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Tin : DAH.Y ami SimnAY linn li on sale In
Chicago at the following plucosi
I'ahnor houso.
Drain ! I'aclllc hotnl.
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flroat Northern hotel.
norn hotol.
'Ieland liotol.
riles of TUB llKK nan llo icon at the Nn-
braska htnldhiR and tlio AdnTHiIstriitlon build-
loc , IvMiosttlon Krotliidi.
AvornRn Olrciilatlnii lur.lune , IBUil , KlilU ,
f Kr.N wr.D B0 hnports uro promising
; .liulications.
"VVnnNKVEK nfFuli-8 become too dull nl
the World's fair the board of Inilj
iiiiinnfjors rushca forward with it1
bicltoulnga to supply .1 diversion.
Tun formal decision in the Sundnj
opening cuso comes just in time to be
relegated to the shelf. As n , lofja'
lirucoilont its usefulness will bo extremely
tremoly circumscribed.
call loans uro miido in "Wul
street at the rate of over 50 pop cent interest
torost per annum the fanners in thii
vicinity may rub their hands at tin
sight of speculators bleeding speculators
ITvii.n bo strange if all this learnlnf
upon topics of educational methods now
being disclosed at tlio World's fair coil'
gross fails to result in numerous im
provomonta to our public nnd private
school systems.
THE vice-president is cutting a biggei
swath in British Columbia than ho cut
_ over liopo for in his own country. IIov
q'ucor that the further u man finds him
self from homo the more deference the
people pay him.
Tun finding of the court martial , lay
ing the blame for the sinking of the
Victoria upon Admiral Tryon , deprive ;
of all foundation the story that tlm
fatality was the result of. u deop-laii
Irish plot. Ireland's redumption liosli
placating the British government ant
not in its ruin.
THE shrinkage in the assets of liiilee
banks noticeable in every receiver's re
port uhowa to what extent speculativi
values had boon put upon securitioi
that now turn nut to bo practical ! ;
worthless. As a rule it has boon tin
loosely managed hanks that have sue
cumbed to financial pressure , whothei
utato or national banks.
Tun resignation of a United State
senator becau&o of a ditt'oronoo o
opinion concerning federal appoint
ments would not bo anything very novc
in this country. But a man will thinl
twice before ho gives up a certainty o
? 5,000 a year under present circnm
stances , even if ho does hail froin tin
silver state of Wyoming.
Tun bump of generosity is mon
largely developed in our own BtifTul
Bill than in the entire World's fai
directory. Ills entertainment of tin
waifs of Chicago in the face of the re
fusal of tlio exposition managemcn
to glvo them free admission to th <
White City will give his name an everlasting
lasting memory among the outcus
population of Chicago.
A Nnw YOUK court has issued ai
order restraining a Brooklyn street rail
way corporation from oxorcibing a fran
ohibo which it engineered through thi
ooiinull as a free gift to iUolfhon i
premium of $110,000 had been olTorod tin
city for the privilege. If courts everywhere
whore would frown upon such cross be
trnyal of the public interests , unsornpu
hum city legislators might bo diseoiu
ugod in the olTorts to promote the job
and ono-sided contracts by whlcn tli
. people uro oppresbod.
SiT.cm.ATiON upon the status of tin
silver question , should the Shorma
silver p'urchaso law bo uiicondltionaU
repealed , is a trillo premature and altogether
gothor unnecessary. The silver pur
chaho law will not bo repealed withou
a distinct understanding us to tin
position of existing hilvordollars in tlm
ovont. To restore the Bland not i
desired by noitbor party to the contest
BOTH Dun and Bradstreet find muc !
fn their weekly reviews of trade o
which to congratulate the husines
world. While neither attempts to glot ,
over or disguise any of the unploat
. , ant features of the trade doprct
* * ' ulon , they point out the reason
Yor believing that the near futur
holds bettor things in store. Cam ]
trollor Eckels makes a statement eon
coming western banks that should ui
in restoring confidence. The eloarln
house table .furnished by lirailstrcct
pliowo how general the contraction i
and how deeply trade has boon alTeoted
but it is an index of the past in thi
i-ospoct , and in no way counteracts th
hope-fill tone of the trade reviews.
IM'K/ISTATB .IfJOHXT/O.V ,
What nt flr t was regarded ns merely
n ronmrknblo phenomenon , nnmoly , the
nutllow o ( unompluyud Colorado mlnora
in spArch of hotter fields for securing
work , is fast becoming a sorloni prob
lem. When hordes of hungry but well-
intontioncd laborers haatonod to leave
the scone of their misfortune the first
impulse of the o to whom they applied
for assistance was to grant them every
aid that was possible under the circum
stances. The railroads relaxed tholr
stringent rules regarding the transpor
tation of tramps nnd overlooked the
nets of mild violence by which
parties of so-culled tourists made
themselves masters of empty cars
nnd idle engines. Viewing the
movement as temporary and likely to
last but n few days , they manifested a
disposition to render the service re
quested nnd wont so far as to order un
used cars to bo attached to tholr train a
expressly for the accommodation of the
destitute miners. The inhabitants of
the towns through which they passed
generously supplied thorn with food and
drink and , in some instances , wont so far
as to furnish the tourists lunches to bo
carried with thorn on their journey.
The continuance of the exodus from
Colorado and the mining regions has
given a changed aspect to what was
originally thought to bo duo to a tem
porary depression. First from Iowa
came thn reports that the people wore
regarding the advent of the employment-
seeking unfortunates with open disfavor
and that instead of giving thorn
food they threatened them , should
they venture to disembark from the
cars upon whioh they wore being trans
ported. Next it was announced that
Kansas City was being overrun by these
impoverished laborers , who wore flock
ing by the hundreds into that city with
out protest from the rail -companies
who had boon compelled to carry them
free of charge. They wont in a body tc
the central police station to ask for a
night's lodging and free transportation
east , only to bo told to "move on , " be
cause the city authorities could do noth
ing for thorn. That city , It was said ,
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was amply burdened with the cave of its
own poor during these troublesome
times and would insist that the immi
grants leave the city by the same moans
as they had come in before the lapse ol
twenty-four hours.
On Wednesday it was learned that the
committee of Denver citizens who had
been appointed to devise moans of caring
for the destitute in that city had come
to an ngreomont with the railroads tc
make special terms tor transporting the
unemployed to their friends in the cast ,
This arrangement is understood to bo
the grant of a uniform 33 rate _ to all
points west of Chicago , and that all
laborers who uro unable to pay this
small amount will secure assistance
from the public authorities. This
means tlmt the tourist exodus is to be
made permanent at least for the present
until all these who have lost positions ir
the mines are set adrift in the eas ;
olthor to become burdens upon the com
munities or to fall upon the oharitj
of their friends. It moans thai
communities , which are trying t <
do their duty to the unemployed withir
their own limits are to bo handicappoe
by the assisted migration of these whose
misfortunes are owing entirely to the
exigencies of other localities.
The serious nature -Of , tbo problorr
then lies in this : That those defenseless
men are to bo buffeted about from one
town to the other , Booking work whlcl :
is not to bo found , being tempted to law
less acts by the coldness of their reception
tion , until , if this treatment is long
enough continued , they boooino con
firmed in the profession of tramps. The
United States has long protested against
the assisted emigration of paupers fron
foreign lands , and it has finally adoptet
severe measures to put a stop to thi
practice. But interstate migration if
and always has boon untrammolod. One
community sends its paupers to anothoi
only to have them returned in the same
manner , and the recurring ox
ponsts of "moving them on" falls upoi
the hard working laborers who pay the
taxes. The Colorado minors have i
choice between starving in Colorado am ;
leaving that state. If they consent u
leave tlio Denver committee will fur
uish the necessary funds. Most of then :
prefer to leave. Where they go thoj
do not care. To refuse them admissior
to another ooinmdnity seems like bar
barism ; to admit them promises to in
crease tlio burdens of the local poor rate
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The Denver committeethinks it choapoi
to send them oust ut $5 u head than t (
give thorn outdoor relief to which m
end is insight. The problem is bofon
us and needs immediate attention.
K/.V.IAW.I I , HXl'KDIKNTS.
A great number of expedients havi
boon suggested from thno to time fo
relieving the financial stress , very fov
of which liavo posspssod any pruotica
value. The latest ono announced maj
have some merit , and at any rate It wil
prove interesting to financiers. This i
a proposition that the associated clear
ing hoiibo banks of Now York borrov
$10,000,000 , , in London and 310,000,000 ii
Paris , and that this loan bo placed tt
the credit of the United States govern
ment in such depositories as the Treasury
ury department may suggest in thosi
cltios. It is to bo stipulated tlm
the money is to bo loft in London am
Paris on deposit until repaid , or if with
drawn , shall only ha withdrawn t
moot actual necessities of the Unite
States government.
It is urged in behalf of this proposi
tlon that its chief benefit would ha tlm
it would enable the United States treas
ury nt once to rcloaso an oquivulon
amount of gold or currency , wh'cl '
would put the banks in such u positlo
of financial strength that they would b
able to give uli the assistance needed t
the commercial community. The prae
tical effect would bo that the govort
mont , instead of having all its balance
locked up in its own vaults , would hav
820,000,000 on deposit in L-jndon nn
Paris , while tlio Now York banks woul
luvvo the immediate use of $20,000,00
token from the treasury vaults then
which would go at once into general oil
oulution. It is said that the plan he
the approval of so eminent a linancle
as Mr. Pierpont Morgan , who la know
to have suggested to both the lust nn
the present administrations that the
government might borrow n Inrgc
amount of gold In Europe , with the urt ;
dcrslnndlng that It was to bo kept there
M a special deposit , thereby strength
ening the gold rosoryo of the treasury
without affecting international exchanges -
changes at all.
D Admitting the feasibility of n plan ol
this kind , so far as the matter of ob
taining the proposed loans is concerned ,
the question is whether the Treasury
department coiild enter into a negotia
tion of this kind and whether there is
any authority for the government plac
ing so largo a sum of money as $20,000- ,
000 on deposit In European cltios. There
is no precedent for such an arrangement ,
and as so radical a departure from the
practice of the government would not bo
made without the authority of congress
it is at least to bo said of this expedient
that as a moans of relief it Is not very
promising. It is not nt all likely that It
could recolvo the approval of congress.
KBPOKT FHOM DLUUXT OOMIXQ.
It is stated that Minister Blount has
forwarded his report on Hawaiian affairs
to Washington , and if not already In
the hands of the secretary of stnto it
may bo expected to arrive at any thno.
Whether the American people will be
made acquainted with Its contents as
soon ns it is received is a question , nnd
oven its arrival may not bo divulged nt
once. The correspondent of the Now
York Tribune at Honolulu says it is n
voluminous document , and this is easily
believed when ono considers the time
the minister has taken In preparing
it. Tlio correspondent states that it
was hoped at Honolulu , doubtless by the
members and supporters of the provis
ional government , that the administra
tion at Washington would bo able to act
upon the report before the mooting ol
the special session of congrosj. This
hope will undoubtedly bo disappointed ,
for in the first place the president has
too much to think about at present to
permit him to devote any tirao to the
Hawaiian question , and in any event it
is not probable that ho would take any
further action without submitting the
whole matter to congress.
According to an organ of the provis
ional government Minister Blount has
shown sympathy and friendliness to the
government and it is claimed that the
dominant party that is , the party ol
annexation is stronger in a political
and financial way than at any previous
time for six months. Of course any
statements from this source are to be
taken with u liberal measure of allow
ance , but tboro is reason to believe that
the annexationists are not losing ground
even if they are not making any advance.
They are still hopeful that the
United States will annex the islands ,
but it is said that in the event
of this country rejecting annexation
the provisional government intends
to adopt moro stringent meas
ures. The first stop in such a case will
bo to warn the ox-queon that she musl
leave the islands , the provisional loaders
declaring that hey emn carry on the gov
ernment without foreign aid , but they
cannot do this If the ex-quoen remain !
and furnishes a headquarters for plot
ting and intrigue. An effort to expo !
the deposed queen would doubtless bring
on a collision between the parties , the
result of which might settle for an in
dotlnito time the Hawaiian question
There has been some further talk aboui
an appeal to Great Britain in case thi
United States rejects the offer of annexa
tion , but this will hardly bo done , for
the reason that Great Britain would no (
entertain such an appeal. The report
of Minister Blount will bo awaited witl
a great deal of interest.
ZVJE CANADIAN.UAILKOADS.
The campaign against the bonding
privilege allowed by the government o
the United States to the Canadian rail
roads , under which the alien corporation !
secure a very largo amount of trafili
that would otherwise come to Amoricai
roads , is being vigorously renewed. /
correspondent of an eastern paper , wh <
shows thorough familiarity with the
subject , presents some cogent argument !
against permitting the Canadian roadi
to compete with American lines undoi
conditions which give the former t
great advantage. Ho says WP have om
barrashod our transcontinental lines b.y
legislation and the Interstate Com
raorco commission and then per
mit the railways of Canada to prey
freely upon American traffic. While
not permitting Canadian vessels to carry
cat-coos between our lake ports wo allow
Canadian railways to transport merchan
dise between such ports. "Tho action
of our government , " says this writer ,
"enables the Canadian Pacific railway
to pay annual cash dividends and pre
vents our own transcontinental lines
from doing so. The policy of the gov
eminent of the United States maintain :
the stock of the Canadian Pacific rail
way at 74 , even in these tiinos of severe
depression , and depresses the stock of oui
own railways and destroys their dlvidom
paying power. Our governmental polioj
warns capital not to invest in Amoricai
continental railways , but rather li
American linos. " The same wrltoi
further says : "It is in the bast and
highest interest of the producers uni
consumers of the United States that oui
own railways should bo maintained in a
high state of efficiency , in such u finan
olul condition that they can take ad
vantage promptly of every opportunity
invention and suggestion which wil
lesson the cost of operating their lines
In this way the freight charges can hi
and will bo constantly reduced , Wt
should not permit Canadian lines to in
orpubo tho" cost of carrying freight upoi
our own lines by diverting traffic froii
thorn. "
These quotations indicate the line c
argument that will bo Ubod baforo th
fifty-third congress to induce it to tuk
some action to at least lesson the ndvan
tngos which the foreign corporation
undoubtedly now enjoy. It cannot b
said that the arguments are altogethe
now and whether they will make
greater impression upon the ciomin
congress than they did upon the last tw
is ontlroly problematical. The sonat
ut its last bosslon directed the intorstat
commerce committee to make an lnve
tigation of this whole subject , but th
calling of nn early extra session prol
ably prevented this being done. A
Investigation WAS made , however ,
Bomo throe yours ngo , to which
nnothor ono probably would add
nothing material. That investigation
disclosed the fact tlmt the business interests >
torosts of Now Ki&lnnd nnd the north'
west are almost unanimous in the opln-
Ion that the welfare , of the people ol
these sections wo\lld .bo best subserved
by allowing the Canadian rallronds un
restricted compel lo'A with American
linos. The Idea tiint If all the Amorlcat
traffic now taken by the foreign corpora
tions wore turned over to our own trans
continental lines thoco would be a con
stant reduction of freight charges will
not find general nc/boptanco / in the
northwest , whore tlio conviction is
firmly imbedded In the popular
mind that this Canadian competi
tion has boon instrumental In sav
ing the producers many millions o :
dollars In the form of freight charges
The same sentiment prevails in Nofl
England , a distinguished senator from
that section having not very long age
said that the suppression of Canadian
railway competition -would result it
great injury to Now England interests ,
There is no reason to believe that the
fooling which was so clearly expressed
about throe years ago to the senate com'
mittco on interstate commerce has since
undergone any great change or modifi
cation , and it is not to bo doubted that
the influence of Now England and the
northwest will bo exerted ns strongly
ns over against any legislation inimical
to Canadian competition. It" is highly
probable , also , that it will be effective.
FEAR lost the increased valuation pul
upon the Kansas railroads by the county
assessors this year should "bankrupt"
the companies sooras to have sent a cold
shudder through the frame of the Now
York Tribune. That paper Is equally
anxious to know "what the counties o :
Kansas will do without the revenue
whioh the railway companies'liavo beer
accustomed to pay for tlio support o :
their local governments" in case the rail
ways fight the assessments in the courts ,
If the railway situation with rogart
to taxation in Kansas is at all similar tc
that in Nebraska , the immediate dangoi
of bankrupting the roads is rather re
mote. And if the counties of Kansn :
have had as difficult a task in collecting
tlio taxes levied upon railroads in theii
jurisdiction as have counties in this
vicinity , they will not have much trouble
in worrying along for a short time with
out the munificent contributions of the
railways to the support of their local
governments.
OVER 340,000 has boon collected In ait
of the cyclone sufferers' at Potnoroy and
still further subscriptions are requested ,
The people can bo expected to give > * o
lief whenever actual' distress is occasioned
sionod by any calamity , but the victim !
ought not to expect ito bo placed bj
charity in a position oh.ua ! to or bottos
than that in which'thoy ' were previously
situated. If every loss is to bo made
good by the subscription fund the effect !
of the cyclone will ultimately bo felt bj
all except those who were its immediate
sufferers. '
GOLD mining has received a wonder
ful impetus within the past few weeki
in California. Now deposits are con
stantly being opened in Colorado and it
the Black Hills region. The world's demand
mand for the yellow metal has had i
stimulating olToct upon the minors ant
the increased output will bo ono of the
factors of returning prosperity.
THE Donnybrook session of England1 !
Parliament last Thursday evening ha ;
no equal in the congressional annals o
the United States. It was a disgrace
from which England will not soon re
cover , and it only servos to omphasizi
the bitterness which attends the progress
gross of the homo rule bill through thi
House of Commons.
OMAHA ana southeast Nebraska ma ;
yet fcol the influence of the energy o
Jim Hill , the St. Paul railway magnate
Ho lias announced his intention of cross
ing the Missouri river at Yankton am
building his road system Into Nebraska
all within tlio coming year.
IN SPITK of the somewhat disturblnj
outlook thoro"nro many indications tha
the country is rapidly approaching tin
time when depositors will regain thol
confidence in the banks and the bank
will open their vaults to the demands o
logititnato borrowers.
OCCUPANTS of positions in the lanO
offices in Nebraska may now broatl
easier. Nothing but otlonsivo partisan
ship or other adequate cause will bo considered
sidorod as justifying removal before
tholr terms of office oxpiro.
Noltrnika'a Neit Hffff.
CMcnju Inter Oceim.
Nebraska will not put up nor shutters Jus
yot. She estimates her trrowlng corn croi
at $50,000,000. ,
Kuapemlml Hunks Hemming.
( Jliilie-Iemocrat *
Twelves national banks which suaponclod litho
the past mouth or two Imvo reopened theli
doors , anil inuny others are preparing t
take this atop. A lltUo later on in the sea
son undoubtedly tlipjcusuraptiou will exceed
coed the suspension ,
Mqr li-rcm Uolil Ilugg.
Kew York Commercial.
A drunken saloon kbbiior.of Salt Lake Clt
recently committed sujriae hocauso his ered
itors were too hot oiihj ( trail , nnd th
Tribune of that city heads up the occuronc
with the words , "GoldrUuRs Score Anotho
Victim. " Tbnt's about the most lunusm
thins ? In the play of ( iurrpnt events sine
Governor Pennoyer of QroKon essayoa a
successfully the part of a donkey withoii
mask , dlsRuiso or any artificial intorvoutlo
whatever.
Kilucut.on nn 11 CnlUtlienlc * .
Keui Yorff'ftun.
The holding of the turilors tournament a
Milwaukee has boon' made the occasion c
nn interesting exhibition by hoys of the pul
Ho school ! ) thoro. Tlioso boys were jit
through cullstnunlo exercises to the accon
panhnont of an orchestra in the presence c
the organized bodies of tumors , who ha
boon brought from all p.irt of the countr
to Milwaukee. The young Americans ga\
an account of themselves which pleased tfc
veterans who had previously been booVc
for tlio 513 movements with heavy wandi
and must have sustained tholr faith in th
porpotuatton of turnerUm. Many of tli
tumors unions in this country maintain ca
isthenlo classes for yountrstors , and wo ai
informed that there are now over ! K,000 ) , hoj
and ( 'iris in these classes. liy provldii
this opportunity for physical education tl
turners rouder good norvlco to tlio coi ;
munity.
UTIIKH I.AXtlH Tft.i.V OVHX.
Commercially , llrlthh Interests In Slum
ftro many Umot these of FTMICO. British
trade with that kingdom last year vras
$12,500,000 , while Trench trade WAS only
M0,000. Urltlsh suojocts In Slnm number
13,500 , where there are only U. > 0 1-Yonrhmon.
British subjpcta nlso have property rights
In Slam , nmoiiR thorn valuable mining con
cessions along the Mekong rlvor , In the
territory of which Franco is now trying to
Rot possession. These rights will bo pro
tected nnd U Is likely that Franco would
concede and confirm them rather than
provoke Great HrltV.n. The itlplom.Ulo
relations of England to Slam are stich us to
make a sufficient ground for a protrst
ngalust any forcible absorption of Its terri
tory by a rival powor. Slam Is not
only n buffer state between French and
English dependencies , but English Influence
has boon strong at Us capital. The
upper portion of the territory coveted by
Franco encroaches upon the Shan states ,
which have always boon somewhat
of a dependency of Uurraah , and so
regarded as within the English sphere of In
fluence. Furthorsouth the French demands
Include the province of Luang 1'rabang ,
which was ceded to Slam by Uurinah upon
condition that It should never bo trans
ferred to nnothor powor. Uoro Is a sound
enough pretext for English Interference , il
one was needed. If Slam should bo com
pelled to surrender this province to Franco ,
Kngland could claim it as Uurmcso by right
of the failure of Slam to fulftll the condi
tions under which it received this province.
There la no lack of pretexts for Entjllah In
terference If such interference Is dosu-ablo ,
aud It may bo to make an occasion for the
settlement of other differences botwcon
Great Britain nnd France. There are
several open matters which are sourrcs oi
Friction boUvoou these powers which arc
likely to roach an acute stage at any time.
There is the Newfoundland llshorlos dispute ,
ligypt and Madagascar , all sere spots , which
are slow in hoallng. This Siamese alTalr
? lves England an opportunity to exert n
little pressure to bring seine of these to n
settlement ; it remains to bo soon if she will
exert it.
* *
In speculating upon such a contingency as
nn alliance of the empire of Hussia and tnc
republic of Franco In n conflict with England
for dominion in Asia it is not unreasonable
to believe that it woulel bo dlfllcult for Eng
land to maintain nor position in that region
if the light were confined to the throe
[ lowers. But the coulllot would not bo
limited to the original combatants ; nor
would Asia circumscribe the arena of the
contention. When England and Franco had
their last hostile encounter in the cast ,
Europe was In n blaze of war to which the
diflleulty in the Carnatlc and in Bengal was
merely an incident. The smoke of battle ex
tended from the Hhino to the Vistula. Fred
erick the Great , of Prussia , was In alliance
wi'.h the English , fighting both Franco and
Russia ; and it may bo believed that should
such a thing occur as a French and llusslan
combination against England in a contest
for Asiatic predominance , Germany , which
is now n greater Prussia , and ruled by n suc
cessor of the mighty Fritz , would bo a fac
tor In the tremendous problem of such a con
flict necessarily drawn to the side of Enor-
land by bar antagonism to France. The fear
of so terrible a complication will operate
more effectually than any other restraint in
preventing the great European powers from
being drawn into hostilities by the Siamese
dtniuulty.
#
An additional terror is added to those
which are inseparable from such failure ol
harvests as afflicts a largo part of the continent
nont of Europe by the arbitrary dcrcees ol
the government restricting the grain traftlc ,
Famine is bad enough without being aggra
vated by the frustration of all commercial
calculations through the sudden interference
of despotism. In Franco the course thai
commended itself was the suspension oi
duties upon imports of fodder , while in GOP
many , us recently in liussia , it Was thought
wise to prohibit its exportation. This
course has boon adopted in Austro-Hungary ,
It does not appear that the , fodder crops oi
Hungary ai-o deficient , and it is only ir
a small part of Austria that great deiirtt
exists. But the buying or hay for Swiss ami
English account caused largo exports of thai
commodity to take place from. Austria , anil
the protectionist spirit was at once aroused ,
Evidently , the farmers \\ero recklessly sell' '
ing their hay , tempted by very high prices ,
and if they wcro not stopped they woulil
presently find themselves with notlnng tc
feed their cattle. Such improvidence called
for the interference of a paternal govern
ment , and the farmers will now have to fact
fnmino without the money which the
sale of their surplus products should have
brought in.
w
The correspondent of the London Times a1
Soila reports an encouraging indication o.
the substantial progress that free govern
ment is making in Bulgaria. A stringom
press law has hitherto prevented the appearance
poaranco of Journals hostile to the government
mont , n law which the unprincipled ana in
cessant activity of the pan-Slavic agents ant
the murdcrjus plots of Uusslan cmissario-
may have Justified. Apparently the Bulga
rian government is now so firmly cstab
llsned as to fool that it can regard all these
machinations with serenity , for It has per
mlttod a now journal , styled the Svobodnc
Slovo , or "Froo Speech , " to make it ;
appearance , in spite of its published intention
tontion of subjecting the government tc
unsparing criticism and of drawing attention
tion to all acts and practices whlol
nro contrary to the constitution. The now
Journal , however , is not a revolutionary
shoot , but dexilaros its loyalty to Prlnci
Ferdinand and professes to have no sym
pathy with antl-Uynastlo movements
Nothing could bo moro gratifying to lovon
of liberty and bollovors In seilf-govornmon !
than this evidence that Bulgaria is passing
out of the stage when all its dovolopmon
was regulated by fear of Russia , into ttu
normal state of a peaceful country t\hosi
attention is devoted to its own intorna
affairs , It is hardly necessary to say tha
responsible government is impossible with
out an opposition , nnd it is greatly to b
hoped that the appearance of this journu
marks the establishment of genuine polltica
lifo In Bulgaria ,
* *
The recent demonstration of the laborin
classes in Vienna was remarkable from th
fact that for the first thno the authorltic
permitted the different societies to marc
through the streets with banners and on
bloms. A further notable feature of the prc
cccdings was that the police along the rout
hud been Instructed to offer no opposition t
cheers for the franchise. The result nrnpl
proved the wisdom of this liberal policy
The meeting assumed unexpectedly larg
proportions , there being , according to a
authentic estimate , about 110,000 person
present , the great majority of whom wer
obliged to remain outside the raihhaui
In the vast court yard of the building n
fewer than 0,000 assembled , while in a
adjoining part of the building thor
was a second mooting of about 4,001 ,
The first included a considerable grou
of Czechs , who delivered speeches in ttioi
own language. Some of thorn sharply crlt
cised the government and Parliament Tl :
commissary of police on duty had , he-wove
been instructed to tolerate perfect frcedoi
of speech , The well known socialist leado
Dr. Adler , was oao of the principal orator
nnd ho closed hit hivrnnguo by calling for
chocra for International social democracy ,
after hating moved n resolution In favor of
universal uffr.iRe > . Wton the proce'cdlng *
came to an mid , the demonstrating workmen
dispersed In good order singing the "Song of
I/ibor. " The ontlro Vienna garrison had
been con fin oil to quarters in readiness for an
muergency , but there was not a single
Instance In which even the Intervention of
the police was required.
HE.sroKJ.vo voxrumxcii.
Globe-Democrat : Krno.il simple , direct ,
unconditional and Immediate repeal -of the
purchase provision of the silver net Is what
the situation demands. The rest of the re
forms can wait for a few years.
Philadelphia Times : No bank Is strong
enough to withstand a run. The throrv of
banking is that tlm money deposited shall bo
loaned out at interest and thus made wlttoly
usuful. If the bank kept nil Its deposits
looked up In its safe It would not bo a bank
nnd could -not do business. It follows tlmt
tlm money which is thus In use cannot all bn
paid back to the depositors on demand A
reasonable ) proportion is kept on hand for
this purpose , , but If all the. depositors de
mand their money nt once the bank must
suspend ,
Cincinnati Commercial : Of all the banks
that have boon forced , through the peculiar
ities of tlm llnnncial situation , to snapond , it
is gratifying to nolo that li-s than 1 per
e-cnt have been failures. The banks have
boon solvent , mid conservatlvoly managed.
They closed tholr doors to protect their assets
and also that all mightbo treated uliko. Bv
so doing , the sacrifices , in order to raise the
i-ash to moot the demands from depositors ,
have boon comparatively small. A very
largo majority of the banks recently sus
pended have resumed , and the rest are pre
paring to do so , which shows the actual
position of the banks to bo exceptionally
strong.
Philadelphia Lodger : The most Rlgnlll-
emit feature of bank suspensions recently
is , that In the majority of cases the hanks
got roatly to restnno in a short time. The
nctuul losses nro small , the failures being
duo to an Inability to make collections
promptly cnouch to moot n run. thouirh the
assetsnro nominally nt luast more than sufll-
olont to moot all demands. Prompt action
on tlio silver bill , by helping to restore con
fidence , would lesson the num
ber of such failures , though it
would not save institutions that
are in reality bankrupt. Tho-lattor , however -
over , do not deserve to bo saved. Tno
sooner they are closed out the better for
everybody.
New York Times : The great lesson ot the
time > s the exceeding peril of a loss of con.
lldonceand the consequent contraction ot
credit. That it is that checks the operation
of the forces in the great fabric of trade and
threatens it with paralysis. It leads to re
fusal of advances and forcing of payments.
H makes borrowing hard and interest high
It compels selling and restricts buying. It
forces bulks to suspend and drives prosper
ous mon to bankruptcy. At tjie same time
it reduces the elllciuncy of currency b } mak
ing it circulate more slowly and contracts its
volume hcc.iuso timid parsons withdraw It
from banks and withhold It from Invest
ments. These are elementary truths , but
they are not generally appreciated In In
dustry and trade credit is moro than currency -
roncy and conllilonro is greater than cash ,
but tlio bottom of it all is the maintenance
of ono true measure of value , accepted and
relied upon as always safe and sure againbt
sudden change or fear of cimngo.
XUUOlllXO IT UlAGEICKT.
ICoarnoy Hub : And so after all there will
bo a square test of the constitutionality of
the now railroad rate law. That is the ulti
mata meaning of the B. & M. injunction
against the State Board of Transportation.
Kearney Journal : It is a question if the
railroads would not have found that at least
an attempt to comply with tlio maximum
rate law would have made them strong
friends ready to assUt in its repeal if it
worked too much hardship.
Papilllon Times : It would seem to the
Times a very foolish net on the
part of the railway companies to
light the Nebraska maximum freight
law. Perhaps the reductions made
by the law are excessive , but wo nro
unable to harmonize the morning and even
ing utterances of the raihoud attorneys ,
who claim today that the reduetjpjis mallo
will bankrupt the roads nnd tomorrow that
the shippers will suffer loss under the now
law. Chances nro favorable that the new
rate will benefit shippers. It is a dead sure
thing that the railroad people would not ask
for repeal if the provisions of the law would
injure Nebraska shippers. Tlio charge is
absurd , and the roads will regret their oppo
sition to the law , which will surely bo made
moro stringent by the next legislature if the
light upon it shall bo prosecuted. If Ne
braska railroad magnates nro us shrewd as
wo believe , they will not push the fight too
far ,
Wlinopt Stiiiul Iron ] Under.
Jjimtevlllc Courter-Jout lint.
The robber barons may exult over the
temporary obscuration of the tariff issue.
They may trloat over the hope of having an
npostato in the elected chief of the tariff
loformartny. They may fancy that the sil
ver muddle wilUtcop the McKinley swindle
in the background. But they reckon with
out their host. No man is essential to tariff
reform. Not even tha weakness or the
recreancy of an administration can stay ,
though it might retard , the inarch of free
trade lu America.
SIAKMAl AVAlt.Allll.lTV ,
RchuylerSun : Tho-Sun taml < In favor
of giving Chlof .luitlco Maxwnll thn nomlnix-
tlon iiRnin and Insists on Colfnt county ro-
pnhllcani tending K delegation to the tata
convention for him.
GramIslanti ! Independent : The republi
cans could not nominate a moro available )
man for the supreme court than Chief Jus
tine Maxwell. Ho would bo sure of a glori
ous rcvoloctlon. But the corporation people
will elo nil they can ngivhmt his nomination ,
nnd wo nro afraid they will prevent it to the
great loss of the republican party.
Schuylcr lleirald : The ring republicans
and corporation Dealers nro determined to
rotlro Maxwell to private llfn the same an
they tilrt with Judiro Kecso. That the rank
anil fllo of his party nroioll B.itlallnd with
Juelco Maxwell wo have no doubt , but the
wire pullers and convention managers nro
against htm ami they propose to crush him. _ .
It remains to bo soon whotheir or not thojr j | ,
will succeed , *
Drcrfxod Immigration I > c < lril > 1e.
; Vifn ! < lclpMa Times.
Whatever the causa In the shrinkage In
Immigration , thn fae't Is a gratifying ono ,
and it Is to be hoped that tha Immigration
officials umlor the misting laws will find a
vay to do so much sifting that the itecreaso
will bo continuous hereafter. Seine portion *
of the United States nro Rotting to bo n llttlo
crowded now nnd wo are likely to need the
thhily-sotloil portions for the natural in-
crcasa of our population 10 nvorllow iu. . This
necessity ot thu future should nut bo over
looked nor forgotten in our treatment of the
Immigration question , and whatever can bo
elono to curtail the Increase of population by
the tramp steamship method should bo ilouo. '
CHKIHTKIt VO.M1GS.
Kato Fluid's Washington ; "Tlm reeking
school oiiliirKi-M u woman's domestic Mphi-io. "
"Oh , voi. bho's apt to clmntin hustmmli
oftonor. "
ImllnimpolN Jniunal : Mrs.Vlcklvo Don't
.Vim lulnilt tliitt moil of your tnmhlus uroiltio
to di Ink ?
Dlhiiml Dawsnn-Gnn't suy tlmt 1 do , mum.
Fiietls , 'till 1 took to booze nobody uuvorhud
no sympathy for nit1 ,
NHW York World : Tlm tdnul summnr hotel
clotkwuurs u liirn'o diamond and dispense *
studded
Philadelphia Itcconl : "Why < lo you always
iniilio light of inn ? " imUe.il tlio mutch of tlm
wall , upon whloli It hud beim Klriick. "Woll , "
niit.woro.tl tlioill : , "you ul\\uy cast iclloc-
tlons on mo. "
\VnsliliiRton I t ur : "II boats mo , " Mild Jlcan-
tloiliiK 'MlliohohiKl stiucU n Humnuir ro-
hOII.
"What docs ? " usUml PloildliiR Polo.
"Thesis people that comes InindrudH ot inllos
to tit a hath. '
Worlrt's 1'alr Pud , : Mr Oldlieau And have
you boon hiivlni ; u jsooil thno today ?
.MNs Autograph ( of O .i.ihui l.nvoly , I wont
around tlio buildings anil Hlgned my muim in
tnunty-thrco tu litetii ,
Chicago llccoril : llrntin What ? You sniolt-
IIIK , .laineson ? 1 thought your doctor oidorod x.
you to Kit o up tobacco
(7recii ( That's all right. ThlH Is ono of thu
clKius niy ulfe ga\o mo.
Now Yoik WeoUly : At list Miss Itionnlo-
Hnmn-llionn , who is to niiviry a m-lncu. won't
lot us limn Imr photograph for publication.
Killtur She won't , ehr Toll thu foieninn to
use one of those cuts 1 ibolud "Jioforo Taldu g.1
Chicago TiUmnn : "So this ts your heaviest
mid liitost , Improved armor-pinto , " obsurveel
the visitor at the Croat lion and stool works.
" 1 piusiiinu It Is absolutely I
"iSo , " bald tliitsupoi Intondimt , proudly. "Wo
uro now IjulltlliiK u un that will cfrlvo a
projootllo through It as If It were old chouso. "
NO
Atlanta Constitution.
Thuro novcr was a rtrwilrop
That Illletl a llowor's cup ,
llutijnk-k them came a miniboaur
To drink thu dondrop up !
There never was a dollar
That jliiRled In thu till ,
liul quick thcro came u follow
And scooped It with a bill !
o.v bAi.Aii
John Qcrald llrcmm In I'uelt.
I liully ( line In n cafe line ,
t feaston the fat o' the Innd ;
With a prlino runout , and a bottle or two ,
. . .And a waiter on olttior hand ;
The lamplight Htrt'iiins , and the silver gleams ,
Anil the clad win Id seems to say :
" \\limi liocl.ets 1110 ll htthun hearts nro light , .
And tills Is Buluiy Day. "
Thn man on my rtfiht looks sad tonight ;
Yet liiclty Is lie. IIIIIOIIK men ;
Bud nolil lie hives , a can iago ho drb os ,
Wlillst I I ilrlvuapen ;
Ilo's a iiilllloiiiilie , hut his scanty hair
With \\ony Is waxlnj ; giuy ;
I pity him M ) ! ho clous not know
The joys of Sulary Day.
Ono Ions week through I have lived on stow ,
With liiKor In lieu of wlno ;
And perilous pies that would fright the oyoi
Of thochuf wheio now 1 dtno ;
TJio viands were tough , the waiters grulT ,
Hut my huart vns always tuy ;
Whoa things went'wry , on , llttlo cared I !
1 thouKht of Salary buy.
Tomorrow , ulnsl my fostsvo k'lass
Must bnhhlo with liuor iiKam ;
And ploK and MO\SK will gl\o mo the billon ,
Hut nothing nhall 1 complain ,
Viir I'll f > \ my .slpliton an oasis bright ,
In the dt'sort ' ofhcanty pay.
And , IniiiRiy or fed , I'll sturdily treud
( Straight on to Sulary Day.
So , hero's a least to tlmt conlal cho&t ,
Thai , wuok ) > y week ( loth walk ;
Of all the KooeltliliiBs that his Khostshlp brings ,
"J'ls pleasant to think or talk ;
lint Khosth must co at the llrst cook-crow ,
And inlno holBlio ! cannot stay ;
So , with wistful eye , I'll hid him Koodby
'Till next weok'H Salary Day.
LarKost Manufacturers ami flotation
la tlio World.
Before Noon Saturday
We won't have a slraw hat left and but
mighty few neglige shirts
this is why : We have 112
straw hats and we lot
them out tomorrow at half
price. 25o buys the kind of
a hat that 'most everybody
wears ; $1.00 mackinaos gofer
for 50o ; $3.00 split straws are
now $1,50. , Now here oomes the corker For one
day only , just to see if anybody wears them , wo
let you have any neglige shirt in the house , except
silk , for $1.50 , which is a reduction of $1 .on most
of them. All the latest styles and colors ; including
heliotropes , blues , pinks and principally Wilson
Bros. ' make. Some have laundered collars and
cufft and some not , but all are 'way under price
for just one day , Saturday. A $2.50 brown stiff hat
for $1.50.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
, g ( fa , ftft DODgla ? StS.
