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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1893)
fl .1 TTTR nWATTA DAILY TVR1&'jRATrnmAY. AI JOUST R. THE PAILY BEE. I'tUlUHIIKI ) r.VRHV MOIININC. TF.HMK OP SUIISOntlTION. Polly ltn < 'without eun < 1nrUiin ) Ynnr. . I fl 00 ( > nllr nnd Hiindny , Una Your . 10 DO MxMf.nllis . . . G ( M ) ThMT Moulin , . , . . . . , , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 fiO Httmlnr ltd' . Oil" Your . . . . . . 2 OO Hnliirilny li ! > c."nn Year . 1 50 V'c lly llcf , Uno iVftr . 4 OO nninlii. ft , < < rife llulldtng. ' 'onlliOmnn-j , corner N nnd 20th ( HrooLs. Council llltllT . 131'onrl Htreot , ( 'Illrniru Olltco. : il7 Ulianibvr nt Cotntnorcn. New Voik , Itooms 13 , It nnd 16. Tribune Washington , f > IH I SlrcoU. All cmiinmulcnlloiift mlatliiK to news and rdltDrl.il matter nlinuM bo addrcssen : To tlio Editor. IH'FINKSS LETTKltfl. All Imilrii s lot lorn and remittances should Iw ndtlressinl loT'io ' line l'tihlhlu ! Company , Uinnhi. DniftH , check * nnil poMofflen orders to 1 10 Hindi1 imyablo tu tlio order of tlm com- pnny. 1'artlrs leaving DIP rlty for tlio summer cnn ImtnTitft llr.usuni to tliclr address by leaving an oi dor nt llil.i olllt't' . TI1K HUB rUlIUSlll.NO COMPANY. SWOtlN STATfiMCMT OK CIHCUkATION. Stain of N < ilirn ka. I County of DonitlAs. f ' Oconro 11.TrNrimclt.wwtinrof Tim nr.n Ptib- llhhllitr coiiip.-IMV , ilix-H noliMiiulVHUrrnrtli.lt tlm nctiinl rlrotilntliin of Till : D.Ml.v 1IKK for tlio week nilltiir Julr VII , 18l > : i , was no follows : finmi.-iv. jiiij-2-i 2 < i.nro Monday Juiv.'i 2:1,7111 : TtiFwItr.Jiilr . ' < ; . . i ' 'll.Tdll Wi-dnifMlny. JitlfJl ) > : i.8Hl ) Thursday. July ' . ' 7 23.WIO 3'rldav. July''H l > : i,77/i / SatunJny , July ' . .I , 34,113 Oroiinr. n. TVwmrnc , I " > 8WOHN to before Inc HIM ! Hiilmrrltx-it In I AKAiifniy tmwncu lliln cmlijlavof July , lHiit. : ' , * N. P. Ft.ll. . Notary Public. I'liH Urn 111 CIllniRO. TnM DAII.V mid .SUNDAY DEI : Is on Bale In Chicago ut lliu following place. ) : I'nlinrr lniii ( > . Oriind I'nrinc hotel , Atidltorhltn hotel. rJrcat Not thorn hold. Uoroliolol. Inland hotul. Kilns of Tin : HUB c n ho unon at tlio Nn- ImisUubuildltij , ' nnd the AdnilnlNt ration build ing , Exposition grounds. A vei-ngn Clrriil.illon liir.Imir , 181)3 ) , 24,210 ' "NVu thought tlio Rook Island was ono Dl the oxoinpt roiulH. i Tjli : Chinobo uro apt soholarH. A Chinese eonjjreHsiotwl lobby is thu latest flovelopmeiii. i = = = = = = . IT vriiiTi bo Lo , tlio poor Iiulinn , If Mr. Hlolman Is niiulo chairman of the house committee on Iiullan nlTiiiro. i Tun west contlnuoH to gain uion the cast. The nmntour bicycle cluitnpion- phip hus passed from Now Jersey to 'Wlbconsin. ' TUB HOWS from Washington would Boom to indicate that Tobo Castor 1ms "borrowed Headsman Maxwell's ax and that ho la using it with frightful execu tion. TUB democratic nssnult upon the jPoatofllco department is beginning to toll. Now for a sortie into the concral jlnnd Cilice. An attack scientifically Jconductod ia more apt to give the host results. ! MB. Si-niNGKit ia of the opinion that congress will inako short work of the Sherman net. What Mr. Springer prob ably really means is that ho does not ( propose to make any extended remarks on the question. t : SAM ALI.KUTON , complaining stock holder in the Rock Island injunction ( proceeding , is the san.o Sam who was iboaten by Carter Harrison in the last nmyoralty contest in Chicago. Sam is always complaining. i DKNVEK will continue to food and lodge her unemployed citizens for a while lln spite of the cxponso , but she will "doubtless bo greatly imposed upon by jtho army of tramps and burnmors who Will flock to her borders. I | Till ! dally press may bo expected to jftmko the most of the fact that a banker tiamcd Silvorinan has suspended in Now /York. / Silver men have but little show pn Wall Htroet , and the banker who is handicapped by such a naino should emi grate to Colorado. , TIIK fact that greenbacks are wortlj. were than gold in New York will un- tloubtodly create intense enthusiasm in thu ranks of the mon who wish to flood the country with an unlimited issue of the paper dollar bused solely upon the llat of the government. T.IIE public will not be inolinod to sympathize with the employes of the Loadvlllo Hineltor who inaugurated a Btriko the other day because of iv reduc tion in wages. A small loat is much bettor than no bread at all in these dayo when BO many men in the silver states nro bolng thrown out of employment al- togothor. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IT IS now hlntoil that the cold storage holocaust at the World's fair was o iucomllnry rlgin and the result of t gigantic conspiracy. If investigatioi nhould dibuloso any actual fouiulatioi : for this uhnrgo the perpetrators should not bo djsinlsscd until they shull have ] > aid the highest penalty which the lav inflicts for crimes of so serious a nature KVKUY city In the country teems to bi trying to outdo its neighbors in milking n showing of the unemployed within it boundaries. The evident purpose o thu.se dlhclosurea is to dibcimrugo puupo immigrants from pouring into the grea oltlott. The best thing for the unfortunate tunato laborer to do ut thu present tlm is to remain just where ho is. Ilia effort ! to better his condition by migrating uro apt to end in speedy disappointment. TltAUK , in mirrored in the clearing house reports , shows little improvement , the tabulation given by Jtrtttlstrcet's in dicating thut the contraction of business is still general. But the reviews of the week furnlaliud by both the Dun and Urndstreot agencies warrant the con clusion that the bottom of the hole 1ms about heoin touched and that the recovery - covory id near nt hand. Uradstroot con servatively reviews the conditions and biiggcnU thut better times are not far in the future. The features of hist week wuro the inward movement of gold nnd the -outward movement of wheat. There is now on passage gold to the nmmnt of 813,500,000 , , und 40 per cent more wheat than nt this period lust year. S 30 CUXVIDKNCK , The tool that the gold rcdorvo of the treasury IH ngnln up to iMOO.OOO.OOO , that jiconstdorablo amount of gold Is on the way to this country , that our o.xports ot grain have materially increased , that n largo addition to the circulation Is promised nt an early dny In the form of national bank currency , and that most of the bunks which have suspended dur ing the past two or thrco months are preparing to resume , make n combina tion of strong incentives to financial con- fldunco which plight to bo widely folt. ANew Now York paper ot a few days ago printed interviews with n number of prominent financiers in that city , all of whom ex pressed the opinion that the country had experienced the worst of the crisis nnd that thenceforward a steady im provement was to bo expected , Events which have slnno happened have gene far to verify this judgment. In a tlmoly artlclo suggesting that it is time to brnco up the Philadelphia Anicrkun observes , that it IB very much to be desired that the American pcoplo generally would fully realize and con stantly bear in mind the important fact that the enormous depression which has tnkon place since the IIrat of the year in the market ; price of stocks nnd bonds does not represent any corresponding shrinkage in the real wealth of tlio country. "In all the es sential elements of wealth , " says that paper , "tho United States is richer today than it was six months ago by the product of six months' labor nnd devel opment. There has boon no waste of the national resources , nor any visible impairment in the earning capacity of the enterprises in which the capital of the people is invested. " Anybody who wilt consider the situation calmly and without prejudice will concede that this view is essential ly sound. There is another consideration sug gested by the Amcrlcun that is too little thought of. That is that the re is noth ing in any of the dangers by which the country * is thought to ho threatened which can compare with the experiences through which it has safely passed. It is more favorably situated , for example , thun it was twenty years ago , when the war bill was still to pay , nnd the ox- trnvagnncics of the yours immediately following the war , when people lived and spent and speculated as though there never was to bo a day of reckoning , were still to bo settled for. Wo then had a depreciated paper cur rency no provision for whoso redemp tion had yet begun to bo made and the national debt amounted to $2.35 per capita , whereas now it amounts toonly about 30 cents per head of population. Twenty years ago wo were enormously in debt to Europe , having during the ton years preceding 1873 boon depleted of our gold to pay the balance of trade that hud boon steadily piling up against us , aggregating for that period of ex traordinary speculation nnd overtrad ing moro than a thousand million dollars. Yet the country survived all this , which put a vastly greater strain upon its resources nnd 54 = recuperative powers than they are now experiencing , und having passed through it the American people moved forward to the resumption of specie payments nnd to a subsequent era of almost unex ampled prosperity. Remembering the severer crises through which the country has passed , when the conditions to recovery were far loss favorable than now , nnd consid ering the promise of largo crops , for which A ready market is assured , there is manifestly reason to look hopefully to the future nnd give hoed to the admoni tion that it is time to brace up. JULY The mortality report of the Board of Health for the month of July is apt , on its face , to give a wrong impression con cerning the health Till ness of this city. A person who roads that the number of recorded deaths was 131 , an increase of fifteen ever the highest number recorded for nny previous period of similar length , might be tempted to infer thut the sani tary condition of Omaha was rapidly de teriorating. The figures given out by the health officers , nowovor , may sig nify so many different things that It is altogether rash to accept an assumption which may bo only apparent and not real. In the first place , mortality is moro marked in the early auo periods. Of 157 burials , seventy were of children under 1 year nnd olghty-nino of those under 5 'years. A shifting of the ago classification of the population may inako remarkable differences in the uv- orago death rate. The increase may , therefore , lw duo chiefly to an incrousod birth rate or to'tho emigration of largo numbers of the adult residents , or to both. Then , again , violent deaths , oc curring mainly among adults , were par ticularly numerous in July , adding up a total of sixteen. The mortality record may give n oluo to the relative hcalthfulnoss of different portions of the city , but here , also , the limitations must bo constantly borne In mind. The number of deaths must always bo considered in relation to tlio population of the district. Tlio distri bution by wards , us also the census re turns for 1890 , uro shown in the follow ing table : Wards. 1'oimlntlon 1BOO. July Deaths. Klr < .t , 11.008 41 fr-roml 17.53t 34 Third , 21,001 8 Kourtl , . , 10.001 11 Klfth ! 1&.017 14 .Sixth 1H.O&0 27 Sttrontli B.730 13 KlKlltl 17.U78 10 Ninth , H.731 0 The Booming inconsistencies nro largely to bo explained by 'tho chur- notor iuul thu ago classification of the population. The greatest mortality un doubtedly appears umong the poorest [ > residence districts. The low number in the Third wnrd is probably traceable to the fact that its population is ulmost exclusively adult. Then , too , the dis tribution of the population may have altered greatly since the federal census WUB taken three years ago. The health board wisely refrains from giving the public a death ruto per thousand. Such a figure would necessa rily bo hypothetical , since it would have to bo based upon an estimated population schedule. Computations of this kind I nro extremely hazardous and likely to load to serious blunders. The figures I given afford nmplo opportunity for com parison so long as they nro derived from similar data. These tot July , When properly interpreted ) Rlvo no great causa for" alarm. ROT. 7JO/KV FAHKtyKLT , It was In September , 1700 , thnt George Washington mndo public his fnrowoll mhlrcss to the American peoplo. It 'Is In August , 18)3 ! ) , that Horace U6lcs issues his fnrowoll address to the pcoplo of Iowa. The name of President Wash ington had boon BO often mentioned in connection with n nomination for pres ident in the then approaching carapnign thut ho was compelled to boliuvo it proper to apprise the cltl'/.ons of the resolution hohud' formed to decline being considered among the number of thodo out of wlioih , rt choice was to be made. Only ft solicitude for the welfare of the pcoplo urged him to join to his declination an expression of certain sentiments which to him scorned all-Important to the permanency of the felicity of the pcoplo of the United States. ' Perhaps it is nothing ronlarkabliftliat Governor Holes hns hoard his 11111116 BO often mentioned in connection with a.ror . nomination to his olllcoth'nt ho , too , is compelled to bolJovo that anything loss than a formal dec laration of his views would be taken ay n tacit consent to quoh , xiso of his nnmo. Governor Doles , more over , lias nlso been induced by the solemnity of the occasion to udd a little parting advice which ho imagines will result in the continued domimuico of his party in Iowa. The solicitude of the governor , however , Is not for the Amer ican people nor oven for the people of Iowa. His broud-mfnded - patriotism ad dresses itself solely to the chairman of the democratic state control committee nnd is given to the press merely In order thnt it may roach these voters who aubscribo to the demo cratic faith. While Washington gave iidvico looking toward the permanency of the union , Governor Boies givoa advice looking toward the pormunoiicy of par tisan control. Washington's words are acknowledged to bo iv sincere nnd disinterested furo- well ; Boies' letter heoms to bo n cunning bid for further favors. The platitudes in respect to a third term of ollico would sound very commonplace were it not for a slight innuendo which they may appear to throw upon the possible future aspirations cf the present democratic president. Governor Boies' ' conscientious opposition to third terms may bo intended as a gentle re minder to his moro successful competitor for political honors , Grover Cleveland. As for Governor Boies himself , his scruples are altogether gratuitous inas much as the chances that a rcnomina- tion would lead to a re-election are such that ho does not care to sacrifice himself further. Ho is still too wise to decline the senator-ship before it is olTered to him nnd the republican legislature may bo rolled upon to relieve him of any embarrassment in thnt direc tion. In ono point Governor Boies has improved upon Washington in the brevity of his farewell address ; for this wo should all be duly thankful. T//B QUKSTHffi OP HATIO. The platform of the free silverltes adopted nt Chicago declares ' 'that the only remedy for our metallic financial troubles is to open the mints of the nation to gold nnd silver on equal terms , at the old ratio of 10 of silver to 1 of gold. " While tins reprosdnts the view of a very largo majority of the free sil ver men some of them are rational enough to see and candid enough to admit that in order to bring the two metals to n purity a change of ratio will bo necessary. The radical element pro fess-to believe thut the free < k > inugo of silver at the present ratio would make 4123 ; grains of standard sil ver worth 10Q cents , and that when this was done in the United States thut amount of silver would bo worth the same everywhere else. Every jirnctica financier will see at once , wo have no doubt , thnt this is a preposterous as- 8nmptlon'witliout warrant in experience nnd unsupported by anything in the re lations of gold and silver as now estab lished by the leading nations of the world. This country should not and will not abandon bimetallism. It is not proposed to give up silver as a part of our mone tary system. That motul i will con tinuo to do Borvlco as currency , but in. order that in that capac ity it may not expel gold from like service it is essential that the ratio between the two metals shall bo changed. At the present prtct > of sliver bullion iho ruth ) is not fur from 30 to 1 so that the silver in a dollar is roall. worth less than 00 cents. Probably none ono would propose to establish tlio ratio according to the prevailing price for M vor bullion , though it could not b claimed that to do so would bo Unfair o unjust. A reasonable compromise wajtld bo found in u ratio of 20 or 23 to 1 nnd it is to bo expected that n proposition of this kind will bo nmdo. Doubtless it will bo opposed by the oxtrerao silver men who urc in sympathy with the mine owners , und the rouHon for opposition on the "part1 of the latior is entirely obvious , but such n proposition , if made , will bo very llkoly to prevail , und if It should any ratio between 20 and 25 to 1 thnt may bo adopted will undoubtedly become the world's ratio for gold and silver coinage , Wo uro not unmindful of the objec I tions to uuch a change of ratio on the grounds thut the silver dollar would 1i have to bo very much larger in size und therefore more inconvenient for circula tion , nnd nlso that It would entail u considerable loss to the government on the silver it now owns both us coin and bullion. As to the first of these objections it IB porhnps bulli- cient to say that a comparatively small proportion of the silver dollars now coined enters into general circulation , BO thut the change could not bo very serious in this respect , while if the now coinage were made available for bunk reserves it would release enough of other currency to more than take the place of the silver dollars now in circu- lutiou. Besides , there could bo no ob- joction to coining half dollars of the same standard of value nnd making them a legal tender. As to the loss the gov ernment would ntstnln , which would bo considerable , it could hardly bo greater than Itff'fl't inevitably suffer it the present poll'AVliould bo continued long enough to work out its certain con sequences. . . . . . The oxtromlslsjyi both sides of the fill vor question maya be expected to nn- tngonlzo nny proposal to change the ratio between the Iwy metals , but there is reason to belitvp that neither the golditos nor the Tad leaf sllvorites will have tholr way and ! that the rational nnd practical frloi s f bimetallism will finally bo successful in retaining silver as n part of our currency on n basis that will insure its parity with gold for years to como , perhaps compel other nations to adopt n Hko ratio , and thus nvort the danger thnt now thrcatoni our financial system. There is no more simple , di rect nnd certain remedy for the mone tary dllllciilty thnt confronts Us , and in adopting It wo should show something of that independence which the free sil ver advocates so urgently counsel. . THE Influence ot Nebraska In the east has recently boon soon to assume nn al together now phase. When n Jewish paper announced to the llobrow resi dents of the east sldo of Now York thnt the "Neb. State bank" had suspended they failed to understand the reference and Immediately inferred thnt the bank meant was the State bank of that city , in which their- savings were deposited , nnd thufc "Nob. " mount poor or bad. The result was the precipitation of a run on the bank which at ono thno threatened to prove Borlous to that institution. It was only with the greatest diilloulty thut the bank officials succeeded in explaining the source of the mistake. Hero is an opportunity for students to.truco the philology of the nnmo of our great state. If "Nob. " signifies poor , what does Nebraska sig nify ? MEN who witnessed the proceedings of the populist national convention in this city on July 4 , 18)2 ! ) , nnd who later saw the session of the Bimetallic league in Chicago this week , have hud dilliculty in convincing themselves that they were not attending a reconvened , assembly of the earlier gathering. The loading lights were largely the sumo in both conventions and the chuructnr of the utterances on the two occasions would compare favorably with ono another. Is there really anything moro thun a distinction without n difference ? IT is to bo hoped thnt the railroads , will not inako -further reduction in their forces here. 'It * is not ] ust to visit upon the people Qf Vihis city and state the misfortunes of western states through which the roads run. No- bruslcu is all right jand the traffic of this state is bound to tie the mainstay of Nebraska roads thisJull. THE trials of President Cleveland a'-o but beginningHowas told the other day that ho no bjngor represents the democratic party. . > tNow the Virginia populists denounce himnfor attempting "to consummuto. the fraud of 1873. " The president is still in'undisturbecl retire ment nt BuzzarJd's Bay. . , BANK WUECKEH MOSHEH is now ex ceedingly anxious to protect the deposi tors of the bank-which ho helped to destroy. Per the state ho has no such tender feeling- . The taxpayers can easily boar the burden of replacing ; the money ho und his friends carried away. LOCAL democrats 'havo resumed the scramble for federal olllco. Our dis patches indicate thut the citadel of the customs surveyor will bo the first point of attack. As fur as wo can learn no ono save the restive candidate is crying for a change in this case. THE disgraceful rush of settlers to pre-empt claims in Oklahoma is about to bo re-enacted in the Cherokee Strip , lias the time not yet arrived when our barbarous system of making land grants to settlers is to bo reformed ? Turn AlMint In l.iliitr. . Qlolic-Denwerat. Borrowers have been doing all the walking for a few months past. Lenders will have to turn peripatetics before long. Deimnintr.Httt Ynur Siinlty. Now that time has elapsed to recover from thu unnecessary scare lot these people wliudrow their mouoy from sound banks tuko it bad ; . A Cihunru til KlnUlt. Luuiiivtlle Courier-Journal , Perhaps , after things quint down at Den ver now , that lone individual in the recent silver convention who tvas indignantly howled down because ho started out by sa- in , " .Lot us Tie roasonahlo , " may flud un opportuulty to Jlnlsh his remarks. The Hotter hlilo of It. C/I'MBO Inter Oct'iii. People may well bo profoundly thankful that while the financial troubles nro hero it is n time of general lioalth und the danger from the dreaded scouragu In another month will bo well ovor. The nation can easily recover fromtiiianuliil losses , but the ravages of the plague leave tlio people stricken and sorrowful for the years to como. Speak tint aiiil Ijiok I'lousuiit. HimlonAilvtrttter. Without departing n hair's hroadth from truth , without abutting from sight any regrettable - grottablo fact , without the least bit of wnistling to keep ono's . .courage up , every business man whoso viaws are sought on the mmnclal outlook can legitimately speak words of good chuor. Ho can point to grand spaces of bright sky bo'yoint and above the floating clouds. Ho can call attention to the wonderful Amorlciui > harvests and in creasing European demand for our broad- stuffs. Ho can cite the heavy setting this way of the tldo of cold Alilpmont , amounting to no less than ) , Ouu.OOO for n single wo lc. Ho cau strongthoii his argument by the de clarations of many thigh authorities east , west and south , who afllnn their full belief that the present stringruoy is only tem porary. ( An Krpludoil'i'uU , ' Chairman Warner , of the bimetallic con i- vention at Chicago , begins bystatiugiau old and long oo exploded ' falsehood to the effect that members of congress , the speaker of the house who signed iho act of 187 ; ) , ami the president who unproved it , never know that it demonetized silver , Mr Warner said : "Thero was but ono man in the United States senate who Know that the act of 1HT8 demonetized silver , and yet lie hat never been huug or shot for treason. " This is utterly and completely false. The bill was before congress and the country for about four years , und It ) 18J the secretary of the treasury reccommondod such altera tions in the mint bill 'as would ' 'prohibit thu colnaee of silver for circulation in this country. " In carrying out this policy tuo trade dollar was authorized. The Bimetallic league will not accomplish much if U bases ' .ts work on falsehoods disproved by the easily accessible reports of debates in con gress. OTIlttltl. \ / > .1 TIM.V OI7K& If Franco profits by her eoursft in Slfttn , the theory that nil things right themselves In this world will bo badly shattered. The real origin of the quarrel Is French greed. Ma ny years ngo , when the king of Annum died , ho loft two sons , \vhodlsputod over the succession. Annnm then ] > .iul tribute to Siatn.w lilch possessed unquestioned Suzerain rights. Ono of the sons entered into an in trigue with Frnnco , whereby ho agreed to cede territory In return for French ntd. Ho got the aid , but Slam properly denied his right to code the territory. Franco was angered , but U dare not under take then to enforce such an unjust claim , but It hns harbored designs which it is now seeking to carry out by brute force. It gees further now than It probably ever dreamed of doing nt that time , nnd claims territory over which the king of Annnm never exorcised'authority , oven If ho matlo claim to It. The way lit which the blockade has boon established , without duo notlco to England , scorns to furnish ground for the charge thnt duplicity Is shown In Paris as well as grcod , and the oxorclso of brute force in Sinm. It Franco needed territory for colonization purposes there might bo some ground of sympathy with her , but she does not want and will not use ttio territory for any such put-peso. The French pcoplo do not emigrate to any great extent , and when they do they keep uway from the far cast. Exclusive of the military , there is a mere handful of Frenchmen in the territory now hold by Franco In Asia. Deaths exceed the births among the native population of Franco. If it were not for Immigration tbo population of Franco woulddecroaso. _ It Is the ouo nation of Europe which does not need any territory to provide for its growing population. * * In the ovcnt of tbo death of Queen Chris tiua of Sualu , who is ill , the regency will de volve upon the Infanta Isabella , cldost sister of the late king nnd tlio widow of the ex- king of Naples * epileptic brother , tbo count of Gtrgcnti. The princess is diametrically onposod to Queen Christina's liberal policy and bus as great faith in the conservative loader , Canovas , ns her royal sister-in-law places In Satrasta. Twice during the last seven years hns Canovas brought thu coun try to the verge ot revolution by bis reac tionary methods of government , and each time the crisis has been averted at tbo last moment by the queen regent dismissing him in order to iruilco way for the advent to of- 11 co of the liberal loader , Sagnsta. Princess Isabella's ' accession to the regency would on- tall , therefore , tbo return to power of Cano vas and the revival of all that republican nnd Carlist agitation against the throne which characterized his last administrations. The people of Spain , and not alone the pco plo , but also tliu parish clergy throughout the land , are essentially democratic at heart , and , having been initiated by Sagasla into liberal doctrines , will bo unwilling to permit either the princess regent or Senor Canovas to deprive them of their newly -won liberties and prerogatives or to reduce them once moro to that state of political nonentity which used formerly to cause foreigners to assert with some justice thnt Spain was at least a century behind every other country in Europe. Homarkably strong-minded , bigoted , und possessed of all tnat obstinacy for which .tho members of tlio house of Bourbon are celebrated , the Infanta Isabella would soon llnd herself face to face with a republican revolution , aud the only means by which she might possibly bo able to save her little nephew's turono would bo by sur rendering the oftlce of regent of Sp.iiu to her younger and infinitely moro popular , as well ns more democratic ; sister , our recent charm ing visitor , Dona Eulalla. * * Among the principal events of the past month was the completion of the Corinth canal , which was begun , in the flrst place , eighteen centuries ago , under the reign of the KOIIKHI pmporor , Nero. Even 500 huu drcd 3 oars previous o that era a scheme for cutting a canal across the isthmus was put forward by Pcriander , but was abandoned on the advice of the Pythla or onicla of Delphi , who declared that any such project would outail the auger of the gods , since , if Zeus had wished to make 1111 island of the sou thorn * portion of Greece , ho would certainly - tainly not luivo left intafct the strip of terri tory that connects it with the main land. It was not , however , until after the success ful opening of the Suez caual thut the work of piercing thu Isthmus was resumed under tbo direction of the Hun garian patriot and revolutionary leader , General Turr , married to u sister of that lieutenant , Bonaparte Wyso , whoso name is so closely associated with the unfortunate Panama canal undertaking. General I'urr began operations m 1882 , and ulthouch the canal Is only about four miles in length , yet , owing to the failure of the llrst company formed for its construction and to the dlfn- culty of obtaining tbo necessary fund * , it has taken ulevon years to bring the work to completion. It was on July - thut the waters of tbo Gulf of Lopanto lirst miuglou with these of the Aegean sea , although the ofllcinl opening of the canal did not take place until moro than u fortnight Inter. The voyage between Ccphiilonia and Athens is now re duced nearly 200 miles by the now waterway , besides which ttio vessels will bo spared the dangerous rounding of tbo southern head lands of Greece , which from tlmo immemo rial have enjoyed a most evil reputation among mariners. * # Bulgaria has a population of 3,154,000 in a territory of some 40,000 square tnllos ; its chief cities are the capital , Sofia , with ! iO- 000 people ; Phllippopolis , with iJJ.ODO ; Huat- chuclt , with 27,000 , nnd Vurna , on the Black sea , with 25,000. The pcoplo are chiefly rural more so than In Grocco , whcro Athens alone has moro population than all these Bulgarian cities to say nothing of Patras , Piraeus , etc. , that are larger than Bulgarian towns. But there are 70,0X1 inhabitants more in all Bulgaria than in the kingdom of Grocco , The Dulgnriuu army is not only bet ter drilled und armed tha n that of Greece , but almost twuio as great ; for it is rated at nearly ' 10,000 men , while the Greek army , nlnco the Into roduo'.ions , ( I less than " 15,000 oltoc- tives. Thu Bulgarians are armed with the Mnnnllchor rlile , said to bo the best of recent - cent weapons , nnd.thoy have tlio name of being vorv good soldiers , the opposite being saiu of the Greeks. The Bulgarian receipts and expenses are each about 1)3,000,00 ) , ! ) francs , or $18,000,000 a year , of which moru thun a quarter is spent on thu army , The national debt is only 130,000,000 francs say $20,000,000 , ; tlm smallest debt in Europe , and but a mcro fraction of the debt of Greece , with which that llulu kingdom is notr strug gling in order to pay oven the interest. The Bulgarian interest charge Is high , bocauun it includes a yearly tribute to the sultan , from which the next European war will probably sot the principality froo. The tariff warfare that h&s boon declared between Hussia and Germany VT ill tend to anything but an iuiprovementof thopolitical relations of those countries. It is probable however , that this commercial war , so in- ( jurlous to both , will bo of short duration. An increase of 50 per cent ou existing rales sf duty will amount practically to an embargo barge upou reciprocal trade. But neither country Is generally dependent upon the other , notwithstanding the propinquity of their territories. Germany cau draw her supplies of wheat from the United States and India , and Hus sia can trade with England aud other countries for innttufncturcd eommodt- lies. While ihU in true of the Rpnernl twdo of the two co'Jtitvlcn , Gonnnny has lontf bcrm a prontnblo market for the Agricultural product * of tlio fertile Uuulun province * lying next the Gorman borders. At the same tlmo these * provinces hnto afforded n convenient market for many manufac tures of Germany. In this condition of things It will not bo long until the embargo upon trade shall bo keenly felt In all those soottont of Germany nnd Russia lying con tiguous to each other. From these provinces the discontent will spread ever both em- plrcs ; and there wilt bo a stronc demand ( in Germany , nt least ) for a reduction of duties. fl-illStl vLU nTH.llt' , Minneapolis Journal : This whole movement of the silver uionomotalllsts is Incendiary aud destructive. Denver News : The resolutions adopted by the Chicaco silver convention cover the sub. ject in n forcible manner. Cincinnati Commercial : The babble of the silver lunatics nt Chicago Is ovldouco of the fact that the heat on the west shore of I-iko Michigan produces curious effects on some men's powers of reason. Kansas City Star : Senator Allen of Ne braska wants it understood thnt ho did not go to the silver convention nt Chicago to talk politics , but merely to call the attention of the meeting to the fact that the populists are bowling 011 the right alloy. Minneapolis Times : Now tint the silver etninitlon is ever no doubt the congressional mind has moro strongly converged to the safety jKUiit. There Is a stronger proba bility that the incendiary und nnarchlstto proceedings at Chicago will warn congress of the porll of temporizing with stlcu nn ulo- in out. Chicago Post : Wo nro glad these silver cranks are cono. They wcro bettor never mot unless tholr mooting may serve better to ndvortlso the folly of their c.tuso. The wise , sober aud dignified men of the silver party men Hko Wolcott , Teller , Stewart and Bland did not como near thorn because they know how irreswnslblo a gang was coming. The rldlculouti Wnlto of Colorado is about the measure of the crowd. What matters it how such fellows talk ? Since they saw fit to meat that was tlielr privi lege , but wo are glad they're gone and can only hope they have paid their board bills. Kansas City Times : The real friends of bimetallism hoped for something now from this convention at least an honest proposi tion to put 100 cents worth of silver into a dollar some real ideas thnt would form n basis for conlldenco in their proposals. Wo did not get them , but instead , wo heard In- llammatory speeches und threats and ancient fallacies that were long since exploded. We have the sainu old promises and theories and prophesies that were urged by the allverltes in behalf of the Sherman law , and that have proven falso. Their counsels have brought us to tlio verge of lluanclul ruin , and it is time to call a halt. In tlio 1'rncntslnn. Kate Field' * H'di'i'nudm. Philadelphia possesses a collector of horseshoes - shoos , Boston a gatherer of bricks , No\v Orleans a collector of sugar samples , .Louis- villa a gatherer of sample Husks of whisky , but Nebraska boats them nil. Shu boasts of a man who takes locks of hair shaved from the heads of noted criminals , which ho labels and indexes with great care. J.lFlt'S lloston Ilullotln : The nrin who "has tlio null" at a picnic U generally tlio thoughtful chap who has brought H Mask. Buffalo Courier : Tlm man who pels uu a rulllo llnuresoii a.suro thhix. At least ho sul- dom or never takes any chances himself , Washington Stnr : "Well ! " exclaimed tlio damsel who not free admission to the World's fulr , "tilings have come to u pretty pass ! " . Indianapolis Journal : Ho That Is what Is called an imprcbHlontit picture , Is It ? I should call It n moru excuse for u picture. It really U not uorth a frame. She Oh. yes , It Is. It Is allowable to frame excuse.- , , you know. I'htladulplilaHocord : "Miss Supnrllcoapoaks French with an airy diction. " "Vos , also with a dictionary. " Dotiolt 1'ren Press : Wlthorby You haven't seen my new boy , have you'/ They say ho tukus nflur his father. I'liinklngton If he takes the saino thing his father takes I'm sorry for him , old man. Iturlinglon Press : "Soled out , " ho murmured to liliusuif , ns tlm father of his best girl gave him a lift , ut'o'clock ! In the morning. Uochoster Democrat : An austlonoor. oven If ho docs nut HKO his occupation himself , wants to have otliur people follow his culling. Indianapolis.lonru.il : Watts What do you think of this Idea of putting a dollar's worth of silver In u silver dollar ? 1'otts I don't believe In It' Leave tlio silver dollar at the convenlot blzo It now has just the stzo of a pokur chip. Washington Star : "I hear that JagHtorV widow lias huml tbo Tootonlan band for * 10- "H'lii.Vbat for ? " "Tboy played 'We'll Never Got Drunk Any More * on the way back from Ids funeral. " IN I inn NEW IMTIMNII HUtT. New 1'inh I'r&if. She sits bosldo thu sea today A vision fair and.snuet , And inorry , laughing wavelets play Aiound tier f cut. Uncoil scions of the passers she I'rotends to bo , 1 ween ; Tliu inaldun Is not there to see , Jlut to be seen IIK i. ' tytj ; t'liuM xrnn.imt.1 , C'ltr * MnritiM Dorm of CrM i VUIU York In 5nn ( Irrcn tlnniti .Mon , NRW Yonx , AUR.I.Special ( Tolopram to Tun HKK.J A vtavo of financial depression swrpto\or Crete , Nob. , suvcral weeks ngn unit i-AiisnU n scarcity of currouoy , J. A. Dcros , city marshal of that town , who owns n big store , whcro everything tlio country folks usually rwiulra oM , win affected bj the dearth of rash , Ho hail rvcolvod a type written letter from n Now York firm ol green goods morolmnU ami decided to conn on and do up the metropolitan fakirs. Ho arrived hero yesterday mornlntf and put up At the Cosmopolitan hotel , paving for his room In lutv.mce. llo "How light,1' which , in the vernacular of the hotel dorks , moans ho had no b.iggago. In the afternoon hemet mot two mon , one tall and muscu lar looking , the other small nnd wiry. In A saloon. The muscular man was the senior partner of thn green cootls linn. Ho carried n japanned box about twelve inches long , nine vrulo nnd six deep. The city marshal ot Crotn vras permitted to look Into the box. Ho saw thrco packages of what appeared to bo < s > Aiul $1 bills. There were two & bills nnd ouo $1 bill visible. The marshal did not know It , but beneath the visible $11 wcro slips of green paper just the slzo of the bills. The Now Yorl : merchants seemed tp lw convinced that they had a sucker la tow , nnd the country buyer from Crete , on his part , felt pretty sure ho w.is coming out ahead of the gamo. The nnil from Crete la bit' and plucky , and ho h.ul n big -14-uallbor pistol in his hip poclcot. Thn Now YorK merchants said there were f. > ,0Xl ( in "good money" in the japanned boxand the marshal of Crete could have It for $1,000. The 111:111 : from Crete grabbed for the box aim yelled police. Ho got both , but when the box was forced open at bo.uiiiuartor * the $5,000 ho ex pected ho had found was Just f I.SS'J . short ot that amount. The marshal will have to pay $10 for car rying conco.Uod weapons. The green gojds men have lost * 11 and a tin box. The mar shal has $ 'J1.07 to carry him foaok to Creto. STltVCK 0AM .SI/AKICV HOCK. Sevan l.uko Ooorijo rioasnro Sonkrrt Plnil Drill h in tlio Winer * of thn l.uuv. AI.IIANY , N. V. , Aug. 4. A steamer with nn excursion party loft Fourteen Mile island. I..ako George , for Pearl Point , this morning. At Pearl Point landing tha steamer struck n sunken rock nnd sunk , Seven lives were lost. The namoof tlio steamer was the Hicbol Sherman. She had an excursion party ol twenty-nlno persons aboard from Fourteen Mlle island. * The names of those drowned nro as follows : MISS OV1T. MIKS 1HJUKR. SUSP HAUj. MISS WOUDEX. MRS. MlT01IiU : ( AND SON. AN UNKNOWN I1)V. . All of tbo above named were from Trov , Brooklyn nnd Ilobokon. 'It is said the pnrtv was composed mostly of New York and Brooklyn excursionists. Train Kohbrr-t I < 'oil < * t1. ST. .Louis. " Aug. 4. News has boon ro. colvcd of an almost successful attempt to ' wreck nnd rob a Wabash train tills morning near Atlanta , Mo. A rail had been taken from tbo track by the robbers , out the fact was discovered by the son of the station agent , who Hugged the train , preventing a wreck and the intended robbery. > Don't AVniit to Hit CrimiliMl. 1 GUTIIUIE , Old. , Aug. 4. The Osage Indians refuse to treat with the government for thu | ! sale of their reservation of nearly 2,000,000 acres. They possess nearly 1,000 acres o.icii " aud don't want to bo crowded by the whitus 11' * tlm tiiiinn Old Ilmvl. I'lnttxinoiith Herall. The howl scorns to bo that Judge Maxwell is too old to hold the position bo now occu pies. L.ot it bo understood that this is only the cry of a rotten political ring nnd not tha sentiment of the people whom ho hns so faithfully served. It must bo admitted that ho is quite old , but ho is strong and vigorous ; and it is a fact that ho docs moro wortt than l both of his associates put together. If tho. 1 pcoplo fail to elect him from this cause , it { would bo a gross insult to the man who , above all others , has the interest of Ne braska at heart. rim < ; .i.i. B of uit.iii. Tiny Times. "Just as I am , without one pica , Hut please don't thump llfo out of mo 1'oor , wt > nk Slam's pathutlc cry Is heard bucuuao no help I Franco grabs her soil , John Hull her tradi No Christian power gives her aid. There's nut a heart thnt seems to feel Tliu least response to her uppuul. Is this thn lovn to brother ninn Tamht when the Mitstur'x rolKii began ? If BO , call homo the mission band It has no place In Slam's land. "TIs might inaKes rlirht. as nations hold , And justice Imsuly yields to gold. The western powers cumiotHuy : "Hero peace with honor lioldn Its sway. " DOWNING , Klf IviUiJost Muniif.ioturers : in 1 UoUllOM olUlothluxlutha World. Give it to Him. That's what one of our clerk's said when we offered one of our $6 suits for 4 to 14 year old boys for $2. On account of culling1 out the odds and ends after inventory , we are now making some extra ordinary reductions. Children's 2-pioee suits go at $2 , $2.50 , $3.50 , worth from' $3.50 to $6. Boy's long pant suits go in the general slash , In fact everything all over the store must get out of the way , to make room for the new fall goods soon to arrive. The special 'thing that you want to watch our window for is the "Pant Sale. " We have placed from 600 to 800 men's pants that sold for $3.50 , $4 , $5 , $6 on three tables at $2 , $2.50 and $3.50. They are broken in sizes , but then we can como very nearly fitting you with a pair out of so many. There are stripes , plaids , checks and all colors till you can't rest. Come over and look in the windows at the samples and if you like , come in. BROWNING , KING & CO. , Store open jg ( W | ( Jor , 16ft M D0ull3 St3 ,