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LKOISI..VTIO.V by exhaustion exhausts
before tt lof
TUP. Ainoricti's cup has finally decided
not to take : i trip abroad this season.
tdiyninocl Icgialativo body in
the world" is a trillo disllgurcd , but still
in tlio rin .
SKNATOII ALLEN can really claim the
credit of having talked the repeal bill
to death In tlio senate.
"WHEN it cotnoH to imitatinjj tlio night
Bossions of the scnato , that in where the
members nf the house draw the lino.
Now that the train robbers have
transferred their operations to Russia
people in this country will travel with
more assurance.
THE efforts of the impeached officials
and their mouthpiece in this city to , im
pugn the honestof Auditor Moore
have fallen flat.
IF THE franeliised corporations can
make euro of twelve councllmon they
will not care how many claims are
struck by the mayor's veto.
"UNCON'iiiTJONAk rcpoal or nothing , "
shrieks an eastern contemporary. . From
present indications wo stand an excel
lent chanoo tf getting nothing.
IT is to bo hoped the republican county
convention will not recklessly force can
didates upon the party whoso conduct
cannot bo defended and who are euro to
bo beaten.
THE lunatic who amused himself by
firing his revolver at random into the
crowded Chicago Board of Trade has
been taken to the insane asylum , of
which bo had previously been an inmate.
It would not bo out of place to institute
nn inquiry as to how ho over got out in
the first plane.
SENATOR MANUERSON'S .defense of
the credit of the state of Nebraska was
timely and to the point. Nebraska is
neither | ) o\orty stricken nor bankrupt.
It is true , however , that the people of
the state have for years suffered from L
tlio almost extortionate tribute levied
upon thorn by the railroads.
THE resort to n test of physical 011-
durance lias not boon the blooming suc
cess which its most ardent advocates
ventured to predict for it. The silver
senators by moans of tlioir never-ending
speeches during the past fo\v weeks put
themselves into a training which could
not but tell against a force not gifted
with leather lungs.
Anovi : all thlnqn'Ornnlm and Douglas
county want good government. Omaha
must have a man in the mayor's chair
who is in position to hold in check fran-
clnVod corporations and contractors on
public works. Tlio
county must have a
competent and honest board of commissioned -
missioned mid executive olliuuru who will
do tholr duty without feat * or favor.
TllK peculations of Harrctt Scott , the
defaulting treasurer ol Holt county , are
likely to uncover a scandal which may
impliuato otiiors besides hlmfculf. It is
hopeless to expect republican victo'ries
when ivapuhliuun ollleials prove recreant
to tlio trust imposed in them. When
unlit men are nominatud for ofllco tlio
newspapers representing tholr party
houhl decline to give them support.
AT A banquet recently tendered him
upon his retiring from the governor
I genoraUhip of India , the marquis of
Lansdowne stated that the cessation of
free coinage of silver on private ac
count in India was having n bonofictal
effect on the lluaucorf of that country ,
nnd was proving Buccessful oven beyond
'
expectations. I-Votn this it would' ap
pear that there is no prospect , at least
for the present , of India going baok to
the free coinage of ullvor.
MAUTIN of Kansas insists that if
President Cleveland had written ills
Northen letter during the recent cutn-
If pulgn the election would not have ro-
ft Btiltod in thu bticco&i of the democratic
party. Of course not. And if Senator
Martin hud burdoncd the legislature of
Kansas with a free silver ttpcaah , such as
he delivered on the floor of the Eonato
Thursday inorning , before it was called
upon to vote for a successor to Senator
Plumb , ho mtiy be assured that the rep
resentative of Kansas ju the senate
today would not have been known by the |
pgma of Martin.
i.v nn : itANDs or A nt.niVKit. :
Tlio Union I'acifio railway has boon
placed in the hands uf iU former direc
tors , who , under the order of the United
States court , are to net as rcccivars for
the creditors and corporation ! Tlio fact
that the application for the receiver
ship was made by the representatives of
the estate of the late Frederick L.
Ames , its principal stockholder , and the
selection -receivers from among the
trusted ollicers dt the railroad , indicates
clearly that there is to bo no change of
management or policy. The Union 1'n-
clfic has for years past been handicapped
by an enormous debt. The heavy
shrinkage in earnings that has followed
business depression has made it well
nigh impossible to ODorato the road iu
Bplte of the most rlgid/jcjuomy and far-
reaching retrenchment. It has boon ox-
peeled for months that the road would
sooner or later have to go to the wall.
Tlio receivership Is not- however , nec
essarily the forerunner of foreclosure.
It may have been partly intended to
forestall the impending strike among
employes , who wore disposed to resist
the recent cut in wages. A strike Is
almost an impossibility whllo the road
la in the hands of receivers appointed by
the United States court.
The receivership may also ward off
preferred claimants wiio might sock to
enforce tholr rights at a time when the
earnings of the road are absorbed by
the necessary expenses for miiintonaueo
and operating the lino. In our judg
ment the ringing out process can only
b i deferred , but not averted. The extension -
tension of the bonded debt by the gov
ernment would afford no material re
lief. Sooner or later the liquidation
mu.it bo begun by which the road will
bo dosed out to the highest bidder and
reorganized on a basis of actual value.
When that time comes the Union Pa
cific will resume her position as the
greatest of transcontinental railroads
and the people of this city will experi
ence the long hoped for revival of ac
tivity in the shops and on tlio road.
NOT .1 I'UIITCA'ATK XUMIXA 7'/OA.
The nomination by the republican state
convention of Judge Harrison for Justice of
the supreme court in n fortuuuto ono for the
party. Yuri' llfpuWitaii.
Why fortunate ? His nomination was
brought about by the men who have for
twenty years boon the worst enemies of
the republican party in Nebraska.
Among thaotlmicnts who assisted in his
nomination were the men who have al-
ways opposed railroad regulation 0.11 d
who are now holding up the llrst rail
road legislation over accomplished. An-
othnr element which assisted in his
nomination was composed of the inen
who looted the state treasury and who
will bo placed on trial in the criminal
court next week. Still others wore the
friends of the impeached state officers ,
who , smarting under the lash of public ,
opinion , are making a desperate effort
to recover a hold upon the party.
Harrison's nomination was not the
result of a compromise between factions.
It was a part of a deliberately laid plan.
Tlio emissaries of the railroad corpora
tions commenced the work in his inter
est before tlio republican utato central
committee mot in September. It was in
his interest that straw men like Prick-
Kinkaid.Cobb'oy and Powell were set up
in different parts of the state. At the
meeting of the state central committee
Judge Harrison's name was the only ono
quietly discussed in connection with the
nomination.
If Judge Harrison is elected , to whom
will ho ewe his election , if not to the
20,000 , votes which the railroad com
panies boast that they control in this
stale ? If lie is ; ho friend of tlio people
that his enthusiastic admirers describe
him , how can ho conscientiously accept
so important an ofllco from tlio hand * of
men who struck down an upright and
fearless jtidgo who had dared to incur
thodisplcasuroof the railway manager * ?
UNCOXniTlOXAL HP.l'KAl , OBVUAl'KD.
The failure of Senator Voorhees to
force a vote upon the repeal bill Bounds
tlio death knoll of unconditional repeal.
Although in the minority the froc silver
senators remain nmstcrsof the situation.
Hy the rules of the semite they have
boon able to completely block legislq -
tion and t ; ) say that no measure , however -
over urgently demanded by tlio people ,
can bo enacted into law in the face of
the determined opposition of even a cor
poral's guard. Tlio repeal bill , as reported -
ported to the senate from the finance
committee is , dead and nothing can revive -
vivo it.Vliothor it shall bo passed in
any modified form depends upon the
attitude which the free silver advocates
shall assume.
Many of the most sincere supporters
of the movomunt for unconditional ro-
peil : bavo for days been prodioting just
the outcome that Is now tit hand. They
have seen for some time the utter help-
of the repeal forces , and had 1
from the first misgivings as to the effec
tiveness of any attempt to "sit It out. "
The test of endurance was one for which
tliu minority w.ai much batter prepared
than the majority. They had the ad
vantage at every turn of relying on a
call of the senate to ros'u their speakers
and to worry their opponents , upon
whom devolved tlio duty of main
taining a quorum. Sj soon as It
was definitely decided to insist upon
a continuous session until a vote could
bo reached Clio far-souing corre
spondent of the Philadelphia Public
wrote to his paper that the indi
cations wore that the pending repeal
bill would not be permitted to como to a
voto. Senator Frye , who was inclined
to take a gloomy view of tlio situation ,
saw iu the now move no change for the
bettor. Ho is reported to liavo said :
"I see no chance whatever of the bill
going through. " Similar utterances
wore freely indulged In by other sena
tors committed to repeal , and the exult
ing exclamations of tlio free silver men
were nil in ono strain their implicit
confidence in their ability to hold out In
the coming contest of physical ondur-
nnca.
TJiuao reports go far to confirm the
rumor that was spread from Washing
ton early in thn wook-to thu effect that
the whole demonstration on thu part of
the administration leaders was insin
cere and undertaken for effect only. It
wus alleged that Senator Yoorhoos , con
viiicou iu his ovvu rniud of the futility of
further efforts to secure the paswigo of
the unamcndou repeal bill , was unable
to bring the president to his view ot the
situation , To demonstrate to Mr. Cleve
land's own satisfaction that his pot
scheme was doomed to talluro , the sena
tor In charge of tlio measure Is said to
have consented to go to the furthest
extreme and to transform the strug-
glp Into ono of hruto force
nlone. Although this rumor may have
boon groundless , so far as It referred
to Senator Voorhees , it Is undoubtedly
true that a very la ! go number upon
whom the success of the move was to
depend went Into the fight without thu
slightest expectation of victory , and
were only too glad to ho told that tholr
efforts had proved unavailing ,
The failure of unciii'lltlonnl repeal ,
then , can In no way bo termed a stir-
prise. The country has boon prepared
for it ever since it hecamo plain that the
majority of the setiato would tlo nothing
to enforce their rights. Jt Is neverthe
less disappointing t. ) the friends of sound
money , and It mii.it ho doubly disap
pointing to fri'sidont Cleveland , who
must no.vbo convinced that he cannot
control the policy of his own party.
Sheriff Uounett has unlisted the
services of an ox-convict who had Dcon
sentenced to the penitentiary from this
c nmty on the ehnrgo of criminal libel and
blackmail to clear hint of the charge of
Incompctoney and want of olllclal in
tegrity. Two pages and a half of a Iccal
shoot published by this ox-convict are
devoted to alleged endorsements of
Dennett's capabilities nnd conduct by
prominent lawyers and court olliclals.
Among Bennett's defenders Is Judge
Scott , who Is quoted as follows :
I consider the attacks upon ShorilT Ben
nett us uujustllliiule from every point of
view. Hu has always boon prompt In ox-
editing the orders of tno court. His chief
deputy , Mr. Lewis , Is a llrst-cluss mint ami
a gentleman , nnd I find that all of the em
nloyes of his odlcoiircaccommodating , court
eous and considerate. ShorilT licnnett has
made a firsl-class oDtccr and ono that can bo
trusted.
Now , when a man who occupies a position -
tion of district judjjo will stand up and
.seek to justify the conduct of Sheriff
Bennett 1 and his deputies ho must have a
very 1t loose conception of the duties of
the t sheriff's office. .Tudgo Scott declares
that t Sheriff Bennett has made a first
class olilccr and ono that can he trusted ,
Tti 1 any man a trustworthy officer who
will allow tlio freedom of thu city to a
penitentiary 1 convict and employ this
convict as a guard to escort other prison1
ers to jail ? This is precisely what has
been done by Sheriff Bennett and his
brother , now employed as jailer.
Wo charge and will prove in any court
of competent jurisdiction that Jailor
Bennett did , within the past six weeks ,
take Convict Mo.shor out in a carriage
that was to convey a prisoner to tlio
county jail , and that Moahor was used as
a guard. Jailor Bennett himself re
ported the next day that the prisoner in
question recognized Moshor and gave
him ( Bennett ) an unmerciful tongue-
lashing. According to Jailor Bennett
this man declared that ho did not mind
being taken to jail , but ho considered it
a great outrage that a robber who had
taken the broad out of the mouths of
widows and orphans should bo used as a
; ttard over him.
Wo are credibly informed that H. H.
Tendorson , when a prisoner in the cus
tody of Sheriff Bennett charged with
emboz/.lemcnt , was taken by Jailer Ben-
ictt to the leading gambling house of
Omaha and there allowed to gamble
loarly all night , and while ho was gamb-
.ing was left unguarded for two hours
ay Jailor Bennett , who finally took him
jack to jail near daybreak.
On the ( Hli day of May last Jailer
Bennett libo-ated Charles Clifford , a
in-lsonor sentenced by Judge Borka for
violating the city ordinances. It was
shown on inquiry as to the facts that the
jailer accepted the fine which the police
court had imposed and released tlio pris
oner without authority of the judge. It
is not to bo presumed that the jailor re
leased Clifford as an outburst of disin
terested sympathy. In any event it was
a flagrant infraction of law and usurpa
tion of authority vested solely in tlio
police judge and mayor.
Now will Judge Scott bo good enough
to toll this community that such cour
tesies toward prisoners are justifiable or
defensible ? Does it stand to reason that
the sheriff and nis deputies would bo so
accommodating unless they wore well
paid for sueli favors ?
So far as wo are concerned it docs not
matter how many lawyers and judges
vouch for Sheriff Bennett's competency
and fidelity. THE BEI : does not believe
the republican party will bo justified in
renomlnating him , and wo do not bo-
liuvo that the hotter element of the
party can bo induced to give him its
support. Wo cannot have good govern
ment so long as the sheriff plays into the
hands of the criminal classes and shows
special favors to any class of prisoners.
A TKltKinttK AKHAUIXMKXT.
According to the rejuvenated demo
cratic organ Mayor Beinis is u very
naughty man , Ho is arraigned on five
counts as a sample of total depravity.
Fli'ot. Boinis had the temerity to at-
taek the integrity of tlio city officials
and ( o declare that it was in the air that
the architect hud agreed to give and
had given $2,000 to the enemy's cam
paign fund and that the committee
which was investigating alleged corrup
tion in the contracts would whitewash.
Second. Ho got into a child's play
quarrel witii the architect and repeat
edly tore down his sign in the city hall
until people bosccehud him to liavo a
little dignity and allow the architect
his rights.
Third. Ho absented himself from his
office nearly all of the business day for
weeks and months after lie wus elected
and until ho oottld recover from Ins
"bashfulneiw , "
Fourth ' , Ho quarroluil unnecessarily
with tho'ulty council und prated of "pub
lic interest , " while they laughed in their
sleeves.
Fifth. Ho permitted the council to
dictate mast of hi ; appointments.
This is simply aVvful. A man who
would bo guilty of such heinous of
fenses ngaint the political code should bo
imprisoned In tlio county jail for
twentv-four hours and fed on oysters
ai the privilege Jf
rlsltingany : | ; irlof the city tncaroof Ihu
courteous nnd mniodatlng jailer.
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The supporters ? of Sheriff Bennett nro
circulating the story that the opposition
jf l TUB Bui : to hhi rcnomlnatlon springs
from n recent , refusal on his part to
meet demands tptulo upon him for a
' money contribution. This story will do
f 'or the ward bums nnd , heelers. The
best proof that-THU I5ui : has not boon
s latls'icd : with tilloontluctof the sheriff's
o illlco ! for some time past may be found In
ts back files.
The following editorial appeared In
TllK KVBNINO BEB of May U , under the
leading : "An Unwarranted Act. "
'I ho action of the county Jailor In liberal-
ni ? , upon his own responsibility and without
nny warrant of authority , a prisoner soul up
rom the city for an otTonso against the or-
.llnancrs or the statutes. Is nn unwarranted
assumption of rights which merits nnd
houhl receive the severest condemnation.
I'bo statute * of Nebraska nowhere Invest
ho county juller with discrciioimr.v powers ,
lo Is. simply llio custodian of persons
charged and convicted of crimes or misde
meanors , ami bo no moro has the prerogative
if iliscliarRing a prisoner than the county
rensurer has the right to piv ; out the funds
bolonnlng to the county wllhoul a
proper warr.ml. The action of .hitler lien-
nctt la certainly without precedent. The
'act that ho advanced the money to pay the
prisoner's line cannot bo urged as an ex-
I'a .cnuatlng circumstance. The action Is
simply ! Indefensible.
The recent Instance Is not the first. There
If itivo been many alleged escapes of prisoners
rom the Djuglas cjunty Jail which have
icnndallzcd the jail management. It Is time
this ] mailer bu made the subject of official
\t \ uvestlgutlon to the cud that the responsi
bility for these jail breaks 1)3 placed where
it t belongs and a speedy remedy applied.
Is IT not about time that tlio distrlc
uttorney appear before Judge Dundyand
[ also the question whether or not
Mosher's residence , can bo changed ? By
order of the court he wus incarcerated
* n ' the Douglas county jail with the un
derstanding that he would bo permitted
to testify In suits brpu ht by creditors of
Ins wrecked bank in order that settle
ments might be more readily reached
nnd something' saved to the depositors.
The action of Receiver Huyden , liow-
c vor , is said to bo such that Mosher's
testimony will avail nothing on behalf
of the bank creditors. Iluydon has , in
short , declined to pool issues with the
lawyers of Lincoln who prevailed ttnon
the court to permit Moshcr to linger in
the county jail for an indefinite period.
This' being the case , it would seem that
the only thing left to bo done is for Dls-
t rict Attorney Baker to move for
Mosher's transfer.
THE third consecutive victory of the
Vigilant over the Valkyrie in the inter
national yachting contest establishes in
disputably the superiority of the Amer
ican vessel over tlio English vessel. In
all varieties of wind nnd water the
American yacht has come out.first , while
the seamanship''o'P the American crow
has also outclassed their British com
petitors. It is a matter for patriotic
pride that the clip won forty years ago ,
and repeatedly defended by vigorous
representatives of American shipbuild
ing , remains with us as au evidence of
conceded superiority.
VIEWED in the light of the extraordi
nary financial depression which has prevailed -
vailed all summer the success of the
World's fair is all the more compli
mentary to American patriotism.
THERE is no danger that Hascall will
,
bo . elected mayor , but there is likeli
hood that ho will make a.deal with Bed
ford for municipal patronage.
Villll Appeals.
Kcte York iWi.
Lot there bo pcaco in the democratic
ranks I
The Cnuso .Juitlllet It.
Min > icii ] > nU/i Jiinrnat.
Governor MeKinley is reported as
"as fresh as a daisy. " after five weeks of
incessant stumping , malting three speeches
a day. McKintoy is doubtless as loni ;
winded as Senator Allen , but no is spcakinp
in a better cause.
A oi | lor Tnmininy. :
Ml'ineapnlh Tribune.
The repeal of the election laws will make
easier stilling for Tammany , but In the south
there will bo no appruelablu difference.
There can bo no moro general disfranchlso-
mont in that section tlmn there was when
the laws were on the statute ! buolcs.
A Cmnmmi MUtiitco.
llWifnj/ou / A'f.ii-n ,
Wo judKC from certain u Iterances
lativo and lOR.il chvloa that certain Individ
uals consider public opinion of no account.
Tft.it is the sjiino mistake that Jacob Sharp
and Do I > esscid | nnd Boss Tweed and a good
many other people have mudo ,
Tlio To t l'rnvon It ,
Keif Viirh HVirt'/ / .
Horace Grceloy once exclaimed onergetlo
ally , when the red tape of parliamentary
points prevented action in thu constitutional
convention of 18117 : "O u the nmn who In
vented rules ! They wcro dovlsed to hinder
the transaction of business. " 'Tis ' so in the
somite.
DuinoiMiitlu Si cut of I'roipnrlty ,
l'lill < nl Iplitti Inquirer ,
The free tr.uio piip-Ts thai howled t hem-
solves blue in the laeo hist full over the
starvation wii i'S tlion bum , : paid to Ameri
can labor now hail the resumption of fac
tories and mills at reduced waives as "signs
of prosperity. " Their lo io would Inovitablj
lead them Intonssoi'tmKtlmt thu mlllenuiuii !
hud como if novagi at all wcro paid.
A Ifriltlll Tint.
h'iui ' : tn ( . 'lly ' Jdurntil ,
Thn apcutnclo that U thus presented to
the country is to bo deplored , n is nut cal
culated to incruutio cither popular respect
for thu senate or n common belief in the
honesty of the mouws by which the dclib
eratlons of tlio body are sometlmoa coil'
trolled , To bo ifovorn u by rules of cour
ti'sy would bo in no wny unbecoming- the
chief govonimuiitill1 Assembly of the land
but brute force is a disgrace. It belongs U
ward politics , where'it hus become so lirmly
cstubllbhoJ us a politic-ill weapon that al
parties Una themselves bowing to its de
tisions.
UTIIKtlI.V ; > .S Tlf.l.V Utm.1.
Italy Jusl now presents nn Instructive ex-
nmplo to the \rorld. The modern Italian
'kingdom , coming lately Into the company of
crc.nl powers , has followed the usual course
of the parvenu In an effort to surpass all its
loighbors In fashionable cxtravnganco. She
tas got the blirgcst army nnd navy and the
> Iggcst debt , in proportion to population , of
nil the countries of the world. And that Is
nlxiut all she has. Governmental extrava-
unco and mismanagement , burdensome
.axatlon . und the withdrawal of so largo a
iroportlon of the real strength of the nation
nto milit.iry preparation , have brought
about inovltnbly n very deplorable condition.
taly Is poor , disorganized ami dlscon-
ented. But she has this tilg army and navy ,
.hat have cost nnd are costing so much , und
she naturally wants lo do something with
llicm. War seems the only escape trotn
ruin. The older and grcntor iwwcrs , whoso
example has led lately Into this oxtravu-
; ance , are now concerned to hold her In
check. Germany U none too pacifically In-
- lined , but Gennany prefers to determine
.ho question of war for herself , in her own
line and way , and not to bo dependent on
tills dangerous firebrand to the south of her.
iVustrla's present military mlerests are
inlted with Germany's , nnd the two are
nticli occupied just now in suppressing the
imbltions of their bellicose ally. In this
they tire , of course , supported by the pacific
ntlucnro of Hnglund. It Is generally agreed
, hat Ihu present menace to the peace of
Europe In not from Germany or from franco
and Uussla , but from Italy
#
Startling are the omVinl statistics thrtt
lave Jusi been published In Germany concerning -
corning the number of suicides In various-
armies of the old world , und they constitute
i striking Illustration of the unpopularity of
obligatory military service. It seems that
In Austria the average rate for the year
s 131 ptr 100,000 mon. The French como
next , with muot.v-lwo suicides per annum
Tor each 11X1,000 men. The German govern
ment gives its rate tit sixty-eight , but these
figures are ccuerully bellovedto bo below the
actual number , us tlio Impression prevails in
military circles throughoul liuropo lliat iho
suicides in the German army are moro fre-
litent oven than in that of Austria. Italy's
ijuota is given at forty-five , whllo thai of
llussiu does nol exceed twenty , a llguro thut
is obviously fur below the truth. Belgium
gives Its rate at twenty-four , Spain at four
teen and England at twenty-three , most of
the suicides in iho British army occurring
out in India. A remarkable fact is that ,
notwithstanding the majority of sui
cides are popularly believed to bo at
tributable to tyranny on the part of the of-
fleers , yet it is precisely among the
oflicers that Iho largest number of self-Iu-
lllctcd victims Is to bo founil. Thu favorite
method of suicide is by shooting , either with
a vllle or a revolver. Next comes drowning ,
and after that hanging , while of late a largo
number of ofllcers and men have taken their
lives by throwing themselves in front of
railway trains. It Is has also been noted
thut , whereas the smallest number of sui
cides takes place in the winter , the lurgesl
number occurs in the broilintr hot months of
July and August.
*
Out of fiSl deputies which make up the
French Chamber that has Just been re
newed , there are JJ50 republicans of Indubi
table and moderate political faith. The con
servative , or , rather , anti-ropublican opposi
tion , is reduced to about sixty votes , instead
of ISO , which it had in the former Parlia
ment. The socialists will number about
fifty. The rest , thut is to say 120 deputies ,
will bo classed later on , after having
floated forsomo time among the remnants
of radicalism , which has only a
nominal existence , nnd the socialists ,
who are not yet organized. A coalition that
would unite in a collective vote tlicso cate
gories of opponents so divided Is hardly to
bo expected ; but even if such a thing should
happen it could never amount to anything
moro than a minority. The solid union of
the moderate republican elements , vainly
sought for so many years , Is , therefore , an
accomplished fact. The majority of the
government is formed , or , at least , it is
ready to bo formed. H was evidently an in
stinctive desire to reach this result that
guided the votes of the mass of ihe electors.
# *
The question of having an industrial exhi
bition in IJerlln in 1800 has como once more
into prominence , us the executive committee
has addressed a threefold request to the mu
nicipal authorities. The latter were asked
first to nominate three of their number as
members of the committee ; secondly , testate
state vrhuthcc they would approve of Tpep-
tow park , in Iho southeast of the canUal , as
a suitable apot for Iho exhibition ; andthird ,
ly , to grant pecuniary support to the enter
prise. All these requests received n negative
answer. The committee novcrtnclcsi holds
thai there is no reason to despair of the suc
cess of the undertaking. Both the number
of those who have promised to exhibit and
of those who subscribed to llio guaranty
fund is so largo that tbero is no idea of
abandoning the project. It is hoped , also ,
thai the municipal authorities do nolTogard
their present decision as irrevocable , much
confidence being placed in the clilof burgomaster -
master , who Is said to ho favorable to the
scheme. The success obtained by German ,
industry tit ihe Chicago exposition Is quoted
as a guaranty of the excellence of iho ox-
hlblls which would bo shown in Berlin , As
the authorities wcro willing last year to
grant a sum of 10,000,000 marks fur the pro
posed Industrial exhibition In thu capital , it
Is thoughl extraordinary thut they should
refuse to assist nn undertaking of a purely
national character.
* i *
A blue book jiifat issued in London on the
homo charges of the Indian government
bhows the sum which India has to pay to
Grout Britain yearly in discharge of the
obligations incurred for money lent , for
services rendered , and for establishments
kept up on Indian account. Thcsa charges
have been pretty steadily on the increase for
borne years past. In the live years endlncr in
1850 they reached an avej-ago of ii,7-ilU7S. : )
In IBWthoy hail risen to JUU.r > U,10J ; In tlio
next year to X'lfi , 177,100 , and they stand now
at a bomort-liiU larger sum than this. The
full extent of the pressure on tlio revenues
of India is not shown by these figures. The
sums duo must bo paid In British currency , in
gold , whereas tlio Indian roveuuo , from
which they must bo paid , Is raised In rupees ,
in silver , so thai , us llio gold value of the
rupee falls , the larger is the , number of
rupees required to pay iho amount duo.
There la thus a. twofold process tending to
augment the burden of the homo charges.
The charges have Incrmisod , whllo ut the
sumo time ibu resources fur mealing them
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Ilcport.
O
liftvojlxion diminishing. The blue book con
sists , for llio most | > .m , of n scries of ro-
l > orts by a cotninltteo of tlto Indian council ,
In which the several Items ol the homo
charges nro discussed anil suggestion1 ! arc
made for reducing them as far as possible ,
and for guarding agnlnst their further In
crease under any heading , by making pur
chases of stores , and by raising money for
loans In linlla Itself rather limn In Great
Hrltaln. The practicability ot this policy of
course has yet to bo proved.
vr.uvi.i : .i.v ; > T
Mr. Quln's cup of happiness is in no dan
ger of ovorllowing.
Manifestly the ropoalors1 jib could not
stand the strain ot the silver gale.
Bx-Setiator Joseph 13. lirown of Georgia Is
said to bo failing fast. Ho Is now about 7J
years of ago.
'I'lio hitherto mysterious antagonism be
tween the isilvcr sotiators and woman suf-
f racists U cxplalnrd. The former insist on
having tholn.it wonl.
Mr. .lames Smith , who was crowned sonic
roars ago Watermelon Ring of Boone county ,
Missouri , has this year ruhcd ft pumpkin
eight feet around the waist.
The depression noticeable in North Dakota
forsomo I time past will soon disappear. The
death of a resident who weighed fi'JO pounils
promises to restore the equilibrium of the
state.
There Is much force In Senator Irby's
claim that ho is the solo farmer senator In
the upper house. During n recotit visit to
his | farm and vicinity he managed to harvest
several large , Juicy corn jugs.
Mrs. .lames Collins of Qiuncy , 111. , loft her
husband serenely snoring in a folding hod ,
and hurried into the push on Chicago day.
lire she returned the bed wrapped itself
around Collins and slut off his oroath.
Chairman Hatch of thoeomtnitteu on ngrl-
culture is confident that his anti-option bill ,
which has iniurestcil so many congresses ,
will bo passed by the present congress. Ho
Is it i considering some Important changes In the
text t ol the ulll.
Among the distinguished men honored by
J the faculty at the eloso of the centennial
celebration of Williams collncc was 1'ruf.
James H. Canllold , chaucollor of the Unl-
vorsity ot Nebraska. The degree of 1-iUD.
was conferred upon him.
Dr. Jossu Leo Merrill of Mow York Is
slowly dying of blood poison. The doctor
pressed the palm of a coroner who just lln-
ishod nn autopsy and absorbed some of Ihu
deadly virus throuuh nn abraision on the
forolluger. Moral : Don't shako coroners.
Candidate John K. Kussoll of Mussachu-
setts seldom docs his campaigning atono.
ills wife accompanies him on spuaklng tours ,
attenus Ills public meetings , gives him val
uable hints us to weak points in the enemy's
harness when there is a joint debate , and
hustles him Into a warm overcoat ana ort to
hishotal when the meeting Is over.
Congressman Kvcrott of Massachusetts
has an old bachelor's disregard for the
niceties of his weaving npparel. lie wears
trousers of distinctly high-water churueter-
htics , the tons of his congressional gaiters
being in evidence as ho wanders through the
aisles of the house. His general atliro Is
generally unstudied , not to say slouehy , and
give him the appearance of a hard-tip actor
lifter a disastrous season.
George Gould is fur more popular in Now
York than his father over was. Ho is a
thorough American , and does not conceal
his contempt for the Anglomuniucx. Ho is
douiestii ; in his tastes , being' dovotcd to his
wife and two children. Ho hus no political
ambition , nor does ho yearn for literary
fame. like his fellow millionaire- , William
Waldorf Astor. Ho is , in short , a steady-
going , respectable citizen , not puffed up by
the possession of wealth and capable of
being a good fellow when the occasion
offers.
.
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INDVUTni.ll. XOTES.
Germany makes metal-surfaced paper.
Ocean telephoning is said to bo possible.
Berlin has 10,000telephones ; London,0,000.
A machine makes 0,000 buttonholes a day.
Linen factories employ 100,000 in Ireland.
In Malaga workmen are allowed fifteen
minutes leisure in every hour to smoke
cigarettes.
The ICrupp gun worlts claims to have man
ufactured a machine which will roil iron so
thin that it would take 1,800 shouts to make
an inch.
A French inventor is responsible for a
contrivance which can bo fitted under the
keyboard of an ordinary piano , and sewing
is done white tunes are being ground out on
the ivories.
An electric light for the tiso of travelers
who wish to read is recent addition to the
cars on IJritish railways. One adjoins each
seat and a penny dropped in a slot makes it
Hash forth. It burns for half an hour , when
it promptly goes out.
The Vulcan Iron works , built In St. Louis
at a cost of $1,000.000 and covering six acres
of erotind , are being sold piecemeal as junk.
When in operation the works employed 'J.SOO
men. but its machinery was not up to a mod
ern standard and a strike ended its career.
The hot metal route at , Uruddocl : , 1'a. , is
now a certainty. Ladles of molten iron were
run hist week from the Kdgnr Thomson
blust furnace to the converting mill in Brad-
docic. The distance is six miles , which will
ho made In fourteen minutes. 1 ho metal
when covered witn coke dual will remain in
a fluid condition for several hours.
The last halt of the week shows nn un
usual activity among the sheet iron indus
tries. The latest plant to resume is that of
the United State * Tin Plato company at
nommler. Nothing had Injcn ( tone In
the rolling department slnco June. 1-Virh
day stnro Mondav additional mills have
been started up until now seven of the eight
are running full.
H will surprise m.iny readers to loam that
of Iho Sl.OOtMKX ) of silver used nnnuMlv In
the arts In the United Slates moro than
one-fourth ( K.ftoo.OOO ) U mnnufarturrd into
solid spoons nnd torks. ami that the proper
tion In foroittii countries Is nbout the sumo.
Including these million * of dollars worth of
thomclalnboul MXXU ( > 00 nro mod in thn
silversmith's art , JiVX > .000 nronci \ for
plated mid silvered ware and about jl.MW.omi
are applied In dentistry , photography , sur
gery , ok1.
Immense nnd rich deposits of nickel Mr-
bouato with cobalt and copper have been
fomm In KloyO county , Georgia , The do-
vclopinontof batixlio near Homo. Iho county
seat of 1-loyd. hu < nltalnoil a wurhl-wld'n
reputation. Slx'y ' to rluhty carloads of
Ktuxlto containing 63 to M per cent of oxide
of nlumlnlum are shipped thrnufjhmit the
United States for variomchemical purpoioi ,
I ho aluminium works at Home.Gu. , constimo
Iwonty-nvo inns of bnuxlto per day Another -
other larper fortv-ton plant U to ho put tip
nt Hluo Sprimrs , Tenn , tlfty-slx miles from
tno Uomo jilaut. whrro nickel , cotipcr , nihalt
and lead oix-s are found in Immense
quantities.
In no other country of Iho world Is the
telotihoiur In so general use as In Sweden ,
and In no other is the servlco soehoip and nt
the samu time so porfivt. U Is under
government control mid tho. rates are fixed
by the government. A few weeks ago a now
line wus opened bolweeit Stockholm ami
ChrKtlatila bv Klnj ; Oscar , who took occa
sion to express llio Iho hoK | ) in his first mes
sage to the Norwegians thai iho line would
tend to draw thn two countries into elosnr
union and aid In overcoming the desire of
the Norwegian radicals to break up the
existing relations. It Is now proposed , by
means of a submarine cable , to connect the
Norwegian and Swedish capitals with Copen
hagen.
Lowell Courier : When ono roci'lvm a lntt .
stamped "Duo i ! " It Is dim to tluotliur fcllow't
ClllVlUhonCSS.
Chicago Trlhnno : It Is inli ! thru Rood whlfkv
can bo bought. In eastern Tonnrvtou for 00
cents a gallon , but that' .1 nil inoiinililno.
Albany Kvpress : Kvnerlunco hus proved
that thn Innttur iincnicagciiu'nt the morn liable
It Is to bo brukun oil' .
Philadelphia TlniPi : Maylm thn trees turn
red because , Imlmt lliolr summer ilri'Asiw , llioy
havun't uny moru Just now In tholr trunk * .
KlmlraOnzottn : .linrson says lt > N n luoljy
ni.-in whnciin dlsi'Hiiilnatu bi'tweun a harbor
BUop and a hack stand.
1'ltllndclphla l.pdsor : "Copper very eptlot
nmlslimdsli. " M-irki-t Uoport. llo l.s murul ;
settling don n fur his accustomed nap.
ChlcHvo Inter Ocean : "What first led ( hum
to think of educating lu < rfnran oporu sliisur ?
Blio has no voice. "
Krluml It was the great variety of faces she
could make when she tried to sin ; ; .
llnlTalo Courier : Tim ttre.it American
pocketbuok Is Koini ? to have u bin Jiili liottlm ?
mi lt fm > t hot ween thn going of the World's
fair mid the coming of the holidays.
1'lilhidrlphtn Upcord : Clmmley ( driving with
MlssCostlipin In the park-- ) Von don't object lo
mVHiiKiklux. do yonV
Miss Costliine Well , If you light that cigarette -
otto you may also help mo to alight.
Gnlveaton News : . Without nny political
power whatever woman has inudo man lnk
down hi * hat and how low to bar.
Tin : VANKKK
JVril ) 1"I.-/C / Mill.
Damascus blades once played the deuce
In carving up mankind ;
Our Vankeu hlailo's iimru peaceful 11.10
Is cutting up tlio wind.
All lionor to HID blade of .stool ,
lly Yankei'lmid ndornd ,
ThutNllppi < th through the weighted kuol ,
Thu ilundy eenlorboardl
r.i.vIA i.v AI'I'KAL.
Xew r ; 7f Sun.
This day we've made our entree ,
Anil by great Uiusar'i ghost
Wn'll lot tliem work
Nn frappu game on us !
We're out for Miiir ,
And If Van Alen Is turned down ,
lly all the gods : it oneo
I swear , that I ,
Tin ) great McAllister ,
Will dabble lu their gorol
S'deathl
Are you on ?
TOD many years have wo
Had chumps abroad
And hoi iiiillois ,
And now \\u need
A gunt luniun ,
Ab Is my good friend Van I
What , boots Is that
llu pay * HID cishV :
Vo gnus , has politics
( ione Illicit 01 : cash ?
And ain't thU poll lies ?
Well , I should Mnllii !
Would I had suejj a Burnt
I'd go to MHIIU
( Jraml capital ,
And thi'ii , I'd sot the pcgi ,
To later nrllua
DlgeHtof
Alonarchlcal efTotoncsi ,
As I had founil It , and
What 1 did to sill.
lion Its legs agalnl
lint Van will nnt ,
For Van's a diplomat ,
And I'm for him.
You hear mo shout
From grand and gloomy Uoiuo
To fair Ilobokenhiirbl !
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sea
i Largest M'tniifauliirarnvii 1 HUilUri
L. of Olotlim/lu tliu Woria.
Dog on'd interesting
So interesting- fact , that without any effort
on our part , businessmen
mon , clergymen and
dudes , all alike , are
loud in their praise of
the now Tall styloa as
represented in our
suits and overcoats.
Every other man ,
clothed in his right
mind , is of the opin
ion that to bo clothed by us is the only proper thing
just now. We make every stitch of clothing wo
sell , whether it be for man "or hey , and as the lat
est fashions are closely studied , and some of them
designed , by our own tailors , you can always rely
on the "aw fay" part of it. The fabrics and colors
are always correct and the fit immense. Wo ask
from $10 on up for suits or overcoats. For $20 or
$25 you can buy a suit or an overcoat of us that
will make your tailor weep.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
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