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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1893)
TI1K OMAHA DAILY HI'H'V TIIt'USlUY. AUHUST 8 , 1H08. TJIJR DAILY BEE. II. 1IOHr.WATr.lt , K.lltor. . s- - : .n i-E ITIIMHIIKI ) BVKUV MOItNINO. Dally M.-P ( without Sunday ) Ono Ynar , . 18 00 Dallr nndnmliiy , Ono Vcar 100) ) Hlx Mimth * 5 " " Tlirwt Moulin. . . / 260 PiimUy Hon. On Vw r 200 Wntiiriliiy lloo , On" Voaf. . . . . . J S'J Weekly lion. Ono Your 100 OKKICE3. Omnlm. Tim UPO lIulMlng. , . . _ . HoiilliOnrilm.roriH'r N anil 20th Streots. Conm-ll IHnlTi. 121'carlHtrrnt. fiilcnttiillk- : ) i , 317 tJliinnliornf Comnirrro. Nnw Yotlf. Hooms 13 , 14 nnd 16Tribune IlnlldM. Washington , .113 rnurtoanth StrnoU All communications minting to HOT" nnrt < < lltorl.il malHir should t > o mldressna : To the Kdltor. II WINK'S IiETTKIW. All business | f > t tern find rpriilll.inc i should 1)0 ) addressed In The lion 1'iililNhln * J'-ompiiny. Omnlm. Drafts. checks nnd iwslontcn < irdors to bo Hindu payable to the order of llio com- ' " ' "l-nr'tlos Ipfivlns the city for the cummer can Imvo Till ! llr.K wnt to tlmlr mtdross by loa % Ing an ordnr nt this ndlco. Till : IIKH I'llllUSIIINO ' COMPANY. SWOUN ST.VTKMKJJT OK CIHOU ATION. Stale of Nchr.iBk.i. I OTOBrlt | ? Tri ! ! ' , 'cri'liiryof TIIK nrp. Pub- llcliliic ' rniiipnnv , ilfx-s BulnnnlvrnvKir lli.it the . ofTMK IMll.v IUte for llio week rndiiiff July an. IHW. W.IH i fotiowm Snm1.iv. Jnlr 2:1 : Mommy. JulylM Tn.-ml.-iv. July - ' . . , , . 23..I ) Wnlnpwlny. Jnlvan TlitirwInv.Jiilv t7 ! Friil.iT.Jnlv' ' * * . ' Bntimlny , July ' . ' 0 . 84,413 nuui'iR n. Tzsnircif. . < . SWOHNtoliofotf incnnil Milmcrlbfsl In lliyillVHUIItfOthlt 1IH ! | | llllVOf JtllV. 1MM. N. 1 * . Fl.lt. . Notary I'ubllc. Tlin Urn In ( ! lilp it. Trip. PAtr.v und SUNIIAVIIKK U on sale In Chicago nt Ilin rollnnlng pliuji'.i : I'alnin-r homo , Orand I'.uilllR hnlul. Auditorium liolnl. flrcnt Northern hotel. ( lorn Imlol. I/clniul lioli'l. Kilns of TIIK HH.K can bn soon nt the NP- braska huildlm ; nnd lli < > , Admlnlstratlon buildIng - Ing , Exposition grounds. Ornil.'itlmi lor.liinr , 24,31(1 Auousr wi'ullior is nol be innin bndly. THK tin tin nlmlntion of tlio tinkling silver can now bo beiml across the entire continent. T seoina to bo tbo order of tbo day for both public and private undortalclntrM. PIXHT.K of Mpoculntlvo tendencies still have a fo\v \ days left them for inakinp and breaking slates of congressional cominltteo oliuinniuisliijjrf. TOJI nitHN'NAN stops out of the street cleaning dopirtiuont in Now York and Mike Ureiinan stops into the police ilo- pnrtinent in Chicago. Olllcial honors are easy in the Uronimn family. THK cntortaitiinent which is graced by the dance to which Anthony Comstock objects on.tlio ground of its immorality may prepare to receive a greatly aug mented number of daily visitors. THK early passage of a deficiency postollieo appropriation bill would bo the right thing to enable the postal fa cilities to bo extended up to what the business of the country already do- inands. DKPOSITS withdrawn from tbo banks nnd hoarded in private houses continue to supply the festive burglar with ample pocket money. The risks of the bank are generally smaller than those of the secret hiding placo. EDISON , the inventor , hastens to close his shops temporarily and thus to put himself on a piano with the other in mates of the "national lunatic asylum. " The man of today might as well bo burled as be out of .stylo. WHEN the assistant secretary of the interior has to assure the public that "tho administration is not hostile to the soldier who fought for tbo union" ' ( _ evidence of its friendship fortho veterans ( erans must bo extremely scarce . TllK railroads , hereas elsewhere , are cutting down their working forces and I restricting the hoifs of labor in their shops. What a pity that they are unable to ascribe their action to the baneful ollccta of the maximum freight rate law. AuniTOlt MOOKR displays his good sense in replacing his bond signed by oflleorn of the defunct Capital National bank with a now one. An inquisitive person might possibl/a k whether there are any other olllclal bonds on file at hove state houBo , the signatures to which have become worthless. Missouiil minors now threaten to in augurate a strike in spmpathy with mho Kansas strikers unless the operators agree to arbitrate their dilToroncos. On the merits of the controversy , the public is not well informed , but that this is i a poor tlmo for workingmen to strike is without doubt the universal public opinion. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CHIUACO papers describe the army ol unemployed In that city , which is being constantly increased by largo dally ac cretions , and warn the immigrants that work Is not to bo had at any wage. The ' allurements of a largo city prove irre sistible to the nntorlmmto laborers , and they continue to pomIn notwithstand ing the unfavorable outlook. The re sulting misery must In many cases robe ascribed to the hasty notions of the suf ferers tbonibolves. TllK republicans in the house of rep resentatives will of course give Thomas B. Reed the compliment of a nomina tion for speaker. lie is the acknowl edged loader of tbo minority party wlin that body and no one would venture ) to contest the position with him. Of his capacity for it in every way there can bo no question and ho will have a great opportunity during the coming congress to demonstrate this. From present in dications it BOOIUS pretty curtain that Mr , Rood will have the great satisfac tion of Booing his parliamentary , methods , which were so vigorously ubudcd by the democrats of the Fifty- ilrst congress , adopted und put into practice by the present democratic house , and fliat with the concurrence , it not at the suggestion , of a democratic administration. MAXIMUM tAWH IIKl'nitK TllK COl'llTS Wo nro hearing so much mmntlays of tlioconfltlonco of the railway attorney * in their nblllty to ooctiro n derision of tbo fotlcrnl court dei'larlntf tbo NV brnska mnxlmntn freight rule Inw to bo ttnooniitltnilotinl nnd void tbnt tbo 1m- prossloir hns pained ground In many quarters tlmt tbo oonstlluUoimHty of tbnt measure Is Already doomed. But tbo power of tbo states to enact mensIon tires for tbo regulation of railway rates is ono wblcb , though often Allnokod , bus never Ixion authoritatively dontud. An examination of the course of tnaxi * mum rnto llllgallon will show tlmt tbo above-mentioned conndonoe of the milmo way ftttornoys is by no means so well founded ns they would have us bollovo. Maximum rate laws Ural came into tbo United Stales courts in conneclion with the granger legislation of the early 70's. The railways at that tlmo had ns llttlo disposition to obey tbo laws duly enacted by tbo state loglsla187 tttros as they now havo. and when they violated their provisions nnd the cases came to bo hoard their confidence In the ability of their attorneys to Bcuiiro nn nlllnnatlon of their unconstltntlonalily was jiwt ns oulspokon as at prosont. 13ut they found lhat it was not so easy to Imvo their own way as thoy"hail 1msil nglucd. All Iho cases then appealed wore hoard together by the suwromo court and tlio judgments wore similar in every instance. The Ilrst suit decided was that of Munn ve Illinois , involuing the question of maximum rates for elevators find warehouses , and it was hero held that tbo act of tbo general assembly of tbo state of Illinois fixing such charges was In no way repugnant to the constitution of the United Stales. Chief Justice Wuitc , who delivered Iho opinion of Iho court In all tbcso cases , insisted Hint private property when devoted lo public interests becomes subject to public regumi latious. Ho wont on lo say : "Down to tbo adoption of the fourteenth amendin ment it was not supposed that statutes regulating the use or oven llio price of tbo use of private property necessarily deprived an owner ofhis property without duo process of law. The amendment docs not change tbo law in Ibis particular , it simply prevents the stales from doing Hint which will operate us such a deB privation. " And when it was objected that'such a power was dangerous , ho reor pliedVo : know that this is a power which may bo iibus-ed , but that is no argument against its existence. For protection against abuses by legislation , the poplo must resort to the polls , not to the courts. " The principle bore enunciated was extended to all the so-called granger cabas. In Chicago , Burlington & Quincy Railroad company vs Iowa , the act of the Towa legislature of 187-1 , entitled , " / n Act to Establish Reasonable Max I- mum Hates of Charges for the Transportation - portation of Freight and Passengers on Iho Different Roads of This Slate , " was uphold as strictly within the authority of that body , In Polk vs Chicago & Northwestern Railway company the court aflirmod the constitutionality of the Potter law fixing maximum' rates for transportation upon Wisconsin railways. Here ngaln Chief .TiLstico Wnilo explained the underlying principle as follows : ' 'Where property has been clothed with a public interest the loglblnturo may fix a limit to that which shall in law bo reasonable for its use. This limit binds the courts as well 1 as the people. If it has been improperly fixed the legislature , not the courts , must bo appealed to for the change. " Similar decisions were made in respect to rt maximum rate law passed by the ' Minnesota legislature in Winona & St. Peter Railroad company vs Blake and later in tbo railroad commission cases in respect to a Mississippi [ ' law of 1881 , which established corlain maximum rates and autbor- i/ed a commission to establish others. The same ruling was made once more ' by the supreme court when the railroads contested tbo constitutionality of an Arkansas statute of 1337 fixing raaxi- mum passenger fares as decided in Dow vs Beidolman. The only recent case that has been carried to the supreme court of tbo United States , and which lira resulted : in some measure of success for tbo con- tentions of ttio railway attorneys , is line Minnesota milk case , decided some three years ago. The dissenting opinion in this case claims that it practically re- vor.scs the principle of Munn vs Illinois , but the majority does not appear to have desired to go so far in their judgment. It.as This case really hold that a hnv was unconstitutional because depriving persons of their property with ; out duo process oi law if it delegated to A commission the authority to fix rates finally without anpcal to the regularly constituted ju diciary us to the reasonableness of the rates so fixed. It did not directly quos- tlon the power of the states to prescribe maximum rates for railway transporta tion within their territorial limits. taDn the ether hand , tliu right of the state to so limit charges was expressly reaf firmed In Jubtico Miller's concurring opinion in these words : "In regard to the business of common carriers ed to points within u single state , that state has the legislative power to estab lish the rates of compensation for such carriage. " From what source the railroad attor neys have derived all their confidence in their case is not , in vlow of the long ) series of decisions by the United States l supreme court , so easy for un ordinary mortul WITH Governor Boies out of the field , with a plain straightforward platform avoiding complication with all Hide issues nnd with honest men in nomina tion who inspire the confidence of the people , Iowa republicans will have diffi culty in finding an excuse for defeat at the state election this fall. Buttling with good men and a thoroughly repub lican platform they -win not possibly buffer defeat. Nor ougilt there bo any trouble In finding good men to place upon the ticket about to be framed I by the state convention this month. A number of names Imvo been mentioned in connection with the gubernatorial place , most of them of men at once capable and popular. Of these HOMO , , , would servo boiler than ox-Senator .latno.s Hnrlan , Senator Ilnrlnn has boon n life loiitf republican nml represents republicanism * In all lt moaning. Ho bus hold high olllco and acquitted himself creditably In many capacities. To lead In n campaign that promises to restore to the republican party the full control of the Iowa state government would crown with honor ix long ; career constantly devoted to the interests of the public. i7..tw.v l ; ujv TIIK oht ) Nothing ' better was to bo expected of Mr A. J. W.irnor , president of the Dl- metallic league , than the charge tha't the legislation of 187.T was a crime. For years that gentleman , who Is a well- meaning man , so far as his general re lations are concerned , and ngoodcltly.cn , has been nursing this idea and nothing in the I way of facts or of argument could possibly convince him that the law of 187 , which stopped the coinage of the standard sllvor dollar , was not the result of a criminal conspiracy against the while metal. Everybody who has in vestigated the matter knows that the so-called silver demonetization act of 1&73 was the result of careful doHbora- tlon and that at the tlmo of its passage silver was worth more than gold at the ratio of JO to 1. It. Is a matter thatought to bo generally familiar that for eighty- om years during which gold and sllvor were on equal terms In the mints of the country there had been coined only a llttlo over 8,000,000 , sllvor dollars and that for years before 1873 not a dollar of this amount was in circulation. All well- informed persons , including Mr. Warner , must also know that when the much-abused legislation was enacted and for a long time before the owners of silver did not take their metal to the mints for the sulliciont reason that it was more profitable to sell it in the market. It was only when sllvor began to decline as a consequence of increas ing production that the silver mine owners began to agitate for a restora tion of silver to the position it occupied prior to 1S7I ) a position it can never regain by any legislation of the United States so long as the other great nations refuse to give it its former recognition. The crime which the president of the Bimetallic league and other free silver advocates denounce had its origin sev eral years before the legislation of 18' was ; passed. A bill to revise the laws relating to mints , assay offices and coinage - ago [ was introduced in the United States senate in 1870 , and among other things it omitted the standard silver dollars from among the coins thereafter to bo issued from the mints. This bill passed the senate in 1871 and was bent tc the house. It was under consideration - tion from time to time for nearly a year , when a substitute was olTored which provided for the coinage of a 384- grain silver dollar. This passed the lioiibO and wont to the senate , where it was amended so as to substitute for the 38-1-gratn ! dollar n dollar of 42i ) grainsto bo used exclusively in the trade with i China and known as the trade dollar. After a conference committee had agreed to this measure it was concurred in by both houses and became a luAv by the approval of President Grunt on February - ary J2. 1873. It is thus incontrovortibl v shown by the record that for nearly three years the silver legislation of 1873 had been before congress ana that during that time every phase of it was thoroughly con- bidnred and debated. John JayJvnox , who was deputy controller of tbo eur- rency in 1870 , is authority for the stale ment that the bill introduced in that year proposing to discontinue tbo issue of silver dollar pieces was printed thir- teen times by order of congress and once by the commissioners rovisinsr the statutes , and was considered during five successive sessions. It must rbo apparent to everybody whoso judg- fment is not warped by prejudice that there 1 was nothing in the nature of a conspiracy connected with this legisla- tion , and if it was a crime the record shows that the silver men of Unit period made no effort to prevent it. The ex planation is found in a statement made in the house of representatives in 1872 that "silver is out of relation to gold , being worth now $1.03 , " THK aurn IIASIS , * Mr. Allen W. Thurman , permanent chairman of the silver convention at Chicago , said in his address , which evi i- dently bad boon carefully prepared : i'I deny that gold alone nllords a sufficient basis upon which the circulating medium and credits of this country should rest. " It may bo pertinent to remark that this i Mr. Thurman is the son of the eminent democratic statesman who was the candidate for vice president of the United States in 188S , nnd who In the days of the greenback la - tion craze was ono of the irs of the demand for an unlimited issue by the government of legal tender notes , The comparatively young gentleman who was selected to preside over the silver convention therefore came hon > estly by the opinions ho now holds re garding silverjmd as his distinguished father departed from the currency views which ho entertained nearly a quarter : of a century ago , so it is by no means Improbable that the son will In the course of tlmo revise his opinions and put himself upon the platform on which the democrats of a generation ago stood , and none of them more firmly than the hoof veteran statesman , Alien G. Thurman of Ohio. The assumption that gold does not afford a sufficient basis upon which the circulating medium and credits of this country should rest Is so obviously er- roneous that It is surprising any man orof intelligence would oroploy it in advocacy of a double standard. When has there been a time , except during the suspon- 1111slon of specie payments Incident to the war , that the circulating medium nnd the credits of the country mbhave not rested securely upon [ > gold. The resumption of specie pay- > monts was accomplished in 1870. las there been an hour since that time that the gold basis has not been sufficient to maintain the credit of the government and keep the circulating medium unim- paired ? Would there bo any financial disturbance now if the country xvassuie that the gold basis would bo maintained ? Is it-it llio distrust that pervades 11m whole country dltd largely to Iho fcnr that the gold bit /uny / tflvo way to n sllvor basis nnd Hint wo shall substitute n sllvor for n gfliVStntidavd ) ? The sllvor atlv&utes Jny great stress upon the nosorlloTv.lhnt there Is not gold enough with wjjjjjh to do business , but " granting this tor"bo true it would not justify the free coinage of silver nt the existing rntlo , 'aV ' they demand. But what is Jho fact JIH 1,0 the supply of gold ? Simply that It Isi greater now thnn over before in the hfs ftry of the world , and under the stlmul'm iow being given to its production tliO'Stipply promises to bo largely increased. According to the most trustworthy statistics the world's average yearly gold production from 1873 to 1887 was $103)2T ! ) > ,000. , Fur five years since 1887 the average pro duct 1ms boon $110,033,000 , , nnd in 1802 it rose to 3135,000,000. , , The share of the United States in the production of gold , apart from the amount used in the arts , has been in excess of the growth in pop ulation nnd business. While the supply of gold is increasing the demand for it in international exchanges nnd In do mestic commerce does not grow in equal rntlo. The various forms of credit now do the work of exchanges In interna tional trade which formerly required gold , BO that commercial transactions amounting to millions are now olTected without the use of n dollnr in gold. That motnl retains its function as the standard of value , but in actual use it plays but n small part in the world's ex changes. The supply of gold as a basis of circu lation and credits Is ample under pres ent conditions , but it would not continue to bo If the policy of the free sllvor men wore to prevail. That would speedily result In depleting the country of gold and substituting a silver basis , upon which every dollar of the remaining currency would depreciate in purchas ing power and the government credit would sillier , to thn irreparable injury of every interest but that of the silver pro ducers. I'm ; Siamese affair refuses to give up 1U place on the program of European diplomacy. But while the colonizing powers discuss the question of territor ial adjustment , Shun will remain at the mercy of the French. Weakness is an unpardonable .sin in any nation that as pires to maintain its independence. THE people's ! party convention , called for September 5 , will have about 900 delegates. It is safe to assume that no one faction of that party will bo able to dictalo ; Iho acls < ) f Iho convention. Where is Paul Vjftidkrvoort ? - I'lnn. KIIU'I ' lci-Jr.nrnal. If it is absolutely _ indispensable to Iho prosperity of this country that the govom- ment shall buy somoihing every month to store away in its collars the "lopioof the situation" clearly is tbi ; it shall buy whisky instead of silver. - , ( DuiimiiJ lur u U < > Ht. Indliina'it > lli Journal , It Is about time that the organs of the silver mine millionaire * , who want the coun try to take their motul at twice ils Talue , ccaso calling the advocates of sound inonoy the dupes of the money kings of Europe. .Tiiit. U'.ut , mill Citii A'cira. The railroads as usual have secured the aid of the courts in knocking out , for the time being at least , the Kowbarry bill. The News predicts that the next legislature will have to p ; > ss a now bill , and ono that will stand , for this ono the courts will knock outer or rei.der It useless. .Jolly Old .Injiit .lit. iriix7incon ( ( Xcwi. JaJ.it lit Singn , king of Kapurthnla , sat by the sad sea waves at Manhattan beach I oil Sunday and ate Aincrle.ni clams , while I ; the band played "After the 13all" and other selections from the grand old masters. The | king was accompanied by Ills secretary , Dowlnt Ham , and others , and everybody was glad to know that Jajat had a llttlo Ram. Ho was pleased with American clams ; ho was [ pleased with American women. AH of which goes to show that Jajat Jit Singh is 3fa singularly appreciative sovereign , and gives promise that he will enjoy himself as long ns ho may bo with us. To HID inar llavtloclt Prudent farmers nro not fooling the effects of the provallint' hard times to any appre ciable oxtent. Nor will they through the winter should tlio country be so terribly un- fortunuto'as to witness a continuation of the present conditions during that period. In shrrt the Intelligent farmer is on top thcso days and his lot is the cheeriest ono of all. Present facts enforce what the Times has ; all along advocated a larger ro population. America needs more tillers of the soil and still higher degrees of cultiva tion and inure improved methods. Diver- silled farming will make any industrious man of ordinary common sense entirely in dependent and ho will come nearer realizing freedom in its fullest sense than will these in any other vocation. Lot there be moro agriculturists , Americans to the farms. flKlllt.ltilt.l ANlt The Shclton Mail , nftcr eight months of oxistmico , has quit running. Twonty-llvo Pawnee City people have started for the World's ' fair. voro The excavation for tho' cellar of flvo relay - story brick builuings is In progress iit Clay Center. A Loulsvlllo youth has begun a suit through his guardian to recover money lost on a horse race. Lightning struck and shattered the homo of John liaitam , near Alma , but none of the family were injured. < n C. S. Cook , an old sottlerof Buffalo county , died recently nt Hnttirville , Kan. , where ho was visiting his son. An Incendiary flro'i ' } / Schtnolzol's ' drug store at Humboldt was'discovered in tlmo to prevent llio damnga ojicUcdlng * ' . ' 5. Hathlng Is popular at , Hastings In July. There wore 000 baths taken in the Young Men's Christian association rooms there during the past moiitir. ' Mrs. Joshua lloemah , wife of a Harlan county farmer , took a-iUoso of poison with suicidal Intent , but hgr condition was discov : ered by some children aud her hfo was saved by tlio neighbors. ' _ , ' Fire started In n barp , t Aurora , spread ( tote a com crib and was ( min communicated to Dlotz's lumber yanl , , , | ' ho nremen arrived in time to save the lumber yard , but the burn and crib were Upatrpyou , Whllo William Hrufl , 07 vcars of OKO , was mowing near Cordova his team became frightened , throwing thoold gentleman from tlio scat of the machine , his loft foot being cautrht in the ilrlvo whool. breaking and crushing Ills unklo , also Iho bones near the knee. A colt'a head Is on exhibition nt Beatrice , Hays the ICxureas , that is about us strange n spectacle In the monstrosity line ns has over been seen In the west , The head is fairly well developed , except that the eyes uro about half an inch apart und that it has nelthur nottrils nor nn upper Jaw , The lower Javr protrudes out four or live inches and the tongue comes out whore the nostrils should > bo. The monstrosity was born aliyo nt the farm of Kd McCJovo near the city this morn ing , nml lived only about nu hour. The body and limb's ' were perfectly developed , but It was also destitute of n tall. Mr. McClovo will cudeavor to have the peculiar head i of the animal preserved aud scut to some museum. j'H < mKiM or nn : n int. Olobe-Dcmoerat ! Something over 100 national banks Imvo closed their doors this year , hut no person holding n note of any of these banks will lose n cent by their failure. Tlio chances nlio nro that not n do | < osltor will lese n cent. HO\T \ very illiToroiit the condition would bo \rohadthooldstalo banks of Issue In operation now. Philadelphia Hecord : Comptroller Kokols gave the panlii mongers n sockdolager In the neck In Issuing nt the nick of tlmo his state ment showing the stamlnn and substantial solidity of the national hanks of the coun try. Loss than ! t j > or cent of stotipagos dur ing six months of stress , doubt ami money .stringency I This Is a showing thai has no suggestion 'Of weakness about It : and It should command lulmlration ns well ns con fidence. unwilling to stock up heavily with their own product , apprehending n general dump ing of foreign goods In our markets ns soon as n free Irndo tariff is cnnctod. Our silver policy aggravates the trouble , but Its In- llucni'o Is Inconsiderable compared.wllb the tariff fears that arc now parulyrlnjr every manufacturing Industry In the connlry. Hotter times cannot bo expected so long as our Industries are thlcatoned vrilh destruc tion by hostile tariff legislation. Philadelphia Times : Thu tlrst great need of the country Is honest money and restored public credit , and all other Issues are uow , and must remain , secondary until that act of Justice to the people and their government shall have been accomplished. It is not necessary that sllvor should bo rejected as money ; Indeed , such action would bo uimlso ; but it Is n supreme necessity that n govern ment dollar shall be a dollar in value , or the representative of a dollar In value , whether gold , silver or pa par ; and It should bo so cluar In its Intrinsic value that the business world musl respect It. Brooklyn Kagle : Kxperlcncoil business men say that there was never a bettor op portunity to make money than now , They do uot suggest what is commonly called speculation , that is buying for a rise. It Is safer to buy and hold the stocks or bonds permanently , or until a bolter income can bo derived from soiling them and Investing the " money In other "securities. The people chlelly Interested in creating n belief thai tlio times are bad are men who want to escape the payment of their debts. They may bring down upon their own heads the ruin which they prefer should befall their creditors. The limes are good and they ore going to bo better. Philadelphia Ledger : Forecasts respect ing the notion of congress deal with moro i uncertain elements than forecasts of the j weather , but a nlco program has been out lined by ono of the Washington corre spondents. Congress is to got tp work promptly , and to repeal the purchasing clause of the Sherman act without delay. Then there is to bo long discussion of a substitute measure , with the outlook un certain , nud the tariff is not to bo taken up , except In committee , until the llnnncial ques tion is out of the way. Thu Important tiling about this announcement Is that it promises a prompt and uncondiUonafropcnl 1 of the silver purclmblng clause of the Sher man act. It will bo time enough to discuss other things after this has been accom plished. 'itouxn AIHIUT Tin : July's paid attendance at the f.iir exceeds that of Juno by nearly 40,000. An Indian girl weaving blankets is a : feature of the Colorado section of the Woman's building. What the World's ' fair wants Is a sprint ; gate ( that will swing both ways on Sundays , resnonslvo to every breath of the law. Chicago is making arrangements to receive - c-oivo Lord .Mayor .Shanks of Dublin. The city dork , Henry Campbell , who is of the party , was Mr. I'nrnoll's private secretary. From this time on the attendance at the fair will bo most likely to steadily grow until the present uverjgo attendance is doubled. It will need to do this if the enter prise is made to pay out. The movable sidewalk is doing a big busi ness. Jilany people take their luncheons on it atui rlilu lor hours. It is some > vhat trou blesome to got oft it , since if the passenger steps in the wrong direction ho is pretty sure to ba thrown down. There are moro tish in the aquarium in the Fisheries ; building than you ever heard the names of. They are all swimming around in immense glass tanks in full view. The exhi bition is very popular and the tanks are sur rounded by a delighted throng all the timo. Poor Nicola , the Greek model , who bears so strong a resemblance to Jupiter that ho was chosen to represent that trotl at the ex position , has bis throne in a dingy little lint on Cairo street , where , in an ill-lilting robe of white and red , ho waits for homage from the sons of men. * An interesting part of British tJuiana's exhibit is a youthful member of ono of the twelve tribes of Indians which inhabit that country. His niimo is Adolphus Daniel. With a Kind of crim humor no tells bow upon his Ilrst appearance at tbo World's fair somebody shouted "EMiuimau ! " and au old woman ran across the street calling , "Where ? where ! " Corn bread , corn cakes nnd the various other foruis in which that grain is made pal atable , are now served at mno different kitchens at the exposition. Juliet Carson cooks it at the New York kitchen. The Massachusetts kitchen also makes a feature of H. Mrs. Itorer serves it in ! JOO different ways in tbo Woman's building , and the Chicago cage corn kitchen , in the Manufactures building , is specially devoted to it. It has been arranged that on the evening of the 17th the denizens of the plaisanee will hold a grand international lull and con gress of all nations at the Natatorium build ing. It will bo tlio biggest society oventof tlio year. It will also bo made ono of the most spectacular events thouorld has over scon. Nothing of thu kind was over at tempted bofoio because- the conditions have never been such that such n strange lot of people could be got together. Forty-live different villages will take part in the open ing grand inarch. The participants will nil be in native costume , but thrro will bo no straining after grotesque effects. In the Dakota exhibit nro many samples of petrified wood , cut und beautifully polished nt Sioux Falls. The petrifactions come from Arizona , but Sioux Falls is the only place in the country where it can bo cut. II is many times harder than stcol , and it requires twenty days to cut , with tlio aid of diamond dust , a log twelve inches In diameter. Hero also cuttings of silicate wood , found in thu dead forests of the Black Hills , and which are especially interesting as proving ono of naturo's most marvelous processes. The ground where this material is found in largo part is silica , and by capillary attraction the substance wns taken with the molsturo up into the trees , gradually and for hundreds of years , till all fiber was replaced by it , At last accounts Franco had not annexed any of thn HOO wives of the king of Slam. There is a probability that gory Colo- radoans will grow weary wading for reform. Desplto the slump in social affairs the tele phone girl is favored with the usual number of culls , Even the haycock as n savings bank bus its dangers. Pralrlo fires render thorn in solvent. No city appears envious of Chicago's present monopoly of superheated free coin- ngu colaric. Speaker Crisp has opened liis campaign for ro-eleotlon with n generous supply of mint trimmings , A Denver man has Issuoa a challenge lo oat MX ) raw onions. Isn't the population decreasing - creasing fast enough ? It is fraroil Senator Stowarl did not ex hibit In Chicago , us a guarantee of good faith , these gold coupons attached to hU mortgaKcs , The Philadelphia Board of Health Insinu ates that the designation "heart failure" is u cloak for medical ignorance , ami will have none of it In death certificates. A despondent Chlcagoan tilled his mouth with powder and blow it off with a match. The experiment wus Intended ns n useful suggestion to Iho statesmen gasping tor gore. gore.Mrs. Mrs. KH Poller , who ran for mayor of Kansas City , Kan. , last spring , declares that she will capture the Kansas republican state convention in September , "if she has to wiido In blood up to her ears. " A party of old boys , renewing their youth , went down lo Nahani from Lynn. , Mass. , the other day to have a good time. And they had it. There were over fifty of them , the youngest COJyoars old and the oldest 85. Among them was ox-Congressman John J ) . Alloy , ngcd 77 year * . Thcro were seven octogonftrlniu - txml Harris , Ororgo W. Ixird nml Peter M. Ncnl. each SI ; Jftmoi Slono. SJj.lames Wheeler , HI , ami William Mesorvoy nnd Phllo Clifford , each 83. Tnlmngo nssorts "tlioro wn no Smith found throuchout the band of Uracl. " Kvor since the Brooklyn doctor cancelled the Tabornnclo debt and Invested In n bulldog ho has developed a mania for knocking tra ditions Into smithereens , The Hen ver Republican , wllh moro courngo than discretion , places Omaha within the clrclo of the city's manufacturing domain. The movement of Dcnverlto * eastward pro claims In vociferous tones that ICJltor Hill Is spouting through his tile. ' Governor Ponnoyor has discovered that "for fifteen centuries the world has been lapsing In barbarism. " His nccldcnoy mis- lAkcs the world for tno Ponnoyor legion. As proof of bis assertion Ibo Oregon executive frequently opens his halr-lrlgger mouth. Although nowsnapor readers are pretty familiar with tbo ilolnirs of Mrs. Hetty Green , the wcnlthlnsl woman In America , little is printed about her husband , who Is also n millionaire several times over. Ho Is .1 fnmlllnr character In Wall street , nnd nt ono time was president of the Louisville ft Nashville ro.ul. Ho Is nbout six feet four Inches high , broad shouldered , has a grizzly beard , nnd walks slowly and with apparent difficulty. And \Vlirnt belts llndnr 00 L'nntg , lirttnttmrv , Intl. , llefiew ( ji ) . During Iho last campaign the democrats of this city displayed n banner In their proces sions bearing this Inscription : * > : Vote for ( Irovor Cleveland anil got tl.25 n L bushel for your wheat. A liberal reward will be paid for thai ban ner at this olllco and no questions asked. TlVKl.lHIl U'ltlM.KS. v Oalvoston News : No person will over got thcro on a lame excuse. Yonkcrs Statesman : The iidvnnco ngont Is not necessarily a forward man. IOH H Courier : That just nils the bill , said the robin as ho aol/.cd a fnt worm. Somorvlllo Journal : Huston Rlrls are nlways . . . . . . nulto > , | in poll ullr Hummer time. Thuy have * nch clill ling way. * , you know. " Now York Journal : "Itoon fishing ? " "Yes. " "Many bites'"Just look at my face. " - On troll I'rco 1'ross : Tom I have boeii told that IIIirgliiH Is getting to boa rathur fast fol low. low.Dick Well , I Know ho was running In debt pretty rapidly. Atlanta Journal : A man traveling ono of the sawmill rniuls In Dooly county avers that the road was so crooked that ho met himself coming back , Philadelphia Times : You can't got a clrl pxclti'd talking of Ice cream microbes. The mere she outs the i-oolur.shu gets. Comics : Tlioro Is a great difference between military ! engagements und love nngaKoment.s , . Iltl tine thoru Is a gioat deal ( if falling In and In ) thu other thoio is a great dual ot falling out. To\as Sittings : "I never pass that liouso I do i not sue that pretty Ilttln woman on thu luwn. : Sim must .spend most of her time thoru. " "Yi's , " loplloil llrown , "she does : she's u grass \\lilow. " Sumervlllu .Imirrml : Husband ( Itslunlng ) I think thoru Is a hnrilar ; In thu bousu. Wife ( uxollodlyl JIurcy mul Is my niBht- ciiiioii bl i night ? Now dips nnd swnys the laden grain , The haycocks dot the mend , Thro' Ip.ify shades a goldim rain Sprays fern and lissome rood. OmiHiiowy elond , Hku ormlno IUR , Kloats unlmly o'or the .scent- , While yi't thivsleelt potato bus Uoth browse on imris KX Of Till ! SI3.11HU.Y. Ilitrpcr's Tlio summer gliTs In vogue again down by tlio wavo-l.tppud ilioru , Clad In M > rtliwiisincl ! : bro.ul struw hats imil ribbons too , K'lloio. ' She Minllcsonovcry man tliatcomos , slio beams upon tlio boys , And novelsoenia to lese nt nil licr wonclroii.s cqnliiol.su. Shn walks upon the sandy beach the wlillo tlio moon looks down , And snys the things to Tommy Illcksshu bald last nlRlit tn liinun. Slio L'lvcs yonni ? Jinks n deal of hope , nml Toiiipklns fuels that ho , From what slio says , ulunu can fill her heart with euitasy. Young Drokoly's manly bosom with n wondrous nlmlru'ss M\ulls Tonotiuho lovc-llKht In her oyc.4 while miinch- IIIK caramels Which from thu heated city Mo that day has bronchi to her , Just as. Indeed , that self-sumo light makes Wllkln'.s iiuKus stir. And In the ballroom every bight slio waltres with Jack Vane As If he nuver , never hoped todancutho waltz axaln , Tlioiiiih later on the hotel porch sliOKlnnces at ' 1'errlno Aa IhuuKli shn thought that ho ulono of all men was divine. Such trlfllm ? with those manly hearts .seems very wrong ; but then Wo mil-it remember , lliown and Hicks ot nl. , urn Mimmor men , And this U by no muiiiis tb''lr ' first hliort visit to thn shore. Each knows her well , for each has mot the Mimmer girl before , - - TONE CASTOR'S ' POSTMASTERS RccoimnomlnUona of the Nebraska Domoornt Now Doing Actatl Upon. WILL COME IN SMALL INSTALLMENTS I'otr KomnvnU to Ho Mnda DnlljIn Thin State Until All tlin llopnliUuin OnlcliiU Arc DU. posml Of. WASIUNOTOS nuiimtr or Tun HUB , ) MB FouiiTRtmit STIIKKT. > WASHINGTON. Aug. 3 , ) Today the first' Installment of Toblns Cns tor's fourth class postmasters for Nebraska wns announced , but It was n small list. The appointments are to come out from dny to day In lots of four or live , It Is siittl , the policy bottiR not to give too much tlmo to any state to the exclusion of others. Today's Nebraska appointments were ns follows : Alexnnih-ln , Thaycr coutiiy , G. W. Bowen , vice \V. U Whitney , removed. Hullo , Hoyd county , T. S. Armstrong , Tlco 12. O. Illnko , resigned. Klslo , Perkins county , 1' . C. Carstcuscn , vice R K Pearson , removed. St. Kdwnrds , lloono county , A. 0. Schlob , vice U. R Williams , removed. . town Lurorno , Kossuth county , A. It. D.irr , vice 1. 1' . Harrison , removed ; Carnar von , S.irt county , J. J. ITIshbiick , vice Louis Hunofolil 1 , resigned. Idnlio Ccdarvlllo , Noz I'orco county , J. A. Slalwukor , vice K. A. Patterson , resigned ; Avon , Kulton county , P. It. Smith , vlcoU. R Simmons , removed , South I'aUotu and Wyoming Itnnkff. Today the comptroller of the currency completed a synopsis of the statements of the I forty national banks of South U.ikota miido 1 on July 'J lust. The combined resources of the South Dnkotii banks are : Loans ami discounts , M.UXl.fiT" ; overdrafts $00,7.duo * ; from banks and reserve agent , $783'J-j , ! ; ohccits a ml cash Horns , $4 ( > , WO ; bills of other banks , $ , V > . ( Hi ) ; fractional cur rency l , SUJKJ ; special , flMiV.XW ; legnl tender notes. : * 'J4 : , S.VJ ; total , $ S,8 ! , air. Liabilities-Capital , SJ.WO.OOO ; surplus , $ GOTirri : ; undivided prolits , $ illjoi ) : : ; circula tion , ? tH8.0-r ; Individual deposits , ? llor'Jol ; United States deposits , $10.'iOW ; deposits of United States disbursing olllccrs. fJl-U7 , ; duo to other banks , $111,4:17 : ; rediscounts , flfMjblMij bills payable , $ l t-l5U ) ; average reserve - servo held , l.Hi ) per cunt. Following Is an epitome of the statements of the thirteen national banks In Wyoming , rendered for July 12 : Resources Loans and discounts , $ 'J,71l.VJ7 ) , ; overdrafts , * 5U'J7U ; duo from reserve agent nnd other banks , $ M1,40 ; ) : cash Items , $ iM,4GO ; bills of other national banks , ? ir > ltlf ; > ; fractional currency , $1,080 ; special , $ S'J71 ' ; legal tender notes , Ml , 104 : total resources , $4ur > ; U7ll. Liabilities Capital , Sl.'JlU.OOO : surplus , $17770,3r > ( ) ; undivided prolits , $45IHU ; circu lation , 7aji , ; Individual deposits , * a05,14U ; duo banks , $4. > . : U ; rediscounts , $15'J,7vSJ ' ! ; bills payable , $ iijriOO : ; average reserve hold , -3.15 per cent. Turned Ilryuii Down. This evening's Washington News , which draws oftlclal democratic Inspiration in the course of an article upon the make-up ot thu bouse comimUco on ways nml menus , mnkrs this positive statement , which will bo road with significant Interest in Nebraska : "Mr Bryan oi Nebraska , who earned a reputation ns an orator in the last congress in the do- b.ito on a tarilT bill , will not bo a member of the committee during the coming session. " Western I'uiKlonn. The following pension' ) granted arc re ported : Iowa : Original Lafayette Unird , James Rnxlur , Robert Shaffer , Oliver Nelson , Horace Uutton. Increase George A. Sens , John Herman , Gcpive W. Warden , William A. Casteel. Original widows , etc. Amanda U. Wolf , llliodn Linn. Sou 111 Dakota : Increase John S. Smith. Misses Mary J. nml Abbio U. Godfrey of this city Imvo cone to the World's fair ami from there will visit friends at their former homo in Ucd O.ik , In , Today's Washington Post , In a loading editorial , ciidorses the observation of Ucpre- bcntntlvo Mercer that the llnnncial dis quietude is "imagination and fright. " The Post declares that while Mr. Mercer may not bo a statesman , his frankness in acknowledging that ho does not know what ought to bo done is admirable in a politician. P. S. II. How 1'ninco HuniHc * ll r Silver. ( lliilicDemocrat. . "How Is it that Franco , wltn a population of only 40,000,000 , can keep * 700IXXXM ) ( ) in sil ver at par with gold ? " asks n Virginia or.itor mentioned by Senator Vest. The answer is very simple. Franco's mints nro closed to silver while open to gold. She has more gold than silver and her gold is Inereaslm , ' whllo her silver is stationary , which moans i that it Is decro.islng relatively to gold. Those facts aro.woll known to everybody in Franco , as they nro to everybody outside of Fr.mco who knows anything about the , monetary question. Ilenco nobody In Franco * Is worried over the situation , no distrust is excited among her people , slio 1ms no silver problem and she is iiblu to keep silver at par with gold. i GEL Largest Mannfiiotnrora mil Notation ' s In thu World. F It makes me mad To think that I have lived to see the day when my boys will wear store clothes. ' They haven't any more use for the regula tion tailor than wo used to when I was a kid. But be tween you and I , the store clothes ain't what they used to be of course you've got to buy them at the right placo. Tailors ain't in it any more. The store clothes that B. K. & Co. are putting on the backs of my boys just beat anything I ever saw and tailors too and at such a moderate cost that a man can't keep from buy ing. I got a hat down there for $1.50not this one but a brown stiff hat that I wouldn't trade fo.v any $3 hat in town. BROWNING , KING & CO. , B.oroopon . voryevenlnstlliawX J y fj ftft