY ollloials now bay that it will require several months complete the aew tiirltTri under the maximum freight rate law. They have known over ainco the governor signed the bill that the law would go into elToot on August 1. Why was not work upon the construc tion of the now tariffs begun long ago ? Tin : World's fair directory does not Intend to return to the United States government the sum which was advanced on condition of Sunday closing. They Ho not think the few ojien Sundays which proved bitch a failure are xulllclont to reid the contract. The experiment so Inr as the World' * fair was concerned n'bs simply a little scheme of heads I win ind tails you loso. 7JO/.AM.Y BCOA'CM/r K\S.MPMt"lKD. ' The statement from Washington on the authority of the outing postmaster general , that the postal service of the country la being crippled and Its ofll- clency impaired in consequence of the parsimonious policy of the la.it congress furntahos an Interesting and Instructive loflBon to the country. It seems that many postofllcos throughout the country are in need of additional carriers and clerical help , but the department Is un able to supply this demand because con gress did not make a sufllcicnt appropriation to meet the Increas ing wants of the service. Although a safe nnd conservative estimate vras made by Postmaator General Wnnn- maker of the requirements for the fificnl year of 18'Jl , the Holman economists In congress thought it was too high and re duced the figures. It was a part of the gonor.il policy of "retrenchment" by which the democracy exported to make political capital and possibly did make some , notwithstanding the faot that the aggregate of all Iho appropriations of the Fifty-second congress was in excess of the total appropriations of the "bll- llon-dollui ; ' , ' pongros.s. There was every reason to antici pate an exceptional increnso in the postal business of the country this year. The greater number of people ple than Jusual absent from their homos In "atfendanco at the World's ! fair was reasonably counted upon to add materially.to the domestic corre spondence , and bo.sldu4 this the largo nutubor of foreigner ; ) coming to the country would make a further Increased demand upon mail facilities. Doubtless the growth has not been so largo as was anticipated , but the evidence is that it has boon sufficient to overtax the facili ties of the service at many points , and this being the case , the olllcioncy of the service is nccoasavily impaired. The revenues of the department are being increased , but they are not available beyond the appropriations of congress , and while it id quite possible that there may bo a considerable surplus at the close of the fiscal year the last po.st- master general estimated that it would amount to 3872,000 the people can got no present benefit from it. All classes and conditions of the people ple have a greater interest in the postal service than in any other department of the government , and a liberal policy with respect to that service , HO that its efficiency shall bo maintained at the highest standard , will always bo approved - ' proved by the people.flt is one of theme mo t creditable features in the record of the Harrison administration that the postal service was made inoro olllciont in every branch than over before , and the good ofTcctsof a liberal and business like policy wore shown in the unprece dented increase of revenue for the four years of over 370,000,000 , an amount more than 815,000,000 in excess of the entire revenue of the dnpartmont for the last year of the first Cleveland adminis tration. The department promises to do what it can toward meeting the present donmnd for increased facilities , but it is plain that it will bo able to do very itUo , and unless the coming congress shall make early Drevision for the urgent codb that cannot bo met out of the ap propriations now at the command of the leparvment a deterioration of the ser vice would seem to bo inevitable. The : ondluon of affairs is an exemplification of the working of the Hohnan principle of economy which ought to bo instruc tive. GDJM.SADO'.S ItKSUUHCKS. It may bo that eventually Colorado ill reap material bonolic from the eil- vor agitation in thoolToot it is having in calling the attention of the country to her other resources. The people of the cntonmal state are by no no means wholly dependent upon silver mining , though such has boon the very general impression. Of course silver production has played a very largo part , perhaps a larger part than any other one thing , in the development nnd prosperity of the state , yet if the mining of silver wore to permanently cease , Colorado would not necessarily become depopulated nor her people become im poverished. The stoppage of sil ver production is unquestionably a severe blow , but not necessarily fatal to the state or one from which it will not bo possible to recover in tuno. It has rendered a largo amount of capital for the time being unproductive , has thrown a great number of people out of employ ment , and it will result in permanent loss to both capital and labor , and if Colorado possessed nothing more than silver as the foundation upon which to build and maintain a commonwealth her situation would indeed bo hopeless , but she iu not so barren nnd destitute as this. this.As As was said in a recent interview Dy Mr. Henry It. Wolcott'if every silver mlno In Colorado should bo closed there are other resources in the state that would occupy every clti/.on within her borders and a million besides. " Colorado rado has unlimited deposits of iron and coal , extensive oil-producing1 lands , great stone quarries , largo lire clay de posits , productive gold , lead and copper mines , extensive wool-growing interests and a considerable agricultural aron that is being steadily enlarged. ' 'We have more coal , " Mild Mr. Wolcott , "than Pennsylvania ; make as good cake and have si market for it. Wo will eventually nuiko substantially all of the steel rail and ir m pro duct used west of tliu Mi-ijjuri river. Our coal bu.slno.ss must grow from year to year , as mo t of the western half of tli3 United States , a country thai can anil some day will support , If any thing , a duiiier population th.ui the eastern half , must depend upon Colorado for its ooal supply. " This is practical common souse talk , in notable contrasi to the reckless utterance. } of Gjvernoi Walto and others , whom it is now known do not represent the more judi clous and thoughtful element of the pee pie , and if nothing ulso had been salt except what Mr. Henry H. Wolcott has spoken it is not to bo doubted that the financial situation in Colorado would nebo bo so bad as it is , \Vo have no data at band showing the value of the various productions of Colorado rado , including silver , but it U entirely sufo to say that the people of that state derive u lur < jo part of their nroduorltj from othar resources than silver , nnd It U altogether probable that if they wore compelled for a few years to prosecute a more vigorous development of those other resources than they have yet done the material growth of the state would bo greatly advanced. Moat of the energy - orgy and enterprise of the people of Colorado has boon expended In silver production. This has been their main dependence. If the silver prop should bo knocked away nnd they were com pelled to look to other things to sustain them there la every reason to believe that the results would bo highly benollolal. At any rate the country seems likely to got hotter In formation than it has hud regarding the resources of Colorado other than silver , nnd it is quite reasonable to expect that this will eventually bo to the advantage of the state. IlhFOllMS IX SKCUXD.lttl' KDUCATIOX. The paper of Miss Mary A. Jordan upon reforms in secondary education , presented before the Educational con gress in session in Chicago , offers sev eral suggestions that might well bo con sidered in connection with the reorgani zation of local high schools conducted as jpnrts of the public school system. The aim of those schools is threefold in na ture : First , to lit pupils for their nctivo life work ; second , to got them ready for technical pursuits ; third , to prepare them to follow n course of higher edu cation in sonic of our colleges or univer sities. To do their duty to all three of these classes at one nnd the same time , and with a limited stall of instructors , requires a delicate management not generally found in our institutions for secondary education. How to adapt thowe institutions to a policy that prom ises to succeed in every purpose is the problem that demands solution. The first reform advocated by Miss Jordan is to consolidate the means by which the three ditTeront alms are to bo attained. She evidently thinks that a single course of study can bo devised by which the youth who has completed it will bo placed in a position to either start out in life , continue a technical education , or enter upon n college career. Vith this suggestion there is ample oem for disagreement. If the second- vry school in fact wastes two years of ho pupil's time , as Miss Jordan is con- inccd , then that fact seems to bo duo to an attempt to drive students of ditTeront ptitudcs nnd with ditTeront objects in iow over one and the same path. The endcncy now visible at least in our ligh schools is rather to dilTorcn- iate the work so that boys who ixpect to go to college pursue litTorent studios in many respects from hose who have no such expectations. f they could commence this spccialixa- .ion . a little earlier than they now do .hoy . might achieve the same results vithout wasting the time to which reference has boon made. The second reform must come in the caching force. The Instructors have not as a rule had the higher education or which they are preparing their nipils and , consequently , have only a ague idea of what the latter require. Again , the social status and salaries of nstructors in these schools are so much owcr than those attaching to college wsitions that there is little to attract .ho regenerating forces that are uosircd. Specialization among the teachers must jrocedo specialization among the pupils. Joined to these difllcultios wo have the hampered financial condition of our secondary schools. The people ple who support them are as a rule willing to have their usefulness en- lianccd , but do not always have the moans at hand. The development has , However , been constant and in the right direction. Co-operation with the insti tutions of higher education and encour agement from the patrons whoso chil dren are being educated will together under an enlightened guidance insure a marked improvement in the schools for secondary education. The commissioner of pensions appears to have become somewhat annoyed at the published reports regarding1 the suspension ol pensions und has published a report to con-jet what ho claims to bo misrepresentation * . Those who are especially interested in this matter are referred to the statement of the com missioner , which has the appearance of being absolutely straightforward and candid. Judge Lochren concludes by declaring that pensions have only been suspended whore it appeared upon the face of the claims that they wore not warranted nndor the laivs , and he nays that in every case of a questionable pen sion the pensioner has had and will have an opportunity to bo heard. There will bo a general disposition to accept what thu pension ooniiirispionor nays and to baliovo that ho has no other intention than to deal fairly and honor ably with the old soldiers. Ho must ex pect , however , that his cam-so and pol icy will bo vigilantly watched. There are very few now who pretend to bollovo that everybody who Is receiving a pen slim from the government is justly entitled titled to it. A very largo number oj old soldiers themselves admit that frauds have boon perpetrated upon the government in pension mat- torn and that there are undoubtedly many names on the rolls which should be dropped. The generosity of the gov ernment In this direction u generosity without u parallel In the world's his tory has unquestionably boon imposed upon by uiihcrupulous pot-sons , and if those can bo discovered no good citizen , whether ho bo an old soldier or not , wll complain if the bounty they have un justly obtained is cut olT. Hut there must bo a perfectly fair nnd straight forward nolioy In this matter of purging the pension rolls , and no resort tj pretexts and devices by which the veterans who are justly entitled to the beneficent aid of the govern ment shall bo deprived of it. The pon- bion charge is a houvy one , and the people will welcome a reduction made by cuttlntr oil unworthy recipients of the national bounty , but they will bear patiently and uncomplainingly whatever is demanded of them in behalf of the worthy pensioners. Kit ECKELS offers all the in his power to the otubar- assod brinks at iponvor. Any bank , however sound , wMd bd unable to with- land n senseless withdrawal of deposits > y the greater po'rtlon of its patrons. A ) tiiik which tniciumbs , not on account of nlsmanagemont t ' .r lack of financial jacking , but because the people have boon seized with unreasoning fenr , do- ' orvcs every oncom-'agonient lo resume vhlch the government may offer. THE fact tliatib distribution of fed- ral patronage liA inot sufficed to allay ho yearnings of.Wio bordo of hungry olllco-seoklng democrats could not have wen expected lo diminish the throng hat hangs around the doo'rs of the apltol waiting for congressional plums o fall. Disappointed in the nomlna- ions to places at the disposal of the irosidont , the downcast bourbon , over body to servo his country in lucrative > ositlons , has hastened to offer himself as a candidate for one of the minor > IHco9 nt the comtsand of the majority n the house of representatives. Joforo congress convenes in extra sos- ion throe weeks hence , the Important luty devolves upon the democratic can- jus to fix a slate for the elective offices f the house. With so many would bo loot-keepers , sorgennts-at-nrms , post- nnstors and so forth , this task requires no small amount of delicate mnnipula- ion. It is indisponslblo for every con- ' , rossmnii who expects to have his sis- er'sson employed as n page with si ifiu- nificont salary to happen to vote for the uccossful doorkeeper. Whenever the lominant part/ changes , the caucus has .o . select a whole slate from speaker down , but when it remains unchanged ho olllccrs are ordinarily retained. Speaker Crisp , howavor , was elected by Doculiar combination , so that neither action is anxious to keep the entire taff unaltered. ' Under those conditions ho scramble for minor places is begin ning to assume a warlike character. As .ho ammunition employed consists chiefly in promises of positions to politi cal followers of the individual members of congress , the people may rest assured .hat the best men will got the loaves. L'he host men in these contests are al- vays those who can most successfully distribute the greatest number of proin- ses and at the same time make every one believe that all his promises will bo copt. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WHEN the Minnesota legislative com- nlttee last winter hunted the members of the coal trust to their holes the price of bituminous coal foil noticeably. Now they peep out like ! n sot of ravenous wolves to find that the hunters have one , and the pt'Ico has risen again. ! t is stated that last , wintor's prices will irovail all through the summer. The wholesale price tit ' -West Superior has en advanced from So.CO per not ton to Mi. 10 , which is the name as last Decom- > or figures. The rojtall price following the wholesale n.p\y ; stands at $8.75 ) or ton. But the- most outrageous net of the ' ( lealors is the ' udoption of a . , now regulation of the trade , which will not lormit the consumjcfr toContract for coal 'or future delivery. Tlio-now formula , s , "Our prices are for the month's do- .ivory only. " ' his is only an illustration of the increasing arrogunco'of the trusts of every description. They have reached the conclusion , sometime ago arrived at ; jy the public , that the authorities upon whom devolves the sworn duty have no intention of Interfering with the methods of capitalistic combines , hence their jrason effrontery becomes daily more laring. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A CHICAGO paper maintains that Secretary - rotary Greshnm was legally president of the United States for a few hours the other day , when both President Cleveland and Vice President Stevenson were coincidently taking cruises outside of the territorial jurisdiction of this ijovornmont. As u matter of fact , the constitutional disabilities of the execu tive cannot bo recognized until the legal forms necessary for their declaration are observed. Just lot n cabinet ollicor assume to act as president under such circumstances nnd see how promptly the courts would pronounce his acts inopera tive and illegal. Ghlug Thorn linil Dronmi. Kearney Journal. Impeachment proceeding will provo a vor- Italilu nightmare to the stuio ofllciaU tor the balance of their terms. It is already that to the republican party when tlio approaching campaign is viewed iu advanco. Tll l I.IIML t.UUSU. J'Mlmldp/ifa / I'rttt. If any of the silver men think to gain any thing for their causa by holding the country in its present condition tho.y will make u most norious mistake for thomsolvns. The silver cause would not long survlvo such u policy ; it would Instantly ami justly lese tlmt conservative support which gives it its greatest strength. The boat friomls of silver will bo these who net for the best interest of the country , and that now demands the repeal of the silver purchase act. Kiitllloil to u Votu ill Tlinnka. It is exceedingly gratifying to Joarn tlmt thi ) railroad companies have decided to obey tlio law and will put In the maximum rate Bchouulo provided l > y the .Nowborry bill on the 1st of next month. .The majority of the railroads huvo so long tllliregarded or evaded all laws that woru not pmictod for tlioir special ' cial bciK'Ilt that tliQ'ppopio of Nebraska ought to rise un anil give thanks because they huvo Dually concluded to obey n law that w.is going to brink .ruin and desolation upon each road , but which It is now evident will not hurt them nuipti , .SlUV.Mll ul till ? i IttJit. .MiiC'.fji Newt , The Alhanco Loader , $ " > populist wcoltly run by Jay JJurrowft ami J. M. Thompson , has temporarily susp'od. . In announcing the fact the publisher * frankly state that the step Is taken becuusu , , the Income of ttio paper comes not from' Us subscriptions , but Its advertising ; that .Jupt at prosunt adver tising is so slim that , id , run the paper now would untail & loss.Upy , cannot nfToril to .sustain ; therefore thpv will suspend pub- licallon until next Sijp.f-otnbor , when thoj hope the times will lx > uioro in joint , The scheme is a new one for newspapers , but wll ! doubtless appeal strongly to the popullstic press. _ _ Ntrlku Out tor ( iohl. The host way for the bllver-produclne states to meet tlm decline In tlio value o their product would bo to drop silver for tin time tiding and turn their -mention to goli production , ly stopping silver productiot tuoy would limit nuppl > ; uud by increasing the gold output they would add to supply. This Is the only way invhl -h the relative value of the tnotuls can bo changed in the direction of making silver dourer und goli cheaper. This Is u possible way. It can' bo douo by International conferences nor by statutory regulation of any kind , llappll ; for mankind , the power of ilxlng the prices of things Ima been a reserved power , whicl neither syndicates , potentates nor parlla incuts can permanently disturb or overturn THK IHi.fr Kit VltASll. Denver News : ThN financial storm l the llrcct result of the crime of 188. Journal : The people of Col- rado , like the pcoploof ICiinsni , have rocoi ; ilzcd when too late their blunder in electing a populist governor. Olobc-Uomocrat : Denver's half n iloion > .ink failures nro the logical answer to the ilood and repudiation rant in RS of Governor iValto and his follow-blnthorskUcs. Indianapolis Journal : It Is said that It was ho Insane speech of the populist governor In ho silver convention which caused the run upon the Denver bank which forced the losing of Its doors. The populist In olllco Is nuoli like n bull In n china shop. St. Paul ( Hobo : Tlio financial episode In Jonver yoslortlny glvo.i Governor lto n Ittlo foretaste of whnt might bo In store If 10 could carry out his threat nnd run n prin cipality of his o\rn. \ ICvcn Colorado i-oilld caroly prospnr it nil the world stands aloof rom hor. Denver Itepubllcan : Wo bollovo , thoro- ere , that so far ns tlm banking situation Is * oneernad in Denver , the crisis Is past and hero will bo no more failures. The business outlook is still gloomy and forbidding , but as eon ns confidence Is restored In the binks relief can bo afforded to nil good business onccrns which have boon greatly crampon or ordinary accommodations during the ecent period of unrest nnd distrust regard- tig tlm ability of the banks to withstand the train of dwindling deposits and , therefore , loilblo good can bo safely expected on account if the improved condition of our surviving Inancial Institutions. Philadelphia Kocord : The falluro of three avlugs banks In Denver , announced .vector- lay , if there bo any credence to bo given to ho statements of assets and liabilities , night not to create much alarm. The total > f nssots It Hot down ns $ lT'JlbUO ) , anil of lln- nlltlos nt $1 , ) . " > " ) , ( Vil. The stoppage seems to lave boon preconcerted , with n vlow to the iltinmtu protection of depositors. It is n > ccutlarlty of the Di-o.scnt business condition .hat the stoppages do not arlso from Insolv encies , but from the failure of our financial systom. There Is money enough. But the complex system of banking upon government credit has bvbkcn down under the strain put ipon it by n raid on the gold supply. Thuro las been a partial restoration of confidence ; Hit the conditions In tlio silver titntcs will itirdly Improyo until there shall Imvo been definite tltmucla ! legislation by congress. 1'KOl'l.K .INI ) TlllXtlS. It Is as much as ono's llfo Is worth to rec ommend the gold cure in Colorado. The mercury clings tenaciously to the lotion that thcro Is room at tlio top. So far the faithful hereabouts have ro- colvoa the laugh rather than the ofllco. The fceblo minded institute yawns nnd yearns for the fool who locks the boat. What does It profit n man If ho gains the iv hole world and puts It in n Denver bank ? Tlio run on the | mstofllces of the country subsided as soon as Maxwell took a vaca tion. tion.Tho The vagaries indulged In by the lionum comet strengthens the impression that it is populist planet wandering in spare. American haymakers are working up n u-olltiible business in ISuropc , but the politi- : al haymaker is excluded from the deal. Adlai dips bis pedals in the Pacitlc and Urovor ditto in the Atlantic. Thus the equilibrium of the continent is maintained. President Cleveland is Industriously llsh- ing at Buzzard's Bay , but care is taken to revent a diminution of tlio stock of con- { rossioual bait nt the white house. St. Louis is talking pavements with a ten dency toward modern blocks. The old uotropolh of the valley seems Incapable of shaking off a weakness for dry rot. William K. Walters , a mlno boss In one of the Heading collieries , died at Ashland , Pa. , last week. Ho were the queen's medal for meritorious service in the Crimean war. Samuel Edison , the father of the great Inventor - ventor , will bo III years old in August. IIo lives in Port Huron , Mich. , and has a little laughter 'J years old , of whom ho is exceed ingly proud. Buttermilk drank with moderation is said to bo a preventive of sunstroke or boat prostration. Tlio statement is made on the authority of nn Iowa man who has soon it successfully tried. Mayor Willard of Argentine , Mo. , at a meeting of the council of alderman the other night , stopped some unparliamentary re marks from ono of the membjrs and re duced him to subjection by unstrapping his wooden leg and giving tlio alderman what may bu termed a few hand-directed kicks with it. The marks bo loft on the legislator later were ijuito legible. Mr. Henry Ewart Gladstone , a nephew of William E. Gladstone , is in Baltimore , the guest of Patrick Martin , treasurer of the fund started at the mass meeting hold thcro recently in aid of the Irish homo rule move ment. Mr. Gladstone , who is 23 years old , lias been making a tour of the United States for the last six months , and will sail for England within the next two weeks. Now Jersey grows more and moro like 'tlio land of Egypt in the Jovial times of the plague. Recently a swarm of files swooped down upon Elteabothport. They lllicd every store nnd house that had an open window. Horses went frantic in the streets nnd pedestrians rushed into saloons , nnd for once the excuse was valid. But Now Jersey went the land of Pharaoh ono better , for the insects bad a bite similar to u mosquito. Mrs. Grant's book of personal reminis cences is ready for publication. Her hopes are centered on Ul.vasus Grant , son of Colonel Fred Grunt. Thu boy was born the Fourth of July twelve years ngo in Chicago. His grandmother wishes him to be a West Pointer. Airs. Grant , with Colonel Prod Grant and his family and Mrs. Sartons and bur children , intends making a trip this nutumn to all the places where thcro are monuments to General Grant. XKlllt.lfilC.l ASH .VKUK.lfiK.tffH. The Tecumseh Republic has oeoa reduced in size. Union open air services arc the style for York churches during thu hot weather. It costs a drunken man f5 and costs to rldo his horse on the sidewalks of Gothenburg. A bucking broncho is responsible for the broken collar boiio of Ud Sparks of Banner county. Thu World's Gospel union has opened an eight days session ut the L'rotu Chautuuqua grounds. Ashland will vote BOOH on a proposition to issue f.r ,000 In bonds to erect an addition lethe the High school. Calluway's second annual fair will bo hold September 'M7 , , ! ! 3 and -.HJ , und u line pro gram has been arranged. The pulling of u tootb caused the death of Daniel H , Cavuty , u well Known Pawnee county farmer. Ho died from loss of blood. Columbus voters will decide on August IU whether the city shall issue JO,000 to build u canal from thu Ivoup river to furnish power for city industries. While- the H-.voar-old daughter of Farmer David Young of Murray was horseback rid- lug , she was.tbrown to the ground and so .severely injured that she died two hours later. The old soldiers of York and adjoining counties have made arrangements to hold a basnet picniu in a grove near York August U. Uobert Anderson JKJSI will have charge of nil details. The Modern Woodmen of Stromsburg. David City , Shelby , Osoeola , Benedict and Arbervillo held a picnlo at titromsburg and unjoyud themselves. There were ' . ' ,000 , people - plo present. The pastoral relations between Hov. W. I Brooks und tlio Second United I'rosbytorlan church of Pawnee City have been dhbolved. Mr. Brooks believed in divine healing and bis people didn't. Dressed In the uniform ho were during the rebellion , the body of Captain Dubois of Crete was laid uwuy by his comrades of thu Grand Army. Ho was UU years of ago and had been uu invalid for eight years. Arrangonients are being made at DoWItt for thu annual encampment of the district Grand Army early in August. The district comprises ttio counties of Saline , Gagu , Jef ferson , Johnson , Pawnee , Klohardson and Nomuha. Thu grove is located on the banks of a stream of running water und the beau tiful ouk trees furnish magnificent shade. There is In the grove about ton acres of level blue grass sod. Special arrangements fer sp'-aUors huvo been made and the committee baa secured the following and others prom ised : Governor Ixirenzo Crounno , ox-Gov ernor John M. Thayer. Hon. Church Howe Hon. Wesley Tucker , lion. J. G. Tale , Judge Church , Hon. H. C. Uusiel and IUv. Doiffon- bachof Wilbor. OMAHA POSTOFFICE BIDS Supervising Architect O'Rourko ' Opened a Number Yesterday. VARIOUS ESTIMATES OF THE WORK Stone from Mnny Stntoi O ( Tercel l > y niftar- ent I'lriiM Throughout the Country I'ooiillnr Sprclllcntlou Irom 1'ielil ut Oiunlin. WASIIINOTO.V UIHIRIU or TUB BUB , . ) 613 FOUHTKKSIII STIIKKT , > WASHINGTON , July SO. | Bids were opened this afternoon by Super vising Architect O'Kourko for the con- truralon of the new federal building at Omaha. The bidders In the order n which they opened were ns follows- Joint Bros. , Omaha , using Michigan sand- tone facing , $ J20X)0j ) ; using limestone , 303,000 ; time to complete , olgutcon months , 'ortago Entry Quarry company , Chicago , tlichlgan .sandstone. $1321,4. > 0 , twelvemonths. 'folJorStono company , St. Jon. Mo. , santl- stone \Vnrreiibug.Mo.qlmrryiW02.'tOU i Ohio sandstone , $ ! 14O.V. ) ; Arizona brown s.iudstono-il7WX ) ; Bedford , Intl. , blue sand stone , S3I2.-IGO ; Bedford. Ind. , light smut- stone , fciJO-lTO ; dark blue sandstone , , xJVJ- 7i > . John A. McGonlglo.Chlcago , .lamlstono facing , & ! CtiiCO : , eighteen months to com- ilplo. Pu.Dro.\el Stone company , Omaha , ising Minneapolis graiiltoand complete hi two years , fcllO.tXH ) ; Ohio bluosamlstono , complete n two years , $ l ! 4,4l l ; Bedford , Ind. . blue Imostono , completing In two .vo.irs , * Jllv ! : > 0 ; 'orlagored sandstone , UlliU , two years ; ilodford , Ind. , buff limestone , $1S'.I.- ' WJ , two yo\rs ; ; Arizona sandstone fao- ng , $21.1,007 ; Warronburg , Mo. , blue Iniestono facing , two years , $184,011) ) ; Evans' link South Dakota sandstone , used in all wall facings , two years to complete , $182,000 , sandstone , using Evans" pink South Dakota , flOO.GUO : Lake Superior sand stone , ( MlKl.Ofll , also two years. Cicddls t Soorie , Denver , using Jefferson county , Colorado , granite , $ ; UUr , > 00 , com pleting within two.roars ; using Flagstaff , Arizona , sandstone , $ 'W.- > ,030 , uitihtoon months ; llmostono ftKir OOO.eighteen months. Messrs.Gcddis & Roerio will construct build ing of granite for as',000 If carving is omitted. Foster & Smith , Minneapolis. Minnesota , granito. jm.y.lO : Wisconsin or Ohio sandstone , fa 'iOO , complete uighteen months. John FieldOmaha'put a lllled-ln specifica tion for granite structure , but neglected to give amount of bid. Mr. Field's bid , using Wuironmirg , Mo. , sandstone , was JiOJ.SO-J : Ohio sandstone , $ > $ , : ioo ; Portgo red sand stono. f J.S'j ! ; > o ; Indiana limestone , $ * M'JOS , guaranteeing to complete in sixteen months. l < . Ij. Loach & Son , Chicago , St. toes to complete thu building in two years , ind put in live supplementary bids as lol- lows : If blue Bedford is used. SilU.USU ; Minnesota limestone , $ 'A)4iT ) ; ; rod sandstone , W-Jl,57i ) : ; Arl/.ona brown standalone , $ 'JJ5- IW'J ; Ohio sandstone , .UVi.- ! . > 'o for tlio Army. The following army orders were issued todav : An army retiring Board is appointed to incut at the call of the president thereof .it Fort Huyuohuca , Ax-iz. , for the examination of such olllcers as may bu ordered before it. Detail for the board : Colonel Abraham K. Arnold , First cavnlrv ; Major Timothy K. Wilcox , surgeon ; Captain Frederick M. Crandnll , Twenty-fourth infantry ; Captain Rudolph O E Bert , assistant surgeon ; Cap tain Morris C. Wossols , Twenty-fourth iu- faniry ; First Lieutenant Alvarado M. Fuller. Second cavalry , recorder. Post Chaplain Winflold Scott , U. S. A. , will report in person to Colonel Abraham K. Arnold , First cavalry , president of the army retiring board at Fort Huyachuca , when required by the board for examination by it. Second Lieutenant George C. Snffarans , Sixth infantry , is detailed to attend the 011- eanipment of Kentucky National guards at Bowling Green , Ky. , during August , IbU : ) . Leave of absence forliftoen days is granted First Lieutenant Gonzales S. Bunhain , Ninth cavalry , recruiting ofllcer. Leuvoof absence for two months is granted First Lieutenant James A. Irons , regimental quartermaster. Twentieth infantry. Leave of absence for three montns on surgeon's certilicato of disability Is granted Captain JohnAiidurson , , Eighteenth infantry. The leave of absence granted First Lieu tenant John C. F. Tillsou , Fifth infantry , is extended ono month. Leave of absence for three months is granted First Lieutenant Lotchor Hardo- man , Tenth cavalry. Leave of absence forflftcen days is granted First Liejlouunt Kicbard B. Paddock. Sixth cavalry. Recruiting Ofllcer Loons Strunp , troop G , Sixth cavalry , Fort Niobrara , Nob. , will bo placed on the retired list. Leave of absence for two months is granted First Lieutenant Francis C. Shuttle , corps of engineers. Leuvo of absence for ono month on sur geon's certilicato of disability is granted Captain Andrew II. Kussoll , ordnance de partment. Leave of absence , for three months on surgeon's certilicato of disability is grunted Captain Charles H. Barnett , assistant qiiftrtormftstrr. The IC.ITO of abtonre 01 surKCon's certificate of disability granted Post ChnpIMn James C. Kerr , I * . S. A. , I extended four months nn surgeon's ourtlflcnti of disability. Major John I. IlodRors , Fourteenth nrtll- icry. Inspector of nrtlllery , Department ol California , will proceed lo Fort Uanbv , Wash , , on onicl.il business tllirlni ? tlio artil lery pructlco season of butteries A nnd O > Fifth artillery. Leave of absence for ono month Is Krsntoj Second Llonton.Mit Charles K. Taytn.-xn , IVeut. . ) fourth infantry. The following transfers In the Klehtecntli Infantry nro made : First Lio'.itctianl Charles McClure , from company II to co'iv p.iny I ; First Lloutcnaiit J. Harry Uuval , from company 1 to company II. W1U Upturn lliiltn In N 1 > rnshn. City Uotrctlvo Mulono of Lincoln arrlvoi ) In the city this evening annod with reiuisl. | lion papers fi\im ( Jovcrnor Crounso for John T. Bolts , n colored man wlio fonrtM thu nanio of Alexander West to n che.dc for JIW , dra\v on the Flr.st National bank ol Lincoln In May last , llottsns apprehended in this city by Detectives Uicoy and Ulicdes several dnys io ) and the Nobraskn authori ties notified. Uotectlvo Matotio will loava with his prisoner for Nebraska tomorrow morning. Western rrn inns. The following poiisloits granted are r < v DOfted : Noliraslca : Original-Itich.iril H. Hart- well. acono Shoup. Uelssue .lames Jones. Iowa : Orl ln.ilCicorio ; Huxfoitl , .Tamos Saltit , KliSinlih. TtnmMs.M.FIiiloy. Ordinal widows , itc.Anna Minbreo , Joseph Jacoby , father ; minors of Henry , lui\ilss ) , minors of Cyrus \V. Jamison. Julia Hva Uackcn , Kato CJulIhucr , Mary A. McC.iulcy. MunUinn : OrlRlnal IJyron F. Nulton. Assistant Secretary Sims today affirmed the decision of the commissioner of the land ofllco in tlio case of John K Carey against Hose H. Davis , involving a tract in the Alliance , IsVb. , district the decision rendered sustained Koso 15. Davis1 tltlo to the trad In question. T. G. Morgan was loday appointed post master at Clarks , Merrlck county. Comptroller Eckels today appointed L. 11. Hoe.vof Lincoln , Neb . a national bank ox- amlncr. Mr. Iloey will be ordered to Carson , Colo. , to take charge nf the First National bank of that city , which failed today. _ P. S. 11. Anntlirr llnppy Nrlir.lnUu Dnmnnrnt. WASHINGTON , July 20. ( Special Telegram to'l'in : Hr.i : . ] T. G. Morgan was today ap pointed poslnuisler at Clarks , Merrick county. . .I.I VIIMIU.ll.lTlKS. Philadelphia Times As . - : nlrl.-nl-ln-tho-slot machines have IH-IMI nliollslu-il at Atlantic City , one that \\ould ulvn a Imlhlni : inll In tint sumo pm-l < n i > of tuttl-ftuttl will bo longed for by the glils In vain. Yonkers Statesman : The Imardltnt-lmusn Kvpper often romplnlns of the ulTort It costs to ot up a men ! , ami her Imanlnrs maintain that It Is more of nn oflorl to get It down. Washington Ptar : A man nnvur discovers how hard his lot ii'.illy Is until ho tries lo put a spade Into tt and make a garilon. Homnrvlllo .Tnmiml : "Tho Lord loves & iMipurful llnr" M'l'ins to tin the wny somn ra- luriiliiL' flslioriniMi ho shall bo numulcst ap pear to think It roads. Detroit Tribune : "Dick doesn't scorn to have i > much Interest In the rnci'snshousiMl. " "Hull , no. He's putting the pilnclplo there now. " Philadelphia Korord : "Hns tlm widow Jonas any property ? " "Yt > s , mil to a Rood deal of personal properly. " "What Is It ? " "Six children. " Washington Star : A certain young lady named Liz ivus suspected of iimlorhiuid biz : Bho never was nblo to ent at the table , but Iu thu buck pantry gee whiz ! Detroit I'roo Press : As Sinlthklris sat In his olllco u dye ani'iit put his head In at the open door and asked cliocrfullvr "Any old clolhi's to be ilvort ? " "No , " niisiMiruil Smltliklns in funeral tones , "they are all dead. " Indianapolis Journal : "Don't you wnnt to ouy soim-idon't-liloH-oul-tho-gus signs ? " uskod tlm travellns sign writer. "Don't need 'eiiVnnsncrnil the hotnl Uoopor. "Wo inalio our own gus lioro , and It only cust # us about 10 cents a thousand. A little HuatO doesn't matter. " sun PAVI : IMS r.iris. fi'ew 1'urfc Hrennlrr. Ho wns a daring aeronaut , And had a line balloon , Iln'd put his wealth all In It , Ami hoped to go up suon. The day came It wns ml.ssln ? , Illsgrlitf none could relieve , Ills wife had Kone nnd used 1" Kor the pattern of n sluevo : irEit Kew Vtir/c.Sun. / ON ( IKADIIATIO.V DAY. Oh , for the truly grand Ideal , That inilei : 01111 s life siihllmoi Oh , for a quitf : of spirit bliss llcyoml all spiicn iinil Ilinul Oh , fur the boon of a passing gllmps * Of thu vnst Infinities ! 'TIs this , and only this , that can My longing soul appease , TWO YKAIIS r.ATKIl. Oh , for a safety pin ( lint's snfol Itould make my llfo nil joy. Oh , fora food that ulll not Klvo Tlm crumps to my llltle boy ! Oh , for thu boon oncn more ot a nlgut Of solid , Miimro reposal 'TIs this , und only this , I want : Oh , glvu tiiu un old-time do/el COL Largest Manufacturers anil Hotallors ol UiolulifK Iu tliu World. Every woman knows That there's nothing will make a man mad quicker than to put his shirt on and then find that a button is off or a but ton hole torn out. Women all know more about shirts and shirt waists than men do , and every woman knows that the Star Shirt Waist and the Wilson Bros' ( boys' waists ) are the best in the wide world. Il's ndt often that you get 'em at a out price , but for Saturday these waists , the $1 quality will gofor75o ; the genuine article. Our $1 outing flannel boys' w' ' - , ' - rir one day at just half price , 50c. Alotofku.us . for 50o. None of those sold for less than $1 ; some as high as $1.50. All above prices for V SATURDAY ONLY. All men's and boys' straw hats for half price to clean them out. 50o hats , 25c. $1 hats , 50o , BROWNING , KING & CO. , Btor0opcevoryevenltill , , 0.30. j g § fj