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THE OMAHA DAILY BK& FRIDAY. JULY 2L I89 .
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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. ,
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